City Council Regular Meeting · Monday, September 16, 2024 · City Council Digest

3. SPECIAL BUSINESS

Recognition of Human Services Manager Monica Negrila ID 1757

5 min

Topics: Equity

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Recognition of Security Analyst Ons Saleh ID 1763

5 min · packet pp.7

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Staff report:

CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office

Diaper Need Awareness Week Proclamation ID 1705

5 min · packet pp.9

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Staff report:

CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office

Fishaquah Proclamation ID 1710

5 min · packet pp.11

Topics: Tourism

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Staff report:

CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office

Constitution Day Proclamation ID 1701

5 min · packet pp.13

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Staff report:

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

Information Technology (IT) Professionals Day Proclamation ID 1703

5 min · packet pp.15

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Staff report:

CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office

Human Resources Professional Day Proclamation ID 1704

5 min

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5. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Sept. 16, 2024, $5,788,590.82 ID 1736

Carried 6-0

Approve · packet pp.17–29

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 Deputy Council President Barbara de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Tola Marts

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

Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, May 20, 2024

Carried 6-0

Approve · packet pp.31–34

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Mar 30, 2023 City Council Regular Meeting · Jul 24, 2023

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR b) 05-20-24 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers May 20, 2024 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way

Roll call:

Moved by Deputy Council President Barbara de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Tola Marts

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

Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, July 8, 2024

Carried 6-0

Approve · packet pp.35–38

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Mar 4, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting · Mar 18, 2024

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR c) 07-08-24 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers July 8, 2024 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way

Roll call:

Moved by Deputy Council President Barbara de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Tola Marts

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

City Council Committee of the Whole, July 15, 2024

Carried 6-0

Approve · packet pp.39

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR d) 07-15-24 City Council Committee of the Whole Page (0000) Minutes CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Committee-of-the-Whole – Special Meeting 5:30 PM 5415 220th Ave. S.E., Issaquah July 15, 2024 MINUTES and Various Locations

Roll call:

Moved by Deputy Council President Barbara de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Tola Marts

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

City Council Committee of the Whole, July 16, 2024

Carried 6-0

Approve · packet pp.41–43

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR e) 07-16-24 City Council Committee of the Whole Page (0000) Minutes CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Committee-of-the-Whole 6:30 PM Council Chambers July 16, 2024 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way

Roll call:

Moved by Deputy Council President Barbara de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Tola Marts

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

City Council Regular Meeting, July 22, 2024

Carried 6-0

Approve · packet pp.45–50

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Apr 1, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting · Apr 15, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting · Apr 29, 2024

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR f) 07-22-24 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers July 22, 2024 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way

Roll call:

Moved by Deputy Council President Barbara de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Tola Marts

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

Newport Way NW Landslide Stabilization Project WSDOT Local Agency Agreement Supplement #2, Construction Funding AB 8782

Carried 6-0

Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.51–59

Topics: TransportationBudget

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Mar 20, 2023 City Council Regular Meeting · Mar 4, 2024

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Staff report:

On February 6 and 7, 2020, a large rainfall event occurred in the region, mobilizing a small landslide on King County Parks property adjacent to Newport Way NW. The slide spilled onto the roadway and resulted in the shutdown of a section of Newport Way NW for roughly one week. City, County, and Puget Sound Energy (PSE) crews responded to temporarily stabilize the slide for the short-term.

Roll call:

Moved by Deputy Council President Barbara de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Tola Marts

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

2025 School Impact Fees AB 8888

Carried 6-0

Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.61–91

Topics: Land UseBudgetSchools

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Sep 18, 2023

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Staff report:

The Issaquah City Council adopted a School

Roll call:

Moved by Deputy Council President Barbara de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Tola Marts

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

Puget Sound Energy Lighting Services Agreement AB 8903

Carried 6-0

Authorize · packet pp.93–101

Topics: Climate

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Staff report:

The City originally entered into the Master Lighting Services Agreement with Puget Sound Energy in 2021. At that time, the agreement was approved Administratively. The City Attorney is recommending the agreement now be approved by the City Council and signed by the Mayor as required by the City's Financial Policy.

Roll call:

Moved by Deputy Council President Barbara de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Tola Marts

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

2023 Maintenance Overlay Project AB 8909

Carried 6-0

Accept Project · packet pp.103–106

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Staff report:

B. Project Maps City Attorney Review Rachel Bender Turpin City Attorney Review Date: September 11, 2024

Roll call:

Moved by Deputy Council President Barbara de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Tola Marts

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

6. REGULAR BUSINESS

2025 ARCH Work Program and Budget AB 8881

Carried 6-0

Approve · 20 min · packet pp.107–140

Topics: HousingBudget

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Staff report:

ARCH is a partnership of King County and 15 East King County Cities who have joined together to assist with preserving and increasing the supply of housing for low– and moderate-income households in the region.

Roll call:

Moved by Deputy Council President Barbara de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Tola Marts

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts

Absent: Chris Reh

Reallocation of ARCH Funds for the Redmond Supportive Housing Project AB 8901

Carried 6-0

Approve Resolution · 20 min · packet pp.141–158

Topics: HousingBudget

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Staff report:

As part of the 2022 allocation of ARCH Trust funds for affordable housing projects, all ARCH member jurisdictions approved $3,279,700 for the Kenmore Supportive Housing project developed by Plymouth Housing. Issaquah's portion was $153,000.

Roll call:

Moved by Deputy Council President Barbara de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Tola Marts

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts

Absent: Chris Reh

Lakeside Transfer of Development Rights AB 8890

Carried 6-0

Authorize · 30 min · packet pp.159–262

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Staff report:

In September 2005, the Issaquah City Council adopted the Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) program. The voluntary program provides financial incentives for landowners (sending site property) of property adjacent to public open space, property the City desires to acquire as open space, or property with extensive critical areas the option to sell their “development rights” to a purchaser instead of developing their property, in exchange for recording a permanent conservation easement on the property. Once sold, the development rights can be used by the purchaser to increase the density of a project planned in an area more suitable for development; a “receiving site”.

Roll call:

Moved by Deputy Council President Barbara de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Victoria Hunt

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts

Absent: Chris Reh

9. INFORMATIONAL UPDATES

Informational Update: 2023-24 General Fund Budget Update ID 1756

20 min · packet pp.263–278

Topics: Budget

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Dec 3, 2023 City Council Regular Meeting · Jun 24, 2024

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Staff report:

Tonight’s presentation will provide an update on the 2023-2024 General Fund budget. Current projects indicate that by year end, the General Fund would experience an undesignated ending fund balance below 15% of General Fund expenditures if spending were to proceed as planned. Tonight’s presentation also includes: • Follow up on the July Revenue Forecast with a

Informational Update: Parks & Community Services Dept. Summer Highlights ID 1761

10 min

Topics: Parks

10. GOOD OF THE ORDER

10a

Upcoming Council Meetings

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11. EXECUTIVE SESSION

11a

Executive Session Pending/Potential Litigation per RCW ID 1758

30 min

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0:00 ↗ pleas chance chance we're ready to go

0:05 ↗ live

0:12 ↗ down good evening everyone and welcome

0:15 ↗ I'm calling to order the September 16th

0:17 ↗ city council meeting uh council member

0:19 ↗ Ry has an excused absence this evening

0:22 ↗ and council president Walsh is attending

0:25 ↗ remotely as a reminder we continue to

0:27 ↗ have a remote aspect to our meetings and

0:29 ↗ both staff and members of the public may

0:31 ↗ be participating in tonight's meeting

0:33 ↗ remotely via webx so the first item on

0:36 ↗ the agenda this evening is the Pledge of

0:37 ↗ Allegiance and I invite you to

0:41 ↗ join I pledge allegiance to the flag of

0:44 ↗ the United States of

0:46 ↗ America

0:51 ↗ the

0:58 ↗ indivisible we we have a lot of special

1:01 ↗ business this evening Many Many Items so

1:04 ↗ the first couple are employe items for

1:09 ↗ two of our well-respected well-loved

1:11 ↗ staff that are moving on for other

1:13 ↗ opportunities or for

1:16 ↗ fun and we want to make sure that we get

1:18 ↗ to talk about them and thank them so the

1:21 ↗ first uh item of special business is ID

1:24 ↗ 1757 and this is going to be recognition

1:26 ↗ of human services manager Monica Nilla

1:29 ↗ like to invite uh parks and Community

1:31 ↗ Services director Jeff Watling and human

1:33 ↗ services manager Monica Nilla to the

1:35 ↗ Lector Deputy council president if You'

1:37 ↗ like

1:38 ↗ to

1:54 ↗ Great these are really Bittersweet

1:56 ↗ moments but I have to tell you we do

1:58 ↗ have the most amazing staff and

1:59 ↗ opportunities come up and they move to

2:01 ↗ other jurisdictions or other

2:03 ↗ opportunities uh at least we get to tell

2:05 ↗ you all the great things that we're

2:07 ↗ proud of them for but it is also sad for

2:09 ↗ us because Monica has been such a big

2:12 ↗ part of the team and such a mentor to me

2:14 ↗ as a mayor in the work that she does in

2:17 ↗ the Human Services field truly a leader

2:20 ↗ in our region right here Monica began

2:23 ↗ with the city of isqua in December 2018

2:26 ↗ as the human services coordinator when

2:28 ↗ those Services were contained within our

2:31 ↗ office of

2:32 ↗ sustainability as she transitions to a

2:34 ↗ new community with scaga County she will

2:36 ↗ be the director of strategic initiatives

2:39 ↗ and we want to celebrate Monica and this

2:41 ↗ lasting imprint that her work here in

2:43 ↗ isqua will make for many years to come

2:46 ↗ in 2020 those Services uh were

2:49 ↗ transferred to the newly named parks and

2:51 ↗ Community Services Department she

2:53 ↗ quickly was promoted to the role of

2:55 ↗ human services manager and for these

2:57 ↗ past four years Monica has played a key

3:00 ↗ role in the growth and professionalism

3:02 ↗ of our Human Services Division as the

3:05 ↗ city responded to the pandemic Monica

3:07 ↗ LED numerous Human Services related

3:09 ↗ responses including a food uh security

3:13 ↗ collaboration comprised of local and

3:15 ↗ Regional food providers there was no way

3:18 ↗ how to book to do this this was all done

3:20 ↗ on the fly as fast as

3:22 ↗ possible her leadership was instrumental

3:25 ↗ as we navigated the increased need for

3:27 ↗ rental assistant as unemployment and

3:29 ↗ other pandemic related issues impacted

3:31 ↗ the housing market Monica helped create

3:34 ↗ and initiate the first city of isqua

3:36 ↗ equity board she is part of uh

3:39 ↗ developing and implementing isqua's

3:41 ↗ homelessness outreach program has been

3:43 ↗ another service that has just been

3:45 ↗ shaped by her wonderful skill set the

3:48 ↗ pilot emergency homelessness program and

3:50 ↗ our partnership with Motel 6 was led by

3:52 ↗ Monica and is just another example of

3:54 ↗ her creative approach to problem solving

3:57 ↗ the behavioral health program and the

3:59 ↗ resulting team of professional staff

4:01 ↗ were launched by Monica there are many

4:03 ↗ more examples to share Monica I want you

4:06 ↗ to know how much we thank you we

4:08 ↗ celebrate you and we recognize all of

4:11 ↗ the positive work that you have

4:13 ↗ contributed to making isqua such a

4:15 ↗ special Space Place um Deputy council

4:19 ↗ president D Michelle would else like to

4:20 ↗ say a few

4:24 ↗ words thank you so much so for the past

4:27 ↗ uh year and a half I've had the honor of

4:29 ↗ of chairing the Eastside Human Services

4:31 ↗ forum and from that perspective I wanted

4:35 ↗ to uh be sure to recognize that uh

4:39 ↗ Monica has been a leader not only in

4:42 ↗ isqua and made such a huge impaact in

4:45 ↗ our community but she is so well

4:47 ↗ respected and has made a huge impact on

4:50 ↗ the entire east side and is well

4:52 ↗ regarded in Kirkland beliew Redmond um

4:55 ↗ you just made such a significant

4:58 ↗ difference uh for people in need and

5:01 ↗ people who are looking for help um

5:03 ↗ you've just it's just been unbelievable

5:05 ↗ and we are going to miss you so much I

5:07 ↗ know you're going to be a blessing to

5:09 ↗ your new community but we are going to

5:11 ↗ miss you so much have this CL for Monica

5:15 ↗ we'd love to get

5:33 ↗ [Applause]

5:39 ↗ a you're so

5:41 ↗ [Laughter]

5:47 ↗ sweet just

5:50 ↗ checking oh these are hard okay um the

5:54 ↗ next one is the recognition of our

5:56 ↗ security analyst on sa and I'd like to

5:59 ↗ to invite administrative Services

6:00 ↗ director otum Monahan Chief Information

6:03 ↗ officer Gus taiwana and security analyst

6:05 ↗ onsa to the lecture like turn come on up

6:09 ↗ with

6:10 ↗ me just a quick little story be before

6:14 ↗ um Gus talks about the great work that

6:16 ↗ an did he did take me out to lunch and

6:21 ↗ give me a tutorial on Android phones

6:23 ↗ when I had no idea how to use and I

6:26 ↗ thought that was so amazing that he

6:28 ↗ would take that time helped me to the

6:30 ↗ degree he did I don't think he realized

6:32 ↗ how much of a non-computer nerd the

6:34 ↗ mayor is but anyway thank you for that

6:43 ↗ on good evening uh members of council

6:47 ↗ honors guests and City visca staff uh I

6:51 ↗ stand before you

6:52 ↗ today uh to recognize and celebrate an

6:55 ↗ outstanding member of our it

6:57 ↗ team an was hired in 2017 as a PC

7:01 ↗ tech uh he was exceptional at the skills

7:05 ↗ of supporting our staff members of the

7:08 ↗ community as well as our board and

7:09 ↗ Council uh council

7:12 ↗ members in 2019 he was promoted to the

7:14 ↗ cyber security analyst role and in this

7:17 ↗ role he was instrumental

7:20 ↗ at creating a new program that we did

7:22 ↗ not have but as well as coaching all of

7:25 ↗ us what it means to have a cyber

7:26 ↗ security uh

7:28 ↗ program over the past 5 years an has

7:32 ↗ been instrumental in building and

7:33 ↗ maintaining a robust cyber security uh

7:37 ↗ infrastructure and in the same process

7:39 ↗ he has coached the entire it team what

7:41 ↗ it means to have a cyber security system

7:43 ↗ in place most notably uh this year ANS

7:48 ↗ secured $300,000 in Grants for our

7:51 ↗ Disaster Recovery site that we were

7:53 ↗ planning on building thank you an for

7:56 ↗ that an achievement that will uh last

7:59 ↗ and impact our community with resilience

8:02 ↗ and

8:03 ↗ preparedness um on behalf of the city

8:06 ↗ staff I would like to thank you aunts

8:09 ↗ for the seven years of exceptional

8:11 ↗ service your work has made isqua a safer

8:14 ↗ place to live work and play for our

8:16 ↗ residents and as a friend I'm going to

8:18 ↗ miss working with you and enjoy your

8:20 ↗ humor and support that you have for our

8:22 ↗ team at the end of the month an embarks

8:25 ↗ on a new adventure with his family and I

8:27 ↗ wish him best of luck and and hope to

8:29 ↗ stay in touch in the

8:31 ↗ future I'd like to give you theow

8:52 ↗ [Applause]

9:01 ↗ thank you guest that was

9:10 ↗ great also in September we tend to have

9:13 ↗ a lot of recognition for different

9:15 ↗ events activities and teams that we have

9:18 ↗ working in the city so I have asked the

9:20 ↗ council to help me uh present some of

9:23 ↗ these today and first is Deputy council

9:25 ↗ president D Michelle and she will be

9:27 ↗ doing the diaper needs award Awareness

9:29 ↗ Week Proclamation and I'd like to invite

9:31 ↗ kid Vantage executive director Jack

9:33 ↗ ederton to the Le

9:35 ↗ turn hi

9:46 ↗ Jack so it's my honor to read this

9:48 ↗ proclamation to you as well whereas

9:51 ↗ diaper need the condition of not being

9:53 ↗ able to afford a sufficient supply of

9:56 ↗ clean diapers to ensure that infants and

9:58 ↗ toddlers are clean healthy and dry can

10:01 ↗ adversely affect the Health and Welfare

10:03 ↗ of infants Toddlers and their families

10:06 ↗ and whereas National surveys and

10:08 ↗ research studies report that nearly one

10:10 ↗ in two families struggle with diaper

10:12 ↗ need and 48% of families delay changing

10:16 ↗ a diaper to extend the available Supply

10:19 ↗ and whereas the average infant or

10:22 ↗ toddler requires an average of 50 diaper

10:24 ↗ changes per week over 3 years and

10:27 ↗ whereas there are no government assist

10:29 ↗ Assistance programs for the purchase or

10:31 ↗ provision of diapers and a monthly

10:33 ↗ supply of diapers can cost as much as 8%

10:36 ↗ of a full-time minimum wage worker

10:39 ↗ salary therefore obtaining a sufficient

10:42 ↗ supply of diapers can cause economic

10:44 ↗ hardship to

10:45 ↗ families and whereas the supply of

10:47 ↗ diapers is generally an eligibility

10:50 ↗ requirement to participate in child care

10:52 ↗ and quality Early Education programs

10:55 ↗ that enable children to thrive and

10:57 ↗ parents to work and where whereas the

10:59 ↗ people of isqua recognize that diaper

11:02 ↗ need is a public health issue and only

11:05 ↗ by addressing it be ensured that all

11:07 ↗ children and families have access to the

11:10 ↗ basic necessities required to thrive and

11:12 ↗ reach their full potential and whereas

11:15 ↗ through their important work of

11:17 ↗ addressing diaper need diaper Banks play

11:20 ↗ a critical role in supporting families

11:22 ↗ improving infant health and well-being

11:25 ↗ and advancing our local and state

11:27 ↗ economic growth and where whereas isqua

11:31 ↗ is proud to be home to various Community

11:34 ↗ organizations that recognize the

11:36 ↗ importance of diapers in helping provide

11:38 ↗ economic stability for families and

11:41 ↗ distribute diapers to low-income

11:42 ↗ families through various channels now

11:45 ↗ therefore I on behalf of Mary L paie

11:48 ↗ mayor of the city of isqua do hereby

11:51 ↗ proclaim the week of September 23d

11:53 ↗ through 29th 2024 to be diaper need

11:57 ↗ awareness week in the city of isqua and

12:00 ↗ encourage all residents to donate

12:02 ↗ generously to diaper Banks diaper drives

12:05 ↗ and those organizations that distribute

12:07 ↗ diapers to families in need to help

12:09 ↗ alleviate diaper need in isqua and

12:12 ↗ Environ environments in witness whereof

12:15 ↗ I have he and to up my hand and seal of

12:17 ↗ the city of isqua this 16th day of

12:19 ↗ September

12:21 ↗ 2024 Jack would you like to say a few

12:23 ↗ words

12:26 ↗ absolutely thank you so much um good

12:28 ↗ evening mayor paully and the council

12:30 ↗ thank you for announcing this

12:32 ↗ Proclamation tonight my name is Jack

12:34 ↗ ederton I'm the executive director of

12:36 ↗ kid Vantage formerly Eastside baby

12:38 ↗ Corner kid Vantage is proud to have

12:40 ↗ stood with you and the citizens of isqua

12:43 ↗ for 34 years meeting the needs of

12:45 ↗ Children and

12:47 ↗ Families there are many needs that

12:49 ↗ families have and a diaper need is one

12:51 ↗ of the most critical a recent study by

12:54 ↗ the national diaper Bank network shows

12:56 ↗ that almost 50% of families lack the

12:59 ↗ resources to provide an adequate supply

13:02 ↗ of diapers for their

13:03 ↗ infants not only is there a significant

13:06 ↗ emotional stress on the IM on uh

13:10 ↗ caregivers and parents but there is also

13:12 ↗ an economic impact on our community when

13:16 ↗ a child cannot be dropped off at daycare

13:18 ↗ or preschool due to inadequate diapering

13:21 ↗ their parents may miss work or school

13:24 ↗ which adversely affects their ability to

13:26 ↗ purchase food or pay the rent

13:29 ↗ so far in 2024 kid Vantage has provided

13:32 ↗ over 1.6 million diapers into the

13:36 ↗ community well on our way to over 2.5

13:39 ↗ million for this year in addition we've

13:41 ↗ supplied tens of thousands of other

13:44 ↗ Essentials such as car seats baby

13:46 ↗ formula baby food clothing and hygiene

13:50 ↗ supplies with over three decades of

13:52 ↗ experience in isqua kid Vantage is so

13:55 ↗ proud to partner with local

13:57 ↗ organizations like the isqua food and

13:59 ↗ clothing bank in isqua school district

14:01 ↗ to ensure that kids have the things they

14:03 ↗ need to thrive throughout the pandemic

14:06 ↗ and into 20124 kid Vantage has been

14:08 ↗ flexing its model to ensure equitable

14:11 ↗ distribution of Essentials for all

14:13 ↗ children for 2024 the need for diapers

14:16 ↗ and other babies Essentials is running

14:18 ↗ about 8% over our record increase of

14:23 ↗ 38% in

14:25 ↗ 2023 it's not just diapers it's baby

14:28 ↗ food hygiene products school supplies

14:31 ↗ clothing items every child needs to

14:34 ↗ participate in fully in school and in

14:37 ↗ life thank you for discussing this

14:39 ↗ critical issue with us tonight and by

14:42 ↗ recognizing diaper need in our community

14:45 ↗ all of us at kid Vantage look forward to

14:47 ↗ continuing to work with the city of

14:48 ↗ isqua and all of our Community Partners

14:51 ↗ to ensure that kids have what they need

14:53 ↗ to be healthy safe and Thrive thank you

15:01 ↗ thank you Jack and thank you Deputy

15:02 ↗ council

15:24 ↗ president the next Proclamation this

15:27 ↗ evening is ID 1710 fisha Proclamation

15:31 ↗ and I'd like to invite president and CEO

15:33 ↗ of the great Arisa Chamber of Commerce

15:35 ↗ Julie Hartwig and special guest Sammy

15:37 ↗ the salmon to join council member Hall

15:40 ↗ at the lecturn

15:47 ↗ [Laughter]

16:03 ↗ [Laughter]

16:08 ↗ well thank you very much for being here

16:10 ↗ uh it's my honor to present uh this

16:12 ↗ Proclamation growing up uh in isqua

16:14 ↗ sades was always one of the Fondest

16:16 ↗ Memories that I had uh every year so um

16:19 ↗ and I always love a chance to meet Sammy

16:20 ↗ the salmon so uh where as salmon have

16:24 ↗ long held a special place in the heart

16:26 ↗ of our community and whereas salmon are

16:28 ↗ such such a part of our heritage they

16:30 ↗ Adorn the logo of our city and whereas

16:33 ↗ each fall the salmon returned to our

16:35 ↗ creeks and lakes the first salmon have

16:37 ↗ arrived this year at the downtown

16:39 ↗ Hatchery and whereas salmon have

16:42 ↗ supported countless generations of

16:43 ↗ residents in indigenous peoples and

16:46 ↗ whereas their lure has driven schools of

16:49 ↗ visitors to our town to learn more about

16:51 ↗ our beloved salmon and whereas the

16:53 ↗ popularity of salmon has created an

16:55 ↗ identity for isqua which in turn has

16:57 ↗ tilted the scales of Commerce in our

16:59 ↗ favor and whereas the instinctive nature

17:03 ↗ of salmon to return home to spawn has

17:05 ↗ instilled a strong sense of community

17:07 ↗ and family and has earned us family

17:09 ↗ circles accolades for one of the best

17:11 ↗ towns for families in America and

17:14 ↗ whereas salmon days has its own Infamous

17:17 ↗ mascot Sammy the salmon who is rising to

17:20 ↗ the oicial occasion by welcoming

17:23 ↗ visitors to join us in many happy

17:26 ↗ returns in celebration of our festival's

17:28 ↗ 55th year on Saturday October 5th and

17:31 ↗ Sunday October 6th whereas salmon are

17:34 ↗ the primary reason why we inter why our

17:37 ↗ internationally award-winning samon Days

17:39 ↗ festival is a Seafair sanctioned event

17:42 ↗ inv voted best Washington Festival for

17:45 ↗ 2022 by 425 magazine and Travel Channel

17:49 ↗ now therefore Mary Lali the mayor of the

17:51 ↗ city of isquad does here hereby Proclaim

17:54 ↗ in honor of the isqua salmon Days

17:56 ↗ festival the first full weekend of

17:59 ↗ October each year our salmon friendly

18:01 ↗ City shall be known as fisha thank you

18:05 ↗ very much for being here did you have

18:06 ↗ anything You' like

18:08 ↗ to

18:09 ↗ really council members and mayor Paulie

18:12 ↗ thank you so much I'm happy to accept

18:14 ↗ this Proclamation on behalf of the

18:15 ↗ chamber and it's our great pleasure to

18:18 ↗ bring this festival and Salon days to

18:20 ↗ the community each year so I have some

18:22 ↗ goodies here that I brought with myself

18:24 ↗ to share with each of you hope I got

18:26 ↗ your sizes right and if I didn't let me

18:28 ↗ know come on by the chamber I'll swap it

18:31 ↗ out for

18:32 ↗ you thank you very much Julie thank you

18:34 ↗ council member Hall and we're not going

18:36 ↗ to let you leave without a picture

18:38 ↗ picture of course oh we want a picture

18:47 ↗ okay once a

18:50 ↗ year you're gonna have to help yes needs

18:54 ↗ a little guidance

19:13 ↗ no no no

19:14 ↗ Julie yeah yeah oh you're fine can you

19:18 ↗ get us all in

19:23 ↗ w-e thank you so much Julie thank you so

19:26 ↗ much coun

19:36 ↗ thank you Zach the next uh Proclamation

19:39 ↗ today is ID 1701 and I love this one

19:42 ↗ because nobody knows what it means it is

19:44 ↗ our Constitution Day Proclamation and

19:46 ↗ the reason we do it is this is a way for

19:49 ↗ us to honor the hardworking and

19:51 ↗ wonderful employees we have in our

19:53 ↗ municipal court so I'd like to invite uh

19:56 ↗ Court Administrator christe Sha

19:59 ↗ and Lead judicial specialist Nikki

20:01 ↗ Meister to the Lector to join me hello

20:06 ↗ ladies good evening do we have Judge

20:08 ↗ Scott I wondered if he might be able to

20:10 ↗ join us remotely but I'm not seeing

20:12 ↗ him okay that's great oh from

20:18 ↗ Hawaii so for this Proclamation whereas

20:21 ↗ the United States Constitution has

20:23 ↗ shaped the progress values and laws of

20:25 ↗ this country Washington State and the

20:27 ↗ City of is

20:29 ↗ and whereas September 17th is commonly

20:31 ↗ known as Constitution Day and

20:33 ↗ citizenship day to commemorate the

20:36 ↗ signing of the US Constitution in

20:37 ↗ Philadelphia on September 17th

20:41 ↗ 1787 and whereas National Constitution

20:43 ↗ Day was developed to honor the

20:45 ↗ principles of the Constitution and the

20:47 ↗ striving towards a more perfect union

20:49 ↗ and citizenship day is recognized to

20:51 ↗ welcome and celebrate New citizens of

20:53 ↗ the United States in our community and

20:56 ↗ whereas the city of isqua strives to

20:58 ↗ invol embody the values espoused in the

21:00 ↗ Constitution Empower citizens to

21:02 ↗ participate in government and abide by

21:05 ↗ its laws and promise and whereas the

21:08 ↗ ISAT Municipal Court plays a vital role

21:10 ↗ in upholding the Constitution

21:13 ↗ establishing and maintaining public

21:14 ↗ trust and confidence through Jurish

21:17 ↗ prudence and consistent service to the

21:19 ↗ issaqua community including the delivery

21:21 ↗ of court services in the cities of Deval

21:24 ↗ North band and snami and whereas the

21:26 ↗ isqua municipal court has ENT produced

21:29 ↗ Innovative problemsolving approaches to

21:31 ↗ better serve the common welfare and

21:33 ↗ abide by the ideals of the Constitution

21:36 ↗ and whereas it is appropriate to

21:38 ↗ acknowledge and thank our isqua

21:40 ↗ Municipal Court staff on this

21:42 ↗ celebration of the

21:44 ↗ 237th anniversary of the Constitution

21:46 ↗ signing I marry Lali mayor of isqua to

21:49 ↗ hereby Proclaim September 17th 2024

21:53 ↗ Constitution Day in the city of isqua

21:55 ↗ and I invite the community to join me in

21:57 ↗ thanking isqua Municipal Court employees

21:59 ↗ for their service and outstanding

22:02 ↗ contributions and the vital role they

22:04 ↗ play in upholding the

22:06 ↗ Constitution would you like to say a few

22:11 ↗ words but thank you so much for

22:13 ↗ recognizing the court and our amazing

22:16 ↗ Court team and all they do on a daily

22:19 ↗ basis this really um can't tell you

22:22 ↗ enough what um great Services the city

22:26 ↗ that the court provides to the uh C so

22:30 ↗ thank you so proud of this team

22:48 ↗ [Applause]

23:02 ↗ next I'd like to invite council member

23:04 ↗ hunt up to address this next item which

23:07 ↗ is ID 1703 information technology or it

23:13 ↗ professionals let's have our IT staff

23:16 ↗ come up to lecture Chief Information

23:19 ↗ officer and you have a lot of Staff with

23:22 ↗ you do you want to bring them all up Gus

23:23 ↗ and get them all in the picture yeah of

23:26 ↗ course we do

23:55 ↗ all right whereas National Information

23:57 ↗ Technology Prof Professionals Day is

23:59 ↗ celebrated on the third Tuesday of every

24:01 ↗ September to recognize the technical

24:03 ↗ experts that ensure our computer and

24:05 ↗ communication systems operate smoothly

24:07 ↗ and effectively and whereas technology

24:10 ↗ continues to evolve and it professionals

24:12 ↗ help navigate these changes to provide

24:15 ↗ efficient inclusive and communicative

24:17 ↗ service to the employees and residents

24:19 ↗ of the city of isqua and whereas behind

24:21 ↗ every technology stands often silently

24:24 ↗ and invisibly it professionals

24:26 ↗ technicians analysts developers

24:28 ↗ Architects Engineers administrators

24:31 ↗ managers and directors who have been

24:33 ↗ content to work behind the scenes to

24:35 ↗ enable Innovation and productivity and

24:37 ↗ whereas the covid-19 pandemic is a great

24:40 ↗ example of isqua's IT team acting with

24:42 ↗ foresight preparation and expediency

24:45 ↗ allowing staff to resume remote service

24:47 ↗ to the public with limited disruption

24:49 ↗ and whereas the city of isqua wishes to

24:51 ↗ show our appreciation for our it

24:54 ↗ professionals now therefore I council

24:56 ↗ member hunt on behalf of mayor Mary L

24:58 ↗ Paul of the city of isqua you recognize

25:00 ↗ September 17th 2024 to be Information

25:03 ↗ Technology Professionals Day in the city

25:05 ↗ of isqua and invite the community to

25:07 ↗ join me in thanking isqua's it

25:09 ↗ department for their service and

25:11 ↗ outstanding

25:14 ↗ contribution

25:17 ↗ and and Autumn or Gus who is going to

25:20 ↗ maybe save here welcome autum um I will

25:23 ↗ invite Autumn up and I wanted to also

25:25 ↗ say as the mayor shared earlier I think

25:27 ↗ I think I speak speak for all of us when

25:29 ↗ I say we've all benefited from your help

25:31 ↗ when we've come across it issues and we

25:33 ↗ all thank you very much for all of the

25:35 ↗ service that you've provided to to us

25:37 ↗ with our devices and to make sure our

25:39 ↗ meetings run smoothly so thank you very

25:42 ↗ much hi my name is otam manahan I'm the

25:45 ↗ administrative Services director and I

25:47 ↗ work with it as one of our divisions on

25:50 ↗ behalf of the team thank you so much for

25:52 ↗ the acknowledgement it's very special

25:54 ↗ our team provides exceptional customer

25:56 ↗ service from the day-to-day help ticket

25:58 ↗ that um both council members and staff

26:01 ↗ file all the time to the 247 critical

26:04 ↗ services that we support including

26:06 ↗ police who have 911 dispatch and jail

26:09 ↗ and Patrol um services that don't sleep

26:13 ↗ uh to the enormity of projects that this

26:14 ↗ team delivers and manages and maintains

26:18 ↗ that help keep our city efficient and

26:20 ↗ secure um so thank you for all that you

26:22 ↗ do and just on a personal note I love

26:25 ↗ working with this team mostly when

26:27 ↗ they're problem solving it shows their

26:29 ↗ intelligence it shows their experience

26:31 ↗ and it shows their passion for public

26:33 ↗ service just love it so thank you so

26:35 ↗ much that was lovely thank you

26:53 ↗ Autumn apparently you don't take a lot

26:56 ↗ of group

26:57 ↗ pictures Autumn you're going to have to

26:59 ↗ sort them out

27:03 ↗ here that's

27:06 ↗ [Laughter]

27:09 ↗ right wonderful thank you council member

27:12 ↗ hunt thank you Autumn our last item of

27:15 ↗ special bus business is ID 1704 Human

27:18 ↗ Resources Professional Day Proclamation

27:20 ↗ I'd like to invite council member

27:22 ↗ Russell Joe and uh the following HR

27:25 ↗ staff to the Lector we have HR Director

27:27 ↗ Steph Johnson here do we have H Human

27:30 ↗ Resources analyst oh we do we do have

27:32 ↗ everybody Human Resources analyst

27:34 ↗ Jennifer zinc Recruitment and Retention

27:37 ↗ coordinator Carmen Chamberlain and HR

27:39 ↗ coordinator Lisa G welcome

27:43 ↗ ladies again a little shuffling welcome

27:45 ↗ what a crew Proclamation whereas Human

27:49 ↗ Resources professional day is celebrated

27:51 ↗ around the world to recognize the

27:53 ↗ important contributions of Human

27:55 ↗ Resources professionals and whereas

27:58 ↗ Human Resources professionals are vital

28:00 ↗ to the function efficiency and Harmony

28:02 ↗ of a modern Workforce and whereas human

28:05 ↗ resource professionals develop policies

28:07 ↗ and procedures to help the

28:09 ↗ workforce uh keep the workforce safe

28:12 ↗ increase connection resolve conflict and

28:15 ↗ whereas human resource professionals

28:17 ↗ lead the workforce in establishing a

28:19 ↗ safe welcoming and positive workplace by

28:21 ↗ implementing trainings that Advance

28:23 ↗ Equity ensure compliance with local and

28:25 ↗ federal laws and Advance personal growth

28:27 ↗ and career Dev

28:28 ↗ development and whereas the Corona virus

28:31 ↗ pandemic has changed the workplace at

28:33 ↗ the city of isqua and around the world

28:36 ↗ and impacted Staffing safety health and

28:39 ↗ and regular operations and whereas

28:41 ↗ isqua's HR team has adapted swiftly and

28:45 ↗ consistently in response to everchanging

28:47 ↗ pandemic conditions and whereas our

28:50 ↗ human resources professionals serve the

28:51 ↗ public by recruiting retaining and

28:54 ↗ training the best talent to the city of

28:56 ↗ isua now therefore May L Paulie mayor of

28:58 ↗ the city of isqua does recognize

29:00 ↗ September 26 2024 as human resources

29:04 ↗ Professional Day in the city of isqua I

29:07 ↗ invite the community to join me in

29:08 ↗ thanking the isqua Human Services human

29:11 ↗ human resources department excuse me for

29:13 ↗ their service and outstanding

29:20 ↗ contributions thank you council member

29:22 ↗ Joe uh and Council mayor City

29:25 ↗ administrator Bob quitz um this is the

29:27 ↗ whole a our department so we are a uh

29:30 ↗ mighty team of four super um happy with

29:34 ↗ this team they have servants Hearts we

29:36 ↗ uh certainly serve a great uh staff in

29:39 ↗ the organization you know so everything

29:42 ↗ from recruitment labor class comp safety

29:45 ↗ training you name it um we enjoy serving

29:48 ↗ you all so we thank you for that

29:50 ↗ opportunity um and thank you for for the

29:54 ↗ recognition anybody want to say anything

29:57 ↗ no okay

29:59 ↗ thank you Stephanie thank you council

30:01 ↗ member

30:03 ↗ Joe we'll get a picture with

30:14 ↗ you there we

30:21 ↗ go thank you thank you to all those that

30:24 ↗ came to receive proclamations tonight to

30:26 ↗ our two uh very special employees or

30:29 ↗ heading on to other Adventures I know

30:31 ↗ you love Council meetings but you are

30:33 ↗ under no obligation to stay so if you

30:35 ↗ want to make your way out that's great

30:38 ↗ we're going to continue with our meeting

30:40 ↗ and we're going to go next to the

30:41 ↗ audience comment section this is where

30:44 ↗ members of the public May address

30:46 ↗ council at this time in person or

30:48 ↗ virtually if you've signed up in advance

30:50 ↗ to make comments you will be called on

30:52 ↗ First and if you are joining us

30:54 ↗ virtually and would like to make

30:55 ↗ comments then please raise your virtual

30:57 ↗ hand

30:58 ↗ um or send the host a chat message if

31:01 ↗ you're on the phone press star three and

31:03 ↗ if you've joined by a computer or

31:04 ↗ smartphone look for a hand icon if

31:07 ↗ you're in the room and did not sign up I

31:08 ↗ would still ask for other speakers

31:10 ↗ before closing this portion of the

31:11 ↗ meeting city clerk has uh anyone signed

31:14 ↗ up to speak for General audience

31:15 ↗ comments or indicate a desire to speak

31:17 ↗ this evening yes we have five people

31:19 ↗ signed up to speak tonight that's great

31:21 ↗ thank you so if you're making comments

31:23 ↗ this evening um you are invited to

31:25 ↗ address the council regarding matters

31:27 ↗ that are direct irly related to the

31:28 ↗ isqua's programs projects and services

31:31 ↗ or events comments related to political

31:34 ↗ campaigns are not permitted please

31:36 ↗ direct your comments to the whole

31:37 ↗ Council and not individuals and while

31:39 ↗ this is not a question and answer

31:41 ↗ session we will contact you to follow up

31:42 ↗ if

31:43 ↗ needed when recognized unmute your

31:46 ↗ microphone if you're a virtual attendee

31:47 ↗ or please come up to the Lecter in the

31:50 ↗ center of the room there is a button on

31:53 ↗ the microphone to press to get the red

31:55 ↗ light to make the microphone active

31:58 ↗ state your name address and relationship

32:00 ↗ to the city speak clearly and pause

32:02 ↗ frequently and please limit your

32:03 ↗ comments to 5 minutes if you're

32:05 ↗ attending virtually and you don't

32:06 ↗ respond after your name is called name

32:09 ↗ or phone number or if your connection is

32:11 ↗ lost we still have to continue on with

32:13 ↗ our meeting please rejoin us if you can

32:16 ↗ personal text obsteen language

32:17 ↗ derogatory remarks and disruptive

32:19 ↗ behavior will not be permitted public

32:22 ↗ comments written in verbal are an

32:23 ↗ important aspect of the public process

32:25 ↗ and the city takes comments seriously we

32:27 ↗ thank you for taking the time to address

32:30 ↗ US city clerk can you please identify

32:32 ↗ the first person who signed up to speak

32:34 ↗ this evening yes Michael

32:36 ↗ Wang come on up

32:46 ↗ Michael it all right is this

32:49 ↗ working all right good evening uh city

32:51 ↗ council mayor Paulie and everyone in the

32:53 ↗ council here hey Wally see in the Hood

32:56 ↗ um my name is Michael Wong I'm proud to

32:58 ↗ call this call my home for almost the

33:00 ↗ past eight years uh my wife and I are

33:01 ↗ raising two small kids at the foot of

33:03 ↗ squawk Mountain um a bit about myself

33:05 ↗ during the working hours I'm a real

33:06 ↗ estate development manager for Vulcan

33:08 ↗ real estate uh developing highrise uh

33:10 ↗ office in uh downtown bellie right now

33:12 ↗ or actually just finished um in my off

33:15 ↗ hours uh I'm a little league coach uh I

33:17 ↗ like exploring the trails here in

33:18 ↗ Trailhead City and I'm an archery

33:20 ↗ Enthusiast who's currently certifying as

33:21 ↗ a level two Junior Olympic archery

33:23 ↗ instructor that's a long phrase um I'm

33:26 ↗ here before you today to petition the

33:27 ↗ City to include an outdoor archery range

33:30 ↗ um it's located on page five of in in

33:33 ↗ the packet I was sent to you earlier uh

33:35 ↗ in tibits Valley Park as Jeff and Robin

33:37 ↗ noted in the Parks draft that you guys

33:39 ↗ were sent earlier in July I believe uh

33:42 ↗ public Outreach clearly shows that AR

33:44 ↗ the Nery range is the most endorsed new

33:46 ↗ recreational amenity sought by our

33:48 ↗ community uh before we get into the wise

33:50 ↗ probably the first thing coming in your

33:51 ↗ head is like it's archery it's bow and

33:53 ↗ arrows and it a weapon kind of dangerous

33:56 ↗ well to that I say the club was probably

33:58 ↗ the first weapons that humans invented

33:59 ↗ and now we have the great games of

34:00 ↗ baseball and golf so the context of how

34:02 ↗ something is used is vitally important

34:04 ↗ to uh to to whether how we want to

34:07 ↗ classify it as dangerous or not so um

34:10 ↗ for in order to create a safe archery

34:11 ↗ range uh the design contemplated is also

34:13 ↗ a brief little snippet of it it was

34:15 ↗ including that packet for an enclosed

34:17 ↗ range that's already been built in

34:18 ↗ Colorado Springs and Eden Prairie

34:20 ↗ Minnesota which is a suburb of

34:22 ↗ Minneapolis um you know I'm I'm kind of

34:24 ↗ the guy that's I'm not an early adopter

34:26 ↗ um I think I'm Mark unlike Mark Twain

34:28 ↗ I'm a second mouse kits of cheese kind

34:30 ↗ of guy and you know this archery range

34:32 ↗ has been proven for 20 years as an

34:34 ↗ outdoor back stop arrows have not been

34:35 ↗ able to escape it I spoke with the park

34:37 ↗ supervisor there and they've confirmed

34:39 ↗ not a single Arrow has escaped uh this

34:40 ↗ enclosed uh design which is pretty

34:42 ↗ clever really um and uh and and Boy

34:46 ↗ Scout and Girl Scout Troops absolutely

34:47 ↗ love having this as amenity as a public

34:49 ↗ amenity that anyone can access in their

34:50 ↗ park system so if the range kind of

34:53 ↗ sounds reasonable to you this extent

34:54 ↗ what about accidents right I mean if

34:56 ↗ you're like me I'm a bit of a IC I need

34:58 ↗ stats and facts from legitimate sources

35:00 ↗ not from the Q andon blog so um what I

35:03 ↗ have for you today also included in that

35:04 ↗ packet or Snippets and resource uh

35:06 ↗ references NIH which is the Department

35:08 ↗ of Public Health and the niss which is

35:11 ↗ the um National electronic inury

35:13 ↗ surveillance system which is also a US

35:15 ↗ Government entity and they collect

35:16 ↗ injuries on Sports statistics and and

35:18 ↗ facts like that and conduct studies

35:20 ↗ along with that and um that's also the

35:23 ↗ same information that for-profit

35:24 ↗ insurers use to determine what your risk

35:26 ↗ premium is for City to run a sport like

35:28 ↗ this well the information is

35:30 ↗ resoundingly clear um archery is a safe

35:32 ↗ sport um you are more likely on a per

35:34 ↗ thousand basis so I'm not playing you

35:36 ↗ know funny math games with you on a per

35:37 ↗ thousand basis it is safer than baseball

35:40 ↗ basketball skateboarding um and football

35:43 ↗ you are 25 to 45 times more likely to

35:46 ↗ end up in the hospital with sport versus

35:48 ↗ playing uh versus practicing target

35:50 ↗ archery target archery is in the same

35:52 ↗ risk category as bowling bad Mitten and

35:53 ↗ ping pong it's even safer than golf

35:56 ↗ believe it or not and I love golf go um

35:59 ↗ so what does this cost right I mean this

36:00 ↗ sounds great and everything but what

36:01 ↗ does something like this ring uh through

36:03 ↗ the city well the exact archery range

36:05 ↗ according the part uh the city of uh

36:07 ↗ Eden Prairie was $20,000 in 2004 I know

36:10 ↗ lots happened then inflation it's

36:12 ↗ Minneapolis different costs so what I

36:14 ↗ did is I took it through the mortson

36:15 ↗ cost index blame my day job on it and I

36:17 ↗ ran it $20,000 in isqua and today's

36:19 ↗ dollars that's $33,000 but you're like

36:23 ↗ Michael it's not going to cost the searo

36:24 ↗ Outback with a modest trim package let's

36:26 ↗ just add some Pacific Northwest

36:28 ↗ skepticism to it so let's call it

36:29 ↗ $100,000 right let's triple it well hate

36:33 ↗ to sound like an infomercial here and

36:34 ↗ I'm talking as fast as one because I

36:35 ↗ only have five minutes but um right now

36:38 ↗ there's a 50% match from the Washington

36:42 ↗ uh Recreation and conservation office

36:44 ↗ which will provides 50% grants for an

36:45 ↗ archery range we're not going to get

36:47 ↗ that deal anywhere else I mean that's

36:49 ↗ that's that's fantastic deal uh

36:50 ↗ applications are open now and uh they're

36:53 ↗ due October 31st so if we act a little

36:55 ↗ faster now that 100,000 can be 50 000

36:57 ↗ it's probably less than what you spend

36:59 ↗ on office supplies each

37:00 ↗ year so uh one last time probably the

37:03 ↗ most important is why do this well I was

37:05 ↗ looking at all your prior minutes and

37:06 ↗ you know I like to do my due diligence

37:08 ↗ you know and I was looking at the park

37:10 ↗ board's minutes as well and one of the

37:11 ↗ express objectives of the city council

37:13 ↗ board is to appeal to a broader diverse

37:15 ↗ demographic in our city I mean most of

37:17 ↗ our stuff is great we appeal to that one

37:19 ↗ standard deviation that's 70% meat which

37:21 ↗ really covers most of us but what about

37:22 ↗ the fringes well archery like golf is

37:26 ↗ safer both archery like golf but safer

37:28 ↗ is a sport that you can play well into

37:30 ↗ your goal New Year it's very senior

37:31 ↗ friendly um 12% of Americans have

37:34 ↗ mobility issues um people in um people

37:36 ↗ in wheelchairs and mobility issues can't

37:39 ↗ go running down a football field or you

37:42 ↗ know go down the halfpipe on a skate

37:43 ↗ park I spoke I spoke with uh executive

37:46 ↗ director Clark Halverson who also wrote

37:48 ↗ an endorsement letter for this range

37:49 ↗ which is also included um the Tisha sent

37:51 ↗ to you earlier um supporting this um

37:57 ↗ I 30 or two and wrap it up that' be

38:00 ↗ great thank you and last last thing on

38:01 ↗ the demographic is that archery is one

38:03 ↗ of the top sports in Asia we have the

38:05 ↗ Asians have the most uh gold medal wins

38:07 ↗ in the Olympics Asians make up 27% of

38:10 ↗ isqua which is 10,000 of our 38,000

38:12 ↗ constituents here and archery range

38:14 ↗ provides amend that supports what this

38:15 ↗ Council and the Parks Board stated goals

38:17 ↗ thank you thank you very

38:19 ↗ much um Michael is Clark hson here today

38:23 ↗ or just he's virtual

38:28 ↗ you do see in Virtual City Clerk okay if

38:30 ↗ we want to get um Clark up next that

38:31 ↗ would be great Clark you're our next

38:34 ↗ public comment speaker so I'm making you

38:36 ↗ a panelist now so you should see the

38:38 ↗ option to unmute and can choose to turn

38:40 ↗ your video video on if you'd

38:50 ↗ like great thank

38:52 ↗ you sorry I didn't make it up to be in

38:56 ↗ today so I my name is Clark and I'm the

38:59 ↗ executive director for outdoors for all

39:01 ↗ foundation and joining tonight to

39:03 ↗ express our support for the proposed

39:05 ↗ Junior Olympic archery range at tibits

39:07 ↗ Valley Park as an organization we're

39:10 ↗ dedicated to making outdoor recreation

39:12 ↗ accessible for people of all ability and

39:15 ↗ we see this project as a fantastic new

39:17 ↗ opportunity to promote inclusive outdoor

39:19 ↗ experiences for everyone in the

39:21 ↗ community this proposal also aligns with

39:24 ↗ our organization's broader expansion to

39:26 ↗ the east side particularly with the

39:28 ↗ development of our new Lake samamish

39:30 ↗ site uh we believe the range would

39:32 ↗ provide meaningful engagement for youth

39:34 ↗ family seasoned archers and individuals

39:37 ↗ with disability further further

39:39 ↗ strengthening isqua's reputation as a

39:41 ↗ leader in inclusive outdoor recreation

39:44 ↗ thanks for the time and excited if we

39:46 ↗ can be part of any new opportunities for

39:48 ↗ your

39:49 ↗ constituents thank you clerk city clerk

39:52 ↗ is there someone else signed up to speak

39:57 ↗ yes next we have Phil Peterson who is

40:00 ↗ also virtual so give me just a moment

40:04 ↗ here Phil I'm making you a panelist so

40:07 ↗ you should see an option to

40:12 ↗ unmute go

40:13 ↗ ahead oh can you see

40:16 ↗ me we can't see you but we can hear

40:20 ↗ you how about that does that work yes

40:24 ↗ nice all right thank you uh mayor L Hy

40:28 ↗ city council for your time uh this is in

40:30 ↗ regards to the non-motorized street

40:33 ↗ Improvement uh proposal on squawk

40:35 ↗ Mountain uh my name is Phil Peterson

40:38 ↗ I've lived at uh 265 Mount Olympus Drive

40:41 ↗ Southwest on squawk Mountain for 12

40:44 ↗ years I have four kids all in the isqua

40:47 ↗ school uh District my daughter's in the

40:49 ↗ high school two boys in middle school

40:50 ↗ I'm actually live at uh Central Park my

40:54 ↗ boys are in the youth Junior High uh

40:57 ↗ junior junior football team uh my

41:00 ↗ daughter's uh biking so if I seem

41:04 ↗ distracted uh just being a dad a little

41:06 ↗ bit as we're meeting but uh love where

41:08 ↗ we live so grateful for your work in the

41:10 ↗ city and just wanted to give some

41:12 ↗ feedback uh just from our neighbors uh

41:15 ↗ in regards to this plan uh I just want

41:18 ↗ to say thank you so much uh for putting

41:20 ↗ in this proposal for a sidewalk uh

41:23 ↗ that's been something that we've been

41:24 ↗ hoping for at least me and Steve and

41:26 ↗ others uh since we moved in uh Mount

41:29 ↗ Olympus Drive Southwest is an arterial

41:31 ↗ Road it cars go pretty fast and our kids

41:35 ↗ getting up early especially in the

41:37 ↗ winter months uh when it gets so dark to

41:39 ↗ have that sidewalk there will really

41:41 ↗ help us feel better about them walking

41:43 ↗ to their bus

41:44 ↗ stop uh the reason I'm just bringing

41:47 ↗ this to your attention is the proposal

41:50 ↗ is giving the option of either having a

41:52 ↗ bike lane or not and I would propose and

41:56 ↗ ask since I live on that street with

41:59 ↗ about 13 other houses from Mount pilchu

42:02 ↗ uh up to that turn that goes into Mount

42:05 ↗ Park Boulevard I'd ask not to have the

42:07 ↗ bike lane and let me

42:09 ↗ explain uh I love the sidewalk because

42:12 ↗ it's taking that west side or rather

42:15 ↗ that east side of the street it's

42:16 ↗ unusable it's giving it something

42:19 ↗ usable uh on the west side of the street

42:22 ↗ it's currently this large shoulder that

42:25 ↗ if you put a bike lane there it

42:27 ↗ basically takes it from a multi-use

42:29 ↗ purpose for walking uh running biking

42:33 ↗ and parking to now exclusively just

42:37 ↗ bikes and uh and so for me our house we

42:41 ↗ opened up the front yard so we could be

42:43 ↗ connected to our neighbors we like

42:45 ↗ people stopping by the bus stops right

42:47 ↗ there uh it's allowed us to connect with

42:49 ↗ more people and so I'm just concerned

42:51 ↗ with it just being an exclusive bike

42:53 ↗ lane that that'll restrict that kind of

42:55 ↗ community uh engagement for for us and I

42:59 ↗ think the other part for us is is just

43:01 ↗ without parking it's going to make it

43:02 ↗ really difficult on that stretch of road

43:06 ↗ because there's really no other

43:07 ↗ alternatives for if people come over to

43:09 ↗ watch a Seahawk game have people like we

43:11 ↗ did on Monday to come over for a draft

43:13 ↗ party with kids there's cars we won't

43:16 ↗ have a place for them to go um you know

43:19 ↗ biking I think is really important I

43:22 ↗ think my experience when I work from

43:24 ↗ home is there's a lot of cars there's a

43:26 ↗ lot of walkers not as many bikers

43:28 ↗ especially eight months of the year and

43:31 ↗ so I think bikers can use that shoulder

43:34 ↗ it that makes it

43:36 ↗ multi-purpose but uh I just ask for your

43:39 ↗ just consideration in that and I also

43:40 ↗ want to just acknowledge John Larson uh

43:43 ↗ he's the transportation program coordin

43:45 ↗ he's been awesome and so we're emailing

43:47 ↗ back and forth and so he's aware of this

43:49 ↗ too but I just thought I'd just take an

43:51 ↗ opportunity to let you know uh just

43:53 ↗ because I know it's going to come up uh

43:54 ↗ in the next I think weeks or months

43:56 ↗ ahead so so thank

43:58 ↗ you thank you very much Phil um city

44:01 ↗ clerk do we have uh others signed up to

44:04 ↗ speak we do next we have someone in the

44:07 ↗ room Kim

44:16 ↗ Lee good evening council members and

44:19 ↗ mayor Paulie my name is Kim Lee isqua

44:22 ↗ resident and president of roadstone

44:24 ↗ which is the real estate development arm

44:26 ↗ of Lake

44:27 ↗ Industries uh there's an item on the

44:30 ↗ regular agenda of tonight's meeting

44:32 ↗ pertaining to transfer of development

44:34 ↗ rights or tdrs how we lovingly call them

44:38 ↗ uh I won't get into the details as I see

44:40 ↗ that the staff has a presentation

44:42 ↗ planned for later tonight but I will say

44:45 ↗ that it's been a lot of work to get to

44:48 ↗ this point in seeking authorization to

44:50 ↗ proceed from you all as council member

44:54 ↗ Marts knows uh and for that I simply

44:57 ↗ want to thank staff for members uh

45:00 ↗ members of the planning uh development

45:02 ↗ environment committee uh and as well as

45:05 ↗ Council and the mayor as a whole for

45:07 ↗ your valuable time and consideration in

45:09 ↗ getting to this point we at roadstone

45:13 ↗ and Lakeside are here we are

45:15 ↗ engaged uh and we're excited to realize

45:19 ↗ this great vision formulated in

45:21 ↗ partnership with the city many years ago

45:23 ↗ to bring another great project to isqua

45:26 ↗ thank you

45:27 ↗ thank you Kim anyone else signed up city

45:30 ↗ clerk yes Connie Marsh who is with us

45:33 ↗ virtually Connie I will make you a

45:35 ↗ panelist

45:41 ↗ now oping in and out okay hi Connie

45:45 ↗ Marsh Liv on

45:46 ↗ squawk um so I'm gonna start by saying I

45:51 ↗ just love it when community members come

45:53 ↗ out and speak about their passions in

45:55 ↗ the community and

45:57 ↗ so uh archery guy whoever you are that

46:01 ↗ was awesome archery

46:04 ↗ guy and of course I live on squawk and

46:07 ↗ so we have been waiting for 20 years for

46:10 ↗ a sidewalk on squawk so it's a real

46:13 ↗ bonus when somebody from the

46:14 ↗ neighborhood other than the usual people

46:17 ↗ come out and speak to it so I appreciate

46:20 ↗ that to so much now me I'm the good and

46:24 ↗ the bad so you're going to get both both

46:27 ↗ at the same time because there's been

46:30 ↗ some good

46:32 ↗ but with caveats so I'm going to start

46:36 ↗ with the uh Landslide

46:40 ↗ repair

46:41 ↗ bonus we got the city to listen and they

46:44 ↗ did a peer

46:46 ↗ review and now the mitigation for the

46:49 ↗ landslide area is actually in a

46:52 ↗ reasonable place so awesome now

46:57 ↗ there I never got re notified that it

47:01 ↗ was going to be approved even though I'm

47:04 ↗ a party of record and I should have been

47:06 ↗ notified again and it didn't get on the

47:08 ↗ active projects list as new information

47:11 ↗ so that's

47:13 ↗ bad right so there are things in that um

47:20 ↗ approval which is on the consent agenda

47:23 ↗ which is does not address how we're to

47:27 ↗ use the trees as habitat trees Etc so

47:31 ↗ there's a few things that I would have

47:33 ↗ changed had I known anything about this

47:36 ↗ before today but I you know yall put it

47:39 ↗ on the consent agenda it's really hard

47:42 ↗ to access it so we've got to figure out

47:45 ↗ how to make this all right now the same

47:48 ↗ thing is happening with the conservation

47:52 ↗ easements for the Lakeside

47:55 ↗ tdrs they went back and they are way

47:58 ↗ better the conservation easements are

48:01 ↗ way

48:02 ↗ better however we do still have

48:06 ↗ conflicts in the language especially as

48:08 ↗ it pertains to storm water um where you

48:13 ↗ know

48:14 ↗ 4.1.4 contradicts

48:18 ↗ 5.1.1 6 and so when somebody is going to

48:21 ↗ be trying to use those conservation

48:23 ↗ easements it's going to be hard so while

48:27 ↗ they're way better they actually haven't

48:29 ↗ been out for review in a way that they

48:32 ↗ could still be finalized and I don't

48:36 ↗ know why they don't ever go out for

48:37 ↗ review again they just come to you like

48:40 ↗ you're supposed to know the details of a

48:43 ↗ conservation easement so I would like to

48:45 ↗ see this feedback loop fixed so that we

48:51 ↗ could have a better product and it's

48:53 ↗ just not there yet but I want to say

48:56 ↗ again the conservation easements are way

48:59 ↗ better and the mitigation for the

49:02 ↗ landslide is way better so yay and let's

49:08 ↗ um do some more and the last one is PPC

49:11 ↗ passed you through the comprehensive

49:14 ↗ plan but they said that they were not

49:17 ↗ able to review anything outside of the

49:19 ↗ goals and policies so all of that other

49:22 ↗ language surrounding them they are

49:24 ↗ saying they did not review and they they

49:27 ↗ asking you to review it because they did

49:29 ↗ not do it so I wanted to make sure that

49:33 ↗ it came through as clearly as that thank

49:35 ↗ you very much thank you Connie city

49:38 ↗ clerk is there anyone else signed up to

49:40 ↗ speak or indicating a desire to speak no

49:44 ↗ well I want to thank everybody who came

49:46 ↗ this evening we heard from Council we

49:49 ↗ heard up on the Das from several

49:51 ↗ speakers supporting a Junior Olympic

49:53 ↗ style archery range we had some comments

49:57 ↗ on the Lakeside transfer of development

50:00 ↗ right items that is on today's agenda

50:03 ↗ and we also heard from several folks in

50:05 ↗ the community about support for sidewalk

50:08 ↗ and on uh squawk Mountain but concerns

50:11 ↗ about bike lane

50:13 ↗ options we also got uh comments on um

50:17 ↗ the conservation easements that are on

50:20 ↗ today's agenda and the

50:24 ↗ landslide um project Al on today's

50:27 ↗ agenda and lastly just a bit uh more

50:31 ↗ information about uh planning policies

50:34 ↗ comments to staff from their last

50:36 ↗ meeting so thank you all for bringing

50:37 ↗ that to the council and the mayor's

50:39 ↗ attention as a reminder written comments

50:42 ↗ can be submitted any time so if you have

50:44 ↗ additional comments please submit them

50:46 ↗ to city council at isqu w.gov and we're

50:48 ↗ going to move on to our consent calendar

50:51 ↗ so this evening I do not have any

50:53 ↗ comments on the consent calendar but are

50:55 ↗ there any committee chairs chair or

50:57 ↗ chair designat who would like to report

50:58 ↗ on any of the calendar

51:01 ↗ items I am not seeing an indication uh

51:05 ↗ is there anybody willing to make a

51:07 ↗ motion oh sorry jumped the gun few more

51:11 ↗ things I have to say the consent

51:13 ↗ calendar was distributed to Council in

51:15 ↗ advance and if it's authorized the items

51:18 ↗ on the consent calendar will be

51:19 ↗ considered together and approved with

51:20 ↗ one motion have the payables and payroll

51:23 ↗ been reviewed they have they have thank

51:26 ↗ you does any council member desire to

51:27 ↗ remove any item from the consent

51:29 ↗ calendar and consider it under regular

51:32 ↗ business I'm not seeing any

51:34 ↗ indication um now can I get a motion

51:37 ↗ Deputy council president I move that we

51:40 ↗ uh adopt the consent agenda as presented

51:43 ↗ second it's been moved and seconded is

51:46 ↗ there any Council

51:47 ↗ discussion all those in favor say

51:52 ↗ I oh I keep forgetting council president

51:55 ↗ thank you very much you don't sound like

51:57 ↗ yourself though it's

51:59 ↗ weird uh is there any a

52:03 ↗ post that carries unanimously 6 and0 and

52:06 ↗ the next item we're going to move into

52:07 ↗ some regular business now is

52:10 ↗ ab88

52:12 ↗ 8881 the 2025 Arch work program and

52:15 ↗ budget and I'd like to invite senior

52:17 ↗ planner Kristen Leon to the podium

52:20 ↗ welcome Kristen and Lindsay thank you

52:23 ↗ yes I'm just here briefly Kristen Leon

52:26 ↗ senior planner with Community planning

52:27 ↗ and development department and I'm here

52:29 ↗ briefly just to inter uh to introduce

52:31 ↗ two of the items on our agenda tonight

52:34 ↗ and one is agenda bill

52:36 ↗ 8881 which is the 2025 Arch work program

52:39 ↗ and budget and as you know each year

52:42 ↗ Arch and Arch staff the staff Liaisons

52:45 ↗ and the arch executive committee or

52:47 ↗ executive board create an annual work

52:49 ↗ plan of both local and Regional items

52:53 ↗ and this year's budget uh this year's

52:54 ↗ work program program stems from from the

52:57 ↗ arch strategic plan which is adopted

52:59 ↗ earlier this year Arch staff and the

53:01 ↗ executive board also developed the

53:03 ↗ budget for the 2025 year and this year a

53:05 ↗ little different they've also included

53:07 ↗ an estimate for percentage estimate for

53:09 ↗ the 26 budget year which helps with

53:11 ↗ banial budget planning for all of its

53:13 ↗ member

53:14 ↗ jurisdictions so it's the responsibility

53:16 ↗ of arch member jurisdictions to act on

53:20 ↗ um and take action on the proposed work

53:22 ↗ plan and budget so that's what you're

53:23 ↗ here to do tonight also on tonight's

53:26 ↗ agenda is um agenda Bill

53:30 ↗ 8901 and the arch executive board and

53:35 ↗ the administration are asking for the

53:36 ↗ reallocation of funds from the kinmore

53:39 ↗ Supportive Housing project to the

53:41 ↗ Redmond uh Supportive Housing project so

53:44 ↗ I've done the easy part and now I'm

53:45 ↗ going to let uh Lindsay Masters Arch

53:48 ↗ executive director uh present and ask

53:50 ↗ answer any questions

54:16 ↗ right good evening council members mayor

54:18 ↗ Paulie thanks for having me tonight um

54:21 ↗ as Kristen mentioned I'm here to talk to

54:23 ↗ you about a couple actions in front of

54:25 ↗ you one is our annual visit to talk to

54:28 ↗ you about our budget and work program

54:29 ↗ proposal and to do that I'll set that in

54:32 ↗ the context of a broader planning

54:33 ↗ process that our organization undertook

54:36 ↗ um in the last year and then I will um

54:38 ↗ talk as well about a um re reapproved

54:42 ↗ funds that were committed to a project

54:44 ↗ uh in Kenmore now cited in

54:46 ↗ Redmond so to um pick it off I just

54:50 ↗ wanted to talk to you again I was here

54:52 ↗ not too long ago talking about our

54:54 ↗ strategic plan when it was still under

54:55 ↗ development

54:57 ↗ um and giving you a sense of where that

54:58 ↗ was headed but I wanted to kind of recap

55:00 ↗ where that where that uh ended up and

55:03 ↗ kind of the action plan moving forward

55:05 ↗ um so we started this process in

55:08 ↗ 2023 um at the direction of our

55:10 ↗ executive board uh wanting to take a

55:12 ↗ look at the big challenge that all

55:14 ↗ cities had in front of them as you're

55:15 ↗ undertaking planning for significantly

55:18 ↗ more affordable housing than we've ever

55:19 ↗ had to do in the past um and figuring

55:22 ↗ out how we can leverage the E efforts of

55:24 ↗ the AR coalition to really support you

55:26 ↗ in those efforts um the process helped

55:29 ↗ us to really redefine and amplify our

55:31 ↗ mission um figure out what we've been

55:34 ↗ successful in and how we can amplify

55:36 ↗ those going forward um set out a vision

55:38 ↗ for the

55:39 ↗ future um as well as some key action

55:42 ↗ items that we thought could really move

55:44 ↗ the needle as we look

55:45 ↗ forward so I just have a couple of

55:47 ↗ slides to highlight the key strategies

55:49 ↗ that came out of that which are then

55:51 ↗ going to help explain some of the work

55:53 ↗ program and budget priorities

55:56 ↗ so first we wanted to talk about what's

55:58 ↗ working with Arch as an organization and

56:00 ↗ where do we need to make some changes um

56:02 ↗ and and do we have opportunities to

56:04 ↗ improve as an organization um so there's

56:07 ↗ some you know interm things that we're

56:09 ↗ doing we're also looking longer term and

56:11 ↗ I'll I'll talk about about that a little

56:13 ↗ bit more um later on uh we also wanted

56:17 ↗ to really acknowledge the larger role of

56:19 ↗ the state um in recent years in not only

56:23 ↗ setting forth what kinds of funding

56:25 ↗ tools local jur iics have around housing

56:28 ↗ but also looking at land use and housing

56:30 ↗ policy more more globally um so we

56:32 ↗ wanted to figure out how to respond to

56:35 ↗ that reality and be work better as a

56:37 ↗ coalition to really Drive policy changes

56:39 ↗ that are going to help us in our shared

56:43 ↗ Mission um we also wanted to you know

56:46 ↗ keep an emphasis on our bread and butter

56:48 ↗ um work at the ground level trying to

56:50 ↗ get spur development of um tangible

56:53 ↗ affordable housing projects in all of

56:54 ↗ our communities so we have an emphasis

56:56 ↗ on investing in more support for those

56:59 ↗ really high impact important special

57:01 ↗ projects um some of those are on public

57:03 ↗ property we're looking as well at um how

57:05 ↗ to utilize Partnerships with faith-based

57:08 ↗ communities um and figuring out how to

57:11 ↗ Spur those developments to get out of

57:12 ↗ the planning stage and into actual

57:15 ↗ construction um we also wanted to

57:17 ↗ continue our commitment that we are

57:18 ↗ going to provide a costeffective vehicle

57:21 ↗ for all of our cities to have local

57:24 ↗ incentive um and other affordable

57:25 ↗ housing programs um so continuing to

57:28 ↗ maintain that function as as your local

57:30 ↗ Steward um and having a shared

57:32 ↗ costeffective model for you to do that

57:35 ↗ um in light of that we also I think took

57:37 ↗ a look at whether or not we should

57:40 ↗ expand our services and um figure out

57:42 ↗ how to meet the broader range of needs

57:44 ↗ of residents in affordable housing and I

57:47 ↗ think the board um really wanted to keep

57:50 ↗ our focus a little more narrowly on the

57:52 ↗ production and maintenance of affordable

57:54 ↗ housing and looking at partnership to

57:56 ↗ address those broader ranges of

58:00 ↗ needs so into the proposal itself for

58:03 ↗ 2025 through 26 um the board went

58:06 ↗ through a number of months of discussion

58:08 ↗ looking at several different options of

58:10 ↗ how to move the Strategic plan forward

58:13 ↗ um as Kristen mentioned they developed a

58:16 ↗ the first time a banal budget

58:17 ↗ recommendation we've historically only

58:20 ↗ done annual Pro processes um and wanted

58:23 ↗ to recognize most of our membership is

58:25 ↗ on a by annual budget cycle now so

58:27 ↗ making your planning process easier and

58:30 ↗ and hopefully more predictable for

58:33 ↗ 2026 um and at the end of the day we

58:35 ↗ ended up um deciding to propose

58:38 ↗ additional investment in Staffing to one

58:41 ↗ first and foremost focus on that

58:43 ↗ targeted support for special projects at

58:45 ↗ the local level um so staff that could

58:48 ↗ provide the expertise in affordable

58:49 ↗ housing financing um development

58:51 ↗ strategies and Partnerships and really

58:53 ↗ provide a lot of technical assistance to

58:56 ↗ bring all those Partnerships together um

58:58 ↗ and then second adding a staff position

59:01 ↗ that would be supporting a whole range

59:03 ↗ of other services from

59:05 ↗ Communications um policy advice and

59:07 ↗ government Affairs really focused at

59:09 ↗ that State Legislative level and how to

59:12 ↗ leverage all of the voices of our cities

59:14 ↗ um to be effective in that space so I'll

59:17 ↗ talk a little bit more about that in the

59:18 ↗ work program um the portion of the

59:21 ↗ budget funded by the city of isqua in

59:23 ↗ the budget is about 5.8% of the total um

59:27 ↗ so you've got the numbers there in front

59:29 ↗ of you on the

59:32 ↗ slide um I want to walk through the

59:35 ↗ priorities that are highlighted in the

59:37 ↗ work program so each year we do ask the

59:40 ↗ board to identify out of all the many

59:42 ↗ things we are aspiring to accomplish

59:45 ↗ what are going to be our priorities um

59:47 ↗ you'll see a lot of these kind of speak

59:49 ↗ back to the Strategic plan first we have

59:53 ↗ um an increased emphasis on education

59:56 ↗ and engagement um we're already starting

59:58 ↗ to implement some of these efforts

1:00:00 ↗ earlier this year we had uh an

1:00:03 ↗ educational event thank you council

1:00:04 ↗ member D Michelle for your attendance um

1:00:07 ↗ as well as a guided tour of one of the

1:00:11 ↗ first permanent support of housing

1:00:12 ↗ projects in East King County um in

1:00:14 ↗ bellue that we uh partnered with

1:00:16 ↗ Plymouth Housing to provide for Arch

1:00:19 ↗ membership um we're looking forward to

1:00:21 ↗ doing a lot more of that and providing

1:00:23 ↗ those as more regular opportunities with

1:00:25 ↗ a little more staff

1:00:29 ↗ capacity um back to sort of how we're

1:00:32 ↗ looking at ourselves as an organization

1:00:35 ↗ um we did raise a lot of good issues and

1:00:37 ↗ questions um during the process about

1:00:39 ↗ whether our governance model really

1:00:41 ↗ meets the needs of the moments and works

1:00:43 ↗ well with how cities are structured um

1:00:46 ↗ we decided that we needed to take more

1:00:48 ↗ time to undertake an intentional study

1:00:50 ↗ to really look at that um we've already

1:00:52 ↗ started that process formed a small Tas

1:00:55 ↗ for to task force of board members um

1:00:58 ↗ and put aside some funds to hire a

1:00:59 ↗ consultant to help us answer some of

1:01:01 ↗ those questions um but I do think we had

1:01:04 ↗ a robust dialogue already um and have a

1:01:07 ↗ good sense of what questions we need to

1:01:09 ↗ answer and where there might be some

1:01:11 ↗ opportunities to

1:01:14 ↗ improve um we also highlight in our

1:01:17 ↗ priorities again that focus on State and

1:01:20 ↗ Regional legislation and funding um we

1:01:22 ↗ really wanted to frame this right in in

1:01:25 ↗ having our Focus Focus be on um sort of

1:01:28 ↗ facilitating legislative priorities that

1:01:30 ↗ are going to help us either add funding

1:01:33 ↗ for affordable housing or reduce the

1:01:35 ↗ cost of affordable housing development

1:01:37 ↗ so looking at funding and and policy

1:01:39 ↗ solutions to help us with that um and

1:01:41 ↗ then continue that conversation amongst

1:01:44 ↗ our membership about what are the

1:01:45 ↗ revenue proposals that we want to

1:01:47 ↗ support um that can help you in in

1:01:49 ↗ meeting those needs just on this chart

1:01:52 ↗ here you will see a trend we have um

1:01:55 ↗ started to experience year after year

1:01:58 ↗ which is many more requests for the

1:02:00 ↗ affordable housing funds that we have at

1:02:02 ↗ the local level than we have available

1:02:04 ↗ dollars um we did receive over 50

1:02:07 ↗ million in asks for this funding round

1:02:11 ↗ um we'll try to get to as many of those

1:02:12 ↗ as we can but we're going to obviously

1:02:14 ↗ not be able to meet all of

1:02:19 ↗ those um and then we did highlight again

1:02:22 ↗ this focus on um local planning and

1:02:25 ↗ support to special projects so this is

1:02:28 ↗ really putting more dedicated staff

1:02:29 ↗ capacity towards this effort um we also

1:02:33 ↗ have a carryover priority um here as

1:02:36 ↗ well to support cities in thinking about

1:02:39 ↗ how your rent policies in affordable

1:02:41 ↗ housing projects can um address the

1:02:44 ↗ rising cost burden that we've been

1:02:45 ↗ seeing across across the

1:02:50 ↗ board um and then finally I just want to

1:02:52 ↗ highlight some of the work we've been

1:02:53 ↗ doing directly with city of isqua we

1:02:55 ↗ have have a variety of different efforts

1:02:58 ↗ that we support in different cities

1:02:59 ↗ depending on their needs and what they

1:03:01 ↗ see as most useful for March um we're

1:03:04 ↗ excited about the iHip program newly

1:03:07 ↗ branded um supported with those some of

1:03:09 ↗ those dedicated sales tax revenues we've

1:03:11 ↗ been working really closely with isqua

1:03:14 ↗ staff to roll that out Market it broadly

1:03:16 ↗ to the development Community um align

1:03:19 ↗ all the application processes with the

1:03:21 ↗ good programs that we already have in

1:03:23 ↗ place um and we are hoping to bring you

1:03:26 ↗ some recommendations around that in the

1:03:28 ↗ next year it'll be a little bit of a

1:03:30 ↗ building year to to increase demand for

1:03:32 ↗ the funds find those opportunities where

1:03:35 ↗ there are sites that are available to

1:03:36 ↗ develop and then work with folks to put

1:03:39 ↗ together good proposals so we're just at

1:03:41 ↗ the start but excited to see where that

1:03:43 ↗ goes um and we're also uh optimistic

1:03:46 ↗ about where your Pioneer program might

1:03:48 ↗ go we were involved in some of the

1:03:50 ↗ development and technical analysis of of

1:03:52 ↗ some of those options um and are

1:03:54 ↗ certainly going to be supporting the

1:03:56 ↗ implementation when you have a project

1:03:57 ↗ to take advantage of

1:04:01 ↗ that um we are also actively talking

1:04:04 ↗ about middle housing implementation um

1:04:07 ↗ we undertook a really in-depth study

1:04:09 ↗ with um a whole multi-jurisdictional

1:04:12 ↗ workg group and um an economic

1:04:13 ↗ consultant to help build us an economic

1:04:16 ↗ model to look at the feasibility of a

1:04:18 ↗ whole variety of different types of

1:04:20 ↗ middle housing in all the jurisdictions

1:04:22 ↗ that are part of arch um we concluded

1:04:25 ↗ with some really

1:04:26 ↗ clear and compelling recommendations and

1:04:28 ↗ are now working with individual City

1:04:30 ↗ staff to look at how to refine some of

1:04:32 ↗ those options that for you to consider

1:04:34 ↗ at the local level um the bottom line

1:04:36 ↗ we're we're excited that it's an

1:04:38 ↗ opportunity to promote affordable home

1:04:40 ↗ ownership uh something we don't often

1:04:42 ↗ have opportunities to promote um but

1:04:45 ↗ that there's huge demand for as you

1:04:48 ↗ know uh and then we will um we've

1:04:50 ↗ started conversations with planning

1:04:52 ↗ staff about implementing the multif

1:04:54 ↗ family tax exemption that is is going to

1:04:56 ↗ be offered for uh in relation with the

1:04:58 ↗ High Street

1:05:01 ↗ development um and then finally again

1:05:04 ↗ our our ongoing year after year work to

1:05:06 ↗ Steward um the existing affordable

1:05:08 ↗ housing that have been created already

1:05:10 ↗ through your past efforts development

1:05:12 ↗ agreements and inclusionary program um

1:05:15 ↗ we had a couple of uh good successes and

1:05:18 ↗ we've had an uptick in um sales and our

1:05:21 ↗ home ownership program in isqua we've

1:05:23 ↗ been working also with staff on how to

1:05:27 ↗ um deploy some new marketing strategies

1:05:28 ↗ that are going to help homeowners to

1:05:30 ↗ overcome the current High interest rates

1:05:33 ↗ and be able to sell their units in a

1:05:35 ↗ more timely

1:05:37 ↗ manner and I think that's the end of my

1:05:39 ↗ remarks I'm happy to take questions

1:05:42 ↗ before moving on thank you Lindsay any

1:05:48 ↗ questions uh Deputy council president

1:05:50 ↗ followed by council member

1:05:51 ↗ Hall okay let me just I'm just pulling

1:05:54 ↗ up

1:05:55 ↗ so uh I had uh sent a question and I

1:05:59 ↗ just thought I'd surface that for uh

1:06:00 ↗ council members um regarding where the

1:06:04 ↗ funding for um the arch uh support would

1:06:08 ↗ come from whether it would be from the

1:06:10 ↗ general fund or from our one tenth to 1%

1:06:13 ↗ now known as iHip uh fund um and just a

1:06:19 ↗ suggestion that perhaps uh we could look

1:06:21 ↗ at taking it from the iHip so that we

1:06:24 ↗ don't impact the general funds as as

1:06:27 ↗ much as uh it could be in a year where

1:06:29 ↗ we have very challenging uh look at our

1:06:32 ↗ general fund balance so that was just a

1:06:35 ↗ question I just thought I'd surface that

1:06:36 ↗ and maybe hear what Kristen Kristen

1:06:39 ↗ thank you so much for your prompt

1:06:41 ↗ response as well you're welcome so this

1:06:43 ↗ this is not a simple answer um so we

1:06:46 ↗ there there are a couple of different

1:06:48 ↗ options one is that potentially you

1:06:50 ↗ could and this needs to be discussed

1:06:52 ↗ during budget time and so forth but one

1:06:54 ↗ one option is to potentially reduce the

1:06:57 ↗ amount of funds given to the arch

1:06:58 ↗ general fund Housing Trust Fund and use

1:07:02 ↗ those to pay for some of the

1:07:03 ↗ administrative fees we are also talking

1:07:05 ↗ with the city attorney about whether or

1:07:07 ↗ not we can use the 1590 and 1406 funds

1:07:11 ↗ to pay for this as well so we'll get

1:07:13 ↗ back to you on what we can and cannot do

1:07:15 ↗ with

1:07:16 ↗ that thank you I'm also going to add

1:07:18 ↗ council president after council member

1:07:20 ↗ Hall um mine's super quick I was just I

1:07:23 ↗ know we're planning thank you by the way

1:07:24 ↗ I know we're planning on updating our

1:07:26 ↗ housing strategy work plan next year

1:07:29 ↗ right so I was just wondering if Arch

1:07:30 ↗ was going to be a part of that process

1:07:31 ↗ and if that needs to be

1:07:38 ↗ added council

1:07:42 ↗ president thank you um I'm wondering if

1:07:46 ↗ you can go over in this budget um what

1:07:50 ↗ the changes again are to staff ads and

1:07:55 ↗ what their roles will be as they relate

1:07:57 ↗ back to your new work

1:07:59 ↗ plan sure and is it back on I it flashed

1:08:03 ↗ off for a second um so there's two new

1:08:06 ↗ staff positions proposed with this

1:08:08 ↗ budget one is going to be a senior

1:08:11 ↗ planner dedicated to those special

1:08:14 ↗ projects um and local planning efforts

1:08:16 ↗ again to facilitate development of

1:08:19 ↗ Public Surplus property Partnerships

1:08:21 ↗ with churches um and a range of other

1:08:24 ↗ hopefully exciting uh special project

1:08:27 ↗ opportunities and then a second position

1:08:29 ↗ that's going to be dedicated um to

1:08:32 ↗ Communications policy and government

1:08:33 ↗ Affairs so combining a few different

1:08:36 ↗ functions in one but hopefully able to

1:08:38 ↗ help us move forward a whole range of

1:08:40 ↗ strategies including the education and

1:08:42 ↗ engagement efforts um the work at the as

1:08:45 ↗ at the State Legislative level and and

1:08:50 ↗ others council

1:08:53 ↗ president looks like uh your hand is

1:08:55 ↗ down so I'm assuming the answer was good

1:08:57 ↗ council member

1:08:59 ↗ Marts have we looked at this at any

1:09:05 ↗ committee no past practice is that it

1:09:07 ↗ comes directly to

1:09:08 ↗ council okay um I asked

1:09:11 ↗ because uh we saw maybe gosh I'm going

1:09:16 ↗ to say it was five years ago and

1:09:17 ↗ somebody's going to tell me no it was

1:09:18 ↗ eight or 10 years ago uh a step change

1:09:22 ↗ in our contributions towards overhead on

1:09:26 ↗ Arch uh to do more of these types of

1:09:29 ↗ programs to help Arch reconfigure uh

1:09:33 ↗ around more than just funding um housing

1:09:35 ↗ projects and so to see a similar ask now

1:09:39 ↗ again you know sort of makes me wonder

1:09:42 ↗ uh you know the trend line of what we've

1:09:46 ↗ been contributing towards towards

1:09:47 ↗ operating costs for Arch and what we've

1:09:50 ↗ gotten for that in that

1:09:52 ↗ interv and um you know this this comes

1:09:56 ↗ back to our

1:09:59 ↗ general um understanding what we're

1:10:01 ↗ getting for our dollars investing in in

1:10:04 ↗ various things and I'm it's hard for me

1:10:05 ↗ to tease out what the recent trend line

1:10:08 ↗ has been with Arch um and what we've

1:10:11 ↗ gotten for our dollars um I you know you

1:10:14 ↗ always have to give the the caveat of we

1:10:16 ↗ don't expect to get a major project all

1:10:18 ↗ the time and you know our our last major

1:10:20 ↗ major project of course was YWCA um that

1:10:23 ↗ was quite a while ago and so so um it

1:10:26 ↗ it's really hard for me to understand

1:10:28 ↗ here exactly what we're getting both

1:10:31 ↗ what we've gotten for the dollars that

1:10:33 ↗ we invested the last time we were asked

1:10:35 ↗ to step forward towards a new more

1:10:37 ↗ robust operating model and what we would

1:10:40 ↗ get what the difference is with again

1:10:43 ↗ going to an even more robust operating

1:10:44 ↗ model I think Lindsay are you able to

1:10:46 ↗ answer that because I do believe that

1:10:48 ↗ came right after your appointment to

1:10:51 ↗ your position the first

1:10:52 ↗ restructuring and then City

1:10:54 ↗ administrator Bob qu if you want to add

1:10:55 ↗ after that that'd be great sure so um

1:10:59 ↗ I'm happy to speak to that I think what

1:11:01 ↗ you might be recalling from maybe four

1:11:03 ↗ or five years ago um we did a

1:11:06 ↗ organizational study and a consultant

1:11:08 ↗ study about our staffing capacity to

1:11:11 ↗ Steward all the existing programs and

1:11:13 ↗ affordable housing in Our member cities

1:11:15 ↗ there was some highlights about gaps in

1:11:18 ↗ what in our our level of monitoring of

1:11:20 ↗ certain um issues and so um we decided

1:11:23 ↗ we need to take a hard look um audit our

1:11:26 ↗ programs and our staffing levels and

1:11:28 ↗ figure out how to right siize that to be

1:11:30 ↗ able to maintain adequate Services there

1:11:33 ↗ um so out of that we we put in place

1:11:36 ↗ some dedicated staff for our rental and

1:11:38 ↗ Home Ownership programs um of which we

1:11:40 ↗ have a lot of those uh home ownership

1:11:43 ↗ units in isqua and so that has been

1:11:46 ↗ right size to a place where we feel

1:11:48 ↗ pretty good about um not not having kind

1:11:52 ↗ of too much staff but having just the

1:11:53 ↗ right just the right amount so as we

1:11:55 ↗ grow we are committed to looking at that

1:11:57 ↗ every year and having the board make

1:11:58 ↗ sure we're still providing adequate

1:12:00 ↗ Services um and then this you know this

1:12:04 ↗ current in this current go around um

1:12:06 ↗ we're we're not just looking at kind of

1:12:09 ↗ how to make sure we're maintaining the

1:12:10 ↗ past we're looking at how to implement

1:12:12 ↗ new strategies in the future and so you

1:12:15 ↗ know part of that is with a city like

1:12:17 ↗ isqua if you're really want those

1:12:19 ↗ efforts to get off the ground and find

1:12:21 ↗ your next significant major project we

1:12:24 ↗ want to spend a lot of Staff time and

1:12:26 ↗ capacity in supporting that and one of

1:12:29 ↗ these two positions is going to be

1:12:30 ↗ really important for that work we've

1:12:32 ↗ started some of that with the existing

1:12:34 ↗ staff we have but they are stretched

1:12:36 ↗ pretty pretty thin supporting that

1:12:37 ↗ across a lot of other cities and

1:12:39 ↗ administering all the capital funding of

1:12:42 ↗ which iHip will be a new stream that we

1:12:44 ↗ add into that so um we think it's going

1:12:47 ↗ to be a value ad and and you're going to

1:12:49 ↗ see fruits from that um over time and

1:12:52 ↗ hope you'll agree Council you Ty Ally um

1:12:56 ↗ have an idea of the kind of data you

1:12:59 ↗ want to see were you thinking of

1:13:01 ↗ something specific that I would like to

1:13:02 ↗ see these numbers presented in this way

1:13:04 ↗ how many housing units everywhere how

1:13:06 ↗ many inqua did you have any

1:13:09 ↗ specific

1:13:11 ↗ um

1:13:13 ↗ uh the next time this comes up let's

1:13:16 ↗ have conversation like that great that

1:13:18 ↗ is a greatest I'm not ready today to to

1:13:21 ↗ say a specific set of things but but you

1:13:23 ↗ want to talk about it yeah great next

1:13:24 ↗ time thank you City administrator did

1:13:26 ↗ you want to add something yes please uh

1:13:27 ↗ thank you mad mayor members of the

1:13:29 ↗ council good evening um if you recall uh

1:13:31 ↗ there was a discussion here a little

1:13:33 ↗ while back about the Strategic plan

1:13:35 ↗ process that Arch went through um I

1:13:38 ↗ serve as the city's representative on

1:13:40 ↗ the arch board on behalf of the mayor um

1:13:42 ↗ I brought back concerns uh from the

1:13:45 ↗ council to the arch board about this

1:13:47 ↗ expansion and there were uh several

1:13:49 ↗ meetings of discussion uh about the

1:13:52 ↗ expansion this boiled down then to the

1:13:54 ↗ two positions that uh um Lindsay

1:13:57 ↗ mentioned um there was not unanimous

1:13:59 ↗ support by the board for one position

1:14:02 ↗ and that was the legislative Outreach uh

1:14:05 ↗ position uh a number of communities

1:14:06 ↗ including isqua voted against the

1:14:09 ↗ addition of that position however the

1:14:11 ↗ majority of the board agreed and it was

1:14:12 ↗ added to the budget uh the other

1:14:15 ↗ position the planner position as Lindsay

1:14:17 ↗ has mentioned um is real critical to not

1:14:20 ↗ only isqua of the number of hours that

1:14:23 ↗ our staff spent as we look to the

1:14:25 ↗ Pioneer program uh project for example

1:14:27 ↗ was significant and as now the council

1:14:29 ↗ has made money available uh for this

1:14:31 ↗ additional housing fund Arch staff has

1:14:33 ↗ taken the lead in working with us to

1:14:35 ↗ come up with an application and then

1:14:37 ↗ review proposals so uh I would say that

1:14:40 ↗ we are getting our money as far as the

1:14:42 ↗ production of housing uh I'll continue

1:14:45 ↗ to disagree uh with Arch getting into

1:14:47 ↗ the legislative business um and so uh

1:14:50 ↗ I'll be a member of this task force uh

1:14:53 ↗ that the arch board is putting together

1:14:55 ↗ to talk about governance issues and I

1:14:57 ↗ think that's be a critical Next Step so

1:14:59 ↗ just to to fill in a little bit of where

1:15:02 ↗ isqua is at and isqua voice uh at the

1:15:05 ↗ arch board

1:15:06 ↗ table that that is incredibly helpful

1:15:09 ↗ and Wally thank you so much and

1:15:11 ↗ I'll I'm I'm I'm with it now but I'm

1:15:13 ↗ still noting that you when we revisit

1:15:16 ↗ this you'd like to have a more robust

1:15:18 ↗ conversation which is great thank you

1:15:19 ↗ council member Merz um I have a comment

1:15:23 ↗ if the coun oh Russell council member

1:15:26 ↗ Joe thank you I was laid to the the

1:15:28 ↗ party but thanks for letting me speak

1:15:33 ↗ um the mayor and I talked about uh

1:15:35 ↗ affordable housing uh this weekend when

1:15:37 ↗ we were at the Salmon on Sunset event

1:15:41 ↗ and and it is a hard nut to crack to try

1:15:43 ↗ to figure out how to get units into

1:15:46 ↗ isqua etc etc and to not make them

1:15:50 ↗ necessarily stand out in one building

1:15:52 ↗ alone but to integrate them into a

1:15:54 ↗ project

1:15:55 ↗ um with uh other levels of income uh for

1:15:59 ↗ housing um just to give an idea in terms

1:16:02 ↗ of what our neighbors that are in Arch

1:16:04 ↗ units are making I appreciate you being

1:16:07 ↗ here I appreciate your presentation um

1:16:09 ↗ it looks like for a one person family

1:16:12 ↗ it's about

1:16:13 ↗ $13,100 uh for an arch unit I don't know

1:16:17 ↗ if that's exactly correct but um I'm

1:16:19 ↗ going off the the the the Pinnacle of

1:16:22 ↗ real estate information Zillow here um

1:16:25 ↗ for a two-person uh family it looks like

1:16:29 ↗ $7,923 person

1:16:35 ↗ $132,600 and 5 person

1:16:39 ↗ 9192 do those numbers sound about right

1:16:42 ↗ in the range for what we typically say

1:16:45 ↗ um that might be it sounds like you're

1:16:48 ↗ you're looking at a 100% Ami unit and

1:16:51 ↗ the bulk of our homes are probably below

1:16:53 ↗ that but there are some at that that

1:16:55 ↗ level okay so when it says new Arch

1:16:57 ↗ limits made and its Arch

1:16:59 ↗ restricted um it can be a different Arch

1:17:03 ↗ type unit in terms of 100% or 80% or 60%

1:17:08 ↗ is that what you're saying right so um

1:17:10 ↗ each City just sort of determines what

1:17:12 ↗ your policy requirements are for those

1:17:14 ↗ developments um we help to implement

1:17:17 ↗ that and sort of follow whatever

1:17:19 ↗ whatever the city sets as their policy

1:17:21 ↗ and their code requirement so we have

1:17:23 ↗ homes as low as 50 % Ami we even have

1:17:26 ↗ some all the way up to 120 um but I

1:17:28 ↗ think the numbers you're looking at are

1:17:30 ↗ 100% Ami okay and so those units were

1:17:33 ↗ supported by Arch funding to help put

1:17:35 ↗ them into our community and uh to help

1:17:38 ↗ give us uh some units uh that were

1:17:41 ↗ integrated into other um developments

1:17:43 ↗ along the way and some of them could be

1:17:45 ↗ 100% some of them could be 80% you might

1:17:47 ↗ not even know which units are arched if

1:17:50 ↗ you looked at the outside of the

1:17:51 ↗ building is that true um true except for

1:17:54 ↗ that we wouldn't have likely put direct

1:17:56 ↗ funding into the development um but our

1:17:59 ↗ services support the stewardship which

1:18:01 ↗ is funded in part by um our membership

1:18:04 ↗ dues from cities and in part from

1:18:06 ↗ administrative fees on the resale of the

1:18:08 ↗ homes okay appreciate that um when we

1:18:11 ↗ talk about affordable housing there's so

1:18:13 ↗ many different nuances to it I really

1:18:15 ↗ appreciate that information I think my

1:18:17 ↗ general point is that for this Arch unit

1:18:19 ↗ at least even for a oneperson household

1:18:22 ↗ at 100% Ami um it you can't make more

1:18:26 ↗ than 103,104

1:18:34 ↗ the east side so I would just urge my my

1:18:39 ↗ I my colleagues to keep those numbers in

1:18:41 ↗ mind when we're talking about affordable

1:18:43 ↗ housing and um what the numbers are

1:18:46 ↗ really underneath it and how we can try

1:18:49 ↗ to make our our community more welcoming

1:18:52 ↗ to more affordable housing units in the

1:18:55 ↗ future thank you for coming today you

1:18:56 ↗ thank you Council Joe is the council

1:18:58 ↗ okay with me asking a question Lindsay

1:19:01 ↗ well I'm going to give her a compliment

1:19:03 ↗ first though Lindsay thank you for

1:19:04 ↗ coming and thank you for the

1:19:05 ↗ presentation this is an incredibly

1:19:07 ↗ complex and difficult subject for most

1:19:10 ↗ people to understand um it's almost like

1:19:13 ↗ a University Doctorate level course on

1:19:15 ↗ how these projects happen but I really

1:19:17 ↗ appreciate our regional approach to it

1:19:19 ↗ because I think you get more projects

1:19:21 ↗ out of this and I'm glad that we're a

1:19:23 ↗ piece of this the legislative um

1:19:26 ↗ advocacy has me a little bit concerned

1:19:28 ↗ I'm the president of the sound cities

1:19:30 ↗ Association 38 cities when we prepare

1:19:32 ↗ legislative agenda all 38 cities have to

1:19:35 ↗ agree on what we're going to lobby for

1:19:37 ↗ and I know in the world of housing the

1:19:39 ↗ starting point for many cities is

1:19:40 ↗ different we have different mixes we

1:19:42 ↗ have different needs and we have

1:19:43 ↗ different constraints how is that going

1:19:45 ↗ to carry forward into the legislative

1:19:47 ↗ agenda such that five or six cities are

1:19:50 ↗ not in support of something that the

1:19:53 ↗ other cities would like to do

1:19:55 ↗ cuz that tends to be um a very

1:20:00 ↗ divisive difficult conversation and so

1:20:02 ↗ how do you take into account that our

1:20:05 ↗ own legislative agendas on housing may

1:20:07 ↗ not all be saying the same thing yeah

1:20:09 ↗ that's a great question and part of why

1:20:11 ↗ there was a lot of wrestling over how do

1:20:14 ↗ we do this should we do this um I think

1:20:17 ↗ the driving force was we know part of

1:20:20 ↗ the solution has to be some additional

1:20:22 ↗ funding we've got a lot of great

1:20:23 ↗ projects in the pipeline

1:20:25 ↗ we don't have funding to build them um

1:20:27 ↗ and legislative Solutions are some of

1:20:29 ↗ the only answers out there other than

1:20:31 ↗ you know some additional private dollars

1:20:33 ↗ that we hope will continue coming into

1:20:34 ↗ the system um so with that I think in

1:20:38 ↗ mind we really wanted to figure out how

1:20:40 ↗ do we focus this so that we're not

1:20:42 ↗ trying to have a advocacy position on

1:20:45 ↗ every housing issue out there we're

1:20:46 ↗ trying to figure out what are going to

1:20:48 ↗ be the drivers that actually move the

1:20:51 ↗ mission forward in the meaningful ways

1:20:53 ↗ um and then how do we set up a process

1:20:56 ↗ that we are not requiring complete

1:20:59 ↗ unanimity on every issue um but we're

1:21:02 ↗ providing a menu of options for cities

1:21:04 ↗ to figure out how can they align and

1:21:07 ↗ Advocate better as a coalition um so how

1:21:10 ↗ we attempted to do that this year I

1:21:12 ↗ think we we're we're trying things out

1:21:14 ↗ and we're seeing what works this year we

1:21:16 ↗ did a lot of upfront Outreach with all

1:21:19 ↗ of the city's staff government Affairs

1:21:21 ↗ staff planning staff um some City's LOB

1:21:24 ↗ ists and really tried to flag okay what

1:21:27 ↗ do we think are going to be the big

1:21:29 ↗ opportunities of course there's a lot of

1:21:31 ↗ uncertainty all around for next

1:21:32 ↗ legislative session um and then are

1:21:35 ↗ there any concerns that cities have with

1:21:37 ↗ some of the ideas we wanted to explore

1:21:39 ↗ um I think you know we've been talking

1:21:40 ↗ about real estate excise tax and whether

1:21:43 ↗ there's changes in at least the existing

1:21:45 ↗ structure or new local read options that

1:21:47 ↗ we could advocate for and so we wanted

1:21:50 ↗ to have conversations about that um we

1:21:53 ↗ also saw that there are

1:21:55 ↗ probably five to seven different cities

1:21:57 ↗ with churches who are actively trying to

1:21:59 ↗ figure out how do they get affordable

1:22:01 ↗ housing done on their properties so we

1:22:03 ↗ highlighted that as another important

1:22:05 ↗ topic and wanted to get feedback about

1:22:08 ↗ what's helpful for us to look at a

1:22:10 ↗ carving out as a priority there um so

1:22:12 ↗ it's a kind of a member driven and and

1:22:15 ↗ sort of co-designed approach to how do

1:22:18 ↗ we come up with these priorities and

1:22:20 ↗ then we bring that back to our board for

1:22:21 ↗ them to discuss and ultimately we send

1:22:24 ↗ it to you as information for you to

1:22:27 ↗ consider in your local process and

1:22:29 ↗ setting your agenda and priorities and

1:22:31 ↗ if there is sort of alignment at the end

1:22:33 ↗ of the day we hope that we can help

1:22:35 ↗ facilitate that coordination and again

1:22:37 ↗ amplify your voices and and that gives

1:22:41 ↗ me some comfort but I am really worried

1:22:43 ↗ about the areas of non-alignment because

1:22:45 ↗ cities within the list that you showed

1:22:47 ↗ us that are members of arch have

1:22:49 ↗ different levels of Transportation

1:22:51 ↗ connectivity and may during different

1:22:54 ↗ decades

1:22:54 ↗ opt for certain options and not others

1:22:57 ↗ and I'm really concerned that a one size

1:22:59 ↗ fits all if this is good for bellw it

1:23:01 ↗ would be good for isqua we may be 20

1:23:04 ↗ years out of the game in terms of the

1:23:06 ↗ kinds of incentives they would like to

1:23:08 ↗ see the state put on the table and we

1:23:10 ↗ wouldn't want that and so I just want to

1:23:12 ↗ make sure in those areas of

1:23:14 ↗ non-agreement We aren't um having all

1:23:17 ↗ cities um like having we just have to

1:23:21 ↗ deal with that it's going to be very

1:23:22 ↗ tough but it just to be respectful of

1:23:25 ↗ looking at the variety of cities we have

1:23:28 ↗ we're not all in the same place we're

1:23:30 ↗ decades apart in some of our approaches

1:23:32 ↗ and I don't want to it would be very

1:23:34 ↗ awkward for us to be supporting

1:23:36 ↗ something that will not work in isqua

1:23:37 ↗ and isn't in disagreement with our own

1:23:39 ↗ legislative agenda thank you for that

1:23:42 ↗ any other questions for Lindsay or

1:23:46 ↗ Kristen I have a process one Kristen are

1:23:49 ↗ we um on my script is the second AB the

1:23:53 ↗ re reallocation of Art because I don't

1:23:54 ↗ have that number written down in my

1:23:56 ↗ script and would you like us to take

1:23:57 ↗ these votes one at a time would like you

1:23:58 ↗ to take the votes one at a time please

1:24:00 ↗ so the reallocation what is the um

1:24:04 ↗ agenda bill number on that

1:24:05 ↗ one okay thanks AB

1:24:08 ↗ 80901 sorry it's

1:24:10 ↗ 80 8901 perfect okay so there's no more

1:24:14 ↗ disc oh uh council member Hall oh sorry

1:24:17 ↗ I actually did have a question about the

1:24:18 ↗ other one are we is there a separate

1:24:20 ↗ presentation oh okay great I'll wait for

1:24:22 ↗ that then okay so do you want would

1:24:24 ↗ Council like to go ahead and votee on

1:24:26 ↗ the information presented so far and the

1:24:29 ↗ um proposed

1:24:31 ↗ motion if you're you guys are ready to

1:24:33 ↗ take a vote right we're

1:24:37 ↗ good

1:24:40 ↗ yes uh I move that we approve the 2025

1:24:43 ↗ administrative work program and budget

1:24:45 ↗ for regional Coalition for housing Arch

1:24:48 ↗ as recommended by the arch Executive

1:24:50 ↗ Board second it's been moved and

1:24:53 ↗ seconded now we're ready for Council

1:24:55 ↗ discussion on this first vote uh Deputy

1:24:57 ↗ council

1:24:58 ↗ president okay Excuse me while I get my

1:25:02 ↗ back to my not and then council

1:25:04 ↗ president um you I do support this uh

1:25:07 ↗ and we'll vote in favor of it I have

1:25:09 ↗ just a com couple of comments about um

1:25:13 ↗ the uh the legislative position that we

1:25:15 ↗ were talking about and um just uh I have

1:25:20 ↗ a a committee report coming up at the

1:25:21 ↗ end of this meeting uh two meetings that

1:25:24 ↗ I took part in last week but there the

1:25:27 ↗ comments are so uh related to this

1:25:30 ↗ discussion I'm going to share them a

1:25:32 ↗ little bit right now um what I'm hearing

1:25:35 ↗ across the boards is that there is going

1:25:36 ↗ to be a huge amount of pressure in

1:25:38 ↗ Olympia this coming legislative session

1:25:41 ↗ school districts are really facing a

1:25:45 ↗ financial cliff cities are obviously uh

1:25:48 ↗ looking at their financial pictures

1:25:50 ↗ transportation is going to be down there

1:25:52 ↗ with a fierce agenda uh Human Services

1:25:55 ↗ and so forth and so forth and so um you

1:25:58 ↗ know from that perspective I think that

1:26:00 ↗ the position that you've decided to

1:26:03 ↗ employ this coming uh legislative

1:26:05 ↗ session is absolutely needed I there

1:26:07 ↗ there's a quotation that I've been

1:26:09 ↗ hearing from different sectors uh if

1:26:12 ↗ you're not on the table you're on the

1:26:14 ↗ menu and so uh so I think uh you we want

1:26:19 ↗ to have somebody who's down in Olympia

1:26:21 ↗ and working the idea of whether or not

1:26:24 ↗ the legislative agenda is compatible

1:26:27 ↗ across um different um different cities

1:26:31 ↗ and municipalities is exactly what the

1:26:34 ↗ Human Services forum is also wrestling

1:26:36 ↗ with right now because we're trying to

1:26:38 ↗ come up with a legislative uh priority

1:26:41 ↗ priorities that meet the needs of all

1:26:43 ↗ the Eastside cities as well uh and we

1:26:46 ↗ had a presentation uh Thursday from the

1:26:49 ↗ BBY School District uh on their

1:26:52 ↗ legislative advocacy uh um uh the way

1:26:55 ↗ that they're doing it and I would

1:26:56 ↗ commend that to others to take a look at

1:27:00 ↗ they across the state of Washington

1:27:03 ↗ School Districts have come up with three

1:27:05 ↗ top priorities that they're going to

1:27:07 ↗ lobby for this coming session I think

1:27:10 ↗ that is an amazing accomplishment having

1:27:13 ↗ been through the school system and

1:27:14 ↗ knowing how many diverse schools we have

1:27:17 ↗ in the state of Washington that they

1:27:19 ↗ could all come together and agree on

1:27:22 ↗ three priorities but that's how you get

1:27:24 ↗ a really powerful you know you come

1:27:27 ↗ together and not talk about every single

1:27:30 ↗ issue you could possibly talk about but

1:27:33 ↗ talk about what are the One Two Three or

1:27:36 ↗ maybe even one thing that we hope to

1:27:39 ↗ accomplish in Olympia this coming year

1:27:41 ↗ so um John Harrison is the person Chief

1:27:44 ↗ of Staff in the BBY school district and

1:27:45 ↗ I'm sure he'd be willing to share that

1:27:48 ↗ legislative uh priorities document with

1:27:50 ↗ anybody who wants to look at it and I

1:27:52 ↗ would commend you to do that any also

1:27:54 ↗ makes a great pres presentation in terms

1:27:58 ↗ of the value that we get from Arch I can

1:28:00 ↗ just say uh even if a project isn't in

1:28:03 ↗ isqua we get value from it I know that

1:28:06 ↗ we had people that were placed at the

1:28:07 ↗ Plymouth Crossing uh I know that

1:28:09 ↗ together Center provided housing for

1:28:12 ↗ this whole region and so uh I see Great

1:28:16 ↗ Value in what Arch is doing so I will be

1:28:18 ↗ supporting this this and thank you for

1:28:20 ↗ indulging me on these comments which are

1:28:23 ↗ not exactly related to the topic but uh

1:28:26 ↗ I just I think that they were relevant

1:28:28 ↗ for for the comments that you made and

1:28:30 ↗ so forth so thank you very much thank

1:28:32 ↗ you Deputy council president uh council

1:28:34 ↗ member hall and then council president

1:28:36 ↗ oh sorry no council president

1:28:44 ↗ next oh Lindsay you're on

1:28:48 ↗ mute thank you I put my hand down rather

1:28:51 ↗ than unmuting I appreciate that um first

1:28:54 ↗ I wanted to say that I just absolutely

1:28:56 ↗ support um the work that Arch does the

1:28:59 ↗ maintenance of our affordable housing

1:29:01 ↗ units is essential building throughout

1:29:04 ↗ the region is very important and I don't

1:29:07 ↗ see how we do this as effectively

1:29:10 ↗ without um an organization that brings

1:29:13 ↗ our cities together to create

1:29:16 ↗ opportunities that move throughout the

1:29:18 ↗ region aren't always in isqua but um

1:29:21 ↗ serve the residents of the region

1:29:24 ↗ so with that my concern with this work

1:29:28 ↗ plan and proposed budget is the staff

1:29:32 ↗ member who would be um mostly focused on

1:29:35 ↗ the legislative um agenda and um looking

1:29:39 ↗ at policy and areas of funding down

1:29:41 ↗ there I would say first of all the state

1:29:45 ↗ legislature is very focused on this area

1:29:48 ↗ at least has been in the last few years

1:29:50 ↗ and that came

1:29:51 ↗ before um Arch had someone able to

1:29:55 ↗ contribute to that so I don't I want to

1:29:58 ↗ make sure we recognize that things will

1:30:00 ↗ still get done even if an organization

1:30:04 ↗ who is essential to the area isn't

1:30:07 ↗ putting staff toward the area um the

1:30:10 ↗ other thing I would say that concerns me

1:30:14 ↗ is right now your board is um filled

1:30:18 ↗ with staff and staff are wonderful

1:30:21 ↗ wonderful subject area um um experts

1:30:25 ↗ people who know what's going on in their

1:30:28 ↗ cities can contribute um that expertise

1:30:31 ↗ but they are not the electeds who have

1:30:34 ↗ to really stand accountable for the

1:30:39 ↗ budget and so if we're sitting here as

1:30:44 ↗ electeds saying yes we support Arch yes

1:30:48 ↗ we support putting money into the trust

1:30:50 ↗ fund

1:30:51 ↗ but the Board of arch is going to be the

1:30:55 ↗ one that approves and really works on

1:30:58 ↗ what the legislative policy person is

1:31:02 ↗ working on that that seems in congruent

1:31:05 ↗ to me and so my suggestion would be to

1:31:10 ↗ delay the addition of that staff member

1:31:15 ↗ until you can get to the point where

1:31:18 ↗ you've re-evaluated what your board and

1:31:22 ↗ your governance model should look like

1:31:25 ↗ um because I think doing it without

1:31:28 ↗ having elected members of the region um

1:31:32 ↗ on your board leaves a situation

1:31:37 ↗ where it's a little bit more difficult

1:31:39 ↗ to become in alignment with the policy

1:31:43 ↗ areas and um proposals and focus areas

1:31:46 ↗ of the individual cities um without

1:31:49 ↗ having that so that would be my

1:31:52 ↗ suggestion and I do have concern

1:31:54 ↗ about that particular position in this

1:31:57 ↗ work plan budget thank you thank you

1:31:59 ↗ council president um council member

1:32:01 ↗ March you look like you might want to go

1:32:03 ↗ anybody did I miss anybody let's go to

1:32:05 ↗ council member Merz yeah I mean I share

1:32:08 ↗ all these concerns about uh yeah you

1:32:11 ↗ know I've said before I've said the last

1:32:12 ↗ time you were here Lindsay uh my

1:32:14 ↗ concerns around uh Arch and and doing

1:32:17 ↗ state level advocacy work um you know

1:32:20 ↗ Arch has always been able to do great

1:32:23 ↗ work here even when we had a state

1:32:24 ↗ legislature that was substantially less

1:32:26 ↗ committed to Workforce housing and so um

1:32:31 ↗ but I've also I know what it's like to

1:32:33 ↗ be on the losing side of a vote which is

1:32:34 ↗ why I really appreciated Wally's

1:32:36 ↗ comments earlier you know sometimes you

1:32:38 ↗ bring up your concerns and you know the

1:32:40 ↗ majority of the body does what they want

1:32:42 ↗ to do but you're clearly hearing loud

1:32:44 ↗ and clear from number of folks in this

1:32:46 ↗ city uh a real concern and so I'm going

1:32:48 ↗ to try to turn it around and say

1:32:50 ↗ something positive which is you know the

1:32:52 ↗ the next time we see I would love to

1:32:54 ↗ hear some successes from that effort

1:32:56 ↗ right and that's the way to help uh

1:32:59 ↗ address it with us so I you know uh

1:33:03 ↗ there's things that the legislature

1:33:05 ↗ could do uh that are money but there's

1:33:07 ↗ also things that they could do uh that

1:33:10 ↗ are regulatory that could help um the

1:33:12 ↗ housing landscape and the workforce

1:33:14 ↗ housing landscape and you know hopefully

1:33:17 ↗ uh if they can't do things with money

1:33:18 ↗ they can do things on the regulatory

1:33:20 ↗ side to thank you thank you Council a

1:33:24 ↗ last opportunity for anyone else not

1:33:27 ↗ seeing any hands um so the motion that

1:33:31 ↗ was moved and seconded is to approve the

1:33:35 ↗ 2025 administrative work program and

1:33:37 ↗ budget for a regional Coalition for

1:33:39 ↗ housing or Arch as recommended by the

1:33:41 ↗ arch executive board all those in favor

1:33:44 ↗ signify by saying I I

1:33:49 ↗ I uh those opposed that carries

1:33:52 ↗ unanimously 6 and0

1:33:54 ↗ uh agenda Bill 8901 Lindsay there are a

1:33:57 ↗ few slides for this one as well yep I

1:34:00 ↗ can run through those um quickly so I

1:34:02 ↗ think um you may have had some earlier

1:34:06 ↗ knowledge that we had previously awarded

1:34:08 ↗ funding to a project that was going to

1:34:11 ↗ be developed by Plymouth Housing in the

1:34:13 ↗ city of Kenmore um that came through our

1:34:16 ↗ 2022 funding round and came to all of

1:34:18 ↗ our member City councils for approval in

1:34:21 ↗ 2023 um it was going to be located on

1:34:24 ↗ Kenmore owned property and ultimately

1:34:26 ↗ that development did not move forward

1:34:28 ↗ there um there was some Exploration with

1:34:31 ↗ the city of redond to see if the project

1:34:33 ↗ could be preserved and a lot of the

1:34:34 ↗ funding commitments preserved and um

1:34:37 ↗ good design work and programmatic work

1:34:39 ↗ and there was a successful um

1:34:42 ↗ partnership with City of Redmond who

1:34:43 ↗ agreed to provide a comparable

1:34:46 ↗ city-owned property um located in

1:34:48 ↗ downtown Redmond adjacent to the future

1:34:50 ↗ light rail station there and so the a

1:34:53 ↗ lot of what you saw previously about the

1:34:55 ↗ project um the last time it came through

1:34:57 ↗ our funding recommendations Remains the

1:35:00 ↗ Same it's going to be um the same amount

1:35:02 ↗ of housing the same affordability levels

1:35:04 ↗ um the same housing model um which is a

1:35:07 ↗ housing first model um that if you've

1:35:09 ↗ come and tour the Plymouth Crossing

1:35:11 ↗ project in Belleview um you can learn

1:35:13 ↗ more about um so Redmond's kind of

1:35:16 ↗ stepping in and being willing to to um

1:35:19 ↗ accommodate the project was able to help

1:35:21 ↗ us preserve all those other fun funding

1:35:23 ↗ commitments which is an amazing um

1:35:25 ↗ success story and now they will be

1:35:28 ↗ working through the city of Redmond's

1:35:30 ↗ process which includes um city code that

1:35:33 ↗ has parameters for Supportive Housing

1:35:35 ↗ projects including Community engagement

1:35:38 ↗ requirements um Safety and Security plan

1:35:40 ↗ and other operational um coordination

1:35:42 ↗ with the City of Redmond so those are

1:35:44 ↗ now kind of updated in our funding

1:35:48 ↗ recommendation um which is again to just

1:35:51 ↗ recommit the existing funding that we

1:35:53 ↗ have had already set aside for the

1:35:55 ↗ project um the total amount is

1:35:58 ↗ 3279 uh for that project um and again

1:36:02 ↗ all of the requirements that come with

1:36:05 ↗ our dollars in terms of the um long-term

1:36:07 ↗ affordability the population

1:36:09 ↗ requirements um and some of the

1:36:11 ↗ management requirements are are carrying

1:36:13 ↗ forward with that um just as a reminder

1:36:17 ↗ of the big picture of um why we make

1:36:19 ↗ these Investments we get a lot of

1:36:22 ↗ Leverage for our dollars in this project

1:36:23 ↗ is no exception um this is a big picture

1:36:26 ↗ of the trust fund itself over the life

1:36:29 ↗ of that program we've been able to bring

1:36:31 ↗ in close to a couple billion dollars to

1:36:34 ↗ help develop affordable housing across

1:36:35 ↗ the region um and we see uh up this this

1:36:39 ↗ amount this figure is actually growing

1:36:41 ↗ about $15 for every dollar that we put

1:36:43 ↗ into these projects so we're excited to

1:36:46 ↗ be able to again preserve a lot of that

1:36:47 ↗ funding that was assembled for this

1:36:49 ↗ project and um hopefully see it house a

1:36:51 ↗ number of people in the future

1:36:54 ↗ I'm happy to answer any questions

1:36:57 ↗ questions on this

1:37:00 ↗ reallocation doesn't look like it

1:37:02 ↗ Lindsay thank you that was a lot of good

1:37:03 ↗ information in

1:37:05 ↗ there uh so the task before the council

1:37:08 ↗ this evening if you do not have

1:37:10 ↗ questions is to consider making a motion

1:37:13 ↗ um to approve this

1:37:15 ↗ resolution Deputy council

1:37:17 ↗ president uh I Mo to approve resolution

1:37:20 ↗ number 20 24-21

1:37:23 ↗ authorizing the reallocation of funding

1:37:26 ↗ from the Kenmore Supportive Housing

1:37:28 ↗ project to the Redmond Supportive

1:37:30 ↗ Housing project and authorizing the duly

1:37:33 ↗ appointed administering Agency for Arch

1:37:35 ↗ to execute all documents necessary for

1:37:38 ↗ funding as recommended by the arch

1:37:40 ↗ executive board utilizing funds from the

1:37:43 ↗ city's Housing Trust

1:37:45 ↗ Fund second thank you it's been moved

1:37:48 ↗ and seconded is there any Council

1:37:51 ↗ discussion Deputy council president just

1:37:53 ↗ uh just a quick note uh that it is 30%

1:37:56 ↗ Ami or area median income which is an

1:38:00 ↗ incredibly uh hard uh thing to do and so

1:38:04 ↗ I just want to commend the City of

1:38:05 ↗ Redmond and Arch for stepping up I it's

1:38:07 ↗ it's just amazing and wonderful that

1:38:10 ↗ this is happening um and so uh I just

1:38:13 ↗ think it's

1:38:14 ↗ great any other

1:38:18 ↗ comments all right I will reread the

1:38:20 ↗ motion uh it's been moved and seconded

1:38:23 ↗ to approve resolution number 202

1:38:25 ↗ 24-21 authorizing the reallocation of

1:38:28 ↗ funding from the kinmore Supportive

1:38:29 ↗ Housing project to the Redmond

1:38:31 ↗ Supportive Housing project and

1:38:33 ↗ authorizing the duly appointed

1:38:34 ↗ administering Agency for Arch to execute

1:38:36 ↗ all documents necessary for funding as

1:38:39 ↗ recommended by the arch executive board

1:38:41 ↗ utilizing funds from the city's Housing

1:38:43 ↗ Trust Fund all those in favor signify by

1:38:45 ↗ saying I I I I I all those

1:38:50 ↗ opposed that again carries unanimously

1:38:52 ↗ six and0 thank you very much Lindsay

1:38:55 ↗ thank you very much Kristen the next

1:38:57 ↗ item on the agenda this evening is AB

1:38:59 ↗ 8890 this is the Lakeside transfer of

1:39:02 ↗ development rights um I'd like to invite

1:39:04 ↗ Community planning and development

1:39:05 ↗ director Minnie Dolly well to the

1:39:08 ↗ lecture and uh Jeff I believe our parks

1:39:11 ↗ and Community Services director is also

1:39:13 ↗ presenting

1:39:29 ↗ good evening council members and members

1:39:31 ↗ of the community um real quickly I will

1:39:35 ↗ share my screen and we have a real short

1:39:39 ↗ Power Point um

1:40:15 ↗ thank you tsha um so good evening again

1:40:18 ↗ um so tonight I'm going to start off the

1:40:20 ↗ presentation but I also want to

1:40:22 ↗ acknowledge uh Jeff Watling our Parks

1:40:24 ↗ director is here in the room and we have

1:40:26 ↗ Kim Adams Pratt um from midona Law Group

1:40:29 ↗ who was really helpful in creating all

1:40:31 ↗ of these easements if you have any legal

1:40:34 ↗ questions she's available as well um so

1:40:39 ↗ uh in terms of the purpose for uh

1:40:41 ↗ tonight's meeting is to review the

1:40:44 ↗ transfer of development rights from

1:40:45 ↗ city-owned Park Properties to Lakeside

1:40:49 ↗ and this is all to comply with the

1:40:50 ↗ Lakeside development agreement

1:40:52 ↗ Provisions which was was entered into in

1:40:55 ↗ 2014

1:40:58 ↗ um um so a really brief short background

1:41:02 ↗ on what are transfer of development

1:41:04 ↗ rights or

1:41:05 ↗ tdrs um they allow increased development

1:41:08 ↗ on one parcel which is the receiving

1:41:11 ↗ site while protecting another parcel

1:41:13 ↗ sending site from future development um

1:41:16 ↗ all at owner's discretion that's all

1:41:18 ↗ voluntary in most of the time uh sending

1:41:22 ↗ sites are typically properties that have

1:41:24 ↗ 50% or more of the land encumbered by

1:41:27 ↗ critical areas they're really challenged

1:41:29 ↗ for development but there can be some

1:41:32 ↗ development that can happen on those but

1:41:34 ↗ that can be transferred to uh another

1:41:36 ↗ receiving site um so they can be bought

1:41:39 ↗ between public agencies between private

1:41:42 ↗ agency and a public agency uh or just

1:41:45 ↗ between private entities a lot of times

1:41:47 ↗ this is handled in the marketplace where

1:41:50 ↗ one property owner approaches another

1:41:51 ↗ one and the cities have the regulatory

1:41:54 ↗ framework to allow this sort of an

1:41:56 ↗ exchange um and cities can choose uh

1:42:00 ↗ what can be transferred and what cannot

1:42:03 ↗ for our code uh they can be used to

1:42:06 ↗ increase impervious surface height Flor

1:42:09 ↗ area ratio uh and density so you have a

1:42:13 ↗ menu of options you can choose which uh

1:42:15 ↗ option you want to select um so that's

1:42:19 ↗ what these are in our map and we redid

1:42:22 ↗ our map we did make some updates to this

1:42:25 ↗ uh sending sites and receiving sites but

1:42:28 ↗ a lot of these sites were originally um

1:42:31 ↗ in place when the city started this

1:42:33 ↗ program um so that's already an

1:42:35 ↗ established um sending and receiving

1:42:38 ↗ sites um so a little bit now about the

1:42:41 ↗ development agreement so in 2013 the

1:42:43 ↗ city entered into this development

1:42:44 ↗ agreement with Lakeside Industries um in

1:42:48 ↗ 2022 the city was notified uh by them of

1:42:52 ↗ their intention to purchase just 100 of

1:42:54 ↗ what they what is called in the

1:42:55 ↗ development agreement as mitigated sepa

1:42:59 ↗ equivalent residential units for short

1:43:01 ↗ we call them

1:43:02 ↗ erus um and one eru is one single family

1:43:07 ↗ home or 67 multif family units or 1200t

1:43:11 ↗ residential square footage um and uh to

1:43:16 ↗ honor this commitment of 100 units uh we

1:43:19 ↗ had to find where uh which property the

1:43:23 ↗ city- owned properties could we transfer

1:43:25 ↗ these 100 units from so we were able to

1:43:28 ↗ Cobble together about 82 units that

1:43:31 ↗ existed in terms of certified transfer

1:43:33 ↗ of development units um but they didn't

1:43:35 ↗ add up to 100 so hence all the work

1:43:39 ↗ great work that Parks did along with our

1:43:41 ↗ legal staff uh of creating these

1:43:44 ↗ additional units um first Parks had to

1:43:47 ↗ identify which other additional Parks

1:43:50 ↗ could be uh certified for more units and

1:43:53 ↗ so Kora and bergsma were identified um

1:43:57 ↗ and then we looked at the total number

1:43:59 ↗ of units for all five Parks bernston

1:44:02 ↗ Angi Johnson Confluence cor and

1:44:06 ↗ bergsma and then uh Parks had to figure

1:44:09 ↗ out how much to allocate for this

1:44:11 ↗ particular sale at this point so this

1:44:13 ↗ chart over here the right hand column

1:44:15 ↗ kind of shows you how many units total

1:44:17 ↗ uh add up to 100 from each of the park

1:44:20 ↗ that would occur if Council approves

1:44:22 ↗ this trans action um and so uh we took

1:44:28 ↗ this proposal to Planning Development

1:44:29 ↗ and environment committee on July 9th uh

1:44:32 ↗ the committee recommended approval of

1:44:34 ↗ the this uh proposal for Lakeside they

1:44:37 ↗ requested um they received public uh

1:44:40 ↗ comments and then requested us uh to do

1:44:43 ↗ a crosswalk of covenants for bergsma and

1:44:45 ↗ Kora uh with the proposed easements and

1:44:48 ↗ so Parks has been very busy doing all of

1:44:51 ↗ that and uh Jeff will speak to that in a

1:44:55 ↗ minute what that

1:45:03 ↗ entailed some jump rope there thanks

1:45:06 ↗ meeting good evening uh mayor councel uh

1:45:09 ↗ thank you so much uh so as I give a

1:45:11 ↗ little bit of background on both of the

1:45:13 ↗ proposed conservation easements uh for

1:45:16 ↗ the bergsma and core property I just

1:45:17 ↗ want to recognize Robin spear our Park

1:45:20 ↗ planning manager and Kim Adams Pratt

1:45:22 ↗ who's on the call from the drona law

1:45:24 ↗ firm did a lot of work in doing the

1:45:26 ↗ research uh the crosswalk that you see

1:45:28 ↗ in your attachment really reflects um a

1:45:32 ↗ lot of work especially with bergsma

1:45:33 ↗ given the the multiple covenants that

1:45:35 ↗ are on that property um and then they

1:45:37 ↗ also came up with the final proposed

1:45:39 ↗ conservation easement language that's

1:45:41 ↗ before you tonight uh so a little bit of

1:45:43 ↗ background first on the bergsma property

1:45:45 ↗ as you all may recall this was purchased

1:45:48 ↗ in

1:45:48 ↗ 2018 uh for open space preservation and

1:45:52 ↗ passive Recreation Trail connection

1:45:54 ↗ opportunities from the valley floor up

1:45:55 ↗ to Cougar Mountain U you also may recall

1:45:58 ↗ a rather complex funding strategy to

1:46:00 ↗ make that acquisition happen uh those uh

1:46:03 ↗ the funding strategy include included

1:46:06 ↗ two uh very significant grants um one

1:46:09 ↗ from King County Conservation uh Futures

1:46:12 ↗ uh through their land conservation

1:46:14 ↗ easement otherwise known as LCI um we

1:46:17 ↗ also were successful in obtaining grant

1:46:19 ↗ funding through the state through the

1:46:21 ↗ resource conservation office um in their

1:46:23 ↗ Urban wildlife habitat um category both

1:46:28 ↗ of those uh pieces of funding included

1:46:31 ↗ uh Grant uh covenants uh that have been

1:46:34 ↗ since put on the

1:46:36 ↗ property pardon me next

1:46:39 ↗ slide uh those are identified in the

1:46:42 ↗ crosswalk along with the draft

1:46:44 ↗ conservation easement um I would just

1:46:48 ↗ want to call out that as we did this

1:46:50 ↗ review um as we worked with those GR

1:46:53 ↗ agencies these this last month um it's

1:46:56 ↗ important to recognize that both of

1:46:58 ↗ those grant funding sources um and the

1:47:01 ↗ preservation um requirements um within

1:47:04 ↗ that Covenant um are complimentary uh to

1:47:07 ↗ each other and complimentary to the the

1:47:10 ↗ conservation easement that's before you

1:47:12 ↗ and when I say complimentary uh really

1:47:14 ↗ goes back to the intent of that

1:47:16 ↗ acquisition and making sure that not

1:47:18 ↗ only that forested Hillside is um

1:47:22 ↗ conserved um and preserve but also

1:47:24 ↗ allows for um important recreational

1:47:27 ↗ trail connection uh those passive Trail

1:47:30 ↗ opportunities um um up into Cougar

1:47:33 ↗ Mountain uh the intent and purpose um of

1:47:36 ↗ both of those grants um are certainly

1:47:40 ↗ well preserved and complimentary within

1:47:41 ↗ the conservation easement before you um

1:47:44 ↗ I I would want to point out as well um

1:47:47 ↗ given public comment previously uh that

1:47:51 ↗ none of these conservation easements

1:47:53 ↗ um uh supplant one another they need to

1:47:56 ↗ work in a complimentary fashion so I'll

1:47:58 ↗ give an example uh since storm water was

1:48:01 ↗ brought up um the

1:48:03 ↗ IMC um through the TDR language if you

1:48:06 ↗ look at the IMC it requires a city Pro

1:48:09 ↗ provide opportunity for certain

1:48:11 ↗ utilities doesn't mean they have to

1:48:13 ↗ happen but it needs to be considered and

1:48:16 ↗ allowed um in a case like bergsma if the

1:48:19 ↗ city was to consider a um utility on the

1:48:23 ↗ bergsma property um the city would still

1:48:26 ↗ need to work with the grant

1:48:28 ↗ agencies um rco and King County um and

1:48:33 ↗ in some cases that um utility might

1:48:36 ↗ still might also require a

1:48:38 ↗ conversion so again these covenants are

1:48:41 ↗ meant to be complimentary we have to um

1:48:44 ↗ abide by the IMC and and saying that

1:48:47 ↗ certain utilities might be allowed uh

1:48:50 ↗ but uh it's important to realize should

1:48:52 ↗ the City consider doing that through its

1:48:55 ↗ own conservation easement we would still

1:48:56 ↗ need to abide by the conservation

1:48:59 ↗ easement and the deed uh that rco and

1:49:02 ↗ King County of on that which could um

1:49:06 ↗ and likely would require us to do a

1:49:08 ↗ conversion and what a conversion is is

1:49:10 ↗ that's a financial commitment that the

1:49:11 ↗ city would need to make to go out and

1:49:13 ↗ purchase like land um um based on what

1:49:17 ↗ that impact of the utility is so I don't

1:49:19 ↗ mean to wrap you around like a pretzel

1:49:22 ↗ um here as I say that but it's really

1:49:24 ↗ important to realize these three

1:49:26 ↗ covenants U and these three conservation

1:49:28 ↗ easements uh complement and need to work

1:49:32 ↗ with one

1:49:33 ↗ another so that's

1:49:36 ↗ bergsma onto the core of property uh

1:49:39 ↗ this property was purchased as a life

1:49:42 ↗ estate in 2008 um as part of an isqu

1:49:45 ↗ broader Isa Creek Water ways project um

1:49:48 ↗ and preservation enhancement um of um

1:49:51 ↗ the East Fork of his SAR Creek uh but

1:49:54 ↗ was also purchased at that time with a

1:49:56 ↗ consideration to be developed at least a

1:49:57 ↗ portion of it as a neighborhood park um

1:50:01 ↗ as we did research um and looked at our

1:50:04 ↗ own acquisition file certainly worked

1:50:05 ↗ with the clerk's office thank you Tisha

1:50:08 ↗ um and worked with Finance uh funding

1:50:10 ↗ from that uh 2008 purchase was was

1:50:14 ↗ identified as 2006 Park bond funds as

1:50:17 ↗ well as uh General City cash reserves it

1:50:20 ↗ appears that there was no grant funding

1:50:22 ↗ uh utilized for the purchase of that

1:50:24 ↗ property it's important to note that and

1:50:26 ↗ that this conservation easement that's

1:50:27 ↗ before you will be the first really the

1:50:30 ↗ intent of this in easement is the first

1:50:32 ↗ protection of that um as protecting that

1:50:35 ↗ as open space and parks in perpetuity uh

1:50:39 ↗ that conservation easement for Kora as

1:50:42 ↗ drafted by Robin and Kim addin Pratt is

1:50:44 ↗ a little different than bergsma but it

1:50:47 ↗ really speaks to the intent of that 2008

1:50:49 ↗ purchase as a future neighborhood park

1:50:52 ↗ and and as riparian protection of the

1:50:55 ↗ East Fork of isar Creek so that

1:50:56 ↗ conservation easement is really meant to

1:50:59 ↗ do just that is to allow for we're not

1:51:01 ↗ going to try in this conservation

1:51:03 ↗ easement to design that neighborhood

1:51:05 ↗ park we're going to create parameters

1:51:07 ↗ with which uh the community Through

1:51:10 ↗ future Community engagement would be

1:51:11 ↗ able to identify what neighborhood park

1:51:14 ↗ elements they would want uh as well as

1:51:16 ↗ making sure that it's complimentary to

1:51:20 ↗ the riparian area along the East Fork of

1:51:22 ↗ of isqua

1:51:25 ↗ Creek

1:51:27 ↗ oh that's my remarks um so I'm confused

1:51:32 ↗ on that last one we own the

1:51:35 ↗ property right we're we're obviously not

1:51:38 ↗ going to put a McDonald's on that

1:51:40 ↗ property anytime soon so what if we do

1:51:43 ↗ this if we do this transaction T tonight

1:51:46 ↗ what

1:51:48 ↗ changes so if we were to do a transfer

1:51:52 ↗ development r

1:51:53 ↗ this you of the city are taking certain

1:51:55 ↗ development rights from this property

1:51:57 ↗ and giving them to per the development

1:51:59 ↗ agreement with Lakeside those

1:52:03 ↗ development

1:52:04 ↗ rights given the funding that was used

1:52:06 ↗ for Kora I would say I'm not

1:52:08 ↗ recommending nor I don't think any of

1:52:10 ↗ you are recommending but without this

1:52:12 ↗ conservation easement in place future a

1:52:15 ↗ future city council could decide to um

1:52:18 ↗ sell it um for some other some other

1:52:23 ↗ purpose um the conservation easement

1:52:26 ↗ tonight that's being proposed is in

1:52:29 ↗ exchange for those development rights as

1:52:31 ↗ development rights are moving off of

1:52:33 ↗ this property we're exchanging those

1:52:36 ↗ development rights for this conservation

1:52:37 ↗ easement which is saying in perpetuity

1:52:40 ↗ this Kora property will be a only Park

1:52:44 ↗ purposes will be a used for neighborhood

1:52:47 ↗ park and be conserved as riparian area

1:52:52 ↗ now and into the future but couldn't we

1:52:53 ↗ do that for free just by resoning it

1:52:55 ↗ since it's our property do you want to

1:52:57 ↗ get our lawyer in on this cuz we have

1:52:59 ↗ yeah we have tell me do we not have one

1:53:01 ↗ lawyer um Rachel not you she's online

1:53:05 ↗ yeah because because it is complicated

1:53:07 ↗ you have a good question about why so

1:53:09 ↗ let's see what her thoughts

1:53:17 ↗ are

1:53:20 ↗ him Madam's proud is here yes hi Kim you

1:53:23 ↗ should be able to unmute now there you

1:53:25 ↗ go okay there I

1:53:28 ↗ am can you hear me we can hear you

1:53:32 ↗ wonderful

1:53:35 ↗ so the city is obligated under the

1:53:38 ↗ development agreement to sell 100 tdrs

1:53:42 ↗ so we have that obligation to start with

1:53:45 ↗ we could have picked somewhere else

1:53:47 ↗ other than Kora but Parks I would say

1:53:51 ↗ did a thorough riew and found bergsman

1:53:53 ↗ and K to be the sites that would make up

1:53:56 ↗ the additional tdrs we needed to have

1:53:59 ↗ that full 100 so you're right council

1:54:02 ↗ member cor was not

1:54:05 ↗ previously um obligated by any covenants

1:54:09 ↗ so councils this Council and when it was

1:54:13 ↗ purchased could do anything it wanted

1:54:16 ↗ you could down Zone it I think it has

1:54:18 ↗ very low zoning right now but it could

1:54:20 ↗ be zoned even lower so that you know

1:54:23 ↗ it's Park purposes forever zoning can be

1:54:27 ↗ changed so a a council in 20 years could

1:54:31 ↗ come back and change the zoning and

1:54:33 ↗ allow something else um so but if you

1:54:35 ↗ record this Covenant that will not be

1:54:38 ↗ able to happen those development rights

1:54:41 ↗ that would allow a higher a denser use

1:54:45 ↗ um have been REM will essentially have

1:54:47 ↗ been removed from the property and this

1:54:50 ↗ Council will have decided no it's only

1:54:53 ↗ going to be these um particular

1:54:55 ↗ environmental and park purposes so this

1:54:58 ↗ is a way to do that as Jeff said in

1:55:02 ↗ perpetuity I'm happy to answer any

1:55:04 ↗ followup yeah so so I I was on Council

1:55:07 ↗ when when we did the the Lakeside uh

1:55:12 ↗ development agreement and it was so we I

1:55:16 ↗ guess I just don't remember it was 10

1:55:17 ↗ years ago um so it was just part of the

1:55:20 ↗ deal that we had to do 100 tdrs and it's

1:55:22 ↗ just taken us a decade to figure out how

1:55:24 ↗ to execute that part of the the uh

1:55:27 ↗ da um I wouldn't say it's taken a year

1:55:30 ↗ to figure out how to execute it years

1:55:34 ↗ say

1:55:34 ↗ that lake lakeside did not exercise it

1:55:39 ↗ until

1:55:41 ↗ 2022 so it's taken since 2022 for us to

1:55:46 ↗ um find those 100 figure out what the

1:55:50 ↗ price was Etc but it has been in the da

1:55:54 ↗ waiting since then since the da was

1:55:57 ↗ executed they did have that

1:55:59 ↗ right I I am I'm surprised that uh as

1:56:03 ↗ smart and August of a body as we were in

1:56:06 ↗ 2013 the hands of a future Council on

1:56:09 ↗ this particular issue but I but I

1:56:10 ↗ believe you so thank you thank you Kim

1:56:13 ↗ that was very helpful um you want to are

1:56:16 ↗ we we're at the recommendation now just

1:56:19 ↗ checking to see if there's any other

1:56:20 ↗ quick questions I'll come back for

1:56:21 ↗ questions as well okay let's finish up

1:56:24 ↗ and get to the recommendation yes so uh

1:56:27 ↗ administration's recommending uh that

1:56:29 ↗ Council authorize the transfer of these

1:56:31 ↗ development rights to Lakeside

1:56:32 ↗ Industries uh for a total of 100 TDR

1:56:35 ↗ units as they've been described in the

1:56:37 ↗ agenda bill again it's to comply with

1:56:39 ↗ the development agreement and um all the

1:56:42 ↗ execution of all the necessary documents

1:56:44 ↗ that will follow will occur so basically

1:56:47 ↗ there are two new conservation easements

1:56:49 ↗ one on bergar or Harvey Manning Park and

1:56:51 ↗ Cor properties that'll get recorded then

1:56:54 ↗ there are five transfer of development

1:56:56 ↗ rights certificates on the five Parks

1:56:58 ↗ that'll get recorded and there's a

1:57:00 ↗ financial transaction will be the first

1:57:02 ↗ Next Step the money will get transferred

1:57:05 ↗ from Lakeside Industries to the city or

1:57:08 ↗ the calculations that we've included in

1:57:10 ↗ your bill uh in your agenda Bill and

1:57:12 ↗ that was set at 15,000 square fet dollar

1:57:17 ↗ U per unit and cost inflation adjusted

1:57:20 ↗ so a total of about I believe was 2.6

1:57:23 ↗ million but because these are sepa

1:57:25 ↗ mitigated TDR units so what that means

1:57:28 ↗ is part of that allocation will go

1:57:30 ↗ towards impact fees and we included a

1:57:32 ↗ table in your chart that shows 1.1 or

1:57:34 ↗ 1.2 million goes towards different

1:57:37 ↗ impact fees and the remainder goes into

1:57:39 ↗ a a fund for purposes of um you know

1:57:43 ↗ other open space property Acquisitions

1:57:45 ↗ and such that's allowed under uh the

1:57:47 ↗ city's code for that type of uh fund um

1:57:51 ↗ trans for that'll occur so that that

1:57:54 ↗ that'll be the next steps after Council

1:57:56 ↗ decision if you approve it um uh the

1:57:58 ↗ financial transaction will occur and

1:58:00 ↗ then we'll execute and record the

1:58:01 ↗ easements and the uh transfer

1:58:04 ↗ certificates um and then Lakeside can

1:58:07 ↗ apply for additional 100 units they

1:58:09 ↗ could apply for 400 units tomorrow if

1:58:11 ↗ they wanted but in order to get their

1:58:13 ↗ entitlements for additional 100 units

1:58:16 ↗ this uh Council action will allow them

1:58:18 ↗ to increase the density by additional

1:58:20 ↗ 100 e erus not units um so 67 additional

1:58:27 ↗ multif family units if they choose to do

1:58:29 ↗ that uh in Ence um and so that's that's

1:58:34 ↗ the next steps

1:58:36 ↗ um that concludes our present thank you

1:58:41 ↗ Minnie um actually before I go to

1:58:43 ↗ council questions I want to see if

1:58:45 ↗ council member hunt as the chair of the

1:58:47 ↗ Planning Development and environment

1:58:48 ↗ committee would like to summarize the

1:58:50 ↗ committee's recommendation on this item

1:58:52 ↗ yes thank you madam mayor the uh

1:58:54 ↗ Planning Development and environment

1:58:56 ↗ Committee of this Council met on July

1:58:57 ↗ 9th and um firstly we all agreed and we

1:59:03 ↗ had legal council confirm um that our

1:59:08 ↗ our hands are effectively Bound by the

1:59:10 ↗ 2013 decision um it the language was

1:59:14 ↗ reviewed in that meeting of the

1:59:16 ↗ development agreement and it is very

1:59:18 ↗ clear that there this is something that

1:59:20 ↗ we are required to do by law so the the

1:59:23 ↗ 100 um units that was something that we

1:59:26 ↗ all agreed was was required um then

1:59:31 ↗ there was discussion about if there were

1:59:34 ↗ other options if there were other

1:59:36 ↗ Parcels if there were other sending

1:59:38 ↗ sites that the city had considered and

1:59:40 ↗ um we we were told that the city had

1:59:43 ↗ done a thorough review these were the

1:59:45 ↗ best um these were the best sites

1:59:47 ↗ because their current uses so for

1:59:51 ↗ example the um the harving Manning Park

1:59:54 ↗ also known as bergsma property that is a

1:59:57 ↗ park and the is serving public benefit

2:00:01 ↗ as a park um as an open space um with

2:00:03 ↗ trails and that is also aligned with the

2:00:06 ↗ community expectations of what that use

2:00:08 ↗ of that property is as well as with

2:00:11 ↗ existing um other code that is applied

2:00:15 ↗ to that and um the other Grant

2:00:17 ↗ restrictions are all aligned with this

2:00:20 ↗ continuing in perpetuity to be open

2:00:22 ↗ space in a park um so we we reviewed the

2:00:25 ↗ choices how the choices were made and

2:00:27 ↗ then the specific choices that the city

2:00:29 ↗ made and felt that those um sending

2:00:33 ↗ sites were that the continued use of

2:00:36 ↗ these sending sites um was in agreement

2:00:40 ↗ with our understanding of uh continued

2:00:42 ↗ public benefit and that the community

2:00:44 ↗ would would expect that these would

2:00:46 ↗ continue to be Parks um and

2:00:49 ↗ then uh and then addition Al we did

2:00:54 ↗ Express uh interest in knowing more

2:00:56 ↗ about the conservation easements the

2:00:57 ↗ conservation easements are what are

2:00:59 ↗ going to be replacing the um the

2:01:03 ↗ development agreements essentially and

2:01:05 ↗ so uh as was mentioned we our hands are

2:01:08 ↗ bound by the 2013 agreement we will

2:01:10 ↗ effectively be binding the hands of

2:01:12 ↗ future councils by taking this action

2:01:14 ↗ tonight so we're sort of passing along

2:01:17 ↗ these requirements um and we ask

2:01:21 ↗ specifically for for a matrix to compare

2:01:24 ↗ um other restrictions and to make sure

2:01:27 ↗ that these that the conservation um

2:01:30 ↗ easement really was uh protecting in and

2:01:35 ↗ conserving these properties in a way

2:01:37 ↗ that um we expected and that there

2:01:39 ↗ weren't any conflicts with the other

2:01:41 ↗ restrictions and the other um the other

2:01:44 ↗ uses of the property and uh that Matrix

2:01:49 ↗ has been provided to us the uh Harvey

2:01:52 ↗ Manning park for example one is on page

2:01:55 ↗ 19 of our 104 page um materials

2:01:59 ↗ tonight and um it is very complicated I

2:02:03 ↗ I do my understanding is that it is uh

2:02:07 ↗ providing another layer of protection it

2:02:10 ↗ is um an additional protection

2:02:13 ↗ reinforcing the conservation status of

2:02:16 ↗ this parcel um and the other TDR sending

2:02:20 ↗ sites that have been identified

2:02:22 ↗ and um with this additional

2:02:25 ↗ [Music]

2:02:27 ↗ information uh that was the one

2:02:30 ↗ outstanding that was the thing that we

2:02:31 ↗ actually focused the most on in our

2:02:34 ↗ committee conversation we did request

2:02:36 ↗ that this come back to full Council but

2:02:38 ↗ with that additional information in that

2:02:39 ↗ format and that has been provided um and

2:02:42 ↗ the council the committee did recommend

2:02:44 ↗ to the full Council that we um proceed

2:02:47 ↗ with this as the option for meeting

2:02:49 ↗ these requirements thank you councilman

2:02:51 ↗ member so now I will go to council

2:02:54 ↗ questions any questions council member

2:02:57 ↗ Hall

2:02:58 ↗ um thank you by the way that was an

2:03:00 ↗ excellent recap of our committee meeting

2:03:03 ↗ um I asked this at committee and I've

2:03:05 ↗ already forgotten what the answer was

2:03:07 ↗ but can you go back to the slide that

2:03:10 ↗ showed the properties and the tdrs that

2:03:13 ↗ were identified on a particular property

2:03:15 ↗ and then how many we were proposing from

2:03:17 ↗ that I guess you don't have to go back

2:03:19 ↗ to the slide how many we were proposing

2:03:20 ↗ from that total amount ount of tdrs

2:03:22 ↗ associated with the property we never um

2:03:26 ↗ Ed the full amount and I know that was

2:03:28 ↗ intentional I remember you speaking to

2:03:29 ↗ that and I I was hoping you could remind

2:03:32 ↗ me

2:03:37 ↗ why quickly find that

2:03:53 ↗ I'll let Jeff answer because I think the

2:03:55 ↗ M yeah yeah I'll I'm I'm recounting in

2:03:59 ↗ my July 9th Rolodex as well and Kim you

2:04:02 ↗ might be able to help as well um yeah I

2:04:05 ↗ think this was very much a a precaution

2:04:08 ↗ conservative so you know although these

2:04:11 ↗ properties will be protected as parks in

2:04:13 ↗ open space right the conservation

2:04:15 ↗ easement is clear if in the future there

2:04:18 ↗ is Need for say as we develop that Park

2:04:20 ↗ and want to put a pi shelter in a

2:04:23 ↗ certain area if there is a development

2:04:25 ↗ right that's needed to do that we just

2:04:28 ↗ want to make sure that we're not future

2:04:32 ↗ we're not backing future councils um

2:04:35 ↗ into a corner and oh my gosh we can't

2:04:37 ↗ even do that proposed Park development

2:04:39 ↗ anymore so um really just trying to be

2:04:42 ↗ ultra conservative and Kim you turned

2:04:44 ↗ your camera on so I'm thinking you

2:04:45 ↗ wanted to add in the only thing I wanted

2:04:48 ↗ to add was we did only have to only have

2:04:51 ↗ to sell Lakeside 100 and by looking at

2:04:56 ↗ the variety of ways that could be done

2:04:58 ↗ we it didn't really seem possible to

2:05:00 ↗ leave one of these out and so instead

2:05:03 ↗ you know the decision was to leave a few

2:05:06 ↗ in every Park for that just in case I

2:05:08 ↗ mean you don't need an eru to build a

2:05:11 ↗ picnic shelter but might as well just

2:05:13 ↗ leave a few there just in case but but

2:05:17 ↗ really we only needed to sell a 100 so

2:05:20 ↗ okay thank you that makes perfect sense

2:05:22 ↗ appreciate you

2:05:25 ↗ too thank you for that Kim um are there

2:05:28 ↗ any other

2:05:31 ↗ questions and would it be okay at this

2:05:33 ↗ point in time to take a five minute

2:05:35 ↗ recess because I know Council Mars you

2:05:37 ↗ uh want some clarification on something

2:05:39 ↗ but also would give us a a break for

2:05:42 ↗ five minutes okay so let's H take a five

2:05:44 ↗ minute break

2:05:50 ↗ thanks e

2:06:21 ↗ e

2:07:12 ↗ hey

2:07:14 ↗ Rachel can we can hear you in

2:07:20 ↗ yes

2:07:50 ↗ e e

2:08:26 ↗ with

2:09:20 ↗ now e

2:09:57 ↗ sh

2:10:27 ↗ well this is not an ant this

2:11:12 ↗ outside and be

2:11:37 ↗ really

2:11:51 ↗ all

2:12:49 ↗ like

2:13:15 ↗ council member Walsh I believe we're

2:13:16 ↗ going to come back into session

2:13:24 ↗ flash it okay great thanks the our short

2:13:28 ↗ recess is our short recess is over and

2:13:32 ↗ uh we're still in the question portion

2:13:34 ↗ of this agenda Bill councilman Mars you

2:13:36 ↗ had another question nope oh you're good

2:13:40 ↗ I'm good thank you okay fine there um

2:13:43 ↗ just looking around at the rest of

2:13:44 ↗ council and looking at council president

2:13:46 ↗ to see if there are any more questions

2:13:47 ↗ on this before poking someone to make a

2:13:50 ↗ motion not seeing

2:13:53 ↗ any um either either Deputy council

2:13:56 ↗ president or the committee chair can

2:13:58 ↗ feel free to make a

2:14:01 ↗ motion oh Deputy council president is

2:14:04 ↗ ready if that's

2:14:06 ↗ okay so I move to authorize the transfer

2:14:09 ↗ to Lakeside Industries Incorporated of

2:14:12 ↗ 100 TDR units as described herein to

2:14:15 ↗ comply with Lakeside development

2:14:17 ↗ agreement provisions and authorize the

2:14:19 ↗ execution of all necessary documentation

2:14:21 ↗ for the TDR

2:14:23 ↗ transfer second it's been moved and

2:14:26 ↗ seconded is there any Council

2:14:30 ↗ discussion I am not oh um council member

2:14:35 ↗ would you like to have a comment and

2:14:37 ↗ council member Hall I see you're also up

2:14:40 ↗ yes thank you Madame mayor uh as I as I

2:14:43 ↗ mentioned in our recap um I think the

2:14:47 ↗ part of this that we um are able to

2:14:51 ↗ really have some decision-making power

2:14:53 ↗ over is the conservation easements I I

2:14:56 ↗ am satisfied with the information that

2:14:58 ↗ was provided both that these are Parcels

2:15:01 ↗ where sending um the tdrs uh is is

2:15:05 ↗ appropriate for those sites so that they

2:15:06 ↗ can they can continue to serve the

2:15:08 ↗ public as open space and as Parks um but

2:15:11 ↗ additionally that the conservation

2:15:13 ↗ easements are are meeting that intent

2:15:15 ↗ and are protecting these um and so I am

2:15:18 ↗ supportive of their selection for this

2:15:20 ↗ purpose as well as the conservation

2:15:22 ↗ ements thank you council member Hall

2:15:25 ↗ thank you uh cut to the CH Chase I agree

2:15:27 ↗ um my sense is well I let me just say

2:15:31 ↗ first of all thank you to staff for

2:15:35 ↗ doing what seems like was a Monumental

2:15:38 ↗ lift for the crosswalk I

2:15:40 ↗ spent much of the weekend going through

2:15:44 ↗ um that effort so I appreciate all the

2:15:48 ↗ time and effort that you put into that

2:15:50 ↗ same with like exced for all your

2:15:51 ↗ support in that um I want like I said I

2:15:54 ↗ went through it it was dense it was a

2:15:55 ↗ lot um I'm glad that the exercise helped

2:15:58 ↗ um staff catch a couple of items that

2:16:01 ↗ wanted to update um onto of the

2:16:03 ↗ easements um I think I agree with uh our

2:16:07 ↗ chair for the committee um I feel as

2:16:10 ↗ certain and assured as I can that these

2:16:13 ↗ conservation easements align with

2:16:15 ↗ appropriate use and intent um and again

2:16:17 ↗ just wanted to share my thanks to to

2:16:19 ↗ staff for going through that monumental

2:16:21 ↗ effort to get us the information that we

2:16:22 ↗ requested so thank you that's great um

2:16:26 ↗ any other comments or Council

2:16:29 ↗ discussion okay not seeing any it has

2:16:31 ↗ been moved and seconded to authorize the

2:16:33 ↗ transfer to Lakeside Industries Inc of

2:16:36 ↗ 100 TDR units as described herein to

2:16:39 ↗ comply with Lakeside development

2:16:40 ↗ agreement provisions and authorize the

2:16:43 ↗ execution of all necessary documentation

2:16:45 ↗ for the TDR transfer all those in favor

2:16:48 ↗ signify by saying I I I all those thank

2:16:52 ↗ you all those

2:16:53 ↗ opposed that carries unanimously six

2:16:56 ↗ and0 that is the end of our regular B

2:16:59 ↗ business portion thank you Minnie thank

2:17:01 ↗ you Jeff for being here Madam mayor oh

2:17:04 ↗ sorry um City administrator Bob Kitz um

2:17:07 ↗ it's been a while since we've had to do

2:17:08 ↗ this but I'd like to do some agenda

2:17:09 ↗ management uh with us it is now 9:15 um

2:17:13 ↗ Jeff Watling is here uh to give an

2:17:16 ↗ update on our tremendous summer

2:17:19 ↗ activities okay um we could either let

2:17:22 ↗ him just take a couple minutes right now

2:17:24 ↗ and give you a very brief overview and

2:17:27 ↗ then send you his presentation and also

2:17:29 ↗ we'll work with our communication staff

2:17:31 ↗ uh to get that information out or we can

2:17:34 ↗ just send it to you and uh let Jeff go

2:17:37 ↗ home that sounds great I just wanted to

2:17:39 ↗ check on one other item so um Andrea

2:17:43 ↗ you're down here on another

2:17:45 ↗ informational update but you're also

2:17:46 ↗ going to stay with us through executive

2:17:48 ↗ session

2:17:49 ↗ anyway is that true

2:17:51 ↗ she

2:17:52 ↗ probably she probably wasn't I'll speak

2:17:55 ↗ up for her okay um is that a lengthy

2:17:59 ↗ item as well lengthier item uh the

2:18:02 ↗ executive session we need to spend a

2:18:03 ↗ little time on okay so but but I think

2:18:06 ↗ if we can let

2:18:07 ↗ Jeff why don't we just let Jeff send you

2:18:10 ↗ his presentation and we will commit to

2:18:11 ↗ get this out in our e newsletter for the

2:18:14 ↗ larger Community uh we really just want

2:18:16 ↗ to remind the Council of the tremendous

2:18:19 ↗ efforts that the park staff does the I

2:18:22 ↗ think we can say thousands of

2:18:24 ↗ participants uh between the camps and

2:18:26 ↗ the the concerts and all of that so

2:18:29 ↗ we'll send that to you uh separately

2:18:31 ↗ we'll leave Andrea's item after

2:18:34 ↗ committee reports and the mayor's report

2:18:36 ↗ that's all right Council what do you

2:18:37 ↗ think is that okay awesome thank you

2:18:41 ↗ Jeff thank you Jeff thanks for being

2:18:43 ↗ here this

2:18:44 ↗ evening so we are moving into committee

2:18:46 ↗ and Regional reports and we'll start

2:18:48 ↗ with council member Joe thank thank you

2:18:50 ↗ madam mayor uh Cascade water Alliance

2:18:53 ↗ board will be meeting on September 25th

2:18:57 ↗ and um the public affairs committee for

2:19:00 ↗ Cascade water Alliance will be meeting

2:19:01 ↗ on October

2:19:03 ↗ 2nd uh the ltac committee will be

2:19:05 ↗ meeting on September 26 and I'll be

2:19:07 ↗ getting together with uh staff to help

2:19:09 ↗ set that agenda thank you that concludes

2:19:12 ↗ my report thank you council member

2:19:15 ↗ Hall thank you

2:19:18 ↗ um I have a fairly lengthy report um

2:19:23 ↗ tonight for eastside fire and rescue um

2:19:25 ↗ because I wanted to give you all a

2:19:26 ↗ little bit more substance in this week's

2:19:28 ↗ report um so bear bear with me please um

2:19:32 ↗ and especially you know as we head into

2:19:33 ↗ our own budgeon season I know a lot of

2:19:35 ↗ you are thinking um about eper pretty

2:19:38 ↗ closely um so the draft budget um is

2:19:42 ↗ currently with us at the finance and

2:19:44 ↗ administration committee um as you know

2:19:47 ↗ um and we refer we hope to refer that up

2:19:49 ↗ to the full board

2:19:51 ↗ uh later this month for their discussion

2:19:54 ↗ in early

2:19:55 ↗ October uh We've now had about three

2:19:57 ↗ touches as a committee um and also

2:19:59 ↗ Deputy City administrator Snyder and

2:20:01 ↗ myself will be meeting with the finance

2:20:03 ↗ director at epher later this week um our

2:20:06 ↗ time at the faac the finance and

2:20:08 ↗ administration committee the faac has

2:20:10 ↗ been focused on understanding changes to

2:20:13 ↗ three funds there's the operations fund

2:20:15 ↗ which is by far in way the the greatest

2:20:17 ↗ fund pays for all of our staff and our

2:20:19 ↗ fire suppression there's the equipment

2:20:21 ↗ replacement fund which funds the regular

2:20:24 ↗ um replacement of apparatus and other

2:20:26 ↗ equipment and then there's the capital

2:20:28 ↗ facilities maintenance fund which sets

2:20:30 ↗ aside money for station maintenance and

2:20:33 ↗ um other facilities initiatives like

2:20:36 ↗ headquarters uh eer staff has now been

2:20:39 ↗ over the budget several times to

2:20:40 ↗ challenge their assumptions and keep

2:20:42 ↗ costs slow uh and all the partners uh

2:20:45 ↗ continue to agree that we receive an

2:20:47 ↗ exceptional value for our service um or

2:20:50 ↗ for the service of epher and in fact if

2:20:52 ↗ you convert partner contributions and

2:20:54 ↗ other inter governmental revenues that

2:20:56 ↗ epher receives into a levy rate um we

2:21:00 ↗ are the most efficient um of any fire

2:21:03 ↗ service agency of our peers in the

2:21:04 ↗ region so that's always good um but the

2:21:08 ↗ committee still feels like we need to

2:21:10 ↗ explore additional uh options for cost

2:21:13 ↗ savings um the proposed increases in

2:21:15 ↗ 2025 and

2:21:17 ↗ 2026 um would be very challenging under

2:21:20 ↗ budgets and we already know the

2:21:22 ↗ difficult position that we are in going

2:21:23 ↗ into the next bium so really quickly to

2:21:26 ↗ give you an idea of what isqua would be

2:21:28 ↗ looking at in 2024 our adopted

2:21:31 ↗ contribution for the city was just over

2:21:33 ↗ $8

2:21:34 ↗ million um as we did the midby last year

2:21:39 ↗ we adjusted that

2:21:41 ↗ to about $8.85 million now our our

2:21:45 ↗ physical contribution didn't go up we

2:21:47 ↗ spent down fund balance to do that the

2:21:50 ↗ proposal going into 2025 is that it

2:21:53 ↗ would be about 9.3 million which is

2:21:57 ↗ about a 17% increase from our original

2:22:00 ↗ contribution uh planned for 2024 and

2:22:02 ↗ about a 10% increase up from the amended

2:22:06 ↗ one um costs are being driven up by many

2:22:09 ↗ of the things that we're experiencing

2:22:11 ↗ here like inflation and staff related

2:22:12 ↗ costs initiatives in the Strategic plan

2:22:15 ↗ um and they're also U proposing that we

2:22:18 ↗ return to basically pre prepandemic um

2:22:22 ↗ funding levels for the equipment

2:22:23 ↗ replacement um Fund in the capital

2:22:25 ↗ facilities maintenance fund um which for

2:22:28 ↗ the most part the committee completely

2:22:30 ↗ understands we shouldn't really be

2:22:32 ↗ deploying um apparatus outside of their

2:22:34 ↗ useful life outside of their life cycle

2:22:37 ↗ um but even so um we're still evaluating

2:22:39 ↗ everything within those two funds to

2:22:41 ↗ ensure safety and find savings for the

2:22:43 ↗ partners uh including exploring some

2:22:46 ↗ kind of new financing structures for

2:22:47 ↗ apparatus and potentially delaying our

2:22:49 ↗ future plans for headquarters so so

2:22:52 ↗ that's that that leaves um the

2:22:54 ↗ operations fund so because the

2:22:56 ↗ operations fund is so tied to our level

2:22:59 ↗ of fire and rescue service that the

2:23:01 ↗ board of directors sets um we've had to

2:23:04 ↗ then we've had to now go back to the

2:23:06 ↗ board to ask for their permission to

2:23:09 ↗ consider options that are available to

2:23:10 ↗ reduce services within that fund so we

2:23:13 ↗ had a discussion amongst the board last

2:23:15 ↗ week and while some of the partners um

2:23:17 ↗ expressed some concern we now have the

2:23:19 ↗ support of the full board Board of

2:23:20 ↗ Directors for Eide fire rescue um to

2:23:23 ↗ explore and look at what levers might be

2:23:26 ↗ available to us and to study what the

2:23:27 ↗ impact will be um on emergency response

2:23:30 ↗ and on the agency more generally um I

2:23:33 ↗ just want to assure um everyone in the

2:23:35 ↗ council that we do not take this

2:23:37 ↗ exercise lightly um we're committed to

2:23:40 ↗ putting safety first but the financial

2:23:42 ↗ reality is that we need to do our due

2:23:44 ↗ diligence we need to put on our

2:23:45 ↗ fiduciary hats right and and think about

2:23:47 ↗ it from this angle um so that

2:23:49 ↗ conversation is going to to take place

2:23:51 ↗ uh next week at the fa um Wednesday the

2:23:54 ↗ 25th um another thing that we all seem

2:23:56 ↗ to agree on is that we need to have some

2:23:59 ↗ pretty meaty policy discussions next

2:24:01 ↗ year um around the use and level of fund

2:24:05 ↗ balance around an equipment replacement

2:24:07 ↗ schedules around how we fund eer into

2:24:11 ↗ the future um so everyone on the board

2:24:13 ↗ seems to be pretty aligned with that

2:24:14 ↗ we're going to have a pretty ambitious

2:24:16 ↗ um schedule of discussions next year so

2:24:19 ↗ lots to come on that uh once again I

2:24:21 ↗ want to thank uh Andrea for being so

2:24:22 ↗ helpful in this process and just to

2:24:24 ↗ close out if anyone has any questions

2:24:26 ↗ about this process where we're headed

2:24:28 ↗ before before we have kind of a final

2:24:31 ↗ budget that that council member Marts

2:24:32 ↗ and I will be looking at together um

2:24:34 ↗ feel free to reach out to me or or Wally

2:24:36 ↗ or Andrea and that concludes my report

2:24:39 ↗ thank you that was a long report but

2:24:41 ↗ you're doing excellent work on the board

2:24:43 ↗ thank you for doing that um council

2:24:45 ↗ member

2:24:47 ↗ hunt thank you Madame mayor um the city

2:24:50 ↗ council Planning Development and

2:24:51 ↗ environment committee met on September

2:24:54 ↗ 9th and we had two items we had um Comm

2:24:58 ↗ 0015 which was comprehensive plan

2:25:00 ↗ periodic update draft review and we had

2:25:04 ↗ Comm 0071 comprehensive plan draft

2:25:06 ↗ environmental impact statement both of

2:25:09 ↗ these items have to do with our

2:25:10 ↗ comprehensive uh Plan update which is

2:25:13 ↗ ongoing and both of these items were not

2:25:15 ↗ items in which the um council is making

2:25:19 ↗ a recommendation at this point point the

2:25:20 ↗ first item comprehensive plan periodic

2:25:23 ↗ update was actually a first touch and um

2:25:26 ↗ we requested more um specifically when

2:25:29 ↗ this comes back to us more um work on

2:25:32 ↗ the context setting language for the

2:25:34 ↗ different sections as well as um

2:25:37 ↗ reviewed a letter from the environmental

2:25:39 ↗ board and other um and other uh

2:25:43 ↗ reviewers of the draft so far and um

2:25:46 ↗ wanting to make sure that different

2:25:47 ↗ sections are consistent for example um

2:25:49 ↗ so this will be going to our volunteer

2:25:53 ↗ uh volunteer boards before returning

2:25:56 ↗ back to the planning um development and

2:25:59 ↗ environment committee uh the other item

2:26:01 ↗ the comprehensive plan draft

2:26:03 ↗ environmental impact statement um has

2:26:08 ↗ had three scenarios um the first one is

2:26:12 ↗ a no action scenario the second and this

2:26:14 ↗ is required uh by law the second one is

2:26:17 ↗ a moderate growth scenario where the

2:26:19 ↗ majority of growth would happen outside

2:26:21 ↗ of Central isqua and the third um

2:26:24 ↗ scenario that was looked at in this Eis

2:26:27 ↗ was uh intense growth focusing on

2:26:30 ↗ Central isqua so um the committee

2:26:33 ↗ observes that third option is more

2:26:35 ↗ aligned with our current planning our

2:26:37 ↗ regional growth Center Etc um and that

2:26:41 ↗ as we review the comprehensive plan as a

2:26:43 ↗ council um we could use the mitigations

2:26:46 ↗ and the especially the analysis of that

2:26:49 ↗ scenario to make sure that our

2:26:51 ↗ comprehensive plan is taking into

2:26:53 ↗ account um the findings from the

2:26:56 ↗ consideration of that scenario the next

2:26:59 ↗ step for this is actually that it would

2:27:00 ↗ go through a public comment process and

2:27:02 ↗ then um would be issued and then uh

2:27:05 ↗ later the council would adopt the whole

2:27:07 ↗ comprehensive plan so um there was no

2:27:10 ↗ specific questions for us to weigh in on

2:27:12 ↗ but that was the overview of that

2:27:14 ↗ item I have one upcoming meeting the

2:27:17 ↗ salmon Recovery Council of the riia 8 uh

2:27:20 ↗ The ri8 samon Recovery Council um which

2:27:22 ↗ is the name for our Watershed will be

2:27:24 ↗ meeting on September 19th um from 2: to

2:27:26 ↗ 4:15 p.m. the biggest item on our agenda

2:27:29 ↗ will be adoption of our uh 2025 budget

2:27:33 ↗ and work plan that concludes my report

2:27:35 ↗ thank you council member council member

2:27:37 ↗ Ray is an excuse this even has an

2:27:39 ↗ excused absence this evening and we'll

2:27:41 ↗ go to council member marks thank you

2:27:42 ↗ Madame mayor the S Ci's Association

2:27:45 ↗ public issues committee met Wednesday

2:27:46 ↗ September 11th at 7 p.m. at the Mercer

2:27:49 ↗ Island Community Center which is

2:27:51 ↗ gorgeous um couple of things from that

2:27:54 ↗ that Council should know about Regional

2:27:56 ↗ boards and committees are coming up uh

2:27:59 ↗ applications are due October 17th uh

2:28:03 ↗ everyone should have received notice of

2:28:05 ↗ AA call uh that's available on Friday

2:28:09 ↗ September 20th from noon till 1 pm uh

2:28:12 ↗ that you can register for if you have

2:28:13 ↗ questions for IT um we as a city always

2:28:16 ↗ take uh great uh pride in punching above

2:28:19 ↗ our wait by being very active in this uh

2:28:22 ↗ I will remind that uh any given City can

2:28:26 ↗ only nominate one person for any given

2:28:28 ↗ uh position on a particular board or

2:28:30 ↗ commission uh we have in the past

2:28:32 ↗ occasionally uh had a challenge in that

2:28:34 ↗ regard but it's been many years and

2:28:36 ↗ hopefully we won't have that problem

2:28:38 ↗ ever again uh there's also a networking

2:28:41 ↗ dinner Wednesday October 16th starting

2:28:43 ↗ at 5:30 at the Ron uh Pavilion Event

2:28:46 ↗ Center they have a um interesting U

2:28:49 ↗ managing uh managing relationships with

2:28:51 ↗ political adversaries I think is the uh

2:28:54 ↗ is the mey topic uh so that's kind of a

2:28:56 ↗ lot of fun um and then services safety

2:28:59 ↗ and Parks uh committee is going to have

2:29:02 ↗ uh a very unusual calendar this year or

2:29:04 ↗ this month uh we're actually going to

2:29:05 ↗ meet Monday September 30th uh at 6:30

2:29:09 ↗ till 7 here in council chambers

2:29:12 ↗ immediately prior to a uh Committee of

2:29:15 ↗ the whole meeting here in council

2:29:17 ↗ chambers with all seven uh so uh

2:29:20 ↗ interesting calendar gymnastics there uh

2:29:23 ↗ there's only one item on the agenda Co

2:29:26 ↗ 0069 school zone speed camera this

2:29:30 ↗ conclude thanks Council Merz Deputy

2:29:32 ↗ council president D Michelle okay so on

2:29:35 ↗ September 12th uh Eastside Human

2:29:37 ↗ Services for had an extended board

2:29:39 ↗ meeting uh that featured both the

2:29:41 ↗ University of Washington Professor

2:29:43 ↗ Lamont green um and we spent an hour

2:29:46 ↗ with him um in discussing uh racial

2:29:50 ↗ oppression and Then followed with by the

2:29:53 ↗ report that I gave you earlier about uh

2:29:56 ↗ John Harrison from the BBY School

2:29:57 ↗ District um uh presenting on their

2:29:59 ↗ legislative agenda and how they put that

2:30:01 ↗ together so it was a great meeting uh we

2:30:04 ↗ had a good turnout and this it was a

2:30:06 ↗ great chance to for cities and school

2:30:08 ↗ districts to interact so um then um

2:30:13 ↗ whoops this one doesn't work that way

2:30:15 ↗ here we go September 13th the East Side

2:30:18 ↗ Transportation partnership met with the

2:30:20 ↗ seashore and skateboard in downtown

2:30:23 ↗ Seattle at the psrc uh offices and it

2:30:27 ↗ was a great meeting and I believe that

2:30:29 ↗ you received all the materials today

2:30:31 ↗ were forwarded to you by Wall-E and so

2:30:34 ↗ you can look through those there's a

2:30:36 ↗ couple of things I wanted to highlight

2:30:38 ↗ though uh one is uh from the psrc we had

2:30:42 ↗ we had reports from every single

2:30:45 ↗ Transportation uh agency but psrc gave

2:30:49 ↗ us a really good data report on where we

2:30:51 ↗ are and the the one thing that really

2:30:53 ↗ struck me was we are right on schedule

2:30:57 ↗ for population growth in King County the

2:31:00 ↗ pandemic did not stop us at all which is

2:31:03 ↗ just

2:31:04 ↗ counterintuitive and I even questioned

2:31:06 ↗ the data expert afterwards and said what

2:31:09 ↗ you know what does this mean and he said

2:31:11 ↗ it just if you look at King County we

2:31:13 ↗ are just right we're growing like crazy

2:31:16 ↗ um I did ask him I said well what about

2:31:19 ↗ the impact of affordable housing and he

2:31:22 ↗ agreed that what they're seeing is a lot

2:31:24 ↗ more single people young people and

2:31:26 ↗ fewer families are coming into King

2:31:28 ↗ County but in terms of job growth and

2:31:31 ↗ population growth we're right right uh

2:31:34 ↗ on projections uh the other thing that I

2:31:36 ↗ thought was quite interesting Michelle

2:31:38 ↗ Allison who's the general manager at

2:31:40 ↗ Metro gave a report on their behavioral

2:31:42 ↗ health program which they now have

2:31:44 ↗ expanded to three more routes um and

2:31:48 ↗ over the last year they've seen a

2:31:50 ↗ reduction in drug incidents on buses of

2:31:54 ↗ 43% which I think is amazing and she

2:31:57 ↗ credits that to the behavioral health

2:31:58 ↗ program that they've instituted along

2:32:00 ↗ with the increase in uh Transit uh

2:32:04 ↗ security so um that I think is is a

2:32:09 ↗ really good uh uh performance for what

2:32:13 ↗ was a really bad situation A couple of

2:32:17 ↗ years ago um so um other than that the

2:32:21 ↗ and then the final thing was that the

2:32:23 ↗ bus system and others agree that um the

2:32:26 ↗ pattern of travel right now is Tuesday

2:32:29 ↗ Wednesday Thursday Mondays and Fridays

2:32:32 ↗ weekends are really not commuter traffic

2:32:35 ↗ anymore and this seems to be stabilizing

2:32:38 ↗ into a permanent pattern so uh our

2:32:41 ↗ transportation agencies are starting to

2:32:43 ↗ develop plans around that new pattern so

2:32:47 ↗ those were the three highlights but if

2:32:48 ↗ you look through the materials was just

2:32:50 ↗ uh just chalk full of information from

2:32:53 ↗ all of the different agen so that's my

2:32:56 ↗ report the regional transit committee

2:32:57 ↗ has been cancelled for both September

2:32:59 ↗ and October yeah that's the end of my

2:33:04 ↗ report thank you council

2:33:07 ↗ president uh thank you um short report

2:33:10 ↗ tonight the King County affordable

2:33:12 ↗ housing committee and the Puget Sound

2:33:15 ↗ regional council's growth management

2:33:17 ↗ policy board will both be meeting on

2:33:20 ↗ October 3rd virtual meetings and the

2:33:22 ↗ agendas have not yet been released that

2:33:24 ↗ concludes my report thank you um moving

2:33:28 ↗ on to the mayor's report there will be

2:33:31 ↗ an executive session this evening to

2:33:33 ↗ discuss pending potential litigation for

2:33:35 ↗ RCW 42.3 0.110 pr1 PR I originally we

2:33:40 ↗ were going to put this in for 30 minutes

2:33:43 ↗ but I think what we'll do is we'll start

2:33:45 ↗ with 15 and we'll do extensions if

2:33:47 ↗ needed depending on questions um this

2:33:50 ↗ past Saturday I did get to visit the

2:33:52 ↗ isqua farmers market um during this some

2:33:56 ↗ exciting um news that I wanted to share

2:33:58 ↗ was that during this season um and last

2:34:01 ↗ season we have begun to enter

2:34:03 ↗ into um EBT and Market match which are

2:34:07 ↗ two programs that help support families

2:34:10 ↗ and individuals with lower incomes to be

2:34:12 ↗ able to buy fresh fruit and vegetables

2:34:14 ↗ at the market so last year EBT went into

2:34:17 ↗ place this year Market match went in so

2:34:20 ↗ the farmers market distributed over

2:34:22 ↗ $3,200 in EBT and 2500 in Market match

2:34:26 ↗ this year vendors have redeemed over

2:34:29 ↗ $5,000 worth of Market match dollars

2:34:32 ↗ which I wanted to show you this is the

2:34:35 ↗ little um package that the community uh

2:34:39 ↗ parks and community services staff

2:34:41 ↗ prepare for those who come in with and

2:34:43 ↗ are qualified for the program and these

2:34:45 ↗ are actual have currency value meaning I

2:34:49 ↗ have to have send this back to the team

2:34:51 ↗ that hands them out um but it's been a

2:34:54 ↗ great program where individuals or

2:34:56 ↗ families can come in they can receive

2:34:58 ↗ their bucks and then they can move

2:34:59 ↗ through the market in the EBT program

2:35:01 ↗ they can spend the the um uh dollars

2:35:06 ↗ that they're getting at the grocery

2:35:08 ↗ store or at the farmers market and in

2:35:10 ↗ the market match I believe I can't

2:35:12 ↗ Victoria or counc my brand has it right

2:35:14 ↗ now the market match may be for any

2:35:17 ↗ farmers market in the region so the two

2:35:19 ↗ programs are different and they

2:35:20 ↗ complement each other and expand the

2:35:22 ↗ amount of funding available to families

2:35:24 ↗ for fresh fruit and vegetables I think

2:35:26 ↗ it's just a wonderful thing that we now

2:35:28 ↗ have this at our Farmers Market almost

2:35:30 ↗ half of the EBT Shoppers are local

2:35:32 ↗ residents with 45% of the Shoppers

2:35:35 ↗ coming from the isqua and samamish area

2:35:38 ↗ and this not only does this program help

2:35:39 ↗ our lower income Community increase

2:35:43 ↗ their access to um fresh fruits and

2:35:45 ↗ vegetables it also helps increase the

2:35:48 ↗ sales that are farmers and businesses at

2:35:51 ↗ the market can do um through this

2:35:53 ↗ program so it's it's a total win-win for

2:35:55 ↗ our community there are two Saturdays

2:35:58 ↗ left in our Farmers Market program so

2:36:00 ↗ come on out don't miss a chance to check

2:36:02 ↗ it out uh it's also an exciting time of

2:36:05 ↗ the year as the salmon make their way

2:36:06 ↗ back home to the isqua Hatchery for

2:36:08 ↗ spawning season now is a great time to

2:36:11 ↗ visit the Hatchery to see the salmon and

2:36:13 ↗ learn about the important work being

2:36:14 ↗ done by the Hatchery staff bring your

2:36:16 ↗ family and friends to take a free tour

2:36:18 ↗ of the Hatchery while the salmon are

2:36:19 ↗ here and beat the salmon days crowds um

2:36:22 ↗ for those of us that have lived here for

2:36:23 ↗ a while the Salmons start coming in

2:36:25 ↗ August and continue to come through

2:36:26 ↗ December so there's a lot of opportunity

2:36:28 ↗ for us locals to get to see this amazing

2:36:30 ↗ thing and lastly I left an invitation

2:36:34 ↗ with each of you this evening I'm sorry

2:36:35 ↗ Lindsay I can't really hand you yours

2:36:38 ↗ through the screen but it's about the

2:36:39 ↗ isqua Arts and the project called the

2:36:42 ↗ Arts Sanctuary which they are inviting

2:36:45 ↗ you to join them tomorrow night on the

2:36:46 ↗ Harvest Moon September is known of the

2:36:49 ↗ season of creation and issaqua arts will

2:36:51 ↗ be hosting an openhouse at the art

2:36:53 ↗ Sanctuary from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on

2:36:55 ↗ Tuesday sept September 17th that will

2:36:58 ↗ include a sneak peek of the art

2:37:00 ↗ installation in progress for the

2:37:01 ↗ Labyrinth Labyrinth of lanterns set to

2:37:04 ↗ premiere on September 21st this sneak

2:37:07 ↗ preview will inspire you to create and

2:37:09 ↗ participate in this community art

2:37:11 ↗ project that celebrates art nature and

2:37:14 ↗ spirit everyone is invited to drop off a

2:37:17 ↗ do-it-yourself Lantern made out of large

2:37:19 ↗ sized aluminum cans to contribute to the

2:37:21 ↗ Labyrinth of Labyrinth of lanterns art

2:37:24 ↗ installation the art Sanctuary is

2:37:26 ↗ located Our Savior Lutheran Church at 7

2:37:29 ↗ 745 Front Street South we're really

2:37:31 ↗ excited about this community art project

2:37:34 ↗ that concludes the mayor's report and

2:37:36 ↗ now we will move to informational items

2:37:38 ↗ and we will start with ID

2:37:40 ↗ 1756 this is an informational update on

2:37:43 ↗ the 20123 24 general fund budget and I'd

2:37:46 ↗ like to invite Deputy City administrator

2:37:48 ↗ and interim chief um Financial Officer

2:37:51 ↗ Andia Andrea Snider to the party welcome

2:37:55 ↗ Andrea thank you Madame mayor good

2:37:57 ↗ evening

2:37:59 ↗ Council uh I'm Andrea Snider and I uh

2:38:04 ↗ will try to keep this as quick as

2:38:06 ↗ possible I know the evening is dragging

2:38:08 ↗ on but we wanted to provide an update on

2:38:13 ↗ the uh banial

2:38:16 ↗ budget and as soon as it starts

2:38:18 ↗ responding here we go

2:38:20 ↗ uh so the purpose of tonight is to

2:38:22 ↗ provide an update on the 2023 2024 BM

2:38:27 ↗ budget we don't normally do this in uh

2:38:30 ↗ September typically on a typical budget

2:38:33 ↗ year what we would do is have the final

2:38:36 ↗ budget amendment occur at the end of the

2:38:37 ↗ year um this year is a little different

2:38:40 ↗ and the reason why we're coming to you

2:38:41 ↗ this evening is because we uh have

2:38:44 ↗ looked at our revenues and we've looked

2:38:46 ↗ at our expenditures that we forecast

2:38:48 ↗ through the end of the year

2:38:50 ↗ and we are concerned that we may um have

2:38:53 ↗ an undesignated ending fund balance for

2:38:55 ↗ the general fund that would fall below

2:38:58 ↗ that 15% of general fund expenditures if

2:39:02 ↗ we if spending were to proceed as

2:39:03 ↗ planned and as adopted in our budget and

2:39:05 ↗ various amendments and so as you may

2:39:08 ↗ recall typically um we like to keep the

2:39:12 ↗ uh ending fund balance to be 15% of

2:39:15 ↗ general fund expenditures and so dipping

2:39:17 ↗ below that is

2:39:19 ↗ uh against our best practice and policy

2:39:22 ↗ and so we wanted to talk about that with

2:39:24 ↗ you tonight uh look at uh some of the

2:39:28 ↗ history of those expenditures over the

2:39:29 ↗ past uh couple of budget amendments the

2:39:32 ↗ revenues revisit the revenues that we

2:39:33 ↗ last discussed at the city council

2:39:35 ↗ Retreat also inform Council about what

2:39:38 ↗ the administration is doing to reduce

2:39:40 ↗ expenditures in 2024 and avoid dipping

2:39:43 ↗ into the ending fund balance any further

2:39:45 ↗ um and also talk about what the uh

2:39:47 ↗ expected impacts will be to the 2526 B

2:39:50 ↗ in budget that we are currently

2:40:01 ↗ drafting my laptop has decided to not be

2:40:04 ↗ that responsive this

2:40:06 ↗ evening uh okay so um here's the history

2:40:10 ↗ of Council touch points with the 2023

2:40:12 ↗ and 20124 ban budget and some of the

2:40:15 ↗ budget amendments so first of course in

2:40:18 ↗ the end of 22 Council adopted the budget

2:40:21 ↗ um that anticipated difference between

2:40:23 ↗ revenues and expenditures of $9.2

2:40:26 ↗ million in 2023 and $5.2 million in 2024

2:40:31 ↗ and again this is really just focusing

2:40:33 ↗ on the general fund and what that means

2:40:35 ↗ when we look at that $9.2 Million number

2:40:37 ↗ and the $5.2 Million number is that we

2:40:39 ↗ had planned to eat into that ending fund

2:40:41 ↗ balance and spend that down we had heard

2:40:44 ↗ direction from Council uh that we wanted

2:40:47 ↗ to put this money into good use that

2:40:49 ↗ having a large ending fund balance

2:40:51 ↗ wasn't really serving the community we

2:40:52 ↗ wanted to deliver on more capital

2:40:54 ↗ projects and more services in general so

2:40:57 ↗ Council Anti anticipated um a spend down

2:41:00 ↗ a landing fund balance and that's the

2:41:01 ↗ budget that we adopted then we go into

2:41:04 ↗ December of 2023 our first mid banum

2:41:07 ↗ budget adjustment that included a net

2:41:09 ↗ negative impact to the general ending

2:41:12 ↗ general fund ending fund balance of $4.7

2:41:14 ↗ million we're going to talk a little bit

2:41:16 ↗ about what those expenditures were and

2:41:18 ↗ detail those out a little bit more later

2:41:21 ↗ in the

2:41:22 ↗ presentation June 2024 there was another

2:41:25 ↗ budget amendment that included uh under

2:41:27 ↗ a half million dollars of new

2:41:29 ↗ expenditures mostly urgent onetime

2:41:31 ↗ facility needs like broken hvacs and

2:41:34 ↗ things like that um in uh July of course

2:41:40 ↗ we had the City Council budget priority

2:41:42 ↗ setting Retreat that really focused on

2:41:44 ↗ 25 and 26 but if that Retreat provided a

2:41:48 ↗ forecast of r revenues including what we

2:41:50 ↗ would anticipate in 2024 we're going to

2:41:52 ↗ revisit that also a little bit later in

2:41:54 ↗ the

2:41:55 ↗ presentation um but we did anticipate a

2:41:58 ↗ decrease of general fund revenues in

2:42:00 ↗ 2024 by 3.5

2:42:05 ↗ million so um that is that was a summary

2:42:09 ↗ of the council touch points and some of

2:42:11 ↗ the budget amendments that we've had so

2:42:12 ↗ far but let's also take a moment to take

2:42:14 ↗ a step back and look at how we got here

2:42:17 ↗ um with these concerns about dipping

2:42:18 ↗ into to the ending fund balance um first

2:42:21 ↗ as I have already discussed we uh

2:42:24 ↗ adopted Council adopted a budget with

2:42:26 ↗ the planned use of the ending fund

2:42:28 ↗ balance we knew that we were going to be

2:42:30 ↗ dipping into it that was a goal uh to

2:42:32 ↗ utilize those funds and not just let

2:42:34 ↗ them sit there

2:42:36 ↗ unused um with again that policy of not

2:42:39 ↗ dipping below

2:42:41 ↗ 15% um we also in the city had a history

2:42:45 ↗ of underspending on the budget and um

2:42:48 ↗ we' heard from Council how do we make

2:42:50 ↗ sure that we spend um what we are

2:42:52 ↗ budgeting and how do we make sure that

2:42:54 ↗ we are better delivering on um those uh

2:42:58 ↗ programs and services to the community

2:43:01 ↗ um so what we've done for the 20 uh

2:43:04 ↗ 23224 budget was we budgeted less

2:43:07 ↗ conservatively than we have for other

2:43:09 ↗ budgets previous years several years

2:43:11 ↗ back for example we would budget for

2:43:14 ↗ every position in the city to be full so

2:43:17 ↗ we would budget for every single

2:43:18 ↗ position to be um occupied 100% of the

2:43:22 ↗ time then a few years ago we decided to

2:43:24 ↗ do a planned undp spend of 3% knowing

2:43:28 ↗ that we have turnover certain positions

2:43:30 ↗ are vacant for a certain amount of time

2:43:32 ↗ so let's budget to reflect that so we

2:43:34 ↗ can budget more accurately to what we're

2:43:37 ↗ spending in Personnel um in 2023 2024 we

2:43:40 ↗ looked at some of the actuals and

2:43:42 ↗ vacancies of the years prior and we um

2:43:46 ↗ we tightened that up we instead of 3% %

2:43:49 ↗ we went to a 4% planned underspend and

2:43:52 ↗ um so what that means is we had less

2:43:54 ↗ room to play with uh when there was

2:43:57 ↗ perhaps a little more spending in

2:43:59 ↗ overtime in certain departments uh some

2:44:01 ↗ departments that we've looked at for

2:44:03 ↗ 2024 that 4% underspend is just about On

2:44:06 ↗ Target uh for where they were in their

2:44:09 ↗ personnel and their vacancies so that

2:44:11 ↗ didn't leave us a lot of room to play

2:44:12 ↗ with when maybe overtime went over or

2:44:15 ↗ some other types of expenditures were

2:44:17 ↗ more than planned due to infation or

2:44:19 ↗ other

2:44:20 ↗ factors so that that left us a little

2:44:23 ↗ less room um also uh should be said this

2:44:27 ↗ is our first bium budget uh and so it's

2:44:31 ↗ we predicted these revenues in 2024 back

2:44:35 ↗ in 2022 when the budget was adopted so

2:44:38 ↗ being able to foresee some of these dips

2:44:41 ↗ in revenues is a little difficult what I

2:44:43 ↗ would say is we've learned some lessons

2:44:45 ↗ with this budget being our first bium

2:44:47 ↗ budget and some of those lessons would

2:44:50 ↗ include uh taking a look at our revenues

2:44:55 ↗ a little earlier doing earlier forast

2:44:57 ↗ and maybe what we've performed um and

2:45:00 ↗ keeping a closer eye on budget as we

2:45:02 ↗ progress throughout the

2:45:05 ↗ bium um another thing uh as we've

2:45:08 ↗ already discussed when we looked at

2:45:09 ↗ Council touch points and budget

2:45:11 ↗ amendments we've had some additional

2:45:12 ↗ expenditures post budget adoption um

2:45:15 ↗ that really focused on City priorities

2:45:18 ↗ and also urgent needs and again I'm

2:45:20 ↗ going to talk a little bit more in

2:45:21 ↗ detail about what those were but um we

2:45:23 ↗ did have expenditures come up that were

2:45:26 ↗ fairly urgent that we felt we needed to

2:45:34 ↗ address um taking another step back

2:45:37 ↗ looking at actual general fund revenues

2:45:40 ↗ versus expenditures since uh 2014 so

2:45:43 ↗ this is looking at the past 10 years uh

2:45:46 ↗ again of actuals not just what was

2:45:48 ↗ budgeted taking out arpa funds American

2:45:51 ↗ rep uh recovery plan act funds because

2:45:54 ↗ those I think skew some of the numbers

2:45:55 ↗ but looking at this you see Revenue

2:45:58 ↗ outlined in green expenditures in Orange

2:46:02 ↗ and what this shows is

2:46:05 ↗ um uh a decrease as we look at 23 and 24

2:46:09 ↗ of course 24 is year-to dat um but what

2:46:13 ↗ we're seeing with this trend is a trend

2:46:16 ↗ that we're seeing across the country

2:46:17 ↗ there's been several articles published

2:46:19 ↗ recently I think City administrator Bob

2:46:21 ↗ Kitz is going to be sharing one of those

2:46:23 ↗ if he hasn't already that talk about um

2:46:27 ↗ that talk about the what we've seen as a

2:46:30 ↗ result of the American repu U recovery

2:46:32 ↗ plan Act and the other stimulus that was

2:46:35 ↗ offered in the pandemic and how that

2:46:37 ↗ spurred a lot of spending Nationwide and

2:46:40 ↗ so we're seeing revenues for state

2:46:42 ↗ governments local governments um go up

2:46:46 ↗ in 2021 2022

2:46:49 ↗ um but since then they're really coming

2:46:51 ↗ down and so that stimulus uh worked but

2:46:55 ↗ we have not uh as a nation seen those

2:46:58 ↗ revenues be sustaining or that type of

2:47:00 ↗ spending uh be sustained over time and

2:47:03 ↗ so we're seeing this trend across local

2:47:06 ↗ governments um all over the nation of

2:47:09 ↗ declining revenues and so um it's we're

2:47:13 ↗ in good company I guess uh but it is

2:47:15 ↗ certainly a trend that other local

2:47:17 ↗ governments are grappling with and we

2:47:19 ↗ see it here really reflected in this

2:47:20 ↗ graph for us as

2:47:25 ↗ well um

2:47:27 ↗ so what did we get for this increased

2:47:29 ↗ spending that we talked about with these

2:47:30 ↗ budget amendments um and wanting to

2:47:32 ↗ spend down some of the ending fund

2:47:34 ↗ balance first we know that

2:47:36 ↗ transportation is a really important

2:47:37 ↗ priority for the isqua community we've

2:47:40 ↗ heard that over years um we were able to

2:47:43 ↗ sustain a high level of investment in

2:47:45 ↗ our pavement Management program PMP um

2:47:49 ↗ we also added funds in 23 24 to the CMP

2:47:53 ↗ or the concrete Management program and

2:47:55 ↗ one of the things we've been able to

2:47:56 ↗ achieve there is a third of our known

2:47:59 ↗ High edges or trip of risks um have been

2:48:03 ↗ fixed in this bium which is a great

2:48:06 ↗ accomplishment we also um have piloted

2:48:09 ↗ Metroflex that flexible Transit option

2:48:13 ↗ um and have been got been able to um

2:48:16 ↗ hire a new Transportation engineer in

2:48:17 ↗ support of some VAR capital

2:48:19 ↗ projects uh but perhaps even more

2:48:22 ↗ important um is the additional cost for

2:48:26 ↗ police and jail operations so that

2:48:29 ↗ budget amendment that we had in December

2:48:31 ↗ of 2023 almost 50% of that budget

2:48:35 ↗ amendment really went towards police and

2:48:37 ↗ jail operations including positions new

2:48:40 ↗ jail consumables as we have um more

2:48:44 ↗ people in jail those operational costs

2:48:46 ↗ go up um as we have more police officers

2:48:50 ↗ to make arrests there's more people in

2:48:52 ↗ jail as well um and also be competitive

2:48:56 ↗ in our recruitment of officers and

2:48:58 ↗ correction staff and other police

2:49:00 ↗ professionals uh we also with those

2:49:02 ↗ budget adjustments were able to add to

2:49:04 ↗ our Human Services team including

2:49:05 ↗ Behavioral Health coordinators a park

2:49:08 ↗ ranger um we were able to perform some

2:49:12 ↗ urgent facilities maintenance and also

2:49:15 ↗ we had a large mandatory insurance cost

2:49:18 ↗ in increases not only for the jail but

2:49:20 ↗ for the city as a whole and we

2:49:22 ↗ anticipate Insurance costs uh increasing

2:49:24 ↗ greatly as well in the next couple of

2:49:28 ↗ years as a reminder you've seen this

2:49:30 ↗ graph at the July city council priority

2:49:34 ↗ uh setting uh budget priority setting

2:49:36 ↗ retreat but I just wanted to remind you

2:49:37 ↗ of some of the uh changes that we are

2:49:41 ↗ seeing in our Revenue so specifically

2:49:44 ↗ from what we had forecasted and adopted

2:49:47 ↗ for 23 24 we're seeing declines in sales

2:49:50 ↗ tax uh especially construction sales tax

2:49:55 ↗ uh we're we are also seeing a decline of

2:49:57 ↗ what was anticipated for business and

2:50:00 ↗ occupation tax and of course Community

2:50:03 ↗ Planning and Development uh the

2:50:05 ↗ permitting fees if there's a decline in

2:50:07 ↗ construction sales tax there's usually a

2:50:09 ↗ corresponding decline in permit fees as

2:50:15 ↗ well as we talk about a decline in

2:50:18 ↗ permit fees and a decline in

2:50:20 ↗ construction I wanted to provide this

2:50:22 ↗ graph because we talked a little bit

2:50:24 ↗ about construction um at the city

2:50:26 ↗ council retreat in July so I wanted to

2:50:28 ↗ provide a little bit more information in

2:50:29 ↗ this presentation this graph is showing

2:50:33 ↗ construction value by year this is a

2:50:35 ↗ good proxy for us in thinking about

2:50:37 ↗ permit revenues because uh our building

2:50:40 ↗ permits are based off of the

2:50:42 ↗ construction value also a construction

2:50:45 ↗ value can be a good proxy for trying to

2:50:47 ↗ determine what the constru ruction sales

2:50:49 ↗ tax would

2:50:50 ↗ be so um as we can see this is a very

2:50:54 ↗ volatile graph and we look at uh the

2:50:57 ↗ construction values bye in isqua since

2:50:59 ↗ the year

2:51:00 ↗ 2000 and um it's very hard to predict

2:51:04 ↗ when a when a project will come in and

2:51:07 ↗ so what we have done in the city of

2:51:10 ↗ isqua is we have used um permit fees we

2:51:15 ↗ have used construction sales tax and

2:51:17 ↗ supportive operations in some ways that

2:51:19 ↗ has balanced the budget in the past and

2:51:22 ↗ as we talk in the future about what um

2:51:27 ↗ you know how could how could uh we

2:51:31 ↗ predict our our revenues better or why

2:51:34 ↗ is it sometimes that we um get more

2:51:37 ↗ revenues than what we predicted

2:51:40 ↗ sometimes it's because of construction

2:51:41 ↗ sales tax it can really vary in a

2:51:43 ↗ smaller City like isqua as one big

2:51:45 ↗ project comes in um

2:51:49 ↗ so it is difficult to

2:51:52 ↗ predict what is the administration doing

2:51:55 ↗ to address these budget concerns in

2:51:58 ↗ 2024 first uh we have implemented a

2:52:01 ↗ hiring freeze and so um we're reviewing

2:52:04 ↗ all the positions budgeted or not uh if

2:52:08 ↗ they need to be

2:52:09 ↗ replaced and um we have also been

2:52:12 ↗ working on a reduction of 2024

2:52:14 ↗ expenditures I've been meeting with

2:52:16 ↗ every Department to try to figure out

2:52:18 ↗ fig out how do we um reduce some of the

2:52:21 ↗ spending even though we're here in the

2:52:23 ↗ later in the second half of the year we

2:52:25 ↗ can reduce some of our expending on

2:52:26 ↗ different projects and

2:52:28 ↗ programs we're also looking at um using

2:52:32 ↗ other types of funding other than

2:52:33 ↗ general fund revenues to help pay for

2:52:35 ↗ some of our expenditures one of the

2:52:37 ↗ things that I found is that we can um be

2:52:39 ↗ a little bit more aggressive with our

2:52:41 ↗ use of mitigation funds for some of our

2:52:43 ↗ expenditures we don't need to use

2:52:45 ↗ General funds for every type of expense

2:52:47 ↗ um so making sure that we allocate the

2:52:50 ↗ cost to the right type of Revenue that

2:52:52 ↗ we receive so we've been able to shift

2:52:54 ↗ some of that obligation away from the

2:52:56 ↗ general fund to other types of sources

2:52:58 ↗ of uh

2:53:00 ↗ revenue and work continues to reduce

2:53:03 ↗ costs in

2:53:04 ↗ 2024 um as we are also creating the 25

2:53:08 ↗ 26 B anym budget we're still working on

2:53:11 ↗ 2024 to make sure that we hit that 15%

2:53:15 ↗ Target of ending fund balance and that

2:53:17 ↗ we don't dip too far below that

2:53:22 ↗ 15% we do anticipate some impacts as a

2:53:26 ↗ result of this so as we have a reduced

2:53:28 ↗ ending fund balance that puts some

2:53:30 ↗ pressure on 25 and 26 to make sure that

2:53:33 ↗ we're not dipping any further into that

2:53:35 ↗ ending fund balance to make sure that we

2:53:37 ↗ can maintain that

2:53:39 ↗ 15% um so that's always our goal is we

2:53:43 ↗ want to make sure we have plenty of

2:53:45 ↗ reserves in the general fund should

2:53:47 ↗ other emergencies arrive

2:53:49 ↗ so we are looking at Staffing reductions

2:53:51 ↗ in 25 and 26 we're working with

2:53:53 ↗ departments on identifying which

2:53:55 ↗ positions those would be um we're also

2:53:58 ↗ um looking at reducing Capital spending

2:54:01 ↗ those projects that are funded by the

2:54:03 ↗ general fund uh what projects especially

2:54:06 ↗ with reduced Staffing do we need to

2:54:09 ↗ delay defer reduce the scope of Etc as

2:54:12 ↗ we have a reduced capacity to implement

2:54:14 ↗ on those projects U same with programs

2:54:17 ↗ as well

2:54:19 ↗ we anticipate having an ongoing issue

2:54:21 ↗ with revenues and expenditures and so

2:54:23 ↗ we're looking at how do we reduce those

2:54:25 ↗ ongoing

2:54:27 ↗ expenses um and of course throughout the

2:54:29 ↗ budget process as we um as we discussed

2:54:33 ↗ 25 and 26 we'll be seeking Council

2:54:36 ↗ direction to ensure that the budget is

2:54:38 ↗ aligned with your priorities there's

2:54:40 ↗ going to be plenty of opportunities to

2:54:42 ↗ discuss these reductions that we

2:54:44 ↗ anticipate for 25 and 26 and make sure

2:54:47 ↗ they're reflective of your priorities

2:54:51 ↗ how could the budget picture change so

2:54:53 ↗ between now especially what we're

2:54:55 ↗ anticipating um for 25 and 26 how could

2:54:58 ↗ it change well interest rates could

2:55:01 ↗ change so we have heard that the FED may

2:55:05 ↗ change interest rates this week those

2:55:07 ↗ interest rates affect borrowing affect

2:55:09 ↗ real estate development affect

2:55:11 ↗ construction um so we're we'll see how

2:55:13 ↗ those interest rates change and affect

2:55:15 ↗ um some of the construction in the area

2:55:18 ↗ um also um real estate excise tax we're

2:55:22 ↗ small enough town that if Costco bought

2:55:25 ↗ another office building tomorrow or

2:55:28 ↗ bought another office building in 25

2:55:30 ↗ that could really significantly change

2:55:31 ↗ our budget picture and so um real estate

2:55:34 ↗ excise tax is something that uh that is

2:55:37 ↗ also hard to predict and can fluctuate

2:55:40 ↗ dramatically we already talked a little

2:55:42 ↗ bit about that construction increase

2:55:44 ↗ that would have multiple effects on our

2:55:45 ↗ Revenue construction sales tax permit

2:55:48 ↗ revenues uh as

2:55:52 ↗ well want to talk a little bit about

2:55:54 ↗ timing and next steps so first as we

2:55:57 ↗ continue to look at the 2024 budget um

2:56:00 ↗ we will be coming back to council as we

2:56:03 ↗ typically do in any typical year um for

2:56:05 ↗ the last budget adjustment budet budget

2:56:08 ↗ adjustment that would be in December so

2:56:11 ↗ that's when we'll take a look at what

2:56:12 ↗ are what are what are those numbers how

2:56:15 ↗ are we balancing the budget uh by the

2:56:17 ↗ end of 2020

2:56:19 ↗ 4 now also thinking about 25 and 26 this

2:56:23 ↗ is a bit of a different budget calendar

2:56:25 ↗ than what we've had in the past and so

2:56:28 ↗ um that's because we've had some

2:56:30 ↗ extraordinary circumstances and we're

2:56:32 ↗ asking a little bit for council's

2:56:34 ↗ patience uh with this 2526 drafting of

2:56:37 ↗ course as you know I'm your interim CFO

2:56:39 ↗ we are still looking for a finance

2:56:40 ↗ director um full-time to fill this

2:56:43 ↗ position um our budget manager

2:56:45 ↗ unfortunately um has uh had to attend to

2:56:48 ↗ some health issues and she is um has

2:56:52 ↗ been staying at home to take care of

2:56:53 ↗ herself so we are without a budget

2:56:55 ↗ manager at the current moment uh we are

2:56:58 ↗ trying to get external help to assist

2:57:00 ↗ with this but um that has also been uh

2:57:04 ↗ difficult to do so um we have a small

2:57:08 ↗ But Mighty budget team uh it's just been

2:57:12 ↗ a little difficult uh as well as looking

2:57:14 ↗ at this decline in revenues the growth

2:57:17 ↗ in expenditures it's a lot for us to

2:57:19 ↗ manage and so um the budget process

2:57:21 ↗ looks a little different this year but I

2:57:23 ↗ do want to reassure Council that it

2:57:24 ↗ meets all statutory requirements so

2:57:27 ↗ while it's not typical to what we

2:57:29 ↗ normally do um we're certainly in line

2:57:31 ↗ with state law so um for the 2526 budget

2:57:36 ↗ uh we would be transmitting a

2:57:37 ↗ preliminary budget this is going to look

2:57:40 ↗ like what you would see in your budget

2:57:42 ↗ document as Budget on a page so it's

2:57:43 ↗ essentially going to be all of the funds

2:57:46 ↗ highlevel summary um

2:57:49 ↗ and then uh during mid October we think

2:57:53 ↗ we'll know enough of that budget

2:57:55 ↗ development and what it looks like to be

2:57:56 ↗ able to start having one-on-one

2:57:58 ↗ conversations with Council and provide

2:57:59 ↗ some more briefings about what we

2:58:01 ↗ anticipate are going to be some of the

2:58:03 ↗ challenges in 2526 what the budget is

2:58:06 ↗ going to look like October 28th we'll

2:58:09 ↗ have the budget transmitt and also begin

2:58:11 ↗ deliberations and be able to outline um

2:58:14 ↗ where are we with revenues expenditures

2:58:16 ↗ what are some of those policy questions

2:58:18 ↗ that we'll be looking at um And

2:58:20 ↗ discussing throughout the rest of the

2:58:22 ↗ budget

2:58:23 ↗ process uh November 4th is a budget

2:58:25 ↗ public hearing and uh we have several

2:58:28 ↗ other dates for Budget deliberations

2:58:30 ↗ November 12th 18th uh December 3rd

2:58:33 ↗ looking at budget adoption in December

2:58:35 ↗ 9th so um the budget adoption would be a

2:58:39 ↗ little bit later than what we've done in

2:58:40 ↗ the past couple of years but certainly

2:58:42 ↗ not out of line with What's Done across

2:58:44 ↗ the state or even what we've done in our

2:58:46 ↗ past as a city as well

2:58:50 ↗ and at this point I'd like to ask if

2:58:52 ↗ there's any

2:58:55 ↗ questions there a lot of

2:58:57 ↗ information looking for raised

2:59:00 ↗ microphones raised

2:59:06 ↗ hand Council

2:59:08 ↗ Mars so when um you know this whole

2:59:12 ↗ issue of uh construction fees and our

2:59:16 ↗ sensitivity to it uh a few years ago we

2:59:19 ↗ had a pause on new uh approval of new

2:59:24 ↗ development while we ironed some things

2:59:26 ↗ out internally was there anything

2:59:28 ↗ instructive during that pause um because

2:59:32 ↗ uh and I and I realize the the revenues

2:59:34 ↗ from construction lag approvals by a

2:59:37 ↗ certain amount but um there anything

2:59:39 ↗ from that that helps us um address this

2:59:42 ↗ potential dry

2:59:44 ↗ spell do you mean do you mean Lessons

2:59:47 ↗ Learned

2:59:48 ↗ of of moratorium correct I I I assume

2:59:52 ↗ that yeah I assume that that moratorium

2:59:54 ↗ had an impact for a while on

2:59:56 ↗ construction revenues did we learn

2:59:58 ↗ anything from managing that uh uh

3:00:03 ↗ well um well uh I think what we tried to

3:00:08 ↗ do following that was to be a little bit

3:00:11 ↗ more

3:00:12 ↗ conservative um for how we budget um the

3:00:17 ↗ larger

3:00:18 ↗ projects so when we have developers

3:00:21 ↗ talking to us and saying we're going to

3:00:22 ↗ come in for permits next year um we

3:00:25 ↗ believe them a little less because um

3:00:28 ↗ there's a lot of talk until they

3:00:30 ↗ actually submit for permits or until

3:00:32 ↗ they actually pick them up and so I

3:00:34 ↗ think that we try to be a little bit

3:00:36 ↗ more conservative but um the pressure

3:00:39 ↗ remains to use those funds and then when

3:00:42 ↗ we get uh all of those revenues it looks

3:00:45 ↗ like we're flush with cash but maybe

3:00:47 ↗ it's a one time thing or it's a very

3:00:50 ↗ volatile sporadic thing so I think as

3:00:52 ↗ City administrator Bob quitz and I are

3:00:54 ↗ looking at the data um we're talking

3:00:56 ↗ about how can we create a new policy or

3:00:59 ↗ practice in which we set some sort of

3:01:01 ↗ Baseline of expectation will'll receive

3:01:04 ↗ this amount of funds and then anything

3:01:06 ↗ over that really think about applying

3:01:08 ↗ that towards Capital instead of using

3:01:10 ↗ that to um balance ongoing or operating

3:01:16 ↗ expenditures and so I think that's

3:01:17 ↗ something that that we we should discuss

3:01:19 ↗ we should continue to discuss in the

3:01:20 ↗ future and develop that practice

3:01:23 ↗ further thank

3:01:27 ↗ you any other uh comments questions on

3:01:31 ↗ Andrea's

3:01:34 ↗ presentation they looking at council

3:01:37 ↗ president she does not have her hand up

3:01:39 ↗ anyone

3:01:41 ↗ else Andrea thank you for that it's

3:01:44 ↗ going to be an interesting year there

3:01:46 ↗ was a lot in your presentation to there

3:01:48 ↗ thank you um there is no formal action

3:01:50 ↗ requested by Council on this item this

3:01:52 ↗ evening it was meant to be an

3:01:55 ↗ update uh the next item we deferred

3:01:58 ↗ which was ID

3:01:59 ↗ 1761 informational update on the parks

3:02:02 ↗ and Community Services Department summer

3:02:04 ↗ highlights our um parks and community

3:02:06 ↗ service director is going to submit the

3:02:09 ↗ presentation and we we can discuss that

3:02:11 ↗ later going to go to uh good of the

3:02:14 ↗ order I know Deputy council president D

3:02:16 ↗ Michelle has an item and then I have a

3:02:18 ↗ few meeting

3:02:20 ↗ announcements thank you

3:02:31 ↗ um so can you head that down

3:02:38 ↗ yeah did this go email as

3:02:43 ↗ well yeah so I just I know we're late

3:02:47 ↗ and so I just wanted to uh briefly give

3:02:49 ↗ you this um uh this is a uh impact

3:02:53 ↗ report from influenc of choice and um

3:02:56 ↗ the Highlight here is there would not be

3:02:59 ↗ an influence of choice if it were not

3:03:00 ↗ for the city of isqua because the city

3:03:03 ↗ of isqua acted as the Fiscal Agent for

3:03:05 ↗ this organization for 10 years but if

3:03:08 ↗ you look at the numbers uh this is sort

3:03:10 ↗ of a return on investment report that I

3:03:13 ↗ wanted to be sure you all saw um

3:03:17 ↗ significant reductions in alcohol

3:03:19 ↗ marijuana and prescription drug abuse um

3:03:23 ↗ statistics in our school district um and

3:03:26 ↗ also um the good news that uh we have

3:03:30 ↗ received two major grants in the last

3:03:33 ↗ couple of months one is from the

3:03:35 ↗ Substance Abuse and Mental Health

3:03:36 ↗ Services Administration with a stop

3:03:38 ↗ Grant that's worth $60,000 a year for

3:03:41 ↗ the next 5 years each of the next five

3:03:43 ↗ years and uh Haida has funded us at

3:03:47 ↗ $50,000 in the year again uh in that

3:03:50 ↗ case that is an ongoing grant that uh we

3:03:53 ↗ are eligible for for for as long as

3:03:55 ↗ they're offering it so um so we are in a

3:03:59 ↗ very good place but I wanted to share

3:04:01 ↗ the good news that we got from the

3:04:02 ↗ healthy youth survey uh in 2023 which

3:04:05 ↗ was administered in the fall of

3:04:07 ↗ 2023 and um reported in the spring last

3:04:11 ↗ spring and we have not had an

3:04:13 ↗ opportunity to share this yet with the

3:04:15 ↗ community so I wanted to give you a peek

3:04:17 ↗ at the numbers um I believe we're coming

3:04:21 ↗ or influence the choice executive

3:04:24 ↗ director is coming I think two weeks

3:04:25 ↗ from now to to talk about Substance

3:04:28 ↗ Abuse Prevention month which would be um

3:04:31 ↗ the

3:04:32 ↗ um uh one of the most important months

3:04:35 ↗ in our schedule so uh I just wanted to

3:04:37 ↗ share that with you any comments or

3:04:39 ↗ questions

3:04:40 ↗ or than you for bringing the print out

3:04:43 ↗ yeah thank you thank you for the time

3:04:45 ↗ because I know we're running late

3:04:48 ↗ uh council member hunt a very brief um

3:04:53 ↗ note on uh because we are not going to

3:04:55 ↗ be presented with the informational

3:04:57 ↗ update from director Watling on the

3:04:58 ↗ parks and Community Services Department

3:05:00 ↗ summer highlights I I did want to uh

3:05:03 ↗ note that there was uh more availability

3:05:07 ↗ more capacity for the summer programs

3:05:09 ↗ for children that I as a mom of two

3:05:12 ↗ young kids in elementary school noticed

3:05:14 ↗ over the summer and this is something

3:05:15 ↗ that um I and other council members have

3:05:18 ↗ spoken about the the need to be ready by

3:05:21 ↗ your computer when the uh when you can

3:05:24 ↗ sign up you know because they sell out

3:05:26 ↗ so fast because they're so in demand and

3:05:28 ↗ they're such great programs so I wanted

3:05:29 ↗ to um say I think there's still room and

3:05:32 ↗ in talking with other families there's

3:05:33 ↗ both more more need um but at the same

3:05:36 ↗ time there was a notable Improvement I

3:05:38 ↗ wanted to uh make that note on the

3:05:41 ↗ record thank you I have uh council

3:05:45 ↗ member hall and then council president

3:05:48 ↗ well good news because you don't have me

3:05:50 ↗ to on to council president oh there we

3:05:52 ↗ go council

3:05:56 ↗ president thank you um I just wanted to

3:05:58 ↗ let the council know that um we have had

3:06:02 ↗ some

3:06:03 ↗ conversations um and requests from

3:06:06 ↗ organizations to

3:06:08 ↗ consider

3:06:10 ↗ um I don't know what it would be called

3:06:12 ↗ an ordinance or a uh basically a request

3:06:16 ↗ to review you um I 2117 sorry I'm sick

3:06:23 ↗ it's late uh

3:06:25 ↗ 2117 um and consider whether or not we

3:06:29 ↗ would want to um basically create an

3:06:31 ↗ endorsement for or against um that is

3:06:36 ↗ tentatively planned to come to the

3:06:38 ↗ October 7th meeting um we had received

3:06:42 ↗ information from uh Stacy V mckinstry

3:06:46 ↗ previously about how much the uh climate

3:06:50 ↗ commitment act um has funds contributing

3:06:54 ↗ toward the city of isqua um with a

3:06:56 ↗ potential loss of almost $5

3:06:59 ↗ million um both in uh guaranteed funds

3:07:03 ↗ and potential um and so that was what

3:07:05 ↗ really spurred the interest in

3:07:08 ↗ considering that um as a topic so if

3:07:12 ↗ there are any questions about that um

3:07:14 ↗ we're still in planning on what that

3:07:16 ↗ looks like for October 7th but I just

3:07:19 ↗ wanted to give a heads up that that is

3:07:22 ↗ um a potential come back to councel

3:07:25 ↗ thank you thank you council

3:07:27 ↗ president um not seeing any other

3:07:30 ↗ indication of good of the order so the

3:07:31 ↗ couple of meetings that are coming up

3:07:33 ↗ the September 23rd Committee of the

3:07:34 ↗ whole meeting is cancelled there will be

3:07:36 ↗ a committee of the whole meeting at 7

3:07:38 ↗ p.m. September 30th following the

3:07:40 ↗ services and saf services safety and

3:07:43 ↗ Parks committee meeting the anticipated

3:07:45 ↗ agenda items include public SA

3:07:49 ↗ Leasing and next steps 2025 26 budget

3:07:53 ↗ transmittal of the preliminary budget an

3:07:55 ↗ executive session regarding collective

3:07:57 ↗ bargaining will be occurring at the

3:07:59 ↗ conclusion of the committee of the whole

3:08:01 ↗ and the next regular city council is

3:08:03 ↗ Monday October 7th and the anticipated

3:08:05 ↗ agenda items include the credit card

3:08:07 ↗ service fee policy so at this point in

3:08:10 ↗ time if there no other good of the order

3:08:12 ↗ items we will go into an executive

3:08:15 ↗ session the session this even is to

3:08:18 ↗ discuss pending potential litigation for

3:08:20 ↗ RCW 42.3

3:08:23 ↗ 0.110 per N1 Pern I the item is expected

3:08:27 ↗ to take approximately 15 minutes action

3:08:30 ↗ will be anticipated in Open Session

3:08:33 ↗ please note that the executive sessions

3:08:35 ↗ are closed to the public and will'll be

3:08:37 ↗ going in at 10:08

3:08:41 ↗ p.m. and I ask the city clerk to move

3:08:43 ↗ the city council and any relevant staff

3:08:45 ↗ into that separate session with the

3:08:47 ↗ meeting can just

Approved minutes

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Attendance

Council / Members (6)

Barbara de Michele

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Russell Joe

Tola Marts

Lindsey Walsh

Staff (4)

Wally Bobkiewicz, City Administrator

Andrea Snyder, Deputy City Administrator

Rachel Bender Turpin, City Attorney

Tisha Gieser, City Clerk

Excused

Chris Reh

Motions and votes (5)

approve the consent agenda as presented.

Moved by Deputy Council President Barbara de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Tola Marts

Carried 6-0

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

Approve the 2025 Administrative Work Program and Budget for A Regional Coalition for Housing (ARCH) as recommended by the ARCH Executive Board

Moved by Deputy Council President Barbara de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Tola Marts

Carried 6-0

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts

Absent: Chris Reh

Approve Resolution No. 2024-21, authorizing the reallocation of funding from the Kenmore Supportive Housing Project to the Redmond Supportive Housing Project and authorizing the duly-appointed administering agency for ARCH to execute all documents necessary for funding, as recommended by the ARCH Ex…

Moved by Deputy Council President Barbara de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Tola Marts

Carried 6-0

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts

Absent: Chris Reh

Authorize the transfer to Lakeside Industries, Inc. of 100 TDR units as described herein to comply with Lakeside Development Agreement provisions, and authorize the execution of all necessary documentation for the TDR transfer.

Moved by Deputy Council President Barbara de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Victoria Hunt

Carried 6-0

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts

Absent: Chris Reh

Approve settlement of the McGrath litigation as discussed in Executive Session and for the Administration to execute documents necessary to effectuate such settlement; and to approve settlement of the Wiley litigation as discussed in Executive Session and for the Administration to execute documents …

Moved by Deputy Council President Barbara de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Tola Marts

Carried 6-0

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts

Absent: Chris Reh