City Council Special Meeting · Monday, October 13, 2014 · City Council Digest

3. AGENDA ITEMS

Costco Corporate Headquarters Development Agreement and Sunset of a Portion of the Pickering Place Master Site Plan Proposed Action AB 6780

Carried 7-0

Approve Resolution, approving the Costco · packet pp.3–180

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Oct 6, 2014

▶ Watch from 14:43 Open packet at p.3 ↗

Staff report:

E. Development Commission Staff Response Memo - Sept.23, 2014 F. Council Staff Response Memo -Oct 2, 2014 Oct. 9, 2014 (updated) G. Master Site plan Amendment Staff Report - Aug. 25, 2014 H. Costco Development Agreement Clarifications & Changes Report - Oct. 9, 2014 (new)

Roll call:

Moved by MARTS · seconded by GOODMAN

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

Proposed revisions identified in the Council Staff Response Memo, dated Oct. 9, ii) Additional changes identified in the Clarifications & Changes Report, dated Oct. 9, 2014 (Exhibit H of AB 6780); and, iii) Minor typographical and non-substantive edits intended to improve clarity of the Agreement

▶ Watch from 19:43

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0:07 ↗ you

0:56 ↗ all right ok so it's so I only know so I

1:15 ↗ you

1:31 ↗ i'll call this special meeting of the

1:35 ↗ issaquah City Council to order on

1:38 ↗ October the 13th 2014 and ask those who

1:43 ↗ would like to join myself and the

1:45 ↗ council in the pledge allegiance to

1:47 ↗ please stand I pledge allegiance to the

1:53 ↗ flag of the United States of America and

1:56 ↗ to the Republic for which it stands one

1:59 ↗ nation under God indivisible with

2:02 ↗ liberty and justice for all

2:12 ↗ moving now to audience comments citizens

2:19 ↗ comments are an important part of the

2:21 ↗ public process we take them seriously

2:23 ↗ and factor them into our into the

2:25 ↗ decisions that we make anyone from the

2:27 ↗ public who wishes to comment will have

2:29 ↗ the opportunity to do so who can

2:32 ↗ recognize when recognized please

2:35 ↗ approach the electron and speak into the

2:37 ↗ microphone state your name address and

2:39 ↗ relationship to the city please limit

2:41 ↗ your comments to five minutes and if you

2:44 ↗ have written comments please submit

2:46 ↗ those to the city clerk with that I

2:52 ↗ would ask if anyone has signed up to

2:55 ↗ speak yes Cynthia less bird

3:07 ↗ Cynthia less for 2408 Northwest harmony

3:11 ↗ way and is a qualm my question to the

3:14 ↗ board is why do we have these public

3:16 ↗ comments I'm sure that it's because we

3:19 ↗ are mandated by the state or we wouldn't

3:21 ↗ be holding them or maybe it's to give

3:23 ↗ the public a false sense that the public

3:25 ↗ officials are listening to them whatever

3:28 ↗ the reason it appears to me that the

3:30 ↗ council members of this board do not

3:31 ↗ listen to the public comment and I would

3:35 ↗ venture to feel to say that the public

3:37 ↗ feels the same way why else are the same

3:40 ↗ people come to different meetings and

3:42 ↗ say the same thing obviously they feel

3:45 ↗ that there is no acknowledgement of

3:47 ↗ their words being heard I've been living

3:49 ↗ in issaquah for about a year and a half

3:51 ↗ and have attended quite a number of

3:53 ↗ council committee members meetings the

3:55 ↗ conclusion is that the residents of is

3:57 ↗ applause concerns are either not being

3:59 ↗ heard or not important enough to be

4:01 ↗ acknowledged after public comment I've

4:04 ↗ also concluded that the council gives

4:06 ↗ the appearance that their mind has

4:08 ↗ already been made up before the public

4:10 ↗ gets the voice on gets to voice their

4:13 ↗ opinion something that's very irritating

4:16 ↗ to me and I am sure to others in your

4:18 ↗ audience is the timekeeper now I realize

4:21 ↗ that you do not want to speaker who

4:22 ↗ talks all night but it seems that just

4:26 ↗ when a lawyer or a traffic expert is

4:28 ↗ getting into the substance of their

4:30 ↗ presentation the time paper chimes in

4:33 ↗ with 45 seconds to me this is saying

4:37 ↗ shut up and sit down it is rude and

4:39 ↗ distracting the Train of the thought of

4:41 ↗ the presenter many people who come in

4:44 ↗ front of this council need to explain in

4:46 ↗ layman's terms very detailed information

4:49 ↗ so that the board members and the

4:52 ↗ audience understand giving these experts

4:54 ↗ in extra minute would be kind

4:56 ↗ consideration at a past council meeting

4:59 ↗ the council claimed that they had a goal

5:01 ↗ to involve the public more mayor Butler

5:04 ↗ felt that the council had met that goal

5:06 ↗ but a council members stated that there

5:08 ↗ had not been any criteria to make a

5:10 ↗ basis against I agree that if a council

5:13 ↗ is going to create goals they need to

5:15 ↗ keep metrics and I believe a metric for

5:17 ↗ the goal to involve the public

5:20 ↗ be how many times a person comes in

5:23 ↗ front of the council with the same

5:24 ↗ information if they have to repeat

5:27 ↗ themselves then you have not met that

5:29 ↗ goal I would like to propose to changes

5:32 ↗ to your public comment process number

5:35 ↗ one instead of the timekeeper yelling

5:37 ↗ out the rest of the time the council

5:39 ↗ will it would invest in three light

5:41 ↗ bulbs or three large colored cards green

5:45 ↗ for go ahead and talk yellow for you

5:47 ↗ have one minute left and read it's time

5:50 ↗ to sit down after the five minutes the

5:53 ↗ timekeeper can interrupt the speaker by

5:55 ↗ thanking them kindly for their comment

5:57 ↗ number two after the mayor has closed

6:00 ↗ the public comment have him read a list

6:02 ↗ of the public concerns maybe a lion or

6:05 ↗ two description then put the concerns

6:08 ↗ out for council discussion the council

6:10 ↗ may not agree with the residents

6:12 ↗ concerns but the resident will go home

6:14 ↗ knowing that he or she had been listened

6:17 ↗ to oh thank you

6:27 ↗ I neglected to to say that other than

6:36 ↗ normal comments like we just heard

6:41 ↗ audience comments will be restricted to

6:44 ↗ the development agreement and not the

6:48 ↗ other item since the public hearing has

6:50 ↗ been closed so on any other subject that

6:54 ↗ you desire to speak on that is all right

6:58 ↗ unless it is directed to the development

7:07 ↗ agreement itself and for the previous

7:12 ↗ speaker thank you very very much for

7:15 ↗ those suggestions many places where I've

7:18 ↗ been they use the the red yellow and

7:22 ↗ green light as an indicator and we will

7:27 ↗ be considering your to suggestions

7:29 ↗ typically I don't respond to public

7:32 ↗ comments but in in this case there seem

7:35 ↗ to be quite a bit of emotion behind that

7:37 ↗ so thank you for bringing that to our

7:39 ↗ attention with that has anyone else

7:43 ↗ signed up to speak

7:49 ↗ I mr. Kapler thank you David coupler to

7:53 ↗ 55 south east andrews street now I was a

7:56 ↗ little confused at what you just look we

7:58 ↗ can speak to the development agree you

7:59 ↗ can speak a little bit about it that's

8:01 ↗ what I thought that's what I was hoping

8:02 ↗ I was hearing thank you and thank you

8:05 ↗ for the council for the extra time put

8:07 ↗ in on this it's well worth it and I

8:09 ↗ think the agreement has been

8:12 ↗ significantly improved now admittedly

8:14 ↗ i've been a broken record and been

8:16 ↗ saying the same thing for a number of

8:18 ↗ meetings so i can understand some of you

8:21 ↗ know citizen concerns would be that he's

8:24 ↗ been saying the same thing for a long

8:25 ↗ time but we have got some great

8:27 ↗ resolutions on several of those topics

8:29 ↗ so thank you one of the topics is trails

8:35 ↗ now one is consent not develop we should

8:39 ↗ not need any of the hundred fifty

8:41 ↗ thousand dollars except for a couple of

8:42 ↗ signs and the trail corridor around on

8:47 ↗ city property around the vet hospital to

8:49 ↗ get from under the stinky bridge to the

8:52 ↗ state park trail that would be a very

8:55 ↗ simple matter would be great because we

8:57 ↗ get to stop the homeless in encampments

9:00 ↗ in there with all the garbage and the

9:02 ↗ fire issues that are concerned to the

9:04 ↗ state park as well as to the city and

9:06 ↗ there would be good good for the creek

9:08 ↗ actually to have a more involvement in

9:11 ↗ that area watching the creek then then

9:13 ↗ it is now one i know we want to pass

9:18 ↗ this tonight in its 187 pages or

9:21 ↗ something it seems like it would be a

9:23 ↗ reasonable thing to do is I get an

9:27 ↗ agreement between costco in the city to

9:30 ↗ kind of get this in a more workable

9:33 ↗ package the the people are gonna have to

9:37 ↗ deal with this potentially in your 29 or

9:39 ↗ your 30 deserve better then then the

9:44 ↗ package as it's been put together and

9:46 ↗ this kind of goes back to my

9:48 ↗ long-standing concern about everything

9:51 ↗ significant happen on development

9:53 ↗ agreements and how hard it is for staff

9:54 ↗ and the rest and citizens and the

9:56 ↗ council to have different code different

10:00 ↗ language and everything for

10:02 ↗ every four different developments so I

10:04 ↗ think getting together and cleaning up

10:08 ↗ this thing in a new document would be

10:11 ↗ great for the long term thank you is

10:17 ↗ there anyone else this evening desiring

10:19 ↗ to speak as Marsh

10:32 ↗ my name is Connie March I have a store

10:34 ↗ at 1175 Northwest Gilman boulevard suite

10:37 ↗ b 11 and it's Halloween I also live in

10:41 ↗ town so as usual the costco development

10:48 ↗ agreement was difficult as all the

10:50 ↗ development agreements are difficult and

10:53 ↗ we've had a lot of conversations in my

10:55 ↗ house about the concept of balance of

10:57 ↗ power and you have a small town and you

11:02 ↗ have very large corporation so one of

11:06 ↗ the things that happens and we Corrine

11:08 ↗ I've both seen happen in town so that

11:10 ↗ we've lived she at very large

11:12 ↗ corporations and they have tremendous

11:15 ↗ influence on towns and so that can be

11:18 ↗ great and if something happens it can be

11:22 ↗ awful and so when we read these

11:25 ↗ agreements and we think about it it's

11:27 ↗ like it's our community how do we ensure

11:30 ↗ that this very large corporation with

11:33 ↗ tremendous amounts of power can have

11:35 ↗ beneficial influence to our community

11:38 ↗ because we live our small lives talking

11:41 ↗ to each other and saying hi to our

11:44 ↗ neighbors and and having these minimal

11:46 ↗ interactions which actually end up being

11:49 ↗ some of the most powerful things you can

11:51 ↗ do in life how do you change a person's

11:53 ↗ day and I know I feel that that is just

11:58 ↗ as valuable as being an enormous

12:01 ↗ corporation now finances override

12:05 ↗ politics towns need money so when this

12:10 ↗ city decides it wants to make costco

12:13 ↗ such a large part of it it seems oh so

12:18 ↗ important to ensure that you don't lose

12:20 ↗ the community while you're negotiating

12:22 ↗ that agreement and it's very difficult

12:25 ↗ and I am very proud of the staff and

12:29 ↗ council members who've worked hard to

12:32 ↗ ensure that the community can get as

12:34 ↗ much as they can out of this agreement I

12:37 ↗ feel like Costco is getting like this

12:41 ↗ amazing bonus agreement

12:43 ↗ and the community is getting as much as

12:46 ↗ the city could do wanting costco very

12:51 ↗ hard negotiation so i want to say that

12:53 ↗ as painful as i am too many most of the

12:57 ↗ time i appreciate all the efforts they

13:00 ↗ go in to these complex negotiations and

13:04 ↗ the endless writing and trying to get

13:06 ↗ seven of you on a page I don't like the

13:13 ↗ feeling that we're going to do this to

13:15 ↗ anyone who comes to the table with large

13:17 ↗ amounts of money and that concerns me so

13:21 ↗ the next step is to try to figure out

13:25 ↗ how we're going to make the central

13:26 ↗ issaquah plan actually be which all said

13:30 ↗ you wanted it to be only a year ago or

13:33 ↗ adjust it to be something else that's

13:36 ↗ equally good but don't forget that you

13:39 ↗ committed to benefits for our community

13:41 ↗ in that plan because we said we would

13:45 ↗ agree to adopt this tremendous increase

13:48 ↗ in density that is being allowed and so

13:51 ↗ as usual I'm torn Costco's an awesome

13:55 ↗ company that can bring many things to

13:58 ↗ issaquah and my fear that issaquah can

14:01 ↗ lose its soul to this same awesomeness

14:03 ↗ so next step in my mind is to yet again

14:08 ↗ gather together and figure out how we're

14:10 ↗ going to combine the threads of all of

14:12 ↗ these things together to make an even

14:15 ↗ better community which is probably even

14:18 ↗ more complicated than this costco

14:19 ↗ development agreement so thank you is

14:25 ↗ there anyone else in the audience

14:27 ↗ designed to speak this evening anyone

14:30 ↗ else desiring to speak third and final

14:34 ↗ call anyone else designed to speak this

14:37 ↗ evening seeing no one and audience

14:41 ↗ comments are closed and we will move to

14:43 ↗ agenda items there is one one item on

14:48 ↗ our agenda agenda bill 6780 costco

14:52 ↗ corporate headquarters development

14:54 ↗ agreement and sunset of a portion of the

14:56 ↗ Pickering place

14:57 ↗ Master site plan will begin with a staff

15:01 ↗ presentation and I see mr. Nevin

15:04 ↗ approaching the microphone

15:28 ↗ good evening mr. mayor City Council

15:31 ↗ Keith Niven with economic development

15:33 ↗ this evening we have our third meeting

15:36 ↗ to talk about the costco development

15:41 ↗ agreement in the major amendment to the

15:42 ↗ Pickering place master site plan just to

15:48 ↗ go through a slide that you guys have

15:49 ↗ seen a few times I'm going to try and

15:51 ↗ not duplicate all of the slides so

15:53 ↗ costco international headquarters 47

15:56 ↗ acres approx 700,000 square feet

15:58 ↗ developed under the Pickering place

16:00 ↗ master site plan what you have in front

16:04 ↗ of you this evening is an agenda bill

16:06 ↗ with two new documents the development

16:08 ↗ agreement itself has not changed but

16:11 ↗ there are two documents that were

16:13 ↗ included as attachments to the agenda

16:15 ↗ bill the first one the one on the left

16:17 ↗ is an updated memo of adjustments and

16:20 ↗ you can see the red lines that were part

16:23 ↗ of the previous discussion and the

16:26 ↗ update for october nine included some

16:29 ↗ additional green line edits that were

16:31 ↗ part of my presentation last last

16:35 ↗ council meeting the document on the

16:38 ↗ right which says exhibit b which is

16:40 ↗ actually exhibit H to the agenda bill

16:43 ↗ sorry about that what that has is three

16:47 ↗ columns it's a table it's multiple pages

16:50 ↗ and that represents the questions that

16:52 ↗ you guys asked following the last

16:54 ↗ council meeting the first column is your

16:56 ↗ question the second column is a

16:58 ↗ discussion of that question and the

16:59 ↗ third column is how it impacted the

17:01 ↗ draft development agreement and so what

17:05 ↗ you guys kind of came back to me with

17:07 ↗ following the last meeting is basically

17:10 ↗ there were 13 different kind of areas of

17:14 ↗ questions and clarifications that you

17:16 ↗ saw it and they're represented here in

17:19 ↗ this table a lot of conversation about

17:22 ↗ lease space and if the development

17:24 ↗ agreement should extend to leased

17:25 ↗ property some clarifications in exhibit

17:30 ↗ e which is defined terms and whether or

17:32 ↗ not those are in addition to the central

17:37 ↗ issaquah plan design and development

17:39 ↗ standards or do they replace things and

17:41 ↗ so we

17:41 ↗ clarified that there was a question

17:43 ↗ about precedence and whether or not the

17:45 ↗ interpretations and modifications that

17:47 ↗ would be that were proposed with this

17:50 ↗ development agreement could be used on

17:52 ↗ other central issaquah plan properties

17:55 ↗ we needed to add number for a section on

18:00 ↗ since sustainability was added number 12

18:04 ↗ we thought that one of the things that

18:06 ↗ would need to come back to the city

18:08 ↗ council would be if there were some

18:10 ↗ material changes to the sustainability

18:12 ↗ section since that was such an important

18:14 ↗ piece for the City Council number five

18:17 ↗ there was a question on one of the

18:18 ↗ interpretations and it really was not an

18:20 ↗ interpretation so we restructured a

18:22 ↗ section to be clear that that basically

18:25 ↗ buildings under 150 thousand square feet

18:28 ↗ would not go to the development

18:30 ↗ commission and that was not an

18:31 ↗ interpretation under this development

18:32 ↗ agreement that was actually what's in

18:34 ↗ the central issaquah plan there were

18:36 ↗ some questions about the tenth Avenue

18:38 ↗ sidewalk or pedestrian way trigger what

18:41 ↗ would actually get that to happen and

18:44 ↗ you know where we landed was because

18:48 ↗ there's some safety issues about putting

18:50 ↗ a sidewalk next to the gas station and

18:52 ↗ how that slip ramp works on tenth Avenue

18:54 ↗ we added some clear language about when

18:57 ↗ we would initiate a conversation with

18:59 ↗ costco about that issue and actually

19:02 ↗ look at some designs there was some

19:05 ↗ question about air rights and that's

19:06 ↗ relating to the sky bridge that goes

19:08 ↗ over lake drive there were some

19:12 ↗ questions about concurrency questions

19:14 ↗ about the density bonus floor area ratio

19:19 ↗ trail and as we heard from the public

19:22 ↗ earlier the trail has been brought up

19:24 ↗ basically at every council committee

19:27 ↗ development commission and city council

19:29 ↗ meeting sustainability was a big

19:31 ↗ conversation point at the last council

19:33 ↗ hearing and there was some conversation

19:36 ↗ about a revision to the land plan

19:39 ↗ looking a little bit closer at the

19:41 ↗ Development Commission recommendation

19:42 ↗ for views so so that's that's what you

19:45 ↗ guys brought up there's a couple small

19:50 ↗ changes that I wanted to go through with

19:53 ↗ you guys this evening one

19:54 ↗ was the sustainability exhibit which is

19:57 ↗ exhibit k and it was actually in the

19:59 ↗ back of that document on the on the

20:03 ↗ right-hand side which is exhibit sorry

20:06 ↗ for all the confusion on the exhibit

20:07 ↗ labels which was exhibit H it's a

20:11 ↗ sustainability basically exhibit to the

20:13 ↗ development agreement and what happened

20:16 ↗ late Friday was there were some edits

20:19 ↗ that were proposed by costco that we

20:21 ↗ tried to get in the agenda bill packet

20:23 ↗ and they didn't quite make it and really

20:25 ↗ there's there's three areas of substance

20:28 ↗ this is why you know I didn't feel

20:30 ↗ comfortable that this was just

20:31 ↗ grammatical changes or typographical

20:33 ↗ changes one was applicability where the

20:37 ↗ the language in the redline version of

20:39 ↗ the new exhibit k made it clear that

20:44 ↗ this would be applicable to new office

20:47 ↗ buildings the innovations would be

20:50 ↗ applicable to new office building so the

20:53 ↗ leadership and the technical innovation

20:55 ↗ would be new office buildings but then

21:00 ↗ it basically made a commitment that if

21:03 ↗ they did do a new retail space that it

21:06 ↗ would be lead equivalency you know and

21:10 ↗ that's that was new language that was

21:13 ↗ proposed and then the third piece was

21:16 ↗ that there was some additional language

21:18 ↗ added to the transportation management

21:21 ↗ plan and commute trip reduction program

21:23 ↗ that made a commitment for costco to

21:26 ↗ continue to work on those to improve

21:28 ↗ those over the lifespan of the

21:30 ↗ development agreement so those were

21:33 ↗ really the changes in the redline

21:35 ↗ version of the sustainability exhibit

21:40 ↗ and my hope is that you guys would

21:42 ↗ approve that redline version as part of

21:47 ↗ the development agreement this evening

21:48 ↗ the other changes there's one I listed

21:53 ↗ air rights and there was some

21:55 ↗ conversation this morning between the

21:59 ↗ city attorney and the attorney for

22:01 ↗ costco and the issue here is as you as

22:04 ↗ you remember from the land plan

22:07 ↗ that shows the new buildings and

22:09 ↗ Development Commission allowed for one

22:12 ↗ sky bridge to cross Lake Drive and the

22:16 ↗ issue with this is that because Lake

22:19 ↗ Drive will be a public right away the

22:22 ↗ tool that we have to allow for a private

22:25 ↗ structure to cross or to be within the

22:28 ↗ right away is a special use permit and

22:32 ↗ the issue with that is that's a

22:34 ↗ renewable permit for the city and you

22:37 ↗ know if you can think about the risk for

22:41 ↗ any developer to build a permanent

22:44 ↗ structure across right away and have to

22:50 ↗ count on the city renewing that permit

22:52 ↗ every year it poses an issue and so what

22:56 ↗ we started to work through today I think

22:58 ↗ was an alternative way to get that to

23:01 ↗ happen so I don't think there's any real

23:03 ↗ changes of substance it's just the tool

23:06 ↗ by which we permit it was kind of what

23:10 ↗ was a piece of conversation today and I

23:13 ↗ wanted to make you aware of that and

23:15 ↗ then I'm going to go ahead and jump into

23:19 ↗ this one now since I'm on other changes

23:21 ↗ so councilmember poly has asked hoops

23:28 ↗ not that one

23:35 ↗ let me let me reorganize here and focus

23:44 ↗ there we go sorry about that I'm

23:47 ↗ technologically challenged sometimes so

23:49 ↗ so I'm going to scooch it back down a

23:52 ↗ little bit sorry for that so this

23:54 ↗ diagram which shows the land plan and as

23:59 ↗ you can see I can't do that as you can

24:02 ↗ see those those dashed lines in in

24:05 ↗ between the buildings we're really

24:07 ↗ intended to be connections so these are

24:13 ↗ basically walkways in between the

24:18 ↗ buildings which would connect this is

24:19 ↗ the creek trail on the east this is Lake

24:22 ↗ Drive in the middle and then this is the

24:25 ↗ pond trail on the west side and because

24:30 ↗ of the way this was graphically

24:31 ↗ represented their leaves some ambiguity

24:35 ↗ on whether or not those east-west

24:37 ↗ connections actually connected to the

24:40 ↗ north-south non-motorized facilities and

24:44 ↗ so because there was that ambiguity and

24:48 ↗ we talked this through with costco and

24:51 ↗ they're okay with this edit we're

24:53 ↗ suggesting an edit tool and plan

24:55 ↗ condition number one and what it would

24:58 ↗ say is and i can read a little bit of it

25:00 ↗ to you is it's a concept so it says

25:04 ↗ however the three east-west connections

25:06 ↗ at building ends will provide pedestrian

25:09 ↗ connections to the north-south public

25:11 ↗ facilities and that's the sidewalks and

25:13 ↗ bike lanes and the PPO a which is

25:15 ↗ pickering place owners association

25:17 ↗ facilities and that's the trail pond and

25:19 ↗ Creek Trail so it's really just adding a

25:21 ↗ clarification that that that those non

25:25 ↗ vehicular access ways are actually

25:28 ↗ connected so the east west and the

25:30 ↗ north-south they all connect each other

25:31 ↗ so if you're walking through the campus

25:33 ↗ that there's a way for you to get kind

25:36 ↗ of around without running into a fence

25:39 ↗ or a hedge or some other kind of

25:42 ↗ impairment

25:52 ↗ okay um so that's it that's that's all

25:57 ↗ I've got for tonight I'm how do i

26:03 ↗ remember martes Thank You mr. mayor

26:05 ↗ where I'm sorry in which exhibit was

26:08 ↗ that language clarified the language you

26:13 ↗ just discussed I'm a little murky so I'm

26:17 ↗ going to look to my partner in crime

26:19 ↗ here just in case I described this

26:20 ↗ incorrectly so the development

26:24 ↗ commission's recommendations so that's

26:26 ↗ Development Commission recommendation

26:27 ↗ number one condition number one from the

26:30 ↗ development Commission's recommendation

26:34 ↗ since it's not any of the edited

26:38 ↗ language it was not part of any of the

26:41 ↗ exhibits this evening so it goes back to

26:44 ↗ the it's part of the land plan so it's

26:48 ↗ part of the actual development agreement

26:50 ↗ without edits so so the original

26:54 ↗ development agreement appendix D Exhibit

26:59 ↗ D is the land plan the land plan has a

27:02 ↗ staff report associated with it the

27:04 ↗ staff report has those conditions

27:05 ↗ included with so so it is part of the

27:11 ↗ exhibit a from the october sixth council

27:17 ↗ meeting agenda bill packet but it is not

27:20 ↗ in Exhibit A in the packet that we have

27:23 ↗ in front of us that so I'm going to look

27:25 ↗ to the city clerk because I don't know

27:26 ↗ the answer that so was there an exhibit

27:28 ↗ a development agreement I assume there

27:30 ↗ was since there was 187 pages in the

27:32 ↗ packet tonight yes it was the same

27:34 ↗ document that was provided at the

27:36 ↗ october six mo k so it exhibit a okay so

27:39 ↗ sorry for that round about John's but

27:42 ↗ we've been doing what I was confused

27:44 ↗ about is my understanding is that the

27:46 ↗ sustainability language would

27:48 ↗ potentially if the council chose BIA be

27:52 ↗ an amendment to the bill that's in front

27:53 ↗ of us but what you just described does

27:55 ↗ not require any sort of amendment on the

27:57 ↗ part of counsel I would ask that the

28:00 ↗ council so this is a change to the

28:06 ↗ so exhibit a to change to exhibit a to

28:08 ↗ incorporate a modified condition one

28:12 ↗ from the development commission so it

28:14 ↗ witting it would it would need the

28:16 ↗ council to include that if the council

28:19 ↗ so chose to include that this evening as

28:22 ↗ another amend as an additional amendment

28:25 ↗ beyond the sustainability amendment did

28:28 ↗ that make sense yes so what you the city

28:33 ↗ will be requesting to amendments to the

28:35 ↗ bill that is in front of us yes sir do

28:38 ↗ you have a hard copy of that second

28:40 ↗ proposed amendment I do would you like

28:43 ↗ it yes I would I can take it i guess you

28:47 ↗ of course you have a hard copy because

28:48 ↗ you showed it up on the screen thank you

28:56 ↗ very much

29:00 ↗ so now is time for council discussion

29:06 ↗ councilmember Milligan at this time I

29:10 ↗ just like to ask a process question

29:12 ↗ responding to dim Kepler's comment

29:14 ↗ earlier keith could you help me

29:16 ↗ understand what the in this follows up

29:19 ↗ on tolas comments too and what condition

29:22 ↗ is the document now and how does it get

29:26 ↗ to its final condition before when it

29:28 ↗ gets recorded so what we do is we keep

29:34 ↗ track of all of these revisions that you

29:39 ↗ guys are boating on so that's why it was

29:42 ↗ important to try and get it down to one

29:43 ↗ document but we ended up with a couple

29:45 ↗ so what staff will do after council

29:48 ↗ takes action on this assuming you

29:50 ↗ approve it if you don't approve I'm not

29:52 ↗ gonna do anything but if you do approve

29:53 ↗ it what we will do is feed all those in

29:57 ↗ and then we will review that with costco

30:00 ↗ because both parties will need to agree

30:02 ↗ that that these edits all get put in and

30:05 ↗ then once that happens then the

30:07 ↗ development agreement gets signed so at

30:09 ↗ the end of the day the sign development

30:12 ↗ agreement the Gwen gets recorded on the

30:14 ↗ property has all of these edits

30:16 ↗ incorporated into it did I answer your

30:21 ↗ question thank you and I was just

30:24 ↗ looking and I just not getting there

30:26 ↗ fast enough about which party on the

30:29 ↗ city whose science who reviews it and

30:32 ↗ signs it at that stage here so you guys

30:35 ↗ direct the mayor to sign the development

30:37 ↗ agreement on behalf of the city other

30:42 ↗ discussion or questions

30:55 ↗ sir mayor our would be the right time to

31:00 ↗ entertain a motion it certainly would

31:01 ↗ all right well then I would like to move

31:04 ↗ to approve resolution number 2014 dash

31:09 ↗ 1818 approving the master site plan

31:11 ↗ amendment for the Pickering place master

31:14 ↗ site plan second and moved and seconded

31:21 ↗ and I am assuming that it Oh questions

31:30 ↗ or discussion on the on the resolution I

31:39 ↗ have a following question for mr. Niven

31:42 ↗ am I correct that the two proposed

31:44 ↗ amendments that the city would like us

31:45 ↗ to entertain is actually for the second

31:47 ↗ motion should we should we pass the

31:51 ↗ first motion yes you are Thank You

31:57 ↗ counsel is there anyone desiring to

32:01 ↗ speak at this time or are you ready to

32:03 ↗ act all those in favor of guess no just

32:15 ↗ the message that I got a site plan okay

32:17 ↗ we'll get to the development agreement

32:19 ↗ I'm assuming just a little bit later all

32:23 ↗ those in favor of approving resolution

32:24 ↗ number twenty fourteen to eighteen

32:26 ↗ approving the master site plan amendment

32:29 ↗ for the Pickering place master site plan

32:31 ↗ signify by saying aye aye those opposed

32:35 ↗ that motion carries unanimously mr.

32:39 ↗ Mehra I would like to move that we

32:41 ↗ approve resolution number 2014 dash

32:49 ↗ 19 improving the costco development

32:52 ↗ agreement and site development permit

32:54 ↗ land plan and authorizing the mayor to

32:56 ↗ execute the agreement subject to one

32:59 ↗ provisions proposed revisions identified

33:02 ↗ in the council staff response memo dated

33:04 ↗ october 9 2014 which is exhibit F of

33:07 ↗ agenda bill 6780 and number two

33:10 ↗ additional changes identified in the

33:12 ↗ clarifications and changes report dated

33:14 ↗ October 9 2014 exhibit H of agenda Bill

33:17 ↗ 6780 and number three minor

33:20 ↗ typographical and non-substantive edits

33:22 ↗ identified ansari intended to improve

33:25 ↗ clarity of the agreement second been

33:28 ↗ moved and seconded discussion before we

33:32 ↗ move may I move an amendment I would

33:35 ↗ move to replace the exhibit k

33:39 ↗ sustainability language with the with a

33:42 ↗ number of edits that are outlined in an

33:45 ↗ email that was sent by staff to the

33:47 ↗ council on Sunday October twelfth with

33:50 ↗ it with an amendment second and moved

33:53 ↗ and seconded a discussion on the

33:58 ↗ amendment all those in favor for proving

34:02 ↗ the amendment as outlined by

34:06 ↗ councilmember marks signify by saying

34:07 ↗ aye aye I was opposed that carries

34:11 ↗ unanimously and mr. mayor I have one

34:13 ↗ more amendment pursuant to the

34:15 ↗ conversation that we've just been having

34:17 ↗ and forgive me I was attempting to my

34:20 ↗ I'm having internet problems so the the

34:22 ↗ revised language that was discussed and

34:25 ↗ was shown on the screen and was entered

34:29 ↗ or was presented by staff is to modify

34:32 ↗ wit section its development commission

34:35 ↗ recommendation number one on the land

34:37 ↗ plan which is Exhibit A to the

34:40 ↗ development Exhibit D to the development

34:41 ↗ agreement all right see if I can do this

34:46 ↗ I move that we amend the development

34:50 ↗ condition Development Commission

34:53 ↗ recommendation number one which is an

34:56 ↗ exhibit d of the land plan to include

34:59 ↗ the language as specified earlier

35:01 ↗ however the three east-west connections

35:03 ↗ building ends will provide pedestrian

35:05 ↗ connections to the north-south public

35:07 ↗ facilities sidewalks and bike lanes and

35:09 ↗ pickering place or PPO a facilities pond

35:13 ↗ trail and Creek Trail second moved and

35:18 ↗ seconded discussion on the second

35:22 ↗ amendment seeing none all those in favor

35:25 ↗ of approving the amendment as stated by

35:31 ↗ councilmember marks signify by saying

35:32 ↗ aye aye those opposed that carries

35:36 ↗ unanimously now back to the original

35:41 ↗ motion as amended discussion or

35:48 ↗ questions so no so normally the maker

35:56 ↗ the motion would speak first but I've

35:57 ↗ been speaking a bunch so I'll let

35:59 ↗ somebody else start off everyone

36:02 ↗ desiring to speak councilmember Milligan

36:07 ↗ followed by a council member pauly Thank

36:11 ↗ You mayor and Thank You tola I wanted to

36:14 ↗ take an opportunity to reflect on this

36:18 ↗ experience we've been so embroiled in

36:23 ↗ let's use a juicy juicy verb it's been

36:27 ↗ an honor to work on this and I've truly

36:30 ↗ felt I know everybody else has to to

36:33 ↗ work on it on behalf of the city of

36:34 ↗ issaquah but of course it's on behalf of

36:36 ↗ a greater body is for the state of

36:38 ↗ Washington it's it's such a big project

36:40 ↗ that it's it I have often had to pinch

36:43 ↗ myself and think is this really what

36:44 ↗ we're working on so in that way I've

36:47 ↗ really enjoyed it but it's been a lot of

36:50 ↗ hard work and I want to thank the staff

36:52 ↗ especially in the administration your

36:55 ↗ leadership mayor and all of everybody

36:57 ↗ here extra time you said we had these

37:00 ↗ three meetings for the City Council but

37:03 ↗ indeed that's just a small piece of the

37:05 ↗ efforts that everybody is put in and I

37:08 ↗ felt that my concerns were well attended

37:10 ↗ to and I want to say that very clearly

37:13 ↗ every time I had a question it was

37:15 ↗ responded to with sincere

37:17 ↗ and thoroughly I also wanted to make a

37:21 ↗ point that I had two big things going

37:25 ↗ into this that I wanted to do and I

37:27 ↗ think that both things were accomplished

37:29 ↗ i'm very happy to say one was to limit

37:31 ↗ the development agreement so that our

37:33 ↗ central issaquah plan and the code of

37:35 ↗ city of issaquah could could carry the

37:38 ↗ day and only put things in the

37:39 ↗ development agreement that needed to be

37:41 ↗ there and i think the staff showed a lot

37:43 ↗ of restraint in that and another thing

37:45 ↗ was to assure that the development

37:47 ↗ agreement would stand alone another

37:49 ↗ thing about pinching yourself when

37:50 ↗ you're working with somebody like Costco

37:52 ↗ who's such a great partner and a great

37:54 ↗ employer for our neighbors and in a

37:56 ↗ great place to shop is that this

37:58 ↗ development agreement goes with the land

38:00 ↗ and it has to be good with that agreed

38:03 ↗ arrangement whoever may be implementing

38:07 ↗ it 20 years from now so I felt that the

38:09 ↗ staff worked very hard to fulfill that

38:12 ↗ and and after accomplishing those big

38:16 ↗ things there are three main things that

38:17 ↗ I enjoyed that we accomplished one was

38:20 ↗ providing our best employer an

38:22 ↗ opportunity to grow in Central issaquah

38:25 ↗ it's great it establishes a team to

38:29 ↗ improve and expand our transportation

38:32 ↗ capacity in the north issaquah and

38:34 ↗ finally finally tonight it creates the

38:39 ↗ ped connections that we need in North is

38:42 ↗ aquatic connection to the park the there

38:47 ↗ are other issues that we didn't get to

38:48 ↗ address such as in the transportation

38:52 ↗ plan to address the needs of a party in

38:55 ↗ the room especially I'm Randy bass but

38:57 ↗ I'm confident this isn't something we're

38:59 ↗ dealing with today but I'm confident in

39:01 ↗ our city that we will attend to that

39:04 ↗ with honor and and fairly deal with

39:07 ↗ those other issues that are just around

39:09 ↗ the edge of this development agreement

39:10 ↗ so I'm confident in that tube and I

39:13 ↗ wanted to just close with expressing my

39:16 ↗ support for the development agreement to

39:18 ↗ paint costco where is up there the

39:20 ↗ smiley face is sitting there to work

39:23 ↗ with us it was great to work with you

39:25 ↗ and thank the staff Lucy Keith everybody

39:28 ↗ who spent those countless hours tell

39:30 ↗ your family or

39:31 ↗ almost on your way home and I look

39:33 ↗ forward to working with costco and

39:34 ↗ implementing this and bringing this to

39:36 ↗ our city Thank You councilmember poly

39:40 ↗ nicely said Oh kinda hard to follow um I

39:45 ↗ just wanted to quickly apologize for

39:49 ↗ missing last week's meeting but was glad

39:52 ↗ to get back early last week in a game

39:56 ↗ pick up on the conversations that have

39:57 ↗ been going on for months and months with

39:59 ↗ staff and other people on the council

40:01 ↗ about what's going on with the agreement

40:03 ↗ what do we want to see what I ended up

40:05 ↗ with last week was there were several

40:08 ↗ things that were still on on the on the

40:10 ↗ table that we're concerning to me and

40:12 ↗ I'm happy to say that that they're

40:15 ↗ resolved and I like the way it worked

40:17 ↗ out I was very concerned about the

40:19 ↗ agreement following the land and worried

40:22 ↗ that if we were to exceed the amount of

40:26 ↗ land that costco currently owns and

40:29 ↗ wants to have under the development

40:30 ↗ greement and costco wants to lease we

40:32 ↗ could unintentionally it build out find

40:34 ↗ ourselves with an entirely commercial

40:36 ↗ area on the north side of the city and

40:37 ↗ that was not ever the intent or vision

40:40 ↗ of the plan and that language has been

40:42 ↗ tightened up in this version and I

40:43 ↗ thought that that's that's a great

40:45 ↗ outcome the other issue was I was

40:49 ↗ concerned that we wanted to make sure

40:53 ↗ that now that we've committed to this

40:54 ↗ vision of density that we get the

40:56 ↗ density that we're asking for on the

40:57 ↗ floor and another thing that was added

40:59 ↗ in this version of the agreement is that

41:00 ↗ all the new structures will meet the

41:03 ↗ minimum far that is required in this

41:05 ↗ area so again I was very pleased that

41:07 ↗ that language was changed my last two

41:10 ↗ things are probably the most important

41:12 ↗ to me and and nine and did a good job of

41:15 ↗ thanking everybody but I just want to

41:17 ↗ come back to the public that has showed

41:19 ↗ up at our committee meetings and our

41:21 ↗ council meetings and hammered it into

41:23 ↗ our heads including my neighbor who's

41:25 ↗ not here tonight that we need to make

41:28 ↗ this trail system work we really do are

41:31 ↗ your neighbors yes you're actually we

41:33 ↗ need to make this trail system work we

41:35 ↗ need to connect this area it needs to be

41:37 ↗ walkable it needs to be multimodal and

41:39 ↗ I'm happy with the changes that were

41:42 ↗ proposed in the ax men

41:43 ↗ tonight so Keith thank you very much

41:44 ↗ you're actually was working on that

41:45 ↗ today at about four-thirty I think so

41:48 ↗ that's great and the last one is the

41:52 ↗ development commission expressed some

41:54 ↗ concerns about views and I took the

41:56 ↗ heart some of the comments i got from

41:59 ↗ lucy this week when we met for two and a

42:01 ↗ half hours one morning about view

42:04 ↗ preservation and view corridors and

42:07 ↗ consideration of some of the development

42:09 ↗ commission comments and I then drove

42:13 ↗ through that area game with some of

42:15 ↗ Lucy's thoughts in mind and there's it's

42:20 ↗ amazing to me how beautiful that

42:23 ↗ campuses costco has done a wonderful job

42:26 ↗ with beautiful architecture and

42:27 ↗ wonderfully place buildings nice

42:29 ↗ amenities all around and the backdrop to

42:32 ↗ that is the beautiful hills we are so

42:34 ↗ lucky to have costco in our town and

42:36 ↗ costco is lucky to have such a beautiful

42:39 ↗ campus surrounded by green health I'm

42:41 ↗ hoping that condition to as recommended

42:44 ↗ by staff which is a justement to what

42:46 ↗ Development Commission said honors that

42:48 ↗ that peekaboo views are important I've

42:51 ↗ vistas are important I've been here for

42:54 ↗ 20 years and I still kind of guessed

42:56 ↗ sometimes when I'm driving around town

42:58 ↗ so you have a chance with the design of

43:01 ↗ building number four to really play off

43:04 ↗ of that and I really encourage you to do

43:06 ↗ it so very excited about where we've

43:09 ↗ ended up Thank You councilmember martes

43:13 ↗ Thank You mr. mayor Mary Lou stole my

43:16 ↗ thunder I really wanted to get that

43:19 ↗ community pieces well obviously staff

43:21 ↗ and costco have had worked hard to

43:23 ↗ address the concerns that have come up

43:26 ↗ in this council but also a lengthy

43:29 ↗ process and landon shore if you're not

43:31 ↗ familiar with this whole process the

43:33 ↗ reason that i made this motion is that

43:34 ↗ this bill came through landon shore and

43:37 ↗ you know but the public sometimes sees a

43:39 ↗ council that oftentimes doesn't have a

43:42 ↗ lot of debate if we don't have debate in

43:46 ↗ this chamber it's hopefully because the

43:49 ↗ tough issues have been hammered out in

43:50 ↗ in committee and I I always want to take

43:52 ↗ a chance to or take the opportunity to

43:55 ↗ encourage

43:55 ↗ to come to those committee meetings and

43:58 ↗ and I don't want to say that I would let

44:00 ↗ someone talk indefinitely but in landing

44:02 ↗ shore it's a different kind of

44:04 ↗ environment and so we don't we don't

44:07 ↗ have any sort of a buzzer or timer and

44:09 ↗ usually people people do a good job of

44:12 ↗ not yeah they do a good job of that so

44:16 ↗ the community had a large engagement in

44:19 ↗ this and let me pick a particular issue

44:21 ↗ that that really was heavily addressed

44:24 ↗ and land in Shore one of the there were

44:26 ↗ a couple issues that were really

44:27 ↗ important to me one of them was

44:29 ↗ precedents and making sure that this is

44:31 ↗ not automatically the new the new de

44:33 ↗ facto standard for future developments

44:35 ↗ development agreements in the community

44:37 ↗ and because of that concern some of the

44:40 ↗ language was was changed in a way that I

44:41 ↗ believe will make it more clear and will

44:43 ↗ provide future councils with an

44:46 ↗ understanding of what we agreed to here

44:48 ↗ today if we should choose to to pass

44:52 ↗ this development agreement the second

44:54 ↗ though was sustainability and anybody

44:56 ↗ who has heard me get worked up about

44:59 ↗ sustainability I won't i won't do that

45:01 ↗ right now but suffice to say the

45:03 ↗ language that we have in front of us

45:04 ↗ today is very different than the

45:05 ↗ language that we had when last we were

45:07 ↗ at Landon shore and it's because the

45:09 ↗ process brought forward how critical

45:12 ↗ this was for the city costco has has

45:14 ↗ always had has had a long-standing

45:16 ↗ commitment to sustainability and

45:18 ↗ everybody understood that but we also

45:20 ↗ understood that it is such a key part of

45:22 ↗ our city that we needed to reflect that

45:24 ↗ strongly in this bill and is the

45:26 ↗ language as strong as some people would

45:28 ↗ like probably not but it is i assure you

45:30 ↗ very different and you can go back and

45:32 ↗ look at old council packets if you if

45:34 ↗ you don't believe me so i am very

45:36 ↗ excited about this i am very excited

45:38 ↗ about our re committing our enthusiasm

45:43 ↗ for costco and costco ria it reinforces

45:47 ↗ as immunity everybody knows that my two

45:50 ↗ big things our workforce housing and

45:51 ↗ living wage jobs workforce housing is

45:53 ↗ already coming to the valley living wage

45:55 ↗ jobs we will have more of those as a

45:58 ↗ result of this agreement so i'm very

45:59 ↗ excited this evening Thank You

46:02 ↗ councilmember share Thank You mayor just

46:05 ↗ go down the line I guess uh so I I

46:08 ↗ wasn't exact

46:09 ↗ sure what I was going to say coming in

46:11 ↗ tonight but the general impression that

46:14 ↗ I got from the amendments between where

46:16 ↗ we were before and where we are to our

46:18 ↗ tonight is very positive and that that

46:22 ↗ trend in the right direction for me is a

46:25 ↗ very good thing so I put together a few

46:28 ↗ thoughts on this particular occasion

46:31 ↗ given the the scope of this agreement

46:34 ↗ and the fact that it's it's really a

46:35 ↗ very very big deal for issaquah and for

46:38 ↗ costco first it ensures that a major

46:41 ↗ employer remains an integral part of our

46:43 ↗ community it ensures that for years to

46:46 ↗ come when people around the country and

46:48 ↗ around the world speak of costco it will

46:50 ↗ be in connection with the words quote in

46:53 ↗ issaquah washington-based corporation

46:55 ↗ now I want to turn specifically to the

46:58 ↗ two issues I raised last week

47:00 ↗ transportation and sustainability I'm

47:03 ↗ satisfied and I now understand to the

47:06 ↗ extent a non engineer can the

47:10 ↗ methodology in the traffic analysis and

47:13 ↗ I greatly appreciate the help of Sheldon

47:15 ↗ Lynn our public works engineering

47:17 ↗ director and torsten Lee now our

47:19 ↗ consultant who walked me through a lot

47:22 ↗ of that during a conference call and

47:24 ↗ what's clear to me apart from the

47:27 ↗ methodology is that we're going to face

47:29 ↗ more congestion some of that congestion

47:31 ↗ is going to be offset by improvements to

47:34 ↗ lake sammamish parkway and the Pickering

47:36 ↗ development but perhaps a continued rise

47:39 ↗ in delays and headaches and frustration

47:41 ↗ will finally push us towards the front

47:43 ↗ street interchange improvements and the

47:45 ↗ over crossing that we desperately need

47:48 ↗ one lesson I've taken away from this

47:50 ↗ discussion is that the type of mega road

47:52 ↗ projects like the North s Sukhois

47:54 ↗ roadway network cannot be done without

47:56 ↗ significant private participation either

47:59 ↗ voluntarily like costco's contribution

48:02 ↗ or involuntarily like the Li d we had

48:04 ↗ originally planned to build the extra

48:06 ↗ capacity I firmly believe the city needs

48:09 ↗ to refocus how our transportation is

48:11 ↗ managed and take a page from the former

48:13 ↗ NASA playbook of smaller faster and

48:15 ↗ cheaper to that mantra I would add the

48:18 ↗ word innovative now this is something

48:20 ↗ the city can do

48:23 ↗ this leads to my other topic which is a

48:25 ↗ paramount concern for environmental

48:26 ↗ stewardship i'm glad that costco has

48:30 ↗ heated our call for new appendix to this

48:32 ↗ agreement that we see tonight a tangible

48:34 ↗ demonstrable energy efficient and

48:37 ↗ forward-thinking development plan fits

48:40 ↗ within the character of our city my

48:43 ↗ enthusiasm is somewhat tempered however

48:45 ↗ because i personally believe the

48:47 ↗ provisions of exhibit k could go further

48:49 ↗ i remember it was last year that the

48:51 ↗ president singled out costco as a leader

48:54 ↗ on the two other legs of the

48:56 ↗ sustainability stool which are economic

48:58 ↗ and social sustainability he said quote

49:00 ↗ will need our businesses the best in the

49:03 ↗ world to set an example by providing

49:05 ↗ decent wages and salaries to their own

49:07 ↗ employees and i'll highlight the ones

49:09 ↗ that do just that companies like costco

49:12 ↗ which pay good wages and offer good

49:14 ↗ benefits end quote yes costco is

49:17 ↗ agreeing to a technology and a

49:20 ↗ leadership innovation as they're called

49:21 ↗ in the agreement but when it comes to

49:23 ↗ the third leg of the stool environmental

49:26 ↗ sustainability wouldn't it be great if

49:28 ↗ costco said you know we only agreed to

49:30 ↗ one of each of these things in writing

49:32 ↗ but we're going to step ahead we're

49:34 ↗ going to go above and beyond and we're

49:36 ↗ going to perhaps do two or more options

49:38 ↗ on this list i would point out that

49:40 ↗ nothing in this Agreement prevents

49:43 ↗ costco from doing better or more than

49:45 ↗ what we have discussed costco can show

49:49 ↗ not just our city but other top

49:51 ↗ businesses how to create a campus that

49:53 ↗ is not just another 20th century office

49:55 ↗ park this is something that you costco

49:58 ↗ can do now some may ask where is the

50:01 ↗ housing in all of this where is the 21st

50:04 ↗ century vision the central area plan

50:06 ↗ well i would say on one hand you could

50:10 ↗ look at it is perhaps these things are

50:11 ↗ left for future development i think that

50:14 ↗ viewpoint is ultimately self-defeating

50:15 ↗ because it just passes responsibility

50:18 ↗ for fulfilling the central area plan and

50:20 ↗ reaching our urban growth targets to

50:22 ↗ others who in turn might pass that

50:24 ↗ responsibility down the line and pretty

50:26 ↗ soon we have nothing like the dreams we

50:28 ↗ work so hard to conceive but on the

50:30 ↗ other hand there is a vision in this

50:33 ↗ development agreement and the vision is

50:35 ↗ for a vibrant or

50:36 ↗ urban corporate campus that will enhance

50:39 ↗ the value of our community and what

50:42 ↗ citizens can look at and say this is

50:44 ↗ something for us as it's a cual

50:46 ↗ residents and for the region and for our

50:48 ↗ state to be proud of so let's look at it

50:52 ↗ as glass half full going into this with

50:54 ↗ open arms and open eyes in some as I as

50:57 ↗ I view this proposal overall today is a

51:00 ↗ great day for issaquah and today is a

51:02 ↗ great day for costco this agreement has

51:05 ↗ my vote but my sincere hope is that the

51:08 ↗ days to come for both of us as we serve

51:10 ↗ our respective citizens and customers

51:13 ↗ are not just great but legendary this is

51:16 ↗ something that we together as partners

51:19 ↗ can do thank you I also remember barber

51:25 ↗ Thank You mayor as we work our way down

51:29 ↗ the Dyess here I was the one that spoke

51:31 ↗ last week in regards to the fact that I

51:33 ↗ was ready to move forward with the

51:35 ↗ decision on this last month or excuse me

51:37 ↗ last week I think there's been some some

51:40 ↗ wonderful changes to this particular

51:41 ↗ piece in and to me a couple of them the

51:44 ↗ first one is is the the bike and ped

51:47 ↗ trail connections that we see that was

51:49 ↗ wonderful to see that it was defined

51:51 ↗ more clearly than it had been and it's

51:53 ↗ not sort of just sell ambiguity out

51:56 ↗ there but there is some definition to it

51:58 ↗ and along with that definition comes a

52:00 ↗ time line attached to it so that

52:01 ↗ timeline i believe the fact that there

52:04 ↗ is a recommendation in there that

52:06 ↗ they're within 12 months there will be a

52:08 ↗ meeting to discuss the alternates and

52:10 ↗ how this is going to be working forward

52:13 ↗ the other piece that i thought was a

52:15 ↗ nice addition a very important addition

52:17 ↗ to this final document was conversation

52:20 ↗ in regards to the sustainability

52:21 ↗ additions and they're all represented

52:23 ↗ within this document and we've heard

52:25 ↗ some of them so i don't need to step

52:27 ↗ further into detail on those costco's

52:30 ↗ have have been for as long as they've

52:33 ↗ been with us a fabulous community

52:36 ↗ partner they've supported so many

52:38 ↗ different activities and elements within

52:39 ↗ our community and I all know they will

52:41 ↗ continue to do that that's just the way

52:44 ↗ they do business and it's fabulous to

52:46 ↗ have a corporate a very large world Norn

52:49 ↗ corporate entity coming to our

52:51 ↗ community that we know will continue

52:53 ↗ with those corporate responsibilities

52:56 ↗ and their involvement in our community

52:58 ↗ so I am now really ready to move forward

53:02 ↗ with this Thank You councilmember

53:06 ↗ Goodman thank you so I don't know how I

53:10 ↗ cannot repeat some of the wonderful

53:12 ↗ things that my fellow council members

53:15 ↗ have said um I just have to say wow this

53:19 ↗ really is a big deal and I am thrilled

53:22 ↗ to support this it really is quite a

53:24 ↗ statement that not only costco is making

53:27 ↗ but also that this council is making we

53:30 ↗ look at this as a 30-year development

53:32 ↗ agreement but really what we have in my

53:34 ↗ view is essentially a permanent

53:36 ↗ relationship and that's very exciting

53:37 ↗ because as we've already heard costco is

53:41 ↗ a provides good jobs at good wages a

53:44 ↗ very very well respected employer also

53:47 ↗ very well respected for their

53:48 ↗ involvement and commitment to our

53:50 ↗ community like my fellow council members

53:54 ↗ have mentioned all of my questions and

53:56 ↗ concerns have been addressed and

53:58 ↗ answered satisfactorily my top three

54:02 ↗ were these are my only ones but my top

54:06 ↗ three were a stormwater I was not happy

54:09 ↗ with the initial storm water provision

54:10 ↗ in the agreement pedestrian access on

54:13 ↗ temp was another big one for me and then

54:16 ↗ the trails issues that we've heard a lot

54:18 ↗ about and those have all been adjust

54:20 ↗ very nicely in the DA and I really

54:21 ↗ appreciate all the hard work on those I

54:23 ↗ want to follow many of the comments and

54:26 ↗ thank everybody who was involved it's

54:29 ↗ been quite an interesting process I want

54:31 ↗ to thank the staff I know you've just

54:33 ↗ really really worked hard particularly

54:35 ↗ the last couple of three weeks it seems

54:37 ↗ to me like round the clock and costco

54:40 ↗ for all your attention to all of the

54:43 ↗ questions that everybody had i thought

54:45 ↗ you're very thoughtful and all of your

54:47 ↗ responses in the way that you tried to

54:50 ↗ deal with our issues thoughtfully but in

54:52 ↗ a way that also of course made sense for

54:55 ↗ you and my fellow council members who

54:58 ↗ worked very hard and also i want to also

55:01 ↗ like council member Polly mention the

55:03 ↗ public those

55:04 ↗ a few folks who came to all the meetings

55:06 ↗ and really helped us understand what the

55:12 ↗ community really thought was important

55:14 ↗ in this agreement and that was very I

55:16 ↗ think very important to help to helping

55:18 ↗ the whole process the process was not

55:20 ↗ ideal and I think the reason that it

55:23 ↗ wasn't ideal was because of the timeline

55:25 ↗ and which didn't I think allow initially

55:28 ↗ everybody to do their best work not

55:30 ↗ staff not counsel not costco which

55:33 ↗ really is what in my opinion

55:35 ↗ necessitated the extra week which Wow

55:38 ↗ gave us a lot that extra time what a

55:41 ↗ difference that made so I appreciate

55:43 ↗ that at the end of the day I'm really

55:46 ↗ really proud of this agreement and I'm

55:49 ↗ really even more proud that costco has

55:51 ↗ chosen to be in issaquah for the long

55:55 ↗ long term so thank you costco council

55:59 ↗ president winter signs thank you I

56:01 ↗ assure you all the talented speech

56:03 ↗ makers have already spoken because

56:07 ↗ there's really nothing of substance that

56:08 ↗ I can add regarding this agreement that

56:10 ↗ hasn't already been said about there's

56:11 ↗ nothing I can add about the effort that

56:13 ↗ staff and the community and costco and

56:16 ↗ others have put into it I can't add I

56:19 ↗ echo and I read then I repeat all of

56:22 ↗ that I do want to add one thing is I'm

56:25 ↗ extremely proud of this council it is

56:29 ↗ tough to be looking at a deadline with a

56:32 ↗ document of 180 pages and really believe

56:36 ↗ that you are fulfilling your prime duty

56:39 ↗ as an elected representative the people

56:41 ↗ of issaquah and are doing the right

56:43 ↗ thing you know for the citizens and we

56:46 ↗ came here last week and it wasn't easy

56:48 ↗ but we wrangled another week out of this

56:52 ↗ and everybody the people sitting here

56:57 ↗ with me responded fabulously they were

57:01 ↗ very pointed response questions issues

57:04 ↗ of of substance that needed they were

57:08 ↗ identified issues of clarity where

57:10 ↗ identified and I hope that that gave

57:12 ↗ Keith in your staff and I'll something

57:16 ↗ very concrete to work with

57:18 ↗ I do appreciate those efforts especially

57:20 ↗ which started probably the last

57:22 ↗ Wednesday and with costco themselves and

57:24 ↗ responding to that as an elected

57:26 ↗ representative of people I think through

57:29 ↗ your efforts you can I believe that the

57:33 ↗ voices of the citizens of issaquah have

57:36 ↗ participated in the shaping of this

57:38 ↗ agreement and and so that response the

57:42 ↗ quality of that response and the

57:43 ↗ timeliness of that response and every is

57:46 ↗ really something I'm very proud of so

57:49 ↗ again I echo there's a lot of good work

57:51 ↗ that's been been put into this I had top

57:53 ↗ concerns people have already mentioned

57:55 ↗ them and I do look forward to you know

57:58 ↗ just the the cleanup of the final

57:59 ↗ document and the timing of that's all

58:01 ↗ very very important so I do and we'll be

58:06 ↗ supporting this agenda bill this evening

58:11 ↗ everyone has had an opportunity to speak

58:14 ↗ are you ready to act on the motion all

58:18 ↗ those in favor of approving resolution

58:21 ↗ number 2014 dash 19 approving the costco

58:24 ↗ development agreement and site

58:25 ↗ development permit or land plan and

58:28 ↗ authorizing the mayor to execute the

58:30 ↗ agreement subject to proposed revisions

58:33 ↗ identified in the council staff response

58:35 ↗ memo dated october 9 2014 exhibit F of

58:40 ↗ agenda bill 6780 and additional changes

58:44 ↗ identified in the clarifications and

58:46 ↗ changes report dated October 9 2014

58:50 ↗ exhibit H of agenda bill 6780 and minor

58:55 ↗ topography topographical and nine

58:58 ↗ non-substantive edits intended to

59:01 ↗ improve the clarity of the agreement and

59:02 ↗ the two amendments to the main motion

59:05 ↗ signify by saying aye aye those opposed

59:09 ↗ that motion carries unanimously there

59:13 ↗ being no further business to come before

59:15 ↗ the this special council meeting this

59:18 ↗ evening we are adjourned

59:22 ↗ good job

59:40 ↗ you

59:44 ↗ you

59:57 ↗ you

Approved minutes

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Council / Members (7)

Eileen Barber

Stacy Goodman

Tola Marts

Nina Milligan

Mary Lou Pauly

Joshua Schaer

Paul Winterstein

Motions and votes (4)

Approve Resolution No. 2014-18, approving the Master Site Plan amendment for the Pickering Place Master Site Plan. .

Moved by MARTS · seconded by WINTERSTEIN

Carried 7-0

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

AGENDA ITEM #c) 10-13-14 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page [0000] Approve Resolution No. 2014-19, approving the Costco Development Agreement and Site Development Permit (Land Plan) and, authorizing the Mayor to execute the Agreement, subject to: i) Proposed revisions identified in the Counci…

Moved by MARTS · seconded by GOODMAN

Carried 7-0

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

Amend the motion to include, i) Replacement of Exhibit K "Sustainability", to the Development Agreement; and, Attachment 2 of the Clarifications & Changes Report, dated Oct. 9, 2014 (Exhibit H of AB 6780), as provided in email from Niven to Council dated Oct. 12. .

Moved by MARTS · seconded by GOODMAN

Carried 7-0

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

Amend the motion to include, ii) Revision to a condition of approval contained within Exhibit D "Land Plan", of the Development Agreement; and, contained within the Council Staff Response Memo, dated Oct. 9, 2014, (handout provided at Oct. 13 council meeting) to read as follows: “…the Staff Report i…

Moved by MARTS · seconded by GOODMAN

Carried 7-0

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