City Council Regular Meeting · Monday, April 17, 2023 · City Council Digest

3. SPECIAL BUSINESS

Ruth Kees and Community Environmental Awards 9 ID 1357 - Administrative Professionals Day b) Proclamation ID 1399

10 min · packet pp.5–7

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Staff report:

Update the City Council on the winners of the Ruth and Dan Kees Award for a Sustainable Environment and Community Environmental Awards.

5. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of April 17, 2023, $1,762,032.65 ID 1330

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.11–33

Topics: Budget

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Staff report:

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

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, April 19, 2022

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.35–40

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR b) 04-19-22 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Special Meeting 6:30 PM Council Chambers April 19, 2022 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Informational Update: Economic Development Quarterly Report - Q1 2023 ID 1426

Carried 7-0

Accept Project · packet pp.41–50

Topics: Economic Development

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Staff report:

This informational report is to provide an overview of economic development staff activities and trends in the 1st quarter of 2023.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

XO Franchise Agreement AB 8595

Carried 7-0

Introduce · packet pp.61–83

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · May 30, 2011

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Staff report:

XO Communications' original five-year telecommunication franchise was adopted by Ordinance No. 2614, and extended on October 3, 2016. The franchise agreement expired in May 2021. A new franchise is needed for XO Communications.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Downtown Issaquah Association Lease Amendment AB 8596

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.85–103

Topics: HousingLand UseTourismEconomic Development

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Staff report:

The City and DIA entered into a lease July 20, 2018 for the building, which expires July 31, 2023. Per the lease, DIA has the option to extend the term for one additional term of five years. DIA exercised its option to renew, and the City is agreeable.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Conner Homes Group Fee in Lieu of Frontage Improvement Agreement for Retaining Wall (Riva Townhomes) AB 8599

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.105–111

Topics: Budget

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Staff report:

The Riva Townhomes project was developed by Conner Homes Group, LLC. Public improvements necessary as part of the Riva Townhomes project included designing and installing an engineered gravity block retaining wall approximately 90-ft long along the western side of Newport Way. The Riva Wall, which was to replace a previously built non-engineered rockery wall, had permits approved in late 2021 (permit no. BLD18-00038) and was scheduled for construction in spring of 2022. The City is developing a capital project to construct a soldier pile retaining wall along Newport Way, originally planned to abut the Riva wall. When the Newport Way landslide occurred in January 2022, construction of the Riva wall was postponed because it was located adjacent to the landslide and the City Retaining Wall Project was expedited. Due to updated geotechnical information gathered after the landslide,…

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Costco Reciprocal Parking Lot Agreement for Issaquah Farmers Market AB 8603

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.113–117

Topics: Transportation

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Staff report:

The City of Issaquah entered into a Reciprocal Parking Agreement in 2007 with Costco for the use of Costco's parking during the Issaquah Farmers Market. Each year this document is reviewed and amendments are made. This year is the 16th year of the agreement between the City and Costco. The 16th Amendment allows the Issaquah Farmers Market to continue using the Costco parking garage for customer and vendor parking.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Verizon Affidavit of Agent Authority for Gas Generator AB 8605

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.119–159

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Staff report:

The City entered a lease agreement with SMSA Limited Partnership/Verizon Wireless on July 13, 2012, for constructing, operating, repairing, replacing, and maintaining telecommunications facilities at 6104 221st Pl. SE. This lease agreement has been extended several times and will terminate on May 21, 2030. The existing lease agreement is attached as Exhibit C.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

6. PUBLIC HEARING

Title 18 Land Use Code AB 8398

Conduct Public Hearing · 45 min · packet pp.161–1118

Topics: Land Use

Previously discussed: City Council Committee of the Whole · Aug 8, 2022 Planning Policy Commission · Feb 2, 2023 Planning Policy Commission · Feb 28, 2023

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Staff report:

The Issaquah Municipal Code (IMC) Title 18, the City’s land use code, was originally adopted in 1996 and has been modified annually to become a patchwork of ordinances. A major Title 18 code update was previously started in 2019, when the City entered into a contract with Makers Architecture & Urban Design of Seattle (Makers) to begin this work. In early 2020, consultant work was stopped in order to further develop the project scope with City Council.

7. REGULAR BUSINESS

Preferred Cross Section for TR Improvement Project AB 8588

Carried 7-0

Approve · 45 min · packet pp.1119–1177

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Staff report:

What is the NW Sammamish Road Non-Motorized Improvement Project? The NW Sammamish Road corridor is a 2-lane roadway with paved shoulders that are used as bike facilities. The project widens the corridor between 193rd Place SE and the Lake Sammamish State Park entrance to provide improvements to non-motorized access. As part of the improvements, the project adds curbs, gutters, sidewalks, bike lanes, storm drainage, and improvements to illumination. The project's design and environmental phase is funded through Federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding. Construction funding is not secured at this time. Approval of a cross-section alternative will determine the anticipated construction cost of the project. More

Roll call:

Moved by REH · seconded by DE MICHELE

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

Amendment considered (1):

Amend the motion to substitute Alternative C for Alternative A. (In support: Hall, Joe). . Failed 2-5

Moved by HALL · seconded by JOE

In favor: Zach Hall, Russell Joe

Opposed: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

10. INFORMATIONAL UPDATES

10a

Issaquah Police Dept. 2022 Crime Statistics ID 1424

20 min · packet pp.1179–1224

Topics: Public Safety

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Staff report:

The purpose of this presentation is to update the Issaquah City Council regarding the 2022 Issaquah Police Department (IPD) Biannual Year End Report and related crime statistics.

11. GOOD OF THE ORDER

11a

Upcoming Council Meetings

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0:06 ↗ welcome it welcome everyone I call the

0:09 ↗ April 17th city council meeting to order

0:11 ↗ and as a reminder we continue to have a

0:14 ↗ remote aspect to our meetings both staff

0:16 ↗ and members of the public may be

0:18 ↗ participating in tonight's meeting

0:19 ↗ remotely via WebEx

0:21 ↗ the first item on the agenda this

0:23 ↗ evening is the Pledge of Allegiance and

0:25 ↗ I welcome you to join me

0:35 ↗ and to the Republic for which it stands

0:38 ↗ one nation under God indivisible with

0:42 ↗ liberty and justice for all

0:47 ↗ thank you we have a very nice sized

0:51 ↗ crowd this evening and some very big

0:54 ↗ items on our agenda but I believe most

0:58 ↗ people are here for our first item which

0:59 ↗ is special business we are giving out

1:01 ↗ some Community environmental Awards this

1:03 ↗ evening

1:04 ↗ ID 1399 is the Ruth keys and Community

1:08 ↗ environmental Awards

1:12 ↗ um I want to thank you all for coming

1:14 ↗ tonight and sharing your gratitude and

1:16 ↗ appreciation with some of our honorees

1:18 ↗ prior to us starting the meeting these

1:21 ↗ are very very special people in our

1:23 ↗ community

1:24 ↗ together there are hours weeks and years

1:26 ↗ of service have enhanced preserved and

1:28 ↗ protected our community's cherished

1:30 ↗ environment

1:31 ↗ we have three Awards we're giving out

1:33 ↗ this evening and so I'll move over to

1:35 ↗ the podium and share a little bit of

1:38 ↗ information and I'll be inviting

1:39 ↗ different council members to come up and

1:40 ↗ help give out the awards

1:49 ↗ thank you

1:51 ↗ so tonight to start with we're giving

1:53 ↗ out the Ruth Keys Award

1:55 ↗ the Ruth and Dan keeds award is for a

1:59 ↗ sustainable environment champion

2:01 ↗ it is named after one of our community's

2:03 ↗ tireless environmental Advocates Ruth

2:05 ↗ keys

2:06 ↗ she was a Grassroots activist who for

2:09 ↗ more than four decades advocated for the

2:11 ↗ preservation of landmarks and natural

2:13 ↗ areas

2:15 ↗ the Ruth and Dan Keys Awards honors

2:17 ↗ those who have shown extraordinary

2:19 ↗ leadership to protect our natural

2:20 ↗ surroundings our winner this year is the

2:24 ↗ embodiment of those very noble goals I'm

2:27 ↗ thrilled to recognize Robin Kelly as our

2:29 ↗ 2023 Ruth and Dan Keys Award winner

2:33 ↗ thank you

2:39 ↗ for decades Robin has been a dedicated

2:43 ↗ environmental leader and an advocate for

2:45 ↗ issaquah's lands and Waters and a voice

2:48 ↗ for the salmon that flow through our

2:49 ↗ community streams

2:51 ↗ Miss Kelly currently serves as the

2:53 ↗ executive director of the friends of the

2:54 ↗ Issaquah salmon hatchery where she has

2:56 ↗ spent over six years fostering key

2:58 ↗ relationships at the city the county and

3:01 ↗ the state level

3:02 ↗ this work has been key in furthering the

3:04 ↗ mission of fish while ensuring it is an

3:07 ↗ educational and tours tub now and into

3:09 ↗ the future Miss Kelly is also the

3:11 ↗ co-leader of the Issaquah Chamber of

3:13 ↗ Commerce Fest was also the co-leader of

3:16 ↗ the Esquire Chamber of Commerce

3:18 ↗ festival's office where she's

3:19 ↗ instrumental in helping the success of

3:22 ↗ our beloved Issaquah salmon Days

3:23 ↗ festival which attracted thousands

3:25 ↗ thousands of visitors to Issaquah every

3:27 ↗ year Miss Kelly has further championed

3:30 ↗ environmental stewardship for all ages

3:32 ↗ leading efforts that range from Early

3:33 ↗ Education with salmon camps to science

3:36 ↗ fairs for high schools and adult

3:38 ↗ education through the training of

3:39 ↗ docents to lead tours at the Issaquah

3:41 ↗ salmon hatchery

3:43 ↗ a community icon in the truest sense

3:45 ↗ Robin's efforts have aided thousands of

3:48 ↗ people in learning more about the salmon

3:50 ↗ life cycle the best ways to protect

3:52 ↗ their journey and the importance of

3:54 ↗ salmon in our region so thank you Robin

3:56 ↗ for your Decades of service and I'd like

3:58 ↗ to welcome council member Maritza to

4:00 ↗ help give out the award

4:13 ↗ oh that's nice

4:17 ↗ thank you council member Martz

4:20 ↗ so Robin's name will also be engraved on

4:23 ↗ the Ruth and Dan Keys Award plaque that

4:25 ↗ hangs on the wall in council chambers

4:27 ↗ and lastly stay up with us council

4:30 ↗ members we're going to do a picture

4:30 ↗ lastly later this fall we'll plant a

4:33 ↗ tree in the Ruth and Dan Keys Grove of

4:35 ↗ trees as guac Valley Park's South in

4:39 ↗ Robin's honor so thank you thank you

4:41 ↗ councilman

4:42 ↗ [Applause]

4:54 ↗ thank you councilman Mertz

4:57 ↗ next we will be presenting the community

5:00 ↗ environmental Awards

5:02 ↗ building upon the legacy of the Ruth

5:04 ↗ Keys Awards Issaquah also has a

5:06 ↗ community environmental award that

5:08 ↗ recognizes outstanding achievements by

5:10 ↗ individuals groups and organizations

5:13 ↗ in past years the City of Issaquah has

5:15 ↗ awarded one Community environmental

5:17 ↗ award but this year in recognition of

5:20 ↗ the incredible work being done in our

5:22 ↗ community we are awarding two Community

5:24 ↗ environmental Awards it is my pleasure

5:27 ↗ to award a community environment award

5:29 ↗ to Ann Newcombe for her work on

5:31 ↗ environmental activism and her

5:33 ↗ leadership protecting and preserving the

5:35 ↗ natural environment of issuwa please

5:36 ↗ join me in congratulating Anne

5:49 ↗ and has been a leader in environmental

5:52 ↗ activism in the community for many years

5:54 ↗ she truly Embraces the mentality of

5:56 ↗ think Global act local and has been an

6:00 ↗ advocate for the Issaquah Alps Trail

6:01 ↗ club and recently took on the position

6:03 ↗ of board president

6:05 ↗ and has a deep personal commitment to

6:08 ↗ mitigating climate change and creating

6:09 ↗ tangible impact on the land of Issaquah

6:12 ↗ Alps and is spearheading iatc's

6:15 ↗ restoration events throughout the

6:16 ↗ Issaquah Alps recently and coordinated

6:19 ↗ iatc's contingency to meet with our

6:21 ↗ elected officials in Olympia for trust

6:24 ↗ land transfer a program that would allow

6:26 ↗ the Washington State Department of

6:28 ↗ Natural Resources to put more trust land

6:30 ↗ into conservation status in addition to

6:33 ↗ all her incredible work with the

6:35 ↗ Issaquah Alps Trail club and has been a

6:37 ↗ forest Steward for local spaces around

6:39 ↗ Issaquah and has been an active member

6:42 ↗ of the Issaquah environmental board

6:43 ↗ since it started in just 2020. so I'd

6:47 ↗ like to ask council president Lindsey

6:49 ↗ Walsh to come up and present the

6:51 ↗ community environmental Awards to Anne

6:56 ↗ congratulations Anne

6:58 ↗ [Applause]

7:08 ↗ [Laughter]

7:13 ↗ congratulations

7:17 ↗ thank you council president

7:20 ↗ for our second Community environmental

7:22 ↗ word I'm thrilled to recognize John

7:24 ↗ Smith for his work protecting and

7:26 ↗ preserving our public spaces throughout

7:28 ↗ the city please join me in recognizing

7:31 ↗ John tonight

7:32 ↗ [Applause]

