← Back to City Council Digest

City Council Regular Meeting Auto captions

Monday, April 3, 2023

7:00 PM · Council Chambers, 135 E. Sunset Way, Issaquah WA
Topics tracked across meetings:
Comprehensive Plan Periodic Update - Draft Review COM 0015 1/3
Informational Update: Public Engagement Toolkit ID 1408 4/4
Franchise Agreement Renewal for City Facilities in WSDOT Right-of-Way AB 8593 2/2
Public Works Staffing Resources AB 8582 2/2
Section
Topic
3. SPECIAL BUSINESS
3b
Arbor Day Proclamation ID 1420
5 min · packet pp.7
Staff report:
nor} Azzpq Jo?zw‘Amzd ‘€202 nxdwo£29 30 4213 99 SN: wmbvssx am30 I398PW Pm Kw 195 ownexvq mq 1 ‘:IOE1'}IE[H/x\SSHNLI/A NI pun xhgunuxuxoo 9Lp 9JOU.IOId 'suop'e19u939mm; 30 3u}9q—n9./A 19yq1[z9q E 91293:) 01 39911 meldon, su9zpp [[2 93m 1 ‘mqlmd 'spuz{poom puv 39910 mo 1:>91o:d Lroddns pue 91'aJq9[9:> 03 9110339 01 su9z_u}:> [[2 93m 1 $1101 1295 ‘s9p_m1_:1:>z Hz s9p}:opd pue s9;:>}'[od mo q?noznpmgds J'BqJ s9pJz:> puz AVG HOQHV s9JIaJq9[9:> qznbzssl naqz uxpapozdAq9:9qop ‘q1anb2ss1 go Aug)up 30 Joke]/q‘A[n'e(Inoj Are}/q‘1‘g'gQg'_;[3g{H_L‘/AON 'szoz ‘.,.ozIPdV‘5?P91“‘{.L no KEG sq: ‘SVHHHH/xx 3m.wq9I9v3!qmbvssl 30 /5113 Joqxv Ivnvw S11 put 5/(doueo 9911 mo pmadxs pue 9ou'equ9 01 SJ,!I9A9 /(umu qum punore-:29/{ /{tea xoqxv s91e1q919o q'enbess1go A113 ‘gV§m'gH1X\ 91.11 pun fs.na9A 10; 99u3gs9p V3 [1 A313 9911 9./xpzre ma s; qenbessl go A399q1 ‘gva-33H/X\ put; 5]"8A\9U9J [E‘l'l1]J]dS pun 30…
5. CONSENT CALENDAR
5a
Accounts: Payables and Payroll of April 3, 2023, $ 2,881,655.05 ID 1334
Carried 7-0
Approve · packet pp.9–47
Topics: Budget
Staff report:
Finance Department P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 PH: 425-837-3050 www.issaquahwa.gov
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt (Attended Virtually), Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5b
Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, Jan. 17, 2023
Carried 7-0
Approve · packet pp.49–52
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR b) 01-17-23 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers January 17, 2023 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt (Attended Virtually), Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5c
Informational Update: Public Engagement Toolkit ID 1408
Carried 7-0
Accept Project · packet pp.53–67
Staff report:
The purpose of this informational update is to provide the City Council with an overview of updates recently made to Issaquah’s Public Engagement Toolkit.
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt (Attended Virtually), Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5e
Washington State Department of Commerce Comprehensive Plan Periodic Update Grant AB 8509
Carried 7-0
Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.71–85
Topics: Land Use
Staff report:
Every county and city in the state is required to conduct a Periodic Update of its Comprehensive Plan and development regulations every eight years. This update allows local governments to ensure their Comprehensive Plans and development regulations address the minimum requirements of the Growth Management Act (GMA). Counties and cities must comply with the requirements of GMA, including the Periodic Update requirements, to be eligible for grants and loans from certain state infrastructure programs. Issaquah’s current Periodic Update is due to the State by December 2024.
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt (Attended Virtually), Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5f
Aquatic Feasibility/Planning Project Grant Agreement AB 8587
Carried 7-0
Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.87–104
Staff report:
Built in 1972 under the King County Forward Thrust program, the pool was built with a 25-year life expectancy at a time when the city population was approximately 3,000 and the facility was able to meet the aquatic needs of the area. Since that time, the city has grown significantly, along with the Issaquah School District that it also serves, resulting in demand for pool use that exceeds the pool’s capacity. In 2013, the City of Issaquah passed a Park Bond that included $5 million for the renovation of the Issaquah Julius Boehm Pool. The renovation was completed in 2015, which improved and updated the existing facility, but did not increase the pool’s capacity.
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt (Attended Virtually), Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5g
Franchise Agreement Renewal for City Facilities in WSDOT Right-of-Way AB 8593
Carried 7-0
Authorize · packet pp.105–117
Topics: Transportation
Staff report:
WSDOT is pursuing franchise agreements with all parties who operate facilities in WSDOT limited access right-of-way, in preparation for their fish passage replacement project that will
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt (Attended Virtually), Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
6. REGULAR BUSINESS
6a
Public Works Staffing Resources AB 8582
Carried 6-1
Authorize · 45 min · packet pp.145–172
Staff report:
Issue The City recently began to realign its strategies and budget to prioritize capital investment and reinvestment. This transition is necessary to address growth, level of service demands, and as the City moves from being able to rely on large-scale, developer-built infrastructure to City-built improvements throughout the whole community. Furthermore, expansion of and aging in the City’s Public Works asset inventory, an ambitious Capital Improvement Plan portfolio, and difficulty filling positions necessitate adding more resources to successfully sustain these assets and implement projects. Under current resources, the Public Works Department will not be able to complete its 2023 and 2024 workplans.
Roll call:
Moved by REH · seconded by DE MICHELE
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt (Attended Virtually), Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
Opposed: Hunt
9. GOOD OF THE ORDER
9a
Upcoming Council Meetings
0:00 thank you
0:04 good evening everyone
0:06 um and welcome I'm going to call the
0:08 April 3rd city council meeting to order
0:10 as a reminder we continue to have a
0:12 remote aspect to our meetings and both
0:14 staff and members of the public may be
0:16 participating in tonight's meeting
0:18 remotely via WebEx
0:20 councilmember Hunt is also with us this
0:22 evening remotely
0:24 so before we begin I'd like to announce
0:27 that tonight's order of business is a
0:29 little different than normal at the
0:31 February 21st city council meeting the
0:33 council adopted an ordinance modifying
0:35 the order of business at City Council
0:37 meetings moving the business items that
0:39 are actionable before the more passive
0:41 informational agenda items that change
0:44 is now in effect as a result you'll
0:46 you'll notice that the city council
0:48 committee agenda reports and the mayor's
0:50 report have been moved to the bottom of
0:51 tonight's agenda so the first item on
0:54 the agenda this evening is the Pledge of
0:55 Allegiance and I invite you to join
1:00 I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
1:03 United States of America
1:05 and to the Republic for Richard Sands
1:08 one nation under God indivisible with
1:11 liberty and justice for all
1:17 we have a couple of items of special
1:20 business to start off tonight and I'm
1:22 going to move over to the lectern and do
1:25 a couple of proclamations
1:38 I'd like to invite our police chief
1:40 Paula Schwann please dispatch supervisor
1:43 Trisha belizzi and police communication
1:46 specialist Teresa Davenport up to the
1:48 lectern with me we are going to be
1:50 recognizing Public Safety
1:51 telecommunications week with a
1:54 proclamation of recognition and for the
1:56 community may not be aware we do have a
1:59 Dispatch Center in Issaquah which is a
2:01 little unusual for a city of her size
2:03 but we're very proud to have it
2:08 thank you
2:10 whereas emergencies can occur at any
2:12 time that require police services and
2:15 whereas when an emergency occurs The
2:17 Prompt response of police officers is
2:19 critical to the protection of life and
2:21 preservation of property and whereas the
2:24 safety of our police officers is
2:26 dependent upon the quality and accuracy
2:28 of information obtained from citizens
2:30 who telephone the Issaquah
2:32 communications center
2:33 and whereas professionals safety
2:35 telecommunicators are a vital link for
2:38 our community and are the first and most
2:40 critical contact our citizens have with
2:42 Emergency Services
2:44 and whereas Public Safety
2:46 telecommunicators are the single vital
2:48 link for our police officers by
2:50 monitoring their activities By Radio
2:52 providing them information and ensuring
2:55 their safety
2:56 Public Safety telecommunicators of the
2:58 Issaquah communications center have
3:00 contributed substantially to the
3:03 apprehension of criminals in this
3:04 community and whereas our dispatchers
3:07 exhibit compassion understanding and
3:10 professionalism professionalism during
3:13 the performance of their job now
3:15 therefore I mayor Mary Lou Paulie City
3:17 of Issaquah do hereby proclaim the week
3:20 of April 9th through 15th to be public
3:22 safety tip telecommunications week in
3:25 the City of Issaquah and I invite the
3:27 community to join me in thanking
3:29 issaquah's dispatchers for their service
3:31 and outstanding contributions to our
3:33 community
3:34 I'm going to hand this off
3:36 to the ladies
3:38 and to address the group
3:44 thank you mayor and council members
3:47 this group of people have done an
3:49 amazing job they are the lifeline for
3:52 our officers on a regular basis in the
3:55 calm and also in the storm they are a
3:59 calm voice and very resourceful when
4:01 they need resources and the officers
4:03 couldn't do their jobs without them and
4:05 to have someone call on the other end of
4:07 the line when someone calls 9-1-1 they
4:09 handle tens of thousands of calls every
4:11 year in our small Center and it's
4:13 growing rapidly so I commend them and I
4:16 we couldn't do our jobs without them and
4:17 we thank them very much for this thank
4:19 you for the proclamation mayor
4:21 [Applause]
4:28 okay chief you're in the middle
4:29 okay
4:35 thank you thank you ladies thank you for
4:37 coming tonight thank you chief
4:42 the second item of special business this
4:45 evening is id1420 it's the Arbor Day
4:48 Proclamation and I'd like to invite
4:50 Urban Forest supervisor Dan Hintz to the
4:52 lectern to receive the proclamation come
4:55 on up Dan
5:03 whereas in 1872 J Sterling Morton
5:06 proposed to the Nebraska Board of
5:08 Agriculture that a special day will be
5:10 set aside for the planting of trees
5:12 and whereas this holiday called Arbor
5:14 Day was first observed with the planting
5:16 of more than a million trees in Nebraska
5:19 and whereas the anniversary of the
5:21 holiday and Arbor Day is now observed
5:23 throughout the nation and the world and
5:25 trees produce life-giving oxygen provide
5:28 habitat for wildlife they beautify our
5:31 city increase property values and
5:33 enhance economic vitality and whereas
5:36 trees wherever they are planted are a
5:38 source of joy and spiritual renewal and
5:41 whereas the City of Issaquah is an
5:43 active Tree City USA designee for 30
5:45 years
5:46 and whereas the city of is Quest
5:48 celebrates Arbor Day year round with
5:50 many events to enhance and expand our
5:52 tree canopy
5:53 whereas the City of Issaquah is
5:55 celebrating its annual Arbor Day on
5:56 Thursday April 20th 2023 in your
5:59 calendar
6:01 now therefore I Mary Lou Paulie mayor of
6:03 the city of isqua do hereby Proclaim
6:05 that isqua celebrates Arbor Day and
6:07 Carries that Spirit through our
6:08 activities policies and priorities all
6:11 year long I urge all citizens to
6:13 celebrate and support efforts to protect
6:15 our trees and Woodlands further I urge
6:18 all citizens to plant trees to create a
6:20 healthier community and promote the
6:22 well-being of future Generations
6:24 so damn thank you for coming this
6:26 evening
6:26 would you like to say a few words sure
6:28 okay
6:31 thank you Mary Paulie hello Council I've
6:33 met several of you before my name is Dan
6:35 Hintz I'm the new Urban Forest
6:37 supervisor with the City of Issaquah
6:38 this is my start of my third week right
6:40 now I met many of you in my past role
6:42 with the Mounds of sound Greenway trusts
6:44 managing the restoration program there
6:46 so I've had an awesome opportunity to be
6:47 working with the city in that capacity
6:49 and I'm really excited to get going here
6:51 working in the city now so I'm sure
6:54 we'll be connecting here soon on the
6:56 development of our Urban Forest
6:57 management plan here in Issaquah really
7:00 trying to you know pick up and keep
7:01 building on the efforts with the green
7:02 as a quilt program and really expand
7:05 some of the education and Outreach
7:06 opportunities around our Urban forests
7:08 and kind of more broadly the natural
7:09 resources that we are so lucky to have
7:12 in this community so I'm really excited
7:14 to work with you all I will say this is
7:16 the 31st year as a tree City USA in
7:19 Issaquah which is really an awesome
7:21 accomplishment I'm really excited to
7:23 carry that Legacy forward there are 92
7:25 communities within the state of
7:27 Washington that are identified as Tree
7:29 City usas and Issaquah has actually the
7:31 eighth most consecutive years at 31
7:34 years and counting so something I think
7:36 we should all be proud of and not take
7:37 for granted and I'm really excited to
7:39 keep working to promote protect and
7:41 continue to make sure we're all valuing
7:44 this great Forest we have here in
7:45 Issaquah so mayor Polly thank you
7:50 thank you everyone a city administrator
7:52 will take a picture
7:59 great thank you thank you so much
8:01 welcome aboard thank you everyone
8:12 the next item on our agenda this evening
8:13 is audience comments and members of the
8:16 public May address their council at this
8:17 time in person or virtually those who
8:19 signed up in advance to make comments
8:21 will be called on First and if you're
8:23 joining us virtually and would like to
8:25 make comments please raise your virtual
8:26 hand or send the host a chat message
8:29 if you're on your phone press star 3 if
8:32 you're joined by computer or smartphone
8:33 look for a hand icon if you are in the
8:36 room and did not sign up I will ask for
8:38 other speakers before closing this
8:40 portion of the meeting city clerk has
8:42 any has anyone signed up for comments
8:43 this evening yes
8:45 thank you
8:47 for those making comments please make
8:49 sure to direct those comments to the
8:51 whole Council and not to individuals and
8:53 while this is not a question and answer
8:55 session we will contact you to follow up
8:57 if needed when recognized virtually
8:59 unmute your microphone or step up to the
9:01 lectern right in the center if you're
9:03 here with us tonight in person
9:05 state your name address and relationship
9:07 to the city speak clearly and pause
9:09 frequently and limit your comments to
9:11 five minutes if you're attending
9:13 virtually and do not respond after your
9:14 name or phone number is called or if
9:16 your connection is lost unexpectedly the
9:18 meeting will need to proceed and you are
9:20 encouraged to rejoin the meeting if you
9:22 are able
9:22 personal attacks obscene language
9:24 derogatory remarks and disruptive
9:26 behavior will not be permitted
9:28 citizen comments written and verbal are
9:31 an important aspect of the public
9:32 process
9:33 the city takes comment seriously and we
9:35 thank you for taking the time to address
9:36 us and city clerk can you please
9:38 identify the first person who signed up
9:40 to speak this evening yes Rachel Wright
9:48 hello my name is Rachel Wright and I'm
9:50 the vice chair of issquah Arts
9:52 Commission
9:53 I want to thank you for the continued
9:56 support and funding that allows the Arts
9:58 commission to recommend grants to
10:00 encourage the Visual and Performing Arts
10:01 in Issaquah
10:03 in our last round of granting there were
10:06 15 organizations that submitted
10:08 applications and of those 15 more than
10:12 half said that granting dollars would be
10:14 used to help cover space rental
10:17 the locations included city-owned
10:19 facilities such as the senior center and
10:21 Pickering Barn
10:22 I think this raises a few interesting
10:24 questions and opportunities
10:27 how many artists and organizations are
10:30 not participating because space is hard
10:33 to find and expensive
10:36 perhaps we need to consider what kind of
10:38 resources are needed
10:40 is it granting actual dollars or waving
10:43 rental fees for city-owned spaces
10:45 or perhaps it's a combination of both
10:48 kinds of resources
10:50 what can we do to make it easier for
10:52 people to secure space at properties
10:54 such as Pickering Barn the senior center
10:56 and the community center
10:58 and what other city-owned buildings
11:00 might work for Community Arts
11:01 programming
11:03 at our March meeting the Arts commission
11:06 received a proposal for an Issaquah Film
11:08 Festival
11:09 focused on the work of young filmmakers
11:12 The Proposal came from three students in
11:14 Issaquah each one was either studying
11:17 filmmaking at the college level or
11:19 getting ready to apply to programs in
11:21 the college level
11:23 of course they are in need of space
11:26 and they're looking to partner with
11:27 Issaquah
11:28 this kind of event requires both space
11:31 and the appropriate equipment Village
11:33 Theater has space they don't have the
11:36 right equipment
11:37 isqua high school has the appropriate
11:39 theater space and equipment from screens
11:42 to projectors to sound
11:45 yet Issaquah High School is still not
11:48 available for Community use since
11:50 coveted protocols were put in place
11:51 three years ago
11:53 the public funded the construction of
11:55 the high school with the understanding
11:57 that facilities such as the theater
11:59 would be made available for the
12:01 community to use
12:03 what can be done to reopen access now
12:05 that restrictions are no longer in place
12:08 the Arts commission will be working to
12:10 better understand and support the
12:11 community's need for space and
12:13 recommending Solutions our goal is to
12:16 make it easier for creatives to perform
12:18 Inspire and connect
12:20 we'll continue to share our progress
12:22 with you and we hope we can count on
12:24 your support thank you very much
12:26 thank you Rachel we really appreciate it
12:28 when Commissioners come in and provide
12:31 information for Council Members so thank
12:33 you very much for doing that that's
12:34 great
12:36 um city clerk do we have anyone else
12:38 signed up to do comments this evening
12:40 no we don't have anyone from the public
12:42 online with us tonight
12:44 thank you
12:46 um so thank you very much for your
12:47 comments and as a reminder to anyone who
12:49 is watching you may always be able to
12:51 reach your Council by writing to them at
12:54 city council at issaquah.gov
13:00 flipped back to the proclamations but
13:02 I'm pretty sure you guys don't want to
13:03 do them all over again so Turn the Page
13:05 council president Walsh do you have any
13:07 email comments to summarize on tonight's
13:10 agenda items yes despite our uh sparse
13:13 agenda we did have a comment saying they
13:16 were against one of the consent items
13:19 which is
13:20 ab8587 the Grant from King County
13:23 regarding aquatic facilities suggesting
13:25 that it was a misplaced use of our time
13:29 and then also concerns about the
13:31 informational update item uh the
13:34 community engagement toolkit suggesting
13:36 that it should come before the equity
13:37 board and still needed some work that
13:40 concludes the public comments thank you
13:42 council president so we will be moving
13:45 into the consent calendar and per the
13:46 city council's new rules the mayor's
13:48 report and committee reports will occur
13:49 later in the meeting
13:51 however the mayor and committee chairs
13:53 do have an opportunity to provide
13:55 committee reports or informational
13:56 announcements regarding the consent
13:58 calendar item prior to approval so I
14:00 have a couple two items that I'd like to
14:02 share this evening
14:04 first is on the King County aquatic
14:05 feasibility planning project Grant
14:07 agreement so on tonight's consent
14:09 calendar agenda Bill 8587 seek city
14:12 council authorization to accept an 80
14:15 000 Grant from King County to conduct a
14:17 pool feasibility study that focuses on
14:19 the possible expansion of the Julius
14:21 bone pool
14:22 the Julius bone pool was built in 1972
14:25 in 2015 as a 40 plus year old facility
14:28 important facility and system life cycle
14:30 Investments were performed now over 50
14:33 years old the pool remains a popular and
14:36 heavy used facility along with lessons
14:38 lap swim aquatic exercise and Community
14:40 swim The Pool Place hosts to six High
14:42 School swim teams girls and boys teams
14:45 from the three Issaquah school district
14:46 high schools
14:47 a new Aquatic Facility is likely an
14:49 issaquah's future however at a probable
14:51 cost of 30 to 40 million dollars
14:54 that potential new Aquatic Facility is
14:56 probably many many years away
14:58 and recognizing the pressures of current
15:00 Community use and the potential of the
15:01 fourth high school and two additional
15:03 swim teams before a new pool can be
15:06 built this feasibility work will help us
15:08 determine if option to exist at the
15:10 current pool to add capacity and decade
15:12 Decades of life in a creative and
15:14 cost-effective way the grant will
15:16 explore and help determine if there are
15:18 cost-effective solutions to adding pool
15:19 capacity within the existing pool site
15:22 the isqua school district will remain as
15:24 a partner in this exploratory work both
15:26 as a primary user of the pool as well as
15:29 a neighboring property owner Clark
15:30 Elementary School is right beside Julius
15:33 bone so public education engagement and
15:36 updates will be part of the assessment
15:38 work as well the second item is about
15:40 the public engagement toolkit it is
15:42 included in tonight's consent calendar
15:44 as an informational update regarding the
15:46 public engagement toolkit as discwa's
15:49 growing Community continues to diversify
15:50 and change the the chain importance of
15:53 public engagement is essential essential
15:55 and at the heart of the role of public
15:58 servants using guidance from
15:59 award-winning engagement programs
16:00 throughout the country the city's
16:03 Communications team updated their public
16:04 engagement toolkit to assist project
16:06 managers as they develop customized
16:08 plans for engagement depending on the
16:10 issue topic audience or timing
16:13 there are no items uh on tonight's
16:16 consent calendar that referred to
16:17 committee so I will not call for any
16:19 committee reports at this time but I
16:21 have a council member who wants to ask a
16:23 question
16:24 can I talk a little bit about the one
16:26 agenda Bill we do have that came through
16:28 Committee in February
16:30 State administrators there did we miss
16:32 something on the consent calendar
16:34 oh it's well it's not on consent it's on
16:36 regular business but
16:38 we'll do it then yes okay thank you
16:40 thank you for clarifying that
16:42 I thought I was losing my mind and we
16:45 were going to do committee reports okay
16:47 okay but this is our first night so
16:49 we're getting there
16:50 uh okay
16:52 so the consent calendar was distributed
16:54 to Council in advance and if authorized
16:56 the items on the consent calendar will
16:57 be considered together and approved by
16:59 one motion have the payables and payroll
17:01 been reviewed
17:03 they have
17:05 thank you
17:07 and we can hear you as council member
17:09 thank you
17:10 does any council member desire to remove
17:12 any item from the consent calendar and
17:13 consider it under regular business
17:18 uh is there a motion
17:22 yes I moved to approve the consent
17:24 calendar as written
17:27 I second that motion okay
17:30 okay it's been moved and seconded is
17:32 there any Council discussion on the
17:33 motion
17:37 hearing and seeing none the motion
17:38 before council is to approve the consent
17:40 calendar is presented all those in favor
17:42 signify by saying aye aye
17:47 those opposed
17:49 okay that carries unanimously uh seven
17:52 so now we are moving into regular
17:54 business and the first item is a b
17:58 personal item a b8582 public works
18:02 Staffing Resources and council member
18:04 um to in order to fully understand your
18:06 question I will head over to the city
18:08 administrator and city clerk about
18:10 process here
18:13 it's certainly appropriate for the
18:14 committee chair to make comments okay
18:16 we'd like to before the presentation
18:17 well I do it after the presentation okay
18:19 that would be better thanks sounds good
18:21 then I'd like to invite Public Works
18:23 director Emily moon to make that
18:25 presentation thanks Emily and Madam
18:28 mayor before director Moon gets started
18:30 I'd like to just make a couple of
18:31 introductory comments uh we appreciate
18:34 the time that the committee Council
18:36 committee spent reviewing this item and
18:38 reported favorably on it
18:40 um there's a lot of moving pieces to the
18:43 the presentation this evening uh all
18:45 really focused on one thing and that is
18:47 we want to make sure that we continue to
18:50 provide and expeditiously work on uh
18:54 capital projects for the community uh
18:56 public works department has gone through
18:57 lots of change uh pandemic lots of
19:00 issues over the last several years and
19:02 with uh director Moon's arrival here
19:04 last year she's I think done an
19:07 excellent job of assessing resources and
19:09 and what you have before you this
19:10 evening is her recommendations on some
19:12 additional resources that are needed
19:14 with additional resources also come
19:16 costs associated with those resources
19:19 and in the report this evening we go
19:22 through the administration's
19:22 recommendations on what we believe would
19:25 be appropriate adjustments to the budget
19:27 in order to accomplish the hiring of
19:31 those additional resources
19:33 those will also require some adjustments
19:36 to current projects and because there's
19:38 quite a bit before you this evening we
19:40 think it would be appropriate rather
19:42 than having the council act on this item
19:43 this evening but instead to hear the
19:45 report get feedback from you and then
19:47 come back at your April 17th meeting
19:49 with the appropriate resolutions
19:53 amending the budget and amending the
19:54 salary resolution to actually implement
19:57 this rather than wait what would be the
19:59 customary two months or three months for
20:02 a quarterly revision we think that it's
20:04 important to have those changes
20:07 considered by the council and then acted
20:09 on by the council so Madame mayor
20:11 members of the council our request would
20:14 be then to have the director moon go
20:15 through the presentation answer
20:17 questions and then have this item
20:19 continued until your April 17th meeting
20:22 thank you City administrator
20:26 any questions or should we just be
20:27 moving right into the presentation
20:29 presentation
20:33 Public Works director Moon
20:36 all right thank you very much happy to
20:37 be here talk about our great Public
20:40 Works Department
20:50 so tonight we do have before you a
20:54 request for additional resources for the
20:56 Department
20:58 and as the city administrator alluded to
21:01 one of the reasons why this is coming
21:04 before you at this time is because when
21:08 I started about six months ago my first
21:11 task was to really understand
21:13 what the department was doing how well
21:15 it was doing and what was needed how to
21:18 how to advance the work how to ensure
21:21 our success
21:24 it is a great Department full of a lot
21:27 of very dedicated people people who are
21:30 always striving to do more and always
21:33 striving to do better at what they do
21:36 however it's a difficult thing to say to
21:40 you tonight that we don't have
21:42 sufficient resources to be able to get
21:44 our 2023 and 2024 work plan accomplished
21:48 nor do I think we have enough resources
21:51 to meet the future Community needs
21:55 particularly on Capital and on equipment
21:59 replacement and care
22:01 so this proposal was developed to be
22:03 responsive to those Community needs and
22:06 to help Propel our department to a place
22:08 where it could successfully deliver on
22:10 those projects
22:16 so we have put together a proposal that
22:19 includes a request for new staff for new
22:23 positions
22:25 two of those would be engineering
22:27 positions I'll describe those positions
22:31 in a few minutes and then a request for
22:34 some additional Professional Services to
22:37 support our work on projects this is a
22:40 hybrid approach some staff some out of
22:42 house contractual services to meet those
22:45 needs
22:46 our goal in this proposal was to
22:48 increase our staffing level to do more
22:51 capital projects and to do them better
22:53 and to add necessary Staffing for our
22:56 signals unit which I'll spend a little
22:57 bit of time on tonight
22:59 also to keep in place some incentives
23:02 for our newest hires and to help reduce
23:05 the burnout and boost our ability to
23:08 retain employees
23:10 we're also seeking to backfill a bunch
23:12 of vacancies and jump start design work
23:14 with those contractual services and
23:16 ultimately hope to transition those
23:18 projects to our staff as our capacities
23:20 increase
23:25 our signals unit provides a really good
23:28 example I think of how work has changed
23:31 in our community as we have advanced in
23:35 our use of Technology as we have
23:36 responded to Trends in best practices
23:40 and attempted to provide additional
23:43 features in our community our assets and
23:46 our signals unit have grown
23:48 exponentially
23:51 our staffing has not our staffing has
23:55 been relatively flat for the last has
23:59 been flat for the last 15 years and
24:01 relatively flat for the last 20.
