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Monday, October 3, 2022

7:00 PM · 1h 42m · Council Chambers, 135 E. Sunset Way, Issaquah WA
Topics tracked across meetings:
Sewer Master Plan ID 1456 1/3
2023-24 Budget Ordinance AB 8402 1/3
2023 Salary Ordinance AB 8478 1/2
2023 Levy & Revenue Sources AB 8403 1/2
Community Development Block Grant (ADA Improvements from Issaquah Senior Center to Issaquah Community Center) AB 8170 2/2
Section
Topic
3. SPECIAL BUSINESS
3a
Arts & Humanities Month Proclamation 7 ID 1165 - Fire Prevention Week b) Proclamation ID 1164
5 min · packet pp.5
Topics: Public SafetyArts & Culture
Staff report:
CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office
8. CONSENT CALENDAR
8a
Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Oct. 3, 2022, $ 5,756,328.25 ID 1203
Approve · packet pp.43–84
Topics: Budget
Staff report:
Finance Department P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 PH: 425-837-3050 www.issaquahwa.gov
8b
Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, Aug. 1, 2022
Receive Report · packet pp.85–88
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR b) 08-01-22 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers August 1, 2022 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way
8e
Community Development Block Grant (ADA Improvements from Issaquah Senior Center to Issaquah Community Center) AB 8170
Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.99–174
Staff report:
In 2013 the City performed an evaluation of curb ramps, sidewalk, Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS) and push buttons, and on-street accessible parking spaces to identify features within the public right-of-way that was not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Following the evaluation an ADA Transition Plan was prepared. The ADA Transition plan established priority criterion for meeting compliance that included routes of travel of pedestrians with disabilities serving organizations and facilities, such as the Senior Center and proximity to medication facilities, public transit stops, City Hall, libraries, parks and recreation facilities and schools.
8g
Sewer Master Plan Contract Addendum #4 AB 8462
Authorize · packet pp.183–190
Topics: Water
Staff report:
In 2020, the City Council approved the professional services agreement with BHC Consultants, in the amount of $199,900 to complete the Sewer Master Plan (Plan). The Plan is a City-wide plan to evaluate the City's sewer conveyance system, identify code and policy changes relating to private septic system use, and prioritize a list of sewer infrastructure improvements and programs to be implemented within a 20-year time frame to address impacts due to aging infrastructure, infiltration and intrusion into the sewer conveyance system, and support forecasted growth and development in the City. The goal is to complete the Plan and and have it adopted by the second quarter of 2023.
8k
2023 Salary Ordinance AB 8478
Introduce · packet pp.239–260
Topics: Land Use
Staff report:
The Administration recommends that the City Council adopt the 2023 Salary Ordinance.
9. PUBLIC HEARING
9a
2023-24 Budget Ordinance AB 8402
Conduct Public Hearing · 30 min · packet pp.261–359
Topics: Land UseBudget
Staff report:
The Administration recommends the City Council conduct the public hearing and adopt the budget ordinance.
9b
2023-24 Budget: Levy & Revenue Sources AB 8403
Conduct Public Hearing · 20 min · packet pp.361–375
Topics: Budget
Staff report:
The City's authority to impose a property tax is derived from the Washington State Constitution and described in the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) Chapters 84.52 and 84.55. The revenues from property tax are considered general government revenues. That means that this money is placed in the General Fund and can be used for any basic governmental service or goods such as public safety, planning, parks, or administration.
10. REGULAR BUSINESS
10a
Amending Chapter 9.40 IMC, re: Criminalizing Vehicle Trespass and the Making or Possession of Motor Vehicle Theft Tools AB 8476
Adopt Ordinance · 20 min · packet pp.377–382
Topics: Land Use
Staff report:
The City's criminal code is contained in Title 9 of the IMC, with property crimes consolidated in Chapter 9.40 IMC. The City has adopted many state statutes throughout its criminal code, including the making or possession of burglar tools; however, RCW 9A.56.063, prohibiting the making or possession of vehicle theft tools and penalizing the same as a gross misdemeanor, has not yet been adopted by reference. Further, while many cities throughout the region have adopted code provisions prohibiting "vehicle trespass," Issaquah has yet to enact such a regulation.
11. GOOD OF THE ORDER
11a
Upcoming Council Meetings
0:00 welcome everyone I am calling the
0:02 October 3rd city council meeting to
0:04 order and as a reminder we continue to
0:07 have a remote aspect to our meetings
0:10 both staff and members of the public may
0:12 be participating in tonight's meeting
0:14 remotely via WebEx and we have council
0:17 member D Michelle on attending remotely
0:20 tonight welcome council member
0:22 so the first item on our agenda this
0:24 evening is the Pledge of Allegiance and
0:25 I invite you to join me
0:29 pledge allegiance to the flag of the
0:32 United States of America and to the
0:35 Republic for which it stands one nation
0:38 under God indivisible with liberty and
0:41 justice for all
0:43 foreign
0:46 so we have some special business this
0:48 evening on our agenda and the first one
0:50 id1164 Arts and Humanities month
0:53 Proclamation and I'd like to invite our
0:55 arts program administrator Amy dukes and
0:59 several of our Arts Commissioners to the
1:01 lectern we have Rachel Wright with us
1:04 this evening who's the vice chair Fred
1:07 poynier Kimberly capistein Carlene
1:10 Cafferty and I'm not sure that Eric is
1:12 here so come on and join me
1:17 foreign
1:35 so where is the National Endowment for
1:37 the Arts the National Endowment for the
1:40 Humanities the state Arts and Humanities
1:42 councils across the country and the
1:44 Nations 4 500 local art agencies have
1:48 regularly issued official proclamations
1:50 on an annual basis designated October as
1:53 National Arts and Humanities month and
1:56 where is the Arts and Humanities enhance
1:58 and enrich the lives of every American
2:01 and the Arts and Humanities play a
2:03 unique role in the lives of our families
2:05 our communities and our country
2:07 whereas the Arts and Humanities help
2:09 diverse communities across the United
2:11 States explore their history and culture
2:13 with the support and Partnership of
2:15 local educational and cultural
2:17 institutions
2:19 and whereas the nation's arts and
2:21 culture sector non-profit commercial
2:23 education is an 877 billion dollar
2:27 industry that supports 4.6 million jobs
2:30 or 4.2 percent of the nation's economy
2:33 and boasts a 33 billion dollar
2:35 International Trade Surplus and whereas
2:38 despite significant losses to the
2:40 coronavirus pandemic the creative
2:43 Industries remain among the most vital
2:44 sectors of the American economy
2:46 providing new opportunities for
2:48 developing cities creating jobs and
2:50 economic activity within their own
2:52 industry and across sectors and making
2:55 communities attractive to Business
2:56 Development and whereas Issaquah is home
2:59 to a Vibrant Community of Arts culture
3:01 and Humanities organizations creative
3:04 businesses artists makers and creative
3:07 workers that positively impact our city
3:09 in immeasurable ways now therefore I
3:12 marry the Polly mayor of the City of
3:14 Issaquah do hereby proclaim the month of
3:16 October 2022 to be Arts and Humanities
3:19 month in our city and I'm going to ask
3:22 Amy if she would like to say a few words
3:24 in any of our board members
3:28 great thank you thank you mayor Polly
3:30 thank you Council um just want to say
3:31 thank you for all of your support of our
3:33 arts and culture program through the
3:35 years and just really join us in
3:38 celebrating all of the great arts and
3:40 culture opportunities in Issaquah and
3:43 then I think Rachel was going to say
3:45 thank you we are so appreciative of the
3:48 support and the growth of Arts in
3:50 Issaquah and we just want to remind
3:52 people about the efforts that are being
3:53 made around our creative District which
3:56 is an important part where one of the
3:57 first communities in the state of
3:59 Washington to have a creative district
4:00 and at the with the Arts commission we
4:02 are working on more campaigns for
4:04 visibility to help people engage with
4:06 the Arts so thank you
4:13 just to reiterate the thank you for your
4:16 support in our community here
4:19 we see so much good that's done through
4:22 the grant program that goes to support
4:25 arts in our schools Village Theater the
4:28 salmon Days festival artists doing
4:30 murals paintings music writing
4:34 um this is really important as as part
4:36 of being a vibrant and healthy and
4:38 successful
4:39 community and we couldn't do it without
4:42 your support so thank you very much
4:45 thank you all for coming this evening I
4:46 wonder if I could get a photo with you
4:48 as well
5:04 we can get the council if they want to
5:06 come down if you're already up I mean
5:08 come on more the merrier
5:13 foreign
5:21 nice picture
5:30 [Applause]
5:52 okay I'm going to need to grab my second
5:54 Proclamation but id1165 we are doing a
5:58 proclamation this evening for fire
6:00 prevention week and I'd like to invite
6:01 Eastside fire and rescue Chief Ben Lane
6:03 and his deputy director Jamie formosano
6:06 to the lectern to receive the
6:08 proclamation oh thank you Tisha
6:11 and thank you both for coming this
6:12 evening
6:16 so where is the City of Issaquah is
6:18 committed to ensuring the safety of all
6:20 of those living and visiting our city
6:22 and fire is a serious Public Safety
6:25 concern both locally and nationally and
6:28 homes are the locations where people are
6:30 at greatest risk from fire
6:32 whereas Home Fires caused 2 580 deaths
6:36 in the United States in 2020 according
6:38 to the National Fire Protection
6:40 Association and fire departments in the
6:42 United States responded to 356 500 Home
6:47 Fires in 2020. and where is smoke alarms
6:51 sent smoke well before you can alerting
6:53 you to danger in the event of a fire in
6:56 which you may have as little as two
6:57 minutes to escape safely
6:59 and working smoke alarms cut the risk of
7:02 dying in reported Home Fires in half
7:05 and whereas individuals who have planned
7:07 and practiced a home fire escape
7:10 plan that are more prepared and will
7:12 therefore be more likely to survive a
7:14 fire and whereas Issaquah residents
7:16 should be sure everyone in the home
7:18 understands the sounds of the smoke
7:19 alarms and knows how to respond and best
7:22 practice is to check smoke detectors
7:24 monthly and replace the unit every 10
7:27 years and whereas Eastside fire and
7:29 rescue First Responders are dedicated to
7:31 reducing the occurrence of Home Fires
7:33 and home fire injuries through
7:34 prevention and protection education and
7:38 whereas Eastside fire and rescue
7:39 provides all Hazard response service to
7:41 respond to fire medical hazardous
7:44 materials technical rescues and
7:46 Emergency Services needed in the City of
7:48 Issaquah and whereas the City of
7:50 Issaquah and Eastside fire and rescue
7:52 work together to protect and educate
7:54 residents regarding fire prevention and
7:56 safety I'm Mary Lou Paulie mayor of the
7:59 city of issquad do hereby declare
8:00 October 9th through 15 2022 to be fire
8:04 prevention week in the City of Issaquah
8:06 and I'd like to invite you up to say a
8:09 few words oh I'd love to you thank you
8:11 good evening and uh thank you mayor
8:13 members of the council and City staff
8:15 for for the recognition for our
8:17 prevention and public education division
8:19 within East Side Fire and Rescue
8:21 um I I do have to say that that
8:23 particular Workforce is they're the
8:26 young sung Heroes of the organization
8:29 they also work to ensure that the First
8:32 Responders are safe through their plans
8:34 review the annual fire inspections that
8:37 the crews are out doing and then
8:39 certainly the public education that
8:40 we're excited to get back out in the
8:42 schools to do and engage so again on
8:44 behalf of the men and women with East
8:46 Side Partners you thank you for the
8:48 recognition this evening
8:51 thank you and also could I ask you for
8:53 example
8:56 [Applause]
9:28 thank you
9:39 thank you so the next part of our
9:41 meeting this evening is audience
9:42 comments and members of the public May
9:45 address council at this time in person
9:47 or virtually those who signed up in
9:49 advance to make comments will be called
9:51 on First and if you are joining us
9:53 virtually and would like to make
9:54 comments please raise your virtual hand
9:56 if you're on the phone please press star
9:59 3 and if you have joined by computer or
10:01 smartphone look for the hand icon this
10:04 can vary by device and one option may be
10:07 to go to the participant panel and
10:09 choose the raise hand icon in the lower
10:11 right hand corner if you are in the room
10:14 and you did not sign up I will ask for
10:16 other speakers before closing this
10:17 portion of the meeting city clerk has
10:19 anyone signed up to speak this evening
10:22 no one has signed up in advance
10:24 there are no members of the public in
10:26 the room but we do have a few virtually
10:30 so let me just monitor for a moment and
10:33 see if anyone wishes to make a comment
10:39 no one is indicating a desire to speak
10:42 thank you City Clerk
10:44 um as a reminder written comments can be
10:47 submitted at any time to city council at
10:49 escuela.gov and council president Walsh
10:51 do you have any emails that the council
10:53 has received that you would like to
10:55 summarize on summarize on any of
10:57 tonight's agenda topics
10:59 um yes we received three emails with
11:02 strong support for ID 1235 the vehicle
11:06 trespass ordinance as well as an email
11:09 with support for the sustainability
11:12 portion of our budget as it relates to
11:14 the hearing tonight and that is the
11:18 emails we received from the community
11:20 thank you so the next item of business
11:23 this evening will be committee and
11:24 Regional reports and we'll start with
11:26 council member Joe
11:27 Madam mayor thank you
11:30 this Wednesday is the sca dinner down in
11:33 Renton if anyone else is attending I'd
11:36 be happy to drive and carpool with you
11:39 October 26th uh the mobility and
11:42 infrastructure committee will be meeting
11:44 uh and we'll be reviewing the transit
11:46 plan getting a Transit plan update
11:49 October 18th is Cascade water Alliance
11:53 finance committee meeting and I'll give
11:57 a report I'll report out after that
11:59 meeting to the full Council I don't
12:02 think I'm the mayor or I made it to the
12:05 Cascade water Alliance board meeting
12:07 apologies we'll try to get a hold of
12:09 those notes and give a summary once we
12:12 get get to review those that concludes
12:14 my report thank you thank you
12:15 councilmember Joe councilmember hunt
12:18 oh no not going off my list
12:21 um joining us remotely councilmember D
12:23 Michelle
12:25 thank you mayor Polly can you hear me we
12:27 can hear you fine
12:29 great
12:31 um on September the 21st I attended the
12:34 regional transit committee there were
12:36 two items of the interest uh on the
12:39 agenda the first was prioritization of
12:42 future rapid ride routes for King County
12:44 I pointed out that the Far East King
12:47 County cities in Snoqualmie Valley were
12:49 not included in the prioritization list
12:52 including the list of proposed routes
12:54 for the year 2050 planning and I urge
12:58 Metro to include those areas of future
13:00 rapid ride planning we were supported in
13:02 that point by council members from
13:04 Bellevue and Tukwila the second agenda
13:07 item was a present presentation and
13:09 discussion on Innovative and flexible
13:11 service options for local communities
13:15 during the presentation and subsequent
13:17 discussion Metro officials emphasized
13:20 the importance of funding proposals for
13:22 future pilot programs but also the
13:25 importance of demonstrated Community
13:27 Support
13:28 in this regard the Sammamish community
13:30 van pilot program was cited as an
13:33 example of a successful Community
13:35 involvement project bringing together
13:38 the voices of diverse racial and
13:40 cultural as well as elderly and disabled
13:43 Community groups supporting the pilot
13:45 project
13:46 so we may have things to learn from our
13:49 neighbor uh some uh Sammamish about
13:51 their Community there project thank you
13:55 and that Inspire report thank you
13:57 councilmember D Michelle councilmember
13:58 honey
13:59 thank you madam mayor the Planning
14:02 Development and environments committee
14:03 met on September 22nd we had one item
14:06 and it did have a lot of parts
14:09 um so please bear with me it was ID 1249
14:12 which is Title 18 Administration and
14:14 procedures and in this item there were
14:18 several components one was the State
14:20 Environmental Policy Act thresholds and
14:23 on this item the committee was
14:24 supportive of increasing the thresholds
14:26 requiring sipa to 10 units for single
14:30 family and multi-family residential and
14:32 ten thousand square foot of commercial
14:34 this aligns with neighboring
14:36 jurisdictions and recommendations were
14:38 also given by staff to make these sort
14:41 of changes to align with our neighboring
14:42 jurisdictions and we were also
14:44 supportive of
14:46 moving higher than the PPC recommended
14:49 cipa
14:52 um limits to also provide a more
14:55 attractive environment for building a
14:56 missing metal housing and this was a
14:58 rationale that was provided by staff
15:00 analysis
15:02 so those were the changes that we made
15:04 or those were the recommendations that
15:05 we made on that item
15:08 regarding third-party Sustainable
15:09 Building certification we were
15:11 supportive of having this required for
15:15 certain thresholds and we were also
15:19 supportive of having this on a separate
15:22 as a separate consideration from the
15:24 cepa thresholds due to the added
15:27 complexity of sort of tying those two
15:29 components of the code together and also
15:31 the fact that no none of our neighboring
15:33 jurisdictions have a connection between
15:36 the third party Sustainable Building
15:38 certification process and the CPA
15:41 thresholds so that was our rationale for
15:44 our recommendation there
15:46 and we were supportive of incentives for
15:49 lead certification we just would prefer
15:51 a separate route from CPA thresholds
15:54 on forested Hillside preservation we
15:57 were very supportive
15:58 um this there were some minor
16:00 clarifications to language but this is a
16:01 new part of code so one thing that we
16:03 discussed was that this will need to be
16:04 tested with the testers of the code
16:07 which is happening right now
16:09 and then on accessory and temporary uses
16:12 and food trucks we were supportive of
16:14 the direction provided by PBC planning
16:16 policy commission to streamline the
16:18 process and provide for annual renewal
16:20 option we also talked about the
16:23 importance of working with business
16:24 owners we had several food truck owners
16:27 provide public comments explaining their
16:30 perspective as food truck operators and
16:33 their experience with the regulations
16:34 that were currently in place so we had a
16:37 conversation about making sure that
16:38 there was meaningful engagement with
16:41 those business owners going forward and
16:43 that amenities in the neighborhoods
16:44 including the food trucks are important
16:46 and having those various amenities in
16:49 neighborhoods is actually one of our
16:50 goals for this code update
16:53 um and then lastly on through block
16:56 passages we wanted to have city-wide
16:59 consistency when possible we also heard
17:02 an update on the testing of the code
17:03 which is going on currently and we have
17:06 a number of individuals who have
17:08 volunteered to test out our code so we
17:11 look forward to hearing more once that
17:13 process is complete
17:16 and then we will meet again planning
17:19 policy commit um
17:22 Planning Development and environment
17:23 committee will meet again on October 6th
17:25 and we have two items
17:27 id1092 which is the contractor code of
17:30 conduct and id1276 which is Title 18
17:34 process and procedures
17:36 I also I also had one other item
17:40 um which is just to announce that there
17:42 is a upcoming meeting of the k4c elected
17:45 officials this will be a workshop and it
17:47 is on October 13th from 3 to 4 30 p.m
17:50 this is a meeting for elected officials
17:53 um to discuss and learn about the King
17:55 County City's climate collaboration but
17:57 there will also be a public town hall
17:59 for residents and interested members of
18:02 the public which will be held later in
18:03 October but I don't yet have the date
18:05 for that public town hall that concludes
18:08 my report
18:09 thank you councilmember hunt and welcome
18:10 back council member Ray uh thank you
18:13 mayor Paulie great to be back
18:16 um the King County growth management
18:18 planning Council met on September 28th
18:20 in a virtual format there were four
18:22 items on the agenda uh gmpc received a
18:25 briefing on new data related to local
18:27 sources and trends of greenhouse
18:30 emissions as well as new climate action
18:32 planning tools developed to support
18:34 local climate action by King County and
18:37 other cities within King County
18:39 the gmpc was also briefed by the State
18:42 Department of Commerce on a guidance
18:44 document that they are developing to
18:46 support local jurisdictions in meeting
18:47 the requirements of House Bill 1220 from
18:50 the 2021 session related to the analysis
18:53 of a racial discriminatory impacts of
18:56 land use policy plans and regulations
19:00 uh GMP
19:02 gmpc concurred with the recommendations
19:04 from the county on new affordable
19:07 housing Committee Member appointments
19:09 those included Russell Joe representing
19:12 the Master Builders Association of King
19:14 and Snohomish Counties uh Ryan maconster
19:17 of Washington multifamilies Housing
19:19 Association and make a Winkler chin on
19:22 behalf of the mayor of Seattle who is
19:25 part of the office of housing in Seattle
19:28 finally gmpc received a long briefing on
19:32 the affordable housing committee's
19:33 revised project schedule and allocating
19:36 of county-wide housing needs to cities
19:39 and I'm going to let council president
19:41 Walsh talk about what the affordable
19:45 housing committee actually did instead
19:46 of what we talked about because it's a
19:48 little more current so that concludes my
19:50 report thank you council member Ray
19:52 council member Martz thank you madam
19:53 mayor the Council of services safety and
19:55 Parks committee met at 6 30 pm on
19:58 Tuesday September 20th here in council
20:00 chambers we discussed ID 1235 vehicle
20:05 trespass ordinance which is on tonight's
20:07 agenda as ab 8476 and I will discuss it
20:10 when it comes up on regular business the
20:13 sound cities Regional Council growth
20:14 management policy board will be meeting
20:17 this Thursday October 6th from 10 till
20:20 noon no action is anticipated the sound
20:22 cities Association public issues
20:24 committee is meeting on Wednesday
20:25 October 12th from 7 to 9 pm as an online
20:28 virtual meeting no action is anticipated
20:30 at that meeting either this concludes my
20:33 report thank you council member Mart
20:34 Deputy council president Hall thank you
20:37 very much just quickly to announce that
20:38 the next meeting of the Eastside fire
20:40 and rescue board of directors is next
20:42 Thursday October 13th at 4 pm at our
20:44 headquarters on Newport Way Northwest on
20:47 the agenda is the 2023-24 budget and
20:50 I'll also be getting our last update on
20:52 the agency strategic plan both of which
20:55 are on the agenda tonight to keep you in
20:57 the loop and to answer any questions
20:58 that you might have so a big thank you
21:00 to deputy chief Ben Lane and incoming
21:03 Chief Ben Lane and it's deputy director
21:05 of community programs Jamie formosano
21:08 right so thank you very much for being
21:10 here
21:11 and that concludes my report
21:12 thank you Deputy council president
21:14 council president Walsh
21:15 thank you
21:17 um as council member Ray alluded to I
21:20 did attend the King County affordable
21:21 housing meeting on Thursday where we had
21:24 a robust conversation about the three
21:27 proposed options for allocating housing
21:29 buy need buy income levels for each
21:32 jurisdiction so let me break that down
21:34 just a moment
21:35 normally what's happened in the past is
21:38 there's been a King County number of
21:41 housing units that are needed when we're
21:44 creating our comprehensive plans and
21:46 then they allocate it by City this year
21:49 what they're trying to do when they're
21:50 updating these plans is instead of just
21:53 saying you need to build this many
21:55 housing units they're saying hey not
21:57 everybody is building housing that's
22:00 affordable at the same rate and so we
22:04 need to approach this in a different way
22:06 so they've created three different
22:08 models one is
22:11 um everybody gets to everybody
22:16 gets to the same rate at the end so as
22:20 an example
22:22 um some of the
22:25 better affordable more affordable areas
22:29 in South King County have about 40
22:30 percent of their housing units that are
22:33 zero to eighty percent affordable and so
22:36 what they'd like us to do is get every
22:38 city to that rate and so what they're
22:41 doing is they're allocating a zero to
22:43 thirty percent housing needs 30 to 50 50
22:46 to 80 80 to 100 and 120 plus
22:50 and so the conversations really how do
22:54 we create that formula because there's
22:55 nothing really that says it so
22:58 ultimately our group was split between
23:00 options two and three which is
23:03 basically
23:05 everybody needs to build
23:08 at the same rate
23:11 or everybody needs to
23:14 build toward the same number but
23:17 adjust it a little bit based on jobs and
23:20 transport and all kinds of things we
23:24 ultimately leaned toward option three
23:26 which is the more complicated jobs all
23:29 of that
23:30 but we had a few questions so we didn't
23:33 take action but then again we are an
23:35 advisory committee to an advisory
23:37 committee so we don't really take action
23:39 in the first place
23:40 um but it just it's a really complicated
23:43 idea there is a chart out there that
23:45 shows that no matter which one of these
23:49 the City of Issaquah is going to be
23:51 allocated somewhere our need in the zero
23:54 to thirty percent range is somewhere
23:56 between fifteen hundred and two thousand
23:59 housing units by the year 2044. and this
24:03 is a problem the lack of bills and the
24:06 lack of uh affordable build has been
24:08 going on for decades and we're trying to
24:11 catch up in about a 20-year period so
24:15 really an interesting conversation do
24:18 not disagree that there is a need but
24:20 gosh by golly there is not funding for
24:23 it and it hurts my heart to see that as
24:26 an allocation that we are going to be
24:28 assigned so just wanted to bring you up
24:30 to speed no real action there but an
24:33 interesting and important conversation
24:35 that concludes my report
24:37 thank you council president the next
24:39 item on this evening's agenda is the
24:42 mayor's report there will be an
24:44 executive session this evening to
24:46 discuss property acquisition per RCW
24:48 42.30 0.110 paren one print C and
24:52 pending potential litigation for RCW
24:54 42.30 0.110 per n one parent I and these
24:58 items are expected to take a total of 30
25:00 minutes and action is anticipated in
25:03 Open Session
25:04 so last weekend if you live anywhere
25:07 near Issaquah you probably know that it
25:09 was salmon days and we had an estimated
25:11 160 000 visitors join us for the annual
25:15 salmon Days festival if you missed the
25:17 salmon celebration you can still view
25:19 the friends of the Issaquah salmon
25:21 hatchery live stream Sam and gam to get
25:24 your fill of fishy festivities and just
25:27 for those that may not be aware the
25:29 salmon don't only come home to Issaquah
25:31 on salmon days weekend you have weeks
25:33 and weeks and weeks to go down to the
25:35 Hatchery and see Fish coming up
25:37 Washington State University has given us
25:41 a community Energy Efficiency program
25:43 Grant so I'm very excited to announce
25:45 that the city has successfully secured a
25:47 grant from Washington State's university
25:49 community Energy Efficiency program and
25:52 the funds from the ceep will support
25:55 heat pump installations for low-income
25:57 families as well as provide an
25:59 opportunity for any Resident to receive
26:01 a heat pump incentive the grant will
26:03 also provide translation services to
26:05 reach the broader Community job training
26:08 for women and minorities who are
26:09 interested in entering the HVAC sector
26:12 and support to women and minority-owned
26:14 businesses at business enterprises
26:16 through targeted HVAC trainings and
26:19 installation recruitment this Grant and
26:21 conjunction in conjunction with rebates
26:23 offered through the inflation reduction
26:24 act will help expand our ability to
26:27 reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the
26:29 built environment increased Energy
26:31 Efficiency and save our residents money
26:34 we are looking forward to a long-term
26:36 partnership with the CEC c e e p and our
26:39 neighboring jurisdictions to expand
26:41 energy efficient programs for Issaquah
26:44 residents
26:45 we have some upcoming community events
26:47 the baby boomer retirement boot camp is
26:49 on October 9th at the Issaquah Senior
26:51 Center
26:52 they're hosting a complimentary session
26:54 for people who are considering
26:55 retirement or who have recently retired
26:58 the event features workshops and
27:00 speakers and will help you make the most
27:02 of your next chapter in life space is
27:04 limited and registration is required so
27:06 you can visit the city's website for
27:07 more details
27:09 there's also a state park free pass day
27:11 coming up on October 10th it is for
27:14 World mental health day so let's get
27:16 everybody outside and enjoy our outdoor
27:18 spaces there is no Discovery paths
27:20 required for that day
27:22 Kokanee fry release is coming up please
27:24 join the Kokanee work group
27:26 uwrp elected officials the Snoqualmie
27:30 tribe and caring citizens on October
27:32 12th from 5 to 6 30 pm at the Lake
27:34 Sammamish State Park boat launch this is
27:37 the annual Kokanee release and Ceremony
27:39 this is a really special event
27:41 celebrating the success successes of the
27:44 Kokanee work group and those who have
27:45 supported efforts to restore the native
27:47 Kokanee salmon in Lake Sammamish
27:49 these salmon fry are part of a strategy
27:52 to restore the native Kokanee population
27:53 to healthy levels after decades and
27:55 Decades of decline so the first fry
27:58 release in Lake Sammamish was in Spring
27:59 2010 and there have been ceremonial
28:01 releases each spring through 2016.
28:05 the last event is the every ways to take
28:07 Eco action day on October 19th the city
28:10 is hosting a learning event to discover
28:12 new ways to reduce waste use less toxic
28:15 materials and to properly sort items for
28:17 disposal the event is at the Issaquah
28:19 Depot Museum from 7 to 8 pm and
28:21 registration is required and there will
28:24 be giveaways included with the
28:25 participation and that concludes the
28:27 mayor's report for this evening
28:30 uh the next informational item is id1275
28:33 we are welcoming East Side Fire and
28:35 Rescue staff to talk about budget and
28:39 the Eastside fire and rescue strategic
28:40 plan and I'd like to invite Eastside
28:42 fire and rescue captain or chief Ben
28:44 Lane and deputy director Jamie formosano
28:47 to make a presentation welcome
28:52 before we start I'd also like to let the
28:54 public know that we have council members
28:56 that serve on the Eastside fire and
28:58 rescue board
28:59 council member the deputy council
29:01 president Hall and council member Ray
29:03 and council member Mertz is our
29:05 alternate council president
29:09 foreign
29:18 good evening Madam mayor members of the
29:20 council City staff
29:23 and those viewing online thank you for
29:24 the opportunity to speak to you tonight
29:26 about Eastside iron rescue's 2023 and
29:29 2024 budget process
29:32 next slide please
29:36 we use a finance and administrative
29:39 committee process which is comprised of
29:41 one of the board directors and then also
29:45 the city staff from respective partner
29:47 finance division so I do want to thank
29:50 Deputy council president Hall and Robert
29:54 from your Finance staff for attending
29:56 the meetings I'm not sure if it was
29:58 because how awesome the presentations
30:00 were or the lunch so yet to be decided
30:03 right
30:05 in the the most recent finance and
30:08 administrative committee meeting the
30:10 last meeting we had was on September the
30:12 28th
30:13 um that was our third meeting
30:15 um to go over the comprehensive budget
30:17 process and the fact uh short for the
30:20 finance administrative committee they
30:21 referred those five items uh to The
30:24 Ether board for final consideration and
30:26 adoption at our upcoming October 13th
30:28 meeting
30:30 next slide please
30:35 our 23 and 24 budget this does
30:38 incorporate our original approach to the
30:41 budget process was we were assuming or
30:43 maybe fingers crossed hoping for an
30:46 eight percent cpiw for 23 and then we
30:50 were using uh four percent for 24. as we
30:53 all know that came in a bit higher at
30:55 9.5 percent this budget we made the
30:59 necessary adjustments and this budget
31:01 does incorporate that
31:03 um this also includes a wildfire
31:05 mitigation program I know it's been a
31:07 quite a bit of discussion around here in
31:10 Issaquah being in the oui area so it's
31:13 something that we are actively
31:14 recruiting and we have interviews I
31:16 believe scheduled in the coming weeks
31:18 for those specific positions and hoping
31:20 to get that division built out and
31:22 operational to start the the necessary
31:25 uh preventative measures that the
31:28 community could prevent or could benefit
31:30 from
31:31 this also incorporates our core connect
31:33 it's an mih program and this is fully
31:36 funded by the King County EMS Levy but
31:40 you'll see that incorporated in this
31:41 budget there's no new additional program
31:44 ads and then on October of last year
31:48 Eastside fire and rescue entered into a
31:51 contract for EMS and fire service with
31:53 Woodinville fire and rescue and so now
31:56 they're now part of the organization
31:57 that does incorporate revenue from that
31:59 contract next slide please
32:04 this is just an overdue an update on our
32:07 overview of the expense update you can
32:11 see that we presented some different
32:12 numbers in May July and then it's to
32:15 September I do have to say that this is
32:17 the first time that Eastside fire and
32:19 rescue is embarked on what we call a
32:20 zero-based budgeting process with the
32:23 addition of Woodenville to the
32:25 organization we have a new Finance
32:26 director so it was a really great
32:28 opportunity for us to just kind of clean
32:30 the slate and go through line item by
32:32 line item and so we were able to dial in
32:34 these numbers much more accurately and
32:37 that is incorporated into this budget
32:40 uh next slide please
32:44 this here is the revenue projections and
32:47 one of the
32:49 latest edition is again the revenue ad
32:51 for the contract for services with
32:54 wooden Bill and you'll see that that is
32:57 under the non-partner revenue and then
32:59 below that the um the total operating
33:02 revenue and the the partner
33:03 contributions there
33:06 next slide please
33:10 this is just a a give you a visual on
33:13 the funding formula and how it's been
33:16 applied
33:17 to the City of Issaquah as a originating
33:20 partner of Eastside foreign rescue
33:23 that big spike is really if you look at
33:25 it's a tenth of a percent there
33:27 and then if you look across the funding
33:29 formula history distribution you'll see
33:32 that for the most part there's either an
33:35 up or down every a few years when we
33:37 reevaluate that we use
33:40 um the funding formula that was quite
33:42 complex but just to simplify it it's
33:44 essentially 85 percent AV so assess
33:46 valuation and we use those numbers from
33:49 the King County assessor's office and
33:51 then 15 of that is from call volume
33:54 and what we have adopted moving forward
33:57 is we will adjust
33:58 those numbers in alignment with the
34:01 two-year budget cycle so we just re-up
34:04 those and that's where you can see
34:05 moving into 23 and 24 there's actually a
34:08 decrease in the percentage for Issaquah
34:11 that doesn't mean that your AV decrease
34:14 just overall in comparison to the other
34:17 four Partners it was a less of an
34:19 increase
34:21 next slide please
34:24 and this is just a an overview of the
34:27 partner contribution history I do want
34:29 to point out that if you look in 22 it's
34:32 4.67 percent increase and then in 23
34:35 there's this Spike of 10.55
34:39 although a marked increase what it
34:43 doesn't capture and actually a later
34:44 slide does it'll be able to articulate
34:46 that a bit better is that in 2020 2021
34:49 and 2022
34:51 um the equipment replacement fund and
34:53 the capital facilities payments were
34:56 made by end fund balance so that was
34:58 adjusted and absorbed within our
35:01 operational budget and that was not a
35:03 payment that our partner agencies paid
35:06 for those last three years so in 23
35:09 although a 10.56 percent increase
35:12 4.42 of that is the reinstatement of
35:15 those two payments now all along we've
35:18 been communicating those are going to
35:20 have to come back we absolutely did not
35:22 predict that it would be in the midst of
35:24 a 9.5 percent Cola on the back of a 6.3
35:28 percent uh cpiw increase in 21. so
35:33 um that was just a bit more of an
35:35 explanation on that increase there so
35:37 um next slide please
35:40 so this is just the operating fund
35:42 contribution and as I just stated in 21
35:46 the Washington cpiw rate increase was
35:50 6.3 percent
35:52 and again in 22 it was 9.5 but if you
35:56 look at the overall operational increase
35:57 it's 6.13
36:00 I would just like to point that out I
36:02 think that this is a direct correlation
36:03 of what you can do when you work
36:05 together as a as a collaborative
36:07 organization that cost savings is spread
36:10 across the partners that demonstrates
36:12 our fiscal responsibility and the
36:14 efficiency that we have
36:16 next slide please
36:19 and this just demonstrates that the the
36:22 equipment replacement fund history so
36:24 again in 2020 2021 and 2022 those
36:28 payments were not made and we use end
36:30 fund balance to cover those and then the
36:32 reinstatement of that in 23. and that
36:35 will be divided using again that funding
36:38 formula across the partners so that's
36:39 the total payment and then the
36:42 prediction there for 24.
