City Council Regular Meeting · Monday, May 2, 2022 · City Council Digest

3. SPECIAL BUSINESS

Issaquah Schools Foundation Month Proclamation ID 1134

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Topics: Schools

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Staff report:

CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office

Drinking Water Week ID 1064

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Topics: Water

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Staff report:

WHEREAS, for more than 40 years the American Water Works Association and its members have used Drinking Water Week as a unique opportunity for both water professionals and the communities they serve to recognize the vital role water plays in our daily lives;

Public Service Recognition Week ID 1062

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Staff report:

WHEREAS, the City of Issaquah’s employees, elected and appointed officials, and volunteers are instrumental to making our community more sustainable, vibrant, connected and safe;

Administrative Professionals Day ID 1147

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Staff report:

PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, Administrative Professionals Week is observed annually in workplaces around the world to recognize the important contributions of administrative support staff; and

Professional Municipal Clerks Week ID 1063

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Staff report:

PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, the Office of the Professional Municipal Clerk, a time honored and vital part of local government, exists throughout the world and is the oldest profession among public servants; and WHEREAS, the Office of the Professional Municipal Clerk provides the professional link between the citizens, local governing bodies, and agencies of government at other levels; and WHEREAS, Municipal Clerks have pledged to be ever mindful of their neutrality and impartiality, rendering equal service to all; and WHEREAS, the Professional Municipal Clerk serves as the information center on functions of local government and community; and WHEREAS, Municipal Clerks continually strive to improve the administration of the affairs of the profession through participation in education programs, seminars, workshops and the annual meetings of their state, provincial, county and international…

Correctional Officers Week ID 1065

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Staff report:

WHEREAS, the City of Issaquah’s dedicated Corrections Officers are essential to our justice system; and

Economic Development Week ID 1061

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Topics: Economic Development

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Staff report:

WHEREAS, the International Economic Development Council created Economic Development Week to increase awareness of local programs and Economic Development professionals that create jobs, advance career development opportunities, and improve the quality of life in communities across the globe; and

Police Week ID 1066

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Topics: Public Safety

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Staff report:

WHEREAS, in 1962, President Kennedy proclaimed May 15 as National Peace Officers Memorial Day and the calendar week in which May 15 falls, as National Police Week; and

7. INFORMATIONAL UPDATES

2022 Legislative Report ID 1070

Receive Report · packet pp.23–45

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Staff report:

The purpose of this informational update is to provide a brief legislative presentation (Exhibit A), highlighting:

8. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of May 2, 2022, $ 3,485,630.82 ID 0996

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Approve · packet pp.47–87

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

Informational Update: Carbon Credit Program ID 1085

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Receive Report · packet pp.95–101

Topics: Climate

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Staff report:

The purpose of this update is to update Council on the final details of the City’s first carbon credit sale for the Harvey Manning Park Expansion Project.

Roll call:

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

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

Informational Update: Equity Board ID 1086

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Receive Report · packet pp.103–104

Topics: Equity

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Staff report:

This Informational Update outlines a

Roll call:

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

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

Informational Update: 2021 Housing Report Card ID 1135

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Receive Report · packet pp.105–131

Topics: Housing

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Staff report:

The purpose of the May 2, 2022, update is to present the 2021 Housing Report Card and the Housing Strategy Work Plan status report.

Roll call:

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

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

Commercial Lease for Storage Shed AB 8372

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Authorize · packet pp.133–150

Topics: Housing

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Staff report:

The renter Max’s World Café has been renting this City-owned shed for approximately 12 years, and has been in good standing with the City for the entire term of the lease. This would be the third lease agreement with this renter for this storage shed.

Roll call:

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

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

Port of Seattle Economic Development Partnership Program Grant AB 8374

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Authorize · packet pp.151–161

Topics: Economic Development

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Staff report:

The Port of Seattle has partnered with King County cities via its Economic Development Partnership Program since 1996 to provide non-competitive economic development grants. The City of Issaquah is eligible to receive up to $40,640 annually, based on a $1 per capita allocation. This grant requires a 50% match.

Roll call:

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

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

10. NEW BUSINESS

10a

New Business Request: Independent Salary Commission - Council Compensation ID 1137

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Direct Administration · packet pp.213–218

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Staff report:

At the Council Meeting of April 18, 2022, Councilmember de Michele introduced a new business request, regarding the potential reconvening of an Independent Salary Commission to review Council compensation. Councilmember de Michele clarified the following misstated information in the request: • The City’s Independent Salary Commission only has authority over Council compensation. The Mayor’s salary is decided by Council. • The reference to RCW 25.31.015 should read RCW 35.21.015.

Roll call:

Moved by DE MICHELE · seconded by HUNT

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

11. GOOD OF THE ORDER

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0:07 ↗ good evening everyone and welcome i'm

0:09 ↗ calling the may 2nd city council meeting

0:11 ↗ to order and as a reminder we continue

0:14 ↗ to have a remote aspect to our meetings

0:16 ↗ both staff and members of the public may

0:18 ↗ be participating in tonight's meeting

0:20 ↗ remotely via webex

0:22 ↗ council president walsh has an excused

0:24 ↗ absence this evening and the first item

0:27 ↗ on our agenda is the pledge of

0:28 ↗ allegiance so i welcome you to join me

0:47 ↗ thank you

0:49 ↗ so for our special business we have a

0:51 ↗ lot of proclamations to do this evening

0:54 ↗ and i'm going to move over to the dies

0:56 ↗ and start

1:00 ↗ so the first proclamation we have this

1:02 ↗ evening is for the issaquah school

1:04 ↗ schools foundation and it is preparing

1:07 ↗ uh it is

1:08 ↗ proclaiming that may will be issaquah

1:11 ↗ schools foundation month

1:14 ↗ so may 2022 is hereby declared issaquah

1:17 ↗ schools foundation month this marks the

1:19 ↗ 35th anniversary of the foundation

1:22 ↗ the issaquah school foundation has

1:24 ↗ contributed over 13 million dollars to

1:27 ↗ enhance educational opportunities in our

1:29 ↗ community and we are grateful

1:32 ↗ thank you for your instrumental work i'd

1:34 ↗ like to see if cornell at water the

1:36 ↗ executive director would like to come up

1:38 ↗ and say a few words

1:41 ↗ thank you mayor little mary lou polly so

1:44 ↗ much and then also for the city council

1:47 ↗ members for having us here today

1:49 ↗ so as

1:50 ↗ the issaquah schools foundation

1:52 ↗ executive director and on behalf of the

1:54 ↗ board of trustees our staff

1:56 ↗ and our community members we just would

1:58 ↗ like to say thank you thank you for the

2:00 ↗ support

2:01 ↗ the foundation has been an integral part

2:03 ↗ of the fabric of our district

2:06 ↗ in supporting our businesses our

2:08 ↗ community partners and most importantly

2:10 ↗ our students and so we are very very

2:12 ↗ grateful for that support

2:14 ↗ we continue to strive to put our

2:16 ↗ students first

2:18 ↗ during good times and some struggling

2:20 ↗ times coming out of the pandemic and the

2:22 ↗ nourish every mind

2:24 ↗ spring fundraiser that we have is an

2:26 ↗ instrument for us to be able to do the

2:28 ↗ good work that we do to help our

2:30 ↗ students and our very diverse families

2:32 ↗ in our community so thank you so much

2:34 ↗ for that and thank you for honoring us

2:36 ↗ with this proclamation

2:38 ↗ thank you cornell you're welcome

2:43 ↗ congratulations thank you

2:48 ↗ next i would like to ask council member

2:49 ↗ hall to join me

2:51 ↗ so drinking water week may 1st through

2:54 ↗ 7th has been celebrated for more than 40

2:56 ↗ years by the american water works

2:58 ↗ association

3:00 ↗ its members have used drinking water

3:01 ↗ week as the unique opportunity for both

3:04 ↗ water professionals and the communities

3:06 ↗ they serve to recognize the vital role

3:08 ↗ water plays in our daily lives

3:10 ↗ i thank our public servants that protect

3:12 ↗ and maintain our water systems and ask

3:15 ↗ everyone to do their part in conserving

3:17 ↗ and protecting this vital natural

3:19 ↗ resource

3:20 ↗ deputy council president

3:26 ↗ well thank you i just wanted to add my

3:28 ↗ thanks to city staff and cascade water

3:30 ↗ line staff that help provide

3:32 ↗ clean reliable drinking water to our

3:34 ↗ residents and businesses here in

3:35 ↗ issaquah

3:36 ↗ i've had the opportunity to work with

3:39 ↗ many of our

3:40 ↗ city and cascade staff on these issues

3:42 ↗ and meet with many of them whether it be

3:45 ↗ on maintaining or improving our current

3:47 ↗ infrastructure or focusing and keeping

3:49 ↗ top of mind both affordability quality

3:52 ↗ sustainability best practices and i want

3:55 ↗ to thank you for that thank you for

3:58 ↗ your commitment and your passion that

3:59 ↗ you show

4:00 ↗ in this work day in and day out and i

4:02 ↗ want you to know that uh this council uh

4:04 ↗ surely the administration and the

4:06 ↗ community deeply values and appreciates

4:08 ↗ your work uh and then also just to say

4:11 ↗ of course thank you to all of our public

4:12 ↗ works staff and we will be honoring and

4:15 ↗ recognizing your service to this

4:16 ↗ community later this month

4:18 ↗ thank you

4:21 ↗ thank you deputy council president i

4:22 ↗ believe we have our public works

4:23 ↗ director here who would like to make a

4:24 ↗ few comments

4:38 ↗ thank you

4:39 ↗ mayor and deputy council member council

4:42 ↗ president thank you

4:44 ↗ council members in general for your

4:46 ↗ support over the

4:48 ↗ last many years i've been

4:51 ↗ part of the ishiba family

4:53 ↗ i'm valuer

4:55 ↗ public works director i've been working

4:57 ↗ in this profession for well over 40

4:59 ↗ years and uh

5:01 ↗ so i've seen everything

5:04 ↗ transformed from way back when

5:06 ↗ like where we are now so a few words of

5:09 ↗ my own national drinking water week is

5:12 ↗ this week may 1st through 7th

5:15 ↗ i've been asked to say a few words and i

5:17 ↗ came up with a few words of my home

5:19 ↗ it takes a lot of effort to bring clean

5:22 ↗ safe water

5:24 ↗ it's to inside your house stay at night

5:28 ↗ for a significant loss of two cents per

5:30 ↗ gallon um

5:33 ↗ i think we're in the envy of

5:35 ↗ other home delivery services in that

5:37 ↗ respect

5:39 ↗ and just wanted to think quickly we in

5:41 ↗ the squad are very lucky that we

5:43 ↗ happen to be in a unique

5:45 ↗ location in the western united states

5:47 ↗ where

5:48 ↗ no one's talking about

5:50 ↗ water shortages like so many of our

5:52 ↗ counterparts

5:54 ↗ um all over idaho utah the southwest

5:59 ↗ so

6:00 ↗ almost everywhere in the west u.s

6:02 ↗ they're talking about increasing

6:04 ↗ concerns about just the availability of

6:06 ↗ water we're lucky and so let's be aware

6:09 ↗ of

6:10 ↗ all these facts from celebrating this

6:12 ↗ day this week together thank you

6:14 ↗ thank you bob and also as deputy council

6:17 ↗ president said also to our partners at

6:19 ↗ cascade water alliance

6:21 ↗ the next proclamation public service

6:23 ↗ recognition week may is a month of many

6:26 ↗ celebrations of many proclamations

6:28 ↗ the city of issaquah's employees elected

6:31 ↗ and appointed officials and volunteers

6:33 ↗ are instrumental to making our community

6:35 ↗ more sustainable

6:37 ↗ vibrant connected and safe

6:39 ↗ and we kick off this month of may with

6:42 ↗ public services recognition week from

6:44 ↗ may 1st through may 7th

6:46 ↗ this is a nationally celebrated event

6:48 ↗ since 1985 and it honors the public

6:50 ↗ servants who serve the community and its

6:53 ↗ residents businesses and visitors so

6:56 ↗ thank you so much for all the work that

6:57 ↗ you do

6:59 ↗ the city of issaquah's employees and

7:00 ↗ volunteers elected officials and

7:02 ↗ appointed officials are instrumental in

7:05 ↗ making our community more sustainable

7:07 ↗ vibrant connected and safe

7:09 ↗ the isquad community receives services

7:11 ↗ every day by public employees who serve

7:14 ↗ in a variety of valuable roles including

7:16 ↗ administration

7:18 ↗ parks and community services community

7:20 ↗ planning and development

7:21 ↗ public works police fire municipal court

7:25 ↗ finance communications

7:27 ↗ and the creativity and diversity of

7:29 ↗ perspectives of our elected and

7:31 ↗ appointed officials inform and advise

7:33 ↗ the work of the city

7:35 ↗ it's integral to the quality of service

7:37 ↗ and life in our community

7:39 ↗ the city of issaquah's public servants

7:41 ↗ strive to provide excellent and timely

7:43 ↗ customer service to the residents

7:44 ↗ businesses and visitors in the city

7:47 ↗ and employees elected and appointed and

7:49 ↗ volunteers work every day to make our

7:51 ↗ community more sustainable

7:53 ↗ vibrant connected and safe so thank you

7:56 ↗ very much

7:58 ↗ and i believe stephanie johnson may be

8:00 ↗ here to say a word about public services

8:02 ↗ recognition week stephanie

8:05 ↗ good evening

8:06 ↗ council members stephanie johnson human

8:08 ↗ resources director

8:10 ↗ i'd like to thank you for this

8:12 ↗ proclamation this evening as human

8:14 ↗ resources director there's certainly not

8:16 ↗ an argument for me that our staff are

8:18 ↗ key to the city's success

8:21 ↗ i personally enjoy in working alongside

8:23 ↗ these staff every day

8:25 ↗ i see our staff working diligently to

8:27 ↗ model our salmon values of sustaining

8:29 ↗ trust acting with integrity leading with

8:33 ↗ respect mastering communication owning

8:36 ↗ actions and being engaged

8:38 ↗ our staff have made crucial

8:40 ↗ contributions in our community they've

8:42 ↗ displayed remarkable resilience and

8:44 ↗ dedication especially throughout the

8:46 ↗ open 19 pandemic to ensure countless

8:49 ↗ essential services for our residents and

8:51 ↗ to keep us propelling forward this has

8:54 ↗ been no easy feat for anyone

8:57 ↗ thank you to the staff that show up

8:59 ↗ every day to make issaquah a better

9:01 ↗ place to work shop live and recreate

9:05 ↗ city council and mayor paulie thank you

9:07 ↗ for your support in our efforts to make

9:09 ↗ issaquah workplace destination i'm

9:11 ↗ thrilled to be celebrating our staff

9:13 ↗ this week as this proclamation on behalf

9:16 ↗ of our wonderful staff

9:18 ↗ thank you so much stephanie

9:20 ↗ the next proclamation for this evening

9:23 ↗ we did celebrate administrative

9:24 ↗ professionals day on april 27th and this

9:28 ↗ is observed annually in workplaces

9:30 ↗ around the world to recognize the

9:32 ↗ important contributions of

9:33 ↗ administrative support staff

9:35 ↗ and administrative

9:36 ↗ professionals play an essential role in

9:38 ↗ coordinating the office and governmental

9:40 ↗ operations within the city of issaquah

9:43 ↗ they are vital contributors in today's

9:45 ↗ team-oriented work environment and they

9:47 ↗ are key front-line public relations

9:50 ↗ ambassadors for their organizations

9:53 ↗ the work of administrative professionals

9:54 ↗ today requires advanced knowledge and

9:56 ↗ expertise in communications computer

9:59 ↗ software office technology project

10:01 ↗ management organization customer service

10:04 ↗ and many other responsibilities so it

10:06 ↗ was a great pleasure to celebrate on

10:08 ↗ april 27th and i'm gonna call back our

10:12 ↗ hr director stephanie johnston for some

10:14 ↗ additional comments

10:24 ↗ administrative professionals day was

10:26 ↗ observed this past wednesday april 27th

10:29 ↗ uh these staff are all across through

10:32 ↗ the organization in various departments

10:34 ↗ and divisions

10:36 ↗ i don't know there's a better way to

10:37 ↗ describe these individuals than glue

10:40 ↗ our administrative professionals have a

10:42 ↗ servant's heart and many of us could not

10:44 ↗ do the work we do without their

10:45 ↗ outstanding customer service and

10:47 ↗ willingness to come to the aid of a

10:49 ↗ co-worker or program

10:51 ↗ we honor them not just on administrative

10:53 ↗ professionals day but every day they

10:55 ↗ make countless contributions in their

10:57 ↗ respective roles and

10:58 ↗ responsibilities and again i thank you

11:01 ↗ city council and mayor polly for

11:02 ↗ recognition of these staff and again i'm

11:05 ↗ thrilled to be uh celebrating them

11:07 ↗ this week

11:09 ↗ thank you stephanie

11:11 ↗ uh next i'd like to invite councilmember

11:13 ↗ hunt to join me

11:14 ↗ professional municipal clerks week is

11:17 ↗ may 1st through 7th

11:19 ↗ this recognizes the professional link

11:21 ↗ the city's clerk office provides to the

11:23 ↗ residents elected and appointed

11:25 ↗ officials and other agencies of

11:27 ↗ government i'm going to turn it over to

11:29 ↗ councilmember hunt

11:36 ↗ thank you

11:37 ↗ this is professional municipal clerks

11:39 ↗ week and i wanted to read the

11:42 ↗ proclamation because i think one of the

11:44 ↗ things

11:45 ↗ that i

11:46 ↗ really appreciate about appreciate about

11:48 ↗ the clerks is that you keep us on track

11:50 ↗ so i thought i'll stay on track and read

11:52 ↗ the proclamation

11:55 ↗ whereas the office of the professional

11:57 ↗ municipal clerk a time-honored and vital

11:59 ↗ part of local government exists

12:00 ↗ throughout the world and is the oldest

12:02 ↗ profession among public servants and

12:05 ↗ whereas the office of the professional

12:06 ↗ municipal clerk provides the

12:08 ↗ professional link between the citizens

12:10 ↗ governing govern local governing bodies

12:12 ↗ and agencies of government at other

12:14 ↗ levels and whereas municipal clerks have

12:17 ↗ pledged to be ever mindful of their

12:19 ↗ neutrality and impartiality rendering

12:22 ↗ equal service to all and whereas the

12:24 ↗ municipal the professional municipal

12:26 ↗ clerk serves as the information center

12:28 ↗ on functions of local government and

12:30 ↗ community and whereas municipal clerks

12:32 ↗ continually strive to improve the

12:34 ↗ administration of the affairs of the

12:36 ↗ profession through participation in

12:38 ↗ education programs seminars workshops

12:40 ↗ and the annual meetings of their state

12:43 ↗ provincial county and international

12:45 ↗ professional organizations and whereas

12:47 ↗ it is most appropriate that we recognize

12:49 ↗ the accomplishments and contributions of

12:51 ↗ the professionals who serve in issaquah

12:53 ↗ city clerk's office now therefore i city

12:56 ↗ council member hunt

12:58 ↗ do recognize the work

13:00 ↗ do you recognize the week of may 1st

13:01 ↗ through 7th 2022 as professional

13:03 ↗ municipal clerks week and i just wanted

13:06 ↗ to say thank you so much to our city

13:08 ↗ clerks and i'm honored to give this to

13:10 ↗ clark geezer thank you so much for all

13:13 ↗ of your help

13:17 ↗ thank you so much mayor and

13:19 ↗ councilmember hunt and we do have the

13:21 ↗ full clerk's office here tonight so

13:23 ↗ myself and you know chris grabowski

13:26 ↗ tammy do you mind introducing yourself

13:31 ↗ hi i'm jeremy uh

13:34 ↗ in the public record channels from the

13:35 ↗ city clerk's office and i'm just

13:37 ↗ thrilled to be here

13:40 ↗ so you all are very familiar with our

13:41 ↗ work in the clerk's office supporting

13:44 ↗ our elected officials and our city as a

13:46 ↗ whole we see one of our primary roles as

13:49 ↗ to increase public access to government

13:52 ↗ that's through making sure our meetings

13:54 ↗ are open and accessible and that our

13:55 ↗ records are accessible tammy does an

13:58 ↗ excellent job of being the steward of

14:01 ↗ public disclosure requests and providing

14:03 ↗ excellent

14:04 ↗ customer service and expertise in that

14:06 ↗ area we also are the city's records

14:08 ↗ managers just a few days ago chris and i

14:11 ↗ were neck deep in dusty annexation

14:14 ↗ records from the 1940s and 50s meanwhile

14:17 ↗ tammy has become an expert at extracting

14:19 ↗ information from iphones so records

14:22 ↗ management is a real challenge in the

14:24 ↗ year 2022 we're dealing with decades of

14:27 ↗ paper and digital records and

14:29 ↗ ever-evolving technology that role keeps

14:31 ↗ us busy and on our toes

14:34 ↗ we're also

14:36 ↗ glad to support our city's boards and

14:38 ↗ commissions and meeting procedures

14:40 ↗ and

14:41 ↗ certain coordination and administrative

14:44 ↗ support so we're so grateful to serve

14:46 ↗ the city and thank you for the

14:47 ↗ recognition tonight

14:50 ↗ thank you so much tisha

14:52 ↗ and thank you for bringing your whole

14:54 ↗ team that was awesome

14:56 ↗ next i would like to invite council

14:59 ↗ member ray to join me because may 1st

15:02 ↗ 7th also happens to be correctional

15:05 ↗ officers week and issaquah has a team of

15:08 ↗ correctional officers

15:10 ↗ we recognize the corrections officers as

15:12 ↗ essential to our justice system they are

15:14 ↗ skilled professionals who must act as

15:17 ↗ counselors communicators

15:18 ↗ educators and much much more and i'm

15:20 ↗ going to turn it over to council member

15:22 ↗ ray to talk about the proclamation

15:26 ↗ thank you mayor paulie i'm going to

15:28 ↗ repeat some of the things you just said

15:30 ↗ and i won't say them as well but i will

15:31 ↗ try

15:32 ↗ this week we want to recognize all of

15:34 ↗ the corrections officers

15:36 ↗ who have an essential role and part in

15:38 ↗ our justice system here in this

15:39 ↗ community

15:41 ↗ we ask a lot of the men and women who

15:43 ↗ supervise offenders in our correctional

15:44 ↗ facilities

15:46 ↗ their dedication hard work and sacrifice

15:48 ↗ are essential to operating

15:50 ↗ our facility here in issaquah

15:54 ↗ our corrections officers are skilled

15:56 ↗ professionals it must act as stealing

15:58 ↗ your words counselors communicators

16:00 ↗ educators experts in crisis intervention

16:02 ↗ absolutely the case and then our

16:04 ↗ corrections team is committed to

16:05 ↗ ensuring that we maintain a safe and

16:07 ↗ secure humane operation in our jail

16:10 ↗ facility so please join me and thank and

16:12 ↗ recognize all of our corrections

16:14 ↗ officers for their contributions to our

16:16 ↗ community

16:19 ↗ thank you so much council member ray and

16:21 ↗ i'm just checking is our interim police

16:23 ↗ chief here would you like to add some

16:24 ↗ comments that's great um chief schwann

16:31 ↗ thank you madam mayor and council

16:32 ↗ members

16:34 ↗ i'm very proud and appreciate all those

16:37 ↗ who

16:37 ↗ showed up 24 7 through coving care for

16:40 ↗ all our guests

16:42 ↗ with an average daily population of 50

16:44 ↗ people um residing in our facility thank

16:47 ↗ you for the proclamation and special

16:49 ↗ thanks this week for all and all year

16:52 ↗ long for the work the ceos do around the

16:54 ↗ clock they often go sight unseen and

16:56 ↗ they do an amazing job and i appreciate

16:58 ↗ them and the opportunity to represent

17:00 ↗ them this week

17:03 ↗ thank you very much chief

17:05 ↗ moving into the week of may 9th through

17:08 ↗ 13th uh economic development week and

17:11 ↗ i'd like to ask councilmember d michelle

17:13 ↗ to join me down at the diaz

17:15 ↗ this is a chance for us to recognize our

17:17 ↗ economic development office and its

17:19 ↗ vital role that they have in promoting

17:22 ↗ the economic well-being and quality of

17:24 ↗ life in our community

17:25 ↗ and i'll hand it over to council member

17:27 ↗ g michelle

17:30 ↗ thank you thank you

17:35 ↗ thanks well i um i want to acknowledge

17:38 ↗ that we have a fabulous economic

17:40 ↗ development uh group in our city

17:43 ↗ and they certainly

17:44 ↗ demonstrated that during the last two

17:46 ↗ years

17:47 ↗ uh visibly we were

17:49 ↗ we saw the streetery which was a huge

17:52 ↗ success we put in place but more

17:54 ↗ recently we've seen the little parklets

17:56 ↗ going up but that's the visible part of

17:58 ↗ what they do during the pandemic they

18:01 ↗ conducted surveys of businesses and they

18:04 ↗ did outreach to virtually every business

18:06 ↗ in our community they came forward with

18:09 ↗ proposals for funding so that we could

18:11 ↗ support them during a really difficult

18:13 ↗ time after those funding proposals were

18:16 ↗ approved they worked on the distribution

18:18 ↗ of those funds

18:19 ↗ and then again outreach to

18:22 ↗ so many businesses in our community as

18:24 ↗ that was taking place i personally have

18:27 ↗ had the opportunity to take advantages

18:29 ↗ of their services referring

18:31 ↗ people that i've met through our

18:33 ↗ regional committees that we serve on and

18:36 ↗ out in the community

18:37 ↗ and every time i've heard back from the

18:39 ↗ people that i referred and uh just thank

18:42 ↗ me so much because the services that

18:44 ↗ they rendered were absolutely excellent

18:46 ↗ so congratulations to our economic

18:49 ↗ development team

18:50 ↗ and uh congratulations on economic

18:53 ↗ development week i'll turn it back to

18:55 ↗ you

18:59 ↗ thank you councilmember d michelle i

19:01 ↗ believe we have our economic development

19:03 ↗ manager with us as well jen would you

19:05 ↗ like to share a few words

19:09 ↗ would be great to yes on these areas on

19:11 ↗ this camera as well so thank you mayor

19:12 ↗ holly for this recognition and city

19:15 ↗ council so each economic development

19:17 ↗ week is next week and it celebrates the

19:19 ↗ contributions of economic developers

19:21 ↗ across the nation the image on the slide

19:24 ↗ found a few months ago and at least it

19:26 ↗ is a great way to portray what we do

19:27 ↗ because often people think we throw

19:29 ↗ money to businesses we give away

19:31 ↗ property or land we don't do that we

19:33 ↗ don't believe that business interests

19:34 ↗ are more important than all other voices

19:36 ↗ in the community but what we do

19:39 ↗ do is support businesses

19:42 ↗ through the community through marketing

19:43 ↗ retention and attraction for the

19:46 ↗ ultimate outcome of increased prosperity

19:48 ↗ job opportunities and increased standard

19:51 ↗ of living for all in our community this

19:53 ↗ gives a really great view of what we do

19:55 ↗ but we're very lucky to have the

19:57 ↗ wonderful support of this administration

19:59 ↗ and council and i want to say thank you

20:01 ↗ for allowing us not only respond to help

20:03 ↗ our businesses over the last two years

20:05 ↗ get through a very tough time but also

20:07 ↗ the continued support for our businesses

20:09 ↗ to locate and grow this o'clock i joined

20:12 ↗ the city almost nine years ago um

20:15 ↗ the city was expanding the economic

20:17 ↗ development department i wanted to be

20:19 ↗ part of this uh investment in the

20:21 ↗ partnership with the chamber just to

20:22 ↗ better support our business community

20:24 ↗ vincent copeland

20:26 ↗ joined the city in mid-2020 in the heat

20:29 ↗ of states during the pandemic has been

20:30 ↗ an invaluable member to the team to

20:32 ↗ support businesses through the pandemic

20:34 ↗ but it's gonna be a great person to

20:36 ↗ continue to help businesses and support

20:38 ↗ our tourism industry moving forward

20:41 ↗ so partnerships are super important in

20:43 ↗ our work and tonight we want to thank

20:45 ↗ the economic vitality commissioners and

20:47 ↗ the vision partners some of them who are

20:49 ↗ on the call tonight i believe i see on

20:51 ↗ the attendees uh kathy mccory and mark

20:54 ↗ clemens from the chamber india

20:56 ↗ respectively

20:58 ↗ and uh just a little glimpse ahead of

21:00 ↗ what's ahead we're creating a podcast to

21:02 ↗ share what's going on

21:03 ↗ in the business community what

21:05 ↗ businesses are coming what types of

21:06 ↗ businesses are looking

21:08 ↗ uh at our community and hear the voices

21:11 ↗ from our business community so look

21:12 ↗ forward to uh to

21:14 ↗ having that out in the community

21:16 ↗ so overall we appreciate the support of

21:18 ↗ economic development we appreciate the

21:20 ↗ businesses that add to our vibrant

21:22 ↗ community to help promote economic

21:24 ↗ well-being thank you

21:26 ↗ thank you jen and thank you benton

21:28 ↗ uh the last uh staff proclamation that

21:31 ↗ we're going to have tonight is for

21:32 ↗ police week which is may 11th to 17th

21:35 ↗ and it recognizes the police department

21:37 ↗ which is grown to be a modern and

21:39 ↗ scientific law enforcement agency and

21:41 ↗ professionals who unceasingly provide

21:43 ↗ such a vital public service and i'm

21:45 ↗ going to turn this over to

21:47 ↗ council member joe

21:52 ↗ thank you mayor paulie

21:55 ↗ so as most stories start out it was a

21:57 ↗ dark and stormy night

21:59 ↗ in 2021

22:01 ↗ and there was a pounding

22:03 ↗ on my door in my apartment

22:05 ↗ as i answered the door and asked who it

22:06 ↗ was

22:07 ↗ all i heard was gibberish back a little

22:10 ↗ mumbling

22:11 ↗ and i looked out the little uh peephole

22:14 ↗ there

22:15 ↗ and it's dark and i couldn't really see

22:17 ↗ who it was but he was a big man that's

22:18 ↗ all i do he pounded again

22:22 ↗ yelled at me incoherently

22:24 ↗ i asked who he was

22:26 ↗ he

22:27 ↗ i get couldn't get any information so i

22:29 ↗ picked up the phone and i called 9-1-1

22:32 ↗ and the calm person on the line helped

22:35 ↗ talk me through

22:37 ↗ my fear at that moment and it was right

22:39 ↗ after the george floyd

22:41 ↗ protest in summer and i was concerned

22:43 ↗ that if the police showed up it could ex

22:46 ↗ you know it could

22:47 ↗ be a bigger problem so

22:50 ↗ the 911 operator calmly took me through

22:53 ↗ things and said that they were going to

22:54 ↗ send a unit over and so

22:56 ↗ that put me at ease right away

22:59 ↗ and as i looked out the window i saw the

23:01 ↗ police arrive

23:02 ↗ and their first instinct wasn't to

23:04 ↗ have their guns drawn

23:06 ↗ or to have their batons out or to have

23:10 ↗ you know a

23:12 ↗ a mode of trying to uh you know suppress

23:16 ↗ the situation with physical force

23:18 ↗ uh they calmly approached the person

23:21 ↗ he had his hands up

23:23 ↗ he

23:24 ↗ laid down on the ground at that point

23:27 ↗ because i came to find out that he was

23:29 ↗ suffering a health problem that was

23:32 ↗ impacting his speech and impacting his

23:34 ↗ cognitive abilities the police put a

23:37 ↗ coat

23:38 ↗ underneath his head talked him through

23:41 ↗ and eventually an ambulance came and

23:42 ↗ showed up

23:43 ↗ and that to me

23:45 ↗ i'm not going to read the whole

23:47 ↗ proclamation but one of the whereas says

23:50 ↗ our police department serves the people

23:52 ↗ by safeguarding life and property

23:54 ↗ protecting them against violence or

23:55 ↗ disorder and protecting innocent

23:58 ↗ and protecting the innocent against

24:00 ↗ deception and the weak against

24:02 ↗ oppression or intimidation

24:05 ↗ and that really sums up my story there

24:07 ↗ the police showed up to protect me as a

24:09 ↗ person in my property potentially

24:12 ↗ they showed up and wanted to

24:14 ↗ quell any violence or disorder that was

24:16 ↗ going on and they also wanted to protect

24:19 ↗ the innocent which turned out to be the

24:21 ↗ individual suffering a health problem

24:23 ↗ protect the innocent against

24:25 ↗ oppression or intimidation and um

24:29 ↗ i really appreciated the police being

24:31 ↗ there

24:32 ↗ when i needed their help and so

24:35 ↗ paula schwann and the police department

24:37 ↗ thank you very much for all your help we

24:38 ↗ appreciate all your work thank you

24:43 ↗ thank you very much councilmember joe um

24:45 ↗ interim chief schwann still with us

24:47 ↗ would you like to share a few words

24:48 ↗ about police week

24:50 ↗ yes thank you very much

24:52 ↗ mayor

24:53 ↗ and thank you for the kind words council

24:55 ↗ number two

24:57 ↗ this year we are celebrating 65 years

24:59 ↗ within supply of zodiac squad police

25:01 ↗ department and being a department so law

25:03 ↗ enforcement

25:05 ↗ a special thanks for all the ipe

25:06 ↗ officers

25:08 ↗ and their protection around the clock 24

25:10 ↗ 7 this community holidays birthdays etc

25:14 ↗ through all emergencies and staff

25:15 ↗ challenges

25:18 ↗ the support from this community has been

25:20 ↗ amazing and the council as well we

25:22 ↗ recognize the officers this week in may

25:25 ↗ remembering you all year as an honor

25:27 ↗ thank you for the council of the mayor

25:29 ↗ and city admin support with this

25:31 ↗ proclamation thank you

25:34 ↗ thank you very much chief it has been a

25:36 ↗ difficult couple of years so it's with

25:38 ↗ great pride that we make this

25:40 ↗ proclamation today for you and all your

25:42 ↗ your employees

25:44 ↗ um so that wraps up the amazing month of

25:46 ↗ may thank you to government workers

25:48 ↗ month of may thanks to everybody who

25:51 ↗ helped i do have one additional

25:53 ↗ proclamation uh this one is on

25:55 ↗ affordable housing and i just like to

25:56 ↗ take a few minutes to go through it

25:59 ↗ whereas all people should have access to

26:01 ↗ safe healthy and affordable homes within

26:04 ↗ communities that provide opportunity

26:06 ↗ and whereas the us department of housing

26:08 ↗ and urban development defines affordable

26:10 ↗ housing as housing on which the occupant

26:13 ↗ is paying no more than 30 percent of

26:15 ↗ gross income for housing costs including

26:17 ↗ utilities

26:18 ↗ and that the covet 19 pandemic has

26:21 ↗ exacerbated many existing financial

26:23 ↗ constraints for low and moderate income

26:25 ↗ households

26:27 ↗ and that everyone benefits from

26:29 ↗ affordable housing including the people

26:31 ↗ who reside in these properties their

26:32 ↗ neighbors

26:33 ↗ businesses and employers in the

26:35 ↗ community as a whole

26:36 ↗ that we the need for affordable homes

26:39 ↗ across king county prior to the covet 19

26:41 ↗ pandemic and the number of people

26:43 ↗ experiencing homelessness has remained

26:45 ↗ at a crisis level

26:47 ↗ so i mary lee paulie mayor of the city

26:49 ↗ of issaquah do hereby proclaim may 8 to

26:51 ↗ 14 to be affordable housing week

26:54 ↗ and we do not have anyone to accept this

26:57 ↗ proclamation tonight but i thought it

26:59 ↗ was important to read it and a little

27:00 ↗ bit of it is highlighted in my mayor's

27:03 ↗ report as well as you have a housing

27:05 ↗ report memo in the agenda package this

27:08 ↗ evening so thank you all for being

27:10 ↗ patient with all of our proclamations

27:26 ↗ the next item we have on the agenda this

27:28 ↗ evening is audience comments and members

27:30 ↗ of the public may address the council at

27:32 ↗ this time whether you are here in person

27:34 ↗ or attending virtually

27:36 ↗ those who signed up in advance to make

27:38 ↗ comments will be called on first

27:40 ↗ and if you are joining us virtually and

27:42 ↗ like to make comments please raise your

27:44 ↗ virtual hand

27:46 ↗ if you're on a phone press star 3 and if

27:48 ↗ you have joined by computer or

27:50 ↗ smartphone look for a hand icon

27:52 ↗ this varies by device

27:54 ↗ one option may be to go to the

27:55 ↗ participant panel and choose the raise

27:57 ↗ hand icon in the lower right hand corner

28:00 ↗ if you're in the room and did not sign

28:02 ↗ up i will ask for other speakers so

28:05 ↗ don't worry we'll get to you before we

28:06 ↗ close this portion of the meeting

28:08 ↗ city clerk has anyone signed up to speak

28:10 ↗ for general audience comments this

28:12 ↗ evening

28:15 ↗ mayor cornell atwater signed up but made

28:17 ↗ her comments would you like to make

28:18 ↗ additional comments cornell

28:21 ↗ okay um and i'm monitoring the online

28:24 ↗ participants i don't see that anyone

28:25 ↗ else has indicated a desire to speak

28:28 ↗ thank you city clerk so just as a

28:30 ↗ reminder written comments can be

28:32 ↗ submitted at any time

28:33 ↗ to city council at issaquah.gov

28:37 ↗ i'm going to go over to deputy council

28:39 ↗ president hall to ask if there were any

28:40 ↗ email comments that you would like to

28:42 ↗ summarize on tonight's agenda topics

28:45 ↗ uh thank you there are we had one

28:47 ↗ individual write-in about items

28:48 ↗ appearing on this evening's agenda

28:51 ↗ with regard to id 1062 which recognizes

28:54 ↗ public service recognition week this

28:55 ↗ resident supported our efforts but made

28:58 ↗ the distinction between public service

29:00 ↗ and pub and public good

29:02 ↗ and wish to better understand how the

29:03 ↗ city goes about supporting public

29:05 ↗ service activities

29:06 ↗ and with regards to id 1137 our new

29:09 ↗ business item on the agenda this evening

29:11 ↗ the same residents shared their concerns

29:13 ↗ with the item and described

29:15 ↗ how our position is one of public trust

29:17 ↗ and our compensation shouldn't

29:19 ↗ necessarily be derived by a simple wage

29:21 ↗ times hours formula but they also

29:24 ↗ express appreciation for the times and

29:26 ↗ for the time and efforts of the council

29:28 ↗ and that was the only item of public

29:30 ↗ comment we received by email thanks

29:32 ↗ thank you deputy council president

29:34 ↗ uh we will move on to committee

29:35 ↗ regionals

29:37 ↗ committee and regional reports and we'll

29:39 ↗ start with council member joe

29:41 ↗ thank you madam mayor

29:42 ↗ cascade

29:44 ↗ water alliance met on

29:46 ↗ may 27th some of the highlights there's

29:49 ↗ been a little bit of vandalism and

29:51 ↗ illegal dumping on the cascade property

29:53 ↗ so we need to keep an eye on that it

29:54 ↗ seems to be on the rise

29:56 ↗ there was a clean financial audit that

29:59 ↗ they ran

30:01 ↗ and that'll

30:02 ↗ be in the report that i'll send off to

30:04 ↗ you

30:06 ↗ also

30:07 ↗ the most important thing is they're

30:09 ↗ going to convert

30:10 ↗ from using an outside firm for their

30:14 ↗ legal work to

30:15 ↗ having an in-house counsel the in-house

30:17 ↗ counsel is the current person from that

30:20 ↗ firm that's working on cascade water

30:21 ↗ alliance issues

30:23 ↗ she is retiring or wanting to scale down

30:26 ↗ her work a little bit so she'll be in

30:28 ↗ house with cascade it is seen as a

30:31 ↗ budget saving

30:33 ↗ move by cascade and it's really nice to

30:36 ↗ have your attorney right down the hall

30:38 ↗ where you can ask them questions as

30:40 ↗ opposed to having to pick up the phone

30:41 ↗ or do an email so it's going to be

30:43 ↗ advantageous to cascade it should be a

30:47 ↗ good way that they're going to be able

30:48 ↗ to really

30:50 ↗ focus on their work a little bit better

30:51 ↗ that concludes my report thank you

30:55 ↗ thank you council member joe next is

30:57 ↗ council member d michelle

30:59 ↗ thank you mayor paulie on april 20th i

31:01 ↗ attended the regional transit committee

31:03 ↗ meeting metro is currently exploring

31:05 ↗ options for fair collection

31:08 ↗ fares represent about 25 percent of the

31:10 ↗ agency's income the fare boxes in use

31:12 ↗ today are old and would require a

31:15 ↗ multi-million dollar investment to

31:17 ↗ either retain or replace doesn't matter

31:19 ↗ which option either one is going to be

31:21 ↗ very expensive

31:23 ↗ and many will be obsolete in about five

31:25 ↗ years in addition fair evasion has grown

31:28 ↗ exponentially

31:29 ↗ possibly as a result of the free rides

31:31 ↗ that metro provided early during the

31:33 ↗ pandemic

31:34 ↗ metro is exploring the possibility of

31:37 ↗ removing all of the fare boxes

31:39 ↗ eliminating cash collections and

31:42 ↗ transitioning to using orca cards only

31:44 ↗ for fair collections but there are

31:47 ↗ questions about how that would impact

31:48 ↗ senior citizens low-income riders and

31:51 ↗ tourists coming into the region for

31:52 ↗ short visits and others so

31:55 ↗ this was quite a

31:56 ↗ again another robust discussion at uh

31:59 ↗ the regional transit committee

32:01 ↗ decisions will be forthcoming in the

32:03 ↗ next year we also received a progress

32:06 ↗ report on metro's rapid ride

32:07 ↗ implementation and on electric

32:10 ↗ electrification of the fleet with a new

32:13 ↗ all-electric bus space recently opened

32:15 ↗ in tuckwell so that ends my report thank

32:19 ↗ you

32:22 ↗ thank you councilmember d michelle

32:23 ↗ councilmember hunt thank you madam mayor

32:26 ↗ i have one report for an upcoming

32:27 ↗ meeting on may 4th which is this coming

32:30 ↗ wednesday the regional water quality

32:32 ↗ committee will meet and we have two

32:34 ↗ briefings on our agenda one is on the

32:36 ↗ executive king county executive proposed

32:38 ↗ sewer rate and capacity charge and the

32:41 ↗ other is on the clean water plan which

32:43 ↗ is a response to some committee

32:45 ↗ inquiries and a also a response to an

32:47 ↗ auditor's management letter so i will

32:49 ↗ report back once i have had that meeting

32:52 ↗ and that concludes my report

32:55 ↗ thank you councilmember councilmember

32:56 ↗ ray thank you mayor paulie the king

32:59 ↗ county growth management planning

33:00 ↗ council met on april 27th in a virtual

33:03 ↗ meeting there were four items on the

33:04 ↗ agenda we received a legislative session

33:07 ↗ update from the department of commerce

33:09 ↗ the report was in-depth in-depth and

33:12 ↗ quite extensive and i would have to

33:13 ↗ share the entire report with the council

33:15 ↗ if you are interested

33:17 ↗ we also received a briefing from the

33:18 ↗ city of sammamish's plan

33:20 ↗ to reevaluate their growth targets

33:23 ↗ when the county plan was developed in

33:24 ↗ late 2021 there were unresolved utility

33:27 ↗ infrastructure issues that made

33:28 ↗ committing to a growth target difficult

33:30 ↗ for the city of samamish those issues

33:32 ↗ have been resolved and some ambush is

33:34 ↗ working on restating their growth

33:35 ↗ targets

33:36 ↗ the gmpc affordable housing committee

33:39 ↗ ahc responding to gmpc's request to

33:43 ↗ recommend an accountability framework

33:45 ↗ for the county-wide planning policy

33:47 ↗ housing chapter

33:49 ↗ and incorporating new data and guidance

33:52 ↗ from the washington state department of

33:54 ↗ commerce on affordable housing targets

33:56 ↗ and the county

33:57 ↗ county wide knee projections they

33:59 ↗ recommended

34:03 ↗ amendments to the current county-wide

34:05 ↗ planning policies necessary to implement

34:08 ↗ the accountability and gmpc has provided

34:11 ↗ feedback to the on the proposal and will

34:13 ↗ be taking action

34:15 ↗ to adopt the recommendations at a future

34:17 ↗ meeting and finally gmtc was briefed on

34:20 ↗ a framework to analyze urban growth area

34:22 ↗ expansion policies and the four to one

34:24 ↗ program

34:26 ↗ also the next eastside fire and rescue

34:28 ↗ board of directors meeting is scheduled

34:29 ↗ for may 12th at eastside fire and rescue

34:32 ↗ headquarters the agenda has not been

34:33 ↗ said at this time and the meeting will

34:35 ↗ be held in person and that concludes my

34:37 ↗ report

34:38 ↗ thank you councilmember ray

34:40 ↗ councilmember martz thank you madam

34:41 ↗ mayor

34:43 ↗ the puget sound regional council growth

34:45 ↗ management policy board will next meet

34:48 ↗ on thursday may 5th from 10 until noon

34:51 ↗ uh it's going to be a hybrid meeting uh

34:53 ↗ still probably june i think sounds like

34:56 ↗ uh reese can be going back to

34:58 ↗ on-site but this will still be hybrid

35:00 ↗ and

35:01 ↗ uh

35:02 ↗ there's no action items but there are a

35:04 ↗ number of discussion items including a

35:06 ↗ recap of the 2022 legislative session a

35:09 ↗ review of vision 2050

35:11 ↗ implementation actions

35:13 ↗ and a discussion on 2024 comprehensive

35:17 ↗ plan update process and psrc support and

35:20 ↗ certification

35:21 ↗ there is no sca pic meeting this month

35:25 ↗ uh they are taking

35:27 ↗ they're taking a quiet month to regroup

35:28 ↗ after a very exciting uh two years but

35:31 ↗ for anybody who hasn't heard uh deanna

35:33 ↗ dawson will be leaving sca um as

35:36 ↗ executive director to become executive

35:37 ↗ director for the association of

35:39 ↗ washington cities in mid-june um you

35:42 ↗ know uh one of the pleasures of having

35:45 ↗ been on sca for 12 years now is i got to

35:48 ↗ see uh she just transformed pic and

35:51 ↗ transformed sca and just did an amazing

35:54 ↗ job uh

35:56 ↗ an incredible amount of work that she

35:57 ↗ made look easy but i know it wasn't easy

35:59 ↗ at all

36:01 ↗ so i'm just very

36:02 ↗ excited for her and for all of us that

36:04 ↗ will get to see her leadership at awc

36:06 ↗ this concludes my report

36:10 ↗ thank you deputy council president hall

36:12 ↗ uh no report this evening

36:14 ↗ thanks the next item on the agenda is

36:16 ↗ the mayor's report there will be an

36:18 ↗ executive session this evening to

36:20 ↗ discuss property acquisition for rcw

36:23 ↗ 42.30

36:25 ↗ 0.110 paren one paren b and the item is

36:28 ↗ expected to take approximately 20

36:30 ↗ minutes

36:31 ↗ no action is anticipated to follow in

36:33 ↗ open session

36:36 ↗ i'd also like to welcome one of our

36:38 ↗ guests this evening drew tarinski i am

36:41 ↗ pleased to welcome drew to the city of

36:43 ↗ issaquah drew is the deputy garrison

36:45 ↗ commander for us army garrison carlisle

36:48 ↗ barracks in carlisle pennsylvania in

36:51 ↗ support of the u.s army war college

36:53 ↗ jerusalem issaquah this week is part of

36:55 ↗ a joint program that the international

36:58 ↗ city managers and county managers

37:00 ↗ association

37:02 ↗ runs and the

37:04 ↗ runs and the u.s army sponsors for

37:06 ↗ senior civilian army managers

37:08 ↗ responsible for management of army posts

37:10 ↗ around the world

37:11 ↗ issaquah is one of ten cities selected

37:14 ↗ for this year's program

37:15 ↗ the other cities are lakewood washington

37:17 ↗ las vegas nevada austin texas

37:20 ↗ kennesaw georgia koppel texas columbia

37:24 ↗ georgia live oak texas and newport news

37:27 ↗ virginia

37:28 ↗ do will be visiting various city

37:30 ↗ facilities and meeting with not only

37:31 ↗ city staff but staff from area cities

37:34 ↗ about a variety of topics including

37:36 ↗ recreation sustainability and how

37:38 ↗ jurisdictions work together to provide

37:40 ↗ services prior to his current assignment

37:43 ↗ drew served as deputy to the garrison

37:45 ↗ commander for us army garrison casey on

37:48 ↗ camp casey in south korea before being

37:50 ↗ assigned as the deputy he served as the

37:52 ↗ director directorate of plans training

37:55 ↗ mobile training mobilization and

37:57 ↗ security with the us army garrison red

38:00 ↗ cloud and area i

38:03 ↗ in south korea

38:04 ↗ where he was responsible for planning

38:06 ↗ directing and synchronizing the

38:08 ↗ garrison's installation operations

38:11 ↗ drew is a graduate of the united states

38:13 ↗ military academy and holds a bachelor of

38:15 ↗ science degree in engineering management

38:17 ↗ he also holds a master's degree in

38:18 ↗ business management from webster

38:20 ↗ university and a master's degree in

38:22 ↗ international relations from

38:24 ↗ shippensburg state college he is a

38:26 ↗ graduate of the us army senior service

38:28 ↗ college so we welcome drew to issaquah

38:30 ↗ and i'd like to invite him up to the

38:31 ↗ podium to say a few words welcome drew

38:39 ↗ well thank you mayor for that wonderful

38:41 ↗ introduction and also thank you for you

38:44 ↗ and your team hosting myself in this

38:46 ↗ program sponsored by the united states

38:49 ↗ army

38:49 ↗ and your city administrator put a really

38:52 ↗ robust schedule together for me this

38:54 ↗ week and i really look forward to

38:57 ↗ visiting with everybody and enjoying my

38:59 ↗ stay here in the great town of issaquah

39:01 ↗ so thank you very much

39:02 ↗ thank you drew we're glad to have you

39:06 ↗ as i mentioned earlier

39:08 ↗ i did an affordable housing week

39:10 ↗ proclamation and the city of issaquah is

39:12 ↗ committed to ensuring that all people

39:14 ↗ have access to safe healthy and

39:16 ↗ affordable homes

39:18 ↗ so today i signed the proclamation

39:21 ↗ affordable housing week is here to

39:23 ↗ emphasize the important role that

39:24 ↗ affordable housing plays in stabilizing

39:26 ↗ our community there is much work to do

39:29 ↗ in investing in affordable housing for

39:30 ↗ the long-term growth stability and

39:32 ↗ vibrancy of our town

39:35 ↗ the consent agenda includes the city's

39:37 ↗ 2021 housing report card which shows the

39:40 ↗ city's progress toward implementing the

39:42 ↗ 2017 housing strategy work plan

39:45 ↗ aimed at achieving the type of housing

39:47 ↗ growth and development patterns that

39:48 ↗ support and define the community's

39:50 ↗ quality of life

39:51 ↗ the 2021 report indicates that the city

39:54 ↗ has room to improve in providing

39:56 ↗ affordable housing units including

39:59 ↗ investments in density and multi-family

40:01 ↗ housing

40:02 ↗ in 2021 105 new housing units were

40:06 ↗ constructed in issaquah

40:08 ↗ of those units 70 were single-family

40:10 ↗ units built on previously undeveloped

40:12 ↗ land

40:13 ↗ this is a reversal from 2020 when 93

40:17 ↗ percent of new construction was

40:18 ↗ multi-family housing that included

40:20 ↗ apartments townhomes and senior living

40:22 ↗ units limited infill projects are not

40:25 ↗ sufficient to meet the demand for

40:27 ↗ affordable housing nor to meet the

40:29 ↗ requirements under the state mandate

40:31 ↗ issaquah must use redevelopment to focus

40:33 ↗ dense inclusionary multi-family housing

40:36 ↗ in central issaquah especially within

40:38 ↗ the regional growth center and we must

40:40 ↗ do more to ensure that it causes an

40:42 ↗ affordable inclusive and vibrant place

40:44 ↗ to live

40:45 ↗ the last item i have today is a series

40:47 ↗ of upcoming community events

40:50 ↗ dodge ball and donuts the youth advisory

40:53 ↗ board is hosting a dodge ball tournament

40:55 ↗ on saturday may 7th from 7 to 9 p.m

40:58 ↗ the teams consist of five high school

41:00 ↗ teens and one issaquah police officer

41:02 ↗ and will compete for a dodgeball

41:04 ↗ championship trophy donuts and t-shirts

41:07 ↗ will be awarded to all who register and

41:09 ↗ registration is available on the city of

41:10 ↗ issaquah's website

41:12 ↗ there is an open house coming up on

41:14 ↗ title 18 zoning and uses

41:17 ↗ on may 10th the city will host a virtual

41:19 ↗ open house to answer the public's

41:21 ↗ question on the zoning and uses

41:22 ↗ discussion drafts more information is

41:25 ↗ available on the city's website

41:28 ↗ recycling and waste webinar where does

41:30 ↗ it go please join recology in the city

41:33 ↗ for a webinar on may 20th at noon to

41:35 ↗ learn what happens to recyclable

41:36 ↗ material after it leaves our homes

41:38 ↗ registration is free and is available on

41:41 ↗ the city's website

41:42 ↗ and the last community event is a

41:44 ↗ historic pub crawl the downtown issaquah

41:46 ↗ association partnering with the issaquah

41:48 ↗ history museum are pleased to announce

41:50 ↗ the 2022 tour dates for the historic pub

41:53 ↗ crawl

41:54 ↗ booked your tickets now for one of three

41:56 ↗ historic pub calls to learn about

41:58 ↗ issaquah's colorful history of murder

42:01 ↗ mayhem and prohibition

42:03 ↗ find out more and book your tickets on

42:05 ↗ the downtown issaquah associate

42:07 ↗ association website and that concludes

42:09 ↗ the mayor's report

42:12 ↗ the next item on our agenda this evening

42:14 ↗ is an informational update id

42:17 ↗ 1070-2022 legislative report a council

42:20 ↗ is being asked to receive this report

42:22 ↗ this evening and i'd like to invite the

42:24 ↗ city's lobbyist shelly helder with

42:26 ↗ gordon thomas honeywell governmental

42:27 ↗ affairs to make a presentation welcome

42:29 ↗ shelley

42:32 ↗ thank you mayor paulie deputy council

42:34 ↗ president hall council members it's good

42:37 ↗ to be with you this evening

42:39 ↗ as mayor paulie said i am shelley helder

42:41 ↗ and i have the privilege of serving as

42:43 ↗ the city's

42:45 ↗ government affairs consultant or also

42:47 ↗ known as your contract lobbyist

42:50 ↗ next slide

42:52 ↗ this evening i'm going to be

42:54 ↗ providing a general update on the city's

42:57 ↗ legislative program and to do that i'll

43:00 ↗ provide a high-level overview of state

43:02 ↗ elections

43:04 ↗ and we'll review the city's recent

43:06 ↗ legislative successes and some

43:07 ↗ challenges ahead and then wrap up with

43:10 ↗ some recommendations about things to

43:12 ↗ consider to prepare for the 2023 session

43:16 ↗ next slide so

43:19 ↗ with the legislative session concluded

43:21 ↗ legislators are beginning to shift their

43:23 ↗ focus to the november 2022 elections

43:26 ↗ every house seat and half of the senate

43:29 ↗ seats are up for election

43:31 ↗ and everyone will be subject to the new

43:34 ↗ district boundaries

43:36 ↗ of note neither of the city senators are

43:39 ↗ up for election this cycle but all of

43:41 ↗ the house members are

43:43 ↗ the current political party breakdown

43:46 ↗ has democrats with a strong majority

43:50 ↗ in this upcoming election cycle

43:51 ↗ republicans are hoping to pick up seats

43:54 ↗ and for the most part democrats concede

43:57 ↗ that they will likely lose some seats

43:59 ↗ and that's typically the case in a

44:00 ↗ midterm election when that party has the

44:02 ↗ white house

44:04 ↗ the 2023 legislature

44:07 ↗ i think it's generally understood is

44:09 ↗ going to be slightly more moderate than

44:11 ↗ it is currently

44:13 ↗ but the degree to how moderate it is is

44:16 ↗ still too early to know

44:18 ↗ regardless of political affiliation

44:21 ↗ there is bound to be significant

44:23 ↗ turnover in the legislature so we'll

44:25 ↗ have lots of new faces

44:27 ↗ there are 19 legislators that have

44:29 ↗ decided not to run for re-election after

44:32 ↗ their term expires in december

44:34 ↗ and then additionally six

44:37 ↗ of those vacant senate seats are going

44:39 ↗ to be

44:40 ↗ pursued by members of the house so that

44:43 ↗ means they're the house seats will be an

44:45 ↗ open seat

44:46 ↗ a few of the retirements that i thought

44:49 ↗ would be noteworthy for the city to be

44:51 ↗ aware of first is senator david frocht

44:54 ↗ he has served as the senate capital

44:56 ↗ budget lead for the last several years

44:59 ↗ and he has announced his retirement

45:01 ↗ meaning that come 2023 the senate

45:04 ↗ democrats will need to identify a new

45:07 ↗ capital budget lead

45:09 ↗ another noteworthy retirement is senator

45:11 ↗ reuben carlyle

45:13 ↗ and his retirement is noteworthy because

45:16 ↗ his house seat counterpart

45:18 ↗ representative noel frame is seeking the

45:21 ↗ senate seat that senator carlisle is

45:23 ↗ leaving she is the current chair of the

45:26 ↗ house finance committee meaning there

45:28 ↗ will be a new finance committee chair

45:30 ↗ next year that committee is the

45:31 ↗ committee that that's all tax policy for

45:34 ↗ the state so it's it's an influential

45:36 ↗ role

45:38 ↗ so like i said not only turn over with

45:40 ↗ new faces but also turn over with

45:42 ↗ positions of leadership and influence

45:45 ↗ and then finally there is a special

45:47 ↗ election for the secretary of state uh

45:49 ↗ steve secretary current secretary of

45:51 ↗ state steve hobbs was appointed to that

45:53 ↗ position late last year

45:55 ↗ and he is up for election for that

45:57 ↗ position he has two challengers one of

45:59 ↗ whom is currently serving in the senate

46:02 ↗ and is not up for election um and so if

46:04 ↗ he is not successful in his bid for the

46:06 ↗ secretary of state he will retain his

46:08 ↗ current position

46:10 ↗ so that's a really high level summary of

46:13 ↗ the political landscape

46:15 ↗ and before we zoom in on some of the

46:16 ↗ more city specific issues i wanted to

46:19 ↗ show how the city's legislative

46:20 ↗ districts have shifted

46:22 ↗ with redistricting

46:24 ↗ so next slide

46:26 ↗ this first image is the fifth

46:28 ↗ legislative district

46:30 ↗ the hashed out area is the old portion

46:33 ↗ of the district and the pink area is the

46:36 ↗ new portion

46:37 ↗ and as you can tell the the district

46:40 ↗ shrunk geographically and it shifted

46:42 ↗ just to the south slightly

46:47 ↗ next slide

46:49 ↗ and then this is the 41st legislative

46:51 ↗ district again the hashed out area is

46:54 ↗ the old portion of the district and the

46:55 ↗ pink is the new

46:58 ↗ and the 41st district did lose a small

47:01 ↗ portion of the city of issaquah and that

47:03 ↗ moved to the fifth

47:05 ↗ but the 41st is still considered part of

47:08 ↗ the city's legislative delegation

47:10 ↗ and i think it's important to note that

47:12 ↗ the city has two legislative delegations

47:15 ↗ this means that you have double the

47:17 ↗ number of people in olympia representing

47:19 ↗ you and the city's priorities

47:22 ↗ and i think it's something as a city

47:23 ↗ that we can

47:24 ↗ capitalize on

47:28 ↗ so moving on to

47:30 ↗ successes and challenges i've broken

47:32 ↗ this down to first talk about the

47:34 ↗ transportation successes and challenges

47:37 ↗ and then we'll talk about capital so our

47:40 ↗ our biggest success from this past

47:42 ↗ legislative session is the full funding

47:45 ↗ of the widening of state route 18.

47:47 ↗ and i wish that there was a crowd so we

47:49 ↗ could all cheer and because it is really

47:52 ↗ such an amazing accomplishment

47:54 ↗ this has been a city priority for

47:56 ↗ several years

47:57 ↗ and was achieved because we had

48:00 ↗ a really supportive legislative

48:02 ↗ delegation we had years of coalition

48:05 ↗ advocacy and we had the opportunity for

48:09 ↗ the state to adopt a transportation

48:11 ↗ package and all of those three combined

48:14 ↗ made this outcome possible

48:16 ↗ there were very few highway projects

48:18 ↗ that were funded in this package even

48:20 ↗ though it was such a significant package

48:22 ↗ highway projects were not the priority

48:24 ↗ and so to have a highway project of this

48:27 ↗ scale funded is significant and i think

48:31 ↗ is worth celebrating

48:35 ↗ so looking ahead we do have one

48:37 ↗ challenge remaining for this project

48:40 ↗ the as i mentioned legislature passed

48:42 ↗ the move ahead washington package and it

48:45 ↗ allocated funding to specific projects

48:47 ↗ state route 18 being one of them

48:50 ↗ but move ahead is a 16-year package and

48:53 ↗ they have not yet decided how that money

48:56 ↗ is spent over that 16-year period

48:59 ↗ so

49:00 ↗ they they did that intentionally

49:03 ↗ it's not like they forgot to do it but

49:04 ↗ they did that intentionally and they

49:07 ↗ plan to come back and with input from

49:09 ↗ washdot and project stakeholders develop

49:12 ↗ a schedule that makes sense um and so

49:15 ↗ that is work that remains

49:18 ↗ i think it's likely that many of the

49:20 ↗ projects that were funded in the package

49:22 ↗ will want their money in the near term

49:24 ↗ not in the out years

49:26 ↗ and so we do have some work remaining to

49:29 ↗ ensure that the funding for the project

49:32 ↗ is in alignment with the need for when

49:34 ↗ construction is is ready and washdot has

49:37 ↗ said that they could go to construction

49:38 ↗ as early as 2025 so that's when we would

49:42 ↗ be wanting the money to be allocated

49:45 ↗ the other city transportation priority

49:48 ↗ is the additional crossing of i-90 and

49:51 ↗ this priority faces several challenges

49:54 ↗ um the city requested 3.4 million to

49:56 ↗ begin the pre-design

49:58 ↗ and environmental documentation

50:00 ↗ and the funding was not included in the

50:02 ↗ move ahead washington package and it's

50:05 ↗ unclear if there's going to be another

50:07 ↗ funding opportunity again in the near

50:09 ↗ term

50:11 ↗ if there is revenue available in the

50:13 ↗ near term of it to allocate to more

50:16 ↗ transportation projects

50:18 ↗ this project does not yet have the broad

50:21 ↗ support that the highway 18 project had

50:24 ↗ um it also

50:26 ↗ doesn't have identified outside funding

50:29 ↗ sources that's not always necessary for

50:31 ↗ state-owned facilities but it's

50:33 ↗ definitely an advantage

50:35 ↗ um and then

50:39 ↗ yeah i think that's

50:40 ↗ those are what i wanted to highlight

50:42 ↗ there um considering these challenges i

50:45 ↗ think there are things that we as a city

50:47 ↗ can do to increase our chances moving

50:49 ↗ forward um

50:51 ↗ consider building coalition

50:53 ↗ engaging community members

50:56 ↗ developing strong messaging around this

50:58 ↗ project helping people understand

51:00 ↗ understand the problem and the proposed

51:02 ↗ solution

51:03 ↗ and then getting legislators out to see

51:05 ↗ the area not just our own legislators

51:08 ↗ but legislators from around the state

51:10 ↗ that

51:11 ↗ are influential in transportation

51:16 ↗ shifting focus to talking about capital

51:18 ↗ so the city has had really incredible

51:21 ↗ success with securing state capital

51:24 ↗ dollars

51:25 ↗ in 2019 the legislature um allocated

51:28 ↗ three million dollars to the opportunity

51:30 ↗ center

51:31 ↗ um and in 2021 the city partnered with

51:35 ↗ issaquah food and clothing bank and the

51:36 ↗ legislature allocated a million dollars

51:39 ↗ towards um that expansion project

51:41 ↗ and these are again significant wins

51:43 ↗ that should not be overlooked um but the

51:46 ↗ city's challenge has been with

51:48 ↗ delivering a project that has secured

51:50 ↗ that state funding

51:51 ↗ and so as as legislators consider what

51:54 ↗ projects to prioritize in olympia one of

51:57 ↗ the factors they consider is um if a

52:00 ↗ community has already spent the funds

52:02 ↗ that have been previously allocated

52:04 ↗ and for many reasons outside the city's

52:06 ↗ control those funds haven't been spent

52:09 ↗ so as we think about the city's

52:11 ↗ priorities and and the next state budget

52:13 ↗ cycle

52:14 ↗ we just want to make sure to keep this

52:16 ↗ in mind and tailor our strategy

52:18 ↗ accordingly

52:19 ↗ and i would welcome your feedback and

52:22 ↗ ideas on how we can

52:24 ↗ overcome these challenges because i

52:26 ↗ think they can be overcome

52:28 ↗ and if the city does choose to pursue a

52:31 ↗ capital budget request some things to

52:33 ↗ consider

52:34 ↗ are the readiness of a project any

52:36 ↗ project that is closer to shovel ready

52:39 ↗ is going to be more competitive

52:41 ↗ what level of community support exists

52:43 ↗ for a project and then what other

52:45 ↗ funding sources have already been

52:47 ↗ committed those are all factors that

52:48 ↗ increase the competitiveness

52:52 ↗ so to end um i just wanted to share some

52:55 ↗ recommendations for you all as you begin

52:58 ↗ considering priorities for the 2023

53:00 ↗ session

53:01 ↗ and and these are priorities i've shared

53:03 ↗ with you all before and many of them are

53:05 ↗ um

53:05 ↗ i'm sorry these are best practices i've

53:07 ↗ shared with you all before and many the

53:09 ↗ city already implements

53:10 ↗ so the first is to establish a

53:12 ↗ legislative agenda that aligns with the

53:14 ↗ state's biennial cycle so a two-year

53:16 ↗ legislative agenda again this is what

53:18 ↗ the city currently does

53:20 ↗ and second it's important to have a

53:22 ↗ focused agenda so that's an agenda that

53:24 ↗ has two to three priorities this allows

53:27 ↗ cities legislators to really hone in and

53:30 ↗ stay focused on the things that are

53:31 ↗ going to make the biggest difference to

53:33 ↗ the issaquah community

53:36 ↗ as a best practice it's ideal if the

53:39 ↗ city priorities align with the city

53:41 ↗ goals so that as a state delegation

53:44 ↗ we're working on working towards the

53:46 ↗ same goals that the city is working on

53:47 ↗ it's not always the case but it's good

53:50 ↗ and then to have the full support of

53:51 ↗ council

53:54 ↗ and then finally when it comes to

53:56 ↗ considering policies and this is

53:59 ↗ aside from the budget requests that

54:01 ↗ sometimes are identified as priorities

54:04 ↗ um cities tend to be most effective at

54:07 ↗ policy

54:09 ↗ advocacy in olympia when it's a policy

54:12 ↗ that has a direct impact on city

54:14 ↗ business so as an example streamlined

54:16 ↗ sales tax mitigation we were incredibly

54:19 ↗ effective at getting that mitigation

54:22 ↗ first secured and then restored um once

54:25 ↗ it was removed and that's because it

54:27 ↗ directly impacted city business and so i

54:29 ↗ think it's just something to keep in

54:31 ↗ mind as as we're considering what is

54:33 ↗ what does the city want to focus on

54:35 ↗ moving ahead um these are all this is

54:38 ↗ all information for you all to consider

54:40 ↗ so before i wrap up i just want to

54:42 ↗ mention that there was a

54:44 ↗ written report that i shared with you

54:46 ↗ all i know council member hunt caught a

54:48 ↗ typo in it so thank you for reading that

54:50 ↗ report

54:52 ↗ and if you have any questions about that

54:54 ↗ report or anything related to the city's

54:56 ↗ legislative program know that you can

54:58 ↗ always reach out to me thank you

55:02 ↗ thank you shelly you want to stay up

55:03 ↗ there for a minute so i can just check

55:04 ↗ and see if council has any questions on

55:07 ↗ the presentation this evening

55:10 ↗ not seeing any shelley thank you for all

55:12 ↗ your work during session it is great to

55:14 ↗ work with you and

55:16 ↗ to know that i have somebody who takes a

55:18 ↗ call whenever i call you are fabulous so

55:21 ↗ thank you very much and thank you for

55:22 ↗ the presentation thank you

55:26 ↗ the next item on the agenda this evening

55:28 ↗ is a consent calendar and it was

55:29 ↗ distributed to council in advance and if

55:32 ↗ authorized the items on the consent

55:33 ↗ calendar will be considered together and

55:35 ↗ approved by one motion have the payer

55:37 ↗ bulls and payroll been reviewed yes they

55:40 ↗ have yes they have thank you

55:42 ↗ does any council member desire to remove

55:44 ↗ any item from the consent calendar and

55:45 ↗ consider it under regular business

55:50 ↗ and

55:51 ↗ is there somebody willing to make a

55:52 ↗ motion

55:54 ↗ uh deputy council president

55:56 ↗ thank you i move to approve the consent

55:58 ↗ calendar as presented in tonight's

55:59 ↗ agenda packet

56:01 ↗ second

56:02 ↗ it's been moved in second date uh is

56:04 ↗ there any council discussion

56:08 ↗ hearing none the motion before council

56:10 ↗ is to approve the consent calendar as

56:12 ↗ presented and all those in favor signify

56:14 ↗ by saying

56:15 ↗ aye

56:18 ↗ those opposed

56:20 ↗ thank you that carries six and oh

56:23 ↗ this evening we do not have any regular

56:26 ↗ business listed the new business uh that

56:29 ↗ we'll be going to next is id1137

56:32 ↗ new business request independent salary

56:35 ↗ commission council compensation and the

56:38 ↗ request of the council this evening is

56:41 ↗ to provide some direction to the

56:42 ↗ administration so at the last council

56:44 ↗ meeting this item was presented by

56:46 ↗ council member g michelle and the city

56:47 ↗ council approved with proceeding to the

56:50 ↗ second step on the site and which is to

56:51 ↗ receive a preliminary staff response

56:54 ↗ following the staff response the city

56:55 ↗ council will have the opportunity to

56:56 ↗ make a motion to formally add this item

56:58 ↗ to the work plan and i'd like to invite

57:00 ↗ chief of staff tina eggers to make a

57:02 ↗ brief presentation tina hi thank you a

57:05 ↗ pleasure to be back um and uh to talk

57:08 ↗ with you this evening

57:10 ↗ let's see i don't have a formal

57:11 ↗ presentation but i can outline some of

57:13 ↗ the items that are in the

57:15 ↗ preliminary response memo

57:17 ↗ and then address some of the questions

57:19 ↗ that we heard by email today so um

57:22 ↗ you're right we're here to

57:24 ↗ hear if you'd like this item to proceed

57:26 ↗ on the work plan and if so

57:28 ↗ um the council touch points by which you

57:31 ↗ would like

57:33 ↗ so what we learned in 2015 from the

57:36 ↗ salary commission that met then was that

57:39 ↗ you need about a three month period to

57:41 ↗ be successful for that commission to to

57:43 ↗ do its work they want to get educated

57:45 ↗ they want to spend time researching and

57:48 ↗ they want to come to a conclusion and

57:50 ↗ file the report

57:52 ↗ the the team that met previous was able

57:54 ↗ to do that in a two-month period it was

57:56 ↗ pretty aggressive but if we could block

57:58 ↗ in a three-month period if this is

58:00 ↗ preceding that would be ideal

58:02 ↗ uh the way that the code is currently

58:04 ↗ written

58:05 ↗ says that the commission would file its

58:07 ↗ report by june 30th with a city clerk

58:10 ↗ uh in keeping in that line

58:13 ↗ we would recommend

58:14 ↗ this on the 2023 work plan to start

58:18 ↗ recruitment in january so that the board

58:20 ↗ could meet in april and conclude its

58:23 ↗ work and file its report in that

58:25 ↗ timeline

58:26 ↗ however if there are changes to the

58:28 ↗ commission that you'd like to see made

58:30 ↗ that we can do

58:31 ↗ that don't supersede state law that are

58:34 ↗ within the imc which is under the

58:37 ↗ chapter 2.90 then we would want to hear

58:40 ↗ what those are

58:41 ↗ be thoughtful about what those changes

58:43 ↗ and the wording and ideally that could

58:46 ↗ go to council committee if you'd like in

58:50 ↗ looking at other aspects the stipend

58:53 ↗ program

58:54 ↗ is is one aspect that we would

58:56 ↗ look to recommend that you include

58:59 ↗ if this group is convening

59:01 ↗ we certainly have available funds to

59:04 ↗ support this edition and that could

59:06 ↗ happen by a

59:08 ↗ a simple agenda bill and an ordinance

59:11 ↗ that could be placed on a consent

59:13 ↗ calendar item

59:15 ↗ next steps is

59:17 ↗ well let me go to your questions

59:24 ↗ there was clarification that was thought

59:26 ↗ about

59:28 ↗ is this compensation or is this a

59:29 ↗ benefit with regard to the stipend

59:31 ↗ program so my response was

59:33 ↗ this is uh

59:35 ↗ a

59:36 ↗ criteria eligible benefit

59:39 ↗ and the wording that's listed in the

59:41 ↗ municipal code that seeks that this

59:44 ↗ commission shall serve without

59:45 ↗ compensation is consistent with how we

59:48 ↗ address our boards and commissions and

59:50 ↗ so it is not recommended that you would

59:52 ↗ remove that language but you would add

59:54 ↗ it in the proper stipend section

59:57 ↗ there was another question that said um

1:00:00 ↗ you know what would what are your

1:00:02 ↗ thoughts or comments with regards to

1:00:04 ↗ equity board

1:00:05 ↗ i think that's a great input and that is

1:00:08 ↗ something that we would want to include

1:00:11 ↗ and would look for your direction there

1:00:14 ↗ and then lastly there was a question as

1:00:16 ↗ to what our neighbors were doing in

1:00:18 ↗ jurisdictions i quickly was able to pull

1:00:20 ↗ together some of those of course

1:00:24 ↗ my experience with the salary commission

1:00:25 ↗ is that they're going to look at a

1:00:27 ↗ broader bucket of jurisdictions

1:00:30 ↗ but i did provide that to you

1:00:32 ↗ and

1:00:33 ↗ uh

1:00:34 ↗ the salary data that we haven't had a

1:00:37 ↗ chance internally to look at was

1:00:39 ↗ provided to you as well and would be a

1:00:41 ↗ great point of data for

1:00:43 ↗ a commission to look at the commission

1:00:46 ↗ that met in 2015

1:00:48 ↗ did say

1:00:49 ↗ uh they highly recommended that the

1:00:53 ↗ council

1:00:54 ↗ reconvene a salary commission every two

1:00:56 ↗ to three years they felt very strongly

1:00:58 ↗ about that um but they did not have the

1:01:00 ↗ direction to make that so because the

1:01:02 ↗ way that the imc is drafted so

1:01:06 ↗ here we are

1:01:07 ↗ it's in front of you for conversation

1:01:09 ↗ and i'm happy to answer any additional

1:01:11 ↗ questions if you have them this evening

1:01:16 ↗ thank you tina so we can start with

1:01:17 ↗ questions

1:01:19 ↗ any questions i know the information

1:01:21 ↗ that tina presented

1:01:24 ↗ uh deputy council president

1:01:27 ↗ uh thank you um i was just curious if

1:01:29 ↗ the administration has thought at all

1:01:30 ↗ about um bandwidth and if there's any

1:01:33 ↗ concerns about

1:01:34 ↗ taking this on

1:01:36 ↗ in the work plan as compared to you know

1:01:39 ↗ the other cities um goals and

1:01:40 ↗ initiatives that we want to undertake in

1:01:42 ↗ the next few years

1:01:44 ↗ but under the june 30th deadline or if

1:01:47 ↗ it was brought up sooner

1:01:50 ↗ uh with the proposed timeline so june

1:01:52 ↗ yeah

1:01:54 ↗ that works nicely it falls outside of

1:01:57 ↗ our

1:01:58 ↗ budget process because

1:02:00 ↗ in the past we've used three key staff

1:02:02 ↗ or three key departments one is someone

1:02:05 ↗ out of the executive department to run

1:02:07 ↗ or be staff liaison to the commission

1:02:10 ↗ and then we rely heavily on hr to

1:02:13 ↗ present provide data and then we found

1:02:16 ↗ that the salary commission from 2015

1:02:18 ↗ relied and requested uh financial

1:02:21 ↗ information from

1:02:22 ↗ the the finance office so

1:02:25 ↗ um

1:02:26 ↗ i talked with hr and they said that

1:02:29 ↗ their collective bargaining

1:02:31 ↗ is very heavy this year and is will be

1:02:34 ↗ beginning that work soon

1:02:36 ↗ so

1:02:37 ↗ that was sort of thought

1:02:39 ↗ in the past when that deadline was

1:02:41 ↗ selected

1:02:42 ↗ but we certainly work

1:02:45 ↗ at the direction of council so if you

1:02:47 ↗ wanted to change that date we would have

1:02:49 ↗ to look at the timing for that

1:02:53 ↗ other questions

1:02:59 ↗ so we're in a new process here this is

1:03:01 ↗ our council's new new business process

1:03:04 ↗ so this is your opportunity also to

1:03:07 ↗ uh

1:03:08 ↗ talk amongst yourselves make a motion

1:03:12 ↗ whatever you deem appropriate to do next

1:03:16 ↗ councilmember d michelle

1:03:18 ↗ so i will um

1:03:22 ↗ i might need a little direction from

1:03:24 ↗ uh chief of staff acres but um

1:03:28 ↗ i would like to move uh

1:03:30 ↗ the main motion and then i presume that

1:03:34 ↗ we would take up other issues such as

1:03:37 ↗ potential changes or a discussion of

1:03:40 ↗ equity board involvement

1:03:42 ↗ in

1:03:43 ↗ additional motions after the main motion

1:03:46 ↗ is passed if it is passed is that

1:03:48 ↗ correct

1:03:51 ↗ if that's not too confusing

1:03:54 ↗ you can proceed in that route you

1:03:57 ↗ certainly can um make the motion by

1:03:59 ↗ which you desire the outcome so that

1:04:02 ↗ you're not having to make amendments

1:04:04 ↗ it's really the course by which you

1:04:06 ↗ you'd like to proceed through

1:04:09 ↗ okay

1:04:10 ↗ so i think i think it's cleaner to take

1:04:14 ↗ the first motion

1:04:16 ↗ all right i moved to direct the

1:04:17 ↗ administration to add a convening of the

1:04:19 ↗ independent salary commission to the

1:04:21 ↗ city's 2023 work plan and formalize the

1:04:24 ↗ recruitment process

1:04:29 ↗ second

1:04:31 ↗ it's been moved and seconded uh

1:04:32 ↗ councilmember d michelle do you want to

1:04:34 ↗ speak to the motion

1:04:36 ↗ thank you so much

1:04:38 ↗ you've heard my rationale for this

1:04:39 ↗ earlier so i will just speak to some

1:04:41 ↗ bullet points this time

1:04:43 ↗ so the last time the council uh

1:04:45 ↗ compensation was examined was 2015.

