2019-2021 State Legislative Agenda Funding for Pilot Cleanup Design to remove PFOS/PFAS Perfluoroalkyl substances (“PFOS” or “PFAS”) were detected in one of the City’s drinking water wells and these contaminants have the potential to impact more municipal drinking water wells. A potential source for the introduction of this contaminant into the Issaquah Valley Aquifer may have been through the use of firefighting foam and an investigation is ongoing. Issaquah has spent over $1 million on a temporary treatment system to remove the chemical from the water supply prior to it entering the drinking water system, but a permanent remedy is still needed.
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Presentation of Issaquah’s Legislative Priorities & Policy Stances Department of Ecology effort to characterize and design a pilot remediation of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) impacting water supply Sheldon Lynne, Public Works Engineering
Operating Budget Request: PFAS Next Steps Request: The City is requesting $400,000 to complete the characterization of per and polyfluoroalkyl contamination and design a pilot cleanup project to remove these harmful contaminants from the Issaquah Valley Aquifer.
Capital Funding Request: Opportunity Center Capital Funding Request: The City is requesting $3 million to support the construction of the Issaquah Opportunity Center - a community facility that will provide integrated behavioral, medical, and dental services. The Opportunity Center will be one component of a mixed-use, multifamily transit-oriented development that will have affordable and market-rate housing.
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Hearing from You - Legislators’ thoughts on the upcoming session and information on bills, budget items, initiatives they hope to advance. Also 'next steps' items and information needed by legislators, etc