City Council Special Meeting · Monday, January 6, 2014 · City Council Digest

2. AGENDA ITEMS

Legislative Breakfast w/legislators from the 5th and 41st Legislative Districts

packet pp.3–10

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Staff report:

1. The “Top-Priority Issues” are those the City deems most critical to ongoing operations and to implementing the community’s short- and long-term vision. Issaquah will focus much of its lobbying and advocacy time on these issues.

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0:00 ↗ in the Pledge of Allegiance if you

0:05 ↗ desire pledge allegiance to the flag of

0:09 ↗ the United States of America and to the

0:12 ↗ Republic for which it stands one nation

0:16 ↗ under God indivisible with liberty and

0:19 ↗ justice for

0:26 ↗ all our first uh order of business is uh

0:32 ↗ administering the oath of office uh to

0:35 ↗ myself and uh for of our council members

0:40 ↗ so with that we're joined this evening

0:44 ↗ by uh Judge Scott Stewart who will

0:48 ↗ administer the

0:55 ↗ oath pH okay if I could have you raise

0:58 ↗ your right hand and repeat after me I

1:01 ↗ Fred Butler I Fred Butler having been

1:03 ↗ duly elected having been duly elected to

1:06 ↗ the office to the office of city of

1:08 ↗ isqua Mayor of the city of isqua Mayor

1:11 ↗ to solemnly swear to solemnly swear or

1:14 ↗ affirm or affirm that I will Faithfully

1:17 ↗ that I will faithfully and impartially

1:20 ↗ and impartially discharge the duties of

1:22 ↗ this office discharge the duties of this

1:25 ↗ office as prescribed by law as

1:27 ↗ prescribed by law and to the best of my

1:28 ↗ ability and to the best of my ability

1:31 ↗ and that I will support that I will

1:33 ↗ support and maintain and maintain the

1:36 ↗ Constitution the constitution of the

1:38 ↗ state of Washington of the state of

1:40 ↗ Washington and of the United States of

1:41 ↗ America and of the United States of

1:44 ↗ America

1:58 ↗ congratulations I

2:00 ↗ lre

2:13 ↗ that's and I uh I'd like to take a

2:17 ↗ couple of minutes uh for a few remarks

2:20 ↗ uh let me say that I am uh honored in

2:24 ↗ the trust that the citizens of isqua

2:27 ↗ have uh placed in me

2:30 ↗ I'm really excited uh to be uh to be the

2:35 ↗ mayor and uh I will do my best uh to

2:40 ↗ represent uh our citizens uh and the

2:43 ↗ City of isqua uh with wisdom and uh

2:48 ↗ compassion I would like to

2:50 ↗ acknowledge uh uh Ava

2:53 ↗ fringer uh whose long-term Service as

2:57 ↗ our mayor has uh set uh an

3:01 ↗ outstanding example that uh I uh I hope

3:05 ↗ to

3:07 ↗ emulate uh I'm somewhat sad to leave the

3:11 ↗ uh the council after uh 14 years uh but

3:15 ↗ excited about this new opportunity and I

3:19 ↗ have enjoyed working with most of the

3:22 ↗ past and certainly all of the present

3:24 ↗ council members uh during my tenure on

3:27 ↗ the council itself

3:31 ↗ I would like uh uh to thank you uh uh

3:34 ↗ for the opportunity to serve with you

3:37 ↗ and uh I uh pledge uh to continue the

3:41 ↗ good relations that uh uh we have

3:44 ↗ established uh between uh the

3:46 ↗ administration and the council you serve

3:49 ↗ a very vital uh uh role in our

3:54 ↗ city I especially want to acknowledge

3:57 ↗ our outstanding City

4:00 ↗ employees uh those employees who run the

4:03 ↗ city and uh keep our city

4:06 ↗ safe I look forward to working uh with

4:10 ↗ you uh uh and uh join joining your

4:15 ↗ team uh I uh also uh uh look forward uh

4:21 ↗ to uh the challenges that lie ahead and

4:26 ↗ promise to do my best and to work hard

4:29 ↗ on uh the behalf of all of our citizens

4:33 ↗ and with those few remarks I will turn

4:36 ↗ it back over to judge Stewart uh who

4:39 ↗ will administer the oath of office to

4:42 ↗ four of our returning council members

4:45 ↗ thank

4:52 ↗ you Eileen

4:58 ↗ Barber

5:05 ↗ if you raise your right hand repeat

5:07 ↗ after me I Eileen Barber I Eileen Barber

5:10 ↗ having been duly elected having been

5:12 ↗ duly elected to the office of to the

5:14 ↗ office of city of isqua city of isqua

5:17 ↗ council position number three Council

5:19 ↗ position number three do solemnly swear

5:21 ↗ do solemnly swear or affirm or affirm

5:23 ↗ that I will Faithfully that I will

5:25 ↗ faithfully and impartially and

5:26 ↗ impartially discharge the duties of this

5:28 ↗ office charge the duties of this office

5:30 ↗ as prescribed by law as prescribed by

5:32 ↗ law and to the best of my ability and to

5:34 ↗ the best of my abilities and that I will

5:36 ↗ support and that I will support and

5:37 ↗ maintain and maintain the Constitution

5:39 ↗ the constitution of the state of

5:41 ↗ Washington of the state of Washington

5:42 ↗ and of the United States of America and

5:44 ↗ of the United States of America

5:45 ↗ congratulations thank

5:54 ↗ you

5:58 ↗ y

6:24 ↗ Stacy

6:28 ↗ Goodman

6:38 ↗ I'll have this memorized by number four

6:39 ↗ so I I have raise your right hand repeat

6:42 ↗ after me I Stacy Goodman I Stacy Goodman

6:45 ↗ having been duly elected having been duy

6:46 ↗ elected to the office of to the office

6:48 ↗ of city of isqua city of isqua council

6:50 ↗ position number five Council position

6:52 ↗ number five you Solly swear do solemnly

6:54 ↗ swear or affirm or affirm that I will

6:56 ↗ Faithfully that I will faithfully and

6:58 ↗ impartially andar partially discharge

7:00 ↗ the duties of this office discharge the

7:02 ↗ duties of this office as prescribed by

7:03 ↗ law as prescribed by law and to the best

7:05 ↗ of my ability and to the best of my

7:07 ↗ ability and that I will support and that

7:08 ↗ I will support and maintain and maintain

7:10 ↗ the constitution of the state of

7:11 ↗ Washington the constitution of the state

7:13 ↗ of Washington and of the United States

7:14 ↗ of America and of the United States of

7:16 ↗ America congratulations thank

7:28 ↗ you

7:49 ↗ Paula

7:58 ↗ marts

8:07 ↗ have you raise your right hand repeat

8:09 ↗ after me I TOA Marts I to a Marts having

8:12 ↗ been duly elected having been duly

8:14 ↗ elected to the office of to the office

8:16 ↗ of city of isqua city of isqua council

8:18 ↗ position number seven Council position

8:20 ↗ number seven do solemnly swear do

8:22 ↗ solemnly swear or affirm or affirm that

8:24 ↗ I will Faithfully that I will faithfully

8:26 ↗ and impartially and impartially

8:28 ↗ discharge the duties of of this office

8:30 ↗ discharge the duties of this office as

8:31 ↗ prescribed by law as prescribed by law

8:33 ↗ and to the best of my ability and to the

8:35 ↗ best of my ability and that I will

8:36 ↗ support and that I will support and

8:38 ↗ maintain and maintain the constitution

8:40 ↗ of the state of Washington the

8:42 ↗ constitution of the state of Washington

8:43 ↗ and of the United States of America and

8:45 ↗ of the United States of America

8:58 ↗ congratulations

9:22 ↗ and Mary

9:28 ↗ ly

9:42 ↗ you raise your right hand pet after me

9:46 ↗ I'm Mary LLY I'm Mary Lali having been

9:48 ↗ duly elected having been duly elected

9:50 ↗ the office of the office of city of

9:52 ↗ isqua city of isqua council position

9:54 ↗ number one Council position number one

9:56 ↗ do solemly swear do solemnly swear or

9:58 ↗ affirm or affirm that I will Faithfully

10:00 ↗ that I will faithfully and impartially

10:02 ↗ and impartially discharge the duties of

10:04 ↗ this office discharge the duties of this

10:06 ↗ office as prescribed by law as

10:07 ↗ prescribed by law and to the best of my

10:09 ↗ ability and to the best of my abilities

10:11 ↗ that I will support that I will support

10:13 ↗ and maintain and maintain the

10:15 ↗ Constitution the constitution of the

10:17 ↗ state of Washington of the state of

10:18 ↗ Washington and of the United States of

10:20 ↗ America and of the United States of

10:21 ↗ America congratulations thank

10:28 ↗ you

10:49 ↗ there thank

10:58 ↗ you

11:04 ↗ uh that uh concludes uh our first item

11:07 ↗ under special uh business we'll move now

