City Council Regular Meeting · Tuesday, January 7, 2025 · City Council Digest

3. SPECIAL BUSINESS

Recognition of Councilmember Hunt ID 1780

5 min · packet pp.5–6

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Staff report:

The Issaquah Municipal Code provides for a Council President and Deputy Council President to be elected annually. The role of the Council President as listed in Section 3.03 of the Council Rules of Procedure includes, but is not limited to:  Serving as the Mayor pro tem in the absence of the Mayor.  Approving agendas for Regular and Special Council meetings in coordination with the Mayor (IMC 2.06.090).  Approving agendas and Chairing Committee of the Whole meetings.  Making appointments to the City Council's standing committees and dedicated seats as described in Section 2.04 of the City Council Rules of Procedure.  Coordinating with the Mayor and applying Councilmembers to facilitate the application process for optional seats on regional boards and commissions.  Setting the accounts payables and payroll review schedule.  Signing certain official documents, such as minutes and…

Election of Council President and Deputy Council President for 2025 AB 8931

Conduct Election · 15 min

Topics: Elections

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5. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Jan. 7, 2025, $20,845,327.39 ID 1741

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.7–35

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 Committee of the Whole, Oct. 28, 2024

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.37–38

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR b) 10-28-24 City Council Committee of the Whole Minutes Page 9099

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. 25, 2024

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.39–44

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR c) 11-25-24 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers November 25, 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 Regular Meeting, Dec. 2, 2024

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.45–52

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR d) 12-02-24 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers December 2, 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

2025-26 Lodging Tax Advisory Committee Appointments AB 8930

Carried 7-0

Confirm · packet pp.53–54

Topics: BudgetTourismBoards & Commissions

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Staff report:

In 1998, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2192, establishing LTAC. Currently, hotels, motels, and bed-and- breakfast inns, and short-term rentals, such as Airbnb and VRBOs, collect the City's one percent share of the lodging tax to pay all or any part of the cost of tourism promotion, acquisition or operation of tourism-related facilities.

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

Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) Grant (Front St. S and Bush Street) AB 8947

Carried 7-0

Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.55–62

Topics: Transportation

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Staff report:

The design and construction of safety improvements at the crosswalk crossing Front Street S at SE Bush Street were included in the City's Transportation Safety Bundle (AB 8487). The Transportation Safety Bundle was funded with American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding.

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

12th Ave NW and SR 900 Project Contract Extension AB 8954

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.63–67

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Staff report:

City Attorney Review Rachel Bender Turpin City Attorney Review Date: January 2, 2025

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE

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

PSE Streetlight Work Order for LED Lights AB 8956

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.69–73

Topics: Climate

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Staff report:

The City of Issaquah achieved LEED Gold Certification in May 2023. In order to improve energy efficiency scores, one of the recommendations from the certification was to transition the remaining PSE-owned streetlights to LED lightbulbs. City owned streetlights were previously transitioned to LED. PSE has capacity to complete transition of their streetlights in 2025.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by DE MICHELE

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

East Lake Sammamish Pkwy SE Pavement Preservation Local Agency Agreement Supplement #2 AB 8958

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.75–79

Topics: Parks

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Jan 19, 2021 City Council Regular Meeting · Oct 18, 2021 City Council Regular Meeting · Feb 21, 2023 City Council Regular Meeting · May 6, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting · Nov 4, 2024

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Staff report:

At the Regular City Council Meeting on January 19, 2021 (AB 8097), the City Council authorized the Administration to apply for pavement preservation grants along East Lake Sammamish Parkway SE, SE 43rd Way, and NW Sammamish Road/SE 56th Street. The City was awarded National Highway System (NHS) Asset Management Program grant funds for two projects: (1) SE 43rd Way Pavement Preservation and (2) East Lake Sammamish Parkway SE Pavement Preservation. The City Council accepted the grants at the Regular Council Meeting on October 18, 2021 (AB 8097) and authorized the Mayor to enter into and execute a Local Agency Agreement with WSDOT for the design phase of the project.

Roll call:

Moved by 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

9. GOOD OF THE ORDER

Upcoming Council Meetings

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0:00 ↗ we are all good to

0:06 ↗ go good evening everyone I'm calling the

0:09 ↗ January 7th city council meeting to

0:11 ↗ order this meeting is being held one day

0:14 ↗ later than normal due to the SE holiday

0:17 ↗ Guru gun sing jti and I'm sure I said

0:20 ↗ that wrong it occurred on January 6th

0:22 ↗ and in accordance with our uh cultural

0:24 ↗ and calendar we try to avoid those

0:27 ↗ holidays that can have impacts on

0:29 ↗ Resident ability to participate as a

0:32 ↗ reminder we continue to have a remote

0:34 ↗ aspect to our meetings both staff and

0:35 ↗ members of the public may be

0:36 ↗ participating in tonight's meeting

0:38 ↗ remotely via webx we do have council

0:41 ↗ member Marts hovering over the room

0:43 ↗ above us he is joining us digitally

0:46 ↗ tonight thank you council member Mars so

0:49 ↗ the first item on the agenda this

0:50 ↗ evening is the Pledge of Allegiance and

0:51 ↗ I welcome all to

0:55 ↗ join I pledge allegiance to the flag of

0:58 ↗ the United States of America

1:00 ↗ and to the repu for it stands one nation

1:05 ↗ God

1:06 ↗ indivisible andice

1:10 ↗ all first item of business is a fun one

1:13 ↗ it is this first meeting of the year has

1:16 ↗ several um sort of housekeeping and

1:18 ↗ celebratory aspects to it and a little

1:21 ↗ bit of work but mostly

1:23 ↗ celebration the item is ID 1780 under

1:26 ↗ special business and this is our chance

1:29 ↗ as a council to recognize council member

1:31 ↗ hunt who will be leaving us this week

1:34 ↗ because she is moving up to the State

1:37 ↗ House of representes the legislative

1:39 ↗ session is going to start next week and

1:42 ↗ so council member Hunt's final council

1:44 ↗ member council member meeting is this

1:46 ↗ evening and final committee meeting is

1:48 ↗ tomorrow uh she will be serving as isqua

1:52 ↗ Fifth District representative one of two

1:54 ↗ in the state legislature for the next

1:56 ↗ few years um it's kind of easy for me as

2:00 ↗ to talk off the cuff about the

2:01 ↗ accomplishments that this amazing woman

2:04 ↗ has made on our Council Victoria has

2:06 ↗ been here seven years uh and from the

2:10 ↗ get-go she brought some things to the

2:13 ↗ table that just made us have Fuller and

2:15 ↗ richer conversations she is an

2:18 ↗ environmentalist at heart and isqua is

2:20 ↗ the perfect place for an

2:21 ↗ environmentalist to move to we have so

2:25 ↗ many Community Values that are tied into

2:27 ↗ this wonderful landscape and geography

2:29 ↗ that we have have here um and so it's it

2:32 ↗ it's a great addition to have someone

2:34 ↗ who comes with that background knowledge

2:36 ↗ um education in ecology a data scientist

2:40 ↗ approach to how you make decisions what

2:42 ↗ problem are we trying to solve what do

2:44 ↗ we need to know how are we going to

2:46 ↗ examine the data and how will we know if

2:48 ↗ we're going to get the outcome we want

2:49 ↗ and continue on with a program or do we

2:51 ↗ need to change it she has brought that

2:54 ↗ skill set to this di for seven years and

2:57 ↗ it has made conversations and

2:58 ↗ decisionmaking richer I appreciate her

3:01 ↗ for that and I am sure that the

3:04 ↗ legislature has no idea what is coming

3:06 ↗ at them so it has been a pleasure to

3:10 ↗ work with her and we know that uh her

3:13 ↗ knowledge of local government and the

3:15 ↗ values that are important to the

3:16 ↗ community in isqua will be reflected in

3:19 ↗ her work at the state level so we are so

3:21 ↗ happy that she is moving up to the state

3:24 ↗ but we will miss her sorely um she has

3:26 ↗ left her mark on this community with her

3:28 ↗ work on our electrical vehicle um

3:31 ↗ charging ordinance for work helping me

3:34 ↗ in particular as the mayor to move one

3:37 ↗ of the biggest pieces of legislation I

3:39 ↗ ever worked on which was a complete

3:41 ↗ rewrite of the land use code we were

3:44 ↗ under an enormous time crunch knowing

3:46 ↗ that a 10-year update of our

3:47 ↗ comprehensive plan was coming and this

3:49 ↗ thing needed to move and the so many

3:52 ↗ conversations were had she was a real

3:55 ↗ Ally to my Administration team in making

3:57 ↗ sure that we had the right conversation

4:00 ↗ we were talking about the right things

4:01 ↗ and we were going to get this done on

4:02 ↗ time so that we could then turn our

4:04 ↗ Focus onto our long-term planning so I

4:07 ↗ am so proud to have had this time to

4:09 ↗ serve with her I am excited about

4:11 ↗ working with her in the legislature um

4:13 ↗ but sorry to see her go and I know that

4:16 ↗ there are many council members and

4:17 ↗ Council leadership here that probably

4:19 ↗ would also like to say a few words

4:21 ↗ council

4:22 ↗ president thank you well I I don't want

4:25 ↗ to repeat what the mayor has said

4:28 ↗ because all of those are true um I will

4:31 ↗ add two other things that I know council

4:34 ↗ member hunt has worked on that have been

4:38 ↗ really effective and important to our

4:41 ↗ community which was the bergsma land

4:45 ↗ acquisition which I know was something

4:47 ↗ that was truly important to you and um

4:51 ↗ something that you know it was a

4:53 ↗ community value and something that we

4:56 ↗ will be able to see for generations to

4:59 ↗ come and then the other thing at almost

5:02 ↗ the entirely other end of the spectrum

5:04 ↗ is is the dock lighting program and the

5:07 ↗ fact that you have worked regionally to

5:12 ↗ understand how important this is and to

5:15 ↗ be able to work with other councils um

5:19 ↗ and all of the work that you do just to

5:22 ↗ recognize how important that area is um

5:26 ↗ to our community to the environment to

5:28 ↗ our little red fish um and all of those

5:32 ↗ things just really recognizes the

5:34 ↗ importance of close consideration of

5:38 ↗ what's important to our community what

5:40 ↗ you can do and how effective policy can

5:42 ↗ be in making a difference in that we

5:45 ↗ will truly truly miss you we are losing

5:48 ↗ a um really effective thinker and worker

5:51 ↗ on

5:53 ↗ Council and we're only okay with it

5:55 ↗ because uh the state of Representatives

5:58 ↗ is getting you so um thank you for all

6:01 ↗ your

6:02 ↗ contributions and I do have one closing

6:05 ↗ statement but I'm going to look for

6:07 ↗ microphones go ahead council member Hall

6:09 ↗ yes please thank you um over the winter

6:11 ↗ holidays I wrote out some things that I

6:13 ↗ wanted to say so um bear with me um just

6:16 ↗ to start I want to say that Victoria has

6:18 ↗ earned many titles during her time on

6:20 ↗ the council uh council member council

6:22 ↗ president uh committee chair a climate

6:25 ↗ champion title 18 Trailblazer as was

6:28 ↗ mentioned super salmon supporter data

6:31 ↗ Defender open space operator and green

6:33 ↗ necklace Guardian just to name a

6:36 ↗ few uh she's also been a mentor to me

6:38 ↗ ever since I joined the council back in

6:41 ↗ 2020 she's recommended books for me to

6:43 ↗ read and encouraged my curiosity and

6:45 ↗ policy issues um she's set an example

6:49 ↗ for how prepared she was each and every

6:51 ↗ single meeting she's treated

6:53 ↗ disagreement as opportunity for dialogue

6:55 ↗ and she's been genuinely interested in

6:57 ↗ our perspectives here on the council

6:59 ↗ simply put she's made us a better

7:01 ↗ Council and she has made our community a

7:04 ↗ brighter place to live uh and I've

7:06 ↗ definitely been in complete denial that

7:08 ↗ she's leaving us up until now but you're

7:10 ↗ not really are you she has this

7:13 ↗ incredible opportunity to do good on a

7:15 ↗ bigger stage and I'm so excited to see

7:17 ↗ what she can do for our community and

7:19 ↗ for so many communities across the state

7:21 ↗ um I similarly and just hope the

7:23 ↗ legislature is ready for another policy

7:25 ↗ honk CU I imagine you're going to be

7:27 ↗ unstoppable uh there just diving into

7:29 ↗ everything and I suppose the only things

7:31 ↗ left to say are just how grateful we are

7:33 ↗ for your service how grateful we are to

7:35 ↗ have been able to serve next to you over

7:37 ↗ these years and thank you Victoria and

7:39 ↗ good luck okay top that somebody or we

7:43 ↗ can close with that if I don't see any

7:45 ↗ other hands because I know a very mutual

7:47 ↗ admiration and appreciation for all of

7:49 ↗ council member

7:51 ↗ hun go ahead and then I'll I would like

7:53 ↗ to present you with something after

7:55 ↗ coun thank you Madame

7:58 ↗ mayor I also I so appreciate all of your

8:02 ↗ kind words I wanted to take a moment as

8:05 ↗ well to um thank this community and to

8:09 ↗ thank our staff and to thank mayor and

8:12 ↗ my fellow council members um for this

8:16 ↗ opportunity and for this deep honor of

8:18 ↗ serving our community these last seven

8:21 ↗ years I've always measured my public

8:24 ↗ service by the age of my son because

8:26 ↗ when he started he was an infant he had

8:29 ↗ just been born um and he's now seven uh

8:33 ↗ and my daughter was three and so um I've

8:37 ↗ I've had um the experience of raising my

8:40 ↗ family in this amazing community and

8:42 ↗ serving my community at the same time

8:44 ↗ and I'm forever grateful for that the

8:47 ↗ work of a council is is never finished

8:49 ↗ um and I was thinking about the last

8:51 ↗ time I I really thought about all of the

8:53 ↗ things that we work on and reflecting

8:56 ↗ back on my first uh comments when I was

8:59 ↗ running for the appointment um 7 years

9:04 ↗ ago my reasons for running included to

9:08 ↗ protect our beautiful natural

9:09 ↗ environment in a growing city in a

9:11 ↗ welcoming City make sure that we are

9:13 ↗ continuing to grow in a sustainable way

9:16 ↗ we are so blessed to have our beautiful

9:18 ↗ forests Lake samamish our salmon bearing

9:21 ↗ streams um and the work of protecting

9:23 ↗ those while continuing to be a welcoming

9:25 ↗ Community continues it's in good hands

9:28 ↗ with all of you

9:30 ↗ um and I've been so blessed to be a part

9:31 ↗ of that as we have as we have changed a

9:34 ↗ lot over these last seven

9:36 ↗ years um reflecting back uh Harvey

9:39 ↗ Manning Park um and and many of you

9:44 ↗ commented on some of these things that

9:45 ↗ have happened over the seven years but

9:47 ↗ as a council member and as an elected

9:49 ↗ official nothing can be done on one's

9:51 ↗ own so these were all accomplishments of

9:54 ↗ of all of us and of the community

9:56 ↗ working together to um accomplish these

9:58 ↗ things harvy Manning Park um uh bergsma

10:03 ↗ acquisition putting that land in the

10:05 ↗ hands of the community after so much

10:06 ↗ Community advocacy was was um truly a

10:10 ↗ great um opportunity for me at the

10:13 ↗ beginning of my time on Council and one

10:15 ↗ that I am so grateful to have um been

10:17 ↗ able to work with everybody on it was a

10:19 ↗ very collaborative um effort as well and

10:23 ↗ something we we all we did have

10:25 ↗ difference of opinion on that item um on

10:28 ↗ that policy

10:30 ↗ uh it was a it was a important

10:32 ↗ discussion and we all respected each

10:34 ↗ other in that process and that was um

10:37 ↗ that was and continues to be very

10:39 ↗ important to me and I'm very grateful

10:41 ↗ for that um the way that those

10:43 ↗ conversations unfolded and I think it

10:45 ↗ set us up for um success over the next

10:48 ↗ years as well very grateful to be part

10:50 ↗ of our climate action plan our

10:52 ↗ establishment of an environmental board

10:54 ↗ which sets us up in an Institutional way

10:56 ↗ to continue to make progress on these um

10:58 ↗ issues

10:59 ↗ our Equity board uh which continues to

11:02 ↗ invite voices to the table um this is

11:05 ↗ something that we have made a lot of

11:07 ↗ progress on and continues to be

11:09 ↗ something to work on as I said at the

11:12 ↗ beginning the the work of Public Service

11:14 ↗ Is Never Done um but at the same time I

11:16 ↗ think that that the work of establishing

11:18 ↗ that board and encouraging those voices

11:20 ↗ and continuing to bring people to the

11:22 ↗ table is is so important and something

11:23 ↗ that we continue to to work on as a city

11:27 ↗ um Title 18 the land use code

11:29 ↗ um which will set us up for decades in

11:32 ↗ the future to um continue to be a

11:34 ↗ welcoming City while also protecting our

11:35 ↗ natural environment and um and also

11:39 ↗ concentrating our growth in the area

11:41 ↗ where we expect there to be future light

11:44 ↗ rail and then um also reflecting on the

11:48 ↗ Strategic plan which was uh adopted

11:52 ↗ during my time on Council we then um

11:55 ↗ worked through covid and the um recovery

11:58 ↗ after Co especially with our business

12:00 ↗ community and um using those Lessons

12:03 ↗ Learned uh in the revised strategic plan

12:06 ↗ which I was also able to be a part

12:11 ↗ of I worry your scaring future off with

12:15 ↗ your long list of her projects I'm

12:18 ↗ almost I'm almost finished um you know I

12:21 ↗ just I I did want to reflect back on all

12:24 ↗ of these things because because we are

12:27 ↗ never finished I think it is important

12:29 ↗ to take a pause and um and really

12:31 ↗ reflect on on the changes and and on the

12:34 ↗ work that has been done um and you know

12:37 ↗ there's continue to work in emergency

12:38 ↗ preparedness and community outreach and

12:41 ↗ bringing the community in um and making

12:44 ↗ sure that we are uh growing

12:47 ↗ sustainably and then also continuing in

12:49 ↗ our our um much more data centered datab

12:53 ↗ based way um as we have been as we have

12:56 ↗ been over these last years I look

12:58 ↗ forward to continuing with all of those

13:00 ↗ things and the data also helps us be

13:02 ↗ more accountable to our community which

13:04 ↗ is so

13:05 ↗ important um and so in closing I wanted

13:09 ↗ to say again I am so grateful to our

13:12 ↗ staff our community um for this

13:14 ↗ opportunity to serve our mayor and our

13:17 ↗ Council for making this such a positive

13:20 ↗ collaborative experience and such a um

13:23 ↗ such a memorable part of my life wow

13:27 ↗ well if you would do us an honor we'd

13:29 ↗ like to create a picture for your new

13:31 ↗ office and we don't want to lose TOA so

13:33 ↗ I think if I could get you all to come

13:35 ↗ down I'd love to present her with this

13:37 ↗ black and have while I take a picture

13:38 ↗ with TOA looking on from

14:04 ↗ all

14:48 ↗ yeah he was for those that may not be

14:51 ↗ familiar with the structure of our

14:53 ↗ representation Victoria is one of three

14:55 ↗ Reps for the fifth district we have two

14:57 ↗ representatives and a senator Senator

14:59 ↗ and so it's just really important to

15:01 ↗ have that close connection with somebody

15:03 ↗ who's making State policy decisions so

15:06 ↗ thank you all thank you Council for your

15:09 ↗ participation and uh gifts I think

15:12 ↗ that's wonderful idea so we're going to

15:14 ↗ move into the next kind of New Year

15:16 ↗ business which is the election of

15:17 ↗ council president and Deputy council

15:19 ↗ president for

15:21 ↗ 2025 the isqua municiple code provides

15:23 ↗ that a council president and Deputy

15:25 ↗ council president be elected at the

15:27 ↗ first meeting in January for a one- year

15:29 ↗ term a summary of their responsibilities

15:31 ↗ was provided in the agenda bill for

15:33 ↗ tonight the following process will be

15:36 ↗ used to elect the officers first I will

15:38 ↗ call for nominations when all

15:40 ↗ nominations have been made I will close

15:42 ↗ the

15:43 ↗ nominations council members will be then

15:45 ↗ provided an opportunity to discuss

15:47 ↗ nominees I will then ask council members

15:49 ↗ to cast votes on the nominees in the

15:51 ↗ order that they were nominated by a roll

15:54 ↗ call vote council members may vote for

15:56 ↗ themselves and may vote for only one

15:58 ↗ nominee

15:59 ↗ the council member receiving the

16:00 ↗ majority of the votes is declared

16:02 ↗ council president I will repeat this

16:04 ↗ process for Deputy council president so

16:06 ↗ we'll begin with nominations for council

16:08 ↗ president are there any

16:14 ↗ nominations sure thank you I'd like to

16:16 ↗ nominate council member Lindsay Walsh

16:18 ↗ for council president thank you uh

16:20 ↗ council member Walsh has been nominated

16:22 ↗ are there any other

16:26 ↗ nominations not seeing an indication um

16:29 ↗ so there is there any discussion um and

16:33 ↗ if not we'll go to the vote but you are

16:34 ↗ free to make some comments if you'd like

16:36 ↗ you made the motion if you'd like to add

16:37 ↗ some comments sure just really briefly

16:39 ↗ to say I think she's done an excellent

16:41 ↗ job serving us as council president over

16:42 ↗ the years I had the opportunity to be

16:44 ↗ your Deputy council president for two

16:46 ↗ years and worked very closely with you

16:47 ↗ and I think you do a good job

16:49 ↗ representing our interests but also

16:51 ↗ keeping us moving and facilitating our

16:53 ↗ meetings so will to nominate you for

16:56 ↗ another turn thank you council member

16:59 ↗ any other comments member

17:01 ↗ hun thank you Madame mayor I uh concur

17:06 ↗ with council member Hall I also um have

17:09 ↗ observed uh so on our Council the

17:12 ↗ council president will often respond on

17:14 ↗ behalf of the council um when emails

17:16 ↗ come in especially if there are

17:18 ↗ questions or um points of information

17:20 ↗ and council member Walsh has

17:22 ↗ continuously done a excellent job um

17:26 ↗ responding on behalf of the council and

17:27 ↗ providing factual information back to

17:29 ↗ our community that helps our community

17:31 ↗ understand the work that we do thank you

17:33 ↗ council member hunt uh are there any

17:35 ↗ other

17:37 ↗ comments okay seeing none I will call

17:40 ↗ for the vote uh all those in favor

17:43 ↗ signify by saying I and raising your

17:45 ↗ hands

18:14 ↗ okay and um mayor I believe the on air

18:17 ↗ light was flashing because your

18:19 ↗ microphone wasn't on so that might be

18:22 ↗ why I will repeat the instructions um so

18:26 ↗ the vote was 7 and0 a unanimous vote and

18:29 ↗ council member Walsh will be serving as

18:30 ↗ council president for

18:32 ↗ 2025 and we'll move to nominations for

18:35 ↗ Deputy council

18:37 ↗ president council member

18:39 ↗ MZ thank you Madame mayor I nominate

18:42 ↗ council member uh Barb de Michelle uh

18:44 ↗ for Deputy council president thank you

18:47 ↗ are there any other

18:49 ↗ nominations not seeing any other

18:51 ↗ nominations councilman marz would you

18:52 ↗ like to talk to your nomination I would

18:55 ↗ very briefly I'll just say that council

18:57 ↗ member G Michelle has long uh connection

19:00 ↗ and experience in our community and has

19:02 ↗ brought that deep leadership style to

19:03 ↗ the role of the Deputy council president

19:06 ↗ I'm confident that she'll continue to

19:08 ↗ provide effective and transformative

19:09 ↗ leadership to the council if she

19:11 ↗ continues in this role thank you thank

19:13 ↗ you council member Merz any other

19:15 ↗ comments council president thank you um

19:18 ↗ just want to appreciate having served

19:20 ↗ with uh council member D Michelle over

19:23 ↗ the last year and appreciate all of her

19:27 ↗ help as council member hunt said nothing

19:30 ↗ happens as an individual um and that's

19:32 ↗ the same for leadership and so

19:35 ↗ recognizing um all of the contributions

19:37 ↗ and the ability to you know throw ideas

19:41 ↗ back and forth and um Implement all of

19:44 ↗ the adjustments and changes has been

19:46 ↗ really important so I appreciate that

19:48 ↗ assistance thank you any other

19:50 ↗ discussion of the

19:52 ↗ nominee not seeing any indication all

19:55 ↗ those in favor signify by saying I and

19:57 ↗ raising your hand I

19:59 ↗ hi thank you very much thank you very

20:02 ↗ much that passes unanimously

20:04 ↗ congratulations council member D

20:06 ↗ Michelle will be serving as our Council

20:08 ↗ uh Deputy our Deputy council president

20:11 ↗ for

20:11 ↗ 2025 we're going to move into the

20:13 ↗ audience Cent some there some nice

20:16 ↗ little golf claps there um we're going

20:19 ↗ to move into the next item on the agenda

20:20 ↗ which is audience comments and we do

20:22 ↗ have some members of the audience here

20:23 ↗ tonight I'm not sure if anyone is

20:25 ↗ willing to speak but we do appreciate

20:27 ↗ that you came to join us

20:29 ↗ members of the public May address

20:30 ↗ council at this time in person or

20:31 ↗ virtually those who signed up in advance

20:33 ↗ to make comments will be called on First

20:35 ↗ and if you are joining us virtually and

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20:48 ↗ sign up um I will ask for other speakers

20:50 ↗ before we close this portion of the

20:51 ↗ meeting you declare has anyone signed up

20:53 ↗ for audience comments this evening yes

20:56 ↗ thank you so if you are making comments

20:58 ↗ comments you invited to address the

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21:51 ↗ public comments written and verbal are a

21:53 ↗ very important aspect of the public

21:55 ↗ process the city takes these comments

21:57 ↗ seriously and we thank all of those that

21:59 ↗ are taking the time to address us this

22:00 ↗ evening de clar could you please

22:02 ↗ identify the first person who signed up

22:04 ↗ to speak yes we have two individuals who

22:07 ↗ are virtual who've signed up in advance

22:09 ↗ to speak the first is Matt coin Matt I'm

22:12 ↗ making you a panelist now so you should

22:14 ↗ now see the option to unmute and can

22:15 ↗ choose to turn your video

22:23 ↗ on can you see and hear me see and hear

22:27 ↗ you okay okay great well thank you mayor

22:31 ↗ thank you Council um hello and happy New

22:34 ↗ Year uh Matt coin isqu School Board

22:36 ↗ director and before I jump in also want

22:38 ↗ to congratulate Victoria um excited for

22:40 ↗ her next step um I'm here this evening

22:43 ↗ to provide you with an update on the

22:45 ↗ isqua school district's Bond measure um

22:48 ↗ as we all know the measure that ran

22:49 ↗ during the November general election uh

22:52 ↗ did not meet the 60% requirement for

22:54 ↗ passage um the measure did reach 50%

22:57 ↗ approval but unfortunately Washington is

23:00 ↗ one of a small number of states across

23:01 ↗ the country that requires 60% approval

23:04 ↗ on school bond measures uh interestingly

23:07 ↗ enough for most other states it's it's a

23:09 ↗ simple majority um even though the

23:11 ↗ November Bond measure did not pass uh

23:14 ↗ the needs um related to the bond still

23:16 ↗ exist in the esqua school district uh

23:18 ↗ the school board completed a series of

23:20 ↗ listening sessions since the November uh

23:22 ↗ Bond measure and heard very clearly that

23:24 ↗ the original Bond measure was too large

23:26 ↗ in size and scope um we took that

23:28 ↗ feedback to heart and in our December

23:30 ↗ school board meeting approved a bond

23:32 ↗ measure totaling uh 231.50 million which

23:36 ↗ is 63% uh reduction from the November

23:39 ↗ measure uh the new measure will appear

23:41 ↗ on the February 11th special election

23:44 ↗ ballot um the new Bond measure maintains

23:46 ↗ the current combined tax rate of

23:49 ↗ $39 per 1,000 assessed value of

23:52 ↗ representing a decrease from the uh 2024

23:55 ↗ rate of

23:57 ↗ $3.3 um and for contest uh context it's

24:00 ↗ uh this is significantly lower than the

24:03 ↗ previous 20-year average of

24:06 ↗ $3.9 um the district has structured the

24:08 ↗ bond to replace expiring bonds and

24:10 ↗ levies um ensuring no tax rate increase

24:13 ↗ for property owners which is a key

24:15 ↗ component of the February measure the

24:17 ↗ updated measure focuses on two key areas

24:20 ↗ of focus which is really what we heard

24:21 ↗ from the community really making sure

24:24 ↗ that we were clear in what we were

24:25 ↗ looking to um raise funds uh through the

24:28 ↗ bond um the two areas of focus are

24:31 ↗ Safety and Security and high school

24:33 ↗ capacity um Safety and Security uh

24:36 ↗ projects uh would total approximately

24:38 ↗ 39.9 million um this includes updates to

24:41 ↗ the to fire systems and the construction

24:43 ↗ of vestibules at all of our three

24:45 ↗ Comprehensive High Schools it would also

24:47 ↗ include updating security cameras

24:49 ↗ intercoms Gates and fencing um the

24:52 ↗ second component and the largest piece

24:54 ↗ of of the February measure will be high

24:56 ↗ school capacity which will total 1991. 7

24:59 ↗ million um this would allow the district

25:01 ↗ to begin construction on the new

25:03 ↗ Comprehensive High School which as we

25:04 ↗ like to say is now shovel ready we have

25:06 ↗ the property and the permits we just

25:08 ↗ need the additional dollars to start the

25:10 ↗ project um this would also include um

25:13 ↗ the expansion and remodel of Liberty

25:15 ↗ High School to support career

25:17 ↗ programming um as part of our lisening

25:19 ↗ sessions we also heard a desire um from

25:22 ↗ the community um to have more project

25:25 ↗ oversight on bond dollars and how

25:27 ↗ they're how they're spent and how we're

25:28 ↗ were're we're um really working to

25:31 ↗ allocate those funds and so as part of

25:33 ↗ this process we're creating the district

25:34 ↗ is creating a capital projects oversight

25:36 ↗ committee uh to ensure accountability

25:38 ↗ and transparency the committee will

25:40 ↗ consist of a broad range of diverse

25:42 ↗ participants including community members

25:44 ↗ parents Guardians staff uh Financial

25:47 ↗ experts and construction and project

25:48 ↗ management experts um so we're excited

25:50 ↗ to see that come uh uh to fruition um we

25:55 ↗ appreciated the council's support of our

25:56 ↗ November measure and um would ask that

25:59 ↗ you consider passing a resolution in

26:00 ↗ support of our February measure so thank

26:03 ↗ you again for your support thank you

26:05 ↗ Matt city clerk who's next on our

26:09 ↗ list next we have Wright

26:13 ↗ Noel right I'll make you a panelist now

26:15 ↗ you should momentarily see an option to

26:18 ↗ unmute and can choose to turn your video

26:27 ↗ on hello hi right we can see and hear

26:32 ↗ you awesome it's good to be before you

26:35 ↗ again thank you mayor and it's a

26:39 ↗ privilege to be before the city council

26:40 ↗ again I've think I've been here with

26:42 ↗ different hats on um been here

26:45 ↗ representing the chamber uh today I'm

26:47 ↗ representing um volunteers for esqua

26:51 ↗ schools uh and I'm seconding um Matt's

26:57 ↗ request that you endorse the bond uh we

27:00 ↗ don't have a lot of time um the it's on

27:05 ↗ the February 13th ballot um we're

27:08 ↗ actively for those of you that don't

27:10 ↗ know volunteers for squat schools is the

27:13 ↗ nonprofit that campaigns for the passage

27:15 ↗ of the bond uh since the school district

27:18 ↗ cannot do that um and I will be emailing

27:22 ↗ you all of you uh a link to the facts

27:27 ↗ that uh Mr Mr coin shared with you uh

27:30 ↗ and some further detail so that you can

27:32 ↗ have information to discuss if you feel

27:35 ↗ you need to so thank you for letting me

27:38 ↗ talk and um we'd appreciate you looking

27:41 ↗ at the issue and endorsing the bond both

27:43 ↗ personally and as um as a

27:48 ↗ city thank you right city clerk is there

27:51 ↗ anyone else uh signed up to speak online

27:55 ↗ no thanks I'm just going to check back

27:57 ↗ in the room we do have three free with

27:58 ↗ folks with us this evening anybody wish

28:00 ↗ to speak during audience comments I'm

28:02 ↗ seeing negative not wanting to so thanks

28:05 ↗ to both of our speakers this evening

28:07 ↗ speaking about the isqua School District

28:08 ↗ bond proposal set for the February

28:11 ↗ election and requesting that the council

28:13 ↗ consider endorsing both personally and

28:16 ↗ as a council body thank you for coming

28:18 ↗ in much

28:20 ↗ appreciated um as a reminder anyone who

28:23 ↗ would like to contact the city council

28:25 ↗ can provide their written comments um to

28:27 ↗ the city council at ISA w.gov email

28:30 ↗ address we're going to move on to an

28:32 ↗ actual item of business so you do have a

28:35 ↗ little bit of work to do tonight um the

28:38 ↗ consent calendar I don't have any

28:40 ↗ comments on any of the items on

28:42 ↗ tonight's consent calendar but I do want

28:44 ↗ to give committee chairs an opportunity

28:46 ↗ is there something on the consent

28:48 ↗ calendar that needs to be addressed and

28:49 ↗ I see council member Joe has his hand up

28:51 ↗ thank you I just like to briefly address

28:53 ↗ the ltac appointments um they are uh

28:57 ↗ normal in the sense that uh we're just

28:59 ↗ reappointing the uh four members that

29:01 ↗ are on the committee however during the

29:04 ↗ interviews we did see a need to have the

29:06 ↗ opportunity to have alternate members

29:09 ↗ and so we worked with uh uh the clerk's

29:11 ↗ Department thank you so much for

29:13 ↗ drafting the the uh the rules for that

29:16 ↗ and there will be an alternate uh

29:18 ↗ appointed as you see on the bottom

29:20 ↗ Rachel right from the esqu Arts uh

29:22 ↗ representing isqua Arts will be one of

29:24 ↗ the alternates the other alternate spot

29:26 ↗ is open uh and we're reserving that for

29:29 ↗ um um members businesses that would uh

29:32 ↗ collect the tax um and so if there is

29:34 ↗ another hotel out there that would like

29:36 ↗ to be an alternate member um please

29:38 ↗ consider applying or reaching out to the

29:41 ↗ economic development department uh

29:43 ↗ Rachel Wright will be of course uh

29:45 ↗ representing the people that would

29:46 ↗ receive uh business money money from the

29:49 ↗ ltac uh fund so that's just a little

29:52 ↗ change I want to just point out to

29:53 ↗ council members thank you thank you

29:55 ↗ council member Joe are there any other

29:58 ↗ um committee chairs that need to make

30:00 ↗ any comments and I'm looking at council

30:02 ↗ member Marts and not a nod the consent

30:04 ↗ calendar was distributed to councel in

30:06 ↗ advance and if authorized the items on

30:08 ↗ the consent calendar will be considered

30:10 ↗ together and approved by one motion had

30:12 ↗ the payables and payroll been reviewed

30:14 ↗ they have they have thank you do any

30:17 ↗ council member desire to remove any item

30:19 ↗ from the consent calendar and consider

30:21 ↗ under regular business this

30:23 ↗ evening not seeing any indication uh

30:26 ↗ could I have a motion council president

30:29 ↗ yeah I move we approve the consent

30:30 ↗ calendar as

30:33 ↗ distributed second it's been moved in

30:35 ↗ seconded is there any

30:38 ↗ discussion all those in favor indicate

30:40 ↗ by saying I I I thank you that passes

30:45 ↗ unanimously uh as I stated earlier we do

30:48 ↗ not have any items under our regular

30:50 ↗ business portion um do have committee

30:52 ↗ and Regional reports so we'll go around

30:54 ↗ the table and start with council member

30:55 ↗ Joe thank you I'll touch on the lodging

30:58 ↗ tax advisory committee again uh

31:01 ↗ applications for funding are now open um

31:04 ↗ interested parties that would like to

31:06 ↗ receive some of the lodging uh tax money

31:09 ↗ for this next year are uh um advised to

31:13 ↗ go ahead and reach out to Jen Davis

31:15 ↗ Hayes and our Economic Development

31:16 ↗ Department the next meeting for the

31:18 ↗ lodging tax advisory Community will be

31:19 ↗ in late February early March uh

31:22 ↗ depending on um the

31:26 ↗ chair's um schedule ual uh as you know

31:29 ↗ the chair needs to be reappointed uh for

31:31 ↗ this next year and it might continue to

31:34 ↗ be me it might be another council member

31:36 ↗ so the schedule will be a little

31:37 ↗ flexible um and that at that meeting

31:39 ↗ you'll you you will be reviewing the

31:41 ↗ applications and deciding on a funding

31:44 ↗ allocations for the for the tax um

31:47 ↗ Cascade water Alliance uh members are

31:49 ↗ directed to look at the email from the

31:52 ↗ mayor talking about uh most recent

31:54 ↗ updates um on water and then

31:58 ↗ um the Cascade board will be meeting on

32:01 ↗ Wednesday the 22nd and the public

32:04 ↗ affairs committee will be meeting

32:05 ↗ tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. that concludes my

32:09 ↗ report thank you thank you council

32:10 ↗ member Hall thank you couple quick

32:12 ↗ reports um first PE side fire and rescue

32:15 ↗ our next board meeting is this Thursday

32:17 ↗ January 9th uh on our agenda we're going

32:19 ↗ to be adopting the 2025 legislative

32:21 ↗ agenda which is um mostly unchanged from

32:24 ↗ last year although I understand the

32:25 ↗ mayor has provided some helpful feedback

32:28 ↗ on some of the finance stuff froma

32:31 ↗ trying to align the language on safety

32:34 ↗ funding at the state level and so making

32:37 ↗ sure our fire agency our city is saying

32:39 ↗ the same thing perfect definitely

32:41 ↗ appreciate that so we'll be looking at

32:42 ↗ that uh accepting a posos grant updating

32:45 ↗ board policy to finalize the Duval

32:48 ↗ contract which is finally coming to a

32:49 ↗ close And discussing our 2025 uh work

32:53 ↗ plan which um I'll just go over some of

32:55 ↗ the things these were kind of future

32:57 ↗ conversations that we identified last

32:59 ↗ year as part of budget um and just kind

33:01 ↗ of end of year as things we want to talk

33:03 ↗ about in 25 and 26 they were updating

33:06 ↗ how we uh evaluate fire chief's

33:08 ↗ performance uh our fire permit fees

33:10 ↗ long-term funding strategies reserve and

33:13 ↗ fund balance policies fee for transport

33:16 ↗ policies fature plans for headquarters

33:18 ↗ long-term strategies for station

33:20 ↗ sighting around our service area how to

33:22 ↗ be more strategic and how we grow and

33:24 ↗ then also really fully understanding the

33:26 ↗ full impacts of regionalization and what

33:28 ↗ it means on both our Workforce and the

33:30 ↗ agency more generally so lots of policy

33:32 ↗ to prioritize uh and discuss this year

33:35 ↗ and next year um with uh oh and then

33:39 ↗ also um I was recently appointed to the

33:42 ↗ Emergency Management advisory committee

33:45 ↗ or Council one of the two um with King

33:47 ↗ County so uh our first meeting is

33:49 ↗ tomorrow tomorrow morning January 8th so

33:51 ↗ I'm excited about that we have a light

33:52 ↗ agenda we're doing onboarding electing a

33:54 ↗ new chair and vice chair for the sca

33:56 ↗ caucus um and we're getting some updates

33:58 ↗ from King County and some other work

34:00 ↗ groups um amongst the council I have

34:03 ↗ already met with Jared our emergency

34:05 ↗ manager at the city so we're going to

34:07 ↗ continue to be uh talking throughout um

34:09 ↗ the year about what's coming up at uh

34:12 ↗ the committee he is also involved in

34:13 ↗ some of the work groups that happen um

34:16 ↗ there as well um so anyways looking

34:17 ↗ forward to reporting all things

34:18 ↗ Emergency Management back to you and

34:20 ↗ that concludes my report thank you

34:22 ↗ council member hunt your final

34:26 ↗ report I get one night to have fun with

34:28 ↗ it thank you Madame mayor January 8th

34:31 ↗ tomorrow uh Thursday at 6:30 will be the

34:35 ↗ meeting of the Planning Development and

34:36 ↗ environment committee we have one item

34:38 ↗ on the agenda which is a continuation of

34:41 ↗ our discussion on the title 18 which is

34:43 ↗ our land use code uh middle housing

34:46 ↗ regulations it is Comm

34:49 ↗ 0086 um and we are going to be

34:52 ↗ discussing a number of items uh

34:54 ↗ regarding middle housing including how

34:56 ↗ we implement the St requirement of um

34:59 ↗ the two dwelling units on a lot and then

35:01 ↗ consider other changes including uh four

35:04 ↗ units on lots and as well as um changes

35:07 ↗ to the size maximum of adus um and then

35:12 ↗ also considering if there are other

35:13 ↗ things that we would like our volunteer

35:16 ↗ um commission the planning policy

35:18 ↗ commission to cons consider in addition

35:20 ↗ to uh what has been provided by our

35:23 ↗ staff um so this will be my last meeting

35:27 ↗ chairing the Planning Development

35:28 ↗ environment committee and if council

35:30 ↗ members have any comments on this um

35:33 ↗ please do let me know so that we can be

35:35 ↗ sure to include um those elements in

35:38 ↗ this discussion on middle housing which

35:40 ↗ we uh have had several meetings um on

35:44 ↗ and continue to work through how we can

35:46 ↗ best address the community's housing

35:49 ↗ need thank you council member Ray thank

35:52 ↗ you mayor Paulie the uh mobility and

35:55 ↗ infrastructure committee is scheduled to

35:57 ↗ meet on next Tuesday January 14th at

36:00 ↗ 6:30 um there are two items on the draft

36:03 ↗ Agenda One is the mobility

36:04 ↗ implementation plan and the other is

36:07 ↗ quaw Mountain non-motorized Improvement

36:09 ↗ project and that concludes my report

36:11 ↗ thank you Deputy council

36:14 ↗ president you want to Pi council member

36:16 ↗ Marts first oh I missed I missed the guy

36:18 ↗ on the video council member Marts thank

36:21 ↗ you very much Madame mayor sound cities

36:24 ↗ public uh s cities Association public

36:26 ↗ issues committee will be meeting

36:28 ↗ uh this Wednesday January 88th from 7il

36:30 ↗ 9:00 p.m. on the agenda includes an

36:34 ↗ update on Executive Director recruitment

36:36 ↗ by our SCA uh president Mary L ply who

36:41 ↗ some of you may know and uh we'll also

36:44 ↗ be taking action on the sca legislative

36:47 ↗ agenda the 2025 pick schedule and

36:51 ↗ conducting a pick orientation and new

36:53 ↗ member welcome although of course

36:55 ↗ because this was not a municipal

36:56 ↗ election year don't expect big changes

36:58 ↗ but there's always some changes in some

37:00 ↗ fresh faces so that's fun uh services

37:03 ↗ safety and Parks committee doesn't meet

37:04 ↗ till the end of the month so I don't

37:05 ↗ have anything to report on that and that

37:07 ↗ concludes my report thank you thank you

37:09 ↗ council member Mars Deputy council

37:11 ↗ president thank you so much uh I don't

37:14 ↗ have a a report because uh most of the

37:16 ↗ meetings that I attend were canceled in

37:18 ↗ December but I've got a bunch of

37:20 ↗ meetings coming up um Eide Human

37:23 ↗ Services Forum will be meeting this

37:24 ↗ Thursday at 11 o'clock on Zoom

37:28 ↗ Eastside Transportation partnership will

37:30 ↗ meet this Friday um this will be my last

37:33 ↗ time chairing that group and we'll have

37:36 ↗ elections will be the first item on the

37:38 ↗ agenda so um it's been a great year

37:41 ↗ chairing that that uh uh I don't know

37:44 ↗ you don't call it an organization

37:46 ↗ exactly but a meeting of the minds on

37:48 ↗ the east side around

37:49 ↗ Transportation um then next week a

37:52 ↗ regional transit committee will be on

37:54 ↗ Wednesday um and then uh on Thursday and

37:58 ↗ I'm happy to announce I've been

37:59 ↗ appointed to the King County Board of

38:00 ↗ Health and so that first meeting will be

38:03 ↗ on Thursday January 16th at 1:30 in the

38:06 ↗ afternoon and getting really nice

38:08 ↗ support from s cities Association staff

38:11 ↗ coun uh Deputy council president asked

38:13 ↗ me about City's support for that and I

38:15 ↗ got the same answer from sound cities is

38:17 ↗ that they're very excited that you're

38:18 ↗ joining and that they tend to do the

38:20 ↗ city staff report for for folks so

38:23 ↗ you'll enjoy working with them yeah for

38:25 ↗ sure it will be great

38:27 ↗ thank you council president thank you um

38:30 ↗ I have been reappointed to my two

38:32 ↗ Regional committees the sound cities

38:35 ↗ Association um growth management policy

38:38 ↗ board uh which meets next Thursday on

38:41 ↗ the 16th at uh 10: a.m. and the agenda

38:45 ↗ has not been released and then also the

38:47 ↗ King County affordable housing which

38:49 ↗ isn't meeting in January so we'll worry

38:52 ↗ about that one in February that

38:54 ↗ concludes my report thank

38:56 ↗ you so um now moving on to the mayor's

38:59 ↗ report I will be talking about a couple

39:01 ↗ of different things um fund one Puget

39:03 ↗ Sound Regional Council has awarded the

39:05 ↗ city of isqua with some funding for

39:07 ↗ transportation projects and for those of

39:09 ↗ you that know the ins and outs of our

39:11 ↗ transportation projects we need grants

39:13 ↗ in order to get our projects done so I'm

39:16 ↗ excited to share that isaquel will

39:17 ↗ receive federal funding to complete two

39:19 ↗ important Transportation projects that

39:21 ↗ will help improve Mobility through our

39:22 ↗ community the first project includes

39:25 ↗ improvements to Newport Way Northwest

39:27 ↗ the grant will provide right of-way

39:28 ↗ acquisition funds for improvements along

39:31 ↗ Newport Way between Maple and sunset in

39:34 ↗ 2028 once complete this project will

39:37 ↗ include a second southbound lane from

39:38 ↗ Maple to south of Holly protected bike

39:41 ↗ Lanes sidewalks and roundabouts at

39:43 ↗ Newport and Juniper Holly and Dogwood

39:45 ↗ the second project will focus on

39:47 ↗ improvements to Northwest Juniper Street

39:50 ↗ this grant will fund construction of a

39:51 ↗ multi-use path on the north side of

39:53 ↗ Northwest Juniper from Newport way to

39:56 ↗ 7th Avenue Northwest

39:58 ↗ this will connect the existing Maple

39:59 ↗ Juniper multi-use Trail and the proposed

40:02 ↗ improvements along Newport Way between

40:03 ↗ Maple and sunset a really big shout out

40:06 ↗ to our city staff and our Public Works

40:09 ↗ Transportation team for securing these

40:11 ↗ grants to improve our community they're

40:13 ↗ extremely competitive and we can't get

40:15 ↗ the work done without these

40:17 ↗ grants council member Joe already

40:20 ↗ mentioned that Cascade water Alliance is

40:22 ↗ making a big move Cascade water Alliance

40:25 ↗ was formed some 20 plus years ago in

40:27 ↗ order to help uh cities and water

40:29 ↗ districts gain access to Affordable

40:32 ↗ water supply the contract has been with

40:35 ↗ Seattle Public Utilities but it is

40:37 ↗ moving to Tacoma Public Utilities for

40:40 ↗ the last three years Cascade water

40:42 ↗ Alliance has been in negotiations with

40:44 ↗ both Seattle Public Utilities and Tacoma

40:46 ↗ Public Utilities in an effort to find

40:48 ↗ the best value contract for purchasing

40:51 ↗ water for its member cities and water

40:53 ↗ districts after the three-year process

40:55 ↗ Cascade is prepared to enter into a

40:56 ↗ contract

40:57 ↗ with Tacoma Public Utilities on average

41:00 ↗ Tacoma Public Utilities offer has lower

41:03 ↗ rates than Seattle's but comes with the

41:05 ↗ additional cost of constructing a

41:07 ↗ transmission main from Tacoma's water

41:09 ↗ supply to cascad transmission Mains

41:11 ↗ construction of this pipeline will need

41:13 ↗ to occur in the 2030s and is anticipated

41:15 ↗ to cost approximately $700

41:18 ↗ million three times plus our entire

41:22 ↗ annual budget this is a really big

41:24 ↗ project under the proposed contract

41:26 ↗ Cascade forecast the need to hire eight

41:28 ↗ additional full-time employees to plan

41:30 ↗ build and maintain the new

41:32 ↗ infrastructure under cascade's current

41:34 ↗ contract with Seattle public utilities

41:36 ↗ water demand is forecasted to exceed

41:38 ↗ Supply by the year

41:40 ↗ 2044 necessitating the construction of a

41:42 ↗ water transmission Pipeline and

41:44 ↗ development of the lake Taps Water

41:46 ↗ Treatment Plant supplement water supply

41:48 ↗ for from external sources U utilizing

41:51 ↗ water from Tacoma Public Utilities

41:53 ↗ instead of Seattle Public Utilities

41:55 ↗ requires a portion of this transmission

41:56 ↗ Main to be constructed earlier than was

41:59 ↗ originally planned but delays

42:01 ↗ construction of the water treatment

42:02 ↗ plant by 20 years the proposed CPU

42:05 ↗ contract has two parts including a

42:07 ↗ wholesale agreement which starts

42:09 ↗ immediately providing 15 MGD and a

42:12 ↗ temporary market price contract which

42:14 ↗ would go into effect between 2041 and

42:17 ↗ 2062 yes we do planning out to 2060

42:21 ↗ which sounds crazy but this is what you

42:23 ↗ need to do for water supply and in 2062

42:27 ↗ would be providing an additional 12

42:29 ↗ million gallons per day of additional

42:30 ↗ water based on the current demand

42:32 ↗ projections Supply from these contracts

42:34 ↗ as well as the declining Supply from

42:36 ↗ Seattle public utilities will allow

42:38 ↗ Cascade to delay construction of Lake

42:39 ↗ Taps treatment plant until the 2060s of

42:43 ↗ the earliest this is the best work that

42:45 ↗ we can do for our repairs Cascade will

42:48 ↗ remain under contract with spu but will

42:50 ↗ receive significantly less water from

42:52 ↗ Seattle over time and more from Tacoma

42:54 ↗ in the future TPU water is currently

42:57 ↗ floridated and meets all current water

42:59 ↗ quality standards matching the quality

43:01 ↗ of the water currently provided by

43:02 ↗ Seattle Public Utilities that is a a

43:05 ↗ brief of about a hundred pages and

43:08 ↗ slides of information and there is a a

43:10 ↗ slightly longer version in your email

43:12 ↗ today but um as stated by council member

43:16 ↗ Joe there will be some upcoming action

43:18 ↗ required at the board meeting and if you

43:20 ↗ have questions council member Joe and I

43:22 ↗ would be more than willing to get you

43:23 ↗ the answers for those questions and that

43:26 ↗ concludes the mayor's report going to

43:29 ↗ move to good of the order and see if we

43:31 ↗ have anyone with some items for tonight

43:32 ↗ before I do meeting dates council member

43:34 ↗ Joe thank you um many of you know about

43:38 ↗ the city involvement with the garage uh

43:40 ↗ the teen Cafe over by the rec center uh

43:43 ↗ tomorrow night they'll be holding one of

43:45 ↗ their monthly uh youth um meetings where

43:49 ↗ they share some of their experiences and

43:52 ↗ challenges in our community and this

43:54 ↗ next one will be on Creative Outlets

43:57 ↗ that the high school students uh seek

43:59 ↗ and find and and find helpful that's

44:01 ↗ from 6:00 to 7:30 uh tomorrow night if

44:04 ↗ you'd like to attend at the garage next

44:07 ↗ month more interestingly is uh the the

44:10 ↗ teens and the environment is a subject

44:12 ↗ and last year this is a fascinating

44:14 ↗ panel um and and I think that it's

44:17 ↗ always interesting to hear how our youth

44:19 ↗ are

44:19 ↗ perceiving what we as adults quote

44:23 ↗ unquote are doing to the world and how

44:26 ↗ the Legacy that we're producing right

44:28 ↗ now is going to impact uh their lives in

44:30 ↗ the future if you can attend that's on

44:33 ↗ February 12th at 6 o'clock and I think

44:36 ↗ it'd be well worth your time to uh come

44:38 ↗ by thank you thank you council member

44:40 ↗ Joe Council M

44:41 ↗ Merz thank you thank you Madame mayor um

44:45 ↗ I was uh interested and uh impressed

44:49 ↗ with the speakers we had this evening in

44:51 ↗ regards to the bond that's going to be

44:54 ↗ in front of the voters in February and

44:57 ↗ so uh uh partially because it's a new

45:00 ↗ Bond and partially because I didn't

45:01 ↗ actually get to participate the last

45:03 ↗ time we considered the last Bond um I

45:05 ↗ would like to request that the

45:06 ↗ administration consider putting together

45:09 ↗ uh a bill uh for consideration uh for

45:13 ↗ the full Council on January 21st uh at

45:16 ↗ our next full meeting and that we

45:19 ↗ consider um uh that bill that uh and

45:23 ↗ sorry that the bill would be for uh

45:25 ↗ endorsing uh the bond so that we

45:27 ↗ consider endorsing the bond on the 21st

45:29 ↗ thank you councilman Merz city clerk is

45:31 ↗ that a question for the council or a

45:33 ↗ question for the administration do we

45:35 ↗ need head nods from Council uh mayor it

45:37 ↗ could be posed as a as a motion be

45:39 ↗ seconded and voted on do you want to

45:41 ↗ move that council member

45:43 ↗ MZ I

45:46 ↗ would but you don't have to repeat it

45:48 ↗ it's a move to add the item and I think

45:49 ↗ our city clerk has all that is there a

45:52 ↗ second second second okay couple of

45:55 ↗ seconds

45:57 ↗ um any comments or discussion this

46:00 ↗ action was also considered last fall

46:03 ↗ otherwise I think Council Mars did a

46:05 ↗ good job explaining what his intent is

46:08 ↗ um I'll ask all in favor of adding this

46:11 ↗ item to next the the date stated by the

46:13 ↗ council member say I I hi anyone

46:18 ↗ opposed okay so thank you for that

46:20 ↗ council member Mars are there any other

46:22 ↗ good of the order items council

46:25 ↗ president thank you just just uh want to

46:27 ↗ start out by thanking everyone for your

46:29 ↗ vote of confidence on Council leadership

46:32 ↗ I haven't because obviously we didn't

46:35 ↗ know who was going to be uh voted into

46:37 ↗ the this position but I haven't worked

46:39 ↗ with um the clerk but as per usual I

46:43 ↗ imagine we will be reaching out um to

46:46 ↗ elicit your um preferences for committee

46:50 ↗ and other Regional appointment so look

46:53 ↗ for that um this is going to be a little

46:56 ↗ bit interesting this year in that we

46:58 ↗ will have six members being appointed to

47:02 ↗ um committees so I would appreciate just

47:05 ↗ your flexibility and all of that because

47:07 ↗ we need to be cognizant that we're are

47:10 ↗ leaving an open spot on one of those

47:12 ↗ committies at least one of those

47:14 ↗ committees for a member who has not yet

47:17 ↗ been selected or appointed um so if you

47:20 ↗ would give your flexibility that would

47:21 ↗ be great and um we will look out for

47:25 ↗ that set of information from you thank

47:27 ↗ you thanks council president I've got a

47:30 ↗ couple of events I'd like oh there we go

47:33 ↗ Deputy council

47:35 ↗ president yeah that's right yeah uh just

47:39 ↗ very briefly thank you for the vote of

47:41 ↗ confidence from everybody uh I look

47:43 ↗ forward to uh working with you again in

47:46 ↗ the leadership uh it's been a joy to

47:48 ↗ work with council president Walsh um and

47:51 ↗ with the rest of you and uh I think

47:54 ↗ we've accomplished a lot as Victoria

47:57 ↗ said and Victoria we are going to miss

47:59 ↗ you so much so uh yes it's it's a

48:04 ↗ Bittersweet uh evening here so at any

48:08 ↗ rate thanks to everybody and we look

48:09 ↗ forward to to working with everybody for

48:11 ↗ the rest of the year thank you Deputy

48:14 ↗ council president I'm looking around to

48:16 ↗ see if there's any other good of the

48:17 ↗ order

48:18 ↗ items I will do a few dates um there are

48:22 ↗ two events on this Saturday January 11th

48:25 ↗ the first is um Something That We're

48:27 ↗ offering here in council chambers it's

48:30 ↗ um informational session called serving

48:33 ↗ as an elected official 101 and it is

48:36 ↗ very

48:37 ↗ 101 there is um some detail but it's

48:41 ↗ really just to wet the appetite of folks

48:43 ↗ who might be interested in serving on

48:45 ↗ Council or any other elected office

48:47 ↗ we're going to have it here from 11: to

48:49 ↗ 12 in the chambers um it's going to be

48:52 ↗ informal there'll be a brief

48:54 ↗ presentation and then there'll be some

48:56 ↗ time to ask questions or hear about the

48:59 ↗ vacancy process that the council will

49:01 ↗ now enter and uh council members Walsh D

49:04 ↗ Michelle and Hall are planning to attend

49:07 ↗ uh but it is a notice meeting and if

49:09 ↗ other council members want to be there

49:11 ↗ the point of having the council members

49:12 ↗ attend is to allow potential candidates

49:14 ↗ to ask you one-on-one questions and all

49:17 ↗ of that so we'll have a group setting

49:18 ↗ but it's also fine for questions one on1

49:22 ↗ uh the other item is the middle housing

49:24 ↗ walking tour there is a lot of

49:26 ↗ discussion in in our region about uh

49:28 ↗ what is called missing middle housing

49:30 ↗ because many jurisdictions do not have

49:34 ↗ um housing uh offerings that are in

49:37 ↗ between single family homes and

49:38 ↗ apartment buildings and so it's a

49:40 ↗ national conversation as well isqua has

49:42 ↗ a variety of housing and this tour is

49:45 ↗ for Council Members between 1 and 245 it

49:48 ↗ has various locations it's it's will

49:50 ↗ start and end at the city council

49:52 ↗ chambers here 135 East sunet way and

49:55 ↗ it's an opportunity for our city council

49:57 ↗ as they enter into this conversation to

50:00 ↗ view the exteriors and various examples

50:02 ↗ of middle housing that already exists in

50:04 ↗ isqua um dress for the weather wear

50:07 ↗ comfortable Footwear it's January we

50:09 ↗ don't know what we're going to get but

50:10 ↗ it's probably likely to be definitely

50:12 ↗ cold there's also a committee of the

50:14 ↗ whole meeting on Monday January 13th

50:16 ↗ with items that include or may include

50:18 ↗ draft Light Rail station area vision and

50:21 ↗ guiding principles Central isqua Station

50:24 ↗ area planning study and engagement plan

50:27 ↗ and a c City facility planning task

50:30 ↗ force the next regular city council

50:32 ↗ meeting is Tuesday January 21st and the

50:35 ↗ anticipated agenda items include the P

50:39 ↗ agreed orders with a Cy and one-time

50:41 ↗ Grant agreements and an informational

50:43 ↗ update on public records requests uh

50:47 ↗ there is no planned executive session

50:49 ↗ this evening and so with all of our

50:51 ↗ business except giving council member um

50:54 ↗ hunt grief for leaving we don't have any

50:57 ↗ other work tonight and we are adjourned

50:59 ↗ at

51:04 ↗ 7:55 good night council member marts

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 (2)

Wally Bobkiewicz, City Administrator, Andrea Snyder, Deputy City Administrator, Rachel Bender Turpin, City Attorney

Tisha Gieser, City Clerk

Motions and votes (4)

Request that the Administration consider putting together a bill for consideration for the full Council on Jan. 21, 2025, to endorse the [Issaquah School District] Bond. .

Moved by Councilmember Marts · seconded by Councilmember 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

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

Elect Lindsey Walsh as Council President.

Moved by Councilmember Hall · seconded by

Carried 7-0

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

Elect Barb De Michele as Deputy Council President.

Moved by Councilmember Marts · seconded by

Carried 7-0

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