City Council Regular Meeting · Tuesday, September 6, 2022 · City Council Digest

3. SPECIAL BUSINESS

Constitution Day Proclamation 7 ID 1256 - Hispanic Heritage Month b) Proclamation 9 ID 1266 - Eastside Welcoming Week c) Proclamation ID 1153

5 min · packet pp.5

Topics: Arts & Culture

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Staff report:

PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, the American Constitution has shaped the progress, values, and laws of this country, Washington State, and the City of Issaquah; and

Issaquah Police Dept. Promotions ID 1243

10 min

Topics: Public Safety

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7. INFORMATIONAL UPDATES

Informational Update: Parks & Community Services Dept. Summer Highlights ID 1265

Carried 6-0

10 min · packet pp.11–22

Topics: Parks

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Staff report:

JEFF WATLING, PARKS & COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR INFORMATIONAL UPDATES a)

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by DE MICHELE

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

8. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Sept. 6, 2022, $11,504,763.08 ID 1201

Carried 6-0

Approve · packet pp.23–97

Topics: Budget

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Staff report:

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

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Informational Update: Customer Service Standards (SeeClickFix) ID 1079

Carried 6-0

Receive Report · packet pp.127–130

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Staff report:

The City continues to evaluate customer service standards and improve response times through the customer service management system, SeeClickFix (SCF). The goal of these improvements is to provide consistent, timely responses to customer inquiries, and provide an exceptional level of care to the community.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Informational Update: Human Services Quarterly Report (Q2) ID 1250

Carried 6-0

Receive Report · packet pp.131–136

Topics: Equity

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Staff report:

This Informational Update includes a

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Informational Update: Equity Board Quarterly Report (Q2) ID 1251

Carried 6-0

Receive Report · packet pp.137–138

Topics: Equity

Previously discussed: Equity Board · Apr 1, 2022

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Staff report:

This Informational Update outlines a

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Religious & Cultural Holiday Calendar AB 8336

Carried 6-0

Approve Resolution · packet pp.139–154

Topics: Arts & Culture

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Mar 1, 2022

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Staff report:

The Administration tasked the Equity Board with creating a list of cultural and religious holidays the City should take into consideration when scheduling public meetings.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

4Culture Sustained Support Grant AB 8392

Carried 6-0

Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.155–168

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Staff report:

4Culture (King County's cultural agency) provides a sustained support funding opportunity to local art agencies within the county. Sustained support is intended to provide dependable operational funding that agencies receive for the robustness, creativity, and quality of the overall artistic services they provide to King County residents and visitors.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Front Street Streetscape Change Order AB 8433

Carried 6-0

Authorize · packet pp.169–173

Topics: Transportation

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Apr 17, 2017

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Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Surplus Real Property Policy AB 8438

Carried 6-0

Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.175–188

Topics: Land Use

Previously discussed: Services, Safety & Parks Committee · Jul 19, 2022

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Staff report:

Over the past 40 years, the City of Issaquah has acquired numerous properties and buildings to serve a wide variety of intended public purposes. Like other cities, the Administration believes it is important to assess and evaluate how those properties are being utilized and managed. In 2019, the Facilities Division updated and consolidated information on 18 City-owned properties and facilities that were not directly being used by the City at that time. This information included the history of the acquisition, condition of the property/building, current lease information (if applicable), and any other relevant facts. This information was provided to the City Council in 2020 with the intent of a future

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Salt Storage Cover Projects AB 8445

Carried 6-0

Award Bid · packet pp.189–195

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Staff report:

The Administration recommends awarding the construction contract for the Salt Storage Cover Projects in the amount of $361,612.44 (including sales tax) to ClearSpan Fabric Buildings.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Declaration of Restrictive Covenants for Squak Mountain Estates AB 8448

Carried 6-0

Authorize; Accept Grant · packet pp.197–203

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Staff report:

Each year the King County Dept. of Natural Resources and Parks, Land and Water Resources Division, Open Space Acquisitions Unit, Conservation Futures Citizens Committee, notifies local jurisdictions of the upcoming year's Conservation Futures Tax Levy (CFT) grant cycle. The focus of this program is land conservation through acquisition and must comply with RCW 84.34.020. The City has been a long standing and successful participant in this grant program under the Issaquah Creek WaterWays program.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Opioid Settlement: Participation Form & Allocation Agreement AB 8449

Carried 6-0

Authorize · packet pp.205–315

Topics: Public Safety

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Apr 18, 2022

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Staff report:

Multiple states, counties, and cities throughout the nation have brought lawsuits over the last few years against various entities within the pharmaceutical supply chain who manufacture, distribute, and dispense prescription opioids (the “Opioid Distributors”). The State of Washington has now reached a settlement with the Opioid Distributors for up to $518 million, with more than $476 million to be directed toward addressing the opioid epidemic, paid over a 17-year period starting in December 2022. The Opioid Distributors settlement includes three separate agreements:

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

2022 Amendment to South Correctional Entity (SCORE) Interlocal Agreement re: Inmate Housing AB 8450

Carried 6-0

Authorize · packet pp.317–337

Topics: Housing

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Staff report:

SCORE is a regionally owned jail in Des Moines, Washington serving the confinement needs of six member cities and a number of contract agencies with a total capacity of 802 inmates. The City contracts with SCORE to house inmates with acute mental illness or medical needs that generally require around the clock medical care. The City first entered into an ILA with SCORE in 2011. The most recent ILA is attached as Exhibit B.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

9. REGULAR BUSINESS

Tenant & Landlord Protections Ordinance AB 8451

Carried 4-2

Adopt Ordinance · 45 min · packet pp.339–364

Topics: HousingLand Use

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Staff report:

On April 20th, 2022, ARCH (A Regional Coalition for Housing) Board of Directors sent ARCH member mayors and councils a letter (Exhibit B) and a resolution (Exhibit C) with recommendations to consider a consistent set of protections focused on addressing the economic impacts of rent increases. ARCH reported that the newest increase in the HUD AMI will likely create rent increases for low-income tenants upwards of 16% this year, directly impacting nine ARCH affordable rental complexes in Issaquah. The ARCH Executive Board approved a set of recommended policies aimed at mitigating the impacts of rent increases and are encouraging the City of Issaquah to consider the following recommendations: 1. Require landlords to provide a minimum of 120 days' written notice of rent increases greater than 3%, and 180- days’ notice of rent increases greater than 10%. As background, state law requires a…

Roll call:

Moved by MARTS · seconded by DE MICHELE

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Lindsey Walsh

Opposed: Joe, Hall

10. GOOD OF THE ORDER

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0:10 ↗ good evening everyone i'm calling the uh

0:13 ↗ september 6 city council meeting to

0:15 ↗ order and as a reminder we continue to

0:17 ↗ have a remote aspect to all of our

0:19 ↗ meetings

0:20 ↗ both staff and members of the public may

0:22 ↗ be participating in tonight's meeting by

0:25 ↗ remotely but via webex

0:28 ↗ we have an excused absence this evening

0:30 ↗ council member ray is unable to join us

0:33 ↗ and the first item on the agenda this

0:34 ↗ evening is the pledge of allegiance and

0:36 ↗ i invite you to join myself and the

0:38 ↗ council

0:41 ↗ i pledge allegiance to the flag of the

0:44 ↗ united states of america

0:46 ↗ and to the republic for which it stands

0:49 ↗ one nation under god

0:51 ↗ indivisible with liberty and justice for

0:54 ↗ all

0:58 ↗ thank you

0:59 ↗ it's exciting to come back from our

1:01 ↗ summer break because we have a

1:03 ↗ jam-packed agenda full of great public

1:06 ↗ items tonight so thank you all for

1:07 ↗ joining us and for those at home we have

1:09 ↗ a very big crowd with us tonight

1:12 ↗ under special business we have several

1:14 ↗ proclamations we're going to do this

1:16 ↗ evening id 1153 constitution day

1:19 ↗ proclamation id 1256 the hispanic

1:22 ↗ heritage month proclamation

1:25 ↗ and id 1266 eastside welcoming week

1:28 ↗ proclamation so i will be over at the

1:30 ↗ lectern and i will call up each group

1:33 ↗ individually uh introduce you read the

1:36 ↗ proclamation and invite you to if you

1:37 ↗ have any comments you'd like to share

1:39 ↗ with the group

1:54 ↗ first up is constitution day

1:56 ↗ proclamation which sounds strange but

1:58 ↗ this is really about how we can provide

2:00 ↗ some recognition to our court so we're

2:02 ↗ pretty excited to do this tonight i'd

2:04 ↗ like to invite judge stewart and court

2:06 ↗ administrator christy shorn

2:08 ↗ and any other court staff that we have

2:11 ↗ with us this evening come on up for the

2:13 ↗ staff here and uh christy and judge over

2:15 ↗ there and we want to recognize you on

2:17 ↗ camera

2:19 ↗ i believe we have kathy koski georgia

2:23 ↗ dapping melanie vanek nikki meister

2:26 ↗ julie pallon

2:28 ↗ dominic dethman and marisol visser thank

2:30 ↗ you all so much for coming this evening

2:35 ↗ i will start with the proclamation judge

2:37 ↗ and then offer you some time at the mic

2:40 ↗ thank you very much

2:42 ↗ whereas the united states constitution

2:44 ↗ has shaped the progress values and laws

2:47 ↗ of this country washington state and the

2:49 ↗ city of issaquah

2:50 ↗ and whereas september 17th is commonly

2:52 ↗ known as constitution day and

2:54 ↗ citizenship day to commemorate the

2:56 ↗ signing of the u.s constitution in

2:58 ↗ philadelphia on september 17 1787 and

3:02 ↗ whereas national constitution day was

3:04 ↗ developed to honor the principles of the

3:05 ↗ constitution and striving towards a more

3:08 ↗ perfect nation and citizenship day is

3:10 ↗ recognized to welcome and celebrate new

3:12 ↗ citizens of the united states in our

3:14 ↗ community and whereas the city of

3:16 ↗ issaquah strives to embody the values

3:18 ↗ espoused in the constitution

3:20 ↗ empower citizens to participate in

3:22 ↗ government and abide by its laws and

3:24 ↗ promise and whereas the issacral

3:27 ↗ municipal court plays a vital role in

3:29 ↗ upholding the constitution establishing

3:32 ↗ and maintaining public trust and

3:33 ↗ confidence through jurisprudence and

3:36 ↗ consistent service to the issaquah

3:38 ↗ community including the delivery of

3:40 ↗ court services to the city of duval

3:42 ↗ north bend and snoquami and whereas the

3:45 ↗ israel municipal court has introduced

3:47 ↗ innovative problem-solving approaches to

3:50 ↗ better serve the common welfare and

3:52 ↗ abide by the ideals of the constitution

3:54 ↗ and whereas is it is appropriate to

3:57 ↗ acknowledge and thank issaquah municipal

3:59 ↗ court staff on this celebration of the

4:02 ↗ 235th anniversary of the constitution

4:04 ↗ signing

4:05 ↗ now therefore i mary dupoli mayor of the

4:07 ↗ city of issaquad do hereby proclaim

4:09 ↗ september 17 2022 to be constitution day

4:12 ↗ in the city of issaquah and i invite the

4:14 ↗ community to join me in thanking the

4:15 ↗ issaquah municipal's court employees for

4:18 ↗ their service and outstanding

4:20 ↗ contributions and the vital role they

4:21 ↗ play in upholding the constitution thank

4:24 ↗ you very much

4:30 ↗ come on out

4:33 ↗ and christy as well if you'd like to say

4:34 ↗ a few words

4:35 ↗ notice how quickly my staff moves away

4:37 ↗ from the microphone

4:40 ↗ mayor paulie council thank you for

4:42 ↗ recognizing us and as the constitution

4:44 ↗ day approaches on september 17th we

4:46 ↗ truly appreciate it and i i want to

4:47 ↗ emphasize to you all um how important it

4:51 ↗ is uh to the court staff

4:53 ↗ um

4:54 ↗ that we uphold the the principles of the

4:55 ↗ constitution and not only the the united

4:58 ↗ states constitution but the washington

4:59 ↗ constitution and all of the laws that

5:01 ↗ exist to protect the citizens both of

5:03 ↗ isqa and the visitors that come into

5:04 ↗ this squad that end up in the side of

5:05 ↗ our court

5:06 ↗ um

5:07 ↗ really quickly i'll go through and tell

5:08 ↗ you what folks do christy shawn to my

5:11 ↗ immediate left is our court

5:12 ↗ administrator we went through a

5:15 ↗ when when we lost ms campo a couple of

5:17 ↗ years ago we went through a pretty uh

5:19 ↗ healthy

5:20 ↗ interview process and christy came out

5:22 ↗ at the top and i'll tell you something

5:24 ↗ christie's been a court administrator

5:25 ↗ for what three years now two years into

5:27 ↗ it i got a call from a court

5:28 ↗ administrator who's a former president

5:29 ↗ of the dcm dmcma which is the district

5:31 ↗ support judges management association

5:33 ↗ for the state of washington and another

5:35 ↗ member telling me that they were in the

5:36 ↗ process of drafting christie shawn to be

5:38 ↗ the court administrator of the year

5:40 ↗ and the judges throughout the state

5:42 ↗ court administrators throughout the

5:43 ↗ state all petitioned put in their words

5:45 ↗ of confidence and that she should be the

5:47 ↗ one and be recognized for all she's done

5:48 ↗ for the state of washington and she is

5:50 ↗ not court administered of the year and

5:52 ↗ the reason she's not is you have to be a

5:53 ↗ court administrator for five years and

5:55 ↗ at the point that she was nominated

5:56 ↗ she'd only been a court administrator

5:57 ↗ for two years but i want you to

5:58 ↗ recognize how important she is not just

6:00 ↗ the city of but the city of state

6:02 ↗ she's the go-to person for the state of

6:03 ↗ washington

6:04 ↗ to immediate left and this is hard for

6:06 ↗ me to say because

6:08 ↗ uh nikki has been with the court uh for

6:11 ↗ well over a decade and since 2009 an

6:13 ↗ ongoing principle between the two of us

6:15 ↗ is i pretend like i don't know who she

6:16 ↗ is

6:17 ↗ and i have to admit now their name is

6:18 ↗ nikki meister she's never been in a

6:20 ↗ management position we went through that

6:22 ↗ entire process and she came out number

6:24 ↗ two for our court administrator

6:26 ↗ um the problem that nikki had was she

6:28 ↗ had no experience as a court

6:28 ↗ administrator uh in any type of a

6:31 ↗ management type position so one of the

6:33 ↗ first things that chrissy did was she

6:34 ↗ came in and got us a lead so christy has

6:36 ↗ been our lead for a couple years

6:38 ↗ nicki's been our lead for a couple years

6:39 ↗ she does an amazing job

6:41 ↗ continuing down we have kathy koski one

6:43 ↗ of our court clerks

6:45 ↗ uh i i love kathy because kathy's the

6:47 ↗ closest person to my age so we

6:48 ↗ understand the same music

6:51 ↗ songs all that type of things we have

6:52 ↗ georgia george has been with us a couple

6:54 ↗ years we stole her from renton by way of

6:56 ↗ lakewood i've known georgia because i

6:57 ↗ was a public defender in the city of

6:58 ↗ lakewood so we've known each other a

6:59 ↗ long time

7:01 ↗ julia down there julie pallone is my

7:02 ↗ right-hand person she's the one that

7:04 ↗ reminds me when i have search warrants

7:05 ↗ in my inbox at three o'clock in the

7:07 ↗ morning uh she makes sure i follow up on

7:09 ↗ them uh she's making sure that the

7:11 ↗ search warrants are signed and the like

7:13 ↗ then we have our two members two newest

7:15 ↗ people down at the end um

7:18 ↗ the thing two things three things i want

7:20 ↗ to talk to you about just i get three

7:21 ↗ minutes to do this is our virtual court

7:24 ↗ our paperless court and most importantly

7:26 ↗ our community court uh issaquah opened a

7:28 ↗ community court a number of you have

7:29 ↗ come and watched our community court

7:31 ↗ it's an amazing process

7:33 ↗ we provide resources we have we work in

7:35 ↗ the virtual world and we have a separate

7:36 ↗ virtual room with all of these resources

7:38 ↗ dshs mental health providers

7:41 ↗ treatment providers people zoom in from

7:43 ↗ the community that need these resources

7:45 ↗ and we were able to apply for a grant we

7:46 ↗ share marisol down there with the human

7:49 ↗ uh

7:50 ↗ human services department our portion of

7:52 ↗ our salaries paid for by money we got

7:54 ↗ from the state of washington we had

7:55 ↗ extra money left over so we hired

7:57 ↗ dominique dominique works part-time

8:00 ↗ directly for the court i will tell you

8:01 ↗ that she zooms in on my early calendars

8:04 ↗ she recognizes folks that are needed

8:05 ↗ services today

8:07 ↗ just today on the jail calendar there

8:09 ↗ were some of these clearly services

8:10 ↗ dominique walked from our court over to

8:12 ↗ jail went down with the person met with

8:14 ↗ them and make sure that they have

8:16 ↗ an opportunity to access the services

8:18 ↗ that they need

8:20 ↗ with regard to protecting the

8:21 ↗ constitutional rights of folks i will

8:23 ↗ tell you that well first of all you're

8:24 ↗ in our courtroom i don't know if you

8:25 ↗ realize that because this is our

8:27 ↗ courtroom and uh um

8:30 ↗ when the pandemic hit you you became

8:33 ↗ aware real fast how important those

8:34 ↗ constitutional rights were to the

8:35 ↗ members of the court not just me but my

8:37 ↗ staff

8:38 ↗ we were probably the pandemic hit

8:41 ↗ we recognized it was going to be around

8:42 ↗ a long time and we were one of the first

8:44 ↗ i think the first court in king county

8:45 ↗ there were a couple thurston county

8:46 ↗ courts that were working along with us

8:48 ↗ that went online and we went online and

8:50 ↗ within a month

8:52 ↗ we were handling virtual court across

8:53 ↗ the board christie brought on oak court

8:55 ↗ which meant we got rid of the paper

8:56 ↗ documents that we typically did

8:58 ↗ everything became digital and then as

9:00 ↗ the process developed over the last two

9:02 ↗ years we've become essentially a

9:04 ↗ paperless court

9:05 ↗ we have 98 paperless i'm told officially

9:07 ↗ today everything we do online what's

9:09 ↗ great about that is when wally calls out

9:11 ↗ and says hey we're we're social

9:13 ↗ distancing we've got to keep people out

9:14 ↗ of the courthouse for a while i have a

9:16 ↗ wonderful picture that my right-hand

9:18 ↗ woman down there took at this backdrop

9:19 ↗ here throw it up behind me it looks like

9:21 ↗ meniscus nobody knows any better i'm

9:23 ↗ able to access all my documents online

9:24 ↗ because we've gone paperless and

9:26 ↗ essentially we're protecting the rights

9:27 ↗ of folks we're giving them an open

9:28 ↗ courtroom we are providing speedy trials

9:31 ↗ if you read in the paper about how the

9:33 ↗ king county superior court is a year six

9:35 ↗ months behind

9:36 ↗ by may of 2020 we were completely caught

9:38 ↗ up we're not behind the nature trials

9:40 ↗ we're behind any court hearings uh we're

9:41 ↗ moving and adapting we're now in a uh

9:45 ↗ not virtual but we are in a hybrid

9:47 ↗ situation court's completely open almost

9:49 ↗ everybody still likes to receive by

9:52 ↗ uh audiovisual you utilize zoom all the

9:55 ↗ courts are because of a couple access

9:56 ↗ tools with the zoom they're all

9:58 ↗ appearing that way it allows people to

9:59 ↗ maintain their jobs not be able to

10:01 ↗ maintain their employment still handle

10:02 ↗ their court dates so we're working hard

10:04 ↗ for risque i think we're serving the

10:06 ↗ public and we're thrilled that you have

10:07 ↗ us here you're always welcome to come to

10:09 ↗ our court you're always welcome a number

10:10 ↗ of you come to community court i gave

10:12 ↗ you a community court bracelet uh i

10:14 ↗ encourage you to wear it and show

10:15 ↗ everybody your support but i appreciate

10:16 ↗ you having us in we really do thank you

10:18 ↗ thank you

10:19 ↗ oh wait wait stop

10:22 ↗ melanie vanek is my probation officer i

10:24 ↗ skipped over the top of her

10:25 ↗ since i skipped her i might ask her to

10:27 ↗ come up and say a few words

10:29 ↗ so melanie vanick actually dominique

10:31 ↗ works directly beneath melanie melanie

10:33 ↗ handles our probation department

10:35 ↗ just like uh christy melanie is she's

10:38 ↗ way up in the probation department i

10:39 ↗ think that i don't even begin to

10:40 ↗ understand something called i chaos

10:42 ↗ which is a pain in my side melanie has

10:43 ↗ the answers

10:45 ↗ um she's an amazing probation up we are

10:47 ↗ very lucky to have her in the city of

10:48 ↗ vasquez i can't believe that i skipped

10:49 ↗ over the top of her but

10:51 ↗ do you want to say anything emily

10:54 ↗ thank you very much

10:56 ↗ [Music]

10:57 ↗ [Applause]

11:06 ↗ with the judges

11:30 ↗ [Applause]

11:41 ↗ so for those that are watching at home

11:42 ↗ not not all cities have a court and not

11:45 ↗ all cities have a court like our court

11:47 ↗ which is ahead of the game at almost

11:49 ↗ every single step of the way and if you

11:50 ↗ have not watched community court please

11:52 ↗ take the judge's words

11:54 ↗ seriously you have to go see it it is an

11:56 ↗ amazing thing to watch so thank you all

12:00 ↗ next up i would like to invite marianna

12:03 ↗ garza sandra busani daniela rivelas

12:06 ↗ yvette gomez andreana hernandez

12:10 ↗ andreyana chavos leticia figon from the

12:13 ↗ latinx circle to the lekker lectern to

12:15 ↗ receive the proclamation id 1256

12:18 ↗ hispanic heritage month proclamation

12:20 ↗ come on up

12:28 ↗ some are in transit and meshes show up

12:30 ↗ while we're doing this so thank you all

12:31 ↗ for coming tonight

12:34 ↗ whereas each year americans observe

12:36 ↗ national hispanic heritage munch from

12:38 ↗ september 15 to october 15 celebrating

12:41 ↗ the histories cultures and contributions

12:43 ↗ of americans whose ancestors came from

12:45 ↗ spain mexico central america south

12:48 ↗ america and the spanish-speaking nations

12:50 ↗ of the caribbean and whereas according

12:53 ↗ to the 2020 census the hispanic

12:54 ↗ population of the united states was 62.1

12:58 ↗ million people making people of hispanic

13:00 ↗ origin the nation's largest ethnic or

13:03 ↗ racial minority 18.9 percent of the

13:06 ↗ total u.s population and whereas

13:08 ↗ issaquah's diversity and hispanic

13:10 ↗ population have increased over the last

13:12 ↗ 30 years from 1990 when 95 percent of

13:16 ↗ residents were white and only 2 percent

13:18 ↗ hispanic latino to more recent times

13:21 ↗ 65.7 percent of our residents today are

13:24 ↗ white and 9 are hispanic latino and

13:27 ↗ whereas we commit to embracing diversity

13:29 ↗ and inclusion by paying tribute to

13:31 ↗ hispanic heritage through education

13:34 ↗ acknowledgement and celebration within

13:36 ↗ our community and whereas this year's

13:39 ↗ theme

13:40 ↗ i'm going to say it wrong unidas

13:43 ↗ unidos

13:44 ↗ thank you very much inclusivity for a

13:46 ↗ stronger nation encourages us to ensure

13:49 ↗ that all voices are represented and

13:51 ↗ welcomed to help build stronger

13:53 ↗ communities and a stronger nation and

13:55 ↗ encourages us to reflect on all the

13:57 ↗ contributions hispanics have made in the

13:59 ↗ past and will continue to make in the

14:01 ↗ future and is also a reminder that we

14:03 ↗ are stronger together so now therefore i

14:06 ↗ mary lou paulie mayor of the city of

14:08 ↗ issaquah do hereby proclaim september

14:10 ↗ 15th through october 15 2022 to be

14:13 ↗ hispanic heritage month in the city of

14:15 ↗ issaquah and i urge the community to

14:17 ↗ join in special observance and

14:18 ↗ celebration of hispanic heritage

14:25 ↗ and would someone like to come up and

14:26 ↗ make some comments

14:28 ↗ [Applause]

14:33 ↗ thank you

14:37 ↗ hello

14:39 ↗ thank you

14:41 ↗ hi uh hola

14:43 ↗ my name is adriana hernandez hernandez

14:48 ↗ and i'm a part of the latino club that

14:50 ↗ we have uh and i'm really excited to be

14:53 ↗ here and to announce

14:56 ↗ this official date which is very special

14:58 ↗ to us

14:59 ↗ and thank you so much for all the

15:01 ↗ support

15:02 ↗ thank you thank you for coming would you

15:04 ↗ guys like to take a picture

15:20 ↗ thank you

15:25 ↗ [Applause]

15:31 ↗ our third proclamation tonight id 1266

15:34 ↗ is about east side welcoming week and

15:36 ↗ i'd like to invite sophia hashmi who's

15:38 ↗ serving as mc at this friday's issaquah

15:41 ↗ welcomes you event to the lectern to

15:43 ↗ receive the proclamation

15:45 ↗ [Applause]

15:56 ↗ so the proclamation i'm reading today

15:58 ↗ was actually signed by the city of

15:59 ↗ bellevue the city of kirkland the city

16:01 ↗ of samamish city vissiqua and redmond

16:03 ↗ and in one of my mayor's meetings this

16:04 ↗ morning we talked about we need to get a

16:06 ↗ whole bunch more cities signing on to

16:08 ↗ this proclamation so glad to do this

16:10 ↗ tonight for issaquah on behalf of all

16:12 ↗ the cities

16:13 ↗ whereas the east side cities of bellevue

16:16 ↗ issaquah kirkland redmond and sammamish

16:18 ↗ have jointly celebrated eastside

16:20 ↗ welcoming week for the past six years

16:22 ↗ and whereas these cities recognize the

16:24 ↗ importance of ensuring that all

16:26 ↗ residents feel safe secure and welcome

16:29 ↗ and whereas east king county is one of

16:30 ↗ the most racially and ethnically diverse

16:32 ↗ regions in washington state with over 30

16:35 ↗ percent of our residents coming from

16:37 ↗ places outside of the united states

16:39 ↗ and whereas realizing our vision for a

16:42 ↗ welcoming community requires actively

16:44 ↗ addressing the lived experiences of

16:46 ↗ those in our community who do not feel

16:48 ↗ welcome safe valued or included and

16:51 ↗ whereas historic and current impacts of

16:54 ↗ individual institutional and systemic

16:56 ↗ racism that result in harmful

16:58 ↗ disparities in education employment

17:01 ↗ income housing criminal justice and

17:04 ↗ quality of life as well as a sense of

17:06 ↗ belonging and whereas our community like

17:09 ↗ others across the nation has structures

17:11 ↗ systems and policies that contribute to

17:13 ↗ injustice racial inequality and

17:15 ↗ discriminatory treatment against

17:17 ↗ residents who are born in another

17:18 ↗ country are black

17:20 ↗ indigenous or other people of color

17:24 ↗ lgbtqia plus

17:26 ↗ latinx and other identities and whereas

17:28 ↗ to capitalize on diversity as an asset

17:30 ↗ our community must strive to create a

17:32 ↗ culture and environment that ensures

17:34 ↗ everyone can belong and thrive

17:37 ↗ now therefore we the mayors of bellevue

17:39 ↗ issaquah kirkland redmond and sammamish

17:41 ↗ washington join me proclaim september

17:43 ↗ 9th to 18 2022 as eastside welcoming

17:46 ↗ week and we invite the community to

17:48 ↗ engage in opportunities during eastside

17:50 ↗ welcoming week and beyond to learn

17:52 ↗ connect across differences and take

17:54 ↗ joint action to achieve a welcoming

17:56 ↗ equitable and inclusive community

17:59 ↗ [Applause]

18:06 ↗ hello my name is sophia hashmi and i

18:08 ↗ just graduated at isequa high school and

18:10 ↗ i will be going to university of

18:12 ↗ washington to study economics

18:14 ↗ and i will be emceeing oh thank you i

18:17 ↗ will be emceeing uh for the welcoming

18:19 ↗ week event this friday at the community

18:21 ↗ center and i'm super excited and i hope

18:23 ↗ to see you guys all there um and i'm

18:25 ↗ just really happy to be accepting this

18:28 ↗ proclamation thank you so much

18:30 ↗ [Applause]

18:55 ↗ exciting stuff um next on our agenda

18:59 ↗ this evening under special business is

19:01 ↗ id1243

19:03 ↗ this is issaquah police department

19:04 ↗ promotions and new hires and i'd like to

19:06 ↗ ask chief of police paula schwann and

19:08 ↗ the new officers to come and meet me

19:10 ↗ over at the podium

19:30 ↗ good evening

19:32 ↗ thank you everybody

19:34 ↗ a couple months ago

19:36 ↗ we talked about bringing you forth your

19:39 ↗ staff here in the city that you don't

19:41 ↗ always see in the police department a

19:43 ↗ lot of them work nights a lot of them

19:45 ↗ work in the jail

19:46 ↗ where

19:48 ↗ the regular citizens don't see them as

19:50 ↗ much as some of the others and so

19:52 ↗ tonight is an opportunity we have a

19:54 ↗ large group because as you know we've

19:55 ↗ been hiring and i wanted to make sure

19:57 ↗ some of them have been working with us

19:58 ↗ for a while and some are fairly new but

20:00 ↗ i thought this was a perfect opportunity

20:03 ↗ first i'd like to say thank you to the

20:04 ↗ council member and to mary lou paulie

20:07 ↗ for

20:08 ↗ the proclamations we work daily with the

20:10 ↗ court couldn't do our jobs without them

20:12 ↗ and that's huge and the other

20:14 ↗ proclamations as well because we want to

20:17 ↗ continue to bridge gaps between

20:19 ↗ the police and all our communities so

20:21 ↗ thank you for that

20:23 ↗ tonight with excuse me

20:25 ↗ with us we have several different of our

20:27 ↗ p we have corrections officers we have a

20:30 ↗ police officer so we have two paintings

20:32 ↗ of badges that are both different

20:33 ↗ swearing-ins and we also have our record

20:37 ↗ supervisor and so i'll go through those

20:39 ↗ maggie scroggins

20:41 ↗ maggie can you step forward just so we

20:42 ↗ know what two they're talking about

20:43 ↗ there we go thank you you can step back

20:45 ↗ after

20:46 ↗ maggie comes to us from oregon she is a

20:49 ↗ emergency communications specialist down

20:51 ↗ in southern oregon

20:53 ↗ and she was a lateral she came to us and

20:55 ↗ she's worked

20:57 ↗ she was hired in april of this year and

20:59 ↗ she had

21:01 ↗ experience and was one of their best

21:04 ↗ employees and they were very sad

21:07 ↗ when we took her from them so we were

21:09 ↗ happy to have her and glad she moved up

21:10 ↗ here with us

21:12 ↗ christy

21:14 ↗ christie came to us has worked for

21:16 ↗ several different agencies she's worked

21:18 ↗ at southsound 911 in pierce county and

21:21 ↗ she also worked from for snoke or suncom

21:23 ↗ which is in yakima she worked there for

21:25 ↗ nine years

21:26 ↗ and she worked for south sound for about

21:28 ↗ a year

21:29 ↗ and we're very glad to have have her she

21:32 ↗ also comes with a lot of experience she

21:33 ↗ was also a trainer and so we're super

21:35 ↗ excited she's been with us since july

21:39 ↗ shafiq

21:40 ↗ he was hired in august we're again

21:42 ↗ another lateral um we've

21:45 ↗ acquired him from seattle i guess is the

21:47 ↗ best way to put that

21:49 ↗ he's been with us for a few months um he

21:51 ↗ and he was new to

21:53 ↗ um

21:54 ↗ seattle itself he had been emt prior and

21:56 ↗ a dispatcher as well he also worked for

21:59 ↗ valley hospital for approximately five

22:00 ↗ years and allendale police department in

22:03 ↗ new jersey for about nine years so cam's

22:06 ↗ with a lot of experience and we're happy

22:07 ↗ to have him he's one of our dispatchers

22:09 ↗ as well

22:10 ↗ nicole summers

22:13 ↗ she is our new record supervisor it was

22:15 ↗ a long time coming we finally were able

22:17 ↗ to

22:18 ↗ go through a lot of different

22:19 ↗ applicants and we found we think we

22:22 ↗ found the best

22:23 ↗ person for the job here in issaquah she

22:25 ↗ gives a lot of experience she was a

22:27 ↗ sergeant at score for seven years

22:29 ↗ she wasn't a sergeant for seven years

22:31 ↗ but she was employed by score for seven

22:32 ↗ years and she had been also an acting

22:34 ↗ lieutenant for a good portion of that

22:36 ↗ time so

22:37 ↗ she's going through the ropes and she's

22:39 ↗ been going to be a great asset for us

22:41 ↗ ryan smith

22:43 ↗ ryan smith is our first

22:46 ↗ analyst crime analyst and we got her

22:48 ↗ from san diego and she was

22:52 ↗ a huge asset for them um i can't even

22:55 ↗ i'm not even going to try and say what

22:57 ↗ this was can you announce what that was

22:59 ↗ um it's

23:01 ↗ epi yeah

23:02 ↗ there you go

23:04 ↗ so um can

23:06 ↗ she did a great lot of work with the

23:08 ↗ coveted protocols and different things

23:10 ↗ and now she's come to us her family's

23:12 ↗ here she was actually a high school

23:14 ↗ graduate of iskwa and so we're glad to

23:16 ↗ have her home so that was very nice and

23:18 ↗ we're excited to have her and all the

23:20 ↗ great stuff and information she's going

23:22 ↗ to be providing for a lot of people in

23:23 ↗ the city

23:24 ↗ from the police department so that's a

23:26 ↗ huge asset

23:27 ↗ we also have michael watson

23:30 ↗ who is one of our corrections officers

23:32 ↗ he was hired in may and he was a lateral

23:35 ↗ corrections he worked for the washington

23:37 ↗ state department of corrections for

23:38 ↗ three years

23:40 ↗ and um shelby parkin unfortunately she's

23:42 ↗ not with us here she's another new hire

23:45 ↗ that she came out in june she was a

23:46 ↗ lateral from king county jail and she'd

23:48 ↗ been with them for six years and she's

23:49 ↗ the middle of her phd so she comes with

23:52 ↗ a lot of education as well as knowledge

23:54 ↗ and experience and then we have

23:57 ↗ officer lucas doyle he's an entry-level

23:59 ↗ officer he started with us this last

24:01 ↗ month he's from wadena minneapolis or

24:05 ↗ minnesota minnesota

24:07 ↗ and he has a bachelor's in criminology

24:09 ↗ and criminal justice and he

24:11 ↗ um hamlin university is where he got his

24:14 ↗ criminal justice degree so we're going

24:16 ↗ to have mayor come up and it's going to

24:17 ↗ read the proclamation to

24:19 ↗ um seven and then

24:22 ↗ we'll go on with mr lucas doyle and do

24:24 ↗ you have uh

24:36 ↗ see all your amazing faces

24:39 ↗ welcome

24:40 ↗ um so we are going to do the oath all

24:44 ↗ together and so i will read short little

24:47 ↗ clips of it i'm sure you read it

24:49 ↗ and you just have to state your name

24:51 ↗ after my first little sentence so if you

24:52 ↗ could raise your hand

24:54 ↗ i state your name

24:58 ↗ recognize this badge

25:01 ↗ okay recognize this badge

25:04 ↗ as a symbol of public faith

25:08 ↗ and i accept it as a public trust

25:12 ↗ to be held so long as i am true to the

25:15 ↗ ethics of this department

25:20 ↗ on my honor

25:22 ↗ i will never betray our badge

25:26 ↗ my integrity

25:28 ↗ my character

25:30 ↗ or the public trust

25:32 ↗ i will always have the courage

25:36 ↗ to hold myself and others

25:39 ↗ accountable for our actions

25:42 ↗ i will always uphold the constitution

25:46 ↗ my community

25:49 ↗ and the issaquah police department

25:52 ↗ fantastic thank you

25:55 ↗ [Applause]

26:05 ↗ thank you

26:36 ↗ okay now i'd like to call up lucas

26:39 ↗ want to step forward

26:41 ↗ you can just stand up here at the diaz

26:43 ↗ with me is great

26:45 ↗ uh same thing i'm just going to read you

26:48 ↗ in short sentences just repeat after me

26:50 ↗ so raise your hand

26:52 ↗ i state your name

26:54 ↗ having been duly appointed

26:57 ↗ to the office of police officer

27:01 ↗ of the city of issaquah washington

27:15 ↗ as prescribed by law

27:18 ↗ and to the best of my ability

27:21 ↗ and that i will support and maintain

27:24 ↗ the ordinances of the city of issaquah

27:28 ↗ and the laws and constitution

27:32 ↗ of the state of washington

27:34 ↗ and of the united states of america

27:38 ↗ so help me god

27:40 ↗ congratulations

27:44 ↗ and

27:45 ↗ your wife tatiana is here tonight would

27:48 ↗ you like to come up and put your pin on

27:51 ↗ tatiana would you like to come up

27:53 ↗ awesome

28:12 ↗ congratulations congratulations

28:20 ↗ thank you again council for giving us

28:22 ↗ the opportunity and the time to meet

28:23 ↗ your staff

28:25 ↗ okay you guys can sit down thank you

28:31 ↗ thank you very much chief

28:32 ↗ uh if there is no objection i'd like to

28:35 ↗ call a short five minute recess to allow

28:37 ↗ our guest to exit

28:38 ↗ okay with that okay we're recessing at 7

28:41 ↗ 30

28:42 ↗ for five minutes

34:28 ↗ public process and the city takes

34:30 ↗ comments seriously we thank you for

34:32 ↗ taking the time to address us this

34:34 ↗ evening city clerk can you please

34:36 ↗ identify the first person who signed up

34:38 ↗ to speak tonight

34:39 ↗ and mayor uh olin is working on getting

34:42 ↗ us back online okay we're back

34:44 ↗ all right yes and i um

34:47 ↗ see we have some folks who have joined

34:50 ↗ us by phone i'm unable to see

34:53 ↗ your name so if you have called in by

34:55 ↗ phone and i announce your name please

34:58 ↗ press star 3 to raise your virtual hand

35:01 ↗ and i will unmute you

35:03 ↗ the first person who signed up to speak

35:05 ↗ is john mcguire

35:08 ↗ is john here in the room

35:13 ↗ all right and i don't see that john

35:15 ↗ mcguire is online with us

35:17 ↗ unless he's joined by phone so we'll

35:19 ↗ move on the next person who has signed

35:22 ↗ up to speak is wes miller

35:24 ↗ is wes in the room

35:29 ↗ no and again uh if i call your name and

35:32 ↗ you've joined by phone please press star

35:33 ↗ three

35:34 ↗ we'll go ahead and move on to the next

35:37 ↗ person uh who signed up to speak

35:39 ↗ mike palm

35:42 ↗ okay

35:49 ↗ mike can you check if the button is

35:51 ↗ pressed on the microphone it would be

35:52 ↗ red if it's on

35:55 ↗ now it is thank you hey can you hear me

35:57 ↗ better uh good evening my name is mike

35:59 ↗ palm i live at 1879 kincaid walk in

36:01 ↗ issaquah

36:03 ↗ thank you for this opportunity to share

36:04 ↗ my concerns about public safety

36:07 ↗ as you know from the listening session

36:08 ↗ hosted at blakely hall in june

36:11 ↗ crime was a top priority for 72 percent

36:14 ↗ of the issaquah highlands residents

36:17 ↗ in recent weeks crime in esqua highlands

36:20 ↗ has continued to increase cars have been

36:22 ↗ broken into businesses have been broken

36:23 ↗ into vandalized

36:26 ↗ and

36:27 ↗ just walking down the street you see a

36:28 ↗ car door wide open on saturday morning

36:30 ↗ with the windows broken out there wasn't

36:32 ↗ even anything in the car to be stolen

36:36 ↗ i request the city of issaquad join the

36:37 ↗ cities of auburn black diamond enumclaw

36:40 ↗ federal way kent pacific renton and

36:43 ↗ aquila in requesting state legislature

36:46 ↗ and king county take action to reduce

36:48 ↗ crime i submitted a copy of the open

36:50 ↗ letter that these south king county

36:53 ↗ cities submitted on august 4th both to

36:56 ↗ the city council the mayor and

36:58 ↗ when i signed up to speak tonight so i

37:00 ↗ think everybody's seen it

37:02 ↗ um

37:03 ↗ because hb 1054 which is widely cited as

37:06 ↗ contributing to the increase in crime

37:08 ↗ was sponsored by our fifth district

37:09 ↗ representatives bill ramos and lisa

37:11 ↗ callan i wrote both bill bill ramos and

37:14 ↗ lisa callan requesting they take action

37:15 ↗ to resolve the unintended consequences

37:17 ↗ of this bill in june of 21.