11:10 ↗ to agenda Bill

11:13 ↗ 6753 election of council president and

11:16 ↗ Deputy council

11:20 ↗ president pursuant to council resolution

11:24 ↗ 89-1 the election of council president

11:27 ↗ and Deputy council president is to take

11:29 ↗ place at the first regular meeting of

11:32 ↗ the calendar year the proper procedure

11:35 ↗ for election of each position is as

11:38 ↗ follows the chair which is the mayor

11:41 ↗ calls for nominations for council

11:44 ↗ president when all nominations have been

11:47 ↗ made a motion to close nominations is in

11:50 ↗ order the chair then calls for a vote on

11:53 ↗ the motion to close nominations and then

11:56 ↗ council members cast vote votes for

11:59 ↗ nominees by a show of hands and I might

12:03 ↗ add nominees are permitted and

12:05 ↗ encouraged to vote the nominee receiving

12:09 ↗ the majority vote is declared the new

12:12 ↗ council president once that action is

12:16 ↗ completed then we will move to the uh uh

12:20 ↗ election of the Deputy council president

12:24 ↗ so with that uh is uh uh uh the

12:29 ↗ nominations are open right now for

12:31 ↗ council president council member

12:35 ↗ Marts uh it's my honor and privilege to

12:37 ↗ nominate Paul winterstein for isqua city

12:39 ↗ council president thank you are there

12:42 ↗ other

12:44 ↗ nominations is there a nomination to

12:47 ↗ close Nom I mean a motion to close

12:50 ↗ nominations I move we close nominations

12:53 ↗ is there a second second all is uh uh

12:57 ↗ all those in favor of the motion signify

13:00 ↗ by saying I I uh and opposed that motion

13:04 ↗ carries

13:05 ↗ unanimously now that nominations are

13:08 ↗ closed we will vote on the single person

13:12 ↗ who has been nominated all those in

13:14 ↗ favor of electing uh uh Paul winterstein

13:18 ↗ for council president for the year 2014

13:21 ↗ signify by raising your

13:24 ↗ hand that is unanimous uh Paul

13:27 ↗ congratulations

13:29 ↗ uh repeating now the process for Deputy

13:33 ↗ council president

13:36 ↗ uh nominations are now open for Deputy

13:39 ↗ councel

13:45 ↗ president council member

13:50 ↗ Barber thank you um I would like to

13:53 ↗ nominate Stacy Goodman okay Stacy

13:56 ↗ Goodman has been nominated for deputy

13:58 ↗ council president are there other

14:02 ↗ nominations is there a motion to close

14:05 ↗ nominations I think I see where this is

14:09 ↗ going council member uh winter sign I

14:12 ↗ move that we close nominations and a

14:14 ↗ second second it's been moved and

14:17 ↗ seconded uh all those in favor of Stacy

14:20 ↗ Goodman to serve as Deputy counsel

14:23 ↗ president

14:25 ↗ oh uh all those in favor of the motion

14:28 ↗ to close nomination signify by saying I

14:31 ↗ I I that and those

14:34 ↗ opposed uh that carries unanimously

14:37 ↗ moving now to the election of Deputy

14:39 ↗ council president all those in favor of

14:42 ↗ uh Stacy Goodman uh as Deputy council

14:45 ↗ president for the year 2014 raise your

14:47 ↗ right

14:48 ↗ hand that carries unanimously uh council

14:52 ↗ member Goodman congratulations on your

14:54 ↗ election to be Deputy council president

14:56 ↗ for this year

15:00 ↗ okay uh uh with that we will now move to

15:05 ↗ uh audience comments the guidelines for

15:08 ↗ participation uh when recognized uh

15:11 ↗ please come to the electron uh where the

15:14 ↗ microphone is where the O oats were

15:17 ↗ administered uh state your name address

15:20 ↗ the relationship to the city uh resident

15:23 ↗ uh business person uh Etc our comments

15:27 ↗ are limited to five minutes typically at

15:30 ↗ about the 4 minute Mark uh there will be

15:33 ↗ a uh reminder that uh you've got about a

15:37 ↗ minute left and uh if you have written

15:40 ↗ comments you can sub submit those uh to

15:44 ↗ the clerk uh uh uh the city clerk uh for

15:49 ↗ uh uh for our information and with that

15:52 ↗ uh I would ask the clerk has anyone

15:54 ↗ signed up to speak evening I have one

15:56 ↗ Mary Moore marry Moore uh uh

16:06 ↗ welcome Congratulations by the way um my

16:10 ↗ name is Mary

16:12 ↗ Moore I reside at 7804 Ron isqua Road

16:16 ↗ Southeast

16:18 ↗ isqua um I am a

16:20 ↗ long um I'm native to isqua resident and

16:25 ↗ also um have a business here in town

16:28 ↗ I'll try to make this brief

16:30 ↗ um this is in um response to recent uh

16:34 ↗ news that there might be a possibility

16:37 ↗ of um the Anderson house at the

16:40 ↗ Confluence Park possibly being

16:43 ↗ demolished um and I'm just going to read

16:45 ↗ what I have here as a member of the King

16:48 ↗ County advisory Council for historic

16:50 ↗ preservation I am here tonight to ask

16:52 ↗ questions and make comments in reference

16:54 ↗ to the

16:55 ↗ park I was born here in isqua and I'm

16:59 ↗ excited to see The Rebirth of

17:02 ↗ downtown and I'm just as excited to see

17:04 ↗ the new Confluence Park and its master

17:06 ↗ plan isqua has so much history and the

17:10 ↗ isqua Historical Society does a

17:12 ↗ fantastic job at providing our community

17:16 ↗ with access to our

17:18 ↗ past I feel we as a town can do more

17:22 ↗ though we have many historic structures

17:26 ↗ that need to be landmarked and preserved

17:28 ↗ for future

17:30 ↗ Generations as you drive into isqua you

17:32 ↗ see a sign that says welcome to Historic

17:37 ↗ isqua and there should actually be

17:39 ↗ historic buildings and houses that are

17:41 ↗ still standing later down the road hence

17:45 ↗ the need for landmarking through the

17:47 ↗ King County historic preservation

17:49 ↗ program and that brings me here today to

17:52 ↗ a couple questions that I have about the

17:54 ↗ park and the two farmhouses that are

17:57 ↗ there the E house which is is the

17:58 ↗ northern Farmhouse and the Anderson

18:00 ↗ house which is the southern

18:03 ↗ one the Anderson house is currently in

18:06 ↗ status of being under um pending

18:09 ↗ demolition a permit was issued in

18:11 ↗ December I feel that here in historic

18:14 ↗ isqua this is a terrible waste and my

18:17 ↗ question is and my questions are what is

18:21 ↗ the reasoning for the

18:23 ↗ demolition has the house been reviewed

18:26 ↗ and inspected by a real preser aist an

18:29 ↗ expert in the field someone who really

18:32 ↗ understands historic

18:34 ↗ Rehabilitation was this consultant

18:37 ↗ qualified there was a suggestion of

18:39 ↗ moving the house there was a price of

18:43 ↗ 160,000 to move the house 50

18:46 ↗ ft um I feel this cost is way too high

18:50 ↗ the Jacob and Emma reared house in

18:52 ↗ samamish a King County Landmark was

18:54 ↗ moved for just over

18:56 ↗ $30,000 and was moved 3/4 of a

19:00 ↗ mile what are the credentials of the

19:02 ↗ moving company that gave this bid have

19:04 ↗ they ever moved historic

19:07 ↗ structures it's not hard it's not too

19:10 ↗ expensive you just need to solicit

19:12 ↗ figures from folks that are familiar

19:13 ↗ with historic

19:15 ↗ preservation and finally there needs to

19:17 ↗ be a really good and Justified re reason

19:21 ↗ to demolish 120y old

19:23 ↗ house has the city exhausted all and

19:27 ↗ every possible method to save the house

19:30 ↗ it's a big big decision once the house

19:33 ↗ is gone it's

19:35 ↗ gone the park I think would look really

19:39 ↗ empty and meaningless without it it's a

19:42 ↗ vital part of the park please consider

19:45 ↗ all options of saving the Anderson house

19:48 ↗ help keep isqua

19:49 ↗ historic not just its catalogs of photos

19:53 ↗ but by helping save and restore our

19:55 ↗ precious old farmh houses worthy of

19:59 ↗ saving easily restored and accessible

20:02 ↗ for future generations to see firsthand

20:05 ↗ what is a qua was like over a 100 years

20:08 ↗ ago thanks for your

20:10 ↗ time uh thank you uh is there anyone

20:13 ↗ else signed up to speak is there anyone

20:17 ↗ in the audience who desires to uh speak

20:19 ↗ under audience

20:22 ↗ comments anyone in the audience Desiring

20:25 ↗ to

20:26 ↗ speak third and final call anyone in the

20:29 ↗ audience Desiring to speak under

20:31 ↗ audience comments seeing none then

20:33 ↗ audience comments are closed and we will

20:37 ↗ move now to committee and Regional

20:39 ↗ reports so beginning with council member

20:42 ↗ Mary Lup no report council member

20:45 ↗ Goodman thank you mayor Butler Landon

20:48 ↗ Shore will meet uh January 14th at 5:00

20:51 ↗ pm here in council chambers we have two

20:53 ↗ items on the agenda that night the first

20:55 ↗ is agenda Bill 6705 and this relates

20:58 ↗ relates to i502 which is the

21:00 ↗ recreational marijuana and the agender

21:02 ↗ bill is coming back to land and Shore

21:04 ↗ after discussion at the August 13th

21:06 ↗ meeting um where the council decided to

21:10 ↗ the committee I think ultimately the

21:11 ↗ council decided to table the discussion

21:13 ↗ until January when the state had

21:14 ↗ finalized regulations under the liquor

21:17 ↗ control board and the current moratorium

21:20 ↗ um expires March 3rd so an action by the

21:24 ↗ council needs to take place um in

21:26 ↗ February so this is a time for the

21:29 ↗ public to get involved and have um a

21:31 ↗ dialogue with the council about the

21:33 ↗ kinds of um things they want us to know

21:36 ↗ as we determine what the regulations

21:37 ↗ should be we also have on our agenda

21:40 ↗ that night agenda Bill

21:42 ↗ 6766 and that is about a sale of surplus

21:45 ↗ land in isqua Highlands um and that is

21:48 ↗ about a narrow strip of property called

21:50 ↗ tract QE we will learn more about that

21:52 ↗ at the committee that's my report thank

21:54 ↗ you uh thank you uh council member Mars

21:58 ↗ no report council member uh share thank

22:01 ↗ you mayor good evening to members of the

22:03 ↗ viewing public and happy New Year the

22:04 ↗ council infrastructure committee will

22:06 ↗ meet tomorrow night at 5:30 p.m. in the

22:09 ↗ Pickering room of City Hall Northwest

22:11 ↗ which is now conveniently located on the

22:12 ↗ second floor of that building um I would

22:15 ↗ tell you the exact agenda but my

22:18 ↗ beautiful new Council issued computer

22:20 ↗ made by our friends in Redmond has

22:22 ↗ ceased functioning on its first day of

22:24 ↗ of work uh so I'm going to do this for

22:26 ↗ memory but I believe we have an agenda

22:28 ↗ Bill related to the Americans with

22:30 ↗ Disabilities Act uh and a I'm sorry it's

22:33 ↗ a presentation uh an informational topic

22:36 ↗ related to Ada uh that'll probably be

22:38 ↗ about a half hour we do have an agenda

22:40 ↗ bill um you can look on the website for

22:42 ↗ more information about what that

22:44 ↗ particular Bill uh deals with and we'll

22:46 ↗ also have some Transportation project

22:48 ↗ updates from Public Works engineering

22:50 ↗ staff uh the E side Transportation

22:52 ↗ partnership will also be meeting this

22:53 ↗ Friday and I'll I'll have an update for

22:55 ↗ the council at our next uh council

22:57 ↗ meeting on the 21st that concludes my

22:59 ↗ reports thank you uh council member

23:02 ↗ Barber thank you mayor Butler um

23:04 ↗ services and safety will be meeting

23:06 ↗ tomorrow at 5:00 P PM in the eagle room

23:09 ↗ uh there's only three items coming

23:11 ↗ before us the first one is agenda Bill

23:14 ↗ 6767 which is an interlocal agreement

23:16 ↗ with snami and North Bren and this is in

23:19 ↗ regards to our Public Safety answering

23:21 ↗ point and also the records management

23:24 ↗ system the next one will be 6768 it's a

23:28 ↗ 2014 Arts grants and then the third one

23:31 ↗ is an update um from deputy chief Tron

23:34 ↗ on the rised efr Ila so and that's 5:00

23:39 ↗ pm

23:40 ↗ tomorrow council member witer sign thank

23:43 ↗ you no

23:44 ↗ report thank you uh moving now to the

23:47 ↗ mayor's report there will be an

23:50 ↗ executive session meeting held this

23:52 ↗ evening to discuss pending and potential

23:54 ↗ litigations under the provisions of RCW

23:58 ↗ 5.

24:01 ↗ 60.6 per2 per a the items are expected

24:06 ↗ to take a total of about 50 minutes

24:09 ↗ action anticipated in Open session is uh

24:13 ↗ uh following the executive session uh is

24:16 ↗ uh most

24:18 ↗ likely we are inviting all community

24:21 ↗ members to a celebration to honor Ava

24:24 ↗ finger's dedication and service and as

24:28 ↗ the city's longest serving mayor the

24:31 ↗ free celebration will be from 5: to 8:00

24:34 ↗ p.m. this Thursday January the 9th uh at

24:38 ↗ the Hilton Garden in throughout the

24:41 ↗ evening attendees can sample ordes and

24:44 ↗ share stories we hope to see you

24:48 ↗ there our community is in the midst of

24:51 ↗ exciting changes and you can help shape

24:54 ↗ our future as a member of the is city

24:58 ↗ council we're seeking qualified

25:00 ↗ candidates to fill a vacant position on

25:04 ↗ the council it's a chance to get

25:06 ↗ involved in the most important issues

25:09 ↗ facing isqua for more information and to

25:12 ↗ apply please visit our website at isqua

25:17 ↗ that's isqua

25:20 ↗ wa.gov uh there's uh also a very

25:23 ↗ interesting uh video at that website uh

25:27 ↗ that shows uh uh the council in action

25:31 ↗ to stimulate uh your interest in

25:35 ↗ applying in addition we're currently

25:38 ↗ conducting our annual recruitment to

25:41 ↗ open board and commission seats advisory

25:45 ↗ boards are involved in everything from

25:47 ↗ the Arts to planning policies

25:50 ↗ applications will be accepted through

25:52 ↗ the month of January interviews will

25:55 ↗ follow in the February March Time time

25:57 ↗ frame with appointments in April terms

26:01 ↗ begin in May for more information

26:04 ↗ contact the city's clerk's office or

26:07 ↗ again the city's website at isqua

26:12 ↗ wa.gov and that concludes uh the mayor's

26:15 ↗ report for this evening uh moving now to

26:20 ↗ the consent calendar uh have the uh

26:24 ↗ payables and payroll uh been reviewed

26:27 ↗ they have they have and uh what is the

26:31 ↗ council's pleasure on the consent

26:34 ↗ calendar council member winterstein I

26:36 ↗ move that we adopt the consent calendar

26:39 ↗ as presented second it's been moved and

26:41 ↗ seconded uh is there uh any uh any

26:46 ↗ discussion seeing none then all those in

26:49 ↗ favor of approving the consent calendar

26:52 ↗ as submitted uh please signify by saying

26:55 ↗ I I those opposed uh that motion carries

27:01 ↗ unanimously uh moving to regular

27:03 ↗ business there are no items under

27:06 ↗ regular business for this evening uh

27:10 ↗ next uh for the good of the order any

27:13 ↗ council members present that have a

27:16 ↗ report under good of the order council

27:18 ↗ member

27:20 ↗ Marts thank you Mr Mayor uh the Suburban

27:25 ↗ cities Association sound cities

27:28 ↗ Association uh public interest group uh

27:31 ↗ will be meeting on uh Wednesday January

27:34 ↗ 8th and we will be we have an item not

27:36 ↗ for a final decision but for

27:39 ↗ consideration for Action the following

27:41 ↗ month and I thought I would mention it

27:43 ↗ to the council to see if there was any

27:44 ↗ initial thoughts towards it and it reads

27:47 ↗ to um a potential future action to bring

27:50 ↗ the following policy position back for

27:52 ↗ adoption at the next pick meeting in

27:54 ↗ order to address the critical

27:55 ↗ Transportation needs facing King County

27:57 ↗ in cities throughout the county the

27:59 ↗ sound cities Association supports the

28:00 ↗ formation of a countywide transportation

28:03 ↗ benefits District TBD with 60% of the

28:06 ↗ funds going to Metro for Transit funding

28:08 ↗ and 40% being distributed to the county

28:10 ↗ and cities based on population for other

28:12 ↗ Transportation needs including local

28:15 ↗ roads sidewalks bike paths additional

28:17 ↗ Transit and other Transportation

28:19 ↗ purposes as determined by the particular

28:21 ↗ needs of the local jurisdiction in order

28:23 ↗ to ensure that dollars can be used as

28:25 ↗ effectively and efficiently as possible

28:27 ↗ to address the pressing Transportation

28:29 ↗ needs of each individual jurisdiction

28:31 ↗ and to avoid the creation of additional

28:32 ↗ burdensome bureaucracies the funding

28:35 ↗ raised should should be provided to

28:37 ↗ local jurisdictions through a direct

28:39 ↗ distribution and so the question would

28:41 ↗ be are there any thoughts on this or any

28:44 ↗ potential uh modifications to the

28:46 ↗ wording of that that uh we might want to

28:49 ↗ see uh as P moves forward with this

28:53 ↗ issue uh council member winterstein

28:55 ↗ followed by uh council member M share

28:58 ↗ thank you so do we know so a

29:01 ↗ transportation benefit District or TBD

29:03 ↗ um if they did one countywide it's the

29:05 ↗ way you read that I interpret it to mean

29:08 ↗ that it would apply to us inside it

29:12 ↗ would cover our citizens as well so we

29:15 ↗ citizens of isqua we be cover does so

29:17 ↗ that's interesting does that preclude

29:19 ↗ the city of isqua from creating its own

29:21 ↗ within that can you have a district

29:23 ↗ within a district and not that I'm

29:26 ↗ saying we want to do that just want to

29:27 ↗ know what kind of where would that leave

29:29 ↗ us that would be a good question that I

29:31 ↗ would ask and bring back to the

29:35 ↗ council do that do you to

29:42 ↗ know all right thank

29:51 ↗ you council member sherff thank you

29:53 ↗ mayor uh I have a question about the uh

29:56 ↗ the proposed action would this be a

29:59 ↗ property tax or sales tax TBD

30:05 ↗ mhm I'm sorry because this is a new item

30:08 ↗ coming uh this is it's going to get its

30:10 ↗ first reading at this meeting I don't

30:12 ↗ have the answer of the and and I raised

30:14 ↗ the question because there there is

30:16 ↗ obviously a very significant difference

30:18 ↗ in the taxing structure as well as the

30:20 ↗ impact on the public when we consider uh

30:24 ↗ where the burdens of a TBD would

30:25 ↗ squarely lie if it or to be a countywide

30:28 ↗ sales tax versus a property tax and so

30:31 ↗ uh I believe state law allows for both

30:33 ↗ types of taxing districts uh and the the

30:37 ↗ boundaries wouldn't make a difference in

30:38 ↗ this situation because it would be

30:39 ↗ countywide the the other comment I would

30:41 ↗ make is you know things are still in

30:43 ↗ flux in Olympia and um it might be

30:47 ↗ premature to consider a TBD as a funding

30:50 ↗ option until uh the transportation

30:54 ↗ issues which are being debated in the

30:55 ↗ legislature have reached some conclusion

30:58 ↗ because if there is a way to provide

31:01 ↗ funding uh whether that be a local

31:03 ↗ option or uh other considerations in

31:05 ↗ Olympia um then that may preclude the

31:07 ↗ need for uh raising taxes on a

31:09 ↗ countywide basis so before I would want

31:12 ↗ to see SCA adopt a policy position on

31:15 ↗ behalf of the uh the the representative

31:18 ↗ cities of SCA um it would be I think it

31:21 ↗ would behoove the organization to wait

31:23 ↗ until things are a little more settled

31:24 ↗ in

31:25 ↗ Olympia that's I think the the language

31:28 ↗ on this is partially I think uh I think

31:31 ↗ there's a feeling that uh uh Olympia

31:34 ↗ might appreciate some points of view

31:36 ↗ from some of the other stakeholders in

31:38 ↗ the area so I there's a sense that they

31:40 ↗ have they've been struggling with some

31:42 ↗ of these issues and that this would uh

31:45 ↗ would uh be helpful uh it would be a

31:47 ↗ sales tax I checked it not a property

31:50 ↗ tax other questions or

31:53 ↗ comments council member winterstein

31:55 ↗ thank you so a benefit District can be

31:59 ↗ created

32:01 ↗ by one of two ways is it correct can the

32:06 ↗ um controlling Authority create one like

32:08 ↗ we could in the council or it can be a

32:10 ↗ vote of the citizens is there is there

32:13 ↗ an indication in there which method they

32:17 ↗ pervert I don't know okay

32:20 ↗ well so my my initial reaction is I'm

32:22 ↗ not comfortable with this idea this uh I

32:25 ↗ think it limits our options not that we

32:27 ↗ are currently planning anything but also

32:29 ↗ um uh the idea of it if it were to go

32:32 ↗ forward boy I would expect a vote of the

32:34 ↗ people uh I'm sorry I do have additional

32:37 ↗ information it does look it's um it for

32:40 ↗ the county to form a TBD and to enact it

32:42 ↗ requires voter approval okay all right

32:45 ↗ okay so it sounds like there are a

32:47 ↗ number of questions that have been

32:48 ↗ raised there's uh a thirst for

32:51 ↗ information uh and so uh that can be

32:55 ↗ shared electronically uh so that we can

32:58 ↗ become a little bit more knowledgeable

33:01 ↗ about what what's being proposed and

33:04 ↗ since it's uh will be discussed uh on

33:07 ↗ January the 8th at the public uh uh uh

33:11 ↗ uh information committee uh uh you will

33:15 ↗ probably have additional information and

33:17 ↗ some insights of what some of the

33:19 ↗ concerns are and we can uh take that up

33:22 ↗ uh uh at at our next meeting yes I I I

33:26 ↗ will uh I look forward to getting that

33:27 ↗ information and of course action

33:29 ↗ wouldn't uh full action wouldn't be

33:31 ↗ taken until February so we have some

33:32 ↗ time to review this great thanks for

33:34 ↗ bringing that up uh anything else under

33:37 ↗ good of the

33:38 ↗ order uh seeing none then uh uh uh

33:42 ↗ before we move into executive session I

33:46 ↗ would like to clarify the uh uh the uh

33:49 ↗ RCW for uh the executive session it's It

33:54 ↗ should read

33:55 ↗ 42.3

33:58 ↗ .10 pen uh one peren I and so with that

34:05 ↗ uh we are adjourned into executive

34:08 ↗ session action uh most likely will be

34:11 ↗ taken following uh the executive

34:18 ↗ session oh your computer didn't

34:22 ↗ work we are uh moving out of executive

34:26 ↗ session at uh uh

34:29 ↗ 8

34:30 ↗ 49 uh and into uh regular

34:35 ↗ session

34:39 ↗ uh council member winterstein thank you

34:43 ↗ mayor Butler uh I would like to make a

34:46 ↗ motion to authorize the administration

34:49 ↗ to enter into a settlement on the npdes

34:52 ↗ phase 2 permit as outlined in executive

34:55 ↗ session second it's been moved and

34:58 ↗ seconded uh any

35:02 ↗ discussion are you ready to vote on this

35:05 ↗ all those in favor of the motion uh

35:09 ↗ signify by saying I I those opposed that

35:13 ↗ motion carries unanimously is there any

35:16 ↗ other business to come before the

35:17 ↗ council this evening if not uh we are

35:25 ↗ adjourned

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Council / Members (6)

Eileen Barber

Stacy Goodman

Tola Marts

Mary Lou Pauly

Joshua Schaer

Paul Winterstein

Motions and votes (4)

Close nominations for the 2014 position of Council President. . BY SHOW OF HANDS, WINTERSTEIN WAS SELECTED AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 6-0. AGENDA ITEM #b) 01-06-14 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page 7520 Councilmember Barber nominated Councilmember Goodman to serve as Deputy Council President for …

Moved by MARTS · seconded by GOODMAN

Carried 6-0

In favor: Eileen Barber, Stacy Goodman, Tola Marts, Mary Lou Pauly, Joshua Schaer, Paul Winterstein

Close nominations for the 2014 position of Deputy Council President. . BY SHOW OF HANDS, GOODMAN WAS SELECTED AS DEPUTY COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 6-0. AUDIENCE COMMENTS Mary Moore, 7804 Renton-Issaquah Road. SE, representative of the King County Advisory Board for Historic Preservation spoke in response to…

Moved by WINTERSTEIN · seconded by MARTS

Carried 6-0

In favor: Eileen Barber, Stacy Goodman, Tola Marts, Mary Lou Pauly, Joshua Schaer, Paul Winterstein

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. a) Accounts: Payables and Payroll, January 6, 2014; Approved. i. Accounts Payable Checks 148420 through 148442 in the amount of $45,686.53 ii. Accounts Payable Checks 148443 through 148650 in the amount of $1,170,775.37 iii. Accounts Payable Checks Voided 148…

Moved by BUTLER · seconded by WINTERSTEIN, MOTION CARRIED (6-0)

Authorize the Administration to enter into a settlement agreement as discussed in Executive Session regarding NPDES Phase II Settlement. .

Moved by WINTERSTEIN · seconded by GOODMAN

Carried 6-0

In favor: Eileen Barber, Stacy Goodman, Tola Marts, Mary Lou Pauly, Joshua Schaer, Paul Winterstein