City Council Special Meeting · Monday, June 18, 2018 · City Council Digest

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0:19 ↗ good evening everyone and welcome I'd

0:22 ↗ like to call to order the Monday June 18

0:25 ↗ 2018 City Council regular meeting and

0:28 ↗ the first item up I would like to invite

0:31 ↗ you to join if you choose to pledge

0:34 ↗ saying the Pledge of Allegiance thank

0:57 ↗ you very much for joining us on this

0:59 ↗ gorgeous sort of feels like first night

1:01 ↗ of summer first item this evening will

1:04 ↗ be audience comments if you have sign

1:07 ↗ there is a sign up sheet going around

1:09 ↗ for anyone who would like to address us

1:11 ↗ this evening if you're here on behalf of

1:13 ↗ a group and you are spokesperson for the

1:15 ↗ group it would be great if you stated

1:17 ↗ that if you're an audience member and

1:19 ↗ you support the speaker and the points

1:21 ↗ that they're making please raise your

1:22 ↗ hand

1:22 ↗ so council understands who's here for

1:25 ↗ which issue and how much support is

1:27 ↗ there each speaker will have up to three

1:30 ↗ minutes to address the council this

1:32 ↗ evening when your name is called please

1:35 ↗ come to the lectern and state your name

1:38 ↗ address and relationship to the city

1:41 ↗ there is a lighted timer that sits on

1:44 ↗ the Dyess with you and when it's

1:46 ↗ flashing yellow it's telling you're

1:47 ↗ getting close so I'm going to hits red

1:49 ↗ it means you've used up your three

1:50 ↗ minutes please address your comments to

1:53 ↗ the seated council members and myself

1:55 ↗ Gina I'm trying to if I've missed any of

1:59 ↗ the direction good okay so has anyone

2:02 ↗ signed up this evening to speak

2:04 ↗ I have several Susan novelle Thank You

2:07 ↗ Susan

2:16 ↗ hello Thank You councilmembers and Mary

2:21 ↗ Lou Polly Mayor Polly for being here

2:25 ↗ this evening I have to breathe hold on a

2:28 ↗ minute the month of June is a meaningful

2:34 ↗ month for Save Cougar Mountain

2:36 ↗ initiative and all the involved

2:38 ↗ residents one year ago every Issaquah

2:43 ↗ city council member voted against mm-hm

2:46 ↗ the Bergsma windward development

2:48 ↗ agreement we took a stand you took a

2:55 ↗ stand and voted no to destroying acres

2:58 ↗ of important old-growth forests on a

3:02 ↗ highly visible portion of southeast

3:04 ↗ Cougar Mountain you voted no to building

3:08 ↗ in critical areas filling in wetlands

3:11 ↗ and building a connector road from talus

3:14 ↗ to Newports way one year later we are

3:19 ↗ asking you to stand behind your original

3:21 ↗ decision the current Bergsma windward

3:25 ↗ development plant includes all three of

3:29 ↗ the original critical area variances the

3:33 ↗ construction of the connector road and

3:35 ↗ the removal of 8,000 truckloads of

3:38 ↗ topsoil nothing has changed except the

3:42 ↗ new plan requires more variance

3:46 ↗ modifications by adding a fourth storm

3:49 ↗ water vault which are all located within

3:53 ↗ the critical areas more retaining walls

3:55 ↗ up to 20 feet high all this in hopes of

4:00 ↗ stabilizing the mountain one year later

4:05 ↗ five of the current City Council members

4:08 ↗ in front of me made the first decision

4:11 ↗ to stop this invasive development and

4:14 ↗ you're all sitting here today little do

4:17 ↗ we all realize the important decision

4:18 ↗ this would spark in the support of

4:21 ↗ hundreds of residents

4:23 ↗ our active email list has grown ship

4:25 ↗ 1400 residents

4:28 ↗ 1700 residents have signed a petition in

4:31 ↗ support of the acquisition and citing

4:33 ↗ the view shed in open space as number

4:36 ↗ one priorities the Save Cougar Mountain

4:39 ↗ initiative collected enough donations to

4:42 ↗ hire a lawyer and submit an extensive

4:45 ↗ mdns document showing this the adverse

4:48 ↗ effects and the impact to the

4:50 ↗ environment in the mountain this

4:52 ↗ development would make happen we

4:57 ↗ realized this is a difficult acquisition

4:59 ↗ due to the complexity and increase in

5:01 ↗ property values the price to preserve

5:04 ↗ this area for open space and parks in

5:08 ↗ general but help with the help with but

5:11 ↗ with the help of King County in

5:13 ↗ Washington State this is achievable and

5:15 ↗ June of last year you told us our voice

5:18 ↗ counted you took a stand and voted to

5:21 ↗ protect our valuable mountain forests in

5:23 ↗ open space

5:24 ↗ we hope the same is true today one year

5:26 ↗ later thank you for your time thank you

5:31 ↗ there are several hands and science

5:34 ↗ going up in the audience thank you thank

5:42 ↗ you my name is Tyson garbage oak

5:44 ↗ I am the the owner of booms candies and

5:47 ↗ the property owner of booms candies we

5:49 ↗ are located at two to five and 255 North

5:53 ↗ East Gilman Boulevard I'm here to speak

5:56 ↗ in the regard to the changes being

5:57 ↗ considered to the designation and Zoning

6:00 ↗ at the end of Northeast Gilman Boulevard

6:02 ↗ including two of our properties as you

6:06 ↗ may know bones Candis has been a

6:07 ↗ family-owned company for over 76 years

6:09 ↗ including 62 in Issaquah over these

6:12 ↗ years we've employed a few thousand

6:13 ↗ people including many high school

6:15 ↗ students who are just starting out in

6:16 ↗ the job world in addition to local

6:20 ↗ customers we also welcome travelers from

6:21 ↗ Eastern Washington and tour buses daily

6:24 ↗ spending money not only at bones but at

6:26 ↗ other local establishments we have been

6:28 ↗ proud to be part of this growing

6:30 ↗ community in these times of more sales

6:34 ↗ going to online and chain stores we take

6:36 ↗ pride

6:36 ↗ and our family-owned business and our

6:38 ↗ gourmet confections this akua's grown

6:41 ↗ and thrived especially in the last five

6:43 ↗ to ten years but like many small

6:45 ↗ businesses we've we have challenges in

6:47 ↗ front of us

6:48 ↗ ranging from higher property taxes to

6:50 ↗ finding employees to the hard cost of

6:52 ↗ being a brick-and-mortar operation that

6:55 ↗ manufacturers wholesale and retail

6:57 ↗ confections in order for our family

7:00 ↗ business to be sustainable for the long

7:01 ↗ term we know we are going to have to

7:04 ↗ make some improvements on our properties

7:06 ↗ but by route but by removing but buying

7:10 ↗ being removed from the central area

7:12 ↗ we've lost we've lost some of the

7:15 ↗ opportunity that we had and will be

7:16 ↗ faced with lower building heights

7:18 ↗ greater setbacks and a lower maximum

7:20 ↗ impervious surface threshold though we

7:23 ↗ don't have to make any improvements at

7:25 ↗ this time we do believe that the

7:26 ↗ replacement regulations being considered

7:28 ↗ will seriously impact what we can do

7:30 ↗ with our property and that in turn feels

7:32 ↗ like a threat to our long-term viability

7:34 ↗ I know that the process for establishing

7:37 ↗ the replacement regulations has just

7:39 ↗ started and it hasn't been in front of

7:41 ↗ the council yet the PPC will be taking

7:44 ↗ them up this Thursday booms is asking

7:46 ↗ the city to seriously consider our needs

7:48 ↗ and to work with us to make sure that

7:50 ↗ whatever is done doesn't threaten the

7:52 ↗ threatened Bohm's Candis thank you thank

7:55 ↗ you tasting

7:55 ↗ Geraldine Carrie

8:05 ↗ my name is Geraldine Cary I live at 955

8:09 ↗ 17th Avenue Northwest Issaquah I'm here

8:12 ↗ today because I just want to say I want

8:14 ↗ to thank the City Council and Mayor poly

8:17 ↗ for supporting the taking taking the

8:24 ↗ city's interest in not developing the

8:27 ↗ many homes that they were going to put

8:29 ↗ on the birds my property I think that

8:32 ↗ Mike's my sign says for all and if we

8:36 ↗ keep a green many more people than 52

8:38 ↗ homeowners can appreciate it so I would

8:41 ↗ I would hope you support again not to

8:44 ↗ allow the property to be used for

8:49 ↗ residential homes and I know it's not

8:51 ↗ particularly your voice right now that

8:56 ↗ that will make the difference but if it

8:59 ↗ comes to your attention I hope you will

9:03 ↗ support the people who would like to see

9:06 ↗ see it kept green for all the people

9:09 ↗ there's a car Thank you Thank You

9:11 ↗ Geraldine and last on my list Julie

9:14 ↗ Clark lots of hands and signs in the air

9:28 ↗ good evening my name is Julie Clark I

9:31 ↗ reside at nine one five bear Ridge Court

9:34 ↗ Northwest in talus and I am here

9:37 ↗ representing safe Cougar Mountain and as

9:40 ↗ Susan Deville had mentioned earlier it

9:44 ↗ was one year ago that the city is across

9:46 ↗ City Council denied the Bergsma windward

9:49 ↗ development agreement I want to thank

9:51 ↗ each of you for participating in the

9:54 ↗ discussions and making that decision I

9:57 ↗ know that the residents of talus in the

10:00 ↗ neighbors along Newports way felt that

10:02 ↗ you had listened to our concerns and

10:04 ↗ supported us we appreciate your decision

10:07 ↗ due to the fact that the Issaquah

10:10 ↗ municipal codes have not changed I

10:12 ↗ understand that the council cannot tell

10:14 ↗ the windward developers that they cannot

10:16 ↗ build however I thought it might be

10:18 ↗ helpful to be reminded of some of the

10:21 ↗ reasons the council gave that evening

10:23 ↗ last year for denying the DA and ask

10:27 ↗ each of you to consider if those reasons

10:30 ↗ might still resonate today here are the

10:34 ↗ quotes a lot of land would be pulled off

10:37 ↗ the hillside following the talus parcel

10:40 ↗ 9 landslide I thought why would we ever

10:43 ↗ build on any of our steep slopes again

10:47 ↗ the public risk and public cost is

10:50 ↗ pretty high impact to the forested

10:53 ↗ hillsides traffic impact slide hazards

10:58 ↗ these are all reasons that the Issaquah

11:01 ↗ City Council voted to deny the

11:03 ↗ development agreement at this time no

11:07 ↗ work has been done on this property

11:09 ↗ none of these concerns have been

11:11 ↗ eliminated so why would anyone want to

11:14 ↗ see the northeast corner of Cougar

11:16 ↗ Mountain built out as we understand the

11:20 ↗ current scope of the work the developer

11:22 ↗ has made public the impacts of the

11:24 ↗ development would be very similar to

11:26 ↗ what was at risk with the development

11:28 ↗ agreement in terms of reconstructing the

11:30 ↗ hillside 84,000 cubic yards of soil

11:34 ↗ would be removed filling in at least two

11:37 ↗ wetlands

11:39 ↗ reducing the buffer on salmon feeding

11:41 ↗ streams destabilizing steep slopes slide

11:45 ↗ hazards 57 homes to be built Dow

11:49 ↗ Constantine stated in his land

11:51 ↗ conservation initiative just a couple

11:53 ↗ weeks ago saving these places and

11:56 ↗ creating green space for all is

11:58 ↗ important to our future and it it is as

12:03 ↗ important as investments in affordable

12:05 ↗ housing or in transportation or in any

12:09 ↗ other aspect of infrastructure please

12:13 ↗ use the resources necessary to acquire

12:15 ↗ the Bergsma windward property and save

12:18 ↗ cougar Middleton thank you thank you

12:20 ↗ Julie

12:22 ↗ there are signs and about a dozen hands

12:25 ↗ raised in the air in support of Julie is

12:27 ↗ there anyone who did not sign up this

12:29 ↗ evening that would like to address

12:30 ↗ council I will ask a couple of times you

12:33 ↗ did not have to sign up ahead second

12:36 ↗ time anybody like anybody else wishing

12:38 ↗ to address the City Council this evening

12:40 ↗ and last time anyone wishing to address

12:43 ↗ council so we'll close audience comments

12:46 ↗ and we will move to committee and

12:48 ↗ regional reports and we'll start with

12:50 ↗ councilmember hunt thank you madam mayor

12:52 ↗ I attended the Cascade Water Alliance

12:55 ↗ Resource Management Committee meeting on

12:57 ↗ June 14th last week we discussed several

13:00 ↗ items which are recommended for action

13:02 ↗ at the June 27th board meeting the first

13:06 ↗ one was update of the lake tap system

13:08 ↗ model contract authorization this is a

13:10 ↗ model to assess the reliability of water

13:14 ↗ supply under different conditions and

13:15 ↗ the software is several years old and

13:18 ↗ there's a need to update it with new

13:20 ↗ data and the other item was updating and

13:22 ↗ maintenance of a GIS contract and

13:24 ↗ discussion on this focused on how the

13:26 ↗ member cities might work with cascade

13:28 ↗ water alliance as the member cities also

13:32 ↗ have GIS capabilities and could help

13:34 ↗ with the inventory potentially and this

13:36 ↗ concludes my report

13:37 ↗ Thank You councilmember Rea Thank You

13:40 ↗ mayor Poli the services and Safety

13:42 ↗ Committee met on June 12th we took up

13:45 ↗ agenda bill 7600 which was an interlocal

13:48 ↗ agreement with the Department of Natural

13:49 ↗ Resources for the maintenance

13:51 ↗ use of the highly high point trailhead

13:53 ↗ that will be on today's consent agenda

13:56 ↗ agenda bill 76 17 an inter-agency

14:01 ↗ agreement with the Department of Natural

14:03 ↗ Resources for incident management team

14:05 ↗ participation that is also on today's

14:08 ↗ consent agenda we took up agenda bill 73

14:11 ↗ 94 this is Park strategic plan

14:14 ↗ that will be on the July 16th council

14:21 ↗ agenda regular business we also received

14:23 ↗ a briefing on the senior center and

14:27 ↗ Parks will be coming back to services

14:30 ↗ and safety either in July or August with

14:32 ↗ an update as we know more about how that

14:34 ↗ is evolving and then we also received a

14:37 ↗ update on the economic development and

14:40 ↗ economic vitality commission by annual

14:42 ↗ update and the next services and Safety

14:47 ↗ Committee meeting will be July 10th at

14:50 ↗ 6:30 here in councilors chambers

14:54 ↗ councilmember Goodman and I both

14:56 ↗ attended the June 14 the site Fire and

15:01 ↗ Rescue board meeting of significance was

15:04 ↗ an update by the chief on P Foss in the

15:07 ↗ water and remediation efforts and then

15:10 ↗ of a special note particularly to

15:12 ↗ council president Mart's was the

15:15 ↗ donation of a dj1

15:17 ↗ m to ten grown from Barbara hammer to

15:22 ↗ the sci-fi rescue to assist with with

15:26 ↗ the rescue efforts it was very

15:28 ↗ impressive the level of visibility that

15:31 ↗ this drone can provide to our rescue

15:34 ↗ workers particularly on rivers and in

15:38 ↗ wooded areas and that concludes my the

15:43 ↗ next East Side Fire and Rescue board

15:45 ↗ meeting will be on July 12th at a sci-fi

15:48 ↗ rescue headquarters that concludes my

15:50 ↗ report for this evening Thank You

15:51 ↗ councilmember a councilman veromos Thank

15:54 ↗ You mayor

15:55 ↗ the Infrastructure Committee is set to

15:59 ↗ meet this Thursday as usual at the third

16:02 ↗ Thursday of the month but the start time

16:03 ↗ has changed from 6:30 to 5:30

16:05 ↗ so those coming these come an hour

16:07 ↗ earlier so you don't miss all the good

16:08 ↗ stuff the items on the agenda are all

16:11 ↗ pending consent calendar approval so

16:14 ↗ hopefully they won't be there the first

16:16 ↗ one being a B 7621 old town traffic

16:19 ↗ coming which is taking our pilot study

16:21 ↗ into a proposed permanent solution and a

16:26 ↗ B 7637

16:28 ↗ will be dealing with again water quality

16:30 ↗ and our pee fuss pilot study and work

16:33 ↗ there so those two remember 5:30 on

16:36 ↗ Thursday night 6:30 concludes my report

16:39 ↗ Thank You councilmember winter saying

16:41 ↗ thank you Mira Pauley

16:43 ↗ last Thursday June 7th I met with the

16:47 ↗ Puget Sound Regional Council's growth

16:50 ↗ management policy board and we discussed

16:53 ↗ during our pre meeting SCA caucus

16:56 ↗ preparation for topics to discuss at a

17:00 ↗ pre Sound City Association public issues

17:03 ↗ committee pre-meeting workshop on July

17:07 ↗ 11th so the topic will be for the the

17:11 ↗ PSR sees vision update also in the board

17:17 ↗ meeting we did recommend passage of the

17:19 ↗ scoping report for the vision 2040

17:22 ↗ update so that process to update vision

17:26 ↗ really has started and I'll run through

17:28 ↗ about two years from now to 2020 to

17:31 ↗ complete that update will be called

17:32 ↗ vision 2050 and a major part of the

17:36 ↗ vision document is something called the

17:37 ↗ read the regional growth strategy and

17:40 ↗ the balance of our meeting last Thursday

17:42 ↗ was spent breaking into groups and kind

17:45 ↗ of brainstorming a lot of issues related

17:48 ↗ to the regional growth strategy so this

17:50 ↗ will just be the first in multiple

17:51 ↗ sessions where we discussed that and we

17:53 ↗ should be wrapping up our that portion

17:56 ↗ of the vision update at least from the

17:57 ↗ GMP B perspective in this fall that

18:00 ↗ concludes my report

18:01 ↗ Thank You councilmember we're just

18:03 ↗ saying councilmember Goodman Thank You

18:04 ↗ mayor Poli the land and Shore committee

18:07 ↗ met on June 7th and we had four items

18:11 ↗ two of them are companion items

18:13 ↗ the first one is agenda bill 76-14 it's

18:16 ↗ called high street conversion up in

18:18 ↗ Oh Highlands and the proposal is to buy

18:21 ↗ the developer is to vacate High Street

18:24 ↗ and turn that into a linear park slash

18:28 ↗ trail and its companion bill is agenda

18:31 ↗ bill 7480 West Ridge north preliminary

18:34 ↗ plat and that plat the North West Ridge

18:38 ↗ plat is the development that the high

18:42 ↗ street conversion is related to it's a

18:45 ↗ quasi-judicial matter both of those

18:47 ↗ items were are coming back for a second

18:50 ↗ touch at our next landed short meeting

18:53 ↗ and then we and our last two items were

18:55 ↗ agenda bills 75 75 Timber Ridge easement

18:58 ↗ modifications and that we viewed as sort

19:03 ↗ of a housekeeping item and that would be

19:05 ↗ coming I believe we recommended it for a

19:07 ↗ consent consent agenda of upcoming

19:10 ↗ meeting and then the last item agenda

19:12 ↗ bill 76 12 amendments to the code

19:14 ↗ regarding transfer of development rights

19:16 ↗ resulting from the end of the Issaquah

19:18 ↗ highlands development agreement and that

19:20 ↗ is on the consent agenda for approval

19:22 ↗ tonight and that was just amending the

19:26 ↗ code to match what we did with

19:28 ↗ replacement regulations when we ended

19:30 ↗ the squad's development agreement our

19:32 ↗ next meeting is July 5th 6:30 here in

19:35 ↗ Council Chambers and that concludes my

19:38 ↗ report thank you Thank You councilmember

19:39 ↗ Goodman council president Mertz

19:41 ↗ thanks about a mayor SC a public issues

19:44 ↗ committee met last Wednesday we did not

19:47 ↗ have any action items but there's a

19:49 ↗ couple things that I'll mention that

19:51 ↗ we're in updates we're an update on the

19:52 ↗ King County land conservation initiative

19:54 ↗ the big news there is that the big

19:56 ↗ effort currently is the open space

19:58 ↗ equity objective of which we get no

20:00 ↗ peace because it is for cities that

20:03 ↗ either don't have any open space or

20:05 ↗ aren't adjacent to any open space that

20:06 ↗ have a massive open space deficit and

20:09 ↗ they have a very nice map and we are not

20:11 ↗ included in that map there was a

20:14 ↗ conversation about the countess in vote

20:16 ↗ formerly one night count that occurred

20:19 ↗ in January but we got the numbers we

20:22 ↗ talked about the fact that five thousand

20:25 ↗ seven hundred ninety two people were

20:27 ↗ sheltered in transitional housing or

20:29 ↗ emergency shelters sixty three hundred

20:32 ↗ people were outside in general we're up

20:35 ↗ four percent from the last year

20:38 ↗ sheltered was actually down and the

20:41 ↗ reason that it was down is there is an

20:43 ↗ ongoing effort to move away from

20:45 ↗ transitional housing and so to move to

20:48 ↗ permanent housing so in the future they

20:50 ↗ expect that number to keep going down

20:52 ↗ emergency shelters are different but

20:54 ↗ there's a focused effort to move away

20:56 ↗ from transitional housing there was some

20:59 ↗ good news three specific areas where

21:03 ↗ there's been a lot of collaboration

21:04 ↗ between federal state and local

21:06 ↗ governments veteran homelessness was

21:08 ↗ down 31% second is homelessness among

21:12 ↗ minors was down 22 percent from last

21:14 ↗ year

21:14 ↗ and finally family homelessness had

21:16 ↗ decreased seven percent so there was

21:18 ↗ some good news

21:18 ↗ and then the final big note from that is

21:21 ↗ that although it was twelve thousand one

21:24 ↗ hundred and twelve people were found on

21:27 ↗ January 26 the actual total number of

21:29 ↗ people process are captured through the

21:32 ↗ region's homelessness management

21:34 ↗ information system approximately 30,000

21:36 ↗ people per year so that while the

21:38 ↗ snapshot had 12 had affected about

21:41 ↗ 30,000 people last year finally I just

21:43 ↗ want to thank councilman ray for

21:44 ↗ mentioning I'm excited to hear more I

21:46 ↗ want to see this

21:47 ↗ efore own I actually flew the little

21:50 ↗ cousin of that DJI last night for

21:52 ↗ Father's Day with with my son and my

21:54 ↗ wife so I want to hear a lot more about

21:56 ↗ it thank you that concludes my report I

21:58 ↗ didn't see drones on your original

22:00 ↗ report but we'll give you a pass on that

22:01 ↗ Thank You council president Mart's No

22:04 ↗ More community reports going to the

22:06 ↗ mayor's report I apologize it's a little

22:09 ↗ long tonight there's been a lot of stuff

22:10 ↗ going on and I want to give a

22:12 ↗ significant update on our strategic

22:14 ↗ planning process going over a few of the

22:17 ↗ meetings that I've attended since our

22:18 ↗ last council meeting June 4th I met with

22:21 ↗ the business and elected leaders of the

22:23 ↗ southeast Alliance of cities the

22:25 ↗ discussion focused on how the cities can

22:26 ↗ work with Issaquah to provide a focused

22:28 ↗ set of transportation priorities to the

22:30 ↗ state that would resolve the gridlock on

22:32 ↗ highway 169 in Issaquah Hobart Road and

22:35 ↗ other regional connectors between these

22:37 ↗ cities on June 5th they attended the

22:39 ↗ strategic planning community charettes

22:41 ↗ with counsel and community members to

22:44 ↗ review the five

22:44 ↗ main priority themes that were distilled

22:46 ↗ from our community engagement activities

22:48 ↗ on June 6th I attended the mounts of

22:51 ↗ Sound green wait' Trust Board annual

22:52 ↗ meeting and will begin as of next month

22:55 ↗ serving as an advisory board member on

22:57 ↗ June 12th I attended a pee fast meeting

23:00 ↗ with interim city administrator the

23:02 ↗ Department of Ecology and Eastside Fire

23:05 ↗ and Rescue P Foust is the constituent

23:08 ↗ that has impacted the aquifer and we are

23:10 ↗ working to jointly study and address the

23:12 ↗ issue on June 14th I attended the PSR C

23:15 ↗ transportation policy board meeting

23:17 ↗ there was a discussion only item related

23:20 ↗ to accessibility to transit and PSR C

23:23 ↗ has been tasked with developing

23:24 ↗ technical products to improve access for

23:27 ↗ pedestrians and cyclists next meeting of

23:30 ↗ the transportation policy board will be

23:32 ↗ July 12th at 9:30 at PC PSR C's

23:36 ↗ boardroom and their offices on Western

23:37 ↗ Avenue the major topic will be recommend

23:40 ↗ selection of projects proposed for the

23:42 ↗ 2021 2022 federal highway administration

23:45 ↗ and Federal Transit Administration fund

23:47 ↗ I'm sure that won't be really well

23:49 ↗ attended and a lot longer than the one

23:51 ↗ we just had on June 14th I attended

23:54 ↗ Sound Transit's Capital Committee

23:55 ↗ meeting and this evening before our

23:58 ↗ council meeting we had a special council

24:01 ↗ meeting and it was to introduce our

24:03 ↗ council to our new city lobbyist team

24:05 ↗ who are still here this evening with us

24:07 ↗ we're really excited to be working with

24:10 ↗ the team helping his squad to get our

24:11 ↗ community voice heard in Olympia

24:15 ↗ community outrage on June 6 I attended

24:17 ↗ the visit is visitors Information Center

24:20 ↗ in Issyk was familiar ization tour of

24:22 ↗ trailheads in Issaquah we're promoting

24:24 ↗ ourselves as trailhead City and the

24:26 ↗ place to come hiking June 13th I

24:29 ↗ attended a ribbon-cutting for the agency

24:31 ↗ Northwest which is a real estate company

24:32 ↗ in Issaquah Highlands a couple of issues

24:35 ↗ update first Cougar Mountain Bergsma

24:38 ↗ update I'd like to share some

24:41 ↗ information that the council was I

24:44 ↗ received and the council received last

24:45 ↗ week an email from Sam Plotkin Trust for

24:49 ↗ Public Lands trust for public lands has

24:51 ↗ completed an option to purchase

24:53 ↗ agreement on a portion of the Bergsma

24:55 ↗ property this option provides for an

24:58 ↗ it's an Avenue through which the trust

25:00 ↗ for public lands can negotiate to

25:02 ↗ acquire additional portions of the

25:04 ↗ Bergsma property through a secondary

25:06 ↗ agreement the next steps for the trust

25:08 ↗ for public lands will be to initiate an

25:10 ↗ appraisal and now that the option has

25:14 ↗ been completed a little update on the

25:17 ↗ southeast 62nd Street Road and grid

25:20 ↗ project and if you have a graphic you

25:22 ↗ can share with the group I have provided

25:24 ↗ counsel and I have provided counsel and

25:30 ↗ also the public this evening a graphic

25:32 ↗ to give you some updates on our South

25:34 ↗ East 62nd project this is our project

25:36 ↗ over by Costco the one that closed the

25:38 ↗ our secret little under crossing of i-90

25:42 ↗ really proud that staff is able to

25:44 ↗ report out that as different components

25:47 ↗ of the project are completed they're

25:48 ↗ being opened so the first component to

25:51 ↗ be completed is the Pickering trail from

25:54 ↗ 4th Avenue to Issaquah Creek it was

25:57 ↗ paved on June 15th and the city plans to

25:59 ↗ open the trail between 4th Avenue and

26:01 ↗ where the trail turns north on the west

26:03 ↗ side of the creek on June 21st so you

26:06 ↗ can see that section shown in yellow on

26:08 ↗ the plan it is not the East Lake

26:11 ↗ Sammamish trail but it is that portion

26:13 ↗ of the trail which can then connect you

26:15 ↗ into Pickering place in Cusco and our

26:17 ↗ amazing farmers market so really proud

26:20 ↗ of staff to that I can share that with

26:22 ↗ you this evening some updates on our

26:25 ↗ strategic planning process we are making

26:28 ↗ progress and we wanted to thank all the

26:31 ↗ 1,300 individuals who provided input

26:33 ↗ through our survey meetings pop ups and

26:35 ↗ focus groups following the completion of

26:38 ↗ this broad community engagement in May

26:40 ↗ we've been working with our consultant

26:41 ↗ BDS planning on two pieces one updating

26:45 ↗ the city's vision mission and guiding

26:46 ↗ principles and to identifying community

26:49 ↗ based strategic priority areas we need

26:51 ↗ your input to help us shape these

26:53 ↗ priorities or your input helped us shape

26:55 ↗ these priorities we now want to come

26:57 ↗ back and check with you to make sure

26:58 ↗ that we're headed in the right direction

27:00 ↗ we held our planning charrette on

27:02 ↗ Tuesday June 5th we involved over 50

27:05 ↗ folks from our community including

27:06 ↗ council staff and representatives from

27:08 ↗ many organizations who provide service

27:11 ↗ in our community and are involved in our

27:12 ↗ community a full range of sectors was

27:15 ↗ represented from arts culture and Human

27:17 ↗ Services to business development and

27:19 ↗ housing as well as recreation

27:21 ↗ environment education and more thanks to

27:24 ↗ the community input and the work of

27:25 ↗ these participants we're starting to

27:27 ↗ form five draft strategic priority areas

27:30 ↗ these are growth and development

27:33 ↗ mobility infrastructure environmental

27:36 ↗ stewardship and city leadership and

27:38 ↗ services we want your feedback we want

27:41 ↗ to know if these sound right to you are

27:43 ↗ we on the right track and is there

27:45 ↗ something significant missing there's a

27:47 ↗ survey on these strategic priority areas

27:50 ↗ available online please visit Issaquah

27:53 ↗ waka slash our Issaquah for a link to

27:55 ↗ the survey you can also learn more and

27:58 ↗ provide input in an open house this

28:00 ↗ Wednesday June 20th 6:30 p.m. at the

28:03 ↗ historic train depot in downtown

28:05 ↗ Issaquah the City Council will consider

28:07 ↗ the draft strategic priority areas at

28:09 ↗ its work session on June 25th I'd like

28:12 ↗ to provide an update on the potential

28:14 ↗ highlands elementary school there's been

28:17 ↗ a lot of discussion over the last year

28:19 ↗ with the school district and with

28:20 ↗ council this mystical school district

28:23 ↗ has been looking at a piece of

28:24 ↗ city-owned property located northeast

28:27 ↗ Discovery Drive in sixth Avenue

28:29 ↗ Northwest in the Issaquah Highlands as a

28:31 ↗ potential site for a new elementary

28:32 ↗ school as part of their due diligence in

28:36 ↗ assessing the site for school

28:38 ↗ construction the district retained

28:40 ↗ consultants to perform arborist and

28:42 ↗ geotechnical studies on the site the

28:44 ↗ results of the geotechnical review were

28:46 ↗ presented to the Issaquah School Board

28:48 ↗ of Directors and discussed at the June

28:49 ↗ 13th meeting the school district has

28:52 ↗ decided not to pursue this parcel

28:54 ↗ additional information is available on

28:57 ↗ the school's website at WWE Sequoia

29:00 ↗ wednet edu / district / departments /

29:06 ↗ cap projects and we can provide that

29:09 ↗ email if anyone is interested in it and

29:11 ↗ that concludes the mayor's report next

29:15 ↗ item on the agenda this evening is the

29:17 ↗ consent calendar it was distributed to

29:19 ↗ counsel in advance

29:21 ↗ if authorized the items on the consent

29:23 ↗ calendar will be considered together and

29:25 ↗ approved in one motion have the pimples

29:28 ↗ and payroll been reviewed they have

29:30 ↗ thank you there's any councilmember

29:32 ↗ desire to remove anything any item from

29:35 ↗ the consent calendar and consider it

29:36 ↗ under regular business seeing none is

29:40 ↗ there a motion until president Mertz

29:43 ↗ I move we adopt adopt the consent

29:45 ↗ calendar as listed in this evening's

29:47 ↗ agenda okay it's been moved and seconded

29:50 ↗ all those in favor signify by saying aye

29:54 ↗ as opposed thank you that passes

29:57 ↗ unanimously the next item on our agenda

30:00 ↗ this evening under regular business is a

30:03 ↗ b7 632 lobbyists contract this is the

30:07 ↗ first time that this item has come

30:08 ↗ before council I'd like to invite Emily

30:10 ↗ Moo interim city administrator to make a

30:13 ↗ presentation good evening

30:15 ↗ I have only a brief presentation for you

30:19 ↗ based on the materials in your packet

30:21 ↗ you can see that the city administration

30:23 ↗ is recommending approval of a contract

30:26 ↗ for new lobbyists for the city we have

30:29 ↗ had lobbyists serving the city for more

30:32 ↗ than six years our lobbyists individuals

30:35 ↗ or firms advocate for our interests they

30:38 ↗ monitor legislation seek funding for

30:41 ↗ capital and operating budget needs they

30:43 ↗ craft beneficial changes to legislation

30:46 ↗ that we might seek foster partnerships

30:49 ↗ and track interim studies and task

30:51 ↗ forces city administration has found

30:54 ↗ that this use of lobbyists is very

30:58 ↗ effective in fact we have been

31:00 ↗ successful in securing millions of

31:02 ↗ dollars of investment in city

31:04 ↗ infrastructure and services over the

31:06 ↗ years we are at this time recommending

31:10 ↗ entering into a contract with the firm

31:12 ↗ Gordon Thomas honeywell's governmental

31:14 ↗ affairs group Breanna Murray and Shelley

31:17 ↗ Helder are here this evening and we had

31:19 ↗ an opportunity to meet them in the

31:21 ↗ special meeting ahead of this regular

31:23 ↗ business meeting both have extensive

31:25 ↗ experience in this arena and have

31:29 ↗ represented other local government

31:30 ↗ clients they have a proven track record

31:33 ↗ of accomplishments

31:35 ↗ and we think they're a great fit for our

31:37 ↗ city and for our legislative agenda the

31:40 ↗ contract that's in front of you is for

31:42 ↗ three years which is our standard term

31:44 ↗ and a maximum annual amount of fifty

31:47 ↗ eight thousand dollars that's the same

31:48 ↗ amount that we've had in our contract

31:51 ↗ with our previous lobbyist and it is the

31:55 ↗ amount that has been budgeted for this

31:57 ↗ fiscal year so with approval of this

31:59 ↗ contract we will execute the agreement

32:03 ↗ and get underway with our partners and

32:08 ↗ look forward to having opportunities for

32:11 ↗ you to engage with them in the future

32:13 ↗ happy to answer any questions you have

32:15 ↗ thank you and thank you for coming this

32:18 ↗ evening in addressing council that's

32:20 ↗ great

32:21 ↗ are there any questions there emotion

32:26 ↗ it's madam mayor I move to authorize the

32:29 ↗ mayor to enter into and execute the

32:30 ↗ contract for lobbying and advocacy

32:32 ↗ services in the amount of fifty eight

32:34 ↗ thousand dollars with Gordon Taylor

32:36 ↗ Honeywell second I said I'm sorry it's

32:44 ↗ been moved and seconded is there any

32:46 ↗ council discussion I'm just gonna

32:48 ↗ clarify the name when I read the motion

32:50 ↗ name on a contract okay no discussion

32:54 ↗ all those in favor of authorizing the

32:56 ↗ mayor to enter into and execute the

32:58 ↗ contracts lobbying and advocacy services

33:00 ↗ in the amount of fifty eight thousand

33:03 ↗ dollars with Gordon Thomas Honeywell

33:04 ↗ Honeywell Jenks me signify by saying aye

33:09 ↗ opposed thank you that passed Thank You

33:12 ↗ Nancy thank you for coming this evening

33:13 ↗ ladies

33:14 ↗ the next item on the agenda is a b7 five

33:18 ↗ nine nine the 2019 to 2024 six-year

33:22 ↗ transportation Improvement Program this

33:25 ↗ item was heard at the council

33:27 ↗ Infrastructure Committee a public

33:29 ↗ hearing was conducting at conducted at

33:31 ↗ the june 4th 2018 council meeting I'd

33:34 ↗ like to invite Kurt seaman

33:36 ↗ transportation manager to make

33:37 ↗ presentation

33:39 ↗ Thank You mayor poly city council happy

33:43 ↗ to be back as you know we discussed this

33:46 ↗ six-year transportation improvement plan

33:48 ↗ at the June 4th meeting we had a public

33:51 ↗ hearing at that time the hearing is

33:53 ↗ closed there were a few audience

33:55 ↗ comments and questions what you see in

33:59 ↗ front of you here is our is the six-year

34:02 ↗ project list the subset of a larger list

34:05 ↗ but these are the projects that we are

34:07 ↗ most focused on over the next six years

34:10 ↗ and I'd be happy to I think rather than

34:15 ↗ go through each project which we did

34:16 ↗ some last time I'd be happy to do that

34:19 ↗ but I would rather use this time to

34:22 ↗ answer any questions that you may have

34:23 ↗ Thank You Kurt does counsel have any

34:26 ↗ questions no just don't I'd like to

34:31 ↗ clarify the the writing in here up day

34:34 ↗ one says that staffs discovered that

34:36 ↗ 11th Avenue Northwest was left off could

34:39 ↗ you get a little more description of

34:40 ↗ that because I don't see that title as

34:42 ↗ stated that way in the CIP okay so that

34:47 ↗ so the 11 thank you mr. Ellison for that

34:50 ↗ I did want to clarify that so the 11th

34:55 ↗ Avenue project is part is one of the

34:59 ↗ Avenue projects which are generally

35:02 ↗ south of Gilman on the west side of

35:06 ↗ central asou qualm there are actually

35:09 ↗ connections planned for 15th Avenue 13th

35:12 ↗ Avenue and 11th Avenue and those are all

35:15 ↗ north-south connections that help

35:17 ↗ complete the grid they're generally in

35:19 ↗ this portion of town right here so the

35:25 ↗ 11th Avenue project we're not sure what

35:29 ↗ happened but has always been part of the

35:31 ↗ plan 11 13 15 for some reason it was not

35:34 ↗ on the latest EIP it's been on previous

35:38 ↗ T IPs it's always been a plan for

35:41 ↗ projects that's likely to be constructed

35:44 ↗ as redevelopment happens in that part of

35:46 ↗ town so we're not adding a project it's

35:49 ↗ just a

35:50 ↗ is reinstating a project that has been

35:53 ↗ there in the past so what's the actual

35:55 ↗ number on the list I'm sorry what's the

35:59 ↗ actual project number on the list so I

36:02 ↗ think that says 11th Avenue there is it

36:03 ↗ 11 12th Avenue I 90 Crossing so this is

36:08 ↗ a this is a prior to have to look back

36:10 ↗ on the list to get the exact project

36:12 ↗ number this is not one of the projects

36:15 ↗ you'll see on this map here this is a

36:17 ↗ project in future years it should be way

36:20 ↗ down on the very almost bottom of your

36:22 ↗ overall list

36:24 ↗ it's TR zero five zero work from the

36:28 ↗ bottom yes so way down there not that

36:32 ↗ that's when we're going to build it but

36:34 ↗ that's where it is located thank not

36:36 ↗ it's not shown none of those Avenue

36:38 ↗ projects are shown on the map that you

36:40 ↗ have in front of you thank you Thank You

36:43 ↗ councilmember almost any other questions

36:46 ↗ and would someone care to make a motion

36:54 ↗ I moved to approve resolution number

36:58 ↗ twenty 18-10 adopting a six-year

37:05 ↗ transportation Improvement Program and

37:06 ↗ directing the same to be filed with the

37:08 ↗ state secretary of transportation and a

37:11 ↗ transportation improvement board okay

37:14 ↗ it's been moved and seconded is there

37:16 ↗ any discussion sir council member Ramos

37:22 ↗ I just like to say because I think

37:24 ↗ people see this in the sometimes read it

37:27 ↗ a little differently because we say and

37:29 ↗ here a lot of times these aren't

37:30 ↗ prioritized projects it's a list of

37:32 ↗ projects and they're not prioritized but

37:35 ↗ when you see them in a list it looks

37:36 ↗ like - everyone did their prioritize

37:38 ↗ projects particularly ones that have

37:40 ↗ money closer to a year near here than

37:43 ↗ further out so I just maybe you could

37:45 ↗ just explain that little twist a little

37:48 ↗ bit so the public can understand that

37:49 ↗ prioritization or list sure so I think I

37:54 ↗ think both are both of those statements

37:56 ↗ are true this is not a prioritized list

37:59 ↗ clearly as you look at the list you'll

38:02 ↗ see the projects at the top of the list

38:03 ↗ which are the

38:04 ↗ one's shown up here on the screen are

38:07 ↗ the projects that we have proposed

38:08 ↗ funding for and they are the projects

38:10 ↗ that we're currently either in design or

38:13 ↗ shortly will be in design certainly

38:15 ↗ within the next six years so so

38:18 ↗ certainly those are prioritized in terms

38:20 ↗ of staff focus and the city's focus the

38:23 ↗ projects you see on this list but

38:25 ↗ they're not prioritized in a sense that

38:28 ↗ they're in a specific order and we

38:30 ↗ certainly have the ability council has

38:32 ↗ the ability the community has the

38:33 ↗ ability to move projects around on this

38:36 ↗ list and any projects that are in

38:38 ↗ further years out certainly could become

38:41 ↗ part of this a six-year plan we're

38:46 ↗ thinking just clarify again this list is

38:48 ↗ is a requirement if we ever want to look

38:50 ↗ for funds grant funds from federal

38:52 ↗ dollars and those kinds of partnerships

38:54 ↗ we need to have this filed properly or

38:57 ↗ those that couldn't happen is that

38:58 ↗ correct correct this is a this is a

39:00 ↗ state law requirement that we have a six

39:03 ↗ year TI P in plan to show that we have a

39:05 ↗ plan for transportation improvements

39:07 ↗ it's essential for many grant

39:10 ↗ opportunities that we have this in place

39:12 ↗ and adopted any other questions if

39:20 ↗ there's no further discussion all those

39:22 ↗ in favor of approving resolution number

39:24 ↗ 2018 - ten adopting a six year

39:27 ↗ Transportation Improvement Program and

39:29 ↗ directing the same to be filed with the

39:31 ↗ state Secretary of Transportation and

39:32 ↗ the Transportation Improvement Board

39:34 ↗ signify by saying aye as opposed that

39:38 ↗ carries unanimously

39:39 ↗ thank you next item on the agenda is a

39:44 ↗ motion postponed from our June for 2018

39:47 ↗ council meeting that motion was to

39:50 ↗ direct the administration to reevaluate

39:51 ↗ the permitted land uses abel 4.3 be in

39:56 ↗ the central s quad development and

39:58 ↗ design standards and to make

40:00 ↗ recommendations to the city council as

40:02 ↗ to whether changes are needed after the

40:04 ↗ moratorium is lifted this motion was

40:06 ↗ made at the May 21st council meeting

40:08 ↗ moved by Goodman invitees and postponed

40:11 ↗ to the June 4th and then the

40:13 ↗ 18th council meeting before council

40:17 ↗ discusses this evening I'd like to

40:18 ↗ invite Keith Niven economic and

40:20 ↗ development services director to come to

40:22 ↗ the lectern to present the options in

40:24 ↗ the staff memo that was included in the

40:26 ↗ council packet thank you madam mayor

40:30 ↗ good evening city council so when when

40:39 ↗ the council was working through one of

40:42 ↗ the related moratorium work items

40:45 ↗ related to hotels and storage units the

40:50 ↗ council posed a question about whether

40:53 ↗ or not the administration should go back

40:56 ↗ and look at the existing list of allowed

40:58 ↗ land uses within central Issaquah to see

41:01 ↗ if there are any other uses that are

41:04 ↗ allowed now which might want to be

41:07 ↗ revisited and looked at again and so at

41:12 ↗ the time we the motion was tabled until

41:18 ↗ the administration put together some

41:20 ↗ options about whether or not we could

41:21 ↗ fit it into our work plan this year and

41:24 ↗ and what might that mean

41:26 ↗ and so I provided the council with a

41:29 ↗ memorandum dated the 29th of May and

41:31 ↗ within that memo basically present three

41:36 ↗ different options for the city council

41:38 ↗ one is to pursue this this year and that

41:42 ↗ would mean potentially moving around

41:45 ↗ some of the other things that we have on

41:47 ↗ our on our plate to make room for this

41:50 ↗ work item the second would be to do it

41:52 ↗ next year in 2019 and then the third

41:56 ↗ option would be to do it potentially as

42:00 ↗ a bigger look at central Issaquah which

42:04 ↗ we know we need to do which probably

42:05 ↗ won't happen until 2019 or maybe 2020 so

42:10 ↗ and as you guys think about those

42:13 ↗ options one of the things that we need

42:15 ↗ to talk about is the scope of this work

42:17 ↗ effort because we really didn't talk

42:18 ↗ about that at a minimum what's being

42:23 ↗ identified in the memo is

42:26 ↗ we would need to go to planning policy

42:28 ↗ commission twice most likely once is a

42:30 ↗ presentation and once for decision we

42:33 ↗ would least need a couple council

42:35 ↗ committees to talk through that and then

42:38 ↗ one full council meeting for decisions

42:40 ↗ so so that's what I've included here if

42:43 ↗ there's an expectation that there's a

42:45 ↗ bigger public outreach obviously that

42:46 ↗ would impact you know if we're gonna

42:49 ↗ move something aside I think you know

42:52 ↗ that delays maybe three months if

42:54 ↗ there's a bigger work plan envisioned

42:56 ↗ you know then that would be a bigger

42:58 ↗ delay of whatever it is we have to move

43:00 ↗ out of the way so I'm going to stop

43:02 ↗ talking and let you guys ask questions

43:04 ↗ if you'd like to right so I just want to

43:07 ↗ kind of remind everybody where we are

43:08 ↗ right now so there's a motion on the

43:10 ↗ table it's appropriate at this time to

43:13 ↗ ask questions or to begin a discussion

43:15 ↗ and deliberations before we call for a

43:17 ↗ vote on this motion or an amended

43:20 ↗ version of this mission

43:21 ↗ so let's start with questions I've got

43:24 ↗ councilmember handsome member Goodman

43:28 ↗ thank you I had a question about the

43:30 ↗ note under option one so if the council

43:33 ↗ were to entertain option one there's a

43:37 ↗ note about the US Supreme Court reversed

43:40 ↗ town of Gilbert decision and I wondered

43:42 ↗ if you could explain that and explain

43:44 ↗ also how if the council were to

43:47 ↗ entertain option one if how that would

43:51 ↗ work in terms of the timeline for the

43:53 ↗ sine code and the timeline for the land

43:55 ↗ use overview okay so so right now

44:03 ↗ there was a Supreme Court case related

44:06 ↗ to the town of Gilbert Arizona where the

44:11 ↗ courts declared that a city cannot

44:14 ↗ regulate its signage based on content

44:17 ↗ and this really focused around cities

44:21 ↗ like ours which allow political signs in

44:24 ↗ the right away vote for me and a church

44:28 ↗ kind of wanted a similar sign in the

44:31 ↗ right away to advertise one of their

44:34 ↗ Sunday congregations and you know the

44:37 ↗ city declared that they couldn't do that

44:39 ↗ because it was

44:40 ↗ aloud and so they pushed that went to

44:41 ↗ the Supreme Court and the justices

44:43 ↗ decided you know that was inappropriate

44:45 ↗ unconstitutional based on you know free

44:51 ↗ speech and so our code needs to be

44:55 ↗ changed because right now it allows for

44:58 ↗ political signs in the right away as a

45:01 ↗ temporary sign but it would not allow

45:03 ↗ you know a business or a church

45:06 ↗ similarly to do the same thing and so we

45:09 ↗ know we need to make that code change

45:11 ↗ where it gets a little bit more

45:13 ↗ complicated for us as a workplan item is

45:15 ↗ we right now have a multitude of sign

45:18 ↗ codes in the city we have a sign code

45:21 ↗ for Tallis we have a sign code for

45:22 ↗ Issaquah Highlands we have a sign called

45:24 ↗ code for Old Town we have a sign code

45:27 ↗ for central Issaquah we have a sign code

45:29 ↗ for rallies and we have a sign code for

45:31 ↗ the rest of the city so part of this

45:34 ↗ work plan was envisioned by staff as an

45:38 ↗ opportunity not only to fix our

45:41 ↗ inconsistencies with the Gilbert

45:43 ↗ decision but also potentially to

45:46 ↗ condense the number of sign codes into

45:48 ↗ hopefully a singular or maybe less

45:52 ↗ number of sign codes so for us it's it's

45:56 ↗ a it became a bigger work product and so

45:59 ↗ the expectation is we probably wouldn't

46:02 ↗ have a deliverable in 2018 anyway it's

46:06 ↗ probably gonna get pushed until 2019 and

46:09 ↗ so if we're talking about like a three

46:12 ↗ to four-month delay we can still deliver

46:15 ↗ a product in 2019 it'll just be maybe

46:19 ↗ three months later than it otherwise

46:21 ↗ would have been so so from a if so that

46:24 ↗ was the reason why the administration

46:27 ↗ suggested the sign code as a good choice

46:30 ↗ to put something aside the risks are

46:33 ↗ fairly low right now if we would have

46:37 ↗ picked up the save Cougar Mountain signs

46:39 ↗ from right away I think we would have

46:41 ↗ been in trouble because those ones are

46:44 ↗ technically not allowed but you know

46:47 ↗ we're using some common sense knowing

46:51 ↗ where we are with the

46:53 ↗ code right now so so I think the risk is

46:55 ↗ fairly low I think it is a it is going

46:59 ↗ to be a little bit of a delay to get the

47:01 ↗ work product done but it'll still get

47:02 ↗ done in 2019 and we'll move it as

47:05 ↗ quickly as we can once we kind of get it

47:07 ↗ back on track but I needed to find time

47:10 ↗ at PPC because that actually ends up

47:13 ↗ being kind of my choke point because

47:15 ↗ we've we've got topics at PPC through

47:18 ↗ the rest of the year so I need to pull

47:20 ↗ something off PPC for this to kind of

47:23 ↗ really work and councilmember Goodman

47:26 ↗ thank you so Keith I'm going to ask you

47:28 ↗ a question but I want to preface it

47:30 ↗ because I don't want you to think it's a

47:31 ↗ tricky question or a critical statement

47:34 ↗ about the agenda Mel I want to take note

47:37 ↗ of your thoroughness here in what what

47:41 ↗ the process would include but I want to

47:43 ↗ take it one step back and ask a question

47:47 ↗ and it has to do with the intent of my

47:50 ↗ since I wasn't the person who suggested

47:53 ↗ this initially the intent really was a

47:55 ↗ staff look at the at the table first not

47:59 ↗ a noticing and then going out to have a

48:01 ↗ public process first it really was a

48:03 ↗ proactive internal step rather than a

48:07 ↗ reactive and so is it possible for the

48:10 ↗ direction to be just just exactly what

48:15 ↗ it says which is to internally take a

48:18 ↗ look at the table in light of the

48:19 ↗ changes that we just made during the

48:21 ↗ moratorium and all that we've learned

48:22 ↗ since 2012 when we adopted the CIP and

48:25 ↗ see if there might be recommendations to

48:28 ↗ the council of some changes that might

48:30 ↗ be made before we were to decide whether

48:33 ↗ we want to embark on this time-consuming

48:35 ↗ process yes so so if that is what the

48:41 ↗ council would like I think the

48:43 ↗ administration could provide that by the

48:46 ↗ next council meeting the idea is that'll

48:57 ↗ just be the administration's position

48:58 ↗ right I think still you know to vet that

49:01 ↗ then through a public process at PPC I

49:03 ↗ mean that's if if the council wanted to

49:06 ↗ move for

49:07 ↗ with amending the table it's gonna have

49:09 ↗ to go through PPC and ultimately get

49:12 ↗ decided by the council so I think I was

49:15 ↗ assuming that we were just gonna go I

49:18 ↗ think there are things that we probably

49:21 ↗ don't want or don't envision in central

49:27 ↗ that's currently on the table so there

49:28 ↗ will be some changes that will come out

49:31 ↗ of this when it does happen so the

49:33 ↗ question is is do you want to does the

49:35 ↗ council want to see the administration's

49:39 ↗ kind of scratch list first before we

49:43 ↗ work we launched a work product if so we

49:47 ↗ can do that I think you clarify too that

49:49 ↗ if that is the ask and if that is the

49:51 ↗ motion that they do this evening that

49:53 ↗ the work items that you suggested be

49:56 ↗ removed for the fuller process that and

49:59 ↗ the schedule all still fits

50:01 ↗ is that so that make sense yes okay

50:08 ↗ that's a memory so sort of a comment

50:10 ↗ along those lines if we were to do as

50:14 ↗ council member Goodman just suggested

50:16 ↗ and do a look at what's possibly should

50:20 ↗ be modified first and then take a look

50:23 ↗ at that and then really evaluate the

50:25 ↗ magnitude of that change I think that

50:28 ↗ would help us better inform the urgency

50:30 ↗ with which we'd want to move on some of

50:32 ↗ this issues so from from I know I'm not

50:36 ↗ asking I'm sure I asked that as a

50:37 ↗ question here in discussion question

50:41 ↗ mode whatever you would like so you can

50:43 ↗ ask that as a question okay just it

50:45 ↗ seems to me that it would make sense if

50:47 ↗ we could have a little more information

50:49 ↗ on the magnitude of this potential

50:54 ↗ problem before making a determination of

50:56 ↗ how urgent it is it seems to me that

50:59 ↗ would be a good idea what do you think

51:03 ↗ that's why I knew I interrupted

51:05 ↗ administrator would like to weigh in on

51:07 ↗ the conversation to just interject a

51:11 ↗ little bit about timeline first next

51:15 ↗ meeting is probably not possible the

51:18 ↗ reason for that is

51:19 ↗ and I believe DSD staff could probably

51:21 ↗ do that review and economic development

51:24 ↗ staff but I are part of our protocol is

51:27 ↗ to also get other staff that's involved

51:30 ↗ with land-use decisions to review it and

51:34 ↗ so I would love for those staff to have

51:37 ↗ an opportunity to do that first that's

51:38 ↗ our protocol before we bring kind of

51:40 ↗ policy considerations back in front of

51:42 ↗ the council second thing is we're

51:46 ↗ entering into a few weeks here where the

51:50 ↗ mayor's office is going to be down staff

51:52 ↗ and I would like to ensure that both the

51:57 ↗ mayor and I have a chance to look at

51:59 ↗ those recommendations before it comes to

52:00 ↗ Council since it's also our protocol and

52:03 ↗ then lastly this is the type of item

52:05 ↗ that doesn't lend itself very well to an

52:07 ↗ agenda bill particularly if we're not

52:09 ↗ directing staff to do anything or you're

52:11 ↗ not taking action to implement anything

52:13 ↗ and so I would propose that it come back

52:15 ↗ to a work session where you can have a

52:17 ↗ conversation about it did you have a

52:20 ↗ suggested - I can let's I would propose

52:25 ↗ that we discussed that with council

52:27 ↗ leadership the next work session is

52:30 ↗ quite full so that would be something to

52:35 ↗ consider

52:41 ↗ councilmember interesting councilmember

52:42 ↗ Goodman thank you I would prefer to see

52:49 ↗ a draft following your analysis before

52:55 ↗ deciding on the action proposals in the

52:58 ↗ memo Thank You Emily when you're talking

53:08 ↗ about sorry I forgot your long title I

53:11 ↗ was going to say something okay

53:15 ↗ talk about what at work session um can

53:19 ↗ you clarify sure I just think it lends

53:22 ↗ itself to the work session format a

53:24 ↗ little bit better we can have

53:25 ↗ back-and-forth dialogue on what staff

53:29 ↗ found in their evaluation and then you

53:32 ↗ could have a dialogue about what you

53:34 ↗ think the next action should be should

53:35 ↗ it be the staff proceed as outlined in

53:38 ↗ this staff memo with formalizing some

53:42 ↗ recommendations and taking them to PPC

53:44 ↗ or do you want us to go back and get

53:46 ↗ some more research done on particular

53:48 ↗ land-use topics I think it just fits a

53:51 ↗ work session format and and the only

53:54 ↗ reason that I preferred as an agenda

53:57 ↗ bill is because I think it's a fairly

54:00 ↗ sensitive topic that we went in several

54:01 ↗ years with fairly unhappy I'll call it

54:05 ↗ generally community about what we were

54:07 ↗ getting in the central Issaquah plan and

54:09 ↗ I so I would like a time certain when

54:12 ↗ the analysis will be back before the

54:14 ↗ council for consideration that's the

54:17 ↗ reason that I if I if I knew it was if I

54:21 ↗ was being told it was gonna come back at

54:23 ↗ a certain time I think s maybe that

54:24 ↗ would be one thing but I don't

54:27 ↗ maybe you just said it and I didn't

54:29 ↗ listen so I I just want to make sure it

54:32 ↗ gets done so if we need to keep it as an

54:35 ↗ agenda bill than I'd like to do that so

54:38 ↗ let me ask the interim City

54:39 ↗ Administrator couple questions

54:42 ↗ June 18th work session pretty full July

54:45 ↗ ninth work session capacity you were

54:49 ↗ saying

54:50 ↗ not just development services

54:52 ↗ an economic development review but all

54:55 ↗ departments I mission assuming that

54:57 ↗ means a senior leadership team type

54:59 ↗ review with returning with some

55:02 ↗ information at some point is that

55:03 ↗ possible to do by the July 1990 s staff

55:11 ↗ could definitely do that right now and

55:15 ↗ I'm looking at something that's a bit

55:17 ↗ dated I thought there were two items on

55:19 ↗ July water system plan and I think

55:23 ↗ there's one other that I don't have on

55:25 ↗ the copy in front of me and then a

55:28 ↗ clarification for councilmember Goodman

55:30 ↗ so in a sorry mayor and the strategic

55:33 ↗ plan so two to sizeable items so it

55:39 ↗ depends on what you think the length of

55:42 ↗ those I'm sorry those are on the 25th on

55:46 ↗ on the ninth we don't have that in front

55:50 ↗ of this but I think there are two items

55:52 ↗ on July 9th as well just can't recall I

55:55 ↗ want to make sure I understand your

55:56 ↗ expectations at that point in time it

55:59 ↗ would not be an agenda but coming back

56:00 ↗ would be a council memo saying here's

56:02 ↗ what the table top staff review look

56:04 ↗ like and here's a potential issues

56:06 ↗ identified and a potential you'd be

56:08 ↗ actually looking at this an agenda book

56:11 ↗ coming forward later on with a motion

56:12 ↗ similar to when you would like to do

56:14 ↗ that is that what you're asking I would

56:16 ↗ be comfortable with that if my fellow

56:17 ↗ council members are comfortable with

56:18 ↗ that so discussion I would be

56:24 ↗ comfortable with that thank you that's

56:28 ↗ my right I would be comfortable with

56:30 ↗ that too what I like is setting this

56:34 ↗ expectation we're gonna we're gonna work

56:36 ↗ through what it is specifically we want

56:38 ↗ before making a decision about when to

56:40 ↗ do it so I think there's still a lot of

56:42 ↗ information that's missing about what

56:44 ↗ the magnitude of this change is and if

56:47 ↗ we can have something come back on in

56:50 ↗ early July which is great and then we

56:53 ↗ can make a determination at that point

56:54 ↗ at how urgently we want to drive it

56:57 ↗ forward and whether we're going to do

56:58 ↗ this year next year or somewhere way out

57:00 ↗ in the future

57:05 ↗ here Thank You councilmember a other

57:08 ↗ counts my overwinter Stein just for

57:09 ↗ clarification could could somebody tell

57:12 ↗ me what that is what we do with that he

57:16 ↗ was comfortable with that a

57:17 ↗ councilmember coming to the July 9th

57:20 ↗ work session which is the kind of review

57:22 ↗ that councilmember Goodman described to

57:25 ↗ our director that our interim City

57:28 ↗ Administrator said she would like to

57:30 ↗ have fully vetted internally before it

57:33 ↗ came to the work session so so if we

57:35 ↗ take a vote this evening it's not on any

57:38 ↗ of the elements in this memo perhaps

57:41 ↗ pre-work correct thank you the motion

57:44 ↗ would be to I've just provided some

57:47 ↗ advisory councilmember Goodman she wants

57:49 ↗ to use it it would be to bring it back

57:50 ↗ to the July 9th work session as

57:52 ↗ information that's member hunt and this

57:59 ↗ is a question about that process at the

58:02 ↗ work session we would be discussing

58:03 ↗ would we be discussing both the content

58:06 ↗ of the land uses as well as the amount

58:10 ↗ of further public planning policy

58:14 ↗ Commission meetings etc and the rest of

58:17 ↗ the timeline or would it be focusing on

58:19 ↗ the Lillian juice recommendations that

58:21 ↗ are I don't think you're going to be

58:22 ↗ getting fully-baked recommendations

58:24 ↗ you're going to be getting a quick

58:27 ↗ review from our staff that says here are

58:30 ↗ some issues were highlighting and

58:32 ↗ recommending that we do start a process

58:34 ↗ with the following timeline it's more or

58:38 ↗ less to give you enough information to

58:41 ↗ decide do I want to do it this year next

58:42 ↗ year or urgency to it thanks more

58:47 ↗ questions

58:47 ↗ council president Mertz I like the idea

58:50 ↗ because I like longer council meetings

58:52 ↗ when they're like tonight is only gonna

58:55 ↗ be maybe an hourish and I feel a lack of

58:57 ↗ a sense of closure Thank You anyone else

59:01 ↗ any other comments I counsel my friend

59:04 ↗ um I have a quick comment which is just

59:06 ↗ that in the strategic planning meetings

59:10 ↗ we've heard a lot I think about from the

59:12 ↗ community about being more proactive and

59:13 ↗ so I generally like the idea of looking

59:15 ↗ at the land uses in a more proactive way

59:17 ↗ rather than our reaction to something

59:19 ↗ that pops out thank you for that comment

59:22 ↗ I'm just gonna double check with the

59:24 ↗ city administrator scheduled that we can

59:27 ↗ commit to that sounds great Keith now

59:29 ↗ has a short term homework so you get it

59:32 ↗ to me before I leave so I have an

59:34 ↗ opportunity to look at it councilmember

59:40 ↗ Goodman we have a motion on the table

59:41 ↗ and I'm not sure I understand it do we

59:47 ↗ let what do we do with this if we're

59:50 ↗ getting a commitment instead to come to

59:52 ↗ the July 9th work session do we let it

59:54 ↗ die I don't want to vote no when an end

59:57 ↗ the motion and if the second degrees

1:00:06 ↗ oh oh okay look I'm sorry take me what

1:00:12 ↗ Emily said was the motion okay is okay

1:00:14 ↗ we just have clarity on what it is and

1:00:17 ↗ what it is okay

1:00:20 ↗ any other discussion any other questions

1:00:24 ↗ if there's no further discussion all

1:00:26 ↗ those in favor of directing the

1:00:27 ↗ administration to reevaluate the

1:00:30 ↗ permitted land uses table 4.3 be in the

1:00:32 ↗ central square development and design

1:00:34 ↗ standards and make recommendations to

1:00:38 ↗ the City Council as to whether changes

1:00:40 ↗ are needed

1:00:41 ↗ after the moratorium is lifted signify

1:00:43 ↗ by saying aye okay let's post a motion

1:00:48 ↗ carries unanimously thank you a good

1:00:51 ↗ discussion the next order of business is

1:00:53 ↗ for good of the order do any council

1:00:55 ↗ members have anything for good of the

1:00:57 ↗ order that's member winters day real

1:01:00 ↗ quickly thanks the staff and mayor for

1:01:04 ↗ this the thing about the picnic trail

1:01:06 ↗ I'm gonna add something to your comment

1:01:08 ↗ about this when with this trail opening

1:01:12 ↗ up it actually does reconnect on the

1:01:15 ↗ north end with the the Sammamish trail

1:01:18 ↗ so people traveling south can get off at

1:01:21 ↗ 56 I think it is and travel and get back

1:01:24 ↗ on without going out on East Lake

1:01:26 ↗ Sammamish and northbound as well and I

1:01:27 ↗ just want to make sure that if people

1:01:29 ↗ were aware that that connection is there

1:01:32 ↗ even such showing on this map thank you

1:01:34 ↗ for doing that it's very exciting very

1:01:36 ↗ exciting anything else we're gonna the

1:01:38 ↗ other council member a I just wanted to

1:01:39 ↗ recognize Issaquah Police Department and

1:01:44 ↗ Public Works operations or their

1:01:48 ↗ presence at the June ninth farmers

1:01:50 ↗ market they were amazing they were

1:01:53 ↗ engaging they had a line of people you

1:01:57 ↗ know around the block to spend time with

1:01:58 ↗ them I think we came across as a really

1:02:02 ↗ incredibly great city and with really

1:02:04 ↗ great people and they were to a person

1:02:07 ↗ farming and engaging so thank you to

1:02:09 ↗ everybody who participated in that

1:02:11 ↗ that's fantastic anyone else for good of

1:02:13 ↗ the order I have a couple of little

1:02:15 ↗ things to add

1:02:17 ↗ we're done I just want to let everybody

1:02:19 ↗ know that the June 18th council meeting

1:02:21 ↗ oh sorry that the June 25th consul work

1:02:25 ↗ session has some items which include

1:02:27 ↗ citywide strategic plan and water system

1:02:29 ↗ plan as our interim city administrator

1:02:31 ↗ stated July 2nd regular council meeting

1:02:34 ↗ some of the potential agenda items

1:02:36 ↗ include old town traffic calming project

1:02:39 ↗ and that is a funding request for a

1:02:41 ↗ permanent installation P fasts pilot

1:02:45 ↗ study and that will also be a funding

1:02:47 ↗ request coming to Council and that's it

1:02:51 ↗ there is no executive session this

1:02:54 ↗ evening and if there's no further

1:02:56 ↗ business we are adjourned at a

1:02:58 ↗ record-breaking 804 p.m.

1:03:11 ↗ you

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Council / Members (5)

Victoria Hunt

Tola Marts

Bill Ramos

Chris Reh

Paul Winterstein (Arrived at 6:47 PM)

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Mariah Bettise

Stacy Goodman