Tuesday, January 17, 2023

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

On May 17, 2021 the City Council awarded the contract for the MC21-1 Crack and Cape Seal project, to Doolittle Construction LLC in the amount of $668,000 (including sales tax). The completed contract cost was $663,326.86.

On November 4, 2019, via AB7866, City Council authorized the Mayor to enter into a new Interlocal Cooperative Agreement with King County for Conservation Futures (CFT) funded open space acquisitions. This agreement allows the City to accept bond-backed funding for acquisitions.

In 2019, the Parks and Community Services Department advertised a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the professional services for the Anchor Parks Project (Tibbetts Valley Park, Veterans Memorial Park, and the Issaquah Creek Corridor) which sought to create new visions for these important community spaces. Five responses to the RFQ were received, and after undergoing an interview and vetting process, the firm Mithun, Inc. (a Seattle based company) was selected. After successfully executing a professional services agreement, work on the Anchor Park projects continued, public engagement was conducted, and then the COVID-19 pandemic hit in February 2020. During the pandemic work on these projects subsided. Due to staffing capacity changes, this collective Anchor Park project was broken out into three individual projects: Tibbetts Valley Park, Veterans Memorial Park, and the Issaquah…

The City and Teamsters 763 began negotiations for a successor agreement in November of 2022 with the goal of reaching agreement prior to 2023. The parties reached a tentative agreement on a successor bargaining agreement in mid-December, and the Teamsters 763 members voted to approve the Agreement, attached as an exhibit to this agenda bill, and presented in brief below.

The City and AFSCME began negotiations for a successor agreement in November of 2022 with the goal of reaching agreement prior to 2023. The parties reached a tentative agreement on a successor bargaining agreement in mid- December, and AFSCME members voted to approve the Agreement, attached as an exhibit to this agenda bill, and presented in brief below.

In 2019, the City Council approved the professional service agreement for the Storm and Surface Water Master Plan. The Plan will include a prioritized list of stormwater infrastructure, water quality and habitat improvements and programs to be implemented within a 20-year period to address impaired water quality, aquatic and riparian habitat degradation, increased flooding and aging infrastructure. The goal is to have the Plan adopted by the City Council in early Spring 2023.

Proposal overview The order of business for city council meetings is described in both IMC 2.06.110 and the city council rules of procedure. This ordering frontloads our meetings with informational items. As a result, city business is considered later in the meeting, oftentimes much later.

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