City Council Regular Meeting · Monday, May 15, 2023 · City Council Digest

3. SPECIAL BUSINESS

Police Week Proclamation ID 1364

5 min · packet pp.5

Topics: Public Safety

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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 lssaquah, WA 98027 (425) 837-3020 issaquahwa.gov

Emergency Medical Services Week Proclamation ID 1365

5 min · packet pp.7

Topics: Public Safety

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Staff report:

CITY OF I SS 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

Public Works Week Proclamation ID 1366

5 min · packet pp.9

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Staff report:

CITY OF IS S A Q} 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

Safe Boating & Paddling Week Proclamation ID 1377

5 min · packet pp.11

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Staff report:

CITY OF I S S A Q} 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

Gun Violence Awareness Day Proclamation 15 - 49 ID 1421 - 2023 Legislation Session f) Highlights ID 1440

5 min · Shelly Helder, Lobbyist · packet pp.13

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Staff report:

CITY OF I S S A Q1}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

5. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of May 15, 2023, $4,357,640.48 ID 1336

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.51–81

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. 21, 2023

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.83–87

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR b) 02-21-23 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers February 21, 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: Q1 2023 Financial Update ID 1445

Carried 7-0

Receive Report · packet pp.89–91

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Staff report:

This

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

Water Leak Repair and Service Installation (On-Call) Project AB 8590

Carried 7-0

Accept Project · packet pp.93–95

Topics: Water

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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

2023 Maintenance Overlay (TR AB 8608

Carried 7-0

Award Bid · packet pp.117–126

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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

2023 Concrete Maintenance (TR AB 8609

Carried 7-0

Award Bid · packet pp.127–136

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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

Amending Internal References to Title 18, Land Use Code AB 8613

Carried 7-0

Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.137–173

Topics: Land Use

Previously discussed: Planning Policy Commission · Feb 2, 2023 City Council Regular Meeting · Feb 28, 2023

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Staff report:

Over the last two years, the comprehensive update to Title 18 has been underway, reorganizing and amending the City's entire land use code. This work culminated on May 1, 2023, when the City Council adopted eleven ordinances repealing and replacing Title 18, Land Use, of the Issaquah Municipal Code (Ordinance Nos. 3011-3021).

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

Emergency Housing Program Funding Allocations AB 8619

Carried 7-0

Approve Resolution · packet pp.175–179

Topics: HousingPublic SafetyBudget

Previously discussed: City Council Committee of the Whole · Apr 24, 2023

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Staff report:

In October 2020 the City adopted Ordinance 2922, implementing an 0.1% sales tax to fund affordable housing, mental health services, and related services (under HB 1590).

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

9. INFORMATIONAL UPDATES

Informational Update: ARPA Funded Parks Projects ID 1432

Director · 15 min · Jeff Watling, Parks & Community Services · packet pp.215–257

Topics: Parks

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Staff report:

The purpose of this presentation is to provide a progress update to the City Council on the two ARPA funded park projects that were approved in the 23/24 budget.

10. GOOD OF THE ORDER

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0:03 ↗ welcome everyone another nice uh big

0:06 ↗ crowd tonight I called the May 15th city

0:08 ↗ council meeting to order and as a

0:10 ↗ reminder we continue to have a remote

0:12 ↗ aspect to our meetings

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

0:15 ↗ be participating in tonight's meeting

0:17 ↗ remotely via WebEx

0:19 ↗ the first item on the agenda this

0:21 ↗ evening is the Pledge of Allegiance and

0:23 ↗ I invite you to join us

0:27 ↗ I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

0:31 ↗ United States

0:35 ↗ one nation under God indivisible with

0:39 ↗ liberty and justice for all

0:44 ↗ thank you

0:45 ↗ one of the reasons we have a big crowd

0:48 ↗ is because May tends to be Proclamation

0:49 ↗ month so we have a lot of proclamations

0:51 ↗ to do before we start our regular

0:53 ↗ business this evening the first one is

0:56 ↗ id1364 and I would like to invite

0:59 ↗ council member Mart to the podium this

1:03 ↗ is the Police Week Proclamation and

1:05 ↗ thank you to all of those who are very

1:07 ↗ easy to recognize in the audience who

1:09 ↗ came to receive this Proclamation we

1:12 ↗ appreciate all that you do

1:13 ↗ councilmember Mertz

1:15 ↗ thank you madam mayor and I'd like to

1:17 ↗ invite Chief Schwann and the other

1:18 ↗ members of the ipd who are with her this

1:20 ↗ evening to join us at the podium

1:25 ↗ [Laughter]

1:43 ↗ it's a big group

1:47 ↗ all righty

1:49 ↗ whereas in 1962 President Kennedy

1:52 ↗ proclaimed May 15th as National Peace

1:55 ↗ Officers Memorial Day and the calendar

1:57 ↗ week in which May 15th Falls as National

2:00 ↗ Police Week and whereas the members of

2:03 ↗ the law enforcement agency of the City

2:05 ↗ of Issaquah play an important role in

2:07 ↗ safeguarding the rights and freedoms of

2:09 ↗ our community members and whereas it is

2:12 ↗ important to know and understand the

2:14 ↗ problems duties and responsibilities of

2:16 ↗ our Police Department

2:18 ↗ and whereas our Police Department serves

2:21 ↗ the people in safeguarding life and

2:23 ↗ property protecting them against

2:25 ↗ violence or disorder and protecting the

2:27 ↗ innocent against deception and the weak

2:29 ↗ against depression or intimidation

2:32 ↗ and whereas our police department has

2:34 ↗ grown to be a modern and scientific law

2:37 ↗ enforcement agency which unceasingly

2:39 ↗ provides a vital public service

2:41 ↗ therefore the City of Issaquah does

2:43 ↗ hereby proclaim the week of May 14th to

2:46 ↗ the 20th to be Police Week in the City

2:48 ↗ of Issaquah and we invite the community

2:50 ↗ to join us in thanking the Issaquah

2:52 ↗ Police Department for their service and

2:54 ↗ outstanding contributions the city

2:56 ↗ therefore did herefore set their hand

2:58 ↗ and seal of the City of Issaquah this

3:00 ↗ 15th day of May 2023.

3:03 ↗ [Applause]

3:13 ↗ thank you

3:15 ↗ thank you council members Madam mayor

3:18 ↗ I'd like to introduce we have officers

3:20 ↗ win burtis Michaels DeVille Lane and

3:24 ↗ Gutierrez with us this evening they're

3:26 ↗ all working and this Proclamation we all

3:29 ↗ appreciate very much there are people

3:30 ↗ that are made to run away from things

3:34 ↗ and there are some that are run towards

3:35 ↗ it and thankfully we have many personnel

3:38 ↗ These Fine gentlemen and the other men

3:41 ↗ and women that are in our department do

3:43 ↗ an amazing job and are here for the

3:45 ↗ community on a daily basis and so we

3:47 ↗ thank them and I thank you all for the

3:48 ↗ proclamation and for recognizing the

3:50 ↗ great work that they do year round thank

3:52 ↗ you very much

3:56 ↗ thank you

4:08 ↗ thank you Commander Schwann and team

4:10 ↗ thank you councilmember Martz the next

4:12 ↗ Proclamation this evening is id1365 and

4:15 ↗ I would like to invite council member

4:17 ↗ hunt to go to the podium this is the

4:19 ↗ Emergency Medical Services week

4:20 ↗ Proclamation

4:31 ↗ and I would like to invite up to the

4:33 ↗ podium Chief Lane and deputy chief Ajo

4:35 ↗ as well as the other members of Eastside

4:37 ↗ Fire and Rescue

4:45 ↗ thank you

4:55 ↗ whereas in 1974 President Gerald Ford

4:58 ↗ announced and authorized the First

5:00 ↗ National Emergency Medical Services week

5:02 ↗ and whereas medical services are a vital

5:05 ↗ public service and whereas the members

5:08 ↗ of Eastside fire and rescue stand ready

5:10 ↗ to provide life-saving care to those in

5:13 ↗ need 24 hours a day seven days a week

5:16 ↗ and whereas access to Quality Emergency

5:19 ↗ Care dramatically improves the survival

5:21 ↗ and recovery rate of those who

5:23 ↗ experience sudden illness or injury and

5:26 ↗ whereas Emergency Medical Services have

5:29 ↗ grown to fill a gap by providing

5:30 ↗ important out of hospital care including

5:33 ↗ preventative medicine follow-up care and

5:35 ↗ access to telemedicine and whereas the

5:38 ↗ members of Eastside fire and rescue

5:40 ↗ whether career or reserves engage in

5:42 ↗ thousands of hours of specialized

5:44 ↗ training and continuing education to

5:46 ↗ enhance their life-saving skills whereas

5:49 ↗ it is important it is appropriate to

5:51 ↗ recognize the value and the

5:52 ↗ accomplishments of Emergency Medical

5:54 ↗ Services providers by designating

5:56 ↗ Emergency Medical Services week now

5:59 ↗ therefore Mary Lou Paulie mayor of the

6:01 ↗ City of Issaquah does hereby proclaim

6:04 ↗ the week of May 21st to 27th to be

6:06 ↗ Emergency Medical Services week in the

6:09 ↗ City of Issaquah and I invite the

6:10 ↗ community to join me in thanking the

6:12 ↗ East Side Fire and Rescue for their

6:14 ↗ service and outstanding contributions

6:16 ↗ thank you

6:24 ↗ good evening thank you madam mayor

6:26 ↗ members of the council and members of

6:27 ↗ the community Ben Lane the fire chief of

6:29 ↗ the East Side Fire and Rescue I do have

6:31 ↗ with me

6:32 ↗ the two distinguished gentlemen here

6:34 ↗ writing the aid car the ladder truck got

6:36 ↗ a call so they weren't available to join

6:38 ↗ us we have firefighter good and

6:39 ↗ firefighter Wilson I do have our Ops

6:41 ↗ chief chief aho with me as well although

6:44 ↗ we are a fire department nearly 70

6:46 ↗ percent of what we do as EMS calls we're

6:49 ↗ able to do that by the great support by

6:51 ↗ the community members and the council so

6:53 ↗ again thank you and year to date we've

6:55 ↗ been able to provide exceptional service

6:58 ↗ to over 1300 calls for EMS service here

7:01 ↗ when the City of Issaquah so it's an

7:03 ↗ honor and privilege to accept this on

7:05 ↗ behalf of the fine men and women of

7:06 ↗ Eastside foreign rescue and thank you

7:09 ↗ foreign

7:14 ↗ [Laughter]

7:33 ↗ thank you Chief thank you councilmember

7:35 ↗ hunt and uh

7:38 ↗ remind me again it's you you said a type

7:40 ↗ of call but you didn't actually spell it

7:42 ↗ out yes emergency myth okay for those

7:45 ↗ who are not acronym rich with the city

7:47 ↗ it's Emergency Medical Services thank

7:49 ↗ you chief

7:50 ↗ the next Proclamation this evening is ID

7:54 ↗ 1366 and Public Works week Proclamation

7:57 ↗ and I see Deputy council president Hall

7:59 ↗ is already at the podium

8:01 ↗ come on up director Moon thank you Mary

8:03 ↗ the honor of recognizing our incredible

8:07 ↗ Public Works staff and I'm joined by our

8:09 ↗ Public Works director Emily Moon

8:11 ↗ uh so whereas this year marks the 63rd

8:14 ↗ annual National Public Works week and

8:16 ↗ whereas the 2023 National theme

8:18 ↗ connecting the world through Public

8:20 ↗ Works honors the Public Works

8:22 ↗ professionals and Public Works is the

8:24 ↗ thread that connects us all no matter

8:25 ↗ where we live in the world and whereas

8:28 ↗ our Public Works professionals focus on

8:30 ↗ infrastructure facilities services and

8:33 ↗ services that are of vital importance to

8:35 ↗ sustainable and resilient communities

8:36 ↗ and to the public health high quality of

8:39 ↗ life and well-being of the people of

8:40 ↗ Issaquah and whereas these

8:43 ↗ infrastructure facilities and services

8:45 ↗ could not be provided without the

8:47 ↗ dedicated efforts of Public Works

8:49 ↗ professionals Engineers managers and

8:51 ↗ employees at all levels of government

8:53 ↗ and in the private sector who are

8:55 ↗ responsible for rebuilding improving and

8:57 ↗ protecting our transportation water

8:59 ↗ supply water treatment and solid waste

9:01 ↗ our systems public buildings and other

9:03 ↗ structures and Facilities essential for

9:06 ↗ our community and whereas we pay tribute

9:09 ↗ to the substantial contributions these

9:11 ↗ individuals make to protecting our

9:12 ↗ health safety and quality of life now

9:15 ↗ therefore Mary Lou Paulie the mayor of

9:17 ↗ Issaquah does proclaim that May 21st

9:19 ↗ through the 22nd be Public Work Week

9:22 ↗ Public Works week in the City of

9:23 ↗ Issaquah and invites the community to

9:25 ↗ join us in thanking the public works

9:27 ↗ department for their service and

9:28 ↗ outstanding contributions thank you

9:34 ↗ thank you for this recognition on behalf

9:37 ↗ of the 70 employees and Public Works who

9:40 ↗ do amazing work every day to take care

9:42 ↗ of our infrastructure Steward all of our

9:46 ↗ assets be excellent stewards of the

9:50 ↗ environment I'm just happy to be here to

9:52 ↗ say thank you on on their behalf for

9:55 ↗ this recognition and we'll keep up the

9:57 ↗ good work

10:00 ↗ [Applause]

10:14 ↗ thank you Council Deputy council

10:16 ↗ president Hall and director Moon I'm

10:18 ↗ going to be doing the next two

10:19 ↗ proclamations and the first one is

10:22 ↗ id1377 safe boating and paddling week

10:26 ↗ Proclamation and I'd like to invite

10:27 ↗ Ephraim christler from the Coast Guard

10:30 ↗ to come up and join

10:33 ↗ and first off everybody let's thank

10:34 ↗ Ephraim for his services in the U.S

10:37 ↗ Coast Guard auxiliary

10:43 ↗ whereas the national safe boating week

10:45 ↗ has coordinated each year by the

10:47 ↗ national Safety boating Council and its

10:49 ↗ boating safety Partners across the U.S

10:51 ↗ and Canada and for nearly 100 million

10:54 ↗ Americans voting continues to be a

10:56 ↗ popular recreational activity and from

10:58 ↗ coast to coast and everywhere in between

11:00 ↗ people are taken to the water and

11:02 ↗ enjoying time together boating sailing

11:04 ↗ paddling and fishing

11:06 ↗ whereas on average 650 people die each

11:09 ↗ year in boating related accidents in the

11:11 ↗ United States with the vast majority of

11:13 ↗ those accidents caused by human error

11:15 ↗ and poor judgment and whereas this

11:18 ↗ campaign serves to remind us to keep

11:19 ↗ safety front and center all season long

11:22 ↗ and as whereas a significant number of

11:25 ↗ boaters who lose their lives by Drowning

11:27 ↗ each year will be alive today if they

11:29 ↗ had worn their life jackets and whereas

11:31 ↗ the City of Issaquah is adjacent to Lake

11:34 ↗ Sammamish and encompasses numerous other

11:37 ↗ waterways now therefore I Mary Lou

11:39 ↗ Paulie mayor of the City of Issaquah do

11:41 ↗ hereby proclaim the week of May 30th

11:43 ↗ 2026 to be safe boating and paddling

11:46 ↗ week and I'm going to invite Ephraim to

11:47 ↗ say a few words

11:51 ↗ thank you mayor council my name is

11:54 ↗ Ephraim krisher I'm a member of the

11:56 ↗ Coast Guard auxiliary the auxiliary is

12:01 ↗ the civilian volunteer component of the

12:03 ↗ Coast Guard we are primarily involved

12:05 ↗ with promoting recreational boating

12:07 ↗ safety

12:08 ↗ we are concerned about the number of

12:10 ↗ accidents and deaths as the mayor

12:12 ↗ mentioned including

12:13 ↗ involving recreational boating in our

12:16 ↗ area and we try to mitigate the risk by

12:18 ↗ providing boating education classes

12:20 ↗ courtesy vessels safety checks and

12:23 ↗ Outreach to boaters in the General

12:24 ↗ Public

12:25 ↗ our key message to the public are a few

12:28 ↗ simple things that people can do to stay

12:30 ↗ safe around the water most important is

12:33 ↗ to wear a life jacket and it's very

12:35 ↗ simple I could put it on avoid boating

12:38 ↗ under the influence of alcohol and other

12:40 ↗ substances that can affect judgment and

12:42 ↗ of course being prepared by checking

12:44 ↗ whether having the right equipment

12:47 ↗ and going with a partner or group

12:49 ↗ we would welcome the opportunity to

12:51 ↗ partner with the city of is a corn any

12:53 ↗ efforts to enhance the safety of those

12:55 ↗ enjoying the local Waters this year

12:58 ↗ thank you again for joining with us to

13:01 ↗ make a statement about the importance of

13:03 ↗ boating safety again this year and I

13:04 ↗ want to add that I'm particularly

13:06 ↗ pleased

13:07 ↗ that with the City of Issaquah

13:10 ↗ since my daughter my son-in-law and my

13:12 ↗ three young grandsons live in Issaquah

13:15 ↗ and are out on the water so

13:19 ↗ delighted that the city is concerned

13:21 ↗ about boating safety thank you

13:24 ↗ of course

13:29 ↗ [Applause]

13:40 ↗ the last eight amended proclamations

13:42 ↗ this evening is id1421 uh gun violence

13:45 ↗ aware Awareness Day Proclamation and I

13:48 ↗ would like to invite Bridget Julie

13:50 ↗ Virgil Alex Kelly and anybody else who

13:54 ↗ came to join them because I heard there

13:56 ↗ were some names they might have missed

13:59 ↗ thank you all for coming tonight

14:09 ↗ whereas every day more than 120

14:12 ↗ Americans are killed by gun violence and

14:15 ↗ more than 200 are shot and wounded with

14:18 ↗ an average of more than 17 000 gun

14:20 ↗ homicides every year and whereas

14:23 ↗ Americans are 26 times more likely to be

14:26 ↗ killed with guns than people in either

14:28 ↗ in other high-income communities and

14:31 ↗ whereas protecting Public Safety is the

14:34 ↗ mayor's highest responsibility and

14:36 ↗ whereas gun violence prevention is more

14:38 ↗ important than ever as the covid-19

14:40 ↗ pandemic continues to exacerbate gun

14:43 ↗ violence after significantly increased

14:45 ↗ gun sales increased calls to suicide and

14:48 ↗ domestic violence hotlines and an

14:50 ↗ increase in gun violence across our

14:52 ↗ country and whereas in January 2013

14:55 ↗ hedia Pendleton was tragically shot and

14:58 ↗ killed at age 15 and to recognize her

15:01 ↗ birthday in June people across the

15:03 ↗ United States have annually recognized

15:05 ↗ the first Friday of June as National Gun

15:08 ↗ Violence awareness Day by wearing orange

15:11 ↗ in tribute to hadia Pendleton and other

15:13 ↗ victims of gun violence and the loved

15:16 ↗ ones of those victims

15:18 ↗ whereas we renew our commitment to

15:20 ↗ reduce gun violence and pledge to do all

15:22 ↗ we can to keep Firearms out of the wrong

15:24 ↗ hands and encourage responsible gun

15:26 ↗ ownership to help keep our community

15:28 ↗ safe now therefore I Mary Lou Paulie

15:31 ↗ mayor of the City of Issaquah do you

15:33 ↗ hereby Proclaim June 3rd 2023 to begin

15:35 ↗ violence Awareness Day in Issaquah

15:45 ↗ thank you mayor Polly Council I'm

15:47 ↗ Bridget Shepard I'm one of over 250

15:49 ↗ volunteers here in the iso custom Amazon

15:53 ↗ Snoqualmie area

15:54 ↗ thank you sorry

15:56 ↗ um who have joined together with Mom's

15:59 ↗ demand action and 10 million others

16:01 ↗ nationally to lend our voices to this

16:04 ↗ cause one important fact that I want to

16:07 ↗ share is that it's a solvable problem

16:09 ↗ and that the five states that have the

16:12 ↗ strongest gun laws have cut gun deaths

16:15 ↗ by 70 percent that's not something you

16:17 ↗ hear in the headlines but that's what we

16:19 ↗ need to you know the story we need to

16:21 ↗ tell so I would like to invite anyone

16:24 ↗ who wants to join us we accept moms dads

16:28 ↗ uncles aunts kids into our movement to

16:33 ↗ text enough to six four four three three

16:36 ↗ we are planning many actions locally

16:39 ↗ that will help promote safe gun storage

16:42 ↗ to produce suicides and gun unintended

16:46 ↗ gun violence as well as other other

16:49 ↗ actions to educate the public and make

16:52 ↗ sure that we're doing our best to make

16:54 ↗ and our surrounding area gun violence

16:57 ↗ free so thank you so much

17:00 ↗ okay

17:02 ↗ please

17:16 ↗ and thank you for all you're doing

17:19 ↗ [Applause]

17:38 ↗ thank you to everyone who took the time

17:40 ↗ to come tonight for the proclamations uh

17:42 ↗ the next item

17:44 ↗ of special business this evening on our

17:46 ↗ agendas ID 1421 the 2023 legislation

17:50 ↗ session highlights for the new highlight

17:52 ↗ today and I'd like to turn my city

17:55 ↗ lobbyist Shelly Helder to make the

17:57 ↗ presentation welcome Shelly up there is

17:59 ↗ great

18:03 ↗ good evening good to be with you I am

18:06 ↗ Shelley Helder and I have the privilege

18:08 ↗ of serving as the city's State contract

18:10 ↗ lobbyist representing your interests in

18:13 ↗ Olympia

18:14 ↗ before I get started I want to just note

18:17 ↗ that there is a comprehensive written

18:18 ↗ report for you in your Council packet it

18:22 ↗ has detailed budget summaries

18:23 ↗ descriptions of the bills that passed

18:25 ↗ that have a Nexus with items in the

18:27 ↗ city's policy manual so it's much more

18:30 ↗ comprehensive than what I'll be able to

18:31 ↗ cover this evening so please use that as

18:33 ↗ a reference document

18:36 ↗ um this evening I'm going to provide an

18:37 ↗ overview of the 2023 legislative session

18:39 ↗ and I'll review the outcome of the

18:42 ↗ city's legislative priorities and share

18:44 ↗ some highlights about additional

18:46 ↗ legislative issues and then we'll wrap

18:47 ↗ up talking about next steps

18:50 ↗ so the 2023 legislative session was the

18:52 ↗ first time the legislature has conducted

18:54 ↗ their work in person in two years

18:57 ↗ the public was still able to participate

18:59 ↗ virtually through remote testimony at

19:01 ↗ public hearings but every legislator was

19:03 ↗ in Olympia

19:04 ↗ it was the first year of the biennium it

19:07 ↗ was a long 105 days and the primary

19:10 ↗ objective in a long session is to adopt

19:12 ↗ the biennial budgets which the

19:14 ↗ legislature did in addition to adopting

19:17 ↗ the budgets the legislature considered

19:19 ↗ over 2200 bills and ultimately passed

19:22 ↗ 482.

19:24 ↗ because this was the first year of the

19:26 ↗ biennium any bill that did not pass this

19:28 ↗ year is automatically reintroduced and

19:30 ↗ is up for consideration next year

19:34 ↗ Democrats continued to hold strong

19:36 ↗ majorities in both Chambers and they set

19:39 ↗ the agenda in terms of what policies

19:41 ↗ were considered

19:43 ↗ following the last election cycle there

19:45 ↗ were over 20 new legislators elected and

19:48 ↗ and that resulted in shifting of

19:52 ↗ committee assignments new committee

19:54 ↗ chairs new people in positions of caucus

19:57 ↗ leadership and all of that played into

19:59 ↗ what happened this session

20:02 ↗ so the primary objective as I mentioned

20:05 ↗ is to adopt the budgets the state has

20:07 ↗ three budgets the operating budget funds

20:10 ↗ All State agencies state agency

20:12 ↗ operations the largest of which is the

20:14 ↗ K-12 education system the 2023-25

20:18 ↗ operating budget is 69.8 billion dollars

20:22 ↗ some noteworthy allocations to mention

20:24 ↗ are 20 million dollars for Grants to

20:27 ↗ local governments for updating and

20:29 ↗ implementing comprehensive plans and

20:31 ↗ development regulations

20:33 ↗ 150 million to transition individuals

20:37 ↗ living in encampments to housing

20:39 ↗ over 250 million for various Behavioral

20:42 ↗ Health Services

20:43 ↗ 29.6 million for therapeutic Court

20:46 ↗ grants through the administrative office

20:47 ↗ of the courts and 9 million through the

20:50 ↗ Health Care Authority and this last one

20:52 ↗ is significant for Issaquah because the

20:54 ↗ city has previously received a grant

20:56 ↗ through AOC that helps cover the cost

20:58 ↗ for Community Court so that Grant

21:01 ↗ opportunity will be available again as a

21:03 ↗ result of this budget

21:05 ↗ the capital budget funds public and

21:07 ↗ non-profit construction projects that

21:10 ↗ are non-transportation related it's a

21:12 ↗ nine billion dollar budget primarily

21:14 ↗ funded through the sale of bonds

21:16 ↗ um there's roughly 95 million in

21:19 ↗ remaining Bond capacity for the

21:21 ↗ supplemental budget year

21:23 ↗ over 231 million was allocated to local

21:26 ↗ community projects throughout the state

21:28 ↗ which is a big jump from the previous

21:31 ↗ budget which had 160 million allocated

21:33 ↗ to that funding

21:35 ↗ the capital budget makes major

21:37 ↗ investments in housing homelessness

21:40 ↗ services and Facilities Behavioral

21:43 ↗ Health and education and if you like the

21:46 ↗ capital budget please tell Senator

21:48 ↗ mullet because it was his first year

21:50 ↗ being the lead capital budget writer for

21:52 ↗ his caucus

21:54 ↗ the third and final budget is the

21:56 ↗ transportation budget it's 13 and a half

21:58 ↗ billion dollars and it's the first

22:00 ↗ budget that incorporated the

22:01 ↗ implementation of the move ahead

22:03 ↗ Washington package the revenues that

22:06 ↗ fund the transportation budget which are

22:07 ↗ primarily the gas tax are continuing to

22:11 ↗ decline

22:12 ↗ heading into session many communities

22:14 ↗ were concerned because the governor's

22:16 ↗ budget delayed funding for some really

22:18 ↗ key projects and for the most part the

22:21 ↗ legislature was able to honor previous

22:24 ↗ commitments that they had made about the

22:26 ↗ timing and the amount of funding for

22:28 ↗ those key projects

22:31 ↗ um they also provided certainty over the

22:33 ↗ next six years about when that funding

22:34 ↗ will be made available

22:37 ↗ was also the first budget to incorporate

22:39 ↗ revenues from the climate commitment act

22:40 ↗ and those revenues are scattered

22:42 ↗ throughout all three budgets and this

22:45 ↗ money is is money that must be spent on

22:47 ↗ carbon reducing programs and projects

22:51 ↗ so moving on to discuss the city's top

22:53 ↗ priorities the city identified three

22:55 ↗ priorities for the 2023 session the

22:58 ↗ first was a capital budget request of

23:00 ↗ seven hundred thousand dollars for

23:02 ↗ improvements at the Issaquah Senior

23:04 ↗ Center Plaza which is part of the

23:06 ↗ broader Veterans Memorial Consolidated

23:08 ↗ Park project

23:10 ↗ representative Callan and Senator mullet

23:12 ↗ were our Champions on this request and

23:15 ↗ since they're both in leadership

23:17 ↗ positions and capital budget that made

23:19 ↗ made sense to them ultimately our

23:22 ↗ request was included in the final budget

23:25 ↗ along with an additional three percent

23:26 ↗ to cover the administrative expense

23:28 ↗ that's charged by the Department of

23:30 ↗ Commerce and so that's why the the full

23:32 ↗ amount is slightly higher than our

23:33 ↗ request

23:35 ↗ um a large part of our success on this I

23:38 ↗ it is noteworthy that our legislators

23:40 ↗ that championed this have leadership

23:42 ↗ positions in the capital budget but it

23:45 ↗ also makes sense that we brought forward

23:46 ↗ a project that made sense for them to

23:49 ↗ fund and to prioritize was the last

23:51 ↗ dollar in the city had already committed

23:53 ↗ significant resources to the project in

23:55 ↗ many ways it was a no-brainer for them

23:58 ↗ um and so I just as we consider future

24:00 ↗ capital budget requests future projects

24:02 ↗ that we want the state's partnership

24:03 ↗ with it's important to remember that

24:06 ↗ the second priority was policy rather

24:09 ↗ than budget focused and that was a

24:11 ↗ request for the legislature to increase

24:13 ↗ housing availability and affordability

24:17 ↗ the Department of Commerce reported last

24:19 ↗ year they released a report that stated

24:22 ↗ Washington needs roughly a million new

24:24 ↗ homes by 2044 to accommodate the

24:27 ↗ projected population growth and that of

24:29 ↗ those homes 525

24:31 ↗ 000 need to be affordable at or below 50

24:34 ↗ of the area median income

24:37 ↗ that information was referenced many

24:39 ↗ times throughout session and prompted

24:41 ↗ the legislature to pass policies aimed

24:44 ↗ at bringing more homes to construction

24:46 ↗ or more homes to Market and reducing the

24:49 ↗ cost of constructing those homes

24:52 ↗ Senator mullet sponsored a bill to help

24:54 ↗ local governments improve their permit

24:56 ↗ processing timelines since Builders have

24:59 ↗ said that that is a significant

25:01 ↗ contributor to the cost of construction

25:04 ↗ there were two separate bills passed

25:06 ↗ that help reform the liability for

25:08 ↗ condominium construction

25:10 ↗ aimed at increasing opportunities for

25:12 ↗ home ownership

25:14 ↗ but perhaps the most discussed and

25:16 ↗ longest coming policy that passed this

25:19 ↗ session was on middle housing

25:21 ↗ the momentum for this bill has been

25:24 ↗ building for years and the legislature

25:26 ↗ was incredibly motivated to reduce

25:28 ↗ construction costs and one of the major

25:30 ↗ cost drivers for new homes is the price

25:32 ↗ of land

25:33 ↗ allowing more units to be built on the

25:36 ↗ same amount of land was appealing to

25:38 ↗ lawmakers and there were easily 10

25:41 ↗ different 10 dozen different versions of

25:44 ↗ this bill over the years and so it can

25:47 ↗ be kind of difficult to track what was

25:49 ↗ in a proposed version and what's in the

25:50 ↗ version that actually became law so I'm

25:53 ↗ going to start off by saying what the

25:55 ↗ bill doesn't do this does not allow for

25:58 ↗ skyrise development in single-family

26:00 ↗ neighborhoods and it does not prohibit

26:03 ↗ the construction of single-family homes

26:05 ↗ it does establish a minimum number of

26:08 ↗ units that must be authorized on all

26:10 ↗ Lots zoned primarily for residential

26:14 ↗ in Issaquah the city must allow at least

26:17 ↗ two units on all lots and four units on

26:21 ↗ Lots within a quarter mile walking

26:23 ↗ distance of major Transit stop major

26:25 ↗ Transit service

26:27 ↗ an accessory dwelling unit in the bill

26:29 ↗ is considered a unit and essentially

26:32 ↗ what that means is a city that already

26:34 ↗ allows adus on every lot is already in

26:38 ↗ compliance with that version or that

26:40 ↗ component of the bill

26:42 ↗ um

26:43 ↗ I also want to mention that this does

26:46 ↗ not mean that two units have to be built

26:48 ↗ on a lot it just means that it they can

26:51 ↗ be allowed or they must be allowed

26:53 ↗ that's the same goes for the four units

26:55 ↗ on a lot it remains up to Property

26:58 ↗ Owners to decide how many units they

27:00 ↗ want on their lot

27:01 ↗ there is also an alternative pathway for

27:05 ↗ compliance and that allows cities to

27:07 ↗ implement the requirement in at least 75

27:09 ↗ percent of all lots that are zoned for a

27:12 ↗ single family and then there's specific

27:14 ↗ limitations on things that can and can't

27:16 ↗ be included in the remaining 25 percent

27:19 ↗ so it does provide some flexibility for

27:21 ↗ communities that may need it

27:24 ↗ um the bill does not preempt current

27:25 ↗ homeowners associations but it will

27:28 ↗ apply to Future HOAs that are formed

27:31 ↗ after the effective date of the bill

27:33 ↗ the version that passed the legislature

27:36 ↗ was a compromise both on the part of

27:38 ↗ housing Advocates who wanted to see

27:40 ↗ greater density authorized on all lots

27:43 ↗ and on the part of local governments who

27:45 ↗ did not want their land use decisions to

27:47 ↗ be preempted at the state level

27:50 ↗ so as a city we were heavily engaged in

27:53 ↗ the policy development providing

27:54 ↗ feedback to our legislators on on what

27:57 ↗ aspects would and would not work for

27:59 ↗ Issaquah at one point there was a

28:01 ↗ version of the bill that authorized four

28:02 ↗ units within a quarter mile of all parks

28:05 ↗ for Issaquah that would have been an

28:08 ↗ effective up zone of the entire city and

28:10 ↗ so we shared concerns with that comment

28:11 ↗ or with that concept and

28:15 ↗ um and really the the reason behind that

28:17 ↗ is wanting to minimize development

28:19 ↗ that's car dependent and ultimately that

28:22 ↗ provision was removed and it was limited

28:25 ↗ just down to a quarter mile within

28:26 ↗ Transit

28:28 ↗ um because I know this is a really

28:29 ↗ important topic I'm just going to pause

28:31 ↗ quickly see if there's any questions on

28:33 ↗ this before I move on to talking about

28:35 ↗ the remaining priorities

28:38 ↗ not seeing any raised microphones okay

28:41 ↗ I'll just put a quick thank you in there

28:43 ↗ for working on this one too I think I

28:45 ↗ emailed you more than anybody during the

28:47 ↗ session thank you

28:49 ↗ all right well our third priority was

28:51 ↗ Transportation related and the 2022

28:54 ↗ legislature adopted the move ahead

28:56 ↗ Washington package that allocates 640

28:59 ↗ million to the State Route 18 widening

29:02 ↗ and safety improvements but as we've

29:04 ↗ talked about before that 640 million was

29:07 ↗ not specified in time over the 16-year

29:10 ↗ package and so our objective of this

29:13 ↗ session was to ensure that that funding

29:15 ↗ was available in the timeline needed to

29:17 ↗ complete those improvements

29:19 ↗ um as soon as we are ready so this past

29:22 ↗ session we continued our work with

29:24 ↗ Partners at the southeast area

29:26 ↗ legislative Transportation Coalition or

29:29 ↗ cltc and we requested that those funds

29:33 ↗ be phased accordingly the governor's

29:36 ↗ budget pushed out the project

29:38 ↗ more than four years later than what

29:41 ↗ washdot had recommended and ultimately

29:43 ↗ we were successful in having those funds

29:46 ↗ phased according to the the project

29:48 ↗ timeline and you can see that on the

29:50 ↗ screen in front of you this was the

29:53 ↗ direct result of Engagement and

29:55 ↗ Leadership from representative Ramos and

29:57 ↗ Senator mullet um so I want to make sure

29:59 ↗ that they get the credit for that

30:02 ↗ in addition to the city's top priorities

30:04 ↗ you also have a policy manual that

30:07 ↗ states the city's position on dozens of

30:09 ↗ other topics and I'm going to briefly

30:11 ↗ review some highlights from three

30:12 ↗ different categories in the category of

30:15 ↗ Public Safety there were two primary

30:18 ↗ policies discussed the first was police

30:20 ↗ vehicular Pursuits

30:22 ↗ in 2021 the legislature passed a law

30:25 ↗ requiring probable cause rather than

30:29 ↗ Reasonable Suspicion to believe that the

30:32 ↗ person in the vehicle has committed

30:34 ↗ certain offenses before an officer can

30:36 ↗ engage in a vehicular Pursuit

30:38 ↗ this higher threshold has caused concern

30:41 ↗ among many law enforcement agencies as

30:43 ↗ they've experienced more people eluding

30:46 ↗ or or trying to get away from police

30:48 ↗ and Advocates of the reform were

30:51 ↗ concerned that reverting back to

30:52 ↗ Reasonable Suspicion would result in

30:56 ↗ more dangerous law enforcement Pursuits

30:59 ↗ so after some really unique legislative

31:02 ↗ Maneuvers Senate bill 5352 passed the

31:06 ↗ legislature it lowers the evidentiary

31:09 ↗ threshold for vehicular Pursuits to

31:11 ↗ Reasonable Suspicion but only for

31:13 ↗ specific crimes those crimes do not

31:17 ↗ include property crimes that was a major

31:20 ↗ sticking point for some legislators who

31:22 ↗ wanted to see the bill go farther for

31:24 ↗ others the bill was a reversal of the

31:26 ↗ progress that was made in the 2021

31:29 ↗ session the bill ultimately passed

31:31 ↗ because it was a compromise and it it

31:33 ↗ had it had enough votes I had enough

31:35 ↗ members of the legislature that agreed

31:37 ↗ that this was progress over current law

31:41 ↗ the second public safety topic is the

31:44 ↗ reason the legislature will be returning

31:46 ↗ to Olympia tomorrow for a special

31:48 ↗ session the current law on possession of

31:51 ↗ controlled substances is set to expire

31:53 ↗ on June 30th that law was intentionally

31:56 ↗ established as a temporary solution

31:59 ↗ following the Supreme Court's ruling in

32:01 ↗ early 2021 that drug possession was not

32:04 ↗ a felony

32:06 ↗ um there were four different

32:08 ↗ um Blake fix bills that were introduced

32:10 ↗ this session

32:12 ↗ um the primary vehicle was Senate bill

32:14 ↗ 5536 in the Senate it passed with a

32:18 ↗ bipartisan mix of votes um an

32:21 ↗ established possession as a gross

32:22 ↗ misdemeanor and then it outlined the

32:24 ↗ procedure for pre-trial diversion and a

32:28 ↗ pathway for vacation of a conviction

32:32 ↗ and when it got to the house it was

32:34 ↗ amended substantially it established

32:37 ↗ possession as a misdemeanor rather than

32:39 ↗ a gross misdemeanor and it included drug

32:43 ↗ use in public places among among many

32:46 ↗ other differences

32:48 ↗ because the bill passed the house in a

32:50 ↗ different version than it passed the

32:51 ↗ Senate it had to go back to the Senate

32:55 ↗ um it if a bill passes in two different

32:57 ↗ versions it doesn't pass the legislature

32:59 ↗ so a committee was formed to develop a

33:02 ↗ compromise ultimately that compromise

33:05 ↗ was brought forward and failed to

33:07 ↗ receive the votes in the final hours of

33:08 ↗ the legislative session

33:10 ↗ since then the governor has called for a

33:12 ↗ special session to begin tomorrow

33:14 ↗ special sessions last for 30 days and

33:18 ↗ over the weekend we heard that there is

33:20 ↗ a bipartisan agreement that has been

33:22 ↗ reached the four different caucuses were

33:24 ↗ briefed on that agreement this afternoon

33:26 ↗ they're expected to return tomorrow at

33:29 ↗ 10 A.M to vote on that bill

33:32 ↗ we will see whether there are the votes

33:34 ↗ to pass it

33:35 ↗ um it you know until they vote we don't

33:38 ↗ know one way or the other they if if for

33:41 ↗ some reason the

33:42 ↗ um agreement is is does not pass

33:45 ↗ tomorrow they do still have 30 days

33:47 ↗ um under this special session to reach

33:49 ↗ an agreement and if this special session

33:52 ↗ lapses another one can be called really

33:55 ↗ the the big deadline looming is the June

33:57 ↗ 30th deadline

34:00 ↗ the second category is finances and I'm

34:03 ↗ going to keep the remaining of the

34:05 ↗ presentation brief I know this is a lot

34:06 ↗ of information two topics I want to

34:09 ↗ mention the first is the cap of the

34:11 ↗ property tax growth at one percent there

34:13 ↗ were three different bills that would

34:15 ↗ have increased this cap to three percent

34:17 ↗ all in slightly different ways those

34:20 ↗ none of those three bills Advanced one

34:22 ↗ received a public hearing But ultimately

34:24 ↗ none of them were voted out of committee

34:26 ↗ this continues to be a really

34:28 ↗ challenging topic for the legislature

34:30 ↗ and I

34:32 ↗ I don't see in the near near future a

34:34 ↗ change to that law

34:35 ↗ the state did continue to honor their

34:38 ↗ distribution of revenues to local

34:39 ↗ governments which is noteworthy only

34:42 ↗ because historically those have been on

34:44 ↗ the chopping block

34:46 ↗ then the final category is environment

34:48 ↗ there were dozens of environment related

34:51 ↗ bills that passed the legislature but

34:54 ↗ two that the city supported our house

34:56 ↗ bill 1181 and Senate Bill 5144

35:00 ↗ 1181 incorporates climate change

35:03 ↗ planning into the growth management act

35:05 ↗ and provides funding for local

35:07 ↗ governments planning work

35:09 ↗ 5144 creates a product stewardship

35:12 ↗ program for household batteries that

35:14 ↗ will be funded by battery manufacturers

35:17 ↗ both bills are the result of years of

35:20 ↗ stakeholder work and persistence and

35:23 ↗ compromise and were supported by the

35:25 ↗ city

35:26 ↗ the final item I want to mention on the

35:28 ↗ topic of environment is a 250 000

35:30 ↗ appropriation in the operating budget

35:32 ↗ for King County Conservation District to

35:35 ↗ reduce the impacts of artificial

35:37 ↗ Lighting on the behavior of salmon and

35:39 ↗ other aquatic-like Aquatic Life in Lake

35:41 ↗ Sammamish and Lake Washington and this

35:43 ↗ was the direct result of support and

35:46 ↗ engagement from many of you on Council

35:48 ↗ and was championed by representative

35:50 ↗ Ramos

35:52 ↗ so now that the session is over what

35:55 ↗ comes next well a special session

35:57 ↗ starting tomorrow

35:59 ↗ um hopefully it'll just be a single day

36:00 ↗ and we'll be done but no matter what

36:02 ↗ will we will remain engaged and help

36:06 ↗ um shape the final final policy

36:08 ↗ following that I would encourage the

36:11 ↗ city to consider ways of thanking your

36:13 ↗ legislators not just for representing

36:17 ↗ the city's interests but for their

36:18 ↗ dedication to Public Service you all

36:21 ↗ know it can be a thankless job so simply

36:23 ↗ receiving encouragement and appreciation

36:25 ↗ from fellow electives is important

36:29 ↗ with all the bills the legislature

36:31 ↗ passed and the funding that was made

36:32 ↗ available there is a lot of work to do

36:34 ↗ City staff who already have their plates

36:37 ↗ full will have even more to do in the

36:40 ↗ coming months and years to ensure that

36:42 ↗ the funding that was allocated to the

36:43 ↗ city is used in the allotted time frame

36:46 ↗ and that projects are delivered

36:48 ↗ and then lastly I know it sounds crazy

36:51 ↗ since we just ended but um it's never

36:55 ↗ too soon to begin thinking about next

36:57 ↗ year and what our priorities should be

36:59 ↗ for the 2024 session in the fall I will

37:03 ↗ return

37:04 ↗ um in person with you all and we'll

37:07 ↗ update the city's legislative documents

37:09 ↗ to reflect the items that were

37:11 ↗ accomplished this year and add new items

37:14 ↗ recognizing that it's not going to be a

37:15 ↗ budget year and it's going to be a short

37:17 ↗ session so we'll keep that in mind as we

37:19 ↗ consider priorities

37:21 ↗ and with that I am happy to take any

37:23 ↗ questions

37:28 ↗ that becomes president

37:29 ↗ thank you for your outstanding work I

37:32 ↗ had one quick question up in reading the

37:34 ↗ report

37:35 ↗ um thank you for putting that together

37:36 ↗ too

37:37 ↗ um you know one of our important city

37:39 ↗ priorities was Staffing levels at wasdot

37:41 ↗ the State Department of Transportation

37:43 ↗ and you had described it as some of that

37:46 ↗ funding being swept from Bank vacant

37:48 ↗ positions and being kind of

37:49 ↗ reappropriated how should we be thinking

37:51 ↗ about that is this the new normal in

37:53 ↗ terms of kind of Staffing levels at

37:55 ↗ wasda or is there a considered effort in

37:58 ↗ the legislature to get to that

38:00 ↗ eventually yeah I attend State

38:02 ↗ Department of Transportation did you say

38:04 ↗ that okay

38:05 ↗ yeah I appreciate that question I did

38:07 ↗ include that in the written report

38:08 ↗ because I I had more space and time to

38:10 ↗ cover all those details

38:12 ↗ um but yes the the the transportation

38:16 ↗ budget writers basically squeezed every

38:18 ↗ penny that they could out of resources

38:20 ↗ that weren't being used and there were

38:22 ↗ many vacant positions throughout various

38:24 ↗ departments at washdot and so rather

38:27 ↗ than those positions remaining vacant

38:29 ↗ and that money going unused the

38:31 ↗ legislature said we're going to use that

38:33 ↗ money if you need those positions filled

38:36 ↗ let us know we've provided you

38:37 ↗ flexibility in order to to fill those

38:39 ↗ positions but we need to use the money

38:41 ↗ on something this biennium not just

38:43 ↗ continue to wait for the positions to be

38:45 ↗ filled obviously the department is not

38:48 ↗ happy about that

38:49 ↗ they have the position slotted because

38:53 ↗ they need people in those positions

38:56 ↗ um I I think it's a little bit of a

39:00 ↗ um

39:02 ↗ if washdot does truly need those

39:04 ↗ positions the legislature has provided a

39:06 ↗ way for the funding to be flexible

39:07 ↗ within the biennium for them to fill

39:09 ↗ those positions so it's a matter of

39:11 ↗ washdot then saying okay we found the

39:13 ↗ people we need the positions give us the

39:15 ↗ money

39:17 ↗ great additional questions

39:21 ↗ great well Shelly there we're not

39:24 ↗ allowed to take questions from the

39:25 ↗ audience I'm sorry however Shelley's

39:27 ↗ going to return to the audience

39:29 ↗ and you can ask a question sorry about

39:31 ↗ that

39:33 ↗ um Shelly thank you for all your work

39:35 ↗ you were amazing during this session

39:38 ↗ um and I wasn't kidding it almost felt

39:40 ↗ like we worked at the same place I was

39:42 ↗ talking to you every day on multiple

39:43 ↗ different subjects

39:45 ↗ um so thank you for your promptness in

39:48 ↗ notifying us of all the issues working

39:50 ↗ with my chief of staff Tina I'm making

39:52 ↗ sure that our staff got to review this

39:54 ↗ legislation there was a lot that

39:55 ↗ impacted cities this time and many of it

39:58 ↗ was a one-size-fits all but I do believe

40:01 ↗ with the work uh Senator mullet in

40:03 ↗ particular on that Senate Bill I'm very

40:05 ↗ appreciative many of the concerns that I

40:07 ↗ had about our Hillside neighborhoods

40:10 ↗ being adjacent to the Wildland Urban

40:12 ↗ interface got addressed there's a few

40:15 ↗ that I I'm still kind of struggling with

40:17 ↗ but thank you so much and also want to

40:19 ↗ let the council know that the seal TC

40:22 ↗ group that Shelly was referring to is

40:24 ↗ also going to be doing a representative

40:26 ↗ Senator thank you session in Black

40:28 ↗ Diamond and I'm helping to coordinate

40:30 ↗ that and we'll let you know but it was a

40:32 ↗ big upward push this year to make sure

40:34 ↗ that that Highway 18 project stayed on

40:36 ↗ schedule so make sure if we can get you

40:38 ↗ that date as fast as we can so thank you

40:42 ↗ thank you very much

40:45 ↗ and I believe you have a question in the

40:47 ↗ audience too someone wants to ask

40:49 ↗ because Shelly is headed off to another

40:50 ↗ event so if you want to grab a rear grab

40:52 ↗ a rear

40:54 ↗ uh the next thing we are moving on to

40:56 ↗ this evening is audience comments and

40:58 ↗ this is a time when members of the

40:59 ↗ public can address the council either in

41:02 ↗ person or virtually

41:03 ↗ those who signed up in advance will be

41:05 ↗ called upon upon first and if you are

41:09 ↗ joining us virtually and would like to

41:10 ↗ make comments please raise your virtual

41:12 ↗ hand or send the host a chat message if

41:15 ↗ you're on your phone that could mean

41:16 ↗ pressing star 3 if you joined by

41:18 ↗ computer or smartphone look for a hand

41:20 ↗ icon if you're in the room and did not

41:22 ↗ sign up I will ask for other speakers

41:24 ↗ before closing this person to the

41:25 ↗ meeting so you will be able to provide

41:27 ↗ some input City cleric has anyone signed

41:30 ↗ up to speak for General audience

41:31 ↗ comments or indicated a desire to speak

41:33 ↗ this evening yes thank you

41:36 ↗ so if you are making comments please

41:38 ↗ direct your comments to the whole

41:39 ↗ Council and not individuals and while

41:41 ↗ this is not a question and answer

41:42 ↗ session we will contact you to follow up

41:44 ↗ if needed when you are recognized please

41:46 ↗ unmute your microphone for virtual

41:48 ↗ attendees or step to the lectern if

41:51 ↗ you're here in person with us state your

41:53 ↗ name address in relationship to the city

41:54 ↗ and speak clearly and pause frequently

41:57 ↗ and please limit your comments to five

41:58 ↗ minutes

41:59 ↗ if you are attending virtually and you

42:01 ↗ do not respond after your name or phone

42:02 ↗ number is called or if your connection

42:04 ↗ is lost unexpectedly the meeting will

42:06 ↗ need to proceed you're encouraged to

42:08 ↗ rejoin the meeting of fable personal tax

42:10 ↗ obscene language derogatory remarks and

42:12 ↗ disruptive behavior will not be

42:13 ↗ permitted

42:14 ↗ citizen comments written and verbal are

42:16 ↗ an important aspect of the public

42:18 ↗ process and the city takes your comment

42:19 ↗ seriously we thank you for taking the

42:21 ↗ time to address us

42:23 ↗ city clerk can you please identify the

42:25 ↗ first person who signed up to speak

42:26 ↗ tonight

42:27 ↗ yes David Wegner

42:29 ↗ come on up David

42:51 ↗ there it is okay Council and

42:54 ↗ mayor my name is David Wagner 360

42:58 ↗ Northwest Dogwood Street I'm here

43:00 ↗ tonight as service officer for VFW Post

43:05 ↗ 3436 you'll see a picture of our oldest

43:09 ↗ member

43:10 ↗ 102 years old Earl Jones

43:14 ↗ Earl uh want to join post-everlasting

43:19 ↗ last week

43:20 ↗ um

43:21 ↗ we had a wonderful gift from

43:25 ↗ one of our veterans Who provided the

43:28 ↗ city with flags for another year we've

43:32 ↗ been doing this since about 2008.

43:36 ↗ and if you're keeping track with 10

43:37 ↗ Flags a year that's a little over 120

43:41 ↗ Flags probably 140 Flags

43:44 ↗ something else not too rural contributed

43:48 ↗ a lot he was in World War II got to tell

43:52 ↗ you a little secret about him he told me

43:55 ↗ he designed the Yoke in the B-52 and

43:59 ↗ that's what the pilots fly with and I

44:02 ↗ believe he probably did Earl worked on

44:05 ↗ airplanes in India if you're not

44:07 ↗ familiar with World War II a lot of U.S

44:11 ↗ planes came across the hump to support

44:14 ↗ China against Japan and so Earl did all

44:19 ↗ that work and then came home raised a

44:22 ↗ family and served in our VFW Post so we

44:27 ↗ want to take this opportunity to

44:30 ↗ dedicate these flags to the City of

44:33 ↗ Issaquah on behalf of Earl Jones

44:36 ↗ one other thing I want to mention

44:38 ↗ tonight is we'll be having our annual

44:41 ↗ Memorial Day

44:43 ↗ activities up at the field Cemetery

44:48 ↗ Saturday we'll be putting out flags and

44:52 ↗ Crosses city is welcome so this is a

44:56 ↗ free announcement I get to do on TV we'd

44:59 ↗ like to have you come up and help us

45:00 ↗ it's such an honor

45:03 ↗ um

45:03 ↗ we have 588 veterans buried in upper and

45:08 ↗ lower Hillside Cemetery

45:10 ↗ um

45:12 ↗ we considered an honor our service will

45:15 ↗ be on Monday May 29th at 10 o'clock and

45:19 ↗ then we'll be taking down the cemetery

45:22 ↗ at 6 pm on

45:25 ↗ that same evening so please feel free to

45:29 ↗ come up

45:30 ↗ and we'll enjoy it no B-25 flying this

45:35 ↗ year we they moved to Spokane that's a

45:38 ↗ long flight over here so

45:40 ↗ last thing I want to talk about and our

45:44 ↗ illustrious mayor has been there with me

45:47 ↗ we dispose of actually retire and

45:51 ↗ dispose of flags every year at

45:53 ↗ flintoff's Beach property I want to give

45:56 ↗ you an idea of how many we've done

45:59 ↗ we started that in 2006 and to the date

46:04 ↗ this year in April of disposing of

46:07 ↗ another 250 Flags we've done over 8 000

46:12 ↗ flags and we've taught over 600 Boy

46:15 ↗ Scouts Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts how to

46:18 ↗ properly dispose of flags my time is up

46:21 ↗ nice to see everybody thank you

46:24 ↗ nice to see you Dave and thank you

46:26 ↗ city clerk is there anybody else signed

46:29 ↗ up or online or in the room that would

46:31 ↗ like to speak

46:32 ↗ Bridget you're signed up would you like

46:34 ↗ to make comments again yeah just one

46:36 ↗ more comment um the legislative summary

46:39 ↗ reminded me to call out the fact that we

46:43 ↗ had a fabulous gunsense legislative

46:46 ↗ session this year and at the risk of

46:47 ↗ being repetitive I'm so close to this I

46:50 ↗ feel like everybody knows but I will

46:52 ↗ just say you know for the record that

46:54 ↗ our legislature passed things that will

46:56 ↗ now move us from the 10th best state up

46:59 ↗ into the top five and those included

47:02 ↗ four critical bills to distribute

47:04 ↗ information through schools about safe

47:06 ↗ storage to allow our citizens to pursue

47:10 ↗ gun manufacturers for liability issues

47:13 ↗ I.E you know through the courts a 10-day

47:18 ↗ waiting period and required training for

47:21 ↗ all firearm purchases and last but not

47:23 ↗ least the assault weapons ban

47:26 ↗ so I just really want to thank everyone

47:28 ↗ who was involved in electing this this

47:32 ↗ can this Congress for for Washington

47:34 ↗ because we can do great things we're not

47:37 ↗ done yet but just those those bills will

47:40 ↗ save lives Thank You Bridget and I'm

47:42 ↗ going to get the city clerk to hand do

47:44 ↗ the sign-in sheet so we can collect the

47:45 ↗ rest of your information that we need

47:47 ↗ for the public record thank you

47:49 ↗ uh anybody online and I'll also check in

47:52 ↗ the room as well who do we have online

47:53 ↗ yes Paul winterstein is online and would

47:56 ↗ like to make comments

47:59 ↗ Paul I'm making you a panelist now you

48:01 ↗ should be able to unmute and can choose

48:03 ↗ to turn your video on

48:09 ↗ hello

48:11 ↗ can you hear me we can hear you perfect

48:13 ↗ welcome Paul all right thank you hey my

48:15 ↗ name is Paul winterstein and I'm glad to

48:17 ↗ be wearing uh orange tonight I'm also

48:20 ↗ the executive director of the Issaquah

48:22 ↗ history museums a couple comments real

48:24 ↗ quick about ID 1432 which is later in

48:27 ↗ the program tonight the informational

48:29 ↗ update on the AR PA funds funding uh

48:33 ↗ projects uh one comment about the

48:36 ↗ eckhouse I really do appreciate we at

48:39 ↗ the history museums um have been

48:42 ↗ fortunate to have a number of points of

48:43 ↗ contact with with Jeff and his staff

48:46 ↗ Jennifer Fink as well we've gone over

48:48 ↗ those plans we've had they've presented

48:50 ↗ to us multiple times we really

48:52 ↗ appreciate that engagement part that

48:54 ↗ that the staff has gone through you know

48:57 ↗ when it comes to the eckhouse which of

48:58 ↗ course is up there on Confluence Park

49:00 ↗ um the we as an organization our board

49:03 ↗ has not taken any formal uh position on

49:06 ↗ this we just didn't get ourselves

49:07 ↗ organized that way but there have been a

49:09 ↗ lot of comments and I wanted to share

49:10 ↗ with you that in general you know both

49:13 ↗ from board members and from staff there

49:15 ↗ is we're in support of that plan uh as

49:18 ↗ it's currently stated and the goals for

49:20 ↗ the eckhouse which include like that

49:21 ↗ envisioning it as a public amenity and

49:24 ↗ to celebrate its history and hopefully

49:26 ↗ also by landmarking it that that Suite

49:28 ↗ of ideas

49:30 ↗ um is we have General support for uh and

49:33 ↗ we're actually very glad that the house

49:34 ↗ and the Wash House will be preserved and

49:38 ↗ the idea of then you know making that a

49:40 ↗ public Gathering Place connecting it

49:42 ↗ with the park uh and yet still telling

49:45 ↗ the many histories are there uh I think

49:48 ↗ that's going to be key and that's

49:49 ↗ another way we look forward to working

49:51 ↗ with the city to you know to complete

49:53 ↗ that build out of that area because

49:54 ↗ there are many histories in that place

49:56 ↗ of course there is a natural history of

49:58 ↗ the nearby Confluence of course there's

50:00 ↗ the indigenous people's history in this

50:02 ↗ area and in that particular area and of

50:04 ↗ course we have the the the seller's

50:06 ↗ history including of course of the Eck

50:08 ↗ family which is a fascinating history of

50:10 ↗ itself

50:12 ↗ um you know the the the gentleman who

50:14 ↗ built that house you know was a miner

50:15 ↗ that wash house is where he would come

50:17 ↗ back from the coal mines and and watch

50:19 ↗ and wash himself out and getting clean

50:21 ↗ clothes before he came into the house

50:22 ↗ and um there is a living granddaughter

50:25 ↗ of the ex who built that house uh here

50:27 ↗ in Issaquah I spoke with her a couple

50:29 ↗ weeks ago and one of her fond memories

50:31 ↗ growing up was as a grandchild

50:35 ↗ celebrating birthday parties at that

50:37 ↗ house and actually playing in the wash

50:39 ↗ house which I thought was a really good

50:41 ↗ memory as it relates to the uh the the

50:44 ↗ playground that's nearby in the first

50:45 ↗ phase of this plan to create a space in

50:49 ↗ a sheltered area so that people and

50:51 ↗ families enjoying the play area had a

50:54 ↗ really good destination who knows and

50:56 ↗ possibly for hosting birthday parties

50:57 ↗ and celebrating just like uh the

50:59 ↗ granddaughter of the ex has a memory of

51:01 ↗ using the Wash House

51:03 ↗ um and and so our intent of course at

51:06 ↗ the trails at um you know for history

51:08 ↗ museums is to is to support you know

51:12 ↗ that theme to help also in phase two as

51:15 ↗ your partner on History matters when it

51:18 ↗ comes to looking for alternative sources

51:19 ↗ for funding how can we get engaged and

51:22 ↗ assist with fundraising through Grant

51:24 ↗ applications I definitely will be

51:26 ↗ um you know talking with the staff about

51:28 ↗ those opportunities and and kind of wrap

51:31 ↗ that up you know this is a unique

51:32 ↗ opportunity I think you're going to see

51:34 ↗ it later on in pedestrian Park there's a

51:36 ↗ real natural theme there in all of our

51:38 ↗ history there's a really strong Nexus

51:41 ↗ between a natural history like water

51:43 ↗ Confluence of rivers and then and then

51:46 ↗ the people history that got there and

51:48 ↗ this is a good theme a good way for us

51:50 ↗ to not only tell our history connect

51:52 ↗ people with our history but also connect

51:54 ↗ them with the natural setting where this

51:57 ↗ is and we have a great opportunity to do

51:59 ↗ that not only at the heck house but also

52:01 ↗ at pedestrian Park and then the the last

52:04 ↗ thing I'll mention is that there there

52:06 ↗ is going to be you know if you go

52:07 ↗ forward with this plan that pathway that

52:09 ↗ connects pedestrian Park and the senior

52:12 ↗ center that will be crossing the tracks

52:13 ↗ that are right adjacent to the train

52:15 ↗ depot I did meet with one of our real a

52:19 ↗ volunteer of ours who's a real expert in

52:20 ↗ this tracks and he was telling me he has

52:22 ↗ some knowledge about ways to really make

52:25 ↗ a good safe Crossing of those tracks and

52:27 ↗ yet uh still retaining the possible

52:30 ↗ future use of those tracks and and that

52:33 ↗ is kind of one of the pathways that

52:35 ↗ we're on I'm currently doing a

52:36 ↗ feasibility studying fact finding about

52:38 ↗ what it would take for us to get you

52:41 ↗ know back on and using those tracks so

52:43 ↗ that idea of retaining that while still

52:45 ↗ making that a safe Crossing for people

52:47 ↗ between The Pedestrian and the senior

52:49 ↗ center definitely look forward and we'll

52:51 ↗ do what we can to work with the city to

52:53 ↗ achieve those means as well so those are

52:56 ↗ my comments thank you so much

52:57 ↗ thank you Paul

52:59 ↗ um lots of information there I just want

53:02 ↗ to point out that I hope you're able to

53:04 ↗ stay for the informational item tonight

53:06 ↗ to date the council has really just had

53:08 ↗ conversations on the arpa portion of it

53:10 ↗ I believe the parks and Community

53:13 ↗ Services director has provided

53:15 ↗ information on potential phasing but the

53:18 ↗ council this will really be the first

53:19 ↗ time tonight that they'll get to provide

53:21 ↗ input on that tonight so it's almost

53:22 ↗ like you're teasing it up for them which

53:24 ↗ is great so thank you for that thank you

53:27 ↗ for your comments

53:29 ↗ um Tisha is there anyone else online we

53:32 ↗ don't have any other members of the

53:33 ↗ public online super and is there anyone

53:35 ↗ else in the room Corey why don't you

53:37 ↗ come up with the microphone

53:44 ↗ good evening my name is Corey

53:46 ↗ Christensen long time resident squawk

53:49 ↗ Mountain

53:50 ↗ I'd also like to talk about the eckhouse

53:52 ↗ and the Confluence Park and follow up on

53:56 ↗ Paul's comments from the historical

53:59 ↗ society

54:01 ↗ and I'd also like to to say thank you to

54:04 ↗ the parks department for their opening

54:08 ↗ line about

54:09 ↗ um

54:10 ↗ to save the eckhouse as an amenity

54:12 ↗ because that's a large step from just a

54:15 ↗ few months ago where the house was going

54:17 ↗ to be torn down and one wall was going

54:19 ↗ to be kept with the picnic shelter so

54:21 ↗ we've moved a long way but we have not

54:23 ↗ moved far enough the other thing I

54:26 ↗ wanted to say is that this isn't

54:28 ↗ something new this is a part of

54:31 ↗ something that goes back over 15 years

54:33 ↗ when Confluence Park was created and

54:36 ↗ it's the Confluence of the the Issaquah

54:39 ↗ Creek but it's also three families the

54:41 ↗ Anderson family the prit family and the

54:44 ↗ Eck family the Anderson family donated

54:46 ↗ their house Barn to the city pritz there

54:50 ↗ no no house there and then the city had

54:52 ↗ to buy the property that the Eck house

54:55 ↗ is on the without going into too much of

54:59 ↗ the past history that we that's passed

55:02 ↗ is that we already lost the Anderson

55:04 ↗ house and bar and that got torn down

55:06 ↗ there was a bit of controversy over that

55:09 ↗ we had to pay grant funding back and the

55:11 ↗ last piece of the historical

55:13 ↗ preservation is the eckhouse and so I

55:17 ↗ bring that up because we've sort of

55:19 ↗ already whittled it down to that and so

55:21 ↗ and that one of the largest components

55:23 ↗ of Confluence Park was this historical

55:27 ↗ is the historical preservation part

55:30 ↗ and so it's quite exciting that we're

55:32 ↗ moving forward but I'd really like to

55:35 ↗ ask the council to make a little bit

55:36 ↗ more of a commitment and give the parks

55:39 ↗ department just a little bit of a push

55:40 ↗ here and what the push is is what's

55:43 ↗ backwards is that in their search for

55:45 ↗ grant funding we're at the point right

55:48 ↗ now where we where we sign up to be

55:50 ↗ landmark and going back again 15 years

55:54 ↗ our former long time former Issaquah

55:58 ↗ history museums Director Erica menez did

56:01 ↗ a fantastic job

56:02 ↗ with the history of the house the

56:05 ↗ history of the Eck family collecting all

56:07 ↗ the information that's all there

56:09 ↗ Julie Kohler who was the King County

56:12 ↗ preservation director also did a lot of

56:15 ↗ work on the house and and

56:17 ↗ you know all of the background and that

56:20 ↗ and and that information is all in the

56:24 ↗ Consultants reports from 15 years ago

56:26 ↗ the master plan and then the agenda that

56:30 ↗ the the city council and I think it was

56:33 ↗ 2008 voted to buy the land that the

56:35 ↗ eckhouse is on so the historical

56:37 ↗ preservation component has already been

56:40 ↗ decided it's just a matter of pushing

56:43 ↗ the Go Button what's backwards in

56:45 ↗ tonight's report from the the parks

56:48 ↗ department is to get the grant funding

56:50 ↗ you have to be landmarked and the

56:53 ↗ background information for the

56:54 ↗ landmarking was basically done 15 years

56:57 ↗ ago all that needs to be done is that

56:59 ↗ information collected handed to a

57:01 ↗ consultant they caught and it costs six

57:04 ↗ or seven thousand dollars they produce

57:06 ↗ the report that then goes to the

57:08 ↗ landmarking commission who then

57:10 ↗ landmarks the house and the house we

57:12 ↗ have so many friends in the King County

57:15 ↗ Historical preservation for culture and

57:18 ↗ the and the state on

57:21 ↗ landmarking this house matter of fact

57:23 ↗ long time Issaquah resident Ella Moore

57:26 ↗ is on the landmarking commission and

57:29 ↗ Ella 15 years ago was a strong advocate

57:32 ↗ for this and basically all the people

57:35 ↗ involved in preservation and landmarking

57:37 ↗ just basically have been waiting the 15

57:40 ↗ years for something to happen

57:42 ↗ so right now let's make that happen the

57:45 ↗ second thing is director Watling has

57:48 ↗ mentioned that there's a possibility of

57:49 ↗ having the shelter and the house go

57:52 ↗ simultaneously I think it's too much to

57:54 ↗ ask for them to go fully simultaneously

57:57 ↗ but the house does have almost two

57:59 ↗ hundred thousand dollars in an account

58:01 ↗ from when it had a fire and its main

58:04 ↗ thing that it needs is needs a

58:05 ↗ foundation and that's important to do in

58:08 ↗ conjunction with the shelter because the

58:11 ↗ height of the foundation is going to

58:14 ↗ affect is affected by what the Ada

58:16 ↗ access will be on each end and plus

58:18 ↗ you're raising the house and all that so

58:21 ↗ it would be much better to do that

58:23 ↗ together and then the second part of

58:24 ↗ that that's important is doing that

58:26 ↗ shows that the city has a commitment to

58:29 ↗ the house and then the combination of

58:31 ↗ that commitment and going forward with

58:33 ↗ the grant with the landmarking will get

58:35 ↗ us grant funding and there's a

58:38 ↗ possibility up to of up to five hundred

58:40 ↗ thousand dollars in new money for that

58:42 ↗ house so in conclusion please give a

58:45 ↗ little bit of a push and let's get this

58:47 ↗ done thank you so much

58:49 ↗ thank you Corey is there anyone else in

58:52 ↗ the room who would like to step up and

58:53 ↗ make comments this evening

58:55 ↗ city clerk has anyone identified

58:57 ↗ themselves online great well thank you

58:59 ↗ we got to hear from the VFW

59:02 ↗ representative this evening talking

59:04 ↗ about activities for Memorial Day Monday

59:07 ↗ May 29th 10 o'clock at the summit

59:10 ↗ Hillside Cemetery and also flag

59:11 ↗ disposals

59:14 ↗ we also heard again from Mom's demand

59:17 ↗ action call for gun safety about some

59:20 ↗ really big gains in the legislature

59:23 ↗ this session and from two speakers

59:26 ↗ tonight about a huge desire on one of

59:29 ↗ your informational items tonight uh

59:32 ↗ great interest in the eckhouse so thank

59:34 ↗ you all for coming and thank you all for

59:36 ↗ sharing

59:37 ↗ as a reminder written comments can be

59:39 ↗ submitted at any time to the city

59:41 ↗ council at city council issawwa.gov and

59:45 ↗ the next item of business this evening

59:46 ↗ is our consent calendar I do not have

59:49 ↗ any remarks on tonight's consent

59:51 ↗ calendar and I'm going to look to see if

59:52 ↗ the committee chairs have anything they

59:54 ↗ need to report out

59:56 ↗ not seeing an indication of that

1:00:00 ↗ the consent calendar was distributed to

1:00:03 ↗ oh sorry

1:00:05 ↗ the consent calendar was distributed to

1:00:07 ↗ Council in advance and if authorized the

1:00:08 ↗ items on the consent calendar will be

1:00:10 ↗ considered together and approved by one

1:00:12 ↗ motion have the payables and payroll

1:00:14 ↗ been reviewed they have

1:00:16 ↗ yes

1:00:17 ↗ thank you does any council member desire

1:00:20 ↗ to remove any item from the consent

1:00:21 ↗ calendar and consider it under regular

1:00:23 ↗ business

1:00:25 ↗ seeing an indication is there a motion

1:00:30 ↗ council president I move to approve the

1:00:32 ↗ consent calendar as distributed

1:00:35 ↗ second it's been moved and seconded to

1:00:37 ↗ approve the consent calendar as

1:00:39 ↗ presented is there any Council

1:00:40 ↗ discussion

1:00:43 ↗ not seeing any all those in favor say

1:00:45 ↗ aye aye

1:00:46 ↗ aye

1:00:49 ↗ opposed that passes unanimously 7-0

1:00:53 ↗ we do not have any regular business this

1:00:55 ↗ evening but we do have committee

1:00:56 ↗ Regional reports and an informational

1:00:59 ↗ update coming your way so let's start

1:01:01 ↗ with the council members council member

1:01:03 ↗ Joe

1:01:03 ↗ thank you madam mayor the only

1:01:05 ↗ announcement I have is uh

1:01:07 ↗ Cascade water Alliance will hold their

1:01:09 ↗ board meeting on May 24th at 3 30 in the

1:01:12 ↗ afternoon you can attend by Zoom or in

1:01:15 ↗ person at the new Cascade water Alliance

1:01:18 ↗ office off of Southeast 8th thank you

1:01:21 ↗ [Music]

1:01:23 ↗ councilmember D Michelle

1:01:25 ↗ thank you mayor Paulie on May 11th East

1:01:28 ↗ Side Human Services Forum held a regular

1:01:31 ↗ board meeting and we continued the

1:01:33 ↗ board's strategic planning discussion we

1:01:35 ↗ also welcome to Sammamish council member

1:01:38 ↗ Karen Howe to the board so that was a

1:01:41 ↗ very happy event this week on Wednesday

1:01:44 ↗ the Eastside Human Services Forum will

1:01:46 ↗ hold a meeting with City Human Services

1:01:48 ↗ staff to further the Strategic plan

1:01:51 ↗ discussion and the next full board

1:01:53 ↗ meeting will be held on June the 8th

1:01:57 ↗ um then Eastside Transportation

1:01:58 ↗ partnership met on May the 12th last

1:02:02 ↗ Friday held its regular meeting and was

1:02:04 ↗ quite an interesting and information

1:02:07 ↗ packed meeting for 50 minutes we covered

1:02:11 ↗ a whole lot of topics so the first one

1:02:13 ↗ was Metro's safe initiative we had an

1:02:15 ↗ update on that which that involves the

1:02:18 ↗ Safety and Security of the buses in the

1:02:21 ↗ bus system and I think of most

1:02:24 ↗ importance or most interest perhaps to

1:02:26 ↗ us is that Metro has initiated a

1:02:28 ↗ behavioral health pilot program at the

1:02:31 ↗ Aurora and Burien Transit centers they

1:02:34 ↗ are sending a team of two Behavioral

1:02:36 ↗ Health Specialists they are stationed

1:02:39 ↗ there at each place from 6 pm to 2 A.M

1:02:43 ↗ each day to provide assistance and

1:02:45 ↗ referrals to individuals in crisis

1:02:47 ↗ Mitchell Lloyd who's the lead employee

1:02:51 ↗ for this program said that Metro is

1:02:53 ↗ learning a lot and that if that sounded

1:02:55 ↗ so familiar to me because I think we

1:02:57 ↗ learned a lot when our first Behavioral

1:03:00 ↗ Health Specialists were assigned to the

1:03:02 ↗ police department and that they are

1:03:04 ↗ adjusting the program as it develops I

1:03:07 ↗ did ask about whether or not they were

1:03:08 ↗ going to extend that program and and the

1:03:10 ↗ same answer that we know came back and

1:03:13 ↗ that was that it's very difficult to

1:03:15 ↗ recruit Behavioral Health Specialists

1:03:17 ↗ right now and so they are seeing how

1:03:20 ↗ this works out and then at the end of

1:03:22 ↗ the first year they will evaluate and

1:03:25 ↗ see if they want to expand but I'm

1:03:26 ↗ excited because certainly this has been

1:03:28 ↗ something that customers and passengers

1:03:31 ↗ have been asking for for quite some time

1:03:33 ↗ so the second item was we learned all

1:03:35 ↗ about the new federal grants that are

1:03:37 ↗ available to cities and so I'm sure that

1:03:41 ↗ the staff people that were in attendance

1:03:43 ↗ will were got that information and then

1:03:46 ↗ we had a lively discussion about the

1:03:49 ↗ service cutbacks that were announced by

1:03:51 ↗ Metro last week and I wanted to thank

1:03:54 ↗ Thomas

1:03:56 ↗ valdris for the excellent summary that

1:03:59 ↗ he sent to the council and if anyone in

1:04:00 ↗ the public is interested in the ought to

1:04:02 ↗ be happy to pass it along

1:04:05 ↗ but we are in fact Issaquah is losing

1:04:09 ↗ service on the routes 214 the routes 216

1:04:12 ↗ and the routes 217. and those changes

1:04:15 ↗ were made under the Metro general

1:04:17 ↗ managers emergency Proclamation powers

1:04:20 ↗ in response to a severe driver and

1:04:22 ↗ support Personnel shortage and also as

1:04:26 ↗ an attempt to stabilize the system in

1:04:28 ↗ response to the many impacts of the

1:04:30 ↗ pandemic so it came as a surprise to me

1:04:33 ↗ many people that were at the East Side

1:04:35 ↗ Transportation partnership and that was

1:04:38 ↗ expressed and Katie Chalmers who's their

1:04:42 ↗ lead Transit planner talked to us for

1:04:44 ↗ quite some time and did an excellent job

1:04:46 ↗ of explaining why the emergency Powers

1:04:48 ↗ they felt really needed to be used and

1:04:51 ↗ they did not have time to do a public

1:04:53 ↗ process to make that make that decision

1:04:57 ↗ um so tomorrow I will a chair the

1:05:00 ↗ connect to community Advisory Group

1:05:01 ↗ meeting uh tomorrow afternoon at two and

1:05:04 ↗ then uh this Wednesday the regional

1:05:06 ↗ transit committee will meet

1:05:08 ↗ um and we will be the agenda is a review

1:05:11 ↗ of Metro's flexible services and Metro's

1:05:14 ↗ Capital to kit for partners and that

1:05:16 ↗ ends my report that's a big one yeah it

1:05:19 ↗ was a big one councilmember hunt thank

1:05:22 ↗ you madam mayor I have one report and

1:05:24 ↗ one upcoming meeting on May 2nd the

1:05:27 ↗ Planning Development and environment

1:05:29 ↗ committee met and we had one item on our

1:05:31 ↗ agenda which was

1:05:33 ↗ id1411 adoption of 2021 building and

1:05:36 ↗ fire codes this was presented by James

1:05:39 ↗ Gray the building official of the city

1:05:41 ↗ and the committee was fully supportive

1:05:44 ↗ of the code updates and we did ask for

1:05:47 ↗ more information to be brought forward

1:05:48 ↗ as other cities are adopting their

1:05:51 ↗ updates if they are going above and

1:05:53 ↗ beyond and having success with that we

1:05:55 ↗ did ask that that information be brought

1:05:56 ↗ back to us but we were fully supportive

1:05:59 ↗ of the code updates and we did recommend

1:06:03 ↗ that this go forward to be on a consent

1:06:05 ↗ calendar at a future date

1:06:08 ↗ I have one upcoming meeting which is

1:06:10 ↗ this Thursday May 18th there will be a

1:06:12 ↗ wyra 8 salmon recovery council meeting

1:06:15 ↗ wyra 8 is the technical name of our

1:06:18 ↗ Watershed and there are a number of

1:06:20 ↗ items on the agenda including one that

1:06:23 ↗ was including one relevant to what

1:06:25 ↗ Shelley Helder our lobbyist touched on

1:06:27 ↗ earlier which is we will have an update

1:06:29 ↗ on the legislative priorities recap and

1:06:32 ↗ we will hear about funding programs and

1:06:34 ↗ relevant budget provisos supporting

1:06:36 ↗ priority salmon Recovery Council at

1:06:38 ↗ priorities and among those as was

1:06:42 ↗ mentioned there will be a budget Proviso

1:06:45 ↗ for continuing the work to reduce light

1:06:47 ↗ pollution specifically we have we are

1:06:51 ↗ working on Lake Sammamish but we look to

1:06:53 ↗ expand that wider than Lake Samaritan

1:06:56 ↗ also Lake Washington and we have worked

1:06:59 ↗ closely I have worked closely with

1:07:00 ↗ representative Ramos as well as the wire

1:07:02 ↗ 8 salmon Recovery Council and the King

1:07:04 ↗ Conservation District on that work this

1:07:07 ↗ is very important also because we have

1:07:09 ↗ we are using title 18's dock lighting as

1:07:15 ↗ that part of our code which reduces

1:07:17 ↗ light pollution as the basis of a model

1:07:20 ↗ ordinance so Issaquah is really leading

1:07:22 ↗ on this light pollution issue which is

1:07:24 ↗ very important for salmon recovery and

1:07:26 ↗ we're very excited to have received that

1:07:28 ↗ funding from the state to continue that

1:07:30 ↗ work thank you

1:07:31 ↗ thank you councilman Ray

1:07:33 ↗ thank you mayor Paulie the mobility and

1:07:35 ↗ infrastructure committee met on May 9th

1:07:37 ↗ with a single agenda item id 1318 the

1:07:41 ↗ 2024 to 2029 Capital Improvement plan

1:07:45 ↗ um as part of that the committee

1:07:47 ↗ received updates that included a update

1:07:49 ↗ from the on the Capital Finance

1:07:51 ↗ Community task force their work and

1:07:53 ↗ recommendations a review of the new and

1:07:56 ↗ improved that and their new and improved

1:07:58 ↗ criteria for evaluating Capital

1:08:00 ↗ Improvement plan items the CIP umbrella

1:08:03 ↗ goals and specific Council goals I'm not

1:08:05 ↗ going to recap all of those but I

1:08:07 ↗ encourage you to take a look at the

1:08:08 ↗ goals in the evaluation criteria the

1:08:11 ↗ mobility and infrastructure committee

1:08:12 ↗ looked at CIP projects for water sewer

1:08:14 ↗ and transportation

1:08:17 ↗ we also looked at a potential

1:08:19 ↗ Transportation benefit District or TBD

1:08:21 ↗ 0.1 percent sales tax as a means to

1:08:25 ↗ raise funds for needed CIP

1:08:26 ↗ Transportation projects uh the committee

1:08:29 ↗ was supportive of the goals and outcomes

1:08:30 ↗ that were presented the committee was

1:08:32 ↗ also supportive of moving forward with

1:08:34 ↗ further than finding the councilmatic

1:08:36 ↗ 0.1 percent TBD sales tax and the

1:08:39 ↗ committee was supportive of the

1:08:40 ↗ intelligent transportation system and

1:08:43 ↗ the Northwest Sammamish road

1:08:44 ↗ non-motorized projects to be funded with

1:08:46 ↗ a potential new Revenue stream and that

1:08:48 ↗ concludes my report this evening thank

1:08:50 ↗ you councilmember Ray councilman Mertz

1:08:52 ↗ welcome back

1:08:53 ↗ thank you madam mayor it's good to be

1:08:54 ↗ back the sound cities Association public

1:08:57 ↗ issues committee met last Wednesday for

1:08:59 ↗ an online virtual meeting at 7 pm no

1:09:02 ↗ action was taken the council services

1:09:05 ↗ safety and Parks committee will be

1:09:07 ↗ meeting tomorrow night here in Chambers

1:09:08 ↗ at 6 30 and surprise surprise on our

1:09:11 ↗ agenda is ID 1319

1:09:14 ↗ 2024-2029 Capital Improvement plan this

1:09:17 ↗ concludes my report

1:09:18 ↗ thank you Deputy council president Hall

1:09:20 ↗ uh thank you just to announce that last

1:09:23 ↗ Thursday May 11th the Eastside fire and

1:09:25 ↗ rescue board of directors met as I

1:09:28 ↗ stated in my last report we had our

1:09:30 ↗ presentation on the deployment

1:09:32 ↗ operations model for the East Side Fire

1:09:33 ↗ and Rescue for the agency is very

1:09:36 ↗ interesting I'm getting an e-copy to

1:09:38 ↗ share out with the council if you'd like

1:09:40 ↗ I also have a hard copy in my bag with

1:09:42 ↗ me tonight if you'd like to borrow it

1:09:44 ↗ also we have let you know previously

1:09:47 ↗ that we have responded to requests for

1:09:50 ↗ proposal by Duvall fire district and the

1:09:52 ↗ City of Mercer Island and that continues

1:09:54 ↗ on it's currently in progress and we'll

1:09:56 ↗ keep you in the loop if anything changes

1:09:59 ↗ there

1:10:00 ↗ our next board meeting is Thursday June

1:10:03 ↗ 8th and that concludes my report thank

1:10:05 ↗ you council president thank you short

1:10:08 ↗ report here the Puget Sound regional

1:10:10 ↗ council's growth management policy board

1:10:13 ↗ will meet on June 1st and the agenda has

1:10:17 ↗ not yet been released that concludes my

1:10:19 ↗ report thank you council president

1:10:21 ↗ um there is no significant mayor's

1:10:24 ↗ report this evening I don't have any

1:10:25 ↗ items but I did want to remind everybody

1:10:27 ↗ that there is an executive session this

1:10:29 ↗ evening to discuss pending potential

1:10:31 ↗ litigation per RCW

1:10:33 ↗ 42.30.110 parent1 print I the item is

1:10:37 ↗ expected to take 30 minutes and no

1:10:39 ↗ action is anticipated in Open Session

1:10:42 ↗ so the next item on the agenda this

1:10:44 ↗ evening is the informational update

1:10:45 ↗ id1432

1:10:48 ↗ it's an informational update on the

1:10:50 ↗ American

1:10:52 ↗ Recovery rescue plan act it's the

1:10:57 ↗ federal program that is providing

1:10:59 ↗ fundings to funding to State counties

1:11:01 ↗ and local governments and we're going to

1:11:03 ↗ talk about the arpa funded Parks

1:11:04 ↗ projects and I'd like to invite parks

1:11:06 ↗ and Community Services director Jeff

1:11:08 ↗ Watling to make a presentation welcome

1:11:09 ↗ Jeff mayor Pauley thank you so much good

1:11:12 ↗ evening Council great to be here thank

1:11:14 ↗ you as well city clerk Geezer for

1:11:16 ↗ agreeing to drive on the PowerPoint

1:11:18 ↗ presentation please don't be intimidated

1:11:21 ↗ by the 40-some slides I'm only going to

1:11:23 ↗ spend two or three minutes on each slide

1:11:25 ↗ so should be quick no actually uh so

1:11:28 ↗ much goes into the design process I I

1:11:30 ↗ thought some of these visuals are very

1:11:32 ↗ helpful in sort of telling the story I

1:11:34 ↗ planned up peruse through a number of

1:11:36 ↗ these relatively quickly next slide

1:11:39 ↗ Tisha thank you

1:11:41 ↗ so the purpose tonight is as stated in

1:11:44 ↗ the staff report to provide you a

1:11:46 ↗ progress report on the two arpa funded

1:11:48 ↗ projects thank you so much for your

1:11:51 ↗ authorization of funding in the 24 or

1:11:55 ↗ 2324 budget process

1:11:58 ↗ um the progress report really outlines a

1:12:01 ↗ lot of the really important initial

1:12:03 ↗ design work that we've had underway uh

1:12:05 ↗ this first quarter and we'll also

1:12:07 ↗ outline next steps as both of these

1:12:09 ↗ projects really are at a pretty key

1:12:12 ↗ point of beginning to head into their

1:12:13 ↗ final design and permitting process this

1:12:16 ↗ summer next slide

1:12:18 ↗ a little bit of backgrounds

1:12:22 ↗ um again through the conversations we

1:12:24 ↗ had of the Summer with the park board

1:12:25 ↗ and with all of you around how to

1:12:28 ↗ consider investments into arpa these two

1:12:31 ↗ Park projects kind of rose to the top

1:12:33 ↗ through an evaluation process

1:12:36 ↗ um I think of a really important note

1:12:38 ↗ not only are these two really important

1:12:40 ↗ projects that were part of our Park

1:12:42 ↗ strategic plan process dating back to

1:12:44 ↗ 2018 but they really serve as two key

1:12:47 ↗ Parks really two key pearls on the green

1:12:49 ↗ necklace knowing it's such a vision for

1:12:53 ↗ all of you of really thinking of a

1:12:54 ↗ connected system a Park and trail system

1:12:57 ↗ these are a true two pretty critical

1:13:00 ↗ parks and Investments along that node so

1:13:04 ↗ the four million was identified for

1:13:06 ↗ pedestrian Park Senior Center as well as

1:13:09 ↗ Investments at Confluence Park and the

1:13:12 ↗ eckhouse

1:13:13 ↗ um early design work you've heard from

1:13:16 ↗ some public comment tonight we had a lot

1:13:18 ↗ of public engagement already this first

1:13:20 ↗ quarter that's really and for helped to

1:13:22 ↗ inform the designs that you're seeing

1:13:24 ↗ tonight

1:13:25 ↗ the preferred scope and concepts for

1:13:28 ↗ both these projects have we really feel

1:13:31 ↗ are nearing at completion points so

1:13:34 ↗ really look forward to hearing your

1:13:35 ↗ feedback on that the park board has been

1:13:37 ↗ just essential in uh in this work our

1:13:41 ↗ design team at methune Architects have

1:13:43 ↗ been just fantastic in their

1:13:45 ↗ responsiveness I also want to note

1:13:47 ↗ Jennifer Fink who served as project

1:13:49 ↗ manager on this on these two projects

1:13:52 ↗ was just has done incredible work as you

1:13:55 ↗ may know Jennifer

1:13:56 ↗ has left the city and and is heading to

1:13:59 ↗ the city of Maple Valley so wish her

1:14:01 ↗ immense good luck and immense Goodwill

1:14:03 ↗ and just thank her for all the great

1:14:06 ↗ work that she's done here with the city

1:14:07 ↗ but these projects will continue on

1:14:11 ↗ uh the visuals shared as I said earlier

1:14:13 ↗ really are meant to represent uh just a

1:14:16 ↗ lot of the work that's happened

1:14:18 ↗ public spaces

1:14:20 ↗ done well need to tell a story for that

1:14:24 ↗ public community and and we really feel

1:14:26 ↗ like these two projects as they

1:14:29 ↗ reach their design and we begin to

1:14:32 ↗ permit and see these constructed will

1:14:34 ↗ hopefully be immensely reflective of of

1:14:36 ↗ Issaquah so pedestrian Park Senior

1:14:39 ↗ Center Plaza first as I as I mentioned

1:14:42 ↗ the park board was has really been

1:14:43 ↗ instrumental in this work group a group

1:14:47 ↗ of four Park board members have really

1:14:51 ↗ done a lot of work and been very helpful

1:14:53 ↗ in our a lot of our conversations with

1:14:56 ↗ the design

1:14:57 ↗ design consultant team

1:15:00 ↗ um in January and February did a lot of

1:15:01 ↗ work with them in March we had a public

1:15:04 ↗ survey that went out as well as hosted

1:15:06 ↗ an open house that talked about really

1:15:08 ↗ two really broad concepts for pedestrian

1:15:12 ↗ Park Senior Center uh that feedback

1:15:14 ↗ really helped to inform the concept that

1:15:17 ↗ you're seeing tonight a lot of

1:15:19 ↗ Engagement not only with residents but

1:15:21 ↗ the neighboring businesses

1:15:23 ↗ um Historical Museum that you heard from

1:15:26 ↗ executive director tonight the creative

1:15:28 ↗ Art District board downtown Issaquah

1:15:30 ↗ Association visit Issaquah our senior

1:15:33 ↗ center patrons all that feedback really

1:15:37 ↗ in so many ways has been immensely

1:15:39 ↗ positive and really leaning into this

1:15:40 ↗ investment at pedestrian Park in the

1:15:43 ↗ Senior Center Plaza next slide

1:15:46 ↗ the proposed design that you're going to

1:15:48 ↗ see we we refer to this as Creekside

1:15:50 ↗ table and and I think the the visuals

1:15:52 ↗ will help tell that story why we think

1:15:55 ↗ that is such a key name that's not smoke

1:15:59 ↗ that you see there that's actually a

1:16:00 ↗ lidar of the creek so a great really

1:16:04 ↗ representation of where we think just

1:16:07 ↗ water plays such a key role in this

1:16:09 ↗ Valley and needs to play a key role in

1:16:10 ↗ this project next slide

1:16:13 ↗ some themes that we heard from all this

1:16:15 ↗ public feedback and the survey that

1:16:17 ↗ really carried into this design

1:16:20 ↗ the idea of water in this space really

1:16:24 ↗ was immensely supportive but it was

1:16:26 ↗ immensely supportive and let's let's do

1:16:28 ↗ water to the right scale let's be

1:16:30 ↗ environmentally sensitive and thoughtful

1:16:33 ↗ and not create a huge massive water

1:16:35 ↗ feature but something that really

1:16:37 ↗ reflects our

1:16:39 ↗ our carefulness and thoughtfulness as we

1:16:43 ↗ as we do Park features

1:16:45 ↗ really a lot of excitement around the

1:16:48 ↗ social spaces in the Creekside table

1:16:50 ↗ desire for this space to be really

1:16:53 ↗ flexible and open and something that

1:16:54 ↗ supports Front Street and the economic

1:16:57 ↗ Vitality of Front Street becomes a an

1:16:59 ↗ energetic place that people want to

1:17:01 ↗ gather that doesn't always necessarily

1:17:03 ↗ resonate right now

1:17:06 ↗ making sure we resonate and reinforce

1:17:09 ↗ our environmental approach

1:17:12 ↗ strengthening that relationship with old

1:17:14 ↗ town with our history and not only our

1:17:18 ↗ our cultural history but our Natural

1:17:20 ↗ History our history of All Peoples of

1:17:23 ↗ all Community groups that have been in

1:17:25 ↗ this Valley including

1:17:27 ↗ Coast Salish and and other tribes that

1:17:30 ↗ have called this home

1:17:32 ↗ for for many many millennia

1:17:36 ↗ um engaging this space 365 days a year

1:17:39 ↗ thinking of this as a space together at

1:17:42 ↗ night we're all priorities from the

1:17:44 ↗ community

1:17:44 ↗ we showed some shelter options for how

1:17:47 ↗ to with the senior center and this idea

1:17:49 ↗ of of Creekside table really resonated

1:17:52 ↗ at the senior center as well next slide

1:17:56 ↗ so Creekside table this idea of

1:17:58 ↗ Creekside and table really meant to

1:18:00 ↗ reflect both the natural environment of

1:18:03 ↗ Issaquah but then also the town and the

1:18:06 ↗ community and communities as I said

1:18:08 ↗ earlier of really all people groups that

1:18:10 ↗ have thought of this Valley as as home

1:18:14 ↗ next slide

1:18:17 ↗ really getting into this idea of

1:18:20 ↗ authentic nature how do we make a design

1:18:22 ↗ that really talks about the stream the

1:18:26 ↗ valley the geology the the hillsides

1:18:28 ↗ that so Define Issaquah and just our

1:18:31 ↗ nature and the many stewards that have

1:18:33 ↗ stewarded this land and then authentic

1:18:35 ↗ Community this idea of Crossroads

1:18:37 ↗ Issaquah has always been a Crossroads

1:18:40 ↗ Community I think the next slide really

1:18:42 ↗ really reflects that

1:18:45 ↗ the next couple of slides again those

1:18:48 ↗ are just fun little Doodles that just

1:18:50 ↗ talk about creative process and and what

1:18:52 ↗ the methune team did you may have

1:18:54 ↗ recognized this photo if you've seen

1:18:56 ↗ this photo before this is Issaquah Circa

1:18:59 ↗ 1930s I believe

1:19:02 ↗ um you know the East-West and

1:19:04 ↗ north-south connections of the valley I

1:19:07 ↗ think we feel this now with I-90 we feel

1:19:10 ↗ us now with so many traffic coming

1:19:12 ↗ through Issaquah but Isco has always

1:19:14 ↗ been a Crossroads again from the Coast

1:19:18 ↗ Salish peoples to to now and and how do

1:19:21 ↗ we really recognize that and celebrate

1:19:23 ↗ that next slide

1:19:26 ↗ this idea of water as we think of water

1:19:28 ↗ as we think of a creek how do we make

1:19:30 ↗ this moving water how do we make this

1:19:32 ↗ living water

1:19:33 ↗ next slide begins to talk about and and

1:19:37 ↗ really I think represents shapes

1:19:40 ↗ textures a creek and water and a creek

1:19:43 ↗ really has

1:19:45 ↗ an energy and a flow to it next slide

1:19:50 ↗ really how do we thoughtfully think of

1:19:52 ↗ planting

1:19:54 ↗ what Landscaping do we put around both

1:19:58 ↗ of these spaces recognizing both of

1:20:01 ↗ these spaces hopefully are a a first

1:20:03 ↗ touch and a first phase of what we do

1:20:06 ↗ around Depot Park what we do around

1:20:08 ↗ Veterans Memorial as you as you may

1:20:10 ↗ recall this phase is really meant as a a

1:20:14 ↗ first investment of further unifying all

1:20:16 ↗ of this public space Sorry I'm pointing

1:20:18 ↗ outside for those watching at home but

1:20:20 ↗ all these sort of disjointed public

1:20:23 ↗ spaces that have coexisted for so long

1:20:25 ↗ how do we start to connect them

1:20:27 ↗ next slide I'm going from sort of that

1:20:30 ↗ natural valley to community and and the

1:20:33 ↗ built environment how do we pull some of

1:20:37 ↗ these built structures and history of of

1:20:41 ↗ the Town into this space

1:20:45 ↗ next slide and that sort of culminates

1:20:47 ↗ to this idea the design process again

1:20:51 ↗ that the methune team has really helped

1:20:52 ↗ us think and that's this idea of

1:20:54 ↗ connecting nature and town and creating

1:20:57 ↗ um in that what has always felt like a

1:21:00 ↗ really small face the space of The

1:21:02 ↗ Pedestrian Plaza that can do so much and

1:21:04 ↗ and I think really do some thoughtful

1:21:06 ↗ reflection of of creating a really cool

1:21:08 ↗ public space

1:21:10 ↗ next slide

1:21:12 ↗ so this starts to really take the shape

1:21:14 ↗ of of the concept and and the design

1:21:17 ↗ that again has really resonated with the

1:21:19 ↗ community and that's

1:21:20 ↗ um

1:21:22 ↗ what's sort of being called Gravel Bar

1:21:24 ↗ which will be this sort of raised

1:21:27 ↗ grass area that is really a formal and

1:21:31 ↗ informal Gathering space a place where

1:21:33 ↗ people can seat sit how do we take those

1:21:36 ↗ existing maple trees and and reinforce

1:21:39 ↗ them with some other trees

1:21:41 ↗ the what would be the east side of the

1:21:45 ↗ plaza would be more open and feel like

1:21:47 ↗ the town that's that's very intentional

1:21:50 ↗ and that when you're at the at the

1:21:52 ↗ intersection of Sunset and Front Street

1:21:53 ↗ with this configuration you'd be able to

1:21:56 ↗ see the depot building now suddenly the

1:21:57 ↗ depot pops and becomes something that

1:22:01 ↗ you would sort of draw you further into

1:22:04 ↗ the into the space

1:22:06 ↗ next slide

1:22:08 ↗ a couple of cross sections and and sort

1:22:11 ↗ of cross views uh the the upper one

1:22:13 ↗ again would be as if you were standing

1:22:16 ↗ uh there at on Sunset looking through

1:22:18 ↗ the plaza the the lower one

1:22:22 ↗ um is a is a a cross-section if you were

1:22:25 ↗ standing

1:22:27 ↗ um sort of on the wall at the dim sum

1:22:30 ↗ restaurant looking towards Jax this is

1:22:32 ↗ what you would see one I think really

1:22:35 ↗ cool Nuance of this design and was so

1:22:37 ↗ thoughtful and actually came from some

1:22:39 ↗ public comment we had as we hosted the

1:22:41 ↗ meeting you might notice that that this

1:22:43 ↗ this

1:22:44 ↗ raised grass area this Gray's Turf area

1:22:47 ↗ has a slight slant to it from Back to

1:22:50 ↗ Front

1:22:51 ↗ that's to really create accessibility

1:22:54 ↗ and not have to create a ramp but make

1:22:56 ↗ it accessible for all whether

1:22:59 ↗ wheelchairs or or able-bodied

1:23:01 ↗ individuals and so some really

1:23:04 ↗ thoughtful subtle designs into making

1:23:07 ↗ this a really cool cool Gathering space

1:23:11 ↗ one more image next slide

1:23:15 ↗ sort of shows you this

1:23:17 ↗ water feature that's going to feel like

1:23:19 ↗ a sort of ever-changing Creek again not

1:23:24 ↗ a massive deep water feature pool but

1:23:27 ↗ really soft use of water and texture as

1:23:31 ↗ the water comes down the the pebbled

1:23:33 ↗ wall to really reflect and resemble

1:23:36 ↗ Issaquah Creek

1:23:37 ↗ next slide

1:23:39 ↗ shows a little bit more of the thought

1:23:41 ↗ around this water feature that it would

1:23:43 ↗ be something that would be changing

1:23:44 ↗ depending on Flow volume of the water

1:23:47 ↗ create some real flexibility would also

1:23:50 ↗ create through

1:23:51 ↗ sort of this Cobble or gravel feeling of

1:23:56 ↗ the texture even when say we have the

1:23:58 ↗ water off in the winter it's still going

1:24:01 ↗ to have a creek feel and a creek feature

1:24:03 ↗ to it so again a lot a lot of thought

1:24:05 ↗ around this

1:24:06 ↗ next slide

1:24:08 ↗ shows some images of the material

1:24:10 ↗ options that we want to proceed into

1:24:12 ↗ into design with again a variety of

1:24:14 ↗ textures feel very much

1:24:18 ↗ sort of emblematic of Issaquah and and

1:24:22 ↗ our natural surroundings

1:24:25 ↗ next slide

1:24:27 ↗ these next couple of slides show how

1:24:30 ↗ this design isn't just for pedestrian

1:24:31 ↗ Plaza but how we take some of these

1:24:33 ↗ exact same features and pull them in on

1:24:35 ↗ the other side of of of the park at the

1:24:39 ↗ senior center in the Senior Center Plaza

1:24:41 ↗ again thank you to our legislators thank

1:24:44 ↗ you to Shelley's update tonight the

1:24:47 ↗ additional 700 000 will certainly help

1:24:49 ↗ further this investment and and be a

1:24:52 ↗ really exciting public space

1:24:56 ↗ so again just taking some of the same

1:24:58 ↗ Landscaping we're looking at a picnic

1:25:00 ↗ shelter next slide shows thank you Tisha

1:25:04 ↗ um oh one back sorry

1:25:07 ↗ some of the preferred activities as we

1:25:09 ↗ activate the space and we talked with

1:25:10 ↗ the seniors space for bocce uh Bocce is

1:25:14 ↗ also long and linear that could be a

1:25:16 ↗ similar space for cornhole but other

1:25:18 ↗ recreational activities that are great

1:25:19 ↗ for seniors but also other Generations

1:25:22 ↗ we want to create a space that doesn't

1:25:24 ↗ feel like it's seniors only that's very

1:25:27 ↗ multi-generational game tables benches

1:25:31 ↗ seating probably some raised garden beds

1:25:34 ↗ around the senior center as well so

1:25:36 ↗ finally really giving that that side of

1:25:39 ↗ the senior center a stronger

1:25:40 ↗ relationship to the park

1:25:44 ↗ also included next slide

1:25:47 ↗ is

1:25:49 ↗ thank you

1:25:50 ↗ a shelter that again helps to unify that

1:25:54 ↗ Plaza space in front of the the senior

1:25:56 ↗ center creating a really nice covered

1:25:58 ↗ Gathering space for again whether it's

1:26:01 ↗ senior programs or or other community

1:26:04 ↗ groups but another another place to

1:26:07 ↗ gather another place to to overlook the

1:26:10 ↗ play area and some of the other

1:26:12 ↗ activities in the park

1:26:14 ↗ next slide

1:26:18 ↗ the idea of sustainability is something

1:26:20 ↗ that we've thought through all the way

1:26:21 ↗ through and we'll continue as we as we

1:26:24 ↗ take this into actual design looking at

1:26:28 ↗ practices like biofiltration soil cells

1:26:31 ↗ for the trees

1:26:32 ↗ keeping in mind habitat as we think of

1:26:35 ↗ plants and landscape and flowers not

1:26:37 ↗ only pollinator habitat but but other

1:26:41 ↗ habitat looking at salmon safe practices

1:26:44 ↗ is certainly a standard for us in any

1:26:47 ↗ design that we we carry forward as a

1:26:49 ↗ city but then also looking where we can

1:26:52 ↗ utilize reclaimed recycled materials in

1:26:56 ↗ this design so

1:26:58 ↗ next slide with that

1:27:02 ↗ is a really exciting project and and one

1:27:05 ↗ that we look forward to sharing this

1:27:07 ↗ concept further with the community and

1:27:08 ↗ all those Community Partners our goal is

1:27:11 ↗ this spring and summer to be heading

1:27:14 ↗ into actual as I was saying earlier

1:27:16 ↗ design the permitting process

1:27:20 ↗ ultimately coming back to you as city

1:27:22 ↗ council with a bid award and and

1:27:25 ↗ construction the goal remains 2024 with

1:27:28 ↗ this arpa funding

1:27:30 ↗ um

1:27:31 ↗ I'll know a lot more at the end of

1:27:33 ↗ summer as we go through the permitting

1:27:34 ↗ process and would uh I think I'll

1:27:36 ↗ mention this at the eckhouse as well but

1:27:38 ↗ would look forward to providing you an

1:27:39 ↗ update towards the end of summer as to

1:27:42 ↗ where we're at with this so I'm going to

1:27:43 ↗ stop there see if there's any thoughts

1:27:45 ↗ or or feedback on

1:27:48 ↗ on this project before heading into

1:27:49 ↗ eckhouse sounds good that's your

1:27:51 ↗ feedback uh let's see we can do Deputy

1:27:54 ↗ council president Holland council member

1:27:55 ↗ D Michelle

1:27:56 ↗ I just had a quick question that came to

1:27:58 ↗ mind if we've thought through whether or

1:28:00 ↗ not the because the fit and fun

1:28:02 ↗ equipment is still flanking the senior

1:28:04 ↗ center right will that be moved at all

1:28:06 ↗ or have we thought through what what's

1:28:07 ↗ going to happen it will remain as part

1:28:09 ↗ of the park it might need to get it

1:28:11 ↗ might need to get moved

1:28:13 ↗ um a little bit but we hope not

1:28:17 ↗ your question councilmember D Michelle

1:28:20 ↗ no question just I'm I'm your clapped

1:28:23 ↗ it's just so beautiful it's just I just

1:28:25 ↗ looked at it and I thought this is just

1:28:27 ↗ amazing and the way that it's opening up

1:28:30 ↗ and letting the sunshine into that

1:28:32 ↗ pedestrian Park and uh the water feature

1:28:35 ↗ I absolutely love I think it's going to

1:28:37 ↗ be so popular and just the the

1:28:40 ↗ thoughtfulness that has gone into all

1:28:42 ↗ the different elements of the design so

1:28:44 ↗ yeah I just love it so I'm just looking

1:28:46 ↗ forward to the day that we could say go

1:28:48 ↗ go do good work there so thank you

1:28:51 ↗ thank you any other comments before

1:28:53 ↗ director botling proceeds

1:28:55 ↗ not seeing any director botling

1:28:58 ↗ all right

1:29:00 ↗ pardon the beep I lost my driver

1:29:08 ↗ backslide great all right to Confluence

1:29:10 ↗ Park in the eckhouse

1:29:12 ↗ um again happy to give a report here you

1:29:15 ↗ notice all these visuals they have

1:29:17 ↗ various dates on them again just started

1:29:20 ↗ pulling together a lot of the work that

1:29:21 ↗ we've been doing this is a visual that

1:29:24 ↗ we did in January it was part of a

1:29:26 ↗ pretty elaborate scoping and phasing

1:29:29 ↗ conversation we had but love love

1:29:32 ↗ certainly the image of of the eckhouse

1:29:35 ↗ next slide

1:29:38 ↗ so um as we and you've heard this from

1:29:41 ↗ some of the those that that provided

1:29:43 ↗ public comment

1:29:45 ↗ um as we did that scoping work uh we

1:29:48 ↗ really identified pretty early on two

1:29:50 ↗ two key goals that we wanted to

1:29:51 ↗ accomplish in fact these are goals that

1:29:53 ↗ were consistent as we talked about this

1:29:56 ↗ last fall with you is how do we look at

1:29:59 ↗ restoring the eckhouse activating the

1:30:02 ↗ eckhouse and better connecting it to

1:30:05 ↗ Confluence Park as a real public amenity

1:30:08 ↗ within the park and in doing so and

1:30:11 ↗ doing that how do we also find ways to

1:30:14 ↗ recognize

1:30:15 ↗ and celebrate the history that that

1:30:19 ↗ eckhouse represents

1:30:22 ↗ and and consider potential landmarking

1:30:25 ↗ um I want to note within these goals too

1:30:27 ↗ that

1:30:28 ↗ um the eckhouse is on the city's

1:30:31 ↗ historic resource inventory

1:30:34 ↗ um as a house as a as a property on that

1:30:36 ↗ historic resource inventory that means

1:30:39 ↗ we have to do some due diligence and and

1:30:41 ↗ look at at considerations for what we

1:30:44 ↗ want to do with that uh that house and

1:30:47 ↗ that property so a a a lot of this work

1:30:50 ↗ a lot of this conversation tonight a lot

1:30:53 ↗ of the the conversations that we've had

1:30:55 ↗ about really creative ways to consider

1:30:58 ↗ activating this house and doing in a

1:31:01 ↗ very historically respectful and and

1:31:04 ↗ ideally landmarking way really speaks to

1:31:07 ↗ the due diligence we want to do

1:31:09 ↗ as that house is on our historic

1:31:13 ↗ resource inventory next slide

1:31:18 ↗ so this slide represents some of that

1:31:20 ↗ work and some of that conversation we

1:31:22 ↗ had in January not only with our design

1:31:24 ↗ team but also King County historic

1:31:27 ↗ preservation staff

1:31:28 ↗ and other other key community members

1:31:31 ↗ and it was really as we considered the

1:31:34 ↗ house and considered what what paths we

1:31:37 ↗ want to take and what are some of the

1:31:38 ↗ trade-offs what are the pros and cons of

1:31:40 ↗ of

1:31:41 ↗ these various paths

1:31:44 ↗ you noticed up above and again given

1:31:46 ↗ that this house is on the HRI

1:31:49 ↗ as we consider at least at least

1:31:52 ↗ demonstrating our consideration for what

1:31:54 ↗ landmarking would look like that is

1:31:56 ↗ where we're sort of landing and where

1:31:58 ↗ you'll see this presentation is what

1:32:00 ↗ would it look like to consider sort of

1:32:02 ↗ that second pathway down preserving the

1:32:05 ↗ house as a public amenity

1:32:08 ↗ so both doing improvements but doing it

1:32:11 ↗ in a way that it's not just a a landmark

1:32:14 ↗ space that you can look at but it's

1:32:15 ↗ actually a living breathing public

1:32:18 ↗ entity that is serving a purpose in

1:32:20 ↗ meeting a community need

1:32:24 ↗ and as we pursue that I'll note this as

1:32:27 ↗ we pursue that path

1:32:29 ↗ um and pursue that with this design

1:32:34 ↗ process coming up it doesn't preclude

1:32:38 ↗ if we were to conclude that

1:32:41 ↗ um you know considering options of not

1:32:43 ↗ landmarking it are still something that

1:32:45 ↗ is a consideration so determining that

1:32:48 ↗ single pathway now doesn't mean that's

1:32:51 ↗ the only pathway that that we need to

1:32:53 ↗ proceed with moving forward

1:32:56 ↗ next slide

1:32:59 ↗ so as we started looking at the heck

1:33:01 ↗ house and started looking at these

1:33:03 ↗ potential Pathways we really it became

1:33:06 ↗ pretty clear and if any of you have

1:33:07 ↗ spent time around that house whatever

1:33:09 ↗ approach whatever pathway we wanted to

1:33:11 ↗ take there were some significant issues

1:33:14 ↗ that need to be addressed with that

1:33:16 ↗ house and and need to be mitigated so

1:33:20 ↗ this really led to the need to do a

1:33:24 ↗ structural assessment it was one of the

1:33:26 ↗ first things we did this first quarter

1:33:27 ↗ looking at these visuals of of

1:33:30 ↗ interesting note in the upper left is a

1:33:34 ↗ image of the foundation there's not a

1:33:37 ↗ foundation of this house but it's a very

1:33:39 ↗ interesting history those are original

1:33:41 ↗ Cedar stumps that this house was built

1:33:44 ↗ on so those are turn of the century

1:33:46 ↗ Cedar stumps that should we whatever we

1:33:50 ↗ choose to do at this house we're going

1:33:53 ↗ to need to give it a a foundation

1:33:55 ↗ we talked about reuse I I just those

1:33:59 ↗ stumps have a very interesting story and

1:34:01 ↗ would be really cool to to consider what

1:34:03 ↗ some type of reuse would would look like

1:34:05 ↗ for those

1:34:08 ↗ next slide

1:34:10 ↗ so the structural assessment itself a

1:34:13 ↗ couple of notes uh just to make

1:34:16 ↗ obviously any type of public use any

1:34:20 ↗ change of use from residential to any

1:34:23 ↗ type of public assembly is going to be

1:34:25 ↗ needed as we consider public use this is

1:34:29 ↗ per our city code per occupancy and use

1:34:32 ↗ as I said earlier Foundation would be

1:34:35 ↗ needed and the structure would need to

1:34:38 ↗ be stabilized that includes seismic

1:34:41 ↗ upgrades per our code

1:34:45 ↗ as we looked at the the space itself all

1:34:49 ↗ the interior walls are are flexible

1:34:51 ↗ enough and not load-bearing that it's

1:34:53 ↗ possible to open up the interior space

1:34:56 ↗ to create one sort of large single use

1:34:59 ↗ or single room Pavilion that really

1:35:02 ↗ maximizes public flexibility you'll see

1:35:05 ↗ a couple examples why we think that's

1:35:08 ↗ most advantageous for really utilizing

1:35:12 ↗ this space as a and I think you've heard

1:35:16 ↗ it said through the fall I know the

1:35:17 ↗ public has certainly heard it said

1:35:19 ↗ whether this is defined as a shelter or

1:35:23 ↗ Pavilion or indoor outdoor creating that

1:35:26 ↗ one big sort of covered flexible space

1:35:29 ↗ really Remains the the goal as we do

1:35:33 ↗ these considerations

1:35:38 ↗ great opportunities also to retain the

1:35:40 ↗ historic value as we consider that and

1:35:43 ↗ that goes right to this next slide as we

1:35:45 ↗ have had a number of conversations with

1:35:47 ↗ our our colleagues at King County

1:35:49 ↗ historic preservation some of their

1:35:51 ↗ initial feedback really speaks to that

1:35:53 ↗ the the exterior of this of this house

1:35:57 ↗ holds the highest historic value and the

1:36:00 ↗ significance and and would be a real

1:36:03 ↗ priority again as this is on our

1:36:05 ↗ historic resource inventory would be a

1:36:08 ↗ priority for them for us to consider

1:36:10 ↗ preserving the interior structure does

1:36:12 ↗ not have that same value it's been

1:36:14 ↗ updated changed so many ways it gives us

1:36:17 ↗ flexibility to do something

1:36:19 ↗ in in the way we're proposing on the

1:36:22 ↗ inside the porches the front entry the

1:36:24 ↗ wind Windows all have significance also

1:36:28 ↗ of interest of note and I think

1:36:29 ↗ opportunity as we think of this as a

1:36:32 ↗ park amenity the back of the house

1:36:34 ↗ probably has the least historic priority

1:36:36 ↗ as opposed to the front and the sides so

1:36:38 ↗ really creates that opportunity for

1:36:40 ↗ opening up whatever use of this this

1:36:43 ↗ house that might be to give it such a

1:36:45 ↗ really strong relationship to to the

1:36:48 ↗ park

1:36:50 ↗ oh sorry councilmember D Michelle

1:36:54 ↗ that's okay um

1:36:56 ↗ so it's interesting to hear about the

1:36:58 ↗ back of the house is known historic

1:37:00 ↗ priority but it's attached to the house

1:37:01 ↗ is there is there some percentage of

1:37:04 ↗ change that you make that finally

1:37:06 ↗ removes the historic value of the house

1:37:09 ↗ all together and uh it seems like if

1:37:13 ↗ we're proposing quite a bit of

1:37:15 ↗ renovation that we're gonna have to be

1:37:17 ↗ really careful to preserve a certain

1:37:19 ↗ amount of the history is there is are

1:37:22 ↗ there any guidelines or is that really a

1:37:24 ↗ case-by-case kind of situation where the

1:37:27 ↗ historic preservation group would be

1:37:29 ↗ able to help us that's where the design

1:37:31 ↗ team at methune has done historic

1:37:33 ↗ reservation or restoration the work with

1:37:37 ↗ the the King County folks is really

1:37:39 ↗ going to really going to help us in that

1:37:40 ↗ are really going to help us in that

1:37:42 ↗ obviously the exterior being the

1:37:44 ↗ priority the porches on the side have

1:37:47 ↗ the you know those those features that

1:37:49 ↗ have the highest historic value is

1:37:51 ↗ what's most important so I don't know to

1:37:53 ↗ the degree that there's a a specific

1:37:56 ↗ percentage

1:37:58 ↗ so we'll

1:38:00 ↗ learn as we as as we go

1:38:04 ↗ it's a work in process sort of as you go

1:38:08 ↗ through the the process of figuring out

1:38:10 ↗ what we want to do with it and all of

1:38:12 ↗ that okay thanks

1:38:14 ↗ yep

1:38:18 ↗ all right so continuing on

1:38:20 ↗ um

1:38:23 ↗ oh sorry lost my thought

1:38:25 ↗ um

1:38:27 ↗ as we as we look at and sort of what we

1:38:30 ↗ were just talking about forgive me the

1:38:32 ↗ design process itself there's a lot of

1:38:34 ↗ openness to working with not only the

1:38:37 ↗ Historic Museum and and their their

1:38:39 ↗ feedback but also historic preservation

1:38:41 ↗ teams

1:38:44 ↗ um

1:38:45 ↗ given the

1:38:47 ↗ um

1:38:48 ↗ I think the uncertainty as we go into

1:38:50 ↗ the design process

1:38:52 ↗ given I don't think we're at a key

1:38:54 ↗ decision point

1:38:55 ↗ for whether to land market or not the

1:38:59 ↗ pathway we've certainly talked with a

1:39:01 ↗ design team and talked with historic

1:39:03 ↗ preservation folks is

1:39:04 ↗ do the design work first understand what

1:39:08 ↗ it is we want to do with the house

1:39:09 ↗ before applying for landmarking so that

1:39:13 ↗ is certainly the the process that we've

1:39:16 ↗ talked with the administration about and

1:39:18 ↗ and

1:39:19 ↗ are certainly considering as as this is

1:39:21 ↗ presented to you right now as opposed to

1:39:24 ↗ not trying to land market right now but

1:39:26 ↗ do the do the design work first

1:39:29 ↗ next slide

1:39:31 ↗ so with that the approach that sort of

1:39:35 ↗ as we've talked with the park board and

1:39:37 ↗ and are considering and would love your

1:39:39 ↗ feedback on uh tonight is this idea of

1:39:43 ↗ um realizing in fact if you want to go

1:39:44 ↗ to the next slide there's a I think a

1:39:46 ↗ good visual that shows this connection

1:39:49 ↗ um you'll see in this visual director

1:39:51 ↗ Watling we have a question from

1:39:54 ↗ sorry I did up while you were still

1:39:56 ↗ talking about the account so just do you

1:39:59 ↗ want them to go back a slide or two yeah

1:40:01 ↗ could you just go back a couple slides

1:40:03 ↗ um

1:40:04 ↗ so maybe back to the landmarking path

1:40:08 ↗ slide there we go

1:40:10 ↗ um so the one that had the little heads

1:40:13 ↗ there we go thank you

1:40:14 ↗ um

1:40:15 ↗ I don't think I understand from the

1:40:17 ↗ presentation the advantages and

1:40:19 ↗ disadvantages of landmarking and uh what

1:40:22 ↗ it would mean to the options that are in

1:40:24 ↗ front of the city but it seems like

1:40:26 ↗ um you know I really liked that when you

1:40:30 ↗ came back

1:40:31 ↗ um on the the park that we just talked

1:40:34 ↗ about a second ago um right off of the

1:40:36 ↗ front uh that you know you came back

1:40:39 ↗ with some options and got a sense from

1:40:41 ↗ the body I feel like we need that sort

1:40:42 ↗ of a conversation here

1:40:45 ↗ um and and to get an idea of what the

1:40:47 ↗ appetite is from the council you know

1:40:50 ↗ order magnitude right what's a half

1:40:53 ↗ million dollars get us what's a million

1:40:55 ↗ dollars get us what's a couple million

1:40:56 ↗ dollars get us what would it mean to

1:40:58 ↗ Confluence right and then

1:41:02 ↗ um you know we have that conversation

1:41:04 ↗ and and how the eckhouse what it can

1:41:07 ↗ mean to Confluence uh what it could mean

1:41:10 ↗ to a further build out of Confluence

1:41:12 ↗ right we have been talking to to Mr

1:41:16 ↗ christensen's point you know we this

1:41:18 ↗ conversation's been going on for 15

1:41:20 ↗ years right before most everybody who's

1:41:23 ↗ on Council was involved in the city and

1:41:26 ↗ there's been a lot said and there's been

1:41:28 ↗ a lot that that Park is capable of and I

1:41:31 ↗ really want to understand

1:41:33 ↗ um what that what the ACT house could

1:41:35 ↗ mean in a historical context in with

1:41:38 ↗ with keeping the historical nature of

1:41:40 ↗ the structure what it could mean to us

1:41:43 ↗ as having a public function for instance

1:41:45 ↗ versus not having a public function but

1:41:47 ↗ it all comes down to really what's the

1:41:49 ↗ appetite in the city to invest in this

1:41:52 ↗ you know I was looking at where I lived

1:41:55 ↗ before this in Minnesota there's a Smith

1:41:57 ↗ Douglas Moore house in um in Eden

1:42:00 ↗ Prairie that they just did a beautiful

1:42:02 ↗ job with and it's just a it's a classic

1:42:04 ↗ 1870s Little House on the Prairie kind

1:42:07 ↗ of kind of house but it meant a lot to

1:42:09 ↗ the city of Eden Prairie and they

1:42:10 ↗ haven't built a whole park around it but

1:42:12 ↗ it means a lot to the city that

1:42:14 ↗ um it's there and and eckhouse could

1:42:16 ↗ could be that for us so anyhow I just

1:42:18 ↗ believe that

1:42:19 ↗ um really needs some information and and

1:42:21 ↗ need to have a conversation as to how

1:42:24 ↗ much appetite there is for how big of an

1:42:26 ↗ investment to put into the house again

1:42:29 ↗ in the context of an ongoing uh you know

1:42:32 ↗ 15 20 30 million dollars that we're

1:42:35 ↗ going to eventually when all is said and

1:42:37 ↗ done put into Confluence right what is

1:42:39 ↗ what do we want the eckhouse to be as

1:42:41 ↗ part of that but is our one really rich

1:42:43 ↗ historical element of Confluence I want

1:42:45 ↗ to make sure that we have a good

1:42:47 ↗ conversation as a city and this question

1:42:49 ↗ around landmarking like I said I don't

1:42:51 ↗ really understand what it would mean to

1:42:52 ↗ the conversation or not but I sure hope

1:42:54 ↗ we have that conversation soon thank you

1:42:56 ↗ and um director Watling just a question

1:42:58 ↗ so

1:43:00 ↗ um you know the in the informational

1:43:02 ↗ update is on the arpa funding the

1:43:04 ↗ council had asked for ideas for two

1:43:07 ↗ different parks in town

1:43:10 ↗ the scope of what would be required to

1:43:14 ↗ Landmark and renovate is a great

1:43:16 ↗ question

1:43:17 ↗ I'm just not sure it's part of this

1:43:20 ↗ project can you touch into that a little

1:43:21 ↗ bit can the council proceed with

1:43:24 ↗ investments in Confluence Park and then

1:43:26 ↗ budget to do the work that would be

1:43:28 ↗ required because they do need to

1:43:31 ↗ understand feasibility and costs and all

1:43:33 ↗ the rest of it how interconnected are

1:43:35 ↗ these in going forward with the arpa

1:43:37 ↗ project thank you both of those are

1:43:40 ↗ really good questions I think the rest

1:43:42 ↗ of the presentation will start to touch

1:43:43 ↗ into both of those a little bit yeah

1:43:46 ↗ with the arpa funding and and like why

1:43:49 ↗ that visual shows our suggestion of

1:43:52 ↗ saying those are really important

1:43:54 ↗ questions about the eckhouse and there

1:43:56 ↗ is value to landmarking there's there's

1:43:58 ↗ access to Grant funds uh when you when

1:44:01 ↗ you do that

1:44:02 ↗ um

1:44:06 ↗ the arpa funds though have a shot clock

1:44:09 ↗ the arpa funds and sort of the federal

1:44:12 ↗ requirements that go around those funds

1:44:14 ↗ might not be the best funds to use in

1:44:17 ↗ doing a historic house renovation and so

1:44:21 ↗ what is being sort of thought about the

1:44:23 ↗ scope of this project is

1:44:25 ↗ knowing

1:44:27 ↗ the importance of that story of the

1:44:29 ↗ house the eckhouse and how we might want

1:44:32 ↗ to consider whether we Landmark it or

1:44:34 ↗ not how we might want to consider

1:44:36 ↗ accessing a lot of grant opportunities

1:44:39 ↗ that are out there to do the work

1:44:41 ↗ doing at least some initial design to

1:44:44 ↗ begin to see and right now we're looking

1:44:47 ↗ at the neighborhood of perhaps upwards

1:44:49 ↗ of a million dollars to do that work at

1:44:51 ↗ the eckhouse

1:44:54 ↗ but let that work continue while we

1:44:57 ↗ since these are arpa projects as the

1:44:59 ↗ mayor said invest the arpa funds on that

1:45:03 ↗ connection between the house and again

1:45:05 ↗ as we think of the back of the house

1:45:07 ↗ opening and having a relationship to the

1:45:09 ↗ park let's make the arpa Investments

1:45:12 ↗ and make sure this decision whatever it

1:45:15 ↗ is we do with the eckhouse has a

1:45:18 ↗ relationship to Confluence Park and

1:45:20 ↗ strengthens that relationship make that

1:45:22 ↗ arpa investment and then and also take

1:45:24 ↗ the time to make some of these final

1:45:27 ↗ decisions about the eckhouse and what we

1:45:30 ↗ want to do with it so yeah I just I

1:45:32 ↗ thank you director I just wanted to make

1:45:34 ↗ sure that the council doesn't feel like

1:45:36 ↗ we're asking you to make a decision on

1:45:37 ↗ the eckhouse or not you'd have not had

1:45:40 ↗ enough information on the pros and cons

1:45:42 ↗ the potential costs we don't have a work

1:45:44 ↗ plan item on this however it is

1:45:48 ↗ integrated with an investment in

1:45:51 ↗ Confluence so I want to make sure we

1:45:53 ↗ focus on the arpa portion of it and

1:45:56 ↗ please if there's additional information

1:45:58 ↗ you want to suggest going forward that

1:46:00 ↗ you might need to have that conversation

1:46:01 ↗ on landmarking put it in the comments

1:46:03 ↗ tonight after we do this presentation

1:46:05 ↗ that would be great councilmember Mertz

1:46:07 ↗ yeah just just to put a bow around that

1:46:09 ↗ conversation you know when we

1:46:12 ↗ um

1:46:12 ↗ did ribbon cutting on Confluence Corey

1:46:16 ↗ was there uh

1:46:18 ↗ I think we would respectfully have said

1:46:21 ↗ if 13 years ago if we said we still

1:46:23 ↗ don't have a master plan for Confluence

1:46:26 ↗ 13 years later I think we would be

1:46:28 ↗ disappointed so I understand there's a

1:46:30 ↗ shot clock on these particular dollars

1:46:32 ↗ and we need to do what we need to do

1:46:33 ↗ here but let's get that plan in place

1:46:36 ↗ Confluence is such a jewel it's hard to

1:46:39 ↗ Envision the entire green necklace

1:46:41 ↗ without understanding what Confluence is

1:46:43 ↗ so I'm just I'm excited I sure hope I

1:46:45 ↗ sure hope I don't have to be on Council

1:46:47 ↗ for 13 more years to have that

1:46:48 ↗ conversation thank you

1:46:50 ↗ good point thank you oh continue on our

1:46:53 ↗ uh director Watling thank you so much

1:46:55 ↗ for that and and totally agree so if we

1:46:57 ↗ go back to the visual of of the the

1:47:00 ↗ concept and please squint as you look at

1:47:02 ↗ that this is not a design

1:47:04 ↗ um this is really just a a concept

1:47:07 ↗ trying to show this relationship as I

1:47:09 ↗ was saying earlier between what we think

1:47:12 ↗ the important role the eckhouse plays

1:47:15 ↗ um in Confluence Park

1:47:17 ↗ um and what that public use of the

1:47:19 ↗ eckhouse might be but then also the the

1:47:21 ↗ back of it and how it can have a

1:47:23 ↗ relationship to not only the play area

1:47:25 ↗ but the rest of the park and what we're

1:47:27 ↗ suggesting or thinking of as we as we

1:47:30 ↗ move this forward is make use those arpa

1:47:33 ↗ Investments on that what we're calling

1:47:34 ↗ phase one in this Visual and then

1:47:37 ↗ continue with the momentum we think

1:47:39 ↗ there's some tremendous momentum council

1:47:41 ↗ member Martz and others around these

1:47:43 ↗ conversations we've been having these

1:47:45 ↗ last couple months about the eckhouse to

1:47:47 ↗ really finally create a vision for that

1:47:48 ↗ let's let's let that Network continue

1:47:51 ↗ in earnest

1:47:54 ↗ next slide and speaking of the eckhouse

1:47:58 ↗ we've done some initial work and in

1:48:01 ↗ talking with the architect and and what

1:48:04 ↗ could public use of this heck house be

1:48:07 ↗ um I'm not going to sort of read this

1:48:09 ↗ overview but this was a sort of helping

1:48:12 ↗ set the table for some of these Concepts

1:48:14 ↗ you're going to see what's really really

1:48:16 ↗ important is is these are really meant

1:48:19 ↗ to demonstrate if we create this big

1:48:22 ↗ single room vaulted ceiling interior for

1:48:26 ↗ for that house what are some of the

1:48:29 ↗ flexible public uses that could uh that

1:48:31 ↗ could take place in this

1:48:34 ↗ what I'm I'm calling a pavilion a park

1:48:38 ↗ pavilion in many ways next slide

1:48:43 ↗ so you know this could range from

1:48:45 ↗ everything as we've talked with the art

1:48:47 ↗ commission you know how do we how do we

1:48:49 ↗ host you know one night or you know you

1:48:52 ↗ know we weekend art exhibits and and

1:48:56 ↗ places to to certainly display a

1:48:59 ↗ community community art next slide

1:49:02 ↗ again not a design but just a way of

1:49:06 ↗ showing this large single room

1:49:09 ↗ picture I suppose to the

1:49:12 ↗ um

1:49:14 ↗ um

1:49:15 ↗ left side of of the

1:49:18 ↗ this back of the house think of that as

1:49:21 ↗ as these rolling doors or some way of

1:49:23 ↗ being able to to open up in the

1:49:26 ↗ summertime or be closed in the winter

1:49:27 ↗ time

1:49:29 ↗ um but just some ideas of how space

1:49:31 ↗ could be arranged next slide

1:49:34 ↗ you know if there was a desire for

1:49:36 ↗ reception or you know rentals

1:49:39 ↗ capacity

1:49:41 ↗ for this would be anywhere from 40 to 50

1:49:44 ↗ people so again a size

1:49:48 ↗ that certainly the community has has

1:49:50 ↗ said that they're sometimes in need of

1:49:53 ↗ space four

1:49:55 ↗ next slide

1:49:57 ↗ shows what a floor plan would look like

1:49:59 ↗ in that type of an arrangement

1:50:02 ↗ next slide

1:50:05 ↗ and we're not planning on this being a

1:50:06 ↗ concert hall per se but if there was a

1:50:09 ↗ speaker series or a you know a music

1:50:12 ↗ event that someone was wanting rental

1:50:14 ↗ space for how that how this space could

1:50:17 ↗ be utilized for that you'll see in the

1:50:20 ↗ next slide

1:50:22 ↗ and again these visuals were really

1:50:24 ↗ meant to just show

1:50:25 ↗ should we consider this being sort of

1:50:29 ↗ this large vaulted ceiling space

1:50:32 ↗ ample flexibility and ample opportunity

1:50:35 ↗ for the public to use this house this

1:50:38 ↗ historic house in a very active living

1:50:41 ↗ way we think that is such a great add to

1:50:45 ↗ the vision and really what was the

1:50:47 ↗ original master plan of of of Confluence

1:50:50 ↗ Park and having this house be part of

1:50:52 ↗ the park but again doing it in a way

1:50:55 ↗ that celebrates the history of the house

1:50:57 ↗ that tells the story the history of the

1:50:59 ↗ house but really becomes a usual a

1:51:01 ↗ usable functional amenity within

1:51:04 ↗ Confluence Park next slide

1:51:08 ↗ talks a little bit about next steps and

1:51:10 ↗ what we talked a little earlier how do

1:51:13 ↗ we proceed again given the arpa funding

1:51:16 ↗ we would suggest we proceed with design

1:51:19 ↗ of the plaza and that outdoor space in

1:51:22 ↗ Earnest we also continue to work with

1:51:25 ↗ our partners and look at some of this

1:51:28 ↗ initial design work for the eckhouse

1:51:29 ↗ itself come back continue this

1:51:32 ↗ conversation about should we Landmark or

1:51:34 ↗ not Landmark what are some Grant

1:51:37 ↗ strategies that we want to begin to

1:51:39 ↗ pursue begin to outline those how can we

1:51:43 ↗ find and leverage that insurance money

1:51:46 ↗ that two hundred thousand dollars that

1:51:47 ↗ we have that we didn't want to invest

1:51:49 ↗ until we had a vision for the eckhouse

1:51:51 ↗ but let's get that vision for the

1:51:52 ↗ eckhouse let's leverage that 200 000

1:51:54 ↗ with some other Grant funds and and make

1:51:57 ↗ this happen the goal would be again

1:51:59 ↗ coming back to you ultimately for for

1:52:02 ↗ bid award and construction of that arpa

1:52:05 ↗ funded space and again hopefully keeping

1:52:07 ↗ this moment momentum and ultimately

1:52:09 ↗ having a vision and a game plan for how

1:52:11 ↗ we want to and what we want to do with

1:52:14 ↗ the eckhouse again end of summer might

1:52:16 ↗ be great timing

1:52:18 ↗ not only for pedestrian Park

1:52:22 ↗ and the Senior Center Plaza But

1:52:24 ↗ continuing this conversation with you

1:52:28 ↗ thank you

1:52:30 ↗ thank you director Watling

1:52:32 ↗ and thank you for doing the Outreach and

1:52:35 ↗ being able to bring in all those voices

1:52:37 ↗ obviously we are hearing from the

1:52:39 ↗ community that the eckhouse is got a

1:52:41 ↗ very special place in people's hearts

1:52:43 ↗ we just don't have all the information

1:52:45 ↗ that you needed on the heck house so

1:52:47 ↗ time now for questions there is no

1:52:50 ↗ action this evening this is just

1:52:52 ↗ informational councilmember hunt

1:52:54 ↗ on the slide that had the map director

1:52:57 ↗ Watling there it looked like on that map

1:53:00 ↗ the phase one included part of the

1:53:03 ↗ eckhouse and the Wash House on the side

1:53:06 ↗ am I right though that all of the

1:53:08 ↗ eckhouse considerations and options that

1:53:11 ↗ would be part of a separate that would

1:53:12 ↗ be part of phase two

1:53:14 ↗ correct that would be part of phase two

1:53:16 ↗ yep okay

1:53:18 ↗ um and then also I had emailed a number

1:53:21 ↗ of questions but I think one that

1:53:23 ↗ um one that I wanted to ask here is the

1:53:28 ↗ options that were presented we

1:53:30 ↗ ultimately would that they aren't

1:53:31 ↗ mutually exclusive they would be

1:53:35 ↗ um they would be all options if we went

1:53:38 ↗ with the flexible use space and so I

1:53:41 ↗ just wanted to clarify that because it

1:53:44 ↗ looked like they were individual options

1:53:46 ↗ but it sounds like that's not the case

1:53:48 ↗ it would be flexible and it could be for

1:53:51 ↗ any of those Art Gallery

1:53:53 ↗ Etc or other uses that people would need

1:53:56 ↗ a rental space for very well said yes or

1:53:59 ↗ and probably other considerations as

1:54:01 ↗ well would be the the goal

1:54:04 ↗ Michelle

1:54:06 ↗ yeah thanks I was going to make pretty

1:54:08 ↗ much the same uh statement uh I just

1:54:10 ↗ wanted to I believe that Confluence Park

1:54:14 ↗ is also part of the Creative Arts

1:54:16 ↗ District if I'm thinking of the map

1:54:17 ↗ correctly so there I would say that

1:54:20 ↗ there'd be a whole lot of potential of

1:54:22 ↗ connecting the eckhouse to many many art

1:54:25 ↗ related activities so I really love that

1:54:28 ↗ picture of it as a art gallery although

1:54:31 ↗ Art Gallery could be many many different

1:54:33 ↗ things that that picture is a little bit

1:54:35 ↗ sterile it could be much more livelier a

1:54:39 ↗ livelier place so I think if I can

1:54:41 ↗ articulate a little bit better than I

1:54:43 ↗ did the last time what I was trying to

1:54:45 ↗ get at is uh you know the building is

1:54:49 ↗ old it's sitting on tree

1:54:51 ↗ stumps it's uh and so I guess what I was

1:54:55 ↗ really more trying to get to is is there

1:54:57 ↗ an urgency here to make sure that we do

1:55:01 ↗ something about this house before it

1:55:02 ↗ deteriorates

1:55:04 ↗ uh Beyond repair before it's you know

1:55:07 ↗ and before we

1:55:09 ↗ uh too much of the historic value has

1:55:12 ↗ been lost and

1:55:13 ↗ so uh I know we're saying that we need

1:55:16 ↗ to make the arpa decision like right

1:55:18 ↗ away which I absolutely agree with but

1:55:21 ↗ also I feel like there is an urgency to

1:55:23 ↗ make sure that this building doesn't

1:55:24 ↗ deteriorate anymore and that we really

1:55:26 ↗ make some decisions about it and get

1:55:28 ↗ moving forward on whatever we're going

1:55:30 ↗ to do there so

1:55:32 ↗ I don't know if that's the question or

1:55:34 ↗ no that's a good question and Jeff you

1:55:36 ↗ may want to share some information after

1:55:38 ↗ the fire there were a couple of

1:55:39 ↗ Investments made in the building to

1:55:43 ↗ delay

1:55:45 ↗ prevent and additional damage to the

1:55:48 ↗ building yeah yeah great question

1:55:50 ↗ comments

1:55:52 ↗ um we would agree I I this feels like a

1:55:55 ↗ strategic moment there feels like

1:55:56 ↗ there's some momentum around let's let's

1:55:58 ↗ let's really establish a vision for this

1:56:00 ↗ house and and

1:56:01 ↗ um how we move forward um as the mayor

1:56:03 ↗ said uh We've we've as best we can

1:56:06 ↗ secured the inside of the house

1:56:08 ↗ um there's it's not exposed to to direct

1:56:12 ↗ weather of events but

1:56:15 ↗ um yeah it's it's it's been in Decay

1:56:18 ↗ um it'd be great to continue to carry

1:56:21 ↗ these conversations forward and see if

1:56:23 ↗ we can come up with a collective Vision

1:56:25 ↗ a strategy for going out and getting

1:56:27 ↗ some grant funding and and seeing if we

1:56:29 ↗ can make this happen so we really look

1:56:31 ↗ forward to those further conversations

1:56:37 ↗ thank you

1:56:39 ↗ director wildling thank you for putting

1:56:41 ↗ this together it gives us a great deal

1:56:44 ↗ to think about and uh options going

1:56:47 ↗ forward I have some questions uh whether

1:56:49 ↗ or not there was going to be

1:56:52 ↗ um either a a kitchen or any type of

1:56:57 ↗ food prep areas in there I know we're in

1:56:59 ↗ the basic design but as I look at it

1:57:01 ↗ none of the designs have it in there and

1:57:05 ↗ if we're going to do a dining room

1:57:07 ↗ reception facility

1:57:08 ↗ I'm just wondering what kind of kitchen

1:57:12 ↗ might have been considered are we going

1:57:13 ↗ industrial are we keeping it small and

1:57:16 ↗ basic more like Gibson Hall just some

1:57:19 ↗ thoughts to to think about I know you

1:57:21 ↗ probably don't have an answer tonight

1:57:23 ↗ but as we're going forward it just seems

1:57:26 ↗ that it's one of the things we would

1:57:28 ↗ want to consider in the the final design

1:57:29 ↗ we will capture that comment coming back

1:57:31 ↗ and is there any other thing that

1:57:33 ↗ individual council members would like to

1:57:34 ↗ add back if there is a phase two

1:57:36 ↗ conversation on scoping and let's go to

1:57:38 ↗ council president and then council

1:57:39 ↗ member hunt

1:57:41 ↗ um I think one of the things that I'm

1:57:44 ↗ thinking of and I think Corey brought it

1:57:46 ↗ up quite nicely is there's connectivity

1:57:48 ↗ at the base here and so how do we

1:57:51 ↗ determine what the height of kind of

1:57:55 ↗ that shelter area should be as it

1:57:58 ↗ relates to the Eck house if one part is

1:58:03 ↗ going to be through an arpa investment

1:58:05 ↗ another part

1:58:06 ↗ you know depends on the landmarking

1:58:08 ↗ decisions and the decisions on the EC

1:58:11 ↗ house so I think I would be really

1:58:13 ↗ interested to understand how you're

1:58:16 ↗ approaching that

1:58:18 ↗ um and particularly as it relates to

1:58:22 ↗ you know what how much of the design do

1:58:25 ↗ you need to do on the eckhouse in order

1:58:28 ↗ to be able to move forward with the

1:58:32 ↗ other portion of the park that's a great

1:58:34 ↗ comment as well we'll capture that one

1:58:36 ↗ um and who's next councilmember hunt

1:58:39 ↗ thank you one piece of information that

1:58:42 ↗ would be helpful for the subsequent

1:58:44 ↗ conversation is there will be costs

1:58:47 ↗ associated with the renovation but there

1:58:49 ↗ also be costs associated with the

1:58:51 ↗ maintenance and the ongoing Staffing

1:58:54 ↗ that would be needed and I think it's

1:58:56 ↗ always best practice to consider those

1:58:58 ↗ ongoing costs when we have a decision to

1:59:01 ↗ make because this building currently has

1:59:03 ↗ no public use and so there is not that

1:59:06 ↗ Staffing that would be necessary if it

1:59:09 ↗ became as a art gallery on some

1:59:12 ↗ occasions Etc thank you very true I'm

1:59:15 ↗ going to go to council member arts and

1:59:16 ↗ council president are you

1:59:18 ↗ okay councilman Mertz and then council

1:59:20 ↗ president

1:59:21 ↗ um one thing I think we need to think

1:59:23 ↗ about is that that's occurred in the 13

1:59:26 ↗ years uh the working on this park is a

1:59:30 ↗ sense that

1:59:31 ↗ um 100-year floodplain line might not be

1:59:33 ↗ sufficient given severity of storms you

1:59:37 ↗ know early melts of snowpack on tiger

1:59:41 ↗ and squawk and all that kind of stuff so

1:59:45 ↗ um I you know as we talk about the park

1:59:47 ↗ um understanding if the 100 Year

1:59:48 ↗ floodplain if we consider that

1:59:50 ↗ sufficient you'd hate to see a house

1:59:51 ↗ that survived you know 100 years get

1:59:54 ↗ wiped out by a new icky kind of flood

1:59:57 ↗ thanks man great comment council

1:59:59 ↗ president yeah I was going on the same

2:00:01 ↗ idea I know we had passed the

2:00:05 ↗ um 500 years yeah the 500 year storm

2:00:08 ↗ requirement and so dwelling residences

2:00:12 ↗ had to be raised to a certain height I'm

2:00:16 ↗ not sure if that would apply in this

2:00:18 ↗ case but it likely is a good

2:00:21 ↗ preservation idea and so again relating

2:00:24 ↗ that to the shelter area and that base

2:00:28 ↗ yeah thanks

2:00:31 ↗ any other comments

2:00:33 ↗ I'm looking around uh councilmember Joe

2:00:35 ↗ just one uh final comment on on my side

2:00:39 ↗ as I look at the uh reception

2:00:43 ↗ and the uh design for the speaker music

2:00:46 ↗ ceremony of option three the

2:00:50 ↗ I wonder if we could look at the

2:00:52 ↗ orientation going the other direction in

2:00:54 ↗ the sense that the front door is right

2:00:56 ↗ behind the speaker or right behind the

2:00:58 ↗ performer and it's

2:01:01 ↗ um

2:01:02 ↗ if I'm doing an event I wouldn't

2:01:04 ↗ necessarily want to have people coming

2:01:06 ↗ in right behind me as I'm doing the

2:01:09 ↗ speaking or as I'm doing the Performing

2:01:10 ↗ I'm wondering if there's been any

2:01:12 ↗ thought to changing the orientation and

2:01:15 ↗ what that would look like for the other

2:01:17 ↗ pieces whether it's the bar or the

2:01:20 ↗ reception table or what have you

2:01:22 ↗ um just a thought in terms of kind of

2:01:25 ↗ how we look at this space and whether or

2:01:27 ↗ not it would be really usable or

2:01:31 ↗ um you know something that would be

2:01:33 ↗ really uh

2:01:35 ↗ an idea that people would want to rent

2:01:38 ↗ along the way so just a thought along

2:01:40 ↗ the way yeah we'll keep we'll capture

2:01:41 ↗ that as well thank you councilmember Joe

2:01:42 ↗ council member hunt thank you I have one

2:01:45 ↗ question on the arpa part of this

2:01:48 ↗ um when this last came to council there

2:01:51 ↗ was consideration of the eckhouse being

2:01:54 ↗ part of this arpa funded portion of the

2:01:58 ↗ project and I'm wondering if there are

2:02:01 ↗ going to be or if there have been design

2:02:03 ↗ considerations of how to of how that

2:02:07 ↗ funding would be used for the part of

2:02:10 ↗ the project that is now phase one if

2:02:13 ↗ there's any additional work that can be

2:02:15 ↗ done or additional structures that can

2:02:17 ↗ be done since originally the scope was

2:02:20 ↗ was including the eckhouse and now it's

2:02:22 ↗ the part of the park next to the

2:02:27 ↗ eckhouse but not the AC house itself and

2:02:29 ↗ I think we'll have to we'll capture that

2:02:31 ↗ as well we'll have to come back and and

2:02:33 ↗ provide that information in a follow-up

2:02:36 ↗ because I'm not sure you have the

2:02:37 ↗ separation of details tonight or

2:02:39 ↗ costumes no all great questions thank

2:02:42 ↗ you I guess I would just add why we

2:02:43 ↗ think as we move forward doing some

2:02:46 ↗ degree of design of of both of these

2:02:49 ↗ spaces is so important because of

2:02:51 ↗ relationship because of

2:02:54 ↗ um you know yeah relationship and

2:02:57 ↗ opportunity where do we

2:02:59 ↗ um yeah where where do we best invest

2:03:02 ↗ that arpa money now where can we best

2:03:04 ↗ invest that so we'll certainly come back

2:03:07 ↗ again I I think this

2:03:10 ↗ great great info designed design design

2:03:13 ↗ on both of them is really going to

2:03:16 ↗ help inform us so I'm just gonna

2:03:18 ↗ check something with Council hey

2:03:21 ↗ in the next steps the council would like

2:03:24 ↗ to understand

2:03:26 ↗ if any of the arpa funds are used for

2:03:30 ↗ scoping or improvements to the eckhouse

2:03:31 ↗ in order to accommodate the Confluence

2:03:34 ↗ Park portion of it

2:03:36 ↗ and how these two projects tie together

2:03:38 ↗ and that I get the sense that the

2:03:41 ↗ council is supportive of spending some

2:03:43 ↗ of the arpa money on these preliminary

2:03:46 ↗ items that could lead to a future

2:03:48 ↗ repurpose reuse of eckhouse if it helps

2:03:52 ↗ with the transition to make sure that

2:03:54 ↗ these two components connect that you're

2:03:56 ↗ okay with using arpa dollars some of the

2:03:58 ↗ arbor dollars to do that

2:04:00 ↗ is that General sense of the group

2:04:04 ↗ okay okay

2:04:06 ↗ thank you Jeff thank you very much

2:04:09 ↗ appreciate it for the presentation and

2:04:10 ↗ all the work and all the community work

2:04:12 ↗ and all the excited community members

2:04:14 ↗ that are hearing about the project this

2:04:16 ↗ is great

2:04:18 ↗ um the next item of business this

2:04:20 ↗ evening is good of the order

2:04:21 ↗ and there are a couple of upcoming

2:04:24 ↗ meetings that I can go through but does

2:04:25 ↗ anybody have any items for good of the

2:04:27 ↗ order before I go to that

2:04:29 ↗ okay I think he beat you council member

2:04:31 ↗ Joe Deputy council president Hall

2:04:33 ↗ just something really quick that I

2:04:35 ↗ didn't want to include with the Cascade

2:04:37 ↗ wire Alliance main report but

2:04:39 ↗ um

2:04:40 ↗ Ray Hoffman has had a health setback and

2:04:43 ↗ he is

2:04:45 ↗ decided to step down temporarily for 90

2:04:49 ↗ days and the board is has uh

2:04:53 ↗ adopted a resolution to have Chuck Clark

2:04:55 ↗ former executive officer come in on that

2:04:58 ↗ temporary basis as a part-time employee

2:05:00 ↗ to handle that so if you do know Ray

2:05:03 ↗ drop him a note let him know you're that

2:05:06 ↗ he's in your thoughts along the way but

2:05:08 ↗ we do expect him him back but it

2:05:10 ↗ certainly was a temporary measure that

2:05:12 ↗ the board took that I thought I'd let

2:05:13 ↗ you know about super sad thank you very

2:05:16 ↗ much Deputy council president Hall

2:05:19 ↗ just very briefly I wanted to say the

2:05:23 ↗ farmer's market is better than ever

2:05:25 ↗ honestly like the last two weeks or

2:05:28 ↗ actually we didn't get to go to the

2:05:29 ↗ first weekend because we had a council

2:05:30 ↗ Retreat which was

2:05:31 ↗ um disappointing but last weekend even

2:05:33 ↗ in the blaring heat was amazing so I

2:05:35 ↗ just wanted a kudos to everyone who's

2:05:38 ↗ involved in that work it is another

2:05:40 ↗ level this year and I just love love to

2:05:42 ↗ see it so well done it's great thank you

2:05:45 ↗ any other good of the order

2:05:47 ↗ okay the upcoming meetings are Monday

2:05:50 ↗ May 22nd Committee of the whole uh the

2:05:53 ↗ anticipated agenda items include the

2:05:55 ↗ 2024-2029 capital Improvement plan

2:05:57 ↗ facilities funding and new funding

2:06:00 ↗ sources for capital projects and

2:06:02 ↗ affordable housing goals for future

2:06:03 ↗ capital investment on Monday June 5th

2:06:06 ↗ the city council meeting is happening

2:06:08 ↗ with anticipated agenda items including

2:06:11 ↗ the 2021 building and fire code adoption

2:06:13 ↗ the lease agreement with Motel 6 the

2:06:16 ↗ emergency housing program and the

2:06:19 ↗ behavioral health coordinator positions

2:06:20 ↗ we did have an item on there for Council

2:06:23 ↗ to consider amending the Esquire

2:06:26 ↗ municipal code to prohibit drug

2:06:28 ↗ possession and use however we will wait

2:06:31 ↗ to see how the vote turns out tomorrow

2:06:32 ↗ and whether or not all of the elements

2:06:35 ↗ that the council would expect to be in

2:06:37 ↗ the state level legislation are there

2:06:39 ↗ and so that may not actually be an item

2:06:41 ↗ on your agenda or for that meeting

2:06:44 ↗ so the last item we have this evening is

2:06:47 ↗ an executive session and the this item

2:06:49 ↗ of business the city council will now

2:06:52 ↗ recess into executive session to discuss

2:06:54 ↗ pending potential litigation for RCW

2:06:58 ↗ 42.30.110 paren one print I the item is

2:07:01 ↗ expected to take 30 minutes with no

2:07:03 ↗ action anticipate in Open Session

2:07:06 ↗ executive sessions are closed to the

2:07:08 ↗ public and we will recess into executive

2:07:11 ↗ session at 907 PM I'm assuming to start

2:07:14 ↗ with a little five minute break uh give

2:07:17 ↗ everybody a little time and I'm asking

2:07:20 ↗ the city clerk to move the city council

2:07:21 ↗ on any relevant staff into a separate

2:07:23 ↗ session within this meeting anyone who's

2:07:25 ↗ not a part of the closed session can

2:07:28 ↗ remain in the meeting virtually you are

2:07:31 ↗ welcome to stay until the meeting is

2:07:33 ↗ reconvened those in attendance are not

2:07:35 ↗ able to stay with us at this time so

2:07:38 ↗ city clerk can you let us know when

2:07:39 ↗ you've moved us over

2:07:43 ↗ yes five minute break sounds like that's

2:07:45 ↗ on everybody's radar thank you

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Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Russell Joe

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

Lindsey Walsh

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APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. a) ID 1336 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of May 15, 2023, $4,357,640.48; Approved. b) Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, Feb. 21, 2023; Approved. c) ID 1445 - Informational Update: Q1 2023 Financial Update; Received Report. d) AB 8590 - Water Leak Repa…

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