City Council Regular Meeting · Monday, November 25, 2024 · City Council Digest

3. SPECIAL BUSINESS

Small Business Saturday Proclamation ID 1715

5 min · packet pp.5

Topics: Economic Development

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Staff report:

SPECIAL BUSINESS a) 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

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Nov. 25, 2024, $11,179,360.16 ID 1740

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.7–31

Topics: Budget

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Staff report:

Finance Department P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 PH: 425-837-3050 www.issaquahwa.gov

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE

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

Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, Nov. 4, 2024

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.33–37

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR b) 11-04-24 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers November 4, 2024 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE

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

Minutes: City Council Committee of the Whole, Nov. 12, 2024

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.39–40

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Nov 18, 2024

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR c) 11-12-24 City Council Committee of the Whole Page (1) Minutes CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Committee-of-the-Whole 6:30 PM Council Chambers November 12, 2024 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE

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

Newport Way Maple to Sunset Improvements Project (TR 023) Design Agreement Supplement AB 8889

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.41–98

Topics: Transportation

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Sep 19, 2022

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Staff report:

On March 5, 2018, City Council authorized a design contract with Perteet, Inc. (AB 7529) for the development of construction plans and specifications for the Newport Way - Maple to Sunset Project in the amount of $2,592,238.00. This agreement was extended with design supplement #1, on February 25, 2020.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE

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

Amending Community Planning and Development Fees AB 8898

Carried 7-0

Adopt Ordinances · packet pp.99–144

Topics: Land UseBudget

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Staff report:

Permitting fees are adopted in the Issaquah Municipal Code (IMC) 3.64, 16.04 and 16.06. IMC 3.64 establishes land use and site work permit fees, the fees for building/plumbing/mechanical permits and inspections are in the Construction Administrative Code in IMC 16.04, and International Fire Code operational permit fees are in IMC 16.06.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE

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

Dept. of Commerce Grant for Gibson Hall Improvements AB 8917

Carried 7-0

Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.145–179

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

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Staff report:

Kiwanis Club of Issaquah (Kiwanis) has a long history with Gibson Hall, participating in its initial construction from a park shelter to a meeting hall in 1948, and then leasing the building from the City since 1952 in a rent-free lease in exchange for expanding, maintaining, and managing the building for the benefit of the community. Kiwanis members remodeled the building extensively and added the north wing, which includes a kitchen and restrooms.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE

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

King County Senior Center Grant AB 8923

Carried 7-0

Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.181–223

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Staff report:

Approved by voters, the Veterans, Seniors and Human Services Levy (VSHSL) is a six-year property tax levy renewal to promote healthy living, housing stability, financial stability, social engagement, and service system improvement and service system access for veterans and military servicemembers and their respective families, seniors and their caregivers and vulnerable populations. The VSHSL expands and builds on the success of the former Veterans and Human Services levies approved by King County in 2005, 2011 and 2017.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE

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

Human Services Pooled Funds Interlocal Agreement AB 8935

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.225–235

Topics: BudgetEquity

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Staff report:

The cities, also known as Northeast Funders, currently operate under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dating to 2004 which provides for collaboration among the parties. The purpose of the proposed interlocal agreement is to continue to provide for a Human Services Pooled Fund to jointly contract for and administer a portion of their human services funds into single contracts with human services agencies and to cover costs associated with the Pooled Fund administration.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE

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

Interlocal Agreements for Jail Services: Black Diamond, Buckley, Newcastle AB 8937

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.237–275

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Staff report:

The City has a 72-bed jail and contracts with numerous local agencies to provide jail services for individuals who have committed misdemeanor offenses. Meanwhile, the cost of operating the jail continues to increase. As part of balancing the City's proposed 2025-26 budget, the City committed to reviewing the cost of operating the jail and adjusting the jail rates to be more in line with actual costs. The proposed agreements for jail services include 2025 rate increases as shown in the Financial Information section. The City will continue to analyze jail costs with the goal of full cost recovery. This analysis is likely to result in additional rate increases in future years.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE

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

2024 Unclaimed Property Report, Cancellation of Unredeemed City Checks AB 8938

Carried 7-0

Approve Resolution · packet pp.277–282

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Staff report:

On an annual basis, the City of Issaquah is required to report to the Washington DOR as well as any other applicable state(s), all checks that meet the definition of unclaimed property (RCW 63.30). In Washington State, the abandonment period for all unredeemed checks is one year. The 2024 reporting year includes an abandonment range of July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE

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

Jail Services Contract with Sunnyside AB 8943

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.283–297

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Staff report:

The City has a jail which holds inmates with misdemeanor offenses. However, at times an individual may exceed the City's facility needs.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE

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

6. REGULAR BUSINESS

2025 Property Tax Levy AB 8886

Carried 7-0

Adopt Ordinance · 20 min · packet pp.299–321

Topics: Land UseBudget

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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.

Roll call:

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

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

Utility Tax Increase AB 8942

Carried 7-0

Adopt Ordinance · 30 min · packet pp.323–341

Topics: Land UseBudget

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Staff report:

The State empowers cities and towns to levy utility taxes through the same general authority that allows the collection of the business and occupation (B&O) tax. It is important to distinguish the difference between utility rates and utility tax rates. While utility rates support the utilities themselves, utility tax revenues accrue to the General Fund and can be used for general government purposes. Utility taxes are levied upon the gross operating revenues of both public and private utilities and are typically passed directly onto the rate payers by the utilities themselves.

Roll call:

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

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

Amendment considered (1):

AMENDMENT: And refer consideration of a school zone speed camera at Grand Ridge Elementary School to the Services, Safety, and Parks Committee in first quarter 2025. There being no objection, the amendment was approved by unanimous consent. The following motion was pending: Carried by unanimous consent

Moved by Councilmember Marts · seconded by Councilmember Hunt

School Zone Speed Camera AB 8894

Carried 6-1

Authorize · 45 min · packet pp.343–398

Topics: Public SafetySchools

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Staff report:

The City’s current School Zone Safety Program was adopted in 2008 with a single location at 2nd Ave SE near Issaquah Middle School and High School. This program is meant to more safely address speeding behavior from drivers in school zone areas during school hours by transferring enforcement from a live, on-site police officer to an automated camera system. Revenues from this program are used to fund transportation and traffic improvements.

Roll call:

Moved by Councilmember Marts · seconded by Councilmember Hall

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

Opposed: and Council President Lindsey Walsh

9. GOOD OF THE ORDER

Upcoming Council Meetings

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10. EXECUTIVE SESSION

10a

Executive Session - Property Acquisition per RCW 42.30.110(1)(b) ID 1773

20 min

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10b

Executive Session Pending/Potential Litigation, Action to Follow in Open Session ID 1772

15 min

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11. OPEN SESSION

11a

Motion Regarding Executive Session Item

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0:11 ↗ good evening and welcome everyone I'm

0:13 ↗ calling the November 25th city council

0:15 ↗ meeting to order this meeting is being

0:17 ↗ held one week later than normal due to

0:20 ↗ the impacts of the Veterans Day holiday

0:22 ↗ earlier this month as a reminder we

0:24 ↗ still continue to have a remote aspect

0:26 ↗ to our meetings and both staff members

0:28 ↗ and members of the public May be

0:30 ↗ participating in tonight's meeting

0:31 ↗ remotely via

0:33 ↗ webx we are hopeful that council member

0:36 ↗ Joe may be attending but he has let us

0:38 ↗ know that he's not feeling well so we'll

0:41 ↗ update and there is also technical

0:44 ↗ problems related to likely the storm

0:47 ↗ that happened last week so we'll let you

0:48 ↗ know if he joins our meeting if not he

0:51 ↗ has an excused absence before we get

0:53 ↗ started I'd like to announce that we

0:55 ↗ will be providing an update on the

0:57 ↗ Windstorm after the proclamation tonight

0:59 ↗ we doing that under special business so

1:02 ↗ the first item of the agenda this

1:04 ↗ evening is the Pledge of Allegiance and

1:05 ↗ I welcome you all to

1:08 ↗ join I pledge aliance to the flag United

1:12 ↗ States of America to the

1:25 ↗ rep the first item under special

1:27 ↗ business is ID 1715 this is small

1:30 ↗ business Saturday Proclamation and I'd

1:32 ↗ like to invite Chris with the city's

1:34 ↗ economic Vitality commission and Monica

1:36 ↗ with the greater isquat chamber and

1:40 ↗ Lindsay Pinkston from Isa from Highlands

1:43 ↗ Council and Jen Davis Hayes from our

1:45 ↗ staff to come and join me up over here

1:47 ↗ at the

1:55 ↗ podium evening thank you for making it

2:02 ↗ Dan you're G to join us

2:06 ↗ too we go cozy

2:09 ↗ cozy whereas the Saturday after

2:11 ↗ Thanksgiving every year is recognized as

2:14 ↗ small business Saturday and whereas the

2:16 ↗ city of isqua celebrates our local small

2:18 ↗ businesses and the contributions they

2:20 ↗ make to our local economy and community

2:23 ↗ and whereas according to the United

2:25 ↗ States small business administration

2:27 ↗ small businesses make up 99.7% % of all

2:30 ↗ businesses in the United States and

2:32 ↗ these small businesses are responsible

2:35 ↗ for 64% of new net jobs created since

2:39 ↗ 1995 and whereas most consumers

2:41 ↗ understand the importance of supporting

2:43 ↗ local small businesses especially on

2:45 ↗ small business Saturday and report this

2:48 ↗ day encourages them to shop small all

2:50 ↗ year long and whereas issaqua loyal

2:53 ↗ encourages the isqua community to shop

2:55 ↗ local and small and community members

2:57 ↗ can find local small businesses this

2:59 ↗ this year by using visit isqua's holiday

3:02 ↗ shopping guide and whereas our vision

3:05 ↗ partners the collaboration of economic

3:07 ↗ development organizations support the

3:10 ↗ success of small businesses throughout

3:11 ↗ the

3:12 ↗ year and now therefore I Mary Le poly

3:15 ↗ the mayor of the city of isqua do

3:17 ↗ recognize November 30th 2024 to be small

3:20 ↗ business Saturday in the city of isqua

3:22 ↗ and I invite the community to join me in

3:24 ↗ shopping isqua Loyal by supporting small

3:27 ↗ businesses and Merchants and I would

3:30 ↗ like to invite Monica and Chris to come

3:32 ↗ to the microphone introduce yourself I

3:33 ↗ know you both have a few words to

3:37 ↗ share hi my name is Monica I'm with the

3:39 ↗ chamber and I would like to thank you

3:42 ↗ for the opportunity to speak this

3:44 ↗ evening and for the pro Proclamation

3:46 ↗ honoring Small Business Week it is truly

3:48 ↗ an honor to accept this recognition on

3:50 ↗ behalf of our small business community

3:53 ↗ in the wake of the recent Windstorm we

3:54 ↗ need to support our local businesses the

3:57 ↗ need to support our local businesses has

3:59 ↗ never been more crucial shopping locally

4:02 ↗ not only strengthens our economy economy

4:04 ↗ but also helps sustain the heart and

4:06 ↗ soul of our community during challenging

4:08 ↗ times thank you once again for

4:10 ↗ acknowledging the vital role that

4:11 ↗ businesses play in the fabric of our

4:13 ↗ city this Proclamation means a great

4:15 ↗ deal to all of us thank

4:23 ↗ you good evening City Council Members

4:25 ↗ Madame mayor um members of the public

4:28 ↗ and staff my name is Chris Richley I am

4:30 ↗ the economic Vitality commission chair

4:32 ↗ and local resident of

4:34 ↗ isqua uh when you think about small

4:36 ↗ business small business is the heart of

4:37 ↗ a community any thriving Community small

4:39 ↗ business is what drives it it it runs it

4:43 ↗ small businesses turn into big

4:44 ↗ businesses right but when you

4:46 ↗ specifically think about isqua you think

4:49 ↗ about places like Gilman Village the

4:51 ↗ highlands the work lofs just to name a

4:53 ↗ few they all need our support our heart

4:56 ↗ needs support because of the last couple

4:58 ↗ days a few days with the Windstorm the

5:00 ↗ power outage I encourage our community

5:03 ↗ to very much utilize the small business

5:05 ↗ Saturday not just Saturday but beyond I

5:08 ↗ would encourage our community to also

5:10 ↗ recommend visiting isqua to friends and

5:12 ↗ families from outside of isqua to come

5:14 ↗ and visit isqua so they can too support

5:17 ↗ the community that such as a small

5:19 ↗ business um our heart needs more support

5:21 ↗ now than recent

5:23 ↗ events with our diversity of small

5:25 ↗ businesses I'm confident small

5:26 ↗ businesses for everyone and some small

5:29 ↗ business success creates and maintains a

5:31 ↗ thriving Community thank you for the

5:34 ↗ proclamation thank you Monica and Chris

5:37 ↗ and you know in light of the storm what

5:39 ↗ they've said is just so important to our

5:41 ↗ local business environment so thank you

5:43 ↗ all and Round of Applause and then let's

5:45 ↗ throw a

5:48 ↗ picture okay are we a big enough group

5:50 ↗ should we move over ah whatever

5:56 ↗ okay we know the drill guys

5:59 ↗ time

6:07 ↗ [Music]

6:55 ↗ just letting everyone know council

6:56 ↗ member Joe was able to join us welcome

6:58 ↗ council member

7:01 ↗ the next item of special business is

7:04 ↗ unexpected update on the Windstorm that

7:06 ↗ we have been living with for the last

7:08 ↗ six days on November 19th and 20th we

7:11 ↗ had extremely high winds come through

7:13 ↗ iscoa creating damage to homes

7:15 ↗ businesses and critical infrastructure

7:17 ↗ throughout our community in response on

7:19 ↗ November 20th I issued an emergency

7:22 ↗ Proclamation I'd like to invite our

7:23 ↗ emergency manager Jared Snyder to

7:25 ↗ provide an update on the city's response

7:28 ↗ to the Storm come on up Jared glad

7:30 ↗ you're still awake nice to see yes a

7:33 ↗ minor

7:34 ↗ miracle not great all just share my

7:37 ↗ [Music]

7:56 ↗ screen even my computer is tired

8:01 ↗ all right fantastic uh can everyone see

8:03 ↗ the slides online and uh hear me okay

8:05 ↗ great well hello everybody um yes my

8:08 ↗ name is Jared Schneider I'm the

8:09 ↗ emergency manager for the city of isqua

8:11 ↗ um the events over the last week have

8:14 ↗ necessitated this visit so I'm happy

8:17 ↗ here to represent only a small fraction

8:20 ↗ of the response of the city of visa to

8:22 ↗ this event and I'm going to try to do my

8:24 ↗ best to portray everything that has

8:27 ↗ happened um in the in the last few days

8:29 ↗ and and all the good work that has

8:31 ↗ happened and will continue to

8:33 ↗ work so as the mayor said um November

8:36 ↗ 19th was a historic event um

8:43 ↗ oh okay

8:47 ↗ oh okay all right that's better all

8:49 ↗ right yes okay thank you everybody um so

8:52 ↗ um yes as I mentioned you know it was a

8:54 ↗ historic event and in some ways you know

8:56 ↗ unprecedented event in in our community

8:59 ↗ and

9:00 ↗ um I know isqua experienced winds

9:02 ↗ upwards of 65 mph from an unusual

9:05 ↗ Direction the southeast through what is

9:07 ↗ known as the Cascade Gap that created um

9:10 ↗ quite a lot of damage for not only isqua

9:12 ↗ but many of our neighbors on the plateau

9:14 ↗ and south of us and so um isqua was

9:18 ↗ particularly hit hard much harder than

9:20 ↗ some of our other cities too especially

9:22 ↗ to the west of us um which was also a a

9:25 ↗ challenge you know to to have isolated

9:27 ↗ pockets of of disaster right in a in a

9:30 ↗ larger County so almost all customers

9:33 ↗ including facilities uh lost power as a

9:36 ↗ result of this event and some customers

9:38 ↗ and some residents are still without

9:40 ↗ power at the time of this presentation

9:42 ↗ so as you know we're going over over

9:44 ↗ this situation and what the respones has

9:46 ↗ looked like so far I just want to

9:48 ↗ highlight that we're still in the middle

9:50 ↗ of response and and you know only but

9:52 ↗ hours ago we are still working on things

9:54 ↗ related to um semi- emergent needs you

9:57 ↗ know for the community so I want to be

9:58 ↗ sensitive particular particularly to

9:59 ↗ those who may still be without power or

10:02 ↗ connectivity um as a result of the

10:04 ↗ Windstorm um we had widescale road

10:06 ↗ closures dark signals significant

10:09 ↗ property damages to homes and businesses

10:12 ↗ and other City infrastructure and so

10:15 ↗ this this was a major event for for our

10:17 ↗ city now I want to go over and highlight

10:20 ↗ some of the good work that we have done

10:22 ↗ so far and that continues to happen um

10:25 ↗ in response to this event so first we're

10:27 ↗ going to talk about Public Safety so so

10:29 ↗ police and fire they maintained heroic

10:32 ↗ response during the storm and and that's

10:33 ↗ not an understatement while winds were

10:35 ↗ still high and borderline unsafe

10:38 ↗ firefighters and police officers were

10:40 ↗ still going out on calls for only most

10:43 ↗ emergent ones but still to serve our

10:45 ↗ community so I want to recognize that

10:47 ↗ work that happened and just The Bravery

10:49 ↗ that those individuals displayed during

10:51 ↗ this event our jail continued excellent

10:54 ↗ service while on generator um dispatch

10:57 ↗ fielded a huge infl of calls 6177 calls

11:02 ↗ from the 19th to the 20th when in

11:05 ↗ comparison 237 calls were taken in

11:08 ↗ comparison from the 12th and 13th so um

11:11 ↗ for a group that's already you know

11:12 ↗ short staffed a lot of times that is a

11:14 ↗ tremendous effort and an impressive feat

11:17 ↗ in of itself East Side Fire and Rescue

11:20 ↗ responded to many calls for trees on

11:22 ↗ homes generator fires was a big part of

11:25 ↗ this incident especially in the days

11:26 ↗ after the Windstorm and then again uh

11:29 ↗ increased calls for Aid Human Services

11:32 ↗ provided Wellness checks and resources

11:34 ↗ to those who were most vulnerable during

11:35 ↗ this Windstorm and they did an excellent

11:39 ↗ job Public Works um had a very heavy

11:43 ↗ lift um during this incident um many

11:46 ↗ trees were U creating road closures but

11:49 ↗ what also made it so challenging too is

11:51 ↗ the intermixing of power lines and so

11:53 ↗ you know in that instance PSC has the

11:56 ↗ initial and uh response and the response

11:59 ↗ responsibility to first move those power

12:01 ↗ lines out of the way before Public Works

12:02 ↗ Crews can actually clear that road so

12:05 ↗ that was a limiting factor in this

12:06 ↗ response too and especially um why some

12:09 ↗ of these road closures you know may have

12:10 ↗ lasted longer than what we are used to

12:12 ↗ in some instances too so great

12:15 ↗ coordination by our Public Works Crews

12:17 ↗ to work with PSC to open up roads

12:19 ↗ following a closure and then not only

12:21 ↗ roads right but maintaining water sewer

12:24 ↗ and storm water service all through this

12:26 ↗ incident too you know critical

12:28 ↗ infrastructure is it takes maintenance

12:30 ↗ and it takes works and so what that

12:32 ↗ included was running generators out to

12:33 ↗ these locations making sure they were

12:35 ↗ operating correctly and refilling them

12:37 ↗ periodically and and to ensure that we

12:39 ↗ didn't have any Interruption of service

12:41 ↗ to water or firefighting capability as a

12:44 ↗ result public works also helped in

12:47 ↗ facilitating school reopenings so close

12:49 ↗ coordination with isqua school district

12:51 ↗ um to try to get as many students back

12:53 ↗ in school on Monday as possible and

12:56 ↗ again reestablishing traffic signal

12:57 ↗ systems you know to get those those dark

13:00 ↗ signals back online and and for Safe

13:01 ↗ Transportation and movement across the

13:04 ↗ city um one effort that I am

13:07 ↗ particularly proud of as a city is uh

13:09 ↗ resilience hubs and you know Council I

13:12 ↗ remember early on when I first started

13:13 ↗ here this was one of the ideas that we

13:15 ↗ were hoping to implement within the city

13:17 ↗ of isqua and um our planning truly paid

13:20 ↗ off as a result of this incident um you

13:23 ↗ know I think some of our some of our

13:24 ↗ favorite moments were spent in these

13:26 ↗ resilience hubs just seeing the

13:27 ↗ community together getting the help that

13:29 ↗ they needed and really having you know

13:31 ↗ this crossball nation of community that

13:33 ↗ doesn't always intermingle too so it was

13:36 ↗ it was uh a small moment of Beauty in a

13:39 ↗ in a dark time we opened up two

13:41 ↗ resilience hubs one was the senior

13:43 ↗ center and one was the Pickering Barn at

13:46 ↗ those locations there was charging

13:48 ↗ stations for small devices and medical

13:50 ↗ equipment there was free Wi-Fi coffee

13:53 ↗ water snacks Community Resources psse

13:56 ↗ was at the senior center uh to provide a

13:58 ↗ face someone to provide some insight

14:00 ↗ into outages um we had a food truck

14:03 ↗ support event at the Pickering barn and

14:06 ↗ then really you know those sites served

14:08 ↗ hundreds of community members and that

14:10 ↗ might be an underestimate honestly there

14:12 ↗ was much many many people who took

14:15 ↗ advantage of those Services Cougar mount

14:17 ↗ Middle School in partnership with the

14:19 ↗ city also opened up for a period of time

14:21 ↗ between 1200 and 4: uh to provide

14:23 ↗ charging and warmth for um particular

14:26 ↗ Talis residents who you know are

14:28 ↗ somewhat of a micro Island in some ways

14:30 ↗ so that was a huge lift and then we also

14:32 ↗ provided showers um at the pool which

14:35 ↗ was um something that the community was

14:37 ↗ was really asking for especially as this

14:39 ↗ event just dragged on to multiple

14:42 ↗ days I want to highlight some of the

14:44 ↗ good coordination that happened between

14:46 ↗ the city and partner agencies and also

14:48 ↗ highlight some of their good work so

14:49 ↗ isqua School District as we talked about

14:51 ↗ in the opening of Cougar Mountain Middle

14:53 ↗ School and just the collaboration that

14:54 ↗ happened there uh the preparation for

14:57 ↗ school's reopening by our Public Works

14:58 ↗ and parkops team clearing not only roads

15:01 ↗ but also walking paths as many of our

15:03 ↗ students you know use that as an option

15:05 ↗ to get to school and then also providing

15:07 ↗ connectivity support to esqua school

15:09 ↗ district um isqua School District had a

15:13 ↗ um service outage impact by the King

15:15 ↗ County inet Line being uh SED and so our

15:19 ↗ own it Department was able to help them

15:21 ↗ out with some connectivity and um just

15:23 ↗ hats off to Our IT department and just

15:25 ↗ the resilient communication lines that

15:27 ↗ we have and how we were able to maintain

15:29 ↗ internet access through this event East

15:33 ↗ Side Fire and Rescue uh they helped um

15:35 ↗ author and amplify safety messaging

15:37 ↗ around safe and proper use for

15:39 ↗ generators as I mentioned was a was a

15:41 ↗ element of this response and then uh

15:44 ↗ provided situational Awareness on

15:45 ↗ community status by joining our

15:47 ↗ coordination our EOC coordination calls

15:50 ↗ our emergency Operation Center

15:51 ↗ coordination calls as well uh to make

15:53 ↗ sure that we were appraised of each

15:54 ↗ other's

15:56 ↗ operations community outreach now this

15:59 ↗ event was a challenge for outreach and

16:01 ↗ for information due to the nature of the

16:04 ↗ incident large scale power outages and

16:06 ↗ disruption to things like cell phone

16:08 ↗ service and communication provided uh

16:10 ↗ unique challenges uh for this event so

16:13 ↗ uh with that we tried to pass out the

16:15 ↗ word on our many offerings through as

16:17 ↗ many Avenues as we could so that meant a

16:21 ↗ website Banner email alerts Insider

16:24 ↗ posts social media direct phone calls

16:27 ↗ from residents emails um and and really

16:30 ↗ a lot of media attention as well um all

16:32 ↗ local TV stations made their way to

16:34 ↗ isqua the 425 magazine uh we engaged

16:37 ↗ with them and then even National media

16:39 ↗ CNN Fortune AP and New York Times all

16:43 ↗ had uh interface with the city of isqua

16:45 ↗ through this event so uh quite a lot

16:47 ↗ quite a heavy lift there from our's Team

16:50 ↗ speaking of the complex nature of this

16:52 ↗ event and communication um one of the

16:55 ↗ methods that we utilized to get

16:56 ↗ information out was a very old school

16:58 ↗ method which is Flyers but it was a very

17:01 ↗ effective message and a very uh good way

17:03 ↗ in getting information out to impact the

17:05 ↗ community so we deployed um we on the

17:07 ↗ street signs in some of our hight

17:09 ↗ traffic areas um throughout the city had

17:12 ↗ certain volunteers distribute um Flyers

17:14 ↗ at grocery stores and Gathering areas um

17:18 ↗ had HOA connections and passed

17:20 ↗ information out that way and then had

17:22 ↗ field staff being Public Works police

17:24 ↗ and resilience hubs and C members you

17:26 ↗ know um in some cases being armed with

17:28 ↗ this information and you know police

17:30 ↗ officers and certain members actually

17:32 ↗ going physically to neighborhoods with

17:34 ↗ information to pass out these flyers um

17:37 ↗ um to Residents there so um huge

17:39 ↗ tremendous Outreach on the Flyers and

17:42 ↗ more to come as

17:43 ↗ well uh just wanted to highlight some

17:45 ↗ stats here on social Eng engagement

17:48 ↗ engagement was up uh 220% during this

17:51 ↗ event and we had a net gain of 609 new

17:54 ↗ followers on our social media a 340%

17:57 ↗ increase in total messages re received

17:59 ↗ social post average 73.1 engagements

18:02 ↗ while neighbors average 12.4 so you know

18:05 ↗ we attribute that to sharing information

18:06 ↗ you know that the community really

18:08 ↗ really needed right and then 1,200 views

18:11 ↗ on the May's videos on YouTube alone so

18:14 ↗ those were very well received thank you

18:17 ↗ mayor um we received some great comments

18:20 ↗ on social media um so we're just

18:23 ↗ highlighting a few of them here on these

18:24 ↗ slides you know these comments and these

18:26 ↗ thank yous really also mean a lot to I

18:28 ↗ know Public Works Crews and others who

18:29 ↗ are out in the field we we even uh tape

18:31 ↗ them up onto the wall so thank you

18:33 ↗ community for uh sharing these thank

18:34 ↗ yous they they really do mean a lot to

18:36 ↗ to those out in the

18:38 ↗ field want to highlight the business

18:40 ↗ support that was happening dur during

18:42 ↗ this event um we share what was open and

18:45 ↗ closed and that included uh grocery

18:46 ↗ stores and gas stations there was

18:49 ↗ frequent check-ins with businesses via

18:51 ↗ phone and inperson by the economic

18:53 ↗ development team um there was assistance

18:55 ↗ given to businesses where their uh

18:57 ↗ primary business was displaced um and so

18:59 ↗ we helped them out with new locations

19:01 ↗ hosted virtual meetings with uh the

19:03 ↗ mayor the chief of police chamber and

19:05 ↗ PSC um and that there was 85 businesses

19:08 ↗ attended in that Outreach um effort and

19:12 ↗ then uh we also helped um a hotel who

19:14 ↗ was storing or who was housing uh many

19:16 ↗ psse crews with um with parking because

19:19 ↗ there were so many crews that were in

19:21 ↗ psse or that were in the area that they

19:23 ↗ needed help finding uh locations to to

19:25 ↗ stay

19:27 ↗ overnight uh let's let's talk about

19:29 ↗ debris management um this is a uh

19:32 ↗ tremendous lift and will continue to be

19:34 ↗ a um a huge operation going on in the

19:37 ↗ city not only on city property but also

19:39 ↗ on private property so first let's talk

19:42 ↗ about the city element of it City crws

19:44 ↗ worked around the clock to clear roads

19:46 ↗ sidewalks parks and trails um public

19:48 ↗ works as of Sunday has filled 17 40 yard

19:52 ↗ dumpsters more than 1,200 cubic yards

19:55 ↗ and there's going to be much more where

19:57 ↗ that came from Park stage debris

20:00 ↗ collection sites for the city and um

20:02 ↗ hauling out started today and will

20:04 ↗ happen very

20:05 ↗ regularly

20:09 ↗ oops there we go these are some pictures

20:12 ↗ from one of our debris collection or

20:13 ↗ from our debris collection um event that

20:16 ↗ was at tibits Valley Park on Sunday um

20:20 ↗ it was a November 24th event like I

20:21 ↗ mentioned 249 Vehicles dropped off

20:24 ↗ debris uh we filled 12 40 yard dumpsters

20:27 ↗ and one truck with a community debris

20:30 ↗ there uh great volunteer effort we had

20:32 ↗ 10 C volunteers five community

20:35 ↗ volunteers and and two staff members um

20:37 ↗ from Public Works

20:39 ↗ operations um Public Works uh or sorry

20:41 ↗ from Parks operations and public works

20:43 ↗ as well we're supporting that event uh

20:45 ↗ we have two more events scheduled on

20:47 ↗ December 1st and 8th so we're

20:49 ↗ anticipating high traffic for those

20:51 ↗ events too especially as word has gotten

20:52 ↗ out um about these events so we're happy

20:55 ↗ to have those offerings uh Recology is

20:58 ↗ Al is also offering additional csite

21:00 ↗ collection for the next two weeks and

21:01 ↗ that's through the 6th of November and

21:04 ↗ then transfer stations are taking debris

21:06 ↗ for free and and there is more to come

21:08 ↗ around this uh category too as as I

21:10 ↗ mentioned you know this is going to be

21:12 ↗ an ongoing effort and so expect more

21:14 ↗ information um about debris collection

21:16 ↗ in the

21:17 ↗ future I want to highlight um some work

21:20 ↗ that happened today uh Community rapid

21:22 ↗ impact survey was conducted between

21:25 ↗ Public Works engineering staff and uh

21:27 ↗ and uh building inspectors they did a

21:29 ↗ windshield assessment of the whole city

21:31 ↗ to better understand private property

21:34 ↗ damage um 29 properties were identified

21:36 ↗ for inspectors to take a closer look at

21:38 ↗ that'll happen in the coming days and

21:40 ↗ then there were some 40 more uh uh

21:43 ↗ private property um with some form of

21:45 ↗ damage that was albe it a little bit

21:46 ↗ more minor so we'll be engaging with

21:49 ↗ those properties and um making sure that

21:51 ↗ um they are safe but also aware of the

21:53 ↗ many resources that the city um is is

21:56 ↗ going to make available

21:59 ↗ um let's talk about recovery so as I

22:01 ↗ mentioned you know this operation is

22:03 ↗ still ongoing um we are transitioning

22:06 ↗ away from operations and into recovery

22:09 ↗ so we have stood up isqua recovery

22:11 ↗ coordination Center um here is just a

22:14 ↗ brief overview um of of what the

22:16 ↗ structure looks like I want to point out

22:18 ↗ that we have five kind of categories

22:20 ↗ where we are uh tracking recovery and

22:22 ↗ that is in terms of operations right

22:24 ↗ like actually supporting these groups

22:26 ↗ but also making sure that we're

22:27 ↗ documenting any cost impacts um and that

22:30 ↗ is within the debris Management Group a

22:32 ↗ private property damage group a business

22:35 ↗ Recovery Group infrastructure and

22:37 ↗ facility recovery so documenting City

22:39 ↗ impacts and then uh human services so

22:41 ↗ making sure our most vulnerable

22:42 ↗ populations are also um being supported

22:44 ↗ through through

22:46 ↗ recovery uh to highlight some of the few

22:48 ↗ highle items that we are interested in

22:51 ↗ when it comes to recovery um this is

22:54 ↗ really where this is something that

22:55 ↗ we're going to spend a lot of effort on

22:57 ↗ because it is has a huge financial

23:00 ↗ impact right to the city so um local

23:03 ↗ declarations help with quick action so

23:04 ↗ thank you mayor for the Declaration of

23:07 ↗ emergency um it's going to take

23:08 ↗ coordination with other agencies on cost

23:10 ↗ and damage assessment right so for for

23:13 ↗ um for federal funding and for State

23:15 ↗ funding when it comes to damages um

23:17 ↗ we're all in it together when it comes

23:19 ↗ to uh County debris and County damages

23:22 ↗ that we that we want to report so um

23:24 ↗ coordination and working with our

23:26 ↗ neighbors is essential um you may have

23:28 ↗ metion or noticed only a couple hours

23:30 ↗ ago that King County sent out actually a

23:33 ↗ call for damage to to Residents to make

23:36 ↗ sure that they self-report um if they

23:38 ↗ had damage to their private property the

23:40 ↗ reason being is we're trying to tell the

23:41 ↗ story right to the state and to the

23:43 ↗ federal government about what's happened

23:45 ↗ here you know in King County and and um

23:48 ↗ and the best way to do that is through

23:50 ↗ numbers right and so highly encourage

23:52 ↗ any members of the community to please

23:54 ↗ fill out that form um it really does

23:57 ↗ help us in stating our case when we when

23:59 ↗ we're taking this to the decision makers

24:02 ↗ um and really um if I haven't said it uh

24:05 ↗ the goal is federal and state funding

24:06 ↗ support that is what we are after so

24:09 ↗ we've stood up this group we're going to

24:11 ↗ work hard to try to get this for not

24:12 ↗ only the city government but also for

24:14 ↗ residents alike so um much more to come

24:17 ↗ on this in the in the near future it's a

24:19 ↗ pretty rapidly developing landscape um

24:21 ↗ but I wanted to highlight some of the

24:23 ↗ major areas that we're thinking about

24:24 ↗ now um so with that that is the end of

24:27 ↗ the presentation but I am also joined in

24:29 ↗ person and online by many of our great

24:32 ↗ Department directors and others who have

24:33 ↗ been involved in this response so um if

24:36 ↗ there's any questions we're happy to

24:37 ↗ field them now I think that's great

24:39 ↗ Jared thank you I am sure there's

24:41 ↗ questions I just before we open it up to

24:44 ↗ council I want to say that um I am so

24:47 ↗ grateful we have you in our organization

24:49 ↗ and I am so proud of the response um

24:52 ↗ this Citywide organization pivoted just

24:55 ↗ like they did in Co and people did jobs

24:57 ↗ that they didn't know that they would be

24:59 ↗ doing and they did them well and so very

25:02 ↗ very proud of the organization grateful

25:04 ↗ to getting help from the City of Kent

25:07 ↗ being able to have them give us some

25:09 ↗ building um um what's the RO Wally

25:13 ↗ building building inspection uh and

25:16 ↗ coordination and they're sharing

25:17 ↗ Resources with us and that's what we

25:19 ↗ want to do in this region and also

25:21 ↗ that's we were able to take advantage of

25:24 ↗ being able to shop and purchase things

25:26 ↗ in cities that still had that and bring

25:28 ↗ those resources back into our community

25:29 ↗ to be able to feed emergency responders

25:32 ↗ and have some things available at the

25:34 ↗ resiliency hubs many many lessons to be

25:37 ↗ learned um would love to have a post

25:40 ↗ recovery visit from you as well I'm sure

25:42 ↗ there's a lot more data to share than

25:43 ↗ what we've seen tonight Council I'll go

25:45 ↗ for

25:47 ↗ questions I'll do comments as well

25:49 ↗ questions and then we'll do comments oh

25:52 ↗ council member home yeah thanks just a

25:53 ↗ quick one and also just ditto so

25:55 ↗ impressed with our our city staff

25:56 ↗ stepping up to do what was needed so um

25:59 ↗ just thank you to everyone who

26:00 ↗ contributed um the King County call for

26:03 ↗ private property um that you were

26:06 ↗ talking about is that just for

26:07 ↗ unincorporated King County residents or

26:09 ↗ should residents in isqua listen in fill

26:12 ↗ out that form or not all yes all

26:15 ↗ residents City or unincorporated yes all

26:18 ↗ right thank you yeah and is that the

26:21 ↗ first time the county has sent out that

26:22 ↗ kind of correct that's great

26:25 ↗ yep any more questions and if there

26:27 ↗ aren't any more questions we'll go for

26:29 ↗ some comments if council members like to

26:31 ↗ do council member Mars followed by

26:34 ↗ council

26:36 ↗ president so I'm just going to briefly

26:38 ↗ put on my my 15-year hat and say um I

26:42 ↗ really appreciate the

26:44 ↗ transparency uh with which the

26:46 ↗ administration handled things this last

26:48 ↗ week um you know the city always Rises

26:52 ↗ to the occasion when emergencies happen

26:55 ↗ but this

26:56 ↗ emergency um I I think both as a council

26:59 ↗ member and as a

27:02 ↗ homeowner uh you know I had a lot better

27:04 ↗ visibility into what was going on in the

27:06 ↗ city's response and both the wonderful

27:09 ↗ way to see how hard the staff worked and

27:12 ↗ and Rose to the occasion but just you

27:14 ↗ know when you don't know when your power

27:15 ↗ is going to be back on when you don't

27:17 ↗ know when your internet is going to be

27:18 ↗ working again uh you know when the

27:21 ↗ lights are out down in the valley and

27:23 ↗ you're trying to figure out groceries

27:25 ↗ and and whatnot um just knowing uh

27:28 ↗ what's going on with the city and

27:29 ↗ getting that information helps so much

27:32 ↗ so thank you and the administration for

27:34 ↗ that transparency that just ran all the

27:36 ↗ way through this last week thanks

27:39 ↗ president yeah thank you Jared just

27:42 ↗ incredible emergency Operation Center um

27:46 ↗ management um incredible on the ground

27:49 ↗ staff work throughout the emergency I

27:51 ↗ sat in on most of those EOC calls and

27:53 ↗ seeing the teamwork the resiliency the

27:57 ↗ people being willing to do all of the

28:00 ↗ things yes um and help out the

28:03 ↗ troubleshooting and problem solving was

28:05 ↗ amazing um Public Works really gets a

28:08 ↗ special thanks for not only the visible

28:11 ↗ roadway and debris removal but also the

28:16 ↗ Unseen portions your water kept flowing

28:20 ↗ your toilets kept uh running flushing um

28:24 ↗ and all of that was because they were

28:26 ↗ able to put generators up and fuel those

28:28 ↗ generators in those spots um and keep

28:31 ↗ that

28:32 ↗ going uh the resiliency Hub at the

28:35 ↗ senior center was on inspiring the

28:38 ↗ quickness of getting that up the

28:40 ↗ community response the staff response to

28:43 ↗ that seeing seniors and multiple

28:46 ↗ languages and kids and all of the needs

28:50 ↗ come together was amazing I was there

28:53 ↗ for the first two days uh that place was

28:56 ↗ packed to the brim

28:59 ↗ um with people getting warm and charging

29:01 ↗ devices charging electric wheelchairs

29:04 ↗ and hearing aids um all things that were

29:07 ↗ just amazing to see so there's so much

29:11 ↗ more to convey about this and we're

29:14 ↗ still absolutely in recovery mode but I

29:17 ↗ really just want to start with a huge

29:18 ↗ thank you to our incredibly tired staff

29:21 ↗ and hope that you get a little bit of

29:23 ↗ recovery as well crossed thank you

29:25 ↗ council president any other comments

29:29 ↗ well thank you Jared thanks for coming

29:30 ↗ tonight on short notice and giving us a

29:32 ↗ presentation with h PowerPoint and all

29:35 ↗ very much appreciate thank you mayor

29:37 ↗ thank you more to

29:46 ↗ come still feeling tired and a little

29:48 ↗ bit emotionally overwhelmed but so very

29:50 ↗ very proud uh we're going to move into

29:53 ↗ the audience comments portion of

29:54 ↗ tonight's council meeting and the

29:55 ↗ members of the public May address their

29:57 ↗ Council at this time either in person or

30:00 ↗ virtually those who signed up in advance

30:02 ↗ to make comments will be called on first

30:04 ↗ if you're joining us virtually and would

30:05 ↗ like to make comments please raise your

30:08 ↗ virtual hand or send the host a chat

30:10 ↗ message that could be pressing the star

30:13 ↗ three on your phone or looking for a

30:15 ↗ hand icon if you're on a computer or

30:17 ↗ smartphone if you're in the room and did

30:21 ↗ not sign up I will still ask for other

30:22 ↗ speakers before we close this portion of

30:24 ↗ the meeting city clerk has anyone uh

30:27 ↗ signed up to speak for General audience

30:28 ↗ comments or indicated a desire to speak

30:30 ↗ this

30:31 ↗ evening no one has signed up in the room

30:33 ↗ and we do have a few members of the

30:35 ↗ public with us virtually but I'm not

30:37 ↗ seeing any raised hands at this point

30:41 ↗ and I'm looking in the room and I see

30:43 ↗ Chris and he's shaking his head no so we

30:46 ↗ do not have anyone in the room as well

30:48 ↗ so just a reminder though to folks you

30:51 ↗ can always get a hold of your Council by

30:53 ↗ submitting a written comment to them at

30:55 ↗ any time it is city council at isqua .

30:58 ↗ goov the next item on our agenda this

31:01 ↗ evening is the consent

31:04 ↗ calendar I don't have any comments on

31:06 ↗ tonight's consent calendar but are there

31:08 ↗ committee chairs or chair designes who'

31:10 ↗ like to report on any of the consent

31:12 ↗ calendar items not seeing any indication

31:15 ↗ looking at council member Joe no the

31:18 ↗ consent calendar was distributed to

31:19 ↗ Council in advance and if authorized the

31:21 ↗ items on the consent calendar will be

31:23 ↗ considered together and approved by one

31:25 ↗ motion have the payables and payroll

31:27 ↗ been reviewed they have thank you very

31:30 ↗ much does any council member desire to

31:32 ↗ remove any item from the consent

31:34 ↗ calendar and consider it under regular

31:36 ↗ business not seeing anyone in the room

31:38 ↗ or council member Joe indicating that

31:40 ↗ desire would someone like to make a

31:41 ↗ motion council president I move to

31:45 ↗ approve the consent calendar as

31:47 ↗ distributed second it's been moved and

31:50 ↗ seconded um all those in favor can you

31:53 ↗ signify by saying I I

31:56 ↗ I those opposed

31:58 ↗ that carries unanimously 70 next item of

32:01 ↗ business is under regular business AB

32:04 ↗ 8886 the 2025 property tax levy this

32:08 ↗ item was last before the city council at

32:10 ↗ the November 4th city council meeting

32:12 ↗ where a public hearing was conducted and

32:14 ↗ I'd like to and she's already up there

32:16 ↗ invite budget manager Susie monel to the

32:19 ↗ podium for a

32:22 ↗ presentation welcome Susie thank you

32:25 ↗ mayor Paulie pull this up

32:31 ↗ starting with property tax thank

32:33 ↗ you so uh thank you this is the second

32:37 ↗ time this item will be or the this item

32:39 ↗ will be here tonight um so uh the

32:42 ↗ purpose is we are hoping to adopt the

32:44 ↗ 2025 property tax levy tonight um RCW

32:48 ↗ requires jurisdictions to hold a public

32:50 ↗ hearing which was conducted on November

32:52 ↗ 4th um and tonight we are proposing

32:55 ↗ adoption since the November 4th public

32:58 ↗ hearing we've received a couple of

32:59 ↗ updates from the assessor's office and

33:02 ↗ the changes have been on the margins

33:04 ↗ they've been very minimal they will not

33:06 ↗ impact the estimated uh average

33:08 ↗ household impact um from what we

33:10 ↗ presented on November

33:13 ↗ 4th um as a refresher um state law

33:16 ↗ allows Juris jurisdictions to increase

33:18 ↗ the amount of property tax received

33:20 ↗ annually by 1% plus the value of new

33:23 ↗ construction that came in since the last

33:25 ↗ year um so our 25 base Levy is about

33:28 ↗ 10.6 million uh with the 1% increase at

33:32 ↗ about 106,000 the value of new

33:34 ↗ construction from 24 was about

33:37 ↗ 41,000 and the county makes some

33:40 ↗ adjustments along the way which

33:41 ↗ accounted this time for about 27,000 so

33:43 ↗ our total 25 Levy is estimated at about

33:47 ↗ 10.8 million and in comparison to 24

33:50 ↗ that's about 175,000 more than the prior

33:54 ↗ year uh so as a reminder the property

33:57 ↗ value for 2025 are expected to increase

34:00 ↗ by about 16% over this current year the

34:04 ↗ median residence value uh that we used

34:06 ↗ for 2024 was about

34:08 ↗ 1.125 million we're now looking at about

34:11 ↗ 1.3 million um so with that in mind the

34:15 ↗ estimated regular Levy due to the city

34:17 ↗ goes from about

34:18 ↗ $712 last year or this current year

34:20 ↗ excuse me to

34:22 ↗ $89 next year or about a $97

34:26 ↗ difference um looking at the median uh

34:29 ↗ the value of the median residence and

34:30 ↗ how this math plays out if we look at

34:33 ↗ that middle row the administration

34:35 ↗ recommendation and proposal is to take

34:37 ↗ that 1% increase over 24 if we do that

34:41 ↗ the median uh property value of 1.3

34:44 ↗ million would see $89 from the regular

34:47 ↗ levy1 124 from the excess Levy for a

34:49 ↗ total of

34:51 ↗ $933 if the city did not take the 1%

34:54 ↗ increase that would be $920 or a

34:56 ↗ difference of about

34:59 ↗ $13 um and uh this is also our

35:03 ↗ opportunity to show of the total

35:05 ↗ property tax bill that the issaqua

35:07 ↗ resident receives isqua accounts for

35:09 ↗ about 9% of that with the majority

35:11 ↗ coming from the state and local school

35:13 ↗ district

35:15 ↗ funds and that concludes my

35:18 ↗ presentation thank you very much

35:20 ↗ Susie uh does council have any

35:24 ↗ questions I'm seeing none from council

35:27 ↗ member Joe either uh would someone care

35:29 ↗ to make a motion council

35:32 ↗ president I move to adopt ordinance

35:36 ↗ number

35:39 ↗ 3077 levying property taxes for the city

35:41 ↗ of isqua for the fiscal year commencing

35:44 ↗ January 1 2025 on all property both real

35:47 ↗ and personal in said city which is

35:50 ↗ subject to taxation for the purpose of

35:52 ↗ paying sufficient Revenue to carry on

35:54 ↗ the services of said City for the

35:56 ↗ ensuing year as required by

36:00 ↗ law second it's been moved and seconded

36:03 ↗ is there any Council

36:06 ↗ discussion not seeing any from on the

36:08 ↗ Diaz are from council member Joe um all

36:11 ↗ those in favor please signify by saying

36:12 ↗ I

36:15 ↗ I those opposed that vote carries seven

36:19 ↗ and0 we'll move on to the next item of

36:21 ↗ business which is also Susie monel this

36:23 ↗ is AB 8942 utility tax increase the

36:27 ↗ action before Council this evening is to

36:29 ↗ adopt the ordinance and Susie never left

36:31 ↗ the podium so Susie can do your

36:33 ↗ presentation for us thank you mayor

36:36 ↗ Paulie shifting gears from property tax

36:38 ↗ to utility

36:39 ↗ tax so tonight we are seeking Council

36:42 ↗ authorization to increase the utility

36:43 ↗ tax rate for cable television water

36:46 ↗ sewer and storm water utilities from 3%

36:48 ↗ in 2024 to 4 a half% in 25 and 6% in 26

36:54 ↗ this item was discussed as part of the

36:55 ↗ 2526 budget development as

36:58 ↗ well so in overview the administration

37:01 ↗ proposal is to go from 3% in 24 to 4 and

37:05 ↗ a half% in 25 and 6% in 26 looking at

37:09 ↗ the comparisons to other uh

37:11 ↗ jurisdictions around us we are at the

37:13 ↗ low end at the moment at

37:14 ↗ 3% um so going up to four and a half or

37:18 ↗ 6% puts us right around in the middle of

37:21 ↗ the um of our peer

37:25 ↗ organizations um looking at a a uh so we

37:28 ↗ charge a lot of different rates

37:29 ↗ depending on uh the size of the pipes

37:32 ↗ the consumption um levels but as an

37:35 ↗ example um if we were to go from a 3%

37:39 ↗ rate for using water as the example at

37:41 ↗ about 2135 that would go up to about

37:44 ↗ $32 25 or about $42 26 but the total

37:50 ↗ raised from this um would be about 793

37:53 ↗ th000 in 2025 and an additional 1.5 m

37:57 ↗ ion in

37:59 ↗ 2026 um we did get a question on how

38:02 ↗ this would impact uh rates versus tax um

38:06 ↗ on how this would play out so these

38:08 ↗ tables show the 24 average bonly bill

38:14 ↗ for each of the three wet utilities

38:15 ↗ water sewer and storm water um and then

38:18 ↗ what the impact would be for rates

38:20 ↗ versus Revenue if we were to stay at 3%

38:23 ↗ in 2025 or go to 4 and a half% in 2025

38:27 ↗ so that impact um if I go to the next

38:29 ↗ Slide the total impact um of the three

38:32 ↗ wet utilities going from 3% to 4 and a

38:35 ↗ half% would increase the average bonly

38:39 ↗ bill by about $5 um or about $28 for the

38:46 ↗ year and that concludes my

38:49 ↗ presentation thank you um Council

38:54 ↗ questions not seeing any from council

38:56 ↗ member Joe or on the Diz is there a

38:59 ↗ motion council president I move to adopt

39:02 ↗ ordinance

39:04 ↗ number

39:06 ↗ 3078 amending chapter 5.32 of the isqua

39:10 ↗ municipal code relating to the utility

39:12 ↗ business and occupation tax for the

39:14 ↗ cable television water sewer and storm

39:16 ↗ water utilities providing for referendum

39:20 ↗ and establishing an effective

39:22 ↗ date

39:24 ↗ second it's been moved and seconded is

39:27 ↗ is there any Council

39:29 ↗ discussion not seeing any council member

39:31 ↗ Joe or indication on the Das all those

39:34 ↗ in favor of the motion please signify by

39:36 ↗ saying I

39:39 ↗ I those opposed motion carries 7 and o

39:43 ↗ thank you Susie we will move on to the

39:45 ↗ next agenda bill which is AB 8894 school

39:49 ↗ zone speed cameras the motion before

39:51 ↗ Council this evening is to authorize and

39:53 ↗ I'm inviting assistant to the city

39:55 ↗ administrator Dale Mary crimp to the

39:57 ↗ podium welcome

40:00 ↗ Dale good evening mayor members of the

40:03 ↗ city

40:04 ↗ council give me just a moment to pull up

40:07 ↗ my

40:25 ↗ slides excellent

40:27 ↗ good evening mayor city council Dale

40:30 ↗ Mary crimp assistant to the city

40:31 ↗ administrator and I am uh excited to be

40:34 ↗ here with you again this week um on our

40:37 ↗ much awaited topic of school's own speed

40:41 ↗ cameras the purpose of this evening's

40:43 ↗ presentation is to share with the full

40:45 ↗ Council the findings of the vendor

40:47 ↗ analysis and the potent of potential new

40:49 ↗ school zone speed camera locations to

40:52 ↗ present the administration's analysis

40:55 ↗ proposal and rationale for a new

40:58 ↗ location at isqua Valley Elementary

40:59 ↗ School and to obtain city council

41:02 ↗ recommendation on the administration's

41:04 ↗ proposal a bit of background

41:08 ↗ um I I will say actually before I come

41:10 ↗ to background th this information did go

41:13 ↗ to the council committee um earlier

41:16 ↗ earlier this fall um there have been a

41:18 ↗ couple additions to the presentation

41:19 ↗ made since then specifically the

41:21 ↗ addition of the equity impact assessment

41:24 ↗ that's required by law the delaying of

41:26 ↗ this item provided time for City staff

41:28 ↗ to complete that Equity impact

41:29 ↗ assessment so you'll see that's also

41:31 ↗ been included in the packet for

41:34 ↗ today so background um the school zone

41:37 ↗ speed camera program here in the city of

41:39 ↗ isqua was launched in 2008 with the

41:42 ↗ installation of two cameras at Second

41:44 ↗ Avenue South Southeast near isqua Middle

41:47 ↗ School and isqua High School the

41:49 ↗ Administration has considered adding

41:51 ↗ additional zones in the past but has

41:54 ↗ lacked the data and evidence

41:56 ↗ specifically needed to corroborate

41:59 ↗ safety concerns um and to demonstrate

42:03 ↗ Financial viability of any expansion of

42:05 ↗ the program this past May the

42:07 ↗ administration including our police

42:09 ↗ chief presented on the different types

42:12 ↗ of automatic camera enforcement the city

42:15 ↗ might consider in addressing the ongoing

42:17 ↗ dangerous or reckless driving behavior

42:20 ↗ specifically red light cameras or new

42:23 ↗ school zone safety

42:25 ↗ cameras at that Council committee

42:28 ↗ meeting the council committee directed

42:30 ↗ the administration to move forward with

42:32 ↗ a vendor study of school zone locations

42:34 ↗ and two School Zone locations one on

42:37 ↗ Newport Way Northwest near isqua Valley

42:40 ↗ Elementary School and a second on

42:41 ↗ Northeast Park Drive near Grand Ridge

42:43 ↗ Elementary

42:45 ↗ School the council committee also

42:47 ↗ instructed the vendor the administration

42:49 ↗ to move forward with a vendor analysis

42:51 ↗ of six different potential red light

42:53 ↗ camera enforcement locations

42:58 ↗ the red light study was conducted was

43:01 ↗ the first study conducted it was

43:02 ↗ conducted in June shortly after that

43:04 ↗ Council committee meeting this the study

43:07 ↗ provided an estimate of violations at

43:09 ↗ each intersection in every direction at

43:12 ↗ program maturity which is about 18

43:15 ↗ months after the installation of a new

43:18 ↗ program this data revealed that while

43:20 ↗ intersections continue to have dangerous

43:23 ↗ Behavior most of the dangerous behavior

43:25 ↗ is not the running of red lights that

43:28 ↗ would be captured by a red light photo

43:31 ↗ enforcement camera Chief gave a very um

43:33 ↗ a very great and very photofilled uh

43:36 ↗ presentation about when exactly the red

43:39 ↗ light camera would be triggered and when

43:40 ↗ it would take the photo um unfortunately

43:43 ↗ or fortunately we're not seeing a lot of

43:45 ↗ that but we are seeing other turning

43:47 ↗ behavior that a red light camera would

43:49 ↗ not catch and not be able to enforce the

43:53 ↗ exception um of course being on West

43:55 ↗ Lake samamish 5 6 um but most other

43:59 ↗ intersections studied would not have

44:01 ↗ more than one violation per day given

44:05 ↗ the relatively low incidents of

44:07 ↗ violations anticipated and the the

44:09 ↗ projected revenues likely would not

44:11 ↗ cover the high cost of installing those

44:13 ↗ cameras and administering the system the

44:16 ↗ administration will explore other ways

44:19 ↗ to um intervene in these situations

44:22 ↗ especially as the police department

44:23 ↗ continues to stand up their new Traffic

44:25 ↗ Unit

44:30 ↗ the vendor condu conducted a second

44:32 ↗ study um on potential new school zones

44:35 ↗ in the first week of September we waited

44:37 ↗ until later when school was in session

44:39 ↗ and the lights were flashing to gather

44:41 ↗ data um and data was collected for as

44:45 ↗ you can see in the attachments um data

44:47 ↗ was collected for 24 hours uh but then

44:51 ↗ potential violations were calculated

44:53 ↗ only during the current hours that the

44:54 ↗ school zone flashers are active so this

44:57 ↗ this is 8:30 to 4:00 p.m. on Monday

44:59 ↗ Tuesday Thursday and Friday and as was

45:01 ↗ astutely pointed out by council

45:03 ↗ president 8:30 to 2:10 on Wednesdays or

45:05 ↗ early release days as you can see

45:09 ↗ between um 1100 and nearly 1,600

45:13 ↗ violations were clocked during this four

45:16 ↗ days for about an average of 1,400 per

45:18 ↗ day um at a given location or at a given

45:21 ↗ Direction um only during school hours so

45:25 ↗ this is about 2,800

45:27 ↗ per day um when you think about a

45:29 ↗ Northbound and a

45:30 ↗ southbound this indicates that while

45:32 ↗ flashers and in one case speed

45:37 ↗ notifications they've been installed

45:39 ↗ they are letting drivers know that they

45:40 ↗ should be going slowly we still have a

45:43 ↗ lot of speeding and dangerous Behavior

45:45 ↗ happening in our school

45:49 ↗ zones now our analysis didn't stop there

45:52 ↗ it was important to establish the safety

45:54 ↗ concern that we have heard from the

45:56 ↗ community concerns around speeding near

45:58 ↗ schools um we also needed to make sure

46:00 ↗ similar with the red light cameras uh

46:03 ↗ that the the city could be prepared to

46:05 ↗ pay um for to up to put up and then to

46:08 ↗ administer this program and so as part

46:11 ↗ of the analysis done by the city to

46:13 ↗ understand the financial viability we

46:15 ↗ made some assumptions about revenue and

46:16 ↗ also around

46:18 ↗ expenditures um in order to determine

46:20 ↗ the financial feasibility the so

46:22 ↗ specifically can the city afford to

46:24 ↗ operate and administer an expanded

46:26 ↗ program

46:27 ↗ the following assumptions were made one

46:30 ↗ given that the study was conducted

46:32 ↗ during the first week of school um we

46:34 ↗ assumed that drivers are probably re

46:36 ↗ acclimating to those lights being

46:38 ↗ flashing and so we reduced um our

46:40 ↗ Baseline number both of drivers and

46:43 ↗ violators by um a slight percentage this

46:46 ↗ is spelled out in the in the memo as

46:48 ↗ well or in the AG agenda Bell we also

46:50 ↗ made the assumption that drivers will be

46:52 ↗ responsive to noticing um to being

46:55 ↗ noticed and to getting warning um

46:58 ↗ tickets part of the way that we've

46:59 ↗ rolled out our previous program that we

47:01 ↗ would roll out any new program would be

47:03 ↗ to First provide warning tickets before

47:06 ↗ you're cited um for speeding behavior

47:09 ↗ and we think that folks will respond to

47:11 ↗ those to some degree and violations will

47:13 ↗ stabilize um in response to some of

47:16 ↗ those first notices we also believe the

47:18 ↗ driver Behavior will respond to a new

47:20 ↗ camera on Newport Way Northwest less

47:23 ↗ dramatically due to the high frequency

47:25 ↗ of pass through traffic you're not

47:27 ↗ necessarily always getting the same

47:28 ↗ drivers and so they are less likely to

47:30 ↗ be as impacted um by a camera because

47:33 ↗ they may not expect it necessarily we

47:35 ↗ would expect routine drivers on that

47:37 ↗ road to change their behavior we also

47:39 ↗ know that the high volume of that

47:41 ↗ traffic is not necessarily always repeat

47:43 ↗ drivers we would expect drivers near

47:46 ↗ Grand Ridge Elementary to be quicker to

47:48 ↗ change um Northeast Park although a main

47:51 ↗ thoroughfare is an internal Street and

47:54 ↗ the majority of the traffic on that

47:55 ↗ street is coming out of and going into

47:58 ↗ the neighborhood there expect that folks

48:01 ↗ in their neighborhood are more

48:02 ↗ responsive to getting that ticket

48:04 ↗ because they don't forget getting that

48:06 ↗ ticket um the equity board which

48:09 ↗ considered the equity impact assessment

48:11 ↗ they all had a personal story about the

48:13 ↗ camera down here on southe on Second

48:15 ↗ Avenue

48:16 ↗ Southeast and we we made the assumption

48:19 ↗ that only about 50% of tickets are paid

48:21 ↗ and that is based off data um on our

48:23 ↗ current camera system um and the

48:25 ↗ frequency of payment

48:28 ↗ we also made some expenditure

48:30 ↗ assumptions um some of these aren't

48:32 ↗ assumptions they're just true facts um

48:34 ↗ So based on the the cost of cameras um

48:37 ↗ the annual lease cost is $57,000 for a

48:40 ↗ camera um that's under our current lease

48:42 ↗ terms with our vendor um and the lease

48:46 ↗ is a five-year lease the monthly ticket

48:49 ↗ overage fee is $5 per ticket over 800

48:52 ↗ per month per camera um also that the

48:55 ↗ annual cost of police Personnel to

48:57 ↗ process violations would be

48:59 ↗ $190,000 in salary and benefits per

49:02 ↗ full-time or limited term employee um

49:05 ↗ and that a similar um rate but at

49:08 ↗ 145,000 in salary and benefits for the

49:11 ↗ court Personnel so the Personnel

49:12 ↗ required to both review the violations

49:16 ↗ um issue the citations and then manage

49:19 ↗ um the flow as those citations come in

49:21 ↗ to the court to be paid

49:27 ↗ I got ahead of my notes one

49:30 ↗ moment an analysis of the net revenues

49:33 ↗ indicates that both locations are

49:35 ↗ financially viable in the same way that

49:37 ↗ both locations have dangerous driving

49:39 ↗ behavior as a reminder any revenues

49:42 ↗ beyond the cost of leasing the cameras

49:45 ↗ and administering the program are

49:46 ↗ committed to capital projects for Road

49:48 ↗ and transportation improvements

49:50 ↗ especially the addition of sidewalks for

49:53 ↗ safe walking and Road redesign to slow

49:56 ↗ traffic

49:58 ↗ this data seen another way um visually

50:02 ↗ can be displayed here so you see each of

50:04 ↗ the different locations and their

50:06 ↗ projected net revenues over the course

50:08 ↗ of a 5-year lease

50:13 ↗ term I also wanted to add while the the

50:15 ↗ administration is recommending one

50:17 ↗ additional location I want to share a

50:18 ↗ bit more about why so given the clear

50:21 ↗ safety concerns at both locations and

50:24 ↗ the financial feasibility you may be

50:25 ↗ wondering why the admin Administration

50:27 ↗ is hesitating um on on recommending both

50:30 ↗ locations in June of this year a new law

50:33 ↗ went into effect across the state of

50:36 ↗ Washington this new law um which came

50:39 ↗ out of house bill

50:41 ↗ 2384 provides cities with expanded

50:44 ↗ authority to use automated traffic

50:46 ↗ cameras but it also provides more

50:49 ↗ restrictions on revenues collected

50:52 ↗ specifically um in year four of a third

50:55 ↗ loc I should say for first isqua given

50:58 ↗ that we already have a school zone

50:59 ↗ safety program with one camera location

51:02 ↗ in it we are able to add a second camera

51:05 ↗ location at no change to how the

51:07 ↗ revenues can be used however any

51:09 ↗ location added after that would be

51:13 ↗ subject to new Revenue restrictions

51:15 ↗ specifically uh the Cooper Jones active

51:18 ↗ Transportation safety act and account um

51:21 ↗ following I believe starting in the

51:23 ↗ fourth year is what the notes say um 25%

51:26 ↗ % of revenues after operational costs

51:29 ↗ would be automatically first and

51:30 ↗ foremost diverted into that state

51:32 ↗ account which goes towards State

51:33 ↗ projects not towards our local

51:36 ↗ projects also um an equity assessment

51:39 ↗ was noted as required um that was part

51:41 ↗ of the new law as well that Equity

51:42 ↗ assessment as in your packet has already

51:44 ↗ been conducted on these two potential

51:47 ↗ locations so with this new um with the

51:51 ↗ with the understanding that a third

51:53 ↗ location would lead to um a reduction in

51:57 ↗ City revenues um in the fourth and fifth

51:59 ↗ year a 5year lease term on the cameras

52:02 ↗ here you can see the adjustment that

52:04 ↗ would make to the net revenues or seing

52:07 ↗ similarly if we were to focus in on what

52:09 ↗ we'd expect um from the Grand Ridge

52:12 ↗ Elementary location in the first

52:14 ↗ condition you see a flattening out but

52:16 ↗ in that second condition you see a real

52:19 ↗ drop um in 2020 28 when that Cooper

52:22 ↗ Jones Safety um account would come into

52:25 ↗ effect

52:28 ↗ the new information um so Council

52:31 ↗ committee thanks for bearing with a

52:33 ↗ little bit of additional information on

52:34 ↗ this go around a new element was

52:36 ↗ completed in the past month and is

52:39 ↗ legally required um is an equity impact

52:41 ↗ assessment the analysis revealed that of

52:44 ↗ the 22 Equity targets the city meets um

52:47 ↗ or met 15 including having lower than

52:50 ↗ average fines for our cameras many of

52:53 ↗ the jurisdictions around us charge up to

52:57 ↗ $290 um our current fines are

53:00 ↗ 124

53:02 ↗ um and a legally sound plan for Revenue

53:05 ↗ distribution so a reinvestment in the

53:07 ↗ neighborhoods in which these cameras are

53:09 ↗ placed there were three opportunities

53:12 ↗ for Equity considerations during

53:14 ↗ implementation including increased uh

53:17 ↗ restorative opportunities for violators

53:20 ↗ in conversation with Chief Schwan um one

53:22 ↗ of the things that our Traffic Unit is

53:24 ↗ thinking about is how to offer

53:26 ↗ specifically um youth who might be

53:28 ↗ driving through these locations the

53:30 ↗ opportunity to engage in some traffic

53:32 ↗ school uh rather than just paying a fine

53:35 ↗ and so we've been in conversation about

53:36 ↗ some more opportunities that's one

53:38 ↗ example and then there were four

53:40 ↗ potential

53:41 ↗ concerns specifically around the

53:43 ↗ demographics of both of the

53:45 ↗ neighborhoods that we are considering

53:47 ↗ placing cameras in both in both

53:49 ↗ neighborhoods there are residents that

53:51 ↗ have higher than City average

53:53 ↗ representation of a historically

53:54 ↗ marginalized group along the area near

53:58 ↗ isqua Valley Elementary we have an older

54:00 ↗ on average population mostly um that

54:04 ↗ mostly have an average lower median

54:07 ↗ income than the remainder of the city so

54:09 ↗ seniors who are living on fixed incomes

54:12 ↗ and then around the neighborhood by

54:14 ↗ Grand Ridge Elementary we have more um

54:18 ↗ people of color that live in that

54:19 ↗ community in particular and commute in

54:21 ↗ and out of that Community as is spelled

54:23 ↗ out in the equity impact assessment

54:25 ↗ there sort of two sides of this coin one

54:28 ↗ is that when you place a camera in a

54:29 ↗ community the residents in that

54:31 ↗ Community are more likely to interact

54:33 ↗ with that camera I and so potentially

54:34 ↗ more likely to get a ticket however the

54:37 ↗ residents in that Community are also

54:39 ↗ more likely to benefit from that camera

54:41 ↗ as people's behavior changes and it

54:43 ↗ makes it safer for folks who are moving

54:46 ↗ around that community so you'll see it's

54:48 ↗ been marked as a concern um simply

54:51 ↗ because the the inclusion of a camera in

54:53 ↗ that location might oversample that

54:55 ↗ population but you can also see right

54:57 ↗ next to that concern there's a green

54:59 ↗ check because we think that the benefit

55:01 ↗ will also be felt by that Community

55:04 ↗ there's one additional note um the

55:06 ↗ commute uh the commuter Behavior and the

55:09 ↗ what we can understand through some data

55:11 ↗ analysis to be the origins of those

55:14 ↗ commuters through those different

55:15 ↗ stretches of Road um the commuters along

55:18 ↗ Newport Way Northwest are likely more

55:21 ↗ representative of the city of isqua as a

55:23 ↗ whole whereas the um more racially

55:27 ↗ representative and socioeconomically

55:29 ↗ representative whereas the commuters

55:31 ↗ coming in and out along Northeast Park

55:35 ↗ given that they are mostly residents of

55:36 ↗ that Community are more likely

55:38 ↗ representative of the residents of that

55:40 ↗ Community um so kind of convoluted way

55:43 ↗ of saying that because we're concerned

55:45 ↗ about the the impact of the residents in

55:49 ↗ that Community to the the additional

55:51 ↗ camera if we're also saying those

55:53 ↗ residents are likely the commuters going

55:55 ↗ in and out of that Community we would be

55:57 ↗ concerned in the same way that they

55:59 ↗ could sort of have the double um

56:00 ↗ interaction with that

56:02 ↗ camera um I will add that this Equity

56:05 ↗ assessment was shared uh at the November

56:08 ↗ meeting of the isquat equity board uh

56:11 ↗ they approved the findings of the

56:13 ↗ assessment and recommended it for

56:14 ↗ council's consideration with no

56:20 ↗ concerns so we come to options um there

56:23 ↗ are four options that we're presenting

56:25 ↗ this evening um there were three options

56:27 ↗ presented to the council committee when

56:29 ↗ they met in September uh the council

56:31 ↗ committee voted two to one in favor of

56:33 ↗ option four over option two in

56:36 ↗ preparation for this meeting the

56:37 ↗ administration considered a new third

56:39 ↗ option which is sort of another take on

56:41 ↗ option two a staggering um of the two

56:45 ↗ locations um this is we think this would

56:47 ↗ alleviate some of the the significant

56:50 ↗ concern that we have and that the equity

56:52 ↗ impact assessment also had on staff

56:54 ↗ capacity to ad administer the launch of

56:57 ↗ two new locations

56:59 ↗ simultaneously the administration

57:01 ↗ however is still recommending option

57:03 ↗ four due to concerns about Staffing to

57:05 ↗ administer two new locations the new

57:08 ↗ Revenue restrictions placed on a third

57:11 ↗ location and the interest in seeing if

57:13 ↗ behavior on this interior Street can be

57:15 ↗ changed through different methods

57:17 ↗ specifically the Staffing up of our

57:20 ↗ Traffic

57:22 ↗ Unit one additional visual I wanted to

57:25 ↗ share um similar to the visual I shared

57:27 ↗ before is just around the traffic

57:29 ↗ behavior in general so this slide and

57:31 ↗ the next slide show the flow of traffic

57:33 ↗ through these two areas um during the

57:37 ↗ whole of the day I think it's quite

57:40 ↗ noticeable um that traffic on Newport

57:43 ↗ Way um it remains High especially um

57:49 ↗ throughout the day um pretty consistent

57:52 ↗ traffic um and actually Northbound uh

57:55 ↗ deep increases pretty significantly like

57:57 ↗ the highest rates of traffic are

57:59 ↗ actually happening during school hours

58:02 ↗ along this stretch of

58:04 ↗ land Northeast Park Drive we see

58:07 ↗ actually kind of a little bit of a

58:08 ↗ different pattern so we actually see

58:10 ↗ higher volume of traffic outside of

58:12 ↗ times when the school zone camera would

58:14 ↗ be on this is another consideration that

58:16 ↗ we're making as we think about whether

58:18 ↗ or not we're ready to launch two new

58:21 ↗ locations at two different

58:24 ↗ places I I guess I maybe see that for

58:27 ↗ the second but the first one looks like

58:30 ↗ the peak tra uh no sorry um go to the

58:32 ↗ second slide yeah so the uh top one

58:38 ↗ which is the which direction well let's

58:41 ↗ B right there that seems like the peak

58:44 ↗ traffic is exactly when the cameras

58:45 ↗ would be on the the peak traffic is

58:49 ↗ right before it you're true right around

58:52 ↗ 8:30 is still pretty high but the peak

58:54 ↗ traffic is right about 8:00 and then

59:00 ↗ 6:00 and then with with eastbound it

59:03 ↗ peaks in the e in the uh evening hours

59:06 ↗ so we see a dip uh during school

59:09 ↗ hours thank

59:11 ↗ you so our proposal the administration

59:14 ↗ is proposing adding a second school zone

59:17 ↗ safety location at isqua Valley

59:19 ↗ Elementary both a Northbound and a

59:21 ↗ southbound camera um this would keep us

59:23 ↗ within the terms of the current uh city

59:26 ↗ code so that we'd have no new Revenue

59:28 ↗ restrictions it would also address the

59:30 ↗ high incidents of ongoing speeding even

59:32 ↗ when lights and a sign telling people

59:35 ↗ the speed that they are going are

59:37 ↗ flashing and with the high frequency of

59:39 ↗ pass through traffic um while this is a

59:41 ↗ minor detail the high incidence of pass

59:43 ↗ through traffic provides more favorable

59:45 ↗ Financial viability for the full 5-year

59:48 ↗ lease

59:49 ↗ term the administration is recommending

59:51 ↗ that the city council recommend the

59:54 ↗ addition of one school zone safety

59:56 ↗ location and that the mayor signed an

59:57 ↗ amendment to the agreement with ver

59:59 ↗ Mobility to add two cameras at this

1:00:01 ↗ location along Newport Way

1:00:03 ↗ Northwest timing and next steps uh the

1:00:06 ↗ equity impact assessment has already

1:00:07 ↗ been completed um we are hoping in this

1:00:11 ↗ month to move forward uh with

1:00:12 ↗ communication to the community

1:00:26 ↗ I've never uh worn out a microphone

1:00:30 ↗ um um and also to sign the contract

1:00:34 ↗ Amendment um but also to allow us to

1:00:37 ↗ some time to collaborate with the school

1:00:38 ↗ district on how we would communicate out

1:00:41 ↗ um and then January and February we

1:00:43 ↗ would hope to to install new cameras to

1:00:45 ↗ be able to go live before the end of q1

1:00:47 ↗ um so we can start getting warning

1:00:49 ↗ tickets out there but also provide uh

1:00:51 ↗ our court staff some time to staff up

1:00:54 ↗ and our our ipd team which has a

1:00:56 ↗ tentative plan some time to uh staff

1:00:59 ↗ their plan as

1:01:01 ↗ well so again this is the recommendation

1:01:04 ↗ um and I will take any questions and

1:01:06 ↗ before we go to questions I would like

1:01:08 ↗ to see if council member Marts who is

1:01:11 ↗ chair of services safety and Parks

1:01:13 ↗ committee is there anything you want to

1:01:15 ↗ summarize on the committee's

1:01:16 ↗ recommendations and then I already saw

1:01:17 ↗ council member Ray will have a question

1:01:20 ↗ I I would thank thank you Madame mayor

1:01:21 ↗ for the opportunity uh regarding this

1:01:23 ↗ bill at the September 30th 202 before

1:01:26 ↗ service sa services safety and Parks

1:01:28 ↗ committee meeting the administration

1:01:29 ↗ presented the reports from ver Mobility

1:01:32 ↗ as well as analysis on the financial

1:01:33 ↗ viability of each potential camera

1:01:35 ↗ location to the council members in the

1:01:37 ↗ committee the committee voted two to one

1:01:39 ↗ in a split decision between adding one

1:01:41 ↗ additional School Zone location at

1:01:43 ↗ Newport Way Northwest and adding a new

1:01:46 ↗ school zone location at both Newport Way

1:01:48 ↗ Northwest and Northeast Park Drive all

1:01:51 ↗ committee members were supportive of a

1:01:52 ↗ new location at isqua Valley Elementary

1:01:55 ↗ how however a minority of the committee

1:01:57 ↗ was also in support of adding a third

1:01:59 ↗ School Zone location at Grand Ridge

1:02:02 ↗ Elementary at Northeast Park Drive the

1:02:05 ↗ Administration has added additional

1:02:07 ↗ information on the feasibility of the

1:02:08 ↗ third tonight's meeting obviously uh so

1:02:12 ↗ this concludes my

1:02:14 ↗ report thank you council member and

1:02:16 ↗ council member before I go to you I

1:02:18 ↗ remember when we had committees you

1:02:19 ↗ always wanted that majority Minority

1:02:20 ↗ Report so you must have liked the way

1:02:23 ↗ council member it's presented that

1:02:25 ↗ council member right

1:02:26 ↗ um thanks um I I'm confused by the

1:02:30 ↗ analysis Das a third location slide and

1:02:33 ↗ particularly as it relates to diverted

1:02:35 ↗ to the Cooper Jones actor transport

1:02:38 ↗ Transportation safety account and I'm

1:02:41 ↗ reading this is 25% of Revenue after

1:02:43 ↗ operational cost get diverted but when I

1:02:45 ↗ look at the graph it looks like a 75%

1:02:47 ↗ reduction in our Revenue so it feels to

1:02:50 ↗ me like that's backwards

1:02:56 ↗ like 75% is getting

1:03:00 ↗ diverted I'll have to let me check the

1:03:02 ↗ numbers um but it shouldn't be

1:03:07 ↗ 75% um it should be 25 of what's

1:03:09 ↗ remaining after um so it's it's a pretty

1:03:12 ↗ small amount that's remaining and we've

1:03:14 ↗ also got Staffing costs going up um I

1:03:17 ↗ can do a quick check on the math though

1:03:19 ↗ for you I what I'm seeing is really is a

1:03:21 ↗ 75% reduction between 2027 and 2028 if

1:03:25 ↗ you look at going from nearly

1:03:27 ↗ $400,000 to just slightly over $100,000

1:03:30 ↗ so it just um is it if it is it's a 75%

1:03:35 ↗ diversion those numbers work if it's a

1:03:36 ↗ 25% diversion those numbers look funky

1:03:39 ↗ to me okay I TR I trust that you you ran

1:03:42 ↗ them again I will I will check my

1:03:44 ↗ spreadsheet as well all

1:03:45 ↗ right council

1:03:49 ↗ president thank you let me get back to

1:03:51 ↗ my

1:03:52 ↗ questions okay Dale you provided us all

1:03:56 ↗ kinds of additional information since

1:03:58 ↗ the last services and safety and Parks

1:04:00 ↗ um can you talk about the difference

1:04:03 ↗ between potential infractions which

1:04:05 ↗ seems to be what Vera Mobility is

1:04:08 ↗ measuring here and citations which was

1:04:11 ↗ one of the numbers that you had given us

1:04:13 ↗ for the current cameras Second Avenue

1:04:17 ↗ Southeast um I'll start with that yes

1:04:21 ↗ and I can tell you there a couple of

1:04:22 ↗ different layers of that so they

1:04:24 ↗ provided potential um violations based

1:04:27 ↗ purely off of that capturing who is

1:04:31 ↗ speeding through the area um that number

1:04:35 ↗ we we still think is a is a little high

1:04:37 ↗ and so we estimate it down um for our

1:04:40 ↗ own calculations the difference between

1:04:43 ↗ violations and citations there are a few

1:04:45 ↗ things that could be happening one is

1:04:47 ↗ that in some cases as mentioned um for

1:04:50 ↗ some violators it'll be their first time

1:04:53 ↗ um violating the speed and so they will

1:04:55 ↗ get warning on their first goar around

1:04:57 ↗ regardless if it's during our

1:04:59 ↗ implementation period or if it's their

1:05:01 ↗ first time I know I have sped and gotten

1:05:04 ↗ a warning um through a school zone

1:05:06 ↗ myself I know I how dare I say it on the

1:05:08 ↗ record um citations also um might not be

1:05:13 ↗ issued to certain um in certain cases so

1:05:16 ↗ um the camera is an imperfect Tool uh it

1:05:19 ↗ requires taking a photo uh and that

1:05:22 ↗ photo being clear enough that you can

1:05:24 ↗ read the license plate in some cases the

1:05:26 ↗ license plate itself might be uded um

1:05:29 ↗ and thus that person can't necessarily

1:05:31 ↗ be cited uh so an unclear photo can lead

1:05:35 ↗ to someone violating but not being cited

1:05:38 ↗ um

1:05:39 ↗ a somehow masked um license plate might

1:05:44 ↗ also lead to that um a mismatch in

1:05:47 ↗ photos between uh the front of the car

1:05:49 ↗ in the back of the car U might also lead

1:05:51 ↗ to something not being cited um and then

1:05:53 ↗ there are exempt Vehicles so emergency

1:05:55 ↗ Vehicles they might violate the speed

1:05:58 ↗ but also not be cited um we did discuss

1:06:01 ↗ there's a at our current camera during a

1:06:04 ↗ a recent speed study there was a a a

1:06:07 ↗ notable discrepancy between in One

1:06:09 ↗ Direction um we're exploring that right

1:06:12 ↗ now U and we've got a question out to

1:06:13 ↗ our specifically out both to our um to

1:06:17 ↗ our police team to take a look and see

1:06:19 ↗ if that discrepancy continued in

1:06:22 ↗ subsequent periods and also out to our

1:06:24 ↗ vendor to see if we need to take a look

1:06:26 ↗ at the camera um and make sure that it's

1:06:28 ↗ capturing but that could lead to a

1:06:30 ↗ discrepancy between someone violating

1:06:31 ↗ and the citation actually being

1:06:33 ↗ issued okay so looking back at those um

1:06:37 ↗ Second Avenue Southeast ignoring the

1:06:39 ↗ Northbound where you said there's this

1:06:42 ↗ potential issue where it suggested only

1:06:44 ↗ 30% um were being issued citations the

1:06:48 ↗ southbound is suggesting that

1:06:51 ↗ 70% of potential violators were issued

1:06:55 ↗ citations so have we calculated that

1:06:58 ↗ into our

1:07:00 ↗ estimates here for the projected cameras

1:07:03 ↗ we have not um okay we have not because

1:07:06 ↗ it shouldn't be quite there shouldn't be

1:07:09 ↗ quite that discrepancy um and that was a

1:07:12 ↗ very small sample it was a sample of

1:07:14 ↗ four days and so we think that that is

1:07:17 ↗ not necessarily representative of what

1:07:21 ↗ we're seeing over time um

1:07:25 ↗ so we we haven't calculated that into

1:07:27 ↗ our overarching numbers for the news but

1:07:30 ↗ as a policy maker I have a little bit of

1:07:33 ↗ questionable data for making that

1:07:36 ↗ decision analysis on okay um and then

1:07:40 ↗ the last part of that question following

1:07:43 ↗ up on that so the violation rates for

1:07:45 ↗ Second Avenue

1:07:46 ↗ Southeast are just

1:07:49 ↗ 5% it looks like and with looking at the

1:07:53 ↗ citation rates potentially as low as 2%

1:07:56 ↗ that's a lot lower than the projected

1:07:59 ↗ violation rates for these proposed

1:08:01 ↗ camera locations do we have a plan for

1:08:05 ↗ if citation rates are really that low

1:08:09 ↗ and revenue is that low for how we would

1:08:12 ↗ either budget off of this or pay for

1:08:15 ↗ this

1:08:16 ↗ program if the revenue is that much

1:08:18 ↗ lower than

1:08:20 ↗ anticipated that location has been

1:08:23 ↗ active for 16 years um and we've seen a

1:08:26 ↗ steady pretty steady decline over time

1:08:28 ↗ we've kind of leveled out now in the

1:08:30 ↗ last few years at this like 5 perish uh

1:08:33 ↗ we don't anticipate in the first five

1:08:35 ↗ years of this program that we would end

1:08:38 ↗ up anywhere close to that 5% especially

1:08:41 ↗ given where the current um just given

1:08:44 ↗ the current behavior of driving I do

1:08:46 ↗ think it is important to mention and has

1:08:49 ↗ been added in here this program should

1:08:50 ↗ be evaluated every year and it should

1:08:53 ↗ absolutely be considered for it is a

1:08:55 ↗ short it should be a shortterm

1:08:57 ↗ intervention um and so at the end of the

1:09:00 ↗ lease term the city should consider

1:09:02 ↗ whether or not it still needs to have

1:09:05 ↗ those locations active um especially as

1:09:08 ↗ we consider Road redesign along

1:09:10 ↗ different stretches of Road um we know

1:09:12 ↗ there are certain road redesigns that

1:09:14 ↗ hopefully we were able to pay for that

1:09:16 ↗ would change driver behavior and so

1:09:18 ↗ would be recommended this isn't a

1:09:20 ↗ program that should live in perpetuity

1:09:21 ↗ it's a program that should live for the

1:09:23 ↗ least term and be reevaluated

1:09:27 ↗ throughout thank you council member

1:09:29 ↗ Hall thank you I have two questions for

1:09:32 ↗ you and one for the state administrator

1:09:33 ↗ and that leads perfectly into one of my

1:09:35 ↗ questions that I had was um seems like

1:09:38 ↗ we have pretty good startup criteria in

1:09:41 ↗ terms of need and then Financial

1:09:42 ↗ viability but like especially with the

1:09:45 ↗ program that started by ISO high school

1:09:46 ↗ and by the way I grew up driving to ISO

1:09:48 ↗ high school driving by that camera doing

1:09:50 ↗ my best to go to school before or after

1:09:53 ↗ it was on um which why I joined the Jazz

1:09:56 ↗ Band so that's one trick to get around

1:09:57 ↗ it uh zero period um was do we have like

1:10:01 ↗ success criteria or shutdown criteria

1:10:03 ↗ like if we meet this definition of

1:10:06 ↗ success for this

1:10:08 ↗ timeline um we consider shutting down

1:10:10 ↗ the program is that something we've ever

1:10:12 ↗ thought about or is that something that

1:10:13 ↗ that we'll need to kind of get into in

1:10:15 ↗ the future you know it's not something

1:10:17 ↗ that we've defined yet um one of the

1:10:19 ↗ considerations in the equity impact

1:10:20 ↗ assessment is program evaluation um we

1:10:23 ↗ are required by law to ass annually on

1:10:27 ↗ rates of speeding rates of violation

1:10:29 ↗ rates of citation um I know our court

1:10:32 ↗ keeps great records on both gross and

1:10:35 ↗ net revenue um but I think one thing

1:10:38 ↗ that we will want to keep track of and

1:10:39 ↗ one thing as I look at the new law in

1:10:41 ↗ particular is a much closer attention to

1:10:44 ↗ what's changing in driver Behavior we

1:10:46 ↗ have Baseline data now um and so we can

1:10:48 ↗ use that to see year-over-year if we're

1:10:50 ↗ seeing the change we want to see

1:10:52 ↗ certainly if we're not seeing a change

1:10:54 ↗ we should be reconsidering a program the

1:10:56 ↗ the challenging part with this is the

1:10:57 ↗ least term locks Us in for 5 years um so

1:11:00 ↗ we know that it's not something that we

1:11:02 ↗ can say no to next year um that we would

1:11:05 ↗ be committed for a for a short period of

1:11:07 ↗ time um however it's important to know

1:11:09 ↗ and I didn't note in this presentation

1:11:11 ↗ but noted with the council committee um

1:11:14 ↗ a question came up about you know we're

1:11:15 ↗ anticipating changes to Newport Way um

1:11:18 ↗ those I confirmed with our engineering

1:11:20 ↗ team that those changes aren't ground is

1:11:23 ↗ not going to be broken until far after

1:11:25 ↗ after the 5-year leasee term so um but

1:11:27 ↗ to answer your success measures question

1:11:30 ↗ um I think we need to gather some data

1:11:32 ↗ to see Behavior change um all

1:11:35 ↗ indications of studies that have been

1:11:37 ↗ done show that behavior does change um

1:11:40 ↗ and we want to see how significantly we

1:11:42 ↗ impact Behavior through any

1:11:45 ↗ intervention looken like a True

1:11:47 ↗ Performance Management

1:11:49 ↗ specialist um okay great um the next one

1:11:51 ↗ is just to clarify the North and

1:11:53 ↗ southbound cameras don't count as two

1:11:55 ↗ separate cameras is that right with that

1:11:58 ↗ they are they are two separate cameras

1:11:59 ↗ so state law yeah under state law does

1:12:01 ↗ that trigger the one location so it's

1:12:04 ↗ it's done by locations done by school

1:12:06 ↗ zone like by School Zone location yeah

1:12:08 ↗ because you know it is it is a single

1:12:11 ↗ place so even though it's a camera

1:12:12 ↗ shooting this way and a camera shooting

1:12:14 ↗ this way like it's it the dangerous

1:12:16 ↗ behavior is happening in the location

1:12:18 ↗ not just necessarily along one side of

1:12:19 ↗ the street okay um thank you very much

1:12:23 ↗ um um so my next questions for you City

1:12:26 ↗ administrator so earlier today I given

1:12:28 ↗ you a call because I was still kind of

1:12:30 ↗ um in the same place I was during the

1:12:32 ↗ retreat not really understanding what

1:12:34 ↗ the safety concern was here especially

1:12:36 ↗ with the huge rideway ditches on each

1:12:38 ↗ side so I wasn't entirely um bought in

1:12:41 ↗ on the kind of pedestrian need there um

1:12:45 ↗ but I talked with the city administrator

1:12:47 ↗ who um um helped me think about it in

1:12:50 ↗ this other way that I hadn't even

1:12:51 ↗ thought about and I just wanted to make

1:12:52 ↗ sure the rest of the council heard it

1:12:53 ↗ too so would you would you be willing to

1:12:54 ↗ sh that with what we talked about I I

1:12:57 ↗ will try to recreate it was good so my

1:13:00 ↗ my my thoughts

1:13:01 ↗ um the term school zone speed cameras or

1:13:06 ↗ school safety zone we kind of say as

1:13:08 ↗ like one word uh and I think we

1:13:11 ↗ sometimes forget what this is and this

1:13:13 ↗ is a predesignated area uh that we have

1:13:17 ↗ concern about because it is a a thorough

1:13:19 ↗ Fair next to a school so why do we have

1:13:22 ↗ concerned about it well in the case of

1:13:24 ↗ uh Squad Valley Elementary uh there's a

1:13:27 ↗ playground right there uh we have kids

1:13:29 ↗ playing on that playground perhaps a

1:13:31 ↗ ball gets loose a ball gets loose on a

1:13:33 ↗ roadway uh child runs after it there's a

1:13:37 ↗ safety issue people walk to school um

1:13:40 ↗ there's just a lot of activity and so

1:13:42 ↗ prior to any discussion regarding a

1:13:44 ↗ camera enforcement there's already is a

1:13:46 ↗ school zone and so we've already

1:13:49 ↗ recognize that there is some danger

1:13:52 ↗ involved here and so what pursuing a du

1:13:55 ↗ Zone safety camera allows is allows us

1:13:58 ↗ additional enforcement in an area we've

1:14:00 ↗ already recognized as potentially being

1:14:02 ↗ dangerous and so making that area less

1:14:05 ↗ dangerous by changing the behavior of

1:14:08 ↗ the drivers so uh this is been discussed

1:14:12 ↗ at the council now you know nine 10

1:14:15 ↗ months now um it starts as a safety

1:14:18 ↗ issue it starts as already an area

1:14:20 ↗ that's been designated as one of concern

1:14:23 ↗ and we believe that by putting the

1:14:25 ↗ camera in that enhances safety in the

1:14:28 ↗ school zone so that you know when when

1:14:31 ↗ you look at why we're doing this we're

1:14:33 ↗ doing this for safety and we're doing it

1:14:35 ↗ because we've already recognized that

1:14:37 ↗ the area has the potential to be

1:14:39 ↗ dangerous uh given the roadways location

1:14:41 ↗ next to the school site so that was

1:14:44 ↗ hopefully helpful to you council member

1:14:46 ↗ Hall as we talk this afternoon I'm don't

1:14:48 ↗ know if it helps anyone else the council

1:14:51 ↗ but um I you know first and foremost the

1:14:54 ↗ administration looks at that this is a

1:14:55 ↗ safety concern at an area that's already

1:14:57 ↗ been designated as a an area of concern

1:15:01 ↗ council member H did you have additional

1:15:03 ↗ questions no I do have if the council

1:15:06 ↗ agrees I have a comment and a question

1:15:08 ↗ for Council is that

1:15:11 ↗ okay um so the question is first for

1:15:14 ↗ council member Ry would you like us to

1:15:16 ↗ take a five minute break so we can get

1:15:18 ↗ some verification on the drop that would

1:15:21 ↗ be really awesome because it it puts me

1:15:23 ↗ in an odd spot not knowing that yeah and

1:15:25 ↗ Dale would you need five minutes 10

1:15:27 ↗ minutes five minutes minutes okay and

1:15:29 ↗ the comment is that kind of picking up

1:15:32 ↗ on council member Halls that's you know

1:15:34 ↗ a performance manager data performance

1:15:37 ↗ managers that's what you expect from her

1:15:40 ↗ I just wanted to add in that um one of

1:15:43 ↗ the culture changes we are trying to

1:15:44 ↗ make in the administration is that we

1:15:47 ↗ are data informed but Valu driven and so

1:15:50 ↗ I appreciate that the administration

1:15:53 ↗ added the third example

1:15:55 ↗ it doesn't have to pencil out you can

1:15:58 ↗ actually decide that the community value

1:16:00 ↗ is that when you are talking to parents

1:16:02 ↗ of kids who attend these schools these

1:16:04 ↗ students parents are like you know yeah

1:16:07 ↗ we want you to be doing the things that

1:16:09 ↗ you think bring the highest level of

1:16:10 ↗ safety in these areas if they pencil out

1:16:14 ↗ or not and so let's look at the numbers

1:16:17 ↗ that Dale works at after the break and

1:16:18 ↗ think about the values that our

1:16:20 ↗ community have and the data that Dale

1:16:23 ↗ has brought to inform you on what kind

1:16:25 ↗ of decision you would be most

1:16:26 ↗ comfortable Mak so with that it

1:16:31 ↗ is uh let's see it is

1:16:34 ↗ 8 let's come back at uh 8:25 that gives

1:16:39 ↗ you some restroom breaks as well so I

1:16:53 ↗ than

1:17:23 ↗ e

1:17:53 ↗ for e

1:18:50 ↗ and you're to you're totally

1:18:53 ↗ right doesn't make the hugest

1:19:08 ↗ difference I'm not sure how much easier

1:19:10 ↗ it's going

1:19:13 ↗ to yeah but we'll fix it

1:19:23 ↗ then e

1:19:54 ↗ well they're one and the same the table

1:19:57 ↗ is the is the chart

1:20:53 ↗ would e

1:22:23 ↗ e

1:22:53 ↗ e

1:23:23 ↗ e

1:23:53 ↗ e e

1:24:51 ↗ pulling us back in from our short recess

1:24:54 ↗ going to hand it back over to Dale and

1:24:56 ↗ let's see if we have some updated

1:24:59 ↗ information we do so the Beauty and the

1:25:02 ↗ curse of the flexible spreadsheet is

1:25:03 ↗ that it is very easy to update your

1:25:06 ↗ numbers um so council member Ray thank

1:25:08 ↗ you for pointing out uh what was an a

1:25:10 ↗ data issue a data error in the

1:25:12 ↗ calculations around revenues what you

1:25:14 ↗ originally saw um in understanding the

1:25:16 ↗ impacts of the Restriction of HB uh 2384

1:25:20 ↗ was this pretty significant drop in 28

1:25:22 ↗ and 29 for a third location

1:25:25 ↗ um represented in the chart and then or

1:25:28 ↗ the the table and then the chart um a

1:25:30 ↗ quick look at the the spreadsheet

1:25:32 ↗ indicated that salary um had been not

1:25:36 ↗ included as an administrative cost um in

1:25:38 ↗ that calculation so it was it was

1:25:40 ↗ actually 25% of the gross revenues minus

1:25:43 ↗ the lease costs of the camera but not

1:25:46 ↗ the lease costs plus the salary costs of

1:25:49 ↗ the program to be administered and so

1:25:51 ↗ that counts as an administrative cost of

1:25:53 ↗ the program

1:25:55 ↗ um so once you factor in the

1:25:56 ↗ administrate the cost of the police

1:25:58 ↗ officers and the court staff to

1:26:00 ↗ administer the program as part of the

1:26:03 ↗ expenditure um assumed uh you see a

1:26:07 ↗ different drop in the grow in the net

1:26:10 ↗ revenues that the city would have so you

1:26:12 ↗ see this drop um is much less

1:26:16 ↗ significant this is not um include um

1:26:20 ↗ the we do pay a fee on top of any um

1:26:24 ↗ ticket over 800 that's not included

1:26:26 ↗ that's not covered um so if you're still

1:26:29 ↗ thinking like oh that's not quite the

1:26:30 ↗ correct percentage uh that amount is not

1:26:33 ↗ covered um as part of our assumed

1:26:36 ↗ expenditure um because it's on top of um

1:26:39 ↗ our agreement with our vendor but still

1:26:42 ↗ a significantly increased uh net revenue

1:26:46 ↗ prediction

1:26:49 ↗ there questions Council M Ray super

1:26:51 ↗ helpful thank you you're welcome Dale

1:26:53 ↗ appreciate it and people are still

1:26:55 ↗ looking at it so I'll hold for a second

1:26:57 ↗ to see if there's additional

1:27:00 ↗ questions council member hunt thank you

1:27:04 ↗ um it I I was quickly skimming it seems

1:27:08 ↗ to me that the uh earlier numbers that

1:27:11 ↗ we saw um are are used in the

1:27:14 ↗ administration's analysis and the and

1:27:16 ↗ the different options um on one of the

1:27:19 ↗ first Pages it talks about the $3

1:27:20 ↗ million net revenue difference for

1:27:23 ↗ example between the options which is not

1:27:25 ↗ quite which is not that um so I'm

1:27:28 ↗ wondering if in light of this difference

1:27:32 ↗ first of all if we need to make sure

1:27:33 ↗ that the um information that the public

1:27:35 ↗ gets about the analysis can be updated

1:27:38 ↗ uh throughout but then also um if we can

1:27:40 ↗ if you could walk through if that

1:27:42 ↗ changes the administration's uh thinking

1:27:45 ↗ on it a recommendation on it um because

1:27:47 ↗ it was it does seem that the analysis

1:27:49 ↗ was done with those other numbers MH um

1:27:52 ↗ I think we have some of the same we have

1:27:54 ↗ some of the same concerns um I think the

1:27:57 ↗ Staffing element is still a concern um

1:28:01 ↗ the the over the course of five years do

1:28:04 ↗ we see the traffic change faster than we

1:28:07 ↗ might have predicted we we might on an

1:28:10 ↗ internal Street um I think it alleviates

1:28:12 ↗ the financial component which was one

1:28:14 ↗ small part of our concern

1:28:17 ↗ um again which is why we provided four

1:28:19 ↗ options today this idea of Staggering

1:28:21 ↗ might be an in between to be considered

1:28:24 ↗ so council member hunt are you wondering

1:28:25 ↗ if there is like um instead of pick one

1:28:30 ↗ pick from these two recommendations is

1:28:32 ↗ that what you're asking if they've

1:28:33 ↗ shifted their recommendation that way uh

1:28:36 ↗ I would certainly want to know if if it

1:28:38 ↗ does shift the recommendation and also

1:28:40 ↗ if it if it in some other way changes

1:28:42 ↗ the recommendation of the staff because

1:28:45 ↗ it does seem that the numbers throughout

1:28:46 ↗ were using those earlier calculations C

1:28:49 ↗ the administrator

1:28:51 ↗ um again back to my uh earlier it's

1:28:54 ↗ about safety and so if uh we the council

1:28:58 ↗ believes that the second location at

1:29:00 ↗ Grand Bridge Elementary will enhance

1:29:01 ↗ safety um you know I think we've always

1:29:04 ↗ wanted to focus on that uh there are

1:29:06 ↗ operational concerns which are real and

1:29:08 ↗ I think if the council wishes to move

1:29:10 ↗ forward with both of these we would ask

1:29:13 ↗ that there be some a phase uh time that

1:29:16 ↗ we would got start with uh the Newport

1:29:19 ↗ Way location um and then give us a few

1:29:22 ↗ months to get settled make sure we have

1:29:24 ↗ the Staffing in place and then move

1:29:26 ↗ forward with the uh Grand Ridge

1:29:28 ↗ Elementary so perhaps we do one now uh

1:29:32 ↗ stage it for second quarter um and then

1:29:35 ↗ perhaps stage the the second one for the

1:29:38 ↗ beginning of the school year in the

1:29:41 ↗ fall thank you additional questions on

1:29:45 ↗ the revised information CC oh just

1:29:48 ↗ general questions okay what was the

1:29:50 ↗ other location concern you had expressed

1:29:53 ↗ earlier about Grand R you said something

1:29:55 ↗ about like Newport you have commuters

1:29:57 ↗ and residents but the one up in the

1:29:59 ↗ highlands would really mainly be

1:30:00 ↗ residents you expand on that or that the

1:30:03 ↗ commuters are the residents um and so

1:30:07 ↗ just when you notice in the equity

1:30:09 ↗ impact assessment um the population

1:30:13 ↗ directly surrounding the school and thus

1:30:15 ↗ most impacted by the camera location um

1:30:17 ↗ is has a higher percentage of people of

1:30:20 ↗ color um in our community and so they

1:30:23 ↗ would be

1:30:25 ↗ sort of additionally impacted I don't

1:30:27 ↗ think it's a a the equity board did not

1:30:30 ↗ find it to be a significant concern that

1:30:32 ↗ would outweigh moving forward with

1:30:33 ↗ camera installation especially given

1:30:35 ↗ some of the other mitigating um factors

1:30:39 ↗ that the board discussed and that are

1:30:40 ↗ recommended in the impact

1:30:42 ↗ assessment and I think it was sort if I

1:30:45 ↗ can just rephrase a bit Dale is that the

1:30:48 ↗ the people that would be receiving

1:30:50 ↗ citations come from a population that we

1:30:52 ↗ are concerned about when we do an

1:30:54 ↗ analysis people who would benefit most

1:30:56 ↗ from this are the same people because

1:30:58 ↗ it's their neighborhood their kids go to

1:31:01 ↗ those schools they commute so the equity

1:31:03 ↗ board kind of

1:31:05 ↗ went yeah definitely is a h yeah um I

1:31:10 ↗ guess this brings up another question

1:31:11 ↗ too um do we have a sense of when so you

1:31:15 ↗ said we're required by state law I

1:31:17 ↗ assume to evaluate a speed zone safety

1:31:20 ↗ camera program you know when that

1:31:22 ↗ happens and if Council chooses to do two

1:31:26 ↗ locations could we not wait to do a

1:31:29 ↗ second camera until after the evaluation

1:31:31 ↗ of the first and would that or would

1:31:34 ↗ that be helpful at all or we're required

1:31:36 ↗ to evaluate them annually um you would

1:31:40 ↗ not need to wait you could you could

1:31:43 ↗ Implement a location without waiting for

1:31:45 ↗ an evaluation on another location that

1:31:47 ↗ wouldn't necessarily be an issue so

1:31:49 ↗ there wouldn't necessarily be any

1:31:50 ↗ benefit to waiting for the whatever the

1:31:53 ↗ data that comes out of an evaluation we

1:31:55 ↗ could move forward with two locations

1:31:58 ↗ there wouldn't necessarily be anything

1:31:59 ↗ that would come out of the evaluation of

1:32:01 ↗ Newport that might benefit how we

1:32:02 ↗ Implement gramr that we can think of off

1:32:05 ↗ the top of our head I suppose likely no

1:32:07 ↗ because the the implementation of the

1:32:09 ↗ program is is pretty standardized I

1:32:12 ↗ think we would likely do the same

1:32:14 ↗ behavior in terms of partnership with

1:32:15 ↗ the schools getting information out

1:32:17 ↗ there um and we wouldn't necessarily

1:32:20 ↗ change the installation of the C those

1:32:22 ↗ cameras also we're going to learn really

1:32:25 ↗ different things about the traffic on

1:32:26 ↗ Newport Way Northwest than we are on

1:32:28 ↗ Northeast Park Drive um just given that

1:32:30 ↗ the traffic itself is different you can

1:32:31 ↗ even see in those graphs of when traffic

1:32:33 ↗ Peaks and VA and when it valleys is

1:32:36 ↗ really different um so I can't imagine

1:32:38 ↗ that we would learn a lot about what

1:32:40 ↗ would occur on on Northeast Park from

1:32:43 ↗ Newport Way and vice versa um so that

1:32:46 ↗ order wouldn't necessarily matter I

1:32:48 ↗ think the big Focus um is Staff capacity

1:32:53 ↗ uh to

1:32:54 ↗ stand up and to process citations um you

1:32:58 ↗ know it was it was mentioned um by staff

1:33:01 ↗ that or there there's also there's a

1:33:03 ↗ legal requirement for the video to the

1:33:06 ↗ photos to be processed in a certain

1:33:07 ↗ amount of time in order to issue the

1:33:09 ↗ citations um so you can't have this big

1:33:11 ↗ big backlog that goes on for months and

1:33:13 ↗ months um and we would need to make sure

1:33:15 ↗ that we have the staff to do that so

1:33:16 ↗ standing up to simultaneously wouldn't

1:33:19 ↗ necessarily allow us to be in

1:33:21 ↗ compliance thank you appreciate that

1:33:24 ↗ additional questions Dale thank you for

1:33:26 ↗ doing that quick recalculation and

1:33:28 ↗ bringing the information back ah count

1:33:31 ↗ council member hun thank you uh it's

1:33:34 ↗ it's mentioned in our materials that uh

1:33:37 ↗ it would be expected because the

1:33:38 ↗ population that's going by the Grand

1:33:40 ↗ Ridge Elementary School is in that

1:33:42 ↗ neighborhood lives in that neighborhood

1:33:44 ↗ um that they would likely be faster to

1:33:46 ↗ respond to the camera and have less

1:33:49 ↗ violations which from a safety

1:33:50 ↗ perspective is absolutely what we want

1:33:53 ↗ so if if we as a council went with a

1:33:55 ↗ different option what would be the

1:33:58 ↗ approach to make sure that we still have

1:34:00 ↗ that safety Improvement those traffic

1:34:02 ↗ reductions what could we do differently

1:34:04 ↗ that we are not doing now to see that

1:34:07 ↗ behavior change if we didn't put the

1:34:09 ↗ camera there yeah one consideration and

1:34:12 ↗ we talked about this at Council

1:34:13 ↗ committee as well is with the Staffing

1:34:15 ↗ up of our Traffic Unit um is a more

1:34:17 ↗ active ipd traffic presence um in that

1:34:20 ↗ particular area um we would expect to to

1:34:23 ↗ see pretty quick Behavior change with

1:34:25 ↗ that as well um that's not something

1:34:27 ↗ that we can scale you know as we know

1:34:30 ↗ one of the reasons we pursue cameras and

1:34:32 ↗ as an intervention for more consistent

1:34:34 ↗ violations is that we need to have our

1:34:36 ↗ police in other parts of the city

1:34:38 ↗ responding to other emergencies um but

1:34:40 ↗ we know we are tra Staffing up this

1:34:42 ↗ traffic unit um so they potentially have

1:34:44 ↗ some capacity for that um that's one

1:34:46 ↗ other option we also um council

1:34:50 ↗ president Walsh pointed out to me and I

1:34:51 ↗ did not know this um that we recently

1:34:53 ↗ installed uh new uh speed along with the

1:34:58 ↗ flashing beacons um indicators of speed

1:35:00 ↗ on uh Northeast Park Drive that's new

1:35:02 ↗ and so we actually don't yet know the

1:35:04 ↗ impact of that we could evaluate to see

1:35:06 ↗ if that changes behavior in any sort of

1:35:08 ↗ way um maybe yes maybe no I think given

1:35:12 ↗ that that exists already on Newport Way

1:35:13 ↗ Northwest and we haven't seen the change

1:35:16 ↗ again the the the types of traffic are

1:35:19 ↗ different on those two stretches um

1:35:21 ↗ these are all sort of questions so

1:35:22 ↗ there's some more information we could

1:35:24 ↗ gather um but I would say probably the

1:35:27 ↗ most likely would be a sort of focused

1:35:29 ↗ Traffic Unit

1:35:32 ↗ intervention coun Deputy council

1:35:34 ↗ president D Michelle so following up on

1:35:37 ↗ uh City administrator Bob Kit's comments

1:35:40 ↗ about it it's already identified as a a

1:35:43 ↗ high traffic um some somewhat dangerous

1:35:46 ↗ area to begin with do we have any

1:35:49 ↗ flexibility uh about the time span um I

1:35:52 ↗ mean I I know if we have a set number of

1:35:55 ↗ hours but can we move those hours and

1:35:58 ↗ possibly um take some of those hours

1:36:01 ↗ into that uh where we do see a high

1:36:04 ↗ level of

1:36:05 ↗ traffic um

1:36:08 ↗ violations just a thought that that

1:36:12 ↗ perhaps as a public facility and we all

1:36:15 ↗ know that schools are used for public

1:36:18 ↗ meetings and all kinds of school after

1:36:20 ↗ school events all the time so even with

1:36:25 ↗ the fact that they are quote unquote

1:36:26 ↗ after school we know that there are

1:36:28 ↗ activities occurring during those

1:36:30 ↗ periods even though it's not school

1:36:33 ↗ hours y yeah I have to say I I don't

1:36:37 ↗ know the answer to that currently off

1:36:39 ↗ the top of my head I know that in other

1:36:41 ↗ jurisdictions where they so Lake Forest

1:36:43 ↗ Park for example they had a school zone

1:36:46 ↗ um they chose to change the designation

1:36:48 ↗ of that uh stretch of uh Road from a

1:36:52 ↗ school zone to a speed zone that's

1:36:54 ↗ allowed under the new law that as I

1:36:57 ↗ mentioned there's a this new law allows

1:36:59 ↗ for an expanded use of cameras um

1:37:02 ↗ there's some additional demonstration of

1:37:04 ↗ need that needs to be made um including

1:37:08 ↗ more citations more collisions uh you

1:37:10 ↗ saw in the data in the equity impact

1:37:12 ↗ assessment and also the data that was

1:37:13 ↗ shared um as part of the question and

1:37:16 ↗ answer we do have a good amount of

1:37:18 ↗ speeding um we haven't had a significant

1:37:21 ↗ number of collisions and actually

1:37:22 ↗ collisions are a big data factor into re

1:37:27 ↗ um Reen not like not renaming but taking

1:37:30 ↗ something out of being a school zone

1:37:31 ↗ into being a speed zone um and so I'm

1:37:33 ↗ not sure that we currently have the data

1:37:35 ↗ uh to reassign an area I'm not I think

1:37:38 ↗ we have some good I believe um leeway

1:37:41 ↗ over our school zone hours um I I'd have

1:37:44 ↗ to look into exactly what we would be

1:37:46 ↗ able to constitute as a school zone hour

1:37:48 ↗ um that could be changed at a later date

1:37:50 ↗ that's not something that we would need

1:37:52 ↗ to change um

1:37:54 ↗ right now yeah additional

1:37:58 ↗ questions okay I'm looking at council

1:38:00 ↗ member Joe not sending a question um is

1:38:03 ↗ there someone prepared to make a motion

1:38:05 ↗ yes madame mayor I moveed to authorize

1:38:07 ↗ the addition of one school zone safety

1:38:09 ↗ camera location by isqua Valley

1:38:11 ↗ Elementary School at Newport Way

1:38:13 ↗ Northwest and authorize the mayor to

1:38:15 ↗ enter into and execute an amendment to

1:38:17 ↗ the agreement with Vera Mobility to add

1:38:19 ↗ two cameras at this

1:38:21 ↗ location there a second

1:38:24 ↗ second been moved and seconded um is

1:38:28 ↗ there Council discussion and Council

1:38:30 ↗ remarks I would like to speak to it so I

1:38:32 ↗ wanted to move the uh motion as it came

1:38:35 ↗ out of committee because it was uh that

1:38:37 ↗ is what the majority of the committee

1:38:39 ↗ supported but I would like to move at

1:38:41 ↗ this point an amendment I would like to

1:38:43 ↗ uh and I have given Tisha the language

1:38:45 ↗ for that although I do wonder if my

1:38:48 ↗ language was slightly off at the end but

1:38:50 ↗ um Tisha I don't know if you can put it

1:38:53 ↗ up

1:38:54 ↗ um but I'd like to authorize the

1:38:56 ↗ addition of two school zone safety

1:38:58 ↗ cameras located by a isqua Valley

1:39:01 ↗ Elementary School at Newport Way

1:39:02 ↗ Northwest and B Grand rdge Elementary at

1:39:05 ↗ Northeast Park Drive phase the

1:39:07 ↗ implementation per the administration

1:39:10 ↗ suggestion and authorize the mayor into

1:39:12 ↗ to enter into and execute an amendment

1:39:14 ↗ to the agreement with Vera Mobility to

1:39:16 ↗ add and here's where I put two cameras

1:39:18 ↗ but I should have said four cameras at

1:39:20 ↗ this location at these locations

1:39:24 ↗ is there a

1:39:27 ↗ second second it's been moved and

1:39:29 ↗ seconded

1:39:31 ↗ um just checking in with the city clerk

1:39:33 ↗ but at this point in time uh those

1:39:36 ↗ speaking to this would be speaking to

1:39:38 ↗ what is up on our screen up here yeah

1:39:41 ↗ the amendment I'd like to speak to why I

1:39:42 ↗ want to amend the original can we also

1:39:45 ↗ see the original motion up there as well

1:39:48 ↗ yeah I was going to ask council member

1:39:50 ↗ Mart would we treat this as a substitute

1:39:52 ↗ motion so this would

1:39:53 ↗ Place

1:39:55 ↗ sure it's however makes sense I just I

1:39:58 ↗ wanted to see if I got a second for

1:40:00 ↗ making a change to what came out of

1:40:02 ↗ committee not just immediately try to

1:40:04 ↗ substitute what came out of committee

1:40:06 ↗ with my own

1:40:07 ↗ preferred so let's get the uh original

1:40:10 ↗ motion back up there as well and while

1:40:13 ↗ that is happening if the substitute

1:40:16 ↗ motion mover would like to comment on it

1:40:19 ↗ in the second let's go ahead and start

1:40:20 ↗ talking about it I I sure would so so

1:40:24 ↗ first off and foremost and I think

1:40:25 ↗ everyone understands this it's not about

1:40:27 ↗ the revenue it's about the safety of our

1:40:29 ↗ kid um and the question here is is it

1:40:32 ↗ better to have a given set of cameras or

1:40:34 ↗ not to have a given set of cameras um we

1:40:38 ↗ have shown that and I love Chris's Eagle

1:40:41 ↗ Eye on the money and I'm so glad he

1:40:43 ↗ found that I'm pretty sure that even

1:40:45 ↗ before he found that change the net

1:40:47 ↗ summary over five years for all of these

1:40:49 ↗ cameras is a positive cash flow to the

1:40:51 ↗ city um but as long as we can afford it

1:40:55 ↗ I don't care how much revenue it brings

1:40:57 ↗ and I care about if it increases safety

1:41:00 ↗ for our kids um a couple of the things

1:41:02 ↗ that were discussed whether over time it

1:41:06 ↗ would compliance would go up I consider

1:41:09 ↗ Second Avenue sort of an internal Street

1:41:12 ↗ in the sense that most of the people who

1:41:13 ↗ go up at I go to St Michael's Episcopal

1:41:16 ↗ Church everybody goes Past St Michaels

1:41:18 ↗ is going to the going to this high

1:41:20 ↗ school they're not they're not headed

1:41:22 ↗ south um

1:41:23 ↗ uh secondly the Cooper Jones active

1:41:26 ↗ Transportation safety account well if

1:41:28 ↗ 25% of the um excess Revenue goes to

1:41:32 ↗ State funding that seems like a nice

1:41:34 ↗ Equity uh feature not a bug um in terms

1:41:37 ↗ of a Traffic Unit if I can if I can go

1:41:40 ↗ to the public and they say hey um we're

1:41:43 ↗ going to have two traffic officers and

1:41:44 ↗ you're going to put them sometimes at a

1:41:46 ↗ place where you could have a camera to

1:41:47 ↗ solve the same problem but you're going

1:41:49 ↗ to make them go up there and and and sit

1:41:52 ↗ up there when when you could solve solve

1:41:53 ↗ it with a camera that doesn't seem to

1:41:54 ↗ make a lot of sense and then finally on

1:41:57 ↗ speed reporting lowering of speeds oh

1:42:00 ↗ that it were so because if it were so we

1:42:03 ↗ wouldn't have our brand new speed bump

1:42:05 ↗ on Mount Olympus Parkway because we have

1:42:07 ↗ informed uh drivers of their speed going

1:42:10 ↗ up that hill for an eternity and it

1:42:12 ↗ didn't do any good so I believe uh and

1:42:16 ↗ and finally one last thing the hardest

1:42:18 ↗ part about my 15 years on this Council

1:42:21 ↗ has been when folks who lived on

1:42:24 ↗ Northwest oakrest Drive told us that we

1:42:27 ↗ could have had the opportunity to lower

1:42:29 ↗ speeds on Newport way and that they

1:42:31 ↗ believe that that would have saved the

1:42:33 ↗ life of a child now you can argue uh

1:42:37 ↗ whether that was the case or not but

1:42:39 ↗ lower speeds save lives and lower speeds

1:42:42 ↗ around schools make sense and so this is

1:42:45 ↗ why I was proud to make this amendment

1:42:46 ↗ and hope my fellow council members will

1:42:48 ↗ support the amended language thank you

1:42:50 ↗ thank you I'll go to the second would

1:42:51 ↗ you like to speak and then we'll open it

1:42:52 ↗ up all council

1:42:54 ↗ members thank you Madame mayor well I

1:42:58 ↗ agree with um council member Marts I had

1:43:01 ↗ similar reasons for um supporting this

1:43:04 ↗ second motion I think also uh the

1:43:07 ↗ administration and bringing forward this

1:43:08 ↗ phased option which addresses some of

1:43:10 ↗ the concern around the Staffing um

1:43:12 ↗ hopefully hopefully um alleviates some

1:43:15 ↗ of that concern as well and so I

1:43:17 ↗ appreciate the administration bringing

1:43:18 ↗ that forward um and the bottom line is

1:43:22 ↗ saf

1:43:23 ↗ I think

1:43:25 ↗ that uh the it's a feature not a bug to

1:43:28 ↗ use council member Mars's language about

1:43:30 ↗ that it's going to reduce um the speeds

1:43:33 ↗ faster on Grand Ridge Elementary because

1:43:36 ↗ it is a neighborhood that um that a lot

1:43:38 ↗ of the folks are going to be repeated

1:43:40 ↗ users of that stretch of road so you

1:43:42 ↗ know if we if we're looking to improve

1:43:44 ↗ safety and we think that is going to be

1:43:46 ↗ achieved maybe even faster at the second

1:43:48 ↗ location um we're seeing the same unsafe

1:43:51 ↗ behaviors at both locations

1:43:53 ↗ um I agree with council member Marts and

1:43:55 ↗ and am supportive of doing both uh both

1:43:59 ↗ zones and doing them in a phased manner

1:44:01 ↗ to address the Staffing constraints

1:44:03 ↗ other council members uh council member

1:44:05 ↗ Ray um thank you um I just want to say

1:44:10 ↗ um something I think you said mayor

1:44:11 ↗ Paulie which was we are data driven and

1:44:14 ↗ values based data informed and value

1:44:16 ↗ driven I was close I'm going to get us

1:44:19 ↗ all cards because Dale and I have been

1:44:22 ↗ testing each other on remembering it

1:44:23 ↗ that way it's it's really good because

1:44:25 ↗ um the data is

1:44:28 ↗ um um became clearer clearer as the

1:44:31 ↗ discussion evolved but the values were

1:44:33 ↗ always there and this was never a a

1:44:35 ↗ revenue thing it never should have been

1:44:37 ↗ a revenue thing this was always a safety

1:44:39 ↗ thing and so I think I came into tonight

1:44:41 ↗ kind of on the fence of where I was

1:44:43 ↗ coming down and as the numbers broke the

1:44:45 ↗ way the numbers broke it became really

1:44:47 ↗ clear to me that you know we we can we

1:44:50 ↗ can address our traffic issues and we we

1:44:53 ↗ can do it in a cost um cost effective

1:44:56 ↗ manner so I think uh I think the

1:44:59 ↗ analysis was great and I think this is

1:45:01 ↗ the way to go and I think that there's

1:45:03 ↗ there's an opportunity with uh Grand

1:45:05 ↗ Ridge and there's an opport clearly an

1:45:07 ↗ opportunity down in

1:45:09 ↗ Newport you additional council member

1:45:12 ↗ Hall um clarifying question as a matter

1:45:15 ↗ of fact um so my only concern with the

1:45:17 ↗ sub and by the way the substitute the

1:45:19 ↗ vote we're about to do would be on the

1:45:21 ↗ sub to make this something that we vot

1:45:23 ↗ on is that right okay um my only concern

1:45:26 ↗ is Staff capacity which is something

1:45:27 ↗ that was brought up so just a clarifying

1:45:29 ↗ question on the options slide that was

1:45:31 ↗ presented uh it says option three add to

1:45:34 ↗ but stagger implementation which seems

1:45:36 ↗ very reminiscent to this and it says

1:45:38 ↗ adding second location in Fall 2026 to

1:45:41 ↗ address staff capacity issues so I

1:45:43 ↗ wanted to make sure we're all on the

1:45:45 ↗ same boat that this second phased in one

1:45:47 ↗ would be fall 2026 and then to ask the

1:45:50 ↗ followup we feel like that amount of

1:45:52 ↗ time would would allow us to address

1:45:54 ↗ staff capacity concerns is that

1:45:57 ↗ right yes so that is slightly different

1:45:59 ↗ than what city administrator Bob quit

1:46:01 ↗ said about fall

1:46:02 ↗ 2025 um the recommendation from Court

1:46:06 ↗ staff um in particular was 18 12 to 18

1:46:10 ↗ months after the launch of One camera

1:46:13 ↗ would give get us through what is

1:46:14 ↗ considered to be in uh very official

1:46:16 ↗ terms the bump um that we would expect

1:46:19 ↗ to see in technically second time

1:46:22 ↗ offenders

1:46:23 ↗ um second time violator so you get that

1:46:25 ↗ first warning and then you get your

1:46:26 ↗ first real ticket um normally that like

1:46:29 ↗ getting to maturity takes about 12 to 18

1:46:31 ↗ months um and so that would bring us to

1:46:33 ↗ the beginning of the subsequent school

1:46:35 ↗ year if we were to launch um this the

1:46:38 ↗ first new location um in q1 or early Q2

1:46:42 ↗ of this

1:46:45 ↗ year

1:46:47 ↗ yes and uh thank you council member Hall

1:46:51 ↗ we have two left to comment let's go to

1:46:54 ↗ council president Deputy council

1:46:56 ↗ president thank you um uh my opinion

1:47:01 ↗ differs on this I do not find this uh

1:47:05 ↗ data

1:47:06 ↗ compelling that we have a safety issue

1:47:11 ↗ in these areas I think the information

1:47:13 ↗ that was presented to services safety

1:47:15 ↗ and Parks early on showing the

1:47:18 ↗ collisions and activities at red light

1:47:24 ↗ was compelling and was something that we

1:47:27 ↗ should take a look at but given that

1:47:30 ↗ there are very few collisions in these

1:47:34 ↗ areas

1:47:36 ↗ and what I see as over 90% compliance

1:47:41 ↗ with a lower speed um volume in these

1:47:44 ↗ areas and even you know looking at the

1:47:47 ↗ buckets only around 4% going more than

1:47:51 ↗ five miles over at I'm having a hard

1:47:54 ↗ time understanding that there is a

1:47:58 ↗ compelling safety need

1:48:01 ↗ here compared to the cost to our

1:48:04 ↗ residents and in this case I think it's

1:48:07 ↗ particularly for the area of the

1:48:10 ↗ Highlands where you're talking about

1:48:12 ↗ residents who are going through there

1:48:15 ↗ multiple times per day um through that I

1:48:19 ↗ also hearken back to in 2017

1:48:23 ↗ the isqua highlands residents brought

1:48:26 ↗ their neighborhood speeding concerns to

1:48:29 ↗ the city and at that time there was no

1:48:33 ↗ school's Zone safety camera presented as

1:48:37 ↗ an option and in fact it was said

1:48:39 ↗ enforcement options are limited The

1:48:43 ↗ Conversation Over multiple meetings that

1:48:45 ↗ was had was we

1:48:48 ↗ need neighborhood resident education and

1:48:52 ↗ so they proposed signage and um adding

1:48:57 ↗ pavement markings to the street and um

1:49:02 ↗ flags for crossing streets and so I just

1:49:07 ↗ between that and the conversation

1:49:11 ↗ originally about the red light cameras

1:49:15 ↗ and the data showing

1:49:20 ↗ the fairly small number in my mind mind

1:49:23 ↗ of um speed violations and potential

1:49:26 ↗ citations I'm just not seeing this as

1:49:29 ↗ compelling um compared to the cost of

1:49:32 ↗ our residents you know we have all heard

1:49:35 ↗ from residents about the area on 2

1:49:38 ↗ Avenue um and how frustrating it is to

1:49:42 ↗ get a ticket I understand that area

1:49:45 ↗ because you've got multiple schools down

1:49:48 ↗ there and you've got high school drivers

1:49:51 ↗ who potentially need a larger

1:49:55 ↗ ramification than

1:49:57 ↗ just you know going the speed limit to

1:50:00 ↗ um keep them in a safe Zone but I'm just

1:50:03 ↗ not seeing based on the data here that

1:50:06 ↗ we really

1:50:08 ↗ have a major issue with speeding I also

1:50:13 ↗ don't it like there are other schools

1:50:16 ↗ that we could have looked at so I'm just

1:50:18 ↗ I'm having a hard time with the decision

1:50:21 ↗ making on this and um at this point I'm

1:50:26 ↗ going to be voting against the idea of

1:50:28 ↗ either of the cameras but if there is

1:50:31 ↗ anything that somebody has to that they

1:50:34 ↗ find compelling I would be welcome to

1:50:36 ↗ hear it so council member D Michelle

1:50:39 ↗ it's whether you want to go last or

1:50:41 ↗ second last because I did miss council

1:50:43 ↗ member Joe yes let let council member

1:50:46 ↗ Joe go before me because I believe he

1:50:48 ↗ had his hand up before council member

1:50:50 ↗ Joe I'm sorry that I missed you

1:50:54 ↗ good

1:50:56 ↗ evening

1:50:58 ↗ um couple of things that I had kids that

1:51:01 ↗ attended IMS and um would walk them to

1:51:04 ↗ school from time to time and safety was

1:51:08 ↗ there because you had the the separation

1:51:11 ↗ from the road but um I I didn't feel

1:51:15 ↗ safe walking the kids to school and I I

1:51:19 ↗ think when we think about school zones

1:51:22 ↗ they're at 20 miles an hour because

1:51:24 ↗ that's the speed that if a car does make

1:51:27 ↗ contact with a child or another human

1:51:29 ↗ they're not going to

1:51:31 ↗ be seriously injured or or um more

1:51:35 ↗ injured than that and die potentially we

1:51:39 ↗ also have a significant elderly

1:51:41 ↗ population that goes from Hutchinson

1:51:43 ↗ house and some other facilities down

1:51:46 ↗ Newport way to go shopping at Safeway um

1:51:50 ↗ they're a population we haven't talked

1:51:52 ↗ about too much they're walking all the

1:51:55 ↗ way to Safeway along that route as well

1:51:57 ↗ so when I think of safety those are two

1:51:59 ↗ populations that I think are very

1:52:01 ↗ important to to consider and to um try

1:52:05 ↗ to keep um comfortable and secure in our

1:52:08 ↗ community and and welcome as

1:52:11 ↗ participants that can walk from place to

1:52:14 ↗ place I was originally supportive of the

1:52:16 ↗ the first uh motion coming out of

1:52:19 ↗ committee um council member marts

1:52:23 ↗ uh comments make a great deal of sense

1:52:24 ↗ to me so I'll be supporting the motion

1:52:26 ↗ this evening thank you thank you council

1:52:29 ↗ member Joe um Deputy council president D

1:52:32 ↗ Michelle uh thank you I will be

1:52:34 ↗ supporting the substitute motion as well

1:52:37 ↗ um and I too like council member Joe um

1:52:41 ↗ am uh grateful to council M Mars for um

1:52:44 ↗ for pushing this uh second um uh speak

1:52:48 ↗ camera um so it would be unanimous if we

1:52:51 ↗ were all together

1:52:53 ↗ again

1:52:55 ↗ um when this was first brought to our

1:52:57 ↗ attention and uh I I Drive Newport Way

1:53:00 ↗ almost every day and so that was sort of

1:53:02 ↗ just a no-brainer to me that that is

1:53:04 ↗ such a heavily traveled area and the

1:53:07 ↗ data again shows that a lot of people

1:53:09 ↗ are speeding there um and so that one

1:53:13 ↗ just absolutely makes sense um the

1:53:16 ↗ reason I was interested in exploring uh

1:53:18 ↗ the Grand Ridge area was because for

1:53:20 ↗ years and years I've heard from uh

1:53:23 ↗ parents and from uh other uh people that

1:53:26 ↗ this that that they felt that it was a

1:53:28 ↗ very dangerous place and then myself

1:53:30 ↗ driving up there in the dark and seeing

1:53:33 ↗ people speeding up there um uh when

1:53:37 ↗ there are pedestrians or when there is

1:53:39 ↗ an activity at Grand Ridge uh even

1:53:41 ↗ though it is maybe after hours uh

1:53:44 ↗ especially if it's raining and it's dark

1:53:47 ↗ it is really kind of scary up there so I

1:53:50 ↗ was interested in exploring that one in

1:53:52 ↗ addition um and um originally um the

1:53:57 ↗ idea that there were higher levels of

1:54:01 ↗ violations outside of the school hours

1:54:03 ↗ was my concern about taking that one but

1:54:07 ↗ um the more I thought about it the more

1:54:08 ↗ I thought uh part of this is normalizing

1:54:12 ↗ safe behavior um and if we can even if

1:54:16 ↗ it's during school hours begin to

1:54:18 ↗ normalize slowing down and staying

1:54:21 ↗ within the 20

1:54:22 ↗ M hour speed limit um uh perhaps we can

1:54:26 ↗ also impact that um area and then if we

1:54:29 ↗ can possibly look at Shifting the span

1:54:33 ↗ slightly I think that would be something

1:54:36 ↗ that we ought to explore and see if that

1:54:37 ↗ would uh also begin to normalize

1:54:41 ↗ um uh compliance speeds in that area so

1:54:46 ↗ I will be also supporting the proposed

1:54:48 ↗ substitute motion and um

1:54:53 ↗ I really love data informed values

1:54:57 ↗ driven wonderful that's a wonderful

1:54:59 ↗ statement getting you guys some coffee

1:55:00 ↗ mugs just say I'll take that coffee mug

1:55:04 ↗ so yes so thank you very much um Council

1:55:07 ↗ M Mar would you like a second round C

1:55:09 ↗ Merz I I would um I I just want to give

1:55:12 ↗ a little bit of history on this

1:55:16 ↗ um this issue I I first started talking

1:55:19 ↗ about concerns about Park Drive In about

1:55:23 ↗ 2012 because I used to when I rode a

1:55:27 ↗ motorcycle full-time I would actually

1:55:29 ↗ have to pull off the side of the road

1:55:31 ↗ because people would tailgate me on the

1:55:33 ↗ way up Park Drive so aggressively CU on

1:55:37 ↗ a motorcycle if somebody Taps your back

1:55:39 ↗ wheel you're going under their car so

1:55:42 ↗ like half the time I would go up into

1:55:44 ↗ the highlands I would have to pull off

1:55:45 ↗ to let a tailgator get ahead of me and

1:55:48 ↗ uh so we've been talking about this for

1:55:50 ↗ a long time and one of the things and I

1:55:53 ↗ think it was mentioned um is the

1:55:55 ↗ possibility of a stoplight and you know

1:55:58 ↗ I'm at the point on Council where I'll

1:56:00 ↗ I'll think to myself we talked about

1:56:01 ↗ this three or four years ago and

1:56:03 ↗ somebody will tell me no it was 10 years

1:56:04 ↗ ago and I'm like okay well it's 10 years

1:56:07 ↗ ago we've been talking about a stoplight

1:56:08 ↗ in in that area for a long time so I

1:56:11 ↗ guess one of the things I would say to

1:56:14 ↗ Residents up there who are saying like

1:56:16 ↗ why is the council doing this to us you

1:56:19 ↗ know the alternative is to have a

1:56:20 ↗ stoplight there right and a stoplight I

1:56:24 ↗ I think a consistent 20 M an hour you

1:56:26 ↗ would like that more than you would like

1:56:28 ↗ a stoplight but we need to do um you

1:56:30 ↗ know we need to do something and this to

1:56:33 ↗ me is a is a fair way to do it and you

1:56:36 ↗ know I'm ready if if people up there

1:56:37 ↗ tell me that I'm I'm a grinch because

1:56:40 ↗ now they have to do the speed limit that

1:56:42 ↗ we've had in there already but we're

1:56:44 ↗ actually going to enforce it um you know

1:56:46 ↗ I can live with that uh but but to

1:56:49 ↗ please understand that the alternative

1:56:50 ↗ and may still it someday in the future

1:56:52 ↗ future be a be a stoplight and I think

1:56:54 ↗ it's going to slow you down through

1:56:55 ↗ there just as much as obeying the speed

1:56:57 ↗ limit would

1:56:58 ↗ thanks second round comments would any

1:57:01 ↗ other Council council member Hall yeah

1:57:04 ↗ technically at first since my my was

1:57:06 ↗ just clarifying comment and first Sor no

1:57:08 ↗ and totally fine um so I guess for me

1:57:12 ↗ it's just general comments I guess the

1:57:13 ↗ speeding data does seem compelling to me

1:57:16 ↗ I I guess in my mind and I definitely

1:57:17 ↗ didn't think this until today um you

1:57:21 ↗ know only takes one for there to be an

1:57:23 ↗ incident right and and if you accept the

1:57:24 ↗ claim that a school

1:57:27 ↗ zone describes a certain level of

1:57:31 ↗ uncertainty in the environment whereas

1:57:34 ↗ you might not be seeing something play

1:57:35 ↗ out in the data in terms of collisions

1:57:37 ↗ or um pedestrian near pedestrian misses

1:57:40 ↗ or something like that you accept the

1:57:42 ↗ claim that there is uncertainty in a

1:57:44 ↗ school zone then there are policy um

1:57:47 ↗ solutions that that can be used to

1:57:50 ↗ ensure that uncertainty is as certain as

1:57:53 ↗ you can be that was very circular but I

1:57:56 ↗ guess that's kind of where I'm thinking

1:57:58 ↗ at the moment um I appreciate the motion

1:58:02 ↗ and I think it makes sense though I

1:58:04 ↗ think I would personally I think I'll

1:58:06 ↗ probably vote no because I think I would

1:58:07 ↗ personally rather support the underlying

1:58:09 ↗ motion of moving forward with one

1:58:11 ↗ school's own camera at this time

1:58:13 ↗ especially since we wouldn't be

1:58:15 ↗ installing the second one until um going

1:58:17 ↗ into the fall of 2026 that might give us

1:58:20 ↗ some more time to understand the

1:58:22 ↗ evaluation of both um camera programs

1:58:26 ↗ what kind of exit criteria we might want

1:58:28 ↗ or exit success criteria we might want

1:58:31 ↗ for stopping a program um acknowledging

1:58:34 ↗ that that we're kind of built into these

1:58:36 ↗ term limits on the leases um and if

1:58:39 ↗ there are other schools to look at I

1:58:40 ↗ thought that was a good point um so to

1:58:42 ↗ me it just doesn't it makes sense to

1:58:44 ↗ might as might as well just do the one

1:58:46 ↗ and then wait and then have a broader

1:58:47 ↗ conversation including whether or not to

1:58:50 ↗ put this second camera at brand Ridge

1:58:52 ↗ since we have to wait some time there

1:58:56 ↗ um other things well actually the other

1:58:58 ↗ things I want to say I guess that can be

1:59:00 ↗ un the underlying motion right this is

1:59:03 ↗ more to speaking to this particular this

1:59:05 ↗ to the proposed substitute motion okay

1:59:07 ↗ well so that's what I'll say for now

1:59:09 ↗ okay that was council member Hall's

1:59:11 ↗ first round second round for anybody

1:59:14 ↗ else counc

1:59:16 ↗ Ray I have a second round question and

1:59:19 ↗ it deals with Contracting what's the

1:59:21 ↗ lead time

1:59:22 ↗ to um extend our contract with this

1:59:26 ↗ awfully wonderful group that does this

1:59:29 ↗ name I don't know I would have to get

1:59:31 ↗ back ver Mobility uh they're the ones

1:59:33 ↗ that currently operate our current

1:59:35 ↗ system uh we we renegotiate our contract

1:59:39 ↗ with them every five years on the

1:59:41 ↗ current camera we recently did that so I

1:59:45 ↗ I I think if your question is lead time

1:59:47 ↗ to negotiate a current addition yeah um

1:59:51 ↗ it does not take very long okay they are

1:59:53 ↗ ready to go okay so if we said let's uh

1:59:56 ↗ let's go tomorrow um within 3 months we

2:00:00 ↗ could have something up and run yeah I

2:00:02 ↗ me it will depend a little bit one of

2:00:03 ↗ the things that they consider is and and

2:00:05 ↗ they handle this but you know they do

2:00:07 ↗ all the installation um so Electric

2:00:10 ↗ hookup and things like that they are

2:00:12 ↗ they're they they are good friends with

2:00:13 ↗ psse um but um you know they they're

2:00:17 ↗ they're pros at this and they do this

2:00:19 ↗ for jurisdictions all around the area

2:00:21 ↗ may be pretty quick to act and what

2:00:23 ↗ about on the other side about are there

2:00:25 ↗ any um that you're aware of um

2:00:27 ↗ termination terms so if we we let's say

2:00:31 ↗ we set up a fiveyear contract with them

2:00:32 ↗ we say oh shs you know after three years

2:00:35 ↗ we're tired and we don't want to do it

2:00:36 ↗ anymore we are bound to a five-year

2:00:38 ↗ lease term at least for we're buy we're

2:00:40 ↗ buying it whether we use it or not we we

2:00:42 ↗ are buying it whether we use it or not

2:00:43 ↗ not for five years um we can turn we

2:00:46 ↗ could turn it off and eat the cost

2:00:48 ↗ purely of the lease um and not anything

2:00:51 ↗ else but

2:00:54 ↗ yes and Madam mayor members of the

2:00:56 ↗ council yeah if I could just add um we

2:00:59 ↗ want to make sure that the Outreach is

2:01:02 ↗ sufficient and so uh while the vendor

2:01:05 ↗ may be able to perform and have the the

2:01:07 ↗ technology in place we want to make sure

2:01:10 ↗ that if if we're moving forward with the

2:01:12 ↗ one at Ive that we've talked with the

2:01:14 ↗ neighbors we've talked with this the

2:01:15 ↗ school that there's been plenty of

2:01:18 ↗ opportunity because we would we don't

2:01:19 ↗ want people to say I didn't know or

2:01:22 ↗ they're going to say it anyway I guess

2:01:24 ↗ but that that that that we do our level

2:01:26 ↗ best to do that so um you know we would

2:01:29 ↗ come up with a a calendar um that would

2:01:32 ↗ match as close as possible the

2:01:33 ↗ technology but would error on the side

2:01:36 ↗ of making sure the community outreach is

2:01:41 ↗ complete okay Council right so um so I

2:01:46 ↗ wanted to kind of get some clarity on

2:01:48 ↗ lead time before making this comment but

2:01:50 ↗ if we really are talking about not doing

2:01:52 ↗ the second site until 2026 this is not a

2:01:56 ↗ decision we need to make today we have

2:01:58 ↗ plenty of time to make that in the

2:02:00 ↗ future um and that gives us time to

2:02:02 ↗ evaluate this is um thank you council

2:02:04 ↗ member Hall I that was very um

2:02:07 ↗ insightful gives us time to evaluate

2:02:09 ↗ whether this works it also gives us time

2:02:11 ↗ to um um fully assess and this Council

2:02:16 ↗ can decide you know a year from now that

2:02:19 ↗ it wants to move forward with a second

2:02:21 ↗ site and so we don't need to do that

2:02:22 ↗ today because we're not going to take

2:02:24 ↗ any action on that second site until

2:02:27 ↗ sometime probably in

2:02:29 ↗ 2026 so there's there's there's you know

2:02:33 ↗ there's sort of about this thing about

2:02:35 ↗ urgency to make a decision because you

2:02:37 ↗ need to do it and then there's like well

2:02:39 ↗ I can I don't need to make that today so

2:02:41 ↗ if we're going with the phase if we were

2:02:43 ↗ going with the like we're going full out

2:02:44 ↗ we're doing it all we're going to be

2:02:46 ↗ ready for the 25 school year then we

2:02:49 ↗ would take action today but I think

2:02:50 ↗ we've got the luxury of some time and so

2:02:52 ↗ I'm kind of inclined to say if if our

2:02:55 ↗ mindset is we've got the luxury of time

2:02:57 ↗ let's just uh at this point um go with

2:03:00 ↗ one site and then we can come back next

2:03:03 ↗ year and um evaluate and say yeah let's

2:03:06 ↗ do another one so um we have a couple of

2:03:08 ↗ options here and I will go to council

2:03:10 ↗ president after um one of the options is

2:03:13 ↗ that the motion maker agrees to a

2:03:16 ↗ friendly amendment that suggests

2:03:18 ↗ installation of One cam camera and

2:03:20 ↗ referral the second camera back to his

2:03:23 ↗ committee that would allow the committee

2:03:25 ↗ to have a couple of touches before it

2:03:27 ↗ shows back up here that's an option one

2:03:30 ↗ option is to vote on this

2:03:32 ↗ motion have it pass or go down and then

2:03:37 ↗ consider it'll either be done or we'll

2:03:39 ↗ be looking at another alternate motion

2:03:41 ↗ so um is the motion maker wanting to

2:03:44 ↗ consider uh an amendment to his

2:03:47 ↗ substitute motion or or would you like

2:03:49 ↗ to just have a vote and move on to

2:03:51 ↗ another motion if it doesn't pass the

2:03:53 ↗ motion maker is very confused okay the

2:03:57 ↗ the motion maker uh didn't initially

2:04:00 ↗ have this phasing in there and was asked

2:04:01 ↗ to add the phasing the motion maker

2:04:04 ↗ thought the phasing would be as quickly

2:04:05 ↗ as possible and we seem to have morphed

2:04:08 ↗ into a fall of 2026 which was not at all

2:04:11 ↗ the motion Maker's intent the motion

2:04:13 ↗ Maker's intent was to phase it as soon

2:04:15 ↗ as next school year as soon as staff

2:04:17 ↗ could do it basically as soon as we got

2:04:19 ↗ past this hump which my understanding

2:04:21 ↗ was more like 3 to 6 months so that was

2:04:24 ↗ the motion Maker's intent which is why I

2:04:26 ↗ didn't put specific dates in there it

2:04:28 ↗ was as as as soon as we could because

2:04:30 ↗ it's a safety issue that was my intent

2:04:32 ↗ would um would it be appropriate this

2:04:34 ↗ time to take a break to allow you to

2:04:35 ↗ work with the city clerk on

2:04:37 ↗ clarification on your motion motion okay

2:04:40 ↗ how about we take a five minute

2:04:50 ↗ break

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2:11:25 ↗ okay okay okay coming

2:11:29 ↗ back chance if you could flash when we

2:11:32 ↗ are live again that'd be

2:11:42 ↗ helpful so we are back on the air from

2:11:45 ↗ our break we've had some clarification

2:11:47 ↗ from our clerk I'm going to hand it back

2:11:49 ↗ to council member Marts thank you madam

2:11:51 ↗ mayor I would like to withdraw The

2:11:52 ↗ Substitute Amendment and move back to

2:11:55 ↗ the uh original motion that was seconded

2:11:57 ↗ is there any objection to the council

2:11:59 ↗ member withdrawing The Substitute motion

2:12:02 ↗ great that is off the table where we are

2:12:04 ↗ currently now is the original motion in

2:12:06 ↗ the packet has been moved and seconded

2:12:08 ↗ and council member marz you had

2:12:09 ↗ something you wanted to do thank you

2:12:11 ↗ Madame mayor I would like to propose uh

2:12:13 ↗ an addition to the original

2:12:15 ↗ motion and refer consideration of a

2:12:18 ↗ school zone speed camera at grandridge

2:12:20 ↗ elementary school to the services safety

2:12:22 ↗ and Parks Committee in first quarter

2:12:25 ↗ 2025 is there a

2:12:27 ↗ second second it's been moved in

2:12:30 ↗ seconded council member Mars thank thank

2:12:33 ↗ you Madame mayor uh first of all I want

2:12:34 ↗ to thank council member Ray for pointing

2:12:36 ↗ out uh that the the timing on this that

2:12:40 ↗ there were question marks around the

2:12:41 ↗ timing uh on the original bill um my

2:12:45 ↗ understanding is that as I would like to

2:12:47 ↗ do this as soon as humanly possible but

2:12:50 ↗ there's a there's some question marks

2:12:51 ↗ around uh Staffing on the court side and

2:12:55 ↗ while there are these questions I would

2:12:57 ↗ like to give the administration time to

2:12:59 ↗ go have those conversations and come

2:13:01 ↗ back to the council once we have those

2:13:03 ↗ questions answered so that's why I moved

2:13:05 ↗ this uh this uh addition thank you

2:13:08 ↗ council member hunt you

2:13:09 ↗ seconded thank you Madame mayor I agree

2:13:12 ↗ with the motion Maker's intent with

2:13:14 ↗ council member Mar's intent I think the

2:13:16 ↗ intent of the proposed motion that we

2:13:18 ↗ were talking about minutes ago as well

2:13:19 ↗ as this motion is the same in my opinion

2:13:22 ↗ um and I uh look forward to hearing the

2:13:25 ↗ discussions out of services services and

2:13:28 ↗ safety um but um I'm on the same page as

2:13:31 ↗ far as both uh both school zones have

2:13:35 ↗ speeding issues and I would like to see

2:13:38 ↗ both of those addressed and as soon as

2:13:40 ↗ we can thanks opening it up to the other

2:13:42 ↗ five council members council

2:13:44 ↗ president thank you I'm wondering

2:13:46 ↗ thinking about this um potential

2:13:49 ↗ referral for services safety and parks

2:13:52 ↗ for a Grand Ridge Drive location or

2:13:55 ↗ Grand Ridge Elementary Park Drive

2:13:57 ↗ location um would it be possible to get

2:14:01 ↗ additional traffic um and potential

2:14:06 ↗ violation numbers for that location now

2:14:10 ↗ that we have um the

2:14:13 ↗ additional speed flashing there and um

2:14:17 ↗ would we anticipate potentially having

2:14:20 ↗ data

2:14:21 ↗ from the camera that would be already

2:14:25 ↗ launched or would it be

2:14:28 ↗ launched C president members of the

2:14:31 ↗ council we'll go back to the committee

2:14:32 ↗ and ask those questions and we'll ask

2:14:34 ↗ what the committee would like us to to

2:14:36 ↗ gather if they'd like additional

2:14:37 ↗ information they want to hear from both

2:14:39 ↗ the police department and the the court

2:14:42 ↗ on implementation timing I think from

2:14:44 ↗ council member Mars that was the primary

2:14:47 ↗ concern so we'll we'll see what the

2:14:49 ↗ committee has to say and if they'd like

2:14:51 ↗ us to come back with additional

2:14:52 ↗ information we'll come back and council

2:14:53 ↗ president I think it's always

2:14:54 ↗ appropriate for a non-committee member

2:14:56 ↗ to poke and prod their committee members

2:14:58 ↗ on additional information that would be

2:15:00 ↗ useful to you thank you for doing that

2:15:02 ↗ um looking at any other comments from

2:15:04 ↗ any other council members on this uh not

2:15:07 ↗ seeing council member Joe's hand up

2:15:09 ↗ nothing in the room I'll reread it the

2:15:11 ↗ motion that has been moved seconded and

2:15:14 ↗ uh a suggested amendment is to authorize

2:15:16 ↗ the addition of one school's Zone safety

2:15:18 ↗ camera location by Isa Valley Elementary

2:15:21 ↗ school at Newport Way Northwest and

2:15:23 ↗ authorized the mayor to enter into and

2:15:24 ↗ execute an amendment to the agreement

2:15:26 ↗ with Vera Mobility to add two

2:15:28 ↗ cameras and refer consideration of a

2:15:31 ↗ school's zone speed camera at Grand

2:15:32 ↗ Ridge Elementary School to the services

2:15:34 ↗ safety and Parks Committee in 1 quarter

2:15:37 ↗ 2025 and the city clerk has a

2:15:39 ↗ clarification um so we didn't

2:15:41 ↗ technically vote to add that second that

2:15:44 ↗ referral that um or you could just ask

2:15:46 ↗ if there's any objection any obje to

2:15:49 ↗ amending

2:15:51 ↗ seeing negative head nods and a

2:15:56 ↗ yes who does not have a concern is that

2:15:59 ↗ correct council member Joe nod yes if

2:16:00 ↗ you do not have a concern with adding it

2:16:02 ↗ yes we got it we have it there is no

2:16:05 ↗ objection to that

2:16:07 ↗ addition okay do any council members

2:16:10 ↗ want me to reread that in

2:16:12 ↗ whole okay uh then let's go ahead with

2:16:14 ↗ the vote all those in favor say I

2:16:17 ↗ I thank you all those all those opposed

2:16:21 ↗ nay that carries 6 to one thank you city

2:16:24 ↗ clerk thank you Council for your

2:16:27 ↗ consideration

2:16:30 ↗ uh yes the N nay vote was council

2:16:33 ↗ president and council member Joe did we

2:16:35 ↗ uh get your

2:16:37 ↗ vote I voted in favor I'm sorry if it

2:16:40 ↗ didn't record oh there that's great it

2:16:42 ↗ is 6 to one with the council president

2:16:45 ↗ opposed um thank you for all of that

2:16:48 ↗ working our way through our

2:16:49 ↗ parliamentary process uh we and thank

2:16:52 ↗ you Dale lots of questions and um lots

2:16:55 ↗ of good answers from you we're moving on

2:16:57 ↗ to committee and Regional reports and

2:16:58 ↗ we'll start with council member

2:17:00 ↗ Joe thank you the Cascade water Alliance

2:17:04 ↗ board meeting was canceled because of

2:17:06 ↗ the

2:17:07 ↗ storm uh last

2:17:10 ↗ Monday

2:17:12 ↗ um I reviewed the uh applications for

2:17:15 ↗ the ltac committee for

2:17:18 ↗ 2025 we had uh are two hotels that

2:17:22 ↗ applied again and I think it was

2:17:26 ↗ seven people to fill the other two spots

2:17:31 ↗ uh I went over the recommendations with

2:17:34 ↗ staff and those recommendations have

2:17:36 ↗ been passed on to the mayor for further

2:17:40 ↗ consideration and that concludes my

2:17:42 ↗ report thank you thank you council

2:17:44 ↗ member Joe counc member Hall uh no

2:17:47 ↗ report oh actually

2:17:49 ↗ um it is fired for East Side Fire and

2:17:51 ↗ Rescue it's fire chief evaluation season

2:17:53 ↗ so just uh as it heads up to the uh

2:17:57 ↗ other board members and alternates I

2:17:58 ↗ have a draft I'll send that out to you

2:18:00 ↗ for any feedback you might have feel

2:18:01 ↗ free to just add anything you'd like

2:18:02 ↗ into it and I'll include mayor Paulie

2:18:05 ↗ and city city administrator b quitz as

2:18:06 ↗ well if you have any feedback um for

2:18:08 ↗ that process and that concludes my

2:18:10 ↗ report thank you very much council

2:18:12 ↗ member hunt thank you madam mayor on

2:18:14 ↗ November 21st um the salmon Recovery

2:18:17 ↗ Council of Ria 8 our Watershed met and

2:18:20 ↗ and um the main the main business that

2:18:25 ↗ was conducted was that the uh long

2:18:28 ↗ serving chair of that committee who's

2:18:30 ↗ council member Stokes of Belleview um is

2:18:33 ↗ is stepping down he's done an amazing

2:18:35 ↗ job for many years uh leading that group

2:18:39 ↗ um and has done an amazing just amazing

2:18:41 ↗ leadership across all of the cities in

2:18:44 ↗ the Watershed um so he is stepping down

2:18:46 ↗ the current Vice chair uh Redmond city

2:18:49 ↗ council member Vanessa critzer will be

2:18:51 ↗ serving as the chair and um Bothel

2:18:55 ↗ council member carsten kurd will be

2:18:57 ↗ serving as the new Vice chair um that

2:19:00 ↗ was the main order of business we also

2:19:02 ↗ got a lot of uh interim updates on and

2:19:05 ↗ data on the salmon um salmon counts it's

2:19:09 ↗ a complicated mixed bag it's also not

2:19:12 ↗ the final counts and so um I'm happy to

2:19:14 ↗ pass along that data um but it's there

2:19:18 ↗ were some good results and there were

2:19:20 ↗ some results where we know we need to

2:19:22 ↗ continue to work on the habitat

2:19:24 ↗ restoration and make sure that we have

2:19:25 ↗ sustainable population so it was a a

2:19:27 ↗ mixed um mixed

2:19:30 ↗ results on uh the next meeting is

2:19:33 ↗ January 16th um of the ri s Recovery

2:19:37 ↗ Council and then on November 6th uh

2:19:40 ↗ which was after our first meeting in

2:19:43 ↗ November of this committee so um uh

2:19:46 ↗ because this meeting was later um today

2:19:49 ↗ so the Planning Development environment

2:19:50 ↗ Comm did meet on November 6th we had uh

2:19:54 ↗ one item which was the missing middle

2:19:57 ↗ housing bills and we considered a number

2:20:01 ↗ of policy questions around how we could

2:20:04 ↗ both address um

2:20:07 ↗ hb110 uh encouraging and supporting more

2:20:10 ↗ missing middle uh housing which is

2:20:12 ↗ duplex um up to sixplex um and and also

2:20:17 ↗ you know how can we make sure that we

2:20:18 ↗ have more adus and more options for

2:20:20 ↗ smaller unit across the community uh

2:20:22 ↗ while fitting those units into existing

2:20:24 ↗ neighborhoods as well as complying with

2:20:27 ↗ this um state law and doing all of that

2:20:29 ↗ in the recently updated title 18 there

2:20:32 ↗ are a number of pretty complicated

2:20:34 ↗ policy um questions that were proposed

2:20:37 ↗ and discussed by the committee and the

2:20:39 ↗ committee also recommended some

2:20:44 ↗ additional uh reconfiguring of different

2:20:48 ↗ questions so basically we wanted to make

2:20:50 ↗ sure that there was flexibility in the

2:20:52 ↗ code to allow for the market to um

2:20:56 ↗ decide what combination of units and

2:20:58 ↗ density and and those different um

2:21:02 ↗ requirements would be would be possible

2:21:04 ↗ to build and so we did ask um with that

2:21:08 ↗ in mind for more options to be brought

2:21:11 ↗ forward to the committee and also more

2:21:12 ↗ options to be um potentially considered

2:21:14 ↗ by our volunteer uh planning policy

2:21:17 ↗ commission um so there was some

2:21:21 ↗ items where we agreed uh we we wanted to

2:21:25 ↗ make sure that it was easy and um uh

2:21:29 ↗ easy and easily understood how to make

2:21:31 ↗ these units and that developers would be

2:21:33 ↗ able to do that um but then there were

2:21:35 ↗ some things where we felt like we needed

2:21:36 ↗ more options so that will uh likely

2:21:39 ↗ return back to that

2:21:40 ↗ committee um also the the state

2:21:43 ↗ requirements are

2:21:45 ↗ not uh required until um many months

2:21:49 ↗ later so there's no urgency on adopting

2:21:52 ↗ those um so we do have some time I think

2:21:54 ↗ it's May

2:21:56 ↗ 2026 so that concludes um the the

2:21:59 ↗ Planning Development environment

2:22:00 ↗ committee report and there is no meeting

2:22:02 ↗ of that Committee in

2:22:03 ↗ December thank you council member Ray I

2:22:06 ↗ have no report this evening thank you

2:22:08 ↗ council member Mars thank you madam

2:22:10 ↗ mayor the sound cities Association

2:22:11 ↗ public issues committee met on Wednesday

2:22:13 ↗ November 13th from 7: to 9:00 p.m. on

2:22:16 ↗ the agenda included an update on

2:22:18 ↗ Regional Safety Action Plan an update on

2:22:20 ↗ Public Health Seattle King County

2:22:22 ↗ strategic plan and a discussion of

2:22:23 ↗ on-site sewage septic code revision no

2:22:26 ↗ action was taken the council services

2:22:29 ↗ safety and Parks committee was scheduled

2:22:30 ↗ for Tuesday November 19th as many recall

2:22:33 ↗ uh that was an interesting evening to be

2:22:35 ↗ trying to hold a committee meeting and

2:22:37 ↗ the administration wisely recommended at

2:22:39 ↗ 2 p.m that we cancel it and my power

2:22:41 ↗ went out about 45 minutes before uh the

2:22:44 ↗ meetings uh scheduled start time and we

2:22:46 ↗ did not uh feel the need to reschedule

2:22:48 ↗ that meeting uh this my report thank you

2:22:52 ↗ Deputy council president D

2:22:53 ↗ Michelle uh thank you mayor Paulie um

2:22:56 ↗ the easts side Transportation

2:22:58 ↗ partnership met on November the 8th and

2:23:01 ↗ uh we received a report on the

2:23:03 ↗ sustainable airport plan and then the

2:23:06 ↗ remainder of the meeting was spent on

2:23:07 ↗ 2025 legislative priorities and we had

2:23:10 ↗ quite a lively discussion for about 45

2:23:13 ↗ minutes on that and I distributed the

2:23:16 ↗ revised uh legislative priorities uh or

2:23:20 ↗ uh

2:23:21 ↗ um City administrator uh Bob quitz did

2:23:25 ↗ uh in case you want to take another look

2:23:26 ↗ at those and see if there's anything

2:23:28 ↗ that raises a red flag for you just let

2:23:30 ↗ me know otherwise those will be adopted

2:23:33 ↗ at the December meeting um East Side

2:23:36 ↗ Human Services Forum met on November the

2:23:37 ↗ 14th and a board the board adopted the

2:23:40 ↗ 2025 legislative priorities document for

2:23:44 ↗ that group and that was also circulated

2:23:46 ↗ to you and again if you have uh any

2:23:48 ↗ concerns please let me know

2:23:51 ↗ um and then uh leadership was

2:23:53 ↗ transferred to the 2025 officers uh who

2:23:57 ↗ are Paul L uh who who's the CEO of

2:24:00 ↗ friends of Youth he will be the uh new

2:24:03 ↗ chair for

2:24:04 ↗ 2025 uh Vice chair will be BW council

2:24:07 ↗ member Janice son and um Lindsay Yokum a

2:24:11 ↗ school board member from the Lake

2:24:13 ↗ Washington school district will serice

2:24:15 ↗ secretary and we had a very good

2:24:17 ↗ discussion on future directions for the

2:24:19 ↗ Forum in 201 25 under um under chair

2:24:24 ↗ lali's Direction and then unfortunately

2:24:27 ↗ I was not able to attend the regional

2:24:30 ↗ transit committee meeting because it was

2:24:32 ↗ on November 20th and for the very same

2:24:34 ↗ reason we had other things to take care

2:24:36 ↗ of that day and that concludes my report

2:24:40 ↗ thank you council president thank you

2:24:43 ↗ the puga sound Regional Council growth

2:24:45 ↗ management policy board um has cancelled

2:24:49 ↗ I know it's it's such a long acronym um

2:24:53 ↗ has cancelled their meeting for December

2:24:55 ↗ and won't meet until January the King

2:24:57 ↗ County affordable housing committee will

2:24:59 ↗ meet this Thursday from 2: to 3:30 p.m.

2:25:04 ↗ virtually and we have potential action

2:25:06 ↗ to approve the housing element plan

2:25:09 ↗ review comment letters for Renton Clyde

2:25:12 ↗ Hill and Newcastle and also potential

2:25:15 ↗ comment letters for cities that

2:25:17 ↗ submitted late did not submit or in the

2:25:20 ↗ process of growth Target reconciliation

2:25:23 ↗ we have some cities that aren't going to

2:25:25 ↗ get their comp plans done quite in time

2:25:27 ↗ um so we have to figure out what the

2:25:28 ↗ letter is there and then potential

2:25:30 ↗ action to adopt the 2025 affordable

2:25:33 ↗ housing committee State Legislative

2:25:35 ↗ priorities and that concludes my report

2:25:38 ↗ thank you there was no mayor's report

2:25:39 ↗ this evening because I felt it was more

2:25:41 ↗ important to give you a winter um a

2:25:44 ↗ storm update so thanks for Jared for

2:25:47 ↗ doing that we're going to move into good

2:25:49 ↗ of the order um does any council member

2:25:50 ↗ have anything to share for good of the

2:25:53 ↗ order I have a couple little things okay

2:25:57 ↗ I believe you received a copy of these

2:26:01 ↗ booklets today we have some samples on

2:26:04 ↗ some work that Economic Development did

2:26:05 ↗ about how to do business in isqua I have

2:26:08 ↗ two different versions because I have

2:26:09 ↗ one in Spanish one in English you have

2:26:11 ↗ the English version there um really

2:26:14 ↗ excited to see this kind of guidance

2:26:15 ↗ being prepared for our businesses and

2:26:17 ↗ the other thing councilman Ry and I went

2:26:19 ↗ to the economic Summit that the B

2:26:23 ↗ chamber had and we have some extra

2:26:24 ↗ copies of there I'll pass a couple down

2:26:26 ↗ here in case someone would like to keep

2:26:28 ↗ it that is one of the best um

2:26:31 ↗ forecasting seminars that is out here on

2:26:33 ↗ the east side so they do a really great

2:26:35 ↗ job um there are some upcoming Council

2:26:37 ↗ meetings the next regular council

2:26:39 ↗ meeting is Monday December 2nd

2:26:42 ↗ anticipated agenda items include public

2:26:44 ↗ hearing on the

2:26:45 ↗ 20226 budget comprehensive plan periodic

2:26:49 ↗ update adop adoption city-wide strategic

2:26:52 ↗ plan 5-year update 2025 city council

2:26:55 ↗ calendar Council vacancy process and

2:26:59 ↗ timeline um lots of stuff at that

2:27:01 ↗ meeting

2:27:03 ↗ um the city administrator winon okay and

2:27:07 ↗ that was it for the good of the order if

2:27:09 ↗ you'd like to add something go ahead um

2:27:12 ↗ members of the council there was another

2:27:14 ↗ meeting missed and that was the

2:27:15 ↗ legislative breakfast um oh yes I I I

2:27:19 ↗ don't know that we would be able to

2:27:21 ↗ replicate it in December we might in

2:27:24 ↗ January the legislature doesn't uh uh go

2:27:27 ↗ into session until the 13th I think

2:27:30 ↗ that's the correct date so if you would

2:27:32 ↗ want to do something after the first of

2:27:35 ↗ the year we could try but I don't know

2:27:38 ↗ that we could find a date in the month

2:27:40 ↗ of DEC we had difficulty finding the

2:27:41 ↗ date we had um but I wanted to ask the

2:27:45 ↗ question or you just want to let it

2:27:47 ↗ pass and make it a uh victim of the

2:27:53 ↗ storm that's president is the reason

2:27:56 ↗ that we're having a hard time finding a

2:27:58 ↗ day because of

2:28:00 ↗ our recess or because of facility and

2:28:05 ↗ Staffing

2:28:06 ↗ and I I I I think that there was just an

2:28:09 ↗ indication that from the from our

2:28:11 ↗ Representatives that the beginning of

2:28:13 ↗ December was just better I mean with the

2:28:15 ↗ storm we could revisit that uh then the

2:28:19 ↗ question is to the council are you

2:28:21 ↗ looking are you okay to do that and how

2:28:23 ↗ late into

2:28:24 ↗ December would you want to do it or we

2:28:27 ↗ can have Council leadership talk about

2:28:29 ↗ this this week but while you're all here

2:28:32 ↗ I wanted to raise the issue yeah I think

2:28:33 ↗ it's good to hear from everyone at least

2:28:36 ↗ myself I'm interested in having the

2:28:39 ↗ event and you know whatever we can work

2:28:42 ↗ out I think our legislators recognize

2:28:46 ↗ what a

2:28:47 ↗ uh what an issue we have and it would be

2:28:50 ↗ good to get together on that that's my

2:28:53 ↗ Merz yeah I I mean I would like to still

2:28:56 ↗ see if we can do it in December um I've

2:28:58 ↗ Got U I have a surprising amount of

2:29:01 ↗ availability this particular December

2:29:03 ↗ thank

2:29:04 ↗ you okay well thank we'll get started on

2:29:08 ↗ we have some work to do um the next item

2:29:11 ↗ on our agenda this evening is an

2:29:12 ↗ executive session ID

2:29:15 ↗ 1773 executive session property

2:29:17 ↗ acquisition per RCW 42.3 .11 per1 penb

2:29:22 ↗ ID 1772 executive session pending

2:29:25 ↗ potential litigation action to follow an

2:29:28 ↗ open session

2:29:31 ↗ um these items are expected to take

2:29:34 ↗ approximately 15 minutes and action is

2:29:37 ↗ anticipated follow an open session and

2:29:39 ↗ these sessions are closed to the public

2:29:42 ↗ so we will go into executive session at

2:29:46 ↗ 9:30

2:29:47 ↗ and do we need to have a break before we

2:29:50 ↗ go into session we had a couple this

2:29:52 ↗ evening already okay so we will go right

2:29:53 ↗ in at

2:29:59 ↗ 9:30 anyone who's not part of the closed

2:30:02 ↗ session will remain in the main meeting

2:30:04 ↗ and you're welcome to stay in the main

2:30:05 ↗ meeting until it's

2:30:07 ↗ reconvened

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2:58:49 ↗ want a ceramic do we want

2:58:52 ↗ travel okay audio is coming back

2:58:58 ↗ on we'll figure it

2:59:00 ↗ out and he's going to Blink

2:59:09 ↗ us okay we are back in Open session at

2:59:12 ↗ 10 o'l and would somebody like to make a

2:59:16 ↗ motion that's president I move to

2:59:19 ↗ authorize the mayor to execute

2:59:20 ↗ separation agreements with those staff

2:59:22 ↗ whose positions were eliminated as part

2:59:24 ↗ of the 2025 2026 budget process as

2:59:28 ↗ discussed in executive

2:59:30 ↗ session second it's been moved and

2:59:33 ↗ seconded uh is there any Council

2:59:36 ↗ discussion not seeing any from council

2:59:38 ↗ member Joe or anybody on the

2:59:40 ↗ Das um all those in favor please signify

2:59:43 ↗ by saying I I I I those opposed

2:59:48 ↗ that carries unanimously there being no

2:59:50 ↗ further business we are adjourned at

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Approved minutes

Extracted from the next meeting's packet, where this meeting's minutes were approved as a consent-calendar attachment.

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Attendance

Council / Members (7)

Barbara de Michele

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Russell Joe

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

and Council President Lindsey Walsh

Staff (4)

Wally Bobkiewicz, City Administrator

Andrea Snyder, Deputy City Administrator

Rachel Bender Turpin, City Attorney

Tisha Gieser, City Clerk

Motions and votes (6)

Adopt Ordinance No. 3077, levying property taxes for the City of Issaquah for the fiscal year commencing January 1, 2025, on all property, both real and personal, in said city which is subject to taxation for the purpose of paying sufficient revenue to carry on the services of said city for the ensu…

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

Carried 7-0

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

Adopt Ordinance No. 3078, amending Chapter 5.32 of the Issaquah Municipal Code relating to the Utility Business and Occupation Tax for the cable television, water, sewer, and stormwater utilities; providing for referendum and establishing an effective date

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

Carried 7-0

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

Moved by Councilmember Marts · seconded by Councilmember Hunt

Carried by unanimous consent

Authorize the Mayor to execute separation agreements with those staff whose positions were eliminated as part of the 2025-26 budget process, as discussed in executive session.

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

Carried 7-0

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

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED

Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE

Carried 7-0

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

Authorize the addition of one school zone safety camera location by Issaquah Valley Elementary School at Newport Way NW and authorize the Mayor to enter into and execute an amendment to the agreement with Verra Mobility to add two cameras at this location; and refer consideration of a school zone sp…

Moved by Councilmember Marts · seconded by Councilmember Hall

Carried 6-1

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

Opposed: and Council President Lindsey Walsh