24:05 one of the things I wanted to point out
24:07 to all of you is the impact of this
24:12 Staffing level are two individuals in
24:16 this unit have worked a substantial
24:18 amount of overtime over 850 combined
24:22 hours of overtime last year and that
24:25 trend is continuing this year
24:31 on the engineering side of the house
24:34 we also have a substantial workload 59
24:38 significant capital and non-capital
24:40 projects our Engineers do more than just
24:43 capital projects they are involved in
24:46 shaping policy responding to community
24:50 need emergent needs and much more
24:56 it's a significant investment
24:58 that we ask them to caretake
25:01 and to drive forward
25:07 have nine people who are responsible for
25:12 project management in this division
25:16 we started most and ended most of 2022
25:19 with five individuals out of those nine
25:22 we were briefly up to eight for a short
25:26 period of time this year and then we
25:28 lost one of those individuals
25:33 this is a critical moment for our
25:35 engineering division we not only have a
25:38 huge portfolio to manage and are eager
25:41 to get all that work done but we've had
25:44 an adult added Catalyst to drive us
25:47 toward that performance level and that's
25:49 the American Rescue plan act bundle of
25:53 projects that have we have committed to
25:57 those have a finite timetable and cities
26:01 made an obligation to complete those
26:03 projects
26:08 just an example on the transportation
26:10 side of engineering I did a comparison
26:14 there are a lot of surveys going on
26:16 across the region because Issaquah is
26:19 not alone and its shortage of Engineers
26:22 or Capital project managers is a very
26:25 very tight Market as I laid out in the
26:28 agenda bill but this is how we Stack Up
26:32 we have fewer Transportation
26:34 Engineers per project than our some of
26:39 our comparison cities that I was able to
26:40 get data from and this proposal tonight
26:45 would help close some of that Gap but
26:49 not completely close it
26:56 I've proposed an additional position
26:59 that would be responsible for helping to
27:01 oversee our overall Capital program and
27:04 I'm differentiating between that and
27:07 capital project management specific to
27:10 one two three projects this position
27:13 would be able to focus on needed
27:15 improvements for the overall program our
27:18 project and division managers simply
27:21 don't have time to do that work as they
27:24 manage their projects or manage the
27:26 Staffing within the division
27:28 so the improvements that I hope this
27:31 position will bring is more robust
27:33 planning processes developing and
27:36 utilizing performance metrics and tools
27:38 increasing our inter and intra
27:41 departmental and interagency
27:42 coordination seeking additional grant
27:46 funding driving procedural changes that
27:49 could enhance our on time on scope on
27:52 budget success
27:54 and it's not uncommon for a city our
27:56 size or with a portfolio the size that
27:59 we have to have individuals that are
28:01 dedicated not just to the capital
28:03 projects themselves but to the overall
28:06 program management
28:14 we have been working over the last
28:16 several months to try to put into
28:18 practice some other ways of managing the
28:21 workload we have in some cases
28:25 reassigned some duties try to match up
28:27 skill sets a little bit better share the
28:29 workload across other divisions or in
28:32 some cases even other departments
28:34 and we are trying to become more
28:36 efficient improving our processes
28:39 in addition as you've seen in this
28:41 agenda Bill we are delaying a few
28:44 projects and we hope to also get some
28:48 external help on these projects
28:51 I believe that the solution to our
28:53 resource crunch requires more than one
28:57 solution
29:01 in The Proposal I have spelled out a
29:04 handful of projects that we are delaying
29:07 we applied criteria across all projects
29:12 utilities projects Transportation
29:14 projects in order to assess whether they
29:17 could be candidates to delay so that we
29:19 could focus on making sure we got the
29:22 remainder of the projects done and done
29:24 well
29:25 so we assessed each project for a
29:27 variety of factors including its risk
29:31 and urgency Grant timing or other fixed
29:34 requirements whether the Project's delay
29:36 would cause harm to any other project or
29:39 a time-sensitive subsequent phase of
29:41 that same project
29:43 what phase each project was in and
29:45 whether the work was already in progress
29:48 for example if we'd already put it out
29:50 to bid early this year or if we have
29:54 already entered into a contract for the
29:56 work
29:57 in addition we always look to see if
30:00 there are overlaps with projects that
30:02 help us to use public dollars more
30:05 wisely so utility projects are
30:07 oftentimes coupled with Road Improvement
30:09 projects
30:11 in addition we looked at How likely we
30:13 were to be able to complete the scoped
30:15 work in 2023 and whether the project was
30:18 solely supported by City funds
30:21 all of those gave us a sense of whether
30:23 we could move forward easily with the
30:26 project or whether they might be
30:27 candidates for delay
30:32 in addition to the handful of projects
30:34 that we are planning to delay
30:37 we have proposed that we use some
30:40 outside services to help us to manage a
30:43 few other projects
30:46 in particular we prioritize getting some
30:49 help on those arpa projects so we can
30:52 make sure that we hit the timetables
30:54 associated with those projects
31:00 summary is also in your packet that
31:02 shows the four positions that we are
31:05 requesting
31:06 identifies that we will if need be use a
31:10 relocation incentive to help get
31:13 Engineers to come to Issaquah if we need
31:15 to it also lists the where we expect to
31:20 spend those Professional Services
31:21 dollars is split between utility
31:23 projects and transportation projects
31:30 funding sources for this ask
31:34 come from a variety of sources the first
31:38 on the general fund side
31:40 are from
31:42 repurposing the budget that was to be
31:45 used for a local government management
31:47 fellow which was a two-year position
31:50 the second was to reallocate the Gilman
31:53 Boulevard planning funds in order to get
31:56 capital projects in the general fund
31:58 done
32:00 and that both of those sources result in
32:04 approximately
32:07 586 000 in the 2023 need
32:12 and provide the funding to cover that
32:15 2023 need
32:18 in addition we have
32:21 taken a look at the Utility Fund health
32:24 and we believe that the utility funds
32:27 can support the estimated costs in 2023
32:30 and 2024 for the request that's before
32:33 you this evening
32:36 as the city administrator mentioned a
32:39 budget amendment will be required to
32:40 shift the dollars between the various
32:42 funds many funds involved Turf storm
32:44 sewer water Street
32:48 in order to support those new requests
32:51 and so we'll come back to you with that
32:53 budget amendment
32:57 in addition the delay of the stormwater
32:59 capital projects with temporary
33:02 temporarily fund the stormwater position
33:04 portion of the new requests and also
33:07 return a small amount to the storm water
33:10 fund balance that could be used to
33:12 support those delayed projects in the
33:14 future
33:19 so our next steps would be to come back
33:21 to you with that funding
33:24 plans spelled out in the form of a
33:26 budget amendment
33:27 and the salary ordinance revision
33:31 we would then move forward with
33:33 executing those Professional Services
33:35 agreements we have recruitments underway
33:37 for positions that are all already open
33:40 existing positions
33:42 we would hope to fill those positions
33:44 whether they're new or existing
33:46 vacancies by July
33:49 and then we would hope to transition the
33:52 franchise management back in-house at
33:55 toward the end of the year
33:58 ultimately we hope to transition all
34:00 those capital projects that we were
34:03 using out of Health Services on back to
34:05 our staff after we are fully staffed and
34:08 hopefully by this year's end
34:16 this was a hybrid proposal where we have
34:20 requested some additional staff and some
34:22 additional funding for Professional
34:24 Services one of the Alternatives
34:27 certainly could be to allocate more
34:29 funding for those contractual Services
34:32 it doesn't
34:33 completely negate the need for staff to
34:37 oversee those contracts but we could
34:39 talk about the balance between those
34:41 requests
34:43 there's an option as well to meet the
34:46 existing Resources by delaying
34:48 additional capital projects or canceling
34:51 them
34:52 and then our third option that's an
34:54 option but not a preferred option would
34:57 be to direct staff or our contract or to
35:00 spend less time scrutinizing those
35:02 franchise applications that have become
35:05 more and more complex over time and do
35:07 require a significant amount of time
35:11 lastly we could adjust service level
35:13 expectations we pride ourselves on being
35:17 able to respond quickly when a traffic
35:20 signal is out and not leave it in Flash
35:22 for example but that's not the way it's
35:26 done everywhere
35:28 again not our preferred
35:30 alternative but
35:33 one that could be considered
35:38 the committee mobility and
35:40 infrastructure committee did recommend
35:42 proving the additional requested
35:45 positions in order to complete the
35:47 capital projects enhance Capital program
35:49 and franchise management and improve the
35:51 city's ability to handle its traffic
35:54 signals
35:56 the committee also supported the
35:58 allocation and use of Professional
35:59 Services to ensure the delivery of
36:02 projects while we're working hard to
36:04 fill those vacancies
36:11 and the administration's recommendation
36:13 is the same in your packet to authorize
36:16 those four ftes and their Associated
36:19 budgets and the Professional Services
36:22 request of four hundred and ten thousand
36:25 dollars and to make the adjustments in
36:27 our salary ordinance and budgets to
36:30 reflect those changes
36:34 and with that
36:37 I won't read the whole motion I will
36:40 pause and
36:42 be happy to answer any questions that
36:44 you might have thank you director Moon
36:46 so we have questions and then I after we
36:50 do a few questions I'm going to head
36:51 over to committee chair Ray and there
36:53 may be additional questions so
36:54 councilmember Mertz
36:56 thank you madam mayor um
36:59 in the proposed next steps it includes a
37:01 delay projects in recruit positions in
37:04 April
37:06 recruiting and hiring is is different
37:09 than the folks that actually do the
37:10 projects why why do a delay
37:15 right two actions in that bullet point
37:20 we have the projects under delay right
37:22 now we have not allocated current staff
37:25 toward working on those projects in
37:28 order to focus their time on all of the
37:30 others in addition
37:32 to continuing with that action we would
37:36 spend our time trying to recruit for
37:38 those open positions
37:41 did that answer your question there's no
37:44 so whatever is delayed at the moment
37:46 there's no option that involves getting
37:49 going on things that are currently being
37:50 delayed things that are delayed are
37:52 going to be delayed regardless of which
37:53 option we choose yes this is more our
37:58 staff letting you know we've taken that
38:00 action if you
38:02 would like to see us Advance those
38:05 projects then we certainly will need
38:07 more resources more resources beyond
38:10 what is spelled out in your packet this
38:12 evening
38:14 additional questions
38:17 council president
38:19 thank you
38:20 um I know you mentioned that you know
38:22 some of this is about reallocating
38:25 workload both as a way to retain
38:28 employees and you know just right size
38:31 their workload can you give any
38:33 indication about like what portion of
38:37 this is about increasing our capacity to
38:39 get work done versus doing things like
38:43 hiring somebody else so that we're
38:46 limiting over time which isn't really
38:49 necessarily increasing our capacity do
38:51 you have any sense of that balance
38:54 well currently the the only place where
38:56 we have authorized over time the only
38:58 place where we can is for the hourly
39:01 folks that work in the signals unit
39:03 that's the the only opportunity that we
39:06 have to get the work done right now
39:09 on our exempt staff side uh
39:13 you're right we have taken a bunch of
39:16 different steps to try to right size the
39:19 work that's on their plate in order to
39:21 retain them
39:22 keep them functioning at a high level on
39:25 the projects that they need to focus on
39:32 I think we have tried to do the calculus
39:35 it's a little bit of Art and a little
39:36 bit of science I think to try to analyze
39:39 how many hours does each project require
39:41 we do that sort of work to project plan
39:44 and then to look at how many Engineers
39:47 we have available to put toward those
39:50 tasks it's been complicated because we
39:53 can't just look at our authorized
39:55 Staffing level we actually have to look
39:57 at who do we have right now
40:00 able to get the work done and that has
40:02 been a challenge for us because we
40:04 haven't been able yet we've made
40:06 significant progress but we haven't been
40:08 able to fill every seat
40:12 let me ask it maybe a different way
40:15 because I appreciate all of those
40:17 details but would you say in many ways
40:21 that the additional ftes that you're
40:25 suggesting here are more about
40:27 reallocating work between people whereas
40:29 the services contract is about
40:33 increasing capacity
40:36 thank you for that I I would say that
40:39 additional staff will help alleviate
40:41 current load on our existing Engineers
40:45 the projects that we are targeting for
40:49 external help we have set aside
40:53 at this moment in time we may be taking
40:56 small steps to try to get those projects
40:59 going
41:00 but they aren't getting all the time and
41:03 attention that they need and so the
41:05 Professional Services will add capacity
41:07 in order to put those projects back on
41:11 track
41:15 City administrator let me just add that
41:18 we're trying to do many things at one
41:20 time and I think the professionals the
41:22 last part of what director Moon said is
41:24 the immediate impact of that having
41:27 those three additional engineer two
41:29 additional Engineers one project manager
41:31 will allow us to increase capacity the
41:34 traffic signal issue I think it's a
41:35 separate one but anytime you're spending
41:37 the the large amount of overtime that
41:40 you're spending uh having another
41:42 full-time
41:43 position just makes a lot of sense so
41:45 that almost travels separate than the
41:48 other three but once those other three
41:50 are there plus uh the ability to keep
41:53 folks that's been a huge challenge uh as
41:56 director Moon said there's some
41:58 incentive programs uh or previously
42:00 authorized by the council and the mayor
42:02 that we're using here we've extended for
42:06 example uh the retention uh bonuses that
42:09 we have for those employees that were
42:11 with us at the end of last year to those
42:13 that we hired at the beginning of
42:14 district there are two Engineers that we
42:16 extended that to so it's these multiple
42:19 trains so keep the folks we have keep
42:21 the new folks we've just hired have the
42:24 ability to hire a few more but also then
42:26 have contract work to support all that
42:29 while all the rest are coming into place
42:30 that's the strategy
42:35 councilmember egg I have a question for
42:37 the city administrator and at the
42:39 beginning of this presentation you
42:40 talked about the potential to delay this
42:44 decision for until our April 17th
42:48 meeting what would that look like and
42:50 what would what would be the advantage
42:53 disadvantage to doing that
42:55 uh since the agenda packet was a release
42:58 we've we've talked with members of the
43:00 council
43:01 um particularly councilmember hunt who
43:04 raised questions about the impacts on
43:06 projects uh that would not be worked on
43:09 in order to come up with the funding in
43:12 order to move this project forward so
43:14 since those were newer questions and
43:18 also the way this agenda item was
43:20 prepared there is no action before the
43:23 council other than the general direction
43:24 the action as far as amending the budget
43:27 and amending the salary resolution uh
43:29 traditionally comes at a later point
43:31 it's not unusual for the council to take
43:35 a policy action and then have the actual
43:37 function of that come through a vote
43:40 later on and so we wanted to be
43:44 accommodating to the questions that were
43:46 raised by member of the council today we
43:48 don't think that there is a material
43:50 impact we will continue moving forward
43:52 with recruitment of the positions unless
43:56 we get a sentence from the council that
43:57 that's not something you wish to do
43:59 certainly uh the support of the
44:01 committee uh made us feel that this was
44:03 a package that would have supported the
44:05 full Council so we don't believe that
44:08 two weeks is going to have a significant
44:09 impact uh if the council otherwise is
44:12 comfortable with what you have before
44:13 you this evening we're certainly not
44:16 going to stop you from from doing that
44:18 but this is a big change when you go
44:20 through budget especially our first
44:22 biennial budget we would hope that the
44:25 package of Staffing that we have is
44:27 sufficient we've gone through lots of
44:29 changes in public works we stopped our
44:31 Capital program for almost two years
44:33 because of the pandemic these are unique
44:36 circumstances and we wanted to be
44:38 respectful to any member of the council
44:39 who said well wait a second I want a
44:42 little bit more time to completely
44:43 understand all the impacts of this
44:45 package
44:47 let me follow up this is I'm just trying
44:49 to understand kind of mechanically it's
44:51 a little different than we've done in
44:53 the past
44:54 um so like maybe this is a city clerk
44:56 question about so what's the path
44:59 forward should because if we want to get
45:01 input from the council as a whole we
45:04 should do that tonight right correct so
45:07 and to do that we really need to have a
45:09 motion on the floor would be my thinking
45:11 correct
45:15 certainly I mean so we would if the
45:18 council would like to go with the
45:19 original motion you can again with the
45:21 conversations we've had with
45:22 councilmember hunt over the last day or
45:24 so uh the administration is comfortable
45:27 with the item being delayed two weeks
45:29 yeah it seems to me that we should go
45:32 with the proposed motion and if as a
45:36 result of the discussion this evening we
45:38 determined that we need more time then
45:40 we can at that point move to continue it
45:44 correct certainly yep okay so
45:47 I'm just trying to understand the
45:49 mechanics of this one because it says a
45:50 little bit different it is a little bit
45:52 different more questions
45:56 okay then I'm going to turn it over to
45:59 committee chair Bray if you want to
46:01 provide some input from the meeting that
46:04 the mobility and infrastructure
46:05 committee had
46:07 thanks mayor Paulie I appreciate that
46:09 I've been so anxious to do this since
46:11 way early in the meeting so I'm glad I
46:13 finally get my my moment
46:16 um we rely on public works a lot in this
46:18 city we rely on them to keep things
46:20 running we rely on them to maintain
46:22 things and we rely on them very much to
46:26 enhance our existing
46:28 infrastructure as director Moon pointed
46:31 out the city has grown a fair bit and
46:34 our infrastructure has expanded and we
46:36 have not kept up with that growth in
46:37 terms of the number of people we have in
46:39 our Public Works Department
46:43 so to ensure that we continue to thrive
46:45 as a city we have to be able to you know
46:48 operate what we have we have to be able
46:50 to maintain what we have and we have to
46:51 be able to deliver on a fairly extensive
46:54 list of capital projects that that are
46:57 really important to to this community
46:59 and it's been challenging and I think
47:01 it's fair to say it's been frustrating
47:03 for everybody because we want to do good
47:05 and we want to get this stuff done
47:08 um and then they're just those
47:09 limitations that people have they're you
47:13 know they have to sleep and and things
47:14 like that
47:16 um so the the mobility and
47:18 infrastructure committee was was was
47:19 very supportive of this plan that was
47:21 developed by public works and director
47:23 Moon felt that a really better
47:25 positioned us for success in the future
47:28 both by in the short term providing
47:31 Professional Services to get us over the
47:33 hump and then recruiting for the longer
47:34 term
47:35 staffing needs and so
47:39 coming out of committee it was very much
47:41 thought that this was a a reasonable and
47:44 a prudent and probably the right thing
47:46 to do going forward
47:48 um so I'm anxious to hit everyone's
47:49 perspective on this and I guess I would
47:52 look to my fellow committee members to
47:55 see if there's anything that I missed or
47:57 you'd like to add to that
48:00 uh Deputy council president thank you
48:02 maybe just a couple more things
48:04 um you know we also talked about this or
48:06 during feedback just kind of talked
48:08 about how this is really more of a
48:10 systemic problem that we're facing here
48:12 in Issaquah giving some feedback about
48:13 well what can this squad be doing more
48:15 through our legislative
48:19 Affairs and lobbying to help promote and
48:22 support Workforce Development efforts at
48:24 the state and in the region also talking
48:27 about how this Council in particular we
48:29 have very high expectations lofty goals
48:32 for our capital projects rightfully so
48:34 we're at this stage in the development
48:36 of our city which will Define how we
48:39 grow into a medium and then large size
48:41 cities so capital projects are very
48:42 important so we appreciated the reality
48:45 setting that director Moon came to the
48:48 committee and helped us through
48:50 understanding that I feel like there was
48:52 one other thing I was going to say and
48:54 I've forgotten it
48:56 um but if I remember it I'll bring it up
48:57 during comments but again the council is
48:59 very appreciative of the staff who came
49:01 and talked about this understanding that
49:03 this is a very difficult thing to do
49:04 especially us as budget makers and
49:07 policy makers we want to be doing
49:09 everything we want to be doing
49:10 everything excellent and there are
49:12 things beyond our control that pull the
49:15 strings for us so we just need to make
49:17 sure to realize that as a council and
49:20 support our staff when they're telling
49:21 us that they're struggling so thank you
49:23 Michelle
49:26 yes I think that we were at least I was
49:29 uh and I'm sure my fellow council
49:31 members were too very very impressed by
49:33 the professional analysis that we
49:35 received and very grateful for the fact
49:38 that it wasn't a one you know one what
49:41 would they call that a one-pony uh
49:43 proposal but many different aspects and
49:47 a really uh thoughtful allocation of
49:50 work and service contracts and
49:54 um and then delaying some projects and
49:57 it it seemed and the discussion was that
50:02 each one of those options had been
50:04 thoroughly vetted and there was a great
50:08 deal of really good thought behind the
50:10 proposal so we did unanimously support
50:14 this coming forward to the full Council
50:16 for approval we wanted it to be on the
50:19 regular agenda because uh it is a big
50:21 big ask but um
50:25 uh mayor Paulie and councilmember Joe
50:28 and I were with a group of young people
50:30 a while ago and and we got the question
50:32 you know what's the what's the most
50:34 difficult thing or the most challenging
50:36 thing you have as a council member and
50:38 my response was uh balancing all the
50:42 things that we need to do with making
50:44 sure that our fiscal house is in order
50:47 and sometimes that means we we lean this
50:50 way or we lean that way but uh as a city
50:54 our job is to provide services for our
50:57 people and I believe that this is a
50:59 fiscally responsible proposal that will
51:03 allow us to provide the services that we
51:05 need to provide to the people of
51:07 Issaquah so I thoroughly supported I do
51:10 want to say
51:11 that I wanted to thank councilman Brook
51:13 had for the many good questions she had
51:16 and I am quite willing to if there's no
51:19 you know impact on the work and and the
51:23 recruiting I'm willing to wait until the
51:27 next meeting to give final approval but
51:29 I will support this proposal thank you
51:34 um maybe we could get that motion on the
51:35 floor
51:38 I'd like to make a motion um I moved
51:41 authorize four hundred and ten thousand
51:43 dollars in Professional Services funding
51:44 for the public works project and
51:46 franchise management assistance and
51:49 authorized following new positions one
51:51 FTE signal technician one FTE senior
51:54 engineer slash capital projects manager
51:56 for your utilities engineering one
51:59 century engineer slash capital projects
52:01 manager for transportation engineering
52:03 and one FTE Capital program and
52:07 franchise manager and
52:10 direct the Human
52:12 Resources Director to revise the salary
52:14 ordinance to add the new classification
52:16 for the capital program and franchise
52:19 manager and direct the Chief Financial
52:21 Officer to bring a subsequent 2023 2024
52:26 budget amendment to fund the
52:28 Professional Services and additional
52:29 positions
52:33 oops second thank you councilmember D
52:36 Michelle is seconding is there any
52:38 Council discussion
52:41 council president
52:44 thank you
52:47 this one is difficult for me because I
52:52 hear all of the need and I want
52:55 everything out of that
52:58 um I I want
53:00 our staff members to not have to work
53:02 overtime I want our staff members to not
53:04 have double the projects that other
53:06 cities have I want additional project
53:11 capacity
53:14 my two major concerns when I come down
53:17 to this is one that we're making a
53:21 rather large decision
53:24 about a single Department in a vacuum
53:28 and we're not really with this proposal
53:31 able to consider it related to other
53:34 department needs
53:36 or even whether our future year revenues
53:39 will be able to support this type of
53:41 Staffing so that's my first concern
53:44 my second concern is the funding
53:47 mechanisms here
53:50 there and I think this goes back to this
53:53 whole concept of we've been kind of
53:55 frustrated
53:57 about some of the communication that's
53:59 come back from the administration saying
54:01 we don't have the staff capacity for
54:03 that we don't have the staff capacity
54:04 and I I get that
54:06 but here we're presented with a
54:10 suggestion of projects to delay
54:14 and while you've said you know we went
54:17 through this huge analysis of you know
54:20 whether the project would conflict with
54:23 something else or you know had
54:25 adjacencies and all of those things but
54:27 I'm not seeing that I'm only being given
54:30 the proposed projects
54:33 um and so I think there's really some
54:35 policy decisions for us to make here
54:37 about
54:40 what are the projects we should be
54:41 delaying you know what and it has to
54:45 come with the input of what's our staff
54:47 capacity absolutely
54:50 um but in a way we made budgetary
54:53 decisions to prioritize certain projects
54:57 but we didn't rank those in order of one
55:01 to fifty and you guys are you know
55:04 chopping off the bottom you've made a
55:07 decision and or you've made a
55:09 recommendation and I I appreciate those
55:11 but I think we need to have
55:15 all of the information on the table and
55:17 we need to make educated decisions not
55:20 only potentially about Public Works
55:23 Staffing and the capacity to do projects
55:27 but in some of the other areas where
55:29 we're kind of facing that same idea so
55:33 yes I want to say yes to all of this I
55:38 just
55:38 I I think it's very difficult to get
55:44 a 1.8 million dollar request
55:49 while not being able to look at the full
55:51 big picture of what are all of our needs
55:54 in the city you know do is our police
55:58 department at the right Staffing levels
56:00 is our planning department going to be
56:04 able to take the necessary steps with
56:09 um title 18. you know we're being told
56:11 the future updates list we're not going
56:14 to be able to handle that necessarily so
56:17 that's the problem I have in looking at
56:20 this is
56:23 yes and and I have to make those
56:25 decisions for our entire sentences and
56:28 our entire residents our business
56:30 Community all of that
56:33 and I think this is very difficult to
56:34 make that with this information
56:38 so I will throw that to my fellow
56:40 council members to see if anybody has
56:42 any thoughts and responses on that
56:45 um because I would like to get to yes
56:48 but I want to be able to do so in
56:51 a manner that understands all of the
56:55 decisions that we're making because
56:56 ultimately when we make a decision to
56:58 say yes to this we're making a decision
57:00 to say no to something else that's not
57:03 on the table right now
57:05 but It ultimately is the decision that
57:09 we're making not only for this budget
57:12 year but also potentially for future
57:14 budget years because it's much harder to
57:16 say no we want to eliminate a staff
57:19 position here
57:20 that's already been allocated
57:23 if we come into a future budget year and
57:26 we say well revenue is flat but we want
57:29 to increase all of our staffing because
57:33 we made that mid-year budget decision so
57:36 those are the issues that I am facing in
57:38 making these types of decisions tonight
57:42 thank you for that council president and
57:44 thank you for so clearly stating it all
57:47 this is why your professional staff
57:49 struggles because they do it with the
57:51 bigger picture in mind I believe council
57:54 member hunt would also like to comment
57:57 and then anyone else who wants to raise
57:59 their microphone would be great
58:00 councilmember hunt
58:02 thank you madam mayor
58:04 well I um appreciate and agree with the
58:07 comments that council president Walsh
58:10 just made
58:12 um and I too understand and I think it
58:15 is Justified the need for the additional
58:18 staff positions and Public Works
58:21 um and I think there's a lot of
58:22 information about that and about
58:24 comparing to other cities and I
58:27 appreciate also the work of the
58:28 committee that looked at at that and
58:30 also felt that it was a Justified
58:32 increase for those positions so that we
58:35 can do more of our Capital Improvement
58:37 projects
58:41 um issues
58:42 and why I think it would be
58:45 good for us as a policy making body to
58:49 consider this again at a different
58:51 meeting to take final action are are two
58:54 things the first one is that the motion
58:57 before us directs the administration to
59:00 make a future budget amendment and
59:02 within that budget amendment it's
59:04 implied that there will be certain
59:06 changes to the budget that affects the
59:09 timeline of imported projects and my
59:12 issues are not so much with the or are
59:15 not with the increases to the Staffing
59:19 levels
59:21 my concern is with those changes to the
59:25 timelines of important projects for
59:28 example we have a laughing Jacobs Creek
59:30 project there that very important for
59:33 Kokanee as the salmon recovery council
59:36 member on this on this Council team and
59:39 it's and as a member of the Kokanee
59:41 management it's your local working group
59:43 member that's a really important project
59:46 and we also don't yet know if we will
59:49 have a state match which we will know in
59:52 June so I I would like to see as council
59:57 president Walsh just said the work has
59:59 been done to to look at all of the
1:00:01 options for what we could
1:00:03 um what what else we could consider or
1:00:06 changes to the project timeline to make
1:00:08 this pencil out I would like to see
1:00:10 those because I think that would better
1:00:13 equip us to make this policy decision
1:00:16 and to take into account all of the
1:00:19 different ramifications that it will
1:00:20 have including
1:00:22 changes to important project timelines
1:00:25 so um that that's my first issue was
1:00:29 really just that that we're directing
1:00:31 the administration and it will come back
1:00:34 as a budget amendment but my concerns
1:00:35 are really with those things that will
1:00:37 happen in that subsequent step so I
1:00:39 would like to consider it all as one
1:00:41 package I think that's better policy
1:00:43 making
1:00:44 um and then my second concern is that of
1:00:46 the projects that are delayed that we
1:00:48 did budget there is a fish habitat one
1:00:51 that's important for for fish habitat
1:00:54 and then there's an emergency access
1:00:56 Culvert one that's important for a
1:00:59 Neighborhood emergency access and then
1:01:01 there's this Kokanee project that is
1:01:03 super important for Kokanee which we
1:01:05 really do have I believe a deep
1:01:08 obligation to protect and I
1:01:11 um would like to see all the other
1:01:13 options it's listed in our packet that
1:01:16 there could be other options that we
1:01:17 could delay but we don't really have the
1:01:19 information to see that at this time so
1:01:21 that's that would be my ask to have that
1:01:24 information we can have that discussion
1:01:26 and fully understand the
1:01:28 implications of this decision
1:01:31 um with that additional information so I
1:01:33 would ask that we consider the full
1:01:35 package at our next meeting especially
1:01:37 also since the Administration has said
1:01:40 there's no there's no material concern
1:01:44 that they have about that two weeks and
1:01:45 as I said I think it will make for
1:01:47 better policy making thank you
1:01:50 thank you councilmember hunt uh
1:01:51 councilmember Mertz
1:01:53 thank you madam mayor um I uh I
1:01:56 appreciate the the concerns that our
1:01:58 council president and and uh
1:02:00 councilmember hunt have brought up I'm
1:02:03 going to support the bill as uh proposed
1:02:05 this evening uh these things are I mean
1:02:08 we have a capital plan let's get going
1:02:10 on our Capital plan I'm excited that
1:02:12 um the organization is to a point where
1:02:14 it feels it can make use you know we've
1:02:16 had so many things of the last couple
1:02:17 years where the administration basically
1:02:20 has said look we need more time to get
1:02:22 things in place but now we're at a point
1:02:24 where a major element of our plans we're
1:02:27 ready to get moving I have concerns
1:02:30 about delaying this at all
1:02:32 um uh the market it's hard to hire
1:02:34 people my day job I spent all my time
1:02:37 trying to hire talented people so uh I
1:02:41 think we should just uh get going thanks
1:02:43 thanks looking for additional oh Deputy
1:02:46 council president Hall uh sure yeah um I
1:02:50 um support the policy uh as is as we
1:02:54 talked about committee but I have no
1:02:55 problem with moving into a future
1:02:57 meeting if we want to get into it a bit
1:02:58 more I do have some um concerns just for
1:03:02 Council about how deep our role when it
1:03:05 comes to evaluating projects by projects
1:03:07 is public administrators exercise and
1:03:11 use judgment around Staffing Resources
1:03:14 management and all that every day that
1:03:17 influences policy making so I would just
1:03:19 make sure you know if this does come
1:03:20 back to us and we do have kind of a more
1:03:22 comprehensive view of it that we as a
1:03:25 council stay high level and policy
1:03:27 focused and moving forward in that way
1:03:29 but again if the administration doesn't
1:03:31 have any problems with waiting a few
1:03:33 weeks to take this back up again I don't
1:03:34 have a problem with that
1:03:37 thank you Deputy council president
1:03:39 councilmember Ray
1:03:41 I have a couple of questions that this
1:03:44 conversation has has spawned and and
1:03:47 um they really are kind of going back to
1:03:49 a little bit of my procedural thing
1:03:52 um what would we do in the next two
1:03:55 weeks because it seems like there's two
1:03:57 questions are on the table one is
1:04:00 um if we add these additional resources
1:04:03 to Public Works is there something else
1:04:05 that we're going to forego
1:04:08 um so so that's one question that we
1:04:09 need to answer
1:04:11 um so that's a question for the
1:04:12 administration the second question is
1:04:14 what were the criteria that were used to
1:04:16 decide which projects to delay so that
1:04:21 we can understand
1:04:23 the logic behind that because I know at
1:04:25 committee we went through that and it
1:04:27 was a fairly complex uh linear
1:04:30 programming kind of model of of
1:04:32 trade-offs so can can I get uh Emily you
1:04:37 to at least talk to the kind of the
1:04:39 rubric for decisions on what to delay
1:04:42 and then also then questions about how
1:04:45 do we deal with and this is probably a
1:04:48 Wally question how do we deal with the
1:04:49 larger
1:04:51 resource management and mayor's going to
1:04:53 chime in a little bit first you've got
1:04:56 too many questions in there Council
1:04:57 memory I'm sorry
1:05:00 definitely the city administrator can
1:05:02 talk about the bigger picture of
1:05:04 Staffing and definitely our Public Works
1:05:06 director can talk about
1:05:08 the logic or rationale that was used to
1:05:10 do project selection and it is
1:05:12 complicated for for 19 different reasons
1:05:15 but I do want to point out that you have
1:05:17 two different decisions here tonight one
1:05:19 is about Staffing and a second one that
1:05:21 would be coming in two weeks that is
1:05:23 about resourcing and it is appropriate
1:05:26 for you to divide those into two
1:05:28 questions tonight you're voting on
1:05:30 Staffing and directing us to prepare a
1:05:34 budget amendment but you get to review
1:05:37 approve that budget amendment and so I'm
1:05:39 not sure how intricately these are
1:05:41 linked but I will let people smarter
1:05:43 than me answer that and council member
1:05:45 Martz if you want to just chime in
1:05:46 before the questions get answered yeah I
1:05:48 think I might have a point of order
1:05:49 because we actually we have a motion on
1:05:52 the floor and I think that the request
1:05:54 on subsequent information is presuming
1:05:57 an amendment to modify the motion that's
1:05:59 on the floor or no no because no no not
1:06:04 yet the questions I think just questions
1:06:05 yeah I'm just trying to understand
1:06:08 I'm I'm reacting quite honestly to some
1:06:11 of the comments I heard and I don't know
1:06:13 how to answer them because I need some I
1:06:14 have some questions we'll get some more
1:06:16 information on the table I don't think
1:06:17 there's been an amendment to the motion
1:06:19 proposed yet so let's start with City
1:06:20 administrator let's start Big Picture
1:06:22 This is a very unusual situation to be
1:06:25 bringing a public works director in post
1:06:28 budget but then to task them with doing
1:06:31 a strategic review of resources projects
1:06:35 and coming back to council with a pretty
1:06:37 difficult picture
1:06:39 um are you planning to do this with
1:06:40 other departments
1:06:41 uh no
1:06:43 um or not not tomorrow I mean I think
1:06:47 over the long period of time it's
1:06:48 important to look at departments uh
1:06:50 there is not another one in the hopper
1:06:52 Public Works has been a real focus of
1:06:55 our energies uh really since my arrival
1:06:57 here believe it or not three and a half
1:06:59 years ago
1:07:01 I'll just say in a more broad sense
1:07:06 um you know the staff doesn't like to
1:07:08 disappoint you and the community and I
1:07:11 think for the last several years the
1:07:14 staff the engineering staff public work
1:07:15 staff has worked tirelessly to get
1:07:18 projects out the door for lots of
1:07:20 different reasons that hasn't happened
1:07:21 and they've been very frustrated they're
1:07:23 frustrated to come back and tell you
1:07:25 during the budget cycle we did
1:07:29 whatever percent of what was budgeted
1:07:32 and they don't like to make excuses
1:07:34 um and so when uh when director Moon
1:07:36 came here in one of the requests the
1:07:38 mayor and I had of her was you know do
1:07:40 an honest assessment is this is this a
1:07:43 people problem is this a process problem
1:07:45 is it a resource problem what is this
1:07:47 and I think is the committee heard and
1:07:49 as you've heard this evening
1:07:51 um you know we've documented some
1:07:52 resource issues we could wait until the
1:07:56 uh changes to the biennial budget in the
1:07:59 fall and share all this with you then we
1:08:01 decided no that doesn't make any sense
1:08:03 because then we're just going to be
1:08:05 coming back to you in the fall saying
1:08:06 we've missed the Mark again we know why
1:08:09 we're missing the Mark we want to move
1:08:10 forward and make those changes one of
1:08:13 the challenges however though in making
1:08:15 those changes in mid-year without a an
1:08:18 influx of resources from outside of the
1:08:21 budget you have to make adjustments and
1:08:23 uh and director Moon can share with you
1:08:25 in a moment uh the rigor that she put
1:08:28 every project through to make some
1:08:31 decisions
1:08:32 what we came up with was there were some
1:08:35 projects that we weren't getting
1:08:37 traction on for a variety of reasons and
1:08:40 we felt comfortable
1:08:41 shifting some of those resources and
1:08:43 again director mucken it's probably go
1:08:45 back to those four projects specifically
1:08:48 and speak to that so there are no right
1:08:50 answers here
1:08:52 however when council member hunt and
1:08:55 council president Walsh raised some
1:08:58 questions over the last day or so I mean
1:09:00 these are legitimate policy questions I
1:09:02 don't think the mayor myself director
1:09:04 Moon felt we could just reject them out
1:09:06 of hand we felt it was important if the
1:09:08 body wanted more time this is a big deal
1:09:10 two weeks is not not going to break this
1:09:13 but not to say we didn't do a really
1:09:16 good job in the first place we think
1:09:19 we've got a pretty methodical process
1:09:22 which I'll let director Moon speak to
1:09:24 now but that's sort of the bigger
1:09:26 picture there are no other departments
1:09:28 in the office thing you know certainly
1:09:30 as you look down the road there
1:09:34 certainly are always other Municipal
1:09:35 issues we're going to have to deal with
1:09:36 but we're not going to come back in two
1:09:39 weeks and say you know let's have a deep
1:09:41 discussion about parks and Community
1:09:42 Services that's not well either a city
1:09:45 administrator or director Moon there's
1:09:47 another part of the question from
1:09:49 councilman Ray which is what would
1:09:51 happen in those two weeks so you know we
1:09:53 just come back and you get the same
1:09:55 information and well well so what we
1:09:58 would do is we've heard from council
1:10:02 member hunt we've heard from Council
1:10:04 president Walsh about some concerns
1:10:08 um you know are there opportunities I
1:10:10 mean I think
1:10:11 if I can get maybe more specific The
1:10:13 Laughing Jacob laughing Jacob's group
1:10:16 exactly
1:10:18 it's not Jacob
1:10:22 um you know there may be an opportunity
1:10:23 to say okay if the council feels very
1:10:26 strongly about this
1:10:27 here's an opportunity to take money from
1:10:29 somewhere else in the city to put that
1:10:31 in there that probably is the only other
1:10:34 adjustment we think we would make other
1:10:36 than saying maybe there's some Reit
1:10:38 money that you could spend on lots of
1:10:39 other things you might be able to put in
1:10:41 here if the council really felt strongly
1:10:44 we felt in talking with the mayor this
1:10:46 afternoon an obligation that if the
1:10:48 council wants to take two weeks
1:10:49 we're happy to provide that information
1:10:51 but there's not going to be a lot of
1:10:53 wild changes uh the the path's a pretty
1:10:56 narrow one
1:10:57 director Moon
1:10:59 thank you
1:11:01 so I heard two questions I heard
1:11:03 criteria for project selection and I can
1:11:06 review that again if that's uh desired I
1:11:10 I did want to
1:11:12 be very clear about where we are it is
1:11:16 April
1:11:17 we have not been sitting around for the
1:11:20 you know three months plus you adopted
1:11:23 the budget even before the end of the
1:11:26 calendar year we made plans
1:11:29 in terms of allocating projects to
1:11:32 different staff members and we had to
1:11:35 get projects put out to bid we had to
1:11:38 start working on collaboration with
1:11:40 other entities and across departments
1:11:43 and so I I want to be clear that we had
1:11:48 to make some choices early in this year
1:11:51 knowing what our staffing level was
1:11:55 we've made those choices we've
1:11:57 identified the projects that we have put
1:11:58 on delay we've identified the projects
1:12:00 that we need extra resources in order to
1:12:05 successfully complete or get underway
1:12:07 this year many of those projects are
1:12:10 two-year projects
1:12:12 we therefore have limited ability to
1:12:16 pick other projects at this moment in
1:12:18 time to delay in 2023 it's a two-year
1:12:21 budget we could look to our
1:12:24 2024 pick out some initial phase you
1:12:28 know design phase or conceptual planning
1:12:30 phase projects or better candidates for
1:12:33 delay in 2024.
1:12:36 we have the ability to put contracts on
1:12:40 pause there's risks in doing that
1:12:44 the the projects that we would naturally
1:12:47 turn to I think would be our rehab
1:12:50 projects taking care of our existing
1:12:52 infrastructure because those are annual
1:12:54 programs and we can we can move work
1:12:57 around that is not something we'd like
1:12:58 to do
1:13:00 it's precisely the thing we're trying to
1:13:02 avoid and get better at
1:13:05 but I just wanted to be really clear
1:13:07 about where we are in this moment the
1:13:10 projects that we were able to Resource
1:13:12 we have resourced we have gotten
1:13:14 underway in various shapes and forms
1:13:17 having said that the criteria that we
1:13:22 is a very messy Matrix of criteria we
1:13:27 don't just look at 2023 either we have
1:13:30 to look at our full Capital plan and
1:13:32 think about the relationships between
1:13:34 projects and across funds but some of
1:13:39 those criterias I mentioned before have
1:13:41 to do with safety is there a risk a
1:13:44 sense of urgency around this project
1:13:46 because of safety concerns do we have
1:13:49 grants that
1:13:51 we need to complete this project are
1:13:54 Milestones on this project in order to
1:13:56 receive that grant funding
1:14:01 is there a subsequent phase of this
1:14:03 project that is also time sensitive and
1:14:05 therefore we need to get underway with
1:14:07 an earlier phase now in order to hit
1:14:09 that deadline
1:14:11 um as I said previously we often look at
1:14:14 projects that have not yet commenced
1:14:16 that may be in the conceptual or design
1:14:18 phase may be easier to slow those down
1:14:21 we may not have a construction bid in
1:14:23 hand that we want to execute right away
1:14:26 so those are some other things that we
1:14:28 look at
1:14:30 we look at whether or not we're going to
1:14:33 be able to complete that work is there
1:14:35 some other factor is there a delay in
1:14:38 materials on a particular job that we
1:14:41 know is going to push us into 2024
1:14:43 anyway we look we look at a host of
1:14:47 factors and then we try to decide is
1:14:50 this a project that we can successfully
1:14:52 complete with our resources today and
1:14:54 that we must complete this year or did
1:14:58 it go on a candidate list for
1:15:00 consideration for a delay if it went on
1:15:03 that list then we tried to strategize
1:15:06 what are other ways that we could get it
1:15:07 done and as the city administrator
1:15:09 mentioned laughing Jacob Creek could be
1:15:12 one of these the primary reason laughing
1:15:14 Jacobs Creek is on the list today is
1:15:17 because we did not receive the grant
1:15:19 that we applied for we may receive a
1:15:23 second round of that Grant and we may
1:15:26 be given notice of that in June
1:15:32 and then at that point in time if we got
1:15:34 the Grant and if we had some additional
1:15:36 resources in order to backfill the
1:15:38 project management function
1:15:41 then we may be able to get underway
1:15:44 albeit still a little later than we
1:15:46 would have had we received the grant
1:15:49 noticed last year
1:15:55 hey councilman Marie I thought you had
1:15:57 three questions in there they thought
1:15:58 you had two did you get the answers that
1:16:00 you needed I don't know how many
1:16:01 questions I had but I got them answered
1:16:03 okay that was very helpful thank you
1:16:04 okay I'm looking around for a second
1:16:06 round of questions
1:16:08 um before we go to second round we have
1:16:09 heard from five of our council members I
1:16:11 just wanted to give a chance to we have
1:16:13 not heard yet before we go for a second
1:16:15 round councilmember D Michelle
1:16:17 um and councilmember Joe did you have
1:16:19 any questions before we go to the second
1:16:20 round okay great council president
1:16:23 thank you
1:16:26 I really appreciate the information on
1:16:29 the criteria and I probably should have
1:16:31 looked up the Committees uh all of the
1:16:35 information given to the committee when
1:16:36 that question came up as well
1:16:41 what I'm
1:16:43 hearing is maybe that
1:16:49 we're kind of in a
1:16:52 hard place because some of those
1:16:54 decisions have already been made about
1:16:56 which projects to continue work on given
1:16:59 the resources in the beginning of the
1:17:04 um also that
1:17:05 there was a lot of evaluation and
1:17:07 decision making used for that so
1:17:11 I can accept that area
1:17:15 the other area that I'm still having
1:17:17 trouble with I think is if I was looking
1:17:21 at an entire budget and making decisions
1:17:23 about
1:17:24 where I felt like we needed Staffing
1:17:29 if I got this information I might say
1:17:33 and I also got the information from
1:17:35 Human Services and police and planning
1:17:39 and all of that
1:17:41 I might make the decision to do fewer
1:17:44 capital projects
1:17:46 in my mind the title 18 future updates
1:17:51 super super important having Staffing
1:17:55 for the Motel 6 project that isn't
1:17:58 really happening right now super super
1:18:01 important and so I am still struggling
1:18:04 with making a decision about
1:18:10 one Department's needs without looking
1:18:13 at other departments and what those
1:18:17 needs are for the full of our city
1:18:22 I think
1:18:23 um additionally
1:18:25 I am concerned about what our future
1:18:29 Revenue looks like if we're adding these
1:18:35 these Staffing commitments on
1:18:38 we made a decision in our previous
1:18:40 budget cycle that our Revenue could
1:18:44 support a certain number of staff and
1:18:47 projects and operations costs and now
1:18:51 we're making a decision to add almost a
1:18:54 million dollars per year worth of
1:18:58 Staffing costs without
1:19:02 saying that we necessarily have the
1:19:04 revenue for that in a future budget Year
1:19:06 yes I appreciate that we're looking at
1:19:09 this and saying we can you know not do
1:19:13 some projects and have that money and
1:19:15 utilize all of that for this current
1:19:18 budget amendment but we're still not
1:19:21 looking at that 2025 budget and saying
1:19:25 we're going to have the revenue to
1:19:26 support these positions
1:19:28 at that time when it comes up because
1:19:32 we didn't have that money when we made
1:19:35 the decision on budget previously
1:19:37 otherwise
1:19:39 I would have said let's put another
1:19:41 person in planning for you know Title 18
1:19:43 future updates or we would have said do
1:19:46 we have the right Staffing for ipd so
1:19:49 I'm still struggling with that uh this
1:19:52 is a difficult
1:19:55 policy decision to make in a vacuum
1:19:59 and council president thank you for that
1:20:03 you know we would never as a
1:20:06 Professional Organization come and ask
1:20:07 you to pit one Department's needs
1:20:09 against another so we would never come
1:20:11 and say if you're going to do this
1:20:13 you know you have to pick if it's going
1:20:15 to be police officers or firefighters or
1:20:17 this so part of what the team is doing
1:20:19 is trying to present you
1:20:21 this very unusual request but also doing
1:20:24 it within that broad scope that I think
1:20:26 you're asking for so it's it if it feels
1:20:29 uncomfortable this is uncomfortable
1:20:32 it really is but we as a team try to
1:20:35 make sure that we have evaluated and
1:20:36 present to you a proposed Staffing plan
1:20:39 that we think will get the work done so
1:20:43 sure like when you do your wonderful
1:20:45 Retreats with your Council priorities
1:20:47 that's what we try and bring you back so
1:20:49 I would hope that we aren't giving you
1:20:51 the impression that we would ever
1:20:52 shortchange one group over another
1:20:54 no and I'll just respond to that I don't
1:20:57 think we are necessarily short-changing
1:21:01 any group or that you would try to pit
1:21:04 departments against each other but
1:21:06 ultimately budget decisions are about
1:21:08 making
1:21:10 decisions and evaluations between
1:21:12 different needs and so that is a super
1:21:17 super important part of our job in
1:21:19 evaluating that budget and so right now
1:21:23 yes I'm seeing the need in public works
1:21:26 I am absolutely seeing that
1:21:29 but I also know in the back of my head
1:21:30 there's all these other areas that are
1:21:32 super important as needs for the city
1:21:38 that's that's the play that's happening
1:21:40 for me thanks
1:21:42 um I think that's councilmember D
1:21:44 Michelle
1:21:45 is it is it appropriate to comment
1:21:49 rather than ask a question or are we
1:21:51 still asking questions you're in the
1:21:53 motion I think comments are great
1:21:55 okay I'm going to try and see this is
1:21:57 stick delicately and diplomatically as I
1:22:00 but um
1:22:03 I I think we have a director now that
1:22:06 brings and that's what I was trying to
1:22:08 say deep professional
1:22:11 ability to analyze situations and we may
1:22:16 not have had that when we were working
1:22:18 on our budget and now we have it and we
1:22:23 have a person who has presented us with
1:22:25 a proposal that has been worked on not
1:22:29 only by yourself but by our whole
1:22:31 department
1:22:32 and I just want to say that
1:22:36 perhaps we didn't have the full
1:22:37 information when we were doing the
1:22:39 budget and now we have a much clearer
1:22:41 picture
1:22:43 end of comment
1:22:45 I don't think I want to say anything
1:22:47 else besides that I I'm very diplomatic
1:22:50 um let's we are in the comment section
1:22:52 so council member Ray had some questions
1:22:54 but this is the time for you to make
1:22:56 your comments if you'd like council
1:22:58 member Ray
1:23:00 you sure okay
1:23:03 so one of the things that really became
1:23:04 clear in the discussion we had in
1:23:06 infrastructure was how much
1:23:07 infrastructure debt we have in the City
1:23:10 of Issaquah and every day that we don't
1:23:12 address that is a day that that debt
1:23:14 gets deeper and it's going to be harder
1:23:16 to dig out and so
1:23:18 um so
1:23:20 we need I think we need to move forward
1:23:22 with putting a team together that can
1:23:24 move us forward so I really appreciate
1:23:27 um Council president's comments about
1:23:30 um positions particularly the out your
1:23:31 funding that was actually my my biggest
1:23:33 question was great we got this year
1:23:34 covered and maybe next year but what
1:23:36 about the out years I think that's
1:23:37 legitimate question that we're going to
1:23:39 have to we're going to have to solve for
1:23:41 um but I also believe that that's
1:23:44 something we can we can do and I also
1:23:48 believe that it's the job of the
1:23:50 administration to come back to us I mean
1:23:51 I don't think that this was
1:23:54 um this is the first of a trickle of and
1:23:56 now we need two police officers and now
1:23:57 we need four you know so I I think that
1:23:59 the the administration made a
1:24:01 determination that this is really what's
1:24:02 on fire this is where we need help if
1:24:04 we're going to meet meet our goals so I
1:24:06 think that so these positions make sense
1:24:09 to me
1:24:11 and then you know it's funny buddy when
1:24:14 I look at the motion it doesn't talk
1:24:15 about the prioritization of projects at
1:24:18 all I mean that's really kind of um an
1:24:21 operational decision and and I got to
1:24:23 rely on our Public Works to understand
1:24:26 what our priorities are
1:24:28 but then to manage the sequencing of
1:24:30 projects in such a way that makes the
1:24:32 most sense because managing a program
1:24:35 which is why I'm excited about your
1:24:37 program manager managing a program is
1:24:40 different than managing a project
1:24:41 because you need to look at how all
1:24:42 these things interact and so
1:24:45 um I think it's reasonable for us to
1:24:47 give guidance on we like this and we
1:24:49 know more than that but I think I want
1:24:52 Public Works to operate
1:24:54 these things as a program and to really
1:24:56 to bring together the interdependencies
1:24:59 and the funding streams and the
1:25:01 resources in a package that gets us the
1:25:03 most with what we have right now so
1:25:06 you guys are professionals at it I got
1:25:09 to rely on you recognizing that we have
1:25:13 our priorities so I think this is the
1:25:16 right thing to do I think it's the right
1:25:17 thing to do tonight I'm I'm ready to
1:25:19 kind of move forward with this thanks I
1:25:21 have two more speakers
1:25:23 um I'm going to go first to council
1:25:25 member Joe who has not made a comment
1:25:26 yet and then back to council member hunt
1:25:29 thank you um
1:25:31 I'll stress the transportation
1:25:34 engineering comparison slide that came
1:25:36 up that showed you know that we put
1:25:38 quite a burden on our Issaquah employees
1:25:41 in terms of
1:25:42 3.83 projects as opposed to 2.22 which
1:25:47 is the average we also put a great
1:25:49 burden on them in terms of the amount of
1:25:51 money that they're kind of responsible
1:25:54 for 6.3 million dollars is kind of their
1:25:57 responsibility for the value of the
1:25:59 projects that they're working on and the
1:26:01 value of projects per 1000 populations
1:26:03 not almost a million dollars my point is
1:26:06 that that we have been
1:26:09 um demanding quite a bit from our Public
1:26:11 Works employees and we need to be
1:26:14 cognizant of of burnout and working them
1:26:17 to a point where they go elsewhere right
1:26:21 and I think that
1:26:24 I don't see in the near future a great
1:26:29 supply of Engineers coming out such that
1:26:31 we are going to be having too many
1:26:34 engineers in our department with
1:26:36 turnover and just the way that the
1:26:38 market is out the next five or ten years
1:26:41 I think
1:26:42 we're going to be lucky to have what we
1:26:44 have and the the Administration has
1:26:47 really done a great job with director
1:26:49 moon to put a a package together that
1:26:53 kind of does the very best with what we
1:26:56 have as council member Ray points out
1:26:59 um gives us the best chance for success
1:27:03 to achieve some of the goals that that
1:27:05 the council has said are important the
1:27:08 projects picked and how they're done you
1:27:12 know is not necessarily in the purview
1:27:14 of the council we're going to rely on
1:27:16 our professional staff to do that and
1:27:18 I'll be supporting the motion this
1:27:20 evening thank you thank you
1:27:21 councilmember Joe I believe everybody's
1:27:23 had a chance to speak but I'm going to
1:27:25 go back to councilmember hunt and then
1:27:26 make my way around the table again
1:27:27 councilmember hunt
1:27:30 thank you Madame mayor
1:27:32 um I will go ahead and make a motion to
1:27:35 continue this conversation to April 17th
1:27:40 promotion's been made
1:27:42 second second would you like to speak to
1:27:44 the motion
1:27:46 yes thank you
1:27:48 um it's always challenging to make
1:27:52 to make an argument about
1:27:54 that's that sort of hinges on a
1:27:56 procedural thing but I do think actually
1:27:59 this one is really important I think we
1:28:01 have an opportunity to consider the
1:28:04 budget amendment with
1:28:06 as the implications of the decision at
1:28:10 the same time and I've in the past you
1:28:13 know sometimes we've directed the
1:28:15 finance administrator to make decisions
1:28:18 um or to to make amendments and then it
1:28:20 comes back and there have been changes
1:28:23 um to the budget that then you know I
1:28:27 have to
1:28:28 that then have to be considered sort of
1:28:31 separately but they had sort of also
1:28:33 already been given Direction on by the
1:28:35 council and
1:28:37 um that for me has been really difficult
1:28:38 and this is an opportunity that's
1:28:40 supported by the administration to
1:28:42 actually consider the amendment with the
1:28:45 policy decision about increasing the
1:28:47 Staffing levels and we can't do that
1:28:49 tonight but we could do that in two
1:28:50 weeks and there's not a material
1:28:52 difference according to the
1:28:53 administration
1:28:56 for a policy making body and for me as a
1:28:59 policy maker I really think that that's
1:29:02 a big step in the right direction to
1:29:04 consider the policy to consider the
1:29:06 budget amendment with the policy
1:29:09 decision about increasing the Staffing
1:29:11 levels
1:29:12 um as I said before my issue is really
1:29:14 with the changes to the projects I do
1:29:17 believe we have
1:29:19 and and
1:29:21 um the reason that we have we'll have to
1:29:23 consider the budget amendment is because
1:29:24 we as a council do have oversight over
1:29:27 changing the money and changing the
1:29:29 funding that goes into these projects
1:29:30 and we did approve a budget that
1:29:32 included for example for example The
1:29:34 Laughing Jacobs Creek project
1:29:39 for that reason I do think we have
1:29:41 the purview to to
1:29:45 to make
1:29:48 um to make judgments about
1:29:51 the different priorities that we want to
1:29:54 include in the budget salmon and coconut
1:29:58 very important it's been said that if we
1:30:00 got that Grant perhaps we could then
1:30:03 um have Staffing Resources to do that
1:30:06 project I would like to have that
1:30:09 um as part of the agenda Bill and to
1:30:11 have that information in front of us so
1:30:12 we could consider it as a package
1:30:15 um so I I make this motion to consider
1:30:18 that full package and again because I
1:30:22 um a serious concern about the project
1:30:24 timeline and I said Sam as a city that
1:30:27 so values salmon and especially Kokanee
1:30:29 which we really do have the obligation
1:30:32 to support because this is a very
1:30:34 endangered population very few habitat
1:30:36 places
1:30:37 um I can't support that without
1:30:40 I can't support this bill because of
1:30:42 that as an implied issue but I feel like
1:30:45 in two weeks we can have more
1:30:48 um consideration of that with potential
1:30:49 other options and I would appreciate my
1:30:52 fellow council members giving that two
1:30:55 weeks so we could consider that full
1:30:56 package thank you
1:30:58 uh I saw a couple mics go up and down
1:31:01 I'm not sure if it was counselor D
1:31:03 Michelle or councilmember Mertz
1:31:06 yep I just couldn't see who went first
1:31:09 so you can defer to okay council member
1:31:11 marks followed by council member D
1:31:12 Michelle
1:31:13 respectfully I'm going to oppose the
1:31:16 amendment um I I don't really want to
1:31:17 get into a project by project analysis I
1:31:20 think the administration you know we've
1:31:23 had things over the last couple years
1:31:24 where we've had where the administration
1:31:26 decided to come back and be like hey we
1:31:28 were going to work on this thing we
1:31:29 didn't need to work on it this year so
1:31:30 instead we're talking about small delays
1:31:34 and the administration's already given a
1:31:37 rationale on it
1:31:40 I don't see
1:31:42 um a budget assessment in two weeks
1:31:45 that's going to fundamentally change
1:31:47 this is you know three ftes out of a
1:31:50 what 250 FTE organization thereabouts we
1:31:54 have a plan this is not uh it's not like
1:31:58 we it's not the administration coming to
1:32:00 us with a pickup opportunity that we
1:32:02 didn't know that we had two weeks ago
1:32:03 and there's some urgency to it we have
1:32:05 put a lot of time and effort into this
1:32:07 Capital uh plan and so and we've spent
1:32:10 so much of the last three years being
1:32:11 unable to do the things that we know we
1:32:13 need to do as a city and make the
1:32:15 Investments that we need to make so I am
1:32:17 just excited about getting moving uh
1:32:19 right now so thanks
1:32:22 councilmember D Michelle
1:32:24 so I will be supporting the motion and I
1:32:28 think we are on the path we've been
1:32:29 assured that things are going to move
1:32:31 forward over the next two weeks while
1:32:33 we're doing a little bit deeper dive it
1:32:36 sounds if I and please correct me
1:32:39 council member hunt if I'm saying this
1:32:41 incorrectly but uh it sounds as though
1:32:43 council member hunt would like us to
1:32:45 consider
1:32:46 putting laughing Jacob's Creek back on
1:32:50 the active list and where we find the
1:32:52 money to do that uh
1:32:55 perhaps having the administration come
1:32:57 back with that proposal and I have an
1:33:00 additional question about it if we're
1:33:02 going to consider it and that would be
1:33:04 how does this all relate if at all to
1:33:07 the big Culvert projects that we're
1:33:09 going to have along I-90
1:33:11 and yes we do want to support our
1:33:14 Kokanee so I will be supporting it I
1:33:17 don't think that from what I've heard
1:33:19 tonight that is substantially going to
1:33:22 delay the project if we could take
1:33:25 another two weeks to consider
1:33:27 the adding that one project back on the
1:33:30 active list and finding the funding to
1:33:32 do that or the resources to do that so
1:33:35 um I again I do support the motion and
1:33:38 next week I plan to vote for it but I I
1:33:41 don't see any downside to taking a
1:33:43 couple of weeks to consider
1:33:44 councilmember Hunt's questions thank you
1:33:47 thank you councilmember D Michelle I
1:33:49 have a question for the city
1:33:50 administrator and Public Works director
1:33:51 these would come back as two separate
1:33:54 motions so there would be budget
1:33:55 adjustment under one motion and the same
1:33:58 motion we had here tonight so if there
1:34:00 was no firm direction from the Council
1:34:03 on resourcing we would still expect to
1:34:06 have a vote on the Staffing plan so they
1:34:08 set what you're thinking two different
1:34:11 votes
1:34:14 well I think if we're just continuing
1:34:17 the motion that's on the floor then we
1:34:20 it would be the motion that's on the
1:34:21 floor so we would still be coming back
1:34:23 at a future meeting beyond that
1:34:25 with with the Staffing plan and the
1:34:28 budget amendment as two separate votes
1:34:30 that's right and it would not be in on
1:34:32 the 17th
1:34:34 it would not be on the 17th would not be
1:34:36 on the 17th
1:34:38 correct if if we're continuing the
1:34:41 motion that's on the floor motion on the
1:34:43 floor has us coming back at some future
1:34:46 date with that so we would come back
1:34:48 though and address
1:34:51 the funding as it is currently before
1:34:53 the council this evening and so we would
1:34:55 make and I I think that councilmember D
1:34:59 Michelle is correct that it's that one
1:35:01 project would be the one that we would
1:35:02 focus on I guess what I'm trying to make
1:35:05 sure is that before they take their vote
1:35:07 they really understand what they're
1:35:09 voting on which is this motion would not
1:35:12 bring items back in two weeks would not
1:35:15 bring this by the item before the
1:35:16 council back in two weeks okay this
1:35:19 particular vote and the budget
1:35:21 adjustment
1:35:23 it would just bring the item before you
1:35:25 just this one okay so that motion is
1:35:28 direct the finance director to come back
1:35:30 at a future meeting beyond that with a
1:35:33 budget adjustment and then the human
1:35:35 resource director at a future meeting
1:35:37 beyond that to do that that's the motion
1:35:39 on that's okay and city clerk am I are
1:35:43 you following me
1:35:45 okay okay and then the second part to
1:35:47 that is
1:35:49 um is it clear
1:35:51 to the city council of what information
1:35:54 would be coming in the next two weeks
1:35:59 so my understanding from the discussions
1:36:01 that the council's had if this motion
1:36:03 passes to continue the item that the
1:36:06 administration will go back and look at
1:36:08 another funding plan and
1:36:11 bring that back to the council
1:36:15 different than the one that's currently
1:36:17 before you
1:36:18 and that's what I want to make sure
1:36:19 before I call for the voters that you
1:36:21 all understand what would happen in the
1:36:23 next two weeks so council member Ray
1:36:25 I'm sorry a funding plan or a
1:36:28 prioritization of initiatives plan
1:36:31 because the funding plan is the funding
1:36:33 plan and I I haven't heard anybody say
1:36:35 well that's not true I've heard concern
1:36:37 about some of the funding plan but the
1:36:39 thing that's driving the the continuance
1:36:41 isn't the funding plan it's the thing
1:36:45 that's not in the motion at all which is
1:36:46 about prioritization of of uh
1:36:49 initiatives so I I continue to go back
1:36:52 to what are we going to do in the next
1:36:53 two weeks if we if we wait I mean I
1:36:56 don't care about waiting so much but I
1:36:58 want to know what are you going to do
1:37:00 so Madam mayor councilmember Ray
1:37:03 if the motion on the floor passes
1:37:07 um and talking with director moon this
1:37:09 afternoon we were looking specifically
1:37:11 at laughing Jacobs Creek and we believe
1:37:15 again that Grant has not been received
1:37:18 we are not cannot do work on the project
1:37:20 until the grant is received if we
1:37:22 receive the grant the grant has a match
1:37:25 that match is being taken away in order
1:37:28 to balance the package that's before you
1:37:30 so we believe we would come back to the
1:37:32 council and the match plus a couple of
1:37:34 other requirements is 175 000 correct
1:37:38 yes the City match is 175 000 and then
1:37:42 we would need additional project
1:37:44 management so we would either come back
1:37:46 to you and say Here's another project
1:37:47 that we would say you don't we aren't
1:37:49 going to do in order to have that 175
1:37:52 thousand dollars if the grant happens
1:37:55 and that may be from from balance it may
1:37:58 be from Reit
1:38:00 um it may be from some other General
1:38:01 Source we have no non-general fund
1:38:05 Source available to uh well Reit would
1:38:07 be a non-general fund Source this would
1:38:09 likely be from the stormwater fund as
1:38:10 well from the storm water fund
1:38:12 so that's what we would do to come
1:38:14 because I don't believe again we've in
1:38:17 the work that we've done in the last day
1:38:18 on this there's a lot of other choices
1:38:21 quite honestly but if the choice was
1:38:24 that we needed to have laughing Jacob's
1:38:26 Creed move forward in order for the
1:38:28 council to approve this plan then we
1:38:30 would find 175 thousand dollars to have
1:38:32 just in case the grant happens if the
1:38:35 grant doesn't happen we have no
1:38:37 resources to move forward with this it
1:38:40 would remain in the budget and hopefully
1:38:42 we would come up with another plan
1:38:44 probably as part of the 24 biennium
1:38:47 revision
1:38:48 to fund this project without the grant
1:38:50 that's council member Ray that's the
1:38:52 specific piece of this that we would
1:38:54 work on over the next two weeks
1:38:57 uh councilmember hunt
1:39:03 um I just wanted to make it clear that
1:39:07 having that additional information is
1:39:09 the intent of the motion so I wanted to
1:39:11 make sure that the motion would get us
1:39:13 that information but it sounds like it
1:39:14 does so thank you
1:39:16 any other comments before I call for the
1:39:21 seeing none
1:39:23 um could you reread the motion for me
1:39:25 City Clerk
1:39:27 sure it's to continue this item to the
1:39:29 April 17 2023 city council meeting
1:39:39 thank you
1:39:40 so the motion on the table is to
1:39:42 continue this item to the April and read
1:39:44 my own writing 18th
1:39:47 17th 2020 2023 city council meeting all
1:39:52 those in favor indicate by saying aye
1:39:54 aye aye
1:39:56 all those opposed indicate by saying nay
1:40:00 council member hunt I didn't catch your
1:40:02 vote three eyes and four Nays so the
1:40:05 motion does not proceed back to the
1:40:08 original motion that's on the table does
1:40:10 anybody want to continue to speak to the
1:40:12 motion Deputy Council or sorry council
1:40:14 president
1:40:15 thank you
1:40:18 so I heard councilmember Ray earlier
1:40:22 talk about infrastructure debt and that
1:40:25 really was striking to me and it kind of
1:40:28 made me change my perspective on some of
1:40:32 this I think
1:40:34 I think much like
1:40:37 our budgets in the past and our CIP
1:40:40 discussions in the past have been very
1:40:42 much a scarcity mindset
1:40:46 they've been a
1:40:48 we only have this bucket and we have to
1:40:51 make decisions between things and
1:40:55 I think that is exactly why we are con
1:41:00 reconsidering the CIP including the
1:41:03 funding sources
1:41:04 so if I take that as part of my
1:41:08 perspective on this I think there's
1:41:11 still the niggling question of
1:41:13 how do we manage these operation costs
1:41:18 in the future but it does
1:41:21 give a different perspective on how we
1:41:25 manage our CIP projects toward being
1:41:31 able to complete the projects that our
1:41:34 community relies on that we decide are
1:41:37 important priorities and all of that and
1:41:43 I was trying to fit all of these things
1:41:46 in to
1:41:49 this past
1:41:52 mindset or framework we've used for the
1:41:55 budget but we really are kind of
1:41:57 transitioning toward this idea of
1:42:01 what are the projects now let's figure
1:42:03 out how the funding goes and I think
1:42:08 from my perspective
1:42:10 changes things around on this so at this
1:42:13 point I'm going to support this and I
1:42:16 Look to having some future conversations
1:42:19 about how we how we work on those
1:42:22 prioritizations how we understand what
1:42:25 all of the needs are in all of the
1:42:28 Departments and all of the project needs
1:42:29 so that we can better conceptualize this
1:42:33 idea in the future
1:42:35 thank you council president any other
1:42:37 comments before I call for the vote on
1:42:39 the motion uh City administrator
1:42:41 yes thank you uh there is another piece
1:42:44 of director Moon's presentation that
1:42:46 kind of got passed over and that is the
1:42:48 future question
1:42:50 um and I think you might want to expand
1:42:52 upon this
1:42:53 um we have not budgeted properly staff
1:42:56 resources for a lot of these projects
1:42:58 that in some cases the general fund has
1:43:02 subsidized uh projects because we have
1:43:05 not adequately build the time of the
1:43:07 individuals and so as we are working on
1:43:11 25 and well it's really 24 but 25 and
1:43:14 beyond that is a key change that public
1:43:18 work staff is working on so the true
1:43:21 cost of these projects will be
1:43:23 represented with the appropriate
1:43:24 Staffing and so that means projects may
1:43:26 increase in cost but at least you're
1:43:28 paying for it up front versus having the
1:43:31 general fund subsidize it by staff that
1:43:34 aren't being paid for by these projects
1:43:37 that have a fair explanation it is it's
1:43:41 going to require a little bit of Staff
1:43:43 analysis to try to get the numbers
1:43:45 correct but indeed we're going to go
1:43:48 through an effort of trying to look at
1:43:51 what Staffing Resources are needed on
1:43:53 each project and how can we cost account
1:43:56 do some project accounting back to the
1:43:58 Project's cost this is not uncommon to
1:44:02 index positions to projects and to
1:44:05 reflect the Staffing costs in the
1:44:07 project budget but we have not done that
1:44:09 as we developed the next CIP we've
1:44:13 already been in motion with that I I
1:44:15 went into this weight we would need to
1:44:17 come back and kind of have that
1:44:18 conversation with you there's a lot of
1:44:20 movement between funds and and
1:44:22 individual positions are split sometimes
1:44:24 across five funds so it's a little more
1:44:27 complicated than it might seem and
1:44:28 that's why I think as as director Boone
1:44:31 showed you the costs associated with 23
1:44:33 and 24 because we figure by 25 we'll
1:44:37 have figured it out maybe not completely
1:44:39 for 24. so that as far as if there's
1:44:41 concern that you're adding costs to the
1:44:44 Future you're adding costs to the Myriad
1:44:46 of projects in the Myriad of funding
1:44:47 sources these are not going to be direct
1:44:49 ads to the general fund and we should
1:44:51 have it pretty well figured out in time
1:44:53 for a budget for 25.
1:44:56 I'm going to councilmember hunt and if
1:44:59 anyone else has any final comments just
1:45:00 raise your mic councilmember
1:45:02 thank you
1:45:04 um I will not be supporting this and it
1:45:07 really has to do with the implied
1:45:08 changes to the project uh work plan and
1:45:12 specifically the Kokanee very important
1:45:16 project for cooking I think we we still
1:45:19 have an opportunity to consider that if
1:45:21 we do get the Grant and I look forward
1:45:23 to hearing from Public Works director
1:45:24 Moon if we do get that Grant
1:45:27 um but this is very important for for us
1:45:30 for our partners in the Kokanee work
1:45:32 group for the Snoqualmie tribe
1:45:34 um super important project and we're
1:45:36 it's implied in this bill that we are
1:45:40 not going to fund it and fund other
1:45:43 things instead so I won't be supporting
1:45:46 that but I look forward to having
1:45:47 continued conversations about how we can
1:45:50 um support this important little redfish
1:45:52 population that we really
1:45:54 have a unique responsibility to protect
1:45:57 thanks thank you councilmember hunt uh
1:45:59 councilmember Mertz
1:46:01 I I just want to put a bookmark on uh
1:46:05 what the city administrator said if we
1:46:08 um next time we do a budget if we have
1:46:10 an ability to talk about positions that
1:46:13 are essentially Grant funded that are
1:46:15 effectively Grant funded as opposed to
1:46:17 forever I mean a full-time position is a
1:46:21 full-time position but I could Envision
1:46:22 having a more valuable conversation next
1:46:26 time we have budget if we say these
1:46:28 things are essentially Grant funded and
1:46:30 these things are essentially general
1:46:32 fund long I don't want to say long term
1:46:36 because it you know what I mean like I
1:46:38 think that'll be important because if we
1:46:40 if we're ramping up our grant activities
1:46:42 I don't want to have that conflate my
1:46:46 annual conversation about
1:46:48 um not increasing our uh per capita cost
1:46:51 in real dollars right I want to be able
1:46:53 to understand what was a natural result
1:46:55 of an increased Grant uh activity thanks
1:47:00 great
1:47:02 council member Joe
1:47:04 I just um had a clarification question
1:47:07 for City administrator we didn't get the
1:47:11 grant for laughing Jacobs Trail in this
1:47:13 last cycle
1:47:15 laughing Jacob's Creek thank you what
1:47:18 did I say laughing Trail there is a
1:47:20 trail there though okay thank you
1:47:24 um but if we do get the Grant in the
1:47:27 second cycle
1:47:29 um what would the administration do with
1:47:32 that money would you take that grant
1:47:35 money and try to find the matching money
1:47:37 from the ending fund balance or other
1:47:39 source so if we did get the grant later
1:47:41 in the year this project would still
1:47:43 potentially go forward is that true
1:47:46 yes I think the question just is the
1:47:48 timing
1:47:51 okay thank you very much appreciate it
1:47:53 councilmember Joe any more comments
1:47:55 before I read this really long motion
1:47:59 not seeing a hand not seeing microphones
1:48:01 raised
1:48:02 so the motion before the council is to
1:48:04 authorize four hundred and ten thousand
1:48:06 dollars in professional service funding
1:48:07 for Public Works project and franchise
1:48:09 management assistance and to authorize
1:48:12 the following new positions 1.0 FTE
1:48:15 signal technician 1.0 FTE senior
1:48:17 engineer capital projects manager for
1:48:19 utilities engineering 1.0 FTE senior
1:48:22 engineer capital projects manager for
1:48:23 transportation engineering 1.0 FTE
1:48:25 Capital program and franchise manager
1:48:27 and to direct the Human Resources
1:48:29 Director to revise the salary ordinance
1:48:31 to add the new classification for the
1:48:33 capital program and franchise manager
1:48:35 and to direct the financial officer to
1:48:38 bring forward a subsequent 2023-24
1:48:41 budget amendment to fund the
1:48:42 Professional Services and additional
1:48:43 positions all those in favor signify by
1:48:46 saying uh
1:48:48 those opposed
1:48:52 um that passes with a six to one vote
1:48:54 thank you very much the next item of
1:48:56 business tonight is our committee in
1:48:58 Regional reports and we'll start with
1:49:00 council member Joe thank you on April
1:49:03 12th the ltch committee will be meeting
1:49:06 um we are looking to brainstorm ways to
1:49:10 effectively promote the
1:49:13 ltch program with groups beyond the
1:49:16 circle of groups that we have have
1:49:18 traditionally seen asked for funding and
1:49:21 see if we can kind of broaden the uh the
1:49:24 aperture a little bit more April 18th
1:49:27 the Cascade water Alliance finance
1:49:29 committee will be meeting and Chris Ray
1:49:31 will be attending that meeting April
1:49:34 19th is a public affairs meeting for
1:49:36 Cascade water Alliance and I will be
1:49:39 attending that meeting that concludes my
1:49:40 report thank you thank you councilmember
1:49:42 Joe councilmember D Michelle
1:49:44 thank you on April 21st I co-chaired the
1:49:47 connect to community Advisory Group to
1:49:48 the healthier here board connect to
1:49:51 community is getting ready for a soft
1:49:53 launch this month we're so excited of
1:49:56 the Community Information exchange
1:49:57 Network
1:49:58 We Are all uh just very excited just a
1:50:01 reminder that the ciece CEI will be a
1:50:04 platform where health and Behavioral
1:50:06 Health Specialists will be able to share
1:50:08 patient information and develop virtual
1:50:11 care teams focus on the best outcomes
1:50:14 for people with co-occurring conditions
1:50:17 so if you need to think about it a
1:50:19 little bit different way think about the
1:50:20 together Center as a brick and mortar
1:50:23 concept that is similar to the virtual
1:50:26 cie and that's exactly what we're trying
1:50:28 to accomplish is break down the barriers
1:50:31 between health and Behavioral Health so
1:50:33 we're very excited going to launch here
1:50:35 in just the next week or so and you'll
1:50:38 be hearing more about it that on April
1:50:40 29th I attended the Eastside Human
1:50:43 Services Forum lunch and learn and we
1:50:46 heard from the Human Services Managers
1:50:48 from Bellevue Kirkland Redmond Sammamish
1:50:50 and Issaquah about the Human Services
1:50:53 priority for each Community it was a
1:50:56 really really informative session and
1:50:58 lots of good questions lots of good
1:51:00 discussions I learned a lot and our own
1:51:03 Monica negrila provided an outstanding
1:51:06 presentation so I distributed a summary
1:51:09 of the content to the council earlier
1:51:13 anyone interested in getting that same
1:51:16 document please contact me
1:51:18 but it does I think provide a good
1:51:21 overview of all of the concerns the top
1:51:23 concerns of Human Services people on the
1:51:26 east side and I'm also was I'll have to
1:51:29 say I was remiss in not inviting you to
1:51:33 attend and I will not make that mistake
1:51:36 at our next
1:51:37 forum that we put on for eastside Human
1:51:40 Services Forum because this was just a
1:51:42 really exciting and outstanding session
1:51:45 so thank you
1:51:47 thank you councilmember 8. the council
1:51:51 mobility and infrastructure committee
1:51:52 will not be meeting this month and that
1:51:55 concludes my report thank you councilman
1:51:58 Mertz
1:51:59 thanks Madam mayor the sound cities
1:52:01 Association public issues committee will
1:52:04 be meeting this Wednesday April 12th in
1:52:07 person for the first time in a long time
1:52:10 so look out rent and here we come
1:52:16 and meeting at six o'clock for uh for a
1:52:20 little beverage I think before the seven
1:52:22 o'clock formal meeting start uh no
1:52:24 actions are planned but we will be
1:52:26 discussing the legislative session and
1:52:28 Wastewater rates and Regional water
1:52:30 quality governance and uh veterans
1:52:33 seniors and Human Services Levy but
1:52:35 again none of this is expected to have
1:52:37 action taken and uh
1:52:40 I also have a committee that's not
1:52:42 meeting this month services safety and
1:52:45 Parks uh does not have any agenda items
1:52:48 for the month of April but I know that
1:52:50 we're already cooking up good things for
1:52:51 May this concludes my report thank you
1:52:54 councilmember and council member had I
1:52:55 apologize for skipping over you did a
1:52:57 great job sending out an email update
1:53:00 would you care to read that or would you
1:53:02 care to have council president read it
1:53:04 your choice
1:53:06 um I can read it good but thank you
1:53:08 thanks yeah
1:53:10 um so on March 28th the city council
1:53:12 Planning Development and environment
1:53:14 committee met when we had two items the
1:53:17 first item was that we discussed
1:53:19 id1394 comprehensive plan periodic
1:53:22 update and scope and with this comp plan
1:53:25 update there will also be a full Eis
1:53:28 environmental impact statement for the
1:53:31 project we reviewed the elements that
1:53:33 will be updated in the comp plan which
1:53:35 includes land use housing Mobility
1:53:37 Capital facilities utilities Parks
1:53:41 Economic Development and two items that
1:53:44 aren't required but that are already in
1:53:46 the comp plan so these would be updates
1:53:48 to existing items and those are a
1:53:51 cultural element and a human services
1:53:53 element
1:53:54 so after discussing that these two
1:53:57 non-required items would be a Light Lift
1:53:58 because the work has largely already
1:54:00 been done for example in the Human
1:54:02 Services strategic plan the committee
1:54:04 did support the scope of the update as
1:54:07 recommended by the administration
1:54:10 we also were asked to weigh in on if
1:54:12 analysis of parking should cover Central
1:54:15 Issaquah or Citywide
1:54:19 um so only Central or Citywide and we
1:54:22 unanimously agreed in committee that
1:54:24 parking analysis should be Citywide
1:54:27 um and we also
1:54:29 um discussed that Council has waited on
1:54:31 this previously so we wanted to make
1:54:33 sure that we were internally consistent
1:54:36 with our past conversations on this and
1:54:38 felt that that analysis should be
1:54:39 Citywide and should also cover best
1:54:42 practices and Recent research on on
1:54:44 parking
1:54:46 we also reviewed and supported the
1:54:48 engagement plan for the comp plan update
1:54:49 which includes an emphasis on equity and
1:54:52 which will include
1:54:54 um working with the equity commission
1:54:57 and will also include engagement in
1:54:59 multiple languages which we thought was
1:55:01 very important and overall the committee
1:55:03 felt that the title 18 land use code
1:55:05 update which we are nearing the end of
1:55:09 um which a lot of Staff work went into a
1:55:11 lot of council work and a lot of
1:55:12 community engagement that that would be
1:55:14 a solid foundation for this comp plan
1:55:16 update so the administration is
1:55:19 recommending that an item come forward
1:55:20 at a on consent at a subsequent
1:55:23 council meeting not not tonight but at a
1:55:26 different meeting that would formalize
1:55:28 the scope of the comp plan update I
1:55:31 wanted to flag this for Council because
1:55:32 the comp plan is a big
1:55:35 is a big
1:55:36 um is a big policy
1:55:39 body of work and this is sort of the
1:55:42 first scoping conversation that we've
1:55:44 had but it is an intermediate and a long
1:55:46 process and so it is a bit unusual to
1:55:49 have something come out of committee at
1:55:51 an intermediate step and go to Council
1:55:53 on consent but um since the
1:55:55 administration felt that this was this
1:55:57 was important and since this is a big
1:55:59 and important and complex undertaking
1:56:01 and sort of an exception we wanted to
1:56:05 give an opportunity for Council to weigh
1:56:07 in now so I will raise this and go to
1:56:09 the order but we also
1:56:10 um did did agree with the
1:56:12 administration's recommendation which
1:56:14 would be that this
1:56:16 scope be formalized in a agenda bill
1:56:21 that would be on consent at a future
1:56:22 meeting so that council could kind of
1:56:24 approve approve that in a formal way so
1:56:28 again I will raise that I go to the
1:56:29 order in case in case there are any
1:56:31 questions for me or my fellow committee
1:56:33 members on the comp plan scope update
1:56:38 um then also we had one other item which
1:56:40 was id1340 public contractor code of
1:56:44 conduct and this code was based on the
1:56:46 private contractor code of conduct the
1:56:48 council recently incorporated into our
1:56:50 municipal code on March 7th all there
1:56:53 were a few changes that were made in the
1:56:55 private version for example providing
1:56:58 for flexibility and shaping the
1:57:00 communication and Outreach plan because
1:57:02 in the case of a City Contractor working
1:57:04 on a city project it is often actually
1:57:06 the city that is managing that
1:57:09 engagement or those signs and one other
1:57:12 important difference between the public
1:57:13 and private code is that the private
1:57:15 code is recommended to be included as an
1:57:18 appendix to the city's construction
1:57:19 contracts rather than incorporated into
1:57:22 Municipal Code so this was recommended
1:57:25 by both the public works department as
1:57:27 well as the City attorney to do this and
1:57:28 then um sorry uh
1:57:31 attachment appendix to the city's
1:57:34 Construction contract rather than have a
1:57:37 second
1:57:38 code in the municipal code to address
1:57:40 City projects
1:57:43 the committee requested some additional
1:57:45 Clarity around where the changes to the
1:57:46 code says things like as may be required
1:57:49 and the committee also asked that the
1:57:50 communications part of the code be
1:57:52 Rewritten to focus on the role of the
1:57:53 contractor and the committee requested
1:57:55 that the administration bring back more
1:57:57 information to the committee about the
1:57:59 role of the city on that Communications
1:58:01 and public engagement and signage Etc
1:58:05 um which will will be the responsibility
1:58:07 of the city so we felt we needed more
1:58:09 information on that and the committee
1:58:11 did ultimately support this item
1:58:12 returning to Council on consent at a
1:58:15 future meeting with those requested
1:58:17 changes and clarifications
1:58:19 the next meeting of the Planning
1:58:21 Development environment committee will
1:58:22 be on May 2nd and we currently have two
1:58:24 items ID 1403 comp plan update housing
1:58:28 and land use and ID
1:58:31 1431411 building and fire code adoption
1:58:34 thank you thank you councilmember Deputy
1:58:36 council president
1:58:38 um thank you really briefly just to
1:58:39 announce that the next board of
1:58:42 directors meeting for eastside fire and
1:58:43 rescue is next Thursday at 4 pm at our
1:58:45 headquarters on Newport Way Northwest
1:58:47 this is our board orientation for the
1:58:50 year and will include this year an
1:58:51 informational update on our deployment
1:58:54 model so that way we can all be good
1:58:56 Advocates of operations and how ether