37:20 ↗ unfortunately during the last

37:21 ↗ legislative session neither of them took

37:23 ↗ action to resolve these issues

37:25 ↗ i'm hoping that if issaquah city council

37:27 ↗ weighs in on this issue with the other

37:29 ↗ cities in king county it will persuade

37:31 ↗ bill ramos and lisa callan to take

37:32 ↗ action in the next

37:34 ↗ next legislative session

37:36 ↗ since it's obvious that this

37:38 ↗ has increased the crime in in our

37:40 ↗ communities thank you thank you for your

37:42 ↗ time thank you mike

37:44 ↗ city clerk whose next steps to speak

37:48 ↗ next we have tanya allisony

37:55 ↗ hi it's you listening my name is tanya

37:57 ↗ ulisney

37:59 ↗ i'm here to talk about tenant

38:01 ↗ protections

38:03 ↗ i am the residential property manager of

38:05 ↗ wildwood apartments at 660 wildwood

38:08 ↗ boulevard

38:10 ↗ i felt it was really important to speak

38:12 ↗ here today

38:13 ↗ to give you and share with you my

38:15 ↗ perspective

38:16 ↗ i'm at firsthand as i am on the front

38:18 ↗ line

38:20 ↗ the

38:21 ↗ the proposed ordinance would be a large

38:23 ↗ burden on our property and all of

38:25 ↗ multi-housing we are already providing

38:28 ↗ two months notice of

38:30 ↗ notice for proposed rent increases per

38:32 ↗ state law

38:34 ↗ and that is double what was prior to

38:36 ↗ covid

38:37 ↗ requiring us to double yet again gets us

38:41 ↗ so far out that it

38:42 ↗ fails to provide us with reasonable

38:44 ↗ certainty to be able to capture market

38:47 ↗ conditions

38:48 ↗ to illustrate the changing market

38:51 ↗ conditions we deal with

38:53 ↗ consider

38:54 ↗ the following

38:56 ↗ the apartment of market is re is

38:58 ↗ seasonal it's very strong in the spring

39:01 ↗ and in the summer when

39:03 ↗ prices tend to increase and it is weaker

39:06 ↗ during the fall and winter time when

39:08 ↗ many apartments are offering specials in

39:10 ↗ order to rent up

39:12 ↗ the largest cost of most apartment

39:14 ↗ complexes is real estate insurance

39:17 ↗ real estate and insurance and labor

39:20 ↗ the first two

39:21 ↗ change

39:22 ↗ once a year and the end is different at

39:25 ↗ different times of the year neither

39:27 ↗ one of these are within our control and

39:30 ↗ our cost increases in recent years have

39:32 ↗ been very large with property taxes

39:34 ↗ being 30 percent in just two years and

39:38 ↗ real estate taxes up 21

39:40 ↗ in the past two years

39:44 ↗ then you have cost increases to pass

39:46 ↗ along which is through our vendors which

39:48 ↗ are landscapers

39:50 ↗ janitors pest control painters plumbers

39:53 ↗ and electricians

39:55 ↗ their costs are largely impacted by

39:57 ↗ inflation

39:58 ↗ as in as is in our labor and cost and

40:02 ↗ since cobit hit we've also been impacted

40:04 ↗ by the additional cost of related

40:07 ↗ related to supply chain

40:10 ↗ to compensate the lack of certainty that

40:12 ↗ would accompany a 20-day 120-day notice

40:16 ↗ we will have to estimate what we think

40:19 ↗ the cost increase would be

40:21 ↗ before we know for sure

40:25 ↗ and we may have to err on the side the

40:27 ↗ higher side of an actual market

40:30 ↗ and

40:31 ↗ rent increase higher than we expect

40:34 ↗ if we underestimate rents

40:37 ↗ and we can't cover our cost

40:39 ↗ we have to make up for that loss whether

40:41 ↗ it be from a small owner a local owner

40:44 ↗ owner or even a national owner

40:47 ↗ we have to achieve a budget my ability

40:50 ↗ to reinvest in the property

40:52 ↗ and through renovation repairs and

40:54 ↗ improvements

40:56 ↗ are highly dependent upon my budget

40:59 ↗ the most important takeaway that i would

41:01 ↗ like to provide for you is that a

41:03 ↗ restrictive ordinance is

41:05 ↗ is that owners want to invest in their

41:08 ↗ communities and they want

41:10 ↗ to be able to

41:11 ↗ be able to not have to have a financial

41:14 ↗ risk when it comes to restrictive laws

41:16 ↗ and ordinances

41:18 ↗ most most multi-family houses

41:21 ↗ like to take and reinvest in properties

41:24 ↗ and build more multi-family housing

41:27 ↗ this ultimately will lead to a larger

41:30 ↗ if if this restrictive law and ordinance

41:33 ↗ is part of

41:34 ↗ does

41:35 ↗ does

41:37 ↗ pass through that ultimately will lead

41:39 ↗ to a larger housing shortage than we

41:41 ↗ currently already have

41:44 ↗ which will also lead to higher housing

41:46 ↗ costs

41:48 ↗ the simple law of supply and demand is

41:51 ↗ clearly part of this equation

41:53 ↗ thank you for your consideration and i i

41:55 ↗ encourage you to not to vote no as this

41:58 ↗ proposal is not a good solution for that

42:01 ↗ you're intending it to which is tenants

42:03 ↗ thank you

42:06 ↗ thank you tanya city clerk who's up next

42:08 ↗ carrie mcgill

42:15 ↗ well good evening council i'm madam

42:17 ↗ mayor i'm kerry mcgill and

42:20 ↗ i'm from 1595 northwest gilman boulevard

42:23 ↗ at raleigh properties i'm the ceo and

42:25 ↗ the owner of raleigh properties and you

42:26 ↗ just heard from my property manager for

42:29 ↗ my residential properties tanya ulisney

42:32 ↗ wildwood apartments is our only

42:34 ↗ residential holding that we have right

42:36 ↗ now

42:36 ↗ it consists of five buildings with a

42:39 ↗ total of 85 units that were built by my

42:41 ↗ grandfather and my father in the late

42:44 ↗ 1960s and early 1970s

42:48 ↗ because we are one of the oldest

42:50 ↗ multi-family residential properties in

42:52 ↗ issaquah we are on the more affordable

42:55 ↗ end of apartments as far as the rental

42:57 ↗ range goes

42:59 ↗ and i'm here to tell you tonight that we

43:01 ↗ currently do not have any

43:05 ↗ apartment tenants who are delinquent

43:07 ↗ much less facing eviction

43:12 ↗ in fact in my career of almost 30 years

43:16 ↗ of working for rally properties we have

43:18 ↗ only ever had two apartment evictions

43:21 ↗ and both were for extreme

43:24 ↗ circumstances so i ask you

43:27 ↗ relative to this proposed ordinance

43:30 ↗ what problem are you trying to solve

43:35 ↗ it almost feels like a solution in

43:37 ↗ search of a problem

43:39 ↗ at least from my perspective and i don't

43:41 ↗ have the whole perspective but from my

43:43 ↗ perspective it does

43:45 ↗ washington state landlord tenant law has

43:47 ↗ never seen so many changes as in the

43:49 ↗ past four years

43:51 ↗ all done by our state legislature to

43:54 ↗ enhance tenant protections

43:57 ↗ largely over perceived concerns that

43:59 ↗ there might be a flood of evictions

44:01 ↗ covert related or otherwise

44:04 ↗ tenants in washington state have never

44:06 ↗ been more protected than they are today

44:10 ↗ on the flip side rental property owners

44:12 ↗ are dealing with massive increases in

44:15 ↗ regulations both with fair housing and

44:18 ↗ with landlord tenant law especially if

44:20 ↗ you are a small

44:22 ↗ landlord without a lot of resources

44:25 ↗ and generally you have less control over

44:27 ↗ the safety and the financial performance

44:29 ↗ of your property

44:32 ↗ it is getting close to the point where

44:34 ↗ it makes you question why

44:36 ↗ you would want to take on the liability

44:39 ↗ and the costs associated with being a

44:42 ↗ rental property owner

44:45 ↗ this is not a good thing for our

44:48 ↗ community

44:49 ↗ especially a community right now like us

44:51 ↗ that has a housing shortage

44:54 ↗ in order to keep rents reasonable you're

44:56 ↗ going to need to attract owners and

44:58 ↗ developers willing to take the risk of

45:01 ↗ building more multi-family housing

45:04 ↗ to

45:05 ↗ add to our community supply

45:08 ↗ and we need to do that as soon as

45:10 ↗ possible

45:12 ↗ just because a couple of other

45:13 ↗ neighboring cities have adopted this

45:16 ↗ measure does not mean that it is right

45:18 ↗ for our community

45:20 ↗ layering on yet another regulation at a

45:23 ↗ local level where there doesn't appear

45:25 ↗ to be a big local issue

45:28 ↗ is essentially making life more

45:29 ↗ difficult for rental property owners in

45:32 ↗ issaquah and is another straw on the

45:34 ↗ proverbial camel's back for multi-family

45:37 ↗ housing developers

45:39 ↗ these increases in costs and bureaucracy

45:41 ↗ go against the affordability objective

45:43 ↗ that this community so desperately wants

45:47 ↗ so i leave you with the question

45:49 ↗ what problem are you trying to solve

45:52 ↗ so thank you for your time tonight thank

45:54 ↗ you carrie

45:55 ↗ city clerk who's up next

45:57 ↗ kate

46:01 ↗ my name is kate i'm kind of in honor of

46:04 ↗ jenny durkin and

46:07 ↗ carmen bast i'm i'm declining to give my

46:09 ↗ last name since all those people showed

46:11 ↗ up in their respective neighborhoods

46:14 ↗ making life very uncomfortable

46:17 ↗ i do want to make a brief remark about

46:19 ↗ the presentation to the judge and the

46:22 ↗ court staff which is when i practiced

46:24 ↗ law

46:25 ↗ i was lucky enough to practice during a

46:27 ↗ time when judge johnson set case

46:29 ↗ schedules in the superior court

46:32 ↗ and all it took was one lawyer getting

46:35 ↗ fined 50 bucks for not filing something

46:37 ↗ on time and the word spread like

46:39 ↗ wildfire i will tell you justice delayed

46:42 ↗ as justice denied it was wonderful to

46:46 ↗ have firm court dates and and schedules

46:48 ↗ and things oh it was so much better

46:50 ↗ practicing law

46:52 ↗ but i'm here because my i disappointed

46:55 ↗ my stepson

46:57 ↗ i was writing to him and i mentioned in

47:00 ↗ passing that my mail had been

47:02 ↗ stolen three times

47:04 ↗ and i didn't report it to the police not

47:06 ↗ wanting to bother them and he said shame

47:09 ↗ on me shame on me

47:11 ↗ so i thought oh when i heard

47:14 ↗ mike palm was going to be here i thought

47:15 ↗ i better show up too

47:18 ↗ my mailbox was broken into and the lock

47:20 ↗ broke and i went to home depot bought a

47:22 ↗ new lock installed the lock it was

47:24 ↗ broken in two more times and the lock

47:26 ↗ was not broken meaning whoever's doing

47:28 ↗ it's got the key

47:30 ↗ i guess i would just point out there

47:33 ↗ an amazing number of costs on crime you

47:36 ↗ know not just the little piddling seven

47:38 ↗ dollars to buy a new lock but i have to

47:40 ↗ go get a post office box which is now

47:43 ↗ 166 dollars a year

47:46 ↗ in order to protect the mail that

47:48 ↗ otherwise should be protectable

47:50 ↗ in a mailbox

47:52 ↗ last february before inflation really

47:54 ↗ set in i had a chat with one of the

47:57 ↗ checkers

47:59 ↗ in a safeway

48:00 ↗ up on the highlands

48:03 ↗ and i talked about the increases in cost

48:06 ↗ of groceries which in hindsight were

48:07 ↗ nothing then compared to now but she

48:10 ↗ said a lot of it was due to shoplifting

48:12 ↗ and she said yep they had a lot of

48:14 ↗ trouble with shoplifting where she is

48:17 ↗ and it really really surprised me

48:20 ↗ i can't help but wonder you know what

48:23 ↗ the costs of crime are that are built in

48:27 ↗ i read plenty about the police feeling

48:30 ↗ impaired on that they cannot do normal

48:32 ↗ things to apprehend

48:34 ↗ suspects

48:36 ↗ because of new state laws on the books

48:38 ↗ and i think that's just not a good way

48:41 ↗ to preserve peace in our communities i

48:44 ↗ used to thank the police facetiously

48:47 ↗ saying you stand between me and anarchy

48:49 ↗ but you know that's not facetious

48:51 ↗ anymore it just doesn't seem facetious i

48:55 ↗ really encourage the city council to

48:58 ↗ join the letter by the other mayors

49:01 ↗ and encourage

49:02 ↗ the county office to push more for law

49:06 ↗ enforcement and changes in state law on

49:10 ↗ law enforcement

49:13 ↗ i

49:14 ↗ i just feel like we're in a bad

49:16 ↗ situation especially because seattle has

49:19 ↗ a new prosecutor who's prosecuting and

49:22 ↗ that means criminals may choose to

49:24 ↗ engage in their conduct more in suburban

49:27 ↗ areas and that is of concern to all of

49:29 ↗ us living in what is a very nice town

49:31 ↗ thanks very much for listening thank you

49:33 ↗ kate

49:34 ↗ sarah oh sorry

49:36 ↗ to be clear who's up next

49:39 ↗ sarah

49:40 ↗ sarah white who's joined us virtually

49:43 ↗ sarah i'm going to make you a panelist

49:44 ↗ now in just a minute you should be able

49:46 ↗ to unmute yourself and you can also

49:49 ↗ choose to turn your video on

49:58 ↗ hi can you hear me

50:00 ↗ yes yes

50:02 ↗ good evening i live in issaquah and i am

50:05 ↗ a renter and i actually work for a

50:07 ↗ nonprofit that runs homeless shelters

50:09 ↗ and provides legal help to low-income

50:11 ↗ tenants so i think i have a pretty good

50:13 ↗ perspective on the new tenant

50:14 ↗ protections

50:16 ↗ i moved to issaquah because i love our

50:17 ↗ small community i love how we care for

50:19 ↗ one another and put our heads together

50:21 ↗ to solve tough problems i love our

50:23 ↗ schools and parks and

50:24 ↗ businesses we have one of the highest

50:27 ↗ median incomes in the state of

50:28 ↗ washington and we're 40 renters

50:31 ↗ and we're concerned about crime in our

50:33 ↗ town

50:34 ↗ many of my neighbors brag that they

50:36 ↗ never go into seattle and what is

50:37 ↗ implied is because of the crime on the

50:39 ↗ street coming from the homeless

50:40 ↗ population

50:42 ↗ you know how we keep issaquah safe we

50:44 ↗ don't create situations where families

50:46 ↗ are dragged out of their homes by the

50:48 ↗ sheriff because their landlord charged

50:50 ↗ them a 300 month late fee that was

50:52 ↗ deducted from their rent we don't create

50:54 ↗ situations

50:56 ↗ where elderly folks are living on the

50:57 ↗ street because their landlord tripled

50:59 ↗ their rent and only gave them 60 days

51:01 ↗ notice to move

51:03 ↗ if you were late on your cell phone bill

51:05 ↗ and verizon charged you a 300 late fee

51:08 ↗ wouldn't you want that law changed

51:10 ↗ if your daughter bounced a check and had

51:12 ↗ to be a 500 fee who would you call

51:15 ↗ this won't happen to you because we have

51:17 ↗ consumer protection laws but for the 40

51:19 ↗ percent of neighbors who live in the

51:21 ↗ rental housing in issaquah we don't have

51:23 ↗ those protections my friends across the

51:26 ↗ street literally across the street in

51:28 ↗ king county have those protections but

51:30 ↗ issaquah renters do not

51:32 ↗ if you found out that you needed to move

51:34 ↗ your family tomorrow because of a new

51:35 ↗ job would 60 days be enough time to

51:38 ↗ start that search find a new place to

51:40 ↗ move hire movers all of it

51:43 ↗ when my husband accepted a job teaching

51:45 ↗ in this community we had to take out a

51:47 ↗ loan for the 7 500 we had to give to our

51:50 ↗ landlord to move in

51:52 ↗ why did we have to pay so much after

51:54 ↗ already proving we had a spotless rental

51:56 ↗ history excellent credit great

51:58 ↗ employment and when i leave if he claims

52:01 ↗ that i didn't clean the apartment well

52:03 ↗ enough there is absolutely no law that

52:05 ↗ prevents him from keeping my entire

52:06 ↗ seventy five hundred dollars

52:08 ↗ i have no power

52:10 ↗ these laws won't protect my security

52:12 ↗ deposit but they could limit it

52:14 ↗ if you miss your mortgage payment

52:16 ↗ do you know how long you'll have before

52:18 ↗ foreclosure auction is

52:20 ↗ an action is brought against you

52:22 ↗ most people don't know but it's 140 days

52:25 ↗ that's federal law but for the 40 of our

52:28 ↗ neighbors in issaquah we have 14 days

52:31 ↗ before we lose our housing

52:33 ↗ these three tenant protections are not

52:35 ↗ controversial we aren't talking about

52:37 ↗ doing anything grand like finding

52:38 ↗ landlords who refuse to provide heat and

52:40 ↗ water we aren't limiting how much rent

52:43 ↗ landlords can charge we aren't talking

52:45 ↗ about turning a run-down hotel into a

52:47 ↗ shelter for handicapped senior citizens

52:49 ↗ we aren't talking about limiting

52:50 ↗ landlords in any way or penalizing them

52:53 ↗ in any way

52:54 ↗ we're just begging for simple laws that

52:57 ↗ we should all want laws that can

52:59 ↗ drastically benefit renters and lessen

53:01 ↗ homelessness in our community laws that

53:03 ↗ already exist in all of our neighboring

53:05 ↗ communities laws that hurt no one and

53:08 ↗ only help these protections will

53:10 ↗ especially help the bipark and latinx

53:12 ↗ communities that you honored here

53:14 ↗ tonight

53:15 ↗ as someone who works in legal aid i can

53:16 ↗ assure you that this problem is indeed

53:19 ↗ in our community

53:20 ↗ i am exhausted from seeing elderly

53:22 ↗ people with serious health issues who

53:24 ↗ are kicked out of their homes and into

53:26 ↗ tents because they didn't have enough

53:28 ↗ time to find a new place to live these

53:30 ↗ are folks who have paid their rent every

53:32 ↗ month but their rents have tripled and

53:34 ↗ they just don't have time to find a new

53:35 ↗ place to move to i'm tired of seeing

53:37 ↗ families sleeping in their cars because

53:39 ↗ of a 300 late fee was charged on rent

53:41 ↗ payment that was a few days late and

53:43 ↗ that late fee was then taken out of the

53:45 ↗ next month's rent

53:47 ↗ i'm sick to death of people who are

53:48 ↗ being evicted for small amounts of money

53:50 ↗ or because they cannot vacate in 60 days

53:53 ↗ and then they can't ever get approved

53:54 ↗ for another rental because the

53:55 ↗ eviction's on their record permanently

53:58 ↗ i am sick of hearing about how all of

54:00 ↗ these new laws are making it impossible

54:02 ↗ for landlords and yet they can still

54:04 ↗ charge any any amount of rent that they

54:06 ↗ wish they can raise rents as much and as

54:09 ↗ often as they want to they just have to

54:11 ↗ give notice there is no rental

54:13 ↗ inspection to be sure that the homes

54:15 ↗ that they rent are up to code there's no

54:17 ↗ enforcement by the city to make sure

54:19 ↗ that these rentals are maintained i've

54:21 ↗ spoken to tenants whose houses are

54:23 ↗ completely uninhabitable and there is no

54:25 ↗ legal recourse to compel the landlord to

54:27 ↗ fix the toilet or the heater landlords

54:29 ↗ in washington have very few rules and

54:32 ↗ even fewer enforcements for those rules

54:34 ↗ i live here i pay taxes here i vote here

54:38 ↗ my landlord does not

54:40 ↗ thank you for considering these very

54:42 ↗ simple very easy new pretended

54:44 ↗ protections that will also decrease

54:47 ↗ crime and homelessness i hope one day

54:49 ↗ that we can solve the more critical

54:50 ↗ issues especially an emergency shelter

54:53 ↗ for elderly tenants thank you

54:56 ↗ thank you sarah city clerk who's next up

54:58 ↗ yes the next speaker is christopher

55:00 ↗ white

55:02 ↗ christopher i will make you a panelist

55:04 ↗ now you should see an option to unmute

55:06 ↗ and can choose to turn your video on

55:16 ↗ thank you very much for the opportunity

55:18 ↗ to speak to you tonight

55:21 ↗ i live in the in the issaquah area i am

55:24 ↗ a renter and i have been an educator for

55:27 ↗ 38 years

55:29 ↗ and i'd like to take this opportunity to

55:31 ↗ talk to you about the impact that the

55:35 ↗ rental protections would have upon

55:37 ↗ families

55:38 ↗ it was interesting tonight to hear the

55:39 ↗ mayor speak about up to present a

55:42 ↗ proclamation that talked about the

55:43 ↗ safety security and welcome

55:46 ↗ that you you wish to declare

55:48 ↗ when renters in issaquad don't have the

55:51 ↗ same safety security and welcome

55:54 ↗ protections

55:55 ↗ that those in unincorporated king county

55:57 ↗ right next door and surrounding us

55:59 ↗ actually have

56:01 ↗ it's uh it's important to understand

56:04 ↗ that what happens when a short notice an

56:07 ↗ abbreviated notice to move or relocate

56:10 ↗ whether it be due to a

56:14 ↗ draconian fee that's been placed on a

56:17 ↗ fee that we just heard about or an

56:19 ↗ arbitrary and capricious rent increase

56:22 ↗ that has gone on that's far and above

56:24 ↗ the rate of inflation

56:26 ↗ uh despite what we may have heard

56:28 ↗ earlier or this abbreviated an

56:30 ↗ unrealistic

56:32 ↗ relocation time period who can move in

56:35 ↗ you know in that amount of time that has

56:37 ↗ upon families but let's talk about

56:39 ↗ children

56:40 ↗ when as an educator our our mantra in

56:44 ↗ education issaquah has some of the

56:46 ↗ finest schools out there

56:48 ↗ we all we hold them up as models to the

56:50 ↗ state

56:51 ↗ uh but uh

56:53 ↗ you know when we talk about children and

56:55 ↗ in education we it's what's best for the

56:57 ↗ kids

56:59 ↗ but when when a family has to move

57:03 ↗ and no matter what time of year it is

57:05 ↗ it's

57:06 ↗ it's a scary time for children and

57:09 ↗ especially if it's during the school

57:11 ↗ year you know the family is the first

57:13 ↗ one to try let's try and find a place

57:14 ↗ where the kids can stay in their school

57:16 ↗ and stay with their teacher because if

57:18 ↗ we have to move out of that school the

57:20 ↗ disruption to learning the learning loss

57:23 ↗ that we've talked about during covet is

57:25 ↗ immense

57:26 ↗ and the learning loss is is the least of

57:29 ↗ the issues when we talk about the

57:31 ↗ disruption to the kids social emotional

57:33 ↗ learning their social development their

57:35 ↗ loss of friends their loss of stability

57:38 ↗ that goes on there but when we talk

57:40 ↗ about their learning i mean we're

57:42 ↗ talking about a different curriculum a

57:43 ↗ different scope of sequence we're

57:45 ↗ talking about different activities for

57:47 ↗ older kids we're talking about they may

57:49 ↗ lose their opportunities for their their

57:51 ↗ ib programs their ap programs their

57:53 ↗ connection to college programs when we

57:55 ↗ talk about special things like high cap

57:57 ↗ programs or

57:59 ↗ access to special ed programs or we we

58:03 ↗ celebrated hispanic month here but what

58:05 ↗ about those multilingual learners that

58:07 ↗ need those supports that they may not be

58:09 ↗ able to get anymore because they have to

58:11 ↗ move to a whole new school or a whole

58:12 ↗ new district this disruption to the

58:15 ↗ children that is impactful in it and

58:18 ↗ even from the day one that they're first

58:20 ↗ notified of this move they all of a

58:22 ↗ sudden lose their focus because now they

58:24 ↗ have to concern about the instability of

58:26 ↗ the family setting

58:28 ↗ it's just a major impact upon these

58:30 ↗ children we really have to think about

58:32 ↗ these things what are the impacts to the

58:35 ↗ family beyond just the fact of we have a

58:37 ↗ new house to find we have a new

58:39 ↗ apartment to find so i urge you to

58:41 ↗ really consider these things

58:44 ↗ what are the what is the true impact

58:46 ↗ that we have upon the family what is the

58:48 ↗ human decision what is the right thing

58:51 ↗ to do for for the people that it impacts

58:54 ↗ so what is best for children what is

58:56 ↗ best for families let's think about that

58:59 ↗ proclamation that we had at the

59:00 ↗ beginning of our evening of how do we

59:03 ↗ create that safe secure and welcome

59:06 ↗ environment for all

59:08 ↗ thank you for listening

59:13 ↗ thank you christopher city clerk who's

59:15 ↗ next next we have elizabeth mapen

59:24 ↗ hello council

59:26 ↗ my name is elizabeth mopan

59:29 ↗ issaquah has been my home since 1982

59:33 ↗ i own a house at 100 big bear place

59:36 ↗ which i have sometimes rented out i've

59:38 ↗ also rented rooms to temporary lodgers

59:42 ↗ i've served on the city's human services

59:44 ↗ commission and i recall their vision

59:47 ↗ statement

59:49 ↗ as

59:50 ↗ issaquah strives to be a sustainable and

59:53 ↗ healthy community where every person is

59:55 ↗ important and we're meeting basic human

59:59 ↗ needs is a shared responsibility between

1:00:02 ↗ individuals and the community i quote

1:00:06 ↗ i speak to you as both a citizen and a

1:00:09 ↗ landlord concerned that our current

1:00:11 ↗ rents are not sustainable or healthy

1:00:15 ↗ and that this must be addressed because

1:00:17 ↗ housing is a basic human need

1:00:21 ↗ in august of this year

1:00:23 ↗ 39 to 40 percent of issaquah housing

1:00:26 ↗ units are renter occupied

1:00:29 ↗ the average size is

1:00:32 ↗ 1077 square feet and the average rent is

1:00:36 ↗ 2

1:00:38 ↗ 788 dollars a month

1:00:41 ↗ our rents are rising much faster than

1:00:44 ↗ the national average issaquah currently

1:00:47 ↗ has a higher average rent than other

1:00:49 ↗ washington cities higher than both

1:00:52 ↗ bellevue and seattle

1:00:55 ↗ a regional coalition for housing has

1:00:58 ↗ brought to you three modest proposals to

1:01:01 ↗ provide protection for renters

1:01:04 ↗ i understand that you are hesitating to

1:01:06 ↗ enact these measures because you want to

1:01:08 ↗ be consistent with what other cities are

1:01:10 ↗ doing

1:01:11 ↗ and others have now told you that

1:01:14 ↗ similar measures are being considered

1:01:16 ↗ and enacted in nearby cities

1:01:18 ↗ i will encourage us not to be the last

1:01:22 ↗ let me address the measures

1:01:24 ↗ a cap on security deposits move in fees

1:01:28 ↗ equivalent to one month's rent

1:01:30 ↗ in addition to the first month's rent

1:01:33 ↗ payment

1:01:34 ↗ and the ability to pay it in

1:01:36 ↗ installments

1:01:38 ↗ how many renters have more than 5

1:01:42 ↗ 576 dollars

1:01:45 ↗ in hand to move into an apartment

1:01:48 ↗ not accepting this provision allowing

1:01:51 ↗ some payment over time will effectively

1:01:54 ↗ keep some of our folk unhoused

1:01:57 ↗ as a landlord i would rather fill an

1:02:01 ↗ apartment now

1:02:02 ↗ and have the additional fees over four

1:02:05 ↗ to six months period than have the

1:02:07 ↗ property empty

1:02:10 ↗ notice of rent increases

1:02:13 ↗ 120 days for increases greater than 3

1:02:16 ↗ percent

1:02:18 ↗ 180 days for increases greater than 10

1:02:23 ↗ with rents already so high

1:02:26 ↗ an extra hundred or more dollars can

1:02:29 ↗ quickly cut into funds for other

1:02:31 ↗ necessities

1:02:33 ↗ 10 increases are likely to force people

1:02:36 ↗ to move out

1:02:38 ↗ they need time

1:02:40 ↗ they need time to find additional income

1:02:43 ↗ or to save for the cost of starting over

1:02:45 ↗ in a new place

1:02:48 ↗ the third one is a cap on late fees

1:02:51 ↗ 1.5 percent of monthly rent

1:02:54 ↗ people who are late

1:02:56 ↗ are generally under already under

1:02:58 ↗ financial stress

1:03:00 ↗ and high late fees can mean that they

1:03:02 ↗ will be hard-pressed again when the next

1:03:05 ↗ rent payment is due

1:03:07 ↗ i think a 1.5 percent

1:03:11 ↗ is sufficient incentive to pay on time

1:03:16 ↗ and it's often much much more than that

1:03:20 ↗ landlords do have expenses

1:03:23 ↗ substantial rents help landlords but

1:03:26 ↗ high turnover doesn't

1:03:29 ↗ we honestly need to find a way to cool

1:03:32 ↗ the housing market

1:03:34 ↗ i suspect that the constant rise in

1:03:37 ↗ property values

1:03:38 ↗ and the ensuing rise in property taxes

1:03:41 ↗ which we depend on rather heavily

1:03:44 ↗ significantly

1:03:46 ↗ contribute to the inflation of rents

1:03:50 ↗ our state constitution currently forbids

1:03:53 ↗ rent control

1:03:54 ↗ so unless the city lobbyist can persuade

1:03:57 ↗ the legislature to change that we are

1:03:59 ↗ stuck trying to find other little ways

1:04:03 ↗ to keep housing affordable

1:04:07 ↗ we really need to look at housing

1:04:09 ↗ affordability

1:04:11 ↗ it's just

1:04:13 ↗ going

1:04:15 ↗ through the roof

1:04:16 ↗ and

1:04:17 ↗ people can't afford to live here anymore

1:04:20 ↗ thank you

1:04:22 ↗ maybe we should go to a graduated income

1:04:24 ↗ tax instead of relying entirely on

1:04:27 ↗ property tax

1:04:29 ↗ thank you elizabeth

1:04:31 ↗ city clerk

1:04:32 ↗ who is our next

1:04:34 ↗ speaker

1:04:36 ↗ yes our next speaker is daniel bannon

1:04:39 ↗ is daniel in the room

1:04:42 ↗ okay it looks like daniel is has joined

1:04:45 ↗ us by phone

1:04:48 ↗ daniel i'll unmute you now

1:04:54 ↗ hello can you hear me

1:04:55 ↗ yes

1:04:58 ↗ all right hello my name is daniel bannon

1:05:01 ↗ and i'm currently living in ballard i'm

1:05:03 ↗ a renter

1:05:04 ↗ i'm calling in today on behalf of the

1:05:06 ↗ rental housing association of washington

1:05:09 ↗ and our over 5 000 members across the

1:05:11 ↗ state

1:05:14 ↗ i am here today to urge the city council

1:05:16 ↗ to not pass ab 8451 which would require

1:05:19 ↗ 120 days notice for nearly all rent

1:05:22 ↗ increases in issaquah

1:05:26 ↗ a 120 day notice requirement for rent

1:05:28 ↗ increases does not allow housing

1:05:30 ↗ providers to accurately assess their

1:05:32 ↗ costs increasing or the state of the

1:05:34 ↗ market towards the end of a lease which

1:05:36 ↗ is typically when rents are adjusted

1:05:38 ↗ this will result in rent increases that

1:05:40 ↗ are based on an assumption of what costs

1:05:42 ↗ might be and the state of the rental

1:05:44 ↗ market four months down the line

1:05:47 ↗ accurate rent increases are crucial to

1:05:49 ↗ keeping naturally affordable housing

1:05:51 ↗ in most cases if the market has remained

1:05:53 ↗ stagnant many housing providers will

1:05:56 ↗ choose to not increase rents year over

1:05:58 ↗ year and without the ability to

1:06:00 ↗ accurately predict the market as well as

1:06:02 ↗ assess upcoming expenses many housing

1:06:04 ↗ providers will be forced to perpetually

1:06:06 ↗ raise rents in anticipation of rising

1:06:08 ↗ costs

1:06:10 ↗ we've already seen the negative impacts

1:06:12 ↗ of excessive notice periods and rental

1:06:14 ↗ markets all over washington

1:06:16 ↗ to bring up seattle for example

1:06:18 ↗ 180 day notice of rent increase is

1:06:20 ↗ required which is one of the factors

1:06:22 ↗ that is contributing to the rising cost

1:06:24 ↗ of rent in the city

1:06:26 ↗ policies that make it more difficult to

1:06:27 ↗ provide housing have proven time and

1:06:29 ↗ time again to harm the natural state of

1:06:31 ↗ the market and lengthy notice periods

1:06:33 ↗ for rent increase are one of the main

1:06:35 ↗ issues the market is facing

1:06:37 ↗ in a survey of our membership in seattle

1:06:40 ↗ 180-day rent increases ranked among the

1:06:43 ↗ top two most difficult policies to

1:06:45 ↗ navigate when operating a rental

1:06:46 ↗ business

1:06:48 ↗ as part of my job i also speak with our

1:06:50 ↗ members on a regular basis and many of

1:06:52 ↗ our members have communicated to me that

1:06:54 ↗ is much more difficult to be flexible

1:06:55 ↗ with lease terms specifically lease

1:06:58 ↗ length when a housing provider must also

1:06:59 ↗ remain in compliance with excessive

1:07:01 ↗ notice periods and requirements

1:07:04 ↗ i would additionally like to point out

1:07:06 ↗ that this type of policy is concerningly

1:07:08 ↗ close to rent control which is illegal

1:07:11 ↗ in the state of washington

1:07:13 ↗ it is essential to listen to the voices

1:07:15 ↗ of housing providers in order to create

1:07:17 ↗ policies that create and preserve

1:07:20 ↗ affordable rental housing this policy

1:07:22 ↗ would put an increased administrative

1:07:24 ↗ burden on housing providers and severely

1:07:26 ↗ restricts their flexibility in offering

1:07:29 ↗ new lease terms and negotiating with

1:07:31 ↗ tenants

1:07:32 ↗ the rental housing association of

1:07:33 ↗ washington remains available and willing

1:07:35 ↗ to discuss alternative policies that

1:07:38 ↗ will have a positive impact on the rent

1:07:40 ↗ on the rental market in issaquah

1:07:43 ↗ we urge the council to reach out to us

1:07:45 ↗ so we can have these conversations

1:07:47 ↗ instead of passing restrictive policies

1:07:49 ↗ that will harm the market

1:07:50 ↗ thank you

1:07:53 ↗ thank you daniel city clerk who's up

1:07:55 ↗ next

1:07:58 ↗ next we have danielle caldwell danielle

1:08:01 ↗ i don't see your name in the virtual

1:08:03 ↗ attendee list if you've joined by phone

1:08:05 ↗ please press star 3 so that we know

1:08:07 ↗ you're here

1:08:12 ↗ all right i'm not seeing a response so

1:08:14 ↗ we'll move to guillermo rivera

1:08:21 ↗ all right and i see

1:08:23 ↗ a hand raised

1:08:25 ↗ guillermo i'm unmuting you now

1:08:31 ↗ great can you hear me all

1:08:33 ↗ yes

1:08:35 ↗ great

1:08:36 ↗ thank you mayor and members of the

1:08:38 ↗ council my name is guillermo rivera

1:08:41 ↗ and i'm with inside for all

1:08:43 ↗ inside for all is a racial equity and

1:08:45 ↗ social justice organization

1:08:47 ↗ based in east king county

1:08:50 ↗ we bring forward input from communities

1:08:53 ↗ that are underrepresented on consoles

1:08:56 ↗ and another decision-making bodies

1:08:59 ↗ despite their significant number among

1:09:01 ↗ residents and business owners

1:09:04 ↗ it's time to hear from everyone that is

1:09:06 ↗ part of our communities

1:09:09 ↗ i came to you last june 22nd

1:09:12 ↗ to talk and support the arts

1:09:14 ↗ recommendations

1:09:16 ↗ since then

1:09:17 ↗ kirkland redmond already parses some

1:09:20 ↗ for all of these tenant protections

1:09:24 ↗ we also know that what bill a new castle

1:09:27 ↗ will start to discuss in this soon

1:09:31 ↗ as leaders in issaquah you're fully

1:09:33 ↗ aware

1:09:34 ↗ and how complex our region's housing

1:09:37 ↗ crisis is

1:09:39 ↗ you are making your decisions to have

1:09:41 ↗ the most positive impact

1:09:44 ↗ we hope

1:09:45 ↗ that issocoa will support regional

1:09:48 ↗ guidance

1:09:49 ↗ as other cities are due

1:09:51 ↗ in 2019

1:09:53 ↗ the king county regional affordable

1:09:55 ↗ housing task force

1:09:57 ↗ adopted a five-year action plan

1:10:00 ↗ to address the lack of affordable

1:10:02 ↗ housing and the significant problem of

1:10:06 ↗ of cost burdening households

1:10:09 ↗ these tenant protections are not

1:10:12 ↗ the

1:10:13 ↗ tenants versus landlords

1:10:17 ↗ tenant protections are the probation of

1:10:20 ↗ displacement

1:10:22 ↗ are two of the seven goals outlined in

1:10:24 ↗ the plan of 2019

1:10:27 ↗ we cannot reach affordable housing goals

1:10:30 ↗ and increase housing stability without

1:10:33 ↗ strengthening

1:10:34 ↗ protections for tenants

1:10:37 ↗ we urge

1:10:38 ↗ israel to take part of these

1:10:40 ↗ comprehensive

1:10:42 ↗ regional strategies that will support

1:10:44 ↗ these top easter parenters

1:10:46 ↗ who make over the 40 percent of insight

1:10:49 ↗ issaquah households

1:10:51 ↗ and help issaquah meet his affordable

1:10:54 ↗ housing goals

1:10:56 ↗ we have been hearing for communities how

1:10:59 ↗ hard is to buy houses

1:11:00 ↗ i'm sure you also hear that

1:11:03 ↗ so many people need to continue renting

1:11:05 ↗ for years to come

1:11:07 ↗ many people have to move out of the city

1:11:09 ↗ or move in with other family because

1:11:12 ↗ they receive a very short notice of rent

1:11:14 ↗ increases or they cannot pay the deposit

1:11:17 ↗ to move in into a new place

1:11:20 ↗ families want to live where they work

1:11:23 ↗ where they go to worship where their

1:11:25 ↗ kids go to schools

1:11:27 ↗ and measure like these ones recommended

1:11:29 ↗ in the arch letter

1:11:31 ↗ will allow people to continue living in

1:11:33 ↗ israel

1:11:35 ↗ keep in mind that these measures

1:11:37 ↗ need measure like these ones

1:11:39 ↗ will not will benefit everyone

1:11:42 ↗ every single family

1:11:44 ↗ regardless of their income

1:11:46 ↗ wants to have more time when rent

1:11:49 ↗ increase happens

1:11:50 ↗ and prepare for future with dignity and

1:11:53 ↗ respect

1:11:54 ↗ so i ask you to consider and approve the

1:11:56 ↗ article recommendations

1:11:59 ↗ i know that more potentials are needed

1:12:02 ↗ along other actions to make rent more

1:12:04 ↗ affordable

1:12:06 ↗ we have appreciated your time we want to

1:12:08 ↗ thank you for the work that you are

1:12:09 ↗ considered polishes to the equity lens

1:12:13 ↗ thank you so much

1:12:15 ↗ thank you guillermo uh city clerk who's

1:12:17 ↗ up next

1:12:18 ↗ jennifer hertzborn jennifer i'll make

1:12:20 ↗ you a panelist now you should then see

1:12:23 ↗ the option to unmute and can choose to

1:12:25 ↗ turn your video on

1:12:41 ↗ jennifer you have the floor

1:12:55 ↗ jennifer i'm going to go ahead and

1:12:56 ↗ unmute you now in case you're having any

1:12:58 ↗ issues on muting so your mic is live are

1:13:01 ↗ you ready

1:13:08 ↗ mayor i'm going to suggest we move on to

1:13:10 ↗ the next commenter

1:13:12 ↗ thanks

1:13:13 ↗ uh jim berry

1:13:25 ↗ hi i'm jim berry i live at 1810 203rd

1:13:29 ↗ avenue southeast thank you mayor paulie

1:13:32 ↗ and the council uh for a few minutes

1:13:35 ↗ here um three and a half years ago my

1:13:37 ↗ wife and i started a program called the

1:13:39 ↗ is a costume amish food project to

1:13:41 ↗ support the izakawa food bank

1:13:43 ↗ uh by february of 2020 uh

1:13:47 ↗ we had

1:13:48 ↗ grown it

1:13:49 ↗ up to

1:13:50 ↗ just a little under a year to where we

1:13:52 ↗ were collecting 10 000 pounds of

1:13:53 ↗ non-perishable food every two months

1:13:57 ↗ then life changed a little in the spring

1:13:59 ↗ of 2020 as most of you probably remember

1:14:02 ↗ uh we've managed to stay at that level

1:14:04 ↗ since then

1:14:06 ↗ and

1:14:07 ↗ but did not

1:14:08 ↗ continue to grow the food project um

1:14:14 ↗ excuse me

1:14:16 ↗ um

1:14:18 ↗ we are ready to start growing it again

1:14:20 ↗ the food bank staff has informed me that

1:14:22 ↗ their food supplies are at a 10-year low

1:14:24 ↗ and they cannot meet the needs of most

1:14:27 ↗ of the clients who come in to get food

1:14:30 ↗ the food project is very simple you've

1:14:32 ↗ all got one of these in front of you i

1:14:34 ↗ believe

1:14:35 ↗ for 99 or 90 of the people all they have

1:14:38 ↗ to do is put a bag on their front porch

1:14:41 ↗ one six times a year every other month

1:14:44 ↗ for

1:14:46 ↗ the other 9.9 percent it takes about 10

1:14:48 ↗ hours a year there are neighborhood

1:14:50 ↗ coordinators who pick those bags up off

1:14:52 ↗ the front parts i'm asking your help as

1:14:54 ↗ a council and as individual

1:14:57 ↗ members of the community to help us grow

1:14:59 ↗ the food project

1:15:02 ↗ it is a very

1:15:04 ↗ simple project and will help the food

1:15:06 ↗ bank

1:15:07 ↗ immensely thank you for your time

1:15:11 ↗ thank you jim city clerk we have anyone

1:15:13 ↗ else signed up to speak this evening

1:15:16 ↗ yes devin glaser

1:15:19 ↗ oh i'm sorry devin is attending

1:15:20 ↗ virtually uh devin i'm going to make you

1:15:23 ↗ a panelist now you should be able to

1:15:25 ↗ unmute and can choose to turn your video

1:15:28 ↗ on

1:15:29 ↗ all right thank you i have a few dogs so

1:15:31 ↗ forgive me um thanks for letting me sign

1:15:33 ↗ up last minute i didn't realize i had to

1:15:35 ↗ plan ahead as well as they did but i

1:15:37 ↗ guess that's that's on point considering

1:15:38 ↗ we're talking about helping tenants plan

1:15:40 ↗ ahead uh i'm an attorney with the tenant

1:15:42 ↗ law center i live in seattle but you

1:15:44 ↗ talk to a lot of local tenants living in

1:15:46 ↗ israel

1:15:47 ↗ um who

1:15:48 ↗ you know

1:15:49 ↗ create community and support voters in

1:15:50 ↗ this squad attend schools in the sequoia

1:15:53 ↗ and

1:15:54 ↗ i think these proposed steps that are

1:15:56 ↗ being considered today are really

1:15:58 ↗ positive first steps i know there's

1:16:00 ↗ about 10 arch recommendations that are

1:16:02 ↗ being considered and we're just now

1:16:04 ↗ really focusing on the first three um

1:16:06 ↗ but i think

1:16:07 ↗ if anything to stop the bleeding and the

1:16:09 ↗ pain this is a great great start i

1:16:11 ↗ talked to a lot of people who are um

1:16:15 ↗ who

1:16:16 ↗ are in in dire straits who are facing

1:16:18 ↗ eviction um and pretty commonly i talk

1:16:20 ↗ to people who

1:16:22 ↗ have no legal recourse their landlords

1:16:24 ↗ raise their rent be out they can afford

1:16:25 ↗ to pay um you know seniors on social

1:16:27 ↗ security people on disability people who

1:16:30 ↗ are working full time but don't make

1:16:31 ↗ enough money to keep up with the market

1:16:33 ↗ um

1:16:34 ↗ and i've gotten i guess relatively good

1:16:36 ↗ at saying i'm sorry but you're going to

1:16:37 ↗ have to move out um which sucks like i

1:16:40 ↗ don't want to ever have to say that

1:16:41 ↗ again and i'll probably say it tomorrow

1:16:43 ↗ with that knowledge though

1:16:46 ↗ if a tenant has you know four months not

1:16:48 ↗ uh the s warning six months advanced

1:16:50 ↗ warning more time to find a new place um

1:16:53 ↗ knows that the next place they apply for

1:16:55 ↗ is not going to charge them quite as

1:16:56 ↗ much to move in um it's not going to

1:16:58 ↗ demand an upfront lump sum that they

1:17:00 ↗ probably don't have

1:17:01 ↗ that that lessens the blow

1:17:03 ↗ there are some people who are completely

1:17:05 ↗ priced out of the market in king county

1:17:06 ↗ and they will either have to move away

1:17:08 ↗ or

1:17:09 ↗ live on the street and that is a failure

1:17:11 ↗ that we are all

1:17:12 ↗ perpetuating but there are other people

1:17:14 ↗ who've given more time given more

1:17:16 ↗ resources uh can can find ways to make

1:17:19 ↗ it work right whether that's picking up

1:17:21 ↗ an extra shift or borrowing money or

1:17:23 ↗ just saving longer um so

1:17:26 ↗ in the interest of at least keeping

1:17:27 ↗ those people in the margins who we can

1:17:29 ↗ keep housed and hopefully you know keep

1:17:31 ↗ in our community i think caps on late

1:17:33 ↗ fees extra notice for rent increases

1:17:36 ↗ and making it slightly more affordable

1:17:37 ↗ to move into that next place is a really

1:17:39 ↗ common sense step that i really hope you

1:17:42 ↗ adopt um thank you and i'll yield my

1:17:44 ↗ extra time

1:17:45 ↗ thank you devon

1:17:46 ↗ city clerk

1:17:48 ↗ any more speakers

1:17:50 ↗ uh no one else who signed up in advance

1:17:52 ↗ because we had a few people who didn't

1:17:54 ↗ respond when their names were called

1:17:55 ↗ just one more call out if anyone who's

1:17:58 ↗ attending virtually would like to make

1:17:59 ↗ comments or missed your

1:18:01 ↗ first call out could you please raise

1:18:03 ↗ your virtual hand

1:18:06 ↗ by phone you can press star 3 or you can

1:18:08 ↗ send me the host to chat and i'll just

1:18:10 ↗ monitor this for a moment

1:18:16 ↗ i'm not seeing that anyone else online

1:18:18 ↗ is wishing to make comments

1:18:20 ↗ thank you city clerk

1:18:22 ↗ so we did hear from a couple of

1:18:23 ↗ individuals today about public safety

1:18:26 ↗ and we heard speakers both pro and con

1:18:30 ↗ on the tenant protections that are on

1:18:32 ↗ our agenda this evening

1:18:33 ↗ we also had

1:18:36 ↗ mr berry our neighbor in samamish talk

1:18:38 ↗ about a fabulous program supporting the

1:18:40 ↗ food bank so i thank everybody who took

1:18:42 ↗ the time out tonight to address the

1:18:43 ↗ council

1:18:45 ↗ you can always write your counsel as

1:18:47 ↗ well and submit your comments to city

1:18:49 ↗ council ediscoalwa.gov and speaking of

1:18:52 ↗ that council president walsh do you have

1:18:54 ↗ any email comments to summarize on any

1:18:56 ↗ of tonight's agenda topics

1:18:58 ↗ thank you madam mayor we um did receive

1:19:01 ↗ quite a few emails as you

1:19:03 ↗ can imagine

1:19:05 ↗ we received in the kind of against

1:19:08 ↗ column

1:19:09 ↗ from two statewide

1:19:12 ↗ multi-family housing association groups

1:19:14 ↗ to apartment complexes in bellevue and

1:19:16 ↗ seattle

1:19:18 ↗ and several residents and real estate

1:19:20 ↗ agents on the support side

1:19:23 ↗ four different non-profits most of which

1:19:26 ↗ were not

1:19:27 ↗ issaquest specific one which was

1:19:30 ↗ eastside for all

1:19:33 ↗ and then one resident renter

1:19:37 ↗ so we had a mix of commentary

1:19:40 ↗ on all of the details of these

1:19:43 ↗ this potential

1:19:45 ↗ ordinance

1:19:46 ↗ thank you council president

1:19:48 ↗ the next item of business this evening

1:19:50 ↗ is committee and regional reports and

1:19:51 ↗ we'll start with council member joe

1:19:54 ↗ madame thank you just a couple of brief

1:19:56 ↗ announcements

1:19:57 ↗ the next cascade water alliance finance

1:19:59 ↗ meeting is september 20th

1:20:02 ↗ and i plan to attend that one the

1:20:05 ↗ cascade general board meeting is

1:20:07 ↗ november 28th

1:20:09 ↗ also if you could uh put this on your

1:20:12 ↗ calendars

1:20:13 ↗ sound cities associations having their

1:20:15 ↗ dinner on october 5th

1:20:17 ↗ in renton and if you can attend it's a

1:20:19 ↗ great time to

1:20:21 ↗ interact with our fellow electeds that

1:20:23 ↗ concludes my report thank you thank you

1:20:24 ↗ council member joe councilmember dean

1:20:28 ↗ thank you mayor paulie on august 16th i

1:20:30 ↗ attended the connect to community

1:20:32 ↗ advisory group meeting we held a

1:20:34 ↗ discussion about our recommendations

1:20:36 ↗ regarding a proposal to create create a

1:20:39 ↗ statewide community information exchange

1:20:42 ↗ that will be coming in front of the

1:20:43 ↗ legislature this session on august 24th

1:20:47 ↗ i attended a joint meeting of the king

1:20:49 ↗ county regional transportation boards

1:20:51 ↗ the topic was safety

1:20:53 ↗ with a presentation from josh brown the

1:20:56 ↗ executive director of the puget sound

1:20:57 ↗ regional council

1:20:59 ↗ following that was a

1:21:01 ↗ discussion a roundtable discussion from

1:21:04 ↗ the whole group and there were about

1:21:06 ↗ 50 60 elected officials online

1:21:09 ↗ i highlighted the city of issaquah's

1:21:10 ↗ project on second avenue to improve

1:21:12 ↗ student pedestrian and vehicle safety

1:21:15 ↗ and i also highlighted the expected

1:21:17 ↗ improvements in safety from the

1:21:18 ↗ completion of sr18

1:21:21 ↗ on september 1st i attended the

1:21:22 ↗ healthier here governing board our

1:21:24 ↗ discussion focused on the workforce

1:21:26 ↗ crisis facing health and behavioral

1:21:28 ↗ health providers we also saluted susan

1:21:31 ↗ mclaughlin who has led healthier here

1:21:33 ↗ for five years

1:21:34 ↗ susan is taking a position with

1:21:36 ↗ harborview medical center and the

1:21:38 ↗ healthier here board is in the process

1:21:40 ↗ of recruiting a new executive director

1:21:42 ↗ and that ends my report thank you

1:21:44 ↗ councilmember d michelle councilmember

1:21:46 ↗ hunt thank you madam mayor the planning

1:21:48 ↗ development and environment committee

1:21:50 ↗ met on august 4th

1:21:52 ↗ and we had two items

1:21:54 ↗ the first one was that we continued our

1:21:56 ↗ discussion on title 18 which is our

1:21:58 ↗ zoning and land use code for the city of

1:22:00 ↗ issaquah and we continued this

1:22:02 ↗ discussion with id1156

1:22:04 ↗ which was about zoning and development

1:22:07 ↗ standards and bear with me because this

1:22:09 ↗ had a few different parts the first part

1:22:11 ↗ was about affordable housing the

1:22:13 ↗ committee generally supported changes

1:22:15 ↗ that were proposed we also had a

1:22:17 ↗ conversation about how lack of

1:22:19 ↗ affordable housing is a worsening

1:22:20 ↗ problem in issaquah and in our region

1:22:23 ↗ and there was also a discussion here

1:22:25 ↗ about parking as a cost driver and the

1:22:28 ↗ need to consider this more and to

1:22:30 ↗ consider this when we update the parking

1:22:32 ↗ regulations so interconnected pieces of

1:22:35 ↗ title 18 here and there will be more on

1:22:37 ↗ this to come with the parking

1:22:39 ↗ discussions

1:22:40 ↗ we also had a conversation on transfer

1:22:42 ↗ of development rights or tdrs and the

1:22:45 ↗ committee generally supported including

1:22:47 ↗ hillsides in this and we also had a

1:22:49 ↗ discussion about the landscape

1:22:51 ↗ conservation and infrastructure program

1:22:53 ↗ which is abbreviated as l-clip this is a

1:22:56 ↗ king county program that allows cities

1:22:57 ↗ to receive a portion of future property

1:22:59 ↗ tax revenue for local infrastructure

1:23:01 ↗ investments if they implement a program

1:23:03 ↗ to obtain regional tdrs so this would

1:23:06 ↗ expand the ability of issaquah to

1:23:10 ↗ conservation projects outside of

1:23:11 ↗ issaquah but within our watershed for

1:23:14 ↗ example so the committee generally was

1:23:16 ↗ supportive of considering this further

1:23:19 ↗ and generally felt that there are

1:23:21 ↗ benefits if we

1:23:23 ↗ benefits to issaquah for conservation

1:23:25 ↗ projects for example directly outside of

1:23:27 ↗ issaquah in king county

1:23:30 ↗ in unincorporated king county

1:23:32 ↗ then two other topics landmarks there

1:23:35 ↗ was general agreement on the code

1:23:36 ↗ changes and this was largely

1:23:37 ↗ administrative and then lastly on

1:23:39 ↗ parking

1:23:40 ↗ here the committee had a consensus that

1:23:42 ↗ space and central issaquah should be

1:23:44 ↗ used efficiently and more pedestrian and

1:23:46 ↗ made to be more pedestrian friendly we

1:23:49 ↗ think there's a lot of work to do

1:23:51 ↗ to get there and this is a big topic for

1:23:54 ↗ future updates as well so there will be

1:23:56 ↗ there will be improvements made in this

1:23:58 ↗ title 18 update and then future

1:24:00 ↗ conversation

1:24:01 ↗ subsequent to this update

1:24:03 ↗ we also had a discussion about ev

1:24:06 ↗ vehicle parking and the committee felt

1:24:09 ↗ that we wanted to have some time with

1:24:11 ↗ the existing ev vehicle parking code

1:24:15 ↗ especially because we fairly recently

1:24:17 ↗ did update that part of the code so we

1:24:19 ↗ wanted to have some more time

1:24:21 ↗ with the community and with the business

1:24:23 ↗ community to see how that code is being

1:24:25 ↗ used before making new changes to that

1:24:29 ↗ recently updated code

1:24:31 ↗ that concludes that first item that was

1:24:33 ↗ on our agenda the other item was the

1:24:35 ↗ title 18 land use code futures update

1:24:37 ↗ list but i actually reported out on this

1:24:39 ↗ at our august 8th committee of the whole

1:24:41 ↗ meeting because we discussed that as a

1:24:42 ↗ council so i will

1:24:44 ↗ i will skip repeating myself on that one

1:24:47 ↗ the next meeting of the planning

1:24:48 ↗ development and environment committee is

1:24:50 ↗ september 7th tomorrow and we have two

1:24:52 ↗ items

1:24:53 ↗ id0976 which is the storm and surface

1:24:56 ↗ water master plan and id 1157 the title

1:25:00 ↗ 18 land use code follow-up items

1:25:04 ↗ this will have additional materials on

1:25:06 ↗ zones and uses building and design

1:25:08 ↗ and parking

1:25:10 ↗ then lastly i have two upcoming regional

1:25:13 ↗ meetings to announce regional water

1:25:15 ↗ quality committee will meet tomorrow we

1:25:17 ↗ have briefings on several technical

1:25:19 ↗ issues including combined sewer

1:25:20 ↗ overflows and the budget implications of

1:25:22 ↗ of this and then the salmon recovery

1:25:25 ↗ council for wire eight our watershed

1:25:27 ↗ this will meet on september 15th and the

1:25:29 ↗ agenda is not yet set and that concludes

1:25:31 ↗ my report thank you councilmember hunt

1:25:33 ↗ uh councilmember as i mentioned earlier

1:25:35 ↗ has an excused absence this evening and

1:25:37 ↗ we'll be going to council my remarks

1:25:39 ↗ thank you madam mayor the council

1:25:41 ↗ services safety and parks committee

1:25:42 ↗ after a wonderful august hiatus will

1:25:45 ↗ next be meeting wednesday september 20th

1:25:48 ↗ at 6 30 p.m here in council chambers we

1:25:50 ↗ don't have an agenda yet but i'm pretty

1:25:52 ↗ sure there's going to be at least one

1:25:54 ↗ safety item on there so it'll be

1:25:56 ↗ interesting for the public

1:25:58 ↗ the puget sound regional council growth

1:26:01 ↗ management policy board met last

1:26:03 ↗ thursday september 1st from 10 till noon

1:26:06 ↗ i was not there unfortunately but my

1:26:08 ↗ understanding is no action was taken

1:26:10 ↗ the sound cities association public

1:26:12 ↗ issues committee will be meeting next

1:26:14 ↗ wednesday september 14th from 7 till 9

1:26:16 ↗ pm continuing uh the online virtual

1:26:19 ↗ nature at least for one more month

1:26:22 ↗ no action is anticipated and deputy

1:26:25 ↗ council president hall will be our

1:26:26 ↗ representative at that meeting this

1:26:28 ↗ concludes my report thank you

1:26:29 ↗ councilmember martz deputy council

1:26:31 ↗ president hall

1:26:32 ↗ uh thank you a quick report this evening

1:26:34 ↗ uh the next meeting of the eastside fire

1:26:36 ↗ and rescue board of directors is this

1:26:37 ↗ coming thursday september 8th at 4 p.m

1:26:40 ↗ at our headquarters on newport way uh

1:26:42 ↗ notable on our agenda is the unveiling

1:26:44 ↗ of efer's new strategic plan so

1:26:48 ↗ that will be uh presented to us on

1:26:50 ↗ thursday and our plan um after

1:26:52 ↗ discussing with the administration is

1:26:54 ↗ now then to come back um to this council

1:26:55 ↗ for any feedback or thoughts you guys

1:26:57 ↗ might have before then we adopt it at

1:26:59 ↗ the october e for board meeting um so

1:27:02 ↗ that is coming

1:27:03 ↗ up stay tuned and that concludes my

1:27:05 ↗ report

1:27:06 ↗ thank you council president walsh

1:27:09 ↗ thank you madam mayor very short report

1:27:11 ↗ all of my august meetings were canceled

1:27:13 ↗ which was a blessing

1:27:16 ↗ the affordable housing committee which

1:27:18 ↗ i'm part of will next meet on september

1:27:20 ↗ 29th at 1 pm in a virtual meeting and

1:27:23 ↗ the agenda is not yet released

1:27:25 ↗ that concludes my report

1:27:27 ↗ thank you the next item on the agenda

1:27:29 ↗ this evening is the mayor's report there

1:27:30 ↗ will be an executive session this

1:27:33 ↗ evening to discuss the sale or lease of

1:27:35 ↗ property per rcw 42.30 0.110 paran1

1:27:40 ↗ parent c and pending potent potential

1:27:42 ↗ litigation per rcw 42.30.11

1:27:46 ↗ paran1 parani

1:27:47 ↗ these items are expected to take a total

1:27:49 ↗ of one hour and 15 minutes but no action

1:27:52 ↗ is anticipated to follow an open session

1:27:55 ↗ tonight's consent agenda includes

1:27:57 ↗ ab-8449

1:27:59 ↗ seeking council authorization to enter

1:28:01 ↗ into a participation and allocation

1:28:03 ↗ agreement regarding funds paid by the

1:28:05 ↗ settling

1:28:06 ↗ opioid distributors in washington state

1:28:09 ↗ settlement this is an addition to the

1:28:11 ↗ agreement one washington memorandum of

1:28:14 ↗ understanding that was authorized by

1:28:16 ↗ city council at its april 18 2022

1:28:19 ↗ meeting in order for the settlement to

1:28:21 ↗ move forward the three agreements must

1:28:23 ↗ be filed with the attorney general's

1:28:24 ↗ office by september 23 and 90 percent of

1:28:27 ↗ eligible jurisdictions are needed to

1:28:29 ↗ join otherwise the settlement will be

1:28:30 ↗ void

1:28:32 ↗ tonight's agenda also includes ab-8445

1:28:36 ↗ seeking authorization from the city

1:28:37 ↗ council to award the contract for the

1:28:39 ↗ salt storage cover project the bids on

1:28:42 ↗ this project came in above original

1:28:44 ↗ staff estimates due to the state of

1:28:46 ↗ inflation and supply chain issues the

1:28:48 ↗ project is necessary to protect these

1:28:50 ↗ heavy salts from rainfall which

1:28:52 ↗ dissolves the salt and causes a loss of

1:28:54 ↗ product diminished product effectiveness

1:28:56 ↗ and pollution issues the project will

1:28:58 ↗ allow the city to comply with stormwater

1:29:00 ↗ codes

1:29:02 ↗ as was noted earlier this evening the

1:29:03 ↗ east side cities of bellevue kirkland

1:29:05 ↗ redmond some amish and esquire joining

1:29:07 ↗ together to celebrate and proclaim

1:29:09 ↗ proclaim september 9th through 18th 2022

1:29:12 ↗ eastside welcoming week i invite

1:29:14 ↗ residents to engage in welcoming

1:29:16 ↗ activities including the following

1:29:18 ↗ events which are happening in issaquah

1:29:21 ↗ issaquah welcomes you join us friday

1:29:23 ↗ september 9th from 5 to 8 p.m at the

1:29:25 ↗ iskwa community center for a free

1:29:27 ↗ family-oriented event to celebrate the

1:29:29 ↗ cultural diversity of our community it's

1:29:31 ↗ going to go off script there is food

1:29:33 ↗ there is entertainment there are lots of

1:29:35 ↗ reasons to go to this event on friday

1:29:38 ↗ night

1:29:39 ↗ there is also a story stroll children

1:29:41 ↗ and adults can enjoy reading stories

1:29:42 ↗ about inclusion while spending time

1:29:44 ↗ outdoors

1:29:45 ↗ events hosted by the king county public

1:29:47 ↗ library will be held downtown and in the

1:29:49 ↗ highlands september 9th through 27th

1:29:52 ↗ and welcoming economies belonging begins

1:29:54 ↗ with us are you on our map our diverse

1:29:57 ↗ businesses make our community more

1:29:59 ↗ vibrant by expanding cultural offerings

1:30:01 ↗ creating jobs and attracting new

1:30:03 ↗ customers to our community

1:30:05 ↗ are you an issaquah business owner and

1:30:07 ↗ employee then add a pin to the belonging

1:30:10 ↗ belonging begins with us map to showcase

1:30:12 ↗ where you grew up whether it's iowa or

1:30:14 ↗ india we value your contribution to our

1:30:16 ↗ community please visit ishqawa.gov

1:30:20 ↗ welcomes for more information

1:30:23 ↗ we have a bunch of upcoming events as

1:30:24 ↗ well the downtown art walk and music

1:30:26 ↗ stroll on september 10th from 5 to 8 p.m

1:30:29 ↗ invites everyone to come stroll

1:30:31 ↗ downtown's charming shops boutiques and

1:30:32 ↗ restaurants to the tune of live music

1:30:35 ↗ there is more information available on

1:30:36 ↗ the downtown issaquah association's

1:30:38 ↗ website

1:30:40 ↗ and united we are stronger

1:30:42 ↗ i'm going to try this but unidos somos

1:30:44 ↗ mas fuertes the city of issaquah invites

1:30:46 ↗ you to a celebration for hispanic

1:30:48 ↗ heritage month on september 17th 6 to 8

1:30:51 ↗ pm this in-person event will be held at

1:30:53 ↗ the issaquah senior center and includes

1:30:55 ↗ a mexican folklore dance lesson

1:30:58 ↗ papa picado mexican streamers crafting a

1:31:01 ↗ mexican food truck and more to learn

1:31:03 ↗ more visit the hispanic heritage month

1:31:06 ↗ page or contact marisol visser

1:31:08 ↗ with our human services and community

1:31:10 ↗ our human services and community court

1:31:12 ↗ assistant

1:31:14 ↗ salmon on sunset boogie bites and brews

1:31:17 ↗ friends of the issaquah salmon hatchery

1:31:19 ↗ announced their first annual event

1:31:21 ↗ welcoming home our salmon to isquez

1:31:22 ↗ historic downtown hatchery this will

1:31:24 ↗ feature salmon spawning live music beer

1:31:27 ↗ garden rubber duck derby tours big

1:31:29 ↗ raffles and giveaways art and activities

1:31:31 ↗ for all ages a native plant garden and

1:31:34 ↗ much more so please join us on september

1:31:37 ↗ 17th from 12 to 6 p.m for this fun event

1:31:40 ↗ state park free pass day is september

1:31:42 ↗ 24th in honor of national public lands

1:31:45 ↗ day and finally our last farmers market

1:31:48 ↗ of the year

1:31:49 ↗ is september 24th from 9 00 am to 2 pm

1:31:52 ↗ and that concludes the mayor's report

1:31:56 ↗ so we'll move on to informational

1:31:58 ↗ updates id 1265. this is a parks and

1:32:01 ↗ community services department uh update

1:32:04 ↗ on summer highlights and i'd like to

1:32:06 ↗ invite parks community services director

1:32:07 ↗ jeff watling to present this item

1:32:10 ↗ mayor thank you so much good evening

1:32:12 ↗ council

1:32:13 ↗ forgive me as i uh walk and chew gum

1:32:16 ↗ here um

1:32:17 ↗ and share my screen

1:32:35 ↗ okay there we go thank you so much um

1:32:38 ↗ i'm busy dying tonight

1:32:41 ↗ i i wanted i've been asked to come up

1:32:44 ↗ and provide an update on some of our

1:32:47 ↗ activities this summer and i guess i

1:32:48 ↗ just want to highlight one thing and

1:32:50 ↗ thank you

1:32:51 ↗ so much of your work

1:32:53 ↗ is in really hard policy work and budget

1:32:56 ↗ work

1:32:57 ↗ your policy and budget work though leads

1:32:59 ↗ to this kind of stuff the delivery of

1:33:01 ↗ programs and services so

1:33:04 ↗ i want to provide a quick overview a

1:33:06 ↗ quick tour of what we were busy with

1:33:08 ↗ these last uh nine or ten weeks

1:33:13 ↗ i thought i'd start with this visual

1:33:16 ↗ in many ways this this is a visual of

1:33:18 ↗ our the last concert on the green

1:33:21 ↗ events

1:33:23 ↗ it in many ways depicts and reflects

1:33:25 ↗ what we felt throughout our department

1:33:27 ↗ this year this community was ready to

1:33:28 ↗ come together

1:33:30 ↗ and and feel a sense of normalcy and

1:33:33 ↗ that's something we saw throughout

1:33:35 ↗ throughout the the department

1:33:39 ↗ uh just a quick i guess sense of what we

1:33:41 ↗ do

1:33:42 ↗ parks and community services can be a

1:33:44 ↗ pretty complicated department with all

1:33:46 ↗ the divisions that we have but really it

1:33:48 ↗ boils down to something pretty simple

1:33:51 ↗ we

1:33:52 ↗ do two things

1:33:53 ↗ we make investments in people and we

1:33:55 ↗ make investments in places through your

1:33:58 ↗ support

1:34:00 ↗ investments in people are done through

1:34:02 ↗ terrific work by staff and recreation

1:34:05 ↗ our arts program as well as human

1:34:07 ↗ services divisions

1:34:09 ↗ those investments and people aren't

1:34:10 ↗ directly done solely by us though we

1:34:12 ↗ provide some direct programs

1:34:15 ↗ so much of what we've done is through

1:34:16 ↗ terrific partnerships

1:34:18 ↗ [Music]

1:34:19 ↗ with agencies and others throughout this

1:34:22 ↗ community that

1:34:23 ↗ allows us to support residents families

1:34:25 ↗ and really help foster a sense of

1:34:27 ↗ community here in issaquah

1:34:29 ↗ the investments we make in places

1:34:32 ↗ include our very important work in

1:34:33 ↗ stewarding

1:34:35 ↗ the the land that this community these

1:34:37 ↗ residents own in their parks their

1:34:39 ↗ trails and their open space

1:34:41 ↗ as well as the recreation facilities

1:34:43 ↗ that

1:34:44 ↗ both offer recreation programs but also

1:34:46 ↗ offer places for people to go and that's

1:34:48 ↗ the community center the pool

1:34:50 ↗ the senior center and pickering barn so

1:34:52 ↗ we're really we're about people and

1:34:54 ↗ places

1:34:55 ↗ so i'm going to touch real quickly on

1:34:57 ↗ people first

1:34:58 ↗ starting with our recreation teams

1:35:01 ↗ at the community center

1:35:03 ↗ and through our athletics division very

1:35:05 ↗ very busy year

1:35:07 ↗ a busy summer of summer day camps

1:35:09 ↗ through our nine weeks of day camps we

1:35:11 ↗ saw fourteen hundred campers come

1:35:14 ↗ through our programs

1:35:16 ↗ through our sports camps a variety of

1:35:18 ↗ sports camps with a variety of partners

1:35:20 ↗ 1200 campers

1:35:22 ↗ through those programs

1:35:24 ↗ our concerts on the green you saw the

1:35:26 ↗ photo of

1:35:27 ↗ we easily averaged over a thousand

1:35:29 ↗ residents each night for those concerts

1:35:32 ↗ varied a little bit depending on weather

1:35:34 ↗ but

1:35:35 ↗ certainly extremely well intended

1:35:39 ↗ the our gliders track and field program

1:35:41 ↗ which is something we do in the summer

1:35:43 ↗ track and field and in the fall for

1:35:44 ↗ cross country has become immensely

1:35:46 ↗ popular we had 150

1:35:48 ↗ youth take part in that terrific program

1:35:52 ↗ our picnic shelter rentals continue to

1:35:55 ↗ um see huge numbers over 170 picnic

1:35:58 ↗ shelter rentals that doesn't include

1:36:00 ↗ just your drop in hey if it's available

1:36:02 ↗ you can always go use it

1:36:04 ↗ again a community ready to come together

1:36:07 ↗ in so many ways

1:36:10 ↗ at the julius bone pool uh swim lessons

1:36:12 ↗ much like our camps

1:36:14 ↗ saw uh tremendous numbers over 1200

1:36:18 ↗ um

1:36:19 ↗ uh participants in our in our swim

1:36:21 ↗ lesson programs in a in a relatively

1:36:23 ↗ small six-lane pool that's a that's a

1:36:25 ↗ lot

1:36:26 ↗ um

1:36:27 ↗ huge increases in our lap swim and water

1:36:30 ↗ exercise programs

1:36:32 ↗ another note that the

1:36:33 ↗ zach and and the team up at the pool do

1:36:36 ↗ we offer certified lifeguard classes

1:36:38 ↗ it's a great way for us to recruit

1:36:40 ↗ our own lifeguards but

1:36:42 ↗ we also through these certified classes

1:36:45 ↗ actually

1:36:46 ↗ both as a revenue source but we teach

1:36:49 ↗ lifeguard

1:36:51 ↗ programs to other cities we offer our

1:36:53 ↗ lifeguard certifications to some amish

1:36:56 ↗ and medina

1:36:57 ↗ and their outdoor programs

1:37:00 ↗ a quick note also at the pool and this

1:37:03 ↗ is very true the community center we're

1:37:04 ↗ a teen employer we take that very

1:37:07 ↗ seriously and we take that very

1:37:09 ↗ intentionally

1:37:10 ↗ in that the pool alone we hired over 50

1:37:14 ↗ teens

1:37:15 ↗ for

1:37:16 ↗ providing either lifeguard filling our

1:37:18 ↗ lifeguard schedules or our swim lesson

1:37:20 ↗ programs

1:37:22 ↗ staff

1:37:23 ↗ take that very seriously we train up

1:37:26 ↗ staff

1:37:27 ↗ many of in these cases we see it as an

1:37:29 ↗ opportunity that we're a first time

1:37:31 ↗ employer for these teams

1:37:34 ↗ i think if we saw a show of hands in

1:37:36 ↗ this room alone many of us started with

1:37:38 ↗ a recreation job of some kind and turned

1:37:40 ↗ pro and something else and so

1:37:43 ↗ though it's though they're employees and

1:37:45 ↗ they're part of a team we really see

1:37:47 ↗ that as a teen program in and of itself

1:37:50 ↗ i could say the same for

1:37:52 ↗ our summer day camp programs

1:37:55 ↗ the pickering barn thank you mayor for

1:37:57 ↗ mentioning farmers markets coming to an

1:37:59 ↗ end

1:38:00 ↗ oh my gosh we were at over 3 400

1:38:03 ↗ shoppers a week

1:38:04 ↗ that's above pre-pandemic levels so

1:38:07 ↗ again a community that's wanting to come

1:38:09 ↗ together

1:38:10 ↗ um our rentals and weddings given a

1:38:12 ↗ little bit of a backlog the last couple

1:38:14 ↗ years we had 65 weddings and rentals

1:38:17 ↗ may through august that's that's a

1:38:19 ↗ really big number and two new staff

1:38:21 ↗ there so kayla diane our new supervisor

1:38:24 ↗ tavi our new

1:38:26 ↗ coordinator there have just done an

1:38:27 ↗ amazing

1:38:28 ↗ amazing job

1:38:30 ↗ at the barn

1:38:32 ↗ busy summer

1:38:34 ↗ our senior center

1:38:35 ↗ what a great place that has certainly

1:38:37 ↗ been as well some new programs being

1:38:40 ↗ offered

1:38:41 ↗ a senior hiking group that's been

1:38:43 ↗ immensely popular

1:38:44 ↗ as seniors want to get outdoors

1:38:46 ↗ our lunch program and all the

1:38:48 ↗ socialization that goes with that has

1:38:50 ↗ certainly

1:38:51 ↗ come back

1:38:54 ↗ to significant numbers

1:38:56 ↗ sale which is a stay active and

1:38:59 ↗ independent for life program sees an

1:39:01 ↗ average of 20 seniors

1:39:04 ↗ per class on average

1:39:07 ↗ and our senior center volunteers

1:39:10 ↗ i think in many ways um a key metric to

1:39:13 ↗ a healthy

1:39:16 ↗ vibrant place that people want to be at

1:39:18 ↗ is your number of volunteers and to have

1:39:21 ↗ 30 plus volunteers providing 200 plus

1:39:23 ↗ hours

1:39:24 ↗ a month of support at the senior center

1:39:27 ↗ certainly tells us that is a that is a

1:39:30 ↗ place that that is safe

1:39:32 ↗ a place that

1:39:33 ↗ clearly

1:39:35 ↗ given four or five years ago

1:39:37 ↗ had a pretty significant transition in

1:39:40 ↗ front of it tells us that we've been

1:39:41 ↗ making some really some really good

1:39:43 ↗ transitions there

1:39:45 ↗ and hats off to a new staff person there

1:39:46 ↗ recreation supervisor kirsten may

1:39:49 ↗ came on board earlier this year

1:39:54 ↗ sticking with uh

1:39:56 ↗ there are teams that provide services to

1:39:58 ↗ people our human services team

1:40:01 ↗ continued

1:40:03 ↗ fantastic work you'll see in your packet

1:40:05 ↗ tonight as well the quarterly memo

1:40:08 ↗ that really highlights so much of the

1:40:10 ↗ great work of that human services team

1:40:12 ↗ but a couple of highlights i want to

1:40:14 ↗ note

1:40:15 ↗ we offered a summer resource fair for

1:40:17 ↗ the first time i'm looking at monica as

1:40:18 ↗ i say this

1:40:20 ↗ the great thing about this department is

1:40:22 ↗ we're able to start piggybacking on each

1:40:24 ↗ other's programs so the chalk art

1:40:25 ↗ festival wasn't just a chalk art

1:40:27 ↗ festival it's also a human services fair

1:40:30 ↗ and so we see great opportunities in in

1:40:33 ↗ providing those those opportunities in

1:40:35 ↗ tandem

1:40:37 ↗ our behavioral health and homelessness

1:40:38 ↗ outreach program continues to do really

1:40:41 ↗ hard work

1:40:42 ↗ but really good work

1:40:45 ↗ you'll see in the quarterly report as

1:40:46 ↗ well but i want to highlight 53

1:40:48 ↗ individuals we're working with are are

1:40:50 ↗ all working towards at least one goal

1:40:53 ↗ of terrific note

1:40:55 ↗ in the summer alone 11

1:40:57 ↗ new individuals were permanently housed

1:40:59 ↗ that brings our annual total to 20

1:41:02 ↗ individuals individuals who have been

1:41:03 ↗ permanently housed

1:41:06 ↗ through that program

1:41:07 ↗ that's significant

1:41:10 ↗ our 2324 human services grant review

1:41:13 ↗ process and recommendations the human

1:41:15 ↗ services commission as well as human

1:41:17 ↗ services team have been hard at work

1:41:18 ↗ this summer

1:41:19 ↗ reviewing over 80 applications those

1:41:22 ↗ recommendations will be coming to you

1:41:24 ↗ via the mayor as part of the budget

1:41:25 ↗ process and look forward to your

1:41:28 ↗ your support there

1:41:30 ↗ we had a juneteenth event this year the

1:41:32 ↗ equity board

1:41:33 ↗ did a great job of hosting that on june

1:41:35 ↗ 20th

1:41:37 ↗ nearly 100

1:41:38 ↗ individuals attended that event at the

1:41:40 ↗ senior center we were

1:41:42 ↗ really had the the

1:41:44 ↗ benefit of some great educational um

1:41:46 ↗ [Music]

1:41:48 ↗ a great educational evening with dr

1:41:50 ↗ dilbert richardson

1:41:52 ↗ who was there

1:41:55 ↗ upcoming fall events the res the

1:41:57 ↗ proclamation certainly highlighted

1:41:59 ↗ what's coming up with welcoming week and

1:42:01 ↗ hispanic heritage month

1:42:03 ↗ as well so continued great work by the

1:42:06 ↗ human services team

1:42:07 ↗ in arts i'm amy dukes

1:42:09 ↗ i mentioned earlier the the chalk art

1:42:12 ↗ festival

1:42:13 ↗ despite literally the hottest day of the

1:42:16 ↗ year july 26th

1:42:18 ↗ i think many of you might remember the

1:42:19 ↗ concert that night as well over 250

1:42:23 ↗ young residents came and took part in

1:42:25 ↗ the chalk art festival

1:42:27 ↗ you'll see a photo here of the asphalt

1:42:29 ↗ mural that was added on festival street

1:42:33 ↗ we think a great way to encourage a

1:42:35 ↗ pedestrian path but use art art with a

1:42:38 ↗ purpose and an art that as a whimsical

1:42:41 ↗ way of of inviting

1:42:43 ↗ people down and into

1:42:45 ↗ memorial park and depot park shakespeare

1:42:48 ↗ in the park took place on the 28th of

1:42:50 ↗ july

1:42:51 ↗ over 300 residents attended a mid mid

1:42:55 ↗ summer night's dream

1:42:57 ↗ the creative district

1:42:58 ↗ continues to do their work this summer

1:43:01 ↗ they led some focus groups really

1:43:03 ↗ seeking input on

1:43:05 ↗ art making spaces and what art making

1:43:07 ↗ spaces

1:43:08 ↗ needs are not only along front street

1:43:11 ↗ within the whole creative art district

1:43:14 ↗ we're also

1:43:15 ↗ though it's summer beginning to do work

1:43:17 ↗ on holiday lighting for 2022 the last

1:43:20 ↗ couple years it's been fun to see that

1:43:22 ↗ program continue to grow

1:43:24 ↗ look for a little bit further expansion

1:43:26 ↗ of the the holiday lighting uh this

1:43:28 ↗ coming winter which will be exciting

1:43:32 ↗ oops i went one too far ahead uh moving

1:43:35 ↗ to our our places that we manage real

1:43:37 ↗ quickly the park operations team

1:43:40 ↗ i want to say start this with a thank

1:43:42 ↗ you to you

1:43:43 ↗ really mayor and council the additional

1:43:45 ↗ resources

1:43:46 ↗ over the past couple years

1:43:48 ↗ that you've committed to we're really

1:43:51 ↗ beginning to see some returns on that

1:43:52 ↗ investment

1:43:54 ↗ one example

1:43:55 ↗ this year's budget that you approved

1:43:57 ↗ last fall

1:43:58 ↗ we're piloting a

1:44:00 ↗ where we consolidated our

1:44:02 ↗ right-of-way landscaping

1:44:04 ↗ and have one contractor providing that

1:44:07 ↗ that has allowed our staff hours our

1:44:10 ↗ limited staff hours to really spend

1:44:11 ↗ focused time in our parks and our open

1:44:13 ↗ space and our trails

1:44:15 ↗ and the level of service

1:44:17 ↗ within those spaces is really showing

1:44:18 ↗ itself this summer and residents have

1:44:20 ↗ been immensely

1:44:21 ↗ um

1:44:22 ↗ happy with with those results uh the

1:44:24 ↗ team has been immensely happy with the

1:44:26 ↗ work they've been able to get to

1:44:28 ↗ our park operations manager thanks to

1:44:30 ↗ you your budgetary support is providing

1:44:33 ↗ real day-to-day leadership that's rick

1:44:35 ↗ still to the team

1:44:37 ↗ so great work being done

1:44:39 ↗ we've initiated a turf management

1:44:40 ↗ program that we haven't

1:44:42 ↗ i don't think ever done

1:44:44 ↗ our athletic fields are certainly seeing

1:44:46 ↗ the response and and

1:44:50 ↗ better level of service there

1:44:53 ↗ we've been able to

1:44:54 ↗ get some court resurfacing projects done

1:44:56 ↗ this summer at central park and at

1:44:58 ↗ blackberry park as part of the the

1:45:00 ↗ construction effort going on at

1:45:01 ↗ blackberry and green issaquah continues

1:45:04 ↗ so we look forward this fall as that

1:45:07 ↗ set of volunteer opportunities and

1:45:09 ↗ volunteer events

1:45:11 ↗ start to fill up for this fall

1:45:15 ↗ and lastly within our park planning and

1:45:17 ↗ development team that has not been a

1:45:18 ↗ boring summer there either

1:45:20 ↗ blackberry park as i mentioned earlier

1:45:22 ↗ is now under construction uh we

1:45:24 ↗ anticipate

1:45:26 ↗ an october completion with that as we've

1:45:28 ↗ worked through every supply chain bump

1:45:30 ↗ for playground equipment and everything

1:45:33 ↗ else you would expect

1:45:35 ↗ trails map update that we

1:45:37 ↗ wanted to get done this year is

1:45:38 ↗ completed i provided copies to each of

1:45:41 ↗ you so

1:45:42 ↗ those listening will be the trails maps

1:45:44 ↗ will be available throughout town we

1:45:47 ↗ also have a handy qr code on this

1:45:49 ↗ version of the map

1:45:50 ↗ for easy

1:45:54 ↗ not going to use the right it term

1:45:56 ↗ drop down into your phone

1:46:00 ↗ i'm not the i.t director

1:46:02 ↗ hillside park

1:46:03 ↗ work continues there

1:46:06 ↗ we

1:46:07 ↗ worked with the community throughout

1:46:09 ↗ this summer we had a preferred concept

1:46:11 ↗ that we presented to the neighborhood

1:46:14 ↗ feedback for that finished here in

1:46:16 ↗ august really happy to say that over 80

1:46:19 ↗ percent of the respondents

1:46:20 ↗ felt that

1:46:22 ↗ that preferred concept really met that

1:46:24 ↗ really important balance of adding

1:46:26 ↗ elements adding some play elements to

1:46:28 ↗ the park and some trail improvements but

1:46:29 ↗ also respecting

1:46:31 ↗ really the the natural character of that

1:46:33 ↗ park so excited to present those results

1:46:36 ↗ work with the park board in september

1:46:38 ↗ and then be moving into design and

1:46:40 ↗ permitting for that

1:46:42 ↗ long-awaited

1:46:43 ↗ project but i really feel like we've

1:46:45 ↗ reached

1:46:46 ↗ reached careful consensus there

1:46:49 ↗ wayfinding sign program you may have

1:46:51 ↗ noticed the prototypes are up down on

1:46:53 ↗ the rainier trail by the community

1:46:55 ↗ center for any residents listening in

1:46:57 ↗ please go down and take a look

1:46:59 ↗ there's a qr code an opportunity for you

1:47:01 ↗ to take a quick survey and and let us

1:47:03 ↗ know what you think

1:47:05 ↗ those prototypes are important we want

1:47:07 ↗ to get feedback from the community

1:47:09 ↗ before making

1:47:10 ↗ those investments into

1:47:13 ↗ new signs

1:47:14 ↗ on our trails

1:47:16 ↗ trailheads and parks

1:47:18 ↗ and then lastly the community investment

1:47:20 ↗ strategy

1:47:22 ↗ the work we started with you in a july

1:47:24 ↗ discussion

1:47:25 ↗ has continued in earnest these last

1:47:27 ↗ eight nine weeks with the park board as

1:47:29 ↗ we've really dove into the seven

1:47:31 ↗ criteria we presented to all of you

1:47:33 ↗ we've been going through an evaluation

1:47:35 ↗ process with all options and sites

1:47:38 ↗ we feel like we're now paired down to

1:47:41 ↗ what feels like some some

1:47:43 ↗ options that we can now put some

1:47:45 ↗ dollars to

1:47:47 ↗ and

1:47:48 ↗ the goal is by the end of september to

1:47:51 ↗ be able to come back to you with the

1:47:53 ↗ rationale you were requested and

1:47:56 ↗ some vetting and some recommendations so

1:47:59 ↗ that work

1:48:00 ↗ continues

1:48:04 ↗ and with that again thank you

1:48:06 ↗ i wouldn't

1:48:08 ↗ i i would be remiss if i didn't say the

1:48:11 ↗ work

1:48:12 ↗ that this department does is

1:48:15 ↗ you have some terrific people

1:48:17 ↗ who work in this department

1:48:19 ↗ an incredibly diverse set of

1:48:20 ↗ professionals that really care about

1:48:21 ↗ issaquah and the work they do shows so

1:48:24 ↗ thank you so much

1:48:28 ↗ thank you director watling for that very

1:48:30 ↗ comprehensive update

1:48:32 ↗ of all of the things that you have been

1:48:34 ↗ working on and it is noticeable moving

1:48:36 ↗ around the city seeing new art

1:48:39 ↗ and great great upgrades and maintenance

1:48:42 ↗ to some of our parks so thank you for

1:48:44 ↗ all that you do is there it's an

1:48:47 ↗ informational update we usually don't

1:48:48 ↗ have questions so okay let's move on uh

1:48:51 ↗ the consent calendar is the next item

1:48:52 ↗ and it was distributed to council in

1:48:54 ↗ advance and if authorized the items on

1:48:56 ↗ the consent calendar will be

1:48:57 ↗ considered together and approved by one

1:48:59 ↗ motion have the payables and payroll

1:49:01 ↗ been reviewed yes

1:49:03 ↗ thank you

1:49:04 ↗ does any council member desire to remove

1:49:05 ↗ any item from the consent calendar and

1:49:07 ↗ consider it under regular business

1:49:11 ↗ seeing none can i get a motion

1:49:14 ↗ council president

1:49:16 ↗ i move to approve the consent calendar

1:49:18 ↗ as presented in tonight's agenda

1:49:21 ↗ i'll second that motion

1:49:23 ↗ thank you

1:49:25 ↗ it's been moved in second to approve the

1:49:27 ↗ consent calendar is presented is there

1:49:29 ↗ any council discussion

1:49:34 ↗ all those in favor signify by saying aye

1:49:36 ↗ aye

1:49:39 ↗ those opposed

1:49:41 ↗ that passes unanimously 6-0 vote

1:49:45 ↗ so now we're moving into regular

1:49:46 ↗ business ab-8451

1:49:48 ↗ tenant and landlord protections

1:49:50 ↗ ordinance the

1:49:52 ↗ ask before the council this evening is

1:49:54 ↗ or the action before the council this

1:49:56 ↗ evening is to adopt the ordinance and

1:49:58 ↗ i'd like to invite city attorney rachel

1:50:00 ↗ bender turpin and human services manager

1:50:02 ↗ manage to present this item welcome

1:50:07 ↗ good evening madam mayer and council

1:50:10 ↗ members

1:50:12 ↗ this is monica nagarilla

1:50:14 ↗ i'm going to start the presentation and

1:50:17 ↗ rachel will join us as

1:50:19 ↗ she will provide more details on the

1:50:21 ↗ ordinance i'm going to

1:50:23 ↗ start by providing a background of this

1:50:25 ↗ agenda item

1:50:27 ↗ a brief summary of the committee

1:50:29 ↗ meetings

1:50:30 ↗ and the outreach and then i will we will

1:50:32 ↗ have rachel

1:50:34 ↗ provide the details and answer legal

1:50:36 ↗ questions so thank you so much for

1:50:38 ↗ having us here tonight

1:50:40 ↗ i'm gonna go ahead and get started

1:50:43 ↗ um so based on recommendations that we

1:50:46 ↗ received from the

1:50:48 ↗ council services safety and parks

1:50:50 ↗ committee we are coming to you all at

1:50:54 ↗ the full council meeting and we are

1:50:56 ↗ seeking authorization

1:50:58 ↗ for

1:50:59 ↗ an ordinance

1:51:01 ↗ for tenant protections specifically

1:51:05 ↗ the ordinance

1:51:06 ↗ [Music]

1:51:09 ↗ proposes um

1:51:11 ↗ a 120-day

1:51:12 ↗ [Music]

1:51:14 ↗ notice for any residential rent

1:51:17 ↗ increases

1:51:18 ↗ of over three percent

1:51:20 ↗ and just as a note

1:51:22 ↗ the ordinance applies for

1:51:25 ↗ non-subsidized tenancies

1:51:30 ↗ as i mentioned the brief background

1:51:33 ↗ this agenda item

1:51:34 ↗ is in front of you

1:51:36 ↗ because back in april

1:51:38 ↗ a regional coalition on housing arch

1:51:42 ↗ issued a resolution recommending tenant

1:51:45 ↗ protections

1:51:47 ↗ um

1:51:48 ↗ and so with that

1:51:50 ↗ we took the information

1:51:53 ↗ to the council services meeting in june

1:51:56 ↗ where we provided a summary of the

1:51:58 ↗ outreach that our staff did to tenants

1:52:00 ↗ and landlords and then we returned in

1:52:03 ↗ july with a summary of protections

1:52:06 ↗ considered by other jurisdictions

1:52:09 ↗ so just as a brief

1:52:13 ↗ overview and

1:52:15 ↗ reminder the main three

1:52:18 ↗ actions proposed by

1:52:20 ↗ arch

1:52:22 ↗ had to do with

1:52:23 ↗ providing

1:52:24 ↗ [Music]

1:52:26 ↗ rent increases and requiring landlords

1:52:28 ↗ to provide a minimum of 120 days a

1:52:31 ↗ return notice for any rent increases

1:52:34 ↗ greater than 3 percent

1:52:36 ↗ or and 100 days

1:52:38 ↗ notice for rent increases greater than

1:52:41 ↗ 10 percent

1:52:42 ↗ arts recommendations also provided for

1:52:46 ↗ a cap on late fees specifically

1:52:49 ↗ a cap that

1:52:52 ↗ will be at 1.5 percent of a tenant

1:52:55 ↗ monthly rent and then also a cap on

1:52:57 ↗ moving fees

1:52:59 ↗ particularly um

1:53:01 ↗ [Music]

1:53:02 ↗ making sure that moving fees um

1:53:05 ↗ including security deposits uh will be

1:53:08 ↗ capped at no more than one one months

1:53:11 ↗ rent

1:53:13 ↗ and that also this will be

1:53:15 ↗ the payment will be allowed to be made

1:53:17 ↗ in installments

1:53:21 ↗ so

1:53:22 ↗ based on that information

1:53:24 ↗ we conducted back in june outreach to

1:53:27 ↗ both tenants and landlords uh we reached

1:53:30 ↗ out to about and um and talked with and

1:53:34 ↗ surveyed about 50 tenants

1:53:38 ↗ and we reached out to 26 landlords

1:53:41 ↗ we heard back from 22 at that time

1:53:45 ↗ and really we heard

1:53:47 ↗ heartbreaking stories from both sides as

1:53:50 ↗ you also heard tonight in public

1:53:51 ↗ comments

1:53:53 ↗ very very difficult to

1:53:55 ↗ to choose

1:53:58 ↗ one mid-ground or one ground

1:54:01 ↗ from tenants we heard heartbreaking

1:54:03 ↗ stories on

1:54:05 ↗ how

1:54:07 ↗ really they need

1:54:09 ↗ help with rent

1:54:10 ↗ even before increases they need help now

1:54:14 ↗ they they shared with us unintended

1:54:16 ↗ consequences of

1:54:19 ↗ payment plans and how

1:54:22 ↗ it's great that they have payment plans

1:54:23 ↗ but in addition to rent they really

1:54:25 ↗ cannot

1:54:27 ↗ pay their rent and

1:54:30 ↗ a payment plan that it's in action

1:54:33 ↗ they really share that they needed

1:54:35 ↗ long-term supports

1:54:37 ↗ in the past rental assistance programs

1:54:39 ↗ used to provide

1:54:41 ↗ occasional assistance

1:54:43 ↗ twice a year perhaps

1:54:46 ↗ right now rental assistance programs get

1:54:49 ↗ calls every month for ongoing rent

1:54:53 ↗ even from

1:54:55 ↗ low-income housing providers if you

1:54:57 ↗ recall city council provided assistance

1:55:01 ↗ to

1:55:02 ↗ imagine housing and we were able back in

1:55:04 ↗ april to bring

1:55:06 ↗ to date

1:55:07 ↗ all their

1:55:09 ↗ overdue rent so in april they had no

1:55:12 ↗ overdue rent as of um

1:55:15 ↗ this month

1:55:16 ↗ 25

1:55:17 ↗ of of

1:55:18 ↗ the imagined housing

1:55:20 ↗ units are all um have overdue rent so

1:55:24 ↗ it's a long and persistent problem

1:55:26 ↗ again from landlords as well we um

1:55:29 ↗ they've been as we heard again tonight

1:55:31 ↗ they have been affected by inflation by

1:55:35 ↗ the pandemic

1:55:37 ↗ they have

1:55:38 ↗ operational costs

1:55:40 ↗ health insurance costs labor costs

1:55:44 ↗ that they need to make ends meet on

1:55:46 ↗ their end and they also have properties

1:55:49 ↗ outside of issaquah and so

1:55:52 ↗ if they have properties in four cities

1:55:54 ↗ that are close to one another and

1:55:56 ↗ therefore

1:55:58 ↗ they need to keep up with four

1:55:59 ↗ jurisdictions with four different roles

1:56:01 ↗ that just causes additional burden on

1:56:03 ↗ their staff and also increases their

1:56:05 ↗ staff and costs right because now they

1:56:08 ↗ need to have more staff and more

1:56:10 ↗ resources to to keep up with all of that

1:56:13 ↗ so i'm preaching to the choir i know

1:56:15 ↗ that you're well versed and you know um

1:56:18 ↗ all the realities uh so i'm gonna move

1:56:20 ↗ on um to just provide a brief overview

1:56:23 ↗ of um

1:56:24 ↗ what was discussed at the council

1:56:26 ↗ services and safety a safety and parks

1:56:28 ↗ committee meeting

1:56:30 ↗ in in june and july

1:56:32 ↗ we heard from

1:56:34 ↗ the

1:56:35 ↗ council members that we needed to look

1:56:38 ↗ for regional options

1:56:39 ↗ and not act as a singular entity

1:56:42 ↗ i know that council members wanted to

1:56:44 ↗ hear from other jurisdictions

1:56:47 ↗ address legal aspects we had rachel

1:56:50 ↗ in attendance in july as well and then

1:56:52 ↗ we received a recommendation to to

1:56:54 ↗ return to city council with with an

1:56:56 ↗ ordinance for possible consideration so

1:56:59 ↗ that's why we are here tonight

1:57:01 ↗ and then before i'm gonna hand it over

1:57:03 ↗ to

1:57:04 ↗ rachel um just wanted to provide a brief

1:57:06 ↗ brief overview of

1:57:08 ↗ what uh have other jurisdiction done

1:57:12 ↗ in the past in the last couple of years

1:57:14 ↗ we had

1:57:15 ↗ jurisdictions like auburn kenmore

1:57:17 ↗ seattle and unincorporated king county

1:57:19 ↗ take some actions

1:57:21 ↗ and then here on the east side two of

1:57:23 ↗ the arch jurisdictions redmond and

1:57:25 ↗ kirkland took action

1:57:27 ↗ as of now we don't have information on

1:57:29 ↗ any other jurisdictions that are

1:57:32 ↗ [Music]

1:57:33 ↗ about to take action or

1:57:35 ↗ preparing anything in particular

1:57:38 ↗ and so with that

1:57:41 ↗ i'm going to invite rachel to walk us

1:57:43 ↗ through the ordinance thank you so much

1:57:45 ↗ rachel for being here thank you council

1:57:47 ↗ members

1:57:49 ↗ thank you monica hi good uh good evening

1:57:52 ↗ everyone rachel turpin city attorney

1:57:55 ↗ the proposed ordinance before you this

1:57:57 ↗ evening as monica has already briefly

1:58:00 ↗ briefly highlighted

1:58:02 ↗ was written at the direction of the

1:58:03 ↗ services

1:58:05 ↗ safety and perks committee

1:58:07 ↗ and it

1:58:09 ↗ uh enacts or would enact one of the

1:58:12 ↗ three recommendations of the archboard

1:58:15 ↗ made earlier this summer that specific

1:58:17 ↗ recommendation is for

1:58:19 ↗ a

1:58:20 ↗ greater

1:58:21 ↗ uh

1:58:22 ↗ notice period for tenants of rent

1:58:24 ↗ increases than what is set forth in

1:58:26 ↗ state law which is 60 days so this would

1:58:29 ↗ increase the notice for residential rent

1:58:32 ↗ increases from 60 days to

1:58:36 ↗ 120 days when the increase exceeds three

1:58:40 ↗ percent uh there's a car route for

1:58:42 ↗ subsidized tenancies which

1:58:45 ↗ is because we didn't want to run afoul

1:58:48 ↗ of

1:58:48 ↗ a various state and federal laws in

1:58:51 ↗ particular that we could be preempted by

1:58:54 ↗ uh those already have a very onerous

1:58:57 ↗ procedures for how you do rent increases

1:58:59 ↗ for those

1:59:01 ↗ but it would apply to all other

1:59:03 ↗ residential tendencies

1:59:05 ↗ and then of course it um also provides

1:59:08 ↗ for several ability and it would not go

1:59:10 ↗ into effect for three days because it is

1:59:13 ↗ subject to referendum

1:59:17 ↗ we go to the next slide now

1:59:20 ↗ so

1:59:21 ↗ that's really all there is to it it's a

1:59:23 ↗ pretty basic ordinance it's very similar

1:59:25 ↗ to the one that kirklacity of kirkland

1:59:28 ↗ adopted and it's quite similar to what

1:59:32 ↗ redmond has except for i believe that

1:59:33 ↗ redmond also

1:59:35 ↗ adopted

1:59:36 ↗ more of the archboard recommendations

1:59:39 ↗ so the options before the council this

1:59:41 ↗ evening are to adopt the ordinance as

1:59:43 ↗ presented or to make further

1:59:45 ↗ modifications

1:59:47 ↗ you could uh

1:59:48 ↗ not adopt the ordinance or you could

1:59:51 ↗ direct the administration to consider a

1:59:52 ↗ different approach or perhaps send it

1:59:54 ↗ back to committee for further evaluation

1:59:57 ↗ and discussion

2:00:02 ↗ um

2:00:03 ↗ and our recommendation uh here would be

2:00:06 ↗ to adopt the proposed ordinance

2:00:08 ↗ uh as written it

2:00:11 ↗ it provides

2:00:13 ↗ what we believe is a

2:00:15 ↗ mid-ground between the

2:00:17 ↗ the various sides that monica went over

2:00:20 ↗ here it's not as uh as extreme as what

2:00:23 ↗ arch uh had or

2:00:25 ↗ had

2:00:26 ↗ recommended overall

2:00:28 ↗ but it would provide a little bit more

2:00:30 ↗ notice to tenants to help them out with

2:00:33 ↗ the planning and the various issues that

2:00:35 ↗ were brought up this evening

2:00:36 ↗ if you have any questions uh please let

2:00:39 ↗ us know

2:00:43 ↗ oh and then once again it takes effect

2:00:46 ↗ in 30 days

2:00:48 ↗ and i would say also that along those

2:00:50 ↗ lines

2:00:51 ↗ it wouldn't take effect for certain uh

2:00:56 ↗ releases that were already in effect

2:00:58 ↗ until

2:00:59 ↗ the

2:01:00 ↗ end of that lease term because we

2:01:03 ↗ didn't want to run afoul of any rent

2:01:05 ↗ control

2:01:06 ↗ restrictions so they'll be just a

2:01:10 ↗ small a small time where

2:01:13 ↗ we

2:01:14 ↗ we can't get to those but it'll go into

2:01:16 ↗ effect essentially as early as it

2:01:18 ↗ possibly can

2:01:22 ↗ thank you rachel uh council questions

2:01:26 ↗ deputy council president

2:01:27 ↗ uh thanks two quick ones thank you for

2:01:29 ↗ all the detailed work that all the human

2:01:31 ↗ services staff and yourself monica have

2:01:33 ↗ done of course you rachel too thank you

2:01:35 ↗ for all the detailed work that you've

2:01:37 ↗ put into this a couple of quick

2:01:38 ↗ questions first so we don't have any

2:01:41 ↗ sense of what bellevue is going to do we

2:01:42 ↗ have no clue is that correct

2:01:45 ↗ no at this point

2:01:47 ↗ go for it rachel

2:01:49 ↗ i did speak to the bellevue city

2:01:50 ↗ attorney today and they have not their

2:01:53 ↗ council has not taken this up for

2:01:55 ↗ consideration yet so they don't know

2:01:57 ↗ what they're going to do because they

2:02:00 ↗ haven't

2:02:01 ↗ haven't really discussed

2:02:02 ↗ it they have no eminent plans to

2:02:06 ↗ consider any of these it's my

2:02:07 ↗ understanding

2:02:08 ↗ okay thank you

2:02:10 ↗ um and i guess to monica

2:02:12 ↗ do we have any unspent rental assistance

2:02:15 ↗ funds that are

2:02:16 ↗ sitting somewhere in account waiting to

2:02:18 ↗ be used

2:02:21 ↗ so from the 500 000 that most recently

2:02:24 ↗ city council

2:02:26 ↗ allocated

2:02:28 ↗ of those 350 000 dollars were allocated

2:02:30 ↗ to hopelink those were spent

2:02:33 ↗ and up to a hundred and fifty thousand

2:02:36 ↗ dollars were allocated to uh imagine

2:02:38 ↗ housing of those they spent about a

2:02:41 ↗ hundred and six thousand dollars under

2:02:43 ↗ the contract requirements so

2:02:45 ↗ yeah money spent

2:02:50 ↗ all right councilmember

2:02:53 ↗ no i'm just waiting to make a motion

2:02:55 ↗ oh

2:02:56 ↗ well no other microphones up go ahead

2:02:57 ↗ make a motion

2:02:59 ↗ i moved to adopt ordinance number

2:03:02 ↗ 2986

2:03:04 ↗ tenant protections increasing notice for

2:03:06 ↗ residential rent increases greater than

2:03:08 ↗ three percent providing for severability

2:03:10 ↗ and establishing an effective date

2:03:14 ↗ i second that motion it's been moved and

2:03:16 ↗ seconded is there any further discussion

2:03:18 ↗ councilmember martz thank you madam

2:03:19 ↗ mayor uh so a great question was asked

2:03:23 ↗ by the public what problem are you

2:03:24 ↗ trying to solve and that's at the heart

2:03:27 ↗ of how at least the committee parsed the

2:03:30 ↗ arch recommendations that were in front

2:03:32 ↗ of us

2:03:34 ↗ some of those

2:03:35 ↗ recommendations may or may not have

2:03:38 ↗ merit they're not related to the current

2:03:41 ↗ housing affordability issue that's in

2:03:43 ↗ front of us one particular issue is

2:03:46 ↗ or at least it was in our opinion in

2:03:48 ↗ committee

2:03:50 ↗ uh which is with housing being so tight

2:03:52 ↗ and so expensive right now that the

2:03:54 ↗ impact of uh

2:03:56 ↗ uh increases in rent uh if somebody has

2:03:59 ↗ if somebody can can no longer afford to

2:04:01 ↗ live where they're living um they need

2:04:03 ↗ more time to be able to find alternative

2:04:06 ↗ housing with the market the way that it

2:04:08 ↗ is right now

2:04:10 ↗ we noted that you know at the time um

2:04:13 ↗ this going to 120 days had been enacted

2:04:16 ↗ already by auburn uh for amounts greater

2:04:20 ↗ than five percent kenmore for

2:04:22 ↗ amounts greater than three percent um

2:04:25 ↗ seattle of course which is you know the

2:04:26 ↗ the big bad that everybody wants to

2:04:28 ↗ quote as an example of reckless policy

2:04:31 ↗ but you know auburn kenmore

2:04:33 ↗ unincorporate our neighbors in

2:04:34 ↗ unincorporated king county are already

2:04:36 ↗ at 120 days for amounts larger than

2:04:39 ↗ three percent you know we were told that

2:04:41 ↗ one of the things that's important for

2:04:42 ↗ landlords is consistency across adjacent

2:04:45 ↗ areas uh this provides for that with the

2:04:48 ↗ news that redmond and kirkland have

2:04:49 ↗ adopted this as well

2:04:51 ↗ so um you know we think this is

2:04:53 ↗ addressing the one issue in the arch

2:04:55 ↗ proposal that does relate directly to

2:04:58 ↗ the market and the fact the market has

2:05:00 ↗ gotten so expensive so that's why uh i'm

2:05:04 ↗ moved this motion this evening and

2:05:05 ↗ that's why i support it and that's why i

2:05:06 ↗ hope my fellow council members will too

2:05:08 ↗ as well thank you

2:05:10 ↗ mr comments

2:05:14 ↗ uh barb oh sorry councilman

2:05:19 ↗ see if i can turn my microphone on

2:05:22 ↗ so um first of all thanks to um

2:05:25 ↗ all the many tenants and landlords who

2:05:27 ↗ made comments this has been an issue

2:05:29 ↗ that we've received more

2:05:31 ↗ comments on than we've received on

2:05:33 ↗ anything else in a long time

2:05:36 ↗ i i wanted to talk about the

2:05:38 ↗ clarifications that

2:05:41 ↗ i would like to make about this

2:05:43 ↗ ordinance

2:05:44 ↗ because housing is such a sensitive

2:05:46 ↗ issue and

2:05:48 ↗ we've had so many different ordinances

2:05:50 ↗ and changes at the state level

2:05:53 ↗ i noticed in the comments that there was

2:05:54 ↗ a lot of conflation of different issues

2:05:57 ↗ so i thought let's just talk about

2:05:58 ↗ exactly what this ordinance is about

2:06:01 ↗ this ordinance only relates to

2:06:03 ↗ notification of rent increases for

2:06:05 ↗ renters who are current in their rent

2:06:07 ↗ payments or who the landlord otherwise

2:06:09 ↗ wishes to retain

2:06:11 ↗ as a tenant

2:06:14 ↗ it does not relate to non-payment of

2:06:15 ↗ rent it doesn't relate to eviction

2:06:18 ↗ notices eviction moratoriums or eviction

2:06:20 ↗ actions

2:06:22 ↗ it doesn't relate to government

2:06:23 ↗ regulations that happen during the

2:06:25 ↗ pandemic

2:06:27 ↗ it won't increase paperwork notification

2:06:29 ↗ requirements already in place for

2:06:31 ↗ landlords although it will change the

2:06:34 ↗ schedule when those notifications go out

2:06:36 ↗ it doesn't in any way stop landlords

2:06:38 ↗ from raising or collecting rents

2:06:41 ↗ it even provides a way for landlords and

2:06:43 ↗ tenants to arrive at a different

2:06:45 ↗ solution

2:06:46 ↗ than the one that this ordinance

2:06:48 ↗ prescribes through mutual written

2:06:50 ↗ agreement

2:06:52 ↗ so to be clear the rent increase

2:06:53 ↗ notification will be going to

2:06:55 ↗ responsible renters who are current on

2:06:57 ↗ their rent 120 days prior to the end of

2:07:00 ↗ the lease instead of the 60 days prior

2:07:03 ↗ to the end of the release that is

2:07:04 ↗ currently required

2:07:06 ↗ some renters will receive the rent

2:07:08 ↗ increase notification and decide that

2:07:10 ↗ they can absorb the costs

2:07:12 ↗ and so

2:07:13 ↗ this actually doesn't apply to those

2:07:15 ↗ people who decide that they can afford

2:07:17 ↗ the rent increase and that it will be

2:07:19 ↗ part of their

2:07:20 ↗ family's budget

2:07:22 ↗ some other renters will receive the

2:07:24 ↗ notification review their family budget

2:07:27 ↗ decide they can't absorb the increase

2:07:29 ↗ and they have to begin a search for new

2:07:31 ↗ residents and so this is who we're

2:07:32 ↗ talking about in terms of the impact of

2:07:36 ↗ this ordinance

2:07:38 ↗ because the nature of the current retail

2:07:40 ↗ market that because of the nature of the

2:07:42 ↗ current rental market that search may

2:07:45 ↗ have a profound impact on their lives

2:07:47 ↗ probably practically speaking probably

2:07:50 ↗ driving them out of issaquah because

2:07:52 ↗ rents are so high here

2:07:55 ↗ if they have to move to a different

2:07:56 ↗ community and if they have children

2:07:58 ↗ they're probably going to have to switch

2:08:00 ↗ schools or even school districts

2:08:02 ↗ or if their children are young they're

2:08:03 ↗ going to have to find

2:08:05 ↗ new day care options and that's another

2:08:08 ↗ arena where we have a crisis

2:08:10 ↗ where there's very few day care options

2:08:13 ↗ available

2:08:14 ↗ it will increase commute times uh it may

2:08:17 ↗ even require them especially if they're

2:08:19 ↗ a service worker to find a new job

2:08:22 ↗ and then they are facing moving expenses

2:08:25 ↗ security and move-in deposits and all of

2:08:27 ↗ the things that go along with moving

2:08:30 ↗ and so they are asked to do all of that

2:08:32 ↗ within 60 days so

2:08:34 ↗ this ordinance in my opinion is a

2:08:37 ↗ homelessness prevention measure

2:08:39 ↗ because it gives responsible renters an

2:08:42 ↗ extra 60 days or 120 days total to make

2:08:45 ↗ responsible decisions during what may

2:08:47 ↗ possibly be possibly be a complete

2:08:50 ↗ disruption of their current situation

2:08:53 ↗ so i did appreciate the question as well

2:08:55 ↗ what problem are we trying to solve i

2:08:57 ↗ thought that was an excellent question

2:09:00 ↗ and

2:09:00 ↗ like council member martz

2:09:03 ↗ the ordinance is necessary because

2:09:05 ↗ renters are finding themselves in a very

2:09:07 ↗ tough market environment for locating

2:09:09 ↗ rental opportunities

2:09:11 ↗ that's not the fault of landlords it's

2:09:13 ↗ not the fault of renters

2:09:15 ↗ it's a

2:09:17 ↗ been created by market forces that have

2:09:19 ↗ multiple causes

2:09:21 ↗ many of them well beyond the city's

2:09:23 ↗ ability to control

2:09:25 ↗ including a considerable lack of housing

2:09:28 ↗ options

2:09:29 ↗ period

2:09:30 ↗ landlords need reasonable certainty in

2:09:33 ↗ this market but so do tenants

2:09:36 ↗ and for the city to ignore the impact of

2:09:38 ↗ these market forces on 41 of our

2:09:40 ↗ population i in my opinion would be

2:09:42 ↗ disastrous

2:09:44 ↗ so the ordinance has proposed is in my

2:09:46 ↗ mind a very minimal action

2:09:49 ↗ that imposes very little burden on

2:09:52 ↗ landlords

2:09:53 ↗ and

2:09:54 ↗ does provide a measure of relief for

2:09:56 ↗ those tenants who

2:09:58 ↗ looking at their family budgets decide

2:10:00 ↗ that they can no longer afford to live

2:10:02 ↗ where they are living at the current

2:10:04 ↗ time

2:10:05 ↗ so hopefully enough of a relief to

2:10:07 ↗ prevent even more of our residents from

2:10:09 ↗ becoming homeless or facing the

2:10:11 ↗ challenges of homelessness

2:10:14 ↗ i will support this ordinance and i also

2:10:16 ↗ urge my fellow council members to

2:10:19 ↗ vote in favor of it as well thank you

2:10:21 ↗ thank you um i wonder if rachel and

2:10:24 ↗ monica could answer a question because i

2:10:27 ↗ not sure that i heard anything about it

2:10:28 ↗ in the presentation

2:10:30 ↗ this is the city of issaquah ordinance

2:10:32 ↗ so who does enforcement

2:10:33 ↗ who goes to court who

2:10:36 ↗ what costs are associated with that and

2:10:38 ↗ for example in king county

2:10:40 ↗ is the county paying for this dispute if

2:10:43 ↗ the notice wasn't given and what are

2:10:45 ↗ those actual costs

2:10:48 ↗ good question mayor this would

2:10:50 ↗ this really just creates a

2:10:53 ↗ a private cause of action between the

2:10:55 ↗ landlord and the tenant so essentially

2:10:58 ↗ it

2:10:59 ↗ it provides that any lease agreement

2:11:02 ↗ that

2:11:03 ↗ doesn't conform to the city's law is

2:11:07 ↗ null and void

2:11:08 ↗ and therefore the tenant wouldn't have

2:11:11 ↗ to pay

2:11:12 ↗ a rent increase that was in violation of

2:11:15 ↗ that law

2:11:16 ↗ and so if a landlord then tried to evict

2:11:19 ↗ them for that a court would look at it

2:11:22 ↗ and say

2:11:23 ↗ well

2:11:24 ↗ in the city of issaquah this is an

2:11:26 ↗ illegal provision

2:11:29 ↗ thank you rachel that's super helpful so

2:11:31 ↗ there is no expectation of enforcement

2:11:33 ↗ on city resources

2:11:35 ↗ it's a private contract thanks

2:11:38 ↗ russell our council member joe thank you

2:11:41 ↗ to follow up on that question

2:11:44 ↗ as i understand my colleagues

2:11:48 ↗ this would only occur

2:11:50 ↗ when you're at the end of a tenancy

2:11:53 ↗ so that

2:11:54 ↗ if i'm at the end of a tenancy in the

2:11:56 ↗ apartment that i rent

2:11:58 ↗ then if the rent is going up by

2:12:01 ↗ more than three percent it's 120 days

2:12:04 ↗ and so

2:12:06 ↗ if i'm hearing you right

2:12:08 ↗ all one one of the things that could

2:12:10 ↗ happen is that

2:12:12 ↗ if they fail if the landlord fails to

2:12:14 ↗ give notice

2:12:16 ↗ or fails to give notice for the rent

2:12:18 ↗ increase it's more than three percent

2:12:19 ↗ 120 days or more than 10 180 days

2:12:24 ↗ and you get to the end of the tenancy

2:12:27 ↗ um

2:12:30 ↗ they're no longer they're on a

2:12:31 ↗ month-to-month tenancy at that point and

2:12:34 ↗ can be

2:12:35 ↗ put out of that unit

2:12:37 ↗ with the proper notice

2:12:40 ↗ um on a month-to-month basis so we're

2:12:42 ↗ not necessarily

2:12:45 ↗ the landlord still would have the

2:12:46 ↗ ability to get that person out if they

2:12:48 ↗ wanted to

2:12:50 ↗ even under this potential to kind of

2:12:53 ↗ protect our housing is that a fair

2:12:55 ↗ assessment

2:12:57 ↗ because you're on a month-to-month

2:12:58 ↗ tenancy at that point

2:13:01 ↗ if if they've already gone past the the

2:13:03 ↗ end of their lease yeah well what i'm

2:13:05 ↗ saying is that if you give them 120 day

2:13:07 ↗ notice you're raising rent by four

2:13:09 ↗ percent

2:13:10 ↗ and you get to that

2:13:12 ↗ time the tenancy is over at that 120 day

2:13:14 ↗ point and then the tenant can go and say

2:13:17 ↗ this is an illegal action

2:13:19 ↗ the landlord can go ahead and say

2:13:21 ↗ okay that's fine it's a private action

2:13:23 ↗ if you're not willing to pay that amount

2:13:25 ↗ we'll just terminate the tenancy and

2:13:26 ↗ you're out

2:13:28 ↗ under the normal provisions of the

2:13:29 ↗ landlord-tenant act

2:13:31 ↗ is that right

2:13:34 ↗ i guess my point is again what problem

2:13:35 ↗ are we trying to solve this seems to

2:13:38 ↗ increase the tax to the landlord

2:13:42 ↗ and

2:13:43 ↗ if i'm a landlord and i'm not

2:13:46 ↗ um i just might increase my rents either

2:13:48 ↗ by 2.9 because then i don't have to give

2:13:50 ↗ a notice or just stay within the normal

2:13:52 ↗ 60-day notice on landlord-tenant act

2:13:55 ↗ under rcw 5918

2:13:58 ↗ i would give an increase of

2:14:00 ↗ more than 10 percent since i'm doing 120

2:14:02 ↗ anyway why don't i just do a couple of

2:14:05 ↗ other months anyway to get that 11

2:14:07 ↗ percent

2:14:08 ↗ my point is or my concern is that we're

2:14:10 ↗ going to miss that middle

2:14:13 ↗ where if we're in an inflationary

2:14:14 ↗ environment that's 3.6 or whatever

2:14:18 ↗ you may get landlords that just go to 10

2:14:20 ↗ because they can

2:14:22 ↗ and have to under the statute rather

2:14:24 ↗ than kind of shooting for the middle

2:14:26 ↗ so that's one of my concerns i don't

2:14:28 ↗ know if there are any comments you have

2:14:29 ↗ on

2:14:30 ↗ that rambling portion of my my comment

2:14:37 ↗ no i mean i think you raise a good point

2:14:39 ↗ there that that would be a potential

2:14:41 ↗ ramification um

2:14:44 ↗ at the point that it went to a to a

2:14:45 ↗ month to month lease this these what

2:14:48 ↗ arch was recommending is really more

2:14:50 ↗ about provisions for the actual lease

2:14:52 ↗ agreement itself so if you went to the

2:14:55 ↗ to the point where it had expired it was

2:14:57 ↗ no longer in effect then there would be

2:15:00 ↗ less of a hope for sure

2:15:01 ↗ yeah so what we're basically asking is

2:15:03 ↗ when my tenancy's up in

2:15:07 ↗ march if my landlord's listening um i

2:15:10 ↗ would prefer the 2.9 rather than 10 but

2:15:13 ↗ um i can understand why they would go to

2:15:14 ↗ 10 given the way this is set up

2:15:18 ↗ the other question i had is is

2:15:20 ↗ uh i've done a little landlord tenant

2:15:25 ↗ actions or law when i was

2:15:27 ↗ practicing and and

2:15:31 ↗ when you get to court on some of these

2:15:33 ↗ actions

2:15:34 ↗ um you either have to have a tenant that

2:15:37 ↗ knows the law and can bring it up

2:15:40 ↗ or

2:15:41 ↗ the court has to be aware of what all

2:15:44 ↗ the king county jurisdictions are doing

2:15:46 ↗ and have some kind of

2:15:48 ↗ spreadsheet there that says for issaquah

2:15:50 ↗ it's 120

2:15:52 ↗ for 3 or 10 or 180 for 10

2:15:55 ↗ and in

2:15:56 ↗ duvall which hasn't adopted it yet it's

2:15:59 ↗ a different amount along the way and i

2:16:01 ↗ know we're trying to get some

2:16:02 ↗ consistency there but

2:16:04 ↗ if i'm sitting as a pro tem

2:16:07 ↗ judge in court

2:16:10 ↗ how am i going to know

2:16:12 ↗ which law applies you've got an issaquah

2:16:14 ↗ address

2:16:16 ↗ but we have a number of issaquah

2:16:18 ↗ addresses that are spammish we have a

2:16:19 ↗ number of visqual addresses that are

2:16:21 ↗ outside the city

2:16:22 ↗ how is the judge supposed to know which

2:16:24 ↗ of these provisions apply

2:16:26 ↗ in the private action that we're talking

2:16:27 ↗ about

2:16:29 ↗ you raised a very good point there

2:16:31 ↗ council member joe it would it would

2:16:33 ↗ really be on

2:16:35 ↗ tenants to bring this up themselves

2:16:37 ↗ which would require them to know the law

2:16:40 ↗ which

2:16:41 ↗ is not always the case so unless the

2:16:44 ↗ city

2:16:45 ↗ plans to do extensive outreach to

2:16:48 ↗ tell folks about this provision i'm not

2:16:52 ↗ sure it would

2:16:54 ↗ have a whole lot of uh

2:16:56 ↗ impact

2:16:58 ↗ okay and um

2:17:01 ↗ we heard

2:17:02 ↗ some

2:17:03 ↗ uh testimony from a gentleman i didn't

2:17:06 ↗ write his name down i apologize he was

2:17:08 ↗ talking about the impact to children

2:17:11 ↗ um you know when they have a 60-day

2:17:13 ↗ notice it's not enough time really to

2:17:16 ↗ allow them to

2:17:18 ↗ make arrangements or find a new place to

2:17:20 ↗ stay in the district et cetera et cetera

2:17:22 ↗ and i certainly would be in that

2:17:23 ↗ situation if my landlord increased my

2:17:26 ↗ rent by too much i'd have to do that

2:17:28 ↗ assessment so

2:17:29 ↗ i understand that sentiment certainly

2:17:32 ↗ but under 59 18 200

2:17:36 ↗ you can exclude a landlord can choose to

2:17:38 ↗ exclude children from a property

2:17:41 ↗ and change the conditions of their lease

2:17:44 ↗ they would have to give

2:17:46 ↗ you know a 90-day notice

2:17:48 ↗ and then they could have the kids not be

2:17:51 ↗ part of the property

2:17:53 ↗ if they were

2:17:55 ↗ impediment to kind of

2:17:58 ↗ the free flow of

2:17:59 ↗ apartments out there so to speak and so

2:18:02 ↗ i i don't think any landlord would

2:18:04 ↗ necessarily do that on purpose but my

2:18:06 ↗ point is there are some i don't think

2:18:08 ↗ we've thought about all the different

2:18:09 ↗ things that are in the landlord-tenant

2:18:11 ↗ act

2:18:12 ↗ that

2:18:13 ↗ landlords can still use to

2:18:16 ↗ get around these things or what have you

2:18:18 ↗ um so i'm a little concerned that we're

2:18:21 ↗ one of the guinea pigs

2:18:23 ↗ in this action right now at this point

2:18:26 ↗ and so i i'm going to make a motion

2:18:29 ↗ right now

2:18:32 ↗ because i want to see what bellevue does

2:18:34 ↗ with this i would like us to wait

2:18:37 ↗ and so i'm making a motion to table this

2:18:40 ↗ agenda bill until november 1st

2:18:44 ↗ to see if bellevue gives some more time

2:18:46 ↗ to this

2:18:47 ↗ and we'll just see what happens with the

2:18:49 ↗ vote there and then i have some other

2:18:51 ↗ comments if we go on discussion

2:18:55 ↗ is there a second

2:19:00 ↗ deputy council president yeah i'll

2:19:02 ↗ second that for the sake of discussion

2:19:04 ↗ um

2:19:05 ↗ moved and seconded to table um

2:19:08 ↗ additional comments

2:19:10 ↗ actually a motion table does not have

2:19:12 ↗ any discussion associated it just says

2:19:14 ↗ oh i got caught

2:19:17 ↗ uh

2:19:18 ↗ if i might add a clarification about the

2:19:22 ↗ definition of table under robert's rules

2:19:25 ↗ which is to

2:19:26 ↗ postpone an item because of urgent

2:19:29 ↗ immediate business that must be tended

2:19:32 ↗ to before the item can be discussed so

2:19:34 ↗ i would say that in this case the

2:19:37 ↗ correct motion would be the motion to

2:19:38 ↗ postpone which is a debatable and

2:19:41 ↗ amendable motion i'd also like to note

2:19:44 ↗ that the council meeting

2:19:46 ↗ in november the first council meeting in

2:19:49 ↗ november

2:19:50 ↗ is november 7th so to a date certain

2:19:53 ↗ okay so go back to the motion maker do

2:19:56 ↗ you want to revise your motion

2:19:58 ↗ and i'm making a motion to

2:20:00 ↗ postpone

2:20:02 ↗ until november 7th

2:20:05 ↗ um and my reason is to wait until

2:20:07 ↗ bellevue has adopted

2:20:09 ↗ and give bellevue some time to adopt

2:20:11 ↗ their ordinance this is that that's the

2:20:13 ↗ second degree

2:20:15 ↗ okay now we have discussion

2:20:18 ↗ uh motion maker did you want to add any

2:20:20 ↗ more comments before i move around the

2:20:22 ↗ table

2:20:23 ↗ no i think i've said enough thank you

2:20:26 ↗ i am seeing one microphone app correct

2:20:29 ↗ okay council member d michelle i just

2:20:31 ↗ want to be very clear that this

2:20:34 ↗ ordinance does not require 180 day

2:20:36 ↗ notice for a 10 increase

2:20:39 ↗ um the arch proposal that was a proposal

2:20:42 ↗ from arch that is not included in this

2:20:45 ↗ ordinance so

2:20:46 ↗ um

2:20:47 ↗ so

2:20:48 ↗ i just want to make sure we know what

2:20:49 ↗ we're voting on here thanks my apologies

2:20:52 ↗ thank you thank you very much

2:20:53 ↗ president

2:20:56 ↗ uh

2:20:56 ↗ thanks i um

2:21:00 ↗ i think that this might be worth uh this

2:21:01 ↗ might be a motion worth considering um i

2:21:04 ↗ was so convinced i was gonna be an easy

2:21:07 ↗ yes on all of these arch recommendations

2:21:09 ↗ when they first came out

2:21:10 ↗ but um i was hoping that we could spend

2:21:13 ↗ some time tonight kind of exploring a

2:21:15 ↗ little deeper some of the policies and

2:21:16 ↗ the questions of what problem

2:21:19 ↗ we're trying to solve in particular

2:21:20 ↗ because i don't think we've we've

2:21:22 ↗ narrowed in on the actual problem that

2:21:25 ↗ we're trying to squash specific problem

2:21:26 ↗ that we're trying to solve

2:21:28 ↗ quite yet so

2:21:29 ↗ um i'm feeling personally very moved um

2:21:32 ↗ and compelled by both perspectives of

2:21:34 ↗ both renters and tenants and i want to

2:21:35 ↗ thank all the different

2:21:37 ↗ renter and um or tenants and landlord

2:21:40 ↗ stakeholders i met with um

2:21:42 ↗ um in the weeks heading up to this

2:21:44 ↗ meeting um

2:21:45 ↗ there are a lot of considerations

2:21:48 ↗ um

2:21:49 ↗ not all of them i think have been

2:21:50 ↗ mentioned that are relevant to this

2:21:52 ↗ particular proposal

2:21:55 ↗ i think as policy makers we need to take

2:21:57 ↗ that step back and clearly define what

2:22:00 ↗ the problem exists here and it's quite

2:22:01 ↗ using local data so

2:22:04 ↗ before we can move forward and i'm not

2:22:05 ↗ really sure that we've been able to

2:22:06 ↗ define it get so one one way that i'm

2:22:08 ↗ thinking about this is um the number of

2:22:10 ↗ units um behind in rent seems like it

2:22:14 ↗ could be a good

2:22:15 ↗ um

2:22:18 ↗ what useful way to help us tell that

2:22:20 ↗ story to help define the problem but

2:22:21 ↗ then also most importantly because it's

2:22:23 ↗ data then we have something to be able

2:22:24 ↗ to track

2:22:25 ↗ outcomes in the future and whether or

2:22:27 ↗ not our policy is being successful and

2:22:29 ↗ writing keeping people housed and

2:22:31 ↗ keeping

2:22:33 ↗ people

2:22:34 ↗ to be able to have the time to

2:22:36 ↗ you know

2:22:37 ↗ move um

2:22:39 ↗ to another place if two months isn't

2:22:41 ↗ enough time so a couple questions come

2:22:43 ↗ to mind then when i think about issaquah

2:22:45 ↗ specifically how are we defining the

2:22:47 ↗ problem

2:22:48 ↗ if we're using that as a metric how many

2:22:50 ↗ complexes

2:22:51 ↗ have back owed rent

2:22:53 ↗ for each of those complexes how many

2:22:55 ↗ units are behind in rent

2:22:57 ↗ and how many compared to the total

2:22:58 ↗ amount of units

2:23:00 ↗ that are in a complex what's the ami

2:23:02 ↗ distribution the area median income a

2:23:04 ↗ distribution of units in need and is

2:23:06 ↗ this a problem impacting

2:23:08 ↗ low income and market rate units in the

2:23:10 ↗ same way and if not perhaps there are

2:23:12 ↗ targeted solutions

2:23:14 ↗ to the problems we're trying to solve

2:23:17 ↗ that might be better you know i someone

2:23:19 ↗ referenced

2:23:20 ↗ keeping people housed keeping people

2:23:21 ↗ from homelessness that is certainly a

2:23:23 ↗ worthy goal of government in the city

2:23:25 ↗ council and i wonder if maybe by

2:23:28 ↗ exploring

2:23:30 ↗ more deeply through data what problem

2:23:32 ↗ we're trying to solve here in issaquah

2:23:33 ↗ we might be able to find a solution that

2:23:35 ↗ is tailored specifically to that problem

2:23:38 ↗ um

2:23:39 ↗ so you know maybe financial assistance

2:23:41 ↗ for residents in need is is the right

2:23:43 ↗ tool i don't know i'm not saying i don't

2:23:44 ↗ want to do anything i'm just saying i

2:23:46 ↗ don't necessarily know what i want to do

2:23:48 ↗ yet or what we should be compelled to do

2:23:50 ↗ as public policy makers um so i'm

2:23:52 ↗ interested in in what you all think of

2:23:54 ↗ that um i that's why i seconded uh

2:23:57 ↗ councilmember joe's

2:23:58 ↗ motion weight it would be very

2:24:00 ↗ interesting to see what the city of

2:24:01 ↗ bellevue does too

2:24:03 ↗ but i think there are also some

2:24:06 ↗ data points that we need to explore

2:24:09 ↗ getting some more information on that

2:24:10 ↗ will help guide our decision

2:24:12 ↗ and

2:24:14 ↗ you know what if we do all that and we

2:24:17 ↗ come up with the same solution great you

2:24:19 ↗ know i mean feel like we've done our due

2:24:20 ↗ diligence in that and um now we can do

2:24:24 ↗ what we can to avoid unintended outcomes

2:24:26 ↗ you know we've heard from some people

2:24:27 ↗ that one unintended outcome could be

2:24:30 ↗ that because

2:24:31 ↗ you have to give that notice in 120 days

2:24:35 ↗ um landlords may be more likely to to

2:24:37 ↗ give that which might mean that rents go

2:24:40 ↗ up do i believe that i don't know yet it

2:24:42 ↗ might not happen right away but i do

2:24:43 ↗ think that it could be a realistic

2:24:45 ↗ policy outcome from something like this

2:24:47 ↗ so anyways

2:24:48 ↗ um but if

2:24:50 ↗ it's another solution

2:24:51 ↗ and we find another solution based on

2:24:53 ↗ the data then great we have an isquad

2:24:54 ↗ focused solution right but either way

2:24:56 ↗ now we have this benchmark to be able to

2:24:58 ↗ measure success so that's kind of the

2:25:00 ↗ really crux of my argument is i think

2:25:01 ↗ that we need to

2:25:02 ↗ tie this back to data a little bit more

2:25:05 ↗ and i'm a little worried we might be

2:25:06 ↗ adopting a solution too soon there are a

2:25:08 ↗ couple other comments that i have based

2:25:10 ↗ on things that i've heard um from stat

2:25:12 ↗ but i'll save that for is there still a

2:25:15 ↗ if this passes is there still another

2:25:17 ↗ motion

2:25:18 ↗ there's no other motion so if you want

2:25:21 ↗ to throw a few other things on that are

2:25:23 ↗ kind of related to this motion yeah okay

2:25:27 ↗ um a few you know other things um that i

2:25:30 ↗ wrote down during public comment and

2:25:31 ↗ doing staff comment you know monica

2:25:34 ↗ mentioned um you mentioned like

2:25:35 ↗ heartbreaking stories that you had heard

2:25:37 ↗ and speaking with landlords and tenants

2:25:38 ↗ and um one question that comes to mind

2:25:41 ↗ for me is how are we capturing these

2:25:42 ↗ kinds of interactions quantitatively

2:25:45 ↗ as opposed to just qualitatively and

2:25:48 ↗ how are we using that to inform decision

2:25:50 ↗ making

2:25:50 ↗ in human services and in policy um same

2:25:54 ↗ with the picture sarah one of the tenets

2:25:56 ↗ rights organizations commenters that

2:25:58 ↗ came today talked about you know painted

2:26:01 ↗ a really harrowing picture

2:26:02 ↗ for us about um

2:26:04 ↗ a um

2:26:06 ↗ someone who had been kicked out of their

2:26:09 ↗ housing into a tent

2:26:10 ↗ an elder i think and that is a really

2:26:13 ↗ harrowing story and if that's happening

2:26:15 ↗ here in issaquah i feel like this

2:26:16 ↗ council needs to know and we need to

2:26:18 ↗ have to have some

2:26:19 ↗ quantitative measure of whether or not

2:26:21 ↗ that's happening frequently so we can

2:26:23 ↗ you know start to think of policy

2:26:27 ↗ i feel like i'm rambling anyways you

2:26:29 ↗ know what i'm saying about that um

2:26:32 ↗ you know

2:26:33 ↗ i think one of the bigger problems here

2:26:35 ↗ in issaquah in particular too is that

2:26:37 ↗ the barrier to entry um for

2:26:41 ↗ people who want to rent a home is so

2:26:44 ↗ high i mean even me personally

2:26:46 ↗ this is very personal to me because as

2:26:47 ↗ of

2:26:48 ↗ um just a few months ago i'm not in the

2:26:50 ↗ rental market anymore but i was here in

2:26:51 ↗ issaquah and you'd have to put up three

2:26:53 ↗ months rent and your salary your monthly

2:26:56 ↗ salary would have to be

2:26:59 ↗ many times

2:27:00 ↗ what um the monthly rent is for that

2:27:03 ↗ it's impossible for me moving back to my

2:27:05 ↗ hometown so i i feel like that is also a

2:27:08 ↗ very important policy discussion that we

2:27:10 ↗ need to have as a council as well as how

2:27:11 ↗ are we helping creating a lower barrier

2:27:13 ↗ for people to enter the rental housing

2:27:15 ↗ market in the first place um and i i

2:27:18 ↗ think that the committee did discuss

2:27:20 ↗ that a little bit too but maybe maybe

2:27:21 ↗ it's time for us to get a little bit

2:27:22 ↗ more in depth than that

2:27:24 ↗ um

2:27:26 ↗ also

2:27:27 ↗ what we heard from our city attorney too

2:27:29 ↗ that you know unless we have like a

2:27:30 ↗ really deep amount of engagement with

2:27:33 ↗ the community about this particular

2:27:34 ↗ policy we might not have as great of

2:27:36 ↗ impact as we intend is a little bit of a

2:27:39 ↗ red flag to me too and i think

2:27:42 ↗ gets me thinking about well then what

2:27:44 ↗ what are the policy solutions that would

2:27:46 ↗ have a great impact right you know we

2:27:48 ↗ want to have great impact with our

2:27:49 ↗ policies so anyways just some general

2:27:51 ↗ thoughts that i had as well i'm sorry

2:27:53 ↗ for rambling

2:27:55 ↗ thank you deputy council president um

2:27:57 ↗ council president there are three more

2:27:59 ↗ people that would like to speak but you

2:28:00 ↗ have not spoken yet so i wonder if you

2:28:03 ↗ want an opportunity or should i just go

2:28:05 ↗ to the three that have indicated they

2:28:06 ↗ desire to speak

2:28:08 ↗ i'm willing to wait thank you great i

2:28:10 ↗ think it's council member mart's council

2:28:12 ↗ member hunt councilmember d michelle

2:28:15 ↗ thank you madam mayor um i

2:28:17 ↗ i don't see

2:28:19 ↗ the

2:28:19 ↗ [Music]

2:28:20 ↗ what waiting to for bellevue would do if

2:28:23 ↗ we have auburn kenmore seattle redmond

2:28:26 ↗ kirkland and unincorporated king county

2:28:28 ↗ already on board i know i don't know

2:28:30 ↗ what bellevue would add to the

2:28:31 ↗ conversation that hasn't already been

2:28:33 ↗ addressed by a number of jurisdictions

2:28:35 ↗ in king county

2:28:36 ↗ you know

2:28:37 ↗ the fact that agenda bill 8451 isn't

2:28:40 ↗ about evictions or financial aid or

2:28:42 ↗ homelessness

2:28:44 ↗ um

2:28:45 ↗ is is a fact and and in fact is i think

2:28:48 ↗ an argument in simplicity and clarity

2:28:51 ↗ around what we're considering doing this

2:28:54 ↗ evening

2:28:55 ↗ um i i would be very nervous about

2:28:58 ↗ trying to pack in a bunch of other stuff

2:29:00 ↗ into ab 84-51

2:29:03 ↗ i think there is an argument that some

2:29:05 ↗ of the other

2:29:06 ↗ sort of social justice related issues

2:29:09 ↗ might in fact be

2:29:11 ↗ at odds with

2:29:13 ↗ some of the financial

2:29:15 ↗ and market cost issues and for me as

2:29:17 ↗ someone who is particularly concerned

2:29:20 ↗ about the market uh

2:29:22 ↗ the affordability of this area

2:29:25 ↗ it to me would be unfortunate if ab-8451

2:29:28 ↗ became a whole bunch of stuff including

2:29:30 ↗ things that maybe uh would would make it

2:29:33 ↗ more challenging for affordability so i

2:29:35 ↗ i would encourage the idea that um if

2:29:39 ↗ people want to

2:29:41 ↗ talk about evictions and financial aid

2:29:43 ↗ and homelessness it's a it's a different

2:29:45 ↗ conversation than ab

2:29:47 ↗ 8451 is right now and there's nothing to

2:29:49 ↗ prevent us from having that conversation

2:29:52 ↗ on a different bill that's a b whatever

2:29:54 ↗ whatever whatever whatever and uh you

2:29:56 ↗ know i would welcome having that

2:29:58 ↗ conversation but i think it's a

2:29:59 ↗ different conversation than the bill

2:30:00 ↗ that then the bill that's in front of us

2:30:02 ↗ tonight so i am not going to support the

2:30:04 ↗ motion to uh

2:30:06 ↗ postpone thank you thanks um and council

2:30:08 ↗ members i would add too just for those

2:30:10 ↗ that are viewing or hear this evening we

2:30:12 ↗ are not the only jurisdiction that deals

2:30:14 ↗ with this there are state levers to pull

2:30:16 ↗ there are county lovers to pull and so

2:30:18 ↗ while they're it is a multi-faceted

2:30:21 ↗ problem

2:30:22 ↗ um we are not the only solution we may

2:30:24 ↗ have a few things on our plate that we

2:30:27 ↗ can do um councilmember hunt

2:30:30 ↗ thank you i will not be supporting the

2:30:32 ↗ motion to postpone and i will be

2:30:35 ↗ supporting should we get to it the

2:30:37 ↗ original ordinance um regarding the

2:30:40 ↗ uh notice for increases i think we have

2:30:44 ↗ the data we need to make this decision

2:30:47 ↗ tonight on this ordinance we know that

2:30:49 ↗ issaquah is not immune to the housing

2:30:51 ↗ affordability issues in our region in

2:30:53 ↗ fact seattle met recently reported on

2:30:56 ↗ august 5th that we have the highest

2:30:58 ↗ median two-bedroom rent on the east side

2:31:00 ↗ and with we had a year-over-year rent

2:31:02 ↗ growth of 17.6 percent that's expected

2:31:05 ↗ to increase that's one of the main

2:31:08 ↗ con contextual pieces in the arch

2:31:10 ↗ recommendation why they're making these

2:31:12 ↗ recommendations in the first place these

2:31:14 ↗ re these increases are here already

2:31:16 ↗ they're going to continue they're going

2:31:18 ↗ to continue whether or not we take

2:31:20 ↗ action on this this evening

2:31:22 ↗ um and this is a a real challenge for

2:31:25 ↗ people it has a real impact on their

2:31:27 ↗ day-to-day

2:31:29 ↗ lives

2:31:30 ↗ as was stated in a letter we received

2:31:32 ↗ from eastside for all tenant protections

2:31:34 ↗ recommended by arch they're insufficient

2:31:36 ↗ to achieve the stability our communities

2:31:38 ↗ need but they will allow some renters to

2:31:41 ↗ adjust to the market and remain in their

2:31:42 ↗ communities and i think that can mean

2:31:44 ↗ the world of difference to folks as far

2:31:46 ↗ as the problem that we're trying to

2:31:48 ↗ solve i believe that it is economic

2:31:51 ↗ displacement meaning that you are priced

2:31:54 ↗ out of your community and one

2:31:57 ↗ one

2:31:58 ↗ extreme end of that displacement can be

2:32:01 ↗ homelessness but there's many other

2:32:03 ↗ outcomes and i don't expect that we

2:32:04 ↗ would actually even be able to track

2:32:06 ↗ that because if you are priced out you

2:32:08 ↗ go try to find somewhere else and you're

2:32:11 ↗ priced out again ultimately that could

2:32:13 ↗ lead to homelessness but the fact is i

2:32:15 ↗ think you know we're trying to soften

2:32:17 ↗ the blow of these rental

2:32:19 ↗ um of this rent uh and to soften the

2:32:22 ↗ blow of economic displacement and for

2:32:23 ↗ some people this could make a difference

2:32:25 ↗ so it doesn't solve the problem i think

2:32:28 ↗ we know that there's a problem at least

2:32:29 ↗ i

2:32:30 ↗ sure feel confident that as far as the

2:32:32 ↗ um

2:32:34 ↗ as far as the issaquah specific approach

2:32:37 ↗ i have a counter to that which is in the

2:32:40 ↗ arch letter it says the executive board

2:32:43 ↗ finds that there is shared interest of

2:32:44 ↗ arch member jurisdictions to advance

2:32:47 ↗ common policies in promoting and

2:32:48 ↗ preserving housing affordability and

2:32:50 ↗ stability including policies

2:32:52 ↗ establishing certain legal protections

2:32:54 ↗ for tenants so i think

2:32:56 ↗ the simplicity there is there's an

2:32:57 ↗ importance in the simplicity and

2:32:59 ↗ targeting and there's also a simplicity

2:33:01 ↗ and a real importance

2:33:04 ↗ in

2:33:04 ↗ being consistent across jurisdictions if

2:33:07 ↗ we have kenmar

2:33:08 ↗ redmond um kirkland

2:33:11 ↗ and you know our adjacent um our

2:33:14 ↗ adjacent community

2:33:15 ↗ unincorporated king county there's

2:33:17 ↗ there's an importance of not doing our

2:33:20 ↗ very own thing and being specific we

2:33:22 ↗ heard that actually from both landlords

2:33:24 ↗ and um

2:33:26 ↗ and it's in the arch letter as well as

2:33:27 ↗ in our staff presentation this evening

2:33:29 ↗ that consistency is really important to

2:33:31 ↗ all members involved so um i i don't

2:33:35 ↗ support postponing i agree with

2:33:37 ↗ councilmember martz i don't see

2:33:39 ↗ um that bellevue is is

2:33:41 ↗ the important um deciding factor here i

2:33:44 ↗ think we've seen neighboring

2:33:45 ↗ jurisdictions take this action and i

2:33:47 ↗ think we specifically have higher rent

2:33:50 ↗ increases than all of the other east

2:33:52 ↗ side cities

2:33:53 ↗ um

2:33:55 ↗ and we should take this action as well

2:33:58 ↗ thanks councilmember dean

2:34:00 ↗ michelle thank you i i want to thank

2:34:03 ↗ councilmember joe and councilman hall

2:34:05 ↗ for their further comments because this

2:34:07 ↗ is a really really complex

2:34:09 ↗ issue and there are so many threads and

2:34:11 ↗ you just almost don't know where to

2:34:13 ↗ reach out and pull a thread so that we

2:34:14 ↗ can solve it and i don't think it's ever

2:34:16 ↗ going to be one thing that will solve it

2:34:19 ↗ this

2:34:20 ↗ this ordinance is

2:34:22 ↗ a very in my opinion a very very modest

2:34:27 ↗ action that will help some people to

2:34:30 ↗ make better arrangements for their lives

2:34:32 ↗ and uh in that case it could be a huge

2:34:35 ↗ impact especially if there are children

2:34:37 ↗ involved

2:34:38 ↗ um and so

2:34:40 ↗ let's just take this very simple action

2:34:43 ↗ and then deal with the complexities that

2:34:45 ↗ are

2:34:46 ↗ all around us and are are are really

2:34:49 ↗ difficult to get our hands around i i

2:34:52 ↗ really appreciate the comments about we

2:34:54 ↗ have state regulations we have county

2:34:56 ↗ regulations we have federal regulations

2:34:58 ↗ that we all have to comply with and that

2:35:00 ↗ we have to think about and our actions

2:35:02 ↗ have to be within those

2:35:04 ↗ parameters and so we could embark on a

2:35:07 ↗ very very long conversation about where

2:35:10 ↗ we're going to go

2:35:11 ↗ but there are people right now who are

2:35:13 ↗ hurting and they need action now and so

2:35:16 ↗ i will not support the postponement

2:35:17 ↗ either i believe that we need to act

2:35:19 ↗ tonight thank you

2:35:21 ↗ council president

2:35:23 ↗ thank you

2:35:24 ↗ one of the reasons i wanted to wait is

2:35:26 ↗ because i've just been spending this

2:35:28 ↗ time listening and

2:35:30 ↗ you all are i love having you as my

2:35:32 ↗ colleagues here because there are so

2:35:34 ↗ many compelling

2:35:35 ↗ arguments i also

2:35:37 ↗ have spent the last

2:35:39 ↗ several weeks listening to

2:35:42 ↗ community members and associations and

2:35:45 ↗ everything

2:35:46 ↗ so i came into tonight undecided and

2:35:50 ↗ thus i listen

2:35:52 ↗ um

2:35:53 ↗ i think

2:35:54 ↗ my reason for potentially wanting to

2:35:58 ↗ wait

2:35:59 ↗ would be in order to consider the other

2:36:02 ↗ two

2:36:03 ↗ items that arch proposed but that isn't

2:36:07 ↗ ultimately what this proposal

2:36:10 ↗ um to postpone was about

2:36:12 ↗ and so for that reason i

2:36:15 ↗ cannot support it i think we are better

2:36:18 ↗ off

2:36:19 ↗ potentially taking action tonight and

2:36:22 ↗ then there is nothing that would stop us

2:36:24 ↗ from having another conversation on some

2:36:27 ↗ of these other items that we've talked

2:36:28 ↗ about including potentially the two

2:36:31 ↗ other proposed items

2:36:33 ↗ from arch

2:36:35 ↗ considering

2:36:37 ↗ the

2:36:38 ↗ other communities have adopted those as

2:36:41 ↗ well and one of my concerns is not

2:36:45 ↗ is trying to stay

2:36:47 ↗ with a regional approach as much as

2:36:49 ↗ possible because homelessness and

2:36:51 ↗ housing prices are not a local issue

2:36:54 ↗ they are a regional state and national

2:36:56 ↗ issue

2:36:57 ↗ so i won't be supporting this delay

2:37:01 ↗ everybody has had a chance to talk to

2:37:03 ↗ the motion and so we can go ahead and

2:37:05 ↗ vote on it if he will still want to keep

2:37:07 ↗ it on the table councilmember show

2:37:10 ↗ get the vote on the record i would like

2:37:12 ↗ to vote on the record thank you thanks

2:37:14 ↗ so it's been moved and seconded to

2:37:16 ↗ postpone

2:37:18 ↗ voting on the ordinance

2:37:20 ↗ until november

2:37:22 ↗ 7th

2:37:23 ↗ um all those in favor please please uh

2:37:25 ↗ please say aye

2:37:27 ↗ aye aye those opposed

2:37:30 ↗ that fails four to two

2:37:32 ↗ um and we've made the main uh

2:37:35 ↗ councilmember mart's made the main

2:37:36 ↗ motion is there any more discussion on

2:37:37 ↗ the main motion councilmember hunt

2:37:40 ↗ thank you i did want to make um i wanted

2:37:45 ↗ to give a heads up that i would like to

2:37:46 ↗ make a motion after this which is is

2:37:49 ↗ somewhat unusual but in this case i

2:37:52 ↗ think that we have new information since

2:37:54 ↗ the services safety and parks committee

2:37:57 ↗ meeting especially regarding um redmonds

2:38:00 ↗ who adopted all three of the arch

2:38:02 ↗ recommendations

2:38:04 ↗ and um i would like our council to

2:38:07 ↗ consider those as well as as well as

2:38:10 ↗ potentially other actions that cities

2:38:12 ↗ take

2:38:13 ↗ in the next couple of months since it

2:38:15 ↗ does seem that there's new information

2:38:17 ↗ just between the time we had that

2:38:18 ↗ services safety and parks meeting and

2:38:21 ↗ today

2:38:22 ↗ as i said earlier i think it's very

2:38:25 ↗ important what our neighboring cities

2:38:26 ↗ are doing i think this is important for

2:38:28 ↗ consistency for

2:38:30 ↗ tenants but also for the landlords and

2:38:33 ↗ um

2:38:34 ↗ and

2:38:36 ↗ to have predictability and that

2:38:38 ↗ consistency across

2:38:39 ↗ across jurisdictions so i would be

2:38:41 ↗ interested in looking at those

2:38:44 ↗ other two arch recommendations for that

2:38:46 ↗ reason after some time had passed and so

2:38:49 ↗ i would like to make that motion after

2:38:51 ↗ we vote on this motion and then the one

2:38:54 ↗ other reason i wanted to speak

2:38:56 ↗ i wanted to do that is because

2:38:58 ↗ to me

2:38:59 ↗ you know i spoke earlier about the

2:39:00 ↗ economic displacement and to me one of

2:39:03 ↗ the other pieces of that is if you

2:39:06 ↗ have a rental increase you make the you

2:39:08 ↗ go through the um exercise of trying to

2:39:10 ↗ figure out if you can council member

2:39:12 ↗ hong can i just check in with the clerk

2:39:13 ↗ um so we're talking about one item

2:39:15 ↗ tonight but you would like to take an

2:39:17 ↗ action afterwards on several other items

2:39:19 ↗ it sounds like you have rationale for

2:39:20 ↗ doing that do you want to save that till

2:39:22 ↗ you do that motion and find out if the

2:39:23 ↗ rest of the council is like in

2:39:26 ↗ agreement with it um i can but it

2:39:29 ↗ relates to this motion so

2:39:31 ↗ it relates to the 120 days it relates to

2:39:34 ↗ 120 days and i will wrap it up so

2:39:37 ↗ 120 days if you make the decision then

2:39:39 ↗ you have to find a new place to um to

2:39:42 ↗ live and so if we're trying to solve the

2:39:44 ↗ problem with economic

2:39:46 ↗ uh displacement it seems to me we should

2:39:48 ↗ also look at the move in these um so

2:39:51 ↗ that concludes my comments thank you

2:39:54 ↗ thanks any other comments uh

2:39:56 ↗ councilmember joe is that up

2:39:58 ↗ it is up

2:40:01 ↗ thank you

2:40:02 ↗ okay so uh

2:40:04 ↗ with respect to the uh motion on the

2:40:06 ↗ table then

2:40:08 ↗ um

2:40:08 ↗ i'm concerned that we are

2:40:11 ↗ uh in essence

2:40:13 ↗ increasing

2:40:14 ↗ uh the cost to have to provide rental

2:40:17 ↗ units to our community

2:40:20 ↗ from my point of view

2:40:22 ↗ as as i said here

2:40:24 ↗ we have

2:40:25 ↗ two main kind of challenges right now

2:40:27 ↗ with the the housing environment we

2:40:29 ↗ would like to increase the supply of

2:40:31 ↗ housing

2:40:32 ↗ and we'd like to keep prices reasonable

2:40:34 ↗ as as i'm hearing the discussion tonight

2:40:36 ↗ and by increasing the supply of housing

2:40:38 ↗ we want a wide range of housing types so

2:40:40 ↗ that means

2:40:41 ↗ apartments single-family homes condos

2:40:44 ↗ triplexes duplexes etc

2:40:47 ↗ if we tax apartments more in other words

2:40:51 ↗ by making it more expensive

2:40:52 ↗ to provide that housing as our landlords

2:40:55 ↗ have to have the uncertainty of

2:40:58 ↗ trying to look out 120 days and deciding

2:41:01 ↗ whether to go 2.9 so they don't have to

2:41:03 ↗ abide by the law

2:41:05 ↗ or go four or six percent just to cover

2:41:08 ↗ potential problems

2:41:10 ↗ that puts more uncertainty into their

2:41:12 ↗ business

2:41:14 ↗ model and thereby increase the cost of

2:41:16 ↗ housing overall

2:41:18 ↗ as i think of the

2:41:20 ↗ situation

2:41:21 ↗ and so we might end up

2:41:24 ↗ getting um

2:41:26 ↗ reducing the supply of apartments

2:41:29 ↗ in our city

2:41:31 ↗ because we're taxing apartments more

2:41:34 ↗ than we're taxing condos or other house

2:41:37 ↗ types and so what can happen is under

2:41:41 ↗ 59 18.2

2:41:45 ↗ to be

2:41:48 ↗ landlords have the option

2:41:49 ↗ of giving 120 days notice and changing

2:41:52 ↗ from apartments to condos

2:41:54 ↗ and so at that point the

2:41:57 ↗ people that are occupying those units

2:41:59 ↗ can either move out or buy the condo

2:42:02 ↗ thereby we've lost apartments

2:42:05 ↗ potentially and we've also lost the

2:42:07 ↗ ability for people to stay in those

2:42:10 ↗ units because they're no longer

2:42:11 ↗ month-to-month apartments or apartments

2:42:13 ↗ under a lease

2:42:14 ↗ but they're now a condo that sells for

2:42:16 ↗ 600 or 800 000

2:42:19 ↗ and so there again we've

2:42:21 ↗ reduced the supply of apartments

2:42:23 ↗ and potentially increase the supply of

2:42:25 ↗ housing or

2:42:27 ↗ ask if they're

2:42:29 ↗ a

2:42:30 ↗ business person that just has

2:42:32 ↗ one house that they're renting um you

2:42:35 ↗ know they may take that off the rental

2:42:36 ↗ market because it's just too onerous to

2:42:39 ↗ have that unit and go ahead and sell it

2:42:42 ↗ off as a single family unit or

2:42:44 ↗ you know convert it over to some other

2:42:46 ↗ use

2:42:46 ↗ and so i'm concerned that by taxing

2:42:50 ↗ apartments in this way we're going to be

2:42:52 ↗ reducing the supply and potentially

2:42:55 ↗ having price increases that will be over

2:42:57 ↗ 33 percent just because

2:43:00 ↗ um

2:43:02 ↗ the landlord doesn't know what the

2:43:03 ↗ future is going to hold and if they you

2:43:05 ↗ know

2:43:06 ↗ don't think that it's going to be 2.9

2:43:09 ↗ which you know current inflation doesn't

2:43:11 ↗ necessarily bear that out they're gonna

2:43:13 ↗ go to four or six which could be

2:43:15 ↗ higher than

2:43:17 ↗ the actual rate that they would set it

2:43:18 ↗ thereby increasing the cost of housing

2:43:20 ↗ to the renter as well then of course the

2:43:23 ↗ last point is um

2:43:25 ↗ as we make the change

2:43:27 ↗ it's difficult to

2:43:29 ↗ ask the landlord

2:43:32 ↗ to

2:43:34 ↗ have that provision in there and we're

2:43:36 ↗ putting the onus on the renter to

2:43:39 ↗ enforce that if there's a private action

2:43:42 ↗ so as a result i'll be voting against

2:43:44 ↗ this agenda bill this evening thank you

2:43:46 ↗ thank you councilmember martz

2:43:49 ↗ uh i would just like to remind everyone

2:43:51 ↗ that we actually have a policy to

2:43:54 ↗ mitigate offset the deterrence to

2:43:55 ↗ condominium construction and so if in

2:43:58 ↗ fact that this wouldn't if if uh this

2:44:02 ↗ resulted in some uh apartments being

2:44:04 ↗ converted to condominiums that's not an

2:44:06 ↗ obvious negative um insofar as uh we

2:44:09 ↗ have long recognized

2:44:11 ↗ uh in our policy that there's an

2:44:12 ↗ insufficient number of condominiums in

2:44:14 ↗ the city of israel thank you

2:44:20 ↗ deputy council president before i go

2:44:21 ↗ back to council member joe

2:44:25 ↗ uh thanks

2:44:27 ↗ hmm

2:44:28 ↗ i really really want to get to yes but i

2:44:30 ↗ just i just feel like the threshold the

2:44:32 ↗ strength data threshold and

2:44:34 ↗ understanding what the actual problem

2:44:36 ↗ here in issaquah just hasn't been met

2:44:38 ↗ for me i feel really bad

2:44:40 ↗ that i haven't been able to get there

2:44:42 ↗ and some of you have i'm a little

2:44:43 ↗ jealous but um i i i guess a couple

2:44:46 ↗ things come to mind

2:44:51 ↗ you know

2:44:52 ↗ it's been described that we have the

2:44:53 ↗ highest overall rent on the east side

2:44:55 ↗ here in eusqua which was a shocking

2:44:57 ↗ article and

2:44:59 ↗ crazy um 17.6 is that is that what it

2:45:01 ↗ was

2:45:02 ↗ definitely telling that there is a need

2:45:05 ↗ um for a market intervention but

2:45:08 ↗ i'm not necessarily sure that that alone

2:45:11 ↗ is justification for public policy

2:45:14 ↗ what as public policy makers i feel like

2:45:16 ↗ it's important for them us to ask okay

2:45:18 ↗ what's the outcome of that what's

2:45:19 ↗ happening

2:45:20 ↗ now that

2:45:22 ↗ rent is going up by 17.6 percent

2:45:25 ↗ are

2:45:25 ↗ people

2:45:27 ↗ exiting in droves is is creating a

2:45:30 ↗ problem that can be documented that we

2:45:33 ↗ need as public policymakers need to

2:45:34 ↗ address so i guess i'm having i'm having

2:45:37 ↗ some trouble with that

2:45:38 ↗ um i think the but at on the same time

2:45:41 ↗ the economic deplacement argument was a

2:45:42 ↗ good one displacement argument was a

2:45:44 ↗ really good one same with valuing

2:45:46 ↗ consistency that's also a good one um

2:45:48 ↗ across the region when it comes to

