City Council Special Meeting · Monday, April 2, 2018 · City Council Digest

1. CALL TO ORDER

Welcome & Introductions [05 min.]

2. AGENDA ITEMS

Impact Fees - Presented by School [35 min.] District and City Staff the City (City) impact fees are established (ISD) elsewhere within and outside of the district (ISD)

Topics: BudgetSchools

School Siting-Related Projects [35 min.] property they have regarding the Issaquah Highlands possible school site acquisition and disposition of property

Topics: Land Use

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0:25 ↗ welcome everyone I'd like to call the

0:27 ↗ April 2nd regular City Council meeting

0:29 ↗ to order

0:30 ↗ councilmembers Goodman and Ray are

0:32 ↗ excused this evening I'd like to ask any

0:35 ↗ of the you in the audience this evening

0:37 ↗ that would like to join the council

0:38 ↗ myself and the Pledge of Allegiance

1:02 ↗ first item under special business this

1:05 ↗ evening is a proclamation eb7 570 sexual

1:10 ↗ assault awareness month and I would like

1:13 ↗ to call King County sexual assault

1:15 ↗ Resource Center board member sandy do

1:17 ↗ pleats to please join me at the lectern

1:33 ↗ whereas sexual assault awareness month

1:36 ↗ calls attention to the fact that sexual

1:38 ↗ violence is widespread and impacts every

1:41 ↗ person in this community and whereas in

1:43 ↗ Washington State forty five percent of

1:46 ↗ women and twenty-two percent of men

1:47 ↗ report having experienced sexual

1:50 ↗ violence in their lifetime

1:51 ↗ and whereas nationally one in five

1:54 ↗ children under the age of 18 are

1:56 ↗ sexually abused and in King County last

1:58 ↗ year 2000 children and youth who have

2:01 ↗ been sexually abused received services

2:03 ↗ from the King County sexual assault

2:05 ↗ Resource Center and whereas working

2:08 ↗ together to educate our community about

2:10 ↗ sexual violence supporting survivors

2:12 ↗ when they come forward speaking out

2:15 ↗ against harmful attitudes and actions

2:17 ↗ and engaging in best practice sexual

2:20 ↗ violence prevention sexual violence

2:23 ↗ prevention work helps end sexual

2:25 ↗ violence

2:26 ↗ now therefore I marry you poly mayor of

2:29 ↗ the city of Issaquah do hereby proclaim

2:31 ↗ April

2:33 ↗ 2018 to be sexual assault awareness

2:35 ↗ month in the city of Issaquah and I

2:39 ↗ encourage all citizens to join me in

2:41 ↗ this special observance and join

2:42 ↗ advocates and communities across King

2:44 ↗ County and taking action to prevent

2:46 ↗ sexual violence if witnessed there of I

2:49 ↗ have Herrin to set my hand and seal to

2:51 ↗ city of Ithaca the second of April and

2:53 ↗ I'd like to give her a chance to speak

2:55 ↗ thank you so much good evening council

2:59 ↗ members and city residents my name is

3:01 ↗ sandy duplate and I'm a board member for

3:04 ↗ King County sexual assault Resource

3:05 ↗ Center I just wanted to say thank you

3:08 ↗ first of all for really giving the

3:10 ↗ importance that this Proclamation

3:13 ↗ deserves by proclaiming April as Sexual

3:17 ↗ Assault Awareness Month in the City of

3:20 ↗ Issaquah as a resident of the city for

3:23 ↗ 20 years over 20 years actually and

3:25 ↗ having raised three children here it is

3:28 ↗ just so important to me to know that as

3:31 ↗ a parent and as a board member of this

3:33 ↗ really important organization that our

3:36 ↗ city stands behind the survivors of

3:38 ↗ sexual assault so thank you so much for

3:40 ↗ supporting

3:41 ↗ Sark and Human Services with funding as

3:45 ↗ well as it's so important and we just we

3:48 ↗ can't be more grateful so thank you I

3:59 ↗ also have some buttons for the council

4:03 ↗ members if that's okay thank you for

4:11 ↗ coming today sandy next item under

4:14 ↗ special business is a B 757 for citywide

4:18 ↗ strategic plan will be hearing our

4:20 ↗ presentation this evening this is the

4:22 ↗ first presentation council I'd like to

4:25 ↗ invite sustainability director David

4:26 ↗ Fujimoto and consultant Bryan Scott of

4:29 ↗ BDS planning and urban design to present

4:31 ↗ an an overview of the our Issaquah

4:34 ↗ project thank you madam mayor and

4:38 ↗ council members I'm David Fujimoto

4:40 ↗ director of the office of sustainability

4:42 ↗ we're here tonight to talk a little bit

4:44 ↗ about the launch of our work on the

4:47 ↗ citywide strategic plan I just give you

4:49 ↗ a brief overview and share this

4:51 ↗ information with the public since we're

4:53 ↗ now getting underway as Mary Lou the

4:58 ↗ mayor mentioned I'm also joined by Brian

4:59 ↗ Scott principal of BDS planning and

5:02 ↗ consulting who we've brought on board to

5:04 ↗ support us in this effort real quickly

5:08 ↗ in terms of the overall purpose and

5:11 ↗ intent of this project it's been a goal

5:13 ↗ for the city and City Council for many

5:15 ↗ years to get this work underway so we're

5:17 ↗ extremely excited about getting this

5:19 ↗ process underway really we're here to

5:22 ↗ affirm the vision for Issaquah and

5:25 ↗ establish a framework for us to be able

5:27 ↗ to better understand and articulate the

5:30 ↗ community's priorities and then develop

5:32 ↗ a framework and a process and tools that

5:35 ↗ will help us to align our efforts

5:36 ↗ towards those those processes it's

5:39 ↗ something that we know needs to be

5:41 ↗ strategic in nature it needs to be

5:42 ↗ forward-looking in the process of doing

5:45 ↗ this work we have some goals to engage

5:48 ↗ diverse audiences in our community

5:50 ↗ through a variety of engagement efforts

5:52 ↗ carrying those engagement efforts

5:54 ↗ throughout the

5:56 ↗ we know that we want to as we're

5:58 ↗ identifying some of those priorities and

6:00 ↗ articulating goals that will be

6:02 ↗ developing strategies but also

6:03 ↗ developing performance measures to help

6:05 ↗ identify whether or not we're making

6:07 ↗ progress and then we also know it's

6:09 ↗ something that in the end needs to be

6:11 ↗ able to be clearly communicated to our

6:13 ↗ constituents out to our communities so

6:15 ↗ that they know what it is that we've

6:18 ↗ identified and how we're making progress

6:21 ↗ we see this as something that's a tool

6:23 ↗ that will also line to the city's

6:25 ↗ efforts internally in terms of how we

6:27 ↗ think about our staff how we work

6:30 ↗ jointly and cross departmental Eon

6:32 ↗ projects will also align with future

6:34 ↗ budget efforts so we can align our

6:36 ↗ community priorities with our budgeting

6:37 ↗ process as well as other plans and

6:40 ↗ strategies and tools like our capital

6:42 ↗ planning process as well I'm going to

6:47 ↗ turn it over to Brian to talk a little

6:49 ↗ bit more about BDS and Eko Northwest

6:52 ↗ who's the the consulting groups that are

6:54 ↗ working with us and a little bit more

6:55 ↗ about the process

6:59 ↗ good evening I'm Brian Scott with BDS

7:02 ↗ planning and I have the pleasure being

7:05 ↗ the project director on this project and

7:07 ↗ I've spoken with most of you on the

7:09 ↗ phone in the last week so nice to

7:11 ↗ connect with you face-to-face

7:16 ↗ BDS planning and echo Northwest are

7:19 ↗ working together on this project we

7:22 ↗ often work together and we do a lot of

7:25 ↗ public sector strategic planning

7:28 ↗ including municipal strategic planning

7:30 ↗ we recently did a strategic plan for

7:32 ↗ Salem Oregon we're currently engaged in

7:35 ↗ one in McMinnville Oregon BDS who

7:39 ↗ recently finished facilitating the King

7:42 ↗ County 911 cluding councilmember Mart's

7:48 ↗ participating in in that effort Echo

7:53 ↗ Northwest is the Northwest oldest and

7:57 ↗ largest economics firm one of its

8:00 ↗ founding principals Terry Moore as their

8:02 ↗ lead on this project

8:05 ↗ along with some others BDS has been I

8:09 ↗ founded the firm about ten years ago

8:12 ↗ I've been doing community development

8:15 ↗ and strategic planning around the

8:17 ↗ Pacific Northwest for over 35 years had

8:20 ↗ the chance to work in communities all

8:22 ↗ across Oregon and Washington and so it's

8:25 ↗ a pleasure to be in a community that I

8:27 ↗ haven't worked before and and add add to

8:31 ↗ the portfolio of work on this particular

8:35 ↗ project

8:37 ↗ there are four key parts a situational

8:40 ↗ assessment community engagement the

8:42 ↗ strategic plan and implementation

8:44 ↗ strategy echo Northwest is the lead on

8:47 ↗ the facility on the on the situation

8:49 ↗ assessment they're underway on that now

8:52 ↗ Terry Moore as I mentioned Mike Gleason

8:55 ↗ who is a longtime public sector manager

9:00 ↗ he managed four different cities in

9:02 ↗ three counties so he's a very seasoned

9:04 ↗ professional he's mostly retired now but

9:06 ↗ he has a lot of useful advice as well as

9:10 ↗ Eric rondell who's done some recent work

9:12 ↗ in Issaquah so he's familiar with the

9:14 ↗ community help bill to give us that

9:16 ↗ anchor our Community Engagement Team

9:18 ↗ will be led by our project manager

9:20 ↗ gabriel silver blat who is here with me

9:22 ↗ tonight and we have a team of diverse

9:27 ↗ folks who we hand-picked to try and fit

9:30 ↗ the different communities in Issaquah

9:32 ↗ that we want to engage and then all of

9:35 ↗ us will be working together on the

9:36 ↗ strategic planning and implementation

9:38 ↗ parts of the project the process as I

9:43 ↗ described to some of you individually

9:45 ↗ but I haven't done it in public has

9:47 ↗ three big phases the first one is about

9:50 ↗ who we are now and who do we who do we

9:53 ↗ want to be who do we feel about it the

9:56 ↗ second phase is about where do we want

9:58 ↗ to go that's really the strategic

10:00 ↗ thinking phase and then the third phase

10:03 ↗ is about how we're going to get there

10:05 ↗ implementation planning for that just

10:08 ↗ underway for a few weeks now but there

10:10 ↗ are lots of parts to the community

10:12 ↗ engagement I think David's going to

10:14 ↗ mention a few more of those in a moment

10:16 ↗ we're about to

10:18 ↗ launched a community-wide online survey

10:20 ↗ so everybody can have a chance to

10:22 ↗ express their values about Issaquah and

10:25 ↗ their dreams and hopes we're engaging a

10:28 ↗ number of focus groups for people to

10:31 ↗ talk about what they hope for Issaquah

10:34 ↗ we're producing a thing we're calling

10:35 ↗ meeting in a box so we have all the

10:37 ↗ materials for folks that want to add to

10:39 ↗ those meetings and organize their own

10:41 ↗ meetings as well as some community

10:44 ↗ pop-up events at the same time that echo

10:47 ↗ Northwest is busy compiling a situation

10:50 ↗ assessment based on city's existing

10:52 ↗ documents and interviews with city

10:55 ↗ department heads to try and sort of

10:57 ↗ characterize that situation that the

11:00 ↗ existing situation that'll all come

11:02 ↗ together at a strategic planning

11:04 ↗ Charette later in the spring where we'll

11:06 ↗ meet with the council department heads

11:08 ↗ and key stakeholders in the community to

11:11 ↗ try and refine that into some key

11:13 ↗ strategic priority areas and then we'll

11:15 ↗ work through the couple of months after

11:17 ↗ that - in individual workgroups on each

11:20 ↗ of those priority areas to establish

11:22 ↗ goals and objectives and then through

11:25 ↗ the summer on specific action plans and

11:28 ↗ performance metrics and a first year

11:30 ↗ work plan so that's the plan for the

11:32 ↗ process today is just an introduction to

11:35 ↗ that Thank You Bryan so just a little

11:41 ↗ bit more information in terms of

11:42 ↗ timeline going forward we are still

11:45 ↗ working on some specific dates as we

11:47 ↗ think about the engagement effort really

11:50 ↗ as part of that first phase of

11:52 ↗ engagement that Brian spoke about

11:54 ↗ there's a pretty concerted effort and

11:56 ↗ the staff led effort to go out to the

11:59 ↗ community to reach the diverse audiences

12:02 ↗ that we have in our community we want to

12:04 ↗ make sure that we get that part right

12:05 ↗ and so that's going to take some time we

12:07 ↗ have a whole variety of different

12:08 ↗ strategies for doing that but that

12:11 ↗ really kind of drives our schedule going

12:12 ↗ forward it's the key and one of the most

12:15 ↗ important inputs into the community

12:19 ↗ strategic planning Charette that will be

12:21 ↗ happening that will be in May or June as

12:24 ↗ well as the situational assessment

12:27 ↗ that's coming forward as well in the

12:29 ↗ process of review

12:31 ↗ we can't proceed to reach through each

12:32 ↗ of these steps we'll be working with a

12:34 ↗ project leadership team with some

12:37 ↗ various checkpoints and then also

12:38 ↗ working with City Council's so we'll be

12:40 ↗ coming back to City Council three

12:42 ↗ different points in the process before

12:44 ↗ bringing it forward for adoption and

12:46 ↗ those will show up as council work

12:48 ↗ sessions so those are in the process of

12:50 ↗ being scheduled I think there's some

12:51 ↗ tentative dates on the planning calendar

12:53 ↗ but those will be relooked at as we

12:56 ↗ proceed with the engagement process

12:58 ↗ concurrent with that is also ongoing

13:00 ↗ communications that will have out about

13:03 ↗ the the project as a whole a couple of

13:06 ↗ pieces in kind of real time or it's

13:09 ↗ happening right now Brian mentioned the

13:11 ↗ vision and value survey that is now live

13:14 ↗ we just launched that today on the

13:17 ↗ city's website so our communications

13:19 ↗ team will actually be promoting that

13:21 ↗ through a variety of different channels

13:22 ↗ as both electronic as well as just in on

13:26 ↗ the ground in the different communities

13:28 ↗ there'll be a resource card that has

13:30 ↗ here somewhere that will be shared to

13:33 ↗ different audiences we're talking about

13:35 ↗ a-frame signs in neighborhoods so we can

13:37 ↗ get the word out trying to find a whole

13:39 ↗ variety of different avenues in addition

13:41 ↗ to direct outreach to different

13:43 ↗ community voices and leaders to be able

13:46 ↗ to share that information so vision and

13:48 ↗ value surveys on the streets there's a

13:51 ↗ link or a URL to the website if you go

13:54 ↗ there you can find a link to both the

13:57 ↗ survey as well as you can sign up to

13:59 ↗ alert a listserv so you can be informed

14:01 ↗ about future events and updates on the

14:05 ↗ website and then we're also working to

14:08 ↗ schedule the pop-up events the meetings

14:10 ↗ in a box and then focus groups later

14:13 ↗ this month and into next month thank you

14:17 ↗ David and Brian and Gabriel you weren't

14:19 ↗ there so can you wave it everybody

14:21 ↗ that's Gabriel or other round team

14:23 ↗ partner there during special

14:25 ↗ presentations we usually do not have

14:27 ↗ questions but if you have a quick

14:28 ↗ question or two we can probably fit it

14:30 ↗ in tonight okay thank you thank you very

14:35 ↗ much

14:36 ↗ very exciting start next on our agenda

14:39 ↗ this evening is audience comments this

14:41 ↗ is your time to address your council

14:44 ↗ there are guidelines on this on the

14:46 ↗ bottom of the meeting agenda anyone who

14:48 ↗ signed up on our speakers list tonight

14:50 ↗ will be called forward first and if you

14:52 ↗ did not sign up I will then ask for

14:54 ↗ other speakers before I close this

14:56 ↗ portion of the meeting when you're

14:58 ↗ recognized please come up to the lectern

15:01 ↗ use the micro and speak into the

15:03 ↗ microphone state your name address and

15:05 ↗ relationship to the city just a wave of

15:08 ↗ hands how many people do we think we're

15:10 ↗ having speak tonight about ten okay so

15:14 ↗ we will limit comments to 5-minutes

15:16 ↗ tonight and if you have anything in

15:18 ↗ writing please come up after and submit

15:20 ↗ it to the city clerk there is also a

15:22 ↗ public hearing tonight regarding a

15:24 ↗ Street vacation of a portion of

15:26 ↗ Northeast Gilman Boulevard if you'd like

15:28 ↗ to make comments on this topic you'll

15:30 ↗ have an opportunity to do so later in

15:32 ↗ the meeting thank you for taking the

15:34 ↗ time to come in and talk to your council

15:36 ↗ tonight and has anyone signed up to

15:38 ↗ speak this evening yes Elizabeth my pen

15:45 ↗ hello I'm Elizabeth mapa I live at 100

15:49 ↗ Big Bear place Northwest and I've been a

15:56 ↗ resident most of the time since 1982 and

16:01 ↗ have served on the Human Services

16:03 ↗ Commission recently there was another

16:09 ↗ mitigated determination of non

16:11 ↗ significance related to the providence

16:14 ↗ Heights property it seems to me that

16:19 ↗ there's been considerable public comment

16:23 ↗ about the significance of that site both

16:26 ↗ the first time we went through this and

16:28 ↗ the second time and it doesn't seem to

16:31 ↗ be making any impact so I'm wondering I

16:35 ↗ know you can't answer questions now but

16:37 ↗ I wonder what part that public input

16:43 ↗ really has in that public comment period

16:48 ↗ on the final outcome of determining the

16:52 ↗ significance of destroying properties

16:57 ↗ in this city that's my concern Thank You

17:00 ↗ Q Lizabeth Susan Haas

17:15 ↗ hey good evening staff and city council

17:19 ↗ and mayor Polly thank you my name is

17:23 ↗ Susan Haas and I live in Sammamish at

17:25 ↗ 195 to 4 southeast 24th place and I'm a

17:30 ↗ Thursday morning volunteer at the quad

17:32 ↗ food and clothing bank so that's my main

17:35 ↗ connection to Issaquah and also just

17:39 ↗ being one of the many people interested

17:42 ↗ in preservation of Providence Heights

17:44 ↗ campus a very special but very secluded

17:47 ↗ place I just want to say something great

17:53 ↗ happened there was a woman named Martha

17:55 ↗ from the Office of Sustainability that

17:57 ↗ responded to a question that I had about

17:59 ↗ the single-family small lot zoning I was

18:02 ↗ wondering whether social services and

18:05 ↗ nonprofit organizations whether that

18:07 ↗ permitted use cannot be overnight

18:11 ↗ services and she Keith Nibin graciously

18:16 ↗ asked her and she said yes absolutely it

18:20 ↗ can be for a shelter it can be for

18:22 ↗ transitional housing so it was really

18:25 ↗ good news just to that citywide that

18:28 ↗ zoning allows that I just was so

18:30 ↗ heartened by that and also that's the

18:33 ↗ zoning that's at Providence Heights

18:35 ↗ campus right now and it would be just

18:39 ↗ great too if that place can be preserved

18:42 ↗ to work with the city on what the city's

18:44 ↗ vision already is for that you know site

18:47 ↗ through the zoning and all of that so

18:48 ↗ we're just really thrilled with a lot of

18:51 ↗ the contact was various staff here Keith

18:54 ↗ Niven and other people and also I just

18:58 ↗ wanted to say I really applaud that this

18:59 ↗ partnership with the his across school

19:02 ↗ district and working together I think

19:04 ↗ that is so great the this cooperation

19:08 ↗ and coordination that you started this

19:11 ↗ afternoon or I'm sure it was started

19:13 ↗ before then but it's really wonderful

19:15 ↗ and I just really encourage that that

19:18 ↗ process that you really empower

19:21 ↗ yourselves and the school board to be

19:23 ↗ and this

19:24 ↗ staff the city staff the school board

19:26 ↗ stab to be really equitable in that

19:28 ↗ process and very just and very

19:30 ↗ transparent that you know everything you

19:33 ↗ need to know to be able to make your

19:35 ↗ decisions em and I guess one small

19:38 ↗ example is that the testing for the

19:41 ↗ soils on that site near the Swedish

19:43 ↗ hospital and the assessment of the trees

19:47 ↗ it sounds like it has not been completed

19:51 ↗ potentially because it's expensive to do

19:55 ↗ but as I understand how people's time is

19:58 ↗ very precious also that I guess I just

20:02 ↗ encourage you to ask the school board to

20:05 ↗ just find out what needs to be found out

20:08 ↗ before going through all the questions

20:12 ↗ from City Council and all the you know

20:15 ↗ the process and the calendars and all

20:17 ↗ that because I just know how valuable

20:19 ↗ your time is to you and your loved ones

20:22 ↗ and I just want to see it I'll work out

20:24 ↗ well and in terms of other school sites

20:27 ↗ I just

20:28 ↗ I've heard of various school sites and

20:33 ↗ the one that they condemned near

20:35 ↗ Connie's as far as I understand today I

20:38 ↗ just really think it's important to look

20:41 ↗ at the whole picture and the whole

20:44 ↗ school district and what you're doing

20:47 ↗ today bringing a map and all your

20:49 ↗ information and I think that will really

20:53 ↗ help make some really good decisions and

20:59 ↗ then see how can you best maximize all

21:02 ↗ your goals and still you know this is

21:06 ↗ the city and the special district that

21:08 ↗ the school district is so thanks a lot

21:13 ↗ Thank You Susan even know that yes Karen

21:18 ↗ Lee

21:28 ↗ hello my name is Karen Lee Elizabeth

21:32 ↗ Suzanne and I would say I moved to its

21:35 ↗ the club in 1991 and now it is part of

21:41 ↗ Sammamish so technically I live in some

21:43 ↗ amis now Susan Elizabeth and I are on

21:48 ↗ the board of preserved Providence

21:52 ↗ Heights we are a 501 C 3 non-profit we

21:57 ↗ organized in December to help save

22:00 ↗ Providence Heights for historical

22:03 ↗ landmark which as the Quad City Issaquah

22:05 ↗ designated last year and we have been

22:11 ↗ trying very hard to find another use for

22:16 ↗ Providence Heights so that the city of

22:21 ↗ Ithaca could have social services and

22:26 ↗ housing for the poor and preserve the

22:29 ↗ buildings that are there now it which

22:30 ↗ could be reused and including the fact

22:33 ↗ that is the only bomb shelter on the

22:36 ↗ east side and we may need it someday we

22:42 ↗ heard about a couple other sites for

22:44 ↗ high schools that I don't know if

22:47 ↗ they're possible but they're both in the

22:50 ↗ Highlands which would be a great because

22:52 ↗ most of those students who need us high

22:56 ↗ school are in the Highlands it would be

22:59 ↗ great for them to have a local high

23:00 ↗ school so they don't wouldn't have to be

23:02 ↗ bused to Providence Heights which is

23:05 ↗ pretty far away from them and one of

23:09 ↗ them is lakeside development of five

23:16 ↗ acres and the other one is shelter

23:19 ↗ Holdings which has 21.5 acres I know

23:23 ↗ that they're getting ready to develop it

23:25 ↗ but maybe something else could be put

23:27 ↗ there like a high school and our

23:31 ↗ nonprofit is working very hard to

23:33 ↗ partner with other nonprofits and we

23:36 ↗ found another nonprofit who is very

23:38 ↗ interested in buying the property

23:41 ↗ - she was here at the last council

23:44 ↗ meeting to talk about it her vision of

23:47 ↗ housing women and rehabilitating them to

23:52 ↗ be functional members of society and

23:54 ↗ then their families and then finally

23:57 ↗ later on men and we have other

24:01 ↗ nonprofits that are very interested in

24:03 ↗ joining with us so that they also have

24:06 ↗ some money but together we could

24:09 ↗ probably come up with enough money -

24:13 ↗ that would satisfy a church home that

24:15 ↗ they would be willing to sell it to us I

24:17 ↗ mean not to us but to her

24:19 ↗ we're just facilitating this we're not

24:21 ↗ we're not actually good involved the

24:28 ↗ other thing is about where was that

24:31 ↗ going

24:36 ↗ the in order for this to happen we need

24:40 ↗ to have the historical and marking stay

24:44 ↗ in place because Christine could really

24:48 ↗ she said Oh probably cost about maybe

24:51 ↗ three to five million dollars to remodel

24:53 ↗ the buildings as they are so that

24:56 ↗ they're fully functional to her purposes

24:58 ↗ and we would have to have the school

25:03 ↗ district remove the eminent domain which

25:05 ↗ is why I mentioned the other sites for a

25:08 ↗ possible high school in the Highlands

25:10 ↗ instead of Providence Heights and so

25:12 ↗ with your help we could help fulfill

25:15 ↗ this provision and it's time for

25:17 ↗ something really wonderful at Providence

25:19 ↗ Heights Thank You Aaron before you leave

25:22 ↗ can I get an address for their preserved

25:24 ↗ Providence Heights as well or your

25:28 ↗ address my address is 582 to 40th Avenue

25:31 ↗ southeast Sammamish and I put it on the

25:35 ↗ form to fill out to speak thank you

25:38 ↗ Karen you know one further has signed up

25:41 ↗ to speak is there anyone else I would

25:44 ↗ like to speak this evening mr. Kapler

25:45 ↗ standing up

25:50 ↗ thank you David Kepler 255 southeast

25:53 ↗ Andrews traffic-calming in old town

25:56 ↗ seems to be working including even with

25:58 ↗ garbage bags on the signs so thank you

26:01 ↗ we'll see if it keeps working given the

26:06 ↗ lights issue at the middle school I

26:09 ↗ think we just demonstrated that the belt

26:12 ↗ the inquest School District is not

26:13 ↗ capable of doing their own SEPA and SEPA

26:16 ↗ for a school site in the highlands needs

26:18 ↗ to be done by this city we also need a

26:21 ↗ park on the western part of the

26:23 ↗ highlands and we got a limited amount of

26:26 ↗ property where that part could be but

26:28 ↗ that is a priority for the city and for

26:30 ↗ the citizens up there the site across

26:34 ↗ the east of the school of the city's

26:37 ↗ property up there is an L a parking lot

26:39 ↗ but that's not the long-term used for

26:41 ↗ that area I don't know how tall that

26:42 ↗ buildings gonna be but I think the

26:44 ↗ school building could be brought to them

26:47 ↗ they eased as much as possible because

26:49 ↗ it's going to be completely visible from

26:52 ↗ whether it's a hundred feet in or ten

26:56 ↗ feet in it's going to be completely

26:57 ↗ visible from looking west from the

27:00 ↗ Highlands the green strip that they show

27:04 ↗ on their city on their account on the

27:06 ↗ school district website on the eastern

27:08 ↗ boundary of that site where those homes

27:11 ↗ is not going to work gonna those trees

27:14 ↗ are all in trouble that the land has

27:16 ↗ been so worked over there drainage has

27:19 ↗ been changed over time and all the rest

27:21 ↗ the impacts this that little strip of

27:24 ↗ green is gonna have to be read redone

27:28 ↗ restarted from scratch and there's

27:34 ↗ forest health issues on the more western

27:36 ↗ part and the slope we've been dealing

27:39 ↗ with lemonade rut rod up a tradition

27:40 ↗ plateau for years there's now 20 and 30

27:44 ↗ foot cedar trees in the middle where

27:46 ↗ that started and that's how that happens

27:49 ↗ when the county is likes the idea of a

27:52 ↗ state forest so they got County Forest

27:53 ↗ now they're doing two big clearcuts

27:57 ↗ they're out practically clerical it's

27:58 ↗ down by Black Diamond because of the

28:00 ↗ laminated root rot is so bad down there

28:02 ↗ and they're going back and planning with

28:04 ↗ cedar and pine and the State Park had

28:07 ↗ that problem in the parking lot off May

28:09 ↗ Valley Road it's pine trees now in cedar

28:11 ↗ are with the replacements thank you

28:14 ↗ thank you David

28:24 ↗ my name is Mary Lynch and I recited to

28:27 ↗ 6:9 Oh North West Oak Crest Drive

28:28 ↗ Issaquah Washington I do what I say I

28:31 ↗ was glad that there was a meeting with a

28:33 ↗ school district I would hope that the

28:35 ↗ school district would do a couple more

28:38 ↗ steps in getting all the cities and

28:40 ↗ county representatives together in one

28:42 ↗ big meeting and down and start

28:44 ↗ discussing the overall school district

28:46 ↗ and the impacts because I don't I see

28:49 ↗ their parcel Mealing it out one of the

28:52 ↗ things that's very obvious if you look

28:54 ↗ at the CEPA as dave said that they did

28:57 ↗ for the Issaquah middle nothing was

28:59 ↗ really said about traffic and the amount

29:00 ↗ of busing and Parrott traffic that's

29:02 ↗ coming into the city due to Issaquah

29:04 ↗ middle but i know if you're aware of but

29:06 ↗ there are buses coming over Lake Mont

29:09 ↗ and s 900 from Newcastle to is a common

29:12 ↗ middle the new proposed element or

29:15 ↗ middle school that they have behind

29:17 ↗ Issaquah Valley probably also will be

29:20 ↗ busing from those areas because to my

29:22 ↗ knowledge they have not located any

29:24 ↗ property yet down in the Newcastle or in

29:27 ↗ the May Valley area to handle the growth

29:29 ↗ down there so that means all the traffic

29:31 ↗ buses and parent traffic's are all going

29:34 ↗ to be coming into Issaquah and that is

29:36 ↗ not part of the CEPA I went back and

29:38 ↗ pulled the sleeper for the middle school

29:40 ↗ because I did notice the lights going up

29:42 ↗ and I started questioning that and lo

29:44 ↗ and behold on March 23rd after the

29:47 ↗ lights were already installed over there

29:49 ↗ at this quad middle we find out that

29:52 ↗ there isn't a permit it wasn't done they

29:56 ↗ said they had a community process but if

29:58 ↗ you go back and look at the development

30:00 ↗ commission meetings you look at the cipa

30:01 ↗ it's not stated in there that there

30:04 ↗ would be nighttime lighting there nor

30:06 ↗ was it said in the traffic analysis that

30:08 ↗ there would be any nighttime lighting

30:10 ↗ nor in the sound control when you have

30:13 ↗ nighttime games you've got a lot of

30:15 ↗ noise generating from there nothing is

30:17 ↗ said about noise generating and when you

30:20 ↗ have there talking to the community

30:22 ↗ wants these lighted courses then that

30:24 ↗ means these are probably nonprofits

30:27 ↗ soccer teams other community

30:29 ↗ associations that are using those while

30:32 ↗ the Issaquah middle can be having their

30:33 ↗ own programs at the school so that means

30:35 ↗ more traffic at nighttime

30:37 ↗ more parking congestion nothing is said

30:40 ↗ about the student parking along Evans in

30:42 ↗ the traffic nothing is said it said

30:44 ↗ parents shall always use the main

30:46 ↗ entrance Issaquah Valley nothing as soon

30:49 ↗ as the seep of the fact that a lot of

30:51 ↗ parents are using Evans to go up into

30:53 ↗ the back side of the the middle school

30:58 ↗ in conflict with the buses that are

31:01 ↗ there and the little bus is picking up

31:03 ↗ and dropping and picking up their kids

31:05 ↗ or trying to shoot through the buses to

31:07 ↗ get out the back way because the light

31:10 ↗ is all backed up with the buses trying

31:13 ↗ to get out with all the parents from

31:14 ↗ both schools so that was not any

31:16 ↗ analysis done in the traffic plan so as

31:19 ↗ Dave said the city has to be sending

31:23 ↗ back the CEPA if the school district is

31:25 ↗ going to do it and make sure it is

31:26 ↗ complete and it addresses noise sound

31:31 ↗ emergency access screening of any lights

31:35 ↗ or noise that are happening and also

31:37 ↗ nighttime use this is a precedent that

31:39 ↗ we're setting here or the school

31:42 ↗ district for lighting the the fields

31:44 ↗ this hasn't been done before and has had

31:46 ↗ no real community input and they're in

31:49 ↗ Issaquah and I've not seen any meetings

31:51 ↗ where they've talked about it at their

31:54 ↗ meetings is the board meetings nor have

31:56 ↗ I seen anything when it was talked at

31:58 ↗ the development meeting so I got the

32:00 ↗ announcement that next this week will be

32:03 ↗ the first public hearing where they're

32:05 ↗ going to talk about the lighting

32:06 ↗ and where is the CEPA the city's

32:08 ↗ basically said there is no impact but

32:11 ↗ there were also if you remember a lot of

32:12 ↗ trees were cut down that weren't

32:14 ↗ supposed to be cut down along 2nd Street

32:16 ↗ when they put the new entrance to the

32:18 ↗ bus barn and when they tore down Clarke

32:20 ↗ so all those big trees that could have

32:22 ↗ been screening for the neighborhoods for

32:24 ↗ both noise and lights are gone and I

32:27 ↗ don't see yet that they're planning any

32:29 ↗ number of trees that are going to go up

32:31 ↗ I mean they're small so maybe in 30

32:33 ↗ years we might have some interim Spurs

32:36 ↗ trees that would block those noise and

32:38 ↗ sounds but it's gonna be 30 to 50 years

32:40 ↗ before you have any of that type of

32:42 ↗ screening and I think the city needs to

32:44 ↗ insist that the school district does a

32:47 ↗ better job with they're SEPA

32:48 ↗ and we don't approve things without

32:51 ↗ approves the

32:51 ↗ but thank you thank you Mary is there

32:56 ↗ anyone else that would like to speak

32:57 ↗ this evening miss Marsh

33:06 ↗ I'm Connie Marsh and I live up on squawk

33:09 ↗ so I had to laugh and following up on

33:14 ↗ Mary when I read the response about the

33:16 ↗ lights because it turns out what

33:18 ↗ happened is the the school district put

33:21 ↗ the lights in the CEPA checklist which

33:26 ↗ basically known in the community reads

33:30 ↗ the CEPA checklist because it's buried

33:36 ↗ way in the back and it's very detailed

33:37 ↗ and then if it's in the CEPA checklist

33:40 ↗ and it does not come forward as a

33:42 ↗ conversation within SEPA it is de facto

33:48 ↗ non studied right even if it's in the

33:51 ↗ checklist so I would say that was

33:53 ↗ erroneous and there's no way you should

33:56 ↗ be putting lights up or allowing lights

33:58 ↗ up with that sort of situation so that

34:01 ↗ brings me to my topic which is I've been

34:03 ↗ watching and reading the development

34:06 ↗ Commission in the urban village

34:08 ↗ development commission packages because

34:11 ↗ it's sort of exciting we have the first

34:13 ↗ time that we're gonna have the

34:16 ↗ architectural review and urban design

34:18 ↗ standards being used except I can't find

34:21 ↗ him so I had email for them it turns out

34:27 ↗ they're in a different section they

34:29 ↗ aren't where all the documents are

34:30 ↗ because they aren't complete yet and so

34:34 ↗ I asked if they were had been provided

34:36 ↗ to the development Commission and they

34:38 ↗ said no because their draft and I'm

34:41 ↗ going well this is the big tool this is

34:43 ↗ the exciting tool we're supposed to be

34:45 ↗ using to finally get will worship what

34:47 ↗ we expect so bad and then urban village

34:53 ↗ Development Commission so well what is

34:56 ↗ this we are supposedly getting a new

34:58 ↗ trail along the outside edge of the

35:02 ↗ Icicle Highlands you know where you peek

35:05 ↗ over the hill and lake sides on the

35:07 ↗ right but it's City right-of-way and so

35:12 ↗ how are we getting a trail that's public

35:16 ↗ on City right-of-way

35:18 ↗ through basically a preliminary plat

35:22 ↗ that is basically going to be decided by

35:25 ↗ the Issaquah Highlands architectural

35:28 ↗ review committee and staff so we have a

35:31 ↗ public thing going on public land

35:34 ↗ without a public process and so you can

35:37 ↗ see Corey's been you know getting the

35:40 ↗ the sharp side of me because I've been

35:42 ↗ frustrated this week I did like the

35:45 ↗ meeting that you just had with the

35:46 ↗ school district and I feel that that is

35:48 ↗ the first solid progress that I have

35:51 ↗ ever seen made with the school district

35:53 ↗ and my time of doing this which is about

35:55 ↗ twenty years so it's not all the

35:57 ↗ downside but there's so much work to do

36:00 ↗ and trying to figure out how we get all

36:02 ↗ of our new rules to create the city that

36:06 ↗ we want to have and that the community

36:08 ↗ expects so one last quick topic on the

36:12 ↗ strategic plan well we've been creating

36:16 ↗ the building blocks for the strategic

36:18 ↗ plan before the strategic plan so one

36:22 ↗ thing I didn't really understand from

36:25 ↗ what they were presenting is how they

36:28 ↗ were going to go and identify the chunks

36:31 ↗ that we have by force had to create the

36:34 ↗ bricks so to speak in building a

36:36 ↗ strategic plan already because we aren't

36:39 ↗ gonna have a strategic plan and then go

36:41 ↗ back and redo all of the work and I

36:44 ↗ don't see how they're getting there just

36:46 ↗ with interviewing department heads so

36:50 ↗ that is the missing piece I see in the

36:52 ↗ strategic plan Thanks Thank You Connie

36:55 ↗ would anyone else like to speak this

36:57 ↗ evening I see Steve heading over

37:08 ↗ ice-t Pereira old town about ten years

37:11 ↗ so so many topics the first I'd like

37:16 ↗ having the five minutes but I just want

37:18 ↗ to say again thank you to all of you for

37:20 ↗ service I know that taking the extra

37:21 ↗ minutes adds on to the total time that

37:23 ↗ you stand and here are another type of

37:24 ↗ folks in to spend here so thanks for

37:26 ↗ that public service first topic the the

37:32 ↗ wraps around the the utility devices

37:35 ↗ that are art work I'm not gonna be an

37:37 ↗ art critic I know I like the one on

37:39 ↗ front and sunset and the one piece like

37:43 ↗ Sammamish and Southeast Issaquah Road by

37:46 ↗ the Walgreens there are building of the

37:51 ↗ environment is kind of featured other

37:53 ↗ ones kind of be more modern an artwork

37:54 ↗ I'm not trying to be a critic but I just

37:56 ↗ think that senses of qual likes natural

37:59 ↗ environments so much there's a chance to

38:01 ↗ reflect what is wants and there's dance

38:03 ↗ to use the more scenic artwork and to

38:08 ↗ reflect who we are not just as an art

38:10 ↗ critic but who we are I think going

38:11 ↗ forward next topic people have already

38:15 ↗ talked about the combined City Council

38:18 ↗ and school board meeting echo all those

38:20 ↗ comments particularly the was there

38:23 ↗ Providence Heights topic so much has

38:27 ↗ been said and I don't want to reiterate

38:29 ↗ the issues

38:30 ↗ the one thing that curse to me though

38:31 ↗ going forward does that as we look

38:34 ↗ forward to lifting the moratorium and

38:35 ↗ there's really no limits to where or the

38:39 ↗ number of apartment complexes as it can

38:40 ↗ be I've gotten a city to school board

38:44 ↗ meetings and they've said city just

38:45 ↗ keeps improving development and there's

38:47 ↗ no way to reflect that or limit that I

38:50 ↗ think we're opening ourselves up to have

38:52 ↗ a much wider student body I'm not saying

38:55 ↗ that number of student body I'm not

38:57 ↗ saying that because people live in

38:58 ↗ apartments or less or deserve anything

39:00 ↗ less or better Bruce we're not prepared

39:02 ↗ for the infrastructure we're not

39:03 ↗ prepared for the number of students

39:04 ↗ these are the things we treasure about

39:06 ↗ Issaquah and I think we need to look at

39:08 ↗ the moratorium in building of not just

39:10 ↗ eliminating the number of storage units

39:15 ↗ and the number of hotels but also look

39:17 ↗ at where and the number of

39:19 ↗ apartment complexes because we've seen

39:21 ↗ where more and more people are at a

39:24 ↗ higher density or living in apartment

39:26 ↗ complexes with students where that

39:27 ↗ wouldn't used to be true that's

39:28 ↗ impacting the schools we need to feed

39:30 ↗ that into account next topic the

39:35 ↗ citywide strategic plan I'm glad to see

39:37 ↗ that I know my own feedback or

39:39 ↗ perspective was when this idea of the

39:42 ↗ Regional Growth Center was kind of first

39:44 ↗ brought forward I kind of thought okay

39:46 ↗ I'm really sure but as long as you leave

39:47 ↗ Old Town alone I'm okay with that

39:49 ↗ but the more and more I've been a

39:51 ↗ development city meetings when I see her

39:54 ↗ and hear people express concerns what

39:55 ↗ they say isn't in the terms of

39:57 ↗ development code or city code but it's

39:59 ↗ in the term of I like the environment I

40:01 ↗ like seeing my rabbits and squirrels and

40:04 ↗ all those things the natural environment

40:06 ↗ so I don't think people are really

40:08 ↗ understanding what a regional growth

40:10 ↗ center means to them and so I think we

40:11 ↗ need to take a pause maybe and

40:14 ↗ understand that better that's who we are

40:15 ↗ and what we want to be in a recent next

40:23 ↗ topic in a recent meeting it talked

40:26 ↗ about it develop in a two-year budget

40:27 ↗ plan which is fine I expect the city is

40:30 ↗ going to spend a certain amount of money

40:31 ↗ on finances and technology and insurance

40:37 ↗ all that but try to speak about it in

40:38 ↗ terms of this is what the people of the

40:40 ↗ citizens Issaquah bed I didn't hear that

40:42 ↗ in the discussion why that's a good

40:43 ↗ thing I'd get maybe it helps the City

40:44 ↗ Council and and planning bedding it how

40:47 ↗ it helps citizens citizens think in

40:49 ↗ terms of not reading the budget reports

40:51 ↗ but this is if I spend an extra two

40:53 ↗ hundred thousand dollars on this I have

40:54 ↗ two hundred thousand two thousand

40:55 ↗ thousand dollars less on that so just

40:57 ↗ kind of keep that as part of the

40:58 ↗ perspective next topic and I'll just

41:02 ↗ react or what the folks said about the

41:04 ↗ school board being responsible for SEPA

41:07 ↗ that seems I don't know the rabbit you

41:10 ↗ know the fox guarding the hen house

41:12 ↗ seems a little not consistent track

41:15 ↗ record so thank you thank you Steve is

41:18 ↗ there anyone else who would like to

41:19 ↗ speak this evening I'm sorry one other

41:20 ↗ thing real quick

41:22 ↗ sure it had to do with parks in the san

41:25 ↗ luis obispo jurisdiction had set aside

41:28 ↗ and has guidelines as far as just

41:30 ↗ preserving natural space

41:32 ↗ not necessarily for parks or design uses

41:35 ↗ I think the city parks need to look at

41:36 ↗ that concept not as parks but just for

41:39 ↗ preserving open space for the natural

41:42 ↗ environment and I don't think city code

41:44 ↗ allows for that needs to and I'll talk

41:46 ↗ more about that in the future Thanks

41:47 ↗ thank you Steve

41:48 ↗ is there anyone else who'd like to speak

41:50 ↗ this evening second call last call for

41:55 ↗ anyone who would like to speak to the

41:56 ↗ public comments hearing none I'll close

41:59 ↗ the public comments person and like to

42:01 ↗ thank you all for coming tonight

42:02 ↗ especially those who attended our

42:04 ↗ earlier is quest school district city of

42:06 ↗ a squad joint meeting it's good to hear

42:08 ↗ your comments about school siting the

42:10 ↗ Highlands SEPA also like to thank people

42:14 ↗ for talking about the Providence Heights

42:16 ↗ campus this evening our new introduction

42:19 ↗ to strategic plan and hearing your

42:21 ↗ thoughts on our development review

42:22 ↗ process we appreciate it when you come

42:24 ↗ and talk to your counsel we're moving on

42:28 ↗ to committee and regional reports and

42:30 ↗ first up is councilmember hunt thank you

42:33 ↗ madam mayor on March 28th I attended the

42:35 ↗ cascade water Alliance board meeting

42:37 ↗ with Mayor Polly and details would be

42:39 ↗ covered in mayor Polly's report this

42:41 ↗ evening and that concludes my report

42:43 ↗ thank you council member Ramos Thank You

42:46 ↗ mayor the council Infrastructure

42:48 ↗ Committee has one item it's on a public

42:51 ↗ hearing on tonight's agenda later on now

42:54 ↗ the other thing is just a reminder that

42:55 ↗ our next meeting is not the regular

42:57 ↗ scheduled time it is on Wednesday the

42:59 ↗ 11th of April 6:30 here normal place

43:02 ↗ regular place excuse me the Regional

43:05 ↗ Transit Committee met on the 18th of

43:07 ↗ March there were two items there of

43:09 ↗ interest one was the community

43:11 ↗ connectors which includes our new

43:13 ↗ possible route on talus and squawk as

43:16 ↗ it's moving forward and other

43:18 ↗ communities are trying to do some other

43:19 ↗ things so we're moving hit on those and

43:21 ↗ the other one was thing mentioned some

43:25 ↗ of you heard before I mentioned one

43:26 ↗ Center City a lot of debate on that that

43:29 ↗ is when the the bus tunnel in downtown

43:31 ↗ Seattle closes and they call maximum

43:34 ↗ constraint because buses can't turn

43:36 ↗ around they're out of the tunnel because

43:37 ↗ of redesign of the Convention Center

43:39 ↗ which is going to be a big change to bus

43:43 ↗ wraps particularly ones going over 5

43:46 ↗ for sure but ours as well and the

43:49 ↗ community was very concerned with most

43:51 ↗ of the proposed changes to deal with the

43:56 ↗ change of that would be affecting the

43:58 ↗ East Side bus riders with the most

44:00 ↗ effect and not others so we're pushing

44:03 ↗ very hard back to say getting buses off

44:06 ↗ the street of Seattle the ones coming

44:09 ↗ from the east side is not the solution

44:10 ↗ which is way there tend to be geared

44:12 ↗ towards looking at that as a solution

44:14 ↗ instead we want to keep our buses

44:16 ↗ running and all the way into Seattle is

44:18 ↗ so we get our rides in so I will

44:21 ↗ continue working on that and keep you

44:22 ↗ apprised as that's going the good news

44:24 ↗ is that started that has continued to be

44:26 ↗ pushed back so we keep pushing that back

44:28 ↗ as far as we can

44:31 ↗ next item as I will be attending an

44:34 ↗ emergency management advisor community

44:35 ↗ meeting on the 11th coming up here also

44:38 ↗ agenda to be set and then on the 13th

44:40 ↗ Friday of April I will be down in

44:42 ↗ Olympia at the public works board

44:44 ↗ meeting also generally set and that

44:46 ↗ concludes my report

44:47 ↗ councilmember Rommels councilmember

44:49 ↗ winter Stein thank you madam mayor the

44:51 ↗ lodging tax advisory commission met last

44:55 ↗ Friday on March 30th two items on the

44:58 ↗ agenda we did discuss the questions that

45:01 ↗ came out of the services and Safety

45:03 ↗ Committee meeting and I'm working staff

45:07 ↗ is going to be preparing and presenting

45:11 ↗ replies to that at the services and

45:14 ↗ Safety Committee meeting next Tuesday we

45:17 ↗ also entertained a kind of a first look

45:21 ↗ at a proposal the the AVP volleyball

45:25 ↗ tournament at the park in June that

45:27 ↗ organizing group had asked a local

45:30 ↗ events coordinator to make a proposal

45:33 ↗ for to run some parallel community

45:38 ↗ events to coincide with the AVP

45:39 ↗ tournament on all of them to take place

45:43 ↗ actually inside the city park ball

45:45 ↗ community-related well Thursday Friday

45:48 ↗ Saturday and Sunday including like a

45:51 ↗ volleyball camp for kids a movie night

45:55 ↗ yoga on the beach on Sunday morning or

45:58 ↗ something like that

45:59 ↗ and I think that was a it's a good so

46:02 ↗ they're actually gonna come forward with

46:04 ↗ a proposal because they're gonna make

46:06 ↗ some requests for funding i only reason

46:08 ↗ i bring that up is it is a good example

46:11 ↗ of how neither LTAC or i think our city

46:15 ↗ staff right now has really the ability

46:19 ↗ to kind of field and work with a

46:22 ↗ proposal like this that comes forward

46:24 ↗ and it be one of those kind of things

46:25 ↗ that a DMO can handle very well and just

46:28 ↗ mention that example so that concludes

46:31 ↗ LTAC the next meeting of the growth

46:35 ↗ management policy board is this Thursday

46:36 ↗ April 5th at PSR C headquarters in

46:39 ↗ Seattle on the agenda primarily is the

46:41 ↗ vision 2050 scoping I did also want to

46:44 ↗ note that last month the ESRC Executive

46:48 ↗ Board did approve the regional centers

46:50 ↗ framework update and lastly I want to

46:54 ↗ mention something about arch it's not a

46:56 ↗ committee but that I'm part of but I did

47:00 ↗ attend a meeting that they held last

47:02 ↗ Thursday March 29th in Kirkland I joined

47:06 ↗ councilmember hunt and in terms to the

47:08 ↗ administrator Emily moon joined me at

47:10 ↗ their presentation about half the time

47:12 ↗ was spent I'm covering general housing

47:14 ↗ issues facing East King County in the

47:16 ↗ role of arch plays in addressing that

47:17 ↗ need the other half at that time of the

47:19 ↗ meeting there were four presentations

47:21 ↗ about different about what different

47:24 ↗ Eastside cities are doing in certain

47:26 ↗ areas of housing affordability a arch

47:29 ↗ staff member actually presented our city

47:31 ↗ visit cause program on auxilary dwelling

47:34 ↗ units and I found that informative and I

47:37 ↗ learned something even though I guess

47:38 ↗ I've heard it before so hearing it again

47:41 ↗ was very very helpful Kirkland told a

47:44 ↗ story about how they worked with a

47:45 ↗ private landowner that had underutilized

47:48 ↗ land for the development of the first

47:51 ↗ permanent women and family shelter here

47:53 ↗ on the east side so that was it was

47:54 ↗ interesting to hear a use case story of

47:56 ↗ one of our east side Cities coalition

47:58 ↗ members and arts talk about their focus

48:01 ↗ on doing something housing related with

48:04 ↗ private landowners that ever had

48:05 ↗ unutilized underutilized land I thought

48:07 ↗ that was a good story to hear Redmond

48:09 ↗ spoke about their success within

48:11 ↗ genera zoning in their downtown area and

48:15 ↗ how they were able to get housing at 80%

48:17 ↗ of AMI and how they're now combined

48:21 ↗ inclusionary zoning with em FTE

48:23 ↗ geography based not project-based in

48:25 ↗ another area of town in there and

48:27 ↗ they're starting to have conversations

48:29 ↗ with builders in that area that they see

48:31 ↗ getting housing at 60% of ami so again

48:35 ↗ kind of a nice interesting thing to hear

48:37 ↗ from one of our colleagues here on the

48:38 ↗ east side and lastly we heard from

48:40 ↗ Bellevue about their work in preserving

48:42 ↗ existing affordable housing housing it

48:45 ↗ is a priority for their council they are

48:49 ↗ being proactive and identifying

48:51 ↗ properties that may be lost and they

48:54 ↗ even told one example where the school

48:58 ↗ district learned about the potential

48:59 ↗ loss of housing from their students and

49:01 ↗ the school district notified the city

49:04 ↗ they also are finding that their funding

49:07 ↗ and no surprise here for the

49:09 ↗ preservation of affordable housing goes

49:11 ↗ further than their funding for new

49:13 ↗ development and lastly they mentioned a

49:17 ↗ thing of interest that they mentioned is

49:18 ↗ that their approach does if they acquire

49:22 ↗ housing for preservation affordable

49:25 ↗ their program does include that

49:28 ↗ transferring the ownership of those

49:29 ↗ properties to a non-profit housing

49:32 ↗ management agency so and that's why I

49:35 ↗ attended that meeting I want to share

49:36 ↗ with all of you we can never hear a much

49:38 ↗ you can never hear too much about what

49:40 ↗ it's happening around us related

49:42 ↗ affordable housing I just want to share

49:43 ↗ that with you that concludes my report

49:45 ↗ so deputy president tees thank you madam

49:49 ↗ mayor no report this evening Thank You

49:51 ↗ council president Mertz

49:54 ↗ thank you madam mayor the council and in

49:57 ↗ short committee will not be meeting this

50:00 ↗ Thursday April 5th it's in fact gonna

50:02 ↗ mean Thursday April 19th on a special

50:05 ↗ date and you may be asking why I am

50:08 ↗ giving this information and it's because

50:11 ↗ councilmember Goodman is not going to be

50:13 ↗ able to be there on Thursday April 19th

50:14 ↗ so I am going to be chairing Landon

50:17 ↗ Shore and councilmember hunt is going to

50:19 ↗ be sitting in for councilmember Goodman

50:23 ↗ of course and of course councilmember

50:25 ↗ winter Stein will also be there as as

50:27 ↗ normal sound cities Association pick is

50:32 ↗ meeting on Wednesday April 11th the pre

50:34 ↗ pick at 6:00 p.m. a Trenton City Hall is

50:36 ↗ going to be the second of two

50:39 ↗ presentations on King County Executive

50:42 ↗ Constantine's one table

50:44 ↗ organization and its strategies to

50:46 ↗ address root causes of homelessness and

50:49 ↗ then at the main pick meeting there is

50:53 ↗ going to be a conversation that I'm sure

50:55 ↗ Issaquah can have some contribution on

50:57 ↗ school siting best practices and how

50:59 ↗ municipalities can work with their

51:01 ↗ school district as well as an update on

51:04 ↗ the veteran seniors and human services

51:06 ↗ levy that went into effect the beginning

51:09 ↗ of this year this concludes my report

51:10 ↗ thank you council president Mertz

51:13 ↗ for the mayor's report this evening

51:15 ↗ there was a special linkage meeting this

51:17 ↗ evening from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. with our

51:20 ↗ iskele School District Board the city of

51:22 ↗ a squad council and mayor and our

51:24 ↗ respective leadership staff we discussed

51:26 ↗ impact fees collected from developers to

51:28 ↗ pay for impacts from growth to the

51:30 ↗ school system municipal services and

51:32 ↗ local infrastructure the second item

51:34 ↗ discussed was future school siting and

51:36 ↗ the district's desire to purchase

51:37 ↗ city-owned property it was a good first

51:41 ↗ step which is what we've already heard

51:43 ↗ but also I just wanted to talk about how

51:45 ↗ difficult it is when we're talking about

51:47 ↗ school siting and other competing

51:50 ↗ community priorities we need to be

51:53 ↗ striving to work together to reinforce

51:55 ↗ the work that we do with each other and

51:57 ↗ not have these priorities competing

51:59 ↗ against each other and so this meeting

52:01 ↗ tonight was a good first step in the

52:03 ↗ right direction I attended several

52:05 ↗ meetings in the last couple of weeks

52:07 ↗ March 28th the cascade water Alliance

52:10 ↗ board meeting with councilmember hunt

52:11 ↗ items presented in the chief executive

52:14 ↗ officers report were mostly related to

52:16 ↗ the management of the Lake Tapps

52:17 ↗ reservoir and upcoming barrier dam and

52:20 ↗ fish passage construction projects we

52:23 ↗ are working with United States Army

52:25 ↗ Corps of Engineers on those and the next

52:27 ↗ board meeting is on April 25th at 3:30

52:29 ↗ p.m. in cascades bellevue office the

52:31 ↗ agenda has not

52:32 ↗ been set March 26 I attended an

52:35 ↗ orientation meeting with Rima Griffith

52:37 ↗ from the Washington State Transportation

52:38 ↗ Commission's

52:39 ↗ she is the Washington state

52:41 ↗ transportation Commission's executive

52:43 ↗ director I'm going to be serving on the

52:46 ↗ road usage charge steering committee the

52:48 ↗ seat was for formerly held by surveyor

52:51 ↗ Sammamish City Mayor Don gerund by

52:54 ↗ former Samara City Mayor Don Jaron I did

52:56 ↗ a couple of community and staff outreach

52:58 ↗ events on March 20th I attended a Senior

53:02 ↗ Center lunch and conducted a QA over

53:05 ↗ several projects going on in town on

53:07 ↗ March 22nd I attended the mountain sound

53:09 ↗ green We Trust annual breakfast a couple

53:12 ↗ of announcements Public Works

53:13 ↗ engineering had to bid openings occur on

53:15 ↗ the afternoon of Tuesday March 27th

53:17 ↗ the 2018 water main replacement program

53:21 ↗ this is a significant amount of work

53:25 ↗ being done in the South Cove and

53:26 ↗ Timberlake Lane neighborhoods this

53:28 ↗ summer the work will start in May and

53:30 ↗ June and be completed by August

53:31 ↗ September there's a neighborhood

53:33 ↗ outreach plan for engagement to the

53:35 ↗ impacted community also the forest rim

53:38 ↗ booster pump station was also awarded

53:40 ↗ and this work involves installing a new

53:42 ↗ booster pump station demolishing

53:44 ↗ existing booster pump station on

53:46 ↗ mountainside Drive Northwest most of the

53:48 ↗ work will be done on the existing site

53:50 ↗ although some of the new piping

53:51 ↗ connecting to the new booster station

53:53 ↗ will be installed in the right-of-way

53:54 ↗ this will have traffic control implement

53:57 ↗ implications and will allow for a

53:58 ↗ minimum of only one lane to access the

54:00 ↗ fours Rim neighborhood at that time the

54:03 ↗ work will start in June and be completed

54:04 ↗ by the end of the year neighborhood

54:06 ↗ outreach is also planned for this

54:07 ↗ project a couple of updates on issues

54:11 ↗ moratorium there are still two remaining

54:13 ↗ work items under the moratorium

54:15 ↗ inclusionary zoning requirements staff

54:18 ↗ is working with eco Northwest to

54:20 ↗ evaluate the impact the proposed

54:22 ↗ inclusionary zoning requirements would

54:24 ↗ would have had on the atlas project this

54:27 ↗ is being used as a case study it should

54:29 ↗ be coming to the land ensure committee

54:30 ↗ in April the district or community

54:33 ↗ visions document for Central is

54:35 ↗ currently in the city land and Shore

54:37 ↗ committee and will be discussed at the

54:38 ↗ committee's April meeting there's no new

54:41 ↗ information in regards to the Cougar

54:42 ↗ Mountain Bergsma update

54:44 ↗ at the March 5th City Council meeting I

54:47 ↗ did share with you that we are

54:48 ↗ partnering with the trust for public

54:49 ↗ lands and exploring acquisition options

54:52 ↗ for this property in that work Park

54:54 ↗ staff and the trust for public lands are

54:55 ↗ collaborating on research and grant

54:57 ↗ options and other funding strategies

54:59 ↗ that would be needed to support any size

55:01 ↗ or scale of acquisition also just an

55:06 ↗ update if you are not paying attention

55:09 ↗ to our last council meeting the

55:11 ↗ Highlands development agreement did end

55:13 ↗ that council acted on March 19th and put

55:16 ↗ in place replacement regulations also at

55:18 ↗ the March 19th council meeting the

55:20 ↗ council referred the ending of the Talz

55:22 ↗ development agreement and imposing new

55:24 ↗ replacement regulations to the Planning

55:26 ↗ Policy Commission for review of the

55:28 ↗ proposed zoning designation for tellus

55:30 ↗ parcel 9 that completes the mayor's

55:33 ↗ report next item on our agenda is the

55:38 ↗ consent calendar I also had a discussion

55:40 ↗ at the March 19th meeting about the

55:43 ↗ reading of the consent calendar by the

55:44 ↗ clerk going forward in our council

55:47 ↗ meetings this year the council consent

55:50 ↗ calendar has been distributed to council

55:51 ↗ in advance and it has been past practice

55:53 ↗ at the mayor's preference to read it

55:55 ↗ into the record if the count if the

55:59 ↗ council authorizes sorry if authorized

56:03 ↗ the council will act by single motion on

56:06 ↗ it I'm proposing that we we do not read

56:10 ↗ it into the record unless there is a

56:11 ↗ request to do so so for this evening

56:13 ↗ we'll just be moving and seconding if

56:15 ↗ that works

56:16 ↗ does any councilmember desire to remove

56:18 ↗ any item from the consent calendar and

56:20 ↗ considered under regular business do you

56:25 ↗ like to make a motion madam mayor I move

56:27 ↗ to adopt the consent agenda as as listed

56:30 ↗ in this evening they can set in calendar

56:33 ↗ as listed in this evening's agenda

56:35 ↗ second it's been moved and seconded all

56:38 ↗ those in favor signify by saying aye all

56:41 ↗ right was opposed passes unanimously

56:47 ↗ next item is our public hearing a b7 485

56:51 ↗ vacation of a portion of Northeast

56:53 ↗ Gilman Boulevard this public hearing is

56:57 ↗ continued from the March

56:58 ↗ nineteenth Council meeting it was heard

57:00 ↗ as an informational item in the council

57:02 ↗ Infrastructure Committee before resuming

57:04 ↗ the public hearing I'd like to invite

57:06 ↗ Public Works engineering director

57:07 ↗ sheldon lin to briefly present this item

57:12 ↗ thank you madam mayor council citizens

57:15 ↗ i'm sheldon lin the director of public

57:17 ↗ works engineering i'm gonna give a short

57:20 ↗ presentation tonight as a follow-up to

57:22 ↗ the previous presentation that the

57:24 ↗ council received at the march 19

57:26 ↗ initiation of this public hearing

57:29 ↗ tonight i'm going to speak briefly as

57:32 ↗ this is a hearing continuance i'm gonna

57:35 ↗ recap some of the comments as well as

57:37 ↗ some recommendation as well as i'm going

57:39 ↗ to recap a little bit about the area to

57:41 ↗ be vacated or proposed to be vacated I

57:44 ↗ should say the area proposed to be

57:47 ↗ vacated is shown in the yellow /

57:49 ↗ greenish yellow color on the map it is a

57:53 ↗ section that is located just as an

57:56 ↗ extension of Northeast Gilman Boulevard

57:58 ↗ just east of 3rd Avenue Northeast

58:01 ↗ currently the right-of-way provides for

58:05 ↗ utilities and access to property that's

58:08 ↗ shaded in the blue and that property is

58:11 ↗ all owned by one person

58:15 ↗ in tonight's continuance the council is

58:18 ↗ asked the policy question does the City

58:20 ↗ Council wish to vacate a portion of

58:22 ↗ Northeast Gilman Boulevard specifically

58:24 ↗ that portion that was shown in the

58:26 ↗ previous slide in the testimony and

58:30 ↗ comments that the city has received

58:32 ↗ testimony was heard on the 19th by mr.

58:35 ↗ Sam Kyle his testimony essentially

58:38 ↗ identified that the origin of this right

58:41 ↗ away was originally it was owned by the

58:43 ↗ state of Washington and then as part of

58:45 ↗ the i-90 improvements and at the end of

58:49 ↗ that the state did deeded over the

58:53 ↗ right-of-way to the city of Issaquah I

58:55 ↗ it was specifically held as right away

58:58 ↗ to provide access to the multiple

59:00 ↗ parcels that are shaded in blue on this

59:04 ↗ map these parcels are currently all

59:08 ↗ owned by one person or entity

59:11 ↗ controlled by mr. Kile comments that

59:15 ↗ were heard at the council Infrastructure

59:17 ↗ Committee were twofold one was a desire

59:21 ↗ to keep the right-of-way for public use

59:23 ↗ and then that was identified as when the

59:30 ↗ PPC was talking about uses at the

59:32 ↗ eastern end of Northeast Gilman

59:34 ↗ Boulevard there was public conversation

59:37 ↗ about the land but that conversation

59:39 ↗ occurred and was related to the property

59:42 ↗ that was west of third Avenue and it

59:44 ↗ didn't really go into the area that was

59:46 ↗ the section which is a little tail off

59:49 ↗ the end of Gilman Boulevard the other

59:51 ↗ was a concern for how this area may or

59:54 ↗ may not be used for a trail connection

59:58 ↗ dealing with mountains of sound Greenway

1:00:00 ↗ and the possibility of a connection to

1:00:02 ↗ the High Point Way area as you can see

1:00:06 ↗ this right away dead ends into the

1:00:09 ↗ property of mr. Kyle and his property

1:00:12 ↗ abuts and it has a common property line

1:00:15 ↗ with the i-90 limited access

1:00:17 ↗ right-of-way to be able to accomplish

1:00:19 ↗ the any type of trail connection it

1:00:22 ↗ would involve property acquisition as

1:00:24 ↗ well as going through substantially

1:00:27 ↗ environmentally sensitive areas to the

1:00:29 ↗ east of mr. Kyle's property to gain

1:00:31 ↗ access to the trails around this and

1:00:34 ↗ said interchange to help further

1:00:37 ↗ understand a little bit about what this

1:00:39 ↗ property is I've got some google street

1:00:41 ↗ views that will provide a visual for

1:00:44 ↗ what the right-of-way is that the

1:00:45 ↗ council is being asked the question

1:00:47 ↗ about this is a street view taken from

1:00:51 ↗ the intersection of 3rd Avenue where 3rd

1:00:54 ↗ Avenue meets Northeast Gilman looking to

1:00:57 ↗ the east as you can see it's a narrow

1:00:58 ↗ access road pretty much the width of a

1:01:01 ↗ driveway bounded by the overpass at the

1:01:05 ↗ sunset interchange and then the private

1:01:07 ↗ property on the right-hand side of the

1:01:09 ↗ road this is just another view moving

1:01:12 ↗ further along essentially the character

1:01:14 ↗ or the right-of-way remains the same and

1:01:17 ↗ then at the end of the right away this

1:01:19 ↗ shows the larger parcel back in the back

1:01:22 ↗ that is the basically the dead end of

1:01:25 ↗ the the right-of-way this picture is

1:01:28 ↗ taken right about property line where

1:01:31 ↗ the right-of-way ends and with that if

1:01:34 ↗ there's what one last thing the

1:01:37 ↗ administration's recommendation for a

1:01:40 ↗ motion tonight is to adopt the ordinance

1:01:41 ↗ number whichever comes up

1:01:44 ↗ vacating a portion of the street

1:01:46 ↗ right-of-way Jason to the property

1:01:48 ↗ located at three hundred and 371

1:01:50 ↗ northeast Gilman Boulevard subject to

1:01:52 ↗ easements and establishing compensation

1:01:55 ↗ to be paid for such vacation if there's

1:01:59 ↗ any questions this council have any

1:02:01 ↗ questions for Sheldon not singing Thank

1:02:06 ↗ You Sheldon

1:02:08 ↗ guidelines for citizens comments that

1:02:11 ↗ are on the agenda also apply for those

1:02:12 ↗ made under this public hearing I now

1:02:14 ↗ open the public hearing at 8:03 p.m. has

1:02:18 ↗ anyone signed up to speak this evening

1:02:20 ↗ no thank you

1:02:22 ↗ is there anyone who would like to speak

1:02:24 ↗ this evening Dave then Steve okay David

1:02:34 ↗ Kepler I I would hope that the retained

1:02:39 ↗ easement would be enough that a trail

1:02:42 ↗ could have if some day a trail goes

1:02:45 ↗ through that corridor it would be enough

1:02:47 ↗ to provide a trail through this part of

1:02:50 ↗ the property when you look at the there

1:02:54 ↗ is some space there between Kyle's

1:02:56 ↗ property and i-90 and it does get kind

1:02:59 ↗ of funny as you go east but the

1:03:02 ↗ possibility is there for a trail

1:03:04 ↗ sometime maybe when the Kyle property is

1:03:06 ↗ redeveloped or something happens in the

1:03:08 ↗ long term so I would just hope there's

1:03:10 ↗ enough easement retained for a trail on

1:03:13 ↗ this part of the property that's the

1:03:15 ↗ subject of the potential sale thank you

1:03:18 ↗ if you do Steve

1:03:28 ↗ ice-t Pereira so I live on northeast

1:03:31 ↗ dogwoods so I just am poaching from my

1:03:33 ↗ own personal perspective and that's more

1:03:36 ↗ I know the PBC recommended that that

1:03:39 ↗ district we moved out of the central as

1:03:41 ↗ well there's a couple an eye and so I'm

1:03:43 ↗ concerned with women's right away what

1:03:45 ↗ potential structure could be built there

1:03:48 ↗ and whether that's in code or in support

1:03:50 ↗ of what not being CI PE I'd like not to

1:03:53 ↗ see a large-scale development back there

1:03:55 ↗ in what seems to be more of a

1:03:57 ↗ residential or at least connected to a

1:03:59 ↗ residential area so because that I tend

1:04:03 ↗ to lean against approving this thank you

1:04:05 ↗ thank you Steve anyone else like to

1:04:08 ↗ speak this evening

1:04:20 ↗ that that was a pretty pitchy pitch by

1:04:24 ↗ the city to to turn this land over which

1:04:29 ↗ disturbs me a little bit I think it

1:04:31 ↗ should be even-handed pros and cons not

1:04:35 ↗ just one direction and so I guess that

1:04:41 ↗ that concerns me sort of going along

1:04:46 ↗ with my prior public comment it's like

1:04:48 ↗ the community now needs to be equal to

1:04:54 ↗ any particular landowner and what they

1:04:57 ↗ want to do and I would like to see that

1:05:00 ↗ change be made for me

1:05:01 ↗ I watched the city in this mega planning

1:05:04 ↗ effort and no one really knows what's

1:05:08 ↗ going to go on all the parcels no one

1:05:10 ↗ knows what big changes are gonna happen

1:05:12 ↗ we're gonna have a strategic plan our

1:05:14 ↗ Park strategic plan is only it hasn't

1:05:17 ↗ been approved yet we're looking at

1:05:20 ↗ potentially giving up a piece of land

1:05:22 ↗ before we have a plan and I just think

1:05:26 ↗ that's unwise it might take six months

1:05:29 ↗ and we might say you know what it looks

1:05:31 ↗ from all of our planning efforts like we

1:05:33 ↗ will never give up this piece of land

1:05:36 ↗ for me that's one of those connections

1:05:38 ↗ that I can see going back into that area

1:05:41 ↗ it's sort of a cool area you can have

1:05:43 ↗ movies up against i-90 you could have an

1:05:46 ↗ auditorium there as a part of a large

1:05:48 ↗ parks plan that could be our festival

1:05:51 ↗ Street for goodness sake because no cars

1:05:53 ↗ use it and we could turn that area of

1:05:56 ↗ town into a community amenity rather

1:05:59 ↗ than some development now how much would

1:06:03 ↗ that cost would we ever do it but I

1:06:05 ↗ don't think you want to give up

1:06:06 ↗ opportunities before you have had your

1:06:08 ↗ planning effort so I would say no

1:06:12 ↗ tonight with the caveat when we get are

1:06:15 ↗ all of our planning put in place by what

1:06:17 ↗ the middle of next year whatever then

1:06:19 ↗ come on back and we might say yes thanks

1:06:22 ↗ thanks Connie

1:06:23 ↗ would anyone else like to speak this

1:06:25 ↗ evening Mary

1:06:34 ↗ my name is Mary Lynch and I recited 2 6

1:06:37 ↗ 9 O Northwest Oh Crest Drive and I just

1:06:40 ↗ want to build on what Dave and Connie is

1:06:43 ↗ that is as part of the central area plan

1:06:46 ↗ we had looked at this area as being a

1:06:48 ↗ destination place where we could have

1:06:51 ↗ old car venues have you know parking for

1:06:56 ↗ take off to the to the other trails

1:06:58 ↗ within Tiger Mountain and that sort of

1:07:00 ↗ thing and I don't haven't really seen

1:07:02 ↗ the park plan yet or the Emerald

1:07:05 ↗ Necklace the full connections to know

1:07:07 ↗ how we're going to connect out of that

1:07:09 ↗ area into the other areas so without

1:07:12 ↗ that plan in place to vacate land and

1:07:15 ↗ not have the full plan I think it's just

1:07:17 ↗ premature and I think we need more

1:07:19 ↗ public input explaining where this is

1:07:22 ↗ and what the impact is thank you thank

1:07:25 ↗ you Mary anything else anyone else like

1:07:28 ↗ to make a comment this evening think

1:07:31 ↗ none ask a second time anyone for public

1:07:34 ↗ comment

1:07:35 ↗ last time closing the public hearing

1:07:38 ↗ acts 807 and it's for counsel here to

1:07:46 ↗ make motion I would move to adopt

1:07:50 ↗ ordinance number 2 8 3 to make hitting a

1:07:54 ↗ portion of Street right away Ajay's

1:07:56 ↗ adjacent to property located at 303 71

1:08:00 ↗ North East Gilman Boulevard subject to

1:08:03 ↗ easements and establishing the

1:08:04 ↗ compensation to be paid for such

1:08:06 ↗ vacation thank you thank you it's been

1:08:11 ↗ moved and seconded council discussion

1:08:15 ↗ that's member hunt I am not in favor of

1:08:20 ↗ this motion I up this ordinance this

1:08:23 ↗ evening I think that this part of town

1:08:25 ↗ is potentially very important for the

1:08:29 ↗ green necklace and as

1:08:30 ↗ has been mentioned in public comment

1:08:32 ↗ this evening the parks a strategic plan

1:08:34 ↗ is still in the works and I think that

1:08:38 ↗ nearby to this property there is

1:08:41 ↗ potential for a linear park in the very

1:08:45 ↗ wide right of way along Gilman and

1:08:48 ↗ potentially also kiddy Korner there are

1:08:50 ↗ some areas that may also be part of the

1:08:52 ↗ parks plan and of that green necklace

1:08:56 ↗ and of that connectivity I think that

1:08:59 ↗ there is potential if if currently

1:09:02 ↗ undefined potential for public use and I

1:09:05 ↗ think that we can't know what this area

1:09:09 ↗ looks like in the future particularly if

1:09:11 ↗ we vacate this property I because of the

1:09:15 ↗ potential for future use

1:09:17 ↗ I am in favor of retaining the property

1:09:19 ↗ and I'm opposed to the adoption of the

1:09:24 ↗ ordinance Thank You councilmember heads

1:09:27 ↗ there's council president Mertz I have a

1:09:32 ↗ question for the administration which is

1:09:36 ↗ timeliness on this if we were to say

1:09:40 ↗ that this is something that we would

1:09:41 ↗ like to wait for the Parks Recreation

1:09:45 ↗ open-space Trails plan before making a

1:09:48 ↗ decision what if any would be the impact

1:09:51 ↗ on the on the owner in their plans of

1:09:55 ↗ the property that's served by this

1:09:57 ↗ easement

1:10:03 ↗ I can't speak to the impact on the owner

1:10:06 ↗ I'm not sure what the owners plans

1:10:09 ↗ entail at this moment in time but what I

1:10:12 ↗ can say is there's no urgency from the

1:10:18 ↗ perspective of the city this has been

1:10:22 ↗ our property as Sheldon mentioned for

1:10:25 ↗ several years I think we've been trying

1:10:27 ↗ to collaborate for at least two years

1:10:29 ↗ with the property owner on this transfer

1:10:34 ↗ but having said that your parks plan is

1:10:37 ↗ imminent and we'll also say that we've

1:10:40 ↗ had conversations with the parks and

1:10:42 ↗ recreation director about what may or

1:10:46 ↗ may not be shown in the draft parks plan

1:10:48 ↗ in there's not a foreseen need for this

1:10:51 ↗ piece of property as an element in the

1:10:55 ↗ parks plan or inter-gold of making other

1:10:56 ↗ elements of the parks plan come to

1:10:59 ↗ fruition

1:11:03 ↗ any other councilmember conversation

1:11:06 ↗ council member Ramos yeah I guess I have

1:11:09 ↗ some other question you two is

1:11:11 ↗ timeliness in discussion there we never

1:11:16 ↗ talked about a need to rush to do this

1:11:19 ↗ it was just something

1:11:20 ↗ it started as a conversation of property

1:11:24 ↗ owner wanted it it would take a piece of

1:11:25 ↗ roadway out of our inventory basically

1:11:28 ↗ they currently functions as a driveway

1:11:30 ↗ okay and and it just would relieve us

1:11:33 ↗ some of that now what you did talk about

1:11:36 ↗ was keeping me right away access for

1:11:39 ↗ both washed-out and the city and that

1:11:42 ↗ was if I'ma register for utilities

1:11:44 ↗ correct so all the underground utilities

1:11:46 ↗ would have the right way for us what we

1:11:48 ↗ would maintain nothing on the surface

1:11:50 ↗ that's corrected the ordinance would

1:11:54 ↗ retain all the utility easements as well

1:11:57 ↗ as access for maintenance for the washed

1:11:59 ↗ out wall that's right there that abuts

1:12:01 ↗ that a little roadway any other

1:12:07 ↗ questions or comments

1:12:11 ↗ I'm deputy council president batise so I

1:12:15 ↗ would say just in regard I actually had

1:12:18 ↗ a similar question to Tola just in terms

1:12:22 ↗ of timing and where we were at with that

1:12:26 ↗ but would I I believe at this point

1:12:29 ↗ would be echoing a lot of what

1:12:32 ↗ councilmember hunt talked about in terms

1:12:34 ↗ of this having been talked about in the

1:12:38 ↗ past and if it would be part of the

1:12:41 ↗ strategic plan or part of the green

1:12:43 ↗ necklace if there's if we're not in a

1:12:48 ↗ rush to do that then I would consider

1:12:51 ↗ delaying thank you neither coming

1:12:56 ↗ council member we're interesting thank

1:12:58 ↗ you

1:13:03 ↗ regarding you know potential park site

1:13:05 ↗ or anything like that up against a

1:13:08 ↗ highway for me that would be a real

1:13:14 ↗ stretch of the imagination to be used as

1:13:18 ↗ a park site the property owner does have

1:13:21 ↗ ingress egress over it now over that and

1:13:23 ↗ that will probably retained there's some

1:13:25 ↗ open land south east of there which is

1:13:29 ↗ accessible via 3rd Street and Bush

1:13:30 ↗ Street if we wanted to get to there

1:13:32 ↗ there is other ways to get to the other

1:13:34 ↗ open land that's like I said southeast

1:13:36 ↗ of there which is still jacent to a

1:13:39 ↗ highway I so it's I'm gonna agree with

1:13:48 ↗ the administration and this

1:13:49 ↗ recommendation I because it's really

1:13:55 ↗ difficult imagine at all there's a parks

1:13:59 ↗ use for a parcel of land this of this

1:14:02 ↗ size and shape in this location it's

1:14:05 ↗ probably going to remain a ingress and

1:14:07 ↗ egress the property owner for now into

1:14:11 ↗ the future so I'm gonna support this

1:14:13 ↗ motion any other discussion

1:14:18 ↗ it's president Mart's so I am of two

1:14:24 ↗ minds on this I am having a hard time

1:14:29 ↗ envisioning how it gets used as

1:14:32 ↗ recreational space but because there

1:14:35 ↗ isn't an urgency to this and because

1:14:38 ↗ some of my fellow council members would

1:14:41 ↗ like to pursue this a little further I

1:14:44 ↗ am also going to vote against this bill

1:14:48 ↗ this evening again primarily because of

1:14:55 ↗ some of the questions raised this

1:14:56 ↗ evening and because there isn't a

1:14:58 ↗ imminent urgent need for this to be

1:15:00 ↗ transferred right now but I do

1:15:02 ↗ appreciate the administration saying

1:15:04 ↗ that there isn't currently anything

1:15:05 ↗ recreationally planned around this space

1:15:07 ↗ and I hear that but nonetheless I'm

1:15:10 ↗ going to be voting no any other

1:15:13 ↗ discussion this evening are you ready

1:15:16 ↗ for a vote there is no further

1:15:20 ↗ discussion all those in favor of

1:15:22 ↗ adopting ordinance number two eight

1:15:24 ↗ three tubes vacating a portion of Street

1:15:27 ↗ right away adjacent to property located

1:15:29 ↗ at three hundred and 371 northeast

1:15:31 ↗ Gilman Boulevard subject to easements

1:15:33 ↗ and establishing the compensation to be

1:15:35 ↗ paid for such vacations signify by

1:15:37 ↗ saying aye aye opposed no motion fails

1:15:43 ↗ winter Stein in favor and four others

1:15:48 ↗ opposed the next item on the agenda is

1:15:54 ↗ regular business there is no regular

1:15:58 ↗ business that's the good news we'll move

1:16:02 ↗ to go to the order do any of the council

1:16:04 ↗ members have something on for good of

1:16:06 ↗ the order council president marks I do

1:16:08 ↗ madam mayor thank you very much some of

1:16:11 ↗ you in the audience and an in the

1:16:12 ↗ viewing public may notice that I am not

1:16:16 ↗ wearing my standard solid color polo

1:16:19 ↗ shirt I am actually wearing this is

1:16:23 ↗ Ghanaian meaning from the nation of

1:16:26 ↗ Ghana and West Africa I have from the

1:16:29 ↗ 9th through the 26th of

1:16:31 ↗ March I was doing training in northern

1:16:34 ↗ Ghana for people who don't know Africa

1:16:38 ↗ is really huge right you could fit all

1:16:40 ↗ of the United States and China and India

1:16:43 ↗ and Western Europe in Africa and still

1:16:46 ↗ have room left over and so Ghana doesn't

1:16:49 ↗ show up very large on a map but it's

1:16:50 ↗ actually about the size of Minnesota and

1:16:52 ↗ it has about 25 million people about 70

1:16:55 ↗ percent Christian about 25 percent

1:16:57 ↗ Muslim the two communities get along

1:16:59 ↗ very very well it's a democracy it's had

1:17:02 ↗ numerous transit orderly transition of

1:17:05 ↗ power as a result of Elections and

1:17:07 ↗ that's becoming more and more common in

1:17:08 ↗ Africa

1:17:09 ↗ and it was an absolute delight to spend

1:17:12 ↗ two weeks in Ghana although it was

1:17:15 ↗ unmercifully hot it was about a hundred

1:17:17 ↗ and five in the northern dry parts and

1:17:20 ↗ the populated southern parts it was only

1:17:23 ↗ about 85 but it was a 75 degree dew

1:17:25 ↗ point which is sticky indeed and I was

1:17:29 ↗ undergoing training on how to interview

1:17:31 ↗ people in for humanitarian technology so

1:17:34 ↗ I was learning how to speak primarily

1:17:37 ↗ with smallholder farmers these are the

1:17:40 ↗ folks in Africa who are most at risk of

1:17:42 ↗ famine and drought when bad things

1:17:44 ↗ happen in Africa and and my day job I

1:17:46 ↗ developed technology for those folks and

1:17:49 ↗ so I mentioned all this as a precursor

1:17:53 ↗ to saying as I said before I left how

1:17:56 ↗ much I appreciate that my fellow council

1:17:59 ↗ members and the administration supported

1:18:02 ↗ me in being gone for two weeks I don't

1:18:04 ↗ intend to be gone for two weeks again

1:18:06 ↗ for a very long time but it was

1:18:09 ↗ exceedingly worthwhile and I will be

1:18:11 ↗ better able to develop technology and

1:18:14 ↗ for that I hope to help the folks in

1:18:17 ↗ Ghana and other parts of sub-saharan

1:18:18 ↗ Africa and South Asia and for that I

1:18:21 ↗ thank you all very much for your

1:18:22 ↗ assistance

1:18:24 ↗ anything else for good of the order I

1:18:29 ↗ have an item if no one else does or

1:18:32 ↗ actually I guess for the next item

1:18:34 ↗ upcoming council meeting just checking

1:18:35 ↗ nothing else for good of the order okay

1:18:37 ↗ I've come in council meetings council

1:18:40 ↗ will be having a work session on April

1:18:41 ↗ 9th to discuss property acquisition

1:18:43 ↗ and disc disposition practices in the

1:18:46 ↗ city this is coming out of our joint its

1:18:49 ↗ Crosse school district city of istic web

1:18:51 ↗ meeting tonight we're going to be

1:18:52 ↗ looking at our practice and in

1:18:54 ↗ particular in relation to a parcel that

1:18:56 ↗ the school district is interested in

1:18:58 ↗ buying in the highlands on April 16th

1:19:00 ↗ the council meeting council will be

1:19:03 ↗ getting a 2018 legislative summary there

1:19:07 ↗ is an awful lot of items on consent

1:19:10 ↗ calendar but the main meeting that night

1:19:14 ↗ there'll be a public hearing on the

1:19:16 ↗ first major amendment to the Costco

1:19:17 ↗ development agreement and returning

1:19:21 ↗ believe it's no it's a fun new funding

1:19:24 ↗ request for temporary staffing I'm just

1:19:26 ↗ checking with the interim City

1:19:28 ↗ Administrator is that a new or returning

1:19:29 ↗ request for additional staffing it's a

1:19:33 ↗ new request and that's what we have to

1:19:36 ↗ look forward to in our next couple of

1:19:37 ↗ meetings last item executive session

1:19:41 ↗ there is no executive session this

1:19:43 ↗ evening

1:19:44 ↗ oh there being no further business the

1:19:46 ↗ meeting is adjourned at 8:20

1:20:00 ↗ you

Approved minutes

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Attendance

Council / Members (7)

Mariah Bettise

Stacy Goodman (By Phone)

Victoria Hunt

Tola Marts

Bill Ramos

Paul Winterstein

Jeff Watling, Parks & Recreation Director

Excused

Chris Reh