1:58:59 goes about doing that I am trying to get
1:59:02 it recorded so we can send it out to the
1:59:04 rest of the council and anyone who else
1:59:05 who might want to get a better
1:59:08 understanding of the deployment model
1:59:09 for ether so stay tuned on that
1:59:12 thank you council president
1:59:14 thank you I also have a short report the
1:59:18 next meeting of the growth management
1:59:19 policy board is on this Thursday April
1:59:23 6th the agenda includes adopting the
1:59:28 um or recommending the adoption of the
1:59:30 Kitsap county-wide planning
1:59:34 planning policies
1:59:36 forget what CPP stands for but the
1:59:39 county-wide plans basically plus a
1:59:43 discussion item on the 2024
1:59:46 comprehensive plan outreached cities and
1:59:49 finally information about the Puget
1:59:52 Sound Regional council's summer
1:59:54 activities they're doing a planning
1:59:56 Academy for students and so if you know
1:59:59 any students that are interested in
2:00:01 planning trying to get them in young
2:00:03 this year apparently thanks
2:00:06 thank you council president next on to
2:00:08 the mayor's report there will be an
2:00:10 executive session this evening to
2:00:11 discuss pending or potential litigation
2:00:13 for RCW
2:00:15 42.30.110 paren one print I the items
2:00:19 are expected to take approximately 30
2:00:21 minutes and no action is anticipated to
2:00:23 follow an open session
2:00:25 um this is pretty exciting council
2:00:27 member D Michelle has participated this
2:00:30 event before but we have now got for a
2:00:32 second year in a row a youth
2:00:33 volunteering in Issaquah has been
2:00:35 awarded the association of Washington
2:00:37 City Center for qualities qualities
2:00:39 Community scholarships so this year
2:00:41 Rishi hasra has been awarded a
2:00:43 scholarship from the association of
2:00:45 Washington City's Center for qualities
2:00:47 communities Rishi is a Skyline High
2:00:49 School ASB president and is a regular
2:00:52 youth member on his quiz environmental
2:00:54 board as the mayor I would like to thank
2:00:55 him for his outstanding service to our
2:00:57 community and congratulate him on a
2:00:59 scholarship
2:01:00 we are now seeking nominations are now
2:01:02 open for the Issaquah Hall of Fame award
2:01:04 this is a top honor for individuals who
2:01:07 made a lasting contribution to our
2:01:09 community each year the mayor and
2:01:11 council president select a person to
2:01:12 induct into the Issaquah Hall of Fame
2:01:14 for their exemplary record of
2:01:16 inspiration leadership and service the
2:01:19 award will be presented virtually at the
2:01:20 Chamber of commerce's annual Issaquah
2:01:22 Community Awards event on May 24th and
2:01:24 nominations can be submitted at
2:01:26 isqua.gov nominate the deadline for
2:01:30 nominations is 5 PM April 28th
2:01:33 the civil emergency
2:01:34 proclaimed on March 6 2020 due to the
2:01:38 covid-19 pandemic is terminated as of
2:01:40 April 3rd 2023 and the exercise of the
2:01:44 emergency authority vested to the mayor
2:01:46 by chapter 38.52 RCW is no longer
2:01:49 necessary the City of Issaquah shall
2:01:51 continue to follow health and safety
2:01:53 guidance issued by the Department of
2:01:54 Public Health Seattle and King County
2:01:57 and the Centers for Disease Control so
2:01:59 there's a few upcoming events to share
2:02:02 April 5th is Passover which is one of
2:02:05 the Jewish holidays recognized on a
2:02:07 religious and cultural calendar April
2:02:09 8th there will be an underwater egg hunt
2:02:11 this is an egg hunt at Julia's bone pool
2:02:13 from two o'clock to 4 pm
2:02:16 please bring your families in a basket
2:02:17 to collect your eggs for this event and
2:02:19 pre-registation is required
2:02:21 April 8th we will be having a recycling
2:02:23 event so to encourage the use of
2:02:25 recycled content material and more
2:02:28 efficient use of water the city is
2:02:30 offering rain barrels at a huge discount
2:02:32 in addition start backyard composting
2:02:35 with a compost bin to save resources and
2:02:37 money composting is a natural process
2:02:39 that turns yard waste into rich soil
2:02:42 yard waste contains mostly water and
2:02:44 once the material decomposes rich soil
2:02:46 is all that's left wormbing composting
2:02:49 is an efficient way to convert kitchen
2:02:50 scraps into nutrient-rich compost for
2:02:52 your garden these are simple to assemble
2:02:55 and can be stored in or outside items
2:02:57 are all made from recycled plastic and
2:02:59 the last event and activity is the
2:03:01 sustainability Fair on April 16th so
2:03:03 come and join us for our inaugural
2:03:05 sustainability Fair which is sure to
2:03:08 inspire and engage you Pickering Barn
2:03:10 will be packed with vendors from 10 a.m
2:03:12 to 2PM that offer sustainable products
2:03:14 resources education materials kids
2:03:17 activities and much much more you can
2:03:19 learn more about the fair at esqua.gov
2:03:21 sustainability fair and that concludes
2:03:24 the mayor's report the
2:03:27 next item on our agenda this evening is
2:03:29 the good of the order so what have we
2:03:32 got for good there to start with council
2:03:33 president and then Deputy council
2:03:34 president
2:03:36 thank you um I have a few items first of
2:03:39 all I wanted to announce to the council
2:03:41 and community members that
2:03:44 um before our next council meeting on
2:03:46 April 17th we are having a reception for
2:03:50 the Ruth keys and Community
2:03:52 environmental award recipients
2:03:55 um so please make a note on your
2:03:57 calendars if that's there
2:03:59 um second we had a community listening
2:04:02 session that was great and so last week
2:04:06 we held a community listening session at
2:04:08 Atlas Apartments Council and staff heard
2:04:11 from eight to ten residents many of whom
2:04:13 hadn't really previously engaged with
2:04:15 the city and we heard about a variety of
2:04:18 issues including Creek flooding property
2:04:21 crime the homeless population and more
2:04:23 just wanted to appreciate the staff who
2:04:26 came out and helped us with that and
2:04:29 then the community members who came down
2:04:31 and had some deep conversations got a
2:04:34 chance to speak to us all one-on-one
2:04:37 um and then the final item
2:04:39 so as you heard in the mayor's report
2:04:41 the mayor has ended the proclamation for
2:04:47 covid-19 emergency one of the things I
2:04:50 wanted to bring up to council is that
2:04:53 one of our policies that we started
2:04:55 there that isn't technically in our
2:04:58 rules of procedure or required as part
2:05:01 of our
2:05:03 agenda items we've been summarizing
2:05:06 emails received from community members
2:05:10 at the top of that agenda item and this
2:05:14 was started when community members
2:05:16 couldn't attend meetings in person to
2:05:18 have their voice heard but since then
2:05:20 we've obviously reopened in-person
2:05:22 meetings but we've also added virtual
2:05:25 attendance options so it could be said
2:05:27 that people actually have more access to
2:05:29 be able to voice their concerns than
2:05:31 they ever had before so given all of
2:05:35 that I'd like to ask the council either
2:05:39 tonight or via email to talk to me or
2:05:43 call me whatever about what your
2:05:46 opinions are on keeping or discontinuing
2:05:49 that practice
2:05:51 I think we are at a time when we could
2:05:55 recognize whether that is still useful
2:05:57 for us or not so I would love to hear
2:06:02 and I will hear from you guys I would
2:06:06 guess over emails so those were the
2:06:08 three items thank you thank you council
2:06:09 president Deputy council president
2:06:12 sure unless there's anyone that wanted
2:06:13 to give feedback on that right away
2:06:16 I think um councilman council member I
2:06:19 thought she has a separate thing well
2:06:20 okay so we'll go to Deputy council
2:06:22 president and then council member hunt
2:06:24 um yeah just really quickly I wanted to
2:06:26 say as part of our consent calendar we
2:06:29 had an informational update on the
2:06:31 public engagement toolkit and the update
2:06:33 that's been done there and if you didn't
2:06:34 get a chance to look at it it is
2:06:36 excellent I want to thank Autumn Monahan
2:06:38 and Thomas rush I believe are the two
2:06:40 people involved in that so thank you for
2:06:41 your hard work on that
2:06:43 um the equity board I went back and
2:06:45 watched some of the equity board
2:06:46 feedback so I appreciate them being
2:06:47 involved in this process in a genuine
2:06:49 way and that their feedback was made
2:06:54 the engagement toolkit and also if you
2:06:57 go and look at the toolkit there are
2:06:58 these fun worksheets that product
2:07:01 managers and different city staff will
2:07:03 actually be able to use now so it's
2:07:06 almost less of a document that you keep
2:07:08 on the shelf and one that you're
2:07:09 referring to constantly and writing and
2:07:11 using in your daily work so I just think
2:07:13 that's excellent I want to call out our
2:07:15 city staff for being creative in the
2:07:17 space and thank you for your excellent
2:07:18 work very nice
2:07:20 um council member hunt
2:07:23 thank you I um as I said in my committee
2:07:27 report we do have a comp plan update
2:07:30 coming up that will go through the
2:07:32 Planning Development and environment
2:07:33 committee but it will also
2:07:35 um very much rely on input from the full
2:07:36 Council and have
2:07:38 um parts of that process that go through
2:07:40 the full Council
2:07:42 um and so as such I wanted to as we're
2:07:45 starting on that I wanted to put it
2:07:47 forward for my fellow council members if
2:07:50 there is feedback on that scope
2:07:52 um that I that I spoke to earlier we did
2:07:55 as a committee ultimately recommend the
2:07:57 same scope as was recommended by the
2:07:59 administration and we also felt like
2:08:00 Title 18 sets us up well for
2:08:03 understanding where we're going with
2:08:05 this comp plan update and I wanted to
2:08:08 check in with my fellow council members
2:08:10 and see if they had thoughts or
2:08:13 questions feedback
2:08:14 on that to give an opportunity now
2:08:18 anyone commenting this evening and if
2:08:21 not always available to send comments to
2:08:24 our council member by email
2:08:26 thank you very much councilmember hunt
2:08:29 anyone else I'm going to add a few
2:08:31 little things and then do some calendar
2:08:32 dates
2:08:34 not seeing anybody
2:08:36 um the reason I had mentioned
2:08:37 councilmember D Michelle and the AWC
2:08:39 scholarship was because she had the
2:08:40 great privilege of going to any AWC
2:08:43 convention and awarding one to our last
2:08:47 year scholarship winner I just want to
2:08:49 remind you all that that is happening in
2:08:51 Spokane and if you're not sure of the
2:08:54 dates we'll make sure to send it out to
2:08:55 you again it's an excellent networking
2:08:57 and advocacy event and we definitely
2:09:00 need someone to present to Rishi I am
2:09:02 going but you should go too
2:09:04 the second one I just want to let the
2:09:05 council know next week on the National
2:09:07 Association of counties pilot project
2:09:11 that we're working on about Integrated
2:09:12 Systems of care we have our second site
2:09:14 visit and I will be taking a mirror from
2:09:16 our human services department and going
2:09:18 to Kansas and visiting two different
2:09:20 counties who have very different
2:09:24 levels of
2:09:26 [Music]
2:09:27 technology and Cooperative agreements in
2:09:30 place on models of Integrated Systems of
2:09:32 care so I think this is something that
2:09:34 our county is hoping to do as well city
2:09:37 of escrow got invited into the pilot
2:09:38 project because we're a strange little
2:09:40 city that happens to have a court a jail
2:09:43 a police department a human services
2:09:45 team Community Court and so we actually
2:09:48 are a tiny little microsum of what
2:09:50 counties are dealing with across country
2:09:52 so pretty excited about that and then
2:09:54 there's the upcoming Council meetings
2:09:57 Monday April 17th the anticipated agenda
2:10:00 items include informational update on
2:10:02 annual crime statistics public hearing
2:10:05 on Title 18 land use code update storm
2:10:07 and surface water master plan preferred
2:10:09 cross-section for TR project tr028 the
2:10:13 Northwest samage wrote Sammamish Road
2:10:15 non-motorized Improvement project and on
2:10:17 Monday April 24th the committee of whole
2:10:19 the anticipated agenda items include
2:10:21 affordable housing and City Hall
2:10:23 planning future options
2:10:25 so those are all the items for good of
2:10:28 the order our next item is an executive
2:10:30 session I think we take a five minute
2:10:32 recess and allow everybody to grab a
2:10:34 drink of water or whatever else you need
2:10:36 so I will read us into executive session
2:10:39 and then we'll take a quick break
2:10:42 the next item of business is the
2:10:44 executive session and the city council
2:10:45 will now recess into executive session
2:10:47 to discuss pending potential litigation
2:10:49 for RCW 42.30 0.110 paren one parent I
2:10:54 this item is expected to take 30 minutes
2:10:56 and no action is anticipated in Open
2:10:58 Session executive sessions are closed to
2:11:01 the public so we will now recess into
2:11:03 executive session
2:11:04 at 9 12 pm and I asked the city clerk to
2:11:07 move the city council and any relevant
2:11:09 staff into a separate session within
2:11:11 this meeting anyone who is not part of
2:11:13 the closed session can remain in the
2:11:14 main meeting and you are welcome to stay
2:11:16 in the meeting until it is reconvened
2:11:19 so we are
2:11:21 entering executive session you have your
2:11:23 break

Attendance

Council / Members (7)
Barbara de Michele
Zach Hall
Victoria Hunt (Attended Virtually)
Russell Joe
Tola Marts
Chris Reh
Lindsey Walsh

Motions and votes (3)

Authorize $410,000 in professional services funding for Public Works project and franchise management assistance; and Authorize the following new positions: • 1.0 FTE Signal Technician • 1.0 FTE Senior Engineer/Capital Projects Manager for Utilities Engineering • 1.0 FTE Senior Engineer/Capital Proj…
Moved by REH · seconded by DE MICHELE
Carried 6-1
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt (Attended Virtually), Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
Opposed: Hunt
Continue this item to the April 17, 2023 City Council meeting
Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH
Failed 3-4
In favor: de Michele, Hall, Hunt
APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. a) ID 1334 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of April 3, 2023, $ 2,881,655.05; Approved. Page 55 of 410 CONSENT CALENDAR d) 04-03-23 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) b) Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, Jan. 17, 2023; Approved. c) ID 1408 …
Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL
Carried 7-0
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt (Attended Virtually), Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh