City Council Regular Meeting · Monday, July 22, 2024 · City Council Digest

3. SPECIAL BUSINESS

Sister Cities Commission Friendship Day Proclamation ID 1698

5 min · packet pp.7

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Staff report:

WHEREAS, the International Day of Friendship—also known as World Friendship Day-- was proclaimed in 2011 by the UN General Assembly with the idea that friendship between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals can inspire peace efforts and build bridges between communities; and

National Night out Proclamation ID 1699

5 min · packet pp.9

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Staff report:

SPECIAL BUSINESS b) CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office

Park Ranger Day Proclamation ID 1700

5 min · packet pp.11

Topics: Parks

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Staff report:

CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office

Young Artists & Authors Showcase Recognition - Top Recipients ID 1748

10 min · packet pp.13–14

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Staff report:

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

What Works Cities Silver Certification Recognition ID 1742

5 min · packet pp.15

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Staff report:

Executive Office 130 E. Sunset Way | P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 425-837-3020 issaquahwa.gov

5. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of July 22, 2024, $10,175,813.26 ID 1733

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.17–52

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 DE MICHELE

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

Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, April 1, 2024

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.53–56

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR b) 04-01-24 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers April 1, 2024 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE

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

Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, April 15, 2024

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.57–61

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · May 6, 2024

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR c) 04-15-24 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers April 15, 2024 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE

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

Minutes: City Council Committee of the Whole, April 29, 2024

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.63–64

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR d) 04-29-24 City Council Committee of the Whole Page (0000) Minutes CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Committee-of-the-Whole 6:30 PM Council Chambers April 29, 2024 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE

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

Informational Update: Economic Development Quarterly Report - Q2 2024 ID 1719

Carried 7-0

Receive Report · packet pp.65–77

Topics: Economic Development

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Staff report:

This informational report is to provide an overview of economic development staff activities and trends in the 2nd quarter of 2024.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE

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

Landmarks Commission Appointment AB 8847

Carried 7-0

Confirm · packet pp.79–80

Topics: Boards & Commissions

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Staff report:

In accordance with the City's interlocal agreement with King County, the King County Landmarks Commission is responsible for providing landmark designation and protection services within the City.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE

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

Interlocal Agreement with Yakima County re: Disaster Recovery Site AB 8868

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.81–93

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Staff report:

In 2023, the City applied for and received the State and Local Cybersecurity Program (SLCGP) grant funds through the Washington State Military Department to establish a disaster recovery and failover site. The grant funds were used to purchase equipment intended for the disaster recovery site, including a backup appliance, firewall, and two network switches.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE

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

IMC Title 18 Annual Updates Phase 1 AB 8874

Carried 7-0

Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.95–186

Topics: Land Use

Previously discussed: Planning Policy Commission · Jun 20, 2024 Planning Policy Commission · Jun 27, 2024

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Staff report:

In 2023, the City adopted a major update to Title 18, Land Use Code, with the intent of modernizing the regulations, simplifying the language and unifying a complex set of codes. Similar to any major project, the City is committed to quality control best practices and conducting an annual review of issues found by staff through implementation of the new code.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE

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

Olde Town ADA Improvements Project (TR 011) AB 8883

Carried 7-0

Accept Project · packet pp.187–189

Topics: Land Use

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Staff report:

City Attorney Review Rachel Bender Turpin City Attorney Review Date: July 16, 2024

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE

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

6. REGULAR BUSINESS

WSDOT Fish Passage Project Agreements AB 8815

Authorize · packet pp.191–284

Topics: TransportationWater

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Staff report:

The Washington State Department of Transportation is conducting a fish barrier correction program to replace culverts under state highways that block fish migration. In many of these cases, such as in Issaquah, the culverts also pass under the roadways of local jurisdictions.

WSDOT Fish Passage Project City Liaison Contract AB 8845

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.285–331

Topics: TransportationWater

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Staff report:

Roll call:

Moved by Council President Lindsey Walsh · seconded by Councilmember Chris Reh

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

PFAS Agreed Orders Partnership Interlocal Agreement with Eastside Fire and Rescue AB 8837

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.333–360

Topics: Public SafetyWater

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Staff report:

In late 2015, the City confirmed detections of PFAS in the City's Well 4. Further investigation identified a plume of PFAS extending northward from areas where fire-fighting aqueous film-forming foams (AFFF) were used toward Wells 4 and 5. Fire-fighting training involving the application of these foams occurred on the Eastside Fire and Rescue (EFR) Headquarters' grounds on Newport Way, at Issaquah Valley Elementary School, on a section of the Rainier Trail and at Memorial Field. These foams are no longer used.

Roll call:

Moved by Council President Lindsey Walsh · seconded by Councilmember Zach Hall

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

PFAS Agreed Order - Consultant Contract Authorization AB 8856

Approve Resolution; Authorize Additional · packet pp.361–397

Topics: Water

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Staff report:

In late 2015, the City confirmed detections of PFAS in the City's Well 4. Further investigation identified a plume of PFAS extending northward toward Wells 4 and 5 from areas where fire-fighting aqueous film-forming foams (AFFF) were used. Fire-fighting training involving the application of these foams occurred on the Eastside Fire and Rescue (EFR) Headquarters' grounds on Newport Way, at Issaquah Valley Elementary School (IVES)/Dodd Field, on a section of the Rainier Trail and at Memorial Field. AFFF fire-fighting foam contained PFAS compounds. These foams are no longer used.

Solid Waste Contract Administrative Fee AB 8879

Carried 7-0

Authorize · 30 min · packet pp.399–417

Topics: Budget

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Staff report:

In June 2022 the City Council authorized a contract for Comprehensive Garbage, Recyclables, and Compostables Collection Services with Recology King County, Inc. for the period July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2035 (AB 8220). The contract was Amended in July 2023 to correct contract dates and allow for a rate adjustment due to a King County tipping fee rate restructure (AB 8638).

Roll call:

Moved by Councilmember Chris Reh · seconded by Deputy Council President Barbara de Michele

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

9. INFORMATIONAL UPDATES

Informational Update: Transit Oriented Development OC Update Hear Presentation ID 1730

20 min · packet pp.419–427

Topics: Transportation

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Staff report:

King County Housing Authority (KCHA) will provide an update on the development of the Transit Oriented Development Opportunity Center (TOD-OC). Dan Landes, Vice President of Development at KCHA, will provide the update.

10. GOOD OF THE ORDER

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0:09 ↗ good evening everyone and welcome I'm

0:11 ↗ calling the July 22nd city council

0:14 ↗ meeting to order this meeting is being

0:16 ↗ held one week later than normal due to

0:18 ↗ adjustments made to the July schedule

0:20 ↗ for the 4th of July holiday as a

0:23 ↗ reminder we continue to have a remote

0:25 ↗ aspect to our meetings and both staff

0:27 ↗ members staff and members of the public

0:29 ↗ may be participating in tonight's

0:31 ↗ meeting remotely via web acts first item

0:34 ↗ on our agenda this evening is the Pledge

0:35 ↗ of Allegiance and I invite you to join

0:38 ↗ us I pledge aliance to the flag of the

0:42 ↗ United States of America to

0:45 ↗ the stands

0:49 ↗ na

0:55 ↗ indivisible so obviously we have a lot

0:58 ↗ of fun stuff at the beginning of the

0:59 ↗ meeting because the gallery is full so

1:01 ↗ thank you all for coming and joining us

1:03 ↗ tonight we'll have a few items of

1:05 ↗ special business before we get into our

1:07 ↗ regular business um the first item is ID

1:11 ↗ 1698 uh sister cities commission

1:14 ↗ Friendship Day Proclamation and I'd like

1:16 ↗ to invite sister Ci's commission

1:18 ↗ co-chair Stephanie angula and other any

1:20 ↗ other sister city commission members in

1:22 ↗ attendance to come up to the lean over

1:24 ↗ here and join me

1:36 ↗ thank you all for coming uh this is

1:38 ↗ about half of our sister city commission

1:41 ↗ we have sherry Victor Wendy and

1:43 ↗ Stephanie and they have been doing an

1:46 ↗ awful lot of work over the last year um

1:49 ↗ some special projects with chef shaan

1:51 ↗ and it's been busy busy busy but today

1:54 ↗ we're here to talk about world

1:55 ↗ Friendship Day where is the

1:57 ↗ International Day of friendship ALS also

2:00 ↗ known as World Friendship Day was

2:02 ↗ proclaimed in 2011 by the UN General

2:04 ↗ assem Assembly with the idea that

2:07 ↗ friendship between peoples countries

2:09 ↗ cultures and individuals can Inspire

2:12 ↗ peace efforts and build Bridges between

2:15 ↗ communities and whereas the city of

2:17 ↗ isqua values its International

2:19 ↗ friendships and its formal sister cities

2:21 ↗ with sundall Norway established in 1991

2:25 ↗ and shasa in Morocco established in 2006

2:28 ↗ and whereas the city of isqua sister

2:30 ↗ cities commission is in place to help

2:32 ↗ Foster The Sisterhood relationships and

2:35 ↗ whereas the commission Works to increase

2:37 ↗ the knowledge Goodwill and understanding

2:40 ↗ of the world through peop to- people

2:42 ↗ diplomacy education and cultural

2:44 ↗ exchange the city of isqua has a long

2:47 ↗ tra tradition of promoting diversity

2:50 ↗ equality fairness and friendship and

2:53 ↗ whereas isqua is strengthened by the

2:55 ↗ strong role friendship plays in building

2:57 ↗ trust promoting peace and bringing

2:59 ↗ people of different different cultures

3:00 ↗ together now therefore I Mary L paie

3:03 ↗ mayor of the city of visa do hereby

3:05 ↗ Proclaim July 30th to be Friendship Day

3:07 ↗ in the city of isqua and I invite the

3:09 ↗ community to join me in celebrating and

3:11 ↗ fostering friendships locally and

3:14 ↗ globally would you like to say a few

3:16 ↗ words on

3:22 ↗ up great uh thank you everyone thank you

3:25 ↗ mayor Paulie thank you city council for

3:27 ↗ this uh recognition and this this

3:30 ↗ Proclamation for international uh

3:32 ↗ Friendship Day or um I'm saying it

3:36 ↗ incorrectly International Day of

3:38 ↗ friendship there we

3:40 ↗ go um we'd like to thank you again for

3:43 ↗ your continued support of the sister

3:44 ↗ cities commission and uh most

3:47 ↗ importantly thank you for recognizing

3:49 ↗ isqua's continued commitment to our two

3:51 ↗ sister cities as mayor paully said

3:54 ↗ sundall Norway and Chef sha in Morocco

3:57 ↗ and what those relationships represent

4:00 ↗ for our commission um the work that we

4:04 ↗ do together and the spirit that really

4:06 ↗ drives um the decisions that are made

4:09 ↗ and the efforts on behalf of the city

4:12 ↗ are from a welcoming open Spirit of

4:14 ↗ international friendship that Fosters

4:17 ↗ goodwi and centers human connection

4:20 ↗ across all cultures thank you very much

4:30 ↗ [Applause]

4:59 ↗ thank you so much to our commission and

5:00 ↗ all the work you've been doing it's been

5:02 ↗ very very

5:04 ↗ heartwarming the next item under special

5:06 ↗ business is ID 1699 the National Night

5:10 ↗ Out Proclamation and I would like to

5:12 ↗ invite council member hunt up to give

5:14 ↗ that and police chief Paul Aswan and

5:16 ↗ Commander Travis n to the Lector no

5:19 ↗ Travis nope got a got a headshake okay

5:21 ↗ chief is

5:22 ↗ here thank you chief

5:35 ↗ whereas the National Night Out is a

5:37 ↗ community building campaign that

5:38 ↗ promotes police Community Partnerships

5:41 ↗ annually on the first Tuesday of August

5:43 ↗ and whereas the 41st annual National

5:46 ↗ Night Out provides a unique opportunity

5:48 ↗ for the city of isqua to join forces

5:51 ↗ with thousands of other communities

5:53 ↗ across the country in promoting

5:54 ↗ Cooperative police community drug and

5:57 ↗ crime prevention efforts and whereas the

5:59 ↗ city of of isqua and the isqua police

6:01 ↗ department play a vital role in crime

6:03 ↗ drug and violence prevention efforts in

6:05 ↗ isqua and are supporting National KN out

6:08 ↗ 2024 locally and whereas it is essential

6:11 ↗ that the city of isqua community be

6:13 ↗ aware of the importance of crime

6:15 ↗ prevention programs and the impact that

6:17 ↗ their participation can have on reducing

6:19 ↗ crime drugs and violence in isqua and

6:22 ↗ whereas the police Community

6:23 ↗ Partnerships neighborhood safety

6:25 ↗ awareness and cooperation are important

6:27 ↗ themes of the national nightout program

6:29 ↗ and now therefore I council member

6:31 ↗ Victoria hunt on behalf of Mayor Paulie

6:34 ↗ of the city of isqua do hereby Proclaim

6:36 ↗ August 6th 2024 to be National Night Out

6:40 ↗ in the city of isqua and invite the

6:41 ↗ community to join me in celebrating and

6:44 ↗ participating in festivities that raise

6:46 ↗ awareness for this very important

6:53 ↗ cause thank you madam mayor council

6:56 ↗ members um a lot of people don't know

7:00 ↗ but it National Night Out started in

7:02 ↗ 1984 was the first one that they ever

7:04 ↗ had and there are a couple different

7:07 ↗ pieces that some people don't know and

7:08 ↗ components to National Night Out and one

7:10 ↗ is the project 365 which was introduced

7:13 ↗ in 1994 and what project 365 is the

7:17 ↗ opportunity for communities to come

7:19 ↗ together with the neighborhoods and with

7:21 ↗ the local law enforcement and decide one

7:23 ↗ project or area that the um City feels

7:27 ↗ is that needs or is necessary to improve

7:30 ↗ for crime in their area and then over

7:33 ↗ the next 365 days what that looks like

7:36 ↗ and the things that we're taken and

7:38 ↗ steps collaboratively to prevent and

7:41 ↗ improve that in your community and so

7:44 ↗ it's that and it's also an opportunity

7:46 ↗ for us to identify and um introduce new

7:51 ↗ projects and new opportunities for crime

7:53 ↗ prevention and to be able to work with

7:55 ↗ and learn with the communities and we

7:57 ↗ appreciate this opportunity it's always

7:59 ↗ is the second or sorry the first Tuesday

8:02 ↗ of August every year um some different

8:05 ↗ communities participate in actually take

8:08 ↗ part in like Texas does it in October um

8:11 ↗ but the national one is done on the

8:14 ↗ first um Tuesday in August always and so

8:17 ↗ we will have that event and we

8:18 ↗ appreciate always your support with the

8:20 ↗ proclamation as well as you guys

8:22 ↗ attending um I see many of you in your

8:24 ↗ communities and we're excited that we

8:26 ↗ have new ones that have joined as far as

8:28 ↗ neighborhoods this year so we're super

8:31 ↗ excited to be able to participate and um

8:33 ↗ attend many of those as well as the one

8:35 ↗ we're having on the back of City Hall

8:37 ↗ here at Memorial Field so thank you very

8:39 ↗ much thank you council member thank you

8:42 ↗ [Applause]

8:57 ↗ Chief next under special business we

8:59 ↗ have ID 1700 which is park ranger day

9:03 ↗ Proclamation and council member Joe is

9:04 ↗ going to be presenting this

9:09 ↗ one oh sorry I'd like to invite park

9:12 ↗ ranger Alex Anderson and summer Ranger

9:14 ↗ Casey Shane to the Lector I was just

9:16 ↗ going to do that thank thank you

9:27 ↗ gentlemen whereas World Ranger day is

9:29 ↗ celebrated worldwide on July 31st to

9:32 ↗ celebrate the work of work Rangers do to

9:34 ↗ protect the planet's natural treasures

9:36 ↗ and cultural heritage and whereas the

9:39 ↗ city of isqua park ranger serves as a

9:41 ↗ steward and ambassador of the city's

9:43 ↗ Parks trails and Open Spaces the ranger

9:46 ↗ position is intended to promote a safe

9:48 ↗ and welcoming Park experience through

9:50 ↗ professional interaction with Park

9:52 ↗ patrons and whereas the park rangers is

9:56 ↗ responsible for the routine Patrol of

9:58 ↗ approximately 1,800 Acres of public

10:00 ↗ lands owned by the city of isqua which

10:03 ↗ includes 23 Parks two cemeteries native

10:06 ↗ growth protection areas natural resource

10:08 ↗ conservation areas Wetlands open space

10:10 ↗ and trails and whereas the park ranger

10:14 ↗ works collaboratively with the isqua

10:17 ↗ Police Department Washington State

10:19 ↗ agencies the King County Sheriff's

10:21 ↗ Office and Regional Animal Services of

10:23 ↗ King County to resolve park issues and

10:26 ↗ whereas the park ranger provides

10:28 ↗ education of local codes and laws and

10:30 ↗ responds to calls for service and

10:32 ↗ investigates concerns relating to our

10:34 ↗ Park areas and whereas the park ranger

10:37 ↗ is sometimes the first point of contact

10:40 ↗ for unhoused individuals in city parks

10:43 ↗ in partnership with human services the

10:45 ↗ ranger provides assistance guidance and

10:47 ↗ Care through our homeless outreach

10:49 ↗ program now therefore Mary L Paulie

10:52 ↗ mayor of the city of isquad is hereby

10:54 ↗ proclaimed July 31st 2024 to be park

10:58 ↗ ranger day in the city of isqua and we

11:01 ↗ all invite the community to join us in

11:03 ↗ thanking our Park Rangers ranger team

11:05 ↗ for their service and outstanding

11:09 ↗ contributions like say

11:14 ↗ word thank you mayor council um I'll say

11:17 ↗ the same thing I always say we don't do

11:19 ↗ this work for the recognition or for the

11:20 ↗ accolades but we really do appreciate it

11:23 ↗ um we we work hard out there and it's

11:24 ↗ always nice nice to be recognized so

11:26 ↗ thank you thank you

11:30 ↗ [Applause]

11:43 ↗ congratulations thank you council member

11:45 ↗ Joe and thank you to our park ranger

11:47 ↗ team the next item under special

11:51 ↗ business is ID 1748 this is the Young

11:54 ↗ Artists and author showcase recognition

11:57 ↗ and these are our top recipients here

11:58 ↗ this even evening so I'd like to invite

12:01 ↗ sister City's commission co-chair

12:03 ↗ Stephanie to come up to the lecturn and

12:04 ↗ I'll join you but you're in charge of

12:06 ↗ this

12:15 ↗ one okay um thank you so much for being

12:19 ↗ here tonight um a little information

12:21 ↗ this is our third annual issaqua youth

12:25 ↗ artist and author showcase that we're

12:27 ↗ conducting and

12:29 ↗ this is something that we do in uh in

12:32 ↗ Partnership and in connection to sister

12:34 ↗ cities International um there's a

12:36 ↗ different theme every year and this our

12:39 ↗ third year here isqua participating

12:42 ↗ happen to be climate Escape resilient

12:45 ↗ cities for tomorrow's climate which was

12:47 ↗ a very um well-received and we had a lot

12:52 ↗ of Youth respond to that specific topic

12:55 ↗ so that speaks highly of our youth is

12:58 ↗ ath youth so um really quick an

13:02 ↗ opportunity to say thank you of course

13:03 ↗ to our mayor and city council for your

13:06 ↗ continued support we'd also like to

13:09 ↗ recognize our partnership with the Arts

13:11 ↗ commission also the support that we

13:14 ↗ received this year from our Parks and

13:16 ↗ Recreation Department as well as

13:18 ↗ Community Partners um including the

13:20 ↗ Downtown isqua Association and the

13:22 ↗ Fleming School of Music and finally

13:25 ↗ extra thank you to of course sister

13:27 ↗ isqua sister cities Commission

13:29 ↗ and all of the support that we received

13:31 ↗ from our liaison staff thank you very

13:33 ↗ much and the biggest thank you happens

13:36 ↗ to be for our issaqua youth for your

13:38 ↗ bravery to participate when you saw that

13:42 ↗ little poster um from your teachers or

13:45 ↗ you heard a word from an adult Mentor

13:47 ↗ that encouraged you to participate we

13:49 ↗ want to recognize your bravery and also

13:51 ↗ your courage to share your talent of

13:55 ↗ artistic expression so um we'll start

13:58 ↗ calling you up

13:59 ↗ first Allan please come on

14:20 ↗ up sure let's do one at a time so alen

14:24 ↗ alen was our um our top student for

14:27 ↗ original uh music

14:30 ↗ composition thank you so much

14:45 ↗ [Applause]

14:50 ↗ Alan and secondly we will recognize ma

14:54 ↗ come on up mik who is our top recipient

14:56 ↗ for um her artistic expression in

15:13 ↗ photography I please yes

15:18 ↗ please absolutely we'd love to

16:04 ↗ [Applause]

16:14 ↗ we're so so proud of you both and we

16:17 ↗ just are so grateful that you embody the

16:19 ↗ future of isqua we really mean that um

16:22 ↗ quickly I just want to say that at isqua

16:25 ↗ wa.gov sister cities we now have a

16:28 ↗ digital showcase case that features our

16:30 ↗ two students um that we have this

16:32 ↗ evening as well as two other of our top

16:34 ↗ winners in two different categories

16:38 ↗ digital art and classical art as well as

16:41 ↗ features two other years of our student

16:45 ↗ participants so if you'd like to take a

16:47 ↗ look back at our history please uh feel

16:50 ↗ free also we'd like to say all the best

16:53 ↗ and good luck for your submissions to

16:55 ↗ the international competition which we

16:57 ↗ will find out how that turns out this

16:59 ↗ August thank you again thank you for

17:09 ↗ this always fun when one of our special

17:12 ↗ business items has to do with youth and

17:15 ↗ their accomplishments in the community

17:16 ↗ that's pretty exciting and I left my

17:19 ↗ script over here

17:29 ↗ the last item of special business for

17:30 ↗ this evening is ID

17:32 ↗ 1742 what works City's silver

17:35 ↗ certification recognition and I'd like

17:37 ↗ to invite Dale mky crimp to the

17:46 ↗ Lector good evening mayor city council

17:49 ↗ Dale Mary crimp assistant to the city

17:50 ↗ administrator and uh proud uh chair of

17:55 ↗ our City's datadriven decision-making

17:57 ↗ team on June 17th 2024 the city of isqua

18:02 ↗ was awarded the wwor city's silver

18:04 ↗ certification by Bloomberg

18:06 ↗ philanthropies for its use of data in

18:09 ↗ our ongoing work here at the city the

18:12 ↗ wwor city's certification continues to

18:15 ↗ set a standard for the Excellence in the

18:18 ↗ use of data in local governance and

18:21 ↗ government this standard reflects the

18:23 ↗ practices policies and infrastructure

18:28 ↗ Within municip IP alties uh that they

18:30 ↗ must have in place in order to harness

18:33 ↗ the almost infinite information that we

18:36 ↗ have at our

18:38 ↗ fingertips and use that for better

18:40 ↗ decision- making as mayor Paulie often

18:42 ↗ says values informed data data VA values

18:47 ↗ driven data informed I got

18:50 ↗ you isqua is now among 83 cities in the

18:55 ↗ Americas and as I've been reminded to

18:57 ↗ say worldwide because this is a

18:59 ↗ worldwide

19:00 ↗ certification uh to achieve the

19:02 ↗ certification we are the first city

19:04 ↗ under 50,000 but also the first city

19:06 ↗ under 75,000 in population to obtain the

19:11 ↗ certification with resources becoming

19:14 ↗ increasingly scarce and our community

19:17 ↗ asking for uh very rightfully more

19:20 ↗ information about the way we do business

19:22 ↗ and the impact of our

19:24 ↗ investments this process really required

19:27 ↗ um our organization to seriously

19:30 ↗ consider everything that we could use to

19:33 ↗ make the decisions that we make on a day

19:35 ↗ in day out basis I highly recommend if

19:38 ↗ you have a chance that you take a moment

19:40 ↗ to read over the profile of the city of

19:42 ↗ isqua on the Bloomberg philanthropy is

19:44 ↗ whatw City's site which highlights the

19:47 ↗ incredible data driven work of our Human

19:50 ↗ Services team the incredible work of our

19:53 ↗ Police Department the incredible work of

19:56 ↗ our art commission and art fund

19:59 ↗ um and the incredible work um it's

20:01 ↗ hidden somewhere in between the lines of

20:02 ↗ the various departments and divisions

20:05 ↗ that are continuing to build their

20:07 ↗ skills in gathering analyzing and

20:10 ↗ communicating with data at the

20:12 ↗ Forefront um it has been a real Joy I

20:15 ↗ think the first time I was up here

20:16 ↗ talking about performance measures in

20:18 ↗ the late summer of

20:20 ↗ 2021 um it was I I will admit I was a

20:24 ↗ bit nervous that was it was a little bit

20:27 ↗ um people were not always super excited

20:29 ↗ to share data with me I would go to them

20:31 ↗ and say hey I hear you've got these

20:32 ↗ performance measures um could you share

20:34 ↗ the data with me and I can say three

20:36 ↗ years later that the culture within our

20:39 ↗ organization has absolutely evolved to

20:43 ↗ be one that leads with data I now get

20:44 ↗ emails honestly on a weekly basis of hey

20:47 ↗ I got this new data I just got I think

20:49 ↗ the mayor and I both got one about um

20:51 ↗ the performance right now of our Farmers

20:53 ↗ Market this past week um and just to see

20:56 ↗ the way that we're not just sharing

20:58 ↗ sharing data when it's asked for but

21:00 ↗ actually designing our programs with

21:02 ↗ data collection and Analysis in mind it

21:06 ↗ is truly um we are doing business in a

21:09 ↗ different way we are we are providing

21:11 ↗ services in a different way uh and that

21:13 ↗ is incredibly exciting so this

21:15 ↗ certification um is just the beginning

21:17 ↗ it is step one um for us in the right

21:19 ↗ direction and I'm very grateful for the

21:22 ↗ leadership of our mayor our city

21:23 ↗ administrator and of this Council um in

21:26 ↗ prioritizing data and how we do what we

21:28 ↗ do thank you B that's

21:33 ↗ great we're going to do a big group

21:36 ↗ picture with the award so come on down I

21:39 ↗ think that was the plan right Wally

21:40 ↗ bring us all down okay

22:06 ↗ your

22:46 ↗ I hope

22:55 ↗ not so special thank you to Dale M crimp

22:59 ↗ who has really helped our organization

23:01 ↗ Embrace uh data collection data analysis

23:05 ↗ data informing that our council is

23:08 ↗ making great choices for our community

23:10 ↗ so thank you you've been a great

23:12 ↗ addition and we're happy that we evolved

23:15 ↗ thank you very much that was a great

23:17 ↗ step so the next item is audience

23:20 ↗ comments but I will remind the audience

23:22 ↗ today that if there are no items on the

23:24 ↗ agenda that you wish to make a comment

23:26 ↗ on you are perfectly okay to leave

23:29 ↗ whenever you want do not we're probably

23:31 ↗ going on for another couple hours so um

23:35 ↗ it's up to you nobody has to leave but

23:36 ↗ if you'd like to leave go ahead um I'm

23:39 ↗ going to read some general directions

23:41 ↗ about audience comments members of the

23:44 ↗ public May address council at this time

23:46 ↗ both in person or virtually and those

23:48 ↗ who signed up in advance to make

23:50 ↗ comments will be called on first if

23:52 ↗ you're joining us virtually and would

23:53 ↗ like to make comments please raise your

23:55 ↗ virtual hand or send the host a chat

23:57 ↗ message through on phone you can do this

23:59 ↗ by pressing star three if you join by

24:01 ↗ computer or smartphone you can look for

24:03 ↗ the hand icon if you in the room and did

24:05 ↗ not sign up I will ask for other

24:07 ↗ speakers before I close this portion of

24:08 ↗ the meeting and clerk has anyone signed

24:11 ↗ up to speak for General audience

24:12 ↗ comments or indicated a desire to speak

24:15 ↗ this evening no okay so um we will not

24:18 ↗ be having anybody providing comments to

24:20 ↗ council this evening so just as a

24:22 ↗ reminder oh sorry forgot to ask okay

24:25 ↗ Connie um yes we have someone in the

24:28 ↗ room who would like to speak so I'm just

24:30 ↗ going to add a few more comments and

24:31 ↗ then we'll call Connie up to the

24:33 ↗ microphone you're invited to address the

24:35 ↗ council regarding matters that are

24:37 ↗ directly related to isqua's programs

24:39 ↗ projects services or events comments

24:42 ↗ related to political campaigns are not

24:43 ↗ permitted please direct comments to the

24:46 ↗ whole Council and not individuals and

24:48 ↗ while this is not a question and answer

24:49 ↗ session we will contact you to follow up

24:52 ↗ if needed when recognized unmute your

24:55 ↗ microphone if you are a virtual attendee

24:57 ↗ or please come up to the electr that's

25:00 ↗ in the center of the room state your

25:02 ↗ name and address and relationship to

25:04 ↗ relationship to the city speak clearly

25:06 ↗ and pause frequently and please limit

25:08 ↗ your comments to 5 minutes if you are

25:11 ↗ attending virtually and do not respond

25:12 ↗ after your name or phone number is

25:13 ↗ called or if your connection is lost

25:15 ↗ unexpectedly the meeting will still need

25:16 ↗ to proceed and you are encouraged to

25:18 ↗ rejoin the meeting if able personal

25:20 ↗ attacks obscene language derogatory

25:22 ↗ remarks and disruptive behavior will not

25:23 ↗ be permitted public comments written and

25:26 ↗ verbal are an important aspect of the

25:27 ↗ public process and the city takes

25:29 ↗ comments seriously and we thank you for

25:31 ↗ taking your time to address us I saw

25:33 ↗ Connie's hand up I didn't oh we have two

25:36 ↗ okay Connie do you want to come up

25:45 ↗ first hi I'm Connie Marsh uh I live on

25:49 ↗ squawk and I'm talking about the

25:53 ↗ pre-application uh meeting that uh we

25:56 ↗ worked years to get pre-application

26:00 ↗ meetings required so that the community

26:03 ↗ could actually get input before a ton of

26:06 ↗ money was spent on a complete

26:08 ↗ application and so I went to wrote many

26:12 ↗ letters went to

26:13 ↗ PPC and uh frankly was thinking I didn't

26:17 ↗ have to go to every single meeting to

26:21 ↗ track uh something like this when PPC

26:24 ↗ had made a recommendation so I was

26:25 ↗ surprised to read the agenda to see that

26:27 ↗ the subcommittee had uh changed the

26:33 ↗ recommendation of PPC to continue to

26:36 ↗ require the preapplication meetings for

26:39 ↗ critical areas and uh larger projects

26:43 ↗ and then it was going to go on the

26:44 ↗ consent agenda even though it was

26:47 ↗ changing the recommendation from PPC so

26:51 ↗ the uh there are about what eight

26:56 ↗ different ways that you you could remove

27:00 ↗ some of the risk for going beyond your

27:04 ↗ time there's been no public process on

27:07 ↗ which pathway to choose and when PPC

27:10 ↗ heard it there was no guidance yet from

27:14 ↗ the Department of

27:16 ↗ Commerce to decide and so they said well

27:19 ↗ let's just delay it until we know

27:21 ↗ more and that seemed like a wise

27:24 ↗ decision because pre-application

27:26 ↗ meetings actually don't start the time

27:29 ↗ clock it's only when you get a complete

27:31 ↗ application that that time clock starts

27:34 ↗ where you could be fined and the last I

27:37 ↗ saw then you would be adding that

27:39 ↗ meeting after the time clock started

27:43 ↗ which seemed awkward so one I would ask

27:47 ↗ for the bill to be brought down for

27:51 ↗ conversation amongst the whole Council

27:53 ↗ off of consent and two I would ask that

27:56 ↗ it just be delayed until we have more

27:59 ↗ guidance and three that when the

28:02 ↗ decision is made what language you want

28:04 ↗ to include to try to alleviate the risk

28:07 ↗ of having to pay fines that is a public

28:10 ↗ process that is not just a process that

28:14 ↗ is basically done in a subcommittee

28:16 ↗ meeting and put on a consent agenda

28:18 ↗ which is this is that's what it turned

28:21 ↗ out uh to be because the

28:23 ↗ PPC um recommendation was overturned

28:27 ↗ thank you

28:28 ↗ thank

28:29 ↗ you and we have another person

28:32 ↗ indicating they would like to speak

28:33 ↗ today come on

28:38 ↗ up oh GNA get you to press that button

28:40 ↗ in the center so it goes red there you

28:42 ↗ go that makes sense okay hello uh my

28:44 ↗ name is Tina Hayes I uh live in downtown

28:47 ↗ isqua on Bush Street and I just wanted

28:50 ↗ to um deliver a thanks from myself to

28:54 ↗ the council and the mayor for the recent

28:57 ↗ um updates to our crosswalk on Bush and

29:00 ↗ second um we are thrilled I have a thank

29:03 ↗ you card for yall signed by just a few

29:05 ↗ of the kids in our neighborhood um it's

29:07 ↗ been a joy to use this crosswalk and we

29:09 ↗ haven't even started the school season

29:11 ↗ um so we're just really really grateful

29:13 ↗ for the efforts that uh went in by the

29:15 ↗ council members and I know it's a huge

29:17 ↗ huge effort uh obviously by the city and

29:19 ↗ the lots of personnel that went into

29:21 ↗ that work but we're um we're very

29:23 ↗ excited to feel safer as we use that

29:26 ↗ crosswalk so thank you very much you I

29:28 ↗ thank you for your time to come in and

29:29 ↗ express your gratitude and anything that

29:31 ↗ you have brought can go to our city

29:32 ↗ clerk and we'll all get to see it great

29:34 ↗ thanks thanks very much since I missed

29:37 ↗ the first couple is there anybody else

29:38 ↗ in the room who would like to provide

29:40 ↗ counsel with some comment this evening

29:42 ↗ so seeing no other hands um we had a

29:45 ↗ couple speakers tonight the first

29:47 ↗ talking about the pre-application

29:50 ↗ process uh as part of our land use

29:52 ↗ review and uh desire to pull that item

29:55 ↗ down from consent today um the second

29:58 ↗ was just gratitude for some crosswalk

30:00 ↗ improvements so thank you Council that

30:02 ↗ was

30:05 ↗ great so just a reminder that written

30:09 ↗ comments can be submitted at any time to

30:10 ↗ the city council at city council isqu

30:13 ↗ w.gov now we're going to move into some

30:15 ↗ items of business and the first item on

30:18 ↗ the consent calendar is mayor's remarks

30:20 ↗ I don't have any remarks this evening on

30:22 ↗ the consent calendar but I will look to

30:24 ↗ committee chairs or chair designes who

30:27 ↗ would like to report on any of our

30:28 ↗ consent items tonight um council member

30:32 ↗ hunt thank you um on consent this

30:35 ↗ evening there is an item it is item H AB

30:39 ↗ 8874 this is an item that was reviewed

30:41 ↗ by the Planning Development and

30:42 ↗ environment committee um we reviewed

30:45 ↗ this on July 9th and we uh made several

30:49 ↗ recommendations um that I wanted to

30:50 ↗ review with Council one is that um we

30:54 ↗ really appreciated the discussion of the

30:55 ↗ planning policy Commission on a number

30:58 ↗ of items and largely um did approve the

31:01 ↗ recommendations from that committee as

31:02 ↗ well as the recommendations of Staff one

31:05 ↗ of the changes uh was that we we um one

31:10 ↗ of the changes was regarding these uh

31:12 ↗ pre-application meetings um the

31:14 ↗ committee appreciated the PPC discussion

31:16 ↗ but we also wanted to flag the Financial

31:18 ↗ Risk to the city um if we did not make

31:21 ↗ the change of this time to comply with

31:22 ↗ the provisions within State Bill

31:25 ↗ 5290 which would exempt the city from

31:27 ↗ Comm liting um to up to 20% refunds for

31:31 ↗ um if you were not able to meet the

31:33 ↗ required timeline for a project um so

31:35 ↗ there was quite a bit of discussion in

31:36 ↗ the meeting about this it's actually

31:38 ↗ flagged in our agenda bill as one of the

31:40 ↗ few items that has a financial impact um

31:44 ↗ if with the with the wording in the

31:47 ↗ agenda bill um we are potentially able

31:50 ↗ to avoid 20% application fee refund

31:54 ↗ scenarios um and so this is ultimately

31:57 ↗ something that we as the committee felt

31:59 ↗ was an important thing we we recognize

32:01 ↗ that our planning um planning staff are

32:05 ↗ really working hard on making sure that

32:07 ↗ we are uh able to comply with the

32:09 ↗ timelines and making a lot of process

32:11 ↗ improvements and we recently saw a

32:13 ↗ presentation on that but at the same

32:14 ↗ time we also wanted to recognize that it

32:16 ↗ is uh a challenge and we didn't want to

32:19 ↗ be in the position where we were uh not

32:21 ↗ being the best possible stewards of the

32:24 ↗ the funds in this case and so that

32:26 ↗ that's where we ultimately land on this

32:28 ↗ one um one other change that we made was

32:32 ↗ that um the PPC recommended screening

32:36 ↗ for mechanical requiring screening um

32:40 ↗ which would be aesthetic uh an aesthetic

32:42 ↗ measure to block um being able to see

32:46 ↗ heat pumps um and ultimately uh we as

32:50 ↗ the committee felt that heat pumps are

32:53 ↗ an important uh climate action

32:55 ↗ technology that we want to encourage our

32:57 ↗ community to to um be able to adopt and

33:00 ↗ that was the main reason that there were

33:02 ↗ changes in Title 18 in the first place

33:04 ↗ regarding heat pumps was to make it um

33:06 ↗ possible to have heat pumps for

33:07 ↗ different buildings and so we wanted to

33:09 ↗ facilitate that rather than add an

33:11 ↗ additional requirement that was

33:13 ↗ aesthetic and that would also um add to

33:15 ↗ the cost recognizing that there is a a

33:17 ↗ cost to folks when they're installing

33:19 ↗ these this climate

33:20 ↗ technology um so those were two things

33:22 ↗ that I wanted to flag for Council in the

33:26 ↗ discussions um also so there's uh also

33:30 ↗ there were several things that were

33:32 ↗ added into a phase two discussion so

33:34 ↗ they will be looked at um within Title

33:37 ↗ 18 but at a later date and one of those

33:39 ↗ is regarding the tree canopy coverage

33:42 ↗ requirements um so that will be in a

33:44 ↗ phase two it will go to uh planning

33:46 ↗ policy commission as well as the

33:48 ↗ environmental committee and I did want

33:49 ↗ to flag that because I know that um

33:51 ↗ community members have also a lot of

33:53 ↗ interest in how we actually implement

33:55 ↗ this uh new tree canopy cover

33:58 ↗ requirements that concludes my um my

34:02 ↗ summary of the committee's discussion on

34:04 ↗ this item thank you council member hun

34:07 ↗ did I see any other microphones go up

34:08 ↗ for other comments okay um the consent

34:13 ↗ calendar was dist distributed to Council

34:15 ↗ in advance and if authorized the items

34:17 ↗ on the consent calendar will be

34:18 ↗ considered together and approved by one

34:20 ↗ motion have the payables and payroll

34:22 ↗ been reviewed they have they have thank

34:25 ↗ you does any council member desire to

34:27 ↗ remove any item from the consent

34:29 ↗ calendar and consider it under regular

34:31 ↗ business not seeing any indication uh

34:35 ↗ anybody car to make a motion council

34:37 ↗ president I move to approve the consent

34:39 ↗ calendar as

34:41 ↗ distributed second it's been moved and

34:43 ↗ seconded is there any Council discussion

34:45 ↗ council

34:46 ↗ president thank you um I would just like

34:48 ↗ to add to council member Hunt's report

34:52 ↗ that one of the conversations we had

34:54 ↗ about the pre-application meetings in

34:56 ↗ addition to the financial

34:58 ↗ um aspect was this does not remove the

35:01 ↗ ability for pre-application meetings to

35:04 ↗ go on uh developers have found

35:06 ↗ particularly on large projects that this

35:08 ↗ is very useful for them and so they

35:10 ↗ absolutely can do that this just means

35:13 ↗ that rather than requiring it as a

35:15 ↗ pre-application meeting they are allowed

35:17 ↗ to do it after application the meeting

35:20 ↗ is still absolutely required so I wanted

35:23 ↗ to note that also on the um screening

35:27 ↗ for any of the mechanical items that's

35:30 ↗ still something that an HOA can do we

35:32 ↗ just didn't feel like it was appropriate

35:34 ↗ at the city level to add cost to a

35:37 ↗ permit so those were some of the

35:39 ↗ additional changes I wonder council

35:41 ↗ president if you can share to I'm not

35:43 ↗ sure many people know how something gets

35:45 ↗ on consent or regular business but the

35:47 ↗ committee decided to put it on consent

35:49 ↗ yes and that was something that comes up

35:51 ↗ anytime something goes through committee

35:54 ↗ we um try to make the decision as a

35:57 ↗ group where it belongs often times we

36:00 ↗ put something onto regular business if

36:02 ↗ it's a larger item or if it has a large

36:04 ↗ Financial impact and otherwise we try to

36:07 ↗ keep something on consent if it doesn't

36:09 ↗ have a big change thank you council

36:11 ↗ president um the motion is to improve

36:14 ↗ the consent calendar as presented all

36:15 ↗ those in favor signify by saying I

36:19 ↗ I those

36:21 ↗ opposed that passes unanimously 7 and0

36:24 ↗ so we are going to move into the regular

36:26 ↗ business portion of our meeting um and

36:28 ↗ the first two items of regular business

36:29 ↗ will be presented together AB 8815 and

36:33 ↗ ab 8845 this is the wash do Washington

36:36 ↗ State Department of Transportation fish

36:39 ↗ passage project agreements and wash.

36:42 ↗ fish passage project City liaison

36:45 ↗ contract say that quickly um so we're

36:47 ↗ going to be have those presented

36:48 ↗ together and Ice director moon is up at

36:50 ↗ the podium

37:12 ↗ all right good

37:14 ↗ evening I am joined by a few people and

37:17 ↗ I'll be calling Matt up shortly to give

37:20 ↗ the bulk of this

37:21 ↗ presentation um but I wanted to just

37:23 ↗ kick it off and also introduce uh the

37:26 ↗ folks that have been working really hard

37:28 ↗ with us as we try to advance uh this big

37:32 ↗ multi-year project in our community and

37:37 ↗ so Matt Ellis is our utilities

37:39 ↗ engineering manager he's here tonight

37:41 ↗ Melissa Amer from wot is also here and

37:45 ↗ then Chris Brown who is from partite and

37:48 ↗ will act as our owner rep our project

37:52 ↗ manager um hopefully um after tonight's

37:56 ↗ contract is approved uh to help us

37:58 ↗ Steward this project uh this is an

38:02 ↗ incredibly important and impactful

38:04 ↗ project in our community council members

38:06 ↗ know we have been hearing about this for

38:09 ↗ many

38:10 ↗ years Federal injunction in place that

38:13 ↗ is uh the Catalyst for this and City

38:17 ↗ staff and uh Mr Brown will continue to

38:20 ↗ be working on this project uh for the

38:24 ↗ next five six years and our role so far

38:29 ↗ in the city has been to collaborate with

38:31 ↗ wash dot on their requests for

38:34 ↗ qualifications and subsequent uh

38:37 ↗ RFP to make sure that the city's needs

38:40 ↗ and expectations are reflected in those

38:43 ↗ documents and ultimately in the design

38:46 ↗ Builder selection and the agreement that

38:48 ↗ wash do will have with the design

38:51 ↗ Builder you may hear referred to as the

38:53 ↗ DB on occasion tonight so with that I'm

38:56 ↗ going to turn it over to

39:03 ↗ M good evening mat Ellis utility

39:06 ↗ engineering

39:07 ↗ manager um yeah as Emily mentioned we

39:10 ↗ are here to bring two items to council

39:13 ↗ tonight uh we are here to talk about uh

39:16 ↗ specifically review and seek approval on

39:18 ↗ the

39:20 ↗ agreements figure out to change the

39:24 ↗ screen there we go oh boy

39:28 ↗ it we're here to review and seek

39:31 ↗ approval of the agreements between wot

39:33 ↗ and the city relating to the fish

39:34 ↗ passage project and approve the contract

39:37 ↗ to utilize prti as a city's

39:39 ↗ representative and liaison in support of

39:42 ↗ the

39:44 ↗ project no wrong

39:47 ↗ way so recommendation administration's

39:50 ↗ recommendation is entered into the GCB

39:53 ↗ and the UTB contracts with wash do to

39:56 ↗ enable City reimburse

39:58 ↗ Define roles and

40:00 ↗ responsibilities also to enter into

40:02 ↗ contract with prti is the city's

40:04 ↗ representative to Monitor and advocate

40:05 ↗ for City interests and direct

40:08 ↗ preparation of a future 2024 budget

40:10 ↗ amendment City Administration recommends

40:13 ↗ allowing a contract for five years to

40:15 ↗ match the duration of wash Do's project

40:18 ↗ this extends beyond the city's standard

40:20 ↗ purchasing policy of a threee

40:25 ↗ contract tonight we'll talk about we'll

40:27 ↗ show the project locations discuss the

40:29 ↗ wash do fish barrier project scopes of

40:31 ↗ work outline the relationships between

40:34 ↗ parties provide an overview of the

40:36 ↗ agreements provide contract estimates

40:39 ↗ lay out the city out of pocket expenses

40:41 ↗ explain the city's role and peti roles

40:44 ↗ identify next steps and provide an

40:45 ↗ opportunity for any

40:49 ↗ questions so quickly here are the

40:51 ↗ project locations this slide shows uh uh

40:55 ↗ all the barriers or culverts that will

40:58 ↗ be or were planned to be removed due to

41:02 ↗ funding

41:04 ↗ constraints uh which I will elaborate on

41:06 ↗ a future slide two locations have been

41:10 ↗ removed and that includes the unnamed

41:13 ↗ tributary to tibits at exit 15 and sr900

41:16 ↗ on tibits located just south of the city

41:22 ↗ limits so the first location is at Lewis

41:25 ↗ Creek Lewis Creek and that is

41:28 ↗ anticipated to last for about two to

41:30 ↗ three years uh through design and

41:33 ↗ construction the preliminary proposal is

41:35 ↗ to construct Four Bridges and install a

41:37 ↗ new roundabout on Newport Way uh two of

41:40 ↗ the bridges will be on city streets

41:42 ↗ Newport Way and West Lakes Mish Parkway

41:44 ↗ some of the anticipated impacts include

41:46 ↗ detours uh temporary local street

41:49 ↗ closures uh and utility impacts

41:52 ↗ including uh relocating City water lines

41:55 ↗ on Newport Way and West Lakes M Parkway

41:58 ↗ these water lines are wash Do's

42:00 ↗ responsibility to relocate as the

42:01 ↗ project site at at their expense and

42:04 ↗ then Cascade water Alliance uh the bellw

42:07 ↗ isquad pipeline or the bip casc and that

42:09 ↗ will be cascade's responsibility to

42:11 ↗ relocate and that's on Newport and then

42:14 ↗ revisions to the jurisdiction the

42:15 ↗ proposed roundabout on Newport is

42:17 ↗ anticipated to extend wash do limited

42:20 ↗ access right of way along Newport way to

42:22 ↗ accommodate the roundabout and revised

42:24 ↗ exit 13 eastbound onramp

42:29 ↗ and here quickly is a map showing all

42:32 ↗ the uh impacts and again these are

42:34 ↗ proposed uh the design Builder will uh

42:38 ↗ finalize the design and then construct

42:41 ↗ the project so things are being carried

42:43 ↗ forward to about a 30% level through a

42:46 ↗ separate designer uh once the design

42:49 ↗ builders on they can make certain

42:51 ↗ changes to the proposal as as is shown

42:54 ↗ right here

42:57 ↗ um this is the second location which is

42:59 ↗ the West Village Park in Schneider

43:02 ↗ Creeks again the anticipated duration is

43:04 ↗ 2 to three years through design and

43:06 ↗ construction and this won't be back to

43:09 ↗ back with Lewis Creek there might be

43:10 ↗ some mixing of design and construction

43:13 ↗ so uh once the designed Builder is on

43:16 ↗ board they will provide a more defined

43:18 ↗ schedule uh the preliminary proposal is

43:21 ↗ to construct Three Bridges and a new

43:22 ↗ stream alignment for West Village Park

43:24 ↗ Creek between Newport Way and I90

43:27 ↗ one Ro one bridge will be on a city

43:30 ↗ Street Northwest samis Road wash doot

43:32 ↗ will make the bridge forward compatible

43:34 ↗ with the city's future Northwest smish

43:36 ↗ Road non-motorized Improvement project

43:39 ↗ r28 the project will provide a wide

43:41 ↗ enough bridge for the future cross

43:43 ↗ section that includes a multi-use trail

43:44 ↗ at this location the extens of the

43:46 ↗ forward compatibility is limited to the

43:48 ↗ bridge and Road wiing widening will neck

43:51 ↗ down to current conditions once out of

43:53 ↗ the limits of the wash dot project area

43:56 ↗ some of the anticipated impacts include

43:58 ↗ detours temporary Lo uh local street

44:00 ↗ closures and utility impacts the city

44:03 ↗ sewer the city is cost responsible to

44:06 ↗ relocate um the C City's sewer line

44:10 ↗ which fear off Newport Way and into

44:12 ↗ limited access rway currently uh and we

44:15 ↗ will be moving that back to Newport Way

44:18 ↗ uh the city's water line is that will be

44:20 ↗ relocated by wash dot on Northwest sish

44:22 ↗ Road this water line is wash Dot's

44:24 ↗ responsibility to relocate uh at the

44:27 ↗ project site at their expense and then

44:29 ↗ the new stream alignment through smish

44:31 ↗ Cove Park coordination there will also

44:33 ↗ be coordination with City projects

44:35 ↗ including tr28 Northwest SM Road

44:37 ↗ non-motorized Improvement project and

44:39 ↗ tr22 Newport way sr900 to 54 uh both

44:44 ↗ projects are planning to occur within

44:47 ↗ the time frame of wash dots project so

44:49 ↗ there's going to be quite a bit of

44:50 ↗ coordination with City uh based projects

44:54 ↗ uh there'll also be uh some utility

44:56 ↗ upgrades in in the

44:58 ↗ vicinity and here is a map showing the

45:01 ↗ location of that anticipated

45:06 ↗ project so again uh a few sections were

45:09 ↗ removed from the scope of work that's

45:11 ↗ Tri 017 at exit 15 and sr900 hibbits

45:16 ↗ Creek which is the south of the city uh

45:19 ↗ those were removed from the package in

45:20 ↗ June The Crossings were removed uh from

45:23 ↗ the design build P package due to

45:25 ↗ funding issues uh was out is still

45:28 ↗ required under the injunction to remove

45:30 ↗ these fish barriers but we'll do so

45:31 ↗ under a different project uh was out

45:34 ↗ will continue design now utilizing

45:36 ↗ in-house uh resources and seek

45:38 ↗ additional funding for construction was

45:41 ↗ out plans to award this contract at a

45:43 ↗ separate date as a construction only

45:45 ↗ contract there's no date outlined yet

45:48 ↗ for when wash out plans to bid and

45:49 ↗ construct this portion of the work and

45:51 ↗ we currently don't know if there will be

45:53 ↗ any overlap with the work at Lewis Creek

45:55 ↗ and West Village Park

45:59 ↗ so here is a schematic of the

46:01 ↗ relationships between the parties this

46:03 ↗ slide attempts to show the contract

46:05 ↗ relationships between Wast and their

46:07 ↗ designed Builder was do and the city and

46:09 ↗ the city in prti and perti in the

46:11 ↗ designed Builder wash out will have a

46:14 ↗ contract for the design Builder to

46:15 ↗ complete the fish barrier work design

46:17 ↗ Builder will be responsible for

46:19 ↗ completing the final design and con

46:21 ↗ constructing all improvements outlined

46:23 ↗ in the scope uh wot has two agreements

46:25 ↗ with the city uh the GCB is a general

46:28 ↗ agreement that specifies terms and

46:30 ↗ conditions for City review of materials

46:33 ↗ traffic control requirements and city

46:35 ↗ streets and cost responsibility for City

46:38 ↗ reimbursement UTB is the utility

46:40 ↗ agreement for utilities that are owned

46:42 ↗ and operated by the city that will be

46:44 ↗ impacted by the

46:48 ↗ project then the city's contract with

46:50 ↗ petite identifies a project manager

46:52 ↗ principal Le liaison that will attend

46:55 ↗ meetings with a designed Builder uh and

46:57 ↗ wash dot facilitate and coordinate

46:59 ↗ submittal reviews provide communication

47:01 ↗ support to the public and Council and

47:03 ↗ provide extensive uh expertise were

47:05 ↗ needed including traffic management

47:08 ↗ signal modeling flood evaluation

47:10 ↗ Hydraulics and hydrology and

47:12 ↗ environmental impacts neither the city

47:15 ↗ or petite will have a contract for the

47:17 ↗ designed Builder but petite will be the

47:19 ↗ conduit for communication with the

47:20 ↗ design Builder to ensure information

47:22 ↗ gets to the correct channels to ensure

47:25 ↗ both parties live up to the requirements

47:27 ↗ outlined in the various

47:30 ↗ contracts so the GCB this is the again

47:33 ↗ the general agreement for coordination

47:34 ↗ and review of non- utilities work that

47:36 ↗ impacts isqua for the term of the

47:39 ↗ project as uh as briefly described

47:42 ↗ before the contract provides

47:43 ↗ expectations and agreed upon

47:45 ↗ requirements regarding review comment

47:47 ↗ coordination inspection and

47:49 ↗ communication tasks outlines project

47:52 ↗ elements such as the RFP Scopes

47:54 ↗ schedules traffic plans RightWay permits

47:57 ↗ design of City infrastructure and

47:59 ↗ construction support and it identifies

48:01 ↗ the city will have a 14-day turnaround

48:03 ↗ for review of any submittal that the

48:06 ↗ design Builder design Builder submits to

48:08 ↗ the city describes the roles the role of

48:11 ↗ the city and its representative prti

48:14 ↗ washa has agreed to pay the city for

48:16 ↗ City staff time as well as support

48:19 ↗ needed to facilitate this project this

48:21 ↗ includes utilization of prti as a liazon

48:24 ↗ and representative to support City

48:26 ↗ review and impacts including traffic

48:28 ↗ impact environmental impacts and

48:32 ↗ hydraulics UTB is an agreement for

48:35 ↗ coordination and review of utilities

48:36 ↗ work that impacts isqua for the term of

48:38 ↗ the project and this includes the water

48:40 ↗ lines at Lewis Creek West Village Park

48:43 ↗ Creek Schneider Creek um that wash out

48:46 ↗ is cost responsible for relocating and

48:48 ↗ all as well as the sewer line that the

48:50 ↗ city will relocate at the city's

48:53 ↗ expense uh and also any water and sewer

48:56 ↗ line PS uh proposed by the roundabout at

48:58 ↗ Lewis Creek on Newport Way UTB also

49:01 ↗ identifies allowable water shut off

49:03 ↗ times for City Mains this agreement

49:05 ↗ outlines the review comment coordination

49:07 ↗ and communication

49:09 ↗ tasks outlines project elements such as

49:12 ↗ the RFP utility design review and

49:14 ↗ construction coordination and describes

49:16 ↗ the role of the city and its

49:17 ↗ representative

49:19 ↗ for similar to the gcp the wot has

49:23 ↗ agreed to pay for the city staff time as

49:25 ↗ well as support needed to facilitate

49:27 ↗ this project this includes utilization

49:29 ↗ of parti as a liaison repres and

49:31 ↗ representative for all all

49:36 ↗ elements City's role some of the tasks

49:38 ↗ that the city is required to support for

49:40 ↗ this project include review of submitt

49:42 ↗ for city streets review traffic control

49:45 ↗ and dour routes project coordination

49:48 ↗ with the city and private developer

49:49 ↗ projects that may impact or may be

49:52 ↗ impacted by the wot fish barrier project

49:55 ↗ community outreach support review

49:57 ↗ utility relocation work review

50:00 ↗ compatibility with future projects and

50:02 ↗ coordination on turned back of city city

50:06 ↗ facilities so uh we selected prti uh as

50:10 ↗ the city and wastop began negotiations

50:13 ↗ on this project it became apparent that

50:14 ↗ the city needed external support to meet

50:17 ↗ this the requirements of this agreement

50:19 ↗ attending project meetings and

50:20 ↗ facilitating Pro facilitating project

50:23 ↗ review submittals is ant anticipated to

50:26 ↗ be at times a full-time job uh for

50:29 ↗ periods of this project that extend

50:31 ↗ through 2028 or

50:33 ↗ 2029 additionally expertise beyond the

50:35 ↗ city's resources may be needed at times

50:38 ↗ Administration elected to hire through

50:40 ↗ competitive RFP process forti to fill

50:43 ↗ this role their responsibilities include

50:46 ↗ follow the following attending project

50:48 ↗ meetings Lead City Review provide

50:51 ↗ Community to communication to the public

50:53 ↗ Council or other entities as needed

50:56 ↗ project coordin ation with various City

50:57 ↗ and private developer projects assists

51:00 ↗ with traffic planning including signal

51:01 ↗ timing review and D2 routes

51:04 ↗ environmental evaluation support

51:06 ↗ including flood evaluation habitat enfor

51:09 ↗ enhancement and stream Hydraulics and

51:11 ↗ utility

51:15 ↗ coordination so the cost estimate the

51:18 ↗ GCB uh this the cost estimate was

51:20 ↗ created when the project was originally

51:22 ↗ estimated to be four Crossings including

51:24 ↗ the exit 15 unnamed tribut cares and The

51:27 ↗ tibits sr900 Crossings the estimate is

51:31 ↗ is ballpark figures estimated to provide

51:33 ↗ a basis of anticipated time to support

51:35 ↗ this project through its

51:37 ↗ completion the estimates are not to be

51:39 ↗ to be are not to exceed amounts and will

51:42 ↗ be reimbursed for actual expenses

51:44 ↗ incurred for the GCB the estimate

51:46 ↗ includes estimated uh City staff time uh

51:50 ↗ time and materials and consultant

51:51 ↗ support and indirected costs and the

51:53 ↗ total for that is 3.65 million the

51:56 ↗ anticipated portion associated with the

51:58 ↗ prti contract is 2.2 million over those

52:02 ↗ 5 years in the UTB the reimbursement for

52:04 ↗ actual expenses incurred uh it's

52:07 ↗ reimbursement for actual expenses

52:08 ↗ incurred the estimate includes City

52:11 ↗ staff time as well as consultant support

52:13 ↗ the total is 2.02 million and the petite

52:17 ↗ contract is 1.6 of

52:23 ↗ that uh work on uh so the there is some

52:27 ↗ City outof pocket expenses uh work

52:30 ↗ on w017 the Newport sewer relocation

52:34 ↗ sewer project uh to move that sewer line

52:37 ↗ out of wash do rideway is anticipated to

52:40 ↗ be

52:41 ↗ $350,000 in 2024 for the design and

52:45 ↗ construction next year at 3.6

52:50 ↗ million uh regarding schedule uh wash do

52:54 ↗ will be uh the proposals the design

52:57 ↗ Builder are due in uh this month in July

53:00 ↗ in September they will award the

53:01 ↗ contract to the design builder in

53:03 ↗ October they will provide a notice to

53:05 ↗ proceed and dece and by December 2029

53:08 ↗ they have substantial completion there's

53:10 ↗ a big gap there and they will the design

53:13 ↗ Builder once they're on board will

53:14 ↗ provide a more thorough schedule of what

53:17 ↗ they will actually PL plan to do in at

53:19 ↗ what

53:21 ↗ times so the next steps is to upon Award

53:24 ↗ of the design build contract begin

53:26 ↗ working with the design builder in wash

53:28 ↗ dot will elaborate with wash Dot and

53:30 ↗ public

53:32 ↗ information and negotiate agreement with

53:34 ↗ wash shot for coordination of tributary

53:36 ↗ 0170 exit5 and sr900 tibits design and

53:40 ↗ construction we foresee that we will

53:43 ↗ need prti continued support relating to

53:45 ↗ traffic control flooding and

53:46 ↗ environmental concerns and project

53:48 ↗ coordination on that element of the

53:51 ↗ project so our recommendation is to

53:53 ↗ enter into the GCB and UTB contracts

53:56 ↗ with the shot to enable City

53:57 ↗ reimbursement and Define roles and

53:59 ↗ responsibilities and enter into the

54:02 ↗ contract with prti as City

54:03 ↗ representative to Monitor and advocate

54:05 ↗ for City interests direct for

54:07 ↗ preparation of the future 2024 budget

54:14 ↗ amendment

54:16 ↗ questions Matt thank you for the

54:18 ↗ presentation um very succinct very clear

54:22 ↗ and in no way shows how much work you

54:24 ↗ and director moon have put into making

54:26 ↗ sure that this was coming tonight before

54:29 ↗ Council questions for Council Members

54:31 ↗ council member

54:32 ↗ hunt thank you thank you for the

54:34 ↗ presentation very complicated topic and

54:36 ↗ very well presented um I had two

54:39 ↗ questions one is the the roundabout is

54:42 ↗ that something that the bridges are

54:44 ↗ clearly important for the fish fish

54:47 ↗ passage but is the roundabout something

54:49 ↗ that was on wash doots um list or is

54:53 ↗ that somehow also required because of

54:55 ↗ the is passage project so the current

55:00 ↗ exit 15 eastbound

55:03 ↗ on-ramp big word uh is situated on top

55:07 ↗ of the current CT so they needed to move

55:10 ↗ the uh onramp to provide uh space for

55:17 ↗ the bridge so they decided to move it

55:19 ↗ further east I'm sorry yeah further east

55:23 ↗ and that coincided with the driveway to

55:26 ↗ uh some apartments uh and so they the

55:29 ↗ preliminary design again this is to the

55:31 ↗ 30% level showed that a roundabout would

55:34 ↗ be would facilitate traffic a little bit

55:36 ↗ better and provide access to the freeway

55:39 ↗ in a better way so again the design

55:41 ↗ Builder might come up with a different

55:42 ↗ Solution that's something we don't know

55:45 ↗ yet but the uh preliminary design shows

55:48 ↗ that that would be the

55:50 ↗ best okay so it is all it is all

55:53 ↗ directly related to the need for the

55:55 ↗ fish passage yes Bridge Okay um great

55:58 ↗ thank you my second question is um there

56:01 ↗ are two related agenda bills um

56:05 ↗ presented together one of them has that

56:07 ↗ there is um

56:11 ↗ $160,000 in a future 2024 budget

56:14 ↗ amendment for anticipated 2024

56:16 ↗ reimbursable

56:18 ↗ costs

56:19 ↗ um but then there's also the amount of

56:22 ↗ uh

56:24 ↗ 3.79 million um and it looks like that

56:29 ↗ in the other Bill the 160 isn't in the

56:32 ↗ reimbursable part there and so I just

56:34 ↗ wondered if that um is if that is

56:38 ↗ reimbursable it if it has to be

56:40 ↗ reflected in that other number in the

56:41 ↗ second agenda bill it's it is part of

56:44 ↗ that total amount so that's the amount

56:48 ↗ that we anticipate from when we started

56:52 ↗ negotiating with uh prti they've been

56:55 ↗ supporting us through this this GCB UTB

56:58 ↗ contract negotiations with wash do

57:01 ↗ there's been expenses incurred to date

57:03 ↗ and then through the final the end of

57:06 ↗ 2024 there will be additional expenses

57:09 ↗ but we didn't account for that in any of

57:11 ↗ our budgeting uh so that is what that

57:15 ↗ $160,000

57:16 ↗ $160,000 represents is the costs through

57:19 ↗ 20124 but that would be fully

57:22 ↗ reimbursable that's part of that total

57:24 ↗ amount

57:28 ↗ okay so that doesn't have to be it

57:30 ↗ doesn't have to be reflected in the

57:32 ↗ table on correct the reimbursements

57:37 ↗ page okay thank you thank you Deputy

57:41 ↗ council president D Michelle and then

57:43 ↗ council member

57:44 ↗ Hall so this might be a question for

57:47 ↗ wash doot and if you can't answer it

57:48 ↗ that's okay but on the the two projects

57:51 ↗ that have been delayed or put on hold

57:53 ↗ are they still anticipating that they're

57:54 ↗ going to meet the deadline and and if so

57:57 ↗ are we facing a lot more construction

58:00 ↗ going on once those projects come back

58:02 ↗ online I might have to call on my wash

58:05 ↗ dot

58:07 ↗ resource oh

58:13 ↗ great okay so your first question are

58:16 ↗ the two that we took out going to be

58:20 ↗ completed at some time and the answer is

58:22 ↗ yes when that will be we're not sure so

58:26 ↗ uh we are waiting till the 2025 ledge

58:30 ↗ session is over and hopefully we'll get

58:33 ↗ some more funding and then our fish

58:36 ↗ delivery team will come up with a

58:38 ↗ strategy with the additional funds and

58:40 ↗ figure out which projects we're going to

58:41 ↗ go forward with so when it does happen

58:46 ↗ there will be a lot of construction but

58:48 ↗ the coordination with Matt Emily and the

58:51 ↗ city is not going to stop so we're going

58:53 ↗ to know what projects you're doing and

58:55 ↗ you're going to know what projects we're

58:56 ↗ doing and so we'll try to inconvenience

58:59 ↗ the public as little as

59:01 ↗ possible thank you I appreciate that

59:05 ↗ council member

59:06 ↗ Hall thanks and thanks I had the

59:09 ↗ roundabout question as well um so thanks

59:11 ↗ for asking that can you speak again

59:13 ↗ to the Future proofing of Northwest

59:17 ↗ samamish Road what the limitations might

59:19 ↗ be for having for it be forward

59:21 ↗ compatible with our multimodal

59:22 ↗ Improvement yeah so they they have to

59:25 ↗ put a they have to remove the fish

59:27 ↗ barrier for Schneider Creek which is at

59:29 ↗ Northwest Mish Road uh and to do that

59:32 ↗ they're planning to put in a bridge um

59:34 ↗ we didn't want them to put a bridge that

59:36 ↗ only meets the current width um of the

59:39 ↗ roadway because we're proposing to put a

59:41 ↗ project that widens that and we wouldn't

59:43 ↗ want to remove a bridge that just

59:45 ↗ recently constructed so um they are

59:48 ↗ committed to constructing a bridge that

59:50 ↗ would meet the the footprint of the

59:54 ↗ proposed crosssection that's why earlier

59:56 ↗ this year or may was it was last year

59:59 ↗ where we agreed upon the cross-section

1:00:01 ↗ we needed to get that to wash out so

1:00:03 ↗ they could start putting that plan

1:00:06 ↗ together but they won't extend the

1:00:08 ↗ widening of Northwest road further than

1:00:11 ↗ that bridge so it'll it'll just taper

1:00:13 ↗ down to its current

1:00:17 ↗ alignment okay so if I'm understanding

1:00:20 ↗ right then the bridge will be

1:00:21 ↗ constructed into the right away to where

1:00:25 ↗ we would expect the road to correct it

1:00:28 ↗ doesn't limit

1:00:30 ↗ any anything in the future we feel

1:00:32 ↗ confident yeah correct we've provided

1:00:34 ↗ them with our preliminary design um and

1:00:37 ↗ they've designed their bridge to

1:00:39 ↗ facilitate that and so there might be

1:00:41 ↗ some work on top of the bridge to make

1:00:43 ↗ sure that we go from how we're going to

1:00:46 ↗ construct that roadway to what what's

1:00:49 ↗ currently here to what we're proposing

1:00:51 ↗ for that roadway like we're looking at

1:00:53 ↗ different ways to drain the roadway

1:00:56 ↗ cross slope where I think we're doing

1:00:58 ↗ actually GNA not have a a crown but have

1:01:01 ↗ a full slope and so there's all kinds of

1:01:03 ↗ things we're going to change around the

1:01:04 ↗ roadway so it there's going to be some

1:01:07 ↗ work but it'll be the correct width for

1:01:10 ↗ the future

1:01:12 ↗ project counc

1:01:15 ↗ Ray oh that's okay counc M Hall I had

1:01:18 ↗ one more thank you that's good to know

1:01:21 ↗ um so the estimated staff time expenses

1:01:24 ↗ seem very sizable and so it's got me

1:01:28 ↗ thinking about just our bandwidth as a

1:01:30 ↗ department so I'm wondering if you could

1:01:31 ↗ talk about kind of what impact that

1:01:33 ↗ might have while that's going on

1:01:34 ↗ especially during kind of peak times um

1:01:37 ↗ if we're going to be needing to scale

1:01:39 ↗ back Investments or be thinking about

1:01:42 ↗ that as a council or maybe just talk

1:01:44 ↗ generally about kind of impacts on the I

1:01:47 ↗ that's again why we we're hiring prti to

1:01:49 ↗ to offset that load there will be some

1:01:53 ↗ impacts to City staff that's why we have

1:01:55 ↗ that in in there and that's for a 5year

1:01:58 ↗ duration that's why it show shows a

1:02:00 ↗ sizable amount also that was anticipated

1:02:03 ↗ for four Crossings were're down to two

1:02:05 ↗ so the the anticipated uh staff impact

1:02:10 ↗ will be less than what we originally

1:02:13 ↗ anticipated um but there will be some

1:02:15 ↗ impacts

1:02:16 ↗ because although prti will be providing

1:02:19 ↗ that initial review some staff will need

1:02:23 ↗ to review certain aspects of of of

1:02:26 ↗ things that the design Builder brings to

1:02:28 ↗ us um so there will be some impacts but

1:02:31 ↗ I don't think we'll be scaling down

1:02:33 ↗ we'll be utilizing our our consultant

1:02:36 ↗ resources to help support us during

1:02:37 ↗ these the crunch

1:02:41 ↗ times that's my Beret thanks um I have I

1:02:45 ↗ have two questions and they're both

1:02:46 ↗ really related to the impact on the

1:02:49 ↗ Newport and South Lakes samamish

1:02:51 ↗ neighborhoods so what are we doing as

1:02:54 ↗ this fairly extensive mve amount of work

1:02:56 ↗ is going on and there's only one way

1:02:58 ↗ really out in and out there to minimize

1:03:00 ↗ the impact on these neighborhoods that's

1:03:03 ↗ a good question wash do will be lean

1:03:05 ↗ wash do and their designed Builder will

1:03:07 ↗ be leading the traffic

1:03:09 ↗ control uh proposal for that we have let

1:03:13 ↗ communities know through neighborhood

1:03:15 ↗ meetings and Outreach that these

1:03:16 ↗ projects are coming um but again before

1:03:19 ↗ until the design Builder is hired we

1:03:21 ↗ won't really know what the traffic

1:03:23 ↗ control or D routes are going to be

1:03:26 ↗ um so again we will we will help support

1:03:29 ↗ wash Dot and their design Builder

1:03:31 ↗ through that communication process but

1:03:32 ↗ they are going to have to take the lead

1:03:34 ↗ and and really trying to figure out a

1:03:36 ↗ way to make sure that traffic isn't

1:03:38 ↗ bottlenecked on our

1:03:40 ↗ streets and then my my second question

1:03:42 ↗ which I you teed up beautifully thank

1:03:45 ↗ you um is what's our recourse in the

1:03:47 ↗ event we have some issues with the

1:03:48 ↗ design Builder I mean um not that I

1:03:51 ↗ don't trust everybody and think

1:03:53 ↗ everyone's going to do a spectacular job

1:03:54 ↗ but um I just have seen issues arise so

1:03:57 ↗ what where do we go what's our recourse

1:04:00 ↗ it's a good question um I think the

1:04:02 ↗ contracts uh that we have with wash dot

1:04:05 ↗ does provide that recourse um we do have

1:04:09 ↗ some assurances about how things will be

1:04:12 ↗ constructed to make sure that our you

1:04:14 ↗ know if we do have a large amount of

1:04:16 ↗ volume on our roadways

1:04:20 ↗ um they will review they will inspect

1:04:22 ↗ the roads after the work is done to make

1:04:25 ↗ sure they have haven't deteriorated too

1:04:26 ↗ much um during the project um I think

1:04:31 ↗ it's just it's it's those contracts with

1:04:33 ↗ with was do to make sure that things are

1:04:35 ↗ again we don't have a contract with the

1:04:36 ↗ design Builder it's with wash dot um and

1:04:39 ↗ was dot is the project manager for that

1:04:42 ↗ work that's where that recourse is okay

1:04:45 ↗ great thanks

1:04:47 ↗ Matt uh council member Joe thank you

1:04:50 ↗ Matt appreciate the uh presentation of a

1:04:53 ↗ pretty complicated subject um could you

1:04:55 ↗ pull up the map for the second project

1:04:59 ↗ West Village Park in Snider Creek in

1:05:02 ↗ your presentation it says there'll be

1:05:04 ↗ three Bridges and a new stream alignment

1:05:06 ↗ there but I was wondering um along

1:05:10 ↗ Newport way there appears to be a box

1:05:12 ↗ that is another bridge and I'm just

1:05:15 ↗ wondering is that a fourth Bridge or is

1:05:18 ↗ that still the three that we're talking

1:05:20 ↗ about um could you clarify that please

1:05:23 ↗ good question so back when this slide

1:05:26 ↗ was developed there was going to be an

1:05:28 ↗ additional bridge on Newport Way however

1:05:31 ↗ there were some utility conflicts that

1:05:35 ↗ prevented that extension to occur on

1:05:37 ↗ Newport so wash do is stopping their

1:05:40 ↗ project at the uh rideway uh wash out

1:05:45 ↗ limited access rideway which is right

1:05:47 ↗ there on Newport so that project will

1:05:49 ↗ not extend over Newport so is that a

1:05:54 ↗ second project

1:05:56 ↗ that we'll have to pick up later or are

1:05:59 ↗ we just not doing that at all it would

1:06:00 ↗ be the city's responsibility if we

1:06:02 ↗ wanted to do it at a future

1:06:04 ↗ date okay and

1:06:07 ↗ so I I I agree with council member Ray's

1:06:11 ↗ concerned about our communities and we

1:06:14 ↗ are going to be stopping up Newport W

1:06:17 ↗ for quite a few years and then um

1:06:20 ↗ perhaps doing another bridge at that

1:06:23 ↗ location later and then causing another

1:06:26 ↗ logging or bottleneck of Newport Way

1:06:30 ↗ um just a little concern that it you

1:06:34 ↗ know putting another project there right

1:06:37 ↗ after getting done with the the fish P

1:06:39 ↗ fish passage project could um cause some

1:06:42 ↗ consternation for the Neighbors there so

1:06:46 ↗ um I'll just throw out there if there's

1:06:48 ↗ any way to coordinate it so that that

1:06:51 ↗ project can occur during that same phase

1:06:54 ↗ when we're working on Newport way for

1:06:56 ↗ project one that'd be fantastic if it

1:06:58 ↗ doesn't work out but it's just a a

1:07:00 ↗ concern that I have yes understand that

1:07:03 ↗ council member Joe uh this is something

1:07:06 ↗ that we looked at for many many months

1:07:08 ↗ uh a lot of negotiation there are other

1:07:10 ↗ parties that are involved with this

1:07:13 ↗ location and it was decided that uh this

1:07:16 ↗ was not the time nor was there the

1:07:18 ↗ budget to accommodate how that Culver

1:07:21 ↗ needed to be improved as you know the

1:07:23 ↗ city has future projects on Newport way

1:07:26 ↗ there will be future construction it is

1:07:28 ↗ quite possible this cber will be part of

1:07:30 ↗ that it's too early to say but we will

1:07:34 ↗ continue to try to mitigate the impact

1:07:37 ↗ to Newport way but unfortunately as you

1:07:39 ↗ know there are a lot of projects on a

1:07:41 ↗ long stretch of

1:07:43 ↗ road thank you director Moon I would

1:07:45 ↗ appreciate uh any coordination that we

1:07:48 ↗ can do to to uh put those projects

1:07:51 ↗ together in a package so that we uh

1:07:54 ↗ reduce the impact of Newport any way

1:07:55 ↗ that we can so I'm very pleased that the

1:07:59 ↗ administration and the public works

1:08:00 ↗ department has given some thought to

1:08:02 ↗ that thank you a lot of thought of that

1:08:06 ↗ a lot of thought I'm looking for

1:08:08 ↗ additional uh council member

1:08:10 ↗ questions head

1:08:12 ↗ shakes um thank you for the presentation

1:08:15 ↗ and thank you for the years of work on

1:08:18 ↗ this um it's been a long time it's also

1:08:21 ↗ um been exciting to see the kind of um

1:08:26 ↗ um creativity that you are putting into

1:08:28 ↗ how we can do pull all these pieces

1:08:30 ↗ together like council member Joe said

1:08:32 ↗ this is hard on the neighborhoods and

1:08:34 ↗ you've really really really have been

1:08:36 ↗ thoughtful in your work and in wash

1:08:37 ↗ Dot's approach to your work very much

1:08:39 ↗ appreciate

1:08:40 ↗ that okay if there are no more questions

1:08:43 ↗ would someone care to make a motion

1:08:45 ↗ council

1:08:46 ↗ president thank you and just to clarify

1:08:49 ↗ there's both of the Motions at the same

1:08:50 ↗ time yes the council can choose to offer

1:08:54 ↗ them together or hand them separately

1:08:56 ↗ fantastic um I would move to authorize

1:08:59 ↗ the mayor to enter into two contracts

1:09:01 ↗ with the Washington State Department of

1:09:03 ↗ Transportation GCB

1:09:06 ↗ 3834 and

1:09:08 ↗ UTB 1565 for reimbursement of eligible

1:09:12 ↗ expenses pertaining to the city's review

1:09:15 ↗ and coordination of the fish passage Pro

1:09:18 ↗ projects at I90 Lewis Creek and I90 West

1:09:22 ↗ Village Park and Schneider creeks in sub

1:09:25 ↗ stantially the same form as the attached

1:09:27 ↗ agreements as approved by the City

1:09:30 ↗ attorney and I move to authorize the

1:09:33 ↗ mayor to enter into a contract with prti

1:09:36 ↗ Incorporated in the amount of

1:09:40 ↗ 3,791

1:09:42 ↗ $40 to support the city with wash Do's

1:09:45 ↗ fish pass fish passage

1:09:49 ↗ projects in substantially the same form

1:09:52 ↗ as the attached agreement as approved by

1:09:54 ↗ the City attorney and authorized the

1:09:56 ↗ inclusion of

1:09:58 ↗ $160,000 in a future 2024 budget

1:10:02 ↗ amendment for anticipated 2024

1:10:04 ↗ reimbursable

1:10:06 ↗ costs second it's been moved and

1:10:08 ↗ seconded is there any Council

1:10:12 ↗ discussion not seeing

1:10:14 ↗ any no you can you can councilman Ray no

1:10:18 ↗ I think this this is um I think this is

1:10:21 ↗ great this is obviously something we

1:10:22 ↗ need to do um

1:10:26 ↗ the issue raised by uh council member

1:10:28 ↗ Joe and myself is this has a huge impact

1:10:31 ↗ on our neighborhoods and and everything

1:10:32 ↗ we can do to minimize the impact and

1:10:35 ↗ make sure that we have um some some

1:10:38 ↗ vehicle for um ensuring that the design

1:10:42 ↗ Builder um their activities um are as

1:10:47 ↗ minimally disruptive as humanly possible

1:10:50 ↗ would be

1:10:51 ↗ um very important and I know that the

1:10:54 ↗ Public Works has work diligently and

1:10:56 ↗ looked at this I'm just uh reiterating

1:10:58 ↗ and putting a big uh exclamation point

1:11:00 ↗ on it um I it's going to be an impact on

1:11:03 ↗ those neighborhoods for a prolonged

1:11:05 ↗ period of

1:11:06 ↗ time thank you council member Ray any

1:11:09 ↗ additional comments from

1:11:10 ↗ Council so thanks for making me read the

1:11:13 ↗ whole thing again council member a

1:11:15 ↗ author uh that has been moved and second

1:11:18 ↗ has been moved and seconded to authorize

1:11:20 ↗ the mayor to enter into two contracts

1:11:21 ↗ with the Washington State Department of

1:11:23 ↗ Transportation GCB 3834 and UTB 1565 for

1:11:26 ↗ reimbursement of eligible expenses

1:11:28 ↗ pertaining to the city's review and

1:11:30 ↗ coordination of the fish passage

1:11:32 ↗ projects at I90 Lewis Creek and I90 West

1:11:34 ↗ Village Park and Schneider creeks in

1:11:36 ↗ substantially the same form as the

1:11:38 ↗ attached agreements as approved by the

1:11:39 ↗ City attorney and to authorize the mayor

1:11:41 ↗ to enter into a contract with petite

1:11:43 ↗ Incorporated in the amount of

1:11:46 ↗ 3,791 40 to support the city with wash

1:11:49 ↗ Dot's fish passage projects in

1:11:51 ↗ substantially the same form as the

1:11:53 ↗ attached agreement as approved by the

1:11:55 ↗ City attorney and authorize the

1:11:56 ↗ inclusion of $160,000 in future 2024

1:11:59 ↗ budget amendment for anticipated 2024

1:12:02 ↗ reimbursable costs all those in favor

1:12:04 ↗ signify by saying I I I those opposed

1:12:09 ↗ that carries unanimously

1:12:11 ↗ 70 um and so again I just want to thank

1:12:14 ↗ you team and thank our partners with

1:12:16 ↗ wash do um from the I90 Improvement

1:12:18 ↗ project which is helping us with our U

1:12:21 ↗ Westlake mamish trail from the work

1:12:23 ↗ you're doing on state ride 18 from the

1:12:25 ↗ Culver projects huge investment in our

1:12:28 ↗ community but construction is hard so uh

1:12:32 ↗ challenging but thank you so much for

1:12:34 ↗ coming and being available for questions

1:12:35 ↗ and thank you public works great job

1:12:39 ↗ wonderful so the next two items of

1:12:41 ↗ regular business will also be presented

1:12:43 ↗ jointly and it's ab 8837 and ab 8856 the

1:12:47 ↗ first is the posos agreed order

1:12:50 ↗ partnership interlocal agreement with

1:12:52 ↗ East Side Fire and Rescue and the class

1:12:55 ↗ agreed order consultant contract

1:12:57 ↗ authorization and we'll keep director

1:12:59 ↗ Moon up at the

1:13:18 ↗ podium great thank you very

1:13:21 ↗ much another big topic for you this

1:13:24 ↗ evening and that's our pasas related

1:13:27 ↗ agreements this is part one we will be

1:13:31 ↗ back with more uh just as we will be

1:13:34 ↗ with uh wash do related

1:13:37 ↗ agreements

1:13:39 ↗ tonight uh we have Eric buer who's our

1:13:43 ↗ Fon project manager here in the audience

1:13:47 ↗ with us and I don't see Chief

1:13:51 ↗ Lane at the moment but I know he's here

1:13:55 ↗ in

1:13:57 ↗ Spirit uh both East Side Fire and Rescue

1:14:00 ↗ and the city have been working together

1:14:02 ↗ hand inand on this issue for many years

1:14:05 ↗ as you all

1:14:07 ↗ know so tonight

1:14:10 ↗ our purpose is to give you just a brief

1:14:14 ↗ overview of the agreed orders we will be

1:14:17 ↗ back hopefully in September to give you

1:14:20 ↗ a more robust overview of those

1:14:24 ↗ agreements we are still drafting those

1:14:26 ↗ negotiating those with ecology we're

1:14:30 ↗ anticipating there will be two of

1:14:32 ↗ those tonight I'm also seeking your

1:14:36 ↗ approval for the interlocal agreement

1:14:38 ↗ with Eastside fire and rescue we've had

1:14:40 ↗ others in the past like to revise the

1:14:44 ↗ scope and enter into new agreement that

1:14:46 ↗ correlates with the work that we have

1:14:49 ↗ ahead of us and then lastly seeking

1:14:51 ↗ approval of a contract with Falon and we

1:14:55 ↗ are requesting waiver of the competitive

1:14:57 ↗ bidding process and I'll get into the

1:14:59 ↗ rationale for that in a

1:15:02 ↗ moment so our recommendation is to enter

1:15:04 ↗ into these agreements as I've described

1:15:08 ↗ and uh the the

1:15:10 ↗ last agenda Bill dealing with Falon also

1:15:13 ↗ requests some additional funds in an

1:15:16 ↗ amended 2024 budget as we did not have

1:15:20 ↗ that in our base

1:15:22 ↗ budget I'm going to review a tiny bit

1:15:25 ↗ history on this big Topic in our

1:15:27 ↗ community going to go over the project

1:15:30 ↗ locations we're going to talk about what

1:15:32 ↗ it means to be a potentially liable

1:15:34 ↗ person um and our role ecology's role in

1:15:39 ↗ the work that's ahead the agreements

1:15:42 ↗ that we are anticipating entering into

1:15:44 ↗ AO will stand for agreed orders IAA

1:15:48 ↗ stands for inter agency agreement and

1:15:51 ↗ Ila is an interlocal

1:15:53 ↗ agreement we'll go over scope's work

1:15:56 ↗ quickly uh a big macro schedule for this

1:16:00 ↗ work talk a little bit about budget and

1:16:02 ↗ funding and next

1:16:05 ↗ steps so a f is a uh chemical

1:16:10 ↗ firefighting phams uh historically been

1:16:13 ↗ used to fight certain types of fires not

1:16:16 ↗ all fires and uh the city and East Side

1:16:21 ↗ Fire and Rescue used this foam uh both

1:16:24 ↗ to extinguish fires but also in their

1:16:27 ↗ training um lawful training activities

1:16:30 ↗ that occurred on these sites so a f is a

1:16:35 ↗ source not the only source there are

1:16:37 ↗ many sources of pasas

1:16:40 ↗ unfortunately and uh in isqua a f was

1:16:45 ↗ used at the East Side Fire and Rescue

1:16:47 ↗ headquarters isqua Valley Elementary

1:16:49 ↗ School DOD Fields Memorial Field and

1:16:52 ↗ Rainer Trail in certain locations

1:16:55 ↗ uh those were our historic fire training

1:17:00 ↗ grounds the city did confirm posos in

1:17:05 ↗ one of its wells in 2015 and we have

1:17:07 ↗ been dealing with this issue ever since

1:17:10 ↗ the city and eper have been on the

1:17:12 ↗ national

1:17:13 ↗ Forefront

1:17:14 ↗ proactively trying to respond to beas

1:17:18 ↗ and this has included testing our

1:17:20 ↗ water installing a filtration system to

1:17:24 ↗ remove pasas and purchasing more

1:17:27 ↗ Regional water to replace much of our

1:17:29 ↗ groundwater

1:17:30 ↗ Supply city has met all safe drinking

1:17:34 ↗ water standards uh since that time um

1:17:39 ↗ and uh we will continue to do so I have

1:17:42 ↗ uh great faith in

1:17:44 ↗ that so as we move

1:17:46 ↗ forward as a uh potentially liable

1:17:51 ↗ person a

1:17:52 ↗ PLP that formal label will give us

1:17:56 ↗ increased access to resources we hope in

1:17:59 ↗ order to help us with this next stage of

1:18:01 ↗ our cleanup

1:18:02 ↗ efforts however I want to state that the

1:18:06 ↗ city will um continue to Advocate the

1:18:10 ↗ chemical manufacturers take

1:18:12 ↗ responsibility for a f and pasas and

1:18:17 ↗ that they have significant

1:18:18 ↗ responsibilities um to us and many other

1:18:21 ↗ communities so the cleanup actions have

1:18:24 ↗ not yet been determined what we're going

1:18:27 ↗ to use a lot of terms uh but the bottom

1:18:29 ↗ line is we are still in largely the

1:18:34 ↗ investig investigative scope uh trying

1:18:37 ↗ to characterize our situation and help

1:18:40 ↗ identify some possibilities for final

1:18:44 ↗ cleanup so what's described tonight

1:18:46 ↗ includes initial work and initial

1:18:49 ↗ funding but not the whole uh project as

1:18:52 ↗ we will see over the course of several

1:18:54 ↗ years

1:18:55 ↗ so these locations I mentioned briefly

1:18:57 ↗ earlier East Side Fire and Rescue

1:19:00 ↗ headquarters on the West Side along with

1:19:02 ↗ esquad Valley Elementary School and DOD

1:19:05 ↗ fields that is what we refer to as the

1:19:07 ↗ West Side site and then on the east side

1:19:12 ↗ it's Memorial Field and um a location on

1:19:14 ↗ R your

1:19:19 ↗ Trail so parties to the agreements that

1:19:22 ↗ are uh before you this even evening and

1:19:25 ↗ will be coming forward soon include

1:19:27 ↗ ecology which is the lead agency they

1:19:30 ↗ have the responsibility to administer

1:19:31 ↗ funding that has been set aside for this

1:19:35 ↗ work they're setting the schedule and

1:19:37 ↗ the timelines to complete different

1:19:39 ↗ actions and they are the ones that

1:19:43 ↗ construct and then implement the

1:19:45 ↗ community outreach the city's

1:19:48 ↗ responsibility is as a PLP on the east

1:19:51 ↗ side and the west side along with epher

1:19:55 ↗ we're jointly uh plps on the west side

1:19:58 ↗ and we're responsible for completing the

1:20:00 ↗ agreed order scope within a certain

1:20:02 ↗ timeline set by

1:20:04 ↗ ecology e similarly is the pop for the

1:20:07 ↗ West Side along with us the city and it

1:20:11 ↗ will be the lead Agency for those uh

1:20:14 ↗ Westside sites and they also will be

1:20:17 ↗ responsible for completing the work with

1:20:18 ↗ the

1:20:19 ↗ timeline director M uh Council marks so

1:20:24 ↗ uh if there if the isiga Valley

1:20:27 ↗ Elementary is a site why is the isiga

1:20:30 ↗ school district not a party to these

1:20:33 ↗ agreements it's an excellent question I

1:20:36 ↗ think ecology's response thus far has

1:20:39 ↗ been that uh the city was the entity

1:20:43 ↗ City and epher were the entities that

1:20:46 ↗ utilized the a f and uh that we need to

1:20:51 ↗ take primary responsibility We are

1:20:53 ↗ continuing to work with the isqua school

1:20:55 ↗ district on access issues on

1:20:58 ↗ communication uh they will continue to

1:21:00 ↗ play a role uh but the city had entered

1:21:04 ↗ into that PLP agreement some time ago

1:21:07 ↗ and took

1:21:08 ↗ responsibility yeah that's a great

1:21:10 ↗ question council member Mars usually the

1:21:12 ↗ cleanup agencies Define a site by the

1:21:14 ↗ limits of the contamination and the plps

1:21:17 ↗ are usually the people who have

1:21:19 ↗ contributed potentially contributed to

1:21:20 ↗ the contamination so Property Owners

1:21:22 ↗ usually play a Cooperative role role in

1:21:25 ↗ allowing access good question so I just

1:21:28 ↗ want to make sure I understand right the

1:21:30 ↗ ISA Valley Elementary is not we don't

1:21:33 ↗ think that was a site that contributed

1:21:36 ↗ these chemicals it's just that they have

1:21:38 ↗ been identified there thank you

1:21:45 ↗ okay so this graphic just shows uh how

1:21:48 ↗ the pieces are connected so we will have

1:21:51 ↗ the agreed orders coming before you

1:21:53 ↗ hopefully in September that defines

1:21:55 ↗ those

1:21:56 ↗ responsibilities then the inter agency

1:21:58 ↗ agreement with ecology the IAA that will

1:22:02 ↗ describe what's reimbursable what's the

1:22:04 ↗ scope of work uh that the city needs to

1:22:08 ↗ um collaborate with ecology on and then

1:22:11 ↗ we have the interlocal agreement with

1:22:12 ↗ epher which really speaks to the cost sh

1:22:15 ↗ sharing and the cooperation between the

1:22:17 ↗ two entities and then lastly faron's

1:22:20 ↗ contract describes the work under the

1:22:23 ↗ IAA that needs to be accomplished and

1:22:25 ↗ gives them uh the uh green light to go

1:22:28 ↗ forward with that

1:22:31 ↗ work wanted also just defines some terms

1:22:34 ↗ a lot of terminology used by ecology

1:22:37 ↗ interim action work plan describes the

1:22:40 ↗ work that uh is first interim before we

1:22:46 ↗ actually uh develop a final cleanup plan

1:22:50 ↗ so that's a way for us to Pilot explore

1:22:54 ↗ um

1:22:55 ↗ cleanup

1:22:56 ↗ Technologies uh try to make

1:22:58 ↗ Headway then do some analysis and see

1:23:01 ↗ how effective uh that cleanup has been

1:23:04 ↗ or just take uh partial steps toward

1:23:07 ↗ cleanup uh before ecology finalizes the

1:23:12 ↗ uh draft cleanup action

1:23:15 ↗ plan then the remedial investigation

1:23:17 ↗ work plan describes all the work that

1:23:19 ↗ should be accomplished during that

1:23:21 ↗ investigation characterization phase the

1:23:24 ↗ anual investigation and feasibility

1:23:26 ↗ study is the report out uh after that

1:23:31 ↗ work has been completed and it begins to

1:23:34 ↗ Define what is the recommendation for

1:23:36 ↗ the actual cleanup plan and then we

1:23:39 ↗ arrive at the draft cleanup

1:23:42 ↗ plan we've identified all those pieces

1:23:45 ↗ that will require by the department of

1:23:48 ↗ ecology some opportunities for public

1:23:51 ↗ comment we just completed the first

1:23:54 ↗ round of public comment which uh looked

1:23:57 ↗ at the public participation plan we had

1:24:00 ↗ public comment on the public

1:24:02 ↗ participation plan and we had public

1:24:04 ↗ comment on uh the agreed

1:24:11 ↗ orders in the inter agency agreement

1:24:17 ↗ again draft not before you tonight

1:24:19 ↗ hopefully will'll be in September but I

1:24:20 ↗ want to give a quick overview because

1:24:23 ↗ this is the scope of work that asking

1:24:24 ↗ Fon to conduct on behalf of the city and

1:24:28 ↗ so on the east side Memorial Field and

1:24:30 ↗ Rainer Trail would be to develop that

1:24:32 ↗ remedial investigation work plan

1:24:34 ↗ complete the investigation we expect

1:24:37 ↗ that that will involve installing more

1:24:40 ↗ monitoring Wells collecting sediment and

1:24:42 ↗ water samples in the creek doing more

1:24:45 ↗ borings and soil sampling and some

1:24:48 ↗ groundwater monitoring

1:24:51 ↗ perhaps and then Fairland will be asked

1:24:54 ↗ uh in the city under that IIA to prepare

1:24:57 ↗ that feasibility study and to also help

1:25:01 ↗ collaborate engage in the public

1:25:02 ↗ participation plan and at the end uh we

1:25:05 ↗ hope to arrive with that RI and Fs

1:25:11 ↗ report the west side is similar except

1:25:13 ↗ for the fact that the west side is a

1:25:16 ↗ little further along and some activities

1:25:19 ↗ there's better characterization right

1:25:21 ↗ now of the problem on the west side and

1:25:23 ↗ there have been um some investigative

1:25:27 ↗ work that has already

1:25:29 ↗ commenced there's sea as well that is

1:25:33 ↗ likely to be required because of

1:25:35 ↗ construction work that will occur on

1:25:38 ↗ that

1:25:38 ↗ site but otherwise it it looks fairly

1:25:41 ↗ similar um in particular it looks very

1:25:44 ↗ similar on the isquad valley elementary

1:25:50 ↗ site schedule hasn't been fully set yet

1:25:53 ↗ again that's part of what negotiating

1:25:55 ↗ with ecology but we do hope to be

1:25:58 ↗ underway immediately after those agreed

1:26:00 ↗ orders are finalized and the inter

1:26:02 ↗ agency agreements have been adopted by

1:26:05 ↗ East Side Fire and Rescue and the City

1:26:06 ↗ of

1:26:07 ↗ isqua we anticipate that uh we would be

1:26:11 ↗ able to complete the scope if we get

1:26:14 ↗ underway right away in 2027 for uh both

1:26:18 ↗ the west side and the east side

1:26:25 ↗ to date the city and East Side Fire and

1:26:28 ↗ Rescue have secured in the state budget

1:26:30 ↗ $3.5 million for this scope of

1:26:35 ↗ work however it's not enough to cover

1:26:37 ↗ the costs that have been identified yet

1:26:40 ↗ in the draft agreed orders and

1:26:43 ↗ iiaas the west side which is eer

1:26:47 ↗ headquarters and the elementary school

1:26:50 ↗ you can see is close to $5 million and

1:26:52 ↗ there's close to $2 million that is not

1:26:55 ↗ covered under uh those available

1:26:58 ↗ funds we've allocated uh per our

1:27:01 ↗ understanding agreement with East Side

1:27:03 ↗ Fire and Rescue cost for uh the East

1:27:07 ↗ Side sites as well because we want to

1:27:08 ↗ get both sites underway and

1:27:11 ↗ moving uh that scope of work is

1:27:14 ↗ estimated to be about

1:27:16 ↗ $600,000 and there are some uh some

1:27:19 ↗ amounts that are not yet fully funded by

1:27:23 ↗ those State resources

1:27:28 ↗ so our future work will be

1:27:31 ↗ to advance the work of the agreed

1:27:34 ↗ orders um we know that there will be

1:27:37 ↗ additional work required for the

1:27:40 ↗ permanent cleanup actions on both of the

1:27:43 ↗ sites the current funds as I've

1:27:46 ↗ described really only partially cover

1:27:48 ↗ that investigative phase and future

1:27:51 ↗ funds will be needed for all of the

1:27:53 ↗ cleanup action

1:27:54 ↗ so the city in East Side Fire and Rescue

1:27:57 ↗ as shown in the in local agreement will

1:28:00 ↗ continue to advocate for those resources

1:28:03 ↗ in multiple

1:28:05 ↗ ways and uh the city will uh have to U

1:28:11 ↗ seek both grant funding We Believe

1:28:14 ↗ continue to Advocate on the national

1:28:16 ↗ level for those chemical manufactures to

1:28:19 ↗ help us with these costs

1:28:24 ↗ just touching on briefly the interlocal

1:28:26 ↗ agreement with East Side Fire and

1:28:30 ↗ Rescue main components of this agreement

1:28:32 ↗ are that we will continue to collaborate

1:28:34 ↗ with each other on the low isquad valley

1:28:38 ↗ past project and implement the agreed

1:28:41 ↗ orders that will share the

1:28:43 ↗ responsibilities for the west side where

1:28:45 ↗ we both are named as

1:28:48 ↗ plps and that the city will have the

1:28:51 ↗ responsibility for the east side for the

1:28:54 ↗ P notice

1:28:56 ↗ pharmacology the agreement also speaks

1:28:58 ↗ to the $3.5 Million worth of State funds

1:29:01 ↗ already secured and how those would be

1:29:02 ↗ put toward the two sites and that we

1:29:06 ↗ will continue to Advocate and seek other

1:29:12 ↗ funds so after we developed this slide

1:29:15 ↗ it became abundantly clear we will not

1:29:17 ↗ be ready for August 5th so it will be

1:29:19 ↗ after August 5th that we'll be back uh

1:29:22 ↗ before you seeking authorization enter

1:29:24 ↗ into those agreed orders and also the

1:29:28 ↗ inter agency agreements with ecology we

1:29:31 ↗ anticipating in the East Side Fire and

1:29:33 ↗ Rescue will take action on at least uh

1:29:38 ↗ the um same agreements as are before you

1:29:42 ↗ tonight uh on their September 12th

1:29:45 ↗ meeting whether or not they'll be ready

1:29:47 ↗ yet to discuss the agreed orders and the

1:29:50 ↗ inter agency agreements at that time we

1:29:52 ↗ still don't know because we're still

1:29:54 ↗ still in negotiations with ecology uh

1:29:56 ↗ but it looks like September will be

1:29:58 ↗ another Pas um conversation both here at

1:30:01 ↗ city council and at East Side Fire and

1:30:05 ↗ Rescue so tonight the recommendation

1:30:08 ↗ from City Administration is to enter

1:30:10 ↗ into the Ila with East Side Fire and

1:30:13 ↗ Rescue and to approve a resolution

1:30:15 ↗ waving the competitive bidding

1:30:16 ↗ requirements to authorize entering into

1:30:19 ↗ a contract with Fon to complete the work

1:30:21 ↗ related to the agreed orders and

1:30:23 ↗ authorize it feature 2024 budget

1:30:27 ↗ amendment I'd be happy to answer any

1:30:29 ↗ questions thank you director

1:30:31 ↗ Moon nice to see you Eric um so this is

1:30:35 ↗ this is very complicated as the Director

1:30:38 ↗ explained and and you're at phase one

1:30:40 ↗ right now with a couple of agreements in

1:30:42 ↗ front of you but um before we go to

1:30:44 ↗ questions I just want to let you know

1:30:45 ↗ nobody else is doing this that you are

1:30:47 ↗ way out in front which is an advantage

1:30:49 ↗ and a disadvantage to be the first

1:30:51 ↗ person to negotiate agreed orders but um

1:30:54 ↗ the relationship between East Side Fire

1:30:55 ↗ and Rescue and the city and ecology

1:30:58 ↗ isn't being replicated anywhere else

1:31:00 ↗ it's really quite commendable what you

1:31:01 ↗ were doing as a team so thank you very

1:31:04 ↗ much questions on the presentation

1:31:06 ↗ council member Ray followed by council

1:31:08 ↗ member

1:31:09 ↗ hunt um great presentation on the P

1:31:13 ↗ stuff nothing about feron and why we

1:31:15 ↗ want to do that so can you give us a

1:31:17 ↗ little bit of background on why we want

1:31:18 ↗ to wave the competitive bid requirements

1:31:21 ↗ yes thank you um I meant to speak to

1:31:24 ↗ that so I'm glad for the prompt uh the

1:31:28 ↗ recommendation to enter into the

1:31:30 ↗ contract with Fon and W of the

1:31:31 ↗ competitive

1:31:32 ↗ bidding comes from a couple places one

1:31:35 ↗ is that we have had a very long-standing

1:31:38 ↗ relationship with Faron and Falon has

1:31:41 ↗ been with us um most recently at the

1:31:45 ↗ table with ecology negotiating these

1:31:48 ↗ agreed orders and various

1:31:51 ↗ implementing agreements and so their

1:31:55 ↗ understanding of all of those ins and

1:31:57 ↗ outs of negotiation is advantageous to

1:32:00 ↗ us as we move

1:32:01 ↗ forward Peron has also served as

1:32:04 ↗ Eastside fire and rescuees primary

1:32:07 ↗ consultant on these issues throughout um

1:32:09 ↗ all the actions that they have taken

1:32:11 ↗ over the last several

1:32:13 ↗ years so as we enter into an agreement

1:32:15 ↗ with Eide fire and rescue we think it

1:32:18 ↗ serves the public interest best to

1:32:21 ↗ utilize the same Consultants so that we

1:32:23 ↗ can sh share data and resources and

1:32:27 ↗ discussions with ecology all as one

1:32:29 ↗ group uh that will make for some

1:32:31 ↗ efficiencies we hold both on the cost

1:32:34 ↗ side and just on the the workload

1:32:36 ↗ side great thank you council member

1:32:42 ↗ hunt thank you um that was that was my

1:32:45 ↗ question as well so that thank you for

1:32:47 ↗ the explanation um and then one other

1:32:48 ↗ question one of the sites is uh an

1:32:51 ↗ elementary school it's got kids there

1:32:53 ↗ and and um I think there's you know

1:32:56 ↗ there's concern um so I wanted to uh ask

1:33:01 ↗ about do we expect any at all um impacts

1:33:05 ↗ you know from having had these

1:33:07 ↗ firefighting foam um on the on the

1:33:10 ↗ surface as I understand it at the

1:33:12 ↗ elementary school or you know as the

1:33:14 ↗ cleanup really just to make sure it

1:33:15 ↗ isn't going into the aquafer and into

1:33:17 ↗ the water

1:33:18 ↗ source yeah as we sit right now the

1:33:20 ↗ primary purpose for the future scope of

1:33:23 ↗ work is to reduce the potential for any

1:33:27 ↗ of those compounds to get into our

1:33:28 ↗ drinking water so that's the primary

1:33:31 ↗ purpose the state has standards for soil

1:33:35 ↗ cleanup they will continue to as they do

1:33:37 ↗ on water they will continue to evaluate

1:33:40 ↗ if those standards need to be adjusted

1:33:42 ↗ in any way um right now uh the primary

1:33:46 ↗ purpose of this agreement is to uh try

1:33:50 ↗ to mitigate prevent any more of this

1:33:52 ↗ contamination to get into drinking water

1:33:56 ↗ additional

1:33:59 ↗ questions CC Paul quick clarifying one

1:34:02 ↗ um can you go back to the scope of work

1:34:04 ↗ slides for the East Side site and the

1:34:06 ↗ West Side site so the end the outcome

1:34:09 ↗ for the scope of work there is to have a

1:34:11 ↗ remedial investigation and feasibility

1:34:13 ↗ report and then so then on the previous

1:34:15 ↗ slide for the key documents I'm just not

1:34:18 ↗ seeing

1:34:19 ↗ that where does that fall within the

1:34:22 ↗ agreed orders is that third bullet or

1:34:24 ↗ third bullet

1:34:27 ↗ correct additional Council

1:34:32 ↗ questions okay I'm looking for a

1:34:38 ↗ motion

1:34:40 ↗ president and again the two motions I

1:34:43 ↗ move to authorize the mayor to enter

1:34:45 ↗ into and execute the interlocal

1:34:47 ↗ agreement with Eastside fire and rescue

1:34:49 ↗ for the posos agreed orders partnership

1:34:52 ↗ in substantially the same form as the

1:34:54 ↗ attached agreement as approved by the

1:34:56 ↗ City attorney and approve resolution

1:35:01 ↗ number

1:35:14 ↗ 2024-the the mayor to execute a contract

1:35:17 ↗ with Falon Consulting in the amount of

1:35:20 ↗ 588,398

1:35:24 ↗ the inclusion of

1:35:25 ↗ $95,000 for work under this contract in

1:35:28 ↗ a future 2024 budget

1:35:31 ↗ amendment second it's been moved and

1:35:34 ↗ seconded is there any Council

1:35:37 ↗ discussion council member

1:35:40 ↗ hunt thank you one of the um components

1:35:43 ↗ of this work will be making sure that

1:35:46 ↗ we're coordinating with ecology on uh

1:35:48 ↗ communicating to our residents about the

1:35:51 ↗ work and what it entails and I wanted to

1:35:54 ↗ flag that previously um ecology had sent

1:35:57 ↗ out a flyer to the community which I I

1:35:58 ↗ know I heard a lot of people um Express

1:36:01 ↗ concern about and so you know posos is

1:36:04 ↗ we're learning more about it but it's

1:36:06 ↗ also there are so many sources of it

1:36:08 ↗ it's a forever chemical the more people

1:36:10 ↗ are looking for it the more they are

1:36:12 ↗ finding it it's not only in firefighting

1:36:13 ↗ foam it's in many many many things in

1:36:16 ↗ our modern lives and um it's making its

1:36:19 ↗ way into the soil and into the water um

1:36:21 ↗ in many different ways unfortunately so

1:36:24 ↗ um I think that I just wanted to make

1:36:27 ↗ sure that we are coordinating with

1:36:30 ↗ ecology and with these other agencies

1:36:32 ↗ and how we're communicating about it and

1:36:34 ↗ you know why we are taking these steps

1:36:36 ↗ to do the cleanup um and that our

1:36:39 ↗ drinking water is safe which is the

1:36:41 ↗ bottom line um which I think a lot of

1:36:43 ↗ people had that concern based on the way

1:36:45 ↗ that some of this has been messaged in

1:36:47 ↗ the past not by our staff but by other

1:36:49 ↗ agencies so can you touch on that for a

1:36:51 ↗ little bit because um you have some

1:36:55 ↗ input on their messaging but it's rather

1:36:58 ↗ limited yes I think that's un that's an

1:37:01 ↗ accurate way to to put it and and

1:37:03 ↗ ecology is also working with Department

1:37:05 ↗ of Health so Department of Health has

1:37:08 ↗ their messaging ecology will defer to

1:37:10 ↗ them on some issues as well so I think

1:37:13 ↗ there are multiple agencies that are

1:37:14 ↗ trying to make sure we're presenting as

1:37:16 ↗ much information as we know at this time

1:37:18 ↗ and as you said council member we

1:37:20 ↗ continue to evolve in our understanding

1:37:24 ↗ um but the city will be augmenting that

1:37:27 ↗ information making sure our story is

1:37:29 ↗ there so the public understands what

1:37:32 ↗ actions the city has been taking as

1:37:35 ↗ well yeah thank you and and it is a

1:37:37 ↗ component of this work to coordinate on

1:37:40 ↗ communication and so I just wanted to

1:37:41 ↗ especially flag that you know in that in

1:37:45 ↗ that example communication it wasn't the

1:37:47 ↗ fine print that our drinking water is

1:37:49 ↗ safe and I just want to make sure that

1:37:51 ↗ the context for our community is that

1:37:54 ↗ are you know we have done this testing

1:37:56 ↗ we have taken these um measures to make

1:37:58 ↗ sure that our drinking water is safe and

1:38:00 ↗ that's what ultimately most people are

1:38:02 ↗ are wanting to know um so I just wanted

1:38:04 ↗ to make make that clear and also make

1:38:06 ↗ make sure that as we are um undertaking

1:38:09 ↗ this work and there will probably be

1:38:10 ↗ more communication to the community as

1:38:12 ↗ there should be that we are um that we

1:38:14 ↗ are making sure that our particular

1:38:16 ↗ context is is very clear so Council

1:38:19 ↗ you've hit on a very interesting point

1:38:21 ↗ nationally which is that only the

1:38:23 ↗ drinking water standards at this point

1:38:24 ↗ in time have been approved that the

1:38:28 ↗ material is still being produced

1:38:29 ↗ nationally it's still being put in

1:38:30 ↗ products it's in many many products um

1:38:33 ↗ and so the full regulatory landscape

1:38:35 ↗ hasn't been developed which makes this

1:38:37 ↗ super complicated the other piece of

1:38:39 ↗ this is the cleanup regulatory land land

1:38:42 ↗ um you know landscape has also not been

1:38:44 ↗ worked out so um Public Works has been

1:38:47 ↗ really trying to get our local voice in

1:38:50 ↗ there because we know the people the

1:38:51 ↗ best because we hear from them the most

1:38:53 ↗ then we know what their broader range of

1:38:55 ↗ concerns are so thank you for

1:38:56 ↗ highlighting that that's super important

1:38:58 ↗ other comments or questions counc

1:39:02 ↗ Joe thank you I would just like to thank

1:39:05 ↗ the mayor and the administration I know

1:39:07 ↗ that the mayor uh took a real um

1:39:11 ↗ interest in this and initiative in in

1:39:14 ↗ taking this on um one of the reasons

1:39:16 ↗ that the mayor decided to U be our

1:39:20 ↗ representative for Eide fire and rescue

1:39:21 ↗ was uh this p issue and she's traveled

1:39:25 ↗ across the country to try to get

1:39:27 ↗ information about it and try to find the

1:39:29 ↗ best way forward so just want to say

1:39:31 ↗ thank you to the administration to the

1:39:32 ↗ mayor for all your hard work thank you

1:39:34 ↗ very kind any other comments or

1:39:37 ↗ questions okay the motion was moved and

1:39:41 ↗ seconded to authorize the mayor to enter

1:39:43 ↗ into and execute the interlocal

1:39:45 ↗ agreement with Eastside fire and rescue

1:39:46 ↗ for the posos agreed orders partnership

1:39:49 ↗ in substantially the same form as the

1:39:51 ↗ attached agreement as approved by the

1:39:53 ↗ City attorney and to approve resolution

1:39:55 ↗ number

1:39:56 ↗ 20248 weaving State competitive bidding

1:39:59 ↗ requirements for continued P

1:40:01 ↗ investigation and Remediation work based

1:40:03 ↗ on special market conditions and sole

1:40:06 ↗ source of supply and authorizing the

1:40:07 ↗ mayor to execute a contract with fairon

1:40:09 ↗ Consulting the amount of

1:40:10 ↗ $588,500

1:40:12 ↗ and authorize the inclusion of $95,000

1:40:15 ↗ for work under this contract and in a

1:40:17 ↗ future 2024 budget amendment all those

1:40:20 ↗ in favor signify by saying I I

1:40:24 ↗ those opposed that carries unanimously 7

1:40:27 ↗ and0 um looking at the time I'm

1:40:29 ↗ wondering uh does council need a short

1:40:32 ↗ break before we do our last item or just

1:40:34 ↗ plow

1:40:36 ↗ ahead I'm hearing plow okay um so thank

1:40:40 ↗ you very much for coming Eric thank you

1:40:42 ↗ Public Works that was a great um

1:40:43 ↗ presentation we'll move on to AB

1:40:46 ↗ 8879 solid ways contract administrative

1:40:49 ↗ fee and our sustainability manager Stacy

1:40:52 ↗ Vin mckinstry is coming up to the

1:41:10 ↗ podium great thank you mayor paully good

1:41:13 ↗ evening uh members of the council uh I

1:41:16 ↗ am H Stacy Vin mckinstry I'm the city

1:41:18 ↗ sustainability manager and joined

1:41:20 ↗ tonight by Evan Brumfield our

1:41:22 ↗ environmental and regulatory program

1:41:24 ↗ manager and Sam Tarvin our Solid Waste

1:41:27 ↗ analyst we're jointly presenting to you

1:41:30 ↗ tonight um as the staff that both manag

1:41:32 ↗ the sustainability fund as well as the

1:41:34 ↗ staff that managed the waste huler

1:41:41 ↗ contract tonight we're here to discuss

1:41:43 ↗ with you the proposed increase to the

1:41:45 ↗ solid waste contract administrate

1:41:48 ↗ administrative fee this fee provides

1:41:50 ↗ Revenue to the city sustainability fund

1:41:52 ↗ which supports implementation of the

1:41:55 ↗ isqua climate action plan as well as our

1:41:57 ↗ waste diversion programming and

1:42:01 ↗ projects during the next two slides

1:42:03 ↗ we're going to provide background

1:42:05 ↗ information on the sustainability fund

1:42:08 ↗ uh as mentioned the fund supports

1:42:09 ↗ climate action and solid waste

1:42:11 ↗ programming revenue from the

1:42:13 ↗ administrative fee on the solid waste

1:42:16 ↗ contract supports this fund we currently

1:42:19 ↗ have a 6% administrative fee which went

1:42:22 ↗ into effect with the new waste huler

1:42:24 ↗ contract about a year ago the fee was

1:42:27 ↗ previously set at 9% but was lowered in

1:42:31 ↗ 20123 with the new contract in order to

1:42:33 ↗ offset increased fees from the Recology

1:42:37 ↗ rates currently the re the revenue

1:42:40 ↗ generated from the fee brings in

1:42:42 ↗ approximately 660,000 per year this

1:42:46 ↗ number is approximate as it depends on

1:42:48 ↗ the number of residential and Commercial

1:42:50 ↗ customers and the size of their accounts

1:42:58 ↗ back in

1:43:00 ↗ 2021 uh the city adopted its first

1:43:03 ↗ climate action plan for the first year

1:43:06 ↗ of IAP implementation we relied on a

1:43:08 ↗ small allocation of funds funds

1:43:10 ↗ requested through Council and Grant we

1:43:13 ↗ were able to accelerate implementation

1:43:16 ↗ of actions in 2023 using sustainability

1:43:20 ↗ fund and additional grant funding

1:43:23 ↗ in addition to actions associated with

1:43:25 ↗ climate mitigation and resilience the

1:43:28 ↗ IAP includes a number of uh Solid Waste

1:43:32 ↗ uh actions in order to support our waste

1:43:35 ↗ diversion because of capacity work on

1:43:38 ↗ Solid Waste was really Limited in the

1:43:40 ↗ last year and a half in the summer of

1:43:43 ↗ 2023 we were uh Ser certified by the

1:43:47 ↗ leadership in energy and environmental

1:43:50 ↗ design or lead um as gold through this

1:43:54 ↗ process we identified a number of

1:43:56 ↗ limitations in our Solid Waste work

1:43:58 ↗ which really highlighted the need to

1:44:00 ↗ bring back a focused staff to work on

1:44:03 ↗ waste diversion we hired the solid waste

1:44:05 ↗ analyst uh just this past

1:44:08 ↗ spring in conversations with the

1:44:10 ↗ environmental board with Council and the

1:44:13 ↗ community we know that both climate

1:44:15 ↗ action and solid waste programming and

1:44:17 ↗ projects are a high priority we have

1:44:20 ↗ plans that identify road maps for

1:44:22 ↗ implementation to make progress towards

1:44:24 ↗ our

1:44:25 ↗ targets based on our draft budget for

1:44:28 ↗ the 2526 bium we cannot currently

1:44:32 ↗ support the work that staff have

1:44:34 ↗ identified as needed over the next bium

1:44:37 ↗ to continue progress towards our

1:44:40 ↗ targets based on that anticipated

1:44:43 ↗ Revenue in the sustainability fund we

1:44:46 ↗ are pursuing all possible grants but as

1:44:49 ↗ you know this takes a lot of Staff

1:44:50 ↗ resources to apply for Grants manage

1:44:53 ↗ them and report on them we will continue

1:44:57 ↗ to pursue all possible grants to

1:44:59 ↗ supplement our budget but the additional

1:45:02 ↗ dedicated Revenue to the sustainability

1:45:04 ↗ fund will help support our essential

1:45:06 ↗ climate and waste

1:45:09 ↗ work in order to support this climate

1:45:12 ↗ and waste projects and programming we're

1:45:15 ↗ proposing increasing the feedback to

1:45:17 ↗ 9% we presented this recommendation to

1:45:20 ↗ the m& committee on July 9th the

1:45:23 ↗ committee supported the proposal and but

1:45:26 ↗ did ask for Clear communication to the

1:45:28 ↗ public on how we would be spending the

1:45:30 ↗ revenue and also to make sure that we

1:45:32 ↗ offer options to our residents to reduce

1:45:35 ↗ their Recology Bill and at the same time

1:45:37 ↗ reduce their waste generation uh for

1:45:40 ↗ example moving to smaller bins the

1:45:43 ↗ committee asks that we re-evaluate the

1:45:45 ↗ fee next year to see if we are

1:45:46 ↗ generating enough revenue for our

1:45:49 ↗ climate and solid waste

1:45:51 ↗ programming at the July 10th

1:45:53 ↗ environmental board meeting the majority

1:45:55 ↗ of the board also expressed support for

1:45:58 ↗ the 9% fee um it also Express support

1:46:01 ↗ for Clear communication to the public on

1:46:04 ↗ how they are benefiting from the current

1:46:06 ↗ and proposed IAP and solid waste

1:46:10 ↗ initiatives this slide is showing a

1:46:12 ↗ summary of the tables that are also

1:46:14 ↗ presented in the meeting packet we show

1:46:17 ↗ our proposed 2526 budget uh 1.8 million

1:46:21 ↗ in 25 and

1:46:23 ↗ 1.46 in

1:46:25 ↗ 2026 we do have some carryover to spend

1:46:28 ↗ down which is shown on row two and we

1:46:31 ↗ show the forecasted revenue of

1:46:35 ↗ 990,000 at that 9% administrative fee

1:46:38 ↗ rate in row three row four shows what

1:46:41 ↗ the fund balance would be uh anticipated

1:46:44 ↗ to be at the end of 2025 and end of 2026

1:46:48 ↗ given our proposed budget and the

1:46:50 ↗ proposed 9% administrative fee we can

1:46:53 ↗ currently meet our proposed projects and

1:46:55 ↗ program Cost needs at that 9%

1:46:59 ↗ rate so next I'm going to speak a bit to

1:47:02 ↗ uh what we would be able to achieve uh

1:47:04 ↗ with that additional funding and then

1:47:06 ↗ we'll pass it on to Evan to speak to the

1:47:08 ↗ solid waste

1:47:09 ↗ programming a fee increase supports a

1:47:12 ↗ variety of climate and solid waste

1:47:14 ↗ projects and

1:47:15 ↗ programming without the fee increase we

1:47:19 ↗ can maintain our ongoing costs but any

1:47:21 ↗ additional project and programming uh

1:47:24 ↗ will need to come from Grants which will

1:47:26 ↗ limit the implementation

1:47:28 ↗ period I'll highlight some of the

1:47:30 ↗ proposed climate action work that will

1:47:32 ↗ be covered with this

1:47:33 ↗ Revenue um earlier in July Council heard

1:47:37 ↗ about our progress on actions and

1:47:40 ↗ targets for the climate action plan we

1:47:43 ↗ identified the need to accelerate our

1:47:45 ↗ work and in some cases expand projects

1:47:48 ↗ and programming our proposed budget does

1:47:50 ↗ this some of the major budget requests

1:47:53 ↗ are capital projects such as solar

1:47:55 ↗ energy for several City

1:47:57 ↗ facilities uh electric vehicle charging

1:48:00 ↗ for our Fleet and the public completing

1:48:03 ↗ conversion of our street lights to LEDs

1:48:06 ↗ many of these capital projects will

1:48:08 ↗ ultimately save the city money in the

1:48:10 ↗ long run allowing us to further invest

1:48:13 ↗ resources in our community

1:48:15 ↗ programming we are also planning to

1:48:17 ↗ continue as well as expand some of our

1:48:19 ↗ residential electrification programs um

1:48:22 ↗ this includes our heat Pro heat pump

1:48:24 ↗ program and other electrification

1:48:26 ↗ incentives these programs put money back

1:48:29 ↗ into the pocket of our

1:48:31 ↗ residents we are also looking to

1:48:33 ↗ continue programs for existing

1:48:34 ↗ commercial and nonprofit buildings for

1:48:37 ↗ Energy Efficiency electrification and

1:48:39 ↗ renewable energy this is a free service

1:48:42 ↗ that supports our community's climate

1:48:44 ↗ targets while also supporting our

1:48:46 ↗ smaller businesses and nonprofits in

1:48:49 ↗ meeting State mandates that they may not

1:48:51 ↗ be able to afford on their own

1:48:54 ↗ we will also continue to expand and and

1:48:57 ↗ expand our community resilience programs

1:49:00 ↗ in partnership with our emergency

1:49:01 ↗ manager which is an essential service to

1:49:04 ↗ the community during climate

1:49:07 ↗ emergencies there are many other smaller

1:49:10 ↗ projects and programs that the

1:49:11 ↗ sustainability fund will support um just

1:49:14 ↗ highlighting tonight a few of those

1:49:15 ↗ larger

1:49:17 ↗ projects one item I'll also add that's

1:49:20 ↗ not captured on the screen is important

1:49:22 ↗ to recognize is that City investment

1:49:24 ↗ that really helps leverage grant funding

1:49:27 ↗ for example our investment in the heat

1:49:29 ↗ pump program has helped to leverage

1:49:31 ↗ grants uh at a 1 to five ratio and we

1:49:34 ↗ expect that to continue as long as the

1:49:36 ↗ state and federal sources remain in

1:49:39 ↗ place as we prepare a budget we are also

1:49:42 ↗ uh working to identify the climate

1:49:45 ↗ benefits such as emissions reduction and

1:49:47 ↗ Energy savings um through implementation

1:49:50 ↗ of those projects now hand it over to

1:49:53 ↗ Evan uh to speak to Solid Waste

1:49:55 ↗ programming projects I can also pause

1:49:57 ↗ here if there's any questions specific

1:49:59 ↗ to The Climate actions any questions

1:50:02 ↗ from the Council on the climate

1:50:04 ↗ actions I'm not seeing any Stacy welcome

1:50:10 ↗ Evan all right hello thanks

1:50:13 ↗ Stacy uh as Council saw uh earlier in

1:50:17 ↗ July and as well as at the m& committee

1:50:19 ↗ meeting uh our diversion rates have been

1:50:22 ↗ heading in the wrong direction so with

1:50:24 ↗ the hiring of Sam Tarvin as our

1:50:26 ↗ full-time staff resource for solid waste

1:50:28 ↗ we now have dedicated staff to develop

1:50:30 ↗ and Implement waste reduction programs

1:50:32 ↗ and pursue grants and Implement these

1:50:34 ↗ grants as well uh to support our icap

1:50:36 ↗ and lead certification goals so the

1:50:39 ↗ increase of the admin fee back to

1:50:41 ↗ 9% will allow the city to implement a

1:50:44 ↗ wide range of solid waste programs uh

1:50:46 ↗ including implementing these grants in

1:50:48 ↗ the City match required for them across

1:50:50 ↗ multiple sectors so

1:50:53 ↗ we plan to standardize Solid Waste

1:50:55 ↗ resources across all City facilities

1:50:57 ↗ including consistent containers and

1:50:59 ↗ signage and developing policy that

1:51:01 ↗ pushes the city towards zero waste uh

1:51:04 ↗ through sustainable events and other

1:51:06 ↗ programs so this will allow anyone to

1:51:08 ↗ step foot that that steps foot into a

1:51:10 ↗ city facility to know what container is

1:51:13 ↗ what so right now you know we have this

1:51:15 ↗ gray container over here in the room

1:51:17 ↗ I've never seen that in any other

1:51:18 ↗ building in the room so that it's

1:51:20 ↗ garbage that's great but you go into the

1:51:22 ↗ bathroom and the gray bin in the

1:51:24 ↗ bathroom is for composting paper towels

1:51:26 ↗ so that's very confusing right so we're

1:51:27 ↗ trying to standardize that across the

1:51:29 ↗ city to make it easy to to uh achieve

1:51:32 ↗ our

1:51:34 ↗ goals uh we'll also develop a

1:51:37 ↗ comprehensive public information

1:51:38 ↗ campaign on waste

1:51:40 ↗ diversion uh including partnering with

1:51:42 ↗ ecology on food waste prevention week

1:51:45 ↗ this will allow greater visibility and

1:51:47 ↗ transparency into city waste diversion

1:51:49 ↗ programming and provide tools and

1:51:51 ↗ resources to community members

1:51:53 ↗ to understand how they can make everyday

1:51:55 ↗ changes to help with diversion and

1:51:57 ↗ potentially lower their bills doing

1:52:00 ↗ so we also plan to potentially expand

1:52:02 ↗ our City's construction uh and

1:52:05 ↗ demolition waste programming or

1:52:07 ↗ CND uh ordinance this will help us track

1:52:10 ↗ diversion from large construction

1:52:11 ↗ project project

1:52:13 ↗ sites and we also plan to expand and set

1:52:16 ↗ up more opportunities for Community

1:52:18 ↗ reuse and

1:52:19 ↗ repair uh this will uh allow

1:52:23 ↗ or sorry uh this will encourage

1:52:25 ↗ community members to participate in City

1:52:26 ↗ level repair and reuse economy Through

1:52:29 ↗ Repair events and Tool and resource

1:52:31 ↗ libraries we anticipate that uh the last

1:52:34 ↗ two the CND and uh Community reuse and

1:52:37 ↗ repair uh would be a good uh candidate

1:52:39 ↗ to work with udub Evans school graduate

1:52:42 ↗ school uh to kind of analyze to see how

1:52:45 ↗ we can best uh roll these out in the

1:52:48 ↗ city we also heard from Council that

1:52:50 ↗ there's interest uh in to require

1:52:53 ↗ Recycling and composting at multif

1:52:54 ↗ Family facilities uh in the future this

1:52:57 ↗ is something that we can evaluate and

1:52:58 ↗ determine if this is

1:53:00 ↗ appropriate uh with the current budget

1:53:02 ↗ using our staff and consultant

1:53:05 ↗ support however we are also planning a

1:53:07 ↗ multif family diversion program and

1:53:09 ↗ contamination program uh to help us

1:53:11 ↗ tackle this diversion issues at these

1:53:13 ↗ large multif family

1:53:14 ↗ sites these programs directly align and

1:53:17 ↗ support IAP and lead certification goals

1:53:20 ↗ and will allow the city to achieve its

1:53:21 ↗ waste diversion

1:53:25 ↗ objective so our

1:53:28 ↗ options we're recommending an increase

1:53:31 ↗ back to

1:53:32 ↗ 9% this will cost the average resident

1:53:37 ↗ or most subscribed service level which

1:53:38 ↗ is a 32 gallon rolling cart this will be

1:53:42 ↗ an increase of $114 a month with for a

1:53:46 ↗ total of

1:53:47 ↗ $13.68 a year annual increase over our

1:53:51 ↗ 6% admin fee

1:53:53 ↗ this would result in

1:53:54 ↗ $330,000 in increased annual revenue

1:53:57 ↗ over our current 6% admin fee the 9%

1:54:01 ↗ admin fee will be higher than some of

1:54:03 ↗ our surrounding jurisdictions but also

1:54:05 ↗ lower and so it kind of puts us in a

1:54:07 ↗ nice happy

1:54:09 ↗ medium so kind of a total rate right now

1:54:12 ↗ this is approximate with kind of where

1:54:14 ↗ all the draft uh rates are uh we're

1:54:17 ↗ anticipating a King County fixed annual

1:54:19 ↗ rate charge increase next year of 2.8 3%

1:54:23 ↗ is what they're proposing right now uh

1:54:26 ↗ so that mixed with cost of living which

1:54:28 ↗ right now is right around 3% mixed with

1:54:31 ↗ our 9% admin fee we're looking at a $3

1:54:35 ↗ increase over our existing 2024

1:54:39 ↗ rates this will allow for larger more

1:54:41 ↗ impactful projects to meet our IAP and

1:54:44 ↗ lead certification goals

1:54:46 ↗ though the SE the second option is more

1:54:49 ↗ of a baby step approach so we're taking

1:54:51 ↗ a a percent and half increase in next

1:54:53 ↗ year in 2025 go to 7 and a half% and

1:54:57 ↗ then additional percent and a half

1:54:58 ↗ increase to get to 9% in

1:55:03 ↗ 2026 this would result in a 57 c monthly

1:55:07 ↗ increase uh in

1:55:09 ↗ 2025 for an annual increase of

1:55:13 ↗ $684 and again that's for that most

1:55:15 ↗ subscribed 32 gallon service level this

1:55:18 ↗ phase approach would offset the King

1:55:19 ↗ County fee increase going into effect in

1:55:22 ↗ 2025 while also generating

1:55:25 ↗ $165,000 in additional Revenue over our

1:55:28 ↗ current 6% admin fee however carryover

1:55:32 ↗ Revenue going into

1:55:34 ↗ 2026 would be less than the recommended

1:55:36 ↗ option and staff would need to reduce

1:55:38 ↗ our current proposed projects

1:55:40 ↗ particularly for residential

1:55:42 ↗ electrification commercial Energy

1:55:45 ↗ Efficiency EV charging and renewable

1:55:47 ↗ energy on our city facilities and our

1:55:50 ↗ larger Solid Waste projects

1:55:53 ↗ so the approximate kind of rate again

1:55:55 ↗ we're taking that King County fixed rate

1:55:58 ↗ we have our 3% cost of living and then

1:56:00 ↗ that 7.5% admin fee we're looking at an

1:56:03 ↗ increase of about

1:56:04 ↗ $2.40 over our existing 2024

1:56:09 ↗ rates then the last option is the do

1:56:12 ↗ nothing option status quo stay at 6% at

1:56:16 ↗ this level staff would need to reduce

1:56:18 ↗ their ongoing cost significantly as

1:56:20 ↗ current re revenue does not support

1:56:22 ↗ ongoing costs after

1:56:25 ↗ 2025 our approximate total rate for this

1:56:29 ↗ with that King County fixed rate cost of

1:56:31 ↗ living and our maintaining our

1:56:33 ↗ 6% uh would be an increase of A180

1:56:36 ↗ approximately over our 2024 rate so

1:56:39 ↗ we're really talking about a120 a month

1:56:42 ↗ increase between our recommended 9% and

1:56:45 ↗ our do nothing

1:56:47 ↗ 6% this would significantly reduce or

1:56:50 ↗ eliminate many current ongoing

1:56:52 ↗ programming and new projects for IAP

1:56:54 ↗ implementation and staff would need to

1:56:56 ↗ allocate more capacity to pursuing Grant

1:57:05 ↗ off so our recommendation uh is

1:57:09 ↗ increasing the ad administrative fee

1:57:11 ↗ from 6% back to 9% which is where it was

1:57:14 ↗ in the old contract to support

1:57:16 ↗ implementation of the isqua climate

1:57:18 ↗ action plan and waste diversion

1:57:19 ↗ programming and projects

1:57:23 ↗ the timing and next

1:57:25 ↗ steps following council's decision staff

1:57:28 ↗ will alert Recology uh if appropriate uh

1:57:31 ↗ of any change in this fee and it will

1:57:33 ↗ take place January

1:57:35 ↗ 1st staff will then work with rology to

1:57:38 ↗ make sure that we communicate with the

1:57:39 ↗ public on how this revenue is spent and

1:57:42 ↗ options uh for reducing waste bills uh

1:57:46 ↗ reducing weand

1:57:48 ↗ bills the administration will also

1:57:50 ↗ review uh the in the second quarter of

1:57:53 ↗ 2025 and determine if additional

1:57:55 ↗ adjustments are needed that is one thing

1:57:56 ↗ that we heard uh at the m& committee as

1:57:59 ↗ well as the environmental board is is

1:58:01 ↗ this enough and so we want to

1:58:03 ↗ re-evaluate kind of where we're at and

1:58:06 ↗ uh maybe we need to look at a potential

1:58:07 ↗ further increase in subsequent

1:58:13 ↗ years so the recommended motion before

1:58:15 ↗ you tonight is increase the contract fee

1:58:18 ↗ for the comprehensive garbage

1:58:19 ↗ recyclables and compostables collect

1:58:22 ↗ action services contract with RI King

1:58:24 ↗ County Incorporated from 6% to 9% to

1:58:28 ↗ support implementation of isqua's

1:58:30 ↗ climate action plan and waste diversion

1:58:33 ↗ programming and projects effective

1:58:34 ↗ January 1

1:58:39 ↗ 2025 it thank you Evan are we on to

1:58:41 ↗ questions yes questions oh thank you

1:58:44 ↗ both uh Council

1:58:46 ↗ Mars I have a question oh sorry do I

1:58:49 ↗ need to let uh the chair report out

1:58:52 ↗ first or do you want to report out after

1:58:54 ↗ the question I'll do that after the

1:58:55 ↗ motion thank you very much sorry Council

1:58:57 ↗ Marts uh thank you so on the IAP one of

1:59:00 ↗ the elements is electric vehicle

1:59:02 ↗ charging for Fleet and public um when I

1:59:05 ↗ go look at um charging locations that

1:59:08 ↗ have like at least 50 kilowatts which is

1:59:11 ↗ not a particularly aggressive number and

1:59:13 ↗ I say they're rated like five or better

1:59:15 ↗ out of a 10-point scale we have one city

1:59:18 ↗ are we doing anything to try to promote

1:59:20 ↗ that because what I keep hearing is that

1:59:22 ↗ the number one impediment to uh commerci

1:59:26 ↗ to um uh end user use of electric

1:59:29 ↗ vehicles is is adequate uh charging away

1:59:32 ↗ from them yeah great question right now

1:59:35 ↗ the um current projects we're looking at

1:59:37 ↗ are mostly level two just because uh

1:59:40 ↗ level two charging um because of cost

1:59:43 ↗ prohibition but we are looking at grant

1:59:45 ↗ opportunities to increase the fast

1:59:46 ↗ Chargers or the 50 kilowatt there's a

1:59:49 ↗ couple private um uh install ations that

1:59:52 ↗ are happening around the city and we're

1:59:53 ↗ hoping to encourage more of those as

1:59:57 ↗ well um so that there's less investment

1:59:59 ↗ and management of those projects using

2:00:01 ↗ City funds um but that's something we

2:00:03 ↗ are looking at for grant funding as well

2:00:05 ↗ and remind me level two is like 4 to9

2:00:07 ↗ kilow yeah yep that's going to be your

2:00:10 ↗ um four hours charge that's uh we have

2:00:14 ↗ one at the community center but yes we

2:00:16 ↗ are looking at grant opportunities for

2:00:18 ↗ the DC fast Chargers because they are

2:00:19 ↗ very expensive for installation yeah I

2:00:22 ↗ just I think level two is great if maybe

2:00:25 ↗ you have an electric vehicle and you for

2:00:26 ↗ whatever reason can't have a charger in

2:00:28 ↗ your home but if we're if we're looking

2:00:30 ↗ for folks who are coming through town

2:00:32 ↗ and uh we'd love to have them you stop

2:00:35 ↗ by one of our Vine restaurants or some

2:00:37 ↗ of our nice businesses while their

2:00:38 ↗ vehicle is charging it's not going to be

2:00:41 ↗ sufficient for that so I'm eager to see

2:00:43 ↗ as as a city we have um you know it it

2:00:47 ↗ seems a shame that we have not in the

2:00:49 ↗ last few years we we've had we've had

2:00:51 ↗ one good charging Improvement in that

2:00:53 ↗ higher range but uh it's been very very

2:00:55 ↗ slow given how many electric vehicles we

2:00:57 ↗ have in town absolutely yeah so far

2:00:59 ↗ we've been unsuccessful in the grants

2:01:00 ↗ we've pursued we're going to continue to

2:01:02 ↗ pursue them we have some of those sites

2:01:03 ↗ identified so we're hoping if we are

2:01:06 ↗ continue to be unsuccessful with grants

2:01:07 ↗ if we have private interest that they

2:01:09 ↗ will approach us and we can inform them

2:01:12 ↗ of where we think those best locations

2:01:14 ↗ arek thank you yeah thank

2:01:16 ↗ you more comments or questions before I

2:01:20 ↗ go to chair Ray chair of the

2:01:23 ↗ m& oh sorry let's go to council member

2:01:26 ↗ hunt I do have a a question um it was

2:01:29 ↗ mentioned that Recology increased their

2:01:32 ↗ rate um fairly recently and and

2:01:34 ↗ substantially was noticed by the

2:01:36 ↗ community um we are making you know a

2:01:40 ↗ dollar or so for a dollar or so per

2:01:43 ↗ month um for the most commonly

2:01:46 ↗ subscribed uh garbage and size um this

2:01:49 ↗ evening but it does add onto that higher

2:01:51 ↗ amount and um additionally there has

2:01:54 ↗ been a lot of concern including by

2:01:57 ↗ myself about the service from Recology

2:01:59 ↗ and so with the increased rates and then

2:02:01 ↗ also you know missed pickups and and

2:02:03 ↗ that um so I was wondering how it's

2:02:05 ↗ going with the contract management um

2:02:08 ↗ that some of this uh is also going to

2:02:11 ↗ fund I think it was mentioned that the

2:02:13 ↗ person who is doing the contract

2:02:15 ↗ management would also be able to do more

2:02:17 ↗ Outreach with the community and more of

2:02:19 ↗ the waste diversion which was always the

2:02:21 ↗ state

2:02:22 ↗ goal um so I'm just wondering how it's

2:02:24 ↗ going with with Recology and um you know

2:02:26 ↗ what percentage of time you think might

2:02:30 ↗ be able to start going towards these

2:02:31 ↗ working with the community on the waste

2:02:34 ↗ diversion yeah it's so great to meet you

2:02:37 ↗ all I'm very happy to be here um we've

2:02:39 ↗ been spending a good amount of time

2:02:42 ↗ working on the contract management with

2:02:44 ↗ ecology setting up a lot of guide rail

2:02:46 ↗ setting up expectations knowing that

2:02:48 ↗ they're we're driving a lot more

2:02:50 ↗ accountability with them we're seeing a

2:02:52 ↗ lot of improvements they just came in

2:02:53 ↗ and presented on their uh end for the

2:02:57 ↗ rest of the year service plan and

2:02:58 ↗ looking at summer and what goals we're

2:03:01 ↗ we're holding them to and what metrics

2:03:02 ↗ we're holding them to and they have a

2:03:04 ↗ lot of really good long-term strategies

2:03:06 ↗ in place since the Cyber attack we've

2:03:08 ↗ seen a lot of improvement especially

2:03:10 ↗ around Miss pickups we're consistently

2:03:11 ↗ seeing Improvement and having ongoing

2:03:13 ↗ conversations with them and being really

2:03:16 ↗ boots on the ground with them monitoring

2:03:18 ↗ hot list sites where we've consistently

2:03:20 ↗ seen frequent pickups

2:03:22 ↗ that being said I'm obviously not here

2:03:24 ↗ to fully manage the Recology contract

2:03:25 ↗ and we're trying to Pivot more to

2:03:27 ↗ outreach and so we're really starting to

2:03:28 ↗ push those conversations and see where

2:03:30 ↗ we can leverage some of the previous or

2:03:33 ↗ the premium services that we get with

2:03:35 ↗ them specifically the waist zero

2:03:36 ↗ specialist and all of her experience on

2:03:38 ↗ the ground doing community outreach

2:03:40 ↗ talking with businesses talking with

2:03:42 ↗ multifamilies to really push diversion

2:03:44 ↗ and so that's something that we're going

2:03:45 ↗ to start pivoting to probably within the

2:03:47 ↗ next month um and really focusing on

2:03:49 ↗ what's Happening how do we drive the ver

2:03:51 ↗ how do we have these conversations with

2:03:53 ↗ the communities what barriers still

2:03:55 ↗ exist that we need to address to get

2:03:57 ↗ people to recycle more to compost more

2:03:59 ↗ so that's definitely the focus moving

2:04:02 ↗ forward okay thank you chair thanks um

2:04:07 ↗ I'd like to move to increase the

2:04:09 ↗ contract fee for the comprehensive

2:04:11 ↗ garbage recyclables and compostables

2:04:14 ↗ collection Services contract with rology

2:04:17 ↗ King County Inc from 6% to 9% to support

2:04:21 ↗ implementation

2:04:22 ↗ of the isqua climate action plan and

2:04:24 ↗ waste aversion programs and projects

2:04:26 ↗ effective January 1st

2:04:29 ↗ 2025 second it's been moved and seconded

2:04:32 ↗ is there a council discussion and would

2:04:33 ↗ you like to start us off chair I would

2:04:35 ↗ love

2:04:36 ↗ to we had a u when this came to the

2:04:39 ↗ mobility infrastructure we had a quite a

2:04:41 ↗ robust conversation about it um and I

2:04:45 ↗ think it's really important to realize

2:04:46 ↗ that we did have a

2:04:48 ↗ 9% um fee um until the last contract

2:04:52 ↗ where we reduced it to minimize the rate

2:04:54 ↗ increase and ultimately the squal

2:04:58 ↗ climate action plan is at the heart of

2:04:59 ↗ this uh fee increase there is a fair

2:05:02 ↗ amount of uncertainty about the ongoing

2:05:04 ↗ availability of State grant funding

2:05:05 ↗ which is something we have leveraged a

2:05:07 ↗ lot mve the IAP forward um for me the

2:05:11 ↗ thing that was really most significant

2:05:13 ↗ was the solid waste diversion program um

2:05:15 ↗ has to be turned around and I think that

2:05:18 ↗ the conversion can be the focus and um

2:05:20 ↗ also can be the offset for the

2:05:23 ↗ additional cost um by reducing the cost

2:05:26 ↗ of trash hauling um additionally focus

2:05:29 ↗ on Commercial and multifam uh residences

2:05:32 ↗ is another area where we can really

2:05:34 ↗ focus these additional funds to drive

2:05:36 ↗ diversion and really move the IAP

2:05:39 ↗ forward um Stacy did a great job of

2:05:42 ↗ highlighting the IAP plan and some of

2:05:43 ↗ our desired outcomes but the one that I

2:05:46 ↗ found most interesting was a focus on

2:05:48 ↗ City facilities which um where we can

2:05:51 ↗ can reduce the cost or the impact on the

2:05:53 ↗ environment and also reduce the

2:05:55 ↗ operating cost of these uh facilities so

2:05:57 ↗ there's a double benefit there um the

2:06:00 ↗ committee wanted to have this agenda

2:06:01 ↗ bill on regular business uh since this

2:06:04 ↗ is a fee increase and that's important

2:06:05 ↗ that we bring that to light but also um

2:06:08 ↗ to highlight the need for the funds for

2:06:11 ↗ IAP um and though this will incre

2:06:13 ↗ increase the cost of trash hauling

2:06:15 ↗ Services I think it can be offset for uh

2:06:18 ↗ the majority of people through diversion

2:06:19 ↗ as long as we can get the word out about

2:06:21 ↗ what you can do with diversion so um I

2:06:24 ↗ think this is the right thing to do um

2:06:26 ↗ on many many different dimensions thank

2:06:29 ↗ you chair any other comments on the

2:06:33 ↗ motion council president and then

2:06:36 ↗ council member

2:06:38 ↗ Hall I have to say before I really dug

2:06:42 ↗ into this and saw the individual impact

2:06:45 ↗ being so small uh I was kind of against

2:06:48 ↗ it and because our

2:06:52 ↗ our residents have dealt with so many

2:06:55 ↗ increases and particularly

2:06:58 ↗ to um their trash and waste um expenses

2:07:04 ↗ and so I thought gosh we can't add

2:07:06 ↗ another cost onto that um and it's

2:07:12 ↗ really hard to also create a fund for a

2:07:16 ↗ particular area makes it much more

2:07:18 ↗ difficult to manage budgets overall and

2:07:21 ↗ be flexible um in all of these areas but

2:07:24 ↗ when I go down into it and see how small

2:07:28 ↗ of an impact this is to the individual

2:07:30 ↗ when I recognize how we are able to

2:07:33 ↗ utilize it for Grant match funding um

2:07:36 ↗ and to implement um many of the actions

2:07:40 ↗ of the IAP which we wouldn't be able to

2:07:41 ↗ do without this I ended up coming around

2:07:44 ↗ to supporting it so I want to say thank

2:07:47 ↗ you for the committee for um having a

2:07:49 ↗ robust conversation and providing the

2:07:52 ↗ information that also particularly the

2:07:54 ↗ three different options on there really

2:07:57 ↗ allowed me to kind of look into it and

2:07:59 ↗ contemplate okay if we go One Direction

2:08:02 ↗ that's the impact if we go another

2:08:03 ↗ Direction that's the impact so it was

2:08:05 ↗ really useful um in contemplating this

2:08:08 ↗ particularly when we're talking about

2:08:09 ↗ increasing costs for our residents so

2:08:11 ↗ thank you thank you council president

2:08:13 ↗ council member

2:08:14 ↗ Hall um yeah sure and um chair Ray did a

2:08:18 ↗ great job summarizing what we talked

2:08:20 ↗ about at committee as well same with

2:08:21 ↗ staff of course um you know I won't

2:08:25 ↗ repeat kind of what's been said I I

2:08:27 ↗ totally agree

2:08:29 ↗ that you know we've heard from the

2:08:31 ↗ community that rates are high but we've

2:08:33 ↗ also heard um a commitment to focus on

2:08:36 ↗ climate action um here also in the

2:08:40 ↗ Strategic plan that that is being

2:08:42 ↗ updated right now they're advocating for

2:08:45 ↗ more pace and climate action as well um

2:08:48 ↗ and then of course you mentioned our

2:08:49 ↗ lead gold certification and how waste um

2:08:53 ↗ was an identified area uh for

2:08:56 ↗ improvement um I did just want to say

2:08:59 ↗ one thing though which is that another

2:09:01 ↗ way of thinking about this is through

2:09:04 ↗ kind of the context of our upcoming

2:09:05 ↗ budget discussion um I think we all

2:09:07 ↗ recognize it's going to be a challenge

2:09:09 ↗ there are going to be a lot of

2:09:09 ↗ challenging discussions um around what

2:09:12 ↗ we can find and this is a lever that we

2:09:16 ↗ can pull that's available to us for some

2:09:19 ↗ modest gains but pretty high impact

2:09:21 ↗ pretty significant amount of things that

2:09:23 ↗ we can afford with a small increase um

2:09:26 ↗ to continue our leadership in the space

2:09:29 ↗ of uh climate action make progress on

2:09:32 ↗ important Community priorities and uh

2:09:34 ↗ even when times are tough so agree again

2:09:37 ↗ just want to reiterate again that being

2:09:40 ↗ able to communicate effectively with the

2:09:41 ↗ community about what exactly they're

2:09:43 ↗ getting and the opportunities to you

2:09:45 ↗ know in the future with these with these

2:09:48 ↗ Investments that they'll actually be

2:09:49 ↗ saving money in the long run is a very

2:09:51 ↗ powerful compelling argument um but

2:09:53 ↗ again I think your the recommendation

2:09:54 ↗ mve forward with going back to 9% is

2:09:56 ↗ compelling and I'm going to support

2:09:58 ↗ that thank you any other comments or

2:10:01 ↗ questions Deputy council president D

2:10:03 ↗ Michelle yes and and I'll be really

2:10:06 ↗ brief because uh council member Hall and

2:10:08 ↗ council member Ray really really

2:10:09 ↗ summarized it very nicely had a great

2:10:12 ↗ conversation today with uh former city

2:10:15 ↗ council member uh John writtenhouse

2:10:17 ↗ who's a dedicated environmentalist and

2:10:19 ↗ we were discussing uh the fact that

2:10:22 ↗ climate change is not going to go away

2:10:24 ↗ it's not going to be solved next year or

2:10:26 ↗ the year after or the year after that

2:10:28 ↗ and so um even though this is a little

2:10:31 ↗ bit of pain uh a little bit of sacrifice

2:10:35 ↗ um the payoff in the long run is really

2:10:37 ↗ what we're looking for and it's really

2:10:39 ↗ important that we start to make that um

2:10:42 ↗ and our our community has told us over

2:10:45 ↗ and over and over again that they

2:10:47 ↗ support and want to see uh climate

2:10:49 ↗ action uh PL implemented so I support

2:10:53 ↗ this uh I also want to emphasize um the

2:10:57 ↗ comments that were made about uh

2:10:59 ↗ tackling the uh diversion rate among

2:11:02 ↗ multifam housing that is something again

2:11:06 ↗ I would welcome you to come back to us

2:11:08 ↗ with something uh uh related to that and

2:11:11 ↗ see if we can't encourage that more

2:11:14 ↗ because that would be a huge increase in

2:11:16 ↗ our diversion rate if we could begin to

2:11:18 ↗ get uh multif family uh uh occupants to

2:11:22 ↗ begin to participate in that program so

2:11:25 ↗ uh great presentation again thank you

2:11:27 ↗ step and and I do think we had a great

2:11:30 ↗ conversation at the mobility and uh and

2:11:34 ↗ infrastructure committee so so I support

2:11:36 ↗ this as well thanks great any other

2:11:39 ↗ comments or

2:11:40 ↗ questions thank you for all of those um

2:11:43 ↗ it has been moved and seconded to

2:11:46 ↗ increase the contract fee for the

2:11:47 ↗ comprehensive garbage recyclables and

2:11:50 ↗ compostables collection Services

2:11:51 ↗ contract with rology King County Inc

2:11:54 ↗ from 6% to 9% to support implementation

2:11:58 ↗ of the isqua climate action plan and

2:12:00 ↗ waste diversion programming and projects

2:12:02 ↗ effective January 1st

2:12:04 ↗ 2025 all those in favor signify by

2:12:07 ↗ saying I I I all those

2:12:10 ↗ opposed that carries unanimously 7 and0

2:12:14 ↗ thanks very much we're going to move on

2:12:16 ↗ to uh committee and Regional reports and

2:12:18 ↗ we'll start with council member Joe

2:12:20 ↗ thank you Madam mayor uh the next

2:12:22 ↗ Cascade water Alliance uh board meeting

2:12:25 ↗ is July 24th at 3:30 p.m. and the next

2:12:30 ↗ uh public affairs committee meeting for

2:12:31 ↗ Cascade is uh August 7th

2:12:36 ↗ 2024 um I'll take a minute just to talk

2:12:38 ↗ about eltac we met last Thursday and uh

2:12:42 ↗ it was a budget discussion to figure out

2:12:45 ↗ uh the direction going forward and the

2:12:49 ↗ uh conversations still ongoing but right

2:12:53 ↗ now um we are probably going to uh

2:12:57 ↗ recommend removing the small community

2:13:01 ↗ grants that we had for the last couple

2:13:02 ↗ of years they were put in place after

2:13:05 ↗ covid to help some of our non-profit

2:13:07 ↗ organizations uh continue their

2:13:09 ↗ programming or initiate new ideas uh

2:13:13 ↗ during that that dark period um and so

2:13:16 ↗ what we'd like to do uh is uh take that

2:13:19 ↗ $50,000

2:13:21 ↗ that had been used for small projects

2:13:24 ↗ and the committee the elac committee is

2:13:26 ↗ talking about

2:13:28 ↗ focusing uh some of that money on a um

2:13:33 ↗ project where we could uh

2:13:36 ↗ Focus uh our vision for the eltac funds

2:13:41 ↗ with the nonprofits and the nonprofits

2:13:43 ↗ would apply for the grants with that

2:13:46 ↗ goal or um event in mind so that we are

2:13:50 ↗ taking the funds and taking the

2:13:52 ↗ expertise from the nonprofits that we

2:13:54 ↗ have to focus on one particular event

2:13:57 ↗ perhaps in the fourth quarter of next

2:13:59 ↗ year there'll be more information coming

2:14:01 ↗ but I just want you to be aware that

2:14:02 ↗ that's kind of a change in the ltac

2:14:04 ↗ recommendation that's going to be coming

2:14:06 ↗ your way um and so it's just going to be

2:14:08 ↗ a little bit it will be a little bit

2:14:10 ↗ different and so just wanted to make you

2:14:12 ↗ aware of that that concludes my report

2:14:13 ↗ though thank you council member Joe

2:14:15 ↗ council member Hall thank you I have uh

2:14:18 ↗ two East Side reports East Side Fire and

2:14:20 ↗ Rescue and Eastside Transportation

2:14:22 ↗ partnership um so the East Side Fire and

2:14:25 ↗ Rescue board of directors met earlier

2:14:26 ↗ this month on July 11th uh we officially

2:14:29 ↗ approved a contract for services with

2:14:31 ↗ King County Fire District 45 or Duval um

2:14:34 ↗ earlier today I shared out the

2:14:36 ↗ presentation that the chief gave um

2:14:38 ↗ which kind of describes how um this

2:14:40 ↗ changes our service area and also how

2:14:42 ↗ our service area has changed over time

2:14:44 ↗ since 2011 quite a lot um and then also

2:14:48 ↗ how the uh organizational structure of

2:14:50 ↗ eer is changing to reflect some of these

2:14:52 ↗ new contract partners that we have um

2:14:55 ↗ coming on and again just to make sure

2:14:57 ↗ you're aware our contract Partners they

2:14:58 ↗ set a level of service they fund it

2:15:01 ↗ themselves there it's at no additional

2:15:02 ↗ cost to the partners um to Regional

2:15:05 ↗ Partners like us like isqu um but

2:15:07 ↗ speaking of costs the finance and

2:15:09 ↗ administration committee is meeting this

2:15:11 ↗ Wednesday this is uh the next step of

2:15:13 ↗ going through ERS by anual budget

2:15:16 ↗ process um and we're I think we're all

2:15:19 ↗ very eager to get a more a clearer sense

2:15:21 ↗ of what the operating equipment

2:15:24 ↗ replacement and capital facilities

2:15:26 ↗ maintenance costs potentially increases

2:15:29 ↗ are going to look like um in that

2:15:31 ↗ meeting I do just want to level set with

2:15:33 ↗ everyone that I'm not going to be coming

2:15:34 ↗ back likely and saying no partner

2:15:38 ↗ contribution increases like I have in

2:15:40 ↗ previous years this might be a tough one

2:15:42 ↗ as well um council member Marts and

2:15:45 ↗ council president Walsh and I well I

2:15:47 ↗ guess actually it'll just be me at the

2:15:49 ↗ finance Administration committee but um

2:15:51 ↗ Andrea Deputy City administrator Snyder

2:15:53 ↗ and I will continue to push um for cost

2:15:56 ↗ savings where we can but do just want to

2:15:58 ↗ let everyone know that it's going to be

2:15:59 ↗ a tough tough one um we are taking

2:16:03 ↗ August off so the next meeting of the

2:16:05 ↗ full board won't be until Thursday

2:16:07 ↗ September 12th um uh the East Side

2:16:11 ↗ Transportation partnership also met

2:16:12 ↗ earlier this month on July 12th we

2:16:14 ↗ received two interesting presentations

2:16:16 ↗ the first was on Belle's bellhop

2:16:18 ↗ presentation uh it's very exciting to to

2:16:21 ↗ see how successful their program has

2:16:22 ↗ been so far and how supportive the

2:16:24 ↗ community has been um of doing that and

2:16:27 ↗ the second one was from Metro on their

2:16:29 ↗ full range of flexible services so

2:16:31 ↗ that's uh van pool and Van share

2:16:35 ↗ Metroflex and community van I'm trying

2:16:37 ↗ to do it from memory and community van

2:16:39 ↗ that's

2:16:40 ↗ right uh how they're currently

2:16:42 ↗ performing and kind of what the future

2:16:43 ↗ of those programs are looking like um in

2:16:45 ↗ terms of main takeaways um people are

2:16:48 ↗ using these programs ridership is slowly

2:16:50 ↗ increasing

2:16:51 ↗ um and Metro seems really exciting

2:16:54 ↗ really excited to be investing more in

2:16:56 ↗ these kinds of flexible service programs

2:16:59 ↗ um council member or Deputy council

2:17:01 ↗ president de Melle and I were were eager

2:17:03 ↗ to share the isqu

2:17:06 ↗ lot um these presentations were also

2:17:09 ↗ shared out with you if you'd like to get

2:17:10 ↗ into the weeds a bit more and uh ETP is

2:17:13 ↗ also taking August off so our next

2:17:14 ↗ meeting isn't scheduled until Friday

2:17:17 ↗ September 30th or 13th in that

2:17:22 ↗ CC member hunt thank you Madame mayor um

2:17:26 ↗ I have two salmon related reports and

2:17:29 ↗ then Planning Development and

2:17:30 ↗ environment uh committee report out so

2:17:32 ↗ the Ria 8 salmon Recovery Council um Ria

2:17:35 ↗ 8 being the name of our Watershed met on

2:17:37 ↗ July 18th and we had one decision item

2:17:41 ↗ which was to approve a letter um

2:17:44 ↗ supporting Lake Washington Basin

2:17:46 ↗ invasive predatory fish control um

2:17:48 ↗ program um so we did recommend uh

2:17:51 ↗ approving that letter and sending that

2:17:52 ↗ to the Washington Department of Fish and

2:17:54 ↗ Wildlife um predation is increasingly

2:17:58 ↗ recognized as an important thing that we

2:17:59 ↗ need to um tackle and uh important for

2:18:02 ↗ the salmon life cycle

2:18:05 ↗ um then we also had um a presentation

2:18:09 ↗ about habitat restoration projects and

2:18:10 ↗ actually a field trip to a Redmond

2:18:12 ↗ Habitat restoration project which was

2:18:14 ↗ very interesting and then the coky uh

2:18:17 ↗ interlocal agreement management

2:18:19 ↗ committee which um meets to specifically

2:18:23 ↗ um consider how we are using funds for

2:18:26 ↗ uh our Cy in Lake smish which is a kind

2:18:29 ↗ of salmon that spends its entire life

2:18:31 ↗ cycle in the lake um we met on July

2:18:35 ↗ 15th and um we considered different well

2:18:39 ↗ firstly we heard back about the coky

2:18:42 ↗ returns um last year there were

2:18:45 ↗ 279 fish that returned uh the the news

2:18:51 ↗ is that that is far from a sustainable

2:18:53 ↗ population we're still in the low

2:18:54 ↗ hundreds um for a population that was

2:18:57 ↗ not too recently in the in the many

2:18:59 ↗ thousands um I uh when I started serving

2:19:04 ↗ on Council the the first returns that we

2:19:06 ↗ had that year was 19 fish that was in

2:19:09 ↗ 2017 so you know 1 n so we are moving

2:19:13 ↗ maybe in the right direction um there's

2:19:16 ↗ also a lot of concern uh rightfully so

2:19:19 ↗ amongst um all of the agencies that are

2:19:22 ↗ working on this because there's a lot of

2:19:24 ↗ fluctuation as well and it's not really

2:19:27 ↗ clear if it's um you know how how

2:19:31 ↗ consistently we are fluctuating in an

2:19:33 ↗ upward Direction the year before was 81

2:19:35 ↗ fish um so it's it's fluctuating but all

2:19:39 ↗ of these numbers are really low and

2:19:41 ↗ really alarming um so this group is

2:19:43 ↗ looking at management actions for

2:19:45 ↗ supplementing the population making sure

2:19:46 ↗ that we're continuing to have um cocy

2:19:49 ↗ it's really important also for

2:19:51 ↗ um the snow kwami tribe which is

2:19:52 ↗ involved in this agreement and so we

2:19:55 ↗ consider two budget options I will say

2:19:57 ↗ the the impact to isqua for either of

2:20:00 ↗ these options is is really small one is

2:20:04 ↗ $68,000 total and one is $773,000 for

2:20:07 ↗ this interlocal agreement um the main

2:20:10 ↗ difference is around how much effort is

2:20:13 ↗ spent on Outreach um and so I will say

2:20:16 ↗ from my perspective I would like to make

2:20:18 ↗ sure that we're doing as much as we can

2:20:19 ↗ on the management on the actions to make

2:20:21 ↗ sure that we're supporting the

2:20:22 ↗ population of the coky and then

2:20:25 ↗ potentially doing the the sort of

2:20:27 ↗ Outreach to community I think there's

2:20:29 ↗ other opportunities for that we've seen

2:20:31 ↗ you know movies being made about coky

2:20:33 ↗ for example which have gotten a lot of

2:20:34 ↗ traction which is great um so uh the

2:20:38 ↗ motion has been made to go with the

2:20:39 ↗ option that focuses a little bit more on

2:20:42 ↗ on management and a little bit less on

2:20:44 ↗ that Outreach and um both motions are

2:20:46 ↗ going to be voted on online and um we

2:20:49 ↗ will see but I I do support the motion

2:20:51 ↗ that's focused more on the the

2:20:53 ↗ management side of

2:20:55 ↗ things that was the main uh topic that

2:20:58 ↗ we discussed to make sure that we

2:20:59 ↗ approved the budget in time for them to

2:21:02 ↗ um the Cy interlocal um staff to uh King

2:21:08 ↗ County staff to work on this

2:21:10 ↗ agreement and um there will be a coky

2:21:14 ↗ work group meeting on July 24th we will

2:21:17 ↗ report out on the results of the um the

2:21:21 ↗ counts of Cy but also on the results of

2:21:24 ↗ this uh group's decision as far as which

2:21:26 ↗ budget to go with um so that concludes

2:21:29 ↗ that meeting and then one more meeting

2:21:32 ↗ the um Planning Development and

2:21:34 ↗ environment Committee of this Council

2:21:36 ↗ met on July 9th we had three items but

2:21:39 ↗ one of them I already discussed which

2:21:40 ↗ was the uh Title 18 amendments which was

2:21:43 ↗ on consent so I can skip that one um the

2:21:47 ↗ first item we discussed was Comm 0019

2:21:49 ↗ Lakeside transfer of development

2:21:52 ↗ rights this is an item that uh came

2:21:55 ↗ about because in 2013 the city entered

2:21:58 ↗ into a development agreement with

2:21:59 ↗ Lakeside Industries uh Inc and part of

2:22:04 ↗ that agreement concerns tdrs um it it is

2:22:07 ↗ a requirement from that agreement that

2:22:09 ↗ the city identified tdrs when when

2:22:11 ↗ Lakeside um requested that as they did

2:22:15 ↗ so the city identified tdrs from a

2:22:17 ↗ number of sites throughout the city

2:22:19 ↗ including burn Park uh guano cibil

2:22:23 ↗ meline uh Kora and then bergsma bergsma

2:22:27 ↗ there's been of course a lot of

2:22:29 ↗ community interest in making sure that

2:22:31 ↗ that is well maintained and um so we as

2:22:34 ↗ a committee focused a lot on the

2:22:35 ↗ conservation easements that came um with

2:22:38 ↗ this transfer of development rights and

2:22:41 ↗ one outcome from that discussion is that

2:22:42 ↗ the committee did ask that staff bring

2:22:44 ↗ back a matrix of the uses that were

2:22:47 ↗ possible under the existing uh

2:22:51 ↗ code and the existing agreements with

2:22:53 ↗ and without this conservation easement

2:22:55 ↗ just to disentangle that um we also had

2:22:58 ↗ legal staff there explaining um you know

2:23:01 ↗ that this was not in any way damaging to

2:23:04 ↗ the conservation potential of of this

2:23:06 ↗ for any of the other properties um but

2:23:09 ↗ we wanted to just see the uses and how

2:23:11 ↗ this would impact the uses and future

2:23:14 ↗ uses um so this will be brought back to

2:23:18 ↗ council when that item returns

2:23:21 ↗ and then the uh one other item was Comm

2:23:24 ↗ 0067 which is housing and parking

2:23:26 ↗ analysis scope of work um this is

2:23:29 ↗ something that Council has discussed in

2:23:31 ↗ many different um capacities and we as a

2:23:35 ↗ committee the main the main thing that

2:23:37 ↗ we wanted to make sure was conveyed that

2:23:39 ↗ we wanted to have uh big bold

2:23:42 ↗ recommendations come about from the um

2:23:45 ↗ parking study in terms of looking at

2:23:47 ↗ looking at cities across the country

2:23:49 ↗ what are the best practi practices for

2:23:51 ↗ parking how do we make sure that our

2:23:52 ↗ parking um standards and regulations are

2:23:57 ↗ conducive to getting the kinds of

2:23:58 ↗ Housing and Development that we that we

2:24:01 ↗ want and that the community needs um and

2:24:03 ↗ so we were generally in agreement about

2:24:06 ↗ the scope as it was presented but wanted

2:24:08 ↗ to make sure that when the results came

2:24:10 ↗ back that there were some you know

2:24:12 ↗ Innovative things for us to consider

2:24:14 ↗ looking across all of the best practices

2:24:16 ↗ across the country additionally I did

2:24:20 ↗ ask um so I specifically asked about

2:24:22 ↗ including EV charging into the parking

2:24:24 ↗ study um to see if we can also do that

2:24:27 ↗ with the existing funds or to make sure

2:24:30 ↗ that we're incorporating that as a

2:24:31 ↗ important component of parking that

2:24:34 ↗ concludes my report thank you council

2:24:36 ↗ member Ray uh thank you uh mayor Paulie

2:24:38 ↗ the mobility infrastructure committee

2:24:40 ↗ met on July 9th and we had a single

2:24:43 ↗ agenda item which was the solid waste

2:24:45 ↗ contract administrative fee that we just

2:24:47 ↗ discussed so I'm going to skip over that

2:24:49 ↗ the committee is not meeting in August

2:24:51 ↗ at this time and that concludes my

2:24:53 ↗ report thank you council member

2:24:55 ↗ Merz thank you Madame mayor sound City's

2:24:58 ↗ Association public issues committee met

2:25:00 ↗ on July 10th at 7 p.m. uh among there

2:25:05 ↗ were no uh no actions taken no actions

2:25:07 ↗ contemplated but uh we discussed 2025

2:25:10 ↗ Solid Waste rates we had a presentation

2:25:13 ↗ on nuclear radiation health effects

2:25:15 ↗ which I can sum up summarize as saying

2:25:16 ↗ that uh turns out nuclear war is a

2:25:18 ↗ bummer

2:25:20 ↗ uh we had uh further discussion on

2:25:22 ↗ Regional alignment on the asy crisis uh

2:25:26 ↗ SCA summer social is uh as we discussed

2:25:29 ↗ last time this Wednesday uh 5:38 here at

2:25:32 ↗ the Pickering Barn unfortunately I will

2:25:35 ↗ not be able to attend but hopefully we

2:25:37 ↗ will have great representation uh as the

2:25:39 ↗ host City uh for this event the services

2:25:43 ↗ safety and Parks committee will meet

2:25:44 ↗ tomorrow night at 6:30 here in council

2:25:46 ↗ chambers we have two topics the first is

2:25:49 ↗ Comm 0020 tantalizingly titled enhancing

2:25:53 ↗ recreational

2:25:55 ↗ programs and then also Comm 0048 Urban

2:25:59 ↗ Forest management Plan update which is

2:26:01 ↗ maybe not so tantalizing but also

2:26:03 ↗ important this concludes my report thank

2:26:05 ↗ you Deputy councilor uh president D

2:26:07 ↗ Michelle thank you um so council member

2:26:11 ↗ Hall uh reported on East Side

2:26:13 ↗ Transportation partnership and the only

2:26:15 ↗ thing I have to add to that is today

2:26:17 ↗ Metro announced that they're adding two

2:26:19 ↗ Metro Flex routes in King County so

2:26:23 ↗ obviously these are popular and uh

2:26:25 ↗ ridership is up and they are uh

2:26:28 ↗ expanding that program uh all over the

2:26:30 ↗ place so um anyway that was good news um

2:26:33 ↗ on July 17th the regional transit

2:26:35 ↗ committee met uh and we approved the

2:26:38 ↗ rapid ride prioritization list which

2:26:41 ↗ goes through

2:26:42 ↗ 2050 in that prioritization list is a

2:26:45 ↗ rapid ride route that would run from

2:26:48 ↗ Eastgate up uh along east of uh Lake

2:26:52 ↗ Washington up the entire Corridor to

2:26:54 ↗ Bothel and that would help isqua

2:26:56 ↗ residents however it is many many many

2:26:59 ↗ years in the future when it would be

2:27:01 ↗ implemented so um RTC will not be

2:27:04 ↗ meeting in August like many other

2:27:06 ↗ committees on July the 18th mayor Paulie

2:27:09 ↗ council member Joe and myself attended

2:27:11 ↗ East Side Port unplugged at picking barn

2:27:14 ↗ and did I miss anybody who also

2:27:16 ↗ attended okay so um we it was a a lovely

2:27:21 ↗ evening kind of a social evening U mayor

2:27:24 ↗ Paulie introduced uh and welcomed the

2:27:27 ↗ crowd and did a great job with that and

2:27:30 ↗ we heard reports on uh the port

2:27:33 ↗ activities and progress an overview of

2:27:36 ↗ the airport's renovation and expansion

2:27:38 ↗ projects which are really quite amazing

2:27:40 ↗ and then a report on planning for the I

2:27:43 ↗ pronounce it FIFA but it FIFA no FIFA

2:27:46 ↗ FIFA World Cup uh from Beth Knox who's

2:27:49 ↗ the director of the Seattle sports

2:27:51 ↗ commission and also an isqua resident

2:27:53 ↗ and the planning for that event is quite

2:27:55 ↗ extensive and really quite interesting

2:27:57 ↗ the logistics are amazing so it was a

2:28:01 ↗ great evening at Pickering barn and uh

2:28:04 ↗ mayor paully wanted to make sure that it

2:28:07 ↗ we highlighted the fact that there's

2:28:08 ↗ another invitation to a port activity on

2:28:11 ↗ August 15th it's called The Working

2:28:14 ↗ Waterfront tour and reception and it

2:28:16 ↗ will be held aboard argus's Lady Mary so

2:28:21 ↗ uh you should have seen that today come

2:28:22 ↗ through today so that's ends my report

2:28:25 ↗ thank you Deputy council president

2:28:27 ↗ council

2:28:30 ↗ president bringing up I lost my

2:28:34 ↗ email there we go okay last Thursday I

2:28:37 ↗ attended the Puget Sound Regional

2:28:39 ↗ Council growth management policy board

2:28:41 ↗ meeting um which was interestingly about

2:28:44 ↗ tree canopy and housing and they very

2:28:48 ↗ particularly put in this Con concept of

2:28:51 ↗ we want both we need to figure out the

2:28:53 ↗ ways to do both etc etc um so we heard

2:28:57 ↗ from the city of Tacoma which has a

2:28:59 ↗ really interesting program there as well

2:29:01 ↗ as the tree Equity Collective and um

2:29:04 ↗ just the conversation really went into

2:29:06 ↗ those dual priorities and how they can

2:29:08 ↗ live together um we did as a sound

2:29:13 ↗ cities Association group kind of write

2:29:16 ↗ back and say hey we love that you

2:29:18 ↗ presented this but we really need to get

2:29:21 ↗ the best practices from everybody like

2:29:25 ↗ what types of trees should you be um

2:29:27 ↗ recommending use of based on our

2:29:31 ↗ adjusted um climate uh and things like

2:29:34 ↗ that back to the city so that we can

2:29:36 ↗ utilize that best uh practice

2:29:38 ↗ information so we ask for more there um

2:29:41 ↗ tomorrow the King County affordable

2:29:43 ↗ housing committee will meet um the

2:29:45 ↗ agenda includes comment letters for the

2:29:48 ↗ comprehensive plans of Belleview Auburn

2:29:51 ↗ Bothel Federal Way Covington and

2:29:56 ↗ isqua so all of the cities have to um in

2:29:59 ↗ this new method present their housing

2:30:02 ↗ element to the affordable housing

2:30:04 ↗ committee to review it against what the

2:30:08 ↗ county had approved in their countywide

2:30:11 ↗ planning policies so basically saying we

2:30:15 ↗ certify that you are in agreement with

2:30:18 ↗ the King County CP PS um and so nobody

2:30:24 ↗ has passed with 100% flying colors uh

2:30:27 ↗ they've all given a sense of hey these

2:30:30 ↗ are the things you've done really well

2:30:32 ↗ but here are some things that you really

2:30:34 ↗ need to do to fully come into commitment

2:30:38 ↗ we had five recommendations from the

2:30:41 ↗ affordable

2:30:42 ↗ housing um they're really trying to get

2:30:45 ↗ uh cities to

2:30:46 ↗ prioritize uh 0 to 30% Ami in our

2:30:50 ↗ comprehensive plan we had originally

2:30:52 ↗ written it as 0 to 50% Ami and so now

2:30:55 ↗ we're going to take it back to PPC to do

2:30:59 ↗ that type of review um that's one that

2:31:01 ↗ no city has uh gotten through with line

2:31:04 ↗ colors on yet uh suggested that we need

2:31:07 ↗ to complete the housing inventory and

2:31:09 ↗ Analysis um collaborate with populations

2:31:12 ↗ most disproportionately impacted by

2:31:14 ↗ housing cost burden strengthen

2:31:17 ↗ affordable home ownership implementation

2:31:20 ↗ strategies and then finally one that I

2:31:22 ↗ think we will all agree with uh partner

2:31:24 ↗ with sound transit to help ensure future

2:31:26 ↗ Light Rail stations are in areas

2:31:28 ↗ conducive to Housing Development

2:31:30 ↗ including income restricted housing so

2:31:32 ↗ I've heard back from our planning staff

2:31:34 ↗ on all of these they're like hey these

2:31:36 ↗ are great we just haven't quite gotten

2:31:38 ↗ to them yet um and here's the plan for

2:31:41 ↗ making sure that we make progress on

2:31:43 ↗ each of those but I wanted to let you

2:31:45 ↗ know this is an interesting project it's

2:31:48 ↗ been really useful to see the um

2:31:51 ↗ feedback that has come out from the

2:31:54 ↗ affordable housing committee and that

2:31:56 ↗ concludes my

2:31:57 ↗ report thank you um I see Dan Landis is

2:32:01 ↗ uh waiting I I wonder if Council would

2:32:03 ↗ agree that I could do the mayor's report

2:32:05 ↗ in our other items uh after um Dan's

2:32:08 ↗ presentation since it's

2:32:11 ↗ 9:30 so if that's okay I'll move my

2:32:13 ↗ report and we will go to the

2:32:15 ↗ informational updates ID

2:32:17 ↗ 1730 is on Transit Orient devel

2:32:20 ↗ Opportunity Center update and I'd like

2:32:22 ↗ to invite management analyst Jillian

2:32:24 ↗ strob to introduce our next

2:32:26 ↗ presenter uh Dan you can come up to the

2:32:28 ↗ microphone as well Dan is the vice

2:32:30 ↗ president of the development with the

2:32:31 ↗ King County Housing Authority welcome

2:32:34 ↗ Jillian thank you mayor Paulie and

2:32:37 ↗ members of city council tonight Dan

2:32:39 ↗ Landis the vice president of development

2:32:41 ↗ at King C County Housing Authority will

2:32:43 ↗ provide an update on the development

2:32:45 ↗ timeline on the transit oriented

2:32:47 ↗ development project kcha and the have

2:32:50 ↗ partnered on this project since

2:32:52 ↗ 2017 when kcha came on as a development

2:32:55 ↗ partner they now Ser serve as the

2:32:56 ↗ development lead for the site the

2:32:59 ↗ product will include a mix of affordable

2:33:01 ↗ and market rate housing and an

2:33:03 ↗ opportunity center with Health Services

2:33:05 ↗ owned by the city um I'll now share my

2:33:08 ↗ screen and invite Dan to

2:33:10 ↗ present welcome Dan

2:33:20 ↗ is that better sorry um it's great to be

2:33:23 ↗ back here again to uh uh give a an

2:33:26 ↗ update on our uh TR uh Central isqua to

2:33:31 ↗ project um uh hopefully I have something

2:33:35 ↗ uh that will be a little bit more new

2:33:37 ↗ and exciting for you all than what I've

2:33:39 ↗ been reporting on despite how I've uh

2:33:42 ↗ spent the last six years

2:33:44 ↗ um negotiating with telecom companies is

2:33:48 ↗ not what I really love about myob

2:33:51 ↗ but creating affordable housing is and

2:33:53 ↗ we've really started that process in

2:33:55 ↗ Earnest uh this year and so I'm excited

2:33:58 ↗ to uh share with you where we are and uh

2:34:00 ↗ where we hope to

2:34:02 ↗ be next slide um so I I just want to

2:34:07 ↗ give you all an update give you a chance

2:34:09 ↗ to answer any questions I I'm not sure

2:34:11 ↗ I'll be able to answer all the questions

2:34:13 ↗ that you have but I'll I'll at least uh

2:34:15 ↗ be able to tell you how soon I think

2:34:17 ↗ we'll be able to have answers for most

2:34:18 ↗ of your questions pretty soon

2:34:20 ↗ next

2:34:21 ↗ slide so uh where we are with our

2:34:25 ↗ project um is not that different than

2:34:28 ↗ where we've been in terms of what we

2:34:30 ↗ hope to build and that includes at least

2:34:32 ↗ 155 units of affordable housing uh a mix

2:34:36 ↗ of 40% and 60% Ami units uh in

2:34:40 ↗ addition uh at least 200 market rate

2:34:44 ↗ units um and we are committed that at

2:34:48 ↗ least a quarter of all units will be

2:34:50 ↗ market rate although I think it's going

2:34:51 ↗ to end up being higher than that uh we

2:34:55 ↗ still have a 10,000 ft Opportunity

2:34:57 ↗ Center which is which Jillian mentioned

2:35:01 ↗ uh will be built by kcha and then

2:35:03 ↗ transferred to the city uh and the

2:35:05 ↗ partners there are still on board Health

2:35:07 ↗ Point and Valley Cities um we're also

2:35:11 ↗ will include some public improvements

2:35:12 ↗ most notably a midblock Crossing uh that

2:35:15 ↗ divides the the project into a a north

2:35:18 ↗ and south block um so there'll be two

2:35:22 ↗ different buildings the the affordable

2:35:24 ↗ building with the Opportunity Center to

2:35:25 ↗ the North and the market rate building

2:35:28 ↗ to the South uh will incorporate in that

2:35:31 ↗ midblock crossing the quarter acre

2:35:33 ↗ public Plaza that was originally

2:35:35 ↗ envisioned by the city as

2:35:38 ↗ well next so I just want to update you

2:35:42 ↗ on um things I I I can't remember what

2:35:46 ↗ all we talked about the last time I'm

2:35:47 ↗ here I may be repeating myself some but

2:35:49 ↗ but in any case we did acquire the site

2:35:52 ↗ uh at the end of

2:35:54 ↗ 2023 uh an architect uh has been engaged

2:35:59 ↗ and the design is underway the architect

2:36:01 ↗ that we selected is Weber Thompson and

2:36:03 ↗ so far we're uh thrilled with the work

2:36:05 ↗ they've been doing and and the

2:36:07 ↗ engagement they've had on this

2:36:09 ↗ project uh vertical Bridge uh has not

2:36:12 ↗ yet moved its tower that has been

2:36:14 ↗ something that has really uh been the

2:36:17 ↗ ongoing concern we had to acquire the

2:36:20 ↗ site uh before vertical Bridge had moved

2:36:23 ↗ off and all of those issues were

2:36:24 ↗ resolved uh a number of issues have been

2:36:27 ↗ resolved with vertical bridge and that

2:36:29 ↗ they they do have uh the site that the

2:36:32 ↗ city Ste forward with adjacent to the

2:36:34 ↗ park and ride lot across the street from

2:36:36 ↗ our site they also have got received

2:36:40 ↗ their permits from the city they just

2:36:42 ↗ haven't started yet and we're hopeful

2:36:44 ↗ that we our next report from them will

2:36:47 ↗ indicate that they have I think they've

2:36:49 ↗ held up a little bit by getting all of

2:36:51 ↗ the approvals in order that they need

2:36:52 ↗ from the two carriers on the cell tower

2:36:55 ↗ but I'm not really sure we have had a

2:36:58 ↗ couple of uh preliminary design meetings

2:37:00 ↗ with City staff that were uh very

2:37:02 ↗ helpful and I want to commend your staff

2:37:04 ↗ for their uh willingness to help us

2:37:07 ↗ achieve the vision of the

2:37:09 ↗ uh uh Central isqua to project we have

2:37:13 ↗ full site investigations underway and um

2:37:17 ↗ we have begun discussions with the city

2:37:19 ↗ staff on the ownership structure for the

2:37:22 ↗ opportunity Center and specifically on

2:37:24 ↗ how we can uh structure this so that the

2:37:28 ↗ money that's been committed from the

2:37:29 ↗ Department of Commerce for that project

2:37:32 ↗ can be committed and spent in

2:37:34 ↗ 2024 uh we will be meeting again in a

2:37:37 ↗ week to uh hopefully reach uh a better

2:37:41 ↗ sense uh since our last meeting the

2:37:43 ↗ staff have uh the city staff have talked

2:37:45 ↗ with the staff at Commerce and have

2:37:47 ↗ gotten more guidance on what's going to

2:37:48 ↗ work I think that our goals are aligned

2:37:51 ↗ with the city's goals to make something

2:37:52 ↗ work so that uh so that we can spend

2:37:54 ↗ that money this year but also to realize

2:37:57 ↗ uh the dream that you have for the

2:37:59 ↗ opportunity Center at the

2:38:01 ↗ project next one so just to go over a

2:38:05 ↗ couple of the uh changes that um have

2:38:08 ↗ happened since we've started this

2:38:10 ↗ project as I I think we've reported

2:38:12 ↗ before but our original market rate

2:38:14 ↗ partner is no longer involved in the

2:38:16 ↗ project the the primary uh person we

2:38:19 ↗ were work working with uh left uh the

2:38:23 ↗ the the entity that was the um market

2:38:26 ↗ rate partner and the other partners that

2:38:29 ↗ owned that entity were no longer

2:38:30 ↗ interested in in proceeding with this

2:38:34 ↗ project uh and we have not yet selected

2:38:38 ↗ a new uh market rate partner but that is

2:38:41 ↗ something that we will do and I'll

2:38:42 ↗ explain when we'll be able to do that uh

2:38:45 ↗ the site boundaries have also changed so

2:38:47 ↗ when we originally started looking at

2:38:49 ↗ the site and did our original designs

2:38:52 ↗ the we were using a legal description

2:38:54 ↗ associated with the deed which also was

2:38:58 ↗ the way that the site had been used by

2:39:00 ↗ uh Century Link Lumen over the years but

2:39:04 ↗ it was in conflict with a a different

2:39:07 ↗ legal description associated with the

2:39:08 ↗ short plat that divided that whole block

2:39:10 ↗ up years ago

2:39:13 ↗ um to make a long story short in order

2:39:16 ↗ to be able to acquire this site the site

2:39:18 ↗ boundaries shifted so they're now 30 ft

2:39:21 ↗ to the west of what they were um so this

2:39:25 ↗ the 30 ft adjacent to the uh Sound

2:39:29 ↗ Transit and um fire station site are uh

2:39:34 ↗ have more development challenges than

2:39:35 ↗ the 30 ft that were given up to the east

2:39:37 ↗ so that's a uh something that's changed

2:39:40 ↗ there has been a new land Co land use

2:39:42 ↗ code and we're sorting out how that

2:39:44 ↗ might impact our development and we are

2:39:47 ↗ considering different orientations of

2:39:49 ↗ the building I think some of some what

2:39:52 ↗ orientation we end up with will be

2:39:54 ↗ driven by what the site constraints are

2:39:56 ↗ um and we will uh we're we have looked

2:39:59 ↗ at various options that have been put

2:40:00 ↗ forward by our design team and we hope

2:40:04 ↗ after our next meeting with the city uh

2:40:07 ↗ um permitting staff or the um we will

2:40:11 ↗ have enough information in hand that

2:40:13 ↗ we'll be able to make a decision on

2:40:14 ↗ which way we're going to move forward

2:40:15 ↗ with

2:40:16 ↗ that next

2:40:20 ↗ so as I mentioned we selected our

2:40:22 ↗ architect this year in May um we expect

2:40:25 ↗ their concept

2:40:27 ↗ design design and we our our selection

2:40:30 ↗ of a design to move forward with will

2:40:32 ↗ will be done in September uh we we are

2:40:35 ↗ currently out for a contractor and they

2:40:38 ↗ will be on board uh to start with the

2:40:41 ↗ schematic design process um the initial

2:40:44 ↗ thing that we're going to have them do

2:40:45 ↗ is a cost estimate of the concept design

2:40:49 ↗ uh isolating what the cost of the

2:40:51 ↗ Opportunity Center will be so we can um

2:40:54 ↗ uh have a better sense of that um again

2:40:58 ↗ October or so is when schematic design

2:41:00 ↗ will be completed um we need to have so

2:41:04 ↗ we have not yet sought a market rate

2:41:06 ↗ partner for a couple of reasons uh one

2:41:09 ↗ reason is it hasn't been a great market

2:41:11 ↗ for market rate players and we want to

2:41:13 ↗ make sure that we hit the market at the

2:41:15 ↗ right time we have invested a

2:41:17 ↗ significant amount of money in this site

2:41:18 ↗ to date and we want to be able to

2:41:20 ↗ recover as much as we can in uh from the

2:41:24 ↗ the partner that we choose for their

2:41:26 ↗ their land cost um also we have made

2:41:30 ↗ commitments to the city to the county

2:41:33 ↗ and to Arch about how many affordable

2:41:35 ↗ units we would build and we need to make

2:41:37 ↗ sure that the portion of the site that

2:41:40 ↗ we reserve for ourselves is adequate to

2:41:42 ↗ accommodate those units that we've

2:41:44 ↗ promised everybody and that we intend to

2:41:45 ↗ build um I think that so so far the the

2:41:50 ↗ news has been pretty good in the Design

2:41:51 ↗ Concepts we've seen from our Architects

2:41:53 ↗ that we we should be able to both hit

2:41:56 ↗ our initial Target as well as um have

2:42:00 ↗ enough land left over for 200 market

2:42:03 ↗ rate units on the site we may be able to

2:42:05 ↗ exceed that as we see how the um the

2:42:08 ↗ studies come in and the work with the

2:42:10 ↗ city so uh that that's something we will

2:42:12 ↗ know by the time the design concept is

2:42:15 ↗ completed a much better sense of how

2:42:17 ↗ many units we're talking about and as

2:42:18 ↗ soon as we know that and provided that

2:42:22 ↗ the the market that we get interest and

2:42:24 ↗ that we get enough interest that we we

2:42:26 ↗ think we can uh recoup a fair price for

2:42:29 ↗ what we've put into the site we will we

2:42:30 ↗ will go out and um solicit proposals

2:42:34 ↗ from market rate Partners I I will say

2:42:36 ↗ there has been some calls that we've uh

2:42:39 ↗ fielded recently from uh partners that

2:42:41 ↗ are interested in joining with us and it

2:42:43 ↗ it will certainly be easier to develop

2:42:45 ↗ the site if we're working in Tandem and

2:42:47 ↗ so we don't our our idea we would like

2:42:49 ↗ to have that partner on board this year

2:42:52 ↗ and not wait for um beyond that um so

2:42:56 ↗ hopefully the um outlook for these

2:42:59 ↗ developers is good enough that they'll

2:43:01 ↗ they'll show us some good interest this

2:43:03 ↗ year uh we're planning on starting

2:43:05 ↗ construction in Spring of 2026 and

2:43:07 ↗ completing by the uh end of

2:43:11 ↗ 2027 um next so and this is just a a

2:43:14 ↗ quick summary of what the timelines are

2:43:17 ↗ as I mentioned in October we'll have the

2:43:18 ↗ C cost estimates in place we hope that

2:43:21 ↗ the legal structure and the how we're

2:43:23 ↗ going to use the state money will all be

2:43:26 ↗ figured out before then so this will be

2:43:28 ↗ the last thing to plug into our

2:43:29 ↗ agreement with the city related to the

2:43:32 ↗ Opportunity Center and that we have that

2:43:34 ↗ finalized as quickly as we can after we

2:43:37 ↗ get those cost

2:43:38 ↗ estimates um in in the spring we'll be

2:43:41 ↗ done with design development we'll be

2:43:43 ↗ going in for the um entitlement

2:43:46 ↗ applications and uh as soon as we can

2:43:49 ↗ after that um the building permit

2:43:52 ↗ application I we have had really good

2:43:54 ↗ communication with the city planning

2:43:56 ↗ staff so far and hopeful that that will

2:43:59 ↗ continue so that uh we get a sense about

2:44:01 ↗ what their issues are and to the extent

2:44:04 ↗ that we feel like we're proposing

2:44:06 ↗ something that's consistent with the

2:44:08 ↗ policies and and what the uh City staff

2:44:11 ↗ are wanting to see we will then move

2:44:13 ↗ forward with the building permit

2:44:14 ↗ application so that we can get that in

2:44:16 ↗ time for the construction season in 2026

2:44:20 ↗ we out forbid early in 2026 and and by

2:44:22 ↗ may have started construction

2:44:25 ↗ there so I think those are the is there

2:44:28 ↗ another slide

2:44:30 ↗ Jan so that's all the slides so I have

2:44:34 ↗ happy to answer any questions if any of

2:44:36 ↗ you have them and Julian thank you very

2:44:38 ↗ much uh council member Marts followed by

2:44:41 ↗ council member Hall thank you so can you

2:44:44 ↗ go back to the design and construction

2:44:46 ↗ schedule please

2:44:49 ↗ we bring that back

2:44:51 ↗ up

2:44:57 ↗ there the one before that yes there we

2:45:00 ↗ go so that is a busy fall that is a busy

2:45:03 ↗ September October through December um so

2:45:08 ↗ our first major not maybe not first but

2:45:12 ↗ the most critical vote that ever came on

2:45:14 ↗ this project happened seven years ago so

2:45:17 ↗ I know there's been a lot of issues cell

2:45:19 ↗ towers and uh you know Deeds versus

2:45:22 ↗ short plats and all that but help me

2:45:25 ↗ understand what's going to change that's

2:45:27 ↗ going to go from the Cadence that has

2:45:29 ↗ taken us seven years to get to where we

2:45:31 ↗ are today till a real flurry of activity

2:45:34 ↗ over the next six months so our our

2:45:38 ↗ original desire was to have uh vertical

2:45:43 ↗ bridge in the process of building their

2:45:45 ↗ um their Tower their replacement Tower

2:45:49 ↗ before we started spending a lot more

2:45:51 ↗ money on the site in discussions early

2:45:53 ↗ this year with City with City staff

2:45:56 ↗ about the state money it became clear

2:45:58 ↗ that we needed to get

2:46:00 ↗ started uh before um vertical Bridge uh

2:46:06 ↗ got working now from now on I we're

2:46:08 ↗ moving full steam ahead there's there's

2:46:10 ↗ not a I mean we have the the financing

2:46:15 ↗ that we can have at this point uh we we

2:46:17 ↗ have the the pred development financing

2:46:19 ↗ to do what we need to do uh we're

2:46:21 ↗ prepared to uh you uh entitle the whole

2:46:25 ↗ site and if we can find a market rate

2:46:28 ↗ partner to continue on our development

2:46:30 ↗ um and continue looking for a market

2:46:32 ↗ rate partner but uh we're not letting

2:46:35 ↗ that delay the the building of the

2:46:37 ↗ affordable housing because of our uh uh

2:46:41 ↗ fear of losing our financing from the

2:46:43 ↗ county and and Arch so uh we are

2:46:46 ↗ committed to moving this forward we have

2:46:48 ↗ a team uh especially our our design team

2:46:51 ↗ right now that's um showing themselves

2:46:54 ↗ to be uh very Adept at staying on on top

2:46:57 ↗ of schedule and moving moving things

2:46:59 ↗ forward as fast as they can so I I don't

2:47:03 ↗ anticipate I mean I think that we still

2:47:06 ↗ don't know what all the challenges are

2:47:07 ↗ we don't have all of those reports but

2:47:09 ↗ we will have them uh by the end of

2:47:13 ↗ August Council mer is okay if I invite

2:47:16 ↗ um Deputy City administer Snyder to give

2:47:19 ↗ you a little bit more about the granting

2:47:20 ↗ information because that is that has

2:47:21 ↗ been an impetus to move faster sure

2:47:24 ↗ although I still do also have two more

2:47:25 ↗ questions after that yep thanks hi

2:47:30 ↗ Andrea uh good evening Council hi I'm

2:47:32 ↗ Deputy uh City administrator Andrea

2:47:35 ↗ Snider and I've been working with uh Dan

2:47:37 ↗ Landis on this project on behalf of the

2:47:39 ↗ city for five years uh as Deputy City

2:47:42 ↗ administrator and certainly have um

2:47:44 ↗ appreciated Jillian's involvement in the

2:47:47 ↗ past uh several weeks um we are working

2:47:50 ↗ with the Department of Commerce on what

2:47:52 ↗ their Grant requirements are um to make

2:47:55 ↗ sure that uh that we're fulfilling all

2:47:58 ↗ of those requirements and meeting their

2:47:59 ↗ deadlines so at this point um that work

2:48:03 ↗ is in progress and we're happy to um to

2:48:07 ↗ continue to update Council as need be on

2:48:11 ↗ um on any of those

2:48:14 ↗ details are there other specific

2:48:16 ↗ questions that I may address this time I

2:48:19 ↗ think so I think I think my questions

2:48:21 ↗ are kind of hybrid for maybe both of you

2:48:24 ↗ uh the next question is is there a risk

2:48:27 ↗ in completing the schematic design

2:48:29 ↗ before you have a partner selection

2:48:31 ↗ because it seems like I mean we get we

2:48:34 ↗ get market rate housing developers all

2:48:37 ↗ the time who are just telling us uh sure

2:48:39 ↗ we want to build but we uh you know

2:48:43 ↗ we're nervous about your uh affordable

2:48:45 ↗ housing component but in this case they

2:48:47 ↗ don't have that right

2:48:49 ↗ so uh but I would imagine that there are

2:48:53 ↗ decisions at the schematic design level

2:48:56 ↗ that can impact um the proforma for your

2:48:59 ↗ for your um uh market rate partner so is

2:49:03 ↗ isn't there a risk and making and doing

2:49:05 ↗ that work before you have your partner

2:49:06 ↗ selected yes and to be clear we're not

2:49:09 ↗ planning on doing the schematic design

2:49:11 ↗ for the market rate building we're doing

2:49:13 ↗ the schematic design for our building as

2:49:15 ↗ well as the the design for the entire

2:49:18 ↗ site so we are trying to I mean we have

2:49:22 ↗ an interest in in leaving enough land

2:49:25 ↗ for uh market rate to keep the market

2:49:28 ↗ rate developers interested so that we

2:49:30 ↗ can get a good price for it to recoup

2:49:33 ↗ some of the money that we've put into it

2:49:34 ↗ so that's that's um that was one of the

2:49:39 ↗ criteria that influenced us choosing the

2:49:42 ↗ Architecture Firm that we did because

2:49:44 ↗ they have a lot of experience working

2:49:46 ↗ with market rate developers and and a

2:49:48 ↗ good sense of the uh you know unit size

2:49:51 ↗ and mix that that developers on in East

2:49:54 ↗ King County are are are liking to to

2:49:58 ↗ have so we're we're we're planning on

2:49:59 ↗ moving forward to entitle the site for

2:50:03 ↗ the number of units and and and the site

2:50:05 ↗ improvements and and then also for our

2:50:09 ↗ specific design but we're not we're not

2:50:11 ↗ intending to design a building for a

2:50:13 ↗ market rate developer all right thank

2:50:15 ↗ you and my last question I know Andrea

2:50:17 ↗ will have comments on

2:50:19 ↗ which is uh what's the required public

2:50:21 ↗ action on this schedule right what what

2:50:24 ↗ does council where are the uh you know

2:50:28 ↗ where are the decision points where

2:50:29 ↗ Council needs to be involved between now

2:50:31 ↗ and winter

2:50:33 ↗ 2027 uh thank you council member marks

2:50:36 ↗ uh one of those public actions

2:50:39 ↗ especially as we try to build out the

2:50:41 ↗ Opportunity Center and access those

2:50:44 ↗ State funds to do so um is an agreement

2:50:47 ↗ with kcha we have been contemplating a

2:50:50 ↗ condominium agreement um it might be

2:50:53 ↗ something more like a long-term lease to

2:50:55 ↗ own type thing in order to meet state

2:50:57 ↗ requirements we're still working with

2:50:59 ↗ them on that to um to iron that out uh

2:51:02 ↗ we have our uh memorandum of

2:51:06 ↗ understanding in place with kcha that

2:51:09 ↗ would um convey ownership of the

2:51:11 ↗ Opportunity Center to the city so that's

2:51:13 ↗ still in place and we just need to

2:51:15 ↗ figure out the the legal Contracting

2:51:17 ↗ requirements

2:51:19 ↗ um with the Department of Commerce that

2:51:22 ↗ would allow us to do that so um we're

2:51:24 ↗ working on that now with Department of

2:51:26 ↗ Commerce as well as of

2:51:27 ↗ kch we want to bring that back to

2:51:29 ↗ Council in the fall we're hopeful that

2:51:31 ↗ we can come back in uh September to have

2:51:34 ↗ that conversation um so there will be an

2:51:37 ↗ agreement between the city and kcha that

2:51:39 ↗ would convey uh ownership and control

2:51:43 ↗ over the Opportunity Center which is to

2:51:45 ↗ be constructed so that's one of the big

2:51:47 ↗ things um another future action for

2:51:49 ↗ Council would be um working with our uh

2:51:53 ↗ the the sub tenants so the um Human

2:51:57 ↗ Services providers the city has in the

2:51:59 ↗ past selected Health Point as well as

2:52:01 ↗ Valley Cities to provide uh Services out

2:52:04 ↗ of the Opportunity Center those are

2:52:05 ↗ Behavioral Health Services as well as

2:52:08 ↗ dental services at affordable costs um

2:52:11 ↗ so we we need to work with our wouldbe

2:52:14 ↗ tenants on a leasing agreement with our

2:52:16 ↗ tenants and so that's another thing

2:52:18 ↗ that's going to to come before Council

2:52:20 ↗ um likely not until the beginning of

2:52:22 ↗ next year um so that's kind of the

2:52:25 ↗ schedule we're on with the two big

2:52:27 ↗ agreements that we foresee Council um

2:52:30 ↗ having a a direct um we would see

2:52:32 ↗ council's approval over great thank

2:52:35 ↗ thank you very much for answering those

2:52:36 ↗ questions thanks council member

2:52:39 ↗ Hall first of all thank you so much for

2:52:42 ↗ saying so late really appreciate it um

2:52:45 ↗ I'm sure I just forgot this um I the

2:52:47 ↗ intent this was always to have a mixed

2:52:49 ↗ income project so is is it final that

2:52:52 ↗ that we we would have separate buildings

2:52:54 ↗ for the affordable units in the market

2:52:57 ↗ rate units yes so from both perspectives

2:53:01 ↗ we have talked with enough market rate

2:53:04 ↗ developers to know to know that they

2:53:07 ↗ want a separate building and also we

2:53:10 ↗ have we're financing our building with

2:53:14 ↗ um low-income housing tax credits and

2:53:17 ↗ the uh low-income housing tax credit

2:53:19 ↗ investors have a strong preference to

2:53:21 ↗ not have any market rate risk associated

2:53:23 ↗ with what they invest

2:53:27 ↗ in that is a great question it did come

2:53:29 ↗ up before council member hunt was asking

2:53:32 ↗ many questions about how we could

2:53:33 ↗ integrate this better but the funding

2:53:35 ↗ stacking is

2:53:39 ↗ really any additional questions or

2:53:42 ↗ comments for

2:53:45 ↗ Dan right um so so since we have

2:53:48 ↗ discussed the the um trying to make sure

2:53:51 ↗ that the units were in the same building

2:53:55 ↗ which is probably no longer possible um

2:53:58 ↗ uh what are your thoughts on how the

2:54:01 ↗ buildings could be made to uh look you

2:54:04 ↗ know comparable look like they're part

2:54:06 ↗ of the same project not not stand out as

2:54:09 ↗ one being you know obviously different

2:54:11 ↗ than the other building well our our

2:54:13 ↗ preference would be that our market rate

2:54:16 ↗ partner work with

2:54:18 ↗ Weber Thompson we're not going to make

2:54:20 ↗ that a condition it will be probably a

2:54:24 ↗ an evaluation Factor however because we

2:54:27 ↗ we also don't want our housing to stand

2:54:30 ↗ out as different than the marker rate

2:54:32 ↗ housing at least uh you know from the

2:54:35 ↗ curb appeal and the sort of you know

2:54:38 ↗ availability of balconies and and big

2:54:41 ↗ big design features I don't know that

2:54:42 ↗ they will look exactly the same but I

2:54:45 ↗ think that it will it will not be easy

2:54:47 ↗ to tell which is which um we we envision

2:54:51 ↗ this as a community even though there

2:54:53 ↗ there will be two separate

2:54:56 ↗ ownerships thank you Dan council member

2:54:59 ↗ Mars well since we're taking um comment

2:55:02 ↗ as well as questions at this point uh

2:55:04 ↗ very excited to have you uh back today

2:55:06 ↗ to talk about this this is an aggressive

2:55:09 ↗ schedule um I hear a lot of mean I dail

2:55:12 ↗ in a little project management rocketry

2:55:14 ↗ business and uh there's a lot of

2:55:17 ↗ conditional statements I heard in there

2:55:19 ↗ and uh things that are dependent on

2:55:21 ↗ others uh so but this project continues

2:55:25 ↗ to be incredibly important um to our

2:55:27 ↗ city it continues to be a a model for

2:55:30 ↗ you know uh transit or development

2:55:33 ↗ making the most of our transit system

2:55:34 ↗ that we have uh but it has been seven

2:55:37 ↗ years and I'm eager to see it move

2:55:39 ↗ forward so appreciate you being here

2:55:42 ↗ today um I think that you know this you

2:55:46 ↗ know the city's really committed to

2:55:48 ↗ doing projects like this we eek out

2:55:51 ↗ onesie twosies um for affordable housing

2:55:54 ↗ at the margins on other projects and

2:55:55 ↗ here we have a massive project in front

2:55:57 ↗ of us so let's figure out how to get it

2:56:00 ↗ done and and uh let us know what you

2:56:03 ↗ know what what things need to be done on

2:56:06 ↗ the city side thank you any other

2:56:08 ↗ comments if we're done with

2:56:12 ↗ questions thank you Dan and thank you

2:56:14 ↗ Jillian for working that slide deck lots

2:56:17 ↗ of information some be repetitive but I

2:56:19 ↗ don't think it hurts to repeat so it's

2:56:21 ↗ been a long slog Dan thank you for well

2:56:23 ↗ I appreciate your interest I think you

2:56:24 ↗ guys are a great partner and not just

2:56:27 ↗ you but the staff that work for you as

2:56:29 ↗ well and so we look forward to a long um

2:56:32 ↗ not a long it's been long but let say a

2:56:35 ↗ short uh collaboration on this through

2:56:37 ↗ the next couple years thank you very

2:56:39 ↗ much Dan thank you okay I'm goingon to

2:56:42 ↗ go back to the mayor's report and then

2:56:44 ↗ we have a couple of other items to wrap

2:56:46 ↗ up so there is no executive session this

2:56:47 ↗ evening

2:56:49 ↗ I did want to talk a little bit about

2:56:50 ↗ our isqua Farmers Market because they

2:56:52 ↗ are having another record year the

2:56:54 ↗ market has been a tremendous success yet

2:56:57 ↗ again this summer season drawing in

2:56:59 ↗ record numbers of visitors each

2:57:01 ↗ weekend the market set a record High

2:57:03 ↗ attendance of 5,120 visitors on July

2:57:06 ↗ 13th the vibrant Market is significantly

2:57:09 ↗ improved access to Fresh regionally

2:57:12 ↗ grown produce for all of our residents

2:57:14 ↗ our Farmers Market team led by Kelly

2:57:16 ↗ Diane bips has has focused this year on

2:57:19 ↗ increasing food access in partnership

2:57:21 ↗ with the isqua food bank isqua Senior

2:57:23 ↗ Center and other local organizations

2:57:26 ↗ they have distributed nearly $3,000 in

2:57:28 ↗ food access currency I'm happy to share

2:57:31 ↗ that the market has redeemed over $2,500

2:57:34 ↗ in EBT and snap Market match currency

2:57:38 ↗ which means over $2,500 going back into

2:57:40 ↗ local farmers and food market food

2:57:42 ↗ makers Pockets by providing a d direct

2:57:45 ↗ link between consumers and producers the

2:57:47 ↗ isest Farmer Market promotes sustainable

2:57:49 ↗ food practices and strengthens our local

2:57:51 ↗ economy I'm so proud of the positive

2:57:54 ↗ impact this Market has had on food

2:57:56 ↗ access and Community well-being in isqua

2:57:59 ↗ I hope to see you all out for one of our

2:58:01 ↗ upcoming markets especially on Saturday

2:58:03 ↗ August 10th when we will be celebrating

2:58:05 ↗ National Farmers Market week so see you

2:58:07 ↗ at the

2:58:09 ↗ barn the city of isqua is thrilled to

2:58:11 ↗ offer a wide variety of summer

2:58:13 ↗ activities from concerts on the green

2:58:15 ↗ every Tuesday gas station Blues on

2:58:17 ↗ Thursday and tomorrow night's chalk art

2:58:20 ↗ festival and Thursday evenings outdoor

2:58:22 ↗ Shakespeare these events Foster

2:58:24 ↗ Community Connection and create

2:58:26 ↗ memorable experiences for all we are

2:58:28 ↗ proud to sponsor these activities with

2:58:30 ↗ our partners which not only provide

2:58:32 ↗ entertainment but also promote health

2:58:34 ↗ and wellness throughout our city there's

2:58:36 ↗ lots of additional details on the

2:58:38 ↗ website some upcoming events that will

2:58:40 ↗ be a Human Services resource fair this

2:58:43 ↗ Tuesday July 23rd our isqua Human

2:58:46 ↗ Service team will host a res Source fair

2:58:48 ↗ from 12:00 to 2: in partnership with the

2:58:50 ↗ chalk art festival over 15 local

2:58:53 ↗ nonprofit organizations will be

2:58:55 ↗ participating so come by the community

2:58:57 ↗ center to learn more about local

2:58:58 ↗ resources and find ways to get involved

2:59:01 ↗ in the

2:59:02 ↗ community um hiking 101 rise and shine

2:59:05 ↗ and come join the city of iSell park

2:59:07 ↗ ranger Casey Shane at the High Point

2:59:09 ↗ Trail headed 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday July

2:59:11 ↗ 24th for short familyfriendly group hike

2:59:13 ↗ through tradition platea swamp and big

2:59:15 ↗ tree Trails learn about hiking Basics

2:59:18 ↗ and how to properly plan and pray

2:59:20 ↗ prepare for your adventure discuss Trail

2:59:22 ↗ ethics and leave no Trace principles and

2:59:24 ↗ learn about some common native wildlife

2:59:26 ↗ and plant species of the isqua

2:59:29 ↗ Alps United communities of La Summer

2:59:32 ↗ Festival on Saturday July 27th Lake

2:59:34 ↗ samam State Park will host the third

2:59:36 ↗ annual United communities of La Summer

2:59:38 ↗ Festival this annual event features live

2:59:40 ↗ music cultural performances a fashion

2:59:43 ↗ show vendors with Lan food and drink and

2:59:46 ↗ vendors selling traditional clothing and

2:59:48 ↗ merchandise this event is free and open

2:59:50 ↗ to the public through an annual or

2:59:52 ↗ one-day P although you do need an annual

2:59:54 ↗ or one-day pass um for this state park

2:59:58 ↗ and lastly a little bit about the

2:59:59 ↗ upcoming isqua film festival joining the

3:00:03 ↗ film viewing fund Saturday August 3rd

3:00:05 ↗ and Sunday August 4th at Regal isqua

3:00:07 ↗ Highlands at grandridge Plaza for a

3:00:09 ↗ cinematic experience like no other from

3:00:12 ↗ thought-provoking documentaries to

3:00:14 ↗ heartwarming dramas there's something

3:00:16 ↗ for everyone at this year's Film

3:00:17 ↗ Festival

3:00:18 ↗ don't miss out on the chance to immerse

3:00:20 ↗ yourself in the world of Cinema and

3:00:22 ↗ connect with other film enthusiasts and

3:00:24 ↗ for all of those activities you can find

3:00:26 ↗ additional information at the city's

3:00:28 ↗ website at d.gov and also how you would

3:00:31 ↗ purchase tickets for some of these

3:00:33 ↗ events were necessary so that concludes

3:00:35 ↗ the mayor's report we will go into good

3:00:38 ↗ of the order and I know at least council

3:00:40 ↗ president has one item for good of the

3:00:42 ↗ order does anybody else have an item

3:00:44 ↗ okay let's go to council

3:00:46 ↗ president yeah so we've got a budget

3:00:49 ↗ Retreat coming up so I want to make sure

3:00:51 ↗ everybody knows about it you know little

3:00:53 ↗ important things like that if anybody

3:00:55 ↗ wants to come to a meeting from 9:00

3:00:57 ↗ a.m. to 2:00 p.m. where we sit and talk

3:01:00 ↗ about budget priorities and expenditures

3:01:04 ↗ and all that anyway Saturday uh Tibbits

3:01:07 ↗ Banner 9:00 a.m. to 2: p.m. we are going

3:01:09 ↗ to provide pastries and coffee for

3:01:11 ↗ breakfast and Mild Thai food for lunch

3:01:16 ↗ um we've got a a lot going on uh look

3:01:20 ↗ for an email from Deputy council

3:01:22 ↗ president myself um tomorrow and then

3:01:26 ↗ also the administration's packet uh not

3:01:30 ↗ as much homework as we uh usually have

3:01:34 ↗ but a few things that you might want to

3:01:36 ↗ review for that um and we look forward

3:01:40 ↗ to seeing everybody there Saturday at

3:01:42 ↗ 9:00 amm thanks super any other good of

3:01:45 ↗ the order

3:01:48 ↗ coun Deputy council president D Michelle

3:01:51 ↗ thank you um I I did have an item and

3:01:53 ↗ given the late hour I'm not going to

3:01:55 ↗ pursue it but I'll I'll put it together

3:01:57 ↗ into uh a memo that you can read at your

3:02:00 ↗ convenience I just wanted to point out

3:02:02 ↗ the banner that's at the North End of

3:02:06 ↗ Front Street which is the influence the

3:02:07 ↗ choice Banner this is the second year

3:02:09 ↗ that they've had one and wanted to go

3:02:12 ↗ into a little bit more depth and explain

3:02:13 ↗ to you about the message that's on that

3:02:15 ↗ banner and I will do that in a minute Mo

3:02:18 ↗ so that we could go

3:02:19 ↗ home thanks thank you Deputy council

3:02:22 ↗ president so some of the upcoming

3:02:24 ↗ meetings have already been discussed

3:02:25 ↗ gain the invite to any of our city

3:02:28 ↗ electeds for the sound Ci's Association

3:02:30 ↗ summer social right here council

3:02:32 ↗ president just talked about The Retreat

3:02:34 ↗ on Saturday July 27th and invited the

3:02:36 ↗ whole Community uh and there will be an

3:02:39 ↗ August 5th city council meeting our last

3:02:41 ↗ for the summer hopefully our last for

3:02:43 ↗ the summer and the anticipated agenda

3:02:45 ↗ items include the revenue forecast the

3:02:48 ↗ resolution in support of isqua school

3:02:49 ↗ district's 2024 Bond and an

3:02:52 ↗ informational update on the central

3:02:53 ↗ isqua multimodal I90 Crossing project um

3:02:58 ↗ there is no executive session this

3:03:00 ↗ evening

3:03:02 ↗ which get my clock up means uh we are

3:03:06 ↗ adjourned at 10:03 thank you all

Approved minutes

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Attendance

Council / Members (7)

Barbara de Michele

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Russell Joe

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

Lindsey Walsh

Staff (4)

Wally Bobkiewicz, City Administrator

Andrea Snyder, Deputy City Administrator

Ann Marie Soto, Deputy City Attorney

Tisha Gieser, City Clerk

Motions and votes (4)

Authorize the Mayor to enter into two contracts with the Washington State Department of Transportation, GCB 3834 and UTB 1565, for reimbursement of eligible expenses pertaining to the City's review and coordination of the fish passage projects at I-90 Lewis Creek and I-90 West Village Park and Schne…

Moved by Council President Lindsey Walsh · seconded by Councilmember Chris Reh

Carried 7-0

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

Authorize the Mayor to enter into and execute the Interlocal Agreement with Eastside Fire and Rescue for the PFAS Agreed Orders partnership in substantially the same form as the attached agreement, as approved by the City Attorney; and Approve Resolution No. 2024-18, waiving state competitive biddin…

Moved by Council President Lindsey Walsh · seconded by Councilmember Zach Hall

Carried 7-0

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

Increase the Contract Fee for the Comprehensive Garbage, Recyclables, and Compostables Collection Services Contract with Recology King County Inc. from 6% to 9% to support implementation of the Issaquah Climate Action Plan and waste diversion programming and projects effective January 1, 2025.

Moved by Councilmember Chris Reh · seconded by Deputy Council President Barbara de Michele

Carried 7-0

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

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED

Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE

Carried 7-0

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