1:04:48 ↗ uh it's been seven years at least and uh

1:04:51 ↗ during that time the city has grown by

1:04:53 ↗ approximately seven thousand residents

1:04:56 ↗ from thirty three thousand six hundred

1:04:58 ↗ to forty thousand four hundred

1:05:00 ↗ and um in addition there has been no

1:05:03 ↗ examination then for seven years

1:05:05 ↗ uh the council uh

1:05:07 ↗ the 2020

1:05:09 ↗ discussions around equity made a

1:05:11 ↗ commitment to examine everything we do

1:05:13 ↗ through an equity lens

1:05:15 ↗ and that should include reducing or

1:05:17 ↗ removing barriers to elected office for

1:05:20 ↗ people of color and low-income residents

1:05:22 ↗ and others for whom the current level of

1:05:24 ↗ compensation might be a barrier to

1:05:26 ↗ running for office

1:05:27 ↗ so

1:05:29 ↗ i this is not speaking directly to this

1:05:31 ↗ motion

1:05:32 ↗ but i would hope that we would also add

1:05:35 ↗ to the responsibilities that are

1:05:36 ↗ outlined in isoquantly disabled code

1:05:39 ↗ 2.90 to add the

1:05:43 ↗ additional responsibility to view

1:05:46 ↗ this issue through an equity lens either

1:05:48 ↗ through involving the equity board or

1:05:50 ↗ some other means

1:05:53 ↗ and so those are my reasons for

1:05:55 ↗ supporting this motion

1:05:57 ↗ and i will be supporting it and i would

1:05:59 ↗ urge others on the council to join me

1:06:03 ↗ thank you

1:06:04 ↗ so this is your opportunity to discuss

1:06:07 ↗ this new business any other comments

1:06:11 ↗ council member ray

1:06:13 ↗ um thank you mayor paulie and thank you

1:06:15 ↗ councilmember d michelle um i think it's

1:06:17 ↗ time i mean it's been uh seven years and

1:06:20 ↗ i think the recommendation coming from

1:06:22 ↗ the 2015 um

1:06:24 ↗ commission on

1:06:26 ↗ compensation was to do it every two to

1:06:27 ↗ three years and i think that's good

1:06:28 ↗ cadence so i think it is time that we

1:06:30 ↗ have had that we have this discussion

1:06:32 ↗ again

1:06:33 ↗ whether it goes up or down or how it

1:06:35 ↗ goes but it's it's a good uh

1:06:38 ↗ regular housekeeping kind of item for us

1:06:40 ↗ to do so thank you for bringing it

1:06:42 ↗ forward

1:06:44 ↗ anyone else deputy council president

1:06:47 ↗ uh thoughts are a little half-baked here

1:06:49 ↗ i'm not really sure where i land on this

1:06:50 ↗ one so

1:06:51 ↗ um

1:06:53 ↗ first and foremost thank you for testing

1:06:55 ↗ out the new business item um i think

1:06:57 ↗ this is a great issue to start with and

1:07:00 ↗ i

1:07:00 ↗ my sense is that compensation for the

1:07:03 ↗ council is a barrier to service but i

1:07:05 ↗ guess i'm just at a point right now in

1:07:07 ↗ my thinking that where i don't know that

1:07:09 ↗ necessarily and because

1:07:11 ↗ um

1:07:12 ↗ you know this isn't an issue that didn't

1:07:14 ↗ necessarily bubble up from the community

1:07:15 ↗ or it didn't come as a recommendation

1:07:17 ↗ from the equity board i don't feel as a

1:07:20 ↗ strong sense of

1:07:21 ↗ urgency right now so i think in its

1:07:22 ↗ current form

1:07:24 ↗ um

1:07:25 ↗ i

1:07:26 ↗ i don't support the motion but i would

1:07:28 ↗ be in strong favor of asking the equity

1:07:30 ↗ board to take a look at it and say well

1:07:32 ↗ what do you think you know we've charged

1:07:33 ↗ you to really look at our policy and say

1:07:36 ↗ are our policies equitable i think that

1:07:38 ↗ this would be a good one to ask them to

1:07:40 ↗ do

1:07:40 ↗ um i'm eager to hear what um other

1:07:42 ↗ council members think i think uh

1:07:44 ↗ councilman ray i think your point of

1:07:46 ↗ um

1:07:47 ↗ this being a regular housekeeping item

1:07:49 ↗ is a compelling one too so i'm kind of

1:07:52 ↗ stewing up stewing at the moment but i

1:07:54 ↗ wanted you guys to know that i'm stewing

1:07:55 ↗ at the moment so

1:07:57 ↗ thank you

1:07:59 ↗ councilmember martz

1:08:01 ↗ thank you madam mayor i'm going to

1:08:03 ↗ support this this evening

1:08:05 ↗ i

1:08:06 ↗ continue to believe that

1:08:11 ↗ due to many things politics remains a

1:08:14 ↗ rich person's game

1:08:15 ↗ in the united states and

1:08:17 ↗ there's just

1:08:18 ↗ there's no rhyme or reason both

1:08:20 ↗ salaries for

1:08:22 ↗ elected officials and for

1:08:24 ↗ professionals in the field you know we

1:08:26 ↗ have a situation where i recently looked

1:08:29 ↗ at like

1:08:30 ↗ state

1:08:32 ↗ employee you know staff members for

1:08:35 ↗ state legislators versus county

1:08:37 ↗ commissioners versus federal legislators

1:08:40 ↗ and there's no rhyme or reason to it but

1:08:42 ↗ most of the folks that

1:08:44 ↗ either are in elected office or the

1:08:46 ↗ people that do all the hard work that we

1:08:48 ↗ talked about

1:08:50 ↗ some of the folks we talked about this

1:08:51 ↗ evening earlier and honored um you know

1:08:54 ↗ the salaries really are hard to have uh

1:08:57 ↗ you know especially in western

1:08:58 ↗ washington um to uh to do those things

1:09:01 ↗ and and make and make a go of it and so

1:09:04 ↗ um i am happy to see

1:09:06 ↗ us take a look and see if our salaries

1:09:09 ↗ are at the right point i don't know

1:09:10 ↗ exactly what the mechanism would be

1:09:12 ↗ to get the equity board involved um but

1:09:15 ↗ i just know that

1:09:16 ↗ uh

1:09:18 ↗ it's self-evident that um the folks who

1:09:21 ↗ wind up getting involved politically are

1:09:23 ↗ the folks who have the spare time to do

1:09:25 ↗ it and so having a lower barriered entry

1:09:28 ↗ uh to me it makes sense that it would

1:09:30 ↗ result in a broader economic spectrum of

1:09:33 ↗ folks being able to participate and that

1:09:35 ↗ would be a good thing for our city thank

1:09:36 ↗ you

1:09:39 ↗ any other comments

1:09:41 ↗ councilmember hunt

1:09:44 ↗ thank you

1:09:45 ↗ i will support this i think that we have

1:09:48 ↗ an established process and that is to

1:09:50 ↗ have this independent commission salary

1:09:52 ↗ commission look at um look at the

1:09:55 ↗ salaries and there's a reason that it's

1:09:57 ↗ set up that way so there are

1:09:58 ↗ independents and they will come to their

1:10:00 ↗ own conclusion about what the salaries

1:10:02 ↗ should be at this at you know in

1:10:05 ↗ 2023 which was the year they were

1:10:06 ↗ looking at it the other

1:10:08 ↗ the other reason why i support this is

1:10:11 ↗ um the commission that met earlier made

1:10:14 ↗ the recommendation to look at every two

1:10:16 ↗ to three years and i do

1:10:17 ↗ find that sometimes we let things become

1:10:20 ↗ out of date and code it's no one's fault

1:10:22 ↗ in particular but to make sure that we

1:10:24 ↗ don't have

1:10:25 ↗ things becoming out of date it is best

1:10:27 ↗ to look at them with some regular

1:10:29 ↗ cadence and in this case it was brought

1:10:31 ↗ forward at this time we're already out

1:10:33 ↗ of the

1:10:34 ↗ out of the time recommendation that was

1:10:37 ↗ set by the earlier commission and so i

1:10:39 ↗ would i would think that best practice

1:10:41 ↗ would be to follow that commission's

1:10:43 ↗ advice and to at least

1:10:45 ↗ have it looked at again

1:10:47 ↗ and if there's additional steps that we

1:10:49 ↗ can add with our new equity board i

1:10:52 ↗ think that would be fine but i also want

1:10:54 ↗ to be mindful that we do have an

1:10:55 ↗ established process and it's independent

1:10:59 ↗ which is which is important to the

1:11:01 ↗ process so i think we should go ahead

1:11:03 ↗ and have them do their work thank you

1:11:07 ↗ councilmember joe

1:11:10 ↗ thank you mayor pauline i'm i'm in full

1:11:12 ↗ support of uh this agenda item this

1:11:15 ↗ evening for a couple of reasons uh

1:11:18 ↗ first off uh the citizens need to know

1:11:20 ↗ that if we do eventually approve an

1:11:23 ↗ increase in salary it doesn't go into

1:11:25 ↗ effect until the next election right

1:11:28 ↗ is that's not right

1:11:31 ↗ um we don't approve chief of staff

1:11:33 ↗ we don't approve their recommendation

1:11:35 ↗ either

1:11:36 ↗ nope thank you yes previous before an

1:11:40 ↗ independent salary commission that that

1:11:41 ↗ is the case um the council created one

1:11:44 ↗ in 2015

1:11:45 ↗ and the decision that they make

1:11:48 ↗ uh is enacted uh by them without

1:11:52 ↗ action by the council it becomes part of

1:11:53 ↗ the budget if there was a decrease

1:11:55 ↗ though it would not impact the position

1:11:58 ↗ and until the the term of

1:12:01 ↗ had ended

1:12:04 ↗ okay thank you i'm working off of 2015

1:12:07 ↗ law my apologies if i were in court i'd

1:12:10 ↗ be chastised by the judge

1:12:13 ↗ secondly i think is as a housekeeping

1:12:15 ↗ rule it does need to be um looked at it

1:12:19 ↗ again we do let things kind of slip from

1:12:21 ↗ time to time and and um

1:12:23 ↗ we need to stay on top of these items um

1:12:28 ↗ in terms of barriers to entry that

1:12:31 ↗ council member mart's brought up i think

1:12:32 ↗ that's a really good point and when we

1:12:35 ↗ talk about what we might recommend to

1:12:37 ↗ the equity commission i'd like us to

1:12:38 ↗ consider whether or not there are other

1:12:40 ↗ items that are barriers to entry that we

1:12:42 ↗ might consider in terms of maybe the

1:12:44 ↗ filing fee or maybe there's a stipend

1:12:46 ↗ for the election for people that they

1:12:48 ↗ could get if they wanted to apply for it

1:12:51 ↗ but i'll just throw that out for another

1:12:53 ↗ conversation later if this motion should

1:12:56 ↗ be

1:12:56 ↗ approved

1:12:58 ↗ thank you councilmember joe any other

1:13:00 ↗ comments madam mayor

1:13:02 ↗ my apology i did not answer your full

1:13:04 ↗ question earlier

1:13:05 ↗ um

1:13:06 ↗ the date by which action

1:13:09 ↗ would be implemented is dependent on the

1:13:12 ↗ independent salary commission so they

1:13:14 ↗ could say

1:13:15 ↗ effective immediately

1:13:17 ↗ effective six months later they could

1:13:19 ↗ split it out they could add a cola

1:13:21 ↗ there's a whole bunch of nuances that

1:13:22 ↗ they could do and it's contingent upon

1:13:24 ↗ the direction

1:13:26 ↗ of the

1:13:27 ↗ of the commission

1:13:29 ↗ thank you chief staff hackers appreciate

1:13:30 ↗ it

1:13:31 ↗ thank you tina uh deputy council

1:13:33 ↗ president uh

1:13:35 ↗ thank you um for allowing me to rank a

1:13:37 ↗ second comment and thank you all for

1:13:38 ↗ your comments i'm convinced so i'll

1:13:40 ↗ support the motion but i did want to go

1:13:43 ↗ back to the administration again and ask

1:13:44 ↗ about um you know there's been some

1:13:46 ↗ discussion here about the equity board

1:13:48 ↗ how

1:13:50 ↗ how would under the current motion how

1:13:52 ↗ could we involve equity board

1:13:54 ↗ involvement

1:13:55 ↗ um

1:13:57 ↗ on this issue

1:13:59 ↗ see the administrator or chief of staff

1:14:01 ↗ who are we getting

1:14:05 ↗ let me give it a try uh council member

1:14:07 ↗ uh

1:14:09 ↗ from the administration's perspective uh

1:14:11 ↗ i think as we've talked with

1:14:12 ↗ councilmember d michelle uh an

1:14:14 ↗ additional motion may be instructive uh

1:14:16 ↗ for how the equity board would be

1:14:18 ↗ included so

1:14:20 ↗ either

1:14:21 ↗ at the council's discretion but i think

1:14:22 ↗ councilmember d michelle is thinking

1:14:23 ↗ about

1:14:24 ↗ a motion that would would have that

1:14:27 ↗ direction included

1:14:33 ↗ councilmember d michelle are you looking

1:14:34 ↗ for a

1:14:36 ↗ friendly amendment to your motion that

1:14:38 ↗ the second might agree to

1:14:46 ↗ thank you

1:14:47 ↗ i just got a kick oh dear um

1:14:51 ↗ i was looking at the second motion that

1:14:54 ↗ was put forward

1:14:57 ↗ that

1:14:58 ↗ and this would

1:15:00 ↗ i thought it was probably too much to

1:15:01 ↗ put into one motion

1:15:03 ↗ this would direct the administration to

1:15:04 ↗ bring forward potential changes to imc

1:15:07 ↗ 2.9

1:15:09 ↗ and we would start that by referring it

1:15:11 ↗ to the services safety and parts

1:15:13 ↗ committee for

1:15:14 ↗ vetting and then come back with the

1:15:16 ↗ recommendation

1:15:17 ↗ and

1:15:18 ↗ so that would involve exactly whether we

1:15:21 ↗ involve the equity board or if we do

1:15:23 ↗ we assign as

1:15:26 ↗ additional responsibilities to the um

1:15:29 ↗ salary review commission

1:15:31 ↗ um

1:15:32 ↗ without involving the equity board so

1:15:35 ↗ basically that would refer it to the

1:15:37 ↗ committee to

1:15:38 ↗ delve into that deeper and come back

1:15:40 ↗ with a recommendation

1:15:42 ↗ so i have a question for chief of staff

1:15:44 ↗ and city clerk that's a very different

1:15:46 ↗ motion

1:15:47 ↗ would we have to dispense with the first

1:15:50 ↗ motion to provide the second one

1:15:52 ↗ there i uh i think that you could handle

1:15:55 ↗ these other optional motions um in two

1:15:58 ↗ different ways i think they could be

1:16:00 ↗ entirely independent of each other so

1:16:02 ↗ you can't dispense of the first one and

1:16:04 ↗ then okay someone wanted to proceed

1:16:06 ↗ that's probably the cleanest and i think

1:16:08 ↗ the second one for the chief of staff is

1:16:10 ↗ the

1:16:11 ↗ the

1:16:12 ↗ um

1:16:13 ↗ we'll get to it second but the second

1:16:15 ↗ motion that was just talked about with

1:16:17 ↗ council member d michelle talks about uh

1:16:19 ↗ service safety and parks committee for

1:16:21 ↗ 2022 so impact on staff as per the

1:16:24 ↗ deputy council president's question

1:16:27 ↗ still

1:16:28 ↗ possible to do that this year

1:16:31 ↗ yes okay certainly

1:16:33 ↗ so councilmember d michelle if you want

1:16:35 ↗ we can vote on the first one and then

1:16:36 ↗ you can make some additional motions

1:16:38 ↗ yes that was that was my plan okay if

1:16:40 ↗ there's no additional comments or

1:16:42 ↗ questions it's been moved and seconded

1:16:45 ↗ to direct the administration to add a

1:16:46 ↗ convening of the independent salary

1:16:48 ↗ commission to the city's 2023 work plan

1:16:50 ↗ and to formalize the recruitment process

1:16:53 ↗ all those in favor say aye aye

1:16:56 ↗ all is opposed

1:16:58 ↗ the motion carries six and oh other

1:17:00 ↗ additional motions councilmember

1:17:02 ↗ demichelle

1:17:03 ↗ so i moved to direct the administration

1:17:05 ↗ to bring forward potential changes to

1:17:07 ↗ imc 2.90 independent salary commission

1:17:11 ↗ for review by the services safety and

1:17:13 ↗ parks committee

1:17:15 ↗ in the

1:17:16 ↗ second

1:17:18 ↗ quarter of 2022 is that okay

1:17:23 ↗ all right

1:17:25 ↗ second

1:17:26 ↗ it's been moved and seconded discussion

1:17:31 ↗ not seeing any it's been moved and

1:17:33 ↗ seconded to direct the administration to

1:17:34 ↗ bring forward potentially

1:17:36 ↗ oops

1:17:37 ↗ could administrative if i may uh would

1:17:39 ↗ the maker of the motion consider third

1:17:40 ↗ quarter

1:17:42 ↗ uh yes made second yes oh

1:17:45 ↗ yeah that's the reason i was looking

1:17:46 ↗ over there uh yes friendly amendment for

1:17:49 ↗ the third quarter

1:17:50 ↗ yes

1:17:51 ↗ okay it's been moved in second to direct

1:17:53 ↗ the administration to bring forward

1:17:54 ↗ potential changes to imc 2.90

1:17:57 ↗ independent salary commission for review

1:17:58 ↗ by the services safety and parks

1:18:00 ↗ committee in the third quarter of 2022

1:18:04 ↗ all in favor say aye

1:18:05 ↗ aye

1:18:07 ↗ opposed

1:18:09 ↗ that carries 6-0 are there any

1:18:11 ↗ additional motions

1:18:14 ↗ so there is a third motion here

1:18:18 ↗ regarding the stipend

1:18:20 ↗ and so i moved to direct the

1:18:22 ↗ administration to return to the city

1:18:24 ↗ council with an amendment to imc 2.96

1:18:28 ↗ to include the independent salary

1:18:30 ↗ commission as recipients of the board

1:18:32 ↗ and commission stipend second it's been

1:18:35 ↗ moved and seconded is there any

1:18:36 ↗ discussion

1:18:39 ↗ uh councilmember

1:18:42 ↗ thank you we recently heard back from

1:18:44 ↗ the administration about um other

1:18:46 ↗ commissions that have commission members

1:18:49 ↗ that have used the stipend um and i

1:18:52 ↗ think that our and it has allowed um

1:18:55 ↗ commissioners to have less of a cost

1:18:58 ↗ burden we do ask a lot of our

1:18:59 ↗ commissioners and

1:19:01 ↗ um and it's it's great if we can have

1:19:04 ↗ commissioners not additionally have

1:19:05 ↗ child care costs and other things i

1:19:07 ↗ think it also allows us to have

1:19:09 ↗ more people

1:19:10 ↗ are then able to participate in local

1:19:13 ↗ government and so i think for all the

1:19:14 ↗ reasons that we initially created the

1:19:17 ↗ stipend program which we now see is

1:19:19 ↗ benefiting our community i think

1:19:21 ↗ those same reasons would apply to this

1:19:23 ↗ commission i see no reason why why those

1:19:25 ↗ reasons wouldn't apply to this

1:19:26 ↗ commission and

1:19:28 ↗ therefore i think we should

1:19:31 ↗ allow them to also be recipients of this

1:19:32 ↗ commission to reduce the

1:19:34 ↗ cost burden and hopefully allow more

1:19:36 ↗ people to participate

1:19:39 ↗ thank you councilmember hunt

1:19:40 ↗ councilmember d michelle

1:19:42 ↗ yes i agree with all of those comments

1:19:44 ↗ and i would also note that the

1:19:46 ↗ um proposed timeline that's being the

1:19:49 ↗ the timeline that's being proposed is

1:19:51 ↗ the intense uh timeline and i think

1:19:54 ↗ it'll be

1:19:55 ↗ time uh intensive for the people who are

1:19:57 ↗ involved and i uh expect that we'll be

1:20:00 ↗ also getting some rather expertise

1:20:03 ↗ uh advice from professionals in the

1:20:05 ↗ field of compensation so uh for those

1:20:08 ↗ reasons in addition to the ones that

1:20:10 ↗ councilman brahant

1:20:11 ↗ um articulated i am supporting of this

1:20:14 ↗ as well

1:20:16 ↗ thank you any other comments

1:20:19 ↗ it has been moved and seconded to direct

1:20:21 ↗ the administration to return to the city

1:20:23 ↗ council with an amendment to imc 2.96

1:20:26 ↗ to include the independent salary

1:20:28 ↗ commission as recipients of the board

1:20:30 ↗ and commission stipend all those in

1:20:32 ↗ favor say aye

1:20:35 ↗ opposed

1:20:36 ↗ that carries unanimously six to o

1:20:39 ↗ are there any additional motions

1:20:44 ↗ okay well thank you the next item of

1:20:46 ↗ business tonight is good of the order

1:20:48 ↗ and uh we have council member hunt with

1:20:51 ↗ an item for good of the order

1:20:53 ↗ thank you

1:20:54 ↗ um earlier today we had the affordable

1:20:56 ↗ housing proclamation and we also had the

1:20:58 ↗ housing report card which was on our

1:21:00 ↗ consent calendar and i wanted to raise

1:21:03 ↗ two

1:21:05 ↗ related

1:21:06 ↗ issues for council's consideration

1:21:08 ↗ potential discussion and i also wanted

1:21:10 ↗ to make some comments so the first one

1:21:13 ↗ is that we received um at the end of

1:21:16 ↗ april we received a letter from arch

1:21:18 ↗ which had some draft uh which had

1:21:21 ↗ recommendations

1:21:23 ↗ and a draft

1:21:24 ↗ draft language for those recommendations

1:21:26 ↗ regarding tenant protections

1:21:29 ↗ and the entire council received this as

1:21:31 ↗ well as councils from many other arch

1:21:33 ↗ cities

1:21:34 ↗ and

1:21:35 ↗ i wanted to raise this because i

1:21:37 ↗ understand that our staff monica in

1:21:40 ↗ human services is looking into this and

1:21:42 ↗ um looking working with our landlords in

1:21:45 ↗ the city of issaquah as well as tenants

1:21:47 ↗ and looking to understand how we might

1:21:49 ↗ um apply these within issaquah and then

1:21:52 ↗ this would go to

1:21:53 ↗ our

1:21:54 ↗ um services safety and parks committee

1:21:58 ↗ um and then would be uh potentially go

1:22:01 ↗ back to council

1:22:02 ↗ full council so i wanted to raise this

1:22:04 ↗ because

1:22:05 ↗ the letter went out to all the arch

1:22:06 ↗ cities and some arch cities are also

1:22:09 ↗ currently considering it and i think the

1:22:10 ↗ power of

1:22:12 ↗ of being a member of arch and

1:22:14 ↗ potentially of adopting something like

1:22:15 ↗ this would be that we all

1:22:17 ↗ have similar regulations and all the

1:22:20 ↗ cities work together on um getting more

1:22:23 ↗ affordable housing which isn't such

1:22:24 ↗ which is such a need

1:22:26 ↗ um and also tenant protections and

1:22:28 ↗ making sure that people are able to stay

1:22:30 ↗ housed and um

1:22:32 ↗ and not be overly cost burdened so i

1:22:34 ↗ think um having the same regulations

1:22:37 ↗ across cities would be a benefit and

1:22:39 ↗ since this is being worked on but isn't

1:22:40 ↗ currently on our planning calendar i

1:22:43 ↗ wanted to raise it for the public's

1:22:45 ↗ awareness for um

1:22:47 ↗ interested parties that might give us

1:22:49 ↗ feedback on it but also for other cities

1:22:51 ↗ that we are working on this and and i

1:22:53 ↗ think the power of being in arches is

1:22:55 ↗ working with cities on these issues

1:22:57 ↗ so that was my first comment and

1:23:01 ↗ do you want to get some feedback on that

1:23:03 ↗ before you move to your second one or

1:23:04 ↗ would you like to do both

1:23:06 ↗ uh that i think would be fine because

1:23:08 ↗ the other one i can do separately so

1:23:11 ↗ thank you for the suggestion any other

1:23:13 ↗ counsel feedback or comments on um

1:23:17 ↗ the arch letter

1:23:19 ↗ the direction that the city is taking

1:23:20 ↗ deputy council president

1:23:22 ↗ uh i just want to say i also um

1:23:24 ↗ support the city exploring um

1:23:28 ↗ uh

1:23:29 ↗ would it be an ordinance yeah this

1:23:30 ↗ resolution that was sent to us from the

1:23:32 ↗ archboard

1:23:33 ↗ i

1:23:34 ↗ in response to lindsay's masters from

1:23:37 ↗ arch original email i sent over a list

1:23:39 ↗ of questions about

1:23:40 ↗ that resolution and i think i asked the

1:23:43 ↗ city administrator that shared those out

1:23:45 ↗ with the council today so i would hope

1:23:47 ↗ that if the services safety and parks

1:23:50 ↗ committee considers this item in the

1:23:51 ↗ future that you also consider those um

1:23:54 ↗ questions and answers i think it's a

1:23:55 ↗ very

1:23:56 ↗ interesting issue and council councilman

1:23:58 ↗ brings up a good point it's important to

1:24:00 ↗ not have a patchwork of policy across

1:24:02 ↗ the region

1:24:03 ↗ that could potentially have unintended

1:24:05 ↗ consequences down the road so um i would

1:24:07 ↗ support us exploring it thanks

1:24:10 ↗ thank you any other comments

1:24:13 ↗ councilmember d michelle

1:24:14 ↗ oh right i also uh support um this

1:24:17 ↗ proposal and

1:24:19 ↗ my only question is uh is there urgency

1:24:22 ↗ um

1:24:23 ↗ is arch expressing that they would like

1:24:25 ↗ to stand by a certain date or

1:24:28 ↗ um

1:24:29 ↗ that's a great question i'm not sure

1:24:31 ↗ that we're aware of that i think um most

1:24:34 ↗ the member cities are

1:24:36 ↗ um

1:24:37 ↗ leaning in on the requests but wanting

1:24:39 ↗ to make sure that they vet it through

1:24:41 ↗ their own community and then i do think

1:24:42 ↗ there are questions about

1:24:44 ↗ so who enforces it

1:24:46 ↗ because the city can make a resolution

1:24:48 ↗ but if we have no resources

1:24:50 ↗ um is this better served at a regional

1:24:54 ↗ level and we support it is this

1:24:56 ↗ something that arch gets enforcement

1:24:58 ↗ over it which means an ask of the cities

1:25:01 ↗ to contribute but i think there's a few

1:25:03 ↗ things to think through to figure it out

1:25:06 ↗ uh tina do you have any other

1:25:07 ↗ information you'd like to add to that i

1:25:09 ↗ think that's about all we have right now

1:25:13 ↗ any other comments

1:25:17 ↗ okay let's uh have councilmember hunt

1:25:19 ↗ take up her second item

1:25:21 ↗ um

1:25:22 ↗ thank you

1:25:23 ↗ well and i would make one additional

1:25:25 ↗ comment i think that um

1:25:27 ↗ i think

1:25:28 ↗ we could also potentially benefit from

1:25:31 ↗ other as we see other cities in arch of

1:25:33 ↗ which there are there are many if um i

1:25:36 ↗ believe i was looking but i couldn't

1:25:38 ↗ quite find it in time i believe that in

1:25:39 ↗ the responses to council deputy

1:25:41 ↗ president hall's questions there i

1:25:43 ↗ believe there is a city that has already

1:25:45 ↗ adopted or at least okay so um so you

1:25:48 ↗ know we could learn from them how

1:25:49 ↗ they're enforcing and we could

1:25:50 ↗ potentially

1:25:52 ↗ have that be part of our consideration

1:25:54 ↗ learning from other cities is always

1:25:56 ↗ always a good idea um

1:25:59 ↗ all right so then uh on my second

1:26:03 ↗ the second item that i wanted to raise

1:26:05 ↗ um was regarding the housing report card

1:26:08 ↗ and

1:26:10 ↗ i wanted to raise it because last week

1:26:13 ↗ at the study session

1:26:15 ↗ there was a i had a question about

1:26:16 ↗ whether

1:26:17 ↗ the state grant money that we had that

1:26:20 ↗ we were awarded was expected to get us

1:26:22 ↗ back onto

1:26:24 ↗ what i said was a track i understand if

1:26:26 ↗ it wasn't the original track but a track

1:26:27 ↗ for the housing strategy work plan um

1:26:30 ↗ and so i wondered if the if the

1:26:32 ↗ administration could comment on that um

1:26:35 ↗ i think it is an emerging issue it's an

1:26:37 ↗ emerging issue of a lot of importance

1:26:38 ↗ that we

1:26:39 ↗ do achieve the goals in the housing

1:26:41 ↗ strategy work plan that we do um

1:26:45 ↗ that we are able as a city to better

1:26:47 ↗ provide housing that is um affordable

1:26:50 ↗ and that is available for people at

1:26:52 ↗ different income levels um so i wanted

1:26:54 ↗ to ask the administration if they had

1:26:56 ↗ additional comments on that and then i

1:26:57 ↗ also in particular wanted to raise and

1:27:01 ↗ if there's council discussion on one of

1:27:03 ↗ the recommendations that was in that

1:27:05 ↗ item which is that council may wish to

1:27:07 ↗ consider a 2023 work plan item to

1:27:09 ↗ evaluate how to incent development in

1:27:11 ↗ the central issaquah area and

1:27:13 ↗ specifically the urban core because i

1:27:15 ↗ think this is something that we

1:27:17 ↗ have certainly thought about um

1:27:19 ↗ and and worked on but it really does i

1:27:22 ↗ think um

1:27:23 ↗ it really we do need to take a deep dive

1:27:26 ↗ and look at this and revisit our plans

1:27:28 ↗ and look at

1:27:29 ↗ what we need to revise um so i wanted to

1:27:31 ↗ raise that for council's consideration

1:27:32 ↗ and also support that that we that we

1:27:34 ↗ put that in the work plan

1:27:38 ↗ how's my remarks

1:27:40 ↗ absolutely

1:27:42 ↗ uh i

1:27:44 ↗ in the intervening years since

1:27:46 ↗ we had our moratorium and uh course

1:27:49 ↗ correction i've seen just gorgeous

1:27:52 ↗ multi-use uh

1:27:54 ↗ uh development occur in both

1:27:56 ↗ particularly woodenville and bothell

1:27:58 ↗ that just like that's what i want right

1:28:02 ↗ so we have cities you know five years

1:28:04 ↗ ago we were trying to guess what might

1:28:06 ↗ work we now have local

1:28:09 ↗ uh comparison cities uh

1:28:12 ↗ we know what's working there uh that's

1:28:14 ↗ half the battle so abs 100 absolute

1:28:18 ↗ support this

1:28:21 ↗ uh deputy council president

1:28:23 ↗ uh also absolutely um i would definitely

1:28:27 ↗ support this um work plan item to try to

1:28:30 ↗ understand how we can incent development

1:28:32 ↗ in the central escort area i have

1:28:33 ↗ another thought too after having read uh

1:28:35 ↗ the housing report card um

1:28:37 ↗ i think there's another kind of emerging

1:28:39 ↗ issue in the market that's happening

1:28:42 ↗ and i just know this qualitatively not

1:28:45 ↗ quantitatively which is part of my

1:28:46 ↗ comments and it seems like more and more

1:28:50 ↗ um units that were that used to be

1:28:53 ↗ homeowner units um

1:28:55 ↗ home ownership are being converted over

1:28:57 ↗ to rental units

1:28:58 ↗ after being purchased by

1:29:02 ↗ larger companies

1:29:03 ↗ that focus on purchasing units across

1:29:06 ↗ the region

1:29:07 ↗ and

1:29:08 ↗ again i just know this qualitatively

1:29:09 ↗ from my own search for a condo here in

1:29:11 ↗ issaquah um but some questions come to

1:29:13 ↗ mind with that which is you know what

1:29:15 ↗ does this necessarily mean for the

1:29:17 ↗ long-term financial health and um

1:29:20 ↗ success of our residents that live here

1:29:22 ↗ in issaquah when more and more of them

1:29:24 ↗ aren't able to build equity um

1:29:27 ↗ and

1:29:28 ↗ wealth through housing

1:29:30 ↗ and also what it what is the role or is

1:29:32 ↗ there a role for the city in this space

1:29:34 ↗ too so i would also like us to consider

1:29:37 ↗ exploring this issue

1:29:39 ↗ um

1:29:40 ↗ i personally think it fits into the

1:29:42 ↗ housing strategy work plan already but

1:29:43 ↗ if not it could be another work plan

1:29:46 ↗ item for this year or next year i

1:29:48 ↗ i think it might make sense to leave for

1:29:50 ↗ next year to try to understand the data

1:29:52 ↗ that exists around this and to try to

1:29:54 ↗ understand well what is the picture out

1:29:55 ↗ there of this issue is it an issue um

1:29:58 ↗ when what kind of data can we collect

1:30:00 ↗ and then what are other cities and

1:30:01 ↗ states doing

1:30:03 ↗ in this

1:30:04 ↗ space i think it's one of those issues

1:30:06 ↗ that it's important to have as much

1:30:08 ↗ information as possible as early as you

1:30:10 ↗ can because it does seem like one of

1:30:12 ↗ those issues that if you wait too long

1:30:14 ↗ it could potentially have consequences

1:30:15 ↗ that we have no idea what those could be

1:30:18 ↗ so

1:30:18 ↗ i would support the administration

1:30:20 ↗ thinking about that maybe chewing on it

1:30:22 ↗ and come back doing this too so

1:30:24 ↗ and thank you for uh councilmember hunt

1:30:26 ↗ for bringing up this issue and go to the

1:30:28 ↗ word

1:30:28 ↗ [Music]

1:30:29 ↗ any other comments

1:30:32 ↗ it's going to add a couple of thoughts

1:30:34 ↗ here i think this is great that

1:30:36 ↗ council's having these kinds of

1:30:37 ↗ conversations a bit of the order

1:30:39 ↗ you have your june or july budget

1:30:41 ↗ retreat july june july

1:30:45 ↗ which is exactly the time that council

1:30:47 ↗ will be providing direction on specific

1:30:50 ↗ items that they'd like to see included

1:30:52 ↗ in the next budget so the 23 24 budget

1:30:55 ↗ so that's great and i think some of the

1:30:58 ↗ additional questions that deputy council

1:31:00 ↗ president asked are good but i expect

1:31:02 ↗ during your budget retreat we'll

1:31:03 ↗ probably hash it out a little bit more

1:31:05 ↗ so we understand exactly what it is that

1:31:06 ↗ you expect so that's great are there any

1:31:09 ↗ other good of the order items

1:31:13 ↗ all right

1:31:14 ↗ uh yeah city administrator bob quits

1:31:17 ↗ uh earlier when the executive session uh

1:31:20 ↗ was announced uh the mayor indicated

1:31:22 ↗ that there would likely not be action uh

1:31:24 ↗ we would like to have the council

1:31:26 ↗ consider making action i would ask the

1:31:28 ↗ city attorney if there's any other

1:31:30 ↗ admonition we need to articulate at this

1:31:32 ↗ point other than uh the the council may

1:31:35 ↗ come back into open session with an act

1:31:37 ↗ yeah

1:31:38 ↗ the city clerk did hand me a note a

1:31:40 ↗ while ago and i was going to make the

1:31:41 ↗ correction before i read the executive

1:31:44 ↗ session notice but thank you for

1:31:45 ↗ bringing it up she didn't show me the

1:31:46 ↗ note i'm sorry

1:31:48 ↗ so good with her notes

1:31:50 ↗ so um

1:31:52 ↗ yes before i uh read the commentary

1:31:55 ↗ going into the executive session we

1:31:58 ↗ believe that the session only needs to

1:32:00 ↗ be about 10 minutes but council may be

1:32:02 ↗ asked depending on the contents of the

1:32:04 ↗ session to come back out into regular

1:32:07 ↗ session for a decision

1:32:09 ↗ so i will change my script to reflect

1:32:11 ↗ that

1:32:12 ↗ there's a couple of upcoming meetings i

1:32:14 ↗ just wanted to mention it go to the

1:32:16 ↗ order the may 19th committee of the

1:32:18 ↗ whole meeting is canceled the may 16th

1:32:20 ↗ council meeting the anticipated agenda

1:32:22 ↗ items include the solid waste contract

1:32:25 ↗ separate track for code enforcement

1:32:27 ↗ changes title 18 code revision

1:32:30 ↗ so the last item of business we have

1:32:32 ↗ this evening is the executive session

1:32:35 ↗ unless there's more good of the order so

1:32:37 ↗ i heard something so

1:32:39 ↗ as announced there will be an executive

1:32:40 ↗ session this evening

1:32:42 ↗ it will be to discuss property

1:32:44 ↗ acquisition for rcw 42.30

1:32:47 ↗ 0.110 for n1 parent b

1:32:50 ↗ as corrected the item is expected to

1:32:52 ↗ take approximately 10 minutes and action

1:32:56 ↗ may follow an open session so as a

1:32:58 ↗ reminder to the public the executive

1:33:00 ↗ sessions are closed to the public

1:33:02 ↗ and we will now recess into executive

1:33:04 ↗ session at 8 35 pm

1:33:07 ↗ for those participating virtually anyone

1:33:09 ↗ who is not part of the closed session

1:33:11 ↗ can remain in the main meeting and

1:33:12 ↗ you're welcome to stay in this meeting

1:33:14 ↗ until it is reconvened

1:33:28 ↗ we are back in open session at 8 45 pm

1:33:32 ↗ and

1:33:34 ↗ looking to see if there is anyone

1:33:37 ↗ willing to make a motion once one

1:33:39 ↗ appears up on our screen

1:33:44 ↗ uh council member marks

1:33:47 ↗ that thank you madam mayor

1:33:49 ↗ i move that we authorize the mayor to

1:33:51 ↗ execute a purchase and sale agreement

1:33:53 ↗ and other documents necessary to

1:33:55 ↗ purchase the two parcels located at 645

1:33:58 ↗ mount everest lane southwest also known

1:34:00 ↗ as king county tax

1:34:02 ↗ seven parcels

1:34:03 ↗ six two zero zero four zero zero and

1:34:07 ↗ five seven zero six two zero zero four

1:34:10 ↗ one one from allen h berkwit for the

1:34:13 ↗ amount of three hundred and fifty

1:34:14 ↗ thousand dollars plus closing costs

1:34:18 ↗ second it's been moved and seconded is

1:34:20 ↗ there any council discussion

1:34:24 ↗ okay

1:34:26 ↗ so it's been moved and seconded

1:34:28 ↗ authorize the merit execute a purchase

1:34:29 ↗ and sale agreement and other documents

1:34:31 ↗ necessary to purchase the two parcels

1:34:33 ↗ located at 645 mount everest lane

1:34:35 ↗ southwest also known as king county tax

1:34:37 ↗ parcels 5706-200-400-5706-2004111

1:34:45 ↗ from allen h burkewood for the amount of

1:34:47 ↗ three hundred fifty thousand dollars

1:34:48 ↗ plus closing costs all those in favor

1:34:50 ↗ please say aye aye

1:34:54 ↗ all those opposed nay

1:34:56 ↗ that passes um six to no unanimously

1:35:00 ↗ so there being no further business this

1:35:02 ↗ evening our meeting is adjourned at 8 46

1:35:05 ↗ p.m

1:35:14 ↗ you

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Council / Members (6)

Barbara de Michele

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Russell Joe

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

Excused

Lindsey Walsh

Motions and votes (5)

Direct the Administration to add a convening of the Independent Salary Commission to the City’s 2023 workplan and formalize the recruitment process. .

Moved by DE MICHELE · seconded by HUNT

Carried 6-0

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

Direct the Administration to bring forward potential changes to IMC 2.90, Independent Salary Commission for review by the Services, Safety & Parks Committee in the third quarter of 2022. .

Moved by DE MICHELE · seconded by REH

Carried 6-0

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

Direct the Administration to return to the City Council with an amendment to IMC 2.96 to include the Independent Salary Commission as recipients of the board and commission stipend. .

Moved by DE MICHELE · seconded by REH

Carried 6-0

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

Authorize the Mayor to execute a Purchase and Sale Agreement, and other documents necessary, to purchase the two parcels located at 645 Mount Everest Lane SW, also known as King County Tax Parcels 5706200400 and 5706200411 from Alan H. Berkwitt, for the amount of $350,000.00 plus closing costs. .

Moved by MARTS · seconded by HALL

Carried 6-0

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

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. a) ID 0996 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of May 2, 2022, $ 3,485,630.82; Approved. b) Minutes: City Council Study Session, March 15, 2022; Approved. c) Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, April 4, 2022; Approved. d) ID 1085 - Informational Update: Carbo…

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

Carried 6-0

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