City Council Regular Meeting · Monday, November 21, 2022 · City Council Digest

3. SPECIAL BUSINESS

Small Business Saturday Proclamation ID 1177

5 min · packet pp.5

Topics: Economic Development

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Staff report:

CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office WASHINGTON 130 E. Sunset Way I P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 (425) 837-3020 issaquahwa.gov

DECA Proclamation ID 1303

5 min · packet pp.7

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Staff report:

CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office WASHINGTON 130 E. Sunset Way I P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 (425) 837-3020 issaquahwa.gov

7. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Nov. 21, 2022, $6,602,238.03 ID 1207

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.9–41

Topics: Budget

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Staff report:

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

Roll call:

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

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

Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, Aug. 8, 2022

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.43

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR b) 08-08-22 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Special Meeting 8:30 PM Council Chambers August 8, 2022 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way

Roll call:

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

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

Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, Sept. 19, 2022

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.45

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

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR c) 09-19-22 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Special Meeting 6:30 PM Council Chambers September 19, 2022 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way

Roll call:

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

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

Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, Oct. 3, 2022

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.53–58

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Staff report:

Purpose To provide an update on the City’s bridge inspectionsi.

Roll call:

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

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

Informational Update: Bridge Inspection Update ID 1113

Carried 7-0

Receive Report · packet pp.59–66

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Staff report:

This informational report is to provide an overview of economic development staff activities and trends in the 3rd quarter of 2022.

Roll call:

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

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

Informational Update: Economic Development 3rd Quarter Report ID 1221

Carried 7-0

Receive Report · packet pp.67–70

Topics: Economic Development

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Staff report:

This Informational Update includes a

Roll call:

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

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

Informational Update: Human Services Quarterly Report (Q3) ID 1252

Carried 7-0

Receive Report · packet pp.71–72

Topics: Equity

Previously discussed: Equity Board · Jul 1, 2022

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Staff report:

This Informational Update outlines a

Roll call:

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

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

Informational Update: Equity Board Quarterly Report (Q3) ID 1253

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.147–163

Topics: Equity

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Staff report:

On June 7, 2022, the Metropolitan King County Council passed Ordinance 19447 (Exhibit B), setting sewer rates for 2023. In accordance with long term agreements for sewage disposal, King County (as successor to METRO) provides wastewater treatment and disposal service to cities and special utility districts, including Issaquah. The fees for such service are set and approved by King County, as reviewed and recommended by the Metropolitan Wastewater Pollution Abatement Advisory Committee (MWPAAC). The King County fees were last increased for 2022.

Roll call:

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

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

Amendments to IMC 13.70.040, Sewer Rates to Adopt King County Charge AB 8440

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.189–198

Topics: Land UseWater

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Sep 3, 2019

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Staff report:

Eastside Fire & Rescue (EF&R) has identified that, in order to respond in the desired amount of time to the cities of Issaquah and Sammamish, there is the need for a fire station in North Issaquah. Their preferred location in North Issaquah is specifically along the East Lake Sammamish corridor. In accordance with EF&R's Standards of Coverage Policy, this fire station would replace the existing Station 71 in Olde Town. This information was initially presented to the City Council in ID 0517 at the September 3, 2019 City Council meeting.

Roll call:

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

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

Interagency Agreement with Washington State Parks for Potential Fire Station AB 8490

Carried 7-0

Approve Resolution · packet pp.205–236

Topics: ParksPublic Safety

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Staff report:

The Board of Judicial Administration prioritized funding for court interpreters in their strategic initiative in 2017-2019. The legislature appropriated $4.8 million for interpreter reimbursement to counties over the last two biennium budgets, 2018- 2023. The purpose of the Interpreter Reimbursement Program is to improve language access in the courts. It provides an opportunity for courts to receive reimbursement for interpreters and language access related expenses and helps to ensure that people who are limited in English proficiency, or deaf, or hard of hearing, can access and meaningfully participate in the judicial process in accordance with RCW Chapters 2.42 and 2.43.

Roll call:

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

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

Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts Interpreter Reimbursement Program AB 8505

Carried 7-0

Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement

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Roll call:

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

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

9. GOOD OF THE ORDER

Upcoming Council Meetings

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0:06 ↗ good evening everyone I am calling the

0:08 ↗ November 21st city council meeting to

0:10 ↗ order and as a reminder we continue to

0:13 ↗ have a remote aspect to our meetings

0:15 ↗ those staff and members of the public

0:17 ↗ may be participating in tonight's

0:19 ↗ meeting remotely via WebEx

0:21 ↗ council president Walsh is also

0:23 ↗ attending virtually

0:25 ↗ so first item on our agenda this evening

0:27 ↗ is the Pledge of Allegiance and I invite

0:29 ↗ you to join me

0:32 ↗ I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

0:36 ↗ United States of America

0:37 ↗ into the Republic for which it stands

0:40 ↗ one nation under God indivisible with

0:44 ↗ liberty and justice for all

0:51 ↗ we have a couple of items under special

0:53 ↗ business this evening I'm going to do a

0:55 ↗ couple of proclamations but very excited

0:57 ↗ to see the large crowd that is with us

1:00 ↗ tonight and grateful that our Human

1:02 ↗ Services Commission members were able to

1:04 ↗ join us earlier for a thank you

1:16 ↗ first Proclamation this evening is ID

1:19 ↗ 1177 the small business Saturday

1:21 ↗ Proclamation and uh I would like to call

1:25 ↗ Julie Hartwig from the Issaquah chamber

1:26 ↗ and Lindsey Pinkston up

1:29 ↗ hello ladies

1:34 ↗ thank you for joining us

1:41 ↗ so the Saturday after Thanksgiving every

1:43 ↗ year is recognized as small business

1:45 ↗ Saturday and whereas the City of

1:48 ↗ Issaquah celebrates our local small

1:49 ↗ businesses and the contributions they

1:52 ↗ make to our economy and community and

1:54 ↗ whereas according to the United States

1:56 ↗ small business administration there are

1:58 ↗ 32.5 million small businesses in the

2:00 ↗ United States and these small businesses

2:03 ↗ are responsible for 62 percent of the

2:05 ↗ net new jobs created since 1995. and

2:09 ↗ whereas most consumers understand the

2:11 ↗ importance of supporting the small

2:12 ↗ businesses in their community on small

2:15 ↗ business Saturday and report that the

2:17 ↗ day encourages them to want to shop

2:19 ↗ small all year long and whereas

2:21 ↗ merchants and vendors that do business

2:22 ↗ in the City of Issaquah bolster our

2:25 ↗ community's vibrancy and support

2:26 ↗ economic vitality and whereas Vision

2:29 ↗ Partners the collaboration of economic

2:31 ↗ development organizations supports the

2:34 ↗ success of small businesses throughout

2:35 ↗ the year now therefore I Mary Lou Paulie

2:38 ↗ mayor of the City of Issaquah do

2:40 ↗ recognize November 26 2022 to be small

2:43 ↗ business Saturday in the City of

2:45 ↗ Issaquah and invite the community to

2:47 ↗ join me in shopping Issaquah Loyal by

2:50 ↗ supporting small businesses and

2:52 ↗ Merchants

2:53 ↗ actually

2:56 ↗ then we just do a picture thank you Jen

3:04 ↗ thank you very much

3:06 ↗ oh yeah

3:13 ↗ the second Proclamation this evening is

3:15 ↗ id1303 and it is the DECA Proclamation

3:18 ↗ and I would like to invite all these

3:21 ↗ amazing Deca students from Issaquah High

3:23 ↗ to join me Ria Sonya hope Brook Jeremiah

3:28 ↗ Ava Jemima Claire and Miss Fury would

3:33 ↗ you like come up with me when I do the

3:34 ↗ proclamation

3:38 ↗ [Applause]

3:41 ↗ okay and we can just spread right along

3:44 ↗ too we're a big group

3:49 ↗ this could be a great picture

3:51 ↗ thank you all for coming

3:53 ↗ whereas the Issaquah Deca Club prepares

3:55 ↗ emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in

3:57 ↗ marketing Finance hospitality and

3:59 ↗ management in its high school and

4:02 ↗ whereas the Issaquah Deca Club provides

4:04 ↗ opportunities to learn and practice

4:06 ↗ important life skills such as problem

4:08 ↗ solving communication collaboration

4:10 ↗ teamwork and creativity and whereas the

4:13 ↗ DECA Community is built and supported on

4:15 ↗ the local state local state and National

4:18 ↗ levels where students can meet peers and

4:20 ↗ create connections with people all over

4:22 ↗ the country and whereas the Issaquah

4:24 ↗ Deca Club hosts fundraisers and

4:26 ↗ community events to support local

4:27 ↗ Issaquah organizations and whereas the

4:30 ↗ club promotes ethical leadership whose

4:33 ↗ definition is the set of standards for

4:35 ↗ right and wrong conduct in business and

4:37 ↗ whereas the Issaquah Deca Club Advocates

4:40 ↗ and promotes the principles of Ethics

4:42 ↗ through club meetings and social

4:44 ↗ Outreach the club develops young

4:46 ↗ professionals whose business principles

4:47 ↗ revolve around Integrity respect

4:50 ↗ fairness and honesty now therefore I

4:53 ↗ Mary lepoli mayor of the City of

4:55 ↗ Issaquah do hereby Proclaim November

4:57 ↗ 21st through 26th of 2022 to be Issaquah

5:01 ↗ Deca ethical leadership week in the City

5:03 ↗ of Issaquah and urge all community

5:05 ↗ members to join me in this observance

5:08 ↗ I forgot who's speaking

5:10 ↗ here we go come on up

5:15 ↗ hello everyone my name is Ria patil and

5:18 ↗ I'm the director of Outreach for the

5:19 ↗ Issaquah Deca board this year first off

5:21 ↗ I'd like to thank mayor Paulie for

5:23 ↗ signing this Proclamation for us tonight

5:25 ↗ and all of you for giving us your time

5:27 ↗ I'd also like to thank Juliana who

5:29 ↗ helped coordinate and communicate this

5:31 ↗ event for us tonight

5:33 ↗ um Deca has opened up many doors for all

5:35 ↗ of us we've all had opportunities to

5:37 ↗ help our community meet new people and

5:40 ↗ explore future careers that we might

5:42 ↗ want to take upon ourselves in the

5:44 ↗ future ethical leadership is not only a

5:46 ↗ critical aspect of business but also in

5:49 ↗ our daily lives this is why we have made

5:51 ↗ it our goal to spread our message to the

5:52 ↗ rest of our community

5:54 ↗ we have each had our own Journey as a

5:56 ↗ part of this club and carry everything

5:57 ↗ we learn here with us into the future so

6:00 ↗ thank you for supporting the Issaquah

6:01 ↗ Deca club and our ethical leadership

6:04 ↗ campaign

6:06 ↗ foreign

6:11 ↗ [Applause]

6:45 ↗ thank you

7:00 ↗ my name is

7:23 ↗ thank you

7:29 ↗ very much

7:33 ↗ [Applause]

7:47 ↗ very inspirational

7:52 ↗ at this point in time we're going to

7:54 ↗ move into audience comments and members

7:56 ↗ of the public May address council at

7:58 ↗ this time in person or virtually those

8:01 ↗ who signed up in advance to make

8:02 ↗ comments will be called on First and if

8:05 ↗ you are joining us virtually and would

8:06 ↗ like to make comments please raise your

8:08 ↗ virtual hand if you're on the phone

8:10 ↗ press star 3. if you have joined by

8:13 ↗ computer or smartphone look for a hand

8:15 ↗ icon this can vary by device but one

8:17 ↗ option may be to go to the participant

8:19 ↗ panel and choose the raise hand icon in

8:22 ↗ the lower right hand corner

8:23 ↗ if you're in the room and you did not

8:25 ↗ sign up I will ask for other speakers

8:27 ↗ before closing this portion of the

8:29 ↗ meeting

8:30 ↗ Clark has anyone signed up to speak this

8:31 ↗ evening yes

8:37 ↗ for those making comments please direct

8:39 ↗ your comments to the whole city council

8:41 ↗ and not individuals and while this is

8:43 ↗ not a question and answer session we

8:45 ↗ will contact you to follow up if needed

8:48 ↗ when recognized unmute your microphone

8:50 ↗ for virtual attendees or step up to the

8:53 ↗ lectern that's in front of council state

8:55 ↗ your name address in relationship to the

8:57 ↗ city speak clearly and pause frequently

8:59 ↗ and limit comments to five minutes if

9:02 ↗ you're attending virtually and do not

9:03 ↗ respond after your name or phone number

9:05 ↗ is called or if your connection is lost

9:07 ↗ unexpectedly the meeting will need to

9:10 ↗ proceed you are encouraged to rejoin the

9:12 ↗ meeting if able personal attacks obscene

9:14 ↗ language derogatory remarks and

9:16 ↗ disruptive behavior will not be

9:17 ↗ permitted

9:18 ↗ citizen comments written and verbal are

9:20 ↗ an important aspect of the public

9:22 ↗ process the city takes comments

9:24 ↗ seriously and we thank you for taking

9:25 ↗ your time to address us

9:27 ↗ um city clerk can you please identify

9:29 ↗ the first person who signed up to speak

9:31 ↗ this evening yes Lonnie Fairman who is

9:33 ↗ attending virtually

9:35 ↗ Lonnie at this time I will make you a

9:37 ↗ panelist you should see the option to

9:40 ↗ unmute and can choose to turn your video

9:41 ↗ on

9:59 ↗ Lonnie I see you you've unmuted you have

10:02 ↗ the floor

10:06 ↗ now it looks like you re-muted

10:13 ↗ hey your mic is open go ahead

10:26 ↗ Lonnie it looks like you might be having

10:28 ↗ some audio issues so we'll move to the

10:30 ↗ next speaker and I will attempt to reach

10:33 ↗ you via chat the next speaker is here in

10:36 ↗ the room Ken konig's mark

10:43 ↗ good evening and happy early

10:45 ↗ Thanksgiving to everybody and all of you

10:47 ↗ as well I'm here to address the rezone

10:51 ↗ request of Our Savior Lutheran church

10:53 ↗ and I'm speaking on behalf of the church

10:55 ↗ which is located at 745 Front Street

10:57 ↗ South in Issaquah

10:59 ↗ our church is happy to be here including

11:01 ↗ several in the audience from our church

11:05 ↗ along with the recommendations from City

11:07 ↗ Planning staff the administration and

11:09 ↗ the Planning Development and environment

11:11 ↗ committee that suggests approving the

11:15 ↗ rezone for our property the church's

11:17 ↗ priority and focus is on creating a

11:20 ↗ beneficial social impact project

11:23 ↗ that will be good for the community the

11:25 ↗ city those in need and our church a

11:29 ↗ win-win for everybody we hope there may

11:32 ↗ still be a possibility with the food

11:33 ↗ bank who needs to do some financial

11:36 ↗ studies to determine the feasibility of

11:39 ↗ raising the funds needed and we hope

11:42 ↗ that we'll prove positive and they may

11:45 ↗ come back to us but even without that we

11:48 ↗ wish to find other social impact

11:51 ↗ Partners who would combine forces with

11:53 ↗ us to do something creative and good on

11:56 ↗ what is a very strategic parcel in the

11:58 ↗ center of the city

12:00 ↗ to help us Define the optimal outcome we

12:04 ↗ welcome the council the city and any

12:07 ↗ assistance that could be provided in

12:09 ↗ identifying and developing Partnerships

12:11 ↗ and funding sources for such a project

12:14 ↗ so your connections and ideas are

12:17 ↗ welcomed at any time

12:19 ↗ we also have the expert advice of our

12:22 ↗ consultants for Meriweather advisors one

12:25 ↗ of whom will speak tonight

12:26 ↗ who has a long track record of creating

12:31 ↗ amazing win-win projects for churches

12:34 ↗ and non-profits around the Puget Sound

12:36 ↗ area who have used their land and

12:39 ↗ properties to do something very

12:40 ↗ beneficial

12:43 ↗ as indicated by the administration's

12:46 ↗ recommendation for approval this rezone

12:48 ↗ is Justified for several reasons first

12:51 ↗ and most importantly it meets all the

12:53 ↗ city criteria in the Issaquah code for

12:55 ↗ justifying a rezone as was confirmed by

12:58 ↗ the City attorney and the planning staff

13:02 ↗ number two given the multi-family zoning

13:04 ↗ and uses that surround this parcel on

13:06 ↗ all sides except for Ingy Johnson Park

13:09 ↗ including mfh zoning on our second

13:12 ↗ Church owned parcel

13:15 ↗ this parcel too should very logically be

13:18 ↗ zoned multi-family high density

13:20 ↗ I think we would all agree that the

13:22 ↗ worst future outcome that nobody would

13:25 ↗ want to see on this parcel would be for

13:27 ↗ it to ever be developed into

13:29 ↗ single-family multi-million dollar homes

13:32 ↗ as an island of single-family homes

13:35 ↗ surrounded by multi-family

13:39 ↗ number three mfh zoning enables greater

13:42 ↗ opportunity and flexibility for us and

13:45 ↗ our partners to create a dynamic social

13:48 ↗ impact project that can be maximized at

13:51 ↗ this strategic location in the center of

13:52 ↗ the city

13:54 ↗ and number four why is future planning

13:56 ↗ requires that the city not only meet its

13:59 ↗ growth targets but also other key social

14:03 ↗ needs within the City Human Services

14:05 ↗ needs is outlined in the Human Services

14:07 ↗ strategic plan

14:09 ↗ a livable vibrant compassionate and

14:13 ↗ successful community that needs these

14:15 ↗ kinds of services that we hope to be

14:17 ↗ able to provide on our parcel

14:19 ↗ a rezoned combined with a creative with

14:22 ↗ creative Partnerships can help us

14:24 ↗ achieve these goals

14:26 ↗ so as you're planning staff and

14:28 ↗ administration recommend we too are

14:30 ↗ convinced that this rezone request meets

14:33 ↗ all the criteria along with many logical

14:36 ↗ and compelling reasons to support this

14:39 ↗ your vote to approve this rezone will

14:41 ↗ inspire opportunities to partner with

14:44 ↗ you and others to create a project

14:47 ↗ beneficial to the city the community and

14:50 ↗ those needing assistance please vote Yes

14:52 ↗ on the rezone tonight thank you

14:59 ↗ mayor we're going to check in with

15:00 ↗ Lonnie again so it's like

15:04 ↗ mommy may have resolved

15:06 ↗ his or her audio issues Lonnie are you

15:08 ↗ with us can you please unmute

15:12 ↗ hello

15:13 ↗ we can hear you thank you proceed

15:15 ↗ fantastic thank you

15:18 ↗ uh it's a pleasure to meet you all uh

15:20 ↗ City Council Members I'm a resident here

15:22 ↗ in ichigois

15:24 ↗ I have a point of a question more or

15:28 ↗ less and I realize this is not a

15:29 ↗ question answer setting but I I feel

15:33 ↗ about me I'll just State my piece uh we

15:36 ↗ were given this uh flyer I'm going to

15:39 ↗ say on Friday of this last week I didn't

15:42 ↗ get a big chance to delve too deeply

15:45 ↗ into it however it does pose

15:48 ↗ a bit of a hassle when it comes to the

15:51 ↗ neighborhood located on

15:54 ↗ uh Juniper and Juniper and Holly

15:57 ↗ is the

16:01 ↗ the Turkey Trot tends to block in the

16:03 ↗ entirety of that neighborhood allowing

16:06 ↗ absolutely no one to leave unless it's

16:08 ↗ at the behest of the turkey Trotters I

16:11 ↗ guess you could say

16:13 ↗ uh my question was since city council

16:16 ↗ was the ones to approve of this

16:19 ↗ and

16:20 ↗ city council also has the ability to

16:23 ↗ put in stipulations upon whether or not

16:25 ↗ they changed the route

16:27 ↗ would city council be willing to do so I

16:30 ↗ do believe it Bears a an undue burden on

16:33 ↗ everyone in that neighborhood since that

16:35 ↗ neighborhood in itself is entirely

16:37 ↗ enclosed

16:38 ↗ by the Turkey Trot route

16:40 ↗ there is no no way for the residents to

16:43 ↗ leave for example uh people still have

16:46 ↗ to go to work that morning it's

16:47 ↗ Thanksgiving morning people still have

16:49 ↗ to get groceries last minute if people

16:51 ↗ are having family members come into

16:54 ↗ their home they cannot go through that

16:56 ↗ route if they are leaving to go visit

16:58 ↗ family members they cannot leave their

17:00 ↗ home on that route

17:01 ↗ and it is to my understanding after

17:03 ↗ speaking with uh the people who are

17:07 ↗ hosting the Turkey Trot it is at their

17:09 ↗ behest at whether or not people are

17:12 ↗ allowed to travel through in and out of

17:14 ↗ that location so

17:16 ↗ then it Bears the question does this not

17:19 ↗ impact our constitutionality on whether

17:22 ↗ or not we are able to access our private

17:23 ↗ homes

17:24 ↗ for example myself I work overnights I'm

17:27 ↗ not allowed to come home immediately

17:29 ↗ after work I then have to wait for the

17:31 ↗ behest of

17:33 ↗ the Turkey Trot to allow me to come home

17:36 ↗ uh if there are if there's an emergency

17:40 ↗ there's a lot of elderly residents in

17:43 ↗ that neighborhood

17:44 ↗ cannot go say to park somewhere all the

17:49 ↗ way down on the other end of

17:51 ↗ Front Street or on the other end of

17:54 ↗ uh

17:56 ↗ what is this little one here uh Gilman

17:59 ↗ unless we're going to park at a business

18:01 ↗ in which case could we not get ticketed

18:03 ↗ for parking at that business overnight

18:05 ↗ that's

18:08 ↗ I feel an egregious overstep now I'm not

18:12 ↗ going to say that there shouldn't be a

18:14 ↗ Turkey Trot I feel like a Turkey Trot is

18:16 ↗ a great thing but I do feel like the

18:18 ↗ oversight of blocking in specifically

18:21 ↗ only one only one neighborhood

18:25 ↗ uh it's a bit much

18:28 ↗ having the route moved is something that

18:30 ↗ can still be done between now and

18:32 ↗ Thanksgiving day and I do pose this

18:34 ↗ question to

18:36 ↗ are to city council and whether or not

18:39 ↗ they will

18:40 ↗ they will do something about this

18:43 ↗ thank you Lonnie this is uh mayor Polly

18:46 ↗ um actually the administration mayor's

18:48 ↗ Administration approved the permit so I

18:51 ↗ would like to make sure that if you and

18:53 ↗ Tisha are able our city clerk are able

18:55 ↗ to talk in the chat that you provide

18:56 ↗ information so that we can follow up

18:57 ↗ with you

19:01 ↗ I'm happy to do so thank you thank you

19:03 ↗ Lonnie

19:05 ↗ um Tisha the next person to address the

19:08 ↗ council this evening

19:10 ↗ yes next week we have a few in-person

19:12 ↗ attendees signed up next uh Gary Hansen

19:15 ↗ is the next one

19:22 ↗ hello uh thanks for the opportunity to

19:25 ↗ to comment uh I'm uh here to address the

19:30 ↗ uh Our Savior Lutheran Church uh rezone

19:33 ↗ efforts and uh I'd like to report that

19:36 ↗ we had a semi-annual meeting yesterday

19:39 ↗ and presented ideas that we had for the

19:43 ↗ for the ongoing efforts to have our

19:46 ↗ property rezoned into uh have it become

19:51 ↗ a center of of support for the Greater

19:55 ↗ Community and I am asking if you will

19:59 ↗ yes approve the rezone everyone in the

20:02 ↗ congregation when we

20:05 ↗ uh

20:07 ↗ gave our plans for moving forward after

20:09 ↗ not having a an arrangement with the

20:13 ↗ food bank is enthusiastic about still

20:16 ↗ continuing our efforts and still

20:18 ↗ becoming a a center for support

20:21 ↗ for the community so

20:25 ↗ that's it thank you thank you Gary

20:28 ↗ the clerk the next speaker is Mary Lynch

20:36 ↗ my name is Mary Lynch and I reside at

20:38 ↗ 2690 Northwest Oakcrest Drive

20:41 ↗ I'm here tonight for two things first I

20:43 ↗ want to say um I would have loved to

20:45 ↗ have attended on with WebEx and Comcast

20:47 ↗ because of comicast uh

20:51 ↗ in my neighborhood it really does not

20:53 ↗ facilitate WebEx and it's broad

20:56 ↗ bandwidth that's required for WebEx and

20:58 ↗ there's been any number of meetings I've

20:59 ↗ not been able to log on to because of

21:01 ↗ the Comcast in my neighborhood so I'd

21:03 ↗ ask you to maybe consider a until

21:05 ↗ Comcast improves their service that you

21:09 ↗ look at other options I have no trouble

21:11 ↗ with

21:12 ↗ Zoom with FaceTime which I don't like

21:15 ↗ that that much or with Microsoft teams

21:18 ↗ but WebEx consistently has not worked

21:20 ↗ and a couple times on really important

21:22 ↗ meetings that I want to attend with

21:24 ↗ planning in the rezone

21:26 ↗ that being said I also sent you a letter

21:28 ↗ I would ask that you read completely

21:29 ↗ through my letter that I sent you today

21:31 ↗ on my concerns with the lack of

21:34 ↗ long-range planning and integration that

21:36 ↗ the city is doing

21:37 ↗ some of this rebuttal that I've gotten

21:39 ↗ already isn't really reading in a

21:42 ↗ approaching what I'm asking for with

21:45 ↗ Riva and when we learned about that

21:47 ↗ project we are assured that we would

21:48 ↗ have not sidewalks but a walking path on

21:51 ↗ the south side to the trailhead that

21:53 ↗ didn't happen because of the rework that

21:56 ↗ has had to be twice by anti-aircraft

21:58 ↗ Creek so thank you you did give us a

22:00 ↗ bridge I think it's more than what we

22:02 ↗ need down there but we have almost a

22:04 ↗ motorized bridge over anti-aircraft

22:07 ↗ Creek going in right now for the third

22:10 ↗ and fourth time a number of those power

22:12 ↗ polls have been relocated unfortunately

22:14 ↗ right now they're currently pouring in

22:16 ↗ all the concrete for that bridge and the

22:20 ↗ concrete approaches to that right over

22:23 ↗ where if the city had been long range

22:25 ↗ planning in front of Oak Crest and then

22:28 ↗ further down could have had the power

22:30 ↗ lines underground if you look at that

22:32 ↗ long term and say you want this to

22:34 ↗ happen so every time you approach a

22:36 ↗ power pole the that you have a plan in

22:39 ↗ coordination with King County with Puget

22:42 ↗ Sound Energy to underground the service

22:45 ↗ so you know the project that's on the

22:47 ↗ board tonight yes I applaud but it's a

22:50 ↗ very small portion of what's causing us

22:52 ↗ problems along that road and we have to

22:55 ↗ suffer along there the consequences of

22:57 ↗ up to 12 to 24 hours road closures due

23:01 ↗ to trees falling over power lines

23:02 ↗ luckily the last one we weren't most of

23:05 ↗ us weren't without power for that 12 to

23:07 ↗ 24 hours but we didn't have access into

23:10 ↗ the City and now with these new projects

23:13 ↗ that we have going on

23:15 ↗ what has been happening over the last

23:17 ↗ five years were also then with these new

23:19 ↗ projects aren't going to have access

23:20 ↗ into City or not reliable access into

23:23 ↗ the City and that's caused us a big

23:25 ↗ problem so to be more proactive in

23:27 ↗ planning ahead minimizing you know the

23:31 ↗ project done in a piecemeal approach and

23:34 ↗ looking more proactively and long range

23:36 ↗ I think some of these could have been

23:38 ↗ number one avoided the pedestrian bridge

23:41 ↗ could have been avoided we might not

23:42 ↗ have had a raised crosswalk but we would

23:44 ↗ have had a crosswalk at Riva which we

23:46 ↗ asked for

23:48 ↗ because if you also look at the amount

23:50 ↗ of roadway that has been torn up by

23:52 ↗ these two new projects they're raised

23:54 ↗ that's tax dollars it's going down the

23:56 ↗ drain it's roadways that's less than a

23:59 ↗ couple years old is being torn up again

24:01 ↗ once the power lines if we ever do get

24:05 ↗ them underground there's more project or

24:07 ↗ more roadway that'll maybe only be five

24:10 ↗ ten years old that we're digging up

24:11 ↗ again and those are our tax dollars at

24:13 ↗ work so I'm asking to the city to be

24:15 ↗ more proactive with all the Departments

24:18 ↗ looking together more proactive in

24:20 ↗ defining where your utilities need to go

24:23 ↗ in the future how they need to function

24:25 ↗ and plan for that set aside some

24:27 ↗ reserves so when you have a project

24:29 ↗ let's not relocate a telephone pole six

24:33 ↗ times and still have it in the area that

24:35 ↗ trees are going to fall down on it

24:37 ↗ that's crazy

24:38 ↗ because who pays for it those of us that

24:41 ↗ live in that neighborhood at the very

24:42 ↗ end I also was talking about emergency

24:44 ↗ access

24:46 ↗ and my concern with all this projects

24:48 ↗ have been happening along there

24:50 ↗ that

24:51 ↗ East Side Fire and rescue's time is

24:54 ↗ taking longer and longer and on Friday

24:56 ↗ when I was walking along there like I

24:57 ↗ say had I not waved and the car at front

25:00 ↗ not seeing me and I maybe had the window

25:03 ↗ rolled down it would have taken that

25:05 ↗ fire truck a long time to get through

25:08 ↗ that bottleneck to get to wherever it

25:10 ↗ was going and so we need to minimize the

25:13 ↗ amount of road closures on our major

25:16 ↗ ulteriors not only for the convenience

25:18 ↗ of the neighborhood and the amount of

25:20 ↗ time we have to pay but for the safety

25:22 ↗ of our neighborhood Eastside fire and

25:25 ↗ rescue uses Newport wave to access all

25:27 ↗ the Western area and if they have to go

25:29 ↗ out and about on s900 or on I-90 that's

25:34 ↗ bad so please work together plan ahead

25:37 ↗ and set aside some funds thank you thank

25:40 ↗ you Mary

25:41 ↗ anyone else City Clerk

25:43 ↗ yes Doug Barrett

25:53 ↗ good evening thank you mayor and council

25:55 ↗ members for the opportunity to be here

25:58 ↗ tonight and for the chance to offer my

26:02 ↗ support of the Our Savior Lutheran

26:05 ↗ Church proposed ordinance my name is

26:08 ↗ Doug Barrett I've lived in Issaquah for

26:10 ↗ over 25 years actually as a neighbor of

26:14 ↗ Zach halls and his family and raised

26:16 ↗ three kids in the South Cove

26:17 ↗ neighborhood so I'm a proud Issaquah

26:20 ↗ resident to be sure but I also am very

26:22 ↗ proud to be working on behalf of our

26:24 ↗ Savior Lutheran Church

26:26 ↗ uh as Ken mentioned I'm with uh

26:29 ↗ Meriwether advisors we're a commercial

26:31 ↗ real estate brokerage and advisory firm

26:35 ↗ that in Seattle but works throughout

26:37 ↗ Central Puget Sound region

26:39 ↗ we specialize in working with

26:41 ↗ non-profits and churches

26:44 ↗ to help them understand how they might

26:47 ↗ use their real estate in different ways

26:49 ↗ to better

26:51 ↗ fund their mission and fund their

26:53 ↗ Community programs and

26:55 ↗ it's an unusual Niche to be sure but

26:58 ↗ it's so rewarding for us because we feel

27:01 ↗ like we're making a great impact to our

27:03 ↗ communities with the work that we're

27:04 ↗ doing because the reality is faith-based

27:08 ↗ communities and many non-profits are

27:10 ↗ under intense pressure right now

27:12 ↗ in the case of churches unfortunately

27:15 ↗ they're losing congregation members and

27:19 ↗ they're facing Rising costs and it's a

27:22 ↗ very difficult environment for these

27:24 ↗ faith-based communities to be in so we

27:27 ↗ like working with faith-based

27:29 ↗ communities and churches to help them

27:31 ↗ reimagine what could be done with their

27:33 ↗ real estate to help set them up for

27:36 ↗ decades more of relevance in our

27:38 ↗ community and that's

27:39 ↗ the role that I feel that we're playing

27:41 ↗ with Our Savior Lutheran Church we've

27:44 ↗ worked on behalf of St James Cathedral

27:47 ↗ and Trinity Episcopal church and

27:49 ↗ University Temple United Methodist

27:52 ↗ Church University Christian Church

27:54 ↗ Seattle University St Mark's Cathedral

27:57 ↗ the Plymouth Congregational Church in

27:59 ↗ downtown Seattle

28:01 ↗ uh and and Immaculate Conception Parish

28:04 ↗ St Mary's many many others and I'd like

28:07 ↗ to talk just very briefly about a few of

28:11 ↗ these projects for the fry Art Museum

28:14 ↗ we help them sell some excess land that

28:17 ↗ they had that has provided now

28:20 ↗ multi-family rental units but the fry

28:23 ↗ Art Museum took some of their proceeds

28:25 ↗ and funded their arts program at the fry

28:28 ↗ Art Museum and took other parts of their

28:30 ↗ proceeds to buy units in the new

28:32 ↗ development for their artists and

28:34 ↗ residents this enables artists to live

28:37 ↗ in in in nearby in the in the fry Art

28:40 ↗ Museum community and that's a very

28:42 ↗ unusual circumstance and some has been

28:44 ↗ very important to the Fryar Museum we

28:47 ↗ represented St James Cathedral in a

28:49 ↗ ground lease transaction that's

28:50 ↗ providing regular income to St James

28:53 ↗ Cathedral and the land is being used for

28:57 ↗ affordable senior housing rental units

28:59 ↗ something that is very hard to come by

29:01 ↗ and Seattle we represented University

29:05 ↗ Christian Church which sold a part of

29:07 ↗ their land for over a hundred units of

29:10 ↗ affordable housing

29:11 ↗ and they sold a portion of other parts

29:15 ↗ of their land to fund their own

29:16 ↗ endowment which they used to donate to

29:19 ↗ Community programs in and around their

29:23 ↗ their Church community we represented

29:27 ↗ University Temple United Methodist

29:29 ↗ Church to be able to construct a new

29:31 ↗ Sanctuary because their Sanctuary was

29:33 ↗ not seismically sound enough and fund

29:36 ↗ their endowment which will enable them

29:38 ↗ Propel their mission for another hundred

29:40 ↗ years

29:41 ↗ in Seattle we see the same potential

29:45 ↗ here with Our Savior Lutheran Church to

29:47 ↗ us can say said create a true win-win

29:51 ↗ except I would say win-win-win we think

29:54 ↗ with the council's support of this

29:56 ↗ ordinance

29:58 ↗ Our Savior Lutheran Church can benefit

30:02 ↗ so can the non-profit or other use that

30:05 ↗ they could invite onto their campus

30:07 ↗ and so can the Issaquah community so

30:10 ↗ there really is a potential for a true

30:12 ↗ win-win-win but we would ask for the

30:14 ↗ council's support of the ordinance to

30:16 ↗ enable that to happen thank you very

30:19 ↗ much council members and mayor thank you

30:21 ↗ Doug

30:22 ↗ City Clerk Ria patil is the next speaker

30:28 ↗ 's gone

30:30 ↗ done was she already spoke

30:34 ↗ so we'll move on to Josh Friedman

30:43 ↗ hi there my name is Josh Friedman and

30:45 ↗ I'm here as the attorney for Our Savior

30:48 ↗ Lutheran Church I think the church

30:50 ↗ Community has spoken more persuasively

30:53 ↗ than I certainly ever could about the

30:56 ↗ rezone and redesignation proposal that

30:59 ↗ they've prepared and submitted and which

31:02 ↗ you have before you for decision tonight

31:05 ↗ um so I just want to kind of uh tie up

31:09 ↗ our our record with a bow by thanking

31:12 ↗ the city's staff team and the church's

31:15 ↗ uh Community for all the detailed

31:18 ↗ attention that they've devoted to this

31:20 ↗ somewhat complex process over the course

31:22 ↗ of this year

31:24 ↗ um through that process I think the

31:26 ↗ church has thoroughly thought through

31:28 ↗ and answered all questions that have

31:30 ↗ been raised about this proposal

31:33 ↗ so in the

31:35 ↗ um and I

31:37 ↗ recently uh you saw Doug speak about how

31:40 ↗ these proposals really can and have in

31:43 ↗ communities throughout the region

31:45 ↗ enabled faith-based communities to

31:47 ↗ continue to serve their own missions to

31:50 ↗ provide their uh property to also other

31:55 ↗ community entities and community

31:57 ↗ services and uh

32:00 ↗ better integrate and serve Community

32:02 ↗ needs that we all see before us so in

32:06 ↗ the spirit of the upcoming Thanksgiving

32:08 ↗ holiday I'm hoping the council will

32:11 ↗ support this effort to provide greater

32:13 ↗ capacity for public serving and

32:15 ↗ Community Building work on this site

32:18 ↗ we'll be here and would be happy to

32:20 ↗ answer any questions you may have in the

32:23 ↗ course of the meeting thank you thank

32:24 ↗ you Josh

32:28 ↗ our next speaker is a virtual attendee

32:30 ↗ David toyer David I'm going to move you

32:33 ↗ up to be a panelist now you should have

32:36 ↗ the option to unmute and can choose to

32:38 ↗ turn your video on

32:43 ↗ uh good evening thank you appreciate the

32:45 ↗ opportunity can you hear me

32:47 ↗ yes we can

32:49 ↗ all right awesome I decided to actually

32:51 ↗ do this meeting from home tonight so I'm

32:53 ↗ not going to turn on my camera because

32:54 ↗ you'll see the uh the crazy amount of

32:56 ↗ laundry I'm trying to get done at the

32:58 ↗ same time so I apologize

33:00 ↗ um I really appreciate your time this

33:02 ↗ evening

33:03 ↗ um

33:04 ↗ I represent the Wildwood proposal our

33:06 ↗ firm represents the Wildwood proposal

33:09 ↗ for a reason which has been recommended

33:11 ↗ to be denied which I think is a really

33:14 ↗ unfortunate situation

33:16 ↗ the sole reason for the recommendation

33:19 ↗ of denial when you go through the

33:21 ↗ information that's in the packet as

33:23 ↗ revised is around General conformance uh

33:28 ↗ with the uh with the zoning and

33:31 ↗ I you know it's been brought up that

33:34 ↗ there's issues with critical areas and

33:37 ↗ other uh you know restrictions on this

33:39 ↗ site which is exactly the reason uh why

33:43 ↗ we believe the rezone is necessary in

33:46 ↗ order to be able to provide a good level

33:48 ↗ of Housing and some housing

33:50 ↗ opportunities that are needed throughout

33:52 ↗ the region and I won't get into a lot of

33:55 ↗ the facts and the figures that we put

33:57 ↗ into several of our letters here

34:00 ↗ recently to talk about the housing needs

34:02 ↗ that we have in the region but even the

34:06 ↗ lieutenant governor's office and uh in

34:10 ↗ cooperation with the legislature has

34:12 ↗ pointed out that it is one of our top

34:15 ↗ issues affecting Economic Development

34:17 ↗ and really just the fabric of our

34:19 ↗ communities is we need to address

34:21 ↗ housing uh that being said this General

34:24 ↗ conformance matter I'd direct you to

34:28 ↗ page 53 of the packet that's specific to

34:31 ↗ this agenda item

34:33 ↗ and if you look at the two zones the

34:36 ↗ existing Zone the proposed Zone setbacks

34:39 ↗ are the same impervious surface limits

34:42 ↗ are the same

34:43 ↗ both have no minimum lot width and the

34:47 ↗ only real difference is the building

34:48 ↗ height and the density allowance

34:51 ↗ the significant difference though in

34:54 ↗ development terms is that under the

34:57 ↗ existing zoning you're limited to no

34:59 ↗ more than four attached units

35:01 ↗ and so even with the ability to use your

35:04 ↗ clustering ordinance you can't work

35:07 ↗ around the constraints on the site to

35:09 ↗ make a very economically viable project

35:11 ↗ that can be an opportunity to provide

35:15 ↗ housing options that are not at the

35:18 ↗ highest end of people's budgets

35:22 ↗ and with the proposed zoning it gives

35:24 ↗ the opportunity to look at some

35:27 ↗ different housing styles that would be

35:30 ↗ allowed to be able to create some

35:32 ↗ density on this site and work around the

35:35 ↗ constraints that are present at the end

35:37 ↗ of the day whether it develops under the

35:39 ↗ current zone or the future Zone

35:42 ↗ the development footprint is going to be

35:44 ↗ the same

35:45 ↗ the protection of critical areas is

35:48 ↗ going to be the same zoning does not

35:50 ↗ affect the critical areas that are

35:53 ↗ identified or how they're rated or what

35:54 ↗ buffers get applied or what standards we

35:58 ↗ look at for making sure that we

36:01 ↗ mitigate any impacts that could happen

36:04 ↗ to buffers

36:05 ↗ and so I really think it's a lost

36:07 ↗ opportunity here to have the city

36:10 ↗ reading deny this rezone especially when

36:14 ↗ you know we're facing such a housing

36:15 ↗ crisis that is only getting worse

36:19 ↗ um even with the market conditions being

36:21 ↗ the way they are it's certainly not

36:24 ↗ helping buyers uh it's not helping

36:26 ↗ renters uh get into the marketplace and

36:29 ↗ find Opportunities to have housing

36:31 ↗ that's affordable

36:33 ↗ and housing that's supportive

36:35 ↗ and I would hope that the city council

36:38 ↗ would reconsider the recommendations to

36:41 ↗ deny this rezone and move it forward

36:44 ↗ um it is an opportunity and I say it

36:48 ↗ very often in the communities that I

36:51 ↗ work in on proposals like this once

36:54 ↗ you've allowed something to develop it's

36:56 ↗ very difficult for many years to go back

36:59 ↗ and change that decision

37:01 ↗ and when you allow something to develop

37:03 ↗ at a very low density and not take

37:06 ↗ advantage of creating the opportunities

37:08 ↗ that we need we lose out on we could

37:14 ↗ have created the the housing we needed

37:16 ↗ but we didn't

37:18 ↗ um and I I it's just unfortunate so I've

37:22 ↗ seen it throughout my career working in

37:24 ↗ housing as an advocate

37:26 ↗ you know I've had people on my staff

37:28 ↗ where it's tough to employ people that I

37:33 ↗ have working on housing projects when

37:34 ↗ they can't even often afford the housing

37:37 ↗ that they're helping to support create

37:40 ↗ and I'm hoping that at some point

37:43 ↗ throughout this region in this situation

37:45 ↗ and others that we won't pass up

37:48 ↗ opportunities to do wise rezones that

37:51 ↗ are not inconsistent with their

37:53 ↗ surroundings and allow for the efficient

37:55 ↗ use of our land Supply because honestly

37:58 ↗ speaking Urban growth boundaries are not

38:01 ↗ going to be bad at any time in the near

38:03 ↗ future we have the land support excuse

38:06 ↗ me this is the clerk you've reached the

38:07 ↗ end of the five-minute comment period

38:10 ↗ thank you

38:12 ↗ thank you David city clerk is there

38:13 ↗ anyone else signed up

38:15 ↗ no

38:16 ↗ right

38:18 ↗ well thank you all for sharing your

38:20 ↗ comments tonight we heard about

38:23 ↗ many speakers tonight speaking on the

38:25 ↗ Civic Council might be considering this

38:27 ↗ evening we had someone call in and talk

38:30 ↗ about route planning for the Turkey Trot

38:34 ↗ um we heard from residents about the

38:37 ↗ need for more coordinated long-range

38:39 ↗ planning and some issues with cable

38:42 ↗ providers

38:44 ↗ and I think that's about it so thank you

38:47 ↗ all for taking the time to address the

38:49 ↗ council this evening we really

38:50 ↗ appreciate it and as a reminder if you

38:53 ↗ have written comments you can submit

38:54 ↗ them at any time to the city council at

38:56 ↗ issaquah.gov at council president Walsh

38:59 ↗ who is joining us virtually I just

39:01 ↗ wanted to give her an opportunity to

39:03 ↗ share any email comments that the

39:05 ↗ council may have received on any of

39:07 ↗ tonight's agenda topics

39:10 ↗ thank you madam mayor um I would just

39:13 ↗ highlight and I'm sure the council has

39:14 ↗ received you know all of these but

39:17 ↗ throughout the feedback process the

39:19 ↗ council has received dozens of emails

39:22 ↗ regarding the various comprehensive plan

39:25 ↗ reason requests

39:27 ↗ um that are on tonight's agenda and we

39:29 ↗ have read all of them and appreciated

39:30 ↗ hearing from some of them tonight I

39:33 ↗ won't summarize how many there were in

39:35 ↗ each area but they all shared great

39:39 ↗ stories about

39:40 ↗ um what each of these properties mean to

39:43 ↗ them thank you thank you council

39:45 ↗ president next item of business on this

39:48 ↗ evening's agenda is committee and

39:49 ↗ Regional reports and I'll start with

39:51 ↗ council member Joe

39:52 ↗ thank you madam mayor the mobility and

39:55 ↗ infrastructure meeting which was

39:56 ↗ scheduled for December 13th is canceled

40:00 ↗ the Cascade water Alliance board met on

40:03 ↗ the 16th of November and there were no

40:06 ↗ significant impact significant decisions

40:09 ↗ impacting Issaquah that were made during

40:11 ↗ that meeting that concludes my report

40:13 ↗ thank you thank you council member

40:15 ↗ councilmember D Michelle

40:16 ↗ thank you mayor Paulie on November the

40:19 ↗ 16th I attended the regional transit

40:22 ↗ committee and uh during that meeting the

40:24 ↗ RTC unanimously approved the Metro

40:27 ↗ Transit 2022 system evaluation which now

40:31 ↗ moves to the King County Council for

40:33 ↗ approval the December RTC meeting has

40:36 ↗ been canceled

40:38 ↗ and then on November the 18th I zoomed

40:41 ↗ into the Eastside Transportation

40:42 ↗ partnership meeting from Kansas City

40:44 ↗ where I was attending the national

40:47 ↗ league of cities convention and that was

40:50 ↗ once again demonstrating the value of

40:52 ↗ remote connections

40:54 ↗ ETP members received a presentation from

40:57 ↗ Metro regarding its new strategic plan

40:59 ↗ dashboard and its Rider dashboard I have

41:03 ↗ sent those links to both dashboards to

41:06 ↗ the council and would gladly share those

41:09 ↗ links with anyone who else who is

41:11 ↗ interested

41:12 ↗ following the Metro presentation ETB

41:15 ↗ members reviewed and approved a draft

41:18 ↗ ETP legislative priorities document that

41:22 ↗ also has been distributed to council

41:23 ↗ members for review and comments I'd just

41:26 ↗ like to ask my uh

41:29 ↗ fellow council members to please note

41:31 ↗ that the document was completely

41:34 ↗ Rewritten in light of the move ahead

41:37 ↗ Washington legislation that passed in

41:39 ↗ 2022

41:41 ↗ also the ETP members work to produce

41:43 ↗ some more General platform for future

41:45 ↗ requests since the consensus of the

41:48 ↗ group is that the legislature having

41:50 ↗ passed such a historic piece of

41:53 ↗ legislation will not be as focused on

41:56 ↗ Transportation this year so we're

41:58 ↗ preparing with the current the draft to

42:03 ↗ create a sort of framework for future

42:05 ↗ advocacy

42:09 ↗ um there is a general sense of the a

42:11 ↗ body that we should focus on the timing

42:13 ↗ and sequencing of projects already

42:16 ↗ approved in the move ahead Washington

42:17 ↗ package very similar to the statement

42:20 ↗ that was in our own uh legislative

42:23 ↗ agenda

42:24 ↗ so uh I would ask you to review and

42:27 ↗ prepare comments and I will accept

42:29 ↗ council's comments on the let ETP

42:32 ↗ legislative priorities at the December

42:34 ↗ 5th meeting under good of the order and

42:36 ↗ then the next ETP meeting is December

42:39 ↗ the 9th so we'll do a final approval at

42:43 ↗ the December 9th meeting and that

42:45 ↗ concludes my report thank you thank you

42:47 ↗ council member councilmember hunt thank

42:49 ↗ you madam mayor the salmon Recovery

42:51 ↗ Council of wire 8 met on November 17th

42:55 ↗ and wire 8 is the technical name for our

42:57 ↗ watershed

42:58 ↗ the major agenda items included approval

43:01 ↗ of funding recommendations for the small

43:03 ↗ grant program of wyra 8 and a

43:06 ↗ presentation about the upcoming 2023

43:08 ↗ wyra 8 Grant rounds and then approval of

43:11 ↗ the 2023 Cooperative watershed

43:13 ↗ management grant program funding

43:15 ↗ guidance and this year we were

43:17 ↗ considering among other criteria

43:19 ↗ diversity equity and inclusion

43:21 ↗ criteria so that was great to hear how

43:24 ↗ grants were looked at through that lens

43:27 ↗ uh we also had a informational

43:30 ↗ presentation about Watershed the

43:33 ↗ Watershed salmon returns and the

43:35 ↗ monitoring that's ongoing and an update

43:37 ↗ on King County's recently completed

43:39 ↗ restoration project at the little bit

43:41 ↗ site on Bear Creek there's an upcoming

43:43 ↗ meeting of the salmon Recovery Council

43:45 ↗ January 19th and 2023 so that was our

43:48 ↗ last meeting of 2022. that concludes my

43:50 ↗ report thank you council member

43:52 ↗ councilmember Wray thank you mayor

43:54 ↗ Paulie very briefly tonight the King

43:56 ↗ County growth management planning

43:58 ↗ council is scheduled to meet on November

44:00 ↗ 30th and the agenda has not been set

44:03 ↗ thank you councilmember march thank you

44:06 ↗ madam mayor the Puget Sound Regional

44:08 ↗ Council growth management policy board

44:11 ↗ met on Thursday November 3rd from 10

44:15 ↗ till noon no action occurred at that

44:18 ↗ meeting sound cities Association public

44:20 ↗ issues committee met virtually online

44:23 ↗ November 9th from 7 till 9 pm and we did

44:27 ↗ take up for potential feature action

44:29 ↗ that a 2023 SCA legislative priorities

44:33 ↗ draft which I forwarded to all of you

44:35 ↗ and will be asking for feedback at

44:37 ↗ tonight's uh good of the order in in

44:41 ↗ preparation for my uh commenting at the

44:44 ↗ next pick meeting presenting feedback

44:46 ↗ from our Council the council services

44:49 ↗ safety and Parks committee met on

44:51 ↗ Tuesday November 15th at 6 30 pm here in

44:54 ↗ Chambers we had two items on the agenda

44:56 ↗ ID 1298 Tod project Tibbetts Valley Park

45:01 ↗ cell tower lease this was a presentation

45:03 ↗ on a potential relocation of a cell

45:06 ↗ tower that is on the property that would

45:08 ↗ be potentially re done for the Tod

45:12 ↗ project and we voted 3-0 to continue to

45:15 ↗ negotiate with vertical bridge on the

45:17 ↗ lease for telecommunications Tower to

45:19 ↗ support the todoc project and then the

45:22 ↗ second bill was related ID 1297 King

45:26 ↗ County Housing Authority interlocal

45:28 ↗ agreement this would be an agreement

45:30 ↗ that basically as part of this effort

45:35 ↗ would basically enshrine that the use of

45:38 ↗ that property would be by King County

45:41 ↗ Housing Authority it set certain terms

45:44 ↗ around the fraction that would be market

45:46 ↗ rate housing and the fraction that would

45:48 ↗ be subsidized housing as well as certain

45:51 ↗ other terms and we voted three to O to

45:54 ↗ advance the Ila for full Council

45:56 ↗ consideration which I believe will be

45:58 ↗ occurring at the next city council

46:00 ↗ meeting this concludes my report

46:03 ↗ thank you council member Deputy council

46:04 ↗ president Hall uh no report from me this

46:06 ↗ evening

46:07 ↗ thank you council president Walsh

46:10 ↗ thank you just a brief report the next

46:13 ↗ meeting of the King County affordable

46:15 ↗ housing committee will be Friday

46:16 ↗ December 2nd the agenda is not yet

46:19 ↗ released but I believe we will be

46:21 ↗ discussing potential amendments to the

46:24 ↗ King County county-wide Planning

46:27 ↗ policies to present those to the other

46:30 ↗ board for approval that concludes my

46:32 ↗ report

46:33 ↗ thank you council president uh next item

46:35 ↗ on the agenda this evening is the

46:37 ↗ mayor's report

46:38 ↗ there will be no executive session there

46:42 ↗ is no executive session scheduled for

46:43 ↗ this evening

46:45 ↗ as part of tonight's consent calendar

46:47 ↗ city council has anticipate to vote on

46:49 ↗ ab8490 this is an authorization for the

46:53 ↗ mayor to enter and execute an

46:54 ↗ interagency agreement with Washington

46:56 ↗ State Parks and Recreation Commission

46:59 ↗ this interlocal agreement allows the

47:01 ↗ city to continue to explore the

47:03 ↗ conversion of State Park land and the

47:05 ↗ sighting of a fire station near the boat

47:07 ↗ launch at Lake Sammamish State Park this

47:10 ↗ agreement would permit the city to

47:12 ↗ reimburse state parks for exploratory

47:14 ↗ work into the feasibility of the

47:15 ↗ sighting including appraisals and a

47:18 ↗ cultural resource review

47:20 ↗ this interlocal does not commit the city

47:22 ↗ to exchanging any city land for the

47:24 ↗ state park property the city council

47:26 ↗ will have the ability to make that

47:27 ↗ decision at a future date if the current

47:29 ↗ work indicates that the exchange is

47:31 ↗ feasible

47:32 ↗ earlier tonight we had a fabulous

47:34 ↗ perception for our Human Services

47:36 ↗ Commission for the council to be able to

47:38 ↗ meet greet and thank them for the

47:40 ↗ incredible work that they completed

47:42 ↗ earlier this year on the Human Services

47:44 ↗ Grant recommendations the city council

47:47 ↗ adopted the recommendations made by the

47:49 ↗ commission as part of the city's

47:50 ↗ biannual Budget on November 7th

47:53 ↗ and in tonight's Council agenda there is

47:55 ↗ the Human Services quarterly report this

47:59 ↗ informational update includes a summary

48:00 ↗ of the activities conducted by the Human

48:02 ↗ Services Division from July 1st to

48:04 ↗ September 30th 2022. in particular I

48:08 ↗ encourage council members to review the

48:09 ↗ incredible work that our Human Services

48:11 ↗ Commission performed to provide Human

48:13 ↗ Services Grant recommendations and thank

48:16 ↗ you again for the commission to the

48:18 ↗ Commissioners for their outstanding work

48:20 ↗ there are a few upcoming events that I

48:22 ↗ thought I would give you notice of

48:23 ↗ coffee with the mayor which we were

48:25 ↗ doing before covid is back I will be

48:29 ↗ able available for Community Dialogue on

48:31 ↗ November 22nd from 3 30 to 5 at 55.

48:35 ↗ Sunset coffee and I look forward to

48:36 ↗ engaging with the community

48:38 ↗ uh the Turkey Trot the Issaquah Turkey

48:41 ↗ Trot is a casual run Walker truck on

48:43 ↗ Thanksgiving morning through downtown

48:45 ↗ Issaquah all ages are welcome to

48:47 ↗ participate and costumes are encouraged

48:49 ↗ all proceeds from the event benefit the

48:52 ↗ Issaquah food and clothing bank and

48:54 ↗ registration and more information can be

48:55 ↗ found at issaquahturkeytrot.org

48:59 ↗ State Park free pass day enjoy a day

49:02 ↗ free access to the Washington State

49:04 ↗ Parks Washington fish and wildlife lands

49:06 ↗ and the department of natural resource

49:09 ↗ lands on November 25th for Native

49:10 ↗ American Heritage day

49:12 ↗ and the historically hip Artisan Market

49:14 ↗ is open find local holiday gifts at The

49:17 ↗ Artisan Market November 26th to 27th

49:20 ↗ from 12 to 5 at the Issaquah train depot

49:22 ↗ Museum

49:23 ↗ and just a final note that the city hall

49:25 ↗ will be closed November 24th and 25th

49:28 ↗ due to the Thanksgiving holiday and that

49:30 ↗ concludes the mayor's report next item

49:33 ↗ on the agenda this evening is the

49:34 ↗ consent calendar which was distributed

49:36 ↗ to Council in advance and if authorized

49:38 ↗ the items on the consent calendar will

49:41 ↗ be considered together with one motion

49:43 ↗ have the payables and payroll been

49:45 ↗ reviewed

49:46 ↗ yes yes thank you yeah

49:50 ↗ um and city clerk you have an

49:52 ↗ announcement for us yes I would like to

49:55 ↗ state that the attachment the minutes

49:58 ↗ for item e on the consent calendar the

50:00 ↗ minutes of the October 3rd regular

50:02 ↗ meeting were inadvertently left off of

50:04 ↗ the agenda packet and so we'll just move

50:07 ↗ that consent calendar item to the

50:09 ↗ December 5th Council consent calendar so

50:12 ↗ approval of the consent calendar tonight

50:13 ↗ will be omitting that item thank you

50:16 ↗ city clerk does any council member

50:18 ↗ desire to remove any item except the

50:19 ↗ minutes which aren't there from the

50:21 ↗ consent calendar and considered under

50:23 ↗ regular business

50:27 ↗ I'm seeing none if it's their emotion

50:36 ↗ I'll move to approve the consent

50:37 ↗ calendar as presented in tonight's

50:39 ↗ agenda packet

50:42 ↗ second

50:43 ↗ it's been moved and seconded to approve

50:45 ↗ the consent calendar as presented uh is

50:48 ↗ there any Council discussion

50:51 ↗ uh hearing none uh all those in favor

50:53 ↗ signify by saying aye

50:56 ↗ aye aye

50:58 ↗ dang it those opposed

51:02 ↗ that passes 7-0

51:04 ↗ the next item of business this evening

51:05 ↗ is regular business

51:07 ↗ ab8387 the 2022 comprehensive plan and

51:11 ↗ zoning map amendments the ask before

51:13 ↗ Council this evening is to adopt the

51:15 ↗ ordinances and I'd like to invite it

51:18 ↗ says Kristen Leeson is it Chris oh there

51:21 ↗ okay I'd like to invite senior planner

51:23 ↗ Kristen Leeson to present this item

51:25 ↗ welcome Kristen

51:50 ↗ can't hear you yet

51:51 ↗ I am now we got you can see it yep we

51:55 ↗ can see the presentation and we can hear

51:56 ↗ you

51:57 ↗ okay I am Kristen Leeson a senior

52:00 ↗ planner with the community planning and

52:01 ↗ development department and I'm here

52:03 ↗ tonight to talk about the proposed 2022

52:05 ↗ comprehensive plan and zoning map

52:07 ↗ amendments

52:10 ↗ if I can get this slide to change

52:13 ↗ here we go

52:14 ↗ so tonight's purpose is to take action

52:17 ↗ on the proposed amendments

52:19 ↗ but taking a step back a little

52:21 ↗ background you may recall that in

52:23 ↗ February of this year city council

52:25 ↗ approved a docket of proposed conference

52:27 ↗ a plan designing a map amendments which

52:29 ↗ this year only included three proposed

52:32 ↗ results or requested reasons and a

52:35 ↗ reminder that the docket is required by

52:37 ↗ the state so that we look at all of the

52:39 ↗ proposed amendments holistically rather

52:41 ↗ than piecemeal

52:43 ↗ we will get into details of these

52:45 ↗ proposed amendments in a few minutes

52:47 ↗ so some of the things that we consider

52:50 ↗ when we're doing reasons is that first

52:52 ↗ they meet the criteria I'll get into

52:54 ↗ that as well second is that we look at

52:56 ↗ all uses particularly highest best uses

52:58 ↗ on the property because sometimes

53:00 ↗ someone will come in and say we want to

53:03 ↗ do this on this site and maybe they

53:06 ↗ submit a permit but it doesn't always

53:07 ↗ happen and then if it doesn't happen and

53:09 ↗ the property has been rezoned something

53:10 ↗ else could happen there so you have to

53:12 ↗ look at everything and the last one is

53:14 ↗ development standards comparison what's

53:16 ↗ allowed on the site now as far as height

53:18 ↗ impervious

53:19 ↗ setbacks far

53:21 ↗ as opposed to what could possibly

53:23 ↗ potentially go on that site

53:26 ↗ so the criteria are located in our land

53:29 ↗ use code Title 18 it's a 1804 procedures

53:33 ↗ 632 reasons

53:35 ↗ um and there are 10 of them so from a

53:38 ↗ complete application to is there a

53:40 ↗ community benefit provided here

53:42 ↗ zoning conformance can you develop under

53:44 ↗ the proposed zoning the two that are

53:47 ↗ highlighted in Orange we will be talking

53:49 ↗ about tonight a little bit more but the

53:51 ↗ growth controls

53:53 ↗ this was written

53:55 ↗ um several years ago but it's intended

53:58 ↗ you know if if the request is going to

54:00 ↗ improve increase housing and density on

54:02 ↗ a site and we have not met growth

54:06 ↗ control or the GMA the growth management

54:08 ↗ act mandated housing targets then it

54:12 ↗ could be that meets the Criterion could

54:14 ↗ be approved the other one has changed

54:15 ↗ circumstances or Regional development

54:17 ↗ this is number four and something on or

54:20 ↗ adjacent to the site has changed and

54:23 ↗ this needs to change in accordance with

54:25 ↗ those changes or maybe the zoning

54:27 ↗ District

54:28 ↗ um

54:29 ↗ is it's appropriate for a reason that a

54:32 ↗ reasonable development on that site if

54:34 ↗ with the new resume

54:36 ↗ there's no detriment to adjacent

54:37 ↗ property material detriment it's

54:39 ↗ consistent with or can be consistent

54:40 ↗ with the comprehensive plan it would be

54:42 ↗ consistent with any development would be

54:44 ↗ consistent with city regulations any

54:46 ↗ public services

54:47 ↗ utilities are on site or could be

54:50 ↗ provided on the site and environmental

54:52 ↗ impacts can be mitigated and for some

54:53 ↗ reason they can't be mitigated then

54:55 ↗ those impacts are considered acceptable

54:58 ↗ those are the criteria that we look at

55:01 ↗ the first one I'm going to talk about is

55:03 ↗ the Newport area and so just sort of

55:04 ↗ ignore what I just said

55:07 ↗ um this is a this is a unique situation

55:09 ↗ so this parcel is 0.41 Acres

55:13 ↗ it is currently zoned the land use

55:15 ↗ designation is community facilities the

55:17 ↗ proposed designation is a multi-family

55:20 ↗ residential the existing zoning is

55:23 ↗ community facilities Recreation and the

55:25 ↗ proposed zoning is Village Residential

55:28 ↗ this is actually being proposed by the

55:30 ↗ city as a correction to an oversight

55:32 ↗ that was made in 2021 so in the years

55:37 ↗ ago as part of the Anthology development

55:38 ↗ Anthology was required to give the city

55:40 ↗ land to be used as a Park and trail on

55:43 ↗ the site so what you see here in the

55:45 ↗ blue was given to the city

55:47 ↗ unbeknownst to us a lot line adjustment

55:50 ↗ happened in 2019 and taking this parcel

55:53 ↗ with the orange dotted line

55:55 ↗ out of this parcel 107 and putting it

55:58 ↗ into this parcel 109 you can sort of see

56:00 ↗ it outlined here

56:02 ↗ um which means that Technically when

56:04 ↗ this was rezoned last year

56:07 ↗ it wasn't actually this little parcel

56:09 ↗ was it actually rezoned but it was

56:11 ↗ because of the map anyway it's a

56:13 ↗ correction that needs to be made you can

56:15 ↗ see on this map from the aerial view

56:17 ↗ that's where it's located here's the

56:19 ↗ entrance to anthology

56:21 ↗ here's the trail

56:23 ↗ and then here you can see this actually

56:26 ↗ contains the utility box for Anthology

56:28 ↗ it also serves as the stormwater Vault

56:31 ↗ for Anthology and it's the entrance to

56:34 ↗ the area so this it won't be changing

56:37 ↗ it would remain as you know when it's

56:39 ↗ Village Residential these same uses will

56:42 ↗ remain

56:43 ↗ so the recommendations the

56:45 ↗ administration the planning policy

56:47 ↗ commission and the Planning Development

56:48 ↗ and environment committee all recommend

56:50 ↗ approval of this rezone and

56:52 ↗ redesignation

56:55 ↗ next I'm going to move on to Wildwood

56:59 ↗ Wildwood is a Four Acre Site located on

57:02 ↗ Wildwood Boulevard Southwest

57:04 ↗ it's in just south of sunset way and

57:07 ↗ Newport it is

57:10 ↗ um four acres

57:11 ↗ its current designation is low density

57:13 ↗ residential the requested designation is

57:16 ↗ multi-family residential

57:18 ↗ the existing zoning single-family small

57:20 ↗ lot for requested zoning is multi-family

57:22 ↗ medium you could see on here but to the

57:25 ↗ West are single family small lot and a

57:28 ↗ single family Suburban to the South is

57:30 ↗ multi-family medium open space is to the

57:34 ↗ right and more single family small lot

57:37 ↗ it's located on the East up north

57:40 ↗ and when you look at the aerial map you

57:42 ↗ can see there are no structures

57:43 ↗ currently on the site it is heavily

57:45 ↗ treed

57:46 ↗ and when you look at the oh and uh there

57:49 ↗ are single-family houses that's what's

57:51 ↗ developed primarily around here

57:54 ↗ and when you look from the street level

57:56 ↗ there is it's I'll read There is a path

57:59 ↗ that runs adjacent to that multi-purpose

58:01 ↗ trail that runs adjacent to the site

58:03 ↗ it's not on the site

58:06 ↗ additional uses that need to be

58:08 ↗ considered would be

58:10 ↗ Triplex vorplex although we have denied

58:13 ↗ multi-family housing Assisted Living

58:15 ↗ library right now elementary schools and

58:18 ↗ middle schools are allowed on the site

58:19 ↗ but this would allow high schools and

58:21 ↗ colleges personal grooming and a small 4

58:23 ↗ 000 foot grocery store

58:26 ↗ standards this actually doubles the

58:28 ↗ density it would take it from 7.2 to six

58:30 ↗ dwelling units per acre to 14.5220 units

58:33 ↗ per acre it also reduces the minimum lot

58:36 ↗ size from 6 000 square feet to 2500

58:38 ↗ square feet these setbacks and

58:40 ↗ impervious surface are about the same

58:42 ↗ the base Building height would go from

58:45 ↗ 30 feet to 40 feet and with the

58:47 ↗ potential of going to 50 feet under

58:49 ↗ multi-family medium

58:52 ↗ there are several environmental

58:53 ↗ constraints

58:55 ↗ so everything you see in green right

58:57 ↗ here is a steep slope the brown is the

59:00 ↗ steep slope buffer which is 50 feet in

59:03 ↗ addition to that there's another 15 foot

59:05 ↗ setback that would be required

59:07 ↗ on the right we have

59:09 ↗ uh the water constraints so you have the

59:12 ↗ dam access Creek which is a class three

59:14 ↗ has a 50 foot setback or a 50-foot

59:16 ↗ buffer excuse me and

59:19 ↗ again with a 15 foot setback and then

59:21 ↗ Issaquah Creek

59:23 ↗ is a Class one and has a hundred foot

59:25 ↗ buffer with a 15 foot setback and I

59:28 ↗ should note that this is shown from the

59:31 ↗ center line and not from the high water

59:33 ↗ mark and the high water mark would push

59:34 ↗ it out a little bit the Planning

59:37 ↗ Development and environmental commission

59:38 ↗ asked environment commission asked if we

59:41 ↗ could please show it from the high water

59:42 ↗ mark because it does change what it

59:44 ↗ looks like and we were told no it

59:47 ↗ requires a consultant

59:48 ↗ and it changes regularly so that's why

59:51 ↗ it's usually marked at the time of

59:53 ↗ development rather than

59:55 ↗ as a as a place in time now

59:58 ↗ it's a market time now

1:00:01 ↗ um our Shoreline master program also

1:00:04 ↗ designates this part of Issaquah Creek

1:00:06 ↗ as the Issaquah Creek Urban Conservancy

1:00:08 ↗ area which puts on this a 200 foot

1:00:11 ↗ buffer from the from the high water mark

1:00:13 ↗ of the creek which disallows or does not

1:00:16 ↗ allow

1:00:17 ↗ multi-family within 200 feet of the

1:00:19 ↗ creek

1:00:20 ↗ so if you look at this layer when you

1:00:22 ↗ overlay the steep slopes with the urban

1:00:25 ↗ Conservancy with the creek buffers what

1:00:28 ↗ you see in green is the remaining

1:00:29 ↗ developable site approximately

1:00:35 ↗ so the wild would recommend

1:00:36 ↗ recommendations the administration does

1:00:38 ↗ not approve this because it would not

1:00:39 ↗ meet criteria for which means it

1:00:41 ↗ wouldn't be appropriate for reasonable

1:00:43 ↗ reasonable development under the

1:00:45 ↗ requested zoning

1:00:47 ↗ planning policy commission also does not

1:00:49 ↗ approve and they base it on criteria

1:00:51 ↗ number four as well but they also cited

1:00:53 ↗ criteria number three which talks about

1:00:55 ↗ the growth targets and whether the

1:00:58 ↗ stating that we have already met our

1:01:00 ↗ growth targets

1:01:01 ↗ the Planning Development and environment

1:01:03 ↗ committee has the same recommendation as

1:01:05 ↗ the administration that we do not

1:01:06 ↗ approve this or that you do not approve

1:01:09 ↗ this again citing criteria number four

1:01:11 ↗ and reasonable development

1:01:16 ↗ lastly is Our Savior Lutheran Church

1:01:19 ↗ this is about three and a half acres

1:01:21 ↗ located on Front Street South

1:01:24 ↗ it is that's existing land use

1:01:26 ↗ designation is low density residential

1:01:30 ↗ and they're requesting multi-family

1:01:31 ↗ residential the zoning is currently

1:01:33 ↗ single family small lot and they are

1:01:35 ↗ requesting multi-family High

1:01:37 ↗ and looking here you can see that to the

1:01:40 ↗ east of the property and to the south of

1:01:42 ↗ the property it is on multi-family high

1:01:44 ↗ this parcel right here Missouri

1:01:45 ↗ multi-family high is actually owned by

1:01:47 ↗ the church this is developed whoops I

1:01:49 ↗ apologize

1:01:51 ↗ this is developed as Condominiums and

1:01:54 ↗ apartments this site down here is a

1:01:56 ↗ nursing home

1:01:57 ↗ or here you have multi-family medium

1:01:59 ↗ these are Condominiums and then an open

1:02:02 ↗ space directly to the north

1:02:07 ↗ looking at the area you have the church

1:02:08 ↗ this is the other parcel that's owned by

1:02:10 ↗ the church and it has parking there's a

1:02:12 ↗ church there's also a single family

1:02:13 ↗ house back here

1:02:16 ↗ it is from the street view

1:02:20 ↗ it's similar to the other one additional

1:02:22 ↗ uses that would need to be considered

1:02:24 ↗ are much denser multi-family Assisted

1:02:27 ↗ Living Museum or Art Gallery again a

1:02:30 ↗ high school and garage Library

1:02:32 ↗ distribution warehouse and shipping a

1:02:35 ↗ grocery store and office both about 4

1:02:37 ↗ 000 square feet personal grooming

1:02:40 ↗ and then development standards this more

1:02:43 ↗ than triples the amount of allowable

1:02:44 ↗ density on the site from 7.26 acres to

1:02:47 ↗ 29 I'm sorry from 7.26 dwelling units

1:02:50 ↗ per acre to 29 dwelling units per acre

1:02:52 ↗ it also has no minimum lot size whereas

1:02:54 ↗ single family small lot is 6 000 square

1:02:56 ↗ feet again the setbacks and the

1:02:59 ↗ impervious impervious surfaces are about

1:03:00 ↗ the same as they would be existing

1:03:03 ↗ the base Building height would go from

1:03:05 ↗ 30 feet to 40 feet with the potential to

1:03:07 ↗ go to 65 feet in order to go up and

1:03:10 ↗ increase the height there are conditions

1:03:12 ↗ that must be met one of those includes

1:03:14 ↗ increasing the pervious Surface by 10

1:03:16 ↗ percent which would decrease the

1:03:18 ↗ impervious surface that also would

1:03:20 ↗ require step X of 25 once you hit the

1:03:23 ↗ third floor of a building and there are

1:03:25 ↗ other things that are listed

1:03:30 ↗ environmentally uh the Issaquah Creek

1:03:33 ↗ runs

1:03:34 ↗ um adjacent to the property so I'm going

1:03:36 ↗ to start over here on the right runs

1:03:38 ↗ adjacent to the property

1:03:40 ↗ um it's it's about creating this class

1:03:42 ↗ one and it has a 100 foot buffer plus a

1:03:45 ↗ 15 foot setback and this is from the

1:03:46 ↗ center from the center line there are

1:03:49 ↗ minimal steep slopes on this property

1:03:51 ↗ that have a 50-foot buffer right here

1:03:53 ↗ this also

1:03:56 ↗ is designated as is the clock Creek

1:03:58 ↗ Urban consistency Urban Conservancy

1:04:01 ↗ under our Shoreline master program it

1:04:03 ↗ has a 200 foot buffer within the 200

1:04:05 ↗ feet you cannot put multi-family within

1:04:07 ↗ 100 feet which would be this one over

1:04:09 ↗ here but about right there you cannot

1:04:11 ↗ put commercial

1:04:12 ↗ those are not allowed uses there

1:04:16 ↗ so the administration's recommendation

1:04:18 ↗ is to approve the rezone the planning

1:04:21 ↗ policy

1:04:22 ↗ recommends denying the reason

1:04:25 ↗ they do recommend however that the

1:04:28 ↗ applicant engage in discussions with

1:04:29 ↗ Council about a development agreement

1:04:31 ↗ their basis for not approving this is

1:04:33 ↗ our is criteria number three growth

1:04:36 ↗ controls stating that they believe that

1:04:37 ↗ we have met our growth tarp growth

1:04:39 ↗ targets and the Planning Development and

1:04:42 ↗ environment committee recommends

1:04:43 ↗ approval

1:04:45 ↗ should these amendments be approved they

1:04:48 ↗ would become effective December 21st

1:04:52 ↗ our recommendations so there are three

1:04:54 ↗ different recommendations there are

1:04:55 ↗ three different ordinances you may

1:04:57 ↗ combine these if you'd like and take a

1:04:59 ↗ vote on two at the same time or three at

1:05:00 ↗ the same time

1:05:02 ↗ um but the three recommendations one is

1:05:04 ↗ to adopt an ordinance amending

1:05:06 ↗ comprehensive plan land use designation

1:05:08 ↗ math and sending map for the Newport

1:05:10 ↗ area

1:05:11 ↗ the second is to adopt an ordinance

1:05:13 ↗ amending the comprehensive plan land use

1:05:14 ↗ designation map and zoning map for Our

1:05:16 ↗ Savior Lutheran Church and the last is

1:05:18 ↗ to adopt an ordinance denying the

1:05:20 ↗ changes to the comprehensive plan and

1:05:22 ↗ land use designation land use

1:05:24 ↗ designation map and zoning map for

1:05:25 ↗ Wildwood

1:05:27 ↗ and that is the end of my presentation

1:05:31 ↗ thank you Kristen um I'm just going to

1:05:33 ↗ check in with Rachel if you needed to

1:05:36 ↗ address the Council on the ordinances at

1:05:38 ↗ all

1:05:43 ↗ thank you madam mayor for the record

1:05:45 ↗ Rachel Turpin City attorney I just

1:05:47 ↗ wanted to let you all know I believe

1:05:49 ↗ you've been advised in advance of this

1:05:51 ↗ meeting that there were some minor

1:05:53 ↗ changes made to the ordinance uh the

1:05:57 ↗ proposed ordinance recommending denial

1:06:00 ↗ of the Wildwood Amendment

1:06:03 ↗ earlier today the packet was replaced or

1:06:07 ↗ the or the version of the packet was

1:06:09 ↗ replaced these were minor revisions that

1:06:12 ↗ were made to better reflect the

1:06:14 ↗ discussion that occurred at the Planning

1:06:17 ↗ Development and environment committee a

1:06:20 ↗ couple weeks ago that's it thank you

1:06:22 ↗ thank you Rachel and now I'll turn it

1:06:24 ↗ over to committee chair hunt if you'd

1:06:26 ↗ like to provide a planning development

1:06:27 ↗ environment committee recommendation for

1:06:28 ↗ this item

1:06:30 ↗ yes thank you

1:06:31 ↗ um so the recommendation was covered in

1:06:34 ↗ the presentation thank you Kristen for

1:06:36 ↗ that

1:06:37 ↗ um the Planning Development and

1:06:38 ↗ environment committee met on November

1:06:39 ↗ 1st to discuss this item and

1:06:43 ↗ um

1:06:43 ↗ we agreed with the staff recommendation

1:06:46 ↗ at that time on all three of the items

1:06:49 ↗ uh the first one was the is the Newport

1:06:53 ↗ area rezone which is the request by the

1:06:55 ↗ city and we had very little discussion

1:06:58 ↗ on this topic we felt it was a

1:07:00 ↗ technicality and there was no reason not

1:07:03 ↗ to approve it as such

1:07:06 ↗ um and then on the second two items we

1:07:08 ↗ had more discussion we agreed with the

1:07:12 ↗ staff on the Wildwood

1:07:16 ↗ on the staff's recommendation regarding

1:07:18 ↗ the Wildwood rezone and redesignation we

1:07:21 ↗ did not think that this met criteria

1:07:23 ↗ four which is the one about that the

1:07:25 ↗ rezone is warranted because of change

1:07:27 ↗ circumstances and the need for

1:07:28 ↗ additional property in the proposed land

1:07:30 ↗ use District or because the proposed

1:07:31 ↗ zoning district is appropriate for

1:07:33 ↗ reasonable development of the property

1:07:35 ↗ we didn't believe that Circumstances had

1:07:38 ↗ had changed

1:07:40 ↗ and we also had a discussion about the

1:07:43 ↗ environmental constraints and the

1:07:45 ↗ extensive

1:07:47 ↗ um

1:07:50 ↗ um areas around or on this property that

1:07:53 ↗ would not be developable because of

1:07:55 ↗ environmental

1:07:58 ↗ constraints including also Shoreline

1:08:00 ↗ master program a number of other issues

1:08:04 ↗ um so on that one we agreed with the

1:08:07 ↗ staff's recommendation to deny the

1:08:09 ↗ recommendation

1:08:11 ↗ we also had a discussion on this one as

1:08:14 ↗ well as on the Our Savior Lutheran

1:08:17 ↗ Church

1:08:18 ↗ request about that neither of these

1:08:21 ↗ requests for rezone were in central

1:08:24 ↗ Issaquah but they were adding density so

1:08:27 ↗ they weren't in our Urban growth planned

1:08:30 ↗ area for the most growth we did have a

1:08:32 ↗ discussion about that in our comp plan

1:08:34 ↗ it it states that that's preferred that

1:08:37 ↗ is what we are preferring but also it's

1:08:41 ↗ still a legislative decision and still

1:08:43 ↗ up to our individual judgment on a

1:08:45 ↗ case-by-case basis and I'll look to the

1:08:47 ↗ attorney if I've misstated anything but

1:08:49 ↗ um it's up to us basically to determine

1:08:52 ↗ each one and to factor in that it isn't

1:08:55 ↗ in within our regional growth Center or

1:08:57 ↗ it isn't within Central Issaquah but we

1:09:00 ↗ still have to take each

1:09:02 ↗ each reason request into consideration

1:09:04 ↗ on its own Merit

1:09:06 ↗ and then with Our Savior Lutheran Church

1:09:09 ↗ we believe that that one did meet the

1:09:10 ↗ criteria necessary for the rezone

1:09:13 ↗ um

1:09:14 ↗ we had a discussion about two of the

1:09:18 ↗ criteria in particular so the criteria

1:09:21 ↗ three was the criteria that the planning

1:09:24 ↗ policy commission recommended

1:09:27 ↗ um was the one that they recommended

1:09:29 ↗ against the rezone because they felt

1:09:32 ↗ that it didn't meet that criteria

1:09:35 ↗ unfortunately we they Unfortunately they

1:09:39 ↗ did not have

1:09:40 ↗ um the legally defensible interpretation

1:09:43 ↗ of that criteria and it's very

1:09:45 ↗ complicated criteria it refers to a

1:09:48 ↗ growth Target they interpreted that as a

1:09:50 ↗ as a previous growth Target and then

1:09:53 ↗ when the committee asked our legal

1:09:56 ↗ counsel about which growth Target we

1:09:57 ↗ should be looking at we were told that

1:10:00 ↗ the more legally defensible growth

1:10:02 ↗ Target to be considering was the 2044

1:10:04 ↗ housing Target which we have not which

1:10:06 ↗ we have accepted as a city but we have

1:10:08 ↗ not yet met

1:10:10 ↗ and today we're using an older growth

1:10:13 ↗ Target and they also in their discussion

1:10:15 ↗ were considering capacity for housing

1:10:19 ↗ just that we could meet our growth

1:10:22 ↗ Target uh without this zoning change

1:10:25 ↗ which is also

1:10:27 ↗ um

1:10:28 ↗ not

1:10:29 ↗ not the um

1:10:31 ↗ legally defensible way to interpret the

1:10:33 ↗ criteria so unfortunately they didn't

1:10:36 ↗ have that guidance we did I think that's

1:10:40 ↗ a key factor in why we ultimately went

1:10:42 ↗ with a different recommendation than the

1:10:44 ↗ planning policy Commission

1:10:47 ↗ um

1:10:48 ↗ we also had a discussion about their

1:10:49 ↗ recommendation which was to go into a

1:10:53 ↗ in a conversations

1:10:56 ↗ um about a development agreement and

1:10:58 ↗ that requires both parties to be willing

1:11:01 ↗ and in this case both parties both the

1:11:03 ↗ city and the and the applicant both

1:11:05 ↗ preferred to they both recommended and

1:11:08 ↗ preferred to have the rezone rather than

1:11:11 ↗ go this extra step with the current

1:11:13 ↗ zoning so we didn't think that that

1:11:16 ↗ we didn't um

1:11:18 ↗ think that that would be the way to go

1:11:20 ↗ and

1:11:21 ↗ [Music]

1:11:22 ↗ um

1:11:23 ↗ and then basically we agreed that it met

1:11:26 ↗ all of the other criteria and that when

1:11:29 ↗ we were using the 2044 housing targets

1:11:31 ↗ the city had not yet met those so that

1:11:34 ↗ criteria was was not something

1:11:37 ↗ um that that was violated in this case

1:11:41 ↗ and

1:11:43 ↗ um

1:11:48 ↗ yeah and so I think um I think

1:11:50 ↗ ultimately we came to the same

1:11:51 ↗ conclusions as the staff and I did just

1:11:53 ↗ want to thank the planning policy

1:11:56 ↗ commission I watched their meeting and I

1:11:57 ↗ thought I think that served as a really

1:11:58 ↗ good basis for our conversation it teed

1:12:00 ↗ up a lot of really good questions for

1:12:02 ↗ our Planning Development environment

1:12:03 ↗ committee

1:12:05 ↗ um and a lot of those questions are

1:12:06 ↗ answered in our packet and I think

1:12:08 ↗ um so I think they were they their

1:12:10 ↗ discussion was really important for

1:12:12 ↗ getting us to this recommendation in the

1:12:15 ↗ future I think it would be really

1:12:17 ↗ important that especially when there are

1:12:19 ↗ complicated

1:12:20 ↗ criteria that require interpretation

1:12:23 ↗ that they have the same basis of

1:12:25 ↗ understanding and that same legal

1:12:26 ↗ counsel that we have so then we're

1:12:28 ↗ operating on the same playing field

1:12:31 ↗ um and so that concludes our discussion

1:12:33 ↗ and if you have any questions for me

1:12:35 ↗ about any of them please let me know

1:12:38 ↗ thank you committee chair

1:12:40 ↗ um

1:12:40 ↗ are there any questions either of Staff

1:12:43 ↗ or committee chair

1:12:46 ↗ W council president

1:12:49 ↗ um thank you very much Kristen for the

1:12:51 ↗ presentation I was wondering um so there

1:12:53 ↗ were a couple slides that you showed

1:12:54 ↗ both for the Our Savior Lutheran Church

1:12:57 ↗ in the Wildwood

1:12:58 ↗ requests around additional uses and you

1:13:01 ↗ have the different boxes of additional

1:13:02 ↗ uses that we should consider I was

1:13:04 ↗ hoping you could walk me through how

1:13:07 ↗ exactly we should use that slide as

1:13:10 ↗ we're considering these requests

1:13:12 ↗ um

1:13:14 ↗ and let me know if you need further

1:13:16 ↗ clarification on that

1:13:19 ↗ would you would you like me to pull

1:13:20 ↗ those slides back up if it's helpful for

1:13:22 ↗ the rest of the council sure why not

1:13:25 ↗ okay

1:13:44 ↗ oh there we go

1:13:47 ↗ so I'll you wanted to see both correct

1:13:51 ↗ yeah I guess just more generally how

1:13:53 ↗ should we use them as we're thinking

1:13:55 ↗ about this concept tonight as we're

1:13:57 ↗ thinking about the requests

1:14:04 ↗ um I hope I didn't but I'm going to

1:14:05 ↗ start with that with one parcel

1:14:08 ↗ um what you see when you look at these

1:14:11 ↗ is

1:14:14 ↗ everything that is in this green and

1:14:17 ↗ brown right here cannot be developed oh

1:14:18 ↗ I'm really sorry

1:14:20 ↗ um the there were a couple slides let's

1:14:23 ↗ see how far away that one is

1:14:25 ↗ um that have all the different boxes of

1:14:27 ↗ additional uses like Triplex Assisted

1:14:29 ↗ Living yeah those how should we be using

1:14:31 ↗ this information in our decision making

1:14:36 ↗ um when you look at these you look at it

1:14:38 ↗ and you will not me when you when we

1:14:40 ↗ look at these uh we look at them and we

1:14:42 ↗ think okay so a Triplex and a fourplex

1:14:44 ↗ can go on this site

1:14:45 ↗ and there are this many environment

1:14:48 ↗ environmental constraints and it's

1:14:49 ↗ located adjacent to these uses would

1:14:51 ↗ these can would these be compatible uses

1:14:53 ↗ are these reasonable uses on the site

1:14:55 ↗ so that's that's what we're looking at

1:14:59 ↗ does that help

1:15:01 ↗ so

1:15:03 ↗ these are uses that would be allowed if

1:15:07 ↗ we adopted the rezone and redesignation

1:15:09 ↗ that are not currently allowed with the

1:15:11 ↗ current zoning so they could put a high

1:15:13 ↗ school there in theory if we put the

1:15:16 ↗ result but not currently not if we deny

1:15:19 ↗ the result

1:15:20 ↗ so right now in elementary school and

1:15:21 ↗ middle school can go there

1:15:23 ↗ that's one impact but this would allow

1:15:25 ↗ high school and potentially a college on

1:15:27 ↗ there which is a different impact so yes

1:15:34 ↗ so is this the same

1:15:39 ↗ way that we're thinking about the

1:15:41 ↗ considering highest and best use when it

1:15:43 ↗ comes to reasonable development then is

1:15:45 ↗ is that in the same space because I

1:15:46 ↗ guess for for

1:15:54 ↗ you knew we could as we move through

1:15:56 ↗ these I'm hoping that committee chair

1:15:57 ↗ wants to move them one by one because I

1:15:59 ↗ have a couple of council members who

1:16:00 ↗ need to make comments but you could

1:16:03 ↗ probe with your other council members as

1:16:05 ↗ well how they are using that different

1:16:07 ↗ information in their decision making

1:16:08 ↗ because I think I think

1:16:11 ↗ that will come out in your conversation

1:16:13 ↗ okay each one well that answered my

1:16:15 ↗ question so I appreciate that thanks

1:16:18 ↗ so uh committee chair is it uh are you

1:16:21 ↗ able to consider a motion

1:16:24 ↗ yes um could you pull that up that slide

1:16:27 ↗ up last slide

1:16:34 ↗ I have it too too okay

1:16:36 ↗ um I moved to adopt ordinance number

1:16:40 ↗ 2996 amending the comprehensive plan

1:16:43 ↗ land use designation map and zoning map

1:16:46 ↗ for parcel number 2024069119

1:16:52 ↗ parentheses Newport area

1:16:54 ↗ second thank you so it's been moved and

1:16:57 ↗ seconded um councilmember hall or Deputy

1:16:59 ↗ council president I know you want to

1:17:00 ↗ make some comments potentially on this

1:17:02 ↗ one as well

1:17:03 ↗ what are you fine

1:17:04 ↗ you could do that if you want

1:17:06 ↗ uh yeah thanks just real quickly I just

1:17:09 ↗ wanted to make a quick statement kind of

1:17:10 ↗ in the spirit of full transparency

1:17:11 ↗ around this one that I do live

1:17:13 ↗ approximately 300 feet from this site

1:17:15 ↗ but I've been advised that this is a

1:17:18 ↗ legislative matter and not a

1:17:19 ↗ quasi-judicial matter so the appearance

1:17:21 ↗ of fairness Doctrine doesn't apply and

1:17:24 ↗ that said I have no I just want to state

1:17:25 ↗ that I have no personal interests in

1:17:27 ↗ this decision and that could potentially

1:17:29 ↗ create a conflict of interest under

1:17:30 ↗ either state law or the issquare code of

1:17:32 ↗ ethics and so I'm going to participate

1:17:34 ↗ in the discussion in the vote tonight as

1:17:36 ↗ long as that's okay with everyone

1:17:38 ↗ thank you so on this first ordinance

1:17:41 ↗ 2996 is there any Council discussion

1:17:47 ↗ video

1:17:51 ↗ um so if there is no discussion uh the

1:17:54 ↗ motion is motion before council is to

1:17:57 ↗ adopt ordinance number two 996 amending

1:18:00 ↗ the comprehensive planned land use

1:18:01 ↗ designation map and zoning map for

1:18:03 ↗ parcel

1:18:06 ↗ 202-406-9119 the Newport area all those

1:18:09 ↗ in favor signify by saying aye aye

1:18:11 ↗ aye

1:18:14 ↗ those opposed that carries unanimously

1:18:16 ↗ 7-0 I'll go back to committee chair

1:18:21 ↗ I moved to adopt ordinance number

1:18:24 ↗ 2997 amending the comprehensive plan

1:18:26 ↗ land use designation map and zoning map

1:18:29 ↗ for parcel three four two four zero six

1:18:32 ↗ nine two one seven parentheses Our

1:18:35 ↗ Savior Lutheran Church

1:18:38 ↗ second thank you it's been moved and

1:18:41 ↗ seconded is there Council discussion

1:18:45 ↗ councilmember Jim Shaw

1:18:52 ↗ um I am going to support this ordinance

1:18:56 ↗ and the motion and I just wanted to make

1:19:00 ↗ a few comments I did watch the planning

1:19:03 ↗ policy commission

1:19:04 ↗ discussion and

1:19:06 ↗ I was very happy that I had done so

1:19:09 ↗ there are things that can't be captured

1:19:11 ↗ by the official minutes

1:19:13 ↗ it was a really good healthy discussion

1:19:16 ↗ that they had

1:19:17 ↗ and during the discussion although they

1:19:21 ↗ focused on criteria number three

1:19:24 ↗ um there were also many expressions of

1:19:29 ↗ what can I say very many expressions of

1:19:33 ↗ hope for the project itself

1:19:36 ↗ um and uh one of the Commissioners

1:19:39 ↗ commissioner Lewis stated if I were a

1:19:42 ↗ council member I would vote differently

1:19:45 ↗ than I'm voting as a commissioner

1:19:47 ↗ and so it was a very nuanced discussion

1:19:50 ↗ and as councilweber hunt said they did

1:19:54 ↗ not they were not privy to legal counsel

1:19:57 ↗ as we have been and thank you so much

1:20:00 ↗ for the clarification

1:20:02 ↗ so that was a one experience and then I

1:20:05 ↗ also wanted to commend the pde committee

1:20:08 ↗ for the excellent discussion they had

1:20:09 ↗ and the clarification that they had

1:20:12 ↗ um

1:20:13 ↗ to respond to your question about the

1:20:16 ↗ different uses at the policy Planning

1:20:20 ↗ Commission they did they were very clear

1:20:22 ↗ with the Commissioners that if they

1:20:23 ↗ approved

1:20:24 ↗ this ordinance that those are all the

1:20:27 ↗ possible uses and so you have to keep

1:20:31 ↗ that in the back of your mind that it

1:20:32 ↗ could someday be used and I think that's

1:20:35 ↗ full transparency that we understand

1:20:37 ↗ that yes someday it could be but we we

1:20:41 ↗ have some owners that are there right

1:20:43 ↗ now who have plans for what they'd like

1:20:44 ↗ to do

1:20:46 ↗ and I think those are reasonable plans

1:20:49 ↗ and also

1:20:51 ↗ as was stated earlier plans that could

1:20:54 ↗ be very beneficial to our community

1:20:57 ↗ um I also wanted to say that the

1:21:00 ↗ statements that were made about churches

1:21:02 ↗ uh being very logical places right now

1:21:05 ↗ because of the circumstances and the

1:21:08 ↗ declining congregations

1:21:10 ↗ for uh and people willing and wanting to

1:21:13 ↗ be consistent with their mission of

1:21:17 ↗ helping people who are low income or in

1:21:20 ↗ need of housing or other assistance

1:21:23 ↗ so our savior meets all of those

1:21:26 ↗ criteria as well so yes I will be

1:21:29 ↗ supporting this I think I'm very hopeful

1:21:32 ↗ that this will turn into a really

1:21:35 ↗ important asset to our community thank

1:21:38 ↗ you

1:21:40 ↗ other discussion

1:21:46 ↗ and council president I just want to

1:21:48 ↗ check in with you yep go ahead council

1:21:49 ↗ president

1:21:50 ↗ thank you

1:21:52 ↗ um I will Echo much of what I heard from

1:21:55 ↗ council member D Michelle having

1:21:56 ↗ participated in the PD

1:21:59 ↗ um committee meeting and conversation

1:22:02 ↗ there and having watched the PPC there's

1:22:05 ↗ obviously a lot of thought around this

1:22:07 ↗ um and there's a lot of community

1:22:08 ↗ interest and Community concern over this

1:22:12 ↗ um I believe this is a parcel that meets

1:22:16 ↗ the criteria

1:22:18 ↗ that have been designated for this and

1:22:21 ↗ thus is an excellent opportunity for a

1:22:24 ↗ rezone that has Community benefits as

1:22:28 ↗ well so I will be supporting this

1:22:30 ↗ amendment

1:22:31 ↗ thank you council president any other

1:22:33 ↗ discussion

1:22:36 ↗ sure Deputy council president uh just

1:22:38 ↗ real quickly I'm also going to be

1:22:39 ↗ supporting

1:22:40 ↗ um the motion tonight I'm thrilled and

1:22:43 ↗ loved to see all this positive energy

1:22:44 ↗ around the social impact change that

1:22:47 ↗ they're talking about but I also

1:22:49 ↗ appreciate how that kind of lives

1:22:50 ↗ outside of this decision that we're

1:22:52 ↗ having tonight it's very methodical it's

1:22:53 ↗ very analytical it meets all the

1:22:55 ↗ criteria and so we should be compelled

1:22:57 ↗ to vote Yes so that's what I'll be doing

1:22:58 ↗ thanks

1:23:00 ↗ thank you so seeing no other council

1:23:05 ↗ members choosing to

1:23:07 ↗ discuss it has been moved and seconded

1:23:10 ↗ to adopt ordinance number 2997 amending

1:23:13 ↗ the comprehensive plan land use

1:23:15 ↗ designation map and zoning map for

1:23:17 ↗ parcel

1:23:20 ↗ 342-406-9217 or Savior Lutheran Church

1:23:23 ↗ all those in favor signify by saying aye

1:23:27 ↗ I

1:23:30 ↗ those opposed

1:23:31 ↗ that carries 7-0

1:23:34 ↗ uh committee chair

1:23:39 ↗ I moved to adopt ordinance number

1:23:43 ↗ 2998 denying changes to the

1:23:46 ↗ comprehensive plan land use designation

1:23:48 ↗ map and zoning map for parcel

1:23:53 ↗ 3324069121 parentheses Wildwood

1:23:56 ↗ second it's been moved in segment

1:23:58 ↗ council member Joe I think you have some

1:24:00 ↗ comments on this one thank you madam

1:24:02 ↗ mayor I want the council to be aware

1:24:05 ↗ that the party proponent is a member of

1:24:09 ↗ the Master Builders of king of Snohomish

1:24:11 ↗ County and that's the group that I work

1:24:13 ↗ for while this may not rise to the level

1:24:17 ↗ of an actual conflict there probably is

1:24:20 ↗ an appearance fairness problem with this

1:24:23 ↗ so I'm going to recuse myself from the

1:24:25 ↗ discussion and vote on this particular

1:24:26 ↗ topic and I'm going to be leaving the

1:24:28 ↗ room at this point

1:24:30 ↗ thank you very much councilmember Joe

1:24:33 ↗ um cancel discussion

1:24:36 ↗ who would like to start

1:24:40 ↗ council president

1:24:44 ↗ thank you

1:24:46 ↗ um I am actually going to be voting nay

1:24:49 ↗ on this item

1:24:52 ↗ um this is a difficult one for me

1:24:53 ↗ because in the pde meeting we had

1:24:57 ↗ discussions over

1:25:00 ↗ um whether there was suitable land on

1:25:03 ↗ this property for which development

1:25:06 ↗ could happen and whether giving an

1:25:10 ↗ applicant an approval here would set

1:25:14 ↗ them up for failure

1:25:16 ↗ and while I appreciate that as a concept

1:25:20 ↗ I believe this property meets all of the

1:25:24 ↗ same criteria that the Our Savior

1:25:27 ↗ Lutheran Church property does and while

1:25:31 ↗ there is a bunch of this property that

1:25:36 ↗ has environmental constraints that the

1:25:39 ↗ property owner will have to work around

1:25:42 ↗ I do not see a difference between

1:25:46 ↗ whether that small bit of land is used

1:25:49 ↗ for a multi-family or single family in

1:25:52 ↗ this instance and so I will actually be

1:25:56 ↗ voting nay to indicate support of this

1:26:02 ↗ being an amendment to the comprehensive

1:26:04 ↗ plant thank you

1:26:05 ↗ any other comments

1:26:07 ↗ uh Council councilman

1:26:11 ↗ thank you

1:26:12 ↗ um well I have a little bit different

1:26:15 ↗ comments I

1:26:16 ↗ um

1:26:17 ↗ I still in my reading of the current

1:26:20 ↗ criteria still believe that it does

1:26:22 ↗ violate criteria four

1:26:25 ↗ um which is the one about that the

1:26:27 ↗ rezone is warranted because of change

1:26:28 ↗ circumstances

1:26:31 ↗ um I I do think it's important that we

1:26:34 ↗ not allow for multi-family uh buildings

1:26:39 ↗ when they aren't on a suitable parcel

1:26:44 ↗ um and and yes council president spoke

1:26:46 ↗ to this but we did have this discussion

1:26:48 ↗ about you know a hypothetical situation

1:26:50 ↗ where you're allowing a very large

1:26:52 ↗ building on a very small encumbered

1:26:55 ↗ parcel and and um

1:26:57 ↗ and we specifically have a criteria that

1:26:59 ↗ we we assess against that

1:27:02 ↗ um so I I still don't think it meets

1:27:04 ↗ criteria for

1:27:06 ↗ um and this is a very in a parcel with a

1:27:11 ↗ lot of environmental constraints on it

1:27:15 ↗ um so yeah I still think it doesn't meet

1:27:18 ↗ criteria four so I'll still be voting

1:27:19 ↗ for this and I still will be I also have

1:27:22 ↗ a pretty high bar for staff

1:27:24 ↗ recommendations on something this

1:27:26 ↗ complicated they're planning

1:27:29 ↗ um you know planning professionals

1:27:30 ↗ they've no they know the zoning in and

1:27:33 ↗ out and they are the ones who made this

1:27:35 ↗ recommendation based on

1:27:37 ↗ um the uses uh you know thinking through

1:27:40 ↗ all the hypotheticals about all the

1:27:42 ↗ possible uses under the current zoning

1:27:44 ↗ and the and the requested zoning and I

1:27:48 ↗ have a pretty high bar for for um

1:27:51 ↗ disagreeing with that so I will be

1:27:54 ↗ voting yes

1:27:57 ↗ sorry I did have one one additional

1:27:59 ↗ thing which is the criteria are very

1:28:01 ↗ complicated and they are part of Title

1:28:03 ↗ 18 so they're going to be redone in the

1:28:05 ↗ next version of title 18. so I think

1:28:07 ↗ that's one other thing is if if the

1:28:08 ↗ criteria are complicated for other

1:28:10 ↗ council members and you know through

1:28:12 ↗ this conversation through the planning

1:28:13 ↗ policy conversation all of that

1:28:16 ↗ um that that can all be hopefully

1:28:18 ↗ helpful for this next iteration of the

1:28:20 ↗ criteria that are used in the title 18

1:28:23 ↗ update because it is complicated but

1:28:26 ↗ again I still think it doesn't meet

1:28:27 ↗ criteria four

1:28:28 ↗ thank you other comments

1:28:34 ↗ okay

1:28:37 ↗ um if there's no further discussion uh

1:28:39 ↗ the motion on the table has been moved

1:28:42 ↗ and sected to adopt ordinance number

1:28:43 ↗ 2998 which denies changes to the

1:28:47 ↗ comprehensive planned use designation

1:28:48 ↗ map and Sony map for parcel

1:28:53 ↗ 332-406-9121 bracket Wildwood all those

1:28:57 ↗ in favor of denial

1:28:59 ↗ say hi hi

1:29:02 ↗ those opposed

1:29:05 ↗ nay

1:29:06 ↗ that passes five to one

1:29:12 ↗ uh my most okay

1:29:16 ↗ um so thank you very much complicated

1:29:18 ↗ conversation one of the more challenging

1:29:20 ↗ things that councils face but that is

1:29:22 ↗ the end of our regular business for this

1:29:24 ↗ evening

1:29:25 ↗ and the next item welcome back council

1:29:27 ↗ member Joe

1:29:28 ↗ is good of the order

1:29:31 ↗ um

1:29:32 ↗ so we have a couple of microphones up so

1:29:34 ↗ let's start with council member Marts

1:29:35 ↗ and then councilmember Joe

1:29:37 ↗ thank you madam mayor um at the last

1:29:40 ↗ regular council meeting I uh sent out a

1:29:45 ↗ tattoo or send out an email to the rest

1:29:47 ↗ of you that is the draft legislative

1:29:50 ↗ priorities for the sound cities

1:29:52 ↗ Association

1:29:53 ↗ my expectation is that the pick will

1:29:56 ↗ take action at this upcoming meeting to

1:29:59 ↗ either recommend adoption of that to the

1:30:01 ↗ board or not so I was going to ask if

1:30:04 ↗ any of you had any feedback for me to

1:30:07 ↗ share as I you know to synthesize to to

1:30:12 ↗ in well to get a sense of the body uh

1:30:15 ↗ when I when I participated in the next

1:30:17 ↗ pick meeting

1:30:20 ↗ thank you councilmember Joe and oh sorry

1:30:23 ↗ uh councilmember hunt for comments

1:30:27 ↗ thank you for sharing these with uh

1:30:30 ↗ Council I think they're

1:30:32 ↗ um very aligned with our City's uh goals

1:30:36 ↗ as well

1:30:37 ↗ um generally one thing that stood out to

1:30:39 ↗ me is in the discussion about the

1:30:41 ↗ multimodal transportation support for

1:30:44 ↗ cities which is a big issue for Issaquah

1:30:46 ↗ it talks about support for move ahead

1:30:49 ↗ Washington

1:30:50 ↗ um one of the main driving factors

1:30:52 ↗ behind move at Washington that I didn't

1:30:54 ↗ see I didn't see mentioned was

1:30:57 ↗ sustainability and Emissions reduction

1:31:00 ↗ so I think that could be added in it

1:31:02 ↗ actually does have a sense about

1:31:03 ↗ supporting

1:31:05 ↗ um I think economic vitality and um and

1:31:08 ↗ vitality because those will come about

1:31:10 ↗ from more multimodal transportation and

1:31:13 ↗ Transit but it doesn't speak to

1:31:14 ↗ emissions reduction which is one of the

1:31:16 ↗ driving reasons why Hoover had

1:31:18 ↗ Washington is so important

1:31:20 ↗ thank you council president

1:31:24 ↗ thank you um I was also going to say I

1:31:27 ↗ read over it I think

1:31:29 ↗ um everything that is on there I agree

1:31:31 ↗ with the only thing that I think we did

1:31:34 ↗ a very good job identifying as a council

1:31:37 ↗ is um washed up maintenance of roadways

1:31:41 ↗ and I wonder whether that would be

1:31:43 ↗ something that might also

1:31:45 ↗ um be something that other cities might

1:31:49 ↗ want to help

1:31:51 ↗ double down on that idea and include in

1:31:54 ↗ the um pick an SCA commentary there

1:31:59 ↗ thank you I see council member Joe and

1:32:01 ↗ councilmember D Michelle

1:32:04 ↗ thank you madam mayor um

1:32:06 ↗ councilmember Mart's under the promote

1:32:08 ↗ Public Safety item

1:32:11 ↗ um

1:32:12 ↗ we had talked about

1:32:14 ↗ vehicular Pursuits

1:32:16 ↗ and it says clarify circumstances which

1:32:19 ↗ vehicular Pursuits are permissible could

1:32:21 ↗ you go a little bit in depth on that are

1:32:23 ↗ we saying that the state is going to set

1:32:25 ↗ a standard and then says we'll have to

1:32:28 ↗ adhere to that standard or will we still

1:32:30 ↗ have flexibility to choose our own

1:32:34 ↗ policy within our own department and

1:32:36 ↗ City

1:32:38 ↗ uh I don't think that they went so far

1:32:42 ↗ as to have an opinion on that particular

1:32:45 ↗ issue I think the general promote public

1:32:48 ↗ safety items were crafted specifically

1:32:51 ↗ around clarification as opposed to

1:32:53 ↗ moving the bar in any direction which

1:32:56 ↗ would have which would have been I think

1:32:59 ↗ somewhat controversial and I think the

1:33:01 ↗ Hope Was That by focusing on

1:33:03 ↗ clarification the word clarify is used

1:33:05 ↗ in all of these uh items

1:33:09 ↗ um well not the Blake decision one but

1:33:11 ↗ generally uh these were crafted to try

1:33:14 ↗ to have the minimal amount of uh

1:33:17 ↗ contention but rather provide officers

1:33:20 ↗ with clarification which is one of the

1:33:22 ↗ things that we've heard so much from

1:33:23 ↗ them but I don't think we got into the

1:33:25 ↗ level of whether the legislation would

1:33:28 ↗ be such that municipalities would not be

1:33:30 ↗ able to supersede it but I can certainly

1:33:32 ↗ you know I'm going to take this feedback

1:33:34 ↗ I think what I'm going to do is contact

1:33:36 ↗ SCA staff and see how it Compares with

1:33:39 ↗ other things they're hearing and seeing

1:33:40 ↗ if there's opportunity to make revisions

1:33:42 ↗ and I could certainly it I think I'm

1:33:45 ↗ hearing you saying that you would hope

1:33:47 ↗ that it would not preclude Municipal uh

1:33:50 ↗ municipalities having their own

1:33:52 ↗ standards in this regard and then if we

1:33:54 ↗ had language clarifying that he would

1:33:55 ↗ appreciate that that's exactly correct

1:33:57 ↗ you're reading my mind thank you

1:34:00 ↗ hence my dude Michelle

1:34:03 ↗ I just want to plus one uh councilmember

1:34:06 ↗ Walsh's comments and also note that the

1:34:09 ↗ Eastside Transportation partnership when

1:34:10 ↗ we had our discussion on Friday uh felt

1:34:13 ↗ very strongly also about providing more

1:34:16 ↗ funding for washdot maintenance so I

1:34:19 ↗ think it's certainly a position that we

1:34:21 ↗ should be

1:34:22 ↗ doubling down on so yeah I just wanted

1:34:24 ↗ to to agree with council member Walsh

1:34:29 ↗ uh Deputy council president

1:34:32 ↗ the other thing I might add thinking

1:34:34 ↗ about move ahead Washington is this

1:34:35 ↗ great Transportation package of a lot of

1:34:37 ↗ great projects including ones that are

1:34:39 ↗ important to us right here in Issaquah

1:34:41 ↗ but there's not really any timeline for

1:34:43 ↗ when that funding will be dispersed or

1:34:44 ↗ projects will start I wonder if SCA

1:34:46 ↗ might consider

1:34:48 ↗ um

1:34:49 ↗ urging the legislature to begin those

1:34:53 ↗ discussions around timing on projects

1:34:55 ↗ thinking of Highway 18 unless East King

1:34:57 ↗ County cities in particular and like

1:34:59 ↗ when that's going to get started so I

1:35:01 ↗ wonder if that might be worth putting it

1:35:05 ↗ any other comments for councilman Mertz

1:35:09 ↗ hey Annie okay can I just say thank you

1:35:11 ↗ so much this was really thoughtful

1:35:12 ↗ feedback like I said I will um present

1:35:15 ↗ it to uh SCA staff and if given the

1:35:18 ↗ Opera if if it winds up getting in in

1:35:21 ↗ the mix uh for the actual uh

1:35:27 ↗ recommendation from pick to the board I

1:35:30 ↗ will argue for these items thank you

1:35:32 ↗ thank you and councilmember Joe you had

1:35:35 ↗ a good of the order item thank you madam

1:35:37 ↗ mayor um SCA will be having their dinner

1:35:40 ↗ on November 30th in Renton if you'd like

1:35:43 ↗ to attend I'm signed up already through

1:35:45 ↗ Juliana in the up Juliana in the uh

1:35:48 ↗ mayor's office so if you're interested

1:35:49 ↗ in going let me know and we can carpool

1:35:51 ↗ thank you

1:35:52 ↗ that's great uh councilmember D Michelle

1:35:56 ↗ thank you I would very much like to give

1:35:59 ↗ a hopefully a brief report but there is

1:36:01 ↗ so much to say about my attendance at

1:36:03 ↗ the National League of cities convention

1:36:05 ↗ I want to start off by thanking the

1:36:07 ↗ council for supporting uh the the

1:36:10 ↗ attendance and thanks also to Juliana de

1:36:13 ↗ Cruz for her support in planning my

1:36:15 ↗ travel itinerary which turned out to be

1:36:17 ↗ really one of the smoothest trips I've

1:36:20 ↗ ever ever taken

1:36:22 ↗ still and then at the very top before I

1:36:24 ↗ report on what happened I'd like to say

1:36:26 ↗ that I recommend that the city next year

1:36:29 ↗ sent two or three council members it was

1:36:31 ↗ really a valuable worthwhile experience

1:36:34 ↗ I think it would be great to have two

1:36:37 ↗ people there so that the many excellent

1:36:40 ↗ And Timely sessions could be covered by

1:36:43 ↗ two people it was really difficult to

1:36:45 ↗ choose between all of the good sessions

1:36:47 ↗ that were being offered so and also be

1:36:50 ↗ kind of useful to have more than one

1:36:52 ↗ person there to debrief at the end of

1:36:55 ↗ each day so and it doesn't necessarily

1:36:57 ↗ need to be me that goes next time but I

1:36:59 ↗ think it would be great to to over time

1:37:02 ↗ make sure that the whole Council gets

1:37:04 ↗ this opportunity

1:37:05 ↗ so I'll be as brief as I can because it

1:37:07 ↗ was a terrific three days I attended two

1:37:11 ↗ sessions on affordable housing and rent

1:37:13 ↗ protections that were really wonderful

1:37:16 ↗ and I'm going to be following up there

1:37:18 ↗ was a presentation from Marilyn Harris

1:37:20 ↗ the director of the Louisville Metro

1:37:22 ↗ Department of Housing and director of

1:37:25 ↗ develop Louisville who was just a

1:37:28 ↗ dynamic speaker and had so many ideas

1:37:30 ↗ about what we could do for renter

1:37:32 ↗ protections that we've talked about at

1:37:36 ↗ this Council and they have an actually

1:37:39 ↗ affordable housing commission and they

1:37:42 ↗ developed a healthy renters policy that

1:37:46 ↗ the their Council adopted

1:37:48 ↗ they also have a affordable housing

1:37:52 ↗ trust fund which she created through

1:37:55 ↗ very creative financing which I probably

1:37:58 ↗ not applicable to hear to us here in

1:38:01 ↗ Issaquah but I thought it was she must

1:38:03 ↗ have been a very brave staff person to

1:38:05 ↗ create created and then the other thing

1:38:07 ↗ that they've done is what she called an

1:38:10 ↗ affordable housing overlay project

1:38:13 ↗ which she said was a great help in

1:38:16 ↗ reducing the number of NIMBY encounters

1:38:19 ↗ that they had so she gave us her email

1:38:23 ↗ I've requested her PowerPoints which I

1:38:26 ↗ will share with everybody when they

1:38:27 ↗ arrive and I'm going to reach out to her

1:38:30 ↗ to see if I can get more information

1:38:31 ↗ about all of those other things that

1:38:33 ↗ they're doing they have a terrific

1:38:34 ↗ website that I've been exploring so

1:38:37 ↗ other worthwhile sessions were one on

1:38:40 ↗ rebuilding trusted government with a

1:38:42 ↗ really excellent panel discussion

1:38:44 ↗ I attended the federal legislation

1:38:47 ↗ that's coming up for the 20 2023

1:38:50 ↗ excellent session and then a session on

1:38:54 ↗ how cities are supporting Mental Health

1:38:56 ↗ Services for both their residents and

1:38:58 ↗ for city employees who are under a lot

1:39:00 ↗ of pressure just for the divisions and

1:39:03 ↗ things that are going on in our

1:39:05 ↗ communities

1:39:06 ↗ on the networking front I attended two

1:39:08 ↗ Gatherings of women in municipal

1:39:10 ↗ government the association of Washington

1:39:13 ↗ City's reception which was great fun

1:39:15 ↗ Democrats and municipal office breakfast

1:39:18 ↗ which was great fun and then four

1:39:20 ↗ General Sessions and got to talk from to

1:39:22 ↗ people all over the United States

1:39:25 ↗ compared different forms of governance

1:39:27 ↗ and what they were doing with

1:39:29 ↗ conversations mostly centered on

1:39:31 ↗ affordable housing seems to be the top

1:39:34 ↗ issue everywhere

1:39:35 ↗ and then finally it was wonderful to be

1:39:39 ↗ there when Victoria Woodard who's the

1:39:41 ↗ mayor of Tacoma was installed as the new

1:39:44 ↗ president of the National League of

1:39:46 ↗ cities we are well representative

1:39:50 ↗ represented by mayor Woodard who gave an

1:39:53 ↗ absolutely inspirational speech after

1:39:56 ↗ she was installed it was absolutely

1:39:58 ↗ wonderful I also got a chance to see the

1:40:01 ↗ mayor of Kansas City who is Clinton

1:40:02 ↗ Lucas he's the youngest mayor in Kansas

1:40:05 ↗ City history he gave a barn burner of a

1:40:08 ↗ speech as well write that name down that

1:40:11 ↗ is going to be somebody who's going to

1:40:13 ↗ be known outside of Kansas City for sure

1:40:16 ↗ and so anyway wonderful experience thank

1:40:18 ↗ you so much for supporting me and I hope

1:40:21 ↗ to bring a lot of the ideas that I

1:40:23 ↗ gathered back to the council as

1:40:26 ↗ appropriate so thank you very much thank

1:40:28 ↗ you councilmember D Michelle anything

1:40:30 ↗ else for good of the order

1:40:33 ↗ okay

1:40:35 ↗ um just a couple upcoming meetings

1:40:37 ↗ November 29th at 6 30 the city council

1:40:39 ↗ will have a holiday uh holiday dinner at

1:40:42 ↗ the Big Fish Grill December 5th is our

1:40:45 ↗ regular city council meeting in the

1:40:47 ↗ anticipated agenda items include the

1:40:48 ↗ 2023 city council calendar

1:40:52 ↗ Tibbetts Valley Park cell tower lease

1:40:54 ↗ agreement

1:40:55 ↗ King County Housing Authority interlocal

1:40:57 ↗ agreement for Transit Orient development

1:40:59 ↗ project and December 7th is a special

1:41:01 ↗ city council meeting at 8 A.M at

1:41:04 ↗ Tibbetts Creek Manor and we will be

1:41:05 ↗ meeting with issaquah's legislative

1:41:08 ↗ delegation to discuss the city's

1:41:10 ↗ legislative priorities so the next item

1:41:12 ↗ of business this evening would be an

1:41:14 ↗ executive session but we're not having

1:41:15 ↗ one

1:41:16 ↗ so there being no further business we

1:41:18 ↗ are adjourned at 8 42.

Approved minutes

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Council / Members (7)

Barbara de Michele

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Russell Joe

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

Lindsey Walsh

Motions and votes (4)

Adopt Ordinance No. 2996, amending the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Designation Map and Zoning Map for parcel 2024069119 (Newport Area). For the record, Deputy Council President Hall stated that he lives within approximately 300 feet of this rezone area but clarified that he has no personal interest …

Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH

Carried 7-0

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

Adopt Ordinance No. 2997, amending the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Designation Map and Zoning Map for parcel 3424069217 (Our Savior Lutheran Church). .

Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH

Carried 7-0

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

Adopt Ordinance No. 2998, denying changes to the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Designation Map and Zoning Map for parcel 3324069121 (Wildwood). Councilmember Joe declared a conflict of interest and stated that the proponent of the Wildwood Comprehensive Plan amendment is a member of the organization h…

Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH

Carried 5-1

Opposed: Lindsey Walsh

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

Carried 7-0

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