2:45:50 ↗ what this

2:45:52 ↗ proposal is for which is for when you

2:45:54 ↗ move out and want to go somewhere else

2:45:55 ↗ so they you know you know you have the

2:45:57 ↗ time to be able to look for that and if

2:45:59 ↗ other jurisdictions have the similar

2:46:01 ↗ policy then you're always safe when

2:46:02 ↗ you're in a particular region that's

2:46:04 ↗ compelling to me too but i just

2:46:06 ↗ personally feel like

2:46:08 ↗ i would have liked us to do a little bit

2:46:10 ↗ more in terms of data gathering on what

2:46:12 ↗ the problem is so we could show our

2:46:14 ↗ homework a little bit i don't think it's

2:46:15 ↗ a bad policy i think it's fine um and it

2:46:18 ↗ sounds like it's probably going to pass

2:46:20 ↗ tonight i'll just be voting no simply

2:46:21 ↗ because

2:46:22 ↗ i think we could have done a little bit

2:46:24 ↗ more

2:46:25 ↗ to show our work on this particular one

2:46:26 ↗ but again thank you very much to

2:46:27 ↗ everyone who's put their thought effort

2:46:29 ↗ and time into this policy

2:46:33 ↗ anyone else before i go back to

2:46:34 ↗ councilmember joe

2:46:36 ↗ oh councilman joe you're done okay

2:46:38 ↗ any other final comments before we go to

2:46:40 ↗ the vote

2:46:43 ↗ okay

2:46:44 ↗ if there's no further discussion the

2:46:45 ↗ motion before council is to adopt

2:46:47 ↗ ordinance number 2986 tenant protections

2:46:50 ↗ increasing notice for residential rent

2:46:52 ↗ increases greater than three percent

2:46:53 ↗ providing for severability and

2:46:55 ↗ establishing an effective date all those

2:46:57 ↗ in favor signify by saying aye

2:46:59 ↗ aye

2:47:00 ↗ those opposed

2:47:03 ↗ that passes four to two and the next

2:47:06 ↗ item of business this evening is

2:47:08 ↗ oh sorry oh that's right uh

2:47:09 ↗ councilmember hunt

2:47:12 ↗ thank you um i i would like to move to

2:47:16 ↗ direct the services safety and parks

2:47:18 ↗ committee to make recommendations to the

2:47:19 ↗ full council regarding arch

2:47:21 ↗ recommendations regarding late fees and

2:47:23 ↗ move-in fees on or before november 15th

2:47:26 ↗ of 2022.

2:47:28 ↗ see your second

2:47:30 ↗ i'll second tab

2:47:32 ↗ it's been moved and seconded uh

2:47:34 ↗ councilmember hunt

2:47:35 ↗ yes thank you um i

2:47:38 ↗ i spoke just started speaking a little

2:47:40 ↗ bit because i feel that this is

2:47:42 ↗ connected to the last

2:47:44 ↗ ordinance um on my

2:47:46 ↗ my rationale for this but

2:47:48 ↗ really the main

2:47:50 ↗ factor is that we've seen other cities

2:47:53 ↗ in arch adopt these recommendations

2:47:56 ↗ recently um i think we potentially will

2:47:58 ↗ also know what bellevue does maybe um

2:48:02 ↗ but we we will at least have a chance to

2:48:04 ↗ look at what redmond did for example i

2:48:07 ↗ actually watched their meeting and they

2:48:09 ↗ um went into a lot of detail about the

2:48:11 ↗ rationale for the move-in fees and the

2:48:13 ↗ late the late um fee caps and so i think

2:48:16 ↗ if we look closely at what other cities

2:48:19 ↗ do that will

2:48:21 ↗ help us consider if we want to align

2:48:23 ↗ with our neighboring jurisdictions which

2:48:24 ↗ again we we heard

2:48:27 ↗ from our issaquah survey of landlords

2:48:29 ↗ that that consistency with neighboring

2:48:31 ↗ jurisdictions was important

2:48:33 ↗ um

2:48:34 ↗ so i i want us to consider what our

2:48:37 ↗ neighboring cities are doing um and i

2:48:39 ↗ also think that we we should consider

2:48:41 ↗ these because we're

2:48:43 ↗ one of the cities within arch and arch

2:48:45 ↗ recommended

2:48:46 ↗ all three of these and i

2:48:49 ↗ absolutely was supportive of the

2:48:51 ↗ specific one that services safety and

2:48:53 ↗ parks put forward at the time in that

2:48:56 ↗ meeting we um it was referenced that we

2:48:59 ↗ would be leading but now we have seen

2:49:01 ↗ what some other cities have done and so

2:49:02 ↗ now it's sort of should we align and so

2:49:04 ↗ i think that dynamic has changed

2:49:06 ↗ um

2:49:07 ↗ [Music]

2:49:08 ↗ and and and lastly i i do believe there

2:49:11 ↗ are rationales for those other two that

2:49:14 ↗ are those other two arch recommendations

2:49:16 ↗ that are very similar to the rationale

2:49:17 ↗ at least in my mind for

2:49:19 ↗ the notice

2:49:21 ↗ notice of rent increase specifically if

2:49:24 ↗ you

2:49:25 ↗ are

2:49:26 ↗ not able to pay the rent increase you

2:49:28 ↗ come to that conclusion you have more

2:49:30 ↗ time to come to that conclusion with the

2:49:32 ↗ ordinance we just adopted

2:49:34 ↗ then if you were able to find a place

2:49:37 ↗ within issaquah that you could stay

2:49:39 ↗ within your community then you avoid all

2:49:41 ↗ of those

2:49:42 ↗ um really

2:49:44 ↗ negative impacts

2:49:46 ↗ of of economic displacement which again

2:49:48 ↗ includes having to pull your children

2:49:50 ↗ out of school putting them in a new

2:49:51 ↗ school

2:49:52 ↗ having to find a new job potentially and

2:49:54 ↗ and being disconnected from the

2:49:56 ↗ community which has all kinds of ripple

2:49:58 ↗ effects and i think ultimately affects

2:50:00 ↗ us all so that's the problem that i

2:50:02 ↗ think we're we're all trying to solve

2:50:04 ↗ and i would like us to look again in a

2:50:06 ↗ couple months at what our neighboring

2:50:07 ↗ communities are doing to address this

2:50:10 ↗ and

2:50:11 ↗ sending it to services and safety

2:50:13 ↗ and parks because that is our our

2:50:16 ↗ current process for doing this and i um

2:50:19 ↗ was remiss to not say or

2:50:22 ↗ um to not say earlier that i thought

2:50:24 ↗ services safety in parks did a really

2:50:26 ↗ excellent job parsing what cities were

2:50:28 ↗ doing at the time

2:50:30 ↗ but now we have new information so i i

2:50:31 ↗ would like the benefit of that

2:50:33 ↗ conversation again

2:50:35 ↗ councilmember martz

2:50:38 ↗ i i think maybe councilman michelle had

2:50:40 ↗ her oh my god somebody michelle

2:50:43 ↗ uh thank you um

2:50:47 ↗ i was one of the

2:50:48 ↗ council members on the safety services

2:50:51 ↗ and parks committee that was not in

2:50:53 ↗ favor of moving those two forward

2:50:56 ↗ listening tonight i

2:50:58 ↗ have come to the conclusion that i would

2:51:00 ↗ like to reconsider

2:51:02 ↗ however i still have issues with those

2:51:05 ↗ two proposals in that

2:51:07 ↗ i did not think that they actually

2:51:08 ↗ solved to councilmember hall's point

2:51:11 ↗ that they actually solved the problem

2:51:14 ↗ um and so i'm hoping that if we if sip

2:51:18 ↗ does do a review that we could consider

2:51:22 ↗ other wording or other

2:51:26 ↗ solutions

2:51:27 ↗ um i'm looking at the chair of the group

2:51:31 ↗ so

2:51:32 ↗ uh i i would hope that we wouldn't be

2:51:34 ↗ bounded by just the arch proposals

2:51:36 ↗ because

2:51:38 ↗ the proposals as presented in my opinion

2:51:41 ↗ were vague and

2:51:44 ↗ possible uh triggers for backlash

2:51:47 ↗ and

2:51:48 ↗ might in fact increase the problem

2:51:51 ↗ rather than decrease the problem so i

2:51:53 ↗ would hope that we get out of the box of

2:51:56 ↗ those arch

2:51:57 ↗ proposals and look at possible other

2:52:00 ↗ wording art decisions that we could make

2:52:02 ↗ related to moving costs which

2:52:05 ↗ tonight the 7 500 who has 7 500 well

2:52:09 ↗ some people do

2:52:10 ↗ but

2:52:11 ↗ who

2:52:12 ↗ what ordinary citizen has 7 500 to move

2:52:15 ↗ in

2:52:16 ↗ um that's just seems like an impossible

2:52:19 ↗ barrier for so many people to overcome

2:52:21 ↗ um and i think it is something that we

2:52:23 ↗ need to reconsider so thank you

2:52:26 ↗ customer mertz

2:52:28 ↗ thank you madam mayor i'm tempted to

2:52:30 ↗ just say mega dittos but uh because i'm

2:52:33 ↗ because i'm uh the chair of the

2:52:35 ↗ committee i'll talk a little more um i

2:52:38 ↗ am certainly not opposed to a

2:52:39 ↗ conversation we clearly heard tonight

2:52:42 ↗ there's a lot of people in the community

2:52:44 ↗ for whom this is a really big issue

2:52:46 ↗ there's also a lot of concern

2:52:49 ↗ among uh rental uh property owners which

2:52:52 ↗ is one of the reasons why we parsed the

2:52:53 ↗ original bill the way we did i will need

2:52:56 ↗ help from the administration on this one

2:52:59 ↗ um you know

2:53:00 ↗ in terms of understanding

2:53:04 ↗ a recommendation for the administration

2:53:06 ↗ on the relationship between

2:53:08 ↗ affordability and some of these

2:53:10 ↗ uh

2:53:11 ↗ regulatory issues um you know

2:53:15 ↗ i

2:53:16 ↗ i ran for council in 2009 on workforce

2:53:19 ↗ housing and living wage jobs and every

2:53:20 ↗ four years i say workforce housing and

2:53:23 ↗ living wage jobs and i get re-elected

2:53:26 ↗ so i continue to believe that's my core

2:53:29 ↗ issue affordability affects everybody

2:53:32 ↗ evictions financial assistance

2:53:34 ↗ homelessness affects some and this is

2:53:36 ↗ one of those classic cases of

2:53:39 ↗ every political issue comes down to um

2:53:42 ↗ the will of the majority versus the

2:53:44 ↗ rights of of a minority and where how do

2:53:46 ↗ you parse um the line between those two

2:53:49 ↗ things every political issue comes down

2:53:50 ↗ to that and so that's what we're looking

2:53:53 ↗ at here and so to look at this in

2:53:54 ↗ committee what i'm hearing is to look at

2:53:57 ↗ additional measures

2:53:59 ↗ around

2:54:01 ↗ not just the two items that are in the

2:54:05 ↗ arch but whether the administration can

2:54:07 ↗ come up with a package of additional

2:54:09 ↗ things that address some of these

2:54:12 ↗ i'm just going to call it evictions

2:54:13 ↗ financial assistance and homelessness

2:54:15 ↗ and call it a a bundle and i think we

2:54:17 ↗ know

2:54:18 ↗ what we're what we're talking about

2:54:19 ↗ there um so i'm going to need assistance

2:54:21 ↗ on that as a community because otherwise

2:54:23 ↗ all it'll be is folks in the community

2:54:25 ↗ that things think it's a great idea

2:54:27 ↗ telling us it's a great idea and um

2:54:30 ↗ rental owners telling us that it will

2:54:31 ↗ make housing too expensive and i won't

2:54:33 ↗ know how to parse that so i'm just

2:54:35 ↗ telling you right now it's going to be a

2:54:37 ↗ challenging issue but i i hear it's a

2:54:39 ↗ big enough issue from what we heard

2:54:40 ↗ tonight in the community that i'm

2:54:42 ↗ supportive of having this further

2:54:43 ↗ conversation even while as my fellow

2:54:45 ↗ council member having a lot of concerns

2:54:47 ↗ about how it would play out thank you

2:54:50 ↗ now i'll just add in council member mart

2:54:51 ↗ said i have huge concerns about moving

2:54:54 ↗ forward without significant additional

2:54:56 ↗ scoping i think what council member hall

2:54:58 ↗ said about not just what problem we're

2:55:00 ↗ trying to solve but what are our numbers

2:55:02 ↗ what is our need we have no data

2:55:05 ↗ what impact will you have how will we

2:55:07 ↗ track the impact we have no data we

2:55:09 ↗ don't even have a way of actually

2:55:10 ↗ measuring it so

2:55:12 ↗ my suggested action would not be to send

2:55:14 ↗ it back to committee but to have the

2:55:16 ↗ committee of the whole

2:55:18 ↗ scope this out better for us so the

2:55:19 ↗ administration can present you something

2:55:22 ↗ that can be measured otherwise this is

2:55:24 ↗ just stories this is people telling

2:55:27 ↗ stories

2:55:28 ↗ fearful stories good stories bad stories

2:55:30 ↗ but they're all just stories there's no

2:55:32 ↗ data here that gives you any measurable

2:55:33 ↗ impact and i i fear making policy

2:55:36 ↗ without being able to tell if it's

2:55:37 ↗ successful is is maybe not the best

2:55:40 ↗ course for us so i would prefer it would

2:55:41 ↗ go to the cow and have a significant

2:55:45 ↗ amount of more vetting this would be a

2:55:47 ↗ new area for issaquah this is one that

2:55:50 ↗ we have heard from organizations but not

2:55:52 ↗ from residents overall

2:55:54 ↗ and it's going to take up a lot of your

2:55:56 ↗ bandwidth and your time and so i

2:55:59 ↗ i think it needs a significant bigger

2:56:01 ↗ conversation but the vote on the table

2:56:03 ↗ is to send it back to committee so is

2:56:05 ↗ there anyone else who wants to comment

2:56:06 ↗ on that

2:56:07 ↗ council president

2:56:09 ↗ thank you

2:56:10 ↗ um i think this falls squarely within

2:56:13 ↗ the committee structure which we as a

2:56:15 ↗ council adopted

2:56:17 ↗ and really need to

2:56:20 ↗ live with um as a concept

2:56:23 ↗ the

2:56:24 ↗ reason for having a committee

2:56:27 ↗ take this on is to have

2:56:29 ↗ three people who can do deep work while

2:56:32 ↗ maintaining the committee of the whole

2:56:35 ↗ as something that

2:56:38 ↗ we can do work that is overarching

2:56:40 ↗ across several different areas

2:56:43 ↗ um

2:56:44 ↗ so i think i would be in favor of this

2:56:46 ↗ going back to committee i think

2:56:49 ↗ we can look to some of the research that

2:56:52 ↗ some of the other larger cities have

2:56:55 ↗ presented as a starting point i think we

2:56:58 ↗ do have

2:56:59 ↗ some data on what the

2:57:03 ↗ rental

2:57:04 ↗ number of overdue units and the amount

2:57:06 ↗ due some of those that shows the

2:57:11 ↗ scope of

2:57:13 ↗ the problem

2:57:14 ↗ what we will have to figure out is how

2:57:17 ↗ we can

2:57:19 ↗ determine the

2:57:22 ↗ you know what the potential range of

2:57:24 ↗ impacts are from um some kind of a

2:57:26 ↗ proposal so i think i'm in favor of it

2:57:30 ↗ going to committee at this time

2:57:32 ↗ any other comments before we move to the

2:57:34 ↗ vote uh deputy council president and

2:57:36 ↗ just be clear it going to committee is

2:57:39 ↗ the other two arch recommendations is

2:57:42 ↗ that right so that doesn't necessarily

2:57:44 ↗ capture

2:57:46 ↗ other potential

2:57:48 ↗ um solutions that councilmember martz

2:57:52 ↗ mentioned or this broader discussion on

2:57:55 ↗ defining the scope and scale of housing

2:57:58 ↗ and security in general in issaquah

2:58:00 ↗ right it's just the two

2:58:02 ↗ other arts recommendations or would it

2:58:04 ↗ be within the purview of the committee

2:58:05 ↗ to say we'll consider these but we also

2:58:08 ↗ want to have this

2:58:09 ↗ broader conversation uh i'll i'll reread

2:58:12 ↗ the motion so the motion is that i move

2:58:14 ↗ to direct the services safety and parks

2:58:16 ↗ committee to make recommendations to the

2:58:17 ↗ full council regarding the arch

2:58:19 ↗ recommendations regarding late fees and

2:58:21 ↗ move-in fees on or before november 15

2:58:24 ↗ 2022

2:58:26 ↗ so

2:58:27 ↗ of course

2:58:28 ↗ i will i will just add of course that

2:58:30 ↗ recommendation could be

2:58:32 ↗ to do something different but that is

2:58:36 ↗ the motion on the table and again i i

2:58:39 ↗ think we my my main reason for

2:58:43 ↗ doing this is because we've seen other

2:58:45 ↗ cities take action within the last

2:58:46 ↗ couple of months there may be other

2:58:47 ↗ cities and i think we should we should

2:58:49 ↗ consider this in committee what our

2:58:51 ↗ neighboring arch cities are doing arch

2:58:55 ↗ and our participation in arch is based

2:58:57 ↗ on a regional approach to affordable

2:58:58 ↗ housing

2:59:00 ↗ thank you

2:59:01 ↗ any other comments before we go to the

2:59:03 ↗ vote

2:59:05 ↗ seeing none i'll all those in favor say

2:59:08 ↗ aye

2:59:08 ↗ aye aye

2:59:09 ↗ aye

2:59:12 ↗ opposed

2:59:13 ↗ that passes 6-0

2:59:15 ↗ so we're moving to uh good of the order

2:59:18 ↗ upcoming council meeting september 19th

2:59:20 ↗ the regular council meeting and the

2:59:21 ↗ anticipated agenda items include the

2:59:23 ↗ 2023-24 budget

2:59:26 ↗ this will be the transmittal and the

2:59:27 ↗ mayor's presentation amendments to title

2:59:29 ↗ 13 and 16 uh with respect to the storm

2:59:32 ↗ water manual and flood pain code and the

2:59:35 ↗ newport way maple to sunset improvements

2:59:37 ↗ quarter concept the next uh any other

2:59:40 ↗ items for uh go to the order council

2:59:42 ↗ president

2:59:44 ↗ thank you um i have expressed an

2:59:46 ↗ interest to attend the american planning

2:59:49 ↗ association conference in vancouver

2:59:51 ↗ washington in october with a really

2:59:54 ↗ great set of um items and i would love

2:59:57 ↗ for anybody else to be interested in

2:59:59 ↗ coming down with me

3:00:01 ↗ but at this point i am just asking if

3:00:03 ↗ there is any objection to the city

3:00:05 ↗ covering the approximately 1200 in

3:00:08 ↗ travel costs for me to attend

3:00:12 ↗ and seeing none i will talk to tina

3:00:14 ↗ about that thank you any other item any

3:00:17 ↗ other items for good of the order

3:00:20 ↗ see

3:00:21 ↗ seeing none

3:00:23 ↗ we'll be moving into executive session

3:00:31 ↗ as earlier announced there will be an

3:00:33 ↗ executive session held this evening to

3:00:34 ↗ discuss sale or lease of

3:00:36 ↗ property per

3:00:38 ↗ oh

3:00:39 ↗ yep

3:00:41 ↗ uh before we move into well can we take

3:00:43 ↗ the break after we move into executive

3:00:44 ↗ session

3:00:47 ↗ okay

3:00:48 ↗ so as earlier announced there will be an

3:00:50 ↗ executive session held this evening to

3:00:51 ↗ discuss sale or lease of property for

3:00:53 ↗ rcw 42.30 0.110 per n1 parent c and

3:00:58 ↗ pending potential litigation per rcw

3:01:01 ↗ 42.30.110 paren one parent i these items

3:01:04 ↗ are expected to take a total of one hour

3:01:06 ↗ and 15 minutes and no action is

3:01:08 ↗ anticipated to follow an open session

3:01:10 ↗ as a reminder executive sessions are

3:01:12 ↗ closed to the public oh i'm changing

3:01:15 ↗ that to 45 minutes due to the lateness

3:01:17 ↗ of the hour so it is expected to take a

3:01:19 ↗ total of 45 minutes

3:01:21 ↗ no action is anticipated to follow an

3:01:23 ↗ open session and as a reminder executive

3:01:25 ↗ sessions are closed to the public we

3:01:27 ↗ will now resist recess into executive

3:01:30 ↗ session at 10 03 pm and for those

3:01:32 ↗ participating virtually anyone who's not

3:01:34 ↗ part of the closed session will remain

3:01:36 ↗ in the meeting you're welcome to stay in

3:01:38 ↗ the meeting

3:01:39 ↗ until it's reconvened

3:01:41 ↗ and city clerk can you move us in and

3:01:43 ↗ we'll take a five minute break and back

3:01:45 ↗ around 10 08 10 10.

3:01:47 ↗ i think everybody needs

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Council / Members (6)

Barbara de Michele

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Russell Joe

Tola Marts

Lindsey Walsh

Excused

Chris Reh

Motions and votes (4)

Adopt Ordinance No. 2986, tenant protections increasing notice for residential rent increases greater than three percent, providing for severability, and establishing an effective date.

Moved by MARTS · seconded by DE MICHELE

Carried 4-2

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Lindsey Walsh

Opposed: Joe, Hall

Postpone voting on the ordinance until Nov. 7

Moved by JOE · seconded by HALL

Failed 2-4

In favor: Joe, Hall

Direct the Services Safety and Parks Committee to make recommendations to the full council regarding the ARCH recommendations regarding late fees and move-in fees, on or before November 15, 2022. .

Moved by HUNT · seconded by DE MICHELE

Carried 6-0

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

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. a) ID 1201 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Sept. 6, 2022, $11,504,763.08; Approved. b) Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, July 5, 2022; Approved. c) Minutes: City Council Committee of the Whole, July 16, 2022; Approved. d) ID 1079 - Informational Upda…

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

Carried 6-0

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