City Council Regular Meeting · Monday, December 5, 2022 · City Council Digest

6. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Dec. 5, 2022, $ 2,885,280.41 ID 1208

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.5–39

Topics: Budget

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Staff report:

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

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Minutes: City Council Committee of the Whole, Sept. 28, 2022

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Approve · packet pp.41–42

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR b) 09-28-22 City Council Committee of the Whole Minutes Page (0000)

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Receive Report

Carried 7-0

packet pp.53–56

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Staff report:

The purpose of this informational update is to provide City Council with a status report on current Communications activities and accomplishments, as well as future work plan items.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Informational Update: Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Plan ID 1117

Carried 7-0

Receive Report · packet pp.57–59

Topics: Transportation

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Staff report:

The purpose of this informational update is to provide Council with a status report on the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Program.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Informational Update: Transportation Concurrency Model ID 1119

Carried 7-0

Receive Report · packet pp.61–63

Topics: Transportation

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Staff report:

The purpose of this informational update is to provide Council with a status report on the 2022 Concurrency Model Update.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Informational Update: Visit Issaquah Annual Report ID 1302

Carried 7-0

Confirm · packet pp.65–80

Topics: Tourism

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Staff report:

This informational report provides the annual report for Visit Issaquah’s 2022 contracted services through mid-November 2022. The Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC) has received quarterly reports from Visit Issaquah throughout the year. The Committee members were informed of the progress to “re-start” Visit Issaquah with a new focus on attracting meetings, extended stays for business and leisure travelers, and other efforts to attract visitors.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Final 2022 Budget Amendment AB 8447

Carried 7-0

Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.83–94

Topics: Land UseBudget

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Nov 15, 2021

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Staff report:

Budget amendments are required when the expenditures of a fund are forecast to exceed the adopted appropriation level or when changes are needed to interfund transfers - or transfers between funds. This budget amendment includes 19 items, adjusting 10 of the City's 22 financial funds. In total, these adjustments account for $9,479,200 in increased revenues and $16,394,568 in increased expenditures. The amendments to the General Fund total $1,270,000 of the increased revenues and $5,492,395 of the increased expenditures.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Amendments to IMC 13.24.090, Regional Supply and Treatment Charge - Water AB 8457

Carried 7-0

Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.95–104

Topics: Land UseWater

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Staff report:

The City's drinking water supply comes from two sources - groundwater and regional water purchased from Cascade Water Alliance. The City is one of seven member agencies of Cascade Water Alliance.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

2022 Maintenance Overlay Project AB 8468

Carried 7-0

Accept Project · packet pp.105–108

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Nov 7, 2022

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Staff report:

B. Map of Selected Projects

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Eastside Climate Partnership Interlocal Agreement AB 8472

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.109–122

Topics: Climate

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Dec 6, 2021 Environmental Board · Oct 12, 2022

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Staff report:

The Climate Action Plan (ICAP) was passed by the City Council on December 6, 2021, with bold targets for greenhouse gas emissions reduction. The City is actively working on ICAP implementation, including city specific actions and regional programs. Regional programs include the climate action challenge and heat pump program. As part of the heat pump program, the cities of Bellevue, Kirkland, Issaquah, Mercer Island and Redmond share contractual and administrative oversight. For example, the City of Bellevue holds the contract with our nonprofit partner, Spark Northwest, for administrative support and program coordination; while the City of Issaquah holds the contract with the heat pump distributor, Gensco, for the $500 pass-through rebate. These contracts were entered into under the existing King County Cities Climate Collaborative (K4C) Interlocal Agreement (ILA). The K4C ILA allows…

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Reinstatement of Historical and Museum Services Agreement AB 8482

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.123–145

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Staff report:

The City of Issaquah and Issaquah Historical Society first entered into a services agreement in 2009. In lieu of monetary rent for its lease of the City-owned Gilman Town Hall and Issaquah Railroad Depot, the Issaquah Historical Society agreed to a scope of services benefitting the community, including serving as City Historian; maintaining a permanent archival inventory of Issaquah's history; and providing a variety of other historical and museum services.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

2023 Lodging Tax Advisory Committee Visit Issaquah Funding Request AB 8502

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.147–164

Topics: BudgetTourism

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Staff report:

The Administration recommends approval of LTAC's 2022 funding

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

State Dept. of Ecology Water Quality Combined Funding Grant FY 2023 AB 8512

Carried 7-0

Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.165–216

Topics: WaterBudgetCritical Areas

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Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Compost Procurement & Use Ordinance AB 8514

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.217–220

Topics: Land Use

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Staff report:

In 2022, the state legislature enacted legislation requiring that cities that provide organic material collection services under Chapter 70A.205 RCW or that have residential populations greater than 25,000 adopt a compost procurement ordinance (RCW 43.19A.150) by January 1, 2023.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

7. REGULAR BUSINESS

Tibbetts Valley Park Cell Tower Lease Agreement AB 8495

Carried 7-0

Authorize · 45 min · packet pp.227–298

Topics: HousingParks

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Staff report:

In 2017, the City issued a request for proposals to identify development partners for a mixed-income, mixed-use project adjacent to the Issaquah Transit Center on the valley floor. The City selected Spectrum Development Solutions and King County Housing Authority (KCHA), though Spectrum dropped out of the project this year. For the sake of brevity, please refer to the following meetings for additional background as desired: • February 18, 2020: Presentation includes complete picture of project and the City’s financial commitments and anticipated benefits. • March 15, 2021: Update on the project and Memorandum of Understanding with the development partners

Roll call:

Moved by MARTS · seconded by WALSH

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

2023 City Council Calendar AB 8486

Carried 7-0

Approve · 20 min · packet pp.319–332

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Staff report:

Each year the City Clerk's office schedules the City Council meetings, including any Committee of the Whole and Standing Committee meetings, based on the regular meeting schedules established in the Issaquah Municipal Code and City Council Rules of Procedure. Adjustments are made for City holidays. Special meetings are scheduled as needed, typically by polling the City Councilmembers for availability.

Roll call:

Moved by MARTS · seconded by REH

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

8. GOOD OF THE ORDER

Upcoming Council Meetings

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0:11 ↗ calling the December 5th city council

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2:34 ↗ and the city takes these comments

2:36 ↗ seriously we thank you for taking the

2:38 ↗ time to address us this evening

2:40 ↗ uh city clerk can you please identify

2:42 ↗ the first person who signed up to speak

2:44 ↗ yes an in-room attendee Dan Landis

2:55 ↗ thank you Mrs mayor members of council

2:57 ↗ my name is Dan Landis my address is 4427

3:01 ↗ 38th Avenue South in Seattle and I am

3:04 ↗ here tonight speaking on behalf of King

3:06 ↗ County Housing Authority and more

3:08 ↗ specifically I'm here to talk in in

3:10 ↗ favor of the passage of

3:13 ↗ ab8495 related to the Tibbetts Valley

3:16 ↗ cell tower

3:17 ↗ and lease agreement and as well as

3:19 ↗ ab8494 the inter-local agreement between

3:22 ↗ the city and King County Housing

3:24 ↗ Authority for the transit oriented

3:26 ↗ development and Opportunity Center

3:29 ↗ we have been working with the City of

3:31 ↗ Issaquah since 2017 to find a way that

3:35 ↗ we could acquire the site adjacent to

3:37 ↗ the Issaquah Transit Center I've been

3:39 ↗ here many times before you all and I am

3:42 ↗ very excited that we've finally reached

3:44 ↗ this point

3:45 ↗ the city has been an invaluable partner

3:47 ↗ throughout this process

3:49 ↗ and in the end it was the city's

3:52 ↗ willingness to come forward with a

3:54 ↗ relocation site for the cell tower that

3:56 ↗ exists on the Tod site that made that

4:00 ↗ possible for this project or will make

4:02 ↗ it possible for this project to move

4:04 ↗ forward

4:05 ↗ um

4:06 ↗ it's been very tough negotiations both

4:09 ↗ between the city and the cell cell tower

4:12 ↗ owner vertical Bridge as well as between

4:14 ↗ us and vertical bridge and us and the

4:17 ↗ city and us and and Lumen the owner of

4:19 ↗ the site we've all come together and

4:21 ↗ we've reached agreement on all of the

4:24 ↗ major terms and so I

4:28 ↗ you're passing these resolutions is the

4:30 ↗ the next step in the process so that we

4:32 ↗ can move towards hopefully acquiring the

4:33 ↗ site still this year

4:35 ↗ although much has changed over the years

4:37 ↗ our commitment to build a mixed-use

4:40 ↗ mixed income Transit oriented

4:41 ↗ development on this site remains

4:43 ↗ steadfast and I just wanted to speak to

4:46 ↗ a couple of aspects of our development

4:48 ↗ that were were questioned at the council

4:49 ↗ meeting just to hopefully clear things

4:52 ↗ up first of all the the

4:55 ↗ interlocal agreement that's before you

4:57 ↗ says that 25 percent of the units on

5:00 ↗ this site will be market rate and that

5:02 ↗ may be less than what you were expecting

5:03 ↗ when we originally came in we it was

5:06 ↗ closer to half of the units that were

5:08 ↗ market rate and half that were

5:09 ↗ affordable and I just want to speak to

5:11 ↗ that or uh originally we proposed with a

5:15 ↗ partner Spectrum development who was

5:18 ↗ going to develop the market rate housing

5:19 ↗ and we were primarily going to develop

5:21 ↗ affordable housing

5:23 ↗ because the partner that we were dealing

5:26 ↗ with from Spectrum retired the rest and

5:29 ↗ the rest of the partners were less

5:30 ↗ committed to the idea of sticking this

5:32 ↗ out longer we lost that partner at the

5:35 ↗ beginning of this year we decided we

5:38 ↗ were so far into the negotiations with

5:40 ↗ all of the parties that it didn't make

5:41 ↗ sense to try and find another partner

5:43 ↗ who may add additional difficulties into

5:47 ↗ the negotiation so we have proceeded

5:49 ↗ King County Housing Authority to acquire

5:52 ↗ the site alone we need to be prepared

5:54 ↗ that we won't be able to find a

5:57 ↗ replacement partner for our Spectrum the

6:00 ↗ market right now is not very good for

6:02 ↗ private development because of the still

6:04 ↗ high construction costs and the the

6:06 ↗ rising interest rates

6:09 ↗ um but the site is bigger than what we

6:11 ↗ need for affordable how our affordable

6:13 ↗ housing development and so what uh what

6:17 ↗ we're planning on doing is if in the

6:20 ↗ worst case we're unable to find a

6:21 ↗ partner after we close we will develop

6:23 ↗ the the other housing ourselves we're

6:27 ↗ required by state law

6:28 ↗ that 50 of any housing that we develop

6:31 ↗ is Affordable at 80 percent of area

6:34 ↗ median income the rest can be market

6:36 ↗ rate so that's where the 25 percent

6:38 ↗ comes from half of 50 percent uh however

6:43 ↗ we're also open if we can to the idea of

6:46 ↗ finding a partner who may want to

6:47 ↗ develop a lot more we will we will not

6:50 ↗ have any units in that additional

6:53 ↗ building if we own it that are targeted

6:54 ↗ any lower than 80 percent of area median

6:57 ↗ and then we will have deeper income

6:59 ↗ targeting in the in the rest of the

7:01 ↗ building that we're building the other

7:02 ↗ question that we had related to that is

7:05 ↗ why can't we just mix it all up together

7:06 ↗ especially if we're the owner and the

7:09 ↗ main issue that we have there is with

7:11 ↗ our investors specifically our

7:13 ↗ low-income housing tax credit investors

7:15 ↗ who are not interested in taking on

7:17 ↗ market rate risk what they're investing

7:20 ↗ in is that the tax credits and the

7:22 ↗ losses on the project and when we add in

7:24 ↗ a lot of Market risk as well there we we

7:27 ↗ find fewer investors that are willing to

7:29 ↗ participate in our deals so that's the

7:31 ↗ main reason it's a it's a model that we

7:33 ↗ would love to be able to do if we could

7:35 ↗ and we're going to try and develop these

7:37 ↗ as uh so so that it one will not be able

7:40 ↗ to tell one building from the other

7:42 ↗ so those are the comments that I have I

7:45 ↗ urge you to pass the two resolutions

7:47 ↗ before you without change so that we can

7:50 ↗ move forward with this project thank you

7:54 ↗ city clerk who else has signed up to

7:55 ↗ speak this evening

8:02 ↗ hi

8:03 ↗ all right our next speaker is David

8:05 ↗ nimura

8:11 ↗ good evening uh mayor council members

8:13 ↗ thank you for the opportunity to be here

8:14 ↗ tonight to speak with you

8:16 ↗ um as my counterpart or Dan land has

8:18 ↗ mentioned before I'm here to speak on on

8:19 ↗ behalf of the interlocal agreement of

8:21 ↗ the kcha and and at least at the

8:23 ↗ Tibbetts Valley Park

8:25 ↗ um

8:26 ↗ I'm the currently the director of

8:28 ↗ government Affairs for Lumen

8:29 ↗ Technologies we're the owner of the the

8:31 ↗ site where the Tod project will will

8:32 ↗ reside

8:34 ↗ um as Dan had mentioned this has been a

8:36 ↗ project that's been in the works for a

8:37 ↗ number of years we've been negotiating

8:38 ↗ this it's been a long drawn out

8:40 ↗ complicated project but as Dan alluded

8:42 ↗ to we've finally gotten to the end of I

8:44 ↗ think what is or nearly to the end of

8:45 ↗ what has been a long road and I think

8:47 ↗ we're standing on the cusp of a great

8:49 ↗ Community benefit and from the moon's

8:51 ↗ perspective we're appreciative of the

8:53 ↗ city the city's partnership King County

8:55 ↗ Housing Authority and the opportunity to

8:57 ↗ deliver a great project to the city the

8:59 ↗ residents of Issaquah and just want to

9:02 ↗ recognize real quickly Andrea Snyder and

9:04 ↗ her leadership in this project and

9:06 ↗ really appreciate her efforts in helping

9:08 ↗ to get this done and and so you know

9:10 ↗ just with that just really encourage you

9:12 ↗ to support this project support the

9:14 ↗ ordinances as they lay before you and

9:16 ↗ look forward to getting this closed next

9:18 ↗ week here so thank you very much

9:20 ↗ thank you David City Clerk

9:23 ↗ Mark Clemens

9:31 ↗ my name is Mark Clements my address is

9:34 ↗ 1515 Hillside Drive Southeast Issaquah

9:39 ↗ dear dear Madam mayor an esteemed City

9:42 ↗ Council

9:44 ↗ and the city staff

9:45 ↗ I was going to write my year-end message

9:48 ↗ as a poem but nobody wants that so I'll

9:51 ↗ leave it to one of my volunteers first

9:55 ↗ off I'd like to thank my engaged board

9:57 ↗ and dear Volunteers in 2022 deer

10:02 ↗ continues to shine as a beacon of

10:05 ↗ downtown as a Nimble organization we've

10:09 ↗ added new volunteers Health businesses

10:11 ↗ and other stakeholders finally put the

10:14 ↗ pandemic behind them in 2022 Dia had

10:17 ↗ about a year positive positively

10:20 ↗ impacting businesses through economic

10:22 ↗ vitality and preservation design

10:25 ↗ projects that beautified the district

10:27 ↗ and a district right promotion dear

10:30 ↗ continues to Champion downtown

10:31 ↗ businesses providing support for

10:33 ↗ Recovery grants as well as being Nimble

10:36 ↗ and communicating with local business

10:38 ↗ needs in March Dia celebrated our 27th

10:42 ↗ birthday by hosting a landmark building

10:45 ↗ tour of Kutz garage and the Hailstone

10:48 ↗ Feed Store both of which received

10:51 ↗ preservation grants supported by deer

10:54 ↗ in 2022 deer added new programming and

10:57 ↗ increased the scope quality and

10:59 ↗ diversity of both Visual Arts and

11:01 ↗ Performing Talent we welcomed back

11:04 ↗ fenders on Front Street and down home

11:06 ↗ Fourth of July as well as two wine and

11:09 ↗ artworks and the historically hip

11:12 ↗ Artisan Market was present at 23 events

11:16 ↗ we were sad to see 12 businesses leave

11:18 ↗ but we welcomed 11 new businesses in

11:21 ↗ their place

11:22 ↗ through Arts commission grants DX

11:24 ↗ strengthens Partnerships that showcase

11:26 ↗ the downtown core in Arden Butte

11:28 ↗ community and visitors to the Creative

11:31 ↗ Arts District while navigating covet

11:33 ↗ protocols dear

11:36 ↗ TSR programming provided much needed

11:38 ↗ foot traffic to local businesses and

11:40 ↗ economic Vitality to local art Talent

11:43 ↗ Dia paid a hundred music music and

11:46 ↗ Performing groups with over 400

11:48 ↗ musicians and performers playing over

11:50 ↗ 160 hours 84 local artists participated

11:54 ↗ in programming dear worked with

11:57 ↗ businesses in the district to hand out

11:58 ↗ PPE understand their needs and

12:01 ↗ communicate to simplify covet updates on

12:04 ↗ the latest mandates as well as recovery

12:06 ↗ grant opportunities

12:09 ↗ the deer design team spearheaded the

12:12 ↗ park parklet pilot program the soar of

12:15 ↗ our 700 people enjoy outdoor dining

12:17 ↗ along Front Street the flowers on front

12:20 ↗ program hung over a hundred flower

12:22 ↗ baskets

12:24 ↗ Dia's commitment to a clean City saw

12:26 ↗ year-round and seasonal cleanups that

12:29 ↗ combined over a thousand volunteers logo

12:32 ↗ over 3 000 hours to help unify our

12:35 ↗ downtown community

12:36 ↗ estia continues to promote the downtown

12:39 ↗ its businesses in the Creative Arts

12:41 ↗ District through robust email social and

12:44 ↗ advertising channels he reached over 200

12:47 ↗ 000 people year-to-date

12:49 ↗ over 20 000 people have attended the

12:52 ↗ deer programming this increase in

12:54 ↗ downtown foot traffic despite pandemic

12:56 ↗ despite the pandemic during q1 uh dear

13:01 ↗ directly supported other service

13:02 ↗ organizations including Issaquah

13:04 ↗ rotories of grape Escape Kiwanis flag

13:07 ↗ program The Turkey Trot parkadilly

13:10 ↗ satman on Sunset and welcoming week

13:13 ↗ as we close out a banner 2022 I have

13:17 ↗ three thoughts to share with the council

13:19 ↗ I am thankful to my board of directors

13:22 ↗ and the volunteers the board has been

13:25 ↗ supportive and engaged and I have seen a

13:28 ↗ high growth in volunteer interest and

13:30 ↗ participation in all facets of what we

13:32 ↗ do

13:33 ↗ I witnessed dear stand out as a trusted

13:35 ↗ partner to both the city and the

13:38 ↗ community organizations bring Vibrance

13:40 ↗ to downtown and work with local

13:42 ↗ businesses to secure pandemic grants

13:45 ↗ boost bottom line sales and help them

13:47 ↗ navigate a challenging year

13:50 ↗ as I looked at 2023 my hope is finally

13:53 ↗ to put the pandemic behind us partner

13:56 ↗ more closely with the city and

13:58 ↗ strengthen those vital Community bonds

14:00 ↗ further one of our Partnerships was with

14:02 ↗ this Square rotary and we made a 2023

14:05 ↗ Issaquah calendar they're 20 and part of

14:08 ↗ the proceeds goes towards youth programs

14:11 ↗ so if any of you guys want them got a

14:14 ↗ couple left

14:15 ↗ thank you very much for your time

14:17 ↗ thank you Mark City Clerk no one else

14:21 ↗ has indicated a desire to speak

14:24 ↗ you have a couple of ladies that I think

14:26 ↗ would like to come up to the podium

14:33 ↗ come on

14:39 ↗ hello

14:42 ↗ my name is leilan ayash I live at 200

14:44 ↗ Newport Way Southwest

14:47 ↗ here in Issaquah

14:51 ↗ Madame mayor and council members thank

14:53 ↗ you for allowing me to speak with you

14:55 ↗ here today

14:57 ↗ as I said my name is Leilani Ash

15:00 ↗ I've been a resident in Issaquah only

15:02 ↗ since August of this year

15:05 ↗ I'm a transplant from Bellevue I lived

15:09 ↗ there for 10 years

15:10 ↗ only a transplant from Northern

15:13 ↗ California

15:15 ↗ late August I began volunteering for the

15:18 ↗ downtown Issaquah Association after

15:19 ↗ attending the final gas station Blues

15:24 ↗ then after that I've been volunteering

15:27 ↗ ever since

15:32 ↗ truthfully I haven't stopped

15:34 ↗ volunteering uh Saturday I was Mrs

15:38 ↗ Kringle Sunday I was helping put up the

15:42 ↗ lights around the poles down Front

15:44 ↗ Street

15:46 ↗ through Dia and volunteering I've had

15:48 ↗ the honor to meet

15:51 ↗ and become friends with many of the

15:53 ↗ local shop owners and managers and

15:55 ↗ employees

15:57 ↗ of

15:58 ↗ several of the businesses in Issaquah

16:03 ↗ I've been able to make new friends and

16:06 ↗ fabulous friends

16:12 ↗ many are also volunteers of downtown

16:16 ↗ Issaquah Association

16:18 ↗ in the various activities that are

16:20 ↗ sponsored by Dia

16:25 ↗ through through my personal volunteer

16:28 ↗ duties I have grown to see and explore

16:31 ↗ and fall in love with

16:33 ↗ even more of this beautiful City of

16:36 ↗ Issaquah

16:38 ↗ I don't know if any of you have seen the

16:41 ↗ TV program Gilmore Girls

16:44 ↗ but through my stories to to my children

16:47 ↗ they have helped me equate Issaquah

16:51 ↗ to Stars Hollow that's shown on Gilmore

16:55 ↗ Girls

16:56 ↗ and to the Shell station as Luke's Diner

17:02 ↗ where everyone gathers and meets and

17:04 ↗ swaps stories and has fun together

17:07 ↗ during times like gas station Blues

17:10 ↗ and Issaquah goes apples and the various

17:12 ↗ other events throughout the year

17:15 ↗ thank you for your support of the

17:17 ↗ downtown Issaquah Association and thank

17:19 ↗ you for helping me find my personal

17:22 ↗ Stars Hollow in Issaquah

17:25 ↗ thank you very much

17:27 ↗ thank you Leilani and welcome thank you

17:31 ↗ um next if you just want to come up to

17:32 ↗ the microphone introduce yourself that

17:33 ↗ would be great

17:39 ↗ hi thank you my name is Miss Dina Ann

17:41 ↗ and I am a border participant I live on

17:47 ↗ the border of Sammamish in Issaquah and

17:49 ↗ I'm very excited at the opportunity to

17:51 ↗ be here today

17:52 ↗ mayor council members and staff I

17:56 ↗ appreciate you taking the time to let us

17:57 ↗ speak and I just wanted to say I'm the

18:00 ↗ one who has come at you from trash

18:02 ↗ equals cash and been out there about I

18:05 ↗ love Issaquah so much I can't stand to

18:08 ↗ see an ounce of anything wrong with it

18:09 ↗ and anything I can do to participate in

18:12 ↗ making isqua better and keep it as

18:14 ↗ amazing as it is I've been a resident of

18:16 ↗ the greater Puget Sound since 1981 and I

18:19 ↗ remember my mom driving us out here when

18:21 ↗ basically Gilman was to buildings over

18:24 ↗ swamp land and if you missed the exit

18:27 ↗ you are driving for an hour and a half

18:28 ↗ almost to Eastern Washington or the the

18:31 ↗ past so it was a very precarious efforts

18:35 ↗ to try to get to one of the most quaint

18:37 ↗ and amazing little areas and then to see

18:38 ↗ it grow robustly my brothers lived here

18:41 ↗ for 25 years so we've had a chance to

18:44 ↗ just watch it grow and grow and I'm just

18:46 ↗ a huge fan and in my capacity for trash

18:49 ↗ equals cash it's all about how can we

18:51 ↗ help the homeless to have a better

18:52 ↗ existence how can we get trash off the

18:54 ↗ streets how can we marry the two and

18:56 ↗ give somebody a leg up to have a better

18:58 ↗ existence and through that I had seen

19:01 ↗ some of the issues happening in

19:03 ↗ different areas and went through some of

19:04 ↗ the businesses off of Front Street and

19:07 ↗ asked the owners what have you been

19:09 ↗ seeing what has it been like and

19:11 ↗ everyone says it's okay we're doing

19:13 ↗ really well it's not been too bad but

19:15 ↗ have you talked to Christina and I don't

19:17 ↗ know Christina so I'm going to say no

19:19 ↗ it's always a non-applicable if you

19:22 ↗ don't know what they're saying right and

19:23 ↗ so then the fifth business had said that

19:25 ↗ to me and she's at the Shell station

19:27 ↗ she's at the Shell station and I had no

19:29 ↗ idea that there was a Dia I wasn't aware

19:31 ↗ I had seen a lot of the amazing things

19:34 ↗ that go on in the city but I didn't know

19:36 ↗ who did what and how that balanced out

19:37 ↗ and when we got to talking that was it

19:40 ↗ from that day I actually started

19:42 ↗ volunteering and this was maybe only

19:44 ↗ about three or four months ago I have a

19:46 ↗ severe injury so I don't get to do much

19:48 ↗ and it's very very difficult when I'm

19:51 ↗ done but the joy that I have doing it

19:53 ↗ makes it worth it and so I was out here

19:56 ↗ with Santa and Mrs Claus and we were

20:00 ↗ taking pictures for everybody we were

20:01 ↗ waving at everybody and they were waving

20:03 ↗ and honking back going up and down the

20:04 ↗ street my point being is that it is an

20:08 ↗ amazing

20:09 ↗ effort that Dia makes for all of these

20:12 ↗ events that are happening in on Front

20:14 ↗ Street and how much they help the

20:16 ↗ businesses we literally went by every

20:18 ↗ business and got them together and

20:20 ↗ filmed a happy holidays from 42 happy

20:23 ↗ holidays from Jax happy holidays from

20:25 ↗ and so we get to put that up my

20:29 ↗ participation in in donation of time is

20:32 ↗ also going to be to create a podcast so

20:34 ↗ I'm very excited to get to go through to

20:36 ↗ the businesses and and give a little

20:38 ↗ highlight to what do you do do what is

20:40 ↗ it that is inspiring for your business

20:41 ↗ and how would you like to share that

20:43 ↗ with the community so I'm I'm just

20:45 ↗ delighted that Dia exists I'm delighted

20:48 ↗ that you guys are connected so well and

20:50 ↗ participate together for the betterment

20:52 ↗ of your city and for this amazing Front

20:54 ↗ Street I know Gilman sort of has its own

20:56 ↗ feeling to it that's more obvious so it

21:00 ↗ doesn't need quite as much of a push and

21:02 ↗ pull as it does with Front Street but

21:04 ↗ it's very exciting the connection that

21:06 ↗ you guys have and I just have to say

21:08 ↗ being able to volunteer and participate

21:10 ↗ in seeing I'm an entrepreneur I've

21:13 ↗ started three different businesses and

21:15 ↗ I've had a chance to create them from

21:17 ↗ concept to sail into Fortune 500

21:18 ↗ companies and it's been you know we need

21:21 ↗ to your passion to have a business like

21:22 ↗ that you need all the help you can get

21:24 ↗ because you're specific to what you have

21:27 ↗ started your business with and what

21:28 ↗ you're able to do so to have this

21:30 ↗ support on the outside and I will say

21:32 ↗ one small added I don't know how they

21:34 ↗ keep straight everything that they do

21:35 ↗ because I'm trying to do it day to day

21:38 ↗ and I can't even get straight what's

21:39 ↗ going on down there there's so much so

21:41 ↗ the prolific effort that is made by the

21:44 ↗ downtown escrow Association Mark and and

21:47 ↗ all the volunteers and Christina and

21:49 ↗ everybody it just blows my mind and I

21:52 ↗ know that if I come down any day at noon

21:55 ↗ I'm going to find her there and she's

21:57 ↗ going to be able to give me something to

21:58 ↗ do and there's going to be a business

21:59 ↗ that'll benefit and the community as

22:01 ↗ well so again this connection that you

22:04 ↗ guys have and and the city that you're

22:06 ↗ put you know that the way that you have

22:07 ↗ it evolve and the efforts that you make

22:09 ↗ I'm taking that to Sammamish for our

22:12 ↗ city council I'm taking what you guys

22:13 ↗ are doing and taking it up there and

22:15 ↗ saying we're babies these guys are

22:17 ↗ grandparents you know with no offense to

22:19 ↗ it but you know the wisdom and so we're

22:22 ↗ we're very excited at I'm very excited

22:24 ↗ at being able to take all your learned

22:26 ↗ knowledge and efforts and and just

22:28 ↗ participate with it so thank you very

22:30 ↗ much thank you and thank you for all

22:31 ↗ your volunteerism that's very

22:33 ↗ inspirational

22:34 ↗ come on up and introduce yourself

22:40 ↗ thank you my name is Paula Stringer and

22:42 ↗ I I live at 14622 Southeast 276 place in

22:48 ↗ Kent

22:49 ↗ and I think that's probably the reason

22:51 ↗ that I really wanted to speak today

22:54 ↗ I live in Kent but Issaquah is my

22:56 ↗ community it has been for the last four

23:00 ↗ years

23:01 ↗ when I did my first art walk here

23:05 ↗ in 2017.

23:08 ↗ and then I've been through Ever every

23:11 ↗ single year

23:13 ↗ of all of the art stuff that you guys

23:16 ↗ have done I I think

23:20 ↗ mayor I I think I met you at Confluence

23:25 ↗ it has been my life

23:28 ↗ to give back to this community because I

23:30 ↗ feel like I live here even though I

23:33 ↗ don't

23:34 ↗ and so two years ago I was given the

23:37 ↗ opportunity to take on the Outreach

23:40 ↗ committee as far as bringing new artists

23:44 ↗ and local artists local artists you've

23:47 ↗ never even seen before

23:50 ↗ to this community

23:52 ↗ and they're thriving

23:54 ↗ and some of the artists that we've been

23:56 ↗ able to bring one from Centralia

24:00 ↗ that brought their people here to shop

24:04 ↗ locally

24:06 ↗ it was amazing

24:08 ↗ it's amazing

24:10 ↗ the fact that we can deal with our own

24:13 ↗ internal artists because a lot of them

24:15 ↗ live here

24:16 ↗ but so many don't

24:18 ↗ and and they bring their people here

24:22 ↗ to job locally

24:24 ↗ so I just that's the only reason I came

24:26 ↗ is because

24:28 ↗ I don't live here but I wish I did

24:31 ↗ thank you thank you so much for

24:33 ↗ traveling and being here tonight to talk

24:36 ↗ to council

24:37 ↗ um city clerk is there anyone else

24:38 ↗ online

24:40 ↗ we do have a few members of the public

24:42 ↗ online but no one's indicating a desire

24:44 ↗ to speak

24:46 ↗ okay well thank you very much

24:49 ↗ um I'd like to thank everybody who came

24:51 ↗ in and spoke tonight it's awesome

24:52 ↗ especially for Council to come in person

24:54 ↗ and see your faces and hear your stories

24:57 ↗ um we heard from two of our partners on

24:59 ↗ the transportation oriented development

25:01 ↗ project which Council will have a couple

25:03 ↗ of items on tonight's regular business

25:04 ↗ and we also heard from the executive

25:06 ↗ director evdia and several volunteers

25:09 ↗ with testimonials about the great work

25:11 ↗ and the wonderful events that are

25:13 ↗ happening in Issaquah so thank you very

25:15 ↗ much

25:17 ↗ um and as a reminder written comments

25:19 ↗ can be submitted at any time to city

25:20 ↗ council at citycouncil at issaquah.gov

25:23 ↗ and council president Walsh do you have

25:25 ↗ any email comments to summarize on

25:27 ↗ tonight's agenda topics thank you I have

25:29 ↗ a few on the consent agenda the

25:33 ↗ informational update on Communications a

25:36 ↗ Community member noted that the update

25:38 ↗ mentions the public engagement toolkit

25:40 ↗ getting an update but does not mention

25:42 ↗ public feedback on that update other

25:44 ↗ than the presentation to the equity

25:46 ↗ board and city council so something to

25:49 ↗ note

25:49 ↗ and then on our regular agenda ab8495

25:53 ↗ the Tibbetts Valley Park cell tower

25:55 ↗ lease agreement the Community member

25:57 ↗ mentioned that the creek buffer for

26:00 ↗ Tibbetts Creek should be 150 feet which

26:04 ↗ they believe places the tower and

26:06 ↗ building in the buffer so something to

26:08 ↗ consider for tonight's agenda item

26:10 ↗ and ab8494 the interlocal agreement with

26:13 ↗ King County Housing Authority the

26:16 ↗ Community member asks for more public

26:18 ↗ engagement on the details of the project

26:20 ↗ and the public funds allocated and that

26:22 ↗ concludes the comments we've received

26:25 ↗ thank you very much council president

26:28 ↗ um the next item on our agenda this

26:30 ↗ evening is committee and Regional

26:31 ↗ reports and council member Joe who's

26:33 ↗ attending virtually you are up first

26:36 ↗ thank you madam mayor the December 13th

26:40 ↗ mobility and infrastructure meeting has

26:42 ↗ been canceled

26:43 ↗ December 7th the lodging tax advisory

26:46 ↗ committee will be meeting at 11 A.M at

26:48 ↗ the Hilton we'll be discussing rules of

26:51 ↗ procedure open meetings Act and the

26:54 ↗ appearance of fairness Doctrine followed

26:56 ↗ by a brief lunch for the committee

26:59 ↗ members

27:00 ↗ the Cascade water Alliance board meeting

27:03 ↗ has been canceled for December as has

27:06 ↗ the Cascade water Alliance finance

27:08 ↗ committee that concludes my report thank

27:10 ↗ you thank you council member Joe council

27:12 ↗ member D Michelle

27:14 ↗ uh thank you mayor Polly I was recently

27:17 ↗ appointing to the association of

27:19 ↗ Washington City's federal legislative

27:21 ↗ priorities committee and I attended my

27:23 ↗ first meeting on November the 29th there

27:26 ↗ were 42 attendees representing cities

27:28 ↗ from across across Washington State and

27:32 ↗ our only business for the meeting was

27:33 ↗ reviewing editing and approving the AWC

27:36 ↗ 2023 federal legislative priorities

27:39 ↗ the main topic of discussion was the

27:42 ↗ urgent need for access to broadband in

27:44 ↗ Washington's rural communities

27:46 ↗ and how to shape advocacy in light of

27:48 ↗ the bipartisan build back better

27:50 ↗ legislation we also discussed advocacy

27:53 ↗ responses to the Statewide opioid crisis

27:56 ↗ and affordable housing which included a

27:58 ↗ discussion discussion regarding local

28:01 ↗ control the document which was put

28:05 ↗ together by all of the members and

28:07 ↗ approved by all the members has now been

28:08 ↗ transmitted to the AWC Board of

28:11 ↗ Directors for final approval

28:13 ↗ and it was a great meeting to

28:15 ↗ participate in uh on December 1st I

28:18 ↗ attended the healthier Governor board

28:19 ↗ which was my last meeting for that

28:22 ↗ particular group although I will

28:24 ↗ continue as a member of the connect to

28:26 ↗ Community Information exchange Advisory

28:28 ↗ Group

28:29 ↗ healthier here continues its search for

28:31 ↗ its new executive director adopted his

28:34 ↗ 2023 budget and is preparing for federal

28:36 ↗ hearings on its Medicaid transformation

28:39 ↗ review

28:40 ↗ and then the final thing I would like to

28:43 ↗ say the regional transportation

28:44 ↗ committee was canceled this month

28:46 ↗ however I did want to share

28:48 ↗ uh with you that Metro Transit general

28:51 ↗ manager Terry White who has served Metro

28:53 ↗ for 35 years is retiring

28:57 ↗ King County Executive Dow Constantine

28:59 ↗ has nominated Michelle Allison as

29:02 ↗ White's successor Allison is the current

29:04 ↗ deputy director of Metro Transit

29:07 ↗ I believe Terry White was the first

29:10 ↗ African-American to serve as Metro

29:12 ↗ general manager and Michelle Allison

29:14 ↗ will be the first woman to serve as

29:15 ↗ Metro general manager and I would just

29:18 ↗ say on a personal note that I'm going to

29:20 ↗ miss Mr White he was a very gracious and

29:23 ↗ gentle person to deal with and he's

29:28 ↗ going to be missed so I just wanted to

29:30 ↗ acknowledge his retirement and hope that

29:32 ↗ he

29:33 ↗ does well thank you

29:36 ↗ thank you councilmember D Michelle

29:38 ↗ councilmember hunt thank you madam mayor

29:40 ↗ I have one upcoming meeting the Planning

29:42 ↗ Development and environment committee

29:43 ↗ will meet on December 6th which is

29:45 ↗ tomorrow at 6 30 and we have one item on

29:48 ↗ the agenda which is ID 1273 Title 18

29:50 ↗ land use code Consolidated draft which

29:54 ↗ we have been working on for a long time

29:56 ↗ on Council and to my fellow council

29:58 ↗ members I wanted to let you know that I

30:01 ↗ will do a detailed report out after that

30:03 ↗ meeting but since this is not the first

30:05 ↗ touch that Council will have with the

30:07 ↗ Consolidated draft if you do have

30:09 ↗ questions about our conversation or

30:11 ↗ about the materials discussed of the

30:12 ↗ committee at go to the order at our next

30:15 ↗ meeting so not this meeting since we

30:16 ↗ haven't had that conversation yet but at

30:18 ↗ our next meeting I am going to ask um it

30:21 ↗ might go to the order if there are any

30:23 ↗ things that you would like discussed

30:25 ↗ more in depth or questions or anything

30:27 ↗ like that so that we um we can make sure

30:30 ↗ to have that

30:32 ↗ um known by staff so staff can answer

30:34 ↗ those questions and have that material

30:35 ↗ for us and so that we can keep this

30:37 ↗ moving along and wrap up the title 18

30:40 ↗ land use code which has been a long time

30:42 ↗ coming

30:44 ↗ um

30:44 ↗ and that concludes my report thank you

30:47 ↗ thank you council member council member

30:49 ↗ Ray thank you mayor Paulie the King

30:52 ↗ County growth management planning

30:53 ↗ Council met on November 30th there were

30:56 ↗ three items on the agenda all of them

30:58 ↗ were briefings the first one was the

30:59 ↗ 2023 gmpc work plan and schedule which

31:02 ↗ will be focused on affordable housing

31:05 ↗ and the urban growth area expansion

31:08 ↗ policy four for one program

31:11 ↗ uh the other two briefings interestingly

31:13 ↗ enough one was on affordable housing

31:15 ↗ committee status and where we're at with

31:17 ↗ the uh the allocation

31:19 ↗ um the plan is that the affordable

31:20 ↗ housing committee will be making their

31:22 ↗ recommendation to gmpc by the end of

31:25 ↗ this year and gmpc will pick that up in

31:28 ↗ January and the other briefing was on

31:30 ↗ the urban growth area expansion policies

31:32 ↗ in the four for one program which will

31:33 ↗ also be taken up by gmpc uh early next

31:37 ↗ year for upcoming meetings the efferb or

31:41 ↗ east side fire and rescue board of

31:42 ↗ directors is meeting on December 8th

31:45 ↗ that's this coming Thursday at 4 pm at

31:47 ↗ headquarters there are a number of

31:49 ↗ special recognitions and retirements of

31:52 ↗ people who have served our community for

31:55 ↗ in some cases a long long time

31:58 ↗ um we are also going to receive a code

32:00 ↗ of conduct presentation an ethics of

32:04 ↗ from Eric Quinn

32:06 ↗ there is our two piece oh there will be

32:09 ↗ an update from our uh Finance

32:11 ↗ Administration committee on the fire

32:13 ↗ chiefs evaluation there are two pieces

32:16 ↗ of regular business one of them will be

32:18 ↗ the annual agenda and planning calendar

32:21 ↗ for IFA for the coming year and then the

32:25 ↗ other will be a legislative agenda

32:28 ↗ and we have that we can share that with

32:30 ↗ you if you are interested and that

32:32 ↗ concludes my report this evening thank

32:34 ↗ you councilmember council member thank

32:36 ↗ you madam mayor the Puget Sound Regional

32:38 ↗ Council growth management policy board

32:40 ↗ uh is not meeting in December the sound

32:42 ↗ cities Association of public issues

32:44 ↗ committee is meeting in December on

32:46 ↗ December 14th there'll be a 7 PM virtual

32:48 ↗ meeting and the draft SCA legislative

32:52 ↗ priorities that we discussed in go to

32:53 ↗ the order uh last time will be discussed

32:57 ↗ by pick with a with an eye towards make

33:00 ↗ a recommendation to the board and then

33:02 ↗ Council services safety and Parks

33:04 ↗ committee

33:05 ↗ canceled for December that includes my

33:07 ↗ report thank you council member Mart's

33:09 ↗ Deputy council president home

33:11 ↗ no report

33:13 ↗ thank you council president Walsh thank

33:16 ↗ you the King County affordable housing

33:17 ↗ committee met the sca caucus had an

33:22 ↗ extra meeting last week to discuss

33:24 ↗ potential amendments to the King County

33:26 ↗ county-wide Planning policies or cpps

33:29 ↗ which is what the GMP see thank you is

33:33 ↗ going to review we made some

33:38 ↗ recommendations working with some

33:40 ↗ incredible staff members who just really

33:43 ↗ worked together on some of those

33:44 ↗ amendments the Amendments will come to a

33:47 ↗ vote for the next affordable housing

33:49 ↗ committee meeting which is this Friday

33:51 ↗ and then also to gmpc in the coming

33:54 ↗ months that concludes my report

33:57 ↗ thank you council president the next

33:59 ↗ item on this evening's agenda is the

34:01 ↗ mayor's report there will be an

34:03 ↗ executive session

34:05 ↗ this evening to discuss pending

34:07 ↗ potential litigation

34:09 ↗ for RCW

34:11 ↗ 42.30.110 paren one print I this item is

34:14 ↗ expected to take 45 minutes and no

34:17 ↗ action is anticipated in Open Session

34:20 ↗ so in remembrance of Liz Brooks we are

34:22 ↗ deeply saddened to hear of the passing

34:24 ↗ of a key member of the escort parks and

34:26 ↗ Community Services team Liz Brooks Liz

34:28 ↗ has been a part-time staff member at the

34:30 ↗ front desk of the escrow Community

34:32 ↗ Center since 2019. Liz will be dearly

34:36 ↗ missed by community members customers

34:38 ↗ and colleagues and we feel very

34:40 ↗ fortunate have worked with Liz and are

34:42 ↗ very grateful for her years of service

34:43 ↗ to the City of Issaquah this is husband

34:46 ↗ and daughter will keep us informed as

34:48 ↗ any remembrance or Memorial plans but

34:50 ↗ our thoughts over them during this

34:51 ↗ challenging time

34:53 ↗ as you heard earlier Transit Orient

34:55 ↗ development projects some items are on

34:57 ↗ our agenda this evening

34:59 ↗ so the city council will consider two

35:01 ↗ agenda bills

35:02 ↗ ab8494 and ab8495 these are pivotal for

35:07 ↗ advancing the development of more than

35:08 ↗ 165 units of affordable housing this

35:12 ↗ will help address critical Human

35:13 ↗ Services needs identified in the Housing

35:15 ↗ Act strategy and the Human Services

35:17 ↗ strategic plan

35:19 ↗ since 2016 and what some would say even

35:22 ↗ before then the city Administration and

35:25 ↗ the city council have been working

35:26 ↗ together on this project in response to

35:28 ↗ the need in our community

35:30 ↗ the transitory and development project

35:32 ↗ would be a major step toward

35:33 ↗ facilitating Redevelopment of an

35:35 ↗ underused property no offense Lumen near

35:39 ↗ State Route 900. this sound a little

35:41 ↗ funny when I said it I felt a little bad

35:44 ↗ um

35:46 ↗ the transit oriented near State Road 900

35:50 ↗ and the issquad transit center into much

35:52 ↗ needed housing including affordable

35:54 ↗ housing that would service up off

35:56 ↗ families with the most limited incomes

35:58 ↗ the project would also help implement

36:00 ↗ the centralist club plan by delivering

36:02 ↗ new housing and services adjacent to the

36:04 ↗ transit center tonight marks an

36:06 ↗ important milestone in this Transit

36:08 ↗ oriented development also called Tod

36:10 ↗ where the administration is asking

36:12 ↗ Council to approve relocating a cell

36:15 ↗ tower onto city land and without this

36:18 ↗ relocation the transit oriented

36:20 ↗ development project will not be able to

36:21 ↗ move forward Administration is also

36:24 ↗ asking Council authorization to enter

36:25 ↗ into an interlocal agreement with our

36:27 ↗ partners King County Housing Authority

36:29 ↗ the developer of this Tod project the

36:32 ↗ interlocal agreement guarantees the

36:34 ↗ public benefits the project would bring

36:36 ↗ and I'm very proud of the work that

36:38 ↗ Council and staff have done to get us to

36:40 ↗ this point tonight and look I'm looking

36:43 ↗ very forward to the discussion

36:45 ↗ so we've had a few cold weather events

36:47 ↗ and the city has experienced its first

36:49 ↗ snow of the winter with more weather

36:51 ↗ anticipate this season be prepared for

36:53 ↗ winter driving conditions you can check

36:55 ↗ our safety cameras for current road

36:57 ↗ conditions via the snow route status map

37:00 ↗ and you can stay connected with the most

37:02 ↗ up-to-date forecasts and check the

37:04 ↗ city's social media for the latest

37:05 ↗ updates

37:06 ↗ if you or someone you know needs shelter

37:09 ↗ or support there are resources available

37:11 ↗ in our community

37:12 ↗ visit issaquah.gov shelters for more

37:15 ↗ information on Emergency Shelters meals

37:18 ↗ and basic needs and safe parking I want

37:21 ↗ to thank our city staff and our First

37:23 ↗ Responders who keep us safe and

37:25 ↗ connected during these extreme weather

37:26 ↗ events

37:28 ↗ and there are a few upcoming community

37:29 ↗ events the Christmas bird count during

37:32 ↗ the East Side Audubon Society for the

37:34 ↗ longest running Community science survey

37:36 ↗ in North America participants can join

37:39 ↗ the survey to count birds at various

37:41 ↗ locations on December 17th go to the

37:43 ↗ east side Audubon website to learn more

37:45 ↗ and participate

37:47 ↗ King County's historic preservation

37:49 ↗ program Workshop join King counties and

37:52 ↗ for culture for a virtual review of The

37:54 ↗ Landmark designation process and a

37:57 ↗ session on how to put a landmark

37:58 ↗ nomination together this Workshop is

38:00 ↗ online only on December 8th from 2

38:03 ↗ o'clock till 4 pm the virtual link is

38:06 ↗ available through the city's website

38:08 ↗ and Santa Claus will be visiting various

38:11 ↗ locations throughout Issaquah this

38:13 ↗ holiday season visit the calendar page

38:15 ↗ on the city's website for details

38:17 ↗ City Hall counters are opening late on

38:20 ↗ December 8th at 10 A.M and City Hall

38:23 ↗ will be closed December 23rd to 26th for

38:26 ↗ the Christmas holiday and that concludes

38:28 ↗ the mayor's report

38:29 ↗ the next item of business this evening

38:31 ↗ for Council is the consent calendar

38:33 ↗ which was distributed to Council in

38:35 ↗ advance and if it's authorized the items

38:37 ↗ on the consent calendar will be

38:39 ↗ considered together and approved by one

38:40 ↗ motion

38:41 ↗ have the payables and payroll been

38:43 ↗ reviewed

38:44 ↗ yes

38:46 ↗ thank you does any council member desire

38:48 ↗ to remove any item from the consent

38:50 ↗ calendar and consider it under regular

38:51 ↗ business

38:54 ↗ got my online council member

38:57 ↗ um

38:58 ↗ can would somebody consider making a

39:00 ↗ motion

39:02 ↗ I moved to approve the consent calendar

39:05 ↗ as written

39:07 ↗ second it's been moved and

39:12 ↗ seconded is there any Council discussion

39:16 ↗ seeing none uh hearing none the motion

39:18 ↗ before cancels to approve the consent

39:20 ↗ calendar is presented and all those in

39:22 ↗ favor please signify by saying aye

39:24 ↗ aye

39:27 ↗ I caught that council member Joe

39:29 ↗ uh any opposed

39:32 ↗ so that passes 7-0 the next item of

39:35 ↗ business is regular business our first

39:37 ↗ item tonight is ab8495 the Tibbetts

39:40 ↗ Valley Park cell tower release agreement

39:42 ↗ they asked before Council this evening

39:44 ↗ is to authorize this and I'd like to

39:45 ↗ invite Deputy State administrator Andrea

39:47 ↗ Snyder to present this item Andrea

39:51 ↗ thank you madam mayor let me just pull

39:54 ↗ up the presentation

40:07 ↗ good evening Council I'm Andrea Snyder

40:09 ↗ Deputy City administrator and we have

40:11 ↗ two items tonight for your consideration

40:13 ↗ regarding the transit oriented

40:15 ↗ development project and Opportunity

40:17 ↗ Center uh first is this Tibbetts Valley

40:20 ↗ Park lease this item because it comes

40:23 ↗ first is going to have a little bit more

40:24 ↗ background that pertains to both items

40:31 ↗ this happened to me last time where I'm

40:33 ↗ waiting

40:34 ↗ for the ability to advance the slide I

40:37 ↗ see

40:39 ↗ there it is okay the purpose of tonight

40:43 ↗ is to update the city council on that

40:46 ↗ Transit oriented development project and

40:48 ↗ Opportunity Center you'll hear me refer

40:50 ↗ to it as the Tod OC or the Tod project

40:54 ↗ we also wish to seek Council feedback

40:56 ↗ and potential approval for a lease of

40:58 ↗ Tibbetts Valley Park for a cell tower to

41:01 ↗ be relocated from the future

41:03 ↗ todoc site

41:08 ↗ uh the city in 20 uh 2017 released a

41:13 ↗ request for proposals looking for

41:15 ↗ partners to develop a mixed use mixed

41:17 ↗ income project that todoc next to the

41:21 ↗ transit center

41:22 ↗ the city selected King County Housing

41:24 ↗ Authority and Spectrum development

41:25 ↗ Solutions you've heard from King County

41:27 ↗ Housing Authority or kcha tonight

41:29 ↗ spectrum is no longer a partner in this

41:32 ↗ project

41:33 ↗ the property owner Lumen who you've also

41:35 ↗ heard from tonight of the future todoc

41:37 ↗ site requires a cell tower on the

41:40 ↗ property to have their relocation site

41:43 ↗ secured before they will transfer

41:45 ↗ ownership to kcha

41:50 ↗ here is a quick project overview of the

41:53 ↗ project as originally envisioned by the

41:56 ↗ city and its Partners originally we had

41:58 ↗ talked about two buildings with a total

42:01 ↗ of 355 or more residential units

42:04 ↗ adjacent to the Issaquah Transit Center

42:07 ↗ and Tibbetts Valley Park you can see

42:08 ↗ that project highlighted here kind of

42:10 ↗ drawn over the map

42:12 ↗ that project was to include originally

42:15 ↗ 175 or more affordable units at 40 to 80

42:19 ↗ percent of Aryan media income

42:22 ↗ as well as 34 000 square feet of

42:25 ↗ commercial space including the 10 000

42:27 ↗ square foot Opportunity Center

42:29 ↗ it also included a quarter acre public

42:31 ↗ Plaza and the addition of a new City

42:33 ↗ Road

42:37 ↗ in 2017 the city council approved of a

42:41 ↗ non-binding memorandum of understanding

42:43 ↗ that's mou outlining the roles

42:46 ↗ responsibility and expectations of the

42:48 ↗ project partners and again as I said

42:49 ↗ spectrum is no longer a partner in this

42:52 ↗ project

42:53 ↗ that mou was to set the stage for a

42:57 ↗ future development agreement between the

42:59 ↗ city and the development Partners

43:02 ↗ since then circumstances have changed

43:05 ↗ with this project it's evolved over the

43:07 ↗ years and a development agreement is no

43:10 ↗ longer required the city also cannot

43:12 ↗ compel

43:14 ↗ kcha to enter into a development

43:16 ↗ agreement

43:17 ↗ and so instead one of the things we're

43:20 ↗ doing to replace that mou is look at an

43:22 ↗ interlocal agreement which is also for

43:24 ↗ your consideration tonight

43:26 ↗ but the first item is that we're

43:28 ↗ considering this lease for Tibbetts

43:30 ↗ Valley Park for that cell tower

43:32 ↗ relocation and the city considers the

43:35 ↗ public benefits associated with the

43:37 ↗ todoc as partial compensation for that

43:40 ↗ city land lease and those public

43:41 ↗ benefits largely include the affordable

43:43 ↗ housing that we've mentioned before

43:49 ↗ so here's a map of the todoc site that's

43:52 ↗ highlighted in yellow

43:54 ↗ and you can see sr900 that is running

43:58 ↗ north and south on this map highlighted

44:00 ↗ in kind of that salmon color and then

44:02 ↗ Tibbetts Valley Park is immediately

44:04 ↗ south of the future todoc site on

44:08 ↗ Tibbetts Valley Park you'll see a red X

44:10 ↗ that's south of the the Western parking

44:13 ↗ lot and that red X is the approximate

44:16 ↗ location of the proposed cell tower

44:19 ↗ that's for your consideration this

44:20 ↗ evening

44:21 ↗ the city has and its partners and the

44:26 ↗ Telecommunications Company have done a

44:29 ↗ pretty exhaustive search of potential

44:31 ↗ sites outside of the park the park was

44:34 ↗ certainly not our first choice and

44:37 ↗ um

44:38 ↗ here is a list of the park of the

44:41 ↗ potential cell tower locations that we

44:44 ↗ have examined you'll see some of the

44:47 ↗ criteria at the top of this chart

44:48 ↗ criteria for locating the site include

44:50 ↗ coverage requirements for the cell tower

44:52 ↗ providers and the antenna

44:55 ↗ those operating the cell antenna also we

44:59 ↗ were looking at making sure that the

45:01 ↗ antenna were not very close to

45:03 ↗ residential units we wanted

45:05 ↗ um we didn't necessarily want them

45:07 ↗ visible from residential units and

45:08 ↗ there's FCC guidelines about how close

45:10 ↗ antennae can be to residential units

45:13 ↗ they to maintain this equipment there

45:16 ↗ also needed to be access to maintain it

45:18 ↗ we wanted to ensure that on a 24 7 basis

45:22 ↗ as well as we wanted to make sure of

45:24 ↗ course that the cell tower location

45:26 ↗ would be in alignment with the Issaquah

45:28 ↗ Municipal Code so those were some of the

45:30 ↗ criteria that we were looking into in

45:32 ↗ order to find a cell tower relocation

45:35 ↗ site And We examined as I said a number

45:39 ↗ of locations before we looked at

45:41 ↗ Tibbetts Valley Park that included on

45:43 ↗ top of the future Tod building

45:46 ↗ included another location on the

45:49 ↗ property but adjacent to the building so

45:51 ↗ not on the roof but maybe next to the

45:53 ↗ building we looked at the Issaquah

45:55 ↗ Transit Center and putting that on the

45:57 ↗ roof of that building or attached to

45:59 ↗ some of the walls of the Issaquah

46:01 ↗ Transit Center we looked at private

46:03 ↗ properties to the north east and west

46:06 ↗ also we looked at the possibility of

46:08 ↗ attaching antennae to city street lights

46:10 ↗ on Newport Way

46:11 ↗ uh nearby reservoirs and water towers on

46:14 ↗ squawk and Talus

46:16 ↗ where there's already cell tower

46:18 ↗ equipment we looked also at there's a

46:20 ↗ city-owned parcel on Newport Way that's

46:23 ↗ basically just to the west and a little

46:25 ↗ bit north of the transit center

46:28 ↗ and we also looked at Fire Station 72

46:30 ↗ which is approximate to the current site

46:33 ↗ as well and none of those sites really

46:37 ↗ met all of the criteria especially

46:39 ↗ concerning the municipal code and some

46:42 ↗ of the coverage requirements that the

46:43 ↗ cell tower and telecommunication

46:45 ↗ companies had I'm not going to go over

46:47 ↗ this chart in detail but that's a

46:49 ↗ summary of how we have evaluated all of

46:51 ↗ the sites

46:55 ↗ so the proposal for your consideration

46:57 ↗ tonight is a lease for a portion of

47:00 ↗ Tibbetts Valley Park as the relocation

47:02 ↗ site for that cell tower and its

47:04 ↗ supporting equipment you'll see in this

47:06 ↗ picture an approximation of what that

47:09 ↗ cell tower and Associated structure

47:12 ↗ would look like at the Tibbetts Valley

47:13 ↗ Park site

47:15 ↗ they're still finalizing design work

47:17 ↗ that needs to be done as the landlord

47:20 ↗ the city would be able to approve of

47:21 ↗ design even before permits are applied

47:27 ↗ The Proposal includes rent that would be

47:31 ↗ 20 Revenue share we anticipate this to

47:34 ↗ be approximately 1800 a month and

47:37 ↗ additional compensation as I stated

47:39 ↗ before would occur through some of the

47:42 ↗ public benefits from the todoc project

47:44 ↗ that affordable housing and that's

47:45 ↗ because if not for the todoc project we

47:49 ↗ really wouldn't be considering a cell

47:50 ↗ tower at Tibbetts Valley Park

47:53 ↗ the length of the term is 30 years when

47:57 ↗ we last went before the Safety Services

47:58 ↗ and Parks committee we were looking at

48:02 ↗ 25 years and vertical Bridge had asked

48:04 ↗ for 30 and so we have consented to 30

48:07 ↗ years so that's a change from what the

48:09 ↗ committee saw last time

48:11 ↗ the tower would be 85 feet tall per code

48:14 ↗ and that 85 feet also is about the

48:17 ↗ average height of the field lighting

48:19 ↗ that we have currently at the park

48:22 ↗ and as I said before the administration

48:24 ↗ would be able to approve the final

48:26 ↗ design before the permit application

48:28 ↗ applications are submitted

48:30 ↗ so we have a little bit greater control

48:32 ↗ over the visual impacts of this

48:35 ↗ structure and what it would look like

48:36 ↗ than even what our design standards and

48:38 ↗ code would suggest

48:41 ↗ updates from the committee meeting that

48:45 ↗ we had last time there were a couple of

48:47 ↗ things that we were still under

48:49 ↗ negotiation and considering one is this

48:51 ↗ idea of a tournament and that's the

48:53 ↗ ability vertical Bridge had asked for

48:55 ↗ the city to assume their subleases with

48:58 ↗ telecommunications like Verizon T-Mobile

49:01 ↗ Etc

49:02 ↗ and operate the tower in the case that

49:04 ↗ vertical Bridge dissolves and is unable

49:06 ↗ to sell the city lease to another

49:08 ↗ provider so essentially they wanted the

49:10 ↗ city to take over and operate the tower

49:12 ↗ as they would this is something we were

49:14 ↗ reluctant to do because the city is not

49:16 ↗ a telecommunications provider we're not

49:18 ↗ in that type of business and so we

49:22 ↗ negotiated with this on negotiated with

49:25 ↗ them on this and you will notice that

49:27 ↗ provision is not in the lease so the

49:29 ↗ city would not be assuming the

49:31 ↗ operations of the tower

49:33 ↗ in the case that vertical Bridge

49:35 ↗ dissolved

49:36 ↗ the other uh the other provision that's

49:39 ↗ an update from the last time we were

49:41 ↗ before the council committee the

49:43 ↗ vertical Bridge had wanted the city to

49:46 ↗ renegotiate a new lease with the lender

49:49 ↗ to Vertical bridge and provide the exact

49:51 ↗ same lease terms to the lender should

49:54 ↗ the lender take over the lease we said

49:57 ↗ no we're uncomfortable doing that

49:58 ↗ because that might really extend the

50:00 ↗ length of the lease and what we wanted

50:03 ↗ to do was preserve future council's

50:06 ↗ ability to renegotiate and so what would

50:08 ↗ happen if the lender assumed the lease

50:11 ↗ in the current draft lease that's before

50:13 ↗ your consideration tonight what would

50:15 ↗ happen is that the lender would just

50:17 ↗ simply take over the lease under the

50:19 ↗ same terms and finish out that term of

50:22 ↗ the lease so not necessarily extending

50:24 ↗ it Beyond what's already provided for in

50:27 ↗ the lease

50:29 ↗ so um those Provisions like I said have

50:32 ↗ changed since the committee saw it last

50:34 ↗ time

50:36 ↗ other updates that I wanted to follow up

50:38 ↗ from the council committee's questions

50:40 ↗ one of the questions we received was how

50:42 ↗ does the revenue that's anticipated in

50:44 ↗ this lease agreement compared to the

50:46 ↗ typical lease agreements for a

50:47 ↗ telecommunications Tower and so we've

50:50 ↗ we've tried to run the numbers and and

50:53 ↗ compare apples and oranges a little bit

50:55 ↗ here there are different types of of

50:58 ↗ rent and compensation that the city

50:59 ↗ would receive but from our best

51:01 ↗ estimates it looks as though if we were

51:04 ↗ to apply the city's most recent lease

51:06 ↗ rent

51:07 ↗ structure that same type of template

51:10 ↗ then the city would receive five million

51:14 ↗ 5.6 million over the lifetime of the

51:16 ↗ lease but what's proposed in the

51:19 ↗ vertical Bridge lease is 1 million a

51:21 ↗ little over 1 million in the lease that

51:24 ↗ we would receive for the lifetime of the

51:25 ↗ lease so you can see that there's there

51:27 ↗ is a discrepancy there between what we

51:30 ↗ would be getting from the vertical

51:31 ↗ Bridge lease versus applying the same

51:33 ↗ type of lease structure to our most

51:36 ↗ current cell tower lease and

51:40 ↗ um

51:40 ↗ that's largely because vertical Bridge

51:45 ↗ doesn't really want to move they're in a

51:47 ↗ very strong negotiation position from

51:49 ↗ their current location and they wanted

51:52 ↗ the exact terms that they have currently

51:55 ↗ to be applied to the city lease and so

51:58 ↗ they have a very favorable lease right

52:00 ↗ now with Lumen according to the city who

52:03 ↗ has whole whose holds other lease

52:05 ↗ agreements we believe their agreements

52:06 ↗ fairly favorable their agreement also

52:10 ↗ occurred with a large upfront lump sum

52:12 ↗ payment that's already been paid and so

52:14 ↗ they don't want to pay that to the city

52:16 ↗ since they've already paid that to Lumen

52:19 ↗ and again they're in a very strong

52:20 ↗ position and don't want to leave their

52:22 ↗ current location and so applying the

52:25 ↗ rest of the city and applying the rest

52:27 ↗ of their lease terms to the city lease

52:29 ↗ that equals a lifetime revenue of about

52:32 ↗ a million dollars there's a lot of

52:33 ↗ assumptions in your packet tonight I

52:35 ↗ list some of those assumptions but

52:37 ↗ that's that's our best estimate today so

52:40 ↗ as I stated before we believe that the

52:43 ↗ public benefits that come with this Tod

52:46 ↗ project also are partial compensation

52:48 ↗ for the city land lease that affordable

52:51 ↗ housing has been valued at 41 million

52:53 ↗ dollars over the lifetime of that

52:55 ↗ housing and so that is that it's also a

52:57 ↗ substantial

52:58 ↗ compensation and benefit the city would

53:00 ↗ be receiving in exchange for this land

53:07 ↗ another question that we received from

53:10 ↗ the committee is how does the sighting

53:11 ↗ of the cell tower at Tibbetts Valley

53:13 ↗ Park follow other precedents for public

53:15 ↗ engagement

53:16 ↗ and there were questions about how does

53:19 ↗ it relate to public engagement regarding

53:21 ↗ amenities at parks and we say the

53:25 ↗ administrator the telecommunication

53:27 ↗ facility differs from a dog park or

53:29 ↗ other recreational amenity

53:31 ↗ um

53:32 ↗ so it's not like we're proposing a new

53:34 ↗ skate park or something else at Tibbetts

53:36 ↗ Valley Park it doesn't change the

53:38 ↗ recreational programming or interfere

53:39 ↗ with the recreational programming at the

53:41 ↗ park and the city has not typically in

53:44 ↗ the past provided public Outreach

53:46 ↗ outside of council Council meetings when

53:49 ↗ negotiating telecommunication leases on

53:52 ↗ public property

53:54 ↗ so

53:57 ↗ speaking of public notification I wanted

53:59 ↗ to make sure that Council understood

54:01 ↗ what the next steps would be according

54:02 ↗ to our permitting process should Council

54:05 ↗ approve the lease agreement tonight then

54:07 ↗ the permit process provides for the

54:09 ↗ following written notification of a

54:11 ↗ proposed above ground installation to

54:13 ↗ all owners of property within 300 feet

54:16 ↗ of the proposed location as part of the

54:18 ↗ permit submittal and also this project

54:21 ↗ requires acepa and NEPA process that

54:23 ↗ includes public comment periods

54:27 ↗ so options for your consideration

54:29 ↗ tonight a first option is to authorize

54:34 ↗ the administration to enter into the

54:35 ↗ lease with vertical bridge for a portion

54:38 ↗ of Tibbetts Valley Park

54:40 ↗ second option would be to direct the

54:42 ↗ administration to continue to negotiate

54:44 ↗ with vertical bridge on terms of

54:46 ↗ council's choosing to return to council

54:48 ↗ with revised lease terms some of the

54:50 ↗ impacts of that is that we are on a time

54:51 ↗ crunch Lumen would like to sell the

54:54 ↗ property by the end of the year and this

54:56 ↗ is council's last regularly scheduled

54:57 ↗ meeting of the year and so

55:00 ↗ Lumen has made it very clear to the city

55:02 ↗ and our partners that if they're unable

55:05 ↗ to sell the property to King County

55:08 ↗ Housing Authority by the end of the year

55:09 ↗ then they would consider other offers

55:11 ↗ they have received that don't include

55:13 ↗ relocating the cell tower and are for

55:17 ↗ actually more money

55:19 ↗ the third option is that we simply do

55:21 ↗ not move forward with the lease

55:22 ↗ negotiations at Tibbetts Valley Park of

55:25 ↗ course that would mean that

55:28 ↗ um

55:28 ↗ the todoc project this Council has

55:31 ↗ envisioned it would likely not move

55:32 ↗ forward

55:36 ↗ so our recommendation tonight is to

55:39 ↗ authorize the administration to enter

55:40 ↗ into the lease with vertical bridge for

55:42 ↗ a portion of Tibbetts Valley Park and as

55:45 ↗ stated before this is really the best

55:46 ↗ option to support the todoc project

55:53 ↗ timing and next steps so pending Council

55:56 ↗ authorization of the lease Lumen and

55:58 ↗ kcha will finalize the sale of the

56:00 ↗ future Tod OC site we're talking as soon

56:03 ↗ as next week as I think Dave namura said

56:05 ↗ in his comments and a vertical Bridge

56:08 ↗ would then move forward to finalize

56:10 ↗ their design of the Tower and apply for

56:12 ↗ permits we would expect construction to

56:13 ↗ begin in 2022

56:15 ↗ and after the tower relocates then

56:17 ↗ construction on the todoc site could

56:20 ↗ begin and so then kcha would begin that

56:23 ↗ design process for the todoc project

56:28 ↗ are there any questions

56:30 ↗ thank you um before we go to questions

56:33 ↗ is it okay if I ask the committee chair

56:35 ↗ if he would like to give an update as

56:37 ↗ well trimmer

56:40 ↗ thank you madam mayor as I mentioned in

56:42 ↗ the last committee report that I gave at

56:45 ↗ the last council meeting we did support

56:47 ↗ this decision three to O to go forward

56:49 ↗ uh

56:52 ↗ there was public input on this process

56:57 ↗ um I would say uh there were there were

57:01 ↗ questions about uh future changes in uh

57:05 ↗ code you know there's potential changes

57:07 ↗ in in code that could happen this is not

57:10 ↗ that far from a cell Monarch bearing

57:11 ↗ stream so there was somebody in the

57:13 ↗ member of the public that brought that

57:14 ↗ up

57:15 ↗ um you know uh there were folks that

57:18 ↗ would love to have more public

57:19 ↗ engagement this has had much public

57:22 ↗ engagement over the last five years

57:24 ↗ um and and the public certainly knows

57:26 ↗ that that we've been having this

57:27 ↗ conversation it's been a a little bit of

57:30 ↗ a weird process Because by the nature of

57:33 ↗ the process the city would go away and

57:35 ↗ have conversations with folks and then

57:37 ↗ come back so somebody newly moved to the

57:40 ↗ community might feel like uh it hadn't

57:42 ↗ they hadn't heard about it before but

57:43 ↗ it's it's had you know

57:45 ↗ what a dozen uh updates with the city so

57:50 ↗ but that was some of the feedback that

57:52 ↗ we received but in the end we did move

57:54 ↗ forward with this as well as the the

57:57 ↗ second the second part of the evening's

58:00 ↗ conversations in regard to a todoc which

58:02 ↗ we'll talk about in a bit perhaps thank

58:05 ↗ you chair Mart so now let's open it up

58:07 ↗ for questions of counsel

58:09 ↗ uh councilmember hunt

58:12 ↗ thank you

58:13 ↗ um so you provided the list of the other

58:15 ↗ sites and why they were ruled out with

58:17 ↗ the number of criteria coverage

58:18 ↗ requirements and providers lack of

58:20 ↗ proximity of antenna to residential

58:22 ↗ units maintenance access and municipal

58:23 ↗ code and just to confirm the site that

58:27 ↗ is recommended is it meets all of those

58:30 ↗ criteria because it wasn't on that list

58:32 ↗ that's correct thank you

58:36 ↗ good question any other questions uh and

58:40 ↗ councilmember Joe make sure you raise

58:42 ↗ your hand if you'd like to council

58:43 ↗ president

58:44 ↗ yes thank you

58:46 ↗ um could you talk over what the process

58:49 ↗ would be at this point I think

58:52 ↗ we don't necessarily have clarity about

58:54 ↗ whether this is within a certain buffer

58:57 ↗ range of a stream because there isn't a

59:00 ↗ specific site located for the project so

59:04 ↗ can you talk about what the

59:07 ↗ process would be as

59:10 ↗ a specific plan is pulled together for

59:13 ↗ reviewing that and understanding what

59:15 ↗ the environmental concerns might be

59:18 ↗ sure and part of that answer includes

59:20 ↗ the process for Title 18 and its updates

59:22 ↗ and so

59:24 ↗ um so what we have now is we know that

59:27 ↗ in the draft code the city is required

59:30 ↗ by Washington state law to use the best

59:32 ↗ available science and what we have

59:35 ↗ determined through our studies is that

59:38 ↗ 150 feet buffer in this in this case

59:41 ↗ we're proposing as the best available

59:43 ↗ science but that still has to go through

59:45 ↗ a process and that process includes

59:47 ↗ publishing the code having a number of

59:50 ↗ public hearings having a number of City

59:54 ↗ Council committee hearings PPC hearings

59:57 ↗ and then before it comes before

59:58 ↗ council's consideration and so what we

1:00:00 ↗ still have is the draft code until

1:00:03 ↗ Council adopts and updates that draft

1:00:05 ↗ code it is the draft code and we have to

1:00:07 ↗ go buy the codes that we have currently

1:00:09 ↗ in place

1:00:10 ↗ and so the codes that we have currently

1:00:12 ↗ in place I believe suggest 100 foot

1:00:15 ↗ buffer and uh while the site that we're

1:00:20 ↗ looking at putting this cell tower and

1:00:22 ↗ structure on are 125 or 135 feet outside

1:00:27 ↗ of that buffer so it is compliant with

1:00:30 ↗ current municipal code and what that

1:00:33 ↗ means is should a vertical Bridge get

1:00:36 ↗ their permits their building permit in

1:00:39 ↗ on time as in in under the current code

1:00:43 ↗ should they get their building permits

1:00:45 ↗ submitted under the current code then we

1:00:48 ↗ would move forward as we're obligated to

1:00:49 ↗ do as the city should vertical Bridge uh

1:00:53 ↗ get complete building permits in permit

1:00:57 ↗ applications in after the city council

1:00:59 ↗ adopts a new code then we would have to

1:01:02 ↗ locate another we would have to find

1:01:04 ↗ another location within the park that of

1:01:06 ↗ course is compliant with the municipal

1:01:08 ↗ code and would be outside of

1:01:10 ↗ whatever buffer Council adopts if it's

1:01:13 ↗ that 150 foot buffer

1:01:17 ↗ any other questions

1:01:20 ↗ councilmember Ray

1:01:22 ↗ oh thank you mayor Folly uh

1:01:26 ↗ I'm trying to figure out how to

1:01:27 ↗ formulate this one

1:01:28 ↗ the

1:01:31 ↗ so entering this agreement with vertical

1:01:34 ↗ bridge in the event that

1:01:36 ↗ King County Housing and Lumen don't

1:01:40 ↗ reach an agreement what where where does

1:01:43 ↗ that leave us I mean are we committed to

1:01:45 ↗ doing this

1:01:46 ↗ um where does that leave us

1:01:51 ↗ King County Housing of kcha and Lumen do

1:01:55 ↗ not reach an agreement then that means

1:01:57 ↗ that the cell tower would stay on its

1:02:00 ↗ current location

1:02:01 ↗ and so what we have in this lease is a

1:02:04 ↗ two-year option before the lease kicks

1:02:06 ↗ in necessarily and so they have two

1:02:08 ↗ years to explore whether or not

1:02:11 ↗ um they need to relocate and whether

1:02:13 ↗ um and for them to exercise this lease

1:02:15 ↗ option so

1:02:17 ↗ um kcha as per their current agreements

1:02:20 ↗ with Lumen and with vertical bridge kcha

1:02:24 ↗ is actually paying for the cell tower

1:02:25 ↗ relocation

1:02:27 ↗ up to a certain amount and so if kcha

1:02:31 ↗ does not gain ownership of this property

1:02:33 ↗ then they are not going to pay for the

1:02:36 ↗ relocation of vertical bridge and then

1:02:38 ↗ vertical bridge will not relocate a

1:02:41 ↗ vertical Bridge as I said before doesn't

1:02:42 ↗ want to relocate they would rather stay

1:02:44 ↗ on the property so if Lumen retains

1:02:47 ↗ ownership then they would not be moving

1:02:49 ↗ to the city property and the lease would

1:02:53 ↗ uh basically be null and void since they

1:02:55 ↗ would choose not to exercise their

1:02:57 ↗ option

1:02:59 ↗ um you actually kind of teed up my

1:03:01 ↗ second question which was

1:03:02 ↗ so it's King County Housing Authority is

1:03:05 ↗ responsible for building the new tower

1:03:06 ↗ and building the outbuilding is that

1:03:08 ↗ who would be responsible or some not the

1:03:11 ↗ city not not the city no we are not in

1:03:15 ↗ that business King County Housing

1:03:17 ↗ Authority has agreed to pay for

1:03:18 ↗ relocation costs but they're not they're

1:03:21 ↗ also not the applicant they're not

1:03:23 ↗ building it vertical bridge is the

1:03:25 ↗ subject matter expert here so they they

1:03:27 ↗ build cell towers all across the United

1:03:28 ↗ States they would be the applicant they

1:03:31 ↗ would be the responsible party for

1:03:32 ↗ construction and our partners King

1:03:35 ↗ County Housing Authority are helping to

1:03:37 ↗ pay for that process

1:03:39 ↗ okay great thank you

1:03:41 ↗ any other questions

1:03:44 ↗ and council member Joe not seeing a hand

1:03:47 ↗ so I'm assuming you're fine

1:03:49 ↗ okay chair would you like to make motion

1:03:52 ↗ I would thank you I moved to authorize

1:03:55 ↗ the mayor to enter into and execute a

1:03:57 ↗ cell tower lease with vertical Bridge

1:03:59 ↗ Towers uh IV LLC for a portion of

1:04:03 ↗ tippetts Valley Park in support of the

1:04:05 ↗ todoc project in substantive form and

1:04:08 ↗ authorize the City attorney to make

1:04:09 ↗ subsequent non-substantive Technical and

1:04:12 ↗ legal edits

1:04:14 ↗ is there a second

1:04:16 ↗ council president thank you it's been

1:04:19 ↗ moved and seconded

1:04:20 ↗ um is there any Council discussion

1:04:24 ↗ councilmember Martz thank you thank you

1:04:26 ↗ madam mayor uh so as as discussed this

1:04:29 ↗ is something that has been uh on our

1:04:33 ↗ plate in one form or another for five

1:04:35 ↗ years uh very exciting to think that it

1:04:39 ↗ could be resolved uh this evening and

1:04:41 ↗ could move forward uh the the Herculean

1:04:45 ↗ efforts by Andrea Snyder can't be uh

1:04:49 ↗ overstated so I'm very excited this

1:04:52 ↗ evening this is something that has uh

1:04:54 ↗ just you know we've seen so much in the

1:04:57 ↗ community how important this would be I

1:04:59 ↗ you know when I first ran for City

1:05:01 ↗ Council in 2009 we were talking in the

1:05:05 ↗ community about the million dollars that

1:05:07 ↗ we had left over from Talus and how we

1:05:09 ↗ wanted to put it towards uh you know a

1:05:12 ↗ good project and the Opportunity Center

1:05:14 ↗ side of this uh we looked for years and

1:05:18 ↗ years for those of you who weren't part

1:05:19 ↗ of that process Barb knows it well years

1:05:22 ↗ and years and years so so the

1:05:24 ↗ combination of you know Workforce

1:05:27 ↗ housing and the possibility of of having

1:05:30 ↗ some Human Services uh located uh also

1:05:34 ↗ Transit adjacent to cover this area that

1:05:36 ↗ that doesn't exist currently where folks

1:05:38 ↗ have to go into Bellevue where they have

1:05:40 ↗ to go up to Redmond is just such a

1:05:42 ↗ strong win for the community so I'm

1:05:43 ↗ really excited this evening and and I

1:05:45 ↗ just I want to thank Lumen so much for

1:05:47 ↗ uh continuing with us and working with

1:05:50 ↗ us and being patient while the other

1:05:52 ↗ parties had to get brought to the table

1:05:53 ↗ recognizing our enthusia our continued

1:05:56 ↗ enthusiasm for this so I will be voting

1:05:59 ↗ an ecstatic yes this evening thank you

1:06:01 ↗ councilmember Martz additional

1:06:03 ↗ discussion

1:06:04 ↗ council member Ray council president

1:06:08 ↗ council president council member Ray I

1:06:10 ↗ was just going to add my enthusiastic

1:06:13 ↗ support as well and really appreciate

1:06:15 ↗ having the partners at the table tonight

1:06:17 ↗ in case there are any last minute

1:06:19 ↗ questions but also acknowledging the

1:06:22 ↗ support of this long project and

1:06:25 ↗ hopefully seeing the wheels continue to

1:06:28 ↗ turn and again thank you thank you thank

1:06:31 ↗ you Andrea for all of the hard work on

1:06:34 ↗ this project

1:06:34 ↗ thank you councilor president

1:06:36 ↗ councilmember Ray well I am super

1:06:38 ↗ excited about half of this discussion I

1:06:40 ↗ think there are two issues here and I

1:06:42 ↗ think we we are we are mushing them

1:06:44 ↗ together

1:06:45 ↗ um and I'm not sure that that's the

1:06:47 ↗ right thing to do I I have been since we

1:06:49 ↗ first started talking about this I think

1:06:51 ↗ the Tod is a great project and I

1:06:52 ↗ understand the implications of not doing

1:06:55 ↗ um this cell tower move on the the Tod

1:06:58 ↗ and that's where my my angst is coming

1:07:00 ↗ from

1:07:01 ↗ um I need to put tall cell tower in a

1:07:05 ↗ public park is not a non-issue to the

1:07:07 ↗ public

1:07:08 ↗ a 400 square foot 500 square foot

1:07:11 ↗ building in a public park that's not a

1:07:13 ↗ city building is not a non-issue to the

1:07:16 ↗ public and and we really with the

1:07:18 ↗ exception of two or three people we

1:07:20 ↗ heard from it uh services and Safety

1:07:23 ↗ Committee have gotten no feedback from

1:07:25 ↗ the public on this so my my angst is

1:07:29 ↗ quite frankly

1:07:30 ↗ um I want to do the Tod I think we have

1:07:32 ↗ to do it we've come this far it would be

1:07:34 ↗ silly to to back away I hate that we are

1:07:37 ↗ jammed up into not having to go having

1:07:39 ↗ the ability to go through a public

1:07:41 ↗ process and at least let the public know

1:07:44 ↗ that this is something that we are going

1:07:46 ↗ to do to their park it's not our Park

1:07:47 ↗ it's their park and we're putting

1:07:51 ↗ um you know we're putting buildings

1:07:52 ↗ we're putting towers that don't

1:07:54 ↗ necessarily uh you know I'm sure we will

1:07:57 ↗ do a great job of making that cell tower

1:07:59 ↗ look like a tree but it's not a tree and

1:08:02 ↗ so

1:08:03 ↗ um I I ultimately will support this I

1:08:07 ↗ just wanted to get out that

1:08:09 ↗ um this has put us in I think an

1:08:11 ↗ unfavorable position and I think when

1:08:13 ↗ this gets built there will be a certain

1:08:16 ↗ level of outrage and we just need to be

1:08:19 ↗ prepared for that and because it's

1:08:21 ↗ legitimate

1:08:22 ↗ thank you councilmember Ray any other

1:08:24 ↗ comments

1:08:26 ↗ discussion councilmember hunt

1:08:28 ↗ um well I have I have similar comments

1:08:31 ↗ to councilmember Martz I also spoke

1:08:34 ↗ about this project the todoc project

1:08:37 ↗ when I was first running for Council

1:08:38 ↗ five years ago with enthusiasm and I

1:08:41 ↗ continue to support the project and we

1:08:43 ↗ do have to take this step to continue

1:08:44 ↗ moving the process forward I think it's

1:08:47 ↗ a huge Community benefit and we are also

1:08:50 ↗ stewards of

1:08:52 ↗ um the the funds here and we have a 41

1:08:55 ↗ million dollar Community benefit for the

1:08:58 ↗ value that we're getting for this lease

1:09:00 ↗ Tower and so I think there's a

1:09:01 ↗ compelling argument there as well as the

1:09:04 ↗ compelling argument that we simply have

1:09:05 ↗ to move this forward for the community

1:09:07 ↗ benefits that we'll get for the

1:09:08 ↗ affordable housing and the todoc and

1:09:11 ↗ affordable housing is something that I

1:09:12 ↗ think we all agree we are in dire need

1:09:15 ↗ of and will be a huge Community benefit

1:09:17 ↗ and I am in strong support for those

1:09:21 ↗ reasons thank you

1:09:22 ↗ thank you councilmember hunt uh any

1:09:25 ↗ other comments

1:09:27 ↗ councilmember D Michelle

1:09:29 ↗ well I feel compelled to join my fellow

1:09:32 ↗ council members in seeing how enthused I

1:09:35 ↗ am tonight to be able uh to vote Yes on

1:09:38 ↗ this and uh thanks again to Andrea for

1:09:42 ↗ amazing negotiations it was wonderful to

1:09:45 ↗ see the additional things that you were

1:09:48 ↗ able to negotiate just this past week

1:09:50 ↗ thanks so much to Lumen and Mr numera

1:09:53 ↗ for being here and Mr Landis I wanted to

1:09:56 ↗ call out as well because I I praised him

1:09:59 ↗ at the SFP meeting for his wonderful

1:10:03 ↗ letter which really outlined all of the

1:10:05 ↗ all of the many many permutations that

1:10:09 ↗ we have gone through over the last five

1:10:11 ↗ to seven years and thank you as well

1:10:14 ↗ King County Housing Authority for your

1:10:16 ↗ steadfast support and interest in this

1:10:19 ↗ project so we have many people to thank

1:10:22 ↗ and it will be a great joy to vote Yes

1:10:25 ↗ on this tonight thank you

1:10:27 ↗ thank you councilmember D Michelle any

1:10:29 ↗ additional discussion

1:10:31 ↗ okay

1:10:33 ↗ [Music]

1:10:35 ↗ if there's no discussion the motion

1:10:37 ↗ before council is to authorize the mayor

1:10:39 ↗ to enter into and execute a cell tower

1:10:41 ↗ lease with vertical Bridge Towers four

1:10:45 ↗ LLC for a portion of Tibbetts Valley

1:10:47 ↗ Park in support of the todoc project in

1:10:51 ↗ substantive form and authorize the City

1:10:53 ↗ attorney to make subsequent

1:10:54 ↗ non-substantive Technical and legal

1:10:56 ↗ edits all those in favor please signify

1:10:59 ↗ by saying aye

1:11:04 ↗ all those opposed

1:11:07 ↗ that carries unanimously uh 7-0

1:11:10 ↗ so thank you very much Andrea the next

1:11:12 ↗ item of business I believe is also yours

1:11:15 ↗ it is ab8494 interlocal agreement with

1:11:18 ↗ King County Housing Authority for the

1:11:20 ↗ transit oriented development and

1:11:22 ↗ Opportunity Center project so if you'd

1:11:25 ↗ like to start your presentation

1:11:28 ↗ thank you Madame mayor yes it's me again

1:11:30 ↗ uh related item so King County Housing

1:11:34 ↗ Authority interlocal agreement as I've

1:11:37 ↗ already referred to them a couple of

1:11:39 ↗ times a kcha

1:11:42 ↗ um a few more acronyms I'm afraid

1:11:44 ↗ involved in this Pro in this

1:11:45 ↗ presentation uh we're the direction

1:11:47 ↗ we're looking for tonight from Council

1:11:49 ↗ is does council have any changes for the

1:11:52 ↗ draft interlocal agreement that's the

1:11:54 ↗ Ila and we seek authorization to enter

1:11:57 ↗ into such an agreement with kcha tonight

1:12:02 ↗ so as I said some of the background was

1:12:05 ↗ provided in the previous presentation

1:12:06 ↗ and just for the sake of time and

1:12:08 ↗ streamlining will go right to the

1:12:11 ↗ proposal

1:12:12 ↗ so in the interlocal agreement has

1:12:15 ↗ proposed at least 155 units of

1:12:18 ↗ affordable housing for those earning 40

1:12:20 ↗ to 60 percent of area median income

1:12:24 ↗ it includes a 10 000 square foot

1:12:26 ↗ Opportunity Center with a city

1:12:29 ↗ contribution of up to 5.05 million so

1:12:34 ↗ this was an addition thanks to comments

1:12:36 ↗ received in the last Council committee

1:12:38 ↗ that Council wanted a a cap on what that

1:12:42 ↗ what that number would be and so that

1:12:45 ↗ cap is the concern was the city might be

1:12:47 ↗ writing a blank check with this Ila so

1:12:49 ↗ let's provide a cap and if to go beyond

1:12:53 ↗ that point we'll need to have a stop and

1:12:55 ↗ a check with city council and say Okay

1:12:57 ↗ um you know should construction

1:12:59 ↗ estimates be more than 5.05 million

1:13:01 ↗ we'll need to come back to council and

1:13:03 ↗ have that conversation we still would

1:13:05 ↗ need to have a conversation to

1:13:06 ↗ appropriate us such money uh anyway but

1:13:10 ↗ that's the cap that's been a change from

1:13:12 ↗ last time that the council committee has

1:13:13 ↗ seen this item

1:13:15 ↗ in addition in the Ila it's proposed to

1:13:18 ↗ have five units reserved for Life

1:13:19 ↗ Enrichment options that's Leo house to

1:13:22 ↗ house people with developmental

1:13:24 ↗ disabilities

1:13:25 ↗ also a mix of market rate units with the

1:13:29 ↗ affordable housing and again a change

1:13:32 ↗ from last time thanks to the feedback

1:13:34 ↗ from the committee is to have a

1:13:36 ↗ percentage of

1:13:38 ↗ no less than 25 percent of all units

1:13:41 ↗ would be market rate and so I think that

1:13:44 ↗ Mr Dan Landis addressed this in some of

1:13:47 ↗ his comment for this evening but that's

1:13:50 ↗ again just to put a number on so that

1:13:52 ↗ Council can be assured that there will

1:13:53 ↗ be market rate development with this

1:13:56 ↗ project no less than 25 percent of the

1:13:58 ↗ units would be market rate that still

1:14:00 ↗ needs to be determined but at least it

1:14:02 ↗ would be no fewer than that

1:14:04 ↗ and finally also a provision within the

1:14:08 ↗ Ila is that the city would agree to the

1:14:10 ↗ land lease for the cell tower that you

1:14:12 ↗ all just approved tonight Deputy City

1:14:14 ↗ administrator before we move off the

1:14:15 ↗ slide I believe councilman Mertz has a

1:14:17 ↗ question yes could you for those council

1:14:19 ↗ members who haven't followed this from

1:14:21 ↗ the beginning

1:14:22 ↗ um can you explain the projected sources

1:14:26 ↗ of that 5.05 million dollars thank you

1:14:30 ↗ yes uh I can so we have from the state a

1:14:34 ↗ grant for three million dollars that's

1:14:37 ↗ for medical and Behavioral Health

1:14:39 ↗ Services for low-income populations we

1:14:43 ↗ have just shy of a million dollars in

1:14:45 ↗ mitigation funds reserved and we've been

1:14:49 ↗ setting aside for this project and so

1:14:51 ↗ that equals 4 million and you know what

1:14:54 ↗ I'm forgetting we're the last million

1:14:56 ↗ comes from uh

1:14:58 ↗ but

1:15:00 ↗ um I will accept uh help from Council

1:15:02 ↗ otherwise I can call upon G Paul our

1:15:04 ↗ management analyst so so sorry I forgot

1:15:07 ↗ that detail tonight but I know Gene Paul

1:15:09 ↗ who's on the line has uh is prepared

1:15:12 ↗ with the answer to this question as well

1:15:21 ↗ members of the council I'm Gene Paul

1:15:22 ↗ management analyst from the executive

1:15:24 ↗ office uh from the slide from January

1:15:26 ↗ 2020 uh Andrea already mentioned the 3

1:15:28 ↗ million from the state roughly 1 million

1:15:31 ↗ in City mitigation funding the other

1:15:33 ↗ million is from Bond and debt issuance

1:15:35 ↗ repaid from lease payments

1:15:39 ↗ thank you Gene in addition to that while

1:15:41 ↗ this construction estimate is rather old

1:15:43 ↗ that 5.05 million that we've discussed

1:15:46 ↗ before with the city council the city

1:15:48 ↗ also has other new revenues that are set

1:15:51 ↗ aside for affordable housing and

1:15:53 ↗ Behavioral Health that we've been

1:15:54 ↗ accumulating and have not spent so I

1:15:56 ↗ believe it's a near Council materials

1:15:58 ↗ tonight that should the the construction

1:16:02 ↗ estimate be over that we have other

1:16:04 ↗ funds to turn to that could help pay for

1:16:07 ↗ this that would not impact the general

1:16:09 ↗ fund and that those revenues are

1:16:11 ↗ specifically set aside for projects like

1:16:13 ↗ this according to State and county law

1:16:20 ↗ any other questions at this point of

1:16:22 ↗ what is in the Ila okay

1:16:31 ↗ okay so in general as we take a step

1:16:33 ↗ back the other things that the Ila

1:16:35 ↗ provides it formalizes the obligations

1:16:37 ↗ with kcha you may recall in the

1:16:40 ↗ background section of the last item for

1:16:42 ↗ your consideration so there was a

1:16:44 ↗ non-binding mou that Council agreed to

1:16:46 ↗ in 2017. so this really formalizes those

1:16:49 ↗ obligations and without this Ila kcha

1:16:53 ↗ could turn around and flip the property

1:16:57 ↗ and they could buy it for what they're

1:16:59 ↗ buying it for as we um and then they

1:17:02 ↗ could turn around and sell it without

1:17:03 ↗ developing anything on it that's a

1:17:05 ↗ possibility so this Ila really

1:17:07 ↗ formalizes those obligations of what

1:17:09 ↗ would be built and what levels of

1:17:11 ↗ affordability would be involved in this

1:17:13 ↗ project

1:17:15 ↗ the Ila also helps to formalize the

1:17:17 ↗ public benefits that the city will

1:17:19 ↗ receive that our condition are

1:17:22 ↗ considered additional compensation for

1:17:24 ↗ the city land lease and that's important

1:17:26 ↗ just to provide that paper trail and

1:17:29 ↗ that official link between the city

1:17:31 ↗ lease and the benefits that we

1:17:33 ↗ anticipate receiving

1:17:35 ↗ and then the other thing that's

1:17:37 ↗ important to know is the Ila doesn't

1:17:40 ↗ consider any other new city obligations

1:17:42 ↗ we haven't already discussed at this

1:17:44 ↗ point so there's there's nothing new

1:17:47 ↗ that you haven't considered before in

1:17:49 ↗ the Ila

1:17:56 ↗ okay options for your consideration

1:17:58 ↗ tonight first option would be to

1:18:01 ↗ authorize the administration to enter

1:18:02 ↗ into the Ila a second option would be to

1:18:05 ↗ keep negotiating and return to council

1:18:07 ↗ with specific points that you may

1:18:10 ↗ provide us this evening and third option

1:18:12 ↗ would be to not move forward with the

1:18:14 ↗ Ila of course the impacts of two and

1:18:16 ↗ three would be that it could again

1:18:18 ↗ affect the project

1:18:21 ↗ um

1:18:21 ↗ we are in a tight timeline and we are

1:18:25 ↗ trying to

1:18:26 ↗ um

1:18:27 ↗ seek your approval for both of these

1:18:29 ↗ items tonight the lease that you just

1:18:31 ↗ approved and the Ila because we do see

1:18:33 ↗ them as linked

1:18:35 ↗ um and related to one another

1:18:39 ↗ so of course the administration's

1:18:41 ↗ recommendation is for city council to

1:18:45 ↗ authorize the administration to enter

1:18:46 ↗ into the Ila with King County Housing

1:18:48 ↗ Authority in its substantive form

1:18:52 ↗ timing and next steps

1:18:55 ↗ pending approval Lumen and kcha will

1:18:58 ↗ execute their purchase and sale

1:18:59 ↗ agreement for the future todoc site

1:19:01 ↗ transferring ownership and control of

1:19:03 ↗ the site to kcha and kcha will then

1:19:07 ↗ complete the design for this project

1:19:10 ↗ a kcha would then update the

1:19:13 ↗ construction cost estimates for that

1:19:14 ↗ Opportunity Center and the

1:19:16 ↗ administration would return to city

1:19:17 ↗ council with that new estimate and seek

1:19:20 ↗ Direction on authorizing funds

1:19:23 ↗ I also wanted to highlight in Next Step

1:19:26 ↗ some of the future public notification

1:19:28 ↗ and comment opportunities related

1:19:29 ↗ directly with the todoc project so

1:19:33 ↗ according to the draft code which is

1:19:36 ↗ what we would anticipate at this point

1:19:38 ↗ that the project we subject to the draft

1:19:41 ↗ code would require as part of the

1:19:43 ↗ permitting process that the development

1:19:45 ↗ commission would approve the site

1:19:47 ↗ development permit

1:19:48 ↗ also in the draft code a community

1:19:51 ↗ meeting would be required

1:19:53 ↗ and that noticing that would be required

1:19:55 ↗ associated with the community meeting

1:19:57 ↗ would be for owners and residents within

1:20:00 ↗ 500 feet of the project and as well as

1:20:03 ↗ parties of record and a few other

1:20:04 ↗ stakeholders

1:20:06 ↗ also within the draft code Provisions

1:20:08 ↗ for public notification there would be a

1:20:12 ↗ pre-decision hearing public hearing

1:20:14 ↗ required and again noticing within 500

1:20:16 ↗ feet

1:20:18 ↗ the project also would be subject to

1:20:20 ↗ sipa which includes a 15-day comment

1:20:22 ↗ period

1:20:26 ↗ so again Direction needed for tonight is

1:20:29 ↗ does council have any changes for the

1:20:31 ↗ draft Ila and also we're seeking

1:20:35 ↗ authorization to enter into the

1:20:37 ↗ agreement with kcha

1:20:39 ↗ any questions I think I'll go to the

1:20:42 ↗ committee chair again Andrea and let him

1:20:45 ↗ chair Martz share some comments and then

1:20:47 ↗ we'll go to questions cheer Martz so so

1:20:49 ↗ we really I mean essentially looked at

1:20:52 ↗ these issues essentially they were

1:20:55 ↗ combined and so uh you know the public

1:20:57 ↗ comment has been around the whole the

1:21:00 ↗ whole thing so this was if you're you

1:21:02 ↗ know in for the first part you're in for

1:21:04 ↗ the second part really there wasn't a

1:21:06 ↗ substantive difference in the

1:21:07 ↗ conversation for the second part so

1:21:09 ↗ that's paid was a also a 3-0 thank you

1:21:12 ↗ very much

1:21:14 ↗ um Council questions of uh Deputy for

1:21:17 ↗ Deputy City administrator's presentation

1:21:19 ↗ councilmember hunt

1:21:22 ↗ thank you

1:21:23 ↗ um so in our packet it talks about the

1:21:26 ↗ differences between the mou versus the

1:21:29 ↗ Ila

1:21:30 ↗ and

1:21:31 ↗ um one of the difference is one of the

1:21:33 ↗ biggest differences is probably that

1:21:34 ↗ it's binding the Ila is binding whereas

1:21:36 ↗ mou is

1:21:38 ↗ um

1:21:39 ↗ is a memorandum of understanding but

1:21:42 ↗ then it also talks about other

1:21:44 ↗ differences so it says there's no

1:21:45 ↗ mention of the public Plaza or other

1:21:47 ↗ Local transportation improvements that

1:21:49 ↗ may be required during the permitting

1:21:50 ↗ process so I wonder if you could speak

1:21:52 ↗ to the public Plaza and whether that's

1:21:54 ↗ part of the continued vision and if so

1:21:56 ↗ why it's not in in there

1:22:00 ↗ yes thank you uh so yes public Plaza as

1:22:04 ↗ well as there's a city street

1:22:07 ↗ um that we're looking to construct with

1:22:11 ↗ for this project neither of those were

1:22:12 ↗ mentioned in the project uh public Plaza

1:22:15 ↗ specifically because as kcha said in the

1:22:18 ↗ beginning of this meeting they lost

1:22:19 ↗ their development partner Spectrum

1:22:21 ↗ Solutions and so in order to develop

1:22:23 ↗ that second building that more that

1:22:26 ↗ would have more of the market rate they

1:22:27 ↗ need they're looking at what their

1:22:29 ↗ options are within that property so the

1:22:31 ↗ design I think is probably going to

1:22:33 ↗ change a little bit from what we saw

1:22:34 ↗ originally the other thing for

1:22:36 ↗ consideration is that under the new

1:22:39 ↗ title 18 codes there might be some more

1:22:42 ↗ limitations on how they can use their

1:22:44 ↗ property different buffers for example

1:22:46 ↗ for their consideration or setbacks and

1:22:48 ↗ so at this point they in the Ila given

1:22:52 ↗ those unknowns they were

1:22:55 ↗ um

1:22:56 ↗ they were unwilling and uncertain to

1:22:59 ↗ provide guarantees about that public

1:23:01 ↗ Plaza and they wanted to focus on the

1:23:04 ↗ affordable housing component

1:23:06 ↗ as as really the focus of the project so

1:23:09 ↗ I think there's still a lot that needs

1:23:11 ↗ to be fleshed out in design and I I

1:23:13 ↗ welcome Dan Landis if you would like to

1:23:16 ↗ come up to the microphone and speak a

1:23:18 ↗ little bit more From kcha's perspective

1:23:20 ↗ about why it's not in the interlocal

1:23:23 ↗ agreement

1:23:26 ↗ thank you Andrea I think you did a great

1:23:28 ↗ job of explaining it I we just have a

1:23:31 ↗ lot of unknowns we have a lot of costs

1:23:33 ↗ the acquisition cost is a lot higher

1:23:36 ↗ than what was in our original budgets

1:23:37 ↗ construction costs are much higher and

1:23:39 ↗ we need to see what's feasible given the

1:23:42 ↗ uh the late the new layout of the site

1:23:44 ↗ which is

1:23:45 ↗ essentially 30 feet to the West so

1:23:47 ↗ incorporates more of the Wetland and

1:23:49 ↗ then with the potential for wetland

1:23:51 ↗ buffers increasing we just there's only

1:23:54 ↗ so much that we'll be able to put fit on

1:23:57 ↗ the site and until we actually delve

1:23:58 ↗ into that we don't know we've been

1:24:00 ↗ reluctant to spend more money on the

1:24:04 ↗ development until we actually had site

1:24:06 ↗ control which we haven't had yet

1:24:14 ↗ additional questions council member Ray

1:24:16 ↗ um thanks um kind of a follow-up and

1:24:18 ↗ building on that

1:24:20 ↗ um the 34 000 square feet of commercial

1:24:23 ↗ which included the 10 000 Opportunity

1:24:25 ↗ Center so now this is all we're going to

1:24:28 ↗ expect and kind of in that is the

1:24:29 ↗ Opportunity Center not the other 24 000

1:24:31 ↗ of commercial or is that still in the

1:24:33 ↗ plan

1:24:35 ↗ so the 34 000 square feet of commercial

1:24:38 ↗ is not in the Ila so there's no binding

1:24:41 ↗ agreement there what is an unbinding

1:24:44 ↗ agreement is the 10 000 square foot

1:24:45 ↗ Opportunity Center

1:24:47 ↗ that said this project also would be

1:24:50 ↗ subject the city has a provision for

1:24:53 ↗ redevelopment in the central Issaquah

1:24:55 ↗ area that's concerned about jobs and so

1:24:57 ↗ the provision is aimed at making sure

1:25:00 ↗ that a lot of commercial property is not

1:25:03 ↗ just redeveloped into residential

1:25:05 ↗ property that we retain some of that

1:25:06 ↗ commercial mix in order to retain some

1:25:08 ↗ of those jobs so the future development

1:25:10 ↗ would have to be compliant with that

1:25:12 ↗ provision which means that we would need

1:25:14 ↗ a certain amount of commercial space

1:25:15 ↗ that's to be determined but in order to

1:25:19 ↗ to demonstrate that they would be able

1:25:21 ↗ to retain or improve upon the number of

1:25:23 ↗ jobs that are currently located at that

1:25:25 ↗ site so it's not in the mou for that

1:25:28 ↗ thirty four thousand square feet but we

1:25:29 ↗ do anticipate this project to be a mixed

1:25:31 ↗ use project

1:25:33 ↗ thanks thank you additional questions

1:25:39 ↗ uh would someone care to make a motion

1:25:41 ↗ uh chair Marts thank you madam mayor I

1:25:44 ↗ moved to authorized mayor to enter into

1:25:45 ↗ and execute the interlocal agreement

1:25:47 ↗ with King County Housing Authority kcha

1:25:50 ↗ for the transit oriented development and

1:25:52 ↗ Opportunity Center project in

1:25:53 ↗ substantive form and authorized the City

1:25:55 ↗ attorney to make subsequent

1:25:56 ↗ non-substantive technically and legal

1:25:58 ↗ edits second it's been moved and

1:26:01 ↗ seconded is there Council discussion

1:26:03 ↗ it's a little bit of a rush there let's

1:26:05 ↗ go with the motion maker let me address

1:26:08 ↗ a couple of specific points that we

1:26:10 ↗ discuss or around some of the questions

1:26:12 ↗ that have been had earlier while it

1:26:14 ↗ certainly would have been nice to have

1:26:16 ↗ um a commitment on a small public Plaza

1:26:19 ↗ I I would refer my fellow council

1:26:20 ↗ members to the public Plaza in front of

1:26:23 ↗ Regal Issaquah or the public Plaza

1:26:25 ↗ that's at the bottom of the Safeway fuel

1:26:27 ↗ station neither of which when I've been

1:26:30 ↗ there I've not seen people running in

1:26:31 ↗ frolicking and enjoying themselves those

1:26:35 ↗ are you know they are small public

1:26:36 ↗ spaces but I think in general the but

1:26:40 ↗ you know the public pause the benefit

1:26:42 ↗ around a public Plaza I think there's

1:26:45 ↗ some question on existing public plazas

1:26:47 ↗ so that hasn't for me that did not

1:26:50 ↗ change the the Dynamics of it I'll

1:26:52 ↗ mention I think the 24K in retail wasn't

1:26:55 ↗ retail it was

1:26:57 ↗ um originally planned as daycare right

1:27:01 ↗ um

1:27:02 ↗ I remember daycare it yes it was just

1:27:05 ↗ labeled as commercial not necessarily

1:27:07 ↗ retail so it could be daycare also there

1:27:09 ↗ was a Kidney Center that was considered

1:27:12 ↗ at one place I remember that but it

1:27:14 ↗ wasn't it wasn't what we think of as

1:27:16 ↗ generally mixed use necessarily right

1:27:19 ↗ there had been an idea that had been it

1:27:21 ↗ wasn't you know General retail

1:27:24 ↗ yes I'm sorry councilman Moritz when I

1:27:25 ↗ say mixed use I mean mixed use between

1:27:27 ↗ residential and some commercial

1:27:29 ↗ component which could be retail could be

1:27:31 ↗ office could be medical great I'm

1:27:34 ↗ fine and then I'll just make a comment

1:27:36 ↗ and someone circles back to the first

1:27:37 ↗ point this whole question around

1:27:39 ↗ um where the buffer will be on creeks

1:27:42 ↗ and whatnot you know there was when we

1:27:44 ↗ went to 100 foot buffer there were so

1:27:47 ↗ many exemptions that we had to make in

1:27:49 ↗ the city

1:27:49 ↗ um it's going to be a very convoluted

1:27:51 ↗ process if we choose to move forward

1:27:54 ↗ with 150 foot buffer I just want people

1:27:56 ↗ to understand that that will have many

1:27:58 ↗ many I mean hundreds of uh commercial

1:28:03 ↗ and residential properties will be

1:28:04 ↗ impacted by that so it's a it's a big

1:28:07 ↗ step that would impact a lot of people

1:28:09 ↗ and and affect a lot of uh decisions we

1:28:11 ↗ made so we had to grandfather in so much

1:28:14 ↗ stuff when we went to the 100 foot and

1:28:15 ↗ it would just be so much worse for 150

1:28:17 ↗ so anyhow that concludes my comments

1:28:20 ↗ thank you council member Ray did you

1:28:22 ↗ have any comments

1:28:23 ↗ um yes thank you I was going to defer to

1:28:26 ↗ oh councilman myself but okay well

1:28:29 ↗ um you as the secondary I know but

1:28:31 ↗ that's because I jumped around yourself

1:28:35 ↗ um I think this is an absolutely

1:28:37 ↗ essential thing to do um a non-binding

1:28:39 ↗ mou puts the city at risk the original

1:28:42 ↗ plan where we were a party to this

1:28:44 ↗ development we had leverage and we we

1:28:47 ↗ could um

1:28:48 ↗ the mou provided a framework for having

1:28:50 ↗ those discussions when everything kind

1:28:53 ↗ of evolved and Spectrum dropped out and

1:28:55 ↗ word didn't provide land we became not a

1:28:58 ↗ party to this and so the Ila is

1:29:00 ↗ absolutely essential in my opinion

1:29:03 ↗ um document to make sure that we get

1:29:06 ↗ what we we think we're going to get and

1:29:08 ↗ is also a document that protects all the

1:29:11 ↗ partners including Lumen and uh King

1:29:14 ↗ County Housing Authority and going

1:29:16 ↗ forward so um

1:29:18 ↗ and I appreciate the uh the cap on the

1:29:22 ↗ um

1:29:22 ↗ Opportunity Center costs and I wasn't

1:29:25 ↗ really concerned what that cop was I

1:29:26 ↗ just wanted a cap so thank you for

1:29:28 ↗ putting that in there and I suspect

1:29:30 ↗ it'll come back and we'll have some some

1:29:32 ↗ further negotiations on that but the

1:29:34 ↗ this sets us um up for success

1:29:37 ↗ very well so so thank you

1:29:40 ↗ thank you uh councilmember D Michelle

1:29:42 ↗ followed by council member Joe

1:29:46 ↗ uh thank you so

1:29:48 ↗ um if I have one takeaway from both this

1:29:51 ↗ project and also being involved with the

1:29:53 ↗ together Center a project up in Redmond

1:29:57 ↗ is that you set a vision you have this

1:30:01 ↗ big vision and then you hang on to that

1:30:04 ↗ Vision through many many many changes

1:30:07 ↗ these are really complicated projects

1:30:09 ↗ you're not only dealing with the public

1:30:13 ↗ realm but the private realm and the

1:30:16 ↗ private realm needs to make sure that it

1:30:18 ↗ pencils out and is that investors get

1:30:20 ↗ their investment back you're dealing

1:30:22 ↗ with the federal government in terms of

1:30:24 ↗ a low-income housing tax credits you're

1:30:28 ↗ dealing with the ups and downs of the

1:30:31 ↗ economy and all of those things because

1:30:33 ↗ no matter how smoothly a project goes

1:30:36 ↗ it's going to take years before you

1:30:38 ↗ actually see it developed so so we have

1:30:41 ↗ in front of us interlocal agreement

1:30:43 ↗ tonight and it may not be exactly what

1:30:46 ↗ we dreamed of some seven years ago or

1:30:49 ↗ six years ago

1:30:50 ↗ but this project the vision that we've

1:30:53 ↗ had is going to get done and I to me I'm

1:30:57 ↗ so excited and it's going to be great

1:31:01 ↗ and it may not be exactly what we

1:31:04 ↗ envisioned but it's going to be a

1:31:06 ↗ wonderful project so of course I am

1:31:09 ↗ supporting this I just think that I just

1:31:14 ↗ want to commend my fellow council

1:31:16 ↗ members and the administration for

1:31:18 ↗ hanging on to that original vision and

1:31:21 ↗ seeing it through this is just an

1:31:23 ↗ amazing evening thank you so much thank

1:31:25 ↗ you councilmember D Michelle council

1:31:27 ↗ member Joe

1:31:28 ↗ thank you I would just like to Echo and

1:31:31 ↗ support Council D Michelle's comments uh

1:31:35 ↗ I believe that a vision is important for

1:31:38 ↗ this project and uh part of that I think

1:31:41 ↗ is is that I think was mentioned by Mr

1:31:44 ↗ Landis was that

1:31:46 ↗ um they're going to be two buildings and

1:31:47 ↗ one may be predominantly uh market rate

1:31:50 ↗ and one may be predominantly

1:31:52 ↗ um you know affordable housing and other

1:31:55 ↗ people that are somewhat subsidized and

1:31:58 ↗ through our through our programs I would

1:32:00 ↗ just want to

1:32:03 ↗ um

1:32:04 ↗ spell out that I I hope that both those

1:32:07 ↗ buildings uh look alike I hope that both

1:32:10 ↗ those buildings are such that no one can

1:32:12 ↗ tell the difference between the

1:32:13 ↗ affordable housing and the regular

1:32:15 ↗ housing what you know the market rate

1:32:17 ↗ housing so that people are

1:32:19 ↗ um just see it as a development uh I

1:32:21 ↗ think that it's so important and Mr land

1:32:24 ↗ has mentioned that it was going to be

1:32:25 ↗ something that they would focus on I

1:32:27 ↗ just hope that that vision would be seen

1:32:29 ↗ through again thank you to the

1:32:30 ↗ administration and particularly to

1:32:32 ↗ Andrew Snyder for making this happen

1:32:36 ↗ um when I was on Council we we first got

1:32:38 ↗ the one million dollars from the the

1:32:40 ↗ highlands and and one of the things we

1:32:43 ↗ were looking at was buying a building

1:32:44 ↗ that was uh the old medical it's a

1:32:47 ↗ medical building now just

1:32:49 ↗ um north of the post office along that

1:32:51 ↗ that passageway and at that time it was

1:32:53 ↗ an old run out run down building and is

1:32:56 ↗ nothing like and doesn't equate at all

1:32:59 ↗ to the vision that's here and the

1:33:01 ↗ opportunity that's here for affordable

1:33:03 ↗ housing for opportunities for employment

1:33:05 ↗ and opportunities to make it a project

1:33:08 ↗ with transitory development so people

1:33:10 ↗ can get out of their cars so I really

1:33:12 ↗ commend the administration for the work

1:33:13 ↗ done here and fully support this project

1:33:15 ↗ thank you thank you councilmember Joe uh

1:33:18 ↗ councilmember hunt

1:33:20 ↗ thank you madam mayor I too will be

1:33:22 ↗ supporting this I wanted to

1:33:26 ↗ um remark on my earlier comments or

1:33:28 ↗ question about the public Plaza so

1:33:30 ↗ really the reason why I was asking about

1:33:32 ↗ that is it was a change from the

1:33:34 ↗ original Vision which is to be expected

1:33:36 ↗ with a project that is this complicated

1:33:38 ↗ and has gone through so many iterations

1:33:41 ↗ and changes and necessary necessary

1:33:44 ↗ changes

1:33:45 ↗ um the reason I think it would be still

1:33:48 ↗ important to have is really the same

1:33:50 ↗ reason that the market rate housing is

1:33:52 ↗ is so important that was also part of

1:33:55 ↗ the original vision of the project

1:33:56 ↗ having the market rate

1:33:58 ↗ and having it be similar to a identical

1:34:02 ↗ hopefully an appearance to the

1:34:04 ↗ affordable housing so that we aren't

1:34:07 ↗ isolating one Community or singling out

1:34:10 ↗ one community in the affordable housing

1:34:13 ↗ so I think that's really important I

1:34:14 ↗ think the public Plaza if done well

1:34:16 ↗ could be a place for the community to

1:34:19 ↗ gather and would further

1:34:22 ↗ would further include the community

1:34:24 ↗ within the greater Issaquah Community

1:34:27 ↗ the community that would be living in

1:34:29 ↗ the affordable units in this project so

1:34:31 ↗ I would like to encourage that I hope

1:34:34 ↗ that it continues to be a part of the

1:34:36 ↗ vision I do think the the

1:34:38 ↗ market rate housing that is in the Ila

1:34:42 ↗ is is very important and I was very glad

1:34:45 ↗ to see that the services safety and

1:34:48 ↗ Parks committee clarified that

1:34:50 ↗ um I think the edits that came out of

1:34:52 ↗ that conversation are are really

1:34:54 ↗ important including that edit so I will

1:34:56 ↗ be supporting this I wanted to make

1:34:57 ↗ those comments and also just wanted to

1:34:59 ↗ confirm that I believe Mr Landis did say

1:35:01 ↗ the buildings will look similar

1:35:04 ↗ um to to as much as they possibly can

1:35:07 ↗ and Australian this is nodding so with

1:35:10 ↗ that um I will just confirm my support

1:35:12 ↗ for this and thank you very much

1:35:14 ↗ thank you councilmember hunt councilman

1:35:16 ↗ Mertz do you want to add something yeah

1:35:17 ↗ just one quick follow-on you know in

1:35:19 ↗ mentioning

1:35:20 ↗ um Deputy City administrator Snyder and

1:35:22 ↗ all of her hard work and Lumen and King

1:35:24 ↗ County Housing Authority I want to

1:35:26 ↗ mention one more thank you which was at

1:35:28 ↗ an early point in this conversation uh

1:35:30 ↗ earlier on there's a lot more question

1:35:31 ↗ about the impact on ending fund balance

1:35:35 ↗ and we didn't at the time have a uh you

1:35:38 ↗ know there was a real question on what

1:35:40 ↗ it would what it would mean to our

1:35:41 ↗ finances and state senator mullet came

1:35:44 ↗ and talked to us and said hey I'll go

1:35:46 ↗ get you three million dollars for the

1:35:47 ↗ opportunity Center and he did so I just

1:35:50 ↗ want to say that's another you know so

1:35:52 ↗ many facets that so many people's

1:35:55 ↗ Goodwill got us where we are tonight and

1:35:57 ↗ Senator Miller was part of that as well

1:35:58 ↗ thank you yes us thank you any other

1:36:01 ↗ comments before we move to the vote

1:36:05 ↗ okay

1:36:07 ↗ if there's no further discussion the

1:36:09 ↗ motion before council is to authorize

1:36:11 ↗ the mayor to enter into and execute the

1:36:13 ↗ interlocal agreement with King County

1:36:14 ↗ Housing Authority kcha for the transit

1:36:17 ↗ ordinated development and Opportunity

1:36:19 ↗ Center project in substantive form and

1:36:22 ↗ authorize the City attorney to make

1:36:23 ↗ subsequent non-substantive Technical and

1:36:26 ↗ legal adults all those in favor signify

1:36:28 ↗ by saying aye

1:36:30 ↗ aye

1:36:32 ↗ thank you uh those posts

1:36:37 ↗ that thankfully passes seven and now I

1:36:39 ↗ really really if the council will

1:36:41 ↗ indulge me I would love to share also a

1:36:44 ↗ few words of gratitude with you for

1:36:46 ↗ sticking with this project

1:36:48 ↗ um this is a really great exercise for

1:36:50 ↗ any anybody to observe about how

1:36:53 ↗ difficult it is to get a good project

1:36:55 ↗ done even when you have willing Partners

1:36:58 ↗ we've had great Partners throughout this

1:37:00 ↗ process and it has still been

1:37:03 ↗ unbelievably complicated so these are

1:37:05 ↗ stories that we can share with other

1:37:07 ↗ cities I wanted to thank King County for

1:37:09 ↗ the 10 million grant that is coming

1:37:11 ↗ through for this project that was an

1:37:14 ↗ amazing opportunity that we received

1:37:15 ↗ years ago and then being patient with us

1:37:18 ↗ as we walk through this incredible

1:37:20 ↗ journey that we took together but this

1:37:23 ↗ is hard and this is very exciting for

1:37:26 ↗ the scale of this project for Issaquah

1:37:29 ↗ I'm really excited for me personally I

1:37:32 ↗ started to hear about this when I was on

1:37:33 ↗ Council I've now been in the mayor's

1:37:35 ↗ chair for five years I have worked with

1:37:37 ↗ three different city administrators and

1:37:39 ↗ an interim City administrator on this

1:37:41 ↗ project

1:37:42 ↗ and Andrea has sat in a couple of those

1:37:46 ↗ chairs and it's just been a really great

1:37:49 ↗ effort by the staff team as well to make

1:37:51 ↗ sure that there are many many many times

1:37:54 ↗ where it looked like we would not get

1:37:55 ↗ this over the end line so thank you so

1:37:58 ↗ much for your vote tonight and support

1:38:00 ↗ for this project I think it's super

1:38:01 ↗ exciting for our city so thank you very

1:38:04 ↗ much

1:38:05 ↗ um and thank you too as well

1:38:08 ↗ um Lumen and King County Housing have

1:38:10 ↗ been fabulous partners so the next item

1:38:13 ↗ of business this evening is

1:38:16 ↗ ab8486 it's the 2023 city council

1:38:19 ↗ calendar and I'd like to invite our city

1:38:22 ↗ clerk Tisha Geezer to present this item

1:38:24 ↗ to Chef

1:38:26 ↗ hello Council I'm Tisha Geezer city

1:38:29 ↗ clerk I don't have a visual presentation

1:38:32 ↗ for you tonight but I would like to talk

1:38:34 ↗ you through this new plan

1:38:37 ↗ say goodbye to our guests

1:38:41 ↗ so uh each year this time of year the

1:38:43 ↗ clerk's office starts planning for the

1:38:45 ↗ year ahead we look at your regular

1:38:48 ↗ meeting schedules based on the municipal

1:38:49 ↗ code and the council rules and we make

1:38:52 ↗ adjustments for City Hall closures and

1:38:54 ↗ legal holidays but in September of this

1:38:57 ↗ year the council passed a resolution

1:39:00 ↗ recognizing some cultural and religious

1:39:02 ↗ holidays and committing to not scheduled

1:39:04 ↗ public meeting meetings on those

1:39:06 ↗ holidays they're about 15 of them each

1:39:09 ↗ year and so it makes for a more complex

1:39:12 ↗ scheduling picture

1:39:14 ↗ additionally

1:39:16 ↗ um with this calendar we're hoping to be

1:39:19 ↗ more proactive so each year the clerk's

1:39:21 ↗ office is pulling you multiple times per

1:39:23 ↗ year to schedule Retreats and other

1:39:25 ↗ special meetings and so this calendar is

1:39:28 ↗ an attempt to avoid some of that um

1:39:31 ↗ and help hopefully you plan your lives

1:39:35 ↗ and also help our internal timelines by

1:39:37 ↗ having those dates determined further in

1:39:40 ↗ advance

1:39:42 ↗ lastly we're sharing this physical space

1:39:45 ↗ with the development commission and the

1:39:47 ↗ planning policy Commission Now That

1:39:48 ↗ We're all three of us are meeting in

1:39:50 ↗ person again and so being able to sort

1:39:53 ↗ of play with the puzzle pieces of our

1:39:55 ↗ meetings in advance is valuable so uh

1:39:59 ↗ Chris Grabowski thank you to Chris he he

1:40:04 ↗ made this puzzle work uh so the calendar

1:40:07 ↗ that is in your meeting packet tonight

1:40:09 ↗ makes adjustments for those those

1:40:12 ↗ cultural and religious holidays legal

1:40:14 ↗ holidays we made some adjustments for

1:40:16 ↗ election day we avoided the third of

1:40:19 ↗ July so we tried to be thoughtful with

1:40:22 ↗ how we adjusted meetings if possible if

1:40:27 ↗ there was a holiday that fell into

1:40:28 ↗ Monday we just moved everything a day if

1:40:30 ↗ possible but we focused on moving your

1:40:34 ↗ meetings to Mondays and Tuesdays as much

1:40:37 ↗ as possible to try and keep the meetings

1:40:39 ↗ towards the front end of the week you

1:40:41 ↗ will see some occasional Wednesdays as

1:40:43 ↗ well

1:40:44 ↗ uh let's see here

1:40:47 ↗ some of the meeting dates that I wanted

1:40:49 ↗ to make sure that you took note of

1:40:52 ↗ um we we uh

1:40:54 ↗ anticipate a few additional meetings and

1:40:57 ↗ there could be more uh for the title 18

1:41:00 ↗ update so there are two additional pdec

1:41:03 ↗ meetings scheduled in the first quarter

1:41:06 ↗ we have built in two additional

1:41:09 ↗ Committee of the whole meetings uh one

1:41:11 ↗ for the CIP process in May and one for

1:41:15 ↗ the mid buy budget in October

1:41:19 ↗ we also scheduled Committee of the holes

1:41:21 ↗ each month of the year the council rules

1:41:23 ↗ say that they'll not be held in months

1:41:26 ↗ where there are Community listening

1:41:27 ↗ sessions but from a planning perspective

1:41:30 ↗ we are finding that it is helpful to

1:41:33 ↗ have those as a release valve each month

1:41:35 ↗ and meetings can be canceled if there

1:41:37 ↗ are a lack of agenda items

1:41:39 ↗ we also scheduled three Council Retreats

1:41:42 ↗ those are on Saturdays in January May

1:41:45 ↗ and July so I'd like you to take note of

1:41:48 ↗ those and lastly the community listening

1:41:51 ↗ session so those were a new meeting

1:41:53 ↗ format this past year we held a meeting

1:41:55 ↗ in the highlands and in the talus

1:41:57 ↗ Community the council rules anticipated

1:42:00 ↗ four of those meetings a year with three

1:42:03 ↗ being off-site and after holding those

1:42:07 ↗ meetings and sort of observing the

1:42:09 ↗ unique attributes of them and the

1:42:11 ↗ planning and resources needed we'd like

1:42:12 ↗ to propose to in 2023 we're looking at

1:42:17 ↗ locations in the central Issaquah and

1:42:20 ↗ Newport neighborhoods and we've selected

1:42:23 ↗ two Thursdays one in March and one in

1:42:26 ↗ October to hold those meetings

1:42:29 ↗ if you approve the calendar tonight we

1:42:32 ↗ will be bringing the council rules back

1:42:34 ↗ to sort of back out the specific date

1:42:36 ↗ reference to the number of listening

1:42:38 ↗ sessions each year so that there could

1:42:40 ↗ be some flexibility from year to year

1:42:43 ↗ and how many of those are scheduled

1:42:46 ↗ so uh something uh to think about or to

1:42:49 ↗ to share with you if you approve the

1:42:53 ↗ calendar tonight

1:42:54 ↗ we would proceed with it you will see

1:42:58 ↗ receive a WebEx meeting invites as you

1:43:01 ↗ have for the past few years

1:43:04 ↗ if we have a lack of agenda items for

1:43:07 ↗ any one of these meetings the meeting

1:43:08 ↗ would be canceled

1:43:10 ↗ if there was a need for an additional

1:43:14 ↗ special meeting we would pull you just

1:43:16 ↗ as we have before if there was a request

1:43:19 ↗ to change one of these meeting dates we

1:43:21 ↗ would need the approval of the council

1:43:23 ↗ so we would bring an agenda Bill forward

1:43:26 ↗ hopefully on your consent calendar to

1:43:28 ↗ authorize that change because you're

1:43:30 ↗ taking action collectively to adopt the

1:43:33 ↗ schedule tonight

1:43:35 ↗ um as I mentioned if uh with approval

1:43:37 ↗ tonight you will expect to see a consent

1:43:40 ↗ calendar item on your January third

1:43:42 ↗ meeting making those minor

1:43:44 ↗ um sort of conforming changes to the

1:43:46 ↗ council rules and you will be expecting

1:43:49 ↗ then to see some WebEx invites I did

1:43:52 ↗ want to make a comment that the current

1:43:53 ↗ platform that we're using WebEx events

1:43:56 ↗ is being no longer supported by WebEx in

1:43:59 ↗ first quarter 23 so we'll be shifting to

1:44:02 ↗ their replacement product which is

1:44:04 ↗ called WebEx webinar which will look

1:44:06 ↗ really similar but you may notice some

1:44:08 ↗ differences including in the invitations

1:44:10 ↗ you receive

1:44:11 ↗ uh also just a request to please notify

1:44:13 ↗ the clerk's office and the council

1:44:15 ↗ president of and City administrator of

1:44:18 ↗ any planned travel in 23 so that we can

1:44:21 ↗ make sure and um

1:44:24 ↗ consider your absence excuse and we can

1:44:26 ↗ also help mitigate any issues that could

1:44:28 ↗ come up with Quorum of the standing

1:44:30 ↗ committee meetings since uh those have

1:44:33 ↗ three attendees

1:44:34 ↗ so with that I'm happy to answer any

1:44:36 ↗ questions

1:44:38 ↗ questions from City Council

1:44:43 ↗ looking at council member Joe don't see

1:44:45 ↗ questions there oh council president

1:44:47 ↗ yes I noticed there are two

1:44:50 ↗ um

1:44:51 ↗ let's see two conflicts with the

1:44:53 ↗ development Commission on July 5th and

1:44:56 ↗ September 6th is there a plan for

1:44:59 ↗ modifications to those I assume we're

1:45:02 ↗ not going to both be trying to have a

1:45:04 ↗ meeting in the same room at the same

1:45:05 ↗ time

1:45:07 ↗ yes and one of the benefits with looking

1:45:10 ↗ at this far in advance is we we are

1:45:12 ↗ communicating with their staff liaison

1:45:15 ↗ so we'll try and reschedule if they're

1:45:19 ↗ they often are not needing both of their

1:45:22 ↗ monthly meetings so we will hopefully

1:45:24 ↗ work with them to reschedule we do also

1:45:26 ↗ have Tibbetts Manor as a an option if

1:45:30 ↗ needed if we can't avoid having both

1:45:32 ↗ meetings on the same night

1:45:36 ↗ any other questions

1:45:38 ↗ and if not would someone entertain a

1:45:41 ↗ motion question uh Deputy council

1:45:43 ↗ president Hall can you go into

1:45:46 ↗ um I really appreciate hearing from

1:45:49 ↗ staff the burden the administrative

1:45:52 ↗ burden behind you know putting together

1:45:54 ↗ these listening sessions and making sure

1:45:55 ↗ they're done perfectly and that's why

1:45:57 ↗ we've kind of gone down to two can you

1:46:00 ↗ kind of go into that a little bit more

1:46:02 ↗ in depth because my initial reaction is

1:46:04 ↗ that seems very low so I really want to

1:46:06 ↗ understand more from staff side what it

1:46:08 ↗ takes to make those successful

1:46:10 ↗ uh sure and this you know there is

1:46:13 ↗ certainly flexibility here

1:46:15 ↗ um I will say that um and I think having

1:46:17 ↗ the dates in advance will be helpful but

1:46:19 ↗ there is coordination needing needed to

1:46:22 ↗ determine a location

1:46:24 ↗ um to mobilize staff to determine a

1:46:26 ↗ relevant agenda to come up with that

1:46:28 ↗ additional support so things like you

1:46:30 ↗ know the the food the the sort of social

1:46:33 ↗ element of the event and to do the

1:46:35 ↗ noticing I see City administrator Bob

1:46:38 ↗ quits has his makeup so he might have

1:46:39 ↗ something more to add but that was our

1:46:42 ↗ thought let's do two of them well really

1:46:45 ↗ put a lot of our energy behind those two

1:46:47 ↗ events I think

1:46:48 ↗ um from my perspective you know we had

1:46:51 ↗ some good attendance and some some good

1:46:52 ↗ content at the two that were held this

1:46:54 ↗ year so let's let's do too well

1:46:59 ↗ see you mystery let's do too well

1:47:02 ↗ and uh

1:47:04 ↗ Mr Micah um I think they're great I

1:47:07 ↗ attended one not both but I thought the

1:47:09 ↗ attendance was great but also in the

1:47:11 ↗ light of going to where the people are

1:47:13 ↗ and not making them always come to us we

1:47:15 ↗ have lots of opportunities to go to

1:47:17 ↗ homeowners meetings and events that are

1:47:20 ↗ happening all through the community so I

1:47:21 ↗ don't want those listening to think this

1:47:23 ↗ is the only time the council goes out to

1:47:25 ↗ listen but this is a very structured

1:47:27 ↗ time that the council goes out to listen

1:47:29 ↗ so this is in addition to all the other

1:47:31 ↗ opportunities that you have

1:47:35 ↗ uh questions

1:47:38 ↗ and if no more questions is there a

1:47:40 ↗ motion

1:47:42 ↗ make sure councilmember Joe's okay that

1:47:45 ↗ council president I move to adopt the

1:47:47 ↗ proposed 2023 city council calendar

1:47:51 ↗ Deputy Council

1:47:52 ↗ president

1:47:54 ↗ um okay let's start with the motion

1:47:55 ↗ maker council president thank you I have

1:47:58 ↗ several commentaries on this

1:48:02 ↗ um first of all I really love that we're

1:48:04 ↗ getting a calendar in advance I really

1:48:07 ↗ hope that this streamlines our meeting I

1:48:09 ↗ mean that just the overarching

1:48:12 ↗ perspective on all of this is absolutely

1:48:15 ↗ appreciation

1:48:17 ↗ um I have a few areas of quibbles

1:48:22 ↗ um first I hadn't really thought through

1:48:24 ↗ it but

1:48:26 ↗ um

1:48:27 ↗ as much as we have adopted

1:48:30 ↗ a religious and cultural holidays

1:48:32 ↗ calendar I think there are three other

1:48:35 ↗ dates and maybe more that we just

1:48:38 ↗ shouldn't expect people to turn up one

1:48:42 ↗ of those you mentioned was election day

1:48:44 ↗ the other is Halloween

1:48:46 ↗ neither of the two of those have

1:48:49 ↗ scheduled meetings on this calendar but

1:48:52 ↗ the third one is Valentine's Day

1:48:54 ↗ and I don't say that because I want to

1:48:56 ↗ go out with my husband and all of that I

1:48:59 ↗ say that because I don't think we should

1:49:01 ↗ expect community members to give up on a

1:49:05 ↗ family holiday in order to meet with

1:49:09 ↗ their Council and provide perspective on

1:49:12 ↗ that so I think we should look to either

1:49:16 ↗ add those officially as dates or at

1:49:20 ↗ least look for alternatives to

1:49:22 ↗ Valentine's Day for 2023 and consider

1:49:26 ↗ going forward

1:49:27 ↗ um

1:49:28 ↗ so that's the first

1:49:30 ↗ the second is the community listening

1:49:33 ↗ sessions I think we

1:49:37 ↗ just got started on this and didn't

1:49:40 ↗ really have an opportunity to

1:49:42 ↗ do it in an efficient way and that was

1:49:46 ↗ what I was looking forward to in seeing

1:49:49 ↗ this calendar is because we could have

1:49:52 ↗ dates ahead of time we wouldn't have to

1:49:55 ↗ do as much give and take in trying to

1:49:58 ↗ get everything scheduled and

1:50:01 ↗ additionally you know a deputy council

1:50:03 ↗ president Hall and I had been talking

1:50:05 ↗ already about

1:50:07 ↗ you know what could this look like for

1:50:11 ↗ 2023 and we had come up with a few

1:50:14 ↗ different options

1:50:16 ↗ um one which wouldn't be officially ours

1:50:19 ↗ but the SFI youth Advisory board has

1:50:22 ↗ asked to create a um

1:50:26 ↗ a listening session

1:50:28 ↗ where we would attend as well as the

1:50:31 ↗ school board members and so that's one

1:50:34 ↗ that may end up getting

1:50:37 ↗ put out there without asking us

1:50:40 ↗ necessarily so that would be something

1:50:42 ↗ additional on the calendar but the other

1:50:44 ↗ thing we were thinking about is in

1:50:46 ↗ addition to or maybe instead of some of

1:50:49 ↗ those neighborhood locations we might

1:50:52 ↗ look at working with some of the

1:50:55 ↗ Affinity groups around town such as the

1:50:58 ↗ senior center or the Chamber of Commerce

1:51:00 ↗ and so I think those present really

1:51:04 ↗ great opportunities to bring people

1:51:06 ↗ together not necessarily because of

1:51:08 ↗ where they live but who they engage with

1:51:12 ↗ and the topics that they might have

1:51:15 ↗ um as important topics so

1:51:18 ↗ I think I'm leaning more toward three

1:51:21 ↗ sessions potentially with one or two

1:51:24 ↗ Affinity groups and one or two

1:51:26 ↗ neighborhood locations but I would love

1:51:28 ↗ to hear what the other council members

1:51:31 ↗ have to say on this

1:51:33 ↗ um just kind of throwing out some

1:51:34 ↗ thoughts of ways that we could do this

1:51:36 ↗ that don't necessarily require us to be

1:51:39 ↗ find a neighborhood location but instead

1:51:41 ↗ engage with an affinity group in a way

1:51:44 ↗ that you know might meet with their

1:51:46 ↗ needs as well

1:51:48 ↗ other thoughts and comments

1:51:52 ↗ oh that was a tie I'm giving it to the

1:51:55 ↗ lady sorry gentlemen I can't remember G

1:51:57 ↗ Michelle

1:51:59 ↗ I don't have a response to those

1:52:01 ↗ questions I did just wanted to know I

1:52:03 ↗ put all of the dates on my calendar

1:52:06 ↗ today this afternoon so so uh I I was

1:52:11 ↗ very pleased to see us honoring the work

1:52:13 ↗ of the equity board and noticing that we

1:52:17 ↗ are accommodating uh holidays other than

1:52:19 ↗ Christian holidays uh that I think this

1:52:22 ↗ is a really important message to our

1:52:24 ↗ community that we are open and welcoming

1:52:26 ↗ to everyone so I just uh I just wanted

1:52:29 ↗ to put that in because uh going through

1:52:32 ↗ month by month it was like oh oh

1:52:35 ↗ this is being accommodated that's being

1:52:38 ↗ accommodated that's great absolutely

1:52:39 ↗ great work so I think that council

1:52:42 ↗ president Walsh raises some really good

1:52:44 ↗ questions I I want to think about it a

1:52:46 ↗ little bit more but I know the proposal

1:52:49 ↗ from the youth group is one that I would

1:52:52 ↗ love to participate in and possibly they

1:52:55 ↗ would put that on and we would attend it

1:52:58 ↗ so yeah but I think there's probably

1:53:00 ↗ some more thinking we can do about some

1:53:02 ↗ of those ideas so thank you

1:53:04 ↗ hence my Ray

1:53:06 ↗ thank you mayor Paulie

1:53:07 ↗ um I too was pretty excited to see all

1:53:09 ↗ of the new and diverse holidays on the

1:53:13 ↗ calendar I thought that was very

1:53:14 ↗ exciting to see it become real

1:53:16 ↗ um but I like the idea of affinity

1:53:18 ↗ groups and I think some of the things

1:53:19 ↗ that mayor Paul you talked about with

1:53:21 ↗ HOA meetings those are in effect

1:53:23 ↗ actually Affinity groups so it's maybe

1:53:25 ↗ and the the use the youth group so it's

1:53:28 ↗ it's about looking at things through a

1:53:30 ↗ broader lens and then

1:53:33 ↗ um does the entire Council need to go to

1:53:35 ↗ every session or do we kind of break

1:53:37 ↗ that up so that um we have more capacity

1:53:40 ↗ so just some more things to think about

1:53:41 ↗ but I like I really like the idea of

1:53:43 ↗ affinity groups as well as neighborhoods

1:53:46 ↗ um but I think as we start to schedule

1:53:47 ↗ that looking at that maybe a little bit

1:53:49 ↗ differently might might be very helpful

1:53:51 ↗ so um and then of course so super cool

1:53:54 ↗ to have the whole year laid out ahead of

1:53:56 ↗ time so thank you to the clerk's office

1:53:59 ↗ other thoughts comments uh councilmember

1:54:01 ↗ hunt

1:54:02 ↗ thank you

1:54:04 ↗ um I would support a I don't know if we

1:54:06 ↗ have to formalize an emotion but I would

1:54:08 ↗ support

1:54:09 ↗ um not having meetings on Valentine's

1:54:11 ↗ Day and Halloween and whichever third

1:54:14 ↗ one which I'm forgetting at the moment

1:54:16 ↗ um also because I think if we don't have

1:54:19 ↗ them as holidays then there would also

1:54:21 ↗ be potentially volunteer committee

1:54:24 ↗ meetings on those days and again I don't

1:54:26 ↗ know that that's I I think that might be

1:54:28 ↗ a day that they would like to be with

1:54:30 ↗ their families so

1:54:31 ↗ um I would I would support those I think

1:54:34 ↗ that was a great suggestion in addition

1:54:35 ↗ to the calendar

1:54:37 ↗ um really appreciate all the work that

1:54:39 ↗ went into this calendar generally

1:54:40 ↗ supportive and then

1:54:42 ↗ um as far as the additional listening

1:54:45 ↗ sessions I think for many of the

1:54:49 ↗ purposes that the listening session

1:54:51 ↗ exists to address we could go to those

1:54:54 ↗ Community groups so I have met for

1:54:56 ↗ example with one of the youth groups in

1:55:00 ↗ town and in that case I went to their

1:55:02 ↗ our meeting and listened to what they

1:55:04 ↗ were talking about and had some

1:55:06 ↗ questions for them on an issue that was

1:55:07 ↗ topical at the time but I think maybe we

1:55:10 ↗ can organize with them because really

1:55:11 ↗ the point of those listening sessions is

1:55:13 ↗ to to not have people come to us is to

1:55:15 ↗ go to them and so you know I think an

1:55:17 ↗ extension of that could be if we're

1:55:18 ↗ really interested or a group of us is

1:55:20 ↗ interested in meeting with a group in

1:55:22 ↗ town then we ask them how they would

1:55:25 ↗ best how how we can best interact with

1:55:28 ↗ them and potentially go to them and then

1:55:30 ↗ for maybe there's a future listening

1:55:31 ↗ session but if it's really for us to go

1:55:33 ↗ listen to them I think we could organize

1:55:34 ↗ it that way so I'm supportive of the two

1:55:36 ↗ doing the two well in the neighborhoods

1:55:39 ↗ and then going forward with individual

1:55:42 ↗ sort of less

1:55:46 ↗ yeah more more organized jointly

1:55:49 ↗ sessions as needed with um or as desired

1:55:53 ↗ by other groups in town

1:55:55 ↗ I'm going to bring the city clerk into

1:55:57 ↗ the conversation for a second

1:55:59 ↗ um so this is a cultural calendar I'm

1:56:02 ↗ wondering if there is a way for Council

1:56:04 ↗ to achieve their goals of not scheduling

1:56:07 ↗ meetings on Election night Halloween and

1:56:12 ↗ Valentine's Day but to allow the

1:56:14 ↗ flexibility for you to do it if you need

1:56:16 ↗ to so not putting it as a no meeting

1:56:18 ↗ date on a cultural calendar but putting

1:56:20 ↗ in any rules or procedure that the

1:56:22 ↗ council's preference is not to have

1:56:24 ↗ Community meetings on these three dates

1:56:26 ↗ for these reasons that way I'm worried

1:56:30 ↗ about going back to the equity board and

1:56:31 ↗ adding to their work but I think you can

1:56:34 ↗ enhance it so I just want to see the

1:56:35 ↗ city clerk has a response to that

1:56:40 ↗ mayor I think the beauty of the council

1:56:43 ↗ approving this calendar is it's giving

1:56:45 ↗ you some flexibility

1:56:47 ↗ um I don't I'm not even sure that we we

1:56:50 ↗ could certainly formalize it in the

1:56:52 ↗ rules or we could just make I think at

1:56:54 ↗ this point there's just one modification

1:56:55 ↗ that would need to be made to this

1:56:57 ↗ calendar to move that February 14th

1:56:59 ↗ mobility and infrastructure committee

1:57:01 ↗ meeting that's just something that you

1:57:03 ↗ could do as part of the adoption is just

1:57:05 ↗ direct that that date be avoided and

1:57:08 ↗ potentially is it possible for the

1:57:10 ↗ council when they look at the rules or

1:57:11 ↗ procedure at their Retreat that they

1:57:15 ↗ specify where their intent and their

1:57:17 ↗ desire not to have meetings on those

1:57:19 ↗ days so that there is some rational

1:57:20 ↗ somewhere that shows that you would

1:57:22 ↗ prefer not to but as a council if you

1:57:24 ↗ had a very burning issue and you wanted

1:57:27 ↗ to use the Halloween you could use it

1:57:29 ↗ but at least everybody knows that your

1:57:31 ↗ head is around trying not to have the

1:57:33 ↗ community you have to come to meetings

1:57:34 ↗ on those nights so possibility make the

1:57:37 ↗ one move February 14th and then show

1:57:41 ↗ your intent in your rules

1:57:43 ↗ future conversation

1:57:45 ↗ any more comments the two issues that

1:57:48 ↗ council president hunt has brought up is

1:57:50 ↗ additional days to not schedule meetings

1:57:53 ↗ and also two two sessions moving up to

1:57:57 ↗ three sessions anybody else providing

1:57:59 ↗ some comments on that

1:58:02 ↗ Deputy council president

1:58:06 ↗ um I would like to see three listening

1:58:08 ↗ sessions if possible if the council

1:58:11 ↗ feels strongly in agreement with staff

1:58:14 ↗ that maybe we just do too well and maybe

1:58:16 ↗ we explore some of these other new ways

1:58:19 ↗ in 2023 then I would just ask that maybe

1:58:22 ↗ we have some flexibility in case the

1:58:24 ↗ stars align and we say let's go for

1:58:26 ↗ another one this month and everything

1:58:27 ↗ just works out perfectly

1:58:29 ↗ um because I do think too is a little

1:58:31 ↗ bit on the low side but who knows yeah

1:58:32 ↗ if we're able to explore this new

1:58:35 ↗ opportunity and really um kind of

1:58:37 ↗ institutionalize it a little bit more

1:58:38 ↗ whereas we report back to each other and

1:58:40 ↗ we're all kind of on the same page about

1:58:41 ↗ what's going on in the community and

1:58:43 ↗ what are we hearing from these different

1:58:45 ↗ Affinity groups maybe that'll meet our

1:58:46 ↗ needs

1:58:48 ↗ so again would like to officially move

1:58:51 ↗ to three but happy to stay at two if

1:58:53 ↗ that's the will of the rest of the

1:58:55 ↗ council

1:58:57 ↗ a couple other council members haven't

1:58:59 ↗ weighed in yet councilman Mertz did you

1:59:01 ↗ have any thoughts and council member Joe

1:59:02 ↗ did you have any thoughts nope

1:59:05 ↗ council member Joe

1:59:07 ↗ I'm just happy to go to all the meetings

1:59:10 ↗ that we schedule

1:59:11 ↗ you know great answer two or three I'm

1:59:15 ↗ just happy to get out in the community

1:59:16 ↗ as much as the rest of the council would

1:59:18 ↗ like to see fit

1:59:20 ↗ thank you very much

1:59:24 ↗ icker the motion was to adopt the

1:59:26 ↗ proposed 2023 city council calendar if

1:59:29 ↗ there is going to be a change on the

1:59:30 ↗ February 14th date does that need to be

1:59:31 ↗ included in the motion

1:59:33 ↗ okay I yeah I'd suggest offering an

1:59:35 ↗ amendment okay

1:59:38 ↗ so let me ask the question what would

1:59:41 ↗ would the amendment be to avoid the

1:59:46 ↗ February 14th or to ask the

1:59:48 ↗ administration to reschedule the

1:59:51 ↗ February 14th date

1:59:54 ↗ uh the clerk's office would love to have

1:59:57 ↗ a date selected for that meeting I see

1:59:59 ↗ two alternative dates which are

2:00:01 ↗ Wednesday February 8th and Monday

2:00:03 ↗ February 27th

2:00:08 ↗ so the amendment to the main motion

2:00:10 ↗ would be to move the infrastructure

2:00:13 ↗ meeting of February 14th to

2:00:19 ↗ okay so I will make an amendment to move

2:00:25 ↗ the meeting on the February 14th to

2:00:29 ↗ Monday February 27th

2:00:34 ↗ looking for a second

2:00:36 ↗ that's Marie

2:00:41 ↗ yes yeah move to approve the calendar so

2:00:44 ↗ this is a Amendment to the calendar and

2:00:47 ↗ then we'll vote on the amended calendar

2:00:49 ↗ yeah

2:00:50 ↗ that's okay we're the second

2:00:53 ↗ uh it's been moved and seconded

2:00:54 ↗ discussion on the amendment which is to

2:00:57 ↗ move a February 14th meeting date to a

2:01:00 ↗ date

2:01:00 ↗ second date in February discussion

2:01:05 ↗ nope

2:01:06 ↗ um all those in favor of the amendment

2:01:07 ↗ say aye

2:01:08 ↗ aye aye

2:01:14 ↗ all those opposed nay

2:01:17 ↗ the amendment carries 7-0 and would the

2:01:20 ↗ motion maker consider and the second

2:01:23 ↗ consider adopt the proposed amended 2023

2:01:26 ↗ city council calendar is that necessary

2:01:30 ↗ that's how it stands now okay so just

2:01:33 ↗ adding the word

2:01:34 ↗ um proposed 2023 amended city council

2:01:37 ↗ calendar

2:01:39 ↗ mover and second agree with that thank

2:01:42 ↗ you uh discussion on the main motion if

2:01:45 ↗ there's any additional discussion

2:01:48 ↗ although it has been moved and seconded

2:01:50 ↗ to adopt the proposed 2023 amended city

2:01:54 ↗ council calendar although some favor say

2:01:56 ↗ aye

2:01:59 ↗ thank you council member Joe all is

2:02:01 ↗ opposed

2:02:03 ↗ and that also accept a no thank you very

2:02:05 ↗ much I did want to really thank

2:02:09 ↗ our city clerk's office for working on

2:02:12 ↗ this and just know that when I'm out in

2:02:14 ↗ the region talking with Mayors I've

2:02:16 ↗ already been requested for this calendar

2:02:17 ↗ and also let them know that our calendar

2:02:19 ↗ isn't their calendar it's your own

2:02:21 ↗ communities calendar so great job I had

2:02:25 ↗ hoped that at SCA we would be able to

2:02:27 ↗ talk a bit a few of these Equity

2:02:29 ↗ successes that we are initiatives that

2:02:31 ↗ we're having here

2:02:33 ↗ but didn't get an opportunity this year

2:02:35 ↗ so next year for sure I will be

2:02:37 ↗ highlighting some of the great work that

2:02:38 ↗ the City of Issaquah is doing

2:02:40 ↗ the next item of business this evening

2:02:42 ↗ is good of the order are there any items

2:02:44 ↗ for good of the order uh councilmember D

2:02:46 ↗ Michelle

2:02:48 ↗ thank you

2:02:50 ↗ um uh we do or I distributed to the

2:02:53 ↗ council earlier today a revised version

2:02:56 ↗ of the 2023 Eastside Transportation

2:03:00 ↗ partnership so State Legislative agenda

2:03:04 ↗ and cover letter it's a long title and

2:03:08 ↗ for the purpose of getting any input

2:03:10 ↗ from you at all just to give you some

2:03:13 ↗ context for this

2:03:15 ↗ um

2:03:16 ↗ last year the or in early 2022 the

2:03:20 ↗ legislature passed the move ahead

2:03:22 ↗ Washington uh legislation uh really

2:03:25 ↗ historic uh 16.8 billion dollars that is

2:03:29 ↗ invested and so in light of that uh the

2:03:32 ↗ uh East Side Transportation partnership

2:03:35 ↗ agreed that they wanted to completely

2:03:37 ↗ rewrite their legislative priorities

2:03:40 ↗ um part of the purpose of this document

2:03:43 ↗ is to set a platform for future

2:03:46 ↗ legislative

2:03:48 ↗ requests and so we removed a lot of the

2:03:53 ↗ specific

2:03:54 ↗ language in it it is a more General

2:03:57 ↗ document with the idea that we are now

2:04:00 ↗ framing up perhaps requests in next next

2:04:04 ↗ legislative district or two to four

2:04:07 ↗ years out

2:04:08 ↗ so that is the purpose of the document

2:04:10 ↗ and uh so let me ask if anyone has

2:04:13 ↗ thoughts about this East Side

2:04:15 ↗ Transportation partnership our next

2:04:17 ↗ meeting is Friday morning at 7 30 in the

2:04:20 ↗ morning

2:04:23 ↗ any council member questions or comments

2:04:26 ↗ excuse me councilmember hunt

2:04:29 ↗ thank you thanks for bringing this to

2:04:30 ↗ council's attention for feedback

2:04:33 ↗ um I uh appreciate a lot of the stuff

2:04:36 ↗ that's in here especially a lot of the

2:04:37 ↗ stuff about environmental stewardship

2:04:39 ↗ and reducing emissions and improving

2:04:42 ↗ multi-modal transfer Transportation

2:04:45 ↗ options and a lot of stuff in here is

2:04:47 ↗ really great one thing that I saw that I

2:04:50 ↗ thought you might consider

2:04:52 ↗ adjusting is so the upgrades to State

2:04:55 ↗ Highway and Regional corridors

2:04:57 ↗ throughout King County that section is

2:04:59 ↗ looking to utilize it says utilize its

2:05:02 ↗ next round of Investments to address

2:05:03 ↗ interchange improvements safety and

2:05:04 ↗ capacity improvements and studies for

2:05:06 ↗ regional corridors experiencing

2:05:07 ↗ increasing congestion and delays due to

2:05:10 ↗ Rapid population growth so I thought in

2:05:12 ↗ that section you might

2:05:15 ↗ put studies first as a separate thing

2:05:18 ↗ and then subsequently those improvements

2:05:20 ↗ just to make sure that the the funding

2:05:22 ↗ is going to those corridors that are

2:05:25 ↗ prioritized and most likely to have the

2:05:28 ↗ desired effect because with rapid

2:05:30 ↗ population growth there can also be

2:05:31 ↗ induced demands after increasing the

2:05:34 ↗ capacity of these roadways meaning that

2:05:36 ↗ as you increase Lanes on the highways

2:05:39 ↗ for example more people will take that

2:05:40 ↗ route and it can actually increase

2:05:41 ↗ congestion so just to avoid that

2:05:45 ↗ particular

2:05:47 ↗ issue to make sure that it's worded sort

2:05:49 ↗ of the opposite of the way it is now

2:05:51 ↗ with the improvements and then the

2:05:52 ↗ studies to have the studies and then the

2:05:54 ↗ subsequent improvements to those

2:05:56 ↗ prioritized by the studies I think would

2:05:58 ↗ address that concern thanks like right

2:06:00 ↗ there

2:06:02 ↗ and move that up great I will take that

2:06:05 ↗ back in fact I'll set it to him later

2:06:07 ↗ this evening

2:06:09 ↗ additional comments any additional

2:06:13 ↗ not seeing any thank you councilmember

2:06:14 ↗ Michelle anyone else for good of the

2:06:16 ↗ order thank you

2:06:19 ↗ okay I'm not seeing anyone I'll just

2:06:22 ↗ mention a few meetings that are coming

2:06:24 ↗ up December 7th is a special city

2:06:26 ↗ council meeting at 8 A.M at Tibbetts

2:06:28 ↗ Creek Manor we will be meeting with

2:06:30 ↗ issaquah's legislative delegation to

2:06:32 ↗ discuss the city's legislative

2:06:33 ↗ priorities and the remainder of the

2:06:35 ↗ December city council and committee

2:06:36 ↗ meetings are canceled to allow for a

2:06:38 ↗ winter break so our next regular city

2:06:40 ↗ council meeting is Tuesday January 3rd

2:06:44 ↗ um the next item of business on the

2:06:46 ↗ agenda's executive session so as earlier

2:06:48 ↗ announced there is an executive session

2:06:50 ↗ scheduled for this evening to discuss

2:06:52 ↗ pending potential litigation

2:06:53 ↗ for RCW

2:06:55 ↗ 42.30.110 per N1 parent I and the item

2:06:58 ↗ is expected to take a total of 45

2:07:00 ↗ minutes and no action is anticipated in

2:07:03 ↗ Open session so as a reminder executive

2:07:05 ↗ sessions are closed to the public and we

2:07:07 ↗ will now recess into executive session

2:07:09 ↗ at 907 PM council member Joe yep before

2:07:15 ↗ we go to Executive session I understand

2:07:17 ↗ the topic is

2:07:19 ↗ from shelter and as noted before I won't

2:07:24 ↗ be able to be able to participate in the

2:07:27 ↗ executive session as my employer has

2:07:28 ↗ filed an amicus brief in the case so I

2:07:31 ↗ will be logging off uh when you go to

2:07:34 ↗ Executive session

2:07:35 ↗ thank you councilmember Joe for those

2:07:38 ↗ participating virtually anyone who is

2:07:40 ↗ not part of the closed session will

2:07:41 ↗ remain in the main meeting and you're

2:07:43 ↗ welcome to stay in the meeting until

2:07:44 ↗ it's Recon reconvened

2:07:46 ↗ so city clerk looking for confirmation

2:07:49 ↗ of when to proceed

Approved minutes

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Attendance

Council / Members (7)

Barbara de Michele

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Russell Joe (Attended Virtually)

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

Lindsey Walsh

Motions and votes (5)

Authorize the Mayor to enter into and execute a cell tower lease with Vertical Bridge Towers IV, LLC for a portion of Tibbetts Valley Park in support of the TOD OC project in substantive form; and authorize the City Attorney to make subsequent non-substantive technical and legal edits. . b)

Moved by MARTS · seconded by WALSH

Carried 7-0

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

Authorize the Mayor to enter into and execute the interlocal agreement with King County Housing Authority (KCHA) for the Transit Oriented Development and Opportunity Center Project in substantive form; and authorize the City Attorney to make subsequent non- substantive technical and legal edits. . c…

Moved by MARTS · seconded by REH

Carried 7-0

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

Adopt the proposed 2023 City Council calendar.

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

Amend the Feb. 14 M&I Committee meeting to Monday, Feb. 27. . MAIN MOTION AS ASMENDED CARRIED, 7-0.

Moved by WALSH · seconded by REH

Carried 7-0

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

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. a) ID 1208 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Dec. 5, 2022, $ 2,885,280.41; Approved. b) Minutes: City Council Committee of the Whole, Sept. 28, 2022; Approved. c) Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, Oct. 3, 2022; Approved. d) Minutes: City Council Commit…

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

Carried 7-0

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