City Council Special Meeting · Monday, January 5, 2015 · City Council Digest

2. AGENDA ITEMS

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

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Staff report:

2015 State Legislative Agenda The City of Issaquah’s 2015 State Legislative Agenda is organized as follows:

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0:06 ↗ foreign

0:17 ↗ ER the January 5th city council regular

0:22 ↗ meeting and ask all of those who would

0:23 ↗ like to join my myself and the council

0:25 ↗ and the pledge of allegiance to please

0:27 ↗ stand

0:30 ↗ I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

0:34 ↗ United States of America

0:36 ↗ to the Republic for which it stands one

0:39 ↗ nation under God indivisible with

0:42 ↗ liberty and justice for all

0:50 ↗ our first order of business is audience

0:53 ↗ comments

0:58 ↗ citizens comments are an important part

1:00 ↗ of the public process

1:02 ↗ we take them seriously and Factor them

1:04 ↗ into the decisions that we make

1:06 ↗ anyone from the public who wishes to

1:09 ↗ comment will have the opportunity to do

1:11 ↗ so when recognize please come to the

1:14 ↗ lectern speak into the microphone state

1:17 ↗ your name address and relationship to

1:19 ↗ the city

1:20 ↗ please limit your comments to five

1:22 ↗ minutes if you have written comments

1:24 ↗ please submit those to the city clerk

1:27 ↗ personal attacks obscene language

1:29 ↗ derogatory remarks and disruptive

1:31 ↗ behavior will not be permitted

1:34 ↗ the speaker is out of order the mayor

1:36 ↗ will direct the speaker to return to his

1:38 ↗ or her seat if the speaker does not

1:40 ↗ comply I will ask him or her to leave

1:42 ↗ the council chambers against citizens

1:45 ↗ comments written in verbal or an

1:47 ↗ important aspect of the public process

1:49 ↗ process the study takes those seriously

1:53 ↗ and we thank members of the public for

1:55 ↗ taking the time to address US during our

1:58 ↗ meetings

1:59 ↗ with that I would ask if anyone has

2:02 ↗ signed up to speak

2:09 ↗ so no one has signed up to speak is

2:11 ↗ there anyone in the audience Desiring to

2:14 ↗ speak

2:16 ↗ would you please

2:19 ↗ come to the microphone and state your

2:22 ↗ name address in relationship to the city

2:24 ↗ please

2:28 ↗ hello my name is Joanne Doherty and I'm

2:31 ↗ a resident of Issaquah I live up in the

2:34 ↗ Issaquah Highlands area I live in West

2:37 ↗ Highland Park near Swedish Hospital

2:39 ↗ I purchased a home there two years ago

2:41 ↗ in West Highland Park and it's a nice

2:44 ↗ view lot on the rim my home is the only

2:47 ↗ home that does not have a deck I asked

2:51 ↗ my Builder why they wouldn't add a deck

2:53 ↗ and they said well they forgot to put it

2:55 ↗ on the permit and they told me they were

2:57 ↗ not going to add it anytime soon they

2:59 ↗ were just going to build the home as is

3:01 ↗ and that I could put it in aftermarket

3:04 ↗ so I thought fine a little bit of a

3:06 ↗ hassle but I'll do it so I started my

3:09 ↗ quest this year in April to find out

3:12 ↗ what the process is to get a permit

3:14 ↗ approved to add the stack

3:16 ↗ well I went to the City of Issaquah

3:18 ↗ planning department and I found out that

3:21 ↗ I have a building set back in my very

3:23 ↗ small 14-foot yard they told me that I

3:27 ↗ could only place deck footings at four

3:29 ↗ feet from the building structure

3:31 ↗ I could not cantilever the deck because

3:34 ↗ it would cast a shadow on the critical

3:36 ↗ slope or critical area they told me it's

3:39 ↗ a nature issue Environmental

3:42 ↗ um I was pretty surprised because my

3:45 ↗ backyard is just simply a set of

3:48 ↗ Rhododendron bushes and a fence there's

3:50 ↗ really no environmental hazards that I'm

3:53 ↗ aware of or that I would damage anything

3:55 ↗ so after being told by numerous folks

3:59 ↗ there that there's really nothing they

4:00 ↗ could do to help me I hired an attorney

4:03 ↗ someone familiar with this type so these

4:05 ↗ types of issues and he basically told me

4:08 ↗ that

4:09 ↗ know that there shouldn't be any

4:11 ↗ restriction like that that would prevent

4:13 ↗ you from cantilevering that the setback

4:15 ↗ may have some issues with it however I

4:18 ↗ found out according to the attorney that

4:21 ↗ the City of Issaquah allowed a huge

4:23 ↗ retaining structure in the setback

4:25 ↗ already because the Builder asked for

4:28 ↗ that privilege they moved it on the plan

4:31 ↗ I have documents that I can leave with

