City Council Regular Meeting · Monday, May 6, 2024 · City Council Digest

3. SPECIAL BUSINESS

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Proclamation ID 1600

Receive Report · 5 min · packet pp.7

Topics: Arts & Culture

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Staff report:

CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office

Jewish American Heritage Month Proclamation ID 1683

Receive Report · 5 min · packet pp.9

Topics: Arts & Culture

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Staff report:

SPECIAL BUSINESS b) CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office WASHINGTON 130 E. Sunset Way I P.O. Box 1307 lssaquah,WA 98027 (425) 837-3020 issaquahwa.gov

Small Business Month Proclamation ID 1723

Receive Report · 5 min · packet pp.11

Topics: Economic Development

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CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office

Economic Development Week Proclamation ID 1594

Receive Report · 5 min · packet pp.13

Topics: Economic Development

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Staff report:

CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office

Public Service Recognition Week Proclamation ID 1595

Receive Report · 5 min · packet pp.15

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Staff report:

CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office WASHINGTON 130 E. Sunset Way I P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 (425) 837-3020 issaquahwa.gov

Professional Municipal Clerks Week Proclamation ID 1596

Receive Report · 5 min · packet pp.17

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CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office

Drinking Water Week Proclamation ID 1597

Receive Report · 5 min · packet pp.19

Topics: Water

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Staff report:

CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office

Correctional Officers Week Proclamation ID 1598

Receive Report · 5 min · packet pp.21

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SPECIAL BUSINESS h) CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office WASHINGTON 130 E. Sunset Way I P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 (425) 837-3020 issaquahwa.gov

Water Safety Month Proclamation ID 1599

Receive Report · 5 min · packet pp.23

Topics: Public SafetyWater

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SPECIAL BUSINESS i) CITY OF ISSAC^UAH Mayor's Office

Affordable Housing Week Proclamation ID 1602

Receive Report · 5 min · packet pp.25

Topics: Housing

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SPECIAL BUSINESS j) CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office

Police Week Proclamation ID 1603

Receive Report · 5 min · packet pp.27

Topics: Public Safety

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Staff report:

CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office

5. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of May 6, 2024, $7,410,653.23 ID 1637

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.29–85

Topics: Budget

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Staff report:

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

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by JOE

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

Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, Nov. 9, 2022

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.87

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR b) 11-09-23 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Special Meeting 6:30 PM King County Library System November 9, 2023 Service Center MINUTES 960 Newport Way NW

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by JOE

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

Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, Nov. 13, 2022

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.89–90

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR c) 11-13-23 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Special Meeting 6:30 PM Council Chambers November 13, 2023 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by JOE

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

Minutes: City Council Committee of the Whole, Nov. 13, 2023

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.91–92

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Staff report:

Presented by: Andrea Snyder, Deputy City Administrator

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by JOE

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

Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, Nov. 28, 2023

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.93

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Jul 24, 2023

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR e) 11-28-23 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Special Meeting – Social Gathering 6:30 PM Enzo's Bistro November 28, 2023 MINUTES 120 NW Gilman Blvd

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by JOE

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

Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, Dec. 4, 2023

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.95–101

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Jul 24, 2023

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR f) 12-04-23 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers December 4, 2023 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by JOE

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

Informational Update: Economic Development Quarterly Report - Q1 2024 ID 1576

Carried 7-0

Receive · packet pp.103–116

Topics: Economic Development

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Staff report:

This informational report is to provide an overview of economic development staff activities and trends in the 1st quarter of 2024.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by JOE

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

East Lake Sammamish Pkwy SE Pavement Preservation AB 8591

Carried 7-0

Award Bid; Authorize Funding · packet pp.117–120

Topics: ParksBudget

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Jan 19, 2021 City Council Regular Meeting · Oct 18, 2021 City Council Regular Meeting · Feb 21, 2023

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Staff report:

At the Regular City Council Meeting on January 19, 2021 (AB 8097), the City Council authorized the Administration to apply for pavement preservation grants along East Lake Sammamish Parkway SE, SE 43rd Way, and NW Sammamish Road/SE 56th Street. The City was awarded National Highway System (NHS) Asset Management Program grant funds for two projects: (1) SE 43rd Way Pavement Preservation and (2) East Lake Sammamish Parkway SE Pavement Preservation. The City Council accepted the grants at the Regular Council Meeting on October 18, 2021 (AB 8097) and authorized the Mayor to enter into and execute a Local Agency Agreement with WSDOT for the design phase of the project.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by JOE

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

SE 43rd Way Pavement Preservation AB 8682

Carried 7-0

Award Bid; Authorize Funding · packet pp.121–124

Topics: Budget

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Jan 19, 2021 City Council Regular Meeting · Oct 18, 2021 City Council Regular Meeting · Feb 6, 2023 City Council Regular Meeting · Feb 21, 2023

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Staff report:

At the Regular City Council Meeting on January 19, 2021 (AB 8097), the City Council authorized the Administration to apply for pavement preservation grants along East Lake Sammamish Parkway SE, SE 43rd Way, and NW Sammamish Road/ SE 56th Street. The City was awarded National Highway System (NHS) Asset Management Program grant funds for two projects: (1) SE 43rd Way Pavement Preservation and (2) East Lake Sammamish Parkway SE Pavement Preservation. The City Council accepted the grants at the Regular Council Meeting on October 18, 2021 (AB 8097) and authorized the Mayor to enter into and execute a Local Agency Agreement with WSDOT for the design phase of the project.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by JOE

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

Tyler Technologies Contract AB 8807

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.125–158

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Staff report:

Issaquah first implemented the Munis ERP as its primary accounting system in 2015, and the original contract expired on Dec. 31, 2023.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by JOE

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

Opioid Settlement: JANSSEN AB 8835

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.159–289

Topics: Public Safety

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Staff report:

Washington State recently entered into an opioid settlement with JANSSEN that eligible Washington cities and counties can join. In order to obtain the benefits provided in the agreement, agencies must submit a participation form by May 11, 2024.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by JOE

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

SPAR Booster Pump Station Construction Project (WT013) AB 8836

Carried 7-0

Accept Project · packet pp.291–299

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Staff report:

On May 17, 2021 the City Council awarded the contract for the SPAR Booster Pump Station Construction Project Acceptance (WT013), to the low bidder, Pacific Civil and Infrastructure in the amount of $7,080,315.75 (including sales tax). The completed construction contract cost was $7,674,528.35 (including sales tax).

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by JOE

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

King County WaterWorks Grant AB 8839

Carried 7-0

Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.301–315

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Staff report:

Significant water quality impacts from bacteria pollution have been documented within the Issaquah Creek watershed. The Washington State Department of Ecology has instituted a threshold for maximum bacteria loading within Issaquah Creek (Total Maximum Daily Load for Fecal Coliforms). These state thresholds have historically been exceeded.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by JOE

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

Amendments to IMC 12, Streets, Sidewalks, and Public Places AB 8840

Carried 7-0

Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.317–422

Topics: Land UseTransportation

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Staff report:

In 2005, the City established Chapter 12.05 IMC, Sidewalk Use District, to encourage creative and functional integration of uses of the sidewalk. The district was expanded in 2012 and 2018 to include more areas of the City to encourage this use. In practice, the district was established but no permit was created to implement the district, so the Special Event Permit process was used to permit these types of uses. This is a tedious process that does not match the context of the use being permitted. For this reason, the Administration is proposing to repeal the Sidewalk Use District and to establish in its place a new Sidewalk Use Permit chapter. This change also includes moving the design standards for sidewalk cafes to the City’s Street Standards, which are managed by the Public Works Department.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by JOE

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

Puget Sound Energy Up & Go Service Agreement for EV Charger Incentives, Installation, and Maintenance at Public Works, Modified Agreement Amend Previous Motion AB 8841

Carried 7-0

packet pp.423–436

Topics: Climate

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Mar 18, 2024

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Staff report:

The City Council approved the Service Agreement with PSE for the Up & Go program to support installation of PSE owned and maintained EV charging stations at PW at the March 18, 2024 City Council meeting (AB 8802). Since that time, the City Attorney noticed some issues with the agreement approved by the City Council and has recommended the modified agreement come back for City Council approval.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by JOE

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

6. REGULAR BUSINESS

City Hall NW Surplus Property AB 8667

Carried 7-0

Approve Resolution · 20 min · packet pp.437–450

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Jun 5, 2023

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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.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by MARTS

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

Central Issaquah Pioneer Program, Multi-Family Tax Exemption AB 8791

Carried 5-2

Adopt Ordinance · 30 min · packet pp.451–482

Topics: HousingLand UseBudget

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Apr 24, 2023 City Council Regular Meeting · Apr 15, 2024

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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.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HUNT

In favor: Barbara de Michele (Attended virtually for, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Lindsey Walsh

Opposed: Marts, Reh

9. GOOD OF THE ORDER

Upcoming Council Meetings

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0:00 ↗ good evening everyone and welcome to the

0:02 ↗ May 6 city council meeting I'm calling

0:04 ↗ it to order as a reminder we continue to

0:08 ↗ have a remote aspect to our meetings and

0:10 ↗ both staff and members of the public may

0:12 ↗ be participating in tonight's meeting

0:14 ↗ remotely via web acts Deputy council

0:17 ↗ president D Michelle is attending

0:19 ↗ tonight's meeting remotely uh for

0:21 ↗ medical reasons the first item on the

0:23 ↗ agenda is the Pledge of Allegiance and I

0:25 ↗ invite you to join

0:28 ↗ me hi pled alance to the flag of the

0:32 ↗ United States of America to for it

0:36 ↗ stands one

0:38 ↗ nation

0:40 ↗ indivisible

0:45 ↗ andice thank you so we have a very big

0:49 ↗ special business section tonight we joke

0:52 ↗ around that may is the month of

0:54 ↗ proclamations so we have almost a dozen

0:57 ↗ and it is really nice to see so many

0:58 ↗ people in our audience

1:00 ↗ tonight so we will start with the first

1:04 ↗ Proclamation and I don't actually

1:07 ↗ have council member

1:26 ↗ Joe council member Joe the microphone

1:29 ↗ great idea

1:32 ↗ fantastic uh nen Awan is joining us a

1:34 ↗ board member from the local nonprofit

1:36 ↗ the circle thank

1:39 ↗ you Proclamation Asian-American and

1:42 ↗ Pacific Islander heritage month is an

1:44 ↗ annual celebration that recognize the

1:46 ↗ historical and cultural contributions of

1:49 ↗ asian-americans native Hawaiians and

1:51 ↗ Pacific Islanders in creating the

1:53 ↗ American story and we celebrate the

1:57 ↗ growing diversity of isqua with the

1:59 ↗ second largest race being Asian-American

2:01 ↗ residents representing

2:03 ↗ 25.5% of our population diversity brings

2:07 ↗ richness opportunity and growth and the

2:10 ↗ term Asian-American is an umbrella term

2:12 ↗ for the entire Asian continent which

2:14 ↗ embodies an incredibly diverse and vast

2:17 ↗ group of people languages ethnicities

2:20 ↗ and traditions with more than 50

2:22 ↗ different countries and regions

2:25 ↗ included the term Pacific Islander is an

2:27 ↗ umbrella term which embodies an

2:29 ↗ incredibly diverse and vast group of

2:32 ↗ people languages ethnicities and

2:35 ↗ traditions with more than 15 different

2:37 ↗ Pacific island nations included and

2:40 ↗ whereas we acknowledge those

2:42 ↗ contributions of Asian-American groups

2:43 ↗ such as far east Southeast Asia and the

2:47 ↗ Indian subcontinent and contributions of

2:49 ↗ Pacific Islander groups such as Melania

2:53 ↗ Micronesia and

2:54 ↗ Polynesia you guys are mean all these

2:57 ↗ hard words all right Polynesia to to our

3:00 ↗ local Arts education sciences and to our

3:02 ↗ economic and social and Democratic

3:04 ↗ institutions that strengthens our city

3:08 ↗ whereas we admit the past and current

3:10 ↗ hardships for Asian and Pacific

3:13 ↗ Islanders and strive to Foster inclusion

3:16 ↗ to ensure all people have an equal

3:17 ↗ opportunity to live and prosper and we

3:20 ↗ must continue to take proactive stance

3:23 ↗ that seek solutions to address

3:25 ↗ intolerance and disparity they are our

3:28 ↗ neighbors co-workers friends and family

3:32 ↗ and whereas we commit to supporting

3:34 ↗ members in a meaningful Way by paying

3:36 ↗ tribute through education

3:38 ↗ acknowledgement and celebration within

3:40 ↗ our community and whereas we come

3:43 ↗ together as a community in a spirit of

3:45 ↗ unity to celebrate the invaluable

3:47 ↗ contributions that enrich our city with

3:49 ↗ Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage now

3:52 ↗ therefore Mary L paie mayor of the city

3:54 ↗ of isqua does hereby Proclaim May 2024

3:59 ↗ to be Asian American and Pacific

4:01 ↗ Islander Heritage Month in the city of

4:03 ↗ isqua I Ur the community to join in

4:06 ↗ special observance and celebration of

4:08 ↗ Asian-American and Pacific Islander

4:09 ↗ Heritage it witness therefore Mary

4:12 ↗ Paulie has here unto set her hand and

4:15 ↗ sealed the city of isqua this 6th day of

4:18 ↗ May

4:22 ↗ 2024 would you like to say a word or

4:24 ↗ two

4:28 ↗ please thank you so much everyone um as

4:31 ↗ a board member um for the circle as a a

4:36 ↗ Pakistani thank you so much for

4:37 ↗ recognizing the circle during

4:39 ↗ Asian-American and Pacific Islander

4:41 ↗ Heritage Month today we are honored to

4:44 ↗ receive this Proclamation today and to

4:46 ↗ thank you for your continued support to

4:48 ↗ the organization and the people that we

4:50 ↗ serve thank you so much

4:53 ↗ [Applause]

5:07 ↗ you get

5:08 ↗ that thank

5:11 ↗ you I will be presenting the next couple

5:14 ↗ of proclamations so the next one is

5:16 ↗ Jewish American heritage month and I

5:19 ↗ would like to invite Rabbi Barry and Ne

5:22 ↗ farkash to come up and receive the

5:25 ↗ proclamation welcome

5:34 ↗ for nearly 44 years every Congress has

5:37 ↗ authorized and each president of the

5:40 ↗ United States has declared a period of

5:42 ↗ time each year for the celebration of

5:45 ↗ Jewish culture history and contributions

5:47 ↗ to the United States whereas in 2006

5:51 ↗ Congress passed a bipartisan resolution

5:53 ↗ calling on State and local governments

5:56 ↗ and the people of the United States to

5:58 ↗ observe a full month in which American

6:00 ↗ Jewish history is

6:02 ↗ celebrated and whereas the month of May

6:04 ↗ has since been recognized as National

6:06 ↗ Jewish American Heritage Month a time to

6:09 ↗ honor and celebrate the countless

6:11 ↗ contributions of Jewish

6:12 ↗ Americans and

6:14 ↗ whereas while anti-Semitism has been

6:17 ↗ rising at an alarming rate in our

6:19 ↗ country and many cities are experiencing

6:21 ↗ an increase in anti-semitic incidents we

6:24 ↗ must continue to create conditions that

6:26 ↗ allow our communities to be safe healthy

6:30 ↗ vital we offer hope and optimism through

6:33 ↗ the celebration of the vibrant Heritage

6:35 ↗ of Jewish Americans recognizing our

6:37 ↗ community is enriched by contributions

6:40 ↗ of Jewish Americans through the Arts

6:42 ↗ education and Sciences as well as to our

6:45 ↗ economic social and Democratic

6:47 ↗ institutions whereas we come together as

6:50 ↗ a community in a spirit of unity to

6:52 ↗ celebrate the invaluable contributions

6:54 ↗ that enrich our city I Mary L PA Mary of

6:58 ↗ the city of isqua do hear by proclaim

7:00 ↗ the month of May 2024 the Jewish

7:03 ↗ American heritage month and I'd like to

7:05 ↗ offer Rabbi Barry an opportunity for

7:07 ↗ some

7:11 ↗ comments thank you mayor Paulie thank

7:14 ↗ you is is city

7:17 ↗ council um for the past 20

7:21 ↗ years this was the place that we called

7:24 ↗ a

7:25 ↗ home in the past 20 years we celebrate

7:29 ↗ in this City Our

7:31 ↗ Heritage together with the many Jewish

7:33 ↗ residents of

7:34 ↗ isqua we celebrated alongside isqua

7:38 ↗ Mayors starting with mayor Eva fringer

7:41 ↗ who welcomed us to

7:43 ↗ town and the love and respect that the

7:46 ↗ Jewish Community I am their Rabbi the

7:49 ↗ last 20 years I've received from this

7:52 ↗ city was felt at every holiday every

7:56 ↗ event especially when we put up 20 years

8:00 ↗ ago the monora on Front Street it

8:02 ↗ brought in so much love and light to the

8:04 ↗ Jewish

8:04 ↗ community in this times and Jewish

8:08 ↗ people and members of the Jewish

8:11 ↗ Community are unfortunately verbally

8:13 ↗ assaulted on the

8:15 ↗ streets and our children in the school

8:18 ↗ district are

8:20 ↗ struggling with some really

8:22 ↗ old-fashioned

8:23 ↗ anti-Semitism it is so much more valued

8:26 ↗ and important to receive this

8:27 ↗ Proclamation this year

8:30 ↗ your love and support are very much

8:34 ↗ appreciated I would like to personally

8:36 ↗ thank the mayor for being

8:39 ↗ proactive in dealing with the many

8:41 ↗ challenges that came up in the past few

8:43 ↗ months since October

8:45 ↗ 7th may God bless this

8:48 ↗ assembly continue being a Shining Light

8:51 ↗ and fulfilling Commandment that God

8:54 ↗ Almighty gave Noah and his children

8:56 ↗ after the great flood make this universe

9:00 ↗ a civilized World a place for peace and

9:04 ↗ safety For All Mankind God bless you God

9:09 ↗ bless you all

9:13 ↗ [Applause]

9:33 ↗ the next Proclamation this evening is

9:34 ↗ for small business month and I'd like to

9:37 ↗ invite badur brisha from Morgan

9:39 ↗ cosmetics and Melanie Norton from the US

9:41 ↗ small business administration the

9:43 ↗ Seattle District

9:45 ↗ director thank you both for coming

9:50 ↗ tonight especially love it when we get

9:53 ↗ people from the small business

9:54 ↗ administration this is very cool thank

9:56 ↗ you for doing

9:57 ↗ this so whereas the president of the

9:59 ↗ United States has proclaimed National

10:02 ↗ Small Business Week every year in May

10:04 ↗ Since 1963 to highlight the programs and

10:07 ↗ services available to Entre

10:09 ↗ entrepreneurs through the US small

10:11 ↗ business administration and other

10:12 ↗ government agencies whereas according to

10:15 ↗ the United States small business

10:17 ↗ administration there are 33.2 million

10:20 ↗ small businesses in the United States

10:22 ↗ and these small businesses are

10:24 ↗ responsible for

10:25 ↗ 62% of net new jobs created since 1990 5

10:30 ↗ whereas entrepreneurship continued to be

10:32 ↗ one of the best Pathways to the American

10:34 ↗ dream evidenced by the historic small

10:36 ↗ business boom with a record 16.5 million

10:40 ↗ Americans applying to start a business

10:41 ↗ since January of 2021 including 5.5

10:45 ↗ Million last year and whereas the city

10:47 ↗ of isqua is home to a wide variety of

10:50 ↗ businesses including the 2024 small

10:53 ↗ business exporter of the Year Morgan

10:55 ↗ Cosmetics whereas the city of isqua

10:57 ↗ celebrates our local small business

10:59 ↗ businesses and entrepreneurs and the

11:00 ↗ contributions they make to our local

11:02 ↗ economy and

11:03 ↗ Community now therefore I Mary Le the

11:06 ↗ mayor of the city of isqua do hereby

11:08 ↗ proclaim the month of May to be small

11:09 ↗ business month in the city of isqua and

11:12 ↗ I urge all community members to join in

11:14 ↗ special observance and celebration of

11:16 ↗ Visa small businesses and entrepreneurs

11:19 ↗ thank you I also want to acknowledge too

11:21 ↗ that we have our economic development

11:22 ↗ team here so you guys want to raise your

11:25 ↗ hand thank thank you very much for

11:27 ↗ coming I'd love to have you in the

11:28 ↗ picture

11:29 ↗ but I'm going to turn it over for

11:39 ↗ comments hello everyone I U I'm honored

11:43 ↗ to presentes Morgan Cosmetics today as

11:45 ↗ we celebrate uh um being selected as the

11:49 ↗ SBA exporter of the Year 2024 um

11:52 ↗ exporter of the year I'm stepping in for

11:55 ↗ Basher who's currently um at the US

11:58 ↗ Africa

12:00 ↗ Africa business

12:01 ↗ Summit and we're we're actually so

12:05 ↗ grateful that the city of isaka for for

12:08 ↗ this recognition um it's a testament to

12:11 ↗ a hard work and dedication of our our

12:13 ↗ team theer's Vision has always been to

12:16 ↗ make to make a positive impact um

12:20 ↗ through small business like ours this

12:23 ↗ Proclamation not only honors Morgan

12:25 ↗ Cosmetics but also uh but also

12:28 ↗ highlights the importance of supporting

12:30 ↗ small businesses in our community

12:33 ↗ um we want to thank everyone uh who has

12:37 ↗ been in our journey our customers

12:40 ↗ employees and our partners with their

12:43 ↗ support none of this would would would

12:45 ↗ have been possible in accepting in

12:48 ↗ accepting this Proclamation we celebrate

12:50 ↗ not just success but also the vibrant

12:53 ↗ Spirit of Entre entrepreneurship in

12:56 ↗ isaka thank you to the city of isaka for

12:59 ↗ this for this honor we look forward to

13:02 ↗ continuing um our journey together thank

13:06 ↗ [Applause]

13:11 ↗ you yeah well thank you I just want to

13:13 ↗ say congratulations again to Morgan

13:15 ↗ Cosmetics they are a phenomenal example

13:18 ↗ of the many wonderful businesses that

13:19 ↗ are right here in isqua um one of the

13:22 ↗ businesses that you know as you heard in

13:23 ↗ the proclamation creating two out of

13:25 ↗ three Net new jobs powering about half

13:27 ↗ of the economic power that is in the

13:29 ↗ country small businesses are vital to

13:32 ↗ our downtown and to our communities as

13:34 ↗ well so we appreciate everyone that is

13:36 ↗ here to support small businesses we also

13:39 ↗ want to thank the small businesses for

13:41 ↗ taking the leap into entrepreneurship it

13:44 ↗ is not easy for anyone that knows

13:46 ↗ firsthand it's uh a lot of work a lot of

13:49 ↗ heart um and it can sometimes feel

13:52 ↗ lonely when there's so much went on your

13:54 ↗ shoulders with helping your clients

13:56 ↗ supporting your um your employees and

13:58 ↗ and making a business profitable so I I

14:01 ↗ hope that there's a takeaway for the

14:03 ↗ small businesses here in aaqua that

14:05 ↗ between your Economic Development

14:07 ↗ Department and your partners at the

14:08 ↗ small business administration you're not

14:10 ↗ alone and we're here to support you

14:13 ↗ because we want to see you succeed

14:14 ↗ that's what gets us up every morning um

14:16 ↗ and just a a little highlight on Morgan

14:19 ↗ Cosmetics um for being awarded as the

14:21 ↗ Seattle District um which serves

14:24 ↗ Washington State northern Idaho they

14:26 ↗ were the exporter of the year but they

14:27 ↗ were also selected as Regional uh

14:30 ↗ Pacific Northwest exporter of the Year

14:32 ↗ from businesses ac across Washington

14:34 ↗ Oregon Idaho and Alaska making them one

14:36 ↗ of 10 finalists in The Nation so um

14:39 ↗ certainly something to be proud of

14:41 ↗ certainly taking advantage of uh the 95%

14:44 ↗ of potential customers that live outside

14:46 ↗ of the US and and serving those right

14:48 ↗ here in your backyard um there's there's

14:51 ↗ certainly opportunity that we want to

14:53 ↗ support so thank you for giving us the

14:55 ↗ opportunity to be here tonight

14:59 ↗ okay team come on up

15:55 ↗ our next Proclamation this evening will

15:57 ↗ be council member Joe gain Economic

15:59 ↗ Development week Proclamation if I could

16:02 ↗ have John Hayes come up

16:07 ↗ please and Juliana de de Cruz and

16:14 ↗ Fel I have the great pleasure of working

16:16 ↗ with this team uh as the ltac chair

16:20 ↗ lodging tax advisory committee um I'm

16:24 ↗ very excited by the ideas that they come

16:27 ↗ up with every meeting and the ability to

16:30 ↗ kind of stretch what what might be

16:33 ↗ possible and try to find uh economic

16:36 ↗ Vitality avenues that might not have

16:39 ↗ been tried anywhere else but we're going

16:40 ↗ to try them here in isqua and I

16:42 ↗ appreciate janitor

16:44 ↗ team

16:47 ↗ Proclamation whereas the international

16:49 ↗ Economic Development Council created

16:50 ↗ Economic Development week to increase

16:52 ↗ awareness of local programs and economic

16:55 ↗ development professionals that create

16:56 ↗ jobs Advanced Career Development

16:58 ↗ opportuni ities and improve the quality

17:00 ↗ of life in communities across the globe

17:03 ↗ and whereas the isqua where whereas

17:06 ↗ isqua Economic Development professionals

17:08 ↗ promote economic well-being and high

17:10 ↗ quality of life for isqua by creating

17:12 ↗ retaining and expanding jobs that

17:14 ↗ facilitate growth enhance wealth and

17:17 ↗ provide a stable tax base and whereas

17:20 ↗ isqua Economic Development professionals

17:23 ↗ incubate entrepreneurism in order to

17:26 ↗ help establish the next generation of

17:28 ↗ new businesses

17:29 ↗ which is the Hallmark of the American

17:31 ↗ economy and whereas isqua Economic

17:34 ↗ Development professionals work in a wide

17:37 ↗ variety of settings and topics across

17:39 ↗ our community including arts and culture

17:42 ↗ sustainability Transportation

17:43 ↗ Redevelopment Public Safety Human

17:45 ↗ Services outdoor recreation and others

17:49 ↗ and whereas isqua Economic Development

17:52 ↗ professionals partner with organizations

17:54 ↗ and other public agencies including

17:56 ↗ greater isqua Chamber of Commerce

17:59 ↗ Downtown isqua Association visit isqua

18:02 ↗ Gilman Village Merchants Association

18:05 ↗ isqua Highlands Council Port of Seattle

18:08 ↗ Greater Seattle Partners reach and East

18:11 ↗ Side cities to name a few to ensure a

18:13 ↗ flourishing economy now therefore Mary

18:16 ↗ LLY mayor of the city of Visa does

18:18 ↗ proclaim May 6 May 6 to the 10th to be

18:22 ↗ Economic Development week

18:27 ↗ congratulations I won't say but I thank

18:29 ↗ you all for your support of Economic

18:30 ↗ Development and our staff really we

18:32 ↗ couldn't do the things we could are

18:34 ↗ doing without your support and uh the

18:36 ↗ entrepreneurs in our community and we're

18:38 ↗ really excited we're going to be

18:39 ↗ launching an economic development video

18:40 ↗ this week uh to celebrate small business

18:42 ↗ month all of May and continue to to uh

18:45 ↗ help our businesses throughout the

18:49 ↗ community all right let's go out here

18:51 ↗ another picture

19:05 ↗ thank you thank you council member Joe

19:08 ↗ our next Proclamation this evening will

19:10 ↗ be presented by I council member Ray and

19:15 ↗ it is the public service recognition

19:17 ↗ week Proclamation thank you council

19:19 ↗ member Ray thank you mayor Paulie

19:21 ↗ Stephanie uh HR Director Stephanie

19:23 ↗ Johnson if you could join me um whereas

19:26 ↗ the city of isqua employees elected and

19:29 ↗ appointed officials and volunteers are

19:31 ↗ instrumental in making our community

19:33 ↗ more sustainable vibrant connected and

19:35 ↗ safe and whereas by celebrating Public

19:38 ↗ Services recognition week a nationally

19:41 ↗ celebrated ever since

19:44 ↗ 1985 we honor the public servants who

19:46 ↗ serve the community and its residents

19:48 ↗ business and visitors and whereas the

19:51 ↗ esqua community receiv services every

19:53 ↗ day by public employees who serve in a

19:56 ↗ variety of valuable roles

19:59 ↗ uh including Administration parks and

20:01 ↗ community service Community Planning and

20:03 ↗ Development Public Works police fire

20:05 ↗ Municipal Court Finance Executive

20:08 ↗ Administrative services and whereas

20:11 ↗ creativity diversity of perspective of

20:14 ↗ our elected and appointed officials

20:15 ↗ informs and vies the work of the city

20:18 ↗ and are integral to the quality of

20:19 ↗ services and life in our community and

20:22 ↗ whereas the Effectiveness and efficiency

20:25 ↗ of government depends largely on public

20:26 ↗ employees and volunteers who serve

20:28 ↗ isqua's

20:30 ↗ community and whereas the city of isqua

20:32 ↗ public servants strive to provide

20:34 ↗ excellent And Timely customer services

20:35 ↗ to Residents businesses visitors to the

20:38 ↗ city of isqua and city of isqua

20:41 ↗ employees elected elected and appointed

20:43 ↗ officials and volunteers work every day

20:45 ↗ to make our community more sustainable

20:47 ↗ vibrant connected and safe now therefore

20:50 ↗ Mary L parley mayor of the city of esqua

20:53 ↗ does hereby Proclaim May 5th through the

20:56 ↗ 11th to be Public Services recognition

20:58 ↗ week in the city of isqua and invites

21:01 ↗ the community to join us in thanking

21:03 ↗ Public Services employees elected and

21:05 ↗ appointed officials and volunteers for

21:07 ↗ their service and outstanding

21:11 ↗ contributions

21:13 ↗ Stephanie thank you um thank you Council

21:17 ↗ thank you mayor ply thank you also City

21:18 ↗ administrator Bob quits um we have some

21:21 ↗ really fabulous employees in the city of

21:24 ↗ isqua and so I have the privilege of

21:26 ↗ sitting in on a lot of different

21:27 ↗ interview processes and our number one

21:30 ↗ applicant question is uh to a panel uh

21:34 ↗ what makes you you know want to stay

21:35 ↗ here at is aam what makes you work at as

21:37 ↗ a qua and the number one answer every

21:39 ↗ time is the people um we really have

21:42 ↗ some really great people uh that make

21:44 ↗ this city run um and so I'm so

21:47 ↗ appreciative of them one of the things

21:49 ↗ we've been working on uh in our employee

21:51 ↗ experience plan one of of the Strategic

21:53 ↗ items is how we build our recognition

21:56 ↗ muscle so these weeks are really

21:58 ↗ important and we're going to do some fun

21:59 ↗ stuff for staff this week but um we've

22:02 ↗ instituted stay interviews um we're

22:04 ↗ highlighting staff when they hit mil

22:06 ↗ Stones we're bringing awareness to

22:08 ↗ anniversaries we're doing more employee

22:11 ↗ surveys we're really doing a lot um I'm

22:14 ↗ of the belief that recognition equals

22:16 ↗ retention so I'm also um really pleased

22:19 ↗ to you know report out that over the

22:21 ↗ last couple years 2023 um to uh or

22:24 ↗ excuse me 2021 to 2023 numbers we've uh

22:28 ↗ reduced boed our turnover by half and I

22:30 ↗ really think it's um all the things that

22:32 ↗ we do each uh each day to recognize our

22:34 ↗ employees so thank

22:36 ↗ you thank

22:38 ↗ [Applause]

22:41 ↗ you I say I say bring

22:45 ↗ everybody Public Works public employees

22:48 ↗ let's

22:50 ↗ go otherwise everybody think we have one

22:53 ↗ public

22:54 ↗ EMP nice I like

22:57 ↗ it we'll just stand up behind you there

23:00 ↗ you go we'll

23:07 ↗ stand yeah two more two

23:10 ↗ more two

23:14 ↗ [Laughter]

23:16 ↗ [Music]

23:18 ↗ more okay tighten up shoulder you turn a

23:21 ↗ little yeah there you go there you

23:26 ↗ go you guys coming up

23:33 ↗ that's a better

23:43 ↗ [Applause]

23:47 ↗ [Laughter]

23:52 ↗ picture great idea thank you very much

23:56 ↗ uh council member Ray and Stephanie the

23:59 ↗ next up is council member hunt who will

24:01 ↗ be pre presenting the professional

24:03 ↗ Municipal Clerk's week's Proclamation

24:06 ↗ remember

24:22 ↗ hunt so clerk Grabowski is joining us

24:25 ↗ virtually and clerk is here to receive

24:27 ↗ this Proclamation and first I just

24:28 ↗ wanted to take a moment um personally to

24:31 ↗ thank you for all of your help with our

24:33 ↗ Council meetings ensuring that we're

24:34 ↗ following the rules and able to do our

24:36 ↗ job efficiently and also all of your

24:38 ↗ help facilitating Community

24:39 ↗ participation in all of our local

24:41 ↗ government processes I know I speak for

24:43 ↗ all of us when I say we really

24:45 ↗ appreciate what you

24:46 ↗ do whereas the office of the

24:49 ↗ professional municipal clerk a

24:50 ↗ time-honored and vital part of local

24:52 ↗ government exists throughout the world

24:53 ↗ and is the oldest profession among

24:55 ↗ public servants and whereas the Office

24:58 ↗ of the professional municipal clerk

25:00 ↗ provides the professional link between

25:01 ↗ citizens local governing bodies and

25:04 ↗ agencies of government at other levels

25:06 ↗ and whereas the municipal clerks have

25:09 ↗ pledged to be ever mindful of their

25:11 ↗ neutrality and impartiality rendering

25:14 ↗ equal service to all and whereas the

25:16 ↗ professional Municipal clerks serves as

25:18 ↗ the information center on functions of

25:20 ↗ local government and community and

25:23 ↗ whereas Municipal clerks continually

25:25 ↗ strive to improve the administration of

25:27 ↗ the Affairs of the Prof profession

25:28 ↗ through participation in education

25:31 ↗ programs seminars workshops and the

25:33 ↗ annual meeting of their state provincial

25:36 ↗ County and international professional

25:38 ↗ organizations and whereas it is most

25:41 ↗ appropriate that we recognize the

25:42 ↗ accomplishments and contributions of the

25:44 ↗ professionals who serve in isqua's city

25:46 ↗ clerk's office now therefore I on behalf

25:49 ↗ of mayor Mary L city of isqua do

25:52 ↗ recognize the week of May 5th through

25:55 ↗ the 11th as professional Municipal

25:57 ↗ Clerk's week in the city of isqua and I

25:59 ↗ invite the community to join me in

26:01 ↗ thanking the city clerk's office for

26:02 ↗ their service and outstanding

26:09 ↗ contributions um so on behalf of Chris

26:12 ↗ and Tammy Miller who couldn't be with us

26:14 ↗ tonight and myself thank you so much um

26:16 ↗ as you heard this is a very longstanding

26:18 ↗ role in local government and one that we

26:21 ↗ um feel that responsibility for and we

26:24 ↗ take that really seriously and I think

26:26 ↗ we're all um very proud to be stewards

26:28 ↗ of the city clerk uh work in isqua so

26:31 ↗ thank you so

26:32 ↗ much thank

26:34 ↗ [Applause]

26:48 ↗ you thank you very uh kind words from

26:53 ↗ council member hunt on our Clerk's

26:54 ↗ Department thank you all uh the next uh

26:57 ↗ Proclamation

26:58 ↗ 7th out of 11th just in case you're

27:00 ↗ wondering where we are is council member

27:02 ↗ Hall and it is the drinking water week

27:04 ↗ Proclamation thank you and I'd like to

27:06 ↗ invite our director of Public Works

27:08 ↗ Emily moon to come up with

27:11 ↗ me all right uh whereas for more than 40

27:15 ↗ years the American Waterworks

27:17 ↗ Association and its members have used

27:18 ↗ drinking water week as a unique

27:20 ↗ opportunity for both water Professionals

27:22 ↗ in the communities they serve to

27:24 ↗ recognize the vital role water plays in

27:26 ↗ our daily lives and and whereas water is

27:29 ↗ our most valuable natural resource and

27:31 ↗ drinking water serves a vital role in

27:33 ↗ daily life serving an essential purpose

27:35 ↗ to health hydration and hygiene and

27:38 ↗ whereas tap water delivers Public Health

27:41 ↗ protection fire protection and support

27:43 ↗ for our economy and whereas the hard

27:46 ↗ work performed by the entire water

27:47 ↗ sector is vital to maintaining and

27:49 ↗ protecting this essential resource and

27:52 ↗ isqua's public works department staff

27:54 ↗ and operators work to ensure the safety

27:57 ↗ and quality of drinking water and

27:58 ↗ maintain the infrastructure we all rely

28:00 ↗ on and whereas we are all stewards of

28:04 ↗ the water infrastructure upon which

28:06 ↗ current and future Generations Depend

28:09 ↗ and whereas the issaqua community is

28:11 ↗ called upon to protect our source Waters

28:13 ↗ from pollution and practice water

28:16 ↗ conservation now therefore Mary L PA the

28:18 ↗ mayor of the city of ISAT does hereby

28:20 ↗ proclaim the week of May 5th through

28:23 ↗ 11th to be drinking water week in the

28:25 ↗ city of isqua and we invite the

28:27 ↗ community to join us and thanking the

28:28 ↗ public servants that protect and

28:29 ↗ maintain our wome systems and ask

28:32 ↗ everyone to do their part in conserving

28:34 ↗ and protecting this vital natural

28:36 ↗ resource thank you very much and

28:38 ↗ director Moon why don't you come

28:40 ↗ up feel like I should have brought a

28:42 ↗ prop so that we could all have a toast

28:44 ↗ but I I just didn't think of it in time

28:47 ↗ very good uh I I just want to say thank

28:49 ↗ you on behalf of all the employees in

28:51 ↗ the public works department particularly

28:53 ↗ in our Water Division uh last year we

28:55 ↗ provided over a billion gons water to

28:59 ↗ the community and we did so through 147

29:03 ↗ miles of water main 22 reservoirs 13

29:08 ↗ booster pump stations I could go on and

29:10 ↗ on it's a lot to take care of they do a

29:13 ↗ tremendous job and I'm very proud of

29:15 ↗ that work and happy to be an isqua

29:17 ↗ resident where I get to drink that clean

29:19 ↗ water thank you very much thank you

29:38 ↗ I'll be presenting the next Proclamation

29:40 ↗ for correctional officers week

29:43 ↗ Proclamation and I'd like to invite

29:44 ↗ acting Corporal Michael Watson to come

29:46 ↗ and join me and police chief

29:53 ↗ Schwan come

29:59 ↗ whereas the city of isqua's dedicated

30:01 ↗ Corrections Officers are essential to

30:03 ↗ our justice system and whereas much is

30:06 ↗ expected from the men and women who

30:08 ↗ every day supervise offenders in

30:10 ↗ correctional facilities and without

30:12 ↗ whose daily hard work and sacrifices we

30:14 ↗ could not operate and whereas

30:17 ↗ Corrections Officers are skilled

30:18 ↗ professionals who must act as counselors

30:21 ↗ communicators Educators and experts at

30:24 ↗ Crisis Intervention and must protect our

30:27 ↗ safety well maintaining their

30:28 ↗ professional demeanor often in a very

30:31 ↗ challenging environment whereas

30:33 ↗ Corrections Officers must possess the

30:35 ↗ intuitive sense to resolve conflict and

30:38 ↗ support restorative activities while

30:40 ↗ housing offenders in a Humane

30:42 ↗ environment often to the risk of their

30:44 ↗ own well-being and whereas all are

30:47 ↗ committed to a common goal the secure

30:49 ↗ safe and Humane operation of our jail

30:51 ↗ facility where employees work to reduce

30:53 ↗ future crime and change an individual's

30:56 ↗ criminal Behavior now therefore I Mary L

30:59 ↗ paully the mayor of the city of isqua

31:01 ↗ you hereby proclaim the week of May 5th

31:03 ↗ to 11th to be Corrections Officers week

31:06 ↗ in the city of isqua and invite the

31:08 ↗ community to join me in thanking the

31:09 ↗ city's Corrections Officers for their

31:11 ↗ service and outstanding contribution

31:13 ↗ than

31:17 ↗ everyone thank you Council Madame mayor

31:20 ↗ and City administrator Bob

31:22 ↗ ktz the Corrections Officers in our city

31:26 ↗ are basically off unnoticed a lot of our

31:28 ↗ citizens don't even know we have a jail

31:30 ↗ and we have a 72-bed jail in our

31:32 ↗ facility who on an average has a

31:35 ↗ population of anywhere from 35 to 72 and

31:38 ↗ so on a regular basis the Corrections

31:40 ↗ Officers are down there on a daily basis

31:41 ↗ keeping those in the community safe

31:44 ↗ attending to their needs as well as um

31:47 ↗ following what the rules of the Court

31:48 ↗ are and helping out our community which

31:50 ↗ makes the officers have the ability to

31:52 ↗ do their jobs better and having

31:53 ↗ somewhere for them to go that's local

31:55 ↗ and that is a big part of what they do

31:58 ↗ and they are very unseen they're in the

32:01 ↗ basement of our facility people often

32:03 ↗ don't know what they do day in and day

32:05 ↗ out and I can't thank the council and

32:07 ↗ the city enough for the support that

32:09 ↗ we've seen regularly and a consistent

32:11 ↗ basis for what they do want

32:15 ↗ to I'd like to thank the mayor Chief and

32:17 ↗ city council for the recognition and

32:19 ↗ appreciation and support you guys show

32:21 ↗ us you

32:23 ↗ [Applause]

32:45 ↗ calling council member hunt back up for

32:47 ↗ water safety month

32:53 ↗ Proclamation like to invite up aquatic

32:55 ↗ supervisor Zach listen please

33:06 ↗ whereas National water safety month is

33:08 ↗ celebrated annually through the efforts

33:10 ↗ of several key organizations including

33:12 ↗ the American Red Cross and the national

33:15 ↗ Recreation and Parks Association and

33:17 ↗ whereas the city of isqua is committed

33:19 ↗ to promoting Healthy Lifestyles and

33:21 ↗ providing opportunities for community

33:23 ↗ members to engage in safe and enjoyable

33:25 ↗ recreation activities while active

33:28 ↗ working to create a more diverse

33:29 ↗ Equitable and inclusive community and

33:31 ↗ whereas swimming and Aquatic related

33:33 ↗ activities play a vital role in

33:35 ↗ improving physical and mental health and

33:36 ↗ enhancing the quality of life for people

33:38 ↗ of all ages abilities races ethnicities

33:41 ↗ genders sexual orientations and

33:43 ↗ socioeconomic backgrounds and whereas

33:45 ↗ the Julius bone pool and Aquatic

33:47 ↗ programs offered by the city of isqua

33:49 ↗ provide a valuable resource for the

33:51 ↗ community and whereas the parks and

33:53 ↗ Community Services aquatic team support

33:55 ↗ a variety of programming swim lessons

33:57 ↗ drop in activities lap and public swim

34:00 ↗ facility rentals lifeguard and CPR

34:02 ↗ classes and other special activities and

34:05 ↗ whereas the city's well-trained staff

34:07 ↗ Who deliver these programs are essential

34:08 ↗ to the promotion of water safety by

34:11 ↗ providing aquatic activities in a safe

34:13 ↗ responsible and inclusive manner that

34:15 ↗ respects the dignity and worth of all

34:17 ↗ individuals now therefore I on behalf of

34:20 ↗ mayor Mary L mayor of the city of isqua

34:22 ↗ do hereby proclaim the month of May to

34:24 ↗ be water safety month in the city of

34:26 ↗ isqua and I invite the to join me in

34:28 ↗ thanking isqua's aquatic staff for their

34:30 ↗ service and outstanding contributions to

34:32 ↗ this

34:37 ↗ effort I think the mic's

34:40 ↗ off here we

34:45 ↗ go I mean I could just be

34:48 ↗ loud on behalf of the other leaders at

34:51 ↗ the pool Cliff eer Devin snow Tammy

34:54 ↗ changen and the 60 plus hardworking

34:56 ↗ lifeguards and women instructors who

34:59 ↗ make this work happen every day we just

35:00 ↗ want to say thank you and we appreciate

35:03 ↗ it thank you Zach thank you council

35:18 ↗ member thank you uh council president

35:22 ↗ Walsh will now be giving the affordable

35:24 ↗ housing week Proclamation and this is

35:26 ↗ number 10 out of 11

35:33 ↗ it looks like our long ring planning

35:36 ↗ manager Steven Padua is on the way up so

35:39 ↗ that is fantastic thank

35:41 ↗ you uh whereas all people should have

35:44 ↗ access to safe healthy and affordable

35:47 ↗ homes within communities that provide

35:49 ↗ opportunity and whereas the US

35:51 ↗ Department of Housing and Urban

35:53 ↗ Development HUD defines affordable

35:56 ↗ housing as housing on which the occupant

35:59 ↗ is paying no more than 30% of gross

36:02 ↗ income for housing costs including

36:04 ↗ utilities and whereas the Department of

36:06 ↗ Commerce projects that by 2044 King

36:09 ↗ County needs nearly

36:12 ↗ 200,000 net new housing units for

36:15 ↗ households at or below 80% area median

36:18 ↗ income and whereas Studies have found

36:21 ↗ that each $100 increase in median rent

36:24 ↗ results in a 15% increase in home

36:27 ↗ homelessness in Metro areas and a 39%

36:30 ↗ increase in homelessness in nearby

36:32 ↗ suburbs and rural areas and whereas the

36:36 ↗ covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated many

36:39 ↗ existing Financial constraints for low

36:41 ↗ and moderate income households and

36:44 ↗ whereas the CDC recognizes safe healthy

36:47 ↗ and affordable housing within

36:48 ↗ communities of opportunity as key social

36:51 ↗ determinant of health and whereas

36:54 ↗ everyone benefits from affordable

36:56 ↗ housing including the people who reside

36:58 ↗ in these properties their neighbors

37:00 ↗ businesses employers and the community

37:02 ↗ as a whole and whereas United to raise

37:05 ↗ public awareness people organizations

37:08 ↗ and communities throughout King County

37:10 ↗ are participating in local affordable

37:12 ↗ housing week activities to elevate the

37:15 ↗ critical need to create Healthy

37:17 ↗ Communities with ample affordable

37:18 ↗ housing now therefore I on behalf of

37:21 ↗ mayor Mary Lou poly mayor of the city of

37:24 ↗ isqua to hereby Proclaim May 12th to

37:27 ↗ 18th to be affordable housing week in

37:30 ↗ the city of isqua the city of isqua

37:32 ↗ endorses the goals objectives and

37:34 ↗ purposes of the of affordable housing

37:36 ↗ week and in doing so recommits itself to

37:39 ↗ ensuring that our community thrives with

37:41 ↗ opportunity and that all people in it

37:44 ↗ live with dignity in safe healthy and

37:47 ↗ affordable

37:48 ↗ homes do you want to say few

37:52 ↗ words thank you mayor Paulie and thank

37:54 ↗ you City Council Members um as indic get

37:57 ↗ it in the proclamation portable housing

37:59 ↗ is a very major issue in our region and

38:01 ↗ throughout the nation and it's only

38:03 ↗ because all of our communities come

38:05 ↗ together and put a lot of effort into

38:06 ↗ getting more housing opportunities that

38:08 ↗ people have or more people have a home

38:13 ↗ that they can go to every day and so um

38:17 ↗ with it within the isar community it

38:20 ↗ also takes a village and I want to thank

38:22 ↗ a lot of our staff um Jen Davis Hazen

38:25 ↗ Economic Development um Monica negrilla

38:28 ↗ and Hannah Roberts in human services

38:30 ↗ mini Dolly wall Kristen Leon and Valley

38:32 ↗ Porter in community Planning and

38:34 ↗ Development I I'm honored to work with

38:36 ↗ these brilliant individuals to find more

38:38 ↗ opportunities for housing and it's only

38:40 ↗ with a lot of our efforts uh together

38:43 ↗ that we can u pull pull that and Achieve

38:45 ↗ our city goals for affordable housing

38:47 ↗ thank

38:49 ↗ [Applause]

38:53 ↗ you thank you council president thank

38:55 ↗ you Stephen

39:03 ↗ and yes we are at number 11 of 11 thank

39:06 ↗ you council member Marts for presenting

39:08 ↗ the Police Week

39:11 ↗ Proclamation yes and I'd like to invite

39:13 ↗ Chief Schwan to join me at the

39:20 ↗ de whereas in 1962 President Kennedy

39:24 ↗ proclaimed May 15th as National peace

39:26 ↗ officers Memorial Day and the calendar

39:29 ↗ week in which May 15th Falls as National

39:32 ↗ Police Week and whereas the members of

39:34 ↗ the law enforcement agency of the city

39:36 ↗ of isqua play an important role in

39:39 ↗ safeguarding the rights and freedoms of

39:41 ↗ our community members and whereas our

39:44 ↗ Police Department serves the People by

39:46 ↗ safeguarding life and property

39:48 ↗ protecting them against violence or

39:49 ↗ disorder and protecting the innocent

39:51 ↗ against deception and the weak against

39:54 ↗ oppression or intimidation and whereas

39:57 ↗ our police department has grown to be a

39:58 ↗ modern and scientific law enforcement

40:01 ↗ agency which unceasingly provides a

40:03 ↗ vital public service now therefore the

40:06 ↗ city of isqua does hereby proclaim the

40:08 ↗ week of May 12th to the 18th to be

40:10 ↗ Police Week in the city of isqua and I

40:13 ↗ invite the community to join me in

40:14 ↗ thanking the isqua police department for

40:16 ↗ their service and outstanding

40:23 ↗ contributions thank you again Council

40:25 ↗ Madam mayor City administrator Bob

40:28 ↗ quitz I've been chief for almost three

40:30 ↗ years here now and one of the reasons I

40:33 ↗ Stay is because of the people like

40:35 ↗ director Johnson had mentioned um the

40:37 ↗ support that the city gives is greatly

40:39 ↗ appreciated on a daily basis and the

40:43 ↗ people that the men and women that work

40:44 ↗ here in our department are dedicated to

40:46 ↗ the community and none of them reside

40:48 ↗ here yet they come here every day to

40:50 ↗ support the 40,000 people that reside

40:53 ↗ here in the evening and all the people

40:54 ↗ that also work and play here and so um

40:56 ↗ they were I have three that were going

40:58 ↗ to be here tonight to even help the

40:59 ↗ recognition but they're out doing their

41:01 ↗ jobs um with an unruly customer as well

41:04 ↗ as um a lot of calls for service so I

41:06 ↗ appreciate them and on I accept this on

41:08 ↗ behalf of them and I can't say thank you

41:09 ↗ enough for all our staff and the great

41:12 ↗ work and professionalism that they take

41:13 ↗ on every day thank you

41:28 ↗ thank you very much council member marz

41:30 ↗ and Chief and all of the council members

41:32 ↗ who helped to provide um the

41:34 ↗ proclamations this evening if people

41:36 ↗ want to know what local government does

41:38 ↗ you covered about six of the bases here

41:40 ↗ tonight not all of them but six so um

41:42 ↗ great work thank you very much um we're

41:45 ↗ going to move on to audience comments

41:47 ↗ which is the time members of the public

41:49 ↗ May address council at this time in

41:51 ↗ person or virtually also anybody who's

41:54 ↗ here for proclamations would like to

41:55 ↗ leave has free to leave whenever you

41:57 ↗ want to leave just want to make sure you

41:59 ↗ don't feel like you're trapped um those

42:01 ↗ who signed up in advance for public

42:03 ↗ comments uh will be called on first if

42:06 ↗ you are joining us virtually and would

42:08 ↗ like to make comments please raise your

42:09 ↗ virtual hand or send the host to chat if

42:12 ↗ you're on the phone press star three if

42:15 ↗ you have joined by computer or

42:16 ↗ smartphone look for a hand icon and if

42:18 ↗ you're not in the room and did not sign

42:20 ↗ up I will still ask for other speakers

42:22 ↗ before closing this portion of the

42:23 ↗ meeting L has anyone signed up to speak

42:26 ↗ for General audience comments are

42:28 ↗ indicated a desire this evening yes

42:30 ↗ thank you so if you are making comments

42:33 ↗ please um you are invited to address the

42:35 ↗ council regarding matters that are

42:37 ↗ directly related to isqua programs

42:39 ↗ projects services or events comments

42:42 ↗ related to political campaigns are not

42:44 ↗ permitted please direct comments to the

42:47 ↗ whole Council and not individuals while

42:49 ↗ this is not a question and answer

42:51 ↗ session we will contact you to follow up

42:53 ↗ if

42:53 ↗ needed when recognized unmute your

42:56 ↗ microphone for virtual attendees or step

42:58 ↗ up to the Lector in the center of our

43:00 ↗ room if you're in person state your name

43:03 ↗ address and relationship to the city

43:05 ↗ please speak clearly and pause

43:07 ↗ frequently and limit your comments to

43:08 ↗ five minutes if you are attending

43:10 ↗ virtually and you do not respond after

43:12 ↗ your name or phone number is called or

43:14 ↗ if your connection is lost unexpectedly

43:16 ↗ the meeting will need to proceed you're

43:18 ↗ encouraged to rejoin the meeting if

43:19 ↗ you're able personal attacks obene

43:22 ↗ language derogatory marks and disruptive

43:24 ↗ behavior will not be permitted public

43:26 ↗ comments WR written and verbal are an

43:28 ↗ important aspect of the public process

43:30 ↗ and the city takes comments seriously we

43:32 ↗ thank everyone who takes the time to

43:34 ↗ address us this evening city clerk can

43:36 ↗ you please identify the first person who

43:38 ↗ signed up to speak yes Paul

43:40 ↗ Quinn Paul if you want to come up and

43:42 ↗ hit the button in the center of the

43:48 ↗ microphone good evening mayor and

43:50 ↗ council members my name is Paul Quinn

43:53 ↗ and I live in samamish I'm speaking to

43:54 ↗ you as an individual that cares about

43:56 ↗ recycling and composting and reducing

43:59 ↗ what we send to the

44:00 ↗ landfill let's start with that reminder

44:02 ↗ you've heard from me before a King

44:04 ↗ County survey of trash sent to the

44:05 ↗ landfill showed that 2third of what is

44:07 ↗ sent to the landfill can be either

44:09 ↗ recycled or

44:10 ↗ composted so two-thirds of our trash is

44:13 ↗ actually crash I provided you three

44:17 ↗ handouts the first handout reflects

44:20 ↗ disposal numbers updated now with

44:22 ↗ year-to date just January we'll know

44:25 ↗ with other Eastside cities by May 6 I

44:27 ↗ would typically have a full quarter of

44:29 ↗ 2024 to share with you for some reason

44:32 ↗ rology is not yet provided as s numbers

44:35 ↗ Beyond January that's probably should be

44:38 ↗ corrected um when I speak of diversion

44:40 ↗ rates that means the percent of disposed

44:43 ↗ tonnage diverted away from the landfill

44:45 ↗ and two Recycling and food scraps

44:50 ↗ composting as you can see in table three

44:54 ↗ here our diversion rate is down in

44:56 ↗ January versus last January and as

44:59 ↗ important probably more important isqua

45:01 ↗ climate action plan dashboard shows the

45:03 ↗ city's diversion rate has gotten only

45:05 ↗ worse since

45:07 ↗ 2017 the city needs a new approach to

45:09 ↗ improve diversion and tonight I have a

45:12 ↗ proposal that will do just that King

45:16 ↗ County is offering grants right now for

45:17 ↗ Innovative Recycling and composting

45:20 ↗ projects I have provided you with a

45:22 ↗ handout for a grant proposal to provide

45:24 ↗ it's already completed to provide smart

45:27 ↗ disposal to the city of isqua I need a

45:30 ↗ city partner to apply for this grant

45:32 ↗ with me and then we can provide single

45:35 ↗ family residents with direct personal

45:37 ↗ feedback and education based on their

45:39 ↗ own disposal habits I'll run the project

45:44 ↗ and the grant will cover the entire cost

45:45 ↗ of the project so let me tell you what

45:48 ↗ smart disposal is smart

45:50 ↗ disposal weighs each container emptied

45:53 ↗ by the hauler for each single family

45:56 ↗ home

45:57 ↗ this system through a postcard mailed

46:00 ↗ back to each

46:02 ↗ resident will provide data specific to

46:05 ↗ their address including a landfill

46:07 ↗ diversion rate per pickup and a trend

46:11 ↗ line for their results over time it will

46:14 ↗ also provide a comparison to a group of

46:16 ↗ neighbors so they'll be able to see how

46:18 ↗ they compare to their

46:19 ↗ neighbors I provided an example postcard

46:22 ↗ is a separate

46:24 ↗ handout which is will show us what

46:26 ↗ they'll receive

46:28 ↗ this system helps us move from a toss

46:30 ↗ and forget mindset towards making better

46:33 ↗ choices we all know the feedback through

46:36 ↗ me that feedback through measurement

46:38 ↗ works because our water our

46:40 ↗ electricity and gas are all metered

46:44 ↗ helping us to moderate our use Smart

46:47 ↗ disposal effectively meters our actual

46:49 ↗ use of the disposal

46:52 ↗ utility during the pilot the city will

46:54 ↗ bear no cost it seems worth repeating as

46:58 ↗ the grant request covers all cost to

46:59 ↗ conduct the pilot the city of isqua and

47:02 ↗ its holler will be my partners on this

47:05 ↗ project I've provided the completed

47:07 ↗ Grant application and all I need is a

47:10 ↗ city to agree to be my partner this

47:13 ↗ grant partnership request has urgency as

47:16 ↗ the King County Grant application must

47:18 ↗ be submitted by May

47:20 ↗ 29th people in the city of isqua want to

47:23 ↗ live

47:24 ↗ sustainably they need the tools and the

47:26 ↗ leadership this Council to help them

47:29 ↗ increase their rate of recycling and

47:32 ↗ compost join me in smart disposal let's

47:35 ↗ get our diversion rate moving in the

47:37 ↗ right

47:38 ↗ direction thank you Paul C clerk is

47:40 ↗ there anyone else signed up to speak

47:42 ↗ this

47:43 ↗ evening mayor we have one member of the

47:45 ↗ public with us virtually but they are

47:47 ↗ not indicating a desire to speak thank

47:50 ↗ you um thank you for coming in Mr Quinn

47:52 ↗ and talking with us about um recyc uh

47:56 ↗ compost

47:57 ↗ proposal and I just want to remind

47:59 ↗ anybody else that written comments can

48:01 ↗ still be submitted any time to city

48:03 ↗ council at esqu w.gov next item of

48:06 ↗ business this evening is the consent

48:08 ↗ calendar and I do not have any remarks

48:10 ↗ on tonight's consent calendar items are

48:12 ↗ there any committee chairs or chair

48:13 ↗ designat okay U that would that does not

48:17 ↗ look like it appears to anybody wants to

48:18 ↗ make comments this evening on the

48:19 ↗ consent calendar um so the consent

48:22 ↗ calendar was distributed to Council in

48:24 ↗ advance and if authorized the items on

48:26 ↗ the consent calend will be considered

48:27 ↗ together approved by one motion have the

48:30 ↗ payables and payroll been reviewed they

48:33 ↗ have they have thank you does any

48:35 ↗ council member desire to remove any item

48:37 ↗ from the consent calendar and considered

48:39 ↗ under regular

48:40 ↗ business any

48:42 ↗ indication and uh is anyone prepared to

48:45 ↗ make a

48:48 ↗ motion um I move

48:50 ↗ to adopt the consent calendar as

48:54 ↗ presented second

48:58 ↗ it's been moved and seconded to approve

49:01 ↗ the consent calendar as presented little

49:03 ↗ bit of giggle because that was real fast

49:06 ↗ in there council member Joe I got to

49:07 ↗ tell you um okay so all those in are

49:11 ↗ there any

49:12 ↗ comments all those in favor signify by

49:15 ↗ saying I I I

49:21 ↗ I those opposed that carries unanimously

49:26 ↗ we're going to now move into regular

49:27 ↗ business with the first item this

49:29 ↗ evening being AB 8667 City Hall

49:32 ↗ Northwest Surplus property the action

49:34 ↗ before Council this evening is to

49:36 ↗ approve the resolution the item was last

49:38 ↗ before council at the April 15th council

49:40 ↗ meeting when the public hearing was

49:42 ↗ conducted and I'd like to invite

49:43 ↗ administrative services manager jeie

49:45 ↗ Justice to make a presentation welcome

49:49 ↗ jeie good evening council members

50:01 ↗ thank you tonight I'm here just to talk

50:03 ↗ with you um and bring you to the final

50:05 ↗ step of our Surplus process for the city

50:07 ↗ hall Northwest

50:10 ↗ property uh by approving the Surplus

50:12 ↗ resolution that was provided in your

50:15 ↗ packets reminder about the location of C

50:18 ↗ Hall Northwest next to I90 and 17th

50:22 ↗ Street oh it also shows um over on the

50:27 ↗ right hand side the location of the

50:28 ↗ sewer that's mentioned in the proposed

50:33 ↗ resolution just a summary of the

50:35 ↗ recommendations for the Surplus from the

50:37 ↗ administration is to go ahead and

50:39 ↗ consider the property for Surplus to

50:42 ↗ approve the rezone application and the

50:44 ↗ land use change that are underway to

50:46 ↗ match the surrounding Central isqua

50:48 ↗ zoning and land uses to dispose of the

50:51 ↗ property to determine the fair market

50:54 ↗ value by conducting an appraisal

50:55 ↗ following the reason Zone at land used

50:58 ↗ updates to list the property on the MLS

51:00 ↗ and negotiate a purchase and sale

51:02 ↗ agreement and then to use the profits to

51:05 ↗ support other City facility needs as

51:07 ↗ well to transfer ownership of the 2in

51:09 ↗ sewer Force main that serves the

51:10 ↗ property as part of that purchase and

51:12 ↗ sale

51:14 ↗ agreement uh we did also update the

51:17 ↗ resolution since the public hearing

51:19 ↗ meeting to include surplus of the

51:22 ↗ contents of the building so it's just

51:23 ↗ clear that we're also doing that at the

51:25 ↗ same time

51:29 ↗ uh so we are here tonight to talk about

51:31 ↗ the Surplus resolution uh the rezone

51:34 ↗ action is tentatively scheduled for kind

51:36 ↗ of the end of June comp plan update

51:39 ↗ should happen before the end of the year

51:41 ↗ and we'll do the appraisal once those

51:43 ↗ two things are done which would put

51:44 ↗ disposition of the property in early

51:49 ↗ 2025 so the administration's

51:51 ↗ recommendation is to adopt the proposed

51:53 ↗ Surplus resolution for the city hall

51:55 ↗ Northwest property

51:59 ↗ thank you jeie um going to look to

52:01 ↗ council for any questions on this item

52:04 ↗ Council

52:06 ↗ Mars so we've been having uh

52:08 ↗ conversations recently about future of

52:12 ↗ uh City facilities and I'm just

52:14 ↗ wondering if we

52:17 ↗ considered uh the possibility of this uh

52:21 ↗ property obviously we didn't want to

52:23 ↗ have it in the configuration that it was

52:25 ↗ in but is is it

52:27 ↗ um you know for Surplus this is it

52:30 ↗ possible as as we look for uh where

52:33 ↗ we're going to have facilities and we

52:34 ↗ don't yet know uh is it possible that

52:36 ↗ it's premature to be uh considering

52:39 ↗ disposing of this

52:41 ↗ property you and maybe City

52:43 ↗ administrator would want to weigh in on

52:44 ↗ this as well but let's start with

52:47 ↗ Genie uh we don't believe so um we've uh

52:50 ↗ looked not only at the building itself

52:52 ↗ but at the property um we believe that

52:55 ↗ the building is not worth further

52:58 ↗ investment I think we've talked about

52:59 ↗ that multiple times here uh the location

53:02 ↗ of the property also I think is is not

53:05 ↗ doable as far as we're concerned as far

53:07 ↗ as public access is concerned we also

53:09 ↗ think quite honestly uh that there's a

53:11 ↗ higher better use for the property uh

53:13 ↗ with retail nearby the newly renovated

53:16 ↗ Hotel so we think it makes sense to move

53:19 ↗ forward thank you any other questions

53:23 ↗ from Council

53:26 ↗ okay um is anyone prepared to make a

53:31 ↗ motion council president I move to

53:34 ↗ approve resolution number

53:48 ↗ 2024-25

53:51 ↗ 6915 located at

53:53 ↗ 1775 12th Avenue Northwest

53:57 ↗ is there a second second thank you

54:00 ↗ council member Merz uh is there any

54:02 ↗ Council

54:03 ↗ discussion Cal sure just real quick to

54:07 ↗ say that you know we've been considering

54:08 ↗ this for a long time now um I think

54:12 ↗ we're all well I'll just speak for

54:13 ↗ myself I'm confident kind of in our

54:15 ↗ assessment that there really isn't a

54:16 ↗ current use future opportunity that fits

54:19 ↗ this property and confident that um you

54:22 ↗ know in our conclusion that like you

54:24 ↗ said to highest and best use for this

54:26 ↗ property is to Surplus it and look for

54:27 ↗ Alternatives so I'm going to support the

54:30 ↗ solutions thank you other Council

54:33 ↗ comments I'm not seeing any um I'll

54:37 ↗ reread the motion the motion is to

54:39 ↗ approve resolution number

54:41 ↗ 20244 declaring certain city-owned real

54:43 ↗ and personal property to be surplused to

54:45 ↗ the needs of the city and providing for

54:47 ↗ the disposition of tax parcel

54:49 ↗ 20246 9015 located at 1775 12th Avenue

54:54 ↗ Northwest all those in favor signify

54:56 ↗ saying I I I I thank you Council mayor D

55:01 ↗ Michelle all those

55:02 ↗ opposed that carries unanimously thank

55:04 ↗ you very much jeie Madame mayor yes uh

55:08 ↗ City administator Bob quitz I I I just

55:10 ↗ want to take a moment um this is a a

55:12 ↗ fairly significant action by the council

55:15 ↗ uh this building U has been uh in

55:18 ↗ disrepair for a long time it wasn't

55:20 ↗ disrepair prior to the pandemic um you

55:22 ↗ know your city staff uh really knuckled

55:25 ↗ down to figure out away uh to make City

55:28 ↗ operations work uh once we decided not

55:30 ↗ to go back into the building um probably

55:34 ↗ the biggest unsung piece of this was we

55:37 ↗ were confronted with the entire City's

55:39 ↗ history of paper records sitting in

55:42 ↗ there and we launched uh with the

55:45 ↗ leadership of our city clerk and her

55:47 ↗ able staff probably one of the largest

55:50 ↗ government uh copy uh scan uh electronic

55:55 ↗ filing operation

55:57 ↗ certainly in the state of Washington uh

55:59 ↗ perhaps among any City our size uh and

56:01 ↗ we will be leaving that building with

56:03 ↗ largely all of our historical record

56:05 ↗ scan uh and I would challenge us to find

56:09 ↗ another city under 50,000 in America uh

56:11 ↗ that will be able to say that so I want

56:13 ↗ to uh thank certainly the work that that

56:16 ↗ Autumn and jeie did uh working with the

56:18 ↗ building uh but also want to thank the

56:20 ↗ city clerk and her staff for really a

56:23 ↗ Monumental project that is now completed

56:26 ↗ will serve us well not only in Access

56:29 ↗ and public access for those records but

56:31 ↗ as we look for future facilities uh it

56:34 ↗ is funny because every time we've talked

56:35 ↗ to an architect the first question is

56:37 ↗ how much space do you need for record

56:39 ↗ storage uh and we are now able to say a

56:42 ↗ very modest amount so thank you to Tisha

56:45 ↗ thank you to Genie

56:48 ↗ and a major a major accomplishment for

56:51 ↗ the city and we appreciate the council

56:52 ↗ and the mayor's leadership thank you

56:55 ↗ City administrator I actually tell every

56:57 ↗ other city that we digitized all our

57:00 ↗ records I'm extremely proud of the work

57:02 ↗ that our clerk Department did so thank

57:04 ↗ you to our uh facilities team very very

57:06 ↗ much uh we're going to move to the next

57:08 ↗ item AB

57:10 ↗ 8791 Central esqua Pioneer program

57:13 ↗ multif family tax exception their

57:15 ↗ request before Council this evening is

57:17 ↗ to adopt the ordinance this item was

57:19 ↗ last before council at the April 15th

57:21 ↗ council meeting when the public hearing

57:22 ↗ was conducted I'd like to invite Ben

57:25 ↗ who's already up there our economic

57:27 ↗ development manager to make a

57:29 ↗ presentation thank you Jen great thank

57:30 ↗ you yes and I will just make a side note

57:32 ↗ that when I first came to work at City

57:34 ↗ Hall Northwest and saw all the records

57:36 ↗ from the 70s and 80s and 90s in the

57:39 ↗ kitchen along with all the other

57:41 ↗ locations you definitely your jaw drops

57:42 ↗ and go oh so it was an amazing task so

57:46 ↗ hi uh Jen Davis Hayes City uh economic

57:50 ↗ economic and uh housing development

57:53 ↗ manager and um we are here tonight for

57:55 ↗ the last step of the central area or

57:58 ↗ Central yeah Central isqua Pioneer

58:02 ↗ program um and that last step is to uh

58:06 ↗ consider the adoption of the adding this

58:09 ↗ area to our mfte multif family tax

58:12 ↗ exemption program as a quick reminder

58:15 ↗ the Pioneer program is dedicated to Spur

58:18 ↗ Redevelopment in Central isqua and

58:20 ↗ addresses this area of our housing

58:23 ↗ Continuum and we have been talking about

58:25 ↗ the pioner program and have adjusted it

58:27 ↗ through multiple conversations with city

58:29 ↗ council with our economic Vitality

58:32 ↗ commission with our planning policy

58:34 ↗ commission and um thank you for adopting

58:37 ↗ the Pioneer program in March of this

58:39 ↗ year and we have now gone forward with

58:42 ↗ the three steps that are required to

58:44 ↗ consider adding the multif family tax

58:46 ↗ exemption so again we are our proposal

58:50 ↗ is to add this Central issaqua Pioneer

58:52 ↗ program targeted residential area to our

58:55 ↗ ordinance and provide an 8-year

58:57 ↗ residential property tax exemption for

59:00 ↗ two projects in the Pioneer that meet

59:02 ↗ the criteria of the pioneer

59:05 ↗ program and again we recommend adopting

59:08 ↗ uh that that purpose and then our next

59:11 ↗ steps would be obviously to continue to

59:13 ↗ work with Community Planning and

59:15 ↗ Development to implement this program

59:17 ↗ making sure our partners um in the

59:19 ↗ affordable housing community are aware

59:21 ↗ of this program and work with Arch to do

59:24 ↗ our annual reporting for the mft e

59:26 ↗ requirements to the

59:27 ↗ state is

59:32 ↗ it thank you very much Jen I know that's

59:35 ↗ been a lot of work over 18 months or a

59:38 ↗ year this was really well done thank you

59:41 ↗ um does council have any questions on

59:43 ↗ the presentation Council M Ray thanks

59:46 ↗ these are a couple of questions that

59:47 ↗ that Jen graciously um answered for me

59:50 ↗ earlier today but I wanted to share the

59:51 ↗ results so um the first one is um I I

59:54 ↗ guess I don't know why I was surprised

59:56 ↗ but I just wanted to clarify that we're

59:57 ↗ really talking of for the Pioneer

1:00:00 ↗ program in this is

1:00:02 ↗ two uh Awards of up to 400 dwelling

1:00:05 ↗ units each so um maximum of 800 yes that

1:00:09 ↗ is correct it's up to um and then the

1:00:12 ↗ second one is did you look at any other

1:00:15 ↗ um approaches to awarding the U Pioneer

1:00:19 ↗ program opportunities other than a first

1:00:21 ↗ come first serve basis um and so like

1:00:24 ↗ through an our request for proposals or

1:00:26 ↗ anything like that some something that

1:00:28 ↗ um was a little more circum I mean a

1:00:31 ↗ little more thoughtful than the first

1:00:34 ↗ one in the door is uh is the winner

1:00:37 ↗ because it seems a little like Oklahoma

1:00:39 ↗ gold uh land rush yeah so um yeah so we

1:00:42 ↗ looked at what other Pioneer programs in

1:00:44 ↗ the in the region did and a lot of them

1:00:46 ↗ again were adjustments to code and um

1:00:50 ↗ moveed forward places like Bothel or

1:00:53 ↗ some other cities that had land that

1:00:55 ↗ they were actually trying to redevelop

1:00:56 ↗ they they would do an RFP so they had

1:00:59 ↗ some skin in the game um as you all know

1:01:03 ↗ there's not a lot of rede or land that's

1:01:05 ↗ for sale or looking to redevelop in this

1:01:07 ↗ area and so um we wouldn't want a

1:01:11 ↗ property owner to apply for a Pioneer

1:01:13 ↗ program and then sit on it I think

1:01:15 ↗ that's a little bit of when we in our

1:01:17 ↗ details of of making sure that once you

1:01:19 ↗ apply you have a certain amount of time

1:01:21 ↗ to get your land use and a certain

1:01:22 ↗ amount of time to go to construction

1:01:24 ↗ because this program is meant to for

1:01:26 ↗ just show us in the market what can be

1:01:28 ↗ done and if somebody you know applies

1:01:31 ↗ and is very interested and we love the

1:01:32 ↗ program because of all the things they

1:01:34 ↗ promise but don't move forward on it for

1:01:36 ↗ two to three to four years we miss out

1:01:38 ↗ on that opportunity to utilize this

1:01:40 ↗ program not only to Spur Redevelopment

1:01:42 ↗ in our areas where our amenities are

1:01:45 ↗ most rich but also to learn um as we

1:01:48 ↗ also later this year work on a housing

1:01:51 ↗ analysis and so that was the approach we

1:01:55 ↗ um we

1:01:58 ↗ took council member

1:02:01 ↗ H if I may I was just going to add also

1:02:04 ↗ in in committee we discussed um

1:02:08 ↗ potentially putting some uh restrictions

1:02:11 ↗ or saying that one had to be in one

1:02:13 ↗ zoning area one had to be in one zoning

1:02:15 ↗ area or things like that and ultimately

1:02:18 ↗ um we we believed like like was just

1:02:21 ↗ said that uh there was benefit to not

1:02:25 ↗ putting those kind of restrictions on

1:02:27 ↗ because this way we will see what the

1:02:28 ↗ market um is and we'll see which kind of

1:02:31 ↗ projects get built and so it is um

1:02:33 ↗ trying to Spur that development and so

1:02:35 ↗ we left it open-ended to allow the

1:02:37 ↗ market to take whichever

1:02:40 ↗ um I probably should have given you an

1:02:43 ↗ opportunity to say something from the

1:02:45 ↗ committee so thanks for did you want to

1:02:46 ↗ add anything else from the committee

1:02:47 ↗ well the committee has not met on this

1:02:49 ↗ topic since the last time the full

1:02:51 ↗ Council has seen this item so um thank

1:02:53 ↗ you for the opportunity but I think it

1:02:55 ↗ it has been covered but since we did

1:02:57 ↗ discuss something related to um council

1:02:59 ↗ member Ray's question I just wanted to

1:03:00 ↗ that's great add that thank you any

1:03:03 ↗ other questions coun

1:03:07 ↗ Merz um I realize nowadays we present

1:03:11 ↗ light rather than uh lots and lots of

1:03:14 ↗ details the way we used to present um

1:03:17 ↗ but can you remind us um you set up to

1:03:19 ↗ 800 units of development how many

1:03:22 ↗ affordable uh units would that be at 800

1:03:26 ↗ yes so the uh the council uh when they

1:03:29 ↗ adopted the Pioneer program added

1:03:31 ↗ another option to what developers can

1:03:33 ↗ choose so they can choose 8% of the

1:03:37 ↗ units at 60% Ami or 10% of the units at

1:03:42 ↗ 80% Ami so it would be up to the

1:03:45 ↗ developer

1:03:46 ↗ Choice thank you very much thank you

1:03:49 ↗ Council mayor Mars are there any other

1:03:52 ↗ questions I'm oh council president I was

1:03:56 ↗ going to

1:04:03 ↗ say I do okay uh I move to adopt

1:04:07 ↗ ordinance number

1:04:09 ↗ 3056 amending sections 3.09 050

1:04:14 ↗ 060 And1 120 of the isqua municipal code

1:04:19 ↗ regarding the city's multif family

1:04:21 ↗ housing property tax exemption program

1:04:23 ↗ providing for severability and

1:04:25 ↗ establishing an effective

1:04:27 ↗ date

1:04:29 ↗ second it's been moved and seconded is

1:04:32 ↗ there any Council

1:04:35 ↗ discussion

1:04:39 ↗ H great uh well I am very supportive of

1:04:42 ↗ this motion this evening um I think we

1:04:46 ↗ have been considering taking this action

1:04:48 ↗ for a while now and it is a step in the

1:04:50 ↗ right

1:04:54 ↗ direction and um I was looking back at

1:04:57 ↗ the the history of considering this um

1:05:01 ↗ this uh program the multif family tax

1:05:04 ↗ exemption program and we um earlier in

1:05:07 ↗ 2023 we received a housing action plan

1:05:10 ↗ implementation Grant from the Washington

1:05:12 ↗ State Department of Commerce and in that

1:05:16 ↗ um in that Grant there was analysis done

1:05:18 ↗ on what specific actions the city should

1:05:22 ↗ consider taking to um to have more

1:05:25 ↗ affordable housing and housing that

1:05:27 ↗ better meets our community needs and one

1:05:29 ↗ of their recommendations was to expand

1:05:31 ↗ the multif family tax exemption program

1:05:34 ↗ so reading directly from that

1:05:35 ↗ recommendation report they had the

1:05:38 ↗ recommendation Eco Northwest suggests

1:05:40 ↗ considering expansion of the mfte

1:05:42 ↗ program to address both the delivery of

1:05:44 ↗ affordable units and market rate

1:05:45 ↗ feasibility by expanding the program the

1:05:47 ↗ city can encourage more developers to

1:05:49 ↗ participate ultimately leading to the

1:05:51 ↗ creation of more affordable housing

1:05:53 ↗ units without placing additional burdens

1:05:55 ↗ on the housing market market and so this

1:05:56 ↗ was from April 24th 2023 and we

1:05:59 ↗ specifically commissioned this uh work

1:06:01 ↗ to get this kind of recommendation and

1:06:03 ↗ so I'm very happy to be able to support

1:06:07 ↗ this um taking this action this evening

1:06:09 ↗ I do think we will need to continue to

1:06:11 ↗ look for those deeper levels of

1:06:13 ↗ affordability opportunities for um the

1:06:16 ↗ 60% Ami affordability for example but um

1:06:21 ↗ that said this does take us in the right

1:06:22 ↗ direction and additionally looking back

1:06:25 ↗ in both our 2022 housing report card as

1:06:28 ↗ well as our city of isqua housing

1:06:30 ↗ strategy work plan from

1:06:32 ↗ 2017 in those older documents going back

1:06:35 ↗ all the way to 20 2017 there is

1:06:37 ↗ discussion of uh this

1:06:40 ↗ city looking at multif Family tax

1:06:42 ↗ exemption as a way to uh better meet our

1:06:44 ↗ house our our needs and in the housing

1:06:47 ↗ strategy work plan from 2017 it talks

1:06:49 ↗ about how 60% of all households in isqua

1:06:51 ↗ are one or two person households and so

1:06:53 ↗ much of our um housing does not

1:06:56 ↗ adequately meet those the needs of our

1:06:58 ↗ community so um again very supportive

1:07:01 ↗ and looking forward to continuing moving

1:07:04 ↗ in this direction so that we are adding

1:07:05 ↗ affordable housing that our community

1:07:07 ↗ really needs thank you council member um

1:07:11 ↗ Paul is it okay if I go to council

1:07:12 ↗ member D Michelle council member D

1:07:16 ↗ Michelle thank you mayor Paulie uh can

1:07:18 ↗ you hear me all right we can hear you

1:07:20 ↗ very well all right thank you so when I

1:07:23 ↗ was considering this vote this afternoon

1:07:26 ↗ I decided to make a list of all of the

1:07:28 ↗ benefits of supporting this motion um so

1:07:32 ↗ I'll just list those uh as quickly as I

1:07:34 ↗ can number one uh it will encourage the

1:07:37 ↗ development of much needed housing uh

1:07:39 ↗ which is a very demonstrated need in our

1:07:41 ↗ region both by the fuget sound Regional

1:07:43 ↗ Council and King County affordable

1:07:46 ↗ housing uh committee and uh number two

1:07:50 ↗ it will provide affordable housing which

1:07:52 ↗ has over and over again been named as

1:07:55 ↗ one of the top issues for our community

1:07:57 ↗ and our community surveys number three

1:08:00 ↗ and number four it will affirm the

1:08:02 ↗ council's commitment to the central

1:08:04 ↗ isqua plan and it will affirm the

1:08:07 ↗ council's commitment to bringing a Link

1:08:09 ↗ light rail station to isqua and I've

1:08:12 ↗ spoken before about the importance of

1:08:14 ↗ consistent leadership from the council

1:08:17 ↗ over uh multiple years um and commitment

1:08:20 ↗ to our long range vision for uh this

1:08:23 ↗ community number five it will set the

1:08:25 ↗ table for future growth of Transit

1:08:27 ↗ serving isqua number six in eight years

1:08:31 ↗ the city will start receiving property

1:08:33 ↗ tax revenues on significantly improved

1:08:36 ↗ and more valuable properties and finally

1:08:39 ↗ number seven it is a relatively small

1:08:41 ↗ sacrifice when compared to Major

1:08:44 ↗ million-dollar Investments of land and

1:08:46 ↗ cash made by other municipalities and

1:08:49 ↗ private

1:08:50 ↗ organizations uh around affordable

1:08:52 ↗ housing so uh in my opinion there this

1:08:55 ↗ is just a really important uh step

1:08:57 ↗ forward as council member hunt said and

1:09:00 ↗ I will also be supporting this motion

1:09:02 ↗ thank you thank you Council D Michelle

1:09:04 ↗ Council M

1:09:07 ↗ Hall uh well thank you I'm also excited

1:09:09 ↗ to move forward with this and all of the

1:09:11 ↗ points that I listed off have been

1:09:12 ↗ stolen by the deputy council president

1:09:14 ↗ so I'll just be quick and say definitely

1:09:16 ↗ lots of positives to acknowledge here um

1:09:19 ↗ spurring development of the central

1:09:20 ↗ esqua vision that we've set forth uh

1:09:22 ↗ which really is this challenge that's

1:09:25 ↗ before us over the next 10 to 20 years

1:09:27 ↗ that we really need to act with some

1:09:28 ↗ urgency so I'm glad that we are um I

1:09:31 ↗ think it's also going to give us some

1:09:33 ↗ great data as we look forward to our

1:09:35 ↗ kind of overall mfte policy moving

1:09:38 ↗ forward outside of kind of this context

1:09:39 ↗ of the pioneer program um I also just

1:09:42 ↗ want to take a minute to thank staff um

1:09:45 ↗ we kind of added this to your plate

1:09:48 ↗ early this year last minute and um you

1:09:50 ↗ guys have been so thoughtful about the

1:09:52 ↗ program listening very closely to the

1:09:53 ↗ needs of users of Developers as well um

1:09:57 ↗ and your commitment to um you know

1:09:59 ↗ realizing the vision of having dense

1:10:02 ↗ living located near the services that

1:10:04 ↗ people need um to thrive is great and

1:10:08 ↗ I'm going to be supporting this thank

1:10:11 ↗ you

1:10:12 ↗ CC I really want I really wanna I really

1:10:15 ↗ want to like this idea but I I have some

1:10:18 ↗ fundamental problems and I'm I it goes

1:10:20 ↗ back to some conversations I had I don't

1:10:23 ↗ know six years ago seven years ago

1:10:25 ↗ whenever remember I first ran and it was

1:10:26 ↗ like you know what isqua is a pretty

1:10:28 ↗ darn desirable place to live and to

1:10:30 ↗ build and and to develop and I just

1:10:32 ↗ don't quite honestly I don't see the

1:10:34 ↗ need um for making this kind of a

1:10:37 ↗ subsidy to developers to get them to

1:10:40 ↗ develop in in in isqua and I I I don't

1:10:44 ↗ think it's necessary fundamentally and

1:10:47 ↗ then I think when we talk about taxes we

1:10:49 ↗ we we fixate on the tax impact to isqua

1:10:52 ↗ but it's a tax impact to all the

