City Council Regular Meeting · Monday, October 7, 2024 · City Council Digest

3. SPECIAL BUSINESS

Sister Cities Cultural Exchange ID 1766

Award Presentation · 5 min · packet pp.7

Topics: Arts & Culture

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Staff report:

SPECIAL BUSINESS b) CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office

Code Enforcement Officer Appreciation Week Proclamation ID 1706

5 min · packet pp.9

Topics: Public Safety

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Staff report:

SPECIAL BUSINESS c) CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office

Arts & Humanities Month Proclamation ID 1707

5 min · packet pp.11

Topics: Arts & Culture

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SPECIAL BUSINESS d) CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office

Fire Prevention Week Proclamation ID 1708

5 min · packet pp.13

Topics: Public Safety

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Staff report:

SPECIAL BUSINESS e) CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office

Hindu American Heritage Month Proclamation ID 1709

5 min · packet pp.15

Topics: Arts & Culture

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Staff report:

SPECIAL BUSINESS f) CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office

Substance Abuse Prevention Month Proclamation ID 1711

5 min

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5. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Oct. 7, 2024, $8,748,393.38 ID 1737

Carried 5-0

Approve · packet pp.17–46

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 Council President Lindsey Walsh · seconded by Deputy Council President Barb de Michele

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, Aug. 5, 2024

Carried 5-0

Approve · packet pp.47–50

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Apr 25, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting · May 6, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting · May 13, 2024

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR b) 08-05-24 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers August 5, 2024 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way

Roll call:

Moved by Council President Lindsey Walsh · seconded by Deputy Council President Barb de Michele

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, Sept. 3, 2024

Carried 5-0

Approve · packet pp.51

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Jun 3, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting · Jun 10, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting · Jun 24, 2024

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR c) 09-03-24 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Special Meeting 5:30 PM Issaquah Train Depot September 3, 2024 MINUTES 71 1st Ave NE

Roll call:

Moved by Council President Lindsey Walsh · seconded by Deputy Council President Barb de Michele

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, Sept. 3, 2024

Carried 5-0

Approve · packet pp.53–55

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Jun 3, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting · Jun 10, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting · Jun 24, 2024

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR d) 09-03-24 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers September 3, 2024 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way

Roll call:

Moved by Council President Lindsey Walsh · seconded by Deputy Council President Barb de Michele

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

Informational Update: Inventory of Lead Water Services ID 1754

Carried 5-0

Receive · packet pp.57–61

Topics: Water

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Staff report:

Provide City Council with an Informational Update regarding EPA-mandated survey to determine the possibility of lead service lines in Issaquah’s water service area. A previous update was provided to the City Council in the Jan. 16, 2024, City Council meeting materials (ID 1548).

Roll call:

Moved by Council President Lindsey Walsh · seconded by Deputy Council President Barb de Michele

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

Informational Update: Grant and Contract 2nd Quarter Report ID 1760

Carried 5-0

Receive Report · packet pp.63–69

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Staff report:

The Q2 2024 grant and contract

Roll call:

Moved by Council President Lindsey Walsh · seconded by Deputy Council President Barb de Michele

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

Amendments to Park Bench Donation Program AB 8904

Carried 5-0

Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.71–76

Topics: Land UseParks

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Staff report:

In September 2019, City Council approved Ordinance No. 2875 establishing a program for park bench donations for park system enhancements. This action was the result of several requests from community members seeking a way to commemorate a connection with our park system or memorialize a loved one within a park. This input was received during the development of the 2018 Parks Strategic Plan.

Roll call:

Moved by Council President Lindsey Walsh · seconded by Deputy Council President Barb de Michele

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

Mid-Year Planning Policy Commission Appointments AB 8906

Carried 5-0

Confirm · packet pp.77–78

Topics: Boards & Commissions

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Staff report:

The Mayor is responsible for appointing members to the City's boards and commissions.

Roll call:

Moved by Council President Lindsey Walsh · seconded by Deputy Council President Barb de Michele

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

Sunset Way Landslide Repair Project (ST 061) AB 8910

Carried 5-0

Authorize · packet pp.79–96

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Staff report:

The Sunset Way Landslide Project will replace existing storm, water and sewer pipe within Sunset Way between Sunset CT NW to approximately 350 feet to the west. The project will reduce the risk of a slow moving landslide that has resulted in significant ground displacement, affecting the westbound lane of W Sunset Way and endangering the integrity of City utilities, as well contributing to cracking of the sidewalk on the north side of the road.

Roll call:

Moved by Council President Lindsey Walsh · seconded by Deputy Council President Barb de Michele

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

6. PUBLIC HEARING

Initiative No. 2117 Carbon Tax Credit Trading, Nov. 5, 2024 Ballot Item, Consideration of Resolution to Oppose AB 8912

Carried 4-1

30 min · packet pp.97–110

Topics: ClimateBudgetElections

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Staff report:

Initiative No. 2117 would prohibit any state agencies from implementing a cap-and-trade or cap-and-tax program. Additionally, it would repeal the 2021 Washington Climate Commitment Act (CCA), a state law that created a cap-and- invest carbon program aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 95% by 2050 and preparing the state for the future low-carbon economy.

Roll call:

Moved by Council President Lindsey Walsh · seconded by Deputy Council President Barbara de Michele

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe

Opposed: Chris Reh

Absent: Zach Hall, Tola Marts

7. REGULAR BUSINESS

Credit Card Service Fee Policy AB 8882

Carried 5-0

Approve Resolution · 30 min · packet pp.111–129

Topics: Budget

Previously discussed: Services, Safety & Parks Committee · Jun 25, 2024

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Staff report:

At the Oct. 23, 2023 City Council meeting, Council President Walsh brought a New Business request to the City Council requesting the Administration review the City’s customer usage of credit/debit cards as a method of payment and asked further research to be conducted to understand how the City addressed credit/debit card fees. The Administration responded with a memo presented to Council at the Dec. 4, 2023 Council meeting. The City Council then requested the Administration to add consideration of the credit card policy to the City's 2024 work plan and schedule it for a Services Safety and Parks Committee in the first quarter of 2024.

Roll call:

Moved by Council President Lindsey Walsh · seconded by Deputy Council President Barbara de Michele

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Chris Reh

Absent: Zach Hall, Tola Marts

Veterans Memorial Plaza Projects AB 8763

Carried 4-1

Award Bid · 30 min · packet pp.131–149

Topics: Parks

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Staff report:

B. Project Renderings C. PK 010 Project

Roll call:

Moved by Council President Lindsey Walsh · seconded by Deputy Council President Barbara de Michele

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Russell Joe, Chris Reh

Opposed: Victoria Hunt

Absent: Zach Hall, Tola Marts

10. GOOD OF THE ORDER

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0:08 ↗ good evening everyone and welcome to the

0:10 ↗ city of isqua council meeting uh this

0:13 ↗ October 7th um nice to see so many

0:17 ↗ people from so many different groups

0:19 ↗ coming to talk with us tonight or or

0:21 ↗ hear a

0:22 ↗ proclamation uh council members Hall and

0:25 ↗ Marts both have an excused absence this

0:27 ↗ evening and as a reminder we still

0:29 ↗ continue to have a remote aspect to our

0:31 ↗ meetings both staff and members of the

0:33 ↗ public may be participating in tonight's

0:35 ↗ meeting remotely via webx the first item

0:39 ↗ on the agenda this evening is the Pledge

0:40 ↗ of Allegiance and I invite you to

0:45 ↗ join I pledge aliance to the flag United

0:49 ↗ States of America to the repblic

0:52 ↗ stands one

0:54 ↗ nation

0:56 ↗ indivisible andice

1:00 ↗ it sounds a lot better when we have a

1:02 ↗ lot of people in the

1:03 ↗ room so our next item of business and is

1:07 ↗ special business and we have several

1:09 ↗ items tonight it's been a busy week and

1:11 ↗ September tends to be a month where we

1:13 ↗ do a lot of proclamations the first item

1:16 ↗ is ID 1766 this is the sister City's

1:19 ↗ cultural exchange award presentation and

1:22 ↗ I'd like to invite sister City's

1:24 ↗ commission liaison Tina agares

1:27 ↗ commission chair Stephanie angula and

1:29 ↗ artist Mr Wally Alami to the lect turn

1:32 ↗ come on up

1:34 ↗ all if you want to clap you can clap

1:37 ↗ there we

1:38 ↗ go thank you very much uh tinis chief of

1:42 ↗ staff and staff leaon to the sister city

1:45 ↗ commission I would like to welcome Mr

1:48 ↗ Wally Alami um and Stephanie our

1:51 ↗ co-chair uh Muhammad is in the back he

1:53 ↗ will step forward and help with

1:55 ↗ translation when we get to that point um

1:58 ↗ I first I'd like to say thank you to to

2:00 ↗ our commissioners and uh as well as the

2:02 ↗ Arts commission and our volunteers if

2:04 ↗ you're in the audience can you raise

2:05 ↗ your hand if you helped out with the

2:07 ↗ event thank you lots of hands in the air

2:10 ↗ lots of gratitude um all the help was

2:13 ↗ essential and uh with much

2:16 ↗ appreciation um that partnership is

2:18 ↗ invaluable it's been an incredible week

2:21 ↗ uh celebrating and showcasing the work

2:23 ↗ of Mr wall Alami and we had events at

2:27 ↗ Providence points local schools salmon

2:30 ↗ days it's been really busy and really

2:32 ↗ really

2:33 ↗ rewarding um Mr W Alami is a renowned

2:36 ↗ Artisan in the craft of leather um

2:40 ↗ specializing in Moroccan babush which

2:42 ↗ means slippers we thank him and we thank

2:46 ↗ the Moroccan Ministry of arts and crafts

2:49 ↗ for their involvement and uh I would

2:51 ↗ like to turn the microphone over to

2:53 ↗ Stephany and K to say a few words

3:04 ↗ hello everyone hello hello um I just

3:08 ↗ wanted to say many of us are familiar

3:10 ↗ with the S sister cities relationship

3:13 ↗ but that

3:15 ↗ relationship while we think of it as

3:17 ↗ living between two cities it actually

3:20 ↗ resides in the minds and the hearts of

3:22 ↗ the residents and the people living in

3:24 ↗ both cities so this week we've had the

3:26 ↗ honor of having Mr Alami here with us

3:30 ↗ and he has brought so much to our

3:32 ↗ community and been an amazing partner

3:36 ↗ and uh futured artist that we can give

3:40 ↗ to our community at the same time it's

3:42 ↗ also been an honor for us to take um

3:45 ↗ this incredible town that so many of us

3:47 ↗ love here in isqua and give that to you

3:50 ↗ and ask that you um feel happy and open

3:55 ↗ to share issaqua with uh other people so

3:58 ↗ that bond is continuing to grow as it

4:00 ↗ lives in the hearts and minds of the

4:02 ↗ people on and on and

4:06 ↗ on um we also had many partners I'd just

4:09 ↗ like to take a moment to thank the Arts

4:11 ↗ commission Providence Point volunteers

4:14 ↗ salmon days and the local Moroccan

4:16 ↗ Community for all that they did to

4:18 ↗ support Mr

4:20 ↗ Alami um with

4:23 ↗ that um the commission would like to

4:25 ↗ honor our guest with a gift a local

4:28 ↗ painting converted to print by our very

4:30 ↗ own commissioner Mr Victor

4:33 ↗ [Applause]

4:40 ↗ Bellow and you're always welcome here in

4:43 ↗ isqua and may you always view isqua as

4:45 ↗ your home

4:50 ↗ [Laughter]

5:04 ↗ nice it has been an incredible week of

5:08 ↗ events and activities hosting an artist

5:10 ↗ from another country is a really big

5:12 ↗ lift and you need a lot of really great

5:14 ↗ volunteers to see this through and make

5:16 ↗ sure that Wally is getting welcomed at

5:19 ↗ all different places in our town and

5:21 ↗ able to see some of the Northwest so so

5:23 ↗ glad for all of you who helped to make

5:25 ↗ this

5:26 ↗ happen I had the privilege of going to

5:29 ↗ Morocco to see our sister city twice in

5:31 ↗ one year um that was not planned our

5:34 ↗ first trip after many many many years

5:36 ↗ was um to reconnect and find some common

5:39 ↗ ground in arts and culture and other

5:42 ↗ projects that we may want to work on

5:44 ↗ together but we ended up being there two

5:46 ↗ days after the very very historically

5:48 ↗ tragic um earthquake up in the Atlas

5:51 ↗ Mountains and it changed the entire tone

5:53 ↗ and tenor of the visit um we had checked

5:57 ↗ in and made sure with our hosts whether

5:58 ↗ or not they wanted us to come when

6:00 ↗ something was going on and they said it

6:02 ↗ was the time to come that after a

6:04 ↗ disaster like that the community is

6:06 ↗ feeling lost there's a lot of

6:08 ↗ hopelessness and when someone comes to

6:10 ↗ invest in and find out how you may be

6:12 ↗ able to help back in your own country

6:14 ↗ it's a pretty um emotional moment to say

6:18 ↗ the least what we came up with in our

6:19 ↗ very first visit that we work on several

6:21 ↗ projects one was to uh begin again our

6:25 ↗ cultural Exchange in the Arts and make

6:27 ↗ sure we had some visiting Artis artisans

6:29 ↗ for salmon days so Wally was here

6:31 ↗ demonstrating his craft in schools and

6:33 ↗ at the fair and at all the different

6:35 ↗ events that he was hosted at so that was

6:37 ↗ wonderful we also decided to do a

6:39 ↗ humanitarian project and the generosity

6:41 ↗ of this community and the American

6:43 ↗ Moroccan community in putting together

6:45 ↗ event at Pickering Barn was absolutely

6:47 ↗ overwhelming and Duna here and Muhammad

6:50 ↗ and all of the sister City's team and

6:52 ↗ their relatives who they made volunteer

6:54 ↗ did a huge lift in order to do one event

6:58 ↗ to raise funds and take donations to

7:01 ↗ deliver 16 to

7:02 ↗ 177,000 winter clothing items blankets

7:05 ↗ hats coats all that kind of thing to an

7:07 ↗ area that has been utterly devastated as

7:10 ↗ well as working with some nonprofits

7:12 ↗ there and bringing over refurbished

7:13 ↗ computers to allow them to be able to do

7:15 ↗ things and make connections that they

7:17 ↗ didn't have before so in September we

7:20 ↗ did a no that's not right when did we do

7:22 ↗ the return trip

7:24 ↗ June June the re return trip was in June

7:28 ↗ um very small conent but we got to

7:30 ↗ connect with the um the the Red Cross

7:33 ↗ red Cresent organization and personally

7:35 ↗ transfer all of those items right in the

7:38 ↗ area just next to the Atlas Mountains

7:40 ↗ where we know that they will help people

7:42 ↗ get through the next three four five

7:44 ↗ Winters until their towns are

7:46 ↗ reconstructed we're also looking at an

7:48 ↗ environmental piece which we never

7:49 ↗ looked at before and that is looking

7:51 ↗ into our climate action plans and

7:53 ↗ finding something that an arid Mountain

7:54 ↗ Community in a very wet Northwest can do

7:57 ↗ together the same project and

7:58 ↗ demonstrate the benefits for the

8:00 ↗ community and I'm missing one because I

8:02 ↗ know we had four projects but I can't

8:04 ↗ remember four all I want to tell you is

8:06 ↗ that these visits and these connections

8:08 ↗ and the hard work of all of these people

8:10 ↗ have really um renewed refreshed and put

8:14 ↗ a lot of excitement in our sister city

8:16 ↗ relationship so I am so grateful to have

8:18 ↗ the opportunity to do the face of the

8:20 ↗ community but now we also have the face

8:22 ↗ of our sisters and brothers in Morocco

8:25 ↗ with Wally coming to visit us and share

8:26 ↗ his craft so I'm so grateful to him and

8:29 ↗ I want present him a um recognition

8:32 ↗ award from the city because this was

8:34 ↗ just a Fabulous Adventure due to him and

8:37 ↗ his outstand it was an outstanding

8:39 ↗ cultural exchange with the ISA community

8:41 ↗ and I cannot thank you

8:43 ↗ enough thank you very

8:55 ↗ much I'm going to turn it over to

8:57 ↗ council president who would like to

8:59 ↗ provide uh some recognition from our

9:01 ↗ city council thank you council

9:04 ↗ president but we don't we don't go small

9:07 ↗ when we recognize um people um in the

9:10 ↗ way that they have been able to

9:12 ↗ contribute so the city council would

9:15 ↗ like to recognize and thank you for your

9:17 ↗ visit the cultural exchange the

9:19 ↗ importance of it and so we have a small

9:22 ↗ token of our appreciation and a box for

9:24 ↗ you to take it home

9:27 ↗ [Laughter]

9:32 ↗ tuck in ladies here we go this is a

9:34 ↗ beautiful picture

9:41 ↗ y you everyone and

9:45 ↗ [Applause]

9:49 ↗ now

9:51 ↗ yes

9:53 ↗ Wally this is for you

10:22 ↗ so before this scrip Mr Wally did not

10:26 ↗ speak much English so he spent a month

10:29 ↗ and a half before

10:31 ↗ coming learning English and practicing

10:34 ↗ what he wants to say so bear with him

10:37 ↗ bear with his accent but I know he is so

10:41 ↗ passionate he loves the experience he

10:44 ↗ loved the hospitality and he wants to

10:46 ↗ share a few words good

10:53 ↗ evening ladies and

10:55 ↗ gentlemen I am Muhammad a Craftsman and

10:59 ↗ director manager of Asami in F Morocco

11:03 ↗ specialized in Moroccan

11:05 ↗ sleepers first I'd like to express my

11:08 ↗ happiness in being among you in this

11:11 ↗ beautiful and amazing City I'd like to

11:15 ↗ express my sincere gratitude to the

11:17 ↗ mayor of isaka the C C's commission and

11:22 ↗ all organizers of this Salomon Days

11:25 ↗ festival for inviting and H us

11:30 ↗ I'd also like to thank the the Moroccan

11:33 ↗ Ministry of Tourism handicrafts social

11:36 ↗ economy and solidarity and its delegates

11:39 ↗ in F area and M for choosing me to

11:44 ↗ represent Moroccan

11:47 ↗ Craftsman the twinning of American city

11:50 ↗ of isaka and the Moroccan city of Shan

11:54 ↗ reflects the cultural and historical

11:57 ↗ relationship between the two two cities

12:01 ↗ isaka located in Washington stat is

12:04 ↗ known for its natural beauty and mous

12:08 ↗ surroundings will sh located in Northern

12:12 ↗ Morocco is famous for its tuning blue

12:16 ↗ buildings and the surrounding Reef

12:19 ↗ mountains the blue color symbolizes the

12:22 ↗ spirit of Tolerance and coexistence

12:25 ↗ between religions in Morocco this WI

12:29 ↗ aims to enhance

12:31 ↗ cultural understanding and exchange

12:35 ↗ experiences between the two cities

12:38 ↗ through

12:39 ↗ UC artistic and tourism activities the

12:43 ↗ partnership is part of efforts to

12:46 ↗ promote dialogue and cooperation between

12:49 ↗ peoples at the local and international

12:52 ↗ levels contributing to fostering

12:57 ↗ friendship and cultural communication

13:00 ↗ between and United States and Morocco

13:04 ↗ please allow me to offer you this modest

13:09 ↗ child complet handman and reflecting a

13:13 ↗ part of ourish handicraft in Morocco

13:17 ↗ long leave the Moroccan American

13:19 ↗ friendship thank you

13:22 ↗ [Applause]

13:32 ↗ take a picture in front of the city

13:33 ↗ council with that that is

13:41 ↗ [Music]

13:59 ↗ e

14:07 ↗ [Applause]

14:30 ↗ got one

14:45 ↗ more at the end of this lovely week

14:48 ↗ among you I'd like to express my

14:50 ↗ gratitude to everyone here and to the

14:53 ↗ whole community of isaka for your

14:57 ↗ hospitality and general

15:00 ↗ Unity I know that my English is po is

15:03 ↗ poor but my feelings are very sincere

15:07 ↗ and and I right to forge historical ties

15:12 ↗ through this modest work and uh and

15:16 ↗ no Moroccan

15:18 ↗ crafts I'll leave you some samples of

15:22 ↗ different sleepers and some old and

15:26 ↗ traditional tools fully full hul history

15:30 ↗ and memories of my father and my

15:34 ↗ grandparents as a symbol of our valuable

15:38 ↗ friendship let's add let's add a new

15:42 ↗ break together to our historical

15:45 ↗ friendship thank you once again God

15:48 ↗ bless God bless

15:50 ↗ you thank

15:56 ↗ you basically he wants to leave

15:59 ↗ the scissors that his father made the

16:03 ↗ slippers with 50 years ago he wishes

16:12 ↗ to that's beautiful I'm going to close

16:15 ↗ this out with one fact I would be a very

16:17 ↗ bad sister city representative if I

16:19 ↗ didn't tell you that in every single

16:21 ↗ tour I went every single tour guide in

16:24 ↗ Morocco told me the very first country

16:26 ↗ in the world to recognize the United

16:27 ↗ States of America when we formed was

16:30 ↗ Morocco so heard it everywhere so I had

16:33 ↗ to get that in there thank you

16:39 ↗ w thank you thank

16:42 ↗ [Applause]

16:51 ↗ you thank you all for coming and if at

16:53 ↗ any point in time um our meeting is

16:56 ↗ going on too long everybody is allowed

16:58 ↗ to leave as they want to but thank you

17:00 ↗ to everyone who came out tonight you

17:02 ↗ really made this special to have such a

17:04 ↗ big turnout from the community so we're

17:06 ↗ going to keep going through our special

17:08 ↗ business and we're going to start off

17:10 ↗ with council president um council

17:12 ↗ president is going to be presenting id1

17:15 ↗ 176 this is code enforcement officer

17:18 ↗ Appreciation Week Proclamation and I'd

17:20 ↗ like to invite Community planning and

17:22 ↗ development director Minnie doell to the

17:24 ↗ lect turn welcome Minnie well and as

17:26 ↗ she's coming up um

17:29 ↗ just I was hoping that Lori would be

17:32 ↗ here our code enforcement officer

17:34 ↗ because I have just heard so very much

17:38 ↗ from other cities from residents from

17:41 ↗ other staff members about how much her

17:44 ↗ work matters and I have a little secret

17:47 ↗ that I check our C click f app uh fix

17:51 ↗ app um all the time to see what people

17:53 ↗ are talking about um that needs to be

17:55 ↗ fixed in the city and Lori get on those

17:59 ↗ code enforcement um activities so quick

18:02 ↗ and is just such a thorough respondent

18:06 ↗ to the community members um to recognize

18:10 ↗ what the need is so I just I really want

18:13 ↗ to I hope you'll pass along the thanks

18:16 ↗ so we have a proclamation here whereas

18:19 ↗ Code Enforcement Officers provide for

18:21 ↗ safety Health and Welfare of the

18:23 ↗ citizens and the communities throughout

18:25 ↗ the state of Washington through the

18:27 ↗ enforcement of local Cod codes or

18:29 ↗ ordinances dealing with various issues

18:31 ↗ of building zoning housing Animal

18:34 ↗ Control environmental health and life

18:36 ↗ safety and whereas Code Enforcement

18:39 ↗ Officers often have a challenging and

18:41 ↗ demanding role and often do not receive

18:44 ↗ recognition for the job that they do in

18:46 ↗ improving living and working conditions

18:48 ↗ for residents and businesses of local

18:50 ↗ communities and whereas the role of many

18:53 ↗ Code Enforcement Officers has expanded

18:56 ↗ in recent years with the increased

18:58 ↗ number of for closed and abandoned homes

19:00 ↗ and communities impacted

19:01 ↗ economically and whereas code

19:04 ↗ enforcement officers are dedicated

19:06 ↗ highly qualified professionals who share

19:08 ↗ the goals of preventing neighborhood

19:10 ↗ deterioration enhancing and ensuring

19:13 ↗ safety and preserving values through

19:15 ↗ knowledge and application of housing

19:17 ↗ zoning and nuisance codes and ordinances

19:21 ↗ and whereas the Washington Association

19:23 ↗ of Code Enforcement wants to recognize

19:25 ↗ and Honor Code Enforcement Officers and

19:27 ↗ professionals all across the state of

19:29 ↗ Washington and bring awareness to the

19:32 ↗ importance of Code Enforcement to the

19:34 ↗ communities of the state of Washington

19:36 ↗ therefore I Lindsay Walsh on behalf of

19:39 ↗ Mary L poly the mayor of the city of

19:41 ↗ isqua do hereby proclaim the week of

19:43 ↗ October 7th to 13th 2024 to be code

19:46 ↗ enforcement officer appreciation week in

19:49 ↗ the city of isqua and invite the

19:50 ↗ community to join me in thanking isqua

19:53 ↗ Code Enforcement Officers for their

19:55 ↗ service and outstanding

19:57 ↗ contributions would you like to say any

20:01 ↗ words real quickly thank you I'm

20:03 ↗ accepting in behalf of Lori Dunning who

20:05 ↗ couldn't be here tonight um but I

20:07 ↗ couldn't agree with council president

20:09 ↗ Walsh Moore she's very responsive uh you

20:12 ↗ know takes great pride in making is AA a

20:15 ↗ better place whether it's all sorts of

20:17 ↗ complaints from graffiti to trees to

20:20 ↗ garbage to coordinating with public

20:22 ↗ health so the the gamut of issues so

20:25 ↗ we're fortunate to have

20:28 ↗ thank

20:31 ↗ you

20:40 ↗ it's thank you council

20:44 ↗ president our next item of business is

20:47 ↗ ID 177 Arts and Humanities month

20:50 ↗ Proclamation and council member hunt uh

20:52 ↗ would like to invite some guests up to

20:53 ↗ the

20:56 ↗ Lector thank you madam mayor yes I'd

20:59 ↗ like to invite arts program manager Amy

21:01 ↗ dukes and um any members of the Arts

21:04 ↗ commission and other guests to receive

21:05 ↗ the proclamation thank you so much for

21:08 ↗ being

21:15 ↗ here whereas the month of October has

21:17 ↗ been recognized as National Arts and

21:19 ↗ Humanities month for three decades by

21:21 ↗ the National Endowment for the Arts the

21:24 ↗ White House Congress and thousands of

21:26 ↗ Arts and Cultural organizations and

21:28 ↗ communities across the country and

21:30 ↗ whereas the Arts and Humanities enhance

21:32 ↗ every aspect of life improving our

21:34 ↗ economy enriching our Civic life driving

21:37 ↗ tourism and exerting a profound positive

21:40 ↗ influence on education and whereas the

21:43 ↗ Arts and Humanities help diverse

21:44 ↗ communities explore their history and

21:46 ↗ culture with the support and Partnership

21:49 ↗ of local educational and cultural

21:51 ↗ institutions and whereas the Arts are a

21:53 ↗ proven Civic engagement tool and can

21:55 ↗ bring people together across difference

21:58 ↗ in challenging times and whereas

22:00 ↗ educational research shows that the Arts

22:03 ↗ helped to Foster discipline creativity

22:06 ↗ imagination self-expression and

22:08 ↗ problemsolving skills while also helping

22:10 ↗ to develop a heightened appreciation of

22:12 ↗ beauty and cross-cultural understanding

22:15 ↗ and whereas the nation's arts and

22:17 ↗ culture section nonprofit and Commercial

22:19 ↗ represent an over $1 trillion American

22:22 ↗ industry 4.4% of our national GDP and

22:26 ↗ supports 4.85 million American American

22:28 ↗ jobs and whereas isqua is home to a

22:32 ↗ Vibrant Community of Arts culture and

22:34 ↗ Humanities organizations creative

22:36 ↗ businesses artists makers and creative

22:39 ↗ workers that positively impact our city

22:41 ↗ in a measurable ways now therefore I

22:44 ↗ council member Victoria hunt on behalf

22:46 ↗ of mayor Mary L PA of the city of isqua

22:48 ↗ do hereby proclaim the month of October

22:50 ↗ to be Arts and Humanities month in the

22:53 ↗ city of isqua and welcome the community

22:56 ↗ to join us in this celebration

23:04 ↗ and Amy Dukes would you like to come up

23:07 ↗ and just want to say thank you to

23:09 ↗ everyone who makes our arts and culture

23:12 ↗ Community vibrant and we were so pleased

23:14 ↗ to be able to take part in the artist

23:16 ↗ exchange um I think it's just a great

23:18 ↗ example the power of arts and culture to

23:20 ↗ connect

23:43 ↗ thank you council member

23:47 ↗ hunt our next item of special business

23:49 ↗ this evening is ID 1708 Fire Prevention

23:52 ↗ Week Proclamation and council member Ray

23:55 ↗ is going to invite some guests up to the

23:56 ↗ lecture uh thank you mayor Paulie I'd

23:58 ↗ like to invite uh fire chief Ben Lane

24:01 ↗ and our special guest Sparky the Fire

24:04 ↗ Dog to the lect

24:15 ↗ turn and Fire Marshall Jeremy Hicks

24:18 ↗ sorry Jeremy sorry no um so whereas the

24:24 ↗ city of isqua is committed to ensuring

24:26 ↗ the Safety and Security of all those

24:28 ↗ living and visiting our city and fire is

24:31 ↗ a serious Public Safety concern both

24:34 ↗ locally and nationally and homes are the

24:37 ↗ location where people are at the

24:38 ↗ greatest risk of fire and whereas Home

24:42 ↗ Fires cause 3,800 civilian deaths in the

24:45 ↗ United States in 2021 according to the

24:48 ↗ National Fire Protection

24:50 ↗ Association and a home fire occurs every

24:53 ↗ 93

24:54 ↗ seconds uh somewhere in this nation uh

24:58 ↗ smoke alarms uh since smoke well before

25:00 ↗ you can you can alerting you to the

25:03 ↗ dangers in the event of a

25:06 ↗ fire uh is whereas isqua residents

25:09 ↗ should be uh sure everyone in their home

25:11 ↗ understands the sound of a smoke alarm

25:13 ↗ and knows how to respond and whereas

25:16 ↗ East Side Fire and Rescue responds

25:19 ↗ responders are dedicated to reducing the

25:21 ↗ occurrences of Home Fires and home fire

25:24 ↗ injuries through prevention and

25:26 ↗ protection um education

25:28 ↗ and whereas East Side Fire and Rescue

25:31 ↗ provides all Hazard responses response

25:34 ↗ services to respond to fire medical

25:36 ↗ hazardous material technical rescue and

25:39 ↗ Emergency Services needs of the city of

25:42 ↗ isqua and whereas the city of isqua and

25:44 ↗ Eastside fire and rescue work together

25:46 ↗ to protect and educate the community

25:48 ↗ regarding fire prevention and safety and

25:51 ↗ there now therefore Mary L PA mayor Visa

25:56 ↗ does Pro hereby Proclaim that no October

25:58 ↗ 6 through 12th 2024 to be fire

26:02 ↗ prevention week in the city of isqua and

26:04 ↗ we encourage the community to support

26:06 ↗ efforts to prevent fires and to prepare

26:09 ↗ by practicing home fire escapes we ask

26:13 ↗ that the community join us in thanking

26:16 ↗ uh isqua public and fire uh safety

26:18 ↗ servants East Side Fire and

26:26 ↗ Rescue much not sure who to give it to

26:29 ↗ but I'm thinking

26:36 ↗ [Laughter]

26:49 ↗ Sparky thank you very much council

26:51 ↗ member

26:55 ↗ Ray the next item on our agenda this

26:58 ↗ this evening under special business is

26:59 ↗ ID 179 Hindu American Heritage Month

27:02 ↗ Proclamation and I invite Deputy council

27:04 ↗ president the Michelle to the lecturn to

27:08 ↗ invite up some

27:12 ↗ guests I was going to check with the

27:14 ↗ city clerk

27:17 ↗ clerk if SAA is in the audience is SAA

27:21 ↗ here

27:22 ↗ tonight okay doesn't look like she was

27:25 ↗ able to make it thank you Deputy council

27:26 ↗ president

27:29 ↗ uh the next and last uh special business

27:31 ↗ this evening is ID 1711 the Substance

27:34 ↗ Abuse Prevention month Proclamation and

27:36 ↗ I'd like to invite Marne moraldo to join

27:39 ↗ me the executive director of influence

27:41 ↗ the choice and members of the student

27:44 ↗ youth board who are here with her

27:45 ↗ tonight Elise Kiana and anvesha

28:08 ↗ whereas on a Continuum from experimental

28:11 ↗ use to tragic fatal overdose substance

28:15 ↗ youth by our youth is a complex reality

28:18 ↗ and while most young people in our

28:19 ↗ community do not use substances of any

28:22 ↗ kind here influences social norms

28:25 ↗ genetics and other risk factors Inspire

28:28 ↗ to create a profile that make it

28:30 ↗ difficult for some to escape and whereas

28:33 ↗ according to the 2023 isqua school

28:35 ↗ districts healthy youth survey 12th

28:38 ↗ graders reported in the past 30 days or

28:42 ↗ what is considered consistent use at the

28:44 ↗ following rates vaping products 8%

28:48 ↗ alcohol 133% marijuana 9% alcohol

28:52 ↗ drinking while using marijuana

28:55 ↗ 3% whereas many of our young people do

28:57 ↗ not develop the skills needed to

28:59 ↗ productively manage adolescent

29:01 ↗ development substance-free and whereas

29:04 ↗ substance use can and does negatively

29:06 ↗ impact the development and potential of

29:08 ↗ our youth to succeed and whereas

29:11 ↗ substance use prevention has a greater

29:13 ↗ impact than later intervention by

29:15 ↗ influencing a child's early life towards

29:17 ↗ positive behaviors and productivity and

29:20 ↗ whereas a cost benefit analysis by the

29:23 ↗ National Institute for drug abuse in

29:25 ↗ October of 2021 in indicates a savings

29:28 ↗ of anywhere from $13 to $26 for every $1

29:33 ↗ spent on effective school-based

29:35 ↗ programming and whereas the benefits of

29:38 ↗ increasing protective factors while

29:40 ↗ reducing risk factors and engaging

29:43 ↗ social emotional learning provides a

29:45 ↗ universal benefit to all our youth and

29:48 ↗ whereas by stopping substance use before

29:50 ↗ it starts we can prevent the disease of

29:53 ↗ addiction and we can create stronger

29:55 ↗ neighborhoods in our community now

29:57 ↗ therefore I Mary LLY the mayor of the

29:59 ↗ city of isqua do hereby proclaim the

30:01 ↗ month of October 2024 to be Substance

30:04 ↗ Abuse Prevention month in the city of

30:07 ↗ isqua Mary You' like to share a few

30:12 ↗ words uh thank you mayor paully City and

30:14 ↗ city council members on behalf of

30:16 ↗ influence the choice and the entire

30:18 ↗ Community I want to extend our heartfelt

30:20 ↗ gratitude for your recognition of

30:22 ↗ October as substance use prevention

30:24 ↗ month this Proclamation highlights the

30:27 ↗ critical importance of raising awareness

30:29 ↗ and supporting efforts to prevent youth

30:31 ↗ substance use in our city influence the

30:34 ↗ choice has proudly partnered with the

30:35 ↗ city in reducing and preventing youth

30:37 ↗ substance youth use of Al alcohol

30:40 ↗ nicotine products cannabis and Other

30:42 ↗ Drugs thanks to this Partnerships we've

30:44 ↗ seen a dramatic decrease in substance

30:47 ↗ use among students in the district and

30:49 ↗ connected with countless parents and

30:51 ↗ caregivers equipping them to have

30:53 ↗ healthy productive conversations with

30:55 ↗ their children about the impact of sub

30:58 ↗ substances on young developing brains we

31:01 ↗ are deeply thankful for the ways the

31:04 ↗ city of isqua has supported our work

31:06 ↗ your leadership not only brings

31:08 ↗ attention to the issue that affects

31:09 ↗ families and young people but it also

31:11 ↗ reinforces the commitment to creating a

31:14 ↗ healthier safer Community for everyone

31:17 ↗ together we can continue to educate

31:19 ↗ support and Empower our youth to make

31:22 ↗ Positive Choices thank you for being

31:24 ↗ strong Advocates of prevention and then

31:26 ↗ I think Kiana Graves has something to

31:33 ↗ say hi my name is Kiana Graves I am a

31:36 ↗ junior at Gibs neck high school and

31:37 ↗ substance use substance use prevention

31:41 ↗ is important to me because I've seen its

31:43 ↗ effects on family members uh in my life

31:46 ↗ just two weeks ago one of my family

31:48 ↗ members got in an accident accident

31:50 ↗ while Under the

31:51 ↗ Influence um and is now spending the

31:54 ↗ next several months in Harbor viiew he

31:56 ↗ is one of the many family members who

31:58 ↗ have had negative consequences due to

32:00 ↗ drugs and or alcohol I want to help help

32:03 ↗ ensure that this doesn't happen to any

32:05 ↗ of my immediate family or friends thank

32:08 ↗ you

32:10 ↗ [Applause]

32:33 ↗ thank you to everyone who came for the

32:36 ↗ celebration of our visiting Moroccan

32:38 ↗ artists and all of the volunteers in the

32:40 ↗ room as well as for all the

32:41 ↗ proclamations it was really nice to see

32:43 ↗ a full house tonight council is now

32:45 ↗ going to move on to audience comments

32:48 ↗ and this is the time when members of the

32:49 ↗ public May address Council in person or

32:52 ↗ virtually those who signed up in advance

32:54 ↗ to make comments will be called on First

32:57 ↗ and if you are joining joing us

32:58 ↗ virtually and would like to make

32:59 ↗ comments please raise your virtual hand

33:01 ↗ or send the host a chat message if

33:04 ↗ you're in the room and did not sign up I

33:06 ↗ will ask for other speakers before

33:08 ↗ closing this portion of the meeting

33:10 ↗ there's also a public hearing tonight on

33:13 ↗ AB

33:14 ↗ 8912 initiative number

33:16 ↗ 2117 carbon tax credit trading November

33:20 ↗ 5th 2024 ballot item and a consideration

33:23 ↗ of a resolution to oppose comments on

33:26 ↗ this particular item should be made

33:28 ↗ during that public hearing which will

33:30 ↗ occur later in the meeting clerk has

33:32 ↗ anyone signed up to speak for General

33:34 ↗ audience comments or indicated a desire

33:36 ↗ to speak yes thank you if so for those

33:40 ↗ making comments this evening you're

33:42 ↗ invited to address the council regarding

33:44 ↗ matters that are directly related to

33:45 ↗ isqua's programs projects services or

33:48 ↗ events comments related to political

33:51 ↗ campaigns are not permitted unless they

33:53 ↗ are related to tonight's public hearing

33:55 ↗ on initiative 2117 the those comments

33:58 ↗ should be made later on the agenda under

34:00 ↗ the public hearing please direct

34:02 ↗ comments to the whole Council and not

34:03 ↗ individuals and while this is not a

34:06 ↗ question and answer session we will

34:07 ↗ contact you to follow up if needed when

34:10 ↗ you are recognized unmute your

34:11 ↗ microphone or step up to the lect in the

34:13 ↗ center of the room there's a button on

34:15 ↗ the center of the base that you can

34:17 ↗ press to get the red light on state your

34:20 ↗ name address and relationship to the

34:21 ↗ city and speak clearly and pause

34:24 ↗ frequently please limit your comments to

34:27 ↗ 5 minutes and if you are attending

34:29 ↗ virtually and do not respond after your

34:31 ↗ name or phone number is called or if

34:33 ↗ your connection is lost unexpectedly we

34:35 ↗ will have to continue the meeting and

34:37 ↗ you are encouraged to rejoin the meeting

34:39 ↗ when you're able personal attacks

34:42 ↗ obscene language derogatory remarks and

34:44 ↗ disruptive behavior will not be

34:46 ↗ permitted public comments written and

34:48 ↗ verbal are important aspects of the

34:50 ↗ public process and the city takes

34:52 ↗ comments seriously we thank you all for

34:54 ↗ taking the time to address us this

34:56 ↗ evening C cler can you please identify

34:58 ↗ the first person who has signed up to

35:00 ↗ speak yes Janet eie Janet oh you're in

35:04 ↗ the room fantastic if you go on the base

35:06 ↗ of the microphone there's a button thank

35:08 ↗ you thank you so much for this

35:09 ↗ opportunity to speak with you um I'm

35:11 ↗ Janet Erie and I'm the president of the

35:13 ↗ isqua philarmonic orchestra and I want

35:16 ↗ to help you in celebrate celebrating

35:18 ↗ your month of for the Arts and

35:20 ↗ Humanities of course it's very exciting

35:22 ↗ to be participating um in this month and

35:25 ↗ we're having a rehearsal right now as we

35:27 ↗ speak but I wanted to give you some

35:28 ↗ followup and thank you for your support

35:31 ↗ um currently we're in the process of

35:33 ↗ organizing our May Spring Concert which

35:35 ↗ is also a really important one which is

35:37 ↗ a a fundraiser for the issaqua food bank

35:40 ↗ and that's going to be taking place in

35:41 ↗ the issaqua school district one of your

35:44 ↗ high school auditoriums and I want to

35:45 ↗ thank you for that support we're so

35:47 ↗ excited to be able to actually perform

35:49 ↗ in the community and support the

35:50 ↗ community and of course um with our

35:53 ↗ fundraising efforts so thank you so much

35:55 ↗ and what a pleasure to be here tonight

35:57 ↗ what a great meeting Mee thank you all

35:59 ↗ so I'm going to go to rehearsal right

36:01 ↗ now thanks all very much you picked a

36:02 ↗ good one Janet it's a good night thank

36:05 ↗ you um next on the list city clerk Paul

36:10 ↗ Quinn Paul come on

36:16 ↗ up good evening mayor council

36:19 ↗ members my name is Paul Quinn and I live

36:21 ↗ in some Amish I'm speaking to you as an

36:23 ↗ individual that cares about Recycling

36:25 ↗ and composting and reducing what we the

36:28 ↗ landfill let's start with a reminder

36:30 ↗ 2third of our trash can actually be

36:32 ↗ recycled or composted when I speak of

36:35 ↗ diversion rates that means the percent

36:37 ↗ of disposed tonnage diverted away from

36:39 ↗ the landfill into Recycling and food

36:41 ↗ scraps

36:43 ↗ composting I provided you with four

36:45 ↗ handouts the first handout in table

36:48 ↗ three shows isqua's updated diversion

36:52 ↗ rate year-to date through July and it's

36:54 ↗ up about 1% versus year-to date July

36:58 ↗ 2023 that's

37:00 ↗ good however as the top graphic in the

37:03 ↗ handout indicates this one here isqua's

37:06 ↗ diversion rate has not really improved

37:07 ↗ since

37:09 ↗ 2021 isqua's 2030 diversion rate goal is

37:14 ↗ 70% and that large gap indicates the

37:17 ↗ city needs a new Innovative approach to

37:20 ↗ improve its diversion

37:22 ↗ rates handout number two provides

37:24 ↗ several specific recommendations for

37:26 ↗ improving diversion rates rates in

37:28 ↗ addition I'm pleased to recommend a

37:30 ↗ pilot program called smart disposal to

37:32 ↗ help significantly improve this City's

37:35 ↗ diversion rates the cost of the pilot

37:37 ↗ program is approximately

37:40 ↗ $200,000 handout number three outlines

37:43 ↗ how smart disposal Works in some detail

37:46 ↗ I'll will also now briefly describe what

37:48 ↗ smart disposal is smart disposal weighs

37:51 ↗ each container emptied by the hauler for

37:53 ↗ each single family home this system

37:56 ↗ through a postcard nail to each resident

37:58 ↗ provides data specific to the resident

38:00 ↗ based on their address including a

38:03 ↗ landfill diversion rate per pickup and

38:05 ↗ trend line over

38:07 ↗ time I provided handout number four to

38:09 ↗ show an example postcard report

38:12 ↗ residents would

38:13 ↗ receive this system helps us move from a

38:15 ↗ toss and forget mindset toward making

38:18 ↗ better choices we all know that feedback

38:21 ↗ through measurement works because our

38:25 ↗ water electricity and gas are all

38:28 ↗ metered helping us to moderate our use

38:32 ↗ Smart disposal effectively meters our

38:34 ↗ actual use of the disposal

38:36 ↗ utility during the pilot the city will

38:38 ↗ work with its huler and a limited set of

38:40 ↗ residents to demonstrate the

38:41 ↗ effectiveness of smart disposal and

38:44 ↗ significantly improving diversion rates

38:47 ↗ I'm quite willing to meet with City

38:49 ↗ staff to review how the pilot works and

38:51 ↗ provide detailed information of the

38:53 ↗ budgeted cost and activities in the

38:55 ↗ project people in the city city of isqua

38:58 ↗ want to live sustainably they need

39:00 ↗ Innovative tools in the leadership of

39:02 ↗ the council to help them increase their

39:04 ↗ rate of recycling and

39:06 ↗ composting join me in implementing a

39:08 ↗ smart disposal pilot and let's get a

39:10 ↗ diversion rate moving to achieve the

39:12 ↗ city's 2030 Target thank you thank you

39:16 ↗ city clerk is there anyone else who has

39:18 ↗ signed up to participate in audience

39:20 ↗ comments no one else has signed up we do

39:23 ↗ have about eight individuals uh with us

39:26 ↗ online but I don't see that any of them

39:28 ↗ are indicating a desire to speak under

39:31 ↗ General comments he just checking in the

39:33 ↗ room is there anyone else who would like

39:35 ↗ to provide comments during audience

39:38 ↗ comments

39:39 ↗ tonight okay I'm not seeing anybody

39:42 ↗ indicating as well so I want to thank um

39:45 ↗ the residents that came by tonight to

39:47 ↗ talk about moving some concerts back

39:50 ↗ into the isqua school district

39:51 ↗ facilities and also some recommendations

39:54 ↗ for improving isqua's Community

39:56 ↗ diversion rates

39:57 ↗ uh we thank you for your comments and

39:59 ↗ the time that you took to come to the

40:00 ↗ council meeting and present um in the

40:02 ↗ meantime if uh you want to contact your

40:05 ↗ Council you can reach them at any time

40:07 ↗ at city council at ISA wa.gov the next

40:10 ↗ item of business this evening is the

40:12 ↗ consent calendar I have one revision to

40:15 ↗ this consent calendar uh on AB

40:17 ↗ 8906 that I'd like to explain to council

40:20 ↗ and that is a midyear planning policy

40:22 ↗ commission appointment we did receive

40:25 ↗ word that one of our two appointees to

40:26 ↗ be confirmed confirmed tonight was

40:28 ↗ withdrawn this is Michael Wang and we

40:30 ↗ are proposing the following substitute

40:32 ↗ motion for this item which would be to

40:34 ↗ confirm the mayor's appointment to the

40:36 ↗ planning policy Commission of John Cross

40:38 ↗ promotion to regular member from an

40:41 ↗ alternate term expiring April 30th 2026

40:44 ↗ effective November TW November 1st

40:47 ↗ 2024 um is there any objection to

40:49 ↗ substituting that motion for the for

40:51 ↗ item h on the consent

40:53 ↗ calendar thanks I'm not seeing any

40:55 ↗ indication hearing that motion has been

40:58 ↗ substituted and the revised version will

41:00 ↗ be approved upon approval of the consent

41:02 ↗ calendar are there any committee chairs

41:04 ↗ who have comments on any of the items on

41:06 ↗ the consent calendar also seeing

41:09 ↗ negative head

41:10 ↗ shakes um so the consent calendar was

41:13 ↗ distributed to Council in advance and if

41:15 ↗ authorized the items on the consent

41:17 ↗ calendar will be considered together and

41:18 ↗ approved by one motion have the pays and

41:20 ↗ payroll been reviewed they have they

41:23 ↗ have thank you does any council member

41:26 ↗ desire to remove any item from the

41:28 ↗ consent calendar and consider it under

41:29 ↗ regular business I'm not seeing any

41:32 ↗ indication um is there a

41:35 ↗ motion I move to um adopt The Substitute

41:40 ↗ uh can yeah can we call it the consent

41:43 ↗ calendar as presented or as substituted

41:45 ↗ as maybe as amended as amended yep the

41:47 ↗ consent calendar as amended

41:51 ↗ second uh is there any

41:54 ↗ discussion not seeing an indication um

41:57 ↗ the motion on the table that's been

41:59 ↗ seconded is to approve the consent

42:01 ↗ calendar as amended all those in favor

42:03 ↗ signify by saying I I those opposed that

42:07 ↗ carries 5 and0 now we're going to move

42:10 ↗ into our public hearing this is the next

42:12 ↗ item of business AB

42:14 ↗ 8912 initiative number

42:16 ↗ 2117 carbon tax credit trading it's on

42:19 ↗ the November 5th 2024 ballot and the

42:22 ↗ consideration for the council this

42:24 ↗ evening is a resolution to oppose we

42:27 ↗ will conduct a public hearing and

42:29 ↗ Council will have a

42:30 ↗ discussion state law allows the city

42:33 ↗ council to support or oppose a ballot

42:35 ↗ measure at an open public meeting one of

42:37 ↗ the requirements is that the council

42:39 ↗ members and members of the public with

42:41 ↗ opposing viewpoints have the opportunity

42:42 ↗ to be heard for that reason we've

42:45 ↗ scheduled a public hearing tonight this

42:47 ↗ will be the Public's opportunity to

42:49 ↗ express support or opposition for the

42:52 ↗ proposed resolution opposing initiative

42:54 ↗ number

42:55 ↗ 2117 following the public hearing the

42:58 ↗ city council will deliberate I'd like to

43:00 ↗ ask City administrator Wally Bob quitz

43:02 ↗ to introduce this

43:04 ↗ item yes thank you madam mayor members

43:06 ↗ of the council good evening uh this

43:08 ↗ agenda Bill seeks uh city council

43:10 ↗ approval of a resolution opposing

43:12 ↗ Washington State ballot initiative

43:13 ↗ number 2117 which is qualified for the

43:15 ↗ November 5th general election the

43:17 ↗ initiative would prohibit any state

43:19 ↗ agencies from implementing a cap and

43:20 ↗ trade or cap tax program additionally it

43:23 ↗ would repeal the 2021 Washington climate

43:26 ↗ commitment Act the state law that

43:28 ↗ created a cap invest carbon program aim

43:30 ↗ at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by

43:32 ↗ 95% by 2050 and preparing the state for

43:35 ↗ the future low carbon economy uh

43:38 ↗ included in your packet is exhibit B is

43:40 ↗ a summary of State funds uh made

43:43 ↗ possible by the climate commitment act

43:45 ↗ uh this item is before the council at

43:46 ↗ the request of the council president and

43:48 ↗ the deputy council president happy to

43:50 ↗ answer any questions thank you City

43:53 ↗ administrator um we will have questions

43:55 ↗ and answer after the public hearing so

43:57 ↗ I'm going to open the public hearing at

44:01 ↗ 7:43 and just repeat that if you are

44:04 ↗ joining us virtually and you'd like to

44:05 ↗ make comments during this public hearing

44:07 ↗ please raise your virtual hand or send

44:09 ↗ the host a chat message if you're on the

44:11 ↗ phone press uh star three if you have

44:13 ↗ joined by a computer or smartphone look

44:15 ↗ for a hand icon and if you're in this

44:17 ↗ room and you didn't sign up to speak I

44:18 ↗ will ask for other speakers before we

44:20 ↗ close this portion of the meeting cler

44:22 ↗ has anyone signed up to speak or

44:24 ↗ indicated a desire yes we have three

44:26 ↗ people signed up the first is in the

44:28 ↗ room room an

44:31 ↗ Nukem welcome

44:43 ↗ an all right is it working can you hear

44:45 ↗ me okay awesome so I am here to support

44:50 ↗ the city of isqua in um opposing

44:54 ↗ i117 um I

44:57 ↗ the the climate commitment Act is um so

45:01 ↗ important for not just isqua but for the

45:03 ↗ entire State um so I'll just go ahead

45:06 ↗ and give a little more history about it

45:09 ↗ so in uh 2021 the climate commitment Act

45:12 ↗ was voted into law and um

45:15 ↗ ecology then um wrote the cap and trade

45:19 ↗ and um all of the rules and in January

45:23 ↗ of

45:25 ↗ 2023 um it got up and going and in

45:29 ↗ February of 2023 um the state of

45:31 ↗ Washington had our first

45:33 ↗ auction and since then until um now or

45:38 ↗ August may possibly it has

45:42 ↗ raised uh

45:44 ↗ $2.7 billion

45:46 ↗ dollar uh to go to Great projects in

45:49 ↗ Washington in the way it's raising the

45:51 ↗ money is uh capping

45:55 ↗ uh uh

45:57 ↗ companies that pollute more than 25

46:01 ↗ metric tons of CO2 equivalent per year

46:05 ↗ need to either um invest in their own

46:07 ↗ companies to uh reduce their CO2

46:12 ↗ equivalent pollution or invest in um

46:17 ↗ allocations which are then turned into

46:19 ↗ grants and there's a a lot of really

46:22 ↗ amazing

46:24 ↗ um grants that have been filled

46:27 ↗ that are happening all over Washington

46:28 ↗ State and most importantly here in isqua

46:33 ↗ isqua has already gotten over a million

46:36 ↗ dollars in Grants

46:38 ↗ allocated and secured for really great

46:41 ↗ projects and unfortunately we still we

46:43 ↗ might still have or maybe you could tell

46:45 ↗ me do we still have the other ones the

46:48 ↗ over $3 million in Grants are those

46:50 ↗ still

46:51 ↗ pending can't answer questions now but a

46:54 ↗ council member can definitely ask that

46:56 ↗ question public comment great uh so for

47:00 ↗ those um those grants are for solar

47:03 ↗ panels on picking Barn solar panels um

47:07 ↗ and a battery on the senior center and

47:10 ↗ um some other great projects like that

47:12 ↗ so I just think it's really wise and I'm

47:16 ↗ really grateful that the city of isqua

47:17 ↗ is opposing to17 looks like I still have

47:21 ↗ some more time

47:22 ↗ so so that's how it directly affects

47:25 ↗ isqua but um it also affects residents

47:30 ↗ in

47:31 ↗ isqua uh

47:33 ↗ [Music]

47:35 ↗ because the the funds for every dollar

47:38 ↗ it's a multiplier for every dollar that

47:40 ↗ is spent um from CCA funds in Washington

47:44 ↗ state that $1 multiplies to

47:48 ↗ $13 um so a lot of money is going to be

47:52 ↗ coming from uh Federal money out of

47:54 ↗ state money and then of course the city

47:56 ↗ for cities will and counties will re

47:59 ↗ invest invest in these projects as well

48:03 ↗ so that's all good plus there's more uh

48:08 ↗ 45,000 jobs will be created and those

48:12 ↗ are really good paying jobs uh with a

48:15 ↗ mean I think it's an average of over

48:17 ↗ $90,000 or around

48:20 ↗ $90,000 so great jobs a lot of them

48:25 ↗ which is good for isqua residents

48:27 ↗ and then also all of these projects are

48:34 ↗ either

48:36 ↗ or um helping create the fish pass

48:39 ↗ passages in Washington carbon

48:43 ↗ sequestration and um just helping us to

48:46 ↗ reach our climate goals so we can reduce

48:48 ↗ those

48:49 ↗ emissions which helps the residents in

48:52 ↗ isqua

48:54 ↗ because then there will be less climate

48:57 ↗ chaos um we have a better future ahead

49:01 ↗ of

49:02 ↗ us and

49:05 ↗ um I think that's probably about all I

49:08 ↗ need to say thank you so much I really

49:10 ↗ appreciate it thank you an just uh one

49:13 ↗ clarification for those in the room and

49:15 ↗ those that may be watching we

49:17 ↗ interchange the word City a lot to mean

49:19 ↗ a lot of different things City

49:21 ↗ Administration city council and

49:23 ↗ sometimes we use City to describe both

49:25 ↗ uh tonight as during this agenda bill

49:28 ↗ this is a council action so it is a city

49:31 ↗ council um decision the administration

49:34 ↗ is neutral on these issues so this is

49:37 ↗ completely a city council action tonight

49:39 ↗ just to make sure that was clear with

49:40 ↗ everybody thank you very much an oh

49:42 ↗ thank you um who is uh next on the list

49:47 ↗ city clerk yes we have a virtual

49:49 ↗ commenter Deepa

49:52 ↗ cahan Deepa I'm making you a panelist

49:55 ↗ now you should have the option to mute

49:57 ↗ and can choose to turn your video

50:01 ↗ on hi good evening can you hear me yes

50:04 ↗ we can thank you uh my name is Dea saraj

50:08 ↗ I'm the local policy manager at climate

50:11 ↗ Solutions which is a clean energy

50:13 ↗ nonprofit based in the Pacific Northwest

50:16 ↗ and I am testifying today in strong

50:18 ↗ support of this resolution to oppose the

50:20 ↗ passage of initiative

50:22 ↗ 2117 um and did such a great job at

50:25 ↗ explaining 2117 but I'll just reiterate

50:27 ↗ some of the the same points um

50:30 ↗ initiative 2117 would repeal our state's

50:32 ↗ Innovative cap and invest program that

50:35 ↗ is part of nation leing that is part of

50:36 ↗ our nation leading climate commitment

50:38 ↗ act the CCA finally makes the biggest

50:40 ↗ climate polluters in our state to both

50:42 ↗ cut their pollution and pay for it and

50:45 ↗ brings unprecedented Revenue to the

50:47 ↗ state for climate conservation and clean

50:49 ↗ energy projects in our

50:51 ↗ communities um repealing this law would

50:53 ↗ strip billions in investments in

50:55 ↗ community priorities across every part

50:57 ↗ of Washington in addition to the funding

51:00 ↗ specific to it's a quad that and did a

51:02 ↗ great job of outlining there are

51:04 ↗ programs in all parts of the state that

51:05 ↗ also impact all of us since climate

51:07 ↗ change is a global issue there are

51:10 ↗ programs to protect salmon habitat and

51:12 ↗ clean up our waterways clean up toxic

51:15 ↗ air pollution through replacing diesel

51:16 ↗ fueled trucks and buses and supporting

51:18 ↗ Regional Transit enhancing the

51:20 ↗ resilience of our forests against

51:22 ↗ wildfires and reducing the increasing

51:24 ↗ strain of utility costs all of which

51:27 ↗ support is's climate operational goals

51:29 ↗ set forth in is's 2021 climate action

51:33 ↗ plan the corus of voices opposing this

51:36 ↗ harmful backwards initiative is large

51:38 ↗ and diverse and only continues to grow

51:41 ↗ small businesses tribal Nations doctors

51:44 ↗ and nurses firefighters certain labor

51:46 ↗ unions environmental groups and more

51:49 ↗ have come together to oppose an

51:50 ↗ initiative 217 and I urge this Council

51:53 ↗ to pass this resolution and do this same

51:55 ↗ thank you thank you Deepa city clerk

51:58 ↗ who's next on our sign up list next we

52:01 ↗ have Landon Halverson who's also

52:03 ↗ attending virtually Landon I'll make you

52:05 ↗ a panelist now you should have the

52:07 ↗ option to unmute and can choose to turn

52:09 ↗ your video

52:14 ↗ on sorry can folks hear me perfectly

52:18 ↗ welcome Landon sorry I had to uh call in

52:21 ↗ I'm on the E business trip it's 11 o'

52:24 ↗ here but it was important enough uh to

52:26 ↗ come on and speak with you all thank you

52:28 ↗ for giving me the opportunity uh to

52:29 ↗ speak with you all I am here uh frankly

52:32 ↗ to urge the council uh to vote no on

52:35 ↗ this uh proposed legislation and if

52:37 ↗ nothing else to consider abstaining uh

52:40 ↗ from this piece of legislation or this

52:43 ↗ amendment or or rather this um I'm sorry

52:45 ↗ this resolution it's late here uh I feel

52:49 ↗ that frankly as I as I look at the

52:52 ↗ structure of this proposition it feels

52:55 ↗ very performative

52:57 ↗ um I'm not fully understanding how or

52:59 ↗ why at this stage less than a month

53:01 ↗ until the election the city of isqua is

53:03 ↗ in a position uh frankly to uh make

53:07 ↗ change on how people are going to vote

53:09 ↗ on this issue and where residents are

53:10 ↗ ultimately going to fall uh and I'm

53:13 ↗ concerned um that this action um

53:16 ↗ regardless of where you stand on it does

53:18 ↗ not really serve the people of isqua in

53:21 ↗ the way uh that we expect our city

53:23 ↗ council to um that being said uh I would

53:27 ↗ ultimately support a no vote um if you

53:30 ↗ are to vote uh on this uh on this

53:33 ↗ proposition and I feel that way um

53:35 ↗ frankly in large part because I as a

53:37 ↗ resident have been frustrated by the

53:38 ↗ lack of transparency and accountability

53:40 ↗ from our state on the climate commitment

53:42 ↗ act uh and I believe that's it's

53:44 ↗ incumbent on our state legislators in

53:47 ↗ the 2025 session to find a better more

53:50 ↗ transparent more accountable way to

53:51 ↗ reduce carbon emissions in the state of

53:53 ↗ Washington that doesn't rely um on the

53:55 ↗ outdated models of the C CCA um frankly

53:59 ↗ like I mentioned I'm concerned about the

54:01 ↗ transparency and accountability aspect

54:03 ↗ we were told uh by our governor and by

54:05 ↗ others that gas would only rise a few

54:07 ↗ cents um as a result of this bill and

54:09 ↗ that it could potentially even go down

54:11 ↗ uh that of course did not materialize

54:13 ↗ and that is uh concerning we were

54:16 ↗ promised that we would have metrics that

54:17 ↗ we'd have a whole website dedicated to

54:19 ↗ tracking the metrics of the CCA so that

54:21 ↗ we could understand just how well it was

54:24 ↗ uh truly reducing carbon emissions that

54:26 ↗ website was up for a couple of months

54:28 ↗ the data it showed was not promising it

54:30 ↗ was ultimately pulled the website was

54:31 ↗ pulled into to my knowledge as of uh

54:34 ↗ this evening last time I checked that

54:35 ↗ website is not back up uh for public use

54:38 ↗ or public viewing um and then finally uh

54:42 ↗ we had a state Economist who came

54:43 ↗ forward he attempted to say hey this is

54:46 ↗ going to cause gas prices to to rise

54:49 ↗ between 45 and 50 cents which is almost

54:50 ↗ to the scent uh what we've seen the

54:53 ↗ increase in gas prices be um since the

54:55 ↗ climate commitment Act uh implementation

54:58 ↗ uh he was ultimately fired he was let go

54:59 ↗ from his position um and that is

55:01 ↗ currently making its way through the

55:02 ↗ courts right now uh so I'm concerned

55:05 ↗ with the way that the climate commitment

55:06 ↗ act has been rolled out I'm concerned

55:08 ↗ about whether or not it's truly making

55:10 ↗ the impact that we wanted it to uh our

55:12 ↗ ecology department has been saying for

55:14 ↗ years uh that its uh actions were going

55:16 ↗ to reduce carbon emissions uh in our

55:18 ↗ state they have remained largely flat

55:20 ↗ since at least 2012 uh and so ultimately

55:24 ↗ this lack of accountability and

55:25 ↗ transparency

55:27 ↗ uh with such an exorbitant cost I mean

55:29 ↗ ultimately we talk about the funding

55:31 ↗ right something to tune of $2.1 billion

55:34 ↗ that ultimately comes from taxpayers

55:35 ↗ taxpayers who are already struggling uh

55:38 ↗ and without that transparency and

55:40 ↗ accountability I'm I'm really concerned

55:42 ↗ about how we'll be able to truly

55:44 ↗ understand the effects it has on isqua

55:45 ↗ residents whether or not it's truly

55:47 ↗ reducing carbon emissions in the way it

55:48 ↗ needs to uh and whether or not it's

55:50 ↗ really the best plan moving forward I

55:53 ↗ think that the state and state

55:54 ↗ legislators could come up with a much

55:55 ↗ more ient plan uh that doesn't rely um

55:59 ↗ on these things uh and I would encourage

56:02 ↗ the state to do just that and I would

56:04 ↗ encourage the council to to encourage

56:06 ↗ the state to do that and to vote no on

56:09 ↗ this so that we can get a better

56:10 ↗ deal thank you Landon city clerk is

56:13 ↗ there anyone else uh indicating online a

56:15 ↗ desire to

56:18 ↗ speak mayor uh we we do have a number of

56:21 ↗ other folks with us online and I've just

56:23 ↗ sent them a note to see if they'd like

56:25 ↗ to comment but I'm not seeing anyone

56:27 ↗ raise a hand at this time so I'm going

56:28 ↗ to come to the room could you raise your

56:30 ↗ hand if you'd like to comment on this

56:31 ↗ tonight just so I get why see one

56:34 ↗ two is that it okay uh husband and wife

56:39 ↗ you're going to have to do the rock

56:42 ↗ paper scissors to determine who comes up

56:44 ↗ first ladies first oh David you are so

56:53 ↗ chivalrous on it's on okay

56:58 ↗ great all right city

57:02 ↗ council thank you for having this

57:04 ↗ hearing I really appreciate I know that

57:07 ↗ it takes a lot and it's not the normal

57:10 ↗ thing to um weigh in on state issues and

57:14 ↗ um the fact that um this issue is

57:17 ↗ affecting isqua uh is important and uh

57:22 ↗ thank you for doing

57:24 ↗ that uh you've heard heard already from

57:27 ↗ other people I don't want to repeat but

57:30 ↗ this initiative dismantles the climate

57:33 ↗ commitment act and this act is designed

57:36 ↗ to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions

57:40 ↗ while funding the transition to clean

57:42 ↗ energy it's only been going for two

57:46 ↗ years really since the you know the

57:48 ↗ auctions started in

57:50 ↗ 2023 I don't think it's had a full

57:53 ↗ chance to see how it works um it seems

57:57 ↗ to be working uh from the angle of

57:59 ↗ providing funds for clean energy

58:01 ↗ projects and we need you know how hard

58:04 ↗ it is to get data uh when we have our

58:07 ↗ greenhouse gas emissions it's always a

58:08 ↗ little bit behind um when we have our

58:11 ↗ inventory um I I do believe it will show

58:14 ↗ um an effect uh and this destructive

58:20 ↗ initiative would keep us from getting

58:23 ↗ future grants for the senior Center and

58:26 ↗ Pickering barn and many others that

58:29 ↗ people have

58:30 ↗ mentioned now we do depend on these

58:32 ↗ grants we can't afford to do the kinds

58:35 ↗ of things that need to be done in our um

58:38 ↗ issaqua climate action plan in order to

58:42 ↗ um reach our goals of greenhouse gas

58:45 ↗ emissions and the council approved that

58:48 ↗ plan so that we could do just that and

58:51 ↗ be a part of the solution to this

58:54 ↗ crisis how disheartening now to Halt all

58:57 ↗ that progress uh on that as as all these

59:01 ↗ climate efforts of the city and many

59:03 ↗ other communities in the

59:06 ↗ state those who favor initiative 2117

59:10 ↗ say that the CCA increases gas prices

59:13 ↗ however there are facts being collected

59:16 ↗ about that by the US Energy Information

59:20 ↗ Administration which has collected this

59:22 ↗ information since 2003 I sent a chart to

59:26 ↗ the council um via my written comments

59:30 ↗ that shows that the gas prices today and

59:32 ↗ this is average gas prices not King

59:34 ↗ County we're always higher than

59:37 ↗ everybody um the average Washington gas

59:40 ↗ prices today are uh lower than two years

59:44 ↗ ago before the um climate commitment act

59:47 ↗ they haven't gone up uh they may have

59:50 ↗ initially gone up but those are waves

59:52 ↗ that everybody's going up and down uh

59:55 ↗ then the Washington gas price over the

59:57 ↗ national average has actually lessened

1:00:00 ↗ since the climate commitment act and

1:00:02 ↗ these I sent you the sources of that

1:00:04 ↗ information and all the data The Seattle

1:00:07 ↗ Times confirmed this reasoning in their

1:00:09 ↗ editorial opposing 2117 their research

1:00:12 ↗ showed that average gas prices in the

1:00:14 ↗ western states are historically higher

1:00:16 ↗ than the rest of the country

1:00:18 ↗ unfortunately but prices seem to rise

1:00:21 ↗ and fall in Tandem and there are other

1:00:25 ↗ reasons Beyond the CCA that are causing

1:00:27 ↗ the gas prices to rise and fall which

1:00:30 ↗ they

1:00:31 ↗ do um but more details about that I also

1:00:34 ↗ sent you in a

1:00:35 ↗ handout uh so i' I'd like you to um take

1:00:39 ↗ that into consideration as well um for

1:00:42 ↗ our citizens and um the affordability of

1:00:44 ↗ gas I know is an issue to a lot of

1:00:47 ↗ people so based on that and all that um

1:00:52 ↗ really all that we've we've worked for

1:00:54 ↗ in the city

1:00:56 ↗ um I I I urge you and and really we're

1:01:00 ↗ counting on you to take a bold stand uh

1:01:03 ↗ for climate by resolving against

1:01:05 ↗ initiative

1:01:06 ↗ 2117 thank you thank you an Dave and you

1:01:10 ↗ dropped something glasses or a

1:01:14 ↗ pen what up

1:01:21 ↗ Dave David Kepler 255 Southeast Andrew

1:01:25 ↗ Street

1:01:26 ↗ um this morning the hurricane in in the

1:01:29 ↗ Gulf was a one it's now a five um it's

1:01:32 ↗ just amazing the the the issues we're

1:01:35 ↗ facing globally with climate in this

1:01:39 ↗ area climate is huge to um and it's

1:01:43 ↗ developed it's uh provided us with an

1:01:46 ↗ amazing forests water salmon and all

1:01:50 ↗ kinds of things that uh could

1:01:52 ↗ potentially disappear over salmon days

1:01:56 ↗ weekend I spent most of my time at the

1:01:58 ↗ isqua Alps booth just um uh raving about

1:02:03 ↗ isqua and the other partners that we

1:02:06 ↗ have such as the county and the State

1:02:09 ↗ Department of Natural Resources and

1:02:10 ↗ state parks about trees we have the

1:02:14 ↗ water we have the salmon we have all of

1:02:16 ↗ this is directly tied to protecting our

1:02:20 ↗ climate and protecting that climate or

1:02:22 ↗ enhancing it we could lose so many of

1:02:27 ↗ the the draws that people have for

1:02:30 ↗ wanting to live in isqua and wanting to

1:02:33 ↗ live in this area the greater area if we

1:02:37 ↗ U we do not handle our climate crisis

1:02:41 ↗ properly so please

1:02:43 ↗ um take good action tonight thank you

1:02:47 ↗ thank you Dave city clerk has anyone

1:02:49 ↗ online since indicated they would like

1:02:51 ↗ to speak because I'll do a final call in

1:02:53 ↗ the room no is there anyone else in the

1:02:55 ↗ room room who would like to address the

1:02:57 ↗ council victor come on up and then I see

1:02:59 ↗ a second hand back there

1:03:04 ↗ as thank you um Victor Bellow 1105 Louis

1:03:09 ↗ Lane um I'm not as well informed in the

1:03:13 ↗ issue as everybody else has spoke and is

1:03:15 ↗ this is one that I've wrestled with in

1:03:19 ↗ since I learned about it um in one in

1:03:22 ↗ multiple ways first it the it it was

1:03:26 ↗ many many many years ago decades even

1:03:28 ↗ that scientists started warning us about

1:03:30 ↗ those two degrees that we can't pass

1:03:33 ↗ that threshold we already did we blew

1:03:36 ↗ that it the like that the rooster sang

1:03:39 ↗ on that one already right so and we can

1:03:42 ↗ see the

1:03:43 ↗ catastrophic consequences of that

1:03:46 ↗ Florida is basically going to disappear

1:03:47 ↗ in a few years and because of you know

1:03:50 ↗ hurricanes and all this stuff it's just

1:03:51 ↗ horrible catastrophes happening all over

1:03:53 ↗ the place because of the climate change

1:03:55 ↗ now

1:03:56 ↗ now um opposing

1:03:59 ↗ 2117 uh allows us to hold accountable

1:04:03 ↗ the corporations that don't do enough to

1:04:05 ↗ meet their commitments right to

1:04:07 ↗ addressing something we failed

1:04:09 ↗ generations to come I'll be surprised if

1:04:11 ↗ a 100 years from now my kids are not

1:04:14 ↗ going to suffer greatly or their or my

1:04:17 ↗ grandchildren are going to suffer

1:04:18 ↗ greatly from what we've done to them

1:04:20 ↗ right and then on the other side how

1:04:25 ↗ allow owing them to do cap trade through

1:04:29 ↗ the what we have in place today gives us

1:04:32 ↗ the benefits of using some of that

1:04:35 ↗ income to have initiatives that you know

1:04:38 ↗ we can do some good here locally right

1:04:41 ↗ that's the only way that we can actually

1:04:42 ↗ affect I'm not here to say vote Yes vote

1:04:45 ↗ no you're way smer than I am you reach

1:04:48 ↗ that decision it's just we've got to

1:04:51 ↗ look at not only the the the I mean the

1:04:55 ↗ reality that we live on right now which

1:04:57 ↗ is this is happening it's happening now

1:04:59 ↗ and you can see it locally the the we

1:05:02 ↗ have we received less water this year

1:05:04 ↗ than the previous year it's been

1:05:05 ↗ happening for five years in a row and

1:05:06 ↗ it's going to continue going getting

1:05:08 ↗ worse right we we by like we can yell at

1:05:12 ↗ somebody or not but like it's I don't

1:05:15 ↗ think the needle is going to move too

1:05:17 ↗ much if we can figure out ways that we

1:05:21 ↗ can get some benefits like with the

1:05:24 ↗ current TCA and giving us those uh that

1:05:29 ↗ that that stream of Revenue into the

1:05:31 ↗ city that we can use

1:05:34 ↗ for making us ready for those

1:05:37 ↗ catastrophic events that are coming and

1:05:40 ↗ building our environmental response in

1:05:43 ↗ our communities to deal with that making

1:05:46 ↗ us self sustainable with water that

1:05:49 ↗ we're continuing to buy from other

1:05:52 ↗ sources figuring out how we can make

1:05:53 ↗ ourselves whole in the upcoming storm

1:05:58 ↗ why not so thank you thank you Victor

1:06:03 ↗ and I think you really downplay your

1:06:05 ↗ intelligence because I've worked with

1:06:06 ↗ you a lot and you're a super smart guy

1:06:08 ↗ and we have one more person in the room

1:06:09 ↗ who would like to come up and comment

1:06:16 ↗ today hi my name is Julie Carr I'm an

1:06:19 ↗ isqua resident I wasn't planning on

1:06:22 ↗ speaking but I thought I would just

1:06:24 ↗ share a little of my personal experience

1:06:27 ↗ I moved to isquad just over two years

1:06:29 ↗ ago um came from a different state that

1:06:32 ↗ does not have a climate commitment act

1:06:35 ↗ doesn't have that programming or funding

1:06:38 ↗ and I noticed right away when I moved to

1:06:41 ↗ isqua that there was opportunities to

1:06:44 ↗ learn about and receive rebates for heat

1:06:48 ↗ pumps which i' had been curious about

1:06:50 ↗ but had never had an opportunity to

1:06:52 ↗ really learn about so I really

1:06:54 ↗ appreciated that and that the program

1:06:57 ↗ also extended to people who didn't have

1:06:59 ↗ a lot of extra money for investing in

1:07:02 ↗ their properties so those rebates those

1:07:05 ↗ helps with utility bills and

1:07:08 ↗ installation of energy efficient

1:07:11 ↗ equipment just just I was so impressed I

1:07:15 ↗ was so grateful for the opportunity to

1:07:17 ↗ consider that and that there were

1:07:19 ↗ installers and um companies that were

1:07:23 ↗ able to do that work because there was

1:07:25 ↗ an interest in having those

1:07:27 ↗ systems I don't know that there's very

1:07:30 ↗ many times that I'm out and about in the

1:07:32 ↗ Summer where I don't hear a pretty

1:07:34 ↗ extensive conversation about installing

1:07:37 ↗ uh air conditioning heat pumps uh the

1:07:41 ↗ heat the humidity it's on our minds here

1:07:44 ↗ in isqua we're all wanting to do what we

1:07:47 ↗ can to keep ourselves comfortable we're

1:07:50 ↗ also a lot of people very concerned

1:07:53 ↗ about uh climate change so I really

1:07:56 ↗ appreciate those pieces that have been

1:07:58 ↗ brought to light and my understanding

1:08:00 ↗ that a good part of that is because of

1:08:02 ↗ the climate commitment

1:08:04 ↗ act a couple of the other pieces that

1:08:06 ↗ are important to me are also

1:08:10 ↗ um the expansion of the regional air

1:08:12 ↗ quality monitoring Network I really

1:08:14 ↗ appreciate being able to understand what

1:08:17 ↗ the air quality is in isqua in any given

1:08:19 ↗ day and expanding that is import

1:08:22 ↗ important um we also have through C

1:08:26 ↗ um uh the opportunity to R reduce

1:08:29 ↗ pollution from heavyduty trucks and I

1:08:32 ↗ personally find that to be something

1:08:34 ↗ that's just a powerful reminder of

1:08:37 ↗ pollution when trucks are on the road

1:08:40 ↗ and there's a lot of particulate and

1:08:43 ↗ pollution coming out of their tail pipe

1:08:46 ↗ uh the capacity for the health

1:08:48 ↗ environment for all act uh to be

1:08:52 ↗ implemented to tribes and overb

1:08:55 ↗ communities is also really important to

1:08:57 ↗ me I just appreciate your time I urge

1:09:00 ↗ you to oppose this initiative thank you

1:09:05 ↗ thank you Julie looking at the room

1:09:07 ↗ again uh Larry come on

1:09:13 ↗ up my name is Larry Franks I'm a 52-year

1:09:16 ↗ resident of uh isqua and as many of you

1:09:20 ↗ suspect I look at climate change Through

1:09:22 ↗ The Eyes of a salmon let me explain what

1:09:25 ↗ it looks like to him salmon follow what

1:09:27 ↗ I call the goldilock Zone if you look at

1:09:30 ↗ the ice cap that advances and Reeds over

1:09:35 ↗ Millennia my salmon like to be right at

1:09:38 ↗ the edge of that so they're in cold

1:09:39 ↗ water they're not frozen but it's not

1:09:42 ↗ hot here's what the history looks like

1:09:44 ↗ 300 years ago the goldilock Zone

1:09:47 ↗ extended down past Southern

1:09:50 ↗ California Sacramento River produced

1:09:52 ↗ tens of millions of shinook last last

1:09:55 ↗ year it produced roughly 4 million

1:09:58 ↗ shinook and the recovery folks were

1:10:00 ↗ thrilled but at compared to Millions so

1:10:03 ↗ the goldilock Zone has been moving south

1:10:06 ↗ it has passed us the goldilock Zone has

1:10:10 ↗ passed Columbia River Columbia River

1:10:12 ↗ used to produce 14 to 18 million fish a

1:10:15 ↗ year last year it produced 1 million

1:10:19 ↗ fish Now where's it going to go

1:10:21 ↗ goldilock zone is now Bristol Bay here's

1:10:24 ↗ the real critical part the last time

1:10:27 ↗ that this happened Millennia ago it took

1:10:31 ↗ 3,000 years for that Retreat to

1:10:35 ↗ occur it has taken 300 years for that

1:10:39 ↗ Retreat from Sacramento being uh

1:10:42 ↗ producing uh fish to only Bristol Bay

1:10:45 ↗ producing fish it's climate change it's

1:10:49 ↗ happening and I'm proud of the city

1:10:52 ↗ council taking a position on this

1:10:54 ↗ initiative that would enormously set us

1:10:56 ↗ back if it

1:10:58 ↗ passes thank you thank you

1:11:00 ↗ Larry last call for anyone in the room

1:11:03 ↗ who would like to speak not seeing any

1:11:05 ↗ hands raised uh Tia did you have anyone

1:11:09 ↗ online okay well thank you to everyone

1:11:12 ↗ who came tonight we heard from seven

1:11:14 ↗ different folks Council also received uh

1:11:17 ↗ emails maybe double the quantity with

1:11:20 ↗ the

1:11:21 ↗ same kind of flavor that you heard

1:11:23 ↗ tonight which is that you should pass

1:11:24 ↗ your res resolution you shouldn't pass

1:11:26 ↗ your resolution why are you talking

1:11:28 ↗ about this this isn't Council business

1:11:30 ↗ so kind of the same flavor as you heard

1:11:32 ↗ in this room take no action take action

1:11:36 ↗ take the opposite action of what you

1:11:37 ↗ propos so the cons very consistent

1:11:40 ↗ feedback that they're receiving um city

1:11:43 ↗ council do you have any objection to my

1:11:44 ↗ closing the public

1:11:46 ↗ hearing looking around and not seeing

1:11:49 ↗ any so I'll close the public hearing at

1:11:52 ↗ 811 Council questions

1:11:57 ↗ maybe we could get clarification uh City

1:12:00 ↗ administrator about what projects are

1:12:02 ↗ currently funded and what projects would

1:12:04 ↗ not be funded as we did say we would

1:12:07 ↗ respond to

1:12:08 ↗ that um in a message from our

1:12:12 ↗ sustainability manager uh we've had two

1:12:14 ↗ grants that were unsuccessful but we

1:12:16 ↗ plan uh to submit for the next round of

1:12:18 ↗ Grants and approximately $2.5 Million

1:12:21 ↗ worth of Grants are still pending still

1:12:23 ↗ pending thank you very much

1:12:25 ↗ okay

1:12:27 ↗ um does c if I'm not seeing any Council

1:12:30 ↗ questions would someone be prepared to

1:12:32 ↗ make a

1:12:33 ↗ motion council

1:12:35 ↗ president thank you I move to approve

1:12:37 ↗ resolution number 20

1:12:41 ↗ 24-22 opposing the passage of Washington

1:12:44 ↗ state ballot initiative number 2117

1:12:47 ↗ concerning carbon tax credit

1:12:51 ↗ training second it's been moved and

1:12:53 ↗ seconded is there Council discussion

1:12:56 ↗ council

1:12:57 ↗ president thank you

1:13:00 ↗ um you know I didn't come by this easy I

1:13:04 ↗ I think we as a council try and be

1:13:08 ↗ conservative when it comes to State

1:13:10 ↗ ballot measures um or

1:13:13 ↗ initiatives our job isn't to tell people

1:13:17 ↗ how they should feel um about any

1:13:21 ↗ particular area in

1:13:23 ↗ general this this is

1:13:26 ↗ different because it affects our city

1:13:29 ↗ and our city finances and so that

1:13:33 ↗ recognition of the direct impact and the

1:13:38 ↗ the fact that we as a city have made

1:13:41 ↗ such strides when it comes to climate

1:13:44 ↗ action um and

1:13:46 ↗ our IAP our isqua climate action plan

1:13:50 ↗ and the environmental board group that

1:13:52 ↗ has so advocated for this area for

1:13:57 ↗ making sure that it is constantly on our

1:13:59 ↗ minds um of areas that they want to see

1:14:03 ↗ you know us make a difference on um

1:14:08 ↗ recognizing our very real inability to

1:14:12 ↗ take action on that without some of

1:14:15 ↗ these grants that are then funded by um

1:14:19 ↗ a program that also has the impact and

1:14:22 ↗ the um goal of reducing greenhouse gas

1:14:26 ↗ emissions um I think that that

1:14:30 ↗ combination of all of that was what

1:14:32 ↗ brought this to the Forefront I want to

1:14:34 ↗ thank community members who um really

1:14:36 ↗ pushed and encouraged us and kept us um

1:14:40 ↗ updated when other cities were taking um

1:14:42 ↗ a look at this and so I will be

1:14:46 ↗ supporting our resolution tonight to

1:14:48 ↗ oppose um I 2117 thank you thank you

1:14:52 ↗ council president other comments Deputy

1:14:54 ↗ council president

1:14:57 ↗ uh thank you so much mayor um I too uh

1:15:00 ↗ uh came to this uh not quickly um I

1:15:04 ↗ think that we've had a longtime uh

1:15:06 ↗ tradition of not um weighing in on

1:15:10 ↗ Statewide or national issues and I think

1:15:12 ↗ it's generally A very wise policy but um

1:15:16 ↗ as council president Walsh said this is

1:15:19 ↗ different this is different and when we

1:15:21 ↗ looked at the numbers that were put

1:15:23 ↗ together by our sustainability manager

1:15:26 ↗ uh that we uh have already received over

1:15:29 ↗ a million dollars that we are in line

1:15:31 ↗ for 2.5 or 3 million more uh and there

1:15:36 ↗ are very limited ways that we can

1:15:39 ↗ support our sustainability efforts and

1:15:42 ↗ our climate change actions uh without

1:15:44 ↗ that funding and so it would devastate

1:15:47 ↗ those programs if 2117 were to pass um

1:15:52 ↗ there were comments that we received

1:15:54 ↗ online that uh seemed to indicate that

1:15:58 ↗ um that the projects were um were kind

1:16:02 ↗ of chosen randomly and I just wanted to

1:16:04 ↗ make sure that everybody in the public

1:16:07 ↗ understands we had a long long process

1:16:10 ↗ to get to the clate change action plan

1:16:13 ↗ uh we had a long long process for

1:16:15 ↗ choosing those projects and this is

1:16:17 ↗ really a amazingly communitybased uh

1:16:21 ↗ effort to um clean up our environment

1:16:24 ↗ and clean clean up um the the uh climate

1:16:28 ↗ uh the things that are uh impinging on

1:16:30 ↗ our climate I should say uh and it's

1:16:33 ↗ been very community- based and I feel as

1:16:35 ↗ though we are really

1:16:38 ↗ reflecting our community's desire to

1:16:41 ↗ make positive change in the in the area

1:16:44 ↗ of climate um and so for that reason I

1:16:48 ↗ will also it's very complicated I will

1:16:50 ↗ also be supporting the opposition to

1:16:54 ↗ when

1:16:55 ↗ 27 um I think that our community uh the

1:17:00 ↗ majority of our community strongly

1:17:02 ↗ supports that position thank you uh

1:17:06 ↗ council member

1:17:08 ↗ hunt thank you Madame mayor I too will

1:17:11 ↗ be supporting the um the resolution this

1:17:15 ↗ evening to oppose initiative

1:17:18 ↗ 2117 and it really uh comes down to the

1:17:22 ↗ fact which is um described in one of the

1:17:26 ↗ Clauses in the resolution that the

1:17:30 ↗ initiative would adversely impact our

1:17:32 ↗ ability to carry out our City's climate

1:17:35 ↗ action plan we went through a very

1:17:39 ↗ thorough um very thorough process of

1:17:42 ↗ including comments from community

1:17:44 ↗ members businesses over the course of of

1:17:47 ↗ years um to develop a climate action

1:17:49 ↗ plan that would set us on a path to

1:17:51 ↗ being a more resilient and healthy

1:17:53 ↗ community um and we asked the community

1:17:58 ↗ to hold us accountable to that plan when

1:18:00 ↗ we passed um when we passed it our our

1:18:03 ↗ City's climate action plan and um as is

1:18:08 ↗ laid out in our materials this evening

1:18:11 ↗ we have uh millions of dollars of Grants

1:18:14 ↗ we've received and pending um including

1:18:17 ↗ funding specifically to implement our

1:18:19 ↗ climate action plan that is as is at

1:18:22 ↗ stake and so um

1:18:25 ↗ for that reason I think that it is

1:18:27 ↗ really important that we follow through

1:18:29 ↗ on our commitment that we made to the

1:18:31 ↗ community to take action on climate um

1:18:34 ↗ and to follow through on the projects

1:18:36 ↗ that have been laid out in our in our

1:18:39 ↗ very Community oriented climate action

1:18:42 ↗ plan and um I also wanted to just read

1:18:47 ↗ one part from the climate action plan

1:18:49 ↗ which is that this plan sets isqua on a

1:18:51 ↗ clear and well-defined path to

1:18:53 ↗ transition to clean energy sources be

1:18:55 ↗ more energy conscious diversify our

1:18:57 ↗ transportation options reduce waste and

1:19:00 ↗ ensure that our natural environment

1:19:01 ↗ thrives and so for that reason I will be

1:19:04 ↗ supporting the resolution this evening

1:19:06 ↗ thank you council member other comments

1:19:07 ↗ council member Ray um thanks mayor

1:19:09 ↗ Paulie

1:19:11 ↗ um I'm going to take the opposite stand

1:19:14 ↗ and this is I should have saved my notes

1:19:16 ↗ from the last time we had a discussion

1:19:18 ↗ about it um ballot measure and it's

1:19:20 ↗ really has nothing to do with 217 it has

1:19:23 ↗ nothing to do with global global warming

1:19:25 ↗ it has everything to do with I don't

1:19:26 ↗ believe that is our position regardless

1:19:28 ↗ of the arguments I've heard tonight to

1:19:30 ↗ take a stand on an initiative um we can

1:19:33 ↗ find funding sources um I think we would

1:19:37 ↗ do our citizens a greater service than

1:19:40 ↗ passing a resolution if we were to

1:19:41 ↗ provide more information about the

1:19:43 ↗ impacts of 22

1:19:46 ↗ 22117 um to the public at large and I

1:19:49 ↗ think that um I feel strongly that this

1:19:54 ↗ is a uh a dangerous precedent we're

1:19:58 ↗ setting here and we have a community

1:20:00 ↗ that and we have a council that's very

1:20:02 ↗ United on most issues and I worry that

1:20:05 ↗ down the road that may not be the case

1:20:07 ↗ and um this could become a uh a

1:20:10 ↗ political um tool that could have

1:20:14 ↗ disastrous impacts on our community so

1:20:17 ↗ quite honestly I am wholeheartedly

1:20:19 ↗ opposed to um initiative 217

1:20:25 ↗ but that's not the question that I that

1:20:26 ↗ I think is important I think the

1:20:28 ↗ question is is it the role of this

1:20:31 ↗ Council to pass a resolution in support

1:20:34 ↗ or opposition to 217 and I just

1:20:37 ↗ fundamentally do not believe that that

1:20:39 ↗ is our thank you council member Ray

1:20:41 ↗ council member Joe thank you I'll be

1:20:45 ↗ supporting the resolution this evening

1:20:47 ↗ um we have done some great things with

1:20:51 ↗ the climate action money that we've

1:20:54 ↗ receiv received from the state through

1:20:55 ↗ this U initiative and our isqua climate

1:20:59 ↗ action plan doesn't uh move forward as

1:21:03 ↗ robustly as we' like to if we don't have

1:21:05 ↗ the funding and support for it um we did

1:21:08 ↗ some building decarbonization uh over

1:21:11 ↗ the last year or so we've also have had

1:21:14 ↗ opportunities to provide heat pumps to

1:21:17 ↗ uh our citizens in town uh helping them

1:21:21 ↗ to become more energy efficient um

1:21:23 ↗ direct impact to our citizens also

1:21:27 ↗ include the fact that city is going to

1:21:30 ↗ be working toward putting in city-owned

1:21:32 ↗ EV Chargers which will be offered at a

1:21:34 ↗ lower rate than privately owned charging

1:21:37 ↗ infrastructure I think that's important

1:21:39 ↗ because the city's the city is using its

1:21:42 ↗ buying power and its its uh size as a as

1:21:46 ↗ a player in the climate action structure

1:21:49 ↗ to provide infrastructure that will

1:21:52 ↗ allow people to um you know charge their

1:21:55 ↗ cars a little bit more efficiently at a

1:21:56 ↗ little bit lower price those are the

1:21:58 ↗ small things that that come into to

1:22:00 ↗ effect for our citizens when we um vote

1:22:04 ↗ no on this particular initiative but

1:22:06 ↗ vote yes for tonight's resolution um so

1:22:09 ↗ I'll be supporting the resolution this

1:22:11 ↗ evening and and I look forward to any

1:22:13 ↗ further conversation we have great any

1:22:15 ↗ additional

1:22:16 ↗ comments thank you Council for your

1:22:18 ↗ comments if there is no further

1:22:20 ↗ discussion the motion before council is

1:22:22 ↗ to approve resolution number 20

1:22:25 ↗ 24-22 opposing the passage of Washington

1:22:28 ↗ state ballot initiative number 2117

1:22:31 ↗ concerning carbon tax credit trading all

1:22:33 ↗ those in favor say I I I opposed no that

1:22:39 ↗ carries 4 to one thank you um we are

1:22:42 ↗ going to move on to our regular business

1:22:44 ↗ items we have a couple of items this

1:22:46 ↗ evening we'll be starting with AB

1:22:50 ↗ 8882 credit card service fee policy the

1:22:54 ↗ as before Council this evening is to

1:22:55 ↗ approve the resolution and I'd like to

1:22:57 ↗ invite Deputy Finance director Jennifer

1:22:59 ↗ rain to the podium welcome Jennifer

1:23:26 ↗ um good evening mayor and members of the

1:23:28 ↗ council I'm Jennifer rain the deputy

1:23:30 ↗ Finance director tonight I will present

1:23:33 ↗ on agenda bill number 8882 on credit

1:23:37 ↗ card processing fee cost

1:23:41 ↗ recovery the purpose of this agenda Bill

1:23:44 ↗ and presentation this evening is to

1:23:46 ↗ request city council adoption of a new

1:23:48 ↗ proposed credit or debit card and E

1:23:51 ↗ check processing fee

1:23:53 ↗ policy this is is following the

1:23:55 ↗ direction of the services safety and

1:23:57 ↗ Parks committee on June 25th

1:24:00 ↗ 2024 included in tonight's presentation

1:24:04 ↗ we will provide a background summarizing

1:24:06 ↗ the key findings on this subject

1:24:08 ↗ highlights from the proposed policy and

1:24:10 ↗ final recommendations for Council

1:24:17 ↗ adoption on September 27th

1:24:20 ↗ 2023 council president Lindsey Walsh

1:24:22 ↗ brought a new business item to the city

1:24:24 ↗ city council requesting administration

1:24:27 ↗ review um the city's customer usage of

1:24:30 ↗ credit or debit cards as a method of

1:24:32 ↗ payment and how the city addressed

1:24:35 ↗ credit or debit card processing

1:24:37 ↗ fees the administration responded with a

1:24:40 ↗ memo presented to Council on October

1:24:42 ↗ 23rd 2023 after which the administration

1:24:45 ↗ was invited to present at the services

1:24:48 ↗ safety and Parks committee on March 18th

1:24:51 ↗ and subsequently on June 25th of this

1:24:54 ↗ year during the committee meeting on

1:24:57 ↗ June 25th the administration presented

1:24:59 ↗ two options to the committee to provide

1:25:02 ↗ Direction on policy creation option

1:25:05 ↗ number one customers pay credit card or

1:25:08 ↗ credit or debit card processing fees

1:25:10 ↗ directly or option number two customers

1:25:13 ↗ pay credit or debit card processing fees

1:25:17 ↗ indirectly of the two options presented

1:25:19 ↗ the committee favored option number one

1:25:22 ↗ where customers would be fully

1:25:23 ↗ responsible for paying Payment

1:25:25 ↗ Processing fees associated with using a

1:25:28 ↗ debit or credit card and E checks e

1:25:32 ↗ checks are an electronic method of

1:25:33 ↗ payment where a customer pays using

1:25:36 ↗ their bank account rather than a credit

1:25:38 ↗ or debit

1:25:43 ↗ card the city currently absorbs all fees

1:25:46 ↗ associated with these customer

1:25:48 ↗ transactions which amounted to $163

1:25:52 ↗ 870 as of August 31st of this year the

1:25:56 ↗ new policy is projected to recover an

1:25:58 ↗ estimated

1:26:00 ↗ $240,000

1:26:01 ↗ annually this recovery will offset the

1:26:04 ↗ costs currently absorbed by the city for

1:26:07 ↗ credit or debit card and eCheck Payment

1:26:09 ↗ Processing

1:26:11 ↗ fees the trend analysis on customer

1:26:14 ↗ payment methods used showed an increase

1:26:17 ↗ in credit or debit cards and E

1:26:19 ↗ checks accepting credit or debit cards

1:26:22 ↗ and E check payments provides customers

1:26:24 ↗ with convenience to pay the city for

1:26:26 ↗ services provided safety and quick

1:26:29 ↗ receipt of payment for charges of

1:26:35 ↗ services based on the feedback we

1:26:37 ↗ received from the committee the

1:26:38 ↗ Administration has drafted a new policy

1:26:41 ↗ proposal the credit or debit card and

1:26:43 ↗ eCheck processing fee

1:26:46 ↗ policy of notable mention the policy

1:26:48 ↗ will include details about the

1:26:50 ↗ processing fee rates customers will be

1:26:52 ↗ responsible for customers will be

1:26:55 ↗ responsible for paying a processing fee

1:26:57 ↗ as a percentage of the total sales

1:27:00 ↗ amount or a flat fee as a dollar amount

1:27:03 ↗ as determined by the payment

1:27:06 ↗ processor where the payment processor

1:27:08 ↗ cannot collect the payment processing

1:27:10 ↗ fee directly from customers the city

1:27:13 ↗ will collect a payment processing

1:27:15 ↗ service fee from customers to offset

1:27:17 ↗ these costs to the city

1:27:26 ↗ in addition to the policy outlining the

1:27:28 ↗ customers responsibility of paying

1:27:30 ↗ processing fees the proposed policy will

1:27:33 ↗ also include details on alternative

1:27:37 ↗ payment options the city will continue

1:27:39 ↗ to accept alternative payment options

1:27:41 ↗ such as um personal checks or cash which

1:27:45 ↗ do not incur additional

1:27:47 ↗ fees notification customers will be

1:27:50 ↗ informed of the processing fees prior to

1:27:52 ↗ completing their payment

1:27:55 ↗ monitoring and review the policy will be

1:27:57 ↗ reviewed periodically to assess its

1:27:59 ↗ Effectiveness and adjust as

1:28:07 ↗ necessary the processing fees that will

1:28:09 ↗ affect customers are included here this

1:28:12 ↗ fee is determined by the payment

1:28:14 ↗ processor and collected directly from

1:28:16 ↗ the

1:28:17 ↗ customer the customer will only see one

1:28:19 ↗ charge on their credit on their card

1:28:21 ↗ statement that will include both the

1:28:23 ↗ city City's charges for services or the

1:28:26 ↗ sales amount and the payment processing

1:28:29 ↗ fee by having the payment processor

1:28:32 ↗ collect the processing fee directly from

1:28:34 ↗ customers it will simplify the

1:28:36 ↗ collection process and avoid additional

1:28:38 ↗ staff

1:28:40 ↗ oversight the fees vary due to

1:28:43 ↗ individual payment processor fee

1:28:45 ↗ schedules and based on sales transaction

1:28:49 ↗ volumes these fees may be adjusted over

1:28:52 ↗ time as the payment processor besides

1:28:55 ↗ although it is expected this would

1:28:56 ↗ happen very rarely if at

1:28:59 ↗ all any future changes to these initial

1:29:02 ↗ fee rates would be communicated to

1:29:04 ↗ customers in

1:29:05 ↗ advance the only unknown fee rate is for

1:29:09 ↗ my building permit.com due to software

1:29:12 ↗ limitations of implementing a customer

1:29:15 ↗ paid processing

1:29:17 ↗ fee we do not have an expected

1:29:19 ↗ implementation timeline for

1:29:20 ↗ mybuildingpermit

1:29:22 ↗ do.com and continue to work on a

1:29:24 ↗ solution with the IT

1:29:31 ↗ department the services safety and Parks

1:29:34 ↗ committee recommended after the June

1:29:36 ↗ 25th

1:29:37 ↗ presentation to discontinue the

1:29:39 ↗ absorption of credit or debit card and E

1:29:42 ↗ check payment processing

1:29:44 ↗ fees adopting the proposed policy will

1:29:48 ↗ assign Payment Processing fees to be the

1:29:50 ↗ responsibility of the customer with the

1:29:53 ↗ preference of customers paying

1:29:54 ↗ processing fees directly to the payment

1:29:57 ↗ processor and when this is not possible

1:29:59 ↗ due to software limitations by way of

1:30:02 ↗ the city collecting an additional

1:30:03 ↗ service fee to offset Payment Processing

1:30:06 ↗ fees paid for by the

1:30:16 ↗ city following the information provided

1:30:18 ↗ in this presentation the administration

1:30:21 ↗ offers the following options for the

1:30:22 ↗ council do nothing and continue

1:30:25 ↗ absorbing the costs ass associated with

1:30:28 ↗ credit or debit card and E check

1:30:31 ↗ processing fees for customer

1:30:33 ↗ payments or um policy adoption and

1:30:37 ↗ implementation apply the adopted credit

1:30:39 ↗ or debit card and E check processing fee

1:30:42 ↗ policy to the specific departments ready

1:30:45 ↗ for implementation by January

1:30:47 ↗ 2025 delayed implementation will be

1:30:50 ↗ applied to mybuildingpermit.com due to

1:30:53 ↗ the software limitation

1:30:54 ↗ we are currently working

1:31:00 ↗ through the administration working

1:31:03 ↗ closely with Communications and the IT

1:31:05 ↗ department outlined the following

1:31:07 ↗ implementation

1:31:09 ↗ timeline once policy is formally adopted

1:31:12 ↗ the administration will provide training

1:31:14 ↗ to staff of departments affected

1:31:17 ↗ beginning in

1:31:19 ↗ October after that provide communication

1:31:22 ↗ to customers on these upcoming changes

1:31:25 ↗ for their awareness and planning

1:31:27 ↗ beginning in November and finally we

1:31:30 ↗ will work with the various payment

1:31:32 ↗ processors and softwares in the month of

1:31:35 ↗ January 2025 to make configuration

1:31:39 ↗ changes due to the varying combinations

1:31:42 ↗ of software and payment processors each

1:31:44 ↗ one must be implemented individually and

1:31:47 ↗ will be staggered throughout the month

1:31:48 ↗ of January however it is expected all

1:31:51 ↗ known configuration changes will be

1:31:54 ↗ implemented in

1:32:00 ↗ January of the four individual customer

1:32:03 ↗ facing portals we have an implementation

1:32:06 ↗ plan that will follow the timeline and

1:32:08 ↗ next steps previously outlined and are

1:32:11 ↗ awaiting policy adoption to

1:32:13 ↗ implement the only unknown

1:32:15 ↗ implementation plan and timeline is for

1:32:17 ↗ my building permit.com due to software

1:32:20 ↗ limitations we are still researching

1:32:22 ↗ available options

1:32:28 ↗ the administration recommends Council

1:32:31 ↗ approval of this resolution adopting the

1:32:34 ↗ new credit card or credit or debit card

1:32:37 ↗ and eCheck processing fee

1:32:40 ↗ policy the policy will enable the city

1:32:42 ↗ to manage its Financial Resources more

1:32:46 ↗ effectively thank you for cons your

1:32:48 ↗ consideration and I'm happy to answer

1:32:51 ↗ any questions you have thank you

1:32:53 ↗ Jennifer

1:32:54 ↗ uh

1:32:56 ↗ questions council president and then

1:32:58 ↗ council member hunt and council member

1:33:01 ↗ Ray exciting times here I'm you know I'm

1:33:05 ↗ really excited about this um you

1:33:08 ↗ mentioned that the my building permit we

1:33:10 ↗ don't have a solution for at this time I

1:33:14 ↗ was looking back at the services safety

1:33:15 ↗ and Parks um presentation that was given

1:33:19 ↗ in June I believe it was and um

1:33:24 ↗ that memo mentioned that the city

1:33:28 ↗ currently pays the merchant fees and

1:33:29 ↗ gave rates of 1.67% to

1:33:34 ↗ 3.27% is that still the case that we

1:33:39 ↗ know what the percentage amount is or

1:33:43 ↗ has that

1:33:44 ↗ changed um so those rates that were

1:33:47 ↗ included in there were um sales revenue

1:33:50 ↗ collected and then the you know just a

1:33:53 ↗ flat rate of of how many um Payment

1:33:55 ↗ Processing fees we were paying to

1:33:57 ↗ retrieve those or to receive that

1:33:59 ↗ Revenue through those sources

1:34:02 ↗ um so I I I do have updated numbers and

1:34:05 ↗ I can send those if those are um

1:34:07 ↗ something you want to see for sure but

1:34:09 ↗ they are averaging about the same um as

1:34:12 ↗ the months go on so my next question

1:34:14 ↗ knowing that we know what the

1:34:17 ↗ approximate rates are would we I if we

1:34:21 ↗ don't have a an ability software-wise to

1:34:27 ↗ recoup these um fees would we look at

1:34:31 ↗ and maybe this is a question for a city

1:34:33 ↗ administrator could we look at tacking

1:34:36 ↗ on a an additional fee of the 2% or 3%

1:34:41 ↗ to building permit um costs that we

1:34:45 ↗ charge at this

1:34:47 ↗ point Thank You council president

1:34:49 ↗ members of the council um we could do

1:34:52 ↗ that I think we were concerned to have a

1:34:55 ↗ consistent approach with this and so

1:34:57 ↗ this would be uh a one-off inconsistency

1:35:00 ↗ with that uh I think at this point we'd

1:35:02 ↗ like to continue to work with uh the

1:35:06 ↗ building permit software that's also

1:35:07 ↗ going to be changing as I think many of

1:35:09 ↗ you know um but if the council would

1:35:11 ↗ like us to pursue it I guess a motion to

1:35:14 ↗ that effect would be helpful and we

1:35:16 ↗ could come back at a future meeting okay

1:35:18 ↗ thank you just wanted questions on that

1:35:20 ↗ area okay before I go to council member

1:35:22 ↗ H I forgot to ask um Council Mars is not

1:35:25 ↗ here this evening he is the chair of the

1:35:27 ↗ services safety and Parks committee is

1:35:29 ↗ there anybody on that committee we

1:35:31 ↗ should have one or two here that wants

1:35:32 ↗ to add some comments about the committee

1:35:35 ↗ discussion okay let's go to council

1:35:37 ↗ member D Michelle and then we'll move

1:35:38 ↗ into questions again right and we did

1:35:39 ↗ discuss that uh question so uh I'll just

1:35:43 ↗ uh I have thanks to cler Geer we have

1:35:46 ↗ some notes here from the committee so

1:35:47 ↗ thank you so much um the committee noted

1:35:50 ↗ that some people will still write checks

1:35:52 ↗ this was following the staff

1:35:53 ↗ presentation

1:35:54 ↗ uh committee members wondered whether to

1:35:56 ↗ cap recovery at 2% across the board and

1:35:59 ↗ and decided and came to the conclusion

1:36:01 ↗ that that was a business expense that

1:36:03 ↗ should be recoverable and ultimately we

1:36:06 ↗ recommended full cost recovery and

1:36:09 ↗ that's to be reviewed every two years

1:36:12 ↗ and I believe that's reflected in the uh

1:36:14 ↗ resolution that they're bringing in

1:36:16 ↗ front of us right now so um that were

1:36:19 ↗ that was our deliberations we had a

1:36:20 ↗ pretty robust discussion about it and

1:36:22 ↗ had lots of question questions answered

1:36:24 ↗ and uh ultimately recommended option

1:36:27 ↗ number one which is what was brought

1:36:29 ↗ tonight thank you Deputy council

1:36:31 ↗ president uh council member

1:36:34 ↗ hunt thank you another question on the

1:36:37 ↗ mybuildingpermit.com my understanding is

1:36:40 ↗ many other cities use my building

1:36:42 ↗ permit.com as well and I'm wondering if

1:36:44 ↗ there are other cities that do cost

1:36:46 ↗ recovery um using using the same

1:36:50 ↗ permitting

1:36:51 ↗ system um I'm not aware of other cities

1:36:53 ↗ that are using the same methods however

1:36:55 ↗ the software limitations that we've ran

1:36:57 ↗ into so far um the the the option

1:37:01 ↗ doesn't exist to you know as you're um

1:37:03 ↗ checking out and you use a debit or a

1:37:05 ↗ credit card and then it um shows your

1:37:07 ↗ total balance and adds a fee of x% onto

1:37:10 ↗ it um I think the limitation is that it

1:37:13 ↗ doesn't have that ability um and then in

1:37:16 ↗ addition I think um there is you know

1:37:18 ↗ like we the city does um put 5% of a

1:37:22 ↗ technology surcharge fee on everything

1:37:24 ↗ that goes through my building permit.com

1:37:25 ↗ um that option is definitely there for

1:37:28 ↗ this as well the limitation is that it

1:37:31 ↗ applies to every sale um whether a debit

1:37:34 ↗ or credit card is used so um use using

1:37:37 ↗ that method would would cause a little

1:37:39 ↗ bit of um trickiness at the at the

1:37:42 ↗ register to remove that fee if if

1:37:43 ↗ someone does not want to use a debit or

1:37:45 ↗ credit card and pay that fee and wants

1:37:48 ↗ to write a check or pay in cash too so

1:37:50 ↗ those are kind of the um limitations of

1:37:53 ↗ both angles of of the options that we do

1:37:56 ↗ know of at this time um and so that's

1:37:59 ↗ why I think we're um favoring the option

1:38:01 ↗ of going and looking at more research to

1:38:03 ↗ see what can be done and um knowing that

1:38:06 ↗ mybuilding permit.com is used by many

1:38:08 ↗ cities and um what other cities are

1:38:11 ↗ doing as a solution as

1:38:14 ↗ well did you have another question coun

1:38:17 ↗ hun okay Council M Ray I'm going to take

1:38:19 ↗ us in a slightly different direction

1:38:21 ↗ when you're talking about ecks is that

1:38:23 ↗ AC

1:38:24 ↗ it is a type of a rather um it's you

1:38:27 ↗ know the customer puts in their banking

1:38:29 ↗ routing number and account number and

1:38:31 ↗ uses um you know pays directly from

1:38:34 ↗ their checking or or savings

1:38:36 ↗ account um and so like if I was a

1:38:39 ↗ utility billing and I was looking at um

1:38:42 ↗ autopay that would be AC and that would

1:38:45 ↗ be affected by this that would yes and

1:38:48 ↗ and specifically for utility billing

1:38:50 ↗ they they have the E check option where

1:38:51 ↗ you use your bank routing number and

1:38:53 ↗ account account number um and that's

1:38:55 ↗ charged a flat fee of $1.95 is the

1:38:57 ↗ current rate that the payment processor

1:38:59 ↗ puts on those cool have we done any

1:39:02 ↗ looking particularly around cash but

1:39:04 ↗ what is the cost of cash handling and of

1:39:07 ↗ processing

1:39:08 ↗ checks we have not done um a look into

1:39:11 ↗ that to see what the the cost benefit of

1:39:14 ↗ you know um of allowing that option and

1:39:17 ↗ and the difference between that and um

1:39:19 ↗ electronic payments yeah I'll I'll I'll

1:39:21 ↗ save my my my insight there for for

1:39:24 ↗ later but I I was just curious we had

1:39:26 ↗ looked at thank you any additional

1:39:28 ↗ questions council member Joe thank you

1:39:32 ↗ um Jennifer thanks for uh the great

1:39:35 ↗ presentations you've done consistently

1:39:37 ↗ through this entire process com back to

1:39:39 ↗ the committee twice and then uh this

1:39:41 ↗ evening appreciate it

1:39:44 ↗ um can you clarify for me that if we do

1:39:48 ↗ adopt this the city is um in essence

1:39:53 ↗ saving

1:40:22 ↗ $163,900 kind of just um you know bear

1:40:27 ↗ that we're used to now and people are

1:40:29 ↗ used to as part of the credit card

1:40:30 ↗ system that that is what our research

1:40:32 ↗ showed that this is um kind of an

1:40:34 ↗ industrywide accepted um you know

1:40:37 ↗ transaction that's added onto services

1:40:40 ↗ that are done with a credit or debit

1:40:41 ↗ card or other means online um that that

1:40:45 ↗ was pretty consistent what we saw that

1:40:47 ↗ we thought customers were familiar with

1:40:49 ↗ and um experience in other other ways

1:40:52 ↗ that they do online payments great thank

1:40:55 ↗ you very much I think everybody's had a

1:40:58 ↗ chance to comment so I'll be looking to

1:41:00 ↗ see if anybody would like to make a

1:41:02 ↗ motion council

1:41:04 ↗ president thank you I will very happily

1:41:07 ↗ move to approve resolution number 202

1:41:11 ↗ 24-23 declaring adoption of a new credit

1:41:15 ↗ debit card and E check processing fee

1:41:18 ↗ policy second it's been moved and

1:41:21 ↗ seconded is there Council discussion

1:41:24 ↗ president thank you um you know I

1:41:27 ↗ identified this as actually a user of

1:41:31 ↗ this system I was very enthusiastic when

1:41:35 ↗ the utility billing um system went

1:41:38 ↗ online and then I went online and did it

1:41:41 ↗ and put in a credit card and was like oh

1:41:44 ↗ my goodness knowing as a business owner

1:41:47 ↗ how much that can cost a business um I

1:41:52 ↗ wanted to see how much this was costing

1:41:54 ↗ the city so as you saw a year ago I put

1:41:57 ↗ this forth as a new business request

1:41:59 ↗ item I had no idea whether this was

1:42:02 ↗ going to be you know $20,000 or a

1:42:04 ↗ million dollar um because that was just

1:42:07 ↗ an area that we didn't have transparency

1:42:10 ↗ before so um I'm very excited that we

1:42:14 ↗ are taking a look at this you know

1:42:16 ↗ particularly looking at the services

1:42:18 ↗ safety and Park's

1:42:20 ↗ memo and recognizing that you know in

1:42:24 ↗ 2021 um processing fees was just under

1:42:27 ↗ 80,000 in 2022 it was just under 100,000

1:42:32 ↗ in 2023 it was just under

1:42:35 ↗ 150,000 and now we're predicting in 2024

1:42:39 ↗ to be 240,000 so we recognize that these

1:42:43 ↗ costs are going up one of the big

1:42:45 ↗ contributors to that is our utility

1:42:48 ↗ billing and the fact that we have

1:42:49 ↗ brought that online which is an

1:42:51 ↗ excellent service to

1:42:53 ↗ customers but that wasn't something that

1:42:57 ↗ we budgeted for you know when when we're

1:42:59 ↗ looking at that as a utility bill um and

1:43:03 ↗ that process we need to recognize that

1:43:06 ↗ when we make a change like that we need

1:43:08 ↗ to be cognizant of the impact on our

1:43:13 ↗ general fund Budget on the Enterprise um

1:43:15 ↗ fund budgets and so I'm just really glad

1:43:18 ↗ that we took a look at this recognized

1:43:21 ↗ what the potential impacts were to the

1:43:24 ↗ city um and decided to do something

1:43:27 ↗ about it so I very much appreciate the

1:43:29 ↗ staff time um you never know when you

1:43:32 ↗ ask a question like this what uh what

1:43:35 ↗ it's going to take in this case it took

1:43:37 ↗ a year to get around on all of this um

1:43:41 ↗ but it's an important way of us

1:43:43 ↗ recognizing what the impacts are um and

1:43:47 ↗ having the due diligence um with our

1:43:49 ↗ funding so thank you any other comments

1:43:53 ↗ uh council member R I promise comments

1:43:56 ↗ um I'm real supportive of the um credit

1:44:00 ↗ card fee because that's actually fairly

1:44:02 ↗ substantial um because it's a percentage

1:44:05 ↗ uh I got to tell you I'm not really keen

1:44:07 ↗ on the um e check fee because it's a

1:44:09 ↗ fixed amount and I'm just as a um having

1:44:12 ↗ just recently renewed my tabs with the

1:44:14 ↗ Department of Licensing in the state of

1:44:16 ↗ Washington they do charge a 3% fee if

1:44:18 ↗ you use a credit card but if you do an a

1:44:21 ↗ transfer it's free

1:44:23 ↗ um and so from

1:44:25 ↗ a just a basic business perspective

1:44:29 ↗ checks are expensive to process you've

1:44:31 ↗ got to handle them you've got to record

1:44:34 ↗ them you've got to take them to the bank

1:44:36 ↗ and the staff time adds up and it's so

1:44:38 ↗ it's not free so I'm just saying to say

1:44:41 ↗ cost versus free is not a fair

1:44:43 ↗ assessment because you have a cost and

1:44:45 ↗ process a check handling cash is even

1:44:48 ↗ more expensive because you have all of

1:44:50 ↗ the Audits and all of the controls that

1:44:52 ↗ you need to put in place place to to

1:44:54 ↗ handle cash so I think it's a false

1:44:56 ↗ equivalency to to say that um there's no

1:45:00 ↗ cost associated with processing checks

1:45:02 ↗ in cash because I I would suggest if you

1:45:04 ↗ looked at the data would actually be far

1:45:06 ↗ far more than an e check which is why

1:45:08 ↗ the Department of Licensing make eex

1:45:10 ↗ free so um I think I can get behind this

1:45:14 ↗ but only if we are committed to the fact

1:45:17 ↗ that we're going to do this for a period

1:45:19 ↗ of time and then we're going to evaluate

1:45:21 ↗ it and say does this really make Mak

1:45:23 ↗ sense for us are we being Pennywise and

1:45:25 ↗ pound foolish because my gut tells me we

1:45:28 ↗ are and so um there's a cost and I think

1:45:33 ↗ we need to recognize that cost and we

1:45:35 ↗ can move forward with this thing but I

1:45:37 ↗ think it's

1:45:38 ↗ also um a bit of a I mean I'm now

1:45:41 ↗ speaking as a as as Lind Lindsay Walsh

1:45:43 ↗ the consumer I do autopay on all my

1:45:46 ↗ utilities and I like it because it's

1:45:48 ↗ easy and I don't have to think about it

1:45:49 ↗ and it just gets processed so it's easy

1:45:51 ↗ for me and if I was wanting to save that

1:45:54 ↗ $1.95 and write a check I would hate you

1:45:57 ↗ um just saying because the cost to me of

1:46:00 ↗ writing that check is far more than

1:46:03 ↗ a19 that's my thought thanks any other

1:46:07 ↗ comments okay uh well thank you for that

1:46:10 ↗ oh council president um I'll just put in

1:46:13 ↗ an emphasis on that I have similar

1:46:15 ↗ experience with business um fees that

1:46:19 ↗ are paid to the state um where they

1:46:22 ↗ don't charge the AC

1:46:23 ↗ so just want to put in the record that

1:46:25 ↗ when we do come back and take a look at

1:46:28 ↗ this um I want to recognize whether that

1:46:31 ↗ that is a um an area that we want to

1:46:34 ↗ take a look at so thank

1:46:37 ↗ you okay it looks like we've had uh no

1:46:40 ↗ more uh Council discussion so the

1:46:44 ↗ resolution before you the motion before

1:46:46 ↗ you is the approved resolution number

1:46:49 ↗ 2024 d23 declaring adoption of the new

1:46:52 ↗ credit card and E check processing fee

1:46:55 ↗ policy all those in favor signify by

1:46:57 ↗ saying I I those opposed that carries

1:47:01 ↗ unanimously 5 Z thank you Jennifer very

1:47:04 ↗ much um the next item under regular

1:47:07 ↗ business is AB

1:47:08 ↗ 8763 Veterans Memorial Plaza projects

1:47:12 ↗ and the request before Council this

1:47:13 ↗ evening is to award the bid and I'm

1:47:17 ↗ inviting uh Park planning and

1:47:18 ↗ development manager Robin spear to the

1:47:20 ↗ podium or I'm not I'm inviting up the

1:47:23 ↗ director of parks and Community Services

1:47:25 ↗ to the podium Jeff Watling welcome

1:47:28 ↗ thanks mayor good evening Council Jeff

1:47:30 ↗ Watling parks and Community Services

1:47:31 ↗ director jumping in here first uh first

1:47:34 ↗ want to share my

1:47:51 ↗ screen was I this

1:47:56 ↗ up all right well yes uh Robin spear

1:47:59 ↗ Park planning and development manager

1:48:00 ↗ and I are uh here and happy to to

1:48:03 ↗ present uh before you and request um

1:48:06 ↗ your authorization or you awarding a

1:48:09 ↗ construction bid uh for this project a

1:48:11 ↗ project that's gone by many names um as

1:48:14 ↗ the agenda Bill calls it uh the Veterans

1:48:17 ↗ Memorial plazas uh projects um I'm here

1:48:20 ↗ to provide you a little bit of a

1:48:22 ↗ background on the project and then hand

1:48:24 ↗ it over to uh Robin to uh talk through a

1:48:28 ↗ little bit about the conceptual design

1:48:29 ↗ the bid award itself uh recommendations

1:48:32 ↗ and options before you and um our um um

1:48:37 ↗ recommendation from Administration

1:48:40 ↗ um so the uh project itself a little bit

1:48:44 ↗ of a background um and that background

1:48:46 ↗ really in many ways starts with you as

1:48:48 ↗ Council as you recall in summer of

1:48:50 ↗ 2022 uh you asked staff to work closely

1:48:53 ↗ with the park board on uh seeking um and

1:48:57 ↗ prioritizing and identifying a park

1:48:59 ↗ project uh that could be considered uh

1:49:02 ↗ to be funded through some of the arpa

1:49:04 ↗ funding arpa being the American Recovery

1:49:06 ↗ plan act uh dollars that the city

1:49:09 ↗ received um at that time um in September

1:49:13 ↗ of 2022 the park board voted after a lot

1:49:16 ↗ of work that summer voted um and

1:49:18 ↗ recommended the Veterans Memorial Park

1:49:20 ↗ or uh Depot Park pedestrian Park Park

1:49:23 ↗ site um as the pr preferred location for

1:49:25 ↗ that funding um as I said in the intro

1:49:28 ↗ this is a project by many names um I

1:49:30 ↗ hope what you find as as you see this

1:49:32 ↗ project tonight U really the intent of

1:49:35 ↗ this project is to serve as a first

1:49:37 ↗ investment of creating a far more

1:49:40 ↗ connected and cohesive park that's going

1:49:42 ↗ to serve Oldtown uh that's going to take

1:49:45 ↗ these spaces of pedestrian Park and

1:49:47 ↗ Depot Park and Memorial Field and the

1:49:49 ↗ senior center um and have them really uh

1:49:52 ↗ develop a relationship with one another

1:49:53 ↗ and a better relationship with Front

1:49:55 ↗ Street so that recommendation Came To

1:49:57 ↗ You in September uh through some

1:49:59 ↗ conversations and discussions we had

1:50:01 ↗ with you um in October of that year uh

1:50:04 ↗ you sought um interest and and expressed

1:50:07 ↗ your interest in adding Confluence Park

1:50:10 ↗ and seeing what kind of investment we

1:50:12 ↗ could make at Confluence Park in

1:50:13 ↗ particular um an investment um in or

1:50:16 ↗ around the E house um as part of this

1:50:19 ↗ arpa project so on October 17th of that

1:50:23 ↗ year you approved allocating $4 million

1:50:25 ↗ of arpa funding uh for these Park

1:50:30 ↗ projects with that action director um

1:50:34 ↗ would you mind pushing your slides

1:50:36 ↗ forward so those that are on um cable

1:50:40 ↗ can can see it as

1:50:42 ↗ well yeah maybe I will uh seek I I'm

1:50:46 ↗ doing it on my screen but it doesn't

1:50:48 ↗ seem to be thank

1:50:51 ↗ you e

1:51:25 ↗ you may have heard there's a number of

1:51:26 ↗ HPS that have uh laptops that have uh

1:51:29 ↗ had a few bugs one mine is one of those

1:51:32 ↗ 50s so uh maybe that's what's happening

1:51:35 ↗ my my apologies was looking just fine on

1:51:37 ↗ my screen thank you for for mentioning

1:51:40 ↗ something council member Joe

1:52:00 ↗ thank you city clerk

1:52:02 ↗ user that there's the outline I'll cover

1:52:05 ↗ the project background next

1:52:09 ↗ slide we went through those so on

1:52:12 ↗ October 17th um thank you city council

1:52:15 ↗ authorized the arpa funding so work

1:52:17 ↗ began in Earnest uh early in 2023 uh we

1:52:21 ↗ began working on conceptual planning a

1:52:23 ↗ lot of community engagement around that

1:52:25 ↗ uh that was all kicked off at that time

1:52:28 ↗ um as Robin um gives you an overview the

1:52:30 ↗ project she'll highlight um a lot of

1:52:32 ↗ those groups that we did that engagement

1:52:34 ↗ with um Outreach continued uh in

1:52:38 ↗ 2023 again with um that engagement in a

1:52:42 ↗ in a community survey you may recall in

1:52:44 ↗ May of 2023 we came back to you city

1:52:47 ↗ council and gave you an update um on the

1:52:50 ↗ progress of that design work uh for um

1:52:54 ↗ the both the projects around Oldtown as

1:52:58 ↗ well as the Confluence Park project you

1:53:00 ↗ may recall at that time uh we identified

1:53:03 ↗ what we learned about the Eek house uh

1:53:05 ↗ we did a structural assessment we also

1:53:08 ↗ uh worked really closely and continue to

1:53:10 ↗ work closely with the King County

1:53:12 ↗ Historical preservation folks the

1:53:14 ↗ landmarking folks and learned a lot

1:53:16 ↗ about uh what restoration of a building

1:53:18 ↗ is going to look like at that time we

1:53:20 ↗ laid out um um a recommendation to uh

1:53:24 ↗ take that Confluence Park project and

1:53:26 ↗ really recognize it as two phases um uh

1:53:29 ↗ that need to be done for that um at the

1:53:31 ↗ same time there in in 2023 the six-year

1:53:34 ↗ CIP was being created um um at that time

1:53:39 ↗ when you adopted the six-year CIP we

1:53:41 ↗ identified a whole new project pk2 pk1

1:53:45 ↗ uh the E house uh

1:53:48 ↗ project um also in 2023 um leveraging

1:53:53 ↗ though those $4 million of arid uh

1:53:55 ↗ funding um a $700,000 grant from the

1:54:00 ↗ state was awarded to us through the

1:54:02 ↗ Department of Commerce those funds are

1:54:05 ↗ also part of tonight's uh request for

1:54:08 ↗ construction um construction

1:54:13 ↗ work in September of that year uh Robin

1:54:17 ↗ spear joined us um as Park planning and

1:54:19 ↗ development manager these last two

1:54:20 ↗ bullets really pertain a lot to Rob and

1:54:22 ↗ and segue really well Robin brought um

1:54:25 ↗ her expertise um and skill to really

1:54:28 ↗ provide direct project management that

1:54:30 ↗ really helped design of this uh project

1:54:33 ↗ be finalized um and then some really

1:54:36 ↗ really important work and often unseen

1:54:37 ↗ work of of going through a permitting

1:54:40 ↗ process uh for a project this complex so

1:54:43 ↗ we're able to complete the permitting

1:54:45 ↗ process um earlier this summer um once

1:54:48 ↗ those permits were received we um put

1:54:50 ↗ this project out to bid given the

1:54:52 ↗ complexity of the project we kept that

1:54:53 ↗ bid open for 5 weeks we then opened bids

1:54:56 ↗ on September 27th um and with that I'm

1:54:59 ↗ going to hand it over to Robin to uh

1:55:02 ↗ take away the rest thank

1:55:07 ↗ you thanks Jess and good evening mayor

1:55:10 ↗ and council members uh it's an exciting

1:55:13 ↗ point to be here in front of you tonight

1:55:16 ↗ um it definitely takes a heavy lift to

1:55:18 ↗ get to this point where we're about to

1:55:20 ↗ hopefully award a project but I want to

1:55:23 ↗ really give a shout out to our whole our

1:55:25 ↗ entire park Planning Development team

1:55:28 ↗ our planners in CPD and other

1:55:30 ↗ departments who definitely reviewed the

1:55:33 ↗ plan several times uh parkboard and

1:55:36 ↗ their feedback um obviously our

1:55:38 ↗ community members we have an artist

1:55:40 ↗ involved uh the tribes are also involved

1:55:43 ↗ and um of course our consultant

1:55:45 ↗ methun um who put an an exceptional

1:55:48 ↗ amount of effort into the design so it

1:55:51 ↗ definitely as they say it takes a

1:55:52 ↗ village to create a design that's

1:55:55 ↗ great

1:55:56 ↗ so our first rendering I wanted to show

1:55:59 ↗ you was a Veterans Memorial Plaza in

1:56:03 ↗ particular uh ped Park and this concept

1:56:06 ↗ was actually really informed by

1:56:08 ↗ Community input uh also by isqua

1:56:12 ↗ Historical Museum Dia downtown shop

1:56:15 ↗ owners the Arts commission and just

1:56:18 ↗ several community members giving us

1:56:20 ↗ feedback about what they thought would

1:56:21 ↗ be important

1:56:22 ↗ about the theme and what we wanted to

1:56:24 ↗ pull out from the design um one of the

1:56:27 ↗ fun Parts about designing Parks like

1:56:29 ↗ this and urban plazas is digging into

1:56:32 ↗ the theme that you're going to base Your

1:56:34 ↗ Design off of so what the community gave

1:56:37 ↗ us um as far as feedback goes was they

1:56:40 ↗ really wanted to emphasize our Creek

1:56:43 ↗ Side uh moments that we have downtown

1:56:46 ↗ and our valley floor so that's what we

1:56:48 ↗ tried to draw into both of the

1:56:50 ↗ designs um in p park in particular I

1:56:53 ↗ have a question on this slide I could um

1:56:56 ↗ could you uh give us a little

1:56:58 ↗ perspective of what we're looking at am

1:57:00 ↗ I standing um in that uh the gap between

1:57:04 ↗ the two buildings that's diagonal that's

1:57:06 ↗ and I'm looking toward right theill

1:57:08 ↗ Library the senior center is that

1:57:10 ↗ correct correct so you'd be walking down

1:57:12 ↗ Sunset probably right past macky's um

1:57:15 ↗ and then about to turn right into ped

1:57:17 ↗ Park okay yeah so you're you're at the

1:57:19 ↗ intersection or almost to the

1:57:21 ↗ intersection of Sunset in Front Street

1:57:23 ↗ thank you very much I appreciate that

1:57:24 ↗ there are a lot of people that might be

1:57:26 ↗ watching that might not be as familiar

1:57:27 ↗ with the project as as we are right

1:57:29 ↗ right um and yeah so this design really

1:57:32 ↗ wanted to emphasize the creek side

1:57:34 ↗ feeling particularly in the water

1:57:37 ↗ feature um we always see water and

1:57:40 ↗ Creeks running through town and we kind

1:57:42 ↗ of wanted to keep that reflection going

1:57:45 ↗ in the

1:57:46 ↗ design um everybody appreciates the

1:57:48 ↗ sound of water likes the sound of water

1:57:50 ↗ likes the feel of water likes to be near

1:57:52 ↗ the water so I think this is a really

1:57:54 ↗ the water feature is going to be

1:57:56 ↗ certainly an iconic piece of um artwork

1:57:59 ↗ that's not only visible during the

1:58:01 ↗ summer when the water's on but also

1:58:03 ↗ during the winter months when you'll see

1:58:05 ↗ a more sculptural feel to it so we can

1:58:08 ↗ appreciate that feature whether it's on

1:58:10 ↗ or off um there'll be different types of

1:58:12 ↗ seating so you can choose how social you

1:58:15 ↗ want to be if you want to have a moment

1:58:18 ↗ to yourself or a moment with friends

1:58:20 ↗ there's lots of options for seeding

1:58:23 ↗ there um it promotes it also promotes

1:58:26 ↗ kind of the creek side feel with a

1:58:28 ↗ shadier riparian feel uh we are going to

1:58:31 ↗ have a uh more trees planted in there um

1:58:35 ↗ we're going to have more shrubs more

1:58:37 ↗ plant material so it's going to reflect

1:58:39 ↗ that Creek Side riparian feeling uh that

1:58:42 ↗ also give us a distinct change of

1:58:43 ↗ seasons uh with a deciduous trees

1:58:46 ↗ particularly in the fall and then spring

1:58:49 ↗ flowering

1:58:50 ↗ bulbs uh ped Park will definitely create

1:58:53 ↗ a destination for socialization and

1:58:55 ↗ relaxation downtown and we think it'll

1:58:58 ↗ be a real important iconic piece for the

1:59:01 ↗ downtown

1:59:02 ↗ area uh next

1:59:06 ↗ slide okay the next slide is our senior

1:59:09 ↗ center plaza where as Jeff said we

1:59:12 ↗ really Jeff said we really want to

1:59:14 ↗ integrate that indoor outdoor fi and

1:59:17 ↗ make sure the senior center is

1:59:18 ↗ integrated into not only the depot area

1:59:21 ↗ but becom part of the Memorial Field as

1:59:23 ↗ well uh this this Plaza will really

1:59:26 ↗ promote socialization for the seniors

1:59:28 ↗ and more interaction with the neighbors

1:59:31 ↗ and with the playground right next door

1:59:33 ↗ we hope that the kids and the seniors

1:59:34 ↗ will interact more and more families

1:59:37 ↗ will be able to gather out there um one

1:59:40 ↗ of the one of the best parts that we did

1:59:42 ↗ was we went out to lunch with the

1:59:44 ↗ seniors brought in some of the

1:59:46 ↗ furnishings and the furniture and let

1:59:47 ↗ them actually choose what chairs they

1:59:49 ↗ wanted at the plaza outside so we know

1:59:52 ↗ that it'll be comfortable and accessible

1:59:54 ↗ for them um the outdoor area also

1:59:58 ↗ encourages outdoor recreation in the new

2:00:00 ↗ Turf area uh the seniors can do yoga ta

2:00:03 ↗ Chi Lawn Bowling Bachi or uh croquet uh

2:00:08 ↗ we really want to make sure that they

2:00:10 ↗ get outside and they're able to enjoy

2:00:12 ↗ the outdoor environment more and again

2:00:14 ↗ encourage more social interaction and

2:00:16 ↗ more

2:00:20 ↗ exercise oh sure sure so this would be

2:00:23 ↗ more towards the playground looking

2:00:25 ↗ towards the South entrance of the senior

2:00:28 ↗ center uh and you can see the Pavilion

2:00:30 ↗ there where we have those uh the new

2:00:33 ↗ Furnishings I believe there's a um

2:00:36 ↗ another ping pong table ping pong table

2:00:39 ↗ out there um and then just to the east

2:00:42 ↗ side will be our turf

2:00:43 ↗ area so this will create some flexible

2:00:46 ↗ space that can be used by the community

2:00:48 ↗ not only by the seniors but by the

2:00:50 ↗ entire community enjoy different types

2:00:52 ↗ of outdoor events and just thinking

2:00:54 ↗ about salmon days and next year what

2:00:56 ↗ what that's going to feel like during

2:00:58 ↗ salmon days I think will'll be pretty

2:01:00 ↗ special and well

2:01:02 ↗ used okay next

2:01:05 ↗ slide so the bid was open for five weeks

2:01:10 ↗ uh we did open the bids on September

2:01:12 ↗ 27th uh we had a great turnout we had

2:01:14 ↗ six contractors that submitted bid

2:01:17 ↗ proposals um our apparent low bidder and

2:01:19 ↗ responsible bidder was bayor cons

2:01:21 ↗ construction company out of Arlington

2:01:24 ↗ Washington um and with let me

2:01:29 ↗ sorry trying to read this uh our

2:01:32 ↗ construction budget um with the budget

2:01:35 ↗ amendments we had a total project

2:01:38 ↗ project budget total of

2:01:41 ↗ $4,699

2:01:44 ↗ 370 um and with a construction

2:01:47 ↗ breakdown we had a project cost total of

2:01:50 ↗ 4,6 97 $

2:01:55 ↗ 32949 so uh when we go to award the base

2:01:58 ↗ bid or when we look at base bids we look

2:02:01 ↗ at the base bid plus any bid alts so we

2:02:05 ↗ had four bid alts one for Confluence

2:02:07 ↗ Park Plaza one for the bra pedestrian

2:02:10 ↗ crosswalk one for the decorative screen

2:02:13 ↗ and one for accent lighting so base for

2:02:15 ↗ total bid was

2:02:18 ↗ 5,318

2:02:20 ↗ 279 and

2:02:23 ↗ 95 okay next

2:02:26 ↗ slide so um our staff recommendation our

2:02:30 ↗ department recommendation is to award

2:02:31 ↗ the base bid for met Veterans Memorial

2:02:34 ↗ plazas and allocate all of the arpa

2:02:36 ↗ funding to cover construction we did

2:02:39 ↗ have three options the first option to

2:02:42 ↗ allocate additional funding that's not

2:02:44 ↗ currently budgeted to the project to

2:02:46 ↗ provide a higher contingency and include

2:02:49 ↗ bid alternates a through d construct

2:02:52 ↗ Confluence Park and supple supplemental

2:02:55 ↗ elements to the design um additional

2:02:57 ↗ funding for the entire bid would

2:03:00 ↗ probably be approximately

2:03:02 ↗ $700,000 and I do want to say that right

2:03:05 ↗ now we have a contingency of

2:03:07 ↗ 3.6% usually we like to keep it around 8

2:03:09 ↗ to 10% but because the bids did come in

2:03:12 ↗ higher we pulled down our contingency

2:03:14 ↗ this time uh second option would be to

2:03:17 ↗ postpone the bid award to provide time

2:03:19 ↗ to identify funding uh third option

2:03:22 ↗ would be do not award the contract and

2:03:24 ↗ reject all bids and rebid the project at

2:03:27 ↗ a future

2:03:36 ↗ date finish this up oh that's great

2:03:38 ↗ Robin thank you so yes as stated our

2:03:41 ↗ recommendation before you here's the

2:03:42 ↗ motion um due to um again the the

2:03:47 ↗ uncertainty of construction costs um you

2:03:50 ↗ don't really know what it's going to be

2:03:51 ↗ till you open bids um it's pretty clear

2:03:53 ↗ that um the arpa funding cannot go all

2:03:56 ↗ the way to be able to fully fund the

2:03:59 ↗ Investments uh desired around pedestrian

2:04:02 ↗ Park and Senior Center as well as as

2:04:04 ↗ Confluence Park so at this time we

2:04:05 ↗ recommend allocating all of that arpa

2:04:08 ↗ funding complete The Pedestrian Park

2:04:10 ↗ Senior Center projects that are

2:04:12 ↗ leveraged with that state grant money um

2:04:14 ↗ and then also recognize um that would

2:04:17 ↗ give the opportunity as we get funding

2:04:19 ↗ to um design the restoration of the E

2:04:22 ↗ house uh to complete that Plaza behind

2:04:24 ↗ the E house at the same time we do the

2:04:26 ↗ full restoration of the E so that is our

2:04:29 ↗ recommendation before you to award the

2:04:31 ↗ the base

2:04:32 ↗ bid this

2:04:34 ↗ time thank you

2:04:37 ↗ questions uh Deputy council

2:04:40 ↗ president oh just a quick question uh

2:04:42 ↗ Jeff where are we on the dog park is

2:04:44 ↗ that a part of is that uh there were

2:04:48 ↗ some arpa funds going to the dog park

2:04:50 ↗ right there were no arpa funds for the

2:04:52 ↗ dog park so that still has city funding

2:04:55 ↗ um with um the completion of Hillside

2:04:58 ↗ Park underway right now with getting

2:05:00 ↗ this project started dog park is the

2:05:02 ↗ next project um that we want to get uh

2:05:05 ↗ finished permitting and and

2:05:08 ↗ constructed questions uh council member

2:05:10 ↗ Joe um if you could remind me I I heard

2:05:13 ↗ or maybe I remember that there was a a

2:05:16 ↗ time limit that we had to spend the arpa

2:05:17 ↗ funds um one of the option is to

2:05:20 ↗ postpone but I'm wondering if we'd run

2:05:22 ↗ up against that option you know against

2:05:24 ↗ that time limit if we did and you could

2:05:26 ↗ just remind us what that time limit uh

2:05:28 ↗ is for those funds yeah thank you for

2:05:30 ↗ that question C council member it's why

2:05:32 ↗ it's not our recommendation you're right

2:05:34 ↗ arpa funding needs to be um committed

2:05:37 ↗ allocated by the end of this year so in

2:05:41 ↗ that sense we would want to be under

2:05:42 ↗ contract with a a contractor by the end

2:05:45 ↗ of of this year and then um we have city

2:05:50 ↗ has until I believe 20 26 to um spend

2:05:53 ↗ the funds but it they have to be

2:05:55 ↗ committed Again by the end of this year

2:05:58 ↗ good question we don't want to give it

2:05:59 ↗ back any other

2:06:02 ↗ questions okay is somebody prepared to

2:06:04 ↗ make a

2:06:05 ↗ motion council

2:06:08 ↗ president thank

2:06:10 ↗ you it up okay I move to award the base

2:06:13 ↗ bid Construction contract excluding bid

2:06:17 ↗ alternates a through D for the veterans

2:06:20 ↗ memorial plazas projects in the amount

2:06:23 ↗ of

2:06:24 ↗ 4,482

2:06:27 ↗ 32949 including sales tax to Bayshore

2:06:31 ↗ construction company and authorize the

2:06:34 ↗ mayor to enter into and execute the

2:06:36 ↗ related agreement and authorize the

2:06:39 ↗ shift of

2:06:40 ↗ $800,000 of arpa funds from Project

2:06:44 ↗ pk1 Confluence Park Park Plaza to

2:06:48 ↗ project

2:06:50 ↗ p041 veteran Memorial Plaza projects for

2:06:54 ↗ a total PK

2:06:55 ↗ 041 project budget of

2:06:59 ↗ 4,697

2:07:03 ↗ 32949 is there a second I second

2:07:07 ↗ that pretty enthusiastic second uh so

2:07:10 ↗ it's been moved and seconded is there

2:07:12 ↗ any Council

2:07:13 ↗ discussion council president followed by

2:07:16 ↗ council member hunt thank you um I just

2:07:19 ↗ want to recognize you know we are in

2:07:21 ↗ difficult budget times and um it is very

2:07:26 ↗ important that we are able to achieve

2:07:30 ↗ completion of projects that came through

2:07:33 ↗ arpa funding um and I recognize you know

2:07:36 ↗ not everything goes the way that we

2:07:39 ↗ would necessarily like it to we aren't

2:07:41 ↗ able to fund the same things in 2025 as

2:07:45 ↗ we were in

2:07:47 ↗ 2022 um and so recognizing that I

2:07:50 ↗ appreciate the administ ation making

2:07:53 ↗ adjustments um rather than trying to

2:07:56 ↗ achieve all that we initially wanted to

2:07:59 ↗ accomplish um going through additional

2:08:01 ↗ funds from the general fund and such so

2:08:04 ↗ thank you thank you council president

2:08:05 ↗ council member

2:08:07 ↗ hunt thank you um so before this meeting

2:08:10 ↗ I went back and reviewed our October uh

2:08:14 ↗ meeting from 20122 where we discussed

2:08:17 ↗ this and at that meeting we did discuss

2:08:19 ↗ the dog park as well that had been

2:08:21 ↗ reviewed by our community volunteer

2:08:23 ↗ commission um as one potential project

2:08:26 ↗ and uh we discussed that that wouldn't

2:08:29 ↗ be that um using funding from a

2:08:32 ↗ different Source other than arpa

2:08:33 ↗ wouldn't uh slow down that timeline um

2:08:37 ↗ and I think that you know when I was

2:08:39 ↗ thinking about this um allocation of of

2:08:42 ↗ funding from the uh Confluence Park

2:08:45 ↗ project to complete the um the base

2:08:49 ↗ construction bid on the Veterans

2:08:52 ↗ Memorial and Senior Center um

2:08:55 ↗ plazas uh I I still feel the same way

2:08:59 ↗ that I felt um in

2:09:02 ↗ 2022 that this Confluence piece is

2:09:05 ↗ really important um it's really an

2:09:08 ↗ important part of our Park

2:09:10 ↗ system uh I was just there by the E

2:09:14 ↗ house this weekend as was you know

2:09:16 ↗ probably thousands of community members

2:09:18 ↗ and the E house is a uh city-owned

2:09:23 ↗ historic building that um at 19 a 1890

2:09:29 ↗ Farmhouse um that the city owns and

2:09:32 ↗ there was a fire in

2:09:35 ↗ 2018 uh and you can still see on the

2:09:38 ↗ outside visible black fire damage and

2:09:41 ↗ it's boarded up um and it's right next

2:09:44 ↗ to you very adjacent to a really awesome

2:09:49 ↗ playground um so in 2018 I had a

2:09:52 ↗ one-year-old son we love that playground

2:09:54 ↗ it's very Innovative and um sort of a a

2:09:57 ↗ natural kind of modern playground and

2:10:00 ↗ then right next to it uh for that entire

2:10:02 ↗ time he's now 7 years old for the entire

2:10:05 ↗ childhood it has been um boarded up and

2:10:08 ↗ for a while it had uh it had um that

2:10:12 ↗ construction tape to to keep out and

2:10:14 ↗ it's uh you know we talked about wanting

2:10:16 ↗ to make The Pedestrian Plaza more

2:10:18 ↗ welcoming and and uh you know I I just

2:10:22 ↗ see this real need to to take action on

2:10:25 ↗ this public owned um building that is

2:10:29 ↗ serving no public use uh it's not

2:10:33 ↗ providing any public benefit and it has

2:10:35 ↗ been that way for years so I I know that

2:10:38 ↗ the funding here was to provide a to do

2:10:41 ↗ a Plaza in that same area to bring in

2:10:43 ↗ some historic elements and um I just I

2:10:46 ↗ still see this this real need to address

2:10:49 ↗ Confluence Park and specifically this

2:10:52 ↗ corner of Confluence Park to um and uh I

2:10:57 ↗ was an advocate for including that in

2:10:59 ↗ the arpa funding when we considered it

2:11:02 ↗ in 2022 um I still think it's very it's

2:11:06 ↗ very important I also think there's huge

2:11:08 ↗ potential there for tying in the

2:11:11 ↗ farmlands with that community garden

2:11:13 ↗ that's right in that Park um I think a

2:11:16 ↗ lot of the same reasons why uh the

2:11:20 ↗ senior Center project was um was able to

2:11:25 ↗ get additional funding uh because it's

2:11:27 ↗ providing um accessibility from the

2:11:29 ↗ senior center to the playground for

2:11:32 ↗ example Ada accessibility uh I think

2:11:35 ↗ that we have some of those same sorts of

2:11:37 ↗ challenges that we could address uh if

2:11:39 ↗ we take a another look at this corner of

2:11:42 ↗ Confluence

2:11:44 ↗ Park and um it's it's a very direct

2:11:49 ↗ analogy but I the way I see it if you

2:11:51 ↗ have a house and there's one part that's

2:11:53 ↗ you know damaged or there's a hole in

2:11:54 ↗ the roof you fix that first and then um

2:11:58 ↗ and then look at the other parts of the

2:11:59 ↗ house for uh you know beautification I

2:12:03 ↗ do think that the projects here will

2:12:05 ↗ provide a huge Community benefit um I

2:12:10 ↗ think that there's great work that's

2:12:11 ↗ gone into the artistic renderings and a

2:12:14 ↗ lot of community input um at the same

2:12:16 ↗ time I don't support uh kicking this can

2:12:19 ↗ further down the road especially since

2:12:21 ↗ it has been um a

2:12:23 ↗ visibly at a very very visible corner of

2:12:26 ↗ one of our really beloved Parks it has

2:12:28 ↗ been um a visibly burned building since

2:12:33 ↗ 2018 any other

2:12:35 ↗ comments not seeing any indication uh

2:12:39 ↗ the motion on the table is moved and

2:12:41 ↗ seconded to award the base bid

2:12:43 ↗ Construction contract excluding bid

2:12:44 ↗ Alternatives a through D for the

2:12:47 ↗ veterans memorial plazas projects in the

2:12:49 ↗ amount of 4,4

2:12:51 ↗ $882,000

2:12:53 ↗ $329 49 including sales tax to Bayshore

2:12:57 ↗ construction company and to authorize

2:13:00 ↗ the mayor to enter into and execute the

2:13:02 ↗ related agreement and to authorize the

2:13:05 ↗ shift of $800,000 of arpa funds from

2:13:08 ↗ Project PK 010 Confluence Park Plaza to

2:13:12 ↗ project PK 041 Veterans Memorial Plaza

2:13:15 ↗ projects and for a total PK 041 project

2:13:19 ↗ budget of 4,6

2:13:22 ↗ $697,000 697

2:13:25 ↗ 300 $

2:13:28 ↗ 32949 um all those in favor please

2:13:30 ↗ signify by saying I I those opposed nay

2:13:35 ↗ that carries four to one and that um

2:13:39 ↗ just wanted to add one other comment U

2:13:41 ↗ for our director and that is that we are

2:13:43 ↗ we do have two council members absent

2:13:45 ↗ this evening that participated in those

2:13:47 ↗ earlier discussions and I think it would

2:13:50 ↗ be great to send them an email

2:13:53 ↗ explaining the the decision that was

2:13:55 ↗ made this evening so that there is no

2:13:58 ↗ that they're not that they are aware of

2:14:00 ↗ this change because it's a big change

2:14:02 ↗ and they were part of the original

2:14:04 ↗ discussion that would be great so we're

2:14:05 ↗ moving on to committee and Regional

2:14:07 ↗ reports and we'll start with council

2:14:08 ↗ member Joe thank you Madame mayor the

2:14:11 ↗ October 2nd public affairs committee for

2:14:13 ↗ Cascade water Alliance was canceled uh

2:14:16 ↗ the next board meeting for Cascade water

2:14:19 ↗ Alliance is October 20

2:14:21 ↗ 3D um eltac held a special meeting on

2:14:25 ↗ September

2:14:26 ↗ 26th and um uh just to convey to the

2:14:30 ↗ council that discussions are continuing

2:14:32 ↗ to talk about finding an event that

2:14:35 ↗ could be placed on the shoulder Seasons

2:14:38 ↗ um to help uh bring more tourists and

2:14:42 ↗ more uh um economic Vitality to the city

2:14:45 ↗ so the shoulder season would be not the

2:14:47 ↗ high summer season but either end of

2:14:49 ↗ those uh where hotels have more

2:14:51 ↗ vacancies and there's uh less uh uh

2:14:54 ↗ tourist traffic through town so that

2:14:56 ↗ discussion will continue and I'll update

2:14:58 ↗ you as it as it comes around the next

2:15:00 ↗ meeting for the ltac committee is

2:15:02 ↗ November 20th the agenda has not been

2:15:04 ↗ set yet thank you and council member

2:15:07 ↗ hunt thank you Madame mayor the Planning

2:15:10 ↗ Development and environment committee

2:15:11 ↗ met on October 1st we had one item on

2:15:13 ↗ the agenda which was Comm 0017

2:15:16 ↗ comprehensive plan periodic update um we

2:15:19 ↗ did ask for more polic guidance on one

2:15:22 ↗ particular policy in the um in the

2:15:25 ↗ comprehensive plan which was around uh 0

2:15:28 ↗ to 30% Ami um addressing 0 to 30% Ami

2:15:32 ↗ housing needs um this was at the um at

2:15:37 ↗ the request of an agency that had

2:15:39 ↗ reviewed our comp plan and uh we

2:15:42 ↗ recommended getting more options for

2:15:44 ↗ policies that would help us as policy

2:15:46 ↗ makers achieve that um and then we also

2:15:50 ↗ discussed that we will uh draft a letter

2:15:53 ↗ from the committee to the council with

2:15:55 ↗ our full recommendation um also

2:15:57 ↗ explaining the process the comp plan

2:15:59 ↗ went through an extensive review process

2:16:01 ↗ with our awesome uh boards and

2:16:03 ↗ commissions and volunteers as well as um

2:16:06 ↗ incorporating feedback from the

2:16:08 ↗ community and other um agencies and so

2:16:11 ↗ we will be providing that letter as well

2:16:15 ↗ as um a review of recommendations for

2:16:18 ↗ future work that was not included into

2:16:21 ↗ this um comprehensive Plan update and

2:16:23 ↗ that would include uh things for example

2:16:26 ↗ such as how we would Implement HB 1110

2:16:30 ↗ which is the recent um State policy

2:16:34 ↗ around missing middle housing and so

2:16:36 ↗ since we have more work to do on that we

2:16:39 ↗ will provide some updates uh which

2:16:41 ↗ hopefully will help future councils when

2:16:44 ↗ they review this comp plan periodic

2:16:47 ↗ update about what was done and what is

2:16:48 ↗ left to be done

2:16:51 ↗ I have one future meeting there will be

2:16:53 ↗ a ceremonial Cy fry release at Sam State

2:16:57 ↗ Park on October 17th at 4 p.m. uh the

2:17:00 ↗ event starts at 4 p.m. and this um is a

2:17:03 ↗ a great event there will be this Noami

2:17:05 ↗ tribe trout unlimited as well as elected

2:17:08 ↗ officials and it will be a celebration

2:17:10 ↗ of the work of the coky work group to

2:17:12 ↗ preserve our coky which are our very

2:17:15 ↗ special um salmon that live their whole

2:17:18 ↗ life cycle in

2:17:19 ↗ lakish that concludes my report thank

2:17:22 ↗ you council member Ray uh thank you

2:17:24 ↗ mayor Paulie the council mobility and

2:17:26 ↗ infrastructure committee is meeting

2:17:29 ↗ tomorrow October 8th at 6:30 here in

2:17:32 ↗ Chambers we have a single agenda item it

2:17:34 ↗ is Comm 0034 uh neighborhood traffic

2:17:38 ↗ caling program and that concludes my

2:17:40 ↗ report thank you Deputy council

2:17:43 ↗ president thank you mayor paully um I

2:17:45 ↗ have no reports but I have a number of

2:17:47 ↗ meetings coming up uh Thursday

2:17:51 ↗ um October 10th is Eide Human Services

2:17:54 ↗ Forum Friday uh October 11th will be

2:17:57 ↗ Eide Transportation partnership meeting

2:18:00 ↗ and I think I had announced that the

2:18:02 ↗ October Regional Transit committee

2:18:04 ↗ meeting was cancelled it is uh not

2:18:07 ↗ canceled anymore uh and uh so it'll be

2:18:10 ↗ held on the afternoon of October the

2:18:13 ↗ 16th and that concludes my report thank

2:18:16 ↗ you council

2:18:17 ↗ president thank you um let's see October

2:18:22 ↗ 3rd the King County affordable housing

2:18:24 ↗ committee met we continue to go through

2:18:26 ↗ the housing elements for everyone's

2:18:29 ↗ comprehensive plans um this month it was

2:18:32 ↗ boart's Village Hunts Point Northbend

2:18:35 ↗ seac and Tua and as you can see from

2:18:38 ↗ that list um very much A variation in

2:18:42 ↗ what you're going to see in the housing

2:18:44 ↗ elements from each of those cities um

2:18:47 ↗ but we did uh uh approve comment letter

2:18:51 ↗ to each of them we also had an

2:18:53 ↗ interesting point you know how um at the

2:18:55 ↗ beginning of the year we all agreed to

2:18:59 ↗ housing allocations and um all of that

2:19:02 ↗ through discussions with the county well

2:19:05 ↗ now we've got two cities coming back um

2:19:08 ↗ Carnation and snow qualy saying hey

2:19:12 ↗ something's changed we can't really

2:19:14 ↗ accommodate this growth um those two

2:19:17 ↗ cities are asking for basically having

2:19:21 ↗ their um housing uh growth Target

2:19:25 ↗ Carnation wants to go from 799 to

2:19:28 ↗ 350 and snow col me wants to go from,

2:19:31 ↗ 1500 to

2:19:33 ↗ 719 these are not large numbers they fit

2:19:36 ↗ within the Department of Commerce um

2:19:39 ↗ allocation that we needed to achieve

2:19:43 ↗ countywide so we're kind of covered on

2:19:45 ↗ that but um gmpc the growth management

2:19:49 ↗ um Planning Commission I always forget

2:19:53 ↗ yeah um is taking this up and will

2:19:57 ↗ ultimately be the one deciding on it

2:19:59 ↗ obviously some concerns about hey does

2:20:03 ↗ somebody is somebody able to come back

2:20:05 ↗ later and ask for an adjustment what's

2:20:07 ↗ our policy and process for doing it so

2:20:11 ↗ um we gave feedback on that um just

2:20:13 ↗ basically saying hey we we would like to

2:20:16 ↗ see those numbers allocated elsewhere

2:20:19 ↗ rather than just disappeared from um our

2:20:23 ↗ allocated need for King County but um

2:20:26 ↗ the good news is if they do um adjust

2:20:31 ↗ those growth targets they're going to

2:20:33 ↗ eliminate the 80% and above amount and

2:20:38 ↗ so those cities would still be allocated

2:20:41 ↗ their adjusted median income uh housing

2:20:45 ↗ numbers for 80% and below so they would

2:20:48 ↗ be required to accommodate within their

2:20:50 ↗ zoning and plan something that would be

2:20:52 ↗ able to build that type of um housing

2:20:56 ↗ and usually that requires some density

2:20:58 ↗ so that um concludes my report thank you

2:21:03 ↗ thank you council president um next item

2:21:05 ↗ is the mayor's report so there will not

2:21:08 ↗ be an executive session this evening I

2:21:11 ↗ did want to make some comments about

2:21:13 ↗ what an amazing salmon days weekend that

2:21:15 ↗ we had it was very fun to see so many

2:21:18 ↗ people come to isqua and celebrate their

2:21:20 ↗ Return of the salmon many many many

2:21:23 ↗ thanks to everyone involved in planning

2:21:26 ↗ and orchestrating another successful

2:21:27 ↗ event including the isqua Chamber of

2:21:30 ↗ Commerce our city of isqua staff and the

2:21:33 ↗ incredible numerous organizations and

2:21:35 ↗ volunteers that make this possible today

2:21:38 ↗ I attended the annual King County

2:21:40 ↗ Executive small business awards ceremony

2:21:42 ↗ and our staff nominated nine isqua

2:21:45 ↗ businesses two of them were recognized

2:21:47 ↗ today Morgan Cosmetics won the export

2:21:50 ↗ small business of the year and infinity

2:21:53 ↗ Farms down on isqua Hobart Road was a

2:21:55 ↗ finalist for the rural small business of

2:21:58 ↗ the year we are honored that these and

2:22:00 ↗ other entrepreneurs have chosen isqua to

2:22:02 ↗ invest and grow their businesses I

2:22:05 ↗ invite other entrepreneurs and business

2:22:07 ↗ owners to contact our Economic

2:22:08 ↗ Development staff at Ed isqua w.gov to

2:22:11 ↗ learn how we can support your business

2:22:14 ↗ and making them successful in our

2:22:16 ↗ community the isqua police department's

2:22:19 ↗ pink patches are now available for

2:22:21 ↗ purchase the promotional patches are

2:22:23 ↗ part of the pink patch project pink

2:22:25 ↗ patch project say that three times fast

2:22:27 ↗ whose mission is to raise awareness

2:22:30 ↗ about the life-saving benefits of early

2:22:32 ↗ detection and intervention Against

2:22:34 ↗ Breast Cancer by wearing the pink patch

2:22:37 ↗ the police department joins officers

2:22:38 ↗ from 300 cities Across the Nation

2:22:41 ↗ showing support and raising money for

2:22:43 ↗ breast cancer awareness and research all

2:22:46 ↗ profits will be donated to Footprints of

2:22:48 ↗ fight a local charity involving involved

2:22:51 ↗ in supporting families with children

2:22:53 ↗ that have been diagnosed with cancer you

2:22:55 ↗ can purchase a patch for $10 or by

2:22:57 ↗ making a donation directly to Footprints

2:23:00 ↗ of fight there will be the mountains of

2:23:02 ↗ sound Greenway trust bringing their

2:23:04 ↗ annual tree planning celebration to

2:23:06 ↗ isqua this Saturday October 12th at the

2:23:08 ↗ Lake samamish State Park with the goal

2:23:11 ↗ of planting 800 trees as part of the

2:23:13 ↗ lower isqua Creek stream and riparian

2:23:16 ↗ habitat enhancement project this event

2:23:19 ↗ will showcase the mream restoration work

2:23:21 ↗ for salmon recovery and the completion

2:23:24 ↗ of the city of isqua's large Woody

2:23:26 ↗ material project at Lake mamish you can

2:23:29 ↗ register to volunteer at this event or

2:23:31 ↗ find more information on the mountain to

2:23:33 ↗ sound Greenway Trust website that

2:23:36 ↗ concludes the mayor's report uh let's

2:23:38 ↗ move on to good of the order any items

2:23:40 ↗ before I go into Council meetings

2:23:41 ↗ council

2:23:42 ↗ president thank you um I want to Echo

2:23:45 ↗ what you said about salmon days it was

2:23:48 ↗ fantastic love that however we got that

2:23:51 ↗ great weather and um all that enabled

2:23:54 ↗ everyone coming down and seeing

2:23:56 ↗ everything um in the city I had two

2:24:00 ↗ other notes um council member Hall is

2:24:02 ↗ not here so I wanted to just highlight

2:24:05 ↗ the Eastside fire and rescue um board is

2:24:08 ↗ going to have what maybe the culmination

2:24:11 ↗ of the budget conversation on Thursday

2:24:15 ↗ and so um I'm still studying up on it um

2:24:19 ↗ but if anybody has any questions please

2:24:22 ↗ feel free to contact me I will see what

2:24:24 ↗ we can do um not sure if it's going to

2:24:27 ↗ end up uh advancing or uh getting pushed

2:24:30 ↗ back for more conversation um but

2:24:33 ↗ there's definitely some big numbers

2:24:35 ↗ there um and then on a totally different

2:24:38 ↗ note y'all may remember one of my

2:24:41 ↗ favorite times of the year is the

2:24:43 ↗ pumpkin Derby which is coming up uh for

2:24:47 ↗ those who don't recognize the city has a

2:24:50 ↗ uh staff event for racing pumpkins down

2:24:54 ↗ a Derby track because why not um and so

2:25:00 ↗ the city council for the fourth year in

2:25:03 ↗ a row now I think um will have a jby car

2:25:07 ↗ so if anybody would like to contribute

2:25:09 ↗ to that either in engineering or

2:25:13 ↗ Artistry um please do contact me I have

2:25:16 ↗ our cart from last year we will make it

2:25:19 ↗ down the derby track we will that

2:25:23 ↗ council president is there anything on

2:25:24 ↗ Regional assignments and appointments

2:25:26 ↗ that you need to remind people on or are

2:25:27 ↗ we doing pretty good there um well if

2:25:30 ↗ there is anybody for uh sound cities

2:25:33 ↗ Association that wants to apply um we

2:25:36 ↗ have heard from three council members um

2:25:40 ↗ about potential applications those are

2:25:43 ↗ due October 17th and we would like to

2:25:47 ↗ obviously get those coordinated ahead of

2:25:49 ↗ time um so if there is anything that you

2:25:51 ↗ would like to apply or reapply for or

2:25:54 ↗ drop off

2:25:55 ↗ of because I need to know who's dropping

2:25:58 ↗ off yes um please do let us know thank

2:26:02 ↗ you very much uh I think it was um

2:26:05 ↗ Council Joe thank you mayor paully I I

2:26:08 ↗ would just like to give um some

2:26:10 ↗ compliments to our sister cities

2:26:13 ↗ commission um they were in the parade

2:26:16 ↗ they were a very Lively group uh

2:26:18 ↗ throughout the whole route um they also

2:26:21 ↗ uh gave personal time to volunteer at

2:26:24 ↗ the tent right outside City Hall uh

2:26:26 ↗ where they were uh showcasing our artist

2:26:30 ↗ that was visiting us and they gave their

2:26:32 ↗ time and were very uh enthusiastic and I

2:26:35 ↗ really appreciate all the efforts that

2:26:37 ↗ they make to make the sister city

2:26:39 ↗ relationship work and I know that uh if

2:26:41 ↗ you could pass that on to the staff that

2:26:43 ↗ were there it was just just very nice

2:26:46 ↗ touch to Sam Andes thank you that was

2:26:48 ↗ fun thank you for that any any other

2:26:50 ↗ good of the order items if not I'll go

2:26:52 ↗ through meetings so the council has

2:26:54 ↗ several upcoming meetings a committee of

2:26:56 ↗ the whole next Monday October 14th at

2:26:58 ↗ 6:30 p.m. the anticipated agenda items

2:27:01 ↗ include the 2526 legislative agenda and

2:27:05 ↗ an affordable housing update the next

2:27:07 ↗ regular city council meeting is Monday

2:27:09 ↗ October 21st and anticipated agenda

2:27:12 ↗ items include the school zone speed

2:27:14 ↗ camera um and and last call for good of

2:27:18 ↗ the order I'm going to move the to the

2:27:20 ↗ next item the executive session we will

2:27:22 ↗ not be having one this evening and if

2:27:24 ↗ there's no additional business we are

2:27:26 ↗ adjourned at

2:27:27 ↗ 9:27 thank you

Approved minutes

Extracted from the next meeting's packet, where this meeting's minutes were approved as a consent-calendar attachment.

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Attendance

Council / Members (5)

Barbara de Michele

Victoria Hunt

Russell Joe

Chris Reh

Lindsey Walsh

Staff (4)

Wally Bobkiewicz, City Administrator

Andrea Snyder, Deputy City Administrator

Rachel Bender Turpin, City Attorney

Tisha Gieser, City Clerk

Excused

Zach Hall

Tola Marts

Motions and votes (4)

approve the consent agenda as amended.

Moved by Council President Lindsey Walsh · seconded by Deputy Council President Barb de Michele

Carried 5-0

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

Approve Resolution No. 2024-22, opposing the passage of Washington State Ballot Initiative No. 2117 concerning Carbon Tax Credit Trading.

Moved by Council President Lindsey Walsh · seconded by Deputy Council President Barbara de Michele

Carried 4-1

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe

Opposed: Chris Reh

Absent: Zach Hall, Tola Marts

Approve Resolution No. 2024-23, declaring adoption of new Credit/Debit Card and eCheck Processing Fee Policy

Moved by Council President Lindsey Walsh · seconded by Deputy Council President Barbara de Michele

Carried 5-0

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Chris Reh

Absent: Zach Hall, Tola Marts

Award the base bid construction contract, excluding Bid Alternates A-D, for the Veterans Memorial Plazas projects in the amount of $4,482,329.49 (including sales tax) to Bayshore Construction Company; and authorize the Mayor to enter into and execute the related agreement; and Authorize the shift of…

Moved by Council President Lindsey Walsh · seconded by Deputy Council President Barbara de Michele

Carried 4-1

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Russell Joe, Chris Reh

Opposed: Victoria Hunt

Absent: Zach Hall, Tola Marts