4:32 ↗ you I've already filed these with the

4:34 ↗ clerk by the way

4:35 ↗ also there's an asphalt Trail going

4:37 ↗ through the critical area which should

4:39 ↗ not be allowed because it's a critical

4:41 ↗ area it should be gravel should be no

4:43 ↗ concrete so I have found that the

4:46 ↗ City of Issaquah inspector to approve

4:49 ↗ this without

4:50 ↗ really any evidence of why they did and

4:53 ↗ I got an email from the planning

4:55 ↗ department that they have no idea why it

4:57 ↗ was approved or why all this was allowed

4:59 ↗ but they allowed it and this is a major

5:02 ↗ intrusion to me it's my driveway that

5:04 ↗ sits here for the house so all I want to

5:07 ↗ do is put deck footings in about eight

5:10 ↗ feet from my home eight to ten feet

5:12 ↗ within this little backyard

5:15 ↗ well I went through this process of

5:17 ↗ trying to get the correct information

5:18 ↗ for months the attorney said I'm very

5:21 ↗ expensive you should you know see a

5:24 ↗ consultant who can help and speak to the

5:26 ↗ city in code terms and help figure out

5:28 ↗ what's going wrong well I did that and

5:31 ↗ they spent several weeks months working

5:34 ↗ with the planning department and being

5:36 ↗ told many different stories and avenues

5:39 ↗ of what they could do they were told

5:41 ↗ that we could file an administrative

5:43 ↗ modification and we could go to the

5:45 ↗ Issaquah Highlands Community

5:47 ↗ organization first and gain their

5:49 ↗ approval we did all this you know about

5:52 ↗ seventy five hundred dollars later

5:55 ↗ we take this to the planning department

5:57 ↗ and they tell me no I cannot move the

6:00 ↗ deck posts any further than indicated

6:02 ↗ but then we found out that they

6:05 ↗ originally had quoted me a code for a

6:08 ↗ wetland I don't have a wetland in my

6:10 ↗ backyard I have three Rhododendron

6:12 ↗ bushes and a fence

6:13 ↗ so they were incorrect on numerous

6:16 ↗ occasions and I found out I can place

6:19 ↗ one footing at seven and a half feet but

6:21 ↗ the other one has to be at five feet and

6:23 ↗ all I'm asking for them to do is to

6:25 ↗ kindly use common sense and look at the

6:29 ↗ situation there is no danger to me

6:31 ↗ there's no safety issue which they went

6:33 ↗ from telling me that I was casting a

6:35 ↗ shadow on a wetland that didn't exist

6:38 ↗ to now I'm in danger I'm in severe

6:41 ↗ danger of getting hurt in my backyard by

6:44 ↗ putting a deck post next to my fence

6:46 ↗ which I don't think is true I have

6:48 ↗ examples of other Decks that the city

6:51 ↗ seems to approve that are very scary and

6:53 ↗ I wouldn't want to be barbecuing on

6:55 ↗ those myself because the footings are on

6:57 ↗ steep inclines such as this I know you

7:01 ↗ can't see these but I'll leave them if

7:03 ↗ you are interested

7:05 ↗ thank you that's pretty much my story

7:08 ↗ and I'm kind of at my wits end with it

7:11 ↗ because I can't

7:12 ↗ I don't want the city to protect me I

7:15 ↗ don't need protection in in this

7:17 ↗ situation there is no danger and I feel

7:21 ↗ that the builders and the city inspector

7:24 ↗ have different standards or rules for

7:27 ↗ themselves that a citizen doesn't have

7:30 ↗ that's my story and I'm sticking to it

7:36 ↗ bring that uh let us take another look

7:40 ↗ at that okay make sure

7:44 ↗ we understand the information that you

7:47 ↗ have presented and okay see see what we

7:52 ↗ can do to address your

7:54 ↗ they have a full copy of all these

7:56 ↗ things so this is just a sample of the

7:59 ↗ pictures and you guys know where I am so

8:01 ↗ if you want to get in touch and advise

8:03 ↗ me before I go too crazy how I might

8:07 ↗ resolve it

8:08 ↗ thank you uh is there anyone else in the

8:12 ↗ audience Desiring to speak this evening

8:15 ↗ anyone else in the audience desire

8:17 ↗ desire speak

8:19 ↗ final call anyone Desiring to speak

8:22 ↗ seeing no one then audience comments are

8:25 ↗ closed and we will move to a committee

8:28 ↗ and Regional reports beginning with

8:31 ↗ council member Milligan thank you Mr

8:33 ↗ Mayor I have no report tonight

8:36 ↗ council member Paulie thanks

8:39 ↗ um I have two things to or three I guess

8:42 ↗ uh first is the as Chamber of Commerce

8:44 ↗ liaison in 2014 the last board meeting

8:48 ↗ of the chamber was on December 18th and

8:51 ↗ there was a few items that I wanted to

8:52 ↗ just quickly share with that but also to

8:55 ↗ let the council know that Nina Milligan

8:57 ↗ councilmember Milligan will be

8:58 ↗ fulfilling that role through 2015.

9:03 ↗ um

9:04 ↗ at the chamber meeting they talked about

9:07 ↗ some of their plans for next year which

9:08 ↗ will focus on a membership drive and an

9:10 ↗ Outreach they have a new some a new

9:13 ↗ leadership it's chair Alan Finkelstein

9:15 ↗ and vice chair David blyvice

9:17 ↗ their board meeting times are switching

9:19 ↗ from to Friday at 7 30 in the morning on

9:22 ↗ the fourth Friday of the month and some

9:24 ↗ of their highlights from 2014 were a

9:27 ↗ focus on tourism a very successful

9:29 ↗ salmon Days festival with a lot of new

9:31 ↗ ideas

9:33 ↗ a lot of involvement from the board

9:35 ↗ and their other Focus for 2014 was

9:38 ↗ looking at the electrical

9:41 ↗ electrical supply issues and a

9:43 ↗ transportation Focus

9:46 ↗ um the next thing I want to talk about

9:47 ↗ was Landon Shore the landed Shore

9:49 ↗ committee for 2015 has three new members

9:53 ↗ I'll be the chair council member

9:55 ↗ Milligan and council member Barber are

9:59 ↗ the other two members of the committee

10:01 ↗ there will be no meeting in January and

10:04 ↗ the next scheduled meeting in February

10:06 ↗ the date will be announced at our next

10:08 ↗ council meeting

10:09 ↗ also I got appointed as an alternate for

10:13 ↗ SCA for 2015 to the growth management

10:15 ↗ policy board they will also not be

10:18 ↗ having a meeting in January and I'll

10:20 ↗ announce their February meeting at our

10:21 ↗ next council meeting

10:24 ↗ thank you council member Martz

10:27 ↗ Mr Mayor and I will be taking over

10:29 ↗ services and safety from council member

10:31 ↗ Barber and I'm very excited about it she

10:34 ↗ is going to be staying on with services

10:36 ↗ and safety and council member Cher is

10:38 ↗ joining us we are also canceling our

10:42 ↗ January meeting and moving our meetings

10:45 ↗ to the second Thursday at 5 30 each

10:47 ↗ month which means that our next meeting

10:50 ↗ is going to be Thursday February 12th in

10:52 ↗ the eagle room and the time again will

10:54 ↗ be 5 30. and I will add in terms of

10:58 ↗ appointments for the year I continue on

11:00 ↗ on the sca public issues uh committee

11:04 ↗ and in addition I'm now on the regional

11:07 ↗ law and social justice so

11:11 ↗ thank you council member Sheriff thank

11:13 ↗ you mayor and good evening to members of

11:14 ↗ the viewing public the council

11:15 ↗ infrastructure committee will meet

11:17 ↗ tomorrow evening that will be at 5 30

11:19 ↗ p.m in the Pickering room of City Hall

11:21 ↗ Northwest off 12th Avenue and on the

11:24 ↗ agenda we have one single large item

11:27 ↗ which is a continuation of our

11:29 ↗ transportation concurrency discussion

11:33 ↗ a welcoming our council president and

11:35 ↗ Deputy president as members of that

11:37 ↗ Committee in 2015.

11:39 ↗ Additionally the Eastside Transportation

11:42 ↗ partnership will be meeting this Friday

11:44 ↗ at 7 30 in the morning at the Bellevue

11:47 ↗ school district office which is off

11:50 ↗ Northeast 1st Street near downtown

11:51 ↗ Bellevue and on the agenda we have a

11:55 ↗ 2015 legislative discussion with

11:58 ↗ with these government relations manager

12:00 ↗ to talk about the upcoming legislative

12:02 ↗ session as well as the governor's 2015

12:05 ↗ biennial budget proposal and King

12:07 ↗ County's legislative priorities we're

12:10 ↗ going to do some in-house business uh

12:12 ↗ review our legislative agenda and

12:14 ↗ statement

12:15 ↗ we have a planning committee report

12:19 ↗ officer selection and other reports

12:22 ↗ scheduled for that meeting which is due

12:24 ↗ to a last about an hour and a half so if

12:27 ↗ you're one of the new alternate members

12:30 ↗ of ETP

12:31 ↗ um hope to see you there on Friday

12:33 ↗ morning

12:35 ↗ council member Barber no report

12:43 ↗ Polly and I will be the representatives

12:44 ↗ this year on the Eastside fire and

12:46 ↗ rescue board and there is a meeting this

12:48 ↗ Thursday at four o'clock a board meeting

12:51 ↗ at headquarters

12:57 ↗ thank you

12:58 ↗ thank you council member Goodman council

13:02 ↗ president winterstein thank you

13:04 ↗ it's a reminder to the council that we

13:06 ↗ have

13:08 ↗ committee work session a week from

13:09 ↗ tonight

13:12 ↗ many

13:14 ↗ view might prefer to watch the

13:17 ↗ college football championship game

13:20 ↗ excuse me

13:25 ↗ guys

13:31 ↗ so we have one item on the agenda it is

13:33 ↗ going to be the continuation of our

13:35 ↗ discussion about concurrency and our

13:37 ↗ current plan is to take plan on the

13:40 ↗ concurrency bill

13:41 ↗ after two weeks from tonight that's the

13:43 ↗ current plan but as council member chair

13:45 ↗ already mentioned it will be part of the

13:48 ↗ agenda for infrastructure tomorrow and

13:50 ↗ then the work session on

13:52 ↗ from tonight

13:55 ↗ where's my report thank you for the

13:57 ↗ mayor's report there will not be an

13:59 ↗ executive session meeting this evening

14:02 ↗ uh we had our Washington State audit

14:05 ↗ exit conference on December the 17th I'm

14:07 ↗ happy to report that we are financially

14:10 ↗ healthy and there were no material

14:12 ↗ weaknesses or in internal controls or

14:16 ↗ for non-compliance

14:19 ↗ I attended the sound cities Association

14:22 ↗ uh North and Snoqualmie Valley Caucus

14:26 ↗ meeting on December the 18th mayor Dave

14:29 ↗ Baker from Kenmore and mayor Amy Whalen

14:33 ↗ from Kirkland were elected by the caucus

14:36 ↗ to the sound cities Association board

14:39 ↗ those present identified Transportation

14:43 ↗ package streamlined sales tax and

14:46 ↗ lifting the one percent property LED as

14:49 ↗ the top three issues for 2015 during a

14:53 ↗ general discussion of those attending

14:55 ↗ that meeting

14:57 ↗ at the South Transit board meeting on

14:59 ↗ December the 19th a board updated the

15:02 ↗ regional long range plan setting the

15:05 ↗ stage to begin working this year

15:08 ↗ in shaping a sound transit 3 ballot

15:11 ↗ measure that will identify the specific

15:14 ↗ projects that would be included in a st3

15:20 ↗ ballot measure

15:22 ↗ finally we had a special counsel meeting

15:25 ↗ this morning to discuss issaquah's

15:27 ↗ legislative agenda with Senator mullet

15:31 ↗ and representatives Rodney Clayburn

15:34 ↗ Cleburn and send from the 5th and 41st

15:39 ↗ districts

15:41 ↗ we talked about headlines we would like

15:44 ↗ to see at the conclusion of the next

15:48 ↗ legislative session and just about

15:51 ↗ everyone present picked

15:55 ↗ Transportation package passing the

15:58 ↗ legislature as the headline that they

16:01 ↗ would like to see

16:02 ↗ uh with that that concludes my report

16:05 ↗ moving now to the consent calendar there

16:09 ↗ are a number of items on the consent

16:10 ↗ calendar this evening the first is the

16:14 ↗ accounts payable in payroll uh dated

16:17 ↗ January uh fifth the minutes of our city

16:21 ↗ council regular meeting of December the

16:25 ↗ 15th 2014 agenda Bill 6891 amending IMC

16:33 ↗ 3.78.010 inmate Health and Welfare

16:36 ↗ account booking fee agenda Bill 6938

16:41 ↗ King County Waste reduction and

16:43 ↗ recycling Grant agenda Bill

16:47 ↗ 6939 hazardous local hazardous waste

16:51 ↗ management program Grant and finally

16:53 ↗ agenda Bill

16:56 ↗ 6904 The Walk and Roll Issaquah action

17:00 ↗ strategy

17:02 ↗ uh

17:04 ↗ as any council member desire to pull any

17:07 ↗ of these down to regular business

17:12 ↗ council member share thank you mayor um

17:14 ↗ I didn't necessarily want to pull it

17:16 ↗ down to regular business but I would ask

17:18 ↗ that agenda bill

17:20 ↗ 6891 which is the booking fee be

17:24 ↗ referred back to the February Services

17:26 ↗ committee meeting for recommendation at

17:28 ↗ that time okay well we'll pull that down

17:30 ↗ to regular business and have a

17:34 ↗ discussion uh on on that uh any other

17:38 ↗ bills that council members desire to

17:40 ↗ pull down

17:43 ↗ have the accounts payable and payroll

17:47 ↗ been reviewed yes they have and uh what

17:51 ↗ is your uh pleasure

17:54 ↗ for the consent calendar council

17:56 ↗ president winterstein yeah I move that

17:58 ↗ we approve the consent calendar as

17:59 ↗ amended second moved and seconded any

18:03 ↗ discussion

18:04 ↗ seeing none then all those in favor of

18:06 ↗ approving the consent calendar as

18:09 ↗ amended signify by saying aye aye oh

18:13 ↗ suppose that carries unanimously

18:16 ↗ moving now to regular business

18:20 ↗ we pull down

18:22 ↗ agenda Bill

18:24 ↗ 68.91 amending the IMC

18:29 ↗ 3.78-1.010 inmate Health and Welfare

18:33 ↗ account booking fee that is coming

18:38 ↗ back to the council from services and

18:43 ↗ safety uh

18:50 ↗ and Eileen uh that's coming back from

18:53 ↗ your committee I believe

19:02 ↗ you're succeeding that council member

19:03 ↗ Cher had a addition that he would like

19:06 ↗ to put into this and

19:10 ↗ um would you prefer to present this or

19:12 ↗ should I read this for you for Josh

19:14 ↗ I'd be happy to just mention the basis

19:17 ↗ for for having it come back to committee

19:19 ↗ is to take a look at the discretion of

19:22 ↗ the court in either being able to waive

19:24 ↗ or reduce the fee now there may be and

19:27 ↗ I've been told

19:29 ↗ um from a couple different sources a

19:31 ↗ couple different state laws that may be

19:34 ↗ applicable here one in RCW title III and

19:39 ↗ another in title 10

19:42 ↗ that may be applicable and so I'm not

19:45 ↗ 100 sure as we sit here regarding that

19:49 ↗ and actually as I was referred to those

19:52 ↗ rcws then another question came to mind

19:54 ↗ which is making sure that that cost is

19:58 ↗ wholly recoverable by the city and

20:00 ↗ whether we needed any sort of special

20:01 ↗ language in there that

20:03 ↗ emphasizes that it's a reimbursement of

20:06 ↗ a cost incurred by the city in the

20:08 ↗ prosecution of the case which would then

20:10 ↗ exempt us from having to pay the state

20:12 ↗ some portion of that fee uh again that

20:15 ↗ may be covered by existing state law but

20:17 ↗ as I sit here I don't know the answer so

20:19 ↗ I'm hoping that a couple of these issues

20:20 ↗ can be addressed through a committee

20:22 ↗ level discussion which frankly shouldn't

20:24 ↗ take very long so it sounds like uh

20:29 ↗ is there a motion to refer this back to

20:32 ↗ services and Safety Committee at their

20:36 ↗ next meeting

20:39 ↗ we can I can make that motion if that's

20:41 ↗ what the committee would like I'd like

20:43 ↗ to make a motion at this moment to refer

20:45 ↗ agenda Bill

20:47 ↗ 6891 back to services and safety

20:50 ↗ committee meeting for their February

20:52 ↗ meeting second moved and seconded any

20:55 ↗ discussion on the motion

20:59 ↗ seeing none that all those in favor of

21:02 ↗ referring agenda bill

21:06 ↗ 6891 back to the services and Safety

21:10 ↗ Committee uh for discussion bringing it

21:13 ↗ back to the full Council

21:19 ↗ mayor may I ask that the chief is with

21:22 ↗ us this evening I just want to make sure

21:23 ↗ that this is not impacting something

21:25 ↗ that's time sensitive okay

21:28 ↗ thank you and I'm seeing uh uh a nodding

21:32 ↗ of heads indicating no so this would

21:34 ↗ come back at the council meeting

21:36 ↗ following uh the services and safety

21:39 ↗ committee meeting

21:41 ↗ so all those in favor of that motion

21:45 ↗ signify by saying aye

21:47 ↗ aye those opposed that carries

21:48 ↗ unanimously

21:50 ↗ moving now to our

21:56 ↗ next item uh good of the order is there

21:59 ↗ any one present who has anything for

22:03 ↗ good of the order council member

22:04 ↗ Milligan thank you Mr Mayor I just

22:07 ↗ wanted to share with the public that

22:08 ↗ we're looking forward to seeing you at

22:09 ↗ Blakely Hall this Saturday meet the

22:12 ↗ mayor at Blakely Hall in Issaquah

22:15 ↗ Highlands at 10 A.M and the highlands

22:17 ↗ council is really happy to be hosting

22:19 ↗ you and we're trying to bring out all

22:21 ↗ our friends to come down and visit with

22:23 ↗ you about issues and questions that they

22:25 ↗ may have about dealings

22:27 ↗ so I am excited at that announcement and

22:30 ↗ uh you can assure all all of our our

22:33 ↗ residents up in the highlands and

22:35 ↗ throughout the city that I'm looking

22:36 ↗ forward to that uh that meeting also so

22:39 ↗ thank you for that announcement uh

22:42 ↗ anything else for good of the order this

22:45 ↗ evening

22:47 ↗ uh seeing none then there is no

22:49 ↗ executive session uh

22:53 ↗ we are adjourned at

22:56 ↗ 7 23.

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Attendance

Council / Members (5)

Stacy Goodman

Tola Marts

Nina Milligan

Mary Lou Pauly

Joshua Schaer

Excused

Eileen Barber

Paul Winterstein