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Monday, September 19, 2022

7:00 PM · Council Chambers, 135 E. Sunset Way, Issaquah WA
Topics tracked across meetings:
Teamsters 117, Police Commanders Collective Bargaining Agreement AB 8666 1/3
Teamsters 763 (Public Works Maintenance) Collective Bargaining Agreement AB 8525 1/2
AFSCME (General Employee Group) Collective Bargaining Agreement AB 8526 1/2
Teamsters 117 Police Sergeants Collective Bargaining Agreement AB 8444 1/2
2023 Municipal Art Program - Mayor's Proposed Budget (I) AB 8463 2/3
City Council Regular Meeting · Apr 12, 2022 City Council Regular Meeting · Sep 19, 2022 Arts Commission · Oct 10, 2022
Recovery Month Proclamation ID 1262 2/2
Section
Topic
3. SPECIAL BUSINESS
3a
IT Professionals Day Proclamation ID 1151
5 min · packet pp.5
Staff report:
CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office
3b
Fishaquah Proclamation ID 1261
5 min · packet pp.7
Topics: Tourism
Staff report:
CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office
3c
Recovery Month Proclamation ID 1262
5 min · packet pp.9
Staff report:
CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office
7. CONSENT CALENDAR
7a
Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Sept. 19, 2022, $ 4,407,147.40 ID 1202
Carried 6-0
Approve · packet pp.11–39
Topics: Budget
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
7b
Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, July 18, 2022
Carried 6-0
Approve · packet pp.41
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR b) 07-18-22 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Special Meeting – Hall of Fame Reception 5:00 PM 55 Sunset Coffee & Spirits July 18, 2022 MINUTES 55 W. Sunset Way
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Lindsey Walsh
7c
Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, July 18, 2022
Carried 6-0
Receive Report · packet pp.43–47
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR c) 07-18-22 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers July 18, 2022 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Lindsey Walsh
7e
2023 School Impact Fee Update AB 8386
Carried 6-0
Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.57–83
Topics: Land UseBudgetSchools
Staff report:
The Issaquah City Council adopted a School
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Lindsey Walsh
7f
Department of Commerce Climate Planning Grant AB 8405
Carried 6-0
Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.85–99
Topics: Climate
Staff report:
The City of Issaquah approved its first Climate Action Plan in December 2021. The Climate Action Plan (ICAP) engaged the community in a number of events in the summer of 2021, including workshops, focus groups, and a community-wide survey. The ICAP included a high-level assessment of anticipated climate impacts to the community based on regional information, but lacked detailed information on locations or populations most at risk for climate impacts. The City initiated a climate vulnerability assessment in early summer 2022. The climate vulnerability assessment is identified as an “early action” within the ICAP and will further evaluate risk,
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Lindsey Walsh
7g
2023 ARCH Budget and Work Program AB 8426
Carried 6-0
Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.101–119
Topics: HousingBudget
Staff report:
ARCH is a partnership of King County and east King County Cities who joined together to assist with preserving and increasing the supply of housing for low– and moderate-income households in the region. There are 14 other member cities (mostly concentrated in east King County) and representation from King County. The City Councils of member jurisdictions in A Regional Coalition for Housing (ARCH) have authority for review and approval of annual ARCH work programs, budgets, interlocal agreements, and Housing Trust Fund recommendations. Accordingly, review and action on the proposed ARCH 2023 Administrative Budget and Work Program is now requested.
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Lindsey Walsh
7i
Memorandums of Understanding insured Medical Benefits with AWC Ratify AB 8443
Carried 6-0
packet pp.127–145
Staff report:
Since 2012, the City has engaged in a hybrid approach to employee benefits. The City is self-insured for medical, vision, life, and long-term disability insurance but purchases fully insured dental insurance and Employee Assistance Program benefits from AWC. While the City has had some success with this approach, there have also been significant administrative costs associated with administering a self-insured medical plan in particular. Additionally, in Q1 of 2022, the City sought employee feedback on the existing benefits package through the employee survey. Many employees expressed a desire for a more generous and more streamlined approach to benefits.
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Lindsey Walsh
7j
Donation Acceptance: Renton School District Swim Scoreboard AB 8455
Carried 6-0
Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.147–150
Topics: Land UseSchools
Staff report:
In 2019, the Renton School District passed a bond to modernize Hazen High School's Pool. The pool is currently being upgraded and will be closed through December of 2023. A part of this renovation the Renton School District will be purchasing brand new equipment for the facility, including a new scoreboard to replace the existing one that is 4-5 years old.
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Lindsey Walsh
7k
Issaquah Police Officers' Association Collective Bargaining Agreement Ratify AB 8456
Carried 6-0
packet pp.151–192
Topics: Public Safety
Staff report:
The City and the IPOA began negotiations for a successor agreement in July of 2022 and were able to quickly come to agreement in order to implement changes to the medical plans for 2023. The parties reached a tentative agreement on a successor bargaining agreement at the end of August, and the IPOA members voted to approve the Agreement, attached as an exhibit to this agenda bill, and presented in brief below.
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Lindsey Walsh
7l
Mid-Term Board & Commission Appointments AB 8459
Carried 6-0
Confirm · packet pp.193–194
Topics: Boards & Commissions
Staff report:
The City conducted the annual board and commission recruitment process earlier this year, and determined additional recruitment was needed for several vacancies on the Planning Policy Commission.
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Lindsey Walsh
7m
Interlocal Purchasing Agreement with The State of Arizona Department of Administration, Procurement Office AB 8460
Carried 6-0
Authorize · packet pp.195–201
Staff report:
The City currently has an interlocal agreement with the Washington State, Department of Enterprise Services for the purchase of supplies, materials, and equipment. While this relationship has served the City for many years, recent orders the City has submitted have been denied or postponed due to lack of supply and issues with the supply chain. Upon further research, the Administration has identified better potential for availability of desired equipment via the Arizona State Department of Administration's Procurement Office.
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Lindsey Walsh
7n
Amendment to Personnel Policies AB 8461
Carried 6-0
Approve Resolution · packet pp.203–293
Staff report:
The City approved Resolution No. 2001-01 on Jan. 16, 2001 establishing Personnel Policies to provide for the legal and efficient administration of the personnel affairs of the City. The Mayor as the Chief Administrative Officer of the Personnel Code has the authority to prepare and submit to the City Council any proposed amendments to the Personnel Policies that are deemed necessary or desirable.
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Lindsey Walsh
8. REGULAR BUSINESS
8a
2023-24 Budget: Mayor's Presentation Hear Presentation b) re: Stormwater Manual & Floodplain Code AB 8463
Carried 6-0
Approve · 15 min · packet pp.295
Topics: WaterBudget
Staff report:
September 19, City Council Regular Meeting Budget Transmittal and Mayor's Presentation 2022 September 28, City Council Committee of the Budget Overview 2022 Whole Levy and Revenue Sources Public Hearing and 1st Budget October 3, 2022 City Council Regular Meeting Public Hearing City Council Committee of the October 10, 2022 City Council Deliberations Whole October 17, 2022 City Council Regular Meeting Continued Deliberations (if needed) City Council Committee of the October 25, 2022 Final Deliberations (if needed) Whole 2nd Budget Public Hearing and Anticipated Budget and November 7, 2022 City Council Regular Meeting Levy & Revenue Sources Adoption
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Lindsey Walsh
9. GOOD OF THE ORDER
9a
Upcoming Council Meetings
0:09 welcome everyone i call the september
0:11 19th city council meeting to order and
0:14 as a reminder we continue to have a
0:15 remote aspect to our meetings both staff
0:18 and members of the public may be
0:19 participating in tonight's meeting
0:21 remotely via webex
0:23 council member ray has an excused
0:25 absence this evening and the first item
0:27 on our agenda this evening is the pledge
0:28 of allegiance and if you'd like to
0:30 stand and join
0:32 i pledge allegiance to the flag of the
0:35 united states of america
0:37 and to the republic for which it stands
0:40 one nation under god indivisible with
0:44 liberty and justice for all
0:49 thank you the next items on our agenda
0:52 this evening are some special business
0:54 items i'll be doing three proclamations
0:57 and i will move over
1:00 to the speaker's podium to do those and
1:02 i will be inviting people up from the
1:04 audience here tonight to join me
1:07 so first special business is id 1151
1:11 i.t professionals day proclamation and
1:14 i'd like to invite chief information
1:15 officer gus tijuana senior network
1:18 analysts andrew griffin and tim schafer
1:20 and any other it staff that are here to
1:23 come to the lectern to receive the
1:24 proclamation
1:34 somebody's going to take a picture too
1:35 right
1:39 autumn
1:39 [Laughter]
1:42 welcome gentlemen
1:44 whereas national information technology
1:46 professionals day is celebrated on the
1:48 third tuesday of every september to
1:50 recognize the technical experts that
1:52 ensure our computer and communication
1:54 systems operate smoothly and effectively
1:57 and whereas technology continues to
1:59 evolve and it professionals help
2:01 navigate these changes to provide
2:03 efficient inclusive and communicative
2:05 service to the employees and residents
2:07 of the city of issaquah
2:09 and whereas behind every technology
2:11 stands often silently and invisibly i.t
2:14 professionals technicians analysts
2:16 developers architects engineers
2:19 administrators managers and directors
2:22 who have been content to work behind the
2:23 scenes to enable innovation and
2:25 productivity
2:26 and whereas the covet 19 pandemic is a
2:29 great example of isseq's it team acting
2:31 with foresight
2:32 preparation and expediency allowing
2:35 staff to resume remote service to the
2:37 public with limited disruption
2:39 and whereas the city of issaquah now
2:41 wishes to show appreciation for its i.t
2:43 professionals i therefore mary lou
2:46 paulie mayor of the city of visquad do
2:48 recognize september 21st 2022
2:51 to be information technology
2:53 professionals day
2:55 hi guys
2:56 [Applause]
3:07 thank you mayor paulie and members of
3:09 council
3:10 i'm joined tonight with two key members
3:12 of rit team
3:14 uh tim schaefer who's been with the city
3:16 for 20 years and he's led the i.t team
3:19 in many endeavors and andrew griffin
3:21 who's been with the team four years and
3:23 is our champion on emerging technology
3:25 and modernization
3:27 soon after cove 19
3:29 pandemic hit many of our staff were able
3:32 to quickly pivot to communication
3:33 communicating from home thanks to the
3:35 amazing it team
3:37 our group is dedicated in continuously
3:39 modernizing isoqua's systems networks to
3:42 enable our staff
3:44 to maintain high level of service for
3:45 our community
3:47 thank you for recognizing the it
3:48 department
3:49 for declaring and declaring september
3:51 21st 2022 i.t professionals day
3:55 thank you guys thank you
3:57 and adam can we do a
3:58 picture you guys were absolutely
4:00 stunning during code by the way it was
4:02 just stunning
4:18 next up is id one two six one the fish
4:21 aqua proclamation
4:23 and i'd like to invite nathan bassler
4:25 the chair of the greater risk chamber of
4:26 commerce board of directors to the
4:28 lectern to receive the proclamation with
4:30 anyone on your team including
4:32 amphibians as fishermen count as an
4:34 amphibian no including fish
4:38 there we go my biology is terrible
4:42 hi nathan how are you i'm terrific you
4:44 got your hair you got a big team tonight
4:48 it's official it's official
4:50 [Laughter]
4:53 whereas salmon have long held a special
4:55 place in the heart of our community and
4:57 whereas salmon are such a part of our
4:59 heritage they adorn the logo of our city
5:02 and whereas each fall the salmon
5:04 returned to our creeks and lakes the
5:06 first salmon have arrived this year at
5:07 the downtown hatchery and whereas salmon
5:10 have supported countless generations of
5:12 residents and indigenous peoples and
5:15 whereas their lure has driven schools of
5:18 visitors to our town to learn more about
5:20 our beloved salmon
5:22 and the popularity of salmon has created
5:24 an identity for issaquah which in turn
5:26 has tilted the scales of commerce in our
5:28 favor
5:29 and whereas the instinctive nature to
5:31 return home to spawn has instilled a
5:34 strong sense of community and family and
5:36 has earned us family circles accolades
5:38 for one of the best towns for families
5:39 in america
5:40 and whereas the soothing sound of water
5:42 bubbling over smooth rocks in queen
5:45 issaquah creek has added to the charm
5:47 that caused sunset magazine to recognize
5:49 isquad as one of the best burbs in
5:51 america
5:52 and whereas salmon days has its own
5:54 infamous mascot sammy the salmon
5:57 who is rising to the official occasion
6:00 by welcoming visitors to join us in
6:03 live in the stream in celebration of our
6:05 festival's 53rd year on saturday october
6:08 1st and sunday october 2nd
6:10 and whereas salmon are the primary
6:11 reason why our internationally
6:13 award-winning salmon days festival is a
6:15 seafair-sanctioned event and voted best
6:17 washington festival for 2022 by 425
6:20 magazine and travel channel
6:22 now therefore i marybeu paulie mayor of
6:24 the city of isqa do hereby declare in
6:27 honor of issaquah salmon days festival
6:29 the first weekend of october each year
6:31 our salmon friendly city she'll be known
6:33 as fishaqua
6:43 well that was a wonderful proclamation
6:45 thank you mayor and council for having
6:47 us here this evening we really
6:49 appreciate it as you all know this is
6:51 our 53rd salmon days it's a big deal
6:54 salmon days is brought to you by the
6:55 issaquah chamber of commerce and will be
6:58 held october 1st and 2nd as you heard
7:00 the mayor say um the chamber is super
7:02 proud of this event i mean being named
7:04 as the number one event outdoor festival
7:06 by 425 is pretty incredible and i love
7:08 the fisherquan name that's pretty
7:10 terrific i not only run a business here
7:13 in issaquah as you all know i also live
7:14 in issaquah and i try to convince all my
7:16 family and friends to move here because
7:18 it is the most terrific place i believe
7:20 that's why i've stayed here for so long
7:22 the festival does celebrate the annual
7:25 return of our salmon so be sure to go
7:27 peek out at the creek because you
7:28 definitely see those little guys coming
7:30 in and some of those big guys
7:32 so it's very exciting especially for all
7:34 the kids and families
7:36 uh this event is very great for a number
7:38 of reasons it brings families together
7:39 gives us all something to do you know
7:41 it's kind of one of those things we all
7:43 know it's going to be beautiful one day
7:44 and rain the next but that's what we've
7:45 gotten used to in this beautiful
7:46 tradition
7:48 we actually
7:49 have large crowds as you all know over a
7:51 hundred thousand people uh before kovid
7:53 so we're hoping for a big return which
7:55 is exciting
7:56 providing over 30 local not-for-profits
7:58 not-for-profits an opportunity to build
8:00 awareness and fundraise for the
8:02 organization so that's a great
8:03 opportunity for these guys
8:05 i want to just list through a few of the
8:06 great highlights we have for this year
8:08 starting with the kiwanis barbecue you
8:10 all know great food great bbq good time
8:12 uh walk-in parade which includes awesome
8:15 marching bands which is terrific to see
8:17 live music again we'll have cheer dance
8:20 youth organizations fun to see all the
8:21 kiddos out and excited we'll cheer them
8:24 and then local not-for-profits as i
8:25 mentioned our main stage is actually
8:27 going to feature an awesome lineup of
8:29 great bands including a tribute to alan
8:32 white which i'm
8:33 specifically excited about live music is
8:36 awesome especially this tribute it's
8:37 very special one and that's gonna be on
8:39 saturday afternoon
8:41 over 300 arts and crafts 300 arts and
8:44 crafts vendors will be there along with
8:46 40 food vendors i wish i could visit all
8:49 the food vendors i tell you this is what
8:51 a lot of people come for including
8:53 myself for many other things so we
8:55 encourage all you guys to become
8:56 attendees go stop by the hatchery see
8:59 all the exciting stuff there i mean
9:00 obviously that's like the main reason
9:02 for this event see little fishes coming
9:04 into issaquah and witness the homecoming
9:06 of our beloved salmon so see you all
9:08 october 1st and 2nd
9:10 again thank you
9:12 we really appreciate this opportunity to
9:13 come on to issaquah channel 21 and
9:16 present to the council and thank you for
9:17 having us this evening it's good to see
9:18 you all in person again
9:25 one more picture
9:41 thank you everybody thank you thank you
9:47 uh naveen do you want to come up and
9:48 join me for this next proclamation
9:51 so id 1262 is a recovery month
9:54 proclamation and naveen shetty with the
9:57 king county department of community and
9:59 human services behavioral health and
10:01 recovery division is with me at the
10:03 lectern here tonight to receive the
10:04 proclamation
10:06 welcome all right thanks for coming so
10:08 much
10:12 whereas behavioral health is an
10:14 essential part of one's overall health
10:16 and wellness and whereas the covert 19
10:18 pandemic has had and continues to have a
10:21 profound effect on mental health and
10:23 substance use with increasing numbers of
10:25 people experiencing anxiety depression
10:28 and loneliness and whereas an estimated
10:31 575 000 people in county are affected by
10:34 these conditions and whereas preventing
10:37 and overcoming mental and substance use
10:39 disorders is essential to achieving
10:41 healthy lifestyles for individuals
10:43 families and the entire communities and
10:46 whereas connection and community are
10:47 critical components of recovery in our
10:49 local area and across the nation
10:52 and whereas we must encourage relatives
10:54 friends and neighbors of people with
10:55 mental and or substance use disorders to
10:58 recognize the signs of a problem
11:00 and guide those in need to appropriate
11:02 treatment and recovery support services
11:05 and whereas prevention of mental health
11:06 and substance use disorders works
11:09 treatment is effective and recovery is
11:11 possible
11:12 now therefore i mary lou pauley mayor of
11:14 the city of issaquad do hereby proclaim
11:16 the month of september 2022 as recovery
11:19 month in the city of issaquah
11:21 thank you very much for coming to veeam
11:23 would you like to say a few words yeah
11:24 sure fantastic
11:26 i'll keep this short and sweet since
11:28 you've read the proclamation and it has
11:30 all the great information about it
11:32 but recovery is possible and i think
11:35 that's the most important part here and
11:37 when individuals need assistance they
11:39 need to seek out their community their
11:40 social supports to receive the services
11:42 that they do need
11:44 and issaquah has been a great partner in
11:46 that and so we appreciate all the
11:47 efforts
11:48 again recovery month for september i
11:51 encourage all those to reach out to
11:53 services one in five individuals in
11:56 america will experience a mental health
11:57 condition at some point in their life
11:59 appreciate it thank you yeah thank you
12:01 so much
12:17 lots of proclamations when we come off
12:19 of break
12:20 um so audience comments is next on the
12:22 agenda and this is the time when members
12:24 of the public
12:25 may address the council in person or
12:27 virtually and so those who signed up in
12:29 advance to make comments will be called
12:31 on first
12:32 and if you are joining us virtually and
12:34 would like to make comments please raise
12:35 your virtual hand if you're on the phone
12:37 press star 3 if you have joined by
12:39 computer or smartphone look for a hand
12:42 icon this can vary by device but one
12:44 option may be to go to the participant
12:46 panel and choose the raised hand icon in
12:48 the lower right hand corner
12:50 if you are in the room and did not sign
12:52 up i will ask for other speakers before
12:53 closing this portion of the meeting and
12:55 city clerk has anyone signed up to speak
12:57 this evening
12:58 mayor no one has signed up in advance to
13:00 make comments but i do see one virtual
13:02 hand raised
13:03 okay
13:08 so for those making comments this
13:09 evening please direct your comments to
13:10 the whole council and not individuals
13:12 and while this is not a question and
13:14 answer session we will contact you to
13:16 follow up if needed
13:17 when recognized please unmute your
13:19 microphone for virtual attendees or step
13:21 up to the lectern for in-person
13:23 attendees state your name and address
13:25 and relationship to the city and speak
13:27 clearly and pause frequently please
13:29 limit your comments to five minutes
13:31 if you're attending virtually and do not
13:32 respond after your name or phone number
13:34 is called or if your connection is lost
13:36 unexpectedly the meeting will need to
13:38 proceed and you are encouraged to rejoin
13:40 the meeting if able
13:41 personal attacks obscene language
13:43 derogatory remarks and disruptive
13:44 behavior will not be permitted
13:47 citizen comments written and verbal are
13:48 an important aspect of the public
13:50 process the city takes these comments
13:52 seriously and we thank you for taking
13:53 the time to address us this evening
13:56 um city clerk can you identify the first
13:58 person who has signed up to speak or the
13:59 first person who has raised their hand
14:02 yes ann fletcher and i'll make you a
14:04 panelist now so you should have the
14:06 option to unmute and can choose to turn
14:09 your video on
14:15 good evening can you hear me
14:17 yes we can
14:18 great okay i'm ann fletcher i'm a
14:21 resident of uh in old town neighborhood
14:25 and
14:26 a member of the people for climate
14:28 action group
14:29 and i'm
14:30 happy to address the council after a
14:33 while
14:34 has gone by
14:35 just a reminder as we start this budget
14:39 presentation by the mayor we're starting
14:41 this process this fall and
14:45 just a reminder
14:47 to think about climate change
14:50 i've heard some members of the council
14:52 say it's our biggest existential threat
14:55 and needs to be addressed in a very
14:58 short time frame
15:00 and so i'd like you to keep that in mind
15:03 how are we marshaling our resources and
15:06 our budget to do this
15:08 it's a very challenging project and
15:13 so i please ask you as you're working on
15:17 the budget this fall
15:19 that you look through the lens of
15:21 climate change along with all the other
15:24 lenses that i know you have to look
15:27 through
15:30 there are new ways of thinking
15:33 new changes that are happening we have
15:35 to be so flexible
15:38 different than before and uh we have to
15:41 ongoing assess things and pivot
15:44 uh sometimes mid-year or
15:47 uh when the funds come in from the
15:49 federal government which was where we
15:52 know are coming and working with the
15:54 state we have to work differently we
15:56 have to work regionally if we're going
15:58 to make this very heavy lift happen it's
16:01 a huge thing
16:04 our sustainability department
16:06 is a big help and supporting that and
16:10 also sustainability in the other
16:11 departments how is that going to look
16:14 it's huge but it's a very exciting
16:17 and i truly believe we can do it and
16:20 people for climate action is here to
16:22 help
16:22 thank you
16:24 thank you very much anne city clerk do
16:26 we have anyone else raising their hands
16:29 okay
16:31 and we do not have anyone in the room
16:33 that's indicated desire to speak as well
16:35 so thank you for coming we heard from
16:37 people for climate action today asking
16:39 the council to be thoughtful of the
16:42 climate challenges that we face as they
16:43 consider their budget
16:46 this fall
16:48 as a reminder written comments can be
16:50 submitted at any time to city council at
16:52 esquilwa.gov and i want to hand it over
16:54 to council president walsh to talk about
16:56 any email comments that might have come
16:58 in to the council on tonight's agenda
17:00 topics
17:02 thank you madam mayor we did receive two
17:04 email um two emails with comments um on
17:07 the consent agenda
17:09 for
17:10 ab-8426 the 2023 arch budget and work
17:13 program we received one comment asking
17:15 for clarification related to the
17:16 potential tod project support and that
17:19 being in arch's work program
17:22 as well as another comment with
17:24 opposition to arches involvement in the
17:26 condominium construction lobbying which
17:29 is part of their work plan for the city
17:31 of issaquah
17:32 for
17:33 ab-8386 the 2023 school impact fee
17:36 update we received one comment with
17:38 concern about the school's proposed
17:40 decreased impact fees for developers
17:43 and then on our regular
17:46 agenda
17:48 ab-8351 the newport way maple to sunset
17:51 improvements corridor concept
17:53 we received comments with
17:55 concerns about how that is moving
17:58 forward what the next steps are for
18:01 feedback loop for the public and
18:03 other
18:04 comments about community engagement and
18:06 that concludes
18:08 thank you council president uh we'll
18:10 move to committee and regional reports
18:12 and we'll start with council member joe
18:14 thank you madam mayor
18:16 the
18:16 ltch committee met this afternoon
18:20 we went over
18:21 the potential budget recommendation that
18:23 will be coming back to council for
18:25 budget discussions
18:27 during the fall
18:28 also
18:30 many of you had the opportunity to go to
18:32 the salmon on sunset event on saturday
18:36 it was a great event put on by our
18:38 salmon hatchery
18:39 and
18:40 ltch
18:42 helped
18:43 contribute about eight thousand dollars
18:44 to that project as part of their
18:46 funding for initiatives that helped
18:48 tourism in town so we're seeing our ltch
18:52 dollars at work
18:54 casket water alliance the finance
18:56 committee will meet on 9 20
18:59 and um the
19:01 full board meets on the 28th of
19:03 september
19:05 and that concludes my report thank you
19:07 thank you council member joe
19:08 councilmember d michelle
19:09 thank you mayor paulie on september 8th
19:12 i attended the east side human services
19:14 forum board meeting
19:16 the forum continues to build its
19:18 organizational infrastructure in
19:20 addition we have two highlights on
19:23 wednesday october the 5th from 11 30 to
19:26 12 45 the forum will be hosting a remote
19:29 lunch and learn on permanent supportive
19:32 housing
19:33 you can register for the event on the
19:35 east side human services forum website
19:38 and i'll also be sending all of you a
19:40 link to that website
19:42 the speakers are leo floor from king
19:44 county dennis sills from plymouth
19:46 housing david bowling from congregations
19:49 for the homeless and lindsay masters
19:51 from arch so it should be an excellent
19:54 discussion
19:56 and then the second item is the forum
19:58 leadership has entered into a
20:00 conversation with our long-time friends
20:01 at alliance for eastside agencies to see
20:04 how we can better align our services
20:06 reduce duplication and provide an even
20:09 stronger voice for human services on the
20:11 east side so if you have any questions
20:13 about this ongoing conversation please
20:15 let me know and i'll be glad to give you
20:17 more details
20:19 the regional transit committee is
20:21 holding its next meeting this wednesday
20:23 september the 21st at three o'clock in
20:25 the afternoon the topics are rapid ride
20:28 prioritization criteria
20:31 and the second topic is innovative and
20:33 flexible programs which relates to
20:35 conversations that we're having right
20:37 now
20:38 and so i will be in attendance and we
20:41 will be
20:42 listening and
20:43 commenting with a great enthusiasm
20:47 so that's my report thank you thank you
20:49 councilmember michelle councilmember
20:51 hunt
20:52 thank you madam mayor i have one
20:54 committee report and
20:56 several three regional reports the
20:58 planning development and environment
20:59 committee met on september 7th we had
21:02 two items the first item was
21:05 id0976 storm and surface water master
21:07 plan we were presented with a list of 10
21:10 priority projects to be incorporated in
21:12 the storm and surface water master plan
21:14 so these were the 10 capital improvement
21:16 plan projects that staff recommended and
21:19 the
21:20 committee members at that meeting
21:21 unanimously supported that list
21:24 we also recommended that when this item
21:26 returns to council there be more
21:27 information about existing stormwater
21:31 projects in the works to complement the
21:34 the list of new projects and
21:37 and we also wanted more information
21:39 about how the capital improvements list
21:42 gets updated how the budgeting process
21:44 gets updated once we've as accounts as a
21:46 full council
21:48 deliberated on and potentially adopted
21:50 that new list of projects
21:53 so that information will be coming back
21:54 when the information when the
21:57 agenda bill comes back to council
21:59 and that is currently scheduled for
22:01 november of this year
22:04 we also had id 1157 which is title 18
22:08 land use code and this was a number of
22:11 follow-up items on multiple sections of
22:13 code
22:14 from prior discussions this continues
22:16 our our long series of
22:20 land use code conversations the
22:22 committee
22:23 agreed with staff's recommendations for
22:25 items that staff did have a
22:27 recommendation on one item that we had
22:30 robust discussion about was around
22:33 parking standards
22:34 the way the parking information was
22:36 presented
22:39 were
22:40 wanting more clarity around whether
22:43 parking standards were increasing the
22:45 amount of required parking or neutral or
22:48 decreasing them because the way the
22:49 parking standard was calculated it was
22:52 a bit hard to parse and so um we will
22:56 get more information on that hopefully
22:58 um with that information we can have a
23:00 better sense of
23:02 the direction that the parking standard
23:04 is going in this round and then we also
23:06 had a discussion about
23:08 um council's
23:10 previous conversations that parking will
23:13 be a a big part of the follow-up items
23:16 once title 18 this title 18 update is is
23:19 completed that we will continue
23:20 conversations about parking and about
23:22 how to achieve the walkability and
23:26 the
23:27 pedestrian friendly environment that we
23:29 all want and how to align our parking
23:30 standards with that vision especially
23:32 for um
23:34 for as we grow
23:36 so that was our um items for that last
23:39 meeting the next meeting of the pve
23:42 planning development environment
23:43 committee will be this thursday
23:44 september 22nd we have one item which is
23:47 id1249 which is also title 18 land use
23:50 code and will be on administration and
23:52 procedures
23:54 then i have a couple regional reports
23:57 the king conservation district advisory
23:59 committee met on september 13th we were
24:02 discussing king conservation district's
24:04 mission
24:05 mission vision and strategic planning
24:07 and this is a part this is part of an
24:10 ongoing discussion about how king
24:12 conservation districts work can become
24:14 more equitable and more inclusive
24:17 the next meeting of the king
24:18 conservation district advisory group
24:20 will be on october 11th and we will
24:22 continue this discussion
24:24 then the regional water quality
24:26 committee met on september 7th
24:29 had a discussion about how the committee
24:31 can identify and select topics for our
24:33 review so about internal governance of
24:36 the committee and we also had a briefing
24:39 on a recent overflow at a pump station
24:41 in seattle
24:43 and discuss conditions that lead to
24:44 failures so we could understand as a
24:46 committee and also so that we could
24:48 understand what is being done to prevent
24:50 such future incidents
24:52 the october
24:54 the october
24:56 meeting of the regional water quality
24:57 committee is cancelled and then the wire
25:00 8 salmon recovery council met on
25:02 september 15th and there were multiple
25:05 decisions that were made we approved the
25:07 management committee's recommendation
25:08 for the 2023 budget and work plan which
25:11 includes an 8.8 increase in the
25:13 interlocal agreement cost share
25:16 as as we know costs are going up
25:20 for everything including for salmon
25:21 recovery projects and so this increase
25:24 largely is reflective of that
25:26 and we also approve the 2023 federal and
25:28 state legislative priorities which
25:30 include a recommendation to add language
25:32 about supporting
25:34 investment that aligns diversity equity
25:36 and inclusion funding with salmon
25:38 recovery priorities
25:40 and i i was not present at this meeting
25:43 i was president at the management
25:44 committee meeting in which we made the
25:46 recommendations on the budget um but
25:49 alan quinn the senior stormwater
25:50 engineer was there to represent the city
25:52 of the squad this meeting and the next
25:54 meeting of the salmon recovery council
25:56 will be november 17th and that concludes
25:58 my report
25:59 thank you councilmember hunt as
26:00 mentioned earlier council member ray has
26:02 an excused absence so we'll go to
26:03 council member marks thank you madam
26:05 mayor
26:06 the council services safety and parks
26:08 committee will be meeting tomorrow
26:10 evening at 6 30 pm here in council
26:12 chambers
26:13 we only have one thing on the agenda
26:15 it's id 1235
26:18 vehicle trespass ordinance
26:20 the puget sound regional council growth
26:22 management policy board will next meet
26:24 thursday october 6th
26:26 from 10 until noon
26:29 and
26:30 the agenda the draft agenda includes
26:33 conversations about housing and equity
26:35 planning guidance
26:36 the sound cities association public
26:38 issues committee met last week and
26:40 council deputy president hall has that
26:42 report
26:43 this concludes my report
26:45 thank you council member uh mart's
26:47 deputy council president hall thank you
26:49 very much uh two quick reports first um
26:52 for eastside fire and rescue board of
26:54 directors we last met
26:56 thursday september 8th and on our agenda
26:58 was a quick review of the agency's new
27:00 strategic plan as i referenced a few
27:02 weeks ago
27:03 i also just want to quickly thank the
27:05 administration um for working um with us
27:07 to help schedule um a time for deputy
27:10 chief ben lane incoming fire chief ben
27:12 lane to come to the council at our next
27:14 council meeting on monday october 3rd to
27:16 just do a quick walk through of the
27:17 strategic plan so we're all on the same
27:19 page and our next board meeting is
