City Council Regular Meeting · Monday, July 24, 2023 · City Council Digest

3. SPECIAL BUSINESS

Recognition of Hall of Fame Recipient Ken Konigsmark b) Cities Certification 7 ID 1254 - Sister Cities Commission - c) Friendship Day Proclamation ID 1400

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Staff report:

The Young Artists and Authors Showcase (YAAS) is an annual art contest that encourages youth worldwide to express the mission of Sister Cities International through original artwork, literature, poetry, photography, and music. Sister Cities International aims to promote peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation – one individual, one community at a time. This year’s theme is Peace By Piece: Food Security In My Community.

Recognition of Local Students Re: Sister Cities Young Artists and Authors Showcase (YAAS) ID 1473

10 min · packet pp.13

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Staff report:

CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor’s Office WASHINGTON 130 E. Sunset Wayl P.O. Box 1307 lssaquah, WA 98027 (425) 837-3020 issaquahwa.gov

National Night out Proclamation ID 1379

5 min · packet pp.15

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Staff report:

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

Park Ranger Day Proclamation ID 1439

5 min · packet pp.17–20

Topics: Parks

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Staff report:

SPECIAL BUSINESS g) WE ARE THE ARMY’S HOME

Presentation by ICMA Army Senior Management Fellow Ken Musselwhite, Garrison Manager of the Army’s Yuma Proving Ground ID 1521

10 min

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5. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of July 24, 2023, $4,502,271.44 ID 1477

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.21–71

Topics: Budget

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Staff report:

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

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, April 17, 2023

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.73–77

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Apr 19, 2022 City Council Regular Meeting · May 1, 2023

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR b) 04-17-23 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers April 17, 2023 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Informational Update: Economic Development Quarterly Report - Q2 2023 ID 1502

Carried 7-0

Receive Report · packet pp.79–88

Topics: Economic Development

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Staff report:

This informational report is to provide an overview of economic development staff activities and trends in the 2nd quarter of 2023.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Street Standards Update AB 8454

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.89–296

Topics: Transportation

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Dec 6, 2010

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Staff report:

The City of Issaquah Street Standards are adopted by reference by Issaquah Municipal Code 12.04.010. The City Council last adopted the Street Standards at the Regular Council meeting on December 6, 2010 (AB 6187 beginning at page 11). The Street Standards provide guidance for design and construction of municipal streets, private streets, and public and private parking lots within the City of Issaquah. They are founded in City policy, codes, and standards of industry practice for transportation engineering design and construction.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

6. REGULAR BUSINESS

2024 Budget Topics ID 1464

60 min · packet pp.421–454

Topics: Budget

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Staff report:

Direction Needed from Council The Administration requests Council feedback on these potential 2024 mid-biennium budget updates in response to the 2023 Community Survey results.

9. GOOD OF THE ORDER

Upcoming Council Meetings

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10. EXECUTIVE SESSION

10a

Executive Session Pending/Potential Litigation per RCW ID 1501

30 min

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0:00 ↗ sorry

0:07 ↗ good evening everyone and welcome I am

0:11 ↗ calling the July 24th city council

0:13 ↗ meeting to order

0:14 ↗ the July meetings were rescheduled this

0:17 ↗ month and they are a week later than

0:18 ↗ normal due to the 4th of July holiday

0:20 ↗ earlier this month

0:21 ↗ as a reminder we still continue to have

0:23 ↗ a remote aspect to our meetings and so

0:26 ↗ both staff members and members of the

0:27 ↗ public may be participating in tonight's

0:29 ↗ meeting remotely via WebEx

0:32 ↗ the first item on the agenda this

0:34 ↗ evening is the Pledge of Allegiance and

0:35 ↗ I invite you to join us

0:40 ↗ I pledge allegiance flag of the United

0:43 ↗ States

0:47 ↗ one nation under God indivisible liberty

0:52 ↗ and justice for all

0:55 ↗ thank you kind of a fun night and a kind

0:58 ↗ of a full room we have a lot of special

1:01 ↗ business this evening and the first item

1:04 ↗ under that category tonight is id1400 it

1:09 ↗ is the recognition of Hall of Fame

1:11 ↗ recipient Ken koenigsmark who was

1:13 ↗ inducted in 2023. Ken I wonder if you

1:16 ↗ want to come over and join me at the

1:18 ↗ lectern

1:19 ↗ foreign

1:32 ↗ we had a very fun ceremony where Ken

1:35 ↗ thought he was coming to celebrate

1:36 ↗ somebody else but he ended up being our

1:39 ↗ recipient this year and we're very very

1:40 ↗ proud of him our Hall of Fame award is

1:43 ↗ the community's top honor and it is

1:45 ↗ bestowed on individuals who exemplify

1:47 ↗ service leadership and Civic mindedness

1:51 ↗ it is with great pleasure that I can

1:53 ↗ invite this year's Hall of Fame award

1:54 ↗ winner to join me inconix Mark

2:00 ↗ thank you

2:03 ↗ Ken is best known for his work

2:04 ↗ protecting the natural environment and

2:06 ↗ being a key contributor to two

2:08 ↗ development agreements in Issaquah one

2:10 ↗ in the for the talus neighborhood and

2:13 ↗ the other for Highlands and they now

2:15 ↗ shape the way we think about Issaquah

2:17 ↗ his civic-minded energy creativity and

2:20 ↗ Leadership were critical to the

2:22 ↗ acquisition and preservation of

2:24 ↗ thousands of Acres of open space in

2:27 ↗ Issaquah his dedication to local land

2:29 ↗ conservation Recreation and land use

2:32 ↗ have been integral to countless

2:33 ↗ significa significant preservation

2:35 ↗ efforts he joins an illustrious group of

2:38 ↗ Hall of Fame inductees some of whom are

2:40 ↗ here tonight could you raise your hand

2:41 ↗ if you're already in the Issaquah Hall

2:43 ↗ of Fame

2:49 ↗ I want to thank all of you who've come

2:51 ↗ tonight in support of these Hall of

2:54 ↗ Famers just to let you know how much I

2:56 ↗ appreciated that you are acknowledging

2:58 ↗ their tremendous efforts this isn't kind

3:01 ↗ of a one and done or one project and

3:03 ↗ you're in the Hall of Fame these are

3:05 ↗ people who have given Decades of service

3:08 ↗ to this community they have shaped us

3:10 ↗ and make us look the way we do today

3:12 ↗ we're a beautiful Wilderness we have

3:15 ↗ wonderful trees around us we have a

3:17 ↗ fabulous Lake stream salmon you name it

3:19 ↗ and it's because of the people who are

3:21 ↗ in the Hall of Fame so thank you all

3:23 ↗ very much I'm going to see if Ken who is

3:25 ↗ very shy would like to share a few words

3:30 ↗ you don't have any other agenda items

3:32 ↗ right I can go on all night

3:34 ↗ no thank you first it's a huge honor and

3:37 ↗ I'm honored especially to join all of

3:40 ↗ the rest of you in the hall of fame

3:43 ↗ um

3:43 ↗ all these glowing comments kind of make

3:46 ↗ up for the threats and insults you

3:49 ↗ collect over decades when you fight

3:51 ↗ battles

3:53 ↗ um in the Civic Arena

3:55 ↗ and

3:56 ↗ you know if this is so fun we could do

3:59 ↗ this every week can't we yeah

4:01 ↗ I don't get comments like this too often

4:03 ↗ so thank you very much it's an honor to

4:06 ↗ be in the Hall of Fame Issaquah is a

4:09 ↗ really special wonderful unique place

4:12 ↗ and we're blessed with elected officials

4:16 ↗ who care about it deeply who do really

4:19 ↗ good work and who have courage to make

4:21 ↗ tough decisions

4:23 ↗ um as Mary Lou and I talked today an

4:26 ↗ example being no on the Southeast bypass

4:29 ↗ that would have cut Issaquah off from

4:31 ↗ Tiger Mountain things like that took

4:33 ↗ courage and guts to do the right thing

4:35 ↗ and we're lucky we have people that do

4:37 ↗ that well thank you

4:40 ↗ Thomas

4:51 ↗ thank you

4:53 ↗ [Applause]

5:03 ↗ I will stay down here for a little

5:05 ↗ longer and do a few more special

5:06 ↗ presentations the next one is id1466

5:09 ↗ it's the acknowledgment of the lead for

5:12 ↗ City certification that the city

5:13 ↗ received today and I'd like to invite

5:16 ↗ Hillary

5:17 ↗ to the lecture to lectern to join me

5:19 ↗ Hillary are you here there she is

5:26 ↗ thanks hi a few little words and then

5:29 ↗ it's it's going to be you

5:32 ↗ um so this evening we are honored to be

5:34 ↗ recognized by U.S green the United

5:36 ↗ States Green Building Council for our

5:38 ↗ City's decades-long commitment to

5:40 ↗ sustainability and providing a high

5:42 ↗ quality of life

5:44 ↗ we chose to apply for the lead for

5:46 ↗ cities program because it was an

5:48 ↗ opportunity for us to assess ourselves

5:50 ↗ using a global rating system and compare

5:53 ↗ ourselves to other communities across

5:55 ↗ the country and the world

5:58 ↗ it was a chance for us to learn from

6:00 ↗ other communities and dig deep on how we

6:02 ↗ apply an equity lens to all of our

6:04 ↗ City's work

6:06 ↗ it also is a chance for us to identify

6:07 ↗ gaps and areas for improvement staff

6:10 ↗ have already developed a few pages of

6:12 ↗ action items for areas where we can

6:15 ↗ improve we will continue working across

6:18 ↗ all of our city departments and with our

6:20 ↗ Community Partners and with our

6:22 ↗ residents to make Issaquah an even

6:24 ↗ better and more sustainable place to

6:26 ↗ live

6:27 ↗ I'll hand the microphone over to Hillary

6:29 ↗ now she is the vice president for cities

6:31 ↗ at the U.S Green Building Council and

6:33 ↗ she's going to speak about the program

6:34 ↗ and the certification process Hillary

6:38 ↗ thank you so much mayor Paulie Council

6:41 ↗ thank you for having me here it's been a

6:43 ↗ pleasure to come up from Tucson Arizona

6:45 ↗ which I was where I live

6:47 ↗ um to really experience your city

6:50 ↗ um particularly on the heat wave that

6:52 ↗ we're having in the southwest the U.S

6:54 ↗ Green Building Council we're based in

6:56 ↗ Washington DC I'm actually from that

6:57 ↗ area but recently transplanted to Tucson

7:00 ↗ with my family and it's really been a

7:02 ↗ blessing because it's given me access to

7:05 ↗ all the cities towns and counties on the

7:08 ↗ west side of our country and I've been

7:10 ↗ based in Maryland since I graduated

7:12 ↗ graduate school in 2000 so I've been

7:14 ↗ there a long time and it's really been

7:16 ↗ nice to to be in the west and have the

7:18 ↗ opportunity to come much easier to other

7:22 ↗ places right so we had a great luncheon

7:25 ↗ earlier today where we were able to talk

7:28 ↗ about all of the benefits of the program

7:31 ↗ and all the strengths of the City of

7:33 ↗ Issaquah but just to let folks in the

7:35 ↗ room know a little bit about the program

7:37 ↗ and I'll be quick so you may have heard

7:39 ↗ of the lead rating system before if

7:41 ↗ you've maybe gone into a hotel or

7:43 ↗ Convention Center or a school

7:45 ↗ with the lead emblem on the door

7:48 ↗ um that is a very common uh program

7:50 ↗ globally many many hundreds of thousands

7:53 ↗ of buildings are certified to lead lead

7:55 ↗ for cities was created to certify the

7:58 ↗ entire jurisdiction so all the way out

8:00 ↗ to either the city boundary or the

8:01 ↗ county boundary whichever you are

8:03 ↗ certified at the time and we're really

8:05 ↗ looking not just at Municipal operations

8:07 ↗ but all of the things that are happening

8:09 ↗ within uh within your city within your

8:11 ↗ jurisdiction so this rating system is

8:14 ↗ focused on the social economic and

8:15 ↗ environmental aspects of sustainability

8:17 ↗ so we make a joke that really

8:20 ↗ everything's in there except maybe

8:21 ↗ Sports and God

8:23 ↗ um everything that's happening so if

8:25 ↗ you're a stakeholder in the room tonight

8:26 ↗ whether you're a student or you work

8:29 ↗ with the chamber or you're involved in

8:31 ↗ the hospital or health or the education

8:33 ↗ program those those things are all in

8:35 ↗ the rating system and so by Issaquah

8:38 ↗ really stepping up to the plate and

8:39 ↗ saying we want to Baseline where we are

8:41 ↗ we want to evaluate where our strengths

8:43 ↗ our weaknesses and our gaps are that is

8:45 ↗ leadership in itself just stepping up

8:47 ↗ and saying we want to understand how

8:49 ↗ we're doing so that we can only get

8:51 ↗ better right so I've really applaud the

8:53 ↗ city for taking the it's a nervous step

8:56 ↗ sometimes right to like look within and

8:58 ↗ understand

8:59 ↗ um how you're doing across all of these

9:00 ↗ areas but you did really well and we're

9:03 ↗ so excited to be able to work with you

9:05 ↗ in the future to kind of take the next

9:07 ↗ steps right to implement prioritize the

9:09 ↗ investment things that we've learned

9:11 ↗ through this process so on behalf of the

9:13 ↗ U.S Green Building Council I'm so

9:15 ↗ excited to tell you all that your lead

9:17 ↗ Gold city

9:19 ↗ um the only one in the entire state of

9:21 ↗ Washington so that's awesome

9:26 ↗ and um and we're we're here along the

9:28 ↗ way with you to take those next steps

9:30 ↗ forward so congratulations

10:17 ↗ foreign

10:42 ↗ [Applause]

10:49 ↗ I also want Stacy Vin mckinstry to wave

10:52 ↗ her hand and say hello she's got the

10:55 ↗ heavy plaque um she is the manager of

10:57 ↗ our sustainability team and for a city

11:00 ↗ of our size to go through that

11:02 ↗ certification process is a really big

11:04 ↗ deal Stacy

11:06 ↗ um is just an amazing person on our team

11:08 ↗ and thank you Stacy and your team for

11:10 ↗ all the work that you did today

11:17 ↗ so for the next two items I'm going to

11:19 ↗ invite Stephanie angula angula to come

11:23 ↗ up Stephanie is the chair of our sister

11:25 ↗ cities commission and she's going to

11:27 ↗ help me with these next two special

11:28 ↗ business items

11:33 ↗ first we have a proclamation today on

11:36 ↗ friendship day and I will read that

11:37 ↗ before presenting it to Stephanie

11:40 ↗ the International Day of friendship also

11:42 ↗ known as World Friendship Day was

11:44 ↗ proclaimed in 2011 by the U.N general

11:47 ↗ assembly with the idea that friendship

11:49 ↗ between peoples countries cultures and

11:52 ↗ individuals can Inspire peace efforts

11:55 ↗ and build Bridges between communities

11:58 ↗ whereas the City of Issaquah values its

12:01 ↗ International friendships and its formal

12:03 ↗ sister cities with sundal Norway

12:06 ↗ established in 1991 in shishao and

12:09 ↗ Morocco established in 2006. and whereas

12:13 ↗ the City of Issaquah sister cities

12:15 ↗ commission is in place to help Foster

12:18 ↗ The Sisterhood relationships and the

12:20 ↗ commission Works to increase the

12:22 ↗ knowledge Goodwill and understanding of

12:24 ↗ the world through people-to-people

12:26 ↗ diplomacy education and cultural

12:28 ↗ exchange and whereas the City of

12:30 ↗ Issaquah has a long tradition of

12:32 ↗ promoting diversity equality fairness

12:35 ↗ and friendship and whereas Issaquah is

12:38 ↗ strengthened by the strong role

12:39 ↗ friendship plays in building trust

12:41 ↗ promoting peace and bringing people of

12:44 ↗ different cultures together now

12:46 ↗ therefore I Mary Lou Paulie the mayor of

12:48 ↗ the City of Issaquah do hereby Proclaim

12:51 ↗ July 30th to be Friendship Day in the

12:54 ↗ City of Issaquah and I invite the

12:55 ↗ community to join me in celebrating and

12:59 ↗ fostering friendships both locally and

13:02 ↗ globally

13:04 ↗ thank you

13:06 ↗ a little bit about the commission

13:08 ↗ [Applause]

13:12 ↗ thank you mayor and thank you Council

13:14 ↗ for this Proclamation and for allowing

13:17 ↗ us to accept it I would like to

13:19 ↗ recognize some of our local commission

13:22 ↗ or yes sister cities commission members

13:24 ↗ that we have we have sherry Gerke in the

13:26 ↗ audience and we also have Wendy

13:27 ↗ Pickering and some other former members

13:30 ↗ familiar faces here

13:33 ↗ um we just want to say thank you we're

13:34 ↗ excited to continue the work that we're

13:36 ↗ doing in fostering the friendships with

13:37 ↗ our sister cities thank you

13:42 ↗ [Applause]

13:45 ↗ in that same vein the next item is

13:48 ↗ id1473 and this is recognition of local

13:50 ↗ students through the sister cities Young

13:52 ↗ Artists and Arthur's showcase by AAS for

13:56 ↗ short and Stephanie would you like to

13:58 ↗ bring up and introduce our our artists

14:03 ↗ so really quickly I would just like to

14:05 ↗ say that this is our second year that we

14:07 ↗ have done a call for local artists a

14:10 ↗ youth artists authors and composers

14:12 ↗ that's a part of it as well ages 13 to

14:15 ↗ 18. so this year we have five students

14:19 ↗ that we're recognizing locally that have

14:21 ↗ also been passed on to the international

14:23 ↗ competition with sister cities

14:25 ↗ International based in Washington DC so

14:28 ↗ we're rooting for them and we will find

14:30 ↗ out the results of that International

14:31 ↗ competition in mid-august so we will

14:34 ↗ keep the council and everyone else

14:36 ↗ informed

14:37 ↗ first tonight I would like to call up

14:40 ↗ arwita satapathi

14:43 ↗ foreign

14:54 ↗ and she submitted original music that

14:57 ↗ she composed herself under the title

15:00 ↗ Beacon

15:01 ↗ so congratulations

15:21 ↗ [Applause]

15:26 ↗ okay so the next student that we'd like

15:28 ↗ to recognize tonight is Cora Chase come

15:31 ↗ on up Cora

15:33 ↗ [Applause]

15:36 ↗ core is also 13 and she submitted

15:40 ↗ digital art for our local competition

15:43 ↗ that has been passed on to our

15:44 ↗ International competition under the

15:46 ↗ title perspectives

15:55 ↗ [Applause]

16:02 ↗ I'd like to Now bring up Felicia tiong

16:12 ↗ Felicia is 14 and she submitted

16:15 ↗ classical art under the title fighting

16:18 ↗ with action

16:36 ↗ we have two other students that could

16:38 ↗ not be with us tonight but I'd like it

16:40 ↗ to take a moment to recognize them as

16:42 ↗ well Angelina pimkina she's 17 and she

16:46 ↗ submitted original music under the title

16:48 ↗ food for thought

16:50 ↗ so congratulations to her

16:55 ↗ we also have Anya

16:58 ↗ timkina age 14 who's also submitted

17:01 ↗ original music under the title food

17:03 ↗ shortage during the pandemic

17:06 ↗ so congratulations to her

17:10 ↗ and we are in touch with him and we will

17:12 ↗ make sure that their certificates are

17:14 ↗ passed along to them

17:15 ↗ uh also I thought it might be a good

17:17 ↗ idea to note that this year's

17:19 ↗ competition was about food and food

17:23 ↗ sustainability in communities so each of

17:26 ↗ these students and the two students that

17:28 ↗ I mentioned were very brave I want to

17:30 ↗ use that word brave and to go for it and

17:33 ↗ submit work well we're so proud of you

17:35 ↗ and thank you for engaging the

17:37 ↗ competition and putting your ideas and

17:40 ↗ your emotions and your thought out there

17:41 ↗ in an artistic way it's really beautiful

17:43 ↗ and we're proud of you

17:45 ↗ [Applause]

17:50 ↗ Stephanie and thank you that is

17:53 ↗ fantastic and very exciting and

17:55 ↗ encouraging

17:56 ↗ um Council we had a request to get that

17:58 ↗ beautiful piece of art in a picture and

18:00 ↗ so if you'd like to come down and join

18:01 ↗ us we'll have our commissioners we'll

18:03 ↗ have our artists let's do another

18:04 ↗ picture

18:17 ↗ oh yeah

19:14 ↗ a lot of events and recognition happen

19:16 ↗ in the summer so I have two more to do

19:19 ↗ um

19:20 ↗ id1379 the National Night Out

19:22 ↗ Proclamation and I'd like to invite

19:24 ↗ chief of police Paula Schwann to the

19:26 ↗ lecternan anyone else you brought with

19:28 ↗ you Paula bring them all up

19:38 ↗ hey chief

19:42 ↗ oh yeah go ahead and do that

19:59 ↗ oh that's right

20:09 ↗ thank you chief

20:12 ↗ whereas the National Night Out is a

20:14 ↗ community building campaign that

20:16 ↗ promotes police Community Partnerships

20:18 ↗ annually on the first Tuesday of August

20:20 ↗ and whereas the 40th annual National

20:23 ↗ Night Out provides a unique opportunity

20:25 ↗ for the City of Issaquah to join forces

20:27 ↗ with thousands of other communities

20:29 ↗ across the country in promoting

20:31 ↗ Cooperative police community drug and

20:34 ↗ crime prevention efforts and whereas the

20:37 ↗ City of Issaquah and the Issaquah Police

20:38 ↗ Department play a vital role in crime

20:40 ↗ drug and violence prevention efforts in

20:43 ↗ Issaquah and are supporting the National

20:45 ↗ Night Out 2023 locally and whereas it is

20:49 ↗ essential that the City of Issaquah

20:51 ↗ community be aware of the importance of

20:53 ↗ crime prevention programs and the impact

20:55 ↗ that their participation can have on

20:57 ↗ reducing crime drugs and violence in

21:00 ↗ Issaquah and whereas police Community

21:02 ↗ Partnerships neighborhood safety

21:04 ↗ awareness and cooperation are important

21:07 ↗ themes of the National Night Out program

21:09 ↗ now therefore I marry you Polly mayor

21:12 ↗ the City of Issaquah

21:14 ↗ do hereby Proclaim August 1st 2023 to be

21:18 ↗ National Night Out in the City of

21:20 ↗ Issaquah and I invite Community to join

21:22 ↗ me in celebrating and participating in

21:24 ↗ festivities that raise awareness of the

21:26 ↗ importance of this cause and I'm going

21:28 ↗ to have our chief share a few words

21:30 ↗ hola

21:33 ↗ thank you councilmember and mayor

21:35 ↗ this year's National Night Out is more

21:37 ↗ about crime prevention we've taken this

21:39 ↗ time and effort we have several

21:40 ↗ communities that are choosing to be

21:43 ↗ involved and have their own events which

21:45 ↗ is amazing and we will have officers

21:47 ↗ that go out and visit each one of those

21:48 ↗ as we do have in the past this year

21:50 ↗ we're having a large contingency that is

21:53 ↗ going to be between 5 and 7 P.M behind

21:56 ↗ City Hall and we invite everybody to

21:58 ↗ come I also sent an email out this

22:00 ↗ evening to the mayor and the council we

22:02 ↗ hope everybody in the community is comes

22:04 ↗ out and joins us in the talk between the

22:07 ↗ community and law enforcement you can

22:08 ↗ ask what we do you can see what's in

22:10 ↗ their car cars you can see you know what

22:13 ↗ it looks like to be in a fire truck so

22:15 ↗ all of those things so thank you very

22:17 ↗ much for this Proclamation

22:37 ↗ thank you

22:44 ↗ ID 1439 park ranger day Proclamation and

22:48 ↗ I'd like to invite park ranger Alex

22:50 ↗ Anderson to the lectern

22:55 ↗ very proud of our new addition to our

22:58 ↗ parks and Community Services team

23:00 ↗ Issaquah has a parks ranger and I'm not

23:02 ↗ sure that everybody knows that

23:04 ↗ [Applause]

23:08 ↗ and a lot of parks we have a lot of

23:10 ↗ parks

23:11 ↗ whereas World Ranger day is celebrated

23:13 ↗ worldwide on July 31st to celebrate the

23:16 ↗ work Rangers do to protect the planet's

23:18 ↗ natural treasures and cultural heritage

23:20 ↗ heritage and whereas the city of

23:22 ↗ issaquah's park ranger serves as a

23:24 ↗ steward and ambassador of the city's

23:26 ↗ Parks trails and Open Spaces the ranger

23:29 ↗ position is intended to promote a safe

23:31 ↗ and welcoming Park experience through

23:33 ↗ professional interaction with Park

23:34 ↗ patrons and the park ranger is

23:37 ↗ responsible for the routine Patrol of

23:39 ↗ approximately 1800 Acres of public lands

23:42 ↗ owned by the City of Issaquah which

23:44 ↗ includes 23 Parks two cemeteries native

23:48 ↗ growth protection areas natural resource

23:50 ↗ conservation areas Wetlands open space

23:53 ↗ and trails and the park ranger Works

23:56 ↗ collaborative collaboratively with the

23:58 ↗ Issaquah Police Department what and

24:00 ↗ Washington State agencies the King

24:03 ↗ County Sheriff's Office and Regional

24:05 ↗ Animal Services of King County to

24:07 ↗ resolve park issues and whereas the park

24:09 ↗ ranger provides education of local codes

24:12 ↗ and laws and responds to calls for

24:14 ↗ service and investigates concerns

24:16 ↗ relating to our Park areas and whereas

24:19 ↗ the park ranger is sometimes the first

24:21 ↗ point of contact for unhoused

24:22 ↗ individuals in city parks in partnership

24:25 ↗ with our Human Services team the ranger

24:28 ↗ provides assistance guidance and Care

24:31 ↗ through our homeless outreach program

24:33 ↗ now therefore I Mary Lou Paulie mayor of

24:36 ↗ the City of Issaquah do hereby Proclaim

24:38 ↗ July 31st 2023 to be park ranger day in

24:42 ↗ the City of Issaquah and I invite the

24:43 ↗ community to join me in thanking our

24:45 ↗ park ranger team of one for their

24:47 ↗ service and outstanding contributions

24:55 ↗ thank you

24:57 ↗ I'll keep this brief um thanks all for

25:00 ↗ the recognition

25:01 ↗ um we don't really do this workers

25:03 ↗ Rangers for the recognition obviously um

25:05 ↗ it's not always easy and it's not always

25:07 ↗ fun but it is Meaningful

25:09 ↗ um and I'm really privileged to serve a

25:10 ↗ community that actually genuinely cares

25:12 ↗ about its parks and open spaces so thank

25:14 ↗ you all yeah

25:18 ↗ [Applause]

25:32 ↗ so you will now get a break from me

25:34 ↗ because the last item under special

25:36 ↗ business is not mine

25:38 ↗ id1521 presentation by the icma Army

25:42 ↗ Senior Management fellow Ken

25:43 ↗ musselweight he's the Garrison manager

25:45 ↗ of the Army's Yuma Proving Ground and

25:48 ↗ Seed administrator Wally Bob kowitz will

25:50 ↗ come up and introduce our speaker and

25:52 ↗ talk a bit or spell out icmas so I'm not

25:54 ↗ using an acronym thanks Wally

25:59 ↗ thank you man America

26:01 ↗ uh the city uh viscos fortunate once

26:04 ↗ again this year to have a a fellow from

26:07 ↗ the U.S army come and join us to learn a

26:10 ↗ little bit more about what we do to

26:11 ↗ manage a city and also learn a little

26:13 ↗ bit more about what it takes to manage

26:15 ↗ an Army Installation so Ken is here we

26:17 ↗ welcome you and has a short presentation

26:22 ↗ uh council members mayor I think I've

26:24 ↗ met most of you had dinner with at least

26:27 ↗ four of you this evening uh and in my

26:29 ↗ first day uh here with your city is

26:32 ↗ turning out much better than what I

26:34 ↗ would have thought with some rain since

26:36 ↗ I haven't seen it in months because I'm

26:38 ↗ also from Arizona

26:39 ↗ okay hey I just wanted a real quick kind

26:43 ↗ of go over some of the stuff that that

26:45 ↗ the Army does and why they actually send

26:48 ↗ us out to to look at the cities for

26:50 ↗ further development for our progression

26:52 ↗ our progression and growth okay myself

26:55 ↗ I've been in the position as Garrison

26:57 ↗ manager for uh just over just at a year

27:00 ↗ and prior to that I was a deputy

27:02 ↗ Garrison manager I applied for this

27:04 ↗ program while I was the deputy because

27:06 ↗ it more appropriately fits that but I'm

27:08 ↗ still happy to be here and in

27:11 ↗ conversation with Wally earlier this

27:14 ↗ year I came up with the goals when I

27:16 ↗ come here of just generally learning a

27:19 ↗ better understanding of how City

27:20 ↗ Administration and management works and

27:23 ↗ with focuses on uh the way that your

27:26 ↗ strategic plan is is uh carried out I

27:30 ↗ saw that the first one was about 2019

27:32 ↗ and so I have a great interest in that

27:34 ↗ from from prior in my career

27:37 ↗ um also Resource Management because I

27:40 ↗ think that Army money is so much

27:42 ↗ different than than money outside of the

27:44 ↗ federal government even though there are

27:46 ↗ so many federal grants and stuff it's

27:48 ↗ still much different and then finally

27:51 ↗ just from from a

27:54 ↗ standpoint from an issue that we are

27:56 ↗ having on The Proving Ground I'm more

27:59 ↗ interested in retention and recruitment

28:01 ↗ primarily of Law Enforcement Officers

28:04 ↗ because we have such a difficult time

28:06 ↗ with that and finally final goal is to

28:09 ↗ have fun while I'm here this weekend and

28:11 ↗ you guys have really got me off to a

28:12 ↗ great start this week with that

28:15 ↗ okay slide please

28:18 ↗ just a little overview for the

28:20 ↗ installation we are about 1300 square

28:23 ↗ miles on this map here the blue and the

28:27 ↗ red are Yuma Proving Ground

28:29 ↗ we're the fourth largest installation uh

28:33 ↗ in in the continental United States

28:37 ↗ and and we have

28:39 ↗ primarily three Cantonment areas one

28:43 ↗ Airfield the first Cantonment area all

28:45 ↗ these Cantonment areas by the way are in

28:47 ↗ the southwest corner of this

28:49 ↗ installation the first Cantonment area

28:51 ↗ is a housing area we have privatized

28:54 ↗ housing

28:55 ↗ where where most of our military

28:57 ↗ Workforce and a small part of our

29:00 ↗ civilian Workforce live and then we have

29:02 ↗ the Walker Cantonment area which

29:07 ↗ always get Walker an hour confusing

29:08 ↗ Howard Cantonment area which is our

29:11 ↗ office complex Kofa is our industrial

29:13 ↗ complex we have an Airfield for air

29:15 ↗ operations and then the rest of that

29:18 ↗ 1300 square miles is research

29:20 ↗ development and testing of Army

29:23 ↗ equipment in a desert environment to

29:25 ↗ make sure it works when soldiers take it

29:27 ↗ out into combat

29:29 ↗ okay

29:30 ↗ um you can see that we support about 15

29:33 ↗ 000 people but to step that down just a

29:35 ↗ little bit like I said we have about 600

29:39 ↗ people who work on base only 3 000

29:41 ↗ people who actually work on the

29:43 ↗ installation those other 15 000 are out

29:45 ↗ in the surrounding Community have access

29:47 ↗ to the base because of some affiliation

29:49 ↗ with the military and then of course our

29:52 ↗ closest city is 26 miles away and so if

29:56 ↗ I want to go to a Walmart I have to go

29:59 ↗ 26 miles and if I want to go to a Costco

30:02 ↗ I have to go three hours so okay uh

30:06 ↗ Wednesday please

30:09 ↗ I I got on your website and I looked at

30:12 ↗ uh the city's organizational development

30:15 ↗ and I love that you guys put residents

30:17 ↗ up above everything else uh that you

30:21 ↗ guys you guys have I have the same

30:23 ↗ except I also have two separate Army

30:25 ↗ commands that I report to and so I don't

30:28 ↗ put all that up there because it would

30:30 ↗ get just a little bit convoluted

30:32 ↗ what I've noticed is that there's a

30:35 ↗ whole lot of overlap between City

30:37 ↗ Administration and and Garrison

30:40 ↗ management but that there's a whole lot

30:42 ↗ that's different also I was unaware

30:45 ↗ until I was talking with Wally this

30:47 ↗ morning that this city does not have its

30:50 ↗ own fire departments that that they

30:52 ↗ contract for that whereas in the Army we

30:55 ↗ have our own fire

30:58 ↗ fire trucks are men you know emergency

31:00 ↗ services and stuff like that this is a

31:03 ↗ really quick oriented to this slide

31:05 ↗ those areas in Gray are the areas that

31:07 ↗ buy Army directive or regulation must

31:11 ↗ support an installation so for instance

31:14 ↗ Logistics Readiness Center is what I go

31:16 ↗ to for all my vehicular maintenance any

31:19 ↗ any of my Public Works vehicles that

31:21 ↗ need maintenance they go to them they

31:23 ↗ manage all that for me okay the green

31:25 ↗ area on this slide is is a position that

31:29 ↗ sometimes a Garrison will have and

31:31 ↗ sometimes not depending on the enlisted

31:33 ↗ soldiers assigned to it I have two

31:35 ↗ enlisted soldiers I get a dual headed

31:38 ↗ sergeant major that is owned by a

31:39 ↗ colonel that helps me with those two

31:41 ↗ soldiers career progression

31:44 ↗ and then the green yellow area with the

31:47 ↗ with the Staff Judge Advocate those are

31:49 ↗ actually our lawyers it's a combined

31:51 ↗ office between my lawyers and the

31:53 ↗ lawyers of the other commands on the

31:54 ↗ installation and so if I walk into the

31:57 ↗ office and I need contract law it

31:59 ↗ doesn't matter if it's my lawyer that

32:00 ↗ does it or not I get contract law if I

32:03 ↗ need labor law I go to the labor law

32:05 ↗ lawyer and it doesn't matter which

32:06 ↗ command owns him it's a combined office

32:09 ↗ and they work for the entire

32:10 ↗ installation okay and then the rest is

32:13 ↗ just our organization I know that some

32:15 ↗ of these terms are a little bit foreign

32:17 ↗ directorate of operations is uh fire

32:21 ↗ police security intelligence

32:24 ↗ anti-terrorism uh and probably a few

32:26 ↗ more things I can't think of off the top

32:28 ↗ of my head I think Public Works is

32:30 ↗ pretty much

32:32 ↗ um standard Human Resources is standard

32:36 ↗ director to family morale welfare and

32:38 ↗ Recreation is partially the parks that

32:42 ↗ you have for Parks and Recreation but

32:45 ↗ partially not because I also have to run

32:47 ↗ restaurants

32:49 ↗ for the installation and so in addition

32:51 ↗ to pools libraries fitness centers I'm

32:55 ↗ running restaurants also okay Resource

32:58 ↗ Management I think is the same in

33:01 ↗ insulation safety I think is pretty

33:03 ↗ clear I have a safety office that goes

33:05 ↗ out because the research development

33:07 ↗ testing is dangerous work and they are

33:10 ↗ the ones who who make sure that it's

33:12 ↗ safe for me equal opportunity is

33:14 ↗ standard and then plans analysis

33:16 ↗ integration I think the counterpart is

33:18 ↗ this is the office that does my

33:20 ↗ strategic planning if I had a full

33:22 ↗ enough office to actually do strategic

33:24 ↗ planning so since my background is

33:26 ↗ strategic planning I'm working directly

33:28 ↗ with them to initiate that

33:31 ↗ in the very near future we started to

33:34 ↗ swat about six weeks ago and we'll work

33:36 ↗ our way through that

33:38 ↗ get it moving so that we can actually

33:40 ↗ get a strategic plan

33:42 ↗ okay next slide

33:44 ↗ I think I've taken up enough of the

33:45 ↗ council's time unless you have any

33:47 ↗ questions for me tonight

33:49 ↗ council do you have any questions

33:52 ↗ okay thank you for your time Ken thank

33:53 ↗ you for the presentation we really like

33:55 ↗ participating in this program so I hope

33:57 ↗ you really enjoy your stay here with us

34:02 ↗ [Applause]

34:06 ↗ so I recognize we have a lot of our

34:09 ↗ visitors still in the room tonight we're

34:11 ↗ going to proceed with the rest of our

34:12 ↗ meeting and I just want to assure you

34:14 ↗ that you only have to stay if you want

34:15 ↗ to stay so uh we have a couple more

34:18 ↗ business items to get through

34:21 ↗ um but we don't mind when people just

34:23 ↗ quietly exit when they're kind of done

34:25 ↗ so feel free to do as you like and thank

34:27 ↗ you for coming

34:29 ↗ so this next item under the agenda this

34:31 ↗ evening is audience comments and this is

34:33 ↗ the time that members of the public May

34:35 ↗ address Council in person or virtually

34:37 ↗ those who signed up in advance to make

34:40 ↗ comments will be called on First and if

34:42 ↗ you're joining us virtually and would

34:43 ↗ like to make comments please raise your

34:46 ↗ virtual hand or send the host a chat

34:48 ↗ message

34:49 ↗ if you're on the phone press star 3 and

34:51 ↗ if you have joined by a computer or

34:53 ↗ smartphone look for a hand icon

34:55 ↗ if you are in the room and did not sign

34:57 ↗ up I will ask for other speakers before

34:59 ↗ closing this portion of the meeting

35:00 ↗ clerk has anyone signed up to speak for

35:03 ↗ General audience comments or indicate a

35:05 ↗ desire to speak this evening

35:08 ↗ Paulie uh nobody has signed up prior to

35:13 ↗ the meeting to speak

35:15 ↗ I'll just check in the room is there

35:17 ↗ anybody that would like to speak at

35:18 ↗ public comments this raise your hand and

35:20 ↗ I can call you up

35:23 ↗ okay

35:26 ↗ David oh come on up

35:28 ↗ um let me read a few more little

35:30 ↗ guidelines but you can come up to the

35:32 ↗ podium if you want so if you are making

35:34 ↗ comments tonight please direct your

35:36 ↗ comments to the whole Council and not to

35:38 ↗ individuals and while this isn't a

35:40 ↗ question and answer session we will

35:42 ↗ contact you to follow up if needed

35:45 ↗ um you are at the dial you need to press

35:48 ↗ the button on top of the microphone to

35:49 ↗ get the microphone on red that's great

35:53 ↗ um personal attacks obscene language

35:55 ↗ derogatory remarks and disruptive

35:57 ↗ behavior will not be permitted and

35:59 ↗ Resident comments written and verbal are

36:01 ↗ an important aspect of the public

36:02 ↗ process the city takes these comments

36:05 ↗ seriously and we thank you for taking

36:06 ↗ the time to address us if you want to

36:09 ↗ just say your name and relationship to

36:11 ↗ the city that would be great hi my name

36:13 ↗ is Brandon Dahl I work on business

36:15 ↗ Consulting and stuff like that but I've

36:17 ↗ been kind of talking to city council up

36:18 ↗ in North Bend met with mob McFarland and

36:21 ↗ his kind of campaign manager uh came

36:24 ↗ down here because I was kind of trying

36:25 ↗ to do volunteer work in the city but I

36:26 ↗ kind of noticed that there's been a lot

36:28 ↗ of issues with getting through it

36:29 ↗ actually people and getting things set

36:30 ↗ up properly so I just wanted to address

36:32 ↗ like volunteer programs and different

36:34 ↗ things to try to see what the processes

36:36 ↗ are going on that and kind of how you

36:37 ↗ guys are structurizing going in the

36:38 ↗ future because like the cert program

36:40 ↗ I've contacted them and haven't got back

36:42 ↗ on that kind of stuff I've contacted the

36:44 ↗ police department there's no actual like

36:46 ↗ volunteer program set up on that side of

36:47 ↗ it so my question is is kind of what's

36:49 ↗ the process of volunteer programs to get

36:51 ↗ younger kids and youth into actually

36:52 ↗ helping out in the community that is

36:55 ↗ great what we'll I'll end up doing is

36:57 ↗ have City administrator Bob kowitz if

36:59 ↗ you can fill your name and address and

37:01 ↗ email address onto the speaker sheet

37:03 ↗ we'll make sure that somebody emails you

37:05 ↗ back with all the different kinds of

37:06 ↗ opportunities whether they're for adults

37:08 ↗ or Youth and thank you for coming

37:10 ↗ tonight thank you so much

37:12 ↗ is there anyone else in the room who

37:14 ↗ would like to speak before I close

37:15 ↗ public comments

37:17 ↗ okay well thank you very much for coming

37:20 ↗ tonight and as a reminder at any point

37:22 ↗ in time you can write the city council

37:23 ↗ at citycouncilwa.gov

37:26 ↗ next item on the agenda this evening is

37:29 ↗ the consent calendar and I do not have

37:31 ↗ any remarks on tonight's consent

37:34 ↗ calendar

37:35 ↗ um prior to motion and I'm wondering are

37:36 ↗ there any committee chairs that would

37:38 ↗ like to speak on any of the consent

37:40 ↗ calendar items

37:42 ↗ okay seeing none uh the consent calendar

37:45 ↗ was distributed to the council in

37:46 ↗ advance and if authorized the items on

37:49 ↗ the consent calendar will be considered

37:50 ↗ together and approved by one motion have

37:53 ↗ the payables and payroll been reviewed

37:55 ↗ they have they have thank you does any

37:58 ↗ council member desire to remove any item

38:00 ↗ from the consent calendar and consider

38:02 ↗ it under regular business

38:05 ↗ not seeing any is there a council motion

38:08 ↗ council president I move to approve the

38:10 ↗ consent calendar as presented second

38:13 ↗ it's been moved in second to approve the

38:15 ↗ consent calendar as presented is there

38:17 ↗ any Council discussion

38:20 ↗ all those in favor please indicate by

38:22 ↗ saying aye aye

38:26 ↗ those opposed

38:28 ↗ that's a unanimous 7-0 vote

38:31 ↗ moving on into regular business ID 1464

38:34 ↗ are is titled 2024 budget topics and I'd

38:39 ↗ like to invite our city administrator

38:40 ↗ Wally babkowitz to present this item

38:42 ↗ Wally

38:43 ↗ thank you mayor mayor members of the

38:45 ↗ council good evening

38:47 ↗ at the

38:48 ↗ get the presentation up uh we're here uh

38:51 ↗ tonight to uh continue the discussions

38:54 ↗ we've been having with the council and

38:55 ↗ always have with the council over the

38:57 ↗ course of the year uh looking for your

39:00 ↗ uh guidance and direction as we look on

39:03 ↗ the implementing of the city strategic

39:05 ↗ plan uh at this point we are getting

39:07 ↗ ready for the uh mid biennium budget uh

39:12 ↗ amendments and this is the first time we

39:14 ↗ have had a mid biennium uh budget

39:17 ↗ amendment process uh this is our first

39:19 ↗ two-year budget as the council will

39:21 ↗ recall uh you had a meeting a couple of

39:23 ↗ months ago on a Saturday where you had

39:25 ↗ an opportunity to look at the results of

39:28 ↗ our community survey you had a look at

39:30 ↗ an opportunity to look at the results of

39:32 ↗ our

39:33 ↗ performance measures for our calendar 22

39:36 ↗ and we asked the council to kind of

39:38 ↗ reflect on that and give us some

39:41 ↗ feedback and from that a feedback we got

39:44 ↗ five topics that we have gone back and

39:47 ↗ looked at uh took what the council said

39:50 ↗ kind of compared it to what's in our

39:51 ↗ work planned work plan for fiscal year

39:53 ↗ 24 and are here this evening to react to

39:58 ↗ that and get further feedback from the

39:59 ↗ Council on these areas as you can see on

40:02 ↗ the slide the five areas where Public

40:04 ↗ Safety transportation and Mobility

40:06 ↗ planning and permitting Emergency

40:08 ↗ Management and Communications again this

40:11 ↗ is going to be the second year of our

40:13 ↗ our budget so resources are already

40:16 ↗ allocated in all of these areas but what

40:18 ↗ the administration's tried to do over

40:19 ↗ the last couple of months is take the

40:22 ↗ comments from the council look more

40:23 ↗ specifically at how we're allocating

40:25 ↗ those resources see if anything else has

40:27 ↗ changed or come up that might have an

40:29 ↗ impact on discussions for any budget

40:32 ↗ amendments for the mid biennium and have

40:36 ↗ those to talk about this evening so we

40:38 ↗ have several staff members here with us

40:40 ↗ uh tonight we have if we go back the

40:43 ↗ other side uh the chief of Paul Schwann

40:46 ↗ we'll talk a little bit about Public

40:47 ↗ Safety um the biggest concern you'll

40:50 ↗ hear from Chief Swann is some additional

40:54 ↗ issues that have Arisen we believe we

40:56 ↗ can attack uh the the issues raised by

40:59 ↗ the council areas of focus with existing

41:01 ↗ resources but there's some additional

41:03 ↗ issues that we believe will need to take

41:04 ↗ care of in the mid by any budget update

41:06 ↗ so she'll be here to talk about that for

41:09 ↗ transportation to Mobility we have our

41:11 ↗ Public Works director Emily Moon again a

41:14 ↗ lot of focuses and time has been spent

41:15 ↗ over the last several months on issues

41:18 ↗ of transportation to Mobility the

41:19 ↗ significant resources are already

41:21 ↗ budgeted for 24. we'll talk a little bit

41:24 ↗ about that but we also believe there'll

41:26 ↗ be some adjustments that we need to

41:28 ↗ better utilize those resources so

41:30 ↗ director moon will go through that in

41:32 ↗ the area of planning and permitting mini

41:34 ↗ Dolly while our community planning and

41:36 ↗ development director is here this

41:38 ↗ evening again a lot of resources in this

41:41 ↗ area we want to talk about how we plan

41:43 ↗ to focus those resources in the coming

41:46 ↗ year we have a new emergency manager

41:49 ↗ here this evening he'll be able to talk

41:50 ↗ I think for the first time to the

41:52 ↗ council about his plans uh again we

41:56 ↗ believe we have got appropriate

41:57 ↗ resources but we want to talk more

41:58 ↗ specifically of how we intend to tackle

42:01 ↗ some of the issues raised by the council

42:03 ↗ earlier and then finally the area of

42:05 ↗ communications uh Thomas our

42:08 ↗ Communications manager is here and he'll

42:10 ↗ talk about that as well so our hope for

42:12 ↗ the council this evening is to uh take

42:16 ↗ in the discussion uh and provide some

42:18 ↗ feedback if you're hearing anything that

42:21 ↗ you don't like that you think there's

42:22 ↗ additional Focus or additional resources

42:24 ↗ that the administration should consider

42:26 ↗ in order to implement these programs

42:29 ↗ these initiatives this emphasis on these

42:31 ↗ five areas please let us know we will

42:34 ↗ then come back to you in the fall with

42:36 ↗ the adjustment documents to the budget

42:39 ↗ it may be that we may need to make

42:42 ↗ additional adjustments in order to pay

42:44 ↗ for some of this and so I don't want

42:46 ↗ anyone to come here this evening and

42:48 ↗ think that we've got a lot of additional

42:50 ↗ resources I think we feel very

42:52 ↗ comfortable with the second year of the

42:54 ↗ two-year budget with the resources we

42:56 ↗ have allocated but any additional

42:58 ↗ resources we may need to make

42:59 ↗ adjustments we're not asking you to

43:01 ↗ prioritize this evening we're not asking

43:03 ↗ you to offer up anything uh for

43:06 ↗ reductions or changes but we really

43:08 ↗ would like your feedback so that when we

43:09 ↗ do come with you with the changes for

43:12 ↗ the mid biennium budget update that

43:14 ↗ encompasses not only the

43:15 ↗ administration's thinking but the city

43:17 ↗ council's thinking so Madam mayor

43:19 ↗ members of the council that sort of a

43:21 ↗ preamble I'm happy to answer any initial

43:23 ↗ questions otherwise I'll ask polish one

43:26 ↗ of the chief of police let us step

43:27 ↗ forward and do her portion of the

43:29 ↗ presentation not seeing any questions

43:31 ↗ right now

43:45 ↗ good evening

43:46 ↗ again

43:51 ↗ can I just Advance it here okay

43:56 ↗ first thing I want to talk about is just

43:58 ↗ our staffing update

44:00 ↗ and so we currently have three vacancies

44:03 ↗ in Patrol and which is closer than we've

44:06 ↗ ever been and just to give you a heads

44:08 ↗ up we've already given three conditional

44:09 ↗ offers so those people are actually in

44:11 ↗ backgrounds so we have two others also

44:13 ↗ that are waiting and going to be in

44:15 ↗ backgrounds

44:16 ↗ um in the event because we know we have

44:17 ↗ a retirement coming up and some other

44:19 ↗ pieces so with that being said we're

44:21 ↗ almost completely fully stopped in

44:22 ↗ Patrol which is huge and it's been a

44:25 ↗ long two years to get there we've also

44:27 ↗ hired a patrol commander and that Patrol

44:29 ↗ Commander is going to oversee

44:32 ↗ Corrections and dispatch as you met him

44:33 ↗ at the last Council Manor one of the two

44:36 ↗ prior

44:37 ↗ in dispatch we have two vacancies

44:38 ↗ currently we also have

44:40 ↗ two conditionals out and they are in

44:42 ↗ backgrounds as well so we are almost

44:44 ↗ again fully staffed in dispatch as well

44:47 ↗ with corrections we have two vacancies

44:48 ↗ we did hire the commander but we also

44:51 ↗ have an acting Corporal that we're

44:52 ↗ hoping to fill soon we had oral board

44:54 ↗ for Corrections and I have two

44:56 ↗ Corrections vacancies and with those

44:59 ↗ vacancies I have two offers out as well

45:01 ↗ and conditionals so they're also in

45:03 ↗ backgrounds so for all our vacancies

45:05 ↗ currently in those three areas patrol

45:07 ↗ dispatch and Corrections we already have

45:09 ↗ people to fill those spots we do have

45:11 ↗ some other movements that's going to be

45:13 ↗ coming we think we have a retirement or

45:14 ↗ two in corrections as well as another

45:16 ↗ that's going to move closer to home and

45:18 ↗ move to a different agency so we're

45:20 ↗ planning for that accordingly we have

45:21 ↗ some oral boards more coming up with

45:23 ↗ that as well

45:24 ↗ other vacancies we still have one

45:26 ↗ Commander spot to fill that we are going

45:28 ↗ to be recruiting for we have one record

45:30 ↗ supervisor and two part-time evidence

45:32 ↗ technicians which we're going to be

45:34 ↗ talking about in a little bit as it's

45:37 ↗ been very difficult to fill with two

45:39 ↗ part-time positions so we're looking to

45:41 ↗ the possibility of putting for one

45:43 ↗ full-time

45:44 ↗ so that is something that's going to be

45:46 ↗ on our request

45:49 ↗ we've Implement implementation of

45:51 ↗ special details that was one of the

45:52 ↗ questions and the things that Council

45:54 ↗ had addressed and were interested in

45:56 ↗ special details and roles our community

45:58 ↗ service resource officer we also have

46:01 ↗ the public programs which that's what

46:04 ↗ the cro does they do the citizens or the

46:07 ↗ residence Academy they do pause on

46:09 ↗ patrol they do the parent project those

46:12 ↗ are the type in of projects and um the

46:16 ↗ special events that we're going to try

46:18 ↗ and be implementing again starting in

46:20 ↗ September the other ones were our

46:22 ↗ traffic units our Traffic Unit was one

46:24 ↗ of the other Specialties that we hope to

46:26 ↗ have another sergeant in and be getting

46:28 ↗ our two designated traffic people in as

46:32 ↗ well starting in September that's what

46:33 ↗ our goal and our movement is at this

46:35 ↗ time

46:36 ↗ and

46:37 ↗ the other we're advertising for interest

46:40 ↗ in those special detail positions

46:42 ↗ currently that will go out this week so

46:44 ↗ we'll get the interest of those offers

46:46 ↗ within Taos that are wanting to fill

46:48 ↗ those positions and then we'll be moving

46:49 ↗ forward with hopefully it'll happen

46:52 ↗ interviews we're trying to hold in

46:54 ↗ August as well in a shorter span so we

46:56 ↗ can get everything implemented in

46:58 ↗ September versus it being testing in

47:00 ↗ September and then delayed even longer

47:02 ↗ so we are shooting for that

47:04 ↗ worst case would be by mid-september but

47:07 ↗ we're hoping for September 1st

47:09 ↗ crime prevention events and analytical

47:12 ↗ data or activities National Night Out is

47:14 ↗ August 1st as we all talked about

47:16 ↗ earlier today with Proclamation team

47:18 ↗ surrounding it is current Community

47:19 ↗ crime prevention this year

47:22 ↗ we also have a shoplifting theft Blitz

47:24 ↗ on the 26th not like I let that I like

47:27 ↗ to put it out there

47:29 ↗ um but before it happens but at the same

47:31 ↗ time we have several different

47:32 ↗ businesses that are all on board ready

47:35 ↗ and doing it together as a unified so we

47:38 ↗ hopefully that will be a very productive

47:39 ↗ event and we have been working with

47:41 ↗ community members with the retail

47:43 ↗ business group to make that happen

47:45 ↗ and then

47:47 ↗ um based on crime analysis we are

47:50 ↗ successfully determining when and where

47:51 ↗ to target specialty emphasis patrols

47:53 ↗ leading to arrests and deterring

47:55 ↗ negative activities specifically we had

47:58 ↗ one recently where we are experiencing

47:59 ↗ High criminal activity in the highlands

48:01 ↗ and recently that we have put Patrol up

48:04 ↗ there and it is deterred we were able to

48:07 ↗ single out dates or days that they were

48:09 ↗ doing such things and it's really

48:12 ↗ deterred almost down to non-existent so

48:15 ↗ that's been a huge benefit and thanks to

48:18 ↗ Ryan and all her great work she's been

48:19 ↗ putting out to patrol to have that

48:21 ↗ information out there and be moving

48:23 ↗ forward she's been a huge asset for that

48:27 ↗ crime trends year to date we have

48:30 ↗ highlighted statistics and so 15

48:33 ↗ decrease in total crime incidents as a

48:36 ↗ whole

48:37 ↗ we have 23 percent decrease in property

48:39 ↗ crimes 33 35 of those decrease are in

48:42 ↗ all burglaries and 31 decrease in

48:45 ↗ larceny or theft

48:47 ↗ so that's the most it's been seen in

48:50 ↗ years as far as the decrease goes I hope

48:53 ↗ it's from a lot of different things

48:55 ↗ um and but the police department has

48:58 ↗ been very busy all the officers getting

49:02 ↗ to work with the communities with the

49:04 ↗ businesses themselves not just in

49:06 ↗ enforcement action but actually working

49:08 ↗ with them and making sure those

49:10 ↗ conversations are had so we're building

49:13 ↗ relationships as best we can the new

49:16 ↗ officers are all the ones that are being

49:18 ↗ retrained and released from their fto

49:20 ↗ have been working very hard and

49:21 ↗ diligently to make those things happen

49:28 ↗ cameras and I.T needs so this is into

49:30 ↗ their jail needs the gel facilities

49:33 ↗ require constant surveillance as you can

49:35 ↗ imagine and recent events have brought

49:38 ↗ it to our attention that we need more

49:40 ↗ than what we currently have and so we

49:42 ↗ want to install cameras in all the cells

49:44 ↗ right now we don't have them in every

49:46 ↗ single cell so if someone were to go

49:48 ↗ into one of the cells they're they're

49:50 ↗ not always protected and we don't always

49:51 ↗ have that in the Cell It's on the

49:53 ↗ adjacent areas or common areas more

49:55 ↗ around and so this will allow us to have

49:57 ↗ cameras in every single cell where

49:59 ↗ they're legally to be there and will

50:01 ↗ increase the surveillance for safety

50:02 ↗ purposes not only the staff but also the

50:04 ↗ inmates and or residents that live for

50:07 ↗ temporary short stays or longer stays in

50:10 ↗ our establishment

50:12 ↗ The increased staffing has been a big

50:14 ↗ piece there is a minimum requirement of

50:16 ↗ two correctional officers per shift now

50:18 ↗ in the coverage for all in the area the

50:21 ↗ cameras will help cover those people and

50:23 ↗ a multitude of inmates their needs

50:25 ↗ however the number of inmates continues

50:27 ↗ to increase

50:28 ↗ staff is considering the addition of two

50:30 ↗ Corrections corporals positions because

50:32 ↗ not only with the increase of inmates

50:34 ↗ and staff span of control and having

50:38 ↗ some supervision not just during the

50:40 ↗ daytime but also in a staggered between

50:42 ↗ swing shifts and also some of the

50:43 ↗ graveyard hours

50:45 ↗ so as you can see on this slide total

50:48 ↗ inmates is on the rise from year to date

50:51 ↗ last year with 776 we're already up to

50:53 ↗ 957 and average daily inmates is 43.8

50:57 ↗ was gone up to 54.5 in case you aren't

51:00 ↗ aware didn't remember 72 beds is our

51:04 ↗ current capacity which is a lot of

51:06 ↗ people in our jail and that's only

51:09 ↗ minimal for how many we can house as far

51:11 ↗ as the females versus the males we have

51:13 ↗ a lot more space for the males but we do

51:15 ↗ balance that and we keep that that's

51:17 ↗ still a lot of people and imagine that's

51:19 ↗ 72 people with only two people minimum

51:21 ↗ and so having those staff to where they

51:24 ↗ can cover all the different shifts

51:25 ↗ monitor that many people or if an

51:27 ↗ incident does take place having some of

51:30 ↗ the overlaps so they have oversight as

51:31 ↗ well those are integral parts to having

51:34 ↗ the Staffing that is necessary in

51:35 ↗ growing that

51:39 ↗ dispatch needs increased Staffing for

51:42 ↗ more dispatchers are required to keep on

51:44 ↗ top of the increasing proportion of

51:45 ↗ emergency calls we are receiving within

51:48 ↗ growing population staff is considering

51:50 ↗ the addition of one dispatcher which is

51:52 ↗ approximately 130 000 the reason for the

51:57 ↗ right now we are we all the shifts are

51:59 ↗ covered and it's great the problematic

52:01 ↗ piece is we had one that had to go on

52:04 ↗ medical for a period of time when that

52:06 ↗ happens then everybody else has to jump

52:08 ↗ on board and take all of these different

52:09 ↗ pieces instead of having a coverage

52:11 ↗ person or even two that manages those

52:14 ↗ shifts or covers when people are want to

52:16 ↗ take time off or when they're ill and so

52:18 ↗ as you can imagine if we were at any of

52:20 ↗ your jobs and someone wasn't there to

52:22 ↗ balance that out everybody else has to

52:24 ↗ jump on board it's the same factor and

52:25 ↗ so when we're a 9-1-1 Center that

52:27 ↗ dispatches for multiple different

52:29 ↗ agencies and it's a requirement in your

52:31 ↗ Lifeline for these officers as well as

52:33 ↗ the residents that call in 9-1-1 it

52:35 ↗ becomes problematic and currently we

52:37 ↗ have one supervisor and we have one lead

52:39 ↗ we're hoping to finish and we have

52:41 ↗ another lead spot we're hoping to fill

52:43 ↗ here soon we have 10 dispatchers and so

52:46 ↗ we're asking for that one more currently

52:49 ↗ um as you can see with the graph also

52:51 ↗ City of Issaquah population of almost 41

52:53 ↗ 000 we have 33 officers

52:55 ↗ city of Snoqualmie has population of 22

52:57 ↗ 000 with approximately 22 officers and

53:00 ↗ then North Bend with the population is 7

53:02 ↗ 300 almost 7 400. the 22 officers for

53:06 ↗ Snoqualmie North Bend that covers both

53:08 ↗ those jurisdictions

53:10 ↗ so it's not just so that's why there's

53:12 ↗ not a number next to that because

53:13 ↗ Snoqualmie covers North Bend

53:15 ↗ so the other piece to this that's not

53:18 ↗ mentioned here on the slide is that

53:21 ↗ starting in 2024 it used to be that

53:23 ↗ wherever you were at your cell when you

53:24 ↗ would call a 9-1-1 it would ping to

53:26 ↗ whatever Tower you were on so you go to

53:27 ↗ wsp or you go to King County well

53:29 ↗ starting in 2024 so it's new technology

53:32 ↗ as you can imagine if you're anywhere

53:34 ↗ within our city limits no matter where

53:36 ↗ you're at they're just going to know

53:37 ↗ that you are so if you're on I-90 in our

53:39 ↗ city you're going to trigger our

53:41 ↗ Dispatch Center so that being the case

53:43 ↗ we're going to our in our 911s will

53:45 ↗ increase comparatively to even what it's

53:47 ↗ been in the past

53:48 ↗ so our calls for service will go up

53:50 ↗ because of that piece alone

53:55 ↗ body cameras this is what in the 2024

53:58 ↗ budget and it's been pushed out that

54:01 ↗ we're we had the pilot program that

54:03 ↗ haven't started yet this is a

54:06 ↗ small image of what similar to what our

54:08 ↗ cameras are going to look like and every

54:09 ↗ officer will have one our Corrections

54:11 ↗ will not have them yet it is something

54:12 ↗ that we're looking at too for future but

54:14 ↗ right now it's just the patrol officers

54:16 ↗ and with this aspect and implementation

54:19 ↗ it's still shooting for quarter one of

54:21 ↗ 2024. we're looking for the pilot

54:24 ↗ program to be before that we're looking

54:25 ↗ to mid-september for that to be we're

54:28 ↗ finishing up the policies we're

54:30 ↗ finishing up the public disclosure

54:32 ↗ request piece of that which also

54:34 ↗ includes the part of

54:36 ↗ um when the pilot program starts if

54:39 ↗ someone requests one we have to be able

54:41 ↗ to know what to charge them because it

54:42 ↗ takes a lot of effort to bring out all

54:44 ↗ those camera angles and submit that for

54:47 ↗ disclosure so we're looking at and

54:49 ↗ working on all those pieces each camera

54:51 ↗ has increased visibility with a four or

54:53 ↗ four to three aspect ratio 160 degree

54:55 ↗ degree field of view cameras can

54:58 ↗ automatically

54:59 ↗ share live streams with support teams

55:01 ↗ and commands so for example it's not to

55:03 ↗ watch Big Brother it's not for me to be

55:05 ↗ listening in or watching the officers if

55:07 ↗ I get called and I'm at my house and

55:09 ↗ there's an emergency emergent situation

55:11 ↗ I can pull up my screen and see what the

55:12 ↗ officers are seeing and make Command

55:13 ↗ Decisions from there as well and so it

55:15 ↗ just gives us a better span of control

55:17 ↗ and then I can also have communication

55:20 ↗ without them having to call or tell me

55:21 ↗ what's going on but I can still have

55:23 ↗ that conversation with real-time

55:25 ↗ information and so that's what it's

55:27 ↗ intended for and also for the protection

55:30 ↗ of staff and for the residents

55:32 ↗ themselves so there will those policies

55:35 ↗ will be put in place with me talking to

55:37 ↗ the equity board and seeing anything

55:38 ↗ that they as well have and questions

55:40 ↗ they have to be brought up and so that's

55:42 ↗ a part of that implementation and

55:45 ↗ cameras will also 167 waterproof longer

55:49 ↗ life battery which is and I think you've

55:51 ↗ got a question Chief yeah

55:55 ↗ so um and I want to make clear that I I

55:58 ↗ think body cameras are a good idea but I

56:01 ↗ was listening to kuow a couple of days

56:03 ↗ ago and they were talking about the um

56:06 ↗ the difficulty of keeping up with all

56:09 ↗ the storage and of of

56:12 ↗ um

56:13 ↗ uh what would you say uh

56:15 ↗ digitizing everything and making sure

56:18 ↗ that it was all searchable and so forth

56:20 ↗ and they're finding out that they needed

56:22 ↗ double the number of people that they

56:24 ↗ had originally projected to do that work

56:25 ↗ I don't know if you're hearing anything

56:27 ↗ about that or

56:30 ↗ um if people are working on solutions to

56:33 ↗ this sort of data overload that's coming

56:35 ↗ out of the body cameras are do we have

56:39 ↗ any idea about how many people it might

56:41 ↗ take to actually take that data and put

56:44 ↗ it into a searchable format

56:47 ↗ great question thank you we've had a

56:49 ↗ team of people between our I.T our

56:51 ↗ record staff our record supervisor that

56:53 ↗ have gone out and we wanted to learn

56:54 ↗ from others and what they've done to

56:57 ↗ implement this program and problems

56:59 ↗ they've found before they got started

57:01 ↗ and so we wanted to learn and not

57:03 ↗ reinvent the wheel so we went up to

57:05 ↗ multiple agencies that also have our

57:06 ↗ same

57:08 ↗ um

57:09 ↗ report writing system or our record

57:10 ↗ system

57:11 ↗ and so we made sure that our data

57:14 ↗ merging and what the base was in keeping

57:17 ↗ that in the cloud and the downloading

57:19 ↗ and all of that and how many to do the

57:22 ↗ research and so we've looked at all of

57:24 ↗ that and they've put that all together

57:26 ↗ and so our staff between the IT

57:29 ↗ department and Records is working on

57:31 ↗ what those pieces are and we're making

57:33 ↗ sure those questions are asked in

57:35 ↗ advance so we are prepared for what that

57:37 ↗ looks like long term

57:39 ↗ yes great question councilman Ray

57:42 ↗ thanks mayor Paulie I just want to kind

57:44 ↗ of piggyback on council member D

57:46 ↗ Michelle on body cams we looked at

57:49 ↗ redaction and how we're going to manage

57:50 ↗ redaction of of images

57:53 ↗ um

57:54 ↗ with the body cams yes so one of those

57:57 ↗ major pieces that we looked for and we

57:59 ↗ asked that question is this program that

58:01 ↗ we're looking at and we're looking to

58:02 ↗ purchase and that he's going to Pilot

58:04 ↗ the program actually does a 95 to 97

58:07 ↗ percent data redaction through the

58:09 ↗ program it's already implemented in the

58:11 ↗ cost that we're doing so we don't have

58:12 ↗ to hire extra staff to do all of that

58:14 ↗ now there will be times when there's

58:16 ↗ going to be an arm that goes across or

58:17 ↗ there's going to be something that will

58:19 ↗ be missed so it will still be reviewed

58:21 ↗ but before it's released but at the same

58:23 ↗ time the program itself does a majority

58:25 ↗ of that redaction and so we made sure

58:28 ↗ those questions were asked and that's a

58:30 ↗ huge piece and we wanted to make sure do

58:31 ↗ we have to have five more people to do

58:33 ↗ this or that's part of because they're

58:36 ↗ not we're not the first person that have

58:37 ↗ purchased this program and and they have

58:40 ↗ done a great job with implementing and

58:42 ↗ realizing the deficiencies and what's

58:45 ↗ been necessary but that was a big piece

58:47 ↗ because that was one of my big concerns

58:49 ↗ with how many records people I needed

58:50 ↗ for sure that's great thank you

58:53 ↗ good to go okay

58:59 ↗ otherwise city is addressing Community

59:01 ↗ survey results because we know that we

59:03 ↗ did see the results of the community

59:04 ↗ survey we're making sure we have a

59:07 ↗ visibility of our police we're

59:08 ↗ encouraging our staff to make sure

59:09 ↗ they're out and about they're in the

59:11 ↗ different communities we minding our

59:13 ↗ staff that just because they're not

59:15 ↗ responding to a crime or maybe they're

59:17 ↗ not at a call for service they're

59:18 ↗ driving around the city is sometimes

59:20 ↗ presence alone helps deter things from

59:22 ↗ happening whether it be in the

59:24 ↗ commercial areas whether it be in

59:25 ↗ residences whether it be at night and

59:27 ↗ then sometimes going through a

59:29 ↗ neighborhood twice in a row they think

59:31 ↗ oh they're gone and then I can go do

59:33 ↗ whatever but then we come through again

59:34 ↗ and then you don't know when your

59:35 ↗ partner is going through so we're really

59:37 ↗ encouraging high visibility we're also

59:39 ↗ encouraging if you need to take a break

59:41 ↗ or you just are waiting for a certain

59:43 ↗ call or to head somewhere we park in

59:45 ↗ front of a business so we're trying to

59:48 ↗ visibility is a big piece another thing

59:50 ↗ we're also is that we obviously

59:52 ↗ increased our staffing which has been

59:54 ↗ hugely helpful and also getting people

59:57 ↗ into those Specialties now being that

59:59 ↗ we're almost fully staffed we still have

1:00:00 ↗ a lot of entry level and people that are

1:00:02 ↗ still getting trained and working

1:00:03 ↗ through those steps so that's another

1:00:06 ↗ piece we're working towards and getting

1:00:07 ↗ everybody trained and all our ftos I

1:00:09 ↗ want to thank them publicly because

1:00:11 ↗ they've been Non-Stop and they have

1:00:14 ↗ still a long road ahead of them and so

1:00:16 ↗ I'm very proud of them for all the work

1:00:17 ↗ that they put in and training and

1:00:18 ↗ getting people that will work side by

1:00:20 ↗ side them on a on soon basis so we're

1:00:23 ↗ thankful for them and all the work that

1:00:25 ↗ they've put in we've increased patrols

1:00:26 ↗ like I said in the areas not just in the

1:00:28 ↗ reporting we have availability of

1:00:30 ↗ information about police activities and

1:00:32 ↗ programs we have the police blotter

1:00:34 ↗ which Ryan does on a weekly basis she's

1:00:37 ↗ done an amazing job the annual and

1:00:39 ↗ monthly reports which gets everybody

1:00:41 ↗ thing out to everybody anyone that

1:00:42 ↗ subscribes or is interested in the

1:00:43 ↗ information we've also out on Facebook

1:00:46 ↗ quite a bit messaging all the activities

1:00:49 ↗ that we're doing sometimes it's

1:00:51 ↗ activities not just the fun stuff like

1:00:53 ↗ National Night Out or salmon days to

1:00:55 ↗ come sometimes it's also things that

1:00:57 ↗ great work that's been done whether it's

1:00:58 ↗ be arrests of people that have committed

1:01:01 ↗ crimes or people that have been victims

1:01:03 ↗ we want them to know that something is

1:01:05 ↗ being been accomplished and they can

1:01:07 ↗ feel safer that people are being held

1:01:09 ↗ accountable

1:01:10 ↗ and plans for enhanced data dashboard

1:01:12 ↗ and crime mapping available to the

1:01:14 ↗ public so that's something also that

1:01:15 ↗ Ryan and the staff are working on to

1:01:17 ↗ make more available as people would like

1:01:19 ↗ to have that information

1:01:21 ↗ other crime prevention efforts increase

1:01:22 ↗ Staffing for the programs as mentioned

1:01:24 ↗ before reviewing and building programs

1:01:27 ↗ going through the pause on patrol

1:01:29 ↗ building up those residence academies

1:01:32 ↗ again the parent projects because they

1:01:35 ↗ were always very successful programs

1:01:37 ↗ people really thanked us for those and

1:01:39 ↗ we're excited in asking when they were

1:01:40 ↗ coming back so we're excited to get

1:01:41 ↗ those going again and working with those

1:01:43 ↗ relationships we partnership with

1:01:45 ↗ businesses to Target shoplifting the

1:01:48 ↗ retail business meetings have been going

1:01:50 ↗ regularly we even asked them if they

1:01:52 ↗ wanted to cut back from once a month and

1:01:55 ↗ they wanted to continue and there's a

1:01:56 ↗ huge group that's been very interactive

1:02:00 ↗ with us and it's been very successful

1:02:02 ↗ and very proud to have some of those

1:02:03 ↗ relationships sometimes having those

1:02:05 ↗ it's it's building that trust again and

1:02:07 ↗ that's been growing greatly and we're

1:02:09 ↗ very pleased for a lot of those

1:02:10 ↗ relationships

1:02:12 ↗ and we've added some the crime analysis

1:02:15 ↗ component to increase emphasis Patrols

1:02:17 ↗ in those areas as specified earlier this

1:02:21 ↗ is also increased our reporting we're

1:02:23 ↗ also telling people how to report not

1:02:26 ↗ only with their my little PSAs from Tim

1:02:29 ↗ but also we've encouraged them with

1:02:31 ↗ online

1:02:32 ↗ different things that they're able to

1:02:34 ↗ report the things that we're asking for

1:02:35 ↗ and that's at National Night Out we'll

1:02:37 ↗ also be discussing what to expect when

1:02:38 ↗ you call 9-1-1 and or what information

1:02:40 ↗ we're looking for or why we need the

1:02:42 ↗ information we ask for and what's

1:02:44 ↗ required and what's not so those are the

1:02:46 ↗ big things that we've

1:02:48 ↗ we're using to otherwise Community or

1:02:51 ↗ touch base on the community results

1:02:53 ↗ and I believe that's it for me so I'm

1:02:56 ↗ happy to answer any other questions that

1:02:57 ↗ anyone might have

1:03:01 ↗ council member Ray

1:03:03 ↗ um thank you mayor Paulie and uh I'm

1:03:05 ↗ going to scoot a little bit away from

1:03:06 ↗ council member marks when I ask this

1:03:08 ↗ question but given the increase in the

1:03:10 ↗ cost of dispatch and the potential

1:03:13 ↗ changes in 2024 that you mentioned have

1:03:16 ↗ we looked at just from a cost

1:03:17 ↗ perspective what Outsourcing dispatch

1:03:19 ↗ might look like from a budget

1:03:22 ↗ perspective we have not

1:03:24 ↗ where we'd have no plans to Outsource

1:03:26 ↗ dispatch we are looking at what we

1:03:28 ↗ charge our neighbor jurisdictions for uh

1:03:30 ↗ dispatching but we have no plans to

1:03:33 ↗ outforce dispatch which actually thank

1:03:36 ↗ you for taking up my other question

1:03:37 ↗ which is with the increase in population

1:03:39 ↗ at the jail is that having any impact on

1:03:41 ↗ the fees that we're looking to charge

1:03:44 ↗ our partners for jail service or jail

1:03:46 ↗ beds excellent question we are also

1:03:48 ↗ looking at our contracts that we

1:03:49 ↗ currently have and with

1:03:52 ↗ um Cola rates and everything moving and

1:03:54 ↗ improving we are also adding at least a

1:03:56 ↗ five percent increase asking that in the

1:03:58 ↗ new contracts that will be pushed out as

1:03:59 ↗ well

1:04:00 ↗ great thank you

1:04:01 ↗ additional questions for chief

1:04:05 ↗ thank you very much Chief thank you for

1:04:07 ↗ your time so Madam mayor our plan we've

1:04:09 ↗ we've got a few other areas to go

1:04:11 ↗ through so we'll make the presentation

1:04:12 ↗ answer any initial questions and come

1:04:14 ↗ back for General discussion is that that

1:04:16 ↗ sounds great very good thank you next up

1:04:18 ↗ thank you Chief uh our Public Works

1:04:20 ↗ director Emily Moon

1:04:28 ↗ good evening

1:04:31 ↗ here to discuss what we're doing in

1:04:34 ↗ transportation and Mobility

1:04:37 ↗ um

1:04:37 ↗ you all will recall that in Spring City

1:04:41 ↗ Administration and I presented some of

1:04:43 ↗ the needs in this Arena I'm happy to say

1:04:46 ↗ we've made a lot of progress thus far in

1:04:48 ↗ filling our positions it's still a

1:04:51 ↗ little bit of work to go

1:04:53 ↗ and we put two good work the

1:04:56 ↗ Professional Services dollars that you

1:04:58 ↗ also gave us permission for at that time

1:05:05 ↗ some of the current things that we're

1:05:07 ↗ working on right now and we'll continue

1:05:09 ↗ to work on in 2024

1:05:12 ↗ you see on your screen I'm going to

1:05:15 ↗ lightly touch on each of these because

1:05:17 ↗ they're in your packet

1:05:19 ↗ bottom line is we still have a lot on

1:05:23 ↗ our work plan we think that

1:05:27 ↗ all of these activities and more are in

1:05:31 ↗ service to improving mobility and

1:05:33 ↗ transportation in the community and

1:05:35 ↗ we're again at that point where we just

1:05:39 ↗ need to execute we need to implement

1:05:41 ↗ these things make progress on the

1:05:43 ↗ capital project

1:05:45 ↗ and complete our work in design the

1:05:49 ↗ future for our infrastructure

1:05:53 ↗ so on this list we have Metroflex

1:05:56 ↗ Metroflex has been before the mobility

1:06:00 ↗ and infrastructure committee recently

1:06:02 ↗ will be coming back to city council for

1:06:05 ↗ discussion the first meeting in August

1:06:07 ↗ August 7th and that's the moment in time

1:06:10 ↗ where the full Council will hopefully

1:06:12 ↗ provide some direction in terms of the

1:06:15 ↗ pursuit of King County's

1:06:18 ↗ point to point on demand service that is

1:06:22 ↗ being proposed

1:06:23 ↗ our its plan intelligent transportation

1:06:27 ↗ system program has been evaluated we are

1:06:32 ↗ still working on the final report

1:06:34 ↗ that has a significant implementation

1:06:37 ↗ plan include some pieces that are

1:06:39 ↗ already built in to the capital budget

1:06:41 ↗ and the operating budget that you have

1:06:43 ↗ approved we will be speaking with you

1:06:46 ↗ more about that this fall

1:06:48 ↗ we also are in the midst of putting

1:06:53 ↗ together the capital projects you see on

1:06:55 ↗ the list the escrow safety bundle Front

1:06:57 ↗ Street streetscape all their Festival

1:07:00 ↗ Street and the Strategic small capital

1:07:03 ↗ projects all of those include design and

1:07:06 ↗ construction phases another significant

1:07:09 ↗ Mobility Improvement that is in the

1:07:11 ↗ works in the you have just

1:07:14 ↗ helped us get underway through blessing

1:07:17 ↗ the contract is the I-90 Crossing

1:07:19 ↗ planning study and as you may know we're

1:07:23 ↗ doing a lot of Outreach on the transit

1:07:25 ↗ study right now we expect that we will

1:07:29 ↗ be sharing those results with you in the

1:07:31 ↗ near future in the in the whole

1:07:33 ↗ Community as well

1:07:35 ↗ so that's what we have in part going on

1:07:38 ↗ right now

1:07:40 ↗ my focus is really just to make sure

1:07:42 ↗ again that we can Implement resources

1:07:45 ↗ and the activities that you have given

1:07:48 ↗ us Direction on

1:07:51 ↗ I've mentioned Metroflex shuttle this

1:07:55 ↗ will be an item that will be considered

1:07:59 ↗ as part of the mid biennial budget

1:08:01 ↗ update as it is not currently budgeted

1:08:04 ↗ within the 2024 budget and then the

1:08:07 ↗ second piece on this slide is

1:08:10 ↗ to do a reclassification for one of our

1:08:13 ↗ senior signal texts and the spring you

1:08:18 ↗ gave me permission to go and fill a

1:08:21 ↗ third signal Tech position happy to say

1:08:24 ↗ we have done that but we have an

1:08:27 ↗ individual

1:08:29 ↗ that is a long-term employee a master

1:08:32 ↗ electrician an invaluable resource to

1:08:36 ↗ the city that I want to retain and who I

1:08:39 ↗ believe

1:08:40 ↗ has been doing above and beyond the

1:08:45 ↗ classification and so I'd like to

1:08:47 ↗ address that both for a retention

1:08:49 ↗ standpoint but also provide some growth

1:08:51 ↗ opportunities within our Workforce

1:08:56 ↗ with that I will answer

1:08:58 ↗ any questions that you have about

1:09:00 ↗ transportation and Mobility

1:09:01 ↗ councilmember D Michelle

1:09:04 ↗ so I I believe we have a a couple of

1:09:07 ↗ positions that are limited term

1:09:10 ↗ employment

1:09:11 ↗ um and uh I'm wondering for long-term

1:09:15 ↗ planning and we have a number of really

1:09:17 ↗ significant projects I love the list

1:09:20 ↗ thank you very much but we have some

1:09:22 ↗ long-term projects that are going to

1:09:24 ↗ take some time and I'm just wondering if

1:09:26 ↗ there's been any consideration of

1:09:27 ↗ converting those positions to uh

1:09:31 ↗ full employment or continuing employment

1:09:34 ↗ sure currently my department has one

1:09:37 ↗ individual who is a limited term

1:09:39 ↗ employee who works closely with

1:09:42 ↗ Community Planning and Development as

1:09:45 ↗ well on our transportation planning that

1:09:48 ↗ individual has been the primary on

1:09:50 ↗ Metroflex as you know

1:09:53 ↗ and I would love to retain him and that

1:09:57 ↗ position I I we need people to get the

1:10:00 ↗ work done but for the biennial budget

1:10:04 ↗ that hasn't been included would be

1:10:06 ↗ something that we consider for the next

1:10:09 ↗ financial budget

1:10:12 ↗ any other questions thank you

1:10:14 ↗ councilmember

1:10:16 ↗ uh councilmember hunt

1:10:18 ↗ um the Metroflex shuttle will be a pilot

1:10:21 ↗ program and so I'm wondering if you can

1:10:22 ↗ speak to a little bit about how we're

1:10:24 ↗ going to be assessing the pilot program

1:10:26 ↗ at the end of this pilot year what sort

1:10:29 ↗ of data is being collected and surveys

1:10:31 ↗ before and after sure sure and I don't

1:10:34 ↗ have that comprehensive list in front of

1:10:35 ↗ me there are a bunch of metrics that

1:10:37 ↗ we've spelled out in the mobility and

1:10:39 ↗ infrastructure

1:10:41 ↗ meeting and be happy to get you that

1:10:44 ↗ full list for the August council meeting

1:10:47 ↗ I just don't have it in front of me but

1:10:48 ↗ a lot of metrics on ridership of course

1:10:50 ↗ on the types of trips that are being

1:10:53 ↗ taken so that we can better understand

1:10:55 ↗ that and make sure that the means are

1:10:58 ↗ fitting the actual Community needs we

1:11:02 ↗ also will be looking at where people go

1:11:05 ↗ we will be looking at the integration

1:11:08 ↗ with other fixed routes a transportation

1:11:11 ↗ systems so there's a variety of data

1:11:13 ↗ that we will be looking for and we have

1:11:17 ↗ a project schedule as you suggested to

1:11:21 ↗ sit down with King County Metro discuss

1:11:23 ↗ those make sure that its meaning

1:11:25 ↗ Community need that also look at it from

1:11:28 ↗ the financial investment side to make

1:11:30 ↗ sure that it's the wisest use of our

1:11:33 ↗ dollars to get at the problems that we

1:11:34 ↗ want to correct with our Mobility gaps

1:11:38 ↗ and we will be bringing that data back

1:11:41 ↗ to city council

1:11:45 ↗ thanks any additional questions

1:11:47 ↗ I'm not seeing any thanks director Moon

1:11:54 ↗ next mini dollywall our community

1:11:55 ↗ planning and development director

1:12:09 ↗ good evening members of the council and

1:12:12 ↗ community members

1:12:14 ↗ um so our part here

1:12:17 ↗ um

1:12:18 ↗ is really focused on improving service

1:12:21 ↗ so we've gotten through the code update

1:12:25 ↗ process and have undertaken the

1:12:28 ↗ implementation phase of the code update

1:12:31 ↗ um what we learned from the survey we're

1:12:34 ↗ taking all of that into consideration as

1:12:36 ↗ you know land he's planning was number

1:12:38 ↗ two priority as we gleaned and got into

1:12:42 ↗ what was really implied and you know we

1:12:45 ↗ did our best to understand overall built

1:12:48 ↗ environment was above

1:12:50 ↗ um you know 60 percent folks were

1:12:52 ↗ satisfied with that quality of new

1:12:55 ↗ development was only slightly up

1:12:58 ↗ um ease of getting permit was eight

1:13:00 ↗ percent but you know 65 percent said

1:13:02 ↗ don't know so we couple that with our

1:13:05 ↗ own survey that we do of the applicants

1:13:07 ↗ because people may not have had to get a

1:13:09 ↗ permit uh through the community survey

1:13:11 ↗ of

1:13:13 ↗ of all the people that filled out that

1:13:15 ↗ survey when we couple that with our own

1:13:17 ↗ survey that we've done

1:13:20 ↗ um I think um it's important to note

1:13:22 ↗ there were Hallmarks for professionalism

1:13:24 ↗ of the staff and online permitting

1:13:27 ↗ people were satisfied with that we

1:13:29 ↗ certainly understand there's room for

1:13:31 ↗ improvement and Clarity of the process

1:13:33 ↗ and the timing of the reviews and we're

1:13:35 ↗ committed to working on that within our

1:13:38 ↗ existing resources

1:13:39 ↗ there were also High marks for

1:13:41 ↗ environmental stewardship which is

1:13:43 ↗ across the city

1:13:45 ↗ um and of course we heard need to

1:13:48 ↗ increase availability of affordable

1:13:49 ↗ housing

1:13:50 ↗ and improve how we plan for growth so in

1:13:54 ↗ our budget for this year we already have

1:13:58 ↗ um you know council's given us a lot of

1:14:01 ↗ resources related to long-term planning

1:14:03 ↗ for the comprehensive Plan update and

1:14:05 ↗ the Eis work that we're doing there was

1:14:07 ↗ money included in the last biennial

1:14:11 ↗ budget we also had some money allocated

1:14:14 ↗ for implementation of housing strategies

1:14:17 ↗ and that's also implementing the

1:14:20 ↗ legislative

1:14:22 ↗ bills that came through our way and then

1:14:26 ↗ also to do parking study

1:14:28 ↗ so all of those are funded the budget

1:14:31 ↗ also included an affordable housing

1:14:33 ↗ planner position that you know Council

1:14:36 ↗ was previously briefed on

1:14:38 ↗ um we are using a fabulous in-house

1:14:40 ↗ resource with Jen Davis Hayes taking on

1:14:43 ↗ some of that responsibility

1:14:45 ↗ um so we will come in and give you a

1:14:48 ↗ more up-to-date uh detail of what staff

1:14:51 ↗ is working on permit process and

1:14:52 ↗ procedures uh in fall and how we're best

1:14:56 ↗ allocating our existing resources but

1:14:58 ↗ happy to answer any questions

1:15:01 ↗ any questions

1:15:03 ↗ director dollywell thank you Minnie

1:15:05 ↗ thank you

1:15:12 ↗ next uh is

1:15:14 ↗ Emergency Management

1:15:16 ↗ and uh I believe Jared this is your

1:15:18 ↗ first appearance at the city council

1:15:20 ↗ Jared Schneider our new emergency

1:15:22 ↗ manager hello folks yes hello my name is

1:15:24 ↗ Jared Schneider I am your new emergency

1:15:26 ↗ manager it is a pleasure to be in front

1:15:28 ↗ of you today uh especially given that it

1:15:30 ↗ is not an emergency and everything is

1:15:33 ↗ raining and wonderful outside so um like

1:15:37 ↗ I said yes I am the new emergency

1:15:38 ↗ manager uh before this role I was with

1:15:40 ↗ King County Office of Emergency

1:15:42 ↗ Management for five years before that I

1:15:44 ↗ was with the Red Cross during my time at

1:15:46 ↗ King County we saw floods landslides

1:15:50 ↗ wildfires pandemic you name it so coming

1:15:54 ↗ with us some emergency baggage if you

1:15:56 ↗ will to this position some of you may

1:15:59 ↗ also recognize me I was actually here a

1:16:01 ↗ couple years ago speaking to you all

1:16:03 ↗ about Wildfire risk I was co-leading an

1:16:06 ↗ effort to develop the King County

1:16:07 ↗ Wildfire risk reduction strategy we

1:16:09 ↗ brought it to you all to gather input

1:16:11 ↗ and feedback and support for it we

1:16:14 ↗ released it about a year ago with mayor

1:16:15 ↗ Paulie up in the uh up in Miramont and

1:16:19 ↗ it was a great a great event and so far

1:16:21 ↗ it's been well received and we're taking

1:16:23 ↗ actionable steps in our region to reduce

1:16:25 ↗ our risk so with that being said it's

1:16:27 ↗ great to be on team Issaquah so far uh

1:16:30 ↗ 10 weeks in but they've been lovely 10

1:16:32 ↗ weeks everyone has been very kind and

1:16:34 ↗ I'm excited to be here so it's great to

1:16:37 ↗ meet you

1:16:38 ↗ with that my slide deck is pretty light

1:16:41 ↗ like I said I've only been here 10 weeks

1:16:43 ↗ so I'm only discovering what the

1:16:45 ↗ priorities of the Emergency Management

1:16:46 ↗ program should be here in issua that

1:16:49 ↗ being said there's three main categories

1:16:51 ↗ that I'm seeing as early winners if you

1:16:53 ↗ will Emergency Operations Center

1:16:55 ↗ Readiness so making sure that we're

1:16:57 ↗ ready as a city to respond to any

1:16:59 ↗ disaster be it small or large community

1:17:02 ↗ resilience ensuring our community is

1:17:04 ↗ prepared that there's self-reliance and

1:17:07 ↗ awareness of our hazards in our

1:17:10 ↗ community

1:17:11 ↗ risk reduction ensuring that as our

1:17:13 ↗ community grows that the protective

1:17:15 ↗ actions that we take to protect our city

1:17:18 ↗ also grow with the city those are the

1:17:20 ↗ three early priorities that I'm seeing

1:17:22 ↗ but again they may change as time goes

1:17:25 ↗ on

1:17:27 ↗ So speaking of wildfire um it's a it's

1:17:30 ↗ fun to talk about it on a day like this

1:17:31 ↗ as it's raining the only day in the

1:17:33 ↗ Summer where it feels like it's been

1:17:35 ↗ raining but what you see in front of you

1:17:37 ↗ here is you SCI fire and rescues uh

1:17:39 ↗ calls to brush fires and this is a seven

1:17:42 ↗ year period so it's quite a busy map

1:17:44 ↗ keep in mind that brush fires are very

1:17:47 ↗ small actually they're only about 20

1:17:49 ↗ feet by 20 feet so while this while this

1:17:51 ↗ does look like there's a lot of them

1:17:52 ↗ going on keep in mind that they are

1:17:55 ↗ relatively small incidents there's no

1:17:57 ↗ separate category with an effer for

1:17:59 ↗ wildfires they just don't collect that

1:18:00 ↗ type of data but I wanted to share this

1:18:02 ↗ all with you all to know that we're

1:18:05 ↗ thinking about it over here on the Poke

1:18:07 ↗ safety Emergency Management side but

1:18:09 ↗ also too that we're looking into data

1:18:11 ↗ right we're trying to understand our

1:18:13 ↗ risk better for our community and this

1:18:15 ↗ is just one of the ways that we're doing

1:18:16 ↗ that

1:18:17 ↗ with that being said there are some

1:18:19 ↗ short-term actions that we are

1:18:21 ↗ undertaking to reduce our risk of

1:18:23 ↗ wildfire currently

1:18:24 ↗ Eastside fire and rescue is developing a

1:18:26 ↗ community Wildfire protection plan what

1:18:29 ↗ this is is just a plan that helps you

1:18:31 ↗ understand your risk they're breaking it

1:18:33 ↗ down by cities and then within the

1:18:35 ↗ cities we're breaking it down by

1:18:36 ↗ neighborhood so Issaquah we are also

1:18:38 ↗ planning in conjunction with ephra

1:18:40 ↗ plenty of other cities are also in the

1:18:43 ↗ effort of planning for this in the same

1:18:46 ↗ Community Wildfire protection plan we

1:18:48 ↗ don't have a full list yet they just had

1:18:50 ↗ to kick off a couple weeks ago but these

1:18:53 ↗ plans are great like I said for

1:18:54 ↗ understanding risk they help you plan

1:18:56 ↗ for emergency response so whether it be

1:18:58 ↗ evacuation or Sheltering and then also

1:19:00 ↗ they really spell out what you're going

1:19:02 ↗ to do in your neighborhoods about

1:19:03 ↗ reducing that risk right so whether it's

1:19:05 ↗ like things like metal roofs or areas of

1:19:07 ↗ limited Ingress and egress into

1:19:09 ↗ Community that's all found within those

1:19:11 ↗ plans the other thing that we're doing

1:19:14 ↗ is Communications so with the help of

1:19:16 ↗ Thomas and his lovely team we are

1:19:18 ↗ pushing out more information about

1:19:20 ↗ wildfires and really pushing the message

1:19:22 ↗ that Issaquah is all fire country and

1:19:25 ↗ that we should be ready and prepare for

1:19:27 ↗ one a big part of that is alert

1:19:30 ↗ notification so in King County we have a

1:19:33 ↗ service called alert King County it's a

1:19:35 ↗ sign up service where residents can put

1:19:37 ↗ in their information and it is what we

1:19:39 ↗ use to notify residents in any emergency

1:19:43 ↗ now we pulled some numbers in Issaquah

1:19:46 ↗ there's only about a thousand residents

1:19:47 ↗ signed up right now for alert King

1:19:49 ↗ County there's 17 000 more that we have

1:19:52 ↗ from an emergency 911 database so we do

1:19:56 ↗ have confidence that we can reach you

1:19:58 ↗ know a fraction in the community but

1:19:59 ↗ obviously we want to see that number go

1:20:01 ↗ up right so that's going to be one of

1:20:03 ↗ the big things that we're pushing for in

1:20:05 ↗ this Public Communication is sign up for

1:20:07 ↗ alert King County so you can know about

1:20:09 ↗ Wildfire or any Hazard that's in the

1:20:12 ↗ community

1:20:14 ↗ um with that that's actually my last

1:20:15 ↗ slide like I said it's great to meet you

1:20:18 ↗ all if you have any feedback any

1:20:21 ↗ suggestions if you've heard anything

1:20:23 ↗ from the community that you think is a

1:20:25 ↗ priority for the Emergency Management

1:20:26 ↗ program I'd love to hear it it's a

1:20:28 ↗ perfect time as I'm just stepping into

1:20:30 ↗ this role so with that I thank you thank

1:20:33 ↗ you Jared and welcome uh council

1:20:35 ↗ president

1:20:36 ↗ thank you

1:20:38 ↗ um really appreciate your hair I would

1:20:40 ↗ love to talk to you about cert and all

1:20:42 ↗ of that

1:20:43 ↗ um you talked about communication as a

1:20:46 ↗ kind of proactive have

1:20:48 ↗ um do you have plans to have

1:20:49 ↗ conversations about the reactive nature

1:20:53 ↗ of emergencies and how we can

1:20:56 ↗ effectively have a communication

1:20:57 ↗ strategy both for our residents and our

1:21:00 ↗ employees and all of those things in the

1:21:02 ↗ case of an emergency yeah absolutely so

1:21:05 ↗ the procedures are laid out already I

1:21:08 ↗ know we have some Sops that describe

1:21:10 ↗ what we are to do the tools are well

1:21:13 ↗ known to those of us you know in those

1:21:15 ↗ in those roles to notify but there's

1:21:17 ↗ always room for improvement I should say

1:21:18 ↗ you know whether it's pre-scripting

1:21:20 ↗ messages or pre-translating messages

1:21:23 ↗ those are things that we should consider

1:21:25 ↗ and that we can build out in the future

1:21:27 ↗ and we hope to do so for really all of

1:21:29 ↗ our hazards that would require something

1:21:30 ↗ like an evacuation

1:21:33 ↗ any other questions for Jared

1:21:36 ↗ councilman

1:21:38 ↗ um

1:21:40 ↗ I I recall so I did the cert program a

1:21:43 ↗ few years ago now

1:21:44 ↗ um and at the time there was also map

1:21:46 ↗ your neighborhood where you got to know

1:21:48 ↗ who else was in your neighborhood and if

1:21:50 ↗ they had pets or if they had

1:21:52 ↗ um you know how many people were in the

1:21:54 ↗ home and things like that to make sure

1:21:55 ↗ that everybody did get out in the case

1:21:57 ↗ of an evacuation and also just so you

1:21:59 ↗ know your neighbors and um I was

1:22:02 ↗ wondering if that is still

1:22:04 ↗ um what you would if you would still

1:22:06 ↗ recommend people participate in that

1:22:07 ↗ program and then generally in addition

1:22:09 ↗ to signing up for the Emergency

1:22:11 ↗ notification what you would recommend

1:22:14 ↗ um people in Issaquah do to prepare at

1:22:17 ↗ this point like where they should go to

1:22:18 ↗ get that first information about what to

1:22:21 ↗ sign up for and all of that yeah so uh

1:22:24 ↗ to your first point yes map your knit

1:22:26 ↗ map your neighborhood is a great program

1:22:27 ↗ it's been around for a very long time

1:22:29 ↗ it's very popular

1:22:32 ↗ um or had been previously I think its

1:22:35 ↗ popularity has gone down a little bit as

1:22:36 ↗ I think some communities feel more

1:22:38 ↗ isolated people are a little less

1:22:40 ↗ anxious or more anxious to get to know

1:22:42 ↗ their neighbors in some instances and I

1:22:44 ↗ know that the instructors that we do

1:22:46 ↗ have that do map your neighborhood have

1:22:48 ↗ felt that they've felt that there hasn't

1:22:50 ↗ been very many requests with that being

1:22:52 ↗ said I would love to ReDiscover and

1:22:54 ↗ rebuild out that program because I do

1:22:56 ↗ think it's great and no one your

1:22:58 ↗ neighbor's going to be the first person

1:22:59 ↗ that's there you know to check on you

1:23:01 ↗ and and the emergency we we heard the

1:23:03 ↗ chief talk about Staffing shortages and

1:23:05 ↗ the challenges that's been there right

1:23:06 ↗ no one knows your neighborhood like your

1:23:08 ↗ neighbors and so yes I think it's a

1:23:10 ↗ great product it's something that I

1:23:12 ↗ would love to explore more I just don't

1:23:14 ↗ know enough actually about where is been

1:23:16 ↗ with the program and how many

1:23:17 ↗ instructors that we actually have

1:23:19 ↗ locally selective to your second Point

1:23:21 ↗ yeah alert King County truly is the best

1:23:24 ↗ place to find emergency information

1:23:27 ↗ um I wish I had the URL in my brain but

1:23:30 ↗ if you Google alert King County it will

1:23:33 ↗ come up and and what's great about that

1:23:34 ↗ service too is um it's already there's

1:23:37 ↗ eight languages too that you can already

1:23:39 ↗ alert into as well so there's already

1:23:41 ↗ some of that built into it but that is

1:23:44 ↗ the place to go

1:23:46 ↗ your question any other questions for

1:23:49 ↗ Jared

1:23:51 ↗ awesome well thanks so much thank you it

1:23:54 ↗ was great

1:23:56 ↗ members of the council the last area we

1:23:58 ↗ would like to talk about in response to

1:24:00 ↗ your discussions earlier this year is

1:24:02 ↗ our Communications efforts and Thomas

1:24:03 ↗ Rush our Communications manager is here

1:24:08 ↗ good evening council members

1:24:10 ↗ um first off I'm going to start as a

1:24:12 ↗ member of the communications team I'm

1:24:14 ↗ more excited than anyone that Jared's

1:24:16 ↗ here because I'm the one responsible for

1:24:17 ↗ making sure we get that messaging out so

1:24:19 ↗ I'm also very glad he's here

1:24:22 ↗ excuse me to start I just wanted to

1:24:25 ↗ highlight a few of the work plan items

1:24:26 ↗ that we've recently accomplished a lot

1:24:28 ↗ of them tie to what we heard in the

1:24:30 ↗ community survey to start we recently

1:24:33 ↗ released a new version of our city

1:24:35 ↗ projects page that includes a new

1:24:37 ↗ mac-based view this lets residents

1:24:39 ↗ explore what projects are happening

1:24:41 ↗ around town that either in their

1:24:42 ↗ neighborhoods or perhaps on their routes

1:24:44 ↗ out of town just providing new

1:24:47 ↗ perspective on ways to see what's

1:24:49 ↗ happening around town for those who

1:24:51 ↗ really enjoyed browsing our city

1:24:54 ↗ projects by list that's still there

1:24:56 ↗ broken down a nice convenient categories

1:24:58 ↗ based on the topic so we've seen a lot

1:25:01 ↗ of popularity with that already

1:25:03 ↗ happy to keep expanding on that the

1:25:06 ↗ second one is in the community survey we

1:25:09 ↗ saw that people had a noticeable uptick

1:25:11 ↗ in our response to engaging diverse

1:25:13 ↗ audiences we feel this is directly tied

1:25:16 ↗ to the fact that now all of our surveys

1:25:18 ↗ are translated into Spanish and Mandarin

1:25:20 ↗ which really reduces the barrier to

1:25:22 ↗ provide feedback to the city on

1:25:24 ↗ important topics

1:25:25 ↗ we've also recently released two new

1:25:28 ↗ e-newsletters to go along with is Gwen

1:25:31 ↗ Setter or general one and mayor Paulie's

1:25:33 ↗ newsletter as well these two are the

1:25:35 ↗ park bench and green isqua both are

1:25:37 ↗ topic based so park bench really talks

1:25:40 ↗ about the wonderful things our parks

1:25:41 ↗ department is doing reaches out to all

1:25:43 ↗ those audiences that have registered for

1:25:45 ↗ programs or just taken part in

1:25:48 ↗ various activities so a nice really

1:25:50 ↗ robust uh subscriber base to get

1:25:52 ↗ information from us and green is quad is

1:25:54 ↗ brand new I think we're on issue number

1:25:56 ↗ two right now that talks about all of

1:25:58 ↗ the wonderful stewardship and volunteer

1:26:01 ↗ events that we're doing to really

1:26:02 ↗ increase sustainability in town

1:26:04 ↗ throughout Parks Department

1:26:06 ↗ uh I'm super excited by this next Point

1:26:10 ↗ through the pandemic we really were

1:26:12 ↗ forced to Pivot and have a lot of

1:26:14 ↗ virtual meetings to get feedback from

1:26:16 ↗ community members but since 2023 we've

1:26:19 ↗ decided to make a standard that working

1:26:21 ↗ with project managers will bring back

1:26:23 ↗ in-person events so we've already had a

1:26:25 ↗ few open houses for various topics they

1:26:26 ↗ were well attended we talked to a few

1:26:29 ↗ you know anecdotally a few residents who

1:26:31 ↗ were just excited to be in the same room

1:26:33 ↗ as project managers to be able to ask

1:26:35 ↗ their questions and get immediate

1:26:36 ↗ feedback

1:26:37 ↗ uh finally we know this was a priority

1:26:39 ↗ from Council to improve our on-site

1:26:41 ↗ signage for public projects I'm happy to

1:26:44 ↗ say we have a new template in place that

1:26:46 ↗ does a great job of providing detailed

1:26:49 ↗ information to people who are passing by

1:26:51 ↗ project sites and then also provides

1:26:53 ↗ translations and QR codes to those who

1:26:55 ↗ want to find out more online

1:26:57 ↗ so those are things we've recently

1:26:59 ↗ accomplished looking forward we're

1:27:03 ↗ pretty excited that we are doing a

1:27:04 ↗ refresh for our City website it's been

1:27:07 ↗ five years since we redesigned it last

1:27:09 ↗ somehow that's already been five years

1:27:11 ↗ it's kind of blowing my mind

1:27:13 ↗ with that it's a design change so it

1:27:16 ↗ won't be restructuring the entire

1:27:18 ↗ website again this one really focuses on

1:27:20 ↗ the the user experience and the layout

1:27:23 ↗ seeing what best practices happen from

1:27:25 ↗ other municipalities who've recently

1:27:27 ↗ upgraded and taking

1:27:29 ↗ borrowing the best practices they've

1:27:31 ↗ come up with and bringing them to a

1:27:33 ↗ squad 2. so uh with that I think we're

1:27:36 ↗ hoping to aim towards the end of

1:27:38 ↗ December 2023 or early 2024 to release

1:27:40 ↗ that so more to come there

1:27:43 ↗ um as Jared alluded to we're really

1:27:45 ↗ making a specific emphasis on campaigns

1:27:48 ↗ to get people to sign up for uh King

1:27:51 ↗ County alert and other programs to

1:27:53 ↗ improve our ability to provide emergency

1:27:56 ↗ information on specific topics like

1:27:59 ↗ wildfire and flood safety uh what we've

1:28:01 ↗ done in the past has worked in terms of

1:28:03 ↗ getting Outreach out there but I think

1:28:04 ↗ we can do even better so that is going

1:28:06 ↗ to be a priority for communications

1:28:07 ↗ finally we're going to look at

1:28:10 ↗ additional analysis for what public

1:28:13 ↗ engagement needs we might need for the

1:28:14 ↗ next budget cycle I feel confident we

1:28:16 ↗ have right now works really well but in

1:28:18 ↗ the field of communications things

1:28:19 ↗ change rapidly so we will keep our eye

1:28:22 ↗ open for what uh other municipalities

1:28:25 ↗ earning around the country and see if we

1:28:27 ↗ can bring those same tools to use for

1:28:29 ↗ residents here

1:28:30 ↗ short and sweet happy to take any

1:28:34 ↗ questions you have Thomas do we have any

1:28:36 ↗ questions on Communications council

1:28:38 ↗ president

1:28:39 ↗ thank you

1:28:42 ↗ um What is prompting us to consider a

1:28:46 ↗ website redesign do we feel like there

1:28:48 ↗ is more user experience or is it just

1:28:52 ↗ it's been five years and we feel like

1:28:55 ↗ that's time yeah we've made it a habit

1:28:58 ↗ to try and make sure we update our

1:29:00 ↗ website every five to seven years the

1:29:01 ↗ last one was a major redesign of it all

1:29:03 ↗ those kind of changes are prompted by

1:29:06 ↗ feedback from residents and for just

1:29:08 ↗ seeing what best practice exist this one

1:29:10 ↗ is really about just refreshing and

1:29:12 ↗ provide new tools at our our vendor uh

1:29:17 ↗ plus comes out with new things so you to

1:29:19 ↗ Institute those you have to update to

1:29:21 ↗ the newest designs so you take this

1:29:22 ↗ chance to also make the website look uh

1:29:25 ↗ great and be even more useful to

1:29:27 ↗ Residents so just it's periodic that's

1:29:30 ↗ the underlying element but we take this

1:29:31 ↗ chance to really try to improve it too

1:29:33 ↗ to improve performance

1:29:35 ↗ okay uh next question

1:29:37 ↗ are we using AI or any of the chat GPT

1:29:42 ↗ tools something like that as a way to

1:29:45 ↗ enhance our communication strategy it's

1:29:47 ↗ a great question uh so that's an ongoing

1:29:50 ↗ Topic in the field of communications

1:29:51 ↗ really to figure out how best to utilize

1:29:54 ↗ AI based programs at the moment there

1:29:58 ↗ doesn't seem to be a consensus on how

1:30:00 ↗ best to do that I really want to make

1:30:03 ↗ sure that we maintain a reasonable

1:30:05 ↗ expectation for residents what they can

1:30:07 ↗ you know see coming down the line so

1:30:09 ↗ we'll continue to look into that if like

1:30:12 ↗ I said we see that the best practice

1:30:15 ↗ starts to Institute tools like chappie

1:30:17 ↗ gtbs or other AI programs we'll

1:30:20 ↗ reevaluate what our current

1:30:21 ↗ communication tools are and try and

1:30:23 ↗ endpoint as well

1:30:25 ↗ thank you

1:30:26 ↗ great question any other questions for

1:30:27 ↗ communications

1:30:33 ↗ absolutely

1:30:39 ↗ very good

1:30:41 ↗ uh Savannah mayor members of the council

1:30:43 ↗ those are the five areas that we heard

1:30:45 ↗ from the from the city council at uh its

1:30:48 ↗ Retreat a few months back

1:30:50 ↗ um to summarize uh you've heard a lot

1:30:52 ↗ from the police department uh we really

1:30:55 ↗ feel that uh a fully staffed department

1:30:57 ↗ will allow us to do a lot of the things

1:30:59 ↗ that you're hearing from the community

1:31:01 ↗ that we heard from on the community

1:31:03 ↗ survey uh so we're feeling really good

1:31:05 ↗ about that uh the part that we're

1:31:07 ↗ feeling less good about are the

1:31:09 ↗ continued challenges that we have

1:31:11 ↗ operating in jail in a Dispatch Center

1:31:12 ↗ we want to do that we want to continue

1:31:14 ↗ to offer those Services we want to make

1:31:17 ↗ sure we're doing it in a safe

1:31:18 ↗ responsible Manner and so as we look at

1:31:20 ↗ the adjustments to the mid biennium

1:31:23 ↗ budget you will see some requests in

1:31:25 ↗ those areas on the area of

1:31:27 ↗ Transportation as director Moon said

1:31:29 ↗ we've got a lot on our plate we think we

1:31:31 ↗ need to just make some small additional

1:31:33 ↗ adjustments from a staffing perspective

1:31:35 ↗ in order to continue to move forward in

1:31:37 ↗ that Lots on the capital program as we

1:31:40 ↗ consider

1:31:41 ↗ a uh a sales tax for transportation over

1:31:45 ↗ the next several months

1:31:47 ↗ um certainly something we're very

1:31:48 ↗ focused on uh the other three areas we

1:31:51 ↗ don't believe we need additional

1:31:52 ↗ resources but as you've heard this

1:31:54 ↗ evening from the responsible managers we

1:31:57 ↗ want to tweak some of our our focus on

1:32:00 ↗ the uh the planning uh reviewing of

1:32:02 ↗ current applications we've heard you

1:32:04 ↗ we've heard the community uh that there

1:32:06 ↗ is still frustration but with that

1:32:08 ↗ process Title 18 was a big step forward

1:32:10 ↗ uh additional new staff members and our

1:32:14 ↗ planning division is also a big step

1:32:15 ↗ forward we now need to walk that talk

1:32:18 ↗ and continue to return to you on a

1:32:20 ↗ regular basis with data as we continue

1:32:22 ↗ to improve in that area Emergency

1:32:25 ↗ Management

1:32:26 ↗ um I think Jared did an excellent job of

1:32:28 ↗ explaining sort of the high level points

1:32:30 ↗ uh that we need

1:32:33 ↗ um you know the resources for Emergency

1:32:35 ↗ Management are really tricky we feel

1:32:37 ↗ comfortable at this point with the one

1:32:40 ↗ FTE we may need additional resources

1:32:43 ↗ moving forward but we want to spend at

1:32:45 ↗ least that this next year and 24

1:32:47 ↗ focusing on the areas that Jared

1:32:49 ↗ described and then finally in

1:32:50 ↗ Communications something everyone is

1:32:53 ↗ struggling with certainly coming out of

1:32:55 ↗ the pandemic changes is how people

1:32:57 ↗ communicate all over we want to be

1:33:00 ↗ everything to everybody we want to be

1:33:01 ↗ every place and so we'll spend some more

1:33:04 ↗ time talking with colleague agencies but

1:33:07 ↗ looking at more interesting and diverse

1:33:10 ↗ ways to communicate with people during

1:33:12 ↗ 24 and as we come back to you with the

1:33:15 ↗ next banana budget for 25 and 26

1:33:17 ↗ hopefully have some new ideas so that is

1:33:21 ↗ our response to what we heard look for

1:33:23 ↗ your additional feedback this evening

1:33:26 ↗ the slide talks about the uh calendar

1:33:29 ↗ that we are proposing moving forward at

1:33:33 ↗ your next meeting on August 7th we'll

1:33:35 ↗ come with a final report on year-end

1:33:38 ↗ 2022 and a mid-year look as to where

1:33:41 ↗ where we're at with the current year

1:33:43 ↗ budget as well as look at Revenue any

1:33:46 ↗ Revenue changes we're seeing for the

1:33:48 ↗ balance of 23 into 24. on October 30th

1:33:52 ↗ we would like to have a committee the

1:33:55 ↗ whole uh to discuss mayor Paulie's

1:33:57 ↗ adjust proposed mid-year mid-bian

1:33:59 ↗ adjustments to the budget which will

1:34:01 ↗ reflect a lot of what you've heard this

1:34:03 ↗ evening we would then have a public

1:34:05 ↗ hearing for the property tax levy and

1:34:07 ↗ those mid Bay adjustments on November

1:34:10 ↗ 20th and then ask the council to

1:34:13 ↗ consider adoption of those changes on

1:34:15 ↗ December 4th this will also run parallel

1:34:18 ↗ to the council's consideration of

1:34:20 ↗ adjustments of the sales tax and it is

1:34:22 ↗ our hope at this point to closely follow

1:34:25 ↗ the same schedule so at this point we're

1:34:28 ↗ also looking at December 4th as being

1:34:30 ↗ the date that we would ask the council

1:34:32 ↗ to consider changes to the sales tax for

1:34:36 ↗ transportation projects that would allow

1:34:38 ↗ us to implement that sales tax change in

1:34:40 ↗ April of 2024 so two separate tracks

1:34:44 ↗ which we'll bring together as the year

1:34:46 ↗ ends

1:34:48 ↗ um they're probably that concludes our

1:34:50 ↗ presentation happy to answer any

1:34:52 ↗ questions and get additional feedback

1:34:54 ↗ great so let's start with questions and

1:34:56 ↗ then we'll move into comments the

1:34:58 ↗ council president

1:35:00 ↗ thank you so looking over this kind of

1:35:04 ↗ budget

1:35:05 ↗ schedule

1:35:07 ↗ um this is obviously our first bid

1:35:09 ↗ biennium budget so I look at the

1:35:11 ↗ differences between

1:35:13 ↗ this and a regular budget year and one

1:35:17 ↗ of the things that I notice is in a

1:35:21 ↗ regular budget year first of all we

1:35:22 ↗ would get

1:35:24 ↗ um the presentation of the budget in a

1:35:28 ↗ meeting ahead of when we would talk

1:35:30 ↗ about it so that gives us time to absorb

1:35:32 ↗ and then we would have one separate

1:35:35 ↗ meeting on what a revenue picture looks

1:35:37 ↗ like and then another meeting on what

1:35:41 ↗ any ads changes Etc obviously we want to

1:35:45 ↗ streamline this and we don't want to

1:35:47 ↗ repeat a budget scenario but I'm trying

1:35:50 ↗ to understand how we are going to have

1:35:53 ↗ the time to react when what I'm seeing

1:35:56 ↗ here is

1:35:58 ↗ some potential proposed additions and

1:36:02 ↗ then also hearing that there may need to

1:36:07 ↗ be cuts

1:36:08 ↗ in order to pay for those so

1:36:12 ↗ how what flexibility do we have and how

1:36:15 ↗ are we going to have the time to absorb

1:36:17 ↗ the information understand revenue and

1:36:20 ↗ understand any potential changes

1:36:27 ↗ looking at this calendar uh the first

1:36:29 ↗ discussion will be October 30th we'll

1:36:31 ↗ have all that information to you prior

1:36:33 ↗ to that October 30th discussion uh then

1:36:36 ↗ uh three weeks will pass between that

1:36:39 ↗ cow and the public hearing and then

1:36:41 ↗ another couple of weeks before decisions

1:36:43 ↗ so there's still quite a bit of time

1:36:44 ↗ built into this process certainly we do

1:36:48 ↗ not anticipate the same number of moving

1:36:52 ↗ pieces to this as we have with a regular

1:36:56 ↗ consideration of the two-year budget so

1:36:58 ↗ we think the number of pieces will be

1:37:00 ↗ pretty small I think you've heard the

1:37:02 ↗ Lion's Share of them this evening so you

1:37:05 ↗ don't anticipate a lot of additional

1:37:06 ↗ ones there will certainly be others less

1:37:08 ↗ significant so I think we're feeling

1:37:11 ↗ very comfortable with that time of I

1:37:13 ↗ think this council's gotten very good at

1:37:15 ↗ this quite honestly

1:37:17 ↗ um and so given the the shorter number

1:37:19 ↗ the smaller number of changes this

1:37:21 ↗ should be fine

1:37:23 ↗ so you think the meeting on the October

1:37:25 ↗ 30th will include a brief review of the

1:37:30 ↗ proposed ads what are Revenue situation

1:37:33 ↗ looks like that necessitates potentially

1:37:37 ↗ any cuts and what the proposed cuts are

1:37:40 ↗ um and then we will react to that on the

1:37:44 ↗ 30th because usually November 20th that

1:37:47 ↗ public hearing isn't a give and take so

1:37:50 ↗ much as

1:37:52 ↗ giving the community a chance to provide

1:37:55 ↗ a recommendation so and my my sense is

1:38:00 ↗ you'll have everything you need for a

1:38:01 ↗ full and complete discussion prior to

1:38:03 ↗ October

1:38:07 ↗ any other questions before we move into

1:38:09 ↗ comments and feedback council member D

1:38:11 ↗ Michelle

1:38:12 ↗ just a quick question uh will there be

1:38:15 ↗ an opportunity to add anything to the

1:38:17 ↗ budget topics

1:38:21 ↗ I think councilmember D Michelle tonight

1:38:23 ↗ would be the night

1:38:25 ↗ um if there's additional issues uh that

1:38:27 ↗ the council would like the

1:38:28 ↗ administration to consider again

1:38:31 ↗ um going back to this is a two-year

1:38:33 ↗ budget and so uh the theory behind a

1:38:36 ↗ two-year budget is that only those very

1:38:39 ↗ significant uh changes in condition

1:38:42 ↗ would be changes to that budget so I

1:38:45 ↗ think we've tried to give you what we

1:38:46 ↗ sense as significant changes now there's

1:38:49 ↗ also the programmatic piece which

1:38:51 ↗ perhaps some organization some cities

1:38:54 ↗ don't really talk about and that is that

1:38:56 ↗ shifting of emphasis not changing

1:38:58 ↗ resources but how you use those existing

1:39:01 ↗ budgeted resources we've had a little

1:39:03 ↗ bit of that tonight but if there's

1:39:04 ↗ anything else on the council's mind uh

1:39:07 ↗ for changes in 24 we'd really like to

1:39:10 ↗ hear them

1:39:12 ↗ yeah

1:39:14 ↗ one question said yeah and do I have any

1:39:17 ↗ other questions otherwise we can just

1:39:19 ↗ start going to comments I can start with

1:39:20 ↗ council member D Michelle

1:39:22 ↗ I think we're good go ahead

1:39:25 ↗ um well first of all I you know sitting

1:39:28 ↗ here and also the luncheon we had this

1:39:30 ↗ today just deep appreciation for our

1:39:33 ↗ staff

1:39:34 ↗ um we had such excellent presentations

1:39:37 ↗ tonight and also just acknowledging all

1:39:41 ↗ of the work that goes into making this

1:39:43 ↗ such a great City and so I just want to

1:39:45 ↗ start my remarks by saying that it's

1:39:47 ↗ just such an honor to serve with such

1:39:51 ↗ absolutely wonderfully dedicated people

1:39:53 ↗ so so thank you to everybody

1:39:56 ↗ um uh you know and I

1:40:00 ↗ um I I think maybe what you just said

1:40:01 ↗ about programmatic changes rather than

1:40:04 ↗ financial changes but

1:40:06 ↗ um city manager uh Bob quits is aware

1:40:09 ↗ that I'm really concerned about the Arts

1:40:11 ↗ review that we're going to do in 2024

1:40:14 ↗ and I just want to ensure that we have

1:40:16 ↗ enough resources to do a full and

1:40:18 ↗ complete job so I'm you know I'm not

1:40:21 ↗ suggesting that we add that to the

1:40:23 ↗ topics but I would just like more

1:40:25 ↗ information about what the budget for

1:40:27 ↗ that process will be

1:40:29 ↗ um and uh maybe some just some

1:40:32 ↗ preliminary ideas about how we're going

1:40:34 ↗ to do that Arts review and the scope of

1:40:37 ↗ that of that and so those would be my

1:40:39 ↗ questions really and then with that

1:40:41 ↗ feedback perhaps I would want to come

1:40:44 ↗ back and add that to as a topic but

1:40:47 ↗ um uh right now I don't know that I have

1:40:49 ↗ enough information to actually add it or

1:40:51 ↗ to suggest that it be added but that is

1:40:53 ↗ a big big continuing concern of mine

1:40:56 ↗ that we do a really thorough job of that

1:40:58 ↗ art review so that we again we get the

1:41:01 ↗ arts program that we want not the one

1:41:04 ↗ that we can afford so uh I I think we

1:41:08 ↗ need to do some visioning around that

1:41:10 ↗ topic so that would be my input thank

1:41:13 ↗ you thank you others uh I

1:41:17 ↗ you want to go council member Joe and

1:41:18 ↗ then we'll do council president

1:41:20 ↗ thank you

1:41:21 ↗ um I'll join uh councilmember D Michelle

1:41:24 ↗ and complimenting the administration on

1:41:27 ↗ the gold certification for our city

1:41:30 ↗ we're one of only five in the entire

1:41:32 ↗ State and the only one in the state that

1:41:35 ↗ has the gold certification and that

1:41:37 ↗ really says a lot about the dedication

1:41:40 ↗ of

1:41:41 ↗ um the people that have been working on

1:41:43 ↗ environmental issues for years and years

1:41:45 ↗ in the city one of them of course was

1:41:47 ↗ Cancun's Market we honored tonight

1:41:50 ↗ I'll just comment that looking at the

1:41:53 ↗ budget adjustments I really appreciate

1:41:55 ↗ the administration's emphasis on getting

1:41:58 ↗ dispatch police and the jail to full

1:42:03 ↗ staff if at all possible

1:42:04 ↗ we have a unique position in Issaquah

1:42:07 ↗ with our court system and the police

1:42:10 ↗ because we coordinate so closely with

1:42:13 ↗ Snoqualmie and North Bend and because

1:42:15 ↗ Duvall uses our jail along with

1:42:17 ↗ Snoqualmie and North Bend Duval uses our

1:42:19 ↗ court too excuse me we have the ability

1:42:22 ↗ to be a little bit more of a regional

1:42:24 ↗ public safety center and if we're fully

1:42:29 ↗ staffed and can reach out to the other

1:42:31 ↗ communities and support them it makes

1:42:32 ↗ all of us stronger here on this side of

1:42:35 ↗ the the lake so to speak so I really

1:42:39 ↗ appreciate the emphasis that's being

1:42:40 ↗ made there I think that those are

1:42:42 ↗ dollars well invested in public safety

1:42:45 ↗ and will go a long way to make the

1:42:48 ↗ entire area safe safer and ensure our uh

1:42:53 ↗ especially our our store Keepers and our

1:42:55 ↗ our businesses that we're taking Public

1:42:58 ↗ Safety very seriously thank you

1:43:00 ↗ thank you council president

1:43:01 ↗ thank you

1:43:03 ↗ um I'll jump on and say I really

1:43:05 ↗ appreciate this as a schedule you know

1:43:09 ↗ I've been a little bit nervous about

1:43:11 ↗ what a two-year budget looks like from

1:43:15 ↗ our ability to make changes as needed

1:43:19 ↗ and be responsive to what we're hearing

1:43:22 ↗ in the community but I think we've set

1:43:24 ↗ up a good system here of focusing on the

1:43:29 ↗ community survey and our performance

1:43:31 ↗ metrics and using that to be reactive

1:43:34 ↗ and then I really appreciate recognizing

1:43:37 ↗ that

1:43:38 ↗ in our staffing can change in a year and

1:43:42 ↗ our needs can change and so being

1:43:45 ↗ reactive to that or responsive to that

1:43:49 ↗ and presenting this is

1:43:52 ↗ really appreciated I also really

1:43:54 ↗ appreciate that

1:43:56 ↗ in cases where we gave an area that we

1:44:01 ↗ thought needed emphasis because of what

1:44:04 ↗ we were seeing out of the community

1:44:04 ↗ survey or the dashboard that the

1:44:09 ↗ reaction wasn't just let's throw staff

1:44:11 ↗ and money at it it can be let's make

1:44:15 ↗ adjustments so I wanted to highlight I

1:44:19 ↗ was very concerned with the permitting

1:44:22 ↗ numbers that we see in our dashboard the

1:44:26 ↗ permit review times we have not met

1:44:29 ↗ those and so I am definitely going to be

1:44:32 ↗ looking at that I hope we can see that

1:44:35 ↗ on more of a quarterly basis and really

1:44:37 ↗ understand what

1:44:40 ↗ what we are doing and how that's moving

1:44:43 ↗ the needle I think that is really

1:44:45 ↗ important especially with the changes

1:44:48 ↗ that have been made at the state level

1:44:50 ↗ whether we're going to see the type of

1:44:53 ↗ housing that we are looking for so that

1:44:57 ↗ is a really important area for me

1:45:01 ↗ I've been hearing a lot from community

1:45:02 ↗ members and residents about

1:45:04 ↗ Communications and

1:45:07 ↗ um a lot of them mentioned the loss of

1:45:09 ↗ our newspaper which is still something

1:45:11 ↗ that people are feeling and so

1:45:16 ↗ I appreciate the presentation that we

1:45:19 ↗ got on Communications I would challenge

1:45:21 ↗ us to go further I don't think that what

1:45:25 ↗ I have seen here and maybe I'm wrong

1:45:28 ↗ hits the need that I think the community

1:45:30 ↗ is really feeling around a lack of a

1:45:35 ↗ central place to receive information I

1:45:38 ↗ know right now

1:45:39 ↗ people say they get their information

1:45:41 ↗ from our website but I think in many

1:45:43 ↗ cases that may be because

1:45:46 ↗ we aren't doing as much engagement or

1:45:51 ↗ giving them a reason to engage with us

1:45:53 ↗ in some of the other areas like a

1:45:56 ↗ newsletter and social media so I'd like

1:45:59 ↗ to see a little bit more of a push there

1:46:02 ↗ that

1:46:04 ↗ really understands what the community

1:46:06 ↗ need is people would like to engage with

1:46:10 ↗ us but we need to give them a reason to

1:46:12 ↗ so those are the two areas that I really

1:46:14 ↗ wanted to highlight I'm looking forward

1:46:17 ↗ to this as a budget but I also

1:46:19 ↗ appreciate the ability to reflect on

1:46:23 ↗ um

1:46:24 ↗ just other programmatic changes that we

1:46:26 ↗ might be able to make thank you thanks

1:46:27 ↗ other comments councilmember hunt

1:46:30 ↗ thank you I think at The Retreat we as a

1:46:33 ↗ group looked at the data and then I

1:46:36 ↗ appreciate this framing that we have

1:46:38 ↗ tonight which again looks back at the

1:46:40 ↗ data and digs deeper and looks at how we

1:46:42 ↗ could adjust or or pivot to meet the

1:46:48 ↗ the goals and the areas that the

1:46:50 ↗ community said were most important in

1:46:52 ↗ that in those surveys and

1:46:54 ↗ um in what we're hearing from the

1:46:55 ↗ community

1:46:57 ↗ um so I think overall this is great use

1:46:58 ↗ of data to do this update and it is the

1:47:01 ↗ first time that we've done amid by any

1:47:03 ↗ budget

1:47:04 ↗ um so I appreciate that process and that

1:47:06 ↗ transparency

1:47:08 ↗ um I wanted to make a few specific

1:47:10 ↗ comments on Metroflex it is an update

1:47:13 ↗ but it's something that we've been

1:47:14 ↗ talking about for probably about 10

1:47:17 ↗ years connecting these neighborhoods

1:47:18 ↗ Talus and squawk with the valley floor

1:47:21 ↗ in a way that doesn't involve a single

1:47:25 ↗ occupant vehicle trip with public

1:47:28 ↗ transit so it's it's an update because

1:47:31 ↗ we have come to a new step in the

1:47:34 ↗ process where we can make this budget

1:47:36 ↗ take this step in the budget but it's

1:47:39 ↗ definitely not a new something new on

1:47:42 ↗ our radar and I appreciate that we are

1:47:45 ↗ going forward with this with something

1:47:47 ↗ that has been on the community's mind

1:47:48 ↗ for a long time so it's a long time

1:47:51 ↗ coming

1:47:53 ↗ in the retreat one of the things that I

1:47:56 ↗ spoke about and that I continue to think

1:47:57 ↗ is really important is emergency

1:48:00 ↗ planning and also Communications to the

1:48:02 ↗ community about emergency I appreciated

1:48:04 ↗ the information that was presented this

1:48:06 ↗ evening I think we have

1:48:09 ↗ we have to make sure that everybody is

1:48:12 ↗ getting these updates one way or another

1:48:13 ↗ and so those those numbers that were

1:48:16 ↗ presented it's good to have that

1:48:17 ↗ Baseline but I would like to make sure

1:48:19 ↗ that we have these alerts that are

1:48:22 ↗ getting to everyone and also that

1:48:24 ↗ everybody knows what to do when that

1:48:25 ↗ alert comes up on their on their device

1:48:27 ↗ or when they hear from their neighbors

1:48:29 ↗ about this alert so I think that

1:48:31 ↗ preparedness is really important I I

1:48:33 ↗ have also served on the king

1:48:35 ↗ Conservation District Advisory Board

1:48:37 ↗ previously and there's a firewise type

1:48:40 ↗ program that they do to let residents

1:48:41 ↗ know about what they can do on their

1:48:43 ↗ properties but I also know that not a

1:48:45 ↗ lot of residents know about those

1:48:47 ↗ programs and so it's it's important that

1:48:49 ↗ we get the word out about those programs

1:48:51 ↗ and that people

1:48:52 ↗ um

1:48:53 ↗ people do participate and know what they

1:48:55 ↗ can do to prevent wildfire and what to

1:48:57 ↗ do in case of emergencies so I

1:49:00 ↗ appreciate that information we'll be

1:49:01 ↗ looking forward to hearing how how that

1:49:04 ↗ proceeds with our programs and with our

1:49:06 ↗ Communications

1:49:09 ↗ that's it thank you councilmember hunt

1:49:11 ↗ any other council member comments

1:49:14 ↗ looking around

1:49:16 ↗ now

1:49:17 ↗ great well thank you for the

1:49:19 ↗ presentation do you have everything that

1:49:20 ↗ you need to the administrator

1:49:22 ↗ oh sorry no okay we're good you have

1:49:25 ↗ everything you need okay that was great

1:49:27 ↗ thank you all thank you for your

1:49:28 ↗ thoughtful comments

1:49:30 ↗ um there was no formal action tonight we

1:49:32 ↗ really were just looking for your

1:49:33 ↗ directions so thank you very much for

1:49:35 ↗ that we're going to move into our next

1:49:37 ↗ item of business which is committee and

1:49:38 ↗ Regional reports and I'll start uh with

1:49:41 ↗ council member Joe

1:49:42 ↗ thank you Cascade water Alliance will be

1:49:45 ↗ holding a extended board meeting on

1:49:48 ↗ Wednesday the 26th uh 3 30 I think uh

1:49:52 ↗ three or three three o'clock it starts

1:49:54 ↗ and council member Ray has gracely

1:49:56 ↗ graciously agreed to uh stand in for me

1:50:00 ↗ as I will be out of town

1:50:02 ↗ planned in advance of this extended

1:50:05 ↗ meeting long before the extended meeting

1:50:07 ↗ was scheduled so thank you councilman

1:50:09 ↗ Ray that concludes my report

1:50:11 ↗ thank you councilmember D Michelle

1:50:13 ↗ thank you mayor Paulie on August 14th I

1:50:16 ↗ attended the Eastside Transportation

1:50:17 ↗ partnership

1:50:18 ↗ uh from the general managers report

1:50:21 ↗ Metro general managers report ridership

1:50:24 ↗ is now up to 260 000 Riders per day so

1:50:28 ↗ slowly but surely it is inching its way

1:50:31 ↗ back to pre-pandemic levels however the

1:50:34 ↗ new pattern shows that the bulk of

1:50:36 ↗ commuting is occurring uh Tuesday

1:50:38 ↗ Wednesday and Thursday

1:50:41 ↗ um and Mondays and Fridays are

1:50:44 ↗ virtual deserts as they are in downtown

1:50:47 ↗ businesses as well so so uh we're still

1:50:50 ↗ figuring out this new world and uh

1:50:52 ↗ things are not settled yet uh the

1:50:55 ↗ presentation at ETP focused on bus

1:50:58 ↗ service to the rural areas of King

1:51:00 ↗ County and included a discussion of

1:51:02 ↗ Metroflex which we'll be taking up

1:51:04 ↗ ourselves on August at the August 7th

1:51:07 ↗ council meeting but I did want to note

1:51:09 ↗ that during the extended discussion of

1:51:12 ↗ Metroflex three of our fellow East Side

1:51:14 ↗ cities said that they would like to be

1:51:16 ↗ next in line for a Metroflex route so

1:51:20 ↗ just saying thank you

1:51:24 ↗ thank you councilmember hunt

1:51:28 ↗ thank you on July 20th the salmon

1:51:31 ↗ Recovery Council of our Watershed called

1:51:33 ↗ wire eight met and the main item that we

1:51:36 ↗ discussed was our drafts 2024 budget and

1:51:38 ↗ work plan

1:51:40 ↗ um this covers all of the salmon

1:51:42 ↗ recovery actions that will be taken over

1:51:44 ↗ 2024 habitat restoration as well as

1:51:46 ↗ education programming that is funded and

1:51:49 ↗ we will have another meeting in August

1:51:52 ↗ for the management committee this is a

1:51:55 ↗ group that then advises the rest of the

1:51:56 ↗ Council on the budget and I am a member

1:51:58 ↗ of that committee

1:52:00 ↗ um and more salmon related Updates this

1:52:05 ↗ when uh this Wednesday July 26th there

1:52:07 ↗ will be a meeting of the Kokanee work

1:52:08 ↗ group and I had previously reported to

1:52:11 ↗ council about the Kokanee Ila which is

1:52:14 ↗ interlocal agreement management

1:52:15 ↗ committee recommending a budget that has

1:52:19 ↗ a increase to con to continue a captive

1:52:22 ↗ breeding program for Kokanee so we did

1:52:25 ↗ have a quorum that voted in support of

1:52:27 ↗ that and we will be taking that that

1:52:30 ↗ information or I will be as chair of

1:52:32 ↗ that group I will be taking that

1:52:33 ↗ information to the Kokanee work group

1:52:35 ↗ that's the group that will actually go

1:52:37 ↗ forward and Implement these actions for

1:52:39 ↗ our cookie which are very special uh

1:52:43 ↗ kind of salmon that specifically spend

1:52:45 ↗ their entire Lake within Lake Sammamish

1:52:47 ↗ so I will report back after that meeting

1:52:50 ↗ and that concludes my report thank you

1:52:53 ↗ councilmember a thank you mayor Polly

1:52:56 ↗ the city council mobility and

1:52:58 ↗ infrastructure committee met on July

1:53:00 ↗ 11th we had a single agenda item which

1:53:03 ↗ was ID 1444 the Metro Flex on-demand

1:53:07 ↗ program I will wait until we meet on the

1:53:11 ↗ 7th when we're going to be considering

1:53:12 ↗ that to give you a little full briefing

1:53:14 ↗ on that and as council member Joe

1:53:15 ↗ mentioned I will be attending the

1:53:18 ↗ Cascade water Alliance meeting on

1:53:20 ↗ Wednesday

1:53:21 ↗ that concludes my report thank you

1:53:23 ↗ councilmember Mertz thank you madam

1:53:26 ↗ mayor the sound cities Association

1:53:27 ↗ public issues committee had an actual

1:53:30 ↗ rare on-site meeting Wednesday July 12th

1:53:33 ↗ at 7 pm we had three sort of round

1:53:36 ↗ tables where we compared notes on how

1:53:38 ↗ our cities were doing certain things

1:53:39 ↗ salary setting processes for cities

1:53:41 ↗ which is certainly timely for us

1:53:43 ↗ affordable housing committee Charter

1:53:45 ↗ review uh what we're doing on affordable

1:53:48 ↗ housing Regional Emergency Management

1:53:50 ↗ coordination what topics would we find

1:53:54 ↗ useful and in all of these I had gotten

1:53:57 ↗ some input from the city that I shared

1:54:00 ↗ as the pick rep

1:54:03 ↗ um no but no actions were taken out of

1:54:06 ↗ that meeting uh Council services safety

1:54:08 ↗ uh services safety and Parks committee

1:54:11 ↗ met on Tuesday July 18th at 6 30 PM we

1:54:15 ↗ only had one item it was a follow-up

1:54:18 ↗ discussion regarding uh the broadband

1:54:21 ↗ internet and the committee said that we

1:54:24 ↗ were fine moving away from a question of

1:54:28 ↗ uh was there or was there not basic

1:54:31 ↗ access there is uh to City efforts to

1:54:34 ↗ help

1:54:35 ↗ the residents be informed about sub

1:54:40 ↗ subsidies and other programs that would

1:54:42 ↗ be available to help them get better

1:54:44 ↗ access and we said that seemed like a

1:54:46 ↗ great idea this concludes my report

1:54:48 ↗ thank you councilmember Martz Deputy

1:54:50 ↗ council president Hall uh no report this

1:54:51 ↗ evening thank you council president

1:54:53 ↗ Walsh also no report this evening

1:54:56 ↗ oh great

1:54:58 ↗ um moving on to the mayor's report I do

1:55:00 ↗ not have any particular items to bring

1:55:02 ↗ tonight either

1:55:04 ↗ um for good of the order

1:55:06 ↗ um anybody have any items I do have a

1:55:08 ↗ few meeting dates does anybody have

1:55:09 ↗ anything they want to share it could

1:55:10 ↗ have the order

1:55:12 ↗ okay while you're thinking about it

1:55:14 ↗ um Monday August 7th there is a city

1:55:16 ↗ council meeting and the anticipated

1:55:18 ↗ agenda items include Metroflex on-demand

1:55:21 ↗ pilot program

1:55:23 ↗ 2022 year-end overview and 2023-24

1:55:27 ↗ revenue forecasts wash dot property

1:55:30 ↗ transfer with respect to the fish

1:55:32 ↗ passage project

1:55:34 ↗ and then the second regular city council

1:55:37 ↗ meeting in August is canceled to allow

1:55:39 ↗ for a summer break council president of

1:55:42 ↗ the order thank you I just wanted to

1:55:44 ↗ thank the city for and particularly the

1:55:48 ↗ public works department for a great

1:55:50 ↗ summer employee recognition event and I

1:55:53 ↗ say particularly the public works

1:55:55 ↗ department because man they were out

1:55:57 ↗ there at 4 30 a.m setting everything up

1:56:03 ↗ that team did such good work and it was

1:56:07 ↗ lovely seeing everyone out there

1:56:09 ↗ enjoying uh time on the lake eating

1:56:12 ↗ together there were some really neat

1:56:14 ↗ water balloons out there that were uh

1:56:16 ↗ that don't break apart everything it was

1:56:20 ↗ a great event and so I love the way that

1:56:24 ↗ our city and our staff come together but

1:56:26 ↗ I also love the way that they support

1:56:29 ↗ each other to create an event because

1:56:31 ↗ that type of event doesn't just poof

1:56:34 ↗ here it really takes work and I just

1:56:38 ↗ really appreciated seeing everybody out

1:56:39 ↗ there

1:56:40 ↗ thanks it was nice to have some council

1:56:42 ↗ members there as well that was really

1:56:43 ↗ fun anything else for the good of the

1:56:45 ↗ order

1:56:47 ↗ I am going to go into the next item

1:56:49 ↗ which is an executive session but as I

1:56:51 ↗ read my material we will actually be

1:56:53 ↗ taking a five minute break at the

1:56:54 ↗ beginning of the executive session so

1:56:57 ↗ allow us to set up the room Etc

1:56:59 ↗ so the next item on the council agenda

1:57:01 ↗ this evening is an executive session and

1:57:03 ↗ the city council will now recess into

1:57:05 ↗ executive session to discuss pending and

1:57:08 ↗ potential litigation for RCW 42.30

1:57:12 ↗ 0.110 paren one parent I and the item is

1:57:15 ↗ expected to take approximately 30

1:57:17 ↗ minutes no action is anticipated to

1:57:19 ↗ follow an open session please note that

1:57:22 ↗ executive sessions are closed to the

1:57:24 ↗ public and we will now recess into

1:57:26 ↗ executive session at 8 57 pm

1:57:30 ↗ I asked the clerk to move the city

1:57:31 ↗ council in any relevant staff into the

1:57:34 ↗ separate session within this meeting and

1:57:35 ↗ anyone who's not part of the closed

1:57:37 ↗ session

1:57:38 ↗ can will remain in the main meeting if

1:57:40 ↗ you're joining us virtually you're

1:57:42 ↗ welcome to stay until the meeting's

1:57:43 ↗ reconvened

1:57:45 ↗ thank you

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Council / Members (7)

Barbara de Michele

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Russell Joe

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

Lindsey Walsh

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APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. a) ID 1477 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of July 24, 2023, $4,502,271.44; Approved. b) Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, April 17, 2023; Approved. c) ID 1502 - Informational Update: Economic Development Quarterly Report - Q2 2023; Received Report. d) …

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

Carried 7-0

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