36:45 next slide please
36:48 and this is the capital facilities
36:51 maintenance fund you can see the
36:53 three-year drought there where there is
36:55 no payment and then there's actually an
36:57 end fund balance strategy that's on the
37:00 table in consideration for the Eastside
37:01 fire and rescue board at our next
37:03 meeting to cover that payment again in
37:06 23 and 24. so you could potentially see
37:09 a five-year span where that particular
37:12 payment was covered by end fund balance
37:15 next slide please
37:21 foreign
37:26 so an ambulance rate discussion
37:29 in 2020 we conducted a comprehensive
37:32 review of this process
37:34 and then Eastside fire and rescue made
37:36 rate increases of 28 and we landed on
37:39 the 1050 for transport and the mileage
37:43 fee at 9.41 or 19.41 cents per mile
37:50 uh next slide please
37:53 again looking for creative ways to
37:55 absorb some of the impacts of the
37:58 um the record CPI increase uh staff
38:02 brought forward an original
38:03 recommendation or a proposal to increase
38:06 ambulance fees and then we subsequently
38:09 came back to the last fact meeting and
38:12 our proposal that's on the table and for
38:13 consideration of the Eastside fire and
38:15 rescue board is to
38:18 take the 6.3 percent cpiw in 21 and the
38:22 9.5 for 22 and roll that into the
38:27 mileage increase that's directly
38:29 correlated with the increase in fuel
38:32 prices and then just a slight bump in
38:34 the overall ambulance transport for you
38:36 of eleven hundred dollars that puts us
38:38 in alignment with several other King
38:39 County Fire agencies
38:42 and that would uh the projected uh
38:44 revenue is uh additional Revenue would
38:47 be at fifty two thousand dollars there
38:49 next slide please
38:54 so this is our end fund balance
38:56 projection
38:58 um what we and what this also captured
39:01 is that we have a fully funded liability
39:03 fund Eastside fire and rescue is
39:05 governed by a board policy a budget
39:07 management and Reserve policy
39:09 so we have our our liability Reserve
39:12 fund is fully funded and our operating
39:14 Reserve is funded at 10 and that's in
39:17 alignment with what the expectation is
39:19 of that policy
39:20 uh and so
39:25 so right now the projected and fund
39:27 balance is is uh 1.1 million and again
39:30 as we get close to the end of the year
39:32 we'll be able to dial that in and then
39:34 next slide I'll be able to articulate
39:36 what the proposals is upon there
39:39 um so the proposal for consideration in
39:41 front of the E4 board is with that 1.1
39:44 is to take 750 000 and set that aside
39:47 we'll be applying for a
39:51 pfos grant State Grant and it's a
39:53 percent match Grant on that so if we're
39:56 awarded that money we'll be there if we
39:58 do not if we're not granted that
40:01 specific pfos grant that consideration
40:05 will go back to the ether board for uh
40:07 further Direction on what they want to
40:09 do with the end phone balance and as you
40:10 can see there
40:13 150 000 of that 1.1 will be earmarked to
40:17 cover those 23 and 24. Capital facility
40:20 maintenance fund payments
40:22 and then there still might be a little
40:24 bit of change when that's all said and
40:26 done but we'll be a better art able to
40:28 articulate that as we get much closer to
40:30 the end of the year
40:32 and that concludes that thrilling
40:35 presentation on budget if you have any
40:37 questions I'd be happy to do my best to
40:38 answer that
40:39 council members are there any questions
40:44 not seeing any chief
40:46 okay thank you you're being easy on the
40:48 new guy I appreciate that and uh
40:51 councilmember D Michelle if I miss a
40:53 raised hand or something please let me
40:54 know
40:56 okay
40:58 well I guess no commercial break and
41:00 we'll go right into the Strategic plan
41:03 for 2022.
41:05 okay
41:06 next slide please
41:13 I might be missing a slide there
41:18 oh I'll just roll with it so just to I
41:22 just want to touch on uh the the current
41:25 strategic plan the one that we are
41:27 putting back on the shelf and then we'll
41:29 be barking on whatever is adopting in
41:31 front of us when when Chief Clark
41:32 arrived
41:33 um one of the very first things he did
41:35 is he took the agency on our first ever
41:37 strategic planning process and that was
41:39 in 2016. and that was a complete
41:41 overhaul we adopted new Mission Vision
41:43 and values
41:45 we were able to vet those in this
41:47 process and so there is no change there
41:49 to the Mission Vision of values you'll
41:52 see we have reviewed and updated
41:53 strategic priorities and the other
41:56 really important thing that this aligns
41:57 with our two-year budget process so as
41:59 we're developing the direction for the
42:02 agency we're also crafting a budget that
42:03 will be able to support some of those
42:05 initiatives
42:07 [Music]
42:09 this particular slide here it just
42:12 demonstrates the process and how we
42:15 gauge both internal and external
42:17 stakeholders I had the privilege of
42:19 attending all of our community meetings
42:20 it was nice to get community input and
42:23 to be honest we got a lot of it via our
42:26 online survey we had over 460 members
42:29 complete that very great valuable
42:32 feedback as I know you can appreciate
42:33 that so it was a great way for us to be
42:35 connected to the to the community
42:37 all right next slide please
42:43 and this is the makeup of the advisory
42:45 committee
42:46 they sort of helped steer the creation
42:49 of the Strategic objectives and our
42:51 priorities and as you can see there's a
42:53 there's a great mix of members at all
42:55 ranks and levels within the organization
42:57 and then we have a community leadership
43:00 captured there as as well and to be
43:03 honest uh the advisory committee
43:06 meetings that we had I was thrilled by
43:08 the level of input that we received from
43:11 the community members and that was
43:12 absolutely incorporated into what you're
43:14 seeing here is a the proposed final
43:15 product
43:17 my next slide please
43:20 our strategic priorities
43:23 and
43:24 those on The Ether board we presented
43:27 this at our last meeting and you'll
43:30 notice that there's an addition a number
43:32 seven around board of directors that was
43:36 based off of some direct feedback and
43:37 dialogue so there'll be some additional
43:39 discussions at our upcoming meeting for
43:41 you to settle on does that sound like
43:43 the right priority and and the
43:45 objectives associated with that
43:47 uh the interesting thing was is that the
43:50 internal feedback we received and the
43:52 community feedback it really aligned in
43:53 a lot of ways and one of those was
43:54 training specifically so there's
43:57 definitely a hunger and a desire for the
43:58 members within our organization to train
44:00 I wish I had the number for you from how
44:03 many new members we added since the last
44:05 time we went through the Strategic
44:08 buying process but I can confidently say
44:10 it's over 60 percent of the members are
44:12 new to the organization we have a lot of
44:15 very young leaders so there's a a
44:17 phenomenal opportunity to have some
44:19 influence and help them grow and be
44:20 successful in their and their leadership
44:22 roles
44:24 next slide please
44:28 and
44:29 these ones here this came directly from
44:31 the feedback and discussion at the U for
44:33 board level we wanted to be a bit more
44:35 intentional around our Dei objectives
44:37 and then as I was able to articulate in
44:41 the budgetary presentation it just
44:43 demonstrates the fiscal responsibility
44:46 Eastside fire and rescue is able to
44:48 represent in that and so we just want to
44:50 make sure that was grounded in the
44:52 strategic planning process so that we
44:53 don't lose sight of that is one of the
44:55 things that um
44:57 organizational leaders and I believe
44:59 city leaders are very proud of
45:01 and then the the third item there that's
45:03 just some of the things that staff glean
45:05 from the conversation to help direct the
45:08 um you for board members and the
45:09 dialogue that we're looking forward to
45:11 in the upcoming meeting in October
45:14 and then next slide please
45:17 and part of the great feedback and
45:20 dialogue in the the last year for board
45:22 meeting was how does how does our
45:23 organization measure these metrics and
45:26 so something that we used and the first
45:28 time we went through this is we'll do a
45:29 quarterly report out for staff you'll
45:31 see names associated with who's leading
45:34 that particular strategic priority or
45:36 objective and that we'll be providing a
45:38 written dialogue around where we are or
45:42 is that in progress has it been
45:43 completed and that will help board
45:46 members be able to hold one staff
45:48 accountable to what we're committed to
45:49 and be able to ask questions to help
45:52 maybe redirect Us in different areas
45:56 and that concludes my presentation the
45:58 Strategic
45:59 I'm happy to answer any questions
46:01 thank you very much Chief do we have any
46:03 questions on the strategic planning
46:05 process
46:06 council president
46:07 thank you
46:09 welcome to uh question and answer with
46:13 us so I really appreciate the
46:15 presentation enjoyed looking through the
46:17 Strategic plan
46:19 um since you mentioned this is now your
46:21 second strategic plan I know you showed
46:24 that you have some metrics that you've
46:26 used in a different document
46:30 do you know if you succeeded in your
46:33 objectives in the previous
46:36 plan and then
46:39 carrying on with that
46:42 how many of those objectives or you know
46:44 do you have a sense that many of those
46:46 objectives
46:47 are also occurring in the second plan
46:50 or is it mostly new type of things
46:55 so great questions I'm confident that
46:59 what was put in front of us in the first
47:02 strategic plan again having grown up in
47:04 the organization started in 94 became
47:07 part of Eastside fire 99
47:09 um doubt that we didn't have great
47:12 leadership we just never had a strategic
47:14 planning process and so this really
47:16 helped guide and direct
47:17 from those that were working out on the
47:21 line if I had an idea it's like does it
47:23 align with the Strategic objective what
47:26 are the priorities and we were able to
47:28 bring forward programs that that fell in
47:32 line with what was in that strategic
47:33 planning process and that was supported
47:35 moving into this new process I would say
47:39 there's some commonalities around
47:40 training because in the fire service
47:42 fire and EMS service training is always
47:44 an element of that but what we have is
47:47 due to our
47:49 intentional effort and our recruitment
47:51 we're bringing in members that have
47:53 different perspectives come from
47:55 different backgrounds they didn't come
47:56 in the same way that that myself and my
47:59 colleagues you know 30 years ago where
48:01 you had this volunteer fire service
48:03 route and you were that was that was the
48:05 way in now we're bringing people in who
48:06 are coming from very successful careers
48:09 and jobs otherwise and so they bring in
48:11 a completely different thought process
48:12 so there's training around that
48:15 I would say that that is those are the
48:18 areas where there's similarities
48:20 diversity equity and inclusion that
48:22 wasn't part of our strategic planning
48:24 process
48:25 um it's something that the agency is
48:27 doing a lot of work around I'm very
48:28 proud of that I'm proud of our
48:30 recruitment process and we're working
48:31 hard to be much more reflective of the
48:34 communities that we serve and so I
48:35 certainly look forward to see what's
48:36 coming out of this and we've kind of
48:38 been as many other organizations been in
48:41 the low in the midst of covid and so the
48:43 timing is really right with this new
48:45 strategic plan hopefully adopted ready
48:47 to hit the ground running in 23 where
48:49 we're getting back to engage in the
48:50 community I think it's going to
48:52 regenerate the life within the
48:54 organization and be able to help us set
48:56 the New Direction
48:58 any other questions for the chief
49:04 um Chief I just want to thank you and
49:05 Jamie for coming tonight and really
49:07 appreciate uh the work that you've been
49:09 doing on strategic planning it was back
