City Council Regular Meeting · Tuesday, January 21, 2025 · City Council Digest

4. CONSENT CALENDAR

Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, Dec. 17, 2024

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Approve · packet pp.7

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR a) 12-17-24 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Special Meeting 6:30 PM Highlands Bistro December 17, 2024 MINUTES 984 NE Park Drive

Roll call:

Moved by DE MICHELE · seconded by MARTS

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Jan. 21, 2025, $9,407,151.09 ID 1782

Carried 6-0

Approve · packet pp.9–18

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 DE MICHELE · seconded by MARTS

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, Dec. 18, 2024

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Approve · packet pp.19–20

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR c) 12-18-24 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Special Meeting 6:00 PM Tibbetts Manor December 18, 2024 MINUTES 750 17th Ave. NW

Roll call:

Moved by DE MICHELE · seconded by MARTS

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, Jan. 7, 2025

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Approve · packet pp.21–24

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR d) 01-07-25 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers January 7, 2025 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way

Roll call:

Moved by DE MICHELE · seconded by MARTS

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

Informational Update: Visit Issaquah Annual Report ID 1823

Carried 6-0

Receive Report · packet pp.25–28

Topics: Tourism

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Staff report:

Purpose Visit Issaquah is Issaquah’s Destination Marketing Organization (DMO), funded annually by lodging taxes. The attached 2024 Annual Report provides a

Roll call:

Moved by DE MICHELE · seconded by MARTS

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

Resolution Adopting Permit Review Streamlining Measures for Local Project Permits AB 8959

Carried 6-0

Approve Resolution · packet pp.29–32

Topics: Land Use

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Staff report:

Senate Bill (SB) 5290 amended the Local Project Review Act, Chapter 36.70B RCW, to change permit review timelines and impose financial penalties for project permit review exceeding the timelines established. The amended Local Review Act includes a provision that allows local governments to avoid financial penalties if the local government adopts three permit review streamlining measures. The allowed streamlining measures are outlined in RCW 36.70B.160.

Roll call:

Moved by DE MICHELE · seconded by MARTS

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Amendment AB 8961

Carried 6-0

Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.33–41

Topics: Public Safety

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Staff report:

The State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP), administered by the Federal Department of Homeland Security through state governments, distributes funds to local governments. The program is designed to support the implementation of the National Preparedness System and contribute to the National Preparedness Goal of achieving a secure and resilient nation. Allowable costs under the SLCGP aim to bolster core capabilities across prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery mission areas.

Roll call:

Moved by DE MICHELE · seconded by MARTS

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

5. PUBLIC HEARING

Issaquah School District's 2025 Bond, Feb. 11, 2025 Ballot Item AB 8967

Conduct Public Hearing; Approve Resolution · 30 min · packet pp.43–46

Topics: SchoolsElections

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Staff report:

In January 2024, the Issaquah School District appointed a Bond Advisory Committee to consider developing a bond package. Upon the

6. REGULAR BUSINESS

PFAS Westside Agreed Order with Ecology and Support One-Time Grant Agreements (EFR HQ IVES) AB 8832

Authorize · 45 min · packet pp.47–157

Topics: WaterCritical Areas

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Staff report:

In late 2015, the City confirmed detections of PFAS in the City's Well 4. Further investigation identified a plume of PFAS extending northward toward Wells 4 and 5 from areas where fire-fighting aqueous film-forming foams (AFFF) were used. Fire-fighting training involving the application of these foams occurred on the Eastside Fire and Rescue (EFR) Headquarters' grounds on Newport Way, at Issaquah Valley Elementary School (IVES)/Dodd Field, on a section of the Rainier Trail and at Memorial Field. AFFF fire-fighting foam contained PFAS compounds. These foams are no longer used.

PFAS Eastside Agreed Orders and One Time Grant with Ecology (MFRT) AB 8884

Authorize · packet pp.159–234

Topics: WaterCritical Areas

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Staff report:

9. INFORMATIONAL UPDATES

Informational Update: Public Records Requests ID 1803

Receive Report · 15 min · packet pp.235–251

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Staff report:

To provide the City Council a status update on the City’s Public Records Request program following the implementation of public records fees and the release of the State Joint Legislative Audit & Review Committee annual public records request 2023 survey data.

10. GOOD OF THE ORDER

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0:07 ↗ okay welcome everyone I call the January

0:09 ↗ 21st city council meeting to order uh

0:13 ↗ mayor pully has an excused absence this

0:15 ↗ evening so I council president Walsh

0:16 ↗ will be serving as mayor protm as a

0:19 ↗ reminder we continue to have a remote

0:21 ↗ aspect to our meetings and both staff

0:24 ↗ and members of the public may be

0:26 ↗ participating in tonight's meeting

0:27 ↗ remotely via WebEx the first item on the

0:31 ↗ agenda if you would join me is the

0:35 ↗ Pledge of

0:56 ↗ Allegiance thank you everyone um the

1:00 ↗ next item of business is audience

1:02 ↗ comments and members of the public May

1:04 ↗ address council at this time in person

1:06 ↗ or virtually those who signed up in

1:08 ↗ advance to make comments will be called

1:10 ↗ on first if you're joining us virtually

1:13 ↗ and would like to make comments please

1:14 ↗ raise your virtual hand or send the host

1:17 ↗ a chat message if you're on the phone

1:19 ↗ you're going to press star three if

1:21 ↗ you're on a computer or smartphone look

1:24 ↗ for the raiseed hand icon or again send

1:26 ↗ the host a chat message if you're in the

1:28 ↗ room and did not sign up I will ask for

1:31 ↗ other speakers before closing this

1:32 ↗ portion of the meeting I will note there

1:35 ↗ is also a public hearing tonight on AB

1:38 ↗ 8967 the isqua school district's 2025

1:41 ↗ Bond February 11th

1:43 ↗ 2025 ballot item comments on that

1:47 ↗ particular item need to be made under

1:49 ↗ the public hearing which will occur

1:52 ↗ later in the meeting so if you have

1:53 ↗ General comments now is the time um if

1:57 ↗ you are waiting or if you're talking

1:59 ↗ about the School District bond that will

2:01 ↗ happen in the public hearing and I'll

2:02 ↗ make a call for that at that time so

2:05 ↗ clerk has anyone signed up to speak for

2:07 ↗ General audience comments are indicated

2:09 ↗ a desire to speak this evening yes okay

2:12 ↗ for those making comments you're invited

2:14 ↗ to address the council regarding matters

2:16 ↗ that are directly related to isqua

2:18 ↗ programs projects services or events

2:21 ↗ comments related to political campaigns

2:23 ↗ are not permitted please direct comments

2:25 ↗ to the whole Council and not individuals

2:28 ↗ while this is not a question and answer

2:30 ↗ session we will contact you to follow up

2:32 ↗ if needed when recognized if you're

2:34 ↗ virtual you'll unmute your microphone or

2:37 ↗ if you're in person you'll step up to

2:38 ↗ the lecturn press the button so that it

2:40 ↗ shows up red state your name address and

2:44 ↗ relationship to the city speak clearly

2:46 ↗ and pause frequently and limit your

2:48 ↗ comments to 5 minutes we'll have a

2:50 ↗ comment timer right there if you're

2:52 ↗ attending virtually and do not respond

2:54 ↗ after your name or phone number is

2:56 ↗ called or if your connection is lost

2:58 ↗ unexpectedly the meeting will need need

3:00 ↗ to proceed you're encouraged to rejoin

3:02 ↗ the meeting if able personal attacks

3:05 ↗ subscene language derogatory remarks and

3:07 ↗ disruptive behavior will not be

3:08 ↗ permitted public comments written in

3:10 ↗ verbal are an important aspect of the

3:13 ↗ public process and the city takes these

3:14 ↗ comments seriously and we thank you for

3:16 ↗ taking the time to address us so clerk

3:18 ↗ can you please identify the first person

3:20 ↗ who has signed up to speak yes Jason

3:22 ↗ voice Jason come on up

3:32 ↗ all right thank you a little odd to be

3:35 ↗ on this side of the microphone but it's

3:37 ↗ good to see all of you I'm actually here

3:39 ↗ to provide you a thank you and hopefully

3:42 ↗ some

3:43 ↗ encouragement so this past week

3:46 ↗ unfortunately I had a property crime

3:48 ↗ incident and I just found out it's the

3:51 ↗ same crime that we had happened six

3:53 ↗ weeks ago apparently people are drilling

3:56 ↗ fuel tanks and emptying their gas

4:00 ↗ I was very encouraged because I went

4:01 ↗ back and I looked at the budget that you

4:03 ↗ guys had just passed and saw what you

4:05 ↗ had done with the municipal uh

4:07 ↗ jurisdiction as well as with the police

4:11 ↗ and I know you guys are facing hard

4:13 ↗ times with the budget so again you guys

4:16 ↗ might not hear thank you very often but

4:18 ↗ hopefully this will

4:20 ↗ suffice I do know that some of our

4:22 ↗ retail theft is down however our

4:25 ↗ property crime continues to be

4:27 ↗ stubbornly high

4:29 ↗ as someone who lives in the Oldtown area

4:32 ↗ and I do apologize 700 Front Street

4:34 ↗ South ISAC Washington um I can tell you

4:37 ↗ it's one of the biggest concerns we have

4:40 ↗ and while the council does fantastic

4:41 ↗ work and again I appreciate what you

4:43 ↗ guys did with the budget and our isqua

4:45 ↗ Police Department is a top-notch agency

4:48 ↗ I know it's it's more of a regional

4:51 ↗ problem this is not you know this is not

4:53 ↗ local to isqua but again I do want to

4:56 ↗ give you guys encouragement and say

4:57 ↗ thank you for keeping that budget

4:59 ↗ because Public Safety is clearly a

5:01 ↗ number one

5:02 ↗ priority um I can tell you that even

5:05 ↗ though it sometimes feels feudal um you

5:09 ↗ know some of these people that are

5:10 ↗ committing these crimes have a lot of

5:12 ↗ tenacity so it's important that we also

5:14 ↗ show that same amount of um

5:17 ↗ pugnaciousness I'll use that word

5:19 ↗ there's a good word of the day

5:21 ↗ pugnaciousness um trying to go after him

5:23 ↗ and trying to solve this problem so

5:26 ↗ again just a thank you from a resident

5:28 ↗ in the city who appreciate it who had

5:30 ↗ the time to look over the budget and

5:32 ↗ still has a couple questions for staff

5:33 ↗ which I'll ask later but uh again thank

5:36 ↗ you appreciate

5:39 ↗ it thanks Jason and Tisha do we have

5:42 ↗ anybody else signed up speak for General

5:44 ↗ audience comments we don't we do have a

5:46 ↗ few members of the public with us

5:48 ↗ virtually but I don't see that they're

5:49 ↗ indicating a desire to speak at this

5:51 ↗ time okay great well we do have many

5:54 ↗ members of the public um with us and so

5:57 ↗ I will assume that everyone's here

5:59 ↗ related to the school district that

6:01 ↗ wants to speak but anybody he General

6:04 ↗ audience

6:05 ↗ comments

6:06 ↗ okay fantastic so let me get back to my

6:10 ↗ script um as a reminder written comments

6:14 ↗ we love to get them we don't get many

6:16 ↗ emails please send it to us um city

6:19 ↗ council isqua

6:21 ↗ wa.gov and the next item of business is

6:24 ↗ the consent calendar the mayor does not

6:27 ↗ have any comments on tonight's consent

6:28 ↗ calendar item are there any committee

6:30 ↗ chairs or chair designes who would like

6:32 ↗ to report on any of the consent calendar

6:35 ↗ items okay the consent calendar was

6:38 ↗ distributed to Council in advance if

6:40 ↗ authorized the items on the consent

6:41 ↗ calendar will be considered together and

6:43 ↗ approved by one motion does any council

6:46 ↗ member desire to remove any items from

6:49 ↗ the consent calendar and consider it

6:50 ↗ under regular

6:53 ↗ business okay

6:55 ↗ um I'm not seeing anything on here about

7:00 ↗ approval of payables and

7:03 ↗ payroll oh that's fine have the payables

7:06 ↗ and payroll been reviewed they have and

7:09 ↗ they have so I knew it had to be said um

7:14 ↗ okay and do we have a

7:17 ↗ motion

7:18 ↗ okay uh I move to approve the consent

7:21 ↗ calendar as presented

7:23 ↗ second okay the motion before council is

7:27 ↗ to approve the consent calendar as

7:29 ↗ presented all those in favor signify by

7:31 ↗ saying I I those

7:34 ↗ opposed that passes

7:36 ↗ unanimously the next item of business is

7:39 ↗ our public hearing AB 8967 the isqua

7:43 ↗ school district's 2025 Bond February

7:45 ↗ 11th 2025 ballot item and we are going

7:49 ↗ to conduct the public hearing and I'd

7:51 ↗ like to invite city clerk to sh geyser

7:54 ↗ Geer to present this item thank you

8:03 ↗ thank you mayor protm I'm just going to

8:05 ↗ provide some really brief introductory

8:06 ↗ REM marks and then we'll move to the

8:08 ↗ public hearing so at your last council

8:10 ↗ meeting um you passed a motion directing

8:12 ↗ the administration to prepare a

8:14 ↗ resolution in support of the isqua

8:16 ↗ school district's uh Bond measure on the

8:18 ↗ February 11th special election so that

8:20 ↗ resolution is in tonight's agenda packet

8:23 ↗ uh for some background the school

8:24 ↗ district had a bond uh for uh school mod

8:28 ↗ modernization and construction that went

8:30 ↗ um before voters at the November general

8:32 ↗ election and at your August meeting you

8:34 ↗ passed a resolution endorsing that

8:36 ↗ ballot measure the November Bond was for

8:39 ↗ $

8:40 ↗ 66423

8:41 ↗ million it did not receive the required

8:44 ↗ for 60% voter approval to pass So at

8:47 ↗ their December meeting the isqua school

8:50 ↗ board of directors approved a resolution

8:53 ↗ with a reduced Bond uh which is

8:56 ↗ scheduled to come before voters at the

8:57 ↗ February 11th special election the

9:00 ↗ reduced bond is for 231.50 million the

9:04 ↗ focus of the use of the bond funds is

9:07 ↗ twofold alleviate overcrowding by

9:09 ↗ constructing a shovel ready previously

9:12 ↗ voter approved High School in isqua and

9:14 ↗ this verbage is taken from the school

9:16 ↗ district's website and then secondly to

9:18 ↗ enhance safety with updated Fire Systems

9:20 ↗ High School vestibules improved security

9:22 ↗ systems and strengthened entry

9:25 ↗ access uh the bond reflects a 63%

9:28 ↗ reduction from the November ballot

9:30 ↗ measure and would be paid off within 11

9:34 ↗ years the tax rate for the new Bond is

9:37 ↗ estimated to maintain the projected

9:39 ↗ combined tax rate of

9:41 ↗ $39 per a thousand of assessed property

9:44 ↗ value and as part of The Proposal lastly

9:47 ↗ a capital projects oversight committee

9:49 ↗ would review uh the use of the bond

9:51 ↗ funds and financial progress and report

9:54 ↗ back to the community these adjustments

9:56 ↗ were made as a result of feedback from

9:58 ↗ the November

10:00 ↗ election uh voter surveys I assume as is

10:03 ↗ the city's practice when the council

10:06 ↗ decides to weigh in on a ballot measure

10:08 ↗ we scheduled a public hearing for

10:09 ↗ tonight's meeting and uh the public

10:11 ↗ hearing that will soon commence will be

10:13 ↗ an opportunity for both proponents and

10:15 ↗ opponents of the ballot measure to share

10:17 ↗ their viewpoints with you um so with

10:19 ↗ that we have some school board members

10:21 ↗ who are here if the council has any

10:22 ↗ questions about the bond itself but

10:24 ↗ that's all I

10:27 ↗ have Okay so so um we have the

10:31 ↗ opportunity if there are distinct

10:33 ↗ questions to ask those otherwise I can

10:36 ↗ open the public hearing and we can hear

10:38 ↗ from the

10:39 ↗ community that point okay I'm going to

10:42 ↗ open the public hearing at 711 p.m. so

10:46 ↗ again if you're joining us virtually and

10:48 ↗ would like to make comments please raise

10:49 ↗ your virtual hand or send the host a

10:51 ↗ chat message you're on the phone star

10:54 ↗ three if you're on a computer or

10:55 ↗ smartphone look for the rais hand icon

10:59 ↗ um and press that if you're in the room

11:01 ↗ did not sign up I will ask for other

11:02 ↗ speakers before closing the portion of

11:04 ↗ the meeting we do have I believe seven

11:08 ↗ um signups as of noon and maybe more at

11:12 ↗ this point so clerk if you would start

11:16 ↗ calling off the

11:17 ↗ list sure and also we do have a couple

11:20 ↗ of visuals for some of the speakers

11:22 ↗ tonight the first person is Marney

11:24 ↗ moraldo

11:32 ↗ hi um members of the city council thank

11:35 ↗ you for providing time tonight um my

11:37 ↗ name is Marty moraldo and I'm president

11:39 ↗ of the isqua school board tonight I

11:41 ↗ wanted to share information

11:43 ↗ informational slides created by the

11:44 ↗ district for the board presented at our

11:46 ↗ January 10th meeting last Thursday and

11:48 ↗ made available to you this evening um I

11:51 ↗ don't have time to go over all the

11:52 ↗ slides in my in detail in my five

11:54 ↗ minutes so I will try to highlight some

11:55 ↗ key points slide two just specifies that

11:58 ↗ the board is putting forward to the

12:00 ↗ voters a proposal for a general

12:01 ↗ obligation bonds prop one on the

12:04 ↗ February 11th 2025

12:06 ↗ ballot um slide three I believe it is uh

12:11 ↗ the bond is 420 uh 231.50 million and

12:14 ↗ reflects changes based on community

12:16 ↗ feedback uh that we heard during

12:18 ↗ listening sessions first the size and

12:20 ↗ focus of the bond rather than a broader

12:22 ↗ look at longer term needs and rather

12:24 ↗ than including all the work required for

12:26 ↗ the clean buildings act we focused on

12:28 ↗ addressing Safety and Security and

12:30 ↗ addressing the overcrowding in our high

12:31 ↗ schools secondly of great concern to our

12:34 ↗ community was the impact of the tax

12:36 ↗ increase with the previous Bond so as

12:38 ↗ stated uh we are going to uh maintain a

12:41 ↗ our current projected tax rate of $39

12:45 ↗ per thousand which I'll talk about a

12:47 ↗ little bit more in detail in a bit

12:49 ↗ another key issue we heard from the

12:50 ↗ community is a continued mistrust of the

12:53 ↗ spending based on past projects that's

12:56 ↗ why it's imperative that we have

12:57 ↗ stronger project oversight now and into

12:59 ↗ the future and this accountability isn't

13:02 ↗ starting just now over the last two

13:04 ↗ years the districts has has updated our

13:06 ↗ capital projects website to include the

13:09 ↗ actual original cost and the final cost

13:11 ↗ of all of our projects you can now

13:13 ↗ readily see where inflationary costs and

13:15 ↗ unexpected project requirements put us

13:18 ↗ far beyond original estimates for those

13:20 ↗ projects and finally by going for the

13:23 ↗ bond we will be able to do the sale of

13:25 ↗ those bonds and have all available funds

13:27 ↗ for the project to begin construction

13:29 ↗ immediately the board hears a loud

13:32 ↗ ticking clock and that's the expiration

13:34 ↗ of our current building permit set to

13:36 ↗ expire in April so slide four has a lot

13:40 ↗ of information I don't have time to get

13:42 ↗ into but essentially it shows the past

13:45 ↗ the tax rate over the past 20 years and

13:47 ↗ into the next 15 years the past 20 year

13:50 ↗ average was

13:52 ↗ $33.90 and you can see that the district

13:54 ↗ has always tried to maintain about the

13:55 ↗ same Bond obligation over time

13:58 ↗ historically the bond propositions

14:00 ↗ before voters voters typically are for

14:03 ↗ up to 20 years but when it makes sense

14:05 ↗ we've sold shorter term bonds we've also

14:08 ↗ refinanced eligible bonds saving

14:10 ↗ taxpayers $10 million just in the past

14:13 ↗ three years so you'll note that the

14:14 ↗ previous bonds uh will be paid off by

14:17 ↗ the end of

14:18 ↗ 2033 and then the yellow line is the

14:21 ↗ proposition before the voters extends

14:22 ↗ that bond rate through 2034 and about

14:26 ↗ half of

14:27 ↗ 2035 the largest portion of this bond is

14:29 ↗ for the new high school 138 .7 million

14:33 ↗ and it's approximately

14:34 ↗ $1,100 per square foot which is similar

14:38 ↗ to estimates we're seeing in in the

14:39 ↗ Pacific Northwest including in Seattle

14:41 ↗ and Portland and there's some concern

14:43 ↗ about how rebuilding efforts in Los

14:45 ↗ Angeles might impact construction costs

14:47 ↗ over the next several years so the

14:49 ↗ sooner we start construction the less

14:51 ↗ we'll be impacted by those increases I

14:54 ↗ know there's some members of the

14:55 ↗ community who flat out do not believe

14:56 ↗ that we need a new high school but

14:58 ↗ here's the data on on the next slide our

15:00 ↗ high school capacity is for 4655

15:03 ↗ students right now today we have over

15:05 ↗ 6,000 students enrolled and the next

15:08 ↗ chart on the next page shows the

15:10 ↗ distribution of that overcrowding and

15:12 ↗ shows a comparison of our optimal High

15:14 ↗ School Skies size in relation to our

15:16 ↗ neighboring districts um and you can

15:19 ↗ find that um information on the OPI

15:22 ↗ website I know I'm running out of time

15:24 ↗ so I'll jump to slide 10 really quickly

15:26 ↗ that is the historical timeline showing

15:29 ↗ the obstacles that we overcame in

15:30 ↗ planning for the new high school why

15:33 ↗ this is imperative and U I'm slide 10

15:36 ↗ the important piece of this is that

15:38 ↗ thankfully you approved the bond the um

15:41 ↗ permit for us in April of 2022 but as I

15:44 ↗ said that ticking clock is running and

15:46 ↗ it expires this April um if we had to go

15:50 ↗ out for a bond um if we miss that point

15:53 ↗ we will have to go out for probably

15:54 ↗ another year or two doing the sea

15:57 ↗ evaluation and rep permitting

15:59 ↗ uh and that is a big concern to me and

16:01 ↗ the last shot slide indicates uh why we

16:04 ↗ chose this site um sorry slide 12 and um

16:08 ↗ that shows that big gray area is where

16:10 ↗ we are keeping our land beautiful that

16:12 ↗ is outside the ug inside the White is

16:15 ↗ within the UG and that's where we have

16:16 ↗ to build schools all the red dots are

16:19 ↗ where we could not build even though we

16:20 ↗ looked at those sites and there was one

16:22 ↗ spot available and that's why we chose

16:24 ↗ that spot if we were to go out for some

16:27 ↗ other place it the cost of would be

16:30 ↗ astronomical and uh it would take about

16:32 ↗ another 5 to 7 years to go through that

16:34 ↗ process so we ask that you say yes to

16:36 ↗ your proposal

16:42 ↗ today right on time thank you very much

16:46 ↗ appreciate it and clerk who do we have

16:48 ↗ signed up next Kevin Nichols

16:56 ↗ Kevin Uh Kevin if you'll start by

16:58 ↗ pressing the button and there we go

17:01 ↗ thank you uh thank you for the

17:02 ↗ opportunity to speak my name is Kevin

17:04 ↗ Nichols I am an isal resident at 352

17:07 ↗ Wilderness Peak Drive Northwest I'm also

17:09 ↗ the proud parent of two kids in the

17:11 ↗ isqua school

17:12 ↗ district strong public schools are

17:14 ↗ fundamental pillars of our community

17:16 ↗ they build up our youth strengthen our

17:18 ↗ neighborhoods and secure our future

17:20 ↗ they're not just buildings they are the

17:21 ↗ foundation of our democracy the engine

17:23 ↗ of our economy and the Heart of our

17:24 ↗ shared Prosperity after the November

17:27 ↗ school bond measure received majority

17:29 ↗ support but fell short of the required

17:30 ↗ 60% super majority I proudly saw our

17:33 ↗ school board take decisive positive

17:35 ↗ action they listened carefully to

17:36 ↗ community concerns about cost and scope

17:38 ↗ conducting extensive Community

17:40 ↗ engagement through surveys listening

17:41 ↗ sessions and public meetings the result

17:43 ↗ is a focused $31 million proposal that

17:46 ↗ addresses our most urgent needs while

17:48 ↗ demonstrating fiscal

17:50 ↗ responsibility with ballots going out

17:52 ↗ January 22nd for this special election

17:54 ↗ your endorsement would help amplify

17:56 ↗ awareness of these crucial improvements

17:58 ↗ and signal to voters the broad community

17:59 ↗ support this measure has earned through

18:01 ↗ its thoughtful revisions the voice of

18:03 ↗ the city council matters and support for

18:05 ↗ the school district's concerted efforts

18:06 ↗ will be

18:07 ↗ noted let me address some misconceptions

18:09 ↗ directly while some suggest our current

18:11 ↗ facilities are adequate the numbers tell

18:13 ↗ a different story our high schools were

18:15 ↗ built to serve about 4,500 students yet

18:17 ↗ currently serve around 6,000 with

18:19 ↗ forecast showing growth to 7,000

18:21 ↗ students within the next 15 years the

18:23 ↗ question is not whether we need another

18:25 ↗ high school it's whether we will pick

18:27 ↗ movement now or greater costs

18:30 ↗ later some in the community have

18:32 ↗ suggested that Portables are an

18:33 ↗ acceptable long-term solution to our

18:35 ↗ high schools overcrowding and this is

18:36 ↗ neither viable today nor sustainable to

18:38 ↗ for tomorrow consider what it would mean

18:40 ↗ to have 2,000 high school students this

18:42 ↗ is the equivalent of entire high school

18:43 ↗ learning a portable classrooms across

18:45 ↗ the district this would fundamentally

18:47 ↗ compromise the high quality education

18:48 ↗ our district provides the Excellence our

18:50 ↗ community expects and the safety we owe

18:52 ↗ our students overcrowded schools packed

18:55 ↗ with Portables don't provide the labs

18:57 ↗ our scientists need they don't provide

18:58 ↗ the spaces our athletes need and they

19:00 ↗ lack the collaborative spaces needed for

19:02 ↗ modern Project based learning that

19:03 ↗ prepares our students for the careers

19:05 ↗ our City's businesses need to survive

19:09 ↗ thrive some have suggested the

19:10 ↗ district's backup plans like moving some

19:12 ↗ high schools and students into middle

19:14 ↗ schools or adjusting bound boundaries to

19:15 ↗ send isqua students to Renton are the

19:17 ↗ right course well let us be clear these

19:19 ↗ temporary solutions would disrupt our

19:21 ↗ students education damage our community

19:23 ↗ and delay the inevitable need for more

19:25 ↗ capacity the fiscal responsibility of

19:27 ↗ this proposal deserves emphasis the

19:29 ↗ district has structured this bond to

19:31 ↗ maintain the current tax rate of $39 per

19:33 ↗ th000 of assess value decreasing from

19:36 ↗ the 2024 rate furthermore the district

19:38 ↗ is implemented comprehensive oversight

19:40 ↗ measures including a new community

19:41 ↗ oversight committee with financial and

19:43 ↗ construction management experts ensuring

19:45 ↗ transparent stewardship of these funds

19:47 ↗ with building costs increasing at least

19:49 ↗ 45% annually this bond proposal

19:51 ↗ represents the most costeffective

19:53 ↗ long-term solution your unanimous

19:56 ↗ endorsement would send a powerful

19:57 ↗ message about our communities commitment

19:59 ↗ to educational Excellence but Excellence

20:01 ↗ isn't inherited or guaranteed it's built

20:02 ↗ and maintained through bold leadership

20:04 ↗ and wise investment thank

20:06 ↗ you thank you Kevin and our next

20:10 ↗ speaker darona eel

20:16 ↗ Dona good evening I'm donana AEL uh I am

20:20 ↗ a resident of isqua Highlands 1783 large

20:23 ↗ Avenue Northeast and I'm here tonight to

20:27 ↗ uh earnestly request the city's uh

20:29 ↗ support for the upcoming isqua School

20:31 ↗ bomb proposal as a parent of a middle

20:34 ↗ schooler I deeply value the role our

20:37 ↗ schools play in the fabric of our

20:39 ↗ community here esqua strong educational

20:43 ↗ system is a significant draw for

20:44 ↗ families like mine in fact we recently

20:48 ↗ in the last couple years located my

20:50 ↗ stepson from Seattle School District to

20:52 ↗ isqua to benefit from the superior

20:55 ↗ educational opportunities available here

20:58 ↗ how however growing concern for the

21:01 ↗ student population at isqua high school

21:03 ↗ which he's slated to go to next year is

21:05 ↗ a concern overcrowding creates a

21:09 ↗ challenging learning environment for

21:10 ↗ students and limits the school's ability

21:13 ↗ to provide the high quality education

21:15 ↗ our students

21:17 ↗ deserve the proposed Bond would fund a

21:19 ↗ construction of the new high school

21:21 ↗ alleviating overcrowding at existing

21:23 ↗ schools and enhancing educational

21:26 ↗ opportunities for all of our students

21:29 ↗ this would also improve traffic flow

21:31 ↗ throughout the city which is currently

21:33 ↗ heavily impacted by the const

21:36 ↗ concentration of students and families

21:38 ↗ around Isa high and

21:41 ↗ Skyline furthermore this investment in

21:43 ↗ our schools will provide modern learning

21:46 ↗ spaces and update facilities that will

21:48 ↗ better support the diverse needs of our

21:50 ↗ students enhance our Safety and Security

21:54 ↗ uh improving our

21:56 ↗ infrastructure and support a thriving

21:58 ↗ community

21:59 ↗ so I urge the city council to recognize

22:02 ↗ the critical importance of this Bond

22:05 ↗ measure for the future of our community

22:07 ↗ thank

22:09 ↗ you thank you and our next speaker Dave

22:14 ↗ osmer Dave

22:33 ↗ good evening council members I'm Dave

22:36 ↗ osmer

22:37 ↗ 22433 Southeast Highland Lane

22:40 ↗ esqua and I am also the chair of the

22:43 ↗ seare pack which is uh vigorously

22:46 ↗ opposing this Bond

22:49 ↗ proposition only three months ago nearly

22:51 ↗ 30,000 of your friends and neighbors

22:54 ↗ voted a resounding no to isd's last

22:58 ↗ measure and it was defeated by nearly 10

23:02 ↗ percentage points but now here we are

23:05 ↗ again prompting us to wonder what part

23:08 ↗ of no don't they

23:10 ↗ understand they'll tell you this new

23:12 ↗ proposition is smaller than the last one

23:15 ↗ however they mislead you and the voters

23:18 ↗ by not mentioning the fact that their

23:21 ↗ 231 million does not

23:24 ↗ include an additional 90 79 million in

23:28 ↗ interest and fees on the bonds which

23:30 ↗ brings the total cost of this measure to

23:33 ↗ $310

23:35 ↗ million furthermore furthermore all they

23:38 ↗ are really doing is breaking up what

23:41 ↗ they wanted in the November Bond into

23:44 ↗ smaller smaller

23:47 ↗ pieces doing so doesn't make the

23:50 ↗ total of what they want any smaller what

23:54 ↗ they also don't tell you and the voters

23:56 ↗ is that this new if this new proposition

23:59 ↗ passes the total cost of their fancy new

24:02 ↗ high school will be nearly

24:04 ↗ $350

24:06 ↗ million including the share of interest

24:09 ↗ on the bond on the new bonds plus those

24:12 ↗ already being paid

24:13 ↗ for they're claim that they need they

24:16 ↗ claim that they need High School number

24:18 ↗ four because Skyline and Isa are quote

24:21 ↗ overcrowded Jay will cover that

24:27 ↗ issue but I loved the comment from the

24:30 ↗ school from the uh student

24:33 ↗ representative on the school board

24:35 ↗ during their meeting in which they voted

24:36 ↗ to put this proposition on the ballot

24:39 ↗ overcrowding he

24:40 ↗ said I thought this was normal I didn't

24:43 ↗ know we were overcrowded until you all

24:45 ↗ started talking about

24:48 ↗ it we are we not why not Implement one

24:52 ↗ or more of the significantly less cost

24:54 ↗ costly alternatives to reduce their

24:57 ↗ alleged over crowding like changing back

25:00 ↗ to the junior high model and save us

25:02 ↗ tracks payers a whole lot of money let's

25:06 ↗ have some creative thinking instead of

25:08 ↗ the tired old this is how we've always

25:10 ↗ done it way of running the

25:13 ↗ ship what else they mislead us about is

25:16 ↗ not disclosing that if this Pro

25:18 ↗ provision passes the school and the

25:21 ↗ school gets built they won't have enough

25:23 ↗ money to run

25:25 ↗ it because there will not be it will not

25:28 ↗ generate any new state operating money

25:32 ↗ through new student headcount anytime

25:34 ↗ soon if ever so they will H they will

25:38 ↗ have to float another Levy for the bonds

25:41 ↗ for the funds to keep the lights on

25:43 ↗ violating their advertised claim of a

25:46 ↗ constant rate constant tax rate over the

25:48 ↗ life of the bonds schools already get

25:51 ↗ two-thirds of our property tax

25:54 ↗ payment and they want more how about

25:58 ↗ living within their means like the rest

26:00 ↗ of us have

26:01 ↗ to what else they aren't hiding what

26:04 ↗ else they are hiding is that this

26:06 ↗ project will also create numerous

26:08 ↗ irreparable adverse environmental

26:11 ↗ impacts on the area not the least of

26:14 ↗ which is the projected additional

26:17 ↗ 44,100 vehicle trips on

26:21 ↗ Southeast uh excuse me to 28th Avenue

26:24 ↗ Southeast creating gridlock twice a day

26:29 ↗ during school during school days on 28

26:33 ↗ on 2 28th uh which is one of the very

26:36 ↗ few routes onto and off the plateau and

26:40 ↗ speaking of traffic their new

26:43 ↗ information piece on their website

26:45 ↗ claims that they will improve quote

26:47 ↗ unquote du 28th by adding more Lanes

26:51 ↗ only one minor problem they still don't

26:53 ↗ have a rightaway permit from the city of

26:55 ↗ suami who owns the road I could go on on

26:58 ↗ but I hope you get the idea and even

27:01 ↗ though I know you're going to ignore all

27:03 ↗ this and vote for it anyway um I just

27:06 ↗ want your constituents to know how much

27:08 ↗ money you're potentially costing

27:10 ↗ them for something that really isn't

27:13 ↗ needed thank

27:15 ↗ you thank you Dave and our next speaker

27:19 ↗ Jay sternoff Jay

27:35 ↗ my name is Jas sternoff I reside at

27:38 ↗ 22611 Southeast 44th place in isqua

27:42 ↗ Washington next

27:47 ↗ page uh uh what what this uh chart is is

27:52 ↗ a chart from uh that was presented to

27:55 ↗ the isua uh city council uh when the

27:58 ↗ impact fee presentation was made on

28:01 ↗ September 16th of this year and it

28:03 ↗ essentially shows the projected uh

28:06 ↗ population of the school district

28:08 ↗ maintaining to approximately

28:10 ↗ 2034 and then after 2034 dramatically

28:14 ↗ Rising the 1200 that uh they're

28:17 ↗ projecting some in excess of 10 years

28:19 ↗ from now next

28:22 ↗ page so 2038 2039 projection is at this

28:27 ↗ point speculation 1,00 new students to

28:29 ↗ magically appear starting 10 years from

28:32 ↗ now where do they come from isala school

28:34 ↗ district claims new families with high

28:36 ↗ school aged kids will be moving in then

28:39 ↗ why isn't it happening now next

28:43 ↗ page the city of isqua ordinance uh in

28:46 ↗ reference to impact fees uh passed on

28:49 ↗ the 16th of uh last September uh isqua

28:54 ↗ municipal code is amended and the impact

28:57 ↗ fees as you all know uh showed that in

29:02 ↗ 2024 uh the impact fees were

29:05 ↗ 15510 dollars for a single family

29:08 ↗ resident and because the population

29:10 ↗ decrease for this year 2025 dropping to

29:14 ↗ $47 $

29:16 ↗ 4728 and the 3514 for multifamily

29:21 ↗ dropped to zero which again reaffirms

29:24 ↗ the drop of population in the district

29:27 ↗ at this time time and by their own

29:29 ↗ charts it continues next page

29:32 ↗ please okay the isqua school district

29:35 ↗ has posted this uh chart recently

29:38 ↗ showing that the tax rate remains stable

29:41 ↗ well right now I pay about

29:44 ↗ 67.4% of my property taxes towards

29:48 ↗ uh uh education next

29:51 ↗ page when when you add the interest that

29:55 ↗ as Dave pointed out it adds a sign

29:58 ↗ significant amount and therefore every

30:00 ↗ single property owner is going to pay

30:03 ↗ more tax uh year after year and here's a

30:07 ↗ projection of where this particular bond

30:10 ↗ is and that doesn't

30:12 ↗ include uh the levies that they're

30:14 ↗ talking that they last Thursday I think

30:17 ↗ it was proposing a levy that's going to

30:19 ↗ be added next

30:22 ↗ page this is a chart of what would

30:25 ↗ happen with if this Bond were to pass

30:28 ↗ and uh the current levies and additional

30:31 ↗ levies that were proposed this coming

30:33 ↗ April would pass and this shows what is

30:36 ↗ going to happen to the actual cost so

30:38 ↗ even though they show this 309 tax rate

30:42 ↗ what they really don't show is how much

30:44 ↗ money each individual is going to

30:47 ↗ pay the suami city council the Renton

30:51 ↗ city council the Newcastle city council

30:55 ↗ have all listen to the same present

30:58 ↗ that you're hearing

31:00 ↗ tonight uh and or are in the process of

31:03 ↗ doing so between the last election and

31:06 ↗ this one and I guess what I'm asking the

31:09 ↗ suami city council to listen to all

31:12 ↗ sides so you can present those facts

31:15 ↗ from both sides to the public but I'm

31:19 ↗ asking you as a public body not to take

31:22 ↗ a position Pro or con take the same

31:26 ↗ position that samamish did no position

31:30 ↗ the same position that Ron has taken no

31:32 ↗ position and the same position that

31:34 ↗ Newcastle has taken no position please

31:38 ↗ don't be the exception please be public

31:40 ↗ leaders I appreciate your time thank

31:43 ↗ you thanks Jay um do we have anyone else

31:47 ↗ signed up yes Sydney mullings

31:53 ↗ Sydney good evening I'm Sydney mullings

31:56 ↗ I'm an isqua resident and I a parent in

31:59 ↗ the isqua school district and I have the

32:01 ↗ honor of also serving on the isqua

32:03 ↗ school board first I'd like to thank you

32:05 ↗ for your ongoing efforts and support of

32:07 ↗ the youth within our community and for

32:10 ↗ allowing me to share my thoughts tonight

32:12 ↗ our board president did a fantastic job

32:14 ↗ reviewing uh the details of the upcoming

32:17 ↗ Bond um and that bond is critical to our

32:20 ↗ future for our future planning um and to

32:23 ↗ maintain a high level of educational

32:25 ↗ quality and achievement for our schools

32:27 ↗ and I humbly ask that you support this

32:30 ↗ effort with your endorsement what I hope

32:32 ↗ uh to add to the conversation is to

32:34 ↗ share some information about our schools

32:36 ↗ as they are

32:37 ↗ currently um in my time with you I'd

32:39 ↗ like to talk about the district as a

32:41 ↗ whole and share some specifics about

32:42 ↗ high schools and since I'm here talking

32:44 ↗ to this esteemed group maybe a little

32:46 ↗ bit more detail about issaqua high out

32:49 ↗ of 884 public schools in our state um

32:53 ↗ all of our three comprehensive high

32:55 ↗ schools are in the top 20 of performance

32:59 ↗ with issaqua high school sitting at

33:01 ↗ number

33:03 ↗ eight the graduation rate of all of our

33:06 ↗ high schools is higher than all but two

33:09 ↗ high schools in the state of Washington

33:12 ↗ with 97% of our students graduating from

33:15 ↗ isqua high in Liberty and 98 at Skyline

33:17 ↗ that's 14 points higher than the state

33:20 ↗ average unlike our peers in that top 25

33:24 ↗ issaqua is the issaqua high school is

33:26 ↗ the fourth largest High school in the

33:29 ↗ state if you average student population

33:32 ↗ across all of that top 25 they average

33:35 ↗ at about 1200 students which is half of

33:38 ↗ what is sitting in issaqua high and out

33:40 ↗ of the top five three of those schools

33:42 ↗ are under 700 enrolled

33:45 ↗ students our school district has test

33:47 ↗ scores in the top 5% nationally we're

33:50 ↗ home to programs with Statewide

33:51 ↗ recognition in dance track girl soccer

33:54 ↗ Deco which is our business management

33:56 ↗ program Sports Medicine just to name a

33:58 ↗ few our schools are home to highly

34:00 ↗ recognized robotics programs each with

34:03 ↗ and each have significant offerings in

34:05 ↗ advanced placement or International

34:07 ↗ Balor and very high attainment of

34:10 ↗ college credit our bands and orchestras

34:12 ↗ are invited to perform around the region

34:14 ↗ and around the country the program in

34:16 ↗ our schools is very well-rounded having

34:18 ↗ wood shop and culinary arts at isqua

34:20 ↗ high as well as introductory to Advanced

34:23 ↗ Computer Science even fashion design

34:25 ↗ each school has robust theater and music

34:27 ↗ program programs our community should be

34:29 ↗ very proud of the outstanding

34:30 ↗ opportunities happening every day what I

34:33 ↗ also know for sure is that two things

34:36 ↗ can be true at the same time our schools

34:38 ↗ offer an exceptional educational program

34:40 ↗ theyel it connecting with our students

34:42 ↗ across all the achievement Spectrum but

34:45 ↗ what is also true is that our high

34:46 ↗ schools are

34:48 ↗ overcrowded issaqua high school is over

34:51 ↗ capacity it is at its limit on that

34:53 ↗ property for portable classrooms our

34:55 ↗ class sizes are large our teacher prep

34:58 ↗ spaces are gone because all have had to

35:00 ↗ be turned into academic spaces and our

35:03 ↗ Portables are full as a parent of an

35:05 ↗ issaqua freshman I pack lunch every day

35:08 ↗ so that my son does not have to wait in

35:10 ↗ very long lines to eat at the cafeteria

35:13 ↗ he doesn't have to wait to have time to

35:16 ↗ decompress from his day and to connect

35:18 ↗ with others not waiting in line means

35:21 ↗ that he and his friends can quickly snag

35:23 ↗ coveted seats for lunch I never imagined

35:26 ↗ that this would be his experience in

35:28 ↗ fact I've watched the number of students

35:29 ↗ in that school climb over the last four

35:31 ↗ years as my daughter just graduated as a

35:33 ↗ freshman as a last year as a senior so

35:37 ↗ the question is what happens when our

35:39 ↗ schools get too large we see increasing

35:41 ↗ negative behaviors we see more staff

35:44 ↗ time spent managing it we see a decrease

35:46 ↗ in student uh engagement and negative

35:49 ↗ impact on attendance driving down

35:50 ↗ results we see an increase in cost to

35:53 ↗ maintain our buildings and demand for

35:55 ↗ support increasing so I think it's

35:57 ↗ important as we think about growth that

36:00 ↗ these are numbers we know very well

36:02 ↗ they're not imaginary what we're talking

36:04 ↗ about is returning to preco levels not

36:07 ↗ some fantasy and so this is a fact for

36:11 ↗ our district it is not up for

36:13 ↗ dispute people move here because it's a

36:15 ↗ desirable Community the population in

36:18 ↗ our schools follows suit it's simple

36:20 ↗ math we must act to ensure that we can

36:23 ↗ provide high quality education that all

36:25 ↗ of our children deserve so again I

36:27 ↗ appreciate your time and attention and I

36:29 ↗ thank you for support of this critical

36:32 ↗ work thank you Sydney and do we have

36:35 ↗ anyone else signed

36:37 ↗ up yes Matt

36:39 ↗ coin Matt thank

36:48 ↗ you good evening everyone Matt coin

36:50 ↗ isqua School Board director uh as well

36:52 ↗ as the parent of two uh high school

36:54 ↗ students at isqua high I appreciate the

36:57 ↗ time uh this evening to get a chance to

36:58 ↗ speak to all of you uh over the course

37:01 ↗ of the last few weeks I've had a chance

37:02 ↗ to uh speak with many voters across the

37:05 ↗ esqua school district and I thought I

37:07 ↗ would share some of the key themes that

37:09 ↗ I'm hearing from voters really kind of

37:11 ↗ understanding where folks are at when

37:13 ↗ they think about uh the new February

37:15 ↗ measure the first question I get is

37:17 ↗ didn't the November Bond pass um well no

37:21 ↗ it didn't that's obviously why we're

37:22 ↗ here tonight I think as residents of the

37:25 ↗ isqua school district I think we've

37:26 ↗ become accustom to uh always passing our

37:29 ↗ bonds over the last 20 plus years which

37:31 ↗ is not always the case um and this has

37:33 ↗ really put us in unusual Uncharted

37:36 ↗ Territory for this community number two

37:39 ↗ um the the second question that I hear

37:41 ↗ oftentimes from voters uh over the last

37:43 ↗ uh few weeks is what is the district

37:45 ↗ going to do for students in the middle

37:47 ↗ the kids that that really maybe are

37:50 ↗ being forgotten and we have an answer to

37:53 ↗ that that is lessening overcrowding at

37:55 ↗ our high schools specifically isqua and

37:57 ↗ Skyline High School will provide more

38:00 ↗ options for all students uh for from

38:02 ↗ those in the middle as well as the our

38:04 ↗ high achieving students as well as those

38:06 ↗ needing additional supports overcrowded

38:08 ↗ high schools make it much more difficult

38:10 ↗ to help all students reach the promise

38:12 ↗ of their potential larger schools mean

38:15 ↗ more crowded classes and fewer uh course

38:17 ↗ options larger schools mean you're

38:20 ↗ competing against more students for a

38:22 ↗ part in the school play uh larger

38:24 ↗ schools mean there are only so many

38:26 ↗ spots on the high school

38:28 ↗ uh sports team and most importantly

38:30 ↗ larger schools make it harder for

38:32 ↗ teachers and staff at the high school to

38:34 ↗ be able to build strong connections with

38:36 ↗ students those connections are critical

38:38 ↗ for finding belonging and ultimately

38:40 ↗ leading to Greater success in high

38:43 ↗ school the third question that I get

38:45 ↗ from members of the community most

38:47 ↗ recently are I didn't know are high

38:49 ↗ schools overcrowded well as the parent

38:51 ↗ of two high schoolers I can tell you

38:54 ↗ they are I live that every day with my

38:56 ↗ two uh students at Skyline High School

38:59 ↗ um so I want to highlight two particular

39:02 ↗ areas of of that we see when we think

39:04 ↗ about overcrowding traffic um I know as

39:07 ↗ members of our community broadly all of

39:09 ↗ us get frustrated if you've ever been in

39:12 ↗ isaa high school traffic in the morning

39:13 ↗ or if you've been on 228 um dealing with

39:16 ↗ Skyline High School traffic and I think

39:18 ↗ as members of the community we

39:19 ↗ oftentimes forget that maybe it's

39:21 ↗ inconvenient for us but it's students

39:24 ↗ that are in that traffic it is not

39:26 ↗ uncommon for students to be late to Be

39:28 ↗ Tardy to that first period class and I

39:30 ↗ know my kids deal with that

39:32 ↗ continually um and it's no F fault of

39:34 ↗ their own we live pretty very close to

39:36 ↗ Skyline High School but to get there

39:38 ↗ because of that significant traffic is

39:40 ↗ always cumbersome every day so you can

39:41 ↗ imagine students who are on who R Tardy

39:44 ↗ on a regular basis how disruptful that

39:46 ↗ can be for learning uh I know Sydney

39:49 ↗ mullings mentioned this earlier but

39:50 ↗ lunch she talked about it at s High same

39:52 ↗ issue that we have at Skyline my kids

39:54 ↗ often times skip lunch because the lunch

39:57 ↗ line is so long um and you might be

39:59 ↗ thinking well gosh bring your own lunch

40:01 ↗ well you could bring your own lunch but

40:03 ↗ it's hard to find a table to sit at so

40:05 ↗ it's it's lunch is a struggle um and you

40:09 ↗ know this idea of Simply building on to

40:10 ↗ either Skyline or Isa High it won't

40:12 ↗ resolve the traffic or the lunch issue

40:15 ↗ that I just mentioned or just the

40:16 ↗ general overcrowding that we see in our

40:18 ↗ classrooms the fourth and last question

40:20 ↗ that I'm hearing from several voters is

40:23 ↗ why would I support the bond when my

40:25 ↗ kids already graduated out of the school

40:27 ↗ system system well because in this

40:29 ↗ community we it's the right thing to do

40:32 ↗ um we in this community we pay it

40:34 ↗ forward and our youth are our future and

40:37 ↗ they deserve a strong education uh

40:39 ↗ furthermore you should do you should be

40:41 ↗ thinking about your property values

40:43 ↗ strong schools are highly correlated to

40:46 ↗ Stronger property values as I mentioned

40:47 ↗ earlier we are in unchartered territory

40:51 ↗ um and this is the as the fact that we

40:54 ↗ you know this is the first time in over

40:55 ↗ 20 years that we have not been able to

40:56 ↗ pass a Bond and that likely will have a

40:59 ↗ negative impact on property values

41:01 ↗ within our district lastly I want to

41:04 ↗ just speak to misinformation because

41:05 ↗ facts matter facts matter when it

41:07 ↗ results in any case but particularly

41:09 ↗ when we think about education and our

41:12 ↗ schools here in isqua with fewer local

41:14 ↗ media uh channels it's important that we

41:17 ↗ as community members and voters search

41:19 ↗ out facts not and not based voting

41:21 ↗ decisions on misinformation that is

41:23 ↗ posted to social media I would ask

41:25 ↗ voters to check out our site on the

41:28 ↗ isqua School District page that has

41:30 ↗ ample information on the 2025 Bond as

41:33 ↗ well as a very helpful Q&A so with that

41:37 ↗ thank you for the time tonight and thank

41:38 ↗ you for considering passing a resolution

41:40 ↗ and support of the bond thank you thanks

41:43 ↗ Matt and do we have anyone else signed

41:45 ↗ up yes right Noel right there you

41:53 ↗ are there we go uh thank you for your

41:57 ↗ your time um my name is wri n I own a

42:01 ↗ business on

42:04 ↗ Sunset been active in the chamber and

42:06 ↗ different various Community

42:08 ↗ organizations for the past 20 years

42:12 ↗ um I've had five kids graduate from

42:15 ↗ isqua school district uh one went to iy

42:20 ↗ League um all the way down to one went

42:23 ↗ through a trade school proud of all of

42:25 ↗ them than thankful for the school

42:28 ↗ district and the foundation that they

42:30 ↗ provided uh they loved their experience

42:33 ↗ at high school they're all involved in

42:36 ↗ student government um and I think the

42:40 ↗ size of high schools matters not just

42:42 ↗ because of school lunch and it being

42:44 ↗ overcrowded but because when your high

42:46 ↗ school gets too big you limit

42:48 ↗ opportunities for Student Government you

42:50 ↗ limit opportunities for participating in

42:52 ↗ theater you limit opportunities for

42:54 ↗ participating in sports you limit

42:56 ↗ opportunities for clubs because there's

42:58 ↗ just so many people and it's hard to get

43:00 ↗ them all there um this bond has broad

43:04 ↗ support uh the Chamber of Comm this

43:06 ↗ squad Chamber of Commerce has endorsed

43:07 ↗ the bond uh rally properties has

43:09 ↗ endorsed the

43:10 ↗ bond uh local leaders uh invite you to

43:14 ↗ look at the V web page uh the number of

43:17 ↗ people that have endorsed is uh

43:20 ↗ impactful and important um like others

43:23 ↗ have talked about passing a bond has a

43:26 ↗ real impact I call it the real estate

43:29 ↗ flyer

43:30 ↗ impact what impacts people when they

43:32 ↗ want to live in a community goes on a

43:34 ↗ real estate

43:37 ↗ flyer people moving to isqua school

43:40 ↗ district it's always on the flyer one

43:42 ↗ street over doesn't have a squash School

43:45 ↗ District if I'm in the South End so we r

43:49 ↗ on the border of Renton um it matters

43:52 ↗ houses matter and the price is different

43:55 ↗ because it's in the esqua school

43:56 ↗ district

44:00 ↗ um couple things uh to clarify the

44:04 ↗ school board did pass um a resolution to

44:08 ↗ put a levy on the ballot but it is only

44:11 ↗ if the bond doesn't pass um they're very

44:14 ↗ concerned about Bond or paying for the

44:17 ↗ high school and being able to fund it um

44:20 ↗ there was a discussion that they've

44:21 ↗ already put another Levy out there that

44:22 ↗ is not true uh the only thing that is

44:25 ↗ true is there's a levy out there if the

44:27 ↗ Bond doesn't pass because they're feel

44:29 ↗ responsible and a responsibility to get

44:31 ↗ the high school funded so there will be

44:34 ↗ no other Levy of the bond passes

44:37 ↗ um there was a discussion about we need

44:40 ↗ another Levy to to fund the high school

44:43 ↗ uh I've talked to the school district it

44:44 ↗ takes less than 1% approximately of the

44:48 ↗ district's budget to run a high school

44:50 ↗ you guys look at the city budget um you

44:53 ↗ understand 1% and how that function and

44:58 ↗ the the district has the ability to run

45:00 ↗ the high school without having

45:01 ↗ additional funding or additional levies

45:03 ↗ go forward um as has been talked about

45:07 ↗ the cost also includes revisions to

45:09 ↗ traffic um

45:11 ↗ and that that the road that is there

45:14 ↗ will be improved as part of this process

45:16 ↗ finally

45:19 ↗ um neighbors to where the school will be

45:23 ↗ have had concerns and I think it's

45:25 ↗ important note that the school district

45:28 ↗ has given over $12 million in

45:31 ↗ concessions to those neighbors to

45:33 ↗ address their concerns as part of trying

45:36 ↗ to be a good neighbor in this process I

45:38 ↗ appreciate you this body being being

45:41 ↗ willing to listen to the issues listen

45:44 ↗ to comments and make a decision on this

45:46 ↗ and I would encourage you to endorse the

45:48 ↗ bond thank

45:50 ↗ you thanks right and do we have anyone

45:53 ↗ else signed up to speak no okay now the

45:57 ↗ point where I look at all the other

45:58 ↗ faces in the room and ask who would like

46:01 ↗ to um speak okay and then also ask

46:05 ↗ anyone online um if you are on the phone

46:09 ↗ and press star three if you're

46:10 ↗ interested in speaking if you are on a

46:13 ↗ computer or smartphone use the raise

46:15 ↗ hand icon we'll just start a kind of

46:17 ↗ Quee at that

46:20 ↗ point okay I saw Landon's hand first and

46:23 ↗ then I'll just keep calling on folks on

46:26 ↗ up

46:30 ↗ Al righty good evening everybody thank

46:32 ↗ you for for being here and for listening

46:34 ↗ uh to us as we we talk about this

46:35 ↗ important Bond I I'm here tonight to

46:37 ↗ support the bond which is not a typical

46:39 ↗ thing for me I'm not uh known for

46:41 ↗ supporting bonds and and taxes broadly

46:43 ↗ but this is a situation um that having

46:45 ↗ looked at it I I really believe it calls

46:47 ↗ for it uh and I believe that uh our city

46:50 ↗ should support it for the good of our

46:52 ↗ kids and for the good of our taxpayers

46:54 ↗ uh I don't want to rehash what others

46:55 ↗ have said um um the biggest thing for me

46:58 ↗ when I evaluate a bond both as a voter

47:01 ↗ and also someone who talks with

47:03 ↗ concerned taxpayers in our community

47:05 ↗ often is is this a necessary expenditure

47:08 ↗ and have all other Revenue sources been

47:11 ↗ checked and depleted right so first

47:13 ↗ looking to see is this necessary is this

47:15 ↗ something we truly need I I believe it

47:17 ↗ is I taught at Eastside Catholic High

47:18 ↗ School I can certainly um say I agree

47:21 ↗ with that traffic as someone who's sat

47:22 ↗ in it every day uh and it does have big

47:24 ↗ impacts on our kids um they are to class

47:27 ↗ there were many many days when I would

47:29 ↗ start my first period with three four

47:31 ↗ five students out of the 18 and slowly

47:33 ↗ over the next 20 minutes they would all

47:34 ↗ trickle in um not only is that a

47:36 ↗ disturbance to their peers uh but it's

47:38 ↗ also an issue for them I those kids did

47:41 ↗ not do as well the kids that were

47:42 ↗ getting their 20 minutes late um granted

47:44 ↗ was that all traffic probably not but I

47:46 ↗ know to a certain extent a good a good

47:48 ↗ amount of it was because there were days

47:49 ↗ when I was caught in it too there were

47:51 ↗ days when I had to call teachers it was

47:52 ↗ not uncommon where we'd have to call a

47:54 ↗ teacher and say hey I need somebody to

47:56 ↗ run down down to my first period I'll be

47:57 ↗ there in 10 minutes but I'm stuck

47:59 ↗ outside Skyline High School um that that

48:01 ↗ is some that's a conversation that

48:03 ↗ happens often so certainly when it comes

48:05 ↗ to overcrowding and traffic I can attest

48:07 ↗ to that being a real problem uh

48:10 ↗ regarding the tax rate and the actual

48:12 ↗ amount itself I was pretty outspoken on

48:15 ↗ the initial Bond against it um and my

48:17 ↗ reasoning for that was it was too big um

48:20 ↗ I felt that it could be narrower and I

48:22 ↗ was concerned about the tax impact it

48:24 ↗ would have on residents I think the

48:25 ↗ school district was prudent in the way

48:27 ↗ it went back and evaluated its spending

48:30 ↗ this is about 65% less than the original

48:32 ↗ Bond um and I believe having looked at

48:35 ↗ the 40 million for safety and then the

48:37 ↗ 190 million for uh the high school the

48:40 ↗ numbers make sense um which I'm thankful

48:43 ↗ for because I don't always feel that way

48:45 ↗ about public expenditures um but I can

48:47 ↗ understand where it's coming from uh the

48:48 ↗ final thing I wanted to touch on is um I

48:51 ↗ believe that this is something that the

48:53 ↗ city council should weigh in on uh

48:55 ↗ because it really is a depressing matter

48:57 ↗ I broadly don't like uh City councils or

49:00 ↗ or legislative bodies um just saying you

49:02 ↗ know this is how we feel about something

49:04 ↗ uh and I don't like that because I I

49:06 ↗ feel it's kind of it allows us to Pat

49:08 ↗ ourselves on the back when we haven't

49:09 ↗ really done you know what we need to do

49:11 ↗ for for whoever's being affected but

49:14 ↗ that being said I am really really

49:16 ↗ concerned about some of the negative

49:17 ↗ impacts on our students and our

49:18 ↗ community if we do not pass this Bond uh

49:21 ↗ whether it be additional Portables at

49:23 ↗ isoa high school that presents a safety

49:25 ↗ concern it also presents um concerns

49:27 ↗ about getting class to class on time uh

49:30 ↗ similarly potential rezoning so forcing

49:33 ↗ kids that are currently going to Skyline

49:34 ↗ or to isqua having them go to another

49:36 ↗ school that's a concern that uh

49:38 ↗ certainly parents are not going to be

49:40 ↗ happy to have to have that conversation

49:42 ↗ um and the administrator on the other

49:44 ↗ side I don't think wants to have that

49:45 ↗ conversation either um and so uh I I'm

49:49 ↗ concerned about what will happen uh for

49:51 ↗ our city for our kids if we aren't able

49:53 ↗ uh to get this across and then similarly

49:55 ↗ the I guess truly last thing I'll say is

49:58 ↗ that I'm thankful that the school

50:00 ↗ district was able to look at the initial

50:02 ↗ Bond recognize that it was too big for

50:04 ↗ voters uh and come back with a narrower

50:07 ↗ plan that more specifically addresses

50:10 ↗ the pressing needs of our community um I

50:12 ↗ think that was the responsible choice

50:14 ↗ and frankly I think those of us in the

50:16 ↗ community who are concerned about our

50:18 ↗ tax rates and who are concerned about

50:19 ↗ our spending have an obligation or at

50:21 ↗ least an opportunity to reward those uh

50:25 ↗ those legislative bodies when do come

50:27 ↗ forward and do that work to say you know

50:28 ↗ we are going to get behind this because

50:30 ↗ our our kids need it and it's good for

50:31 ↗ our taxpayers too uh so ultimately I

50:33 ↗ would encourage the board uh to to

50:36 ↗ support this Bond because I think it's

50:37 ↗ good for our kids and this is one of the

50:38 ↗ few times when I really believe uh we

50:41 ↗ have an obligation as a city to discuss

50:44 ↗ the negative impacts on our kids if this

50:45 ↗ doesn't happen so thank

50:47 ↗ you thanks Landon um looking around

50:51 ↗ seeing if we've got anybody else who

50:54 ↗ wants to make comment and I will we'll

50:56 ↗ ask the clerk if we have anybody

50:58 ↗ indicating desire to speak

51:02 ↗ online calling for another time anybody

51:07 ↗ else okay let me get back to my

51:13 ↗ script um okay council do you have any

51:17 ↗ objection to my closing the public

51:20 ↗ hearing okay hearing none I will close

51:22 ↗ the public hearing at 7:51 p.m. and now

51:26 ↗ I get to ask councel do you have any

51:30 ↗ questions no okay so we will start with

51:34 ↗ a motion and then discuss and all of

51:37 ↗ that so is there a

51:39 ↗ motion okay go

51:41 ↗ ahead thank you I move to approve

51:44 ↗ resolution number

51:45 ↗ 2025

51:47 ↗ -2 supporting the isqua school

51:49 ↗ district's proposition number one

51:52 ↗ General obligation Bonds in the amount

51:54 ↗ of uh 20 231 million

51:57 ↗ $600,000 scheduled to come before voters

52:00 ↗ at the February 11th 2025 special

52:04 ↗ election

52:06 ↗ second okay we have a motion that's been

52:10 ↗ moved and seconded is there any Council

52:13 ↗ discussion starting with the motion

52:15 ↗ maker go

52:22 ↗ ahead oh thank you I will I will vote to

52:25 ↗ approve this

52:27 ↗ resolution um although the council has

52:29 ↗ always in my memory passed resolution

52:32 ↗ supporting School District bonds and

52:33 ↗ levies for this measure um PE members of

52:37 ↗ the community have asked why the council

52:39 ↗ would do this and I have a response it

52:43 ↗ is because it's easy according to the

52:46 ↗ Washington state report card there are

52:47 ↗ nine isqua schools located within the

52:50 ↗ city of isqua with

52:53 ↗ 6,620 students enrolled in those schools

52:56 ↗ most of those students are our

52:59 ↗ constituents they don't vote but they

53:01 ↗ play a vital part in our community

53:04 ↗ nevertheless the city of issaqua

53:06 ↗ recognizes our young people by

53:08 ↗ appointing youth to our boards and

53:10 ↗ commissions by supporting the isqua

53:12 ↗ youth Advisory Board and by encouraging

53:15 ↗ young people to volunteer for a variety

53:17 ↗ of civit tasks such as Trails

53:19 ↗ maintenance helping out at the food and

53:21 ↗ clothing bank or joining key clubs at

53:23 ↗ their high schools in addition as a

53:26 ↗ council M I recognize the vital role

53:28 ↗ that schools play in creating a healthy

53:30 ↗ resilient economically thriving

53:33 ↗ Community right now our district high

53:36 ↗ schools are overwhelmingly crowded

53:39 ↗ there's a wonderful video on Facebook

53:41 ↗ right

53:42 ↗ now uh featuring a student named Matt

53:46 ↗ who happens to be the student body

53:47 ↗ president at isaquel high school and it

53:50 ↗ is entitled a day in the life of an

53:52 ↗ isqua high school students it has been

53:55 ↗ viewed more than

53:57 ↗ 15,000 times and I commend it to those

54:00 ↗ who wonder what an overcrowded High

54:02 ↗ School looks like from a student

54:05 ↗ perspective I got to meet Matt recently

54:09 ↗ because in addition to being an isqua

54:11 ↗ high school student body president he is

54:13 ↗ also a student environmental Ambassador

54:16 ↗ through a program that is hosted by this

54:18 ↗ city in short one of our many

54:20 ↗ outstanding young people is helping isqu

54:23 ↗ meet its 2030 climate action goal

54:28 ↗ so I in my mind it is unconscionable

54:30 ↗ that students of this District have been

54:32 ↗ subjected to delay after delay to get

54:34 ↗ the relief they need from overcrowding

54:37 ↗ that's been going on for years and is

54:39 ↗ projected to continue for

54:42 ↗ decades CI bro who is a former isqua

54:45 ↗ superintendent of schools once said to

54:47 ↗ me when adults fight kids lose I can't

54:51 ↗ think of a better example of that

54:53 ↗ maximum than our current situation and I

54:55 ↗ will be voting yes on this resolution

54:58 ↗ thank

54:59 ↗ you thank you council member

55:02 ↗ Mars thank you council president um I'm

55:04 ↗ going to be supporting this measure and

55:06 ↗ I want to talk a little bit about this

55:08 ↗ from the perspective of the three

55:11 ↗ quarters of the voters in the city that

55:13 ↗ do not have kids in the district I think

55:16 ↗ I I was I had kids in the district for a

55:18 ↗ long time and it was it's easy to get in

55:19 ↗ the mind set of well we've all got kids

55:22 ↗ in the district well no um three

55:25 ↗ quarters don't um but this still makes

55:27 ↗ sense this is still a good investment

55:29 ↗ for our community um I got involved and

55:32 ↗ ran for Council for the first time in

55:34 ↗ 2009 because I came from a city called

55:37 ↗ White Bear Lake Minnesota and white bear

55:39 ↗ in the 1970s had been a really great

55:43 ↗ thriving upand cominging City but it had

55:46 ↗ a hard time making that transition from

55:48 ↗ growth to sustain and you started seeing

55:51 ↗ it in failing bonds and Levy and what

55:54 ↗ happens is then you don't get young

55:57 ↗ families coming in and white bear is

56:00 ↗ still a beautiful place but it's

56:03 ↗ not you know it's it's it's not on

56:05 ↗ anybody's list of upand cominging cities

56:08 ↗ in Minnesota and so that transition

56:11 ↗ we're in the middle of that transition

56:13 ↗ right now from growth to sustained uh

56:17 ↗ and and but the district continues to

56:18 ↗ grow and for 20 years people have been

56:22 ↗ saying well it's going to slow down soon

56:24 ↗ and maybe it's slown down a little bit

56:25 ↗ because of but this continues to be a

56:28 ↗ great place to want to move and and

56:30 ↗ raise a family um it continues to be a

56:33 ↗ place where you can get an exceptional

56:35 ↗ education for what goes in King County

56:38 ↗ as a reasonable amount of money um

56:40 ↗ compared to you know our natural uh

56:45 ↗ competitor not competitor but comp

56:47 ↗ schools such as Belleview high and

56:49 ↗ Bainbridge and Mercer Island and and

56:51 ↗ some of those places so families want to

56:53 ↗ come here people will move to to an

56:56 ↗ apartment complex uh to get their kids

56:59 ↗ here uh when they might be able to

57:02 ↗ afford a house someplace else so um the

57:05 ↗ process worked uh I I think I appreciate

57:08 ↗ how Landon talked about you know there

57:11 ↗ was a process last fall um the community

57:14 ↗ said the the amount didn't feel right

57:17 ↗ and they came back and and told that to

57:20 ↗ the school district and so the school

57:22 ↗ district sharpened its pencil and voided

57:24 ↗ it sharpen its pencil 642 to 232 that is

57:27 ↗ responding to the public so um I'm very

57:32 ↗ comfortable today that they clearly need

57:34 ↗ a new high school security is clearly

57:36 ↗ something that is an ongoing concern

57:39 ↗ that the standard for what constitutes

57:42 ↗ secure schools was different 20 years

57:44 ↗ ago when my kids started in this

57:45 ↗ District than it is today and they're

57:47 ↗ responding to that so for all those

57:49 ↗ reasons I'll be happy to support this

57:51 ↗ resolution this evening thank

57:54 ↗ you go down on the line council member

57:57 ↗ Ray uh thank you mayor proem um this is

58:00 ↗ really hard for me this is really really

58:02 ↗ hard for me um uh to start I want us to

58:05 ↗ be really clear the council is not

58:06 ↗ divided on the value of a strong school

58:08 ↗ district and a strong school system here

58:10 ↗ in isqua and the impact it has on our

58:12 ↗ community also I do hold this belief

58:15 ↗ that it's not the purview of council to

58:17 ↗ oppose or support any ballot measure

58:18 ↗ regardless of our personal beliefs um or

58:22 ↗ the merits of the measure tonight I'm

58:24 ↗ going to change my longstanding uh

58:26 ↗ position on this issue I know every

58:28 ↗ situation can claim to be unique but in

58:30 ↗ this case I feel the need to send an

58:33 ↗ unambiguous message that this body is

58:35 ↗ not divided on this issue and is fully

58:37 ↗ behind supporting this ballot

58:46 ↗ picture down the line go for it sure

58:49 ↗ thank you um you know I just I think

58:52 ↗ that the case for additional resources

58:54 ↗ in our community schools has been just

58:55 ↗ very comp in um and also the immediate

58:58 ↗ and long-term impacts that would come

59:00 ↗ without new resources um I appreciate

59:02 ↗ the new Focus here in this new proposal

59:04 ↗ on Safety and Security on high school

59:06 ↗ capacity um I certainly understand this

59:10 ↗ issue intimately myself I I I thought

59:12 ↗ that the iso high school was crowded

59:14 ↗ when I graduated in 2013 go Eagles cough

59:17 ↗ cough um um but the the data is

59:20 ↗ definitely worrying looking out in the

59:22 ↗ future as well um so a new focus on

59:25 ↗ urgent needs

59:26 ↗ um while also being really responsive I

59:28 ↗ think to community feedback starting

59:30 ↗ this new capital projects oversight

59:32 ↗ committee which I think is very

59:33 ↗ impressive um and something we should

59:35 ↗ thank uh the school district for doing

59:37 ↗ um I was a part of the original Bond

59:39 ↗ advisory committee that the district put

59:41 ↗ together I was incredibly impressed with

59:43 ↗ the professionalism and rigor that was

59:45 ↗ brought to us from isqua School District

59:47 ↗ staff especially those in capital

59:49 ↗ planning and financing I think the need

59:51 ↗ was really clearly demonstrated there as

59:53 ↗ well and this new proposal recognizes

59:55 ↗ that continuing need while also

59:57 ↗ sharpening their pencils I like that

59:59 ↗ that metaphor C sber Mars um so yeah I

1:00:02 ↗ just think um when it comes down to it I

1:00:05 ↗ think that I feel convinced that these

1:00:06 ↗ dollars would be put to good use um so

1:00:09 ↗ much so that not only do I want to

1:00:10 ↗ support it as an individual but it seems

1:00:12 ↗ compelling that we should endorse it as

1:00:15 ↗ an institution of the city of isqua and

1:00:17 ↗ recommended passage so I'll be voting in

1:00:19 ↗ favor tonight

1:00:21 ↗ thanks council member

1:00:23 ↗ CH thank you um I'm going to talk from a

1:00:26 ↗ little bit of a unique perspective um

1:00:28 ↗ when I was first on Council in

1:00:30 ↗ 1999 I didn't have kids in the school

1:00:33 ↗ district um I knew our school district

1:00:35 ↗ was strong and when the measures came up

1:00:37 ↗ for support I voted in favor of them all

1:00:41 ↗ of them even though my kids weren't even

1:00:43 ↗ here

1:00:45 ↗ yet

1:00:47 ↗ uh now I do have kids I have a a High

1:00:50 ↗ School freshman and I have a a student

1:00:53 ↗ that uh is experiencing we have

1:00:56 ↗ challenges in school and um school is uh

1:01:00 ↗ not right for them and they had to take

1:01:02 ↗ the route of going to um running start

1:01:05 ↗ because either the school was crowded or

1:01:07 ↗ it couldn't provide what they needed um

1:01:11 ↗ but that's all just to say that that the

1:01:13 ↗ school does a really good job of trying

1:01:15 ↗ to um help both my freshman student and

1:01:19 ↗ my should be senior but is still going

1:01:21 ↗ to live in my house for a couple more

1:01:23 ↗ years student and and does a good job of

1:01:26 ↗ trying to make sure that all kids are

1:01:29 ↗ helped along in this process

1:01:33 ↗ um we talked about there were some

1:01:35 ↗ comments about what are we doing for the

1:01:37 ↗ middle kids and my kids are kind of the

1:01:40 ↗ middle kids they're not the star

1:01:41 ↗ athletes they're not the academic

1:01:44 ↗ Superstars but they go to school and

1:01:46 ↗ they need a good education and the

1:01:47 ↗ school district does a good job doing

1:01:49 ↗ this I believe that recommending

1:01:51 ↗ approval of this bond to our citizenry

1:01:53 ↗ encourages them to research and think

1:01:56 ↗ about it more and do their own um

1:01:58 ↗ thinking about the subject um I think

1:02:01 ↗ that it's a prudent investment in our

1:02:05 ↗ infrastructure and capital and our human

1:02:07 ↗ capital we call our kids um so I be I'll

1:02:11 ↗ be supporting this and um hope that

1:02:15 ↗ others will take our vote and support as

1:02:18 ↗ an opportunity to learn more find out

1:02:20 ↗ more and um educate themselves on these

1:02:23 ↗ issues with the facts that are presented

1:02:25 ↗ Ed all the different sources out there

1:02:28 ↗ thank

1:02:30 ↗ you thank you council president I get to

1:02:33 ↗ go last um so what I would say is I am

1:02:37 ↗ also in support of this um I have a lot

1:02:40 ↗ of personal reasons I have two kids in

1:02:42 ↗ the isqua school district in high school

1:02:44 ↗ um I've seen the overcrowding at the

1:02:46 ↗ middle schools and the high schools

1:02:48 ↗ myself I absolutely absolutely

1:02:51 ↗ understand that but my job and my role

1:02:54 ↗ here isn't about my personal commitment

1:02:56 ↗ I get a vote to do that um my role here

1:03:01 ↗ is to recognize the importance of this

1:03:04 ↗ bond to the city and so I think there's

1:03:08 ↗ a few things that I would highlight

1:03:10 ↗ there as has been mentioned we have an

1:03:13 ↗ incredible traffic situation when we

1:03:15 ↗ have this many students crowded down at

1:03:18 ↗ isqua high school it's more than the

1:03:21 ↗ capacity of that high school it's more

1:03:24 ↗ than the parking lot was is um created

1:03:27 ↗ for and we have residents and churches

1:03:31 ↗ in the area that absolutely experience

1:03:34 ↗ the impact of that and so this um High

1:03:37 ↗ School is one way to alleviate some of

1:03:40 ↗ that um the other thing I will say is

1:03:44 ↗ our high schools and our schools are an

1:03:47 ↗ economic development Force they are a

1:03:50 ↗ way that we create the workforce of our

1:03:53 ↗ future and um if we are situated in a

1:03:57 ↗ place where kids have a difficult

1:04:00 ↗ time thriving and succeeding in school

1:04:04 ↗ because there's more competition for

1:04:07 ↗ those roles and plays because there's

1:04:10 ↗ more competition in school government we

1:04:13 ↗ are hampering our future Workforce in

1:04:16 ↗ the city um their ability to survive

1:04:20 ↗ thrive and um become a better

1:04:23 ↗ Workforce you know as a government body

1:04:26 ↗ one of the things that we rely on every

1:04:29 ↗ year when we do our budget is property

1:04:31 ↗ values and property taxes and one of the

1:04:35 ↗ things we can say is in an area where

1:04:38 ↗ you have people moving out because their

1:04:41 ↗ kids are having a hard time with school

1:04:43 ↗ or because there's overcrowding you're

1:04:45 ↗ going to have lower property values and

1:04:48 ↗ so that is an important aspect of why a

1:04:51 ↗ government organization would support

1:04:53 ↗ that and then the four thing that I will

1:04:57 ↗ say is I think we're in an episode in a

1:05:00 ↗ period of time when people have less

1:05:02 ↗ trust in government and so it's really

1:05:05 ↗ important for us to recognize that and

1:05:09 ↗ to recognize when an organization like

1:05:11 ↗ the school district and the school board

1:05:14 ↗ um get a no vote and make adjustments

1:05:20 ↗ the important thing there is to

1:05:21 ↗ recognize yes that adjustment wasn't

1:05:24 ↗ made out of cynis it was made out of

1:05:27 ↗ practicality to provide the services

1:05:30 ↗ that are needed and um if we are unable

1:05:33 ↗ to support that when a change is made I

1:05:37 ↗ think that reduces trust in government

1:05:39 ↗ um future so again I have tons of

1:05:43 ↗ personal reasons to support this but I

1:05:46 ↗ do want to focus on the reasons why a

1:05:48 ↗ government body would endorse um a bond

1:05:51 ↗ and recommend that their constituents um

1:05:55 ↗ vote in favor of that and so that's why

1:05:57 ↗ I've highlighted those particular areas

1:06:00 ↗ um anyone second comments I'm guessing

1:06:03 ↗ not we have all spoken our piece okay so

1:06:08 ↗ if there is no further discussion the

1:06:10 ↗ motion before council is to approve

1:06:12 ↗ resolution number 2025-the

1:06:25 ↗ at the February 11th 2025 special

1:06:28 ↗ election all those in favor signify by

1:06:30 ↗ saying I I I those

1:06:34 ↗ opposed that passes

1:06:36 ↗ unanimously okay we appreciate everyone

1:06:40 ↗ for being here we understand if you need

1:06:41 ↗ to move on your way we will continue

1:06:45 ↗ conducting our

1:06:47 ↗ business

1:06:48 ↗ um

1:06:50 ↗ so uh the next item of business is our

1:06:53 ↗ regular business item and we have two

1:06:55 ↗ items here that will be presented

1:06:58 ↗ jointly tonight AB

1:07:01 ↗ 8832 the posos Westside agreed order

1:07:04 ↗ with ecology and support one-time Grant

1:07:08 ↗ agreements and ab 8884 the pios East

1:07:12 ↗ Side agreed orders and one-time Grant

1:07:14 ↗ with ecology and I see we already have

1:07:18 ↗ Public Works director Emily moon at the

1:07:20 ↗ podium for this

1:07:23 ↗ presentation and I'm just going to make

1:07:25 ↗ make sure that we get our door closed at

1:07:28 ↗ this

1:07:29 ↗ point director Dolly

1:07:32 ↗ wall okay

1:07:36 ↗ fantastic okay

1:07:40 ↗ fantastic there we

1:07:43 ↗ go much appreciated okay director

1:07:51 ↗ Moon good

1:07:54 ↗ evening thank

1:07:56 ↗ you I am Emily Moon I'm the Public Works

1:07:59 ↗ director I'm joined virtually by a few

1:08:02 ↗ other members of the Public Works staff

1:08:06 ↗ Matt Ellis who is our utility

1:08:07 ↗ engineering manager and Julie Warz who's

1:08:11 ↗ our environmental and Regulatory program

1:08:13 ↗ administrator in addition one of our

1:08:16 ↗ consultant team members from faon Sarah

1:08:20 ↗ sneer is joining in case you have

1:08:22 ↗ technical questions

1:08:26 ↗ as was

1:08:32 ↗ stated advance

1:08:34 ↗ slides we have two bills before you this

1:08:37 ↗ evening uh they concern very similar

1:08:40 ↗ items the agreed orders and onetime

1:08:43 ↗ grants that are to be issued by the

1:08:46 ↗ department of ecology I will refer to

1:08:50 ↗ West Side site and the East Side site

1:08:52 ↗ throughout the presentation and I'll

1:08:54 ↗ Define those as we

1:08:56 ↗ go ultimately we hope to have your

1:08:59 ↗ support in entering into the agreed

1:09:01 ↗ orders and the one-time Grant agreement

1:09:04 ↗ between the city and the department of

1:09:08 ↗ ecology just by way of background uh

1:09:11 ↗ this nothing new on this slide uh those

1:09:14 ↗ of you who have heard previous

1:09:17 ↗ presentations including the one that we

1:09:19 ↗ made in July we know these facts in July

1:09:23 ↗ the city council authorized an

1:09:25 ↗ interlocal agreement with Eide fire and

1:09:27 ↗ rescue so that we could continue our

1:09:30 ↗ partnership on pasas investigations

1:09:33 ↗ throughout the valley also you

1:09:35 ↗ authorized our ability to join with

1:09:38 ↗ Falon in um a similar contract that

1:09:41 ↗ epher has with Falon to provide the

1:09:44 ↗ environmental support that we need um to

1:09:48 ↗ carry out our duties as a PLP

1:09:55 ↗ you also know that some invest

1:09:58 ↗ investigations have already been

1:09:59 ↗ conducted we already have a lot of data

1:10:02 ↗ uh by which the department of ecology

1:10:05 ↗ has uh used to construct these agreed

1:10:08 ↗ orders and uh those initial

1:10:11 ↗ investigations do demonstrate that there

1:10:14 ↗ were P releases on some properties in

1:10:17 ↗ the city of

1:10:19 ↗ isqua in addition the state has awarded

1:10:21 ↗ $3.5 million for our continu

1:10:26 ↗ investigation and our initial cleanup

1:10:30 ↗ efforts just to define a few parties in

1:10:33 ↗ terms Cy will continue to be the lead

1:10:36 ↗ agency overseeing these agreed orders

1:10:40 ↗ the agreed orders themselves are very

1:10:42 ↗ broad um in nature we get more specific

1:10:46 ↗ through the

1:10:47 ↗ implementation agreements those Grant

1:10:50 ↗ agreements and the scope of work that

1:10:52 ↗ are both attached to the grants and to

1:10:54 ↗ the agreed order

1:10:57 ↗ those Grant Agreements are the vehicle

1:10:59 ↗ that Define how we're going to get

1:11:00 ↗ reimbursed by the state and who is doing

1:11:04 ↗ what

1:11:05 ↗ work then our local that was approved in

1:11:09 ↗ July talks about our coordination and

1:11:12 ↗ cooperation with Eide fire and rescue

1:11:15 ↗ and then again the approved contract

1:11:17 ↗ with Fon describes what work they will

1:11:19 ↗ perform on our

1:11:23 ↗ behalf another term term to get used to

1:11:26 ↗ mocka is the model toxic Control Act

1:11:30 ↗ that's the State of Washington's

1:11:32 ↗ environmental cleanup law and it's

1:11:35 ↗ administered by the department of

1:11:37 ↗ ecology we're very early in terms of

1:11:40 ↗ implementation of the agreed order

1:11:42 ↗ should you approve that uh this evening

1:11:46 ↗ uh this is the process that we will have

1:11:47 ↗ to follow From This Moment forward uh

1:11:51 ↗ beginning with the uh remedial

1:11:54 ↗ investigation that will be conducted on

1:11:56 ↗ both the West Side site and the East

1:11:58 ↗ Side site some of that work has already

1:12:01 ↗ begun but will continue under these

1:12:03 ↗ Grant agreements and then possible

1:12:06 ↗ interim

1:12:07 ↗ actions could result as part of the

1:12:10 ↗ finings from the remedial investigation

1:12:13 ↗ point in that direction in fact the data

1:12:16 ↗ that we have generated to date has led

1:12:20 ↗ the department of ecology to award some

1:12:24 ↗ grant funding and prescribe an interim

1:12:27 ↗ action at the epher headquarters site so

1:12:31 ↗ that is part of the scope of one of the

1:12:34 ↗ grants we will also conduct a

1:12:36 ↗ feasibility study to evaluate cleanup

1:12:39 ↗ options and work through cost and

1:12:42 ↗ benefit equations in terms of um what

1:12:45 ↗ different options um would reap in terms

1:12:49 ↗ of benefits and cost us as an entity and

1:12:53 ↗ then uh cleanup option would be selected

1:12:57 ↗ ultimately we plan and design and

1:12:59 ↗ Implement that and

1:13:02 ↗ then two years from now let's say we

1:13:05 ↗ would be monitoring cleanup and uh

1:13:08 ↗ hopefully the ultimate result is that we

1:13:11 ↗ get this finding a determination of no

1:13:14 ↗ further

1:13:18 ↗ action the two sites that we refer to as

1:13:21 ↗ west side and East Side um really feels

1:13:25 ↗ like four sites but we call them two

1:13:28 ↗ sites so on the west side we have East

1:13:30 ↗ Side Fire and Rescue headquarters and we

1:13:33 ↗ have isquad Valley Elementary School and

1:13:36 ↗ DOD fields and then on the east side it

1:13:39 ↗ is Rainer a small section of Rainer

1:13:42 ↗ Trail right immediately in front of this

1:13:44 ↗ building and Memorial

1:13:47 ↗ Field these are the sites that were the

1:13:51 ↗ historic firefighting training grounds

1:13:54 ↗ where

1:13:55 ↗ uh firefighting foam that we refer to as

1:13:58 ↗ a f was used again that firefighting

1:14:02 ↗ foam is not used in the city of Visa

1:14:06 ↗ anymore so this is historic training

1:14:08 ↗ activity that was lawfully conducted at

1:14:10 ↗ that

1:14:14 ↗ time this is an aerial map of the

1:14:17 ↗ Memorial Field reineer Trail East Side

1:14:21 ↗ site the grid pattern simply depicts

1:14:24 ↗ where we anticipate doing some soil

1:14:26 ↗ sampling monitoring Wells are also

1:14:29 ↗ depicted on this

1:14:34 ↗ slide schedule for our work on the east

1:14:37 ↗ side site will include the remedial

1:14:41 ↗ investigation preparing the work plan

1:14:43 ↗ for that investigation actually

1:14:46 ↗ conducting the investigation which

1:14:48 ↗ includes soil samp sampling doing some

1:14:52 ↗ borings installing more monitoring Wells

1:14:55 ↗ and then groundwater

1:14:58 ↗ monitoring will also result in the

1:15:00 ↗ interim Action Report which may

1:15:03 ↗ prescribe some sort of uh interim

1:15:06 ↗ cleanup activity and then a feasibility

1:15:09 ↗ study that would highlight a preferred

1:15:11 ↗ option for the ultimate cleanup and that

1:15:14 ↗ would take us to the end of

1:15:19 ↗ 2026 on the West Side site it's both

1:15:23 ↗ eper headquarters and and squi

1:15:26 ↗ Elementary School and DOD Fields all

1:15:28 ↗ that's shown in this slide is the school

1:15:30 ↗ and the ball fields and again the

1:15:32 ↗ gridlike pattern of where that uh soil

1:15:35 ↗ sampling will occur and the monitoring

1:15:37 ↗ Wells that we expect on those sites I

1:15:41 ↗ want to me mention that on the West Side

1:15:44 ↗ site the East Side Fire and Rescue board

1:15:48 ↗ did take action earlier this month on

1:15:50 ↗ the grant that is associated with

1:15:53 ↗ interim cleanup action at the

1:15:55 ↗ headquarters and the second grant that

1:15:57 ↗ is associated with f further remedial

1:16:01 ↗ investigation at both the headquarters

1:16:03 ↗ in the school and do

1:16:09 ↗ Fields this is the schedule for the West

1:16:12 ↗ Side um fairly Sim similar to the east

1:16:14 ↗ side except for the fact that we're a

1:16:17 ↗ little further along on the headquarter

1:16:19 ↗ property and so the work will also

1:16:21 ↗ include that um

1:16:23 ↗ interim uh remed mediation action which

1:16:26 ↗ will require sepa uh that is a long

1:16:30 ↗ process um however we hope to have this

1:16:33 ↗ scope of work again conducted completed

1:16:36 ↗ by the end of

1:16:38 ↗ 2026 it ends with the remal

1:16:41 ↗ investigation report for the scope of

1:16:43 ↗ work that is outlined in the grant so uh

1:16:47 ↗ a little short of getting to the

1:16:49 ↗ feasibility study that we get to on the

1:16:52 ↗ West Side sites

1:16:56 ↗ State funding is in two pieces totaling

1:17:00 ↗ $3.5

1:17:02 ↗ million and the West Side site is

1:17:06 ↗ approximately estimated to be a project

1:17:09 ↗ of about four and a half

1:17:11 ↗ million so there are estimated costs for

1:17:15 ↗ the scope of work under the agreed order

1:17:18 ↗ or the West Side site that are not

1:17:20 ↗ covered by these

1:17:22 ↗ grants on the east side site that scope

1:17:25 ↗ of work is estimated to be

1:17:30 ↗ $495,000 under the agreed order and uh

1:17:34 ↗ the the grants scope of work and there's

1:17:37 ↗ a small amount of estimated costs that

1:17:40 ↗ aren't covered by that grant that were

1:17:42 ↗ described in the agenda bills in July

1:17:45 ↗ that includes some costs that we will

1:17:47 ↗ need to pay for Ecology support on this

1:17:50 ↗ project and some contingency funding

1:17:56 ↗ I should mention that the funds for the

1:17:59 ↗ grant were anticipated in the banal

1:18:02 ↗ budget development and the adopted

1:18:05 ↗ budget as were these other estimated

1:18:08 ↗ costs that I'm showing aren't being

1:18:10 ↗ covered by the

1:18:12 ↗ grant um director Moon we've got a

1:18:15 ↗ question on that absolutely uh thank you

1:18:17 ↗ quick question about the funding page so

1:18:19 ↗ not insignificant um funding not covered

1:18:23 ↗ by the grant so I'm just curious Would

1:18:24 ↗ You Walk us through kind of what our

1:18:26 ↗ long-term our funding strategy might be

1:18:29 ↗ around securing

1:18:30 ↗ funds yes for the remaining yes right

1:18:34 ↗ right now the funding strategy is to

1:18:36 ↗ continue to ask for some State

1:18:39 ↗ support um we have not fully

1:18:43 ↗ scoped actions beyond what is covered by

1:18:46 ↗ the grants we know there's continued

1:18:48 ↗ work uh that will result on the east

1:18:51 ↗ side and the west side for cleanup so

1:18:54 ↗ it's not just this $1.6 million it is

1:18:58 ↗ more than that that we need funding for

1:19:01 ↗ um and we believe that to be significant

1:19:04 ↗ enough that the the city any sidefire

1:19:06 ↗ and rescue um would have some challenges

1:19:09 ↗ funding on its own so we are looking for

1:19:12 ↗ partnership from the state we are one of

1:19:14 ↗ the first entities that have had to

1:19:17 ↗ tackle this problem um there's Statewide

1:19:20 ↗ benefit for the work that we're

1:19:23 ↗ doing another question council member

1:19:26 ↗ Joe thank you director Moon could you

1:19:28 ↗ move back to the West Side site map that

1:19:31 ↗ you had with the

1:19:32 ↗ drilling um boring sites um on the dod

1:19:37 ↗ field site there's 16 grids there um 12

1:19:41 ↗ of them are on the

1:19:43 ↗ field uh the two

1:19:45 ↗ Fields um could you talk a little bit

1:19:48 ↗ about monitoring Wells and what that

1:19:51 ↗ looks like on the surface and how big

1:19:54 ↗ the boring might be for the different

1:19:58 ↗ holes sure maybe I'll have Sarah try to

1:20:01 ↗ answer that more technical question so

1:20:04 ↗ that I don't say something in error

1:20:07 ↗ Sarah are you available sure thing Emily

1:20:11 ↗ can you hear me yep great uh so Sarah

1:20:14 ↗ Snider I'm with barlon Consulting based

1:20:16 ↗ out of our Seattle Washington

1:20:18 ↗ office um so as far as monitoring Wells

1:20:21 ↗ uh they're typically 6 to 8 in diameter

1:20:24 ↗ manhole covers similar to you would see

1:20:27 ↗ uh for like a water manhole um stainless

1:20:30 ↗ steel flush mount on the ground surface

1:20:33 ↗ um and then there's definitely options

1:20:35 ↗ where we could put that below grade so

1:20:37 ↗ then we could patch it with soil and

1:20:40 ↗ either a astro turf um or even like a

1:20:43 ↗ gravel patching above it just so it's

1:20:45 ↗ more flush with the surface and then the

1:20:47 ↗ bore holes themselves um they're

1:20:50 ↗ typically about 2 Ines in diameter and

1:20:52 ↗ then those get back filled um so that be

1:20:54 ↗ patched up pretty pretty easily and

1:20:56 ↗ flush with the existing

1:20:59 ↗ surface okay so it would be a correct

1:21:02 ↗ statement to say that the fields could

1:21:04 ↗ still be used for baseball and other

1:21:06 ↗ sports um when there's not an active

1:21:09 ↗ truck or active Personnel on the on the

1:21:11 ↗ site is that correct yes correct and

1:21:14 ↗ then looking at this figure also just to

1:21:16 ↗ clarify what some of these symbols are

1:21:19 ↗ um the solid green circles those are the

1:21:21 ↗ borings um these are actually going to

1:21:23 ↗ be hand a Loc

1:21:25 ↗ and then a select few based on the data

1:21:27 ↗ will be actual direct push borings um so

1:21:30 ↗ those all aren't going to be monitoring

1:21:32 ↗ Wells the monitoring Wells that you see

1:21:34 ↗ are the green symbols that are like half

1:21:36 ↗ green half white um those are the

1:21:38 ↗ proposed monitoring Well locations I see

1:21:41 ↗ all right thanks for that clarification

1:21:42 ↗ that helps I appreciate it yep thanks

1:21:46 ↗ that does help okay continue on

1:21:54 ↗ right so just a quick word on some of

1:21:56 ↗ the challenges and coordination

1:21:59 ↗ activities that we foresee I mentioned

1:22:02 ↗ that we are expecting to go through a

1:22:04 ↗ sea process for the work that will be

1:22:07 ↗ conducted for the interim action on the

1:22:09 ↗ ephra headquarters that is the largest

1:22:11 ↗ scope of work the most significant cost

1:22:14 ↗ um scope of work uh at that property and

1:22:18 ↗ isqua Valley

1:22:20 ↗ Elementary and the recreation Fields

1:22:23 ↗ whether they be Memorial fields or DOD

1:22:25 ↗ fields we know we will have to work with

1:22:29 ↗ various constituent groups including the

1:22:31 ↗ school district to uh limit mitigate

1:22:34 ↗ impact as best we can so we are working

1:22:37 ↗ very closely with uh faon and with the

1:22:41 ↗ Department of ecology to think about how

1:22:43 ↗ to schedule that work uh you'll see here

1:22:46 ↗ we've indicated that we know we're going

1:22:49 ↗ to have to work on the school property

1:22:52 ↗ during the summer or during breaks that

1:22:54 ↗ really limits time that we have to get

1:22:56 ↗ work done and then on the recreation

1:23:00 ↗ Fields uh we hope to minimize the impact

1:23:03 ↗ there by working during the winter

1:23:05 ↗ months when those fields are not used as

1:23:09 ↗ frequently and then on the reineer trail

1:23:12 ↗ we have we have a bunch of different

1:23:14 ↗ potential hazards there uh given the

1:23:17 ↗ difficulty to access uh the property

1:23:20 ↗ that we need to work on the mature trees

1:23:23 ↗ lots of conflicts with utilities and um

1:23:26 ↗ possibly even with some some traffic or

1:23:29 ↗ uh Road rehab work that will need to

1:23:31 ↗ happen after we do the investigations so

1:23:34 ↗ a lot to

1:23:36 ↗ coordinate but we're excited to get

1:23:39 ↗ underway so our next steps include uh

1:23:43 ↗ continuing to work with East Side Fire

1:23:45 ↗ and Rescue they will be acting on the

1:23:48 ↗ agreed orders during their February

1:23:50 ↗ meeting on February 13th we will uh

1:23:53 ↗ pared you approve tonight uh go through

1:23:56 ↗ all the implementation steps with the

1:23:59 ↗ Department of ecology to make sure that

1:24:01 ↗ we have access to the grants and the

1:24:02 ↗ orders are signed and then uh as I

1:24:05 ↗ showed throughout the presentation there

1:24:07 ↗ are num numerous points in time where we

1:24:09 ↗ will be engaging with the community uh

1:24:12 ↗ Department of ecology will be leading

1:24:14 ↗ that effort um as they are required to

1:24:17 ↗ do but we certainly will be augmenting

1:24:19 ↗ their efforts and making sure that we

1:24:21 ↗ communicate what's happening why where

1:24:23 ↗ and when

1:24:26 ↗ and then as I said we'll be working with

1:24:27 ↗ all the other parties to make sure that

1:24:30 ↗ we have a good schedule and can mitigate

1:24:33 ↗ impacts and then we will continue to

1:24:35 ↗ seek additional funding not just for uh

1:24:38 ↗ what is not covered under the current

1:24:40 ↗ grants for the current scope but for

1:24:42 ↗ future cleanup

1:24:46 ↗ activities now be happy to take any

1:24:49 ↗ questions that you

1:24:51 ↗ have well I know he had questions during

1:24:53 ↗ but I'll look to Council and see if

1:24:55 ↗ there are any other questions at this

1:24:57 ↗ time council member Joe thank you um I

1:25:00 ↗ was looking at the uh the contract and

1:25:02 ↗ and um it talks about if there's a

1:25:05 ↗ dispute between the parties that you

1:25:06 ↗ know you try to work it out between the

1:25:08 ↗ two of you and then if it um is not

1:25:11 ↗ resolved between the two of you then he

1:25:13 ↗ goes to the director for I think uh for

1:25:16 ↗ some type of mediation or arbitration or

1:25:20 ↗ what have you um have you ever been in a

1:25:22 ↗ situation where it's gone past the

1:25:24 ↗ director level and if it does where does

1:25:26 ↗ it

1:25:27 ↗ go we have not um at this point in time

1:25:31 ↗ that is the grievance procedure that's

1:25:33 ↗ in the agreements uh so far we have been

1:25:37 ↗ just working around uh the negotiation

1:25:40 ↗ table on the scope of work um on the

1:25:42 ↗ agreed orders and the grant

1:25:45 ↗ implementation tools and uh we have been

1:25:48 ↗ able to work through differences of

1:25:51 ↗ opinion yeah I thought that would be the

1:25:53 ↗ case but I my line of question is just

1:25:56 ↗ concerning in the sense that if it goes

1:25:58 ↗ to more of an environmental Court rather

1:26:00 ↗ than Superior Court we could get weighed

1:26:03 ↗ down with a number of different um

1:26:05 ↗ issues but if it hasn't been a problem

1:26:07 ↗ in the past then I just appreciate

1:26:09 ↗ knowing

1:26:13 ↗ that any other

1:26:16 ↗ questions okay and is there a motion

1:26:24 ↗ thank you um I move to authorize the

1:26:28 ↗ mayor to enter into and execute the

1:26:30 ↗ agreed order and onetime Grant with

1:26:32 ↗ ecology for posos investigation and

1:26:35 ↗ cleanup visability study at the East

1:26:38 ↗ Side site uh parentheses Memorial Field

1:26:42 ↗ and reineer Trail in substantially the

1:26:45 ↗ same form as the attached agreements as

1:26:47 ↗ approved by the City attorney and on the

1:26:50 ↗ westside site I move to authorize the

1:26:52 ↗ mayor to enter into and execute the

1:26:55 ↗ agreed order with ecology for the

1:26:57 ↗ Westside site uh East Side Fire and

1:27:00 ↗ Rescue headquarters isaquel Valley

1:27:01 ↗ Elementry and DOD field in substantially

1:27:05 ↗ the same form as the attached agreement

1:27:07 ↗ as approved by the City attorney and

1:27:11 ↗ direct City Administration to support

1:27:13 ↗ one-time Grant agreements between

1:27:15 ↗ Eastside fire and rescue and ecology for

1:27:18 ↗ the posos interim action investigation

1:27:21 ↗ and cleanup feasibility study at the

1:27:23 ↗ west side

1:27:25 ↗ site

1:27:27 ↗ second you got the easy job there very

1:27:30 ↗ much appreciate that um are there any

1:27:34 ↗ comments council member

1:27:37 ↗ Hall um yeah sure thanks I mean we've

1:27:40 ↗ been kind of living and breathing the

1:27:43 ↗ the posos question I mean no more staff

1:27:46 ↗ for sure have been living and breathing

1:27:47 ↗ the P posos question but we've

1:27:49 ↗ definitely been um with the posos

1:27:51 ↗ question for quite some time uh here in

1:27:53 ↗ isqua on Council so I'm also excited to

1:27:56 ↗ kind of get underway and move out of

1:27:58 ↗ this really initial characterization

1:28:00 ↗ investigation work into the full scope

1:28:01 ↗ of work and uh into actual cleanup and

1:28:04 ↗ benefiting our

1:28:06 ↗ community um I think that staff has

1:28:08 ↗ worked through or at least identified um

1:28:11 ↗ all the challenges really well that

1:28:12 ↗ we're going to that we're anticipating

1:28:14 ↗ moving forward the funding question is

1:28:16 ↗ still something that concerns me it's

1:28:18 ↗ something that concerns us all so um I

1:28:21 ↗ mean I imagine we'll kind of get into a

1:28:23 ↗ little bit more come CIP season later

1:28:25 ↗ this year as well and I just hope we

1:28:27 ↗ continue to Advocate wherever we can we

1:28:29 ↗ have a new Champion um from isqua in the

1:28:32 ↗ state legislature we could talk to

1:28:34 ↗ making sure we're going down every path

1:28:36 ↗ we can with the c with the County

1:28:38 ↗ Council also with the feds and and and

1:28:40 ↗ targeted conversations around this with

1:28:42 ↗ a representative in Congress if we can

1:28:47 ↗ um yeah that's just kind of the only

1:28:49 ↗ thing that seems lingering for me is

1:28:51 ↗ something we need to be thinking about

1:28:52 ↗ as policy makers otherwise I think think

1:28:54 ↗ the technical experts have this very

1:28:56 ↗ well in hand and I'll be voting in favor

1:28:58 ↗ of the agreed

1:29:01 ↗ order thank you any other

1:29:05 ↗ comments are you going to make me reread

1:29:08 ↗ this if there's no further discussion

1:29:10 ↗ the motion before council is

1:29:13 ↗ to is the motion on the screen related

1:29:17 ↗ to the east side and wests side site and

1:29:20 ↗ directing the city Administration all

1:29:22 ↗ those in favor signify by saying I I

1:29:26 ↗ those

1:29:27 ↗ opposed okay that passes unanimously

1:29:30 ↗ Madame mayor PM yes uh Before Emily sits

1:29:34 ↗ down uh I just want to say thank you to

1:29:37 ↗ Emily and to Matt and to Julie and to

1:29:40 ↗ Rachel um this all sounded so

1:29:44 ↗ straightforward when it came out of

1:29:45 ↗ Emily's mouth this evening but it has

1:29:47 ↗ been months and months and months and

1:29:49 ↗ months of work uh many many hours uh

1:29:53 ↗ technical work work legal work um

1:29:55 ↗ certainly the work of uh the Drone of

1:29:58 ↗ law U has been very critical to this

1:30:01 ↗ working with the state of Washington I

1:30:03 ↗ just want to say thank you for this

1:30:05 ↗ excellent work um we're proud in some

1:30:08 ↗ respects to be leading this it's uh been

1:30:10 ↗ a lot of work and uh as we talk about

1:30:14 ↗ Investments uh for the larger State as

1:30:16 ↗ Emily had mentioned uh the work of the

1:30:19 ↗ language of these agreements will be

1:30:21 ↗ copied over and over again by our sister

1:30:23 ↗ city

1:30:24 ↗ throughout Washington as they uh tackle

1:30:27 ↗ their own effort so this is starting

1:30:30 ↗ here thank Emily and Julie and Matt and

1:30:34 ↗ Rachel again outst

1:30:37 ↗ standing was all on that thank you thank

1:30:42 ↗ you

1:30:43 ↗ okay um so we have a few other items of

1:30:47 ↗ business um we're going to do our

1:30:49 ↗ committee and Regional reports the

1:30:50 ↗ mayor's report and then we also have an

1:30:52 ↗ informational up update coming up so

1:30:55 ↗ I'll start with the committee and

1:30:57 ↗ Regional reports with council member Joe

1:31:00 ↗ thank you the Cascade water Alliance

1:31:02 ↗ board will be meeting at 3:30 tomorrow

1:31:05 ↗ the mayor is unable to attend so I will

1:31:06 ↗ be attending that meeting it's in I'll

1:31:09 ↗ attend in person in bellw because it's

1:31:11 ↗ down the street from my office um one of

1:31:13 ↗ the important issues on there is the

1:31:15 ↗ Tacoma Water agreement that I think was

1:31:17 ↗ sent out to you two weeks ago so we'll

1:31:19 ↗ be hashing that out and looking it over

1:31:22 ↗ that's probably the most important item

1:31:23 ↗ on the agenda the Cascade water Alliance

1:31:26 ↗ public affairs committee will next meet

1:31:27 ↗ February 5th and um um last thing I'm

1:31:32 ↗ just pleased to announce that we I I

1:31:34 ↗ haven't reported on the chamber liaison

1:31:37 ↗ uh uh role that I have but uh we had a

1:31:40 ↗ very good meeting this last meeting and

1:31:42 ↗ I I thank them for sponsoring the state

1:31:45 ↗ of the city event where our school

1:31:47 ↗ district superintendent our mayor will

1:31:48 ↗ be speaking along with our police chief

1:31:51 ↗ um at that event the coordination and

1:31:53 ↗ the collaboration that we're able to

1:31:54 ↗ have with the chamber is an important

1:31:56 ↗ asset as we work on important issues in

1:31:58 ↗ the city thank

1:32:00 ↗ you council member

1:32:02 ↗ Hall uh I have three reports this

1:32:05 ↗ evening uh first for the Emergency

1:32:06 ↗ Management advisory committee of King

1:32:09 ↗ County um our last meeting our first

1:32:11 ↗ meeting of the year was Wednesday

1:32:12 ↗ January 8th um it's just some major

1:32:14 ↗ takeaways from this group it's a very

1:32:16 ↗ large group of technical experts in

1:32:19 ↗ Emergency Management uh mostly

1:32:21 ↗ information sharing very little policy

1:32:24 ↗ uh going on there so the sea caucus

1:32:26 ↗ sound cities Association caucus um is

1:32:29 ↗ also not a Hu very active group um but

1:32:32 ↗ those of us that are there are going to

1:32:34 ↗ be trying to take this year to identify

1:32:36 ↗ where are these kind of public policy

1:32:37 ↗ conversations that need to be happening

1:32:39 ↗ and being really focused with our

1:32:40 ↗ efforts there um otherwise um I will

1:32:44 ↗ just continue to coordinate with Jared

1:32:45 ↗ our Jared our emergency manager here at

1:32:47 ↗ the city and keep you all updated I

1:32:49 ↗ likely because of the kind of

1:32:51 ↗ information sharing

1:32:53 ↗ n of the committee I likely will not

1:32:56 ↗ report on this committee every month it

1:32:58 ↗ doesn't seem like it would be very

1:33:00 ↗ helpful to report this to the council

1:33:01 ↗ every month so I will just come back

1:33:03 ↗ when there's something um useful to

1:33:05 ↗ share out with councel that sounds good

1:33:06 ↗ with everyone uh and our next meeting is

1:33:08 ↗ Wednesday February 12th uh East Side

1:33:11 ↗ Fire and Rescue our last board meeting

1:33:13 ↗ was on Thursday January 9th uh the board

1:33:15 ↗ provided feedback on our biannual work

1:33:17 ↗ plan we had a great discussion uh so

1:33:19 ↗ thank you uh to the isqua Reps for

1:33:21 ↗ engaging in that discussion uh we

1:33:22 ↗ approved our legislative agenda for the

1:33:24 ↗ 2025 session in Olympia uh we accepted

1:33:27 ↗ the pasos grant that was mentioned

1:33:29 ↗ earlier um and we final um we also

1:33:32 ↗ finalized kind of the last thing that we

1:33:34 ↗ needed to in policy for our Duval

1:33:36 ↗ contract with um fire district 45 I did

1:33:40 ↗ just want to briefly share something

1:33:41 ↗ from the fire chiefs fire chief's

1:33:43 ↗ briefing about this contract uh quote we

1:33:46 ↗ now proudly serve 277 square miles

1:33:49 ↗ providing fire and EMS services to

1:33:52 ↗ 227,000 residents in protecting $14.5

1:33:55 ↗ billion in assessed valuation operating

1:33:58 ↗ out of 16 stations with a team of 330

1:34:01 ↗ full-time and volunteer staff we are on

1:34:03 ↗ track to respond to over uh 20,000 calls

1:34:06 ↗ for service this year so just to give

1:34:08 ↗ you kind of a picture of kind of where

1:34:09 ↗ the agency kind of is in this current

1:34:11 ↗ moment um couple other informational

1:34:14 ↗ items um in case you hadn't seen we did

1:34:16 ↗ deploy two fire engines and two command

1:34:19 ↗ vehicles around 10 uh eight firefighters

1:34:22 ↗ and and two Strike Team personnel

1:34:24 ↗ uh down to LA to assist in the the LA

1:34:27 ↗ wildfires um they were joined by

1:34:29 ↗ firefighters from ball City from Bal

1:34:31 ↗ from Kirkland so there was definitely a

1:34:33 ↗ Cane County uh cohort that went down to

1:34:36 ↗ support and do as much as they could um

1:34:38 ↗ and we wish them all well in a safe trip

1:34:40 ↗ home very soon um station 82 in samamish

1:34:45 ↗ was just very newly remodeled um the Sam

1:34:48 ↗ city council recently got a tour but

1:34:50 ↗ there will be an open house and tour um

1:34:52 ↗ for the community I'll just I'll let you

1:34:54 ↗ all know about that when that's public

1:34:56 ↗ um just in case we're interested in

1:34:57 ↗ seeing what kind of a refurbished

1:34:59 ↗ remodeled station looks like I thought

1:35:01 ↗ maybe that could be interesting um and

1:35:04 ↗ our next meeting for Eide fire and

1:35:05 ↗ rescue is Thursday February 13th um

1:35:08 ↗ there will be board leadership elections

1:35:10 ↗ um that day and um I'll be running for

1:35:12 ↗ chair so I'll let you know how that goes

1:35:14 ↗ at Eep um finally Eide I have a report

1:35:17 ↗ for Eide Transportation partnership do

1:35:18 ↗ you want me to do it okay um uh last

1:35:21 ↗ meeting was Friday January 10th um

1:35:23 ↗ mainly kind of an administrative meeting

1:35:26 ↗ um but it was Deputy council president D

1:35:28 ↗ Michelle's uh you opened your very last

1:35:30 ↗ meeting as the chair of that group um uh

1:35:33 ↗ lots of praise and thanks for your work

1:35:35 ↗ um so there were chair and vice chair

1:35:37 ↗ elections Vanessa critzer Redmond

1:35:39 ↗ council president is the new chair and

1:35:42 ↗ um James Randol right from Woodenville

1:35:45 ↗ the deputy mayor in Woodenville is the

1:35:47 ↗ vice chair of that group now uh

1:35:49 ↗ brainstorms some topics to discuss and

1:35:51 ↗ and have presentations on for this

1:35:53 ↗ coming year

1:35:54 ↗ and then it's also time to renew the ETP

1:35:56 ↗ partnership agreement which I believe

1:35:57 ↗ you joined the committee on to kind of

1:35:59 ↗ work on that we'll be adopting that

1:36:01 ↗ later this year as well so uh the next

1:36:04 ↗ meeting is Friday February 14th as you

1:36:06 ↗ can see I just get them all out of the

1:36:07 ↗ way in three days in the beginning of

1:36:10 ↗ the month the 12th 13th 14th um that

1:36:12 ↗ concludes my report thank okay and

1:36:15 ↗ before we move on to council member Ray

1:36:17 ↗ I just wanted to ask or maybe add in the

1:36:20 ↗ east side fire and rescue vehicles and

1:36:22 ↗ personnel that um have gone down to La

1:36:27 ↗ that isn't a cost that we bear is that

1:36:29 ↗ correct yeah that's correct it's worked

1:36:32 ↗ out and um charged to a particular State

1:36:34 ↗ there are yeah I actually don't know the

1:36:36 ↗ exact verbage but it's very common that

1:36:39 ↗ states would then essentially come up

1:36:40 ↗ with a contract for service with

1:36:41 ↗ agencies and outside States so yes

1:36:44 ↗ you're correct it's not paid for by

1:36:45 ↗ taxpayers here there have been some

1:36:48 ↗ questions so I just wanted to make sure

1:36:49 ↗ to highlight that council member Ray can

1:36:51 ↗ I ask a followup question um where are

1:36:54 ↗ they from where what stations do we send

1:36:57 ↗ the units from I will try and Google

1:36:59 ↗ Search right now I actually think I have

1:37:01 ↗ that information somewhere but yeah yeah

1:37:04 ↗ not urgent I'm just curious all right um

1:37:08 ↗ onto committee report the mobility

1:37:09 ↗ infrastructure committee met on January

1:37:11 ↗ 14th uh the first order of business was

1:37:14 ↗ to look at updates to the master

1:37:15 ↗ Mobility plan the committee is

1:37:18 ↗ recommending approval of the plan

1:37:19 ↗ revisions in addition we agreed with the

1:37:22 ↗ administration's recommendation to

1:37:23 ↗ rename the document and we are prop

1:37:26 ↗ proposing that the document be called

1:37:28 ↗ the mobility action plan that is

1:37:30 ↗ assuming that the maap acronym is not

1:37:32 ↗ already in use in the city someplace

1:37:35 ↗ okay it looks like we're good uh the

1:37:38 ↗ plan updates are coming back to Council

1:37:39 ↗ in the near future for final action in

1:37:41 ↗ addition the committee uh heard an

1:37:43 ↗ update on squawk Mountain non-motorized

1:37:45 ↗ uh Improvement plan the administration

1:37:48 ↗ was seeking guidance on the inclusion of

1:37:50 ↗ a bike lane in the Improvement plan the

1:37:52 ↗ committee reelected ly agreed with the

1:37:54 ↗ administration that the improvements

1:37:56 ↗ should be made without the bike lane the

1:37:58 ↗ committee will be re reviewing the

1:38:00 ↗ proposed detailed Improvement plan in

1:38:02 ↗ March and it is anticipated that the

1:38:05 ↗ final Improvement plan will be coming to

1:38:08 ↗ full Council in April or May for final

1:38:10 ↗ action uh if approved by the council the

1:38:12 ↗ improvements will be included in the

1:38:14 ↗ capital Improvement plan in June of 25

1:38:17 ↗ that concludes my

1:38:18 ↗ report thank you council member Ms Madam

1:38:22 ↗ thank you madam Council president the

1:38:24 ↗ sound cities Association public issues

1:38:26 ↗ committee did meet Wednesday January 8th

1:38:30 ↗ um the biggest uh thing we had a report

1:38:32 ↗ from outgoing SCA president uh mayor

1:38:35 ↗ Lali um and we still do not have a

1:38:40 ↗ executive director uh to fill Deanna

1:38:42 ↗ Dawson's very large shoes

1:38:44 ↗ metaphorically um so that search goes on

1:38:48 ↗ incoming SCA president de Mo Mayor de

1:38:51 ↗ Mo's mayor Tracy buckton

1:38:54 ↗ uh we we'll have the uh gavl and mayor

1:38:57 ↗ pully will become uh I think essentially

1:39:01 ↗ ex officio as as the uh as the previous

1:39:04 ↗ year president so she'll still be

1:39:05 ↗ involved in leadership over there um

1:39:08 ↗ everyone is eager to see where uh where

1:39:10 ↗ they go for an executive director uh

1:39:13 ↗ Council services safety and Parks

1:39:14 ↗ committee will be meeting here in

1:39:15 ↗ council chambers Tuesday January 28th uh

1:39:19 ↗ Jen Davis Hayes will be uh teeing up

1:39:22 ↗ comms 0079 inclusive housing investment

1:39:26 ↗ pool uh application then Amy Dukes will

1:39:29 ↗ be presenting the 2025 art Grant

1:39:32 ↗ recommendations and finally Dan hints

1:39:35 ↗ will be uh presenting us a draft of com

1:39:39 ↗ 0078 Urban Forest management plan um

1:39:42 ↗ that's going to be a big juicy one it

1:39:44 ↗ should be a lot of fun that concludes my

1:39:46 ↗ report thank you Deputy council

1:39:48 ↗ president D Melle thank you so much uh

1:39:51 ↗ on January 9th uh I did meet with the

1:39:54 ↗ East Side Human Services forum and like

1:39:56 ↗ a lot of other committees in January

1:39:58 ↗ there was a discussion about the 2025

1:40:01 ↗ work plan so January 15th uh met with

1:40:05 ↗ the regional transit committee uh we had

1:40:08 ↗ a report from the general manager Metro

1:40:11 ↗ General uh manager about the uh death of

1:40:14 ↗ the uh Metro bus driver um a very um

1:40:20 ↗ complete um what can I say say they did

1:40:24 ↗ a beautiful job of uh honoring his life

1:40:27 ↗ through several ceremonies and uh also a

1:40:30 ↗ day off for a lot of the bus routes and

1:40:33 ↗ bus

1:40:34 ↗ drivers um very sad event um we also

1:40:38 ↗ heard a report from uh her about uh the

1:40:42 ↗ uh Safety and Security that they are

1:40:45 ↗ they're talking with with uh the ATU

1:40:47 ↗ which is the union for the bus drivers

1:40:50 ↗ again there's a renewed call for more

1:40:53 ↗ Security on the buses so that the

1:40:55 ↗ drivers are

1:40:56 ↗ protected um uh in addition um council

1:41:01 ↗ member Belleview council member at the

1:41:03 ↗ time Janice Z was elected chair of the

1:41:07 ↗ sound City's delegation to the

1:41:09 ↗ RTC and since we now know that she just

1:41:12 ↗ got appointed as the new state

1:41:14 ↗ representative from the 41st I presume

1:41:17 ↗ that in February we will be going back

1:41:19 ↗ and redoing that election so um

1:41:23 ↗ then on January 16th this was the really

1:41:25 ↗ fun one I attended my first meeting with

1:41:27 ↗ the King County Board of Health and the

1:41:30 ↗ topic was an overview of on-site sewer

1:41:32 ↗ systems also known as septic

1:41:36 ↗ tanks and uh all the challenges that

1:41:39 ↗ King County is facing which are immense

1:41:42 ↗ really and very serious uh there's over

1:41:45 ↗ 69,000 private SE septic systems that

1:41:48 ↗ are over 30 years old in King County and

1:41:52 ↗ um there is very little little Public

1:41:54 ↗ Funding there's oh dear there's very

1:41:57 ↗ little Public Funding to support uh

1:41:59 ↗ renewing those and 30 years is about the

1:42:01 ↗ failure time uh for septic systems now

1:42:05 ↗ here comes the big news so we had a

1:42:08 ↗ briefing for the new people on the board

1:42:10 ↗ of health and uh I was told by the King

1:42:15 ↗ County Public Health officials that were

1:42:18 ↗ in that that isqua is exemplary

1:42:21 ↗ exemplary in facing uh our septic sip

1:42:26 ↗ system issues so uh I sent that to Emily

1:42:30 ↗ Moon uh and commended uh public works

1:42:33 ↗ for the work that they've been doing for

1:42:34 ↗ a long time on that issue and uh and it

1:42:38 ↗ really is serious it is serious quit

1:42:43 ↗ laughing yeah so uh at any rate uh it

1:42:47 ↗ was a great it was a great first meeting

1:42:49 ↗ and very very interesting and uh I'm

1:42:52 ↗ really looking forward to the Board of

1:42:53 ↗ Health uh work in the future

1:42:57 ↗ thanks excellent um so my report uh the

1:43:01 ↗ growth management policy board met on

1:43:04 ↗ January 16th I was elected vice chair

1:43:08 ↗ and we started our review of

1:43:11 ↗ comprehensive plans for certification

1:43:14 ↗ apparently I'm just on all of the comp

1:43:16 ↗ plan yeah so I've reviewed all of the

1:43:18 ↗ King County um housing elements and now

1:43:21 ↗ we're just reviewing the entire comp

1:43:24 ↗ plans for all three of the cities or all

1:43:27 ↗ three of the counties um to make sure

1:43:30 ↗ there are certification requirements so

1:43:32 ↗ that everybody can access um Department

1:43:34 ↗ of Commerce and psrc um pesan Regional

1:43:38 ↗ Council transportation funding

1:43:41 ↗ so more for me I know it's just

1:43:45 ↗ brilliant um and then I realized um with

1:43:49 ↗ um former council member hunt gone I

1:43:52 ↗ need to o summarize the Planning

1:43:55 ↗ Development environment meeting um so we

1:43:57 ↗ met January 8th and um had a robust

1:44:02 ↗ discussion um on middle housing and so

1:44:05 ↗ this topic has gone to PPC gone to pte

1:44:10 ↗ it's now going back to PPC before coming

1:44:13 ↗ to the full Council um and so you know

1:44:17 ↗ there's this state requirement from 1110

1:44:20 ↗ House Bill 11:10 and 1337 that we have

1:44:23 ↗ middle housing regulations in place by

1:44:27 ↗ um I believe the end of J June or maybe

1:44:30 ↗ the beginning of June um and so we're

1:44:33 ↗ coming right up against that time frame

1:44:36 ↗ and so one of the requirements of that

1:44:38 ↗ is at a minimum um you know our single

1:44:41 ↗ family lots have to um allow two units

1:44:45 ↗ um and so and then there's certain areas

1:44:48 ↗ around Transit and with affordability

1:44:51 ↗ that could allow four units

1:44:53 ↗ um and so in a previous meeting we had

1:44:56 ↗ discussed well should PPC discuss and

1:45:00 ↗ consider um whether four units um would

1:45:03 ↗ be appropriate and so you know the state

1:45:06 ↗ bill that made this requirement had

1:45:09 ↗ different tiers um and I think we're in

1:45:11 ↗ tier two which required the two units

1:45:15 ↗ but um tier one or three whichever one

1:45:19 ↗ the direction is um had the four units

1:45:21 ↗ so um the feedback that uh the pte group

1:45:25 ↗ gave was yes let's have um PBC consider

1:45:28 ↗ that let's have a robust conversation

1:45:31 ↗ about what that is what the impacts are

1:45:33 ↗ to

1:45:34 ↗ affordability um and then there was also

1:45:36 ↗ a conversation about Adu size accessory

1:45:39 ↗ dwelling units whether um to keep those

1:45:43 ↗ Limited at a th000 versus 1,50 square

1:45:47 ↗ feet and you know it it becomes a little

1:45:50 ↗ bit of a chicken in the egg type of

1:45:52 ↗ thing

1:45:53 ↗ because if you have limitations to an

1:45:57 ↗ adus size you might get more tow houses

1:46:02 ↗ or

1:46:02 ↗ duplexes um as an alternative and so

1:46:05 ↗ which type of thing are you

1:46:06 ↗ incentivizing with adus um the state put

1:46:11 ↗ a limitation that you can only charge up

1:46:13 ↗ to 50% of the impact fees that you would

1:46:15 ↗ for a single family unit um in order to

1:46:19 ↗ maybe incentivize those but if you allow

1:46:22 ↗ an you to be much larger you know what

1:46:25 ↗ are you getting out of that cost so um

1:46:29 ↗ we asked um PPC again to consider the

1:46:32 ↗ 1250 you know we had heard from um some

1:46:36 ↗ residents that were talking both with

1:46:38 ↗ the Leo house and um with a resident who

1:46:42 ↗ was asking about a an elderly uh family

1:46:46 ↗ member that needed care and needed

1:46:48 ↗ enough space so we just asked hey let's

1:46:50 ↗ make sure PPC has those conf ation and

1:46:54 ↗ so um that will be coming back to the

1:46:56 ↗ full Council so it doesn't keep ping

1:46:58 ↗ ponging between PPC and PD and so that

1:47:03 ↗ concludes my report there let me go

1:47:08 ↗ back um the mayor's report I don't think

1:47:14 ↗ I received an email so no report okay

1:47:17 ↗ fantastic just making sure so the next

1:47:20 ↗ item of business is our information

1:47:23 ↗ update ID

1:47:24 ↗ 1803 an informational update on public

1:47:27 ↗ records requests and public records

1:47:30 ↗ analyst Tam Tammy Miller is coming to

1:47:33 ↗ the podium fantastic

1:48:06 ↗ thank you for your patience I have trust

1:48:08 ↗ issues with uh sharing my screen

1:48:12 ↗ here well hello and good evening uh

1:48:15 ↗ thank you for your time in advance um my

1:48:17 ↗ name is Tammy Miller I am the city's

1:48:19 ↗ public records analyst in the city

1:48:20 ↗ clerk's office uh and tonight I have the

1:48:23 ↗ pleasure of providing you with an update

1:48:24 ↗ on our City's public records request

1:48:26 ↗ program this is a topic near and dear to

1:48:28 ↗ my heart and I could talk to you for

1:48:30 ↗ days about it but I won't so I hope

1:48:32 ↗ you'll forgive me I'm going to try my

1:48:34 ↗ best to stick to my script I'm

1:48:35 ↗ respectful of your time this

1:48:40 ↗ evening uh so the purpose of um uh

1:48:43 ↗ tonight's update is just provide a

1:48:44 ↗ status update on the city's public

1:48:46 ↗ records request program following the

1:48:48 ↗ implementation of public records fees

1:48:51 ↗ and the release of the state's joint

1:48:55 ↗ legislative audit and Review Committee

1:48:57 ↗ or just jar uh the 2023 uh annual survey

1:49:03 ↗ data so as background on what that is um

1:49:07 ↗ in 2017 the state legislator legislature

1:49:10 ↗ directed public agencies spending over

1:49:12 ↗ $100,000 a year processing public

1:49:15 ↗ records request which is city of isqua

1:49:17 ↗ among many hundreds of others to provide

1:49:20 ↗ performance and financial data to J AR

1:49:23 ↗ an annual data for all reporting

1:49:25 ↗ agencies is now available for the years

1:49:27 ↗ 2018 through

1:49:29 ↗ 2023 I have also um collected some

1:49:32 ↗ preliminary data from

1:49:34 ↗ 2024 um for you tonight uh this is

1:49:37 ↗ subject to change as I go through and I

1:49:38 ↗ cleanse the data uh and prepare it for

1:49:40 ↗ our annual submitt to jarch this year

1:49:43 ↗ but um I'm I'm fairly confident in what

1:49:45 ↗ I'll be reporting tonight so um the

1:49:48 ↗ purpose of this uh pre presenting you

1:49:50 ↗ with this data is it allows us some

1:49:51 ↗ insight into how effective our policy

1:49:53 ↗ and procedures are at serving those

1:49:55 ↗ making records requests and also

1:49:57 ↗ determining whether there might be any

1:49:59 ↗ Regional Trends occurring uh when we

1:50:01 ↗ compare our data to some of our uh

1:50:03 ↗ similar agencies in the

1:50:07 ↗ area uh some background on what we've

1:50:09 ↗ been doing the past year um it's so this

1:50:13 ↗ time last year um the city council

1:50:15 ↗ adopted our public records policy and

1:50:18 ↗ the related fee

1:50:19 ↗ schedule the fee schedule primarily

1:50:21 ↗ allowed us to charge for for uh copies

1:50:23 ↗ of records that we were producing um as

1:50:26 ↗ well as uh some other fees that were

1:50:28 ↗ allowable under public uh either the

1:50:30 ↗ public records act like body warn camera

1:50:32 ↗ redaction fees um and and uh police

1:50:38 ↗ reports through a few months of effort

1:50:42 ↗ um it took us a while to actually get

1:50:43 ↗ our online um fee charging ability up

1:50:46 ↗ and running uh we got there around March

1:50:49 ↗ and um that's when we started accepting

1:50:51 ↗ fees across the board and then body warn

1:50:54 ↗ cameras were implemented not soon

1:50:56 ↗ thereafter uh in early April and since

1:51:00 ↗ then things have been going very

1:51:01 ↗ smoothly um right now we are kind of

1:51:03 ↗ back to where we were this time last

1:51:05 ↗ year um in trying to implement the

1:51:07 ↗ credit card surcharge fee um for anybody

1:51:11 ↗ out there

1:51:12 ↗ wondering why can't you know more

1:51:14 ↗ agencies just charge online uh fees

1:51:16 ↗ online um and accept electronic payment

1:51:18 ↗ I will just say it is not as easy as it

1:51:21 ↗ sounds but we're getting through it um

1:51:25 ↗ and I would be remiss if I didn't

1:51:26 ↗ mention uh that throughout this timeline

1:51:29 ↗ and through several years and several

1:51:31 ↗ years more we've had various uh records

1:51:33 ↗ and data management projects and um that

1:51:37 ↗ also plays into uh frankly how quickly

1:51:40 ↗ we're able to respond to requests and

1:51:42 ↗ find our records and disclose them um

1:51:45 ↗ one example is our migration of records

1:51:47 ↗ from our Network shared drives to

1:51:49 ↗ SharePoint online

1:51:54 ↗ so my first data highlight for you is uh

1:51:57 ↗ just looking at how many records

1:51:58 ↗ requests we process per year and uh

1:52:01 ↗ looking at this through the the time

1:52:03 ↗ that we have data for we've definitely

1:52:05 ↗ seen some ups and downs uh particularly

1:52:07 ↗ during the pandemic and we are now

1:52:09 ↗ exceeding pandemic levels again at um

1:52:12 ↗ pushing 1800 requests uh that we've

1:52:14 ↗ processed just last

1:52:16 ↗ year so um this doesn't count any Court

1:52:20 ↗ data uh any Court report request that's

1:52:23 ↗ a separate process and none of that is

1:52:26 ↗ included

1:52:29 ↗ um so what types of records are being

1:52:32 ↗ requested primarily police records we

1:52:34 ↗ knew that um one thing that I did

1:52:37 ↗ include here you'll see that there's two

1:52:38 ↗ sections of blue here um when we submit

1:52:42 ↗ our report to jayar it only includes

1:52:45 ↗ records requests that are made under the

1:52:47 ↗ public records act uh I have also

1:52:49 ↗ included our uh the police's inter gency

1:52:53 ↗ requests um because they're very similar

1:52:56 ↗ to public records act requests however

1:52:58 ↗ their customers are um they include but

1:53:01 ↗ are not limited to um other law

1:53:04 ↗ enforcement agencies federal agencies

1:53:06 ↗ prosecutors and law firms that require

1:53:08 ↗ access to isqua police records for their

1:53:11 ↗ Active cases so um I just really there's

1:53:15 ↗ there's quite a few of them and uh

1:53:17 ↗ police are busy processing those

1:53:19 ↗ alongside the public records requests

1:53:21 ↗ and uh since the isn't reflected

1:53:23 ↗ anywhere I wanted you to at least be

1:53:24 ↗ aware of that today uh similarly we have

1:53:29 ↗ historically um this is just a

1:53:31 ↗ combination of 23 and 24 but um it's

1:53:34 ↗ generally between 10 and 15% of requests

1:53:37 ↗ are for permit land use records some of

1:53:39 ↗ them are very straightforward just

1:53:40 ↗ looking for um you know a copy of the

1:53:43 ↗ plans to their house and some of them

1:53:45 ↗ are quite comprehensive uh and then the

1:53:48 ↗ all other requests is generally

1:53:50 ↗ somewhere between 5 and 10%

1:53:53 ↗ excuse me and those can range

1:53:56 ↗ from they roll at

1:54:02 ↗ a your microphone had gone out for a

1:54:04 ↗ moment but it came back oh well that's

1:54:09 ↗ good thank you um all the other requests

1:54:14 ↗ uh can Encompass just any other record

1:54:17 ↗ that isn't a permanent land use record

1:54:18 ↗ or a police record so primarily we see

1:54:20 ↗ that as uh request for financial data uh

1:54:23 ↗ Personnel HR type data other Clerk's

1:54:26 ↗ files um and Public Works are the top

1:54:29 ↗ examples but it could be anything and

1:54:30 ↗ everything

1:54:37 ↗ else so how quickly are requests being

1:54:40 ↗ processed um this is a number that uh

1:54:43 ↗ has been my top priority since I joined

1:54:45 ↗ in 2021 and I love that this agrees with

1:54:48 ↗ me um in in moving that Mark upwards um

1:54:53 ↗ so we've really prioritized that work um

1:54:56 ↗ in in helping to prioritize the requests

1:54:58 ↗ and and seeing what can we fulfill now

1:55:00 ↗ what can we get out the door now um and

1:55:03 ↗ then doing a good job of of uh uh

1:55:07 ↗ looking through the request creating um

1:55:09 ↗ a plan so that we we can get people the

1:55:11 ↗ most records as quickly as possible if

1:55:14 ↗ we know it's going to take a while

1:55:15 ↗ trying to prioritize what it is they're

1:55:16 ↗ looking for first and then continuing to

1:55:19 ↗ work on their request until either it's

1:55:21 ↗ fulfilled uh or they abandon the request

1:55:24 ↗ due to lost

1:55:25 ↗ interest so um knowing this though I'm

1:55:30 ↗ very very proud that we've gotten um

1:55:32 ↗ over that 80% Mark of requests fulfilled

1:55:35 ↗ within five business days 2024's

1:55:37 ↗ preliminary data is showing quite a

1:55:40 ↗ market drop to probably around 70% and

1:55:43 ↗ that was expected uh I do want to Crunch

1:55:45 ↗ those numbers a little bit more but

1:55:47 ↗ because the clock continues to tick

1:55:48 ↗ until we were able to receive payment

1:55:50 ↗ for any fees that may exist uh apply to

1:55:53 ↗ that request and then once we receive

1:55:55 ↗ the payment we provide the records then

1:55:56 ↗ we can close the request but um it is

1:56:00 ↗ causing a bit of a delay as the data is

1:56:02 ↗ preliminarily showing uh but I'll know

1:56:05 ↗ more the next time I present to you um

1:56:08 ↗ yeah but that's something I do want to

1:56:10 ↗ track but that might be our new Baseline

1:56:11 ↗ but I am proud to say that our processes

1:56:15 ↗ are good as indicated by these numbers

1:56:17 ↗ in terms of us being able to find

1:56:19 ↗ records and provide them quickly for the

1:56:21 ↗ majority of people and fulfill their

1:56:23 ↗ requests within those 5 days uh so it's

1:56:26 ↗ just a matter of is it taking six

1:56:28 ↗ business days is it 10 is it what what's

1:56:30 ↗ the new

1:56:35 ↗ normal okay and then looking at how many

1:56:37 ↗ requests are complex it's not very easy

1:56:40 ↗ to show that in data and one of the ways

1:56:43 ↗ that I've uh looked at it is determining

1:56:45 ↗ how many records requests had records

1:56:48 ↗ that uh needed redaction um typically

1:56:51 ↗ these are requests that are are more

1:56:53 ↗ Broad in nature or just asking for

1:56:55 ↗ records that require more of a review

1:56:57 ↗ process that contains sensitive

1:56:58 ↗ information um it's not to say requests

1:57:01 ↗ in 2018 were easy per se um but they

1:57:05 ↗ were probably a little bit more

1:57:07 ↗ straightforward more often than not and

1:57:10 ↗ um we've been holding fairly steady

1:57:11 ↗ around the 40% Mark of requests

1:57:13 ↗ requiring at least one record to be

1:57:16 ↗ redacted

1:57:17 ↗ um this is something that we are

1:57:20 ↗ continuing to explore in terms of uh

1:57:22 ↗ data and cyber security initiatives and

1:57:25 ↗ um trying to

1:57:27 ↗ determine what are areas where we have

1:57:30 ↗ sensitive records and is there a way we

1:57:32 ↗ can uh for for records that are

1:57:35 ↗ requested frequently is there a way to

1:57:37 ↗ uh either come up with some sort of a

1:57:39 ↗ cleansed version that we could disclose

1:57:40 ↗ more quickly um or is there a way that

1:57:43 ↗ we could you know not collect certain uh

1:57:47 ↗ content that's exempt for disclosure uh

1:57:49 ↗ such as banking information driver's

1:57:51 ↗ license numbers I think in a lot of

1:57:53 ↗ cases especially with police records

1:57:55 ↗ there's really nothing we can do but we

1:57:57 ↗ are at least looking for areas where we

1:57:58 ↗ might be able to move the bar a little

1:58:00 ↗ bit and get those records disclosed more

1:58:02 ↗ quickly without this additional review

1:58:05 ↗ process yeah May before you move on on

1:58:07 ↗ that I just had a question on that um in

1:58:11 ↗ your memo you spoke about the um two

1:58:14 ↗ decreases from other cities and what had

1:58:18 ↗ um caused that and so I was hoping you

1:58:20 ↗ could speak to that I think it has has

1:58:22 ↗ something to do with what you were

1:58:23 ↗ saying about lack of information

1:58:26 ↗ collected but can you also speak to why

1:58:28 ↗ ours has increased so substantially when

1:58:31 ↗ others have

1:58:32 ↗ not I still want to talk more to my

1:58:34 ↗ peers the last time I had a good

1:58:35 ↗ conversation with the peer agencies I

1:58:37 ↗ have listed here was um about two years

1:58:39 ↗ ago so I'm due for an update with them

1:58:42 ↗ um I know back in 2021 2022 uh city of B

1:58:46 ↗ at least um had uh been doing what we

1:58:50 ↗ have been doing since and currently

1:58:52 ↗ terms of looking at uh a lot of their

1:58:54 ↗ forms the information they were

1:58:55 ↗ collecting from the public and um either

1:58:58 ↗ not collecting sensitive information or

1:59:01 ↗ otherwise splitting the forms into two

1:59:03 ↗ so one of them had sensitive information

1:59:05 ↗ and one of them did not um so I don't

1:59:09 ↗ have any good examples of that

1:59:10 ↗ unfortunately uh but those are in terms

1:59:13 ↗ of the data Trends some of it is it just

1:59:17 ↗ depends on how they're keeping track of

1:59:19 ↗ their records how they're collecting

1:59:20 ↗ their metrics um some of it could just

1:59:22 ↗ be that they have some very particularly

1:59:25 ↗ interested requesters uh requesting the

1:59:27 ↗ same types of information over and over

1:59:29 ↗ uh and then you know maybe the next year

1:59:31 ↗ they don't um

1:59:34 ↗ so yeah and can you speak to why ours

1:59:37 ↗ has increased so substantially part of

1:59:40 ↗ it I suspect is in how the early data

1:59:43 ↗ was collected back in 201819 we were

1:59:46 ↗ using a different uh Records request

1:59:48 ↗ system for the city clerk's office as

1:59:50 ↗ opposed to the police department

1:59:52 ↗ um so some of the data may not be

1:59:55 ↗ accurate um but at least as of yeah

1:59:58 ↗ definitely 2020 and onwards um

2:00:01 ↗ everything should have been within the

2:00:02 ↗ same system being collected in the same

2:00:04 ↗ way uh so there has been an upward Trend

2:00:08 ↗ I am still unsure exactly why um that

2:00:13 ↗ does warrant some additional looking

2:00:14 ↗ into but we have been holding pretty

2:00:16 ↗ steady so I'm pretty confident that our

2:00:18 ↗ practices uh currently are uh we doing a

2:00:22 ↗ very thorough job in ter uh in terms of

2:00:23 ↗ reviewing the records catching any

2:00:25 ↗ information that we need to be redacting

2:00:28 ↗ and then you know doing that

2:00:29 ↗ work thank

2:00:33 ↗ you so um what we do with this data you

2:00:37 ↗ know we we uh have some internal

2:00:39 ↗ discussions um we take a look at where

2:00:42 ↗ we might have some uh some shortfalls of

2:00:44 ↗ where we want to be and uh develop a

2:00:46 ↗ plan for uh what we can do to to try to

2:00:49 ↗ correct that um so with the

2:00:52 ↗ implementation of the the fee schedule

2:00:54 ↗ last year um you know we'll we'll

2:00:56 ↗ definitely be having those discussions I

2:00:58 ↗ look forward to updating you more on

2:01:00 ↗ this well maybe we don't have to wait a

2:01:02 ↗ whole year we'll see but at least within

2:01:04 ↗ the next year um but other than that um

2:01:08 ↗ we will be looking at the fee schedule

2:01:10 ↗ again making sure that those fees are

2:01:11 ↗ still applicable uh I want to take a

2:01:14 ↗ look at our costs to make sure that they

2:01:15 ↗ haven't decreased or increased in terms

2:01:17 ↗ of any physical uh uh you know copies

2:01:21 ↗ like uh like our USB drives we're pretty

2:01:23 ↗ good at um whenever we do a bulk order

2:01:26 ↗ we divide and we get we come up with the

2:01:27 ↗ exact price um and that's what we charge

2:01:29 ↗ but in terms of Staffing costs um you

2:01:32 ↗ know we'll take another average or

2:01:33 ↗ re-evaluate that process do another time

2:01:35 ↗ study make sure those are still accurate

2:01:39 ↗ um and then uh you know so that will be

2:01:42 ↗ something that we'll be coming back to

2:01:43 ↗ you hopefully by end of this year uh

2:01:46 ↗ maybe early next year uh we want to

2:01:49 ↗ continue with our current records and

2:01:50 ↗ data management projects um and then uh

2:01:54 ↗ continuing um the cyber security and all

2:01:56 ↗ the data governance uh the cyber

2:01:58 ↗ security one is um again it's easier

2:02:01 ↗ said than done but it's just a matter of

2:02:03 ↗ finding that sensitive data amongst all

2:02:05 ↗ of our records and then figuring out you

2:02:08 ↗ know a plan what do we do with it uh not

2:02:10 ↗ only how do we secure it but you know

2:02:13 ↗ what steps can we take to minimize

2:02:16 ↗ it so all of this will cumulatively and

2:02:19 ↗ has shown to cumulatively uh affect our

2:02:21 ↗ ability process requests more quickly uh

2:02:23 ↗ make sure that we're doing uh that we're

2:02:25 ↗ finding all of the records in fewer

2:02:27 ↗ places looking in fewer places since

2:02:29 ↗ we're centralizing as as many of them as

2:02:31 ↗ we can

2:02:33 ↗ uh I think that was that was all I had I

2:02:37 ↗ think that's I welcome any questions you

2:02:38 ↗ may have yeah any questions or since

2:02:42 ↗ this is informational comments um

2:02:44 ↗ council member Hall uh thanks just two

2:02:47 ↗ things come to mind um number one I

2:02:49 ↗ can't believe that it's been a year

2:02:51 ↗ since we adopted this the new policy in

2:02:55 ↗ January 24 it literally feels like maybe

2:02:57 ↗ it was two months ago so you're blowing

2:02:58 ↗ my mind with that um to continue to be

2:03:01 ↗ very impressed with you and just how you

2:03:03 ↗ push public records and try to make

2:03:05 ↗ things more efficient both internally

2:03:06 ↗ and for our customers so thank you very

2:03:08 ↗ much for what you do um my question um

2:03:11 ↗ really interested in kind of the data

2:03:12 ↗ that we're tracking around um completing

2:03:15 ↗ requests and percentage of uh completing

2:03:17 ↗ requests within five business days um

2:03:20 ↗ you had identified there being a problem

2:03:22 ↗ in terms of um we do we do everything we

2:03:26 ↗ need to and then we wait on payment to

2:03:28 ↗ be completed before then the that kind

2:03:31 ↗ of tracking ends for that particular

2:03:32 ↗ request is there a way to also capture

2:03:36 ↗ um only the internal steps that are

2:03:38 ↗ being taken so kind of taking out the

2:03:40 ↗ waiting time um when it's essentially

2:03:44 ↗ the user the customer uh it's on them so

2:03:47 ↗ we can ALS it just seems to me like it

2:03:49 ↗ might be very helpful to understand

2:03:51 ↗ internally

2:03:52 ↗ how quickly are we meeting our

2:03:53 ↗ deliverables and then getting back to

2:03:55 ↗ the customer as well would that be an

2:03:57 ↗ easy thing to do or even a useful thing

2:03:58 ↗ to do in your mind to track as well I I

2:04:01 ↗ certainly do think it would be useful um

2:04:04 ↗ how easy it is depends on how willing

2:04:06 ↗ our vendor is that we we use the records

2:04:08 ↗ request system um to work with us so

2:04:12 ↗ um I mean it's possible that they've

2:04:14 ↗ already developed this for another

2:04:15 ↗ client and it would be easy but if this

2:04:17 ↗ is something that we would be asking

2:04:19 ↗ that they would need to develop you know

2:04:21 ↗ might be a weightless scenario to see

2:04:24 ↗ you know if if they want to move forward

2:04:25 ↗ with it but it's certainly worth an Ask

2:04:27 ↗ um I don't think we would be alone in

2:04:29 ↗ this though so it is certainly worth an

2:04:31 ↗ Ask okay yeah and certainly no need to

2:04:34 ↗ reinvent or make any work or anything

2:04:36 ↗ there it's just an idea that I thought

2:04:37 ↗ could be useful to measure then the only

2:04:39 ↗ other thing that's on my mind is you

2:04:40 ↗ bring up cyber security um and I forgot

2:04:44 ↗ to mention this earlier but with through

2:04:46 ↗ the King County Emergency Management

2:04:47 ↗ advisory committee it seems like cyber

2:04:49 ↗ security is like a big Focus this year

2:04:51 ↗ for them and there's this brand new

2:04:52 ↗ cyber security working group uh within

2:04:56 ↗ um that committee uh that Jared and I

2:04:58 ↗ have been talking about um they're

2:05:00 ↗ trying to get kind of uh it and data

2:05:03 ↗ management service professionals from

2:05:05 ↗ local governments all across the county

2:05:06 ↗ to join this work group so if I guess

2:05:09 ↗ this is also to City administator too if

2:05:11 ↗ you two can think of anyone who has the

2:05:14 ↗ time and you think would be um important

2:05:16 ↗ to kind of bring into that

2:05:18 ↗ work I guess talk to Jerry but thanks

2:05:23 ↗ council member Joe Tammy thank you for

2:05:25 ↗ this report I I also can't believe it's

2:05:27 ↗ been a year since we decided to in uh go

2:05:31 ↗ ahead and start this endeavor um the

2:05:34 ↗ question I had concerned the cost we had

2:05:36 ↗ been talking about whether or not it

2:05:37 ↗ would be prohibitive for our people to

2:05:41 ↗ request records and you indicated that

2:05:43 ↗ uh the average cost was X but that a

2:05:46 ↗ number of the records were of the U

2:05:49 ↗ order of $100 or 100 plus dollars which

2:05:51 ↗ skewed the results and I was wondering

2:05:54 ↗ if it'd be possible to um show us that

2:05:56 ↗ in graph form so that we can see um just

2:05:59 ↗ in gross numbers the the ones that are

2:06:02 ↗ you know $5 or $10 as compared to the

2:06:05 ↗ three or four that are $100 just so we

2:06:07 ↗ can get an idea that if if the data does

2:06:09 ↗ show that most of the the record

2:06:11 ↗ requests are small and inexpensive I

2:06:14 ↗ think we're we're achieving some of the

2:06:15 ↗ goals that we'd like to see so if we

2:06:17 ↗ could see that I would I would

2:06:19 ↗ appreciate it I can do that thank you

2:06:24 ↗ any other comments questions no I'll

2:06:27 ↗ also throw my thanks on this this is a

2:06:29 ↗ big project and you know one of those

2:06:32 ↗ areas of government that goes

2:06:35 ↗ unnoticed until you really need it and

2:06:38 ↗ so the fact that this is handled in such

2:06:41 ↗ a professional um way and allows us to

2:06:45 ↗ achieve our goals of you know providing

2:06:48 ↗ customer service to our constituents and

2:06:53 ↗ those who are requesting information but

2:06:55 ↗ also recognizing that there is a cost of

2:06:57 ↗ doing so and um keeping ourselves

2:06:59 ↗ accountable for the data is great so

2:07:03 ↗ thank you thank you

2:07:06 ↗ okay okay looking through I think we've

2:07:10 ↗ got um good of the order anybody with

2:07:12 ↗ any good of the order items council

2:07:15 ↗ member Joe just a reminder on January

2:07:18 ↗ 30th we have state of the city um I hope

2:07:21 ↗ we have I think we've noted at our raise

2:07:23 ↗ so more than four can attend if you'd

2:07:26 ↗ like to it's always been a great event

2:07:27 ↗ thank you 7:30 in the

2:07:30 ↗ morning June January 30th thanks well I

2:07:34 ↗ was going to expand on that there will

2:07:36 ↗ be a special city council meeting on

2:07:38 ↗ January 30th for the mayor's state of

2:07:40 ↗ the city address um it will be at the

2:07:44 ↗ greater isqua Chamber of Commerce

2:07:46 ↗ breakfast at 7:30 a.m. at East Ridge

2:07:49 ↗ Church um we need ours VPS to the

2:07:53 ↗ executive assistant Lindsay Marsh um

2:07:55 ↗ don't email me when you type in Lindsay

2:07:57 ↗ make sure it goes to her um but yeah uh

2:08:01 ↗ please RSVP and we'll make sure that

2:08:04 ↗ everybody gets tickets and seats the

2:08:06 ↗ next regular city council meeting is

2:08:08 ↗ Monday February 3rd anticipated agenda

2:08:10 ↗ items include the urban Forest

2:08:13 ↗ management plan informational updates on

2:08:15 ↗ the Windstorm financial recovery and

2:08:17 ↗ economic development annual report and

2:08:21 ↗ the city council number six vacancy

2:08:23 ↗ presentations currently um three

2:08:26 ↗ applications have been submitted the app

2:08:28 ↗ deadline to apply is this Saturday

2:08:31 ↗ January 25th at 11:59

2:08:34 ↗ p.m. uh the committee of the whole

2:08:36 ↗ meeting on Monday February 10th is

2:08:38 ↗ cancelled instead a special city council

2:08:40 ↗ meeting will be held that night at 6:30

2:08:43 ↗ p.m. to make an appointment to um

2:08:47 ↗ Council position number six so don't

2:08:50 ↗ delete it off your calendars still come

2:08:53 ↗ it's just not a committee of the whole

2:08:56 ↗ meeting it will be a special city

2:08:57 ↗ council meeting um there is not an

2:09:00 ↗ executive session this evening so there

2:09:02 ↗ being no further business the meeting is

2:09:05 ↗ adjourned at 9:09 p.m. thank you

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Barbara de Michele

Zach Hall

Russell Joe

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

Lindsey Walsh

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Wally Bobkiewicz, City Administrator

Andrea Snyder, Deputy City Administrator

Rachel Bender Turpin, City Attorney

Tisha Gieser, City Clerk

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