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City Council Regular Meeting Auto captions

Monday, November 4, 2024

7:00 PM · Council Chambers, 135 E. Sunset Way, Issaquah WA
Topics tracked across meetings:
East Lake Sammamish Pkwy SE Pavement Preservation Local Agency Agreement Supplement #2 AB 8958 2/3
179 1st Ave SE Surplus AB 8926 2/3
2025-26 Budget AB 8885 1/2
2025 Property Tax Levy AB 8886 1/2
2024 Park System Plan Adoption AB 8808 12/12
Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program AB 8352 3/3
East Lake Sammamish Pkwy SE Pavement Preservation Project AB 8914 2/2
Section
Topic
3. SPECIAL BUSINESS
3a
World Town Planning Day Proclamation ID 1712
5 min · packet pp.5
Staff report:
CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office
3b
Accounting Day Proclamation ID 1713
5 min · packet pp.7
Staff report:
CITY OF ISSAQ..YAH Mayor's Office WASHINGTON 130 E. Sunset Way I P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 (425) 837-3020 issaquahwa.gov
3c
Issaquah Recycles Day Proclamation ID 1714
5 min · packet pp.9
Staff report:
CITY OF ISSA�AH Mayor's Office WASHINGTON 130 E. Sunset Way I P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 (425) 837-3020 issaquahwa.gov
5. CONSENT CALENDAR
5a
Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Nov. 4, 2024, $3,422,742.85 ID 1739
Carried 6-0
Approve · packet pp.11–20
Topics: Budget
Staff report:
Finance Department P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 PH: 425-837-3050 www.issaquahwa.gov
Roll call:
Moved by DE MICHELE · seconded by MARTS
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5b
Minutes: City Council Committee of the Whole, Sept. 30, 2024
Carried 6-0
Approve · packet pp.21–22
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR b) 09-30-24 City Council Committee of the Whole Minutes Page 9083
Roll call:
Moved by DE MICHELE · seconded by MARTS
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5c
Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, Sept. 30, 2024
Carried 6-0
Approve · packet pp.23
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR c) 09-30-24 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page (1) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Special Meeting 8:00 PM Council Chambers, 135 E. September 30, 2024 MINUTES Sunset Way, Issaquah WA
Roll call:
Moved by DE MICHELE · seconded by MARTS
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5d
Minutes: City Council Committee of the Whole, Oct. 14, 2024
Carried 6-0
Approve · packet pp.25–27
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR d) 10-14-24 City Council Committee of the Whole Minutes Page (0000)
Roll call:
Moved by DE MICHELE · seconded by MARTS
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5e
Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, Oct. 21, 2024
Carried 6-0
Approve · packet pp.29–32
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR e) 10-21-24 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers October 21, 2024 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way
Roll call:
Moved by DE MICHELE · seconded by MARTS
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5f
Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program AB 8352
Carried 6-0
Approve Resolution · packet pp.33–59
Topics: Transportation
Staff report:
In 2003, Issaquah’s City Council adopted the “Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program” with the intention to address both real and perceived traffic issues in residential areas. Though the program has served the City well over the last 21 years, the ways in which Traffic Calming Programs are administered has changed a fair amount in the intervening years and it is time for the City to update accordingly.
Roll call:
Moved by DE MICHELE · seconded by MARTS
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5g
East Lake Sammamish Pkwy SE Pavement Preservation Project AB 8914
Carried 6-0
Authorize Funding · packet pp.61–63
Topics: ParksBudget
Staff report:
At the Regular City Council Meeting on January 19, 2021 (AB 8097), the City Council authorized the Administration to apply for pavement preservation grants along East Lake Sammamish Parkway SE, SE 43rd Way, and NW Sammamish Road/SE 56th Street. The City was awarded National Highway System (NHS) Asset Management Program grant funds for two projects: (1) SE 43rd Way Pavement Preservation and (2) East Lake Sammamish Parkway SE Pavement Preservation. The City Council accepted the grants at the Regular Council Meeting on October 18, 2021 (AB 8097) and authorized the Mayor to enter into and execute a Local Agency Agreement with WSDOT for the design phase of the project.
Roll call:
Moved by DE MICHELE · seconded by MARTS
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5h
PSE Community Solar Lease Agreement Amendment AB 8929
Carried 6-0
Authorize · packet pp.65–72
Topics: HousingClimate
Staff report:
On May 20, 2024, Council approved a Puget Sound Energy Community Solar Lease Agreement, easement and related agreements necessary for the installation of a Community Solar 193 KW solar array on the Community Center roof (AB 8850).
Roll call:
Moved by DE MICHELE · seconded by MARTS
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
6. PUBLIC HEARING
6a
179 1st Ave SE Surplus AB 8926
Conduct Public Hearing · 30 min · packet pp.73–91
Staff report:
The property located at 179 1st Ave SE was purchased in 1989 to provide a permanent home for Issaquah Valley Community Services (ICVS), predecessor to the current Issaquah Food and Clothing Bank (IFCB), to provide food and clothing bank services to the community (AB 2711). The property was purchased for $110,000 funded from King County Housing and Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) C88144/C89072 ($80,373.51) and City general services mitigation funds ($30,000). One CDBG grant was awarded to the City, and the other to ICVS. ICVS contributed their CDBG grant to the City’s effort to purchase the property. There are no remaining obligations related to the grants — the longest term of commitment that King County CDBG program put on a project was 25 years. After the purchase, the City made building improvements estimated between $66,000 and $77,000 in value.
6b
2025-26 Budget: First Public Hearing AB 8885
Conduct Public Hearing · 30 min · packet pp.93–186
Topics: Budget
Staff report:
The Administration recommends the City Council adopt the proposed budget at the Dec. 9, 2024 Special City Council meeting, or as soon as Dec. 2 if desired.
6c
2025 Property Tax Levy AB 8886
Conduct Public Hearing · 20 min · packet pp.187–200
Topics: Budget
Staff report:
The City's authority to impose a property tax is derived from the Washington State Constitution and described in the Revised Code of Washing (RCW) Chapters 84.52 and 84.55. The revenues from property tax are considered general government revenues, meaning that this money is placed in the General Fund and can be used for any basic governmental service or goods such as public safety, planning, parks, or administration.
7. REGULAR BUSINESS
7a
2025-26 Legislative Agenda AB 8927
Approve · 30 min · packet pp.201–209
Staff report:
The legislative agenda is a tool that communicates priorities and policy positions externally to the State Legislature and the Governor, as well as internally to the Administration and City lobbyists. This document is also shared with several partner agencies, e.g. SCA, AWC, MRSC, chamber, school district and neighboring jurisdictions.
7b
2024 Park System Plan Adoption AB 8808
Approve Resolution · 30 min · packet pp.211–451
Topics: Parks
Staff report:
The 2024 Park System Plan Update establishes a vision for Issaquah's Parks and Open Space system that is built upon the 2018 Parks Strategic Plan. It assesses the current state and challenges of the system, incorporates new core values shaped by community input to inform future goals and strategies, and provides recommendations along with an implementation roadmap to guide the City's efforts over the next 20 years. Upon adoption, the 2024 Plan will supersede the 2018 Parks Strategic Plan (Resolution No. 2018-12).
11. GOOD OF THE ORDER
11a
Upcoming Council Meetings
12. EXECUTIVE SESSION
12a
Executive Session - Collective Bargaining per 42.30.140(4) ID 1769
15 min
0:06 okay welcome everyone I council
0:07 president Walsh call the November 4th
0:09 city council meeting to order mayor
0:12 pully has an excused absence tonight so
0:14 I will be serving as mayor proem and
0:16 council member Hall is also excused as a
0:19 reminder it is the season we continue to
0:22 have a remote aspect to our meetings so
0:24 both staff and members of the public may
0:26 be participating in tonight's meeting
0:27 remotely via WebEx we have a heavy
0:30 schedule tonight but we're going to
0:32 start it together with the Pledge of
0:34 Allegiance I welcome you to join me with
0:37 the Pledge of
0:56 Allegiance thank you next we are going
0:59 to start out with three uh special
1:02 business proclamations so I'm going to
1:04 invite Community planning and
1:06 development director Minnie Dolly wall
1:08 to the lect
1:18 turn okay well looking forward to this
1:22 you guys do a great job so the
1:24 proclamation whereas the international
1:26 organization of world town planning day
1:29 wtp PD was founded in 1949 to advance
1:33 public and professional interest in
1:35 planning both locally and abroad and to
1:38 create a special day to recognize and
1:41 promote the role of planning and
1:42 creating livable communities and whereas
1:46 celebration of wtpd is promoted each
1:49 year by the American Planning associ
1:52 Association APA and its professional
1:55 Institute the American Institute of
1:56 certified planners aicp we like our
1:59 accur around here and whereas urban
2:02 planners play a critical role in
2:04 creating livable sustainable communities
2:07 and we celebrate the valuable
2:09 contribution sound planning makes to the
2:11 quality of life in our local communities
2:13 and all levels of government and whereas
2:16 planning provides an opportunity for all
2:19 community members to be meaningfully
2:22 involved in making better choices that
2:24 determine the future of their community
2:26 and whereas the celebration of
2:30 wtpd gives us the opportunity to
2:33 publicly recognize the participation and
2:35 dedication of the members of planning
2:37 policy commission and community members
2:40 who have contributed their time and
2:41 expertise to the Improvement of the city
2:43 of isqua Washington and whereas the city
2:46 of isqua wishes to show appreciation for
2:49 many valuable contributions made by
2:51 dedicated planning Professionals in the
2:53 city of Isa and extend our heartfelt
2:55 thanks for the continued commitment to
2:57 public service by these professionals
2:59 now therefore I council president Walsh
3:02 on behalf of mayor Mary L pully of the
3:04 city of isqua do recognize November 8th
3:07 2024 to be a world town planning day in
3:09 the city of isqua and invite the
3:11 community to join me in thanking isqua's
3:13 Community Planning and Development
3:15 Department for their service and
3:16 outstanding contributions you like to
3:19 say
3:21 something thank you councel president
3:24 Walsh um and members of the community
3:26 and and council members it's our it's my
3:29 honor to accept us on behalf of the
3:30 planning team here uh and all the boards
3:33 and commissions that take a deep dive
3:35 into all issues that uh this community
3:39 cares about um you know the future
3:42 planning future city too so thank
3:46 you sure
4:08 okay next we've got the accounting day
4:10 Proclamation and I would like to invite
4:13 Deputy Finance director Jennifer reain
4:15 Senior paral analyst Amanda Amanda
4:17 Gutierrez and fiscal specialist Sophie
4:20 Wong up to the Le
4:24 lectur this is probably the most
4:26 exciting Proclamation I've gotten to do
4:28 and I can't believe it's it's simply
4:30 accounting day uh I I think it should be
4:33 more um whereas the national accounting
4:36 day celebrates on the 10th day of every
4:38 November to recognize the accounting
4:40 experts that ensure Financial Health and
4:43 stability and whereas accountability
4:45 transparency and organizations are
4:48 tanont in municipal government
4:51 stewardship of taxpayers resources
4:53 accountants and the City of isqua
4:55 Finance team provide responsive diligent
4:59 and accurate service to the city of
5:00 isqua and its community members and
5:03 whereas the finance department supports
5:05 isqua Services through the development
5:07 of budgets accurate financial reporting
5:10 audited preparation audit
5:12 preparation monitoring business tax
5:15 administration and collection
5:17 procurement and accounts payable utility
5:20 billing and payroll and that is a lot um
5:24 and whereas the city of isqua wishes to
5:26 show appreciation to the finance
5:27 department professionals therefore L
5:30 poly the mayor of the city of isqua uh
5:33 recognizes November 10th to be 2024 to
5:36 be accounting day in the city of isqua
5:39 and invites the community to join me in
5:41 thanking the isqua finance department
5:44 for their service and outstanding
5:48 contributions give this to
5:54 you good evening thank you council
5:56 member Ray and members of the council
5:58 for inviting us here tonight to honor
6:00 accounting day um for on behalf of the
6:03 whole finance department we really
6:05 appreciate this honor and um look
6:07 forward to your continued leadership
6:10 thank
6:12 [Applause]
6:23 you okay and next up council member Hunt
6:26 is going to present isqua recycles day
6:29 proclam
6:30 and I would like to invite the solid
6:32 waste program analyst Sam Tarvin uh up
6:35 to the
6:40 lecture all right whereas November 15th
6:43 recognizes the 30th annual America
6:45 recycles day a nationally recognized day
6:48 for businesses government agencies and
6:50 individuals to consider the importance
6:53 of recycling and commit to reducing
6:54 waste and whereas the city of isqua
6:57 seeks to effectively Steward our natural
6:59 environment to ensure a sustainable
7:01 Legacy for future generations and
7:04 whereas the city of isqua strives to
7:06 reduce waste conserve natural resources
7:08 prevent pollution and save energy these
7:11 goals are Advanced through a robust
7:13 compost and recycling program and
7:15 whereas isqua is a leader in
7:17 demonstrating the next generation of
7:19 sustainability in the Pacific Northwest
7:21 and serves as a model for Innovation
7:23 collaboration and Effectiveness in large
7:26 part due to isqua's sustainability
7:28 department and environment Al and
7:30 Regulatory program and whereas the city
7:32 of isqua wishes to show appreciation for
7:34 its sustainability and environmental and
7:36 Regulatory program professionals now
7:39 therefore I council member Victoria hunt
7:41 on behalf of mayor Mary L paie of the
7:43 city of isqua do recognize November 15th
7:46 2024 to be isqua recycles day in the
7:49 city of isqua and invite the community
7:51 to join me in thanking isqua's
7:53 sustainability and environmental
7:55 department for their service and
7:56 outstanding contributions
8:03 thank you Council um so through isqua's
8:05 climate action plan the city committed
8:07 to diverting 70% of its solid waste away
8:10 from landfills by 2030 and 90% by 2050
8:13 recycling is a key action in achieving
8:15 these goals to date in 2024 the city's
8:18 residents and businesses have diverted
8:19 almost 4,000 tons of recycling away from
8:22 the landfill 99% of single family homes
8:26 100% of apartments and condos and over
8:28 90% of businesses participate in
8:30 recycling programs however we still have
8:32 a way to go to meet our diversion goals
8:34 the city is implementing Innovative
8:36 programs and campaigns to promote and
8:38 increase recycling from hosting hardto
8:40 recycle collection events and
8:41 implementing waste sorting stations at
8:43 all isqua public schools to the planned
8:46 expansion of our construction and
8:47 demolition recycling ordinance and
8:49 continued education on recycling best
8:51 practices and transitioning away from
8:53 single use Plastics the city is using a
8:54 whole of community approach to achieve
8:56 our diversion goals and keep isqua
8:58 beautiful for generations to come thank
9:01 [Applause]
9:15 you
9:17 excellent okay proclamations down and
9:21 our next item of business is audience
9:24 comments so members of the public May
9:26 address council at this time in person
9:28 or virtu
9:30 those who signed up in advance to make
9:31 comments will be called on first if
9:34 you're joining us virtually and would
9:35 like to make comments you're going to
9:37 raise your virtual hand or send the host
9:40 a chat message if you're on the phone
9:42 that's going to be pressing star three
9:44 if you're on a computer or smartphone
9:46 you're going to look for the raised hand
9:48 icon or send the um host to
9:51 chat if you're in the room and did not
9:54 sign up I will ask for other speakers
9:56 before closing this portion of the
9:57 meeting today's a little bit different
10:00 because we have some public hearings so
10:01 I want to make sure everybody
10:02 understands public hearings are set
10:04 aside as a way to contain um comments
10:07 that are related to specific areas where
10:10 we have a requirement to um receive that
10:12 comment so public our public comment
10:15 audience comments at the beginning is
10:17 for General items but if you have
10:19 anything that's related to the three um
10:22 public hearings tonight which is AB
10:25 8926
10:26 17 uh 179 first Avenue Southeast Surplus
10:30 which is the food and clothing bank um
10:32 AB 8885 the 2025 2026 budget the first
10:37 public hearing and ab
10:39 8886 the 2025 property tax levy if your
10:43 comments are on any of those specific
10:45 items you're going to wait until the
10:46 public hearing for that item and we'll
10:48 call and have public comment
10:51 opportunities um so clerk has anyone
10:54 signed up to speak for General audience
10:56 comments or indicated a desire to speak
10:58 this evening yes
11:00 okay for those making comments you are
11:02 invited to address the council regarding
11:04 matters that are directly related to
11:06 isqua programs projects services or
11:08 events comments related to political
11:11 campaigns are not permitted please
11:13 direct comments to the whole Council and
11:15 not individuals while this is not a
11:17 question and answer session we will
11:19 contact you to follow up if you've
11:20 provided your information and if it's
11:22 needed when recognized unmute your
11:24 microphone virtual attendees or step up
11:27 to this lecturn and you're going to
11:28 press the button so that it turns red
11:32 state your name address and relationship
11:34 to the city speak clearly and pause
11:37 frequently and limit your comments to 5
11:39 minutes there will be a timer over there
11:42 if you're attending virtually and do not
11:44 respond after your name or phone number
11:46 is called or if your connection is lost
11:48 unexpectedly the meeting will need to
11:50 proceed you're encouraged to rejoin the
11:52 meeting if able personal attacks obscene
11:55 language derogatory remarks and
11:57 disruptive behavior will not be
11:58 permitted
11:59 public comments written in verbal are an
12:01 important aspect of the public process
12:04 and the city takes our comments
12:05 seriously and we thank you for taking
12:06 the time out of your day to address us
12:09 so clerk can you please identify the
12:10 first person who signed up to speak yes
12:12 here in the room Chris kovak okay Chris
12:16 there you
12:21 go well good evening council members uh
12:24 thank you for the opportunity to speak
12:25 tonight uh my name is Chris kovak I'm a
12:28 24 year president of isqua all on squawk
12:31 mountain and a 10e business owner uh I'm
12:35 also the current chair of the isqua park
12:37 board and our Park Board is a lovely
12:40 diverse blend of community members uh
12:42 representing a diverse spectrum of
12:44 public interest and I'm here tonight to
12:47 provide you a brief update on the park
12:49 system Plan update uh on which the park
12:52 staff right over there several of them
12:55 uh have been
12:56 working uh the plan builds upon and
13:00 incorporates several significant themes
13:02 and elements um particularly the
13:04 balanced promotion of active and passive
13:08 uh Park uses and
13:09 opportunities uh an overarching intent
13:12 is to Foster and continue to Foster um a
13:15 vibrant and uh resilient Community with
13:18 our excellent system our ever improving
13:21 system uh the plan includes an emphasis
13:24 on connectivity between the different
13:26 Park areas where people live where
13:28 people work uh and the plan also brings
13:31 forth a a new theme uh it's called
13:34 Creeks to Peaks and uh it's a little bit
13:38 hard to describe but it really is
13:39 basically uh the best way to capture the
13:43 nature of our nature and uh to capture
13:46 our Vibe and so over the last year uh at
13:49 several of our monthly Park board
13:51 meetings uh we've reviewed uh evolving
13:55 and the fin and final drafts of the uh
13:57 Plan update uh the board has asked a lot
13:59 of uh questions we've discussed in depth
14:03 uh many of the specifics of the plan and
14:06 after a final review uh of the Plan
14:08 update the park board voted unanimously
14:10 to uh recommend the plan for Council
14:13 approval and
14:14 adoption that's it thank
14:16 you thanks
14:18 Chris cler do we have anybody else
14:21 signed up speak for General comments we
14:23 don't we have a few members of the
14:25 public with us virtually but I don't see
14:27 any of them indicating a desire to speak
14:29 at this point okay and we will ask for
14:31 virtual um comments on each of the
14:33 public hearing items as well so there
14:35 will definitely be time so um I just
14:38 want to thank you for comments
14:40 appreciate uh hearing from members of
14:42 the public particularly those of our uh
14:45 boards and commissions who do such great
14:48 work out there um but as a reminder
14:51 written comments uh can be submitted at
14:54 any time to city council at isqua wa.gov
14:59 so seeing a few people just coming in
15:01 I'm just going to take a moment to check
15:03 in do you have general public comments
15:05 something not related to the public
15:07 hearing that you want to make before I
15:08 move on on the agenda okay fantastic
15:11 just wanted to give you an
15:14 opportunity okay um the next item of
15:18 business is the consent calendar so the
15:21 mayor does not have any remarks on the
15:23 consent calendar items are there any
15:25 committee chairs or chair designes who
15:26 would like to report on any of the
15:28 consent
15:29 uh calendar
15:31 items okay the consent calendar was
15:34 distributed to Council in advance if
15:36 authorized the items on the consent
15:38 calendar will be considered together and
15:40 approved by one motion have the payables
15:43 and payroll been re reviewed they have
15:46 and I also did um does any council
15:48 member desire to desire to remove any
15:50 items from the consent calendar and
15:52 consider it under regular
15:55 business seeing none is there a motion
15:59 um thank you uh I move that uh we adopt
16:03 the consent agenda as
16:04 presented second fantastic the motion to
16:09 approve the consent calendar as
16:11 presented has been moved and seconded is
16:13 there any Council
16:15 discussion okay hearing none all those
16:17 in favor signify by saying I I I those
16:22 opposed okay that passes
16:25 unanimously the next item of business is
16:28 our first of three public hearing um AB
16:32 8926 uh for 17 179 1 Avenue Southeast
16:38 Surplus and I'd like to invite
16:41 administrative services manager Jan
16:43 Justice to make a presentation for us
16:59 how about now great uh good evening
17:02 council
17:08 members uh jeie justice I'm the
17:10 administrative services manager in
17:12 charge of facilities for the city and
17:15 we're here tonight to talk about the
17:17 surplus of 179 179 1 Avenue Southeast
17:21 and PR conduct the public
17:23 hearing uh this also gives the full
17:26 Council a chance to review the Surplus
17:27 recommendations
17:29 as well as the option to forward the
17:31 resolution for Council action on
17:33 December
17:34 2nd a little bit of background a
17:37 reminder the Surplus real property
17:39 policy was adopted back in
17:41 2022 uh in this case the Surplus action
17:44 was initiated by staff in April of uh
17:48 this year we presented to the uh
17:51 services safety and Parks committee on
17:53 October 15th they recommended proceeding
17:56 with the public hearing and full Council
17:59 viw so we're here tonight the next steps
18:01 would be a determination of the Surplus
18:04 and adoption by resolution by
18:08 Council the property 179 1st Avenue
18:10 Southeast also known as the food and
18:12 clothing bank is located in between City
18:15 Hall and the community center right next
18:17 to the reineer trail and across the
18:19 street from the Trail's
18:21 house it was purchased in uh 1989 for
18:26 $110,000 in Partnership with the
18:29 predecessor of the food and clothing
18:30 bank uh using King County grant funding
18:33 as well as general mitigation funds the
18:36 city remodeled it uh slightly following
18:39 that purchase and then has leased the
18:41 property to the food and clothing bank
18:43 and its predecessor since 1992 for quite
18:46 a while the parcel is uh
18:49 5,625 square fet with a building that is
18:52 almost that same size
18:55 532 5345 Square ft when story warehouse
19:00 and the uh King County assess value is
19:02 currently
19:06 $534,000 here's a couple of pictures of
19:09 the food and clothing bank U building
19:11 you can see some of the deteriorated
19:13 sighting and windows that we talk about
19:15 in terms of the Capital Improvements
19:17 that are necessary but generally you can
19:19 just see how they are using it right
19:25 now a summary of the U Surplus report
19:28 report that was presented and was
19:30 attached also to your agenda bill so
19:33 this piece of property is part of the
19:35 Oldtown area of the city of isqua it
19:38 does support the Human Services
19:39 strategic plan access to basic human
19:43 services as I said it's been leased to
19:45 the food and clothing bank uh since 1992
19:48 and was purchased in partnership with
19:50 them in order to create a permanent home
19:52 for food and clothing bank and also
19:54 other social services and Community
19:57 Services the current condition of the
19:59 building is poor so it has both
20:02 functional and infrastructure
20:04 deficiencies that have been identified
20:06 both by our tenant um in terms of their
20:08 operation as well as the food U the
20:11 facility condition assessment that was
20:13 completed last
20:14 year the uh operations and maintenance
20:17 has been maintained by the food and
20:18 clothing bank with very little cost to
20:20 the city over the
20:22 years um but those near-term Capital
20:25 costs are about $500,000 to do Capital
20:28 replacement things like roofs sighting
20:30 Windows Doors all those types of things
20:33 it does nothing to improve the
20:35 functionality of the building it's
20:37 really just replacement of things that
20:38 are at the end of their useful
20:41 life they do um the operations of the
20:44 food bank obviously provides a
20:45 significant public benefit in that
20:48 location the um site restrictions it's
20:51 currently zoned as Community facility
20:54 facilities which restricts ownership to
20:56 the city of isqua
20:59 um there is no parking and there is some
21:01 oil minor soil contamination that was
21:03 investigated by the food and clothing
21:05 bank and so it's not a huge deal it just
21:08 needs to be removed uh if the building
21:10 was to be remodeled or um
21:15 reconstructed so there are uh land use
21:18 and re zoning changes that would need to
21:20 happen for there to be something other
21:23 than City ownership and a different use
21:25 on the property so staff uh submitted a
21:29 request to do that as part of the 2025
21:31 comprehensive plan Amendment
21:35 docket other City uses so we there were
21:38 no other Municipal uses considered uh
21:41 for this site or identified for this
21:43 site the site itself is about a third of
21:46 the size of the property here for City
21:48 Hall South this is really too small for
21:51 the priority uh facility needs that have
21:54 identified by the city so things like
21:57 City Hall Administration or the public
21:59 safety needs that are out there that
22:01 site is not really
22:04 suitable we did look at uh so rezoning
22:07 and surplus the property as we're
22:09 talking about tonight uh the city could
22:12 construct a new facility itself and
22:15 lease that facility out or could retain
22:19 um property ownership by land
22:21 leasing we decided that sale would
22:24 generate the annual tax revenue for the
22:27 city and general f fund as well as
22:30 generating some one-time um funding that
22:34 could assist with facility
22:40 needs so after reviewing all of the
22:43 criteria uh the administration
22:45 recommends considering the property for
22:48 Surplus approving the comprehensive plan
22:50 amendments in
22:51 2025 disposing of the
22:56 property uh in terms of fair market
22:58 value given uh the reason for purchasing
23:02 the property and the method of
23:03 acquisition the lack of really um
23:07 further funds invested and the use of
23:10 the property for the food and clothing
23:11 bank we recommend accepting the King
23:14 County assessed value of 534,906
23:29 special conditions for the disposition
23:31 that include using the profits to
23:33 support City facility needs retaining a
23:36 right of first refusal at the assess
23:38 value in the case that the isqua food
23:40 and clothing bank no longer needs the
23:41 property in the future and also
23:44 conveying the property with a 25-year
23:46 deed restriction uh specifically for
23:49 Community Services or public
23:55 use so some of the options are to
23:58 provide minor changes and proceed with
24:00 the Surplus resolution for Council
24:02 adoption on December 2nd or instruct
24:04 staff to make substantial changes and
24:06 return to the
24:09 committee next up uh we have the public
24:11 hearing is tonight we proposed a council
24:14 Surplus action on December 2nd the comp
24:17 plan docket approval is in January of
24:21 2025 you would dispose of the property
24:24 sometime in the first two quarters of
24:26 2025 and the comprehensive plan
24:28 amendment process would typically be
24:32 concluded by the third quarter of
24:37 20 the recommendation is to conduct the
24:39 public hearing and adopt the proposed
24:41 Surplus resolution on December
24:47 2nd excellent okay so going back
24:53 to my script do we do um Council
24:58 question and answer before um opening
25:01 the public hearing or is that a part of
25:03 okay fantastic so before opening the
25:05 public hearing uh council member Marts
25:07 as chair of services safety and Parks
25:09 committee would you like to summarize
25:11 the committee's recommendation on this
25:14 item certainly thank you very much um so
25:19 at the October
25:21 15th uh services safety and Parks
25:24 committee uh we did take this item up
25:27 following the staff presentation
25:29 uh we had uh Stephanie Bon bradel from
25:33 the ISA food and clothing bank executive
25:35 director spoke about their mission in
25:37 increase Community for its services Eric
25:40 oler uh board member spoke about the
25:42 current ifcb location and the
25:44 organization's needs uh the
25:47 committee uh um Council comments
25:50 included uh we thank staff uh and the
25:53 work of the food and clothing bank uh
25:55 committee members were generally
25:56 supportive of the 25y year lease
25:58 restriction as presented committee
26:00 supported the staff recommendation to
26:02 Surplus the property and sell it Isa
26:04 food and clothing bank for the assessed
26:06 value and the and then the committee
26:07 recommended moving the item to the full
26:09 Council for a public hearing like we
26:11 have this evening that concludes Mar
26:13 thank you okay so I am now going to open
26:18 the public hearing at 7:26 p.m. so again
26:22 if you are joining us virtually and
26:24 would like to make comments uh please
26:26 raise your virtual hand or send the host
26:28 a chat message if you're on the phone
26:30 press star three you're on a computer or
26:33 smartphone you're going to look for the
26:35 raise hand icon or send the host a chat
26:38 message and if you're in the room and
26:40 didn't sign up I'll ask for other
26:42 speakers before closing this portion of
26:43 the meeting so clerk do we have anyone
26:46 signed up to speak yes we have two
26:48 people in the room who've signed up
26:50 Stephanie Norton brle is the first
27:01 right yeah awesome um thank you again to
27:06 the city staff for preparing this report
27:08 um I know there was a lot of work that
27:10 went into it and thank you for having us
27:12 here
27:13 today um as was stated earlier the city
27:17 and the isqua food bank have been
27:21 partners for a very long time since the
27:24 1980s and um we really appreciate
27:28 partnership as it's um enabled us to
27:31 serve so many people in the isqua area
27:33 with basic
27:35 Services as said earlier we've seen an
27:38 an incredible increase in need over the
27:41 past few years since
27:44 2019 we've increased our Market services
27:48 and emergency food by
27:51 115% and most of that growth has
27:54 happened in the past two years um we
27:56 grew by 83 % in those same Services last
28:00 year and continue to grow another 33%
28:03 this
28:04 year um that rapid growth has really
28:07 caused some pinch points in our facility
28:11 not only with um the ability to store
28:14 inventory um be able to move product
28:17 around but also in the wait times that
28:20 our clients are seeing tonight we were
28:23 on a waiting list until 6:00 p.m. we
28:25 close at 7 p.m. so we had to we had to
28:28 end that waiting list um and ask people
28:31 to come back
28:33 tomorrow um we also have increased since
28:36 2019 in our home delivery groceries um
28:43 198% um the squad food and clothing bank
28:45 is really prepared for this expansion we
28:49 have money and reserves we have hired a
28:52 capital campaign consultant to help us
28:56 get our Capital campaign ready
28:58 and we've been working on a partnership
29:00 with the isqua Historical Museum who
29:02 which is in the um adjacent building um
29:06 on possibly sharing that space um and so
29:10 a rapid decision would be really helpful
29:13 in us being able to move forward with
29:15 our expansion plans thank
29:19 you thank you
29:21 Stephanie and next name on our list Mike
29:24 brco
29:29 good evening council members and staff
29:32 uh my name is Mike brco I'm representing
29:33 the food bank I'm the chair of the food
29:35 bank and so I'm also representing the
29:37 board of the food bank I just have a
29:39 couple of things to add first off we
29:43 really appreciate the time effort that
29:45 was put into the report the thoroughness
29:47 it you covered more things than we
29:49 thought you could possibly cover uh and
29:51 and you know very detailed uh and along
29:54 with that uh we did have a chance at our
29:57 last board meeting to to touch on some
29:58 of the findings um that were presented
30:01 at the commission meeting and um
30:04 although it wasn't like a formal motion
30:05 or anything like that we did have
30:07 questions and answers with all of the
30:09 board members and they're very
30:11 supportive of the recommendations so
30:13 we're prepared to move forward as soon
30:15 as you all are um there's a couple other
30:18 things that I want to also
30:20 reinforce and that was Stephany
30:22 mentioned about the growth and the
30:24 urgency anything you could do to help
30:26 move things along uh I could share that
30:29 in our executive committee meetings and
30:31 one-on-one meetings that I have with our
30:32 executive director over a year ago it
30:35 was more about like what are prices
30:36 doing in inflation of food recently it's
30:39 been how can we handle all of the work
30:42 and as Stephanie mentioned there's
30:45 definitely like challenges because of
30:47 the space of the building and so we've
30:50 looked at Concepts and drawings and so
30:52 forth we're all ready to go we've got
30:55 the budget we're just waiting for your
30:56 approvals so we appreciate all the work
31:00 uh and we hope to be able to continue
31:03 the partnership that we've had with the
31:04 city and you know for many many years to
31:06 come so thank you thanks Mike and do we
31:10 have anybody else signed up or
31:12 indicating a desire to speak no okay so
31:17 going back
31:20 to the script council do you have any
31:24 objection to my closing the public
31:25 hearing
31:28 okay hearing none I will close a public
31:30 hearing at 7:32 p.m. and does council
31:34 have any
31:36 questions okay council member
31:39 hunt thank you there was a 25 year uh
31:44 restriction on the use of the property
31:47 um for community services and it sounds
31:49 like this is something that the uh
31:51 Council committee discussed I was
31:54 wondering um I do believe that's shorter
31:56 than uh a lot of the restrictions for
31:59 example on affordable housing through
32:01 Arch um and I wondered what are what is
32:04 possible with that restriction could
32:06 Council decide to make it 50 years or
32:08 longer and how how was 25 years
32:12 decided sure so that question did come
32:14 up at committee so really it just
32:16 mirrored uh the King County Community
32:19 Development grants that that was used to
32:22 purchase the property they typically
32:24 limit their purposes for 25 years
32:28 we just kind of used that same there was
32:30 a lot of discussion internally about how
32:33 long it should be and that was of
32:36 a medium answer I don't think there's
32:40 any restriction if Council wants to
32:42 impose a longer
32:45 term okay any other
32:48 questions um I did have one I noted that
32:52 the Property Disposition would be in Q2
32:55 of 2025 but that happens before the comp
32:59 plan amendment process um and the comp
33:02 plan Amendment would be adopted is the
33:04 sale possible and are there any concerns
33:07 with the sale happening while it's still
33:10 zoned as Community facilities facilities
33:13 the sale is still possible uh there was
33:15 not really any concerns about that they
33:18 would not be able to proceed with they
33:19 wouldn't have approved building permit
33:22 until rezoning and complant amendments
33:24 are completed okay fantastic just wanted
33:28 to check in on that um so looking ahead
33:32 it says no action is being requested
33:34 tonight this item will return to the
33:37 December 2nd city council meeting for
33:39 adoption so is there any objection to
33:43 this returning on the consent
33:49 calendar no okay um hearing none this
33:53 item will return on the consent calendar
33:55 on December 2nd for adoption okay thank
33:58 you thank you um the next item is AB
34:02 8885 the 2025 2026 budget first public
34:07 hearing and is this going to be
34:09 conducted together with the other one
34:11 okay separate so budget manager Susie
34:15 monel making the presentation for us
34:18 tonight thank you council president um
34:21 if you'll just give me one quick moment
34:24 here believe I'm about to share
34:28 that is the right
34:31 one all right um so I am Susie monel the
34:35 budget manager and I'm here tonight to
34:37 give a very very brief presentation on
34:39 the budget as staff presented um a
34:42 thorough presentation at last weeks
34:44 Committee of the whole um there we go so
34:47 by state law we are required to conduct
34:49 two public hearings on the budget the
34:51 preliminary one is tonight the final one
34:54 will be December 2nd as it is currently
34:56 scheduled
34:58 um here's the overall budget calendar um
35:01 as you can see the one of the main
35:02 reasons this is a short presentation is
35:04 there are many other budget touch points
35:06 coming um the 28th last week was the
35:09 full overview of the budget T night's
35:11 the uh public hearings and then
35:13 deliberations continue from
35:16 here um as a uh overview there were um
35:20 primarily six budget priorities in this
35:22 2526 proposed budget um Public Safety
35:25 which includes police Justice Court and
35:28 fire preserving sustainability
35:30 initiatives enhancing Equity maintaining
35:33 investments in transportation as much as
35:35 possible continue to compensate staff
35:37 fairly and cover Insurance
35:41 obligations uh the total 2526 budget um
35:45 totals $350 million that's across 25 and
35:49 26 um of which the general fund makes up
35:53 just under about
35:55 40% um so looking at the general fund it
35:58 totals 135 million across the two years
36:02 um as you can see Police makes up about
36:04 26% and fire another 15% there so
36:08 between the three um Public Safety that
36:10 makes up a good chunk of our um general
36:12 fund
36:14 budget um brief overview on the
36:18 full-time employees um proposed in this
36:20 budget as you can see we do have a
36:23 reduction anticipated in or proposed in
36:26 2025 going from from
36:28 305 um in 24 to
36:32 296 um and all the detail on that was
36:35 presented at last week's meeting as
36:38 well um high level looking at the
36:41 fiveyear forecast of where this budget
36:43 would put us by the end of 2029 um as
36:46 mentioned last week the 2526 proposed
36:49 budget is um both years are proposed at
36:52 the 15% on designated fund balance as a
36:54 percent of expenditures as by um the
36:57 financial management policy for the city
37:00 um and then from there it starts to come
37:02 down so that refers to the structural
37:04 deficit that we talked extensively about
37:07 last week and I'm sure we will speak
37:09 more about as the budget deliberations
37:11 continue and that is the presentation I
37:14 have for the
37:17 budget excellent I mean not the budget
37:20 situation but the presentation much
37:23 appreciated um so I'm now going to open
37:26 the public hearing at 7 37 p.m. so again
37:30 if you're joining us virtually we would
37:32 love to get your comments raise your
37:33 virtual hand or send the host a chat
37:36 message you're on the phone press star
37:38 three you're on a computer or smartphone
37:40 look for the raise hand icon um if
37:43 you're in the room and didn't sign up we
37:45 will ask for public commenters before
37:48 closing this portion of the meeting so
37:50 clerk has anyone signed up to speak or
37:52 indicated a desire to speak yes we have
37:55 I believe one person here in the room
37:57 and one person virtually signed up the
37:59 first person is Heather
38:01 Clark thank
38:05 you hi good evening council members my
38:09 name is Heather Clark I'm work at
38:10 hopelink I'm the East uh East Side
38:13 Mobility coordinator I work to ensure
38:15 that transportation is a resource and
38:17 not a barrier for all individuals in our
38:19 community I advocate for non- drivers
38:22 which includes many older adults youth
38:24 lower income individuals people with
38:26 disabilities
38:28 and recent immigrants and more roughly
38:31 30% of Washington residents are
38:33 non-drivers and they depend on other
38:35 means for transportation so when I hear
38:37 about potential reductions in
38:39 transportation services I think about
38:42 those who don't have any other options
38:44 in 2022 staff at the isqua senior center
38:47 reached out to me to ask about how to
38:49 address Transportation barriers many of
38:51 their clients were
38:53 facing uh and their front desk staff uh
38:56 reported receiving several calls each
38:58 week from Seniors who were wanting to
39:00 attend activities lunches but were
39:03 unable to get there I did visit the
39:05 senior center in person I love isqua I
39:08 came out to I I jumped at the chance to
39:10 come out um and fix drout Transit
39:13 doesn't quite get folks who have
39:15 mobility issues to the senior center to
39:18 access that programming and those
39:19 lunches uh some I realized would have
39:22 been eligible for Metro access a par
39:25 Transit service um but many don't
39:28 and so we talked about possibilities
39:30 volunteer driver services uh other other
39:33 options and well wonderful those
39:35 Services often require advanced notice
39:38 up to two weeks advanced notice um and
39:41 eligibility hoops and more so it was an
39:45 immense relief when Metroflex launched
39:47 in October of 2023 as it filled
39:49 Transportation gaps for older adults
39:51 needing to reach that Senior Center not
39:53 only that but discussion later with
39:55 staff at the garage team Cafe uh they
39:58 they mentioned that there are youth who
40:00 attend those activities who wouldn't be
40:02 able to otherwise without
40:04 Metroflex also uh an Outreach that I've
40:07 done engaged with folks who live in
40:08 lower income um Apartments who rely on
40:12 Metroflex to access Community
40:15 Resources uh so Metroflex really meets a
40:18 growing demand for same day short notice
40:20 transportation that uh all cities on the
40:23 east side are grappling with I represent
40:25 Redmond Belleview Kirkland isqua merer
40:28 Island samamish it's it's a growing
40:30 demand and it's it's a
40:32 challenge um non- drivers depend on it
40:35 others appreciate the option to leave
40:37 their cars at home but if the Metro Flex
40:39 service leaves the city of isqua those
40:42 who are dependent upon TR public
40:43 transportation services will feel the
40:45 impact the most it is challenging and
40:48 time intensive to implement a service
40:50 like Metroflex and once gone it will be
40:53 difficult to
40:54 reestablish I recognize also that City
40:57 budget priorities is extraordinarily
41:00 difficult I am pleased to see that
41:02 enhancing Equity maintaining Investments
41:04 and transportation as much as possible
41:07 and preserving sustainability
41:08 initiatives are three of your priorities
41:11 continuing to fund Metroflex meets each
41:14 of those three priorities and I urge you
41:16 to reconsider cutting the city's funding
41:18 for that valuable service thank you for
41:20 your
41:22 time thank you heather um is there
41:25 anyone else Desiring to speak on the
41:30 budget um anyone online yes the DIA
41:34 executive director I believe that's
41:36 Corby that's with us and Corby I've just
41:39 made you a panelist so you should be
41:40 able to
41:47 unmute hi can you hear me we can thank
41:51 you okay thank you I appreciate this
41:54 time um I'm Corby castler I'm the exec
41:57 Ive director of The Downtown isqua
41:59 Association and I wanted to to look at
42:02 the budget in terms of how nonprofits
42:04 might be affected um I'd like a little
42:06 more clarity around it because we've
42:08 received a little bit of contradictory
42:11 statements so on behalf of Dia and some
42:13 of our other nonprofit Partners just
42:15 please provide some clarity um first in
42:18 the mayor's message she had said this
42:21 proposed budget includes a 12% reduction
42:23 in funding to several nonprofit
42:26 organizations St starting in
42:28 2026 this gives our valued organizations
42:31 a year to prepare for city funding at
42:34 the same time DIA was specifically was
42:36 informed by the city staff that the city
42:38 is eliminating funding to the Downtown
42:41 isqua Association entirely for 2025 and
42:45 2026 it appears that under Human
42:47 Services there are no planned reductions
42:50 so we would just like to see a complete
42:52 breakdown of the city's total
42:54 contributions to each nonprofit what we
42:57 had in 2024 and also those proposed
43:00 reductions for each in 2025 and
43:03 2026 finally some of you may not know
43:06 that when the city donates to DIA our
43:08 bno taxes that would go directly to
43:11 Olympia instead are diverted to our
43:13 small family-owned downtown businesses
43:15 at only 7 25 cents on the dollar under
43:18 our Main Street tax credit incentive
43:20 program the city has a choice whether to
43:22 direct funding back to our historic
43:24 downtown or to send it via bno taxes
43:27 back to the state I ask that this Pro
43:30 program and the ramifications of not
43:32 using these tax incentives be considered
43:35 before any final decisions are made on
43:36 the budget and I'm available if anybody
43:39 needs to contact me if they have more
43:41 questions please please feel free to to
43:43 email me or to call me thank you very
43:46 much thanks Corby and do we have anybody
43:49 else indicating a desire to
43:52 speak not virtually unless there's
43:54 someone in the room
43:55 here okay go ahead
44:02 thanks good evening Council thank you so
44:04 much for the opportunity um my name is
44:06 Victor Bell um today actually is my
44:09 seven year resident of the city of isqua
44:12 um so I'm here to talk specifically
44:15 about the 35% cut on the Arts grants for
44:20 um the Arts programs um I'm I'm I'm not
44:23 an artist I have like three hairs of
44:26 creativity in my head I'm probably going
44:27 to lose him soon enough but there is a
44:31 historical um a a a a historical record
44:36 of significant advancements of humanity
44:40 when investments in the Arts occur right
44:43 um economic growth you can see it as
44:46 recent as in Bilbo Spain when they
44:50 opened the gugenheim museum uh it
44:53 completely changed the the economic
44:55 Outlook of that City for the better
44:57 right um Urban rehabil
45:02 revitalization sorry public art projects
45:05 enhance you know the makeup of the city
45:08 you know the diversity and inclusivity
45:11 um social cohesion education and
45:13 Innovation so through Arts sometimes we
45:16 make
45:17 outstanding U leaps in Innovations in
45:20 technology but well going back sometime
45:24 Leonardo dein all the the stuff with
45:26 most L driven by Arts right um it's it's
45:30 it I know that we are in tough economic
45:32 climate and we have to make Cuts but and
45:36 sometimes it's easier to go for the
45:37 things that are um you know not like
45:40 human services I know we we need the
45:42 police we need fire we need you know all
45:44 of these Human Services they're very
45:45 important but we have to sometimes
45:49 understand that we need to still fire
45:51 like keep the flame of um that
45:54 creativity in the community
45:57 and invest in it because it helps the
46:00 growth of the city in um in ways that
46:03 sometimes can't be really measured until
46:07 years later um so as we move forward in
46:10 this there liberations and I understand
46:12 that there is the uh doors open program
46:15 that we're going to rely on to cover the
46:16 the Gap that we are creating by cutting
46:18 the 35% which is great um I would love
46:22 for us not to be depending on other
46:24 programs that are external to our city
46:26 and see if we can funded ourselves
46:27 because there's a lot of initiatives
46:29 that um we currently support that are
46:33 very you know important vital to the
46:36 makeup of our city right and I I wish
46:39 that we would um continue to do so in
46:43 the future thank
46:45 you thanks Victor appreciate it um
46:49 anybody else who wants to make public
46:50 comment on the budget at this time okay
46:55 looking back into
46:59 [Music]
47:02 okay city council do you have any
47:04 objections to my closing the public
47:06 hearing okay hearing none I will close
47:09 the public hearing at 7:47 p.m. so uh
47:14 does council have any questions I know
47:15 we've addressed this and we have many
47:17 other deliberation opportunities but any
47:20 questions um coming up
47:22 now okay so no action is being requested
47:26 tonight so this item will return for
47:29 Council deliberation at the November
47:30 12th Committee of the whole council
47:32 meeting and the next public meeting on
47:35 the budget will occur at the December
47:37 2nd city council meeting so our next
47:40 agenda item is AB 8886 the 2025 property
47:44 tax levy and budget manager Susie monel
47:48 will come back to the lecturn on the
47:51 next topic
47:57 thank you council president um
48:00 presentation
48:02 mode all right so I am back for another
48:05 very brief presentation um ahead of a
48:07 public hearing this one is on our 2025
48:09 property tax
48:11 levy um as a reminder by state law we uh
48:15 Levy property tax once a year and even
48:17 though we adopt a by annual budget we
48:19 are still required to go through this
48:21 process annually um so the public
48:24 hearing is tonight and then uh the the
48:27 anticipated adoption the proposed
48:29 adoption of this Levy is uh November
48:32 25th at that
48:34 meeting so um property tax in Washington
48:38 state um allows jurisdictions to create
48:40 the amount of property tax receed excuse
48:43 me to increase the amount of property
48:45 tax received annually by 1% plus the
48:48 value of new construction so looking at
48:50 our 2025 Levy um that first number is
48:54 our 2024 Levy um so then we can add on
48:58 an additional 1% in this case it amounts
49:00 to about
49:02 106,000 and then the value of new
49:04 construction that was constructed since
49:05 our last Levy amounts to about
49:08 41,000 and then every once in a while
49:11 the county does these refunds there's a
49:12 lot of weedy detail behind it um but
49:15 that amounted to about 27,000 um for us
49:18 for 25 um as a comparison to our 24 Levy
49:22 um the 25 proposed Levy is about 175,000
49:27 um in addition and I should note this is
49:29 the amount um included in the proposed
49:33 budget um so one of the big factors when
49:35 it comes to property tax is property
49:37 values um so property values in 2025 in
49:41 issaqua are expected to increased by
49:43 about
49:44 16% um so the median residential value
49:46 we used in uh for last year was 1.125
49:50 million um this year for 25 what we're
49:53 seeing from the assessor's office is 1.3
49:56 million in
49:57 isqua so the estimate that comes from
50:00 that for the regular Levy due to the
50:02 city would increase from 24 to
50:04 25 um by
50:07 $97 um so moving to what it would look
50:13 like if we don't take the 1% increase um
50:17 which is the piece that we have
50:19 discretion over as a city um if we were
50:22 to not take the 1% the impact to the
50:25 average household to that $1.3 million
50:28 median residential value would be $13
50:31 it's the difference between that
50:33 933 and that 920 that's the total across
50:37 both our regular Levy and our excess
50:39 Levy which is um um a couple of voted
50:42 levies from uh a while
50:45 ago um a little bit of perspective how
50:48 isqua's portion of property tax fits in
50:51 with all of the other pieces of property
50:53 tax that are charged to residential and
50:55 Commercial properties this is from the
50:57 2023 Levy but it hasn't changed really
51:00 um especially that portion that goes to
51:02 the city of isqua is really only well
51:04 for 24 it was $ 8.55 on the dollar 8
51:07 cents approximately 9 cents so we make
51:10 up just a small portion of um the
51:13 typical Property Tax
51:15 Bill and with that that is my
51:17 presentation
51:20 tonight okay I appreciate that I'm going
51:23 to go ahead and open the public hearing
51:25 at 7:51 pm. so if you're joining us
51:29 virtually we would love to hear from you
51:32 um raise your virtual hand or send the
51:34 host a chat message if you're on the
51:36 phone you're going to press star three
51:38 you're on a computer or smartphone look
51:39 for the raiseed hand icon and um if
51:43 you're in the room and did not sign up I
51:45 will ask for other speakers before
51:47 closing this portion of the meeting so
51:49 clerk has anyone signed up to speak or
51:52 indicated a desire to speak yes two
51:53 people have signed up the first is Jim
51:55 Reed
52:00 okay yes go for
52:03 it before you get started yep she's
52:06 going to help you get your mic on there
52:08 you go go thank you thank you ladies and
52:11 gentlemen of the council I normally
52:13 wouldn't be too concerned about the
52:15 amount of money you're talking about
52:17 adding on to property but we own four
52:20 contiguous Parcels at 6225 East lakes
52:24 and mamish Parkway Southeast across the
52:26 street from Home Depot and Fred Meyer it
52:29 was our Gravel Pit for since the 60s the
52:33 only thing we have left or four pieces
52:35 of property across the street that are
52:39 continuously turned by the city turned
52:42 down for
52:43 development we're getting water off
52:45 storm water drainage number three north
52:49 of lakeside's property and East I mean
52:52 south of Von Hill Road we're getting
52:56 water from I90 all the way down there
52:59 when it rains like crazy we have aerial
53:02 photos going back to 1936 that show the
53:05 property is dry there probably are a
53:08 couple exceptions to that we have three
53:12 pieces of heavy one OFA kind scrapers
53:17 sitting on there that were used on top
53:19 of lakes siize pit for years and they
53:21 haven't sunk yet we used to use the
53:24 property for storing 5/8 spec 58 minus
53:28 aggregate because we'd have problems
53:31 with dirt bikers coming in and going
53:32 over the pile and the whole pile's out a
53:34 spe so we have four Parcels valued at
53:38 over $4 million and we don't even know
53:40 what we can do we had an arson in the
53:43 building I think it was 2020 or
53:49 2022 which clearly did some roof damage
53:52 so the next year because of the heavy
53:54 range the roof came down
53:57 and I thank the the agencies that worked
54:01 with us because there are a hell of a
54:03 lot of requirements to take a building
54:05 down and we're just a family we can't
54:08 afford all this
54:09 stuff so my question is is what can we
54:13 do with our property nobody will tell us
54:16 we spent hundreds of thousands of
54:18 dollars in
54:21 203 with Johnson Underwood to try and
54:24 develop it and then some guy from which
54:27 is not you guys but
54:29 some a just hired employee for for um
54:35 the EPA turned it down because the
54:39 Johnson Underwood had applied for the
54:42 six-month permit because the tribes the
54:46 city the county fish and wildlife all
54:49 agreed it was a good project now we've
54:52 had five other substantial Builders come
54:56 we don't even know what we can do with
54:58 it they're claiming the whole thing's
54:59 wet and the from our point of view the
55:02 reward we got for cleaning up the
55:04 building that was unsightly was 150 fot
55:07 setback on both sides of the ditch yet A
55:11 gal I think her name's Peggy forgive me
55:14 if it's not right but at um planning she
55:18 wants to see it developed there's
55:20 another gentleman at planning and I
55:22 don't remember his name but he rides his
55:25 bike to work every day today and we were
55:27 talking about North Fork of visaa cck
55:31 and he says it still goes dry so by
55:36 definition a cck is a body of water
55:40 similar to a
55:42 stream but the definition of a stream is
55:45 something that runs continuous
55:48 continuously we can't rewrite history
55:51 here or rewrite the dictionary which it
55:54 seems like some people are trying to do
55:57 so we're just looking you know we don't
56:00 mind paying the tax but we got to be
56:01 able to do something with our property
56:03 otherwise it looks like the city has
56:06 taken the
56:07 property and we've seen a map in the
56:10 past and it's been taken away since then
56:14 but there was a map online that showed
56:16 the city wanted and or the county wanted
56:19 the property for a park anyway that's
56:22 all I have to say we're just looking for
56:23 some Direction please
56:26 thank you thank
56:29 you and I think you said there was
56:31 someone else signed up to
56:35 speak no one else has signed up and it
56:37 doesn't look like anyone else online is
56:39 indicating a desire to speak
56:44 okay I'm I'm so sorry Dave Dave osmer
56:47 has signed up I apologize yeah
56:50 yeah on up
56:54 Dave do I get an extra 30
56:57 seconds hi good evening um council
57:00 members uh thank you for the opportunity
57:03 to speak with
57:04 you I'm Dave osmer a resident of isqua
57:07 living at 22433 Southeast Highland
57:11 Lane I'm here to suggest that this
57:13 hearing is
57:15 premature by tomorrow evening we should
57:17 know whether or not the city's residents
57:20 along with the rest of the school
57:22 district's
57:23 taxpayers will be stuck with the footing
57:26 the bill for the district's $642 million
57:30 Bond prop proposition excuse me which is
57:33 actually
57:35 868 million when the interest on those
57:38 bonds is
57:41 considered and that's in addition to the
57:45 814 million that is still being paid off
57:49 from earlier bonds and levies bringing
57:53 the uh excuse me
57:58 uh bringing the total uh debt that we
58:02 are that we taxpayers are in to the
58:04 school district to a few dollar shy of
58:08 1.7
58:10 billion also I'd like to remind you
58:13 those in the audience and online that
58:15 you voted voted to endorse this
58:18 proposition while the neighboring cities
58:21 of suami Ron and Newcastle
58:26 uh uh did not choose to endorse
58:30 it um this Pro if this proposition
58:33 passes they going to be a lot of unhappy
58:36 taxpayers in the city of Ron and city of
58:39 isqua and and they may not look too
58:42 kindly at the idea of adding another1
58:45 million to the to the pile it just might
58:49 be that proverbial straw that breaks our
58:52 back so in closing I suggest you extend
58:55 this here in until your next meeting
58:58 when the results of tomorrow's vote is
59:00 known then you'll get a much better
59:03 informed uh set of input from your
59:07 constituents thank
59:09 you thank you
59:12 Dave um I will ask if there's anybody
59:15 else indicating or anybody else with a
59:17 desire to
59:20 speak okay um city council do you have
59:24 any objection to my closing the public
59:26 hearing no okay so hearing none I'll
59:29 close the public hearing at 8:00 p.m.
59:32 does council have any
59:35 questions no okay so no action is being
59:38 requested tonight this item will return
59:41 to the November 25th city council
59:43 meeting for adoption there will
59:45 obviously be discussion between all of
59:47 those portions and we welcome public
59:49 comments um is there any preference to
59:53 this returning on the consent calendar
59:55 or regular business
59:57 November
1:00:01 25th any
1:00:03 preferences it's Revenue uh regular
1:00:07 businesses regular business okay
1:00:10 fantastic we'll get that okay and on to
1:00:13 tonight's regular business item AB
1:00:18 8927 uh 2025 2026 legislative
1:00:23 agenda um this item was last before
1:00:26 council at the October 14th Committee of
1:00:28 the whole and is returning to city
1:00:30 council tonight for action and I'd like
1:00:33 to see if our lobbyist Shelly Helder is
1:00:37 online and available for this
1:00:39 presentation I see her coming
1:00:41 up all right can you hear me okay we can
1:00:45 thank you wonder okay well I just have
1:00:49 some brief comments for uh the council
1:00:52 this evening and then happy to answer
1:00:53 any questions that you may have based on
1:00:56 the feedback that you provided um the
1:00:59 last time I was before you all I have
1:01:01 worked to U make changes to the draft
1:01:04 legislative agenda which reflects the
1:01:06 city's top priorities for the upcoming
1:01:09 legislative cycle as well as the policy
1:01:12 manual which is the reference document
1:01:14 that lists the city's positions um on
1:01:16 various policies that may or may not
1:01:19 come up during the legislative session
1:01:21 um I'm going to briefly describe the
1:01:23 changes that were made to the documents
1:01:25 they are in your Council packet um the
1:01:29 legislative agenda document actually had
1:01:31 um other changes made to it and so that
1:01:34 was also sent should have hit your inbox
1:01:37 afternoon on the legislative agenda we
1:01:40 provided some more specificity to the
1:01:42 language around the city financial
1:01:45 sustainability priority um that was
1:01:47 feedback that was provided and so we
1:01:50 specifically are calling out um a
1:01:52 request to change the Cannabis Revenue
1:01:54 distributions
1:01:56 um as well as more direct distributions
1:01:59 cities uh we for the digital permitting
1:02:02 priority we refined the language to a
1:02:05 little bit to be more specific about
1:02:07 what the benefit is both to the state as
1:02:10 well as to the jurisdictions that would
1:02:13 participating um for the parks funding
1:02:16 request we removed the funding request
1:02:19 for um the dog park and we're just
1:02:22 focusing on the funding request for
1:02:24 Creeks to Peaks
1:02:26 um and in addition to what you see in
1:02:28 that draft legislative agenda we will
1:02:31 also be developing a fact sheet we often
1:02:33 refer to that as a one pager um that
1:02:36 will provide more information on what
1:02:38 that project is and what the request
1:02:41 from the state will help
1:02:43 accomplish those are the changes to the
1:02:45 legislative agenda the policy manual um
1:02:49 we added several statements first
1:02:51 statement that was added is regarding
1:02:53 food insecurity this was language that
1:02:55 was recommended by council member D
1:02:58 Michelle we um added language regarding
1:03:02 um affordable housing
1:03:05 coordination specifically with religious
1:03:07 organizations and that's language that
1:03:09 was recommended by um a regional
1:03:12 Coalition for housing or
1:03:14 Arch we added a statement about support
1:03:17 for funding of Public Defense and
1:03:20 specifically Workforce
1:03:21 Development um and we eliminated the
1:03:26 language regarding storm water was there
1:03:28 was a comment that that was perhaps a
1:03:29 little bit stronger than just the facts
1:03:32 about um the need for updates and so uh
1:03:35 we took that into consideration as well
1:03:38 as added a statement about um the desire
1:03:41 to continue to seek State support for um
1:03:44 an additional Crossing of I90 within the
1:03:48 limit so um those are the changes to the
1:03:51 documents before you this evening happy
1:03:54 to answer any question questions um The
1:03:58 Next Step would be for council's
1:03:59 approval and then to brief um the city's
1:04:02 legislators on your
1:04:05 priorities fantastic thank you Shelly um
1:04:09 does council have any
1:04:12 questions I'm seeing crickets and shakes
1:04:17 of head so um is there a
1:04:23 motion ahead uh I move to approve the
1:04:27 2025 26 legislative agenda as
1:04:30 presented second okay the motion to
1:04:34 approve the 2025 2026 legislative agenda
1:04:37 as presented has been moved and seconded
1:04:39 is there any Council
1:04:43 discussion I would just say I appreciate
1:04:46 that we were heard and the changes were
1:04:48 made um so if there's no further
1:04:50 discussion the motion before council is
1:04:52 to approve the 2025 2026 legislative
1:04:54 agenda as presented all those in favor
1:04:56 signify by saying I I I all those
1:05:01 opposed okay that passes unanimously the
1:05:04 administration is also requesting our
1:05:06 input on the proposed Wednesday November
1:05:10 20th legislative breakfast date and time
1:05:13 the breakfast would be at 8:00 a.m. at
1:05:15 Tibbits Creek man Manor so if you'll go
1:05:19 ahead and check your calendars and I'll
1:05:22 Circle back on this at good of the order
1:05:25 and we'll see I will put that down on my
1:05:28 good of the order
1:05:31 idea um
1:05:34 legislative
1:05:37 breakfast okay great uh next item of
1:05:40 business is AB 8808 the 2024 Park system
1:05:45 plan adoption and we've got Park
1:05:48 planning and development manager Robin
1:05:50 spear coming to the podium
1:06:14 go ahead and turn your mic on there we
1:06:17 go go now we're ready oh good evening
1:06:20 council members I'm Robin spear Park
1:06:21 planning and development manager and I'm
1:06:23 here with other staff members Jeff wling
1:06:26 and SLE
1:06:27 hogland and we are here to provide you a
1:06:30 final update for the park system plan
1:06:34 and seek approval from city council for
1:06:36 adoption of the 2024 Park system
1:06:41 plan so tonight I want to just go over
1:06:44 our Park system plan background and
1:06:47 timeline uh the parkboard engagement and
1:06:49 Community engagement we had our plan
1:06:52 content showcase just doing a pre brief
1:06:54 overview of every chapter um and then
1:06:57 look at our
1:07:00 recommendation so I know we've shown
1:07:02 this um timeline before but I want to
1:07:04 give you um just a brief update uh the
1:07:07 team started in May of 2023 with a
1:07:10 kickoff with our Consultants from design
1:07:13 Workshop uh and we went through
1:07:15 interviewing focus
1:07:17 groups um from September through
1:07:19 February we reviewed and refined uh Park
1:07:22 classifications our goals and policies
1:07:24 and did a lot of data m mapping then for
1:07:27 March through April we did our public
1:07:29 Outreach uh we did surveys mapping and
1:07:32 looked at our near Mid and long-term
1:07:35 project
1:07:36 identifications from May to July we
1:07:38 developed our draft plan documents for
1:07:41 feedback from boards and committees and
1:07:44 then from August through September we
1:07:46 refined the draft plan and received a
1:07:48 recommendation from the park board and
1:07:50 safety services and
1:07:52 Parks um committee
1:07:57 uh we greatly appreciate all the time
1:07:59 and effort it took the parkboard members
1:08:01 to review each aspect of the plan and we
1:08:04 had many productive discussions during
1:08:06 our meetings uh we reviewed the park
1:08:09 classifications goals and policies for
1:08:11 the park element in the comprehensive
1:08:13 plan our core values and themes uh
1:08:16 Creeks to Peaks which you heard
1:08:18 previously our implementation strategies
1:08:21 and really looked at the community input
1:08:23 and feedback to make sure we were align
1:08:25 with the community's need um the parkb
1:08:28 really challenge us to recognize our
1:08:30 system gaps our need for balance between
1:08:33 active Recreation and the preservation
1:08:34 of open spaces and the environment our
1:08:37 need for more Outreach and inclusion of
1:08:39 cultural aspects such such as the Arts
1:08:42 and tribal
1:08:43 engagement and increasing our Creekside
1:08:45 Acquisitions and projects which was part
1:08:48 of the 2018 plan and maximizing our
1:08:51 available park space for multi-use
1:08:53 activities uh looking at Partnerships
1:08:56 and to continue to be really proactive
1:08:59 in conservation efforts so as you can
1:09:01 see um we listed all our meeting dates
1:09:04 with plan engagement and as Chris
1:09:06 mentioned earlier on August 26th they
1:09:09 moved to recommend the draft Park system
1:09:11 plan move forward to city council with
1:09:14 some requested amended changes uh the
1:09:16 motion passed unanimously with eight
1:09:24 votes so plans are directly developed
1:09:27 with and through the community and
1:09:29 isqua's Community involvement is a
1:09:31 foundation of this park plan and can be
1:09:33 seen throughout each chapter several
1:09:36 methods were used to receive Community
1:09:37 input such as focus groups online
1:09:40 surveys uh mapping exercise and Asti and
1:09:44 I were at several event booths talking
1:09:47 to the community in person we also work
1:09:49 with City staff to make sure our plans
1:09:52 align with maintenance and operations
1:09:54 capabilities which leads into our level
1:09:56 of service and to gain a better
1:09:59 understanding of potential synergies
1:10:00 between interde departmental projects
1:10:03 and align with common goals and
1:10:04 interests throughout the city we engag
1:10:07 with the tribes during several stages
1:10:09 during the plan development and
1:10:10 Incorporated recommendations and
1:10:12 comments which improved our
1:10:14 understanding of past and present land
1:10:16 uses which will have positive impacts on
1:10:19 future
1:10:21 projects so now leading into each
1:10:24 chapter chapter one was our introduction
1:10:26 and really gives us a snapshot of our
1:10:29 existing system condition including our
1:10:31 setting within the regional landscape
1:10:33 from a natural and cultural
1:10:35 perspective um which really speaks to
1:10:38 our Park history and our narrative today
1:10:41 and also giving us insights to the
1:10:43 demographics of our community as it is
1:10:45 right now so the graphic above or the
1:10:48 graphic you're seeing here really shows
1:10:50 the current Park system overview with
1:10:53 the 28 total parks uh 27 open spaces and
1:10:57 NGP natural growth protection um
1:11:01 easements for a total of 55 Parks uh we
1:11:05 have 261 Acres of parks and
1:11:08 1,537 Acres of open
1:11:11 spaces and
1:11:13 NGP I believe we have
1:11:16 46.1 miles of trails so pretty
1:11:20 significant um we listed our
1:11:22 accomplishments of the 2018 Park
1:11:24 strategic plan where 17 projects were
1:11:27 completed in including two large
1:11:29 Acquisitions uh the design and start
1:11:32 construction for two parks and
1:11:34 operational goals such as the green is
1:11:36 program and the urban Forest
1:11:39 management uh we looked at our alignment
1:11:41 with other relevant City plans and we
1:11:44 looked at our opportunities and
1:11:45 challenges we have moving
1:11:49 forward in Chapter 2 we look at the park
1:11:52 system evaluation we looked at our park
1:11:55 classifications and added in linear Park
1:11:58 and Greenways to our existing
1:12:00 classifications we analyzed the existing
1:12:02 system for a Park and trail walk shed
1:12:05 map to see where our gaps were without
1:12:07 the throughout the city and as you can
1:12:09 see 68% of residences are within a half
1:12:14 mile walk to parks and open spaces and
1:12:17 56% of residents are within a quarter
1:12:19 mile walk to a trail which is which is
1:12:22 pretty outstanding
1:12:25 um we did benchmarking against Olympia
1:12:27 Redmond and Ashlin Oregon where we have
1:12:31 44.9 Acres of parks and Open Spaces per
1:12:34 1,000 residents and 728 residents per
1:12:39 Park uh we looked at our level of
1:12:41 service condition and mve to a
1:12:44 performance-based evaluation which
1:12:47 evaluates Parks based on performance and
1:12:49 quality of the park spaces just versus
1:12:52 just using um acreage per person which
1:12:55 is typical and has been the norm so far
1:12:59 I would looked at Equity priority
1:13:00 analysis based on environmental justice
1:13:03 index which looks at Social
1:13:05 vulnerability environmental burden and
1:13:08 health
1:13:10 vulnerability in chapter three we get to
1:13:13 the exciting stuff the direction for the
1:13:16 future and this is really where you'll
1:13:19 see the community input come into play
1:13:22 and come
1:13:23 alive um the 20 2018 Park strategic plan
1:13:26 vision is still applicable but the
1:13:28 community really wanted us to focus and
1:13:30 put more emphasis on sustainability and
1:13:33 Environmental Conservation and
1:13:35 preservation uh support diversity and
1:13:37 inclusion of all ages abilities and
1:13:39 cultures and strengthen connections to
1:13:41 Foster mobility throughout the system
1:13:44 and finally seek a stronger balance
1:13:46 between open space and recreational
1:13:48 facilities we looked at the plan's core
1:13:51 values which came out of community input
1:13:54 which were connected activity vibrancy
1:13:57 resiliency and balance which each had
1:14:00 more specific goal statements integrated
1:14:02 that'll be integrated into each project
1:14:05 um each core
1:14:06 value with those set of strategies or
1:14:10 I'm sorry each core value how to set of
1:14:12 strategies which then leads us into
1:14:19 implementation so throughout the
1:14:20 Outreach with the community and the
1:14:22 assessment of the existing Park system
1:14:25 and looking at the philosophy uh behind
1:14:27 the green necklace A New Concept really
1:14:29 started to form for us for the city's
1:14:32 Park system uh we looked at the
1:14:34 intersection between our natural fabric
1:14:36 of the topography the creeks and the
1:14:39 tree canopy and that relationship to our
1:14:42 Trails trail head parks and Open Spaces
1:14:45 uh the migration patterns for habitats
1:14:47 and Wildlife where we have our social
1:14:50 connections and active connections and
1:14:52 where we celebrate our art Arts culture
1:14:54 and history history and all that kind of
1:14:57 culminated into four main themes um that
1:15:01 L overlaid together The Creeks the
1:15:03 valley floor and reaches our forested
1:15:06 hillsides and our Mountain sides and
1:15:08 this really became Creeks to Peaks so
1:15:11 our intent is for every Park and trail
1:15:13 within the city system to become
1:15:15 connected and accessible and so every
1:15:18 person can have their own
1:15:21 personal personal and memorable
1:15:23 experience as they move through
1:15:24 throughout the
1:15:27 system in chapter 4 we look at
1:15:29 implementation because a park system
1:15:31 really isn't successful unless we can
1:15:33 implement the concepts plans and
1:15:35 projects that we are proposing so we
1:15:38 Revisited the 2018 plan and used it as a
1:15:40 Baseline and reconfigured our near Mid
1:15:43 and long-term project list to ensure
1:15:45 that the next 20 years has a strong
1:15:48 Direction that's feasible we reviewed
1:15:51 and modified our ongoing Capital
1:15:52 programs now planning and oper
1:15:54 operational programs to continue funding
1:15:57 critical maintenance and acquisition
1:15:59 strategies for the future we review Park
1:16:02 amenities and what is needed for our
1:16:04 future making sure we are staying
1:16:06 Innovative and dynamic and able to
1:16:09 respond to changes in the community
1:16:11 moving forward we looked at different
1:16:13 funding sources and noted that
1:16:15 Partnerships will be a critical piece to
1:16:17 help expand our active Recreation
1:16:19 opportunities and conservation
1:16:21 efforts and finally we looked at what we
1:16:24 needed to do to to focus on in the
1:16:27 future um such as branding our Creeks to
1:16:29 Peaks concept doing a Trails assessment
1:16:32 plan in enhancing our trail system
1:16:35 enhancing tribal engagement and develop
1:16:37 a robust system of feedback to ensure
1:16:40 cultural resources are highlighted and
1:16:42 protected and to complete a Citywide
1:16:44 Wildlife Corridor
1:16:47 study so that is our brief overview and
1:16:50 the three of us are open for questions
1:16:53 and any discussion
1:16:56 thank you um we'll start with council
1:16:58 member Marts as chair of the services
1:17:01 safety and Parks committee you have a
1:17:03 summary of committee's recommendation on
1:17:05 this item I sure do thank you um chair W
1:17:08 uh council president
1:17:09 Walsh on June 25th
1:17:12 2024 uh the committee first reviewed
1:17:14 draft chapters core values Community
1:17:16 engagement projects and prioritization
1:17:19 and Creeks to Peaks concept
1:17:20 recommendation to maintain emphasis on
1:17:22 trail connections development of
1:17:24 regional sized playing fields and matter
1:17:26 of equity being addressed through the
1:17:28 park system on October 15th following
1:17:31 staff presentation uh no one spoke at
1:17:34 public comment the
1:17:38 council Council comments included the
1:17:40 following committee members thanked Park
1:17:42 staff for a good plan and presentation
1:17:44 committee indicated that they were
1:17:46 impressed by the equity priorities
1:17:47 outlined in the plan committee members
1:17:49 appreciated the amount of community
1:17:51 engagement that was part of this
1:17:53 process committee acknowledge that the
1:17:55 plan is strongly anchored in the needs
1:17:57 of the
1:17:59 community that is
1:18:01 important with the budget challenges the
1:18:03 city is facing the committee consensus
1:18:06 was to recommend adoption of the plan to
1:18:08 the full Council this concludes my
1:18:10 report thank
1:18:12 you okay um does council have any
1:18:16 questions on this item okay council
1:18:19 member
1:18:21 hunt thank you um I believe when we last
1:18:25 met as a council with the um isqua
1:18:28 School Board there was a discussion
1:18:30 around particularly Cricut um and the
1:18:33 fact that there's a growing interest in
1:18:34 having Cricut uh cricket facilities and
1:18:38 I did notice that there's one mention of
1:18:39 Cricut but it's actually that um it's
1:18:43 actually in the focus group uh appendix
1:18:46 and it specifically says subsequent
1:18:48 engagement with a broader range of sport
1:18:50 Representatives including lacrosse
1:18:52 soccer Cricket is needed to understand
1:18:54 and the extent to which input received
1:18:56 during the discussion are shared with
1:18:57 the broader Athletic Field represent
1:18:59 Representatives me that is to say that
1:19:02 Cricket wasn't really there weren't
1:19:04 representatives from a lot of sports in
1:19:05 those focus group discussions and then
1:19:07 there isn't mention of it elsewhere and
1:19:09 so I wondered if you could speak to that
1:19:12 and then also maybe it's how we could
1:19:16 make sure that we're representing um uh
1:19:20 constituencies or groups that want
1:19:22 specific um facilities that that aren't
1:19:26 it's it's hard for them to Advocate I
1:19:28 think for something if they don't
1:19:29 already have those those fields so
1:19:31 something like pickle ball that's you
1:19:33 know a new trend how do we make sure
1:19:35 that we're addressing those sorts of new
1:19:37 trends and then if you can speak to that
1:19:38 generally as well as to Cricket in
1:19:41 particular absolutely uh council member
1:19:43 hunt thank you Jeff Watling parks and
1:19:45 Community Services director uh the topic
1:19:47 of Cricut actually came up at our
1:19:48 October 15th um committee meeting
1:19:50 committee members please join in as well
1:19:53 excellent question
1:19:55 um yeah I think we see addressing
1:19:57 Cricket in a multitude of ways currently
1:19:59 we work with Cricket groups um to
1:20:02 provide Cricut space up at Central Park
1:20:05 um as we talked this through with the
1:20:08 committee I think we identified and
1:20:10 realized as a land constrained City
1:20:12 maybe this gets to that multiuse Sports
1:20:14 um um comment that you made um it's very
1:20:19 difficult for us to plan single use
1:20:21 facilities of any kind of sport whether
1:20:23 it's lacrosse soccer baseball softball
1:20:26 um when you look at an overlay of a
1:20:28 cricket field and how that could
1:20:30 complement um some rectangular Fields
1:20:32 lacrosse soccer Etc uh we really see and
1:20:36 and the park plan speaks to some
1:20:39 priorities when you get into
1:20:40 implementation of athletic fields how we
1:20:41 look at creating multi-use Sports fields
1:20:44 that could accommodate um Cricket um as
1:20:47 well as as well as other sports so
1:20:50 definitely intended to be um part of the
1:20:53 plan um
1:20:57 as well as as other future sports might
1:21:00 arise pickle ball Etc um I think the the
1:21:03 intent of this plan is to remain Nimble
1:21:06 um and remain flexible as those uh
1:21:08 Trends happen um but again I would
1:21:11 emphasize multi-use facilities really is
1:21:14 a priority for us um and much the way
1:21:17 we've addressed pickle ball with 11
1:21:19 pickle ball courts that we didn't have
1:21:20 in 2018 when that plan was adopted but
1:21:23 we now have and our our immensely used
1:21:25 so thanks for the
1:21:28 question council member Marts thank you
1:21:31 um to follow up on that I think that one
1:21:34 of the things that we saw in committee
1:21:35 was that um Cricket pitches are very
1:21:38 very large I did not realize how large a
1:21:41 cricket pitch was um but uh staff showed
1:21:44 how um you can set up if you have a Jon
1:21:48 soccer fields you can basically set up a
1:21:50 pitch between them and have the Central
1:21:53 Area who Name Escapes me uh in that
1:21:56 region between the two soccer fields so
1:21:58 I'm hoping that as time goes by we look
1:22:01 at those sorts of options as we
1:22:02 configure our Fields uh to do uh you
1:22:06 know as needed uh availability to
1:22:08 convert um again as an oned basis to
1:22:12 create those Cricket pitches but it's
1:22:13 really it's essentially equal one
1:22:15 Cricket pitch is equal to two
1:22:17 soccer
1:22:21 thanks I'll double down on this
1:22:26 how would that be represented in the
1:22:29 near-term midterm projects um as a way
1:22:32 to recognize that this is a need of the
1:22:35 community is there a place that lists
1:22:39 you know looking at restriping our
1:22:41 fields or creating
1:22:43 multi-use fields for different
1:22:46 uses I'm going to do this by memory so I
1:22:48 don't have the exact project number but
1:22:50 yes you'll see within near Mid and
1:22:52 longterm a number of athletic field
1:22:54 project projects um tibits re as we
1:22:57 reimagine tibits Valley Park and a look
1:22:59 at athletic fields at tibits Valley Park
1:23:01 that project we will look at how to
1:23:02 incorporate um athletic facilities that
1:23:05 can handle um multiple Sports um as we
1:23:09 uh reinvest in Central Park both the
1:23:12 existing pads as well as um Pad 2 uh the
1:23:16 Central Park facilities we will look at
1:23:19 um how to incorporate multi-use uh
1:23:21 Sports in those um as well and even as
1:23:25 you'll also see in the implementation
1:23:26 strategy uh um opportunities to partner
1:23:29 with the iswa school district and how we
1:23:31 create Community Sports Fields um on
1:23:33 some of the isqua school district
1:23:35 campuses we would also look at how we
1:23:37 could get um creative and flexible with
1:23:39 how we can figure um lines and um
1:23:43 multiple facilities um in one
1:23:47 space great thanks for taking us full
1:23:49 circle on that from question to uh
1:23:52 expansion to implementation
1:23:55 um any other questions coming up on
1:23:58 this seeing none
1:24:01 okay do we have a motion does the chair
1:24:06 want to make it I see the excitement
1:24:10 coming in yes I would very much like to
1:24:14 make it and I will just uh I got caught
1:24:17 a little flat footed out we'll look at
1:24:20 that there we go thank you very much
1:24:22 Deputy Council Pres
1:24:25 I move to adopt resolution number
1:24:28 2024-25 adopting the 2024 Park system
1:24:33 plan is there a
1:24:36 second uh second fantastic the motion um
1:24:40 to approve resolution number 2024-25
1:24:44 adopting the 2024 Park system plan has
1:24:48 been moved and seconded and I'll ask for
1:24:51 Council discussion starting with chair
1:24:53 of service safety and Parks thank you
1:24:56 I'll I'll say what I said in committee
1:24:59 which this is a this is a really good
1:25:01 plan and it's good in a lot of ways but
1:25:05 in particular that it incorporates
1:25:07 feedback in the community and I think
1:25:09 that's really important because um we
1:25:13 have we continue to have serious budget
1:25:15 challenges and I think while it's
1:25:17 important to see the aspiration in this
1:25:20 plan it's also important that the
1:25:22 essentials and why they're essential are
1:25:25 cooked into this plan and so that as you
1:25:28 know as people know uh Parks is uh after
1:25:32 I think Public Safety or you know police
1:25:35 and fire is I think our third most um
1:25:37 expensive element out of the general
1:25:39 fund and so but it's also critically
1:25:41 important in the community and so I
1:25:43 think that's why this plan is is so
1:25:45 important as we move forward
1:25:47 understanding if we do have to uh take
1:25:49 additional looks at at where we have
1:25:51 budget challenges I think we'll be very
1:25:53 very well
1:25:56 by thank you any other comments council
1:26:00 member
1:26:01 Joe thank you um as a member of the
1:26:04 services committee I had an opportunity
1:26:06 to listen to the various presentations
1:26:08 for this park plan and I'm very pleased
1:26:10 at at how it's turned out um again the
1:26:12 public uh comments and surveys that were
1:26:15 done give us a great picture of what our
1:26:17 citizens would really like to see out
1:26:19 their park system um one thing that I
1:26:22 would point out that was in the
1:26:23 presentation from
1:26:24 uh this evening was that uh our citizens
1:26:28 are within a very short distance to
1:26:31 actual Trail heads so you're able to get
1:26:34 out into the uh the wild the Wilderness
1:26:38 the nature so to speak uh without too
1:26:40 much of an effort um and that's
1:26:42 something that's that's really important
1:26:44 that we you don't often see uh in
1:26:47 communities the other statistic that um
1:26:50 struck me was uh the way that uh we have
1:26:54 have very low how do I put this um from
1:26:58 an equity point of view we have very low
1:27:01 pollution or externalities that are
1:27:03 impacting the lived the living
1:27:06 environment for our citizens in other
1:27:08 words the the park system serves as a
1:27:11 sponge for the water serves as a filter
1:27:13 for the air uh and makes uh isqua a
1:27:15 great place to live because we've
1:27:17 thought out and uh really plan for parks
1:27:20 along the way so that the impacts that
1:27:23 you see in some other commun ities on an
1:27:25 equity um uh impact are not president
1:27:29 isqua I think that says quite a bit for
1:27:31 the long-term planning of our parks
1:27:33 department and our citizens and the the
1:27:36 councils before us uh when they planned
1:27:38 on these issues um and then finally I
1:27:41 would just like to say that I really
1:27:44 applaud the the parks department and the
1:27:46 parks director for the way this plan
1:27:49 also is designed not to sit on a shelf
1:27:52 in other words the plan has an
1:27:54 implementation section to it there are
1:27:56 steps along the way to go after
1:27:58 additional funding to go after uh
1:28:00 sources uh um that can help us leverage
1:28:04 with the school district or our other
1:28:05 partners like the tribe to uh really
1:28:08 enhance the park system that we have and
1:28:09 so I'm very excited to see this go
1:28:12 forward I'm look forward to the trail
1:28:14 study that'll be coming later uh in this
1:28:16 process as well so that we can continue
1:28:18 to enhance our parks and make them a
1:28:20 great asset for our city our city so
1:28:23 thank you to the Parks Department and
1:28:24 thank you to the administration for all
1:28:26 the hard work in making this
1:28:28 possible thank you any other
1:28:33 comments okay I'll go ahead and add in
1:28:37 uh this plan reminds me of the esqua
1:28:40 climate action plan and that's a good
1:28:42 thing um because it's not just a we want
1:28:47 to create a vision gosh darn and then
1:28:50 put it out there and nothing could be
1:28:52 done from it this is a plan that looks
1:28:57 at particularly defining our core values
1:29:01 and then judging everything based on
1:29:03 that which is a good thing it means
1:29:05 we're doing an effective job at defining
1:29:09 what we want out of a perk system and
1:29:12 then saying and how do those specific
1:29:15 projects um address those needs so I
1:29:19 like that I like the fact that we've got
1:29:21 near-term midterm and long-term projects
1:29:24 I like the way that it addresses Equity
1:29:27 um I hope the park Sy or the park board
1:29:29 uses this in the same way that the
1:29:31 environmental board has and you know
1:29:33 looks back at what the challenges they
1:29:36 had um which one of which the difficult
1:29:39 thing with this is going to be you laid
1:29:41 out all of the great plans and all of
1:29:44 the um things that we would love to do
1:29:47 in a near term period and there isn't
1:29:50 budget for it so we're going to have to
1:29:52 work through that cont conflict and
1:29:55 address even though these are the things
1:29:58 we would like to get done in the near
1:30:00 near term without the
1:30:03 budget you know associated with that um
1:30:07 I think those are some of the conflicts
1:30:09 that we will end up
1:30:11 addressing the other thing that I would
1:30:13 say just as someone who wants to make
1:30:16 sure we are doing more implementation
1:30:20 than planning is just to make sure that
1:30:23 we not going to have to come back and do
1:30:26 this big of a plan in six years I know
1:30:29 the cycle on this is a six-year update
1:30:32 so that we can be um available for
1:30:36 Grants um but this gives us a 20year
1:30:41 scope of where we would like to do so I
1:30:43 would hope when we come back in six
1:30:45 years that we would be able to do a
1:30:48 lighter touch than having a 2-year 11
1:30:52 meeting countless staff hours and
1:30:55 consultant um tasks because I think this
1:30:58 gives us a good um starting point and I
1:31:01 think it's something that we'll have to
1:31:03 have legs to really see how it does and
1:31:06 whether or not we can adapt to it
1:31:09 because in my mind one of the worst
1:31:12 things would be to do all of this
1:31:15 planning not have the money to implement
1:31:18 those things and then go back and do
1:31:20 more planning um if we cannot do do
1:31:24 these projects
1:31:26 effectively I still think those projects
1:31:28 are our next steps and I would hope that
1:31:32 we would refrain
1:31:35 from redoing our planning um in such a
1:31:38 large scale in a six-year period so
1:31:42 checking back in seeing if any other um
1:31:46 comments on
1:31:48 this if there's no further discussion
1:31:51 the motion before council is to approve
1:31:52 resolution number 2024-25 adopting the
1:31:56 2024 Park system plan all those in favor
1:31:59 signify by saying I I those
1:32:03 opposed that passes unanimously thank
1:32:07 you to your project and
1:32:11 check okay next we've got committee and
1:32:14 Regional reports starting with council
1:32:18 member
1:32:19 Joe thank you um November 20th the
1:32:22 Cascade water Alliance board will will
1:32:24 be meeting uh November 6th the Cascade
1:32:27 water Alliance public affairs committee
1:32:28 will be meeting uh a summary of some of
1:32:32 the uh the items on the last Cascade
1:32:36 board Alliance border board Alliance
1:32:38 meeting excuse me that the mayor
1:32:40 attended um she wanted to pass on um
1:32:44 that um the board authorized a
1:32:47 $350,000 contract with Petr Tech to
1:32:51 provide services in updating members
1:32:54 risk and resiliency assessments and
1:32:57 emergency response plans um she noted it
1:32:59 would be a good um opportunity for us to
1:33:03 ensure that this work is coordinated
1:33:05 with our own City work in emergency
1:33:07 planning and other departments so that
1:33:09 there is not duplicative efforts to
1:33:12 complete this work for our
1:33:14 city um they ALS they also received a
1:33:17 staff presentation on the update on the
1:33:19 wholesale contract Proposal with Tacoma
1:33:22 Water um and the project to update uh uh
1:33:26 Lake Taps so the uh board will continue
1:33:30 to get updates there's going to be a a
1:33:32 little bit more of a deep dive for board
1:33:34 members in
1:33:36 November um in the report that was sent
1:33:39 to you this evening the monthly report
1:33:41 Cascade water Alliance does note that on
1:33:44 October 6th and 7th they were there at
1:33:46 Sam dayss they had about 300 people that
1:33:48 stopped by the booth to learn about
1:33:50 water conservation and they were also
1:33:52 present at salmon on Sunset uh if you
1:33:55 attended that event so Cascade is trying
1:33:57 to get out into the communities and um
1:33:59 make sure that member communities are
1:34:01 getting that type of
1:34:02 support
1:34:04 and eltac finally will be meeting on
1:34:07 November 20th at
1:34:09 3m. um at tibet's manner the agenda has
1:34:13 not been set yet that concludes my
1:34:14 report thank you thank you council
1:34:17 member Hall has an excused absence so
1:34:18 council member
1:34:20 hunt thank you council president Walsh
1:34:23 uh we have an up coming meeting of the
1:34:24 council Planning Development and
1:34:26 environment uh committee on Wednesday
1:34:29 November 6th so that's an unusual day
1:34:32 for that committee um at 6:30 p.m. here
1:34:34 in council chambers we have one item
1:34:37 which is Comm
1:34:38 0070 M 18 update middle middle housing
1:34:42 regulations um and then I have one other
1:34:45 upcoming meeting on November 8th which
1:34:47 is this coming Friday I have a coky
1:34:49 management um committee meeting and we
1:34:53 are going to be doing some future
1:34:55 planning uh looking at budgetary
1:34:57 guidance for example for 2026 that
1:35:00 concludes my
1:35:02 report thank you council member Ray um
1:35:05 thank you council president the November
1:35:07 12th Mobility infrastructure committee
1:35:09 meeting has been cancelled at this time
1:35:11 there are no the committee does not plan
1:35:13 to meet until 2025 and that concludes my
1:35:17 report wow we to just move it on okay
1:35:20 appreciate that council member Mars
1:35:23 thank you this cities Association public
1:35:25 issues committee will be meeting
1:35:26 Wednesday November 13th from 7il 9:00
1:35:29 p.m. the meeting will be virtual
1:35:32 included in that meeting is an update to
1:35:34 the psrc regional Safety Action Plan an
1:35:37 update on the public health uh Seattle
1:35:39 King County strategic plan and a
1:35:42 discussion of on-site sewage and septic
1:35:44 system code
1:35:45 revisions then uh the next services
1:35:49 safety and Parks committee meeting will
1:35:50 actually occur before the next uh
1:35:53 regular council meeting and that will be
1:35:55 Tuesday November 19th at 6:30 p.m. here
1:35:59 in council chambers and we will be uh
1:36:02 discussing the urban Forest management
1:36:03 plan draft in the inclusive housing
1:36:06 investment pool application this
1:36:08 concludes my report thank you Deputy
1:36:11 council president D Michelle thank you
1:36:13 um I have no report but uh the Eastside
1:36:16 Transportation partnership will hold its
1:36:18 November meeting this Friday November
1:36:20 8th at 8:00 a.m. and we'll be taking up
1:36:22 the ETP legislative priorities which we
1:36:25 will be discussing briefly under good of
1:36:28 the order thank
1:36:29 you great and looking at my committee
1:36:35 report um the growth management planning
1:36:38 board will meet this
1:36:40 Thursday um there are three discussion
1:36:43 uh topics the 2024 housing monitoring
1:36:46 update we're also going to receive the
1:36:48 regional Safety Action Plan development
1:36:51 and a Transit oriented development
1:36:54 events
1:36:55 recap the King County affordable housing
1:36:58 committee is going to review four more
1:37:00 comprehensive plans we're getting down
1:37:02 to the very end of it um and then also
1:37:05 their draft legislative agenda and then
1:37:10 um Deputy council president D Michelle
1:37:13 and I met along with City administrator
1:37:16 Bob quitz with the school district um
1:37:19 board leadership and um we touch based
1:37:24 on the school bond um discussed uh
1:37:27 potential The Joint meeting that we're
1:37:30 looking to host in q1 between the
1:37:34 council and the school board um we had
1:37:37 put forth a potential date in March
1:37:41 we're looking for a location we're going
1:37:44 to give that to the school board to
1:37:47 review at their November 14th meeting
1:37:50 and then it will come to us for um
1:37:53 potential date so that we can see what
1:37:56 options work for
1:37:58 everyone um we provided a brief update
1:38:02 on the pool Expansion Project discussing
1:38:05 some early public engagement and Survey
1:38:08 feedback and then checked in on the
1:38:10 partnership with the isquat police
1:38:12 department and school district and we
1:38:15 received an enrollment update for the
1:38:18 school district saying that the high
1:38:20 school level is stable um however
1:38:23 they've seen an increase to running
1:38:24 start potentially because the high
1:38:26 schools are so crowded um the elementary
1:38:29 and middle schools are slightly below
1:38:32 projections in certain areas of the
1:38:34 district but not overall and
1:38:36 kindergarten is higher than projected
1:38:38 which gives them a sense that things may
1:38:40 be returning um to normal in the
1:38:44 district so that concludes my report and
1:38:48 I'm going to go on to the mayor's report
1:38:51 um there is an executive session this
1:38:52 evening to discuss collective bargaining
1:38:56 42314
1:38:57 per4 the item is expected to take
1:39:00 approximately 15 minutes action is not
1:39:02 anticipated to follow an open
1:39:04 session uh tomorrow you may know is
1:39:07 election day Tuesday November 5th um
1:39:11 there's still time to turn in your
1:39:12 ballot and the Dropbox outside of City
1:39:14 Hall will close at 800 p.m. so make a
1:39:18 plan to vote if you have not
1:39:20 already uh two upcoming events the East
1:39:23 Side virtual job fair on November 14th
1:39:26 looking for a new job opportunity in
1:39:28 isqua the easts side virtual job fair is
1:39:31 happening on Thursday November 14th from
1:39:34 10:00 a.m. to 1: p.m. and is a perfect
1:39:36 place for job Seekers to interact with
1:39:38 local isqua employers to find a role
1:39:40 that matches their interests the fair is
1:39:43 in partnership with local Eastside
1:39:44 cities and private public and nonprofit
1:39:47 groups to register for the fair as a job
1:39:50 Seeker or business please visit the city
1:39:52 of isqua of event
1:39:54 calendar uh the fall Farmers Market is
1:39:57 set to take place on Saturday November
1:40:00 23rd inside the Pickering B from 9:00
1:40:03 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. come support our local
1:40:05 farmers and vendors by getting a head
1:40:07 start on holiday shopping before
1:40:09 Thanksgiving we keep sneaking in some
1:40:11 extra farmers markets in there it's not
1:40:14 not seasoned but they had one at Boo at
1:40:16 the barn this one here great okay um
1:40:22 there are no information updates tonight
1:40:24 so the next item of business is good of
1:40:28 order and I've got a few items but do
1:40:32 you want to go ahead Deputy council
1:40:33 president sure so uh we did distribute
1:40:37 um than to City administrator Bob Kitz
1:40:40 we distributed the uh Eastside
1:40:43 Transportation um partnership uh
1:40:45 legislative priorities the top three
1:40:48 that it pretty much mirrors our concerns
1:40:51 I would say the top three are um number
1:40:54 one is continued funding for the move
1:40:56 ahead Washington package uh the second
1:40:58 one is uh more State investments in
1:41:02 regional and local Transit funding and
1:41:04 the third one is promoting and
1:41:06 incentivizing Technologies and
1:41:08 infrastructure that reduce carbon
1:41:10 emissions and support environmentally
1:41:12 responsible transportation and Mobility
1:41:14 options so those are the top three uh
1:41:17 legislative priorities and those are
1:41:19 followed by more details on those and uh
1:41:22 other items that were suggested by
1:41:25 various members of this Eastside
1:41:27 Transportation partnership which does
1:41:29 represent 21 different um municipalities
1:41:33 on the east side
1:41:35 and um Council District uh uh County
1:41:40 Council District number three so um uh
1:41:45 I'm just opening up if anybody has
1:41:47 suggestions or would like to um make
1:41:51 comment on those before we go back on
1:41:54 Friday when we are scheduled to adopt
1:41:56 the priorities at the
1:41:59 ET there anybody that has anything they
1:42:01 would like to add or correct or
1:42:06 change okay all right thank you very
1:42:08 much uh if something comes to you before
1:42:11 Friday like just let me know
1:42:13 thanks okay council member Joe thank you
1:42:17 uh many of you may know that barb D
1:42:19 Michelle serves on the board Development
1:42:21 Committee for the garage um I have the
1:42:24 pleasure of serving on the board there
1:42:26 um each month the the teens there uh
1:42:29 during the school year hold a teen panel
1:42:32 um where they um talk about their teen
1:42:34 voices and the things that they're um
1:42:36 being challenged with in the community
1:42:38 um for instance uh I heard one of the
1:42:42 panels on how to be an ally for teens in
1:42:46 our community that I thought was very
1:42:47 interesting this next one on November
1:42:49 12th at 6 p.m. might interest uh all of
1:42:52 us um there we going to be talking about
1:42:54 um how to become civically engaged uh in
1:42:57 our community um these uh students of
1:43:00 course are 16 17 and 18 are going to be
1:43:03 voters soon and I think the conversation
1:43:05 will be pretty enlightening in terms of
1:43:07 um discovering what our youth are
1:43:09 thinking and also um trying to um uh um
1:43:14 make sure that they are civically
1:43:16 engaged in our community so that they
1:43:18 feel that isqua is their home as well so
1:43:21 that's November 12th 6 p.m. at the teen
1:43:24 garage by the community center thank you
1:43:26 and unfortunately that's 30 minutes
1:43:29 before our committee of the whole um
1:43:31 meeting but appreciate
1:43:35 that we've got a committee of the whole
1:43:37 meeting on November 12th Tuesday
1:43:40 November 12th yeah maybe have the date
1:43:42 right wrong you're right so it's uh
1:43:46 actually uh November 13th but I'll check
1:43:49 that date I think 13 Wednesdays makes
1:43:51 more Wednesday the 13th okay ftic thank
1:43:54 you for catching that appreciate it
1:43:56 great uh council member
1:43:59 hunt thank you um yesterday I attended
1:44:03 the uh Dia deos mortos Day of the Dead
1:44:06 celebration that was put on um by the
1:44:09 circle uh volunteer um community group
1:44:12 as well as the city of isqua and uh I
1:44:15 just wanted to express my appreciation
1:44:17 for all the um all of the folks that
1:44:20 make uh that event happen every year um
1:44:24 it seems like it every year there are
1:44:25 more families um enjoying and and
1:44:28 partaking in that uh celebration and I
1:44:32 really appreciate
1:44:33 it right thank you okay I've got a few
1:44:39 things to update here first of
1:44:42 all next year I could really use some
1:44:44 help with pumpkin
1:44:47 dery we had a little bit of a rollover
1:44:50 situation um which I'm sure you guys
1:44:53 we'll see when you get a chance to
1:44:55 review the video which will be coming
1:44:57 out um
1:44:59 so we made it down all of the other
1:45:02 times our pumpkin stayed on which was
1:45:04 one of my big goals um but we did not
1:45:07 win anything so just putting it out
1:45:11 there um in other things uh just three
1:45:16 things for you guys to know about uh
1:45:18 budget questions if you want it in next
1:45:22 Tuesday's meeting and the Tuesday
1:45:24 meeting it needs to be in by tomorrow
1:45:27 morning um so use the um little
1:45:30 information for the budget question
1:45:34 repository uh we've gotten two requests
1:45:38 for potential dates there's an email for
1:45:41 a middle housing date um that we need
1:45:45 you to reply to that is going to be a
1:45:48 walking tour of Oldtown area so if
1:45:52 you'll look at those two potential dates
1:45:54 and let us know that would be great and
1:45:57 then um the one that I think they're
1:45:59 asking for response on tonight is the
1:46:02 legislative breakfast date options so
1:46:05 we've been given two date options
1:46:07 November 20th or December 5th um both of
1:46:12 them I believe if I'm not mistaken are
1:46:16 Saturdays what are they no November 20th
1:46:21 is a Wednesday
1:46:24 and December 5th is a Thursday so those
1:46:27 would both be early morning usually it
1:46:30 starts at what 8: a.m. all of that so if
1:46:35 there are any issues that anybody has
1:46:38 with either of those dates please let us
1:46:44 know not seeing any so I'm going to
1:46:48 assume then we can pass it on and just
1:46:51 make it a choice of the legislators or
1:46:53 staff yeah I think we were leaning
1:46:55 toward the 20th so okay and we'll
1:46:58 confirm that over the next couple okay
1:47:01 sounds good much
1:47:04 appreciated
1:47:05 um any issues with doing that before the
1:47:08 election is
1:47:12 certified okay fantastic just you know
1:47:16 just thinking ahead on those things um
1:47:18 okay so that is good of the order I'm
1:47:22 sorry yeah go ahead I I don't quite
1:47:25 understand that say that again because
1:47:27 because historically we have had some
1:47:29 elections that are extremely close that
1:47:32 might not be resolved by that when when
1:47:34 when's the election certified I believe
1:47:36 it's the 27th 29th i' have to look if
1:47:40 there's an issue we'll address it at the
1:47:43 time unless unless the
1:47:46 council feel very strongly this
1:47:50 evening okay um
1:47:53 I think given how close some elections
1:47:55 have been in the recent past it would be
1:47:57 wise to to do it after
1:48:00 the certified by all right so we can do
1:48:03 the December date then
1:48:06 okay okay
1:48:09 fantastic
1:48:11 um okay any other good of the order
1:48:13 items nope okay I'll just note um some
1:48:17 upcoming Council meetings Tuesday
1:48:19 November 12th uh we have a committee of
1:48:21 the whole meeting anticipated items
1:48:24 include the 2025 2026 budget
1:48:27 deliberations Monday November 18th uh
1:48:30 Committee of the whole meeting
1:48:31 anticipated items include also the
1:48:33 budget deliberations the comprehensive
1:48:36 plan periodic update and the Citywide
1:48:38 strategic Plan update that's going to be
1:48:41 a hefty one so you know come with your
1:48:44 energy on that uh Monday November 25th a
1:48:48 regular city council meeting um this is
1:48:50 being held one week later than normal
1:48:53 due to impacts of the Veterans Day
1:48:55 holiday anticipated agenda items include
1:48:58 the 2025 property tax levy adoption and
1:49:01 the school's Z speed
1:49:03 camera and our next item of business is
1:49:06 an executive
1:49:08 session
1:49:10 so um there is an executive session this
1:49:14 evening to discuss collective bargaining
1:49:16 per rc42 do314 P4 this item is expected
1:49:21 to take approximately 15 minutes action
1:49:23 is not anticipated to follow an open
1:49:25 session please note executive sessions
1:49:28 are closed to the public so we will now
1:49:31 go into executive session

Attendance

Council / Members (6)
Barbara de Michele
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
Excused
Zach Hall

Motions and votes (1)

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. a) ID 1739 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Nov. 4, 2024, $3,422,742.85 MOTION: Approved. b) Minutes: City Council Committee of the Whole, Sept. 30, 2024 MOTION: Approved. c) Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, Sept. 30, 2024 MOTION: Approved. d) Minute…
Moved by DE MICHELE · seconded by MARTS
Carried 6-0
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh