City Council Special Meeting · Monday, September 18, 2017 · City Council Digest

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0:11 ↗ you

0:28 ↗ I'll call to order the September 18th

0:31 ↗ 2017 regular Council meeting to order

0:34 ↗ and ask those who would like to join the

0:36 ↗ council and myself and the pledge of

0:38 ↗ allegiance to please stand hoarse first

1:05 ↗ order of business is agenda bill 74-66

1:09 ↗ recovery month and proclamation and I

1:11 ↗ would ask where did he go

1:27 ↗ got a proclamation that I'd like to

1:30 ↗ present the Jerry Blackburn of the

1:32 ↗ Friends of youth and it goes as follows

1:37 ↗ there are a lot of we're asses so the

1:40 ↗ first one is where as behavior health is

1:43 ↗ an essential part of health and one's

1:46 ↗ overall wellness and whereas prevention

1:50 ↗ of mental and/or substance use disorders

1:53 ↗ work treatment is effective and people

1:56 ↗ recover in our area and around the

1:58 ↗ nation where I is providing an

2:01 ↗ overcoming mental and/or substance use

2:03 ↗ disorders is essential to achieving

2:06 ↗ healthy lifestyles physically and

2:09 ↗ emotionally and whereas we must

2:15 ↗ encourage your relatives and friends of

2:17 ↗ people with mental and/or substance use

2:20 ↗ disorders to implement preventive

2:23 ↗ management measures recognize the signs

2:26 ↗ of a problem and guide those in need to

2:29 ↗ appropriate treatment and recovery

2:31 ↗ support services and whereas during the

2:35 ↗ 28th annual national alcohol and drug

2:38 ↗ addiction recovery month we celebrate

2:41 ↗ those who are seeking treatment and

2:43 ↗ those who have found pathways to healthy

2:47 ↗ rewarding lives and we stand with them

2:53 ↗ new glasses with them with the families

3:00 ↗ friends and professionals who support

3:02 ↗ them given the serious nature of this

3:05 ↗ public health problem we must continue

3:08 ↗ to reach the millions more who will need

3:11 ↗ help and the final where as to help more

3:15 ↗ people achieve and sustain long-term

3:17 ↗ recovery there now for I Fred Butler

3:20 ↗ mayor the city of Issaquah do hereby

3:22 ↗ proclaim the month of September 2017 as

3:26 ↗ recovery month in the city of Issaquah

3:29 ↗ and call upon citizens to join me

3:32 ↗ in observing this month with appropriate

3:35 ↗ programs activities and ceremony

3:38 ↗ supporting the year's recovery month and

3:41 ↗ witness thereof I here and to set my

3:44 ↗ hand in seal of the city of Ithaca this

3:47 ↗ 18th day of September and so Jerry I'm

3:53 ↗ delighted to prevent present this to you

3:55 ↗ but more importantly your role in

3:59 ↗ helping our community because you live

4:01 ↗ and breathe all of those square eyes is

4:04 ↗ that I just said I'm going to give you

4:06 ↗ an opportunity to say a few short words

4:09 ↗ I've heard you talk Thank You mayor by

4:16 ↗ letter thank you to the council very

4:17 ↗ very short because I keep showing up at

4:19 ↗ these

4:20 ↗ I want to thank Friends of youth and

4:22 ↗ also lakeside Milam recovery centers

4:24 ↗ those are our two local organizations

4:26 ↗ that help people with substance use

4:27 ↗ disorders influence the choice trying to

4:29 ↗ work in terms of prevention but as

4:31 ↗ somebody in long-term personal recovery

4:34 ↗ I want to thank all of the tens of

4:37 ↗ millions of individuals who have come

4:39 ↗ before me and have shown me that active

4:41 ↗ recovery allows you to do this right

4:46 ↗ because this wouldn't have been my

4:47 ↗ journey or anywhere close to what I was

4:50 ↗ capable of doing 25 years ago and so yes

4:55 ↗ to all of those individuals who have

4:57 ↗ come before me and hopefully will come

5:00 ↗ in the future to access services and

5:03 ↗ find this as well you know that is our

5:06 ↗ dream so I appreciate it again mayor

5:08 ↗ butler thank you very much

5:11 ↗ [Applause]

5:26 ↗ our next daughter order of business is

5:29 ↗ audience comments a few words about

5:31 ↗ audience comments this evening audience

5:35 ↗ comments an important part of the public

5:38 ↗ process we take them seriously and

5:40 ↗ factor them into the decisions that we

5:43 ↗ make anyone from the public who wishes

5:45 ↗ to comment on tonight's agenda items or

5:50 ↗ other topics should do so at this time

5:53 ↗ please direct your comments to the whole

5:55 ↗ council and not individuals well this is

5:58 ↗ not a question and answer session we

6:00 ↗ will contact you to follow up if needed

6:02 ↗ if you did not have an opportunity to

6:05 ↗ include your name and your email address

6:07 ↗ once you conclude your comments if you

6:10 ↗ would just fill in the form on the table

6:12 ↗ in front of me move to the lectern to

6:15 ↗ speak state your name address and

6:18 ↗ relationship to the city and limit your

6:20 ↗ comments to 5-minutes if you have

6:23 ↗ written comments please submit them to

6:25 ↗ the clerk visual timer has been placed

6:27 ↗ on the lectern when it turns yellow

6:29 ↗ you're within the last minute of your

6:32 ↗ comment period if you use the full five

6:35 ↗ minutes the timer will sound to indicate

6:36 ↗ the end of your allotted comment time

6:39 ↗ again citizen comments written and

6:41 ↗ verbal are an important part of the

6:43 ↗ public process we take them seriously

6:45 ↗ and thank members of the public for

6:48 ↗ taking the time to address us during our

6:51 ↗ meetings and with that I would ask if

6:54 ↗ anyone has signed up to speak this

6:56 ↗ evening yes Larry Franks and Robin Kelly

7:07 ↗ good evening my name is larry franks i

7:10 ↗ reside at two four zero zero one

7:12 ↗ southeast one hundred and third street

7:14 ↗ forty five year resident of Issaquah but

7:18 ↗ I'm really here to introduce a couple of

7:21 ↗ folks this is Robin Kelly who is the

7:24 ↗ executive director of the Friends of

7:26 ↗ Issaquah Salmon Hatchery so you're

7:28 ↗ thinking about that that comes out fish

7:30 ↗ we think it's pretty cute the rail

7:34 ↗ speaker tonight I'd like to introduce as

7:36 ↗ Theo who has a fantastic project that he

7:40 ↗ has been working with and has presented

7:42 ↗ to a number of organizations and the the

7:45 ↗ success has been very impressive so far

7:48 ↗ so Theo I'm going to give it to you

7:49 ↗ thank you sorry hello everyone I'm

7:54 ↗ Theodore Kochhar I'm currently a

7:57 ↗ freshman at Gibbs neck high school here

7:59 ↗ in downtown Issaquah I'm a boy scout in

8:02 ↗ case you haven't noticed I'm working on

8:05 ↗ my Eagle Scout project for the exaust

8:07 ↗ Salmon Hatchery my project is I'm

8:10 ↗ selling pavers that can be engraved with

8:13 ↗ your family name a loved one pets your

8:16 ↗ company anything that'll be engraved and

8:19 ↗ then permanently installed into the

8:20 ↗ Salmon Hatchery the profits all of them

8:25 ↗ will go directly to the is gloss salmon

8:27 ↗ hatcheries fishes educational programs

8:30 ↗ and to make the park a nicer place for

8:36 ↗ people to visit the project so far is

8:39 ↗ going very very well our goal was to

8:42 ↗ sell around 100 bricks and we've sold

8:45 ↗ over 170

8:52 ↗ and that has raised over six thousand

8:54 ↗ dollars today I'm here with Robin Kelly

9:03 ↗ Larry Franks and my parents Lauren and

9:08 ↗ Jonathan coach are Mary Lou polloi put

9:11 ↗ Paulie sorry Eileen barber sorry we we

9:22 ↗ plan to install the pavers by September

9:24 ↗ 30th but they are engraved in Miami

9:26 ↗ Florida so there will be a slight delay

9:33 ↗ when we do engrave them I'll be

9:34 ↗ accompanied by my troupe sometime in the

9:40 ↗ future the bricks range from $40 to 100

9:43 ↗ and if you would love to make your mark

9:48 ↗ at the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery you can

9:50 ↗ meet me in the back afterwards you know

9:59 ↗ thank you very much Robin and Larry

10:05 ↗ Randy Banneker

10:19 ↗ Thank You mr. mayor members of the

10:21 ↗ council

10:22 ↗ I'm Randy Banneker and here on behalf

10:24 ↗ the Seattle King County Realtors and I

10:26 ↗ wanted to offer some comments on your

10:29 ↗ housing strategy first I wanted to thank

10:32 ↗ you for taking this on it's a it's an

10:34 ↗ outstanding body of work you're gonna be

10:37 ↗ debating a number of strategies to

10:39 ↗ pursue in the next several months I

10:42 ↗ think and on into the future and I

10:44 ↗ wanted to just strongly encourage well

10:49 ↗ let me back up

10:50 ↗ I think you've identified the right

10:51 ↗ issues you're looking at growth and the

10:54 ↗ need to offer more higher density

10:56 ↗ multi-family housing in Issaquah you're

10:59 ↗ looking at affordability throughout the

11:01 ↗ income spectrum and you're looking at

11:03 ↗ creating housing options for aging

11:05 ↗ homeowners who want to stay in the

11:06 ↗ community in which they were in which

11:08 ↗ they raise their families and the

11:10 ↗ community that they help build those are

11:12 ↗ absolutely the right things I would like

11:14 ↗ to just make a special cheer for some of

11:19 ↗ the strategies that increase the market

11:21 ↗ rates supply and I'm just gonna tick

11:24 ↗ those off I won't use my full time cuz I

11:27 ↗ know you've got a busy meeting tonight

11:28 ↗ but strategy one you're exploring

11:32 ↗ removing barriers to facilitate the

11:34 ↗ construction of accessory dwelling units

11:36 ↗ that is an outstanding tool to offer

11:39 ↗ some increase housing choices into the

11:42 ↗ community ad use can be a highly

11:45 ↗ affordable rental unit for someone who

11:48 ↗ is working is upon maybe beginning their

11:50 ↗ careers it also a to use also enable

11:53 ↗ that homeowner to have a little bit of a

11:55 ↗ revenue stream that can help offset

11:57 ↗ their mortgage or it can help some empty

12:00 ↗ nesters stay in their community in their

12:02 ↗ home a little bit longer I'm gonna jump

12:06 ↗ to strategy 7 which is mitigating or

12:08 ↗ offsetting the deterrence to condominium

12:11 ↗ construction we would like to work with

12:14 ↗ you on that this is a this is an issue

12:16 ↗ that needs a fix in Olympia it's the

12:20 ↗ state condominium act and the

12:22 ↗ Association of Realtors are very

12:23 ↗ interested in turning this around right

12:25 ↗ now just the way the law works pretty

12:29 ↗ much any condominium that's constructed

12:32 ↗ and look forward to a lawsuit

12:35 ↗ construction defect lawsuit doesn't need

12:38 ↗ to be that way we can protect we can

12:42 ↗ protect the consumer the buyer the the

12:45 ↗ soon-to-be homeowner but also create a

12:47 ↗ level playing field so wet the market

12:51 ↗ chooses to build condominiums invest in

12:53 ↗ the community they can do that if they

12:55 ↗ want to build apartment buildings that's

12:56 ↗ fine too but right now the tilt is

12:58 ↗ towards apartments condos are so

13:02 ↗ important because they offer many for

13:05 ↗ many new buyers they offer that first

13:07 ↗ rung on the housing level on the housing

13:10 ↗ ladder just because they're affordable

13:12 ↗ and they give folks an opportunity to

13:14 ↗ start building equity which is a really

13:16 ↗ key strategy in this market of ours that

13:18 ↗ is challenging for particularly for

13:21 ↗ first-time buyers strategy 8 also

13:25 ↗ incorporates code provisions to increase

13:27 ↗ the potential diversity of housing types

13:29 ↗ and again like condos small housing or

13:33 ↗ innovative ownership housing types can

13:37 ↗ give folks that first rung on the

13:39 ↗ housing ladder

13:40 ↗ it also gives empty nesters a place to

13:44 ↗ go that isn't the big house they they

13:47 ↗ raise their family and it allows them to

13:50 ↗ stay in Issaquah and I think that's

13:52 ↗ something that is important to promote

13:54 ↗ I'm gonna leave it there I've got some

13:56 ↗ greater depth in my notes I'd love to

13:58 ↗ chat with you moving forward if you have

14:00 ↗ any questions and I thank you for your

14:01 ↗ time Randy thank you very very much

14:05 ↗ [Applause]

14:06 ↗ Robert Swanson

14:15 ↗ hello there so my name is Rob responds

14:25 ↗ and I live at a 26 fourth Avenue

14:27 ↗ Northeast is squat this is my sixth

14:30 ↗ meeting sorry about that this is my

14:33 ↗ sixth meeting I I don't think I've

14:35 ↗ missed a meeting since I first came to

14:37 ↗ Grand Ridge I think it was the

14:38 ↗ elementary school matter of fact I

14:40 ↗ created a meeting in this COIs Highlands

14:42 ↗ to go at and I've been to the Board of

14:45 ↗ Education meeting I've been to the PPC

14:47 ↗ policy Planning Commission I think I got

14:49 ↗ that one right

14:50 ↗ so I'm barely learning things but I'm

14:52 ↗ moving along and trying to figure things

14:53 ↗ out I just want to let everybody know so

14:55 ↗ just in case I am NOT not in my backyard

14:59 ↗ person okay so I had a little talk with

15:01 ↗ somebody it was kind of an inside joke a

15:02 ↗ little bit here but I believe the facts

15:05 ↗ point out that this is an unsafe

15:06 ↗ location for the elementary school and

15:08 ↗ there is better location and by the way

15:10 ↗ I just found out tonight when I got here

15:12 ↗ this really isn't what this is all about

15:13 ↗ tonight so I apologize but hey I got the

15:15 ↗ place so I'm myzel I did I spent about

15:18 ↗ eight hours on this thing so anyway

15:21 ↗ there's a better location I would love

15:23 ↗ to have a basketball court near my house

15:25 ↗ I play basketball all the time my

15:27 ↗ property value would go up I guess

15:28 ↗ that's a good thing but that would mean

15:29 ↗ I'd pay more property tax so maybe that

15:31 ↗ isn't a good thing who knows

15:33 ↗ I just want to everybody know I was

15:35 ↗ wrong on some things I thought before

15:37 ↗ 100 I thought it was a hundred million

15:38 ↗ dollars divided by four sites which is

15:40 ↗ 25 million each which is not in not

15:43 ↗ correct as a high school requires 30 to

15:45 ↗ 40 acres middle school which is Robert

15:47 ↗ yes a my honesty III was just reminded

15:51 ↗ by our city attorney that this is a

15:54 ↗ quasi-judicial item before the council

15:57 ↗ based on the closed record and yeah this

16:00 ↗ is not the appropriate time

16:02 ↗ I totally understand I I apologize for

16:04 ↗ that but I would do better I think it's

16:07 ↗ October 2nd I'm supposed to come is that

16:08 ↗ correct it's up to you but we'll be

16:11 ↗ talking about that issue on October this

16:13 ↗ okay and thank you much I apologize for

16:14 ↗ that tonight is this all you're going to

16:18 ↗ talk about I just have pictures hmm I

16:22 ↗ have pictures of the hill and the cars

16:24 ↗ driving not good a bike on are you guys

16:27 ↗ and thank you very much thanks for

16:29 ↗ coming everybody I appreciate it

16:32 ↗ there you go save your slide

16:34 ↗ presentation mayor just to clarify at

16:43 ↗ the next meeting when this is discussed

16:44 ↗ by the council there was not a public

16:46 ↗ hearing it's still quasi-judicial so you

16:50 ↗ would not be allowed to present your

16:51 ↗ slides at that time either the time for

16:54 ↗ making the record was at the PPC when

16:56 ↗ they held the public hearing presuming

16:58 ↗ you had the same information and that

17:00 ↗ would be before the council for their

17:02 ↗ consideration anyone else signed up to

17:11 ↗ speak yes Connie Marsh

17:19 ↗ hi Connie Marsh I live up on squawk

17:22 ↗ Mountain and I'm I actually signed up

17:26 ↗ because I have to go to the airport and

17:27 ↗ run I didn't know how long it would take

17:28 ↗ it's rare I know so I'm gonna speak a

17:31 ↗ little bit about the affordable housing

17:35 ↗ strategies but beginning with the

17:38 ↗ compact Schools ordinance changes or

17:42 ↗ proposals I sent you an email and I hope

17:46 ↗ it was understandable and I hope you all

17:48 ↗ got to try to muddle your way through it

17:50 ↗ so I am only going to talk about a

17:52 ↗ couple of bits of that email and one is

17:56 ↗ some ideas of what to do with a 90%

18:01 ↗ impervious surface that they're

18:04 ↗ proposing now in Highlands and

18:07 ↗ Central Issaquah plan have those higher

18:09 ↗ impervious surface ratios because they

18:11 ↗ did something we have the green necklace

18:14 ↗ and some expanded landscaping for the

18:16 ↗ central this COIs plan four to one

18:18 ↗ exchange for the talus and it's across

18:21 ↗ islands now in listening to what the

18:23 ↗ school district says it's like okay

18:25 ↗ we'll just buy more land and that will

18:27 ↗ give us more trees which does seem to

18:30 ↗ sort of be silly so I started trying to

18:33 ↗ figure out what other things could be

18:36 ↗ provided that would provide the same

18:38 ↗ sort of public benefit

18:40 ↗ in order to offset the increased

18:42 ↗ impervious surface though perhaps not in

18:44 ↗ quite such a physical way and one of the

18:47 ↗ things that I've heard in my many

18:49 ↗ meetings is our lack of meeting space in

18:52 ↗ the city of Issaquah and often there's a

18:54 ↗ conversation about trying to use the

18:56 ↗ school district facilities but they're

18:58 ↗ prohibitively expensive for most people

19:02 ↗ to be able to use so one of my out of

19:05 ↗ the box proposals is to create a sort of

19:08 ↗ a Memorandum of Understanding about the

19:11 ↗ city in some segments of the city being

19:14 ↗ able to use the school facilities free

19:18 ↗ of cost right and so that would be a

19:21 ↗ neighborly thing to do in a community

19:24 ↗ benefit now it's not a physical thing

19:26 ↗ but it is at least a benefit and you

19:29 ↗ might be able to get me to go there the

19:32 ↗ other thing that was apparent is it

19:35 ↗ would be far easier just to use the

19:37 ↗ Issaquah Municipal Code for the

19:39 ↗ landscaping section as compared to

19:43 ↗ trying to pull the SIDS in because the

19:47 ↗ SIDS has all this language saying it's

19:49 ↗ supposed to be appropriate to the

19:50 ↗ central Issaquah area that trees have to

19:52 ↗ be planted in the central is a quiet

19:54 ↗ area and if you're doing something up in

19:57 ↗ Providence Heights I don't think you

19:59 ↗ need to stand up and say well this is

20:01 ↗ pertinent it'll make the this is just

20:03 ↗ like we would be doing in the central

20:05 ↗ area so we're we're actually maintaining

20:07 ↗ what we want I just don't I don't think

20:10 ↗ it's pertinent so a few bits changes in

20:13 ↗ in the Municipal Code I think would make

20:16 ↗ that more clear and simplified now I'm

20:19 ↗ moving on to the affordable housing

20:22 ↗ strategies and I listen to the needs

20:26 ↗ assessment the other night and it seems

20:28 ↗ like there's this overlap in my brain of

20:31 ↗ the needs assessment and the affordable

20:33 ↗ housing strategies and I'm not really

20:34 ↗ sure how those two can cooperate an

20:37 ↗ interface what brought it to mind is I

20:41 ↗ tried looking for how to get affordable

20:43 ↗ housing on the website when I was

20:45 ↗ looking at affordable housing strategies

20:46 ↗ because the low-hanging fruit to me is

20:48 ↗ well yeah they might be available but

20:50 ↗ it's super hard to figure out how to get

20:52 ↗ them

20:53 ↗ and that came out in the needs

20:54 ↗ assessment so it's unclear to me how

20:58 ↗ those are going to combine to make the

21:02 ↗ process easier and better and I think

21:05 ↗ some effort needs to be put into

21:07 ↗ figuring that out Thanks

21:09 ↗ Thank You Connie and drive safely

21:12 ↗ to the airport it's raining out there

21:15 ↗ Ron Thea

21:25 ↗ he was gonna take my spot here hi Ron

21:29 ↗ Tilly superintendent of the s-cross

21:31 ↗ School District and I too wanted to

21:33 ↗ speak on the agenda bill on the compact

21:36 ↗ schools but before I did that I wanted

21:38 ↗ to just thank the council first and

21:40 ↗ foremost for this is complicated stuff

21:43 ↗ the last meeting I was here I think I

21:44 ↗ went home at about 12:30 a.m. and I know

21:47 ↗ you all stayed for a few more hours so a

21:49 ↗ lot of empathy for you there but did

21:53 ↗ want to you know we in the school

21:55 ↗ district are very interested in a new

21:57 ↗ design of school going forward which is

22:00 ↗ why in part were in support and

22:03 ↗ requesting some of these code changes to

22:06 ↗ help us build a more compact school and

22:08 ↗ again I get that this is complicated

22:11 ↗ stuff and I do appreciate the work that

22:14 ↗ you've all done to consider this and the

22:17 ↗ partnership with the school district as

22:19 ↗ well so thank you for that and I look

22:21 ↗ forward to the dialogue later thank you

22:24 ↗ thank you Ron besa Khalid

22:36 ↗ good evening I'm Lisa Kalin and the

22:39 ↗ person is Crosse School District School

22:40 ↗ Board and I just wanted to mention on

22:42 ↗ agenda bill 749 which is the uses and

22:46 ↗ standards related to compact schools

22:48 ↗ that the school board did pass and with

22:50 ↗ the unanimous support a resolution for

22:53 ↗ the recommendations coming forward to

22:55 ↗ you this evening so I did want you to

22:57 ↗ know that the electeds were also the

22:59 ↗ electives around the school board were

23:01 ↗ in support of this and we appreciated

23:04 ↗ the conversations that we were able to

23:05 ↗ have with the policy Planning Commission

23:07 ↗ as well as the land in short committee

23:09 ↗ and then looking forward to the

23:11 ↗ conversation tonight I'm sure in the

23:12 ↗ staff presentation a lot of information

23:14 ↗ will unfold and afterwards as we've gone

23:18 ↗ through a lot of discussion around this

23:21 ↗ and where we're going in the future I

23:22 ↗ look forward to extended conversation

23:26 ↗ and partnerships with what we're doing

23:27 ↗ with our planning going thank you thank

23:31 ↗ you Lisa

23:32 ↗ no one further has signed up to speak

23:37 ↗ David looks like you got a wrap things

23:40 ↗ up perhaps unless there's someone else

23:42 ↗ yes thank you

23:44 ↗ David Kapler 255 southeast Angeles

23:47 ↗ Street subject tree retention and

23:49 ↗ impervious surface trying to compare

23:52 ↗ site that are not in the central

23:55 ↗ Issaquah to central Issaquah I think is

23:58 ↗ a mistake given the requirements in

24:00 ↗ central is acquired directly tied to

24:02 ↗ their they're much less because of the

24:06 ↗ green necklace and the commitment that

24:07 ↗ developers in that area have to the

24:09 ↗ green necklace and trails urban village

24:14 ↗ how did the is how did those minimal

24:18 ↗ standards for retrieve retention

24:20 ↗ impervious service happen in the urban

24:23 ↗ village such as Issaquah Highlands well

24:25 ↗ the most recent case is the area that's

24:28 ↗ now Forest Ridge Pine Crest the W

24:31 ↗ College site in parcel D which have been

24:33 ↗ dealing with recently to get urban

24:37 ↗ village standards on that land 140 acres

24:39 ↗ of permanent open space had to be

24:41 ↗ dedicated to the city so that was four

24:45 ↗ to one so there was a big pay that those

24:50 ↗ people did to change that to get that

24:53 ↗ minimal standards and impervious and

24:56 ↗ tree retention one of the complications

24:59 ↗ in the site potentially up here is short

25:03 ↗ setbacks when you have just a few feet

25:06 ↗ literally setbacks in the ordinance

25:09 ↗ proposed up against hundred foot trees

25:12 ↗ how do you mitigate how do you deal with

25:15 ↗ the safety issues how do you deal with

25:17 ↗ the the the long-term health of that

25:19 ↗ forest in some cases the long-term

25:21 ↗ health of that forest is very important

25:23 ↗ for the view escape and the Woodard

25:25 ↗ hillsides we have in Issaquah so that is

25:28 ↗ a complication that needs to be

25:30 ↗ considered another subject just since

25:33 ↗ it's got so much on next door 2007 when

25:39 ↗ I was running for reelection i was in

25:40 ↗ spent a lot of time in greenwood point

25:42 ↗ area because everybody was in love with

25:44 ↗ the city there they craved about new

25:46 ↗ sidewalks road repair and they were

25:49 ↗ seeing police car

25:49 ↗ they had just been annexed they were

25:51 ↗ very happy I thought about running and

25:56 ↗ trying to draw bill in that community

25:57 ↗ right now hopefully the city is going to

25:59 ↗ figure out what happened to the water

26:01 ↗ rates there and get that firestorm dealt

26:04 ↗ with thank you thank you David

26:08 ↗ anyone Steven I Steve Pereira old town

26:17 ↗ about ten years now so the first thought

26:20 ↗ I had was I guess had to do with

26:23 ↗ communication and transparency issues

26:25 ↗ three examples that I think weren't

26:28 ↗ handled as well as it could be that I'd

26:30 ↗ like all of you to consider going

26:32 ↗ forward the first was the last City

26:34 ↗ Council meeting ran until 247 a.m. last

26:37 ↗ time not a good example for people

26:39 ↗ getting confidence and buy-in and

26:40 ↗ communication the next example was that

26:44 ↗ there with regular meeting agendas and

26:47 ↗ the moratorium we're having back-to-back

26:50 ↗ meetings on a whole bunch of different

26:51 ↗ topics people can't attend on a regular

26:54 ↗ basis there needs to be a better way to

26:55 ↗ maybe slow down that process to make

26:58 ↗ sure people are communicating the third

27:00 ↗ example is one of the things coming up

27:02 ↗ is the vertical mixed-use if people were

27:06 ↗ upset about a five-story apartment

27:08 ↗ complex I don't think they understand

27:10 ↗ that we're talking about with high

27:12 ↗ density bonuses a 10 foot or 10 story

27:15 ↗ building 125 135 feet without the roof

27:19 ↗ without the elevator shafts all that I

27:21 ↗ think we need to start better

27:22 ↗ communicating what we're talking about

27:23 ↗ in vertical mixed-use so people don't

27:26 ↗ get shocked afterwards that something

27:28 ↗ got passed and later it gets built just

27:30 ↗ needs to devote more buy-in with that

27:33 ↗ process second topic I shall pass on and

27:39 ↗ the second topic is I guess it's the

27:43 ↗ seven four three nine just the idea of I

27:49 ↗ can't envision what happens at the top

27:51 ↗ of the hill when you look at the the

27:52 ↗ trees I can't our terrorist I can't see

27:56 ↗ what happens to them being removed

27:57 ↗ without affecting the lower parcels

27:59 ↗ including the Tod

28:01 ↗ spots that still seems like a bad idea

28:03 ↗ to me

28:04 ↗ I'd like to comments earlier on the IMC

28:07 ↗ code and on the density on the four to

28:09 ↗ one exchange of the property to make

28:11 ↗ sure we have some value added to that

28:12 ↗ process Thanks thank you Steve Mary my

28:19 ↗ name is Mary Lynch and I recited to 69 o

28:22 ↗ North West Oak Crest Drive I've sent you

28:24 ↗ several or CCD on several emails I also

28:28 ↗ this weekend about the construction on

28:30 ↗ Newports way I really would ask and I've

28:33 ↗ still not seen is what are the city's

28:35 ↗ best practices when it comes to

28:37 ↗ construction zones along roadways and

28:40 ↗ along pedestrian pathways I have seen

28:43 ↗ none and it is very obvious there are

28:45 ↗ none that holds the contractor

28:48 ↗ accountable for and including Public

28:51 ↗ Works people on what is being done along

28:53 ↗ our roadways in the way of construction

28:55 ↗ zones both by setting up the boundaries

28:58 ↗ of those by marking them for speed

29:00 ↗ limits to my knowledge only because I've

29:03 ↗ worked with one of the public works

29:04 ↗ engineers and they put up a sign do we

29:06 ↗ even have a 25 mile an hour's sign today

29:09 ↗ we finally got double the sign up about

29:12 ↗ double fines there but I've seen none

29:15 ↗ and they had to purchase those because

29:16 ↗ apparently they weren't available in the

29:17 ↗ city I don't know if we're ticketing

29:19 ↗ double fine yet but that is Washington

29:22 ↗ state law if you look at that up and we

29:24 ↗ look at the regs

29:25 ↗ you're supposed to clearly identify your

29:27 ↗ your roadway construction zones you're

29:30 ↗ supposed to provide for no safe passage

29:34 ↗ through those zones and especially we

29:37 ↗ have been promised along Newports way we

29:39 ↗ have been promised safe walking pathways

29:41 ↗ and we do not have that and we don't

29:43 ↗ have the inspection Spector's going out

29:45 ↗ there and making sure that they're safe

29:47 ↗ and stay safe and I would ask where are

29:50 ↗ our best practices where our codes for

29:53 ↗ construction zones on roadways we don't

29:55 ↗ have them and we need them so part of

29:57 ↗ the central area plan part of the

29:59 ↗ moratorium we ought us put out on hold

30:01 ↗ until we have that the other thing I

30:04 ↗ want to talk about is the compact

30:06 ↗ schools I am not at all I'm one of the

30:07 ↗ proponents that saying we should have

30:09 ↗ when I was on the central area plan in

30:11 ↗ the central area work with the school

30:12 ↗ districts to get

30:14 ↗ you know some more standards and some

30:16 ↗ more designs in for the central area

30:18 ↗ plan for new schools my concern with

30:20 ↗ this bill is that go or agenda belt is

30:22 ↗ going forward it's done very quick when

30:24 ↗ people out of the the town are not aware

30:28 ↗ of it and for it to cover all areas of

30:31 ↗ Issaquah I think is wrong because this

30:34 ↗ will have impact schools sightings that

30:38 ↗ are in existing neighborhoods along

30:39 ↗ creeks and with the type of setbacks and

30:42 ↗ as it was commented you're not talking

30:45 ↗ just sixty five foot it can be up above

30:48 ↗ that with the other equipment that's on

30:50 ↗ on a roof and for this to be able to

30:53 ↗ allow to go into an existing

30:55 ↗ single-family area

30:58 ↗ this type of compact school I think

31:00 ↗ needs to have more public input before

31:04 ↗ it's passed if you want to do it for the

31:06 ↗ central area plan have no problem with

31:08 ↗ it but if you're talking in existing

31:10 ↗ single-family neighborhoods you need to

31:13 ↗ have more open transparent discussions

31:15 ↗ of the impact that it's going to have on

31:17 ↗ those people and also the impact it's

31:20 ↗ going to have on our streams and our

31:21 ↗ creeks things that we've tried to

31:23 ↗ preserve and if we allow for this type

31:26 ↗ of impervious surfaces and traffic I

31:28 ↗ think you're you're really asking for it

31:31 ↗ and you have not done your due diligence

31:33 ↗ in involving the city we don't have that

31:35 ↗ support press anymore the reporter

31:38 ↗ really doesn't do much coverage down

31:40 ↗ here and there's really not many reach

31:42 ↗ out to my knowledge to anybody in the

31:44 ↗ community where this could really have

31:46 ↗ impact in existing neighborhoods and

31:47 ↗ it's going to have severe impact so some

31:50 ↗ of your neighborhoods we also talked

31:52 ↗ about viewsheds if you put some of these

31:55 ↗ places where they're talking about

31:56 ↗ putting them you're going to completely

31:58 ↗ eliminate view for not even single

32:00 ↗ family but for the whole stream in the

32:02 ↗ whole corridor thank you thank you Mary

32:10 ↗ mr. mayor council I'm Andy Simons I live

32:14 ↗ at 735 Northwest State wood drive in

32:17 ↗ Issaquah and I'm a board member for the

32:20 ↗ east side baby corner and I'm here to

32:22 ↗ thank you for what I understand will be

32:25 ↗ a proclamation recognizing diaper needs

32:28 ↗ Awareness Week which I believe is next

32:31 ↗ week and just want to thank you on

32:33 ↗ behalf of the baby corner this is a nice

32:35 ↗ agency that's located right here in

32:37 ↗ Issaquah and it serves all the Eastside

32:39 ↗ Eastside baby corner works with about 50

32:43 ↗ other agencies partner providers provide

32:47 ↗ not just diapers but formula as well as

32:50 ↗ all kinds of needs for children up

32:52 ↗ through age 12 and we may not realize

32:56 ↗ this but for the average family diapers

32:59 ↗ cost about $80 a month and baby corner

33:03 ↗ has supplied over a million diapers

33:04 ↗ last year alone so it is a significant

33:08 ↗ need as we all may realize and again

33:10 ↗ want to thank you for for your forget

33:12 ↗ recognition of this Andy

33:15 ↗ thank you and in the mayor's report I

33:17 ↗ will mention the the proclamation on

33:22 ↗ hyper awareness we thank you very

33:32 ↗ good evening Cheryl Gilbert and I reside

33:34 ↗ at 40 21 77 thousand years southeast

33:38 ↗ first of all I want to thank those of

33:40 ↗ you that took the time to respond to my

33:42 ↗ emails this week I do appreciate your

33:43 ↗ time although my comments do relate

33:48 ↗ specifically to an agenda topic from

33:50 ↗ your September fifth meeting I do

33:53 ↗ believe that they're poignant especially

33:54 ↗ in light mr. mayor of your Proclamation

33:56 ↗ tonight of this being recovery month a

34:02 ↗ drug addicts do indeed have a disease

34:04 ↗ they need help resources and compassion

34:08 ↗ but a safe injection site provides none

34:11 ↗ of these these facilities are enabling

34:13 ↗ drug users not helping them find a way

34:16 ↗ out I know that two weeks ago at your

34:18 ↗ meeting you heard from heartbroken

34:20 ↗ parents who had lost children to heroin

34:22 ↗ overdoses and while I cannot relate

34:25 ↗ specifically to the pain of a parent

34:27 ↗ losing a child I am well acquainted with

34:30 ↗ the unique type of destruction and

34:31 ↗ heartbreak that heroin heroin addiction

34:34 ↗ and overdose in still my mother was an

34:37 ↗ addict all of my life I have vivid

34:39 ↗ memories of watching her snort lines of

34:42 ↗ cocaine in front of me at a very young

34:43 ↗ age I remember the needle marks and the

34:46 ↗ blown veins and the sling that she would

34:48 ↗ wear to hide them I remember her claims

34:51 ↗ of tennis elbow when asked what the

34:53 ↗ sling was for I remember the phone call

34:57 ↗ when I was 24 telling me that she had

34:59 ↗ died my lifelong dreams of her recovery

35:02 ↗ dashed with that one monstrous word

35:04 ↗ overdose I remember retrieving her

35:08 ↗ belongings from the coroner's office and

35:10 ↗ the sharp pain in my stomach when the

35:12 ↗ contents of the bag revealed only a bus

35:14 ↗ bus pass and drug paraphernalia I'm here

35:18 ↗ tonight because a safe injection site

35:21 ↗ would not have saved my mother yes she

35:24 ↗ may have received medical intervention

35:26 ↗ on that specific day had she chosen to

35:28 ↗ be supervised while shooting up but what

35:31 ↗ then she would have returned to the

35:33 ↗ streets returned to her demons and found

35:36 ↗ her next fix and I would still be

35:39 ↗ standing here before you saying that we

35:42 ↗ had done nothing to solve the real issue

35:45 ↗ making heroin use safer will only

35:48 ↗ encourage addicts to continue using safe

35:52 ↗ injection sites condone and promote drug

35:54 ↗ use by providing addicts a space in

35:56 ↗ which to perform an illegal and

35:58 ↗ dangerous activity where we the

36:01 ↗ taxpayers provide them with needles

36:03 ↗ tourniquets and in some facilities even

36:06 ↗ cooking supplies for their drugs heroin

36:09 ↗ heroin will be easily procured from the

36:12 ↗ dealer's that we've invited into our

36:15 ↗ community by protecting their illegal

36:18 ↗ industry and guaranteeing their business

36:20 ↗ in fact a safe injection site will

36:24 ↗ increase the drug trade not only by

36:25 ↗ securing demand but also by ensuring

36:28 ↗ that any overdose or reaction caused by

36:30 ↗ tainted drugs will be forted by free

36:33 ↗ medical intervention when so many of the

36:37 ↗ risks of illicit drug use are mitigated

36:39 ↗ so then are many of the reasons for

36:42 ↗ addicts to take steps toward recovery as

36:45 ↗ you know there are safe injection sites

36:47 ↗ in other countries but none of these

36:49 ↗ have provided either scientific nor

36:51 ↗ anecdotal evidence to show that their

36:53 ↗ services actually work to combat the

36:55 ↗ opioid epidemic as the Human Services

36:59 ↗ Commission and the council services and

37:01 ↗ Safety Committee continue to research

37:03 ↗ and analyze data regarding existing

37:06 ↗ facilities they will find as I have that

37:09 ↗ no data exists showing that such

37:11 ↗ facilities support the goal of reducing

37:13 ↗ opioid abuse data collected at the

37:17 ↗ Vancouver Insight shows that users

37:19 ↗ attend the facility for roughly one in

37:22 ↗ four of their heroin injections

37:25 ↗ this means the insite is not getting the

37:27 ↗ drugs or the needles off the streets as

37:30 ↗ they had hoped insite claims success in

37:33 ↗ behavioral risk reduction but using a

37:36 ↗ clean needle 25% of the time does not

37:38 ↗ equate to safe drug use practices insite

37:42 ↗ also proudly lists in its successes that

37:44 ↗ not one overdose death has occurred in

37:46 ↗ their facility in 13 years of operation

37:49 ↗ while this fact holds true the British

37:52 ↗ Columbia coroner's office released

37:54 ↗ mortality figures from two thousand

37:56 ↗ seven to two thousand seventeen

37:58 ↗ that show a steady increase in overdose

38:00 ↗ deaths in that region including a 30%

38:03 ↗ increase just in the past year the

38:06 ↗ bottom line is this

38:07 ↗ despite is claims to the contrary

38:10 ↗ insight simply doesn't work we do have a

38:14 ↗ drug problem facing our community we do

38:16 ↗ need to find realistic solutions to this

38:18 ↗ problem but a safe injection site is not

38:21 ↗ that solution it is counterproductive to

38:23 ↗ solving the opioid epidemic I am certain

38:27 ↗ that if I could have asked my mother in

38:28 ↗ a moment of clarity whether she would

38:30 ↗ have preferred a safe place to get high

38:32 ↗ or resources to help her get her life

38:34 ↗ back she would have without hesitation

38:36 ↗ chosen the ladder I hope that this

38:38 ↗ council can I finish my sentence ok

38:42 ↗ summarize I hope that this council the

38:45 ↗ Human Services Commission and the

38:47 ↗ council services and Safety Committee

38:48 ↗ will choose the same thank you so much

38:50 ↗ for your time thank you and would you

38:52 ↗ provide a copy of your notes to the

38:55 ↗ clerk please anyone else hello

39:07 ↗ Elizabeth no Penn 100 Big Bear place

39:11 ↗ northwest in Issaquah I wanted first to

39:16 ↗ express my thanks for the work that went

39:19 ↗ into the community needs assessment I

39:29 ↗ wish I had been able to be here the

39:32 ↗ night that you had the presentation on

39:35 ↗ that I'd like to bring to your attention

39:39 ↗ a way where you could make transparency

39:43 ↗ and communication better and that is we

39:47 ↗ do have channel 21 where you can watch

39:52 ↗ what's happened but there is no list on

39:57 ↗ there of when things are coming up and

40:00 ↗ so very often the thing that you wanted

40:03 ↗ to see you find part way through by just

40:08 ↗ keeping coming back to the site

40:11 ↗ randomly so we really nice if every half

40:17 ↗ hour or so you have a list of what's

40:19 ↗ coming up and when it's coming up that

40:22 ↗ would really help people on the the drug

40:29 ↗ site there is a Lancet article I believe

40:34 ↗ it's from 2011 that showed that there

40:39 ↗ was a 35 percent drop in overdose deaths

40:44 ↗ in the area around the the insight

40:52 ↗ injection site there there are some

40:59 ↗ studies out there it's worth looking at

41:02 ↗ and a lot of the deaths now have to do

41:08 ↗ with the lasing of drugs with fentanyl

41:14 ↗ they do have tests that you that people

41:19 ↗ can take at the site so if they bring in

41:23 ↗ the drugs they can test the drugs to see

41:26 ↗ if they're contaminated we do need to

41:29 ↗ get not only get people off these

41:35 ↗ illegal substances that they use to kill

41:38 ↗ their pain but we also need to find ways

41:43 ↗ of stopping this contamination which is

41:47 ↗ so deadly to people so I think there

41:52 ↗ there are some reasons why these sites

41:56 ↗ do help people and help the overall

42:00 ↗ health of the community thank you

42:07 ↗ Thank You Elizabeth there anyone else

42:10 ↗ desire to speak this evening who has not

42:12 ↗ signed up hello first I apologize for

42:20 ↗ being late but um I've never been here

42:22 ↗ before

42:23 ↗ and I was waiting across the street it's

42:26 ↗ an executive session I thought I was

42:27 ↗ waiting for the doors to open anyway

42:29 ↗ thank you for allowing me to speak my

42:31 ↗ name is Jan Zimmer I live in North Asuka

42:33 ↗ and I'm a resident and a property owner

42:36 ↗ regarding the insight the most recent

42:39 ↗ article I saw regard about insight

42:41 ↗ indicated overdoses were up 88% they

42:46 ↗ attributed that to fentanyl but no

42:47 ↗ matter what they were up 88% they had

42:51 ↗ now have three facilities versus the

42:52 ↗ original one that they had there are two

42:55 ↗ I believe in Vancouver and another one

42:56 ↗ in us in a suburban area they didn't I

42:59 ↗ couldn't find any numbers like total

43:03 ↗ number of people they were treating but

43:04 ↗ I'm assuming there's a huge increase for

43:07 ↗ them to now have three centers and their

43:10 ↗ overdoses are up 88% so I don't see how

43:14 ↗ in any way that could be things

43:15 ↗ considered a success and a safe

43:17 ↗ injection site I'm sure they work with

43:20 ↗ them to try to talk them into treatment

43:21 ↗ but it's a safe injection site it proved

43:24 ↗ it's a place to get clean needles to not

43:27 ↗ have transmissible disease such as HIV

43:30 ↗ hepatitis and they treat the reason no

43:33 ↗ one dies is because they have medical

43:34 ↗ personnel there and they treat them with

43:37 ↗ narcan right there when if they're gonna

43:39 ↗ overdose but they don't what they don't

43:41 ↗ say is there's people overdosing outside

43:44 ↗ so I mean granted no one is overdosed

43:46 ↗ inside but people are overdosing outside

43:49 ↗ in the area and overdoses are up 88

43:52 ↗ percent so I don't call that a success

43:53 ↗ but anyway I'm here to ask that you ban

43:57 ↗ safe injection sites being located in

43:59 ↗ Issaquah this is not appropriate for

44:01 ↗ Issaquah please join Sammamish Bellevue

44:04 ↗ Redmen Auburn in Federal Way in banning

44:08 ↗ these sites these sites may decrease the

44:11 ↗ transmission of diseases through IV drug

44:13 ↗ use and prevent and/or treat overdoses

44:16 ↗ in their facilities but they do not

44:18 ↗ treat the addiction or they do not

44:20 ↗ cause of people to go into recovery or

44:24 ↗ treatment to achieve recovery and I was

44:28 ↗ just kind of responding to what I heard

44:29 ↗ but I was saying how Vancouver has the

44:31 ↗ three sites up from the original one and

44:34 ↗ they're still there overdoses are up 88%

44:37 ↗ but I like I said I have no idea what

44:40 ↗ the total numbers are but the fact that

44:41 ↗ they now have three centers versus one

44:43 ↗ to me that's proof also that they

44:46 ↗ attracted people there to do IV drug use

44:48 ↗ or they wouldn't have those need

44:50 ↗ threesome you know it would have more

44:51 ↗ centers and they wouldn't be having the

44:53 ↗ more more overdoses and I really um if

44:59 ↗ you don't pass a ban and a safe

45:01 ↗ injection site is ever located in

45:03 ↗ Issaquah I believe what will happen this

45:05 ↗ is what will happen in our city I think

45:06 ↗ that it will decrease our quality of

45:08 ↗ life it will decrease our property

45:11 ↗ values and it will bring crime and

45:13 ↗ increased number of drug dealers into

45:15 ↗ our community because these people will

45:18 ↗ be providing a service of a safe site to

45:20 ↗ inject drugs but where are the drugs

45:22 ↗ coming from they're not providing the

45:23 ↗ drugs so these people are getting the

45:25 ↗ drugs from somewhere and the drug

45:27 ↗ dealers are going to know they're gonna

45:29 ↗ it's gonna become known if we ever had

45:31 ↗ something like that in our city we'll

45:33 ↗ just be easy targets and I'm so sad that

45:35 ↗ I have to come and ask the City Council

45:37 ↗ to vote on and pass a ban on safe

45:39 ↗ injection sites that was on the agenda

45:41 ↗ for the nine five seventeen meeting but

45:43 ↗ was not passed I am asking you now on

45:46 ↗ behalf of myself my family the children

45:49 ↗ of Issaquah and all citizens of Issaquah

45:51 ↗ in terms of I don't want the current you

45:54 ↗ know them to be affected by crime and

45:55 ↗ everything else that goes along with the

45:58 ↗ people that come with this type of

45:59 ↗ activity please ban safe injection sites

46:02 ↗ in the city of Issaquah please thank you

46:06 ↗ thank you Jan is there anyone else

46:09 ↗ desiring to speak this evening anyone

46:12 ↗ else third and final call

46:15 ↗ seeing no one then audience comments are

46:17 ↗ closed and will now move to committee

46:19 ↗ and regional reports beginning with

46:22 ↗ Mariah Thank You mr. mayor I'll be

46:25 ↗ attending on Wednesday September 20th

46:27 ↗ the Eastside Human Services forum board

46:30 ↗ meeting

46:32 ↗ in Bellevue and later that afternoon the

46:36 ↗ Economic Development Commission board

46:38 ↗ board meeting in Kent at the same time

46:43 ↗ the king conservation district committee

46:45 ↗ is also meeting so I'll be attending

46:48 ↗ economic development since that happens

46:50 ↗ quarterly and be able to give an update

46:53 ↗ at the at our next meeting thank you

46:55 ↗ thank you bill

46:57 ↗ Thank You mr. mayor the Infrastructure

47:01 ↗ Committee will be meeting this Thursday

47:02 ↗ the 21st is 6:30 here in chambers

47:04 ↗ there's six items on the agenda three

47:08 ↗ are informational the Issaquah Hobart

47:10 ↗ study update that's just bringing

47:12 ↗ information forward and kind of midway

47:13 ↗ through that study that we authorized

47:15 ↗ earlier just update us there will be a

47:18 ↗ discussion with solid waste collection

47:20 ↗ contract review and also project updates

47:25 ↗ three items for action will be looking

47:30 ↗ at a be seventy four sixty nine

47:31 ↗ franchise agreement with clearer

47:33 ↗ Wireless also a be 74 68 interlocal

47:38 ↗ agreement with Sammamish plateau Water

47:40 ↗ and Sewer District for adjusted sewer

47:42 ↗ service area and assuming it passes the

47:45 ↗ consent agenda tonight and bab 7463 will

47:50 ↗ also be on there with a Washington State

47:52 ↗ Department transportation right away

47:53 ↗ even request for maintenance purposes

47:55 ↗ long Gilman and that will be it for the

47:59 ↗ Infrastructure Committee last week on

48:01 ↗ the project on the 8th of September I

48:04 ↗ attended the site transportation

48:06 ↗ partnership the main item there was

48:08 ↗ discussing changes to fees for Metro

48:11 ↗ update on that and then next next week

48:15 ↗ on the 27th I'll be attending the

48:17 ↗ regional transit committee I don't have

48:18 ↗ the agenda on that yet whose my report

48:21 ↗ thank you Bill Paul Thank You mr. mayor

48:26 ↗ on Thursday September 7th I attended the

48:28 ↗ Puget Sound Regional Council's growth

48:30 ↗ management policy board meeting number

48:33 ↗ of items were on the agenda one primary

48:35 ↗ one was the ongoing discussion about the

48:37 ↗ proposed updates to the regional centers

48:38 ↗ framework now the SCA has drafted a

48:42 ↗ some talking points in the form of a

48:44 ↗ position paper that is in draft and I

48:47 ↗ think that our next our meeting next

48:51 ↗ month I'll be interesting to see if Tola

48:53 ↗ has an update on how their conversation

48:55 ↗ went on that but I think that that'll be

48:57 ↗ something I'll be able to distribute for

48:59 ↗ consideration for all the council's

49:01 ↗ comments prior to our meeting next month

49:04 ↗ another key item for discussion was it's

49:07 ↗ out there to possibly add major military

49:09 ↗ instructions to the regional centers

49:12 ↗ framework and make them eligible for the

49:16 ↗ the federal transportation funding I can

49:18 ↗ tell you that the board is very split on

49:21 ↗ this and SCA is looks like we're taking

49:24 ↗ a position against it as well because

49:27 ↗ military installations don't do planning

49:30 ↗ under the GMA and that's one constant

49:33 ↗ thing for all centers currently so we'll

49:38 ↗ see how that ends up but I think again

49:41 ↗ the SCA will be taking a more strong

49:43 ↗ position on that and on next on the

49:46 ↗ September 14th I joined others from the

49:50 ↗ policy board in in the first meeting of

49:53 ↗ what's known as the 2018 project

49:56 ↗ selection task force the PSR C conveying

50:00 ↗ convenes this task force every two years

50:02 ↗ to review and possibly update the

50:05 ↗ policies and guidelines for

50:07 ↗ transportation project selection I had

50:11 ↗ mentioned this to some before and only

50:13 ↗ when I got there that I realize it was

50:15 ↗ just a policy and guideline update it's

50:17 ↗ this this task force does not do project

50:19 ↗ selection so next year the

50:21 ↗ Transportation Policy Board will use the

50:23 ↗ updated policies when making its project

50:26 ↗ funding selections for the years 2021

50:28 ↗ and 2022 so this meeting that I went to

50:31 ↗ consisted of a presentation and

50:33 ↗ discussion about the federal

50:34 ↗ transportation legislation and funding

50:36 ↗ programs and background on the existing

50:39 ↗ policies and procedures for conducting

50:41 ↗ the project selection process I will say

50:43 ↗ that PSR C staff mentioned that they

50:45 ↗ they really don't expect many policy

50:48 ↗ changes through this process and then

50:51 ↗ lastly also on September 14th I

50:54 ↗ attended the art trust fund workshop at

50:57 ↗ Bellevue City Hall the arts staff the

50:59 ↗ arts Executive Board and arch Coalition

51:01 ↗ member jurisdictions were all in

51:03 ↗ attendance this is the third meeting of

51:06 ↗ this group for the purpose of reviewing

51:08 ↗ and funding the trust and review the

51:10 ↗ funding for the trust fund the first

51:12 ↗ meeting was held in 2015 and the second

51:14 ↗ one was a year ago so not a really high

51:17 ↗ pace of meetings the Executive Board

51:19 ↗ recommended an update to the suggested

51:21 ↗ minimums and maximum contributions for

51:25 ↗ each coalition member to make yearly to

51:28 ↗ the trust fund that ranges today have

51:31 ↗ not been updated since they originally

51:33 ↗ adopted I think in 1999 so this was

51:35 ↗ overdue for an update so the task force

51:39 ↗ didn't is not a voting body but there

51:41 ↗ was general agreement with these

51:42 ↗ recommendations so the next step is arch

51:46 ↗ will come to us here in these chambers

51:49 ↗ and make a presentation to our council

51:53 ↗ as they're doing to all councils there

51:55 ↗ will be some follow-up legislation for

51:58 ↗ us to consider is the Quad City Council

52:00 ↗ on formally adopting or or or not these

52:05 ↗ range minimum and maximum trust fund

52:08 ↗ donation ranges for the city of Issaquah

52:10 ↗ I don't have a timing for that but I I

52:13 ↗ was expect it to be within the next two

52:16 ↗ to four months that concludes my report

52:19 ↗ thank you Paul of Tola Thank You mr.

52:23 ↗ mayor the 9-1-1 elite group had an

52:27 ↗ information session that was held on

52:29 ↗ Monday September 11th in Kirkland and we

52:33 ↗ discussed both technical and governance

52:35 ↗ issues this was not a full meeting of

52:39 ↗ the leadership group it was sort of an

52:41 ↗ additional meeting that was offered to

52:43 ↗ talk specifically in particular around

52:46 ↗ there is an ongoing question related to

52:49 ↗ the architecture of what the 911 system

52:53 ↗ should look like whether it should

52:54 ↗ basically be an increment of the of the

52:58 ↗ current system or whether it should be

52:59 ↗ sort of a large federated database and

53:02 ↗ it has there's advantages to having a

53:06 ↗ larger federal

53:07 ↗ it's system but it's more expensive so

53:10 ↗ there's a conversation going on about

53:11 ↗ that it's within the context of finding

53:14 ↗ out that regardless of what system we

53:17 ↗ move forward with for nine-one-one the

53:20 ↗ system is expected to run out of money

53:22 ↗ somewhere between 20 22 and 20 24 so

53:26 ↗ additional funding mechanisms to assure

53:30 ↗ ongoing operation of email in one system

53:33 ↗ is going to be needed in the future

53:35 ↗ whether that gets addressed by the e-911

53:39 ↗ leadership leadership group now is a

53:42 ↗ subject of some discussion and it's also

53:45 ↗ influencing this conversation about the

53:46 ↗ different kinds of architectures as I

53:49 ↗ mentioned the sound the safety and

53:53 ↗ Services Committee met on Tuesday

53:54 ↗ September 12th at 6:30 p.m. here in

53:57 ↗ Council Chambers we voted 3-2 Oh to move

54:00 ↗ forward agenda bill 74 31 on Community

54:04 ↗ Fund grant recommendations we had some

54:06 ↗ proposed changes that we agree that we

54:08 ↗ all agreed to we also voted 3-2 o to

54:13 ↗ move forward a interagency agreement

54:16 ↗ with the Department of Ecology that was

54:18 ↗ agenda bill 74 74 we received a really

54:22 ↗ good report on the activities of the

54:25 ↗ senior center group they have really

54:28 ↗ come up with a number a really good set

54:32 ↗ of criteria for evaluating what a plan

54:35 ↗ should look like going forward and the

54:37 ↗ nice thing is it's agnostic to whether

54:39 ↗ that's a city led effort or an

54:42 ↗ independent nonprofit led effort the

54:45 ↗ fundamental concepts of what we want out

54:48 ↗ of a Senior Center are the same either

54:50 ↗ way even though the exact operating

54:53 ↗ model might be different so they've done

54:56 ↗ a really great job and we were we were

54:57 ↗ thoroughly impressed Sound city's

55:00 ↗ association public issues committee met

55:02 ↗ Wednesday September 13th at 7 p.m. at

55:04 ↗ Renton City Hall we talked about a

55:06 ↗ number of issues regional centers did in

55:08 ↗ fact come up a couple of areas that were

55:11 ↗ discussed it looks as if the

55:13 ↗ recommendation would be moving towards

55:14 ↗ both minimum job criteria and no longer

55:19 ↗ considering this

55:20 ↗ years tears of regional center that was

55:24 ↗ an idea that was being floated that a

55:26 ↗ number of cities had some serious

55:28 ↗ concerns with so both of these things

55:31 ↗ sort of reflect the direction that SCA

55:34 ↗ pick conversations that gone in pic

55:36 ↗ wasn't going to take a formal position

55:38 ↗ or well being picked members are

55:40 ↗ involved in the process but sorry SCA

55:42 ↗ members are involved in the process pic

55:44 ↗ it's not taking a formal position but

55:46 ↗ the the general tone of the conversation

55:49 ↗ was very positive and it was not

55:52 ↗ previous conversations on this topic had

55:55 ↗ gotten feisty this was not a

55:58 ↗ particularly feisty conversation we

56:00 ↗ discussed the veterans seniors and human

56:02 ↗ services levy that is gonna be on the

56:06 ↗ ballot this fall it was mentioned that

56:08 ↗ the county is happy to come out and

56:11 ↗ discuss what that levy is I would

56:14 ↗ suggest that we might want to see if we

56:16 ↗ could get that before Election Day it

56:19 ↗ isn't taking a position on it it's just

56:21 ↗ understanding what's in it and what the

56:23 ↗ implications would be both from a

56:26 ↗ taxation standpoint and a services

56:28 ↗ standpoint and we discussed the metro

56:32 ↗ flat fair proposal that's going that's

56:35 ↗ going to be going through that looks

56:37 ↗ like it's very good indeed for people in

56:40 ↗ Issaquah that commute into the city it's

56:43 ↗ you know every every time you look at

56:46 ↗ different financing you sort of create

56:47 ↗ winners and losers and this is one that

56:50 ↗ without oversimplifying is like I said

56:54 ↗ really good for folks who are coming in

56:55 ↗ from the outer parts of the county and

56:58 ↗ then it probably hits folks who are just

57:03 ↗ meeting with in Seattle at the other end

57:06 ↗ of the spectrum they're probably facing

57:07 ↗ higher fares so but it's good for us and

57:12 ↗ then we had a report on this state

57:14 ↗ legislative session this year the big

57:16 ↗ item of course was that there was no

57:18 ↗ capital budget passed due to a variety

57:20 ↗ of complicated reasons that you asked

57:22 ↗ three different legislators and will

57:24 ↗ give you different answers on why that

57:26 ↗ happened but that is unfortunate from

57:29 ↗ the point of view of municipalities this

57:30 ↗ was also discussed at the

57:32 ↗ at the networking dinner that was held

57:35 ↗ the previous week where a number of

57:37 ↗ state legislators both House members and

57:39 ↗ state Senate members I came and

57:41 ↗ discussed the legislative session with

57:43 ↗ us and the the lack of a capital budget

57:46 ↗ was absolutely considered the the single

57:48 ↗ biggest negative issue to come out of

57:51 ↗ that probably followed by trying to

57:54 ↗ understand the financial ramifications

57:56 ↗ of resolving the Clary decision and the

58:00 ↗ impacts that it will have on school

58:02 ↗ districts in in King County this

58:04 ↗ concludes my report Thank You Tola

58:07 ↗ Eileen no report this evening Thank You

58:12 ↗ mr. mayor my first report is on the

58:14 ↗ great aristocratic immerse where I sit

58:17 ↗ as a council liaison I attended with

58:20 ↗ City Administrator Bob Harrison on

58:22 ↗ September 15th Bob did most of the

58:25 ↗ updates which included discussing some

58:28 ↗ new developments potential school

58:30 ↗ building sites a new Costco office

58:33 ↗ building apartments at Gateway in Vail

58:35 ↗ and some construction of new roundabouts

58:37 ↗ in town we also provided an update on

58:40 ↗ the moratorium the chamber wanted to

58:42 ↗ make sure that the city was made aware

58:45 ↗ of its great appreciation for all of the

58:47 ↗ support and investment that goes into

58:49 ↗ salmon days in general question and

58:52 ↗ answer there was a discussion about the

58:54 ↗ safe injection sites

58:55 ↗ ban proposal that was put in front of

58:58 ↗ Council also interest in the transit

59:00 ↗ oriented development project and the

59:02 ↗ possible use of multifamily tax

59:04 ↗ exemptions for that there wasn't asked

59:07 ↗ on behalf of the chamber that as the

59:09 ↗ council reviews the new architectural

59:11 ↗ and urban design standard guidelines

59:13 ↗ that we look at projects that may be in

59:16 ↗ the works right now to make sure that

59:17 ↗ the outcomes we're hoping to achieve we

59:19 ↗ actually do achieve and I think that was

59:22 ↗ it for that meeting I attended the

59:24 ↗ Eastside Fire and Rescue Board of

59:26 ↗ Directors meeting on September 14th it

59:29 ↗ was a meeting where there was an

59:30 ↗ introduction of an additional five new

59:32 ↗ recruits this year the local reported

59:35 ↗ out a successful fundraiser for a mass

59:38 ↗ that raised almost $25,000 a few weeks

59:40 ↗ back fill the boot

59:43 ↗ fire chief gave some information in his

59:46 ↗ briefing on the an update on the P Foss

59:51 ↗ issue that has been discussed both in

59:54 ↗ Council and at efer discussion of the

59:57 ↗ wildland activity and where our our fire

1:00:03 ↗ staff is currently deployed an update on

1:00:06 ↗ the volunteer program which is currently

1:00:08 ↗ being revamped also there was a vote on

1:00:12 ↗ the capital facilities replacement fund

1:00:14 ↗ an item that I brought before Council

1:00:16 ↗ this policy was adopted with the aspire

1:00:20 ↗ representatives not voting in favor of

1:00:22 ↗ the all of the policy that was presented

1:00:24 ↗ if you can remember this goes back to

1:00:27 ↗ who would pay for maintenance of

1:00:29 ↗ non-standard items at fire stations

1:00:31 ↗ after a discussion with you both

1:00:34 ↗ councilmember barber and I voted against

1:00:36 ↗ leaving that item in for now

1:00:39 ↗ the board decided to leave it in and

1:00:41 ↗ there are ongoing conversations right

1:00:43 ↗ now I believe the first of several

1:00:44 ↗ meetings today between Eastside Fire &

1:00:47 ↗ Rescue and our facility staff occurred

1:00:48 ↗ where they will work on language that

1:00:51 ↗ may be used in a Memorandum of

1:00:53 ↗ Understanding that we will likely see a

1:00:55 ↗ future date to address the issue that

1:00:58 ↗ both councilmember barber and I were

1:01:00 ↗ concerned about a large presentation

1:01:02 ↗ there was the presentation part two of

1:01:05 ↗ the standards of cover this is a new way

1:01:08 ↗ of looking at it's a new service

1:01:10 ↗ delivery model I did send you a summary

1:01:13 ↗ that the fire chief issued the day after

1:01:15 ↗ the board meeting I thought it was very

1:01:18 ↗ well written if you have any questions

1:01:19 ↗ on what exactly the new standards that

1:01:21 ↗ cover may or may not look like or what

1:01:23 ↗ this exercise looks like we could do it

1:01:25 ↗ it for good of the order tonight or at a

1:01:27 ↗ future meeting and that was it

1:01:31 ↗ Thank You mr. mayor thank you Mary Lou

1:01:34 ↗ spaceman Thank You mr. mayor Landon

1:01:37 ↗ Shore met on September 7th and we first

1:01:41 ↗ talked about agenda bill 74 59

1:01:43 ↗ termination of Costco easement this is

1:01:47 ↗ an easement that was created

1:01:49 ↗ let me see how many years ago is that

1:01:51 ↗ about 30 years ago and Costco is asking

1:01:55 ↗ us to terminate a portion of an easement

1:01:59 ↗ on its property for various reasons one

1:02:02 ↗ is because they are in the process of

1:02:04 ↗ planning to build a building in the area

1:02:08 ↗ and it it may look like the city the

1:02:15 ↗ city may have an obligation to terminate

1:02:16 ↗ that easement but the we did not make a

1:02:20 ↗ decision we are going to talk about it

1:02:22 ↗ one more time it looks like at our next

1:02:24 ↗ meeting the first Thursday in October

1:02:27 ↗ and likely come back with a

1:02:29 ↗ recommendation to the full council then

1:02:30 ↗ we also discussed a vertical mixed-use

1:02:34 ↗ regarding the moratorium and that was a

1:02:36 ↗ last look before the next step which is

1:02:39 ↗ to draft code and bring it forward as an

1:02:41 ↗ agenda bill we also reviewed agenda bill

1:02:46 ↗ 73 40 the Housing Strategy which is on

1:02:49 ↗ our agenda tonight we also again talked

1:02:56 ↗ about agenda bill 73 26 old town sub

1:02:59 ↗ area plan and that's continuing to be

1:03:02 ↗ worked on and we'll come back to Landon

1:03:03 ↗ Shore again also on the agenda tonight

1:03:07 ↗ agenda bill 74 39 which is the codes

1:03:10 ↗ regarding compact schools and that's

1:03:13 ↗ coming forward with recommendations from

1:03:16 ↗ Landon Shore and we were going to

1:03:20 ↗ discuss agenda bell 73 12 which is the

1:03:22 ↗ 2017 regional agenda a couple of the

1:03:26 ↗ different elements in that plan but it

1:03:27 ↗ was getting late and it was a week where

1:03:30 ↗ we had already had a fairly late meeting

1:03:32 ↗ so we are going to discuss that at our

1:03:35 ↗ next meeting also as my fellow council

1:03:42 ↗ members are aware and the audience is

1:03:46 ↗ aware as well because you listen to some

1:03:47 ↗ comments about it tonight at our

1:03:49 ↗ September 5th meeting we had an agenda

1:03:52 ↗ bill before us 74 71 which was the safe

1:03:59 ↗ injection sites

1:04:00 ↗ and because naturally that is attracting

1:04:04 ↗ a lot of attention in the community and

1:04:05 ↗ I think there is some misunderstanding

1:04:08 ↗ about the what that agenda belt was all

1:04:10 ↗ about and a little bit of

1:04:12 ↗ misunderstanding and perhaps fear about

1:04:15 ↗ what the council decided to do I thought

1:04:17 ↗ it was appropriate to say a few words

1:04:21 ↗ these are the words I'm going to say are

1:04:24 ↗ the largely the responses that I have

1:04:30 ↗ been sending to folks who are emailing

1:04:32 ↗ the entire council which is my

1:04:34 ↗ responsibility to to respond on behalf

1:04:36 ↗ of the entire council although

1:04:37 ↗ individual council members can respond

1:04:39 ↗ as well so I wanted to I what I wanted

1:04:44 ↗ to say is that first by way of

1:04:46 ↗ background and clarity agenda bill

1:04:48 ↗ seventy four seventy one was an agenda

1:04:51 ↗ bill that proposed opposing safe

1:04:53 ↗ injection sites and that agenda bill

1:04:56 ↗ came forward from the mayor so rather

1:04:58 ↗ than take action when the bill came to

1:05:00 ↗ council which was the first time the

1:05:02 ↗ bill came to council and it was on

1:05:03 ↗ september 5th the council referred the

1:05:05 ↗ bill to the Human Services Commission

1:05:07 ↗ and then to the services and Safety

1:05:09 ↗ Committee before it returns to the full

1:05:11 ↗ council so now as I understand it King

1:05:14 ↗ County and the City of Seattle are

1:05:16 ↗ interested in implementing a task force

1:05:18 ↗ recommendation for two pilot sites one

1:05:21 ↗ in Seattle and one in the county however

1:05:23 ↗ it's also my understanding that the King

1:05:25 ↗ County Council earlier this summer I

1:05:27 ↗ believe late July voted to limit the use

1:05:30 ↗ of county funds for establishing the

1:05:32 ↗ sites only in cities whose elected

1:05:34 ↗ officials choose to locate a facility in

1:05:37 ↗ their community so to be clear the

1:05:40 ↗ Issaquah City Council is not considering

1:05:42 ↗ safe injection sites rather the council

1:05:45 ↗ is in effect gathering process to learn

1:05:47 ↗ more about such sites the mayor's

1:05:49 ↗ proposed bill opposes locating a safe

1:05:52 ↗ injection site in Issaquah and there has

1:05:54 ↗ been no discussion about locating one

1:05:56 ↗ here so the next step is that the

1:05:58 ↗ Issaquah is that this Human Services

1:06:00 ↗ Commission will take up this topic at an

1:06:02 ↗ upcoming meeting perhaps in October but

1:06:05 ↗ that meeting has not been finalized yet

1:06:06 ↗ and anyone may subscribe to receive an

1:06:09 ↗ email update

1:06:11 ↗ via the city's website there is a web

1:06:13 ↗ page where you can elect to receive news

1:06:19 ↗ flash information about upcoming

1:06:21 ↗ meetings and I'll try to give you the

1:06:25 ↗ website in just a minute then that bill

1:06:28 ↗ would go to the council services and

1:06:30 ↗ Safety Committee and then it would

1:06:31 ↗ return back to the full council so again

1:06:33 ↗ the issue is not about consideration

1:06:36 ↗ about locating site in Issaquah it's

1:06:38 ↗ about learning about those safe

1:06:40 ↗ injection sites and what just what they

1:06:42 ↗ are so if I can get this to work if you

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1:06:55 ↗ dot aspx thank you

1:06:59 ↗ Thank You Stacey briefly I proclaimed

1:07:05 ↗ September 16th October 14th as the East

1:07:08 ↗ nine month of concern for hunger and

1:07:11 ↗ strongly urged all citizens to join the

1:07:14 ↗ emergency feeding program Issaquah food

1:07:17 ↗ bank and other area food banks to share

1:07:20 ↗ what they can to nourish those who are

1:07:23 ↗ hungry and as you heard during audience

1:07:26 ↗ comments I have also proclaimed

1:07:30 ↗ September 25th to October the 1st as

1:07:35 ↗ cyber Awareness Week and again and

1:07:38 ↗ strongly encourage our citizens to

1:07:40 ↗ donate generously to diapered banks

1:07:44 ↗ duiker hyperdrives

1:07:46 ↗ and those organizations that distribute

1:07:49 ↗ diapers to families in need to help

1:07:51 ↗ alleviate diaper need in Issaquah and

1:07:54 ↗ nearby communities and with that that

1:07:58 ↗ concludes my report this evening we'll

1:08:01 ↗ now move to the consent calendar I would

1:08:05 ↗ ask if the accounts payable and payroll

1:08:07 ↗ of September 18th have been reviewed

1:08:10 ↗ they have you and then I would ask that

1:08:15 ↗ the consent calendar be read into

1:08:18 ↗ record the consent calendar was

1:08:20 ↗ distributed to council in advance for

1:08:22 ↗ study if authorized council action will

1:08:24 ↗ occur by single motion regarding the

1:08:25 ↗ following items item a seeks approval

1:08:28 ↗ approval of the accounts payables in

1:08:30 ↗ payroll of September 18th item B seeks

1:08:33 ↗ approval of the minutes of the regular

1:08:34 ↗ meeting of September 5th item C a b7 34

1:08:38 ↗ to architectural fit in urban design

1:08:40 ↗ seeks referral to council and in short

1:08:42 ↗ committee item D a B 7 4 4 3 Recreation

1:08:45 ↗ registration and scheduling software

1:08:47 ↗ professional services agreement seeks

1:08:49 ↗ referral to council services and safety

1:08:51 ↗ committee item EA B 7 4 6 3 washed-out

1:08:55 ↗ right-of-way easement request for

1:08:57 ↗ maintenance purposes seeks referral to

1:08:59 ↗ council infrastructure committee item F

1:09:01 ↗ a B 7 4 7 to Providence Point

1:09:03 ↗ signalization seeks referral to council

1:09:06 ↗ services and safety committee item G a B

1:09:10 ↗ seven four seven for interagency

1:09:12 ↗ agreement with Department of Ecology for

1:09:14 ↗ Washington Conservation Corps Services

1:09:16 ↗ seeks authorization this concludes the

1:09:18 ↗ reading thank you does any council

1:09:21 ↗ member desire to remove any item from

1:09:23 ↗ the consent calendar for separate

1:09:25 ↗ consideration AC I would move to adopt

1:09:30 ↗ that consent calendar as presented

1:09:32 ↗ second moved and seconded all those in

1:09:35 ↗ favor signify by saying aye those

1:09:38 ↗ opposed that carries unanimously moving

1:09:41 ↗ now to regular business there are four

1:09:45 ↗ items under regular business business

1:09:48 ↗ for the this evening the first is agenda

1:09:51 ↗ bill 74 39 amending IMC code 18 point

1:09:56 ↗ zero seven point four eight zero

1:09:59 ↗ community facilities standard and there

1:10:03 ↗ are a lot of other words that go with

1:10:06 ↗ that title and I've asked that

1:10:14 ↗ like she's getting things set up I

1:10:19 ↗ apologize

1:10:20 ↗ that's okay

1:10:43 ↗ Jennifer woods from development services

1:10:46 ↗ thank you for introducing me and thank

1:10:49 ↗ you for giving me a second pull up my

1:10:50 ↗ powerpoint I appreciate that so staff

1:10:52 ↗ has a really a brief presentation and

1:10:55 ↗ then after that we're here for your

1:10:57 ↗ questions and anything you have for us

1:10:58 ↗ during your discussion so we're gonna

1:11:05 ↗ jump right into it why why amend the

1:11:08 ↗ code the is Crosse School District is

1:11:11 ↗ looking for four new school sites in

1:11:13 ↗ Issaquah and reducing the requirements

1:11:16 ↗ will improve their property acquisition

1:11:18 ↗ opportunities the current code requires

1:11:21 ↗ that development standards for schools

1:11:24 ↗ meet the most restrictive contiguous

1:11:27 ↗ zoning so that could be a single-family

1:11:28 ↗ zone

1:11:29 ↗ additionally the current code allows

1:11:31 ↗ existing non-conformities to be expanded

1:11:34 ↗ when certain criteria are met for

1:11:37 ↗ example the two that we've seen with

1:11:40 ↗ current projects have been height and

1:11:43 ↗ impervious surface so this is a big

1:11:49 ↗ table but as background this slide is

1:11:52 ↗ intended to highlight where the

1:11:54 ↗ administration and PPC differed and it's

1:11:57 ↗ literal it's highlighted so the two

1:12:01 ↗ differences are impervious syrup and

1:12:03 ↗ pervious surface excuse me and the

1:12:05 ↗ applicable tree code the administration

1:12:08 ↗ recommended 90% impervious the PPC

1:12:10 ↗ recommended 75% impervious the PPC

1:12:14 ↗ recommended a different impervious

1:12:16 ↗ surface though no additional analysis

1:12:18 ↗ was provided at that meeting and it

1:12:20 ↗ appeared to be really the middle ground

1:12:22 ↗ between what the existing requirements

1:12:25 ↗ are and what the administration was

1:12:26 ↗ proposing the administration proposed

1:12:30 ↗ excuse me the administration recommended

1:12:33 ↗ 90% impervious because one it was

1:12:35 ↗ requested by the ISD and to limiting the

1:12:38 ↗ impervious surface less than the

1:12:39 ↗ allowance that was approved for

1:12:41 ↗ Cinderella so call or the urban villages

1:12:43 ↗ seemed somewhat inappropriate so the

1:12:47 ↗ administration proposed to use syndra

1:12:48 ↗ low squat tree retention minimum tree

1:12:51 ↗ density and tree replacement and the PPC

1:12:53 ↗ recommended

1:12:54 ↗ who used the IMC tricot a reduce

1:12:59 ↗ requirement for tree retention would

1:13:01 ↗ allow schools to be sited with smaller

1:13:03 ↗ footprints and 0% tree preservation

1:13:06 ↗ would allow for the smallest footprint

1:13:08 ↗ possible

1:13:10 ↗ so how impervious and the tree retention

1:13:13 ↗ affect our land requirements is provided

1:13:16 ↗ on the next slide so so you didn't have

1:13:23 ↗ to do a lot of math tonight we did some

1:13:25 ↗ poor yeah the application of these

1:13:27 ↗ different code provisions affects the

1:13:29 ↗ total footprint of schools so the siting

1:13:31 ↗ acreage is both the traditional and

1:13:33 ↗ compact or real numbers that we

1:13:36 ↗ collaborated with we got from those from

1:13:37 ↗ the school district so I'll give you a

1:13:40 ↗ second to look over these numbers and

1:13:42 ↗ we're more than a second if you need

1:13:43 ↗ more than a second and let me know if

1:13:47 ↗ you have any questions about this table

1:13:55 ↗ it might be helpful if somebody kind of

1:13:58 ↗ explained what we're looking at alright

1:14:00 ↗ so the current I'll go column by column

1:14:04 ↗ how about that so current sighting

1:14:07 ↗ Anchorage is what your traditional

1:14:09 ↗ school sighting acreage would be for a

1:14:11 ↗ high school middle school in elementary

1:14:13 ↗ school that would be 40 20 and 13 acres

1:14:16 ↗ respectively for compact sighting

1:14:19 ↗ acreage for just say it's 75 percent and

1:14:22 ↗ pervious surface they would need 39

1:14:27 ↗ 33.9%

1:14:28 ↗ for high school alum point - excuse me

1:14:30 ↗ acres for a high school 11 point 2 acres

1:14:34 ↗ for middle school and some point 2 acres

1:14:36 ↗ for an elementary school and what what

1:14:40 ↗ these difference columns are trying to

1:14:41 ↗ do is kind of give you a level of

1:14:43 ↗ comparison to kind of see how the

1:14:44 ↗ different code requirements could impact

1:14:47 ↗ the overall footprint so if you add the

1:14:50 ↗ imc tree code you can see the additional

1:14:52 ↗ acreage needed to to meet their siting

1:14:55 ↗ requirements there to be a little higher

1:14:58 ↗ if you use the central Issaquah tree

1:15:02 ↗ code those requirements are exactly what

1:15:04 ↗ they would need for the compact sighting

1:15:06 ↗ acreage if we were to amend the code to

1:15:14 ↗ allow for 90% impervious 29.5 acres

1:15:19 ↗ would be what was needed for what would

1:15:20 ↗ be needed for a high school excuse me

1:15:23 ↗ 9.7 acres is what they need for a middle

1:15:25 ↗ school and 6.3 would be needed for an

1:15:28 ↗ elementary school and as we can see if

1:15:31 ↗ we if we used the imc tree code those

1:15:34 ↗ numbers are higher versus if we were to

1:15:39 ↗ use Cinderella squad they'd obviously be

1:15:40 ↗ exactly what they needed for their

1:15:42 ↗ sighting requirements does that kind of

1:15:45 ↗ help explain the table a little better

1:15:48 ↗ maybe

1:15:56 ↗ okay I'll me I have one more slide so if

1:15:59 ↗ we have more questions we always have

1:16:01 ↗ opportunities for this so we do have the

1:16:07 ↗ administration believes that based on

1:16:08 ↗ additional comments received following

1:16:10 ↗ Council committee that the existing tree

1:16:14 ↗ code should stay the same as what it is

1:16:16 ↗ today

1:16:18 ↗ which would be the IMC tree code

1:16:21 ↗ additionally there are some pieces of

1:16:24 ↗ code language that could benefit from

1:16:25 ↗ clarification about because the ISD is

1:16:28 ↗ looking for property right now these

1:16:30 ↗ non-substantive clarifications can wait

1:16:33 ↗ possibly until 2018 so the update that

1:16:37 ↗ you see on your screen to the proposed

1:16:40 ↗ motion could be amended to reflect the

1:16:43 ↗ additions mentioned and I'm going to go

1:16:45 ↗ ahead and read those so the motion could

1:16:47 ↗ read move to adopt the ordinance subject

1:16:50 ↗ to the following editions so the first

1:16:52 ↗ one is what I I mentioned at the very

1:16:55 ↗ beginning of talking about this slide

1:16:57 ↗ which would be to revise the draft code

1:16:59 ↗ to remove all proposed revisions to tree

1:17:02 ↗ retention minimum density and

1:17:04 ↗ replacement in effect that would leave

1:17:06 ↗ the existing regulations to cover those

1:17:08 ↗ which would be the IMC tree code and the

1:17:13 ↗ second council member Ramos requested

1:17:15 ↗ that you all maybe consider number two

1:17:18 ↗ which would be to direct the

1:17:20 ↗ administration to explore the creation

1:17:22 ↗ of a separate zone for public schools in

1:17:24 ↗ 2018 which would include a clean up to

1:17:27 ↗ code revisions adopted this evening

1:17:29 ↗ where conflicts exist for example

1:17:31 ↗ architectural compatibility so that

1:17:35 ↗ concludes my presentation and if you

1:17:38 ↗ have any questions we are here to answer

1:17:40 ↗ them for us if you if you do have it yes

1:17:44 ↗ thank you

1:17:45 ↗ so I have question when you're

1:17:50 ↗ referencing AIA the existing Municipal

1:17:55 ↗ Code and in your your additions they're

1:17:59 ↗ number one

1:17:59 ↗ remove all proposed provisions to

1:18:01 ↗ treatment attention

1:18:03 ↗ I just want to make it I want my make

1:18:06 ↗ sure my understanding is clear that is

1:18:09 ↗ would the code that applies wouldn't

1:18:11 ↗ necessarily be IMC but it would would

1:18:14 ↗ depend on where the property is located

1:18:16 ↗ so because we have different codes so if

1:18:19 ↗ the if the if the land purchased was

1:18:23 ↗ within the central Issaquah area and

1:18:26 ↗ that tree code would apply if it's

1:18:28 ↗ outside the central squat area then the

1:18:32 ↗ other code the underlying code would

1:18:35 ↗ apply unless it was within a development

1:18:38 ↗ agreement area and then perhaps if there

1:18:40 ↗ are if there are stay if there are terms

1:18:45 ↗ in that agreement that would apply yes

1:18:47 ↗ okay absolutely all of the above okay

1:18:50 ↗ and has the school just as its Crosse

1:18:56 ↗ school district asked the city to

1:19:02 ↗ consider a separate zone for schools no

1:19:05 ↗ that was not part of the request okay

1:19:11 ↗ and also the proposed code applies to

1:19:18 ↗ public schools so it would apply to all

1:19:20 ↗ public schools not just Issaquah school

1:19:24 ↗ district schools correct so what about

1:19:28 ↗ the Bellevue college site I mean I think

1:19:31 ↗ I know the answer but I want it talked

1:19:35 ↗ about publicly so currently as you know

1:19:38 ↗ the Bellevue college site is regulated

1:19:42 ↗ under the wash'd TDR development

1:19:44 ↗ agreement which is the fun thing that

1:19:47 ↗ we've been to be talked about one of the

1:19:48 ↗ last meetings - if that with the

1:19:53 ↗ dividend of develop excuse me with the

1:19:55 ↗ end of the development agreements you're

1:19:57 ↗ seeing the process unfold of how we

1:19:59 ↗ would basically terminate one of those

1:20:02 ↗ development agreements and create

1:20:03 ↗ replacement regulations so the same

1:20:06 ↗ thing would happen if the Bellevue

1:20:08 ↗ college site if we had to retire that

1:20:10 ↗ particular da we would be looking at the

1:20:13 ↗ process of replacement regulations the

1:20:15 ↗ same as as we're

1:20:16 ↗ terminating as highlands and several

1:20:19 ↗ other development agreements in Tallis

1:20:20 ↗ okay okay so okay that's what that's all

1:20:24 ↗ I have right now and thanks oh you know

1:20:28 ↗ for earlier slide you showed the table

1:20:30 ↗ we have side-by-side comparison of the

1:20:32 ↗ administration's proposal essence okay

1:20:38 ↗ do you now the first proposed change you

1:20:42 ↗ had on the I should have had you read

1:20:44 ↗ that first change again how does it

1:20:46 ↗ change this slide you're talking about

1:20:50 ↗ the very last slide with the possible

1:20:52 ↗ update to the motion hmm the basically

1:20:57 ↗ what would happen would be PPC's

1:21:00 ↗ recommendation the existing requirements

1:21:02 ↗ is what would be in effect if we adopted

1:21:06 ↗ the updated motion number one and that

1:21:10 ↗ just retains two pertains to tree

1:21:13 ↗ retention retention replacement and

1:21:16 ↗ minimum density the three are kind of

1:21:17 ↗ coupled together in the codes right okay

1:21:24 ↗ so that's quite so that's different than

1:21:27 ↗ what was presented to and we discussed

1:21:30 ↗ that was different than what the

1:21:32 ↗ administration presented to our

1:21:34 ↗ committee laying in short committee

1:21:37 ↗ could you could you give a little bit

1:21:38 ↗ how did you get to this place the update

1:21:43 ↗ to the motion number one was a

1:21:45 ↗ reflection of a lot of the public

1:21:47 ↗ comment that we've received between that

1:21:49 ↗ time that meeting and now could you tell

1:21:53 ↗ me more what what anymore

1:22:01 ↗ okay what comment tell me what tell me

1:22:04 ↗ what it drove this change signals for

1:22:07 ↗ your suggestion public comment that we

1:22:09 ↗ received really focused around sites

1:22:14 ↗ that are outside of say central Issaquah

1:22:19 ↗ may not it may not reflect the same kind

1:22:23 ↗ of tree retention character that other

1:22:28 ↗ areas outside of central Issaquah might

1:22:31 ↗ might need to retain and that was the

1:22:34 ↗ the gist of the the comments that we got

1:22:36 ↗ were maybe it's out of character for

1:22:39 ↗ other areas to have a tree code that's

1:22:42 ↗ really meant for central squad

1:22:50 ↗ okay I have some more questions but I'll

1:22:53 ↗ let you let others if they have any

1:22:55 ↗ I don't you Paul continue so the there

1:23:00 ↗ were heard some comments tonight about

1:23:02 ↗ the impervious services in the in the

1:23:05 ↗ central area code there being a tie to

1:23:12 ↗ the green necklace and trails I hadn't

1:23:17 ↗ heard that before I was wondering if he

1:23:20 ↗ could speak to that and that and I

1:23:21 ↗ haven't had the opportunity sitting up

1:23:23 ↗ here this evening try to look that up

1:23:25 ↗ but there was a claim so so I think the

1:23:31 ↗ what we the proposal in front of us

1:23:34 ↗ still has the pervious surface

1:23:38 ↗ recommendation from the administration

1:23:41 ↗ in it and the comments I heard this

1:23:44 ↗ night this evening had to do with that

1:23:47 ↗ the 90 percent which were per the

1:23:49 ↗ central is a cost standards were or

1:23:52 ↗ actually they're different they're

1:23:53 ↗ actually higher than that in some cases

1:23:55 ↗ or as a result of the commitment to the

1:23:59 ↗ green necklace and trails within the

1:24:02 ↗ central area Runner of the

1:24:03 ↗ administration could speak to that that

1:24:05 ↗ ty good evening mr. mayor City Council

1:24:11 ↗ Keith Niven director of development

1:24:13 ↗ services so my understanding is that

1:24:18 ↗ connection is made in central Issaquah

1:24:21 ↗ planned action is and you know if you

1:24:26 ↗ look through the city code I think you

1:24:28 ↗ would be hard-pressed to find any

1:24:29 ↗ connection between impervious limits and

1:24:32 ↗ trails so where we are is regardless of

1:24:37 ↗ what it says in the EIS I think what

1:24:40 ↗ impervious limits really relate to is

1:24:43 ↗ it's a stormwater

1:24:44 ↗ it's a stormwater criteria basically and

1:24:48 ↗ with the adoption of the new end PDS

1:24:50 ↗ phase 2 which now requires low-impact

1:24:54 ↗ development as your first choice which

1:24:55 ↗ means that every property needs to look

1:24:58 ↗ at the opportunities for infiltration

1:25:01 ↗ having pervious surfaces is a

1:25:03 ↗ character issue more than it is a

1:25:05 ↗ stormwater issue because from a

1:25:08 ↗ stormwater standpoint you can basically

1:25:10 ↗ build a bigger detention vault you can

1:25:12 ↗ relate you can release your stormwater

1:25:15 ↗ at whatever rate it is you want to

1:25:17 ↗ engineer it for and so the the rationale

1:25:22 ↗ for limiting impervious for stormwater

1:25:26 ↗ reasons is I think fairly non-existent

1:25:29 ↗ in the city at this point there's other

1:25:30 ↗ things that affect the amount of

1:25:32 ↗ impervious that you can get on every

1:25:34 ↗ piece of property critical areas tree

1:25:37 ↗ retention as we've talked about there's

1:25:41 ↗ other limitations that would affect the

1:25:44 ↗ ultimate amount of impervious surfaces

1:25:47 ↗ that you could build on your property I

1:25:48 ↗ think what we're saying is that should

1:25:50 ↗ not be a driving design criteria for the

1:25:53 ↗ compact schools and by putting it in

1:25:55 ↗ ninety percent it basically becomes now

1:25:58 ↗ not what's going to drive the

1:26:01 ↗ development of the property or the

1:26:02 ↗ acquisition of the amount of property

1:26:05 ↗ that they would need to buy I hope that

1:26:09 ↗ helps well the first part of your answer

1:26:12 ↗ did address that you're you're telling

1:26:14 ↗ me you think though there is a planned

1:26:16 ↗ action associated with the central area

1:26:19 ↗ and that the development of parks and

1:26:24 ↗ trails were part of that consideration

1:26:26 ↗ that I think you're saying there is you

1:26:31 ↗ don't believe that there's a direct tie

1:26:32 ↗ between this impervious requirements and

1:26:36 ↗ the central is a cost standards and that

1:26:39 ↗ plant and and and that type of trails

1:26:42 ↗ and in the park there so are you saying

1:26:45 ↗ then that there's nothing here in this

1:26:48 ↗ proposal there is no planned action here

1:26:50 ↗ there still would have to be you know

1:26:53 ↗ SEPA done and every one of them and a

1:26:56 ↗ and a storm retention and a storm

1:26:58 ↗ retention plan so every so unlike what's

1:27:02 ↗ required or available in the central

1:27:05 ↗ area we're if if if this was outside the

1:27:09 ↗ central area they still would have to do

1:27:10 ↗ SEPA absolutely okay thank you

1:27:15 ↗ very low super cute

1:27:21 ↗ we had chatted this afternoon about if

1:27:24 ↗ Jennifer could put back up the slide

1:27:25 ↗ with the alternative motions we had

1:27:29 ↗ talked about another alternative motion

1:27:31 ↗ this afternoon art direction not turned

1:27:33 ↗ admission and a question I had for you

1:27:36 ↗ was that in the code that we're looking

1:27:39 ↗ at tonight there's a cross reference to

1:27:42 ↗ central as the quad design standards for

1:27:44 ↗ all landscaping and my question to you

1:27:47 ↗ was that are more of a comment was I

1:27:49 ↗ didn't feel like that added a lot of

1:27:51 ↗ clarity for a developer or a builder to

1:27:54 ↗ have to go from one code to another and

1:27:56 ↗ especially where that code may have had

1:27:58 ↗ content that's applicable and content

1:28:01 ↗ that is central is quest specific and I

1:28:04 ↗ think the direction that I had proposed

1:28:05 ↗ and I just want to see if if you didn't

1:28:07 ↗ put it up there because you don't agree

1:28:09 ↗ with it or you think we should look at

1:28:10 ↗ it it was to direct the administration

1:28:13 ↗ in the in the following year in 2018 to

1:28:18 ↗ clean up the code that we're looking at

1:28:20 ↗ tonight where all references to

1:28:21 ↗ landscape code was in the one code for

1:28:24 ↗ schools rather than forcing people to go

1:28:27 ↗ to other codes that code in centralist

1:28:30 ↗ the SIDS was not included in our agenda

1:28:32 ↗ bill and while it's probably really

1:28:34 ↗ great code we approved it once it's odd

1:28:37 ↗ that we didn't actually look at it or

1:28:39 ↗ talk it as part of this agenda bill so

1:28:41 ↗ I'm assuming it's great code but I

1:28:43 ↗ wonder why you know with references to

1:28:45 ↗ green necklace maybe even the promenade

1:28:48 ↗ and other things that don't relate at

1:28:50 ↗ all to this if that is feasible to

1:28:54 ↗ direct the administration to do that

1:28:56 ↗ kind of cleanup next year so that we can

1:28:57 ↗ get on with this year and get going but

1:28:59 ↗ at least get it cleaned up so absolutely

1:29:03 ↗ and I actually didn't not put it here

1:29:07 ↗ because so I actually think - is that

1:29:11 ↗ and a little bit bigger so although we

1:29:14 ↗ talked about landscaping specifically

1:29:16 ↗ this afternoon I think there's some

1:29:19 ↗ other pieces like the architectural

1:29:21 ↗ compatibility which wants to have a

1:29:24 ↗ bigger conversation in our community

1:29:26 ↗ you know we're going through

1:29:27 ↗ architectural guidelines for central

1:29:29 ↗ Issaquah right now which says public

1:29:30 ↗ buildings should actually stand out and

1:29:32 ↗ be somewhat prominent and having that

1:29:35 ↗ conversation about schools I think we

1:29:37 ↗ need to have that but I think we've

1:29:39 ↗ already committed to going back to PPC

1:29:41 ↗ to have this not going to use the word

1:29:43 ↗ urban to have a compact schools

1:29:45 ↗ conversation with them from a policy

1:29:47 ↗ standpoint I think we can do some of

1:29:49 ↗ that clarification including talking

1:29:51 ↗ about the landscaping piece which I

1:29:54 ↗ agree there's some conflicting parts to

1:29:56 ↗ that so it's my intent was that that was

1:29:59 ↗ wrapped into two etc yes it's it's when

1:30:10 ↗ I read number two Keith's what it looks

1:30:11 ↗ like to me that sounds like a separate

1:30:13 ↗ zoning classification and what I'm

1:30:15 ↗ talking about is cleanup of the code not

1:30:17 ↗ as don't know I think it's to do both

1:30:20 ↗ because I think we need to have that

1:30:22 ↗ conversation about the merits I mean if

1:30:25 ↗ if the council adopts this as proposed I

1:30:29 ↗ think what we would do would be to have

1:30:30 ↗ a conversation about the merits of a

1:30:32 ↗ separate zone for schools and what that

1:30:35 ↗ would mean to the school district and

1:30:36 ↗ they would need to be part of that

1:30:37 ↗ conversation because there may be some

1:30:39 ↗ unintended consequences to doing that we

1:30:42 ↗ need to wrap that conversation into that

1:30:45 ↗ before we did anything with that one but

1:30:47 ↗ that was brought up I think at least

1:30:49 ↗ once or twice by councilmember Ramos and

1:30:51 ↗ maybe by a councilmember winter Stein

1:30:54 ↗ then in the four examples architectural

1:30:58 ↗ compatibility was one SIDS landscape

1:31:01 ↗ standards was another is there more on

1:31:02 ↗ that list of stuff just to be sure we're

1:31:04 ↗ all clear with that clean up like or is

1:31:08 ↗ it just those two there's probably a

1:31:12 ↗ little bit more so there was a so the

1:31:16 ↗ section of code with within cff that we

1:31:19 ↗ were proposing the edits to also

1:31:22 ↗ included some small housekeeping items

1:31:24 ↗ there was a section on Old Town

1:31:27 ↗ exclusions for Old Town I think we need

1:31:29 ↗ to talk about that we kind of struck

1:31:31 ↗ through most of that paragraph but it's

1:31:33 ↗ really not related to compact schools

1:31:35 ↗ it's really just a code cleanup that I

1:31:37 ↗ think we couldn't help ourselves that it

1:31:39 ↗ needed to

1:31:40 ↗ get cleaned up and so we did that so I

1:31:42 ↗ think going through it a little bit more

1:31:44 ↗ protracted next year when we have a

1:31:47 ↗ little bit more bandwidth is what I'm

1:31:48 ↗ proposing one last question if for some

1:31:51 ↗ reason the school district and the

1:31:54 ↗ administration have a conversation

1:31:57 ↗ offline and decide a separate zone isn't

1:31:59 ↗ required how do we then get the clean up

1:32:02 ↗ of the code that you're talking about I

1:32:04 ↗ think so so we're going back to planning

1:32:07 ↗ policy commission in the first half of

1:32:09 ↗ 2018 we've already made that commitment

1:32:11 ↗ I think right now it looks like I think

1:32:14 ↗ there's at least two pronged

1:32:17 ↗ conversation along with the policy so

1:32:21 ↗ maybe it's three so it's separate code

1:32:24 ↗ it's clean up and then it's any policies

1:32:26 ↗ for the comp plan that might want to

1:32:28 ↗ come back for compact schools so you're

1:32:31 ↗ pretty comfortable - what we have is

1:32:32 ↗ good for the short term because we have

1:32:34 ↗ this plan for some additional cleanup

1:32:36 ↗ next year yes perfect thank you thank

1:32:38 ↗ you seeing no other questions this is

1:32:43 ↗ coming back from the land and you

1:32:45 ↗ actually do have a question Keith or

1:32:49 ↗ Jennifer could you explain can you go

1:32:51 ↗ all the way back to the beginning of the

1:32:53 ↗ genesis of this and this generated I

1:32:56 ↗ believe notifications to all the

1:33:00 ↗ property owners within a thousand feet I

1:33:02 ↗ believe of cff zoned properties and so

1:33:05 ↗ that's that was a proposal to change

1:33:08 ↗ code for not just schools but government

1:33:14 ↗ buildings right originally originally we

1:33:16 ↗ did include government facilities and

1:33:18 ↗ the amendments and they were removed as

1:33:21 ↗ a part of the recommendation that came

1:33:23 ↗ out of PPC so this would oh this would

1:33:25 ↗ not apply to all cff zones but this bill

1:33:31 ↗ it was part of that process that started

1:33:34 ↗ that process and it's that it's just now

1:33:37 ↗ school so I just wanted that public to

1:33:39 ↗ understand that it wouldn't apply to all

1:33:42 ↗ cff zoned properties

1:33:47 ↗ no um since my name isn't mentioned a

1:33:51 ↗ couple of times I uh speak up here so so

1:33:54 ↗ yeah the the problem I was having and I

1:33:56 ↗ talk to keep that desert and that's why

1:33:58 ↗ item two is up there is I was having a

1:34:00 ↗ very difficult time reading to this I

1:34:02 ↗ mean I seriously couldn't tell what I

1:34:05 ↗ was really voting on between the way it

1:34:07 ↗ was referring back and forth to things

1:34:10 ↗ and here to the IMC and there the CIP

1:34:13 ↗ and then it was Exhibit C but the

1:34:15 ↗ wording was bluntly if you ask me right

1:34:18 ↗ now without any explanation we've talked

1:34:20 ↗ about just my going over this thing

1:34:23 ↗ about six times I couldn't tell you

1:34:25 ↗ right now exactly what the details are

1:34:29 ↗ what I'm voting for

1:34:30 ↗ that's the problem I was having and so

1:34:32 ↗ that's what I'm saying

1:34:33 ↗ if I can't read it and I'm of normal

1:34:36 ↗ intelligence and I can't make sense of

1:34:38 ↗ it then how can anybody else who's

1:34:40 ↗ reading it and that's that's my big

1:34:43 ↗ concern I just can't I can't make sense

1:34:45 ↗ of it by itself with an explanation like

1:34:47 ↗ this it brings it all to light and it

1:34:49 ↗ puts it together but that's not what's

1:34:51 ↗ written in the code that we're voting on

1:34:53 ↗ and that's the problem I'm having and

1:34:54 ↗ that's why I understand we can't do that

1:34:57 ↗ in now because of timing and workload

1:34:59 ↗ and so forth

1:35:00 ↗ but that really concerns me because

1:35:01 ↗ literally you asked me to vote on

1:35:04 ↗ something that I can't I couldn't take

1:35:06 ↗ this and show it to somebody say see

1:35:08 ↗ this is what it says we're going to do I

1:35:09 ↗ can't do that

1:35:11 ↗ and so that's you know cleaning it up

1:35:14 ↗ next year is okay but I have to vote on

1:35:15 ↗ it tonight

1:35:16 ↗ that leaves me in a awkward situation

1:35:19 ↗ that I don't like to be in because I

1:35:21 ↗ understand the concept but I can't read

1:35:23 ↗ it that way and I can't I have a hard

1:35:25 ↗ time voting on something I can't truly

1:35:27 ↗ understand so that was what Keith came

1:35:30 ↗ up with and try to solve that force in

1:35:33 ↗ next year but that's as close as we

1:35:35 ↗ could get so that's kind of where I was

1:35:39 ↗ at trying to figure that out and and

1:35:41 ↗ just to go in a little bit more the some

1:35:45 ↗ of the comments that I'll come up with

1:35:48 ↗ in an audience as well was talk about

1:35:50 ↗ the the

1:35:51 ↗ the highlands and those agreements that

1:35:53 ↗ were four to one mitigation for open

1:35:55 ↗ space versus impervious areas that there

1:35:57 ↗ were they we did have mitigation for

1:35:59 ↗ those things where we went higher

1:36:00 ↗ impervious and so I'm not sure exactly

1:36:05 ↗ how those work as well because if you

1:36:08 ↗ have a twenty five percent tree

1:36:10 ↗ retention and you go 90 percent

1:36:13 ↗ impervious the math doesn't work for me

1:36:15 ↗ there either and so I'm not sure you

1:36:19 ↗ know the point of this is to use less

1:36:20 ↗ acreage and I understand that and also

1:36:22 ↗ to me the point is have the school

1:36:24 ↗ district have some clarity of what you

1:36:27 ↗ need but I'm not sure you know this gets

1:36:30 ↗ there either because what you're telling

1:36:33 ↗ me is up to 90 percent impervious which

1:36:36 ↗ is what we can do now with with

1:36:38 ↗ variances as well we could make that

1:36:40 ↗ variance but it doesn't guarantee 90% in

1:36:43 ↗ Pervis because you have to look at each

1:36:44 ↗ site specific and try to figure out how

1:36:46 ↗ to deal with the issues on that site

1:36:48 ↗ whatever that site is because we don't

1:36:49 ↗ know which site we're talking about here

1:36:51 ↗ right that's that's concern it's not

1:36:52 ↗ we're not looking at the site we're

1:36:54 ↗ looking at but at least four possible

1:36:56 ↗ sites and we don't know where those are

1:36:58 ↗ and so how can we really say what we're

1:37:01 ↗ gonna do on those sites before we know

1:37:04 ↗ what the site is so I'm an old

1:37:06 ↗ environmental analysis person and it's

1:37:08 ↗ like you have to look site-specific say

1:37:10 ↗ okay this site you can do this this will

1:37:11 ↗ work fine in this site maybe you can't

1:37:14 ↗ maybe you have to mitigate somehow and

1:37:16 ↗ I'm fine and working with the school

1:37:18 ↗ just in mitigation and and trying to

1:37:20 ↗ keep that site smaller and maybe agree

1:37:22 ↗ into off-site mitigation that would make

1:37:24 ↗ that smaller site work so we can still

1:37:26 ↗ get what what everybody needs and that's

1:37:29 ↗ the kind of thing that I would like to

1:37:30 ↗ somehow get addresses saying we can keep

1:37:33 ↗ it as small as possible with off-site

1:37:35 ↗ mitigation as needed to take care of

1:37:37 ↗ those things that that environmental

1:37:39 ↗ wise we need to look at because whether

1:37:41 ↗ you're building a school a classical

1:37:42 ↗ warehouse or my house or anything else

1:37:45 ↗ development is development and its

1:37:47 ↗ environmental consequences to that and

1:37:48 ↗ it doesn't matter what the development

1:37:52 ↗ is to the environment it's a development

1:37:54 ↗ whether it's what you think it's a good

1:37:56 ↗ one or a bad one that you still have to

1:37:58 ↗ deal with the mitigation and

1:37:59 ↗ environmental analysis of each of those

1:38:00 ↗ things and we're

1:38:02 ↗ got a way to do that so that's where I

1:38:05 ↗ get a little Lawson and saying what 90

1:38:06 ↗ percent with what you're saying me that

1:38:08 ↗ may not be so and so if you use those

1:38:11 ↗ numbers you had on one chart where yeah

1:38:15 ↗ the different acreage is so so they're

1:38:20 ↗ between seven point one and six point

1:38:21 ↗ three acres in for an elementary school

1:38:23 ↗ why you want the surety of that will

1:38:27 ↗ work and and what we're saying is we're

1:38:30 ↗ not sure

1:38:30 ↗ ninety percent will always be the option

1:38:33 ↗ until you look at the site specific

1:38:36 ↗ issues so that doesn't necessarily save

1:38:38 ↗ you that acreage in the you know when

1:38:41 ↗ you're looking at possibilities and may

1:38:43 ↗ in the long run so and I think that's

1:38:45 ↗ what you're trying to do to be able to

1:38:46 ↗ buy something that'll fit there again

1:38:49 ↗ I'm not sure that we're getting where we

1:38:50 ↗ want to get to here and those are my

1:38:54 ↗ last oh I want a plus one to Bill's

1:38:59 ↗ concerns around what does it look like I

1:39:04 ↗ mean we have we have pretty aggressive

1:39:09 ↗ standards right now in the valley and

1:39:13 ↗ out going in our urban centers about

1:39:17 ↗ allowing for fairly high density

1:39:20 ↗ development and so to go to allow beyond

1:39:24 ↗ that to go to ninety percent or a

1:39:26 ↗ hundred percent I personally want to

1:39:29 ↗ understand does that mean that there

1:39:33 ↗ will be mitigation elsewhere I mean I

1:39:35 ↗ there are certainly sites

1:39:36 ↗ it may mean there are certainly sites

1:39:38 ↗ out there that cry out for a very

1:39:40 ↗ high-density school and I want to help

1:39:44 ↗ try to make that happen but I also feel

1:39:46 ↗ like if we're gonna go beyond the

1:39:48 ↗ standards that we already have in these

1:39:49 ↗ locations I'd really like to see

1:39:51 ↗ mitigation so the I guess the question I

1:39:54 ↗ have is with the language that we have

1:39:56 ↗ proposed or I should say the language

1:39:59 ↗ the administration suggests s-- for this

1:40:01 ↗ evening would that mean that going to

1:40:04 ↗ ninety or a hundred percent would have

1:40:06 ↗ integration and then who would decide

1:40:07 ↗ whether those mitigations are sufficient

1:40:10 ↗ for for moving beyond the standards that

1:40:13 ↗ we already had any

1:40:14 ↗ in these parts of the city so I guess my

1:40:17 ↗ question is what mitigation are you

1:40:19 ↗ talking about mitigating what what

1:40:22 ↗ impact are we mitigating trees so tree

1:40:25 ↗ is tree retention right and so what

1:40:27 ↗ we're talking about is there's still a

1:40:29 ↗ tree retention code and the debate

1:40:32 ↗ between the administration and PPC was

1:40:36 ↗ whether it was central Issaquah

1:40:38 ↗ standards which could allow you to

1:40:40 ↗ reduce trees down to zero which is why

1:40:42 ↗ if you look at if the smallest footprint

1:40:45 ↗ up there is 90 percent impervious and

1:40:49 ↗ central Issaquah tree standards that's

1:40:51 ↗ the smallest column up on that chart

1:40:54 ↗ what you're hearing from us tonight is

1:40:57 ↗ the administration has pivoted its

1:40:59 ↗ recommendation to say we believe that

1:41:01 ↗ trees should be wherever they are so if

1:41:04 ↗ the school is located in central

1:41:06 ↗ Issaquah so there's an incentive for the

1:41:08 ↗ school district to potentially purchase

1:41:10 ↗ a site in central Issaquah if they want

1:41:12 ↗ to build say an elementary school on six

1:41:15 ↗ point three acres however if they build

1:41:19 ↗ it outside and we approve the 90%

1:41:23 ↗ impervious now they're up to seven point

1:41:25 ↗ one acres because the extra land is

1:41:27 ↗ basically trees because within the IMC

1:41:31 ↗ you can only reduce trees down with

1:41:33 ↗ certain percentage not all the way down

1:41:35 ↗ to zero so that's the Delta in land on

1:41:37 ↗ this chart all right okay okay so that's

1:41:40 ↗ why this charts I think really important

1:41:42 ↗ because it shows you plugging the

1:41:43 ↗ different variables together results in

1:41:46 ↗ a different footprint in land that they

1:41:48 ↗ have to go out and buy they will know

1:41:51 ↗ based on what we do tonight what column

1:41:54 ↗ they're gonna be in right so they'll

1:41:56 ↗ know whether it's it's potentially

1:41:58 ↗ column four or column three as an

1:42:02 ↗ example so did that help I think so so a

1:42:05 ↗ hypothetical let's say somebody was

1:42:08 ↗ going to build a school in Dallas yes

1:42:11 ↗ which I don't think anybody's currently

1:42:13 ↗ thinking about building a school in

1:42:15 ↗ Dallas but who knows

1:42:17 ↗ the future is unwritten so that would

1:42:19 ↗ mean that right now an elementary school

1:42:22 ↗ in Dallas if we move forward with the

1:42:25 ↗ administration's recommendation

1:42:26 ↗ would need to be on a seven point one

1:42:28 ↗ acre parcel because it would have to

1:42:31 ↗ follow the tree code from the IMC so

1:42:35 ↗ following so that one's a little

1:42:38 ↗ complicated because we're in a we're in

1:42:40 ↗ a development agreement that's gonna

1:42:42 ↗ sunset right now so that's a

1:42:44 ↗ conversation actually and that's

1:42:47 ↗ happening concurrently to this tomorrow

1:42:50 ↗ night PPC and you VDC are meeting in

1:42:53 ↗ here to talk about just that so right

1:42:56 ↗ now the recommendation coming out of end

1:42:59 ↗ of days is for the tree code to be

1:43:02 ↗ central Issaquah so right now if that

1:43:05 ↗ gets adopted and you guys get to do that

1:43:07 ↗ action and the public school went into

1:43:11 ↗ talus they would get to use central

1:43:13 ↗ Issaquah standards which would allow the

1:43:14 ↗ trees to go down to zero but what we're

1:43:21 ↗ recommending is to have a more

1:43:24 ↗ protracted conversation about this

1:43:25 ↗ because I think we see the concern with

1:43:28 ↗ some of that so I will have that

1:43:31 ↗ conversation with the end of the

1:43:33 ↗ development agreements but I think we'll

1:43:34 ↗ also be planning to have that

1:43:36 ↗ conversation with PPC in terms of the

1:43:39 ↗ school policies and the clarification of

1:43:41 ↗ the standards which will be coming up in

1:43:44 ↗ the first half of next year so in fact

1:43:46 ↗ this wouldn't necessarily tonight give

1:43:49 ↗ the school district surety on how big of

1:43:51 ↗ a parcel or how big of a school that we

1:43:53 ↗ need to build on any given parcel

1:43:55 ↗ because there's a conversation tomorrow

1:43:57 ↗ that would so and then down the road a

1:44:00 ↗ further conversation with council right

1:44:05 ↗ so I would say that so you picked

1:44:06 ↗ probably the one option that was the

1:44:09 ↗ ones still moving yeah so yeah so let's

1:44:11 ↗ take a different site okay let's let's

1:44:13 ↗ say they want to build a school in South

1:44:15 ↗ Cove so we want to build something so

1:44:19 ↗ they want to they want to build a school

1:44:21 ↗ in South Cove right so South Cove is IMC

1:44:23 ↗ and depending on where you land on

1:44:26 ↗ impervious if it's 90 then they'd be in

1:44:29 ↗ the second to last column so they could

1:44:32 ↗ be thirty three ten point nine and seven

1:44:34 ↗ point one likewise if if they were to

1:44:37 ↗ acquire providence Heights

1:44:39 ↗ then same column if it's 90% if you guys

1:44:43 ↗ side with PPC and stay with 75% those

1:44:47 ↗ numbers change but they know what they'd

1:44:49 ↗ have to go by there's surety for them

1:44:52 ↗ the only one that's a little variable as

1:44:53 ↗ if they were to pick a village one of

1:44:56 ↗ our one of our ending development

1:44:58 ↗ agreement villages that's not likely

1:45:00 ↗ would that be you know I don't know I

1:45:03 ↗ [Laughter]

1:45:06 ↗ wasn't actually asking you to estimate

1:45:08 ↗ how likely that would be to have just to

1:45:10 ↗ clarify that wasn't actually a question

1:45:12 ↗ is rhetorical questions Stacy thank you

1:45:15 ↗ by the way Keith that was extremely

1:45:16 ↗ helpful

1:45:17 ↗ I was going to make emotional as there

1:45:20 ↗ are other questions so this is a little

1:45:23 ↗ unusual and so we don't typically have a

1:45:30 ↗ different administration's

1:45:32 ↗ recommendation come forward after we've

1:45:35 ↗ already had the committee review this

1:45:37 ↗ and so with sort of head nods of my

1:45:41 ↗ fellow committee members Mary Lou and

1:45:42 ↗ Paul what I was thinking about doing is

1:45:45 ↗ making the motion that is in the packet

1:45:49 ↗ and then will disclosure I was going to

1:45:55 ↗ go ahead and then amend that motion

1:45:59 ↗ reflect number one and we can deal with

1:46:02 ↗ both of those things separately but I

1:46:04 ↗ don't think it would be right for me to

1:46:06 ↗ assume and and make one of these I agree

1:46:11 ↗ with that

1:46:12 ↗ well okay there we understand that okay

1:46:15 ↗ I would move to adopt ordinance number

1:46:18 ↗ two eight oh six amending Issaquah

1:46:22 ↗ Municipal Code section 18.0 7.48 o

1:46:26 ↗ community facilities standards and

1:46:28 ↗ central Issaquah development and design

1:46:30 ↗ standards chapter 4.0 zoning districts

1:46:33 ↗ uses and standards to include standards

1:46:35 ↗ for the siting of public schools and the

1:46:37 ↗ community facilities facilities owning

1:46:38 ↗ districts second moved and seconded

1:46:42 ↗ discussion

1:46:45 ↗ Stasi there's I'm gonna be commotion I'm

1:46:49 ↗ gonna go ahead and make a motion to

1:46:51 ↗ amend the motion with number one motion

1:46:56 ↗ to amend to revise the draft code to

1:47:00 ↗ remove all proposed revisions to tree

1:47:02 ↗ retention minimum density and

1:47:03 ↗ replacement okay

1:47:04 ↗ moved and seconded all so to the

1:47:09 ↗ amendments up to this point we've had a

1:47:12 ↗ lot of exchange with the school district

1:47:15 ↗ representative during our meetings and

1:47:16 ↗ everything so I haven't I'd like to know

1:47:19 ↗ what the school district has said about

1:47:21 ↗ the this tree change Keith or Jennifer

1:47:27 ↗ there's been no objection to from the

1:47:31 ↗ ISD front for about changing the tree

1:47:34 ↗ requirements so this one this proposal

1:47:36 ↗ to use imc if it's outside the central

1:47:40 ↗ area the central area if it's inside for

1:47:43 ↗ a tree retention you've had that

1:47:45 ↗ conversation with the school district

1:47:47 ↗ yes and they're okay with this yes

1:47:57 ↗ Stacy I the reason I my understanding

1:48:05 ↗ based on the may letter that we receive

1:48:07 ↗ from the school district that they

1:48:08 ↗ didn't one of the they never had they

1:48:10 ↗ never asked for any changes in the tree

1:48:12 ↗ code was not among the list of requests

1:48:23 ↗ that's in our packet

1:48:28 ↗ well for everybody off-camera I mean

1:48:30 ↗ their school district representatives

1:48:32 ↗ here and they're doing a conversation

1:48:34 ↗ right now

1:48:35 ↗ sure to comment sure so I I support this

1:48:41 ↗ motion this was one of the ones that

1:48:43 ↗ also came up at Landon Shore and talking

1:48:46 ↗ about the amend the amendment

1:48:48 ↗ yes making Fred to use the IMC and I

1:48:53 ↗ think because it is really important for

1:48:55 ↗ us to work with the school district to

1:48:57 ↗ get this over the end line now so that

1:49:00 ↗ stuff can start happening I think this

1:49:04 ↗ was a this was a good change and when

1:49:08 ↗ there's more information next year maybe

1:49:10 ↗ there'll be some compelling reason or a

1:49:11 ↗ request from the district to do it but

1:49:14 ↗ for now I'm much happier using the IMC

1:49:16 ↗ code for the tree retention I'm going to

1:49:18 ↗ support the amendment Araya so I just

1:49:25 ↗ wanted to +12 what councilmember Polly

1:49:30 ↗ just talked about it didn't make sense

1:49:32 ↗ to me to have the tree code for the

1:49:37 ↗ central is a qua plan in this regard so

1:49:40 ↗ having that change and and the

1:49:42 ↗ administration bringing forward to

1:49:44 ↗ change I appreciate that and would

1:49:46 ↗ support that Stacey and I support this

1:49:52 ↗ as well I wrestled with this at Landon

1:49:54 ↗ Shore and maybe I'm a little bit thick

1:49:59 ↗ but it took me a few days to figure out

1:50:01 ↗ why and that's because it's there the

1:50:07 ↗ land wouldn't necessarily be in the

1:50:08 ↗ central Issaquah area the land could be

1:50:10 ↗ elsewhere and so it didn't make sense to

1:50:12 ↗ go with central Issaquah area standards

1:50:15 ↗ for land that could be outside that area

1:50:24 ↗ all good good staff point out for us so

1:50:32 ↗ we have in the packet an updated version

1:50:36 ↗ of IMC 1807 including 1807 480 and in

1:50:43 ↗ the table that I think is included there

1:50:54 ↗ is no mention of tree retention and and

1:51:02 ↗ so for everybody who's got the packet

1:51:04 ↗ and who's flipping madly this is all

1:51:06 ↗ part of a pen exhibit see where it shows

1:51:09 ↗ the actual track changes additions and

1:51:14 ↗ deletions on the on the code the page

1:51:18 ↗ well in the PDF its page 369 a 499 so

1:51:29 ↗ there were some comments earlier about

1:51:30 ↗ what are we actually considering and

1:51:33 ↗ there and the motion we're considering

1:51:39 ↗ is actually referring it does include

1:51:41 ↗ this exhibit by inclusion so this thing

1:51:45 ↗ here you can all see so I want to know

1:51:47 ↗ from this staff how this conversation

1:51:53 ↗ about two things I want to know how this

1:51:54 ↗ conversation about treated retention

1:51:56 ↗ shows itself if it does at all or if it

1:51:58 ↗ even needs to in this section or change

1:52:00 ↗ and also I'd like to know that in the

1:52:04 ↗ upshot of your conversation with the

1:52:05 ↗ school district just moments ago I can

1:52:08 ↗ answer the first part of that question

1:52:09 ↗ thank you so in the legislative edits

1:52:14 ↗ for the code I think you would had

1:52:16 ↗ wanted the reference for how we were

1:52:19 ↗ requiring centralist quadtree code is

1:52:21 ↗ that is that the first part of your

1:52:24 ↗ question

1:52:27 ↗ we're considering amendment to use to

1:52:30 ↗ strike you're consider your reference to

1:52:35 ↗ apply the central Issaquah where is that

1:52:37 ↗ here so in the Legislative edits it's

1:52:41 ↗ actually on page 371 of the PDF of

1:52:45 ↗ packet page 38 of the code amendments of

1:52:47 ↗ exhibit

1:52:48 ↗ I think it's exhibiting see there are

1:52:52 ↗ two page numbers on there so I'm giving

1:52:54 ↗ both references it's number under number

1:52:56 ↗ 14 it says projects must comply with

1:52:59 ↗ centralist across standards including

1:53:01 ↗ landscape for structure Park I'm

1:53:03 ↗ paraphrasing landscape for structured

1:53:05 ↗ parking areas minimum tree density tree

1:53:07 ↗ retention tree replacement those last

1:53:09 ↗ three pieces are I believe what you're

1:53:11 ↗ referring to how we are in the code

1:53:13 ↗ basically directing the school

1:53:15 ↗ development to to meet the centralist

1:53:17 ↗ quadtree standards okay so this

1:53:19 ↗ amendment we're considering actually

1:53:21 ↗ strikes the last three phrases it

1:53:23 ↗ strikes minimum tree density tree

1:53:25 ↗ retention and tree replacement yes okay

1:53:30 ↗ thank you yeah there it is right there

1:53:35 ↗ where the cursor is thank you so any

1:53:40 ↗ other Keith's you have any other

1:53:42 ↗ information you can share with us so you

1:53:44 ↗ know I want to want to speak for the

1:53:48 ↗ school district I mean so the proposal

1:53:50 ↗ is is about you know it for them as the

1:53:57 ↗ chart showed it requires them to buy

1:53:59 ↗ more land because there's a requirement

1:54:03 ↗ for more trees and so it's really about

1:54:04 ↗ trees and cost and so it's an issue it's

1:54:08 ↗ a very much a character issue for our

1:54:10 ↗ community we talk about trees an awful

1:54:12 ↗ lot and so if if I were to tell you that

1:54:15 ↗ they would rather have central Issaquah

1:54:17 ↗ everywhere I don't think you'd be

1:54:19 ↗ surprised because ultimately that would

1:54:21 ↗ mean they'd have to buy less land and so

1:54:23 ↗ I think you know they're there they

1:54:26 ↗ understand where this proposal has

1:54:29 ↗ gotten to and they're okay with it they

1:54:31 ↗ would like to include that conversation

1:54:34 ↗ as part of the conversation we have next

1:54:37 ↗ year in terms of

1:54:39 ↗ relooking at this compact school code to

1:54:41 ↗ see if even under central Issaquah they

1:54:44 ↗ might be able to reduce the required

1:54:47 ↗ trees down maybe lower than what the

1:54:49 ↗ code currently allows I mean that's a

1:54:52 ↗ that's something we can add to the

1:54:53 ↗ conversation you know I think it's just

1:54:57 ↗ it's just part of the public

1:54:59 ↗ conversation that we'll have next year

1:55:02 ↗ but they're okay with what's being

1:55:04 ↗ proposed

1:55:10 ↗ I think for everybody's benefit it might

1:55:12 ↗ be helpful we're talking about tree

1:55:13 ↗ retention we're talking about the of a

1:55:15 ↗ parcel of the developer land so there is

1:55:20 ↗ there's there may be some sensitive

1:55:23 ↗ areas

1:55:24 ↗ steep slope or what have you that's not

1:55:25 ↗ developable so the tree retention number

1:55:28 ↗ is of the existing trees on the

1:55:32 ↗ developer land it's a percentage of the

1:55:35 ↗ existing trees on the developer land so

1:55:38 ↗ if if a parcel is 100 percent tree then

1:55:42 ↗ then IMC says 25% with potentially a

1:55:47 ↗ change down to 12 and a half if so

1:55:51 ↗ that's that would be the exact

1:55:53 ↗ percentage on that on a lot that was

1:55:54 ↗ fully treated if a tree a personal had

1:55:57 ↗ no trees on it right now well I mean it

1:56:00 ↗ doesn't come into play because there's

1:56:01 ↗ nothing to retain if a parcel has 50%

1:56:05 ↗ covered by trees so of the entire parcel

1:56:10 ↗ your are now you're looking at 12 and a

1:56:13 ↗ half percent potentially reduced down to

1:56:15 ↗ six and a quarter because we're talking

1:56:17 ↗ about you know half of half yeah I'm

1:56:19 ↗ just trying to this is this is about the

1:56:21 ↗ retention of tree a percentage retention

1:56:25 ↗ of trees on the developer land on a

1:56:28 ↗ parcel so I I know I don't know that

1:56:31 ↗ helps it did help me when I when I when

1:56:33 ↗ I knocked you through or heard it

1:56:35 ↗ through the first time so so that if

1:56:39 ↗ there's a parcel of land that doesn't

1:56:40 ↗ head has non developer or has you know

1:56:44 ↗ sensitive areas on it you know if

1:56:46 ↗ there's trees on there or that's gonna

1:56:48 ↗ stay that's not part of this calculation

1:56:50 ↗ thank you

1:56:53 ↗ never mind

1:56:58 ↗ be right I act on the amendment all

1:57:02 ↗ those in favor of the amendment which is

1:57:09 ↗ item number one up there signify by

1:57:11 ↗ saying aye aye those opposed that

1:57:14 ↗ carries unanimously

1:57:15 ↗ Ola Thank You mr. mayor I'd like to

1:57:18 ↗ speak to the main motion

1:57:19 ↗ I am excited I'm excited I think this is

1:57:23 ↗ a this is this will are in sort of a new

1:57:29 ↗ era of schools in our community I think

1:57:33 ↗ that it is a great response to the

1:57:37 ↗ growing densification that we've seen in

1:57:41 ↗ our targeted areas of the city of the

1:57:44 ↗ areas where we wanted to see development

1:57:46 ↗ grow I think that the Issaquah school

1:57:48 ↗ district has shown itself to be an

1:57:50 ↗ innovative and responsible builder of

1:57:54 ↗ schools my kids my oldest graduated last

1:57:58 ↗ year from a beautiful high school that

1:58:00 ↗ was I believe at the time I'll say this

1:58:02 ↗ again because it's so important it was

1:58:04 ↗ the lowest cost per square foot of any

1:58:05 ↗ recently built high school and that

1:58:07 ↗ makes it even more beautiful if you're a

1:58:09 ↗ taxpayer and so I'm excited about this

1:58:13 ↗ as a tool to allow the school district

1:58:16 ↗ to respond to the the ongoing

1:58:21 ↗ crush of enthusiasm from parents who

1:58:24 ↗ want to attend the Issaquah school

1:58:25 ↗ district to get to give them the tools

1:58:28 ↗ to cite schools that reflect what we

1:58:31 ↗ want to be doing in these higher density

1:58:33 ↗ areas of the city so I'm very excited

1:58:35 ↗ today to be supporting this motion

1:58:38 ↗ Stacey

1:58:39 ↗ so by bill so I had anticipated

1:58:44 ↗ potentially making additional amendments

1:58:47 ↗ because there was a second one up there

1:58:48 ↗ but well totally was talking I wondered

1:58:50 ↗ if maybe the better procedure would be

1:58:52 ↗ to vote on a main motion and then make

1:58:54 ↗ additional motions since the ideas and

1:58:57 ↗ number two don't necessarily need to be

1:59:00 ↗ add-ons to the main motion we could I

1:59:04 ↗ was going to add that but we could vote

1:59:06 ↗ on the main motion and then

1:59:08 ↗ as amended as amended any additional

1:59:13 ↗ question on the main motion as amended

1:59:16 ↗ I'm just holding up on that a little bit

1:59:19 ↗ because like I say I think my problem is

1:59:21 ↗ really clarity and what we're voting on

1:59:24 ↗ and I think that second part of it is a

1:59:26 ↗ critical piece you follow up I may be

1:59:29 ↗ long to do that later if we're gonna

1:59:31 ↗ look at that but I'm afraid of going too

1:59:35 ↗ far without without including this as

1:59:37 ↗ well Stacy followed by Mary Lou I'd

1:59:41 ↗ assumed that there would be somebody

1:59:43 ↗ would make additional motions tonight

1:59:45 ↗ not that that would be not that the

1:59:48 ↗ number two up there with more than one

1:59:50 ↗ item that there would be additional

1:59:52 ↗ motions made tonight as part of this

1:59:55 ↗ agenda bill not necessarily continue to

1:59:58 ↗ make amendments to the main motion but

2:00:01 ↗ does that make sense and I think that I

2:00:08 ↗ think the comments that I wanted to make

2:00:10 ↗ about the main motion are and as amended

2:00:13 ↗ is I think this creates much more

2:00:19 ↗ certainty for this classical district

2:00:21 ↗ and I think what we've heard is the

2:00:25 ↗ reason they asked for the code changes

2:00:27 ↗ is because we were in a perpetual cycle

2:00:31 ↗ a problem of asking for adjustments to

2:00:34 ↗ standards for school sites and my

2:00:38 ↗ understanding is that these are the main

2:00:41 ↗ problem areas and codifying these allows

2:00:44 ↗ the school district to know what they

2:00:47 ↗ can and can't do

2:00:49 ↗ and so they don't have to rely on

2:00:50 ↗ adjustments of standards and so

2:00:52 ↗ hopefully if the motion passes

2:00:57 ↗ it will signal our interest and

2:01:02 ↗ happiness in helping you build schools a

2:01:04 ↗ little more certain fashion

2:01:10 ↗ first it's a comment for bill I actually

2:01:13 ↗ am really interested in the part two as

2:01:16 ↗ well I think that it is just as powerful

2:01:18 ↗ if we do one motion that deals with a

2:01:21 ↗ standard and the second one after that

2:01:23 ↗ deals with the Future action and I would

2:01:25 ↗ support you in that if you proposed it

2:01:27 ↗ that way I sort of in looking at this

2:01:30 ↗ code and thinking about what all this

2:01:32 ↗ means kind of broke it down into this

2:01:34 ↗ year next year and after that and for

2:01:37 ↗ this year I'm so excited that with him

2:01:40 ↗ what I consider to be a relatively short

2:01:42 ↗ period of time there was a lot of

2:01:43 ↗ conversation between the school and the

2:01:45 ↗ city and time with the community to talk

2:01:48 ↗ about what these new compact schools

2:01:49 ↗ will look like that happened in a short

2:01:51 ↗ amount of time and now we have the

2:01:53 ↗ opportunity tonight to approve that and

2:01:55 ↗ allow the school to move forward with

2:01:56 ↗ some certainty when they have been faced

2:01:59 ↗ with an an increasingly rapidly growing

2:02:02 ↗ city so over the last five to ten years

2:02:05 ↗ we've grown at a great rate and now we

2:02:07 ↗ need to build some schools so this is a

2:02:10 ↗ great first step in that way second is

2:02:13 ↗ that this is there's there's some more

2:02:15 ↗ work to do next year so it's kind of the

2:02:17 ↗ beginning of a much more what I would

2:02:19 ↗ say in-depth face-to-face school and

2:02:23 ↗ city meetings and we used to have and I

2:02:24 ↗ think that's great I think that was what

2:02:26 ↗ everybody is hoping that we'll do and so

2:02:29 ↗ that's that's where we are we're going

2:02:30 ↗ to be in in more contact and talking

2:02:33 ↗ through the year because regardless if

2:02:34 ↗ you have the idea where your first

2:02:36 ↗ school may or may not go you have three

2:02:38 ↗ more to build really really quickly so

2:02:40 ↗ and and beyond that I think there's a

2:02:44 ↗ not a piece of the story that pushes out

2:02:47 ↗ a few more years and it's that we're

2:02:48 ↗ still sort of playing catch-up we're

2:02:50 ↗ still trying to figure out what a

2:02:51 ↗ compact school would look like and it's

2:02:53 ↗ 2017 but we're gonna get there we're

2:02:56 ↗ still trying to figure out how and where

2:02:57 ↗ the school will build their next four

2:02:59 ↗ disks for schools in five years we're

2:03:01 ↗ going to get there but we're still

2:03:02 ↗ growing beyond that and so there's this

2:03:04 ↗ last piece that I would say is two years

2:03:07 ↗ out and beyond which is we still have

2:03:09 ↗ the capacity to add 11,000 more housing

2:03:11 ↗ units in town we haven't quite shown a

2:03:14 ↗ figure as to where all that will be but

2:03:16 ↗ that is the last piece and maybe the

2:03:18 ↗ most important piece and step three of

2:03:20 ↗ what we have to do next

2:03:21 ↗ which is to get in front of this by

2:03:23 ↗ working with you to talk about what the

2:03:25 ↗ city of 2030 looks like what the city of

2:03:27 ↗ 2040 looks like because that's a lot

2:03:29 ↗ more housing units that could possibly

2:03:30 ↗ be at it so I think this is super

2:03:32 ↗ exciting and I'm really glad it got done

2:03:35 ↗ in the time frame it didn't I'm gonna

2:03:37 ↗ support the main motion this evening

2:03:39 ↗ Araya thank you building schools in this

2:03:45 ↗ growing community is is so incredibly

2:03:48 ↗ important and being able to define

2:03:50 ↗ compact schools is just makes me it

2:03:54 ↗ makes me feel good and and I want to I

2:03:57 ↗ want to continue to partner with the

2:04:00 ↗ school district whether it be right now

2:04:04 ↗ or in the future and I would like to see

2:04:06 ↗ the City Council having more more time

2:04:10 ↗ with the school district as well I I was

2:04:14 ↗ concerned number two that council member

2:04:18 ↗ Ramos had proposed is is a really

2:04:21 ↗ important piece of this to me

2:04:23 ↗ and I and I I will support that and I'm

2:04:27 ↗ okay with moving forward with the motion

2:04:29 ↗ but but that is a critical piece as well

2:04:32 ↗ for me I do think that we should be

2:04:35 ↗ talking more in depth about creating a

2:04:39 ↗ separate separate coding separate zoning

2:04:42 ↗ for schools and I would like to see the

2:04:45 ↗ landscape piece of things that

2:04:47 ↗ councilmember Polly spoke about included

2:04:50 ↗ in the language I'll talk about that in

2:04:53 ↗ a minute I guess but thank you oh yeah

2:04:58 ↗ thank you so we've come a long way since

2:04:59 ↗ the middle of July the whole tone and

2:05:01 ↗ tenor has changed dramatically so I'm

2:05:03 ↗ that's good for the city that's good for

2:05:07 ↗ for families and it's good for students

2:05:10 ↗ I want to point out to another benefit

2:05:13 ↗ that hasn't been mentioned

2:05:16 ↗ keep did yeah a little bit

2:05:19 ↗ when we had the chart up there we look

2:05:20 ↗ at land that land for schools whether it

2:05:23 ↗ be elementary middle or high school

2:05:25 ↗ those those cost real dollars and those

2:05:28 ↗ real dollars are coming from the

2:05:30 ↗ property tax dollars of from the school

2:05:32 ↗ district you can't and you know we we've

2:05:37 ↗ had a number of conversations about land

2:05:40 ↗ values and potential you know costs and

2:05:43 ↗ we're going to talk about that a little

2:05:44 ↗ bit more but just for an elementary

2:05:46 ↗ school based upon other conversations of

2:05:49 ↗ an out in public I mean these type of

2:05:51 ↗ changes could save the school district

2:05:53 ↗ state taxpayers just ten million dollars

2:05:55 ↗ in land acquisition for an elementary

2:05:57 ↗ school that's pretty significant and and

2:06:01 ↗ that's so it goes and and I'll add to

2:06:06 ↗ that that's that the school district can

2:06:08 ↗ continue to provide the kind of

2:06:10 ↗ programming that they're committed to

2:06:12 ↗ the families and their kids the kids

2:06:14 ↗ education experience the family

2:06:16 ↗ experience what it means to those

2:06:18 ↗ neighborhoods is still uncompromised

2:06:20 ↗ even than the smaller footprint so the

2:06:23 ↗ certainty is there that that point has

2:06:25 ↗ been is excellently made that that for

2:06:30 ↗ the school district to have more

2:06:31 ↗ certainty it's good for all of us

2:06:33 ↗ taxpayers as well and I'm really glad

2:06:35 ↗ that we were able to converge on this

2:06:37 ↗ type of point so quickly thank you it's

2:06:43 ↗ just one also I could that giving the

2:06:45 ↗ school district some certainty is is

2:06:48 ↗ very difficult because certainty never

2:06:50 ↗ really comes in the future right so

2:06:52 ↗ we're trying to get some some hands

2:06:54 ↗ around it to look at that you know at

2:06:57 ↗ the same time we have to look at the the

2:06:59 ↗ environmental impacts and looking at

2:07:01 ↗ that and making sure as you mentioned

2:07:03 ↗ here that those things are protected the

2:07:05 ↗ critical areas you know and and looking

2:07:09 ↗ at the site specific items so for the

2:07:11 ↗ public here that looked at that chart

2:07:13 ↗ that said the school district can now go

2:07:15 ↗ by 6.2 acres and build an elementary

2:07:17 ↗ school is not necessarily exact because

2:07:19 ↗ those sites will vary you may have areas

2:07:22 ↗ of that you can't use and so you may

2:07:25 ↗ need to buy bigger sites to make that

2:07:27 ↗ work

2:07:27 ↗ right but we're gonna have all those the

2:07:30 ↗ sepal analysis done all that all those

2:07:33 ↗ protections built in there and still be

2:07:35 ↗ able to use the most compact school site

2:07:38 ↗ you can use which is a benefit from

2:07:41 ↗ building massive schools in general

2:07:43 ↗ right so so that's what what I'm looking

2:07:46 ↗ forward to is giving you a little bit

2:07:48 ↗ it's not going to get no guarantees

2:07:50 ↗ there in the future but it'll wrap your

2:07:52 ↗ hands around it a little bit and and at

2:07:54 ↗ the same time we're going to do we're

2:07:57 ↗ going to take care of environmental

2:07:58 ↗ mitigations and so forth that we need to

2:08:00 ↗ do and look at that and we'll look at

2:08:03 ↗ the item to later yes as we look through

2:08:12 ↗ all of this this evening this is a

2:08:14 ↗ changing community and more changes have

2:08:17 ↗ to happen and will be happening with an

2:08:19 ↗ old ditional 11,000 possible housing

2:08:23 ↗ units schools are going to be number one

2:08:26 ↗ issue and thankfully we are addressing

2:08:29 ↗ some of that this evening and it's going

2:08:32 ↗ to be probably the first of many

2:08:33 ↗ difficult issues in the educational

2:08:35 ↗ future for our community as we grow but

2:08:38 ↗ I think we're starting and I think this

2:08:41 ↗ is a big addition to where we need to be

2:08:44 ↗ and we'll be supporting this this

2:08:46 ↗ evening

2:08:46 ↗ I think everyone's had an opportunity to

2:08:50 ↗ speak are you ready to vote all those in

2:08:52 ↗ favor of adopting ordinance number two

2:08:55 ↗ 8:06 amending the Issaquah Municipal

2:08:59 ↗ Code section 18 point o 7.48 old

2:09:03 ↗ community facility standards and

2:09:05 ↗ centralist quad development and design

2:09:08 ↗ standards chapter 4.0 zoning districts

2:09:12 ↗ uses and standards to include standards

2:09:16 ↗ for the siting of public schools in the

2:09:18 ↗ community facilities facilities zoning

2:09:21 ↗ district as amended and revising the

2:09:25 ↗ draft code to remove all proposed

2:09:27 ↗ revisions to tree retention minimum

2:09:30 ↗ density and replacement signify by

2:09:33 ↗ saying aye hi

2:09:35 ↗ those opposed it carries unanimously

2:09:43 ↗ I propose a motion to and I might change

2:09:47 ↗ your word here a little bit a little bit

2:09:49 ↗ explore I don't like the word explore so

2:09:52 ↗ much but direct the administration to

2:09:56 ↗ create for the creation of a separate

2:09:59 ↗ zone for public schools in 2018 which

2:10:02 ↗ would include the cleanup of the code

2:10:03 ↗ revisions adopted this evening where

2:10:05 ↗ conflict exists and for clarinet for

2:10:10 ↗ example architectural compatibility and

2:10:12 ↗ the other one was true tension scaping

2:10:17 ↗ standards in landscape for examining

2:10:20 ↗ lands to Canadian standards and in

2:10:22 ↗ clarity second first well it was close

2:10:31 ↗ Thank You Stacy I have a question and a

2:10:37 ↗ concern that so I'm concerned about

2:10:41 ↗ create and the reason I'm concerned

2:10:44 ↗ about create and find with explore but

2:10:46 ↗ the reason I'm concerned about create is

2:10:47 ↗ I asked the question earlier whether the

2:10:49 ↗ school district had asked for a separate

2:10:51 ↗ zone and I think the answer was no and

2:10:55 ↗ the reason I like explore is because I

2:10:58 ↗ would like the school district to be

2:11:00 ↗ able to come to us and tell us if they

2:11:03 ↗ would like something my concern about

2:11:05 ↗ creating is so when one of the issues

2:11:07 ↗ that I see with creating a new zone for

2:11:09 ↗ schools is that that creates the

2:11:13 ↗ requirement of rezoning which adds

2:11:16 ↗ process our word

2:11:22 ↗ rezone so I don't know how that would

2:11:25 ↗ work so the reason that I like the word

2:11:27 ↗ explore is because that way we're having

2:11:30 ↗ an opportunity to explore whether the

2:11:32 ↗ school district whether that creates any

2:11:35 ↗ potential unintended consequences for

2:11:38 ↗ them so you're offering that as a

2:11:42 ↗ friendly amendment I'm suggesting I'm

2:11:45 ↗ just suggesting that maybe if it was a

2:11:47 ↗ friendly amendment bill wanted to amend

2:11:51 ↗ a zone well I'll say one of the main

2:11:55 ↗ reasons here you cited is whether the

2:11:58 ↗ school district wants it and I'm not

2:12:00 ↗ looking at whether the school district

2:12:02 ↗ wants it I think we needed to have

2:12:03 ↗ something that's readable for us and for

2:12:06 ↗ the people working with this to have a

2:12:08 ↗ readable code and you've mentioned that

2:12:10 ↗ earlier it is very difficult to read and

2:12:12 ↗ understand and so I'm not looking at it

2:12:15 ↗ should make no difference

2:12:17 ↗ for new standpoint it's from the city

2:12:19 ↗ standpoint we need to write legislation

2:12:21 ↗ that is easily reasonable readable and

2:12:23 ↗ understood by anybody who reads it into

2:12:25 ↗ this point to me it's not so that's why

2:12:27 ↗ I want to clear it up other questions

2:12:35 ↗ Mary Lou the bill I'm kind of I support

2:12:39 ↗ the original motion but I actually

2:12:41 ↗ supported it with the word explore and I

2:12:44 ↗ know maybe was replacing explore would

2:12:47 ↗ create is your suggestion and Stacy

2:12:50 ↗ saying leave explore but is it direct

2:12:53 ↗ the administration to work with the

2:12:55 ↗ school district to explore the creation

2:12:57 ↗ or you just it has to be like your

2:13:00 ↗ motion is that we have to create it even

2:13:02 ↗ if they came back and told us that there

2:13:04 ↗ are reasons for them that they did not

2:13:06 ↗ want us to have that process you're

2:13:08 ↗ you're still thinking we have to have

2:13:10 ↗ that process as a city I am a little

2:13:12 ↗ concerned about if they currently own

2:13:14 ↗ community facilities facilities zoned

2:13:17 ↗ land with schools on it and what their

2:13:19 ↗ proposal for future school savings is to

2:13:21 ↗ incorporate some of those on existing

2:13:23 ↗ campuses they do need to come and ask

2:13:25 ↗ for a rezoning time if we create a

2:13:27 ↗ separate zone whereas now they would not

2:13:30 ↗ they could proceed with the development

2:13:31 ↗ application

2:13:33 ↗ on one of their school sites now and

2:13:36 ↗ take a parking lot and convert it into

2:13:37 ↗ schools so I actually do kind of agree

2:13:39 ↗ with Stacy that I agree with you that we

2:13:42 ↗ need a clearer code but I also agree

2:13:44 ↗ with Stacy that there may be a reason

2:13:46 ↗ why we want the school board to weigh in

2:13:47 ↗ on this and so I'm not ready to go right

2:13:49 ↗ to create and if you have a third option

2:13:51 ↗ maybe I'll look at a third option

2:13:53 ↗ front worried Araya so I I can see both

2:14:00 ↗ sides in terms of build IB I think I

2:14:04 ↗ understand your your intention and and

2:14:07 ↗ agree with that I think Explorer is a

2:14:10 ↗ more general word that would allow us to

2:14:13 ↗ go forward and answer a lot of the

2:14:16 ↗ questions that we need to answer so I

2:14:18 ↗ would I would think the word Explorer

2:14:21 ↗ might be a good way to go and and still

2:14:24 ↗ get us where we need to be in terms of

2:14:27 ↗ looking at everything that we would need

2:14:29 ↗ to do in and answering some of these

2:14:31 ↗ these questions that we'd like to get

2:14:34 ↗ answered all ask the clerk to read the

2:14:40 ↗ motion in front of us or can you tell us

2:14:42 ↗ what the motion is

2:14:46 ↗ direct the administration to create a

2:14:48 ↗ separate zone for public schools in 2018

2:14:51 ↗ which would include clean up to code

2:14:52 ↗ revisions adopted this evening where

2:14:54 ↗ conflicts exist for example

2:14:56 ↗ architectural compatibility landscape

2:14:59 ↗ requirements etc okay thank you oh I'd

2:15:05 ↗ like to propose an amendment and strike

2:15:10 ↗ creation and replace it with explore the

2:15:15 ↗ creation of Odin seconded to go back to

2:15:24 ↗ what is written under a paragraph 2

2:15:28 ↗ discussion are you ready to act on the

2:15:35 ↗ amendment on the amendment all those in

2:15:40 ↗ favor of the amendment signify by saying

2:15:42 ↗ aye

2:15:43 ↗ those opposed the amendment original

2:15:50 ↗ amendment fails we're back to the

2:15:53 ↗ amendment passed oh we are back to

2:16:02 ↗ what's written on the slide under

2:16:04 ↗ subparagraph 2 with the addition of yeah

2:16:10 ↗ discussion well no I think I was the

2:16:16 ↗ first one to propose a separate zoning

2:16:18 ↗ but the designation for clarity for

2:16:21 ↗ different reasons not spoken here but I

2:16:23 ↗ think there's been some good points made

2:16:25 ↗ in both directions for and for not doing

2:16:28 ↗ that and so this is hopefully this won't

2:16:33 ↗ be that big of a task I think it feels

2:16:37 ↗ somewhat administrative in terms of

2:16:39 ↗ clarify you know maybe in a document

2:16:43 ↗ clarifying the code but I think you're

2:16:44 ↗ gonna take some other actions to you as

2:16:48 ↗ you mentioned earlier this Keith so I

2:16:49 ↗ think that Matt had what we already

2:16:53 ↗ concluded this evening or the

2:16:55 ↗ what we've accomplished the action we've

2:16:57 ↗ taken this evening this in no way

2:16:59 ↗ impedes you know moving forward with the

2:17:02 ↗ action done earlier and this is an

2:17:03 ↗ opportunity to clean it up let's do it

2:17:06 ↗ Marilu just wanted to thank

2:17:09 ↗ councilmember ramos for bringing this up

2:17:11 ↗ because this sort of got discussed in

2:17:15 ↗ recent days and and put on paper today

2:17:17 ↗ and i know you're probably not happy

2:17:19 ↗ with the final language but i think most

2:17:21 ↗ of the intent is there and just thank

2:17:23 ↗ you for your hard work and making sure

2:17:25 ↗ that conversation happened hey all those

2:17:31 ↗ in favor of directing the administration

2:17:35 ↗ to explore the creation of a separate

2:17:38 ↗ zone for public schools and 2018 which

2:17:40 ↗ would include clean up to code revisions

2:17:43 ↗ adopted this evening where conflicts

2:17:45 ↗ exist a architectural capacity

2:17:48 ↗ compatibility landscaping etc signify by

2:17:52 ↗ saying aye aye I was opposed that

2:17:56 ↗ carries unanimously

2:17:59 ↗ [Applause]

2:18:06 ↗ our next item under regular business is

2:18:09 ↗ agenda bill 734 zero housing strategy

2:18:14 ↗ Jewish hangman of development services

2:18:19 ↗ or the staff presentation thank you

2:18:31 ↗ um don't try it again I just have a real

2:18:38 ↗ brief presentation tonight and what

2:18:41 ↗ we're hoping to accomplish is to address

2:18:43 ↗ the couple of questions that came up and

2:18:45 ↗ Landon Shore on the 7th of September and

2:18:49 ↗ hopefully then you all will be able to

2:18:50 ↗ recommend approval of the housing

2:18:52 ↗ strategy work plan and agree to the

2:18:55 ↗ initial implementations that would be

2:18:57 ↗ done or at least almost done before

2:18:59 ↗ December 31st and that would be the

2:19:02 ↗ inclusionary code amendment for central

2:19:05 ↗ Issaquah and the multifamily tax

2:19:07 ↗ exemption that you're going to have a

2:19:09 ↗ work session on I believe in November

2:19:11 ↗ and then we're going to talk about the

2:19:12 ↗ next steps from Landon Shore one of the

2:19:16 ↗ first questions they had was how does

2:19:18 ↗ this address the affordability piece of

2:19:21 ↗ the moratorium and it does that in a few

2:19:23 ↗ ways through all the public outreach

2:19:25 ↗ that we had the majority of the

2:19:28 ↗ strategies would affect affordable

2:19:31 ↗ housing and they would all be begun in

2:19:33 ↗ the first two years so we feel that

2:19:35 ↗ that's a real strong reaction and

2:19:38 ↗ addressing the affordability also two of

2:19:42 ↗ the strategies that would be done before

2:19:44 ↗ the end of this year our directory

2:19:46 ↗ directly related to getting more

2:19:48 ↗ affordable housing and then again that

2:19:49 ↗ would be the inclusionary zoning code

2:19:51 ↗ amendment and the multifamily tax

2:19:54 ↗ exemption so those are the two those are

2:19:56 ↗ the ways that this Housing Strategy work

2:19:59 ↗ plan addresses the moratorium item of

2:20:02 ↗ the affordability the other question

2:20:06 ↗ that Landon short had is what is the

2:20:09 ↗ priority of the nine strategies and they

2:20:12 ↗ wanted the priorities to be the most

2:20:15 ↗ bang for the buck and we thought that

2:20:19 ↗ all the strategies all nine of them

2:20:20 ↗ would be started in two years so to us

2:20:23 ↗ that was sort of how we were showing

2:20:25 ↗ that they all have a degree of priority

2:20:27 ↗ because they were chosen but we don't

2:20:30 ↗ know yet

2:20:30 ↗ we haven't done the analysis to know

2:20:32 ↗ exactly how much do all of them cost how

2:20:35 ↗ many units would all of them get

2:20:37 ↗ individually and so we would rather come

2:20:39 ↗ back to you all with a little bit more

2:20:41 ↗ information on that because we've been

2:20:43 ↗ so busy working on

2:20:45 ↗ 9 creating the 9 with the public groups

2:20:48 ↗ that we're working on that we haven't

2:20:49 ↗ done the analysis of each individual

2:20:51 ↗ strategy at this time and we would have

2:20:53 ↗ all that information by April of next

2:20:57 ↗ year so you could all discuss your

2:20:59 ↗ priority of those with a lot more

2:21:02 ↗ information than we would have been able

2:21:04 ↗ to get in a week and a half the third

2:21:08 ↗ question is will there be another

2:21:10 ↗ affordable housing report card and yes

2:21:13 ↗ the good news is it's written right in

2:21:16 ↗ the strategy work plan that every year

2:21:18 ↗ starting next year we would start up the

2:21:20 ↗ report cards again so you'd be able to

2:21:22 ↗ see how the strategies are working or

2:21:25 ↗ not working hopefully they'll all be

2:21:26 ↗ working so with that the next steps

2:21:31 ↗ would be could be to adopt the housing

2:21:35 ↗ strategy work plan tonight and then

2:21:38 ↗ start the implementation through

2:21:40 ↗ planning policy Commission with

2:21:42 ↗ inclusionary zoning and through your

2:21:45 ↗ review and work session the multifamily

2:21:48 ↗ tax exemption and then continue the

2:21:50 ↗ implementation of the nine starting

2:21:54 ↗ immediately after that you'd be able to

2:21:57 ↗ do some prioritizing in April or up

2:22:00 ↗ until April when we start getting that

2:22:02 ↗ information to you and then the

2:22:04 ↗ remaining strategies would begin it's

2:22:06 ↗ two quick notes I wanted to explain that

2:22:09 ↗ was in your packet you all landed Shore

2:22:14 ↗ made two changes to the plan the

2:22:17 ↗ strategy work planning that one of them

2:22:19 ↗ was the title it is now the housing

2:22:21 ↗ strategy work plan the other one is

2:22:24 ↗ there was a little bit of rewording on

2:22:26 ↗ strategy nine instead of saying that the

2:22:29 ↗ housing was insecure

2:22:31 ↗ it was the X it sounded a little funny

2:22:36 ↗ when we did the track changes but that

2:22:37 ↗ was fixed those are the only two changes

2:22:39 ↗ to the document in your packet questions

2:22:44 ↗ of Trish

2:22:45 ↗ coming back from land and Shore Stacy I

2:22:50 ↗ would move to approve resolution number

2:22:53 ↗ 2017 14 adopting the housing strategy

2:22:57 ↗ work plan and refer prioritization

2:22:59 ↗ implementation and evaluation of the

2:23:02 ↗ housing strategy work plan to council

2:23:04 ↗ land and shore committee for review

2:23:05 ↗ second moved and seconded questions or

2:23:09 ↗ discussion

2:23:15 ↗ Paul just for the benefit of our other

2:23:19 ↗ council members who weren't on the on

2:23:21 ↗ the committee the first few times we

2:23:27 ↗ talked about this something was just

2:23:29 ↗ didn't seem right to me and when we

2:23:31 ↗ realized in committee when we were

2:23:34 ↗ actually taught we were actually talking

2:23:36 ↗ about a work plan that would this is

2:23:37 ↗ really a plan to get certain things done

2:23:40 ↗ it's a plan to develop out those

2:23:41 ↗ strategies put policies and actions and

2:23:45 ↗ planned actions in place to implement

2:23:47 ↗ those strategies so and and hopefully

2:23:51 ↗ that's just clearer more clear now for

2:23:56 ↗ everybody else I've made a real

2:23:57 ↗ difference for me and helped me because

2:23:59 ↗ a because just because we isn't a

2:24:04 ↗ complete strategy it really is the

2:24:05 ↗ development of a strategy I hope that's

2:24:07 ↗ everybody understands that

2:24:09 ↗ I think inclusionary zoning is we're

2:24:13 ↗ talking about it's the only the central

2:24:17 ↗ area because there's been a recent

2:24:18 ↗ episode is the only part of town where

2:24:21 ↗ we can require affordable housing from

2:24:26 ↗ from the development so that's what

2:24:29 ↗ that's I think when we first started

2:24:32 ↗ this actually when the moratorium

2:24:37 ↗ started and we talked about affordable

2:24:41 ↗ housing and we and that was really an

2:24:43 ↗ issue for the entire city I think many

2:24:45 ↗ on the council myself included thought

2:24:47 ↗ that it would be this was an op may be

2:24:49 ↗ an option for the entire city we learned

2:24:52 ↗ in the course of events that it's not

2:24:53 ↗ only this could only be applied when

2:24:56 ↗ there's been a recent up zone so this

2:24:58 ↗ only would apply to the central area

2:25:00 ↗ because that's the area and the

2:25:01 ↗ multifamily tax exemption that this

2:25:05 ↗ calls for is a I guess we could call it

2:25:08 ↗ a test because it's very limited to a

2:25:10 ↗ single parcel and and so it's a very

2:25:14 ↗ it's not a big step forward but we do

2:25:18 ↗ get to see how it may play out in a

2:25:22 ↗ potential the transit oriented

2:25:24 ↗ development

2:25:26 ↗ project that is on the drawing board

2:25:29 ↗ that has not been finalized but that's

2:25:31 ↗ the limited didn't scope of the end of

2:25:33 ↗ the multifamily tax exemption is just to

2:25:35 ↗ that project and so the rest of what

2:25:38 ↗ we're considering this evening is is

2:25:41 ↗ yeah the work plan to flush out and

2:25:44 ↗ develop those strategies and the

2:25:46 ↗ policies that implement them the

2:25:52 ↗ questions are discussion valeu um in the

2:25:56 ↗ seattle situation where they did their

2:25:58 ↗ haleh's study their housing

2:26:00 ↗ affordability living something study did

2:26:03 ↗ they only apply inclusionary zoning in

2:26:05 ↗ recently rezone areas of their city

2:26:07 ↗ through state law you have to there has

2:26:10 ↗ to have been a reason a recent rezone to

2:26:13 ↗ allow you to require it so it's through

2:26:15 ↗ state law that you have to do the two

2:26:17 ↗ together so seattle didn't seattle only

2:26:20 ↗ applied that in certain areas that had

2:26:22 ↗ recently had a rezone correct or else

2:26:24 ↗ they're proposing to theirs that's what

2:26:26 ↗ part of the controversy is is they're

2:26:28 ↗ trying to up zone some of the areas and

2:26:30 ↗ then require it and that's why some of

2:26:32 ↗ the neighborhoods have not been happy

2:26:34 ↗ okay and so if we are getting rid of the

2:26:37 ↗ development agreements or expiring the

2:26:40 ↗ development agreements and talus and in

2:26:42 ↗ highlands is there an opportunity there

2:26:45 ↗ because we're overlaying a new zoning

2:26:47 ↗ overlay that we could have inclusionary

2:26:51 ↗ zoning and tell us and the highlands my

2:26:52 ↗ understanding with the end of

2:26:54 ↗ development agreements is we're trying

2:26:55 ↗ to keep everything as similar to what it

2:26:58 ↗ is now as possible including what

2:27:00 ↗ entitlements they already have and so if

2:27:02 ↗ we were to increase the zoning in those

2:27:04 ↗ areas that increase i'm saying because

2:27:07 ↗ we are actually moving away from

2:27:09 ↗ entitlements and to new zoning isn't

2:27:12 ↗ that the trigger that allows you to do

2:27:13 ↗ inclusionary zoning you would have to

2:27:16 ↗ give them more value than they already

2:27:17 ↗ have

2:27:18 ↗ and then you can come in and ask for

2:27:20 ↗ public benefit with that so that would

2:27:22 ↗ be make some sort of changing them

2:27:24 ↗ thanks Trish oh and he says there's no

2:27:27 ↗ housing left

2:27:30 ↗ to allow that to happen yeah that's a

2:27:33 ↗ good detail I didn't realize that

2:27:34 ↗ oh look so I hesitate to to emphasize

2:27:43 ↗ haste with this has been a busy year and

2:27:46 ↗ the administration has responded

2:27:49 ↗ admirably to to all the work that

2:27:53 ↗ council has put upon it but this to me

2:27:55 ↗ is the most important element of the

2:27:58 ↗ moratorium and this is the most

2:28:00 ↗ important single thing that we are

2:28:03 ↗ working on that will impact the future

2:28:06 ↗ health of our city and so I sure hope I

2:28:10 ↗ see council action tentative December on

2:28:13 ↗ initial implementation I really hope we

2:28:16 ↗ get to that because you never know what

2:28:19 ↗ a new year brings there's going to be

2:28:21 ↗ new folks on council there's going to be

2:28:23 ↗ new opinions and I would love to get the

2:28:26 ↗ first aspect of this done before we have

2:28:30 ↗ to revisit this with a fresh set of eyes

2:28:33 ↗ that may have a fresh set of things they

2:28:35 ↗ want to focus on this route I think this

2:28:38 ↗ will wind up if we get this done in

2:28:39 ↗ December reflecting the priorities of

2:28:41 ↗ this council and I'm I'm very very year

2:28:44 ↗ to see it happen into summer so I'm

2:28:47 ↗ sorry to say please work harder and

2:28:50 ↗ faster because we've all been working so

2:28:52 ↗ hard and so fast this year but I would I

2:28:55 ↗ would really like to see us hit these

2:28:57 ↗ hit these dates thank you know I just

2:29:01 ↗ want to plus one of the importance of

2:29:03 ↗ this to to the community as a whole in

2:29:06 ↗ many many aspects because housing is

2:29:08 ↗ just so so critical to the rest of

2:29:11 ↗ everybody's life so I want to push on

2:29:13 ↗ this too and keep it up good job and I

2:29:16 ↗ love it when we got some letters from an

2:29:17 ↗ HDC housing development consortium in

2:29:20 ↗ support of this and particularly picking

2:29:22 ↗ out some of those things I work with HDC

2:29:23 ↗ and other aspects of my life so they're

2:29:27 ↗ they're very good folks and when they're

2:29:28 ↗ taking note of what we're doing here

2:29:30 ↗ that makes me feel like we've got some

2:29:32 ↗ backing is throughout the community

2:29:33 ↗ greater community as well

2:29:35 ↗ Araya

2:29:37 ↗ I just wanted to echo how important this

2:29:40 ↗ piece of the work that we're doing right

2:29:42 ↗ now is and and thank the administration

2:29:47 ↗ and everyone who's been working on this

2:29:49 ↗ as I was reading through it just has

2:29:51 ↗ really makes me happy all the progress

2:29:53 ↗ that's being made and I too would just

2:29:57 ↗ echo being able to complete it in this

2:29:59 ↗ timeline I think is critically important

2:30:02 ↗ other questions our discussion seeing

2:30:06 ↗ none at all that was quickly

2:30:08 ↗ oh I'm sorry just just I'm going to

2:30:10 ↗ point out as well last time we had a

2:30:12 ↗ real big robust conversation about this

2:30:14 ↗ the whole council I think it was a

2:30:15 ↗ committee of the whole really kind of

2:30:17 ↗ tore apart the the way the the vision

2:30:20 ↗ was was laid out in the earlier draft of

2:30:24 ↗ this housing strategy so I do appreciate

2:30:28 ↗ the forum that it is and now is a nice

2:30:31 ↗ update thank you any other questions or

2:30:37 ↗ discussion seeing none then all those in

2:30:40 ↗ favor of approving resolution number

2:30:41 ↗ 2017 - 14 adopting a housing strategy

2:30:46 ↗ work plan and refer prioritization

2:30:49 ↗ implementation and evaluation of the

2:30:51 ↗ housing strategy work plan to the

2:30:54 ↗ council land and shore committee for

2:30:56 ↗ review all those in favor signify by

2:31:00 ↗ saying aye aye

2:31:02 ↗ as opposed that carries unanimously

2:31:06 ↗ moving now to agenda bill

2:31:09 ↗ seven-four-zero for neighborhood

2:31:13 ↗ engagement program update

2:31:16 ↗ I see Denise and Marshall at the roster

2:31:21 ↗ who's loading things up and who'll be

2:31:24 ↗ providing an update

2:31:27 ↗ you'll recall that during the city

2:31:29 ↗ council's 2015 goal-setting retreat

2:31:32 ↗ community leaders identified the need

2:31:35 ↗ for more engagement at the neighborhood

2:31:38 ↗ level and here

2:31:40 ↗ they said welcome Thank You mr. mayor

2:31:43 ↗ thanks Council for your time and the

2:31:45 ↗ invitation to share this program update

2:31:49 ↗ after one year officially underway

2:31:52 ↗ I first presented this pilot

2:31:54 ↗ neighborhood engagement program to

2:31:55 ↗ January 24th of this year and also

2:31:58 ↗ provided a six-month progress report in

2:32:01 ↗ June so as mr. mayor said a little bit

2:32:05 ↗ ago just to remind you the 2015 council

2:32:09 ↗ goal during the goal-setting retreat

2:32:11 ↗ this the leaders identified the need for

2:32:14 ↗ engagement at a neighborhood level and

2:32:15 ↗ from there the goal was created and the

2:32:17 ↗ program came to fruition so some of the

2:32:20 ↗ highlights of the goal are to facilitate

2:32:22 ↗ connectivity energy and engagement

2:32:24 ↗ provide information and collect feedback

2:32:25 ↗ and for this position to attend more

2:32:28 ↗ neighborhood meetings and the actual

2:32:31 ↗ goal actually has a metric in it that I

2:32:32 ↗ would participate in twelve neighborhood

2:32:34 ↗ meetings per year and as you saw in

2:32:35 ↗ January we dramatically expanded that so

2:32:40 ↗ from that some of the program goals were

2:32:42 ↗ to create a culture of effective public

2:32:44 ↗ participation build trust and

2:32:45 ↗ partnerships within the community

2:32:47 ↗ improve efficiency and effectiveness and

2:32:49 ↗ decision-making provide a variety of

2:32:51 ↗ ways for residents to engage with the

2:32:52 ↗ city strengthen neighborhoods meet the

2:32:56 ↗ City Council's goal offer exceptional

2:32:58 ↗ customer service I hate red ants on city

2:33:01 ↗ issues and community visions plans

2:33:02 ↗ including development and forum City and

2:33:05 ↗ decision makers on communities

2:33:06 ↗ priorities support each department with

2:33:08 ↗ engagement efforts and educate citizens

2:33:09 ↗ on how to stay engaged in informed

2:33:11 ↗ insidious services and processes so I

2:33:15 ↗ also wanted to circle back on some

2:33:18 ↗ background research that I did so not

2:33:19 ↗ only did I talk with fellow staff

2:33:22 ↗ members I talked with other municipal

2:33:23 ↗ partners and I also talked with you the

2:33:25 ↗ council some of your feedback to remind

2:33:27 ↗ you was to develop a dashboard proactive

2:33:30 ↗ development communication close the

2:33:32 ↗ communication loop create partnerships

2:33:34 ↗ outside of HOAs reach residents who are

2:33:37 ↗ not engaged and provide more

2:33:38 ↗ opportunities to collaborate some of the

2:33:42 ↗ communication tools that I presented in

2:33:44 ↗ January that we used and tested this

2:33:46 ↗ year so far have been summits

2:33:47 ↗ neighborhood meetings and community

2:33:49 ↗ events next door

2:33:51 ↗ online maps and the proactive

2:33:53 ↗ development outreach here's a photo from

2:33:57 ↗ our first neighborhood summit that was

2:33:58 ↗ held at the Senior Center in April of

2:34:00 ↗ this year it was well attended with a

2:34:01 ↗ variety of neighborhoods represented

2:34:03 ↗ some of the topics we discussed include

2:34:06 ↗ introduction of the neighborhood

2:34:07 ↗ engagement program and the community

2:34:09 ↗ police resources or Officer Ryan Smith

2:34:11 ↗ Smith was there as well building

2:34:13 ↗ long-term partnerships and relationships

2:34:15 ↗ identifying neighborhood identity and

2:34:17 ↗ uniqueness and discussing preferred

2:34:19 ↗ communication tools confluence Park

2:34:21 ↗ history and updates engaging interest in

2:34:24 ↗ future summits in addition a

2:34:26 ↗ neighborhood services mini was offered

2:34:27 ↗ that outlined different options for

2:34:29 ↗ engagements that many was in your six

2:34:32 ↗ month report it's also in your packet

2:34:33 ↗ tonight but basically that menu is

2:34:35 ↗ something that you can give to the

2:34:37 ↗ neighborhoods and we can provide to them

2:34:39 ↗ that they have the opportunity to look

2:34:41 ↗ through the different options that we

2:34:42 ↗ provide as far as police services

2:34:44 ↗ different community engagement events

2:34:47 ↗ that they may not otherwise think that

2:34:48 ↗ they would have the option to do so they

2:34:50 ↗ can return that back to us more

2:34:52 ↗ importantly the summit provided an

2:34:54 ↗ opportunity for neighborhoods to share

2:34:55 ↗ experiences with each other so the

2:34:57 ↗ networking part part of the summit was a

2:34:59 ↗ really big deal and being able to share

2:35:01 ↗ different districts what they were going

2:35:03 ↗ through was a positive theme so during

2:35:06 ↗ the summit participants were asked to

2:35:09 ↗ share about what about Issaquah and

2:35:11 ↗ their specific neighborhood was special

2:35:12 ↗ to them so when artists took a lot of

2:35:14 ↗ notes and created this image that you

2:35:16 ↗ see behind me which we had printed onto

2:35:18 ↗ a weatherproof banner and we have

2:35:19 ↗ displayed at community events and

2:35:20 ↗ neighborhood gatherings this map

2:35:22 ↗ provides a visual not only what makes

2:35:24 ↗ each sub area in Issaquah unique it also

2:35:26 ↗ provides a holistic overview of what

2:35:28 ↗ what makes it qua unique is a city

2:35:30 ↗ directly from the residents who live

2:35:31 ↗ here you can see the banner in person at

2:35:34 ↗ salmon days in a few weeks so some of

2:35:38 ↗ the key takeaways after the first summit

2:35:39 ↗ I connected with each attendee and asked

2:35:41 ↗ them for feedback if they thought summit

2:35:43 ↗ should continue and the answer was

2:35:45 ↗ unanimously yes and what agenda items

2:35:48 ↗ should be discussed and these are the

2:35:49 ↗ key takeaways and themes that I learned

2:35:51 ↗ from them number one to allow

2:35:53 ↗ neighborhood champions to former agendas

2:35:55 ↗ instead of us telling them what they

2:35:56 ↗ need to know they tell us what they want

2:35:58 ↗ to know ideal event time is about an

2:36:00 ↗ hour and a half they like the

2:36:02 ↗ opportunity to have time to network with

2:36:04 ↗ other neighborhoods

2:36:04 ↗ that's very important and to utilize and

2:36:07 ↗ leverage neighborhood champions to

2:36:08 ↗ spread city and neighborhood news which

2:36:10 ↗ we currently do

2:36:12 ↗ moving on to neighborhood meetings

2:36:14 ↗ another communication tool neighborhood

2:36:16 ↗ meetings and community events are a

2:36:17 ↗ great way for the city to form

2:36:19 ↗ relationships and create better lines of

2:36:20 ↗ communication that being said when

2:36:22 ↗ approaching each neighborhood meeting

2:36:23 ↗ this is what I ask myself what are you

2:36:25 ↗ interested in what city projects need

2:36:27 ↗ engagement currently and what

2:36:29 ↗ development projects are in this general

2:36:30 ↗ area to date I've participated in over

2:36:33 ↗ 30 neighborhood meetings providing

2:36:35 ↗ support and handling logistics some of

2:36:40 ↗ the feedback I've heard at a personal

2:36:41 ↗ level or people are busy they don't

2:36:43 ↗ always have the time to take out of

2:36:44 ↗ their personal lives to come to City

2:36:45 ↗ Hall and come to a 6:30 meeting so part

2:36:49 ↗ of that is going out to them and going

2:36:50 ↗ out on their turf this is a picture from

2:36:51 ↗ blackberry Park the city acquired this

2:36:54 ↗ park and needed engagement based on what

2:36:57 ↗ what the residents wanted to see this

2:36:59 ↗ park to be and what they what their

2:37:00 ↗ vision is and kind of the history of the

2:37:02 ↗ park because we weren't really sure

2:37:03 ↗ exactly what that was so what better way

2:37:05 ↗ to get it from the residents so the idea

2:37:07 ↗ was to have it at the park make it easy

2:37:09 ↗ for those residents to engage with the

2:37:11 ↗ city for them to be able to walk down

2:37:13 ↗ even for five minutes 10 minutes 15

2:37:15 ↗ however long like they had but make it

2:37:17 ↗ easy for them to do so this is another

2:37:21 ↗ example of a neighborhood meeting in

2:37:23 ↗ Issaquah Valley where we talked about

2:37:24 ↗ different development projects happening

2:37:26 ↗ in that area there's a lot of lot of

2:37:28 ↗ things happening so we did more of an

2:37:29 ↗ open house style well it was very well

2:37:31 ↗ attended this is another example of a

2:37:34 ↗ neighborhood meeting different style so

2:37:36 ↗ something else I've learned through

2:37:37 ↗ these neighborhood meetings are some of

2:37:40 ↗ the organization behind them is

2:37:41 ↗ different so sometimes it's an open

2:37:43 ↗ house sometimes it's on property like I

2:37:45 ↗ mentioned and sometimes there's a need

2:37:47 ↗ for a Town Hall and the way that that's

2:37:49 ↗ structured this was from our corridor

2:37:52 ↗ project which was more of a workshop

2:37:53 ↗ style it was three three workshops where

2:37:56 ↗ we got to engage with the residents

2:37:57 ↗ based on what they wanted to see as far

2:37:58 ↗ as the corridor over on Newports way and

2:38:01 ↗ then also another neighborhood meeting

2:38:04 ↗ this was on-site at a spyglass

2:38:05 ↗ when we met with residents to talk about

2:38:08 ↗ some of the potential impacts to their

2:38:11 ↗ area so like I said some of the key

2:38:15 ↗ takeaways from these neighborhood

2:38:16 ↗ meetings our residents went informal

2:38:17 ↗ meeting

2:38:18 ↗ most of the time so they can drop in so

2:38:20 ↗ they don't feel like they're late so

2:38:21 ↗ they can come at their leisure they also

2:38:23 ↗ want to pick the agenda like I said they

2:38:25 ↗ want to tell us what they want to learn

2:38:27 ↗ instead of us telling them the meetings

2:38:29 ↗ one to two hours and they also think

2:38:31 ↗ it's important to hear from other

2:38:33 ↗ residents what their issues are

2:38:35 ↗ in addition something that I learned

2:38:37 ↗ that residents engage when there's

2:38:40 ↗ things available like childcare we have

2:38:43 ↗ provided childcare at some of our

2:38:44 ↗ meetings and that does allow some of

2:38:46 ↗ those residents that haven't normally

2:38:47 ↗ engaged or wouldn't normally engage

2:38:50 ↗ because you know maybe they're busy or

2:38:52 ↗ they have family they can't make it

2:38:53 ↗ because of the kids so we've been able

2:38:55 ↗ to provide childcare and that really

2:38:56 ↗ encourages that that attendance which is

2:38:58 ↗ also a goal of this program you know how

2:39:00 ↗ do we engage those people that don't

2:39:01 ↗ otherwise engage in addition food is

2:39:04 ↗ also a big deal feeding people tends to

2:39:08 ↗ be a plus so also in addition to

2:39:13 ↗ neighborhood meetings community events

2:39:16 ↗ tapping into events that are already

2:39:18 ↗ happening on a neighborhood level and a

2:39:20 ↗ city level so National Night Out

2:39:21 ↗ encouraging block parties we've used

2:39:23 ↗ that as a platform this year and last

2:39:24 ↗ year

2:39:25 ↗ salmon days coming up Highlands Day

2:39:28 ↗ fourth of July in South Cove is a big

2:39:30 ↗ one egg hunt and Talas that was a fun

2:39:31 ↗ one this year and again with those

2:39:36 ↗ community events just going back to that

2:39:37 ↗ those three questions that I presented

2:39:38 ↗ to you earlier and just asking what's

2:39:40 ↗ happening in this area and what do we

2:39:41 ↗ need engagement on so not only being

2:39:43 ↗ able to provide some information at

2:39:44 ↗ those events but also have fun of the

2:39:46 ↗ community so next door the city is

2:39:51 ↗ extremely active with social media

2:39:52 ↗ already as a form of engagement and a

2:39:54 ↗ lot of other cities in our area are

2:39:55 ↗ using next doors so we launched our next

2:39:59 ↗ door account on March 1st to date there

2:40:02 ↗ are six thousand nine hundred and five

2:40:03 ↗ residents using the platform so that's

2:40:04 ↗ 31 percent of households cleaned here in

2:40:06 ↗ Issaquah residents have posted two

2:40:09 ↗ thousand eight hundred and thirty six

2:40:10 ↗ times in the last thirty days with a

2:40:12 ↗ hundred and eighty six posts being

2:40:14 ↗ linked to crime and safety and the city

2:40:17 ↗ uses this platform to send messages to

2:40:20 ↗ one or multiple neighborhoods service

2:40:22 ↗ areas or the entire community so the

2:40:24 ↗ great thing about next-door is you can

2:40:25 ↗ geo-target it based on what your message

2:40:26 ↗ is and to whom

2:40:29 ↗ this is just some information about the

2:40:31 ↗ top neighborhood users here in Issaquah

2:40:34 ↗ so talus with 53% of their households

2:40:36 ↗ claims of the highlands 47% squawk

2:40:39 ↗ Mountain 43% and Issaquah Valley 18% so

2:40:42 ↗ these numbers since the beginning of the

2:40:43 ↗ year when I first presented them to you

2:40:45 ↗ in January have actually doubled as of

2:40:48 ↗ today in addition we have one city

2:40:52 ↗ account with specific staff members that

2:40:54 ↗ have access so it's the communications

2:40:55 ↗ team and the police communications team

2:40:57 ↗ it's also important to note the

2:40:59 ↗ uniqueness of next-door is a social

2:41:01 ↗ media platform is that the city cannot

2:41:03 ↗ see the private conversations that are

2:41:05 ↗ happening within the neighborhoods and

2:41:07 ↗ can only see interactions that residents

2:41:09 ↗ directly interact with the city on so

2:41:13 ↗ online maps these are some goals that I

2:41:15 ↗ mentioned early in January regarding

2:41:17 ↗ online maps but first I'd like to speak

2:41:19 ↗ to the active projects map so I'm gonna

2:41:23 ↗ jump around for a second make sure I can

2:41:26 ↗ do this

2:41:48 ↗ so this year the city staff has worked

2:41:51 ↗ diligently on developing a more

2:41:53 ↗ user-friendly active projects map that

2:41:56 ↗ is now this is burnt this is new it's

2:41:58 ↗ prominently displayed on our homepage of

2:42:00 ↗ our website so I wanted to show you it's

2:42:02 ↗ under new development on the top and the

2:42:05 ↗ key features of this map are as it pulls

2:42:09 ↗ up it's been kind of modified so I don't

2:42:12 ↗ know if you've seen it yet but it's

2:42:14 ↗ quite a bit easier to read

2:42:15 ↗ the colors are a bit different first and

2:42:18 ↗ foremost this map is mobile friendly our

2:42:21 ↗ last active projects map was not so that

2:42:24 ↗ certainly helps in addition I'll kind of

2:42:31 ↗ zoom in a little bit here but for

2:42:38 ↗ example some of the other things that

2:42:40 ↗ we've got this is new so now it pops up

2:42:46 ↗ on the left hand side and it's

2:42:48 ↗ scrollable but you've got a rendering of

2:42:50 ↗ the project so now you can see what it

2:42:52 ↗ looks like it's a little bit cleaner

2:42:53 ↗ it's got your project number your name a

2:42:55 ↗ description of it the location the

2:42:58 ↗ status your contact for the city and

2:43:00 ↗ applicants instead of having all of the

2:43:03 ↗ links below it like we used to have

2:43:04 ↗ which is a little jumbled now we have a

2:43:06 ↗ a tab where you can click view related

2:43:09 ↗ documents and permits and it brings it

2:43:10 ↗ up in a tab format where you can look

2:43:12 ↗ through this at your leisure and you can

2:43:15 ↗ look whether you want attachments

2:43:16 ↗ descriptions details related permits

2:43:18 ↗ things like that so that's a brand new

2:43:21 ↗ active projects map

2:43:29 ↗ and then I want to talk to you about

2:43:31 ↗ proactive development outreach proactive

2:43:33 ↗ outreach on current and upcoming

2:43:34 ↗ development is an important focus for

2:43:37 ↗ this program and has been this year I

2:43:38 ↗ still spend one day a week sometimes

2:43:40 ↗ more these days embedded in DSD learning

2:43:44 ↗ about all the projects the permitting

2:43:45 ↗ process and I thought I I knew a lot of

2:43:48 ↗ acronyms in January and I can tell you

2:43:50 ↗ I've probably quadrupled the number of

2:43:52 ↗ acronyms I've learned since then so part

2:43:58 ↗ of to keep neighborhoods informed about

2:43:59 ↗ upcoming engagement opportunities or

2:44:02 ↗ development impacts the city has current

2:44:03 ↗ tools in place that we use email

2:44:05 ↗ notifications for example the new

2:44:07 ↗ neighborhood meetings regarding the next

2:44:09 ↗ door posts a more user friendly active

2:44:11 ↗ projects map that I just showed you

2:44:12 ↗ improve signage on site and additional

2:44:15 ↗ requirements of the developer so in

2:44:18 ↗ addition of keeping neighbors informed

2:44:20 ↗ through these channels the city's

2:44:22 ↗ piloting a program with a few developers

2:44:23 ↗ this summer that includes on-site

2:44:26 ↗ construction signage installed like the

2:44:28 ↗ one you see behind me here for the Vale

2:44:30 ↗ apartments that just began construction

2:44:32 ↗ and like this one for Ennis what

2:44:34 ↗ apartments that will begin soon as you

2:44:36 ↗ can see important information like

2:44:37 ↗ anticipated completion date rendering

2:44:40 ↗ activity renderings activities typical

2:44:42 ↗ work hours project description and

2:44:43 ↗ contact information for questions is

2:44:45 ↗ provided and these signs are prominently

2:44:47 ↗ displayed at the construction site in

2:44:49 ↗ addition developers have been asked to

2:44:52 ↗ maintain a contact list of interested

2:44:54 ↗ parties and send the monthly email

2:44:56 ↗ updates using this standard template

2:44:58 ↗ that we've created developers have also

2:45:00 ↗ been asked to print these updates and

2:45:02 ↗ place them in a box attached to the

2:45:04 ↗ on-site Construction sign that I showed

2:45:05 ↗ you earlier the construction updates

2:45:08 ↗ have a project description and then

2:45:10 ↗ again what to expect this month so those

2:45:11 ↗ are things like well well the

2:45:13 ↗ neighborhood see what's the parking bike

2:45:15 ↗ lane sidewalk update haul routes road

2:45:19 ↗ closures we're staging is located

2:45:21 ↗ utility disruptions anticipated timeline

2:45:23 ↗ changes of the project high-impact work

2:45:26 ↗ or deliveries and loading expectations

2:45:27 ↗ or any other items that the developer

2:45:31 ↗ might think that will have a

2:45:33 ↗ neighborhood impact so in addition to

2:45:36 ↗ the signage in the monthly updates that

2:45:38 ↗ I've shown you the city has created

2:45:39 ↗ timelines like this 1 reflecting

2:45:40 ↗ projects in a general area and

2:45:42 ↗ can expect these were shared in

2:45:44 ↗ neighborhood meetings this summer and

2:45:46 ↗ some have their own website page as well

2:45:49 ↗ and they're actively updated so what we

2:45:52 ↗ heard from the community was they wanted

2:45:53 ↗ to be able to see kind of the

2:45:54 ↗ comprehensive look of what was happening

2:45:55 ↗ in their community so this is what we

2:45:58 ↗ created and it kind of shows them you

2:46:00 ↗ know when to act what to expect and

2:46:02 ↗ what's happening around them so this

2:46:06 ↗ proactive collaborative effort keeps

2:46:07 ↗ neighbors informed the timeline and

2:46:09 ↗ details of each project and it builds a

2:46:11 ↗ positive positive relationship with the

2:46:13 ↗ community in addition to the timelines

2:46:15 ↗ and working with the developers like

2:46:17 ↗ I've shown you I started my own YouTube

2:46:19 ↗ segment

2:46:20 ↗ that's called development update so far

2:46:23 ↗ it's just another communication channel

2:46:25 ↗ that I've used to be able to update

2:46:28 ↗ residents about what's going on out in

2:46:30 ↗ the community and these are projects and

2:46:32 ↗ maybe we're not doing you know like I

2:46:34 ↗ said the pilot program like valent and

2:46:35 ↗ us would with right now so like I just

2:46:37 ↗ did a development update with

2:46:39 ↗ anti-aircraft Creek went out there took

2:46:41 ↗ some film explained kind of what the

2:46:43 ↗ project was what was happening currently

2:46:45 ↗ and when it the completion date will be

2:46:47 ↗ also central pad park1 projects are

2:46:50 ↗ central park pad one project and in

2:46:53 ↗ addition the skate park was the current

2:46:55 ↗ development update that I just filmed so

2:46:59 ↗ in addition to kind of circle back

2:47:02 ↗ closing the loop that was something that

2:47:04 ↗ I've heard and I think there's only so

2:47:07 ↗ many times we can ask people to come out

2:47:08 ↗ and engage with us so one way to

2:47:11 ↗ continue to communicate with them is by

2:47:13 ↗ capturing their emails which we have

2:47:15 ↗ done in our neighborhood meetings we

2:47:17 ↗ send updates regularly via you know what

2:47:20 ↗ project they've signed up to get updates

2:47:22 ↗ with or what's going on in that general

2:47:24 ↗ neighborhood so it was something else

2:47:26 ↗ that happened so our news items are

2:47:28 ↗ categorized typically by topic

2:47:30 ↗ but recently kind of just naturally

2:47:33 ↗ they've started to be organized by

2:47:35 ↗ neighborhood so that like I said just a

2:47:38 ↗ kind of a natural progression to the

2:47:39 ↗ amount of engagement in specific areas

2:47:41 ↗ so I'm gonna whoops

2:47:47 ↗ jump around one more time and I want to

2:47:53 ↗ show you this map so I actually sent you

2:47:55 ↗ links to this map in my 6-month report

2:47:57 ↗ but I heard from you it was important to

2:48:01 ↗ provide a top-level recap of what's

2:48:03 ↗ going on or what's discussed in

2:48:04 ↗ neighborhood meetings so I created this

2:48:06 ↗ map that serves as a dashboard and what

2:48:09 ↗ this map does is it's got different

2:48:10 ↗ layers so down here one of the first

2:48:13 ↗ layers that you see the different colors

2:48:14 ↗ are the different districts the 13

2:48:16 ↗ districts that we've divided as a client

2:48:17 ↗ ooh on top of that I've got a layer of

2:48:22 ↗ 2016 meetings which you can see and if

2:48:24 ↗ you click on them it'll pull up the date

2:48:27 ↗ the location the number of attendees and

2:48:29 ↗ exactly what we heard and I've done that

2:48:32 ↗ for every single neighborhood touch

2:48:34 ↗ point that I've had so far and so

2:48:40 ↗ there's a couple examples from 2017 just

2:48:42 ↗ what we heard this is for example the

2:48:45 ↗ woods HOA meeting on May 5th tells you

2:48:47 ↗ how many people were there and again

2:48:48 ↗ just gives you that snapshot dashboard

2:48:51 ↗ about kind of just the different closing

2:48:54 ↗ the loop basically

2:49:03 ↗ and in addition to closing the loop not

2:49:05 ↗ only do we have this map and engagement

2:49:07 ↗ comes back in a lot of different forms

2:49:08 ↗ so part of the way engagement comes back

2:49:10 ↗ is you'll hear from project managers

2:49:14 ↗ that come and present to you so a lot of

2:49:16 ↗ what they present in their presentations

2:49:18 ↗ has been some of that engagement that

2:49:20 ↗ we've had at a neighborhood level that's

2:49:22 ↗ been packaged up into you know some of

2:49:24 ↗ the suggestions or things that they put

2:49:26 ↗ in front of you so in addition and this

2:49:30 ↗ is new it's a pilot art grant program

2:49:32 ↗ Amy Dukes actually came up with the idea

2:49:34 ↗ she's our arts director for the city she

2:49:37 ↗ came up with the idea to pilot an art

2:49:38 ↗ grant program next year to partner with

2:49:41 ↗ the Arts Commission to create new

2:49:43 ↗ connections with neighborhoods in a

2:49:44 ↗ different way giving them another option

2:49:46 ↗ to engage on a neighborhood level with

2:49:48 ↗ each other and enrich their lives with

2:49:50 ↗ art I've met with the Arts Commission I

2:49:53 ↗ gave them an overview of the

2:49:54 ↗ neighborhood engagement program and

2:49:56 ↗ they're very interested and they've put

2:49:59 ↗ money aside I don't know how much yet

2:50:01 ↗ but being able to work with her to

2:50:04 ↗ create a program like that I think would

2:50:07 ↗ be something that the residents would

2:50:10 ↗ enjoy so some of the challenges this

2:50:13 ↗ program has a limited staff time since

2:50:15 ↗ my positions only 30 hours a week as you

2:50:18 ↗ heard tonight I'm extremely focused on

2:50:19 ↗ the neighborhood level and interacting

2:50:21 ↗ with residents so there is part of part

2:50:25 ↗ of it is to be cognizant of scope creep

2:50:26 ↗ and there's a neat often for engagement

2:50:28 ↗ that's not based on the neighborhood

2:50:29 ↗ level here in the city and in larger

2:50:32 ↗ citywide event so just keeping that in

2:50:34 ↗ mind and then one of the biggest

2:50:36 ↗ challenges is continually reaching

2:50:38 ↗ residents that may not want to engage

2:50:39 ↗ and you know hope to give them a variety

2:50:42 ↗ of opportunities through this program so

2:50:45 ↗ dividing success a number of resident

2:50:47 ↗ interaction estimates and these are on a

2:50:49 ↗ personal level with this position so

2:50:53 ↗ next door so far about 2,400 meetings

2:50:56 ↗ and events about 1,400 attendees and

2:50:58 ↗ email is about 1,100 and that's anything

2:51:01 ↗ from personal emails to group emails

2:51:03 ↗ HOAs kind of serving as a liaison with

2:51:06 ↗ with them and helping them with even

2:51:09 ↗ some topics with their annual meetings

2:51:11 ↗ or other meetings or being

2:51:12 ↗ with that also defining success here's

2:51:16 ↗ some data that I pulled from a National

2:51:18 ↗ Research Center survey that we took for

2:51:19 ↗ Issaquah so the numbers from the last

2:51:22 ↗ one we took was 2014 and then another

2:51:25 ↗ one was taken this summer 2017 so I

2:51:28 ↗ pulled some of these that were

2:51:30 ↗ significantly increased so the amount of

2:51:33 ↗ residents that attended a local meeting

2:51:34 ↗ from 2014 to 2017 has increased by 10%

2:51:39 ↗ talked to her visited with neighbors 4%

2:51:42 ↗ watched a local public meeting I have to

2:51:45 ↗ do the math eight percent contacted

2:51:47 ↗ elected officials three percent and

2:51:49 ↗ neighborly neighborliness four percent

2:51:51 ↗ so I found those numbers extremely

2:51:53 ↗ interesting also defining success we can

2:51:56 ↗ pull next-door data it tells how many

2:51:59 ↗ interactions that we've had through that

2:52:01 ↗ platform the data that I just provided

2:52:03 ↗ you types of positive feedback provided

2:52:06 ↗ to electeds and other staff the

2:52:09 ↗ development and launch of the active

2:52:10 ↗ projects map the dashboard data of all

2:52:13 ↗ the neighborhood interactions and the

2:52:14 ↗ proactive development meetings and

2:52:15 ↗ outreach so some of the ideas in the

2:52:18 ↗ next steps that I have for the program

2:52:19 ↗ would be a Welcome Wagon so if some of

2:52:21 ↗ the other cities have had success with

2:52:23 ↗ this and basically creating a document

2:52:26 ↗ that allows residents to get plugged in

2:52:29 ↗ with their local government quickly and

2:52:31 ↗ kind of gives them an overview of you

2:52:34 ↗ know what how is how is this across

2:52:36 ↗ structured what are the Commission's and

2:52:39 ↗ then just providing them some of the

2:52:40 ↗ pertinent information that they might

2:52:43 ↗ want to know whenever they move here and

2:52:44 ↗ then targeting them specifically

2:52:47 ↗ obviously pilot the arts program that I

2:52:49 ↗ mentioned earlier having that be a big

2:52:51 ↗ success a mini citizens Academy there's

2:52:55 ↗ quite a few cities that do this so I

2:52:56 ↗ could see doing a six-week citizens

2:52:58 ↗ Academy going on a deeper level with

2:53:00 ↗ those that want to learn a little bit

2:53:02 ↗ more about Issaquah and then obviously

2:53:04 ↗ just more summits and neighborhood

2:53:06 ↗ meetings so that's all I've got so at

2:53:11 ↗ this time just I want to say thank you

2:53:12 ↗ again for having me here tonight and

2:53:14 ↗ then if you have any questions for me

2:53:15 ↗ happy to answer

2:53:17 ↗ you know a pretty impressive update

2:53:21 ↗ there are there questions of Lisa

2:53:25 ↗ Marylou followed by Bill and Mariah

2:53:29 ↗ so Lisa that interactive figure that you

2:53:33 ↗ have is really really great I was just

2:53:35 ↗ wondering if it's also available to

2:53:37 ↗ council members somewhere on the website

2:53:39 ↗ or to other neighborhoods if they want

2:53:40 ↗ to go look it up I'm currently it is not

2:53:42 ↗ okay yes thank you you've jumped in this

2:53:51 ↗ full-fledged in the short year you've

2:53:53 ↗ been here and I'm really glad to hear

2:53:57 ↗ what's going on and getting people more

2:54:00 ↗ engaged in those numbers really

2:54:01 ↗ increasing the two questions I would ask

2:54:03 ↗ for you you mentioned one at the end

2:54:05 ↗ there was a Welcome Wagon or some way to

2:54:09 ↗ outreach new folks moving into town

2:54:11 ↗ particularly I would look at renters

2:54:15 ↗ okay because they seem to take a little

2:54:17 ↗ more to get them engaged sometimes and

2:54:20 ↗ then people that are buying and it's

2:54:21 ↗ also a little harder to maybe find them

2:54:23 ↗ sometimes I'm gonna have a new quite a

2:54:24 ↗ few new rental units coming up here so

2:54:27 ↗ some way to really outreach to to make

2:54:30 ↗ sure they're included very much so as

2:54:32 ↗ well and then the question I started

2:54:34 ↗ asking lately and I'll probably continue

2:54:35 ↗ to ask for it our school district shows

2:54:40 ↗ the diversity of our community really

2:54:42 ↗ changing dramatically but we're not

2:54:45 ↗ seeing that in the adult side and so

2:54:48 ↗ just how instead of what we can do to

2:54:52 ↗ make sure to reach out for the diversity

2:54:53 ↗ of folks that are in the community and

2:54:55 ↗ get them more engaged as well as they

2:54:57 ↗ fit into a community that you know from

2:55:00 ↗ you know a minority in the community to

2:55:02 ↗ really bring them out to look for people

2:55:04 ↗ of color and so forth Purvi those two

2:55:08 ↗ things okay thank you thank you thank

2:55:09 ↗ you very work Ryan my pleasure

2:55:13 ↗ so I just had a question about the the

2:55:15 ↗ neighborhood champions could you tell me

2:55:17 ↗ a little bit more about that so the

2:55:20 ↗ neighborhood champions in my definition

2:55:21 ↗ would be people that want to be more

2:55:23 ↗ engaged with the city and they're people

2:55:25 ↗ that can leverage the contacts within

2:55:27 ↗ the community so we don't have email

2:55:28 ↗ addresses for everybody however these

2:55:30 ↗ and

2:55:30 ↗ champions live there they speak with the

2:55:33 ↗ you know their their local their

2:55:34 ↗ neighbors every day for the most part or

2:55:36 ↗ on a regular basis and so leveraging

2:55:38 ↗ those contacts and people have reached

2:55:41 ↗ out and I have a long list of those

2:55:43 ↗ types of people that when I need to get

2:55:44 ↗ information out to that general area I

2:55:47 ↗ send them a personal email and ask them

2:55:49 ↗ to help me distribute the news that I

2:55:51 ↗ need it's great so you have people

2:55:53 ↗ volunteering I do okay yeah there's a

2:55:56 ↗ lot of people that want to be actively

2:55:58 ↗ engaged you know just on a different

2:56:00 ↗ level but there's like I said

2:56:01 ↗ neighborhood champions that have those

2:56:03 ↗ lists and contacts already so part of

2:56:05 ↗ this job is to leverage that weight well

2:56:08 ↗ thank you for the update and I

2:56:10 ↗ appreciate all the hard work and I

2:56:11 ↗ really like the active project map I

2:56:15 ↗ think that that's that's a great

2:56:16 ↗ improvement and also the ideas that you

2:56:19 ↗ listed for next step next steps the

2:56:22 ↗ welcome-wagon I think is really

2:56:23 ↗ important in this citizens Academy and

2:56:26 ↗ the arts the arts group so thanks for

2:56:30 ↗ all your hard work on all of this my

2:56:32 ↗ pleasure

2:56:33 ↗ other questions or comments

2:56:37 ↗ thank you very very much thank you our

2:56:40 ↗ next and last item under regular

2:56:42 ↗ business is agenda bill seven four seven

2:56:45 ↗ seven the SRC Transportation

2:56:49 ↗ Alternatives program grant for Newport

2:56:53 ↗ Way improvements as our 900 to South

2:56:56 ↗ East 54th Sheldon Lynn of the quirks

2:57:01 ↗ engineering for a short staff update and

2:57:06 ↗ presentation Thank You mayor council i'm

2:57:09 ↗ sheldon lin director of public works

2:57:11 ↗ engineering the agenda bill seven four

2:57:13 ↗ seven seven is actually in front of

2:57:15 ↗ council for consideration authorized the

2:57:18 ↗ administration to submit an application

2:57:19 ↗ to the Puget Sound Regional Council for

2:57:22 ↗ a transportation alternative program

2:57:25 ↗ grant tap grant as it's written up here

2:57:28 ↗ the purpose of the application is

2:57:31 ↗ specifically to try and get some design

2:57:34 ↗ money from the PSR C which is federal

2:57:39 ↗ funds

2:57:41 ↗ just a quick overview of the project

2:57:43 ↗ that this grant application is about is

2:57:47 ↗ the Newport Way corridor between South

2:57:50 ↗ East 54th right here and SR 900 right

2:57:56 ↗ here as you can see this map identifies

2:57:59 ↗ a lot of different activities

2:58:00 ↗ development and other things going on

2:58:02 ↗ along the corridor there's a lot of

2:58:06 ↗ improvements that need to be made to

2:58:09 ↗ this corridor for pedestrian bicyclists

2:58:11 ↗ and so forth

2:58:12 ↗ this little inset picture here gives you

2:58:14 ↗ perspective of what's the corridor look

2:58:16 ↗ like today the project is intended to

2:58:20 ↗ improve facilities and provide

2:58:22 ↗ facilities where they don't exist for

2:58:24 ↗ pedestrians bicycles and improve the

2:58:27 ↗ safety of the corridor throughout the

2:58:29 ↗ whole area for all users to date

2:58:35 ↗ pwe has been out with the help of Lisa

2:58:38 ↗ as she mentioned earlier and has

2:58:41 ↗ actually held two in-depth workshops

2:58:43 ↗ with the community for some community

2:58:45 ↗ engagement to find out what the

2:58:46 ↗ community feels the needs are along the

2:58:48 ↗ corridor and to help develop and further

2:58:51 ↗ develop the concept of the corridor the

2:58:54 ↗ application again for the grant money is

2:58:56 ↗ for design work which will help us

2:58:58 ↗ complete the design from the time in

2:59:01 ↗ which we essentially meet with the HOAs

2:59:04 ↗ this fall through the completion of the

2:59:07 ↗ development of construction documents

2:59:09 ↗ the amount of the grant application is

2:59:12 ↗ going for we're applying for two and a

2:59:14 ↗ half million dollars is the proposal

2:59:16 ↗ which requires about a thirteen and a

2:59:18 ↗ half percent match which is roughly

2:59:20 ↗ three hundred and ninety thousand

2:59:21 ↗ dollars this project is in the capital

2:59:25 ↗ improvement plan they're scheduled to

2:59:27 ↗ have the essentially first phase of

2:59:31 ↗ design begin next year it's about a two

2:59:33 ↗ year process for design and with that

2:59:37 ↗ the recommended motion is that the

2:59:40 ↗ council authorize the middle of the Parc

2:59:42 ↗ grant application for the design phase

2:59:44 ↗ of Newport Way improvements from 900 to

2:59:46 ↗ South East 54th what is the application

2:59:50 ↗ do

2:59:52 ↗ thank you for that question an

2:59:53 ↗ application is due the September 20th

2:59:58 ↗ two days from now I'm going to take a

3:00:04 ↗ little blame for this one here some

3:00:07 ↗ folks thought this should come under the

3:00:08 ↗ consent agenda and I I thought different

3:00:11 ↗ from talking about it from the

3:00:14 ↗ infrastructure chair this is new I want

3:00:16 ↗ to say a couple things about this first

3:00:18 ↗ of all this is a OneTouch thing and

3:00:20 ↗ since I hang on process a whole bunch I

3:00:22 ↗ don't like OneTouch things unless

3:00:23 ↗ there's a an impending date or crisis or

3:00:27 ↗ something and so that the due date for

3:00:30 ↗ this is coming up very quickly and this

3:00:34 ↗ I want a complement staff because we

3:00:36 ↗ weren't this was a way of them doing

3:00:38 ↗ some extra work getting during to get

3:00:41 ↗ that extra grant that we weren't quite

3:00:43 ↗ so where we could get earlier so it

3:00:45 ↗ wasn't like in the you know long

3:00:47 ↗ foreseen future when we're going for so

3:00:49 ↗ they've been hustling a little bit and I

3:00:50 ↗ want to compliment them on that and and

3:00:52 ↗ say that's why it's come up and now we

3:00:54 ↗ have to go for it and so I wanted to

3:00:55 ↗ bring that up why we're doing a one

3:00:57 ↗ touch on that and complement their

3:00:59 ↗ efforts and because this has been such a

3:01:02 ↗ large community involvement we've really

3:01:04 ↗ been pushing the community in this I

3:01:06 ↗ want to make I just wanted to highlight

3:01:08 ↗ this for sure that people realized that

3:01:10 ↗ and you know this is possibly a couple

3:01:12 ↗ of two and a half million dollars or

3:01:14 ↗ less whatever we can get out of that

3:01:16 ↗ that's a maximum amount that we can get

3:01:18 ↗ out of that with a thirteen percent

3:01:19 ↗ match that I would sure like to get to

3:01:21 ↗ and put to the design here versus

3:01:22 ↗ covering all out of City of Issaquah

3:01:24 ↗ funding which is what it's funded at

3:01:26 ↗ right now so this would be a big change

3:01:28 ↗ and we want to make sure we had like

3:01:30 ↗ that and complan staff on that and let

3:01:32 ↗ you know what's going on and that's why

3:01:34 ↗ brought it here to this thing so with

3:01:37 ↗ that I will make a motion

3:01:40 ↗ so go ahead move to authorize the middle

3:01:45 ↗ of the PSR see grant application for the

3:01:47 ↗ design phase of Newport Way improvements

3:01:49 ↗ from State Route 900 to South East 54th

3:01:51 ↗ Street second moved and seconded twice

3:01:58 ↗ their fight was perfect

3:02:00 ↗ okay questions or discussion on the

3:02:04 ↗ motion

3:02:04 ↗ Oh simple point I appreciate you

3:02:08 ↗ pointing out the match at 13 and a half

3:02:11 ↗ percent that was an example of some of

3:02:13 ↗ these policies and guidelines and that

3:02:15 ↗ this this task force that I'm part of

3:02:18 ↗ I guess that hasn't changed for a while

3:02:20 ↗ but that was that is one of those

3:02:22 ↗ standard ones I was referring to earlier

3:02:24 ↗ that committee meeting I went last week

3:02:25 ↗ PSR C always requires there's also some

3:02:29 ↗ project tracking requirements I know

3:02:31 ↗ that are probably going to remain as

3:02:33 ↗ there as well but I just want to point

3:02:34 ↗ that out as as an example of one of

3:02:36 ↗ those policies is the matching level 13

3:02:40 ↗ and a half percent other questions or

3:02:43 ↗ discussion are you ready to act all

3:02:47 ↗ those in favor of authorizing the that

3:02:51 ↗ thing back up there authorize this

3:03:00 ↗ middle of the ESRC grant application for

3:03:03 ↗ the design phase of Newport Way

3:03:05 ↗ improvements from SR 902 South East 54th

3:03:09 ↗ signify by saying aye those opposed

3:03:13 ↗ I'd carries unanimously now moving to

3:03:16 ↗ good of the order does anyone have

3:03:19 ↗ anything just evening for go to the

3:03:21 ↗ order I have okay I just wanted to

3:03:26 ↗ remind everyone to mark your calendars

3:03:28 ↗ for October 7th and 8th which of course

3:03:30 ↗ is salmon days here in Issaquah and we

3:03:32 ↗ get to celebrate the salmon returning

3:03:34 ↗ back home to the essica waters and we

3:03:37 ↗ celebrate it with lots of arts and

3:03:39 ↗ crafts and music great food and of

3:03:42 ↗ course always the field of fun so 7th

3:03:44 ↗ and 8th and we'll see everybody downtown

3:03:46 ↗ Thank You Eileen mellow you just wanted

3:03:50 ↗ to check and see I know I sent the fire

3:03:53 ↗ chief summary today but if anybody has

3:03:55 ↗ questions about standards of cover and

3:03:59 ↗ the new changes we might be looking at I

3:04:02 ↗ could take them tonight or you can just

3:04:03 ↗ email me them if there's going to be

3:04:06 ↗ discussing this with their board over

3:04:08 ↗ the next

3:04:08 ↗ months but it is very different than

3:04:11 ↗ what we've seen before we're going to be

3:04:13 ↗ way down into station location and

3:04:16 ↗ actually types of stations considering

3:04:18 ↗ even doing different types of stations

3:04:20 ↗ now so it should be an interesting

3:04:22 ↗ conversation thank you

3:04:24 ↗ anything else there is no requirement

3:04:27 ↗ for a follow-on Executive Committee

3:04:30 ↗ meeting we are adjourned

3:04:44 ↗ you

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Council / Members (7)

Eileen Barber

Mariah Bettise

Stacy Goodman

Tola Marts (arrived at 6:05 PM)

Mary Lou Pauly (arrived at 6:03 PM)

Bill Ramos

Paul Winterstein