49:11 in the day when I was a council member
49:12 and serving on ifer it was so exciting
49:15 to bring on a new Chief and watch the
49:18 evolution of this amazing organization
49:20 we tried some goal setting so I mean one
49:24 of the goals we set was to do a
49:26 strategic plan and after you get through
49:27 the Strategic plan you pretty much have
49:29 the whole thing down so it's been
49:31 fantastic to watch the agency evolve I'm
49:34 so proud of where you are and also for
49:37 our reps that serve and you know they
49:40 come back and they update this Council
49:43 continuously on the work that ether is
49:46 doing and it's great that you took the
49:48 time to do a little bit of a deeper dive
49:50 on both the budget and the Strategic
49:51 plan we really appreciate it so thank
49:53 you very much for coming tonight my
49:55 pleasure thank you
49:58 go ahead okay fantastic I just had a few
50:00 comments I wanted to separate it from
50:02 the questions
50:03 um I I know you mentioned metrics and
50:06 kind of all of that that my view in
50:09 looking over the Strategic plan was how
50:12 do you know if you're going to succeed
50:13 how do you how do you know so I would
50:15 really encourage you
50:17 um even if you keep it separate to
50:19 really think about smart goals
50:22 um which I have written down I always
50:24 forget the yes specific measurable
50:26 achievable relevant and time-bound
50:30 um that I I really would love to see and
50:32 then the other thing that I noticed when
50:34 I was looking over it on the Personnel
50:36 development section you've got a really
50:39 great description which says create a
50:41 supportive culture that attracts rattans
50:43 and develops Personnel but when I looked
50:46 over the objectives underneath it it was
50:48 a lot about
50:50 developing the existing Personnel but I
50:52 didn't see any specific objectives
50:54 around retention or attracting new
50:57 member first so I would just think about
51:00 you know what are the specifics that you
51:02 want to accomplish in those areas
51:04 because we all know that's super super
51:06 important for the organization going
51:10 forward and so I would just love to see
51:13 a little bit of specificity around those
51:15 areas since they're so key to your
51:17 development thanks thank you that's
51:19 great feedback appreciate that and as
51:21 you can tell this is a council that
51:23 likes data and measurement and Reporting
51:27 back we were inspired by the work that
51:30 ether did and glad that our city also
51:32 got to do its first strategic plan
51:34 within the last five years it's
51:35 fantastic any other comments before we
51:37 close it out
51:39 uh Deputy council president uh just to
51:41 say that we have hammered that point
51:43 home
51:43 um council members Ray Martz and I um
51:47 several times so I've captured some of
51:49 those comments too I'll make sure to
51:50 bring them up during
51:51 um the next e for board meeting too but
51:52 thank you very much for your comments
51:54 thank you great well thank you all right
51:56 thank you both I turn this off
52:01 so the next item of business this
52:02 evening for Council is a consent
52:04 calendar and it was distributed in
52:05 advance if it's authorized the items on
52:08 the consent calendar will be considered
52:10 together and approved by one motion have
52:11 the payables and payroll been reviewed
52:14 they have they have thank you does any
52:17 council member desire to remove any item
52:19 from the consent calendar and consider
52:22 it under regular business
52:25 is there a motion yes
52:28 yes I moved to approve the consent
52:29 calendar as written
52:33 oh second that motion it's been moved
52:35 and seconded is there any discussion
52:40 okay hearing none the motion before
52:42 council is to approve the consent
52:43 calendar as presented can all those in
52:45 favor signify by saying aye
52:48 aye
52:51 those posts
52:53 that passes unanimously seven oh
52:58 the next item of business this evening
53:00 we have a couple of items related to our
53:02 upcoming budget so ab8402 is a public
53:05 hearing on the
53:07 2023-24 budget ordinance and Council
53:10 will be conducting that public hearing
53:12 this evening so I'd like to invite Chief
53:14 Financial Officer Robert hamoud to
53:15 present the item Robert
53:23 nice to see you
53:26 good evening
53:28 good to see everybody as well give me
53:30 just a moment here while I share my
53:32 screen
54:05 thank you
54:09 so tonight is the introduction of the
54:11 agenda Bill 8198 the 2023-24 budget
54:16 ordinance
54:20 and the city code requires cities to
54:22 hold two public hearings prior to the
54:25 adopting the budget the preliminary
54:27 public hearing will be tonight after I
54:29 show the introductory slides and the
54:31 final public hearing will be November
54:33 7th which is the tentative action date
54:35 for passage of the ordinance
54:40 foreign
54:42 we have public hearings tonight with
54:45 ordinances introduced for both budget
54:47 and property tax October 10th which is
54:51 next week Committee of the whole budget
54:52 deliberations October 17th is an budget
54:57 deliberations if needed
54:59 as well as October 25th depending on
55:02 council's requests
55:05 November 7th again will be the final
55:07 public hearing on both the budget and
55:09 the property tax ordinances in tentative
55:11 adoption date for both the budget and
55:13 the property tax
55:16 so just a review of last time and for
55:18 the Public's benefit this is the 2023
55:20 budget overview so the first year of the
55:23 two-year budget ordinance
55:25 and you can see general fund is about 43
55:28 percent of the total budget and the
55:30 total budget again for all funds will be
55:32 approximately
55:34 165.15 million dollars
55:37 utility funds
55:39 water sewer storm water approximately 22
55:42 percent capital projects about 13
55:43 percent special Revenue funds about 11
55:46 percent
55:47 and did service about two percent
55:49 internal Services which includes I.T
55:53 facilities risk management
55:57 is about nine percent
56:01 in 2024 you can see the budget totals
56:03 are
56:04 174.2 million dollars for that year
56:07 general fund is about 40 percent of that
56:09 total capital projects about 22.3
56:12 million of that total special Revenue
56:14 funds about 13 utility funds about 25
56:17 percent
56:22 and this is a breakdown again of the
56:23 expenditures by Department
56:25 so again the proposed general fund
56:28 budget totals or approximately 72.9
56:30 million dollars in 2023
56:34 and you can see the public safety
56:36 departments are in the bottom left-hand
56:38 corner of the fire contract that you
56:40 just heard from Chief Lane about
56:42 8.06 million dollars
56:44 police about 15.7 million dollars
56:47 and then you have a municipal court
56:49 about 1.3 and then we have parks at 11.6
56:53 community community planning and
56:55 development
56:56 8.64 and you can see the administrative
56:59 departments on the top and then enter
57:03 fund transfers to other funds
57:06 14.7 million on the left-hand corner
57:12 in 2024 the funding is again about 69.7
57:17 million some of that reduction again was
57:20 due to some marpa funds in the previous
57:22 slide you could see Police Department
57:24 about 16.25 million fire contract
57:27 8.55 million parks and community service
57:31 is about 11.7 Community Planning
57:33 Development 8.35 in the administrative
57:36 departments in the top right hand corner
57:39 interfund transfers down to about 10.3
57:41 million excuse me 7.23 million
57:46 Personnel overview I did show the slide
57:49 of the committee the whole last week you
57:52 can see
57:53 the proposed budget adds approximately
57:55 17.5 ftes in 2023
58:00 over 2000 2020 the pre-recession Ft
58:04 maximum
58:05 and about approximately 2009 was
58:09 278.02 budgeted ftes
58:12 2022 the adopted FTE count was 269.38
58:17 and 2024 proposal at the end of the
58:20 biennium the second year of the biennium
58:22 will be 288.88
58:29 proposed impact on fund balance
58:32 total fund balance as a percentage of
58:34 expenditures
58:36 for the 2022 forecast it's about 56
58:39 percent for the 2024 the second year of
58:43 the biennium at the end would be
58:45 approximately 30 percent undesignated
58:48 fund balance will go from an estimated
58:51 33 percent in the ending forecast for
58:54 2022 to 17 in 2024. at the end of 2024.
59:02 and if there's I can entertain questions
59:05 right now before we request the public
59:07 hearing to be open
59:11 council do you have any questions and
59:13 councilmember D Michelle raise your hand
59:15 if you have a question
59:19 okay no questions Robert so
59:25 I'm now going to open the public hearing
59:28 at 8 pm and for those of you who have
59:30 joined us tonight and would like to make
59:31 comments but did not sign up in advance
59:33 please raise your virtual hand
59:35 if your city clerk do I should I go
59:38 through all of the instructions again
59:41 has anybody joined since we had our
59:43 public comment no we have the same
59:44 individuals online
59:46 well I think what I may do is go back to
59:50 council president if you want to share
59:51 comments we had some late comments on
59:53 budget this evening if you want to share
59:54 that I'm not sure that there was many
59:56 more in writing
59:58 foreign
1:00:00 yeah I think most of the things that
1:00:02 came in just before our meeting were
1:00:06 supporting the administration's
1:00:08 recommendation on budget and including
1:00:12 the one percent increase over the 2022
1:00:14 property Levy and then a few questions
1:00:18 so maybe I can convey those
1:00:21 um first question was or was asking us
1:00:24 to Define acronyms used to help the
1:00:26 wider audience understand one example
1:00:28 was CPD so if you could do that and then
1:00:32 a question about uh possible Revenue
1:00:36 sources and if you could talk about the
1:00:39 business and occupation tax and
1:00:43 why that isn't included in the
1:00:47 Levy and revenue Source public hearing
1:00:51 or if it is point out what that portion
1:00:53 is thanks
1:00:56 thank you council president Walsh I'll
1:00:58 try in the first one CPD is community
1:01:00 Planning and Development Department
1:01:02 excuse me mayor just to clarify we still
1:01:04 are in the public hearing portion so if
1:01:08 we want to move on it might be best to
1:01:11 do that outside of the public hearing
1:01:12 yeah and maybe if I could just confirm
1:01:15 we do have a few members of the public
1:01:16 who've been on the line the duration of
1:01:18 the meeting so if any of you wish to
1:01:20 make comments under this budget public
1:01:22 hearing please let us know now
1:01:25 by raising your hand or sending a chat
1:01:33 okay and no one's indicating a desire to
1:01:35 speak
1:01:36 thank you City Clerk
1:01:39 um is there any objection to closing the
1:01:41 public hearing
1:01:44 so the hearing nun the public hearing is
1:01:47 closed at 802 PM no action is being
1:01:50 requested on this item tonight the
1:01:51 second public hearing on the budget will
1:01:54 be held on November 7th 2022 after which
1:01:57 the council is anticipated to adopt the
1:02:00 budget the next budget meeting is
1:02:01 scheduled for Monday October 10th at 6
1:02:03 30 pm here in the city council chambers
1:02:06 um so city clerk would it be okay now
1:02:08 for the CFO to address those thanks
1:02:11 foreign
1:02:14 thank you mayor Paulie so again the
1:02:16 first question Community planning and
1:02:18 development
1:02:19 the second question in terms of the
1:02:22 business and occupations tax so this tax
1:02:25 is separate from the property taxes that
1:02:28 are collected is actually a city
1:02:31 ordinance it's not per state code we
1:02:33 have the ability per state code 35a to
1:02:37 Levy this tax as an option as an option
1:02:39 that the city has taken so it's a
1:02:42 different it's a different governance of
1:02:43 rules and City attorney Turpin can
1:02:46 interrupt me at any time but it is a
1:02:48 different interpretation of the rules it
1:02:50 is set by the city it's set by the city
1:02:52 council the rates are set very similar
1:02:55 to the other fees of the city they can
1:02:57 be amended by Council per ordinance
1:03:00 thank you
1:03:02 any other questions or comments before I
1:03:03 move on to the next item
1:03:07 and again it's Robert it's yes
1:03:12 oh sorry counselor D Michelle I keep
1:03:14 forgetting to look at you yes that's
1:03:16 okay uh I just wanted to point out that
1:03:19 we did receive an email from Ann
1:03:21 Fletcher
1:03:23 um uh supporting the increase in
1:03:26 Personnel in the sustainability
1:03:28 department and also urging us to look at
1:03:31 the percentage of the budget that we are
1:03:34 investing in sustainability so
1:03:38 um uh it did come in very late and so uh
1:03:41 council president Walsh likely did not
1:03:43 see it but I think it was meant to be a
1:03:46 comment for the public hearing thank you
1:03:49 thank you councilmember D Michelle
1:03:52 the next item this evening is ab8403 and
1:03:55 it is the 2023-24 budget Levy and
1:03:59 revenue sources and again Council will
1:04:01 be conducting a public hearing and uh
1:04:04 two Financial Officer Robert hamoud is
1:04:07 still here and we'll be making the
1:04:09 presentation
1:04:12 thank you mayor Paulie just a moment for
1:04:15 me to share my screen again
1:04:31 thank you
1:04:34 foreign
1:04:51 thank you once again members of the
1:04:53 council so tonight similar to the budget
1:04:56 ordinance we are also required to
1:04:59 introduce the property tax ordinance
1:05:04 and we also have a subsequent public
1:05:06 hearing after a brief recitation
1:05:09 so under the RCW required requires the
1:05:13 jurisdictions living property tax to
1:05:15 hold a public hearing on Revenue sources
1:05:16 prior to adopting property tax levies
1:05:18 again tonight is the first public
1:05:20 hearing property tax ordinance
1:05:23 will be for the final City Council vote
1:05:26 on November 7th other revenues
1:05:28 introduced tonight those new Council
1:05:30 actions will return on November 7th
1:05:33 so the property tax of the City of
1:05:36 Issaquah represents about 16 percent of
1:05:38 the general funds 63 million dollar
1:05:41 revenues forecasted for 2023
1:05:45 and you can see
1:05:48 in relation to sales tax it's
1:05:51 approximately less than half of the
1:05:53 sales tax of the city and it is actually
1:05:55 less than some of our operating
1:05:56 departments so property tax is an
1:05:58 essential part of city services a
1:06:00 smaller portion than
1:06:02 sales tax
1:06:04 you can see businesses and occupations
1:06:06 tax is about 12 percent so you can again
1:06:08 you can see that the property tax levied
1:06:10 again generated by the properties within
1:06:12 the city 16 percent
1:06:15 allowable property tax increases so the
1:06:18 state law does permit jurisdictions to
1:06:21 increase property tax annually by one
1:06:23 percent or the implicit price deflator
1:06:27 whichever is lower so the implicit price
1:06:29 deflator is essentially set by state law
1:06:33 it's a measure of inflation in relation
1:06:36 to an annual year-over-year increase
1:06:39 each September
1:06:41 it's set by the state the implicit price
1:06:43 deflator for 2023 is 6.46
1:06:48 and since it is higher than the one
1:06:51 percent you would take the lower per the
1:06:54 state law plus new construction so the
1:06:57 limit is one percent the value of one
1:06:59 percent on the current proposed Levy is
1:07:02 approximately one hundred thousand eight
1:07:03 hundred and eleven dollars
1:07:04 Administration recommends the council
1:07:06 set the levy with the one percent
1:07:08 increase
1:07:11 value of median residents so property
1:07:13 tax values
1:07:15 for 2023 this is the assessment that was
1:07:18 just conducted by the county this year
1:07:20 in Issaquah is expected to increase
1:07:23 about 43 percent and again that's the
1:07:26 reflection of the current real estate
1:07:27 market in the City of Issaquah
1:07:30 outperforming most years probably in the
1:07:32 history of the city at this point media
1:07:34 and residence value is expected to
1:07:37 increase from 962
1:07:39 000 to 1.4 million dollars so again that
1:07:43 varies property to property within the
1:07:45 city neighborhood by neighborhood in
1:07:46 some cases Street by street so when you
1:07:49 look at your tax bills everybody might
1:07:50 see a little bit different increase
1:07:52 estimated regular Levy due to City
1:07:55 increases goes from 709 to 794 by 85
1:08:01 dollar difference in 2023 we have new
1:08:04 calculations that this number May adjust
1:08:07 slightly when we get the finals because
1:08:09 right now we're still on estimated rates
1:08:10 from the state from excuse me from this
1:08:12 from the county
1:08:13 historically the city Levy is 10 of
1:08:16 Total Property Tax for residents and
1:08:18 average growth of 4.4 percent per year
1:08:21 over the last decade
1:08:25 so again when you look at your tax bill
1:08:27 there's actually if you go to the King
1:08:29 County website and you pull out your tax
1:08:31 bill there are different proportions
1:08:33 again we're only 10 percent of that
1:08:35 total tax that you see on the bill
1:08:39 other Revenue proposals we have
1:08:41 Recreation and Community Planning and
1:08:42 Development fees administrative
1:08:44 adjustments authorized by the Issaquah
1:08:46 Municipal Code but specifically for CPD
1:08:50 Community Planning and Development
1:08:51 tables there is action necessary to
1:08:54 update those tables we also have the
1:08:57 increased court and jail contracts with
1:08:59 partner cities and we're proposing five
1:09:02 percent as introduced in the budget
1:09:04 process already to council and
1:09:07 previously adopted utility rate
1:09:08 increases just just a side note to
1:09:11 answer the question on business and
1:09:13 occupation tax a little bit earlier that
1:09:16 there are no tax increases there's no
1:09:18 proposed rate increase on business and
1:09:20 occupation tax at this time
1:09:24 and is there any questions
1:09:29 council do you have any questions
1:09:32 and not miss council member D Michelle
1:09:34 this time
1:09:35 okay Robert I'm not seeing any questions
1:09:39 um so I'd like to open the public
1:09:41 hearing at 8 10 pm
1:09:44 and city clerk can you check to see if
1:09:46 anyone who is in attendance remotely
1:09:48 would like to speak
1:09:50 yes those members of the public who are
1:09:53 on the line please let us know if you'd
1:09:55 like to make comments during this public
1:09:57 hearing
1:10:00 just going to monitor this for a moment
1:10:05 I don't see anyone wishing to make
1:10:07 comments thank you city clerk is there
1:10:10 any objection to closing the public
1:10:11 hearing
1:10:14 uh seeing none the public hearing is
1:10:16 closed at 8 10 pm and there is no action
1:10:20 being requested on this item tonight the
1:10:22 item will next be considered by the city
1:10:24 council at the November 7th 2022 city
1:10:27 council meeting
1:10:28 the next I am thank you very much Robert
1:10:31 the next item of business this evening
1:10:33 under regular business is
1:10:36 ab8476 amending chapter 9.40 of the
1:10:40 Issaquah municipal code
1:10:41 with respect to criminalizing vehicle
1:10:44 trespass and the making or possession of
1:10:46 Motor Vehicle theft tools the request
1:10:48 before the council this evening is to
1:10:50 adopt the ordinance and I'd like to
1:10:51 invite City attorney Rachel Bender
1:10:53 Turpin to present this item Rachel
1:11:01 sorry
1:11:08 and I had checked with the city
1:11:10 administrator today who said that the
1:11:12 city wanted to present on it but I would
1:11:13 be I would be happy to discuss this item
1:11:16 okay today and and I will tell you what
1:11:19 my uh notes say is that you both will
1:11:23 have an opportunity so
1:11:25 okay so so
1:11:28 generally we'll present another
1:11:29 committee chair follows up the comments
1:11:31 and you can decide if you want to add
1:11:33 additional comments at that time or not
1:11:35 sounds wonderful okay there we go okay
1:11:39 do you have a microphone are you coming
1:11:41 up to the microphone
1:11:44 that way council member D Michelle can
1:11:46 hear you
1:11:49 verbally is just all right good evening
1:11:52 uh for the record Rachel Bender Turpin
1:11:56 City attorney thank you for having me
1:11:58 here this evening I'm here to talk about
1:12:00 this ordinance which would enact several
1:12:03 changes to chapter 9.40 of the Issaquah
1:12:07 Municipal Code which is a portion of the
1:12:11 criminal code that deals with crimes
1:12:13 pertaining to property these particular
1:12:17 code sections would deal with crimes
1:12:21 dealing with motor vehicle related uh
1:12:25 property crimes in particular one of
1:12:27 those uh code Provisions would be to
1:12:31 adopt by reference a RCW that prohibits
1:12:38 the making or possessing of certain
1:12:41 what are called motor vehicle burglary
1:12:45 tools which are things like Slim Jims
1:12:48 things that are kind of commonly used to
1:12:50 either break into or use to steal
1:12:54 Vehicles like fake keys that kind of
1:12:57 thing the other is a separate section of
1:13:02 the municipal code like a unique section
1:13:04 to the the City of Issaquah although not
1:13:07 actually unique to Issaquah but not an
1:13:10 RCW I guess is what I'm trying to say
1:13:11 that would criminalize what would what's
1:13:15 called vehicle trespass or some cities
1:13:18 call it unlawful entry to vehicle but
1:13:22 essentially it would criminalize someone
1:13:24 being in a vehicle that didn't belong to
1:13:27 them without the owner's permission this
1:13:30 would allow the
1:13:34 police department and then down the road
1:13:36 the city prosecutor to take action in
1:13:40 cases where maybe there wasn't enough
1:13:42 evidence or there wasn't enough
1:13:45 resources for the King County
1:13:47 prosecutor's office to file charges for
1:13:50 on someone for stealing a motor vehicle
1:13:53 or felony possession of a motor vehicle
1:13:56 but there was still evidence that
1:13:59 someone
1:14:03 um in a vehicle that they shouldn't have
1:14:06 been in without the owner's permission
1:14:10 uh the reason uh for these particular
1:14:14 code Provisions being drafted and coming
1:14:16 before you is just due to a
1:14:19 um a quite striking uh increase in
1:14:24 property crimes over the last year and
1:14:26 including a very large increase in theft
1:14:29 of Motor Vehicle crimes Statewide
1:14:34 thank you Rachel uh I will now turn it
1:14:37 over to committee chair Martz if you
1:14:39 would like to provide the service Safety
1:14:41 and Parks committee recommendations for
1:14:43 this item sure thank you thank you madam
1:14:45 mayor uh so the services safety and
1:14:48 Parks committee did review this proposal
1:14:49 at the September 20th meeting uh
1:14:52 following a staff presentation and
1:14:54 discussion the committee unanimously
1:14:55 recommended approve uh recommended
1:14:58 approval of the proposed ordinance uh so
1:15:01 he had been initially approached
1:15:03 proposed to be brought forward on
1:15:05 consent and um we asked for it to be
1:15:08 brought forth as regular business really
1:15:10 because the subject of Public Safety has
1:15:13 been so much in the minds of both uh us
1:15:16 as a council and our Focus this year on
1:15:19 Public Safety as well as from the public
1:15:20 this issue generated a lot of interest
1:15:24 and support from the public and their
1:15:25 feedback ahead of the committee and so
1:15:28 we really we wanted to just provide a
1:15:31 little uh light on it before uh making a
1:15:35 decision on it as has been noted
1:15:38 um uh this actually got its start I
1:15:42 believe the first city in King County
1:15:43 was Auburn and this the part of the bill
1:15:48 that is not adopting uh just uh adapting
1:15:51 by reference the RCW the other piece of
1:15:54 it it had been mentioned to me by
1:15:57 members of the ipd that they would be
1:15:59 interested in seeing this in fact the
1:16:01 chief has reviewed this bill doesn't
1:16:03 have any concerns with our potential
1:16:04 adoption of it I can't remember did you
1:16:07 mention the city prosecutors also
1:16:09 supportive of this measure yes correct
1:16:11 she's reviewed it as and is supportive
1:16:13 of it as well
1:16:15 so like I said the public was very
1:16:18 supportive we have received I think one
1:16:20 negative thus far you know one one uh
1:16:22 citizen feedback against but you know
1:16:24 something like a half dozen strongly in
1:16:26 favor of it
1:16:27 um and uh like I said the uh I've
1:16:30 actually spoken with uh Mayors in South
1:16:32 King County that have been very happy
1:16:34 that they've adopted it so all that went
1:16:36 into a a strong recommendation from the
1:16:39 committee
1:16:40 that concludes my my report thank you
1:16:43 very much councilmember Mertz does the
1:16:45 council have any questions
1:16:48 Deputy council president I have a couple
1:16:51 of clarifying questions first and
1:16:52 foremost thank you
1:16:54 um for your work thank you to the
1:16:55 committee I was able to watch um on
1:16:57 YouTube while you had your meeting and
1:16:58 it was a good one thank you for diving
1:17:00 into it
1:17:01 um so much so a couple quick clarifying
1:17:03 questions first is these tools slim jim
1:17:06 which I thought was a form of jerky but
1:17:08 I guess is a tool too these tools are
1:17:11 owned their only intent could be a
1:17:13 criminal use they couldn't be mistaken
1:17:15 for any other kind of household tool or
1:17:18 anything like that they're that's a very
1:17:21 good question
1:17:22 the way the statute is written
1:17:25 it it could it essentially has a list of
1:17:29 potential tools and it could involve
1:17:31 tools other tools that aren't listed in
1:17:35 the statute any tool that anything
1:17:37 really that you
1:17:39 could use or were going to use to try to
1:17:43 steal a car or break into a car but the
1:17:46 important part is that there have to be
1:17:49 circumstances that evidence and intent
1:17:52 to use those in the commission of
1:17:55 breaking into a car or stealing a car so
1:17:59 there has to be a tie to that so someone
1:18:01 for instance
1:18:03 um tow truck drivers they they drive
1:18:05 around with those tools all the time
1:18:07 that's that's part of their their trade
1:18:09 is to help people get into their cars
1:18:11 when they lock themselves out they if
1:18:14 they were pulled over there would be no
1:18:16 issue because there be no no other
1:18:19 evidence that they were
1:18:21 utilite going to be utilizing those in
1:18:24 commission of a crime however if someone
1:18:27 had those in their backpack and they
1:18:31 were sitting in a vehicle that didn't
1:18:34 belong to them that had you know a
1:18:38 window right they didn't have permission
1:18:39 exactly yes without permission and the
1:18:42 you know it's clear that a slim jim had
1:18:45 been used then that would be evidence
1:18:49 that those were used in the commission
1:18:51 of a crime okay thank you for that
1:18:53 walkthrough appreciate that
1:18:54 um and then can you also walk through
1:18:55 some of the emails that we got
1:18:57 um earlier this afternoon with I think
1:18:59 councilmember hunt had a few questions
1:19:01 and then I saw I wasn't able to read the
1:19:03 email that had some comments from Chief
1:19:04 Schwann can you yes let me grab my
1:19:09 oh great well perhaps she can well I can
1:19:13 at least go through the the number the
1:19:15 jurisdictions with you
1:19:17 so one of the questions that
1:19:18 councilmember hunt asked was what
1:19:21 um what of your neighboring
1:19:23 jurisdictions have Provisions like this
1:19:26 in their code and
1:19:30 I would say if you're direct neighbors
1:19:34 not a whole lot
1:19:36 um Renton does however there are there
1:19:38 are quite a few cities in the in the
1:19:41 immediate region that do have these
1:19:43 types of the provisions most many cities
1:19:47 most cities have adopted by now the
1:19:50 making
1:19:51 um the making or possessing burglary and
1:19:55 auto theft tools rcw's the vehicular
1:19:59 trespass one is a little more unique
1:20:01 because it's a it's a separate Municipal
1:20:03 Code that folks have to create but I was
1:20:07 able to find that Kirkland Newcastle
1:20:10 have it
1:20:14 SeaTac Tukwila
1:20:17 Kent Auburn
1:20:20 Bothell I believe
1:20:24 there were more too that were not local
1:20:27 but those were the closest ones I was
1:20:29 able to find
1:20:32 and then
1:20:34 the other question that was raised was
1:20:37 how many
1:20:39 theft of Motor Vehicle cases are would
1:20:43 are declined by King County that would
1:20:46 be able to be filed if we were to enact
1:20:49 this ordinance
1:20:51 and chief Schwann um she's on the line
1:20:54 and she can speak to this as well but
1:20:56 she was able to track down that in 2022
1:20:59 so far there have been seven cases that
1:21:02 have been referred to King County by ipd
1:21:08 three of them are still pending so we
1:21:10 don't know what the outcome is of those
1:21:12 whether they'll be declined or filed two
1:21:15 were filed one was declined outright and
1:21:20 one they declined to file the possession
1:21:23 of Motor Vehicle of stolen motor vehicle
1:21:26 charge but they filed another serious
1:21:29 felony charge in that case
1:21:32 and then there's some other statistics
1:21:35 that were kind of interesting there are
1:21:37 over 250
1:21:39 uh vehicle prowl theft related calls per
1:21:46 there are
1:21:49 Chief Schwann how many
1:21:52 um as was it a hundred motor vehicle
1:21:54 theft reports
1:21:57 correct and there was over 254 vehicle
1:22:01 prowels just this year alone so not per
1:22:03 year that's just in 2010.
1:22:06 correct and two of those I believe were
1:22:10 marked as they were we made arrests
1:22:11 because they were caught in the act
1:22:14 um so far this year and I can't remember
1:22:17 the number but I can look it up as far
1:22:19 as how many were in progress actually at
1:22:22 and caught for calls for service of that
1:22:24 view those vehicle prowse
1:22:32 councilmember Joe
1:22:36 thank you madam mirror
1:22:39 um under this agenda Bill we're adopting
1:22:42 uh vehicle prowling as well is that
1:22:44 correct
1:22:45 I believe that vehicle prowling has
1:22:47 already been
1:22:49 adopted and vehicle prowling uh is very
1:22:54 similar in language to the criminal
1:22:58 making of possessing
1:23:01 vehicle of the vehicle trespass statute
1:23:05 is it not
1:23:08 the vehicle trespass statue requires
1:23:10 that the criminal defendant knowingly
1:23:14 enter or remain unlawfully in a vehicle
1:23:17 it belongs to another
1:23:19 whereas vehicle prowling
1:23:21 requires that with intent to commit a
1:23:23 crime against a person or property
1:23:25 therein he or she enters or remains
1:23:28 unlawfully in a vehicle
1:23:38 so my question is
1:23:41 if we already have the vehicle prowling
1:23:43 in the second degree
1:23:46 why are we moving to add another crime
1:23:50 to our
1:23:51 it's called Municipal Code we added
1:23:54 making or possessing motor vehicle theft
1:23:56 tools
1:23:57 our vehicle trespass excuse me 9.40.060
1:24:10 . Rachel looks like she's busily
1:24:13 researching I'm looking just
1:24:19 and I guess is it as just an added
1:24:22 question on there I guess
1:24:24 I'd like a little clarification on
1:24:27 intent to commit a crime which is the
1:24:31 state statute for vehicle prowling
1:24:33 versus knowingly
1:24:35 which is the
1:24:37 crime that we seek to adopt tonight
1:24:41 in the vehicle trespass
1:24:49 may I respond briefly to that Rachel
1:24:51 yeah please go ahead and I'm just
1:24:53 looking at the set
1:24:54 so one of the things that is the
1:24:56 difference between the
1:24:58 trespass and the prowl
1:25:02 the prowl is the intent to enter the
1:25:04 vehicle there's also theft from from a
1:25:07 motor vehicle which means they've gone
1:25:09 in and they've removed a item so they've
1:25:12 gone in with the intent to take
1:25:13 something you can't prove intent just
1:25:16 because they were in a vehicle and the
1:25:18 reason the motor vehicle tool sometimes
1:25:20 ties into that which was asked by
1:25:23 councilmember Hall is that sometimes
1:25:26 literally they use a screwdriver and
1:25:28 it's in the ignition at the time we make
1:25:30 a stop and so that again is kind of a
1:25:32 circumstance they use it to actually
1:25:34 break the ignition and start the vehicle
1:25:36 and so that's what we're talking about
1:25:38 those type of burglary tools but
1:25:40 regarding the vehicle Pro versus
1:25:42 trespass with the vehicle prowl it's
1:25:45 hard to prove intense that's why the
1:25:48 trespass if they're in the vehicle
1:25:49 they're they're committing a crime by
1:25:51 just being there
1:25:52 I would that way a lot of the
1:25:54 prosecuting of the vehicles to the
1:25:57 felony statute
1:25:58 this is referencing when someone's just
1:26:01 in a car that's stolen
1:26:03 um and there's a you know a
1:26:06 screwdriver in the ignition
1:26:10 they always say they can say and we've
1:26:12 come across when people have said oh I
1:26:14 didn't know it was stolen or I thought
1:26:17 it was someone's car and so I think
1:26:20 that's part to it go ahead Rachel well
1:26:22 yeah I believe that I mean you're
1:26:23 correct the the key here is the
1:26:26 proving the intent to commit a crime is
1:26:30 much more difficult than proving that
1:26:33 someone knowingly entered a vehicle I
1:26:36 think is the the difference okay that's
1:26:38 great and that does support the other
1:26:41 concern that I have that probably in the
1:26:44 second degree which requires intent to
1:26:47 commit a crime a higher level of proof
1:26:49 on part of our police is a gross
1:26:53 misdemeanor whereas the vehicle trespass
1:26:56 is a misdemeanor possible by nine days
1:26:59 away a thousand dollar fine so lower
1:27:01 intent lower ultimate sentence so I just
1:27:05 want to make sure that we have that
1:27:06 lined up so that we didn't create some
1:27:09 kind of inequity there thank you thank
1:27:11 you council member are there any other
1:27:13 questions uh council member hunt
1:27:16 thank you um and then councilmember D
1:27:18 Michelle also has the questions thank
1:27:21 um so and thank you for answering the
1:27:23 questions by email just to clarify
1:27:27 um you went through that there had been
1:27:29 a couple
1:27:30 um a couple of these incidents in
1:27:33 Esquire that were
1:27:35 um prosecuted or yes prosecuted by King
1:27:38 County and then one that was declined
1:27:39 and the reason for decline is just
1:27:41 resources on behalf of the King County
1:27:43 prosecutor's office that's the dominant
1:27:45 reason just to clarify that usually King
1:27:48 County will give usually they will be
1:27:51 there can be a lot of reasons they
1:27:54 actually have a very detailed filing
1:27:56 guidelines document on their website so
1:28:00 um it could be that it didn't reach the
1:28:04 monetary threshold even
1:28:07 um they there's monetary thresholds in
1:28:09 the statutes but King County actually
1:28:13 sets higher so for instance for thefts
1:28:16 they actually have their own higher
1:28:17 monetary thresholds and that are what
1:28:20 are in the statutes for their own filing
1:28:23 and they just decline like significantly
1:28:25 higher and they just like by right just
1:28:29 decline those or for instance sometimes
1:28:31 they will only take them if um
1:28:34 the uh
1:28:37 the defendant has a bad criminal history
1:28:41 there are certain things like that so it
1:28:44 may be
1:28:45 um it may have been something like that
1:28:47 it may have been that they didn't think
1:28:49 it was easy enough for them to prove
1:28:52 but but the underlying reason for all of
1:28:55 that is that they don't have enough
1:28:56 resources to prosecute exactly so they
1:28:59 yeah that's why they did those filing
1:29:01 standards is because they don't have
1:29:02 enough resources so they had to
1:29:04 prioritize correct thank you
1:29:07 thank you council member any other
1:29:09 questions
1:29:10 uh councilmember D Michelle
1:29:14 thank you
1:29:16 um during the service of safety and
1:29:18 Parks committee meeting I did raise the
1:29:20 issue especially related to our homeless
1:29:24 population some of whom are sleeping in
1:29:26 cars some of whom may have permission
1:29:30 from other owners to be in those cars
1:29:32 and I was assured that
1:29:36 when someone is approached to is in that
1:29:39 situation that you know the police will
1:29:42 check to make sure that the owner has
1:29:45 given permission so that it in other
1:29:48 words
1:29:49 there is a careful check to make sure
1:29:51 that it actually is a crime is that
1:29:53 right chief chief swan
1:29:57 yes um if someone's sleeping in a
1:29:59 vehicle we're obviously going to check
1:30:00 and if they have permission the only
1:30:02 reason we would there would be a
1:30:03 circumstance like this is if number one
1:30:06 we can reach an over there will be best
1:30:08 efforts made to try and contact owners
1:30:10 of the vehicle the in most of these
1:30:12 circumstances what we're also referring
1:30:14 to is more of a vehicle that's already
1:30:15 been reported stolen typically a
1:30:17 homeless person is not sleeping in a
1:30:19 stolen vehicle or something that's been
1:30:21 reported stolen if the report the
1:30:23 reporting party who's the owner of the
1:30:24 vehicle has not actually reported it and
1:30:27 so that leads us to believe in we
1:30:30 usually make contact and they usually
1:30:32 don't have that permission that they're
1:30:33 saying they do now if someone else stole
1:30:36 it and then they said oh yeah you can be
1:30:39 in it
1:30:40 there's they can they'll have to argue
1:30:42 that in court because technically
1:30:43 they're in they're trespassing in a
1:30:44 possession of a stolen vehicle at that
1:30:48 um sometimes that's whether okay asking
1:30:50 the question do you actually have keys
1:30:52 to this vehicle versus it being you know
1:30:55 can I just stay here and there's a
1:30:57 screwdriver in the ignition as the
1:30:58 example was used before but yes for all
1:31:00 intents and purposes we always try and
1:31:02 do our best to make sure the owners I'm
1:31:04 there we usually have to make contact
1:31:06 and there is certain documentation by
1:31:08 law that we have to have when the
1:31:09 vehicle is stolen
1:31:11 um they have to even document if they
1:31:13 want it impounded they document all
1:31:16 different kinds of things in the
1:31:17 circumstance before it's entered as
1:31:20 stolen
1:31:22 and just speaking from prosecutor you
1:31:25 wouldn't be able to meet that element in
1:31:27 a court case unless you had something
1:31:29 from the owner saying I did not give
1:31:32 them permission so there's just no way
1:31:35 you could proceed with a case against
1:31:36 someone without that
1:31:39 thank you council member are there any
1:31:41 additional questions
1:31:43 would someone care to make a motion
1:31:44 councilman marks Madam mayor I moved to
1:31:47 adopt ordinance number
1:31:50 29.90 amending chapter
1:31:53 9.40 of the Issaquah Municipal Code
1:31:55 property crimes relating to to adopt a
1:31:59 new section criminalizing vehicle
1:32:00 trespass and adopting by reference state
1:32:02 law criminalizing making or possessing
1:32:04 motor vehicle theft tools
1:32:07 second
1:32:10 it's been moved in second is there any
1:32:12 Council discussion
1:32:14 so uh well I'll go to the motioner
1:32:17 council member Martz followed by council
1:32:19 president yeah I'll just reiterate that
1:32:21 this um the the impetus of this was a
1:32:24 conversation with members of the ipd and
1:32:28 um so I'm hoping uh continued good
1:32:30 conversations with the ipd on things
1:32:32 that are understood to work well in
1:32:34 other municipalities and uh I think it's
1:32:37 good that we uh give it some rigor and
1:32:39 and looked at it and got some good
1:32:42 answers on it but I'm I'm you know uh
1:32:45 I'm looking forward to other
1:32:47 conversations about feedback that we can
1:32:49 get from the IBD in Practical you know
1:32:52 daily interactions with the public how
1:32:54 we can make the city safer thank you
1:32:57 um the secondary would you like to make
1:32:58 a comment uh no okay and I have council
1:33:01 president and council member D Michelle
1:33:03 thank you I think my comments are very
1:33:06 much the same I appreciate the way that
1:33:08 this came up
1:33:10 um from the Issaquah Police Department
1:33:12 as a relationship to what another city
1:33:16 and their Police Department were doing
1:33:18 and saw successful I appreciate the
1:33:20 administration for hearing that and
1:33:22 moving forward the committee for taking
1:33:25 it on and really having a robust
1:33:27 conversation I think this is just a
1:33:31 great example of all parties working
1:33:34 together listening and coming forth with
1:33:37 a tool that will be useful in our city
1:33:39 so thank you councilmember Michelle
1:33:42 thank you mayor Paulie I just wanted to
1:33:44 reiterate that
1:33:46 um this is an issue that we are
1:33:48 consistently receiving emails about
1:33:52 um and not only emails but talking to
1:33:54 people in our community who are uh very
1:33:57 concerned about the rise in property
1:33:59 crimes uh Chief Schwann and I were in a
1:34:02 forum together a couple of weeks ago
1:34:04 with the Kiwanis Club
1:34:06 several people just shared stories
1:34:09 personal stories about happenings in
1:34:12 their neighborhood and so forth so uh
1:34:14 councilmember Martz and I both felt that
1:34:16 this really needed to be put on the
1:34:19 agenda so that the public knows that we
1:34:21 hear what they are concerned about and
1:34:24 are responding and I want to thank Chief
1:34:27 Schwann and racial chirpin for uh
1:34:30 bringing forward this item so that we
1:34:33 can provide the police officers with
1:34:35 more tools to support the public who
1:34:40 have very legitimate concerns about the
1:34:42 rise in crime in our community
1:34:45 so I will be supporting this of course
1:34:49 and uh but uh I think that letting the
1:34:54 public know that we are hearing them and
1:34:55 listening to them and doing something
1:34:57 about it is really really important
1:34:59 thank you thank you councilmember D
1:35:01 Michelle I'm looking around not seeing
1:35:03 anybody else wishing to make comments
1:35:07 it has been moved and seconded to adopt
1:35:10 ordinance number 2990 amending chapter
1:35:13 9.40 of the Issaquah Municipal Code
1:35:16 property crimes relating to to adopt a
1:35:19 new section criminalizing vehicle
1:35:21 trespass and adopting by reference state
1:35:24 law criminalizing making or possessing
1:35:26 motor vehicle theft toodles all those in
1:35:29 favor please indicate by saying aye aye
1:35:35 like those opposed
1:35:37 that carries unanimously 7-0 uh to
1:35:40 Schwann Rachel thank you very much
1:35:43 the next item of business this evening
1:35:45 is good of the order does anybody have
1:35:47 items for good of the order
1:35:50 I'm gonna I'm gonna share one and then
1:35:52 go into some upcoming Council meetings
1:35:55 um I did attend the Telus residence
1:35:57 association meeting last week
1:36:00 they had a very good turnout they did it
1:36:02 at the middle school which was very very
1:36:04 fun to be inside and see the beautiful
1:36:06 school that is there
1:36:08 um they shared what I thought I would
1:36:10 share tonight is some of the concerns
1:36:12 that they brought up I'm they know that
1:36:13 there is a listening session also
1:36:15 scheduled with the council coming up I
1:36:18 believe in November
1:36:20 um as uh typical of most years there are
1:36:23 still Parcels that are either under
1:36:25 construction or in permitting and so
1:36:28 there's always questions on projects and
1:36:30 our director of community Planning and
1:36:31 Development was there to answer them
1:36:34 there was a question about the
1:36:37 economic Vitality of the very very small
1:36:40 retail area that's at the corner with
1:36:42 Lex biryanis Cafe and that is something
1:36:46 that my chief of staff and I are going
1:36:48 to follow up on there are several spaces
1:36:52 there that could have some very cool
1:36:56 businesses in it and there's also a
1:36:58 parcel across the street that can be
1:37:00 activated or not activated so we have a
1:37:02 little bit of follow-up work there I
1:37:04 pretty much get this at any meeting I
1:37:06 ever go to which is when are we going to
1:37:08 build the dog park at Tibbetts
1:37:10 and I think for any of you those of you
1:37:12 who have doorbelled around this town you
1:37:15 will hear the number of barking
1:37:18 residents that we have when you ring the
1:37:20 bell or knock on the door we did talk
1:37:22 about the master site planning process
1:37:24 and that that has thrown quite a
1:37:28 wrench in the works in terms of timing
1:37:31 but we talked about the potential for a
1:37:34 smaller permanent dog park down at the
1:37:36 community center
1:37:37 there were questions as you would
1:37:39 imagine about the speed sign in the
1:37:41 school zone under the conditions for the
1:37:43 permit for the construction of that
1:37:45 school
1:37:47 there there is some time allowed for the
1:37:50 school district to study the traffic
1:37:52 patterns there but I think the community
1:37:54 is interested in seeing more now around
1:37:57 speeding in the school zone
1:38:00 um questions about a second entry exit
1:38:03 talk about James Bush Road and whether
1:38:05 or not that would ever be designed or
1:38:08 rebuilt to meet current standards and
1:38:09 the answer is that project is not on the
1:38:11 books right now we did talk a little bit
1:38:13 about the bergsma project that turned
1:38:15 into the bergsma acquisition and
1:38:17 therefore the road that was proposed
1:38:19 there is no longer possible
1:38:21 and just as you've been working on your
1:38:24 ordinances was it ordinances will your
1:38:27 work on vehicle theft this evening
1:38:28 police presence the amount of patrolling
1:38:31 the types of criminal activity and
1:38:34 property property crime were all of big
1:38:36 issues so those were the ones that came
1:38:39 up and they're looking forward to having
1:38:41 the listening session with Council
1:38:44 council president
1:38:46 thank you
1:38:48 um four go to the order I just wanted to
1:38:49 follow up on our conversation from last
1:38:51 week about the Strategic Regional
1:38:53 representation
1:38:55 um Deputy council president Hall and I
1:38:56 have met were putting together a memo
1:39:00 based on that conversation we're going
1:39:02 to reach out to everybody we will have a
1:39:06 draft of that out to you by next week on
1:39:10 the 10th and then we're going to ask you
1:39:12 to provide your
1:39:16 um interests in applications by the 17th
1:39:20 so that then we can have you work with
1:39:22 Juliana from the mayor's office on
1:39:25 Ultimate applications so I just wanted
1:39:27 to give you a sense we're moving forward
1:39:29 on that but don't expect anything before
1:39:31 the 10th thanks
1:39:34 um any other items before I move to a
1:39:35 couple upcoming meetings
1:39:38 let me start checking on council member
1:39:40 D Michelle
1:39:41 um October 10th there's a committee of
1:39:43 the whole meeting and the anticipated
1:39:44 agenda items include the 2023-24 budget
1:39:47 deliberations and the community Mobility
1:39:51 survey projects and October 7th will be
1:39:54 another regular city council meeting so
1:39:56 the next item of business for us this
1:39:58 evening is an executive session and as
1:40:00 announced earlier there the session this
1:40:03 evening is to discuss property
1:40:05 acquisition per RCW 42.30 0.110 paren
1:40:09 one paren C and pending potential
1:40:11 litigation per RCW 42.30
1:40:15 0.11110 paren one print I these
1:40:18 anticipated items are expected to take a
1:40:20 total of 30 minutes and action is
1:40:22 anticipated in Open session so as a
1:40:25 reminder executive sessions are closed
1:40:27 to the public and we will now recess
1:40:29 into executive session at 8 41. for
1:40:32 those participating virtually anyone
1:40:34 who's not part of closed session will
1:40:36 remain in the main meeting and you are
1:40:37 welcome to stay in the eating until it's
1:40:39 reconvened so city clerk if you could
1:40:42 move us over
1:40:49 we are back in Open session at 9 15 pm
1:40:53 and is there somebody wanting to make
1:40:56 motion council president
1:40:58 thank you I moved to authorize the mayor
1:41:01 to execute all documents necessary for
1:41:03 acquisition of portions of King County
1:41:06 Parcels numbers
1:41:11 355-7500-310 and
1:41:17 355-7500150 and other property rights
1:41:20 necessary for construction of the 12th
1:41:22 Avenue Northwest and Sr 900 17th Avenue
1:41:26 Northwest Improvement project and to pay
1:41:30 just compensation to the owner of such
1:41:32 property Pickering Square LLC to be
1:41:35 established based on the fair market
1:41:37 value as determined through the
1:41:39 appraisal process and other potential
1:41:41 acquisition costs
1:41:42 Deputy council president second
1:41:45 it's been moved and seconded is there
1:41:46 any discussion
1:41:49 confirmed
1:41:52 okay if there is no further discussion
1:41:54 uh city clerk do you want me to reread
1:41:56 the motion or just call for the vote
1:42:00 are the council members clear on the
1:42:01 motion before them yes it's okay thank
1:42:04 you for checking
1:42:06 um all those in favor signify by saying
1:42:08 aye aye
1:42:11 all those opposed
1:42:13 that passes seven to zero uh and there
1:42:16 being no further business this meeting
1:42:18 is adjourned at 9 16 pm