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Monday, October 2, 2023

7:00 PM · 57m 1s · Council Chambers, 135 E. Sunset Way, Issaquah WA
Section
Topic
3. SPECIAL BUSINESS
3b
Arts & Humanities Month Proclamation ID 1372
5 min · packet pp.7
Topics: Arts & Culture
Staff report:
WHEREAS, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the state arts and humanities councils across the country and the nation’s 4,500 local arts agencies, have regularly issued official proclamations on an annual basis designating October as National Arts and Humanities Month; and
3c
Fire Prevention Week Proclamation ID 1382
5 min · packet pp.9
Topics: Public Safety
Staff report:
WHEREAS, the City of Issaquah is committed to ensuring the safety and security of all those living in and visiting our city; and
3d
Hindu American Heritage Month Proclamation ID 1383
5 min · packet pp.11
Topics: Arts & Culture
Staff report:
WHEREAS, Hindu Heritage Month is celebrated every October, which coincides with major Hindu holidays such as Diwali; and
3e
Fishaquah Proclamation 15 ID 1539 - Substance Abuse Prevention f) Month Proclamation ID 1537
5 min · packet pp.13
Topics: Tourism
Staff report:
PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, salmon have long held a special place in the heart of our community; and WHEREAS, salmon are such a part of our heritage they adorn the logo of our city; and WHEREAS, each fall the salmon return to our creeks and lakes; the first salmon have arrived this year at the downtown hatchery; and WHEREAS, salmon have supported countless generations of residents and indigenous peoples; and WHEREAS, their lure has driven schools of visitors to our town to learn more about our beloved salmon; and WHEREAS, the popularity of salmon has created an identity for Issaquah which in turn has tilted the scales of commerce in our favor; and WHEREAS, the instinctive nature to return home to spawn has instilled a strong sense of community and family and has earned us Family’s Circles accolades for one of the Best Towns for Families in America; and WHEREAS, the soothing sound of water…
5. CONSENT CALENDAR
5a
Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Oct. 2, 2023, $6,509,594.62 ID 1480
Carried 7-0
Approve · packet pp.17–58
Topics: Budget
Staff report:
Finance Department P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 PH: 425-837-3050 www.issaquahwa.gov
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5b
Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, June 12, 2023
Carried 7-0
Approve · packet pp.59–60
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR b) 06-12-23 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Special Meeting 6:30 PM Council Chambers June 12, 2023 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5c
Minutes: City Council Committee of the Whole, June 12, 2023
Carried 7-0
Authorize · packet pp.61–63
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR c) 06-12-23 City Council Committee of the Whole Minutes Page (0000)
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5g
King County Grant for Jail Inmate Supplies AB 8689
Carried 7-0
Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.135–140
Staff report:
In 2022, after a meeting with social workers who provide services to the jail, the City learned that many of the jail inmates have scheduled beds for treatment. Those appointments can be 1-3 days post release. In the intervening days some inmates re-offend, i.e. shoplift food, because they do not have the means to support themselves. This results in a subsequent arrest and yet another booking into the jail.
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5h
Newport Way Landslide Repair Utility Relocation AB 8694
Carried 7-0
Accept Project · packet pp.141–142
Topics: Transportation
Staff report:
On November 21, 2022 the City Council awarded the contract for the Newport Way Landslide Repair Utility Relocation Project to Rodarte Construction, Inc. in the amount of $250,433.46.
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5i
Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts Interpreter Reimbursement Program AB 8696
Carried 7-0
Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.143–154
Staff report:
The Interpreter Reimbursement Program governed by AOC was available to a limited number of participating courts that enrolled into the program in 2008 and 2009. Issaquah did not participate in the early implementation of the program. In 2020-2021 the program expanded to rural courts for which Issaquah did not qualify based on population. In August of 2021, AOC extended an invitation to all courts in the state to participate and Issaquah Municipal Court accepted the invitation.
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
6. REGULAR BUSINESS
6a
Evaluate City Council Order of Business ID 1407
Direct Administration · 20 min · packet pp.155–156
Staff report:
At the January 17, 2023 City Council meeting, Deputy Council President Hall introduced a New Business item proposing changes to the City Council's Order of Business for regular meetings (see ID 1325). The proposal was to move the business items that are actionable (Public Hearings, Regular Business, New Business) before the more passive informational agenda items (Committee/Regional Reports, Mayor’s Report, Informational Updates).
9. GOOD OF THE ORDER
9a
Upcoming Council Meetings
0:04 foreign
0:06 good evening everyone
0:09 um welcome I am calling the October 2nd
0:11 city council meeting to order and as a
0:14 reminder we still continue to have a
0:16 remote aspect to our meetings both staff
0:18 and members of the public may be
0:20 participating in tonight's meeting
0:22 remotely via WebEx and just an
0:24 Administration note our manager this
0:27 evening for our meeting is the assistant
0:29 to the city administrator Dale markikram
0:32 new position for her and first time at a
0:35 council meeting in this role so welcome
0:36 Dale
0:38 first item on our agenda this evening is
0:40 the Pledge of Allegiance and I invite
0:41 you all to join
0:54 ation
1:03 thank you the next section of our
1:05 meeting is a special business and we
1:07 have a bunch of proclamations to do
1:10 which typically happens in the fall I'm
1:12 going to move over to the other
1:13 microphone and begin to call folks up
1:18 foreign
1:28 special business is id1371 code
1:31 enforcement officer Appreciation Week
1:33 Proclamation and council member Ray is
1:35 going to be presenting that this evening
1:37 thank you
1:48 thank you um code enforcement are
1:51 probably the unsung heroes of every city
1:54 in the uh in the country and uh so I'm
1:57 gonna read the proclamation whereas Code
1:59 Enforcement Officers provide for safety
2:02 Health and Welfare of the citizens in
2:04 the communities throughout the state of
2:05 Washington
2:07 through the enforcement of local codes
2:09 and ordinances dealing with a variety of
2:11 issues from building zoning housing
2:13 public nuisance
2:15 environmental health and life safety and
2:19 whereas code enforcement officers
2:22 have challenging and demanding roles and
2:25 often do not receive recognition for the
2:27 job that they do to improve living and
2:30 working conditions for residents and
2:32 businesses of local communities and
2:35 whereas
2:37 the role of many Code Enforcement
2:39 Officers has expanded in recent years
2:41 with the increased number of
2:43 foreclosures and blighted properties in
2:45 the community's impacted economically
2:48 and whereas code enforcement officers
2:50 are dedicated highly qualified
2:52 professionals who share the goal of
2:55 preventing neighborhood deterioration
2:58 enhancing and ensuring safety and
3:01 protecting environmentally critical
3:04 resources and whereas
3:06 the Washington Association Enforcement
3:09 wants to recognize an honor code
3:11 enforcement officers and professionals
3:13 all across the state of Washington and
3:15 bring in Awareness to this important
3:17 code enforcement
3:18 to our communities and the state of
3:20 Washington now therefore mayor Mary Lou
3:23 Paulie of the mayor of the City of
3:25 Issaquah does hereby proclaim the week
3:28 of October 2nd through 8th to be code
3:31 enforcement officer Appreciation Week
3:33 in the City of Issaquah and I call upon
3:36 residents of Issaquah to join in
3:38 recognizing and expressing their
3:40 appreciation for the dedication and
3:41 service by the individuals who serve as
3:44 code enforcement officers
3:47 okay Minnie Minnie oh there's Minnie
3:52 and um so accepting the proclamation
3:58 on behalf of Laurie and Dunning who's
4:00 who's up above us uh mini dollywall so
4:03 I'll give you this
4:10 uh and another option Lori if you just
4:12 want to say hi to the council here
4:14 tonight that would be great I appreciate
4:16 having you here
4:18 hi can everyone hear the name
4:21 yes we can I have trouble logging in
4:23 thank you so much mayor Polly and and
4:26 many for this honor I mean I have been a
4:29 member of Washington Association of code
4:31 enforcement for
4:33 16 years now
4:35 um and I bring my experience and
4:36 knowledge to um to better this community
4:38 so I appreciate this honor tonight
4:41 thank you so much Lori thank you
4:43 councilmember Ray
4:44 and we're going to have a picture but we
4:46 have Lori in the background
5:00 yeah
5:05 thank you councilmember thank you many
5:07 thank you Lori uh next up we have id1372
5:10 the Arts and Humanities month
5:12 Proclamation and I'd like to invite
5:14 council member D Michelle to come down I
5:17 see we have staff member Amy Dukes here
5:19 as well as some of the Commissioners if
5:21 you'd like to come up to the lectern
5:22 that would be great
5:33 you want to come over here a little
5:34 closer
5:37 yeah come closer
5:43 good to see you all
5:45 so whereas the National Endowment for
5:48 the Arts the National Endowment for the
5:51 Humanities the state Arts and Humanities
5:53 councils across the country and the
5:56 nation's 4500 local art agencies have
5:59 regularly issued official proclamations
6:01 on an annual basis designating October
6:04 as National Arts and Humanities months
6:07 and
6:08 whereas the Arts and Humanities enhance
6:11 and enrich the lives of every American
6:14 and whereas the Arts and Humanities play
6:17 a unique role in the lives of our
6:19 families our communities and our country
6:22 and whereas the Arts and Humanities help
6:25 diverse communities across the United
6:27 States explore their history and culture
6:30 with the support and Partnership of
6:33 local educational and cultural
6:35 institutions
6:36 and whereas the nation's Arts and
6:39 Cultural culture sector non-profit
6:42 commercial education is a
6:45 877 billion dollar industry that
6:48 supports 4.6 million jobs or 4.2 percent
6:53 of the nation's economy
6:55 and both a 33 billion International
6:58 Trade Surplus and whereas despite
7:02 significant losses due to the
7:04 coronavirus pandemic the creative
7:06 Industries remain among the most vital
7:09 sectors of the American economy
7:10 providing new opportunities for
7:13 developing cities creating jobs and
7:15 economic activity within their own
7:17 industry and across sectors in making
7:20 communities attractive to Business
7:22 Development and whereas Issaquah is home
7:26 to a Vibrant Community of Arts culture
7:29 and Humanities organizations creative
7:32 businesses artists makers and creative
7:35 workers that positively impact our city
7:37 in immeasurable ways and now therefore I
7:41 Mary Lou Paulie not really me
7:45 that's her but
7:48 mayor of the City of Issaquah do hereby
7:50 proclaim the month of October 2023 to be
7:54 Arts and Humanities months
7:55 congratulations
8:01 yes and would someone like to say a few
8:03 words
8:04 yeah come on Rachel
8:07 hi I'm Rachel Wright and I'm the
8:09 co-chair of the Arts commission and I
8:11 just want to thank all of you for the
8:13 continued support of the Arts and our
8:15 vibrant culture here in Issaquah and
8:17 thank you particularly for acknowledging
8:19 the creative and economic Vitality that
8:21 the Arts bring to our community so much
8:34 oh we have another speaker
8:36 absolutely hi uh Fred pointer I'm a
8:39 local writer historian and member of the
8:42 Arts Commission
8:43 um I just wanted to say thank you all
8:45 for your continued support of our local
8:47 Arts here especially in particular with
8:50 a recent public art project a patrol by
8:53 Thomas dambo and and really to point out
8:56 how great that wasn't as an opportunity
8:59 to work with the local
9:01 Snoqualmie tribe that was a great
9:04 example of collaboration
9:07 really benefits our
9:08 thank you
9:12 couldn't agree more if you haven't gone
9:14 to see the troll please do and the
9:17 Snoqualmie tribe was absolutely thrilled
9:19 to be a part of that project and just a
9:22 challenge for next year I will talk a
9:24 little bit later about a sister city
9:26 visit that we just completed in Morocco
9:27 but there is some original artwork from
9:29 Morocco that I brought into the chamber
9:31 tonight that the artisans in Morocco
9:34 asked me to bring back for our community
9:36 so this picture will be making its way
9:38 around and next year we will have two
9:39 artists coming over and between sister
9:41 cities and arts commission we're going
9:43 to have a lot of coordination to do so
9:45 it'll be another great project
10:00 thank you
10:09 thank you
10:10 thank you thank you very much
10:14 for those who aren't familiar our birds
10:16 and commissions are populated with
10:19 community members so these are not paid
10:22 positions these are 100 volunteer and we
10:24 get some of the best people coming out
10:25 to do this it's amazing the next
10:27 Proclamation is id1382 fire prevention
10:31 week and I'd like to invite council
10:33 member Ray to come back down and let's
10:35 have Chief Ben Lane an assistant Fire
10:38 Marshal Brendan McGee and Sparky the
10:41 Fire Dog come up to the lectern
10:49 quite a crowd
10:56 this is the best one of the evenings
10:59 well maybe not but it's it's pretty good
11:03 whereas the City of Issaquah is
11:06 committed to ensuring Safety and
11:07 Security of those living in and
11:12 visiting our city and whereas
11:15 uh fire is a serious Public Safety
11:18 concern both locally and nationally and
11:21 homes are the location where people are
11:23 generating in at the greatest risk from
11:27 fire
11:28 and whereas Home Fires can cause
11:31 thirteen three thousand eight hundred
11:34 civilian deaths in the United States in
11:36 2021 according to National Fire
11:38 Prevention Association
11:40 and whereas smoke alarms
11:43 since smoke well before you can alert it
11:46 to your Danger
11:48 and whereas issquare residents should be
11:50 sure everyone in the home understands
11:53 the sound of the smoke alarm and knows
11:55 how to respond and whereas Eastside Fire
11:58 and Rescue
12:00 fire responders are dedicated to
12:02 reducing the occurrence of Home Fires
12:04 and home fire um
12:06 injuries through prevention and
12:09 promoting education and whereas Eastside
12:11 fire and rescue provides all Hazard
12:14 response service to respond to fires
12:16 medical hazardous material technical
12:19 rescue and emergency services in the
12:22 City of Issaquah
12:23 and the City of Issaquah any site fire
12:25 and rescue work together to protect and
12:28 educate residents regarding fire
12:30 prevention and safety now therefore
12:33 mayor Mary Lou Paulie mayor of the city
12:36 of isquad does hereby declare October
12:39 8th to 14th 2023 to be fire prevention
12:42 week in the City of Issaquah and
12:44 encourages all residents
12:46 and support efforts to prevent fire and
12:48 prepare for practicing a home fire
12:51 escape I asked the residents to join us
12:54 in thanking issaquah's public and fire
12:56 safety servants Eastside Fire and Rescue
13:00 [Applause]
13:05 I'll skip up here
13:07 really quick a good evening thank you
13:11 madam mayor members of the council for
13:12 the for the acknowledgment we certainly
13:15 couldn't do the work without your
13:16 support so again thank you I just want
13:19 to go on the record to make a statement
13:20 around the fire prevention and those
13:22 that work in that division they really
13:24 truly are the unsung heroes they do a
13:26 lot of work behind the scenes to keep us
13:28 both safe today and in the future as the
13:31 city grows and then if we need to bring
13:32 in the heavy hitter
13:34 Sparky always does the closer and with
13:36 that I told Sparky I'd keep it really
13:38 short because I promised a visit to the
13:40 dog park which we've appreciated the
13:42 addition to the city so again thank you
13:44 very much
14:14 right now
14:21 the next item tonight is id1383 Hindu
14:24 American Heritage Month Proclamation and
14:27 we were not able to have someone come
14:28 this evening to accept it so I'll talk
14:31 about it generally but I am trying to
14:33 find an event where I'll be able to drop
14:34 it off in person at something else that
14:36 they are organizing
14:37 so I'm pleased to declare October 2023
14:39 as Hindu American heritage month I will
14:42 be reaching out to the Hindu Community
14:44 to present this proclamation to
14:45 Representatives directly as highlighted
14:48 in the proclamation the City of Issaquah
14:49 is proud to recognize the positive
14:51 influence of Hindu Americans on
14:53 issaquah's economic Vitality growth and
14:56 well-being and I'll let you know what
14:58 event it is they'll be going on to
15:00 uh the next item is id1537 the fish
15:04 Proclamation and council member hunt our
15:09 Sam and Xavier is coming down here to do
15:13 this Proclamation so I'd like to invite
15:15 the greater Chamber of Commerce chief
15:17 executive officer Julie Hartwick and
15:19 Sammy the salmon
15:41 well thank you for being here I've had
15:44 the honor of serving on the salmon
15:45 Recovery Council for the City of
15:47 Issaquah representing our Watershed
15:50 for my entire time on Council and we do
15:53 science-based conservation efforts and
15:55 for that reason I'm very honored to be
15:57 able to give this Proclamation this
15:59 evening
16:00 so with that
16:03 whereas salmon have long held a special
16:06 place in the heart of our community and
16:08 whereas cmnr is such a part of our
16:10 heritage that they Adorn the logo of our
16:13 city and whereas each ball the salmon
16:15 returned to our creeks and lakes and the
16:17 first salmon have arrived this year at
16:19 the downtown Hatchery I encourage
16:20 everybody to go check it out if you
16:22 haven't yet
16:24 and whereas salmon have supported
16:26 countless generations of residents and
16:28 Indigenous peoples and whereas their
16:30 lure has driven schools of visitors to
16:33 our town to learn more about our beloved
16:35 salmon and whereas the popularity of
16:38 salmon has created an identity for
16:40 Issaquah which in turn has tilted the
16:43 scales of Commerce in our favor
16:45 and whereas the instinctive nature to
16:48 return home to spawn has instilled a
16:51 strong sense of community and family and
16:54 has earned us family circles accolades
16:56 for one of the best towns for families
16:58 in America and whereas the soothing
17:01 sound of water bubbling over smooth
17:03 rocks in quaint Issaquah Creek has added
17:06 to the charm that caused Sunset magazine
17:08 to recognize Issaquah as one of the best
17:10 burbs in America and whereas salmon days
17:14 has its own Infamous mascot Sammy the
17:17 salmon who is rising to the official
17:21 occasion by welcoming visitors to join
17:23 us in jamming with the salmon in
17:25 celebration of our festival's 54th year
17:28 on Saturday October 7th and Sunday
17:30 October 8th this coming weekend and
17:33 whereas salmon are the primary reason
17:35 why our internationally award-winning
17:36 salmon Days festival is a Seafarer
17:39 sanctioned event and voted best
17:40 Washington Festival for 2022 by 425
17:43 magazine and Travel Channel
17:45 and now therefore I council member
17:48 Victoria hunt on behalf of Issaquah
17:50 mayor Mary Lou Paulie of the City of
17:52 Issaquah do hereby declare in honor of
17:55 the Issaquah salmon Day Festival the
17:57 first full weekend of October each year
17:59 our salmon friendly City shall be known
18:01 as fishiclaw
18:04 [Applause]
18:13 thank you members of the council and
18:14 mayor Paulie it's thank you for having
18:17 me here this evening as mentioned in the
18:19 proclamation this is salmon day's 54th
18:21 year and our theme this year is salmon
18:24 with the salmon so we have a long-term
18:26 longtime volunteer his name is David
18:28 Harris he's actually been volunteering
18:30 on the salmon days committee for 40
18:32 years and he's the chair of our
18:34 entertainment and so this year's theme
18:36 jamming with the salmon is in
18:38 recognition of that it's a recognition
18:40 of 40 Years of having live music and 40
18:43 Years of recognizing him as being a long
18:46 time volunteer with us so thank you so
18:49 much it's the chambers great honor and
18:51 it's a great pleasure in order to bring
18:53 this event to the community so it's our
18:55 pleasure thank you
18:56 thank you
18:57 and then the star of the evening Sammy
18:59 of course yeah
19:02 [Applause]
19:44 I need a salmon Walker
19:50 a guide
20:00 Julie thank you so much Sammy thank you
20:03 so much I love the leggings they are
20:05 absolutely perfect for your outfit and
20:08 thanks to the council members I have one
20:10 more proclamation to do tonight on a
20:13 more serious note but I really
20:14 appreciate you joining in and helping to
20:16 celebrate the volunteers and the
20:18 wonderful activities that are happening
20:19 in town so thank you very much
20:22 um now I'd like to do move on to
20:25 id1539 Substance Abuse Prevention month
20:28 Proclamation and I'd like to invite
20:30 influence to Choice executive director
20:32 Marnie Marnie maraldo and some students
20:36 from the teens encouraging community
20:38 health or Tech youth board to the
20:40 lectern so we have
20:43 invasia Jane
20:45 nitya johar Kiana Graves they're all
20:49 Graves and Riley Trachtenberg joining us
20:51 up here thank you all
21:00 whereas on a Continuum from experimental
21:02 use to tragic fatal overdose substance
21:05 use by our youth is a complex reality
21:09 While most young people in our community
21:11 do not use substances of any kind pure
21:14 influences social norms genetics and
21:17 other risk factors conspire to create a
21:19 profile that make it difficult for some
21:21 to escape
21:23 whereas according to the 2021 Issaquah
21:26 school district healthy youth survey
21:28 both graders reported past 30 day or
21:31 what is considered consistent use at the
21:34 following rates
21:36 vaping products eight percent alcohol
21:38 eighteen percent marijuana ten percent
21:42 and alcohol drinking while using
21:44 marijuana at six percent
21:47 where substance use can and does
21:49 negatively impact the development and
21:50 potential of our youth to succeed and
21:53 whereas substance use prevention has a
21:55 greater impact than later in
21:57 intervention by influencing a child's
22:00 early life towards positive behaviors
22:02 and productivity
22:04 and whereas a cost-benefit analysis by
22:07 the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
22:08 Services Administration samhsa
22:11 indicates the return of investment in
22:14 school-based prevention programs and
22:16 savings of up to eighteen dollars or
22:18 more for every one dollar spent on
22:21 effective school-based programming and
22:23 whereas the benefits of increasing
22:25 protective factors while reducing risk
22:27 factors and engaging social emotional
22:30 learning provides a universal benefit to
22:33 all our youth and whereas by stopping
22:35 the drug use before it starts starts we
22:38 can prevent the disease of addiction and
22:40 create stronger neighborhoods in our
22:42 community
22:43 now therefore I Mary Lou Paulie the
22:45 mayor of the City of Issaquah do you
22:47 hereby proclaim the month of October
22:49 2023 to be Substance Abuse Prevention
22:52 month in the city and I would like to
22:55 invite Marnie as the executive CEO or
22:57 executive director executive director to
23:00 talk a little bit about influence of
23:02 choice
23:05 thank you mayor Paulie and thank you
23:07 city council for this important
23:09 Substance Abuse Prevention month
23:10 Proclamation youth substance use
23:13 prevention is the mission of influence
23:15 the choice promoting mental physical and
23:17 social Wellness in our youth which
23:19 contributes to a healthy community
23:22 since 2013 the City of Issaquah has
23:25 acted as influence of choices Fiscal
23:28 Agent for a federal drug free community
23:30 Grant enabling ITC to work in the
23:33 community supporting students and
23:35 families in the Issaquah school district
23:37 for this we at ITC will be forever
23:40 grateful
23:41 since 2010 we have seen significant
23:44 drugs drops in substance use by students
23:47 in the ISD as reported by the Washington
23:49 State healthy youth survey for example
23:52 we've seen a 58 reduction in the number
23:55 of seniors who report having used
23:57 alcohol in the past 30 days going from
24:00 43 percent of high school seniors to 18
24:04 percent and 12th grade cannabis use has
24:06 gone from 25 percent having used in the
24:09 past three Thirty Days to 10 percent
24:12 evidence-based prevention programs such
24:15 as the influence of the choice video
24:17 contest or itc's hidden in plain sight
24:20 parent education program helps students
24:22 and families to understand not only the
24:24 importance of Youth choosing not to use
24:26 substances but to understand how
24:28 substance use substances like alcohol
24:31 cannabis or other drugs can impact the
24:34 growing developing brain of teens
24:36 prevention is more than just say no
24:40 students want to know the why we
24:43 appreciate the City of Issaquah for its
24:45 support of this important prevention
24:46 work not only for the past 10 years of
24:49 our drug-free communities Grant but for
24:51 your continued support through the Human
24:53 Services Grant we thank you for all
24:55 you've done to improve the health and
24:57 wellness of students from the City of
24:59 Issaquah and Beyond thank you
25:05 you don't have to okay
25:08 Thursday
25:11 move out in front
25:56 so for those of you who joined us for
25:58 special presentations this evening thank
26:00 you very much there is no requirement to
26:04 stay for the rest of the business
26:05 meeting but always an open invitation so
26:07 if you'd like to stay great if you have
26:09 somewhere else you'd rather be that's
26:10 also great
26:15 hi hi
26:17 Sparky
26:20 all the humans
26:25 thank you all for coming very
26:27 appreciative
26:35 at this point in time in our meeting
26:37 we're going to move into audience
26:39 comments members of the public May
26:41 address council at this time in person
26:42 or virtually and those who have signed
26:44 up in advance to make comments will be
26:46 called on first if you are joining us
26:48 virtually and would like to make
26:49 comments please raise your virtual hand
26:51 or send the host a chat message if
26:54 you're on the phone press star 3 if
26:56 you've joined by a computer or
26:58 smartphone look for the hand icon if
27:01 you're in the room and did not sign up I
27:02 will ask for other speakers before
27:04 closing this portion of the meeting
27:06 and city clerk has anyone signed up this
27:08 evening for General audience comments or
27:11 indicate a desire to speak
27:13 no one has signed up but it looks like
27:15 we have someone in the audience
27:16 interested in making a comment
27:19 yes
27:21 and actually if you want to come up to
27:23 this one press the button on the center
27:25 to turn the red button on
27:27 all right thank you
27:30 um yes I just wanted my name is Tina and
27:32 just wanted to make a quick kind of
27:34 comment I'm here
27:37 now in part to ask for additional eyes
27:41 and ears and just noticing around the
27:43 Second Avenue and Bush Street
27:45 intersection
27:47 um I have kids we walk there every day
27:50 and we're still seeing lots of dangerous
27:52 interactions between pedestrians and
27:55 cars at the intersection there have been
27:57 mitigation efforts and we're very happy
27:59 that those have gone in but since the
28:02 school year started I have heard my
28:04 neighbors tell me that they've had close
28:06 encounters with vehicles just this
28:08 morning I was walking my kids we crossed
28:10 the street car zooms across us before
28:12 we're even through the middle of the
28:14 intersection my neighbor told me later
28:16 today that she had almost got hit as
28:18 well so we're seeing lots of
28:19 interactions with young drivers and
28:21 people trying to cut across that street
28:23 and because it's only the two-way stop
28:25 people are turning and stopping in the
28:27 middle of the intersection and then
28:28 blocking the traffic review blocking the
28:31 pedestrians and it just creates really
28:33 complicated interactions I know that
28:35 there has been five days of record
28:38 study that the city is doing in order to
28:40 decide about current and ongoing or for
28:42 future additional mitigations like a
28:45 stop light and I'm just hoping that
28:47 there will be also like maybe a space
28:50 for Community comment I've been in
28:52 emailing back and forth with individuals
28:55 at the city and trying to give them our
28:58 real live live experience at this
28:59 intersection we walk in almost every day
29:01 we have lots of data to provide them and
29:04 we have lots of little kids crossing
29:05 that intersection every morning
29:07 thank you very much
29:10 read out the directions for doing public
29:12 comments I'm sorry you did a great job
29:14 okay but I don't think I got your name
29:16 in your address my name is Tina uh Hayes
29:19 and I'm in the downtown issacon resident
29:22 I live on Bush Street I prefer not to
29:24 use my address though because I work in
29:25 mental health for privacy sake thank you
29:28 so much okay thank you if there is
29:30 anyone else indicating a desire to speak
29:31 I will go through the rest of the notes
29:33 but it doesn't look like we have anyone
29:35 we have one virtual attendee but they're
29:37 not indicating a desire to speak
29:40 um so I really appreciate that testimony
29:42 that we heard this evening ongoing
29:44 concerns still with dangerous and bad
29:46 driving behavior at second at Bush
29:49 um and this is something Dale that we'll
29:52 be following up with after
30:00 uh if there are anyone in the audience
30:03 or watching at home that wants to
30:04 provide comments at any time you can
30:07 always email your city council at city
30:09 council issaquah.gov
30:11 we're going to move on to the consent
30:13 calendar and I do not have any mayor's
30:16 remarks tonight on the consent calendar
30:17 are there any committee chairs or chair
30:20 designers who would like to report on
30:22 consent calendar items this evening
30:25 not seeing any
30:27 the consent calendar was distributed to
30:30 Council in advance and if authorized the
30:31 items on the consent calendar will be
30:33 considered together and approved by one
30:35 motion if the payables and payroll been
30:37 reviewed yes yes thank you very much
30:40 does any council member desire to remove
30:42 any item from the consent calendar and
30:44 consider it under regular business
30:47 not seeing any indication
30:51 getting ready for the next part is there
30:53 a motion
30:54 yes I moved to adopt the consent
30:57 calendar as provided second thank you
31:00 very much it's been moved and seconded
31:02 to adopt the consent calendar as
31:03 presented is there any Council
31:05 discussion
31:07 not seeing any indication
31:09 uh hearing none the motion before the
31:11 council is to improve the consent
31:13 calendar is presented all those in favor
31:15 signify by saying aye
31:17 aye
31:19 those opposed that carries unanimously
31:22 7-0
31:24 the next uh and only item of business
31:26 under regular business this evening is
31:28 id1407
31:32 evaluation of the city council order of
31:35 business and the outcome for this
31:37 evening is whether or not there is some
31:39 direction for the administration
31:41 so at the February 21st 2023 city
31:44 council meeting the city council adopted
31:46 an ordinance in resolution changing the
31:48 order of business at regular Council
31:50 meetings the change moved more active
31:52 agenda items before those that are more
31:55 passive like committee and Regional
31:56 reports and made necessary adjustments
31:59 to the city council rules at that time
32:01 the city council requested an
32:03 opportunity to evaluate the change in
32:05 approximately six months
32:07 formal action is not being requested
32:09 tonight this agenda item is an
32:10 opportunity to provide feedback on prior
32:13 changes
32:14 and with that I'd like to invite Deputy
32:16 council president Hall to provide some
32:18 context for tonight's evaluation it
32:21 becomes president thank you
32:23 um well I'll just start by saying that
32:25 that was an excellent start to the
32:26 context so thank you very much
32:28 um hey everybody that we've now been
32:31 living with our new order of business
32:32 for roughly six months or so six months
32:35 of meetings this is our opportunity to
32:38 just check in and ask ourselves are we
32:40 happy with it or is it successful and
32:42 how are we defining success so there are
32:45 a couple of ways that I'll quickly read
32:47 off that we had identified in previous
32:48 meetings about
32:50 previously identified problems and
32:52 previously identified opportunities for
32:55 improvement so one of those were that
32:57 because business items the meaty
32:59 business items were being considered
33:00 later in the meeting we were having to
33:02 make some of those decisions later in
33:04 the evening as well
33:07 also
33:09 um with an eye on accessibility to
33:12 community members and staff and
33:14 Consultants that want to contribute or
33:16 at least listen in to the meeting having
33:19 to stick around for
33:21 um a lengthy
33:23 um earlier section of the meeting so we
33:25 wanted to move it up to see if that
33:27 would have any impact on on their
33:28 General accessibility and engagement and
33:30 then also an opportunity was highlighted
33:32 about placing committee and Regional
33:34 reports closer closer to good of the
33:37 order and whether or not that could help
33:39 encourage or facilitate better
33:40 conversation questions and discussion
33:43 about the content of our reports
33:46 um so um we have those kind of problems
33:50 and opportunities highlighted some
33:53 questions that I was hoping we would
33:55 consider based on feedback I've received
33:58 or heard from all of you over the last
34:00 six months and also some of the
34:02 questions that were brought up in our
34:04 deliberations earlier in the year were
34:07 that so has the structure been helpful
34:10 so in particular has it been more
34:11 successful or convenient to staff the
34:13 public and and whether or not we want to
34:15 make a judgment on that and then also
34:16 how else do we want to measure success
34:18 or is it necessary to measure success in
34:20 another way are we satisfied with
34:22 committee chairs summary items
34:24 summarizing items on the consent
34:26 calendar and how's that been going
34:28 um should we consider shifting
34:30 informational updates back up so what
34:32 this is just me personally I've noticed
34:34 that we've had a couple informational
34:37 updates at the end of long meetings now
34:39 usually we have written informational
34:41 updates right but the ones that we do
34:43 pull out as important we now have them
34:45 at the end of the meeting so I was
34:47 hoping we could have a discussion on
34:48 that makes sense if we're really
34:49 important pulling it out is important
34:51 should that go kind of up front or stay
34:53 where it is and then also based on our
34:56 previous memos which have some examples
34:59 of the other cities in the region what
35:01 they do are there any other items for
35:02 order the business that we want to
35:04 consider
35:05 this discussion right now can be as
35:08 lengthy or short as we want it this
35:10 really is are you happy with the current
35:12 system that we have it or do you think
35:14 tweaks need to be made I do want to just
35:17 say
35:18 the what we're looking for is just
35:21 general feedback but another option too
35:24 could be to add another touch point six
35:26 months from now so we're able to talk
35:28 about it again after a full year of
35:30 meetings so there are a bunch of options
35:33 out there totally up to you and I think
35:36 unless our city clerk tishikeser has any
35:38 other comments that she'd like to put in
35:40 I think we'll just throw it over to
35:43 council do any anyone have any questions
35:46 or comments or marriage you want to oh I
35:48 was just going to clarify one thing do
35:50 you want since all the council members
35:51 have this memo and have your questions
35:53 in front of them did you want the
35:54 council members to go through the
35:55 questions or were you just going to pose
35:57 a question and have anybody chime in
35:58 that wants to how would you like to
35:59 proceed
36:01 maybe let's just start with if anyone
36:04 has questions
36:06 um or any additional questions that we
36:08 might want to consider let's start with
36:10 that and then
36:12 um perhaps we could throw up the list of
36:14 questions on the monitor too and then
36:16 let's just um instead of going one by
36:18 one let's just if you have any just
36:20 general feedback on any of it
36:22 um you'll have the questions up there on
36:24 the monitor if that sounds good so any
36:25 just kind of general questions
36:28 um about
36:30 expectations or any questions you think
36:32 we should add to this evaluation list
36:41 I just couldn't let that go without
36:43 somebody saying something I I think I
36:45 think you know looking forward it's been
36:47 it's been fine
36:49 um I I think when we made the change we
36:51 didn't expect it to be earth-shattering
36:53 and to you know change dramatically the
36:55 way we did business but I think it was
36:57 good and responsive to the public to put
36:59 public-facing things earlier in the
37:01 meeting
37:02 so I think we accomplished our goals
37:06 like I said I don't think it was
37:07 anything earth-shattering I think though
37:09 as a matter of good practice I wouldn't
37:11 say we need to look at the rules on a
37:13 six-month basis but I think taking a
37:16 gander at our rules every year at the
37:18 beginning of the year is not a bad
37:19 practice
37:21 um just so if something's coming up we
37:23 make sure we are operating in the most
37:25 effective way awesome
37:27 thank you other commenters
37:32 that's the president
37:34 yeah I think I will Echo I appreciate
37:36 that this moved active items
37:40 um up to the front particularly making
37:43 the staff and
37:46 um audience uh periods of time so that
37:50 they weren't having to wait through
37:52 something that didn't have any
37:54 engagement on their part so I I
37:57 appreciate that I can't see any other
37:59 ways to evaluate and I think I would
38:02 agree that maybe we just put this as a
38:06 something for whatever new Council
38:10 leadership at the beginning of the year
38:11 to kind of do a quick review of what's
38:16 worked what hasn't and see if there's
38:18 anything as they discuss with council
38:20 members
38:21 um just as a future idea
38:24 thank you other comments
38:28 I think you might have landed on the
38:30 shorter versus I think so too let me
38:33 just um for one question in particular
38:35 though about
38:38 uh potentially whether or not we want to
38:41 consider moving informational updates so
38:42 maybe let's just have a super quick
38:44 conversation about that so
38:46 um I think we've had one or two or three
38:50 maybe informational updates I know we've
38:51 had director Watling we've had the
38:53 police chief come uh and wait until the
38:55 end of a um
38:57 a longer meeting to give an
38:59 informational update
39:01 um are we are we liking that structure
39:03 do we think it makes sense to move it
39:05 back up and I only bring it up because
39:08 right now the current practices for
39:11 informational updates to be written and
39:12 for us to read those as part of the
39:13 consent calendar and I think that's
39:15 going well
39:16 but when we pull out ones that we think
39:18 are important enough for the council to
39:20 see a presentation about for any
39:22 community members who are here or
39:23 watching to see a presentation about
39:25 does it make sense for that to be in a
39:27 different place of the meeting or not
39:28 I'll just pose that question if not it's
39:31 all good
39:32 so anyone have any response to that
39:38 let's remember hunt
39:40 um so I I think that
39:44 thus far we have had a couple of these
39:46 informational updates they they haven't
39:48 been super late in the evening and so I
39:51 think as long as we
39:53 um I think
39:54 if we have something that's important in
39:57 information update that we you know
39:59 think does need to be not just a written
40:01 report
40:01 um but also on our agenda then I think
40:04 where it's placed is has worked okay for
40:07 me but um I would just you know just
40:10 make sure that it's on a night where we
40:13 um we don't expect it to be super late
40:15 for the public
40:18 so those are often the informational
40:20 items are you know the last one we had
40:21 which was great was about the parks the
40:24 good works that the parks department is
40:25 doing so that could probably be moved to
40:27 a different night as needed if it was on
40:29 a night where we expect it to be late so
40:31 that that would be my only thought but I
40:33 think where it has been on the agenda
40:35 has worked for me thank you council
40:37 president
40:39 I think going back to my other
40:41 evaluation standpoint of moving the
40:44 active items up I think that is active
40:48 in the sense that it has staff time but
40:51 it doesn't have Community engagement So
40:54 based on that you know I'm about 50 50
40:58 whether or not it would make sense
41:01 moving forward but if I look I'm looking
41:04 over the order of our business items so
41:07 you got
41:09 going a little bit
41:11 um later in the order you've got the
41:13 audience comments consent calendar and
41:16 then you've kind of got our business
41:18 items which is public hearing regular
41:20 business new business and then the items
41:23 at the end are all of the things where
41:25 we're talking
41:27 um maybe you could move it up in front
41:31 of committee and Regional reports but
41:34 I'm not sure I would see a reason to
41:36 move it ahead of public hearings or
41:38 regular business just based on the fact
41:41 that it doesn't have Community
41:43 engagement while it does have staff
41:45 engagement so that would be my thought
41:47 process
41:51 any other comments on that one
41:55 councilmember Hall do you want to just
41:56 do a call for anything that we haven't
41:58 talked about is there any any items
42:01 regarding this order of business that
42:04 people want to ask questions on or are
42:06 we done
42:07 unless there's anything else that
42:09 Council would like to talk about in
42:11 terms of what we could add or anything
42:13 you've noticed over the six months of
42:15 meetings seems like I'm getting some
42:17 pretty clear that we're getting some
42:18 pretty clear direction from Council and
42:21 obviously we'll just continue to monitor
42:23 no need to solve problems that don't
42:24 exist if there's not
42:26 anything right now uh city clerk
42:29 anything in particular that you'd like
42:31 to add to this end of this discussion no
42:35 it's it sounds like the status quo is
42:37 acceptable for this at this time and the
42:40 rules can always be amended the
42:42 council's wish
42:46 well thank you very much the next item
42:48 of business we have this evening is the
42:50 committee in Regional reports and I'll
42:51 start with council member Joe
42:53 thank you madam mayor the Cascade water
42:57 Alliance public affairs committee will
43:00 be meeting this Wednesday at 9 00 A.M uh
43:04 information can be found on the Cascade
43:05 water Alliance a website for login
43:08 information that concludes my report
43:09 thank you
43:10 councilmember D Michelle
43:12 thank you on September 18th I attended
43:15 the regional transit committee and our
43:18 job that day was to review Metro's
43:20 strategic plan dashboard which sounds
43:22 like a really boring
43:24 agenda item but it actually turned out
43:26 to be a pretty needy meaty uh caucus
43:30 discussion because we heard from staff
43:33 that the information that Metro is
43:36 putting out is really important
43:37 especially to the planners and that
43:41 I did my own review and could see very
43:44 clearly that a lot of the data on the
43:46 dashboard is 234 and in one case
43:49 six years out of out of date and so we
43:54 had a pretty blunt discussion about the
43:57 needs to keep that dashboard up in
44:00 current with what's going on and also
44:02 some discussion of the presentation of
44:05 the information that needed to be more
44:08 on a with a context a lot of it was bar
44:12 graphs without any kind of context so it
44:15 turned out to be quite a lively
44:17 discussion especially during the caucus
44:19 session so coming up next week Eastside
44:23 Human Services forum is meeting on
44:25 October the 12th and the East Side
44:27 Transportation partnership is having
44:29 Instax meeting on October the 13th and
44:32 that concludes my report
44:34 thank you councilmember hunt
44:36 thank you madam mayor the salmon
44:39 Recovery Council of wire 8 the technical
44:42 name for our Watershed met on September
44:45 21st and this meeting was in person I
44:48 was unfortunately unable to attend but I
44:51 did want to report out because it was at
44:53 this meeting that we did adopt the
44:56 2024 budget and our federal and state
45:00 legislative priorities additionally I
45:03 wanted to thank our director of
45:05 community Planning and Development mini
45:07 Dolly wall because she attended and she
45:10 gave a presentation on the work that the
45:12 city is doing to reduce artificial light
45:14 to reduce light pollution on Lake
45:16 Sammamish and this is a effort that is
45:21 going to be that other cities are also
45:24 using our work in terms of our
45:27 our regulations on dock lighting to also
45:31 reduce light pollution so it's really
45:32 great project and it was really great
45:34 that she was able to share that work
45:36 with the whole salmon Recovery Council
45:38 the next meeting which will be back to
45:40 being in Zoom will be Thursday November
45:43 16th and then one upcoming meeting the
45:45 Planning Development and environment
45:47 committee will meet tomorrow here at
45:49 council chambers at 6 30 we have one
45:51 item and that is id1403 comprehensive
45:54 Plan update dropped land use element
45:57 great thank you council member Ray
45:59 thank you mayor Paulie the city council
46:02 mobility and infrastructure committee
46:04 meeting is scheduled to meet next
46:05 Tuesday on October 10th the agenda has
46:08 not yet been set and there is a
46:10 possibility that we will cancel that
46:12 meeting so stay tuned and that completes
46:14 my report thanks councilmember Mertz
46:16 thank you mattit thank you madam mayor
46:19 the sound cities Association public
46:21 issues committee is finally going to
46:22 meet again uh Wednesday October 11th at
46:26 7 pm in Renton City Hall discussion of
46:28 2024 legislative legislative priorities
46:31 2024 Regional Board in committee
46:33 appointments County cultural access
46:36 sales tax and King County Flood Control
46:39 District budget are all discussions no
46:42 action is anticipated the council
46:45 services safety and Parks committee met
46:47 at on September 19th here in council
46:51 chambers we looked at ID 1531 Pioneer
46:54 program
46:56 that'll be a longer conversation later
46:58 but we take our second look at it it's
47:01 next going to PPC and then it's going to
47:03 come back to the committee of the whole
47:05 on October 19th when we will have I
47:07 imagine a much longer conversation ID
47:10 1527 affordable housing Capital funding
47:13 for in favor uh ID 1454 Ada
47:17 self-evaluation and transition plan we
47:19 write reckon we recommended it coming
47:22 back either on consent or regular
47:23 business depending on whichever made
47:25 more sense the administration but there
47:27 was no drama associated with that one
47:29 and that concludes my report
47:32 thank you Deputy council president Hall
47:34 uh thank you just to mention that next
47:37 Thursday
47:38 um what month is it is it October 12th
47:41 at 4 P.M is the next board meeting of
47:43 the Eastside fire and rescue board of
47:45 directors um we'll be meeting at uh four
47:47 at our headquarters on Newport Way
47:49 Northwest to consider and review the
47:53 um mid-buy adjustments to the eastside's
47:55 fire and rescues budget I can confirm
47:57 that there are no partner impacts
47:59 um in the middle of this biennium
48:01 revenues are a bit higher than expected
48:04 expenses are a bit higher than expected
48:06 equaling out so we'll have actually it
48:09 ended up being only a few thousand
48:11 dollars in unreserved and fund balance
48:13 so nice and perfect this is uh the
48:16 middle of the second biennial budget or
48:19 maybe first I think second biennial
48:21 budget that e first ever done also the
48:23 very first Finance director that you
48:25 first ever had so
48:27 um they have kind of talked to us a
48:29 little bit or they talk to the financial
48:30 and administration committee about how
48:32 they're learning a whole lot more about
48:33 this process and learning how to
48:35 integrate new systems now that we
48:37 actually have an in-house Finance
48:38 director at that meeting
48:41 um I did mention the finance and
48:43 administrative committee that meeting
48:44 was on September 27th at noon at our
48:49 headquarters on Newport Way Pam Stewart
48:51 from Sammamish was elected chair of that
48:53 committee and I was elected vice chair
48:55 and with that that concludes my report
48:57 thanks uh council president Walsh
49:00 thank you
49:02 um on September 21st the King County
49:04 affordable housing committee met and
49:07 again we very similar to Eastside
49:10 Transportation had a you know boring
49:13 area to review which was the
49:16 comprehensive plan housing elements so
49:19 for the first time ever the affordable
49:21 housing committee is reviewing the comp
49:24 plan housing elements for each of the
49:27 Cities throughout King County and
49:29 providing comment letters and so the
49:33 first ones the volunteers were Redmond
49:35 and King County and
49:37 the responses from the staff team that
49:41 actually did the review was very robust
49:43 they pushed them really hard to say hey
49:46 you need to move forward in this area or
49:48 we suggest more in that area and so I'm
49:52 really pleased with what that is I think
49:55 it'll be really interesting to see as
49:56 each of the other cities go through it
49:59 um the next meeting isn't set until
50:01 November 16th but we're actually
50:03 considering changing from quarterly
50:06 meetings to monthly meetings for the
50:08 next year because we have to handle the
50:10 38 cities who are doing the city
50:12 comprehensive plans so we'll see if uh
50:15 that changes
50:17 and then the Puget Sound Regional
50:19 Council growth management policy board
50:21 meets this Thursday at 10 A.M the agenda
50:24 is pretty light only for discussion
50:25 items and that concludes my report
50:28 thank you next day to my business this
50:30 evening is the mayor's report there is
50:33 no executive session planned for this
50:35 evening
50:36 I recently returned from Morocco with a
50:39 small City delegation that visited our
50:41 sister city ship showing the painting
50:43 displayed in the chambers is a gift from
50:46 Chef Shawan and we will work to find a
50:49 prominent location for this artwork so
50:50 that it is shared with our whole
50:52 community and it really does look like
50:55 that like that is very good
50:58 representation of how beautiful the city
51:03 um our travels also included the
51:05 surrounding region and a visit to
51:06 Marrakesh I look forward to sharing more
51:08 about the people-to-people connection
51:10 the areas of government to government
51:12 information sharing that we're going
51:14 ahead with and humanitarian Partnerships
51:16 aimed helping those in Morocco who are
51:18 most impacted by the devastating 6.8
51:21 magnitude earthquake that occurred on
51:22 September 8th so we have a lot more
51:25 information that'll be coming out over
51:26 social media but I can also do a report
51:28 out to council as well
51:30 we have some upcoming events in the
51:32 community open mic night join us for a
51:34 fun night of music with the return of
51:36 first Wednesday Wednesdays open mic
51:38 night our first open mic night will be
51:41 held Wednesday October 1st 4th at the
51:43 Issaquah train depot and it is hosted by
51:46 the downtown Issaquah Association the
51:48 sign is a in is at 6 pm and the event
51:51 will last from 6 30 to 8 45 pm
51:54 and as you heard earlier this upcoming
51:57 weekend October 7th and 8th bring the
52:00 whole family along for our community
52:01 celebration to Mark the return of
52:03 spawning salmon in our Lakes creeks and
52:05 the historic Issaquah salmon hatchery
52:07 the rain or shine salmon days will be
52:09 going ahead but it looks more like shine
52:11 enjoy the parade visit the field of fun
52:14 there'll be hundreds of vendors dozens
52:16 of food booths multiple entertainment
52:18 stages and of course salmon a highlight
52:21 of some of our outstanding events
52:23 include the Kiwanis friendly field of
52:25 fun with free or sorry the kid friendly
52:28 field of fun yeah I was gonna say they
52:30 do something else kid-friendly field of
52:33 fun with free Inflatables robotics
52:35 demonstrations face painting our salmon
52:38 Days Grand parade and our famous Kiwanis
52:40 wild salmon barbecue over at Gibson Hall
52:44 uh critical habitats for climate change
52:47 salmon habitat guided hike the escrowps
52:51 trails Club in the City of Issaquah will
52:52 be hosting a guided hike this Saturday
52:54 October 7th along the Pickering reach to
52:57 explore how riparian areas and wetlands
53:00 are critical habitats for plant plant
53:02 and Wildlife diversity in the face of a
53:05 rapidly changing climate the hike from
53:08 10 a.m to 12 30 PM will focus on the
53:10 city's efforts to conserve and ReStore
53:12 riparian Habitat to support threatened
53:14 salmon populations and a wide array of
53:17 plant species and other Wildlife that
53:19 rely on these vital habitats along our
53:21 rivers and Shores registration for this
53:23 event along with information of where
53:25 the hike will begin is available through
53:27 the Issaquah Alps Trails Club website
53:29 that concludes the mayor's report we're
53:33 going to move into good of the order I
53:34 do have a few upcoming council meeting
53:36 announcements but has anybody got
53:38 anything for good of the order
53:40 did you know your mics on or no okay
53:43 council president
53:45 thank you
53:47 um I've got a few items first of all I
53:49 want to say thank you to all the council
53:50 members who attended the farmers market
53:52 listening session on Saturday the last
53:55 day or last weekend of the farmer's
53:58 market it was really good time out we
54:02 heard from lots of residents lots of
54:04 locals some people from Texas California
54:08 Etc who are visiting we will be
54:10 reporting out later what each of the
54:12 groups heard Gene Paul our management
54:15 analyst took some really great notes so
54:18 we'll have some information about that
54:19 and I also wanted to just thank Kelly
54:22 Diane the market coordinator who gave us
54:26 tours talked to vendors just really
54:29 knows everything that's going on there
54:31 and did a great job showing it off uh
54:35 next up a heads up our next meeting uh
54:39 our next council meeting on the 23rd we
54:43 have several different written
54:45 informational updates on the agenda
54:47 we've got one on icap on pfas on
54:51 um the master Mobility plan Economic
54:53 Development city-wide work work plan and
54:55 capital projects so just wanted to give
54:57 you a heads up that they're all coming
54:59 in at this Q3
55:01 period so the administration would
55:05 really appreciate our feedback on those
55:07 to know that it isn't going into the
55:10 ether that it is making a difference and
55:13 then finally uh it is October it is
55:16 pumpkin Derby season I
55:19 am willing to wait until after salmon
55:21 days but if anybody is interested in
55:24 helping with propelling our pumpkin down
55:28 that Derby Lane and in particular
55:31 keeping the pumpkin on the cart this
55:34 year I would appreciate it that is my
55:37 only goal I don't need to win I just
55:40 want the pumpkin to stay on the cart so
55:43 and those are my go to the order items
55:45 thanks
55:46 any other good of the order
55:48 Deputy council president also please
55:50 stick around for just a few minutes
55:51 after the meeting we have a letter of
55:54 thanks from the entire Council to all
55:55 the boards and commissions and we'd love
55:57 to get your signature on it thanks
56:00 which is a typical thing that we do stay
56:02 around after for signatures only thanks
56:04 for reminding everybody we have a couple
56:07 of meetings coming up October 9th the
56:10 city council committee at the whole the
56:12 anticipated agenda items include policy
56:14 funding and services on the housing
56:16 Continuum and permitting process October
56:19 23rd regular city council meeting this
56:21 second meeting in October was moved one
56:23 week later than normal we recognize the
56:25 Baha'i holy day birth of the Bob Bob
56:28 which occurs on Monday October 16th the
56:31 anticipated agenda items on the October
56:33 23rd agenda include new business
56:36 requests credit card processing fee
56:38 credit card processing fees cost
56:41 recovery and an executive session
56:44 any other items for good of the order
56:46 not seeing any so since there is no
56:50 executive session this evening we are
56:53 adjourned at 7 57. thanks
56:57 foreign

Attendance

Council / Members (7)
Barbara de Michele
Zach Hall
Victoria Hunt
Russell Joe
Tola Marts
Chris Reh
Lindsey Walsh

Motions and votes (1)

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. a) ID 1480 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Oct. 2, 2023, $6,509,594.62; Approved. b) Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, June 12, 2023; Approved. c) Minutes: City Council Committee of the Whole, June 12, 2023; Approved. d) Minutes: City Council Regular…
Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL
Carried 7-0
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh