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City Council Regular Meeting Auto captions

Monday, June 9, 2025

7:00 PM · 2h 11m · Council Chambers, 135 E. Sunset Way, Issaquah WA
Topics tracked across meetings:
Cemetery 10-Year Capital Improvement Plan AB 9006 32/35
Issaquah Senior Center Solar & Battery Storage Project Contract Award AB 9108 1/2
Vacation of a Portion of 12th Avenue Northwest AB 9035 1/3
Dept. of Ecology Water Quality Combined Financial Assistance Grant (Olde Town Targeted Basin Study and Plan Study) AB 8939 9/9
Cougar Mountain Zoo Week Proclamation ID 1846 3/3
Black Nugget Retaining Wall Project (TR 033) Design Contract Amendment #3 AB 9024 3/3
Gun Violence Awareness Day Proclamation ID 1843 2/2
Section
Topic
3. SPECIAL BUSINESS
3a
Senator Bill Ramos Memorial Proclamation ID 1888
20 min · packet pp.7
Staff report:
WHEREAS, Senator Ramos served Issaquah with deep dedication and distinction beginning with his service on the Issaquah Human Services Commission from 2009-2015 and the Issaquah City Council from 2016 to 2019. Bill then expanded his public service to the 5th Legislative District as a State Representative from 2019 to 2025, and as a State Senator from January 2025 until his final day; and
3b
Cougar Mountain Zoo Week Proclamation ID 1846
5 min · packet pp.9
Staff report:
SPECIAL BUSINESS b) CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office
3c
Gun Violence Awareness Day Proclamation ID 1843
5 min · packet pp.11
Staff report:
SPECIAL BUSINESS c) CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office
3d
Juneteenth Day Proclamation ID 1844
5 min · packet pp.13
Staff report:
SPECIAL BUSINESS d) CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office
3e
2SLGBTQIA+ Pride Month Proclamation ID 1845
5 min · packet pp.15
Staff report:
CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office 130 E. Sunset Way | P.O. Box 1307 WASHINGTON Issaquah, WA 98027 425-837-3020 issaquahwa.gov
3f
2025 Legislative Session Update ID 1890
Receive Report · 20 min · packet pp.17–24
Staff report:
Page 18 of 443 OVERVIEW OF THE 2025 OUTCOME OF 2025 CITY'S NEXT STEPS
5. CONSENT CALENDAR
5a
Accounts: Payables and Payroll of June 9, 2025, $6,817,934.24 ID 1792
Carried 7-0
Approve · packet pp.25–46
Topics: Budget
Staff report:
Finance Department P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 PH: 425-837-3050 www.issaquahwa.gov
Roll call:
Moved by Deputy Council President de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Marts
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Kelly Jiang, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5b
Minutes: City Council Committee of the Whole, May 13, 2025
Carried 7-0
Approve · packet pp.47–49
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR b) 05-13-25 City Council Committee of the Whole Page (0000) Minutes CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Committee-of-the-Whole 6:30 PM Council Chambers May 13, 2025 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way
Roll call:
Moved by Deputy Council President de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Marts
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Kelly Jiang, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5c
Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, May 19, 2025
Carried 7-0
Approve · packet pp.51–56
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR c) 05-19-25 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers May 19, 2025 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way
Roll call:
Moved by Deputy Council President de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Marts
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Kelly Jiang, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5d
Informational Update: 2025 Q1 Grant & Contract Report ID 1889
Carried 7-0
Receive Report · packet pp.57–67
Staff report:
The Q1 2025 grant and contract
Roll call:
Moved by Deputy Council President de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Marts
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Kelly Jiang, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5e
Dept. of Ecology Water Quality Combined Financial Assistance Grant (Olde Town Targeted Basin Study and Plan Study) AB 8939
Carried 7-0
Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.69–117
Topics: Land UseWaterCritical Areas
Staff report:
City Attorney Review Rachel Turpin City Attorney Review Date: January 6, 2025
Roll call:
Moved by Deputy Council President de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Marts
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Kelly Jiang, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5f
Washington Dept. of Commerce Grant for Resilient Energy System (Senior Center) AB 9011
Carried 7-0
Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.119–145
Topics: Climate
Staff report:
The City of Issaquah approved its first Climate Action Plan in December 2021. Additionally, the City has assessed community climate resilience through the Climate Vulnerability Assessment (CVA) and is building resilience through the implementation of the Issaquah Resilience Hub Project. The Resilient Energy System for the Issaquah Senior Center project will build the Senior Center's capacity to operate as a Resilience Hub, supporting community members before, during, and after climate emergencies while supporting City implementation of ICAP actions related to renewable energy on municipal buildings (OV 2.4, OV 2.5) and community resilience (CR 1.1, CR 1.2). This grant is for 1.5 years of work related to final design, system installation, and community engagement connected to a solar PV and battery storage system at the Issaquah Senior Center.
Roll call:
Moved by Deputy Council President de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Marts
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Kelly Jiang, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5g
Black Nugget Retaining Wall Project (TR 033) Design Contract Amendment #3 AB 9024
Carried 7-0
Authorize · packet pp.147–180
Staff report:
City Attorney Review Rachel Bender Turpin City Attorney Review Date: June 4, 2025
Roll call:
Moved by Deputy Council President de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Marts
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Kelly Jiang, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5h
Department of Commerce Climate Planning Grant Amendment 2 AB 9028
Carried 7-0
Authorize · packet pp.181–189
Topics: Climate
Staff report:
The City of Issaquah approved its first Climate Action Plan in December 2021. The Climate Action Plan (ICAP) engaged the community in a number of events in the summer of 2021, including workshops, focus groups, and a community-wide survey. The Administration is currently implementing multiple community facing and municipal operations actions in order to make progress towards our greenhouse gas reduction targets. These actions include home and commercial building fossil fuel reduction and energy efficiency programs, electrification of city buildings and fleet, and preparing for the inevitable impacts of climate change through resilience planning and communication.
Roll call:
Moved by Deputy Council President de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Marts
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Kelly Jiang, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5i
Vacation of a Portion of 12th Avenue Northwest AB 9035
Carried 7-0
Set Public Hearing · packet pp.191–202
Staff report:
On May 6, 2024, City Council approved a resolution under Agenda Bill 8667 to declare the City Hall Northwest property, located at 1775 12th Avenue NW, as surplus and authorize disposal of the property by listing the property on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) and negotiating a Purchase and Sale Agreement. Profits from the disposition will be used to support City facility needs.
Roll call:
Moved by Deputy Council President de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Marts
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Kelly Jiang, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
5j
2025 Maintenance Overlay Project (TR 030-OL25) AB 9036
Carried 7-0
Award Bid · packet pp.203–211
Staff report:
The work under the contract includes various forms of removing existing asphalt infrastructure from the roadways throughout the City and as shown in Exhibit B. This work will be performed under the direction of the Pavement Management Program (PMP) manager and inspector.
Roll call:
Moved by Deputy Council President de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Marts
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Kelly Jiang, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
6. PUBLIC HEARING
6a
2027-2032 Capital Improvement Plan AB 9006
Conduct Public Hearing · 30 min · packet pp.213–412
Topics: Budget
Staff report:
The CIP is a multi-year plan for the acquisition, expansion, or rehabilitation of land, buildings, and other major infrastructure over a six-year period, and beyond. The plan reflects expected start and completion dates, estimated costs, and proposed financing for the City's capital investment priorities. The plan is reviewed and updated biennially factoring in available resources, changes in City priorities, long-range community objectives, and projects that improve City operational efficiency. The plan represents the City's current estimates of needs, costs, potential funding sources, and timelines.
7. REGULAR BUSINESS
7a
Newport Sewer Relocation (SW AB 9029
Award Bid; Authorize Funding · 45 min · packet pp.413–443
Topics: WaterBudget
Staff report:
C. Contract Amendment for Construction Assistance D. Presentation City Attorney Review Rachel Bender Turpin City Attorney Review Date: June 4, 2025
10. GOOD OF THE ORDER
10a
Upcoming Council Meetings
0:07 Okay, welcome everyone. Um, I, Council
0:10 President Walsh, call the June 9th city
0:13 council meeting to order. Mayor Polly is
0:15 excused tonight, so I will be serving as
0:18 mayor prom. Um, council member Joe is
0:22 joining us by phone and will be at the
0:24 meeting later. Um, this meeting is being
0:27 held one week later than normal due to
0:30 shoot a holiday that occurred last
0:33 Monday. And as a reminder, we continue
0:35 to have a remote aspect to our meetings
0:38 and both staff and members of the public
0:41 may be participating in tonight's
0:42 meeting remotely via WebEx. The first
0:46 item on the agenda is the pledge of
0:47 allegiance and I welcome you to join me.
1:16 Okay. So, we have several special
1:19 business items tonight. Um,
1:22 proclamations and recognitions that will
1:25 happen before we have public comment and
1:27 then go into our consent calendar and
1:29 the rest of our meeting tonight. So, for
1:32 the first one, um, it is
1:35 ID188, Senator Bill Ramos Memorial
1:38 Proclamation. And I'd like to invite
1:41 Senator Victoria Hunt to the lect turn.
1:44 Um, she has been designated by Bill's
1:46 family to accept the
1:56 proclamation. Okay. So as many of you
1:59 know um Bill Ramos uh passed away
2:02 suddenly on April 19th and we have taken
2:05 a pause um since that moment uh
2:08 recognizing that it was extremely fresh
2:12 on everyone's hearts um to give the
2:15 family just a little bit of time hoping
2:17 that they might be able to come out. But
2:19 as is completely understandable, this is
2:22 a time of grief and so um we very much
2:26 appreciate uh state senator Victoria
2:28 Hunt for being able to come out um on
2:30 behalf of the family. So this
2:33 proclamation um has been signed by the
2:36 mayor and all seven council members um
2:39 just as a way of recognizing as small as
2:43 it is
2:45 um the loss. So whereas Senator Ramos
2:48 served Isiqua with deep dedication and
2:50 distinction beginning with his service
2:52 on the Escoa Human Services Commission
2:55 from 2009 to 2015 and the Esqua City
2:58 Council from 2016 to
3:01 2019. Bill then expanded his public
3:03 service to the fifth legislative
3:05 district as a state representative from
3:08 2019 to 2025 and as state senator from
3:11 January 2025 until his final day. And
3:15 whereas Bill Ramos was committed to
3:17 equity, community, and stewardship of
3:19 the environment informed by a
3:21 professional career that included
3:23 impactful roles with the United States
3:25 Forest Service and the US Department of
3:27 Transportation's Federal Transit
3:30 Administration, where he worked closely
3:32 with over 50 tribal nations to improve
3:35 transportation equity and access in
3:37 rural and tribal communities. And
3:40 whereas as a legislator, Bill Ramos was
3:43 a passionate advocate for transportation
3:45 equity, tribal sovereignty, and
3:47 environmental protection, serving as
3:50 chair of the House Government and Tribal
3:52 Relations Committee, vice chair of the
3:55 Senate Transportation Committee, and a
3:57 member of the Senate Members of Color
4:00 Caucus and Latino Democratic Caucus. And
4:04 whereas Bill Ramos was known in Isiqua
4:06 and beyond not only for his policy
4:09 acumen and legislative effectiveness,
4:11 but also for his infectious kindness,
4:14 boundless joy, and unwavering integrity,
4:18 qualities that earned him admiration
4:20 across party lines and from the
4:22 communities he served. And whereas
4:25 beyond his professional roles, Bill
4:26 Ramos was a dancer, a forest ecologist,
4:30 a planner, a teacher, and a beloved
4:33 friend, his Latino heritage was a source
4:36 of deep pride. And he always shared his
4:39 true self with everyone and in every
4:41 space that he occupied. And whereas the
4:45 Isqua mayor and city council join the
4:47 greater Isiqua community and the state
4:49 of Washington in mourning the sudden and
4:51 tragic loss of Bill Romos who passed
4:54 away on April 19th, 2025 while on a
4:57 trail run near his Isqua home. And
4:59 whereas the city of Isqua is profoundly
5:02 grateful for the life, leadership, and
5:05 legacy of Bill Ramos and commits
5:07 carrying on his legacy of equity
5:09 centered leadership. His memory will be
5:11 forever etched into the heart of this
5:14 community. Now therefore, be it resolved
5:16 that the Esqua mayor and city council
5:18 honor the life and legacy of Bill Ramos
5:21 with sincere appreciation and extend its
5:24 heartfelt condolences to his wife Sarah
5:26 Perry and their children Maya and Max.
5:28 And be it further resolved that this
5:30 proclamation be entered into the
5:31 official record of the city of Isqua and
5:33 a copy transmitted to his family as a
5:35 symbol of the enduring respect and love
5:38 of the city he called home and served.
5:40 so faithfully.
5:42 So, it's a sad proclamation. It's
5:45 certainly not something that we wanted
5:48 to be giving out, but I very much
5:50 appreciate you being here. Would you
5:52 like to say a few words?
5:56 Thank you, Council President Walsh. many
5:59 of us had the opportunity to uh work
6:02 with Senator Ramos and he certainly has
6:05 um touched so many lives in this
6:07 community and had such a big impact and
6:09 I really appreciate this resolution and
6:12 I wanted to say thank you from the
6:14 bottom of my heart and thank you on
6:15 behalf of um the late state senator Bill
6:19 Ramos's family county council member
6:21 Sarah Perry. She deeply appreciates this
6:24 resolution. So, thank you very much.
6:28 And then I believe we have a flag from
6:32 the VFW. So Dave Wagner, if you would
6:36 come up here. I know it's from two of
6:38 the VFW groups. VFW and American Legion.
6:41 VFW 3436 and the American Legion 79. 79.
6:47 Yeah. I believe you said this flag was
6:50 flying above the day that Bill passed
6:54 here. Yeah. If I could just add one, why
6:57 don't you come up here? Okay.
7:01 One quick thing.
7:03 Um, said it to my wife
7:06 tonight.
7:07 Um, as a combat veteran, somebody who
7:11 loves this wonderful city called Isiqua,
7:15 if I could uh pick the place that I
7:18 would die, it would be here. So, Bill,
7:22 you were you were fortunate. your your
7:26 home. So, uh, with that, let's just do
7:30 this real quick. And I've got to twist
7:33 this flag in order to present it the
7:35 right way. So on behalf of the Veterans
7:39 of Foreign Wars of uh Isiziqua Post 3436
7:45 and the American Legion Post 79 of
7:49 Snowqualami, I would like to present you
7:53 with this small token of gratitude for
7:57 your service, Bill, and all the smiles
8:02 and laughter you gave us through the
8:05 ears.
8:13 Um, there's a salute that goes along
8:15 with it.
8:21 Thank you, Senator Hunt. Last time it
8:24 was uh, Council Member Hunt, so now
8:28 Thank you. Thank you very much.
8:30 Excellent. Okay. Thank you very much.
8:32 I'm going to also that. Okay. And um
8:38 council members, if anybody would like
8:40 to make any words. Um I know we've all
8:43 been touched deeply um by Bill Ramos's
8:48 loss and many of us know him personally.
8:50 Um so if there's anybody who would like
8:52 to make any comments, I'm going to come
8:54 back
8:57 around.
9:01 Council member Mertz,
9:05 thank you. Uh I was lucky enough to be
9:08 on council when uh Bill headed up the
9:11 human services commission and then when
9:13 he was uh joining us on council. And I I
9:17 just want to share an anecdote about the
9:20 kind of community leader that Bill was.
9:24 About two weeks before he passed away, I
9:28 had an idea regarding one of the bills
9:30 that they had. uh and I won't go into
9:34 it, but um I sent it I sent a note to
9:36 him and you know they were in the bit
9:38 midst of one of the most contentious
9:40 budget uh deliberations the state has
9:42 ever seen and I thought oh well you know
9:45 I'll I'll bug him about it next time I
9:47 see him and my phone lights up um and
9:50 this is like a couple days after I sent
9:52 it to him and he's and he's at the cap
9:55 and he takes like 10 minutes out of his
9:58 day to explain to me and it turns out
10:01 they weren't able to do the thing that
10:02 that I thought they should do because of
10:04 quirks of the state constitution. But he
10:06 but he took the time to call me back and
10:09 talk to me about it. And that's the kind
10:11 of citizen leader that he was. Uh he
10:14 loved his job. He loved representing the
10:16 the fifth district. And he was so good
10:19 at it and he was such a he was such a
10:21 good heart and uh I I got educated about
10:24 the uh state constitution in a way that
10:26 I hadn't been. So, I will just always
10:27 treasure that memory and the fact that
10:29 it was a couple weeks before he passed
10:31 was just uh it will just always stick
10:33 with me and I wanted to share it with
10:35 you all because he was that kind of a
10:36 leader. Thank you,
10:40 Zach. Thank you. Um yeah, a couple of
10:43 quick thoughts I wanted to share. I've
10:45 um known Bill since uh 2018.
10:49 um had the great honor of being able to
10:51 work with him both on the campaign trail
10:53 and in Olympia um down there in Olympia.
10:56 You know, I
10:57 think outside of being in my mind one of
11:01 Isiqua's greatest sons, outside of his
11:03 unstoppable drive for the for um the
11:07 people of the fifth legislative district
11:08 and the people of Washington that he had
11:10 and that people admired so much. He was
11:13 also a friend um to many of us and a
11:16 public service mentor to those of us um
11:18 in the district as well.
11:21 Um he always knew exactly when
11:24 to, you know, give cool
11:27 advice and and and know when to give the
11:30 advice and know when to share and crack
11:32 a dad joke to lift us up and give us
11:34 that kind of motivation that we needed
11:36 to keep going in our work as well.
11:38 Um, of course, he was also very well
11:41 known for saying, "I got you." Um, to
11:44 those of us in public service,
11:46 especially to those uh that he served
11:48 within the legislature. And, you know,
11:50 in kind of reflecting on what I might
11:53 say today, I thought we're all going to
11:56 show up in our own ways to honor his
11:58 legacy in in every in any way we can,
12:01 whether we're elected or not.
12:03 And I think one way perhaps we can start
12:07 is just by saying I got you to each
12:09 other more often and being there to
12:11 support one another. And and if we are
12:13 there to be each other's support systems
12:15 throughout community and say I got you
12:17 to each other, he's not really gone. He
12:19 lives on in that spirit. So um thank you
12:22 Bill for your service to community. And
12:24 Sarah, we're here with you always.
12:31 It's just always a hard moment to
12:34 recognize someone who was so close to
12:37 this community and meant so much. Um,
12:40 but I appreciate the words and the
12:43 opportunity to take a moment apart and
12:46 just really celebrate that.
12:48 So, we do have a few other proclamations
12:51 and then we will have an opportunity for
12:54 public comment. Um the next proclamation
12:58 is you know a little bit different um as
13:02 it is apt to be that is
13:06 ID1846 Cougar Mountain Zoo week
13:09 proclamation.
13:11 And
13:13 so for those who don't know, we have a
13:15 wonderful zoo in the city of Isiqua and
13:21 have an animal joining us. And I believe
13:25 I've heard it is a
13:27 lizard.
13:30 So they're on their way out and
13:33 around.
13:36 So we will wait as they come out. We
13:40 have had previous animals come during
13:42 this week um for Cougar Mountain Zoo
13:45 Week proclamation. Uh previously we had
13:48 a hawk. We had Oh, here we go. So should
13:54 be excited. Come on down and you can
13:56 join us at the lect turn over
13:59 here. You can join us right over here.
14:06 Yay. Cool. Well, I'm honored to have um
14:09 Kyla Kaine, zoo education manager with
14:11 the Cougar Mountain Zoo and veto the Teu
14:14 here to celebrate the proclamation of
14:16 Cougar Mountain Zoo Week. Um this is
14:18 really exciting to me. I actually went
14:20 to Cougar Mountain Academy uh for
14:23 kindergarten. So, it was obviously like
14:25 a huge treat when we got to go on our
14:27 field trip just right next door to the
14:29 zoo. Um and I remembered seeing the
14:31 lemurs and the cougar and the teu. Um,
14:35 so it's very exciting that we have that
14:36 right here in
14:37 Isiqua.
14:39 Um, so whereas the Cougar Mountain Zoo
14:42 is an 11acre zoological park located in
14:45 Isiqua, which receives most of its
14:46 funding through grassroots efforts of
14:48 the Zoological Society of Washington.
14:50 And whereas the Zoolological Society of
14:52 Washington and the Cougar Mountain Zoo
14:54 are dedicated to increasing the
14:56 understanding and appreciation of the
14:58 Earth's wildlife and the role of
15:00 humanity and nature through education,
15:02 exhibition conservation captive
15:03 breeding, and recreation. And whereas
15:06 the Cougar Mountain Zoo has served as a
15:08 living classroom for over 50 years,
15:09 making educational programs available to
15:12 over 10,000 school children, including
15:14 myself. And whereas the Cougar Mountain
15:16 Zoo has the largest, most unique holiday
15:18 pageant in the Northwest, Santa's
15:20 reindeer farm attracts more than 15,000
15:22 visitors to Isqua during the month of
15:24 December. And whereas the Cougar
15:25 Mountain Zoo is the single largest
15:27 non-competitive tourist attraction on
15:29 the east side, attracting over 100,000
15:31 visitors to Isqua each year. And whereas
15:33 the zoo is loved by all segments of our
15:35 population regardless of age,
15:37 socioeconomic level, ethnic, or
15:39 denominational background. And whereas
15:41 the zoo is dis designated as an official
15:44 Isiqua treasure. Now therefore, I,
15:46 Council Member Kelly Jen, on behalf of
15:48 Mary Lupali, mayor of the city of Isqua,
15:50 do hereby proclaim the week of June 9th
15:53 to 15th as Cougar Mountain Zoo Week in
15:55 the city of Isiqua. And I invite all
15:57 community members and businesses to
15:59 support the zoo and recognize the impact
16:00 the zoological park has made on our
16:02 community. Thank you. Um, would you like
16:05 to say a few words? Would uh the Teu
16:08 like to say a few words?
16:11 Thank you for having Veto and myself on
16:13 behalf of the zoo as he gets fussy. I
16:15 just want to say a huge thank you to the
16:17 mayor, city council members, city staff,
16:19 and our great community for your
16:21 continuous support throughout the years.
16:22 Thank you so much.
16:25 Thank you for all you do.
16:45 Well, like I said, a very different
16:47 proclamation um and one that provided
16:51 animals. So, um our next proclamation is
16:55 ID1 1843, Gun Violence Awareness Day
16:58 Proclamation. And I'd like to invite
17:02 Julie Carr, a volunteer with Mom's
17:04 Demand Action for Gunsense in America,
17:06 to the lect turn along with Council
17:09 Member
17:16 Ray. Um whereas every day 125 people in
17:21 the United States are killed by gun
17:22 violence and more than 260 are shot and
17:26 wounded with an average of more than
17:28 19,000 gun homicides each and every
17:30 year. And whereas the people of the
17:33 United States are 26 times more likely
17:36 to die by gun homicide than people in
17:40 other highincome countries.
17:42 And whereas in Washington, there are 935
17:45 gun deaths every year with a rate of of
17:49 11.7 deaths per 100,000 people, a crisis
17:52 that costs the state 11.9 billion each
17:55 year of
17:57 which 171.7 million is paid for by
18:01 taxpayers. Washington has the 39th
18:04 highest rate of gun deaths in the United
18:06 States.
18:08 And whereas January in January 2013,
18:12 Heidi Pendleton was tragically shot and
18:14 killed at the age of 15. And to
18:16 recognize her birthday in June, people
18:18 across the United States have annually
18:19 recognized the first Friday of June as
18:22 National Gun Violence Awareness Day by
18:24 wearing orange in tribute to Hadas
18:27 Pendleton and other victims of gun
18:29 violence and the loved ones of these
18:31 victims. And whereas protecting public
18:34 safety is the city's highest
18:36 responsibility. And whereas gun violence
18:39 prevention is more important than ever
18:41 as we see gun violence continue to
18:43 impact communities across the country.
18:46 And we renew our commitment to reduce
18:49 gun violence and pledge to do all we can
18:51 to keep firearms out of the wrong hands
18:54 and encourage responsible gun ownership
18:56 to help keep our community safe.
18:58 Therefore, Marylu Peripali, the mayor of
19:01 the city of Isqua, does hereby proclaim
19:03 June 6, 2025 to be gun violence
19:07 awareness day in the city of Isqua and
19:09 encourages all residents to support
19:11 efforts to prevent um the tragic effects
19:14 of gun violence and to honor the value
19:17 of human
19:19 life. Julie, would you like to say
19:21 something?
19:23 Thank you, Isaqua, to the city council,
19:25 to Mayor Paulie, to all the citizens who
19:29 care about safety in our community. And
19:32 we all want children to grow up healthy
19:35 and happy. And one of the ways we do
19:38 that is to carefully
19:40 um store our firearms. Uh so I want to
19:44 just emphasize that that is something
19:46 that we can all do. to make sure that we
19:49 secure our firearms locked, unloaded
19:52 with ammunition stored separately. And
19:56 um I appreciate the moments here today
19:59 to honor the
20:01 victims and survivors of gun violence in
20:04 our community, here in Isiqua, in our
20:08 region, our state, and our nation. And
20:11 um we appreciate the time to recognize
20:14 that.
20:16 [Applause]
20:18 Thank you so much.
20:27 Oh sure.
20:30 Come on up.
20:33 More than
20:38 All right. Let's Let's do the full on.
20:41 All right. Over here.
20:43 Get the council.
20:47 We're all doing this. I'm I'm going to
20:48 stay down here, though.
21:10 [Applause]
21:17 Okay. And for our next, we've got ID
21:22 1844, Juneenth Day Proclamation. And I'd
21:26 like to invite equity board member
21:28 Leslie Miller Irwin to the lect turn to
21:31 come along with Deputy Council President
21:33 D. Michelle.
21:35 Thank you for being here.
21:38 So we are really pleased to do this
21:41 proclamation on behalf of
21:43 Junth whereas Junth recognizes and
21:46 commemorates the day of June 19th n
21:50 1865 when enslaved African-Americans in
21:53 Galveston Texas were informed of their
21:55 emancipation by the Union Army over 2
21:59 years after President Abraham Lincoln
22:01 issued the emancipation proclamation
22:04 ending 246 years of chatt slavery. Y and
22:09 whereas slavery slavery was formally
22:12 abol abolished in the United States by
22:14 the ratification of the 13th amendment
22:16 on December 6th,
22:19 1865. And whereas on June 19th, 1866,
22:23 the freed African-Americans in the state
22:26 of Texas celebrated the first Jubilee
22:28 Day, the holiday we now know as Junth.
22:31 And whereas Americans continue the
22:34 tradition of celebrating Junth
22:36 Independence Day as inspiration and
22:38 encouragement for future generations.
22:41 And whereas while celebrating Junth is
22:44 partly about celebrating the liberation
22:46 African-Americans, no true celebration
22:48 can be achieved without our commitment
22:50 to working together toward equity for
22:52 all and expanding economic, educational,
22:55 and career opportunities for everyone in
22:57 our community. Now therefore, Mary
23:01 Lupali, mayor of the city of Isiqua,
23:03 does hereby proclaim June 19th, 2025 to
23:07 be Junth day in the city of Isiqua and
23:11 and she invites the community to join
23:14 her in this celebration of freedom and
23:16 commitment to eliminating prejudice
23:18 everywhere in witness whereof, she has
23:20 signed this on uh the 9th day of June,
23:24 2025. And so uh Leslie, would you like
23:27 to say a few words? I would. Thank you
23:29 very much. Okay.
23:33 So, good evening, council president uh
23:36 Mayor Pauly um and members of the city
23:38 council. Thank you for the opportunity
23:40 to speak on behalf of the equity board.
23:44 I stand before you respectfully and
23:46 thank you for proclaiming June 19th as
23:48 Junth day, a day of profound historical
23:51 significance. Junth marks the
23:54 emancipation of the last enslaved
23:56 African-Americans in Galveastston, Texas
23:59 in 1865, more than two years after the
24:02 Emancipation Proclamation was signed.
24:05 This is a day that is not only a
24:07 celebration of freedom, but also a time
24:10 to reflect on the long and ongoing
24:12 journey towards justice, equity, and
24:15 unity in our community and across our
24:17 nation. The equity board that I am
24:19 honored to be a member of for this great
24:21 city of Isiqua was created to support
24:24 and cultivate the voices of diverse
24:26 communities in Isiqua. By proclaiming
24:28 June 19th as Junth day in Isiqua, we
24:32 honor the resilience, the contributions,
24:34 and the cultural heritage of
24:36 African-Americans and reaffirm our
24:38 city's commitment to inclusion for all.
24:41 The equity board continues this work and
24:43 our commitment to ensure that everyone
24:45 in Isqua can thrive. Again, thank you
24:48 very
24:50 [Applause]
24:54 much. Let me give you this.
25:10 Okay, we have one more proclamation that
25:16 ID1845 2SL
25:18 GBTQIA plus pride month proclamation and
25:22 I'd like to invite executive director of
25:24 pride across the bridge Axton Burke
25:26 Burton to the lect turn
25:29 with state senator Zack Hall. Do I need
25:32 to call you state? Oh, state
25:35 representative. Sorry, I'm redoing fine.
25:38 Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Yeah. And thank
25:41 you for being here with us. Whereas June
25:44 is recognized as Pride Month,
25:46 commemorating the 1969 Stonewall
25:48 uprising and honoring the ongoing
25:50 struggle for
25:51 2SLGBTQIA plus rights. hand. Whereas,
25:54 the city of Isqua is committed to being
25:56 an inclusive and welcoming community
25:58 where all people, especially those who
26:00 are two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual,
26:02 transgender, queer, or questioning,
26:04 interex, asexual, and members of the
26:07 broader to us LGBTQIA plus community can
26:10 live authentic authentically without
26:13 fear. And whereas all members of our
26:15 community have the right to express
26:17 their gender and sexuality freely,
26:19 access gender affirming care, and define
26:21 family and identity on their own terms.
26:24 And whereas the city recognizes that
26:26 members of the 2s LGBTQIA plus community
26:29 hold multiple identities, including
26:31 race ethnicity disability immigration
26:34 status, and faith. And that equity must
26:37 be pursued through an intersectional
26:39 lens to ensure true belonging for all.
26:42 And whereas Isiqua stands in opposition
26:45 to any legislation or actions that seek
26:47 to erase, punish, or crim criminalize
26:50 queer or trans identities and reaffirms
26:53 its commitment to safeguarding these
26:54 rights through its policies and
26:56 practices. And whereas the city supports
26:59 yearround visibility for
27:01 2LGBTQIA plus voices through education,
27:04 public events, and partnerships with
27:05 local organizations, ensuring that pride
27:08 is practiced beyond a single month. And
27:10 whereas Isaqual recognizes the unique
27:13 barriers faced by queer residents on the
27:14 east side and commits to investing in
27:16 inclusive infrastructure, community-led
27:19 safety, and access to affirming
27:21 services. And whereas the city
27:23 recognizes the importance of creating
27:25 affirming environments for 2SLGBTQIA
27:28 plus youth and honoring the wisdom and
27:30 lived experience of rainbow elders, both
27:33 of whom face disproportionate
27:35 vulnerabilities. And whereas the city
27:38 honors the resilience, contributions,
27:40 and leadership of 2s LGBTQIA plus
27:43 individuals and affirms its role as a
27:45 sanctuary of dignity, equity, and
27:48 belonging for all. Now therefore, Mary
27:50 Lupali, the mayor of the city of Isiqua
27:52 and all of us here on council, um hereby
27:54 proclaim the month of June to be 2s
27:57 LGBTQIA plus pride month in the city of
27:59 Isiqua. And we invite you in the
28:01 community to join us in celebrating the
28:03 great diversity of our city, our
28:05 commitment to eliminating prejudice
28:07 everywhere it exists, respecting the
28:10 right rights of all people, and
28:12 recognizing the contributions and
28:13 achievements of the 2LGBTQI plus
28:16 community. Thank you so much for being
28:17 here with us. Would you like to say a
28:18 few words?
28:20 Thank you very much.
28:22 Uh thank you mayor prom and council
28:24 members and mayor uh mayor lupali for
28:27 sharing the city of Isiqua's pride
28:28 proclamation especially in our current
28:30 social political climate. Having a city
28:32 name its support for our targeted
28:33 community makes a huge difference in the
28:35 feeling of safety for all of its
28:36 residents. Accepting this proclamation
28:38 on behalf of pride across the bridge is
28:40 both a celebration and a call to action.
28:42 It means visibility, dignity and
28:44 affirmation in a region where our
28:46 existence has only been over has been
28:47 overlooked or treated as an
28:49 afterthought. It sends a message to our
28:51 queer youth, rando elders, and all of us
28:52 in between that we belong in Isiqua.
28:54 Pride across the bridge is one of the
28:56 very few small volunteer-led grassroots
28:58 orgs serving with queer lived
28:59 experience, caretakers of our targeted
29:01 but resilient population that is only
29:03 recently beginning to be recognized and
29:05 resourced on the east side. While pride
29:07 proclamations like this matter deeply,
29:09 our community continues to face urgent
29:10 gaps in care, access, and connection.
29:13 And especially in the face of historic
29:14 Nazi era level resurgence and explicit
29:16 and coordinated backlash to our
29:18 existence and human rights, we urge you
29:20 to continue leaning into the needs
29:21 shared by our queer community at this
29:22 critical time. Specifically, we're
29:25 asking for a resolution that we've
29:26 shared with the city, something that
29:28 includes actionable protections, not
29:30 only celebrating who we are in June, but
29:32 clearly outlining what the city will and
29:33 will not invest in in money, personnel,
29:35 and actions at the risk of our trans and
29:37 non-binary community. resolutions help
29:40 safeguard our rights and access in
29:41 rapidly changing landscapes. And they
29:43 offer clarity, accountability, and trust
29:45 that's beginning to be built right now.
29:47 We believe that the city of Isiqua can
29:48 align with other Eastside cities in
29:50 designing and collaborating with the
29:51 queer community, not only by naming
29:53 support during Pride Month, but by
29:54 committing to its action year round.
29:56 Thank you so incredibly much for this
29:58 proclamation, and this especially this
30:00 is the time to keep leaning in. Um, and
30:03 one more quick thought. Um, my blood
30:05 runs a little bit cold with any mic in
30:07 front of my face. Um, on Gun Violence
30:09 Awareness Day. Um, while Washington is
30:12 seen constantly as a safer alternative
30:15 state and especially we're our proximity
30:18 to Seattle is a gift. Um, Washington
30:21 still is a barn door on its last hinge
30:23 during this administration. Uh, we are
30:25 halfway through the first year, my
30:27 friends. Um, a city away. When I first
30:30 came out as transgender at a job that I
30:33 had in uh a neighboring city uh at 17
30:36 years old, a gun was pointed at my face
30:38 and I was told not to return and I have
30:40 not returned to my dream job since. Um
30:42 my partner and I still live under the if
30:45 any of you all hopefully are aware of
30:47 QAnon. Um my uh husband's mother has
30:52 consistently remained that they're
30:54 waiting for the go-ahad to drag people
30:56 like me and my my partner out onto the
30:58 streets um to put us
31:02 down. Pride proclamations are wonderful
31:05 and I feel like Isiqua has been taking
31:08 really really wonderful steps and just
31:10 like today's um flag raising that's
31:12 really really nice. It's wonderful to
31:14 not have to question if that's going to
31:15 happen this year. Um, please continue
31:18 leaning in. Please do not be complacent
31:21 because these stories that we hold in
31:22 our souls and these experience that we
31:24 carry with us at home are not shared
31:26 directly into a mic. Um, the future is
31:29 terrifying and thank you for holding
31:32 space for the joy. Please hold space for
31:35 this resistance as well. Thank you.
31:38 [Applause]
31:45 [Applause]
31:57 You
32:20 It's been very impactful night of
32:22 proclamations. Um we have one more
32:26 special business item and then we will
32:29 have public comment and um other council
32:34 items. So, um, we've got
32:37 ID1890, the 2025 legislative session
32:41 update. And so, we have government
32:43 affairs specialist, uh, Shelley Helder
32:46 at the lect turn
32:48 to give us a little bit of an update on
32:51 this crazy,
32:53 hectic session that has
32:56 been wonderful. Good, good evening. Um,
33:01 I am, uh, Shelley Helder. I am
33:03 privileged to serve as the city's state
33:05 lobbyist. Um, and so I had the honor of
33:08 representing your priorities in Olympia
33:10 during this past legislative session.
33:13 Um, I'm here this evening to provide a
33:15 report on the outcomes of your
33:18 priorities. Next slide. So my
33:21 presentation will have three main
33:23 components. I'm going to start with a
33:24 highle overview of the legislative
33:26 session. I'm going to summarize the
33:29 outcomes of the city's priorities and
33:31 then I'll wrap up by talking about the
33:32 next steps. Next
33:35 slide. The 2025 session was the first
33:38 year of the 2-year legislative cycle.
33:40 It's referred to as the bienium. The
33:42 first year is always 105 consecutive
33:45 days. Um it's the longer of the two
33:47 sessions and it's longer so that the
33:49 legislature can adopt new uh two-year
33:52 budgets. The um which they did this
33:54 year. In addition to adopting the
33:56 budgets, they also considered
33:58 2387 bills and passed
34:02 433. Um, because this is the first year
34:05 of the bienium, any bill that did not
34:08 pass into law this year is automatically
34:11 reintroduced and available for
34:12 consideration in the second
34:14 year. Democrats maintain strong
34:17 majorities in both chambers. It was 59
34:20 to 39 in the House and 30 to 19 in the
34:23 Senate. Of the 147 state legislators,
34:28 there were 24 freshman legislators this
34:31 past session. Um, and additionally, 2025
34:34 marked the first year of Governor Bob
34:36 Ferguson's um, term in office. Next
34:41 slide. The state has three budgets, the
34:43 operating, the capital, and the
34:45 transportation budget. This year's
34:47 budget negotiations were uh, uniquely
34:50 difficult. I'm sure you all have read
34:51 about it in the news. Um, we entered the
34:55 session facing a projected $15 billion
34:59 uh shortfall over four years. Um, and
35:02 it's four years because the state is
35:03 obligated to balance their budget over
35:05 four years. It's one of the largest
35:07 fiscal challenges the state has faced in
35:09 over a decade. Um, the shortfall was
35:12 driven both by slowing revenue growth
35:15 and rising case loads and it had an
35:17 impact on every decision the legislature
35:19 made.
35:21 The operating budget is the largest of
35:23 the three state budgets. It pays for, of
35:26 course, the day-to-day operations of
35:27 state agencies, um, colleges and
35:30 universities, public schools, and the
35:32 primary source of funding for the
35:34 operating budget are state taxes,
35:36 federal funds, and
35:38 tuition. The 2025 operating budget is
35:41 $77.8 billion, and it leaves 2.3 billion
35:45 in reserves. In adopting this budget,
35:48 the legislature passed bills that
35:50 generate 4.3 billion in new revenue. Um,
35:54 that's the largest well the largest
35:56 source of that new revenue is an
35:58 increase to the business and occupation
36:00 tax rate for some
36:02 businesses. The capital budget is the
36:05 next. It pays for construction,
36:07 acquisition, maintenance, um, of state
36:09 buildings, public school buildings,
36:11 higher education facilities, um, and
36:14 other assets. It's the smallest of the
36:16 three budgets and is funded primarily
36:19 through the sale of bonds. The new
36:21 capital budget is $7.5 billion and it
36:24 leaves 349 million in bond capacity for
36:27 a supplemental budget. Just for
36:30 comparison purposes, the previous
36:32 bianial capital budget was $9 billion.
36:35 So, this was pretty significantly
36:37 smaller.
36:39 Uh the capital budget is the source of
36:42 funding for local community projects and
36:45 um the amount that was allocated to that
36:47 purpose in this budget was 201 million
36:51 roughly 30 million less than what was
36:53 allocated in the last
36:54 cycle. Um I note this just to highlight
36:57 that the capital budget did not have the
36:59 same level of capacity as it has had in
37:02 previous years specifically for local
37:04 community projects.
37:07 The final budget, the transportation
37:09 budget pays for, of course, the
37:10 transportation activities of the state.
37:13 Um there was a $1 billion shortfall for
37:17 um the 2527 bienium. And so budget
37:21 writers were faced with the option of
37:23 cutting expenditures or raising new
37:26 revenue or both. And in the end, they
37:29 opted for both. The 2527 transportation
37:33 budget is $15.5 billion.
37:36 The legislature delayed the timing of
37:38 projects as a method of limiting the
37:40 expenditures in this upcoming bienium
37:44 and they adopted legislation generating
37:46 3.2 billion over the next 6 years. The
37:51 primary source of new revenue for the
37:53 transportation budget is a 6 cent gas
37:56 tax. of the amount that is increased, 2
38:00 and a.5% of that gas tax is dedicated to
38:03 counties and 2 and a.5% is dedicated to
38:06 cities. Um the amount that comes to
38:08 cities is 36.2 million over the next six
38:12 years and then that's distributed on a
38:15 per capita
38:17 basis. Next
38:19 slide. In um the fall of or last fall,
38:22 the city adopted a legislative agenda
38:24 with six priorities.
38:27 um that was uh more priorities than
38:30 we've historically had, but several of
38:31 them were coalition requests. And so the
38:34 city um was not the sole entity making
38:37 making the request. And then of course
38:40 the bomb cyclone hit and um the
38:42 financial impacts of that clearly um
38:44 were elevated as a a city priority. And
38:47 so that brought the total priorities um
38:50 to seven for this upcoming or for at
38:53 that point the upcoming session. and I'm
38:55 just going to provide as brief a summary
38:57 as possible on the outcome of each
39:00 priority. So, first, as a member of the
39:02 Southeast Area Legislative
39:04 Transportation Coalition, the city
39:06 requested protection of the funding that
39:09 was already allocated to State Route 18,
39:12 um specifically the widening and safety
39:15 project. And as I just mentioned, the
39:18 state's transportation budget had a
39:19 billion dollar hole. And despite raising
39:21 new revenue, um they could not honor the
39:24 previous commitments made to um
39:27 significant projects that
39:29 had a large amount of expenditure in the
39:31 upcoming bieniums. State route 18 being
39:33 one of them. In the house transportation
39:37 um in the proposed budget from the
39:39 house, uh funding for state route 18 was
39:42 delayed at least four years. it was put
39:44 into the future column which with an
39:46 uncertain date. In the Senate proposal
39:49 which um was developed by the Senate uh
39:52 budget cabinet where Senator Ramos
39:54 served, it retained funding to keep the
39:57 project advancing. Yet the Senate budget
40:00 was uh dependent on this really
40:02 significant new revenue in order to
40:04 balance. So, the difference between the
40:06 House and the Senate proposals was stark
40:09 and was not um not a good place for our
40:12 project heading into budget
40:14 negotiations. We coordinated to have a
40:17 panel of CLTC members testify at the
40:19 public hearings on the budgets and then
40:22 Representative Hunt sponsored an
40:23 amendment on the House floor to provide
40:26 $10 million to the project um in the
40:28 upcoming bienium. Obviously, that amount
40:31 is less than what we wanted, but it was
40:33 a strategic move to get the house budget
40:36 into a better place entering into budget
40:40 negotiations. Um, and that was that
40:43 strategy proved to be successful in
40:45 terms of keeping the project moving
40:46 forward. So the final budget allocates
40:49 15 million to SR18 in the upcoming
40:52 bienium has 25 million in um the
40:56 following bienium and then the rain
40:58 remaining amount is in the
41:00 future. This means that the project is
41:04 um the fact that there's money in this
41:06 this upcoming bianium and the future
41:08 bianium means it's not on hold. It's
41:10 continuing to advance. However, the
41:13 project bid that was planning to go out
41:15 and start construction in 2027 was
41:18 cancelled. The project will now is
41:21 scheduled for construction in
41:24 2029.
41:25 Um, washd has shared that they are now
41:29 changing the project from a design build
41:31 to a design bid build. So they will
41:33 complete the design of the project
41:35 between now and 2029 and um also do some
41:40 mitigation work to prepare for the
41:43 construction. So not our preferred
41:45 outcome um but still better than what
41:48 was proposed in the original house
41:50 budget. Um definitely a compromise.
41:54 The second priority was a request for um
41:58 $88,000 from the state operating budget
42:01 to conduct a two-year pilot program with
42:04 biometric monitoring devices um for the
42:07 enhancement of safety of inmates at
42:10 Isiqua City Jail. Uh the city's
42:12 delegation was very supportive of this
42:14 request despite the difficult budget
42:16 year. Um this item was still prioritized
42:19 and it was included in the final budget
42:20 that passed the legislature.
42:23 Unfortunately, it was something that um
42:26 was subject to the governor's veto pen
42:28 and so therefore is not included in the
42:31 budget that is going to be law starting
42:33 July
42:34 1. Uh the city also requested the
42:37 legislature provide more resources to
42:39 cities by increasing um state shared
42:41 revenues, adjusting the cap on property
42:44 tax revenue growth um or considering
42:47 other methods to address um uh city
42:50 budget challenges. The legislature did
42:53 not significantly increase state shared
42:56 revenues, but they also um didn't
42:58 decrease state shared revenues, which I
43:00 think should be considered a win
43:02 considering the budget challenges that
43:04 they were facing. Um there is a slight
43:07 increase uh to the municipal criminal
43:09 justice assistance account funds. Um the
43:13 effort to raise the 1% uh cap on
43:16 property tax growth looked more
43:18 optimistic than ever. I think a lot of
43:20 people thought this was going to be the
43:21 year. Um, and a few days before session
43:25 ended, uh, the governor made an
43:26 announcement that he would not be
43:28 signing, um, a bill if that was
43:31 delivered to him. And so that resulted
43:34 in members that had previously been
43:36 willing to vote for it um, not being
43:39 willing and the bill was never brought
43:40 forward for a vote and and so it died.
43:43 Um, well, I guess the concept the bill
43:45 itself still advanced, but in a
43:46 different version.
43:49 Um so 1% cap did not change. The
43:52 legislature did provide an additional
43:54 local option taxing authority for um for
43:57 local governments. It's in house bill
44:00 2015. It's a council manic onetenth of
44:03 1% sales tax and the revenue generated
44:05 from that can be used towards criminal
44:07 justice purposes. Um there's a pretty
44:10 broad list of uses cities can um can use
44:13 for that.
44:15 The next priority was a $2.7 million
44:17 operating budget request for a digital
44:20 permitting system upgrade. And this was
44:22 a request made in collaboration with
44:23 other ecity gov alliance jurisdictions.
44:27 Um this was a large request and so we
44:29 did really extensive education and
44:31 outreach on this one. Um every
44:34 legislator we spoke to was supportive of
44:36 this. It made a lot of sense and
44:39 unfortunately the budget realities made
44:41 this request unfeasible for this budget.
44:44 Um there was no funding included in the
44:46 house nor the senate proposal and there
44:49 were um there was no one willing to do
44:51 an amendment to the budgets to to get it
44:53 in the final version. Um obviously it's
44:56 a discouraging outcome um especially
44:58 considering the amount of time and
45:00 energy that was invested into this
45:01 priority. the East City Gov Alliance
45:03 executive director, Tyler Running Deere,
45:05 spent a lot of his time and energy um in
45:08 Olympia advocating for this. Um and so
45:12 if not for the state's budget, um I'm
45:15 confident that this item would have
45:17 fared
45:19 differently. Transitioning to the
45:21 capital budget requests, the city
45:23 requested $100,000 to initiate the
45:25 creeks to Peaks vision. Um we worked
45:28 with city staff to um uh submit this
45:31 request and the fifth district
45:33 legislators led this effort. Um the full
45:36 amount that was requested plus the 3%
45:38 for the um administrative fee was
45:41 included in the House proposed capital
45:44 budget. There was no funding included in
45:45 the Senate. Um but when the final uh
45:49 capital budget was released, that
45:51 funding was included in the final
45:52 version. And that's um big thanks to
45:55 Representative Kalen who serves on the
45:57 capital budget team in the
45:59 House. The city also made a twofold
46:02 request related to the bomb cyclone. So
46:04 the first was a financial request to
46:06 help with the operating and capital
46:09 costs for recovery. And the second was a
46:12 policy request to um of of how the
46:16 Department of Fish and Wildlife
46:17 determines the necessary mitigation when
46:19 a when trees fall in
46:23 waterways. And with relatively short uh
46:26 notice, both um Representative Callen,
46:29 Representative Hunt, and Representative
46:30 Zhan, all three of them jumped in um to
46:33 support the city on this. Uh the request
46:36 was $1 million from the state capital
46:38 budget um which was sponsored by
46:40 Representative Kalen, $1 million from
46:42 the state operating budget sponsored by
46:44 Representative ZH and
46:47 um there were there was a lot of work
46:50 that went into those requests with a
46:51 really short turnaround time. City staff
46:53 did an exceptional job of being
46:55 available at very strange times to get
46:58 answers that our legislators had, that
47:00 legislative staff had. Um and the final
47:03 capital budget includes 1.4 million
47:06 towards uh Isakiqua's bomb cyclone
47:08 recovery efforts. So that's a a huge win
47:11 and a real outcome of the
47:13 teamwork. Um additionally then
47:16 Representative Victoria Hunt introduced
47:18 House Bill 1922 and the bill directed
47:22 the Department of Fish and Wildlife to
47:23 add certain factors when considering um
47:27 woody de woody debris mitigation. Uh the
47:31 bill had a public hearing. Mayor Polly
47:32 testified in support. The bill passed
47:35 out of the policy committee but then
47:36 died in the rules committee. Um but
47:39 simply the introduction of the bill
47:41 prompted more open communication and
47:43 coordination with department of fish and
47:45 wildlife and uh representative Hunt
47:48 convened a meeting with DFW staff and
47:50 city staff that has led to the reduction
47:53 of city costs for that uh woody debris
47:56 mitigation. So really uh this is a great
48:00 example of when a bill passing um that's
48:03 not the outcome we wanted. The outcome
48:05 we wanted was the city costs being
48:06 reduced and better public policy and
48:08 that's the outcome that that's been um
48:11 achieved. Last but certainly not least,
48:14 uh the city requested the
48:16 reappropriation of $3 million that was
48:18 awarded to the Isiqua Opportunity Center
48:20 in 2019. Um, we also requested that this
48:24 $3 million be put into a different grant
48:26 program. Um, the grant program that it
48:29 was originally put into has added more
48:31 strings and and requirements added to it
48:33 that made it difficult to access that
48:35 money for its original purpose. And so,
48:37 Representative Callen was our champion
48:39 on this one. She um was successful in
48:42 having the final uh budget include the
48:45 $3 million reappropriation via the local
48:48 community project program. that's the um
48:51 state program that has the most
48:53 flexibility when it comes to um
48:56 implementation. So, in summary, the
48:58 city's legislative delegation um they
49:00 worked really hard to advance the city's
49:02 priorities um in an incredibly
49:05 challenging session, not just in the
49:07 budget environment um but also uh
49:10 politically and and personally as well.
49:13 Um, so I want to want to make sure that
49:16 that is
49:17 um conveyed in this
49:20 update. Next slide. In addition to the
49:23 city's top priorities, you also have a
49:25 policy manual that outlines the city's
49:28 position on a variety of issues. I'm
49:30 going to just briefly touch on a few.
49:32 Um, in 2023, the legislature passed
49:36 House Bill 1110, which established state
49:39 policies for middle housing. Um, since
49:42 that law took effect, city staff have
49:45 been working to implement those policies
49:47 by the deadline, which is June 30th of
49:49 this year. And through those
49:50 implementation efforts, uh, Department
49:52 of Commerce advised the city that the
49:54 interpretation of major transit stop
49:58 meant every sound transit bus stop, no
50:00 matter the level of service, frequency
50:02 of service, where the bus line takes
50:04 you. Um and so that interpretation had
50:07 the effect of increasing the zone
50:09 density in several areas of the city
50:12 that don't have the adequate
50:13 infrastructure or and are not likely um
50:16 to have service transit in the future
50:18 when light rail comes online. So um this
50:20 emerged as an issue after the session
50:23 had had begun um and we uh knew that
50:27 June 30th was quickly approaching and so
50:29 it needed to be something that was
50:30 addressed in this session.
50:33 Um we identified a bill that had a high
50:36 chance of passage that um had already
50:38 been introduced made it through the
50:40 first policy cutoff um that was already
50:42 amending the statute that we needed to
50:44 have amended for this definition. So
50:46 house bill 1491 regarding transit
50:49 oriented development was the vehicle
50:51 that we used um to um advance our our
50:56 priority. We um notified the city's
50:58 legislators of the problematic
51:01 interpretation. Um again, Representative
51:04 Callen, Representative Hunt, and
51:06 Representative Zhan um all assisted, and
51:09 that's primarily because of the
51:10 committees that they serve on. Um
51:11 they're really well positioned to help
51:13 the city with these types of issues. Um
51:16 we also worked with the bill sponsor,
51:18 Representative Julia Reid from Seattle,
51:20 and the sponsor of the middle housing
51:22 bill from two years ago, um Senator
51:24 Jessica Baitman. we were successful in
51:27 amending the bill to include the
51:29 language that um had been agreed upon
51:31 and that bill passed the legislature and
51:33 has been signed into law. So um really
51:36 really another great outcome of
51:39 teamwork. Um we also engage in the
51:42 development of policy for Senate Bill
51:44 5184 regarding parking minimums. We
51:47 opposed the state's preeemption of local
51:50 land use decisions and yet we saw the
51:52 writing on the wall that this bill was
51:54 going to pass. And so um we provided
51:58 technical analysis to ensure that in the
52:00 version that passed the legislature that
52:02 it would be feasible for the city to
52:04 implement. Um and then per the city's
52:07 request, Representative Hunt sponsored
52:09 an amendment to allow for up to three
52:11 years for implementation of this policy.
52:14 So, as it passed the legislature, it um
52:17 it dictates the certain um minimum level
52:20 of parking spots that cities can allow
52:23 for residential and commercial
52:27 development. Um efforts to increase the
52:29 supply of affordable housing continued
52:31 this session. The budget, the capital
52:33 budget, um invested 605 million in the
52:37 housing trust fund and 90 million in the
52:40 connecting housing to infrastructure
52:41 program. Those are both grant programs.
52:44 um that are specific to supporting
52:46 affordable housing projects. The
52:48 legislature also passed House Bill 1791
52:51 which increases the flexibility of real
52:54 estate excise tax revenue. So, um it
52:57 means that for you all now there's not
53:00 this confusing way of you can only use
53:02 REM $1 on certain things and re $2 on
53:05 certain things. All REAT money is the
53:07 same. It can be used to any purpose
53:09 including regional affordable housing
53:11 projects. meaning if there's an
53:13 affordable housing project outside of
53:14 city limits, REIT dollars can be a
53:16 source of funding for that project. And
53:19 then lastly, the legislature passed
53:22 House Bill 1403, and this simplifies the
53:24 condominium construction and warrantee
53:26 requirements um with the goal of
53:29 increasing um condominium
53:32 construction. Next
53:34 slide. So now that session is over,
53:38 what's what's next? Um, I think first I
53:41 just I want to encourage the city to
53:44 consider how to thank the city's
53:47 legislative delegation. Um, not only for
53:50 their service during a difficult year,
53:52 but um, for also the things that they
53:54 weren't able to accomplish. Oftentimes
53:56 we focus on what what the wins were, but
53:59 there's a lot of battles that go into
54:00 things that end up not getting
54:02 attention.
54:05 um based on what did pass the
54:08 legislature, there will be
54:09 implementation that's required of um the
54:12 city. And so more than ever, it's
54:15 important that we use the funding that
54:17 has been allocated. This year, there was
54:20 a really big push on um being diligent
54:24 to not reappropriate funds that did not
54:26 have a near-term plan of being spent.
54:29 And so Isqua Opportunity Center, Creeks
54:32 to Peaks, any other previously awarded
54:34 funds, it's really important that we
54:37 prioritize using those so that we don't
54:39 have to use political capital in the
54:40 future to request to just keep the
54:43 money. Um, and then since this was a
54:48 long session, it's a short interim, it
54:50 is a non-election year, but as you all
54:52 know, there are several um special
54:54 elections on the ballot in the fall.
54:56 There are nine legislative races that
54:58 will be on the November ballot. Um so it
55:02 will be actually be a pretty full
55:04 interim. Uh next
55:08 slide. So that um that's it. Thank you
55:11 for your time and attention. I really
55:14 appreciate the city's engagement um
55:17 leading up to and throughout the
55:18 legislative session. Um before I end, I
55:22 just have to give a really big thank you
55:24 to city staff. Um, I would not be able
55:26 to represent you all without the support
55:28 that I receive from city staff. Dale
55:31 Mari Crimp, who I know is on uh,
55:33 maternity leave right now, was my go-to
55:37 person during session, and she bird
55:38 dogged all kinds of questions at all
55:41 hours of the day to get the information
55:43 that I needed um, to advance your
55:45 priorities. And so um, and then there's
55:47 also countless city staff that reviewed
55:49 bills and provided input and all of that
55:51 um, made it possible for us to get these
55:53 outcomes. So, thank you very much.
55:59 Excellent. Well, thank you, Shelley. Um,
56:02 does council have any
56:04 questions on
56:07 this? Okay. I just have one. Um, I
56:11 recently heard from community members.
56:14 You know, as you mentioned, after the
56:15 legislature proposed that balanced
56:18 budget, the governor went in and vetoed
56:20 it. And it didn't just eliminate some
56:23 city projects, um, but it also affected
56:27 local service providers. I heard the
56:29 garage lost
56:31 $400,000 and the circle lost
56:35 $250,000. Um, in some cases, this is a
56:38 huge portion of their budgets. Do we
56:41 have any sense after
56:44 um this legislative session, you know,
56:47 how the legislature and the governor are
56:49 looking to address these significant
56:51 cuts or is there anything that we can do
56:54 in that realm?
56:56 Yes, thanks for that question. Um, I
56:59 think it's good good to highlight that
57:00 the the governor's vetos have have
57:04 significant impacts and to to share um
57:07 not with not just with our state
57:09 legislators but also with state budget
57:11 writers what those impacts are. Um I
57:15 think we get the new state revenue
57:17 forecast um on at the end of this month
57:20 and a lot of people are holding their
57:22 breath to see is it going to go up, is
57:23 it going to go down, is it going to
57:25 remain steady. Um that I think will
57:27 provide a lot of um indication of what
57:30 the supplemental budget may look like.
57:33 Um in some cases I don't know if
57:36 Governor Ferguson's team knew the
57:38 impacts of some of those vetos. And so I
57:41 think there's an opportunity for
57:42 education moving forward. I don't
57:45 wouldn't be under any type of illusion
57:46 that that means the funding will be
57:48 restored but um without knowledge
57:51 informed decisions can't be made.
57:55 Okay. Yeah. Just one comment there to
57:59 highlight that because that that can be
58:01 quite devastating to see that kind of
58:03 loss. Any other questions? Okay. Well,
58:07 Shelley, once again, you do a wonderful
58:09 job representing the city. We very much
58:12 appreciate your work um with us, not
58:15 only as electeds, but also as staff um
58:19 and working with our legislators to, you
58:22 know, kind of weave through all of that
58:25 difficult session. So, thank you very
58:27 much. Thank you. It's my pleasure. Yeah.
58:30 Okay. Um so at this time we have
58:33 finished up our special
58:35 business. Um the next item is audience
58:38 comments.
58:40 So members of the public may address
58:44 council at this time in person or
58:46 virtually. Those who signed up in
58:48 advance to make comments will be called
58:49 on first. Um if you're joining us
58:51 virtually and would like to make
58:53 comments, please raise your virtual hand
58:55 or send the host a chat message. If
58:57 you're on the phone, you can press star
58:59 three. If you joined by computer or
59:01 smartphone, look for the hand
59:04 icon. And if you're in the room and did
59:06 not sign up, I will ask for other
59:08 speakers before closing this portion of
59:10 the meeting. Um, one piece that kind of
59:14 according to our rules, um, we also have
59:18 a public hearing tonight. And so public
59:21 hearings, um, are areas where we can
59:24 specially record comments on a specific
59:26 item. So, the public hearing tonight is
59:29 AB90006, the 2027 to 2032 capital
59:33 improvement plan. So, if you have
59:36 comments on that particular item, I'm
59:38 going to ask you to hold on them for
59:39 now. And um when the public hearing
59:42 occurs, we will definitely um ask you to
59:45 come up for that. So, um clerk, has
59:48 anybody signed up to speak for general
59:50 audience comments? Yes. Okay. For those
59:54 making comments, um, we really invite
59:57 you to come in and speak to us regarding
1:00:00 matters that are directly related to
1:00:01 ESCO's programs, projects, services, or
1:00:03 events. Comments related to political
1:00:06 campaigns are not permitted. Um, please
1:00:08 direct your comments to the whole
1:00:10 council and not individuals. And while
1:00:12 we can't respond during this, um, if
1:00:15 there is a question or something that
1:00:17 comes up, we would be happy to get your
1:00:18 contact information and get in touch
1:00:20 with you afterward. Um, when you are
1:00:23 recognized, if you're virtual, you'll
1:00:25 unmute your microphone. Um, if you're in
1:00:27 person, come up to the left turn. You're
1:00:29 going to press the button. It will show
1:00:30 up red. That means it's on. Um, state
1:00:35 your name, address, or relationship to
1:00:37 the city. Speak clearly and pause
1:00:39 frequently and limit your comments to 5
1:00:42 minutes. We'll have a timer right here.
1:00:44 If you are attending virtually, you
1:00:46 don't respond, you get disconnected,
1:00:47 something like that, um the meeting will
1:00:49 need to proceed and you're encouraged to
1:00:52 rejoin if able. Uh personal attacks,
1:00:55 obscene language, derogatory remarks,
1:00:57 and disruptive behavior will not be
1:00:59 permitted. Um we take your comments
1:01:02 seriously. We really thank you for
1:01:04 taking the time to come in, come online,
1:01:08 um and address us. So, clerk, can you
1:01:11 identify the first person who has signed
1:01:13 up to speak? Yes, we have a virtual
1:01:15 public commenter, Paul Quinn. Paul, I'm
1:01:18 making you a panelist now. You should
1:01:20 have the option to unmute and can choose
1:01:22 to turn your video on.
1:01:30 All right, I think that's that's
1:01:33 working, I think. Yep, we can hear you.
1:01:36 Okay, great. So, um, I'm Paul Quinn. Um,
1:01:39 good evening. And I'm speaking to you as
1:01:42 a resident of
1:01:44 Smamish. And I'm person that cares about
1:01:47 fairness and how is Siqua solid waste
1:01:49 customers are charged for their
1:01:51 disposal. Right now, we charge our
1:01:53 residents and businesses for disposal
1:01:55 based on the size of container being
1:01:57 picked
1:01:58 up. And effective, the message is to
1:02:01 say, we don't care how much you put in
1:02:03 or divert from the landfill.
1:02:06 Um and an approach is completely unfair
1:02:08 as it charges all people based on the
1:02:11 size of the container rather than what's
1:02:12 in the container. We know this is wrong
1:02:15 as our water, gas, and electricity
1:02:17 charges are based on what we use rather
1:02:19 than on the size of the wires and pipes
1:02:20 connecting us to service. I've emailed
1:02:23 you handouts. Handout number one shows a
1:02:26 graphic of the trend of the monthly cost
1:02:28 for garbage disposal for your single
1:02:30 family residences in the city. It
1:02:32 continues to go higher and higher. And
1:02:34 just recently, as you know, King County
1:02:36 is telling us their disposal charges
1:02:39 passed on to the city's residences and
1:02:41 businesses is likely going to double in
1:02:43 coming years. What's worse in the trend
1:02:46 line is that in actuality, the city
1:02:48 doesn't really allow residents or
1:02:50 businesses to reduce their cost for
1:02:51 disposal by properly diverting materials
1:02:54 for recycling and compost. In fact, the
1:02:57 current approach really increases cost
1:03:00 to folks who work hard sorting
1:03:01 recyclables and composting food scraps
1:03:03 by charging them the very same as others
1:03:05 who are indifferent just based on size
1:03:07 of the container. It's unfair and it can
1:03:10 and it should be changed by weighing the
1:03:12 refues each customer creates. To begin
1:03:15 this change, I recommend a pilot program
1:03:17 called Smart Disposal, which will help
1:03:19 significantly improve the city's
1:03:20 diversion rates. And note, Smart
1:03:22 Disposal is an innovative uh initiative.
1:03:25 It's not a company. Uh, handout number
1:03:27 three outlines how smart disposal works
1:03:29 in some detail. I'll now briefly
1:03:32 describe what smart disposal is. Smart
1:03:34 disposal weighs each container picked up
1:03:36 by the hauler at each single family
1:03:38 home. The system uses postcards mailed
1:03:41 to each resident and provides data
1:03:43 specific to the resident, including a
1:03:45 landfill diversion rate per pickup and
1:03:47 how their use of the utility compares to
1:03:49 others in the community. I provided
1:03:52 handout number four to show an example
1:03:54 postcard report to residents. This
1:03:56 system helps us move from a toss and
1:03:58 forget mindset toward making better
1:04:00 choices. And we all know feedback
1:04:01 through measurement works because water,
1:04:03 electricity, and gas are metered. We get
1:04:05 that report from PSE that tells us about
1:04:08 how we compare to our neighbors. And so
1:04:11 we know it helps moderate our use. And
1:04:14 smart disposal provides the meters our
1:04:16 disposal utility needs. The city's
1:04:19 current initiatives are good, but they
1:04:21 do not provide a sufficient impact to
1:04:23 improve trends needed to reach the
1:04:25 city's diversion goals. We need this
1:04:27 council to provide the urgency and the
1:04:29 leadership to drive smart disposal
1:04:31 forward. And what I recommend to you
1:04:33 today is this city implements smart
1:04:34 disposal. Metering and reporting to
1:04:37 residents what they dispose at the curb
1:04:40 provides fairness to help us abate the
1:04:42 increase in cost of disposal. And this
1:04:45 council should support fair pricing for
1:04:47 our disposing utility. Thanks for thanks
1:04:49 for listening.
1:04:51 Thank you, Paul. And who do we have
1:04:53 signed up next? Corby Castler. Corby,
1:04:57 come on up.
1:05:04 Good evening, council members and fellow
1:05:06 citizens. Um, thank you for having me
1:05:07 again today. I had mentioned that I'd be
1:05:09 back to talk about the 2025 2027 plan
1:05:13 from downtown Isco association. Um this
1:05:18 slide it's coming up. I wanted to talk
1:05:22 about Main Street as well since this has
1:05:24 been designated as Main Street Week. So
1:05:26 to talk about how the two coincide and
1:05:28 how we're so much better off because
1:05:30 we're a part of this community. Next
1:05:32 slide,
1:05:33 please.
1:05:35 Our transformational plan is really part
1:05:39 of what we learned from Main Street,
1:05:41 what our experience has told us, but
1:05:43 it's also very ingenious in that it
1:05:45 really takes what Isiqua has to offer
1:05:47 and builds upon it. So, a lot of great
1:05:50 things are going to be happening over
1:05:51 the next couple of years. Next slide,
1:05:55 please. So, why Main Street? There are
1:05:58 words here that I really like.
1:06:00 resilience, strengthening local
1:06:01 economies, creating shared spaces and
1:06:04 experiences, which DIA does really well.
1:06:06 Bringing people together, and an
1:06:08 extraordinary investment, and I'll talk
1:06:10 a little bit about what that really
1:06:11 means. Uh, it's a great investment what
1:06:14 just to bring money into our local
1:06:16 community that might have gone
1:06:17 elsewhere. Next slide, please.
1:06:21 This is a slide that just shows the
1:06:23 rebound of main street communities
1:06:25 versus non-comm community main street
1:06:27 communities after COVID. 18% better than
1:06:31 preandemic, 4% better than comparable
1:06:33 communities, and 13% better than
1:06:36 statewide communities. The next slide
1:06:38 will show you how restaurants fared as
1:06:40 well.
1:06:45 It's really phenomenal when you think
1:06:47 about customer spending going down and
1:06:49 yet the restaurants are still going up.
1:06:51 And a lot of this again is because of
1:06:52 Main Street support for local
1:06:54 businesses. Next slide,
1:06:57 please. Our transformational strategy
1:07:00 really seeks to scale the district's
1:07:02 growth by diversifying appeal and
1:07:04 attractions. And when we say scale, we
1:07:06 don't mean people putting more money
1:07:07 that they don't have into their
1:07:09 businesses. is how do we take the best
1:07:10 practices in Isiqua and learn from each
1:07:13 other and implement pro programs we know
1:07:16 work. Next slide please. First the big
1:07:19 idea is be the experience and this is
1:07:22 leveraging existing businesses and
1:07:24 creating new experiences. Love this
1:07:27 picture um that are fun and informative.
1:07:29 So educational fun is really what we're
1:07:32 promoting. And you'll see from another
1:07:34 slide that I do and what we promote is
1:07:35 you've got so many um businesses that do
1:07:38 this really well. Capri Sellers is one,
1:07:41 Experience T, as you can see here, Art
1:07:43 by Fire to name just a few. Next slide,
1:07:46 please. Big idea two is to augment the
1:07:49 definition of the arts. What does it
1:07:51 really mean to be an arts community? We
1:07:52 are a creative district, but we want to
1:07:54 expand the thinking so that creativity
1:07:56 involves everything from fiber arts,
1:07:58 which we had at the historic shell, we
1:08:00 had a museum there. Um, just to show
1:08:02 what artists can do with fiber, um,
1:08:04 knitting, for example, landscaping,
1:08:06 pedestrian park. I see that being a
1:08:08 great example of art once it's
1:08:11 completed. Next slide,
1:08:13 please. Expand outreach and inclusion to
1:08:16 more ethnic groups and youth, better
1:08:18 reflecting our broader community. So,
1:08:20 taking a look at the demographics
1:08:22 outside of Isqua because people come
1:08:24 here for a reason and we want them to
1:08:25 come here because they see themselves in
1:08:27 our community. Next slide,
1:08:29 please. This is just hot off the
1:08:32 presses. This is one example how we're
1:08:33 promoting these things that I'm talking
1:08:35 about now. Summer is magical and musical
1:08:37 in downtown Isqua. This is in all the um
1:08:40 the sound publishing publications from
1:08:42 Kent to Snowwami and everywhere in
1:08:44 between.
1:08:46 The next several slides I'm going to rip
1:08:48 through because they're um there are
1:08:50 promotions. This is one that's
1:08:51 personally important to me. Uh we really
1:08:54 got a lot of great reaction from this
1:08:55 was this is in the stranger. Get
1:08:57 inspired and promoting pride not just as
1:09:00 a month but pride is something that we
1:09:02 do every day. Next slide
1:09:05 please. This is a two-pager in 425
1:09:08 magazine. Next
1:09:11 slide. Celebrate Oldtown. This really
1:09:13 promoted the artisans in our community
1:09:15 during the holiday um season. Next
1:09:19 slide is Eats promoting our restaurants
1:09:23 and this is something we update
1:09:24 continually because we are seeing new
1:09:26 restaurants coming into downtown. So
1:09:27 you'll see this regularly updated and
1:09:29 it's going to be something that you're
1:09:31 going to see not just this year but next
1:09:32 year and beyond because our promotions
1:09:34 are going to be maintaining the brand of
1:09:36 what we're trying to accomplish over the
1:09:37 next three years. Next slide please.
1:09:40 Front Street Smarts. That's our
1:09:42 educational fund. Next
1:09:44 slide. And then our bases are loaded.
1:09:46 This is an example of what we're doing
1:09:48 in some of the sports publications that
1:09:50 are coffee table book quality. So people
1:09:53 keep them. And this is what they're
1:09:55 going to see when they open up the
1:09:56 Centerfold of Seattle Mariners, the
1:09:58 Kraken,
1:10:00 UDub, Seahawks. Next slide,
1:10:05 please. So where does GIA fit? We have a
1:10:08 lot of partners here and it, you know,
1:10:10 where do we fit into all of this? Are we
1:10:12 the same or do we or do we uh build each
1:10:15 other better because of who we are and
1:10:16 what we represent. Next
1:10:18 slide. Because of Main Street, we are
1:10:21 uniquely positioned to create a sense of
1:10:23 belonging. We have so many resources at
1:10:26 our resources available to us. Um, but
1:10:29 ultimately what we try to do is really
1:10:32 build this culture of happiness and fun
1:10:34 and togetherness and belonging at a time
1:10:36 when we really need it more than ever.
1:10:38 Next slide,
1:10:40 please. Oh, no more slides. So, I want
1:10:43 to invite you to Fenders on Father's
1:10:46 Day. Make sure you come. That's the only
1:10:47 action I'm asking of you other than
1:10:49 supporting DIA, but be there on Sunday.
1:10:51 It's going to be a lot of fun. 500
1:10:53 classic cards, about 7,000 people, all
1:10:55 kinds of fun in between. Thank you.
1:10:58 Okay. Thanks, KBY. Appreciate
1:11:01 it. Um, do we have anybody else who has
1:11:04 signed up to speak? Yes. The next person
1:11:07 up is Alex Zimmerman. Thank you very
1:11:09 much. I very appreciate you. I look like
1:11:11 a number one, but this is
1:11:14 okay. Oh, it's working. Yeah. Yeah.
1:11:16 Thank you very
1:11:18 much. My dirty damn Nazi Gestapa fascist
1:11:22 map and bandita. My name Alex Zimmerman.
1:11:25 I live in Belby for 40 years.
1:11:28 I Trump support from beginning. I have
1:11:31 5,000 times speak in council chamber
1:11:34 from Tacoma to Everett. I have 6,000 day
1:11:37 of trespass and Bel prosecute me five
1:11:40 times. All five pure fabrication. Pure
1:11:44 political Nazi pig. Yeah. Normal. What
1:11:47 is I come today situation very critical
1:11:49 and I want to explain to you what has
1:11:52 happened right now in Belle. Belleview
1:11:54 for last year. last year approximately a
1:11:57 little bit more come deeper and deeper
1:11:59 to real fash with NASA Gapa principle
1:12:02 they have something what is I never see
1:12:05 for 40 year is very critical because
1:12:08 this Belleview is there like
1:12:13 a deep problem what is we having in
1:12:16 country in exactly in east in Belle
1:12:19 change everything is this will be
1:12:21 reflected Mr.
1:12:23 We've asked that you are able to speak
1:12:25 on Isiqua's projects plans. That's
1:12:27 exactly what is not Belleview's. No
1:12:31 speak. So if you want to take it back to
1:12:33 Isiqua, we would be happy to hear it.
1:12:36 Exactly. I give you example. So what's
1:12:39 happening in Belleview will be
1:12:40 reflected. Why I come to you talk about
1:12:43 Belleview? I have no care people in
1:12:45 Suka. What's happening in Bellev? I want
1:12:47 to explain to you. So what is happening
1:12:49 in Belleview? Reflect everybody. It's
1:12:52 not surprise me because for last few
1:12:55 year right now Belle have something what
1:12:57 has never happened before in American
1:12:59 history. For example 120,000 Belle right
1:13:03 now this jungle slip is only 30,000
1:13:06 white people. You understand a bio token
1:13:09 this reflect everything. So when Amazon
1:13:11 bring another 30,000 for another couple
1:13:14 year white people will be totally out.
1:13:16 It's not how an knowledge in America.
1:13:19 I am again going to ask you if you are
1:13:21 going to speak here you need to do so
1:13:23 without using any outside comments talk
1:13:26 about isqua any of our plans or projects
1:13:29 you can speak otherwise we're going to
1:13:31 ask you to sit down no exactly what as I
1:13:34 speak I speak about
1:13:36 isua you want this game I have this game
1:13:39 not you first you last guys you need to
1:13:43 understand
1:13:46 bel county in in county right now is
1:13:49 this number one pist county in America
1:13:52 if I give you statistic what has come 10
1:13:54 day ago we from number one from five
1:13:57 year move to number 10 so when system
1:14:00 fallen 10 floor down this mean system
1:14:02 collapse so I speak right now to people
1:14:05 in sika don't vote for democrat because
1:14:09 they totally destroy us can't talk
1:14:11 politics here this is not the forum for
1:14:14 that this is the third time I've had to
1:14:16 interrupt you Business is always money.
1:14:19 I talking about people who have money
1:14:22 but they spend money for nothing. I Mr.
1:14:26 Zimmerman what? No politics. You may
1:14:29 talk about because you know about
1:14:33 Okay.
1:14:35 Exactly what I told. No, you're done.
1:14:38 Thank you. Okay. No problem. I have
1:14:40 6,000 of that. Okay. Fantastic. So we
1:14:44 have heard
1:14:47 everybody.
1:14:51 Please stop. Uh do we have anyone else
1:14:54 who has signed up to speak? Yes. Liz
1:14:56 Tidyman. Liz. Thank you.
1:15:11 I have to take a deep
1:15:16 breath. For the record, my name is Liz
1:15:19 Tidyman. I've lived here in Isiqua since
1:15:22 late 2016, early 2017. My association
1:15:26 with Isiqua dates back much farther than
1:15:28 that. Some of my closest friends live
1:15:31 here. And so I have been involved in the
1:15:34 isiqua meals programs since
1:15:37 2007. But those isqua meals have been
1:15:41 going on since, if I followed the links
1:15:44 correctly, and if memory serves, since
1:15:48 1988 when the city of Isiqua asked
1:15:51 Catholic Community Services, could you
1:15:54 please provide a meal for us? And thus
1:15:57 began something that continues today.
1:16:00 What started out as three times a week
1:16:03 has grown in various ways to now be
1:16:07 every day of the
1:16:08 week. And on Thursday, there are two
1:16:11 meals in the community
1:16:14 hall right nearby here attached to the
1:16:17 fire station. I did a
1:16:20 little back of the envelope arithmetic,
1:16:23 21st century back of the envelope,
1:16:26 and eight meals a week. Each meal has
1:16:31 about 30 guests, sometimes fewer,
1:16:33 sometimes more. And so that would be
1:16:36 about 240 meals served per week,
1:16:40 multiplied by 52 weeks a year is well
1:16:44 over 12,000 meals served every week.
1:16:49 And I think of it as a public private
1:16:52 partnership because the city provides
1:16:54 the place and lots of volunteers provide
1:16:59 food. And I'd like to assure you that
1:17:01 it's not only about the food
1:17:05 because you may notice I have gray hair.
1:17:09 Um, a lot of my colleagues in doing the
1:17:12 volunteer work are what we call aging.
1:17:16 And this is a thing that we can do
1:17:19 rather easily integrated with our lives,
1:17:23 continuing our sense of purpose as
1:17:26 engaged
1:17:27 citizens. And in addition, the
1:17:29 relationships we develop with the meal
1:17:33 guests close the distances between us. I
1:17:38 have sat at a meal with a person who has
1:17:41 no English and I had none of his
1:17:44 language, but we could use a phone to
1:17:47 translate, have a conversation, and
1:17:50 solve some problems. So, the meals that
1:17:53 have been going on here for a long
1:17:56 time make a big difference.
1:17:59 um people don't have to be isolated in
1:18:02 their local to downtown apartments when
1:18:06 they can get out to that meal. And there
1:18:08 have been times over the years that we
1:18:11 who provide the meals have been
1:18:13 concerned about whether or not they'd be
1:18:15 able to continue
1:18:16 logistically. And I'm here tonight
1:18:18 simply to say thank you. I'm here to say
1:18:21 thank you because recently I learned
1:18:25 that um we're going to continue to have
1:18:28 access to the back door of the community
1:18:31 hall which we need uh a couple of
1:18:34 loading zone accesses so we can bring in
1:18:37 food and supplies to keep these meals
1:18:39 going. And I've been here before
1:18:42 expressing my concerns when I wasn't
1:18:44 sure the meals could continue. So I'm
1:18:46 here tonight just to say thank you
1:18:50 Thank you,
1:18:51 Liz. Okay. Do we have anyone else who
1:18:54 has signed up to speak?
1:18:57 No. But we have folks in the audience.
1:19:00 So, now is when I get to look around and
1:19:02 say, "Anybody want to take a moment and
1:19:05 speak to the council?" Okay. We would
1:19:08 love to have you
1:19:13 up. My name is Elizabeth Mopen. I'm one
1:19:18 of the lucky, privileged, pale skinned
1:19:21 elders who has a house because it was
1:19:24 affordable back in
1:19:26 1982. It's at 100 Big Bear Place. And
1:19:31 I'm here to thank the city
1:19:35 for the
1:19:37 diversity, for the support of the
1:19:41 LGBTQIA, two spirit
1:19:44 folk for
1:19:47 Your compassion for people who are not
1:19:51 always privileged, not always wealthy,
1:19:56 and for
1:19:59 people who are
1:20:01 often or sometimes
1:20:06 unhoused. One thing the city
1:20:09 lacks is a day center where we can
1:20:12 really hear from people who have no
1:20:15 housing.
1:20:17 Um, and I I've been asking for a couple
1:20:21 of decades if we could do that. So, I'm
1:20:24 asking again. And I also want to bring
1:20:27 to your attention
1:20:29 that Washington state has a really
1:20:32 regressive tax system and it's hurting
1:20:35 the people who have the least. So, one
1:20:39 of the things our city could do is to
1:20:43 authorize its lobbyist to move for a
1:20:48 change in our constitution so that we
1:20:52 could have a more
1:20:55 equitable progressive tax structure
1:20:58 based
1:20:59 on a graduated income tax. That would
1:21:04 really help.
1:21:08 So that's my plea. I thank you for the
1:21:12 care you've shown for people
1:21:16 who are up against it and I ask you
1:21:21 to make things easier in the future and
1:21:25 more equitable. Thank you.
1:21:29 Thanks, Elizabeth. Anybody else want to
1:21:32 take a moment? Again, your council would
1:21:35 love to hear from you. If you're not
1:21:37 ready to make comments up there, um you
1:21:40 can always reach all seven of us um by
1:21:42 emailing city council
1:21:46 isawwa.gov. So, looking around
1:21:50 anybody? Okay. Well, we have heard from
1:21:54 quite a lot of folks. Really appreciate
1:21:57 um hearing from the community and having
1:21:59 you here to talk to us. Very, very
1:22:02 appreciate that.
1:22:04 Um okay the next item of business is our
1:22:09 consent calendar. So um as the mayor
1:22:12 prom I don't have any remarks on the
1:22:15 consent calendar items committee chairs
1:22:18 or designates any comments on any of the
1:22:21 items. Not seeing any.
1:22:24 Okay.
1:22:25 Um the consent calendar was distributed
1:22:28 to council in advance. If authorized,
1:22:30 the items on the consent calendar will
1:22:32 be considered together and approved by
1:22:33 one motion. Have the payables and
1:22:36 payroll been rem reviewed? They have.
1:22:39 And they have. Um, does any council
1:22:41 member desire to remove any items from
1:22:43 the consent calendar and consider it
1:22:45 under regular business? Not seeing any.
1:22:49 Um, do we have a motion?
1:22:55 Thank you, Council President. Uh, I move
1:22:58 that the council adopt the consent
1:23:01 agenda as presented.
1:23:03 Is there a second?
1:23:08 Second.
1:23:09 Fantastic. Um, the motion to approve the
1:23:12 consent calendar as presented has been
1:23:14 moved and seconded. All those in favor
1:23:16 signify by saying I. I.
1:23:21 Those
1:23:22 opposed. That passes unanimously.
1:23:25 Um, the next item of business is that
1:23:28 public hearing that I was talking about.
1:23:30 So, that's going to be
1:23:32 AB9006, the 2027 to 2032 capital
1:23:36 improvement plan. Um, inviting budget
1:23:39 manager Susie Monel to present this
1:23:42 item. So, we're going to receive the pre
1:23:44 presentation. We'll open the public
1:23:46 hearing and hear from anybody who has
1:23:51 comments. Great.
1:23:54 I can just get this
1:23:59 up. Okay, there we go. Um, so tonight
1:24:03 we're back with the latest round of the
1:24:05 2027 to 2032 capital improvement plan.
1:24:09 Um, this item has been before the
1:24:11 council, each of the council committees
1:24:13 already, so I'm going to go through this
1:24:14 fairly quickly. Um so state RCW requires
1:24:19 cities to conduct a public hearing on
1:24:21 the transportation improvement program
1:24:23 which is the transportation element of
1:24:25 the capital improvement plan. That is
1:24:27 why we are here
1:24:29 tonight. Nope. There we go.
1:24:33 Nope. There we go. Okay. So, uh briefly,
1:24:36 what is a CIP? It is a six-year plan
1:24:39 that we update every other year. It is
1:24:41 the the uh long-term financial planning
1:24:44 element of the city's comprehensive
1:24:45 plan. Um it includes the annual
1:24:48 transportation improvement plan program,
1:24:50 excuse me. So that's adopted every every
1:24:52 single year while this is every other
1:24:54 year. And it looks at how capital
1:24:56 projects could be funded over the next
1:24:58 six years. And especially this year,
1:25:00 it's subject to change. There are a lot
1:25:02 of um as we'll get into a moment, a lot
1:25:04 of um question marks. So what the CIP is
1:25:07 not it is not a
1:25:10 budget. So uh and what that means sorry
1:25:13 is that uh we have the opportunity by
1:25:16 way of budget to adopt actual budget
1:25:18 authority. Uh this is just a long-term
1:25:20 planning
1:25:21 document. So uh the needs continue to
1:25:24 outpace revenues. So especially now as
1:25:27 we've saw seen during the last budget
1:25:29 there's more competition for general
1:25:31 fund and REIT while we're anticipating
1:25:33 fewer especially federal grants. Um this
1:25:36 uncertain future makes planning pretty
1:25:38 difficult. Um so we wanted to keep this
1:25:40 process fairly simple. Um understanding
1:25:44 that we'd have another budget uh before
1:25:46 this plan is implemented. We also
1:25:48 prioritized maintenance uh particularly
1:25:50 facilities maintenance has some urgent
1:25:52 needs um that continue. Uh and uh these
1:25:57 additions capture the latest uh in the
1:25:59 utility rate study which is also on a
1:26:01 parallel track um with the council now
1:26:04 including the water treatment
1:26:06 plant. Uh so this CIP departs from the
1:26:09 previous practice of balancing revenue
1:26:11 and expenditures for the first two
1:26:13 years. Um so the need to secure new
1:26:15 funding and prioritize further when the
1:26:18 information is available as there are
1:26:20 still some question marks on when and
1:26:22 what funding is going to be available in
1:26:24 the future.
1:26:25 uh and to create a realistic plan.
1:26:27 However, um we looked at reducing scopes
1:26:29 of projects. We phased projects, pushed
1:26:32 some projects out to the later years or
1:26:34 future years of the CIP, moved projects
1:26:37 to more stable funding sources as those
1:26:39 were available and prioritized as I
1:26:41 mentioned maintenance over newer assets.
1:26:45 uh this table which I will not go
1:26:46 through summarizes the uh number of
1:26:49 projects per uh within the CIP as long
1:26:52 as the to as well as the total cost um
1:26:55 and I should note that's in
1:26:57 millions. So timing and next steps. Um
1:27:00 we are here in between services, safety
1:27:02 and parks and the cow which we will
1:27:04 return for next week. Um and then we
1:27:07 will return with um potential adoption
1:27:10 on June 23rd at that regular
1:27:12 meeting. And with that uh I request the
1:27:16 mayor prom to open the public hearing.
1:27:20 Excellent. Okay. So, looking back over,
1:27:24 I am going to open the public hearing at
1:27:27 8:29 p.m. So, again, this is a moment
1:27:31 when anybody online or in person is able
1:27:35 to make comments about the capital
1:27:38 improvement plan. So, if you're joining
1:27:40 us virtually, um, raise your virtual
1:27:42 hand or send the host a chat message. If
1:27:45 you're on a phone, you're going to press
1:27:46 star three. If you're on a computer or
1:27:49 smartphone, look for the hand icon or
1:27:52 send the host that chat message. If
1:27:53 you're in the room and did not sign up,
1:27:55 I will definitely ask for other speakers
1:27:57 before closing this portion of the
1:27:59 meeting. So, clerk, do we have anyone
1:28:02 signed up to speak or indicating a
1:28:03 desire to speak? Uh, we have not had
1:28:06 anyone sign up. We do have one virtual
1:28:08 attendee, but they are not indicating a
1:28:10 desire to speak. Okay. Well, I will just
1:28:12 take a moment since this is a public
1:28:15 hearing just to see if anybody online or
1:28:18 in person wants to make comments
1:28:21 on the
1:28:23 CIP. And seeing none. Okay. So, city
1:28:28 council, since we are deliberating and
1:28:32 like really digging into the capital
1:28:34 improvement plan on our June 16th
1:28:37 meeting, this is just to kind of keep
1:28:40 the public hearing, be able to um check
1:28:42 those boxes. So, it's recommended that
1:28:45 we keep the public hearing open so that
1:28:48 the public can comment on any changes
1:28:50 that come out of the committee of the
1:28:52 whole. So, is there any objection to
1:28:54 continuing the public hearing to the
1:28:56 June 23rd city council
1:29:02 meeting? Okay. So, hearing none,
1:29:06 um public hearing is continued. Now, I
1:29:09 note in our
1:29:12 um agenda item that there was
1:29:15 a proposed motion. Are we not doing that
1:29:19 anymore? you just facilitated that
1:29:21 process. Thank you.
1:29:24 Fantastic. Wonderful. Wonderful. Okay.
1:29:27 So, looking back on that. Okay. So,
1:29:31 appreciate it. Um yeah, good to get a
1:29:37 little opportunity to present that and I
1:29:38 look forward to us getting a chance to
1:29:40 really dig in um on that. So, the next
1:29:43 item of business is regular business. So
1:29:46 we have
1:29:48 AB9029 the Newport sewer relocation
1:29:52 which is S
1:29:53 SW17 project and the ask is to award the
1:29:58 bid and authorize the funding. So I'd
1:30:01 like to invite utility engineering
1:30:03 manager Matt Ellis to present this item.
1:30:07 So we'll give you a moment to get all
1:30:10 set up.
1:30:38 motion.
1:30:43 Okay, we will just work through
1:30:46 it. Technology does not need to block
1:30:49 us. We have multiple ways around this.
1:31:17 Okay. Ready. Excellent. Okay. Good
1:31:20 evening, council. Uh, engineer Matt
1:31:23 Ellis, utility engineering manager. I'm
1:31:25 here with John Hepinstall. He's the
1:31:27 senior project manager on this project.
1:31:29 And tonight we are talking about the
1:31:31 Newport sewer relocation project. Um, we
1:31:34 opened bids for the Newport sewer
1:31:35 relocation project on May 8th. uh bids
1:31:38 were significantly higher than the
1:31:40 engineers's estimate and exceeded our
1:31:42 budget for the project. Today we're
1:31:44 requesting two things from council. The
1:31:46 seeking authorization to award the
1:31:48 lowest bid to the new for the project
1:31:50 and seeking authorization for additional
1:31:52 funding to meet expected expected costs.
1:31:56 Next slide.
1:32:00 Um the ad the administration recommends
1:32:02 awarding the construction contract for
1:32:04 the Newport relocation project uh to uh
1:32:08 in the amount of
1:32:11 $5,695,8718 including sales tax to
1:32:14 Northwest Cascades Incorporated. Two,
1:32:17 authorizing an amendment to the existing
1:32:18 contract with OTAAC in the amount of
1:32:22 $148,486 to provide specialized
1:32:24 construction supervision and inspection
1:32:27 and authorized inclusion of $2.9 million
1:32:30 of additional revenue and related
1:32:32 expenditures for the project from the
1:32:33 for the from the sewer fund in the
1:32:36 future 2025 budget amendment. And just a
1:32:39 quick note before we move on, uh, in the
1:32:41 agenda bill packet and in the original
1:32:43 slide, this said 128,000 for the OTAAC
1:32:46 amount and it's actually 148. So that
1:32:49 was a
1:32:52 typo.
1:32:56 148,000.
1:32:57 Okay. So the city constructed the sewer
1:33:00 line that was originally along Newport
1:33:02 Way in the 1980s. This is a trunk line
1:33:05 that conveys sewer from Montro as well
1:33:07 as apartments and condominiums on the
1:33:09 west side of the city. As the area at
1:33:12 the area in question, Newport Way goes
1:33:13 up a hill. As the t as uh at the time of
1:33:16 the original construction, the city was
1:33:17 able to secure a franchise agreement
1:33:20 with wash to move the sewer line out of
1:33:22 the city rightway and into the free the
1:33:25 freeway ride ofway along I90. This
1:33:28 prevented installing the sewer 30 ft
1:33:29 deep along Newport Way because the sewer
1:33:32 is in a wash out rideway. State law
1:33:34 requires us to relocate if washed out
1:33:36 has a project that impacts that utility.
1:33:39 Uh in 2021, the city began conversations
1:33:42 with the wash regarding the fish passage
1:33:44 project. Wash performed a preliminary
1:33:46 design and in 2023 told the city that we
1:33:49 needed to relocate the sewer line for
1:33:51 the wash out of the wash rash dot
1:33:53 rideway in order to facilitate a new
1:33:55 stream alignment for West Village Park
1:33:58 Creek. In 2024, the city entered into a
1:34:01 contract with washd revolving around the
1:34:03 fish passage work. This went to council
1:34:05 on July 22nd 22 sorry July 22nd 2024.
1:34:11 The contract pays for the city's time
1:34:12 and materials uh as wash completes the
1:34:15 design for the three fish of passage
1:34:17 crossings including Lewis Creek, West
1:34:19 Village, Park Creek, and Schneider
1:34:21 Creek. The agreement also stipulates
1:34:23 financial and time requirements by both
1:34:25 parties. WashDOT is responsible for
1:34:27 relocating city water lines on a few
1:34:29 bridges and the city is required to
1:34:31 relocate the sewer line. We are required
1:34:33 to relocate the sewer line by early
1:34:35 2026. So we don't hold up the
1:34:37 construction of the West Village Park
1:34:38 stream relocation that is scheduled
1:34:40 later in 2026. Next
1:34:44 slide. All right. As seen on this image,
1:34:46 you can see the current sewer uh
1:34:48 alignment between the freeway and
1:34:50 Newport Way. Uh washed out plans to
1:34:53 change the course of West Village Park
1:34:54 Creek to go into this corridor and
1:34:56 connect uh to Schneider Creek further
1:34:58 downstream.
1:35:00 This provides new fish habitat and
1:35:01 reduces the amount of bridges and
1:35:03 crossings that wash out needs to
1:35:05 replace. The city had to act fast when
1:35:07 we were put on notice that the sewer
1:35:09 needed to be relocated outside of
1:35:10 washdway. We knew the sewer had to be
1:35:13 installed deep upwards of 30 ft in
1:35:15 places. This means we could not open
1:35:16 trench the roadway. Uh uh this could be
1:35:19 too impactful to traffic, be too
1:35:21 expensive, and potentially uh impact
1:35:23 critical facility facilities including
1:35:25 the Belleview Isqua pipeline located
1:35:27 along the center line of way. We called
1:35:30 a few contractors and determined a
1:35:32 budget based on the standard boring
1:35:34 operations. This amount was was placed
1:35:36 in the adopted CIP. Unfortunately, due
1:35:39 to quick timeline, we had to expedite
1:35:40 the design. During the design design
1:35:42 process, we completed a geotechnical
1:35:44 explor explorations in 2024 and
1:35:47 determined that the the soils are quite
1:35:49 dense making a standard bore not
1:35:51 possible requiring specialized
1:35:53 equipment. We bid this project in April
1:35:55 and we received four bids. The bids the
1:35:58 bids ranged between 5.7 million and $6.4
1:36:02 million. Uh because the bids were pretty
1:36:04 close in range, we believe they were
1:36:06 competitive and represented the market
1:36:08 price for this work. The cost for
1:36:10 construction exceeds our available
1:36:11 budget. The next slide,
1:36:15 please. Uh, as mentioned before, stated
1:36:18 the design build process for uh has
1:36:20 started the design build process for the
1:36:22 three stream crossings. They've provided
1:36:24 us with a schedule and plan to relocate
1:36:26 West Village Park Creek in 26. Our sewer
1:36:29 line needs to be out of the way prior to
1:36:31 the state commencing their work. To meet
1:36:32 this timeline, we need to begin
1:36:34 construction this summer. Um, we do not
1:36:37 have time to rebid the project to see if
1:36:38 we get more a more favor favorable bid
1:36:41 and still meet the state's timeline.
1:36:45 slide. Um, so this
1:36:47 uh slide shows the existing conditions
1:36:50 on the roadway. Uh, the sewer line will
1:36:52 largely be in the multi-use trail on the
1:36:54 north side of Newport Way. That's the
1:36:56 good news. Uh, but one thing to note is
1:36:59 the roadway was recently paved in 2022
1:37:01 before we knew the sewer had to be
1:37:03 relocated.
1:37:07 slide. So this is a a a very poor
1:37:10 rendering of a bore
1:37:12 pit. Uh included this just to show that
1:37:15 even though the work will largely be in
1:37:16 the trail and underground, uh the pits
1:37:18 will be quite large. Uh hence the need
1:37:21 to close the roadway to ensure the
1:37:22 contractor is a safe working area.
1:37:26 Uh and traffic doesn't operate adjacent
1:37:28 to a large hole in the ground. We also
1:37:30 need to install roughly three manholes
1:37:32 along the length as the sewer turns
1:37:34 corners and so we can effectively clean
1:37:36 the sewer line in the future. Next
1:37:41 page. So project challenges. As
1:37:44 previously mentioned, Newport Way is
1:37:45 situated on a hill uh at at this
1:37:47 location and the sewer line will be
1:37:49 really deep. Also the sewer has a 1%
1:37:51 slope or 14 ft of fall in,400 ft. Uh
1:37:55 this means the sewer has a very flat
1:37:56 slope and we don't have a lot of
1:37:58 tolerance when it comes to matching
1:38:02 grades. Uh we found that the soils are
1:38:04 extremely dense and requires a special
1:38:06 boring operation called pipe jacking and
1:38:08 I'll get to that in a second. Because
1:38:09 the roadway was recently paved, we have
1:38:11 we have to uh we will need to com
1:38:14 complete a full overlay uh when the work
1:38:16 is complete to restore to its current
1:38:18 condition. Next
1:38:21 slide. So this is pipe jacking. Um uh
1:38:24 pipe jacking means uh we need to we'll
1:38:27 be using an oversized machine to bore
1:38:28 under the roadway. Uh the rig will be at
1:38:30 a minimum of 3 and 1/2 ft in diameter
1:38:32 and upwards of 4 ft uh driven by an
1:38:35 operator. This is similar to how big
1:38:37 Bertha constructed uh uh dug under
1:38:40 Alaska Way by a duct in Seattle. This
1:38:42 requires a large structure uh at the
1:38:44 start and receiving pits and we'll just
1:38:47 fit our 12-in pipe
1:38:49 inside. Next slide.
1:38:53 Uh this slide shows the the profile we
1:38:56 will be working with as and the slope
1:38:58 constraints. We will work with a
1:39:00 contractor to minimize the number of
1:39:01 manholes so we can potentially save some
1:39:04 money where we can.
1:39:07 Um next
1:39:13 slide. So the construction impacts uh
1:39:16 once the project is awarded we'll engage
1:39:17 with the contractor. We anticipate the
1:39:19 project will take about seven months to
1:39:21 complete. For the majority of the work,
1:39:22 we will reduce travel to one lane uh
1:39:25 with a closure west of 54th Street. It
1:39:27 won't be alternating. It will be one
1:39:29 direction. We'll allow for a one full
1:39:32 road closure for 10 weeks. We anticipate
1:39:35 this will start in September. Uh we have
1:39:37 been in coordination with the school
1:39:38 district uh as well as emergency
1:39:40 services, Isqua Police Department, and
1:39:42 Epher to convey this message and the
1:39:44 impact. We also held a Newport
1:39:46 neighborhood meeting in March to discuss
1:39:48 all projects along the corridor. And I
1:39:50 will uh briefly explain this on a later
1:39:54 slide. We require pedestrian access
1:39:56 along the corridor, but we are leaving
1:39:58 uh the means and methods up to the
1:39:59 contractor uh either providing a
1:40:01 corridor for pedestrians during the
1:40:03 closure or providing uh an as needed
1:40:06 shuttled
1:40:07 services. Bikes will be required to
1:40:09 detour along uh along with cars on West
1:40:12 Lakes Parkway. Sewer service will be
1:40:15 maintained during the duration of the
1:40:16 project. Next slide.
1:40:22 So, this slide uh shows the construction
1:40:24 impacts in 2025 along Newport Way. It's
1:40:26 going to be a busy year. Um uh this
1:40:29 information was conveyed to the
1:40:30 community during the neighborhood
1:40:31 meeting in April. Uh the Newport Way
1:40:34 landslide repair project is starting
1:40:36 right now. Um and this is located a bit
1:40:39 further east, but will have a full
1:40:41 closure for about a month. Uh the
1:40:43 remaining time, the road will be reduced
1:40:44 to a single lane closure. Uh the sewer
1:40:47 lo uh the sewer lo relocation work will
1:40:49 occur on the heels of the landslide
1:40:51 repair project. Uh we are in
1:40:53 coordination uh between the two project
1:40:55 managers managers to ensure traffic
1:40:57 impacts are as minimal as possible for
1:40:59 these two needed projects. And I want to
1:41:02 point out that this work isn't the only
1:41:03 time Newport will be impacted. Wash dot
1:41:06 will uh be coming back in a later date
1:41:08 to install the new bridge at Lewis Creek
1:41:10 uh stream crossing and that's probably
1:41:12 about two years away and that will also
1:41:15 potentially require closure as
1:41:17 well. Uh next
1:41:20 page. All right, budget and expenditure.
1:41:23 We had originally budgeted budgeted just
1:41:26 over $3.6 million for this project. As
1:41:29 previously mentioned, this was based on
1:41:30 the cost to do a standard boring
1:41:32 operation. The second part of the table
1:41:34 shows the necessary elements. The low
1:41:36 bid was $5.7 million and that includes
1:41:39 sales tax. We also need $150,000 in
1:41:42 construction support. We have in-house
1:41:44 inspectors and will utilize them as much
1:41:46 as possible to minimize costs, but this
1:41:49 is specialized work. The 150,000 is not
1:41:51 just for is not for full-time
1:41:53 inspection, but provides uh support on
1:41:56 specialized items such as the boring
1:41:58 operation and installation of the the
1:42:00 pits. Uh we also want to ensure we have
1:42:03 a contingency for the project uh in the
1:42:05 event we encounter uh unanticipated
1:42:08 issues. Uh this is roughly 700,000 or 7
1:42:12 13% of the project. In total we are
1:42:15 requesting 2.9 million above our current
1:42:17 budget to support this project. Next
1:42:22 slide. So uh as a as a recap this
1:42:26 project is required by wash to complete
1:42:28 the fish passage project. Uh we were put
1:42:30 on notice in 2023
1:42:33 uh and began the project uh in
1:42:39 2024. We had to move quickly through the
1:42:42 design and only recently learned through
1:42:44 the geo geotechnical explorations that
1:42:46 we need a more specialized boring
1:42:47 method. Uh this was determined after the
1:42:49 budget was set to make things more
1:42:51 challenging. Bids were higher than we
1:42:53 anticipated and we need we need
1:42:55 additional construction inspection
1:42:56 services to support the specialized
1:42:58 work. Next
1:43:01 page. Uh we we evaluated the additional
1:43:04 cost for this project in relation to the
1:43:06 rate study that we uh are currently
1:43:08 undertaking and discussed our financial
1:43:10 group uh discussed this with our
1:43:12 financial group to decide the best way
1:43:13 to fund this project with both minimal
1:43:15 short-term and long-term impacts. The
1:43:18 good news is we have sufficient fund
1:43:19 balance and staff do not anticipate
1:43:21 needing to increase the current proposed
1:43:23 sewer rates that we've been discussing
1:43:25 with the com community of the whole and
1:43:27 the mobility and infrastructure
1:43:29 committee over the past few
1:43:31 months. As the slide states, this
1:43:34 additional need of 2.9 million will not
1:43:36 impact our ability to address current or
1:43:38 future capital needs and it will not
1:43:40 impact rates. However, uh council recall
1:43:43 that within the rate study discussion,
1:43:45 the policy direction was to both
1:43:47 minimize the amount that we reduce the
1:43:49 fund balance and minimize the use of
1:43:51 debt as much as possible as we forecast
1:43:54 for uh for this next rate period. We
1:43:57 want to caution that as we exhaust more
1:43:59 of the fund balance to pay for the
1:44:00 Newport sewer relocation, this may put
1:44:02 more pressure on future rates uh during
1:44:05 the next rate study in about 5 years
1:44:07 time or potentially create the need to
1:44:09 borrow in the future. But a lot can
1:44:12 happen between now and then uh uh as we
1:44:16 forecast far into the future. Projects
1:44:17 can change in cost, capital needs may
1:44:19 shift on the sewer side, project phases
1:44:22 adjust, grants may become available. All
1:44:24 this can affect rates. Uh the Newport
1:44:27 sewer project is one of many impacts
1:44:28 that we will monitor over time. Uh as
1:44:31 this current at the at this current
1:44:33 point, the additional 2.9 million of the
1:44:35 Newport sewer relocation project will
1:44:37 not impact rates
1:44:38 though. Next
1:44:42 slide. So as common practice, we want to
1:44:45 show the alternatives to awarding the
1:44:47 contract. Uh the only alternative is to
1:44:49 reject all bids and readvertise the
1:44:51 project. This would have significant
1:44:54 impacts to lame the project by at least
1:44:55 6 to 12 months. This would require
1:44:57 coordination with washdot and a breach
1:44:59 of our current
1:45:00 agreement. All bids were were within 11%
1:45:03 of each other indicating a competitive
1:45:06 bid that was uh at market conditions and
1:45:09 staff does not recommend rebidding the
1:45:11 project. Next
1:45:14 page. Uh so finally uh in summary the
1:45:18 motions are as follows. Award the
1:45:20 construction contract for the Newport
1:45:21 sewer relocation project in the amount
1:45:24 $5.7 million including sales tax to
1:45:26 Northwest Cascade Incorporated.
1:45:29 Authorize an amendment to the existing
1:45:31 contract with OTAAC in the amount of
1:45:34 $128,000 to provide specialized
1:45:36 construction supervision and inspection
1:45:38 services and authorize inclusion of 2.9
1:45:41 million of additional revenue and
1:45:42 related expenditures for the project
1:45:44 from the sewer fund in a future 2025
1:45:47 budget amendment.
1:45:50 questions. Can I get clarification on
1:45:52 that? I thought you had said earlier
1:45:54 that the OTAAC amount was 148. It is. I
1:45:58 just put the typo in again. I apologize.
1:46:00 It was today that we learned. Just
1:46:02 making sure that when we are putting the
1:46:04 motion out there, we are using the right
1:46:07 numbers.
1:46:09 Okay. Um, any questions?
1:46:13 Okay. Council member Hall. Thank you.
1:46:16 Um, I feel like this is just because I
1:46:18 live right in between the landslide and
1:46:20 where the sewer alignment would be. So,
1:46:22 I'm just out of luck, I guess. But, um,
1:46:24 no, thank you for the for the walkth
1:46:26 through clarifi clarifying question. So,
1:46:29 can you walk us through what you said
1:46:30 again around how there wouldn't we
1:46:32 wouldn't see an impact on rates in the
1:46:34 near term, but potentially in the long
1:46:36 term? Can you can I expand on that a
1:46:37 little bit? Again, I think it's just
1:46:39 it's there's a lot of unknowns. So, uh,
1:46:42 we know as we looked at the the rate
1:46:44 model that it's not going to impact
1:46:45 rates in the next 5 years. If we look
1:46:49 beyond that, there's a lot it gets a
1:46:51 little hazier as we look at capital
1:46:53 needs, capital projects, and what where
1:46:56 projects land. So, we know there might
1:46:59 be a potential impact the further we
1:47:01 look, but again, there there's so much
1:47:03 that we can adjust between now and then
1:47:05 that we don't foresee this being an
1:47:07 issue. And we do have healthy fund
1:47:08 balance in the sewer fund.
1:47:12 Okay. Thank you.
1:47:15 Okay. Any other
1:47:17 questions? Okay. We will take a moment
1:47:19 to go back to public comment and see if
1:47:24 anyone in the room wants to make public
1:47:26 comment or anyone
1:47:28 online. No.
1:47:31 Oh, fantastic. Regular meeting. I'm so
1:47:34 used to doing the uh committee of the
1:47:36 holes. I'm like, public comment every
1:47:38 time. Okay, fantastic. So, do we have a
1:47:42 very long motion?
1:47:44 We do. Uh, I move to award the
1:47:48 construction contract for the Newport
1:47:49 Sewer Relocation Project
1:47:52 SW17 in the amount of
1:47:58 5,695,18718 including sales tax to
1:48:01 Northwest Cascade Incorporated.
1:48:04 Two, authorize an amendment to the
1:48:06 existing contract with OTAAC
1:48:08 Incorporated in the amount of 148,486
1:48:14 uh82 to provide specialized construction
1:48:17 supervision and inspection
1:48:20 services. and three authorize inclusion
1:48:24 $2,900,000 of additional revenue and
1:48:27 related expenditures for the project
1:48:29 from the sewer fund in the future
1:48:32 202526 budget amendment.
1:48:37 Second.
1:48:39 We do love a good second there. Um any
1:48:42 comments on this item? Okay, deputy
1:48:44 council president. You know, I uh when I
1:48:47 was uh reading through this and I was
1:48:49 thinking uh this is probably going to be
1:48:52 typical of a of a lot of things that are
1:48:54 going to happen in the future. We know
1:48:56 that um construction costs are going up.
1:48:59 Uh we also know that when we get into
1:49:02 the ground, we sometimes find things
1:49:03 that we did not expect at all. Um and
1:49:06 that happens with uh you know a lot of
1:49:09 construction projects and on this in
1:49:11 this case it was a very expensive
1:49:13 discovery. So, uh, I really appreciate
1:49:16 the thorough, um, presentation that we
1:49:19 received and the understanding of why
1:49:23 this, uh, project is going to be cost so
1:49:26 much more than it was originally
1:49:27 planned. Uh, but again, uh, especially
1:49:31 with the increase in construction costs
1:49:33 that we're seeing just across the board,
1:49:35 I I don't think this is going to be the
1:49:37 the last one that we see like this,
1:49:39 unfortunately. I will be uh voting to
1:49:42 support this motion.
1:49:46 Thank you. Anyone else? And council
1:49:49 member Joe. Thank you. Um just want to
1:49:54 say that I appreciate the efforts that
1:49:55 have been made by public works to notify
1:49:58 the people that will be impacted by
1:50:00 this. the communication that you've
1:50:02 tried to make um out tried to put out
1:50:06 there so that people can see it on
1:50:07 Twitter on our other social media feeds
1:50:10 uh is important and the the signs that I
1:50:12 know you're going to be putting up there
1:50:14 um to remind people this is coming even
1:50:17 when we do all this stuff the day that
1:50:20 the construction starts people are
1:50:23 befuddled and and kind of in shock that
1:50:25 that it has happened but we can only do
1:50:28 so much and if there's anything else
1:50:30 that you can think of that might come to
1:50:32 mind, whether it's a hot air balloon or
1:50:34 a airplane uh sky sign, um that might
1:50:38 work to help. Um don't be afraid to to
1:50:41 go the extra mile because I think it
1:50:43 makes a difference in terms of the way
1:50:44 our community uh receives those
1:50:46 communications and understands the
1:50:48 projects that we're doing. So, just
1:50:50 wanted to make that comment. Thank you.
1:50:54 Excellent. Any other comments there?
1:50:57 Okay. The
1:50:59 motion I was going to say if you put it
1:51:02 on the
1:51:03 screen as presented
1:51:06 um uh before council is that um all
1:51:10 those in favor signify by saying I I
1:51:20 thank you. The motion passes
1:51:22 unanimously.
1:51:24 Um, next item of business is committee
1:51:27 and regional
1:51:29 reports. So, I'm gonna go down the line
1:51:33 even though y'all are switched. Um,
1:51:35 Council Member Joe, do you have a
1:51:38 report? Thank you. Cascade Water
1:51:41 Alliance Board will be meeting on the
1:51:44 25th of June at 3:30 in the afternoon.
1:51:47 The public affairs committee is
1:51:49 currently scheduled for July 2nd uh at
1:51:52 9:00 in the morning. that may be subject
1:51:54 to perhaps being cancelled as it is
1:51:57 close to the 4th of July holiday. The
1:52:00 mobility and infrastructure committee
1:52:01 will next meet on June 17th and um the
1:52:06 chamber board meeting will be on the
1:52:09 20th of June. And uh if you have any
1:52:12 items you'd like us to convey to the
1:52:15 chamber for discussion or for giving
1:52:18 them notice or any of those other item
1:52:20 uh things, please let me know. Um, we
1:52:23 want to make sure we have a good
1:52:24 communication avenue between the chamber
1:52:26 and the council. Thank you. That
1:52:28 concludes my report. Right, Council
1:52:30 Member Jen. Great. Thank you. Um, I have
1:52:33 just two meetings to announce. One is
1:52:35 there's a Sound Cities Association
1:52:37 Public Issues Committee meeting on
1:52:39 Wednesday, uh, June 11th, and there's
1:52:43 also an East Side Transportation meeting
1:52:45 this Friday, June 13th. Um, and that
1:52:48 will be held in person in Redmond. And
1:52:52 that's it for me,
1:52:55 Council Member Hall. Um, also two quick
1:52:58 announcements. Um, planning,
1:53:00 development, and environment committee,
1:53:02 our next meeting is tomorrow night here
1:53:03 in chambers and we'll be talking about
1:53:05 Title 18 policy amendments. Um, so
1:53:08 that's fun. And then, um, East Fire and
1:53:10 Rescue Board of Directors, our next
1:53:11 meeting is this Thursday. Um couple
1:53:14 things on the agenda include approving
1:53:16 hopefully still still waiting but
1:53:19 hopefully approving the um fire chief
1:53:22 candidate profile for recruitment and as
1:53:24 soon as the board has given the okay for
1:53:26 that we can officially start advertising
1:53:28 and recruiting for that open fire chief
1:53:30 position spot um later this year. Um and
1:53:34 then also a proposal to mirror um
1:53:37 Isiqua's public records requests um fee
1:53:40 structure. Um we'll be adopting that
1:53:43 same structure or or considering
1:53:45 adoption of that same structure at East
1:53:46 Side Fire and Rescue. So also just want
1:53:48 to thank everyone in the clerk's office
1:53:50 for for helping us through that process
1:53:52 because clearly it's a model in the
1:53:53 region. That concludes my report.
1:53:58 Council member Ray. Uh uh thank you
1:54:00 council president. I am going to give a
1:54:03 quick summary of the May 14th mobility
1:54:05 and infrastructure committee meeting on
1:54:07 behalf of uh um our chair uh council
1:54:10 member Joe. There were two items on the
1:54:12 agenda. One was comm's 0118 which is the
1:54:15 utility rate study uh cost of service
1:54:18 analysis. Uh I recommend if you'd like
1:54:20 more information on that that you watch
1:54:22 the committee meeting. It was quite
1:54:24 in-depth and quite fascinating the way
1:54:26 uh we build the rate studies and very
1:54:28 timely given the uh discussion we just
1:54:30 had and answered some of the questions
1:54:32 that uh you posed. Um there's a lot of
1:54:35 good information. Um I don't think it
1:54:37 would be practical to cover it all here
1:54:38 but I recommend you you watch it. Uh we
1:54:41 also um heard comm 0125 which is the
1:54:44 capital improvement plan uh went through
1:54:46 the uh capital items related to mobility
1:54:50 infrastructure and we will take those up
1:54:52 next. uh week at the committee of the
1:54:54 whole. And then on
1:54:56 a different note, more explosive
1:54:59 certainly, uh the Fourth of July
1:55:01 commission um had its second meeting
1:55:04 today on June 9th. And yeah, and the
1:55:07 commission discussed uh the 2025 Fourth
1:55:09 of July parade and uh we're uh working
1:55:13 hard now on preparation for the 2026
1:55:16 semiquincentennial of the United States
1:55:18 of America. So, we're we're uh we are
1:55:20 rolling.
1:55:23 Oh, and we uh we uh selected a chair.
1:55:26 Paul Winterstein is going to be chairing
1:55:27 the commission and I will be vice
1:55:29 chairing or vice chairing the
1:55:31 commission. Uh and that concludes my
1:55:33 report. Thank you, Council Member Mertz.
1:55:36 Thank you. Thank you. As Council Member
1:55:37 Jang uh noted, the Sound Cities
1:55:39 Association Public Issues Committee will
1:55:41 be meeting this Wednesday, June 11th,
1:55:43 from 7 to 9:00 p.m. in a virtual meeting
1:55:46 uh that is open to the public but uh uh
1:55:51 conducted virtually. The two key
1:55:54 discussion items will be uh House Bill
1:55:57 2015, Criminal Justice Sales Tax. Um and
1:56:00 then a conversation about potentially
1:56:02 revising the public issues committee
1:56:04 itself. really since co I would say as
1:56:08 as a 15-year member of that of of PIC um
1:56:14 since around COVID time um the amount to
1:56:17 which PIC has provided actionable
1:56:20 guidance um to the various committees
1:56:23 and and commissions uh to which SCA has
1:56:27 membership has been in somewhat of
1:56:29 decline and so there's been an ongoing
1:56:32 conversation about how do we um have
1:56:34 pick uh have a more vital uh role. So I
1:56:37 will be looking forward to seeing uh
1:56:39 that conversation. Um and then um
1:56:43 secondarily the services, safety and
1:56:45 parks committee meeting for this month
1:56:46 has been cancelled. That's this
1:56:48 concludes my report. Deputy Council
1:56:51 President DM Michelle. Thank you. Um
1:56:54 most of my meetings are in the futures.
1:56:56 Uh but I was able to
1:56:59 um sit in on a briefing with Dr. Fisel
1:57:02 Khan uh the director of Seattle King
1:57:04 County Public Health. Uh he has been
1:57:06 meeting uh with the elected officials on
1:57:09 the board of health every month and it's
1:57:11 been uh just an unbelievable privilege
1:57:13 to be able to sit down and have this
1:57:15 really one-on-one conversation with him
1:57:17 about what's happening. So we had a
1:57:20 really broad uh discussion and I won't
1:57:22 go into everything but there were a
1:57:24 number of things that I thought would be
1:57:25 of interest to the council and also to
1:57:28 community. Uh the first one was uh when
1:57:31 we had the meeting they had just
1:57:33 announced the new COVID 19 shots uh the
1:57:36 new protocols that eliminated coverage
1:57:38 for children, pregnant women, and
1:57:40 seniors. Uh and Dr. Khan said that King
1:57:43 County Public Health will not change its
1:57:45 protocols until the CDC issues new
1:57:47 guidelines and he doesn't expect that to
1:57:49 happen anytime soon. So in King County
1:57:52 at least those um those vaccines are
1:57:55 still going to be available and
1:57:57 recommended to those particular groups
1:58:01 people. Uh we have a new King County
1:58:03 health officer uh that is has been
1:58:05 selected. Uh Dr. Juchen uh retired uh
1:58:10 after quite a long time as our health
1:58:12 officer. And so our new one is Sandra
1:58:15 Valenciano who's coming from Decal
1:58:18 County, Georgia. and she will be here on
1:58:20 August the 4th. Um Dr. Khan um mentioned
1:58:24 or discussed the fact that um at this
1:58:28 point all gender affirming care has been
1:58:30 eliminated from public health funding
1:58:32 and uh subsequently that has affected
1:58:35 insurance coverage. Uh so leaving a lot
1:58:38 of individuals with only private
1:58:40 insurance and their own financial
1:58:42 resources at this point to access care.
1:58:45 It is also doubtful that the United
1:58:47 States will have a fall flu vaccine. The
1:58:50 advisory committee that decides on the
1:58:52 vaccine protocols was able to meet uh
1:58:55 but their work including deliberations
1:58:57 and final recommendations uh have been
1:58:59 placed under a gag order by federal
1:59:01 health officials and it was announced
1:59:04 today by Secretary Kennedy that he was
1:59:06 firing everybody on the vaccine advisory
1:59:10 council. And then finally, yes. Yes. And
1:59:14 then finally, King County. Um, and this
1:59:17 is a a timely reminder, we had 37
1:59:20 drowning deaths in King County last
1:59:22 year, and Dr. Khan wanted us to be sure
1:59:25 and remind everybody that the water in
1:59:28 Puja Sound area is cold to the point of
1:59:31 being lethal uh until later in the
1:59:34 summer. and that many of the deaths last
1:59:36 year resulted from people diving into
1:59:39 cold water um and which causes a kind of
1:59:43 paralysis and subsequent death. And so
1:59:46 just a reminder to be really really
1:59:49 cautious in this early part of the
1:59:50 summer even though it's very hot out the
1:59:53 water could be very very cold and uh
1:59:56 actually quite deadly. So yeah, and
1:59:58 there were we we discussed many other
2:00:00 things. Like I said, it's a he's a very
2:00:04 such a knowledgeable uh compassionate,
2:00:06 empathetic person. Uh it's wonderful to
2:00:09 be able to have these um briefings from
2:00:11 him. So that's it. Thank you. Okay. My
2:00:15 report. The Puet Sound Regional Council
2:00:17 Growth Management Policy Board met on
2:00:19 June 5th where I continued my tour of
2:00:23 comprehensive plans. Um in this case we
2:00:26 recommended certification for seven
2:00:28 cities including
2:00:30 Isiqua. Um so we recommended full
2:00:34 certification for us. Um there were two
2:00:36 cities and this was the first for this
2:00:38 year that um we recommended conditional
2:00:41 certification. Um and that was Reton and
2:00:44 Lake Forest Park. they had some missing
2:00:47 transportation
2:00:48 um information on there on their traffic
2:00:51 counts and things like that which means
2:00:53 that they can't be qualified for full
2:00:56 certification but the conditional
2:00:58 certification still allows them to go
2:01:00 out for bids of um projects where the
2:01:03 Puget Sound Regional Council holds um
2:01:06 potential transportation money um and so
2:01:08 they will fix those and they're working
2:01:10 with the cities um to get it fixed by
2:01:12 the end of the year. Um, and then we
2:01:15 also received presentations from the
2:01:18 UDub Evans School students on how cities
2:01:21 addressed racially disperate impacts in
2:01:23 their comprehensive plans and um
2:01:26 information from a project called home
2:01:28 in Tacomaomas ownership incentives and
2:01:31 so got that information. Uh the King
2:01:33 County affordable housing committee also
2:01:35 met on June 5th. Um we also did some
2:01:38 nasal ga gazing um looking at um you
2:01:44 know it was 5 years into the affordable
2:01:46 housing committee um existing and so
2:01:48 just trying to get a sense of are we
2:01:50 doing what we should be doing. We did
2:01:52 recommend that the growth management um
2:01:55 policy council adopt the charter
2:01:58 amendments that establish a slightly new
2:02:01 strategic direction for the affordable
2:02:03 housing committee. Um it really
2:02:06 continues our focus on land use. We
2:02:08 didn't go after funding or um take a
2:02:11 model like Sound Transit um that would
2:02:14 have funding authority. Um and then it
2:02:16 makes changes to kind of our monitoring
2:02:18 schedule, the membership, leadership and
2:02:20 staff work. And then we also did a
2:02:24 little look back since this was the
2:02:26 first time housing elements in the
2:02:27 comprehensive plan were reviewed and
2:02:30 kind of we had comment letters on them.
2:02:32 We took a look back on what that was. We
2:02:35 heard from a lot of cities that work
2:02:37 with staff was really good, that they
2:02:39 really appreciated it. Um, but we did
2:02:42 note that none of the plans actually
2:02:43 came through 100% aligned with the
2:02:47 countywide planning policies.
2:02:50 Um, and so, and there were a few cities
2:02:53 that didn't actually participate. So
2:02:55 just um we wanted to get a little bit of
2:02:59 feedback and everything on that because
2:03:01 we realize that the next review cycle
2:03:04 for comprehensive plans will happen in
2:03:07 2035 and so if we don't get it on paper,
2:03:10 it's likely none of us are going to be
2:03:12 on those committees at that time to
2:03:14 provide the feedback. Um so Pugestown
2:03:17 Regional Council Growth Management
2:03:19 Policy Board will meet on July 3rd, but
2:03:21 the affordable housing committee has
2:03:22 canceled their July meeting. So, that
2:03:24 concludes my report. Um, going on to the
2:03:28 mayor's report, there will not be an
2:03:30 executive session this e evening.
2:03:33 Um, I don't know if anybody noticed, but
2:03:36 there was a water mane break on Front
2:03:38 Street. And so, public works crews uh
2:03:41 worked to repair that. So, we had a
2:03:44 substantial water system leak on Front
2:03:46 Street South at the Windong Apartments
2:03:48 Complex. This resulted in having to
2:03:50 close the northbound vehicular and bike
2:03:52 lanes. uh loss of water service for many
2:03:55 residents and many hours of hard work
2:03:57 for public works employees all on a very
2:04:00 very hot day. Um our crew members had
2:04:02 several challenges in the field as they
2:04:04 work to diagnose the problem and how to
2:04:06 safely isolate the issue. Water service
2:04:09 was restored to all affected properties
2:04:11 before midnight. Some residents may have
2:04:14 noticed some initial cloudy water or air
2:04:16 bubbles as they turned on their faucets
2:04:17 in the morning, but after running the
2:04:19 tap for a very short period, all of
2:04:21 those issues should have resolved. Um, a
2:04:24 contractor will be on site either
2:04:26 tomorrow, June 10th, or Thursday, June
2:04:28 12th, to perform uh interim repairs, and
2:04:32 residents will be able to get into and
2:04:33 out of the complex's driveway, but on
2:04:36 occasion may need to wait a few minutes
2:04:38 while the contractor moves equipment.
2:04:40 Um, we really appreciate everyone's
2:04:42 continued patience and support and we
2:04:45 just want to thank our hardworking
2:04:47 public works employees for their expert
2:04:49 work on this. Um, they really spent a
2:04:52 full day in the hot sun troubleshooting
2:04:55 and laboring to ensure restoration of a
2:04:58 safe water supply. So, thank you to our
2:05:02 team. Uh, next item, local Isiqua youth
2:05:05 selected for youth leadership summit. um
2:05:08 local Isqua youth Sanvi Madan was one of
2:05:11 the few selected in the country to
2:05:13 attend the youth leadership summit in
2:05:15 Washington DC June 15th to 21st and
2:05:18 serve as an official youth
2:05:20 representative for the city of Isiqua's
2:05:22 sister cities commission. We are so
2:05:24 proud to have Zombie represent Isiqua
2:05:26 and look forward to hearing about her
2:05:27 experience at the summit. Um a few
2:05:30 upcoming events, young artists and
2:05:32 authors showcase displayed at the Isqua
2:05:34 King County Library through June 16th.
2:05:37 Uh, Sister Cities Commission recently
2:05:40 held the young artists and authors
2:05:42 showcase at the Isqua King County
2:05:44 Library and the exhibit will be on
2:05:46 display through June
2:05:48 16th. And then, as we heard earlier,
2:05:51 Newport Way construction begins this
2:05:53 summer. So, beginning this summer and
2:05:56 continuing for the next few years,
2:05:58 several large projects will be
2:06:00 constructed on the north and south sides
2:06:02 of I90 in our community. These projects
2:06:05 will most significantly affect residents
2:06:07 along Newport Way and Northwest Seamish
2:06:10 Road, but everyone in the community
2:06:12 should be made aware. Um, we want to
2:06:14 highlight the Newport area, Newport Way
2:06:17 area project scopes and traffic impacts
2:06:19 this evening. So, we recently conducted
2:06:22 a neighborhood meeting to engage with
2:06:24 the Newport and South Lake Seamish area
2:06:26 communities and keep them informed on
2:06:28 the upcoming projects. This outreach
2:06:31 will continue leading up to and through
2:06:33 construction as we hold additional
2:06:35 neighborhood meetings, post on social
2:06:36 media, send mailers, keep our project
2:06:39 web pages updated, and use project
2:06:42 signage near the sites. So, the four
2:06:45 major upcoming construction projects in
2:06:47 the Newport Way area are
2:06:51 TR61, which is the Newport Way landslide
2:06:54 mitigation. So construction will occur
2:06:56 this summer and lean closures will begin
2:06:59 this month and a full closure of Newport
2:07:02 in this vicinity is planned for mid July
2:07:04 to early
2:07:06 August. SW7 the Newport Way sewer
2:07:09 relocation which we heard about earlier
2:07:11 today. Uh construction will follow the
2:07:14 landslide mitigation project beginning
2:07:15 late summer early fall. Then there is
2:07:19 TR22 the Newport Way corridor road
2:07:22 improvement project. This is from
2:07:25 SR900 to 54th and is phase one. Uh
2:07:29 construction on this project is further
2:07:31 out. We anticipate it starting in spring
2:07:35 2027. And then the washd fish passage
2:07:39 project uh limited construction work
2:07:42 begins this summer and will continue
2:07:44 through spring 2029.
2:07:48 So, because of all of these projects,
2:07:50 there will be lane closures and full
2:07:53 road road closures on Newport Way
2:07:55 throughout the remainder of 2025 as we
2:07:58 work as quickly and safely as possible
2:08:01 to complete these projects. Uh, please
2:08:04 see the city's website at
2:08:07 isquawwa.gov/newport projects for
2:08:09 additional information and ways to stay
2:08:11 connected for project information and
2:08:13 updates. And we highly encourage our
2:08:16 residents to use the notify me tool to
2:08:19 sign up and receive alerts. That way you
2:08:22 don't have to go out to look for it. The
2:08:23 information comes to you. And that
2:08:26 concludes the mayor's report. Let me
2:08:30 just look
2:08:31 back. Okay. Um, good of the order. Are
2:08:36 there any
2:08:38 items? Council member Joe.
2:08:42 Thank you. Um, couple of items to um,
2:08:45 put on your calendar. Uh, cones with a
2:08:48 cop will be held at Ben and Jerry's this
2:08:50 Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. If you'd
2:08:54 like to stop by and um, talk to a police
2:08:58 officer about public safety and see some
2:09:00 of the local uh, children that might be
2:09:03 stopping by and getting to know our
2:09:04 police force. 6:30 to 8:30 on Thursday.
2:09:07 The garage will be holding their pride
2:09:09 parade this Saturday. uh if you'd like
2:09:11 additional information uh reach out to
2:09:13 the garage or to me and we'll be happy
2:09:15 to provide that. Then something to put
2:09:18 on your calendar a little bit farther in
2:09:19 the future, July 10th, the Chamber of
2:09:22 Commerce will be holding an after hours,
2:09:24 a five chamber after hours at Bones
2:09:26 Chocolates from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
2:09:29 Registration is required and you can go
2:09:30 to their website for more information.
2:09:32 Thank you.
2:09:35 Excellent. Anything else? Uh Deputy
2:09:38 Council President D. Michelle. You know,
2:09:40 just following up on Cops with Cones. Uh
2:09:43 I did take uh the time to listen to Qua
2:09:46 in order today and uh uh the uh
2:09:51 interview was e excellent and fun to to
2:09:54 hear uh what the sergeant had done be
2:09:57 Sergeant Fairfield before he retired. Uh
2:10:00 I just thought it was delightful. And so
2:10:02 Qua and Order episode two is highly
2:10:05 recommended.
2:10:08 I will second that. Uh, Council Member
2:10:10 Jen, um, the Isqua Alps Trails Club is
2:10:13 hosting a birthday party for Harvey
2:10:15 Mannings to celebrate um, his 100th
2:10:18 birthday um, even though he's no longer
2:10:21 with us. So, it's going to be held at
2:10:22 the Community Center lawn near the
2:10:23 Harvey Manning statue. There's going to
2:10:25 be speakers, a fun scavenger hunt for
2:10:27 kids, um, and all around great time. And
2:10:30 actually, it'll also be filmed by the
2:10:31 city for inclusion in the documentary
2:10:33 that they're making about Harvey
2:10:34 Manning. Um, so all of you are um
2:10:37 invited to attend. What date? Uh, July
2:10:40 9th, so exactly 1 month from today. And
2:10:42 I believe it's at 6 p.m. 6
2:10:46 to8. Excellent. Okay. Um, upcoming
2:10:50 council meetings. We have the planning,
2:10:51 development, and environment committee
2:10:53 tomorrow, uh, June 10th at 6:30 p.m. And
2:10:58 then the city council committee of the
2:11:00 whole meeting on June 16th also at 6:30
2:11:04 p.m. And then other things will be
2:11:07 announced later. So
2:11:10 that concludes our meeting and I will
2:11:13 mark us adjourned at 9:12 p.m. Thank

Attendance

Council / Members (7)
Barbara de Michele
Zach Hall
Kelly Jiang
Russell Joe
Tola Marts
Chris Reh
Lindsey Walsh
Staff (4)
Wally Bobkiewicz, City Administrator
Andrea Snyder, Deputy City Administrator
Rachel Bender Turpin, City Attorney
Tisha Gieser, City Clerk

Motions and votes (1)

approve the consent agenda as presented. . a)
Moved by Deputy Council President de Michele · seconded by Councilmember Marts
Carried 7-0
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Kelly Jiang, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh