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Monday, April 15, 2024

7:00 PM · 1h 28m · Council Chambers, 135 E. Sunset Way, Issaquah WA
Topics tracked across meetings:
2025-26 Legislative Agenda COM 0037 1/2
City Council Regular Meeting, July 22, 2024 2/4
Central Issaquah Pioneer Program, Multi-Family Tax Exemption AB 8791 3/4
City Hall NW Surplus Property AB 8667 2/3
Interlocal Agreement with King County Re: For-Hire Transportation AB 8824 2/2
Section
Topic
3. SPECIAL BUSINESS
3a
Administrative Professionals Day Proclamation ID 1593
Receive Report · 5 min · packet pp.7
Staff report:
PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, Administrative Professionals Day is observed annually in workplaces around the world to recognize the important contributions of administrative support staff; and
3b
End of 2024 Legislative Session Report ID 1680
Receive Report · 20 min · packet pp.9–66
Staff report:
The purpose of this informational update is to provide a brief legislative presentation (Exhibit A), highlighting: • 2024 Legislative Session • Outcome of Issaquah Priorities o Housing Availability & Affordability o State Partnership for Transportation o Cougar Mountain Zoo • Additional Legislative Issues o Public Safety o Climate Change & Environmental Stewardship o PFAS • Next Steps
5. CONSENT CALENDAR
5a
Accounts: Payables and Payroll of April 15, 2024, $2,488,662.94 ID 1636
Carried 7-0
Approve · packet pp.67–84
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 DE MICHELE
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5b
Informational Update: Board and Commission 2024 Workplans ID 1691
Carried 7-0
Receive Report · packet pp.85–113
Staff report:
To provide the City Council an overview of the City’s advisory board/commission work items in 2024.
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5c
Informational Update: Capital Projects ID 1718
Carried 7-0
Receive Report · packet pp.115–128
Staff report:
As part of the packet for the April 15, 2024 City Council Meeting, the Administration is providing a quarterly update on the Capital Improvement Plan implementation.
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5d
Minutes: City Council Committee of the Whole, Oct. 30, 2024
Carried 7-0
Approve · packet pp.129–130
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR d) 10-30-23 City Council Committee of the Whole Page (0000) Minutes CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Committee-of-the-Whole 6:30 PM Council Chambers, 135 E. October 30, 2023 MINUTES Sunset Way, Issaquah WA
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5e
Newport Way NW Landslide Stabilization Contract Supplement #6 AB 8781
Carried 7-0
Authorize · packet pp.131–133
Topics: Transportation
Staff report:
On February 6 and 7, 2020, a large rainfall event occurred in the region, mobilizing a small landslide on King County Parks property adjacent to Newport Way NW. The slide spilled onto the roadway and resulted in the shutdown of a section of Newport Way NW for roughly one week. City, County, and Puget Sound Energy (PSE) crews responded to temporarily stabilize the slide for the short-term.
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5f
Annual Board & Commission Appointments AB 8813
Carried 7-0
Confirm · packet pp.135–141
Topics: Boards & Commissions
Staff report:
Confirm appointments as presented.
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5g
Interlocal Agreement with King County Re: For-Hire Transportation AB 8824
Carried 7-0
Authorize; Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.143–213
Topics: Land UseTransportation
Staff report:
In 2006 the City of Issaquah entered an Interlocal Agreement with King County to manage and regulate the licensing of For-Hire Transportation—drivers and vehicles. For-hire transportation presents unique licensing and law enforcement issues due to its multijurisdictional nature. This agreement provided King County the authority to regulate the business of operating taxicabs, transportation network company vehicle endorsements, and other for-hire transportation providers by taking a regional approach. King County provides regulation of the for-hire transportation industry by providing regulatory services for 16 cities and the Port of Seattle at SeaTac International Airport. This ILA automatically renews each year unless terminated in writing by either party.
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5h
2024 Concrete Maintenance (TR AB 8828
Carried 7-0
Award Bid · packet pp.215–225
Staff report:
City Attorney Review City Attorney Review Date:
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5i
Police Managers Collective Bargaining Agreement AB 8830
Carried 7-0
Approve · packet pp.227–245
Topics: Public Safety
Staff report:
In fall of 2023, Teamsters 117 filed a petition with the Public Employment Relations Commission ("PERC") to form the Police Managers bargaining unit. The unit received initial certification in December of 2023, and final certification in March of 2024. The positions represented by this new bargaining unit were the only remaining non-represented positions in the Police Department, with the exception of the Police Chief.
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5j
Intergovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Agreement with the Washington State Dept. of Enterprise Services AB 8833
Carried 7-0
Authorize · packet pp.247–253
Staff report:
Washington State Department of Enterprise Services is a Washington State agency that provides for interlocal cooperative purchasing solutions with other public agencies in the interest of cooperatively sharing resources for mutual benefit. Washington State Department of Enterprise Services has a broad range of competitively-awarded contracts for supplies, materials, equipment and services, which compliments and may provide better value than those available through other purchasing channels. They have requested Issaquah conduct a periodic update to the City's contract with them.
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
6. PUBLIC HEARING
6a
City Hall NW Surplus Property AB 8667
Conduct Public Hearing · 30 min · packet pp.255–271
Staff report:
City Hall Northwest, located at 1775 12th Ave NW, was purchased in 1990 to support the Planning and Public Works Departments. In 2020, the building was closed to most staff due to the cost of upkeep, poor condition, and remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Significant capital reinvestment is required to restore the building condition, and the building layout is not functional for providing City services.
6b
Central Issaquah Pioneer Program, Multi-Family Tax Exemption AB 8791
Conduct Public Hearing · 30 min · packet pp.273–310
Topics: HousingLand UseBudget
Staff report:
In 2017, the City adopted a MFTE program pursuant to Chapter 84.14 RCW, allowing for special valuation of eligible improvements associated with multifamily housing in areas designated by the City Council as "residential targeted areas," for the purpose of increasing residential opportunities for affordable housing. The program is codified at Chapter 3.09 IMC. Currently, the City has established two residential targeted areas, the Tibbetts Valley Transit-Oriented Development Targeted Area and the Issaquah Highlands High Street Collection Residential Targeted Area.
10. GOOD OF THE ORDER
10a
Upcoming Council Meetings
11. EXECUTIVE SESSION
11a
Executive Session - Property Acquisition per RCW 42.30.110(1)(b) ID 1721
15 min
11b
Executive Session Pending/Potential Litigation ID 1722
Receive Report · 15 min
0:03 good evening we are a little delayed we
0:05 had a couple technical difficulties
0:07 which we resolved I want to welcome
0:09 everyone and call the April 15th city
0:11 council meeting to order as a reminder
0:14 we still continue to have a remote
0:15 aspect to our meetings and so both staff
0:17 members and members of the public may be
0:19 participating in tonight's meeting
0:20 remotely via WebEx the first item on our
0:23 agenda this evening is the Pledge of
0:25 Allegiance and I invite you to join
0:30 iedge ALG to the flag United
0:37 States
0:47 naice first item on our agenda this
0:49 evening is special business and this is
0:52 ID 1593 Administrative Professionals Day
0:55 Proclamation and I'd like to invite
0:58 Stephanie John Johnson of to the lect
1:00 turn
1:08 re haven't seen Stephanie in a while so
1:11 this kind of person face to face so this
1:13 is kind of fun thank you for coming
1:15 tonight whereas Administrative
1:17 Professionals Day is observed annually
1:19 in workplaces around the world to
1:21 recognize the important contributions of
1:23 administrative supportive staff and
1:25 whereas Administrative Professionals
1:27 play an essential role in coordinating
1:29 the office and governmental operations
1:31 of the city of isqua and whereas
1:34 Administrative Professionals are vital
1:36 contributors in today's team oriented
1:38 work environment and are key Frontline
1:41 public relations ambassadors for their
1:44 organizations whereas the work of
1:46 Administrative Professionals today
1:48 requires Advanced knowledge and
1:50 expertise in Communications computer
1:53 software office technology project
1:56 management organization customer service
1:59 and other vital office management
2:01 responsibil
2:03 responsibilities and most importantly
2:05 they have the willingness to learn and
2:06 accept new challenges now therefore I
2:09 Mary L paully the mayor of the city of
2:11 isqua do recognize Wednesday April 24th
2:15 2024 as Administrative Professionals Day
2:18 in the city of isqua and I invite the
2:20 community to join me in thanking the
2:22 city's Administrative Professionals for
2:24 their service and outstanding work
2:29 thank you mayor paully and Council I
2:31 just also just want to thank all our
2:33 Administrative Professionals um this is
2:35 the one position that we have across
2:38 every single Department in the city it's
2:40 the only one that we have across every
2:42 single Department in the city um these
2:45 folks are glue uh they certainly keep us
2:48 organized in all these wonderful things
2:50 that U mayor Paulie recited um this
2:53 group is also in the last like five or
2:54 six months getting together and uh doing
2:57 some cross Department coordinations so
3:00 that's really exciting to see um in
3:02 terms of you know innovating things
3:04 across the city to improve things so um
3:07 thank you uh and and thank you to the
3:09 staff we really appreciate them
3:23 [Music]
3:27 [Applause]
3:32 we are back from a short recess to work
3:34 on some different technical difficulties
3:37 we think we're in a better place now uh
3:39 the next item under special business
3:40 today is ID
3:42 1680 this is the end of the 2024
3:45 legislative session report and I'd like
3:48 to invite the city's lobbyist Shelley
3:50 Helder to the lect turn welcome Shelly
4:01 good
4:02 evening all right well it is nice to be
4:05 with you all this evening hopefully
4:08 you're not hearing an echo okay okay I'm
4:12 I'm good with it if you're all good with
4:13 it great um before I jump into tonight's
4:17 presentation I just want to call your
4:19 attention to the fact that there is also
4:22 a written report included in your
4:24 Council packet so um this evening I'm
4:27 going to touch on the highlights a high
4:29 level outcome comes from the legislative
4:30 session but there is of course much more
4:33 that happened um so definitely um use
4:36 that written report as a resource and if
4:38 you're going to read it cover to cover
4:41 um make sure that you are in bed so you
4:44 can fall
4:46 asleep so next
4:48 slide so tonight I'm going to cover four
4:51 topics in the update um the first I'll
4:53 do an overview of the 2024 session um
4:57 then I'll drill down to talk about the
4:59 outcomes of the city's legislative
5:02 priorities um I'll cover outcomes from
5:05 additional legislative issues that are
5:07 relevant to the city and then we'll wrap
5:09 up by talking about next
5:12 steps so the 2024 session was the second
5:15 of the legislative biennium and the
5:18 second year is always the short year
5:20 it's always 60 days and it's a short
5:22 year because the legislator's task is
5:25 slightly smaller than in the the long
5:27 year they have to adopt supplemental
5:29 budgets as opposed to the banial budgets
5:32 and the supplemental budgets are
5:34 intended to make very small changes um
5:36 to the existing in addition to adopting
5:40 the three supplemental budgets they also
5:42 considered over, 1500 pieces of um new
5:46 legislation ultimately 376 passed into
5:49 law and as you can see um with that bar
5:53 graph chart bar chart um that's a
5:56 comparison of bills introduced compared
5:59 to bills that have passed over the last
6:01 two years so last year since it was a
6:03 long session we had more bills
6:05 introduced than during the two short
6:07 sessions um but as you can see the
6:09 numbers are continuing to grow and I
6:12 don't expect any change in that
6:15 pattern um within the political context
6:18 Democrats still held strong majorities
6:20 in both the house and the Senate um so
6:22 there was no change there the new
6:24 dynamic in the short session was the
6:26 introduction of six initiatives
6:28 initiatives are bills that are sponsored
6:31 by the people of Washington when the
6:33 legislature has initiatives they have
6:35 three options they can adopt an
6:36 initiative as presented they can adopt
6:39 an alternative and then both the
6:41 original and the alternative go to the
6:43 voters or they can do nothing and the
6:45 initiative goes to the voters so the
6:47 legislature chose for three of the
6:50 initiatives to adopt them as presented
6:52 that was the um parental rights Bill the
6:55 vehicular Pursuits and um not going to
6:59 go from memory here state and local
7:01 income tax ban the three that they chose
7:04 to do nothing and are therefore going to
7:06 the voters in November are the repeal of
7:09 the climate commitment act the long-term
7:11 care opt out and the capital gains
7:17 repeal next
7:19 Slide the state has like I mentioned
7:21 three budgets operating capital and
7:24 transportation um the operating is the
7:26 largest of the three it um pays for for
7:30 as you would imagine all state agency
7:32 operations um the largest expense within
7:34 this is the K through2 education
7:37 system the February revenue forecast is
7:40 what was used to um determine the
7:42 capacity of the supplemental budget and
7:45 the revenue predicted an additional $1.2
7:47 billion compared to um when the last
7:51 budget was
7:52 adopted so the supplemental budget
7:54 allocates an additional 2.1 billion
7:58 which brings the banial budget to um
8:01 71.9 billion and it's just helpful to
8:05 put it in put that in in context that
8:07 means the banial budget was roughly 69
8:09 million the supplemental budget is sorry
8:12 69 billion the supplemental budget was 2
8:15 billion so very small um very small
8:19 amount one of the significant outcomes
8:22 from the supplemental operating budget
8:24 is um and the elimination of the local
8:27 cost share for the basic law enforcement
8:29 Academy so previously cities or any
8:34 local government agency that is sending
8:36 a new recruit to the criminal justice
8:38 training commission for uh new recruit
8:41 training has to pay 25% of that cost
8:45 operating budget eliminates that
8:46 requirement beginning July 1 so there's
8:49 a little bit of cost savings for local
8:52 governments uh the capital budget is the
8:55 smallest of the three budgets it funds
8:57 public and nonprofit construction
8:59 project projects uh the supplemental
9:01 capital budget was 1.3 billion and that
9:04 brings the banial budget to 10.3 billion
9:08 um the additional capacity for the or
9:11 within the capital budget comes
9:12 primarily from the climate commitment
9:14 act um federal funds and the model
9:17 toxics control account as you'll notice
9:20 there was very limited bonding capacity
9:23 so if not for those other three um
9:25 sources there would be very limited um
9:28 investment in the supplemental budget
9:31 and because so much of the investment in
9:33 the capital budget is from the climate
9:34 commitment act um majority of that is
9:37 contingent on the outcome of the
9:38 initiative in November and that money is
9:41 kind of held until January of
9:45 2025 um there was 72 A5 million
9:48 allocated to local community projects
9:50 this is the category in the capital
9:52 budget where um local governments and
9:54 nonprofits compete for funds that's
9:56 where the city has historically received
9:58 funding through
10:00 um the size of the awards in the
10:02 supplemental budget year are
10:03 traditionally very small and that was no
10:06 exception this year um there was a
10:08 little under 1 and a. half million
10:10 allocated per legislative district So
10:13 within the district if there were
10:14 multiple Awards obviously they're on the
10:17 small small end um one of the most
10:21 notable investments in the capital
10:22 budget was7 million for the Housing
10:25 Trust Fund and then over 100 million um
10:28 invested in Behavioral Health Facilities
10:31 around the
10:32 state the transportation budget um of
10:35 course funds the state's transportation
10:37 system um that includes the highways the
10:39 faeries um active Transportation Transit
10:44 um as well as transportation state
10:46 agencies that are Transportation related
10:49 um operations for those state
10:51 agencies this was by far the most
10:53 constrained of the three budgets and has
10:55 been for several years um the
10:58 supplemental transportation budget
10:59 allocates one an additional $1 billion
11:02 so that brings the Bal budget to 14.6
11:06 billion most of the new spending is
11:08 directed to just a handful of areas um
11:11 first is cost overruns on two Mega
11:14 projects specifically the 520 bridge and
11:17 405 fish barrier removal state only
11:20 state fish barrier removal uh Capital
11:23 Improvements to fairies and Highway
11:27 preservation the new funding comes from
11:31 uh federal funds climate commitment act
11:33 revenue and um the advancement of move
11:36 ahead Washington uh that's the package
11:38 that was adopted move ahead um they
11:41 Advanced some of the revenues in that
11:44 package um and again because so much of
11:46 the spending in this budget comes from
11:48 climate commitment act it's not
11:50 available until January of 2025 once we
11:52 know the outcome of the um November
11:54 election or November ballot um I do want
11:57 to note traditional Transportation
12:00 revenues are down 8% since the banian
12:02 began which is uh what is it I don't
12:05 have the slide in front of me I think 65
12:07 million um so a rather substantial
12:11 continuing to De to
12:13 decrease next
12:15 slide so the city had um three
12:19 legislative priorities for this short
12:20 session the first was to support
12:23 resources and tools for communities to
12:26 address their unique housing uh
12:28 affordability availability
12:30 challenges so I mentioned the
12:32 legislature made significant investments
12:35 in affordable housing um another 127
12:38 million for the Housing Trust Fund as
12:41 well as that's on the capital side of
12:43 things there's also 34 million within
12:45 the operating budget for local
12:47 governments for homeless housing
12:49 programs and services and both of these
12:52 amounts are in addition to the funding
12:54 that was included in the underlying
12:56 budget that has not all been spent is
12:59 still still out there
13:02 um uh Additionally the legislature made
13:04 a tweak to the use of the 1406 funds
13:08 these are the the funds that are a
13:10 credit against the state sales tax that
13:12 can be used for affordable housing um
13:15 previously those funds um had to be used
13:18 on housing for um individuals with 60%
13:22 Ami or lower um the bill that they
13:24 passed this session Senate Bill
13:26 6173 allows those funds to be used used
13:29 for 80% Ami or lower if the projects are
13:33 for home ownership so it's providing a
13:36 little bit more flexibility depending on
13:38 the particular need of the region or of
13:40 the
13:41 city um another bill is House Bill
13:45 1892 and this created the workforce
13:48 housing accelerator program this is a
13:50 program that will be administered by the
13:52 Department of Commerce and provides
13:54 loans to eligible organizations to
13:57 assist with the development of
13:59 low-income housing um defined as 50 to
14:02 80% of the Ami so this is an important
14:06 program because the Housing Trust Fund
14:08 focuses on housing for 50% Ami or lower
14:13 and there isn't something currently uh
14:16 there isn't a program currently that
14:17 provides uh financing tools for the 50
14:20 to 80%
14:23 threshold the second priority was uh
14:26 requesting the state's partnership um in
14:29 on in transportation and in three areas
14:31 specifically first was a request for
14:34 just general coordination with wash do
14:36 and recognizing that for the agency to
14:39 be a successful partner with the city
14:41 they have to be um sufficiently staffed
14:44 so in the banial transportation budget
14:47 so in 2023 the legislature cut funding
14:51 for um many vacant positions within the
14:54 agency and they indicated that they
14:57 would restore that funding if the agency
14:59 indicated that they they were going to
15:01 fill those positions or had need for
15:03 those positions so in preparation for
15:05 the supplemental Transportation budget
15:07 wash do submitted a request for a little
15:09 over $9 million um in vacancy savings um
15:15 restoration and true to their word the
15:18 legislature filled they honored that
15:20 request and in the supplemental budget
15:22 there's a little over 9 million to
15:24 restore that vacancy savings and that is
15:26 across 11 different programs Within do
15:29 that includes um over 3 million for the
15:32 Highway maintenance program and um
15:35 655,000 for the local
15:38 programs um office and those were both
15:41 the full amounts that were requested I
15:43 just pulled those two because I know
15:44 those are two of the ones that the city
15:45 works with most
15:47 closely I will note that this is
15:50 restoring the vacancy savings it's not
15:52 necessarily adding new capacity but it
15:55 is honoring the agency's
15:57 request um within this category the
16:00 second is um we wanted to continue to
16:03 elevate the need for the state's
16:05 partnership for an additional Crossing
16:07 of I90 both to relieve congestion um
16:11 within the city as well as on I90 we
16:14 didn't have a specific request for this
16:17 item this this legislative session but
16:19 we kept it on the agenda and we wanted
16:20 to continue to keep it on legislator's
16:22 radar for years to
16:24 come and then the third is the widening
16:27 and um safety Improv M ments on State
16:29 Route 18 so right as the legislative
16:32 session began we heard that um the
16:35 highway 18 project had jumped in cost
16:38 from roughly 650 million to as as high
16:42 as 1.8 billion and this was just one of
16:46 several Mega projects in the state that
16:48 received this news um the the timing was
16:52 a little bit different for the highway
16:53 18 project every Project's on a
16:54 different timeline um budget writers
16:57 made it really clear even before the
16:59 highway 18 numbers came in that they
17:01 were not going to have capacity to
17:03 address the massive cost increases
17:05 around the state um and so when we when
17:09 we heard these numbers um both city as
17:12 well as the partners of the southeast
17:14 area legislative Transportation
17:16 Coalition or
17:17 cltc um we made sure that our message to
17:20 the legislature was really clear retain
17:23 all the funding that you've already
17:25 allocated to the corridor and provide
17:27 direction to washt to keep moving
17:29 forward with the project with the
17:31 resources that are available we wanted
17:34 to ensure that there was no delay in the
17:36 delivery of um the
17:38 project so the supplemental budget does
17:41 that it retains all the funding that's
17:43 previously awarded and it specifies that
17:46 it's for phase one of the project so
17:49 phase one will widen Highway 18 from
17:52 raging river which is where the current
17:55 interchange widening project ends so
17:57 it'll widen it from raging River up to
17:59 Tiger Mountain Summit and it'll install
18:02 medians to divide the highway and it'll
18:05 also construct two um roundabouts at
18:08 isqua Hobart Road for turnaround
18:11 purposes um the budget also provided
18:14 specific guidance to wash do to have the
18:17 capital projects review Advisory Board c
18:21 parb um provide recommendations on was
18:25 dots procurement method both for this
18:27 Highway 18 project as well well as
18:29 several other Mega projects in the state
18:31 and the the intent of that review is to
18:35 um provide the assurance that wash dots
18:37 procurement methods are the most
18:39 efficient um and that they're they're
18:41 resulting in the best benefit for for
18:44 the
18:45 dollar um the and then the Proviso
18:49 language also says that if the bids for
18:52 a project come back um greater than 5%
18:56 or 10 million whichever is lower more
18:58 than the engineers estimate then wot has
19:01 to pause the contract um and report to
19:03 the legislature so there's a little bit
19:05 of kind of a backstop in place so that
19:08 the legislature doesn't get stuck like
19:10 they have previously with projects
19:12 proceeding and they're not being
19:13 sufficient
19:15 funding um so we just heard in a
19:18 briefing from washt last week that they
19:21 um CB is already reviewing the highway
19:24 18 um procurement plan um it's um expect
19:28 they expect to issue an RFP in August
19:31 and so that is still on schedule with
19:33 what they had um previously thought was
19:36 possible um and then with like without
19:39 getting too far down the road both
19:42 figuratively and metaphorically um I'll
19:44 just note that phase two of the project
19:47 which is going to be Tiger Mountain
19:48 Summit isqua Hobart Road um has design
19:51 funding based on what the legislature
19:53 has already allocated um but it will
19:56 need construction funds so there's going
19:58 to be another large ask um I think the
20:01 current estimate is 1.2 billion in order
20:04 to fully solve the problem on Highway
20:09 18 the third and final priority for this
20:12 session um was a capital budget request
20:15 for
20:16 $200,000 um which was made in
20:18 partnership with the Cougar Mountain Zoo
20:21 um and this was a request for an indoor
20:23 educational space um and this was fully
20:26 funded in the supplemental capital
20:28 budget um due to the support both of the
20:31 fifth district legislators but also the
20:33 45 41st District um specifically Senator
20:37 Wellman um sponsored the budget request
20:39 in the Senate and that's the reason that
20:41 we were able to secure the full amount
20:44 um for this request and it's not typical
20:46 that legislators sponsor a project
20:49 that's outside their District even
20:50 though it does benefit the region um so
20:53 it's you really um really really
20:55 grateful that Senator Wellman was
20:57 willing to do that
20:59 next
21:01 slide so in addition to the city's top
21:03 priorities you all um identify other um
21:08 issues that you care about and those are
21:10 listed the city's positions are listed
21:11 in the policy manual um these are issues
21:15 that may or may not come up throughout
21:17 the legislative session um but it's um
21:20 issues that are important to the city so
21:23 again the complete list of things that
21:25 are relevant in the policy manual and
21:27 happened during this legis ative session
21:29 are included in the written report but
21:31 tonight I'm just going to cover three um
21:33 on the topic of Public Safety I
21:35 mentioned the legislator passed um
21:37 initiative 2113 which allows a police
21:40 officer to engage in a vehicular Pursuit
21:43 if um there's Reasonable Suspicion to
21:45 believe that the individual has violated
21:47 the law the legislature also allocated
21:50 funding for a report related to
21:53 vehicular Pursuits and um part of the
21:56 report will include recommendations for
21:59 what data should be collected from all
22:01 agencies so that the legislature has um
22:05 consistent and uniform information to
22:07 begin um or to to consider future
22:11 policies around vehicular Pursuits um
22:13 that report is due June 30th
22:18 2025 um the legislature also passed
22:21 House Bill 2384 and this makes several
22:24 changes to the use of automated Traffic
22:26 Safety cameras this was in direct
22:29 response to um the record number of
22:32 traffic related fatalities last year um
22:34 number that's continuing to grow um and
22:37 just the the recognition that traffic
22:40 cameras change driver's
22:42 behaviors um so the intent of the
22:45 legislation is to increase local
22:47 government's ease of cameras as a tool
22:50 um to help promote Traffic
22:54 Safety within the categories of climate
22:56 change and environmental steward ship um
22:59 the legislature passed House Bill
23:01 2301 and this makes several changes to
23:04 organic materials management um probably
23:08 the most notable impact for local
23:09 governments is that bin colors for solid
23:12 waste collection must be standardized
23:14 across all
23:16 jurisdictions um there's lots of other
23:18 changes in there if you care a lot about
23:20 organic material
23:22 management um budget the supplemental
23:25 capital budget also allocates um a
23:27 little over 20 million for fish barrier
23:29 removal this is the grant program for
23:32 local governments to address fish
23:34 barriers um and then there's also so the
23:38 20 million is in addition to the 40
23:40 million which is in the underlying
23:41 budget this is the largest amount of
23:43 money that's been allocated to this
23:45 program since it was created um and
23:48 while that 20 million is essentially
23:50 already counted for because it funds
23:52 projects that have previously been rank
23:54 ordered um it's a really good indication
23:57 that there there 's a growing
24:00 understanding of how much funding is
24:01 needed to address local
24:04 culverts um there's also an additional
24:07 25 million for the salmon recovery
24:08 funding board again in addition to the
24:11 amount in the underlying budget and then
24:13 finally there was 45 million included
24:15 for um clean buildings performance
24:18 grants for tier one
24:19 buildings all three of those Grant
24:23 programs that I just mentioned that
24:24 funding is all contingent on the
24:26 initiative um
24:29 failing and then last but not least the
24:32 capital budget includes 2 million for
24:34 the Department of ecology to continue
24:36 working with East Side Fire and Rescue
24:38 on the P pilot
24:41 cleanup next
24:43 slide so with all of that um information
24:47 about what happened this legislative
24:49 session what what comes next what do we
24:51 do now so um my recommendation is always
24:55 to um begin with gratitude our um our
24:58 state legislators put their lives on
25:01 hold in a short session for 60 days um
25:04 and they they they're doing the work
25:07 that's necessary for our state to
25:08 function and so I just encourage you all
25:11 as you interact with them to thank them
25:13 for their service to the city to the
25:15 district um but also to our
25:18 state
25:20 um there
25:22 are as as I mentioned 376 laws that
25:25 passed and so state agencies will be
25:27 making changes in order order to
25:28 implement all these new laws some of
25:31 some of them do impact local governments
25:33 and so City staff will have to um
25:36 Implement new laws there's also several
25:39 Grant programs that are open for
25:42 application right now I mentioned just
25:44 three of them um on the last slide
25:46 within the climate category there's um
25:49 the legislature is continuing to put
25:52 money into grant programs um and while
25:56 it's great that there's so much money
25:57 out there it takes staff time to
26:00 complete the applications and so my um
26:04 encouragement for cities is to as as
26:08 discouraging as it is to keep applying
26:10 for Grants um if there is a funding need
26:14 um the legislature needs to know that
26:16 programs are going to be oversubscribed
26:19 so that there's more people interested
26:21 in the grants than they have funding
26:23 available and if um a city isn't
26:26 successful in receiving an award through
26:28 grant program you still stand a better
26:30 chance of getting that funding through
26:31 an earmark if you've applied to the
26:34 program if you go to the state and ask
26:35 for funding and they say well we have a
26:37 grant program did you apply for it and
26:39 you say no it's a much harder ask it's a
26:43 harder ask for them to make of their
26:44 peers as well like well why should your
26:46 community jump ahead of the these others
26:49 um so it's just this is my encouragement
26:52 as as tedious as it can be to look for
26:56 Grant programs if there is the city need
26:58 for a project or a
27:01 program um in preparation for a 2025
27:05 session of course we'll want to develop
27:07 a new um Bal legislative agenda we
27:10 typically begin that process in the fall
27:12 but I would just encourage you all now
27:15 to start thinking about what the city's
27:17 priorities should be um because between
27:20 now and the fall there's of course an
27:23 election um cycle and the entire house
27:27 half of the Senate will be up for
27:29 election every legislator in the city's
27:31 delegation will have to run for office
27:34 um we'll have a new governor next fall
27:36 there's several other Statewide offices
27:38 that are open and then as I mentioned
27:41 there's three initiatives and all three
27:43 will have an impact on state budgets
27:45 next year so there is a lot that will be
27:50 different for the 2025 session um a lot
27:53 of uncertainty but we do know that come
27:56 2025 the state will need to adopt
27:59 operating capital and transportation
28:01 budgets um and that they'll be looking
28:04 for ways to increase efficiencies across
28:07 the board um so um any ideas that we
28:11 have and opportunities we have to take
28:12 advantage of the 2025 session that's
28:15 what we'll want to do so with
28:18 that I am done and happy to answer any
28:22 questions thank you Shelley for that uh
28:24 great summary uh does council have any
28:26 questions at this time
28:31 thank you for coming tonight and thank
28:33 you for doing such an amazing job during
28:35 the session this year was um we did
28:39 benefit a lot from the knowledge that
28:41 you bring about all of these issues uh
28:44 and as you noted there is additional
28:46 information for those who would like to
28:48 read a little bit deeper in the package
28:49 but thank you very much shell thank you
28:52 nice to see you this evening thanks for
28:54 coming the next item of business this
28:56 evening is audience comment and at this
28:58 time members of the public May address
29:00 Council in person or virtually those who
29:03 signed up in advance to make comments
29:05 will be called on First and if you are
29:06 joining us virtually and you would like
29:08 to make comments please take time to
29:10 raise your virtual hand or send our host
29:12 a chat message if you're in the room and
29:15 you did not sign up I will still ask for
29:18 other speakers before we close this
29:19 portion of the meeting there are also
29:21 several public hearings this evening AB
29:25 8667 is a public hearing on the City
29:28 Hall Northwest Surplus property AB 8791
29:32 Central isqua Pioneer program multif
29:34 family tax exemption is the second
29:36 public hearing comments on these items
29:39 should be made under those specific
29:41 public hearings um that occur later in
29:43 the meeting C clerk has anyone signed up
29:46 to speak for General audience comments
29:48 or indicated a desire to speak this
29:49 evening yes thank you for those making
29:53 comments tonight you're invited to
29:55 address the council regarding matters
29:57 that are directly related to isqua's
29:59 programs projects services or events
30:03 please direct your comments to the whole
30:04 Council and not individuals and while
30:07 this is not a question and answer
30:08 session we will contact you to follow up
30:11 if needed when you are recognized for
30:14 virtual attendees please unmute your
30:15 microphone or if you're in this room
30:17 with us please step up to the lecturn in
30:19 front of the council state your name
30:22 address and relationship to the city
30:24 speak clearly and pause frequently and
30:27 please limit your comments to 5 minutes
30:29 if you're attending virtually and you
30:30 don't respond after your name or phone
30:32 number is called or if you lose your
30:34 connection the meeting will still need
30:36 to proceed and you're encouraged to join
30:38 us rejoin the meeting if you're able
30:41 personal attacks obscene language
30:43 derogatory remarks and disruptive
30:45 behavior will not be permitted public
30:48 comments written and verbal are an
30:49 important aspect of the public process
30:51 and the city takes comments seriously we
30:54 thank everybody in advance for taking
30:55 the time night tonight to address US
30:59 city clerk can you please identify the
31:00 first person who signed up to speak yes
31:03 Alex
31:06 simmerman Mr Zimmerman if you push the
31:08 button in the center of the microphone
31:10 to get the red light we can hear
31:14 you oh red light I like red
31:19 color hi my name Alex Zimmerman and I am
31:23 president of standup America yes I'm a
31:26 chair of this party I bring this party
31:29 to life now I'm not Republican I'm not
31:32 Democrat I not
31:33 independent I'm how my party so I want
31:36 to explain this to you because
31:39 everything what has happened in your
31:41 city very important to me and I explain
31:43 to you why for last more than 10 year I
31:46 almost 14 time
31:48 candidate candidat you know what is mean
31:51 what is include US senator state
31:54 senator governor in another dozen
31:57 position
31:58 yeah so everything what has happened
32:00 exactly in East Side very important for
32:03 me because I live in Belia most for 40
32:05 year in foror plus year I go to Cil in
32:08 speak
32:10 yeah um b merley island Redmond kland I
32:15 talked to you 20 year ago yes too yeah
32:19 situation what as we have right now is
32:20 this exactly what is I want speak about
32:23 is condition what is right now half
32:26 everybody in include people who live in
32:29 a sua because we in same basket what has
32:32 happened in Babu reflect in sua what has
32:36 happened in Olympia reflect in s too we
32:40 cannot stay in separate problem what is
32:43 we have right now is this problem what
32:45 is I fighting for many years because I
32:48 think everything what is happened right
32:50 now you look to me like pure degree of
32:53 fascism or
32:55 dictator of totalitarism name not not
32:58 important important what's going on so
33:01 my opinion about this and I talking
33:03 about this for many years we have what
33:06 is I called Dory D Nazi fascist Hunter
33:09 who control us for many year for example
33:12 for year come from Olympia yes but when
33:15 we talking about local situation what is
33:18 in King County so King County exactly
33:21 for last 10 year totally totally control
33:25 one party system in one party system
33:28 everybody knows it's a classic it's a
33:31 fascism Mr Zim excuse me can you talk to
33:33 something that is on our agenda this
33:35 evening or a city program or policy
33:38 ma'am by law I can speak about something
33:40 what is very important for City your
33:43 city very important what is I'm talking
33:46 I give you example what is going on
33:48 because what is going on now is very
33:51 critical so I'm so sorry so you
33:54 interrupt me maybe you don't understand
33:56 what is happened because Thea is not in
33:59 a moon or in Mars you know what is mean
34:02 so I repeat you again everything what is
34:05 happen around reflect everything for
34:08 this I give you classic example what has
34:10 come from B Because Bel right now
34:12 absolutely unique place what is don't
34:15 have analogy in state Washington B you
34:18 Consul right now totally support
34:21 Corporation and exactly
34:23 Amazon so what does this happen I give
34:26 you a couple example aash salary in B
34:30 $200,000 you understand what is I mean
34:32 aash salary
34:34 $200,000 the statistic it's not my
34:38 mentality yeah so when I Rush salary in
34:42 $200,000 price for everything will be go
34:46 up include Bell Mesley Island
34:50 Kirland
34:51 Redmond in exactly so 2 because we in
34:55 package in east side so my question
34:58 right now to half million people what is
35:00 live in his side you know what is mean
35:02 we need stop in this we cannot give B
35:06 absolutely power so they can do in
35:08 everything what they want in exactly Cil
35:11 who elect not legally why because I last
35:15 year candidate for Bel cons to position
35:18 number three because 90% people in B you
35:23 never vote for them they are h a classic
35:27 H what is doing with City everything but
35:30 they not only doing with City B this
35:33 reflect everybody right now and I go
35:35 speak everybody and I have statistic
35:37 from all K County right now we reflect
35:42 everything rent for example jump like a
35:45 crazy it will be for another year or two
35:47 another 30 or 40 percentage Yeah because
35:51 B you have controlling everything but
35:54 politica what is have Val so dangerous
35:56 and I want speak to you guys when we not
35:59 stand up you don't stop in this fascism
36:02 what is controlling bami Nazi fascist
36:05 party a you know what this mean life
36:07 will be nightmare I live 40 year yeah 40
36:11 year is enough for understand thank you
36:13 very much for your
36:15 time thank you Mr zerman city clerk who
36:18 else has signed up to speak this evening
36:20 we have a few members of the public with
36:22 us virtually but I don't see any of them
36:24 indicating to speak at this time
36:28 Elizabeth would you like to speak
36:30 tonight just wanted to check in thank
36:38 you an
36:42 item thanks um so nobody indicating
36:45 online then we are good so
36:49 um thanks to those that are with us
36:52 tonight um as a reminder you can always
36:54 write comments to your city council at
36:56 any time using the city council at isqu
36:58 w.gov email address the next item of
37:02 business this evening is the consent
37:03 calendar and I do not have any remarks
37:06 on tonight's consent calendar items are
37:08 there any committee chairs or chair
37:09 design who would like to report on any
37:11 of the consent calendar items see some
37:14 negatives there the consent calendar was
37:17 distributed to Council in advance if
37:19 authorized the items on the consent
37:21 calendar will be to to considered
37:23 together and approved by one motion have
37:26 the payables and payroll been reviewed
37:28 they have they have thank you does any
37:31 council member desire to remove any item
37:33 from the consent calendar and consider
37:35 it under regular business not seeing any
37:38 indication um is there a motion yes I
37:42 move to approve the consent calendar as
37:45 presented second it's been moved and
37:48 seconded has uh to approve the consent
37:51 calendar as presented is there any
37:52 Council
37:53 discussion not seeing any um all those
37:56 in favor signify by saying I
38:00 I those opposed that carries unanimously
38:03 7 and0 our next item of business this
38:06 evening is we're going to move on to the
38:08 public hearings and the first one will
38:09 be AB 667 the city hall Northwest
38:12 Surplus property the um item tonight is
38:16 to conduct the public hearing and I'd
38:17 like to invite administrative Services
38:19 director Autumn Monahan to make the
38:21 presentation welcome autum
38:33 thank you mayor and members of the city
38:34 council my name is aam Monahan I'm the
38:36 administrative Services director I'm
38:38 here tonight to talk about um our
38:41 proposal for the city hall Northwest
38:43 Surplus and apologies Genie wasn't able
38:46 to make it in person tonight so you get
38:48 me uh so the purpose tonight is to
38:50 conduct a public hearing review our
38:53 recommendations for surplus of the
38:55 property and then forward a resolution
38:56 for Council action on May
39:02 6th uh some background so the council
39:05 adopted our Surplus real property policy
39:08 in the fall of
39:09 2022 this is the first property that we
39:12 will um be proposing to Surplus under
39:14 this new um policy it really defines a
39:18 process and evaluation criteria for us
39:20 as we go through this
39:22 process uh the Surplus was first
39:24 initiated by City staff and then
39:25 affirmed by the council at your June 5th
39:28 2023 council meeting we then presented
39:31 our proposal and recommendation to the
39:33 services safety and Parks committee on
39:35 March uh just last month there were no
39:38 changes and a recommendation to bring
39:39 this to the full Council for a public
39:41 hearing and the notice of this public
39:43 hearing was as required um in our new
39:46 policy was made via the Seattle Times uh
39:48 we mailed to nearby Property Owners
39:50 we've emailed an interested parties list
39:52 and listed it on our
39:56 website so a little background on the
39:58 property of City Hall Northwest it is
40:00 1.28 Acres located at
40:03 1775 12th Avenue Northwest it's a
40:06 two-story office building uh about
40:09 25,000 gross square feet that was
40:11 constructed in
40:12 1983 the city purchased the property for
40:14 administrative purposes in
40:17 1990 King County assesses the value of
40:19 the property at $3.7 million and the
40:22 property is part of our essential isqua
40:24 plan
40:28 uh a quick summary of our Surplus report
40:31 so uh the current use is
40:33 underutilized uh the facility was mostly
40:36 closed to staff in 2020 during just due
40:39 to the cost of the upkeep of the
40:40 building um poor condition and also a
40:43 lot of remote work that was happening
40:44 during the pandemic the current
40:46 condition is poor uh with both
40:48 functional and infrastructure
40:50 deficiencies uh the annual onm costs are
40:53 anywhere between 60 and $85,000 per year
40:56 plus staff time
40:58 uh Capital reinvestment the near-term
41:00 capital costs would be about $2.5
41:02 million to reopen while longer term
41:05 costs would be on the order of more of
41:06 about $9
41:08 million uh there's no public benefit
41:10 identified or Revenue that we're
41:12 currently receiving there is potential
41:14 annual tax revenue estimated at $3 to
41:17 $30,000 and there's no historic value to
41:20 the
41:21 property uh as far as restrictions on
41:23 the site the zoning and land use changes
41:25 are needed to match the surrounding
41:28 Central isqua designation which I'll
41:29 talk about here in a
41:31 moment along with um rezoning and
41:34 surplus the property other City uses
41:36 that were considered as part of our
41:37 assessment we're constructing a new
41:38 facility on site for administrative
41:40 staff and then Surplus and selling to
41:42 another agency or
41:45 nonprofit so our recommendation is to
41:47 consider the property for Surplus and
41:49 then approve uh both the rezone
41:52 application and comprehensive plan
41:53 Amendment underway to change the land
41:56 use and the zoning to match the
41:57 surrounding Central isqua Parcels so
42:00 what that means is that we're proposing
42:01 the land use change from Community
42:03 facilities to mix use and the zoning
42:06 from Community facilities facilities to
42:09 Urban
42:11 core uh we are also recommending to
42:13 dispose of the property uh conduct an
42:16 appraisal following the rezone and the
42:18 comprehensive plan updates and then list
42:20 the property on the MLS and negotiate a
42:23 purchase and sale
42:24 agreement as far as special conditions
42:26 for deposit
42:28 um that we're proposing we are proposing
42:30 that um we use the profits to support
42:33 other City facility needs that are
42:34 upcoming and that we transfer ownership
42:37 of a sewer Force means serving the
42:38 property as part of the purchase and
42:40 sale
42:42 agreement as far as options um is you
42:46 can provide minor changes and we can
42:48 proceed with a surplus resolution for
42:50 Council adoption on May 6th or instruct
42:52 staff to make substantial changes and we
42:54 can return to committee
42:57 as far as timing and next steps uh
43:00 tonight is the public hearing with a
43:01 proposed Council action on May 6th uh
43:04 and then comes um the other things I've
43:06 talked about the proposed rezone and
43:08 then the proposed comp plan update that
43:10 would happen later this year we would
43:12 then work on an appraisal with hopes of
43:15 um selling the property early next
43:19 year so once again a recommendation uh
43:22 conduct the public hearing and then
43:23 adopt the proposed Surplus resolution uh
43:26 for the city hall Northwest property on
43:27 May
43:28 6th and that's the end of my
43:31 presentation thank you Autumn uh council
43:33 member Marts chair of safety and
43:35 services sorry services safety and parks
43:38 and is there any comments you'd like to
43:40 summarize from the committee's
43:41 recommendation on this item no I think
43:43 that the staff report uh it was it was
43:47 not very controversial topic so the
43:49 staff covered it
43:52 well uh I will now open the public
43:55 hearing at 7:53 pm. and again just
43:58 remind folks if you are online virtually
44:00 and you'd like to make a comment uh
44:03 raise your virtual hand or send the host
44:05 a chat message if you're here in the
44:07 room and did not sign up I will ask for
44:09 further speakers before closing this
44:11 portion of the meeting city clerk have
44:13 we had anyone sign up for this public
44:14 hearing
44:16 no okay um Elizabeth is this one of the
44:20 projects you'd like to talk to come on
44:28 gonna get you to push the button in the
44:29 center there we go my name is Elizabeth
44:32 mopan and I've been around issaqua since
44:37 the
44:39 1980s and
44:42 uh sometime a couple of decades
44:45 ago the city granted a permit to Talis
44:50 and Talis was supposed to put in some
44:53 lowincome housing which they determined
44:56 that they weren't going to do and they
44:59 gave the city a million dollars for
45:04 a a place similar to the together Center
45:09 which the city never found a site
45:17 for this is a
45:22 site it's close to
45:25 Transportation it's close
45:28 to the Motel 6 which you're using for a
45:31 shelter it's close to
45:35 shopping when you built when you planned
45:38 to build next to the transit
45:40 center that lower flooor wasn't big
45:44 enough to do a
45:47 comprehensive Services area this place
45:51 is big
45:52 enough I'm recommending that the city
45:55 not sell the property but repurpose the
46:00 property for something that we have been
46:03 asking for for a couple of decades at
46:06 least thank
46:08 you thank you Elizabeth uh not seeing
46:11 Anis in the room City Kirk Has anyone
46:14 online indicated a desire to speak no
46:17 not for this hearing okay thank
46:20 you thank you Elizabeth uh does the
46:23 council have any objection to my closing
46:25 the public hearing
46:27 okay we will be closing it at 7:56 p.m.
46:31 does the council have
46:35 questions not seeing any
46:37 questions uh this item will return on
46:40 the May 6 Council agenda for Action uh
46:43 does the city council have any direction
46:44 on whether they would like to see this
46:46 return on consent calendar or regular
46:49 business
46:51 thoughts council president I would
46:54 suggest regular business it is a large
46:57 uh dollar
46:59 amount any other thoughts or general
47:01 consensus with what council president
47:03 said seeing a lot of head nods he thank
47:10 you uh also under public hearings
47:13 tonight we have AB 8791 the central
47:16 isqua Pioneer program multif family tax
47:18 exemption and the item before council
47:21 tonight is to conduct the public hearing
47:23 again at the March 18th council meeting
47:25 the city council established the Pioneer
47:27 program in the city's land use code and
47:29 scheduled a public hearing for the
47:31 multif family tax exemption component of
47:33 the program that hearing is occurring
47:36 tonight I'd like to invite economic
47:38 development manager Jen Davis Hayes to
47:40 make a presentation welcome Jen hi thank
47:43 you um good evening my name is Jen Davis
47:45 Hayes economic development manager and
47:47 we are here uh to talk about the multif
47:50 family tax exemption as part of the um
47:54 thank you part of the um higher program
47:58 so the purpose is to uh hold this
48:00 presentation uh or to hold this public
48:02 hearing sorry and um we're looking for
48:05 after the public hearing to forward this
48:07 uh item to city council for decision on
48:10 May 6th
48:14 2024 do we know this doesn't work this
48:16 screen it's not
48:19 on okay maybe it's just not on I was
48:21 that's why I'm like I don't know where I
48:24 sorry okay nobody's had it on
48:28 okay um so as you know we like to show
48:30 you where um any of the projects that we
48:33 that we work on with a housing where it
48:35 is in the Continuum um the Pioneer
48:37 program and the mfte is looking at this
48:40 end on the right um with uh affordable
48:43 rental housing ownership and uh market
48:48 rate but next slide um you have all been
48:51 on the journey for the past year to talk
48:53 about the the Pioneer program we really
48:55 appreciate your support report and
48:57 adopting the Pioneer program in March of
48:59 2024 throughout this process we
49:01 discussed the mft at each uh item and
49:05 provided more information and came to uh
49:07 our proposal
49:09 tonight the presentation you're going to
49:11 see tonight is very similar uh just with
49:14 new details about the Pioneer program as
49:16 you saw for the High Street collection
49:18 so um this again provides some
49:21 background for about the mft program um
49:24 we currently have two sites now to
49:26 resident itial targeted areas the tibits
49:28 valley to targeted area and the High
49:31 Street
49:32 collection and we are looking tonight uh
49:35 for uh recommendation for the 8year mfte
49:39 for this
49:41 program the where uh the central isal
49:44 Pioneer program mft would be eligible
49:47 it's hard to Define by roadways but this
49:49 is basically uh Urban core in central
49:53 isqua that including the vertical mixed
49:55 use overlay
49:57 as well as the mixed Ed Zone within uh
49:59 Central
50:02 isqua and to give you again more
50:05 background about the mfte uh again this
50:08 was similar to what you've seen in the
50:10 High Street collection conversation is
50:12 that these are the rules around what's
50:14 eligible for mfte so we are um you know
50:18 above uh four residential units and um
50:22 we're looking at the eight-year
50:23 exemption so during that time that land
50:26 and any commercial um property can be
50:29 taxed and um again we're not looking at
50:32 the
50:34 12E and um the city has the ability to
50:38 designate this these are the criteria
50:40 and we believe we have met all these
50:41 criteria looking at increasing multifam
50:44 residential um opportunities in central
50:47 seic we've discussed throughout the the
50:49 uh Pioneer program
50:53 discussion um the a the average meeting
50:57 income where we'll be looking at as you
50:59 may recall during the Pioneer program
51:01 discussion we looked at having two
51:02 options for the developers one at 60%
51:04 and one at 80% Ami so this outlined
51:08 block here shows the level of income for
51:11 families uh from size one to eight
51:14 people um of what who would be eligible
51:16 to um move into the community uh new uh
51:24 units and um again uh with mfte you're
51:27 aware that uh the multi family tax
51:30 exemption is for every single uh portion
51:33 of the property tax for the residential
51:35 piece of that and so that is not just
51:37 the city but that's also these other
51:39 entities that would be uh exempt during
51:42 that eight years but at the end of eight
51:44 years all of the uh entities would would
51:47 begin to collect on the new assessed
51:51 value speaking of assess values so we
51:54 looked at um a financial end analysis to
51:57 see that how this would impact all those
51:59 jurisdictions um the assumptions are
52:01 outlined here assuming about 300 units
52:04 and um this is an analysis that was done
52:07 by arch with their financial model so
52:10 just to remind you you know it's not
52:12 going to be exact numbers because we you
52:14 know a project could be less than 300 a
52:16 little bit more what is what it's
52:18 actually assessed for at the time but
52:21 also what the last assessed value of
52:24 that property was if it was half bill
52:26 built if it was um uh you know more than
52:30 half built and close to be complete but
52:32 it it would it would uh that would be
52:34 the the the uh percentage of the project
52:37 that could continue on in our tax roles
52:40 and so um so if you want to go to the
52:42 next slide this shows uh analysis of for
52:45 the city again this is not reduced
52:47 Revenue this is foregone Revenue we're
52:49 talking about about
52:52 34338 uh per year for uh the 8-year
52:55 total for the city at 270,000
52:59 and the again for the entire eight years
53:03 we're looking at about3 million for gone
53:10 Revenue um so again we uh after this
53:13 public hearing we will come back to you
53:16 on May 6th for decision and then can uh
53:19 continue to go out with um the pioner
53:22 program details and working with our
53:23 community Planning and Development staff
53:25 to uh to implement the program and
53:28 Market it to uh property owners and
53:30 developers who are interested in
53:31 providing housing in our Central isqua
53:34 zones that are important to access our
53:37 amenities and we will also be partnering
53:40 with Arch to do the uh annual multif
53:43 family Tech exemption reporting
53:45 requirements to the
53:48 state that it is it thank you Jen I'm
53:52 going to open the public hearing at 8:03
53:55 p.m. and again again if you're joining
53:57 with us virtually this would be the time
53:59 that you would raise your hand or send
54:00 our host a message and if anyone is in
54:04 the room that has not signed up we'll
54:06 make sure that we get you up to speak so
54:08 clerk has anyone signed to speak or
54:10 indicated a desire to speak online yes
54:14 thank
54:15 you um do you want me to reread the no
54:18 okay there we go so um who is uh who has
54:22 signed up so we have Alex simmerman
54:24 signed up to speak but I don't see see
54:26 that he is physically in the room with
54:28 us uh then we have Brian runberg who's
54:31 With Us
54:32 online Brian I'm making you a panelist
54:35 now so you should have the option to
54:37 unmute and can choose to turn your video
54:52 on ran it's your time to make
55:03 comments Brian I'm going to try you one
55:06 more time would you like to make
55:07 comments at this
55:14 time okay Brian we have another
55:17 individual who'd like to make comments
55:18 so I'm going to go ahead and move to
55:21 them and then we'll check back in with
55:22 you so the next person who would like to
55:24 make comments is also attend ending
55:26 virtually Jesse clawen Jesse I'm making
55:29 you a panelist now you should be able to
55:32 unmute and can choose to turn your video
55:53 on can we see if they can message you
55:56 City Clerk and see if it's a another
55:59 WebEx yeah
56:01 difficulty okay
56:05 so um just to do a quick test here Chief
56:09 Schwan I see that you just joined
56:11 us would you be would you be
56:17 willing to try speaking okay so we can't
56:20 hear anyone on WebEx okay thank you so
56:23 we might um we might need to do some
56:27 quick
56:28 troubleshooting here we might need to
56:30 take a brief Ed E okay five minutes Ed E
56:34 let's try
56:43 it I can call back in on my phone maybe
56:46 I'll try that maybe just go to Jesse oh
56:48 you can hear me okay
56:59 shall I
57:01 go okay so I hey I I don't know how
57:05 you're hearing me quite right but uh my
57:07 name is Brian runberg I'm representing
57:09 the Red Robin property in bickering
57:11 place the urban Corp as you've heard
57:12 before I'm speaking here uh in support
57:15 of the mft program most importantly it's
57:17 a it's a great tool it's been successful
57:20 used throughout numerous cities
57:21 throughout the state promotes housing
57:24 where it's needed most dsor for dense
57:26 Urban centers such as such as this in
57:29 the urban core there's a lot of benefits
57:31 to that light rail Etc uh the property
57:35 tax exemption is quite finite and
57:37 limited to eight years however the TA
57:39 tax expanded tax base provides new H you
57:42 know for the new housing lives on for
57:44 the life of the project
57:46 incentivizing two Pioneer projects such
57:48 as proposed each going to be roughly
57:51 $100
57:52 million uh where this density is needed
57:54 most is is is most important uh and will
57:58 significantly add to the local economy
58:00 in many ways um Beyond and even during
58:03 those first8 years at reduction in
58:05 construction or in traffic
58:07 congestion construction the permitting
58:10 uh permits as well um but uh importantly
58:14 the front loading this offset this
58:16 financial offset is where it's most
58:18 needed for these projects to their
58:20 significant um to get off the ground to
58:22 get underway helps them be financially
58:25 St stable the properties in the initial
58:28 initial years as they're they're leasing
58:30 up um and I know other uh organizations
58:33 such as Eon Northwest is highlighted and
58:35 shared with Council the importance that
58:37 to utilize this mft program is an
58:39 important tool for responsible Urban
58:42 growth so we appreciate your support on
58:44 mft tonight thank
58:47 you scared to
58:50 try um is it Jessica
58:53 next Jessie
58:59 sounds
59:12 good program you've heard from Jen
59:16 tonight about what mfte does and you've
59:19 obviously passed it for a very small
59:21 section of isqua um one of the primary
59:24 goals of the mfte program is to increase
59:26 the supply of affordable housing by
59:29 offering tax exemptions to developers
59:30 who set aside of a portion of their
59:32 units for low or moderate income
59:34 residents this program helps make
59:36 housing more accessible to a broader
59:38 range of people um it also is uh an
59:42 incentive that will increase density in
59:44 the place where you want it in the
59:46 central isqua area where you have
59:48 already planned for density light rail
59:50 is coming and you want to incentivize as
59:53 much as possible the multif family
59:55 housing to go there
59:56 obviously there's an environmental
59:58 benefit to concentrating development in
1:00:00 an urban area in central isqua um it
1:00:03 will reduce the need for long commutes
1:00:05 the bus station is right there the bus
1:00:07 Center um as well as Light Rail it
1:00:10 preserves green spaces out in out
1:00:13 outside of isqua and uh in the rural
1:00:16 areas and it promotes sustainable
1:00:18 Transportation options and it stimulates
1:00:21 the construction industry so by
1:00:23 incentivizing the construction of multif
1:00:25 family housing
1:00:26 the mfte program can help stimulate the
1:00:28 construction industry create jobs and
1:00:30 create economic activity um and this
1:00:33 will have positive Ripple effects
1:00:34 throughout the local economy I would say
1:00:37 um I know there's been discussion
1:00:39 previously about um some of the uh
1:00:42 potential tax issues related to
1:00:45 mfte and while the residential
1:00:49 Improvement on the multif family
1:00:51 building is not taxed for eight years
1:00:54 the underlying land still is taxed and
1:00:57 that assessment still does go up so
1:01:00 there is property tax being received by
1:01:03 the city and the various uh tax
1:01:07 authorities um and the city will receive
1:01:12 sales
1:01:13 tax and other sales tax from news new
1:01:16 residents so um it's not overall you
1:01:19 know a net zero tax uh situation for
1:01:23 those eight years the city will actually
1:01:26 see a benefit um with other taxes as
1:01:29 well so we are supportive of the mfte
1:01:31 program we think this is crucial to
1:01:34 implementing the Pioneer program um and
1:01:37 so we hope you will be in support of it
1:01:38 thank you very much thank you
1:01:42 Jesse clerk I'm going to um see if
1:01:46 Elizabeth in the room would like to
1:01:47 speak to this item and if you can let me
1:01:49 know if there's anybody else online that
1:01:50 might want to speak on up Elizabeth
1:02:01 yes I'm
1:02:04 sorry I'm excited that you're planning
1:02:06 to do something around Transit oriented
1:02:11 development and I have a couple of
1:02:15 concerns one is this mfte is for eight
1:02:20 years after eight years when the uh
1:02:24 taxes go up will the people who are
1:02:27 there with low income find that they can
1:02:30 no longer afford to stay
1:02:32 there okay that's
1:02:36 reassuring
1:02:38 um the people who most need to be near
1:02:43 Transit are people who have mobility
1:02:47 issues please make sure that what you
1:02:51 construct will include apartments on
1:02:55 ground level for people with mobility
1:02:58 issues they will use the transit they
1:03:02 are dependent on the
1:03:05 transit and if among the lowincome
1:03:11 people who are near Transit you have a
1:03:15 number of Elders
1:03:18 consider
1:03:20 parking Elders may not
1:03:23 drive but they have people coming to
1:03:26 them like home care aids and people who
1:03:29 deliver food and so on there needs to be
1:03:34 some visitor
1:03:36 parking that's there
1:03:40 otherwise they really get stuck and
1:03:43 emergency people can't get to them so
1:03:47 those are some of the thoughts I have
1:03:50 about Transit oriented development it's
1:03:53 a great thing but you still need some
1:03:56 parking and you need to make it
1:03:59 available not just to the rich people
1:04:02 who can afford cars and to get every
1:04:06 place and may or may not use Transit but
1:04:09 specifically for people who are most
1:04:12 likely to use Transit that's the biggest
1:04:16 benefit thank you thank you Elizabeth um
1:04:20 City cleric one last time anybody online
1:04:22 that also would like to speak this
1:04:24 evening
1:04:27 no thank you does council have any
1:04:30 objection to my closing of the public
1:04:32 hearing not seeing any that public
1:04:35 hearing is closed at
1:04:38 p.m. council do you have any questions
1:04:42 council member our Deputy council
1:04:44 president so uh just a
1:04:48 clarification um for the folks at home
1:04:51 that maybe uh could not see that chart
1:04:54 um is it is my sound okay good um you
1:04:59 said that uh Jen you said uh the 8-year
1:05:02 total foregone Revenue was 3 million
1:05:04 that's over all taxing districts right
1:05:07 that is not the city's portion correct
1:05:09 thank you right I just want to clarify
1:05:11 that for the folks who are watching
1:05:13 hopefully watching on YouTube thank you
1:05:16 thank you Jen I wonder also if you could
1:05:20 just provide a little information for
1:05:22 one of the questions that was asked dur
1:05:23 in public comment about once the tax the
1:05:26 mft goes away how are those affordable
1:05:28 units managed that's a great question um
1:05:31 so the um affordable units will continue
1:05:35 to be affordable for the lifetime of the
1:05:37 project so at eight years the developers
1:05:39 no longer have that or nine years the
1:05:42 developers no longer have the tax
1:05:43 exemption but they are still required to
1:05:45 provide at the same level for the
1:05:47 lifetime of the pro
1:05:49 project so this item are there any other
1:05:52 questions this item will return on the
1:05:54 May 6 Council agenda for Action uh some
1:05:58 direction on whether you would like it
1:05:59 on the consent calendar or regular
1:06:02 business regular business that's why I'm
1:06:04 seeing lots of head nods thank
1:06:06 you um the next item of oh Jen thank you
1:06:09 very much the next item today would
1:06:11 normally be regular business but there
1:06:13 are no items we just had a couple of
1:06:15 public hearings this evening so we're
1:06:16 going to move to committee and Regional
1:06:18 reports and we'll start with council
1:06:19 member Joe Madame mayor thank you uh the
1:06:22 Cascade water Alliance board meeting
1:06:25 which was originally scheduled for April
1:06:27 24th has been cancelled however I would
1:06:30 like uh council members to put a date on
1:06:32 their calendar June 27th Cascade water
1:06:36 Alliance is celebrating their 25th
1:06:38 anniversary it'll be at maidenbower
1:06:40 Center 11:30 a lunch event um if you
1:06:43 could make it to that event that would
1:06:45 be great the one five years ago was a
1:06:49 wonderful event and a great celebration
1:06:51 of the work that Cascade water Alliance
1:06:53 has been doing for now 20 four years
1:06:56 thank you that concludes my report thank
1:06:58 you council member Hall sounds like a
1:07:01 fun event
1:07:02 um for East Side Fire and Rescue um the
1:07:06 last meeting of the board of directors
1:07:07 was last Thursday April 11th at 4M at
1:07:10 our headquarters on Newport Way um short
1:07:14 meeting uh two of the things that um I
1:07:17 want to bring up were that we just got a
1:07:20 quick update and kind of presentation
1:07:23 from some staff at Eide fire and rescue
1:07:25 about the history of Dei efforts at East
1:07:28 Side Fire and Rescue and there's a
1:07:29 little flyer that they provided all of
1:07:31 us I'll just pass down um the dies here
1:07:34 if anyone would like to look at it also
1:07:36 if anyone's listening in and would like
1:07:37 to see this I'm happy to scan it to you
1:07:38 just email city council isqu wall.gov
1:07:40 and we can get that to you um the other
1:07:43 thing was that we established an ad hoc
1:07:45 committee I think I've mentioned this
1:07:46 previously an ad hoc committee to update
1:07:49 how we evaluate the fire chief make his
1:07:51 performance um metrics a little more
1:07:54 aligned with what visible to the
1:07:56 board um and our next meeting is
1:08:00 scheduled
1:08:01 [Music]
1:08:02 for May 9th uh Thursday May 9th at 4M at
1:08:06 our headquarters and that concludes my
1:08:08 report thank you council member Hall
1:08:09 council member hunt thank you Madame
1:08:11 mayor on Tuesday April 2nd the City
1:08:14 council's Planning Development and
1:08:16 environment committee met we had one
1:08:18 item which was uh Comm 21 local
1:08:23 amendments related to Wildfire and the
1:08:25 Wildland trans Urban interface code of
1:08:27 the State Building Code um the code
1:08:31 changes there there was a recommendation
1:08:34 to um revise a current code that we had
1:08:38 adopted when that was the recommendation
1:08:41 or when that was what had been adopted
1:08:43 by the State Building Code Council they
1:08:45 after we took action reversed that
1:08:48 action and so um the the recommendation
1:08:53 of both our emergency
1:08:55 um emergency staff as well as the
1:08:59 development and planning uh staff and um
1:09:03 also East Side Fire and Rescue was there
1:09:05 they recommend uh aligning with the
1:09:07 State Building Code Council there were
1:09:09 some issues also potential um conflicts
1:09:13 between different parts of the code that
1:09:14 they felt they needed to work out um
1:09:17 such as the energy and instulation
1:09:19 requirements for Energy Efficiency and
1:09:21 the new uh building code as it relates
1:09:24 to fire prevention and so um the
1:09:27 recommendation is to align with the
1:09:30 State Building Code Council and then
1:09:32 there will be a number of things that
1:09:33 will be worked out through the State
1:09:35 Legislative process and then through the
1:09:37 State Building Code Council um so the
1:09:39 committee we had a lot of questions
1:09:41 about that what was possible um and and
1:09:44 ultimately we did agree with with uh the
1:09:48 recommendation and we also discussed a
1:09:50 lot about would it be possible to adopt
1:09:53 parts of it that we expect are going to
1:09:55 be in the final code and you can't do a
1:09:57 mix and match and it didn't make sense
1:09:59 so we did not ultimately go with that um
1:10:03 we had two representatives from East
1:10:05 Side Fire and Rescue who talked about
1:10:06 their that they have a full-time person
1:10:08 who's working on Wild Fire Prevention
1:10:11 and they're working with cities
1:10:12 including ours to let homeowners know
1:10:14 about uh voluntary things they can do to
1:10:17 prevent uh wildare and to harden their
1:10:19 homes to protect their homes against
1:10:22 welfare um and we had a discussion as
1:10:25 well about the city um could do more to
1:10:29 work with HOAs to let them know these
1:10:31 code changes are likely coming these are
1:10:33 things that are going to be required we
1:10:35 are now at an elevated um risk level and
1:10:38 we'll be getting more information with
1:10:40 that when there's new maps that are
1:10:41 drawn but you know with climate change
1:10:44 we are at an elevated risk level and so
1:10:47 um we had a discussion about what we
1:10:48 could do to get ahead of that and
1:10:51 ultimately the recommendation from the
1:10:53 council which was or from the committee
1:10:56 rather was um to have this on an item
1:11:00 for the committee of the whole in May
1:11:02 where we can talk about what Emergency
1:11:04 Management um things we can do
1:11:07 operationally to have to let our
1:11:10 community know what they can do um to
1:11:12 protect against wildfire and to um and
1:11:15 to take steps to be uh be ready and to
1:11:19 um Harden their homes against fire so
1:11:22 that will be in May uh and
1:11:26 that will be at a committee of the whole
1:11:28 um and then after that there will be
1:11:30 there will need to be an action taken by
1:11:31 the council to roll back the uh State
1:11:35 the the changes that have been made that
1:11:37 are no longer aligned with State
1:11:39 Building C Council so I expect that when
1:11:41 that does come back um I can I can
1:11:44 briefly remind Council about this
1:11:47 because it is a very complicated set of
1:11:49 events that led us to this place um the
1:11:53 next meeting of the uh Council Planning
1:11:56 Development and environment committee
1:11:57 will be May 7th and that concludes my
1:11:59 report thank you council member hunt
1:12:01 council member Ray thank you mayor py
1:12:03 the mobility and infrastructure
1:12:04 committee met on April 10th and there
1:12:06 was one item on the agenda it was uh
1:12:10 Comm it's so hard to change your what
1:12:12 you want to call things uh 00009 squawk
1:12:15 Mountain non-motorized uh Improvement
1:12:18 project uh related to the Landscaping
1:12:21 part of the street standards um there
1:12:24 have been some issues that have Arisen
1:12:25 when we started to look at this project
1:12:28 related to our street standards to
1:12:30 conform with the street standards would
1:12:33 require the removal of many I think it
1:12:35 was 179 mature trees and would also put
1:12:38 the long-term health of another probably
1:12:41 50 trees in Jeopardy because of what
1:12:43 would be required question to the
1:12:45 committee was whether to modify the
1:12:46 street standards to provide more
1:12:47 protection for trees and critical areas
1:12:50 and then to proceed with public
1:12:52 involvement on the squawk Mountain
1:12:53 non-motorized project head of changes to
1:12:56 the street standards uh there was
1:12:58 support for making adjustments to the
1:12:59 street standards and then sharing the
1:13:01 design Alternatives with the community
1:13:03 with the assumption that the council
1:13:04 would consider amendment to Street
1:13:06 standards that will provide more
1:13:07 flexibility to protect existing trees in
1:13:09 critical areas this is an ongoing
1:13:11 discussion with many touch points over
1:13:12 this year with action probably not
1:13:14 anticipated until early 2025 and that
1:13:17 concludes my report thank you council
1:13:19 member council member Merz thank you
1:13:21 Madame
1:13:22 mayor the sound cities Association
1:13:25 public issues committee met online on
1:13:28 Wednesday uh April 10th at 700 p.m. uh
1:13:32 some of the major topics that we covered
1:13:33 included a a long conversation on public
1:13:37 defender case load standards the
1:13:40 Washington State Office of Public
1:13:41 defense is looking at changing uh the
1:13:44 case load standards um this would have
1:13:47 um substantial Financial impact on uh M
1:13:50 municipalities including our own uh they
1:13:53 are taking public comment they have
1:13:55 listening sessions in April and I
1:13:58 believe May uh so SCA did not have a
1:14:02 particular action item but this was more
1:14:04 of a informational session and also
1:14:07 hearing back um so I I
1:14:09 conveyed um from uh our city on uh
1:14:14 potential impact there um it's a it's a
1:14:16 complicated topic because we have seen
1:14:19 um some pushing down of what would
1:14:21 otherwise be felonies um uh in the
1:14:25 the higher court system uh which has
1:14:28 been busy so they sort of um stuff
1:14:30 things down as gross misdemeanors uh
1:14:33 which then increases the workload on our
1:14:36 courts and also potentially moves
1:14:38 felonies and gross misdemeanors so uh
1:14:41 you know there's not enough money
1:14:42 anywhere uh but there's a real question
1:14:45 about whether these standards need to
1:14:47 change or not and um the topic that c
1:14:51 should be educated on we had an update
1:14:55 on the regional homelessness Authority
1:14:58 uh we had a discussion of the Emergency
1:15:01 Medical Services Levy renewal process
1:15:03 which is going to be coming forward um
1:15:05 we get a lot for a little with uh you
1:15:08 know the rates are are very low we have
1:15:11 uh we have the by far the highest uh
1:15:15 heart attack survival rates associated
1:15:17 with our emergency medical uh services
1:15:20 in King County of anywhere in the United
1:15:22 States so uh really uh really an amazing
1:15:26 system thank goodness and I'll just
1:15:29 mention there was a there's a bit of a
1:15:31 happy sad Brian Perry sca's policy
1:15:34 director for the last eight years is
1:15:36 following his old boss Diana Dawson up
1:15:38 to or down to Olympia with AWC uh but
1:15:42 it's just been I just have to say
1:15:44 personally a complete joy to work with
1:15:45 Ryan these last eight years he's he's uh
1:15:48 really uh really really good at hurting
1:15:50 cats and explaining complicated topics
1:15:52 to very busy elected officials
1:15:55 uh the sound uh the council services
1:15:57 safety and Parks committee meeting for
1:15:59 this month which otherwise would be held
1:16:01 tomorrow has been canell this concludes
1:16:03 mayor report thank you Council M Mars
1:16:05 Deputy council
1:16:06 president uh thank you mayor Paulie on
1:16:09 April 11th I chaired the Eastside Human
1:16:11 Services forum and we previewed the
1:16:14 upcoming uh forums um and I hope you've
1:16:17 all seen the invitation to the first one
1:16:20 which is on April the 25th from 3:30 to
1:16:23 5: um and the this is our first Forum uh
1:16:26 of 2024 it will focus on Services
1:16:29 provided to refugees and Asylum Seekers
1:16:33 uh and we will have a panel that
1:16:34 includes Pastor Jan bolerjack of the
1:16:37 Taquila Riverton United Methodist Church
1:16:40 which is where um all of the refugees uh
1:16:44 or not all of them but a huge number
1:16:47 have been coming in for the past year um
1:16:50 and also Paul leali from Friends of
1:16:52 Youth who'll be talking about their
1:16:54 unaccompanied youth Refugee Services K
1:16:57 uh Kizer shareif uh co-founder of maps
1:17:01 the Muslim Association of pet sound and
1:17:04 we will have a representative of The
1:17:06 Afghani uh diaspora so I think it'll be
1:17:09 a really excellent panel um and I
1:17:12 encourage everyone to register for
1:17:14 anybody who uh needs the link to
1:17:17 register for that event uh just let me
1:17:19 know I'll be glad to get it to you but
1:17:21 you should have received hopefully you
1:17:23 received it um and then on April 12th I
1:17:26 cheered the Eastside Transportation
1:17:27 partnership we heard from the new
1:17:30 interim Sound Transit CEO Jaren sparman
1:17:34 turns out that Mr sparman is an isqua
1:17:37 resident which we were
1:17:40 yay um and so he was introduced to all
1:17:44 of us and and gave remarks which was