27:21 scheduled for thursday october 13th
27:23 where i expect we'll adopt our biennial
27:26 budget so
27:27 we will all in the meantime
27:29 council members ray and martz and myself
27:31 with the administration will look
27:33 through that to make sure there's not
27:34 anything that we need to come back and
27:36 get feedback from the council on
27:38 and if there is we'll bring it up during
27:39 good of the order at the next council
27:41 meeting
27:42 and then for the sound cities
27:43 association public issues committee
27:46 last met on
27:47 wednesday september 14th
27:50 a couple things i wanted to highlight
27:52 from that first and foremost there is an
27:54 sca sound cities association networking
27:56 event on october 5th at 6 p.m at the
27:59 renton pavilion event center and they've
28:01 asked us to make sure to highlight that
28:03 with you all
28:04 in case you're interested in going it
28:05 sounds like it's going to be a big one
28:08 the executive director search is moving
28:10 along quite nicely with deanna's
28:12 departure and move to association of
28:14 washington cities and we've been told
28:17 that the sca board is excited about
28:19 their candidates so i'm looking forward
28:20 to hearing more about that mayor paulie
28:24 sca spots for regional boards and
28:26 committees are coming up soon you should
28:28 see an email come from sca very soon on
28:31 the nominations deadline will be
28:33 november 10th
28:34 so start thinking about which
28:35 appointments you'd like to apply for
28:37 whether it's a re-up or a new
28:39 appointment
28:40 this will help you you know get back to
28:42 sca on time but also it'll help you
28:44 prepare for a discussion next week next
28:46 week that council president walsh and i
28:48 are planning on leading about thinking
28:50 strategically about our city's
28:53 boarding committee assignments for
28:54 council so
28:56 that's exciting
28:57 we also had a preliminary discussion on
28:59 the sca legislative agenda and there is
29:02 now a call for cities to share their
29:04 legislative agendas as soon as possible
29:06 with
29:06 with the sca pick so they can begin to
29:09 kind of crunch on that
29:11 pick will have time to refine the sca
29:13 legislative agenda on october 12th
29:15 november 9th and december 14th so we've
29:17 got a little bit of time before the sca
29:19 board finally takes it up
29:21 and we're looking pretty closely at the
29:23 association of washington city's
29:25 legislative agenda which highlights
29:27 behavioral health
29:29 the blake decision in response to blake
29:31 decision
29:32 public safety vehicular pursuits
29:34 infrastructure funding and housing
29:36 affordability and availability so those
29:37 were kind of the big ones that were
29:39 brought up in awc and that we kind of
29:41 had a conversation on at pick this time
29:43 but um they're eager to to hear what our
29:46 priorities are so um i believe we have a
29:48 few more weeks until we have our
29:50 conversation so something to keep in
29:52 mind um we also received a quick
29:55 briefing
29:56 that was my time up
29:58 [Laughter]
30:00 just kidding we're doing that now
30:03 we also received a quick briefing on the
30:05 commercial aviation coordinating
30:07 commission which is established by the
30:09 state legislature in response to
30:11 growing concern about capacity for our
30:13 state's airports
30:15 i wouldn't bring this up but
30:16 interestingly the commission is studying
30:18 a site in king county in the enumclaw
30:20 area you may have already heard about
30:21 this
30:24 that seems to be outside the scope of
30:26 the commission's authority
30:28 that was in it so there were a lot of
30:29 southeast king county cities at our
30:31 meeting and they've written a letter to
30:32 the commission asking the commission to
30:34 remove that site from consideration
30:36 there's a lot of interesting information
30:38 from that i'm not going to go over all
30:39 of it but if you're interested in
30:40 learning more about it please let me
30:42 know
30:43 and our next virtual committee meeting
30:45 uh is scheduled for wednesday october
30:47 12th at 7 pm and that concludes my
30:49 report thank you
30:50 council president
30:53 thank you um i just have really quick
30:55 short report i attended the business
30:57 leadership forum uh last thursday the
30:59 mayor is going to give a summary as part
31:01 of her mayor's report so i'm going to
31:03 provide a bunch of details that are
31:04 relevant to counsel in our discussion at
31:07 go to the order later tonight
31:09 and then the affordable housing
31:11 committee that i'm on the next meeting
31:12 is thursday september 29th at 1 pm for a
31:15 virtual meeting and the agenda has not
31:16 yet been released that concludes my
31:18 report
31:19 thank you
31:20 next item on the agenda is the mayor's
31:22 report uh there is an executive session
31:25 scheduled for this evening to discuss
31:26 security of computer and
31:28 telecommunications networks
31:30 per rcw 42.30 0.110 paren one parent a
31:35 friend
31:36 two and pending potential litigation for
31:38 rcw
31:40 42.30.110 per n1 for an i these items
31:43 are expected to take a total of 45
31:46 minutes and no action is anticipated in
31:48 open session
31:50 i'm going to add one more proclamation
31:52 that we made this week but it was we did
31:54 not have anybody here to receive it
31:56 i issued a proclamation declaring
31:58 september 25th to october 1st 2022 to be
32:01 childhood cancer awareness week in the
32:03 city of issaquah one in 285 children
32:06 would be diagnosed with cancer before
32:08 their 20th birthday this issue impacts
32:11 many in our community and in our employ
32:13 i invite residents to join me in
32:15 spreading awareness about this important
32:16 cause and you can learn more about this
32:18 issue and ways to support children
32:20 online at the american childhood cancer
32:22 organization
32:24 the newport pedestrian bridge and raised
32:26 intersection project began construction
32:28 today september 19th this project will
32:31 include the construction of a new
32:32 pedestrian bridge across anti-aircraft
32:35 creek and a raised intersection and
32:37 pedestrian crossing where the cougar
32:40 precipice trailhead meets newport way
32:43 the pedestrian crossing will include
32:45 rectangular rapid flashing beacons or
32:47 rrfbs
32:48 pedestrian access across anti-aircraft
32:51 creek is currently limited to the
32:52 northwest of the trailhead a pedestrian
32:55 bridge and intersection improvements
32:56 will be placed to complete pedestrian
32:58 connection from and to the trailhead
33:01 project duration is expected to last
33:03 four to five months and we estimate
33:04 completion in february of 2023.
33:07 it's been another exceptional year at
33:09 the issaquah farmers market this year
33:11 the market averaged 65 to 72 vendors per
33:14 week and 3 400 shoppers per week the
33:17 current vendor sales total is over 1.1
33:20 million dollars so come and support the
33:22 vendors at the last farmer's market of
33:24 the season on saturday september 24th
33:26 from 9 to 2 p.m and a big thank you to
33:29 the staff and the vendors for all their
33:30 hard work this year and dedication
33:34 human services commission grant review
33:36 last week i met with the human services
33:39 commissioners who recently finalized the
33:41 grant review process for the 2023 2024
33:44 human services grants
33:45 as a reminder for those who are not
33:47 familiar with city boards and
33:48 commissions this is one of the 14
33:50 volunteer boards and commissions who
33:52 serve issaquah and advise the mayor and
33:54 city council
33:55 the human services grant review process
33:58 started in may with the onboarding of
33:59 new commissioners and an equity in grant
34:02 making training that human services
34:04 commissioners from five east side
34:05 jurisdictions jointly participated in
34:08 isquad bellevue kirkland redmond and
34:10 sammamish commissioners reviewed 81
34:13 applications and used for the first time
34:15 the recently adopted human services
34:17 strategic plan to guide the review and
34:20 recommendation process
34:21 focused areas included physical and
34:23 behavioral health
34:25 housing continuum
34:26 culture and language access and
34:28 community resources the review process
34:31 was smooth
34:32 the review tools worked very well and
34:35 communication and collaboration with
34:36 staff staff are very helpful
34:39 the commissioners will continue to work
34:40 with staff to enhance future processes
34:42 to include more information on other
34:44 regional funding sources to better
34:46 inform the impact of our grants and make
34:48 that our grants make in the community
34:51 the human services commission's
34:52 recommendations are included in
34:53 tonight's budget proposal to city
34:55 council and i would like to thank the
34:56 commissioners for their hard work
34:58 dedication and commitment this is a huge
35:00 undertaking so well done
35:03 as council president mentioned uh last
35:06 week she and i both met with
35:07 approximately 30 business leaders at the
35:09 new rei satellite headquarters
35:12 the forum was an opportunity to hear
35:13 challenges and successes from businesses
35:15 in issaquah
35:16 we heard from leaders that are concerned
35:18 about attracting employees to issaquah
35:20 due to the high cost of living here or
35:22 long commutes to travel here
35:24 businesses continue to face challenges
35:26 in permitting and would like the process
35:28 to be more streamlined and provide
35:29 opportunities for earlier feedback on
35:31 city regulations programs and policies
35:35 leaders are encouraged by the
35:36 communication from the administration
35:38 and will recruit talent to issaquah by
35:40 advertising the amenities and sense of
35:42 community the meeting was very
35:44 productive and a great opportunity for
35:46 us to connect and i look forward to
35:48 continue collaboration with the business
35:49 community big thank you to rei for
35:52 hosting us and it was the first time
35:54 somebody from siemens had ever met up in
35:56 a business forum with us so that you
35:58 know that's a global company that was
36:00 very fun
36:01 upcoming issaquah community events the
36:03 iskwa alps trail hikes join issaquah
36:06 alps trails club as they celebrate the
36:07 fall equinox with a hike on squawk
36:09 mountain on thursday september 22nd at 5
36:13 bring your headlight headlamps for a
36:15 hike to debbie's view the best view on
36:17 squawk mountain and more information is
36:19 available at issaquahalps.org
36:21 state park is having a free pass day on
36:24 september 24th for national public lands
36:26 day join your friends
36:28 and join the friends of lake sammamish
36:30 for several kids events on september
36:32 24th including eagle and salmon spotting
36:35 and the ranger reads events more
36:37 information is available on the city's
36:38 website and last as you already heard
36:41 salmon days is just around the corner so
36:43 mark your calendar for the most
36:44 fantastic weekend of the year october
36:47 1st and 2nd
36:48 council members who are interested in
36:50 volunteering at the city's booth should
36:52 email thomas rush from our
36:53 communications group to sign up for a
36:55 two-hour slot
36:56 and that concludes the mayor's report
36:59 the next item this evening is the
37:00 consent calendar and it was distributed
37:02 to council in advance so if it is
37:03 authorized the items on the consent
37:05 calendar will be considered together and
37:07 approved by one motion
37:08 have the payables and payroll been
37:10 reviewed they have
37:13 thank you
37:14 does any council member desire to remove
37:15 any item from the consent calendar and
37:17 consider it under regular business
37:22 do i have someone willing to make a
37:23 motion
37:24 council president
37:26 thank you i move to um accept the
37:30 consent calendar as written
37:32 thank you
37:33 uh deputy council president second
37:36 is there any questions
37:41 so it has been moved and seconded to
37:43 approve the consent calendar as
37:45 presented
37:48 hearing no comments all those in favor
37:50 say aye
37:55 any opposed
37:57 that passes six to six to zero
38:01 so we're now going to move into the
38:02 regular business portion of our meeting
38:04 and we'll start with ab8463
38:07 a small item called the 23 2023 2024
38:11 budget
38:13 and i will be doing a presentation for
38:16 that
38:20 and if
38:21 i have a choice i can address the
38:22 council from here i can dress the
38:24 council for the podium
38:26 what feels best for you
38:30 it's way more comfortable up here
38:33 thanks um so community members and our
38:36 dedicated city council i am pleased to
38:38 present my
38:39 2023-2024 proposed budget the first
38:42 biennial budget for the city of issaquah
38:45 after more than two years of effects
38:47 resulting from the covet 19 pandemic the
38:50 city is experiencing strong financial
38:52 performance with many revenue sources
38:54 matching or exceeding pre-pandemic highs
38:57 the city is seeing strong performances
38:59 in the retail business and construct
39:02 construction sectors as well as with
39:04 real estate sales however we are
39:07 conscious that although there is a
39:08 strong short-term economic success there
39:11 are still headwinds in the future
39:13 including the uncertainty of inflation
39:15 interest rates and limited revenue
39:17 sources for funding city initiatives
39:19 there is also the challenge of
39:21 attracting and retaining staff in a
39:22 competitive employment environment
39:25 my proposed budget makes significant
39:27 investments in three key priority areas
39:30 including public safety human services
39:33 and housing
39:34 infrastructure investment with a focus
39:36 on mobility
39:38 my 2023-24 proposed budget totals 168
39:42 million for year 2023 and
39:46 174.2 million for 2024
39:50 respectively across all funds with 63
39:53 million dollars in capital investments
39:55 over the two-year period
39:56 i'd like to thank the capital planning
39:58 task force as well as our city council
40:00 members for their time and effort over
40:01 the past year to identify capital
40:03 funding priorities as well as
40:05 prioritizing
40:06 the spending of the american rescue plan
40:09 act funds
40:11 this budget continues my focus on a safe
40:13 and healthy community
40:15 the budget commits funding for police
40:17 for two new patrol officers a records
40:19 specialist a new corrections officer and
40:22 a permanent police systems and gis
40:24 analyst
40:25 an investment in body cameras for all
40:27 officers by 2024 is also included in the
40:30 budget
40:31 the city has been successful in the
40:33 hiring of six new officers in 2022
40:36 including three corrections officers
40:38 seven dispatch employees and two support
40:41 employees
40:42 this budget also makes investments in
40:44 human services
40:45 focusing on implementation of the human
40:47 services strategic plan to identify
40:50 strategies to better serve the needs of
40:52 the community it also includes a pilot
40:55 program with motel sex for temporary
40:57 emergency emergency housing for those in
41:00 need
41:01 the capital funding in the 2023 2024
41:03 budget includes 27.3 million for
41:07 infrastructure projects and 4.7 million
41:09 for parks and trails
41:11 major initiatives such as newport way
41:13 improvements gilman bridge
41:15 rehabilitation and funding for a
41:17 transportation concurrency plan and
41:19 funding for a limited term
41:21 transportation coordinator are essential
41:23 pieces of the budget
41:25 for many years now issaquah has
41:26 developed plans to address key
41:28 initiatives including mobility parks and
41:30 climate action
41:32 following the city council's retreats in
41:34 january and july this year there was
41:36 clear support to leverage our current
41:38 strong financial position and focus now
41:40 on implementation
41:42 this proposed budget does just that
41:44 i have no doubt that the 2023 24
41:47 biennial budget will ensure that
41:49 significant progress is made on city
41:51 initiatives including public safety
41:54 human services
41:55 housing and infrastructure investments
41:57 focusing on mobility projects that will
41:59 benefit the city for years to come
42:02 i look forward to working with our
42:04 dedicated city council our hard-working
42:06 staff and our passionate community
42:07 members to finalize and adopt the budget
42:10 this fall
42:11 i would like to recognize the hard work
42:13 of staff to put together this budget
42:15 especially robert hamoud our chief
42:17 financial officer
42:19 susie monsall our budget manager and
42:21 dale markey kremp our management analyst
42:23 staff will return on september 28th to
42:26 council for a budget overview
42:28 presentation we will also be holding two
42:30 public hearings on october 3rd and
42:32 november 7th and deliberations will take
42:34 place throughout october and november
42:36 with an adoption anticipated for
42:38 november 7th
42:40 thank you very much
42:42 the quiz on the budget starts in 10
42:43 minutes so get your pens and paper out
42:46 it's quite the document
42:49 the next item under our regular business
42:51 this evening is ab8221
42:53 and this is amendments to title 13 and
42:56 16 with regard to stormwater manual and
42:58 floodplain cone the question before the
43:00 council this evening is to adopt the
43:02 ordinance and i'd like to invite evan
43:04 brumfield environmental and regulatory
43:06 program administrator to make a
43:07 presentation
43:09 i am assuming he is one of our remote
43:12 visitors tonight
43:14 welcome evan
43:16 oh oh yeah sorry
43:20 have we got evan on
43:23 yes hi can you hear me yes we can thanks
43:25 welcome
43:27 always takes a minute to figure it out
43:30 so uh yes good evening and uh thanks for
43:33 having me back here tonight to hopefully
43:35 wrap up our process on the city's
43:37 stormwater and floodplain code
43:38 amendments my name is evan brumfield and
43:41 i'm an environmental and regulatory
43:43 program administrator here for the city
43:46 i'm coming back to council tonight to
43:47 seek adoption on the proposed code
43:49 amendments
43:51 that meet our mandatory requirements and
43:53 also
43:54 areas that we've identified to go above
43:56 and beyond these mandatory requirements
43:59 to help accommodate isqua for climate
44:02 change
44:07 so we have uh these updates and they're
44:09 required to maintain compliance with our
44:12 crs and mps uh permit so the community
44:16 rating system or the crs
44:18 program is a voluntary incentive program
44:21 recognizes and encourages
44:24 sorry community flood plain management
44:27 practices that exceed the minimum
44:28 requirements of the national flood
44:30 insurance program or the nfip
44:33 over 1500 communities
44:35 in the nation participate
44:38 city currently holds a class 5 rating
44:40 out of 10 amongst the highest in king
44:42 county which gives our residents and
44:44 businesses a 25 rate discount on their
44:46 flood insurance premiums
44:49 the national pollution discharge
44:50 elimination system or mpds is a federal
44:53 requirement under the clean water act
44:56 regulates and reduces storm water and
44:58 wastewater discharges from the city
45:00 storm water system to the maximum
45:01 extessible participle
45:04 to protect water quality and waters of
45:06 the state
45:08 so these updates will occur in imc 1636
45:11 are areas of special flood hazard
45:14 the driver for that is our crs user
45:16 manual
45:17 and then our stormwater updates will
45:20 occur in imc 16 and 13
45:23 for our mps permit
45:25 and this permit requires this squad to
45:27 update our stormwater design manual and
45:29 in iscar stormwater design manual is
45:31 broken made up of two separate documents
45:34 one being
45:35 ecology's stormwater design manual
45:38 and the other being our
45:40 squadendum through the ecology manual
45:44 and what this addendum does is it allows
45:45 us to be more locally prescriptive of
45:47 the manual to fit isquad better
45:51 outside of these mandatory updates we've
45:53 also
45:54 identified areas where we can go above
45:56 and beyond these basic requirements
46:01 so taking a step back
46:03 we kicked off this whole process in
46:04 october of 2021
46:07 uh staff met with consultants to
46:08 identify these uh areas for the
46:10 mandatory updates as well as places that
46:13 we can go above and beyond these
46:14 mandatory updates to help accommodate
46:17 for climate change
46:18 we then went to the joint environmental
46:21 board and planned policy commission
46:22 meeting on march 9th
46:24 to present on these areas we could go
46:26 above and beyond the mandatory updates
46:28 to better accommodate for climate change
46:30 including future floodplain protections
46:32 and critical drainage review
46:35 we then presented these options based on
46:37 the feedback feedback we received from
46:39 the environmental board and ppc
46:42 meeting to a council study session on
46:44 april 12th
46:45 and after that study session we sent out
46:48 draft codes for internal review
46:50 uh based on recommendations that we
46:52 received from both council and the
46:53 environmental board and planning policy
46:55 commission
46:57 on may 12th we presented to the
46:59 environmental board
47:00 about the stormwater design manual
47:02 updates
47:03 and then we took that information and on
47:05 june 7th staff presented the final draft
47:08 stormwater and floodplain code
47:10 amendments along with the 2022
47:12 stormwater design manual addendum at the
47:15 planning development and environmental
47:17 meeting committee meet
47:20 the committee unanimously unanimously
47:22 recommended adoption of the proposed
47:24 amendments by city council
47:28 so after the june 7th pde meeting we
47:31 realized oh sorry we finalized the sipa
47:34 checklist and received a
47:36 determination of non-significance
47:39 on july 11th the cepa process
47:42 allowed public comments
47:44 through august 1st and the city didn't
47:46 receive any public comments
47:48 which brings us here tonight where we
47:50 are seeking adoption of the proposed
47:52 amendments
47:56 well the floodplain
47:57 code updates
47:59 updates are going to occur in 1636 our
48:02 area is a special flood hazard and
48:03 they're going to
48:04 the driver for them is two separate
48:06 things one is our crs class 8 freeboard
48:08 requirement
48:09 and the other is our future floodplain
48:11 protection for climate change so the
48:13 following slides will go over each of
48:14 these
48:17 first i wanted to talk about flood
48:18 plains and issaquah
48:21 this cause unique to our neighbors in
48:23 that we have an active flood plain that
48:25 is dissecting our city not only is this
48:27 active floodplain dissecting this claw
48:30 but our urban core and residential is
48:31 within this floodplain as well so every
48:34 year
48:35 the king county flood control district
48:37 mails out a
48:38 flood
48:39 ready brochure
48:41 helping residents prepare for floods
48:44 this flood control district highlights
48:46 seven rivers and creeks where flooding
48:48 is expected frequently
48:50 the seven water bodies
48:52 in king county are skycomish tolt river
48:55 snoqualmie river cedar river
48:58 green river white river and issaquah
49:00 creek so isquad more so than our
49:03 neighbors given our floodplain's
49:04 location has to be thoughtful in our
49:06 planning for future flooding to mitigate
49:08 future impacts
49:14 the crs class a pre-board
49:16 this requirement states that the
49:17 community issaquah must adopt and
49:20 enforce at least a one-foot free board
49:22 requirement including machinery and
49:25 equipment for all residential buildings
49:27 triggered by our flood ordinance where
49:29 base flood elevations have been
49:32 determined the flood insurance rate map
49:34 or the firm or the flood insurance study
49:39 as you can see in the picture on this uh
49:41 slide the house furthest to the the
49:44 right here
49:46 the free board which is the height above
49:48 the 100 year flood plan or the base
49:50 flood elevation in issaquah would be the
49:52 area between that bfe line and the top
49:55 of the foundation
49:57 this is something that iskwa already has
49:59 been requiring however our code did not
50:01 clearly state that we were implementing
50:03 this requirement
50:04 clearly state this requirement the city
50:06 is updating our flood code meet this
50:08 standard
50:10 by doing three separate things one is
50:12 adding in a definition for equipment
50:15 two updating imc 1636 130 specific
50:19 standards to include appropriate
50:21 clarifying language
50:23 and three updating our flood protection
50:26 elevation definition to include
50:28 equipment servicing these activities
50:35 a future floodplain protection
50:38 what plane protection has been
50:40 implemented by the city and directed by
50:42 fema through ecology to establish
50:44 minimum standards within the hundred
50:45 year flood plain for the community to
50:47 participate in the flood insurance
50:49 program so that you know we have to meet
50:51 these minimum requirements so our
50:53 residents can even get federal flood
50:55 insurance
50:57 so these minimum standards do have
50:59 shortcomings that are worth considering
51:01 when applied to innisfros specifically
51:03 when accommodating for climate change
51:05 and future peak flows in his claws
51:07 creeks and streams
51:10 an analysis done by uw and fish and
51:12 wildlife has found
51:14 a general relationship between future
51:16 peak flows and isquas stream systems and
51:18 the difference between the 100 and 500
51:20 year flood stage
51:22 increasing the flood protection standard
51:24 to the 500 year flood stage or the bfe
51:26 plus 2 level will address the projected
51:29 future 100-year flows within the
51:31 existing 100-year floodplain
51:34 footprint graphic is what the
51:36 administration is proposing for certain
51:38 facilities when the 500 year flood level
51:41 is known by fema
51:44 so each of these icons represents a
51:46 development type as you can see here we
51:48 have
51:48 residential facilities hospitals
51:52 attached garages
51:54 right now the gray bar in the middle
51:56 represents our current flood protection
51:58 level which is base flood elevation plus
52:01 one
52:02 what we are proposing is that the
52:04 facilities and activities that are
52:05 listed in that top blue bar to be
52:08 elevated to the bfe plus two level to
52:10 reduce potential impacts from future
52:12 high flows
52:14 the plus two feet broken down into one
52:17 foot for that free board requirement by
52:19 crs and the nfip and that other foot
52:22 would be for climate change
52:26 the green area of the green bar
52:28 at the bottom are areas that tend to be
52:29 more resilient to flooding impacts and
52:32 don't necessarily trigger our flood
52:33 ordinance
52:35 so you'll also notice that the roads and
52:37 travel section is crossed out
52:39 in this graphic
52:41 and that came from our june 7th
52:44 pde meeting
52:45 where staff were asked by the committee
52:48 to identify what major roads would be
52:50 included in the bfe plus 2 flood
52:52 protection level
52:54 well after the meeting
52:56 we did some research
52:57 and it was decided uh to remove all the
53:00 roads including major and minor
53:02 arterials from the increased flood
53:04 standard
53:05 decision was made due to further
53:06 research indicating that currently the
53:08 city or fema doesn't have a flood
53:11 standard for roads and that that we
53:13 would be then creating a new flood
53:15 standard
53:16 the intention of the these increased
53:19 flood standards was not to create new
53:20 standards and that is not what we have
53:22 been proposing
53:24 the flood standards for roads will be
53:25 tabled and evaluated during the next
53:27 floodplain code update which most likely
53:29 work will occur in another five years
53:35 graphic is what the administration is
53:37 proposing for facilities when the 500
53:39 year flood level is not known by fema
53:42 what does it mean when a flood level is
53:43 not known
53:45 it's essentially that there is just less
53:47 certainty about what that base flood
53:49 elevation is and maybe a little more
53:51 protection or uncertainty should be
53:52 considered
53:54 again each of these icons represents a
53:56 development type
53:58 that bottom bar represents our current
54:00 flood protection
54:01 level of base flood elevation plus one
54:04 sorry it's a little kind of blurry
54:07 the top bar is what we're recommending
54:08 increasing our flood standard to that
54:10 bfe plus two for the same rationale that
54:13 we used in the previous slide
54:16 the bottom bars again areas that are
54:18 determined to be more resilient to
54:19 flooding and
54:21 aren't necessarily called out in our
54:24 flood protection level sorry that's a
54:26 little bit lower here one thing to note
54:28 is the green icons are for areas in the
54:30 zone ao which represent flood depths so
54:34 these are areas that don't necessarily
54:36 have a base flood elevation but we know
54:38 that uh flooding uh pools there so back
54:42 you know in the day along gilman where
54:44 we would have certain bathtub situations
54:46 um we that didn't necessarily have a
54:48 baseline elevation but we knew that okay
54:51 it floods there at two feet
54:54 well
54:55 these facilities that are located in
54:57 that area would have to be built to two
54:58 feet above that flood depth
55:01 or three feet above the highest ground
55:02 surface whichever is greater
55:08 the stormwater design manual and code
55:09 updates so these updates will occur in
55:12 title 13 and 16.
55:14 and they include one the adoption of our
55:17 2019
55:19 department of ecology storm water
55:21 management manual of western washington
55:24 and the 2022 stormwater design manual
55:27 addendum again those top two things
55:29 combined to be our stormwater design
55:31 manual
55:33 and also the inclusion of the offside
55:34 analysis which we presented to you
55:37 uh as critical drainage review
55:40 and so yeah we just kind of rebranded it
55:42 well we didn't rebrand it we
55:44 we found in the manual that there's an
55:46 optional offside analysis
55:48 that
55:49 we chose to that met our needs for the
55:51 critical drains review so instead of
55:52 creating a brand new process and new
55:56 lingo like we don't need any more of uh
55:58 we have an existing off-site analysis
56:00 that will fit our needs
56:02 and the the source control program for
56:04 existing development
56:07 so an additional code update occurred
56:09 also following that
56:11 june 7th pde meeting
56:13 and the city attorney provided
56:15 additional minor amendments to clean up
56:17 and clarify the chapters impacted by
56:19 this code update in our storm water
56:20 codes
56:21 most significantly changes were made to
56:24 address
56:24 legal issues in our existing code in
56:27 section 13 28 130 administration
56:30 related to inspections of stormwater
56:32 facilities
56:33 these changes will allow our inspections
56:35 of these private facilities to be more
56:37 predictable to the property owner
56:40 the proposed ordinance incorporates
56:41 these changes
56:47 the city will update from our 2014
56:49 ecology manual to the most current 2019
56:52 ecology manual
56:54 this manual provides guidance on the
56:56 measures necessary to control the
56:58 quantity and quality of stormwater
57:01 ischwa uses this manual to set
57:03 stormwater requirements for new
57:04 development and redevelopment projects
57:08 land developers and development
57:10 engineers use this manual to design
57:12 permanent stormwater control plans
57:14 create construction stormwater pollution
57:16 prevention plans and determine
57:18 stormwater infrastructure
57:20 businesses use this manual to help
57:22 design their stormwater pollution
57:23 prevention plans
57:26 so this 2019
57:28 ecology manual update will continue to
57:30 help us while comply with our permits
57:33 and the 2019
57:34 manual changes include increased
57:36 alignment with permitting and
57:38 performance standards clarifications
57:41 inclusions of additional source control
57:43 best management practices or bmps
57:46 additional modeling requirements
57:49 among other considerations
57:54 the city of viscos stormwater design
57:56 manual 2022 addendum
57:58 as i stated before this addendum allows
58:00 us it's a quad to be a little more
58:02 locally prescriptive of what the 2019
58:05 ecology manual
58:06 uh is and to make it fit is qua better
58:10 while most of the ecology manual is
58:12 applicable to the city of iskclaw
58:14 several significant differences are
58:16 contained in the 2022 stormwater design
58:18 manual addendum and through the city
58:20 permit city requirements for development
58:22 permitting
58:23 including
58:24 [Music]
58:25 one the central
58:26 issaquah area alternative flow control
58:29 standard
58:30 this alternative flow control standard
58:32 modifies the flow control standard in
58:34 the valley floor
58:36 area of downtown issaquah in these
58:38 sub-basins the pre-developed condition
58:40 can be assumed to be the existing site
58:43 conditions instead of forested
58:46 number two
58:48 central area seasonally saturated
58:50 soil assumption
58:52 in 2011 the city conducted a technical
58:54 analysis in coordination with the
58:56 department of ecology into the
58:57 pre-development hydrology of this area
59:00 and specifically where seasonally
59:02 saturated soils
59:03 conditions can be documented near the
59:05 surface
59:09 number three
59:10 greatly discharge
59:12 from a project site shall not exceed 100
59:14 ntus and so when i'm talking about
59:16 turbidity that means uh kind of the
59:18 cloudiness of the water and ntus are the
59:22 measurement of the the cloudiness of
59:24 water
59:26 the turbidity standard of 100 ntus
59:29 is the discharge notification level for
59:31 all projects in the city at all times up
59:34 to the 10-year storm
59:37 larger projects that require their own
59:38 construction stormwater permit
59:40 for ecology have a discharge
59:42 notification level of 250 ntus
59:46 isco has decided as in previous updates
59:49 to be more proactive and restrictive on
59:51 stormwater discharging from a
59:53 construction site and these larger
59:55 projects are required to meet our more
59:57 restrictive standards
1:00:00 number four
1:00:01 community planning development or cpd
1:00:03 conducts our stormwater review
1:00:06 number five the inclusion of the offsite
1:00:08 analysis which will be an assessment of
1:00:10 the consequences and risks of stormwater
1:00:12 system failure
1:00:15 number six adoption of certain king
1:00:17 county surface water design manual
1:00:19 sections which is a
1:00:22 equivalent manual to the ecology manual
1:00:24 specifically chapter four
1:00:27 which will be a conveyance system
1:00:29 analysis and design
1:00:31 and the figures in chapter three which
1:00:34 are the isopluvial maps which help
1:00:36 determine
1:00:39 certain year storm frequencies and the
1:00:41 precipitation
1:00:42 level over 24 hours that trigger those
1:00:44 events
1:00:48 so our proposal here tonight is to
1:00:50 recommend the adoption of
1:00:52 the crs class 8 free board
1:00:54 requirements future floodplain
1:00:56 protection
1:00:59 the 2019 department of ecology
1:01:01 stormwater design
1:01:02 management manual of western washington
1:01:05 the stormwater design manual addendum
1:01:09 the offsite analysis and the source
1:01:10 control program for existing development
1:01:18 sorry administration recommends
1:01:20 adoption of the ordinance adopting
1:01:22 amendments to the isquad municipal code
1:01:24 chapters 1328 stormwater management
1:01:27 policy
1:01:28 chapter 1626 clearing grading and
1:01:30 stormwater management
1:01:32 and chapter 1636 areas of special flood
1:01:35 hazard regarding provisions to support
1:01:37 compliance with the department of
1:01:38 ecology's national pollution discharge
1:01:41 elimination system or mpds phase two
1:01:44 stormwater permit
1:01:46 and the community rating system crs
1:01:49 federal emergency management agency fema
1:01:52 flood plain program
1:01:55 and that's all i have
1:01:58 thank you evan are you sure you're not
1:01:59 going to pile anything else onto that
1:02:02 massive body of work wow
1:02:05 um i'm gonna go to the chair chair hunt
1:02:08 right now to give any feedback she'd
1:02:09 like to provide from the pde committee
1:02:11 about this recommendation
1:02:13 thank you madam mayor um so the planning
1:02:16 development environment committee met
1:02:18 and discussed this on june 7th and one
1:02:20 of the
1:02:21 subsequent changes which
1:02:23 evan did speak to was
1:02:27 the removal of roads including major and
1:02:29 minor arterials from the increa
1:02:31 increased flood standard this was
1:02:33 something that we did have a discussion
1:02:35 about trying to understand how a flood
1:02:37 standard would be implemented and how
1:02:39 that would be implemented if the
1:02:40 buildings on either side of the road
1:02:42 were at a different flood standard and
1:02:45 just the complexity there so that is one
1:02:48 change that came about
1:02:50 through those conversations and is
1:02:52 reflected here and does reflect i think
1:02:55 addressing that concern and those
1:02:57 questions that the committee had one
1:02:59 other
1:03:01 question that the committee had which is
1:03:02 addressed in our materials is we had
1:03:04 questions about what happens when flood
1:03:06 proofing fails and there is a very
1:03:08 comprehensive answer in our packet about
1:03:10 the city's role in that and
1:03:15 how how it works how the damage is
1:03:17 obsessed is assessed and how
1:03:20 um the city staffs are
1:03:24 involved in that process so that um
1:03:26 addresses those major questions that we
1:03:30 we also had a discussion on on-site
1:03:32 septic systems and i believe that this
1:03:35 was touched on
1:03:36 in the committee in the
1:03:39 community of the whole
1:03:40 meeting as well when city council saw
1:03:43 this item
1:03:44 before the planning development
1:03:45 environment committee and so that is one
1:03:47 thing that i did have a question about
1:03:50 the follow-up to that conversation
1:03:53 overall the planning development
1:03:54 environment committee did recommend this
1:03:57 recommends these changes and was
1:03:58 unanimous in our recommendation of
1:04:00 moving forward
1:04:02 thank you um did you have a question
1:04:04 this evening as well too i i do have a
1:04:06 question but
1:04:08 uh you can go first and anybody else
1:04:10 that has a question please raise your
1:04:12 mike okay great um so my question is i i
1:04:16 saw on page five of the agenda bill um
1:04:19 there's a mention of that discussion
1:04:21 that we had on on-site subject systems
1:04:23 we did have a discussion about concern
1:04:26 about having septic systems
1:04:29 in the floodplain being potentially
1:04:31 built in the floodplain and what our
1:04:33 regulatory options were for addressing
1:04:35 that and for addressing concerns
1:04:39 can have backflow issues with flooding
1:04:41 and also potentially
1:04:43 water quality issues if they fail and as
1:04:46 we discussed in that meeting i don't
1:04:47 think we have good data to understand
1:04:51 the the scope of any potential issues
1:04:53 with that
1:04:54 so i wondered if we could get an update
1:04:57 on when we will be able to discuss this
1:04:59 because that is mentioned and and was
1:05:01 part of our discussion but there's no um
1:05:04 no information at least in this packet
1:05:05 about next steps for discussions on
1:05:08 regulating on-site septic systems
1:05:11 thanks evan can i know the couple years
1:05:14 ago the council did adopt a more
1:05:16 frequent an ordinance that required more
1:05:18 frequent testing have we got data that
1:05:20 can be shared with the council as part
1:05:22 of that discussion
1:05:25 uh i'm not uh familiar with the past
1:05:28 discussions on that but um i can speak
1:05:31 to an update on the on-site septic so
1:05:34 we do have our our sewer master plan
1:05:36 that is will be coming to
1:05:39 um back to the council uh on i believe
1:05:43 it's third quarter or it might have been
1:05:45 pushed down to fourth quarter just from
1:05:47 staffing changes
1:05:49 but yeah we are going to be identifying
1:05:51 areas
1:05:52 in our in our onsite septic
1:05:57 areas of our onsite septic inspection
1:06:00 to potentially be
1:06:02 not removed but have a tiered approach
1:06:05 of uh priority areas to
1:06:09 get those on-site septics hooked up to
1:06:11 sewer so that's
1:06:13 i think that's the same answer that we
1:06:15 gave you before
1:06:16 there's not much more
1:06:18 but it's
1:06:20 being discussed and uh it'll be coming
1:06:23 back to you
1:06:24 very shortly
1:06:26 okay thank you thank you evan i want to
1:06:29 make sure to
1:06:31 that conversation has come up during
1:06:33 capital projects before uh where a
1:06:35 specific neighborhood is aware but we
1:06:37 have many neighborhoods that still have
1:06:40 some septic or
1:06:42 um more than some septic and so i think
1:06:44 we need to make sure that we have a
1:06:45 communications plan
1:06:47 that they're able to participate in
1:06:49 these conversations
1:06:51 any other questions council president
1:06:54 thank you um evan i know this was
1:06:57 discussed in our pde meeting but i'm
1:07:00 wondering if you can just
1:07:03 talk a little bit about what
1:07:05 what type of development would trigger
1:07:08 the necessity if this is adopted of
1:07:11 going to that bfe plus two feet idea
1:07:16 talk about the difference between new
1:07:18 development and redevelopment of a
1:07:20 property and what
1:07:22 which would have to comply
1:07:27 so this isn't you know as soon as uh if
1:07:29 this gets adopted it's not uh you know
1:07:31 tomorrow everyone is gonna be required
1:07:33 to elevate their homes it's gonna be as
1:07:36 they come in in the normal process uh as
1:07:39 it is currently where they come in for a
1:07:42 permit if they're operating if they're
1:07:44 in the flood plain and they trigger our
1:07:46 floodplain ordnance then that's where it
1:07:48 will kick in
1:07:49 uh of this this new standard
1:07:54 new construction um that would that
1:07:56 would be figuring our flood ordinance uh
1:08:00 existing
1:08:01 homes or or um
1:08:04 uh i guess buildings
1:08:08 have a substantial improvement which is
1:08:10 fifty percent of their
1:08:13 uh the project is fifty percent of what
1:08:14 their assessed value is
1:08:16 um if they stay below fifty percent then
1:08:19 they would not have to meet our flood
1:08:20 ordinance but if they go above that
1:08:21 fifty percent threshold then that would
1:08:23 trigger
1:08:24 uh our our new float ordinance
1:08:27 um it also
1:08:28 um if they're doing it in addition then
1:08:31 that addition would be subject to
1:08:36 um standard but the home the existing
1:08:39 home or site
1:08:41 or sorry building
1:08:43 would not be required to be elevated as
1:08:46 a as well
1:08:50 does that kind of answer your question
1:08:51 yep i just wanted to make sure to
1:08:53 highlight that here thanks
1:08:56 any other questions
1:08:58 and if not with someone care to make a
1:09:00 motion
1:09:01 council member
1:09:03 thank you i move to adopt ordinance
1:09:05 number
1:09:06 2989 adopting amendments to the isquad
1:09:09 municipal code chapter 13.28 stormwater
1:09:12 management policy chapter 16.26 clearing
1:09:16 grading and stormwater management in
1:09:17 chapter 16.36 areas of special flood
1:09:20 hazard regarding provisions to support
1:09:22 compliance with the department of
1:09:24 ecology's national pollutant discharge
1:09:26 elimination system npdes
1:09:29 phase 2 stormwater permit and community
1:09:32 rating system crs federal emergency
1:09:34 management agency fema floodplain
1:09:37 program
1:09:39 council president second
1:09:41 it's been moved and seconded is there
1:09:43 any discussion
1:09:45 that's president
1:09:46 council member hunt thank you um
1:09:49 thank you for all of the information
1:09:50 that was presented to committee and to
1:09:52 council previously and to council
1:09:54 tonight i i will be supporting this um
1:09:57 one thing i wanted to point out is that
1:10:00 issaquah
1:10:01 currently has one of the highest
1:10:05 ratings um which allows resident uh for
1:10:09 floodplain discounts for premiums
1:10:12 so city currently holds a class five
1:10:14 rating among the highest in king county
1:10:16 and the crs program and this allows us
1:10:18 25 percent rate discounts and if we
1:10:20 don't take action tonight then we would
1:10:22 not be we wouldn't our residents would
1:10:23 not be able to have that rate discount
1:10:27 for their flood insurance so that's a
1:10:29 strong reason to adopt this tonight and
1:10:32 then also this
1:10:34 this action accounts for
1:10:36 um and plans for climate change and i
1:10:39 think that that is prudent especially as
1:10:41 was stated we do have a flood plain that
1:10:44 goes right through our city and right
1:10:45 through our urban areas and so i think
1:10:47 very prudent to account for
1:10:49 what we expect
1:10:51 will be increased flooding as a result
1:10:54 of climate change
1:10:56 so i will be supporting supportive and
1:10:58 wanted to say thank you again for the
1:11:00 information
1:11:01 thank you councilmember hun
1:11:02 councilmember mertz thank you madam
1:11:04 mayor um i just want to thank the pde
1:11:06 committee for doing the detail to review
1:11:08 this and i'm just really digging
1:11:10 committees and having these kinds of
1:11:12 meaty uh subjects not always have to be
1:11:15 at full council but knowing and trusting
1:11:18 uh that the committee's done a thorough
1:11:19 review thanks
1:11:21 this one is meaty council president
1:11:24 thank you it is indeed meaty as was the
1:11:27 staff support on this i just really
1:11:30 appreciate evan how well you took
1:11:34 us through in the pda
1:11:36 committee
1:11:38 a very intense
1:11:40 you know welcome to this project and
1:11:43 here's all that we've been doing here's
1:11:45 the impacts and the understanding um i
1:11:48 came away feeling like i actually
1:11:50 understood it and i appreciate that very
1:11:53 [Music]
1:11:55 you know it took a while to get through
1:11:58 the concept i
1:12:00 we talked to businesses who had feedback
1:12:02 about you know ada concerns if you're
1:12:05 increasing the height requirement for
1:12:08 housing
1:12:09 do does that cause a problem with
1:12:13 ramps and people being able to get into
1:12:16 that housing
1:12:18 you are able to address that very well i
1:12:20 very much appreciate the removal of the
1:12:22 roads um that was one of my
1:12:25 main concerns in going into this was the
1:12:27 city was going to be responsible for
1:12:28 having a two foot increase on all of our
1:12:31 arterial roads and um that just caused
1:12:34 me expensive heart palpitations
1:12:37 and then i just also wanted to say i
1:12:40 appreciate the design manual changes
1:12:42 that gave some very specific
1:12:45 adjustments
1:12:47 in that addendum to issaquah
1:12:49 specifically the turbidity discharge
1:12:51 standards and
1:12:54 looking at the employee parking lots and
1:12:57 requiring them to come up to the same
1:12:59 standards that we require
1:13:02 other parking lots so really great work
1:13:04 i absolutely support this and i just
1:13:06 wanted to say another thank you for all
1:13:08 of this really incredible work
1:13:11 any other comments
1:13:14 okay seeing none
1:13:19 it's been moved and seconded to adopt
1:13:21 ordinance number 2989 adopting
1:13:24 amendments to the issaquah municipal
1:13:25 code chapter 13.28
1:13:28 stormwater management policy
1:13:30 chapter 16.26
1:13:32 clearing grading and stormwater
1:13:33 management and chapter 16.36
1:13:37 areas of special flood hazard regarding
1:13:39 provisions to support compliance with
1:13:41 the department of ecology's national
1:13:42 pollutant discharge elimination system
1:13:44 in pdes
1:13:46 phase two stormwater permit and
1:13:48 community rating system crs the federal
1:13:51 emergency management agency floodplain
1:13:54 program
1:13:56 all those in favor please say aye
1:14:02 i have to fix that those opposed
1:14:05 that carries unanimously 6-0 evan i want
1:14:08 to thank your team i've participated and
1:14:10 listened to a lot of updates over the
1:14:12 years but you really your team has
1:14:15 demonstrated an amazing ability to not
1:14:17 just do the required update but to look
1:14:20 at issaquah specifically
1:14:22 and really tighten up things that i
1:14:24 think are going to be huge improvements
1:14:26 in the way we manage flooding and flood
1:14:28 waters so thank you so much for that
1:14:32 it's a great it was really great job
1:14:34 thanks
1:14:36 thank you
1:14:37 um we're going to move on to our
1:14:39 next item unless the council has been
1:14:42 here since 6 30 and i'm just doing a
1:14:44 check-in we have one more regular
1:14:45 business item an executive session which
1:14:47 like a five-minute break now or after
1:14:50 the next item
1:14:52 it's kind of a meaty item that's why i'm
1:14:53 giving you an option
1:14:56 keep going
1:14:57 keep going
1:14:59 so the next item of business this
1:15:01 evening is ab-8351
1:15:04 newport way maple to sunset improvements
1:15:06 the corridor concept and i'd like to
1:15:08 invite transportation engineering
1:15:10 manager john mortensen and senior
1:15:12 transportation engineer xua wang to make
1:15:15 a presentation and welcome shuah this is
1:15:17 your first time in council chambers i
1:15:19 believe
1:15:20 nice to see you
1:15:30 thank you madam mayor
1:15:31 good evening council members
1:15:33 i'm john martinson transportation
1:15:35 engineering manager with me as shu along
1:15:38 and we're together doing a joint
1:15:40 presentation for the newport whey maple
1:15:42 to sunset project
1:15:44 which
1:15:45 we're going to
1:15:46 divide the presentation based on
1:15:49 when she took over from the for the
1:15:51 project so i'll talk about
1:15:53 the parts that i oversaw and she'll talk
1:15:55 about the parts
1:15:57 that she oversaw as well as the next
1:15:59 directions
1:16:00 and close it out
1:16:06 the outline for tonight's presentation
1:16:09 i'm going to talk about the purpose of
1:16:11 the item
1:16:12 the it says
1:16:14 direction needed but it's actually a
1:16:15 recommendation
1:16:16 that we'll talk about
1:16:18 as well as the policy
1:16:20 goals and impacts which refer to the
1:16:22 climate action plan and mobility master
1:16:26 then go a little bit into the background
1:16:29 for the project and how we got to where
1:16:30 we are
1:16:32 and then really start diving into the
1:16:36 final concept for the project
1:16:39 at that point afterwards we'll talk
1:16:41 about the public involvement process and
1:16:44 the feedback that we received from the
1:16:46 community
1:16:47 as well as timing and next steps
1:16:51 the purpose of this item is to seek
1:16:53 council approval for the corridor design
1:16:56 concept for newport way between maple
1:16:57 and sunset
1:17:01 and the recommendation that we have in
1:17:04 front of the council tonight is to
1:17:06 approve the concept as recommended for
1:17:08 newport way between maple and sunset
1:17:12 it's and
1:17:13 the details of the concept are in the
1:17:16 summary of the final design concept
1:17:18 which is
1:17:19 exhibit a for the agenda bill
1:17:24 the project
1:17:26 goals and policy impacts that we want to
1:17:28 talk about
1:17:30 when we came up with the project concept
1:17:32 we really
1:17:34 went first to the mobility master plan
1:17:37 and then to the esqua climate action
1:17:39 plan and looked at how those projects
1:17:42 would guide or those documents would
1:17:44 guide this project
1:17:45 and the things that we're looking at are
1:17:48 improving mobility within issaquah
1:17:51 preparing for future growth
1:17:54 better connecting esqua with the region
1:17:57 promoting
1:17:58 environmentally sustainable mobility
1:18:01 and reducing community greenhouse gas
1:18:03 emissions
1:18:06 and for more details on this if you
1:18:08 happen to
1:18:10 see there is a staff report that really
1:18:12 went into this that went to the mobility
1:18:13 and infrastructure committee
1:18:17 this project as i've mentioned a couple
1:18:18 times already begins at
1:18:21 maple which is
1:18:23 near target and trader joe's and it
1:18:26 heads southeast
1:18:28 to sunset
1:18:31 it's also
1:18:32 a part of the
1:18:37 future mountains to
1:18:38 sound greenway corridor is identified in
1:18:42 the park strategic plan and the green
1:18:44 necklace planning document
1:18:46 that route is shown in purple on the map
1:18:48 going all the way from
1:18:50 the western side of the city
1:18:52 where it will intersect with bellevue
1:18:55 along newport way along tibbetts valley
1:18:59 and then along newport until
1:19:01 it's to hawley where then the trail will
1:19:04 head east
1:19:06 this project is in yellow
1:19:10 and you can see the three roundabouts
1:19:12 and the project location as well as a
1:19:14 few other key community connections
1:19:18 a little bit of background on this
1:19:20 project and the history goes back way
1:19:22 before 2009 but we're just for
1:19:24 simplicity we're going to start at 2009
1:19:28 and the city council asked the
1:19:31 administration to do a corridor study
1:19:34 for newport way between maple and sunset
1:19:37 and there's a big community involvement
1:19:39 process
1:19:40 and on january
1:19:43 2011 the council adopted a preferred
1:19:46 concept for newport way
1:19:49 it included non-motorized facilities
1:19:52 three roundabouts at
1:19:54 juniper hawley and dogwood it included a
1:19:57 second southbound lane that went from
1:19:59 maple to
1:20:01 just past
1:20:02 hawley
1:20:04 as well as facilities for bicycles and
1:20:06 pedestrians
1:20:08 work began on the project after the
1:20:10 council adoption
1:20:12 and then in 2012
1:20:15 city council adopted the central
1:20:17 issaquah
1:20:19 standards which included defining
1:20:20 newport way as a parkway
1:20:23 one of the differences though between
1:20:25 what council had adopted in january 2011
1:20:28 and what was adopted with the central
1:20:30 isquash standards was a center median
1:20:34 one of the feedback that the
1:20:37 administration got
1:20:38 while developing the 2011 concept was do
1:20:42 not put in a center median
1:20:45 then the central assaq plan which
1:20:47 affects newport way from maple to hawley
1:20:51 so it does not
1:20:52 affect this project from holly all the
1:20:54 way to sunset
1:20:56 but the central squad plan put the
1:20:58 center median back in and
1:21:00 with the two
1:21:01 conflicting or not i don't know if
1:21:03 conflict two different adopted standards
1:21:06 in 2018 when the administration got some
1:21:09 grant funding to do the design we tried
1:21:11 our best to try and merge those two
1:21:13 concepts together we came up with a
1:21:15 preferred concept at the time
1:21:18 there were two problems with it one we
1:21:20 had a community involvement meeting
1:21:23 and the community the same members who
1:21:25 told us back in 2010
1:21:27 do not put a center median down the road
1:21:30 they came out and reminded us because we
1:21:32 had put in a center median along the
1:21:34 whole way and they said no do not do
1:21:37 that and the other
1:21:39 problem that we had with the
1:21:40 original the 2018 concept was that the
1:21:44 total cost of the whole project was
1:21:46 40 million dollars and we identified
1:21:48 about if i remember right 26 million
1:21:51 dollars so we had a gap of 14 million
1:21:55 to cut and we began working with
1:21:57 the different departments with the city
1:21:59 the transportation advisory board the
1:22:01 park board
1:22:02 and eventually the community to come up
1:22:05 with the concept that we're presenting
1:22:07 here tonight
1:22:10 and and now i'm going to talk about this
1:22:12 preferred concept and i'm going to
1:22:14 mostly skip this slide because the next
1:22:16 slides have the details we've got four
1:22:18 different sections
1:22:20 and they're color coded so this is the
1:22:22 blue section it goes from maple
1:22:27 holly
1:22:28 and it we kept the second southbound
1:22:30 lane that was part of the 2011 concept
1:22:34 eliminated the center median
1:22:38 a way to accommodate the bicycle and
1:22:41 pedestrian facility what we did is we
1:22:43 took the mountains to sound greenway
1:22:45 trail we split it up between the two
1:22:47 sides of the road and separated the
1:22:49 bicyclists from the pedestrians
1:22:51 so you have a
1:22:53 separated bicycle lane next to a
1:22:56 sidewalk on both sides
1:22:59 and as well as a landscape
1:23:01 strip in between
1:23:06 martz yeah so if you have a second
1:23:08 southbound lane do you have to then do
1:23:11 two lane roundabouts and does that
1:23:13 change the
1:23:14 the uh
1:23:17 the footprint of the project
1:23:23 i guess i'll say
1:23:24 since
1:23:25 january 2011 the project has had
1:23:28 two lane roundabouts at juniper and at
1:23:31 holley and so
1:23:35 because
1:23:36 it doesn't change the footprint because
1:23:38 that's how it's been but that is the
1:23:40 footprint is
1:23:42 i guess i
1:23:43 somehow having spent many many many
1:23:45 years with this project i had forgotten
1:23:46 that those two were too late roundabouts
1:23:48 okay thank you
1:23:51 no problem
1:23:54 the next section is the section in red
1:23:58 which goes from holly
1:24:02 south about 900 feet which is where the
1:24:04 traffic model said that second
1:24:06 southbound lane needed to end and what
1:24:08 it's basically the same thing as section
1:24:10 one but the sidewalk isn't on the school
1:24:13 side is now eight feet wide instead of
1:24:15 six feet wide and the reason for that is
1:24:18 we had a joint meeting with the park
1:24:20 board and the transportation advisory
1:24:22 board and
1:24:25 we where we presented two different or
1:24:27 actually three different
1:24:29 configurations for the project and one
1:24:32 of the concerns was having the sidewalk
1:24:34 next to the bike lane
1:24:35 next to the school traffic the school
1:24:38 pedestrians
1:24:40 that there was concern that the
1:24:42 bicyclist would be too close to the
1:24:43 school kids and especially because you'd
1:24:46 have kids walking home from school maybe
1:24:47 they're grouped together so what we did
1:24:50 is in this section
1:24:51 we widened the sidewalk to eight feet
1:24:53 wide instead of six feet
1:24:56 in order to mitigate that concern
1:25:00 this third section the purple section
1:25:02 section three
1:25:04 this is where we've dropped off the
1:25:06 second southbound lane
1:25:08 but we still have the sidewalk on the
1:25:10 school side is eight feet wide figuring
1:25:13 that at this point the school kids are
1:25:15 still
1:25:16 grouped together where we'd want the
1:25:18 extra width for them
1:25:21 and then the final section which begins
1:25:24 just a little bit before dogwood or just
1:25:26 north of dogwood and goes all the way to
1:25:29 sunset we're back to
1:25:32 having six feet wide sidewalks six feet
1:25:35 for the bicycles and one lane in each
1:25:37 direction plus the planner strips
1:25:43 and at this point i'm going to turn it
1:25:45 over to shaw who's going to talk about
1:25:46 the community engagement
1:25:49 take a few questions i think deputy
1:25:51 council president and council president
1:25:53 a super quick question because i just
1:25:55 realized now i didn't ask this in
1:25:57 committee and so i'm wondering if it was
1:25:58 intentional so section two
1:26:01 is the part right in front of the school
1:26:02 and then in section two it goes down to
1:26:05 two lanes
1:26:06 for then section three i was just
1:26:08 wondering if that was intentional if
1:26:10 merging lanes is a form of um
1:26:16 traffic calming and and it's right in
1:26:18 front of the school so i'm just
1:26:19 wondering if that it was an intentional
1:26:21 um design element or
1:26:24 happenstance or it happens here
1:26:27 yeah it was a matter of in
1:26:31 doing a lot of traffic modeling where we
1:26:33 looked at it and we said well what
1:26:35 happens if
1:26:36 we keep the existing merge point which
1:26:38 is just after maple and we said what
1:26:41 happens if we did it near juniper and
1:26:44 every time it said we needed to do it
1:26:46 900 feet south of hawley and it's so
1:26:49 that way the
1:26:50 backup wouldn't
1:26:52 start backing up intersections behind it
1:26:55 council president
1:26:58 thank you um i'm wondering if you can
1:26:59 talk a little bit about that area around
1:27:03 the school have a question later about
1:27:06 the school like engagement but
1:27:10 was there ever considered a roundabout
1:27:15 what the exit strategy is for traffic
1:27:18 leaving the school because i know right
1:27:20 now there isn't a proposed
1:27:23 roundabout for the school exit
1:27:26 right
1:27:30 let me make sure i understand your
1:27:31 question council president
1:27:33 walsh um
1:27:34 so talking about
1:27:39 i guess can ask it again i want to make
1:27:41 yeah absolutely so
1:27:43 holly is on the north side
1:27:46 of iska valley elementary but the
1:27:50 school traffic that does pick up through
1:27:52 the lot i believe comes out on what's
1:27:54 called school district road at least
1:27:56 when i'm looking on the map which is
1:27:58 south of the school and i don't think
1:28:01 there's a roundabout there do
1:28:04 how does the traffic modeling and
1:28:06 everything work with
1:28:08 um everybody coming out of the school in
1:28:11 between those two roundabouts
1:28:15 a great question i don't have a good
1:28:17 answer for that other than i know that
1:28:20 they did model where the driveways were
1:28:22 for the different things and
1:28:25 that once we get past the
1:28:27 concept stage then
1:28:29 we'll really start looking into those
1:28:31 details of making sure that the school
1:28:33 traffic
1:28:34 works out well with this design it's my
1:28:37 understanding back when we did the 2011
1:28:39 concept that the school's preferred
1:28:41 alternative was to do the roundabout at
1:28:44 holley
1:28:46 as we progress with the design we really
1:28:49 need to be mindful of how this will
1:28:52 interact with the circulation
1:28:55 at the school site
1:28:58 and then one more question
1:29:00 roundabouts aren't great for
1:29:03 people
1:29:04 safety
1:29:05 in general
1:29:08 because people the cars are focused on
1:29:10 where they want to go they don't have an
1:29:12 official stop
1:29:15 is there a sense of any concern about
1:29:19 kids trying to cross
1:29:21 at either of those roundabouts in order
1:29:24 to get towards school
1:29:28 another great question
1:29:30 and i would say that
1:29:32 in terms of
1:29:34 concern 100 percent this is once we get
1:29:38 past the concept in on design
1:29:40 this is i think the most fun thing is
1:29:42 designing the pedestrian crossings for
1:29:44 the school because i think it's the most
1:29:46 important part of the project and there
1:29:49 are ways to make a pedestrian crossing
1:29:51 at around about safe and there are ways
1:29:53 to not do it and we've learned a lot
1:29:56 what not to do in fact we're right now
1:29:58 finishing up a project where we're
1:30:00 improving the roundabout at southeast
1:30:03 43rd and east lake smamish parkway
1:30:05 because we did not do a good enough job
1:30:08 considering pedestrians
1:30:11 when we designed that roundabout
1:30:13 there's lots of tools that we have that
1:30:16 we're going to look at whether it's
1:30:18 ray's crosswalks pedestrian signals
1:30:22 dutch roundabouts and
1:30:24 it's the part as a transportation
1:30:26 engineer i'm the most excited for
1:30:29 thank you for mentioning raised
1:30:31 sidewalks i love that as a concept okay
1:30:34 thanks
1:30:35 um john i'm just gonna chime in here
1:30:37 with a couple of things
1:30:40 if i understood your answer to council
1:30:42 president's question this is a concept
1:30:44 like a sketch but your data and your
1:30:46 design tools that you use may end up
1:30:49 throwing in a few more roundabouts or
1:30:51 something a little different than what
1:30:52 we're looking at today
1:30:54 i wouldn't say put in more roundabouts
1:30:56 well i guess if something were to show
1:30:58 that the school access needed to be a
1:31:00 roundabout it wouldn't eliminate that
1:31:03 but i would say that generally this is a
1:31:06 you're correct a sketch and that will
1:31:08 get into the details of the design
1:31:12 make sure that it works for all users
1:31:14 make sure that it
1:31:17 meets the the vision in the mobility
1:31:18 master plan yeah
1:31:20 and then um
1:31:22 you know we are not in control of school
1:31:24 district land and we know that they are
1:31:26 going to be under pressure as
1:31:27 centralized squad grows as well so
1:31:29 hoping that we have great conversations
1:31:31 with the school district in case the
1:31:33 site becomes much denser than it
1:31:35 currently is right now
1:31:37 and the last point i'd like you to talk
1:31:39 about is just what i have heard from
1:31:41 some residents is
1:31:43 um experience with roundabouts
1:31:46 from a driver's point of view allows you
1:31:48 more options so if you're trying to hit
1:31:50 one of those cross streets holly or
1:31:53 a dog would or i can't remember the
1:31:55 other one i'm missing juniper
1:31:58 but but there's a primarily heavily
1:32:00 flowed in a north or south direction
1:32:02 this actually is
1:32:03 very beneficial for those who are trying
1:32:05 to move
1:32:06 around town versus through town
1:32:09 yes thank you very much mayor paulie
1:32:11 that is a great point and one of the
1:32:13 things that
1:32:15 we really wanted for the design of this
1:32:17 project is to
1:32:20 have it
1:32:21 improve mobility within issaquah and
1:32:24 the three intersections where we're
1:32:26 proposing roundabouts currently do not
1:32:28 meet the signal warrants so we
1:32:30 we can't justify putting traffic signals
1:32:33 there
1:32:35 that we want to make it so that way if
1:32:37 someone
1:32:39 lives on juniper
1:32:40 that they can access newport way or
1:32:43 dogwood or hawley that
1:32:45 really promoting
1:32:46 mobility within issaquah
1:32:49 is a huge priority so before he passes
1:32:51 the baton any more questions for john
1:32:54 uh councilmember hunt
1:32:56 thank you um
1:32:58 so the cross sections were very helpful
1:33:00 could you explain
1:33:02 what the bike cross section looks like
1:33:04 for the roundabout do the bikes go a
1:33:07 different way or do they is that
1:33:10 that's going to be part of the design
1:33:13 that we haven't worked out that detail
1:33:15 we wanted to get to this part and then
1:33:18 really start looking at the footprint
1:33:20 looking at what we can do what are best
1:33:22 practices
1:33:26 knowing that this is part of the
1:33:28 mountains to sound greenway that there's
1:33:31 going to be a lot of bicycle users in
1:33:34 as we move the bicycles through the
1:33:36 roundabouts that we need to be very
1:33:39 mindful
1:33:41 their experience and
1:33:43 their safety and usability
1:33:48 okay so so not determines yet what the
1:33:51 cross section would look like of the
1:33:52 roundabout for the bike part correct
1:33:55 okay thank you
1:33:57 not seeing any more questions john you
1:33:59 can toss the baton thanks
1:34:11 connectivity council members and madam
1:34:13 mayors my name is sean i'm the new
1:34:15 transportation engineer for the city
1:34:17 so i'm here to talk about the 2022
1:34:19 community engagement we have um
1:34:30 so in the summer of 2022 um the product
1:34:33 team did a extensive
1:34:35 community engagement event
1:34:38 including update project website online
1:34:41 survey and virtual open house
1:34:43 over 700 people visit the project
1:34:45 website
1:34:46 since the update during the three weeks
1:34:49 survey period 196 people joined the
1:34:52 online survey and 24 people
1:34:56 attend the virtual open house the goal
1:34:58 of the public outrage is to not only
1:35:01 inform the public about the design
1:35:03 concept but also to gather community
1:35:06 input and also build relationships with
1:35:08 the community
1:35:12 so here is the
1:35:13 slide shows the survey results how the
1:35:15 final design concept meet the needs as a
1:35:20 meet the needs as a quarter user
1:35:22 so as we can see from the graph
1:35:25 66 percent think the overall design is
1:35:28 just right to improve connectivity
1:35:30 within the community for all users
1:35:33 the blue the green one shows uh 74 in
1:35:36 the design concept provide a comfortable
1:35:39 walking network
1:35:41 and experience for pedestrian
1:35:44 72 think the protected bike lane meet
1:35:47 their needs
1:35:48 the last one shows the driver experience
1:35:51 driver improvement which is slightly
1:35:53 lower
1:35:54 which is still 60 percent
1:35:56 uh with 25 percent people think the
1:35:59 final design concept does not do enough
1:36:01 for drivers uh the other thirteen
1:36:03 percent final design concept does uh too
1:36:06 much for the driver for drivers
1:36:09 the takeaway from the survey is the
1:36:11 majority of survey respondents think the
1:36:13 project does the right amount to
1:36:16 improve connectivity for the for the
1:36:18 along a newport way
1:36:20 also meeting the need for both motorized
1:36:22 users and non-otherwise users
1:36:27 on july 13 24 people attend the virtual
1:36:30 open house a project overview was given
1:36:33 and attendees were invited to join the
1:36:36 virtual
1:36:36 the breakout sessions to ask specific
1:36:38 questions they have related to the
1:36:40 project
1:36:41 the uh main topics including concern
1:36:44 about stormwater capacity
1:36:47 second round about merging point
1:36:49 concerned by the capacity along the
1:36:50 corridor back in pad crossing and
1:36:53 roundabout and also right away impact to
1:36:55 the json property owners
1:36:58 the virtual open house work as intended
1:37:00 to share the final design concept with
1:37:02 the community
1:37:04 gather input build relationship with the
1:37:06 community and also create awareness of
1:37:08 the project timeline
1:37:10 and talking about timing and next step
1:37:13 so we're presenting the uh concept here
1:37:15 to the console tonight and if cos adopt
1:37:18 the design concept
1:37:21 tonight
1:37:22 the project will move to engineering
1:37:24 design in the winter of 2022 and the
1:37:26 administration will also continue
1:37:28 working on the cost-saving ideas
1:37:31 such as retaining wall and underground
1:37:33 overhead utilities
1:37:39 so there are three options
1:37:41 option one console approved the final
1:37:43 design concept with no additional
1:37:44 changes option two console does not
1:37:47 approve the final design concept but
1:37:48 continue to find found the design phrase
1:37:51 options three console does not approve
1:37:53 the final design concept and stop
1:37:55 funding the project
1:37:59 so the administration recommends city
1:38:01 council to approve the corridor concept
1:38:03 for the newport newport way may produce
1:38:05 sunset improvement project thank you
1:38:08 any questions thank you sure
1:38:10 council president
1:38:13 thank you sure
1:38:16 was the esque school district invited or
1:38:18 did they participate in um the most
1:38:21 recent round of community engagement the
1:38:24 most recent community engagement was
1:38:26 happening in the summer so there's um so
1:38:28 it wasn't so the most of the focus was
1:38:31 on the residence along the newport way
1:38:34 so we'll be for our next step we
1:38:36 continue the
1:38:37 discussion with the
1:38:38 school district that's our okay was
1:38:42 do we know when the last time they were
1:38:44 engaged um on this project
1:38:51 you don't remember okay
1:38:54 yeah okay
1:38:56 thanks
1:38:59 questions
1:39:00 for sure
1:39:03 i'm not seeing any more um i was going
1:39:05 to go over to chair joe committee chair
1:39:08 joe and ask if you'd like to provide
1:39:11 any additional
1:39:13 summary or comments from the mobilia
1:39:14 infrastructure committee thank you madam
1:39:17 mayor
1:39:18 first off i want to thank the staff for
1:39:21 your continued work on this project
1:39:24 it's a
1:39:26 project that certainly has a lot of
1:39:28 feedback and
1:39:30 discussion one of the
1:39:32 items that was
1:39:34 perhaps
1:39:35 not stated was that this
1:39:38 design also went in front of the
1:39:41 transportation advisory board and the
1:39:43 park board when they held a joint
1:39:44 meeting to evaluate the design
1:39:46 on november 10th
1:39:48 2021.
1:39:49 so on top of
1:39:52 boards and commissions looking at this
1:39:54 we had all of the
1:39:56 feedback from the
1:39:58 different
1:39:59 concepts that were covered there
1:40:00 in the presentation as well so
1:40:03 a great deal of public comment back and
1:40:05 forth and i'm sure there'll be more as
1:40:07 we go forward
1:40:11 i'll go ahead and indicate that mobility
1:40:13 and infrastructure committee reviewed
1:40:15 this on august 9 2022
1:40:18 in general the committee feedback was
1:40:20 pretty positive
1:40:21 the committee agrees that this proposed
1:40:24 design
1:40:25 has merit and should
1:40:27 go forward
1:40:28 after discussion with the council
1:40:31 it does
1:40:32 it's really a challenge because you've
1:40:33 got a basically a country road newport's
1:40:36 a country road that had farms on one
1:40:39 side and houses on another for quite a
1:40:41 while and now it's
1:40:43 you know a major arterial in a lot of
1:40:44 ways so we in the city need to figure
1:40:47 out what we want to see there for
1:40:50 traffic within the city for our own
1:40:51 citizens
1:40:53 as well as still being a functional road
1:40:55 for people that want to go through the
1:40:57 city but balancing those two has always
1:41:00 been difficult and
1:41:01 i believe this concept is one way to
1:41:04 address that and
1:41:06 i look forward to the discussion
1:41:09 of this as as we go forward would any
1:41:11 other committee members like to make
1:41:14 any comments initially
1:41:19 um yeah if it's okay with the other
1:41:21 committee members i took a couple of
1:41:23 notes on kind of some comments that we
1:41:24 had on next steps that we communicated
1:41:26 to staff that weren't necessarily about
1:41:29 um changes to the design concept
1:41:31 proposal but things to keep in mind
1:41:33 moving forward as you move into more
1:41:35 concrete designs so a lot of the things
1:41:37 that we heard today one of them was
1:41:39 outreach and engagement with local
1:41:41 businesses along newport way so we avoid
1:41:45 roundabout mistakes um of being able to
1:41:47 actually turn out into a lane of traffic
1:41:50 comfortably and
1:41:52 not creating dangerous situations there
1:41:54 so that was taken as feedback from staff
1:41:56 same with heavy engagement with the
1:41:58 school district both on crossings along
1:42:00 the road but then also
1:42:02 being mindful of roundabouts and how we
1:42:04 do that
1:42:05 we also had lots of comments because um
1:42:08 had a member of the community come and
1:42:11 talk about roundabout safety for quite
1:42:13 some time so we had lots of comments
1:42:15 around designing our roundabouts with
1:42:17 intention to encourage pedestrian
1:42:19 crossings
1:42:21 to ensure that turn-offs are safe
1:42:23 as you exit roundabouts and then also
1:42:25 that bike passages are safe
1:42:27 we also recognize that it's not
1:42:28 necessarily the role of council to
1:42:31 review roundabout designs or even these
1:42:33 kinds of designs but it was brought to
1:42:36 council because there was there was this
1:42:38 conflicting
1:42:39 design concept right from the 20 2011
1:42:42 and from the centralized squad plan so
1:42:44 that's why it was kind of brought to us
1:42:46 and that was just
1:42:47 anything else that you two could think
1:42:49 of i think that was pretty much our
1:42:50 conversation yeah thanks that's great
1:42:52 thank you very much um would anyone care
1:42:55 to make a motion or
1:42:56 [Music]
1:42:58 okay questions first yeah
1:43:01 um i'm wondering can you talk was there
1:43:04 any consideration of the end points of
1:43:07 this corridor and whether those
1:43:10 either the start or the end should be
1:43:12 considered as roundabouts whether that
1:43:14 would improve traffic flow
1:43:16 or whether they were necessary as part
1:43:19 of that design
1:43:25 so i'm trying to think back because
1:43:31 intersections
1:43:33 i don't believe so i know we did a
1:43:35 number of traffic modeling but
1:43:38 well for one the intersection at maple
1:43:41 and newport that one is
1:43:44 a very heavy or very busy intersection
1:43:49 so it wouldn't make sense to have that
1:43:51 one be a roundabout and then
1:43:55 i don't believe we evaluated the one at
1:43:57 sunset but i could see some challenges
1:44:00 just because right of roundabouts take
1:44:01 up lots of right-of-way
1:44:03 and we've got a park there and
1:44:06 this is creek and so it's
1:44:10 not a good spot for one so i don't think
1:44:11 we really dove into it but
1:44:17 fantastic that was just my last question
1:44:19 was understanding the endpoints and
1:44:21 whether they were part of this project
1:44:23 and evaluation or the other half of the
1:44:25 newport way
1:44:28 thank you
1:44:29 any other questions uh our counselor joe
1:44:32 are you ready for a motion i was ready
1:44:33 going to go ahead and make a motion i
1:44:35 moved to approve the corridor concept
1:44:37 for newport way northwest maple street
1:44:39 to west sunset way improvement project
1:44:42 contained in the summary of the final
1:44:44 design concept
1:44:46 council president
1:44:47 second
1:44:48 it's been moved and seconded council
1:44:50 discussion
1:44:52 council member d michelle
1:44:56 thank you mayor paulie um
1:44:58 i think that when this project is
1:45:00 complete whenever that may be
1:45:03 as council member joe said so well it's
1:45:06 going to be a significant change to one
1:45:07 of our most traveled corridors and also
1:45:11 i think a very beloved street in our
1:45:13 in our community and so this is going to
1:45:15 be significant and so
1:45:18 i i want to first of all express
1:45:19 appreciation
1:45:21 for the thoroughness of the staff work
1:45:23 and the presentation
1:45:25 as well as the community outreach i
1:45:27 think the outreach has been
1:45:29 excellent and
1:45:30 yielded a lot of very valuable
1:45:33 information
1:45:34 um you know we use the
1:45:37 the concept of a sketch
1:45:40 i've always liked but i'm realizing that
1:45:42 it's getting to be an old
1:45:44 metaphor
1:45:46 if you remember the old cameras back in
1:45:48 the 50s the polaroids
1:45:50 and the pictures that would come out and
1:45:52 at first the picture is very fuzzy and
1:45:54 then you lay it down for a while and you
1:45:56 pick it up and now it's very clear
1:45:59 the design concept is when you're fuzzy
1:46:02 and you don't have all the answers to
1:46:03 everything and you don't
1:46:06 you can't answer
1:46:07 every question about how the roundabouts
1:46:10 are going to look or what the safety
1:46:12 measures will be and so forth because
1:46:14 you can't really review and assess those
1:46:17 until you've got the design concept and
1:46:19 so this is really important tonight
1:46:21 because now we have the design concept
1:46:24 we can approve this and we can go
1:46:26 forward and then we start to get the
1:46:28 answers to a lot of those other
1:46:29 questions that the community had
1:46:33 i really
1:46:34 appreciate
1:46:36 the clear
1:46:37 [Music]
1:46:39 explanation of how you incorporated
1:46:42 public input into this design concept
1:46:45 there's been a lot of iterations and
1:46:47 there's been a lot of changes based
1:46:49 completely on the input from the
1:46:51 neighborhoods and sometimes from the
1:46:53 school district as well
1:46:54 and expressing the concerns about young
1:46:56 people and i think we we will be very
1:46:59 very conscious of the fact that this
1:47:02 street goes by uh issaquah valley
1:47:04 elementary
1:47:05 so i want to commend the staff for
1:47:06 really listening you can see it
1:47:08 throughout the whole concept that you
1:47:11 listened to what people in the community
1:47:12 had to say
1:47:13 and not only listen but you incorporated
1:47:15 it into the design concepts so i'm very
1:47:18 appreciative of that
1:47:20 so um i will support approving this uh
1:47:23 design concept tonight uh i'm looking
1:47:26 forward to i i loved john's enthusiasm
1:47:29 about designing the safety standards
1:47:32 looking very much forward to the next
1:47:34 round when we when we learn more and we
1:47:36 have more information
1:47:38 so but thank you so much for a very
1:47:40 thorough job to date thank you
1:47:43 thank you councilmember deputy council
1:47:45 president hall followed by council
1:47:46 member joe
1:47:49 uh thank you i want to echo first and
1:47:51 foremost um a big thank you to our staff
1:47:54 great memo great community engagement i
1:47:56 remember at one point during um
1:47:58 preparing for the committee meeting i i
1:48:00 think i referenced this at the committee
1:48:02 meeting i was going through to see where
1:48:04 this aligned with mobility master plan
1:48:06 with our different plans and then i
1:48:08 found it at the back of the memo 12
1:48:09 pages of how it aligns with the plan so
1:48:12 very thorough work indeed thank you very
1:48:14 much um i'm just going to reiterate some
1:48:16 of the comments that i had at committee
1:48:18 in line with our role
1:48:20 as a city council some of the things
1:48:22 that i was looking for was first and
1:48:24 foremost that we have a merged design
1:48:25 concept that brings resolution to
1:48:28 the conflict from it's the 2011 design
1:48:31 and then the cip design right those are
1:48:32 the two that weren't conflict
1:48:35 alignment with our plans and standards
1:48:37 like the mobility master plan and the
1:48:39 responsive to community needs and
1:48:41 feedback
1:48:42 and a design that supports our
1:48:44 multimodal vision for newport way
1:48:46 northwest while also balancing roadway
1:48:48 improvements for drivers and supporting
1:48:51 safety improvements along it there's
1:48:52 also a pretty good cost savings
1:48:55 associated with this right now
1:48:57 hopefully that will improve into the
1:48:59 future too so in terms of what i was
1:49:01 looking for in my role as a council
1:49:03 member checks all the boxes thank you
1:49:04 very much again and i'll be voting in
1:49:05 favor tonight
1:49:07 councilman joe
1:49:09 thank you i also will be voting in favor
1:49:12 tonight
1:49:13 two things that struck me
1:49:16 i travel this road pretty much every day
1:49:18 and about once a week i see a mother
1:49:21 with her child
1:49:23 or a jogger
1:49:25 crossing
1:49:26 where there isn't a crosswalk and it's
1:49:28 not their fault i mean
1:49:30 there isn't a crosswalk from
1:49:32 you know from sunset until you get to
1:49:34 the school with their jerry raid
1:49:37 crosswalk
1:49:38 light there and so you know the mother's
1:49:41 just trying to get the kids to school
1:49:42 the bike bicycles is
1:49:44 watching out for their own safety as
1:49:46 much as they can but but i think the the
1:49:48 safety improvements that can result from
1:49:51 roundabouts that are carefully designed
1:49:52 and thoughtfully put forward
1:49:55 is going to help
1:49:57 get those kids to school without having
1:49:58 to cross where they shouldn't be along
1:50:01 the way and that was one of the prime
1:50:02 things that encouraged me to
1:50:06 approve or move forward with this design
1:50:08 also i'd like to thank the
1:50:09 administration
1:50:11 this design budget is 3.3 million
1:50:13 dollars
1:50:14 the city's received uh just over three
1:50:16 million dollars in federal design funds
1:50:19 there's a slight match that that comes
1:50:21 with about half that 1.8 million we have
1:50:23 to match uh 13.5 percent so
1:50:27 our part is about 2. you know quarter of
1:50:29 a million dollars and then the other 1.2
1:50:32 doesn't need a match so we're putting in
1:50:34 a quarter of a million dollars we're
1:50:35 potentially getting 3.3 million in
1:50:37 design and so i just want to thank the
1:50:39 administration for continuing to look
1:50:40 for these opportunities and showing
1:50:43 you know the great concepts that we have
1:50:45 that rank so high in the scoring because
1:50:48 they've been well designed by our
1:50:50 engineering staff our transportation
1:50:52 staff and the administration all the way
1:50:53 through the process so thank you
1:50:56 uh councilmember martz followed by
1:50:58 councilmember hunt uh quick question and
1:51:00 then comments sorry i should have i
1:51:02 realized i had a question uh that i
1:51:05 didn't get in the question section um do
1:51:07 we have any anticipated challenges with
1:51:11 right-of-way with having a 68-foot main
1:51:17 one of the reasons why we went with the
1:51:20 reduced footprint where we went from the
1:51:24 concept to this one was to reduce our
1:51:27 impacts to right-of-way there will still
1:51:28 be right-of-way needs especially at the
1:51:30 roundabouts but
1:51:32 it be it's now something that's
1:51:34 manageable where we'll be able to
1:51:36 whether it's through grants or traffic
1:51:39 impact fees be able to acquire that
1:51:41 right away
1:51:42 great okay um so i will be supporting
1:51:45 this this evening you know when when uh
1:51:48 we first started talking about having uh
1:51:50 roundabouts
1:51:52 at uh holly and and uh the other streets
1:51:55 uh my kids were at ive
1:51:59 a few a few years ago
1:52:01 uh and uh it it
1:52:04 parents were very very excited so um i i
1:52:07 don't know exactly where things are in
1:52:09 recent years um with engagement with
1:52:11 that school but i know that anybody
1:52:12 who's trying to take a left onto newport
1:52:16 many many many times of the day would
1:52:19 appreciate having a roundabout there so
1:52:22 i'm excited about this
1:52:24 and uh it's been a very very long time
1:52:26 coming thank you councilmember hunt
1:52:30 thank you um yes great job incorporating
1:52:33 community um community feedback and
1:52:37 feedback from the business community as
1:52:39 well as from residents
1:52:40 and working with the school district i i
1:52:42 will also be supportive um the school
1:52:47 the questions especially the council of
1:52:49 president walsh was asking about that
1:52:51 side road i do think that's important to
1:52:54 follow up on
1:52:55 my kids currently go to esque valley
1:52:58 elementary and
1:53:00 the pattern i think if you were to talk
1:53:02 to the school district is a lot of
1:53:03 people are going to make that loop at a
1:53:07 around the bell time of the school and
1:53:10 so they're going to be coming out um of
1:53:13 that side street
1:53:14 a lot of cars in a very short period of
1:53:16 time twice a day
1:53:18 um and i think that would be important
1:53:20 to take into consideration and that's
1:53:22 not one of the locations of the
1:53:23 roundabout there's more distributed
1:53:26 traffic i would think at the at the
1:53:28 holly round about because that's
1:53:30 parents can go in and out of the school
1:53:34 other hours of the day for after-school
1:53:37 programs and and what have you so i
1:53:39 think that that should be taken into
1:53:41 consideration it'll be great um also
1:53:43 from the perspective of the protected
1:53:45 bike lanes to make sure that the bikes
1:53:47 are also protected where you don't have
1:53:48 a roundabout but you do have cars going
1:53:50 into the street
1:53:52 from the side streets which is
1:53:55 that school
1:53:57 school street which i'm not sure what
1:53:59 the name is but that's that would be one
1:54:01 of those streets and i imagine there
1:54:02 will be other streets
1:54:05 i also think the
1:54:07 experience of the bikes going through
1:54:09 the roundabouts is super important
1:54:11 because it will be a protected bike lane
1:54:13 it will be part of the mounts to sound
1:54:15 greenway it will be a lot more i think
1:54:18 attractive to um bike riders to go
1:54:21 through this corridor with these
1:54:23 improvements and i think the protected
1:54:24 bike lane is great and is a big
1:54:26 improvement but then having those three
1:54:28 roundabouts that needs to continue to be
1:54:30 protected and continue to feel
1:54:33 feel and be safe for those bike riders
1:54:35 as well
1:54:36 and then lastly has been touched upon
1:54:38 but the school crossing
1:54:40 elements where those crosswalks go that
1:54:42 will also end up being i think very
1:54:44 important and very important for the
1:54:47 experience of parents taking their kids
1:54:49 to school and kids getting to and from
1:54:51 school so it's a lot going on in this
1:54:53 short stretch um relatively short
1:54:55 stretch and i think the design
1:54:58 so far does incorporate that some
1:55:00 additional considerations for your
1:55:02 as you continue to work on this and
1:55:04 lastly
1:55:05 when this work does take place
1:55:08 communication
1:55:10 the neighbor the community the neighbors
1:55:14 parents
1:55:15 staff
1:55:16 everybody who's using this corridor will
1:55:18 be super important because it is one of
1:55:20 our busiest corridors
1:55:21 and i imagine there will be detours and
1:55:23 that's that's that's necessary for
1:55:26 improvement but at the same time that
1:55:27 communication about how to get to where
1:55:29 you need to go during that period of
1:55:31 time where it is being improved will be
1:55:34 really important to get right so i would
1:55:37 emphasize that for when the time comes
1:55:39 we'll be supportive thank you
1:55:41 council president
1:55:43 thank you
1:55:44 i'm also going to support this i think
1:55:46 most of my comments have already been
1:55:48 made by my colleagues up here
1:55:51 but i just wanted to throw my
1:55:52 appreciation in for
1:55:54 the community engagement the fact that
1:55:56 this project has developed over time
1:56:00 based on that community engagement i
1:56:03 look forward to continued engagement
1:56:05 with the school district to talk about
1:56:07 some of the things on exiting and
1:56:09 entering and crossing
1:56:12 and safe uh safety on that i really
1:56:15 appreciated seeing
1:56:16 this iteration with the separated bike
1:56:19 lanes and walkways it really goes to
1:56:21 show that we are using the information
1:56:23 from our master mobility plan
1:56:26 inform the design concept here
1:56:28 and i also very much appreciate the
1:56:31 grant funding um that has been coming
1:56:34 together for this project um i think
1:56:37 that's just a great start to this next
1:56:40 step and i look forward to seeing the
1:56:42 next layers of design
1:56:44 any other comments
1:56:46 i think we've heard from everybody
1:56:49 so i will read the motion again
1:56:51 it has been moved and seconded to
1:56:53 approve the corridor concept for the
1:56:55 newport way northwest maple street to
1:56:57 west sunset way improvement project
1:56:59 contained in the summary of the final
1:57:01 design concept all those in favor say
1:57:07 those
1:57:08 opposed that carries unanimously so
1:57:12 well um john and shuah that was a great
1:57:15 presentation thank you very much um and
1:57:18 also really agree with what the council
1:57:20 said about how much of your work you get
1:57:22 done through funding from others which
1:57:24 is hugely helpful on a project of this
1:57:26 size and hopefully as we progress some
1:57:29 of that federal
1:57:30 infrastructure money may be coming to
1:57:33 our state and coming our way to help us
1:57:35 actually get this project underway so
1:57:37 thanks for everything you did tonight
1:57:40 uh council we have a couple more items
1:57:43 uh good of the order and executive
1:57:45 session um
1:57:46 i'm gonna recommend maybe we go through
1:57:48 the good of the order head into
1:57:50 executive session and then take a five
1:57:52 minute recess if that makes sense
1:57:55 good of the order uh council president
1:57:58 thank you okay i just wanted to take a
1:58:00 moment to talk about the isco business
1:58:03 leadership forum and the amazing job
1:58:06 that first of all our staff did and the
1:58:08 amazing feedback that we got from the
1:58:11 business community so as mayor paulie
1:58:12 said there were about 30
1:58:14 business leaders that were there
1:58:18 the event was really built both as a
1:58:21 opportunity to network in person
1:58:24 and then also an opportunity for
1:58:27 business leaders to give their feedback
1:58:29 on what the city is doing and how it
1:58:31 impacts their businesses so we ended up
1:58:34 with i think about five
1:58:36 um kind of breakout groups that were
1:58:38 talking over their individual business
1:58:41 needs and so i just wanted to convey
1:58:44 first of all
1:58:45 there's a lot of attention and
1:58:47 interest in our changes to title 18 and
1:58:51 permitting we heard from several
1:58:53 businesses that had potential projects
1:58:55 to expand their businesses
1:58:57 prior to covid that decided not to
1:59:01 because they just couldn't handle
1:59:03 getting through the permitting process
1:59:05 and so there was a lot of in interest in
1:59:10 streamlining the processing and the
1:59:12 changes that we were made making to
1:59:14 title 18. there was also a lot of
1:59:16 interest in
1:59:17 businesses wanting to be involved in
1:59:20 testing the code
1:59:22 so the
1:59:23 test phase for title 18 is coming up
1:59:27 there's a really short like three-day
1:59:29 window to sign up so businesses ask for
1:59:31 that to be expanded um and so i think
1:59:35 we're going to have a conversation with
1:59:36 director dollywall about that
1:59:39 because we would love to have them
1:59:41 involved in the code testing
1:59:43 there was also a lot of conversation
1:59:45 about workforce hiring retention
1:59:48 a lot of them talked about just
1:59:50 continued challenges
1:59:52 to hiring and retaining employees they
1:59:55 would often have an employee start for a
1:59:56 month and then leave and they'd have to
2:00:00 work on rehiring we did
2:00:03 they identified the cost of housing and
2:00:05 difficult commutes as really big
2:00:09 impacts on their ability to hire for the
2:00:11 city they really talked to the city
2:00:13 about esco hobart road said that was
2:00:15 really important to them they
2:00:17 appreciated the kind of work on highway
2:00:20 18 and our influence there but didn't
2:00:23 feel like that was going to be as
2:00:24 important to them as escua hobart road
2:00:27 and then one of the businesses shared a
2:00:29 creative way that they're handling the
2:00:31 cost of housing by providing 25 rv
2:00:34 hookups
2:00:35 for their employees to be able to stay
2:00:38 and that that was one of the only ways
2:00:40 that they could get enough employees
2:00:42 just to maintain their business let
2:00:44 alone try and grow it again they would
2:00:47 like to grow their business um but are
2:00:49 held back by those things we had a
2:00:52 robust conversation about washdot and
2:00:55 not taking care of their property on the
2:00:58 freeway on and off ramps and how that's
2:01:00 impacting businesses both in people
2:01:03 feeling like they're coming to a safe
2:01:05 place and a place that's well taken care
2:01:07 of as well as
2:01:09 panhandlers and other people that are
2:01:11 living in those properties and other
2:01:14 ability to
2:01:17 just take care of that that they wanted
2:01:19 the city to take care of it and the
2:01:22 mayor had a really frank i think
2:01:25 conversation saying hey
2:01:28 we're not being paid for that
2:01:31 that's not our property but i
2:01:33 appreciated the willingness to say hey
2:01:35 we would pilot a program if you want to
2:01:37 give us the revenue for that for a long
2:01:39 term project we are absolutely open so
2:01:42 one of the things they did was encourage
2:01:45 businesses to advocate for the city with
2:01:47 state representatives because while we
2:01:49 would love to
2:01:51 you know have some sort of inner local
2:01:53 agreement that would give us an
2:01:54 opportunity to
2:01:56 bring that up to effective service
2:01:58 levels without the funding
2:02:01 that's just a
2:02:03 you know unfunded mandate um we also had
2:02:05 lots of conversations about return to
2:02:07 office what businesses are doing to try
2:02:09 and get people to come in and really
2:02:12 take advantage of the feeling of
2:02:14 issaquah
2:02:16 and then also how businesses can engage
2:02:19 with volunteer boards and commissions um
2:02:22 so this was a wonderful event i think
2:02:24 one of the things that the mayor did
2:02:26 really well was at the end of it say hey
2:02:28 this is just a first step this is us
2:02:30 hearing from you the next step is for us
2:02:33 to be able to take that into each of
2:02:35 these projects each of these stages and
2:02:38 make sure that that feedback comes
2:02:40 comes back to the businesses on what
2:02:43 we've heard but it was just it was a
2:02:45 really great
2:02:46 event and opportunity to just hear very
2:02:49 directly and frankly from the business
2:02:52 community about what was
2:02:54 important to them
2:02:56 and in this particular stage so i look
2:02:58 forward to that being continued for
2:03:00 future years yeah that's a great that's
2:03:02 a great time and if anybody has any
2:03:03 questions i'm happy but it was mostly
2:03:05 just a summary of what happened
2:03:08 thank you for that council president
2:03:09 anyone else have items to go to the
2:03:11 order uh councilmember
2:03:12 joe thank you i spoke to a
2:03:15 representative from the village theater
2:03:17 this afternoon and
2:03:19 october 14th at 5 pm it's a friday
2:03:22 afternoon there'll be an unveiling of
2:03:26 hunt family theater at the first stage
2:03:29 you can view it from vinobella
2:03:32 on that side of the road and there'll be
2:03:34 a reception of vinobella after the event
2:03:37 so if you could make it i think
2:03:40 the hunt family would appreciate that
2:03:42 and village theatre would appreciate our
2:03:43 support
2:03:44 lastly um
2:03:46 awc holds something called cities on tap
2:03:50 and there are various
2:03:51 events for elected officials
2:03:54 ridgefield wenatchee port orchard
2:03:56 spokane and finally there's one in
2:03:58 everett that's the closest one to us
2:04:01 i'll be attending the one in everett
2:04:03 as part of my job
2:04:06 if others would like to attend
2:04:08 we could see if we can carpool up there
2:04:09 or what have you um
2:04:12 but it's a great opportunity to meet
2:04:14 other elected officials under an awc
2:04:17 uh event
2:04:18 banner so i just thought i'd pass that
2:04:21 thank you councilmember joe any other
2:04:23 good of the order i have a few meeting
2:04:25 notices to do that's it okay september
2:04:28 28th the committee of the whole meeting
2:04:30 the anticipated agenda items include
2:04:32 regional representation
2:04:33 and the 2023-24 budget overview
2:04:37 october 3rd is our regular city council
2:04:40 meeting and the anticipated agenda items
2:04:42 are amending chapter 9.40 of the imc the
2:04:46 squad municipal code re criminalizing
2:04:49 vehicle trespass and making or
2:04:51 possessing of motor vehicle theft tools
2:04:54 also potentially public hearings on the
2:04:57 2023-24 budget and levy and revenue
2:05:00 sources
2:05:01 so the last item we have on business
2:05:03 this evening is the executive session
2:05:05 and as earlier announced there will be
2:05:07 an executive session held this evening
2:05:09 to discuss security of computer and
2:05:11 telecommunications networks for rcw
2:05:14 42.30.110 per n1a
2:05:18 iii and pending potential litigation for
2:05:21 42.30.110 per n1 for an i these items
2:05:25 are expected to take a total of 45
2:05:27 minutes and no action is anticipated in
2:05:29 open session
2:05:30 as a reminder executive sessions are
2:05:32 closed to the public and we will now
2:05:34 recess into our executive session at 9
2:05:37 05 pm for anyone participating virtually
2:05:42 who is not a part of the closed session
2:05:43 you can remain in the main meeting and
2:05:45 you're welcome to stay until we
2:05:47 reconvene
2:05:48 clerk are we ready to proceed

Attendance

Council / Members (6)
Barbara de Michele
Zach Hall
Victoria Hunt
Russell Joe
Tola Marts
Lindsey Walsh
Excused
Chris Reh

Motions and votes (3)

Adopt Ordinance No. 2989, adopting amendments to the Issaquah Municipal Code Chapter 13.28 Stormwater Management Policy; Chapter 16.26 Clearing, Grading, and Stormwater Management; and Chapter 16.36, Areas of Special Flood Hazard, regarding provisions to support compliance with the Department of Eco…
Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH
Carried 6-0
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Lindsey Walsh
Approve the corridor concept for the Newport Way NW Maple Street to W. Sunset Way Improvement Project contained in the Summary of the Final Design Concept. .
Moved by JOE · seconded by WALSH
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 1202 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Sept. 19, 2022, $ 4,407,147.40; Approved. b) Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, July 18, 2022; Approved. c) Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, July 18, 2022; Approved. d) ID 1102 - Informational Update: W…
Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL
Carried 6-0
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Lindsey Walsh