City Council Regular Meeting Auto captions

Monday, May 1, 2023

7:00 PM · 2h 5m · Council Chambers, 135 E. Sunset Way, Issaquah WA

Topics tracked across meetings:

COM 0126 - Capital Improvement Plan COM 0126 ››››› 2/6

City Council Regular Meeting · Mar 20, 2023 → City Council Regular Meeting · May 1, 2023 → City Council Special Meeting · Jun 12, 2023 → City Council Committee of the Whole · Jun 12, 2023 → City Council Regular Meeting · Jun 26, 2023 → Services, Safety & Parks Committee · May 20, 2025

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Natural Environment Checklist Annual Update (D) AB 8703 ››››› 2/6

Environmental Board · Sep 14, 2022 → City Council Regular Meeting · May 1, 2023 → Environmental Board · Jul 12, 2023 → City Council Regular Meeting · Nov 6, 2023 → Environmental Board · Dec 13, 2023 → Environmental Board · Oct 9, 2024

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Solid Waste Contract Administrative Fee AB 8879 ››› 2/4

Environmental Board · Sep 21, 2021 → City Council Regular Meeting · May 1, 2023 → Mobility & Infrastructure Committee · Jul 9, 2024 → City Council Regular Meeting · Jul 22, 2024

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Amendments to IMC 18.404, Form and Intensity, re: Zoning Table Update AB 8690 › 1/2

City Council Regular Meeting · May 1, 2023 → City Council Regular Meeting · Sep 18, 2023

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Street Standards Update ID 1414 ›› 2/3

Mobility & Infrastructure Committee · Jan 10, 2023 → City Council Regular Meeting · May 1, 2023 → Mobility & Infrastructure Committee · Jun 13, 2023

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Title 18 Land Use Code AB 8398 ››››› 6/6

City Council Committee of the Whole · Aug 8, 2022 → Planning Policy Commission · Feb 2, 2023 → Planning Policy Commission · Feb 28, 2023 → Planning, Development & Environment Committee · Feb 28, 2023 → City Council Regular Meeting · Apr 17, 2023 → City Council Regular Meeting · May 1, 2023

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Informational Update: Issaquah Climate Action Plan Implementation ID 1391 › 2/2

City Council Regular Meeting · Dec 6, 2021 → City Council Regular Meeting · May 1, 2023

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XO Franchise Agreement AB 8595 › 2/2

City Council Regular Meeting · Apr 17, 2023 → City Council Regular Meeting · May 1, 2023

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3. SPECIAL BUSINESS

Asian American - Pacific Islander Heritage Month Proclamation 7 ID 1358 - Economic Development Week b) Proclamation 9 ID 1359 - Public Service Recognition Week c) Proclamation ID 1376

5 min · packet pp.5

Topics: Arts & CultureEconomic Development

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Staff report:

CITY OF IS S A H Mayor’s Office W A S H I N G T O N 130 E. SunsetWay|P.O. Box1307 lssaquah, WA 98027 (425) 837-3020 issaquahwa.gov

Professional Municipal Clerks Week Proclamation ID 1360

5 min · packet pp.11

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Staff report:

CITY OF I S S A Q9 A H Mayor's Office W A S H I N G T O N 130 E. SunsetWay|P.O. Box1307 lssaquah, WA 98027 (425) 837-3020 issaquahwa.gov

Drinking Water Week Proclamation ID 1361

5 min · packet pp.13

Topics: Water

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Staff report:

CITY OF I S SA H Mayor's Office W A S H I N G T O N 130 E. SunsetWay|P.O. Box1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 (425) 837-3020 issaquahwa.gov

Correctional Officers Week Proclamation ID 1362

5 min · packet pp.15

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Staff report:

CITY OF IS S A H Mayor’s Office W A S H I N G T O N 130 E. SunsetWay|P.O. Box1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 (425) 837-3020 issaquahwa.gov

Water Safety Month Proclamation 19 ID 1434 - Travel and Tourism Week h) Proclamation 21 ID 1436 - Affordable Housing Week i) Proclamation ID 1363

5 min · packet pp.17

Topics: HousingPublic SafetyWaterTourismEconomic Development

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Staff report:

CITY OF I S SA H Mayors Office W A S H I N G T O N 130 E. SunsetWay|P.O. Box1307 lssaquah, WA 98027 (425) 837-3020 issaquahwa.gov

5. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of May 1, 2023, $4,878,764.63 ID 1335

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.23–68

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 Regular Meeting, Feb. 6, 2023

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.69–73

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Mar 7, 2023

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR b) 02-06-23 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers February 6, 2023 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: Issaquah Climate Action Plan Implementation ID 1391

Carried 7-0

Receive Report · packet pp.75–81

Topics: Climate

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Dec 6, 2021

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Staff report:

Update the City Council on implementation of the Climate Action Plan. Staff last provided an implementation update to Council in October 2022.

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: Solid Waste Rate and Contract Revisions ID 1430

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.83–99

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Staff report:

The purpose of this staff report is to provide Council updates on solid waste matters, specifically two upcoming rate changes, Recology’s engagement plan, proposed contract amendments, and future code revisions to clarify the availability of utility discounts.

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

Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.127–149

Topics: Land Use

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

Public Projects Code of Conduct AB 8597

Carried 7-0

Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.151–157

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Staff report:

In January 2023, the Planning, Development and Environment Committee directed City Administration to prepare a Code of Conduct for contractors who construct City public projects. A similar code was adopted by the full City Council in March 2023 for private construction contractors.

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. REGULAR BUSINESS

Title 18 Land Use Code AB 8398

Adopt Ordinances · 45 min · packet pp.177–967

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.

Amending IMC 3.64, Schedule of Land Use and Site Work Permit Fees AB 8600

Carried 7-0

Adopt Ordinance · 10 min · packet pp.969–985

Topics: Land UseBudget

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Staff report:

The Land Use and Site Work permitting fees are adopted in the Issaquah Municipal Code (IMC) 3.64.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HUNT

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

Amend City Council Rules re: Remote Attendance AB 8598

Carried 6-1

Approve Resolution · 30 min · packet pp.987–1049

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Staff report:

During the COVID-19 pandemic the City Council transitioned to entirely virtual meetings due to public safety reasons and in compliance with the Governor's Proclamation prohibiting in person meetings for entities that fall under the state’s Open Public Meetings Act (Proclamation 20-28). This proclamation was amended multiple times, and was rescinded on June 1, 2022.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Opposed: Marts

9. GOOD OF THE ORDER

Upcoming Council Meetings

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0:02 ↗ foreign

0:03 ↗ welcome everyone I call the May 1st city

0:06 ↗ council meeting to order and as a

0:08 ↗ reminder we still continue to have a

0:10 ↗ remote aspect to our meetings so both

0:13 ↗ staff and members of the public may be

0:15 ↗ participating in tonight's meeting

0:16 ↗ remotely via WebEx

0:19 ↗ the first item on our agenda this

0:20 ↗ evening is the Pledge of Allegiance and

0:22 ↗ I invite you all to join

0:28 ↗ I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

0:32 ↗ United States of America and to the

0:35 ↗ Republic for Richard Sands one nation

0:38 ↗ under God indivisible with liberty and

0:41 ↗ justice for all

0:46 ↗ May is always a fun month because we

0:50 ↗ have many organizations and cultural

0:53 ↗ organizations as well as staff groups

0:55 ↗ that we like to recognize so we have a

0:57 ↗ lot of special business this evening the

1:00 ↗ first item under special business is

1:02 ↗ id1376 Asian American Pacific Islander

1:06 ↗ Heritage Month Proclamation and I'd like

1:10 ↗ to invite Pamela and anyone with Pamela

1:13 ↗ to come and join me up over this

1:14 ↗ microphone

1:20 ↗ you see so much

1:26 ↗ one over here

1:28 ↗ we'd like to have all of you join us by

1:30 ↗ standing up in front

1:41 ↗ I want everybody here to be able to see

1:43 ↗ the beautiful beautiful beautiful

1:45 ↗ dresses and blouses that everyone is

1:48 ↗ wearing

1:50 ↗ yep right right in front of the council

1:52 ↗ if they want Pamela we're right there

2:02 ↗ and we're doing quite a few of these

2:04 ↗ tonight so just to let everybody know

2:06 ↗ whoever is presenting the proclamation

2:08 ↗ will read the proclamation presented to

2:11 ↗ a recipient who will then choose whether

2:14 ↗ to say a few words or not and so the

2:16 ↗ first one this evening I am presenting

2:18 ↗ and as I said it is the Asian American

2:20 ↗ Pacific Islander Heritage Month

2:22 ↗ Proclamation

2:23 ↗ so whereas Asian American and Pacific

2:26 ↗ Islander heritage month is an annual

2:28 ↗ celebration that recognizes the

2:30 ↗ historical and cultural contributions of

2:32 ↗ Asian Americans native Hawaiians and

2:35 ↗ Pacific Islanders in creating the

2:37 ↗ American story and whereas we celebrate

2:40 ↗ the growing diversity of Issaquah with

2:42 ↗ the second largest race being Asian

2:44 ↗ American residents representing 25.5

2:47 ↗ percent of our population diversity

2:50 ↗ brings richness opportunity and growth

2:53 ↗ and whereas the term Asian American is

2:56 ↗ an umbrella term for the entire Asian

2:57 ↗ continent which embodies an incredibly

3:00 ↗ diverse and vast groups of people

3:01 ↗ languages ethnicities and traditions

3:04 ↗ with more than 50 different countries

3:06 ↗ and regions included and whereas the

3:09 ↗ term Pacific Islander is umbrella term

3:11 ↗ which embody oh pardon me whereas

3:13 ↗ Issaquah recognizes the invaluable

3:16 ↗ contributions from Asian American and

3:18 ↗ Pacific Islander individuals families

3:20 ↗ and businesses and whereas we

3:23 ↗ acknowledge those contributions of

3:25 ↗ American groups such as far east

3:26 ↗ Southeast Asia and the Indian

3:29 ↗ subcontinent and contributions of

3:31 ↗ Pacific Islanders groups such as

3:33 ↗ melanesia Micronesia and Polynesia to

3:36 ↗ our local Arts education Sciences into

3:39 ↗ our economic social and Democratic

3:41 ↗ institutions that strengthen our city

3:44 ↗ and whereas we admit the past and

3:46 ↗ current hardships for Asian Pacific

3:49 ↗ Islander Americans and we strive to

3:51 ↗ Foster inclusion to ensure all people

3:53 ↗ have an equal opportunity to live and

3:55 ↗ prosper and whereas we must continue to

3:58 ↗ take a proactive stance that seeks

4:00 ↗ solutions to address intolerance and

4:02 ↗ disparity they are our neighbors our

4:05 ↗ co-workers our friends and our family

4:08 ↗ and whereas we stand in solidarity with

4:11 ↗ the Asian American native Hawaiian and

4:12 ↗ Pacific Islander communities and commit

4:15 ↗ to supporting members in meaningful Ways

4:17 ↗ by paying tribute through education

4:18 ↗ acknowledgments and celebration within

4:21 ↗ our community and whereas we come

4:23 ↗ together as a community in a spirit of

4:25 ↗ unity to celebrate the invaluable

4:27 ↗ contributions that enrich our city with

4:29 ↗ Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage now

4:32 ↗ therefore I Mary Lou Polly mayor of the

4:34 ↗ City of Issaquah do hereby Proclaim May

4:36 ↗ 23 to be Asian American and Pacific

4:39 ↗ Islander Heritage much in this month in

4:41 ↗ the City of Issaquah and I urge the

4:43 ↗ community to join in special observance

4:45 ↗ and celebration of Asian American and

4:48 ↗ Pacific Islander Heritage and I'd like

4:50 ↗ to invite Pamela to come up and share a

4:52 ↗ few words

4:56 ↗ thank you mayor Paulie I'm permanently

5:00 ↗ in Benson

5:02 ↗ born and raised in Taiwan

5:05 ↗ Issaquah has been my home I live here 30

5:09 ↗ years and will be longer I love Issaquah

5:15 ↗ diversities

5:18 ↗ such as

5:19 ↗ cultural languages

5:23 ↗ values histories

5:27 ↗ is a very special here in Issaquah

5:30 ↗ o is constructed by its people

5:35 ↗ we

5:38 ↗ approximately 40

5:40 ↗ 000 issaquan residents

5:44 ↗ we greatly appreciate

5:47 ↗ the outstanding and capable leadership

5:51 ↗ from the city government

5:54 ↗ thank you

5:56 ↗ and all the best

6:01 ↗ so we're going to take a quick picture

6:03 ↗ and maybe Council would like to stand up

6:05 ↗ in the second row behind and we'll get

6:06 ↗ us all together

6:19 ↗ oh

6:22 ↗ that's awesome

6:32 ↗ thank you thank you very much

6:40 ↗ our second Proclamation this evening

6:43 ↗ id1358 Economic Development week is

6:45 ↗ going to be presented by council member

6:48 ↗ Joe council member Joe

7:02 ↗ thank you

7:08 ↗ Jen Davis Hayes come on up

7:14 ↗ all right whereas issaquah's Economic

7:17 ↗ Development professionals promote

7:19 ↗ economic well-being and high quality of

7:21 ↗ life for Issaquah by creating retaining

7:24 ↗ and expanding jobs that facilitate

7:27 ↗ growth enhance wealth and provide a

7:29 ↗ stable tax base

7:31 ↗ and whereas issaquah's Economic

7:34 ↗ Development professionals work in a wide

7:36 ↗ variety of settings and topics across

7:39 ↗ our community including arts and culture

7:42 ↗ sustainability Transportation

7:44 ↗ Redevelopment Public Safety Human

7:47 ↗ Services outdoor recreation and others

7:50 ↗ and whereas issaquah's Economic

7:53 ↗ Development professionals partner with

7:54 ↗ organizations and other public agencies

7:57 ↗ including the greater Issaquah Chamber

7:59 ↗ of Commerce

8:00 ↗ downtown Issaquah Association

8:03 ↗ visit Issaquah

8:06 ↗ Gilman Village Merchants Association

8:09 ↗ Issaquah Highlands Council

8:12 ↗ Port of Seattle Greater Seattle partners

8:15 ↗ reach and East Side cities to name a few

8:19 ↗ to ensure a flourishing economy

8:22 ↗ now they've therefore mayor Mary Lou

8:24 ↗ Paulie of the City of Issaquah is hereby

8:27 ↗ Proclaim May 8th through the 12th to be

8:30 ↗ Economic Development week you guys get a

8:32 ↗ whole week that's awesome

8:34 ↗ in the City of Issaquah and we invite

8:37 ↗ the entire community community to join

8:39 ↗ us in thanking issaquah's Economic

8:41 ↗ Development staff for their service and

8:43 ↗ outstanding contributions

8:45 ↗ I'll hand this over then to Jen Davis

8:48 ↗ Hayes I have the pleasure of working

8:50 ↗ with her on the ltch committee and she

8:52 ↗ does a great job with her crew

8:56 ↗ [Applause]

9:04 ↗ sorry I forgot to say thank you so thank

9:07 ↗ you very much council member Joe and

9:09 ↗ mayor Polly and thank you to our

9:11 ↗ partners here and those who are not able

9:13 ↗ to be here tonight for making Issaquah a

9:15 ↗ great place to do business thanks

9:20 ↗ [Applause]

9:24 ↗ okay

9:35 ↗ thank you

9:38 ↗ [Applause]

9:42 ↗ so nice to see our team and our partners

9:44 ↗ all together uh the next a business

9:47 ↗ under special business this evening is

9:49 ↗ id1359 this is the public service

9:52 ↗ recognition week Proclamation and I'd

9:54 ↗ like to invite Stephanie

9:57 ↗ just do Stephanie just Stephanie

10:05 ↗ okay

10:08 ↗ she's got to get in the picture Okay

10:10 ↗ Walling I want to get Carmen in the

10:13 ↗ picture too so let me do it great

10:17 ↗ welcome Carmen

10:19 ↗ I was teasing them because they look

10:21 ↗ like they called each other before they

10:22 ↗ came

10:25 ↗ so whereas the city of issaquah's

10:27 ↗ employees elected and appointed

10:29 ↗ officials and volunteers are

10:31 ↗ instrumental in making our community

10:33 ↗ more sustainable vibrant connected and

10:35 ↗ safe and whereas by celebrating Public

10:38 ↗ Service recognition week a nationally

10:40 ↗ celebrated event since 1985 we honor the

10:44 ↗ public servants who serve the community

10:45 ↗ and its residents businesses and

10:47 ↗ visitors and whereas the Issaquah

10:50 ↗ Community receives service every day by

10:52 ↗ public employees who serve in a variety

10:54 ↗ of valuable roles including

10:56 ↗ Administration parks and Community

10:58 ↗ Services Community Planning and

10:59 ↗ Development Public Works police fire

11:02 ↗ Municipal Court Finance executive and

11:05 ↗ administrative services and whereas the

11:07 ↗ creativity and diversity of perspectives

11:09 ↗ of our elected and appointed officials

11:11 ↗ inform and advise the work of the city

11:13 ↗ and are integral to the quality of

11:15 ↗ service and life in our community and

11:17 ↗ whereas the Effectiveness and efficiency

11:19 ↗ of government depends largely on public

11:21 ↗ employees and volunteers who serve

11:23 ↗ Issaquah community and whereas the City

11:26 ↗ of Issaquah public servants strive to

11:28 ↗ provide excellent And Timely customer

11:29 ↗ service to the residents businesses and

11:32 ↗ visitors in the City of Issaquah and

11:34 ↗ City of Issaquah employees elected and

11:36 ↗ appointed officials and volunteers work

11:38 ↗ every day to make our community more

11:40 ↗ sustainable vibrant connected and safe

11:43 ↗ now therefore I Mary Lou Paulie mayor of

11:46 ↗ the City of Issaquah do hereby Proclaim

11:48 ↗ May 7-13 to be Public Service

11:50 ↗ recognition week

11:53 ↗ Stephanie

11:56 ↗ thank you mayor thank you Council well I

11:58 ↗ just get to stand in as Human Resources

12:01 ↗ Director on behalf of All Staffing if

12:04 ↗ you are a city employee can you please

12:06 ↗ raise your hand or stand you all make a

12:10 ↗ difference every day this is one week

12:13 ↗ but I'd also like to introduce you to

12:16 ↗ Carmen Chamberlain who is our

12:18 ↗ Recruitment and Retention coordinator

12:20 ↗ while this is a week we certainly

12:22 ↗ recognize staff for doing more in the

12:25 ↗ city in terms of Attraction and

12:27 ↗ retaining the talent of that staff all

12:30 ↗ throughout the year so thank you for

12:33 ↗ this and thank you all for City staff

12:35 ↗ but this goes beyond one week so thank

12:39 ↗ you thank you

12:41 ↗ picture oh okay okay

12:52 ↗ for sure

13:02 ↗ thank you thank you Carmen

13:07 ↗ next up I am going to call up Deputy

13:12 ↗ council president Hall who'll be doing

13:13 ↗ id1360 professional Municipal clerks

13:16 ↗ week Proclamation

13:20 ↗ uh hello everyone a couple of quick

13:22 ↗ introductory comments I have the

13:23 ↗ privilege tonight to present the

13:24 ↗ proclamation for professional Municipal

13:27 ↗ clerks week and think our outstanding

13:29 ↗ clerks here in Issaquah those of us on

13:32 ↗ Council and in the administration know

13:33 ↗ exactly how outstanding our clerics are

13:35 ↗ but for those of you who don't these are

13:37 ↗ the dedicated public servants working

13:38 ↗ behind the scenes to run our meetings

13:40 ↗ both invert in person and virtual

13:42 ↗ organizer activities prepare agendas

13:45 ↗ take minutes facilitate public

13:46 ↗ engagement recruit board and commission

13:48 ↗ members manage public records keep us in

13:51 ↗ compliance

13:52 ↗ liaise with King County elections know

13:54 ↗ everything about our bylaws and our

13:56 ↗ Rules of Order and just generally keep

13:58 ↗ the wheels of government moving of

14:00 ↗ course they do so much more and without

14:02 ↗ them we would certainly grind to a halt

14:04 ↗ they are meeting Preppers rules experts

14:07 ↗ passionate public servants and all

14:09 ↗ around good people so Tisha our city

14:12 ↗ clerk and Chris are Deputy city clerk

14:14 ↗ are here tonight to you and to those

14:16 ↗ around you know that you aren't just

14:18 ↗ appreciated you are admired and you are

14:19 ↗ treasured and thank you for all you do

14:21 ↗ so without further ado whereas the

14:24 ↗ office of the professional municipal

14:26 ↗ clerk a time-honored and vital part of

14:28 ↗ local government existed exists

14:30 ↗ throughout the world and is the oldest

14:32 ↗ profession among public servants and

14:34 ↗ whereas the office of professional

14:36 ↗ professional Municipal clerks provides

14:38 ↗ the professional link between the

14:40 ↗ citizens the local governing bodies and

14:42 ↗ agencies of government at other levels

14:44 ↗ and

14:45 ↗ whereas Municipal clerks have pledged to

14:48 ↗ be ever mindful of their neutrality and

14:49 ↗ impartiality rendering equal service to

14:51 ↗ all and whereas the professional

14:54 ↗ municipal clerk serves as the

14:55 ↗ information center of on functions of

14:57 ↗ local government and community and

14:59 ↗ whereas Municipal clerks continually

15:01 ↗ strive to improve the administration of

15:03 ↗ the Affairs of the profession through

15:05 ↗ participation in education programs

15:07 ↗ seminars Workshops the annual meetings

15:10 ↗ of their state provincial County and

15:12 ↗ international professional organizations

15:13 ↗ and whereas it is most appropriate that

15:16 ↗ we recognize the accomplishments and

15:18 ↗ contributions of the professionals who

15:20 ↗ serve in issaquah's city clerk's office

15:22 ↗ now therefore Mary Lou Paulie the mayor

15:24 ↗ of Issaquah do does recognize the week

15:27 ↗ of April 30th through May 6 this week as

15:30 ↗ professional Municipal clerks week in

15:32 ↗ the City of Issaquah and I invite the

15:34 ↗ community to join us in thanking the

15:36 ↗ city clerk's office for their service

15:37 ↗ and outstanding contributions

15:39 ↗ [Applause]

15:43 ↗ let's pass this to you

15:47 ↗ say anything a picture oh

15:49 ↗ I yes thank you and on behalf of Chris

15:52 ↗ Grabowski or Deputy clerk Who's online

15:55 ↗ with us tonight and Tammy Mueller the

15:56 ↗ third member of our team who does all

15:58 ↗ things records and is uh very awesome

16:00 ↗ thank you so much for this recognition

16:03 ↗ it's a pleasure working for the city

16:19 ↗ and we go down our list with id1361

16:22 ↗ drinking water week Proclamation and

16:24 ↗ council member Joe I think you're up

16:25 ↗ again

16:41 ↗ come on up Greg Keith

16:50 ↗ so while he's coming up here as many of

16:52 ↗ you know we get our drinking water from

16:53 ↗ Cascade water Alliance I've had the

16:56 ↗ pleasure of serving on that board

16:58 ↗ for the last year plus and uh really

17:01 ↗ appreciate that organization what they

17:03 ↗ do Chris Racers serves as our alternate

17:06 ↗ for the board and also serves on one of

17:09 ↗ the subcommittees for finance

17:13 ↗ whereas for more than 40 years the

17:15 ↗ American Water Works Association and its

17:18 ↗ members have used drinking water week as

17:20 ↗ a unique opportunity for both water

17:22 ↗ professionals and the communities they

17:24 ↗ serve to recognize the vital role water

17:26 ↗ plays in our daily lives

17:28 ↗ whereas water is our most viable natural

17:31 ↗ resource and drinking water serves a

17:33 ↗ vital role in daily life serving an

17:35 ↗ essential purpose to health hydration

17:37 ↗ and hygiene

17:39 ↗ and whereas tap water delivers Public

17:42 ↗ Health protection

17:44 ↗ fire protection and support of our

17:47 ↗ economy

17:48 ↗ and whereas the hard work performed by

17:50 ↗ the entire water sector is vital to

17:52 ↗ maintaining and protecting the essential

17:55 ↗ resource and issaquah's public works

17:57 ↗ department staff and operators work to

18:00 ↗ ensure the safety and quality of

18:02 ↗ drinking water and maintain the

18:05 ↗ infrastructure we rely on

18:06 ↗ and whereas we are all stewards of the

18:10 ↗ water infrastructure upon which current

18:11 ↗ and future Generations depend

18:14 ↗ and whereas the Issaquah Community is

18:16 ↗ called upon to protect our source Waters

18:18 ↗ from pollution and practice water

18:21 ↗ conservation now therefore mayor Mary

18:24 ↗ Lou Paulie in the City of Issaquah is

18:26 ↗ hereby proclaim the week of May 7th

18:29 ↗ through the 13th to be drinking water

18:31 ↗ week in the City of Issaquah I invite

18:33 ↗ the community to join in thanking the

18:35 ↗ Public Works servants that protect and

18:37 ↗ maintain our water systems and to ask

18:39 ↗ everyone to do their part in conserving

18:42 ↗ and protecting this vital natural

18:44 ↗ resource

18:48 ↗ [Applause]

18:50 ↗ thank you

18:59 ↗ [Applause]

19:02 ↗ thank you councilmember Joe and mayor

19:05 ↗ Paulie

19:07 ↗ we all appreciate recognizing getting

19:10 ↗ recognized for the hard work that all

19:13 ↗ our engineering and operations staff do

19:15 ↗ daily thank you thank you Greg

19:21 ↗ [Applause]

19:24 ↗ a little bit uh the next Proclamation be

19:27 ↗ presented by council member Martz it is

19:30 ↗ id1362 correctional officers week

19:33 ↗ Proclamation thank you councilmember

19:35 ↗ Mertz

19:42 ↗ again thank you madam mayor and I I

19:44 ↗ believe accepting the proclamation this

19:46 ↗ evening is acting Commander Larson jail

19:49 ↗ manager Enders and corrections officer

19:51 ↗ Watson were with us

19:53 ↗ so whereas the city of issaquah's

19:56 ↗ dedicated Corrections Officers are

19:58 ↗ essential to our justice system and

20:01 ↗ where as much is expected from the men

20:03 ↗ and women who every day supervise

20:05 ↗ offenders in Corrections facilities and

20:08 ↗ without whose daily hard work and

20:10 ↗ sacrifices we could not operate

20:13 ↗ and whereas Corrections Officers are

20:15 ↗ skilled professionals who must act as

20:18 ↗ counselors communicators Educators and

20:20 ↗ experts at Crisis Intervention and must

20:23 ↗ protect our safety while maintaining

20:25 ↗ their professional demeanor often in a

20:27 ↗ challenging environment

20:29 ↗ and whereas Corrections Officers must

20:32 ↗ possess the intuitive sense to resolve

20:34 ↗ conflict and support restorative

20:36 ↗ activities while housing offenders in a

20:38 ↗ Humane environment often to the risk of

20:41 ↗ their own well-being and whereas all are

20:44 ↗ committed to a common goal to secure

20:47 ↗ safe and Humane operation of our jail

20:49 ↗ facility where employees work to reduce

20:52 ↗ future crime and change in individuals

20:54 ↗ criminal Behavior

20:56 ↗ now therefore mayor Paulie in the City

20:59 ↗ of Issaquah do hereby proclaim the week

21:01 ↗ of April 30th through May 6th to be

21:04 ↗ Corrections Officers week in the City of

21:06 ↗ Issaquah and we invite the community to

21:09 ↗ join us in thanking the city's

21:10 ↗ correction officers for their service

21:12 ↗ and outstanding contributions in witness

21:14 ↗ whereof mayor Polly did here at Force

21:17 ↗ set her hand in Seal of the City of

21:19 ↗ Issaquah this first day of May 2023.

21:28 ↗ acting Commander do you want to speak to

21:31 ↗ us thank you

21:33 ↗ thank you thank you so much Madam Mary

21:34 ↗ members of the council you know I've

21:36 ↗ been here about a year and a half and I

21:37 ↗ have to say I've never overseen a

21:39 ↗ correctional facility before

21:42 ↗ um but truly I've learned a couple

21:44 ↗ things over this past year

21:46 ↗ um professionalism absolutely is what we

21:49 ↗ see downstairs every day on a daily

21:50 ↗ basis

21:52 ↗ and I think just as importantly

21:53 ↗ compassion I see these men and women who

21:56 ↗ work downstairs for us every day handle

21:58 ↗ our inmates with compassion and I think

22:01 ↗ that's why we you don't hear much about

22:04 ↗ us and I think that's one of the reasons

22:06 ↗ why we have very very few prop problems

22:09 ↗ downstairs and I just could not be

22:11 ↗ prouder of the work that our staff does

22:13 ↗ downstairs so they've gotten some

22:15 ↗ incredible grants this past year to deal

22:17 ↗ with opioid concerns we've got go packs

22:21 ↗ for many of our inmates that have info

22:23 ↗ inside the gopaxes enough supplies to

22:27 ↗ last them for three days maybe before

22:29 ↗ they have an appointment for treatment

22:30 ↗ that was one of something that we were

22:32 ↗ told by our medical staff providers that

22:35 ↗ we could have improved upon and we did

22:37 ↗ so I can't say thank you all enough for

22:39 ↗ this appreciation and the proclamation

22:41 ↗ they're very well deserving thank you

22:44 ↗ hello

22:45 ↗ [Applause]

23:03 ↗ thank you thank you thank you

23:05 ↗ [Applause]

23:10 ↗ uh three more to go

23:13 ↗ id1363 water safety month Proclamation

23:16 ↗ will be presented by council member Ray

23:28 ↗ thank you mayor Paulie um he's Zach

23:31 ↗ Leeson are you here listen

23:34 ↗ come on up in Cliff is Cliff here

23:36 ↗ come on up

23:40 ↗ I want you know that this Proclamation

23:41 ↗ is actually pretty special

23:43 ↗ by all the proclamations because we're

23:45 ↗ actually this is a month and not just a

23:47 ↗ week

23:49 ↗ so um this Proclamation is for National

23:52 ↗ water safety month

23:54 ↗ so whereas the national water safety

23:57 ↗ month is celebrated annually through the

23:59 ↗ efforts of several key organizations

24:01 ↗ including the American Red Cross and the

24:03 ↗ national Recreation and Parks

24:05 ↗ Association and whereas the City of

24:08 ↗ Issaquah is committed to promoting

24:09 ↗ Healthy Lifestyles

24:11 ↗ and providing opportunities for

24:14 ↗ community members to engage in safe and

24:16 ↗ enjoyable recreation activities while

24:18 ↗ actively working to create more diverse

24:20 ↗ Equitable and inclusive community and

24:24 ↗ whereas swimming and Aquatic related

24:26 ↗ activities play a vital role

24:29 ↗ in improving physical and mental health

24:32 ↗ and enhancing the quality of life of all

24:34 ↗ people of all ages abilities races

24:37 ↗ ethnicities genders sexual orientation

24:39 ↗ and social economic background and

24:42 ↗ whereas the Julius Boone pool and

24:44 ↗ Aquatic programs offered by the city of

24:46 ↗ Wisconsin provide a valuable resource

24:48 ↗ for the community and whereas the parks

24:51 ↗ and community service

24:52 ↗ Aquatics team sports variety of programs

24:56 ↗ and whereas the city's well-trained

24:59 ↗ staff Who deliver these programs are

25:02 ↗ essential to promoting of water safety

25:04 ↗ by providing aquatic activities in a

25:08 ↗ safe responsible and inclusive manner

25:11 ↗ now therefore Mary Lou Paulie mayor of

25:13 ↗ Issaquah hereby proclaims the month of

25:16 ↗ May to be water safety month in the City

25:19 ↗ of Issaquah and we invite the community

25:21 ↗ to take to join us in thanking esquaza

25:25 ↗ aquatic staff for their service and

25:27 ↗ outstanding contributions in this effort

25:31 ↗ [Applause]

25:35 ↗ Zach

25:38 ↗ on behalf of the 54 hard-working staff

25:41 ↗ at the pool we would like to say thank

25:43 ↗ you

25:47 ↗ thank you

25:52 ↗ thank you councilmember Ray the and

25:56 ↗ thank you to all the council members who

25:57 ↗ helped in the proclamations this evening

25:59 ↗ there are two more to go I'll be

26:01 ↗ presenting those the next one is id1434

26:04 ↗ travel and tourism week Proclamation and

26:07 ↗ I would like to invite Christy and John

26:10 ↗ if John is here to come up

26:20 ↗ and Pharrell

26:29 ↗ whereas this year marks the 40th

26:31 ↗ anniversary of national travel and

26:33 ↗ tourism week and whereas the travel

26:35 ↗ industry fuels every industry and will

26:38 ↗ continue to be an essential part of

26:40 ↗ issaquah's economy development and

26:42 ↗ Workforce and whereas travel in an

26:45 ↗ economic power is an economic Powerhouse

26:47 ↗ for every state and destination across

26:50 ↗ the country with an economic output of

26:52 ↗ 2.6 trillion in 2022 supporting 14.5

26:56 ↗ million American jobs and whereas travel

27:00 ↗ spending supports vibrant and safe

27:02 ↗ communities in Issaquah and across the

27:04 ↗ United States by generating 84 billion

27:06 ↗ dollars in state and local tax revenue

27:08 ↗ in 2022 to support essential services

27:11 ↗ such as education emergency response

27:14 ↗ Public Safety and more and whereas

27:17 ↗ travel enables success for all

27:19 ↗ Industries including manufacturing

27:20 ↗ agriculture defense Health Care and More

27:23 ↗ by driving sales growth Innovation

27:26 ↗ education and operations that move our

27:28 ↗ economy our nation and Issaquah forward

27:31 ↗ and whereas the travel industry cannot

27:33 ↗ recover without the full return of

27:35 ↗ leisure business and international

27:36 ↗ inbound Travelers increasing travel to

27:39 ↗ and within the United States drives

27:41 ↗ America forward to a more prosperous

27:43 ↗ future and whereas the travel industry's

27:46 ↗ success will grow will grow issaquah's

27:48 ↗ economy and Workforce since prior to the

27:51 ↗ pandemic small businesses accounted for

27:53 ↗ 60 percent of leisure and Hospitality

27:55 ↗ employment

27:56 ↗ and whereas travel is an essential

27:58 ↗ industry and we must continue to

28:00 ↗ communicate that growing travel leads to

28:03 ↗ economic growth benefits and businesses

28:05 ↗ and fosters Mutual understanding now

28:08 ↗ therefore I Mary Lou Paulie mayor of the

28:10 ↗ City of Issaquah do hereby proclaim the

28:13 ↗ week of May 17th the 13th to be travel

28:15 ↗ and tourism week in the City of Issaquah

28:18 ↗ and I urge the citizens of Issaquah to

28:20 ↗ join me in recognizing the critical role

28:22 ↗ that this industry plays in Issaquah

28:26 ↗ [Applause]

28:32 ↗ thank you thank you mayor uh

28:34 ↗ iska is a great place to live the

28:36 ↗ community is wonderful and welcoming and

28:39 ↗ it's my honor to accept this and the joy

28:42 ↗ that all the people that work in the

28:44 ↗ tourism industry Hotel people it makes

28:47 ↗ our life just magnificent and we get to

28:49 ↗ show off such a wonderful place

28:51 ↗ thank God

28:53 ↗ okay you'd hold it we'll get Christy to

28:55 ↗ get in closer

28:57 ↗ we'll move to Christy

29:04 ↗ thank you very much

29:11 ↗ and the last on our list of

29:13 ↗ proclamations this evening is id1436

29:16 ↗ affordable housing week Proclamation and

29:19 ↗ I'd like to invite Elizabeth mopan to

29:21 ↗ come up and join me here for this one

29:29 ↗ nice to see you

29:33 ↗ whereas all people should have access to

29:35 ↗ safe healthy and affordable homes within

29:37 ↗ communities that provide opportunity and

29:40 ↗ whereas the U.S Department of Housing

29:42 ↗ and Urban Development defines affordable

29:44 ↗ housing as a housing on which the

29:46 ↗ occupant is paying no more than 30

29:49 ↗ percent of their gross income for

29:51 ↗ housing costs including utilities and

29:53 ↗ whereas the Department of Commerce

29:55 ↗ projects that by 2044 King County needs

29:59 ↗ nearly 200 000 net new housing units for

30:01 ↗ households at or below 80 percent of

30:04 ↗ King County area median income

30:07 ↗ and whereas Studies have found that each

30:10 ↗ 100 increase in median rent results in a

30:13 ↗ 15 increase in homelessness in Metro

30:15 ↗ areas and a 39 percent increase in

30:17 ↗ homelessness in nearby suburbs and rural

30:20 ↗ areas

30:21 ↗ whereas the covid-19 pandemic has

30:24 ↗ exacerbated many existing Financial

30:26 ↗ constraints for low and moderate income

30:28 ↗ households and whereas the CDC

30:30 ↗ recognizes safe healthy and affordable

30:32 ↗ housing within communities of

30:34 ↗ opportunity are key social determinants

30:37 ↗ of health and whereas everyone benefits

30:39 ↗ from affordable housing including the

30:41 ↗ people who reside in these properties

30:43 ↗ their neighbors businesses employees and

30:46 ↗ the community as a whole and whereas

30:49 ↗ United United to raise public awareness

30:51 ↗ people organizations and communities

30:54 ↗ throughout King County are participating

30:56 ↗ in local affordable housing week

30:58 ↗ activities to elevate the critical need

31:00 ↗ to create Healthy Communities with ample

31:03 ↗ affordable housing now therefore I Mary

31:05 ↗ Lou Paulie mayor of the City of Issaquah

31:08 ↗ do hereby Proclaim May 17-13 to be

31:11 ↗ affordable housing week in the City of

31:13 ↗ Issaquah the City of Issaquah endorses

31:15 ↗ the goals objectives and purposes of

31:18 ↗ affordable housing week and in doing so

31:20 ↗ recommits its self to ensuring that our

31:23 ↗ community thrives with opportunity and

31:25 ↗ that all people in it live with dignity

31:28 ↗ in a safe healthy and affordable homes

31:31 ↗ Elizabeth is going to address the group

31:36 ↗ I want to thank the city for this

31:41 ↗ recognition of the need for affordable

31:44 ↗ housing

31:45 ↗ and uh

31:47 ↗ East Side affordable housing Coalition

31:50 ↗ for asking me to be here

31:52 ↗ and I'd like to thank the city for all

31:56 ↗ you have done in funding groups

32:01 ↗ that help people to stay housed

32:04 ↗ because even much of our housing which

32:08 ↗ we intended to be affordable does not

32:11 ↗ meet that criteria of being affordable

32:15 ↗ at 30 percent of one's income

32:19 ↗ there's a long way to go on that and

32:22 ↗ some of it is in the hands of our state

32:24 ↗ rather than our Locale but I thank you

32:27 ↗ for all that you have done through

32:29 ↗ groups like The

32:32 ↗ Issaquah community services and St

32:35 ↗ Vincent de Paul and so on

32:37 ↗ to keep people housed

32:40 ↗ when the rents just keep going up

32:43 ↗ thank you

32:44 ↗ thank you Elizabeth

32:51 ↗ [Applause]

33:05 ↗ so for the remainder of our meeting if

33:09 ↗ anybody was here for Proclamation and

33:12 ↗ does not want to stay for a business

33:13 ↗ portion no problem you are allowed to

33:15 ↗ stay as long as you want or leave

33:16 ↗ whenever you want we're going to move

33:19 ↗ into the next section of our meeting

33:20 ↗ which is audience comments

33:22 ↗ and members of the public May address

33:24 ↗ the council at this time either in

33:26 ↗ person or virtually and those who signed

33:29 ↗ up in advance to make comments will be

33:30 ↗ called on first so if you are joining us

33:33 ↗ virtually and you would like to make

33:34 ↗ comments please raise your virtual hand

33:36 ↗ or send the host a chat message if

33:39 ↗ you're on the phone you can press star 3

33:41 ↗ and if you have joined by computer or

33:43 ↗ smartphone look for a hand icon

33:45 ↗ if you're in the room and you did not

33:47 ↗ sign up I will ask for other speakers

33:49 ↗ before we close this portion of the

33:51 ↗ meeting

33:51 ↗ city clerk has anyone signed up to speak

33:53 ↗ for General audience comments or

33:55 ↗ indicate a desire to speak this evening

33:57 ↗ yes

33:58 ↗ thank you so anyone who is making

34:01 ↗ remarks this evening please direct your

34:03 ↗ comments to the whole Council and not to

34:05 ↗ individuals and while this is not a

34:07 ↗ question and answer session we will

34:08 ↗ contact you to follow up if needed

34:11 ↗ when you are recognized please unmute

34:14 ↗ your microphone if you're a virtual

34:16 ↗ attendee or step to the lectern if

34:18 ↗ you're here with us this evening

34:19 ↗ state your name address in relationship

34:21 ↗ to the city and speak clearly and pause

34:23 ↗ frequently please limit your comments to

34:26 ↗ five minutes and if you're attending

34:28 ↗ virtually and do not respond after your

34:30 ↗ name or phone number is called or if

34:31 ↗ your connection is lost unexpectedly the

34:34 ↗ meeting will need to proceed but you are

34:35 ↗ encouraged to rejoin the meeting if you

34:37 ↗ are able

34:38 ↗ personal attacks obscene language

34:40 ↗ derogatory remarks and disruptive

34:42 ↗ behavior will not be permitted and

34:44 ↗ citizen comments written and verbal are

34:46 ↗ an important aspect to the public

34:47 ↗ process the city takes comments

34:49 ↗ seriously and we thank all of those who

34:51 ↗ took the time tonight to address us

34:54 ↗ city clerk can you please identify the

34:55 ↗ first person who signed up to speak yes

34:58 ↗ Jenny crosswell

35:09 ↗ welcome Jenny

35:21 ↗ button there you go good evening mayor

35:24 ↗ Polly and Council thank you for having

35:26 ↗ us tonight my name is Jenny kraswell I'm

35:28 ↗ the CEO of leadership East Side

35:31 ↗ and I'm Lynn Janelle Chief advancement

35:33 ↗ and engagement officer of leadership

35:35 ↗ East Side

35:36 ↗ and Leadership east side has no

35:38 ↗ abdressed right now we are virtual we

35:40 ↗ are meeting in coffee shops across the

35:42 ↗ east side

35:44 ↗ uh leadership East Side was founded in

35:47 ↗ 2005 by prominent Eastside leaders such

35:49 ↗ as yourselves

35:50 ↗ leadership beside was created to promote

35:52 ↗ connections develop and enrich leaders

35:55 ↗ and act as a catalyst for communities to

35:57 ↗ address important issues and meet the

36:00 ↗ challenges of a diverse and dynamic

36:02 ↗ region

36:03 ↗ the City of Issaquah has supported our

36:05 ↗ work since the beginning through sending

36:07 ↗ participants through our program and

36:10 ↗ offering funding support whenever

36:11 ↗ possible

36:12 ↗ we are here to thank you for your

36:14 ↗ long-term support of leadership East

36:16 ↗ Side

36:17 ↗ more than 50 Issaquah residents have

36:19 ↗ graduated from our two-year adaptive

36:21 ↗ Community leadership and four-day

36:23 ↗ executive Insight programs including

36:25 ↗ state representatives Lisa Callan and

36:28 ↗ Bill Ramos Matt Bott with the U.S state

36:31 ↗ Department's Bureau of cyberspace and

36:33 ↗ digital policy and Kelly Richardson from

36:37 ↗ Raleigh properties

36:39 ↗ and on May 11th we will happily

36:42 ↗ celebrate Issaquah resident Mariana

36:45 ↗ subaya as she graduates with our class

36:48 ↗ of adaptive Community leadership class

36:50 ↗ of 2023. so when you add in those who

36:54 ↗ work in the City of Issaquah as well as

36:56 ↗ those impacted by participants the reach

36:59 ↗ of your support is unbounded

37:02 ↗ our graduates are connecting across

37:04 ↗ corporate and non-profit government and

37:07 ↗ Community to address the issues we Face

37:09 ↗ engage multiple voices and opinions and

37:12 ↗ work toward collaborative solutions for

37:14 ↗ the good of the community

37:16 ↗ we are currently seeking nominations for

37:18 ↗ our two-year class that begins in

37:20 ↗ September

37:22 ↗ we are appreciative of issaquah's staff

37:25 ↗ and Leadership who have recommended

37:26 ↗ numerous candidates in the past and we

37:29 ↗ look forward to discussing your

37:30 ↗ recommendations for our 200 2025 cohort

37:35 ↗ we wanted to join you tonight to share

37:38 ↗ our appreciation for the City of

37:41 ↗ Issaquah thank you for your support

37:42 ↗ which has positively impacted the entire

37:45 ↗ East Side region thank you and we look

37:48 ↗ forward to the important work we'll do

37:50 ↗ together in the future

37:51 ↗ thank you very much ladies I believe

37:53 ↗ former council member Traeger and former

37:55 ↗ councilmember Goodman also participated

37:56 ↗ in that program thank you ladies thank

37:59 ↗ you next city clerk Susan glicksburg

38:08 ↗ welcome Susan thank you

38:12 ↗ okay good evening my name is Susan

38:14 ↗ glitzberg and I have lived in the

38:16 ↗ Montrose development in the City of

38:18 ↗ Issaquah for the past 25 years or longer

38:21 ↗ than 25 years in addition I've been the

38:23 ↗ governmental Affairs chair for the board

38:24 ↗ for the past four years and I'm here

38:27 ↗ with present and past board members

38:30 ↗ montro has 242 homes in a 260 acre

38:34 ↗ master planned community

38:36 ↗ half of the acreage is wooded and was

38:38 ↗ deeded to the homeowners as common areas

38:40 ↗ for three decades volunteer HOA boards

38:44 ↗ and homeowners have ensured the

38:45 ↗ community followed the established

38:47 ↗ covenants conditions and restrictions

38:49 ↗ the ccnrs while maintaining all common

38:51 ↗ areas including the detention ponds our

38:54 ↗ Lakes are storm water detention ponds

38:56 ↗ and they are required to move storm

38:58 ↗ water from Cougar Mountain down to Lake

39:00 ↗ Sammamish these ponds are designated

39:02 ↗ natural growth protection easements and

39:05 ↗ gpe and we are the only community in the

39:08 ↗ City of Issaquah with this designation

39:10 ↗ on detention ponds perhaps because

39:12 ↗ Mantra was developed with King County

39:14 ↗ not the City of Issaquah maintaining

39:17 ↗ these ponds benefits our community as

39:19 ↗ well as the City of Issaquah and when

39:21 ↗ they are not maintained have ill effects

39:23 ↗ such as flooding of neighborhood roads

39:25 ↗ which actually occurred in 2010. our HOA

39:28 ↗ has maintained these ponds with the

39:29 ↗ approval of the City of Issaquah for the

39:31 ↗ past 30 years by performing maintenance

39:33 ↗ twice a year as stated in our Covenants

39:35 ↗ this involves controlling algae and

39:37 ↗ removal of vegetation that if not

39:39 ↗ removed would overtake the ponds and

39:41 ↗ reduce their functionality

39:43 ↗ last summer we reached out to the city

39:45 ↗ for help with an issue in one of the

39:47 ↗ storm detention ponds in the community

39:48 ↗ we were given the option of applying for

39:51 ↗ removal of ngpe at a cost of over ten

39:54 ↗ thousand dollars with no guarantee of

39:56 ↗ success or to obtain a permit each time

39:59 ↗ we perform maintenance at a cost of

40:01 ↗ thirty three hundred dollars this is a

40:03 ↗ significant cost which we have not

40:05 ↗ budgeted for as we have not been

40:06 ↗ required to pay for permits for this

40:08 ↗ maintenance for the past 30 years we

40:10 ↗ also maintain ngpe common areas along

40:13 ↗ Village Park Drive as you go up the hill

40:15 ↗ we have met with the mayor and

40:16 ↗ communicated with other city employees

40:18 ↗ to try and resolve this challenge we

40:20 ↗ will have a hard time justifying to our

40:22 ↗ homeowners expenditures that could range

40:24 ↗ from 3 300 to 9 900 per year in permits

40:28 ↗ depending on how much maintenance may be

40:31 ↗ required and again having these ponds

40:33 ↗ control flooding and help the community

40:35 ↗ and the City

40:36 ↗ in one of our in one of our meetings

40:38 ↗ with the mayor she stated we had

40:39 ↗ numerous violations in the pond and gpe

40:42 ↗ areas when we investigated this many of

40:45 ↗ the violations were with individual

40:46 ↗ homeowners cutting trees not with the

40:48 ↗ HOA maintaining the common areas and the

40:51 ↗ detention ponds the only violation

40:53 ↗ related to The Ponds and involving the

40:55 ↗ HOA was a noise violation due to the

40:57 ↗ pond fountains which were are required

40:59 ↗ to circulate the water to reduce algae

41:01 ↗ growth this issue was resolved to the

41:03 ↗ satisfaction of the city and there have

41:05 ↗ been no violations related to HOAs to

41:07 ↗ the hoa's ongoing maintenance of the

41:08 ↗ detention ponds or common areas we even

41:10 ↗ have emails from the city praising our

41:13 ↗ maintenance of the ponds and

41:14 ↗ recommending us to keep the regular up

41:17 ↗ the regular maintenance of the ponds and

41:18 ↗ I'm going to read just a little excerpt

41:20 ↗ from April of 2018. we thank you for

41:24 ↗ your cooperation in this program you

41:25 ↗ should appreciate the fact that you are

41:27 ↗ doing your part to help improve the

41:28 ↗ water quality of our streams and and

41:31 ↗ keep in mind that you should perform

41:32 ↗ regular maintenance on your storm water

41:34 ↗ system to keep it operating at maximum

41:36 ↗ efficiency agency we recommend at least

41:38 ↗ once a year in more frequent cleaning in

41:40 ↗ high areas

41:41 ↗ and that was from the public works

41:42 ↗ department given this new permit

41:44 ↗ requirement for something that has been

41:46 ↗ recommended by the city we were left

41:48 ↗ with no option but to hire a land use

41:50 ↗ attorney who negotiated with the city's

41:53 ↗ attorney a five-year maintenance plan

41:54 ↗ outlining our current maintenance

41:56 ↗ procedures for the ponds and other

41:58 ↗ common areas we submitted these plans at

42:00 ↗ the end of March and have had no

42:01 ↗ response from the city we also tried

42:03 ↗ applying for a permit for this Five-Year

42:05 ↗ Plan but no category aligned with our

42:07 ↗ case we are currently receiving

42:09 ↗ complaints from homeowners residing on

42:10 ↗ the Lakes because we have not performed

42:12 ↗ our maintenance in the last year

42:14 ↗ we have made every attempt to work this

42:15 ↗ through the appropriate Channels with

42:17 ↗ the City personnel but are still a year

42:19 ↗ later unable to maintain the ponds

42:21 ↗ common areas and other parts of the

42:22 ↗ system we continue to get pushback from

42:24 ↗ some city employees even suggesting we

42:26 ↗ need to look to our seat cnrs to explain

42:28 ↗ their rulings which makes no sense we

42:30 ↗ appreciate the services the city

42:32 ↗ provides like snow removal policing and

42:35 ↗ public works but in conclusion on behalf

42:38 ↗ of all montro residents we are asking

42:39 ↗ for our elected officials to work with

42:41 ↗ us so that we can find a reasonable and

42:43 ↗ cost-effective mutually beneficial

42:45 ↗ solution to this issue we would like to

42:47 ↗ keep our community in Issaquah looking

42:49 ↗ beautiful but functioning as well in

42:51 ↗ this if this issue cannot be resolved

42:53 ↗ quickly it will have a detrimental

42:54 ↗ effect on our community as well as the

42:56 ↗ city's infrastructure thank you for your

42:58 ↗ time and allowing me to speak thank you

43:00 ↗ Susan

43:02 ↗ city clerk who's up next

43:04 ↗ Aaron longtree

43:12 ↗ thank you mayor Paulie council members

43:15 ↗ and City staff I'm Erin longchari and I

43:19 ↗ am a resident of North Bend but most

43:21 ↗ frequently found at 179 First Avenue

43:24 ↗ Southeast at the Issaquah food and

43:27 ↗ clothing bank as the operations and

43:30 ↗ programs director there

43:31 ↗ on behalf of the staff and the board of

43:34 ↗ the Issaquah food and clothing bank I

43:36 ↗ want to take a minute to thank the city

43:39 ↗ Administration the committee members

43:42 ↗ council members and staff who have

43:45 ↗ worked tirelessly over the last several

43:47 ↗ years on a major overhaul to Title 18

43:51 ↗ updates of the Issaquah Municipal Code

43:54 ↗ it has been no small task

43:58 ↗ I would also like to take a minute

44:00 ↗ minute to thank the administration for

44:03 ↗ their recommendation of amendment number

44:05 ↗ two to Title 18 which you can find on

44:08 ↗ page four of tonight's agenda bill I

44:11 ↗ respectfully urge the council to

44:13 ↗ consider voting for the amended language

44:15 ↗ which will as stated provide a process

44:19 ↗ for determining required parking for

44:21 ↗ uses that are not specifically listed

44:23 ↗ and to eliminate the 40 cap for parking

44:27 ↗ reduction to allow Redevelopment of

44:30 ↗ legal non-conforming community service

44:32 ↗ establishments that meet the goals and

44:35 ↗ policies of the city's Human Services

44:37 ↗ strategic plan

44:39 ↗ the Issaquah food and clothing bank is a

44:42 ↗ vital pillar within the city's Human

44:44 ↗ Services strategic plan we provide key

44:48 ↗ basic human resources like food

44:50 ↗ essential clothing hygiene outdoor

44:53 ↗ supplies and resource referrals to

44:56 ↗ ensure a safety net that would otherwise

44:58 ↗ be missing in our region in doing so we

45:01 ↗ help enhance socioeconomic Equity

45:04 ↗ diversity and a thriving community

45:07 ↗ our ability to expand our programs to

45:10 ↗ meet increasing needs and priorities as

45:13 ↗ identified within the human services

45:15 ↗ strategic plan is constrained by our

45:17 ↗ current facility and Redevelopment is

45:20 ↗ essential to accommodate both growth and

45:22 ↗ to expand much needed Services we are so

45:26 ↗ thankful for the many opportunities over

45:29 ↗ the last few months to participate in

45:31 ↗ the robust public comment process around

45:34 ↗ title 18. we are encouraged and

45:37 ↗ immensely grateful that the

45:39 ↗ administration after countless long

45:41 ↗ hours spent by staff committee members

45:44 ↗ the mayor and the council as a whole

45:47 ↗ on Title 18 planning work revisions and

45:52 ↗ further revisions seize value in

45:54 ↗ providing a process for an organization

45:57 ↗ like ours to successfully partner with

46:00 ↗ the city in meeting the growing Human

46:01 ↗ Services needs in this community

46:04 ↗ thank you for considering our request

46:06 ↗ and we do really celebrate your

46:09 ↗ thoughtful and comprehensive work on on

46:11 ↗ this really important effort thank you

46:14 ↗ thanks Aaron

46:15 ↗ city clerk who's up next

46:18 ↗ Elizabeth Maupin

46:30 ↗ hello my name is Elizabeth I currently

46:34 ↗ live at 100 Big Bear place in Issaquah

46:38 ↗ but there was a time when I lived in my

46:41 ↗ vehicle on the streets of Issaquah

46:45 ↗ and

46:46 ↗ I know that you are trying to do what

46:49 ↗ you can

46:51 ↗ both to keep people housed

46:54 ↗ to make sure that housing that they're

46:57 ↗ living in is Affordable to them

47:02 ↗ and to help people who

47:05 ↗ are not housed

47:07 ↗ in you're doing this I hope that you

47:11 ↗ will bring in the voices of people who

47:15 ↗ have been on the streets

47:18 ↗ in order to

47:20 ↗ change things

47:22 ↗ we need the voices of the people who are

47:25 ↗ most impacted

47:28 ↗ there is an organization called the

47:30 ↗ Washington State lived experience

47:32 ↗ coalition

47:34 ↗ if you contacted them they could help

47:37 ↗ you find people

47:39 ↗ who are well acquainted with the system

47:41 ↗ here

47:43 ↗ some of the people who are formerly

47:45 ↗ homeless are in our supposedly

47:48 ↗ affordable housing

47:50 ↗ and some of them are paying 70 percent

47:53 ↗ or more of their income

47:56 ↗ for housing that was supposed to be

47:58 ↗ affordable but really isn't

48:01 ↗ our state

48:03 ↗ legislature failed to pass a bill that

48:07 ↗ would have given us some rent

48:09 ↗ stabilization

48:11 ↗ as a result

48:14 ↗ things are back in the hands of

48:16 ↗ individual municipalities

48:19 ↗ to try to help people our property taxes

48:23 ↗ are going up

48:25 ↗ and that's forcing many people who are

48:27 ↗ on

48:28 ↗ fixed income out of housing that

48:33 ↗ they were formerly able to hold on to

48:36 ↗ and

48:38 ↗ the pandemic has hurt people

48:41 ↗ it's really a crisis and it isn't just

48:45 ↗ in Seattle

48:46 ↗ and putting all of the resources in

48:49 ↗ Seattle

48:50 ↗ doesn't help people

48:53 ↗ out in the Hinterlands our social

48:55 ↗ network is out here

48:57 ↗ we need resources here we need to know

49:02 ↗ that our community is behind us

49:06 ↗ and bringing together people who have

49:09 ↗ experience with being homeless we can

49:12 ↗ help each other

49:14 ↗ to lift up and get back on our feet

49:18 ↗ so I thank you very much you have done

49:21 ↗ much there's a lot more still to do good

49:24 ↗ luck thank you Elizabeth

49:26 ↗ city clerk is there anyone else signed

49:28 ↗ up this evening

49:31 ↗ mayor no one else has signed up there

49:32 ↗ are a few individuals attending online

49:35 ↗ but I don't see that any of them are

49:36 ↗ Desiring to speak at this point

49:39 ↗ okay thank you

49:41 ↗ um well thank you to everyone who got up

49:43 ↗ to oh we have come on up Mariah

49:47 ↗ okay there's two more speakers

49:50 ↗ thanks Mariah

49:52 ↗ I didn't quite get my name on the list

49:54 ↗ this evening thank you mayor Paulie city

49:58 ↗ council and staff

50:00 ↗ my name is Mariah Batiste and I live at

50:03 ↗ 1231 8 um

50:05 ↗ Hickory Lane and I'm on the board of

50:08 ↗ directors for the Issaquah food and

50:09 ↗ clothing bank and I'll just start by

50:11 ↗ saying it's really wonderful to see all

50:13 ↗ of you I got to see a few of you last

50:15 ↗ week but not everyone

50:18 ↗ um and I am here to uh to talk about

50:22 ↗ Title 18 the land use code I just wanted

50:25 ↗ to start by saying uh that is such a

50:29 ↗ huge body of work and it's such an

50:33 ↗ amazing job being able to read through

50:36 ↗ all of the thoughtful changes that have

50:38 ↗ gone in to that and really that

50:41 ↗ alignment with the city's strategic plan

50:43 ↗ so that's wonderful to see

50:46 ↗ um I am also here uh as Aaron was just

50:49 ↗ here from the Issaquah food and clothing

50:51 ↗ bank to ask for your support of

50:53 ↗ amendment 2 regarding parking

50:57 ↗ um and just uh just for listening to our

51:01 ↗ public comment in the past and giving us

51:04 ↗ all the time uh to to really work

51:07 ↗ through some of those details last week

51:09 ↗ I talked about a couple of Journeys one

51:13 ↗ was for the city in regard to Human

51:17 ↗ Services and one was the Issaquah food

51:19 ↗ and clothing bank tonight I'm going to

51:21 ↗ give you the Abridged version but it

51:24 ↗ just in my point of view

51:26 ↗ all the way back to the time that I was

51:29 ↗ a human services commissioner we talked

51:32 ↗ about a hub for Human Services we talked

51:35 ↗ about the ability to have human services

51:37 ↗ within the downtown core going through

51:41 ↗ the city's first strategic plan Human

51:43 ↗ Services was a goal and then the human

51:46 ↗ services department for the City of

51:48 ↗ Issaquah had developed its own strategic

51:50 ↗ plan all of this collaboration that has

51:53 ↗ started to happen and has been happening

51:55 ↗ for years but I in my view anyway has

51:58 ↗ really expanded between the city the

52:02 ↗ police East Side Fire and Rescue and the

52:04 ↗ Issaquah food and clothing bank and I

52:06 ↗ love seeing all the partnership and all

52:08 ↗ the collaboration that's happening and

52:10 ↗ how how far we've come with all of that

52:13 ↗ as you all know and I won't go into all

52:16 ↗ of the detail the Issaquah food and

52:17 ↗ clothing bank has been on a very long

52:19 ↗ journey and done a lot of due diligence

52:22 ↗ in terms of looking for the right space

52:25 ↗ we've we've really hit that that that

52:28 ↗ time where we've we really need the

52:32 ↗ ability to grow and the current location

52:34 ↗ is not allowing that so as you know

52:36 ↗ we've looked into a lot of different

52:38 ↗ areas but what we've heard from the

52:41 ↗ clients is that they really they love

52:43 ↗ our location and they need the human

52:46 ↗ services in the downtown core and the

52:49 ↗ Redevelopment of our current Space is

52:51 ↗ really essential for that continued

52:53 ↗ growth

52:54 ↗ so amending the the language in Title 18

52:58 ↗ to really focus in on having Human

53:02 ↗ Services as a part of that strategic

53:04 ↗ plan both for the city and for the human

53:07 ↗ services department

53:09 ↗ that strategic plan seems to make all

53:12 ↗ the sense in the world to me and again I

53:15 ↗ just love how all of these things are

53:17 ↗ coming together and that that continued

53:20 ↗ partnership and focus on having Human

53:23 ↗ Services in in our downtown core

53:26 ↗ so I thank you for your consideration I

53:31 ↗ applaud all the work that has gone into

53:33 ↗ the revision of Title 18 again that's

53:35 ↗ such a huge body of work I'm talking

53:37 ↗ about a teeny tiny teeny tiny piece of

53:40 ↗ that but I just really applaud that and

53:43 ↗ would love your thoughtful consideration

53:46 ↗ of amendment number two regarding

53:48 ↗ parking again it is so lovely to see

53:51 ↗ each one of your faces thank you thank

53:54 ↗ you Mariah former council member Batiste

53:58 ↗ uh and I heard there's one more person

54:00 ↗ Steve do you want to come up with the

54:02 ↗ microphone

54:14 ↗ hello all Steve Pereira I live in Old

54:16 ↗ Town for about 14 years now uh so I

54:19 ↗ guess I'm gonna open with an

54:20 ↗ administrative question just it's not

54:21 ↗ clear if regular business gets its own

54:24 ↗ comment period or I have to combine on

54:26 ↗ them now

54:28 ↗ is there any opportunity to comment

54:29 ↗ during the regular meeting tonight all

54:30 ↗ to all right now Steve okay appreciate

54:33 ↗ it thank you uh so the first comment had

54:35 ↗ to do with the icap proposal and I know

54:39 ↗ it's just informational so it's not a

54:40 ↗ voting thing so I'm okay with that it

54:42 ↗ just seems that we've been talking about

54:44 ↗ environmental and icab issues

54:46 ↗ as a city as a nation as a state as a

54:49 ↗ world for a long time we keep talking

54:52 ↗ about incentivizing and motivated and

54:53 ↗ encouraging we're not doing enough to

54:55 ↗ put in place policy we can't just

54:58 ↗ incentivize people we can't pay for

54:59 ↗ people to make changes we just need to

55:02 ↗ take a step at some point and say these

55:04 ↗ are the things we're going to do to

55:05 ↗ start requiring these things that happen

55:07 ↗ so I think I cap depends more than just

55:10 ↗ the city doing the actions it depends on

55:12 ↗ people doing stuff that encourages us as

55:14 ↗ people who want to see a change to make

55:17 ↗ things happen so just want to encourage

55:19 ↗ that

55:21 ↗ uh second I had already kind of

55:24 ↗ commented on the

55:27 ↗ uh Title 18 changes coming up and just

55:30 ↗ kind of want to reinforce that again uh

55:33 ↗ it seems like development rights should

55:36 ↗ only invest at the point where

55:37 ↗ developers have an approved plan not at

55:39 ↗ the time they invest it seems like with

55:41 ↗ there was a plan in the Issaquah

55:44 ↗ Highlands for proposal

55:46 ↗ and there was some legal actions that I

55:48 ↗ understand that were taken that had to

55:50 ↗ be enforced

55:51 ↗ to decide with that for a city when the

55:53 ↗ city first decided to become a regional

55:55 ↗ growth Center we did it kind of

55:56 ↗ backwards we approved the plan then we

55:58 ↗ went back and we're going back now and

55:59 ↗ said what we want that to look like

56:01 ↗ we're doing too much incentivizing we

56:03 ↗ need to contain the decision

56:05 ↗ decisions we want to be able to enforce

56:07 ↗ that

56:08 ↗ and given away those development rights

56:10 ↗ and investing those instance right

56:12 ↗ development rights before that happens

56:15 ↗ is the city losing control that process

56:17 ↗ so that needs to not go forward

56:20 ↗ uh

56:21 ↗ we talked about development

56:24 ↗ retained or allowed within the 15 to 40

56:27 ↗ percent steep slope areas if it can be

56:30 ↗ done safely that needs to not go forward

56:33 ↗ because we're going to lose all the

56:35 ↗ environmental health instead we keep

56:37 ↗ comparing ourselves to how we want to

56:40 ↗ look like how does Mercer Island do it

56:41 ↗ how does Redmond do it how does Kirkland

56:43 ↗ do it we're not

56:44 ↗ ask them what we want to be we asked

56:47 ↗ after the car after the horse got out of

56:49 ↗ the barn we asked the question we were

56:50 ↗ going to look at what do we want to look

56:52 ↗ like

56:53 ↗ so that needs to not go forward uh

56:57 ↗ there's another issue on

57:00 ↗ uh sleep development Development Centers

57:03 ↗ from five units to nine units per

57:05 ↗ housing not requiring a statement

57:07 ↗ development

57:09 ↗ that needs to not go forward because I

57:13 ↗ think it ties in part with

57:16 ↗ super fees being revised later in the

57:19 ↗ agenda item later coming how much money

57:21 ↗ I'm going to lose and having staff being

57:24 ↗ required to enforce

57:27 ↗ standard and there's going to be certain

57:28 ↗ cost to come forward with that uh

57:32 ↗ well 144 left

57:35 ↗ you can see the timer we can't cool uh

57:39 ↗ so I guess last issue was

57:44 ↗ I want to talk about was city council

57:47 ↗ remote attendance and meetings I guess

57:49 ↗ I've just been a strong component of

57:51 ↗ the city council needed to be here for

57:52 ↗ you to be here for City business that

57:54 ↗ should be the rule not there should be

57:55 ↗ some exceptions in the lab but the

57:57 ↗ general expectation of the city council

58:00 ↗ should be here in prison I think that

58:01 ↗ should also apply to All City councils

58:04 ↗ and City boards as well that should be

58:05 ↗ the remote if a person comes in to

58:07 ↗ present something there should be a meet

58:11 ↗ and greet opportunity or at least a

58:12 ↗ chance to talk to the people that you're

58:14 ↗ representing so I think

58:16 ↗ I don't approve of that going forward

58:18 ↗ and its current form

58:20 ↗ and I'll give you back 55 seconds of

58:21 ↗ your time thank you thank you Steve is

58:24 ↗ there anyone else in the room tonight

58:26 ↗ that would like to make a comment

58:28 ↗ okay seeing none I think everybody who

58:31 ↗ chose to come and spend time with the

58:33 ↗ city council this evening we heard about

58:35 ↗ the leadership East Side program and the

58:38 ↗ opportunities that they offer we heard

58:40 ↗ from a homeowners association about

58:42 ↗ issues with the ngpe designation on a

58:45 ↗ piece of their property and maintenance

58:46 ↗ of a storm water utility we heard a

58:49 ↗ couple of speakers talking about some

58:51 ↗ recommended code changes this evening

58:54 ↗ and also about lived experience being

58:57 ↗ very important in making decisions on

59:00 ↗ housing and Human Services programs and

59:03 ↗ various issues from one of our speakers

59:06 ↗ tonight on our climate action plan Title

59:09 ↗ 18 and also remote attendance at

59:12 ↗ meetings so thank you all very much for

59:13 ↗ coming this evening

59:17 ↗ uh as a reminder for those watching or

59:20 ↗ with us written comments can be

59:21 ↗ submitted at any time to city council at

59:23 ↗ issaquah.gov and we are going to move

59:25 ↗ into our next item of business this

59:27 ↗ evening which is the consent calendar

59:29 ↗ I do have a comment this evening before

59:32 ↗ we move to the consent calendar items

59:35 ↗ public works department staff prepared a

59:37 ↗ memo id1430 the solid waste rate and

59:41 ↗ contract revisions and attachments and

59:44 ↗ it is included on tonight's consent

59:46 ↗ calendar I wanted to highlight a few

59:48 ↗ important pieces of information from

59:49 ↗ this memo the first scheduled rate

59:52 ↗ increase in the city's new Solid Waste

59:54 ↗ contract with Recology which Council

59:56 ↗ approved in June last year does take

59:58 ↗ effect on July 1st of 2023. this rate

1:00:02 ↗ increase stems from changes to the

1:00:03 ↗ consumer pricing index and to disposal

1:00:06 ↗ fees customers will receive a mailer in

1:00:09 ↗ mid-may about this rate increase along

1:00:11 ↗ with information about Recology Services

1:00:13 ↗ a rate discount program for eligible

1:00:16 ↗ households and ways customers can offset

1:00:19 ↗ the rate increase such as by downsizing

1:00:21 ↗ their garbage cart to a smaller cart or

1:00:24 ↗ making better use of their Recycling and

1:00:26 ↗ yard waste carts in addition the memo

1:00:28 ↗ explains that a second rate increase

1:00:30 ↗ will take place on January 1st of 2024.

1:00:33 ↗ this rate increase stems from a rate

1:00:36 ↗ structure change that King County has

1:00:39 ↗ made

1:00:39 ↗ King County's new fixed annual charge

1:00:42 ↗ and amendments to the Recology contract

1:00:45 ↗ will be discussed at the council's

1:00:47 ↗ mobility and infrastructure meeting on

1:00:49 ↗ June 13th so I encourage everyone to

1:00:51 ↗ watch for this mailer mailer are there

1:00:54 ↗ any committee chair remarks on items on

1:00:57 ↗ the consent calendar this evening

1:00:58 ↗ councilmemberton

1:01:00 ↗ um thank you madam mayor there are two

1:01:02 ↗ items that went through the Planning

1:01:04 ↗ Development and environment committee

1:01:06 ↗ that I chair so I just wanted to briefly

1:01:09 ↗ note those there is a id1433

1:01:12 ↗ informational update comprehensive Plan

1:01:14 ↗ update scope I have spoken to council

1:01:18 ↗ previously about this and we as a

1:01:22 ↗ committee did review this on March 28th

1:01:26 ↗ we agreed with the proposed scope of the

1:01:29 ↗ administration and we had some comments

1:01:32 ↗ about the scoping particularly around

1:01:35 ↗ the city-wide parking plan which I have

1:01:38 ↗ previously reviewed with Council as well

1:01:41 ↗ as

1:01:43 ↗ scoping around some of the community

1:01:45 ↗ engagement which is in the packet then

1:01:48 ↗ there is also

1:01:49 ↗ ab8597 which is the public projects code

1:01:52 ↗ of conduct this was also reviewed by the

1:01:54 ↗ committee on March 28th and one item I

1:01:58 ↗ wanted to let Council know is that in

1:02:01 ↗ this committee meeting we did recommends

1:02:04 ↗ this for approval and consent as it is

1:02:06 ↗ tonight but we also wanted the

1:02:08 ↗ communication aspect of the process that

1:02:13 ↗ public contractors go through that that

1:02:16 ↗ communication plan which is something

1:02:18 ↗ that the city city does communication on

1:02:21 ↗ these projects that that come back to

1:02:23 ↗ the committee and so that is in our

1:02:27 ↗ materials for tonight that that will

1:02:28 ↗ that communication plan piece will come

1:02:30 ↗ back to the Planning Development

1:02:32 ↗ environment committee sometime this

1:02:34 ↗ summer so we will report back when that

1:02:36 ↗ piece when that piece returns to

1:02:39 ↗ Planning Development and environment

1:02:41 ↗ thank you thank you committee chair

1:02:42 ↗ Hunter there any other committee chairs

1:02:44 ↗ that need to share this evening I am not

1:02:46 ↗ seeing any

1:02:48 ↗ so the consent calendar

1:02:51 ↗ was distributed to Council in advance

1:02:53 ↗ and if authorized the items on the

1:02:56 ↗ consent calendar will be considered

1:02:58 ↗ together and approved by one motion have

1:03:00 ↗ the payables and payroll been reviewed

1:03:02 ↗ yes they have thank you

1:03:05 ↗ uh does any council member desire to

1:03:07 ↗ remove anything from the consent

1:03:08 ↗ calendar and consider it under regular

1:03:10 ↗ business this evening

1:03:12 ↗ not seeing any

1:03:15 ↗ um could I have a motion yes I moved to

1:03:17 ↗ approve the consent agenda as written

1:03:20 ↗ second

1:03:21 ↗ it's been moved and seconded is there

1:03:24 ↗ any Council discussion

1:03:27 ↗ uh seeing none the motion before the

1:03:29 ↗ council is to approve the consent

1:03:31 ↗ calendar is presented all those in favor

1:03:32 ↗ signify by saying hi

1:03:34 ↗ it was opposed that carries unanimously

1:03:38 ↗ 7-0 we're going to move into the regular

1:03:40 ↗ business portion which is ab8398 the

1:03:43 ↗ title 18 land use code the action before

1:03:46 ↗ Council this evening will be to adopt

1:03:48 ↗ the ordinances and this item was last

1:03:49 ↗ before council at the April 17th city

1:03:52 ↗ council meeting for a public hearing and

1:03:54 ↗ I'd like to invite Community planning

1:03:56 ↗ and development director Minnie dalliwal

1:03:58 ↗ to present the site and welcome Minnie

1:04:01 ↗ good evening Madam mayor members of the

1:04:04 ↗ council and community members who either

1:04:06 ↗ joined us on this journey from the

1:04:07 ↗ beginning or somewhere down the road

1:04:10 ↗ gone along so this has been an effort

1:04:13 ↗ the city undertook it's been a

1:04:16 ↗ multi-year effort but we're here

1:04:19 ↗ to present a land use code that is ready

1:04:25 ↗ for council's consideration tonight so

1:04:28 ↗ the purpose of the meeting today is for

1:04:30 ↗ Council to deliberate and adopt the

1:04:33 ↗ proposed ordinances

1:04:35 ↗ actually I'm going to share my screen so

1:04:38 ↗ you can now see this little slideshow

1:04:43 ↗ um

1:04:56 ↗ um so like I said tonight we're looking

1:04:58 ↗ at deliberation and adoption uh from

1:05:00 ↗ councils uh if you think there it's

1:05:04 ↗ ready

1:05:05 ↗ um and as I've presented before they

1:05:08 ↗ have been this is a process that has

1:05:10 ↗ gone through lots of boards and

1:05:11 ↗ commission meetings uh we're here at the

1:05:14 ↗ the last phase uh you all had a

1:05:18 ↗ committee of the whole discussion on

1:05:20 ↗ March 13th uh held a public hearing on

1:05:23 ↗ April 17th

1:05:25 ↗ um and today is May 1st the exhibits in

1:05:29 ↗ your packet there's a Title 18 proposed

1:05:32 ↗ ordinances a through I then we have

1:05:35 ↗ Title II which is just moving the

1:05:39 ↗ portion about our boarding commissions

1:05:41 ↗ from Title 18 into Title II because

1:05:44 ↗ that's where all the other boards and

1:05:45 ↗ commissions

1:05:47 ↗ uh uh in Issaquah municipal code is and

1:05:51 ↗ then you have uh attachment K which is

1:05:53 ↗ the shoreline master program uh We've

1:05:56 ↗ also given you the list of future

1:05:57 ↗ updates which we've previously discussed

1:06:00 ↗ with both PPC and planning and

1:06:02 ↗ development environment committee and

1:06:04 ↗ the full Council uh planning and policy

1:06:07 ↗ commission's recommendation is included

1:06:09 ↗ uh the previous presentation

1:06:12 ↗ and exhibit o includes a couple of

1:06:15 ↗ changes that happened after the public

1:06:17 ↗ hearing as a result of proofreading so

1:06:20 ↗ there are not substantive changes but

1:06:21 ↗ inadvertently there was a few issue a

1:06:24 ↗ couple of changes just in the permitted

1:06:25 ↗ uses table to ensure what was being

1:06:28 ↗ carried forward no changes were made

1:06:30 ↗ from what is currently allowed in the

1:06:32 ↗ existing code and then also under the

1:06:34 ↗ parking table it had uses that aren't

1:06:37 ↗ defined but were left off in there and

1:06:42 ↗ exhibit P includes all the public

1:06:44 ↗ comments we've received with the last

1:06:47 ↗ public hearing on April 17th onwards

1:06:51 ↗ and the title 18 itself has all these

1:06:56 ↗ Aid through I different sections

1:07:00 ↗ um that I won't go into right now like I

1:07:04 ↗ mentioned exhibit o minor errors fixed

1:07:07 ↗ since the last time we wanted to be open

1:07:09 ↗ and transparent and those are listed

1:07:11 ↗ there the ordinances that were part of

1:07:14 ↗ the public hearing on the April 17th you

1:07:18 ↗ know we did go through a code publishing

1:07:19 ↗ that publishes our code online they did

1:07:22 ↗ a preliminary cursory review and found

1:07:24 ↗ some references that were Incorrect and

1:07:26 ↗ things of that nature those were fixed

1:07:28 ↗ in the public hearing packet as well as

1:07:31 ↗ sipa appeal procedures had to align with

1:07:34 ↗ the state law so that that was all in

1:07:36 ↗ the previous packets

1:07:38 ↗ so now on to public comments that

1:07:41 ↗ Council received during this last public

1:07:44 ↗ hearing there were some members of the

1:07:48 ↗ community that spoke at the at the

1:07:50 ↗ public hearing those are captured in the

1:07:53 ↗ agenda bill as well as some written

1:07:55 ↗ comments that we received first one was

1:07:59 ↗ expansion of non-conforming structures

1:08:03 ↗ in Wetland and stream buffers this item

1:08:05 ↗ was previously discussed with PPC and

1:08:08 ↗ planning and development environment

1:08:09 ↗ committee and that section of the code

1:08:12 ↗ that was requested to be reinstated was

1:08:15 ↗ decided to not be in the code and

1:08:17 ↗ administration is recommending no

1:08:19 ↗ changes on that topic because it was

1:08:21 ↗ previously discussed and

1:08:23 ↗ evaluated the second item was related to

1:08:27 ↗ appeals of the shoreline permits that

1:08:30 ↗ those should go directly to the

1:08:31 ↗ Shoreline hearings board this is a

1:08:33 ↗ comment that was not received during the

1:08:35 ↗ earlier iteration it was a new comment

1:08:38 ↗ that came in

1:08:40 ↗ um we did look into it reached out to

1:08:42 ↗ Department of ecology and while it's a

1:08:45 ↗ policy decision for the city uh both

1:08:47 ↗ options are okay

1:08:49 ↗ um but you know a lot of cities have

1:08:51 ↗ gotten rid of uh uh Shoreline appeals

1:08:55 ↗ going to a hearing examiner and then as

1:08:58 ↗ an open record appeal and then going as

1:09:00 ↗ a close record to the Shoreline hearings

1:09:02 ↗ board when we were looking at processes

1:09:04 ↗ we had focused on on the other Title 18

1:09:08 ↗ because this was a periodic update that

1:09:10 ↗ the city had done

1:09:12 ↗ um so we have proposed this as an

1:09:13 ↗ amendment

1:09:14 ↗ um and it meets one of the goals of best

1:09:17 ↗ practices and um streamlining the permit

1:09:21 ↗ process

1:09:22 ↗ now the third item was as you heard in

1:09:26 ↗ testimony tonight and in comments

1:09:28 ↗ previously was the parking reduction for

1:09:32 ↗ legal non-conforming Community Services

1:09:35 ↗ when they are want to redevelop

1:09:37 ↗ so there are proposed amendment that is

1:09:42 ↗ in your packet what it provides for is a

1:09:46 ↗ process to look at

1:09:48 ↗ a use that is not categorically listed

1:09:51 ↗ and how to determine the parking for

1:09:52 ↗ them and also to look at practical on

1:09:56 ↗ the ground solution when that project

1:09:59 ↗ comes to fruition

1:10:01 ↗ um

1:10:02 ↗ and then a lot of other comments were

1:10:04 ↗ related to vesting of land use

1:10:05 ↗ applications again this was a topic that

1:10:07 ↗ the planning and policy commission had

1:10:09 ↗ previously been briefed on as well as

1:10:11 ↗ the committee uh and administration is

1:10:13 ↗ not recommending any changes of this at

1:10:16 ↗ this time after the public hearing was

1:10:18 ↗ done uh there was some comments uh that

1:10:22 ↗ were emailed from Motel 6 and those were

1:10:26 ↗ in relationship to stream buffers uh

1:10:29 ↗ asking the council uh reconsider the

1:10:32 ↗ stream buffer width from increasing them

1:10:35 ↗ 250 feet to keeping them at 100 feet and

1:10:39 ↗ allowing 50 reduction so I did have a

1:10:42 ↗ fun conversation with them to kind of

1:10:43 ↗ explain where our process is and we're

1:10:46 ↗ not recommending any changes on that

1:10:49 ↗ um

1:10:50 ↗ so now it gets you know I'll try my best

1:10:53 ↗ to kind of explain the the logistics if

1:10:56 ↗ uh as Council deliberates on this so the

1:10:59 ↗ first one is a potential Amendment and

1:11:02 ↗ it deals with the local appeals for

1:11:04 ↗ Shoreline permits

1:11:06 ↗ what this will do is if a council

1:11:10 ↗ chooses to do this will amend the

1:11:14 ↗ ordinance 3 which and exhibit B in that

1:11:16 ↗ ordinance three and the specific table

1:11:20 ↗ to allow these Shoreline appeals to go

1:11:24 ↗ directly to the Shoreline hearings board

1:11:26 ↗ instead of the city's hearing examiner

1:11:27 ↗ as an interim step

1:11:31 ↗ and but the potential amendment 2 is for

1:11:37 ↗ this ordinance 7 and Exhibit C which

1:11:41 ↗ allows a process for users that are not

1:11:45 ↗ specifically listed

1:11:47 ↗ um to have a parking determination made

1:11:49 ↗ by the director based on similar uses

1:11:51 ↗ and traffic studies and parking analysis

1:11:55 ↗ and also allows for a process for the

1:11:59 ↗ shared parking and on-street parking and

1:12:01 ↗ all of those flexible parking tools cap

1:12:03 ↗ to be raised from 40 percent for

1:12:06 ↗ redevelopment of legal non-conforming

1:12:09 ↗ community service establishments that

1:12:11 ↗ comply with the goals and policies of

1:12:13 ↗ the city's Human Services strategic plan

1:12:16 ↗ and um the third item that we wanted to

1:12:22 ↗ kind of briefly touch on is throughout

1:12:25 ↗ the update process you know we there

1:12:27 ↗ were no changes made to zoning or the

1:12:29 ↗ permitted uses that was outside the

1:12:31 ↗ scope of this update however during the

1:12:34 ↗ review it became there were two zones

1:12:37 ↗ that had the same zoning designation but

1:12:39 ↗ had different standards so multi-family

1:12:42 ↗ medium Old Town had different standards

1:12:45 ↗ and multi-family High had different

1:12:49 ↗ standards than other multi-family highs

1:12:51 ↗ so the standard stays the same the the

1:12:54 ↗ names of the zones for those two areas

1:12:57 ↗ were added so there's a map

1:13:00 ↗ that just reflects all of that

1:13:02 ↗ discussion that happened in in the

1:13:04 ↗ hearing process the text was amended so

1:13:07 ↗ anything in in the ordinances includes

1:13:09 ↗ that

1:13:10 ↗ um

1:13:11 ↗ so this amendment will add to numbers

1:13:15 ↗ section one to say the official Issaquah

1:13:18 ↗ zoning map adopted by reference in this

1:13:21 ↗ 18100 IMC is amended as a depicted in

1:13:25 ↗ exhibit D

1:13:27 ↗ um to make it explicitly clear what that

1:13:30 ↗ zoning change was so

1:13:35 ↗ um again it's it's just not a change in

1:13:37 ↗ the zone but just a naming change

1:13:40 ↗ um so our recommendation is that Council

1:13:43 ↗ adopt uh all of these ordinances and

1:13:46 ↗ perhaps follow the process you do for

1:13:48 ↗ consent agenda where you can vote on

1:13:51 ↗ everything together but if there are

1:13:53 ↗ ordinances that you would like to

1:13:55 ↗ separate out you would pull them out

1:13:57 ↗ from a through I and then you have a

1:14:00 ↗ separate

1:14:01 ↗ motion for Title II and then a separate

1:14:05 ↗ one for Shoreline master program and so

1:14:08 ↗ the three amendments that we've talked

1:14:10 ↗ about today we can pull out the exact

1:14:14 ↗ ordinances if Council chooses

1:14:18 ↗ so timing and Next Step we're here we're

1:14:22 ↗ anticipating you all will deliberate and

1:14:25 ↗ take action and if you do take action

1:14:27 ↗ tonight then the effective date of these

1:14:30 ↗ ordinances will be June 1st also on your

1:14:32 ↗ agenda is the if if this item is decided

1:14:37 ↗ upon then you will have the item about

1:14:40 ↗ the fees coming up after that so that's

1:14:43 ↗ it for title 18.

1:14:46 ↗ thank you

1:14:47 ↗ thank you director dollywall looking for

1:14:49 ↗ questions at this point in time I will

1:14:51 ↗ also do a little bit more process

1:14:52 ↗ explanation in my opening comments too

1:14:54 ↗ any questions

1:14:56 ↗ after 24 months there's no questions

1:14:59 ↗ left hmm okay so a little bit of an

1:15:03 ↗ explanation of the process for Council

1:15:05 ↗ and for those that are with us and

1:15:06 ↗ watching as well so due to the number of

1:15:09 ↗ ordinances slated for adoption tonight

1:15:11 ↗ we'll be treating them somewhat like a

1:15:13 ↗ small consent calendar as the Director

1:15:15 ↗ indicated

1:15:16 ↗ there are 11 ordinances for adoption and

1:15:19 ↗ three proposed main motions so motion

1:15:21 ↗ adopting ordinances one through nine is

1:15:23 ↗ the first motion the second motion is

1:15:26 ↗ adopting ordinance 10 and the third

1:15:27 ↗ motion is adopting ordinance 11. first I

1:15:30 ↗ will ask you whether you are comfortable

1:15:32 ↗ adopting ordinances one through nine

1:15:34 ↗ together in one motion or if there are

1:15:36 ↗ any ordinances you would like to vote on

1:15:38 ↗ separately it is recommended that

1:15:40 ↗ ordinance is number 10 and 11 be voted

1:15:43 ↗ on separately

1:15:44 ↗ so is the if there is a council member

1:15:47 ↗ who desires to offer amendment number

1:15:48 ↗ one or amendment number two provided an

1:15:50 ↗ agenda packet then and I believe a

1:15:53 ↗ number three as well then the respective

1:15:56 ↗ ordinances ordinance number three for

1:15:58 ↗ amendment number one well this is

1:16:00 ↗ getting squirrely ordinance number seven

1:16:03 ↗ for amendment number two they will need

1:16:05 ↗ to be voted on separately

1:16:07 ↗ does any council member desire at this

1:16:09 ↗ time to consider any of the ordinance

1:16:11 ↗ numbered as ordinances one through nine

1:16:13 ↗ exhibits a through I in the agenda

1:16:16 ↗ packet separately

1:16:19 ↗ can I do a point of information sure

1:16:22 ↗ um so I'm wondering if clerk user can

1:16:25 ↗ give us a procedural note on an option

1:16:28 ↗ that might

1:16:30 ↗ streamline this

1:16:31 ↗ yes thank you thank you councilmember

1:16:34 ↗ hunt yes a wonderful suggestion was

1:16:36 ↗ provided that if the council is

1:16:38 ↗ comfortable a

1:16:40 ↗ making one motion to adopt ordinances

1:16:43 ↗ one through nine that the Amendments

1:16:45 ↗ could then be considered after that's

1:16:47 ↗ made to kind of limit the confusion and

1:16:50 ↗ the additional motion so someone can

1:16:52 ↗ make that motion and then someone could

1:16:54 ↗ offer amendments one through three

1:16:58 ↗ okay

1:16:59 ↗ are there any other questions

1:17:02 ↗ okay does any council member consider

1:17:06 ↗ any of the ordinances number

1:17:07 ↗ discernances one through nine exhibits a

1:17:10 ↗ through I in the agenda packets

1:17:11 ↗ separately and I'm not seeing any

1:17:14 ↗ indication of that

1:17:17 ↗ um can we have a first motion

1:17:20 ↗ councilman

1:17:23 ↗ thank you I moved to adopt ordinances

1:17:26 ↗ numbers

1:17:29 ↗ identified one through nine in the

1:17:31 ↗ packet their official numbers will be

1:17:33 ↗ numbers 3 30 11 through 30 19.

1:17:38 ↗ okay

1:17:39 ↗ exhibits a through

1:17:42 ↗ I of

1:17:44 ↗ ab8398 repealing and replacing Title 18

1:17:46 ↗ land use code of the municipal of the

1:17:49 ↗ Issaquah municipal code

1:17:51 ↗ is there a second

1:17:54 ↗ second council president thank you so

1:17:56 ↗ it's been moved and seconded is there

1:17:58 ↗ any Council discussion

1:18:01 ↗ council member hunt and then council

1:18:03 ↗ president Walsh

1:18:07 ↗ thank you madam mayor

1:18:08 ↗ this code update is a huge step towards

1:18:12 ↗ implementing the vision that the

1:18:14 ↗ community has set forth for the future

1:18:15 ↗ of the city and to get here has been a

1:18:18 ↗ real journey it has been a lot of work

1:18:22 ↗ and I wanted to make sure to thank all

1:18:25 ↗ of the individuals that have contributed

1:18:27 ↗ to this project over the last several

1:18:30 ↗ years we couldn't have gotten here

1:18:31 ↗ without the hard work of Staff in our

1:18:34 ↗ Planning Development Department and

1:18:36 ↗ across the city staff and we have with

1:18:39 ↗ the help of Staff taken care to listen

1:18:42 ↗ and include our community members

1:18:44 ↗ business Community environmental

1:18:46 ↗ Community Human Services Community

1:18:47 ↗ neighborhood groups all of which of

1:18:50 ↗ course are the Issaquah community and we

1:18:53 ↗ had some big goals for this update that

1:18:57 ↗ we really could not have achieved

1:18:59 ↗ without input from all of these

1:19:02 ↗ stakeholders

1:19:04 ↗ we had goals like protect forested

1:19:07 ↗ hillsides

1:19:08 ↗ conserve our critical areas and protect

1:19:10 ↗ them from degradation improve fish and

1:19:13 ↗ wildlife habitat increase housing

1:19:16 ↗ diversity align with our climate goals

1:19:19 ↗ effective management of travel

1:19:23 ↗ um and also modernizing with best

1:19:26 ↗ practices and making sure that we had a

1:19:28 ↗ transparent and reliable predictable

1:19:31 ↗ process for everyone who would engage

1:19:34 ↗ with our municipal code

1:19:37 ↗ these were these were big goals we had

1:19:42 ↗ so much help to get here from so many

1:19:45 ↗ different individuals who worked hard

1:19:47 ↗ with us to provide their individual

1:19:48 ↗ perspectives and

1:19:51 ↗ um and worked with us to make sure that

1:19:53 ↗ the code helps us get to where we need

1:19:55 ↗ to be as a city I am grateful for my

1:19:59 ↗ part in this update I've been involved

1:20:01 ↗ with this project closely since serving

1:20:03 ↗ on the ad hoc committee where we first

1:20:07 ↗ worked on the schools and outcomes

1:20:09 ↗ charts that has guided this process and

1:20:12 ↗ I wanted to make sure to mention that ad

1:20:16 ↗ hoc committee included former council

1:20:17 ↗ member Goodman as well as council

1:20:20 ↗ president Walsh and I

1:20:23 ↗ think that the process has been Guided

1:20:26 ↗ by the work of former councilmember

1:20:29 ↗ Goodman from her contributions to that

1:20:32 ↗ project from the very beginning

1:20:34 ↗ so um

1:20:36 ↗ in conclusion I'm looking forward to

1:20:38 ↗ what comes next and this is where we

1:20:41 ↗ implement the code like I said this code

1:20:44 ↗ update is a huge step towards

1:20:45 ↗ implementing the vision the community

1:20:46 ↗ has set forth for the future of the city

1:20:48 ↗ thank you thank you committee chair hunt

1:20:51 ↗ council president

1:20:53 ↗ I think I'm going to say very much the

1:20:55 ↗ same thing because I think it was clear

1:20:58 ↗ through this process that this was an

1:21:01 ↗ amazing body of work

1:21:04 ↗ um

1:21:05 ↗ it was really a wonderful process

1:21:06 ↗ starting with that ad hoc committee and

1:21:09 ↗ creating

1:21:10 ↗ you know we struggled with that concept

1:21:12 ↗ of how are we going to judge when this

1:21:14 ↗ is done how do we set a scope for such a

1:21:18 ↗ project and we had to put things aside

1:21:21 ↗ um we also had to understand well what

1:21:24 ↗ are we trying to accomplish and so

1:21:27 ↗ really starting out with that goals and

1:21:28 ↗ outcomes chart was important the

1:21:31 ↗ community really engaged meaningfully on

1:21:34 ↗ this there was a ton of comments and a

1:21:38 ↗ ton of back and forth between staff and

1:21:40 ↗ the community the community also really

1:21:42 ↗ participated in code testing which was

1:21:45 ↗ something that was really wonderful to

1:21:47 ↗ see I wanted to thank our Consultants

1:21:49 ↗ our community Planning and Development

1:21:51 ↗ staff and Leadership and our legal team

1:21:55 ↗ who really worked tirelessly to bring

1:21:58 ↗ together what used to be three sets of

1:22:01 ↗ old outdated code that often

1:22:04 ↗ contradicted each other and then sorting

1:22:07 ↗ through all of our desired changes and

1:22:09 ↗ then keeping the process us rolling even

1:22:12 ↗ as we went through a pandemic and then

1:22:15 ↗ came through it and had all of these

1:22:17 ↗ other things that we needed to work on

1:22:19 ↗ to keep this rolling was really

1:22:21 ↗ important so while this is not the end

1:22:25 ↗ of all of the updates that are needed I

1:22:27 ↗ think it really represents a moment to

1:22:30 ↗ celebrate hard work that really took it

1:22:34 ↗ took a lot of backbone and gumption to

1:22:38 ↗ get all of this done so that we can be

1:22:40 ↗ at a better place to look at some of

1:22:42 ↗ these other things that we need for our

1:22:44 ↗ community going forward so really

1:22:46 ↗ pleased thank you council president

1:22:48 ↗ would anybody else like to make comments

1:22:52 ↗ not seeing any

1:22:54 ↗ find out where I am

1:22:58 ↗ so if there is no further discussion the

1:23:01 ↗ motion before council at this time is to

1:23:03 ↗ adopt ordinance am I missing somebody

1:23:07 ↗ Amendment now okay sorry

1:23:10 ↗ um is there uh someone who likes to

1:23:13 ↗ speak council member hunt because I

1:23:16 ↗ would like to move the First Amendment

1:23:21 ↗ um which is amendment number one

1:23:24 ↗ so I move

1:23:26 ↗ to

1:23:28 ↗ amend Ordinance one is that correct

1:23:33 ↗ 30 11. move to amend ordinance 3011 to

1:23:36 ↗ amend IMC table

1:23:40 ↗ 18.204.030 review process to eliminate

1:23:43 ↗ local appeals for Shoreline permit

1:23:45 ↗ decisions and change the Appellate body

1:23:47 ↗ for the shoreline permit decisions level

1:23:49 ↗ 2 to the Washington State shorelines

1:23:52 ↗ hearing board instead of the city

1:23:54 ↗ hearing Examiner

1:23:56 ↗ second it's been moved in seconds is

1:23:58 ↗ there any discussion

1:24:00 ↗ and mayor if I could just correct that

1:24:01 ↗ it's actually ordinance 3013 number

1:24:04 ↗ three thanks

1:24:06 ↗ I'm not saying any I'll call for a vote

1:24:10 ↗ on the amendment number one

1:24:13 ↗ um all those in favor say aye

1:24:16 ↗ aye I I was supposed to say nay

1:24:20 ↗ that carries unit amendment number one

1:24:22 ↗ carries unanimously 7-0

1:24:25 ↗ is there any other amendments

1:24:27 ↗ council member hunt I move to amend

1:24:30 ↗ ordinance

1:24:31 ↗ number

1:24:33 ↗ this is regarding parking it's ordinance

1:24:36 ↗ 3017. yes 30 17 to amend subsections

1:24:41 ↗ 18.604.020 parentheses B and

1:24:46 ↗ 18.604.160 parentheses C to provide a

1:24:50 ↗ process for determining required parking

1:24:52 ↗ for uses that are not specifically

1:24:54 ↗ listed and to eliminate the 40 cap for

1:24:57 ↗ parking reductions to allow

1:24:58 ↗ Redevelopment of legal non-conforming

1:25:00 ↗ community service establishments that

1:25:02 ↗ meets the goals and policies of the

1:25:04 ↗ humans of the city's Human Services

1:25:07 ↗ strategic plan is there a second second

1:25:10 ↗ it's been moved and seconded is there

1:25:12 ↗ any discussion

1:25:13 ↗ councilmember head thank you

1:25:17 ↗ we expect that the code will need to

1:25:21 ↗ change over time as we get input from

1:25:23 ↗ Community groups and input from people

1:25:27 ↗ implementing the code and this lasts

1:25:31 ↗ this proposed amendment does address

1:25:35 ↗ input that we heard

1:25:38 ↗ in both the public hearing and in

1:25:41 ↗ committee that we heard from the

1:25:45 ↗ Issaquah food and clothing bank

1:25:47 ↗ and we've addressed that concern from

1:25:50 ↗ the Issaquah food and clothing bank here

1:25:52 ↗ in a way that also aligns with our City

1:25:55 ↗ Human Services strategic plan which is a

1:25:58 ↗ plan that the city has put resources

1:26:02 ↗ towards and is very dedicated towards

1:26:04 ↗ making a reality and we look forward to

1:26:07 ↗ continue partnering with the food and

1:26:09 ↗ clothing bank as well as our other Human

1:26:12 ↗ Services providers throughout the city

1:26:14 ↗ that do such important work so I put

1:26:18 ↗ this motion forward

1:26:19 ↗ because I think it addresses the

1:26:22 ↗ concerns of our very important Community

1:26:24 ↗ partner as well as addressing our goal

1:26:28 ↗ for this code update which is to align

1:26:31 ↗ with our existing plans and the plans

1:26:33 ↗ and the existing Vision that has been

1:26:37 ↗ set forth for the city

1:26:39 ↗ any other comments council president

1:26:42 ↗ thanks real quickly um strongly support

1:26:44 ↗ this I think this as an opportunity yes

1:26:47 ↗ it came late in the game but it

1:26:50 ↗ represents and supports a lot that comes

1:26:53 ↗ with our strategic plan and Community

1:26:56 ↗ goals I think it's also worded in a way

1:27:00 ↗ that is very tightly conforming to a

1:27:03 ↗ need and really it does make me think

1:27:06 ↗ quite a lot about

1:27:09 ↗ uh our code and our ability to

1:27:12 ↗ allow for redevelopment in our downtown

1:27:15 ↗ core which

1:27:18 ↗ you know do we really want to tear

1:27:20 ↗ something down and rebuild it with half

1:27:22 ↗ parking so I I really think this gives

1:27:25 ↗ us a lot to think through but because

1:27:27 ↗ this is very tightly written for a

1:27:31 ↗ specific need I am absolutely supporting

1:27:33 ↗ this and I hope everyone else will too

1:27:37 ↗ any other comments

1:27:39 ↗ I will reread the most on the table this

1:27:43 ↗ amendment amendment number two is to

1:27:45 ↗ move to adopt ordinance number 3017

1:27:47 ↗ adopting

1:27:48 ↗ 18.600

1:27:50 ↗ 18.602 18.604 wrong one

1:27:57 ↗ here

1:27:58 ↗ okay put too many on here there's a lot

1:28:02 ↗ there's a lot on here see our clerk

1:28:04 ↗ she's like right on top of it okay the

1:28:07 ↗ amendment on the table is emotion to

1:28:10 ↗ amend ordinance number 3017 to amend

1:28:12 ↗ subsections 18.604 0.020 B and

1:28:18 ↗ 18.604.160 C to provide a process for

1:28:21 ↗ determining required parking for uses

1:28:24 ↗ that are not specifically listed and to

1:28:25 ↗ eliminate the 40 cap for parking

1:28:28 ↗ reduction to allow Redevelopment of

1:28:30 ↗ legal non-conforming human Community

1:28:33 ↗ Services establishments that meet the

1:28:35 ↗ goals and policies of the city's Human

1:28:37 ↗ Services strategic plan all those in

1:28:39 ↗ favor say aye

1:28:41 ↗ aye

1:28:42 ↗ those opposed that carries unanimously

1:28:45 ↗ that is the second amendment that

1:28:46 ↗ carries 7-0 is there an additional

1:28:48 ↗ Amendment uh councilmember hunt

1:28:50 ↗ yes I moved to amends this is the third

1:28:54 ↗ potential amendment I moved to amend

1:28:56 ↗ ordinance number

1:29:00 ↗ 30 11 30 11 to amend section one by

1:29:04 ↗ adding the official Issaquah zoning map

1:29:07 ↗ adopted by reference in chapter

1:29:11 ↗ oh yes I'm sorry adopted by reference in

1:29:15 ↗ chapter 18.100 IMC

1:29:18 ↗ is hereby amended as depicted in exhibit

1:29:20 ↗ D attached and Incorporated here in and

1:29:22 ↗ add the city's official zoning map as

1:29:25 ↗ exhibit D to the ordinance

1:29:28 ↗ it's been moved and seconded is there a

1:29:30 ↗ discussion

1:29:33 ↗ not seeing any discussion I'll call for

1:29:35 ↗ a vote all those in favor say aye

1:29:38 ↗ those opposed to say nay

1:29:40 ↗ that third amendment carries unanimously

1:29:42 ↗ 7-0 are there any additional amendments

1:29:46 ↗ not seeing any if there is no further

1:29:50 ↗ discussion the motion before the council

1:29:52 ↗ is to adopt ordinances number

1:29:55 ↗ 3011 through 3019 exhibits a through I

1:29:59 ↗ of ab8398 repealing and replacing the

1:30:03 ↗ title 18 land use code of the Issaquah

1:30:05 ↗ Municipal Code as amended

1:30:07 ↗ all those in favor signify by saying aye

1:30:10 ↗ aye

1:30:13 ↗ all those opposed nay

1:30:16 ↗ that carries unanimously sham King corks

1:30:19 ↗ popping this was the big big lift that

1:30:22 ↗ we tried to start before covid

1:30:24 ↗ so I also would like to oh we're not

1:30:27 ↗ done we have more ordinances to go okay

1:30:29 ↗ I'll save my comments I'll save my

1:30:30 ↗ comments okay uh is there a motion maker

1:30:34 ↗ for the second motion uh councilmember

1:30:36 ↗ hunt

1:30:37 ↗ um yes so I moved to adopt ordinance

1:30:39 ↗ number

1:30:42 ↗ 30 20 exhibit J of

1:30:46 ↗ ab8398 amending chapter 2.30

1:30:50 ↗ 2.32 2.34 2.36 of the Issaquah municipal

1:30:55 ↗ code regarding updates to established

1:30:57 ↗ boards commissions and the hearing

1:30:59 ↗ Examiner

1:31:01 ↗ second it's been moved in second it is

1:31:03 ↗ there any discussion

1:31:06 ↗ all those in favor of this motion

1:31:07 ↗ signify by saying aye

1:31:10 ↗ those opposed that carries unanimously

1:31:13 ↗ 7-0 is there an additional motion

1:31:16 ↗ councilmember hunt yes adopt I moved to

1:31:19 ↗ adopt ordinance number 3021

1:31:23 ↗ exhibit K of

1:31:25 ↗ ab8398 adopting chapter

1:31:28 ↗ 18.804 of the Issaquah municipal code

1:31:30 ↗ regarding the shoreline master program

1:31:33 ↗ second I have a question

1:31:35 ↗ um I'm looking at a exhibit J

1:31:39 ↗ so

1:31:41 ↗ okay exhibit J exhibit J

1:31:45 ↗ it may just be that okay no I got it

1:31:48 ↗ sorry great it's been moved and seconded

1:31:50 ↗ to adopt ordinance number three zero two

1:31:52 ↗ one exhibit K of ab8398 adapting chapter

1:31:56 ↗ 18.804 of the square municipal code

1:31:58 ↗ regarding Shoreline master program is

1:31:59 ↗ there any discussion councilmember hunt

1:32:02 ↗ um thank you

1:32:03 ↗ many of the goals for this update were

1:32:06 ↗ about Environmental Protection and about

1:32:08 ↗ protection of our fish and wildlife

1:32:09 ↗ habitat and making sure that we do not

1:32:12 ↗ degrade our natural resources and a lot

1:32:16 ↗ of our very special

1:32:18 ↗ natural resources are projected within

1:32:22 ↗ the shoreline master program so I wanted

1:32:24 ↗ to make sure to give

1:32:26 ↗ um

1:32:28 ↗ special uh special recognition of the

1:32:31 ↗ improvements in this section which will

1:32:34 ↗ go a long ways towards protecting our

1:32:37 ↗ shorelines including the Lake Sammamish

1:32:39 ↗ Shoreline

1:32:41 ↗ thank you any other comments

1:32:45 ↗ so the motion is to adopt Earnest number

1:32:47 ↗ 3021 exhibit K of ab8398 adopting

1:32:50 ↗ chapter 18.804 of the Esquire municipal

1:32:53 ↗ code regarding the shoreline master plan

1:32:54 ↗ all those in favor signify by saying aye

1:32:58 ↗ opposed

1:33:01 ↗ that carries unanimously the 7-0 vote

1:33:04 ↗ and at this point

1:33:08 ↗ um

1:33:09 ↗ are there any additional motions

1:33:12 ↗ we had some extra notes here just in

1:33:14 ↗ case there were okay great well

1:33:18 ↗ um I want to thank the community and the

1:33:21 ↗ council and the staff for the work on

1:33:23 ↗ this project before we move on to our

1:33:25 ↗ next item of business

1:33:27 ↗ if you are not involved in local

1:33:29 ↗ government you have no idea how big of a

1:33:32 ↗ job you guys just got through an

1:33:36 ↗ enormous process one of the biggest I've

1:33:38 ↗ ever participated in my 30 years of

1:33:40 ↗ living here and you did it in an

1:33:43 ↗ amazingly transparent and complete way

1:33:45 ↗ capturing all of the comments of those

1:33:48 ↗ that wanted to provide you with feedback

1:33:50 ↗ responding to all of the comments it's

1:33:53 ↗ one of the best processes I have ever

1:33:55 ↗ seen and so big thank you to Minnie

1:33:58 ↗ dollywall our director of community

1:33:59 ↗ Planning and Development Anne-Marie Soto

1:34:02 ↗ our Deputy City attorney who really

1:34:04 ↗ spent a lot of time going over this code

1:34:06 ↗ Christian Gates our planning manager who

1:34:09 ↗ will be hearing from later tonight

1:34:10 ↗ Stephen Padua long-range planning

1:34:12 ↗ manager Valerie Porter our planner

1:34:14 ↗ Stacey van mckinstry our sustainability

1:34:16 ↗ manager manager and all of the staff and

1:34:20 ↗ Public Works Parks this touched

1:34:23 ↗ everything that we do so a huge big

1:34:25 ↗ thank you but also it's one of the few

1:34:27 ↗ processes where I've seen such a high

1:34:29 ↗ level of board and commission engagement

1:34:32 ↗ really active really meaningful very

1:34:35 ↗ helpful engagement development

1:34:37 ↗ commission environmental board Park

1:34:38 ↗ Board economic Vitality commission and

1:34:40 ↗ especially the planning policy

1:34:41 ↗ commission who probably don't ever want

1:34:43 ↗ to put their hand up again for another

1:34:45 ↗ job everything was so thoughtful there

1:34:48 ↗ was so much feedback and it was all put

1:34:51 ↗ together in such an amazing way but my

1:34:53 ↗ last thank you is for Council I think

1:34:55 ↗ you did a fabulous job of

1:34:58 ↗ raising your Collective Vision to the

1:35:02 ↗ fact that the way our community and our

1:35:04 ↗ town functions is by the systems that

1:35:06 ↗ are within it and not parcel by parcel

1:35:09 ↗ so you hear from a lot of folks who say

1:35:11 ↗ but just my parceler just this little

1:35:13 ↗ bit and you really transformed our code

1:35:16 ↗ to make it about the environment and all

1:35:18 ↗ of the different systems that are so

1:35:21 ↗ important in this community you know the

1:35:23 ↗ the forested hillsides the water our

1:35:25 ↗ water table

1:35:26 ↗ these changes are extremely

1:35:30 ↗ revolutionary for our code and it's all

1:35:32 ↗ because you wanted to do it at this

1:35:34 ↗ level and just in a really impressive

1:35:37 ↗ body of work so thank you so much for

1:35:39 ↗ doing this every mayor I ever talked to

1:35:41 ↗ is shocked that you took on the whole

1:35:43 ↗ code so thank you thank you thank you

1:35:45 ↗ that was amazing and now we'll move on

1:35:48 ↗ to our next business item which is EB

1:35:50 ↗ 8600 this is amending the IMC 3.64

1:35:54 ↗ schedule of land use and site work

1:35:56 ↗ permit fees and the business before you

1:35:58 ↗ this evening will be to adopt the

1:36:00 ↗ ordinance in our planning manager

1:36:02 ↗ Christian Gates is here to join us hi

1:36:05 ↗ Christian thank you thank you mayor

1:36:06 ↗ thank you Council I've got the task to

1:36:09 ↗ put the uh put the wheels on this thing

1:36:12 ↗ now and you can take it out for a spin

1:36:15 ↗ to update the associated fees that are

1:36:18 ↗ that are part of all of these changes

1:36:21 ↗ that have gone through so new permits

1:36:22 ↗ were created existing permits we renamed

1:36:25 ↗ them and some permits and processes were

1:36:28 ↗ eliminated so the agenda bill before you

1:36:32 ↗ seeks council's adoption for an

1:36:34 ↗ ordinance for those those fees found in

1:36:37 ↗ chapter 3.64

1:36:38 ↗ the proposed amendments were not

1:36:40 ↗ anticipated to have any significant

1:36:42 ↗ effect on budget revenues and they

1:36:45 ↗ aligned with the current anticipated

1:36:47 ↗ projections and they maintain

1:36:50 ↗ proportionate levels of fees within

1:36:52 ↗ within the categories that were

1:36:54 ↗ pre-existing so just a little bit of a

1:36:57 ↗ clean up there that's great thank you

1:37:00 ↗ Kristen are there any questions

1:37:03 ↗ okay is someone prepared to make motion

1:37:10 ↗ let me see if I can find it I think it's

1:37:12 ↗ right here oh fantastic I moved to adopt

1:37:16 ↗ ordinance number

1:37:17 ↗ 3022 amending chapter 3.64 of the Issa

1:37:22 ↗ municipal code to apply fee adjustments

1:37:24 ↗ related to Associated code amendments to

1:37:26 ↗ the city's land use and site work permit

1:37:28 ↗ fees

1:37:31 ↗ second

1:37:33 ↗ it's a bit of a rush to get to the

1:37:36 ↗ speaker it's been moved and seconded is

1:37:38 ↗ there any Council discussion

1:37:41 ↗ all those in favor please signify by

1:37:43 ↗ saying aye

1:37:45 ↗ those opposed

1:37:47 ↗ and that carries unanimously as well 7-0

1:37:50 ↗ um thank you very much Kristen for your

1:37:52 ↗ 30 seconds

1:38:02 ↗ rules with regard to remote attendance

1:38:05 ↗ and the ask of you this evening is to

1:38:07 ↗ approve the resolution and city clerk

1:38:09 ↗ Tisha Geezer is here to present the item

1:38:12 ↗ Tisha

1:38:15 ↗ hello

1:38:17 ↗ I'm Tisha Geezer City Clerk and I'm

1:38:21 ↗ forgetting how to start my slideshow

1:38:23 ↗ okay here we go

1:38:26 ↗ all right so I'm here tonight to talk to

1:38:29 ↗ you about a potential amendment to your

1:38:31 ↗ Council rules regarding remote

1:38:32 ↗ attendance so as a reminder

1:38:35 ↗ back in September of 2020 you amended

1:38:39 ↗ your Council rules at that time you were

1:38:40 ↗ holding exclusively virtual meetings and

1:38:42 ↗ you allowed a provision for remote

1:38:44 ↗ attendance during a declared emergency

1:38:46 ↗ which we had two in place at that time

1:38:48 ↗ we had our state emergency and our local

1:38:50 ↗ emergency and a federal emergency three

1:38:53 ↗ um in March of 2021 the council resumed

1:38:55 ↗ in-person meetings and continued to use

1:38:58 ↗ that remote attendance option

1:38:59 ↗ conservatively typically in fact I I

1:39:03 ↗ don't recall that we ever had two

1:39:05 ↗ council members attending virtually at

1:39:06 ↗ one time there may have been one or two

1:39:08 ↗ meetings but over since March 2021 that

1:39:12 ↗ remote attendance has almost exclusively

1:39:14 ↗ been used for illness or the need for

1:39:16 ↗ quarantine with occasional travel in

1:39:19 ↗ there

1:39:19 ↗ in October of 2022 the governor ended

1:39:24 ↗ Washington State's declared emergency

1:39:25 ↗ and last month the mayor terminated our

1:39:29 ↗ local emergency which means at this

1:39:31 ↗ moment the council doesn't have a

1:39:33 ↗ provision for remotely attending

1:39:35 ↗ meetings which is why I'm here tonight

1:39:37 ↗ to talk about a potential plan for that

1:39:42 ↗ so in considering how the council has

1:39:44 ↗ used remote attendance and how it's been

1:39:46 ↗ working over the last few years now and

1:39:50 ↗ also borrowing a provision from the city

1:39:53 ↗ of Bellevue

1:39:54 ↗ um The Proposal before you tonight has

1:39:57 ↗ two components to it so the first would

1:40:00 ↗ be allowing remote attendance of council

1:40:02 ↗ members and this would be at any meeting

1:40:03 ↗ committee committee of the whole regular

1:40:05 ↗ meeting special meeting

1:40:07 ↗ for three reasons in this first category

1:40:10 ↗ would be a medical issue illness

1:40:13 ↗ that is a medical issue medical issues

1:40:16 ↗ or traveling on City business in your

1:40:18 ↗ role as a council member and in those

1:40:20 ↗ situations no approval would be required

1:40:22 ↗ you'd be requested to provide advance

1:40:24 ↗ notice

1:40:25 ↗ the nice thing is because we've kind of

1:40:28 ↗ committed to this hybrid option there

1:40:30 ↗ isn't the need for last minute

1:40:33 ↗ um you know adjustments when a council

1:40:35 ↗ member is attending remotely so we can

1:40:37 ↗ be a little flexible and that's been

1:40:39 ↗ proving to be helpful especially in the

1:40:41 ↗ case of illness which can be

1:40:43 ↗ unanticipated

1:40:45 ↗ um a remote attendance for these reasons

1:40:47 ↗ wouldn't have any kind of limit on it

1:40:49 ↗ again it would just require advance

1:40:51 ↗ notice being provided to the council

1:40:53 ↗ president and city clerk and committee

1:40:55 ↗ chair if for a committee meeting the

1:40:57 ↗ second category here would be remote

1:41:00 ↗ attendance for other reasons and this

1:41:02 ↗ would be limited to four meetings total

1:41:06 ↗ per year uh virtual attendance for other

1:41:10 ↗ reasons would need to be approved by the

1:41:13 ↗ council president so a written request

1:41:15 ↗ would need to be provided and written

1:41:18 ↗ approval would need to be provided 48

1:41:21 ↗ hours in advance of a meeting

1:41:23 ↗ this allows for some flexibility for

1:41:26 ↗ potentially business travel or other

1:41:28 ↗ reasons when a council member may wish

1:41:31 ↗ to attend virtually

1:41:36 ↗ there were some other minor changes in

1:41:38 ↗ the proposed resolution tonight one

1:41:41 ↗ would be just formally acknowledging

1:41:43 ↗ this commitment to hybrid meetings for

1:41:45 ↗ all regular meetings in most special

1:41:47 ↗ meetings unless you're taking a bus tour

1:41:49 ↗ that's that's challenging to do in a

1:41:51 ↗ hybrid format but you know in in most

1:41:53 ↗ cases

1:41:55 ↗ we'll be continuing to offer that hybrid

1:41:57 ↗ hybrid option

1:42:01 ↗ um there were some other additional

1:42:03 ↗ minor changes reducing the advance

1:42:06 ↗ notice if you're to attend virtually

1:42:09 ↗ providing some clarifications regarding

1:42:12 ↗ roll call votes

1:42:14 ↗ um

1:42:15 ↗ I don't know if you've noticed but

1:42:16 ↗ lately when we've had one council member

1:42:18 ↗ present we haven't been doing those I

1:42:19 ↗ think the clerk's office has been

1:42:21 ↗ listening for that voice and confirming

1:42:23 ↗ that an audible vote was cast so that's

1:42:25 ↗ just a slight efficiency this last Point

1:42:27 ↗ here was brought up by Council council

1:42:31 ↗ president which is if you're attending

1:42:33 ↗ one of these meetings virtually and your

1:42:35 ↗ connection is lost it would you would be

1:42:37 ↗ acknowledged as excused

1:42:40 ↗ uh so he's asked to provide a few

1:42:42 ↗ comments about the city's boards and

1:42:44 ↗ commissions and how they've been

1:42:45 ↗ considering remote attendance so we have

1:42:47 ↗ 13 advisory boards so far seven of them

1:42:50 ↗ have adopted a remote attendance policy

1:42:52 ↗ and there's two more that I expect will

1:42:54 ↗ um but haven't finalized their policies

1:42:56 ↗ yet

1:42:57 ↗ um of the seven five of them have

1:43:00 ↗ adopted the policy of the city

1:43:03 ↗ recommended which was having a quorum in

1:43:06 ↗ person so really emphasizing that

1:43:07 ↗ in-person attendance but allowing some

1:43:10 ↗ flexibility if they're unable to attend

1:43:12 ↗ in person one of the boards chose to

1:43:15 ↗ take a slightly different take on that

1:43:17 ↗ and require a little more flexibility

1:43:20 ↗ saying their members just needed to

1:43:21 ↗ attend 50 of meetings in person but

1:43:24 ↗ still encouraged in-person attendance

1:43:26 ↗ and we had one board who wanted a more

1:43:28 ↗ open-ended approach

1:43:30 ↗ so it has been an interesting discussion

1:43:32 ↗ and I think something that has come

1:43:34 ↗ through is that we have demonstrated

1:43:36 ↗ efficiency at operating hybrid meetings

1:43:39 ↗ as have our boarding commission members

1:43:41 ↗ and so there is

1:43:42 ↗ um

1:43:43 ↗ there is interest in having that be an

1:43:45 ↗ ongoing component of our commission

1:43:48 ↗ meetings

1:43:51 ↗ so some options tonight

1:43:53 ↗ um this is sort of a one touch item

1:43:55 ↗ we're bringing it to you tonight for

1:43:56 ↗ Action that's pretty much because of the

1:43:58 ↗ time sensitivity and wanting to get a

1:44:00 ↗ policy in place but you do have some

1:44:02 ↗ options to propose some amendments

1:44:04 ↗ tonight to the proposed policy or if

1:44:07 ↗ you'd like to make some more substantial

1:44:08 ↗ changes you could provide Direction

1:44:10 ↗ tonight and this item could be brought

1:44:11 ↗ back a year May 15th meeting

1:44:16 ↗ I would also like to make a note here

1:44:18 ↗ that while we're bringing this forward

1:44:19 ↗ as a proposal these are your rules we're

1:44:22 ↗ giving you a starting point here so look

1:44:25 ↗ forward to the discussion I'm happy to

1:44:27 ↗ answer any questions

1:44:29 ↗ thank you city clerk are there any

1:44:31 ↗ questions

1:44:35 ↗ is somebody interested in making motion

1:44:38 ↗ council president

1:44:39 ↗ I move to adopt resolution number

1:44:43 ↗ 2023.09 see even on there amending the

1:44:47 ↗ city council rules of procedure

1:44:49 ↗ regarding remote attendance by city

1:44:50 ↗ council members

1:44:52 ↗ second

1:44:53 ↗ it's been moved and seconded Council

1:44:55 ↗ discussion against the president

1:44:57 ↗ thank you

1:44:59 ↗ um yeah this is coming up quickly just

1:45:01 ↗ because we ended a emergency mandate and

1:45:06 ↗ needed another opportunity I think our

1:45:10 ↗ Council has done wonderfully with this

1:45:12 ↗ we are not seeing people take advantage

1:45:14 ↗ of it we are not seeing members of

1:45:18 ↗ council who are opting to stay home to

1:45:21 ↗ avoid the public we all really enjoy

1:45:24 ↗ engaging with each other and with the

1:45:30 ↗ topics at hand and so we just wanted to

1:45:33 ↗ offer an opportunity that if

1:45:36 ↗ someone is traveling that's not on City

1:45:40 ↗ business and there's a very important

1:45:43 ↗ meeting while you're gone that you want

1:45:46 ↗ to remote into this gives an opportunity

1:45:49 ↗ to do that to very importantly be able

1:45:52 ↗ to represent your constituents

1:45:55 ↗ and we as a community have very much

1:45:59 ↗ recognized that we are more than willing

1:46:02 ↗ to

1:46:04 ↗ re-adjust our rules as needed if we find

1:46:07 ↗ something that doesn't work for us more

1:46:09 ↗ than happy to hear from everyone if

1:46:11 ↗ there are any concerns councilmember D

1:46:13 ↗ Michelle

1:46:14 ↗ I I just wanted to

1:46:16 ↗ um

1:46:17 ↗ underline the fact that we have a very

1:46:20 ↗ efficient

1:46:21 ↗ method here and the meetings flow if

1:46:24 ↗ you're at I hear a remotely uh I feel

1:46:28 ↗ apart when I've had to do that I felt

1:46:30 ↗ really a part of the meeting even though

1:46:32 ↗ I'm on the other side of the screen so I

1:46:35 ↗ wanted to thank our Tech staff that has

1:46:37 ↗ done a fantastic job of making this a

1:46:40 ↗ really good experience no matter whether

1:46:42 ↗ you're in person or or remote thanks

1:46:45 ↗ thank you other comments

1:46:49 ↗ thanks Madam mayor I'll be opposing this

1:46:52 ↗ measure this evening based on my

1:46:53 ↗ long-standing position that it's not

1:46:56 ↗ providing full accessibility as elected

1:47:00 ↗ officials when we don't physically

1:47:02 ↗ participate and when the public doesn't

1:47:04 ↗ get to be physically present with us

1:47:05 ↗ thank you okay any other comments this

1:47:08 ↗ evening

1:47:09 ↗ councilmember Hut no yes councilmember

1:47:12 ↗ hunt

1:47:13 ↗ um thank you well I will be supporting

1:47:16 ↗ this I wanted to

1:47:18 ↗ um comments on the boards and

1:47:20 ↗ commissions piece I was a former

1:47:23 ↗ commission member as as many of us were

1:47:27 ↗ on Council and

1:47:29 ↗ um I think that this flexibility will

1:47:32 ↗ provide additional

1:47:34 ↗ will be more inclusive to more members

1:47:37 ↗ of the community who can join remotely

1:47:40 ↗ when they need to for medical reasons or

1:47:42 ↗ Child Care reasons or any number of

1:47:44 ↗ reasons so I wanted to Signal my support

1:47:48 ↗ especially for that part of this update

1:47:51 ↗ thank you councilmember Joe

1:47:54 ↗ thank you I would also like to just

1:47:57 ↗ comment on the dedication of our boards

1:47:59 ↗ and commissions I attended a recent

1:48:02 ↗ Human Services

1:48:03 ↗ Commission meeting

1:48:05 ↗ and one of the members actually had

1:48:08 ↗ phoned in from Africa to her meeting and

1:48:13 ↗ she was

1:48:14 ↗ it was two in the morning where she was

1:48:16 ↗ and yet she was still coming to that

1:48:18 ↗ meeting and participating and taking

1:48:19 ↗ part in it so I agree with councilmember

1:48:22 ↗ hunt that it does allow a greater

1:48:24 ↗ diversity of people to come and

1:48:26 ↗ participate in in the decision making of

1:48:28 ↗ the city and I wholeheartedly approve

1:48:31 ↗ this motion thank you

1:48:33 ↗ any other comments

1:48:35 ↗ and not seeing any so at this time I

1:48:38 ↗ will reread it the motion on the table

1:48:39 ↗ is to approve resolution number

1:48:42 ↗ 2023-09 amending the city council rules

1:48:45 ↗ or procedure regarding remote attendance

1:48:46 ↗ by City Council Members all those in

1:48:48 ↗ favor signify by saying aye aye

1:48:50 ↗ those opposed nay that passes six to one

1:48:55 ↗ and uh before we move to the exam of

1:48:57 ↗ business I wonder if the council would

1:48:59 ↗ allow me to provide some thoughts on

1:49:01 ↗ this in terms of boards and commissions

1:49:03 ↗ since I've been working with them

1:49:05 ↗ um I really appreciate all the work that

1:49:06 ↗ Council leadership put into this I also

1:49:09 ↗ am very sympathetic to council member

1:49:10 ↗ mertz's comment on part of the public

1:49:14 ↗ process is being available and part of

1:49:15 ↗ being available is being here early and

1:49:17 ↗ staying later because people come here

1:49:19 ↗ to find you

1:49:21 ↗ um our city clerk has done a wonderful

1:49:22 ↗ job working with our boards and

1:49:24 ↗ commissions my messaging out to them is

1:49:27 ↗ that we will always have a place for the

1:49:29 ↗ public to come and the best way to

1:49:31 ↗ receive the public would be with at

1:49:33 ↗ least a quorum of the members of a

1:49:34 ↗ boarding commission recognizing that

1:49:36 ↗ there are challenges for some to attend

1:49:38 ↗ all meetings but we have options for

1:49:40 ↗ them to attend but really wanting to

1:49:42 ↗ make sure that the space around the

1:49:44 ↗ table is very welcoming and I think

1:49:45 ↗ sitting in a room by yourself and

1:49:47 ↗ talking to a screen of faces is probably

1:49:50 ↗ not what we want our local government to

1:49:52 ↗ be known for so agree with the six and

1:49:56 ↗ agree with the one that voted against

1:49:58 ↗ that we have a value in wanting to bring

1:50:01 ↗ people together in a room so thank you

1:50:03 ↗ the next item business this evening is

1:50:06 ↗ committee in Regional reports and we

1:50:08 ↗ will start with councilmember Joe

1:50:10 ↗ thank you madam mayor I think at the

1:50:12 ↗ last Cal meeting I announced that there

1:50:14 ↗ was a spring business leadership Forum

1:50:16 ↗ May 10th at Blakely Hall the mayor will

1:50:19 ↗ be speaking and they'll be talking about

1:50:21 ↗ Economic Development and how we can

1:50:23 ↗ support our businesses I also remember

1:50:26 ↗ that council president

1:50:28 ↗ um Walsh indicated that she attended

1:50:30 ↗ last year and thought it was a great

1:50:31 ↗ event I will be attending and look

1:50:33 ↗ forward to that event there are a couple

1:50:36 ↗ of CWA meetings coming up May 22nd is

1:50:40 ↗ the public policy committee and May 24th

1:50:43 ↗ is the regular board meeting for the

1:50:45 ↗ Cascade water Alliance that concludes my

1:50:47 ↗ report thank you thank you councilmember

1:50:49 ↗ Joe councilmember D Michelle

1:50:50 ↗ thank you mayor Paulie on April the 19th

1:50:53 ↗ I attended the regional transit

1:50:55 ↗ committee meeting we were presented with

1:50:57 ↗ a report on the electrification of

1:50:59 ↗ Metro's Fleet which includes the

1:51:02 ↗ purchase of nearly 1200 electric buses

1:51:05 ↗ and 240 electric trolleys as well as the

1:51:09 ↗ closing and reopening of all the

1:51:12 ↗ regional Bus spaces over the next six to

1:51:14 ↗ seven years to retrofit them with

1:51:16 ↗ charging stations so it was a kind of an

1:51:19 ↗ amazing presentation following that

1:51:21 ↗ discussion we received a comprehensive

1:51:23 ↗ report on Metro's pandemic recovery plan

1:51:25 ↗ and as reported earlier Metro continues

1:51:28 ↗ to struggle with driver Recruitment and

1:51:30 ↗ Retention and passenger return has been

1:51:33 ↗ steady but slow and is well behind the

1:51:37 ↗ goals that Metro has set on our behalf

1:51:40 ↗ and especially on mayor Paulie's behalf

1:51:42 ↗ I emphasize the importance of

1:51:44 ↗ incorporating Safety and Security into

1:51:46 ↗ the recovery plan for both passengers

1:51:48 ↗ and drivers and I think those comments

1:51:50 ↗ were well received so coming up on May

1:51:54 ↗ 11th is Eastside Human Services Forum

1:51:56 ↗ board and on May 12th the Eastside

1:51:59 ↗ Transportation partnership meeting and

1:52:01 ↗ that is my report thank you thank you

1:52:03 ↗ councilmember D Michelle councilmember

1:52:05 ↗ hunt

1:52:06 ↗ thank you Madame mayor there will be a

1:52:08 ↗ meeting of the Planning Development and

1:52:09 ↗ environment committee tomorrow May 2nd

1:52:12 ↗ and we have one item on the agenda which

1:52:14 ↗ is id1411 adoption of 2021 building and

1:52:18 ↗ fire codes

1:52:19 ↗ includes my report thank you

1:52:20 ↗ councilmember Ray

1:52:22 ↗ thank you mayor Paulie the council

1:52:25 ↗ mobility and infrastructure committee

1:52:26 ↗ will be mating on May 9th at 6 30 here

1:52:29 ↗ in council chambers and the agenda has

1:52:31 ↗ not been finalized yet that concludes my

1:52:33 ↗ report thank you councilmember

1:52:35 ↗ councilman Mertz thank you madam mayor

1:52:38 ↗ the sound cities Association public

1:52:41 ↗ issues committee will have an online

1:52:43 ↗ virtual meeting Wednesday May 10th at 7

1:52:46 ↗ pm a couple of topics that will be

1:52:48 ↗ discussed King County homelessness

1:52:50 ↗ Authority's Five-Year Plan Andy Blake

1:52:54 ↗ and Next Step uh Bleak decision and next

1:52:56 ↗ steps for cities

1:52:58 ↗ then there was no services safety in

1:53:01 ↗ Parks committee meeting in April and the

1:53:03 ↗ next one isn't until after the next

1:53:05 ↗ council meeting this concludes my report

1:53:07 ↗ thank you Debbie council president Hall

1:53:09 ↗ thank you the Eastside fire and rescue

1:53:12 ↗ board of directors met earlier today to

1:53:15 ↗ consider and approve an RFP response for

1:53:18 ↗ a contract for services with the city of

1:53:20 ↗ Mercer Island the board did unanimously

1:53:23 ↗ approve that RFP response so Mercer

1:53:25 ↗ Island will be reviewing several rfps in

1:53:28 ↗ the coming months and we'll be sure to

1:53:29 ↗ keep you all updated next steps include

1:53:31 ↗ if they were to select us that final

1:53:34 ↗ approval would then come back to the

1:53:35 ↗ board after that Mercer Island review so

1:53:38 ↗ later this summer some more to come on

1:53:40 ↗ that if you're interested also you can

1:53:42 ↗ get in touch with any of your three e

1:53:44 ↗ for reps right here our next regular

1:53:47 ↗ board meeting is next Thursday May 11th

1:53:49 ↗ at 4 pm at our headquarters on Newport

1:53:51 ↗ way this is the meeting that we'll be

1:53:54 ↗ getting an informational update on

1:53:55 ↗ emergency's deployment model so if you

1:53:57 ↗ have any interest in kind of learning

1:53:58 ↗ more about how efer deploys resources

1:54:01 ↗ and manages their assets this is the

1:54:04 ↗ meeting I have gotten the thumbs up that

1:54:06 ↗ anyone is able to attend so if you

1:54:09 ↗ happen to be free next Thursday at 4 pm

1:54:11 ↗ and want to sit in on the E for board

1:54:13 ↗ meeting let me know and and you're more

1:54:15 ↗ than welcome to come if not I will be

1:54:17 ↗ sure to share out the packet with you

1:54:19 ↗ all and that concludes my report thank

1:54:21 ↗ you council president Walsh thank you

1:54:24 ↗ the King County affordable housing

1:54:26 ↗ committee met this morning we adopted

1:54:28 ↗ our annual work plan and received an

1:54:30 ↗ update on the 2023 legislative session

1:54:33 ↗ as it relates to housing and then the

1:54:37 ↗ Puget Sound Regional Council growth

1:54:39 ↗ management policy board meets this

1:54:41 ↗ Thursday we will recommend the greater

1:54:45 ↗ downtown Kirkland regional growth Center

1:54:47 ↗ designation and sub-area plan

1:54:49 ↗ certification along with a discussion on

1:54:52 ↗ Industrial lands integrating storm water

1:54:54 ↗ solutions and we will receive

1:54:56 ↗ information about the Regional Housing

1:54:58 ↗ strategy implementation that concludes

1:55:00 ↗ my report

1:55:02 ↗ thank you council president on the

1:55:04 ↗ mayor's report this evening there will

1:55:06 ↗ not be an executive session tonight

1:55:08 ↗ and I have a few comments about the

1:55:10 ↗ proposed

1:55:11 ↗ 2024-2029 Capital Improvement plan

1:55:14 ↗ so council members and residents I'm

1:55:16 ↗ pleased to present the city of

1:55:17 ↗ issaquah's proposed

1:55:20 ↗ plan okay I'm gonna have to Wing this

1:55:23 ↗ here

1:55:28 ↗ so while I'm kind of city of ministry

1:55:30 ↗ I'm kind of looking through this and

1:55:32 ↗ there's a lot more information in here

1:55:33 ↗ than

1:55:35 ↗ I feel like we want to talk about it

1:55:37 ↗ nine o'clock the site so I'll just sort

1:55:39 ↗ of skim through

1:55:40 ↗ um

1:55:42 ↗ this is the next big task that you're

1:55:43 ↗ taking on as a council that has a

1:55:46 ↗ significant Community impact and it is

1:55:48 ↗ really looking at how we do our Capital

1:55:49 ↗ Improvement plan which is a six-year

1:55:51 ↗ plan that we are required to do by state

1:55:54 ↗ law it comes up every two years and now

1:55:56 ↗ that you're on a biannual budget we'll

1:55:58 ↗ be able to offset your budget year with

1:56:00 ↗ your Capital Improvement plan

1:56:02 ↗ so this document for those that are not

1:56:04 ↗ aware it includes the city council

1:56:06 ↗ priorities

1:56:08 ↗ and also will be including the input

1:56:10 ↗ from our boards and commissions in the

1:56:12 ↗ Capital Finance Community task force

1:56:13 ↗ that we convened last year

1:56:15 ↗ it's the first CIP that actively seeks

1:56:19 ↗ to address Equity issues and with every

1:56:21 ↗ project we ask questions about who would

1:56:23 ↗ or who would not benefit from a

1:56:25 ↗ particular project the CIP also

1:56:28 ↗ incorporates recommendations from our

1:56:30 ↗ Issaquah which is our City's strategic

1:56:32 ↗ plan the comprehensive plan water and

1:56:35 ↗ sewer system plan the climate action

1:56:36 ↗ plan and the park strategic plan

1:56:39 ↗ so the 2024 2029 CIP will propose 136

1:56:42 ↗ projects spanning the six-year planning

1:56:45 ↗ period which will total more than 333

1:56:48 ↗ million dollars of investments in

1:56:49 ↗ utility and Street infrastructure Public

1:56:52 ↗ Safety and Municipal facilities

1:56:53 ↗ technology and systems and parks and

1:56:56 ↗ trails as a city That Grew From about 17

1:56:59 ↗ 000 people in 2000 to more than forty

1:57:01 ↗ thousand today Issaquah has short and

1:57:04 ↗ long-term capital needs in order to

1:57:05 ↗ accommodate both growth and maintenance

1:57:08 ↗ of our aging infrastructure and as we've

1:57:10 ↗ talked many times before these needs

1:57:12 ↗ fire outpace are current city Revenue

1:57:14 ↗ sources therefore the this CIP

1:57:16 ↗ anticipates new Revenue sources to help

1:57:19 ↗ pay for issaquah's infrastructure needs

1:57:21 ↗ first in following the recommendations

1:57:23 ↗ of the Capital Finance Community task

1:57:25 ↗ force I am going to be asking city

1:57:27 ↗ council to approve a 0.1 percent sales

1:57:29 ↗ tax which will go towards Transportation

1:57:31 ↗ improvements they will enhance the ease

1:57:33 ↗ of getting around Issaquah for all

1:57:34 ↗ residents and those who come here and

1:57:37 ↗ second the cpcip begins to address long

1:57:40 ↗ neglected needs in our Public Safety

1:57:42 ↗ facilities including the relocation of

1:57:44 ↗ fire station 71 a new municipal court

1:57:47 ↗ and additional space for our police and

1:57:49 ↗ we've already started these

1:57:50 ↗ conversations with the city council so I

1:57:52 ↗ look forward to our upcoming discussions

1:57:54 ↗ on how to fund these critical Public

1:57:56 ↗ Safety needs and third within this

1:57:58 ↗ six-year plan we propose catching up on

1:58:01 ↗ many of our parks and trails needs in

1:58:02 ↗ order to assure that our public spaces

1:58:04 ↗ continue to serve our Dynamic community

1:58:06 ↗ so I look forward to those conversations

1:58:08 ↗ with city council and the community on

1:58:10 ↗ how we are going to fund those needs

1:58:13 ↗ finally the CIP process proposes more

1:58:15 ↗ emphasis on maintenance and repair of

1:58:17 ↗ our infrastructure than ever before and

1:58:20 ↗ this is across all asset categories I'm

1:58:23 ↗ also excited to announce that the CIP

1:58:25 ↗ includes extensive investment in

1:58:27 ↗ sustainability incorporating many of the

1:58:29 ↗ recommendations from the Issaquah

1:58:31 ↗ climate action plan and further our

1:58:33 ↗ goals for climate responsibility and

1:58:35 ↗ environmental sustainability I

1:58:37 ↗ appreciate the hard work contributions

1:58:39 ↗ and feedback from our boards and

1:58:41 ↗ communities members that will

1:58:43 ↗ participate in this process this is a

1:58:45 ↗ great example of why the title 18

1:58:47 ↗ process was successful and we can carry

1:58:49 ↗ this on into our CIP work

1:58:53 ↗ and next item for this evening is the

1:58:56 ↗ Hall of Fame nominations and I just want

1:58:58 ↗ to let the council and the community

1:59:00 ↗ know that the nominations are still open

1:59:02 ↗ for the Issaquah Hall of Fame award

1:59:04 ↗ which is a top honor for making a

1:59:07 ↗ lasting contribution to our Issaquah

1:59:08 ↗ Community each year the mayor and

1:59:10 ↗ council president select a person to

1:59:12 ↗ induct into the Issaquah Hall of Fame

1:59:14 ↗ for their exemplary record of

1:59:15 ↗ inspiration leadership and service

1:59:17 ↗ the award will be presented virtually at

1:59:20 ↗ the Chamber of commerce's annual

1:59:21 ↗ Issaquah Community Awards event on May

1:59:23 ↗ 24th and nominations can be submitted at

1:59:26 ↗ escrow.gov nominate the deadline for

1:59:29 ↗ nominations has been changed to 5 PM on

1:59:32 ↗ May 8th

1:59:33 ↗ a couple of upcoming events is called

1:59:35 ↗ farmers market returns this is a event

1:59:37 ↗ every summer that occurs on Saturdays

1:59:40 ↗ from May through September 9 A.M to 2

1:59:43 ↗ p.m and our 2023 season will gain offer

1:59:45 ↗ a variety of farm and food-based

1:59:48 ↗ products on-site concessions and local

1:59:50 ↗ artisans

1:59:51 ↗ and the last item is walking way please

1:59:54 ↗ bring your dog to Lake Sammamish State

1:59:56 ↗ Park on Sunday May 7th and participate

1:59:58 ↗ in our 3K walk in the park to benefit

2:00:01 ↗ the friends of Lake Sammamish State Park

2:00:02 ↗ and after the 3K please stay on for our

2:00:05 ↗ pet show

2:00:06 ↗ pet show categories include best dressed

2:00:09 ↗ smallest dog best eyes dog owner

2:00:12 ↗ look-alike best boys and one of the

2:00:15 ↗ judges or the only judge is probably me

2:00:17 ↗ I cannot remember I think there was two

2:00:18 ↗ or three of us but I might be the only

2:00:20 ↗ one and that's the last item I have on

2:00:22 ↗ the mayor's report this evening so we'll

2:00:24 ↗ go to go to the order I do have some

2:00:26 ↗ meeting announcements but let's take go

2:00:27 ↗ to the order items first uh council

2:00:29 ↗ president and Deputy council president

2:00:31 ↗ first a quick

2:00:33 ↗ um correction I believe the chambers

2:00:35 ↗ Community Awards is going to be in

2:00:37 ↗ person not virtual okay just wanted to

2:00:40 ↗ clarify that and then I've got two

2:00:43 ↗ things reminder we have a council

2:00:45 ↗ Retreat this weekend so Saturday The

2:00:49 ↗ Retreat will be at typix Creek Manor

2:00:51 ↗ we'll meet at 9 00 a.m there will be

2:00:53 ↗ pastries and coffee followed by a review

2:00:55 ↗ of our community survey and performance

2:00:57 ↗ measurement program that will be

2:00:59 ↗ followed by lunch and then a bus tour

2:01:02 ↗ we're going off site to visit a few

2:01:06 ↗ capital projects X also a reminder that

2:01:09 ↗ we've sent you some

2:01:11 ↗ suggested ways to prepare

2:01:14 ↗ for this and we will also be sending out

2:01:18 ↗ some more information particularly on

2:01:20 ↗ the performance measurement on either

2:01:22 ↗ Tuesday or Wednesday the full packet

2:01:24 ↗ will be out on Tuesday as well so lots

2:01:28 ↗ to cover and be prepared for all of that

2:01:33 ↗ um and then

2:01:34 ↗ I wanted to close the loop back on

2:01:36 ↗ something that you guys had kind of

2:01:38 ↗ asked us to look at which is how is the

2:01:41 ↗ board and commissions receiving

2:01:43 ↗ information from Council how are they

2:01:46 ↗ getting feedback on how their work has

2:01:48 ↗ done there was a lot of work within the

2:01:51 ↗ administration on agendas and working

2:01:53 ↗ with each of the staff members that

2:01:56 ↗ works on those boarding commissions we

2:01:59 ↗ looked through watched all of the

2:02:01 ↗ meetings confirmed that there is an

2:02:03 ↗ opportunity both for staff to present

2:02:06 ↗ what's happening at Council on some of

2:02:08 ↗ the agenda items that may have come

2:02:09 ↗ through and then also once something has

2:02:13 ↗ finalized and we've either used or

2:02:15 ↗ adopted some of the information

2:02:18 ↗ providing the feedback on that I'm sure

2:02:21 ↗ there will be a lot on the title 18

2:02:22 ↗ going back to PPC in the next few

2:02:24 ↗ meetings but just wanted to close the

2:02:27 ↗ loop and let you know that that is

2:02:30 ↗ happening there is more bi-directional

2:02:32 ↗ communication happening with each of the

2:02:34 ↗ boards and commissions at this time

2:02:36 ↗ because of that ask for feedback so

2:02:39 ↗ thank you

2:02:40 ↗ great uh Deputy council president uh

2:02:43 ↗ thank you um real quickly so there are

2:02:45 ↗ new board and commission members

2:02:46 ↗ speaking of boarding commissions

2:02:48 ↗ um and their first meetings are coming

2:02:49 ↗ up so um billing off the success of last

2:02:52 ↗ year we're going to start organizing

2:02:53 ↗ thank yous again um from volunteers on

2:02:55 ↗ the council so um look for an email from

2:02:57 ↗ me this week if you're interested in

2:02:59 ↗ signing up to go to a board or

2:03:02 ↗ commission meeting to thank them for

2:03:03 ↗ their hard work during their public

2:03:04 ↗ comment section

2:03:06 ↗ um you'll have an opportunity to do that

2:03:07 ↗ then and we would really appreciate it

2:03:08 ↗ so thanks

2:03:10 ↗ are there any more good of the order

2:03:12 ↗ items

2:03:13 ↗ uh City administrator yes thank you uh

2:03:16 ↗ thank you Council for your patience with

2:03:18 ↗ the proclamations this evening

2:03:20 ↗ for whatever reason all the municipal

2:03:22 ↗ groups seem to do all this in May

2:03:25 ↗ council member Joe talked about drinking

2:03:27 ↗ water week and the importance of

2:03:29 ↗ drinking water I just wanted to make

2:03:31 ↗ sure everyone is aware that in addition

2:03:33 ↗ to getting water from the Cascade water

2:03:35 ↗ Alliance that our dedicated City staff

2:03:37 ↗ work on a number of Wells throughout the

2:03:40 ↗ community to receive water and we also

2:03:42 ↗ receive water many of our residents of

2:03:44 ↗ the Sammamish Plateau Water Agency so

2:03:46 ↗ water is extraordinarily important here

2:03:49 ↗ in this community it's a very uh complex

2:03:52 ↗ system here in Issaquah and I just

2:03:54 ↗ wanted to make sure that everyone is

2:03:56 ↗ aware how complex it truly is and we

2:03:59 ↗ really appreciate the work of our Public

2:04:00 ↗ Works staff and moving it all around

2:04:03 ↗ thank you City administrator and back in

2:04:05 ↗ the early days when Ruth Keys was

2:04:07 ↗ advocating for it we had a spring up on

2:04:09 ↗ the hillside we didn't even have the

2:04:11 ↗ wells so so much has changed in

2:04:13 ↗ issaquah's water history

2:04:15 ↗ um I'm just going to add a couple items

2:04:17 ↗ just reiterating what council president

2:04:18 ↗ said Saturday May 6 is the retreat

2:04:22 ↗ and Monday May 8th will be the committee

2:04:24 ↗ of the whole the anticipated agenda

2:04:27 ↗ items for that meeting are ID 1342

2:04:30 ↗ Police Court and City Hall planning

2:04:33 ↗ future options ID 1341 the 20 24 2029

2:04:38 ↗ Capital Improvement plan facilities

2:04:40 ↗ funding and new funding sources for

2:04:42 ↗ capital projects

2:04:44 ↗ there is no executive session this

2:04:48 ↗ evening so if there's no further

2:04:49 ↗ business we're adjourned at 906 PM

2:04:51 ↗ thanks

2:04:53 ↗ foreign

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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 (10)

Adopt Ordinances Nos. 3011-3019, Exhibits A thru I of AB 8398, repealing and replacing Title 18, Land Use Code, of the Issaquah Municipal Code.

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

Amend Ordinance 3013, to amend IMC Table 18.204.030, Review Process, to eliminate local appeals for Shoreline Permit Decisions, and change the appellate body for Shoreline Permit Decisions (Level 2) to the Washington State Shorelines Hearings Board instead of the City’s Hearing Examiner. [Full text …

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

Carried 7-0

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

Amend Ordinance 3017, to amend Subsections 18.604.020(B) and 18.604.160(C), to provide a process for determining required parking for uses that are not specifically listed, and to eliminate the 40% cap for parking reduction to allow redevelopment of legal non-conforming community service establishme…

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

Carried 7-0

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

Amend Ordinance 3011 (Ordinance 1), to amend Section 1 by adding, “The Official Issaquah Zoning Map, adopted by reference in Chapter 18.100 IMC, is hereby amended as depicted in Exhibit D attached and incorporated herein.” and add the City’s official Zoning Map as Exhibit D to the Ordinance. . MAIN …

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

Carried 7-0

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

Adopt Ordinance No. 3020, Exhibit J of AB 8398, amending Chapter 2.30, 2.32, 2.34, 2.36 of the Issaquah Municipal Code regarding updates to establish Boards, Commissions, and the Hearing Examiner. .

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HUNT

Carried 7-0

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

Adopt Ordinance No. 3021, Exhibit K of AB 8398, adopting Chapter 18.804 of the Issaquah Municipal Code regarding the Shoreline Master Program. . b)

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

Carried 7-0

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

Adopt Ordinance No. 3022, amending Chapter 3.64 of the Issaquah Municipal Code to apply fee adjustments related to associated code amendments to the City’s Land Use and Site Work permit fees. . c)

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HUNT

Carried 7-0

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

Approve Resolution No. 2023-09, amending the City Council Rules of Procedure regarding remote attendance by City Councilmembers. (

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

Carried 6-1

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

Opposed: Marts

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. a) ID 1335 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of May 1, 2023, $4,878,764.63; Approved. b) Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, Feb. 6, 2023; Approved. c) ID 1391 - Informational Update: Issaquah Climate Action Plan Implementation; Received Report. d) ID 1430 …

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

Main motion as amended: APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. a) ID 1335 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of May 1, 2023, $4,878,764.63; Approved. b) Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, Feb. 6, 2023; Approved. c) ID 1391 - Informational Update: Issaquah Climate Action Plan Implementation; Rece…

Moved by (main motion as amended) · seconded by

Carried 7-0

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