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Monday, October 21, 2024

7:00 PM · Council Chambers, 135 E. Sunset Way, Issaquah WA
Topics tracked across meetings:
American Public Works Association Heroes Award, Washington Chapter ID 1917 1/2
School Zone Speed Camera AB 8894 2/3
Hindu American Heritage Month Proclamation ID 1709 2/2
Section
Topic
3. SPECIAL BUSINESS
3a
Hindu American Heritage Month Proclamation ID 1709
5 min · packet pp.5
Topics: Arts & Culture
Staff report:
SPECIAL BUSINESS a) CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office
5. CONSENT CALENDAR
5a
Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Oct. 21, 2024, $5,802,163.65 ID 1738
Carried 7-0
Approve · packet pp.7–28
Topics: Budget
Staff report:
Finance Department P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 PH: 425-837-3050 www.issaquahwa.gov
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5b
Minutes: City Council Committee of the Whole, July 27
Carried 7-0
Approve · packet pp.29–42
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR b) 07-27-24 City Council Committee of the Whole Minutes 9064
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5c
Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, Sept. 16, 2024
Carried 7-0
Approve · packet pp.43–48
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR c) 09-16-24 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000)
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5d
Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, Sept. 28, 2024
Carried 7-0
Approve · packet pp.49
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR d) 09-28-24 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Special Meeting 10:00 AM Pickering Barn September 28, 2024 MINUTES 1730 10th Ave NW
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5e
Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, Oct. 7, 2024
Carried 7-0
Approve · packet pp.51–56
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR e) 10-07-24 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers October 7, 2024 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5f
Informational Update: Economic Development Quarterly Report - Q3 2024 ID 1720
Carried 7-0
Receive Report · packet pp.57–59
Topics: Economic Development
Staff report:
This informational report provides an overview of economic development staff activities and trends in the 3rd quarter of 2024. The format of this report is different from previous versions as our team realigns our workload to adjust for the departure of Economic Development Coordinator Farel Otieno. Twice a year we will provide a more limited update and continue the more robust update the other two quarters. Staff are available to answer questions.
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5g
Memorandum of Understanding with Washington State Council of County and City Employees Issaquah Administrative Staff Association (AFSCME) and Public, Professional and Office-Clerical Employees and Drivers (Teamsters 763) re: One Year Contract Extension Ratify AB 8913
Carried 7-0
packet pp.61–67
Staff report:
The City's current collective bargaining agreements with the Washington State Council of County and City Employees Issaquah Administrative Staff Association (AFSCME) and Public, Professional and Office-Clerical Employees and Drivers (Teamsters 763) will expire December 31, 2024. The City and the Washington State Council of County and City Employees Issaquah Administrative Staff Association (AFSCME) and Public, Professional and Office-Clerical Employees and Drivers (Teamsters 763) have a mutual interest in extending the current contract through December 31, 2025.
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5h
Department of Commerce Climate Planning Grant Amendment AB 8916
Carried 7-0
Accept Grant; Authorize Additional Funding · packet pp.69–80
Topics: ClimateBudget
Staff report:
The City of Issaquah approved its first Climate Action Plan in December 2021. The Climate Action Plan (ICAP) engaged the community in a number of events in the summer of 2021, including workshops, focus groups, and a community-wide survey. The Administration is currently implementing multiple community facing and municipal operations actions in order to make progress towards our greenhouse gas reduction targets. These actions include home and commercial building fossil fuel reduction and energy efficiency programs, electrification of city buildings and fleet, and preparing for the inevitable impacts of climate change through resilience planning and communication.
Roll call:
Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
6. REGULAR BUSINESS
6a
School Zone Speed Camera AB 8894
Authorize · 45 min · packet pp.81–111
Topics: Public SafetySchools
Staff report:
The City’s current School Zone Safety Program was adopted in 2008 with a single location at 2nd Ave SE near Issaquah Middle School and High School. This program is meant to more safely address speeding behavior from drivers in school zone areas during school hours by transferring enforcement from a live, on-site police officer to an automated camera system. Revenues from this program are used to fund transportation and traffic improvements.
9. INFORMATIONAL UPDATES
9a
Informational Update: Work Plan and Capital Improvement Plan Quarter 3 Update ID 1759
Receive Report · 15 min · packet pp.113–172
Topics: Budget
Staff report:
As part of the packet for the October 21st, 2024, City Council meeting, the Administration is providing a third quarter update on the Citywide Work Plan and Capital Improvement Plan implementation. This update shares information on work plan items and capital project progress through the end of September 2024.
10. GOOD OF THE ORDER
10a
Upcoming Council Meetings
0:11 good evening everyone and welcome I'm
0:13 calling the October 21st city council
0:16 meeting to order as a reminder we still
0:18 continue to have a remote aspect to our
0:20 meetings both staff and members of the
0:22 public may be participating in tonight's
0:24 meeting remotely via
0:26 webx before we get started I'd like to
0:28 announce that the administration is
0:30 postponing the regular business item on
0:32 tonight's agenda AB 8894 schoolone speed
0:36 camera this weekend a question was
0:38 raised by a council member about some of
0:40 the traffic data collected that we were
0:41 unable to answer before tonight's
0:43 meeting I'd like to postpone this item
0:45 until the November 25th city council
0:47 meeting to allow staff time to pull
0:49 together the requested information first
0:52 item on the agenda this evening is the
0:53 Pledge of Allegiance and I invite
0:55 everyone to join
0:57 us I pledge allegiance to the flag the
1:01 United States of America to the Republic
1:04 for it stands one nation under God
1:08 indivisible liy and justice for
1:13 all the next item of business on our
1:15 agenda this evening is special business
1:17 and it's ID 1709 the Hindu American
1:21 Heritage Month
1:22 Proclamation so I have missed out on
1:26 collecting all the names but I'd like to
1:28 make sure that shesh Umar and VJ come up
1:31 along with anybody else who wants to
1:32 stand up here and hear the
1:51 proclamation tonight
1:54 everyone
1:56 welcome um whereas Hindu heritage month
2:00 is celebrated every October which
2:02 coincides with major Hindu holidays such
2:06 navratri and whereas Hindu Americans in
2:09 itsaka represent a variety of ethnic
2:11 backgrounds including individuals of
2:14 Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Malaysian
2:17 Indonesian Afghani Nepali buanes Sri
2:21 Lankan Fijian Caribbean and European
2:24 descent and whereas there are an
2:26 estimated 1.2 billion Hindus worldwide
2:29 and approxim approximately 2.5 million
2:32 Hindu Americans living throughout the
2:34 United States and whereas our community
2:37 has benefited from the many Innovations
2:39 of Hindu Americans including I'm not
2:42 going to say this right a your
2:44 ver how do you say a
2:46 veric are veric medicine classical art
2:52 dance music meditation yoga literature
2:56 and community services and whereas we
2:59 commit to embrac embracing diversity and
3:01 inclusion by paying tribute to Hindu
3:03 Heritage through education
3:05 acknowledgement and celebration within
3:07 our community and whereas the city of
3:09 isqua is proud to recognize the positive
3:12 influence of Hindu Americans on isqua's
3:14 economic Vitality growth and well-being
3:18 now therefore I Mary Lup PA the mayor of
3:20 the city of isqua do hereby Proclaim
3:22 October 2024 to be Hindu American
3:25 Heritage Month in the city of isqua and
3:29 I urge the community or sorry October
3:31 2024 I urge the community to join in
3:34 special observance and celebration of
3:36 Hindu Heritage welcome and um Kumar
3:40 would like to say a few
3:44 words thank you mayor city council and
3:49 honored citizens and Hindu community
3:53 members it's wonderful to stand before
3:55 you to share few words about the Hindu
4:01 Heritage Hindu Heritage it's not that
4:05 was born recently it's timing Memorial
4:09 whenever it
4:10 started and it views the world as a
4:15 community it's one Community it's World
4:18 Community it's for everybody it's a
4:21 sanatan
4:24 Dharma we thank the city for providing
4:28 us this one wonderful opportunity to
4:31 recognize the Hindu community and all
4:35 the services all the support that is
4:38 provided by this community to the city
4:42 and and this and this uh wonderful
4:44 Nation I'm proud to be a citizen of
4:48 United States of America though my
4:51 birthplace is India for us both are our
4:55 Nations and it provided us the
4:59 opportunity to make this place better
5:03 and for
5:05 everybody as
5:08 Hindu part of this uh Community we got
5:12 the opportunity to be with this
5:14 wonderful people around and I personally
5:19 than that I was part of this isaka
5:22 citizen core since 2010 I know Lindy WS
5:26 was part of that and many others might
5:28 have been trained as well I think Jack
5:30 was also trained our few others as well
5:33 it's wonderful to have you even for that
5:35 support and we come here for doing the
5:38 service but we love the people and stay
5:41 there and I'm currently serving as the
5:43 board of board uh secretary for the sea
5:46 citizen core and it's my eight n nine
5:49 years of service there yeah and it
5:51 really wonderful for all the support
5:54 that you all provide and here as a
5:57 community members they provide lot of
6:00 services in the senior center and also
6:04 uh we uh provide food for the shelters
6:08 in snal Me Fall City area and also teens
6:13 our teens uh also go and help in the
6:16 senior centers helping uh them to you
6:20 know do all the small projects and that
6:23 really helps motivate all these uh
6:25 senior citizens not only that there are
6:29 through various forms
6:31 of forms of um celebrations diali and
6:36 all the other uh celebrations we again
6:40 bring the community together it's not
6:43 one it's together everybody that's
6:47 the that's the thing that sanatan Dharma
6:49 teaches us and thank you again the for
6:53 the city and the mayor to for
6:56 recognizing this and accepting this as
6:58 the world
7:00 Hindu heritage month thank you so much
7:03 ENT you take a picture that be blessing
7:07 yes this is our Proclamation holder
7:41 [Music]
7:58 pict
8:16 [Music]
8:28 e for
9:16 so thank you very much it was wonderful
9:18 to have so many members from the
9:21 community come in for this the next item
9:24 of business we have this evening is
9:25 audience comments and this is the time
9:27 when members of the public May address
9:29 the Council in person or virtually those
9:32 who signed up in advance to make
9:33 comments will be called on First and if
9:35 you're joining us virtually and would
9:37 like to make comments please raise your
9:38 virtual hand or send the host a chat
9:40 message if you're on the phone you can
9:42 press star three and if you've joined by
9:44 computer or smartphone you can look for
9:45 a hand
9:46 icon if you're in the room and did not
9:48 sign up I will ask for other speakers
9:50 before closing this portion of the
9:52 meeting C has anyone signed up to speak
9:54 for General audience comments that are
9:56 indicated desire to speak this evening
9:57 yes thank you so for those making
10:00 comments you are invited to address the
10:03 council regarding matters that are
10:05 directly related to isqu programs
10:07 projects services or events comments
10:10 related to political campaigns are not
10:12 permitted please direct comments to the
10:15 whole Council and not individuals and
10:17 while this is not a question and answer
10:18 session we will contact you to follow up
10:20 if needed when you are recognized unmute
10:23 your microphone if you're a virtual
10:24 attendee if you're in the room please
10:26 step up to the podium in the middle uh
10:29 and there is a microphone there I'm just
10:30 having a hard time seeing it make sure
10:32 you press the button to get the red
10:33 light on state your name address and
10:36 relationship to the city speak clearly
10:38 and pause frequently and please limit
10:40 your comments to 5 minutes if you're
10:42 attending virtually and don't respond
10:44 after your name or phone number is
10:45 called or if your connection is lost
10:47 unexpectedly the meeting will need to
10:49 proceed and you're encouraged to rejoin
10:50 the meeting if able personal tax obene
10:53 language derogatory remarks and
10:55 disruptive behavior will not be
10:56 permitted public comments written and
10:59 verbal are an important aspect of the
11:00 public process and the city takes
11:02 comments seriously we thank you for
11:04 taking the time to address us tonight
11:07 city clerk can you please identify the
11:08 first person who has signed up to speak
11:10 tonight yes in the room here Chris
11:12 reeley Chris come on up
11:21 welcome very brief good evening uh my
11:25 name is Chris Richley I am a isqua
11:27 resident up in the isqua Highland for
11:29 over 10 years um I also work in isqua so
11:32 I have the pleasure of doing that as
11:33 well in the highlands at Harborstone
11:34 Credit Union so if you need anything
11:36 come see me um but tonight um I'd like
11:39 to address the council so ging Council
11:41 and and mayor Paulie and staff and
11:43 Community um having served on the
11:45 Strategic plan task force I'd like to
11:46 thank the council members for all the
11:48 work they have done on the work plan
11:50 knowing that that's on the on the agenda
11:51 tonight seeing that a majority of the
11:53 projects are on track and some are
11:55 completed that is a tremendous amount of
11:58 work that you've guys have put into that
12:00 so I appreciate that having worked on
12:01 the Strategic plan to see that that's
12:03 continuing to stay alive um in what you
12:06 do uh knowing that the upcoming
12:08 challenges of the new budget I am
12:09 confident Council will continue to do
12:10 their best to keep this work plan moving
12:12 forward and that's all I have to say
12:14 thank you thank you very much Chris um
12:17 city clerk is there anyone else signed
12:19 up to speak or anyone online indicating
12:21 a desire to speak we have one member of
12:24 the public with us virtually but I'm not
12:25 seeing uh desire to
12:27 speak well thank you very much is there
12:30 anyone else in the room who would like
12:31 to speak tonight looking directly at the
12:33 lady in the beautiful green
12:36 dress just kidding no okay indication of
12:40 no more speakers this evening um I want
12:43 to thank Chris for coming in tonight
12:44 it's good to hear from the community
12:46 about the work that the city council has
12:48 authorized and the budget constraints
12:50 that they have for this year so thank
12:51 you very much for coming and sharing
12:53 that um as a reminder it you can submit
12:56 written comments to the council at any
12:58 time at city council at isqua w.gov the
13:01 next item of business we have on our
13:03 calendar this evening is the consent
13:05 calendar and I do not have any comments
13:07 on tonight's consent calendar I'm
13:08 checking to
13:11 see who want to comment on an item I'm
13:14 not seeing any indication is uh the
13:17 consent calendar was distributed to
13:19 Council in advance and if authorized the
13:21 items on the consent calendar will be
13:23 considered together and approved by one
13:25 motion have the payables and payroll
13:27 been reviewed yes
13:30 thank you uh does any Cal council member
13:33 desire to remove any item from the
13:34 consent calendar and consider it under
13:36 regular
13:37 business not seeing an indication to do
13:40 that is there a motion to be
13:42 made council president I move we approve
13:45 the consent calendar as
13:48 distributed second it's been moved and
13:51 seconded do we have any discussion on
13:52 that item not seeing any hearing none
13:56 the motion before council is to improve
13:58 the consent calendar as presented all
14:00 those in favor signify by saying I
14:05 I those opposed that carries unanimously
14:09 a seven and no vote the next item of
14:12 business um was earlier mentioned a
14:14 regular business item AB 8894 schools Z
14:17 speed camera will not be on tonight's
14:20 agenda um and I'm going to ask if
14:24 oh sorry Council committee reports if
14:27 we'd like to take a a few minute us for
14:29 our guests if they would like to leave
14:31 the room or stay for their business you
14:32 guys okay with a 5 minute break okay
14:35 we're going to take a 5 minute break and
14:37 you can decide if you'd like to stay for
14:39 the rest of the meeting but not
14:40 necessary to it also will allow Council
14:42 to go down and talk with you as well
14:45 okay we'll take a f minute
14:50 recess it's not like we have such a full
14:56 agenda very short no it's B basically
14:59 just the work plan yeah okay
15:27 yeah
18:27 e e
19:27 so we are coming back back from our five
19:30 minute break he'll be fine um oh thank
19:34 you chance we're coming back from the
19:36 council's five minute break and we will
19:39 be going into our next item which is
19:42 committee and Regional reports and we'll
19:44 start with council member
19:47 Joe thank you madam mayor the next
19:50 Cascade water Alliance board meeting is
19:52 October 23rd this next Wednesday
19:55 November 6th the public affairs uh uh
19:58 group for the Cascade water Alliance
20:00 will be meeting at uh 9:00 in the
20:03 morning November 20th there's a special
20:05 ltac meeting lodging tax advisory
20:07 committee uh meeting it's at tibet's
20:10 Manor the agenda has not been set yet
20:12 but I think our normal time for start is
20:14 3M on November 20th that concludes my
20:17 report thank you counc member Joe can I
20:18 get you to add one more item that you so
20:20 graciously shared and that was the
20:22 chamber was it the Chamber of you had a
20:24 compliment that got passed down to that
20:26 you passed back to city council oh yes
20:29 thank you very much as many of you know
20:31 I'm the liaison to the chamber board um
20:35 the uh chamber was very um they were
20:41 very open in the praise of our police
20:43 department and the quick response that
20:45 occurred during salmon days um there was
20:49 a incident that was reported near the
20:51 food court and within about 60 seconds
20:54 the police were there uh taking care of
20:56 the issue uh without a problem
20:59 uh more importantly I think or or just
21:00 overall the impression was that the
21:03 communication between the city and the
21:04 Chamber board was was great and the um
21:08 opportunities for um any problems were
21:12 quite low both because of our police
21:14 department and the Chamber had a new
21:16 security uh firm that they had hired
21:19 that knew our city well and was able to
21:21 make sure that everything was safe and
21:23 people could really enjoy salmon days as
21:25 was intended so thank you for that
21:26 reminder thank you very much for sharing
21:27 that welcome council member
21:32 Hall all right another long report um
21:36 all right so East Side Fire and Rescue
21:38 board of directors met on October 10 and
21:41 improved uh approved the the 2025 2026
21:45 budget um as you all know because I've
21:48 said this before from beginning to end
21:50 the process was very challenging was
21:52 also very instructive for the future um
21:55 there's a lot of context um as to how we
21:57 got to where we are for the purposes of
21:59 this report I won't get into too much
22:01 detail um but happy to chat more with
22:04 anyone who'd like more contacts I've
22:06 already had a chance to sit down with
22:07 Deputy council president D Michelle so
22:09 again just reach out and I'm happy to
22:11 chat
22:11 more um for today just wanted to share
22:14 some highlights and some future work
22:16 that we've identified so um looking at
22:18 numbers isqua's total contribution for
22:20 2025 is about $95 million that started
22:24 at about $10.2 million in the very first
22:27 draft back in July uh for 2026 about $10
22:31 million started at about $1 million um
22:34 in the July draft which means about $1.5
22:37 million uh in savings just for isqua
22:40 from that original draft compared to now
22:44 our 2024 contribution our current
22:46 contribution this represents um an
22:48 increase of about 133% across all three
22:51 funds 10% for the operating budget um
22:54 that's down from about 20% in the
22:57 original proposal for all three
22:59 refunds um like I've said before through
23:02 this process the fact we really pushed
23:05 maximizing cost savings to meet the
23:06 financial pressures of the moment that
23:08 cities are experiencing we did this
23:10 through a number of ways what we called
23:12 budget reduction scenario one uh
23:14 smoothing over the bium wherever
23:16 possible uh a new financing strategy for
23:19 apparatus um delaying reducing or
23:21 cutting line items like new positions
23:24 training disciplines overtime wherever
23:26 possible because that is a huge part of
23:27 the operating budet and more uh
23:30 increasing our fees for transport and
23:31 then also incorporating other new
23:33 revenues um anticipating an increase in
23:35 the EMS Levy next year um the board also
23:39 instructed eper staff to work with
23:41 partner cities to update their fire
23:42 permit fee schedules um the idea behind
23:45 this is that there would be new pass
23:47 through revenues for epher to support
23:49 their fire Marshall's office so that's
23:51 something that we're expected to see
23:53 sometime at a council meeting in the in
23:55 the near future or in the very least
23:56 staff will be reaching out to isqua
23:58 staff staff soon to start having that
24:00 conversation
24:03 um at this time we weren't kful making
24:06 deeper Cuts than kind of the reduction
24:08 scenario one that I talked to you about
24:10 um but I do want you to know that we did
24:12 do our due diligence um considering
24:14 things like freezing management
24:16 positions and a battalion chief um
24:18 eliminating positions in the fire
24:19 Marshall's office in our core program um
24:22 and rolling station closures across the
24:24 district those were budget reduction
24:27 scenarios two and three
24:29 um we looked at the savings associated
24:30 with that we looked at the impact
24:32 associated with those options they were
24:34 really hard to justify at least for the
24:35 committee so um I also felt that there
24:38 really wasn't a whole lot more room to
24:39 push without losing support from people
24:41 on the fact other partners on the fact
24:43 and on the full board so that's kind of
24:46 where we ended up in terms of um the
24:48 budget um as for future work we've
24:50 identified a number of important policy
24:53 questions for the board to dig into next
24:54 year um a review of our transport
24:57 program and lost Revenue due to
24:59 write-offs thank you to council
25:01 president Walsh for highlighting that in
25:02 our discussion um studying new funding
25:05 models like levies or Levy lid lifts or
25:07 or is RFA the right model to look for in
25:10 the future or not um considering on one
25:14 hand um policies around fund balance and
25:17 on the other is it really appropriate
25:19 for an agency like this to be having
25:21 large reserves um how to be more
25:25 strategic about our growth and also
25:27 really truly understand the real true
25:29 cost of the growth associated with um
25:31 for the partners and then also whether
25:33 or not our budget making process needs
25:36 refining or reworking I think um members
25:40 on epir might um might have perspective
25:43 into this too but it's difficult
25:45 sometimes because the fact is get gets
25:47 referred the budget and then the fact
25:49 does it all and with staff and support
25:51 and then it comes back to the full board
25:52 and says here it is okay now let's adopt
25:54 so if you're not deeply involved in it
25:56 from day one it can be very challenging
25:58 come budget day and we all know you know
26:00 sitting up here we like to have a touch
26:02 already with things before before we
26:04 vote on it so there could be some work
26:06 to um refine that process anyways next
26:09 year is going to be a big year is what
26:10 I'm trying to say I also made sure to
26:13 stress that the agency should welcome
26:15 more dialogue with Partners especially
26:16 with City councils and with key city
26:18 leaders um so I'll be pushing for more
26:22 information sharing and discussion
26:23 outside of the boardroom because I think
26:25 that will help as well um just to end I
26:27 want to just share that very thankful
26:31 number one to the board for
26:33 acknowledging the financial challenges
26:35 of cities and letting us walk down this
26:37 path at all I think there were some in
26:39 the boardroom who could have just said
26:41 no to even considering these things but
26:43 they did because of the power of our
26:45 partnership so I appreciate that I think
26:47 we're very lucky um I also have a new
26:50 admiration for the leadership of the
26:51 chief and the professionalism of epher
26:53 Staff than I had um really thankful for
26:58 the most engagement of City staff we've
27:00 ever had in the budgeting process at
27:02 epher I can't I just really cannot
27:04 understate the value to me personally
27:07 Wally and Andrea provided to the
27:09 budgeting process um in support of uh
27:12 the fa and support of me as the city's
27:14 representative so thank you um so in
27:17 summary anyways we have a budget we have
27:19 a process that's going to continue to
27:20 get better we have stuff to talk about
27:22 next year and now we can you know get on
27:24 to the business of our own budget here
27:26 in isqua uh again reach out if you have
27:28 any questions and our next meeting is
27:30 Thursday November 14th one more report
27:33 the East Side Transportation partnership
27:35 is on our last met on October 11 we
27:38 received an update on the I45 uh Sr 167
27:42 program and also a preview of the state
27:44 legislative session from psrc um those
27:48 presentations are on their way to you um
27:51 we also started to review our draft
27:54 legislative agenda for eite for ETP um
27:57 and I think Deputy council president D
27:59 Michelle was on the update committee so
28:01 there have been some changes to that and
28:02 then staff is going to forward us the
28:04 most updated copy as soon as we get that
28:06 we'll send it out to you um to see if
28:08 you have any feedback via email um and
28:11 of course we'll do our own uh comparison
28:13 to the city's legislative agenda as well
28:17 um and the next meeting of ETP is Friday
28:19 November 8th and that finally concludes
28:21 my report thank you for the long report
28:24 but also thank you for the incredible
28:25 amount of transparency that you brought
28:28 and um professionalism and just your
28:31 very general wonderful calm demeanor in
28:34 such a difficult situation it was a
28:36 heavy heavy lift so great report council
28:40 member
28:41 hunt thank you Madame mayor I have two
28:44 reports this evening on October 17th
28:47 there was a ceremonial release of coky
28:49 Fry at Lakes mamish State Park and I was
28:52 I had the honor of representing the city
28:54 at that event uh the Cy or little red
28:57 fish and they spend their whole life
28:59 cycle in Lake samamish and in the uh
29:03 tributaries and Creeks that feed into
29:04 Lake samamish so they are really
29:07 impacted by the conditions of the lake
29:08 and by the management activities that
29:11 take place at the lake and uh by
29:13 conservation and supplementation um
29:15 efforts that are going into making sure
29:17 that they are uh continuing to be a a
29:20 successful population of fish um we had
29:25 a number of representatives from the
29:27 other CI in our Cy uh interlocal
29:31 management committee which oversees and
29:33 approves the budget and work plan of the
29:35 COK work group we also had
29:37 representative Ramos who spoke about
29:39 funding that um the state has put
29:42 forward for light uh light pollution
29:45 reduction which isqua continues to be a
29:47 leader in that space and actually we're
29:49 hoping to expand that work to from
29:51 lakish um to other Lakes including Lake
29:54 Washington with that support and then we
29:57 also heard from Partners including but
29:59 not limited to um trout unlimited and
30:01 then uh the snow kwami tribe um and the
30:04 snow kwami tribe also did a a song and
30:08 um after after that we were able to go
30:12 out around dusk and release the little
30:15 coky fry into the lake and wish them
30:18 well on their Journey so it's a really
30:20 um really great event and really the
30:22 culmination every year of all of the
30:24 work that all of the scientists all of
30:26 the staff members um put in to make sure
30:29 that we have uh that we're continuing to
30:32 support this popul this really important
30:34 population of little red fish on October
30:36 9th uh there was a meeting of the public
30:40 issues Committee of the sound cities
30:42 Association I am the uh I am the
30:46 alternate member um council member Marts
30:48 was uh not able to be there for this
30:50 meeting and we did not take any actions
30:53 but we did have a number of interesting
30:55 reports um the first one was we had a
30:58 report on the youth action plan uh of
31:01 King County um we had a discussion about
31:05 the rapid ride prioritization plan
31:07 specifically that one um that one they
31:11 went into all of the metrics that they
31:12 used to decide where they're going to
31:14 prioritize the bus lines and really
31:16 we're just explaining the methods and
31:18 for all of these there's uh detailed
31:21 information that I can provide um for
31:23 any council members that would like more
31:25 information public health environmental
31:27 services division rates presentation and
31:30 hazardous waste management program on
31:32 the rates um there was a discussion of
31:35 the pick about making sure that there
31:38 was smoothing and there wasn't any steep
31:40 rate increases based on the experience
31:42 of many cities with uh rate studies and
31:45 the sometimes large increases that occur
31:48 over
31:49 time and then uh there was a
31:52 presentation really about the process by
31:55 which the sca is going to create their
31:57 leg legislative agenda for 2025 not
31:59 about the legislative agenda itself that
32:01 will come on November 13th so looking
32:04 forward to that and then um an update on
32:07 the levies and ballot measures that will
32:08 be on the upcoming uh upcoming ballot as
32:12 an informational
32:13 item that concludes my
32:17 report thank you Council M Ray thank you
32:20 mayor Paulie the mobility and
32:21 infrastructure committee met on October
32:23 8th here in council chambers we had a
32:25 single agenda item it was Comm 0034
32:28 neighborhood traffic calming program we
32:30 took a look at the proposed updates to
32:32 the city's traffic calming program the
32:34 goal of the updates was to improve
32:36 livability of neighborhoods U by
32:38 focusing on safety and comfort of
32:41 residents um there was two there were
32:43 two objectives one was uh Community
32:45 collaboration and the other was U
32:47 streets for all users so the enhanced
32:49 feel of the street environment the
32:51 Aesthetics uh the new program um divides
32:54 traffic cming into two phases phase one
32:56 are items where there is is no uh
32:58 permanent
32:59 physical um infrastructure built in
33:02 phase two where there is a physical
33:04 infrastructure that will be put in place
33:06 and more permanent um the programs go
33:09 through um a plan initiation um a
33:14 development stage and then the phase two
33:16 which are the permanent enhancements um
33:19 go through a plan support phase where um
33:21 there's active public engagement and
33:23 then um those that are moving forward go
33:25 into an implementation phase um the
33:28 committee uh reviewed and provided some
33:30 feedback to this the administration on
33:33 the
33:34 new um program Direction and we are
33:37 expecting it to come back to Council in
33:40 November uh at this time the committee
33:42 is not planning to meet in November and
33:44 that concludes my report this evening
33:46 thank you council member R Council M
33:48 Merz uh thank you Madame mayor uh I I
33:51 want to thank council member hunt for uh
33:53 covering s cities Association public
33:54 issues committee uh meeting for me uh I
33:58 think that was maybe the first time in
34:00 14 years maybe that I didn't attend uh a
34:03 pick meeting I had a medical emergency
34:05 so thank you very much much appreciated
34:08 uh I was however here last week for the
34:10 council services safety and Parks
34:11 committee um I'm just going to give a
34:13 quick overview because both of these
34:15 items I expect to come back to council
34:16 so I'll just say that on Co
34:19 0049 179 First Avenue Southeast Surplus
34:22 report the committee did support the
34:24 staff staff recommendation to Surplus
34:26 the property and sell it to the a food
34:28 and clothing bank the assist assessed
34:30 value and you recommended uh bringing
34:32 this item back to the full Council for
34:34 public hearing and then on Co 0060 we
34:38 received a park system Plan update and
34:41 uh the consensus was to recommend uh
34:43 adoption of the plan to the full Council
34:45 and again um I'll go into more detail
34:47 when those items back before the full
34:49 Council this concludes my report thank
34:51 you council member merrs Deputy councel
34:52 president D Michelle thank you so much
34:55 uh mayor Paulie um on o October 11th I
34:58 chaired the East Side Human Services
35:00 Forum board meeting and we elected new
35:02 officers with Paul laali who's the CEO
35:05 of friends of Youth biew council member
35:07 Janice son and Lake Washington uh School
35:10 director Lindsay yoken serving as chair
35:12 Vice chair and secretary respectively
35:15 and they will take over next month the
35:17 remainder of the meeting the board
35:18 reviewed a draft legislative priorities
35:20 document and thanks council member hall
35:23 for reminding me the document does align
35:25 with uh the city's uh Human Services um
35:30 priorities as well so uh just wanted to
35:32 make sure I said that so um on October
35:35 16th I attended the regional transit
35:37 committee meeting and we received a
35:40 report about Metro's efforts to
35:41 strengthen their staff through
35:43 Recruitment and replacement a very very
35:45 thorough um examination of all of the
35:48 things that Metro is doing to um
35:51 strengthen their um person Personnel I
35:55 guess is what you would say Metro Contin
35:57 used to have hundreds of open positions
36:00 although they're less than a year ago uh
36:03 60% of those openings are for bus
36:05 drivers so in response to the market
36:08 Metro is now offering full-time
36:10 employment for drivers once they
36:11 complete training in the past new
36:14 drivers were required to begin as
36:15 part-time drivers and it could take as
36:18 long as 5 years to work up to be a
36:20 full-time driver so um I continued to
36:23 tell folks that driving bus for Metro is
36:25 a great job
36:28 with family wage compensation
36:29 substantial health and retirement
36:31 benefits continuing education and
36:33 opportunities for promotion a welcoming
36:36 environment for candidates from diverse
36:38 and immigrant communities and workplace
36:40 camaraderie so perhaps we can uh work
36:43 with our communication staff to get out
36:45 the word that Metro is now offering
36:47 full-time positions to new drivers
36:49 people will be able to walk into a good
36:51 family wage job immediately upon him uh
36:55 passing the uh training session that
36:57 they have so it really is a great place
36:59 to work and uh obviously they will be
37:03 able to increase the number of um of
37:07 routes that they will be able to offer
37:08 if they have enough drivers to cover
37:11 them so whatever we can do to get more
37:13 people involved with uh uh with being
37:16 candidates for bus drivers the better
37:18 our service might possibly be so that's
37:21 the end of my report thank you Deputy
37:23 council president council
37:24 president thank you just a short report
37:27 tonight um to announce that Council
37:29 leadership has a scheduled meeting with
37:32 the isqua school board leadership on
37:34 October 28th for a quarterly meeting um
37:37 still working out the agenda on that but
37:39 we will discuss the upcoming q1 joint
37:42 meeting that we will be hosting um and
37:46 trying to work on some schedule and
37:49 topics for that and then anything else
37:51 that gets added to the agenda ahead of
37:52 the meeting that concludes my report
37:54 thank you and the mayor's report for
37:56 this evening there will not be an
37:57 executive
37:58 session this month the state of
38:00 Washington tourism presented the
38:02 destination stewardship award to visit
38:05 isqua during the tourism industry award
38:07 ceremony the award recognizes an
38:10 organization that promotes environmental
38:11 awareness institutes regener
38:14 regenerative travel or espouses
38:16 Community Values and well-being in the
38:18 state of Washington visad isqua has been
38:21 a leader in working with the city of
38:23 isqua community organizations to to
38:25 develop responsible TR options that
38:28 enhance her community congratulations to
38:30 executive director Christy Gerard and
38:32 her board for this well-deserved
38:34 recognition we look forward to seeing
38:36 many great things for their
38:37 work today wash do released the list of
38:40 approved funding awards for the city
38:42 safety program Grant which provides
38:44 funding for projects using engineering
38:46 improvements and counter measures to
38:48 reduce fatal and serious injury crashes
38:50 on city streets I am thrilled to
38:53 announce that the city of iso will be
38:55 awarded Grant funds to improve the The
38:57 Pedestrian Crossings of East Sunset way
38:59 at 6th Avenue and 2 Avenue Southeast at
39:03 Southeast Evan Street the design work
39:05 will begin this fall and construction is
39:07 estimated to take place before school
39:09 starts in summer
39:10 2026 improvements to these pedestrian
39:13 Crossing locations were repeatedly
39:15 requested by community members so we
39:17 thank you for bringing awareness to the
39:19 safety concern a special thank also goes
39:22 out to Nick green of the Public Works
39:23 engineering team for his amazing
39:25 preparation of isqua's local Road safety
39:27 plan and for preparing a successful
39:30 Grant application City administrator do
39:32 you remember the value of the grant
39:34 award it's relatively
39:36 significant it was over a million
39:38 dollars about 1.5 if I recall yeah
39:41 without requiring a match from the city
39:43 that's my understanding yeah it's a
39:45 significant significant win for the
39:47 community so well done public work
39:52 staff um moving back over to our meeting
39:56 uh the next item for this evening is an
39:58 informational update this is ID
40:01 1759 work plan and capital Improvement
40:04 plan quarter 3 update and I'd like to
40:07 invite up and introduce you to
40:10 management analyst Jillian stro you'll
40:12 come to the Lector and be making a
40:14 presentation this evening Jillian we're
40:16 so happy to have you here
40:32 this
41:17 all right great um thank you uh like May
41:21 probably said my name is Jillian strob
41:22 and I'm a management analyst with the
41:24 executive dep Department um and tonight
41:26 I'm here to talk with you about the
41:29 Citywide work plan and capital
41:31 Improvement plan um there are no
41:33 checkpoints for questions so feel free
41:34 to ask them as they arise throughout the
41:38 presentation you can skip ahead to the
41:41 background all right so this is a
41:43 continuation of a practice that we've
41:44 had of providing regular updates to the
41:46 city council on city-wide work plan
41:48 projects and capital Improvement plan
41:50 projects um that are identified through
41:53 the banial budget process um so these
41:55 are some of the previous checkpoints
41:57 that we've had with City Council on
42:00 these and with that we'll start with the
42:02 work plan um this summarizes the
42:05 year-to-date progress and displays the
42:08 statuses for all the projects in the
42:11 work plan um as you can see most
42:13 projects are on track only nine projects
42:15 are facing challenges um and 23 projects
42:19 have been completed over the last two
42:21 years um we're going to go through each
42:24 goal area from the Strategic plan um and
42:26 their respective
42:27 uh projects that have changed status in
42:29 the last
42:31 quarter so with that the mobility
42:33 projects as you can see most are on
42:35 track um with a couple facing new
42:37 challenges so first um Mobility 3A
42:42 developing a Citywide Transit plan has
42:44 had an improvement in status um from on
42:46 track to to complete um the result is
42:49 that draft edits will be provided to the
42:50 master Mobility plan and the transport
42:52 trans Transportation element of the comp
42:54 plan both of which are coming to city
42:56 council this fall secondly the street
42:59 standard updates has a worsen status
43:01 from on track major challenges um this
43:03 is due to delaying this project to
43:06 prioritize um arpa funded projects which
43:09 have a which have a fund utilization
43:11 deadline this is a plan delay um and it
43:14 relates to phase two of the project and
43:16 the landscape
43:17 strips so with that we can move
43:20 on um growth and development as you can
43:22 see most projects or on track are are on
43:25 tracker have been completed
43:27 um and I'll note that there are two
43:29 items that are scheduled to come before
43:30 City Council in quarter 4 of
43:33 2024 um and those are growth and
43:35 development 4B developing code
43:37 amendments to address the diversity of
43:38 Housing and the comprehensive Plan
43:42 update and with that the environmental
43:45 stewardship projects are also mostly on
43:47 track um one project changed from uh on
43:52 track to minor challenges and that's
43:53 storm water treatment staff has assessed
43:55 the public storm water
43:57 facilities um and now is assessing how
44:00 much work it'll be or the level of
44:01 effort required to map and assess
44:04 private storm water facilities as part
44:05 of this project um so that's led to a
44:08 downgrade in Minor St in minor to minor
44:13 challenges social and economic Vitality
44:16 projects again most projects are on
44:18 track and then there are two items with
44:20 a worsen status and those include social
44:23 and economic economic Vitality 1A um
44:27 conduct a conduct a study and propose
44:29 tools that would give isqua a
44:30 competitive advantage to recruit
44:32 employers that meet the City Vision um
44:35 economic development is looking at a 44%
44:37 vacancy rate in the I90 Corridor um it
44:41 has been focused on filling individual
44:43 vacancies they've also um had staff
44:46 leave that program um or leave that
44:49 Division and they'll be using the rest
44:50 of 2024 to assess how to best move
44:52 forward with economic development
44:54 priorities um and then homelessness um
44:57 there have also been significant
44:58 Staffing challenges in this Division and
45:00 some departures um and the city also
45:03 lost its partner for the emergency
45:05 housing pilot program um unrelated to
45:08 the program itself um the division will
45:10 be assessing finding a new partner for
45:12 this program in
45:17 2025 for City leadership and services um
45:22 most projects are again on track and a
45:24 third of them have been completed um
45:26 there to with an improved status City uh
45:28 City leaderships and services to see um
45:32 the facilities division has completed
45:34 the facilities condition assessment um
45:36 and we will be proposing um properties
45:39 for Surplus in throughout 20 the rest of
45:42 2024 um and then body worn cameras is
45:45 also complete um this was actually
45:46 completed back in the spring of 2024
45:49 when the department completed all of the
45:50 trainings with staff who are going to be
45:52 utilizing these cameras um and this has
45:54 now become operationalized within the
45:55 police department
45:59 all right and then infrastructure
46:00 projects um there have been no changes
46:02 to um to any of the project statuses in
46:05 the last quarter um and with that if
46:07 there are no questions we'll go ahead
46:08 and transition to the
46:10 CIP there any questions on the status
46:13 updates and head nods no keep going
46:17 Jillian all right um so again this
46:20 displays the progress to date um through
46:23 all the checks checkpoints with city
46:25 council as you can see about half of the
46:27 projects are on track 26 of them are
46:29 facing some sort of Challenge and then
46:31 23 of them have been completed this
46:33 isn't unusual for capital projects which
46:35 may span more than the 2-year by
46:37 ANM so with that the mobility projects
46:40 we're not going to walk through all of
46:41 these but I do want to note the items
46:43 with an improvement in status that have
46:44 been completed first the East Lake
46:47 samamish Parkway westage conveyance
46:49 project this should actually be in the
46:50 storm water section but I want to note
46:52 that
46:53 um it was previously delayed um due to
46:56 needing to complete plantings during a
46:58 specific time in
46:59 2023 um but this was pushed to 2024 and
47:02 all the plantings were completed in
47:04 September the 60th Street Bridge
47:06 connects um eight residences with uh
47:09 221st Place Southeast over the North
47:12 Fork of the isqua creek that bridge was
47:14 completed this fall and then the Oldtown
47:16 traffic cing with the installation of
47:19 the rectangular rapid flashing beacons
47:22 this um this fall that project has now
47:25 been closed out um projects with a worth
47:27 worsen status include the dynamic
47:29 messaging sign replacement um this
47:31 project was already facing some
47:33 challenges due to um vendor vendor
47:36 delays for fabrication um but it was put
47:39 on hold due to general fund constraints
47:41 in 2024 the same is true for Signal cab
47:44 cabinet replacement it was previously on
47:46 track but was delayed due to general
47:47 fund constraint
47:50 here Council M um thanks um just really
47:53 quickly if you could um so that you you
47:56 highlighted two two of the projects with
47:58 major challenges what are the other two
47:59 projects that are struggling let me
48:01 refer to
48:03 um it's like phone a friend and it's a
48:06 paper
48:07 friend yeah all right
48:11 so the mobility projects with major
48:15 challenges also include um Newport Way
48:19 state or state route 900 and Southeast
48:22 54 54 Street
48:25 improvements um
48:27 and that project is still in the design
48:30 phase
48:34 um as well as the Comm Community
48:37 Mobility investment safety bundle
48:40 um and I believe that has been on minor
48:43 challenges due to previous delays um
48:46 with finding a vendor and a consult or a
48:48 consultant so the the what's the what's
48:50 the challenge with
48:51 Newport um with Newport
48:59 yeah it
49:03 is oh there was a biological assessment
49:06 that was supposed to be completed in
49:07 quarter 1 of 2023 that took longer than
49:10 anticipated pushing out the timeline for
49:12 this project great thank you yep any
49:15 other
49:16 questions okay let's keep moving Jillian
49:19 okay um none of the projects in
49:22 technology and systems changed um and I
49:25 want to note that most of these projects
49:27 will be finished in 2024 with a few
49:29 extending into 2025 as
49:33 planned for our Capital Equipment
49:35 projects most of these have been
49:36 completed um no projects change status
49:39 this quarter um one project that is
49:41 facing minor challenges is the wireless
49:43 meter read hardware and software project
49:46 um it was previously delayed due to
49:48 vendors requiring the software contract
49:50 in place before installing the hardware
49:52 there's a new timeline assessed for this
49:54 um and it shouldn't face any more
49:55 challenges
50:00 with the parks projects um most are on
50:03 track um and a few are most are on track
50:07 I a few are facing minor challenges none
50:08 of them change status this quarter the
50:10 Harvey Manning Park expansion the
50:12 hillside Park loop trail and the Grand
50:14 View playground equipment replacement um
50:17 with have faced conceptual design delays
50:20 um until the park Plan update the 2526
50:23 budget and some of the CIP discussions
50:25 can be had
50:32 for facilities projects um there's an
50:34 even distribution of onrack um projects
50:36 facing challenges and completed projects
50:39 um and I'll note that the main city hall
50:41 HVAC replacement project um is now back
50:44 on track after getting a Contractor on
50:46 board with work beginning this month the
50:49 Public Works office uh Renovations had
50:52 pre previously faced minor challenges um
50:54 and scope needed to be reevaluated that
50:56 were work has been completed there's a
50:57 new scope of work and this should be uh
51:00 completed in early
51:01 2025 the maintenance facility
51:03 improvements have moved from major
51:05 challenges to minor challenges um this
51:08 project relates to the storm water
51:09 improvements in our storage yards um and
51:11 it's facing minor challenges due to
51:13 delays in finding a consultant for this
51:15 work fire station 71 has a worsen status
51:18 listed here um due to council D Council
51:21 direction to get more Community input on
51:23 this project and other facility projects
51:25 in 2025 so this project is essentially
51:27 on hold pending that Community
51:31 input all right storm water projects um
51:34 most of these are on track and five of
51:36 them have been completed um I'll note
51:38 that the wash doot fish barrier barrier
51:41 removal um is a project that's funded
51:43 and managed by wash do um they
51:45 anticipate this project will be
51:46 completed on time um it was previously
51:50 facing minor challenges due to delays
51:53 and bidding um the Pickering ditch flood
51:56 control project is now back on track um
51:59 the timeline hasn't changed this will
52:00 still be completed by the end of
52:02 2024 the posos investigation um has
52:05 moved to minor challenges due to delays
52:07 in working with ecology on agreed orders
52:10 this process of working with ecology is
52:11 new for all parties um leading to delays
52:14 as both agencies work out the
52:16 appropriate scope for agreed orders um
52:18 at this time they're expected to come to
52:20 council or be drafted um by the end of
52:23 2024 um and I'm sorry that one had moved
52:26 to onra from onrack to minor challenges
52:29 similarly the Sycamore and East Fork
52:30 stream study move from onrack to minor
52:33 challenges
52:35 um as staff works with neighbors to gain
52:37 access to the stream staff had held a
52:39 community or an open house um in
52:41 September to this uh to this effect um
52:44 and continues to work with with the
52:45 neighborhood to gain
52:50 access all right sewer projects um no
52:53 projects have St changed status this
52:55 quarter um uh one of the projects will
52:57 be completed by the end of 2024 and the
52:59 remaining projects that haven't been
53:01 completed will be completed in quarter 1
53:03 and quarter 2 of
53:07 2025 for water projects um most projects
53:11 are on track and two of them have
53:12 improved in status the Highwood
53:14 Reservoir retrofit um is now on track
53:17 with a new schedule this was slated to
53:19 be completed in 2024 but there were
53:21 delays due to weather so the first
53:24 Reservoir will be completed by the end
53:26 of October 2024 they'll stop work for
53:29 the winter and then finish the second
53:30 Reservoir when weather permits for May
53:32 to October of
53:34 2025 the water system improvements
53:36 project is newly on track it was
53:38 previously delayed due to permitting and
53:40 supply chain issues um but those have
53:42 been resolved um and this project was
53:44 actually finished in April of
53:49 2024 all right and I want to pause for
53:51 any questions before we wrap it
53:53 up president thank you and sorry I
53:56 missed this um it looks like there's a
53:59 note saying that there were no changes
54:01 in status for the parks projects but I'm
54:05 looking at it there's a community park
54:07 project for Confluence Park e house
54:09 improvements and I believe considering
54:11 we removed the funding for that I would
54:15 put that under some major challenges but
54:18 it's still listed with start
54:21 construction in late October early
54:22 November anticipated through May July
54:25 2025 and wondering if the Administration
54:28 has any update on that that we don't
54:31 know about uh good evening council
54:34 president members of the council uh this
54:36 project that Jillian undertakes is a
54:39 multi-month pro project so this is just
54:42 one item that was not updated um there's
54:44 no change in status the Project's not
54:47 funded okay so we can expect that to
54:51 change on whatever documentation we have
54:54 to show that there are it's not on track
54:57 that's correct okay thank
54:59 you questions ccil member
55:02 Hall uh thank you for the work and for
55:05 the presentation I'm sorry I didn't I
55:07 just thought of this question so I'm
55:08 sorry I didn't email it in earlier the
55:10 community safety um investment safety
55:13 bundle I said safety twice the community
55:16 Mobility investment safety bundle we use
55:19 um arpa or some sort of federal dollars
55:21 on that rate are we worried about the
55:22 timing of the delays on that we we still
55:25 think we'll get it done with within the
55:26 required okay I'm seeing nodding yes I'm
55:29 sorry that doesn't help quiet nodding uh
55:31 no we we feel confident that all that
55:33 will be done in order to meet the
55:35 appropriate arpa spending time frames
55:38 all right yeah okay we have until the
55:40 end of 2026 to spend arpa funds as long
55:42 as they're committed by the end of this
55:44 year committed the end of 26 to spend is
55:47 that right okay got it so we are we are
55:49 on track we have no concerns on any of
55:52 the AR pending at this point perfect
55:54 thank you um and then just a thought
55:58 the um the fire station 71 I wonder I
56:03 don't know what do we think about maybe
56:04 keeping it on track it just seems like
56:06 going to the community for more input
56:07 doesn't necessarily seem like it goes
56:09 into the minor challenges territory
56:11 unless we had a particular date in mind
56:13 that we were like we hoped this project
56:15 would be done by now and now it's facing
56:17 some sort of minor challenges but I
56:19 didn't think we had a date in mind for
56:21 the station so if that's the case I'm
56:23 just curious why it was moved um I
56:26 believe that this was just the site
56:27 selection portion of this project not
56:30 the design construction portion which of
56:33 course would have a longer timeline um
56:36 so that's why
56:39 but happy to change it if that's more
56:42 appro or just clarify it if yeah or
56:44 maybe just clarified it in the narrative
56:46 yeah maybe okay thank you additional
56:51 questions not seeing any other raised
56:54 microphones at this time Jillian thank
56:56 you um great presentation lots of
57:01 information that is the there is no
57:04 action requested of coun of City Council
57:07 on this item and Council has asked a few
57:09 questions so we're going to move to the
57:11 last item tonight which is good of the
57:13 order and looking for microphones
57:15 council member Mars Deputy council
57:17 president council
57:19 president thank thank you madam mayor um
57:22 as I metion pardon me as I mentioned men
57:26 earlier in my committee report um I had
57:28 a medical emergency two weeks ago and
57:30 wound up spending a week at Swedish
57:32 isqua it was a Bittersweet experience
57:34 for me on the one hand I was quite ill
57:36 and started off in the ER before segu to
57:38 the main hospital I'm happy to say I'm
57:40 expected to make a full recovery on the
57:43 other hand I've been on Council long
57:45 enough that I voted on the various
57:47 policies and variances that allowed the
57:49 hospital to be built over a decade ago
57:51 such as the permit for the large diesel
57:53 sistern that assures Swedish is qua able
57:56 to continue vital operations during
57:59 power outages I received incredible
58:01 Medical Care and come away very proud to
58:04 have this amazing resource in our
58:05 community I also want to say thank you
58:08 to the flood of well wishes I received
58:10 from folks in the community including
58:12 the sweet card that you all here
58:14 wrote never have I felt more connected
58:16 to isqua nor been more proud and content
58:19 to live here thank you again very sweet
58:22 Deputy council president council
58:24 president we are very happy that you are
58:26 here we really are uh just very briefly
58:30 uh we ago on Wednesday uh candidates
58:33 Forum was held here in the uh in the
58:36 chambers and uh for the 41st and Fifth
58:39 District candidates for office and uh
58:43 for those folks who would like to see
58:45 see those they are on YouTube on the
58:48 city of isqua's YouTube channel and can
58:51 be viewed through the election so just a
58:53 reminder to everybody to vote thanks
58:57 thank you council president that reminds
58:59 me I should have put my uh I
59:01 voted got to bring that out um just a
59:06 you know fun quick reminder that I
59:08 picked up our pumpkin earlier in the
59:11 week and so I am looking for anybody who
59:15 is interested in decorating or
59:18 engineering our pumpkin so that we
59:21 actually get down the Derby line for
59:23 anybody who doesn't know the city as
59:26 staff um does a Great Pumpkin Derby and
59:28 so council is invited to participate in
59:31 it and it's one of the uh loved events
59:33 so looking for any volunteers and I saw
59:36 your hand thank you very
59:38 much Pap
59:40 Melle um so I have one item before I get
59:43 into the next meetings and I just wanted
59:45 to express my gratitude to council
59:47 member hunt for joining us tonight for
59:49 the ribbon cutting for one of our
59:50 Capital requests from last year which
59:52 was a new
59:54 education kind of conference room set up
59:57 at the Cougar Mountain Zoo with animals
1:00:00 in the room so there are um to think
1:00:05 parrots sloths and a porcupine habitat
1:00:08 within the room that allows for these
1:00:10 meetings and we were able to get four of
1:00:14 our six elected officials at the state
1:00:16 level to join us for the ribbon cutting
1:00:19 four five I think maybe five of our six
1:00:22 elected officials as well as council
1:00:24 member hunt and it was a very good event
1:00:26 you'll see some stuff out there on
1:00:27 social media uh we also were able to
1:00:30 have our lobbyists there and um Council
1:00:32 M was able to stay while we did a update
1:00:35 for three of our elected officials at
1:00:37 the state level on our comprehensive
1:00:39 Plan update and so it was a great 30
1:00:42 minute meeting that we paired up with a
1:00:45 ribbon cutting so kind of a new strategy
1:00:47 that we're putting together if we get
1:00:49 them all together we did it in the room
1:00:51 with the sloths we did have to kick the
1:00:55 parrots out because they were competing
1:00:57 with us at one point in time but anyway
1:00:59 it worked out great and uh we're hoping
1:01:02 to do more of that in the future we
1:01:04 recognize that the legislature our
1:01:06 Representatives really appreciate
1:01:08 getting the background information on
1:01:09 what is going on in the cities with the
1:01:11 legislation passed on state level it's
1:01:13 pretty
1:01:15 good and then if there's no more good of
1:01:17 the order I'll go through the upcoming
1:01:19 meetings there's the committee of the
1:01:20 whole meeting next Monday October 28th
1:01:22 at 6:30 p.m. and the council will be
1:01:25 receiving a presid presentation on the
1:01:26 proposed 2526 budget the next regular
1:01:30 city council meeting is on Monday
1:01:31 November 4th the anticipated items
1:01:34 include a public hearing on the 2025 26
1:01:37 budget a public hearing on the 2025
1:01:40 property tax levy a public hearing on
1:01:42 the surplus of 179 1 Avenue Southeast
1:01:46 the 2024 Park system Plan update and the
1:01:49 2025 26 legislative agenda I will not be
1:01:56 in the meeting in person and so council
1:01:59 president will likely be chairing that
1:02:00 meeting so I'm trying to attend but it's
1:02:03 much more effective when the chairperson
1:02:05 is actually in the meeting and can see
1:02:06 all of you so there is no executive
1:02:10 session this evening and with that we
1:02:12 are adjourned at 804

Attendance

Council / Members (7)
Barbara de Michele
Zach Hall
Victoria Hunt
Russell Joe
Tola Marts
Chris Reh
Lindsey Walsh
Staff (2)
Wally Bobkiewicz, City Administrator, Andrea Snyder, Deputy City Administrator, Rachel Bender Turpin, City Attorney, Tisha Gieser, City Clerk
Chris Grabowski, Deputy City Clerk

Motions and votes (1)

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. a) ID 1738 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Oct. 21, 2024, $5,802,163.65 MOTION: Approved. b) Minutes: City Council Committee of the Whole, July 27 Page 29 of 451 CONSENT CALENDAR e) 10-21-24 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) MOTION: Approve…
Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE
Carried 7-0
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh