City Council Regular Meeting · Monday, June 5, 2023 · City Council Digest

3. SPECIAL BUSINESS

Juneteenth Day Proclamation ID 1378

5 min · packet pp.5

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Staff report:

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LGBTQIA+ Pride Month Proclamation ID 1449

5 min · packet pp.7

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Staff report:

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5. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of June 5, 2023, $4,478,304.49 ID 1337

Approve · packet pp.9–54

Topics: Budget

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Staff report:

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

Salmon Run Nature Park Bank Stabilization Project AB 8617

Authorize Submittal · packet pp.61–64

Topics: ParksWater

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King County Opioid Abatement Council AB 8637

Authorize · packet pp.121–129

Topics: Public Safety

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Apr 18, 2022 City Council Regular Meeting · Sep 6, 2022

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Staff report:

In 2022, the State of Washington settled large scale litigation against various entities within the pharmaceutical supply chain who manuf acture, distribute, and dispense prescription opioids (the "Opioid Litigation Claims"). $215 million of the overall $518 million settlement was earmarked f or eligible Washington cities and counties that opted to join in settlement of the Opioid Litigation Claims. The City chose to participate in the settlement, with the City Council authorizing execution of the f ollowing documents last year:

6. REGULAR BUSINESS

Behavioral Health Positions AB 8628

Carried 6-0

Authorize Funding · 30 min · packet pp.131–145

Topics: Budget

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Staff report:

In 2021, 1 FTE Behavioral Health Coordinator was hired to support the Police Department in responding to 911 calls involving Behavioral Health crises. The program started as a ref erral model, i n which police of f icers ref erred a person f or f ollow-up services af ter responding to a crisis that had a behavioral health component that was not addressed by Police at the scene.

Roll call:

Moved by MARTS · seconded by JOE

In favor: Barbara de Michele (Attended Virtually), Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Lindsey Walsh, Mayor pro tem

Police, Court and City Hall Planning: Future Options ID 1460

Direct Administration · 45 min · packet pp.147–179

Topics: Public Safety

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Staff report:

Administration recommends: • Including public safety facility investments for Issaquah Police (renovate 130 E. Sunset Way), Municipal Court (build a new facility in close proximity to police), and City Hall (either build an Olde Town Campus or purchase/renovate an existing building) in the CIP. A draft project description for possible inclusion in the final CIP is included as

9. GOOD OF THE ORDER

Upcoming Council Meetings

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0:02 ↗ good evening everyone I council

0:05 ↗ president Walsh called the June 5th city

0:07 ↗ council meeting to order as a reminder

0:10 ↗ we continue to have a remote aspect to

0:12 ↗ our meetings both staff and members of

0:14 ↗ the public may be participating in

0:16 ↗ tonight's meeting remotely via WebEx

0:18 ↗ mayor Paulie is absent tonight so I'll

0:20 ↗ be serving as mayor Pro tem council

0:23 ↗ member Ray has an excused absence and

0:25 ↗ council member D Michelle up there on

0:27 ↗ the screen is under the weather and will

0:29 ↗ be attending virtually

0:32 ↗ um we have several items on our agenda

0:34 ↗ tonight we'll start with the Pledge of

0:35 ↗ Allegiance followed by a note about a

0:39 ↗ former mayor we have two special

0:41 ↗ business items a Juneteenth day

0:43 ↗ Proclamation and an lgbtqia plus pride

0:47 ↗ month Proclamation we will be

0:49 ↗ recognizing a Community member and then

0:52 ↗ we've got audience comments I know we

0:54 ↗ have a lot of people in the room

0:55 ↗ interested in making audience comments

0:57 ↗ we would love to hear from you

0:59 ↗ after that point we will um go into our

1:04 ↗ regular business and please feel free

1:06 ↗ you don't need to stay we've got a lot

1:08 ↗ to do after that but I just wanted to

1:10 ↗ let you know we will have a consent

1:12 ↗ calendar item and then on our regular

1:15 ↗ business we've got a discussion on

1:17 ↗ Behavioral Health positions and police

1:19 ↗ court and City Hall planning future

1:21 ↗ options so with that we will start the

1:25 ↗ evening with Pledge of Allegiance I

1:27 ↗ welcome you to join me

1:30 ↗ foreign

1:48 ↗ thank you and now I want to just take a

1:52 ↗ moment out of our regular agenda we

1:55 ↗ heard that for former Issaquah mayor

1:58 ↗ Keith M Hansen died on May 28th at age

2:01 ↗ 94. Hanson served as mayor from 1970 to

2:06 ↗ 1974. he lived in Issaquah for most of

2:09 ↗ his life spending the last two years

2:11 ↗ with family in Bellevue mayor Hansen was

2:14 ↗ quoted in a 2018 article about his

2:16 ↗ Service as mayor that working on

2:18 ↗ ordinances that beautified the town and

2:21 ↗ set standards for landscaping was his

2:23 ↗ greatest achievement he looked at

2:24 ↗ Landscaping ordinances from other cities

2:27 ↗ broke them down and built them back up

2:29 ↗ in a way that fit the city so city flags

2:32 ↗ will be at half mast through Wednesday

2:34 ↗ June 7th in his honor and I'd like to

2:36 ↗ take a moment just to recognize his uh

2:39 ↗ passing with a moment of silence

2:53 ↗ thank you everyone

2:55 ↗ the next item on the business is a

2:59 ↗ special business we will be providing

3:01 ↗ two proclamations so I'm going to move

3:02 ↗ down to the lectern and invite people up

3:05 ↗ for those proclamations

3:17 ↗ so the first prison uh Proclamation is

3:20 ↗ id1378 the Juneteenth day Proclamation

3:23 ↗ it's being received by Lynn Verner from

3:25 ↗ the Issaquah Highlands Community Fund

3:27 ↗ you would join me down here

3:28 ↗ thank you

3:35 ↗ a proclamation and then I'll give you a

3:37 ↗ moment as well

3:40 ↗ whereas Juneteenth recognizes and

3:42 ↗ commemorates the day of June 19 1865

3:45 ↗ when enslaved African Americans in Texas

3:48 ↗ were informed by mayor General Gordon

3:50 ↗ Granger that they were free ending 246

3:53 ↗ years of shuttle slavery and whereas on

3:57 ↗ June 19th

3:58 ↗ 1866 one year after mayor Granger's

4:01 ↗ announcement the freed African-American

4:03 ↗ men and women in the state of Texas held

4:06 ↗ the first Juneteenth or African-American

4:08 ↗ Independence Day celebration and

4:10 ↗ Juneteenth celebrations would later

4:13 ↗ spread to all corners of the country and

4:15 ↗ whereas we acknowledge the evils of

4:17 ↗ slavery in its aftermath and whereas we

4:21 ↗ acknowledge African-American

4:23 ↗ contributions and achievements within

4:24 ↗ this community both past and present and

4:27 ↗ whereas during this Juneteenth event we

4:30 ↗ celebrate our African-American community

4:31 ↗ members and whereas we commit to working

4:34 ↗ together toward equity for all in

4:36 ↗ expanding economic educational and

4:39 ↗ career opportunity for everyone in our

4:41 ↗ community now therefore I Lindsay Walsh

4:44 ↗ on behalf of mayor Mary Lou Paulie of

4:47 ↗ the City of Issaquah do hereby Proclaim

4:49 ↗ June 19 2023 to be Juneteenth day in the

4:53 ↗ City of Issaquah and I invite the

4:54 ↗ community to join me in the celebration

4:56 ↗ and commitment to eliminating Prejudice

4:58 ↗ everywhere

5:00 ↗ thank you would you like to make some

5:02 ↗ comments I would thank you council

5:05 ↗ president Walsh I want to thank everyone

5:07 ↗ for helping us especially those of you

5:10 ↗ there I want to thank you for helping us

5:12 ↗ with the Issaquah Highlands third

5:14 ↗ celebration of Juneteenth this

5:17 ↗ award-winning Global grub and groove

5:19 ↗ event was actually planned it began on

5:22 ↗ the same day as the national holiday

5:25 ↗ June 16 2021 and that's just a beautiful

5:28 ↗ significance for us I also want you to

5:31 ↗ know that Juneteenth is a day to reflect

5:33 ↗ on both bondage and Freedom the good and

5:37 ↗ the bad it's a day of both pain and

5:39 ↗ purpose it is an equal measure of

5:42 ↗ remembrance of both the long hard night

5:44 ↗ of slavery

5:46 ↗ but also the celebration of the promise

5:48 ↗ of a brighter morning to come on

5:51 ↗ Juneteenth we remember our extraordinary

5:54 ↗ capacity to heal to Hope and to emerge

5:58 ↗ from our worst moments as a stronger

6:00 ↗ Freer better Nation

6:03 ↗ we grow stronger as a country and

6:06 ↗ Community when we honestly confront our

6:09 ↗ past injustices we really have to do

6:11 ↗ that including the profound suffering

6:13 ↗ and Injustice brought by slavery because

6:16 ↗ to heal we have to remember

6:20 ↗ but when we remember we grow stronger

6:22 ↗ together and so we really think the city

6:24 ↗ for acknowledging this moment and I want

6:27 ↗ to invite all of you this coming Friday

6:29 ↗ June 16 2023 to once again celebrate

6:33 ↗ Juneteenth with us thank you so much

6:36 ↗ [Applause]

7:00 ↗ okay and for the pride Proclamation I'm

7:04 ↗ not sure I saw Kaylee here

7:07 ↗ hey

7:08 ↗ fantastic okay if you would join me from

7:12 ↗ the garage and then also Georgia

7:15 ↗ beauclair Kevin and Naomi Ortman from

7:18 ↗ Eastside Pride if you would all join me

7:21 ↗ up here to receive the proclamation

7:31 ↗ I didn't catch your name

7:32 ↗ yeah okay fantastic

7:35 ↗ no come on up squeeze on in

7:39 ↗ squeeze we're all here together we

7:41 ↗ appreciate it so whereas the month of

7:43 ↗ June was designated pride month to

7:45 ↗ commemorate The Stonewall riots which

7:48 ↗ occurred in June of 1969 and are

7:51 ↗ generally recognized as the Catalyst of

7:52 ↗ the lgbtqia plus rights movement and

7:56 ↗ whereas city council and staff have

7:59 ↗ committed to make Issaquah an inclusive

8:01 ↗ and welcoming Community for all

8:03 ↗ including the lgbtqia plus community and

8:07 ↗ whereas all members of the Issaquah

8:09 ↗ Community including those who are

8:11 ↗ lesbian gay bisexual transgender queer

8:14 ↗ questioning intersex and asexual have

8:17 ↗ the right to feel safe not to be

8:18 ↗ discriminated against and to live

8:20 ↗ without the threat of violence or

8:22 ↗ harassment and whereas supporting

8:24 ↗ issaquah's lgbtqia plus Community also

8:28 ↗ aligns with the city's strategic plan

8:29 ↗ guiding principles of both people and

8:32 ↗ equity and whereas the lgbtqia plus

8:35 ↗ Community has made great strides however

8:38 ↗ work remains in order to fully to

8:41 ↗ achieve full equality inclusion and

8:43 ↗ acceptance whereas Issaquah is

8:45 ↗ strengthened by and thrives upon the

8:48 ↗ rich diversity of ethnic cultural racial

8:50 ↗ gender and sexual identities of its

8:53 ↗ residents all of which contribute to the

8:55 ↗ vibrant character of our city now

8:57 ↗ therefore I Lindsay Walsh on behalf of

8:59 ↗ mayor Mary Lou Paulie of the City of

9:01 ↗ Issaquah who hereby proclaim the month

9:03 ↗ of June to be lgbtqia plus pride month

9:06 ↗ in the City of Issaquah and I invite the

9:08 ↗ community to join me in celebrating the

9:10 ↗ great diversity of our city our

9:12 ↗ commitment to eliminating Prejudice

9:13 ↗ everywhere it exists respecting the

9:16 ↗ rights of all people and recognizing

9:17 ↗ contributions and achievements of the

9:20 ↗ lgbtqia plus community

9:23 ↗ [Applause]

9:30 ↗ come on up

9:34 ↗ thank you very much

9:38 ↗ hello my name is Kevin Ortman uh me or

9:40 ↗ Paulie members of the city council thank

9:42 ↗ you very much for letting me speak today

9:44 ↗ as a representative of P flag Bellevue

9:47 ↗ East Side

9:48 ↗ as a representative of Eastside Pride

9:51 ↗ as a resident of Issaquah and is a proud

9:54 ↗ father of an amazing 20 year old

9:56 ↗ transgender son

9:58 ↗ I do thank you for declaring this

10:00 ↗ Proclamation that you've given today

10:02 ↗ recognizing and celebrating the

10:04 ↗ contributions of the lgbtqia plus

10:07 ↗ community

10:08 ↗ and also for declaring Issaquah a city

10:11 ↗ and a community that recognizes

10:14 ↗ individuals

10:16 ↗ that celebrates our own unique

10:18 ↗ differences

10:19 ↗ it aspires to eliminate prejudice

10:22 ↗ and to provide a safe Community for all

10:24 ↗ of its peoples

10:27 ↗ to members of the LGBT

10:29 ↗ qia Community you are valid

10:33 ↗ you are loved and you have a home

10:35 ↗ municipal

10:37 ↗ now I'll go off script for just a moment

10:39 ↗ to state that we made the decision to

10:41 ↗ move to issaquan 2019 from a Midwestern

10:44 ↗ State we made that very much in part due

10:48 ↗ to the inclusivity of the community that

10:50 ↗ we saw here

10:51 ↗ we've Abba Holmen Issaquah and we truly

10:55 ↗ appreciate the community

10:57 ↗ the love and support that we've received

11:00 ↗ and everyone here

11:02 ↗ there are all kinds of events that are

11:05 ↗ happening during the month of June that

11:06 ↗ you have declared I encourage each and

11:09 ↗ every one of you either present today or

11:11 ↗ watching at home to participate in those

11:13 ↗ events show your love and support for

11:16 ↗ the community

11:17 ↗ thank you very much for having us today

11:20 ↗ [Applause]

11:27 ↗ everyone I'm Tiana Perry I'm the program

11:30 ↗ manager with the garage

11:32 ↗ um on Saturday June 24th from noon to

11:35 ↗ three the garage is holding a pride

11:37 ↗ event on the Issaquah Community Center

11:39 ↗ lawn that is a

11:41 ↗ teen presented Pride event but for the

11:44 ↗ community and I would love to invite you

11:45 ↗ all to join and celebrate with us

11:48 ↗ thank you

11:52 ↗ thank you

11:54 ↗ hello I am the Secretary of Issaquah

11:57 ↗ High School's Saga Department which is

12:00 ↗ the sexuality and gender Alliance Club

12:03 ↗ um I've had a great year I'm a senior

12:05 ↗ here but I've also I've um lived here

12:07 ↗ for five years and I've

12:08 ↗ felt so safe in this community and I'd

12:11 ↗ like to thank you all

12:16 ↗ so we've got two I think we've got one

12:20 ↗ Proclamation for the garage and then one

12:23 ↗ Proclamation for the

12:26 ↗ by the East Side Pride so if you would

12:30 ↗ go together I guess so that

12:32 ↗ I will

12:44 ↗ okay I'm gonna head back up

12:56 ↗ I just love things like that

12:59 ↗ um so uh just before we get into

13:02 ↗ audience comments um City administrator

13:05 ↗ I think you wanted to recognize a member

13:07 ↗ of the community

13:10 ↗ yes thank you mayor part-time members of

13:12 ↗ the council good evening uh is very

13:14 ↗ fortunate this year to be participating

13:16 ↗ in a pilot program of the international

13:18 ↗ City County management association uh

13:20 ↗ known as the Bob Turner fellowship

13:22 ↗ program the fellowship uh is funded uh

13:26 ↗ in memory of Bob Turner who was the city

13:29 ↗ manager of Boulder Colorado it is

13:31 ↗ designed to involve undergraduates and

13:34 ↗ high school students in local government

13:35 ↗ and Issaquah is one of three communities

13:37 ↗ in the United States this summer

13:39 ↗ participating along with Boulder

13:41 ↗ Colorado and State College Pennsylvania

13:42 ↗ and I'm happy to introduce Jimena Chavez

13:46 ↗ Reyes I'm up to the podium for a second

13:49 ↗ Bennett is uh going to be a senior next

13:51 ↗ year at Skyline High School she is

13:54 ↗ involved in a whole variety of things

13:55 ↗ but varsity cheerleading sideline and

13:58 ↗ competitive Athletics are the main

14:01 ↗ things that she lists and she'll be with

14:02 ↗ us through the first part of August

14:04 ↗ she'll be coming to some Council

14:05 ↗ meetings working on some projects

14:07 ↗ hopefully getting a better understanding

14:09 ↗ of what we do in local government and

14:11 ↗ she'll be paid and we are receiving

14:14 ↗ funding for her salary from icma through

14:16 ↗ the funding from an endowment that was

14:19 ↗ created this Fellowship so I'm going to

14:21 ↗ Welcome to the city council and happy to

14:24 ↗ have you say a couple of words

14:26 ↗ oh the

14:31 ↗ okay perfect

14:32 ↗ um yeah thank you so much for having me

14:34 ↗ I'm so excited to be here I'm hoping to

14:35 ↗ see you all pretty frequently as often

14:38 ↗ as I can and yeah it's just really

14:39 ↗ important to me to get a better

14:41 ↗ understanding of like my community and

14:42 ↗ how I can like bring awareness like you

14:43 ↗ know my friends and family who all live

14:45 ↗ here

14:47 ↗ welcome

14:49 ↗ foreign

14:54 ↗ so very much to be thankful for in our

14:57 ↗ community and the next piece to be

14:59 ↗ thankful for is audience comments and

15:02 ↗ the people who want to engage with the

15:04 ↗ city council and let us know their

15:05 ↗ opinion so members of the public May

15:07 ↗ address council at this time in person

15:09 ↗ or virtually those who signed up in

15:11 ↗ advance to make comments will be called

15:13 ↗ on first if you're joining us virtually

15:15 ↗ and would like to make comments please

15:17 ↗ raise your virtual hand or send the host

15:19 ↗ a chat message if you're on the phone

15:22 ↗ you're going to press star 3 if you've

15:24 ↗ joined by computer or smartphone you can

15:26 ↗ look for the hand icon if you're in the

15:28 ↗ room and did not sign up I will ask for

15:30 ↗ other speakers before closing this

15:32 ↗ portion of the meeting so clerk can you

15:34 ↗ let me know who is the I guess we

15:37 ↗ already have people signed up so I'll

15:38 ↗ just go on to the next portion and then

15:40 ↗ we'll start calling people so for those

15:43 ↗ making comments please direct comments

15:45 ↗ to the whole Council and not to

15:46 ↗ individuals while this is not a question

15:48 ↗ and answer session we will contact you

15:50 ↗ to follow up if needed when recognized

15:53 ↗ please unmute your microphone for

15:54 ↗ virtual attendees or step up to the

15:56 ↗ lectern if the red light is on that

15:59 ↗ means we can hear you over the

16:00 ↗ microphone if it isn't you can press the

16:02 ↗ button down at the bottom of it

16:05 ↗ um please state your name address and

16:07 ↗ relationship to the city speak clearly

16:09 ↗ and pause frequently limit your comments

16:12 ↗ to five minutes if you're attending

16:14 ↗ virtually and do not respond after your

16:16 ↗ name or phone number is called or if

16:18 ↗ your connection is lost unexpectedly the

16:20 ↗ meeting will need to proceed you're

16:22 ↗ encouraged to rejoin the meeting if able

16:24 ↗ personal attacks obscene language

16:26 ↗ derogatory remarks and disruptive

16:28 ↗ behavior will not be permitted citizen

16:30 ↗ comment written and verbal are an

16:32 ↗ important aspect of the public process

16:34 ↗ the city takes comment seriously and we

16:36 ↗ thank you for taking the time to address

16:38 ↗ us so we're going to call everybody up

16:41 ↗ in order a city clerk who do we have

16:45 ↗ signed up first sure we have eight

16:47 ↗ individuals signed up to speak tonight

16:48 ↗ the first is norb Ziegler

16:51 ↗ hey

16:58 ↗ always good to be first

17:00 ↗ um City Council Members my name is Norm

17:04 ↗ Ziegler and my address is 4617 225th

17:08 ↗ Avenue Southeast and as a resident of

17:12 ↗ Sammamish I've actually been involved in

17:15 ↗ volunteering in Issaquah for many years

17:18 ↗ 13 years at the food bank and 15 years

17:21 ↗ at the Issaquah salmon hatchery this

17:25 ↗ evening I'm speaking as a community

17:26 ↗ meals volunteer and I've been involved

17:30 ↗ in that program for the last three years

17:32 ↗ and I'm here to speak in opposition of

17:35 ↗ the parking proposal that eliminates all

17:39 ↗ of the parking spots behind Community

17:41 ↗ Hall for a community meals volunteers

17:45 ↗ and and this is a critical element for

17:48 ↗ us the volunteers for the community

17:51 ↗ meals program need parking spots that

17:54 ↗ are easily accessible to that back door

17:57 ↗ to bring in food to bring in supplies

18:01 ↗ that they actually

18:02 ↗ serve the meals as far as bringing in

18:06 ↗ food we we carry in crock pots and trays

18:10 ↗ of desserts and pans of lasagna bottled

18:14 ↗ drinks and and other food that's

18:17 ↗ difficult to carry a long distance

18:19 ↗ occasionally we also bring in supplies

18:22 ↗ uh boxes of carryout materials napkins

18:26 ↗ and that kind of thing and it takes

18:28 ↗ about six volunteers to actually uh uh

18:33 ↗ run one of these meet one of these meals

18:36 ↗ it takes about three to four people to

18:40 ↗ actually prepare the food and serve it

18:42 ↗ it takes two to three people to clean up

18:45 ↗ and wash dishes and close down the

18:47 ↗ facility we normally serve about 40

18:50 ↗ meals and it takes about three hours end

18:53 ↗ to end

18:55 ↗ so the bottom line is we need in my

18:59 ↗ estimation six parking spots

19:03 ↗ that are accessible to that back door of

19:06 ↗ the Community Hall and anything less

19:09 ↗ than that would would provide would

19:11 ↗ would present quite a difficulty for us

19:14 ↗ so I'm hoping that we can find a

19:18 ↗ alternative solution to that which has

19:20 ↗ been proposed

19:22 ↗ um and one other thing and and this is

19:25 ↗ important to me uh the proposed fence

19:28 ↗ Also may be sending a message to the

19:31 ↗ community that the area may not be safe

19:35 ↗ um think about the residents along

19:37 ↗ sunset uh and the businesses along

19:40 ↗ Sunset are are they to believe that they

19:43 ↗ are less safe now because of this fence

19:45 ↗ that's being constructed for parking and

19:48 ↗ what about the uh preschool that's right

19:51 ↗ down the street are the teachers safe

19:53 ↗ are the children safe and the users of

19:56 ↗ the park in the senior center same

19:59 ↗ question it's another reason to

20:02 ↗ eliminate defense so this evening I am

20:06 ↗ strongly urging the city council to

20:11 ↗ find an alternative solution to what has

20:14 ↗ been proposed I'm sure there are many

20:16 ↗ and I'm hoping we can work together to

20:19 ↗ do that and thank you for listening

20:22 ↗ thank you very much and City Clerk

20:28 ↗ next is Liz tedyman

20:32 ↗ foreign

20:39 ↗ I live on Newport Way I moved to

20:42 ↗ Issaquah in 27 2017 after about 28 years

20:45 ↗ in Bellevue and I moved here because it

20:48 ↗ is such a kind Community I had gotten

20:50 ↗ familiar with it because my parents

20:52 ↗ spent the last eight years of their

20:53 ↗ lives here I fell in love with it I have

20:56 ↗ a lot of friends here I moved here

20:58 ↗ and with those friends I do some of the

21:00 ↗ provisioning of community meals

21:03 ↗ but the particular thing I would like to

21:07 ↗ bring to your attention is the

21:09 ↗ decision-making process

21:12 ↗ I understand that the city council has

21:16 ↗ already approved and budgeted the

21:19 ↗ construction of offense

21:21 ↗ and a control access system for the

21:23 ↗ police department

21:25 ↗ I have watched more than once the video

21:28 ↗ of the

21:29 ↗ February 22nd meeting of the

21:32 ↗ city council committee on

21:35 ↗ services safety and Parks

21:39 ↗ and

21:41 ↗ I found the content of that meeting

21:45 ↗ to not be consistent with what I read in

21:50 ↗ the message from the mayor in the 2022

21:52 ↗ budget

21:54 ↗ in which

21:57 ↗ She Wrote

22:00 ↗ that the city and I imagine she was

22:03 ↗ speaking mostly for herself would be

22:05 ↗ analyzing decisions to ensure that they

22:07 ↗ do not have unintended adverse

22:10 ↗ consequences on marginalized groups

22:13 ↗ and in addition right below that and

22:16 ↗ this is on page 14 of the 2022 budget

22:19 ↗ the focus on data-driven decision making

22:23 ↗ and at the February 22nd meeting there

22:26 ↗ was no data presented that would

22:29 ↗ indicate a need or offense

22:32 ↗ now maybe such data was presented back

22:35 ↗ in 2021

22:37 ↗ before such fence was entered into the

22:40 ↗ 2022 budget

22:41 ↗ another time I'll comment about how

22:43 ↗ difficult it is to find

22:45 ↗ public records you know minutes from

22:48 ↗ before 2022.

22:50 ↗ but I would like to make my final

22:53 ↗ comment which is I think the

22:55 ↗ decision-making process was flawed

22:58 ↗ and so I hope that this this will be

23:03 ↗ Revisited

23:04 ↗ I said that was going to be my final

23:06 ↗ comment but I must make one more um

23:09 ↗ during that February 22nd meeting the

23:12 ↗ person who works for the city who was

23:15 ↗ making the presentation about this

23:17 ↗ project

23:19 ↗ about five minutes into the meeting said

23:22 ↗ I gave some anecdotes about why this

23:25 ↗ fence is needed not data anecdotes

23:28 ↗ one of the anecdotes was

23:32 ↗ um

23:33 ↗ we're one of the few police departments

23:36 ↗ without secured parking

23:38 ↗ well what does a few mean and how many

23:41 ↗ were looked at there's no data in that

23:43 ↗ in that statement another anecdote

23:46 ↗ sometimes they find people between

23:48 ↗ patrol cars

23:50 ↗ no data how many times

23:53 ↗ how big a problem is this

23:55 ↗ and finally

23:56 ↗ and I quote

23:59 ↗ we have dispatchers and other people

24:02 ↗ being approached by unsavory characters

24:06 ↗ now I'd like to know the difference

24:07 ↗ between people and unsavory characters

24:10 ↗ none of the city council members at the

24:12 ↗ February 22nd meeting asked what do you

24:15 ↗ mean by unsavory characters

24:18 ↗ so I wonder

24:20 ↗ if this is a city that now has adopted

24:23 ↗ some sense of distinction between people

24:26 ↗ and unsavory characters

24:29 ↗ so thank you for hearing my comments and

24:31 ↗ like others I hope that some other plan

24:33 ↗ will be made other than a fence that

24:36 ↗ would limit my access to the back door

24:37 ↗ of the hall thank you

24:40 ↗ thank you very much

24:42 ↗ and do we have a next person signed up

24:45 ↗ yes the next person signed up is a

24:47 ↗ virtual attendee Arden Rundell Arden I'm

24:50 ↗ going to make you a panelist now so you

24:53 ↗ should have the option to unmute and can

24:55 ↗ also choose to turn your video on you

24:57 ↗ have the floor

25:07 ↗ Garden can you hear us can you try

25:10 ↗ speaking

25:13 ↗ let me just send

25:15 ↗ yes I can hear you okay fantastic you

25:18 ↗ are our next speaker so

25:20 ↗ um you are live if you want to turn on

25:22 ↗ your video you can and you can make your

25:26 ↗ public comment

25:28 ↗ actually I sent my comment in the chat

25:33 ↗ Arden this is the clerk um I'm not the

25:35 ↗ council members are unable to see your

25:37 ↗ chat message so if if you would be

25:39 ↗ willing to read that message during your

25:41 ↗ comment time I'm also willing to read it

25:43 ↗ if you'd prefer

25:45 ↗ you cannot see my chat message it was

25:47 ↗ sent to Issaquah Clerk's Office

25:50 ↗ yes Arden I can see your chat message

25:51 ↗ but the council members here in the room

25:53 ↗ are not able to view the chat

25:55 ↗ okay

25:57 ↗ um

25:59 ↗ well basically

26:00 ↗ um I've been serving on with the

26:03 ↗ Issaquah group lunch group for about

26:05 ↗ three years now

26:07 ↗ and I know that

26:10 ↗ the Lord takes it very seriously

26:14 ↗ and

26:15 ↗ um

26:16 ↗ I think that if you want his

26:18 ↗ Supernatural favor and protection over

26:20 ↗ your equipment your First Responders

26:22 ↗ your city you're gonna need to continue

26:24 ↗ to help us with our program

26:31 ↗ okay thank you for your comment there

26:35 ↗ appreciate that

26:37 ↗ um and do we have anybody else signed up

26:40 ↗ Clark

26:42 ↗ I know you've got a lot to manage

26:44 ↗ between the list the microphone muting

26:47 ↗ the timer we appreciate it

26:50 ↗ yes no no problem Marilyn and or Steve

26:55 ↗ ottinger

26:58 ↗ thank you

27:04 ↗ my name is Marilyn ottinger my husband

27:06 ↗ Steve and I moved to Issaquah in 1986.

27:09 ↗ where we raised our five children

27:12 ↗ in 2007

27:14 ↗ since 2007 I've coordinated a free lunch

27:18 ↗ in 2008 at the request of an unsheltered

27:21 ↗ guest named James

27:23 ↗ I began coordinating weekend meals

27:27 ↗ because according to James people are

27:29 ↗ hungry on the weekend

27:31 ↗ I am proud to live in a city that

27:34 ↗ provides a free meal where all are

27:36 ↗ welcome every day of the week

27:40 ↗ after a couple weeks of absorbing the

27:43 ↗ news about proposed fencing surrounding

27:46 ↗ the parking lots of the police and fire

27:48 ↗ station

27:49 ↗ I like to fill in a bit of the bigger

27:52 ↗ story surrounding these meals and the

27:54 ↗ spirit of what poet Mary Oliver Falls

27:57 ↗ instructions for living a life

28:00 ↗ pay attention

28:02 ↗ be astonished

28:04 ↗ tell the story

28:06 ↗ I'd like to tell you about one of the

28:08 ↗ gentlemen I got to know early in our

28:10 ↗ lunches named David Haggard

28:12 ↗ I learned that a tent on Tiger Mountain

28:14 ↗ was where David called

28:17 ↗ I often hiked the mini Trails on Tiger

28:19 ↗ Mountain so our paths often cross

28:22 ↗ David was a docent at both the Issaquah

28:24 ↗ Fish Hatchery and the Seattle Aquarium

28:28 ↗ he gave a group of us a behind the

28:30 ↗ scenes tour

28:32 ↗ it was amazing

28:34 ↗ in his I was amazed at his ability to

28:36 ↗ identify fish and sea creatures and

28:39 ↗ share the details about their habits and

28:42 ↗ habits

28:43 ↗ just prior to the pandemic we noticed

28:46 ↗ that David was losing weight

28:48 ↗ he was also having trouble getting off

28:50 ↗ off the ground out of his tent

28:53 ↗ my friend Jan and I accompanied him

28:55 ↗ through the Health Care system

28:57 ↗ he was admitted to Providence Marion

28:59 ↗ wood to help him regain his strength

29:02 ↗ since coveted restrictions were in place

29:04 ↗ Jan and I only had window businesses

29:08 ↗ as with so many this kind of isolation

29:10 ↗ was buried

29:12 ↗ Davis health continued to decline and

29:15 ↗ plans were made for him to move into an

29:17 ↗ adult family home

29:19 ↗ David said I don't want to leave

29:24 ↗ the Friday before the plan moved David

29:26 ↗ suffered a stroke and was rushed to the

29:28 ↗ emergency room at Swedish where he was

29:31 ↗ put on lives

29:33 ↗ Dan and I were allowed

29:35 ↗ to visit David and send it send him off

29:38 ↗ with gratitude for the so many ways that

29:41 ↗ he blessed

29:43 ↗ David got his wish not

29:47 ↗ following David's death I learned from

29:49 ↗ the medical examiner that he was the

29:51 ↗ youngest of six children

29:53 ↗ I spoke with his sister Julia who lives

29:55 ↗ in Oregon

29:56 ↗ she had been out of touch with her

29:58 ↗ brother for decades and expressed an

30:00 ↗ interest in coming to Issaquah for a

30:01 ↗ celebration of David's life

30:04 ↗ I called flintoffs and they graciously

30:07 ↗ offered their cremation services at nope

30:10 ↗ amazing

30:12 ↗ we gathered to celebrate David's life on

30:14 ↗ what would have been his 64th birthday

30:16 ↗ at the outdoor shelter at the lake

30:18 ↗ tradition Trail

30:20 ↗ 15 of his family members from Oregon and

30:23 ↗ Eastern Washington joined us to tell

30:25 ↗ stories and remember David's life

30:27 ↗ we scattered his ashes near his outdoor

30:32 ↗ what a privilege to accompany this

30:36 ↗ this is one of the many stories that

30:39 ↗ shed light on the reality that our meals

30:41 ↗ are an important component to

30:43 ↗ maintaining a healthy Community for all

30:46 ↗ over the years of weekly lunches our

30:49 ↗ guests like David have become part of

30:51 ↗ our extended

30:53 ↗ the proposed fencing would cut us off

30:56 ↗ from delivering food through the kitchen

30:57 ↗ door and will effectively end our meals

31:01 ↗ and our community out

31:03 ↗ these meals are provided by volunteers

31:06 ↗ most like me are senior citizens

31:10 ↗ I've been organizing the volunteers and

31:12 ↗ I can assure you this will end our

31:13 ↗ program if we are not allowed access to

31:16 ↗ the two drop-off parking spots behind

31:20 ↗ I'm not sure what problem a fence solves

31:24 ↗ but I ask you to think about the many

31:26 ↗ people in our community who come to the

31:28 ↗ hall for food and Hospitality like David

31:33 ↗ and those who have made this labor of

31:35 ↗ love happen for 16 years

31:39 ↗ please think about them as you decide

31:41 ↗ how to move

31:48 ↗ well if you'd like be considering that

31:51 ↗ you're two people I can restart the the

31:53 ↗ clock here I just need about three

31:56 ↗ yeah as Marilyn said I'm Steve ottinger

31:59 ↗ we've lived in Issaquah since

32:02 ↗ 1986 actually was unincorporated King

32:05 ↗ County out by Timberlake Park when we

32:07 ↗ moved here

32:08 ↗ and uh

32:10 ↗ I must admit that

32:12 ↗ every aspect of services has improved

32:14 ↗ dramatically since we've been part of

32:16 ↗ Issaquah

32:17 ↗ and I think everyone involved with it

32:19 ↗ all of you deserve our thanks and

32:23 ↗ Commendation for what you've done

32:25 ↗ um

32:26 ↗ but I heard that the fence was approved

32:29 ↗ to the capital project that we've heard

32:31 ↗ this talk about

32:33 ↗ Anders address issues of vandalism Auto

32:35 ↗ Part thefts of

32:38 ↗ uh police and personal vehicles as well

32:42 ↗ as safety concerns of staff

32:45 ↗ I also heard that secured parking is a

32:48 ↗ best practice

32:51 ↗ but like Liz I wonder what is the best

32:55 ↗ practice of evaluating and approving the

32:58 ↗ project

33:01 ↗ hopefully there's a written problem

33:03 ↗ definition statement

33:06 ↗ with data that defines the nature of the

33:09 ↗ problem

33:11 ↗ the size of the problem

33:14 ↗ the frequency of vandalism frequency of

33:19 ↗ Auto Parts theft

33:21 ↗ the nature and frequency of Staff issue

33:24 ↗ safety concerns

33:25 ↗ have there been confrontation have there

33:27 ↗ been arrests how many

33:31 ↗ what alternatives were considered

33:34 ↗ fighting security cameras

33:38 ↗ what are the cost of the alternatives

33:42 ↗ now ring cameras are cheap they work for

33:44 ↗ most of us I'm sure police department

33:47 ↗ has cameras there to begin with

33:52 ↗ and

33:53 ↗ um of course cost

33:55 ↗ s are Beyond dollars

33:58 ↗ their loss of Aesthetics

34:02 ↗ there's loss of Community Access as

34:04 ↗ Maryland pointed out

34:08 ↗ and there's also what norb said

34:12 ↗ is this idea that people and property

34:15 ↗ aren't safe in Issaquah

34:17 ↗ that hasn't been my experience since

34:19 ↗ 1986 but hopefully it's not your

34:22 ↗ experience either

34:25 ↗ but if the analysis is done boy I would

34:28 ↗ certainly like to see it

34:30 ↗ and I for one would fully support this

34:33 ↗ project if there is a compelling

34:35 ↗ analysis done on it

34:40 ↗ um but I have to admit when I hear the

34:42 ↗ term best practices as a justification

34:46 ↗ it makes me suspect the analysis hasn't

34:48 ↗ been done

34:50 ↗ a project should stand on its own

34:54 ↗ by the analysis

34:55 ↗ irrespective of best practices

34:58 ↗ but I would like to thank your attention

35:00 ↗ and I guess as parting I would have to

35:04 ↗ say is that

35:05 ↗ any Auto Part Thief who targets a police

35:08 ↗ station needs some type of remedial help

35:12 ↗ I mean it's not a recommended best

35:14 ↗ practice for the trade

35:16 ↗ thank you

35:18 ↗ thank you both do we have anyone else

35:21 ↗ signed up to speak

35:23 ↗ yes we do Ted Lucas

35:33 ↗ good evening everyone my name is Ted

35:35 ↗ Lucas I'm a very happy member of this

35:39 ↗ community I live on 1205 Oakwood Place

35:41 ↗ right off of Newport way and I'm here to

35:45 ↗ salute and support the mayor's

35:49 ↗ Juneteenth Proclamation that I believe

35:52 ↗ you all sponsored as well and to really

35:54 ↗ thank you we are members of the Baha'i

35:57 ↗ Community the Baha'i faith so much

35:58 ↗ believes in unity and diversity and

36:00 ↗ Oneness and to the sustenance of this

36:03 ↗ commitment

36:04 ↗ I really want to kind of thank you Human

36:07 ↗ Services Commission Human Services

36:08 ↗ office with Monica the equity board as

36:11 ↗ well uh all of you and in doing that and

36:15 ↗ expressing our appreciation

36:16 ↗ would like to share a small quote from

36:20 ↗ the National Spiritual Assembly of the

36:22 ↗ Baha'is of the United States

36:23 ↗ to really stimulate and really Forge our

36:26 ↗ commitment

36:28 ↗ I think collectively to um

36:31 ↗ race uh unity and justice

36:37 ↗ we should never forget that the richness

36:39 ↗ of our diversity

36:41 ↗ and our founding ideals of Liberty and

36:43 ↗ Justice attract the eyes of the world to

36:45 ↗ us

36:47 ↗ they will be influenced by what we

36:49 ↗ achieve or fail to achieve in this

36:51 ↗ regard

36:53 ↗ it is not an exaggeration to say that

36:55 ↗ the cause of world peace is linked to

36:58 ↗ our success in resolving the issue of

37:00 ↗ racial Injustice

37:03 ↗ the Oneness of humanity is the

37:05 ↗ foundation of our future

37:07 ↗ its realization is the inevitable

37:20 ↗ it just went back on

37:23 ↗ please continue okay

37:26 ↗ I'll say it again because the the

37:28 ↗ foundation is our knowledge and our

37:31 ↗ acknowledgment of the Oneness of

37:32 ↗ humanity

37:33 ↗ as the inevitable Next Step

37:35 ↗ this achievement will Mark the universal

37:37 ↗ coming of age of the human race how soon

37:40 ↗ we achieve this and how easily will

37:43 ↗ depend upon the commitment we

37:45 ↗ demonstrate to this principle

37:47 ↗ we have come to a moment of great public

37:50 ↗ awareness and rejection of Injustice

37:53 ↗ let us not lose this opportunity

37:56 ↗ will we commit to the process of forming

37:58 ↗ a more perfect union

38:01 ↗ will we be guided by the better angels

38:03 ↗ of our nature

38:04 ↗ to choose the course of wisdom of

38:07 ↗ courage and of unity

38:09 ↗ will we choose to truly become that City

38:11 ↗ upon a hill to serve as inspiration to

38:14 ↗ all Humanity

38:16 ↗ let us then join hands with each other

38:18 ↗ in commitment to the path of Justice

38:20 ↗ together we can surely achieve this

38:24 ↗ gratefully the Baha'is of Issaquah

38:30 ↗ thank you very much

38:31 ↗ I'm sorry in advance if we're having any

38:34 ↗ mic issues I'm coming on and off as well

38:37 ↗ do we have anyone else signed up to

38:39 ↗ speak yes we have three more speakers

38:41 ↗ the next is Elizabeth mapen

38:50 ↗ thank you city council for making time

38:52 ↗ for public comment

38:55 ↗ my name is Elizabeth

38:57 ↗ I've lived in Issaquah for quite a long

39:01 ↗ time I'm a passionate advocate for

39:04 ↗ having housing in Issaquah that's

39:06 ↗ affordable to people here

39:08 ↗ and I'm here tonight to speak about the

39:11 ↗ ways that we provide support for our

39:14 ↗ neighbors who are struggling financially

39:17 ↗ I heard recently at the East Side

39:20 ↗ homelessness advisory committee that the

39:23 ↗ local rents have gone up by 27 percent

39:27 ↗ above and that's way above the rate of

39:30 ↗ inflation

39:33 ↗ and I heard from the Bellevue dispute

39:35 ↗ resolution center that they are being

39:37 ↗ inundated by eviction

39:40 ↗ cases and these have increased tenfold

39:44 ↗ in the recent months

39:48 ↗ since the state legislature has not yet

39:51 ↗ acted on rent stabilization to address

39:53 ↗ this root cause of homelessness

39:56 ↗ and it really is crucial that counties

39:59 ↗ and cities like ours do what they can to

40:02 ↗ deal with this impact

40:05 ↗ at least until the state Acts

40:08 ↗ I support the use of the 0.1 percent

40:11 ↗ tax for the a b

40:16 ↗ 8625 the lease agreement with Motel 6

40:19 ↗ and

40:21 ↗ ab8628 for the additional behavioral

40:24 ↗ health specialist to provide Emergency

40:26 ↗ Services

40:30 ↗ for this crisis that is only going to

40:33 ↗ increase in the near future

40:35 ↗ but I also want you to consider the

40:39 ↗ importance of our community meals

40:43 ↗ these meals are open to all

40:47 ↗ but they're particularly vital to our

40:49 ↗ neighbors who don't have housing

40:52 ↗ and those whose housing is costing them

40:54 ↗ so much that they don't have much left

40:57 ↗ for basic necessities like food

41:01 ↗ and so like many before me I beg you to

41:07 ↗ look for an alternative to the proposed

41:12 ↗ fence

41:15 ↗ there are two spaces back there that we

41:17 ↗ use for unloading food

41:20 ↗ if we had to use one space at the front

41:24 ↗ that means many trips around

41:28 ↗ to take the food

41:30 ↗ through a group of people who have

41:32 ↗ already assembled there

41:34 ↗ and

41:36 ↗ if somebody else comes trying to get

41:39 ↗ into that space

41:41 ↗ you practically have to go back up onto

41:44 ↗ I-90 and around

41:47 ↗ to make that loop again to see if

41:49 ↗ there's space available there's

41:53 ↗ there's no place you can just go around

41:55 ↗ the block

41:58 ↗ so

41:59 ↗ it really does pose a problem not to

42:02 ↗ have more than one

42:04 ↗ bot offload

42:07 ↗ and not to have a spot that's close to

42:10 ↗ the kitchen like they mentioned there's

42:12 ↗ a lot to carry

42:13 ↗ it's easy to get jostle trying to go

42:16 ↗ from the front to the back

42:18 ↗ so

42:20 ↗ I hope you can come up with a really

42:23 ↗ good elegant solution that is an offense

42:26 ↗ thank you very much

42:29 ↗ thank you Elizabeth

42:31 ↗ and do we have anybody yes next we have

42:35 ↗ uh

42:36 ↗ West Howard Brook Rock

42:40 ↗ ET we appreciate it

42:47 ↗ hi well I'm Wes and that's Sue in case

42:49 ↗ you didn't figure that out

42:51 ↗ um we've lived in Issaquah for 22 years

42:53 ↗ we have three adult children here and

42:55 ↗ three grandchildren here

42:57 ↗ um and we love living in this school I

42:58 ↗ live just right down the street uh in

43:00 ↗ Old Town

43:01 ↗ and are very happy here

43:03 ↗ um I will not repeat everything that you

43:05 ↗ heard from the other people I affirm all

43:07 ↗ the comments I've made I would look like

43:10 ↗ a slight issue with the comments of our

43:12 ↗ friends Steve ottinger who said

43:14 ↗ um that there doesn't seem to be a

43:15 ↗ safety problem in Issaquah I think there

43:17 ↗ is a safety problem in Issaquah for a

43:19 ↗ particular segment of the population and

43:20 ↗ that's the poor

43:22 ↗ and the people are not safe from is the

43:24 ↗ Issaquah police

43:25 ↗ they are the biggest threat to the

43:27 ↗ safety of the poor is the Issaquah

43:28 ↗ police every week at our lunch almost

43:31 ↗ every week not every single week but

43:33 ↗ almost every week I hear a story from

43:34 ↗ somebody who's been unduly harassed or

43:37 ↗ unjustly treated simply for being poor

43:39 ↗ around here a couple of examples our

43:43 ↗ friend Kevin who's I don't know exactly

43:45 ↗ how away old he is he's got white hair

43:47 ↗ and he's balding I'm guessing he's in

43:49 ↗ his 60s but I don't know he obviously

43:52 ↗ has physical limitations he has mental

43:53 ↗ health challenges a member of our group

43:56 ↗ who's present here tonight helped him

43:58 ↗ out by buying him a van that he could

44:00 ↗ sleep in and the police constantly

44:02 ↗ harassed him for sleeping in his van and

44:04 ↗ wouldn't and moved him around from one

44:06 ↗ place to another he finally got a space

44:09 ↗ at the motel 6. but he had to run an

44:12 ↗ errand and he asked the person at the

44:14 ↗ desk well I have a parking space when I

44:16 ↗ get back and she said sure and he got

44:18 ↗ back all the spaces were full and said

44:21 ↗ what am I supposed to do I have this van

44:22 ↗ I need to park to stay here and she said

44:24 ↗ well everybody was supposed to be here

44:26 ↗ is here so why don't you park in the

44:28 ↗ handicap space and he did and the police

44:30 ↗ came around and gave him a 450 ticket

44:33 ↗ for parking in the handicap space

44:35 ↗ I could multiply examples of this for

44:37 ↗ hours one of the particular practices

44:39 ↗ that's most egregious that affects

44:41 ↗ people at our lunch is a practice I

44:43 ↗ don't even know if you know of and it's

44:44 ↗ marginally constitutional called

44:46 ↗ trespassing people it's so egregious the

44:49 ↗ two University of Washington

44:49 ↗ sociologists wrote a book to decry it

44:52 ↗ called banished the the um the subtitle

44:55 ↗ is the new science of social control in

44:57 ↗ urban America and this procedure allows

45:00 ↗ police to tell a citizen uh with no due

45:04 ↗ process no evidence whatsoever simply on

45:07 ↗ the will of the police officer they are

45:09 ↗ now banned from being in any physical

45:11 ↗ area that the police officer designates

45:14 ↗ there's no appeal there's no chance for

45:16 ↗ hearing and if you violate that order

45:18 ↗ then you've committed a crime by

45:20 ↗ violating a police order

45:22 ↗ and it's routinely used against the poor

45:25 ↗ to move them around and get them out of

45:27 ↗ the way of

45:29 ↗ the people who aren't the characters

45:31 ↗ that referred to that Liz referred to

45:33 ↗ earlier unsavory

45:36 ↗ um one last thing I'd like to say I know

45:37 ↗ this is from before the time that any I

45:39 ↗ believe it's from before the time any of

45:41 ↗ you are in the council before Mary Lou

45:42 ↗ is the mayor but I come to this with a

45:45 ↗ certain suspicion because we spent

45:47 ↗ another time coming to this Council to

45:49 ↗ fight for our lunch a number of years

45:51 ↗ ago when we were told the problem with

45:53 ↗ the lunch was it failed to abide by

45:56 ↗ state or County Health regulations

45:58 ↗ we were suspicious at the time that that

46:00 ↗ came out of nowhere given the number of

46:02 ↗ meals both at the hall and elsewhere

46:04 ↗ where people serve from home but it was

46:07 ↗ insisted that we could not serve meals

46:08 ↗ from homes that violated the health

46:09 ↗ requirements

46:11 ↗ so my suspicion led me to file a public

46:14 ↗ records request and that public records

46:16 ↗ request which I'd be glad to provide for

46:18 ↗ you and I'm seeing your own records

46:20 ↗ showed that members of the city staff

46:22 ↗ were conspiring with members of the King

46:24 ↗ County Health Department to lie to us

46:26 ↗ and tell us that the reason that they

46:28 ↗ were shutting down our lunch was for

46:29 ↗ health reasons when in fact the real

46:31 ↗ reason was the city's fear of liability

46:33 ↗ if somebody had fallen so they

46:35 ↗ deliberately told us a false story

46:36 ↗ knowing it was false and we confer to

46:39 ↗ them on that and then they backed off

46:40 ↗ and our lunch continued

46:42 ↗ so if I seem a little upset today and a

46:45 ↗ little suspicious of this a reason given

46:48 ↗ that suddenly we need to have best

46:49 ↗ practice for offense that's the reason

46:51 ↗ I'm not accusing anybody of anything I

46:54 ↗ don't know you I don't know your

46:55 ↗ motivations but I'm very suspicious

46:57 ↗ there are people in this town who don't

46:58 ↗ like to see the poor and they're calling

47:01 ↗ on you to find some means indirectly to

47:03 ↗ end our lunch and I hope you won't do

47:05 ↗ that

47:13 ↗ thank you

47:16 ↗ I mainly want to

47:18 ↗ um

47:19 ↗ just affirm and agree with the comments

47:24 ↗ that have been made by those folks who

47:26 ↗ have been pouring their hearts their

47:29 ↗ hours their hard work

47:31 ↗ into being in relationship and providing

47:33 ↗ for the needs

47:35 ↗ of those in our community who

47:38 ↗ many of them are not housed and as Ellie

47:42 ↗ was saying you know and many more of

47:45 ↗ them are just barely hanging on

47:48 ↗ the example that Marilyn gave of David

47:51 ↗ we could all talk about so many

47:53 ↗ individuals

47:54 ↗ where I believe our community is much

47:57 ↗ richer I believe it is definitely a

48:01 ↗ consonant with the beliefs and values

48:04 ↗ that have been articulated by the city

48:06 ↗ for instance that we heard you know the

48:09 ↗ proclamations emerge from this evening

48:12 ↗ that we honor and include all people

48:16 ↗ that we welcome diversity

48:19 ↗ that we preserve the Dignity of each

48:22 ↗ person

48:23 ↗ and we don't put them in categories

48:26 ↗ to be denounced and excluded and

48:30 ↗ violated against and I hope and trust

48:32 ↗ that we're all on the same page with

48:34 ↗ that

48:36 ↗ when we moved to Issaquah well sure we

48:40 ↗ had lived here a while but we were so

48:43 ↗ pleased and excited to see on the

48:47 ↗ library a welcome tense City Banner

48:51 ↗ um

48:52 ↗ over the years

48:53 ↗ many stories to go along with that but

48:56 ↗ Fred Butler ended up handing the key to

48:59 ↗ us so that people would not have to eat

49:03 ↗ meals in the midst of summer heat

49:06 ↗ that we were doing outside the Maryland

49:08 ↗ was leading that outside the food bank

49:10 ↗ so that that's how the Community Hall

49:13 ↗ came to be used by our group

49:15 ↗ uh because at at least as purported at

49:19 ↗ that time there was a common Spirit here

49:23 ↗ where we protect and we provide for

49:26 ↗ everyone

49:28 ↗ I have been proud to live in Issaquah

49:31 ↗ because of that spirit and that

49:33 ↗ commitment put into action

49:36 ↗ I would also like

49:40 ↗ and as a number of people have been

49:42 ↗ saying

49:43 ↗ you know we've been doing this a long

49:44 ↗ time other people much more than I have

49:47 ↗ we are just

49:48 ↗ those who've gathered a group who do who

49:50 ↗ do this

49:52 ↗ but yeah these books are getting really

49:54 ↗ old we're talking about you know those

49:56 ↗ crock pots full of stuff trying to

49:58 ↗ stumble even a block that's it's just

50:01 ↗ you know if most of the people in their

50:03 ↗ 20s and 30s no problem that's not the

50:05 ↗ case

50:06 ↗ and these are people who've poured their

50:07 ↗ lives into this this is a critical

50:09 ↗ dimension of this meal provision

50:13 ↗ continuing and it's not just a food line

50:16 ↗ it's shared communion

50:19 ↗ where people sit together and eat

50:22 ↗ together and come to know and care about

50:24 ↗ one another

50:25 ↗ and I do believe that that is the spirit

50:28 ↗ of Issaquah that we want to continue to

50:31 ↗ perpetuate and to put concretely into

50:33 ↗ action

50:35 ↗ one final word on the best practices

50:37 ↗ which uh Steve was saying a lot of the

50:40 ↗ things I was going to say

50:42 ↗ thank you Steve

50:44 ↗ but I think we need to be so careful

50:46 ↗ about throwing around the term best

50:48 ↗ practices

50:50 ↗ I'm a former psychologist I love that

50:54 ↗ term when it's used appropriately it can

50:57 ↗ be very Illuminating

50:59 ↗ practical concrete and can shape a plan

51:04 ↗ of action

51:05 ↗ if it's not data based if it's based on

51:09 ↗ anecdotes if it is not based on how it

51:13 ↗ affects the least of those Among Us

51:17 ↗ is that the kind of best practice that

51:19 ↗ we want to implement

51:22 ↗ property and protection and fear-based

51:25 ↗ responses

51:27 ↗ over honoring people who have provided a

51:30 ↗ communal meal

51:32 ↗ and honoring people who are struggling

51:35 ↗ and will be changed by relationship and

51:38 ↗ accompaniment and not exclusion

51:41 ↗ so best practices has to be defined by

51:44 ↗ data has to be followed by data has to

51:47 ↗ be clear best practice in regard to what

51:51 ↗ problem from whose perspective

51:54 ↗ and then how will that be actualized or

51:56 ↗ not through a plan of action

51:59 ↗ that's best practices

52:01 ↗ and I would encourage you to follow

52:04 ↗ those and trust that you will thank you

52:09 ↗ thank you both

52:11 ↗ have anybody else signed up

52:15 ↗ no one else has signed up and I'm just

52:17 ↗ gonna check in I don't see any virtual

52:19 ↗ hands I'm a virtual audience well I yes

52:23 ↗ I was just going to welcome we would

52:25 ↗ love to hear from anyone else if you'd

52:27 ↗ like like to go ahead and step up to the

52:30 ↗ podium and then anyone else after that I

52:33 ↗ will also call for other speakers thank

52:35 ↗ you

52:38 ↗ I'm Mary onifer we moved to Tiger

52:41 ↗ Mountain in 93 and raised our both boys

52:44 ↗ I've worked just a nurse in neonatal

52:47 ↗ with lots of diverse people in the last

52:49 ↗ 20 years I've substituted in the

52:52 ↗ Issaquah school district

52:54 ↗ worked with many diverse students

52:56 ↗ tutoring I represent 12 people from

52:59 ↗ Miramonte and Tiger Mountain that have

53:01 ↗ done these meals for the last five years

53:04 ↗ and during this time we've gotten to

53:07 ↗ know the people well one of the women

53:09 ↗ who works at the dollar store who

53:11 ↗ doesn't like the dollar store came in so

53:14 ↗ happy that she found an apartment

53:17 ↗ another lady she always talks about how

53:20 ↗ she's allergic to cucumbers and I made a

53:23 ↗ salad with no cucumbers and she was just

53:26 ↗ delighted recently I signed up at the

53:30 ↗ senior center I'm really a senior

53:33 ↗ and a lot of people from the senior

53:36 ↗ center come to our meals they really

53:38 ↗ appreciate it they're just lovely people

53:42 ↗ that come and I appreciated everybody's

53:46 ↗ remarks they've really made me think and

53:48 ↗ that's why I'm here

53:49 ↗ and I so appreciate that you're

53:52 ↗ considering a compromise because it just

53:55 ↗ shows that you're really listening to us

53:58 ↗ and the very last thing I'd like to say

54:01 ↗ is we are a Tech Community an offense it

54:06 ↗ just sounds archaic I mean the points

54:09 ↗ people made about the fence it just

54:11 ↗ really hit home and I just really wanted

54:14 ↗ to reiterate that I have friends that

54:17 ↗ moved from Tiger right into that

54:20 ↗ neighborhood and it's like how would you

54:23 ↗ feel if you lived near that fence I mean

54:26 ↗ how safe

54:27 ↗ you feel it's very thought provoking and

54:31 ↗ I am so glad that you're reconsidering

54:34 ↗ this thank you so much

54:38 ↗ thank you do we have anyone else out in

54:40 ↗ the audience come on up appreciate it

54:48 ↗ my name is Corey Christensen long time

54:50 ↗ member of uh Community squawk Mountain

54:53 ↗ resident my

54:56 ↗ topic was the eckhouse but I first

54:58 ↗ wanted to uh voice support for all my

55:01 ↗ fellow community members I appreciate it

55:04 ↗ um

55:05 ↗ in the hard work they do

55:08 ↗ um

55:09 ↗ ah sorry I think about it and it's just

55:13 ↗ an important thing and we're really

55:14 ↗ lucky to have people like this

55:17 ↗ ah excuse me

55:19 ↗ as far as the eckhouse

55:21 ↗ I first wanted to call out some of the

55:23 ↗ comment that was made

55:24 ↗ by you last time that I appreciated

55:26 ↗ especially uh councilor hunt bringing up

55:30 ↗ the cost of things because I think

55:31 ↗ that's important one of the things about

55:34 ↗ the eckhouse is that it has so much more

55:37 ↗ as a future future as far as the Arts

55:40 ↗ Community tourism economic Vitality all

55:44 ↗ of those different things because it's a

55:46 ↗ springboard for the Downtown Association

55:49 ↗ Chamber of Commerce and so on for events

55:52 ↗ smaller events that might be on Rainier

55:55 ↗ rather than on Front Street and in the

55:58 ↗ Confluence Park it's actually a bit

56:01 ↗ restricted for Passive Recreation except

56:04 ↗ for the eckhouse and eckhouse is part of

56:07 ↗ phase one of the park which has not been

56:09 ↗ completed but is the one part that is

56:12 ↗ actually approved for active Recreation

56:14 ↗ and it makes sense as far as a

56:17 ↗ connective thing for all of these events

56:19 ↗ and so it's something that shouldn't be

56:22 ↗ locked up it should be something that we

56:24 ↗ really use and used by lots of different

56:28 ↗ types of people because sometimes when

56:30 ↗ we look at our facilities there's the

56:32 ↗ cost but then there's also how much use

56:35 ↗ we get out of them

56:37 ↗ um I think that since our last meeting

56:39 ↗ we had a park board meeting the park

56:41 ↗ board was talking about very similar

56:43 ↗ things as the council also asking

56:46 ↗ similar questions some of the answers

56:48 ↗ also were still similar which is not

56:51 ↗ which can be good or bad and I guess I'm

56:54 ↗ sort of in the you know trying to stay

56:56 ↗ the in the mode of the glass is half

56:58 ↗ full for me what I think is lacking is

57:01 ↗ enough commitment for the eckhouse and

57:04 ↗ we've had this going on for 10 or 15

57:07 ↗ years and

57:09 ↗ I have actually two asks they're they're

57:11 ↗ pretty easy ass the first is I think the

57:14 ↗ King County Historical preservation

57:17 ↗ people need to come to the safety and

57:20 ↗ excuse me services safety and Parks

57:22 ↗ committee and talk about a couple of

57:25 ↗ topics one is what what they mean by

57:28 ↗ preservation and I think the parks

57:31 ↗ department and The Architects are on

57:34 ↗ pretty pretty good job on that but then

57:36 ↗ it's also the grant funding because I

57:39 ↗ don't think the the parks department is

57:41 ↗ as

57:43 ↗ on the right track for that because

57:45 ↗ there's the question of do you Landmark

57:48 ↗ the house first or after and I think

57:52 ↗ that that question could be answered by

57:54 ↗ having the preservation people come and

57:58 ↗ talk to us all and the event and one

58:00 ↗ reason for that is that if the parks

58:01 ↗ department is wrong then we're going to

58:03 ↗ be coming asking Council for money to

58:05 ↗ complete this whereas if it's the other

58:08 ↗ way around which which I believe is true

58:10 ↗ there's grant funding to do almost the

58:13 ↗ entirety of the house now it's probably

58:15 ↗ over a five-year period it's not it's

58:17 ↗ not going to be instantaneous but it's

58:19 ↗ there the second part comes to the

58:22 ↗ landmarking

58:23 ↗ and the parks department has made a

58:26 ↗ commitment to Landmark the house the

58:28 ↗ only thing is they've made the

58:29 ↗ commitment after they've done all the

58:31 ↗ work and that's a little bit backwards

58:34 ↗ but then again okay fine for this moment

58:37 ↗ we're back to the preservation people

58:39 ↗ and getting a more public view of that

58:41 ↗ so my ask for that is that the process

58:44 ↗ for landmarking is you collect the

58:46 ↗ information about the house and the

58:47 ↗ people we've already done that or I

58:49 ↗ should say the historical history museum

58:52 ↗ has the next is to do a a report that

58:56 ↗ brings that together and that's done by

58:58 ↗ hiring a consultant and that costs about

59:00 ↗ six thousand dollars and takes three or

59:03 ↗ four months the next step is then taking

59:06 ↗ that report to the landmarking

59:07 ↗ commission and so what I'd like to ask

59:09 ↗ you to do is to ask the Issaquah history

59:13 ↗ museums to start the process on

59:16 ↗ landmarking the house just the report

59:18 ↗ which would then get which takes the

59:20 ↗ four or five months in four or five

59:22 ↗ months we would have the report done

59:24 ↗ then the next step is going to the

59:26 ↗ landmarking commission this wouldn't

59:28 ↗ affect anything that's being done right

59:30 ↗ now the history people are the ones that

59:32 ↗ have the material and this would at

59:34 ↗ least get the project going in parallel

59:36 ↗ and if it does turn out that the

59:38 ↗ landmarking needs to be done first then

59:41 ↗ we'd be set moving forward and it also

59:44 ↗ would would get us a little more

59:46 ↗ commitment and we also have a great

59:48 ↗ resource because we know how Paul

59:50 ↗ winterstein as our as our lead and we we

59:53 ↗ can leverage that into a something great

59:56 ↗ anyway thank you and I appreciate all

59:58 ↗ these people again

1:00:01 ↗ thank you Corey do we have anyone else

1:00:04 ↗ who'd like to speak tonight

1:00:08 ↗ come on up appreciate it

1:00:14 ↗ hello uh my name is Carson I'm an

1:00:17 ↗ occasional volunteer and occasional

1:00:18 ↗ Diner at the community meal that's been

1:00:20 ↗ discussed the defense would impact

1:00:22 ↗ um I know I am not willing to take over

1:00:24 ↗ doing it on behalf of the current

1:00:25 ↗ volunteers

1:00:27 ↗ um so I don't presume to tell them how

1:00:28 ↗ to do it

1:00:29 ↗ um they say no offense I believe no

1:00:31 ↗ offense I hope the council agrees thanks

1:00:36 ↗ thank you for taking a moment with us

1:00:38 ↗ anybody else

1:00:40 ↗ come on up

1:00:47 ↗ Dogwood Street I'm also part of this

1:00:49 ↗ great group and I don't like public

1:00:51 ↗ speaking that's when I might know that

1:00:54 ↗ I'm here to support all the arguments I

1:00:56 ↗ thought and I couldn't have said it

1:00:58 ↗ better but I spent a lot of time in

1:01:00 ↗ Germany come back I hear this I'm

1:01:02 ↗ shocked this is happening in my Village

1:01:03 ↗ I live on Darkwood Street we are gone

1:01:06 ↗ for months at a time nobody broke into

1:01:08 ↗ our car ever and now I come here with a

1:01:11 ↗ bike and I was looking for a bike rack

1:01:13 ↗ because now I feel I cannot if my bike

1:01:15 ↗ just locked by itself I had to lock it

1:01:17 ↗ to a signpost there because if the

1:01:20 ↗ police station has to be fenced in what

1:01:22 ↗ about my personal stuff here and now

1:01:24 ↗ that's scary beside all the other stuff

1:01:27 ↗ they said right thank you

1:01:29 ↗ thank you

1:01:31 ↗ anybody else

1:01:34 ↗ okay I'm just gonna take a moment say

1:01:37 ↗ thank you everyone for coming out and

1:01:39 ↗ speaking to us we really truly I mean

1:01:41 ↗ honestly oftentimes this is empty and

1:01:44 ↗ we're so lonely so we really really do

1:01:47 ↗ appreciate and take into account

1:01:49 ↗ everything that we have heard

1:01:51 ↗ um

1:01:53 ↗ we heard from people in support of

1:01:55 ↗ Behavioral Health coordinators

1:01:58 ↗ um talking about the eckhouse we heard

1:02:01 ↗ support for the Juneteenth Proclamation

1:02:03 ↗ we heard about a dozen I would count

1:02:06 ↗ community members who are here speaking

1:02:09 ↗ about the community meals program and

1:02:11 ↗ the access for the fence so just very

1:02:14 ↗ very much appreciate hearing from the

1:02:17 ↗ community on that just as a reminder if

1:02:19 ↗ anybody has any other thoughts they want

1:02:21 ↗ to share with us you can always write in

1:02:23 ↗ to city council

1:02:26 ↗ issaquah.gov and do we have any comment

1:02:30 ↗ yep

1:02:32 ↗ oh

1:02:33 ↗ um do we have anyone who'd like to make

1:02:35 ↗ a other statement

1:02:39 ↗ I was so if you'll give us a moment

1:02:42 ↗ unfortunately we don't do a question and

1:02:44 ↗ answer but I think we have something in

1:02:47 ↗ order to kind of address some of those

1:02:50 ↗ concerns because we we heard you guys

1:02:52 ↗ were coming and we want to make sure

1:02:53 ↗ you're heard so councilmember hunt thank

1:02:57 ↗ you um I would like to move to suspend

1:02:59 ↗ the rules so that I can address the

1:03:01 ↗ public comments regarding Community Hall

1:03:02 ↗ at this time

1:03:05 ↗ do you have a second

1:03:08 ↗ second

1:03:10 ↗ fantastic okay so

1:03:13 ↗ um are there any objections to

1:03:15 ↗ suspending the rules to allow

1:03:16 ↗ councilmember hunt to address the public

1:03:18 ↗ comments regarding City Hall

1:03:20 ↗ no objections okay council member hunt

1:03:23 ↗ you have the floor

1:03:25 ↗ thank you council president Walsh

1:03:28 ↗ um so I wanted to make sure that we did

1:03:31 ↗ have an opportunity to discuss and get

1:03:33 ↗ some more information about Community

1:03:34 ↗ Hall it's not an item that is on our

1:03:37 ↗ agenda tonight and so

1:03:39 ↗ um firstly as council president Walsh

1:03:42 ↗ said Thank you to everybody who did come

1:03:44 ↗ out and who also sent us emails and

1:03:46 ↗ reached out regarding your concerns and

1:03:48 ↗ for taking the time to speak to us this

1:03:50 ↗ evening directly thank you also for your

1:03:53 ↗ dedication as volunteers to ensure that

1:03:56 ↗ our community members have food to eat

1:03:58 ↗ and a hot meal it is very appreciated

1:04:01 ↗ um so I wanted to have a question for

1:04:06 ↗ our Administration who is working with

1:04:08 ↗ the community on this item so that we

1:04:09 ↗ could have a little bit more information

1:04:11 ↗ about where we are on this topic so

1:04:13 ↗ specifically I think it would be great

1:04:15 ↗ to hear from director Monahan about what

1:04:19 ↗ sort of solutions are being brainstormed

1:04:21 ↗ and considered how those conversations

1:04:23 ↗ are going with our community members

1:04:25 ↗ that are volunteering to make sure that

1:04:28 ↗ our community has these hot meals and

1:04:30 ↗ what sort of solutions are being

1:04:32 ↗ considered and next steps thank you

1:04:35 ↗ thank you council member hunt members of

1:04:37 ↗ the city council my name is Autumn

1:04:38 ↗ Monahan I'm the administrative Services

1:04:40 ↗ director and my department includes

1:04:42 ↗ facilities so all the city buildings

1:04:45 ↗ I also want to take a moment to

1:04:46 ↗ recognize the volunteers that are in

1:04:48 ↗ this room and many of the others I've

1:04:50 ↗ met who volunteer at Community Hall

1:04:52 ↗ thank you so much for all that you do to

1:04:54 ↗ serve our community

1:04:56 ↗ so as background on this project this

1:05:00 ↗ project will build a security fence

1:05:02 ↗ adjacent to the police station and

1:05:04 ↗ behind Community Hall as well as fire

1:05:06 ↗ station 71. and it will be used for

1:05:09 ↗ parking for police staff that includes

1:05:12 ↗ police officers detectives

1:05:15 ↗ a lot of our support staff so police

1:05:18 ↗ dispatchers and firefighters so a lot of

1:05:21 ↗ the First Responders in Issaquah

1:05:24 ↗ several volunteer groups also use

1:05:26 ↗ Community Halls we've heard tonight but

1:05:28 ↗ for a variety of reasons one of them is

1:05:30 ↗ several different meals programs but

1:05:32 ↗ there's other uses as well

1:05:33 ↗ so the facilities team along with the

1:05:36 ↗ Human Services team met with

1:05:37 ↗ representatives from each of these

1:05:39 ↗ groups recently and we heard about the

1:05:41 ↗ access concerns

1:05:42 ↗ so now we're working to brainstorm some

1:05:44 ↗ solutions meeting with volunteers and

1:05:47 ↗ brainstorming Solutions meeting with

1:05:49 ↗ staff from many different departments

1:05:51 ↗ also looking at what options we might be

1:05:53 ↗ able to consider

1:05:55 ↗ um that would both support the safety of

1:05:58 ↗ our First Responders and this important

1:06:00 ↗ program several programs at Community

1:06:02 ↗ Hall

1:06:03 ↗ um so we still have time this project is

1:06:06 ↗ not under construction yet we are still

1:06:07 ↗ in very much the design phase

1:06:10 ↗ um so we our plan right now is to

1:06:12 ↗ continue some of those brainstorms and

1:06:14 ↗ then collectively bring that group back

1:06:16 ↗ together

1:06:18 ↗ um to talk through options so that was

1:06:20 ↗ our next steps

1:06:22 ↗ I'm here to answer any questions

1:06:27 ↗ Autumn could you talk a little bit about

1:06:29 ↗ what that timeline might look like um

1:06:32 ↗ just to give a sense of when some of

1:06:35 ↗ those next conversations would happen

1:06:37 ↗ sure

1:06:38 ↗ um

1:06:39 ↗ you know I right now we we're assessing

1:06:42 ↗ a few different options uh just for

1:06:44 ↗ viability number one with design so you

1:06:48 ↗ know I would anticipate that will take

1:06:49 ↗ several weeks

1:06:50 ↗ um at that point I think then we'll meet

1:06:52 ↗ back with some of the community groups

1:06:53 ↗ so I would say within a few weeks

1:06:57 ↗ and did you have anything else that's my

1:06:59 ↗ rent no that was my questions thank you

1:07:02 ↗ okay and I will just say to the

1:07:04 ↗ community members we don't get an

1:07:06 ↗ opportunity at this point in the meeting

1:07:08 ↗ to have back and forth but please do

1:07:11 ↗ email us call us right into Autumn we

1:07:15 ↗ want to hear from it and we want to make

1:07:17 ↗ sure that we are uh addressing all the

1:07:19 ↗ needs so thank you very much we are

1:07:22 ↗ going to move on to the next item on our

1:07:24 ↗ agenda

1:07:25 ↗ you don't have to stay with us we have

1:07:27 ↗ several hours worth of meeting left to

1:07:29 ↗ go so we appreciate

1:07:32 ↗ um the next item of business is our

1:07:35 ↗ consent calendar

1:07:37 ↗ and I have remarks on two of tonight's

1:07:40 ↗ consent calendar items from the mayor

1:07:42 ↗ the first is ab8637 the King County

1:07:45 ↗ opioid abatement Council

1:07:48 ↗ in 2022 the state of Washington settled

1:07:51 ↗ large-scale litigation against various

1:07:53 ↗ parties involved in the manufacturer and

1:07:56 ↗ distribution of prescription opioids 215

1:08:00 ↗ million dollars of the overall 518

1:08:02 ↗ million dollar settlement was earmarked

1:08:05 ↗ for eligible Washington cities and

1:08:06 ↗ counties that opted to join in on the

1:08:08 ↗ settlement the city chose to participate

1:08:11 ↗ in the settlement with the city council

1:08:12 ↗ authorizing execution of the one

1:08:14 ↗ Washington mou memorandum of

1:08:16 ↗ understanding last spring under the one

1:08:19 ↗ Washington mou settlement funds can only

1:08:21 ↗ be used for Approved purposes such as

1:08:22 ↗ treatment for opioid use disorder and

1:08:25 ↗ support for people in treatment and

1:08:26 ↗ Recovery the one Washington mou also

1:08:29 ↗ requires that recipients form an opioid

1:08:31 ↗ abatement councils prior to the

1:08:33 ↗ distribution of any of the settlement

1:08:35 ↗ funds the King County Regional agreement

1:08:37 ↗ for the opioid abatement Council on

1:08:40 ↗ tonight's agenda establishes the King

1:08:41 ↗ County Regional opioid abatement Council

1:08:43 ↗ OAC to include King County and a number

1:08:47 ↗ of jurisdictions Within County including

1:08:49 ↗ the City of Issaquah

1:08:51 ↗ the purpose of the OAC is to oversee

1:08:53 ↗ allocation and distribution of

1:08:54 ↗ settlement funds to review expenditures

1:08:56 ↗ for compliance with the one Washington

1:08:58 ↗ mou and to resolve any disputes that

1:09:00 ↗ arise among the participants King County

1:09:03 ↗ will serve as administrator of the OAC

1:09:04 ↗ with each party contributing 10 percent

1:09:06 ↗ of its annual settlement allocation to

1:09:09 ↗ pay for its share of administrative

1:09:10 ↗ costs

1:09:12 ↗ and then the next note is on ab8625 the

1:09:16 ↗ lease agreement with Motel 6 for

1:09:17 ↗ emergency housing the emergency housing

1:09:20 ↗ pilot program in collaboration with

1:09:21 ↗ Motel 6 is moving forward and we are

1:09:23 ↗ excited to see it launch in the upcoming

1:09:25 ↗ month The Limited uh the three limited

1:09:28 ↗ term positions that were approved by

1:09:30 ↗ city council last month have been filled

1:09:31 ↗ with anticipated start date for new

1:09:33 ↗ staff being June 20th the lease

1:09:36 ↗ agreement with Motel 6 AB 8625 is on

1:09:39 ↗ tonight's consent calendar and if

1:09:41 ↗ approved it is scheduled to begin July

1:09:43 ↗ 1st the lease consists of 12 rooms to

1:09:46 ↗ temporarily house Issaquah residents who

1:09:48 ↗ are homeless

1:09:50 ↗ one motel room to be utilized as a

1:09:52 ↗ program office or resource room 10

1:09:54 ↗ double occupancy motel rooms to be

1:09:56 ↗ utilized by the participants of the

1:09:58 ↗ program and one motel room to be

1:10:00 ↗ utilized as an emergency standby room

1:10:03 ↗ between now and July staff are working

1:10:05 ↗ on creating processes and procedures for

1:10:08 ↗ the new program and begin referring

1:10:09 ↗ candidates to the program other

1:10:11 ↗ operational details including meals

1:10:13 ↗ access to basic needs connections to

1:10:15 ↗ employment and other resources are being

1:10:17 ↗ developed the collaboration with Motel 6

1:10:20 ↗ staff has been very positive and

1:10:22 ↗ supportive last week facilities and its

1:10:24 ↗ staff took a tour of the motel to begin

1:10:26 ↗ setting up the office space for staff

1:10:27 ↗ our hope is to have the first

1:10:29 ↗ participants enrolled in the program by

1:10:31 ↗ July 15th

1:10:33 ↗ okay so um before I move on to the

1:10:37 ↗ adoption uh are there any committee

1:10:39 ↗ chairs who would like to report on any

1:10:41 ↗ of the consent calendar items

1:10:44 ↗ I'll give you a moment to look over

1:10:46 ↗ those items that are on the list tonight

1:10:48 ↗ see if there is anything I don't

1:10:50 ↗ remember if there were

1:10:54 ↗ nothing there okay

1:10:56 ↗ so

1:10:57 ↗ um the consent calendar was distributed

1:10:59 ↗ Council in advance if authorized the

1:11:01 ↗ items on the consent calendar will be

1:11:03 ↗ considered together and approved by one

1:11:05 ↗ motion add the payables and payroll been

1:11:07 ↗ reviewed yes

1:11:09 ↗ and I also did I'm the second

1:11:12 ↗ um does any council member desire to

1:11:14 ↗ remove any items from the consent

1:11:15 ↗ calendar and consider it under regular

1:11:17 ↗ business

1:11:20 ↗ okay seeing none is there a motion

1:11:26 ↗ uh yes I moved to approve the consent

1:11:27 ↗ calendar as presented in tonight's

1:11:29 ↗ packet second

1:11:31 ↗ okay the motion to approve the consent

1:11:34 ↗ calendar as presented has been moved

1:11:35 ↗ moved and seconded is there any Council

1:11:38 ↗ discussion

1:11:40 ↗ hearing none the motion before council

1:11:42 ↗ is to approve the consent calendar as

1:11:44 ↗ presented all those in favor signify by

1:11:46 ↗ saying aye

1:11:48 ↗ aye

1:11:49 ↗ those opposed

1:11:52 ↗ that passes unanimously

1:11:54 ↗ okay we are now on to our regular

1:11:57 ↗ business so first item up is

1:12:00 ↗ ab8628 behavioral health positions

1:12:04 ↗ um we're being asked to authorize

1:12:05 ↗ funding the item was last before council

1:12:08 ↗ at the April 24 2023 city council

1:12:10 ↗ Committee of the whole and I'd like to

1:12:13 ↗ invite human services manager Monica

1:12:15 ↗ negrila to present this item

1:12:17 ↗ thank you Monica

1:12:19 ↗ thank you council president good evening

1:12:21 ↗ Gaul this is Monica thanks so much for

1:12:24 ↗ having us

1:12:25 ↗ here tonight and so with that

1:12:29 ↗ um tonight we are seeking your

1:12:31 ↗ authorization to approve funding for two

1:12:34 ↗ Behavioral Health positions

1:12:36 ↗ coordinator position and the supervisory

1:12:39 ↗ position that would provide Direct

1:12:40 ↗ Services as well as supervision

1:12:43 ↗ um utilizing affordable affordable

1:12:46 ↗ housing sales tax revenue funds

1:12:49 ↗ um

1:12:51 ↗ with that

1:12:52 ↗ if approved by a city council we hope

1:12:57 ↗ that the position will be brought back

1:13:01 ↗ on June 26th part of the human resources

1:13:05 ↗ Amendment for the salary ordinance

1:13:10 ↗ uh next I want to give you a little bit

1:13:12 ↗ of a background on how the behavioral

1:13:14 ↗ health program developed over the past

1:13:17 ↗ couple of years

1:13:19 ↗ starting in 2021

1:13:22 ↗ with city council approval part of the

1:13:25 ↗ budget process for 2021 was creating a

1:13:28 ↗ behavioral health

1:13:30 ↗ program and we started with one

1:13:32 ↗ full-time position at that time we hired

1:13:35 ↗ Amir Shabana as the first Behavioral

1:13:37 ↗ Health Program Coordinator he started in

1:13:40 ↗ April so he just passed his two-year

1:13:42 ↗ anniversary recently

1:13:44 ↗ still at the same time in a similar

1:13:46 ↗ timeline we were already working with

1:13:48 ↗ one of our local Community Partners for

1:13:51 ↗ doing some homeless Outreach with the

1:13:53 ↗ Issaquah food and clothing bank and at

1:13:56 ↗ that time to to leverage resources we

1:13:59 ↗ decided and we transitioned That

1:14:00 ↗ Homeless outreach program

1:14:03 ↗ um in to to the city so we created a

1:14:06 ↗ full-time position operated by the city

1:14:09 ↗ so just a little over a year ago in June

1:14:13 ↗ we hired Kailyn wood as the second

1:14:15 ↗ Behavioral Health coordinator and so we

1:14:17 ↗ combined the two programs the homeless

1:14:19 ↗ Outreach and the behavioral health

1:14:20 ↗ program coordinator of the position the

1:14:23 ↗ program

1:14:24 ↗ to really Leverage The the resources

1:14:27 ↗ that we had in Staffing but also to

1:14:29 ↗ allow us to to provide a six or seven

1:14:31 ↗ day staff coverage

1:14:33 ↗ and so

1:14:35 ↗ uh also in 2022 and 2023 now more

1:14:39 ↗ recently

1:14:40 ↗ um I want to highlight that as we begin

1:14:43 ↗ being successful with transitioning and

1:14:45 ↗ house community members into housing we

1:14:48 ↗ also started providing um housing

1:14:50 ↗ stability services for those who who

1:14:52 ↗ were housed and I want to highlight that

1:14:55 ↗ because we did not realize at that time

1:14:57 ↗ how big of a lift that was first half

1:15:00 ↗ you all know how difficult it is to to

1:15:03 ↗ find housing in the community I'm here

1:15:05 ↗ to tell you that it's that much harder

1:15:07 ↗ to actually help someone maintain

1:15:09 ↗ housing and make sure that they don't

1:15:11 ↗ fall back into homelessness so some of

1:15:13 ↗ the work that we did in the last couple

1:15:15 ↗ of years really not only trying to serve

1:15:18 ↗ the needs of the community and and

1:15:20 ↗ really acquiring quite a bit of a higher

1:15:23 ↗ case loads like currently we have about

1:15:25 ↗ 131 people that we are serving or

1:15:28 ↗ they're waiting to be served but also

1:15:30 ↗ the intensity of services that we

1:15:33 ↗ provide especially for those who

1:15:35 ↗ recently became housed from chronically

1:15:38 ↗ being homeless for several years it's

1:15:41 ↗ really really a huge lift for staff

1:15:42 ↗ sometimes one person requires 10 15 20

1:15:46 ↗ hours of support per week so that's a

1:15:49 ↗ lot for a pretty small staff

1:15:52 ↗ um and so that takes us to 2023

1:15:56 ↗ um first we brought the behavioral

1:15:57 ↗ health coordinator position discussion

1:15:59 ↗ to U.S city council at the committee of

1:16:02 ↗ the whole meeting in April

1:16:04 ↗ um that was part of a broader

1:16:06 ↗ conversation on affordable housing but

1:16:07 ↗ also the use of the affordable housing

1:16:10 ↗ sales tax revenues and So based on the

1:16:13 ↗ feedback that we received from you we

1:16:15 ↗ are here tonight to seek formal approval

1:16:17 ↗ for the two new positions

1:16:21 ↗ um on this slide I'm very thankful for

1:16:23 ↗ Ryan Smith from the isoka police

1:16:25 ↗ department the crime analyst there was

1:16:28 ↗ able to pull some data to show further

1:16:31 ↗ the needs that perhaps we anticipate

1:16:34 ↗ having in the future based on some past

1:16:38 ↗ information that she was able to gather

1:16:40 ↗ what you see on the screen they are in

1:16:43 ↗ for the past five years the number of

1:16:44 ↗ total calls that the isoka police

1:16:47 ↗ department received and then based on

1:16:50 ↗ the number of total calls Ryan was also

1:16:54 ↗ able to to pull the uh the calls that

1:16:57 ↗ are behavioral health related so you you

1:17:00 ↗ see a pattern there anywhere between 15

1:17:02 ↗ and 18 of the calls are behavioral

1:17:05 ↗ health related so the number that you

1:17:07 ↗ see on the screen those are high numbers

1:17:09 ↗ I do want to note though that they are

1:17:11 ↗ not of course unique numbers often for

1:17:13 ↗ the same individual there are multiple

1:17:15 ↗ people calling and also often we have

1:17:18 ↗ the same individual calling multiple

1:17:20 ↗ times

1:17:21 ↗ um however still it's um it still gives

1:17:23 ↗ us a pretty good

1:17:24 ↗ um information and a good snapshot of of

1:17:28 ↗ the number of calls and the need that

1:17:30 ↗ it's out there for Behavioral Health

1:17:34 ↗ so next

1:17:36 ↗ um summarizing what we are proposing for

1:17:38 ↗ you here tonight for your consideration

1:17:40 ↗ is two full-time Behavioral Health

1:17:43 ↗ coordinator of full-time Behavioral

1:17:46 ↗ Health positions one supervisory

1:17:48 ↗ position and one coordinator position we

1:17:51 ↗ hope that these two staff will help

1:17:54 ↗ create a corresponder model with the

1:17:55 ↗ police department currently as a

1:17:58 ↗ reminder our staff primarily our current

1:18:01 ↗ staff primarily conduct follow-up a

1:18:05 ↗ follow-up model and the referral model

1:18:07 ↗ where the police officers respond to a

1:18:10 ↗ call and if the call is behavioral hold

1:18:12 ↗ related they will refer the person to

1:18:15 ↗ our program at times whenever possible

1:18:19 ↗ our staff also respond however their

1:18:22 ↗ style their time is limited currently So

1:18:24 ↗ within two new positions we hope to

1:18:27 ↗ create a corresponder model where the

1:18:29 ↗ two new Behavioral Health coordinators

1:18:31 ↗ will be to new behavioral health staff

1:18:34 ↗ will be stations actually stationed

1:18:36 ↗ actually in the police department

1:18:37 ↗ working primarily on core response and

1:18:41 ↗ if time permits they can also provide

1:18:43 ↗ follow-up

1:18:44 ↗ what we also hope and propose with the

1:18:48 ↗ two new additions is that the the staff

1:18:51 ↗ who will be stationed and focused

1:18:53 ↗ primarily in the police department and

1:18:55 ↗ focus primarily on core response we'll

1:18:58 ↗ cover an afternoon evening and weekend

1:19:00 ↗ shift we learned in in working with with

1:19:05 ↗ the police department that often Crisis

1:19:07 ↗ happen in the evening and at night and

1:19:09 ↗ so the referral gets to us in the

1:19:11 ↗ morning however when ours have need to

1:19:14 ↗ assist community members with resource

1:19:17 ↗ resource connection those resources

1:19:20 ↗ often happen in the morning so in during

1:19:22 ↗ the day and during the week so we are

1:19:25 ↗ hoping to have the core response staff

1:19:27 ↗ for evening and afternoon weekends and

1:19:29 ↗ the follow-up staff remain for weekday

1:19:32 ↗ and day coverage

1:19:34 ↗ and last but not least for 2023 we hope

1:19:37 ↗ to utilize about two hundred thousand

1:19:39 ↗ dollars for the remainder of the year

1:19:41 ↗ for the two positions using again

1:19:43 ↗ affordable housing sales tax revenues

1:19:46 ↗ and our finance team is prepared to come

1:19:49 ↗ to you in a few months as part of the

1:19:51 ↗ biennium budget and discussion the mid

1:19:55 ↗ mid biennium review to further talk

1:19:58 ↗ about the 2024

1:20:00 ↗ revenues and costs for the program

1:20:05 ↗ um

1:20:05 ↗ I already covered I think most of the

1:20:08 ↗ information on this slide this is just

1:20:10 ↗ provides a visual on how part of the

1:20:13 ↗ same team we hope to to have a core

1:20:16 ↗ response model that will then refer

1:20:20 ↗ those committee members who need further

1:20:22 ↗ assistance to our referral and follow-up

1:20:25 ↗ existing behavioral health staff

1:20:29 ↗ this is another Visual and showing you

1:20:31 ↗ our current and how the human services

1:20:33 ↗ division within the parks and community

1:20:34 ↗ services and how the organizational

1:20:37 ↗ chart looks like right now with the

1:20:40 ↗ proposed positions in your agenda bill

1:20:43 ↗ in your agenda packet you also have a

1:20:48 ↗ organizational chart of the entire parks

1:20:51 ↗ and Community Services we are just a

1:20:53 ↗ division within within the larger

1:20:56 ↗ department

1:20:57 ↗ but just for the visual we are focusing

1:21:00 ↗ on the Human Services one right here

1:21:03 ↗ what you also see highlighted in Gray

1:21:05 ↗ are the two positions that we are

1:21:07 ↗ seeking support for so the behavioral

1:21:10 ↗ health supervisor and then a behavioral

1:21:13 ↗ health coordinator

1:21:14 ↗ um you also see again as the division

1:21:16 ↗ grew in the last couple of years believe

1:21:19 ↗ it or not three years ago this division

1:21:21 ↗ was still staffed by just one one staff

1:21:23 ↗ so it's pretty impressive to see the

1:21:25 ↗ change

1:21:27 ↗ um you see the human services

1:21:28 ↗ coordinator position uh currently Hannah

1:21:31 ↗ Roberts oversees all the needs and Human

1:21:34 ↗ Services strategic planning

1:21:35 ↗ implementation as well as the Human

1:21:37 ↗ Services Grants Marisol Visa is acts as

1:21:41 ↗ the community court case manager

1:21:43 ↗ assisting those folks there as well as

1:21:45 ↗ other Human Services related needs and

1:21:47 ↗ you also see on the right hand side the

1:21:49 ↗ brand new emergency housing program as

1:21:52 ↗ we heard from you earlier we were

1:21:53 ↗ successfully able to to hire the three

1:21:57 ↗ new staff that are going to start in the

1:22:00 ↗ next couple of weeks so excited about

1:22:01 ↗ that

1:22:02 ↗ foreign so very very grateful for all

1:22:07 ↗ the opportunities that we have to to

1:22:09 ↗ serve the community and so with that we

1:22:13 ↗ did consider a 24 7 model we also

1:22:15 ↗ considered not proposing any new staff

1:22:19 ↗ um not proposing any new staff did not

1:22:21 ↗ seem like the viable option as we see

1:22:24 ↗ the needs and we hear from our Police

1:22:26 ↗ Department that the needs are there the

1:22:28 ↗ 24 7 model was also we felt like we

1:22:31 ↗ don't quite have yet enough information

1:22:32 ↗ to support that model we would love to

1:22:36 ↗ continue to work for the next six 12

1:22:39 ↗ months or so to see how the two new

1:22:41 ↗ Behavioral Health coordinators the two

1:22:44 ↗ new Behavioral Health positions will

1:22:46 ↗ impact in one way or the other though

1:22:48 ↗ the new the needs in the community so

1:22:51 ↗ with that the options for you tonight we

1:22:54 ↗ hope you would consider approving the

1:22:56 ↗ funding for the two positions you may of

1:22:58 ↗ course make changes to our

1:23:00 ↗ recommendations

1:23:01 ↗ or direct us to return with a different

1:23:03 ↗ proposal or take no action

1:23:06 ↗ of course our recommendation is just one

1:23:08 ↗ moment I believe there's um only two

1:23:11 ↗ more slides do you mind holding your

1:23:13 ↗ question just to tell

1:23:14 ↗ okay thanks

1:23:16 ↗ sorry I'm like keep going thank you okay

1:23:19 ↗ so of course our recommendation uh is to

1:23:22 ↗ approve the funding for the two

1:23:24 ↗ Behavioral Health positions uh utilizing

1:23:26 ↗ uh the house bill 1590 revenues uh to

1:23:29 ↗ create the corresponder behavioral

1:23:31 ↗ health program

1:23:32 ↗ and in terms of timing and next steps

1:23:36 ↗ our human resources department will

1:23:39 ↗ um return on June 26 with the revised

1:23:42 ↗ salary ordinance for the brand new

1:23:44 ↗ classification for the supervisory

1:23:46 ↗ position and then we will continue to

1:23:48 ↗ work in the upcoming months with the

1:23:50 ↗ police department on creating the

1:23:51 ↗ processes in place for that and hiring I

1:23:54 ↗ kept the information a little bit not on

1:23:57 ↗ exact timelines here just to allow us a

1:24:00 ↗ little we try to be conservative and

1:24:01 ↗ allow us a little bit of time to also

1:24:03 ↗ launch the Motel 6 project so

1:24:08 ↗ okay and that's the end of the presence

1:24:11 ↗ okay fantastic thank you questions I

1:24:13 ↗ will start with council member Martz and

1:24:16 ↗ thank you madam council president I

1:24:17 ↗ don't know if this is a question for

1:24:18 ↗ Monica or for our city administrator

1:24:21 ↗ um

1:24:21 ↗ what is our general thinking on opening

1:24:24 ↗ supervisory position because I noticed

1:24:27 ↗ that your department would have 10

1:24:29 ↗ people under your leadership and you

1:24:32 ↗ know I have a big engineering

1:24:34 ↗ organization and I generally look for

1:24:36 ↗ like eight to twelve uh individual

1:24:38 ↗ contributors per manager so how do we

1:24:41 ↗ decide when we need a supervisor and how

1:24:44 ↗ and when how do we know if we're going

1:24:46 ↗ to open two positions whether we open

1:24:47 ↗ two individual contributors or or open a

1:24:50 ↗ management position what's our how do we

1:24:51 ↗ figure that out thanks

1:24:54 ↗ uh councilmember marks members of the

1:24:56 ↗ council uh the director of the

1:24:58 ↗ department is here and I think I'm going

1:24:59 ↗ to let him answer that question

1:25:01 ↗ um you know as he's coming up here uh I

1:25:04 ↗ don't know that there is uh uh a a rule

1:25:08 ↗ of thumb that works in all instances I

1:25:09 ↗ think what you described is not unusual

1:25:11 ↗ for what we would look at as well

1:25:13 ↗ um but that was a question we considered

1:25:16 ↗ prior to coming to you and I'll let Jeff

1:25:18 ↗ fill in the blanks from there

1:25:19 ↗ great excellent question Jeff Watling

1:25:21 ↗ parks and Community Services director in

1:25:24 ↗ this incident and and I you know Monica

1:25:26 ↗ certainly highlighted as you look at the

1:25:28 ↗ organization chart the Human Services

1:25:29 ↗ team has certainly grown

1:25:32 ↗ um not only grown in size but in

1:25:35 ↗ specialization so often what we look at

1:25:39 ↗ is when you have a like body of behavior

1:25:42 ↗ a behavioral specialist health

1:25:44 ↗ specialist team that is now for rather

1:25:47 ↗ than having them all directly report to

1:25:49 ↗ the manager who are also asking to

1:25:53 ↗ oversee other diverse Human Services

1:25:55 ↗ programs it's not so much just the staff

1:25:59 ↗ number as the

1:26:02 ↗ specialization or the skill or the work

1:26:04 ↗ that that team is doing and so

1:26:07 ↗ understanding I think as we really talk

1:26:09 ↗ through this and realizing the need for

1:26:12 ↗ both co-response specialization and

1:26:14 ↗ coordinating with with police as Monica

1:26:16 ↗ spelled out as well as the real

1:26:18 ↗ important work of follow-up and that

1:26:21 ↗ referral piece having a supervisor

1:26:24 ↗ helping to lead both of those efforts

1:26:26 ↗ within the behavioral specialist team

1:26:28 ↗ felt really a high need for a supervisor

1:26:32 ↗ thank you I really appreciate that

1:26:34 ↗ answer

1:26:37 ↗ great do we have any other questions at

1:26:39 ↗ this

1:26:42 ↗ time yeah go ahead

1:26:45 ↗ thank you

1:26:46 ↗ um so this is a process question

1:26:49 ↗ um and the motion tonight there is a um

1:26:53 ↗ there's a motion to approve funding and

1:26:55 ↗ then there's also to

1:26:57 ↗ um

1:26:58 ↗ direct the Chief Financial Officer to

1:27:00 ↗ add general fund expenditures in a

1:27:02 ↗ future budget amendment which the first

1:27:05 ↗ part of my question is am I correct that

1:27:06 ↗ we would then vote on that secondly

1:27:08 ↗ second on that separate budget amendment

1:27:13 ↗ um assuming that's the case I'm

1:27:14 ↗ wondering if we can for a future

1:27:17 ↗ future expenditures like this do that

1:27:21 ↗ together because I think that makes for

1:27:24 ↗ a better decision making process so

1:27:25 ↗ that's my question all right

1:27:27 ↗ councilmember hot members of the council

1:27:29 ↗ thank you uh we are moving in that

1:27:30 ↗ direction

1:27:32 ↗ um we will attempt to do that in the

1:27:33 ↗ future we agree that that's a more

1:27:35 ↗ efficient way uh as you know there have

1:27:37 ↗ been instances where the councils

1:27:39 ↗ approve something programmatically and

1:27:41 ↗ then it comes back a few months later

1:27:43 ↗ um so we're working through that and our

1:27:45 ↗ hope is this is the last time a major

1:27:47 ↗ piece like this will be

1:27:49 ↗ um separate it'll always be those

1:27:51 ↗ incidental matters that will come

1:27:53 ↗ through a quarterly uh budget amendment

1:27:55 ↗ but something that's significant we

1:27:57 ↗ would ask to do one one step I think we

1:27:59 ↗ also have to look at the salary

1:28:00 ↗ ordinance as well I believe

1:28:03 ↗ or that would have the answer are there

1:28:05 ↗ other matters as well and since that was

1:28:07 ↗ coming up with the next meeting well

1:28:09 ↗ that was close enough but I think in the

1:28:11 ↗ future we could also be amending the

1:28:12 ↗ salary ordinance so thank you for the

1:28:14 ↗ suggestion

1:28:17 ↗ great good questions

1:28:19 ↗ um any other questions council members

1:28:22 ↗ okay I'm gonna ask if there is a motion

1:28:26 ↗ uh councilmember marched I moved to

1:28:29 ↗ approve funding for one full-time

1:28:30 ↗ equivalent FTE Behavioral Health

1:28:32 ↗ coordinator position and one FTE

1:28:35 ↗ Behavioral Health coordinator

1:28:36 ↗ supervisory position utilizing the 0.1

1:28:40 ↗ percent affordable housing sales tax

1:28:43 ↗ revenue funds from House Bill 1590 with

1:28:46 ↗ the purpose of creating a co-responder

1:28:48 ↗ behavioral health program and direct the

1:28:51 ↗ Human Resources Director to revise the

1:28:53 ↗ salary ordinance to add the new

1:28:55 ↗ classification for the behavioral health

1:28:57 ↗ supervisor position and direct the Chief

1:29:00 ↗ Financial Officer to add two hundred

1:29:01 ↗ thousand dollars to general fund

1:29:03 ↗ expenditures in 2023 as part of a future

1:29:06 ↗ budget amendment as well as to

1:29:07 ↗ incorporate the 2024 budget amendments

1:29:10 ↗ as part of the mid biennium budget

1:29:12 ↗ update anticipated for this fall

1:29:14 ↗ second

1:29:17 ↗ fantastic the motion has been made and

1:29:20 ↗ seconded is there any Council discussion

1:29:23 ↗ I would love to speak to my motion

1:29:25 ↗ fantastic we'll start with you this

1:29:27 ↗ program has been wildly successful

1:29:30 ↗ um I just want to take everybody back a

1:29:32 ↗ few years you know we had a huge

1:29:36 ↗ Community concern about oversight of

1:29:40 ↗ Public Safety and we did a number of

1:29:43 ↗ things during that time to try to think

1:29:46 ↗ a little differently to provide to

1:29:48 ↗ continue to provide core uh police

1:29:51 ↗ services but to also think outside the

1:29:54 ↗ box and in the spirit of that came up

1:29:56 ↗ with this program and it is

1:29:59 ↗ just been incredibly successful there

1:30:01 ↗ was skepticism I would say that I heard

1:30:04 ↗ initially among ipd because there was

1:30:07 ↗ concern that we're going to replace them

1:30:09 ↗ with counselors as they put it but they

1:30:12 ↗ they love this position and the folks

1:30:15 ↗ who have been in this position they view

1:30:17 ↗ it as a multiplier they view it as a

1:30:20 ↗ better way to engage in the community

1:30:21 ↗ and so I am just thrilled that we are

1:30:24 ↗ expanding the program here tonight and

1:30:25 ↗ will just joyously support this measure

1:30:28 ↗ thank you

1:30:29 ↗ go ahead

1:30:32 ↗ thank you I as the seconder I would also

1:30:35 ↗ support this program I think it's right

1:30:38 ↗ sized and specialized so my right size I

1:30:42 ↗ mean that we didn't decide to go to a

1:30:45 ↗ full 24-hour model because it wasn't

1:30:47 ↗ necessary yet the way that we were

1:30:49 ↗ tracking the cases and the way that the

1:30:51 ↗ the need was coming to our counselors

1:30:54 ↗ and police department it didn't make

1:30:55 ↗ sense to have a 24-hour model but to

1:30:57 ↗ have a model that is specialized in the

1:31:00 ↗ sense that you have the counselors that

1:31:02 ↗ are on the night Duty handling uh that

1:31:06 ↗ immediate intervention and then the day

1:31:09 ↗ Duty people are handling the referrals

1:31:11 ↗ and the relationships with the

1:31:12 ↗ nonprofits that provide the services so

1:31:14 ↗ I believe this is right sized and

1:31:17 ↗ specialized in a way that fits Issaquah

1:31:19 ↗ and continues to show that we are a

1:31:22 ↗ leader in human services in our

1:31:24 ↗ community it's what we hear when we go

1:31:26 ↗ to the east side Human Services

1:31:28 ↗ committee we go to other Regional

1:31:30 ↗ committees we we just hear accolades

1:31:33 ↗ about how Issaquah is really doing great

1:31:35 ↗ job in human services and that's quite a

1:31:37 ↗ credit to our staff and our director and

1:31:40 ↗ the spirit of Issaquah that we heard in

1:31:42 ↗ our comments tonight so I wholeheartedly

1:31:44 ↗ approved this motion

1:31:47 ↗ fantastic councilmember D Michelle I'm

1:31:50 ↗ going to go to you next

1:31:52 ↗ uh thank you uh council president Walsh

1:31:55 ↗ um I do want to take this opportunity to

1:31:58 ↗ uh Echo what my fellow council members

1:32:01 ↗ have said I appreciate the pace of

1:32:03 ↗ growth of this

1:32:05 ↗ um of this program or the of the uh

1:32:09 ↗ response to the need in our community I

1:32:12 ↗ think it is a great great example of how

1:32:14 ↗ we use data

1:32:16 ↗ to shape a program because going into it

1:32:20 ↗ we didn't know exactly what the need was

1:32:22 ↗ and as we have proceeded we have learned

1:32:25 ↗ over and over again that the need is

1:32:27 ↗ much greater than we originally

1:32:30 ↗ anticipated and I really want to commend

1:32:33 ↗ the staff for using the data that except

1:32:36 ↗ for example the the information we

1:32:38 ↗ received tonight

1:32:39 ↗ and use that data to help shape a really

1:32:43 ↗ really effective program and so I can't

1:32:47 ↗ thank the staff enough

1:32:49 ↗ um

1:32:50 ↗ we have succeeded here in Issaquah where

1:32:53 ↗ others have failed spectacularly and

1:32:56 ↗ also where others such as that big city

1:32:59 ↗ to the west of us can't seem to even

1:33:02 ↗ start and we have plunged in not knowing

1:33:06 ↗ every answer not knowing everything that

1:33:09 ↗ that we needed to know we've learned as

1:33:11 ↗ we've gone and uh and out of that has

1:33:15 ↗ come a really Stellar uh response to the

1:33:18 ↗ needs in our community so thank you to

1:33:20 ↗ the staff and I will obviously be

1:33:22 ↗ supporting the motion thank you so much

1:33:27 ↗ thank you Deputy council president Hall

1:33:31 ↗ um thank you I just wanted to

1:33:34 ↗ um first and foremost can't begin

1:33:36 ↗ tonight's comments without saying Monica

1:33:39 ↗ to you and to director Watling and

1:33:41 ↗ everyone in the human services division

1:33:44 ↗ first and foremost we rely on the work

1:33:45 ↗ that you do so much and every single

1:33:47 ↗ member of the community here in Issaquah

1:33:50 ↗ and every time that you come before us

1:33:52 ↗ with a proposal it is collected it is

1:33:54 ↗ intelligent it is well put together it

1:33:57 ↗ is excellent in every sense of the word

1:33:59 ↗ so first and foremost I just want to

1:34:00 ↗ thank you for everything you do and for

1:34:03 ↗ making our job easy up here on the dice

1:34:05 ↗ at times all the time

1:34:07 ↗ um second

1:34:08 ↗ um councilmember Michelle brought up

1:34:09 ↗ that the need

1:34:11 ↗ exceeds you know our capacity to do good

1:34:13 ↗ I was really struck by some of the data

1:34:16 ↗ that's in here so I wanted to highlight

1:34:18 ↗ some of it in particular your emphasis

1:34:21 ↗ of the need for really intensive Case

1:34:24 ↗ Management Services to support the

1:34:26 ↗ transition for these individuals and to

1:34:28 ↗ prevent re-entering homelessness again

1:34:30 ↗ and being trapped in the cycle

1:34:33 ↗ um and I thought some of the data that

1:34:36 ↗ you had covered in here was really

1:34:37 ↗ compelling seven thousand to ten

1:34:39 ↗ thousand police department calls a year

1:34:41 ↗ that involves some element of Behavioral

1:34:43 ↗ Health you walked us through that chart

1:34:44 ↗ a little bit too

1:34:46 ↗ two to three weeks of assistance for

1:34:48 ↗ folks with moderate needs who just need

1:34:50 ↗ some assistance navigating the systems

1:34:53 ↗ that are in place for supports two to

1:34:55 ↗ three years of assistance for folks with

1:34:57 ↗ high needs and can't navigate the system

1:35:00 ↗ alone these people can't navigate the

1:35:02 ↗ system of loan and we are providing a

1:35:04 ↗ service to help them do it and re-enter

1:35:06 ↗ a transition out of homelessness out of

1:35:11 ↗ High needs in Behavioral Health and we

1:35:14 ↗ should just feel very good about the

1:35:16 ↗ work that we're doing here is dignified

1:35:17 ↗ and it is worth every dollar that we put

1:35:20 ↗ into it so again thank you for that

1:35:22 ↗ um I also just want to say you know

1:35:23 ↗ currently I saw that there were 103 131

1:35:26 ↗ people in our database and many of them

1:35:29 ↗ are still inactive as well meaning we're

1:35:32 ↗ either staff capacity or we're trying to

1:35:35 ↗ reach out and we haven't heard back so

1:35:37 ↗ this added capacity will be able will

1:35:39 ↗ help us get those people over to active

1:35:43 ↗ status so then we can graduate them out

1:35:44 ↗ of the program as well

1:35:46 ↗ um so I really appreciate that this

1:35:48 ↗ proposal creates this new capacity for

1:35:50 ↗ our co-response model but also

1:35:51 ↗ emphasizes and maintains our emphasis on

1:35:54 ↗ case management and it's definitely a

1:35:57 ↗ balanced approach to you know address

1:35:59 ↗ the problem also then study the other

1:36:01 ↗ elements of the problem we don't

1:36:02 ↗ understand fully to analyze whether or

1:36:05 ↗ not 24 7 coverage makes sense in the

1:36:08 ↗ future so once again excellent work and

1:36:10 ↗ I'll be supporting the motion

1:36:12 ↗ councilmember hunt

1:36:14 ↗ thank you I'll be brief I agree with my

1:36:16 ↗ colleagues that have spoken before me on

1:36:18 ↗ the importance of this program and

1:36:21 ↗ particularly on it being a multiplier as

1:36:23 ↗ council member Moritz said I think it

1:36:26 ↗ this program allows us to address more

1:36:29 ↗ of the needs that our community has in

1:36:33 ↗ the behavioral health space and mental

1:36:36 ↗ health space than either the Issaquah

1:36:38 ↗ Police Department could address on their

1:36:40 ↗ own or the Behavioral Health Department

1:36:43 ↗ could or at the um Human Services

1:36:46 ↗ Department could address on their own so

1:36:48 ↗ I am fully supportive and I look forward

1:36:51 ↗ to more conversations as we see how this

1:36:55 ↗ program progresses as far as whether

1:36:58 ↗ there is a need for that 24 7

1:37:00 ↗ component so I look forward to

1:37:02 ↗ continuing seeing the data on that and

1:37:04 ↗ I'm fully supportive of the step we're

1:37:06 ↗ taking tonight

1:37:09 ↗ I don't think my council members left me

1:37:12 ↗ anything else to praise other than plus

1:37:14 ↗ one plus one I mean we really are

1:37:18 ↗ blessed by the way that this program has

1:37:21 ↗ progressed

1:37:22 ↗ we are blessed by the fact that it's

1:37:24 ↗ because there is so much need out there

1:37:26 ↗ but we're being responsive to that and

1:37:28 ↗ so I just I really appreciate all that

1:37:31 ↗ we have done as a collective City to

1:37:34 ↗ address this

1:37:35 ↗ so if there is no further discussion the

1:37:38 ↗ motion before the council is to approve

1:37:40 ↗ funding for one full-time equivalent FTE

1:37:42 ↗ Behavioral Health coordinator position

1:37:44 ↗ and one FTE Behavioral Health

1:37:47 ↗ coordinator supervisor position

1:37:49 ↗ utilizing the 0.1 percent

1:37:52 ↗ affordable housing sales tax revenue

1:37:54 ↗ funds HB 1590 with the purpose of

1:37:58 ↗ creating a co-responder behavioral

1:37:59 ↗ health program and direct the Human

1:38:02 ↗ Resources Director

1:38:04 ↗ to revise the salary ordinance to add

1:38:06 ↗ the new classification for the

1:38:08 ↗ behavioral health supervisor position

1:38:10 ↗ and direct the Chief Financial Officer

1:38:12 ↗ to add two hundred thousand dollars in

1:38:14 ↗ general fund expenditures in 2023 as

1:38:17 ↗ part of a future budget amendment as

1:38:19 ↗ well as to incorporate the 2024 budget

1:38:22 ↗ adjustments as part of the mid biennium

1:38:23 ↗ budget update anticipated for this fall

1:38:26 ↗ all those in favor signify by saying aye

1:38:30 ↗ aye aye

1:38:32 ↗ those opposed

1:38:35 ↗ that passes you unanimously thank you

1:38:38 ↗ Monica

1:38:39 ↗ uh the next item of business is ID 1460

1:38:43 ↗ Police Court and City Hall planning

1:38:45 ↗ future options in this one I know this

1:38:48 ↗ is a regular meeting but we are not

1:38:50 ↗ actually giving a vote on this this is

1:38:53 ↗ carried over from the

1:38:56 ↗ um

1:38:57 ↗ May 22nd city council Committee of the

1:39:00 ↗ whole so we're really looking to treat

1:39:04 ↗ this portion of the meeting similar to

1:39:06 ↗ that in that we're trying to provide

1:39:08 ↗ feedback um so we'll have a little bit

1:39:10 ↗ more

1:39:11 ↗ um discussion at that point so I would

1:39:14 ↗ like to invite administrative

1:39:15 ↗ administrative Services director Autumn

1:39:17 ↗ Monahan and Chief Financial Officer

1:39:19 ↗ Robert hammoud to present this item

1:39:25 ↗ hi again Autumn Monahan administrative

1:39:27 ↗ Services director I'm here with CFO

1:39:29 ↗ Robert hamoud tonight to talk about

1:39:31 ↗ Police Court and City Hall planning

1:39:33 ↗ future options and funding

1:39:35 ↗ so purpose of tonight's presentation is

1:39:38 ↗ to provide follow-up from the May

1:39:41 ↗ or

1:39:43 ↗ May 8th a committee of the whole meeting

1:39:46 ↗ provide some further analysis on City

1:39:48 ↗ Hall space let me give you just a moment

1:39:50 ↗ can you change

1:39:52 ↗ um the presentation there in case

1:39:56 ↗ we weren't your screen would may be

1:39:58 ↗ small on your side but it was really

1:40:00 ↗ small thank you right okay thanks

1:40:04 ↗ all right I also provide some further

1:40:06 ↗ analysis on City Health space and

1:40:08 ↗ revenue options receive City council's

1:40:10 ↗ feedback and then review some next steps

1:40:18 ↗ so um the direction needed tonight is

1:40:21 ↗ threefold the first is should Public

1:40:23 ↗ Safety facility Investments for Issaquah

1:40:25 ↗ police renovating uh 130 East Sunset Way

1:40:28 ↗ Municipal Court building a new facility

1:40:31 ↗ in close proximity to police and City

1:40:34 ↗ Hall either building an Old Town campus

1:40:37 ↗ or purchasing and renovating an existing

1:40:39 ↗ building be included in the capital

1:40:40 ↗ Improvement plan

1:40:42 ↗ Administration is recommending

1:40:44 ↗ attachment a which is in your packet

1:40:46 ↗ which is a new uh page that would be

1:40:49 ↗ included in the CIP for adoption on June

1:40:52 ↗ 26th it's important to note here that

1:40:54 ↗ that page includes both City Hall

1:40:57 ↗ options in that it's both building a

1:41:00 ↗ campus an Old Town or purchasing and

1:41:03 ↗ renovating existing building the uh

1:41:05 ↗ estimated amount is the amount you've

1:41:07 ↗ seen before that we've talked through

1:41:09 ↗ building in Old Town we we selected the

1:41:12 ↗ more expensive option knowing that this

1:41:13 ↗ is just a plan and as we continue to

1:41:16 ↗ refine and really look at options we can

1:41:18 ↗ always update the CIP at a later date

1:41:21 ↗ so that's the first item the second is

1:41:24 ↗ should the city start the Surplus

1:41:25 ↗ process for City Hall Northwest with

1:41:27 ↗ proceeds to go towards facility needs

1:41:30 ↗ and administration is recommending to

1:41:32 ↗ start that process as we've discussed a

1:41:34 ↗ few times already we do have concerns

1:41:37 ↗ with the existing condition of City Hall

1:41:38 ↗ Northwest and the location is also not

1:41:41 ↗ very ideal or accessible for our

1:41:44 ↗ community so we have a new surplus

1:41:47 ↗ policy that the council adopted earlier

1:41:48 ↗ this year that has very specific

1:41:50 ↗ criteria and a process for assessing

1:41:53 ↗ whether a property is ready for Surplus

1:41:55 ↗ so the recommendation is that the

1:41:57 ↗ administration start that process try

1:41:59 ↗ out our new criteria and our new policy

1:42:01 ↗ and come back to council with a further

1:42:03 ↗ recommendation and then the third is

1:42:05 ↗ what other information does the city

1:42:07 ↗ council need regarding a public safety

1:42:09 ↗ Levy lift Bond Vote or the public safety

1:42:12 ↗ sales tax and does council have a

1:42:14 ↗ preferred Revenue option

1:42:18 ↗ a quick recap of our last meeting there

1:42:20 ↗ was General support to further assess

1:42:22 ↗ two of the options for City Hall space

1:42:24 ↗ option one or I'm sorry option A is

1:42:27 ↗ building a municipal campus in Old Town

1:42:29 ↗ or option b is the renovating and

1:42:31 ↗ purchasing an existing building

1:42:32 ↗ and then Revenue options were also

1:42:34 ↗ presented including the levy lid lift

1:42:36 ↗ for Public Safety the voter approved

1:42:38 ↗ Bond or the public safety sales tax a

1:42:41 ↗ quick note that there were no questions

1:42:43 ↗ at the last meeting about the sales tax

1:42:44 ↗ so there's no additional information in

1:42:46 ↗ the presentation tonight

1:42:49 ↗ just to follow up on a few questions

1:42:51 ↗ that we heard from Council Members at

1:42:53 ↗ previous meetings one was around parking

1:42:56 ↗ and whether the required parking that we

1:42:59 ↗ were first presenting how that compared

1:43:02 ↗ to actual use for our uh our spaces and

1:43:06 ↗ so our City's current parking

1:43:08 ↗ requirements do factor in typical use of

1:43:10 ↗ both employees and customers based on

1:43:12 ↗ square footage

1:43:13 ↗ however if the Old Town plan planning

1:43:16 ↗ process continues the administration

1:43:18 ↗ recommends conducting a full

1:43:19 ↗ Transportation demand study there are

1:43:22 ↗ 300 parking spaces located near City

1:43:24 ↗ properties here in Old Town a

1:43:26 ↗ significant portion could count toward a

1:43:29 ↗ full campus parking plan but we've also

1:43:31 ↗ built this campus over many decades and

1:43:33 ↗ it's time to assess that

1:43:37 ↗ also there were questions questions

1:43:38 ↗ there from council member mert

1:43:42 ↗ um yeah well yeah I'm gonna hold just

1:43:44 ↗ for a minute or two I see you're moving

1:43:46 ↗ to a slide that has to do with the

1:43:47 ↗ timeline so I I have questions about

1:43:49 ↗ timelines but I'll wait to hear the

1:43:51 ↗ presentation

1:43:54 ↗ next there were some questions at the

1:43:56 ↗ last meeting about just general

1:43:57 ↗ timelines for both option A or option b

1:44:00 ↗ and so we worked with our our consultant

1:44:02 ↗ uh the Stow team uh just to do some just

1:44:05 ↗ some general estimates of how much time

1:44:07 ↗ would be required for each option so

1:44:09 ↗ building a municipal campus in Old Town

1:44:11 ↗ would take probably about a year for the

1:44:13 ↗ architecture engineering design and

1:44:15 ↗ about two years up to two years for

1:44:17 ↗ construction versus option b of

1:44:19 ↗ purchasing and renovating an existing

1:44:21 ↗ building in Issaquah would probably take

1:44:23 ↗ about nine months in the planning

1:44:24 ↗ process in another nine months for

1:44:26 ↗ construction before it was move-in ready

1:44:30 ↗ now do you have a question yes

1:44:32 ↗ now I do have a question yeah um help me

1:44:35 ↗ understand

1:44:36 ↗ um the timing of

1:44:39 ↗ finding an option and deciding on an

1:44:43 ↗ option versus funding an option because

1:44:46 ↗ it seems like there's a real spread on

1:44:49 ↗ potential cost and that could

1:44:52 ↗ potentially impact

1:44:54 ↗ you know people's uh perception on what

1:44:56 ↗ the best funding mechanism would be and

1:44:59 ↗ you know part of me would rather figure

1:45:01 ↗ out what we wanted to do and then figure

1:45:04 ↗ out how to pay for it rather than saying

1:45:07 ↗ uh we'll figure out how to pay for it

1:45:09 ↗ and then figure out what we want so can

1:45:11 ↗ you can you talk about the timing of

1:45:13 ↗ those decisions and and they how does

1:45:16 ↗ that have to work

1:45:18 ↗ yes so tonight tonight where our

1:45:20 ↗ recommendation is that both options are

1:45:22 ↗ included in the CIP and that we have a

1:45:24 ↗ bit more time to assess both options A

1:45:27 ↗ and B

1:45:28 ↗ um and come back with some further

1:45:29 ↗ detail

1:45:30 ↗ um both on the viability of building in

1:45:33 ↗ Old Town and on I have another slide

1:45:36 ↗ here in a bit about you know there are

1:45:38 ↗ about 20 existing properties that fit

1:45:40 ↗ our needs for City Hall and so letting

1:45:42 ↗ us have some time to do that due

1:45:43 ↗ diligence

1:45:44 ↗ um will I think help in narrowing down

1:45:47 ↗ those options so that we do have that

1:45:50 ↗ you know whatever the goal is and then

1:45:52 ↗ work toward funding toward that

1:45:54 ↗ yeah so when the when the time comes

1:45:57 ↗ assuming we

1:45:59 ↗ decide something that we want to do do

1:46:02 ↗ we have to

1:46:04 ↗ can we decide what we want to do before

1:46:07 ↗ we decide how we want to fund it

1:46:10 ↗ yes

1:46:11 ↗ okay because I'm seeing a preferred

1:46:13 ↗ Revenue you know does council have a

1:46:15 ↗ preferred Revenue option and without

1:46:18 ↗ knowing you know whether it's 15 million

1:46:21 ↗ dollars or 50 million dollars that that

1:46:23 ↗ would have an impact on my personal

1:46:25 ↗ preferred Revenue

1:46:27 ↗ and I think administration's looking

1:46:29 ↗ tonight for are there other questions

1:46:30 ↗ you have around any of those Revenue

1:46:32 ↗ options there's more information that we

1:46:34 ↗ can come back to you with in the future

1:46:36 ↗ that's the first sentence of that bullet

1:46:38 ↗ item but the second sense is does

1:46:39 ↗ council have a preferred Revenue option

1:46:41 ↗ so I just wanted to make sure I

1:46:42 ↗ understood whether that was required at

1:46:45 ↗ this point and what I'm hearing is that

1:46:47 ↗ it's not required at this point thank

1:46:48 ↗ you no

1:46:50 ↗ I'm seeing lots of head shaking saying

1:46:52 ↗ no it is not required uh Deputy council

1:46:55 ↗ president Hall oh and um building off

1:46:58 ↗ that remind me if I got this right from

1:47:00 ↗ a previous meeting but we essentially

1:47:01 ↗ need to be able to find eight to nine

1:47:04 ↗ million dollars of Revenue

1:47:06 ↗ a year to pay off debt is that right or

1:47:09 ↗ bonding is that right

1:47:11 ↗ councilmember Hall back to council

1:47:13 ↗ member Mart's point it also depends on

1:47:15 ↗ the options you choose so that was the

1:47:18 ↗ higher end is what we're talking about

1:47:19 ↗ this again tonight

1:47:25 ↗ okay go ahead

1:47:28 ↗ great just a few other answers to other

1:47:30 ↗ questions one was around demolition

1:47:31 ↗ costs and had we

1:47:33 ↗ um included those in our estimates we

1:47:35 ↗ had not so if there were options that

1:47:37 ↗ would require the demolition of City

1:47:38 ↗ Hall South

1:47:40 ↗ um here are the cost estimates they uh

1:47:42 ↗ then there's the added cost on that

1:47:44 ↗ right hand column if asbestos is

1:47:46 ↗ included we're not clear on that for

1:47:48 ↗ either building and then also for fire

1:47:49 ↗ station 71 if that was an option

1:47:53 ↗ another question about whether uh fire

1:47:55 ↗ station 71 site would accommodate a

1:47:57 ↗ one-story subgrade garage the answer is

1:48:00 ↗ yes uh the water table is on average 30

1:48:02 ↗ feet below ground at that southern edge

1:48:04 ↗ of Veterans Memorial Field adjacent to

1:48:07 ↗ City Hall

1:48:09 ↗ there were some questions around

1:48:10 ↗ customer traffic we mined some data to

1:48:13 ↗ share with you the first is for much of

1:48:16 ↗ 2022 our main permit counter which

1:48:20 ↗ Services the permit Center customers

1:48:24 ↗ many police customers and Utility

1:48:26 ↗ Billing averaged about six or seven

1:48:28 ↗ walk-in customers per day that doesn't

1:48:30 ↗ include pushing the button at PD also to

1:48:34 ↗ um

1:48:36 ↗ did

1:48:38 ↗ oh

1:48:39 ↗ council member D Michelle do you have a

1:48:41 ↗ question

1:48:42 ↗ oh thanks

1:48:44 ↗ um uh on I'm going back to the I think

1:48:47 ↗ the previous slide about the underground

1:48:49 ↗ garage

1:48:51 ↗ um you said you looked at that for the

1:48:53 ↗ area around fire on District 71 uh what

1:48:56 ↗ about

1:48:58 ↗ um have we looked at a possibility of

1:49:00 ↗ underground uh garage on the

1:49:03 ↗ south side of sunset or any place else

1:49:06 ↗ or is it just that one location that

1:49:09 ↗ we've looked at for an underground

1:49:10 ↗ garage

1:49:11 ↗ so far we just looked at that one

1:49:13 ↗ location but we can look at others too

1:49:16 ↗ okay

1:49:18 ↗ thank you

1:49:20 ↗ uh all right so

1:49:22 ↗ um back to customer traffic six to seven

1:49:24 ↗ customers per day that doesn't include

1:49:27 ↗ those that ring the bell at PD so

1:49:29 ↗ there's another option there but that's

1:49:30 ↗ typical traffic at the bottom floor of

1:49:33 ↗ city hall and then we ask Court to also

1:49:35 ↗ start telling customers and so an

1:49:36 ↗ example of a recent week they had 20

1:49:38 ↗ walk-in customers

1:49:41 ↗ there was also questions about what

1:49:42 ↗ other properties the city owns that

1:49:44 ↗ could be used for Revenue besides City

1:49:45 ↗ Hall Northwest as you know our property

1:49:48 ↗ use varies quite widely I included in

1:49:52 ↗ your packet a list of all king or I'm

1:49:54 ↗ sorry of All City of Issaquah properties

1:49:57 ↗ and then the King County assessed value

1:49:59 ↗ which I should notice typically much

1:50:00 ↗ lower than market value

1:50:02 ↗ and also important to note is we are

1:50:04 ↗ just now starting a facility condition

1:50:06 ↗ assessment which we're quite excited by

1:50:08 ↗ and that will give us a really good

1:50:09 ↗ Baseline on the status of all of our

1:50:11 ↗ buildings and any deferred maintenance

1:50:14 ↗ or maintenance moving forward that's

1:50:15 ↗ needed

1:50:18 ↗ there was also a question around this

1:50:21 ↗ slide or this chart that was assessing

1:50:24 ↗ option A and option b and how they would

1:50:27 ↗ align to our project goals and these

1:50:30 ↗ were categorized by likely somewhat

1:50:31 ↗ likely and not likely and there were

1:50:32 ↗ some questions for a bit more detail on

1:50:34 ↗ that

1:50:35 ↗ so just briefly both option A and B do

1:50:38 ↗ ensure safety so they would likely

1:50:39 ↗ provide police and Court adequate

1:50:41 ↗ facilities for modern safety standards

1:50:43 ↗ as far as stewarding public dollars

1:50:45 ↗ option A would have more upfront costs

1:50:48 ↗ while option b would have less upfront

1:50:50 ↗ costs

1:50:51 ↗ as far as customer service option A and

1:50:53 ↗ Old Town would likely be adjacent to

1:50:55 ↗ other Civic Services we have many other

1:50:57 ↗ services here in Old Town and located

1:51:00 ↗ where people choose to gather and visit

1:51:02 ↗ option b is unknown so not likely to

1:51:06 ↗ also be near other Civic Services most

1:51:08 ↗ of which are in Old Town and unclear if

1:51:10 ↗ the location be a place where people

1:51:12 ↗ choose to gather and visit

1:51:14 ↗ as far as economic development Old Town

1:51:16 ↗ would likely retain the community's

1:51:18 ↗ vibrancy I'm here in downtown

1:51:21 ↗ while option b would likely support

1:51:24 ↗ Community vibrancy elsewhere in the city

1:51:27 ↗ both options would provide Community

1:51:28 ↗ amenities of accessible indoor community

1:51:31 ↗ meeting spaces which we heard from the

1:51:33 ↗ community at the very beginning this

1:51:34 ↗ project and we did that survey that

1:51:36 ↗ finding indoor space is very difficult

1:51:39 ↗ in town and how important that is to our

1:51:41 ↗ community

1:51:42 ↗ and then environmental stewardship so

1:51:43 ↗ both can likely attain lead platinum or

1:51:45 ↗ higher I have been in touch with our

1:51:47 ↗ sustainability team they are very

1:51:49 ↗ excited to assist if needed in assessing

1:51:52 ↗ the potential climate impact of each

1:51:54 ↗ option as we start drilling down and

1:51:56 ↗ know more about these options

1:52:01 ↗ as I mentioned there are about 20

1:52:03 ↗ existing buildings in Issaquah that

1:52:05 ↗ would meet our space requirements for

1:52:06 ↗ City Hall this excludes the warehouse

1:52:08 ↗ and Industrial

1:52:10 ↗ and most retail but pursuing any kind of

1:52:14 ↗ off-market opportunity could take a

1:52:15 ↗ significant amount of time

1:52:18 ↗ and with that all handed over to our CFO

1:52:20 ↗ to cover some of the revenue

1:52:32 ↗ in the next slide we're talking about

1:52:34 ↗ the general Levy little lift

1:52:37 ↗ and this is one of the options that was

1:52:40 ↗ presented to the m i Committee in May

1:52:42 ↗ and also we did mention this option as

1:52:45 ↗ well at the retreat earlier this year

1:52:47 ↗ with the city council the lidlift

1:52:51 ↗ would focus at least on the proposal

1:52:53 ↗ here would be a general public safety or

1:52:56 ↗ lid lift this scenario is focused on

1:52:59 ↗ Public Safety but it's up to the council

1:53:00 ↗ to determine the language of the lid

1:53:03 ↗ lift and what type it would be it would

1:53:04 ↗ be subject to voter approval either in

1:53:07 ↗ the primary the general elections and

1:53:08 ↗ it's a 50 plus one percent approval

1:53:10 ↗ threshold

1:53:12 ↗ and debt for new facilities and this is

1:53:15 ↗ a key point to this would actually be

1:53:17 ↗ issued from the general fund so you're

1:53:18 ↗ growing the general fund and then you're

1:53:20 ↗ issuing debt independently of the vote

1:53:23 ↗ for the levy lid lift it would not be

1:53:25 ↗ tied to the lidlift itself and be tied

1:53:27 ↗ to the general fund

1:53:29 ↗ and then the property owners pay the

1:53:31 ↗ excess amount based on the ballot

1:53:32 ↗ initiative East excess 100 Levy

1:53:36 ↗ generates approximately 1.34 million

1:53:39 ↗ dollars of Revenue annually again the

1:53:42 ↗ 100 would be excess for an average

1:53:45 ↗ household in Issaquah

1:53:52 ↗ the next option that was presented to

1:53:55 ↗ the committee was a voter approved bonds

1:53:57 ↗ so this is a little different than the

1:53:59 ↗ levy lidlift where voters are seeking

1:54:02 ↗ approval for a specific project for

1:54:04 ↗ specific or a list of projects issued on

1:54:06 ↗ a bond with a bond issuance and the

1:54:09 ↗ difference is this must be at a 60 plus

1:54:11 ↗ one percent threshold and you can see

1:54:13 ↗ below there's some other qualifications

1:54:16 ↗ based on previous voter turnouts for

1:54:18 ↗ approval of these bonds

1:54:20 ↗ and if it passes it can cover the entire

1:54:22 ↗ amount of the issuance of facilities and

1:54:24 ↗ infrastructure or anything else that's

1:54:26 ↗ attached to that bond issue that's also

1:54:28 ↗ in the language of the ballot initiative

1:54:30 ↗ and a tax levy

1:54:34 ↗ would sense that after 20 years if

1:54:36 ↗ you're going for 20 years you could do

1:54:37 ↗ 25 years 30 years but if we're looking

1:54:39 ↗ at a 20-year Levy with sunset after that

1:54:41 ↗ period

1:54:42 ↗ and again the average impact of property

1:54:44 ↗ owner just depends on what the total

1:54:46 ↗ amount of the bonds that you're issuing

1:54:50 ↗ and so we wanted to just show this slide

1:54:53 ↗ we showed this during the property tax

1:54:55 ↗ presentation

1:54:56 ↗ last year and this slide we're just did

1:55:00 ↗ you have a question sir yes we have a

1:55:02 ↗ question thank you I have a question

1:55:04 ↗ um I want to see if you can guess what

1:55:06 ↗ my question is

1:55:07 ↗ foreign

1:55:12 ↗ why why do we not have that listed as

1:55:14 ↗ one of our options given that our

1:55:16 ↗ immense uh councilmatic bonding

1:55:19 ↗ Authority

1:55:20 ↗ so immense consomatic bonding Authority

1:55:22 ↗ one of the one of the key components of

1:55:24 ↗ his supporting it with the general fund

1:55:27 ↗ and so right now as far as what

1:55:29 ↗ scenarios and looking at the cost of all

1:55:31 ↗ three facilities that we're looking at

1:55:33 ↗ it's been determined that at least what

1:55:36 ↗ we're looking at on the surface we do

1:55:37 ↗ not have that ability to guarantee The

1:55:40 ↗ Debt Service for a long period of time

1:55:43 ↗ based on those three facilities were

1:55:45 ↗ like police fire I'm I'm surprised to

1:55:48 ↗ you say that because when I started on

1:55:50 ↗ Council many years ago we had a much

1:55:53 ↗ higher councilmatic debt as a fraction

1:55:56 ↗ of our uh of our general fund and and

1:55:59 ↗ that was just fine and we had no

1:56:01 ↗ problems and we managed to get Triple A

1:56:03 ↗ uh rating despite having a significantly

1:56:06 ↗ higher consomatic Bond than we have

1:56:08 ↗ currently I I would suggest that

1:56:11 ↗ respectfully this is a council policy

1:56:15 ↗ level decision to have a con

1:56:17 ↗ conversation about whether to do

1:56:19 ↗ consomatic or not and I I believe it

1:56:22 ↗ should be considered I'm not necessarily

1:56:24 ↗ saying I'm in favor because I get it

1:56:26 ↗ just it just goes to the bottom line and

1:56:28 ↗ whatever whatever you find you just have

1:56:30 ↗ to immediately start paying for I get it

1:56:32 ↗ but I do believe it's something we

1:56:34 ↗ should understand as it compares to

1:56:36 ↗ other funding methods thank you

1:56:45 ↗ and I can I can I'm going to mention

1:56:46 ↗ just what the difference is at the end

1:56:48 ↗ of this too to

1:56:50 ↗ answer council member Marx's comments

1:56:52 ↗ the levy of lidlift it can be placed on

1:56:54 ↗ any ballot measure requires a 50.1

1:56:56 ↗ percent approval revenue generated would

1:57:00 ↗ increase one percent annually so it does

1:57:01 ↗ include

1:57:03 ↗ the one percent the council would pass

1:57:05 ↗ annually on the base it would also go to

1:57:07 ↗ the excess and also newly assessed

1:57:10 ↗ properties would be part of that

1:57:12 ↗ property tax you're collecting there's

1:57:13 ↗ no Sunset date on the new revenues

1:57:16 ↗ and it cannot be used directly for the

1:57:18 ↗ issuance of bonds if it was it's limited

1:57:21 ↗ to a nine-year collection period bonds

1:57:24 ↗ and so the voter approved Levy again

1:57:26 ↗ would extend through the repayment

1:57:28 ↗ schedule the bonds as I talked about one

1:57:30 ↗ of the cons are is harder to pass and

1:57:32 ↗ again the other option as far as just

1:57:34 ↗ going councilmatic General obligation

1:57:36 ↗ Bond that's still in the full faith and

1:57:38 ↗ credit of the general fund meaning that

1:57:41 ↗ obligation would be higher than anybody

1:57:43 ↗ anything else so if it's competing with

1:57:45 ↗ service levels the bond repayment would

1:57:48 ↗ be first otherwise your jeopardizing the

1:57:50 ↗ credit rating and the full faith and

1:57:51 ↗ credit of the city

1:57:52 ↗ so that would be the difference with the

1:57:54 ↗ just issuing directly from the general

1:57:56 ↗ fund

1:57:59 ↗ and so property taxes we just wanted to

1:58:01 ↗ show this chart again that nine cents of

1:58:05 ↗ every dollar

1:58:06 ↗ in average taxpayer pays in the City of

1:58:09 ↗ Issaquah for property taxes actually

1:58:10 ↗ goes back to the city this is something

1:58:12 ↗ where again we talk about limited

1:58:14 ↗ revenues of the city collects compared

1:58:16 ↗ to the other pots and it's actually

1:58:17 ↗ going down now with the mental health

1:58:19 ↗ Levy increase that has an average impact

1:58:22 ↗ I believe about 116 to 120 dollars per

1:58:25 ↗ homeowner so that nine cents will

1:58:26 ↗ actually drop a bit when that's enacted

1:58:28 ↗ and so you can see that we don't collect

1:58:32 ↗ you know we collect less than 10 percent

1:58:33 ↗ less than 10 cents of what you're

1:58:35 ↗ getting for every dollar

1:58:40 ↗ so the next one here is the estimated

1:58:43 ↗ debt cost by facility I know there's a

1:58:44 ↗ question earlier about this

1:58:46 ↗ this is kind of the menu of options so

1:58:49 ↗ to speak you can see the fire station

1:58:50 ↗ cost up front the fire station is

1:58:52 ↗ already in the capital Improvement

1:58:54 ↗ program

1:58:55 ↗ fire station relocation estimated costs

1:58:58 ↗ 32 million you can see that going over

1:59:00 ↗ that Debt Service alone 2.8 million

1:59:02 ↗ about a 211 dollar average impact of

1:59:06 ↗ Property Tax Center we're assuming the

1:59:08 ↗ house assessed at about 1.1 million

1:59:09 ↗ dollars of value police in court again

1:59:13 ↗ that's the police renovations

1:59:15 ↗ and a new court facility adjacent to it

1:59:18 ↗ would be the 19 million estimated Debt

1:59:20 ↗ Service for for that upgrade plus the

1:59:23 ↗ new building would be 1.6 million at 120

1:59:26 ↗ impact to a tax homeowner

1:59:29 ↗ and then you see the option A that was

1:59:31 ↗ discussed earlier by autumn that was 45

1:59:34 ↗ to 49 millions that range that's about a

1:59:36 ↗ three to three point three million we're

1:59:38 ↗ assuming a five percent

1:59:40 ↗ um interest rate by the way

1:59:41 ↗ and the average impact you can see 225

1:59:44 ↗ to 250 and then the option b is less the

1:59:46 ↗ purchase and renovate option it should

1:59:49 ↗ be 17 to 28 on the Range that we're

1:59:50 ↗ looking at right now between seven to

1:59:52 ↗ 1.5 if you were to issue debt

1:59:55 ↗ we have a question from council member

1:59:57 ↗ marks

1:59:59 ↗ um what what would be the components of

2:00:01 ↗ the 10 to 15 million dollar City cash

2:00:03 ↗ contribution

2:00:05 ↗ so the city cash contribution assumes

2:00:07 ↗ surplusing of City properties including

2:00:09 ↗ City Hall Northwest as discussed and

2:00:11 ↗ also mitigation fund proceeds that we

2:00:14 ↗ have

2:00:15 ↗ from Lakeside I believe

2:00:18 ↗ which is just under 5 million thank you

2:00:21 ↗ and I actually have a question can you

2:00:24 ↗ talk through the

2:00:26 ↗ estimated annual Debt Service let's just

2:00:30 ↗ choose option A for an example what that

2:00:34 ↗ would be

2:00:35 ↗ um what that means if we were to go for

2:00:38 ↗ those General obligation councilmanic

2:00:40 ↗ bonds what that would cost us each year

2:00:43 ↗ I assume adding those three items up

2:00:47 ↗ would be our cost every year so we could

2:00:51 ↗ either choose to pay for it directly out

2:00:55 ↗ of general fund if we were going to go

2:00:57 ↗ to the councilmanic bond route or if we

2:01:02 ↗ were looking at

2:01:04 ↗ the one of the versions of a levy that

2:01:09 ↗ would be based on property tax which is

2:01:10 ↗ what is estimated in the column three

2:01:14 ↗ right so that would be so a councilmatic

2:01:17 ↗ if there was no tax option would just be

2:01:20 ↗ would be zero average impact but that

2:01:22 ↗ debt service number is still there so

2:01:23 ↗ the city would have to obviously come up

2:01:25 ↗ with that debt service number without

2:01:26 ↗ that property tax impact and and just to

2:01:29 ↗ be clear again on the lid lift option

2:01:31 ↗ that's just to increase the general fund

2:01:33 ↗ so the bond itself is not it would be

2:01:35 ↗ the same issuance that you would do if

2:01:37 ↗ it was councilmatics it would be a

2:01:38 ↗ calciumatic issue

2:01:40 ↗ yes yeah okay

2:01:43 ↗ continue thank you

2:01:47 ↗ and back to um

2:01:49 ↗ council member Hall's question earlier

2:01:52 ↗ when he mentioned the total debt service

2:01:53 ↗ that was the all-in cost adding option a

2:01:56 ↗ police and courted fire that was our at

2:01:59 ↗ least the Rangers we're looking at right

2:02:00 ↗ now that would be the average the all-in

2:02:03 ↗ costs the highest Debt Service

2:02:06 ↗ so comparison of the city levees so

2:02:08 ↗ again if we're looking at property tax

2:02:09 ↗ levies for a home value to 1.1 million

2:02:12 ↗ we're actually at the low end of the

2:02:13 ↗ comparisons with other communities right

2:02:15 ↗ here you can see Snoqualmie and

2:02:17 ↗ Sammamish or the higher ends because

2:02:18 ↗ they're more property tax dependents so

2:02:20 ↗ they've used lifts more than other

2:02:22 ↗ cities around them but even bellevue's

2:02:24 ↗ use the load lift some Amish had or

2:02:26 ↗ Redmond has Kirkland has so we are lower

2:02:27 ↗ right now you're looking at about

2:02:30 ↗ 777 dollars compared to obviously the

2:02:33 ↗ most extreme case here Snoqualmie 166.

2:02:44 ↗ so next step

2:02:50 ↗ so in closing here's some next steps

2:02:52 ↗ June 26th city council

2:02:55 ↗ um will be voting on the adoption of the

2:02:58 ↗ 2024 the 2029 CIP

2:03:01 ↗ um from July to September Administration

2:03:02 ↗ will continue assessing both of those

2:03:04 ↗ City Hall options we discussed tonight

2:03:06 ↗ as well as the funding tools and

2:03:09 ↗ findings will then be presented in

2:03:10 ↗ September for City council's further

2:03:11 ↗ review and direction

2:03:13 ↗ by August Administration would return

2:03:15 ↗ with the staff report analysis on the

2:03:16 ↗ potential surplus of City Hill Northwest

2:03:18 ↗ for city council consideration and

2:03:20 ↗ potential action and then in October to

2:03:22 ↗ December depending on how the assessment

2:03:24 ↗ goes we could do some potential public

2:03:27 ↗ engagement to begin helping to refine

2:03:29 ↗ the project

2:03:32 ↗ with that we're here to answer any

2:03:34 ↗ questions

2:03:38 ↗ do we have any questions that weren't

2:03:40 ↗ asked during the presentation

2:03:45 ↗ okay we'll start with councilman

2:03:49 ↗ um thank you thank you for providing the

2:03:50 ↗ information about the other City

2:03:52 ↗ properties assessments I wondered if

2:03:55 ↗ we're going to have the information from

2:03:57 ↗ the study that is going to be done in

2:04:00 ↗ terms of what could potentially be

2:04:02 ↗ surplused in time to consider that with

2:04:06 ↗ the other options that we would have

2:04:10 ↗ um basically a question about the timing

2:04:11 ↗ when we expect to get that information

2:04:13 ↗ back and how could it fit into our

2:04:15 ↗ process

2:04:16 ↗ good question so our assessment um is

2:04:19 ↗ we'll be underway very soon with the

2:04:20 ↗ goal that it's done by end of year so

2:04:23 ↗ you know we could wait a few more months

2:04:25 ↗ if that was a decision point for Council

2:04:28 ↗ that would be needed as far as assessing

2:04:30 ↗ other properties for potential Revenue

2:04:35 ↗ let me clarify just so I make sure are

2:04:37 ↗ you talking about just the Surplus

2:04:40 ↗ report for City Hall Northwest or a

2:04:44 ↗ report on all of the facilities I report

2:04:47 ↗ on all of the facilities

2:04:49 ↗ okay

2:04:50 ↗ but we are looking for direction we

2:04:53 ↗ believe that we should move forward now

2:04:54 ↗ with the process for City Hall Northwest

2:04:56 ↗ so that would be front of the line

2:05:00 ↗ so we one of the things we're going to

2:05:02 ↗ do here is provide feedback of our

2:05:04 ↗ whether we're ready to start that

2:05:06 ↗ process but then we have already in the

2:05:10 ↗ works kind of this idea that we're going

2:05:12 ↗ to work on understanding what the

2:05:14 ↗ maintenance and costs and requirements

2:05:17 ↗ are for all of our facilities

2:05:19 ↗ yes we we won't have a recommendation on

2:05:21 ↗ say which properties on that list should

2:05:23 ↗ be surplused or what you know what the

2:05:25 ↗ next steps are for those properties it's

2:05:26 ↗ step one and better understanding each

2:05:28 ↗ of our properties and what their needs

2:05:30 ↗ are in the long term just to help us

2:05:32 ↗ start better budgeting for and for

2:05:34 ↗ maintenance for our facilities

2:05:36 ↗ thank you

2:05:39 ↗ um other questions

2:05:45 ↗ I know you were waiting for it I'm

2:05:47 ↗ waiting for you go ahead

2:05:49 ↗ um

2:05:51 ↗ do you think there's any I asked you

2:05:52 ↗ this over email and I'm I'm just curious

2:05:56 ↗ if you think there's any value

2:05:58 ↗ in having a second date just for

2:06:01 ↗ transparency's sake maybe not within the

2:06:03 ↗ CIP but as an attachment or addendum

2:06:06 ↗ that shows what option b would look like

2:06:09 ↗ as a page just for a community's sake or

2:06:12 ↗ do you think that would more

2:06:14 ↗ confusion to it

2:06:17 ↗ we are you know we approach this in one

2:06:20 ↗ page we had a lot of discussion around

2:06:21 ↗ this too we approached it with one page

2:06:24 ↗ and that it is one project and so

2:06:25 ↗ showing it that way in the CIP and went

2:06:28 ↗ for the the highest amount again for

2:06:30 ↗ planning purposes only knowing that

2:06:33 ↗ we'll be doing more assessment around it

2:06:34 ↗ I did include option b in the

2:06:37 ↗ description that said that City Hall

2:06:38 ↗ would be either option A or option b

2:06:41 ↗ um so that that is listed in the

2:06:43 ↗ description

2:06:50 ↗ okay and I see council member D Michelle

2:06:52 ↗ you've got your hand up do you have a

2:06:54 ↗ question

2:06:55 ↗ a question uh following up on council

2:06:58 ↗ member Hall

2:06:59 ↗ um Paul's comment because I am I'm

2:07:03 ↗ really concerned about the messaging

2:07:05 ↗ that we give to the public we say that

2:07:07 ↗ we're going to have a public Outreach

2:07:08 ↗ and

2:07:10 ↗ um yet

2:07:12 ↗ um it looks like we've settled on an

2:07:14 ↗ option when we look at that page and I'm

2:07:17 ↗ just thinking about something as simple

2:07:19 ↗ as saying two options

2:07:22 ↗ um for you know in the headline just

2:07:25 ↗ change the headline to two options for

2:07:27 ↗ and then the rest of the headline uh and

2:07:30 ↗ what I'm I'm just wondering if that

2:07:32 ↗ wouldn't

2:07:33 ↗ um solve our problem but also send the

2:07:36 ↗ message that

2:07:38 ↗ um we have not made a final decision uh

2:07:41 ↗ you know we we all know staff knows and

2:07:44 ↗ the council knows uh how to read those

2:07:46 ↗ CIP pages but I think that the general

2:07:49 ↗ public just looking at that page would

2:07:52 ↗ go oh they've already decided and

2:07:54 ↗ there's no guarantee that they're going

2:07:55 ↗ to read

2:07:56 ↗ the rest of the description so I have

2:08:00 ↗ the I just want to say that I have the

2:08:02 ↗ um concern that councilmember Hall has

2:08:04 ↗ that we're sending the wrong message

2:08:06 ↗ with that CIP page

2:08:10 ↗ and we can definitely work to update the

2:08:12 ↗ title and even make it the description a

2:08:13 ↗ bit more clear if you really want to

2:08:15 ↗ reiterate that there are two options and

2:08:16 ↗ decisions not been made and a range of

2:08:18 ↗ costs that varies greatly

2:08:21 ↗ okay

2:08:23 ↗ okay so I think I'm going to use that as

2:08:25 ↗ a jumping off point for discussion so

2:08:30 ↗ the way I see it there's kind of I mean

2:08:33 ↗ there's definitely the three questions

2:08:35 ↗ they need for direction

2:08:38 ↗ um the first is

2:08:40 ↗ you know should

2:08:44 ↗ we have something in the CIP the second

2:08:47 ↗ is should we start the Surplus process

2:08:50 ↗ for City Hall Northwest and the third is

2:08:52 ↗ talking about financing

2:08:54 ↗ so I'm wondering can we get into any of

2:08:59 ↗ these comments or questions or Direction

2:09:01 ↗ on the CIP and then just go down the

2:09:04 ↗ line

2:09:07 ↗ anybody want to start it off council

2:09:10 ↗ member hunt

2:09:12 ↗ as far as the CIP I am very interested

2:09:16 ↗ in option b it saves the community a lot

2:09:20 ↗ of money

2:09:22 ↗ um and so I think it does send a more

2:09:25 ↗ clear message that both of these options

2:09:27 ↗ are still on the table to have the range

2:09:28 ↗ as you were just suggesting

2:09:31 ↗ um and to put them sort of on equal

2:09:35 ↗ um equal footing in the CIP page I that

2:09:38 ↗ would also make it easier for me to

2:09:40 ↗ support

2:09:42 ↗ um I think since it's a planning

2:09:43 ↗ document if we're planning for the

2:09:45 ↗ highest expenditure option it looks like

2:09:46 ↗ we did we are planning for that and I

2:09:49 ↗ that's not yet the case

2:09:55 ↗ uh councilmember D Michelle

2:10:00 ↗ thanks um yes

2:10:02 ↗ um councilmember HUD actually just said

2:10:04 ↗ what what I was going to say so

2:10:07 ↗ um are we just uh commenting on each one

2:10:09 ↗ separately and then and then going to

2:10:12 ↗ the next one or are we called uh

2:10:14 ↗ commenting on all three

2:10:16 ↗ I was going to stick to one and we'll

2:10:18 ↗ just get through a Mitch and be done

2:10:20 ↗ okay that that is all I had to say then

2:10:23 ↗ I do support uh putting this in the CIP

2:10:26 ↗ as long as we are showing that there are

2:10:29 ↗ still two options on the table

2:10:31 ↗ okay

2:10:33 ↗ anyone else

2:10:35 ↗ yeah if you just want a thumbs up agree

2:10:38 ↗ yeah we'll just give a thumbs up should

2:10:41 ↗ be in the CIP as clear as we can make it

2:10:43 ↗ so the citizens know what we are

2:10:45 ↗ considering thank you

2:10:49 ↗ yes

2:10:51 ↗ agreed

2:10:54 ↗ okay fantastic uh next question should

2:10:57 ↗ we start the Surplus process for City

2:10:59 ↗ Hall Northwest

2:11:00 ↗ council member marks

2:11:02 ↗ yes

2:11:05 ↗ councilman Joe yes it should have been

2:11:08 ↗ done

2:11:09 ↗ a little while ago not years and years

2:11:11 ↗ ago but a little while ago but I've only

2:11:13 ↗ been on Council for a year and a half in

2:11:15 ↗ the second in the second swing so I

2:11:18 ↗ can't criticize

2:11:19 ↗ fantastic anyone have any different

2:11:23 ↗ feedback

2:11:25 ↗ Rick councilmember hunt well I I agree

2:11:28 ↗ that it should be Surplus I also would

2:11:30 ↗ like to explore if there's a way to get

2:11:33 ↗ more information about other things that

2:11:36 ↗ we might consider surplusing other

2:11:37 ↗ properties it sounds like that time the

2:11:40 ↗ timeline for the study that is really

2:11:42 ↗ looking at maintenance is not going to

2:11:44 ↗ line up with our decision making process

2:11:46 ↗ and so that would be a concern because I

2:11:49 ↗ do think we're asking or we're

2:11:51 ↗ contemplating a very expensive project

2:11:54 ↗ here and so we should you know have our

2:11:56 ↗ due diligence on all the other options

2:11:58 ↗ that we could use to fund this as a city

2:12:00 ↗ including looking at what other

2:12:02 ↗ properties we could Surplus

2:12:06 ↗ council president the members of the

2:12:08 ↗ council

2:12:09 ↗ we agree and I think what we're trying

2:12:11 ↗ to say is that we want to respect the

2:12:14 ↗ process that the council has articulated

2:12:16 ↗ for surplusing we want to make sure that

2:12:19 ↗ that first step about maintenance and

2:12:21 ↗ viability is taken care of with that

2:12:24 ↗ said we agree we would like to move

2:12:27 ↗ forward we would like to Surplus those

2:12:28 ↗ properties that you ultimately feel are

2:12:30 ↗ no longer necessary and we would like to

2:12:32 ↗ do it so those proceeds could be used

2:12:34 ↗ toward the projects you're talking about

2:12:36 ↗ this evening we want to be respectful of

2:12:38 ↗ the process City Hall Northwest is sort

2:12:41 ↗ of the uh you know the front of the line

2:12:44 ↗ and the bill we have worked diligently

2:12:47 ↗ city clerk Tisha Geezer has practically

2:12:50 ↗ moved into City Hall Northwest since

2:12:52 ↗ it's been vacated of other staff

2:12:54 ↗ it is a major undertaking that she has

2:12:57 ↗ led to digitize all those records we are

2:13:00 ↗ finally at the point where we feel we

2:13:01 ↗ can walk out and shut the door behind us

2:13:03 ↗ and we don't want to spend any more time

2:13:05 ↗ with that building

2:13:08 ↗ um there but councilmember hunt we hear

2:13:10 ↗ you we agree with you but we also want

2:13:13 ↗ to respect the process of the community

2:13:14 ↗ has an opportunity to weigh in various

2:13:17 ↗ City properties have various uses some

2:13:20 ↗ are Community focused some aren't we

2:13:22 ↗ want to go through all that but we're

2:13:23 ↗ going to do it as diligently as we can

2:13:25 ↗ so that once you decide what you're

2:13:27 ↗ willing to sell we can sell it and put

2:13:29 ↗ the money toward these other projects

2:13:33 ↗ so let me expand on some of that

2:13:38 ↗ when do we need to make a decision about

2:13:43 ↗ our financing options and how does that

2:13:45 ↗ relate to when this

2:13:48 ↗ facility maintenance report will be

2:13:51 ↗ available

2:13:56 ↗ council president Walsh you do not have

2:13:59 ↗ to make a decision immediately on the

2:14:00 ↗ finances you can

2:14:02 ↗ go through the process obviously make

2:14:04 ↗ the recommendation finalize what

2:14:06 ↗ building what options you want to do

2:14:08 ↗ first and then we haven't even talked

2:14:10 ↗ about timing of if if you were to go to

2:14:13 ↗ voters what the time would be or even

2:14:14 ↗ the timing if you're going to issue

2:14:15 ↗ bonds from General Obligations so that

2:14:17 ↗ is open at this point

2:14:19 ↗ okay and a follow-up question if we

2:14:22 ↗ decided to go with one of the financing

2:14:25 ↗ options and then at some point in the

2:14:29 ↗ next year or something we decided to

2:14:32 ↗ Surplus and sell a property what effect

2:14:36 ↗ would that have and is it different

2:14:39 ↗ depending on the different

2:14:40 ↗ financing options

2:14:43 ↗ do you mean after you've issued the

2:14:45 ↗ bonds

2:14:46 ↗ either after we've issued or after we've

2:14:48 ↗ put together a campaign and you know

2:14:51 ↗ proposed it to voters

2:14:55 ↗ that's a very good question in terms of

2:14:59 ↗ of Levy you could

2:15:04 ↗ I mean one of the options you could take

2:15:06 ↗ councilmatically for example

2:15:08 ↗ without having to go back to voters to

2:15:10 ↗ reverse you could actually do uh not

2:15:13 ↗ take the one percent for example on that

2:15:15 ↗ excess so you could you could cap it so

2:15:17 ↗ it doesn't grow you could also repay the

2:15:20 ↗ loans earlier so that I retires earlier

2:15:22 ↗ so there's there's several options you

2:15:24 ↗ could do to address it

2:15:26 ↗ okay thank you very much

2:15:29 ↗ um any other commentary I guess I will

2:15:33 ↗ also put my thumbs up on surplusing City

2:15:35 ↗ Hall Northwest Surplus

2:15:37 ↗ great

2:15:38 ↗ going through it question number three

2:15:41 ↗ uh what other information does the city

2:15:44 ↗ council need regarding any of the

2:15:47 ↗ financing options and do we have a

2:15:49 ↗ preferred Revenue option council member

2:15:52 ↗ mark

2:15:54 ↗ well

2:15:57 ↗ I don't really I mean I've

2:15:59 ↗ I actually have a question about

2:16:01 ↗ something else in here and I I just

2:16:02 ↗ realized there isn't a good forum it's

2:16:04 ↗ not it's not in any of these three

2:16:06 ↗ questions specifically but it's really

2:16:09 ↗ around additional information that I

2:16:12 ↗ would need not around the financing side

2:16:16 ↗ but around the Old Town campus versus

2:16:20 ↗ purchase renovate can I can I say what

2:16:23 ↗ the additional information I would need

2:16:25 ↗ around that so I look at this alignment

2:16:27 ↗ to goals uh slide which is basically a

2:16:31 ↗ red yellow green trade study and uh

2:16:34 ↗ trade studies are catnip to Engineers

2:16:36 ↗ it's uh it's kind of our favorite thing

2:16:39 ↗ um I uh I'm skeptical that the the one

2:16:43 ↗ under customer service I'm skeptical

2:16:45 ↗ that purchase renovate is a lot worse

2:16:48 ↗ than Old Town Municipal campus not

2:16:50 ↗ likely located near other Civic Services

2:16:52 ↗ we have a lot of different Civic

2:16:55 ↗ services in the city and some of them

2:16:56 ↗ are located around here and others are

2:16:58 ↗ located elsewhere so it's not obvious to

2:17:01 ↗ me that doing something old town if you

2:17:04 ↗ had something someplace else that was

2:17:06 ↗ near recreational facilities that had

2:17:08 ↗ better parking options it's not at all

2:17:10 ↗ clear to me that that would be worse

2:17:12 ↗ customer service

2:17:13 ↗ um and then the second thing is a point

2:17:15 ↗ that I brought up at a previous council

2:17:18 ↗ meeting and it really has to do with

2:17:20 ↗ this sort of era that we find ourselves

2:17:22 ↗ in and I'm a worry wart but it's the

2:17:25 ↗ issue of security and there are

2:17:28 ↗ different

2:17:30 ↗ um there are different assessment levels

2:17:33 ↗ of uh

2:17:34 ↗ Regional security for different

2:17:36 ↗ locations in the city having to do with

2:17:40 ↗ regional infrastructure and so one of

2:17:44 ↗ the factors that I would want to know in

2:17:46 ↗ a decision on a property is uh

2:17:51 ↗ for lack of a better word is it a Target

2:17:54 ↗ and it's unfortunate that we live in an

2:17:56 ↗ era where we have to think of such

2:17:57 ↗ things but it's our job to think of such

2:18:00 ↗ things and so that would be a friend of

2:18:02 ↗ mine

2:18:03 ↗ I don't have a any any question

2:18:05 ↗ additional question around

2:18:07 ↗ um the financing side again I want to

2:18:10 ↗ know how much money we're thinking about

2:18:11 ↗ and that'll help me make a decision and

2:18:13 ↗ of course I have been on record for a

2:18:15 ↗ very long time saying we should at least

2:18:16 ↗ have Council Medic in the mix like

2:18:21 ↗ okay I'm gonna go to council member D

2:18:23 ↗ Michelle next

2:18:25 ↗ uh thank you

2:18:27 ↗ um I have a question and a comment I

2:18:30 ↗ guess

2:18:31 ↗ um on the first part and then I'll get

2:18:33 ↗ to the actual question

2:18:35 ↗ um who are we deciding what

2:18:39 ↗ uh Revenue Source

2:18:42 ↗ um will go with this project or are we

2:18:45 ↗ asking our community to help us make

2:18:48 ↗ that decision when we go out for

2:18:50 ↗ community outreach and I guess that's a

2:18:53 ↗ question for City administrator Bob

2:18:54 ↗ kowitz but I'm a little bit confused

2:18:58 ↗ what exactly would we be putting in

2:19:01 ↗ front of the public when we go out to

2:19:03 ↗ the public is it just the construction

2:19:05 ↗ plans or is it

2:19:07 ↗ you know what are we asking people to do

2:19:10 ↗ councilmember D Michelle members of the

2:19:12 ↗ council we're asking them all and I

2:19:14 ↗ think we've been very diligent in the

2:19:17 ↗ questions we've brought before over the

2:19:19 ↗ last few months uh largely to eliminate

2:19:21 ↗ things that you would like to eliminate

2:19:24 ↗ um

2:19:25 ↗ so on the funding side if there was

2:19:27 ↗ anything that you felt was not something

2:19:29 ↗ that was worthy of additional discussion

2:19:31 ↗ we'd like to hear that I think what

2:19:32 ↗ we're hearing tonight is Leah let's keep

2:19:35 ↗ talking about all of these things let's

2:19:37 ↗ get the community's input and that's

2:19:39 ↗ perfectly fine but we wanted before we

2:19:41 ↗ start that exercise wanted to ask the

2:19:43 ↗ council if there was anything

2:19:46 ↗ basically wanted to take off the table

2:19:47 ↗ you know I think we've talked about

2:19:49 ↗ sales taxes uh I think the

2:19:51 ↗ administration's sense is that that if

2:19:54 ↗ not off the table is a very low priority

2:19:57 ↗ at this point so we will look at at debt

2:20:00 ↗ we will look at Levy lips we'll explore

2:20:01 ↗ those we'll talk with the community

2:20:03 ↗ about that but perhaps sales tax is not

2:20:06 ↗ on the top of the list and the looking

2:20:08 ↗ at your colleagues I think that's a fair

2:20:11 ↗ assessment so that's very helpful to us

2:20:13 ↗ we don't want to spend a lot of time

2:20:14 ↗ talking about the ins and outs of sales

2:20:15 ↗ tax of ultimately the council is not in

2:20:18 ↗ favor of that uh what I'm hearing the

2:20:20 ↗ council say is that other types of debt

2:20:23 ↗ other types of Levy lift let's keep

2:20:25 ↗ talking let's keep sharing information

2:20:26 ↗ so we would our plans would be to go to

2:20:28 ↗ the community in the fall as we talk

2:20:30 ↗ about this not only to talk about

2:20:32 ↗ options for facilities but also talk

2:20:34 ↗ about options of Hollywood would be

2:20:36 ↗ constructed and that also deals with

2:20:38 ↗ Surplus property that the sale of those

2:20:40 ↗ properties City Hall Northwest and

2:20:42 ↗ whatever else may come along has a

2:20:45 ↗ material impact on the cost costs of

2:20:46 ↗ these projects

2:20:48 ↗ okay thank you thank you for that

2:20:50 ↗ explanation then I think what I would

2:20:52 ↗ like to see uh in at some point in this

2:20:56 ↗ process is a Nifty little chart with all

2:20:59 ↗ the pros and cons of each of the

2:21:01 ↗ different Revenue uh sources uh in a way

2:21:05 ↗ that anybody could look at it and see

2:21:09 ↗ all of the pros all the cons for the the

2:21:12 ↗ options that we're looking at and that

2:21:14 ↗ we can explain to the public and that we

2:21:16 ↗ will understand I

2:21:19 ↗ um and I don't think that would be hard

2:21:21 ↗ to put together but I just think it's

2:21:23 ↗ something that uh I haven't I haven't

2:21:25 ↗ seen I think to my satisfaction quite

2:21:27 ↗ yet

2:21:29 ↗ um the other thing I wanted to bring up

2:21:30 ↗ is we've talked about the

2:21:33 ↗ uh police you know the police department

2:21:35 ↗ and their needs and the municipal court

2:21:37 ↗ but

2:21:39 ↗ um I'm wondering also uh as part of this

2:21:43 ↗ getting ready to go out to the public if

2:21:46 ↗ we shouldn't also be talking about what

2:21:47 ↗ are the Human Services needs uh what are

2:21:50 ↗ the facility needs for Human Services

2:21:52 ↗ and I'm thinking particularly about the

2:21:55 ↗ conversation that was held earlier

2:21:57 ↗ tonight uh and the public input that we

2:22:00 ↗ we had I've been talking to some of the

2:22:03 ↗ folks that deliver

2:22:04 ↗ um food to the meals program and

2:22:08 ↗ um conversations around

2:22:11 ↗ um why doesn't the city have a an

2:22:14 ↗ industrial kitchen for example uh I

2:22:16 ↗ think at some point we have to face the

2:22:18 ↗ fact that that building where the

2:22:20 ↗ community meals are being produced is

2:22:24 ↗ really not up to not up to the job of of

2:22:28 ↗ doing that much longer that is not an

2:22:30 ↗ industrial kitchen as I understand it

2:22:32 ↗ and

2:22:34 ↗ um so that raises the even larger

2:22:37 ↗ question of

2:22:39 ↗ um if we're planning for police we're

2:22:40 ↗ planning for administration we're

2:22:42 ↗ planning we're planning for the courts

2:22:44 ↗ what are we planning for Human Services

2:22:46 ↗ and shouldn't that be part of what's on

2:22:48 ↗ the table

2:22:49 ↗ uh one by the time that we go out to the

2:22:52 ↗ public so

2:22:54 ↗ um I know that's a big question to throw

2:22:56 ↗ on the table but I I think at this point

2:22:58 ↗ and especially after listening to all

2:23:00 ↗ the dialogue earlier tonight I think

2:23:02 ↗ it's a question that we we need to

2:23:04 ↗ include in our planning for facilities

2:23:07 ↗ um

2:23:08 ↗ so

2:23:09 ↗ those will be the two things that I

2:23:11 ↗ think I'd like more information about

2:23:14 ↗ thanks

2:23:17 ↗ and I'm just gonna follow up on that

2:23:19 ↗ before I move on

2:23:21 ↗ um I know we had gotten an email from

2:23:23 ↗ you Autumn um I believe it was

2:23:26 ↗ um Deputy council president Hull's

2:23:28 ↗ question about

2:23:29 ↗ how

2:23:32 ↗ um

2:23:33 ↗ how we could go about seeking input from

2:23:36 ↗ residents and businesses about this and

2:23:38 ↗ particularly what's the difference in us

2:23:41 ↗ trying to get input on plans versus

2:23:45 ↗ financing so can you talk about some of

2:23:48 ↗ those limitations

2:23:52 ↗ sure there so

2:23:55 ↗ um it's going to require us a little

2:23:56 ↗ more research and time to better

2:23:58 ↗ understand what things we can be asking

2:24:00 ↗ the community versus not

2:24:02 ↗ um in case some of these things do reach

2:24:04 ↗ a ballot measure at some point and so

2:24:05 ↗ that'll be step one um and so we'll

2:24:07 ↗ we'll get back to you sooner rather than

2:24:09 ↗ later with more feedback we have a few

2:24:12 ↗ questions out already and are doing some

2:24:13 ↗ research around that for a better

2:24:14 ↗ clarity

2:24:16 ↗ thanks

2:24:17 ↗ okay uh Deputy council president Hall if

2:24:21 ↗ you can take your fingers off the

2:24:22 ↗ keyboard and talk

2:24:24 ↗ thank you very much

2:24:26 ↗ um and thanks again for letting us push

2:24:28 ↗ this item from our last

2:24:30 ↗ much earlier in the evening than it was

2:24:31 ↗ then well actually

2:24:33 ↗ not that much earlier I look at it

2:24:36 ↗ um okay so a couple things

2:24:39 ↗ um first as the city administrator said

2:24:41 ↗ I agree that um

2:24:44 ↗ I think we should take the public safety

2:24:45 ↗ sales tax off the table

2:24:47 ↗ um we recently adopted the affordable

2:24:50 ↗ housing sales tax we're now considering

2:24:52 ↗ whether to implement a new

2:24:53 ↗ Transportation benefit sales tax

2:24:55 ↗ um so I think it would be

2:24:58 ↗ prudent of us to take that off the table

2:25:01 ↗ um

2:25:05 ↗ so we're researching what's I appreciate

2:25:07 ↗ your answer to count to my email

2:25:09 ↗ accounts member Walsh's or council

2:25:10 ↗ president Walsh's

2:25:12 ↗ a question there so we're still

2:25:13 ↗ researching kind of what's appropriate

2:25:14 ↗ in terms of how we're interacting with

2:25:16 ↗ the public I do want to just say

2:25:18 ↗ uh like this would be my dream then is

2:25:23 ↗ that

2:25:24 ↗ um would love to have First Council

2:25:26 ↗ input on how we're going to engage with

2:25:29 ↗ the community with residents and

2:25:30 ↗ businesses

2:25:31 ↗ um

2:25:32 ↗ because I think

2:25:34 ↗ um as councilman D Michelle alluded to

2:25:36 ↗ being able to tell the why story is very

2:25:39 ↗ very crucial I think

2:25:41 ↗ um balancing our Capital needs with cost

2:25:43 ↗ of living that bubbled up as a issue of

2:25:46 ↗ great importance to the community and

2:25:48 ↗ our community survey but also all this

2:25:50 ↗ incredible work of the Capital Finance

2:25:52 ↗ Community task force has has

2:25:53 ↗ demonstrated that we have clear

2:25:55 ↗ infrastructure needs that are not being

2:25:57 ↗ met by our current Revenue so we have to

2:25:59 ↗ find a balance there and that's a story

2:26:00 ↗ that's storytelling

2:26:03 ↗ um I'm wondering if it would be possible

2:26:04 ↗ to do some sort of series of open houses

2:26:07 ↗ have a web page that has some video of

2:26:12 ↗ the why that also has a survey that

2:26:15 ↗ we're kind of collecting feedback from

2:26:16 ↗ residents I'm wondering if these kinds

2:26:18 ↗ of initiatives are possible number one

2:26:20 ↗ and if we're able to do that in a

2:26:22 ↗ particular time frame

2:26:25 ↗ um

2:26:26 ↗ I guess the other question when it comes

2:26:29 ↗ to revenue options for me is to Sunset

2:26:32 ↗ or not to Sunset

2:26:34 ↗ um I want to get a better sense first

2:26:37 ↗ and foremost of what our ongoing and

2:26:40 ↗ future needs are in facilities in police

2:26:43 ↗ and fire because that will kind of tell

2:26:46 ↗ me whether or not

2:26:48 ↗ sun setting or not sun setting is

2:26:51 ↗ appropriate

2:26:53 ↗ if it's not

2:26:55 ↗ if we don't have a lot of needs that

2:26:57 ↗ outpace our capacity Beyond some of

2:27:01 ↗ these kind of major initiatives that

2:27:02 ↗ we're going through over the next 10 to

2:27:04 ↗ 20 years

2:27:06 ↗ it seems like it would be more

2:27:07 ↗ appropriate to the community to have

2:27:09 ↗ something that does sunset that's kind

2:27:12 ↗ of an initial impression that I have but

2:27:15 ↗ again I'd like to get into that a little

2:27:16 ↗ bit more as we continue down this path

2:27:24 ↗ yeah

2:27:26 ↗ thank you for all your work on this

2:27:30 ↗ anybody else

2:27:33 ↗ okay so

2:27:35 ↗ um I am still having trouble

2:27:38 ↗ with the idea of making financial

2:27:42 ↗ decisions when

2:27:46 ↗ I mean personally I haven't

2:27:48 ↗ had the conversation about the DVD sales

2:27:51 ↗ tax until tomorrow

2:27:53 ↗ um but also I know we had this

2:27:57 ↗ previous conversation about essentially

2:28:00 ↗ a Parks district and so it would be

2:28:03 ↗ really helpful for me if we could just

2:28:05 ↗ understand what the options are out

2:28:10 ↗ there

2:28:10 ↗ and what time frame again we're talking

2:28:14 ↗ about each of those and how they all

2:28:17 ↗ collectively add up at a certain point

2:28:21 ↗ so if we adopt all three of those at

2:28:25 ↗ some point somebody's going to be paying

2:28:27 ↗ X more than they currently are because

2:28:31 ↗ we aren't making decisions in a vacuum

2:28:33 ↗ even though

2:28:35 ↗ all of these things are needed so having

2:28:38 ↗ an understanding of that would be super

2:28:41 ↗ helpful

2:28:42 ↗ um

2:28:43 ↗ having detailed more on that timeline of

2:28:47 ↗ what the maintenance report is going to

2:28:50 ↗ be compared to when these decisions are

2:28:53 ↗ going to happen and also filtered in

2:28:56 ↗ there on that timeline when we would go

2:28:59 ↗ to community for

2:29:02 ↗ engagement and then

2:29:05 ↗ at the kind of end of that timeline I'd

2:29:08 ↗ like to see how that time compares to

2:29:11 ↗ when we would be doing either build or

2:29:14 ↗ buy

2:29:15 ↗ um and occupy so that we really clearly

2:29:18 ↗ have a full sense of what what that

2:29:21 ↗ timeline is

2:29:23 ↗ um

2:29:24 ↗ I'm also very interested in hearing more

2:29:27 ↗ about a general obligation Bond and what

2:29:31 ↗ the impacts of that potentially would be

2:29:35 ↗ I would probably preferably pair it with

2:29:38 ↗ selling other property because I think

2:29:40 ↗ that's a large ask on our general fund

2:29:43 ↗ but I'm interested in knowing more about

2:29:46 ↗ it so that we can consider it as a

2:29:48 ↗ possibility

2:29:50 ↗ I'm gonna look to yep go ahead well and

2:29:53 ↗ just real quick I just want to

2:29:54 ↗ acknowledge on camera too that it seems

2:29:56 ↗ like we're probably going to have to do

2:29:57 ↗ some of these not just one that correct

2:30:00 ↗ assessment so picking a revenue path

2:30:03 ↗ Plus

2:30:04 ↗ surplusing property or having to revenue

2:30:08 ↗ pass and proposing cost property I mean

2:30:11 ↗ what's your what's your sense General

2:30:12 ↗ sense about that yes uh what we propose

2:30:15 ↗ here is the combination of the revenue

2:30:17 ↗ of the combination so when we talk about

2:30:19 ↗ surplacing property we talk about

2:30:21 ↗ existing fund balance or cash payments

2:30:22 ↗ plus a bond issue of some kind

2:30:28 ↗ okay I've asked the three questions

2:30:31 ↗ we've received the feedback do you have

2:30:33 ↗ what you need

2:30:35 ↗ yes thank you okay and so what's the

2:30:39 ↗ next steps here that we can expect

2:30:41 ↗ anything back because I know we've

2:30:43 ↗ thrown a lot at you you have a lot of

2:30:45 ↗ research to do

2:30:46 ↗ so that timeline is June 26th for the

2:30:50 ↗ CIP but then

2:30:53 ↗ July okay fantastic got all the answers

2:30:57 ↗ for me much appreciated

2:30:59 ↗ okay

2:31:02 ↗ so that's the end of our regular

2:31:03 ↗ business uh we've got committee and

2:31:06 ↗ Regional reports starting with council

2:31:09 ↗ member Joe thank you

2:31:11 ↗ um

2:31:11 ↗ mayor Paulie and I had the privilege of

2:31:14 ↗ representing Issaquah on May 30th at the

2:31:16 ↗ Puget Sound Regional Council General

2:31:19 ↗ Assembly I was our first in-person

2:31:21 ↗ meeting since uh covid at the meeting we

2:31:25 ↗ unanimously elected city of Poulsbo

2:31:28 ↗ Poulsbo mayor Becky Ericson as president

2:31:32 ↗ and Snohomish County Executive Dave

2:31:34 ↗ Summers as vice president of the

2:31:36 ↗ regional planning agency I also approved

2:31:39 ↗ the budget and work plan for 2023.

2:31:41 ↗ Cascade water Alliance meetings are

2:31:45 ↗ canceled both the public affairs

2:31:47 ↗ committee meeting on the 8th and the

2:31:49 ↗ board meeting on the 28th have been

2:31:51 ↗ canceled

2:31:52 ↗ uh the June member update from Cascade

2:31:54 ↗ water Alliance has been distributed to

2:31:56 ↗ you and your email for your review and

2:31:59 ↗ that concludes my report thank you

2:32:02 ↗ thank you uh council member D Michelle

2:32:04 ↗ do you have a report

2:32:07 ↗ um thank you council president Walsh I

2:32:09 ↗ do not have a report uh other than east

2:32:12 ↗ side Human Services forum is meeting

2:32:14 ↗ this Thursday and Eastside

2:32:16 ↗ Transportation partnership is meeting

2:32:18 ↗ Friday morning and that concludes my

2:32:21 ↗ report

2:32:23 ↗ thank you councilmember hunt

2:32:25 ↗ thank you on May 18th I attended a

2:32:27 ↗ meeting of the salmon Recovery Council

2:32:28 ↗ of wire 8 which is the name of our

2:32:31 ↗ Watershed we had informational item

2:32:33 ↗ about how salmon fared in funding from

2:32:38 ↗ the last legislative session

2:32:40 ↗ um one highlight of that is that the

2:32:42 ↗ artificial lighting abatement Proviso

2:32:44 ↗ was funded at three hundred thousand

2:32:46 ↗ dollars and this is continuing the work

2:32:48 ↗ that I have been doing with

2:32:50 ↗ representative Ramos as well as the

2:32:52 ↗ salmon Recovery Council and King County

2:32:54 ↗ Conservation District to reduce light

2:32:56 ↗ pollution on Lake Sammamish and so

2:32:59 ↗ Issaquah is really leading in this area

2:33:01 ↗ especially with our Title 18 dock

2:33:03 ↗ lighting ordinance and we're

2:33:06 ↗ um We are continuing that work which is

2:33:08 ↗ very important for salmon we had one

2:33:10 ↗ decision item which was on Grant round

2:33:11 ↗ funding and we approved funding for

2:33:15 ↗ Issaquah Creek in stream restoration at

2:33:17 ↗ Lake Sammamish State Park phase two

2:33:20 ↗ um as well as

2:33:24 ↗ um salmon as well as for Greenway

2:33:27 ↗ education program forests and fins which

2:33:29 ↗ is a mountain to sound Greenway program

2:33:31 ↗ which uses Issaquah Creek as a Outdoor

2:33:34 ↗ Classroom there were a number of other

2:33:36 ↗ projects that were funded but those were

2:33:38 ↗ two that had Issaquah

2:33:40 ↗ benefits specifically and then I also

2:33:43 ↗ wanted to mention that separate from

2:33:44 ↗ that meeting I did have an opportunity

2:33:46 ↗ to tour the Laughing Jacobs Creek land

2:33:49 ↗ restoration project this was a tour with

2:33:53 ↗ David Kyle of trout unlimited as well as

2:33:55 ↗ Jim Bauer and Allison Agnes of King

2:33:58 ↗ County Natural Resources department and

2:34:02 ↗ so we toured the site where Kokanee

2:34:05 ↗ spawn coconera a very special kind of

2:34:09 ↗ salmon that spend their whole life cycle

2:34:10 ↗ in Lake Sammamish in those neighboring

2:34:12 ↗ streams and this is a project that

2:34:14 ↗ ultimately the city will participate in

2:34:17 ↗ with other grant funding to restore

2:34:21 ↗ these streams that are near Lake

2:34:23 ↗ Sammamish so that was very uh very

2:34:25 ↗ informational

2:34:27 ↗ um tour and I have a number of photos

2:34:30 ↗ and a bunch of really detailed plans if

2:34:32 ↗ anybody is interested in learning more

2:34:33 ↗ about that project

2:34:34 ↗ the next meeting of the Santa Recovery

2:34:36 ↗ Council will be July 20th and then I

2:34:38 ↗ have one upcoming meeting the Planning

2:34:39 ↗ Development and environment committee

2:34:41 ↗ will meet tomorrow at June 6th and we

2:34:43 ↗ will have two items ID 1402 which is

2:34:46 ↗ amendments to Title 18 regarding

2:34:48 ↗ diversity of Housing and id1320 which is

2:34:52 ↗ the 2024 to 2029 Capital Improvement

2:34:55 ↗ plan

2:34:56 ↗ that's it

2:34:59 ↗ that's a few things

2:35:00 ↗ councilmember mark thank you council

2:35:02 ↗ president sound cities Association

2:35:04 ↗ public issues committee will be meeting

2:35:06 ↗ online and virtually Wednesday June 14th

2:35:09 ↗ at 7 pm no action is anticipated Council

2:35:12 ↗ services safety and Parks committee met

2:35:14 ↗ at 6 30 on Tuesday May 16th uh the only

2:35:18 ↗ item we had was ID 1318 proposed 2024 to

2:35:22 ↗ 2029 Capital Improvement plan uh at

2:35:25 ↗ which point we indicated support for the

2:35:27 ↗ administration's position to prioritize

2:35:29 ↗ Park and trial projects in later years

2:35:31 ↗ of the CIP and there is no council

2:35:35 ↗ services safety and Parks community

2:35:36 ↗ meeting for June so this concludes my

2:35:39 ↗ report

2:35:40 ↗ thank you Deputy council president Hull

2:35:43 ↗ the East Side Fire and Rescue board of

2:35:45 ↗ directors

2:35:46 ↗ um is going to be meeting again this

2:35:48 ↗ Thursday at 4 pm at our headquarters on

2:35:50 ↗ Newport Way Northwest we have a fairly

2:35:52 ↗ light agenda this week although we'll be

2:35:54 ↗ recognizing

2:35:56 ↗ um the retirement of an engineer of 31

2:35:59 ↗ years in the force and

2:36:01 ↗ um also recognizing the promotion of

2:36:02 ↗ three

2:36:05 ↗ um also we'll be getting an update on

2:36:07 ↗ our core connect program if you're

2:36:09 ↗ unfamiliar with that program or stands

2:36:11 ↗ for community outreach resources and

2:36:13 ↗ education this is our mobile Integrated

2:36:15 ↗ Health care referral program within

2:36:18 ↗ Eastside fire and rescue so we'll be

2:36:20 ↗ getting kind of an informational update

2:36:21 ↗ on that and we'll be sure to share that

2:36:23 ↗ information out with you all thanks

2:36:26 ↗ great

2:36:29 ↗ um last week I attended the growth

2:36:31 ↗ management policy board where we

2:36:35 ↗ um received a state legislative session

2:36:37 ↗ review including all kinds of details on

2:36:41 ↗ what they're discovering about House

2:36:42 ↗ Bill 1110 the missing middle housing

2:36:45 ↗ Bill and how it relates to House Bill

2:36:49 ↗ 1337 the Adu Bill still lots of

2:36:52 ↗ information coming if they were just

2:36:55 ↗ trying to get a little bit out there

2:36:58 ↗ from Department of Commerce and then we

2:37:01 ↗ also talked about comprehensive plans

2:37:03 ↗ and how psrc the Puget Sound Regional

2:37:06 ↗ Council will be supporting plan review

2:37:09 ↗ and all of the things to come there and

2:37:13 ↗ then the affordable housing committee

2:37:15 ↗ the King County affordable housing

2:37:17 ↗ committee will meet next Thursday in

2:37:20 ↗ person at the psrc building in Seattle

2:37:24 ↗ and that concludes my report there

2:37:28 ↗ um just a little bit for the mayor's

2:37:30 ↗ report there will be an executive

2:37:32 ↗ session this evening to discuss

2:37:34 ↗ collective bargaining per RCW

2:37:38 ↗ 42.30.140.4 the item is expected to take

2:37:40 ↗ approximately 15 minutes and no action

2:37:43 ↗ is anticipated to follow an open session

2:37:45 ↗ a few upcoming community events concerts

2:37:49 ↗ on the green every summer concerts on

2:37:52 ↗ the green presents free family-friendly

2:37:54 ↗ concerts and a beautiful outdoor setting

2:37:56 ↗ on the escort Community Center Green the

2:37:58 ↗ series starts in July and continues

2:38:00 ↗ through the last Tuesday in August

2:38:01 ↗ concerts run from 7 to 8 30 p.m

2:38:04 ↗ Spectators often start Gathering as soon

2:38:07 ↗ as 6 PM

2:38:09 ↗ for a community picnicking and you can

2:38:11 ↗ purchase on-site concessions from the

2:38:13 ↗ Kiwanis Club of Issaquah no alcohol or

2:38:16 ↗ pets please

2:38:17 ↗ also the art walk and music stroll on

2:38:20 ↗ June 10th from 5 to 8 PM downtown

2:38:22 ↗ Issaquah will have Arts culture and live

2:38:24 ↗ music come join us and stroll through

2:38:26 ↗ downtown to shop dine and play event

2:38:29 ↗ will be hosted by the downtown Issaquah

2:38:31 ↗ Association

2:38:32 ↗ the next item of business is good of the

2:38:36 ↗ order

2:38:37 ↗ yep very quick because I know we still

2:38:40 ↗ have some stuff on their agenda tonight

2:38:42 ↗ I just wanted to take a quick point of

2:38:45 ↗ personal privilege to thank

2:38:47 ↗ councilmember hunt

2:38:49 ↗ um the for your earlier motion today we

2:38:52 ↗ really don't get the chance to directly

2:38:54 ↗ respond to citizens who come to comment

2:38:57 ↗ about issues that they care about in

2:39:00 ↗ these formats at all and I thought it

2:39:02 ↗ was very creative and showed a very

2:39:04 ↗ great great leadership and judgment on

2:39:06 ↗ your part for kind of coming up with the

2:39:08 ↗ idea to

2:39:09 ↗ discard the norms for the evening so

2:39:12 ↗ that way we could respond to this in

2:39:13 ↗ community that gives so much to our

2:39:15 ↗ community so I just wanted to give a lot

2:39:18 ↗ of kudos to you

2:39:22 ↗ well now my stuff's going to sound just

2:39:25 ↗ the null and Bland

2:39:27 ↗ um I won I have a few things I just want

2:39:29 ↗ to make sure we've got on our calendars

2:39:32 ↗ there is a Blackberry Park ribbon

2:39:35 ↗ cutting

2:39:36 ↗ July 10th 5 to 6 30 p.m uh the summer

2:39:41 ↗ employee recognition event July 20th 11

2:39:44 ↗ A.M to 3 P.M

2:39:46 ↗ and the July retreat was has been

2:39:51 ↗ rescheduled we are no longer doing it on

2:39:55 ↗ the Saturday

2:39:58 ↗ um July 29th we are now looking at the

2:40:01 ↗ evening of July 24th

2:40:04 ↗ um which is already a council meeting

2:40:07 ↗ but we didn't have a lot on the agenda

2:40:10 ↗ so we were going to utilize some of that

2:40:12 ↗ we're wondering if everybody's okay with

2:40:15 ↗ doing a slightly early evening with

2:40:17 ↗ dinner provided so if you would catch me

2:40:19 ↗ after the meeting or email

2:40:21 ↗ with any preferences let me know there

2:40:27 ↗ um and I think that concludes oh um I've

2:40:30 ↗ got a few upcoming Council meetings to

2:40:32 ↗ notice uh 6 30 p.m on Monday June 12th

2:40:36 ↗ the special city council meeting agenda

2:40:38 ↗ items include the 2024 2029 Capital

2:40:42 ↗ Improvement plan public hearing

2:40:45 ↗ at 7 pm on Monday June 12th the

2:40:47 ↗ committee of the whole Council

2:40:49 ↗ anticipated agenda items include also

2:40:52 ↗ the 2024-2029 capital Improvement plan

2:40:55 ↗ and on Monday June 26th city council

2:40:58 ↗ meeting note that this meeting is

2:41:00 ↗ occurring one week later than normal

2:41:02 ↗ given the timing of the association of

2:41:04 ↗ Washington City's conference and

2:41:07 ↗ anticipated agenda items include the

2:41:09 ↗ 2024-2029 capital Improvement plan

2:41:12 ↗ adoption and the storm and surface water

2:41:14 ↗ master plan adoption

2:41:17 ↗ so

2:41:18 ↗ next item of business is an executive

2:41:21 ↗ session so the city council will now

2:41:22 ↗ recess into executive session to discuss

2:41:25 ↗ collective bargaining per

2:41:28 ↗ rcw42.30.140 for N4 the items expected

2:41:31 ↗ to take approximately 15 minutes no

2:41:33 ↗ action is anticipated follow an open

2:41:35 ↗ session and please note executive

2:41:37 ↗ sessions are closed to the public so we

2:41:39 ↗ thank public for uh coming by

2:41:44 ↗ um we will now recess into executive

2:41:46 ↗ session at 9 41 pm

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Council / Members (6)

Barbara de Michele (Attended Virtually)

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Russell Joe

Tola Marts

Lindsey Walsh, Mayor pro tem

Excused

Chris Reh

Motions and votes (3)

Suspend the rules so I can address the public comments regarding Community Hall at this time. THERE BEING NO OBJECTION, THE MOTION WAS APPROVED. Councilmember Hunt made comments and requested information about the project. Administrative Services Director Autumn Monahan provided an overview of the p…

Moved by HUNT · seconded by MARTS

Approve funding for one (1) Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Behavioral Health Coordinator position and one (1) FTE Behavioral Health Coordinator Supervisor position utilizing 0.1% Affordable Housing Sales Tax Revenue Funds (HB 1590) with the purpose of creating a Co-Responder Behavioral Health Program; a…

Moved by MARTS · seconded by JOE

Carried 6-0

In favor: Barbara de Michele (Attended Virtually), Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Lindsey Walsh, Mayor pro tem

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. a) ID 1337 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of June 5, 2023, $4,478,304.49; Approved. b) Minutes: City Council Committee of the Whole, Feb. 13, 2023; Approved. c) Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, March 7, 2023; Approved. d) AB 8617 - Salmon Run Nature P…

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

Carried 6-0

In favor: Barbara de Michele (Attended Virtually), Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Lindsey Walsh, Mayor pro tem