7:42 ↗ John has been leading Issaquah litter

7:45 ↗ cleanup events on the first Saturday of

7:47 ↗ every month since November 2021

7:49 ↗ resulting in over 15 events through

7:52 ↗ online recruitment these one-hour

7:54 ↗ monthly events attract up to 25 people

7:56 ↗ each and have resulted in significant

7:59 ↗ amounts of trash being removed from

8:00 ↗ public spaces such as sidewalks

8:03 ↗ trailheads roadways and along creek beds

8:06 ↗ John is building on the success of these

8:08 ↗ cleanups by connecting with local

8:09 ↗ schools to start litter awareness

8:12 ↗ campaigns and to encourage youth to take

8:14 ↗ part in glitter cleanups John's work is

8:17 ↗ a reminder to our community that small

8:19 ↗ actions and the work of dedicated

8:20 ↗ community members can make a huge

8:23 ↗ difference in protecting and enhancing

8:25 ↗ our local environment I'd like to invite

8:27 ↗ Deputy council president Zach Hall to

8:29 ↗ come down and present our second

8:30 ↗ Community award to John thank you John

8:35 ↗ foreign

8:50 ↗ thank you Deputy council president

8:58 ↗ so just to close I want to thank again

9:00 ↗ the awardees the environmental board and

9:04 ↗ all those in our community who are

9:05 ↗ working volunteering and dedicating

9:07 ↗ their time and efforts to protecting our

9:09 ↗ environment and advancing sustainability

9:11 ↗ throughout the city if you are inspired

9:14 ↗ today we welcome your enthusiasm and

9:17 ↗ encourage you to connect with the work

9:18 ↗ of our awardees and the other amazing

9:21 ↗ efforts in Issaquah so thank you

9:22 ↗ everyone for coming out tonight thank

9:24 ↗ you for joining us in this recognition

9:26 ↗ one last round of applause for our

9:29 ↗ fabulous

9:36 ↗ so we are going to take a five minute

9:38 ↗ recess at this time because I'm not sure

9:40 ↗ everybody wants to stay for the next two

9:42 ↗ or three hours with us so I'm going to

9:44 ↗ call for a five minute recess and we'll

9:46 ↗ let people say their congratulations and

9:49 ↗ we'll get back to our regular business

9:50 ↗ shortly thanks

9:58 ↗ me too

14:17 ↗ hello everyone we are back from our

14:20 ↗ short break uh the next item on our

14:23 ↗ agenda this evening is id1357

14:26 ↗ this is the celebration and recognition

14:28 ↗ of Administrative Professionals Day and

14:30 ↗ I'll be doing that through a

14:31 ↗ proclamation I'm going to move over to

14:33 ↗ the podium and want to ask our wonderful

14:35 ↗ Stephanie to join me director of human

14:38 ↗ resources

14:50 ↗ so whereas Administrative Professionals

14:52 ↗ Day is observed annually in workplaces

14:55 ↗ around the world to recognize the

14:57 ↗ important contributions of

14:58 ↗ administrative support staff

15:00 ↗ and whereas Administrative Professionals

15:02 ↗ play an essential role in coordinating

15:04 ↗ the office and governmental functions by

15:06 ↗ governmental operations of the City of

15:07 ↗ Issaquah and whereas Administrative

15:10 ↗ Professionals are vital contributors in

15:13 ↗ today's team oriented work environment

15:15 ↗ and our key Frontline public relations

15:17 ↗ ambassadors for their organizations

15:20 ↗ and whereas the work of Administrative

15:22 ↗ Professionals today requires Advanced

15:24 ↗ knowledge and expertise in

15:26 ↗ Communications computer software office

15:28 ↗ technology project management

15:30 ↗ organization customer service and other

15:33 ↗ vital office management responsibilities

15:35 ↗ and most importantly have the

15:37 ↗ willingness to learn and accept new

15:39 ↗ challenges now therefore I Mary Lou

15:41 ↗ Paulie mayor of the City of Issaquah do

15:43 ↗ recognize April 26 2023 as

15:47 ↗ Administrative Professionals Day in the

15:49 ↗ City of Issaquah and I invite the

15:50 ↗ community to join me in thanking the

15:52 ↗ city's Administrative Professionals for

15:53 ↗ their service and outstanding

15:55 ↗ contributions

15:57 ↗ thank you

16:01 ↗ so Stephanie is joining me tonight she

16:04 ↗ is our director of human resources and

16:06 ↗ I'll ask her if she'd like to say a few

16:07 ↗ words

16:09 ↗ thank you mayor Polly well I get the

16:11 ↗ privilege this evening of standing in

16:13 ↗ the gap for many directors in the city

16:15 ↗ because we have Administrative

16:16 ↗ Professionals in all of our departments

16:19 ↗ I had invited a few here tonight I was

16:22 ↗ hoping they could be here but you know

16:24 ↗ the glue that they are in this

16:26 ↗ organization I have a feeling they are

16:28 ↗ that same glue at home and so these

16:30 ↗ folks really have a servant's heart when

16:32 ↗ you read that list today they really do

16:35 ↗ keep us all organized and moving forward

16:38 ↗ so I'm really happy to accept this

16:40 ↗ Proclamation on their behalf they do

16:41 ↗ really great work for us

16:53 ↗ the next item on our agenda this evening

16:54 ↗ is audience comments and this is the

16:56 ↗ time that members of the public can

16:57 ↗ address Council in person or virtually

17:00 ↗ so those who signed up in advance to

17:02 ↗ make comments will be called on First

17:03 ↗ and if you are joining us virtually and

17:06 ↗ would like to make comments please raise

17:07 ↗ your virtual hand or send the host a

17:09 ↗ chat message if you're on the phone

17:11 ↗ press star 3 if you have joined by

17:13 ↗ computer or smartphone look for a hand

17:15 ↗ icon and if you're in the room and did

17:17 ↗ not sign up I will ask for other

17:19 ↗ speakers before closing this portion of

17:21 ↗ the meeting

17:21 ↗ there's also a public hearing this

17:23 ↗ evening which is an opportunity to speak

17:25 ↗ as well on ab8398 Title 18 land use code

17:29 ↗ if you are commenting on this item

17:31 ↗ please do it under the public hearing

17:33 ↗ which is occurring later in the meeting

17:36 ↗ city clerk has anyone signed up to speak

17:37 ↗ for General audience comments or

17:39 ↗ indicated a desire to speak this evening

17:41 ↗ yes mayor Paulie thank you if you are

17:44 ↗ making comments tonight please direct

17:46 ↗ your comments to the whole Council and

17:47 ↗ not individuals and while this is not a

17:50 ↗ question and answer session we will

17:51 ↗ contact you to follow up if needed when

17:54 ↗ recognized on mute your microphone for

17:56 ↗ virtual attendees or if you're in the

17:58 ↗ room just please step up to the lectern

18:00 ↗ state your name address in relationship

18:02 ↗ to the city speak clearly and pause

18:04 ↗ frequently and limit your comments to

18:06 ↗ five minutes if you're attending

18:08 ↗ virtually and do not respond after your

18:10 ↗ name or phone number is called or if

18:12 ↗ your connection is lost unexpectedly the

18:14 ↗ meeting will need to proceed and you are

18:16 ↗ encouraged to rejoin this meeting if you

18:17 ↗ are able to personal attacks obscene

18:20 ↗ language and derogatory remarks and

18:22 ↗ disruptive behavior will not be

18:23 ↗ permitted

18:24 ↗ citizen comments written and verbal are

18:27 ↗ an important aspect to the public

18:28 ↗ process and the city takes comments

18:31 ↗ seriously we thank you for taking the

18:33 ↗ time to address us this evening

18:34 ↗ city clerk could you please identify the

18:36 ↗ first person who signed up to speak

18:39 ↗ mayor Paulie Paul winterstein would like

18:42 ↗ to address the council well hello Paul

18:47 ↗ press the button

18:50 ↗ thank you hey good evening Council uh

18:54 ↗ mayor Paulie and staff and even the

18:58 ↗ clerks I miss you all my name is Paul

18:59 ↗ winterstein I'm here this evening to

19:01 ↗ introduce myself as the new executive

19:03 ↗ director of Issaquah history museums uh

19:07 ↗ which which of course we are in

19:09 ↗ partnership with the city the history

19:10 ↗ museums is the official kind of main

19:13 ↗ collector and maintainer of historical

19:15 ↗ artifacts and to run the two museums we

19:17 ↗ have here in town one at Gilman town

19:19 ↗ hall and the other one at the train

19:20 ↗ depot and uh you know very grateful for

19:24 ↗ the funding that we receive and in fact

19:26 ↗ the there's going to be some work this

19:29 ↗ year done on Gilman town hall and it's

19:31 ↗ let me tell you as a homeowner and I

19:32 ↗ started working there yeah it needs it's

19:34 ↗ it's got some it's got a backlog of of

19:37 ↗ unmet Maintenance needs so I'm really

19:39 ↗ glad that you guys are stepping up to do

19:41 ↗ that there was uh like a lot of

19:45 ↗ non-profits the history museums was

19:46 ↗ highly impacted by cop by covid and it's

19:49 ↗ been just like others as well very

19:51 ↗ difficult to build staff back up we had

19:53 ↗ an executive director and four people on

19:55 ↗ staff after covid we had one staff

19:58 ↗ person left and that Karen gath that

20:02 ↗ staff person did a heroic job as did a

20:04 ↗ number of the board members to help just

20:06 ↗ keep the operation going one of which

20:08 ↗ Mark Lawrence is here in the audience

20:10 ↗ with the seat with this evening Mark is

20:11 ↗ our current board president and passport

20:14 ↗ president Emily Lee as well did some

20:16 ↗ fantastic work to keep this organization

20:18 ↗ going now that I'm now that I'm on board

20:20 ↗ you know I'm very excited to look at the

20:22 ↗ prospect of getting some programs going

20:23 ↗ again you're very familiar with

20:25 ↗ something called like the the pub crawl

20:27 ↗ for example a lot of people ask me about

20:28 ↗ that we all know that the trolley isn't

20:31 ↗ running that's going to take a little

20:32 ↗ bit of a deeper dive to see if that's

20:34 ↗ something we can do again but those are

20:35 ↗ some existing programs that I'm looking

20:38 ↗ forward to but also there's a big ask

20:40 ↗ from the community to let's let's get

20:42 ↗ the history out to the people and I'm

20:44 ↗ very excited to think about new ways I

20:46 ↗ know that the history museums didn't

20:47 ↗ have a presence at salmon days recently

20:49 ↗ and some other events events and I hope

20:52 ↗ we have a Fourth of July celebration

20:53 ↗ maybe we'll be at that as well so

20:55 ↗ getting those type of programs and

20:57 ↗ bringing them out is is very important

20:59 ↗ but there's also some very big items as

21:01 ↗ well we own a building that has a lot of

21:03 ↗ artifacts in it but it really isn't

21:05 ↗ environmentally sound and so that's a

21:08 ↗ very big lift for this small

21:10 ↗ organization to to figure that out and

21:13 ↗ I'll be I'll be focusing on that as well

21:15 ↗ and so I just again just wanted to

21:18 ↗ introduce myself say thank you for the

21:21 ↗ support we've gotten from both staff and

21:23 ↗ the council over the years

21:26 ↗ um you know we we look forward to

21:27 ↗ Bringing issaquah's history to the

21:30 ↗ people

21:31 ↗ uh there's a there's a tremendous

21:33 ↗ history here and if I see you around and

21:35 ↗ you're wondering my favorite story I've

21:37 ↗ learned about is the history of hops in

21:38 ↗ the Issaquah Valley and if you don't

21:40 ↗ know about it come see me I'd love to

21:42 ↗ talk to you about it thank you thank you

21:44 ↗ Paul

21:45 ↗ city clerk uh who else has signed up

21:48 ↗ mayor Paulie no one else has signed up

21:51 ↗ previously and I see no virtual hands

21:53 ↗ raised among our online attendees thanks

21:56 ↗ I'll just check in the room again too I

21:58 ↗ know we have a public hearing this

21:59 ↗ evening many of you are probably here

22:01 ↗ for the public hearing and if you are

22:04 ↗ not and have General comments for the

22:05 ↗ counselor can you raise your hands so I

22:07 ↗ can see okay I do not believe we have

22:10 ↗ anybody else for public comment so I

22:12 ↗ want to thank

22:13 ↗ um I was going to say council member

22:16 ↗ winterstein take me back I want to thank

22:18 ↗ Paul for coming back to the the chambers

22:22 ↗ and sharing an introduction of himself

22:24 ↗ in his new role as well as an update on

22:27 ↗ the status of physical history museums

22:28 ↗ and um for those who would like to make

22:31 ↗ comments

22:33 ↗ um you can always submit comments at any

22:35 ↗ time to city council at iskwaw.gov I'm

22:38 ↗ going to turn it over to council

22:39 ↗ president Walsh and ask if there were

22:40 ↗ any email comments

22:42 ↗ um that you received on any of tonight's

22:44 ↗ agenda items

22:46 ↗ we were there

22:48 ↗ um we have two big items on our agenda

22:51 ↗ tonight

22:53 ↗ ab8398 the title 18 public hearing we

22:57 ↗ received several comments from community

22:59 ↗ members local businesses and Industry

23:01 ↗ groups with some kind of last comments

23:04 ↗ and proposed revisions regarding the

23:07 ↗ land use code update so we appreciated

23:09 ↗ hearing those and then

23:11 ↗ ab8588 the Northwest Sammamish Road

23:14 ↗ cross section we had I believe 15 emails

23:18 ↗ from community members in the last 24

23:20 ↗ hours expressing cross-section

23:23 ↗ preferences with a strong preference for

23:26 ↗ option A that's in addition to the 600

23:29 ↗ survey responses we received months ago

23:32 ↗ when the survey was held so we have

23:35 ↗ heard quite a lot from the community

23:36 ↗ about those items that concludes the

23:39 ↗ reports

23:41 ↗ council president did you want to make a

23:43 ↗ comment about this portion of our

23:45 ↗ meeting is it are we going to be

23:46 ↗ continuing with this I was going to save

23:48 ↗ that for go to the order thanks very

23:49 ↗ much

23:50 ↗ so the next item in business this

23:52 ↗ evening is a consent calendar uh and I

23:54 ↗ do have a comment on one of tonight's

23:56 ↗ consent calendar items

23:58 ↗ so there is a correction to agenda Bill

23:59 ↗ 8599 Connor Holmes fee in lieu of

24:03 ↗ Frontage improvements on our current

24:06 ↗ consent agenda the financial section of

24:08 ↗ ab8599 incorrectly states that the total

24:11 ↗ wall construction to mitigate against

24:13 ↗ the potential for future landslides is

24:16 ↗ estimated to be nine hundred thousand

24:17 ↗ dollars this is incorrect the total

24:20 ↗ project cost is expected to be over 3.3

24:22 ↗ million dollars including design the

24:24 ↗ council's requested action tonight is

24:26 ↗ also authorize the mayor to enter into

24:28 ↗ and execute the fee and lieu of Frontage

24:30 ↗ Improvement agreements in which Connor

24:32 ↗ homes will contribute 45 961 towards the

24:36 ↗ part of the wall construction that is

24:37 ↗ their responsibility the city has

24:40 ↗ procured a grant from FEMA which

24:42 ↗ provides the city with additional

24:43 ↗ funding for the project

24:45 ↗ thank you

24:48 ↗ that is the only item of note that I had

24:51 ↗ before and committee chair remarks is

24:54 ↗ the next section

24:56 ↗ none of tonight's consent calendar items

24:58 ↗ were referred to committees so I'm not

25:00 ↗ thinking that there are any committee

25:01 ↗ reports at this time so just looking

25:02 ↗ down the row okay Madam mayor oh council

25:06 ↗ member Joe I just have a disclosure that

25:08 ↗ um Connor Holmes is a member of my

25:12 ↗ employee my employer organization I

25:16 ↗ don't believe that voting yes or no on

25:19 ↗ this particular item would have any

25:20 ↗ bearing on my employment but I just

25:23 ↗ wanted to make sure that the public knew

25:24 ↗ that before we voted on the consent

25:26 ↗ agenda

25:27 ↗ thank you for that clarification

25:29 ↗ councilmember Joe

25:30 ↗ the consent calendar

25:32 ↗ will in advance and have authorized the

25:34 ↗ items on the consent calendar will be

25:35 ↗ considered together and approved by one

25:37 ↗ motion have the payables and payroll

25:39 ↗ been reviewed they have they have

25:42 ↗ giggling over there does any council

25:45 ↗ member desire to remove any item from

25:46 ↗ the consent calendar and consider it

25:48 ↗ under regular business

25:52 ↗ and I am requesting a motion I move to

25:55 ↗ approve the consent calendar as

25:56 ↗ presented I'll second that motion

25:59 ↗ it's been moved and seconded to approve

26:02 ↗ the consent calendar as presented is

26:04 ↗ there any Council discussion

26:07 ↗ hearing none the motion before the

26:10 ↗ council is to approve the consent

26:11 ↗ calendar is presented all those in favor

26:13 ↗ signify basically all right

26:16 ↗ those opposed

26:18 ↗ that carries 7-0

26:21 ↗ the next item this evening on our agenda

26:23 ↗ is the public hearing

26:25 ↗ ab8398 is the title 18 land use code

26:29 ↗ this item was last before the city

26:31 ↗ council at the March 13th Committee of

26:33 ↗ the whole meeting and I'd like to invite

26:34 ↗ Community planning and development

26:35 ↗ director mini dollwell to make a

26:37 ↗ presentation welcome Minnie

26:39 ↗ good evening

26:40 ↗ um Madame mayor members of the council

26:42 ↗ and members of the public as you know we

26:46 ↗ this has been in front of all different

26:48 ↗ bodies multiple times so today is a

26:52 ↗ public hearing I have a very very short

26:56 ↗ presentation here which I'm going to try

26:59 ↗ and launch

27:07 ↗ let's see

27:17 ↗ um

27:18 ↗ so the purpose tonight is really to

27:21 ↗ conduct the public hearing and we are

27:24 ↗ requesting the council consider adoption

27:26 ↗ of the proposed ordinances at your May

27:29 ↗ 1st meeting

27:31 ↗ a little bit of background for those of

27:33 ↗ you that joined late in the game from

27:35 ↗ members of the community generally

27:37 ↗ the city's Title 18 land use code

27:41 ↗ um

27:42 ↗ is being updated uh and these are some

27:44 ↗ of the larger umbrella goals to align it

27:47 ↗ with the city's adopted plans to allow

27:49 ↗ for public engagement improve efficiency

27:52 ↗ address current laws and make it easier

27:55 ↗ to understand and better organized

27:58 ↗ and these were the goals that were

28:00 ↗ established by

28:02 ↗ the title 18 ad hoc committee that was

28:05 ↗ formed back before we started on this

28:08 ↗ journey the process itself was conducted

28:12 ↗ in three different phases with lots of

28:14 ↗ boards and commission meetings and

28:16 ↗ affinity group meetings

28:18 ↗ and planning and development and

28:20 ↗ environment committee and some touch

28:23 ↗ points with the full Council and we're

28:25 ↗ here at the tail end of phase three

28:29 ↗ in your agenda packet you have

28:32 ↗ multiple ordinances of the entire Title

28:35 ↗ 18 they are from exhibit a through I

28:38 ↗ then there was a portion in Title 18

28:40 ↗ that were moving to title 2 2 which was

28:43 ↗ generally the hearing examiner section

28:45 ↗ and the planning and policy commission

28:47 ↗ also included as exhibit K which is the

28:50 ↗ city's Shoreline master program

28:53 ↗ update and also throughout this process

28:55 ↗ we've maintained a list of future

28:58 ↗ updates those were things that came up

29:00 ↗ during conversations but there was a

29:03 ↗ desire not to lose those but put them in

29:05 ↗ this list that was vetted out by the

29:08 ↗ planning and policy commission and also

29:10 ↗ the Planning Development and environment

29:12 ↗ committee

29:13 ↗ um Title 18 includes these nine things

29:17 ↗ different chapters and categorization

29:20 ↗ and then of course the SMP which is the

29:23 ↗ shoreline master program

29:25 ↗ where we are in the process today you

29:28 ↗ know we've had six seven eight I don't

29:30 ↗ can't even count how many public

29:31 ↗ hearings on these but this is the final

29:34 ↗ touch with Council and one Consolidated

29:38 ↗ hearing to ensure that we we're making

29:41 ↗ sure all the anything that changed after

29:43 ↗ planning and policy commission gets to

29:45 ↗ be discussed and giving the community

29:49 ↗ another opportunity to provide their

29:51 ↗ comments and the next step would be if

29:54 ↗ counselor or requesting adoption at May

29:57 ↗ 1st so that pretty much is our

30:01 ↗ portion but as I said tonight is to hear

30:04 ↗ from the community One Last Time thank

30:07 ↗ you director dollywell I'm going to go

30:08 ↗ to committee chair hunt

30:10 ↗ um to give you an opportunity to provide

30:12 ↗ any comments regarding the Planning

30:13 ↗ Development environment committee

30:15 ↗ recommendation on this item

30:17 ↗ um thank you so the Planning Development

30:19 ↗ and environment committee last met and

30:22 ↗ discussed this item before our last

30:24 ↗ Committee of the whole meeting where we

30:26 ↗ discussed this land use code update at

30:30 ↗ length and so

30:32 ↗ um that meeting of the committee of the

30:33 ↗ whole was March 13th and we had a very

30:36 ↗ thorough conversation so I would direct

30:39 ↗ us to that conversation for the full

30:45 ↗ breadth of all the things that were

30:47 ↗ considered I will add this has been a

30:50 ↗ lot of meetings a lot of public comment

30:53 ↗ has gone into this and it has been a

30:54 ↗ great process where we have tracked

30:58 ↗ many comments and many the work of many

31:01 ↗ people from the volunteers on our

31:03 ↗ commissions and staff as well as Council

31:06 ↗ and the administration so

31:08 ↗ um I I will leave it at that and I look

31:11 ↗ forward to the public hearing

31:13 ↗ thank you this is an opportunity for

31:15 ↗ Council to ask any questions at this

31:18 ↗ time before I move into public hearing

31:20 ↗ any questions

31:22 ↗ not seeing any

31:23 ↗ so I'm now going to open the public

31:25 ↗ hearing at 7 32 pm and again if you're

31:28 ↗ joining us virtually and would like to

31:30 ↗ make comments please raise your virtual

31:32 ↗ hand or send the host a chat message

31:34 ↗ if you're on the phone press star 3 and

31:36 ↗ if you've joined by computer or

31:38 ↗ smartphone look for a hand icon if

31:40 ↗ you're in the room and did not sign up I

31:42 ↗ will ask for other speakers before

31:44 ↗ closing this portion of the meeting city

31:46 ↗ clerk has anybody signed up to speak or

31:49 ↗ indicate a desire to speak

31:51 ↗ yes mayor Paulie thanks

31:54 ↗ is there

31:57 ↗ oh so now this is opportunity I guess I

31:59 ↗ need the first name of who signed up

32:02 ↗ first on the list that signed up is Eric

32:06 ↗ ulnar

32:08 ↗ and Eric is in the room I'm going to

32:10 ↗ come up to the podium

32:18 ↗ mayor Paulie and council members

32:20 ↗ um

32:21 ↗ thank you for this opportunity

32:23 ↗ my name is Eric holliner I reside at

32:26 ↗ 1779 Harrison Court Northeast and I'm

32:30 ↗ here on behalf of the iskov food and

32:32 ↗ clothing bank

32:35 ↗ um I appreciate the opportunity to

32:36 ↗ provide a few comments and supportive

32:39 ↗ changes we're proposing to Title 18 uh

32:42 ↗ specifically the parking requirements

32:44 ↗ for the food bank and it's in in view of

32:48 ↗ its unique Mission and and building use

32:50 ↗ we offered similar comments during the

32:53 ↗ Planning Development and uh

32:55 ↗ environmental environment committees

32:58 ↗ March 28 meeting so I'd like to Briefly

33:01 ↗ summarize those comments and outline the

33:03 ↗ intent of the proposed changes we sent

33:05 ↗ to Council in an email earlier today

33:08 ↗ the isqua food and clothing bank is the

33:11 ↗ city's direct resource provider of basic

33:14 ↗ human services and is essential to

33:16 ↗ maintaining the City's health

33:18 ↗ accessibility diversity social and

33:21 ↗ economic Vitality as outlined in the

33:24 ↗ city's strategic plan and that of the

33:26 ↗ city's Human Services Department

33:29 ↗ as our community's needs have grown the

33:32 ↗ ifcb has continued operating in a

33:35 ↗ facility that is too small to

33:37 ↗ accommodate the services it currently

33:39 ↗ offers and is constrained by space from

33:42 ↗ becoming the kind of multi-resource

33:43 ↗ Center that supports those strategic

33:46 ↗ plans

33:47 ↗ while we studied several other potential

33:50 ↗ sites we concluded that our current

33:52 ↗ location ideally situated in the heart

33:55 ↗ of downtown Issaquah provides the best

33:57 ↗ access visibility and proximity to other

34:00 ↗ services however due to our limited

34:03 ↗ property size and our core programmatic

34:05 ↗ needs providing on-site parking would

34:08 ↗ significantly reduce our ability to

34:11 ↗ expand the essential programs and

34:13 ↗ services we provide to the community

34:15 ↗ as detailed in the email attachment the

34:19 ↗ changes we're proposing to Title 18

34:21 ↗ would provide additional flexibility in

34:24 ↗ meeting our parking needs by offering a

34:26 ↗ process that is data driven by means of

34:29 ↗ the tdnp

34:31 ↗ but opens a path by which we can meet

34:34 ↗ those needs in ways the current code

34:36 ↗ does not

34:38 ↗ we hope you will give strong

34:40 ↗ consideration to our request and I'm

34:42 ↗ happy to answer any questions you may

34:44 ↗ have

34:45 ↗ but I also wanted to to thank many and

34:50 ↗ Christian and their team they've been

34:51 ↗ very supportive and very helpful in the

34:54 ↗ process of kind of navigating the

34:57 ↗ current code and seeking ways to

35:00 ↗ to improve the code so that we can have

35:03 ↗ that additional flexibility

35:05 ↗ thank you thank you Eric

35:08 ↗ city clerk who else has signed up to

35:09 ↗ speak to

35:11 ↗ you Holly next we have Casey cleba

35:15 ↗ come on up Casey

35:21 ↗ I'm gonna get you to push that little

35:23 ↗ button on the yeah there you go no no

35:27 ↗ everybody can hear you great thanks

35:29 ↗ good evening and uh mayor Pauley and and

35:32 ↗ members of the council thank you for the

35:33 ↗ opportunity to address you tonight uh my

35:37 ↗ name is Casey cleba and my wife Carly

35:39 ↗ and I live at 1750 Brookside Drive in

35:42 ↗ the Sycamore neighborhood of Southeast

35:44 ↗ Issaquah

35:45 ↗ and I'm told we live on the southernmost

35:47 ↗ lot in the city limit which I tell

35:49 ↗ everyone now

35:51 ↗ and we're right between squawk and tiger

35:54 ↗ mountains

35:55 ↗ we moved to Issaquah because we

35:56 ↗ absolutely love nature and we want to be

35:59 ↗ surrounded by people who are actively

36:01 ↗ engaged in protecting and preserving it

36:04 ↗ my wife Carly and I are Avid Wildlife

36:07 ↗ photographers and a small plug you can

36:09 ↗ see some of our photos on my website

36:12 ↗ clever.com

36:14 ↗ uh we love seeing all the wild visitors

36:17 ↗ that the creek attracts and of course

36:18 ↗ the natural world around us has a lot of

36:20 ↗ surprises each season

36:22 ↗ um which we look forward to

36:24 ↗ we're here tonight because we were made

36:26 ↗ aware of proposed Title 18 amendments

36:29 ↗ that could allow us to make

36:30 ↗ modifications to structures on our

36:32 ↗ property

36:33 ↗ we are influenced by two critical areas

36:36 ↗ the Issaquah Creek and the Crystal Creek

36:38 ↗ and those are overlapping areas our home

36:41 ↗ was built in 1970 and so we're well

36:43 ↗ within the critical areas meaning no

36:46 ↗ modifications are currently possible as

36:48 ↗ I understand it

36:50 ↗ um

36:51 ↗ and so if it were possible or based on

36:55 ↗ some of the language that we had read

36:57 ↗ previously that I think is currently not

37:01 ↗ um considered an amendment to Title 18

37:03 ↗ exceptions uh like what was proposed

37:06 ↗ would allow for

37:07 ↗ homeowners like us to make needed

37:09 ↗ improvements and in our case this means

37:13 ↗ extra considerations for Aging in place

37:15 ↗ as well as improvements for our

37:20 ↗ safety and separation between us and

37:22 ↗ those wild animals on our lot we've

37:26 ↗ actually had some pretty large Bears

37:27 ↗ walk down our front driveway we've seen

37:30 ↗ a coyote attacking that deer in our yard

37:33 ↗ I have it on video and so on

37:37 ↗ um so we'd be glad to work with city

37:38 ↗ council members in order to sponsor

37:40 ↗ inclusion of language like this in the

37:43 ↗ title 18 proposed draft amendments for

37:46 ↗ the for the final draft

37:49 ↗ oh doing good

37:50 ↗ uh yeah thank you for your time and the

37:53 ↗ opportunity to speak tonight in person

37:54 ↗ appreciate it thank you Casey what's the

37:56 ↗ website for your pictures it's my last

37:58 ↗ name

38:00 ↗ k-l-e-b-b-a.com sounds interesting thank

38:03 ↗ you

38:04 ↗ uh city clerk do we have anyone else

38:06 ↗ signed up on our sign-in sheet

38:08 ↗ uh mayor Paulie we have no one left on

38:10 ↗ the sign-in sheet but we do have some

38:12 ↗ virtual hands raised okay I'm just going

38:15 ↗ to come back to the room for a second is

38:16 ↗ there anyone else here this evening that

38:18 ↗ would like to speak to Title 18 Steve do

38:21 ↗ you want to come up and then I'll head

38:22 ↗ to the virtual

38:26 ↗ first of all I'll segue a little bit

38:28 ↗ Anatomy thanks to the Ruth keys and the

38:30 ↗ environmental Award winners so thanks

38:32 ↗ for recognizing them for their

38:33 ↗ contribution so

38:35 ↗ back on track I think there were three

38:37 ↗ things I wanted to talk about or

38:38 ↗ mentioned today I kind of put in the

38:40 ↗ context of a story my science teacher

38:43 ↗ told me a long time ago was if you put a

38:44 ↗ frog in hot water he immediately jumps

38:46 ↗ out but if you

38:47 ↗ slowly raise the temperature he'll die

38:50 ↗ from

38:52 ↗ not realizing change has happened so it

38:54 ↗ seems like with Title 18 what I kind of

38:56 ↗ think about in context also is uh

39:00 ↗ in the past couple years there's been

39:02 ↗ stories of forest fires and

39:04 ↗ California and Oregon and Washington

39:06 ↗ followed by atmospheres atmospheric

39:09 ↗ Rivers followed by flooding and I'm

39:11 ↗ concerned with the rate at which we're

39:13 ↗ going to lose a lot of that

39:16 ↗ environmental coverage with trees and

39:18 ↗ forested and sloped landslides from 15

39:21 ↗ to 40 degrees if it seemed to be

39:23 ↗ environmentally or

39:26 ↗ can be built safely without any

39:29 ↗ consideration for

39:31 ↗ maintaining

39:33 ↗ the restrictions that don't allow us we

39:35 ↗ wanted to

39:36 ↗ we want we geared ourselves towards new

39:38 ↗ development on the valley floor not on

39:40 ↗ those photos still Subs hillsides and so

39:44 ↗ I think the changes we're going to see

39:45 ↗ that are being proposed or I'm going to

39:47 ↗ be seen in the next six months even the

39:49 ↗ six years but the pace of the occupation

39:50 ↗ has been decided and we're going to lose

39:52 ↗ too much we're going to lose too much of

39:54 ↗ that environment that we treasure and we

39:55 ↗ say we want to keep so I think

39:57 ↗ that needs to be structured differently

39:59 ↗ to not allow the development on anything

40:01 ↗ above 15 degrees if that

40:04 ↗ the second was

40:07 ↗ steeper requirements no longer being

40:09 ↗ required for

40:11 ↗ and I'm not going to have those phrased

40:13 ↗ as quick as quickly as I should I

40:14 ↗ apologize it's from five to nine or five

40:17 ↗ to ten and plus the square footage size

40:18 ↗ one thing I'd like to know is whether or

40:21 ↗ not there's statistics on what

40:23 ↗ CPA has required from previous

40:27 ↗ thresholds and whether or not what we

40:30 ↗ lose or might lose I would also like to

40:32 ↗ see

40:34 ↗ if even if this does and it's more of a

40:36 ↗ last-ditch effort

40:38 ↗ if we can have the

40:41 ↗ still have a super requirement checklist

40:43 ↗ checklist required even if it's not

40:45 ↗ maintained so we can understand what

40:47 ↗ we're losing I don't see that the city

40:50 ↗ is we're gaining very much

40:53 ↗ the cost for the developer to build

40:54 ↗ those lots may go down but the price of

40:56 ↗ the housing is going to be the same

40:57 ↗ price because the price of housing is

40:59 ↗ requires astronomical so we're not

41:02 ↗ really gaining environment what we're

41:04 ↗ losing is that the taxpayers and the

41:07 ↗ residents have to lose those

41:09 ↗ environmental thresholds and pay for

41:12 ↗ sewer and septic and lines that aren't

41:16 ↗ and maintenance

41:18 ↗ and pay for those costs for the

41:19 ↗ developers maintaining the profit going

41:21 ↗ to them that seems unfair

41:24 ↗ the third threshold was

41:26 ↗ uh allows development on private

41:30 ↗ residential houses on on the

41:34 ↗ opposite side of the creek side or

41:38 ↗ retained water retentions

41:42 ↗ it only requires a five-year minimum

41:45 ↗ maximum standard to do some offsetting

41:49 ↗ of things like

41:50 ↗ remove an invasive standards so it puts

41:53 ↗ the cost burden on the city to maintain

41:55 ↗ that development standard and cost on

41:58 ↗ the taxpayer for doing that for

42:00 ↗ permanently there's going to be a

42:02 ↗ permanent loss of retention a Samaria

42:05 ↗ building a five-year requirement to

42:07 ↗ offset that that seems unfair that seems

42:10 ↗ cost burned on the city when we're

42:12 ↗ already obviously facing a lot of

42:14 ↗ requirements for fewer and fewer City

42:16 ↗ dollars

42:17 ↗ So based on those things those are the

42:20 ↗ three things that come to mind I'm going

42:22 ↗ to try to be more articulate between now

42:23 ↗ on your decision making

42:26 ↗ it happens in May when that comes back

42:28 ↗ but those are the three thoughts come to

42:30 ↗ mind thank you

42:32 ↗ thank you Steve city clerk let's start

42:35 ↗ to go through the online

42:37 ↗ commenters

42:41 ↗ mayor Paulie we have Christy online who

42:44 ↗ would like to speak Christy could you uh

42:46 ↗ tell us your last name I'm making you

42:49 ↗ panelists now you should be able to uh

42:52 ↗ address the council and turn on your

42:55 ↗ video if you wish

43:02 ↗ thank you good evening everyone I

43:05 ↗ appreciate the opportunity to make

43:07 ↗ public comments

43:08 ↗ um council members Madam mayor and team

43:12 ↗ um first of all I'd be remiss and not

43:14 ↗ saying a huge congratulations to Robin

43:16 ↗ Ann and John for the amazing work and

43:20 ↗ dedication to our community such good

43:22 ↗ stuff

43:23 ↗ so I'm here to talk about

43:25 ↗ um we need your last name

43:29 ↗ oh I said triple I'm sorry I'm not sure

43:31 ↗ if that came across thanks Christy

43:34 ↗ no problem sorry one of one of the

43:36 ↗ challenges in Virtual environment my

43:38 ↗ apologies

43:40 ↗ so one significant area in Title 18 that

43:43 ↗ remains a concern amongst our local real

43:46 ↗ estate peers both owners and development

43:48 ↗ developers is the issue of vesting at

43:50 ↗ the building permit and the regulatory

43:52 ↗ monetary risks Associated as a last

43:56 ↗ opportunity prior to adoption I've been

43:58 ↗ asked to bring this topic forward as you

44:00 ↗ know predictability and consistency are

44:02 ↗ necessary for both the city and the

44:04 ↗ applicant issaquah's permitting has a

44:07 ↗ significant number of steps in

44:08 ↗ engagement through the process for land

44:10 ↗ use coupled with long processing times

44:13 ↗ the process also relies heavily on land

44:15 ↗ use review and Community input which is

44:18 ↗ an expensive undertaking up front both

44:20 ↗ in time and money

44:22 ↗ the review is a complex and

44:24 ↗ comprehensive

44:26 ↗ opportunities so a lot of work gets done

44:28 ↗ early on in the process

44:31 ↗ investing among other factors plays an

44:33 ↗ integral role in the decision to build

44:35 ↗ and invest in a community to realize the

44:38 ↗ multiple benefits for multi-family and

44:41 ↗ Commercial development including job

44:43 ↗ creation and sales tax revenue

44:45 ↗ revitalizing underutilized property as

44:48 ↗ an example the Sea of parking lots and

44:51 ↗ continuing to make progress on housing

44:53 ↗ accessibility we ask that you help

44:55 ↗ reduce development risk busting at the

44:58 ↗ submittal of a complete land use

45:00 ↗ application is opposed to building

45:02 ↗ permit is one such local tool you can

45:05 ↗ employ to help promote investment in the

45:07 ↗ changes you wish to see for Issaquah it

45:10 ↗ can also Aid in ensuring Community input

45:12 ↗ early on can be retained with the

45:15 ↗ completion of a project our hope is

45:18 ↗ you'll consider this and request the

45:20 ↗ change to the vesting language proposed

45:22 ↗ in section

45:24 ↗ 18.204.080

45:26 ↗ lastly thank you to all of you and those

45:29 ↗ Who provided the care and attention in

45:32 ↗ the overhaul of Title 18 that it has

45:34 ↗ been demanded it's been a lot and it's

45:36 ↗ been a journey

45:37 ↗ the resulting product is much to be

45:40 ↗ celebrated with its Clarity and

45:42 ↗ organization and I just want to share

45:44 ↗ congratulations to many in the team for

45:46 ↗ a job well done thank you

45:49 ↗ thank you Christy

45:51 ↗ this up next city clerk

45:55 ↗ mayor Paulie there are no further

45:57 ↗ virtual hands raised at this time

46:00 ↗ great well thank you for everyone who

46:02 ↗ provided comment during the public

46:03 ↗ hearing we did hear about parking

46:06 ↗ standards structural modifications in

46:08 ↗ critical areas investing and development

46:10 ↗ risk so thank you all for taking the

46:12 ↗ time to come and address the council

46:15 ↗ this evening

46:16 ↗ is there any objection to closing the

46:19 ↗ public hearing

46:21 ↗ looking at the council not seeing any

46:23 ↗ head nods so hearing none the public

46:25 ↗ hearing is closed at 7 47 pm

46:28 ↗ and this item will be returning to the

46:30 ↗ city council for Action at the May 1st

46:32 ↗ 2023 regular city council meeting as

46:35 ↗ you've already heard so thank you all

46:37 ↗ the next item of business this evening

46:38 ↗ is under regular business it's ab8588 it

46:42 ↗ is the preferred cross-section for

46:44 ↗ tow028 Northwest Sammamish Road

46:47 ↗ non-motorized Improvement project and

46:49 ↗ actually I should be thanking many

46:50 ↗ before she sneaks other room mini thank

46:52 ↗ you there are also a lot of comments

46:54 ↗ about the amazing work that your team

46:56 ↗ did in in taking in all of this input so

46:58 ↗ thank you before you leave

47:01 ↗ um so at this point in time I'd like to

47:02 ↗ invite Public Works and Engineering

47:04 ↗ utility manager Matt Ellis our senior

47:07 ↗ Transportation engineer Marina bandla

47:10 ↗ and Scott Johnson the project manager

47:12 ↗ with HDR to present this item so welcome

47:14 ↗ team

47:26 ↗ okay

47:29 ↗ good evening give me one minute while I

47:31 ↗ set this up

47:32 ↗ will do

48:20 ↗ okay my apologize

48:37 ↗ foreign

48:41 ↗ privileges I know I'm trying to okay

48:44 ↗ get there it's on the screen it's small

48:53 ↗ there we go

48:56 ↗ sorry about that

49:04 ↗ okay

49:31 ↗ sorry it's uh

49:33 ↗ not letting me

49:42 ↗ okay all right

49:46 ↗ all right

49:47 ↗ good evening I'm Matt Ellis utility

49:49 ↗ engineering manager for the City of

49:50 ↗ Issaquah and I'm joined virtually by

49:54 ↗ Marina bondola the senior Transportation

49:56 ↗ engineer and Scott Johnson with HDR the

49:59 ↗ project manager on the design team

50:01 ↗ and tonight we're talking about the

50:02 ↗ Northwest famish Road non-motorized

50:04 ↗ Improvement project and talking about

50:06 ↗ the preferred alternative selection

50:13 ↗ so the purposes tonight is to seek

50:15 ↗ approval on the preferred cross section

50:17 ↗ for the roadway and seek authorization

50:19 ↗ to proceed with the design and

50:20 ↗ permitting and to share project

50:22 ↗ coordination considerations

50:26 ↗ our recommendation is to approve the

50:28 ↗ preferred alternative for the Northwest

50:30 ↗ Sammamish Road non-motorized Improvement

50:33 ↗ project as shown as alternative C and

50:37 ↗ authorized Administration to proceed

50:38 ↗ with the design and permitting

50:42 ↗ so tonight's content is to provide a bit

50:45 ↗ of background on efforts to date on

50:47 ↗ community engagement which led us to

50:49 ↗ develop the Alternatives and the

50:51 ↗ evaluate evaluation criteria and refine

50:53 ↗ the Alternatives through discussions as

50:56 ↗ the transportation Advisory board

50:58 ↗ meeting in January and the mobility and

51:01 ↗ infrastructure committee meeting in

51:02 ↗ March this all led to the staff's

51:04 ↗ recommendation for a preferred

51:06 ↗ cross-section for this roadway and we'll

51:08 ↗ discuss the project schedule

51:09 ↗ considerations and impacts with other

51:12 ↗ projects within the corridor

51:16 ↗ so the project purpose is to provide

51:18 ↗ bicycle and pedestrian facilities along

51:19 ↗ Northwest famish Road the limits for

51:22 ↗ this project are 193rd Place Southeast

51:25 ↗ to the to the West in the state park

51:27 ↗ entrance to the east

51:31 ↗ so here's the project timeline we began

51:33 ↗ the project in Earnest in 2022 we

51:36 ↗ completed a topographic survey started

51:38 ↗ an environmental evaluation of critical

51:40 ↗ areas developed preliminary Alternatives

51:43 ↗ and engaged with the community through a

51:45 ↗ community survey Community open house in

51:47 ↗ November and the transportation Advisory

51:50 ↗ board meeting our goal for the remaining

51:52 ↗ remainder of 2023 is to get the design

51:55 ↗ rolling once we receive concurrence on

51:57 ↗ the preferred cross-section and begin

51:59 ↗ the environmental permitting process

52:02 ↗ our goal is to be substantially complete

52:04 ↗ with a design by the end of 2024 to the

52:06 ↗ beginning of 2025.

52:08 ↗ there will be multiple projects both

52:11 ↗ private and public that will impact

52:13 ↗ Northwest Sammamish Road starting this

52:14 ↗ year and Lasting for several years

52:17 ↗ and this work includes the Culvert

52:19 ↗ replacement work by washdot for which we

52:21 ↗ do not have a specific timeline but no

52:23 ↗ all work on their Culvert replacement

52:24 ↗ efforts must be completed by 2029 for

52:27 ↗ four sites within the city I will

52:30 ↗ briefly describe all known impacts on a

52:31 ↗ later slide while this work occurs staff

52:34 ↗ will coordinate with washdot and all

52:37 ↗ other parties while we procure necessary

52:39 ↗ permits and develop construction

52:40 ↗ documents

52:42 ↗ as shown we have a relatively large

52:44 ↗ construction window for this project at

52:45 ↗ this time point in time we project as

52:48 ↗ soon as we can begin construction to be

52:49 ↗ 2027 while other work progresses along

52:53 ↗ the corridor we are showing the worst

52:54 ↗ case scenario for completion if external

52:57 ↗ work on the corridor gets delayed of

52:58 ↗ 2020 2030

53:01 ↗ we also during this process we commit to

53:03 ↗ staying engaged with the community

53:04 ↗ during this time understanding that

53:06 ↗ there will be impacts to the roadway for

53:08 ↗ several years to come we will engage

53:10 ↗ with individual property owners and

53:12 ↗ neighborhoods about specific design

53:14 ↗ considerations and how the project will

53:16 ↗ interact with folks who live along the

53:18 ↗ corridor we will provide construction

53:19 ↗ coordination and Public Communication

53:21 ↗ about the various construction work that

53:23 ↗ occur along the corridor and will hold

53:25 ↗ an open house as we get closer to

53:27 ↗ Construction

53:29 ↗ foreign

53:30 ↗ so here's the existing conditions

53:33 ↗ the project can be broken down into two

53:35 ↗ areas

53:37 ↗ the East half of the project is adjacent

53:40 ↗ Sammamish Cove Park and it's constrained

53:43 ↗ between the freeway and steep slopes and

53:45 ↗ Wetland areas

53:46 ↗ we did we did do an evaluation of the

53:48 ↗ bike and pedestrian facilities so that

53:50 ↗ this project will tie into facilities

53:52 ↗ further east between sr-900 and the

53:54 ↗ state park has an 8 to 10 foot multi-use

53:56 ↗ Trail on the North side with a four to

53:59 ↗ five foot unprotected bike facility

54:00 ↗ right next to it on the south side of

54:03 ↗ the roadway at this area a sidewalk

54:05 ↗ begins about 450 feet east of the state

54:08 ↗ park entrance the sidewalk varies in

54:10 ↗ width between seven feet and eight feet

54:12 ↗ and contains a four foot bike facility

54:13 ↗ on that side

54:16 ↗ existing conditions on the west half is

54:19 ↗ adjacent to the sand wall that was

54:21 ↗ installed by Washington State Department

54:23 ↗ of Transportation in 2020 through 2021

54:26 ↗ and is located next to residential

54:29 ↗ driveways and private streets

54:30 ↗ this section is an additional room where

54:33 ↗ washdot relocated to retaining wall but

54:35 ↗ it's constrained in areas where we need

54:37 ↗ to match into existing steep driveways

54:39 ↗ and again to carry on the evaluation of

54:41 ↗ the bike and pedestrian facility

54:43 ↗ facilities so this project will tie into

54:45 ↗ further west the roadway will has a

54:48 ↗ fairly consistent paved shoulder on both

54:50 ↗ sides of the road equally in about five

54:52 ↗ to six feet on each side this is not

54:55 ↗ signed or marked as either a pedestrian

54:57 ↗ or bike facility though

55:01 ↗ community outreach a community survey

55:03 ↗ was provided to the community between

55:05 ↗ September 13th and October 3rd 2022. we

55:09 ↗ received nearly 600 responses to the

55:12 ↗ survey

55:13 ↗ uh we had an open house in November of

55:16 ↗ 2022 and had 48 people in attendance

55:19 ↗ and then we went to the mobility uh we

55:22 ↗ went to the transportation Advisory

55:23 ↗ board on January 25th of this year and

55:25 ↗ the mobility and infrastructure

55:27 ↗ committee on March 14th through this

55:29 ↗ process we determined that most people

55:30 ↗ wanted a multi-use trail as a treatment

55:32 ↗ facility that serves the community

55:34 ↗ according accommodating multiple types

55:37 ↗ of uses through the corridor the second

55:39 ↗ most desirable element was a buffered

55:41 ↗ bike facilities to protect cyclists and

55:43 ↗ to separate commuter cyclists to those

55:45 ↗ going and those going at high speeds

55:48 ↗ from intermingling in the slower you

55:50 ↗ slower users on the trail

55:53 ↗ and then the biggest concern brought up

55:55 ↗ was access to driveways site issues and

55:57 ↗ potential conflict points with new

55:59 ↗ pedestrians and bikes within the

56:00 ↗ corridor

56:05 ↗ so we did an alternative development

56:07 ↗ after the community survey we developed

56:09 ↗ six cross-sectional cross-section option

56:11 ↗ options we narrowed this down to four

56:14 ↗ options after feedback from the open

56:15 ↗ house

56:16 ↗ we presented these four options to the

56:18 ↗ transportation Advisory Board and at

56:20 ↗ this time we recommended a preferred

56:22 ↗ cross section with a second alternative

56:25 ↗ the preferred cross section was

56:26 ↗ alternative c a multi-use trail with

56:28 ↗ intermittent planner strip and a

56:30 ↗ buffered bike lanes and the second

56:31 ↗ alternative is alternative a a wider

56:34 ↗ multi-use trail with full planner strip

56:36 ↗ and no on-street Park bike facilities

56:41 ↗ as we went through the process we

56:43 ↗ evaluated 10 criteria that involved

56:45 ↗ risks and level of impact including

56:47 ↗ impacts to Wetlands potential impacts to

56:50 ↗ private property

56:52 ↗ constructability Code Compliance and

56:55 ↗ many other constraints

56:57 ↗ we gave each of these criteria one point

56:59 ↗ as we evaluated each cross-section we

57:02 ↗ then evaluated five criteria based on

57:04 ↗ non-motorized use including driveway

57:06 ↗ access and safety for both vehicles

57:08 ↗ bikes and pedestrians pedestrian

57:10 ↗ experience and cycle experience for

57:13 ↗ recreational users and commuter users we

57:16 ↗ engage you gave each of these criteria

57:18 ↗ two points each we then completed a

57:20 ↗ qualitative evaluation assessing each

57:22 ↗ alternative to each other the full

57:24 ↗ analysis is in the packet

57:28 ↗ based on the risk criteria alternative a

57:31 ↗ the wide multi-use trail with a planet

57:34 ↗ ship and no bike facility scored the

57:35 ↗ highest this is because they had the

57:37 ↗ smallest footprint

57:39 ↗ meaning the easiest to construct and the

57:41 ↗ least impacts or concerns we needed to

57:43 ↗ be aware of our estimate was

57:45 ↗ approximately 11.5 million to complete

57:47 ↗ the project between 193rd and the state

57:50 ↗ park entrance based on the high emphasis

57:52 ↗ non-motorized criteria including user

57:54 ↗ experience alternative C the narrower

57:57 ↗ multi-use trail with buffered bike Lanes

57:59 ↗ scored the highest this alternative is

58:01 ↗ alternative is estimated to be three

58:03 ↗ million dollars more than alternative a

58:05 ↗ at roughly 14.5 million this is based on

58:09 ↗ a wider footprint meaning larger

58:10 ↗ retaining walls and more storm water

58:12 ↗ facilities

58:15 ↗ so I'm going to go quickly through

58:16 ↗ alternative a and alternative C to give

58:18 ↗ you a quick breakdown

58:20 ↗ alternative a is a 14 foot wide

58:23 ↗ multi-use Trail

58:25 ↗ this provides a wide planner strip

58:27 ↗ running the length of the project the uh

58:29 ↗ this alternative does not provide

58:32 ↗ on-straight bike facilities cyclists

58:34 ↗ must choose either merge with traffic or

58:36 ↗ for westbound commuters across the

58:38 ↗ street and travel along the trail

58:40 ↗ this alternative shows 10 foot travel

58:42 ↗ lanes for vehicle use which is a bit

58:45 ↗ more constrained than is currently out

58:46 ↗ there the current Lane Lanes range

58:48 ↗ between 10 and a half feet and eleven

58:50 ↗ and a half feet in different areas of

58:52 ↗ the corridor the constrained travel

58:54 ↗ Lanes is shown on both alternative A and

58:56 ↗ C and is one treatment to reduce speeds

58:58 ↗ within the corridor

59:02 ↗ Alternatives C shows a narrow multi-use

59:05 ↗ trail that ranges in width between eight

59:07 ↗ feet if we really get constrained due to

59:10 ↗ due to topography topography or property

59:13 ↗ constraints to 12 feet at its maximum

59:19 ↗ right now how much more of your

59:21 ↗ presentation is there oh we're about

59:23 ↗ halfway okay so councilman Mertz yeah

59:26 ↗ thank you

59:28 ↗ um so you said uh with a 10 foot uh

59:32 ↗ Street as a way to constrain traffic

59:36 ↗ um would we potentially need to change

59:39 ↗ the speed limit

59:40 ↗ we'd be looking into that yeah because

59:42 ↗ we have gotten a lot of complaints from

59:44 ↗ the residents out there that people are

59:45 ↗ typically going faster than 30 miles and

59:48 ↗ miles per hour that it's posted and so

59:50 ↗ we would look at ways to reduce that

59:53 ↗ speed and one option is to reduce the

59:54 ↗ speed limit does that road have a

59:56 ↗ designation as any kind of uh higher

1:00:00 ↗ like a I don't remember the term we use

1:00:03 ↗ but like a arterial it is a minor

1:00:06 ↗ arterial yes okay

1:00:07 ↗ so we'd have to move it down out of

1:00:09 ↗ minor arterial status no I think we

1:00:11 ↗ could keep it as a minor I mean Front

1:00:13 ↗ Street is a major arterial and that is

1:00:15 ↗ 25 miles per hour so I think we could do

1:00:17 ↗ that but that there might be some

1:00:18 ↗ constraints that we would need to look

1:00:20 ↗ at as we look at speed limits thank you

1:00:23 ↗ thanks Matt yep

1:00:26 ↗ um so uh back to Alternative actually I

1:00:28 ↗ take that back

1:00:31 ↗ uh thanks following up on council member

1:00:33 ↗ Mart's question

1:00:35 ↗ do we know that reducing speed limits

1:00:40 ↗ actually changes patterns of behavior

1:00:43 ↗ that people have already established

1:00:46 ↗ that is a good question

1:00:47 ↗ I don't know for sure I know that it

1:00:50 ↗ does help but there would need to be

1:00:52 ↗ more than just

1:00:54 ↗ reducing the speed limit to make it work

1:00:56 ↗ so that's why narrowing those Lanes down

1:00:58 ↗ is one of one of those things that we're

1:01:00 ↗ considering because that would for both

1:01:02 ↗ alternative A and C we're proposing that

1:01:05 ↗ constrained width and that will also

1:01:07 ↗ help reduce speeds because it makes it

1:01:10 ↗ more uncomfortable to be going fast fast

1:01:13 ↗ when you're right next to other cars

1:01:16 ↗ yeah thank you

1:01:19 ↗ um uh on alternative c a planet strip

1:01:22 ↗ would be installed intermittently

1:01:23 ↗ primarily in the section fronting

1:01:25 ↗ driveways and private streets this would

1:01:27 ↗ help support trash pickup and bus stops

1:01:29 ↗ there is also a wider

1:01:32 ↗ opportunity uh

1:01:35 ↗ so we would also we would not be putting

1:01:37 ↗ the planner strip when we need to put in

1:01:39 ↗ a larger retaining wall near the Spanish

1:01:43 ↗ Cove Park

1:01:47 ↗ um this alternative provides buffered

1:01:49 ↗ street bike facilities cyclists coming

1:01:51 ↗ from outside of the area or from other

1:01:53 ↗ parts of the South Lake Spanish

1:01:54 ↗ neighborhoods can continue in the same

1:01:56 ↗ direction without crossing the street or

1:01:58 ↗ emerging with traffic

1:01:59 ↗ this alternative like I said also shows

1:02:02 ↗ 10 foot travel lanes for by for vehicle

1:02:04 ↗ use which is a bit more constrained than

1:02:06 ↗ it currently out there

1:02:10 ↗ and then the buffered bike Lanes

1:02:11 ↗ provides added protection between the

1:02:13 ↗ narrow lanes and bike traffic

1:02:17 ↗ transportation that we went to the

1:02:19 ↗ transportation Advisory board on January

1:02:21 ↗ 25th

1:02:22 ↗ six members agreed with alternative C

1:02:25 ↗ two members agreed with alternative a

1:02:27 ↗ those in favor of alternative C like the

1:02:29 ↗ facilities like that the facilities

1:02:31 ↗ provided opportunities for more types of

1:02:33 ↗ users including recreational users uh

1:02:38 ↗ including those in the neighborhood as

1:02:40 ↗ well as those bike users who come from

1:02:43 ↗ outside of the area typically riding at

1:02:44 ↗ a faster speed

1:02:46 ↗ this improves safety and comfort for

1:02:48 ↗ both users

1:02:49 ↗ this also provides cyclists to stay in

1:02:51 ↗ the lane of travel as opposed to being

1:02:53 ↗ forced across the street twice to enter

1:02:55 ↗ and exit the multi-use path or merge

1:02:58 ↗ with traffic as on a busy and fast

1:03:00 ↗ arterial

1:03:01 ↗ those in favor of alternative a like

1:03:03 ↗ that it completely separates

1:03:05 ↗ non-motorized users from vehicle travel

1:03:06 ↗ they like that the option provided a

1:03:09 ↗ wider pathway for users and it was a

1:03:11 ↗ lower cost alternative due to it being a

1:03:13 ↗ smaller footprint

1:03:17 ↗ on March 14th we went to the mobility

1:03:19 ↗ and infrastructure committee uh two

1:03:23 ↗ council members were in attendance we

1:03:24 ↗ received a split decision from Council

1:03:27 ↗ Members between a preference for

1:03:28 ↗ alternative C and alternative a weird

1:03:31 ↗ alternative a was preferred due to wider

1:03:33 ↗ Trail width council member linked this

1:03:36 ↗ feature to the community survey which

1:03:38 ↗ showed multi the multi-purpose pathway

1:03:40 ↗ as the most desired facility we also

1:03:43 ↗ heard also heard that alternative C was

1:03:45 ↗ preferred due to the separation of

1:03:46 ↗ high-speed cyclists and pedestrians by

1:03:49 ↗ providing bicycle specific facilities

1:03:53 ↗ we also heard from a few members of the

1:03:54 ↗ public about poor existing pavement

1:03:56 ↗ conditions and and the truck

1:03:59 ↗ Northwest members Road being uses the

1:04:02 ↗ truck route speeds of cars on the

1:04:04 ↗ roadway in desire for traffic calming

1:04:06 ↗ concerns about driveway access Transit

1:04:08 ↗ stops and sight distance and then want

1:04:10 ↗ to make sure that this isn't there is

1:04:12 ↗ access to the Spanish Cove Park

1:04:15 ↗ so we did look at a few of these

1:04:17 ↗ concerns after the mobility

1:04:19 ↗ infrastructure committee

1:04:21 ↗ uh our concern our consultant was able

1:04:24 ↗ to provide some examples of waste

1:04:25 ↗ receptacle pickup for properties

1:04:27 ↗ adjacent to a multi-use trail

1:04:30 ↗ uh this one shown is similar to

1:04:32 ↗ Alternative C with a narrow planner

1:04:34 ↗ strip uh between the the

1:04:36 ↗ multi-use Trail and the roadway

1:04:41 ↗ we also looked at a Transit stops

1:04:44 ↗ the one shown would is not uh wouldn't

1:04:48 ↗ be the same as the one we are proposing

1:04:50 ↗ but shows an option for Transit stops

1:04:52 ↗ placed on a similar style roadway with a

1:04:54 ↗ multi-use trail

1:04:55 ↗ and bike facilities

1:04:57 ↗ and then truck routes Northwest

1:04:59 ↗ Snohomish road is not designated as a

1:05:01 ↗ truck route and we will look into

1:05:02 ↗ opportunities to improve signage to

1:05:04 ↗ reiterate this

1:05:08 ↗ so with all that

1:05:10 ↗ staff based on this information the

1:05:13 ↗ administration is recommending

1:05:14 ↗ alternative C

1:05:18 ↗ and then I'm going to briefly go through

1:05:20 ↗ project coordination before we have a

1:05:21 ↗ discussion unless you guys want to talk

1:05:24 ↗ before we go into coordination not

1:05:26 ↗ seeing any questions right now Matt so

1:05:28 ↗ go ahead great

1:05:29 ↗ uh after the last presentation on the

1:05:31 ↗ mobility infrastructure committee we

1:05:32 ↗ compiled all the impacts we anticipate

1:05:34 ↗ to Northwest Sammamish Road over the

1:05:36 ↗ next several years

1:05:37 ↗ projects in the area include in 2023 the

1:05:41 ↗ city plans to Overlay Northwest

1:05:42 ↗ Northwest Sammamish road because the

1:05:44 ↗ pavement condition is severely

1:05:46 ↗ deteriorating

1:05:47 ↗ in 2024 the Hilo storm water pipe will

1:05:50 ↗ be installed this is a private developer

1:05:52 ↗ project they'll install a storm water

1:05:54 ↗ pressure main under the freeway and

1:05:56 ↗ along Northwest Sammamish road before

1:05:58 ↗ discharging near the lake within

1:05:59 ↗ Sammamish Cove Park

1:06:01 ↗ in

1:06:02 ↗ 2025-2029 what the washout fish passage

1:06:05 ↗ Culvert replacement project will occur

1:06:07 ↗ including the West Village Park and

1:06:09 ↗ Schneider Creek

1:06:10 ↗ relocation that's approximately two to

1:06:12 ↗ three years projected for just that

1:06:15 ↗ portion of the project

1:06:16 ↗ we don't have a time frame for this work

1:06:18 ↗ we know that Washington has a deadline

1:06:19 ↗ to complete all work by 2029 and they

1:06:22 ↗ have a lot of Crossings to occur within

1:06:24 ↗ the city

1:06:25 ↗ in 2026

1:06:27 ↗ tr-22 Newport sr900 to 54th phase one

1:06:32 ↗ will occur this will require a closure

1:06:34 ↗ along Newport Way forcing a detour onto

1:06:36 ↗ West Lake Sammamish Parkway slash

1:06:38 ↗ Northwest Sammamish road we don't want

1:06:40 ↗ to impact both arterials at the same

1:06:42 ↗ time

1:06:43 ↗ in 2027 approximately Northwest from

1:06:45 ↗ Sammamish Road and West Lake Sammamish

1:06:47 ↗ Parkway we will be replacing water mains

1:06:50 ↗ this work can occur with or without the

1:06:53 ↗ Northwest Sammamish Road non-motorized

1:06:54 ↗ Improvement project this work includes

1:06:56 ↗ replacing old asbestos cement pipes

1:06:58 ↗ within the roadway

1:07:01 ↗ and finally in 2028

1:07:03 ↗ tr-28 Newport sr900 to 54th phase two is

1:07:07 ↗ scheduled to occur although this time is

1:07:10 ↗ still a bit more is a bit more hazy and

1:07:13 ↗ a little more flexible so the earliest

1:07:15 ↗ possible we could start Northwest

1:07:16 ↗ sandwich Road non-motorized is 2027. an

1:07:20 ↗ early start most likely means phasing

1:07:22 ↗ the project and a later start pushes the

1:07:24 ↗ project out but gives us the entire

1:07:26 ↗ roadway to work with

1:07:27 ↗ we will know more once washa Awards the

1:07:30 ↗ project to a design Builder and they and

1:07:32 ↗ they develop a proper schedule staff

1:07:34 ↗ commits to engaging through this whole

1:07:35 ↗ process

1:07:36 ↗ and we will this will Define how and

1:07:40 ↗ when we build our project

1:07:41 ↗ the next few slides show the projects

1:07:43 ↗ just described in map form it'll go very

1:07:46 ↗ quickly through these

1:07:48 ↗ so here is in yellow is the limits of

1:07:52 ↗ the project for Northwest Commerce Road

1:07:54 ↗ and it shows the hila Crossing as well

1:07:57 ↗ as the overlay limits for 23 and 24

1:08:01 ↗ here are some utility projects along

1:08:04 ↗ Newport Way for 2025.

1:08:08 ↗ here's the wash.fish Culvert replacement

1:08:10 ↗ projects at Lewis Creek West Village

1:08:13 ↗ Park Creek and Schneider Creek and again

1:08:15 ↗ we don't have a time frame for those yet

1:08:18 ↗ here is the Newport way sr900 to 54th

1:08:22 ↗ phase one and phase two with the

1:08:25 ↗ anticipated detour route along Northwest

1:08:27 ↗ Mammoth Road

1:08:28 ↗ and that is 2026.

1:08:32 ↗ and then here is the water line

1:08:33 ↗ improvement work that we're doing along

1:08:34 ↗ the entire West Lakes members Parkway

1:08:37 ↗ Northwest Sammamish Road Corridor that

1:08:40 ↗ will impact traffic but could occur in

1:08:42 ↗ concurrence with this project

1:08:46 ↗ and again just to reiterate on the

1:08:48 ↗ wash.work uh

1:08:50 ↗ the slide shows washed out the washstock

1:08:52 ↗ project limits in the city's Northwest

1:08:54 ↗ Sammamish Road Project tied together

1:08:57 ↗ this is the new uh this uh shows the

1:09:00 ↗ full extents the proposed design

1:09:01 ↗ estimate is for a six foot wide six foot

1:09:04 ↗ rise to Northwest famish road to

1:09:06 ↗ accommodate a new stream alignment in

1:09:08 ↗ Bridge Under the freeway in Northwest

1:09:10 ↗ Sammamish Road

1:09:11 ↗ the design is not finalized and washout

1:09:14 ↗ is currently developing 30 in design

1:09:16 ↗ that will be passed off to their design

1:09:18 ↗ Builder

1:09:20 ↗ um

1:09:22 ↗ so uh wash dot will have a new bridge

1:09:24 ↗ for Schneider Creek they will be raising

1:09:27 ↗ the roadway gradually up to six feet

1:09:28 ↗ within the project area

1:09:30 ↗ there will be a planned detour routes

1:09:32 ↗ for work along Newport way and that will

1:09:35 ↗ utilize Northwest Mammoth Road and we

1:09:37 ↗ also expect additional traffic to use

1:09:39 ↗ Northwest famish Road during work on

1:09:41 ↗ I-90 within this area in an effort to

1:09:44 ↗ bypass the construction along the

1:09:46 ↗ freeway

1:09:48 ↗ the schedule is currently undefined

1:09:49 ↗ between 2024 and 2029. however washdot

1:09:53 ↗ does commit to a forward compatible

1:09:55 ↗ project

1:09:56 ↗ meaning that they will construct their

1:09:58 ↗ work so our project is not impeded and

1:10:00 ↗ their bridge and roadway Rising will

1:10:02 ↗ accommodate our new roadway width

1:10:07 ↗ forward momentum and compatibility our

1:10:10 ↗ plan is to be substantially complete

1:10:11 ↗ with a majority of work by the end of 24

1:10:13 ↗ 2020 early 2025. as we look at future

1:10:17 ↗ work elements

1:10:18 ↗ we will coordinate with all construct

1:10:21 ↗ contractors in the corridor continue to

1:10:23 ↗ work with washdot collaborate on a

1:10:25 ↗ forward compatible project complete

1:10:27 ↗ environmental permitting which can take

1:10:28 ↗ a few years we'll make sure our

1:10:30 ↗ construction begins once construction

1:10:32 ↗ begins we are compatible with future

1:10:34 ↗ stormwater requirements as a more

1:10:37 ↗ definitive construction window and plan

1:10:39 ↗ materializes we will finalize the design

1:10:41 ↗ and construction documents we will Begin

1:10:43 ↗ work as soon as the corridor is

1:10:45 ↗ available to us

1:10:48 ↗ through all this we will continue to

1:10:50 ↗ meet and engage with the community we'll

1:10:53 ↗ meet with the neighborhoods and Property

1:10:54 ↗ Owners provide updates on construction

1:10:56 ↗ projects in the area and provide an open

1:10:59 ↗ house once right before Construction

1:11:02 ↗ and finally the next steps here again is

1:11:07 ↗ our timeline as I said earlier our goal

1:11:09 ↗ is for the remainder of 2023 is to get

1:11:12 ↗ the design rolling once we receive

1:11:13 ↗ concurrence on the preferred cross

1:11:14 ↗ section and begin the environmental

1:11:16 ↗ permitting process our goal is to be

1:11:19 ↗ substantially complete with the design

1:11:20 ↗ by the end of 24th through 2025. as

1:11:23 ↗ Administration and staff have done with

1:11:26 ↗ other significant Corridor design

1:11:28 ↗ projects that have many design choices

1:11:31 ↗ and have involved lots of community

1:11:32 ↗ engagement we are seeking your

1:11:34 ↗ concurrence for the proposed concept for

1:11:36 ↗ Northwest Sammamish Road

1:11:38 ↗ before the city spends additional

1:11:39 ↗ funding on design city council last took

1:11:42 ↗ a similar action in September 2022 for

1:11:45 ↗ concurrence and authorization to proceed

1:11:47 ↗ with the Newport Way Maple to Sunset

1:11:49 ↗ project

1:11:51 ↗ uh pending Council Direction the project

1:11:53 ↗ team will proceed with a 30 design level

1:11:56 ↗ throughout this process staff will

1:11:58 ↗ continue to public engagement and

1:12:00 ↗ coordinate with washdot and other

1:12:02 ↗ contractors

1:12:04 ↗ so here are our options approve the

1:12:07 ↗ preferred alternative for the Northwest

1:12:08 ↗ Ministry Road non-motorized Improvement

1:12:10 ↗ project has shown alternative C

1:12:13 ↗ uh

1:12:14 ↗ option two would be to approve

1:12:17 ↗ alternative a

1:12:19 ↗ option three would be to not move

1:12:22 ↗ forward with either alternative a or C

1:12:25 ↗ and discontinue funding the preliminary

1:12:28 ↗ design phase of the project the impact

1:12:30 ↗ the city would not make progress in

1:12:31 ↗ designing the project and may jeopardize

1:12:34 ↗ its ability to compel washed up to

1:12:35 ↗ design this project in a forward

1:12:37 ↗ compatible fashion

1:12:39 ↗ and then thirdly we could delay the

1:12:42 ↗ selection of preferred cross sections

1:12:44 ↗ but continue finding the preliminary

1:12:45 ↗ design phase of the project but the

1:12:47 ↗ impact would

1:12:49 ↗ delay the the design and a main the

1:12:55 ↗ project may not be for compatible with

1:12:56 ↗ the wash shot as they start to and for

1:12:59 ↗ as they develop their project

1:13:02 ↗ so again our prefer our preferred option

1:13:04 ↗ is option one

1:13:07 ↗ so our recommendation is to prove the

1:13:09 ↗ preferred alternative for Northwest

1:13:10 ↗ Sammamish Road non-motorized Improvement

1:13:12 ↗ project has shown an alternative C and

1:13:15 ↗ authorize the administration to proceed

1:13:17 ↗ with design and permitting

1:13:21 ↗ this is a light presentation for sure we

1:13:25 ↗ always knew it was going to be

1:13:26 ↗ complicated over there but a lot has

1:13:28 ↗ changed in the last few years um so we

1:13:29 ↗ did have a couple of questions during

1:13:31 ↗ the presentation just checking to see

1:13:33 ↗ about other questions now

1:13:35 ↗ councilmember Ray

1:13:39 ↗ um Matt when when you look at the cross

1:13:40 ↗ sections and it says eight feet to 12

1:13:42 ↗ feet or 10 to 14 is that a range or is

1:13:47 ↗ that a variability over the span of the

1:13:50 ↗ path

1:13:51 ↗ that would be a range and it's

1:13:54 ↗ well I get I'm not quite understanding

1:13:56 ↗ your question it's okay let me let me

1:13:58 ↗ put a point on it then so if it it so on

1:14:02 ↗ option C it's like eight to twelve feet

1:14:04 ↗ so that's a 50 difference and so what

1:14:07 ↗ I'm trying to understand is are we going

1:14:09 ↗ to see a variability of the size of the

1:14:12 ↗ width of the path over the run from

1:14:14 ↗ point A to point B or is it these are

1:14:17 ↗ estimates because we're not quite sure

1:14:19 ↗ gotcha it would most likely be 12 feet

1:14:22 ↗ for the majority of it where we have

1:14:24 ↗ lots of room but we want to show the

1:14:27 ↗ narrowest opportunity where we have a

1:14:30 ↗ very tight constraint where we just

1:14:31 ↗ can't get around something we don't want

1:14:33 ↗ to move a wall uh that restricts uh

1:14:37 ↗ parking or or we just can't accommodate

1:14:41 ↗ a driveway so that's why we want to show

1:14:42 ↗ that range okay perfect that's that's

1:14:44 ↗ what I thought I just wanted to confirm

1:14:46 ↗ before moving on yeah

1:14:48 ↗ other questions

1:14:51 ↗ it's my Mertz

1:14:53 ↗ yeah help help me get my arms around you

1:14:57 ↗ know we used to have effectively three

1:15:00 ↗ uh ways to get west from the city and uh

1:15:06 ↗ you know we reduced capacity on Newport

1:15:08 ↗ because of community safety concerns

1:15:12 ↗ and

1:15:13 ↗ um just help me understand that we

1:15:16 ↗ understand traffic is such a problem in

1:15:19 ↗ our community

1:15:20 ↗ um that that we understand the

1:15:22 ↗ implications of throttling back some of

1:15:24 ↗ the capability now on the other of our

1:15:27 ↗ of our Westward Road such that we now

1:15:30 ↗ would only have you know we'd have you

1:15:33 ↗ know two two of our routes that are down

1:15:35 ↗ to 25 miles per hour and that we've

1:15:37 ↗ looked at this and we understand the

1:15:41 ↗ implications for putting more traffic

1:15:42 ↗ onto I-90

1:15:44 ↗ question

1:15:45 ↗ it's a great question and and again you

1:15:48 ↗ know in areas that we annexed into the

1:15:50 ↗ city we inherited what we inherited and

1:15:53 ↗ we also inherited the residences that

1:15:55 ↗ live there and access those roads so

1:15:57 ↗ Matt how does that factor into

1:16:00 ↗ um

1:16:01 ↗ designing at the edges of the city and I

1:16:04 ↗ would what are your thoughts on that

1:16:06 ↗ also remember marks can you kind of can

1:16:09 ↗ you repeat that one more time well what

1:16:11 ↗ I'm saying is when I started on Council

1:16:14 ↗ a million years ago we had

1:16:16 ↗ um both north and south of I-90 were you

1:16:20 ↗ know

1:16:20 ↗ arterials that had you know decent

1:16:23 ↗ capacity and were seen as a way to go to

1:16:25 ↗ Bellevue uh if you didn't want to get on

1:16:28 ↗ I-90 or you or local traffic in the

1:16:31 ↗ morning and you weren't you weren't

1:16:32 ↗ going far away and so you're just going

1:16:34 ↗ to Bellevue and you know during that

1:16:36 ↗ time we've moved to 25 miles an hour on

1:16:38 ↗ Newport Way and what it sounds like is

1:16:40 ↗ this would likely need to move to 25

1:16:42 ↗ miles per hour on the North side and

1:16:45 ↗ this is a reduction in capacity uh both

1:16:47 ↗ uh you know in in this in the 14 years

1:16:51 ↗ that I've been on a non-trivial

1:16:52 ↗ reduction in capacity on the system and

1:16:55 ↗ I know that we I haven't seen a

1:16:57 ↗ system-wide model of traffic in sometime

1:17:01 ↗ and I just want to know that we

1:17:03 ↗ understand

1:17:03 ↗ throttling back yet another arterial if

1:17:08 ↗ if we understand the implications for

1:17:10 ↗ traffic that comes from that that's a

1:17:12 ↗ good question I don't have a great

1:17:13 ↗ answer for you I do know that on the

1:17:16 ↗ freeway side they have added an

1:17:19 ↗ additional Lane for both east and west

1:17:21 ↗ traffic so there's more capacity on the

1:17:23 ↗ freeway so it's going to be a hard model

1:17:27 ↗ to kind of collaborate

1:17:29 ↗ put all those things together with the

1:17:31 ↗ additional traffic or the additional

1:17:33 ↗ Lanes on the freeway plus the the lower

1:17:36 ↗ speeds on the the side street slash our

1:17:39 ↗ arterials

1:17:40 ↗ but I don't have a good answer for you

1:17:42 ↗ at this point

1:17:45 ↗ okay thanks

1:17:47 ↗ um could you clarify Matt we're hearing

1:17:50 ↗ the word

1:17:51 ↗ um or the term capacity

1:17:53 ↗ so is is it capacity or is it travel

1:17:56 ↗ time that changes so the is the number

1:17:58 ↗ of cars that are actually passing

1:18:00 ↗ through the new new part way

1:18:02 ↗ configuration is the total number down

1:18:04 ↗ or is the travel time longer that I

1:18:07 ↗ would have to check okay our I think

1:18:09 ↗ that would be helpful to know yeah and

1:18:11 ↗ I'll talk to Art great team thanks

1:18:15 ↗ uh

1:18:17 ↗ some members who haven't asked any

1:18:18 ↗ questions are we all good do we have

1:18:20 ↗ more questions on the presentation or

1:18:22 ↗ ready to move on

1:18:24 ↗ looks like we're ready to move on uh

1:18:27 ↗ committee chair Ray would you like to

1:18:29 ↗ provide the mobility and infrastructure

1:18:31 ↗ committee recommendation I would love to

1:18:32 ↗ if there were one

1:18:34 ↗ at our March 14th meeting the mobility

1:18:37 ↗ infrastructure committee uh Committee of

1:18:39 ↗ two that night reviewed the alternative

1:18:41 ↗ cross sections for the future Northwest

1:18:43 ↗ Sammamish Road non-motorized

1:18:45 ↗ improvements uh we had a robust

1:18:47 ↗ conversation about the merits of the

1:18:49 ↗ different cross-sections

1:18:53 ↗ um also there was as you would expect

1:18:55 ↗ considerable Community interest in this

1:18:57 ↗ project and the questions being asked to

1:18:59 ↗ the committee at this meeting was really

1:19:01 ↗ to look at cross-sections but

1:19:04 ↗ um

1:19:04 ↗ the community interest was broader than

1:19:07 ↗ that so I just want to give a shout out

1:19:08 ↗ to Matt Ellis because Matt you did a

1:19:11 ↗ great job of being very candid with the

1:19:14 ↗ community about the challenges we face

1:19:16 ↗ and also responding to their questions

1:19:19 ↗ and I think it made for a much

1:19:21 ↗ um more positive experience for everyone

1:19:24 ↗ um so the committee was not a one mind

1:19:27 ↗ on the optimal approach since we didn't

1:19:30 ↗ reach a consensus committee I'm not

1:19:31 ↗ going to represent a committee

1:19:32 ↗ recommendation but I will express my

1:19:34 ↗ personal

1:19:35 ↗ views at this time

1:19:37 ↗ and from my perspective option A

1:19:40 ↗ provides the the best option going

1:19:43 ↗ forward and it provides us a grade

1:19:45 ↗ separated path for both bikes and

1:19:47 ↗ pedestrians which provides a level of

1:19:49 ↗ security and safety that people

1:19:51 ↗ mentioned in the community meetings

1:19:53 ↗ I firmly believe that a 14 foot and

1:19:56 ↗ that's why I asked the question about

1:19:57 ↗ the 14 foot versus 12 foot a 14-foot

1:20:00 ↗ path that is shared by pedestrians and

1:20:03 ↗ bikes can be effectively managed and

1:20:06 ↗ just interestingly enough I was driving

1:20:07 ↗ down West Lake Sammamish Road last

1:20:10 ↗ weekend and I noticed that they have a

1:20:12 ↗ single

1:20:14 ↗ mono-directional path for both

1:20:16 ↗ pedestrians and

1:20:19 ↗ um bicycles so

1:20:21 ↗ um

1:20:22 ↗ so my preference is a and but I'm gonna

1:20:25 ↗ let uh Deputy president Hall talk about

1:20:27 ↗ his preferences but I do want to end

1:20:30 ↗ with regardless of what we choose to do

1:20:31 ↗ we need to move forward with this

1:20:33 ↗ project and you know despite the

1:20:34 ↗ barriers of making this take far far

1:20:36 ↗ more longer than we want and more

1:20:38 ↗ complex than we'd ever hoped it's a

1:20:41 ↗ pressing need for our community to have

1:20:43 ↗ this non-motorized connectivity so

1:20:46 ↗ I'll let uh Deputy president Hall uh go

1:20:50 ↗ from there thank you councilmember

1:20:53 ↗ um thank you I guess this is revealing

1:20:55 ↗ it early but I'm still not convinced

1:20:57 ↗ that that's the right alternative and

1:20:58 ↗ I'll be sharing comments later on during

1:21:01 ↗ comments but the only other thing I

1:21:02 ↗ wanted to mention from that committee

1:21:04 ↗ because it was by the way uh

1:21:06 ↗ councilmember Ray had been chair for

1:21:08 ↗ maybe this was your second meeting an

1:21:10 ↗ excellent committee chair very well very

1:21:13 ↗ very well done so I think if the chairs

1:21:16 ↗ are interested in taking a look at how

1:21:17 ↗ he managed that meeting I thought that

1:21:19 ↗ was just I was very impressed anyways

1:21:22 ↗ um we also talked about kind of assuming

1:21:24 ↗ the project would have to come after

1:21:27 ↗ some of this was dot work coming on what

1:21:29 ↗ could be done in the meantime the

1:21:30 ↗ community was also saying um what was

1:21:34 ↗ frustrating them so some of the things

1:21:36 ↗ that bubbled up of things to potentially

1:21:37 ↗ look in the meantime are what are the

1:21:39 ↗ kind of cheap traffic calming measures

1:21:40 ↗ that we can employ

1:21:41 ↗ paint even came up something really

1:21:43 ↗ cheap like what are the kinds of things

1:21:44 ↗ that we can do addressing the road

1:21:46 ↗ surface quality because it is

1:21:48 ↗ um

1:21:49 ↗ terrible and then also other kind of

1:21:52 ↗ intermediate solutions that could get us

1:21:53 ↗ to the next one and then also we made a

1:21:56 ↗ request that

1:21:58 ↗ at 193rd West Lake Sammamish Parkway

1:22:01 ↗ begins and that work isn't really living

1:22:04 ↗ in any document in the CIP or anything

1:22:06 ↗ like that so we just asked that that be

1:22:09 ↗ something that's kind of added to the

1:22:11 ↗ Future projects list in the CIP so it

1:22:13 ↗ lives in the document

1:22:17 ↗ um so we haven't had a motion yet uh

1:22:21 ↗ okay question let's go for a question

1:22:24 ↗ um on the potential 14 foot wide I think

1:22:28 ↗ it's 10 to 14 right or is it 14. I think

1:22:32 ↗ so I can go back to it if you guys would

1:22:33 ↗ if you want is it a solid 14

1:22:36 ↗ uh it is 10 to 14 again that's the same

1:22:40 ↗ thing as the other one where it'll be 14

1:22:42 ↗ for the majority but if we do get to a

1:22:44 ↗ constraint we would narrow it down

1:22:47 ↗ for a short period of time 10 feet being

1:22:50 ↗ the smallest we would go so my question

1:22:53 ↗ is around

1:22:55 ↗ I um I know Rockets but I don't know

1:22:59 ↗ transportation engineering and is there

1:23:03 ↗ a international standard or a National

1:23:05 ↗ Standard around multi-use multimodal

1:23:09 ↗ bicycles and pedestrians and how does 10

1:23:12 ↗ feet compare to that standard and how

1:23:14 ↗ does 14 feet competitor that San Edward

1:23:16 ↗ standard in other words do you have a

1:23:17 ↗ civil engineering standard that makes us

1:23:19 ↗ feel comfortable with these widths with

1:23:22 ↗ pedestrians and bicycles yeah we usually

1:23:25 ↗ use that's a good question

1:23:27 ↗ the Washington State Department of

1:23:29 ↗ Transportation design guides is a good

1:23:32 ↗ one there's a couple other

1:23:34 ↗ ones out there eight feet is the minimum

1:23:38 ↗ that they recommend for a multi-use

1:23:40 ↗ trail for a short period of time that's

1:23:42 ↗ why we're showing that an alternative c

1:23:44 ↗ as for very constrained sections if we

1:23:47 ↗ need to narrow it down and I don't

1:23:51 ↗ remember what the

1:23:53 ↗ recommended I think it's between 12 and

1:23:55 ↗ 14 is the standard width for a multi-use

1:23:59 ↗ trail

1:24:01 ↗ and that's why you said Washington state

1:24:05 ↗ standard okay yeah thank you

1:24:12 ↗ questions with the committee chair care

1:24:15 ↗ to make a motion

1:24:18 ↗ yeah I'd like to move to approve the

1:24:20 ↗ preferred cross-section alternative a

1:24:22 ↗ for the Northwest Sammamish Road

1:24:24 ↗ non-motorized Improvement project and

1:24:26 ↗ authorize the administration to proceed

1:24:27 ↗ with design and permitting

1:24:30 ↗ I'll second that

1:24:32 ↗ it's been moved and seconded to move

1:24:35 ↗ with the preferred cross-section

1:24:37 ↗ alternative a discussion

1:24:40 ↗ council member great

1:24:44 ↗ um I think I may have covered most of

1:24:45 ↗ the points I wanted to to make but I

1:24:48 ↗ like I said I think this is the the

1:24:51 ↗ option that the community overwhelmingly

1:24:53 ↗ has supported

1:24:55 ↗ um

1:24:55 ↗ and I think they have a better sense of

1:24:57 ↗ of uh what they're looking for and the

1:25:01 ↗ major reason for having the the bikes

1:25:04 ↗ separated is for high-speed commuting

1:25:06 ↗ and I just don't believe quite honestly

1:25:08 ↗ that we're going to have contention

1:25:10 ↗ between

1:25:12 ↗ um pedestrians and high-speed commuting

1:25:14 ↗ at the same time and I've also believed

1:25:16 ↗ that there are ways for us to manage the

1:25:22 ↗ um 14-foot roadway in such a way that it

1:25:24 ↗ doesn't create a conflict between

1:25:26 ↗ pedestrians and bike and at the same

1:25:28 ↗ time gives our bicyclist and our

1:25:31 ↗ pedestrians that extra sense of safety

1:25:34 ↗ of having the median strip and also

1:25:37 ↗ having the um

1:25:39 ↗ grade separation with the curb thanks

1:25:42 ↗ I'm going to move to the second next if

1:25:45 ↗ that's okay and then go counsel

1:25:46 ↗ president Debbie council member D

1:25:47 ↗ Michelle

1:25:49 ↗ thank you Mary Paulie um first of all I

1:25:52 ↗ want to thank all the people that sent

1:25:54 ↗ us comments

1:25:56 ↗ um it was really a robust uh outpouring

1:25:59 ↗ of opinion and it really did cause me to

1:26:02 ↗ go back and review the two schematics

1:26:04 ↗ again and rethink because I think

1:26:07 ↗ originally I was thinking that c looked

1:26:09 ↗ very viable but when I went back and

1:26:11 ↗ especially the comments we received from

1:26:13 ↗ people talking about

1:26:15 ↗ younger children going along there and

1:26:18 ↗ then you look at alternative C and you

1:26:20 ↗ see how

1:26:22 ↗ there is absolutely no protection there

1:26:24 ↗ for little kids who may be learning how

1:26:27 ↗ to ride bikes or wavering around or

1:26:30 ↗ whatever and even with adults on

1:26:33 ↗ bicycles if they hit a rock there

1:26:34 ↗ there's nothing that keeps them

1:26:36 ↗ separated from cars in that in

1:26:38 ↗ alternative C so I think just from a

1:26:42 ↗ safety standard

1:26:44 ↗ safety uh

1:26:46 ↗ perspective that alternative a is is my

1:26:51 ↗ preferred alternative

1:26:53 ↗ um I'm also I knew that the concern was

1:26:55 ↗ that we would have uh bicyclists

1:26:57 ↗ speeding along with the pedestrians

1:27:00 ↗ um and I think that there are management

1:27:03 ↗ tools that we could use to mitigate that

1:27:07 ↗ just as we you know or we're looking at

1:27:09 ↗ reducing the speed on that roadway we

1:27:11 ↗ could look at other ways to change the

1:27:13 ↗ culture Along The Pedestrian path as

1:27:15 ↗ well so signage could be one or you know

1:27:19 ↗ having community outreach to educate

1:27:23 ↗ people and taking those kinds of

1:27:25 ↗ measures I think we could start to

1:27:27 ↗ change the culture along that trail the

1:27:29 ↗ other thing is that we don't know

1:27:30 ↗ exactly what the volume on that trail

1:27:32 ↗ would be I know the community is really

1:27:35 ↗ looking forward to it but there are

1:27:37 ↗ times during the day when there might be

1:27:39 ↗ very little traffic out there so

1:27:42 ↗ um

1:27:43 ↗ I think all together

1:27:45 ↗ um we heard from a lot of people that

1:27:47 ↗ preferred alternative a but I didn't

1:27:50 ↗ want to just go on public opinion I

1:27:52 ↗ wanted to go back and look at the at the

1:27:55 ↗ schematics and see which one made the

1:27:58 ↗ most sense and when I looked at it from

1:28:00 ↗ the perspective of families not just

1:28:02 ↗ adults but families again children

1:28:05 ↗ alternative A's clearly to me is the

1:28:08 ↗ preferred alternative so that is the one

1:28:11 ↗ that I'll be supporting and I will be

1:28:12 ↗ supporting the motion thank you thank

1:28:14 ↗ you councilmember council president and

1:28:16 ↗ Deputy council president

1:28:18 ↗ thank you I will Echo a lot of what I've

1:28:21 ↗ heard this project has really been a

1:28:24 ↗ long time Community priority it's been

1:28:26 ↗ something that Council has been banging

1:28:29 ↗ our gavels about

1:28:31 ↗ um for a while and emphasized in our

1:28:33 ↗ recent CIP and budget really heartened

1:28:37 ↗ that we're making progress on this

1:28:39 ↗ and then you come out and say but wash

1:28:42 ↗ dot is going to come through and want to

1:28:44 ↗ put a six foot raise to this and so you

1:28:48 ↗ can't have your project I'm like okay

1:28:50 ↗ but so

1:28:52 ↗ um

1:28:53 ↗ I'll step back from that I will be

1:28:56 ↗ making a motion after this recognizing

1:28:59 ↗ the delay and looking at a temporary

1:29:04 ↗ um

1:29:05 ↗ way to address a temporary protected

1:29:07 ↗ bike lane but in this case I appreciate

1:29:10 ↗ that the concept of we have to have a

1:29:13 ↗ preferred cross-section even if it isn't

1:29:15 ↗ going to be constructed for many many

1:29:17 ↗ years out because we need to have

1:29:20 ↗ something to give to washdot and say

1:29:22 ↗ look this is how you have to build your

1:29:25 ↗ project so that it's compatible with

1:29:27 ↗ this so I really appreciate that we are

1:29:30 ↗ taking that into consideration even if

1:29:32 ↗ my heart is broken that we're sitting

1:29:34 ↗ here and going we don't want to waste 11

1:29:37 ↗ or 14 million dollars by building it now

1:29:39 ↗ and having it torn up by washdot so

1:29:42 ↗ um I do think that not only the

1:29:45 ↗ overwhelming support of the community

1:29:48 ↗ the residents in South Lake Sammamish

1:29:51 ↗ who are really going to be the highest

1:29:53 ↗ users of this

1:29:55 ↗ and honestly any area where you see

1:30:01 ↗ biking happening in a high usage realm

1:30:06 ↗ the Netherlands as an example is all

1:30:09 ↗ separated multi-use paths and so I think

1:30:12 ↗ that just needs to be our standard

1:30:15 ↗ rather than telling people that are

1:30:19 ↗ writing as commuters that they have to

1:30:22 ↗ risk themselves on

1:30:24 ↗ bike lands that are next to traffic I

1:30:29 ↗ think we can utilize this area in a very

1:30:32 ↗ effective way for both bikers and

1:30:35 ↗ Walkers and new bikers and commuters and

1:30:39 ↗ we will find a way with paint or signs

1:30:42 ↗ or education to do so thank you thank

1:30:45 ↗ you council president Deputy council

1:30:46 ↗ president

1:30:49 ↗ uh thank you very much um just real

1:30:51 ↗ quickly I want to take a point of

1:30:52 ↗ personal privilege I grew up in the

1:30:54 ↗ South Cove neighborhood so I've biked

1:30:56 ↗ and walked and driven Northwest

1:30:58 ↗ Sammamish Road more times than I can

1:30:59 ↗ count so this is very special for me and

1:31:02 ↗ I want to thank the people of Issaquah

1:31:04 ↗ for allowing me to sit up here to make a

1:31:06 ↗ decision on this

1:31:08 ↗ um uh it seems like some of you have

1:31:11 ↗ made up your mind I have a very

1:31:13 ↗ structured argument that I would like to

1:31:15 ↗ present before you and I would ask that

1:31:16 ↗ you keep an open mind

1:31:18 ↗ so I want to start by setting some

1:31:21 ↗ context here because there are some like

1:31:23 ↗ I said some important points that I want

1:31:25 ↗ to make so first just taking a big step

1:31:26 ↗ back

1:31:27 ↗ the survey results were really cool to

1:31:31 ↗ read so first of greatest concern to

1:31:33 ↗ Residents as was said there's lack of

1:31:36 ↗ sidewalks and there's the quality of

1:31:38 ↗ existing bike facilities and just a

1:31:40 ↗ reminder these are people saying what is

1:31:41 ↗ your number one concern so if it's not

1:31:45 ↗ that quality of existing bike facilities

1:31:46 ↗ is second it's that it was second for

1:31:50 ↗ people who it was their first concern so

1:31:52 ↗ again just a little small thing there

1:31:54 ↗ also when asked what modes of

1:31:58 ↗ transportation they prefer we got some

1:31:59 ↗ interesting results I wanted to

1:32:00 ↗ highlight 55 of respondents prefer to

1:32:03 ↗ drive on Northwest Sammamish road today

1:32:05 ↗ but in the future that number Falls to

1:32:06 ↗ 29 percent

1:32:08 ↗ today only 19 and 25 percent prefer to

1:32:12 ↗ walk and bike respectively but in the

1:32:14 ↗ future those numbers shoot up to 32 and

1:32:17 ↗ 37 so I just want us to just take a

1:32:20 ↗ moment and appreciate how amazing that

1:32:23 ↗ is that by responding to this community

1:32:25 ↗ priority that has been in existence for

1:32:28 ↗ a very long time we can make real

1:32:30 ↗ measurable progress on our Mobility

1:32:32 ↗ master plan goals which does not happen

1:32:34 ↗ very often to be able to make a change

1:32:36 ↗ this dramatic so anyways very exciting

1:32:40 ↗ to get those results and it was very

1:32:41 ↗ exciting to go over them in committee

1:32:42 ↗ too

1:32:43 ↗ speaking of the mobility master plan I

1:32:46 ↗ want to take a little bit of time and

1:32:47 ↗ walk through a few goals here too

1:32:49 ↗ as we all know gold goal number one is

1:32:51 ↗ about proactive safety which is to

1:32:53 ↗ provide safe and comfortable streets

1:32:55 ↗ that encourage people to travel by

1:32:57 ↗ walking bicycling and Transit goal four

1:33:00 ↗ is walking to build a system that

1:33:02 ↗ enhances local connectivity and is

1:33:03 ↗ tailored to prioritize a comfortable

1:33:05 ↗ walking Network and goal five is

1:33:08 ↗ bicycling develop a bicycle Network that

1:33:11 ↗ attracts people of all ages and all

1:33:13 ↗ abilities and provides access to

1:33:15 ↗ destinations throughout the community so

1:33:17 ↗ give it all that and everything that

1:33:19 ↗ we've heard from staff

1:33:21 ↗ there are some project priorities that I

1:33:23 ↗ think rise to the top the first of which

1:33:25 ↗ being addressed the concerns of the

1:33:27 ↗ South Lake Sammamish community of course

1:33:28 ↗ also recognize that the residents that

1:33:30 ↗ live directly on Northwest Sammamish

1:33:32 ↗ Road have very unique challenges I I

1:33:34 ↗ don't envy them provide safe convenient

1:33:38 ↗ pedestrian connection to the state park

1:33:40 ↗ and Beyond

1:33:41 ↗ support local and Regional multimodal

1:33:43 ↗ network connectivity

1:33:45 ↗ meaningfully understand our spacing

1:33:47 ↗ limitations the impact on retaining

1:33:49 ↗ walls impact on Wetlands impact on

1:33:51 ↗ right-of-way avoid these complications

1:33:53 ↗ with wazda as they pursue their Culvert

1:33:56 ↗ projects and then have a clear

1:33:57 ↗ transparent communication about how we

1:33:59 ↗ plan to fund the project those are just

1:34:01 ↗ some of the things that we've talked

1:34:02 ↗ about that seem to be priorities of this

1:34:04 ↗ Council in the community over the years

1:34:06 ↗ that we've talked about this so our job

1:34:08 ↗ tonight then is to digest all of this

1:34:10 ↗ information and match it with an

1:34:12 ↗ appropriate design the design that we

1:34:14 ↗ think is most appropriate with that now

1:34:16 ↗ we definitely haven't been able to check

1:34:18 ↗ off all the boxes of those priorities

1:34:21 ↗ understanding the limitations with

1:34:23 ↗ regard to spacing and such and the

1:34:25 ↗ retaining walls and was dots Pro slow

1:34:28 ↗ progress as they figure out what the

1:34:31 ↗ timeline of their projects and then also

1:34:33 ↗ how we're going to fund the project we

1:34:34 ↗ haven't been able to fully check these

1:34:35 ↗ boxes yet but from where I'm sitting

1:34:39 ↗ is just one of six

1:34:41 ↗ um

1:34:42 ↗ alternative C seems to check most the

1:34:45 ↗ boxes in my mind so I want to quickly go

1:34:47 ↗ over why why I think so so alternative C

1:34:50 ↗ addresses the resident concerns

1:34:53 ↗ you got a new pedestrian facility which

1:34:55 ↗ addresses the greatest concern with the

1:34:57 ↗ lack of sidewalks improvements to

1:34:59 ↗ existing bike facilities which is the

1:35:01 ↗ second greatest concern that the bike

1:35:03 ↗ facilities are outdated and it supports

1:35:05 ↗ how residents want to get around in the

1:35:06 ↗ future which addresses the survey

1:35:08 ↗ results more generally people want to

1:35:10 ↗ get out of the cars they want a bike

1:35:11 ↗ they want to walk

1:35:13 ↗ it also alternative C also supports the

1:35:16 ↗ safety walking and bicycling goals of

1:35:19 ↗ our Mobility master plan the ones that I

1:35:21 ↗ just read

1:35:22 ↗ and it's really easy to see

1:35:25 ↗ how these are aligned it might even seem

1:35:26 ↗ obvious and that's where it gets tricky

1:35:28 ↗ so this is where I want to dive in just

1:35:30 ↗ a minute

1:35:31 ↗ I want to call it two elements of these

1:35:33 ↗ goals in particular the first is comfort

1:35:35 ↗ all of the mobility master plan goals I

1:35:38 ↗ read off earlier call out comfort in

1:35:40 ↗ some way

1:35:41 ↗ our aims to promote comfortable streets

1:35:43 ↗ comfortable walking experiences bike

1:35:46 ↗ networks that attract people of all ages

1:35:48 ↗ and abilities

1:35:50 ↗ personally I'm having a hard time

1:35:52 ↗ imagining how alternative a aligns with

1:35:54 ↗ that aim

1:35:55 ↗ I'm worried it's not a comfortable

1:35:57 ↗ walking experience if bikers are racing

1:36:00 ↗ by you on either side and I'm worried

1:36:02 ↗ it's not an attractive biking experience

1:36:04 ↗ for bikers of all abilities if high

1:36:06 ↗ speed commuter bikers share facilities

1:36:08 ↗ with recreational bikers pedestrians

1:36:11 ↗ electric scooters or whatever else may

1:36:13 ↗ come our way in the future as that

1:36:15 ↗ continues to innovate

1:36:17 ↗ the second reason that I think

1:36:19 ↗ alternative C supports the mobility

1:36:21 ↗ master plan goals best is bike network

1:36:24 ↗ connectivity we call out this bike

1:36:27 ↗ network connectivity many times in the

1:36:29 ↗ mobility Bull Master Plan and our aim is

1:36:31 ↗ to support continuous connections both

1:36:33 ↗ within our city and within the broader

1:36:35 ↗ Regional network of bike facilities

1:36:37 ↗ a shared multi-use path in my mind means

1:36:40 ↗ that connections are disjointed

1:36:42 ↗ especially when you look West as

1:36:44 ↗ Northwest Sammamish Road becomes West

1:36:46 ↗ Lake Sammamish Parkway and as you look

1:36:49 ↗ East as Northwest Sammamish Road

1:36:50 ↗ connects into our regional growth Center

1:36:52 ↗ both of which have separated bike

1:36:54 ↗ facilities

1:36:55 ↗ they're not called that they just happen

1:36:57 ↗ to be facilities that people ride their

1:36:59 ↗ bikes on

1:37:00 ↗ so in both directions those exist so in

1:37:03 ↗ order to in my mind in order to address

1:37:05 ↗ Community needs and support City

1:37:07 ↗ Mobility goals that we spend a

1:37:09 ↗ considerable amount of time crafting as

1:37:11 ↗ a council and as staff our design has to

1:37:14 ↗ have a new dedicated pedestrian facility

1:37:16 ↗ and improved separated bike facilities

1:37:19 ↗ and for that reason I'm going to vote no

1:37:21 ↗ on this motion but I just want to make

1:37:24 ↗ it clear that I am absolutely for

1:37:26 ↗ something

1:37:27 ↗ something to be here I just prefer

1:37:29 ↗ alternative C and then also

1:37:32 ↗ um again in the meantime there are some

1:37:34 ↗ things that we could be doing given the

1:37:35 ↗ timing of this all with regard to

1:37:38 ↗ traffic calming on that road with regard

1:37:39 ↗ to fixing up the surface quality and

1:37:41 ↗ potential other Solutions and then

1:37:44 ↗ adding Westlake Science Parkway to the

1:37:46 ↗ Future items list so I've kind of just

1:37:48 ↗ spewed all that at you I'm curious even

1:37:52 ↗ the people who have already spoken if if

1:37:55 ↗ there are any points in particular that

1:37:57 ↗ we kind of want to dig into as a council

1:37:59 ↗ if not that's okay I just wanted to be

1:38:00 ↗ able to make my case that I think

1:38:02 ↗ alternative C is more closely aligned

1:38:04 ↗ with both resident interests and our

1:38:07 ↗ goals as I said so councilmember Hall

1:38:10 ↗ you have an option

1:38:11 ↗ please make a motion to amend the motion

1:38:14 ↗ to Alternative see and have a

1:38:16 ↗ conversation and see if you get a second

1:38:18 ↗ and you'll have a good sense of where

1:38:19 ↗ everybody's heads at if you do that

1:38:26 ↗ well yeah I think I'll do that then so

1:38:28 ↗ um and we'll just see where everyone's

1:38:30 ↗ head at if you want to have

1:38:32 ↗ so they would just be an amendment it

1:38:34 ↗ gives you a possibility for a

1:38:35 ↗ conversation but it also shows that

1:38:37 ↗ you're in favor of the main motion which

1:38:38 ↗ I think is one of the points you were

1:38:39 ↗ trying to make at the end of it you're

1:38:41 ↗ not against the project you're just in

1:38:43 ↗ support of a different alternative so

1:38:45 ↗ you can make a motion and then that

1:38:47 ↗ would allow all six of your fellow

1:38:48 ↗ council members you said you were one of

1:38:50 ↗ six you're actually one of seven but

1:38:52 ↗ so

1:38:56 ↗ um if you were to make that motion that

1:38:57 ↗ would allow you to have an on-camera

1:38:59 ↗ conversation with the six of them about

1:39:02 ↗ options yeah as long as someone wants to

1:39:04 ↗ Second something like that so I guess

1:39:06 ↗ then I would move to amend the motion

1:39:09 ↗ um to

1:39:10 ↗ um substitute alternative C for

1:39:12 ↗ alternative a is there a second

1:39:15 ↗ second

1:39:16 ↗ it's been moved and seconded and I think

1:39:18 ↗ councilmember Hall has shared his ideas

1:39:20 ↗ very clearly so um please raise your

1:39:23 ↗ microphones whoever would like to

1:39:24 ↗ comment uh council member hunt followed

1:39:27 ↗ by council member Joe I think I'll start

1:39:30 ↗ with a question so it was raised also in

1:39:33 ↗ the presentation that the

1:39:35 ↗ um the option A you would have to cross

1:39:38 ↗ the street

1:39:40 ↗ um I believe for the eastbound

1:39:43 ↗ um

1:39:44 ↗ folks and so

1:39:46 ↗ um I'm wondering how how you would

1:39:50 ↗ imagine that being done with their and

1:39:53 ↗ and safely it's a good question uh we

1:39:56 ↗ would need to have a crosswalk at 193rd

1:40:00 ↗ at the East project limits I'm sorry at

1:40:03 ↗ the West project limits and then at the

1:40:05 ↗ State Park of the East project limit so

1:40:06 ↗ it would have to be it's not a multi or

1:40:09 ↗ a mid-block crosswalk but it would

1:40:11 ↗ almost feel like one because you'd

1:40:13 ↗ basically go down the roadway and there

1:40:15 ↗ would be a crosswalk uh with treat there

1:40:17 ↗ would need to be treatments to get that

1:40:20 ↗ bicyclists across the street

1:40:23 ↗ thanks and then the other point that was

1:40:26 ↗ raised was about the disjointedness of

1:40:29 ↗ the lanes and I believe in the city

1:40:33 ↗ there are other places where Lanes and

1:40:36 ↗ and so I'm wondering what the plan would

1:40:38 ↗ be for connecting the bike Lanes

1:40:41 ↗ to the multi-path if we went with that

1:40:44 ↗ one the multi-purpose path that is a

1:40:46 ↗ good question

1:40:47 ↗ um

1:40:48 ↗ so on the we'll go with the worst part

1:40:52 ↗ the west side there is currently no plan

1:40:56 ↗ although as we talked about in the

1:40:57 ↗ mobility infrastructure committee to

1:41:00 ↗ have that as a long-range project on the

1:41:02 ↗ tip to extend whatever facilities along

1:41:06 ↗ the west side of the project on West

1:41:09 ↗ Lakes management Parkway right now like

1:41:12 ↗ I said there's six foot

1:41:14 ↗ shoulders they're not designated by or

1:41:17 ↗ pedestrian facilities but people do

1:41:19 ↗ utilize them for both on both sides of

1:41:22 ↗ the roadway on the east side

1:41:25 ↗ there is a multi-use trail

1:41:28 ↗ just past the state park entrance that's

1:41:31 ↗ about eight to ten feet depending on

1:41:34 ↗ where you look

1:41:35 ↗ uh there's also bike facilities

1:41:37 ↗ designated on both the North and South

1:41:40 ↗ side of the roadway

1:41:42 ↗ so they would connect that's part of the

1:41:45 ↗ design elements is trying to figure out

1:41:47 ↗ how that all kind of merges together so

1:41:49 ↗ that way it doesn't feel disjointed

1:41:51 ↗ that's part of our next process is to

1:41:54 ↗ figure out the end treatments as well as

1:41:57 ↗ considerations for the driveways

1:42:01 ↗ thank you

1:42:03 ↗ um

1:42:04 ↗ well I I think the part that resonated

1:42:07 ↗ most with me of your arguments Council

1:42:09 ↗ Deputy president Hall was the disjointed

1:42:12 ↗ aspect and I would definitely look for

1:42:16 ↗ continued work on how best to connect

1:42:19 ↗ those sections I think that is is super

1:42:21 ↗ important especially where we can

1:42:24 ↗ connect to the bike lanes

1:42:26 ↗ that are already in the city so I think

1:42:29 ↗ that that will be important and will be

1:42:31 ↗ needed to be worked on and um and

1:42:34 ↗ continue also conversation with the

1:42:36 ↗ community about how best to do that

1:42:39 ↗ the point that I have a different take

1:42:42 ↗ on is the comfort point and ultimately

1:42:46 ↗ that's one of the reasons why I won't be

1:42:48 ↗ supporting option C so the only time I

1:42:51 ↗ have ever commuted as a as an adult on a

1:42:56 ↗ bike was when I lived in the Netherlands

1:42:58 ↗ and that was on multi-use paths and

1:43:00 ↗ that's because I'm not a very confident

1:43:04 ↗ or

1:43:06 ↗ um you know I I would not be comfortable

1:43:08 ↗ writing right next to fast moving cars

1:43:12 ↗ and so I was comfortable though riding

1:43:15 ↗ in the Netherlands and I did that every

1:43:17 ↗ day multiple times a day for my entire

1:43:20 ↗ time living there so for me it would be

1:43:22 ↗ much more comfortable both for me if I

1:43:25 ↗ think about myself as a potential bike

1:43:27 ↗ commuter but also as a mother of small

1:43:30 ↗ children one of which still has trading

1:43:32 ↗ Wheels I can't imagine going with my

1:43:35 ↗ family on a fast-moving bike lane so

1:43:39 ↗ without a separation so that separation

1:43:41 ↗ also gives me a lot of comfort as when I

1:43:45 ↗ think about it from a

1:43:47 ↗ perspective of a mother of young

1:43:48 ↗ children we also heard that from several

1:43:51 ↗ community members so that's the main

1:43:52 ↗ reasons but I do why I won't be

1:43:54 ↗ supporting this but I do appreciate it

1:43:56 ↗ being brought forward in the arguments

1:43:57 ↗ you made thank you councilmember hunt uh

1:43:59 ↗ councilmember Joe I think you are next

1:44:02 ↗ thank you madam mayor um I don't think I

1:44:04 ↗ can

1:44:06 ↗ speak as eloquently as Deputy president

1:44:09 ↗ Hall did on on the the

1:44:12 ↗ the importance of this project in

1:44:14 ↗ general and then his Arguments for

1:44:17 ↗ alternative C in particular

1:44:20 ↗ um however I'll give a little bit of a

1:44:22 ↗ different perspective for why I'm

1:44:24 ↗ supporting alternative c

1:44:27 ↗ um

1:44:29 ↗ many of you know that I was an attorney

1:44:31 ↗ in the past and and when I did uh take a

1:44:36 ↗ personal injury case oftentimes the

1:44:38 ↗ worst ones that occurred were because

1:44:41 ↗ there were different speeds on the same

1:44:43 ↗ road or different speeds as as uh cars

1:44:47 ↗ were merging together

1:44:48 ↗ and so

1:44:50 ↗ um I I like see in the sense the bikes

1:44:52 ↗ are in the bike designated area and the

1:44:55 ↗ the pedestrians are all on a sidewalk

1:44:58 ↗ that's a little bit separate and I kind

1:45:01 ↗ of equate it to the situation where I

1:45:04 ↗ took my

1:45:05 ↗ one of my children on a path it was a

1:45:10 ↗ bike pedestrian path along a river in a

1:45:12 ↗ city that will not be named but as the

1:45:16 ↗ vice lists were whizzing by at their 15

1:45:18 ↗ or 30 miles an hour however faster we're

1:45:20 ↗ going as they were making their speed

1:45:22 ↗ records I felt really uncomfortable

1:45:24 ↗ having my child in their little tricycle

1:45:28 ↗ going along and puttering along at 10

1:45:31 ↗ miles an hour and immediately had to

1:45:33 ↗ take them off also if as I and all of us

1:45:36 ↗ are growing a little bit older we're not

1:45:38 ↗ running on those paths anymore perhaps

1:45:40 ↗ we're walking or in some cases shuffling

1:45:43 ↗ along and in that case I I think that if

1:45:47 ↗ I were shuffling the slower speed than I

1:45:50 ↗ am now which is inevitably inevitable

1:45:52 ↗ inevitably going to happen having people

1:45:56 ↗ of different speeds whizzing by me also

1:45:59 ↗ would make me uncomfortable as I'm as

1:46:00 ↗ I'm going through so the the those are

1:46:04 ↗ the arguments that I like for C also I

1:46:07 ↗ hear from bicyclists that talk about how

1:46:09 ↗ they really

1:46:12 ↗ see Issaquah as kind of a Haven when

1:46:14 ↗ they're riding along and it's a Haven

1:46:17 ↗ because we have bicycle lanes that are

1:46:20 ↗ designated bicycle lanes that are

1:46:21 ↗ thought out and they don't have to take

1:46:26 ↗ Extraordinary Measures or at least

1:46:29 ↗ breaking the cycle of their ride to

1:46:33 ↗ cross the street to get to the other

1:46:34 ↗ side to get back onto their pace of

1:46:38 ↗ rioting again they have comfortable

1:46:40 ↗ lanes that are wide enough that at least

1:46:42 ↗ are designated for them so that people

1:46:43 ↗ know to watch out for the bicyclists

1:46:46 ↗ there they know to expect the bicyclists

1:46:48 ↗ there on both sides of the road as

1:46:51 ↗ they're going so

1:46:53 ↗ um let's all speak in favor of

1:46:54 ↗ alternative C I appreciate the comments

1:46:57 ↗ that Deputy council president Hall put

1:46:59 ↗ forward but as he stated I would be in

1:47:03 ↗ favor of any Altera that we do push

1:47:05 ↗ forward tonight but I thought the

1:47:07 ↗ discussion of alternative C should occur

1:47:09 ↗ thank you thanks councilmember G

1:47:10 ↗ Michelle

1:47:13 ↗ thank you well I always appreciate uh

1:47:16 ↗ Deputy Council president's

1:47:19 ↗ Hall's very thoughtful comments so thank

1:47:22 ↗ you very much for those

1:47:24 ↗ um for me safety trumps comfort

1:47:28 ↗ and we heard from folks

1:47:31 ↗ um about speeding about distracted

1:47:35 ↗ driving about cars going onto the

1:47:39 ↗ shoulder to go around cars that were

1:47:41 ↗ stalled or going around very dangerously

1:47:45 ↗ to pass other cars

1:47:48 ↗ and so I think that there were some very

1:47:51 ↗ good questions from councilmember Martz

1:47:53 ↗ about the speed limits and I'm wondering

1:47:56 ↗ if if we did lower the speed limit to 25

1:47:59 ↗ would that have an unintended

1:48:02 ↗ consequence of actually making some

1:48:04 ↗ people more frustrated and therefore

1:48:06 ↗ taking more risks

1:48:08 ↗ and

1:48:10 ↗ um

1:48:10 ↗ so it would be nice if we all drove

1:48:15 ↗ along in nice lanes and never took

1:48:17 ↗ chances but I think we have to be

1:48:20 ↗ thoughtful about the fact that even a

1:48:24 ↗ car going 25 miles an hour if it hits a

1:48:26 ↗ pedestrian or hits a bicyclist is going

1:48:29 ↗ to cause severe damage and there is

1:48:31 ↗ nothing in alternative C that protects

1:48:35 ↗ bicyclists from that encounter and so

1:48:38 ↗ that I don't think I can get past that I

1:48:41 ↗ look at that and I think I don't want

1:48:43 ↗ you know I have a grand nephew that

1:48:45 ↗ lives in the South Cove area and I would

1:48:49 ↗ not want that child to be in that

1:48:51 ↗ bicycle lane with a car that's going 25

1:48:53 ↗ miles an hour and have that encounter I

1:48:56 ↗ just can't get past it so I'm going to

1:48:59 ↗ support alternative a and as I said

1:49:03 ↗ safety to me trumps comfort so thank you

1:49:06 ↗ thank you Deputy council president I

1:49:08 ↗ want to come back to you but after I do

1:49:10 ↗ an initial round thanks uh council

1:49:12 ↗ member Ray followed by council member

1:49:14 ↗ Mertz

1:49:15 ↗ thank you mayor Paulie

1:49:17 ↗ um fantastic discussion

1:49:19 ↗ um and I think that I think what we can

1:49:22 ↗ all agree to is what we want to do is to

1:49:24 ↗ create an environment where where people

1:49:27 ↗ feel that their needs and their desires

1:49:30 ↗ to

1:49:31 ↗ move from one part of town to the other

1:49:33 ↗ and not take their cars is provided and

1:49:38 ↗ ultimately I think the question really

1:49:40 ↗ comes down to perspective and and

1:49:42 ↗ opinion and whether or not you think uh

1:49:45 ↗ this approach or that approach is safer

1:49:48 ↗ and provides a more comfortable

1:49:49 ↗ experience for people and would

1:49:51 ↗ encourage people to take advantage of of

1:49:54 ↗ this option or this investment if when

1:49:57 ↗ we make it so

1:49:59 ↗ um and I think that you know if we tease

1:50:01 ↗ this apart we all want the same thing

1:50:03 ↗ and we're just seeing it through a

1:50:05 ↗ slightly different lens because of our

1:50:07 ↗ own lived experiences so

1:50:10 ↗ um you know I think we've all said this

1:50:12 ↗ both options are great

1:50:14 ↗ um we just think that you know there's a

1:50:16 ↗ difference of which is greater and and I

1:50:19 ↗ think that that's what we're really

1:50:20 ↗ coming down to here and then I you know

1:50:22 ↗ going back to the the original question

1:50:23 ↗ the most important thing is that we do

1:50:25 ↗ something and we get going thank you

1:50:27 ↗ councilmember Mertz

1:50:29 ↗ I still have to ask staff a question

1:50:33 ↗ um

1:50:34 ↗ I can't tease out from these materials

1:50:37 ↗ what the folks in South Coast said they

1:50:39 ↗ wanted was there a statement made that

1:50:41 ↗ there was a that there was a perceived

1:50:42 ↗ preference one way or the other and

1:50:44 ↗ either the survey results or the open

1:50:46 ↗ house because I can't I've just been

1:50:48 ↗ looking over and over I'm pretty good

1:50:49 ↗ with numbers I can't find where that

1:50:52 ↗ preference lurks so we didn't have

1:50:57 ↗ it was we during the survey we didn't

1:50:59 ↗ have cross-sections teased out yet

1:51:02 ↗ during the open house we

1:51:05 ↗ did but we didn't have a definitive we

1:51:07 ↗ didn't receive a definitive response or

1:51:10 ↗ Collective

1:51:12 ↗ answer for either from the community we

1:51:15 ↗ did say that they liked both elements of

1:51:19 ↗ both and dislike certain elements

1:51:21 ↗ certain people didn't want trees along

1:51:24 ↗ the corridor because it uproots the

1:51:26 ↗ sidewalk where it creates a barrier that

1:51:28 ↗ people can't see people were worried

1:51:32 ↗ about bike traffic as they are you know

1:51:34 ↗ going through to you know

1:51:37 ↗ multi-directional uh and and exiting

1:51:40 ↗ their their driveway other people really

1:51:42 ↗ wanted that uh

1:51:45 ↗ commutered bike facility because it's a

1:51:49 ↗ use that certain people in the in the

1:51:54 ↗ community utilize and it would be more

1:51:57 ↗ difficult with option one option over

1:51:59 ↗ the other

1:52:00 ↗ but we did not get a definitive answer

1:52:03 ↗ from either uh the uh

1:52:08 ↗ survey or from the open house okay one

1:52:11 ↗ more piece councilmember Mertz there was

1:52:14 ↗ I don't know a tour of council president

1:52:15 ↗ or who requested it today but there was

1:52:18 ↗ an email of just recent correspondence

1:52:21 ↗ literally last 24 hours of

1:52:23 ↗ Correspondence and council president

1:52:25 ↗ maybe can describe better what was in

1:52:26 ↗ that yeah there were 15 emails with a

1:52:29 ↗ strong preference for option A almost

1:52:32 ↗ all of them that specifically mentioned

1:52:35 ↗ an option were all option A that's

1:52:38 ↗ helpful thank you um so I uh I am going

1:52:42 ↗ to oppose the amendment on two reasons

1:52:47 ↗ one is that I was lucky enough for many

1:52:50 ↗ years to commute from here when blue

1:52:53 ↗ origin had its facility in Soto and so I

1:52:57 ↗ would ride my bike over and I actually

1:52:58 ↗ used there's a multi-use version of this

1:53:00 ↗ in Bellevue and I was very comfortable

1:53:04 ↗ as a bicyclist with my interactions with

1:53:07 ↗ pedestrians

1:53:09 ↗ um and I'm actually my challenge was

1:53:11 ↗ with dog hunters who would let their dog

1:53:13 ↗ owners run off leash and their dogs

1:53:15 ↗ would want to interact with my bicycle

1:53:17 ↗ which was bad for them and bad for me

1:53:20 ↗ um but uh the second reason is that um I

1:53:24 ↗ mentioned being a rocket scientist and

1:53:26 ↗ as a mechanical engineer

1:53:27 ↗ um you know energy equals one half MV

1:53:29 ↗ squared and So the faster you go the

1:53:32 ↗ energy builds up really fast and so if I

1:53:35 ↗ I mean you know either of these options

1:53:37 ↗ would be great I think we we all yeah

1:53:40 ↗ that's what I'm hearing from from

1:53:41 ↗ everybody but you know if if I have you

1:53:44 ↗ know if I have to weigh the concerns

1:53:46 ↗ about heaven forbid a bad interaction

1:53:48 ↗ between a vehicle of a car and a bicycle

1:53:52 ↗ versus having forbid a bad interaction

1:53:54 ↗ between a bicycle and a pedestrian the

1:53:56 ↗ bicycle and The Pedestrian the energies

1:53:58 ↗ involved are an order of magnitude less

1:54:01 ↗ than they are with the car even setting

1:54:03 ↗ aside for the fact that the car is so

1:54:04 ↗ much heavier just owing to the

1:54:06 ↗ velocities involved so

1:54:09 ↗ um and I have some background with doing

1:54:11 ↗ impact work as well so for those reasons

1:54:15 ↗ uh I am going to oppose the amendment

1:54:17 ↗ and support the original uh measure but

1:54:19 ↗ I I thank uh

1:54:22 ↗ uh councilmember hall for his for his

1:54:24 ↗ well thought out

1:54:26 ↗ um uh explanation of why he supports CI

1:54:28 ↗ I totally get it um but I'm sticking

1:54:30 ↗ with a thank you thanks and well on this

1:54:33 ↗ round council president is not opted to

1:54:35 ↗ speak I'm going to go back to the deputy

1:54:37 ↗ council president for round two

1:54:38 ↗ thank you I actually just wanted to ask

1:54:40 ↗ a question make for operating under the

1:54:42 ↗ same information so there have been a

1:54:45 ↗ couple comments about

1:54:47 ↗ um you know ensuring that we're not

1:54:49 ↗ putting like for example children

1:54:51 ↗ bicyclists In Harm's Way so when you

1:54:54 ↗ look at the mobility master plan in

1:54:55 ↗ terms of biking there are different

1:54:57 ↗ level of stress areas LTS that

1:55:01 ↗ um that talk about the speed and also

1:55:04 ↗ just the fearlessness is how we describe

1:55:07 ↗ it in the report of bikers in that lts4

1:55:10 ↗ is for kind of commuters kind of high

1:55:13 ↗ sport bikers that would tend to

1:55:16 ↗ like in the actual traffic

1:55:20 ↗ um and then as you go down you would

1:55:22 ↗ move into the sidewalk and stuff like

1:55:24 ↗ that so having read that and going into

1:55:26 ↗ the committee whenever that was I had

1:55:29 ↗ assumed that the bike Lanes would really

1:55:31 ↗ be for the people who are most using

1:55:34 ↗ those bike Lanes which is our commuters

1:55:35 ↗ sport

1:55:37 ↗ um high-speed bicyclists whereas if

1:55:40 ↗ you're a recreational vehicles bicyclist

1:55:41 ↗ you'd still be in that multi-use path is

1:55:43 ↗ that right that is correct okay I just

1:55:46 ↗ want to make sure I think it's totally

1:55:47 ↗ fine very good points all around and

1:55:49 ↗ fair I just want to make sure that we're

1:55:50 ↗ all clear on that so

1:55:53 ↗ thanks council president

1:55:55 ↗ thank you

1:55:56 ↗ um I really appreciate the council

1:55:59 ↗ Deputy president has brought this up

1:56:02 ↗ um I think for my perspective the point

1:56:06 ↗ of

1:56:08 ↗ um making sure we have connectivity is

1:56:10 ↗ really important and so I think I

1:56:12 ↗ emphasize that idea of we really need to

1:56:15 ↗ get that

1:56:16 ↗ cross way right at either end of this

1:56:21 ↗ um I still would be more in support of

1:56:25 ↗ alternative a because of that safety

1:56:30 ↗ issue

1:56:31 ↗ my husband has commuted through that on

1:56:34 ↗ a bike and I don't want him next to the

1:56:38 ↗ cars even though he's not a kid

1:56:41 ↗ um it just it it's a safety and life

1:56:46 ↗ safety issue

1:56:48 ↗ um for that support so I think it is

1:56:51 ↗ entirely appropriate to have people on

1:56:54 ↗ bikes that are commuting or just

1:56:57 ↗ recreational have to cross the street at

1:57:01 ↗ areas in order to get to a protected

1:57:03 ↗ area if it was my ideal Street and we

1:57:06 ↗ had more space we would want to put a

1:57:09 ↗ protected area on either side but given

1:57:12 ↗ the constraints on this I think it is

1:57:13 ↗ better to have a protected area than

1:57:17 ↗ not

1:57:19 ↗ so thank you council president

1:57:21 ↗ um so everybody's had an opportunity to

1:57:23 ↗ speak sure just one more clarifying

1:57:26 ↗ question this none of this design would

1:57:28 ↗ prevent a biker from biking in traffic

1:57:31 ↗ would it no that's correct either one

1:57:34 ↗ they can bike into traffic if they want

1:57:36 ↗ to or across the street and join the big

1:57:39 ↗ multi-use okay thanks

1:57:41 ↗ that was a great Point

1:57:43 ↗ um because I bike in traffic more than I

1:57:45 ↗ do in the lane just because they can see

1:57:47 ↗ you better just for context too there

1:57:49 ↗ are some pretty major bike races that

1:57:52 ↗ use that road every year so I just want

1:57:54 ↗ to make sure that we're being cognizant

1:57:57 ↗ thoughtful of kind of the many use cases

1:57:59 ↗ of this road

1:58:01 ↗ so thank you for starting this all off

1:58:03 ↗ Deputy council president if there's no

1:58:05 ↗ more comments I'll call for the vote on

1:58:07 ↗ the amendment first which is

1:58:08 ↗ substituting alternative C for

1:58:10 ↗ alternative a all those in favor say aye

1:58:13 ↗ aye

1:58:15 ↗ I have two eyes all those uh pose say

1:58:18 ↗ nay

1:58:19 ↗ the amendment fails uh two to five is

1:58:24 ↗ there any additional discussion before

1:58:25 ↗ we move to the main motion

1:58:28 ↗ not seeing any

1:58:31 ↗ uh

1:58:32 ↗ Deputy council president super quick I'm

1:58:34 ↗ really sorry

1:58:35 ↗ um I'm just going to say that I'm going

1:58:36 ↗ to vote um yes for this because I think

1:58:39 ↗ that I would have preferred another

1:58:41 ↗ design but as has been said by others no

1:58:44 ↗ matter what this is a great project we

1:58:46 ↗ need to make progress on it for this

1:58:48 ↗ community that's been asking for it for

1:58:50 ↗ a long time and I think they deserve to

1:58:51 ↗ see

1:58:52 ↗ um

1:58:53 ↗ the council support whatever design you

1:58:56 ↗ want go forward and I'm gonna all in on

1:58:58 ↗ this new design now

1:59:01 ↗ fantastic uh the motion on the table is

1:59:04 ↗ to approve the preferred cross-section

1:59:06 ↗ alternative a for the Northwest

1:59:07 ↗ Sammamish Road non-motorized Improvement

1:59:09 ↗ project and authorize the administration

1:59:11 ↗ to proceed with design and permitting it

1:59:13 ↗ has been moved in second seconded all

1:59:16 ↗ those in favor signify by saying aye

1:59:18 ↗ aye

1:59:20 ↗ those opposed

1:59:22 ↗ the motion carries 7-0 Matt thank you

1:59:25 ↗ for a fantastic presentation of an

1:59:27 ↗ extremely complicated and difficult

1:59:29 ↗ project that we are going to complete at

1:59:32 ↗ some point well done

1:59:35 ↗ yep

1:59:37 ↗ council president yes I have an

1:59:39 ↗ additional motion here I move to direct

1:59:42 ↗ the administration to return to the city

1:59:44 ↗ council at the May 15th regular meeting

1:59:47 ↗ with feasibility cost estimates and

1:59:50 ↗ other considerations for a temporary

1:59:52 ↗ protected bike lane on Northwest

1:59:54 ↗ Sammamish Road

1:59:55 ↗ is there a second

1:59:58 ↗ second it's been moved and seconded

2:00:01 ↗ um council president I would ask before

2:00:03 ↗ you speak to it can the administration

2:00:05 ↗ talk to you about the practicality of

2:00:07 ↗ being able to collect all that

2:00:09 ↗ information by May 15th and maybe

2:00:10 ↗ potentially the legal risk that might be

2:00:12 ↗ associated with it can we provide

2:00:15 ↗ counsel with some information

2:00:17 ↗ yes thank thanks

2:00:20 ↗ Matt or director Moon I'm not sure who

2:00:23 ↗ would like to address it but there's

2:00:25 ↗ been a request for

2:00:27 ↗ information of sorts I'm not sure how

2:00:31 ↗ technical in nature and obviously you

2:00:33 ↗ guys have a full plate so I'm not sure

2:00:35 ↗ who is most comfortable in talking about

2:00:37 ↗ capacity to complete that request unless

2:00:40 ↗ it's the city administrator

2:00:41 ↗ we understand that the council president

2:00:44 ↗ would like if this is passed by the

2:00:46 ↗ council to do this this summer so that

2:00:48 ↗ would require some extra urgency so I

2:00:50 ↗ think the council when considering the

2:00:52 ↗ motion would understand that in order

2:00:54 ↗ for us to comply with the motion we need

2:00:56 ↗ to do this rather quickly and so we in

2:00:59 ↗ talking with the city clerk put forward

2:01:01 ↗ the the date so uh this would mean I I

2:01:05 ↗ think a fair amount of staff work we

2:01:06 ↗ would likely have to put a few things

2:01:08 ↗ aside for a week or two in order to do

2:01:11 ↗ that

2:01:12 ↗ um we're very concerned about the safety

2:01:14 ↗ concerns and the liability to the city

2:01:16 ↗ with whatever we would do even the most

2:01:18 ↗ optimal project if cost Was No Object

2:01:21 ↗ what that would be I know the City

2:01:23 ↗ attorney is here and we've asked her to

2:01:26 ↗ to take an initial look just as to what

2:01:29 ↗ liability would there be even before he

2:01:31 ↗ would start designing it so yes if the

2:01:33 ↗ motion is passed by the council this

2:01:35 ↗ evening we would need to redirect some

2:01:38 ↗ staff work some projects would have to

2:01:41 ↗ go on pause I would think at least for a

2:01:43 ↗ week or two in order for us to do this

2:01:46 ↗ in order to come back because if we

2:01:48 ↗ don't come back in May and the desires

2:01:49 ↗ to have it this summer it wouldn't

2:01:51 ↗ happen Okay the being here tonight

2:01:54 ↗ Rachel um I'm sure about your

2:01:56 ↗ familiarity with this kind of

2:02:00 ↗ in you know we have a project coming and

2:02:02 ↗ we have a rural road right now that is

2:02:05 ↗ definitely problematic and what are your

2:02:08 ↗ thoughts are concerns that might feed

2:02:10 ↗ into the conversation the council would

2:02:11 ↗ like to have tonight well first of all I

2:02:13 ↗ will say I mean I do think it's a it's a

2:02:15 ↗ really admirable request I I've driven

2:02:19 ↗ on this road many times myself it I am

2:02:22 ↗ personally afraid of driving in any bike

2:02:24 ↗ lane so I can understand you know the

2:02:27 ↗ the hesitation here and I do think that

2:02:29 ↗ additional protective measures would be

2:02:32 ↗ lovely my concern for a liability

2:02:35 ↗ perspective is

2:02:36 ↗ we currently have a road that is

2:02:42 ↗ it is properly designed with properly

2:02:45 ↗ designed bike Lanes now we realized that

2:02:48 ↗ maybe people are there is a but there is

2:02:50 ↗ currently as a bike lane on this

2:02:53 ↗ it's one of those it's not designated

2:02:55 ↗ it's just a one that people are just a

2:02:58 ↗ shoulder that people are writing it's a

2:03:00 ↗ paved shoulder it's a paved shoulder

2:03:01 ↗ yeah this is uh So currently okay so

2:03:04 ↗ then currently folks that are riding

2:03:06 ↗ their bike then are are supposed to be

2:03:08 ↗ then riding in the road in the road

2:03:10 ↗ abiding by regular

2:03:13 ↗ um traffic rules you know if in order

2:03:15 ↗ for us to create a bike lane that

2:03:19 ↗ requires us to meet certain standards

2:03:22 ↗ and I'm not sure that even with a month

2:03:27 ↗ that the city staff can can uh

2:03:31 ↗ do the work that would be required to

2:03:35 ↗ to meet them to a level that would not

2:03:38 ↗ provide any risk I mean it's just not

2:03:40 ↗ something where you can go out there and

2:03:42 ↗ just kind of like eyeball it and say

2:03:43 ↗ well let's just you know demarcate and

2:03:46 ↗ kind of block off the shoulder so that

2:03:48 ↗ it's you know there's a uh some sort of

2:03:52 ↗ uh

2:03:56 ↗ and my I'm working I'm missing the word

2:03:59 ↗ here but you know a protected protective

2:04:01 ↗ there's not a so there's a barrier

2:04:03 ↗ between the the road the cars and the

2:04:06 ↗ bicyclists in order to

2:04:09 ↗ actually construct a bike lane would

2:04:12 ↗ require us to do it based on either fhwa

2:04:17 ↗ or wash dot standards we'd have to I

2:04:21 ↗ mean we'd have to have probably a

2:04:23 ↗ Consultants look at this stuff I mean

2:04:25 ↗ you you can't even lower a speed limit

2:04:27 ↗ in Washington without doing a formal

2:04:29 ↗ traffic study

2:04:30 ↗ so this is this is stuff that is

2:04:34 ↗ um pretty complicated and requires a lot

2:04:37 ↗ of analysis and the city is responsible

2:04:41 ↗ for

2:04:42 ↗ defects in its Road and you're liable

2:04:44 ↗ for any sort of defects so if you didn't

2:04:47 ↗ do it right

2:04:48 ↗ then you would be potentially liable so

2:04:52 ↗ right now even if it's not an ideal

2:04:54 ↗ situation the road is a road it was

2:04:58 ↗ presumably constructed properly and it's

2:05:01 ↗ really on bicyclists to maintain their

2:05:05 ↗ own safety I think if you were to do

2:05:08 ↗ this you would not only give folks a

2:05:10 ↗ false sense of security but you'd

2:05:12 ↗ potentially be

2:05:14 ↗ creating hazards that it you know if if

2:05:18 ↗ you didn't do it

2:05:19 ↗ if you didn't do it perfectly you could

2:05:22 ↗ end up in a situation where if someone

2:05:23 ↗ was injured the city was liable

2:05:29 ↗ I want to do is let the

2:05:31 ↗ Shin as well so just a couple other

2:05:34 ↗ elements to talk to is that it is a

2:05:36 ↗ constrained roadway where we don't have

2:05:38 ↗ a lot of width so to provide additional

2:05:41 ↗ width for a bike facility

2:05:45 ↗ we would have to

2:05:47 ↗ create space and there currently isn't

2:05:49 ↗ much also if we did a protected

2:05:53 ↗ bike facility there's con concern

2:05:56 ↗ because we wouldn't have a lot of width

2:05:58 ↗ for that bike facility and if someone's

2:06:00 ↗ walking and then there's a bike in that

2:06:02 ↗ protected bike facility there's no

2:06:04 ↗ opportunity for that bike bicyclist to

2:06:06 ↗ get around a pedestrian

2:06:09 ↗ so again not knowing much about what we

2:06:12 ↗ would propose but those are some

2:06:13 ↗ concerns I think just adding a little

2:06:16 ↗ bit of context like that is helpful so

2:06:18 ↗ I'm going to go to the motion maker and

2:06:19 ↗ let her speak to the motion and who

2:06:21 ↗ seconded it and then actually

2:06:23 ↗ councilmember Wright thank you

2:06:26 ↗ um I appreciate that there are legal

2:06:28 ↗ concerns I appreciate that there are

2:06:31 ↗ engineering concerns

2:06:34 ↗ my concern at this point is the

2:06:38 ↗ residents have been waiting for this for

2:06:39 ↗ a long time

2:06:40 ↗ there are extreme safety concerns and I

2:06:45 ↗ think the safety concerns need to Trump

2:06:48 ↗ the liability the potential liability

2:06:51 ↗ concerns in these cases it would be

2:06:55 ↗ horrendous if we were going to sit here

2:06:59 ↗ and say it's okay if people you know

2:07:02 ↗ decide to bike there and you know choose

2:07:05 ↗ to take their risks that's up to us

2:07:08 ↗ and honestly at this point so talking to

2:07:12 ↗ the council what we heard in the

2:07:14 ↗ previous presentation is that there is a

2:07:17 ↗ 2023 planned overlay for this road we're

2:07:22 ↗ already going to be restriping this road

2:07:25 ↗ what I'm asking the administration to do

2:07:28 ↗ whether it's for that May 15th or

2:07:31 ↗ whenever it coordinates with this

2:07:35 ↗ um planned overlay and required

2:07:38 ↗ re-striping is to provide some sense of

2:07:42 ↗ protection for bike users on one side

2:07:47 ↗ you know if that's all we can get

2:07:51 ↗ um I think we can look at Newport Way as

2:07:54 ↗ it heads into Bellevue they have what is

2:07:57 ↗ a temporary bike structure with just

2:08:00 ↗ those like stand-up cones I think I

2:08:04 ↗ would prefer a an actual curb that

2:08:07 ↗ provides more of a safety situation but

2:08:11 ↗ I I just cannot

2:08:13 ↗ consciously sit here and tell the

2:08:15 ↗ community we're approving this really

2:08:17 ↗ great project but you can't have it

2:08:19 ↗ until 2030 and until then you need to

2:08:23 ↗ risk yourself if you're going to choose

2:08:25 ↗ to bike or walk on that area I I just

2:08:30 ↗ don't think that's something that

2:08:32 ↗ we can let stand so

2:08:35 ↗ that's why I'm making this proposal I'm

2:08:37 ↗ open to other date ranges or other

2:08:40 ↗ adjustments but I want to be able to

2:08:43 ↗ take advantage of the 2023 planned

2:08:45 ↗ overlay as a way to

2:08:49 ↗ utilize something so that we don't have

2:08:52 ↗ to wait seven years

2:08:55 ↗ all right

2:08:56 ↗ thanks mayor Paulie um the motion

2:08:58 ↗ doesn't say direct the administration to

2:09:00 ↗ put in a

2:09:01 ↗ protected bike lane it says to explore

2:09:04 ↗ the feasibility cost estimates and

2:09:06 ↗ considerations I think we got some

2:09:08 ↗ considerations today I'd like to give

2:09:10 ↗ you some more time to consider them and

2:09:11 ↗ come back with a fully baked I mean you

2:09:14 ↗ know well-reasoned giving you the time

2:09:16 ↗ to think it through what are the what

2:09:18 ↗ are the liabilities what are the

2:09:19 ↗ implications what are the things we need

2:09:21 ↗ to consider it's a long list of of

2:09:23 ↗ activities you've got a month that's not

2:09:26 ↗ a long time and so if there's a need for

2:09:28 ↗ more time that's that's reasonable but I

2:09:30 ↗ think it's it's a fair to say let's dig

2:09:32 ↗ a little deeper and let's um let's see

2:09:35 ↗ if this can be done in in the council

2:09:37 ↗ president's right we're going to be

2:09:38 ↗ doing some work on this roadway and if

2:09:40 ↗ if we could make that work you know

2:09:42 ↗ that's that's really super but let's be

2:09:44 ↗ thoughtful about it and let's uh let's

2:09:46 ↗ dig into it and go from there so

2:09:49 ↗ um that's my take on it this isn't

2:09:50 ↗ saying you know build the thing this is

2:09:53 ↗ saying come back and tell us what it

2:09:55 ↗ would look like

2:09:56 ↗ thanks

2:09:57 ↗ um I didn't see it was Martin Michelle

2:09:59 ↗ council member Martz fellow by

2:10:01 ↗ councilmember D Michelle

2:10:03 ↗ so first off uh unfortunately there are

2:10:06 ↗ it does appear there's a couple places

2:10:07 ↗ on the north side of Northwest Sammamish

2:10:09 ↗ that we have it striped as bicycle lane

2:10:11 ↗ it's uh just at the

2:10:13 ↗ Eastern end but if we don't actually

2:10:16 ↗ consider that a true bicycle lane we

2:10:18 ↗ probably should not have it striped as

2:10:20 ↗ as a bicycle lane

2:10:22 ↗ um I mean the only thing that's gonna

2:10:25 ↗ fundamentally change things I mean I'll

2:10:29 ↗ just say as as someone who's a who has

2:10:32 ↗ been a bicyclist through this area

2:10:35 ↗ um

2:10:36 ↗ ambiguity

2:10:38 ↗ is our enemy

2:10:40 ↗ and uh I don't really want to do

2:10:44 ↗ anything to

2:10:47 ↗ I think that as long as this is a narrow

2:10:50 ↗ road

2:10:51 ↗ bicyclists need to treat it as if

2:10:54 ↗ they're part of the traffic flow and

2:10:56 ↗ until we do something that fundamentally

2:10:58 ↗ widens the asphalt that is available

2:11:03 ↗ such that we can do something uh like

2:11:06 ↗ option A I don't want to give people a

2:11:09 ↗ false sense of security that that

2:11:11 ↗ doesn't exist so I understand the urge

2:11:15 ↗ to do something I will tell you that

2:11:16 ↗ what I have heard from the community is

2:11:19 ↗ on The Pedestrian side not on the on the

2:11:21 ↗ bicycle side whenever I've heard from

2:11:23 ↗ the community it hasn't been a concern

2:11:26 ↗ around bicyclists it's been a concern

2:11:28 ↗ around pedestrians and so I don't think

2:11:31 ↗ doing something in the interim if it

2:11:33 ↗ doesn't lay down more concrete it's not

2:11:36 ↗ going to change the the fundamental

2:11:37 ↗ physics of a very narrow stretch of road

2:11:39 ↗ that's jammed between

2:11:41 ↗ um you know Lakeside houses and the

2:11:44 ↗ freeways so I'm I guess I'm not in favor

2:11:47 ↗ of this this additional motion because I

2:11:50 ↗ just worry that it would send an

2:11:52 ↗ ambiguous signal to bicyclists who need

2:11:54 ↗ to be extremely cautious on this stretch

2:11:57 ↗ of road no matter what until we get more

2:11:59 ↗ payment thanks council member D Michelle

2:12:02 ↗ well council member Mart said it's

2:12:05 ↗ pretty much what I was going to say I

2:12:07 ↗ drive that road very often There Are

2:12:09 ↗ Places on there where I feel like if we

2:12:11 ↗ took any roadway away we're actually

2:12:14 ↗ making a more dangerous situation that

2:12:17 ↗ little I don't know I think it is the

2:12:18 ↗ place that they call the pinch point is

2:12:21 ↗ so narrow uh going through there I'm

2:12:23 ↗ always extremely cautious about going

2:12:25 ↗ through there and to take

2:12:28 ↗ even a few feet off of that road and

2:12:30 ↗ force everybody in the middle and I I as

2:12:32 ↗ council member Martin said a false sense

2:12:34 ↗ of security uh would be created and I

2:12:38 ↗ I'm not sure that we wouldn't actually

2:12:39 ↗ make the situation worse my other

2:12:41 ↗ question would be for our city

2:12:43 ↗ administrator I'd like to know

2:12:45 ↗ specifically which projects would have

2:12:47 ↗ to be delayed if we take this up because

2:12:50 ↗ we have some really really important

2:12:51 ↗ projects already on the work list and

2:12:54 ↗ some of them have been waiting a long

2:12:56 ↗ time to be done and you know I I feel

2:12:59 ↗ like at this point to jump a new a new

2:13:02 ↗ project in

2:13:04 ↗ takes us off tasks for some other things

2:13:07 ↗ so so

2:13:09 ↗ um not sure if you can ask it only

2:13:11 ↗ because I don't think they've really

2:13:13 ↗ processed the motion fully

2:13:16 ↗ um but they're kind of chatting over

2:13:17 ↗ there so we'll say are you guys chatting

2:13:19 ↗ about what projects might have to

2:13:21 ↗ the side lighter is that premature

2:13:23 ↗ question

2:13:25 ↗ part of my job is to anticipate the

2:13:27 ↗ premature question

2:13:28 ↗ um

2:13:29 ↗ we would likely have to just contract

2:13:31 ↗ this out and so it would probably not be

2:13:34 ↗ what work doesn't get done on a project

2:13:36 ↗ but we would have to find an additional

2:13:37 ↗ match thinking about fifty thousand

2:13:39 ↗ dollars

2:13:41 ↗ um because we wouldn't have the staff to

2:13:43 ↗ just literally drop everything so that's

2:13:45 ↗ what if the motion passes you also want

2:13:48 ↗ this I think we want the specialty too

2:13:50 ↗ right I mean we're this is this you know

2:13:52 ↗ to do this anywhere closer correctly we

2:13:54 ↗ would need someone who's really good at

2:13:56 ↗ this

2:13:57 ↗ or to do the feasibility councilmember

2:14:00 ↗ Michelle

2:14:02 ↗ I do want to say that I appreciate the

2:14:03 ↗ the thought about this and and that the

2:14:06 ↗ community has been leaning and of course

2:14:08 ↗ safety is a prime importance

2:14:11 ↗ um

2:14:12 ↗ I just think uh if we had a longer

2:14:15 ↗ timeline maybe I would be more likely to

2:14:18 ↗ say let's do this but I just don't think

2:14:21 ↗ we can ask the administration to come

2:14:23 ↗ back in a month with a really good plan

2:14:25 ↗ and then we won't make summer and you

2:14:27 ↗ know so

2:14:29 ↗ um I I think at this point I can't

2:14:30 ↗ support the motion

2:14:34 ↗ um we have had four council members

2:14:36 ↗ weigh in do the other three want a

2:14:37 ↗ chance before we call for the vote on

2:14:39 ↗ the motion

2:14:40 ↗ not seeing any microphones

2:14:43 ↗ I think the motion is in an email

2:14:45 ↗ correct can I ask a question sir

2:14:49 ↗ um do we have a sense when the 2023

2:14:52 ↗ overlay is planned to happen

2:14:56 ↗ or something that we could use because

2:14:59 ↗ the May 15th date came from the

2:15:02 ↗ administration I'm not tied to that I'm

2:15:05 ↗ open to other things that would allow it

2:15:08 ↗ to work within that time frame

2:15:13 ↗ so we're in progress right now

2:15:15 ↗ I'm sorry and welcome Public Works

2:15:19 ↗ director

2:15:20 ↗ we're in the midst of developing the

2:15:22 ↗ schedule for the whole pavement

2:15:23 ↗ Management program for this summer fall

2:15:25 ↗ so that would be my answer at this point

2:15:27 ↗ in time sometime this summer or fall

2:15:31 ↗ and again we put in in discussions with

2:15:34 ↗ you earlier today your desire was to

2:15:36 ↗ have this in place this summer and so we

2:15:39 ↗ we try to come up with a date anything

2:15:41 ↗ later would not be feasible

2:15:44 ↗ because that's the second meeting in May

2:15:46 ↗ that you're dark then for a few weeks

2:15:49 ↗ any more questions or comments

2:15:52 ↗ okay let me find the motion or I'll have

2:15:54 ↗ the clerk read the motion back in to the

2:15:57 ↗ record

2:15:58 ↗ yes

2:15:59 ↗ direct the administration to return to

2:16:02 ↗ the city council at the May 15 regular

2:16:04 ↗ meeting with feasibility cost estimates

2:16:07 ↗ and other considerations for a temporary

2:16:09 ↗ protected bike lane on Northwest

2:16:11 ↗ Sammamish Road

2:16:13 ↗ all those in favor of the motion please

2:16:15 ↗ signify by saying aye aye aye

2:16:18 ↗ I have two eyes all those opposed

2:16:21 ↗ signify by saying Nate

2:16:25 ↗ and five opposed so the motion fails two

2:16:28 ↗ to five

2:16:30 ↗ uh the next item of business this

2:16:32 ↗ evening is committee in Regional reports

2:16:34 ↗ and we'll start with council member Joe

2:16:37 ↗ no report thank you all my meetings have

2:16:39 ↗ been canceled or moved at this point

2:16:42 ↗ Thank you wow council member D Michelle

2:16:46 ↗ thank you mayor Paul I have to I have to

2:16:48 ↗ find my comments here do you want me to

2:16:50 ↗ move to council membrane no I just

2:16:52 ↗ failed them that's okay so so uh at the

2:16:55 ↗ East Side Human Services Forum on April

2:16:57 ↗ 13th I was elected chair of the board so

2:17:00 ↗ there we are yay

2:17:02 ↗ uh we spent two hours participating in a

2:17:05 ↗ strategic planning process at our last

2:17:07 ↗ meeting I would like to also invite you

2:17:10 ↗ to an online event tomorrow that's being

2:17:12 ↗ sponsored by the Eastside Human Services

2:17:14 ↗ Forum it's at 5 30 p.m and the title is

2:17:18 ↗ reproductive Health Access in East King

2:17:20 ↗ County

2:17:21 ↗ featuring King County council member

2:17:23 ↗ Sarah Perry

2:17:24 ↗ representatives from pro-choice

2:17:26 ↗ Washington Cedar River Clinics and

2:17:28 ↗ Healthcare professionals and if you'd

2:17:31 ↗ like to learn more just go to the

2:17:33 ↗ Eastside Human Services Forum website

2:17:35 ↗ and you can register for that event

2:17:38 ↗ on Friday April 14th I attended the

2:17:41 ↗ Eastside Transportation partnership

2:17:42 ↗ Sound Transit CEOs Julia Tim introduced

2:17:46 ↗ yourself and provided an overview of the

2:17:48 ↗ over of the organization's status

2:17:50 ↗ including a lengthy discussion regarding

2:17:53 ↗ the replacement over of over 5500

2:17:55 ↗ substandard rail ties or plits love that

2:17:59 ↗ word

2:18:00 ↗ currently under a replacement of which

2:18:03 ↗ is currently underway and I sent you the

2:18:06 ↗ materials from that meeting and a link

2:18:08 ↗ to the Seattle Times article about why

2:18:11 ↗ those are all being replaced so

2:18:14 ↗ I I thought that the Seattle Times

2:18:16 ↗ article was was especially informative

2:18:18 ↗ and then finally

2:18:20 ↗ Wednesday we will have the regional

2:18:23 ↗ transit committee on April the 19th and

2:18:26 ↗ three o'clock in the afternoon thank you

2:18:28 ↗ at the Inspire report thank you

2:18:31 ↗ councilmember Hank no report this

2:18:33 ↗ evening thank you councilmember Ray no

2:18:35 ↗ report this evening wow councilmember

2:18:38 ↗ thank you madam mayor the sound cities

2:18:41 ↗ Association public issues committee met

2:18:43 ↗ on Wednesday April 12th

2:18:47 ↗ um in Renton City Hall for the first

2:18:49 ↗ time since covid we all looked very very

2:18:54 ↗ old so that must have been that must

2:18:56 ↗ have been a trick of the light certainly

2:18:59 ↗ um but it was good to it was good to get

2:19:01 ↗ everybody together we didn't take any

2:19:03 ↗ action uh we did uh I apologize I can't

2:19:09 ↗ find my notes the upcoming uh

2:19:12 ↗ the renewal of the veterans uh children

2:19:17 ↗ in veteran and seniors Lobby veteran and

2:19:20 ↗ seniors and families I think is the

2:19:22 ↗ third element

2:19:23 ↗ um uh there was a conversation about

2:19:25 ↗ that there really wasn't any action that

2:19:26 ↗ could be taken there was

2:19:28 ↗ um it's a basically one for one unlike

2:19:31 ↗ the one five years ago which represented

2:19:33 ↗ a

2:19:34 ↗ um a discontinuous uh increase in the

2:19:39 ↗ fee for in terms of the mill rate this

2:19:41 ↗ is a replacement mill rate

2:19:43 ↗ um so we were I think we asked for some

2:19:46 ↗ supplemental information uh that we

2:19:48 ↗ could share so if I get additional

2:19:50 ↗ information on it if I can share with

2:19:51 ↗ the council I will do that and The

2:19:54 ↗ Tragically the services safety and Parks

2:19:56 ↗ committee is not meeting this month this

2:19:59 ↗ concludes my report thank you council

2:20:00 ↗ member Mart's Deputy council president

2:20:01 ↗ Hall

2:20:02 ↗ thank you yeah I watched the sca pick

2:20:05 ↗ meeting over Zoom as the city's

2:20:07 ↗ alternate it looked very jovial in the

2:20:09 ↗ room so I was I was bummed to be

2:20:11 ↗ watching it on Zoom webinar

2:20:13 ↗ um no report other than to say that the

2:20:15 ↗ next e for eastside fire and rescue

2:20:17 ↗ board of directors meeting is

2:20:20 ↗ May 11th at 4 pm

2:20:23 ↗ at our headquarters on Newport Way

2:20:24 ↗ Northwest thank you

2:20:26 ↗ council president Walsh thank you on

2:20:29 ↗ April 6 I attended the growth management

2:20:31 ↗ planning board we voted to certify the

2:20:33 ↗ Kitsap county-wide planning policies and

2:20:36 ↗ we also heard about the proposed

2:20:38 ↗ comprehensive plan certification

2:20:40 ↗ Outreach for King County and then the

2:20:44 ↗ affordable housing committee will meet

2:20:46 ↗ on May 1st and No Agenda has been

2:20:48 ↗ released that concludes my report thank

2:20:50 ↗ you council president next item on

2:20:52 ↗ tonight's agenda is the mayor's report

2:20:54 ↗ so first off there will not be an

2:20:57 ↗ executive session this evening

2:20:59 ↗ and beginning this week five of the

2:21:00 ↗ city's advisory boards will transition

2:21:02 ↗ from using the virtual meeting platform

2:21:04 ↗ WebEx to Microsoft teams this is the

2:21:07 ↗ environment board Equity board Human

2:21:09 ↗ Services Commission Park Board and

2:21:10 ↗ transportation Advisory Board other

2:21:13 ↗ boards and commissions may add a virtual

2:21:14 ↗ attendance option via teams for certain

2:21:16 ↗ meetings and these meetings will also

2:21:18 ↗ all continue to have an in-person

2:21:20 ↗ meeting location

2:21:22 ↗ any meeting that has virtual attendance

2:21:24 ↗ option will include the virtual meeting

2:21:25 ↗ details at the top of the published

2:21:27 ↗ meeting agenda which can be accessed

2:21:29 ↗ from the website calendar so to help

2:21:31 ↗ ensure you can join one of these

2:21:32 ↗ meetings virtually please consider

2:21:34 ↗ downloading the Microsoft teams app in

2:21:37 ↗ advance and log into the virtual meeting

2:21:39 ↗ 10 minutes early the city council

2:21:41 ↗ development commission and planning

2:21:43 ↗ policy commission will continue using

2:21:44 ↗ WebEx webinar for the virtual aspect of

2:21:46 ↗ their meetings

2:21:48 ↗ we are now seeking nominations they are

2:21:50 ↗ open for the Issaquah Hall of Fame award

2:21:52 ↗ this is a top honor for an individual

2:21:55 ↗ making a lasting contribution to our

2:21:57 ↗ community each year the mayor and

2:21:59 ↗ council president select a person to

2:22:01 ↗ induct into the Issaquah Hall of Fame

2:22:02 ↗ for their exemplary record of

2:22:04 ↗ inspiration leadership and service the

2:22:08 ↗ award will be presented at the Chamber

2:22:09 ↗ of commerce's annual Issaquah Community

2:22:11 ↗ Awards event on May 24th and the

2:22:14 ↗ nominations can be submitted at

2:22:16 ↗ issaquah.gov nominate the deadline for

2:22:19 ↗ nominations is 5 PM April 28th

2:22:22 ↗ we are so pleased to see the community

2:22:25 ↗ feeling Pickering Barn this Sunday on a

2:22:28 ↗ very rainy day our staff hosted a

2:22:31 ↗ sustainability fair with nearly 40

2:22:33 ↗ vendors including local businesses

2:22:35 ↗ artists and organizations walking

2:22:38 ↗ through the dairy barn visitors could

2:22:40 ↗ set up an appointment with a heat pump

2:22:41 ↗ installer try out the salmon catapult

2:22:44 ↗ pick up a fresh jar of honey or vegan

2:22:47 ↗ treats play in a game about waste

2:22:49 ↗ reduction or purchase used clothing from

2:22:51 ↗ small threads in the hay barn the Gibson

2:22:54 ↗ neck High School intern set up

2:22:55 ↗ activities for kids to think about Green

2:22:57 ↗ Building and climate resilience while a

2:23:00 ↗ band played music about climate change

2:23:01 ↗ and environmental activism outside the

2:23:04 ↗ barn we had 18 people join our Urban

2:23:06 ↗ Forest supervisor for a mini field trip

2:23:09 ↗ where they visit a restoration site and

2:23:11 ↗ watched Eagles soaring above in the

2:23:13 ↗ parking lot the out of the box Eco van

2:23:15 ↗ refilled hand soaps and shampoos while

2:23:18 ↗ Public Works and Recology helped kids

2:23:20 ↗ and adults into the driver's seats of

2:23:21 ↗ pollution prevention and trucks and

2:23:23 ↗ recology's new EV waste hauler track our

2:23:26 ↗ volunteers counted nearly 700 community

2:23:28 ↗ members that visited the fair our staff

2:23:31 ↗ are already preparing how to make next

2:23:33 ↗ year's Fair better and we're excited to

2:23:35 ↗ have this event join our regular

2:23:36 ↗ rotation for events that the city hosts

2:23:38 ↗ and I'd like to I did see some council

2:23:40 ↗ members there so thank you very much for

2:23:42 ↗ coming and sharing your time with the

2:23:44 ↗ community

2:23:45 ↗ some upcoming events

2:23:47 ↗ April 20th to 22nd is the last night of

2:23:50 ↗ Ramadan and I'm going to not say this

2:23:52 ↗ right so correct me I'd add a feature

2:23:57 ↗ thank you council president April 22 is

2:24:00 ↗ the state park free pass day and April

2:24:02 ↗ 25th is the election day ballots are

2:24:04 ↗ being mailed drop boxes are open and the

2:24:07 ↗ April 25th election day approaches you

2:24:10 ↗ can also visit the King County elections

2:24:12 ↗ drop box at our own Issaquah City Hall

2:24:14 ↗ at 1 30 East Sunset way until 8 PM April

2:24:17 ↗ 25th the date of the general election

2:24:19 ↗ and that concludes the mayor's report

2:24:21 ↗ one of the last items on our agenda this

2:24:24 ↗ evening is an informational update it's

2:24:26 ↗ id1424 the Issaquah Police Department

2:24:29 ↗ 2022 crime statistics and I'd like to

2:24:32 ↗ invite police chief Paula Schwann to

2:24:34 ↗ make a presentation and as a reminder

2:24:37 ↗ there is no action or Direction being

2:24:39 ↗ sought on this item the presentation is

2:24:41 ↗ informational only

2:24:43 ↗ Chief welcome

2:24:45 ↗ thank you for having me it's exciting to

2:24:48 ↗ see all council members of Madame

2:24:50 ↗ Merrill here at the same in person so

2:24:51 ↗ I'm excited and thank you all I'll make

2:24:53 ↗ it quick I know we're late on the

2:24:55 ↗ evening so today I'm going to ask the

2:24:58 ↗ mayor said I'm going to give you we had

2:25:00 ↗ initially last year gave a quarterly or

2:25:02 ↗ half year report and we're going to give

2:25:04 ↗ a full year of 2022 of what's taken

2:25:06 ↗ place and so this is all in 22

2:25:09 ↗ activities and crime statistics please

2:25:11 ↗ next slide

2:25:15 ↗ uh the data presented this to this

2:25:18 ↗ evening is a presentation available that

2:25:20 ↗ will be on police the police

2:25:21 ↗ department's 22 biannual end-of-year

2:25:23 ↗ report which is available on our website

2:25:26 ↗ um the website is at issaquah.gov

2:25:28 ↗ backslash police

2:25:30 ↗ and

2:25:32 ↗ this document gives data closing out

2:25:34 ↗ 2022 but you if you or the public are

2:25:36 ↗ interested in more recent data you're

2:25:40 ↗ able to also have access to that on our

2:25:44 ↗ monthly reports and updates on our

2:25:47 ↗ regular website as well

2:25:49 ↗ next slide please

2:25:53 ↗ overall crime Trends are relatively low

2:25:56 ↗ and the City of isquan 2022 with roughly

2:25:59 ↗ 70 crimes per thousand population

2:26:02 ↗ majority of our crime comes from

2:26:04 ↗ property crimes with nearly 80 percent

2:26:06 ↗ of all crime in the City of Issaquah

2:26:08 ↗ falling into the crimes against property

2:26:10 ↗ category with 20 or 2 193 incidents out

2:26:15 ↗ of the total

2:26:17 ↗ 2791 incidents

2:26:20 ↗ when we compare these crimes categories

2:26:22 ↗ over the last few years most of the

2:26:23 ↗ categories remain stable while crimes

2:26:26 ↗ against property steadily increased much

2:26:28 ↗ of this is related to larceny thefts and

2:26:30 ↗ trespasses but these go hand in hand so

2:26:33 ↗ to speak

2:26:34 ↗ next slide please

2:26:37 ↗ overall crime Trends with year to date

2:26:41 ↗ thus far in 2023 property crimes still

2:26:44 ↗ hold the majority share of crimes in

2:26:46 ↗ Issaquah however property cramps are

2:26:49 ↗ finally starting to decrease

2:26:51 ↗ we believe this is in part related to

2:26:53 ↗ The increased Partnerships with local

2:26:55 ↗ businesses and our increased directed

2:26:57 ↗ Patrol emissions for example last month

2:27:00 ↗ ipd partnered with Target on a directed

2:27:03 ↗ Patrol Mission and made multiple arrests

2:27:06 ↗ and recovered over two thousand dollars

2:27:07 ↗ in merchandise

2:27:09 ↗ these kinds of activities are having a

2:27:11 ↗ direct impact on the estimates

2:27:13 ↗ themselves

2:27:15 ↗ next slide please

2:27:19 ↗ in 2022 the overall crime Trends an

2:27:22 ↗ incident the bulk of the crime incidents

2:27:24 ↗ per se were compromised or comprised of

2:27:27 ↗ larceny and thefts which is

2:27:28 ↗ predominantly shoplifting followed by

2:27:31 ↗ trespasses most of most for the

2:27:33 ↗ shoplifting themselves but also for

2:27:36 ↗ unwanted subjects and vandalism the

2:27:39 ↗ fourth highest category was burglaries

2:27:40 ↗ of which the majority are classified as

2:27:43 ↗ commercial burglaries not residential

2:27:44 ↗ burglaries

2:27:47 ↗ and then there's a graphic there it's

2:27:49 ↗ probably hard to see a little bit but

2:27:51 ↗ the ones that are highlighted and again

2:27:52 ↗ you'll have this report as well or you

2:27:55 ↗ have access to it is the larceny and

2:27:57 ↗ theft offenses vandalism and the

2:27:59 ↗ trespasses

2:28:00 ↗ next slide please

2:28:03 ↗ in 2022 there were 49 319 total calls

2:28:08 ↗ for service to the Issaquah Dispatch

2:28:09 ↗ Center and that's between March and

2:28:11 ↗ December there's two months that were

2:28:14 ↗ uncategorized and that was January and

2:28:16 ↗ February of 2022 which we believe are

2:28:19 ↗ approximately 10 000 calls for service

2:28:21 ↗ which is consistent with past years

2:28:25 ↗ Dispatch Center with over 30 000 of

2:28:28 ↗ those calls or 62.1 percent were for the

2:28:31 ↗ Issaquah residents alone

2:28:33 ↗ please note this is not the full year

2:28:35 ↗ like I said the two months of data that

2:28:37 ↗ are missing we estimate those as 10 000

2:28:39 ↗ but this actually raises the total

2:28:41 ↗ number of the calls to nearly 60 000

2:28:43 ↗ calls for service which is in line with

2:28:44 ↗ the prior years as well

2:28:47 ↗ next slide please

2:28:52 ↗ total calls by emergency while on

2:28:53 ↗ average there are around 60 000 calls

2:28:55 ↗ for service to the Issaquah Dispatch

2:28:57 ↗ Center

2:28:58 ↗ the proportion of calls has shifted over

2:29:00 ↗ time

2:29:01 ↗ most interestingly during the covid-19

2:29:04 ↗ pandemic

2:29:07 ↗ our proportional share of 911 emergency

2:29:09 ↗ to non-emergency calls shifted

2:29:13 ↗ and it's been a drastic number and

2:29:16 ↗ difference and it used to be

2:29:19 ↗ higher levels if you can go to the next

2:29:21 ↗ slide I can get

2:29:24 ↗ it's important note the overall trend

2:29:27 ↗ decreased from 2019 forward is due to

2:29:30 ↗ missing the missing estimates but while

2:29:32 ↗ on average there are the sixty thousand

2:29:34 ↗ calls of service to the Dispatch Center

2:29:35 ↗ the proportion of calls shifted over

2:29:37 ↗ time most interesting during covid and

2:29:40 ↗ our calls for service went from over 50

2:29:42 ↗ percent of majority as non-emergency

2:29:44 ↗ calls pre-covered to post covid in 2014

2:29:48 ↗ 54 of our calls were non-emergency and

2:29:52 ↗ now and then they moved and parked or

2:29:55 ↗ peaked in 2016 to 55.1

2:29:58 ↗ they were all classified as

2:29:59 ↗ non-emergency however mid-2020 this

2:30:02 ↗ shifted and in 2022 the exact proportion

2:30:05 ↗ switched so that 54 percent of calls of

2:30:09 ↗ calls for service in our Dispatch Center

2:30:11 ↗ are now 9-1-1 emergency calls so there's

2:30:13 ↗ been a complete shift in that the volume

2:30:16 ↗ has changed over so we believe that

2:30:18 ↗ proportions exactly opposite and are

2:30:21 ↗ growing but are due to the population

2:30:22 ↗ change is a big factor and that's the

2:30:26 ↗ biggest part of it

2:30:27 ↗ the Gap is continued to widen we believe

2:30:29 ↗ in part as I said it was well to the

2:30:31 ↗ population well more people comes more

2:30:34 ↗ calls for service

2:30:36 ↗ next slide please

2:30:39 ↗ citizen citizens initiated calls has

2:30:41 ↗ remained relatively stable

2:30:43 ↗ officer-initiated calls has

2:30:44 ↗ substantially decreased following the

2:30:46 ↗ covid-19 pandemic this is due to

2:30:50 ↗ covid-19 guidance and fluctuating staff

2:30:52 ↗ levels during the pandemic we're going

2:30:55 ↗ to monitor and keep track of these and

2:30:57 ↗ how this will change as the limitations

2:31:00 ↗ have lifted in 2023 and our staffing

2:31:03 ↗ levels are beginning to rise

2:31:06 ↗ due to how the data comes in owl calls

2:31:09 ↗ online reports that go directly to our

2:31:12 ↗ station officer are omitted from the M

2:31:14 ↗ or from the

2:31:15 ↗ analysis in 2022 36 percent of all calls

2:31:21 ↗ were handled by the station officer

2:31:22 ↗ themselves and that's a lot

2:31:25 ↗ and those are the ones that come in

2:31:27 ↗ online because the online service and

2:31:29 ↗ online reporting that we have which are

2:31:31 ↗ usually only cold calls and we only

2:31:32 ↗ recommend and direct them to the online

2:31:34 ↗ service

2:31:35 ↗ um Everybody anything Betty has anything

2:31:37 ↗ in progress or something that's not cold

2:31:39 ↗ per se then we have we have the officers

2:31:41 ↗ respond directly

2:31:43 ↗ next slide please

2:31:47 ↗ last year in 2022 we had Behavioral

2:31:51 ↗ Health referrals

2:31:52 ↗ the city strives to be a healthy

2:31:54 ↗ Community where every person is

2:31:55 ↗ considered essential

2:31:58 ↗ in many of these basic human needs are

2:32:00 ↗ considered a shared responsibility ipd

2:32:01 ↗ has been working with the city of

2:32:03 ↗ issaquah's Human Services team to refer

2:32:05 ↗ cases where individuals need Behavioral

2:32:08 ↗ Health Assistance or other additional

2:32:10 ↗ resources that the police department

2:32:11 ↗ cannot provide directly

2:32:13 ↗ in 2022 67 percent of the hundreds or

2:32:18 ↗ sorry 67 of the 161 total Unique

2:32:21 ↗ Individuals served by the Human Services

2:32:22 ↗ Behavioral Health and homeless outreach

2:32:24 ↗ program were referred by the ipd

2:32:26 ↗ officers and the ones the people they

2:32:28 ↗ came in contact with or were down in our

2:32:30 ↗ jail for services both on the street and

2:32:32 ↗ they didn't have to be incarcerated for

2:32:34 ↗ us to have referrals with them

2:32:38 ↗ this represents 42 percent of the total

2:32:40 ↗ cases thanks to this team multiple lives

2:32:43 ↗ have been enhanced by receiving access

2:32:45 ↗ to supportive resources between the ipd

2:32:47 ↗ and Behavioral Health yes

2:32:50 ↗ I'll just break in real quickly we I was

2:32:52 ↗ in a meeting of the East Side Interfaith

2:32:55 ↗ Council

2:32:56 ↗ um last week and uh people from various

2:32:59 ↗ cities were sharing you know that they

2:33:01 ↗ had Behavioral Health Specialists and so

2:33:04 ↗ I jumped in and said well is quad does

2:33:06 ↗ too I want you to know that several

2:33:08 ↗ people talked about how much they

2:33:11 ↗ respect and love Amir and Caitlin so it

2:33:14 ↗ was it was really nobody else said

2:33:17 ↗ anything about anybody else's behavioral

2:33:19 ↗ health specialist

2:33:20 ↗ but our two are really really loved

2:33:23 ↗ across the region so I wanted you to

2:33:25 ↗ know that I appreciate that yes they

2:33:27 ↗ work very well with our officers and

2:33:29 ↗ very closely with them too they

2:33:30 ↗ appreciate the work that they do it's

2:33:31 ↗ been a great collaboration for sure

2:33:36 ↗ I'm next slide please

2:33:39 ↗ it is common practice for police

2:33:40 ↗ departments to classify calls based on

2:33:43 ↗ priority levels all calls are responded

2:33:46 ↗ to but not all require the same type of

2:33:48 ↗ response if we took a look at all the

2:33:50 ↗ calls it took roughly 14 minutes to

2:33:52 ↗ respond for regular non-emergency calls

2:33:55 ↗ but those are not all

2:33:57 ↗ um as I said

2:33:58 ↗ emergency calls are different from

2:34:00 ↗ non-emergency

2:34:01 ↗ in 2022 our average response time for

2:34:04 ↗ the priority One emergency calls was 5

2:34:06 ↗ minutes and 27 seconds but in reality is

2:34:09 ↗ actually closer to four minutes we're

2:34:11 ↗ working on continued data cleaning for

2:34:13 ↗ our system because they're some of our

2:34:15 ↗ system was basically reporting when the

2:34:18 ↗ last officer were to respond and

2:34:20 ↗ sometimes they're not even responding

2:34:21 ↗ priority so that separated some of that

2:34:24 ↗ Gap and that's not an actual reality of

2:34:25 ↗ our time and that's why we say it's four

2:34:27 ↗ minutes versus the 527 so we're working

2:34:29 ↗ on our systems to get better for actual

2:34:31 ↗ times

2:34:32 ↗ so just that gives you a little bit of a

2:34:35 ↗ background and understanding of that

2:34:36 ↗ piece

2:34:38 ↗ um next slide please

2:34:41 ↗ the Issaquah City Jail update uh Squad

2:34:43 ↗ City Jail Contract Services for over 14

2:34:45 ↗ other jurisdictions in our area

2:34:48 ↗ in 2022 there were 1401 total inmates in

2:34:51 ↗ the Issaquah Jail with an average daily

2:34:53 ↗ inmate population of at least

2:34:55 ↗ 43.4 inmates

2:34:57 ↗ there were many days

2:35:00 ↗ when we had near 60 or over inmates and

2:35:04 ↗ this is increasing

2:35:06 ↗ of these roughly 73 were male 23 were

2:35:10 ↗ female

2:35:11 ↗ and the proportion in line with other

2:35:14 ↗ correctional facilities

2:35:16 ↗ also I can tell you that we have 51

2:35:20 ↗ population in there today and in the

2:35:23 ↗ last two months we've had been at full

2:35:26 ↗ capacity on more than one occasion

2:35:30 ↗ especially on the weekends so it's the

2:35:33 ↗ it's been above average even for the

2:35:36 ↗ first quarter of this year

2:35:38 ↗ next slide please

2:35:42 ↗ in 2022 the majority or 63 percent of

2:35:45 ↗ inmates were between the ages of 25 to

2:35:47 ↗ 44. this is typical of most correctional

2:35:50 ↗ facilities

2:35:52 ↗ a handful of the cases were listed as

2:35:54 ↗ under the age of 18.

2:35:56 ↗ these cases were or where the age is

2:35:59 ↗ unknown and the juvenile typically 16 to

2:36:01 ↗ 17 does not identify their age and 100

2:36:04 ↗ of these cases within a couple hours or

2:36:06 ↗ less the juvenile is transferred to

2:36:07 ↗ parental care to appropriate County

2:36:10 ↗ Juvenile care

2:36:12 ↗ by race ethnicity the majority or 67

2:36:16 ↗ percent of the inmates identified as

2:36:18 ↗ white

2:36:19 ↗ this is proportional with our population

2:36:21 ↗ demographics

2:36:24 ↗ next slide please

2:36:28 ↗ in 2022 we had some highlighted Awards

2:36:30 ↗ it's a high level view of the 2023

2:36:33 ↗ organizational start sorry this is the

2:36:35 ↗ high level structure first within the

2:36:37 ↗ Issaquah Police Department there are two

2:36:39 ↗ civilian commanders positions and one

2:36:42 ↗ sports services manager who maintain the

2:36:44 ↗ daily services and operations of the

2:36:45 ↗ police department

2:36:46 ↗ any position listed in red is considered

2:36:49 ↗ vacant in any position in green was

2:36:51 ↗ vacant but now has someone in the

2:36:53 ↗ position and is presently training

2:36:54 ↗ before being

2:36:56 ↗ put into the field on their own

2:36:58 ↗ this was the 22 so we do have some of

2:37:01 ↗ those spots filled now in 2023. this was

2:37:04 ↗ just for through the end of the year

2:37:07 ↗ next slide please

2:37:11 ↗ well all our staff go above and beyond

2:37:13 ↗ for our community several of our members

2:37:16 ↗ received Awards in recognition for their

2:37:18 ↗ efforts

2:37:19 ↗ there were numerous memorable or

2:37:21 ↗ memorandums of appreciation and several

2:37:24 ↗ accommodations for continued Service

2:37:25 ↗ issued to various officers and civilian

2:37:27 ↗ staff members

2:37:29 ↗ there were also a few Awards or of

2:37:32 ↗ Distinction that should be highlighted

2:37:34 ↗ Lifesaver Awards on October 7th 2022.

2:37:37 ↗ correctional officers Grace fanshier and

2:37:40 ↗ kruzwick were alerted to a

2:37:41 ↗ life-threatening situation where an

2:37:43 ↗ inmate was found in their dorm lying

2:37:45 ↗ unconscious and unresponsive

2:37:49 ↗ the officers checked for and found a

2:37:51 ↗ weak pulse based on this the other

2:37:52 ↗ symptoms present the officer swiftly

2:37:55 ↗ called for Aid and administered Narcan

2:37:57 ↗ which is the those who aren't aware

2:38:00 ↗ that's a drug that combats narcotic to

2:38:02 ↗ bring someone back from an overdose

2:38:05 ↗ the inmate responded and was

2:38:06 ↗ subsequently transported to the hospital

2:38:08 ↗ for treatment and made a full recovery

2:38:11 ↗ the quick and decisive action of the

2:38:12 ↗ following officers saved the inmate's

2:38:14 ↗ life

2:38:15 ↗ next slide please

2:38:20 ↗ meritorious service award in September

2:38:22 ↗ of 2021 The ipd Dispatch Center went

2:38:25 ↗ through some incredibly difficult times

2:38:27 ↗ to include losing all but three

2:38:28 ↗ dispatchers

2:38:30 ↗ dispatcher Trisha belizzi was then

2:38:32 ↗ promoted to dispatch supervisor and

2:38:33 ↗ tasked with rebuilding our dispatch

2:38:35 ↗ center workforce while improving

2:38:37 ↗ dispatch related Services throughout

2:38:39 ↗ issaquah's snoqualmia North Bend cities

2:38:42 ↗ throughout this process Trisha worked

2:38:44 ↗ tireless

2:38:45 ↗ tirelessly to not only rebuild Staffing

2:38:48 ↗ but also took additional shifts to field

2:38:50 ↗ 911 emergency calls for a Region's

2:38:52 ↗ residents

2:38:58 ↗ I led word of Distinction was that our

2:39:01 ↗ there is a battle of the badges is what

2:39:04 ↗ it's called and many many different

2:39:06 ↗ agencies participate this was our first

2:39:08 ↗ year participating in the battle of the

2:39:10 ↗ badges and we in December completed the

2:39:14 ↗ holiday display they did there was many

2:39:18 ↗ people that contributed to it they

2:39:19 ↗ dressed up people came by they thought

2:39:22 ↗ our our gifts were great they liked the

2:39:24 ↗ music and that we had the the Grinch

2:39:27 ↗ being arrested and the patrol cars there

2:39:30 ↗ and so they they ended up subsequently

2:39:33 ↗ winning and getting all the votes for

2:39:35 ↗ people that go through there were lines

2:39:37 ↗ and lines of cars it's kind of like

2:39:39 ↗ trunk or treaters during the holidays

2:39:41 ↗ for Halloween this is the one in

2:39:43 ↗ December and so we were very honored to

2:39:46 ↗ have taken first place in that this year

2:39:48 ↗ so that was that was a great highlight

2:39:50 ↗ to the end of the year

2:39:51 ↗ next slide please

2:39:55 ↗ moving forward in 2023

2:39:58 ↗ we focus on filling the positions April

2:40:01 ↗ 28 2023 we're interviewing potential

2:40:03 ↗ candidates for both Commander's

2:40:05 ↗ positions we did have some great

2:40:07 ↗ candidates and we're looking forward to

2:40:08 ↗ that testing process

2:40:10 ↗ increasing directed Patrol missions in

2:40:12 ↗ the community business regions to Target

2:40:14 ↗ shoplifting related crimes and by the

2:40:17 ↗ end of 2023 begin reopening of various

2:40:19 ↗ community-oriented specialty programs

2:40:21 ↗ and assignments

2:40:23 ↗ I'm happy to take any questions at this

2:40:25 ↗ time

2:40:27 ↗ through the presentation I'm sorry are

2:40:29 ↗ we through the presentation yes ma'am

2:40:31 ↗ thank you it was awesome would you

2:40:32 ↗ introduce your staff that you have here

2:40:34 ↗ as well I have brought Miss Ryan Smith

2:40:36 ↗ who put the presentation together and

2:40:38 ↗ has collected all our data she's been an

2:40:40 ↗ amazing addition to our staff also in

2:40:42 ↗ 2022. welcome Ryan she's our crime

2:40:46 ↗ analyst she's a crime analyst uh

2:40:47 ↗ councilman Mertz

2:40:49 ↗ thanks Madam mayor can you go back to

2:40:51 ↗ slide three overall crime Trends year to

2:40:53 ↗ date

2:41:00 ↗ one down

2:41:02 ↗ sorry that's slide two a side three year

2:41:05 ↗ to date other way

2:41:07 ↗ one more there we go all right so this

2:41:09 ↗ is through the end of March is that

2:41:11 ↗ correct

2:41:12 ↗ yeah all right so uh crimes against

2:41:15 ↗ persons can I assume that if it's at 50

2:41:19 ↗ at the end of March the extrapolation of

2:41:21 ↗ that would be 200 by the end of the year

2:41:24 ↗ looking at the numbers quite possibly

2:41:27 ↗ so that would be

2:41:29 ↗ um going back one slide that would be a

2:41:31 ↗ substantial increase uh over the last

2:41:34 ↗ few years about a

2:41:36 ↗ 60 increase so do we know where what

2:41:39 ↗ that's coming from

2:41:41 ↗ I would say that like Ryan can speak to

2:41:45 ↗ that possibly but based on my being in

2:41:47 ↗ the police department we've had multiple

2:41:50 ↗ robberies and a shooting and there's

2:41:53 ↗ been multiple different crimes that have

2:41:54 ↗ taken place that has been an increase

2:41:56 ↗ comparatively to past years

2:42:00 ↗ okay so so the trend is real but is

2:42:03 ↗ there uh

2:42:04 ↗ you said there's been robberies there

2:42:07 ↗ was a shooting but is there

2:42:09 ↗ um if you were to look at those 50

2:42:11 ↗ incidents

2:42:12 ↗ um is uh I mean I think I hear you

2:42:15 ↗ saying robbery is on the increase but is

2:42:17 ↗ there other like if like if we were to

2:42:18 ↗ look at those

2:42:20 ↗ um uh you know Crimes by year and and

2:42:23 ↗ the the trend lines the way you had over

2:42:26 ↗ the multi-years selected larceny and

2:42:28 ↗ theft defenses vandals and press pass if

2:42:30 ↗ we looked at this Spike that we're

2:42:32 ↗ seeing what looks like a spike for the

2:42:34 ↗ first quarter of 2023 could we draw a

2:42:37 ↗ similar conclusions on which particular

2:42:39 ↗ crimes appear to be occurring more often

2:42:41 ↗ in the city or is there not yet enough

2:42:42 ↗ data to to understand that you come on

2:42:46 ↗ up Brian

2:42:49 ↗ so sorry if I can just make a comment on

2:42:51 ↗ that the bulk of our estimates for the

2:42:56 ↗ crimes against persons are primarily

2:42:58 ↗ made up of uh simple assaults and there

2:43:02 ↗ is some seasonality to that so at this

2:43:04 ↗ point in time we can't definitively say

2:43:08 ↗ what the increase will be although based

2:43:10 ↗ on previous years there will likely be

2:43:13 ↗ an increase in that but that is mostly

2:43:15 ↗ due to simple assaults okay because yeah

2:43:18 ↗ through a seasonality in the 2021 and

2:43:20 ↗ 2022 data it's still twice yes twice

2:43:23 ↗ those okay

2:43:25 ↗ um all right thanks I just I really

2:43:27 ↗ wanted to just draw and Analysis to that

2:43:30 ↗ and understand

2:43:31 ↗ um and uh I don't know if down the road

2:43:34 ↗ if there's a conversation on additional

2:43:36 ↗ things that

2:43:37 ↗ um if that if if

2:43:39 ↗ why there's more simple assaults and

2:43:41 ↗ what we can do in response to that I

2:43:43 ↗ mean I think that we've all understood

2:43:45 ↗ the rise in property crime and I think

2:43:48 ↗ that there's a

2:43:49 ↗ perception you know in the community

2:43:51 ↗ property crime is property crime but

2:43:54 ↗ crimes against people is a whole

2:43:55 ↗ different thing

2:43:57 ↗ um Chief could I get you to expand to

2:43:59 ↗ some of the incidents that you were

2:44:01 ↗ mentioning were

2:44:03 ↗ potentially assaults on individuals

2:44:06 ↗ related to the organized crime retail

2:44:08 ↗ crime is that a factor in this number of

2:44:11 ↗ 50. yes it can be part of that factor as

2:44:14 ↗ well so there's been certain

2:44:16 ↗ circumstances where there's been a

2:44:18 ↗ shoplift that's taken place for example

2:44:20 ↗ and we have citizens that are attempting

2:44:23 ↗ to stop those individuals and there's

2:44:24 ↗ been assaults that have occurred in that

2:44:26 ↗ process which um

2:44:28 ↗ doesn't make it a robbery

2:44:30 ↗ um but then it can depending on the

2:44:32 ↗ circumstance of them trying attempting

2:44:34 ↗ to flee and

2:44:36 ↗ what it's the totality of the

2:44:37 ↗ circumstance but yes those can have

2:44:39 ↗ increased because citizens are fed up as

2:44:42 ↗ well of the taking place they're

2:44:45 ↗ standing in line to pay for things and

2:44:46 ↗ people are taking off and so they want

2:44:48 ↗ to interject and so for their own safety

2:44:51 ↗ I don't recommend that I recommend them

2:44:53 ↗ being a great witness and explaining the

2:44:55 ↗ direction of travel and what they can

2:44:57 ↗ tell about the vehicle and that sort of

2:44:59 ↗ thing but that has been part of it yeah

2:45:01 ↗ and I know that you thank you for that

2:45:03 ↗ um different parts please tell people

2:45:05 ↗ not to do that

2:45:06 ↗ we have seen a reduction in the amount

2:45:10 ↗ of thefts in the organized retail

2:45:12 ↗ category very slightly

2:45:14 ↗ so we do we will be having a meeting

2:45:16 ↗ with Senator Murray for a proposal where

2:45:18 ↗ I asked her to fully fund the Attorney

2:45:20 ↗ General's organized retail task force

2:45:23 ↗ because it's unlikely the legislature

2:45:25 ↗ will fully fund them so we've been

2:45:26 ↗ meeting this week and I'm pushing really

2:45:28 ↗ hard to get everything the Attorney

2:45:30 ↗ General asked for because there's still

2:45:32 ↗ a very high level of organized retail

2:45:34 ↗ crime in Issaquah and our residents see

2:45:37 ↗ it and our residents try and stop it and

2:45:40 ↗ so we're not in the best place that we

2:45:42 ↗ should be right now

2:45:43 ↗ thanks Ben and Marin do we you know in

2:45:45 ↗ the same way that we have outreached the

2:45:47 ↗ public and say like don't leave

2:45:49 ↗ expensive things sitting in the

2:45:50 ↗ passenger seat of your car you know

2:45:52 ↗ those sorts of things are we doing that

2:45:54 ↗ or can we do that same Outreach to

2:45:57 ↗ discourage people from you know becoming

2:46:00 ↗ a becoming a statistic in a crime

2:46:03 ↗ statistic while they're trying to help

2:46:04 ↗ that is great I'm going to defer to the

2:46:07 ↗ chief to look into that and see what

2:46:09 ↗ other jurisdictions are doing there's

2:46:10 ↗ some great information out there right

2:46:11 ↗ now from the Washington retailers

2:46:13 ↗ Association how retailers should respond

2:46:16 ↗ and tell their staff to protect

2:46:17 ↗ themselves first and not to try to

2:46:19 ↗ detain people I'm not sure about public

2:46:22 ↗ messaging so that's probably something

2:46:23 ↗ we can look into I tell everybody I see

2:46:26 ↗ not to intervene I tell everybody that

2:46:28 ↗ comes up and tells me that they tried to

2:46:30 ↗ intervene that I wish they would not do

2:46:31 ↗ that kind of thing should they take

2:46:33 ↗ pictures it as long as it doesn't get

2:46:36 ↗ them in trouble

2:46:37 ↗ foreign

2:46:38 ↗ people can get in trouble for taking

2:46:39 ↗ some people could get assaulted for

2:46:41 ↗ taking pictures oh I see what you're

2:46:42 ↗ saying but but like a recommendation for

2:46:45 ↗ instance you know if if we think that

2:46:48 ↗ that's a bad idea you know yeah I mean I

2:46:51 ↗ I could imagine being in that situation

2:46:52 ↗ and considering like should I take a

2:46:54 ↗ picture should I not take a picture and

2:46:56 ↗ really wanting to get whatever the best

2:46:57 ↗ advice is I think I think the whole

2:46:59 ↗ thing about not leaving expensive stuff

2:47:01 ↗ out in your cars has been really good

2:47:03 ↗ and well communicated advice and if

2:47:05 ↗ there's other things we can do

2:47:07 ↗ um that's a good point help lower to for

2:47:10 ↗ people not to become a statistic that

2:47:12 ↗ would be good thank you thanks that is

2:47:13 ↗ great

2:47:15 ↗ Michelle

2:47:17 ↗ okay so last week I got to your

2:47:20 ↗ presentation from the Seattle office of

2:47:23 ↗ the drug enforcement agency and uh you

2:47:27 ↗ know the special agent was talking about

2:47:29 ↗ how fentanyl is flooding Washington

2:47:32 ↗ State I'm sure you're well aware of that

2:47:34 ↗ where do we see those statistics uh you

2:47:39 ↗ know reported and are they reported as a

2:47:41 ↗ crime in Issaquah or are they reported

2:47:43 ↗ as a crime against Society the gray on

2:47:47 ↗ that on that chart so how would how are

2:47:50 ↗ drugs incidents reported and do you

2:47:54 ↗ separate out trafficking from possession

2:47:56 ↗ and can you just explain all of that

2:47:59 ↗ um that's a very large broad question so

2:48:04 ↗ just to be in possession of it for

2:48:06 ↗ personal use is

2:48:08 ↗ not against the law if someone overdoses

2:48:10 ↗ and we are seeing a massive increase

2:48:13 ↗ there's a lot fewer detection dogs for

2:48:16 ↗ fentanyl we have to get someone

2:48:18 ↗ typically from Customs that actually is

2:48:21 ↗ someone when we have them because they

2:48:22 ↗ do searches random searches of our jail

2:48:24 ↗ and so it's not the norm because it is

2:48:28 ↗ very dangerous and so there has to be

2:48:30 ↗ have special training as well

2:48:32 ↗ but as far as that would be a crime

2:48:34 ↗ against Society it wouldn't be a good

2:48:37 ↗ against Crime against a person

2:48:38 ↗ especially being with the new laws and

2:48:40 ↗ it being

2:48:42 ↗ not quite or no longer illegal to have

2:48:46 ↗ personal possession of it there is a new

2:48:48 ↗ bill that's trying to be passed in

2:48:51 ↗ overall in the state they're working on

2:48:53 ↗ to where that food put a stop to some of

2:48:56 ↗ that to where it used to be you have to

2:48:57 ↗ have so many referrals if you did have a

2:48:59 ↗ possession and that's what was put into

2:49:01 ↗ place over a year ago the new bill is

2:49:04 ↗ looking at where you don't have to have

2:49:05 ↗ those anymore and so that's going to the

2:49:09 ↗ Senate and we're waiting to see what

2:49:10 ↗ happens in that process but that would

2:49:13 ↗ be yes in the gray area that you were

2:49:14 ↗ speaking of

2:49:15 ↗ thank you

2:49:17 ↗ um just one more clarification as well

2:49:18 ↗ while the court is not under the chief

2:49:21 ↗ we do have a community Court where the

2:49:23 ↗ jail and police are able to recommend

2:49:26 ↗ individuals who have the potential to

2:49:29 ↗ accept treatment options to be able to

2:49:32 ↗ defer their jail at time and not serve

2:49:35 ↗ it and to have it charges dropped after

2:49:38 ↗ so that Community Court is currently

2:49:41 ↗ funded through July of this year and we

2:49:43 ↗ have a request into the state to

2:49:45 ↗ continue the funding we're very

2:49:46 ↗ optimistic it's going to come but that

2:49:48 ↗ is one of our best ways to help people

2:49:50 ↗ that need help that want that are

2:49:53 ↗ willing to take help

2:49:55 ↗ hi councilmember Joe

2:49:57 ↗ thank you Chief thank you for this

2:50:00 ↗ presentation it's been great to get real

2:50:03 ↗ numbers and just to see them put out in

2:50:06 ↗ graph form so that we can really get a

2:50:07 ↗ hold of where we're going with crime I

2:50:10 ↗ had a question about the community

2:50:11 ↗ resource officer positions that are

2:50:13 ↗ vacant and um I'm wondering if you can

2:50:17 ↗ talk a little bit about the distinction

2:50:18 ↗ between a school resource officer which

2:50:20 ↗ we used to have in the old days and the

2:50:24 ↗ resource officer and how they kind of

2:50:27 ↗ change the the rules are a little bit

2:50:29 ↗ changed in how they kind of do crossover

2:50:31 ↗ a little bit and then how the second

2:50:34 ↗ question to talk about a little bit is

2:50:37 ↗ is how we are keeping our schools safe

2:50:40 ↗ from gun violence as we look at the

2:50:43 ↗ school district going to a security

2:50:45 ↗ system of their own and then how the the

2:50:48 ↗ police department interacts with that

2:50:50 ↗ system to keep our students safe

2:50:53 ↗ okay

2:50:55 ↗ so the first part of your question the

2:50:57 ↗ difference between the SRO and the cro

2:50:59 ↗ community resource officers were in

2:51:01 ↗ place when we had the CR or the sros as

2:51:04 ↗ well and it wasn't that long ago it was

2:51:06 ↗ last year we had SRO so it's newly the

2:51:09 ↗ yes but we had we do have the cross and

2:51:11 ↗ we're having gonna now be having a

2:51:13 ↗ second zero hopefully they'll be in

2:51:14 ↗ place by Year's End as we get more

2:51:16 ↗ people graduated from the academy and

2:51:19 ↗ those community resource officers they

2:51:22 ↗ work with all the businesses they work

2:51:24 ↗ with the community members officer

2:51:26 ↗ Corporal Smith was one that many of you

2:51:27 ↗ knew very well has moved on to different

2:51:30 ↗ things and he was a community resource

2:51:33 ↗ officer he worked with salmon days he

2:51:34 ↗ worked the paws on patrol he did all

2:51:37 ↗ those different programmings and that's

2:51:38 ↗ what our cross are going to be doing now

2:51:41 ↗ the difference in that we're going to

2:51:43 ↗ have two they're still going to have

2:51:44 ↗ more work to do but they will also be in

2:51:46 ↗ collaboration and moves into I guess the

2:51:49 ↗ answer to part of your second part of

2:51:50 ↗ the question is how are we working with

2:51:52 ↗ the new security systems and such in the

2:51:54 ↗ school districts the cro and our

2:51:56 ↗ officers currently just because they

2:51:58 ↗ don't have the title of cro they're

2:51:59 ↗ doing that work now they're working with

2:52:01 ↗ communities updating emergency contact

2:52:03 ↗ lists they're working with our

2:52:04 ↗ communities and community members now to

2:52:07 ↗ make sure they're working on the fourth

2:52:08 ↗ of July stuff they're working on the

2:52:10 ↗ salmon Day stuff already working on

2:52:12 ↗ those different pieces that are out in

2:52:13 ↗ the community and getting those programs

2:52:15 ↗ ready to be started again in the fall

2:52:17 ↗ and so that's what the community

2:52:19 ↗ resource officers do we've also had

2:52:21 ↗ meetings with the superintendents we've

2:52:23 ↗ met with Rachel our City attorney has

2:52:26 ↗ also met with the school district and

2:52:27 ↗ myself I know that the city

2:52:29 ↗ administrators worked with the school

2:52:32 ↗ superintendent and we've had a lot of

2:52:35 ↗ communication with the security officers

2:52:37 ↗ themselves and this people in charge of

2:52:39 ↗ the security programs that are there we

2:52:41 ↗ work collaboratively collaboratively

2:52:43 ↗ very well they communicate with us we're

2:52:45 ↗ communicating with them if they have

2:52:47 ↗ some incident or a threat or possibility

2:52:49 ↗ of an incident we're making sure we have

2:52:51 ↗ people present so just because we don't

2:52:52 ↗ have someone that's stationed there we

2:52:54 ↗ are are working very closely with them

2:52:57 ↗ to make sure that our students and our

2:52:58 ↗ schools are very safe and that has that

2:53:01 ↗ has been delayed in any way shape or

2:53:03 ↗ form we've also have a program to where

2:53:05 ↗ in the event of an actor shooter

2:53:07 ↗ situation that we have access to the

2:53:09 ↗ school very quickly and that we've had a

2:53:11 ↗ collaboration between not just us but

2:53:13 ↗ also for eastside fire so we are all

2:53:15 ↗ working very closely and together making

2:53:18 ↗ sure that that there is not a misstep in

2:53:21 ↗ that just it's just a new way of doing

2:53:23 ↗ business

2:53:25 ↗ thank you for that that answer to my

2:53:27 ↗ convoluted question I appreciate that

2:53:30 ↗ um the last thing I wanted to ask about

2:53:32 ↗ was uh the uh legislation going through

2:53:36 ↗ uh this current session talking about

2:53:38 ↗ police Pursuits and if it does go

2:53:41 ↗ through how will our citizens see a

2:53:44 ↗ little bit of a difference in terms of

2:53:46 ↗ community safety thank you

2:53:49 ↗ that's a very um

2:53:53 ↗ difficult subject they did change to

2:53:56 ↗ where the new one it's it's minimal

2:53:58 ↗ change

2:53:59 ↗ but reasonable suspicion is moved back

2:54:02 ↗ in for certain different things in the

2:54:04 ↗ new verbiage of the new if it does pass

2:54:06 ↗ so that will be helpful and that is part

2:54:08 ↗ of the difference is that if we have

2:54:10 ↗ Reasonable Suspicion versus probable

2:54:12 ↗ cause which is a drastic difference in

2:54:14 ↗ the two things where before we needed it

2:54:16 ↗ someone to say that that's definitively

2:54:18 ↗ the person I saw them do X Y and Z that

2:54:21 ↗ doesn't change the possession of a

2:54:23 ↗ stolen vehicle piece to it so there will

2:54:26 ↗ be changes though as far as us being

2:54:28 ↗ able to stop or pursue in the event when

2:54:30 ↗ we do have reasonable suspicion that it

2:54:31 ↗ is that vehicle so we're hoping to see

2:54:33 ↗ less Vehicles fleeing in the community

2:54:36 ↗ but we're also able to pursue in certain

2:54:39 ↗ circumstances but still that doesn't

2:54:41 ↗ deal and I hope everybody has an

2:54:44 ↗ understanding that that doesn't mean

2:54:45 ↗ property crimes are going to be ones

2:54:47 ↗ that we can still we can pursue for

2:54:48 ↗ because that will not be part of this

2:54:49 ↗ bill

2:54:51 ↗ thank you so much for that clarification

2:54:53 ↗ appreciate all the work you're doing

2:54:56 ↗ thanks for having me

2:54:58 ↗ any other questions on the president

2:55:02 ↗ well Chief and Ryan thank you very much

2:55:04 ↗ that was uh very very helpful thank you

2:55:07 ↗ and thanks for staying through our

2:55:10 ↗ meeting

2:55:12 ↗ the last item or sorry the next item in

2:55:16 ↗ business is good of the order and so

2:55:18 ↗ I'll look to see if any council member

2:55:19 ↗ council president and anyone else has

2:55:21 ↗ something to share thank you

2:55:23 ↗ um I just wanted to bring up I raised

2:55:25 ↗ the issue of public comment summaries at

2:55:27 ↗ our last good of the order session this

2:55:31 ↗ practice started at the beginning of the

2:55:33 ↗ pandemic as we shut down all of our

2:55:34 ↗ in-person meetings and went virtual and

2:55:38 ↗ since then we've not only opened up our

2:55:40 ↗ public meetings again but we've

2:55:42 ↗ continued providing the virtual

2:55:43 ↗ attendance options so we've really made

2:55:45 ↗ it easier now than ever for community

2:55:48 ↗ members to have their voices heard so

2:55:50 ↗ given that and the mayor's recent

2:55:52 ↗ lifting of the emergency Proclamation we

2:55:55 ↗ felt this was a good time to revisit our

2:55:57 ↗ public comment practices so I've heard

2:55:59 ↗ back from all of the council members and

2:56:01 ↗ we've decided to discontinue the

2:56:03 ↗ practice of having the council president

2:56:05 ↗ summarize emailed public comments during

2:56:07 ↗ our meeting but as always we welcome

2:56:10 ↗ community members to continue sending in

2:56:12 ↗ those emails or choosing to comment at

2:56:15 ↗ our meetings either in person or

2:56:17 ↗ virtually

2:56:18 ↗ we read them all we hear them all

2:56:21 ↗ we're just not making a second

2:56:24 ↗ opportunity to summarize them at the

2:56:25 ↗ meeting so thank you thank you council

2:56:28 ↗ president any others

2:56:30 ↗ I have a couple of meeting notices

2:56:32 ↗ Monday April 24th is the council

2:56:35 ↗ Committee of the whole and the

2:56:38 ↗ anticipated items will be much lighter

2:56:40 ↗ this time the affordable housing and

2:56:42 ↗ housing action plan and implementation

2:56:44 ↗ Grant just kidding not lighter heavy

2:56:48 ↗ heavy complicated very very big stuff

2:56:52 ↗ also the police court and City Hall

2:56:54 ↗ planning future options on Monday May

2:56:57 ↗ 1st City Canada I was kidding really

2:56:59 ↗ kidding Monday May 1st city council

2:57:02 ↗ meeting the anticipated agenda items

2:57:04 ↗ include the title 18 land use code

2:57:06 ↗ adoption

2:57:08 ↗ and an amendment to the city council

2:57:10 ↗ rules with respect to remote attendance

2:57:13 ↗ there is no executive session this

2:57:16 ↗ evening so we are adjourned at

2:57:19 ↗ nine let's call it 959.

2:57:24 ↗ you have a gave

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Council / Members (7)

Barbara de Michele

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Russell Joe

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

Lindsey Walsh

Motions and votes (4)

Approve the preferred cross-section, Alternative A, for the NW Sammamish Road Non- Motorized Improvement Project and authorize the Administration to proceed with design and permitting.

Moved by REH · seconded by DE MICHELE

Carried 7-0

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

Amend the motion to substitute Alternative C for Alternative A. (In support: Hall, Joe). .

Moved by HALL · seconded by JOE

Failed 2-5

In favor: Zach Hall, Russell Joe

Opposed: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

Direct the Administration to return to the City Council at the May 15 Regular meeting with feasibility, cost estimates and other considerations for a temporary protected bike lane on NW Sammamish Road. (In Support: Reh, Walsh).

Moved by WALSH · seconded by REH

Failed 2-5

In favor: Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

Opposed: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

Carried 7-0

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