City Council Regular Meeting · Monday, September 18, 2023 · City Council Digest

3. SPECIAL BUSINESS

Human Resources Professional Day Proclamation ID 1370

5 min · packet pp.7

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Staff report:

CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office

Diaper Need Awareness Week Proclamation ID 1534

5 min · packet pp.9

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Staff report:

CITY OF ISSA^UAH Mayor's Office

5. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Sept. 18, 2023, $7,093,784.34 ID 1479

Approve · packet pp.11–38

Topics: Budget

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Staff report:

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

City Council Special Meeting, May 24, 2023

Approve · packet pp.43

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

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR c) 05-24-23 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Special Meeting – Community Awards 5:30 PM Hilton Garden Inn May 24, 2023 MINUTES 1800 NW Gilman Blvd

City Council Special Meeting, May 31, 2023

Approve · packet pp.45

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

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR d) 05-31-23 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Special Meeting – Title 18 Appreciation Event 6:00 PM Pickering Barn May 31, 2023 MINUTES 1730 10th Ave NW

City Council Regular Meeting, June 5, 2023

Approve · packet pp.47–52

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

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR e) 06-05-23 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers June 5, 2023 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way

Washington State University Community Energy Efficiency Program Grant through King County AB 8458

Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.53–106

Topics: Climate

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Staff report:

The City of Issaquah approved its first Climate Action Plan in December 2021. The Climate Action Plan (ICAP) engaged the community in a number of events in the summer of 2021, including workshops, focus groups, and a community-wide survey. In the Spring of 2022, the City began implementation of one of the ICAP actions (BE2.2) and partnered with the cities of Bellevue, Kirkland, Mercer Island and Redmond to launch the Energy Smart Eastside program, with a focus on advancing installations of high efficiency heat pumps in the cities. In the summer of 2022, City Council approved $125,000 in funding to support free installations of heat pumps in affordable housing and low-income households. In the summer of 2022, the five cities partnered with King County, who is also initiating a heat pump program, to apply for the CEEP grant. The CEEP funding is for one year of work, but CEEP typically…

2024 School Impact Fees Update AB 8660

Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.107–135

Topics: Land UseBudgetSchools

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Sep 19, 2022

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Staff report:

The Issaquah City Council adopted a School

Amendments to IMC 18.404, Form and Intensity, re: Zoning Table Update AB 8690

Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.137–144

Topics: Land Use

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

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Staff report:

In 2023, the City Council adopted a revised IMC Title 18, Land Use Code. Revisions included updating out-of-date information, revising language to comply with State regulations, and consolidation of several regulating documents to create a more enforceable and intuitive Land Use Code. Subsequently, two errors were noted, which this agenda bill seeks to correct:

6. REGULAR BUSINESS

Preliminary Plat of High Street Collection at Issaquah Highlands (Quasi- Judicial) AB 8691

Carried 6-0

Approve · 45 min · packet pp.145–188

Topics: Land UseTransportation

Previously discussed: Hearing Examiner · Mar 9, 2020

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Staff report:

The Administration recommends approval of the preliminary plat with conditions as set forth in the City's September 18, 2023 staff report.

Roll call:

Moved by MARTS · seconded by REH

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe (Attended Virtually due to Illness), Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh, Mayor pro tem

10. GOOD OF THE ORDER

10a

Upcoming Council Meetings

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11. EXECUTIVE SESSION

11a

Executive Session - Property Acquisition per RCW 42.30.110(1)(b) ID 1538

30 min

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0:03 ↗ Saloon welcome everyone I council

0:06 ↗ president Walsh called the September

0:08 ↗ 18th city council meeting to order mayor

0:11 ↗ Paulie hasn't excused absence tonight so

0:13 ↗ I will be serving as mayor Pro tem

0:15 ↗ Deputy council president Hall also has

0:18 ↗ an excused absence and council member

0:20 ↗ Joe will be participating remotely

0:22 ↗ tonight due to illness as a reminder we

0:26 ↗ do have remote aspects to our meeting so

0:29 ↗ staff and members of the public and

0:31 ↗ tonight council members may be

0:33 ↗ participating remotely via WebEx tonight

0:36 ↗ on our agenda we have three

0:38 ↗ proclamations followed by audience

0:40 ↗ comments our consent calendar and our

0:43 ↗ one regular business item but first

0:45 ↗ we'll start out with the Pledge of

0:48 ↗ Allegiance I welcome you to join me

0:52 ↗ I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

0:55 ↗ United States of America

0:57 ↗ to the Republic for which it stands one

1:00 ↗ nation under God indivisible with

1:04 ↗ liberty and justice

1:08 ↗ okay I am going to move over to the

1:10 ↗ lectern and again we have three items of

1:14 ↗ proclamations tonight

1:24 ↗ so tonight we're going to start with

1:27 ↗ id1369 our information technology

1:29 ↗ Professionals Day Proclamation so I'd

1:32 ↗ like to invite administrative Services

1:34 ↗ director out of Monahan to the lectern

1:36 ↗ uh Chief Information officer Gus tuana

1:39 ↗ is with us virtually and Tim Schaefer

1:42 ↗ I.T manager you want to come up as well

1:44 ↗ oh fantastic excellent

1:51 ↗ well then you just get to take it uh

1:54 ↗ in person so whereas National

1:57 ↗ Information Technology Professionals Day

1:59 ↗ is celebrated on the third Tuesday of

2:01 ↗ every September to recognize the

2:03 ↗ technical experts that ensure our

2:05 ↗ computer and communication systems

2:07 ↗ operate smoothly and efficiently as they

2:10 ↗ are tonight

2:11 ↗ and whereas technology continues to

2:14 ↗ evolve and it professionals help

2:16 ↗ navigate these changes to provide

2:17 ↗ efficient inclusive and communicative

2:20 ↗ service to the employees and residents

2:21 ↗ of the City of Issaquah and whereas

2:24 ↗ behind every technology stands often

2:27 ↗ silently and invisibly I.T professionals

2:29 ↗ technicians analysts developers

2:31 ↗ Architects Engineers administrators

2:33 ↗ managers and directors who have been

2:35 ↗ content to work behind the scenes to

2:37 ↗ enable Innovation and productivity and

2:40 ↗ whereas the covid-19 pandemic is a great

2:43 ↗ example of issaquah's I.T team acting

2:46 ↗ with foresight preparation and

2:48 ↗ expediency allowing staff to resume

2:51 ↗ remote service to the public with

2:53 ↗ limited disruption

2:54 ↗ and whereas the City of Issaquah wishes

2:57 ↗ to show appreciation for its I.T

2:58 ↗ professionals now therefore I on behalf

3:01 ↗ of Mary Lou Paulie mayor of the City of

3:03 ↗ Issaquah do recognize September 19 2023

3:06 ↗ to be Information Technology

3:08 ↗ Professionals Day in the City of

3:10 ↗ Issaquah and invite the community to

3:12 ↗ join me in thanking issaquah's I.T

3:13 ↗ department for their service and

3:15 ↗ outstanding contributions

3:19 ↗ [Applause]

3:27 ↗ just

3:32 ↗ say anything

3:34 ↗ oh Gus do you want to say something

3:39 ↗ no I just appreciate the support that we

3:41 ↗ have from the organization thank you

3:44 ↗ I will say I mean the the silent and

3:47 ↗ behind the scenes but man did it make a

3:50 ↗ difference when we hit into the covid-19

3:52 ↗ pandemic our city was on top of that

3:56 ↗ because as it says they were prepared

3:58 ↗ and gave us the opportunity to come out

4:01 ↗ of that rolling so we could continue to

4:03 ↗ serve the members of the public

4:06 ↗ I think you know other cities really

4:08 ↗ struggled with that and our city just

4:10 ↗ stood on top of that really exciting

4:18 ↗ okay our next one other exciting members

4:22 ↗ of our staff

4:24 ↗ id1370 Human Resources Professionals Day

4:27 ↗ I'd like to invite HR Director Stephanie

4:30 ↗ Johnson Senior HR analyst Lauren Knox

4:32 ↗ Recruitment and Retention coordinator

4:34 ↗ Carmen Chamberlain an HR analyst Chris

4:38 ↗ shuck to the left turn

4:40 ↗ Chris

4:41 ↗ Oh I thought we had seen okay fantastic

4:46 ↗ so whereas Human Resources professional

4:49 ↗ day is celebrated around the world to

4:51 ↗ recognize the important contributions of

4:53 ↗ Human Resources professionals and

4:55 ↗ whereas Human Resources professionals

4:58 ↗ are vital to the function efficiency and

5:00 ↗ Harmony of a modern Workforce and

5:03 ↗ whereas Human Resources professionals

5:05 ↗ develop policies and procedures to keep

5:08 ↗ the workforce safe increase connection

5:10 ↗ resolve conflict and whereas Human

5:13 ↗ Resources professionals lead the

5:15 ↗ workforce in establishing a safe

5:17 ↗ welcoming and positive workplace by

5:19 ↗ implementing trainings that Advance

5:21 ↗ Equity ensure compliance with local and

5:24 ↗ federal laws and Advance personal growth

5:26 ↗ and career development

5:28 ↗ and whereas the coronavirus pandemic has

5:31 ↗ changed the workplace at the City of

5:33 ↗ Issaquah and around the world and

5:35 ↗ impacted Staffing safety health and

5:37 ↗ regular operations and whereas

5:40 ↗ issaquah's HR team has adapted swiftly

5:42 ↗ and consistently in response to

5:44 ↗ ever-changing pandemic conditions and

5:47 ↗ whereas our human resources

5:49 ↗ professionals serve the public by

5:51 ↗ recruiting retaining and training the

5:53 ↗ best talent

5:55 ↗ for the City of Issaquah now therefore I

5:58 ↗ on behalf of Mary Lou Paulie Merit of

6:01 ↗ the City of Issaquah do recognize

6:02 ↗ September 26 2023 Human Resources

6:06 ↗ Professional Day in the City of Issaquah

6:08 ↗ and I invite the community to join me in

6:10 ↗ thanking the issaquah's human resources

6:12 ↗ department for their service and

6:14 ↗ outstanding contributions

6:18 ↗ [Applause]

6:22 ↗ do a picture and then we can debate

6:34 ↗ I asked if they wanted to go but they

6:36 ↗ didn't want to do it don't know

6:37 ↗ um I just want to say thank you on

6:39 ↗ behalf of the HR department we really do

6:41 ↗ serve an outstanding City employee group

6:45 ↗ um you know the employee experience is

6:46 ↗ something that we've really been working

6:48 ↗ to improve in every way we're a small

6:51 ↗ team of five But Mighty you know Lauren

6:54 ↗ Labor Relations and risk manager is here

6:56 ↗ in Carmen Recruitment and Retention

6:58 ↗ coordinator but you know we'd be remiss

7:01 ↗ if we didn't mention Chris who wasn't

7:03 ↗ able to be here and then Michaela Berg

7:06 ↗ also has joined our team this year so

7:09 ↗ just want to thank you for the support

7:10 ↗ and thank all the city employees because

7:12 ↗ one of the things we really strive and

7:14 ↗ look for is you know that servant's

7:16 ↗ heart to be able to help that employee

7:17 ↗ experience thank you

7:25 ↗ we appreciate you even if you're not up

7:28 ↗ here speaking

7:30 ↗ um the third and final Proclamation is

7:32 ↗ id1534 diaper need Awareness Week

7:35 ↗ Proclamation and I would like to invite

7:38 ↗ Carolina

7:39 ↗ liindo with kidvantage to the lectern

7:45 ↗ I said that wrong didn't I Carolina

7:47 ↗ okay fantastic

7:51 ↗ so

7:54 ↗ whereas diaper need the condition of not

7:57 ↗ having a sufficient supply of clean

7:59 ↗ diapers to ensure that infants and

8:01 ↗ toddlers are clean healthy and dry and

8:04 ↗ adversely affect the Health and Welfare

8:07 ↗ of infants Toddlers and their families

8:09 ↗ and whereas National surveys and

8:12 ↗ research studies report that nearly one

8:14 ↗ in two families struggle with diaper

8:17 ↗ need and 48 percent of families delay

8:19 ↗ changing a diaper to extend the

8:21 ↗ available Supply and whereas the average

8:24 ↗ infant or toddler requires an average of

8:27 ↗ 50 diaper changes per week over three

8:29 ↗ years and whereas there are no

8:33 ↗ government assistant programs for the

8:34 ↗ purchase or provision of diapers and a

8:37 ↗ monthly supply of diapers can cost as

8:39 ↗ much as eight percent of a full-time

8:41 ↗ minimum wage worker salary therefore

8:44 ↗ obtaining a sufficient supply of diapers

8:46 ↗ can cause economic hardship to families

8:48 ↗ and whereas a supply of diapers is

8:52 ↗ generally an eligibility requirement for

8:54 ↗ in infants and toddlers to participate

8:56 ↗ in child care programs and quality Early

8:59 ↗ Education programs and

9:01 ↗ whereas the people of Issaquah recognize

9:04 ↗ that addressing diaper need can lead to

9:06 ↗ Economic Opportunity for the state's

9:08 ↗ low-income families and can lead to

9:10 ↗ improved health for families and their

9:12 ↗ communities and whereas Issaquah is

9:15 ↗ proud to be home to various Community

9:17 ↗ organizations that recognize the

9:19 ↗ importance of diapers and helping

9:21 ↗ provide economic stability for families

9:23 ↗ and distribute diapers to low-income

9:25 ↗ families through various channels now

9:28 ↗ therefore I on behalf of Mary Lou Paulie

9:30 ↗ mayor of the City of Issaquah do

9:32 ↗ proclaim the week of September 18th to

9:34 ↗ 24th 2023 to be diaper need Awareness

9:38 ↗ Week in the City of Issaquah and

9:40 ↗ encourage all residents to donate

9:42 ↗ generously to diaper Banks diaper drives

9:44 ↗ and those organizations that distribute

9:46 ↗ diapers to families in need to help

9:48 ↗ alleviate diaper need in Issaquah and

9:50 ↗ the environments

9:54 ↗ [Applause]

10:03 ↗ you want to say anything

10:05 ↗ great

10:08 ↗ hi on behalf of the kid advantages I

10:11 ↗ want to say thank you like you say now

10:13 ↗ one in two family has diaper needs in

10:16 ↗ 2021 we distribute 1.3 millions of

10:20 ↗ diapers last year was 1.9 millions of

10:23 ↗ diapers and we have seen the families

10:25 ↗ the increase of need or the diaper like

10:27 ↗ people stayed at home because they

10:29 ↗ cannot send their kids to the daycare

10:31 ↗ because they don't have enough diapers

10:34 ↗ to go with it with the daycare so they

10:37 ↗ are struggling to be food diapers rents

10:40 ↗ and bills so thank you

10:46 ↗ and before I leave I also just want to

10:49 ↗ take a few moments to recognize the

10:52 ↗ founder of Eastside baby Corner which is

10:54 ↗ now kid Vantage Karen ridland who passed

10:57 ↗ away this past August

11:00 ↗ um Eastside baby Corner began in 1990 in

11:03 ↗ Karen's house and she was a pediatric

11:06 ↗ nurse practitioner that grew the idea of

11:09 ↗ something that started in her living

11:11 ↗ room with small donations into a really

11:15 ↗ mature organization with an annual

11:17 ↗ budget of over five million dollars

11:19 ↗ full-time staff hundreds of volunteers

11:22 ↗ supportive Community it's now grown into

11:26 ↗ multiple cities

11:29 ↗ um who all get the benefit of what Karen

11:32 ↗ started and so Karen as we say retired

11:36 ↗ in 2012 but she really continued to

11:39 ↗ serve as the executive director Emeritus

11:42 ↗ and as a lifetime member of the board of

11:45 ↗ directors so last year kidvantage

11:48 ↗ distributed over 4.4 million dollars in

11:52 ↗ essential supplies for children in need

11:54 ↗ to almost 12 000 households across the

11:57 ↗ region all because Karen started

11:59 ↗ something in her living room because she

12:01 ↗ saw the need Karen passed away on August

12:05 ↗ 20th 2023 but her vision and the work of

12:11 ↗ her lifetime obviously lives on with kid

12:13 ↗ Vantage and the City of Issaquah has

12:15 ↗ just really grateful that we had a

12:18 ↗ Community member that saw a need did

12:21 ↗ something about it and took it to the

12:25 ↗ level that it is today to address all of

12:27 ↗ the needs of the community so just

12:30 ↗ wanted to recognize all of her Decades

12:32 ↗ of service

12:46 ↗ so tonight uh the next item of business

12:50 ↗ is audience comments and we actually

12:53 ↗ have an audience tonight which is very

12:55 ↗ exciting uh members of the public May

12:57 ↗ address council at this time in person

12:59 ↗ or virtually those who signed up in

13:01 ↗ advance to make comments will be called

13:03 ↗ on first if you're joining us virtually

13:05 ↗ and would like to make comments go ahead

13:07 ↗ and raise your virtual hand or send the

13:09 ↗ host a chat message you're on the phone

13:12 ↗ you can press star three if you've

13:14 ↗ joined my computer or smartphone you can

13:16 ↗ look for the hand icon if you're in the

13:18 ↗ room and didn't get a chance to sign up

13:20 ↗ I will ask for other speakers before

13:22 ↗ closing that portion of the meeting

13:25 ↗ so clerk I believe we have a few people

13:27 ↗ signed up to speak so I'll move on

13:30 ↗ for those making comments please direct

13:33 ↗ comments to the whole counsel and not

13:34 ↗ individuals while this is not a question

13:37 ↗ and answer session we will contact you

13:39 ↗ to follow up if needed when recognized

13:42 ↗ virtual attendees will unmute the

13:44 ↗ microphone or you can step up to this

13:46 ↗ front lectern and press the button so

13:49 ↗ that the microphone turns red

13:51 ↗ state your name address and relationship

13:53 ↗ to the city

13:54 ↗ speak clearly and pause frequently and

13:57 ↗ limit your comments to five minutes

13:58 ↗ we've got a timer right there if you're

14:01 ↗ attending virtually and do not respond

14:02 ↗ after your name or phone number is

14:04 ↗ called or if your connection is lost

14:07 ↗ unexpectedly the meeting will need to

14:09 ↗ proceed you're encouraged to rejoin the

14:11 ↗ meeting if able personal attack subscene

14:14 ↗ language derogatory remarks and

14:15 ↗ disruptive behavior will not be

14:17 ↗ permitted public comments written and

14:19 ↗ verbal really are an important aspect of

14:21 ↗ the public process and the city takes

14:23 ↗ the comment seriously we thank you for

14:25 ↗ taking the time whether virtually or in

14:27 ↗ person to address us so clerk um can you

14:31 ↗ identify the first person who signed up

14:32 ↗ to speak yes Victor Bellow

14:39 ↗ thank you

14:41 ↗ um

14:42 ↗ uh members of the city council

14:45 ↗ um Administration thanks for letting me

14:47 ↗ speak today I bring to you a proposal uh

14:50 ↗ with a package that I delivered earlier

14:53 ↗ apologies to the virtual attendees for

14:56 ↗ not receiving one but

14:58 ↗ um this is about a proposal for

15:00 ↗ comprehensive traffic calming measures

15:02 ↗ in our small community on Lewis Street

15:05 ↗ um there's three streets that are

15:07 ↗ heavily trafficked when the Front Street

15:12 ↗ um

15:12 ↗ slow down happens people try to cut

15:14 ↗ through on the weekends there's a church

15:17 ↗ in one of our streets and other

15:18 ↗ churchgoers speed through those streets

15:21 ↗ the also being so close to the high

15:25 ↗ school high school students trying to

15:28 ↗ get there quicker try to cut through our

15:30 ↗ street to go through and speeding up

15:34 ↗ most personally we wait for the bus in

15:37 ↗ the corner of Lewis Lane and Lewis

15:39 ↗ Street and we see multiple times people

15:41 ↗ speeding through there and uh there's no

15:44 ↗ sidewalk so where sometimes having to

15:47 ↗ stand on the street or

15:49 ↗ it when it's not raining in the in the

15:52 ↗ grass also sometimes delivery drivers

15:55 ↗ are speeding up

15:56 ↗ um what we are requesting in The

15:58 ↗ Proposal that is presented to you today

16:00 ↗ is a few things

16:02 ↗ um including installation of speed bumps

16:05 ↗ in the various streets to slow down

16:08 ↗ drivers

16:09 ↗ an exit Lane in the Northbound

16:13 ↗ um

16:14 ↗ Front Street South between 96th Street

16:18 ↗ and the 6th Avenue Southeast one of the

16:20 ↗ biggest things that we've seen I know

16:21 ↗ there's been an accident or an opportune

16:23 ↗ vehicle of a churchgoer because they

16:25 ↗ come they're coming with the speed of

16:27 ↗ traffic sometimes 40 45 miles an hour on

16:30 ↗ Front Street and they try to make the

16:31 ↗ third into sixth and they don't realize

16:33 ↗ the the Steep curve that is there and uh

16:37 ↗ we've had some close calls with our

16:39 ↗ residents uh being run over there

16:43 ↗ um also I mean some slow down in

16:45 ↗ children that play Signs because we do

16:48 ↗ have a lot of children in our community

16:52 ↗ um

16:53 ↗ weirdly about 20 old boys we don't know

16:56 ↗ why but so it's the case and um they're

16:59 ↗ playing in the streets and sometimes

17:01 ↗ um accidents may happen there and also

17:04 ↗ those trees are at right now 20 miles

17:07 ↗ per hour speed limit we want to see if

17:11 ↗ we can reduce that to 10 miles an hour

17:12 ↗ to avoid any possible

17:15 ↗ um

17:16 ↗ accidents in the future

17:18 ↗ um if you turn to the third page where

17:20 ↗ there's a map it shows the places where

17:23 ↗ we request some of the speed bumps to be

17:25 ↗ and where the location of that exit

17:27 ↗ speed RAM and the fourth has some

17:29 ↗ pictures of the area which is I believe

17:32 ↗ owned by the city and currently just a

17:37 ↗ bunch of trees so

17:39 ↗ um thank you for

17:42 ↗ uh

17:44 ↗ giving our proposal some thought and uh

17:49 ↗ I you well before I get the rest of my

17:51 ↗ time I.T

17:53 ↗ fantastic work I enjoy watching the

17:55 ↗ stuff online awesome and HR I was part

17:59 ↗ of a um

18:00 ↗ um a commission not long ago and uh

18:04 ↗ amazing help from you guys to get our

18:07 ↗ job done so

18:08 ↗ good job

18:09 ↗ thank you

18:11 ↗ thank you Victor and as we had discussed

18:14 ↗ previously we don't have an opportunity

18:16 ↗ for comment and response but we've

18:19 ↗ received it we'll work with the

18:20 ↗ administration make sure we get back to

18:22 ↗ you guys

18:23 ↗ yeah uh city clerk do we who's the next

18:26 ↗ sign up Tanner

18:28 ↗ okay

18:35 ↗ good evening Council the administrator

18:39 ↗ thank you for having this forum tonight

18:40 ↗ my name is Tanner

18:42 ↗ I'm a Corporal and a detective with the

18:45 ↗ Issaquah Police Department I've been

18:46 ↗ employed there for nearly seven years

18:48 ↗ now

18:49 ↗ today I am representing ipoa Patrol

18:53 ↗ officers and so

18:55 ↗ the last five years the department has

18:58 ↗ strived to get a fence installed in a

19:01 ↗ parking area we call the East lot just

19:04 ↗ behind us here

19:06 ↗ and I'm here to advocate for that fence

19:08 ↗ and educate you guys on some of the

19:10 ↗ concerns that we have safety wise

19:13 ↗ so as most of you know police officers

19:16 ↗ are targets targets like regular

19:19 ↗ citizens where targets of vandalism or

19:21 ↗ targets of assault

19:23 ↗ um you could almost say that we're

19:25 ↗ pretty easy targets because we drive

19:27 ↗ around a big black and white vehicles

19:29 ↗ that can be seen from several hundred

19:30 ↗ feet away

19:32 ↗ me personally I've seen that our

19:34 ↗ vehicles and a lot have been damaged

19:36 ↗ from being keyed they've been Tire's

19:39 ↗ been impaled

19:42 ↗ paint has been stripped decals stripped

19:45 ↗ catalytic converter stolen

19:49 ↗ a few years ago there was an officer

19:51 ↗ who's getting ready in his rig and a

19:53 ↗ vehicle had rushed through our parking

19:55 ↗ lot at a high rate of speed he's pretty

19:57 ↗ agitated

19:59 ↗ it escalated into an incident with that

20:01 ↗ officer where an alteration altercation

20:03 ↗ took place and that person ended up

20:05 ↗ getting arrested

20:07 ↗ um and say that a gate probably would

20:09 ↗ have or a fenced area would have

20:11 ↗ restricted that from happening at least

20:13 ↗ in the parking lot maybe back in the

20:15 ↗ street somewhere

20:16 ↗ that's for another time

20:19 ↗ um additionally

20:20 ↗ um

20:21 ↗ we have loitering through our parking

20:23 ↗ lot every day all day people come from

20:25 ↗ Memorial come from Sunset cut in the

20:28 ↗ corner on second

20:29 ↗ traffic coming through our lot all day

20:32 ↗ little kids and we can't see them if

20:35 ↗ we're in a rush we got to go to an

20:36 ↗ emergency call

20:37 ↗ you shouldn't have to be looking for a

20:39 ↗ little tiny elementary school kid

20:41 ↗ in your parking lot where you're

20:42 ↗ expected to be

20:44 ↗ wanting so it's just a safety concern

20:46 ↗ not only for us for other citizens that

20:48 ↗ are just coming through our parking lot

20:52 ↗ something you may not be aware of but a

20:54 ↗ little while ago a pipe bomb was placed

20:57 ↗ under a patrol vehicle out on the

20:59 ↗ shoreline luckily no one was injured but

21:01 ↗ the bomb was detonated and it blew up

21:03 ↗ the car causing 25k worth of damage

21:06 ↗ it sort of goes further on the fact that

21:08 ↗ we are targeted

21:10 ↗ and it's no more apparent than today

21:14 ↗ further something that sort of hits

21:16 ↗ close to home is three days ago in La an

21:20 ↗ LAPD officer was stopped at a red light

21:22 ↗ a suspect just pulled up right next to

21:24 ↗ him executed him shooting in the back of

21:27 ↗ the head

21:28 ↗ that person was apprehended

21:31 ↗ but when we come back to the station and

21:33 ↗ we write reports in our parking lot and

21:36 ↗ do those centered things it'd be nice to

21:38 ↗ have a sense of security to have a place

21:40 ↗ that we can write

21:42 ↗ that's not in the station because we

21:43 ↗ have to take our laptops out of our cars

21:45 ↗ come to the station put in a docking

21:48 ↗ be nice just to be in our car if we need

21:50 ↗ to respond we can go and be focused on

21:53 ↗ what we're doing there and not have to

21:54 ↗ be 360. at all times

21:59 ↗ people can say that lights and cameras

22:02 ↗ will fix our problem I can attest as a

22:05 ↗ detective surveillance is not always a

22:07 ↗ solution you're not going to hit every

22:08 ↗ single angle there's going to be glare

22:11 ↗ there's going to be weather something

22:13 ↗ um

22:14 ↗ and we don't have the staff to sit and

22:16 ↗ watch cameras all day they're going to

22:18 ↗ be responding to 911 calls and things of

22:20 ↗ that sort

22:21 ↗ but cameras and lights are not going to

22:24 ↗ fix this it's going to be a fence

22:26 ↗ so my request to you is to please

22:28 ↗ consider putting in a gate a gated fence

22:31 ↗ for us for our safety but not only just

22:34 ↗ the officers but there's plenty of

22:36 ↗ record staff and other Personnel that

22:38 ↗ work at ipd that Park in those lots and

22:40 ↗ it'd be nice for them to just be able to

22:42 ↗ come to work and leave work with that

22:45 ↗ sense of security because we do bring

22:46 ↗ our arrestees to this facility and we

22:49 ↗ release them from the facility so

22:51 ↗ they're seeing our patrol cars our povs

22:53 ↗ personal vehicles

22:58 ↗ that's all I got so thank you for your

23:00 ↗ time thank you for your consideration

23:01 ↗ have a good night

23:03 ↗ thanks Tanner

23:05 ↗ and clerk sign up Taylor

23:16 ↗ hi thank you Council for the opportunity

23:18 ↗ to speak my name is Taylor and I've been

23:20 ↗ a dispatcher with ipd for almost two

23:22 ↗ years now I'm also here on behalf of

23:25 ↗ ipsa our Union my priority as a

23:27 ↗ dispatcher is radio traffic with the

23:29 ↗ officers taking 9-1-1 emergency calls

23:32 ↗ from citizens and monitoring the jail

23:33 ↗ cameras there are currently over 50

23:35 ↗ cameras in dispatch that we have to

23:37 ↗ monitor at this time we're adding

23:39 ↗ another 45. it's going to be over 100

23:41 ↗ for dispatch to take in as well as our

23:45 ↗ business line calls and processing all

23:46 ↗ of the court ordered paperwork it's an

23:49 ↗ extremely demanding position adding even

23:51 ↗ more cameras to this to be monitored on

23:53 ↗ the list of growing duties as not an

23:55 ↗ effective solution it's a reactive

23:56 ↗ solution it does not protect our Police

23:59 ↗ Department employees cameras have more

24:01 ↗ blind spots than not we have cameras

24:04 ↗ currently in our parking lots that uh

24:09 ↗ are not always reliable because

24:11 ↗ technology fails and it's like Tanner

24:13 ↗ had said unreliable or unreadable for

24:16 ↗ suspect information and it does not

24:18 ↗ prevent unsolicited access or harassment

24:20 ↗ our employees personally my first year

24:23 ↗ here last summer I walked out into the

24:25 ↗ parking lot at 0600 it would have been

24:27 ↗ my night shift I was getting off walking

24:30 ↗ alone in the parking lot there were two

24:31 ↗ subjects under cars closer to the fire

24:34 ↗ department I was in the middle of the

24:36 ↗ parking lot walking to my car uh

24:38 ↗ happened to have an officer coming on

24:40 ↗ duty pulled in at the same time as I'm

24:42 ↗ absorbing what's happening they were

24:45 ↗ stealing the catalytic converters had

24:47 ↗ that officer not pulled in I don't know

24:49 ↗ how things would have escalated as I was

24:51 ↗ walking alone and caught them in the

24:53 ↗ middle of a crime

24:54 ↗ as well as there's another story with

24:58 ↗ two of my co-workers leaving out

25:00 ↗ that parking lot

25:02 ↗ they heard yelling by the time they got

25:05 ↗ close to their cars they could see that

25:06 ↗ there was a motorcycle parked in between

25:07 ↗ both of their vehicles

25:09 ↗ uh they could not get to their vehicle

25:12 ↗ safely they had to walk around and get

25:13 ↗ into their cars

25:15 ↗ um

25:15 ↗ in a creative way they called it into

25:18 ↗ dispatch turns out it was a stolen

25:20 ↗ motorcycle with a felony warrants with

25:22 ↗ the subject so he ended up getting

25:24 ↗ arrested but he was parked between there

25:27 ↗ vehicles

25:28 ↗ uh third one is a pregnant dispatcher

25:31 ↗ was walking to the parking lot was cut

25:32 ↗ off by an intoxicated male subject she

25:35 ↗ was unable to safely get to her vehicle

25:37 ↗ and could not turn around due to the way

25:39 ↗ he cornered her thankfully an officer

25:41 ↗ again pulled into the parking lot right

25:43 ↗ at the exact right moment to get her

25:45 ↗ safely to her vehicle and de-escalate

25:46 ↗ the male who was intoxicated didn't know

25:49 ↗ where he was

25:51 ↗ it was a really unfortunate situation

25:54 ↗ um

25:54 ↗ we are also for context

25:57 ↗ a large majority of other agencies

26:00 ↗ across the state require a secure

26:02 ↗ parking area where the only jail that

26:05 ↗ doesn't have a secured parking lot in

26:07 ↗ the entire state

26:08 ↗ uh other it is our industry industry

26:12 ↗ standard other agencies near us such as

26:15 ↗ Bellingham snowpack Snoqualmie Redmond

26:18 ↗ South Sound King County Bothell norcom

26:20 ↗ and Valley com are all secured

26:24 ↗ so that is what I have for you thank you

26:26 ↗ so much for your time

26:28 ↗ thanks Taylor appreciate it uh clerk our

26:31 ↗ next one mark

26:40 ↗ hello city council thanks for having me

26:43 ↗ um Mark fancier been with the City of

26:45 ↗ Issaquah for about 20 years now

26:48 ↗ um similar to what you've already heard

26:49 ↗ got a lot of different run-ins and

26:51 ↗ experiences

26:53 ↗ um

26:54 ↗ myself I've had issues with inmates that

26:57 ↗ recognize me that will hang out in our

27:00 ↗ parking lot once walked out had an

27:02 ↗ inmate leaning on my vehicle said yeah I

27:05 ↗ thought this was your car and we had a

27:07 ↗ quick exchange and luckily they went

27:09 ↗ their way we had

27:12 ↗ female officer in the jail

27:15 ↗ a few years back that had to get a

27:17 ↗ restraining order for an ex-inmate that

27:19 ↗ kept waiting for her out in our parking

27:22 ↗ lot

27:23 ↗ um this was a common thing for some odd

27:25 ↗ reason once they get out of jail they

27:27 ↗ would walk out and hang out in our

27:28 ↗ parking lot where our personal vehicles

27:30 ↗ are or where the police part

27:33 ↗ um we've had a few different

27:35 ↗ attempted escapes we have multiple

27:37 ↗ Vehicles pulling into our sally port

27:40 ↗ sometimes they have to exit in the

27:43 ↗ actual parking lot and walk them down so

27:45 ↗ it's a safety concern for the

27:47 ↗ for the transporting officers we did

27:49 ↗ have an and they may Escape once and run

27:51 ↗ up our sally port and got loose in town

27:53 ↗ and ended up in some residence backyard

27:55 ↗ in their shed

27:56 ↗ that could have you know gone badly

27:59 ↗ luckily I caught them but if we had a

28:01 ↗ fence in place that would you know it

28:03 ↗ wouldn't be able to get out of the

28:04 ↗ parking lot

28:06 ↗ um

28:07 ↗ we also have had concerns with you know

28:09 ↗ if we ever do have a real natural

28:10 ↗ disaster you know earthquake something

28:13 ↗ like that

28:13 ↗ sometimes we're pushing 60 70 inmates

28:16 ↗ and actually take the time to be able to

28:18 ↗ handcuff them and get them outside

28:19 ↗ because our evacuate the building we had

28:23 ↗ to take them out to that that parking

28:25 ↗ lot area slash basketball area if that

28:28 ↗ was fenced in we wouldn't have to be as

28:30 ↗ concerned with getting everybody

28:31 ↗ properly secured before getting them out

28:33 ↗ there if it was fenced we can get them

28:34 ↗ all out there make sure everybody's safe

28:36 ↗ get them all secure from there

28:38 ↗ um

28:41 ↗ again like Taylor just mentioned um

28:43 ↗ seemed to be one of the only facilities

28:45 ↗ that is not gated

28:47 ↗ um you know again we've had

28:50 ↗ we have multiple agencies that come in

28:52 ↗ and book people in our facility not just

28:53 ↗ Issaquah and snoqualm

28:55 ↗ um there's been you know times where

28:57 ↗ they're transporting high-risk inmates

28:59 ↗ that even though we're a misdemeanor

29:00 ↗ jail some of these people have felony

29:02 ↗ convictions that are going to court for

29:04 ↗ other matters and they've voiced their

29:06 ↗ concerns with not feeling safe and

29:08 ↗ secure by exiting the vehicle and

29:10 ↗ walking inmates down our Sally poor or

29:12 ↗ bringing them out to the parking lot

29:13 ↗ area because sometimes random people

29:15 ↗ from the public will walk up to them ask

29:16 ↗ them questions and they're in the middle

29:18 ↗ of you know trying to transport somebody

29:20 ↗ either to the hospital or court or

29:22 ↗ whatnot so it's a safety concern for

29:23 ↗ everybody

29:25 ↗ um

29:26 ↗ we've also had concerns with we have

29:28 ↗ inmate workers that we take them out

29:30 ↗ once a day to do trash runs you know get

29:32 ↗ dispose of trash and stuff like that

29:35 ↗ we sometimes monitor their phone calls

29:37 ↗ there's been concerns of sometimes

29:38 ↗ friends or family trying to plant drugs

29:41 ↗ in our parking lot or you know trash

29:43 ↗ cans because they know that inmate

29:45 ↗ workers will go out there

29:47 ↗ and do trash once once a night at some

29:49 ↗ point so there's been concerns with that

29:52 ↗ um and we've had issues with drugs and

29:54 ↗ you know we want to make sure we keep

29:55 ↗ that out of the facility so

29:58 ↗ um that is pretty much all I have but

30:00 ↗ I'm definitely uh after 20 years of

30:03 ↗ working in this line of work like they

30:05 ↗ mentioned we were getting

30:07 ↗ more targeted and we have had issues

30:10 ↗ with our personal vehicles obviously and

30:13 ↗ we're all concerned

30:14 ↗ thank you yeah thanks Mark

30:20 ↗ Mike

30:24 ↗ evening city council Sergeant locked

30:26 ↗ with physical Police Department

30:28 ↗ um I've been with Isco for this is

30:30 ↗ coming up on my 10th year that I've

30:32 ↗ worked here I'm not going to go too in

30:34 ↗ depth because I'm going to be talking

30:35 ↗ about exactly the same thing but just to

30:37 ↗ list a couple of the things that

30:39 ↗ um like officers I've spoke with are

30:41 ↗ concerned about is

30:43 ↗ um the need for the fence for overall

30:45 ↗ security has already been talked about

30:47 ↗ it's a huge thing like we talked to

30:50 ↗ officers constantly when we're training

30:51 ↗ especially our new officers that at

30:53 ↗ night or during the day if you have time

30:55 ↗ to stop and do paperwork you have to do

30:57 ↗ it someplace that's safe we do have a

30:59 ↗ couple options around town like in Annex

31:01 ↗ Building and stuff like that but it

31:03 ↗ would be extremely nice if we could just

31:05 ↗ go to our parking lot and take care of

31:07 ↗ business there's so many things that we

31:09 ↗ need to be able to do

31:11 ↗ um like putting equipment in our

31:13 ↗ vehicles in things along those lines

31:14 ↗ where if we're not in a secured location

31:17 ↗ it's just not the greatest circumstances

31:20 ↗ a couple of the like instances I wrote

31:23 ↗ down is our parking lot has been

31:25 ↗ and this is more recently but being used

31:27 ↗ as a bathroom by people coming from the

31:30 ↗ meals program there's one female in

31:33 ↗ particular that we've been watching

31:34 ↗ because she uses the spaces between our

31:37 ↗ vehicles to relieve herself

31:39 ↗ um I know this was already stated but

31:41 ↗ families with small children cutting

31:42 ↗ through the parking lot we drive big

31:44 ↗ Chevy Tahoes they're hard to see out of

31:46 ↗ especially like down low it would be

31:49 ↗ catastrophic if a child was hitting our

31:51 ↗ parking lot just like worst case

31:53 ↗ scenario

31:55 ↗ um like the gentleman with Louis Street

31:57 ↗ was talking rush hours we have constant

31:59 ↗ traffic cutting through we have in the

32:02 ↗ past like gone out in like kind of

32:04 ↗ attacked that problem ourselves but we

32:07 ↗ can't put officers every day at rush

32:10 ↗ hour in our parking lot stopping cars

32:12 ↗ and writing tickets it's just not

32:13 ↗ practical other places we need to be

32:17 ↗ um standard stated cameras can only do

32:20 ↗ so much I know my time working as a

32:22 ↗ detective

32:23 ↗ cameras are great because it gives you a

32:25 ↗ picture but if we can't identify people

32:27 ↗ that are causing the problems it doesn't

32:29 ↗ really do us a whole lot of good

32:32 ↗ um the last thing I want to bring up

32:33 ↗ this was a personal thing of me when I

32:35 ↗ started in Issaquah like when I was

32:37 ↗ going through my field training program

32:39 ↗ I like came back to the office one night

32:42 ↗ parked just momentarily to run inside as

32:44 ↗ I came back out someone had thrown a

32:46 ↗ cinder block through my patrol car's

32:48 ↗ window

32:48 ↗ so I just throw it out like if that

32:51 ↗ would have happened in a secure parking

32:53 ↗ lot we wouldn't have that problem so I I

32:56 ↗ hope you guys will consider everything

32:57 ↗ that's been said by the police

32:59 ↗ department tonight I know that Isaac was

33:01 ↗ a great place we have outstanding

33:03 ↗ support here so I just want to say thank

33:05 ↗ you again for your time

33:07 ↗ thanks Mike

33:09 ↗ Bishop

33:11 ↗ Tom and Kelsey

33:20 ↗ hi I'm Kelsey Whalen I live on the Lewis

33:23 ↗ Street neighborhood property too we

33:26 ↗ actually own two properties on that on

33:28 ↗ one on corner of Lewis Street and six as

33:31 ↗ well as Lewis Street and Lewis Lane and

33:34 ↗ I we both we've lived on both properties

33:36 ↗ and we both we've lived with we now have

33:40 ↗ two boys but

33:41 ↗ um

33:42 ↗ our first was young and we experienced

33:45 ↗ the church traffic all the time we took

33:48 ↗ our own measures to try to slow down

33:49 ↗ that traffic with the little like slow

33:52 ↗ down Turtle people and in short

33:56 ↗ it just becomes something that they just

33:58 ↗ it's wallpaper

34:01 ↗ um and so our measures so what we did to

34:06 ↗ try to continue to mitigate the problem

34:08 ↗ was we parked our car on the side street

34:11 ↗ instead of our driveway

34:13 ↗ um because it just skinnies up the

34:15 ↗ street to slow the people down and

34:19 ↗ really what's

34:21 ↗ prompting us to be here today and I'll

34:24 ↗ probably get emotional because my kid

34:27 ↗ I must

34:31 ↗ I know youngest was almost killed

34:34 ↗ because of

34:36 ↗ she wasn't even going that fast you guys

34:38 ↗ probably was 15 miles per hour

34:42 ↗ but

34:43 ↗ on Lewis Street there's blind spots

34:45 ↗ especially in the set in the fall when

34:47 ↗ there's foil foliage and it's out it's

34:49 ↗ growing and it happened with my first

34:52 ↗ son but I was out scootering with him

34:54 ↗ and I was close to him but if that car

34:58 ↗ would have been going one mile more or I

35:00 ↗ wasn't one foot closer to him

35:03 ↗ that could have been trouble

35:05 ↗ and so I'm really requesting like

35:10 ↗ the speed bumps could be

35:12 ↗ a big mitigator but the other thing too

35:15 ↗ along with that is the speed bumps can

35:17 ↗ slow people down because it also happens

35:19 ↗ at six a.m when the high schoolers are

35:21 ↗ going there for their before

35:25 ↗ I don't know yeah

35:29 ↗ um and I walk my dog early in the

35:31 ↗ morning when it's and it's now getting

35:33 ↗ dark out and so it's always a concern

35:36 ↗ just being on that corner because my

35:39 ↗ kids thankfully

35:41 ↗ um you know being productive I can

35:42 ↗ protect them but

35:45 ↗ a week and a half ago it could have been

35:48 ↗ different so

35:51 ↗ all the things that you're saying we

35:53 ↗ would love to have the those measures

35:56 ↗ it's too small it's three small streets

35:59 ↗ and it can change the world

36:03 ↗ um Tom multi-decade City of Issaquah

36:05 ↗ resident husband at Kelsey and Dad of

36:07 ↗ two young boys I think just for context

36:09 ↗ it's important to know we're talking

36:11 ↗ about no more than two blocks of

36:14 ↗ duration before there is the church or

36:16 ↗ before there's a stop sign and you have

36:18 ↗ cars for those two blocks that are

36:19 ↗ traveling in excess to 40 miles an hour

36:22 ↗ uh which obviously there's no need to

36:24 ↗ there's no need to go 40 miles an hour

36:25 ↗ to travel two blocks to church there's

36:27 ↗ no need to travel 40 miles an hour to

36:29 ↗ reach from Front Street to a stop sign

36:31 ↗ so I think again context if you look at

36:33 ↗ the map that Victor provided there is no

36:35 ↗ through streets it's all dead ends in

36:37 ↗ this neighborhood and uh so just I think

36:39 ↗ a context is really important to

36:41 ↗ consider when you look at what we're

36:42 ↗ asking for anyone that's entering our

36:45 ↗ neighborhood is going to a destination

36:47 ↗ within our neighborhood or using it as a

36:48 ↗ true fair Which is less than ideal

36:50 ↗ obviously in a small quiet neighborhood

36:52 ↗ so I I do think as Kelsey mentioned it's

36:56 ↗ not a matter of if but when

36:58 ↗ an unfortunate incident occurs

37:01 ↗ um and I think some some simple

37:03 ↗ budget-friendly measures would would

37:04 ↗ mitigate a lot of that risk so thanks

37:07 ↗ for your time for your attention and for

37:08 ↗ your consideration as a matter

37:11 ↗ thank you Tom and Kelsey

37:14 ↗ who do we have next no one else has

37:17 ↗ signed up to speak we have two virtual

37:19 ↗ attendees but I don't see that either of

37:21 ↗ them are indicating a desire to speak at

37:23 ↗ this time and we have all these lovely

37:25 ↗ people in uh in the room with us

37:29 ↗ okay go ahead and um I will gladly ask

37:33 ↗ for people to come up go ahead

37:45 ↗ foreign

37:48 ↗ staff folks appreciate you being here

37:51 ↗ I'll never say I'm happy to stand in

37:53 ↗ front of a Podium or a lectern and talk

37:55 ↗ but here we go I just want to add a

37:57 ↗ couple words in support of the email I

37:59 ↗ sent to you and various other groups

38:01 ↗ including the development commission and

38:03 ↗ planning policy commission and

38:05 ↗ Parks Board and

38:08 ↗ environmental board uh on the topic of

38:12 ↗ culturally modified trees and it just

38:14 ↗ I don't want to repeat it but I just

38:17 ↗ wanted to kind of in case anybody was on

38:19 ↗ the ethernet I wanted to share kind of

38:20 ↗ the broader community that the soon to

38:22 ↗ be relevant topic I really didn't know

38:24 ↗ and still don't know anything much about

38:26 ↗ the topic just sharing a brief

38:27 ↗ definition from Wikipedia which might

38:29 ↗ not be the most authoritative definition

38:31 ↗ but a culturally modified tree is a tree

38:34 ↗ Modified by indigenous people as part of

38:36 ↗ their tradition

38:37 ↗ such trees are important sources for the

38:40 ↗ history of certain regions

38:42 ↗ term is used in western Canada and the

38:44 ↗ United States

38:45 ↗ so first of all the topic is broader

38:47 ↗ than just Issaquah so I just wanted to

38:51 ↗ think bigger I just had this kind of gut

38:53 ↗ response of what we need to do but it's

38:55 ↗ beginning as well what we can do to

38:57 ↗ reach out and

38:58 ↗ from County and Regional bodies state

39:01 ↗ level register legislation uh but things

39:04 ↗ we might want to be able to do

39:08 ↗ um

39:09 ↗ I understand there are certain work

39:11 ↗ packages that are in progress with the

39:13 ↗ parks board for historical

39:15 ↗ trees and preservation but I just think

39:19 ↗ we need to look broader at that

39:21 ↗ so that all boards I want to just kind

39:23 ↗ of elicit your response your

39:24 ↗ encouragement to what it is we can do

39:26 ↗ how can we become better informed how

39:28 ↗ can we support the legislation so

39:30 ↗ uh again not want to repeat what I said

39:33 ↗ in the letters uh

39:37 ↗ please let's kind of think together what

39:39 ↗ we can do to better support this issue

39:41 ↗ thank you

39:43 ↗ thanks Steve anybody else want to take a

39:47 ↗ moment chat with us

39:49 ↗ no okay well

39:52 ↗ we always love hearing comments from the

39:54 ↗ community we heard from Victor Tom and

39:57 ↗ Kelsey about neighborhood traffic

39:59 ↗ calming we heard from four members of

40:02 ↗ the Issaquah Police Department about the

40:04 ↗ need for offense and their personal

40:06 ↗ experiences with that and Steve just

40:09 ↗ talked to us about culturally modified

40:11 ↗ trees

40:13 ↗ so as a reminder written comments can be

40:16 ↗ submitted at any time you can email us

40:18 ↗ the email address is city council

40:20 ↗ issaquah.gov

40:22 ↗ and the next item of business is our

40:26 ↗ consent calendar the mayor has noted

40:29 ↗ that she doesn't have any remarks on

40:31 ↗ tonight's consent calendar items I'll

40:33 ↗ just take a moment and see if any of the

40:36 ↗ committee chairs or chair designees

40:38 ↗ would like to report out on any of the

40:41 ↗ consent calendar items

40:43 ↗ okay go ahead councilmember hunt thank

40:46 ↗ you IMC

40:48 ↗ 18.404 Foreman intensity regarding

40:51 ↗ zoning table update is item h on consent

40:53 ↗ this was reviewed by the Planning

40:56 ↗ Development and environment committee on

40:57 ↗ September 6th and the committee had a

41:00 ↗ few questions one was if it was reviewed

41:02 ↗ by our attorney and it was our City

41:04 ↗ attorney and we also um clarified that

41:07 ↗ this is a correction to a an issue that

41:12 ↗ was detected in the code but really this

41:15 ↗ change makes the code compliant with the

41:18 ↗ intent of the code and so we had no

41:21 ↗ concerns and we unanimously voted to

41:23 ↗ approve this that's that's the only item

41:27 ↗ that went by the Planning Development

41:28 ↗ environment committee

41:33 ↗ okay so the consent calendar was

41:35 ↗ distributed to Council in advance if

41:37 ↗ authorized the items on the consent

41:39 ↗ calendar will be considered together and

41:40 ↗ approved by one motion have the payables

41:43 ↗ and payroll been reviewed they have

41:48 ↗ everything does any council member

41:50 ↗ desire to remove any items from the

41:52 ↗ consent calendar and consider it under

41:53 ↗ regular business

41:56 ↗ okay is there a motion yes councilmember

42:00 ↗ council president in a move we adopt the

42:02 ↗ consent calendar as presented in today's

42:05 ↗ packet materials second

42:08 ↗ hey the motion to approve the consent

42:10 ↗ calendar as presented has been moved and

42:12 ↗ seconded is there any Council discussion

42:16 ↗ hearing none the motion before the

42:18 ↗ council is to approve the consent

42:20 ↗ calendar as presented all those in favor

42:22 ↗ signify by saying aye aye

42:26 ↗ those opposed

42:28 ↗ that passes let's see there are

42:31 ↗ one two three four five six six and oh

42:34 ↗ unanimously uh the next item of business

42:38 ↗ is our regular business item ab8691 the

42:41 ↗ preliminary plot of High Street

42:43 ↗ collection at Issaquah Highlands this is

42:46 ↗ a quasi-judicial item and given that it

42:50 ↗ is quasi-judicial we'll be starting off

42:51 ↗ with an appearance of fairness

42:53 ↗ disclosures so I'd like to invite City

42:55 ↗ attorney Rachel Bender Turpin to walk us

42:58 ↗ through the disclosures and to present

43:00 ↗ this item

43:03 ↗ good evening thank you for having me

43:05 ↗ Rachel Bender Turpin City attorney here

43:08 ↗ to present this item for you let me oh

43:11 ↗ thank you thanks perfect

43:15 ↗ okay

43:16 ↗ um we're here this evening for to

43:18 ↗ consider the preliminary plot for uh

43:22 ↗ shelter Holdings also known as IH IFC or

43:26 ↗ ihif commercial and Company based out of

43:29 ↗ the Issaquah Highlands

43:33 ↗ go to the next slide

43:35 ↗ uh

43:37 ↗ decisions on preliminary plots are

43:40 ↗ quasi-judicial decisions which means

43:42 ↗ that the

43:43 ↗ proceedings in which they are reviewed

43:46 ↗ need to be fair in fact and appearance

43:48 ↗ similar to a courtroom setting with a

43:51 ↗ judge

43:52 ↗ it also means that ex parte

43:53 ↗ Communications with proponents are

43:56 ↗ opponents of the project regarding the

43:59 ↗ particular subject matter of the project

44:02 ↗ are prohibited during the pendency of

44:05 ↗ the proceedings

44:08 ↗ for an appearance of fairness violation

44:11 ↗ is whether a disinterested person having

44:14 ↗ been apprised of the totality of a

44:17 ↗ decision Maker's personal interest in

44:19 ↗ the matter being acted upon would be

44:22 ↗ reasonably justified in thinking that

44:25 ↗ partiality may exist

44:28 ↗ this would apply to decision makers who

44:30 ↗ have personal interests have prejudged

44:33 ↗ the issues at hand or have other form of

44:36 ↗ partiality that would disqualify them

44:39 ↗ from the proceedings as unfair

44:41 ↗ next slide

44:44 ↗ so with that I'm going to ask a series

44:47 ↗ of questions and I'll wait a moment for

44:50 ↗ everyone to for anyone to respond

44:52 ↗ affirmatively if no one responds I'm

44:55 ↗ going to assume that that or that's

44:57 ↗ going to mean that everyone answers that

44:59 ↗ question no but if you have something

45:02 ↗ that you would like to report when I ask

45:04 ↗ these questions please hold up your hand

45:06 ↗ or speak audibly I'll make sure to look

45:09 ↗ up

45:10 ↗ ritual just take a moment since we do

45:12 ↗ have a virtual council member council

45:15 ↗ member Joe if you are

45:16 ↗ um going to declare anything in this if

45:20 ↗ you would just go ahead and come off

45:21 ↗ mute and say it so that we can make sure

45:24 ↗ when the the time comes on that just

45:28 ↗ want to make sure we acknowledge that

45:30 ↗ thanks perfect thank you with regard to

45:34 ↗ the outcome of this particular

45:35 ↗ proceeding the preliminary plot for

45:39 ↗ um

45:40 ↗ the ihif commercial property that is the

45:43 ↗ High Street collection do you have a

45:46 ↗ personal interest

45:48 ↗ Financial or otherwise in the outcome

45:53 ↗ I am not seeing anyone raise a hand or

45:56 ↗ speak we'll move on to the next question

45:59 ↗ does your employer have an interest

46:01 ↗ Financial or otherwise in the outcome

46:07 ↗ and I do see a hand from council member

46:11 ↗ Joe

46:13 ↗ good evening many of you know that I

46:15 ↗ work for a member organization concerned

46:19 ↗ with building and the proponents shelter

46:24 ↗ Holdings is a member of the organization

46:28 ↗ that I work for

46:33 ↗ councilmember Joe I'm going to ask you a

46:36 ↗ follow-up question related to that just

46:37 ↗ to ascertain the the nature of the

46:41 ↗ potential conflict or lack thereof

46:44 ↗ uh do you receive compensation that

46:49 ↗ would be based in any way or part on the

46:53 ↗ outcome of this approval or lack of

46:54 ↗ approval

46:58 ↗ well uh I think that the member would

47:02 ↗ really like to see a positive outcome

47:05 ↗ here I don't think that they would

47:08 ↗ um

47:09 ↗ blame me or put the bonus on me if there

47:12 ↗ wasn't an outcome they didn't like but

47:15 ↗ at the same time uh I do work in the

47:17 ↗ government Affairs department and we

47:19 ↗ work with this particular member

47:22 ↗ um

47:23 ↗ on a number of issues and on what we

47:26 ↗ call a builder's Council

47:28 ↗ as well kind of on a monthly basis and

47:32 ↗ then on the kind of next question we did

47:35 ↗ file an amicus brief in got supportive

47:39 ↗ shelter Holdings so I just want to put

47:42 ↗ that out there as well for people to be

47:45 ↗ knowledgeable about

47:46 ↗ okay thank you

47:51 ↗ next question do you have a familial

47:54 ↗ social or business relationship or

47:56 ↗ connections with any of the parties or

47:58 ↗ non-parties who have an interest in the

48:01 ↗ outcome

48:04 ↗ I believe that council member Joe's last

48:06 ↗ comments probably are responsive to this

48:09 ↗ one as well is there anything beyond

48:12 ↗ those

48:13 ↗ which are noted on the record

48:15 ↗ okay and the next question is do you

48:19 ↗ have any special knowledge about the

48:21 ↗ substantive or the merits of this

48:23 ↗ proceeding which would or could cause

48:25 ↗ you to prejudge the outcome

48:29 ↗ not seeing any affirmative response

48:32 ↗ there

48:34 ↗ will there be any prospective employment

48:37 ↗ for you or your family as a result of

48:39 ↗ this decision

48:42 ↗ I'm not seeing any affirmative answers

48:46 ↗ there do you own or control property

48:48 ↗ within 300 feet of the subject property

48:55 ↗ no affirmative answers there and have

48:58 ↗ you had any ex parte Communications with

49:01 ↗ proponents or opponents of this project

49:03 ↗ regarding this subject matter

49:10 ↗ and the no affirmative response on that

49:12 ↗ one question is well

49:15 ↗ my final question here is do you believe

49:17 ↗ you can sit and hear this matter fairly

49:20 ↗ and impartially both adds to the

49:22 ↗ respective positions of proponents and

49:24 ↗ respective positions of any opponents of

49:26 ↗ the matter

49:29 ↗ and I'm not seeing any affirmative

49:31 ↗ responses here

49:34 ↗ I believe we should all be affirmative

49:36 ↗ on that right oh yes sorry yes well let

49:41 ↗ me let me just ask that can can I just

49:43 ↗ get a yes from or let's just do a

49:47 ↗ ffirmative response of everyone there

49:50 ↗ yes

49:52 ↗ councilmember March yes yes

49:57 ↗ yes council member Dan Michelle yes and

50:01 ↗ council member Joe

50:03 ↗ yes but uh certainly open to further

50:05 ↗ discussion on the next page of the uh

50:08 ↗ presentation thank you great thank you

50:14 ↗ all right now it's time for audience

50:16 ↗ questions does anyone in attendance wish

50:19 ↗ to challenge the participation of any of

50:21 ↗ the council members based on the

50:23 ↗ appearance of fairness Doctrine and

50:25 ↗ their answers to the questions

50:29 ↗ I'm not seeing anyone in the physical

50:32 ↗ room in attendance city clerk is there

50:35 ↗ anyone

50:37 ↗ online

50:42 ↗ give me just a minute if you have an

50:43 ↗ objection and you are virtually

50:45 ↗ attending please uh raise your virtual

50:48 ↗ hand or type objection in the chat

50:50 ↗ window

50:57 ↗ give me just a minute to check the chat

51:00 ↗ here

51:18 ↗ no it's like bear with me for a moment

51:25 ↗ okay I can confirm there is nothing in

51:28 ↗ the chat window and I don't see any

51:29 ↗ virtual hands raised

51:31 ↗ thank you

51:41 ↗ all right I believe with that we are

51:43 ↗ done with the audience question portion

51:48 ↗ all right on to the the substance here

51:51 ↗ this is a site depiction of the

51:54 ↗ preliminary plaque that is under

51:56 ↗ consideration this evening uh each of

51:59 ↗ these highlighted uh blocks is a block

52:04 ↗ portion of the plat there are five

52:06 ↗ blocks total each with two

52:09 ↗ uh individual Lots in each block next

52:14 ↗ slide please and Rachel do you think you

52:16 ↗ can give us a sense of where we are if I

52:20 ↗ understand correctly we're in the

52:23 ↗ um

52:23 ↗ Western portion of the Highlands if

52:27 ↗ anybody's familiar with where Starbucks

52:29 ↗ this is across from that across Ninth

52:33 ↗ Avenue

52:34 ↗ and you've got several items there in

52:37 ↗ what is basically right now an empty lot

52:39 ↗ that's correct yes thank you anyway if

52:42 ↗ anyone's familiar with the with the

52:44 ↗ Issaquah Highlands this would probably

52:45 ↗ be an empty lot that they've seen up

52:48 ↗ there the rest of the areas fairly

52:50 ↗ developed and you're corrected this is

52:52 ↗ right off of of ninth there

52:57 ↗ so this uh decision is long in the

53:01 ↗ making this evening the preliminary plat

53:03 ↗ application for this uh project was

53:06 ↗ submitted back in August of 2017.

53:09 ↗ in March and August 2020 there were a

53:12 ↗ number of delays between getting the

53:15 ↗ plot application in and having the plot

53:18 ↗ go to the hearing examiner for a

53:21 ↗ decision it finally did in March of 2020

53:24 ↗ it was then continued thanks to the

53:26 ↗ outbreak of the coven pandemic until

53:28 ↗ August of 2020 where it was concluded

53:31 ↗ the hearing examiner took about eight

53:34 ↗ months to make a final decision on the

53:37 ↗ plot and he denied the plot application

53:41 ↗ that denial was then appealed to the

53:44 ↗ city council

53:46 ↗ who then did a did reverse the hearing

53:50 ↗ examiner's decision to deny the plot but

53:53 ↗ approve the plot with conditions that

53:55 ↗ the applicant took issue to as the

54:00 ↗ plaque conditions did not

54:02 ↗ fully recognize the full extent of the

54:06 ↗ applicants investing under the Issaquah

54:08 ↗ Highlands development agreement which

54:10 ↗ had had since been terminated by the

54:13 ↗ city council it was terminated in 2018

54:15 ↗ so it was terminated shortly after the

54:18 ↗ preliminary plat application was

54:21 ↗ received so the

54:22 ↗ Hyland's D.A was in indisputably in

54:26 ↗ effect at the time that the plot

54:27 ↗ application was received there were

54:31 ↗ another cause of the lengthy delays in

54:34 ↗ this case is a great deal of litigation

54:37 ↗ that the parties uh were in together

54:41 ↗ and right all arising from the city's

54:45 ↗ processing of their development

54:47 ↗ applications for this project one of one

54:50 ↗ being this plot

54:52 ↗ so these matters have been pending

54:55 ↗ before various Washington State Courts

54:59 ↗ now for several years with the outcomes

55:02 ↗ of each individual case sort of

55:04 ↗ dependent on other

55:06 ↗ other pieces of the case and other court

55:09 ↗ outcomes real all related to this

55:12 ↗ particular applicant well in last August

55:15 ↗ August of

55:17 ↗ 2022 the court of appeals issued a

55:21 ↗ decision in one of the matters that had

55:23 ↗ made its way up to the court of appeals

55:25 ↗ and that decision

55:28 ↗ um ruled that the that all of the

55:30 ↗ applications that the applicant had made

55:32 ↗ were in fact vested to the Issaquah

55:34 ↗ Highlands development agreement

55:35 ↗ including

55:37 ↗ certain site development permits and

55:39 ↗ administrative site permits that the

55:41 ↗ city had had previously not considered

55:44 ↗ vested to the Issaquah Highlands

55:46 ↗ development agreement the trial court

55:48 ↗ then in July of this year issued an

55:52 ↗ order requiring that the city council

55:55 ↗ approved the plot

55:57 ↗ with conditions that

56:00 ↗ that specifically

56:03 ↗ underscore the applicants vesting to the

56:06 ↗ Issaquah Highlands development agreement

56:08 ↗ and conditions that are consistent with

56:10 ↗ that decision of the court of appeals in

56:13 ↗ that matter

56:14 ↗ please

56:16 ↗ so this proposal itself as I said before

56:18 ↗ it creates five blocks there are two

56:21 ↗ Parcels per block for a total of 10

56:23 ↗ legal Parcels created

56:25 ↗ there will be six tracks for Access and

56:28 ↗ utilities and it will also include a

56:31 ↗ trail connection on the western edge of

56:33 ↗ the proposed plat

56:37 ↗ The Proposal also reaffirms that the

56:39 ↗ plot is vested to the Issaquah Highlands

56:41 ↗ development agreements and then it

56:42 ↗ vacates the prior conditions of approval

56:45 ↗ that were inconsistent with the

56:47 ↗ applicant's vested rights and then it

56:49 ↗ opposes conditions that are consistent

56:52 ↗ with the applicant's vested rights and

56:55 ↗ the court of appeals decision

56:58 ↗ it also clarifies which plan set is the

57:02 ↗ approved plat these are exhibit one to

57:06 ↗ the um to the staff report

57:09 ↗ it provides for various easements and

57:11 ↗ dedications as shown in those

57:14 ↗ uh plans just make sure you scroll in

57:16 ↗ really uh far because it's a very tiny

57:19 ↗ language on those flats and it

57:20 ↗ acknowledges that the city has water

57:22 ↗ sewer service capacity for the plat

57:28 ↗ it allows for the plot to be phased so

57:31 ↗ constructed in phasing as long as

57:34 ↗ infrastructure is in place and

57:36 ↗ construction plans are provided in

57:38 ↗ advance and the applicant has five years

57:41 ↗ from the date the plot is approved plus

57:44 ↗ any extensions that are authorized under

57:46 ↗ the law to record our final plot

57:52 ↗ the options for this evening are to deny

57:55 ↗ the preliminary plot application or to

57:58 ↗ approve the preliminary plot application

58:00 ↗ but with newer different conditions

58:02 ↗ these are alternative options to just

58:05 ↗ simply approving the plaid as

58:08 ↗ recommended in the staff report however

58:10 ↗ either of these alternative options

58:12 ↗ would violate the Court's order

58:14 ↗ which dictated approval with specific

58:16 ↗ conditions

58:17 ↗ [Music]

58:19 ↗ because of that my recommendation is

58:22 ↗ that you approve the commercial or the

58:24 ↗ preliminary plot

58:26 ↗ application

58:30 ↗ pp170002 with conditions as set forth in

58:32 ↗ the city's September 18 23

58:35 ↗ 2023 staff report which is attached as

58:38 ↗ exhibit a to

58:40 ↗ the agenda bill

58:43 ↗ excellent so at this point does council

58:45 ↗ have any questions

58:49 ↗ seeing none checking council member okay

58:52 ↗ council member Mertz thank you council

58:54 ↗ president I move to adopt the ihif

58:57 ↗ commercial preliminary plaid application

59:03 ↗ pp17-00002 with conditions as set forth

59:06 ↗ in the city's September 18 2023 staff

59:09 ↗ report attached as exhibit a second

59:14 ↗ the motion has been moved and second is

59:17 ↗ there any Council discussion

59:20 ↗ now

59:22 ↗ okay there's no discussion the motion

59:25 ↗ poor council is to approve the ihis IH

59:29 ↗ if commercial preliminary plot

59:31 ↗ application

59:35 ↗ pp17-00002 with conditions as set forth

59:38 ↗ in the city's September 18 2023 staff

59:41 ↗ report attached as exhibit a all those

59:44 ↗ in favor signify by saying I I

59:49 ↗ those opposed

59:53 ↗ okay that passes unanimous unanimously

59:56 ↗ 6-0

59:58 ↗ thank you Rachel thank you okay

1:00:02 ↗ the next item of business is committee

1:00:06 ↗ and Regional reports

1:00:09 ↗ and so I will actually start with

1:00:13 ↗ council member Joe

1:00:17 ↗ thank you now just one brief

1:00:19 ↗ announcement that Cascade water Alliance

1:00:21 ↗ board

1:00:22 ↗ we'll be meeting on September 27th uh

1:00:25 ↗ materials can be found on the Cascade

1:00:27 ↗ water Alliance Board website as well as

1:00:29 ↗ the agenda thank you please my report

1:00:31 ↗ thank you

1:00:32 ↗ thank you councilmember D Michelle

1:00:35 ↗ thank you on September the 8th I

1:00:37 ↗ attended a joint meeting of the Eastside

1:00:39 ↗ Transportation partnership the South

1:00:42 ↗ King County area transportation board

1:00:44 ↗ and the seashore Transportation Forum

1:00:47 ↗ that was held at the Puget Sound

1:00:49 ↗ Regional Council in Seattle and also

1:00:51 ↗ remotely attendees received reports on

1:00:54 ↗ psrc's climate action goals particularly

1:00:57 ↗ as they pertain to Transit and on

1:01:00 ↗ Metro's Fleet electrification program

1:01:04 ↗ on September the 14th I chaired the

1:01:07 ↗ Eastside Human Services Forum meeting

1:01:08 ↗ with elected officials and staff from

1:01:11 ↗ East Side City school districts and

1:01:13 ↗ non-profit Human Services providers we

1:01:15 ↗ reviewed and discussed the proposed

1:01:18 ↗ 2024-2029 strategic plan which will be

1:01:21 ↗ on the agenda for adoption in October

1:01:24 ↗ Eastside Human Services form is planning

1:01:26 ↗ two forms for this fall the first is

1:01:29 ↗ regarding funding policies for

1:01:30 ↗ non-profit Grant making

1:01:32 ↗ and the second focused on lowering the

1:01:35 ↗ barriers preventing that are currently

1:01:37 ↗ preventing use for our black indigenous

1:01:39 ↗ or people of color from accessing needed

1:01:42 ↗ Human Services we also welcomed our

1:01:45 ↗ newest member Jenny Alders who is a

1:01:47 ↗ Bothell City council member

1:01:49 ↗ and then finally this Wednesday the

1:01:52 ↗ regional transit committee will hold a

1:01:54 ↗ remote meeting at 3 pm and the only

1:01:57 ↗ agenda item is an annual review of Metro

1:01:59 ↗ strategic plan and strategic plan

1:02:02 ↗ dashboard thank you

1:02:05 ↗ thank you councilmember hunt thank you

1:02:08 ↗ council president on September 6th the

1:02:11 ↗ Planning Development and environment

1:02:12 ↗ committee met and we had two items the

1:02:15 ↗ first one was item h on consent this

1:02:17 ↗ evening that was the amendments to IMC

1:02:20 ↗ 18.404 form an intensity regarding

1:02:22 ↗ zoning table update so I already updated

1:02:24 ↗ the Council on that one before we

1:02:25 ↗ approved it on consent and the second

1:02:27 ↗ item was ID 1404 comprehensive Plan

1:02:30 ↗ update housing and land use we had a

1:02:33 ↗ discussion on how the state laws and the

1:02:36 ↗ County laws are impacting our process

1:02:38 ↗ and how those get worked into the update

1:02:41 ↗ we also had a conversation about

1:02:43 ↗ clarifying what we meant by character

1:02:46 ↗ when we refer to Neighborhood character

1:02:48 ↗ throughout the document to make sure

1:02:49 ↗ that that is clear that it's referring

1:02:51 ↗ to the shape and form of the buildings

1:02:54 ↗ and we also had a conversation about

1:02:57 ↗ clarifying the some of the items where

1:03:00 ↗ we talk about needing to prioritize

1:03:02 ↗ things specifically there was an item

1:03:05 ↗ that talked about prioritizing

1:03:08 ↗ affordable housing on city-owned

1:03:10 ↗ properties for surplusing and we

1:03:14 ↗ requested that there be more policy

1:03:17 ↗ specific language so that Council can

1:03:20 ↗ consider specific actions that would

1:03:22 ↗ allow us to prioritize affordable

1:03:24 ↗ housing for those properties

1:03:27 ↗ I have one upcoming meeting as well and

1:03:30 ↗ that is the salmon Recovery Council of

1:03:32 ↗ our Watershed which is why we're eight

1:03:34 ↗ we'll be meeting September 21st and we

1:03:38 ↗ have several items on our agenda one is

1:03:40 ↗ that we will be approving the 2024

1:03:43 ↗ budget and work plan for wire 8 salmon

1:03:46 ↗ Recovery Council we'll also be

1:03:48 ↗ discussing our State Legislative

1:03:49 ↗ priorities and we'll have an update

1:03:51 ↗ about our artificial light at night

1:03:53 ↗ project which is a long-standing and

1:03:56 ↗ very important project

1:03:58 ↗ where we are reducing light pollution

1:04:00 ↗ especially on Lake Sammamish and that

1:04:02 ↗ helps the salmon survive so that is I

1:04:05 ↗ will report back after we have that

1:04:07 ↗ meeting on this Thursday and that's a

1:04:09 ↗ very important project to Issaquah

1:04:12 ↗ specifically so I will report back with

1:04:14 ↗ more updates

1:04:15 ↗ yep

1:04:17 ↗ council member Ray

1:04:19 ↗ um thank you council president Walsh uh

1:04:21 ↗ the mobility and infrastructure

1:04:22 ↗ committee met on September 12th we had

1:04:25 ↗ two agendas on or two items on our

1:04:27 ↗ agenda the first was the review of the

1:04:30 ↗ Sewer Master Plan and there were two

1:04:32 ↗ policies that we were discussing around

1:04:35 ↗ maintaining one was about maintaining

1:04:37 ↗ the sewer system capacity and we agreed

1:04:40 ↗ that influent infiltration capacity

1:04:43 ↗ um

1:04:45 ↗ um

1:04:46 ↗ we agreed with the

1:04:48 ↗ recommendation from the administration

1:04:50 ↗ on the impact threshold

1:04:52 ↗ we also agreed with the developer

1:04:54 ↗ capacity impacts where there is a

1:04:57 ↗ significant impact on sewer system

1:05:00 ↗ capacity as a result of development we

1:05:03 ↗ also took on a discussion of policy

1:05:06 ↗ number three which was fat oil and

1:05:08 ↗ grease or fog management and the

1:05:11 ↗ committee agreed with a at least a

1:05:13 ↗ one-year retroactive clause for

1:05:15 ↗ installing grease interceptors in some

1:05:17 ↗ of our non-compliant locations

1:05:22 ↗ the committee also received an update on

1:05:25 ↗ the draft intelligent transfer

1:05:28 ↗ transportation system plan

1:05:31 ↗ we were impressed with the plan and

1:05:36 ↗ we are recommending the acceptance of

1:05:39 ↗ the plan which will be coming to the

1:05:40 ↗ council for acceptance on October 6th at

1:05:43 ↗ our October October 16th meeting and

1:05:46 ↗ that concludes my report this evening

1:05:50 ↗ councilmember marks thank you council

1:05:52 ↗ president Walsh the sound cities

1:05:54 ↗ Association public issues committee did

1:05:56 ↗ not mean in September which is

1:05:58 ↗ disappointing not sure why the council

1:06:01 ↗ services safety and Parks committee

1:06:02 ↗ which is the coolest of the council's

1:06:04 ↗ Committees is meeting tomorrow at 6 30

1:06:06 ↗ here in council chambers we have a rich

1:06:09 ↗ and deep agenda ID 1454 Ada

1:06:12 ↗ self-evaluation and transition plan will

1:06:15 ↗ be presented by Dale Markey crimp ID

1:06:18 ↗ 1531 Pioneer program will be Jen Davis

1:06:21 ↗ Hayes our economic development manager

1:06:22 ↗ along with Michael stranger a senior

1:06:25 ↗ planner with Arch and finally ID 1527

1:06:28 ↗ affordable housing Capital funding with

1:06:31 ↗ Jen Davis Hayes again this concludes

1:06:35 ↗ thank you uh Deputy council president

1:06:37 ↗ Hull has an excused absence for my

1:06:40 ↗ regional report the growth management

1:06:42 ↗ policy board met on September 7th we

1:06:45 ↗ discussed potential changes to

1:06:47 ↗ non-voting seats

1:06:50 ↗ um didn't end up proving that asked for

1:06:52 ↗ a little bit more information to kind of

1:06:54 ↗ make sure we have some good

1:06:55 ↗ representation on there and then we did

1:06:58 ↗ recommend the approval of the Pierce

1:07:01 ↗ County county-wide Planning policy

1:07:03 ↗ certification next meeting will be held

1:07:05 ↗ on October 5th and that agenda has not

1:07:07 ↗ yet been released the affordable housing

1:07:10 ↗ committee meets this Thursday and

1:07:13 ↗ interestingly enough as the um uh

1:07:17 ↗ Planning Development environment

1:07:19 ↗ committee is going over our housing

1:07:20 ↗ element we're actually as part of ahc

1:07:24 ↗ doing a review of every City's housing

1:07:28 ↗ element in their comp plan and

1:07:31 ↗ certifying them and all of that this is

1:07:33 ↗ the first time this is ever happening so

1:07:35 ↗ Redmond and King County actually

1:07:38 ↗ volunteered to go first and so we're

1:07:42 ↗ doing the review of their housing

1:07:46 ↗ elements and how the King County staff

1:07:49 ↗ have responded to that and they're

1:07:52 ↗ making some really good recommendations

1:07:54 ↗ so I'm looking forward to seeing what

1:07:56 ↗ that process is like

1:07:58 ↗ um and then we'll also begin reviewing

1:08:00 ↗ our 2024 work plan and start a first

1:08:03 ↗ touch on legislative agendas

1:08:06 ↗ so that concludes my report now I'll go

1:08:08 ↗ over to the mayor's report

1:08:10 ↗ there is an executive session held to be

1:08:13 ↗ held after this meeting to discuss

1:08:16 ↗ property acquisition per RCW

1:08:19 ↗ 42.30.110 parent1 prena B the item is

1:08:23 ↗ expected to take approximately 30

1:08:25 ↗ minutes and no action is anticipated

1:08:28 ↗ follow in Open Session

1:08:30 ↗ oh utility bills new online bill pay

1:08:34 ↗ options I am so excited for this and it

1:08:38 ↗ says in here I'm excited to announce

1:08:40 ↗ that the city has added new online bill

1:08:42 ↗ pay options for water sewer and storm

1:08:44 ↗ water utility bills residents can now

1:08:47 ↗ sign up for online portal to link their

1:08:51 ↗ accounts and pay with additional payment

1:08:53 ↗ options like credit cards residents can

1:08:56 ↗ also utilize the new quick pay option

1:08:58 ↗ for those who don't wish to sign up so

1:09:01 ↗ for more information on either of those

1:09:02 ↗ go to

1:09:04 ↗ issaquah.gov utility billing

1:09:07 ↗ it's actually really easy I did it

1:09:09 ↗ earlier it's great

1:09:11 ↗ um upcoming community events uh

1:09:13 ↗ recycling collection event this Saturday

1:09:15 ↗ September 23rd from 10 a.m to 3 P.M at

1:09:19 ↗ Eastside Catholic High School the city

1:09:21 ↗ will hold a hard to recycle collection

1:09:23 ↗ event in partnership with the city of

1:09:25 ↗ Sammamish these events are intended to

1:09:27 ↗ support our community members in

1:09:29 ↗ accessing recycling for materials that

1:09:31 ↗ otherwise may end up in the trash or be

1:09:33 ↗ taken to the dump these events also

1:09:36 ↗ support our community goals to increase

1:09:37 ↗ our waste diversion rates by keeping

1:09:39 ↗ recyclable materials out of the landfill

1:09:41 ↗ please see our City website for more

1:09:43 ↗ information on what will be collected at

1:09:45 ↗ Saturday's event and any Associated fees

1:09:48 ↗ we'll hold another collection event in

1:09:51 ↗ October

1:09:52 ↗ also coming up September 30th is the

1:09:55 ↗ last day of the farmer's market a

1:09:58 ↗ reminder to all that our final Issaquah

1:10:00 ↗ farmers market of the season will be

1:10:02 ↗ held September 30th from 9 A.M to 2 p.m

1:10:05 ↗ at Pickering Barn we would like to say a

1:10:07 ↗ big thank you to Kelly Deanne and the

1:10:10 ↗ entire team of Park staff and volunteers

1:10:13 ↗ that produce such an amazing Market

1:10:15 ↗ season all season long

1:10:17 ↗ also a big thanks to great vendors and

1:10:19 ↗ Issaquah residents and Shoppers for

1:10:21 ↗ coming it takes both to make a

1:10:24 ↗ successful Community Market also throw

1:10:26 ↗ in that the city council is going to be

1:10:28 ↗ there with our own booth that last

1:10:30 ↗ weekend from 10 to 2 looking forward to

1:10:33 ↗ talking with everybody about how much

1:10:35 ↗ they love the market and you know a few

1:10:37 ↗ other things

1:10:38 ↗ uh Hispanic Heritage Month celebration

1:10:40 ↗ in partnership with the City of Issaquah

1:10:43 ↗ local non-profit the circle will host an

1:10:45 ↗ event to celebrate Hispanic Heritage

1:10:47 ↗ Month at the Escuela Senior Center on

1:10:50 ↗ Sunday October 1st from 3 to 5 PM we

1:10:53 ↗ invite you to come and participate in an

1:10:55 ↗ artwork Shop with a local artist Maria G

1:10:58 ↗ Casey to enjoy live music and eat

1:11:01 ↗ delicious treats

1:11:03 ↗ this event is free and fun and for all

1:11:06 ↗ ages please see our City website for

1:11:08 ↗ more information on how to RSVP for

1:11:11 ↗ Community celebration

1:11:13 ↗ next item of business we've got an

1:11:16 ↗ informational update ID 1508 parks and

1:11:19 ↗ Community Services Department summer

1:11:21 ↗ highlights and so I'd like to invite

1:11:24 ↗ parks and Community Services director

1:11:26 ↗ Jeff Watling to present this

1:11:28 ↗ informational item

1:11:32 ↗ foreign

1:11:34 ↗ good evening council members uh Jeff

1:11:37 ↗ Watling parks and Community Services

1:11:39 ↗ director

1:11:40 ↗ thank you Tisha for uh

1:11:42 ↗ running the the presentation so I'm

1:11:45 ↗ really honored tonight to have a chance

1:11:46 ↗ to share with you a number of highlights

1:11:48 ↗ from this summer uh from a very

1:11:50 ↗ hard-working parks and Community

1:11:51 ↗ Services Department I appreciate the

1:11:54 ↗ chance to do this because in

1:11:56 ↗ highlighting our work plan our work plan

1:12:00 ↗ directly comes from your

1:12:02 ↗ um one of your primary policy documents

1:12:04 ↗ and that's the the budget and so much of

1:12:07 ↗ our programs and services jump right

1:12:09 ↗ into program delivery and don't

1:12:12 ↗ necessarily come back to you all with

1:12:13 ↗ policy discussion so it's a it's an

1:12:16 ↗ honor to be able to share with you some

1:12:18 ↗ of what's

1:12:19 ↗ occurred this summer

1:12:22 ↗ next slide

1:12:24 ↗ thanks Tisha I was about to change the

1:12:26 ↗ slide on my it's not working

1:12:29 ↗ all right so I thought I'd I'd sort of

1:12:31 ↗ walk through our five divisions our five

1:12:34 ↗ work teams starting with Recreation

1:12:37 ↗ um an immensely successful summer our

1:12:40 ↗ summer day camps which have always been

1:12:41 ↗ very very popular not only are direct in

1:12:45 ↗ general summer camps but a number of

1:12:46 ↗ specialty camps that we've done we had

1:12:48 ↗ 880 campers over the nine weeks of of

1:12:52 ↗ Summer

1:12:53 ↗ uh thank you as well for

1:12:56 ↗ the additional Recreation coordinator

1:12:58 ↗ and allowing us to bring back adaptive

1:13:00 ↗ Recreation and so many of our Special

1:13:02 ↗ Olympics programs uh great to see really

1:13:04 ↗ a full program menu uh this summer uh

1:13:08 ↗ for for both of those we welcome Cali

1:13:11 ↗ who is our new adaptive Recreation

1:13:13 ↗ coordinator who's just doing a fantastic

1:13:15 ↗ job our summer Sports Camps very very

1:13:19 ↗ popular it's pretty clear we are making

1:13:23 ↗ our way out of the global pandemic with

1:13:25 ↗ over 1200 campers through a wide variety

1:13:28 ↗ of Camp offerings again we partner with

1:13:30 ↗ many contract with many different sports

1:13:32 ↗ providers in providing these these

1:13:36 ↗ summer camps concerts on the green

1:13:38 ↗ though we had to rain out our eighth and

1:13:42 ↗ final I'm looking at council member D

1:13:43 ↗ Michelle who will be attended a number

1:13:45 ↗ of those we had to rain out our eighth

1:13:47 ↗ and final concert but of the seven we

1:13:51 ↗ easily had over 8 000 attendees uh just

1:13:54 ↗ an immensely popular summer season at

1:13:57 ↗ the community center lawn

1:14:01 ↗ um and real kudos to Kirsten who's our

1:14:04 ↗ Recreation supervisor uh both in

1:14:06 ↗ overseeing some of our events uh but as

1:14:08 ↗ well as the the senior center speaking

1:14:11 ↗ of the senior center

1:14:12 ↗ what a welcoming

1:14:15 ↗ um place our senior center has become it

1:14:18 ↗ doesn't seem that long ago that we were

1:14:20 ↗ going through a pretty intense Community

1:14:21 ↗ conversation on how to operate a senior

1:14:24 ↗ center that was in a really hard

1:14:26 ↗ emotional state in 2017 but to see the

1:14:31 ↗ amazing welcoming place it is the the

1:14:33 ↗ wide number of volunteers and programs

1:14:36 ↗ we have going over 33 trips and Hikes

1:14:39 ↗ that we took great partnership with iska

1:14:41 ↗ Alps Trails club and in leading some of

1:14:43 ↗ those hikes it's really become a great

1:14:46 ↗ place I might also note with the passage

1:14:49 ↗ of the King County veterans and Senior

1:14:51 ↗ Levy we will be receiving some

1:14:56 ↗ assistance some contribution much like

1:14:57 ↗ we did the prior six years so look for

1:15:00 ↗ forward to as that contract gets put

1:15:03 ↗ together we'll be bringing that before

1:15:05 ↗ you and be able to highlight what that's

1:15:07 ↗ going to mean for us for the upcoming

1:15:08 ↗ six years at the senior center

1:15:11 ↗ next slide continuing with Recreation

1:15:14 ↗ are two other

1:15:15 ↗ facilities the pool and and the

1:15:18 ↗ Pickering Barn Zach Leeson our pool

1:15:22 ↗ manager and the pool team have the the

1:15:24 ↗ bombs pool so immensely busy year round

1:15:27 ↗ over 900 participants and are just our

1:15:30 ↗ summer swim session alone

1:15:33 ↗ um gearing up for this fall as we

1:15:35 ↗ welcome back a bunch of high school

1:15:37 ↗ teams in competitive swimming as well as

1:15:39 ↗ swim lessons and Community swim the pool

1:15:42 ↗ really is a a Hopping Place

1:15:44 ↗ mentioned earlier farmers market so glad

1:15:47 ↗ you're going to be able to attend that

1:15:49 ↗ that final Saturday what a great season

1:15:52 ↗ this was we averaged 73 vendors every

1:15:56 ↗ Saturday we average 3 500 Shoppers every

1:16:00 ↗ Saturday I want to give a kudos to our

1:16:03 ↗ partners at Costco allowing us to use

1:16:05 ↗ the parking garage is a tremendous

1:16:07 ↗ efficiency and a real win for our

1:16:10 ↗ Farmers Market

1:16:12 ↗ another really interesting data point we

1:16:15 ↗ surpassed our yield year-to-date sales

1:16:17 ↗ total we set a Year's year to date sales

1:16:20 ↗ record four weeks ago uh 1.4 million as

1:16:25 ↗ of August 31st uh

1:16:28 ↗ I should say four weeks remaining with

1:16:30 ↗ four weeks to go and we already hit that

1:16:32 ↗ record

1:16:33 ↗ um Kelly Dan and Tavy are two full-time

1:16:36 ↗ staff down there as well as some

1:16:38 ↗ terrific volunteers and part-time staff

1:16:40 ↗ just do a great job of pulling that

1:16:42 ↗ together you'll notice another photo

1:16:44 ↗ there Kelley Dayan is a bit of a star

1:16:47 ↗ she was recognized by 425 magazine as

1:16:51 ↗ one of the 40 under 40 in the

1:16:53 ↗ hospitality category yes that photo in

1:16:57 ↗ the upper left is is from the magazine

1:16:59 ↗ itself and there's not many you can pull

1:17:01 ↗ off pink shades but tell it and can if

1:17:05 ↗ you know Kelly Dan she's uh is great her

1:17:08 ↗ her leadership her Innovative work has

1:17:11 ↗ really beginning to make a real

1:17:13 ↗ difference at the Pickering Barn

1:17:16 ↗ next slide

1:17:19 ↗ transition to our Arts team Amy dukes

1:17:21 ↗ and the Arts commission and creative

1:17:23 ↗ District have been a very very busy this

1:17:25 ↗ summer as well we had our Chocolate

1:17:26 ↗ Festival in

1:17:29 ↗ July over 450 participants always a

1:17:32 ↗ great colorful

1:17:34 ↗ event that that really transforms the

1:17:37 ↗ Rainier Trail into a canvas of of chalk

1:17:40 ↗ art

1:17:40 ↗ uh Shakespeare in the art we welcomed

1:17:43 ↗ our partners at woodno theater group for

1:17:46 ↗ the Tempest over 300 attendees for that

1:17:49 ↗ evenings showing some work the art

1:17:53 ↗ commission did this year that's a little

1:17:55 ↗ bit different than prior years we

1:17:57 ↗ instituted in arts and schools grant

1:17:59 ↗ program we've we've often provided

1:18:01 ↗ grants to schools but we often folded

1:18:04 ↗ that into our Arts application it's such

1:18:08 ↗ a specialized niche as we work with

1:18:10 ↗ schools and some of the things that they

1:18:12 ↗ want to do with Arts here with our

1:18:13 ↗ issaquah-based schools that we launched

1:18:16 ↗ same funding we just took a part of the

1:18:19 ↗ funding and had that grant program

1:18:22 ↗ happen this summer for the 23-24 school

1:18:25 ↗ year and some great response from our

1:18:28 ↗ school partners and and that being a

1:18:30 ↗ really helpful approach for them as they

1:18:32 ↗ plan their school year

1:18:34 ↗ and then Jacob Jacob two trees we

1:18:37 ↗ welcome Jacob uh just a few weeks ago on

1:18:41 ↗ our troll down on the Rainier Trail has

1:18:44 ↗ really proven to be a really a great

1:18:47 ↗ example of how public art can really

1:18:50 ↗ mesh with who we are and our ethos is

1:18:52 ↗ Issaquah Jacob represents a lot of what

1:18:55 ↗ is important to Issaquah and

1:18:56 ↗ sustainability

1:18:58 ↗ um and taking care of the environment I

1:19:00 ↗ want to give just a big shout out to Amy

1:19:04 ↗ Dukes you know

1:19:06 ↗ Jacob didn't just show up at the at the

1:19:08 ↗ trail this has been something we've been

1:19:10 ↗ working on probably since 2018 2019 and

1:19:14 ↗ really positioning Issaquah to be a

1:19:17 ↗ recipient of one of the five sites in

1:19:19 ↗ the Seattle area

1:19:21 ↗ all along we felt like this again as art

1:19:24 ↗ that reflects this aqua and it's been a

1:19:27 ↗ great journey and it's been really

1:19:29 ↗ exciting to see how the community has

1:19:31 ↗ has taken to

1:19:33 ↗ um to Jacob

1:19:35 ↗ he's forming many fast friendships

1:19:37 ↗ already

1:19:40 ↗ not to be outdone our Human Services

1:19:42 ↗ team is continuing to do amazing work

1:19:45 ↗ and thank you for your support Council

1:19:47 ↗ on what a thrill it is to say that we

1:19:50 ↗ have opened our first shelter here in

1:19:52 ↗ Issaquah the emergency housing program

1:19:54 ↗ is up and running through your support

1:19:57 ↗ we are now in partnering with Motel 6

1:20:00 ↗ have our first

1:20:03 ↗ housing program 12 rooms

1:20:07 ↗ um

1:20:07 ↗ we're partnering with our our Behavioral

1:20:09 ↗ Health team as well as police we

1:20:11 ↗ currently already have 11 participants

1:20:13 ↗ in the program this is a program that

1:20:18 ↗ um

1:20:18 ↗ really looks at Cutting Edge as opposed

1:20:21 ↗ to a typical congregate shelter we

1:20:23 ↗ really partner with our participants in

1:20:26 ↗ helping them transition out of

1:20:27 ↗ homelessness

1:20:29 ↗ it's a program that really requires our

1:20:32 ↗ participants to be continuing to

1:20:34 ↗ progress in eight really critical life

1:20:36 ↗ skill areas including employment

1:20:39 ↗ all of them are on their way to

1:20:43 ↗ currently being employed or getting a

1:20:45 ↗ job we've got some great opportunities

1:20:46 ↗ even within the department one or two of

1:20:49 ↗ them will be working part-time with our

1:20:51 ↗ Park maintenance staff

1:20:53 ↗ others are interested in applying for

1:20:55 ↗ some of our work

1:20:57 ↗ through other areas in in the parks

1:21:01 ↗ department

1:21:02 ↗ the staff of three people are just doing

1:21:06 ↗ a great job and really look forward to

1:21:09 ↗ this fall being able to report out some

1:21:11 ↗ of the outputs that we're beginning to

1:21:13 ↗ see from that from that program

1:21:16 ↗ our Behavioral Health and homeless

1:21:18 ↗ outreach program continues to do its

1:21:21 ↗ work really really important work

1:21:24 ↗ this is work that is reflected on the

1:21:27 ↗ dashboard that's on our on our website

1:21:29 ↗ that we keep updated uh been a very very

1:21:31 ↗ busy summer and one thing I would point

1:21:34 ↗ out is we've been a couple years into

1:21:36 ↗ this program it really relies on it's

1:21:39 ↗ great to see even within the department

1:21:41 ↗ the the collaboration between our

1:21:43 ↗ Behavioral Health coordinators our park

1:21:45 ↗ ranger our parkop staff

1:21:48 ↗ definitely the police department all

1:21:51 ↗ working together and really meeting

1:21:53 ↗ individuals where they're at meeting

1:21:55 ↗ them compassionately letting them know

1:21:58 ↗ the options that they have available for

1:22:00 ↗ them and appointing those individuals

1:22:03 ↗ towards those towards those options so

1:22:05 ↗ continued great work this summer I say

1:22:10 ↗ great work as if it's easy it's not easy

1:22:13 ↗ it's incredibly hard incredibly hard

1:22:15 ↗ work that that the staff do another

1:22:19 ↗ place our Human Services team really

1:22:20 ↗ intersects with individuals and where

1:22:23 ↗ they're at

1:22:24 ↗ um in in life is Community Court a great

1:22:27 ↗ partnership with our

1:22:29 ↗ um with the Municipal Court team Marisol

1:22:32 ↗ Visser does a fantastic job of really

1:22:36 ↗ serving as broker and facilitator of the

1:22:39 ↗ community Court program seven new

1:22:41 ↗ participants

1:22:43 ↗ have gone into that program this summer

1:22:46 ↗ with some great outcomes and success

1:22:49 ↗ there

1:22:50 ↗ the Human Services team partnered with

1:22:52 ↗ our team at the community center as well

1:22:54 ↗ as other staff I know Tisha played a

1:22:57 ↗ very big role in welcoming week that we

1:23:00 ↗ had on September 8th over 500

1:23:03 ↗ residents came and enjoyed that evening

1:23:05 ↗ at the at the community center in the

1:23:07 ↗ community center lawn

1:23:09 ↗ I would also point out a community

1:23:10 ↗ resource fair that our Human Services

1:23:12 ↗ team and all of our Human Services

1:23:14 ↗ providers especially those focused in

1:23:16 ↗ youth we held a resource fair in

1:23:19 ↗ conjunction with the charcoal chalk

1:23:21 ↗ chalk art festival wow it's a tongue

1:23:23 ↗ twister but just a great way of within

1:23:27 ↗ the department looking for ways that we

1:23:29 ↗ can collaborate with events and and

1:23:32 ↗ again serve and meet all our residents

1:23:36 ↗ in Issaquah next slide

1:23:39 ↗ transitioning now into our really our

1:23:41 ↗ stewardship of our open space our park

1:23:43 ↗ operations team has been hard at work

1:23:45 ↗ this summer a few fun facts

1:23:48 ↗ um when you think of what what is this

1:23:50 ↗ what is the space that we maintain that

1:23:52 ↗ the park Ops Team maintains and imagine

1:23:54 ↗ this is sort of your lawn sometimes

1:23:57 ↗ residents think hey you know I mow my

1:23:59 ↗ grass I I weed my beds how hard can park

1:24:02 ↗ maintenance be well your lawn is 52

1:24:05 ↗ Acres of turf to mow Seven Acres of

1:24:09 ↗ landscape beds that the team maintains

1:24:11 ↗ they've been doing a really good job of

1:24:14 ↗ of really putting together these last

1:24:16 ↗ two years a terrific work plan that's

1:24:18 ↗ beginning to show results a few other

1:24:21 ↗ interesting facts uh 12 000 bags of

1:24:24 ↗ trash were collected throughout our Park

1:24:26 ↗ system this summer

1:24:28 ↗ a hundred thousand doggy bags have been

1:24:30 ↗ provided at 37 weigh stations

1:24:34 ↗ throughout our trails and Parks our

1:24:37 ↗ parkops team supported 240 picnic

1:24:39 ↗ shelter rentals at all of our picnic

1:24:42 ↗ shelter facilities within our Park

1:24:44 ↗ system

1:24:45 ↗ a great volume of work that that team

1:24:48 ↗ often makes look

1:24:50 ↗ pretty pretty easy and pretty simple but

1:24:53 ↗ it's quite complex

1:24:54 ↗ so happy to welcome aboard Dan Hintz

1:24:57 ↗ thank you Council for our first urban

1:25:00 ↗ first Forest supervisor I'm excited to

1:25:03 ↗ say we've kicked off our Urban Forest

1:25:04 ↗ management plan

1:25:06 ↗ with a consultant partner

1:25:09 ↗ named Planet Geo Dan has a great

1:25:13 ↗ internal team that's going to be working

1:25:15 ↗ on that plan I'd point out

1:25:18 ↗ within that plan we'll be looking at

1:25:20 ↗ culturally modified trees we've already

1:25:23 ↗ had a conversation with the Snoqualmie

1:25:25 ↗ tribe and they're extremely engaged and

1:25:27 ↗ excited to be part of that Urban Forest

1:25:29 ↗ management plan project we're also going

1:25:32 ↗ to be

1:25:34 ↗ well as one of our goals with the park

1:25:36 ↗ board earlier this year was it's time to

1:25:38 ↗ to Really review and renew and update

1:25:41 ↗ our heritage tree program so look for

1:25:44 ↗ that to be happening this this fall and

1:25:47 ↗ winter as well

1:25:49 ↗ another really really fun fact to

1:25:51 ↗ present over 22 000 trees have been

1:25:55 ↗ planted in city parks and open space

1:25:57 ↗ that's year to date that's not just this

1:25:59 ↗ summer and that's not just by our staff

1:26:01 ↗ uh that's through a number of

1:26:03 ↗ contractors

1:26:05 ↗ um contracted projects volunteer events

1:26:08 ↗ but tree succession planning is real

1:26:12 ↗ we know if we want to keep our Urban

1:26:15 ↗ Forest keep our public lands and the

1:26:17 ↗ trees within our public land and the

1:26:18 ↗ forest and our public lands healthy we

1:26:21 ↗ need to be

1:26:22 ↗ replacing trees on a regular basis and

1:26:25 ↗ speaking of volunteers

1:26:27 ↗ thank you again for the volunteer

1:26:29 ↗ coordinator inviting Taylor on board

1:26:31 ↗ we've had 40 green Issaquah events

1:26:34 ↗ hosted this summer resulting in just

1:26:37 ↗ about 2 400 hours of volunteer work

1:26:45 ↗ slide not to be outdone our Park

1:26:47 ↗ planning and development side of of the

1:26:50 ↗ house has been really really busy as

1:26:53 ↗ well

1:26:54 ↗ pedestrian park somewhere big capital

1:26:56 ↗ projects a pedestrian Park Senior Center

1:26:58 ↗ Plaza project is moving really well into

1:27:02 ↗ design we're a couple weeks away from

1:27:04 ↗ submitting our permit application for

1:27:07 ↗ that project

1:27:10 ↗ um Hillside Park speaking of we have

1:27:12 ↗ submitted our our permits and well into

1:27:15 ↗ and going through the the permitting

1:27:17 ↗ process

1:27:18 ↗ um on the hillside Park project uh

1:27:21 ↗ namely just two weeks ago August 31st we

1:27:23 ↗ had the neighborhood environmental

1:27:25 ↗ meeting uh we as the applicant were

1:27:28 ↗ there Community Planning and Development

1:27:29 ↗ hosted the meeting so we look forward to

1:27:33 ↗ continuing that permitting work both

1:27:35 ↗ here with our city permits we've also

1:27:37 ↗ initiated our permits with Department of

1:27:40 ↗ ecology on that project so we'll keep

1:27:43 ↗ you apprised as that works its way

1:27:46 ↗ through this fall

1:27:48 ↗ also in design and and nearing a permit

1:27:52 ↗ application is our dog park at the

1:27:54 ↗ community center in Rainier Trail this

1:27:56 ↗ was one of the sites as you recall that

1:27:58 ↗ was probably our most popular pop-up dog

1:28:01 ↗ park site it's where the current pop-up

1:28:03 ↗ dog park is

1:28:05 ↗ that project is probably also a couple

1:28:07 ↗ weeks away from the design being

1:28:10 ↗ completed and our permit application

1:28:12 ↗ being submitted

1:28:14 ↗ Park system Plan update that was adopted

1:28:17 ↗ in 2018 needs to be updated in 2024 that

1:28:21 ↗ project was kicked off this summer with

1:28:23 ↗ some focus group discussions we're going

1:28:24 ↗ to have a survey going Community survey

1:28:26 ↗ going out this fall thank you I know

1:28:29 ↗ um myself and the consultant team have

1:28:31 ↗ had a chance to chat with a couple of

1:28:32 ↗ you

1:28:34 ↗ before you went on August recess we'll

1:28:36 ↗ be reaching out and having some

1:28:38 ↗ conversations uh with you all as well to

1:28:41 ↗ really get and understand your goals as

1:28:43 ↗ we we head into that

1:28:45 ↗ system Plan update really in Earnest

1:28:48 ↗ this fall and winter

1:28:50 ↗ and lastly I want to welcome on board

1:28:52 ↗ Robin Speer who's in the back our Park

1:28:55 ↗ planning manager Robin started September

1:28:57 ↗ 1st uh really excited to have Robin on

1:28:59 ↗ board brings a great wealth of both

1:29:01 ↗ private landscape architect and public

1:29:03 ↗ landscape architect experience that

1:29:06 ↗ she's really hit the ground running in

1:29:08 ↗ in so many ways with these projects

1:29:10 ↗ would also want to just recognize

1:29:13 ↗ hasanthi piasena our our business

1:29:16 ↗ operations analyst in the department and

1:29:18 ↗ Rick still our park operations manager

1:29:21 ↗ the two of them really assisted me in

1:29:23 ↗ keeping these projects moving forward

1:29:26 ↗ this this summer as we were in the midst

1:29:30 ↗ of transitioning with with new staff so

1:29:33 ↗ some great things happening there

1:29:35 ↗ I think last slide uh just to thank you

1:29:38 ↗ thank you for your support

1:29:41 ↗ um we really

1:29:44 ↗ do a lot of different things in this

1:29:46 ↗ community obviously but really the

1:29:48 ↗ common threads that exist within this

1:29:50 ↗ department as we invest in people and we

1:29:52 ↗ invest in places and it's really done

1:29:54 ↗ through an amazing amazing diverse set

1:29:58 ↗ of of professional staff that it's

1:30:00 ↗ really an honor to work with and um

1:30:03 ↗ not to mention the many partners I don't

1:30:05 ↗ know that there's a single program

1:30:07 ↗ service Capital project that we do that

1:30:09 ↗ does not involve

1:30:11 ↗ one or a handful of Community Partners

1:30:14 ↗ so

1:30:15 ↗ with that thank you very much for

1:30:17 ↗ letting me have the time

1:30:19 ↗ thank you director Watling I know this

1:30:21 ↗ is only informational item anybody have

1:30:24 ↗ any questions comments uh council member

1:30:27 ↗ Ray then council member hunt thanks and

1:30:30 ↗ Jeff thanks for the presentation uh I am

1:30:32 ↗ a weekly attendee at the farmers market

1:30:35 ↗ I mean I think they're annoyed at seeing

1:30:37 ↗ me every week but

1:30:39 ↗ um I got to tell you it is the best

1:30:40 ↗ farmers market around and I think that's

1:30:43 ↗ a lot to do with the work that Kelly

1:30:44 ↗ does um every time I show up

1:30:48 ↗ um she gives me a briefing on how many

1:30:50 ↗ vendors are there she knows who's doing

1:30:53 ↗ what she knows how they're doing she's

1:30:55 ↗ very concerned about their success in

1:30:57 ↗ this this Arena and I'm just like super

1:31:00 ↗ impressed with her Billy to to drive the

1:31:04 ↗ business to understand the vendors and

1:31:07 ↗ to make this a great experience for

1:31:09 ↗ everybody who comes so

1:31:11 ↗ um thank you thank Kelly and um it's I

1:31:15 ↗ love it I I mean like I said I I go

1:31:17 ↗ nearly every week I think I missed three

1:31:18 ↗ weeks this year and it's uh I almost

1:31:21 ↗ spend way too much money so I'm doing my

1:31:23 ↗ part thanks for those words and and for

1:31:25 ↗ your your business it's a great Vibe it

1:31:27 ↗ is just it is a great place to hang out

1:31:31 ↗ councilmember

1:31:33 ↗ thank you thank you director Watling for

1:31:35 ↗ all of the excellent updates and I'm

1:31:38 ↗ very excited to see about the urban

1:31:39 ↗ Forest Management program and the

1:31:42 ↗ developments in the human services

1:31:45 ↗ department so excellent work and thank

1:31:48 ↗ you I have small children and we have

1:31:53 ↗ benefited from a lot of the different

1:31:55 ↗ programs that Parks have in terms of

1:31:57 ↗ learning how to swim at the pool and

1:31:59 ↗ participating in a lot of the really

1:32:01 ↗ excellent summer camps on the flip side

1:32:04 ↗ these programs sell out really fast and

1:32:07 ↗ so I I have also heard from other

1:32:10 ↗ families I'm a working mom I have two

1:32:12 ↗ young kids we are there right when the

1:32:15 ↗ program's open and we are ready you know

1:32:17 ↗ fingers poised on the keyboard to get in

1:32:20 ↗ and sometimes they're sold out you know

1:32:22 ↗ seemingly with that advanced planning

1:32:25 ↗ um so they're great programs but my

1:32:27 ↗ question is

1:32:29 ↗ um you know with that preface that I

1:32:30 ↗ think families really could use these

1:32:33 ↗ services and right now I know that there

1:32:36 ↗ are some frustrated families out there

1:32:38 ↗ I'm wondering what we can do to help

1:32:41 ↗ address this real need for for Working

1:32:43 ↗ Families in our community that's a great

1:32:45 ↗ great question and and certainly

1:32:46 ↗ something we've been talking about with

1:32:48 ↗ a team and talking with Administration

1:32:50 ↗ is is are there some creative ways we

1:32:52 ↗ can add some capacity to some of these

1:32:55 ↗ really really popular programs so we're

1:32:57 ↗ exploring that very thing to see what we

1:33:00 ↗ might be able to do in 2024

1:33:03 ↗ to increase some increase some capacity

1:33:06 ↗ address address that through

1:33:10 ↗ um

1:33:12 ↗ you know generated revenue from the

1:33:13 ↗ program so that's one way one way we're

1:33:15 ↗ looking at it

1:33:18 ↗ okay

1:33:19 ↗ um would we be able to get a update on

1:33:22 ↗ what kind of methods are being you know

1:33:25 ↗ thought about or or tested to the

1:33:28 ↗ council at some

1:33:29 ↗ upcoming date

1:33:31 ↗ yeah absolutely any any and all of that

1:33:34 ↗ requests would be coming to you for the

1:33:39 ↗ 2024 budget if if that's if that's a

1:33:42 ↗ route we're we're going to go

1:33:44 ↗ okay and do we have a sense of how much

1:33:46 ↗ need is is out there for these programs

1:33:48 ↗ well we do summer day camp just for one

1:33:51 ↗ example Camp qua which is our big

1:33:54 ↗ general program we averaged a wait list

1:33:56 ↗ of 60.

1:33:58 ↗ 60 on the waitlist

1:34:01 ↗ for a camp that is that is 50 to 60

1:34:03 ↗ campers a week so yeah we know whether

1:34:07 ↗ there is any

1:34:08 ↗ okay thank you and I would also caution

1:34:10 ↗ that probably people that some people

1:34:12 ↗ probably don't sign up for the waitlist

1:34:13 ↗ they just move on to other options

1:34:15 ↗ because other options are also sold out

1:34:17 ↗ and so that may be an underestimate if

1:34:20 ↗ anything of the need thank you

1:34:21 ↗ understood

1:34:23 ↗ I'm actually gonna get a council member

1:34:25 ↗ Joe and then council member D Michelle

1:34:29 ↗ thank you director I think I've talked

1:34:33 ↗ to you privately about some of the

1:34:34 ↗ compliments that I've had for the parks

1:34:36 ↗ department and I want to make those uh

1:34:38 ↗ public uh right now in terms of my

1:34:41 ↗ praise for the great work your team does

1:34:44 ↗ just on a very small uh seemingly small

1:34:48 ↗ issue I was coaching baseball this this

1:34:51 ↗ spring and

1:34:53 ↗ um you know I'll go to other parks and

1:34:56 ↗ the uh Sandy cans are horrible

1:34:59 ↗ um but in our Park

1:35:02 ↗ um

1:35:03 ↗ Tibbetts Park I I personally witnessed

1:35:05 ↗ one of our contractors or one of our

1:35:08 ↗ staff take about 35 minutes to clean out

1:35:11 ↗ a Sandy can just in fantastic fashion I

1:35:15 ↗ know it's a small thing but it makes a

1:35:18 ↗ big difference for our kids and the

1:35:20 ↗ people that visit when they're playing

1:35:22 ↗ our kids uh in sports

1:35:24 ↗ along that same line all good weather

1:35:27 ↗ other cities like Bellevue and Sammamish

1:35:30 ↗ and uh the coaches are getting there

1:35:33 ↗ early and putting down the lines and and

1:35:35 ↗ raking the field I want to thank uh your

1:35:39 ↗ park operations crew especially your

1:35:41 ↗ groundskeeper who made the fields

1:35:44 ↗ fantastic over in Tibbetts field all

1:35:47 ↗ year they were done great uh they were

1:35:49 ↗ professionally done

1:35:51 ↗ um and the lines were fantastic I want

1:35:53 ↗ you to please pass on uh the compliments

1:35:55 ↗ from a coach from the little league and

1:35:58 ↗ the Little League itself where the great

1:35:59 ↗ support that the parks department has

1:36:02 ↗ done in that regard and then finally

1:36:04 ↗ just to want to thank you for having

1:36:06 ↗ people present at the community resource

1:36:08 ↗ fair and at the welcoming week

1:36:11 ↗ um I think Jared was at the community

1:36:13 ↗ resource fair and then a welcoming week

1:36:15 ↗ here you had a number of parks people

1:36:17 ↗ there as well they just made it uh very

1:36:22 ↗ um very obvious that the parks

1:36:24 ↗ department was tied into the success and

1:36:27 ↗ the health of our community I just

1:36:29 ↗ really want to pass on the compliments

1:36:31 ↗ and appreciate all the hard work you're

1:36:33 ↗ doing thank you

1:36:36 ↗ councilmember D Michelle

1:36:38 ↗ thanks Jeff that was a great

1:36:40 ↗ presentation and uh Parks is really the

1:36:44 ↗ heart of what we do and I'm sure it's

1:36:46 ↗ where a lot of our residents this is

1:36:50 ↗ where they touch City operations so

1:36:52 ↗ thank you so much you mentioned that yes

1:36:54 ↗ I'm really involved with concerts on the

1:36:56 ↗ green and I wanted to just compliment

1:36:58 ↗ the city staff that supports

1:37:01 ↗ um the Kiwanis and

1:37:03 ↗ um you know just does a beautiful job we

1:37:06 ↗ invade your offices for eight weeks and

1:37:09 ↗ we are always welcome so nicely and

1:37:11 ↗ graciously and I also want to thank

1:37:14 ↗ Brian birdson and Kathy Jones for the

1:37:17 ↗ wonderful job they do of just

1:37:18 ↗ coordinating and just making sure

1:37:20 ↗ everybody is working together and doing

1:37:22 ↗ really really well I wanted to mention

1:37:25 ↗ too the Issaquah youth Advisory Board

1:37:27 ↗ which is another program that parks and

1:37:30 ↗ Community Services does and that

1:37:33 ↗ involves so many young people in our

1:37:35 ↗ community and they really get leadership

1:37:37 ↗ development through that program and so

1:37:39 ↗ I want to compliment that program as

1:37:41 ↗ well you just what a great team you have

1:37:43 ↗ what a great job you do and what a great

1:37:47 ↗ representation you you give for this

1:37:50 ↗ community so thank you for everything

1:37:51 ↗ you do

1:37:53 ↗ thanks for mentioning that

1:37:55 ↗ um yeah these highlights in no way are

1:37:57 ↗ everything we do but uh appreciate your

1:38:00 ↗ time and those kind words I'll pass it

1:38:01 ↗ along to the team you should be proud an

1:38:04 ↗ amazing amazing group of Professionals

1:38:06 ↗ in the department

1:38:07 ↗ thanks I'll just add plus one to

1:38:10 ↗ everything you heard I don't want to

1:38:12 ↗ repeat anything but you're right we have

1:38:14 ↗ a great team doing great work so thank

1:38:16 ↗ you director Watling

1:38:18 ↗ uh next item on our agenda is good of

1:38:21 ↗ the order so while I'm seeing if anybody

1:38:24 ↗ has anything I'm just going to announce

1:38:26 ↗ some upcoming Council meetings uh

1:38:28 ↗ Saturday September 30th we've talked to

1:38:31 ↗ the city council will be holding a

1:38:32 ↗ community listening session on the final

1:38:34 ↗ day of the Issaquah farmers market city

1:38:37 ↗ council members will be available for

1:38:39 ↗ questions and discussion from 10 a.m to

1:38:41 ↗ 2 P.M

1:38:43 ↗ and then October 2nd the next regular

1:38:46 ↗ city council meeting there are currently

1:38:48 ↗ no regular business items on the October

1:38:50 ↗ 2nd agenda

1:38:52 ↗ does anybody have any good of the order

1:38:54 ↗ items

1:38:56 ↗ ah council member Joe go ahead

1:38:59 ↗ oh thank you

1:39:01 ↗ um

1:39:02 ↗ the Puget Sound Regional Council on

1:39:06 ↗ September 29th is holding a rtod event a

1:39:11 ↗ regional transit oriented development

1:39:13 ↗ event in Seattle I don't it is also

1:39:16 ↗ virtual and you can join by hybrid but

1:39:19 ↗ uh going in person is a great option

1:39:22 ↗ because there will be walking tours in

1:39:24 ↗ the latter half or the afternoon portion

1:39:27 ↗ of the program highlighting transitory

1:39:29 ↗ development and it could help give us

1:39:32 ↗ some additional ideas for our transitory

1:39:35 ↗ development that's going in uh just off

1:39:38 ↗ of 900 behind the park and ride so I'll

1:39:41 ↗ just put that on your radar you can look

1:39:43 ↗ at the Puget Sound Regional Council

1:39:45 ↗ website for more information thank you

1:39:49 ↗ great and I just want to take a moment

1:39:52 ↗ to highlight a community event that's

1:39:54 ↗ coming up so as you know we've had

1:39:56 ↗ welcoming week and had a great event on

1:39:59 ↗ the Community Lawn that about 500

1:40:01 ↗ residents attended so the downtown

1:40:04 ↗ Issaquah Association is actually holding

1:40:08 ↗ a story stroll

1:40:10 ↗ and so having someone read a um book

1:40:16 ↗ page by Page to younger children as they

1:40:21 ↗ walk around the downtown area and it's a

1:40:24 ↗ book about cheering so this page says I

1:40:28 ↗ want to cheer for the people we know the

1:40:29 ↗ community that helps us to learn and

1:40:31 ↗ grow they make our lives better in so

1:40:33 ↗ many ways so let's cheer for them all as

1:40:36 ↗ we go through our days I just encourage

1:40:38 ↗ any of the community members especially

1:40:40 ↗ those with younger children to come down

1:40:43 ↗ as a way to welcome them as another part

1:40:46 ↗ of the community so I want to take time

1:40:49 ↗ for that I don't have anything else for

1:40:51 ↗ good of the order

1:40:53 ↗ so with that

1:40:55 ↗ um the next item of business is an

1:40:58 ↗ executive session the city council will

1:41:01 ↗ now recess into executive session to

1:41:03 ↗ discuss property acquisition for RCW

1:41:07 ↗ 42.30.110 parent one parent B the item

1:41:11 ↗ is expected to take approximately 30

1:41:13 ↗ minutes no action is anticipated to

1:41:16 ↗ follow an open session please note

1:41:18 ↗ executive sessions are closed to the

1:41:20 ↗ public

1:41:22 ↗ so we're going to recess into executive

1:41:24 ↗ session take a

1:41:26 ↗ five minute break okay I'm looking at

1:41:30 ↗ that so we'll recess into executive

1:41:33 ↗ session at 8 41 PM I asked the clerk to

1:41:35 ↗ move the city council and any relevant

1:41:37 ↗ staff into a separate session within

1:41:39 ↗ this meeting anyone who's not part of

1:41:41 ↗ the closed session will remain in the

1:41:43 ↗ main meeting you're welcome to stay

1:41:44 ↗ until the uh in the meeting until it is

1:41:47 ↗ reconvened

Approved minutes

Extracted from the next meeting's packet, where this meeting's minutes were approved as a consent-calendar attachment.

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Attendance

Council / Members (6)

Barbara de Michele

Victoria Hunt

Russell Joe (Attended Virtually due to Illness)

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

Lindsey Walsh, Mayor pro tem

Excused

Zach Hall

Motions and votes (1)

Approve the IHIF Commercial preliminary plat, application PP17-00002, with conditions as set forth in the City's September 18, 2023 staff report attached as Exhibit A. .

Moved by MARTS · seconded by REH

Carried 6-0

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe (Attended Virtually due to Illness), Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh, Mayor pro tem