1:10:54 ↗ recipients of property tax ta and if I

1:10:56 ↗ look at the full 800 units that

1:10:59 ↗ represents about $8 million subsidy to

1:11:01 ↗ developers um that I don't know I just

1:11:04 ↗ can't go back to the people I live next

1:11:06 ↗ to and say hey we're GNA we're going to

1:11:08 ↗ pay developers an extra 8 million to

1:11:11 ↗ develop in this community so

1:11:14 ↗ um I'm it's um I would say that it's

1:11:18 ↗ really

1:11:20 ↗ um I don't know what that that note

1:11:22 ↗ means but I'm going to move Beyond it um

1:11:25 ↗ so I'm on the affordable housing um

1:11:29 ↗ front I it it will put some downward

1:11:31 ↗ pressure on rental rates because if we

1:11:33 ↗ put you know 200 600 800 whatever new

1:11:37 ↗ units in that's you know supply and

1:11:39 ↗ demand really does work in um uh uh

1:11:42 ↗ rental rates but you know from a kind of

1:11:46 ↗ a permanent um affordable housing units

1:11:49 ↗ you know at the 80% Ami it's about

1:11:51 ↗ $100,000 a unit that we're we're uh

1:11:54 ↗ we're subsidizing and at the 60% is

1:11:56 ↗ $125,000 a unit so I'm not sure that's

1:11:59 ↗ the best way to generate affordable

1:12:00 ↗ housing and then finally um and the

1:12:03 ↗ reason for my question about um first

1:12:05 ↗ come first serve is it strikes me that

1:12:09 ↗ um kind of a lack of diligence in um how

1:12:12 ↗ we're going to um award a subsidy of you

1:12:15 ↗ know up to $8 million and I understand

1:12:18 ↗ that there's this feeling of we got to

1:12:20 ↗ do it and we got to do it fast but I I

1:12:22 ↗ really feel like I'd rather do it right

1:12:24 ↗ than do it fast and so I I feel like

1:12:27 ↗ we're trying too hard to be too fast to

1:12:29 ↗ get it done and we're missing some

1:12:31 ↗ really important things like is this

1:12:33 ↗ where we want to put that kind of

1:12:34 ↗ subsidy is that the right development is

1:12:36 ↗ that the right location and um and I

1:12:39 ↗ have a hard time getting um behind it

1:12:41 ↗ for those reasons thank you Council May

1:12:43 ↗ Bray Council

1:12:45 ↗ Merz thank you madam mayor um I would

1:12:48 ↗ say that this is probably going to be

1:12:50 ↗ the hardest vote that I've uh given in

1:12:53 ↗ 15 years on the council because I have

1:12:55 ↗ run every single time uh supporting

1:12:58 ↗ Workforce housing and yet I am going to

1:13:00 ↗ vote against this this evening I think

1:13:02 ↗ it's a bad deal I think that we could

1:13:05 ↗ have gotten a better deal um I think

1:13:08 ↗ that if we say that transparency is

1:13:11 ↗ important to us the voters are telling

1:13:13 ↗ us time and time and time again that

1:13:16 ↗ traffic is hugely important and the

1:13:18 ↗ large looming cost of INF deferred

1:13:21 ↗ infrastructure the 300 plus million

1:13:23 ↗ dollars in deferred infrastructure

1:13:25 ↗ structure that we have will only get

1:13:26 ↗ worse with 800 more potential units in

1:13:29 ↗ the city I think this is a fire sale I

1:13:32 ↗ think that our original plans were like

1:13:35 ↗ a 5:1 ratio

1:13:37 ↗ 5:1 uh market rate units for every unit

1:13:40 ↗ of affordable this is going to be 10 or

1:13:43 ↗ 12 to one um I don't think that that

1:13:46 ↗ makes good fiscal sense I think that

1:13:49 ↗ we're

1:13:51 ↗ conflating postco economic situation

1:13:54 ↗ with the long-term Market fundamentals

1:13:57 ↗ I've said over and over again that if

1:13:59 ↗ you look at the last 10 years of our

1:14:01 ↗ city uh the early part of that decade

1:14:04 ↗ continued to see thriving development in

1:14:06 ↗ the valley uh we cannot simply look at

1:14:09 ↗ the development since Co and say that is

1:14:12 ↗ the base state of development in our

1:14:14 ↗ city I think our Valley is worth more

1:14:17 ↗ than this I think we're selling it

1:14:19 ↗ cheaply uh it's unfortunate and though

1:14:21 ↗ so though I am an absolutely steadfast

1:14:25 ↗ committed to uh Workforce housing uh

1:14:28 ↗ this deal is just so uh upside down

1:14:32 ↗ lopsided um economically for our

1:14:34 ↗ residents and the impact it's going to

1:14:36 ↗ have for a vast amount of market rate I

1:14:38 ↗ mean how much time did we spend debating

1:14:42 ↗ additional residential in the highlands

1:14:44 ↗ and this is a comparable amount of

1:14:45 ↗ housing that we're just going to quickly

1:14:48 ↗ uh adopt for again a historically small

1:14:51 ↗ amount of Workforce housing so uh

1:14:53 ↗ regretfully and sadul sadly not even a

1:14:57 ↗ word shows tells you how upset I am that

1:14:59 ↗ I'm making up adjectives uh I am going

1:15:01 ↗ to vote against this today thank you

1:15:03 ↗ thank you council member Merz council

1:15:05 ↗ president thank you um I am strongly in

1:15:11 ↗ support of this program um I I didn't

1:15:16 ↗ write down any notes so I may ramble a

1:15:18 ↗ little bit here

1:15:20 ↗ but last week I went to the sound 2 or

1:15:24 ↗ Sound Transit T line um opening and it

1:15:29 ↗ was really amazing to be in communities

1:15:34 ↗ that have really created Transit

1:15:37 ↗ oriented development um with affordable

1:15:41 ↗ housing and things like that that bring

1:15:44 ↗ a community together I think one of the

1:15:47 ↗ things that's really important for us to

1:15:50 ↗ recognize is that while added residents

1:15:56 ↗ do add to traffic if they are added in

1:16:00 ↗ areas where Transit is more abundant um

1:16:05 ↗ that can actually be less of an addition

1:16:10 ↗ also the current residents of the city

1:16:13 ↗ are

1:16:14 ↗ not the

1:16:16 ↗ only stakeholders in this situation we

1:16:21 ↗ we do not have the ability to gatekeep

1:16:24 ↗ our Community to additional development

1:16:29 ↗ I think it's important to recognize that

1:16:31 ↗ this additional development on the

1:16:33 ↗ valley floor was always allowed whether

1:16:36 ↗ or not we provide an mfte program or not

1:16:40 ↗ a private developer has the ability to

1:16:44 ↗ buy a parcel that has development

1:16:46 ↗ capacity on it and build it out what we

1:16:50 ↗ are facing in this situation is first

1:16:54 ↗ first of all a report by a consultant

1:16:58 ↗ that we brought in that said hey you've

1:17:00 ↗ had this mft program for a long time and

1:17:04 ↗ yes we were looking to get a 5:1 ratio

1:17:09 ↗ but nobody built that you know where

1:17:12 ↗ they built they built in bellw and

1:17:14 ↗ Redmond and Kirkland and where the city

1:17:19 ↗ of isqua has gotten our affordable

1:17:21 ↗ housing so far has been through

1:17:23 ↗ development agreements where other

1:17:24 ↗ cities have gotten their affordable

1:17:26 ↗ housing has been through an mft program

1:17:29 ↗ and the great thing with an mft program

1:17:31 ↗ is we're not paying for it we're not

1:17:34 ↗ giving away land we're

1:17:37 ↗ not losing out on you know paying a

1:17:41 ↗ developer directly for something what

1:17:43 ↗ we're doing is foregoing Revenue but

1:17:47 ↗ we're also going to see an increase in

1:17:49 ↗ tax revenue because of development that

1:17:52 ↗ comes because of sales tax that comes

1:17:54 ↗ from those additional residents so I

1:17:57 ↗ think it's really important to

1:17:58 ↗ understand the full components of this I

1:18:01 ↗ also think on a per year per unit

1:18:05 ↗ development of these affordable units

1:18:08 ↗ this is really cheap if we were going to

1:18:09 ↗ build it ourselves it would cost way

1:18:12 ↗ more than this so I'm really hopeful um

1:18:17 ↗ of a development like this of the

1:18:21 ↗ benefit that it brings to our community

1:18:23 ↗ you know earlier we heard Shan say we've

1:18:26 ↗ got a great number of police officers

1:18:28 ↗ who love the city and work in the city

1:18:31 ↗ and none of them can afford to live here

1:18:34 ↗ so whether it's market rate development

1:18:38 ↗ or affordable housing development I

1:18:41 ↗ think we have a responsibility to our

1:18:44 ↗ community to allow that development to

1:18:48 ↗ happen and allow it to happen on the

1:18:50 ↗ valley floor where we're planning for

1:18:52 ↗ development and more trans it so those

1:18:56 ↗ are my thoughts thanks and I know

1:18:58 ↗ Council m d Michelle has a question but

1:19:00 ↗ uh first I to comments um Council m Joe

1:19:02 ↗ would you like to do that and then I'll

1:19:04 ↗ go to council member D Michelle thank

1:19:05 ↗ you I wanted to join the chorus in

1:19:07 ↗ support of uh this agenda bill tonight

1:19:10 ↗ um I think the difficulty that that we

1:19:13 ↗ sometimes have is that we're planning

1:19:15 ↗ for a future and a future of people that

1:19:19 ↗ don't live in our community yet but

1:19:22 ↗ would like to live in our community and

1:19:24 ↗ how do we provide

1:19:25 ↗ the housing stock and the supply for

1:19:27 ↗ them uh to move to our community if they

1:19:30 ↗ want to um I'm currently looking for

1:19:35 ↗ a condo house whatever you might call it

1:19:40 ↗ and the supply is very very low um and

1:19:43 ↗ the prices are very very high um you

1:19:46 ↗ know and and it I I don't see how a

1:19:51 ↗ person that earns uh 60% or 80% of

1:19:57 ↗ Ami um Can necessarily think about

1:20:02 ↗ moving to our community either rent or

1:20:04 ↗ buy um without some of those units that

1:20:08 ↗ that might be available uh for them

1:20:11 ↗ we're planning for the future we're

1:20:13 ↗ we're trying to put down stakes in the

1:20:17 ↗ flat part of our town in essence that

1:20:19 ↗ will uh be served by Sound Transit by

1:20:22 ↗ 2040

1:20:24 ↗ three five seven hopefully before I die

1:20:28 ↗ but with that in mind it it's always

1:20:31 ↗ difficult because we can't see the

1:20:32 ↗ future we can't know exactly what's

1:20:34 ↗ going to happen but we've decided I

1:20:38 ↗ think with this vote tonight if it is

1:20:40 ↗ approved to put down Stakes to put down

1:20:43 ↗ housing that's affordable near Transit

1:20:45 ↗ so we can increase the walkability of

1:20:47 ↗ our community help support our

1:20:49 ↗ communities and help support our

1:20:50 ↗ businesses uh in the future so uh again

1:20:53 ↗ I'm in support of this this agenda Bill

1:20:55 ↗ thank you thank you Council m Joe

1:20:57 ↗ Council m d Michelle we have gone around

1:20:59 ↗ with uh comments once if you would like

1:21:01 ↗ to start us on R to your hand is

1:21:04 ↗ up um thank you mayor Paulie um uh

1:21:08 ↗ council president Walsh I I think made

1:21:11 ↗ many of the points that I was uh

1:21:13 ↗ concerned about but I there was a um a

1:21:16 ↗ graph I believe it was in the packet but

1:21:18 ↗ not in the presentation that we just saw

1:21:21 ↗ which shows the um imp of the uh of the

1:21:27 ↗ uh funds that we are

1:21:29 ↗ foregoing um I was I I am not

1:21:33 ↗ understanding the comment about

1:21:36 ↗ subsidizing um to the tune of $100,000

1:21:40 ↗ per unit or

1:21:42 ↗ $125,000 per unit because we are not

1:21:45 ↗ subsidizing we are not uh providing

1:21:48 ↗ funds we are simply

1:21:49 ↗ foregoing

1:21:51 ↗ tax uh income for eight years and was

1:21:54 ↗ wondering if we could get that graph

1:21:57 ↗ from the P from the packet up so that

1:21:59 ↗ people could see what that that uh

1:22:02 ↗ impact is let me check with um Jen Jen

1:22:06 ↗ is that possible

1:22:15 ↗ okay yes that's that's the one um it's

1:22:19 ↗ true that we have a a total of $3

1:22:22 ↗ million in Impact but that spread across

1:22:26 ↗ all of these different uh government

1:22:28 ↗ organizations um the city's part of that

1:22:31 ↗ is

1:22:32 ↗ 27,000 some with change uh over eight

1:22:36 ↗ years um and which uh according to this

1:22:40 ↗ is around

1:22:41 ↗ $33,000 a year uh and we all understand

1:22:45 ↗ that these are estimates that this is

1:22:47 ↗ not you know this is the best estimate

1:22:49 ↗ that we have right now but um uh I I

1:22:53 ↗ just really think it's important to make

1:22:55 ↗ the note that we are we are not

1:22:57 ↗ subsidizing which I think implies that

1:22:59 ↗ we are actually giving people money we

1:23:01 ↗ are not we are foregoing Revenue I just

1:23:04 ↗ wanted to be sure that we clarified that

1:23:07 ↗ thank you Council m d Michelle council

1:23:09 ↗ member

1:23:10 ↗ Ray um I I respectfully really disagree

1:23:15 ↗ because even though we're not giving

1:23:16 ↗ them money we are giving them incentives

1:23:18 ↗ we are giving them $3 million worth of

1:23:20 ↗ incentives to build 300 uh units so so

1:23:24 ↗ it is an incentive it is a subsidy it

1:23:26 ↗ may not be a direct cash but they're not

1:23:29 ↗ doing it because of you know their

1:23:31 ↗ Goodwill they're doing it because

1:23:33 ↗ there's an incentive being given to them

1:23:34 ↗ and that's in the form of this mfte

1:23:37 ↗ adjustment and it's not all of our money

1:23:40 ↗ it's a very small percentage of ours but

1:23:42 ↗ it's the school district it's the state

1:23:43 ↗ schools it's the King County it's the

1:23:46 ↗ library it's EMS it's all of those

1:23:47 ↗ things up there everybody is giving them

1:23:50 ↗ a little bit and so I think it's

1:23:52 ↗ important to recognize they're not doing

1:23:54 ↗ this with that there's a cost to the

1:23:56 ↗ mfte it's not just a foregone revenue

1:23:58 ↗ and that's why they're doing it it's not

1:24:00 ↗ because the goodness of their heart so I

1:24:03 ↗ just did you know fat thumb uh thumb

1:24:05 ↗ numbers but 3 million divided by 300 is

1:24:08 ↗ $10,000 a unit 10% of that is $100,000

1:24:12 ↗ for affordable housing so um I

1:24:15 ↗ understand your point but um the reason

1:24:18 ↗ that they're doing it is because we are

1:24:20 ↗ subsidizing them we are incenting them

1:24:23 ↗ with this tax package

1:24:24 ↗ so just want to

1:24:26 ↗ be clear on my different perspective on

1:24:28 ↗ the funding than

1:24:30 ↗ yours we have some more comments um I

1:24:33 ↗ just wanted to uh let customer ra know

1:24:36 ↗ that you're not you're both saying

1:24:39 ↗ you're both right in what you are saying

1:24:42 ↗ and the um for-profit developers have

1:24:45 ↗ identified the1 to $150,000 funding Gap

1:24:48 ↗ years ago so it does net out to 100 or

1:24:52 ↗ 100,000 plus per unit you're just doing

1:24:54 ↗ it a different way so you're both right

1:24:57 ↗ you disagree on if it's the right right

1:24:59 ↗ but you're both right uh council

1:25:00 ↗ president did you put the council Merz

1:25:03 ↗ do I see anybody else go around okay um

1:25:07 ↗ so it has been moved and seconded uh

1:25:09 ↗ just one last time any more comments

1:25:11 ↗ before I reread it and call for the vote

1:25:14 ↗ and uh the motion maker you read

1:25:16 ↗ something different than what I have in

1:25:18 ↗ my notes so I'm wondering if the

1:25:21 ↗ recommendation changed

1:25:26 ↗ pull up

1:25:39 ↗ packet yeah you she read it off the ab I

1:25:47 ↗ read

1:25:52 ↗ it yeah I don't remember okay so it was

1:25:57 ↗ um moved and seconded to adopt ordinance

1:26:00 ↗ number 3056 amending sections 3.09

1:26:05 ↗ 050 and 0.060 and12 of the isqua

1:26:10 ↗ municipal code regarding the city's

1:26:12 ↗ multif family housing property tax absen

1:26:14 ↗ program providing for severability and

1:26:17 ↗ establishing an effective date all those

1:26:19 ↗ in favor please say I

1:26:22 ↗ I I

1:26:25 ↗ n n um that passes 5-2 with Mars and Ray

1:26:30 ↗ opposed um just a couple General

1:26:33 ↗ comments from the mayor this was a good

1:26:36 ↗ conversation I like it when you are all

1:26:38 ↗ not on the same page and I'm I am so

1:26:41 ↗ proud of isqua's history of being

1:26:43 ↗ creative and Innovative in trying to use

1:26:45 ↗ tools to do affordable housing whether

1:26:47 ↗ it's a development agreement or jumping

1:26:49 ↗ on the bandwagon eight years do ago to

1:26:51 ↗ do transitor and development when others

1:26:53 ↗ weren't really talking about it and

1:26:55 ↗ here's another calibrated action that

1:26:58 ↗ you're taking to see if you can get a

1:27:00 ↗ certain out so I appreciate your

1:27:02 ↗ creativity and your willingness to have

1:27:04 ↗ a conversation like this on camera and

1:27:06 ↗ talk about what you all think about it

1:27:09 ↗ so thank you very much for

1:27:11 ↗ that head back to um oh thank you Jen

1:27:17 ↗ and uh the next item of business is

1:27:19 ↗ committee and Regional reports council

1:27:21 ↗ member Joe we'll start with you thank

1:27:23 ↗ you Madame mayor

1:27:24 ↗ the lodging tax advisory committee met

1:27:26 ↗ on May 2nd and uh the important item for

1:27:30 ↗ Council is um there was a a vote to uh

1:27:35 ↗ support the funding Initiative for

1:27:37 ↗ community-based tourism uh uh in

1:27:40 ↗ parentheses destination stewardship

1:27:42 ↗ initiative uh from the mayor's office

1:27:45 ↗ and uh as many of you know the mayor has

1:27:47 ↗ been uh spurring or initiating a

1:27:51 ↗ conversation with our different partners

1:27:53 ↗ in town about how can we have Community

1:27:56 ↗ Based tourism that respects our

1:27:58 ↗ environment that uh highlights the um

1:28:01 ↗ great environmental assets that we have

1:28:04 ↗ here while at the same time having an

1:28:07 ↗ economic development element to it so

1:28:10 ↗ the committee um approved up to

1:28:14 ↗ $20,000 um to bring back if the funding

1:28:18 ↗ was needed there are a number of

1:28:20 ↗ different

1:28:21 ↗ um uh grants that the or organization

1:28:24 ↗ will be kind of working with that the or

1:28:27 ↗ the member people will be working on um

1:28:29 ↗ so it could be as little as zero or us

1:28:32 ↗ but um we're recommending to the council

1:28:34 ↗ that should it come back uh the mayor

1:28:37 ↗ will um put it into the budget if it's

1:28:40 ↗ necessary and the committee has approved

1:28:42 ↗ up to $20,000 in funding uh to kind of

1:28:46 ↗ Greenlight that uh

1:28:49 ↗ process the other announcements uh

1:28:52 ↗ concern Cascade water Alliance uh May

1:28:54 ↗ 1st we had a public affairs committee

1:28:56 ↗ meeting the important element from that

1:28:58 ↗ was that uh Cascade water Alliance will

1:29:01 ↗ be installing a um water fountain at the

1:29:07 ↗ uh Isa high school and giving out free

1:29:10 ↗ water bottles that look like this and

1:29:12 ↗ they'll be tracking the number of water

1:29:14 ↗ bottles plastic bottles that we save uh

1:29:17 ↗ and avert or divert from the landfill

1:29:20 ↗ and as part of that uh econom excuse me

1:29:23 ↗ environment Al aspect of the work that

1:29:25 ↗ Cascade Alliance Cascade water Alliance

1:29:28 ↗ does the board meeting for Cascade

1:29:30 ↗ Alliance Cascade water Alliance will be

1:29:32 ↗ uh May

1:29:33 ↗ 22nd and just a reminder that June 27th

1:29:37 ↗ will be a lunch event celebrating the

1:29:39 ↗ 25th anniversary of cascade water

1:29:41 ↗ Alliance it'll be at maidenbower in

1:29:43 ↗ Belleview I'm sure you'll all be getting

1:29:45 ↗ a gilded invitation wrapped in gold uh

1:29:49 ↗ soon but just put it on your calendar

1:29:51 ↗ please as a hold thank you thank you

1:29:54 ↗ council member Joe council member

1:29:56 ↗ Hall thank you the next meeting of the

1:29:59 ↗ side fire and rescue board of directors

1:30:00 ↗ is this Thursday May 9th at 4M at our

1:30:03 ↗ headquarters on Newport Way Northwest

1:30:05 ↗ nothing really of substance on the

1:30:07 ↗ agenda um although we are getting our

1:30:09 ↗ annual report so we'll be sure to share

1:30:11 ↗ back the E fire and rescue annual report

1:30:12 ↗ with the rest of the council um when we

1:30:14 ↗ get it and that concludes my report

1:30:16 ↗ thank you council member Hall council

1:30:18 ↗ member hunt thank you Madame mayor

1:30:20 ↗ tomorrow which is May 7th there will be

1:30:22 ↗ a meeting of the Planning Development

1:30:24 ↗ environment Committee of this Council

1:30:25 ↗ and we have one item on the agenda it is

1:30:28 ↗ Comm 0014 amendments to Title 18 for

1:30:32 ↗ Emergency Shelters and Supportive

1:30:34 ↗ Housing this is um actions taken in

1:30:37 ↗ response to the state legislature which

1:30:39 ↗ adopted House Bill 1220 in July of 2021

1:30:44 ↗ which amended the growth management act

1:30:45 ↗ to instruct local governments to plan

1:30:47 ↗ for and accommodate housing affordable

1:30:49 ↗ to all income levels and also um has

1:30:52 ↗ specific language around

1:30:54 ↗ transitional housing or permanent

1:30:56 ↗ Supportive Housing um so we will be

1:30:58 ↗ discussing that it is the only item and

1:31:00 ↗ that concludes my report thank you

1:31:02 ↗ council member Ray uh thank you mayor

1:31:03 ↗ Paulie the city council mobility and

1:31:05 ↗ infrastructure committee will be meeting

1:31:07 ↗ on May 14th here in council chambers at

1:31:09 ↗ 6:30 uh it appears that there'll be one

1:31:11 ↗ item on the agenda which is the 2025 to

1:31:14 ↗ 2030 six-year Transportation Improvement

1:31:17 ↗ program and that concludes my report

1:31:20 ↗ thank you council member MZ thank you

1:31:23 ↗ Madame mayor the sound cities

1:31:25 ↗ Association public issues committee will

1:31:27 ↗ be meeting this Wednesday May 8th from

1:31:29 ↗ 7il 9:00 p.m. online a few of the items

1:31:32 ↗ that we are will be discussing although

1:31:33 ↗ no major action is anticipated King

1:31:36 ↗ Conservation District rates proposal uh

1:31:40 ↗ uh boards and

1:31:42 ↗ committees uh alignment on Regional

1:31:46 ↗ alignment

1:31:47 ↗ on uh asy and Refugee crisis Metro free

1:31:52 ↗ youth Transit passes

1:31:54 ↗ and uh pick operating principles so a

1:31:57 ↗ lot this week uh then the Safety

1:32:01 ↗ Services and Parks committee will be

1:32:03 ↗ beating at a different time this month

1:32:07 ↗ uh to accommodate the uh Community

1:32:10 ↗ awards ceremony on the 21st so services

1:32:13 ↗ safety and Parks will be meeting on

1:32:15 ↗ Tuesday May 28th which is still beyond

1:32:18 ↗ the next full council meeting but it's

1:32:20 ↗ such a juicy agenda that I just have to

1:32:22 ↗ mention uh we have at least two things

1:32:25 ↗ one of which court and Criminal Justice

1:32:27 ↗ Services and the other Traffic Safety

1:32:29 ↗ camera update both of which uh I am

1:32:33 ↗ eager to tear into this concludes my

1:32:35 ↗ report thank you Deputy council

1:32:37 ↗ president D

1:32:39 ↗ Michelle thank you mayor Paulie um on

1:32:44 ↗ April the 25th Eastside Human Services

1:32:46 ↗ Forum held its first Forum of 2024

1:32:50 ↗ remotely and it was on the topic of

1:32:52 ↗ comprehensive services for refugees g s

1:32:54 ↗ and Asylum Seekers we had 62 people in

1:32:57 ↗ attendance for the one and a half hour

1:32:59 ↗ panel discussion which is about double

1:33:02 ↗ the average number of attendees uh that

1:33:04 ↗ we had at our forums last year so Eide

1:33:07 ↗ Human Services Forum continues to

1:33:09 ↗ recover from the pandemic uh especially

1:33:12 ↗ uh nice was the fact that we have

1:33:14 ↗ participation by elected officials from

1:33:17 ↗ all of our member jurisdictions the next

1:33:20 ↗ forum coming up is May 16th it is on

1:33:23 ↗ data collaboration which does not sound

1:33:27 ↗ juicy but uh in fact we have 78 people

1:33:31 ↗ signed up for it and uh so I believe you

1:33:34 ↗ received an invitation today and if

1:33:36 ↗ you'd like to join and listen to how

1:33:38 ↗ data is used and collab and uh shared in

1:33:43 ↗ in the Human Services Arena please

1:33:45 ↗ please join us and then just coming up

1:33:47 ↗ we have a Eide Human Services board

1:33:50 ↗ meeting Eide Human Services Forum board

1:33:52 ↗ meeting this Thursday

1:33:54 ↗ uh Lisa Ken representative Ken will

1:33:56 ↗ provide us with a legislative wrapup uh

1:33:59 ↗ we have an Eastside Transportation

1:34:01 ↗ partnership meeting this Friday morning

1:34:03 ↗ with a post session report from psrc and

1:34:07 ↗ representative Ros and then uh the

1:34:10 ↗ regional transit committee meeting is uh

1:34:12 ↗ meeting on May excuse me Regional

1:34:14 ↗ Transit committee is meeting on May the

1:34:17 ↗ 15 thank you thank you Deputy council

1:34:20 ↗ president council president thank you on

1:34:23 ↗ Thursday the Puget Sound regional

1:34:26 ↗ council's growth management policy board

1:34:28 ↗ met um we received a bunch of

1:34:31 ↗ presentations actually some interesting

1:34:33 ↗ ones one was on the racially disperate

1:34:36 ↗ impacts in housing which looked at a

1:34:40 ↗ University of Washington data set on all

1:34:43 ↗ of the areas particularly in the suburbs

1:34:46 ↗ which had racial covenants on the

1:34:48 ↗ housing um and there are actually a few

1:34:51 ↗ in isqua and it's some something that we

1:34:54 ↗ will have to address in our

1:34:56 ↗ comprehensive plan so really interesting

1:34:59 ↗ conversation there we um heard about the

1:35:03 ↗ transfer of development rights technical

1:35:05 ↗ assistance opportunity and Industrial

1:35:07 ↗ lands analysis and then kind of the

1:35:11 ↗ initial conversations on the regional

1:35:13 ↗ transportation plan for 2026 to

1:35:17 ↗ 2050 um and the development process of

1:35:20 ↗ that and then the King County aable

1:35:24 ↗ housing committee also met on

1:35:26 ↗ Thursday and so affordable housing

1:35:29 ↗ committee this year is all about the

1:35:31 ↗ comprehensive plan process um because

1:35:34 ↗ this is the first year that cities with

1:35:37 ↗ their housing chapter are going to have

1:35:39 ↗ to present them and have them reviewed

1:35:42 ↗ so we actually got our first sets from

1:35:45 ↗ Maple Valley and Alona which is a city

1:35:48 ↗ of only 3,400 uh population so it was

1:35:51 ↗ really interesting to hear from these

1:35:53 ↗ small towns about how their situation

1:35:57 ↗ has been in working with King County

1:35:59 ↗ staff um who did the review of these

1:36:02 ↗ plans really great interaction

1:36:05 ↗ collaboration but the King County staff

1:36:07 ↗ is pretty good at pushing back and

1:36:09 ↗ saying hey we appreciate that you did

1:36:11 ↗ this part but that doesn't really

1:36:13 ↗ address the needs in that area so I'm

1:36:17 ↗ looking forward to as our plan comes

1:36:20 ↗ through later this year um how we are

1:36:23 ↗ able to to address all of the needs in

1:36:25 ↗ the countywide planning policies so that

1:36:27 ↗ concludes my report thank you council

1:36:30 ↗ president the next item is the mayor's

1:36:32 ↗ report first there will not be an

1:36:34 ↗ executive session this

1:36:36 ↗ evening um this month Governor Insley

1:36:38 ↗ has proclaimed May 2024 is therapeutic

1:36:41 ↗ Court month in Washington state um adid

1:36:45 ↗ amidst a rising fentanyl epidemic

1:36:48 ↗ increasing fatal overdose rates and an

1:36:50 ↗ ongoing Mental Health crisis therapeutic

1:36:52 ↗ courts are an important part of our

1:36:54 ↗ community these courts offer more than

1:36:57 ↗ just treatment options they provide

1:36:58 ↗ structured hearings support case

1:37:01 ↗ management resources and accountability

1:37:04 ↗ with the Upstream rise of substance

1:37:06 ↗ abuse I would like to thank our court

1:37:08 ↗ staff for their hard work and the

1:37:10 ↗ significant impact that they are making

1:37:12 ↗ in our

1:37:13 ↗ community I'd also like to highlight

1:37:15 ↗ that on tonight's consent calendar

1:37:17 ↗ tonight's consent calendar the city

1:37:19 ↗ council accepted the completion of The

1:37:20 ↗ Spar the South Plateau Access Road boost

1:37:23 ↗ booster Pump Station construction

1:37:25 ↗ project this large Capital project which

1:37:28 ↗ the city began planning over a decade

1:37:30 ↗ ago has it increased the reliability and

1:37:33 ↗ redundancy to supply water to the isqua

1:37:35 ↗ highlands the project consisted of

1:37:37 ↗ constructing a new concrete masonry

1:37:39 ↗ building vertical turbine water booster

1:37:41 ↗ pumps piping Valves and accessories

1:37:44 ↗ electrical and instrumentation system

1:37:46 ↗ sight grading and Paving fencing and

1:37:48 ↗ miscellaneous site improvements and

1:37:51 ↗ 7,735 lineal feet of 12-in watermain

1:37:54 ↗ piping I'm proud of the multi-year

1:37:56 ↗ effort of our staff put into making sure

1:37:59 ↗ that this development of critic CR this

1:38:02 ↗ development of critical critical

1:38:03 ↗ infrastructure was completed for the

1:38:06 ↗ reliable delivery of vital

1:38:08 ↗ water isqua I think you've heard a

1:38:10 ↗ little bit about the community award

1:38:11 ↗ ceremony but I'll just add on isqua will

1:38:14 ↗ soon present its honored Hall of Fame

1:38:16 ↗ award each year the mayor and council

1:38:18 ↗ president select a person to induct into

1:38:20 ↗ the isal Hall of Fame for their

1:38:22 ↗ exemplary record of inspiration

1:38:24 ↗ leadership and service so please join us

1:38:27 ↗ as we honor the recipient at the Chamber

1:38:29 ↗ of commerce's annual isqua community

1:38:31 ↗ Awards event on May 21st registration is

1:38:34 ↗ required and you can learn more about

1:38:35 ↗ this on the isqua Chamber of Commerce

1:38:37 ↗ website big excitement this weekend the

1:38:40 ↗ farmers market returned so starting this

1:38:43 ↗ month through September you can come

1:38:45 ↗ join us at Pickering barn and help

1:38:46 ↗ support our local farmers our 2024

1:38:49 ↗ season will again offer a variety of

1:38:51 ↗ farm and food-based products on onsite

1:38:53 ↗ concessions and local Artisans farmers

1:38:56 ↗ markets can be important for communities

1:38:58 ↗ both socially and economically and ours

1:39:00 ↗ is one of the finest in the region every

1:39:02 ↗ Saturday you can meet local farmers

1:39:04 ↗ learn about food grown here in our area

1:39:07 ↗ and catch up with friends and neighbors

1:39:09 ↗ so for more information please visit

1:39:12 ↗ www.wa.gov and a couple of events that

1:39:15 ↗ are coming up bike everywhere Day is

1:39:17 ↗ coming up on Friday May 17th to build a

1:39:20 ↗ network of support and fun for thousands

1:39:22 ↗ of cyclist on bike everywhere day the

1:39:25 ↗ city along with the cities of samamish

1:39:26 ↗ and Redmond and the Cascade Bicycle Club

1:39:29 ↗ and local partners are hosting dozens of

1:39:31 ↗ Celebration stations along major bike

1:39:34 ↗ routes in the region and there is more

1:39:36 ↗ information on our

1:39:37 ↗ website and lastly friends of Lake samam

1:39:40 ↗ State Park is excited to host our eighth

1:39:42 ↗ annual Walkin wag event the large

1:39:45 ↗ largest dog party on the East side this

1:39:47 ↗ year will be a fun event for the whole

1:39:49 ↗ family with a 3K walk doggy village with

1:39:51 ↗ vendors and activities performances by

1:39:54 ↗ Seattle's fly dogs and reer Agility the

1:39:57 ↗ Banner Bank pet show food banks music

1:40:00 ↗ with warm 106.9 and more we can't wait

1:40:03 ↗ to see all these wonderful dogs and

1:40:05 ↗ their friends and families at walk and

1:40:06 ↗ wag and again on our website there's

1:40:08 ↗ additional

1:40:12 ↗ information um next item of business

1:40:14 ↗ this evening is good of the order does

1:40:16 ↗ any council member have anything for

1:40:17 ↗ good of the order this evening H council

1:40:20 ↗ member Joe thank you um

1:40:24 ↗ I wanted to point out that uh our Deputy

1:40:26 ↗ City administrator Andrea Snider has

1:40:29 ↗ been named one of the top 100

1:40:30 ↗ influencers in local government by

1:40:32 ↗ engaging local government leaders U I

1:40:35 ↗ wanted to see if our city administrator

1:40:37 ↗ wanted to uh add any additional comments

1:40:39 ↗ it's a national recognition as one of

1:40:43 ↗ the top 100 people not just the state of

1:40:45 ↗ Washington so U it's really a a great

1:40:48 ↗ award for her um also the I know the

1:40:53 ↗ mayor probably wants to wait to announce

1:40:55 ↗ this one for next meeting but the public

1:40:58 ↗ works department is having their tour on

1:41:00 ↗ the 22nd and I know my son is interested

1:41:04 ↗ in going through water vaults and he

1:41:07 ↗ wants to know about traffic light uh

1:41:09 ↗ timing we talked about that when we were

1:41:11 ↗ fishing yesterday uh yeah yesterday and

1:41:15 ↗ uh how the synchronization gets thrown

1:41:16 ↗ off by police officers going through the

1:41:19 ↗ intersection with their Sirens so I'm

1:41:21 ↗ going to try to take them to this it's

1:41:22 ↗ May 22nd 4 to 6:30 p.m. in our Public

1:41:25 ↗ Works building um 670 1st Avenue

1:41:28 ↗ Northeast and there's information on our

1:41:30 ↗ website but I think it's a real great

1:41:32 ↗ opportunity for Public Works to uh show

1:41:34 ↗ the great work that they do in our city

1:41:37 ↗ thank you so fun anyone else for good of

1:41:40 ↗ the

1:41:41 ↗ order the last thing I'll do is talk

1:41:43 ↗ about a couple of upcoming meetings the

1:41:45 ↗ May 13th Committee of the whole the

1:41:47 ↗ anticipated agenda items include

1:41:49 ↗ facilities next steps and revenue

1:41:51 ↗ options 2023 year end report and the q1

1:41:55 ↗ 2024 financial report Wildfire Wildland

1:41:59 ↗ Urban interface the code update and

1:42:00 ↗ mitigation efforts and the next regular

1:42:03 ↗ city council meeting is May

1:42:05 ↗ 20th there is no executive session this

1:42:08 ↗ evening and there being no further

1:42:10 ↗ business the meeting is adjourned at

1:42:11 ↗ 8:43

Approved minutes

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Council / Members (7)

Barbara de Michele (Attended virtually for

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Russell Joe

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

Lindsey Walsh

Motions and votes (3)

Approve Resolution No. 2024-14, declaring certain City owned real and personal property to be surplus to the needs of the City and providing for disposition of tax parcel 2024069015 located at 1775 12th Ave NW. . b)

Moved by WALSH · seconded by MARTS

Carried 7-0

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

Adopt Ordinance No. 3056, amending Sections 3.09.050, .060, and .120 of the Issaquah Municipal Code, regarding the City’s multifamily housing property tax exemption program; providing for severability; and establishing an effective date. (

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HUNT

Carried 5-2

In favor: Barbara de Michele (Attended virtually for, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Lindsey Walsh

Opposed: Marts, Reh

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. a) ID 1637 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of May 6, 2024, $7,410,653.23; Approved. b) Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, Nov. 9, 2022; Approved. c) Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, Nov. 13, 2022; Approved. d) Minutes: City Council Committee of the…

Moved by WALSH · seconded by JOE

Carried 7-0

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