1:17:46 very nice uh we also heard from Paul
1:17:49 Cornish uh from Sound Transit provided a
1:17:52 really interesting overview of the Sound
1:17:54 Transit bus Rapid Transit project which
1:17:57 is expected to be fully operational by
1:18:00 2026 and it will connect uh TOA all the
1:18:03 way to lywood along the 405 Corridor so
1:18:06 it's going to be uh definitely uh a
1:18:08 benefit to the east side uh it will be
1:18:11 partially integrated with the east side
1:18:13 two uh two line Light Rail and uh early
1:18:17 Station construction is already on
1:18:18 underway on 405 near Kirkland's 85th
1:18:21 Street offramp a lot of the construction
1:18:24 will be taking place next year um and as
1:18:27 I said it should be they're hoping that
1:18:29 it'll be operational in 2026 so it's
1:18:31 really an exciting project um and then
1:18:34 the final uh Regional Transit committee
1:18:36 will meet uh Wednesday and uh the the
1:18:40 agenda has uh a report on Metro safety
1:18:43 program which has been very of very
1:18:45 great interest to us and the Metro flex
1:18:48 and B programs so I'm looking forward to
1:18:51 to that uh meeting and that concludes my
1:18:54 report
1:18:55 thank you Deputy council president
1:18:57 council president thank you the Puget
1:19:00 Sound uh growth management policy board
1:19:02 met on April 4th we heard from Puget
1:19:05 Sound Energy PSC on their Community
1:19:08 solar program including the uh
1:19:11 installation at the Pine Lake Middle
1:19:13 School um and what the success uh of
1:19:16 that has been and we also heard from
1:19:19 some local cities including samamish
1:19:22 about their climate planning the the
1:19:25 next uh growth management policy board
1:19:27 meeting will be held on May 2nd the
1:19:30 agenda has not been released the King
1:19:32 County affordable housing committee also
1:19:35 meets next on May 2nd and the agenda has
1:19:38 not been released and that concludes my
1:19:40 report thank you council president uh
1:19:42 the next item is the mayor's report and
1:19:45 there will be an executive session this
1:19:46 evening to discuss pending or potential
1:19:49 litigation per RCW 42.3 point11 per1 p i
1:19:54 and property acquisition per RCW
1:19:57 42301 one0 per1 penb the items are
1:20:01 expected to take approximately 30
1:20:03 minutes and no action is anticipated to
1:20:05 follow an open
1:20:06 session on April 6th the city celebrated
1:20:09 Arbor Day at Confluence Park this was
1:20:11 our final planting event of the season
1:20:13 and together with the community we
1:20:15 planted 85 native trees and shrubs we
1:20:19 also spread 25 yards of wood chips and
1:20:21 removed invasive Ivy and blackberry weed
1:20:24 Arbor Day is the culmination of the
1:20:26 planting season and this season the city
1:20:28 planted 251 trees in 15 different parks
1:20:32 and Open Spaces the city of isqua has
1:20:35 been recognized as a tree City USA
1:20:37 Community for the 31st straight year on
1:20:41 April 10th I participated in the
1:20:42 Washington State Department of
1:20:44 Transportation listening session with
1:20:45 other Regional agencies we discussed
1:20:48 projects along the Interstate 90 and
1:20:50 State Route 18 Corridor that are in both
1:20:52 the design and construction phase
1:20:55 among other things we discussed plans to
1:20:57 minimize the disruption to local
1:20:59 communities and businesses and freight
1:21:02 and to prioritize safety I look forward
1:21:04 to continuing the conversation with
1:21:06 local leaders this
1:21:08 summer and on tonight's consent calendar
1:21:11 AB 8813 outlines my appointments to open
1:21:14 and expiring seats on our boards and
1:21:17 commissions consistent with Council
1:21:19 policy these appointments allow a broad
1:21:21 array of community participation we have
1:21:24 100 0 current members across our 12
1:21:27 boards and commissions this recruitment
1:21:29 welcomes 22 new members and 24 returning
1:21:33 members I want to make sure to thank all
1:21:36 who applied to serve those that were
1:21:38 appointed and those that are departing
1:21:40 from our boards and commissions the
1:21:42 recommendations that came forward from
1:21:43 the interview panels was no easy task
1:21:46 due to the highly competitive applicant
1:21:48 pool again I wish to thank all those who
1:21:51 participated and their willingness to
1:21:52 serve our community
1:21:54 nominations are open for the isqua Hall
1:21:56 of Fame award this is a top honor for
1:21:58 making a lasting contribution to our
1:22:00 community this award shall go to someone
1:22:02 who's made a significant impact on the
1:22:04 isqua community over the course of their
1:22:06 career each year the mayor and council
1:22:09 president select a person to induct into
1:22:11 the isqua Hall of Fame for their
1:22:13 exemplary record of inspiration
1:22:15 leadership and service the award will be
1:22:18 presented at the Chamber of Commerce an
1:22:20 annual isqua community Awards event on
1:22:22 May 21st nomination can be submitted at
1:22:26 co.gov nominate and the deadlines for
1:22:29 nominations is 5:00 pm April
1:22:32 21st there some upcoming events uh in
1:22:35 many countries Children's Day
1:22:37 Celebrations are held during the Spring
1:22:39 and the summer in isqua the Latino
1:22:41 circle is offering this year again a
1:22:43 free and fun events for families of all
1:22:46 backgrounds the event will be on April
1:22:48 28th at 1 p.m. at the isqua community
1:22:50 center the first 150 families will be
1:22:53 able to create a paper mashe piggy bank
1:22:55 to take home there will also be games
1:22:58 pinata and snacks for all ages for more
1:23:00 information please visit the website
1:23:02 isqua
1:23:03 w.gov and lastly isqua is offering an
1:23:07 environmental leadership training series
1:23:09 between April and July of
1:23:11 2024 trainings will be led by isqua
1:23:14 Civic spark fellow Nick horn they will
1:23:17 be one to two times monthly from April
1:23:19 through July following the training
1:23:22 Series team leaders will have the
1:23:23 opportunity to gather group groups of
1:23:24 community members to work together and
1:23:26 learn and Inspire Community climate
1:23:29 action and there's more information for
1:23:31 that event as well on our isqua wad
1:23:34 website and that concludes the mayor's
1:23:36 report we're going to move on to good of
1:23:39 the order do any council members have
1:23:40 anything for good of the order council
1:23:42 president thank you um I wanted to note
1:23:46 first that we received two informational
1:23:49 items in tonight's consent agenda and I
1:23:51 just wanted to highlight those the first
1:23:53 is our traditional capital projects
1:23:56 quarterly update um but then we had a
1:23:59 new report out and it was the first
1:24:02 comprehensive set of board and
1:24:04 commission work plans and so your
1:24:07 Council leadership just wanted to make
1:24:08 sure to highlight that to you it's
1:24:10 really great to see the administration
1:24:12 taking that step forward we want to make
1:24:14 sure that you get a chance to read it
1:24:17 and understand that this really is a big
1:24:19 step forward for the boards and
1:24:20 commissions to really um finalize some
1:24:23 of the things that they're working on
1:24:25 and kind of having that an intent going
1:24:29 forward um and then also on our consent
1:24:32 agenda was this year's appointments to
1:24:35 the board and commissions so exciting as
1:24:37 somebody who came up from one of those
1:24:40 um so I wanted to first of all welcome
1:24:43 all of those members those who are
1:24:45 renewing and those who are new and then
1:24:47 also to highlight to the council members
1:24:50 that in the next few days you'll be
1:24:52 receiving an email from your Council
1:24:53 leadership
1:24:54 with signups so that we can go and visit
1:24:58 once again um so look for that it's a
1:25:01 tradition we're continuing um even
1:25:04 though we are out of virtual uh
1:25:07 scenarios it's still been a really nice
1:25:10 way to welcome our new boards and
1:25:13 commissions and to reaffirm our
1:25:15 commitment um to how great of advice we
1:25:19 get from our boards and commissions and
1:25:21 just take a moment to thank them so look
1:25:23 forward for that email um and your
1:25:26 ability to sign up thank you any other
1:25:29 good of the order items council member
1:25:32 Joe thank you Madame mayor on Saturday
1:25:35 the 13th I was in Lake samam State Park
1:25:38 um my son was fishing there and I
1:25:40 noticed that there were some canoes on
1:25:41 the water and I went over to talk to the
1:25:45 the S kwami tribe they had begun
1:25:47 practice for their summer journey and
1:25:50 this was the first time that rowers were
1:25:52 on the water under the guidance of of of
1:25:54 council elders and Elders in the tribe
1:25:57 um it's all a great story but the real
1:26:00 message is uh I had a chance to talk to
1:26:02 two tribal council members and uh they
1:26:05 both spoke highly of the city government
1:26:07 to tribal government relationship that's
1:26:09 been built by the mayor and the monthly
1:26:11 meetings that have been going on I just
1:26:13 want to highlight those and thank the
1:26:15 mayor for continuing that as we look to
1:26:18 uh Outreach to the tribes and consult
1:26:20 with them on numerous issues of cultural
1:26:22 and historic uh significance for this
1:26:24 area and the artistic issues and the
1:26:26 artistic elements that they bring to
1:26:29 many of our uh areas such as uh the Sal
1:26:32 hatry and a major art project that'll be
1:26:34 coming this next year through the Arts
1:26:36 commission so thank you mayor appreciate
1:26:38 that just wanted to pass that on oh
1:26:40 they're practicing every Saturday at 10:
1:26:42 in the morning if you want to stop by
1:26:44 nice thank you council member Joe and
1:26:46 just to let you know council member D
1:26:47 Michelle is going to be joining the
1:26:50 tribal City Coffee meetups that we have
1:26:52 as well so more more connections more
1:26:55 different ways it's great uh any other
1:26:58 good of VI order
1:27:00 items okay thank you just a couple
1:27:03 upcoming meetings April 25th there's a
1:27:05 joint meeting with the isqu school board
1:27:06 occurring at 5 at the School District
1:27:08 administration building at 5150 to 20th
1:27:12 Avenue Southeast the agenda is being
1:27:14 finalized April 29th Committee of the
1:27:16 whole the anticipated agenda items
1:27:18 include facility options and revenue
1:27:20 options and the next regular city
1:27:22 council meeting is May 6 so as mentioned
1:27:25 earlier we will be having an executive
1:27:27 session to discuss pending uh or
1:27:29 potential litigation per RCW
1:27:31 42.3 1110 pn1 Pern I and property
1:27:35 acquisition per RCW
1:27:37 42301 pn1 pnb it the items are expected
1:27:41 to take approximately 30 minutes no
1:27:43 action is anticipated to follow an open
1:27:45 session open session or executive
1:27:48 sessions are closed to the public and we
1:27:50 will now recess in at 8:41 and take a
1:27:55 five minute break before we gather okay

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 1636 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of April 15, 2024, $2,488,662.94; Approved. b) ID 1691 - Informational Update: Board and Commission 2024 Workplans; Received Report. c) ID 1718 - Informational Update: Capital Projects; Received Report. d) Minutes: …
Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE
Carried 7-0
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh