City Council Special Meeting · Monday, March 23, 2020 · City Council Digest

2. AGENDA ITEMS

COVID-19 Reports Emergency

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packet pp.3–5

Topics: Public Safety

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Staff report:

CITY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office 130 E. Sunset Way | P.O. Box 1307 WASHINGTON Issaquah, WA 98027 425-837-3020 issaquahwa.gov

Issaquah Rental and Mortgage Emergency Assistance Program Establish; Authorize AB 7948

packet pp.7–20

Topics: HousingPublic Safety

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Staff report:

The City Council directed the Administration to identify ways in which the City could take active steps towards preventing the spread of the financial

Temporary Suspension of Pass Through Carryout Bag Charge AB 7950

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Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.21–27

Topics: Land Use

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Staff report:

Chapter 8.05 of the Issaquah Municipal Code prohibits the use of disposable plastic carry-out shopping bags in the City and requires retail establishments to collect a pass-through charge of not less than five cents for each recyclable paper carryout bag provided to customers.

Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA) Re: Requirement for a Meeting Place

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0:12 ↗ on-air

0:14 ↗ thank you good evening I'm going to do a

0:19 ↗ virtual gavel disaster this evening to

0:22 ↗ call our meeting to order I welcome

0:24 ↗ everyone to the March 23rd special City

0:26 ↗ Council meeting and I'm calling it to

0:29 ↗ order the purpose of tonight's special

0:31 ↗ meeting is to provide an update on the

0:33 ↗ city's Kovach 19 response and address a

0:36 ↗ few items requiring council action and

0:38 ↗ discussion before we move on to the

0:41 ↗ agenda item I'd like to acknowledge our

0:44 ↗ remote meeting format on March 6th

0:47 ↗ I issued an emergency proclamation

0:49 ↗ declaring a civil emergency in the city

0:52 ↗ due to the curve of 19f break due to the

0:55 ↗ civil emergency and in consideration for

0:58 ↗ the health and safety of our council

0:59 ↗ members and staff and the public

1:01 ↗ tonight's meeting is being held remotely

1:04 ↗ the audio of the meeting will be

1:06 ↗ recorded streamed live and available for

1:09 ↗ later listening on the city's YouTube

1:11 ↗ channel there will be no meeting video

1:14 ↗ due to this tonight staff presentations

1:17 ↗ will be verbal only the prepared be

1:21 ↗ prepared to reference the material in

1:23 ↗ tonight's online agenda packet in order

1:26 ↗ to comply with the open public meetings

1:28 ↗ act our city clerk Tina Edgar's is in

1:31 ↗ the council chambers and the room is

1:33 ↗ open to members of the public the room

1:36 ↗ has been physically modified to promote

1:38 ↗ safety for those attending city clerk

1:41 ↗ will let me know if there are any

1:43 ↗ attendees in the room is there anyone

1:48 ↗ with you this evening there is not thank

1:52 ↗ you and if tonight is a special meeting

1:55 ↗ there's not an audience comment portion

1:57 ↗ of the meeting however the council

1:59 ↗ president will be acknowledging comments

2:01 ↗ that have been received by email on

2:03 ↗ tonight's agenda items as part of her

2:05 ↗ comments at this point we'll take a

2:08 ↗ moment to do a roll call of council

2:10 ↗ members in attendance please stay here

2:12 ↗ when I call your name

2:13 ↗ councilmember dee Michelle here

2:18 ↗ councilmember Goodman

2:20 ↗ here councilmember Hall here

2:25 ↗ council president hunt here

2:30 ↗ councilmember marks here

2:34 ↗ deputy council president ray here and

2:38 ↗ councilmember Walsh here thanks that's

2:43 ↗ all seven accounted for in addition the

2:46 ↗ following city staff our attendance

2:48 ↗ remotely city administrator Wally Bob

2:51 ↗ comments and I can see by the icons that

2:55 ↗ deputy City Administrator Andrea

2:56 ↗ Schneider has turned this as well we

2:59 ↗ have city attorney Jim Haney deputy city

3:02 ↗ clerk - shaggy sure parks and community

3:05 ↗ services director Jeff Watling human

3:08 ↗ services and social sustainability

3:10 ↗ coordinator Monica and the gorillas

3:12 ↗ Senior Planner Kristen Leeson and

3:15 ↗ economic development manager Jenny Davis

3:18 ↗ Hayes we don't have representatives from

3:21 ↗ the three local agencies impacted by

3:24 ↗ tonight's agenda item ad seven nine four

3:26 ↗ eight four eight so pardon me if I am

3:30 ↗ NOT good with pronunciation you should

3:32 ↗ have a chance at the beginning of the

3:34 ↗ meeting or before the means to go an out

3:36 ↗ so Lucy's pie-ya representing hope link

3:39 ↗ Laurie Ferrell and Elaine Davis

3:42 ↗ representing Issaquah cleaning services

3:44 ↗ Carol and Jim Hollis representing st.

3:47 ↗ Vincent DePaul is there anyone on the

3:51 ↗ meeting this evening that I have nest if

3:55 ↗ so please identify yourself

4:01 ↗ Thanks I'm not hearing of anyone so

4:05 ↗ lastly before you forget I'd like to

4:07 ↗ read reiterate some meeting guys I'm

4:10 ↗ please indicate when you wish to speak

4:13 ↗ using the meeting Skype messenger

4:16 ↗ conversation I understand

4:18 ↗ student Minister Bob Carr it's and

4:20 ↗ councilmember Ray will be using text

4:23 ↗ messaging to let me know that they

4:25 ↗ actually want to get in the queue to

4:27 ↗ speak

4:28 ↗ on the phone I will pause at the

4:30 ↗ appropriate time so that you can

4:31 ↗ indicate that you want to speak and if

4:34 ↗ you could please mute your microphone

4:36 ↗ when you're not speaking that will help

4:37 ↗ the sound quality for all meeting

4:40 ↗ attendees please state your name each

4:42 ↗ time before speaking and for council

4:45 ↗ members that includes before you ask a

4:47 ↗ question make a second or make a motion

4:50 ↗ or second division or to participate in

4:54 ↗ debate please speak clearly and pause

4:57 ↗ frequently the first item on the agenda

5:00 ↗ this evening item a is the Koba 19

5:03 ↗ report it is the mayor's report last

5:08 ↗ week I issued to emergency proclamations

5:11 ↗ one for a temporary moratorium on late

5:13 ↗ fees for tenants and the other to

5:16 ↗ temporarily suspend the paper bag fee

5:18 ↗ more emergency proclamations may be

5:21 ↗ forthcoming as the situation evolves and

5:24 ↗ I'd like to outline the process state

5:27 ↗ law allows the city to declare an

5:28 ↗ emergency such as the one I declared on

5:31 ↗ March third once an emergency is

5:33 ↗ declared I have certain authority under

5:35 ↗ state law and the city's comprehensive

5:37 ↗ emergent emergency management plan to

5:41 ↗ take emergency actions such as the to

5:43 ↗ emergency proclamations that were issued

5:45 ↗ on March 19 it's recommended that some

5:49 ↗ emergency powers such as suspension of

5:51 ↗ the paper bag feed also should be

5:53 ↗ ratified by the City Council the

5:55 ↗ administration is consulting with the

5:57 ↗ city attorney to follow the proper

5:59 ↗ process for these emergency actions in

6:02 ↗ either case City Council will be kept

6:04 ↗ apprised of all proclamations and once

6:06 ↗ the proclamation is signed and filled it

6:08 ↗ will be then sent out to the public

6:10 ↗ through our various communication

6:11 ↗ channels and posted to our website

6:14 ↗ thanks to those of our staff that are

6:18 ↗ working on the front line please

6:20 ↗ ironing empties and Parks and Public

6:22 ↗ Works operations workers they are all

6:25 ↗ still out in the community and

6:27 ↗ responding to the changing situation

6:29 ↗ literally basis and thanks to all of our

6:32 ↗ city staff we're working from home or

6:34 ↗ taking on new assignments in support of

6:36 ↗ emergency you are flexibility to allow

6:40 ↗ us to

6:41 ↗ save our city team in a moment of crisis

6:43 ↗ is so very much appreciated

6:45 ↗ and lastly for tonight's meeting I've

6:48 ↗ also asked our city administrators to

6:50 ↗ give a special report city administrator

6:52 ↗ bowsprit babka will now give an update

6:54 ↗ on the city's kovat 19 response Mali

6:58 ↗ madam mayor members of the council good

7:00 ↗ evening I wanted to take a few minutes

7:03 ↗ to talk about the things that we are

7:05 ↗ doing to address this emergency we have

7:10 ↗ been working largely at home those

7:12 ↗ employees can work at home are working

7:14 ↗ at home and I think that has certainly

7:17 ↗ helped we are about 10 days into that

7:20 ↗ and I think that we've still been able

7:22 ↗ to be very effective in serving the

7:24 ↗ public of course there are those roles

7:26 ↗ and responsibilities that we're not able

7:28 ↗ to do remotely and again as the mayor

7:31 ↗ mentioned I would want to commend our

7:32 ↗ staff who are the front lines every day

7:35 ↗ addressing issues but it's clear that

7:38 ↗ business is not as usual that the city

7:42 ↗ of Issaquah in order to address the

7:45 ↗ issues faced by the Cova 19 crisis has

7:48 ↗ changed how we do business and what I

7:51 ↗ did last week was ask our staff to

7:54 ↗ really give it the work that they're

7:56 ↗ doing into a few very specific areas to

8:00 ↗ focus on the health and safety of our

8:01 ↗ community and madam mayor members of the

8:03 ↗ council I'd like spend a few minutes

8:05 ↗ talking about those specific areas and

8:08 ↗ the work that we've been doing like the

8:10 ↗ conclusion of my comments would be happy

8:12 ↗ to answer any questions clearly in the

8:15 ↗ face of the civil emergencies our public

8:18 ↗ safety is the most important thing in

8:20 ↗ our first priority is making sure that

8:22 ↗ this quality department and the planned

8:24 ↗ Fire and Rescue Department have the

8:26 ↗ resources that they need we've been

8:29 ↗ working very closely together with both

8:31 ↗ police and fire we've been looking very

8:33 ↗ carefully at resources that our police

8:36 ↗ department needs staffing resources

8:38 ↗ equipment resources flexibility to do

8:41 ↗ their jobs all of those things have been

8:44 ↗ put in place clearly as we look to the

8:48 ↗ future we want to make sure that this

8:50 ↗ Police Department has the resources and

8:52 ↗ staff

8:53 ↗ that it needs to keep our community safe

8:57 ↗ and this has been a major focus of ours

9:00 ↗ I'm pleased to say so far we've had no

9:02 ↗ issues with the police other than an

9:06 ↗ issue that I think all law enforcement

9:08 ↗ and fire emergency service agencies are

9:10 ↗ facing and that is the ability to have

9:13 ↗ proper protective equipment we are able

9:16 ↗ to make sure that our police officers

9:18 ↗ and firefighters are properly equipped

9:20 ↗ but if this is an ongoing process and we

9:23 ↗ are going to continue to work very

9:24 ↗ closely with our state and county

9:28 ↗ partners to make sure that our both of

9:30 ↗ our police and fire departments have the

9:32 ↗ emergency protective gear that they need

9:34 ↗ so we have been focused first and

9:36 ↗ foremost on public safety second areas

9:39 ↗ communications we want to make sure that

9:41 ↗ our residents receive information about

9:43 ↗ what we're doing receive information

9:45 ↗ about what's happening both at the

9:47 ↗ county and state level as I know the

9:49 ↗ council is aware the governor has made

9:53 ↗ some additional proclamations and orders

9:55 ↗ this evening that in 48 hours

9:58 ↗ majority of businesses will close except

10:00 ↗ those essential services we are sharing

10:03 ↗ that information we are sharing the

10:04 ↗ information as things change here in

10:06 ↗ this COIs we've redone our website we've

10:10 ↗ done videos of Katrina there and the

10:13 ↗ council president we will continue to do

10:16 ↗ those be very well received by the

10:17 ↗ community we have created a special

10:20 ↗ email address held at a squad of so

10:24 ↗ individuals who are looking for specific

10:26 ↗ pieces of information can email us at

10:28 ↗ that telephone number actually have that

10:31 ↗ email address and we continue to answer

10:33 ↗ phones masked people D so communications

10:37 ↗ has been a key part of our outreach and

10:39 ↗ our response and a very pleased to

10:41 ↗ report we've been doing a very good job

10:43 ↗ of interrogations this year Cubans

10:47 ↗ services are one that we get that

10:49 ↗ focusing board more on in the city of us

10:52 ↗ o'clock certainly given the civil

10:54 ↗ emergency requires even more of our

10:56 ↗ efforts and we have work to pivot

10:59 ↗ additional individuals on our city staff

11:01 ↗ to work on human service issues we have

11:04 ↗ at least one major issue

11:07 ↗ the agenda the seeking which we'll talk

11:08 ↗ about a little more but clearly this is

11:10 ↗ a long-term issue this is something that

11:13 ↗ the Seva squad is going to need to focus

11:15 ↗ on as we move forward and the staff and

11:18 ↗ I hope to bring to the council in the

11:20 ↗ coming weeks additional information and

11:22 ↗ additional requests for programs and

11:25 ↗ services financial support to not only

11:28 ↗ help individuals but here in this club

11:30 ↗ but also our nonprofit organizations

11:33 ↗ we've been working very closely with

11:35 ↗ several of this food bank probably first

11:38 ↗ among them and that will continue to

11:41 ↗ work very closely with them the mayor

11:43 ↗ mentioned had a proclamation regarding

11:46 ↗ evictions and layton up these four that

11:49 ↗ we are going to continue to make

11:51 ↗ information available so if individuals

11:54 ↗ are the charge late fees or rent that we

11:59 ↗ will provide support to them and we'll

12:00 ↗ have information on our website

12:02 ↗ regarding that so in the area of Human

12:04 ↗ Services that something that we are

12:06 ↗ going to continue to focus on next is

12:08 ↗ economic development businesses

12:11 ↗ throughout our community are being

12:12 ↗ severely impacted by the closings by the

12:16 ↗ the changes caused by this emergency gen

12:19 ↗ David Heiser Economic Development

12:20 ↗ Manager has been leading a team of staff

12:23 ↗ working every day with our stakeholder

12:26 ↗ groups with individual businesses to

12:29 ↗ make sure that we're doing what we can

12:31 ↗ but quite honestly at this early stage

12:34 ↗ there's there's not a lot that we're

12:36 ↗ able to do but we're going to continue

12:38 ↗ to share information the best because we

12:40 ↗ can the city I implemented a plan to

12:44 ↗ provide a $25 a day per diem for our

12:47 ↗ employees to purchase food and beverages

12:51 ↗ here in this block this is something

12:54 ↗ that I felt strongly was an important

12:56 ↗ economic development tool to continue to

12:59 ↗ patronize our restaurants and other

13:02 ↗ fruit serving businesses as well quite

13:04 ↗ frankly is to provide some additional

13:07 ↗ support for our employees and I think

13:09 ↗ from a moral standpoint I anecdotally

13:11 ↗ have been hearing from both managers and

13:13 ↗ employees that this has been well

13:15 ↗ received and we've also heard

13:16 ↗ anecdotally from our businesses

13:18 ↗ this is a program that we will continue

13:21 ↗ to evaluate each pay period it has to be

13:24 ↗ spent on food here in this cloth and

13:26 ↗ we'll continue to do that the last the

13:30 ↗ last area that our economic development

13:31 ↗ manager Jenny Davis Hayes's focused on

13:34 ↗ is the reviews of the holiday yet as I

13:37 ↗ know you are aware King County has a

13:39 ↗ one-year lease of now former Holiday Inn

13:42 ↗ site and they are working to reduce that

13:47 ↗ facility as a care facility we have had

13:50 ↗ discussions with King County just a

13:52 ↗ couple of days ago they continue to map

13:55 ↗ with their plans for that facility they

13:58 ↗ have committed as posted we are going to

14:00 ↗ be working on having additional

14:03 ↗ community dialogue as they decide what

14:05 ↗ they would like to use that facility for

14:07 ↗ their early estimates at this point is

14:10 ↗ that there's still a minimum three weeks

14:11 ↗ away from using the Holiday Inn site and

14:14 ↗ so we will keep the community and the

14:16 ↗ City Council apprised and then the last

14:19 ↗ area that it's a focus is infrastructure

14:22 ↗ working with our Public Works operations

14:24 ↗ staff water sewer stormwater of Street

14:28 ↗ infrastructure is very important we have

14:30 ↗ split our Public Works operations staff

14:33 ↗ into two teams and eight team and P team

14:35 ↗ one working on two weeks off two weeks

14:38 ↗ this is to make sure that there there's

14:41 ↗ any illness among that the teams that

14:44 ↗ there is no sharing of that illness that

14:47 ↗ would have an impact on our providing

14:50 ↗ critical municipal services so that is

14:53 ↗ going very well we continue to maintain

14:55 ↗ our water source our Water Street

14:58 ↗ infrastructure as we did throughout the

15:00 ↗ community so those are the five areas of

15:04 ↗ that that really as municipal government

15:06 ↗ have been focusing on these are

15:08 ↗ supported of course by our other

15:10 ↗ operating departments our human

15:11 ↗ resources department our information

15:13 ↗ technology department you have been so

15:16 ↗ fortunate to be so well staffed and the

15:20 ↗ prepared by our information technology

15:22 ↗ department that our transition to a work

15:25 ↗ at home administrative staff has really

15:27 ↗ been aided by the work of our

15:29 ↗ information technology staff

15:31 ↗ and our I danced as we move forward and

15:33 ↗ looked toward the coming weeks I am

15:35 ↗ concerned that we make sure that we are

15:38 ↗ looking at our expenditures that we are

15:40 ↗ spending money in keeping with the

15:42 ↗ current environment and the current

15:44 ↗ emergency and will continue to report to

15:47 ↗ the City Council as we move forward on

15:49 ↗ finance issues our our plan currently is

15:52 ↗ to have a presentation at your next

15:54 ↗ counts regular council meeting on April

15:56 ↗ 2 6 where we will talk more specifically

15:59 ↗ of our estimates for our current

16:01 ↗ financial condition as we move forward

16:03 ↗ so madam mayor members of council I

16:05 ↗ cannot tell you how proud I am to be

16:08 ↗ working with such a challenge of group

16:10 ↗ of dedicated individuals of people who

16:13 ↗ are are still continuing to work very

16:15 ↗ diligently for the city of this COIs of

16:17 ↗ also dealing with the Cova 19 crisis and

16:22 ↗ their own families but continuing to

16:24 ↗ come to work very proud of that and that

16:27 ↗ very happy to answer any questions that

16:28 ↗ you or the council may have Oh Thank You

16:31 ↗ administrator bockris does the council

16:33 ↗ have any questions on the city

16:36 ↗ administrator's report there Polly I

16:42 ↗ would like to ask a question there's as

16:44 ↗ far as a farthing Michelle yes

16:46 ↗ once entirety Michelle and have you got

16:49 ↗ opened the messaging portion of your

16:52 ↗ Skype feeding I do and I just put I have

16:56 ↗ a question but I don't know if it showed

16:58 ↗ up let's see I did it did show up now

17:03 ↗ yes okay so there's not a celebrity

17:06 ↗ Michelle I am just wondering about the

17:13 ↗ childcare that was something on Friday

17:14 ↗ how is that going and are we providing

17:18 ↗ that for for our employees free or are

17:23 ↗ they helping to offset the cost of that

17:27 ↗ again it's the city administrator babka

17:30 ↗ wits

17:30 ↗ councilmember D Michelle members of the

17:32 ↗ council this is something we are

17:34 ↗ provided free of charge to our employees

17:36 ↗ and the employees the site Fire and

17:37 ↗ Rescue Department we it is a slower

17:41 ↗ start than we can hoped we've discovered

17:44 ↗ that a number of our employees have made

17:45 ↗ alternate plans and so we are seeing a

17:48 ↗ slower pickup of that but we're very

17:52 ↗ pleased with the initial response that

17:54 ↗ we've received we also continue to work

17:56 ↗ with the school district if they are

17:59 ↗ transitioning into daycare themselves we

18:02 ↗ hope to then transition the employees of

18:04 ↗ the city staff as well as the site fire

18:06 ↗ and recipe to its classical district

18:08 ↗ program does that answer your question

18:13 ↗ councilmember gamer song yes thank you

18:15 ↗ very much next up I have councilmember

18:18 ↗ came in with a question Thank You this

18:21 ↗ is councilmember Goodman um my question

18:24 ↗ is I would assume that we would have

18:26 ↗ well I don't want to assume but I would

18:28 ↗ have thought we would have heard but I

18:29 ↗ haven't heard anything so I'll ask the

18:31 ↗ question do we have any employees who

18:34 ↗ have tested positive or any who are in

18:37 ↗ quarantine we are unaware of any that

18:42 ↗ have tested positive

18:43 ↗ there are several employees for various

18:46 ↗ circumstances of reasons that are in a

18:50 ↗ self quarantine we continue to monitor

18:53 ↗ of their conditions in our human

18:55 ↗ resources staff has regular check-ins

18:58 ↗ with them and follow-up question please

19:01 ↗ if we I guess I would think that if we

19:07 ↗ got into a position where we had some

19:08 ↗ staffing issues because of quarantines

19:11 ↗ then the council would be made aware of

19:13 ↗ that currently we have no we have no

19:18 ↗ issues we're able to cover appropriate

19:20 ↗ shifts but as I've said we get there

19:23 ↗ there are different circumstances

19:24 ↗ involving several employees and we're

19:27 ↗ monitoring those muscley thank you

19:29 ↗ Thank You councilmember Goodman at this

19:31 ↗ point in time I'm not seeing any

19:33 ↗ additional questions but I will have a

19:36 ↗ little pause here to see if there's any

19:39 ↗ others okay thank you

19:44 ↗ staying none moved to item C which is a

19:47 ↗ B seven nine four eight is so far result

19:50 ↗ mortgage emergency assistance program

19:53 ↗ and

19:53 ↗ the request before you this evening is

19:55 ↗ to authorize the program season is

19:58 ↗ greater babka will be introducing this

20:00 ↗ item and I would like council members to

20:03 ↗ hold questions until the end of the

20:05 ↗ presentation you will have enough to ask

20:08 ↗ questions of both of the administrator

20:10 ↗ and all the agency reps that are waiting

20:14 ↗ on the line as well so if you just want

20:16 ↗ to send me an education by message that

20:19 ↗ you have a question I'll start keeping a

20:21 ↗ list of the queue and city administrator

20:24 ↗ Bob woods

20:25 ↗ yes madam mayor members of the City

20:27 ↗ Council we're here this evening with a

20:31 ↗ proposal for a program that would

20:34 ↗ provide housing assistance for both

20:37 ↗ homeowners and renters 87 nine four

20:43 ↗ eight of the requested action before you

20:46 ↗ is to establish the Issaquah rental and

20:49 ↗ mortgage emergency assistance program

20:51 ↗ and authorized funding of $100,000 for

20:54 ↗ those affected by the Cova 19 crisis

20:56 ↗ number two authorizing the bear execute

20:59 ↗ contract amendments with its Community

21:01 ↗ Services st. Vincent DePaul st. Joseph

21:04 ↗ conference is spa and hopefully to

21:07 ↗ provide emergency funds to spa residents

21:09 ↗ in need of assistance and to authorize

21:11 ↗ the finance director to move with

21:12 ↗ $100,000 from the general fund in a

21:15 ↗ subsequent 2020 budget amendment the

21:18 ↗ agenda bill outlines of the proposed

21:23 ↗ program in addition today I provided the

21:26 ↗ City Council with two summary documents

21:30 ↗ which have been added to the agenda

21:32 ↗ packet a1 is a document that summarizes

21:35 ↗ the assistance program has is outlined

21:38 ↗ in the agenda bill that is found on page

21:42 ↗ 15 of the Rajan revised agenda packet

21:45 ↗ which is currently online and then I a

21:47 ↗ question-and-answer she that is also

21:50 ↗ provided and that is found beginning on

21:52 ↗ page 17 of the agenda packet so bad

21:56 ↗ mayor what I'd like to do is to for the

21:58 ↗ purposes of those individuals who are

22:00 ↗ listening in to walk through the

22:04 ↗ proposed program as outlined on page

22:07 ↗ fifteen and then also to walk through

22:08 ↗ the questions and answers numbers of the

22:12 ↗ City Council have provided some

22:14 ↗ questions over the course of several

22:16 ↗ days and so the questions and answer

22:18 ↗ document focuses on that but first the

22:21 ↗ program that is being proposed we are

22:24 ↗ asking that the council allocate

22:26 ↗ $100,000 toward this program for rental

22:29 ↗ and mortgage assistance residents of

22:31 ↗ Issaquah meeting income requirements at

22:34 ↗ or below 120 percent of the area meeting

22:36 ↗ and median income or 114 thousand

22:40 ↗ dollars per year for household of four

22:41 ↗ who need temporary financial assistance

22:44 ↗ this assistance would be up to $500 a

22:46 ↗ month for up to three months within one

22:49 ↗ 12-month period we're proposing that

22:51 ↗ this assistance be distributed by three

22:54 ↗ nonprofits that we the city of a spa or

22:56 ↗ he has contracts with to provide these

23:00 ↗ types of services the Issaquah community

23:02 ↗ services the st. Vincent DePaul st.

23:04 ↗ Joseph conference is spa and hope link

23:07 ↗ the process for receiving the simpler of

23:10 ↗ monies would be as follows that the

23:13 ↗ organization's would receive requests

23:14 ↗ for services conduct screening by phone

23:17 ↗ and an application process determine

23:19 ↗ eligibility and provide assistance to

23:21 ↗ the property manager or bankers program

23:23 ↗ the requirements of the contract if the

23:27 ↗ council were to move forward with this

23:29 ↗ program of the mayor would be authorized

23:31 ↗ to amend existing agreements the funds

23:35 ↗ would be provided using a service for

23:37 ↗ you burst and model the city will not

23:39 ↗ pay upfront organizations will provide

23:41 ↗ invoices to the city and the city will

23:43 ↗ reimburse them invoices will include the

23:45 ↗ number of residents served

23:46 ↗ type of assistance provided demographic

23:49 ↗ information regarding residents served

23:50 ↗ to include the minimum age household

23:52 ↗ information income level and resident

23:54 ↗ status the administration recommends

23:57 ↗ that the distribution of the hundred

23:58 ↗ thousand dollars to these organizations

23:59 ↗ be based on agency capacity and local

24:02 ↗ presence for easy access for residents

24:04 ↗ that approved the administration will

24:06 ↗ work on a budget and contract amendments

24:08 ↗ with the organization at this time to

24:10 ↗ allow for flexibility the administration

24:12 ↗ proposes not setting an exact amount for

24:15 ↗ each organization rather following compo

24:17 ↗ authorization of the administration

24:19 ↗ would proceed

24:19 ↗ to split the funding between the three

24:21 ↗ agencies based on the agency's capacity

24:23 ↗ they distribute the funds and

24:25 ↗ accessibility discs for residents so

24:29 ↗ from that proposal have come at a number

24:31 ↗ of questions from the City Council

24:33 ↗ and we have detailed the answers in

24:36 ↗ writing beginning on page 17 of the

24:38 ↗ revised package so I'd like to go

24:39 ↗ through them the first question is how

24:42 ↗ did this item come before the City

24:43 ↗ Council it came it sprung out of a

24:46 ↗ discussion on March 18th the weekly

24:49 ↗ council leadership meeting the mayor

24:51 ↗ myself the deputy city administrative

24:53 ↗ accounts president's council deputy

24:55 ↗ president and councilmember hall

24:57 ↗ discussed urgent next up the city could

25:00 ↗ take to respond to needs resulting from

25:02 ↗ the Cova 19 emergency the consensus of

25:04 ↗ the group was for the administration to

25:06 ↗ look into a rental assistance relief

25:08 ↗ program staff was that given a couple of

25:11 ↗ days to come up with a proposal of which

25:13 ↗ we did at the end of last week and that

25:15 ↗ is the item here before you the agenda

25:19 ↗ bill indicates that council directed

25:21 ↗ that but I wanted to make sure that it

25:23 ↗ was clear but this came from a

25:25 ↗ discussion not of any one member of the

25:27 ↗ council but really came from a

25:29 ↗ discussion of the leadership team that

25:31 ↗ met last week question number two is how

25:35 ↗ does this program or late to state

25:36 ↗ county funds similar areas when they

25:38 ↗ come up is it additive that would it be

25:41 ↗ replaced by those programs that they're

25:42 ↗ created we check to see if there are any

25:45 ↗ existing programs that have been newly

25:48 ↗ created or existing that would reimburse

25:51 ↗ for this and we've not been able to

25:53 ↗ identify any of those such programs so

25:55 ↗ as we are presenting this program to you

25:57 ↗ tonight we are assuming that this

25:59 ↗ $100,000 disavow city of this club money

26:02 ↗ that will not be reimbursed by another

26:04 ↗ level of government

26:05 ↗ if such opportunities would be available

26:07 ↗ we would seek reimbursement question

26:09 ↗ three dealt with the term of the program

26:13 ↗ there was a question if the term could

26:15 ↗ be sharp shorter and yes the length of

26:18 ↗ the time of the program is flexible per

26:19 ↗ council direction question number four

26:22 ↗ how will the funds be allocated among

26:24 ↗ the three organizations as we get

26:27 ↗ indicated we would like some flexibility

26:29 ↗ if the council would prefer that there

26:32 ↗ be a specific allocate

26:33 ↗ we would recommend that it would be

26:36 ↗ $40,000 for of the Issaquah community

26:39 ↗ services $40,000 for st. Vincent DePaul

26:42 ↗ at $20,000 for Hope link as the

26:45 ↗ information we provided earlier both

26:48 ↗ this quad Community Services and st.

26:49 ↗ Vincent DePaul I think have a longer

26:52 ↗ track record here once we figured that

26:54 ↗ there would be a greater need for those

26:57 ↗ two organizations versus Hope link but

26:59 ↗ again our recommendation remains that

27:01 ↗ there be flexibility provided to the

27:03 ↗ mayor for the allocation of those

27:05 ↗ dollars to those organizations not to

27:07 ↗ exceed $100,000 question five in the

27:10 ↗ program he clarified the more clearly

27:12 ↗ status as an emergency temporary

27:13 ↗ response to Coba 19 focusing on the 15 s

27:16 ↗ residence with the greatest need

27:18 ↗ certainly if this has approved our

27:20 ↗ messaging how the program would clearly

27:22 ↗ state that question six this is probably

27:26 ↗ the question that has been the most of

27:28 ↗ most interest to remembers the council

27:30 ↗ and that is the the median income

27:32 ↗ requirement

27:33 ↗ staff is originally proposing a hundred

27:35 ↗ and twenty percent and the question was

27:37 ↗ could this be at a different income

27:40 ↗ level and so what this document shows is

27:43 ↗ what the area median income is at

27:45 ↗ various level there has been interest I

27:48 ↗ think at the 80% level which is sixty

27:51 ↗ one thousand eight hundred dollars for a

27:53 ↗ one-person household or gig $8,000

27:55 ↗ eighty eight thousand two hundred fifty

27:57 ↗ dollars for a four-person household 100%

28:00 ↗ of ami the 76,000 $20 per one and 108

28:05 ↗ thousand six hundred for a four-person

28:07 ↗ hundred and ten is eighty three thousand

28:10 ↗ 622 for a while person household and 119

28:13 ↗ thousand for sixty so again the council

28:17 ↗ has its flexibility upsetting the ami

28:20 ↗ that whatever you think is appropriate

28:22 ↗ question number seven how do we

28:24 ↗ determine ami if someone has lost their

28:26 ↗ job or work hours during screening the

28:29 ↗ applicants need to provide income and

28:31 ↗ employment status in the last 30 days

28:33 ↗ so they can account for recent changes

28:34 ↗ in their fiscal situation job or wage

28:37 ↗ loss etc a person becomes eligible

28:39 ↗ automatically in this case is long as

28:41 ↗ their income under normal circumstances

28:43 ↗ will be below the ami levels

28:46 ↗ question eight can we stipulate that a

28:48 ↗ hundred percent of funds go only

28:49 ↗ discordant and the answer is yes that

28:52 ↗ that's already a part of all of our

28:54 ↗ existing contracts and we are proposing

28:57 ↗ that this program would only pay for

28:59 ↗ Issaquah residents not the residents of

29:01 ↗ any other jurisdiction question nine but

29:04 ↗ the counts require reporting update when

29:06 ↗ fifty percent of funds have been

29:07 ↗ expended can reporting the expander to

29:09 ↗ include employment status and date when

29:11 ↗ employment stat has changed and the

29:13 ↗ answer is yes that we're recommending

29:15 ↗ monthly reporting and reporting can't

29:17 ↗ contain whatever factors the City

29:19 ↗ Council requests question ten do we have

29:22 ↗ a sense of the rent mortgage breakdown

29:23 ↗ to funding that these organizations

29:24 ↗ provide and in working with the three

29:28 ↗ organizations we have learned that they

29:32 ↗ have not previously provided mortgage

29:34 ↗ assistance ICS and st. Vincent DePaul

29:39 ↗ have the capacity to provide mortgage

29:40 ↗ assistance no requests that were made at

29:42 ↗ 2019 and that the squad community

29:46 ↗ services reported less than three

29:47 ↗ requests made in 2019 hope link had not

29:50 ↗ provided any mortgage assistance as far

29:53 ↗ as rental assistance of 2019 it squats

29:56 ↗ community services served 218 household

29:59 ↗ in this car I think that's at DePaul st.

30:01 ↗ Joseph bespeak Conference 122 in supply

30:04 ↗ households and hope like 36 muscles

30:08 ↗ question 11th in the current situation

30:11 ↗ included if emergency is it possible to

30:13 ↗ prioritize were specifically allocate

30:16 ↗ support funding to specific groups first

30:18 ↗ responders medical professionals et

30:21 ↗ cetera could we allocate to those

30:23 ↗ specifically impacted by Kovac 19 under

30:25 ↗ usual circumstances but this is for

30:28 ↗ unusual circumstances rather this is

30:30 ↗ prohibited by housing fairness laws but

30:32 ↗ this is an option to address specific

30:34 ↗ circumstances fact staff confer with

30:37 ↗ city attorney Jim Haney and mr. Haney

30:39 ↗ let us know as it's detailed here the

30:44 ↗ Federal Fair Housing Act prohibits

30:45 ↗ discrimination and sale rental or

30:47 ↗ financing of housing based on race color

30:49 ↗ religion national origin sex sexual

30:52 ↗ orientation gender identity familias

30:54 ↗ through disability the city has no

30:57 ↗ authority under emergency circumstances

30:59 ↗ or otherwise to violate the Fair Housing

31:01 ↗ Act or to suspend its application to any

31:04 ↗ particular action however the city

31:07 ↗ attorney believes it should be possible

31:09 ↗ to prioritize the use of funds for

31:11 ↗ persons impacted by coab at 19 an event

31:13 ↗ a virus attacks all the protected

31:15 ↗ classes equally it gives opinion

31:17 ↗ therefore it unlikely to assisting those

31:20 ↗ impacted by Kovan 19 would run afoul of

31:22 ↗ fair housing laws

31:24 ↗ that's for prioritizing funding for

31:26 ↗ those particular groups such as first

31:27 ↗ responders medical professionals etc the

31:30 ↗ question is whether this would have a

31:31 ↗ discriminatory effect for example could

31:33 ↗ one argue that people with disabilities

31:35 ↗ are probably not included in the

31:36 ↗ category of first responders in

31:38 ↗ proportion to their presence of the

31:40 ↗ general population that this may have a

31:42 ↗ discriminatory effect on the disabled by

31:44 ↗ including them from this program there

31:46 ↗ may be other arguments that can be made

31:48 ↗ for or against discriminatory effect the

31:50 ↗ council should be cautious in any

31:52 ↗ priority it's said that you consider

31:54 ↗ whether whether any of those priorities

31:56 ↗ would have a discriminatory effect on

31:58 ↗ any one of the protected classes number

32:01 ↗ twelve how does this program compare to

32:04 ↗ other programs like utility assistance

32:05 ↗ or grocery vouchers and it's a city

32:08 ↗ going to be considering those again the

32:10 ↗ answer mayor Poli council leadership

32:12 ↗ believe that providing direct assistance

32:14 ↗ for shelter was an appropriate first

32:16 ↗ step there are many other options for

32:18 ↗ providing assistance to our residents at

32:20 ↗ this time the administration is not

32:22 ↗ proposing other programs until we have a

32:24 ↗ better idea since its current immediate

32:26 ↗ financial position and then finally

32:28 ↗ question number 13 could we work with

32:30 ↗ arch which sure that their own units

32:33 ↗ don't go into foreclosure and caused the

32:35 ↗ loss of properties to the program with

32:37 ↗ that mine could we shift any responses

32:39 ↗ where those residents the answer arch

32:41 ↗ currently monitors for foreclosure and

32:43 ↗ loss of properties and staff can work

32:45 ↗ with arch to continue to binary units

32:47 ↗ these proposed funds could be shifted

32:49 ↗ for that purpose the administration

32:51 ↗ would suggest we monitor the situation

32:53 ↗ or report back to the City Council the

32:55 ↗ additional funds are needed so bad aver

32:57 ↗ members the council we believe this is

33:00 ↗ an important program a clearly a first

33:02 ↗ step to provide relief to our residents

33:05 ↗ number of staff

33:06 ↗ and representatives from these

33:08 ↗ organizations are also on the call this

33:10 ↗ evening and we're all ready to answer

33:12 ↗ any questions you may have

33:14 ↗ thank you very much that concludes your

33:18 ↗ presentation I do have a few suits up

33:21 ↗ here that are ready with questions but I

33:23 ↗ first wanted to thank the council for

33:26 ↗ beginning your review early on and

33:29 ↗ sending is so many questions that could

33:33 ↗ be read into the record for those that

33:35 ↗ might be watching on YouTube not have a

33:37 ↗ packet accessible I think I think you

33:40 ↗ did necessary to did a good job so we'll

33:42 ↗ start with Goodman comes from the

33:45 ↗ Goodman question

33:53 ↗ and I'll just check in with the city

33:56 ↗ clerk can you tell councilmember Goodman

33:57 ↗ is still on the call I am still on the

34:00 ↗ call I forgot to unmute my mic sorry

34:02 ↗ fantastic okay your question Thank You

34:07 ↗ councilmember Goodman here I would like

34:09 ↗ to know some get some more information

34:11 ↗ and maybe the thoughts behind mortgage

34:15 ↗ assistance I believe I heard in Wally's

34:17 ↗ presentation that at least two of the

34:21 ↗ three providers have not provided

34:24 ↗ mortgage assistance before and given

34:27 ↗ that the banks are starting to already

34:30 ↗ put out information about helping folks

34:33 ↗ with mortgages I would like to know what

34:37 ↗ Assad is behind that and why we would

34:39 ↗ include mortgages and not just vents

34:40 ↗ with other it appears as though other

34:42 ↗ opportunities are available for folks

34:45 ↗ who are impacted by Cobie 19 that may

34:47 ↗ have an issue with their mortgage

34:48 ↗ payments coming up pretty soon

34:53 ↗ administrator Bhaskar yes madam mayor

34:56 ↗ council member Goodman I think as we

34:59 ↗ were working on this the the thought was

35:01 ↗ to make the program of be available to

35:04 ↗ as many as if our residents as possible

35:06 ↗ and through those discussions mortgage

35:09 ↗ assistance came up in addition to rent I

35:11 ↗ agree with you councilmember Goodman

35:13 ↗ that there are different programs

35:15 ↗ available for homeowners which may be

35:17 ↗ different than rental but RIT care was

35:19 ↗ to provide the City Council with the

35:22 ↗ broadest program for it to consider was

35:26 ↗ there any is there has there been any

35:31 ↗ [Applause]

35:34 ↗ survey or information gathering about

35:39 ↗ assistance from bank

35:43 ↗ I don't think of American has been out

35:45 ↗ there it imagined that other banks I'm

35:47 ↗ just trying to get a sense of you know

35:49 ↗ I'm not convinced that mortgage

35:51 ↗ assistance is the way to go

35:53 ↗ along with rentals right rinse right now

35:55 ↗ and so I'm just trying to get a sense of

35:57 ↗ what we know

36:00 ↗ so dude mister yes I think I've shared

36:05 ↗ all that we know we have not done any

36:07 ↗ kind of large canvas of what is out

36:11 ↗ there in the few days that we've been

36:13 ↗ working on this again I the direction

36:16 ↗ that the discussion that came as we were

36:18 ↗ putting this together was to develop a

36:20 ↗ program that had the widest reach

36:22 ↗ possible okay thanks

36:25 ↗ next question council president huh

36:29 ↗ council president Hines here I have a

36:32 ↗ question which i think is for the

36:34 ↗ providers and my question is would it be

36:38 ↗ possible to collect information about

36:40 ↗ the connection of the of the people that

36:45 ↗ are receiving the funding the connection

36:47 ↗ to coded 19 and so the purpose of this

36:51 ↗ information will be for the city and the

36:54 ↗ City Council to better understand what

36:56 ↗ are the what are the financial impacts

36:59 ↗ that are leading to the need for this

37:01 ↗ funding and I'm wondering if you could

37:03 ↗ if you can if you can actually collect

37:06 ↗ that kind of information that's great

37:10 ↗ I'm not sure if the guest presenters can

37:14 ↗ actually see in the comment box and who

37:19 ↗ would like to answer but I will I will

37:22 ↗ go down through the list and did you

37:26 ↗ reach an opportunity to answer Lucy

37:29 ↗ would you unmute and speak for hopefully

37:32 ↗ yes so thank you all for having us and

37:35 ↗ for your quick work on all of this or

37:37 ↗ hopefully we do as part of our screening

37:41 ↗ process try to capture the financial

37:46 ↗ need of the clients and previously our

37:50 ↗ assistance was based on the households

37:53 ↗ going through a financial shock and our

37:56 ↗ our current qualifications for shark

37:59 ↗ Cove at 19 as the primary shopkin and

38:04 ↗ we're trying to capture whether that

38:07 ↗ means reduced hours complete loss of

38:11 ↗ employment

38:12 ↗ childcare costs and a number of factors

38:14 ↗ to categorize so we'll be collecting

38:18 ↗ ongoing as we go

38:21 ↗ Thank You Lucy can I get Laurie or

38:24 ↗ Elaine from this uh Community Services

38:26 ↗ to unmute yes this is Laurie bra like

38:31 ↗ some is about community services and yes

38:34 ↗ we have already started asking during

38:37 ↗ our phone interviews what is the reason

38:39 ↗ for their call so we are especially

38:43 ↗ marching what their for the coab is

38:46 ↗ managing so yeah very very possible to

38:50 ↗ collect that information

38:51 ↗ Thank You Carol and Carol origin from

38:55 ↗ Jason since appalled could un-mute and

38:57 ↗ provide an answer yes good evening Jim

39:01 ↗ Hollis here if currently we been our

39:07 ↗ neighbors couch show us our clients come

39:08 ↗ to us we scream for financial Hawkins

39:12 ↗ then articulated earlier and it's

39:15 ↗ usually things like you know losing a

39:18 ↗ job disability workplace injury that

39:22 ↗ sort of thing like we record that

39:28 ↗ information in our database as to what's

39:31 ↗ driving it so certainly identifying

39:34 ↗ kovat 19 driven shocks it's something we

39:43 ↗ can Catholic in to or our database and

39:45 ↗ set up for us to sort on that on that

39:49 ↗ field so the reporting to the city will

39:52 ↗ be a little more onerous time-consuming

39:56 ↗ but it's it's doable

40:01 ↗ customer accounts present hands is that

40:04 ↗ answer your question yes thank you

40:06 ↗ great next I'm seeing a question from

40:10 ↗ councilmember D Michelle I thank you

40:14 ↗ this is councilmember T Michelle well

40:17 ↗ I'm wondering if you could walk

40:21 ↗ process of how we arrived at the figure

40:25 ↗ of $100,000 and we're going with this is

40:31 ↗ is $100,000 going to be enough I'm

40:35 ↗ looking at the numbers 218 and 122 the

40:41 ↗ last year and 36 and thinking now

40:46 ↗ hundred thousand isn't going to go very

40:48 ↗ far but if let's start with how did you

40:51 ↗ originally arrive at that number and

40:53 ↗ then did you think this is going to be

40:56 ↗ adequate thank you thanks city

40:59 ↗ administrator Bob quest since we're

41:04 ↗ about a week and a half or two weeks

41:07 ↗ into this you know the the the the

41:11 ↗ selection of the hundred thousand

41:13 ↗ dollars was a best guesstimate of a

41:17 ↗ significant amount of money that we

41:19 ↗ could put into the community but also

41:22 ↗ recognizing that we don't know the

41:24 ↗ fiscal impacts that Cova 90 is going to

41:27 ↗ mean to the city government or the city

41:29 ↗ of Issaquah we don't know if this is

41:32 ↗ sufficient or not sufficient but it

41:34 ↗ don't like the right amount to get

41:37 ↗ started to make at least some sort of

41:39 ↗ meaningful impact right away can I ask a

41:43 ↗ follow-up then sure councilmember G

41:45 ↗ Michelle so we talked about this before

41:49 ↗ and I so I just want to be clear that

41:53 ↗ yes it looks like we need additional

41:58 ↗ funds to need what I have a feeling it's

42:02 ↗ going to be an overwhelming number of

42:05 ↗ applicants will be able to visit this am

42:09 ↗ I correct in that administrative out

42:13 ↗ clip yes we will absolutely be able to

42:17 ↗ revisit this in the future I think

42:18 ↗ talking with members of the council

42:20 ↗ there's interest in doing other types of

42:22 ↗ programs again my recommendation to the

42:25 ↗ mayor and the City Council is that we

42:27 ↗ get a better sense of our fiscal

42:29 ↗ position before we would take on any

42:30 ↗ other and

42:32 ↗ and I agree with that thank you very

42:34 ↗ much thank you next question is

42:37 ↗ councilmember Walsh thank you this is

42:40 ↗ councilmember Walsh playing off of comes

42:44 ↗ from a bridge emissions question if we

42:48 ↗ as I would likely anticipate have more

42:53 ↗ applicants than the funding would allow

42:56 ↗ which if I calculate if somebody uses

42:58 ↗ the maximum three months at $500 each

43:02 ↗ that would be about 66 people that

43:05 ↗ shorter if they only go for one month

43:08 ↗ that would be about 200 people so if

43:10 ↗ you've got more applicants than you have

43:13 ↗ funding how do the providers choose or

43:16 ↗ prioritize who gets funded is it a

43:19 ↗ first-come first-serve most need hasn't

43:25 ↗ been served before how are those

43:26 ↗ decisions made so thank you for that

43:29 ↗ question mrs. Geary is in there let's

43:32 ↗ start with Laurie or Elaine from this

43:35 ↗ Community Services if you could unmute

43:37 ↗ and answer

43:39 ↗ hey this is Laurie and the answer is

43:42 ↗ first-come first-serve

43:45 ↗ so anything if we expense expend all of

43:49 ↗ our funds then we'll be come in and

43:52 ↗ asking for more thank you can I get Jim

43:56 ↗ to unmute and provide an answer for

43:59 ↗ victims of default certainly from stumps

44:03 ↗ were served for us but as we get down to

44:06 ↗ like weeks worth of funding a little

44:10 ↗ tighter and we call amongst the

44:13 ↗ volunteers and they may be some some

44:16 ↗ prioritization there but it's 90 percent

44:19 ↗ comes comfort sir thank you and Lucy

44:22 ↗ with hope like ours is first come first

44:27 ↗ serve we're going to be opening up

44:30 ↗ additional days as we look at our

44:33 ↗ funding rolling right now we have one

44:36 ↗ day

44:37 ↗ that for people to apply and it's

44:40 ↗ first-come first-serve on that day but

44:42 ↗ we're going to be opening up on a

44:45 ↗ rolling basis as we as we analyze the

44:47 ↗ need thank you

44:52 ↗ that was councilmember Walsh's question

44:54 ↗ did you get sufficient information yes

44:58 ↗ the only additional points I would her

45:01 ↗ question I would make is if we do

45:04 ↗ approve this of knowing that it is

45:06 ↗ first-come first-serve can we be able to

45:11 ↗ notify the community ahead of that

45:14 ↗ applicant period so that people have an

45:18 ↗ equal opportunity to apply for that

45:22 ↗ administrator broad clips yes our our

45:27 ↗ plan at this point is to make sure that

45:30 ↗ if the council approves us this evening

45:33 ↗ that we would start communicating the

45:34 ↗ availability of the funds immediately

45:38 ↗ Thank You councilmember Walsh since it

45:41 ↗ is your question yes thank you okay um

45:46 ↗ see administrative op Chris just wanted

45:50 ↗ you to clarify whether or not you if

45:54 ↗ there's any information out there at the

45:56 ↗ state level or the federal level right

45:57 ↗ now about where additional rental aids

46:00 ↗ might come from madam mayor members of

46:03 ↗ the council we did a scan at the end of

46:07 ↗ last week we're not able to identify

46:09 ↗ anything and I'm unaware of anything

46:11 ↗ that's occurred today okay thank you how

46:14 ↗ about a question next up from

46:16 ↗ councilmember murk thank you very merry

46:19 ↗ this is capsule number marks my question

46:21 ↗ is why are we why was the recommendation

46:26 ↗ 120% why is 80% potential alternate I

46:31 ↗ would imagine that the lower the number

46:34 ↗ we use the well actually I don't know

46:38 ↗ what why by 120% thanks

46:44 ↗ oh sorry city administrator ball quits

46:51 ↗ yes thank you madam mayor council

46:53 ↗ governor marks as we were putting this

46:56 ↗ together the direction that we received

46:58 ↗ was to create a broader program as

47:01 ↗ possible so we chose the high number of

47:05 ↗ the ami in order to have the maximum

47:09 ↗ number of our presidents participate

47:12 ↗ clearly this is a policy decision

47:15 ↗ we provided the information to you in

47:17 ↗ the questions and answers of where other

47:20 ↗ percentages rank with annual income in

47:24 ↗ it the policy decisions again we're

47:27 ↗ dealing with a relatively short period

47:28 ↗ of time we wanted to give you the

47:32 ↗ broadest program possible and if the

47:34 ↗ council felt it was appropriate to to

47:37 ↗ tweak it then we wanted to give you that

47:39 ↗ ability but it did not come from the

47:43 ↗ providers that is correct it did not

47:47 ↗ come from providers thank you very much

47:50 ↗ Thank You councilmember Mara

47:52 ↗ next I have councilmember ring for that

47:56 ↗ comment and thank everybody on staff and

47:59 ↗ Wally for carrying this agenda bill

48:01 ↗ around so quickly it was kind of an

48:04 ↗ amazing piece of work would that again

48:06 ↗ just a couple of questions and then this

48:08 ↗ is going to build a little bit on

48:09 ↗ councilmember Marx's comment what are

48:12 ↗ the Kearney of my requirements for our

48:16 ↗ providers that are joining us in this

48:18 ↗ enterprise currently so thank you for

48:25 ↗ that question

48:25 ↗ now again go through the different lists

48:28 ↗ of our providers Jim from st. Vincent

48:32 ↗ DePaul to have some information for

48:35 ↗ councilmember ray we currently have a mi

48:42 ↗ threshold but if you were to ask me I'd

48:45 ↗ say you don't have anyone whose

48:48 ↗ approaches 100% of ami they're probably

48:51 ↗ in 70 Gaiden percent range from what

48:54 ↗ I've seen

48:56 ↗ Thank You Jen Lucy from hopefully could

49:00 ↗ you I'm you can provide please yes our

49:05 ↗ financial assistance currently is 200%

49:09 ↗ of the federal federal poverty level or

49:12 ↗ 50% AMI and as you get higher in the

49:17 ↗ number of members per household the

49:19 ↗ threshold shifts from 200% qualifying to

49:23 ↗ 50% qualifying so to keep it as open as

49:26 ↗ possible that's our current policy thank

49:30 ↗ you very much and Laurie with its

49:32 ↗ community services yes this is Laurie we

49:36 ↗ currently do not have an ami level

49:39 ↗ however we do operate at pretty much

49:42 ↗ below the 80% and my left level thank

49:48 ↗ you where we talk about the eligibility

50:02 ↗ for up to 3 months and $500 over a

50:06 ↗ 12-month period I'm curious I mean I saw

50:09 ↗ you respond so we could set that

50:10 ↗ threshold and whatever we wanted to but

50:13 ↗ I'm curious why we picked a 12-month

50:14 ↗ threshold are we thinking this is a 12

50:17 ↗ month problem or what was the rationale

50:21 ↗ there straight about Chris and I'd like

50:27 ↗ to phone a friend Monica the gorilla who

50:31 ↗ is our from our Recreation Services

50:33 ↗ Department Monica could you talk a

50:35 ↗ little bit about that I believe it came

50:38 ↗ from looking at what our existing

50:41 ↗ program is is that correct yes so yes we

50:49 ↗ were trying to existing programs in

50:56 ↗ place

50:57 ↗ and organizations currently have the

51:02 ↗ possibility of helping residents twice

51:06 ↗ per year or once per year due to the

51:09 ↗ melt finding they don't have the

51:11 ↗ capacity to help residents multiple

51:14 ↗ times so we just put that church hold of

51:17 ↗ 12 months so basically knowing that our

51:20 ↗ fans were limited also we said that they

51:23 ↗ could help residents up to three months

51:25 ↗ within a 12-month period so the

51:28 ↗ expectation was not necessary that the

51:31 ↗ program will last 12 months but just to

51:33 ↗ put that in residence would be eligible

51:38 ↗ for it for about three months three

51:49 ↗ months program or is a 12-month program

51:51 ↗ but thank you for that clarification

51:55 ↗ councilmember we need you have an

51:56 ↗ additional question right now thank you

51:59 ↗ thank you I'm going to check in with

52:02 ↗ councilmember hall because we have

52:04 ↗ actually worked our way through most of

52:06 ↗ the council and just ask you to come off

52:09 ↗ mute and let us know if you have any

52:11 ↗ questions down all my questions because

52:18 ↗ people keep asking them for me that's

52:21 ↗ awesome they are asking some great

52:23 ↗ questions I would like to if there are a

52:29 ↗ number of questions at this point I'm

52:30 ↗ thanks city administrator and Monica for

52:33 ↗ the presentation I would like to check

52:35 ↗ in with council president hon I I just

52:38 ↗ keep I just thought I had another

52:39 ↗ question Mary oh sorry that didn't come

52:42 ↗ up yeah okay go ahead I can't remember

52:45 ↗ Goodman your question no jumpable member

52:47 ↗ Goodman here so I started off with a

52:51 ↗ question about mortgage assistance and I

52:53 ↗ heard from council administrator about

52:56 ↗ Kuwait's and that's why I was wondering

52:57 ↗ if I could hear from the providers about

53:00 ↗ the what we heard during the

53:04 ↗ presentation was that I believe there

53:07 ↗ were at least a couple who haven't

53:09 ↗ or don't provide mortgage assistance or

53:11 ↗ haven't provided mortgage assistance so

53:13 ↗ they're gonna hear from the providers

53:15 ↗ about what their thoughts are about

53:19 ↗ including mortgage assistance in mrs.

53:23 ↗ money thank you I will work through the

53:27 ↗ list again and if we can have Lucy with

53:32 ↗ Oakland unmute and provide some

53:33 ↗ information yeah so we currently do not

53:38 ↗ provide mortgage assistance a lot of

53:40 ↗ that was routed at one point and in

53:42 ↗ federal funding just did not allow

53:47 ↗ direct assistance to go towards assets

53:50 ↗ and so depending on what funding source

53:53 ↗ agencies had it could not go towards

53:56 ↗ mortgage payments or car payments for

53:58 ↗ example at Hope link we made workaround

54:01 ↗ by raising our own funds and applying

54:03 ↗ them to financial assistance for our

54:05 ↗ flexible financial assistance programs

54:08 ↗ but we have not had mortgage payments at

54:10 ↗ this time I will say from previous

54:13 ↗ agencies that I've worked at providing

54:15 ↗ rental assistance in other states the

54:19 ↗ documentation process and pledge process

54:22 ↗ with mortgage servicers it's much more

54:24 ↗ complicated from a service standpoint

54:27 ↗ and also typically you also want to

54:32 ↗ connect a person who's at risk with

54:35 ↗ mortgages to different service providers

54:37 ↗ HUD approved housing counselors are

54:41 ↗ really the best resource for that time

54:43 ↗ and that is a certification process and

54:46 ↗ they work with the clients to work with

54:48 ↗ their servicers and so it's kind of a

54:51 ↗ both divide and conquer mentality of

54:54 ↗ let's get them so the programs that will

54:56 ↗ be most efficient and most knowledgeable

54:59 ↗ to support them and also knowing with

55:02 ↗ various funders the restrictions on

55:05 ↗ asset payments and and and the

55:10 ↗ difficulties on the service end with

55:12 ↗ payments to service providers so that's

55:15 ↗ that's where we are we're not ruling it

55:17 ↗ out with our flexible financial

55:18 ↗ assistance but

55:19 ↗ that's been the case this long Thank You

55:22 ↗ Lucy um can I get Laurie to come off

55:25 ↗ mute from it's about community services

55:27 ↗ the same question yes this is Laurie we

55:32 ↗ very rarely get a phone call for

55:35 ↗ mortgage assistance but we did have

55:38 ↗ three and total all of last year and I

55:40 ↗ think even left the year before it's

55:43 ↗ just very rare that a client comes and

55:45 ↗ asks for mortgage assistance we handle

55:48 ↗ them exactly like our clients for rent

55:52 ↗ assistance we work with the banker and

55:55 ↗ and the client and we just do the same

56:00 ↗ thing we find out what their late

56:02 ↗ payment is how much they owe and then we

56:05 ↗ work with a client to understand you

56:07 ↗ know their circumstances then we approve

56:11 ↗ it and we stand our check directly to

56:14 ↗ the bank thank you and can I get Jim

56:19 ↗ from stinkin Santa Paul to come off me

56:20 ↗ and answer the question yeah so very

56:26 ↗ similar to ICS very rarely do we get

56:30 ↗ requests but it on a case by case basis

56:33 ↗ we we may approve them I've been doing

56:35 ↗ this for about that's covered three

56:38 ↗ fiscal years I've seen four instances of

56:42 ↗ mortgage payments to the tune of about a

56:45 ↗ thousand dollars maybe twelve hundred

56:48 ↗ out of roughly a hundred and eighty

56:50 ↗ thousand dollars over those three years

56:52 ↗ one hundred ninety thousand so it's uh

56:54 ↗ we do but the very small percentage of

56:57 ↗ our of our annual expenditures

57:01 ↗ thank you councilmember Goodman

57:04 ↗ are you satisfied or do you need more

57:06 ↗ information I am thank you very much for

57:08 ↗ all of your responses I appreciate the

57:10 ↗ information

57:10 ↗ Thank You councilmember Goodman I have

57:13 ↗ another question from councilmember ray

57:15 ↗ hi councilmember right here this is a

57:19 ↗ question for our partners again feel

57:22 ↗ like we're picking on you guys

57:25 ↗ with the responsibility for managing the

57:30 ↗ distribution of these emergency funds is

57:33 ↗ it reasonable for us to expect that

57:35 ↗ you'd have some overhead associated with

57:37 ↗ the managing of the additions to your

57:40 ↗ brand thing I guess I'm open to old and

57:45 ↗ probably shouldn't go to direct service

57:47 ↗ that there should be some reckon

57:49 ↗ realization that you all have overheads

57:53 ↗ that you have to cover to deliver these

58:00 ↗ services for us boss Thank You

58:04 ↗ councilmember ray can we have a jam from

58:06 ↗ st. Vincent DePaul first yeah Jim here

58:10 ↗ so yeah huge over that word about the

58:13 ↗ Bison were stamps and a couple envelopes

58:20 ↗ let's get Laurie from mr. community

58:24 ↗ services yes Laurie here I have where

58:27 ↗ the famous Jim or a hundred percent

58:29 ↗ volunteer and we the only expenses we

58:34 ↗ would have would be the envelopes and

58:36 ↗ spent so we'll go to Lucy and I'm

58:39 ↗ thinking we're probably going to get the

58:40 ↗ same answer yeah we are we are budgeted

58:44 ↗ for our staffing where we're putting in

58:46 ↗ lots of extra time and elbow grease but

58:49 ↗ we want we want all of these funds to go

58:51 ↗ source direct assistance great thank you

58:54 ↗ all for that

58:55 ↗ Thank You councilmember ray at this

58:58 ↗ point in time I am not seeing any other

59:01 ↗ questions showing up on the monitor that

59:03 ↗ doesn't mean there will be some

59:05 ↗ additional questions but I'm going to

59:07 ↗ move to invading council president hunts

59:12 ↗ to provide any feedback on what public

59:17 ↗ comments or public information might

59:19 ↗ have been submitted to Council this week

59:21 ↗ for consideration on this item

59:22 ↗ council president hunt yes thank you

59:25 ↗ this is council president hunt so first

59:28 ↗ I wanted to make it clear that these are

59:31 ↗ not my

59:31 ↗ comments these are a summary of comments

59:34 ↗ that we've received as the City Council

59:36 ↗ by email and I'm going to do my best to

59:39 ↗ summarize them without reading the whole

59:42 ↗ email and identify who sent us the

59:45 ↗ messages and this is because right now

59:49 ↗ we are currently encouraging community

59:51 ↗ members that have comments to email us

59:54 ↗ and we are not accepting public comments

59:57 ↗ because of the köppen 19 sublet house

59:59 ↗ recommendations so the first comment

1:00:02 ↗ that we received on this agenda item is

1:00:04 ↗ from Steve Pereira and he he commented

1:00:09 ↗ that he likes the compassionate response

1:00:11 ↗ to need and he likes that we used a

1:00:14 ↗ recommended list of service providers

1:00:15 ↗ with local knowledge and local

1:00:17 ↗ connections he thought it should be

1:00:20 ↗ restricted to its acquire residents and

1:00:22 ↗ would limit the eligibility to 80% ami

1:00:26 ↗ and he had questions about how far into

1:00:30 ↗ the crisis we are and questions about

1:00:33 ↗ how we are doing long term planning for

1:00:35 ↗ a need we also received a email from

1:00:39 ↗ Elizabeth pen she wrote to us as a

1:00:41 ↗ former member of the Human Services

1:00:43 ↗ Commission and she wrote about the

1:00:46 ↗ ongoing need for affordable housing and

1:00:50 ↗ she also wrote about she also suggested

1:00:56 ↗ starting with 80% of AMI and below and

1:01:00 ↗ she wrote and I will read one quote just

1:01:04 ↗ so it's correctly in the record she

1:01:06 ↗ wrote those landlords sure fortunate

1:01:08 ↗ enough to be in the average or above

1:01:09 ↗ average am I need to share some of the

1:01:12 ↗ responsibility for this crisis if rents

1:01:14 ↗ are not reduced we will see a huge surge

1:01:16 ↗ in homelessness as soon as evictions are

1:01:18 ↗ allowed for non-payment of rent end

1:01:20 ↗ quote

1:01:21 ↗ she also said that this sort of

1:01:24 ↗ assistance will ease the pinch for a

1:01:27 ↗ moment but does not address the root of

1:01:29 ↗ the inequities and then lastly we

1:01:31 ↗ received a letter from right Nowell an

1:01:34 ↗ attorney of personal

1:01:36 ↗ and he wrote to us as the incoming chair

1:01:39 ↗ of the Chamber of Commerce his email was

1:01:42 ↗ not specific to this agenda bill but it

1:01:44 ↗ was more broadly about the response of

1:01:46 ↗ the city to Kovan 19 he expressed

1:01:49 ↗ concerns for businesses and for the city

1:01:52 ↗ to support businesses and business

1:01:54 ↗ recovery and then most relevant to this

1:01:57 ↗ agenda bill he did provide the following

1:01:59 ↗ thoughts on landlords he said many

1:02:03 ↗ landlords have mortgages to pay and

1:02:05 ↗ expenses associated with owning a rental

1:02:07 ↗ that they have to pay they are a

1:02:09 ↗ business just like a local rental local

1:02:11 ↗ retail store and shifting shifting the

1:02:14 ↗ burden to landlords puts them in a place

1:02:16 ↗ where they will be in defaulting on

1:02:17 ↗ loans etc so he said we should wait ere

1:02:20 ↗ Filiz doing anything that will shift

1:02:21 ↗ financial burden to landlords and that

1:02:24 ↗ concludes the public comments that we

1:02:25 ↗ received relevant to this item Thank You

1:02:29 ↗ council president on and as you said

1:02:31 ↗ those were received by all council via

1:02:33 ↗ email this week before the next part of

1:02:38 ↗ if there are no follow-up questions and

1:02:40 ↗ I'm not seeing any right now on the list

1:02:42 ↗ the next option would be for someone on

1:02:45 ↗ council to make a motion based on the

1:02:48 ↗ conversation I have heard and the

1:02:50 ↗ questions that you've asked it seems

1:02:52 ↗ that there are some policy issues that

1:02:53 ↗ you may want to consider after you have

1:02:56 ↗ put a motion on the table there is a

1:02:59 ↗ discussion of rent versus mortgage level

1:03:02 ↗ of affordability a question about a

1:03:05 ↗ three-month window of payments within a

1:03:09 ↗ 12-month period and also I know there

1:03:12 ↗ was some questions off earlier today

1:03:17 ↗ about additional reporting requirements

1:03:20 ↗ so what I would like you to do is after

1:03:23 ↗ the main motion is on the table if you

1:03:24 ↗ can indicate to me in the comment bar if

1:03:28 ↗ you would like to make an amendment to

1:03:30 ↗ the motion will follow through those in

1:03:33 ↗ order as they're received so first would

1:03:36 ↗ somebody be prepared to make a motion I

1:03:40 ↗ would like to make a motion this is

1:03:42 ↗ council president Hank

1:03:44 ↗ great and I'm looking for a second good

1:03:52 ↗ Chris Rea I will second done thank you

1:03:56 ↗ Thank You councilmember a so it has been

1:03:58 ↗ moved and seconded and there is the

1:04:01 ↗ motion on the table to learn sorry if

1:04:05 ↗ you want me to read the motion sure that

1:04:08 ↗ would be great that huh okay I would I

1:04:13 ↗ moved to establish the Issaquah rental

1:04:16 ↗ and mortgage emergency assistance

1:04:17 ↗ program and authorize funding of

1:04:20 ↗ $100,000 for those affected by the

1:04:22 ↗ koba's 19 crisis of the outlines in AD

1:04:24 ↗ seven nine four eight and authorize the

1:04:28 ↗ mayor to enter into and execute contract

1:04:30 ↗ amendments with Issaquah Community

1:04:32 ↗ Services st. Vincent DePaul st. Joseph

1:04:35 ↗ conference if the class and hope link to

1:04:38 ↗ provide these emergency funds and

1:04:40 ↗ authorize the finance director to

1:04:42 ↗ include $100,000 from the general fund

1:04:45 ↗ in a subsequent 2020 budget amendment

1:04:49 ↗ Thank You council president is there a

1:04:51 ↗ second second this is per spray

1:04:55 ↗ Thank You councilmember ray I have

1:05:00 ↗ councilmember Goodman wishing to make an

1:05:03 ↗ amendment councilmember Goodman

1:05:06 ↗ councilmember Goodman here thank you

1:05:08 ↗ I would like to make an amendment and

1:05:11 ↗ the proposed amendment is that it's

1:05:13 ↗ limited to rental assistance not

1:05:16 ↗ mortgage assistance at this time is

1:05:20 ↗ there a second

1:05:23 ↗ this is council president Heinz Iowa

1:05:26 ↗ second

1:05:27 ↗ thank you for discussion we will start

1:05:32 ↗ off with the vision maker councilmember

1:05:34 ↗ Goodman would you like to speak to

1:05:35 ↗ dimension sure Thank You councilmember

1:05:40 ↗ Goodman here so I made the motion to

1:05:45 ↗ amend for a couple of reasons one is

1:05:51 ↗ that

1:05:52 ↗ for folks who own a home as we heard

1:05:55 ↗ from the service providers that's

1:05:56 ↗ considered an asset it's a fairly

1:05:58 ↗ significant asset and there certainly

1:06:03 ↗ are more resources for most people who

1:06:06 ↗ own homes who may find themselves in

1:06:10 ↗ some financially challenging times such

1:06:12 ↗ as they'll have equity in a home they

1:06:15 ↗ might have an ongoing line of credit or

1:06:17 ↗ equity line of credit they could also

1:06:20 ↗ get help from their lender I'm I'm quite

1:06:24 ↗ sure that the lenders are going to be

1:06:27 ↗ stepping up here to help the last thing

1:06:29 ↗ that they want right now is a flood of

1:06:31 ↗ foreclosures which would take several

1:06:34 ↗ months to get to that position anyway

1:06:36 ↗ where they were before closing but I

1:06:37 ↗ think there are a lot of options and

1:06:39 ↗ programs that are available for for

1:06:42 ↗ folks who have mortgages and I really

1:06:44 ↗ think that those should be exhausted

1:06:46 ↗ first as indicated people with homes

1:06:50 ↗ generally tend to have more assets the

1:06:53 ↗ city I think needs to be concerned about

1:06:55 ↗ its own financial health as well at this

1:06:57 ↗ point we're at the beginning really the

1:06:59 ↗ beginning of this and so I think we

1:07:02 ↗ should probably move I don't think I

1:07:08 ↗ don't want to say slowly I just think we

1:07:10 ↗ need to move prudently and be careful

1:07:12 ↗ about what resources particularly cash

1:07:17 ↗ we we put out there right now certainly

1:07:20 ↗ random rental assistance makes sense I'm

1:07:23 ↗ not sure at this point that that

1:07:25 ↗ mortgage assistance makes sense we can

1:07:28 ↗ always revisit we also heard from the

1:07:31 ↗ service providers that it's extremely

1:07:33 ↗ rare for folks he need mortgage

1:07:36 ↗ assistance so could there be more than

1:07:39 ↗ that in a normal last three or four

1:07:41 ↗ years years when we've had a really

1:07:42 ↗ really good economy certainly but I

1:07:45 ↗ think the vast majority of people who

1:07:47 ↗ are going to be calling the provider

1:07:49 ↗ service providers are going to need

1:07:50 ↗ rental assistance so that's the reason

1:07:52 ↗ that I made the motion thank you I am

1:07:54 ↗ going to do to council president hunt

1:07:57 ↗ for a comment

1:07:58 ↗ and I would like council members who had

1:08:00 ↗ wished to comment on this amendment to

1:08:03 ↗ send me a message that I can put you in

1:08:05 ↗ a queue Thanks council president hunt

1:08:08 ↗ yes this is council president hunt I I

1:08:12 ↗ will support this I think we are trying

1:08:14 ↗ right now to find a balance between

1:08:17 ↗ acting quickly and also addressing a

1:08:20 ↗ need that we don't yet know the full

1:08:22 ↗ scope of and so I think I think making

1:08:27 ↗ these sorts of adjustments and then

1:08:29 ↗ revisiting this pencil and assistance

1:08:34 ↗ programs like this I think it will be an

1:08:36 ↗ ongoing process but I'm supportive of

1:08:38 ↗ this amendment thank you very much

1:08:41 ↗ council member ring hi this is

1:08:43 ↗ councilmember Rey I also support this

1:08:47 ↗ amendment I continue to be very

1:08:51 ↗ supportive of the idea of providing

1:08:52 ↗ support but I also think we need to

1:08:55 ↗ temper that with the fact that we have

1:08:57 ↗ all sorts of financial obligations and

1:08:59 ↗ challenges on the future in the future

1:09:01 ↗ and on the horizon so this will take

1:09:04 ↗ care of the most important need and when

1:09:06 ↗ this bill was first contemplated we were

1:09:10 ↗ cashing in or taking advantage of the

1:09:11 ↗ fact that we as a city can move very

1:09:13 ↗ quickly and very nimbly to get something

1:09:16 ↗ out early in the program while we wait

1:09:18 ↗ for other sources to come through so

1:09:20 ↗ this really focuses on us meeting those

1:09:23 ↗ with the greatest needs in doing it in

1:09:24 ↗ the most expeditious manner possible

1:09:28 ↗ thank you I am going to check with

1:09:31 ↗ council members who have not commented

1:09:33 ↗ and if you are not going to comment that

1:09:36 ↗ it's fine

1:09:37 ↗ you can justify by saying no comment

1:09:40 ↗ council member Hall thank you yeah this

1:09:45 ↗ is a poll I'll be supporting this

1:09:49 ↗ amendment I was convinced by

1:09:52 ↗ councilmember Goodman and the others who

1:09:56 ↗ spoke in favor of it I agree that alone

1:09:58 ↗ I really probably wouldn't be sporting

1:10:00 ↗ this if lenders weren't in a position

1:10:02 ↗ where supporting their borrowers

1:10:04 ↗ wouldn't be good for business which I

1:10:06 ↗ agree that they are in that position and

1:10:10 ↗ thankfully the Department of Financial

1:10:12 ↗ Institutions for our state issued new

1:10:14 ↗ guidance to two lenders as well to

1:10:17 ↗ provide relief for mortgage borrowers so

1:10:19 ↗ I see a path here that doesn't exist for

1:10:24 ↗ renters and present that presents the

1:10:27 ↗ city miss bajas with an opportunity to

1:10:30 ↗ fill in the gap so yeah I'll be

1:10:32 ↗ supporting this amendment thank you I

1:10:35 ↗ have seen through messenger that

1:10:37 ↗ councilmembers Mark Walsh and D Michelle

1:10:40 ↗ have no comment if there is no

1:10:42 ↗ additional comment I'll call for the

1:10:44 ↗ vote on the amendment which is to limit

1:10:47 ↗ the program to rental all those in favor

1:10:51 ↗ of limiting the assistance program to

1:10:53 ↗ rental so this is awkward I guess we're

1:10:57 ↗ doing a rope over here we go we'll do a

1:11:00 ↗ real call vote near Poly's this is this

1:11:04 ↗ is tisha I'm happy to do the roll call

1:11:06 ↗ vote thank you very much

1:11:09 ↗ all right so I'll read your name and

1:11:12 ↗ please respond with I or nay

1:11:14 ↗ councilmember D Michelle all right

1:11:17 ↗ councilmember Goodman aye

1:11:21 ↗ councilmember Hall aye

1:11:24 ↗ council president hunt aye

1:11:28 ↗ councilmember marks aye

1:11:32 ↗ deputy council president ray

1:11:36 ↗ councilmember Walsh I got seven eyes

1:11:40 ↗ zero knees

1:11:42 ↗ thank you you know I understand the

1:11:47 ↗ council president hunt has an amendment

1:11:49 ↗ to propose some present huh yes this is

1:11:55 ↗ council president hunt I moved to amend

1:11:59 ↗ the program's eligibility criteria to be

1:12:01 ↗ residents of Issaquah meeting income

1:12:04 ↗ requirements at or below 80% of the area

1:12:06 ↗ median income who needs temporary

1:12:08 ↗ financial assistance resulting from

1:12:10 ↗ financial hardship due to the koban 19

1:12:13 ↗ crisis

1:12:15 ↗ thank you I'll be looking for a second

1:12:19 ↗ and if you can do it by message then I

1:12:21 ↗ will call your name and we'll do it on

1:12:23 ↗ audio councilmember Goodman helping them

1:12:29 ↗ occur to me here I second the motion

1:12:31 ↗ Thank You president Hutton would you

1:12:34 ↗ like to speak to the ocean yes thank you

1:12:37 ↗ this is council president Hines

1:12:38 ↗ I made this motion somewhat along the

1:12:44 ↗ same lines as the amendment that

1:12:47 ↗ councilmember Goodman made I think that

1:12:49 ↗ we need to be very careful about the use

1:12:53 ↗ of funds were at the very beginning of

1:12:56 ↗ addressing this Cove is 19 crisis and

1:12:59 ↗ ice and we don't yet know the expense of

1:13:02 ↗ what will be needed and I think that

1:13:04 ↗ making the eligibility for those that

1:13:09 ↗ are most vulnerable right now and most

1:13:11 ↗ needed of assistance makes sense this is

1:13:13 ↗ the first effort like this that we're

1:13:15 ↗ doing we can adjust with time I also am

1:13:19 ↗ going to be making a motion about

1:13:21 ↗ reporting and I think we'll learn a lot

1:13:23 ↗ as we proceed with this but for now I

1:13:27 ↗ think it's important that we restrict

1:13:29 ↗ the funding so that it goes further and

1:13:32 ↗ that addresses the most dire needs and

1:13:35 ↗ then also the other part of this is that

1:13:39 ↗ it adds the it adds the wording about

1:13:43 ↗ financial hardships due to the Cova 19

1:13:46 ↗ crisis because I think in keeping with

1:13:48 ↗ the intents of this emergency assistance

1:13:50 ↗ we should specify that that's really

1:13:52 ↗ what this is for

1:13:54 ↗ Thank You councilmember Goodman would

1:13:57 ↗ you like to come at the only comment I

1:14:02 ↗ have as I support changing the MA 80%

1:14:06 ↗ thing thank you and councilmember Dee

1:14:08 ↗ Michelle Jim comment I feel like I

1:14:15 ↗ support I support the amendment

1:14:18 ↗ thank you very much council member ray

1:14:23 ↗ I think that's right I think this oh

1:14:26 ↗ this is crazy I think this amendment

1:14:28 ↗ makes a lot of sense we're trying to do

1:14:31 ↗ the most good for the people with the

1:14:33 ↗ greatest need and I think by focusing

1:14:35 ↗ below 80% ami it really helps us to

1:14:38 ↗ focus on those with the greatest need

1:14:40 ↗ also in listening to our partners this

1:14:43 ↗ is a population that they're currently

1:14:45 ↗ serving and so it makes it easier for

1:14:47 ↗ them to have a consistent set of

1:14:50 ↗ eligibility standards for all the

1:14:54 ↗ support that they're giving I think this

1:14:55 ↗ makes a lot of sense thank you very much

1:14:58 ↗ I have councilmember mark balls and Hall

1:15:02 ↗ not commenting at this time so if there

1:15:05 ↗ is no additional discussion we'll do a

1:15:08 ↗ roll call vote on this amendment which

1:15:11 ↗ is to limit the income requirements to

1:15:16 ↗ at or below 80% p.m. councilmember dee

1:15:21 ↗ Michelle aye

1:15:24 ↗ councilmember Goodman aye

1:15:27 ↗ councilmember Hall council president

1:15:32 ↗ hunt

1:15:32 ↗ aye councilmember marks aye

1:15:37 ↗ deputy council president ray all right

1:15:41 ↗ councilmember Walsh

1:15:42 ↗ aye that 7i 0 nays oh thank you tisha

1:15:48 ↗ the amendment passes

1:15:50 ↗ I understand council president hunt has

1:15:54 ↗ another proposed amendment yes hello

1:15:59 ↗ this is council president hon I move

1:16:03 ↗ that we add the following reporting

1:16:05 ↗ requirements to the program the City

1:16:07 ↗ Council will receive a report

1:16:08 ↗ summarizing invoices received once 50%

1:16:11 ↗ of the funding has been distributed this

1:16:14 ↗ report will provide the metrics

1:16:15 ↗ identified in the contract requirement

1:16:17 ↗ section of 87 nine four eight as well as

1:16:20 ↗ information about the ways the funding

1:16:22 ↗ needs were connected with the coab is 19

1:16:24 ↗ crisis

1:16:26 ↗ is there a second

1:16:38 ↗ I have several okay councilmember

1:16:46 ↗ Goodman has seconded

1:16:48 ↗ council president huh would you like to

1:16:50 ↗ speak to the motion excuse me can we

1:16:52 ↗ have the second on on the speaker please

1:16:56 ↗ yeah sure councilmember Goodman on audio

1:16:59 ↗ yes councilmember Goodman here I second

1:17:02 ↗ the motion

1:17:03 ↗ thank you very much council president

1:17:09 ↗ yes this is council president hence this

1:17:11 ↗ motion I the intent of this motion is

1:17:14 ↗ that council would receive and the city

1:17:16 ↗ would receive more information about the

1:17:19 ↗ rate at which this money is being spent

1:17:21 ↗ as I spoke earlier we are at the

1:17:26 ↗ beginning of addressing this crisis and

1:17:28 ↗ we don't know how fast this funding will

1:17:31 ↗ be used we don't yet know the extensive

1:17:33 ↗ need so the intent of this motion is to

1:17:35 ↗ get some information about that and also

1:17:37 ↗ to get some information about how the

1:17:41 ↗ financial hardship is being experienced

1:17:43 ↗ in the community is connected with the

1:17:44 ↗ coab in 19 crisis so that we can better

1:17:46 ↗ address address those needs going

1:17:49 ↗ forward and I appreciate hearing from

1:17:52 ↗ the providers about how they are already

1:17:55 ↗ collecting information that will help us

1:17:57 ↗ help us better understand the crisis and

1:18:01 ↗ so I think that that is very important

1:18:05 ↗ for us to receive that information Thank

1:18:08 ↗ You council president councilmember Hall

1:18:11 ↗ would like to comment thank you

1:18:16 ↗ yes this is a call I'm very supportive

1:18:18 ↗ one of the difficult parts about this

1:18:23 ↗ agenda bill was operating without really

1:18:26 ↗ having a whole lot of information about

1:18:28 ↗ the need that's out there in a small

1:18:30 ↗ community because we want to be quick

1:18:32 ↗ and we want to make sure that we're

1:18:33 ↗ covering people who need it right away

1:18:34 ↗ and as they're facing crisis so I see

1:18:38 ↗ this these reporting requirements help

1:18:42 ↗ us identify that need you know it helps

1:18:44 ↗ us pay a data story about whether or not

1:18:46 ↗ we need to allocate further

1:18:49 ↗ since online or even how we can help

1:18:51 ↗ tell this story to state and federal

1:18:54 ↗ government as we we as a city asks for

1:18:57 ↗ assistance in supporting our residents

1:19:00 ↗ so I think that there are a lot of

1:19:03 ↗ different ways why this amendment makes

1:19:05 ↗ sense and I'm very much supporting it

1:19:09 ↗ thank you very much I am seeing that

1:19:13 ↗ councilmember Walsh has no comment and

1:19:15 ↗ I'm not seeing any other councilmembers

1:19:17 ↗ who are wishing to make comments at this

1:19:19 ↗ time

1:19:19 ↗ the amendment to the motion is to

1:19:23 ↗ include additional reporting

1:19:26 ↗ requirements all those in favor

1:19:28 ↗ sorry mister can we take a roll call yes

1:19:32 ↗ councilmember dee Michelle aye

1:19:36 ↗ councilmember Goodman aye

1:19:40 ↗ councilmember Hall High Council

1:19:43 ↗ president hunt I'm sorry guys thank you

1:19:47 ↗ count

1:19:47 ↗ councilmember marks hi deputy council

1:19:52 ↗ president ray all right

1:19:54 ↗ councilmember Walsh I got seven eyes

1:19:59 ↗ zero nays

1:20:01 ↗ thank you very much pizza yeah there any

1:20:04 ↗ other amendments to the motion that give

1:20:08 ↗ you a few seconds to think it over

1:20:12 ↗ during that time I have a question for

1:20:14 ↗ our city clerk the motion that I have

1:20:17 ↗ before me has had several approved

1:20:19 ↗ amendments and I would like to try out a

1:20:22 ↗ draft of a new motion if that is

1:20:26 ↗ appropriate adding in with income

1:20:29 ↗ requirements at or below 80% and with

1:20:32 ↗ additional reporting requirements as

1:20:33 ↗ amended is that an appropriate thing to

1:20:35 ↗ do mayor Polly this is tisha my

1:20:39 ↗ recommendation would be to when you read

1:20:42 ↗ the motion again to remove the reference

1:20:44 ↗ to ant mortgage in the program name and

1:20:48 ↗ then in the end identify as outlined in

1:20:51 ↗ 87 948 and as amended and I think that

1:20:55 ↗ would be sufficient

1:20:57 ↗ okay perfect thank you very much not

1:21:00 ↗ seeing anybody ring in with additional

1:21:02 ↗ amendments the motion before council is

1:21:06 ↗ to establish the Issaquah rental

1:21:08 ↗ emergency assistance program and

1:21:10 ↗ authorize funding of $100,000 for those

1:21:13 ↗ affected by uncommon late teen crisis as

1:21:16 ↗ outlined in a be seven nine four eight

1:21:18 ↗ and as amended Oh Tish echo with your

1:21:23 ↗ roll call vote please yes then just as

1:21:28 ↗ clarify the items two and three as part

1:21:32 ↗ of the motion there oh yes and also also

1:21:38 ↗ the authorized are there to enter into

1:21:40 ↗ and execute contract amendments with is

1:21:43 ↗ Community Services Vincent DePaul st.

1:21:46 ↗ Joseph's conferences to go out and

1:21:48 ↗ hopefully to provide these emergency

1:21:50 ↗ funds and Joe authorize the finance

1:21:52 ↗ director to include $100,000 from the

1:21:55 ↗ general fund in a subsequent 2020 budget

1:21:57 ↗ amendment and it has been a 2020 budget

1:22:02 ↗ amendment Thank You tisha

1:22:04 ↗ yes councilman birdy michelle maher

1:22:08 ↗ sorry this is temperament yes I'm sorry

1:22:13 ↗ mayor Polly would you would you

1:22:16 ↗ entertain comments on the general motion

1:22:18 ↗ before we take them both I think that's

1:22:22 ↗ fine if you don't think it reflects the

1:22:24 ↗ council's intent council rather than huh

1:22:29 ↗ no so I I've just seen that there are

1:22:31 ↗ several people wishing to comments in

1:22:33 ↗ the chat box

1:22:33 ↗ ah and Here I am with my head down

1:22:36 ↗ reading okay one second Thanks yes so we

1:22:44 ↗ do have council members who would like

1:22:46 ↗ to talk before the vote and we'll start

1:22:48 ↗ with councilmember marks thank you madam

1:22:52 ↗ mayor I am very proud to be supporting

1:22:56 ↗ this bill this evening I think the

1:22:58 ↗ timing couldn't have been more critical

1:23:01 ↗ I think that as we as the decisions of

1:23:06 ↗ the state level have occurred to see

1:23:09 ↗ they're necessary and prudent but we'll

1:23:12 ↗ create quite a bit of hardship and

1:23:15 ↗ challenge in our community as we as we

1:23:19 ↗ do what has to be done to fight this

1:23:21 ↗ disease and so I'm glad that we are able

1:23:25 ↗ to partner with organizations in the

1:23:29 ↗ community that know our community so

1:23:31 ↗ well and to provide a measure of support

1:23:35 ↗ and sustenance to to folks in need in

1:23:40 ↗ our community I believe there will be

1:23:42 ↗ other opportunities going forward both

1:23:45 ↗ monetary and organizationally it's tried

1:23:49 ↗ to ease this burden in our community

1:23:51 ↗ which I consider to be sort of the

1:23:53 ↗ highest calling that that I've had in 10

1:23:57 ↗ and a half years on council so a big

1:23:59 ↗ thumbs up for this and thank you to the

1:24:01 ↗ staff for putting this together and

1:24:03 ↗ putting together the community support

1:24:07 ↗ that allowed us to get additional

1:24:08 ↗ information and craft a better bill this

1:24:10 ↗ evening thank you take a councilmember

1:24:12 ↗ Murray I can't remember Walsh thank you

1:24:16 ↗ this is councilmember Walsh I am

1:24:19 ↗ supporting this because I think it's a

1:24:24 ↗ fantastic way for us to be as responsive

1:24:28 ↗ and quickly address some of the needs

1:24:31 ↗ that we are obviously singing on they

1:24:35 ↗ media realm I am concerned that this is

1:24:38 ↗ going to be a drop in the bucket I'm

1:24:40 ↗ also concerned that we as a city need to

1:24:45 ↗ make sure that our financial house is in

1:24:48 ↗ order so I appreciate that we have

1:24:50 ↗ started small until we understand what

1:24:54 ↗ that picture is that gosh I I I really

1:25:00 ↗ hope we can make as big of a difference

1:25:03 ↗ as we can as quickly as possible thank

1:25:07 ↗ you Thank You councilmember Welch

1:25:09 ↗ council members e Michelle hi this is

1:25:13 ↗ Barbara D shell I want to thank our

1:25:17 ↗ partners so much hope Lincoln it's a

1:25:20 ↗ quick community services

1:25:21 ↗ and DePaul I think this situation

1:25:25 ↗ illustrates how important it is for a

1:25:30 ↗ community to have a vibrant nonprofit

1:25:32 ↗ and human service infrastructure the

1:25:36 ↗ fact that we were able to put this

1:25:37 ↗ program together in response to this

1:25:40 ↗ crisis so quickly and with the help of

1:25:44 ↗ city staff and also many things to

1:25:48 ↗ council leadership for bringing this

1:25:50 ↗ forward and so I can't thank everybody

1:25:54 ↗ enough but I mean I think I think I just

1:25:57 ↗ had pointed out that if we didn't have

1:26:01 ↗ these organizations in place in Issaquah

1:26:03 ↗ we wouldn't be able to do that they are

1:26:05 ↗ there and we're able to access them and

1:26:08 ↗ I think it's really important let's

1:26:10 ↗ approach community Thank You deputy

1:26:14 ↗ council president brain I want to

1:26:16 ↗ amplify what councilmember Dee Michelle

1:26:20 ↗ said and that is we couldn't do this

1:26:22 ↗ without the excellent work of ICS st.

1:26:24 ↗ Vincent Paul and and hope link and

1:26:27 ↗ wanted to thank them for not only coming

1:26:33 ↗ together with us on this one but also

1:26:34 ↗ all the other services that they provide

1:26:36 ↗ to our community you're in a year out

1:26:39 ↗ the second comment I want to make is

1:26:41 ↗ this as councilmember Walsh pointed out

1:26:44 ↗ is a drop in a bucket that is going to

1:26:47 ↗ be quite large and we need to figure out

1:26:50 ↗ and partnering with state county and

1:26:52 ↗ federal agencies to ensure that we have

1:26:57 ↗ a safety net program in place because we

1:27:00 ↗ don't have the resources to do

1:27:03 ↗ everything that needs to be done and

1:27:04 ↗ we're gonna have to rely on our other

1:27:07 ↗ partners at the federal state and county

1:27:10 ↗ level to help us deliver here as well as

1:27:13 ↗ leaning on our great non not-for-profit

1:27:17 ↗ service providers who I know we're going

1:27:19 ↗ to be there for us Thank You deputy

1:27:22 ↗ council president I'm not seeing any

1:27:24 ↗ other comments this time Thank You

1:27:27 ↗ council president hunts for noticing

1:27:31 ↗ my head down reading at the time and

1:27:32 ↗ missed it I believe we'll go for the

1:27:35 ↗ roll call vote now on the main motion

1:27:39 ↗ councilmember Dee Michelle aye

1:27:43 ↗ councilmember Goodman aye councilmember

1:27:47 ↗ Hall council president hunt aye

1:27:53 ↗ councilmember Mertz aye

1:27:55 ↗ deputy council president ray

1:27:59 ↗ councilmember wash i 7i zero nays if you

1:28:06 ↗ say so that passes unanimously

1:28:08 ↗ thank you to staff thank you to service

1:28:11 ↗ providers for being with us this evening

1:28:13 ↗ and for council for all your great

1:28:16 ↗ questions we're going to be moving on to

1:28:17 ↗ the next item on our agenda this evening

1:28:19 ↗ items e temporary suspension of past

1:28:22 ↗ through carrying a fake charge and the

1:28:24 ↗ ask before you this evening is to adopt

1:28:26 ↗ the ordinance again I'd like to ask to

1:28:29 ↗ the administrator babka Wednesday

1:28:31 ↗ introduce this item and if

1:28:32 ↗ councilmembers completes hold your

1:28:34 ↗ questions until the end of the

1:28:35 ↗ presentation I would be appreciated

1:28:37 ↗ thank you madam mayor members of the

1:28:42 ↗ council chapter 8.05 of es communistical

1:28:45 ↗ code ribbits the use of disposable

1:28:47 ↗ plastic carry out shopping bags in the

1:28:49 ↗ city and requires retail establishments

1:28:52 ↗ to collect a pass-through charge of not

1:28:54 ↗ less than five cents for each recyclable

1:28:56 ↗ paper carry out bag provided to

1:28:58 ↗ customers in light of the proclamation

1:29:01 ↗ of the emergency that the mayor made on

1:29:04 ↗ March 6 but we were notified by stores

1:29:07 ↗ as well as the graters about Chamber of

1:29:09 ↗ Commerce that grocers and retailers had

1:29:12 ↗ suspended the use of custom provided

1:29:14 ↗ reusable bags in order to prevent

1:29:16 ↗ contact they could spread the Cova 19

1:29:18 ↗ virus the impact of this is the

1:29:20 ↗ customers who required to pay the city's

1:29:22 ↗ pastor charge for recycled paper carry

1:29:25 ↗ out backs in reviewing the ordinance as

1:29:28 ↗ well as discussion with the mayor staff

1:29:32 ↗ were proposed to the mayor that she

1:29:34 ↗ issue a proclamation of suspending the

1:29:37 ↗ charge of the fee which was done last

1:29:40 ↗ week in reviewing this with City

1:29:43 ↗ Attorney

1:29:44 ↗ he also recommended that the council

1:29:46 ↗ consider the ordinance before you to

1:29:49 ↗ suspend the collection of the fee for

1:29:52 ↗ the duration of the civil emergency that

1:29:55 ↗ was declared on March 6 so madam mayor

1:29:57 ↗ members of council we have the ordinance

1:29:59 ↗ before you happy to answer any questions

1:30:03 ↗ are there any questions from the council

1:30:05 ↗ members now give you a few seconds to

1:30:14 ↗ chime in

1:30:25 ↗ I am not seeing any is there a motion

1:30:31 ↗ could somebody indicate to me that they

1:30:34 ↗ would like to make a motion so I can

1:30:36 ↗ recognize you audibly council president

1:30:42 ↗ hunt yes this is council president hunt

1:30:48 ↗ I moved to it oh I moved to adopt

1:30:52 ↗ ordinance number 29 Oh for suspending

1:30:57 ↗ the pass-through charge on recycled

1:30:58 ↗ paper carry out bags imposed under IMC

1:31:01 ↗ 8.05 for the duration of the emergency

1:31:04 ↗ proclaimed by the mayor ratifying and

1:31:07 ↗ approving the mayor's actions and

1:31:09 ↗ suspending the charge retroactive to

1:31:11 ↗ march 19th 2020 declaring an emergency

1:31:14 ↗ and providing for an immediate effective

1:31:16 ↗ date

1:31:19 ↗ deputy council president Rea this is

1:31:21 ↗ Chris Wragge second of motion it's been

1:31:25 ↗ moved and seconded I know that there is

1:31:28 ↗ at least one potential amendment

1:31:30 ↗ councilmember T Michelle hello I would

1:31:35 ↗ like to offer an amendment to the

1:31:39 ↗ ordinance section 3 duration of

1:31:42 ↗ suspension I would like to add the words

1:31:45 ↗ at the end of the paragraph and which

1:31:48 ↗ would you like me to read the entire

1:31:50 ↗ paragraphs that may be helpful answer

1:31:54 ↗ variance you don't have the packet open

1:31:57 ↗ the paragraph reads the suspension

1:32:00 ↗ provided for in this ordinance shall

1:32:02 ↗ remain in effect for the duration of the

1:32:05 ↗ civil emergency proclaimed by me or

1:32:07 ↗ Polly on March 6 2020 and shall

1:32:10 ↗ terminate upon the termination of that

1:32:12 ↗ emergency Proclamation and I would like

1:32:14 ↗ to amend that to add or the second

1:32:18 ↗ council meeting on January 18 20 22

1:32:21 ↗ whichever comes first

1:32:23 ↗ and amendment is there a second

1:32:29 ↗ councilmember marks I would like to

1:32:32 ↗ second discount another marks the second

1:32:36 ↗ did come from every team saw would you

1:32:39 ↗ like to speak to your amendment let's

1:32:43 ↗ see just want to make sure I'm unmuted

1:32:45 ↗ here so for my point is cross-promotion

1:32:53 ↗ a breeze will bake so long let's attempt

1:32:55 ↗ to eliminate the use of plastic bags and

1:32:57 ↗ reduce the use of paper bags was a

1:33:00 ↗ really important measure for many

1:33:02 ↗ residents in Issaquah

1:33:04 ↗ I know it was part of the discussion and

1:33:07 ↗ I remember that the ordinance just a

1:33:09 ↗ long time to negotiate into its final

1:33:11 ↗ form and it took time for residents to

1:33:14 ↗ add brochures to accept the ordinance so

1:33:18 ↗ while it is completely understandable

1:33:20 ↗ that we are suspending the five cent

1:33:22 ↗ charge on paper base while we're

1:33:25 ↗ operating under emergency Proclamation

1:33:27 ↗ and a natural health directives I think

1:33:31 ↗ our community with bonnets to ensure

1:33:33 ↗ that the council will revisit that

1:33:35 ↗ suspension should the state of emergency

1:33:37 ↗ endure for an extended period I can

1:33:41 ↗ think of many good reasons what city

1:33:43 ↗ would maintain state of emergency

1:33:45 ↗ even after most businesses and agencies

1:33:48 ↗ have returned to normal operations the

1:33:52 ↗ economic social and operational impacts

1:33:55 ↗ of the tow business in crisis bucatini

1:33:57 ↗ for many months if not years and so my

1:34:02 ↗ worry is that this suspension meaning

1:34:05 ↗ the loss our communities will mentum on

1:34:07 ↗ an important environmental initiative by

1:34:11 ↗ making this amendment lotion I advised

1:34:16 ↗ the suggestiveness amendment I I was

1:34:22 ↗ trying to not get in the way of the

1:34:26 ↗ emergency Proclamation but instead

1:34:29 ↗ provided time for the council to review

1:34:32 ↗ and consider this if the emergency

1:34:37 ↗ Proclamation is extended for a long

1:34:41 ↗ period of time just to make sure that

1:34:43 ↗ the council has a chance there we do it

1:34:47 ↗ again terminates at suspension

1:34:50 ↗ we could use to continue the suspension

1:34:52 ↗ or review the program in its entirety

1:34:55 ↗ which was an option offered by one of

1:34:58 ↗ arts now correspondents but date of

1:35:01 ↗ January 18th 2022 is the date of the

1:35:04 ↗ Second Council meeting in January after

1:35:08 ↗ the next election and that's why I chose

1:35:10 ↗ that date and so that was my rationale

1:35:15 ↗ for proposing this amendment Thank You

1:35:17 ↗ councilmember David Shaw we have a

1:35:19 ↗ question from councilmember Goodman so

1:35:23 ↗ maybe this is a dumb question but that

1:35:25 ↗ civil emergency doesn't have a

1:35:30 ↗ termination date correct

1:35:32 ↗ it's how does that what's the procedure

1:35:35 ↗ for ending a civil emergency 30 minutes

1:35:40 ↗ 30 pop quiz remembers the council the

1:35:45 ↗ the mayor would make a similar

1:35:48 ↗ proclamation determining that the

1:35:50 ↗ emergency has passed

1:35:52 ↗ okay so right now we are just under a

1:35:54 ↗ civil emergency there's no end date for

1:35:57 ↗ obvious reasons that's correct that's

1:36:00 ↗ correct okay thank you question members

1:36:03 ↗ from councilmember Walsh thank you I

1:36:09 ↗ noticed that one of the points in the in

1:36:15 ↗ discussing the alternatives if we don't

1:36:17 ↗ adopt the it's car shoppers will

1:36:20 ↗ continue to bear the cost burden of the

1:36:21 ↗ carry out bag fee as long as reusable

1:36:24 ↗ shopping bags are prohibited and I

1:36:26 ↗ wanted to get into that idea of reusable

1:36:29 ↗ shopping bags being prohibited first of

1:36:31 ↗ all is there any i I don't understand

1:36:36 ↗ how whether it comes along with the

1:36:40 ↗ civil emergency how a company would have

1:36:43 ↗ the ability to ban reusable prohibit

1:36:48 ↗ them in their in their location and it

1:36:53 ↗ also seems that this fee is not

1:36:56 ↗ necessarily tied to the prohibition but

1:37:00 ↗ tied to the emergency Proclamation so

1:37:03 ↗ I'm trying to under

1:37:04 ↗ and that connection sure city

1:37:07 ↗ administrator Bob Krist you want to

1:37:08 ↗ probably provide some more background on

1:37:10 ↗ where this request to waive she came

1:37:14 ↗ from and the request to not have grocery

1:37:20 ↗ stores have to handle reusable bags yes

1:37:25 ↗ madam mayor councilmember Walsh the the

1:37:28 ↗ grocery store industry I think made a

1:37:33 ↗ decision without consultation based on

1:37:36 ↗ their concern for health and safety to

1:37:39 ↗ prohibit the use of reusable bags do we

1:37:43 ↗ have the ability to question that

1:37:45 ↗ certainly my recommendation to the mayor

1:37:49 ↗ and the council is they've given given

1:37:52 ↗ the current situation that it's not

1:37:54 ↗ productive for us to question that so

1:37:56 ↗ since that operation has changed in the

1:37:59 ↗ midst of this civil emergency people no

1:38:02 ↗ longer had the ability to use those bags

1:38:04 ↗ based on the decision of the grocers

1:38:07 ↗ therefore there was no ability to avoid

1:38:11 ↗ the fee by bringing your own back so

1:38:14 ↗ this was brought to our attention by

1:38:16 ↗ several members of the community by this

1:38:18 ↗ quad Chamber of Commerce and so this

1:38:21 ↗ organ is first approximation for the

1:38:23 ↗ mayor and now this ordinance really

1:38:24 ↗ comes out of a matter of practicality we

1:38:29 ↗ feel that it's not fair to penalize our

1:38:32 ↗ residents who are no longer able to use

1:38:35 ↗ the reusable bag based on what I was

1:38:37 ↗ their legitimate health and safety

1:38:39 ↗ concerns of the grocery industry and so

1:38:42 ↗ we would like to relieve the residents

1:38:45 ↗ from the fee by by doing this certainly

1:38:47 ↗ as the situation changes this ordinance

1:38:52 ↗ could then be put back into place even

1:38:54 ↗ if the civil emergency remains I think

1:38:57 ↗ that's the mayor's prerogative to bring

1:38:59 ↗ that information back to the council for

1:39:00 ↗ consideration thank you so down here

1:39:04 ↗ question councilmember wall yes I guess

1:39:07 ↗ what I'm trying to get at well no what

1:39:11 ↗ I'm trying to get at is is there another

1:39:15 ↗ end dates that we could put on this

1:39:17 ↗ related to the end of prohibition of

1:39:24 ↗ reusable shopping bags it sounds like

1:39:27 ↗ that wouldn't be possible because this

1:39:29 ↗ is something coming from individual

1:39:32 ↗ retailers I'm just trying to see if

1:39:36 ↗ there's any anything that we could do

1:39:37 ↗ rather than set a specific date do you

1:39:43 ↗ mean it's very about quick so the best

1:39:46 ↗ of our our figuring the answer is no if

1:39:50 ↗ there is great concern about this you

1:39:54 ↗ could set a fixed date somewhere in the

1:39:56 ↗ future either for this to be revisited

1:39:59 ↗ or if if that fixed date is approaching

1:40:04 ↗ then the mayor could bring a ordinance

1:40:06 ↗ back to the council to continue the the

1:40:10 ↗ prohibition of the fee again where we

1:40:14 ↗ stand right now I don't have a good

1:40:16 ↗ answer for you on a specific other

1:40:18 ↗ specific date that the earliest carry

1:40:29 ↗ out bag ban if that's what we want to

1:40:31 ↗ call it as impose could end is at the

1:40:33 ↗ end of the emergency declaration and by

1:40:37 ↗ that time we're following everything

1:40:39 ↗ that Washington stayed in King County

1:40:41 ↗ House is advising and so I'm not sure

1:40:44 ↗ that we would have all that much

1:40:45 ↗ pushback from the grocery stories about

1:40:47 ↗ going back to the system that we had so

1:40:50 ↗ that would be the earliest days I think

1:40:53 ↗ councilmember de Michelle wants to make

1:40:54 ↗ sure that if the emergency days extended

1:40:58 ↗ there's at least some point that we

1:41:00 ↗ revisit in the future and that's why she

1:41:01 ↗ selected January 18th to 2022

1:41:04 ↗ councilmember Hall Thank You mayor Polly

1:41:08 ↗ this is Zach Hall I just have a quick

1:41:12 ↗ clarifying question for my colleague

1:41:15 ↗ councilmember Dean Michelle that's

1:41:17 ↗ appropriate I'm just curious about the

1:41:22 ↗ intent for the snap

1:41:25 ↗ provisions being all the way in 2022 and

1:41:29 ↗ what your thought was about putting the

1:41:35 ↗ date there instead of potentially sooner

1:41:42 ↗ thank you this is hell so every TV show

1:41:47 ↗ thinking through what could be possible

1:41:50 ↗ outcomes and right now we are all in new

1:41:54 ↗ territory and have no idea how long the

1:41:58 ↗ impacts of this current crisis are going

1:42:02 ↗ to continue like to continue for a long

1:42:05 ↗ time I'm thinking of other national

1:42:07 ↗ issues like nine and one where there

1:42:10 ↗ were emergency proclamations that

1:42:12 ↗ continued for many years afterwards in

1:42:15 ↗ order to be able to get the resources

1:42:17 ↗ that we needed and so forth so I didn't

1:42:20 ↗ want it to be too close but I didn't

1:42:22 ↗ want to said that said it too far away

1:42:24 ↗ and again I thought that if they knew

1:42:28 ↗ after the elections of 2021

1:42:31 ↗ this could be a question that we could

1:42:34 ↗ take up if the emergency Proclamation is

1:42:37 ↗ still in effect now the emergency

1:42:39 ↗ Proclamation is no longer in effect and

1:42:44 ↗ it becomes a moot point I just want to

1:42:46 ↗ make sure that we're not in a situation

1:42:49 ↗ where this just kind of drops through

1:42:52 ↗ the cracks

1:42:55 ↗ council member hall yeah that's good

1:43:01 ↗ thank you I appreciate that context

1:43:02 ↗ Thank You councilmember mark thank you

1:43:06 ↗ madam mayor this was a some folks may

1:43:10 ↗ remember councilmember Goodman and I

1:43:12 ↗ were both on council when this issue

1:43:15 ↗ came before us it was a divisive issue

1:43:18 ↗ whose the subject of a repeal effort by

1:43:22 ↗ some members of the community but it was

1:43:24 ↗ an important piece of environmental

1:43:27 ↗ legislation and it's somehow horribly if

1:43:31 ↗ we still have to be in an emergency

1:43:33 ↗ situation 20 months from now or whatever

1:43:38 ↗ the exact number is I would hope that we

1:43:42 ↗ would have figured out another

1:43:44 ↗ alternative to using plastic bags just I

1:43:48 ↗ don't know what what that alternative

1:43:49 ↗ would look like but we have some time

1:43:52 ↗ hopefully this would be a moot point and

1:43:54 ↗ we'll be out of emergency long before

1:43:55 ↗ then but this was an important piece of

1:43:58 ↗ environmental legislation that was

1:44:00 ↗ subsequently adopted by many many other

1:44:02 ↗ communities and it's important to

1:44:05 ↗ continue to push for the removal of

1:44:08 ↗ plastic bags from the waste stream thank

1:44:10 ↗ you Thank You councilmember maritza cat

1:44:13 ↗ council president hunt yes I have a

1:44:17 ↗ question I think this is maybe for City

1:44:22 ↗ Administrator pop quiz is there anything

1:44:24 ↗ that would stop or would not allow

1:44:28 ↗ Council to revisit the sooner is for

1:44:31 ↗ example we if for example there was

1:44:35 ↗ found to be the grocery stores were

1:44:37 ↗ again allowing reusable bags much sooner

1:44:39 ↗ than the emergency Proclamation and

1:44:42 ↗ could we just revisit as a council the

1:44:47 ↗ administrator Belcourt council president

1:44:56 ↗ hon I'm gonna move on to deputy council

1:44:59 ↗ president ready for a question this is

1:45:02 ↗ just a matter of clarification because

1:45:04 ↗ councilmember marks was talking about

1:45:06 ↗ plastic bags talking about anything

1:45:10 ↗ about really renaming retail outlets to

1:45:14 ↗ use plastic are we I mean this is really

1:45:16 ↗ just about waiving the five cent a paper

1:45:19 ↗ bag fee or recyclable bag fee about

1:45:27 ↗ Chris yes okay so under no circumstance

1:45:33 ↗ are we looking at repealing all of this

1:45:36 ↗ legislation and going back to disposable

1:45:39 ↗ plastic bags in our shopping experience

1:45:43 ↗ the administrator Battle Creek yes

1:45:47 ↗ or this is just about the fee thank you

1:45:52 ↗ I am seeing a question from council

1:45:57 ↗ president hon this is counsel for the

1:46:03 ↗ hunt I already asked my question I have

1:46:05 ↗ I just have a comment which is that I

1:46:07 ↗ think I think that we can revisit this

1:46:11 ↗ at any time and given that we don't know

1:46:13 ↗ what what the situation will be I think

1:46:17 ↗ that my my preference would be that as

1:46:21 ↗ the council we commit to monitoring the

1:46:24 ↗ situation around grocery stores and and

1:46:26 ↗ that we can revisit this ordinance at a

1:46:30 ↗ time when in a timely fashion and so

1:46:34 ↗ that we don't need to tie it to the

1:46:36 ↗ emergency emergency Proclamation but we

1:46:41 ↗ also don't need to tie it to the to the

1:46:45 ↗ elections and to a 2022 date I think we

1:46:49 ↗ can commit to revisiting this when it's

1:46:53 ↗ appropriate thank you and I meant if you

1:46:56 ↗ I'm a little bit out of order

1:46:58 ↗ councilmember Walsh I was just

1:47:01 ↗ clarifying whether the amendment was for

1:47:04 ↗ 2021 or 2022 did it I mean this is for

1:47:09 ↗ 2022 Thank You councilmember de Machaut

1:47:13 ↗ I just wanted to respond to tell some

1:47:18 ↗ number rates comments right this doesn't

1:47:22 ↗ really relate to plastic-based this is

1:47:25 ↗ the five cent fee is meant to reduce the

1:47:28 ↗ number of paper bags that people are

1:47:31 ↗ using and encourage the use of reusable

1:47:33 ↗ bags so so of the entire intent really

1:47:42 ↗ is to encourage reusable bags and right

1:47:46 ↗ now we can't do that because of Kovach

1:47:48 ↗ 19 in the health concerns but there will

1:47:52 ↗ come a time again when you will want to

1:47:55 ↗ encourage people to use reusable bags

1:47:59 ↗ and so

1:48:00 ↗ you would want to I presume we would

1:48:03 ↗ want to put in place with this 570 which

1:48:07 ↗ is meant to encourage that and so that's

1:48:10 ↗ the intent of this and in terms of

1:48:13 ↗ visiting the this issue at anytime

1:48:18 ↗ that's correct

1:48:20 ↗ could do it at any time probably would

1:48:23 ↗ be to I think we would need to write an

1:48:26 ↗ amendment that says we can we we will

1:48:29 ↗ commit to revisiting the issue because

1:48:33 ↗ if we leave the motion ends of stands

1:48:36 ↗ the only option we have is for the end

1:48:40 ↗ of the emergency period that's my

1:48:42 ↗ understanding and the city of when

1:48:46 ↗ straighter fought to it to correct me on

1:48:48 ↗ that but the way that the ordinance

1:48:53 ↗ reads or the way that the motion reach

1:48:55 ↗ at this point we have no other options

1:48:57 ↗ than waiting for the emergency

1:49:00 ↗ Proclamation to be lifted thank you are

1:49:06 ↗ there any other comments or questions at

1:49:09 ↗ this point in time I'm not seeing many

1:49:12 ↗ come up in the messaging council

1:49:17 ↗ president hunt

1:49:19 ↗ yes this council president I it's a

1:49:23 ↗ question because when I heard councilman

1:49:26 ↗ Oprah see Michelle saying seems didn't

1:49:30 ↗ seem to agree with with at least my

1:49:32 ↗ understanding of what City Administrator

1:49:34 ↗ Bob quits have said earlier so it's my

1:49:37 ↗ understanding that that we can revisit

1:49:41 ↗ this and we could issue another

1:49:43 ↗ ordinance we could change at an interim

1:49:47 ↗ point and we don't actually have to put

1:49:49 ↗ that in writing in at this time

1:49:52 ↗ is that race should administrator Bob

1:49:55 ↗ coach that America council president yes

1:49:59 ↗ any ordinance of the city can be

1:50:02 ↗ aventador repealed at any time given

1:50:06 ↗ proper notice I think the way that this

1:50:09 ↗ current ordinance is crowd

1:50:10 ↗ that is that if the civil emergency ends

1:50:13 ↗ then this ordinance would no longer be

1:50:16 ↗ in effect and the bag fee would be

1:50:17 ↗ reinstate if the council wish to take a

1:50:20 ↗ proactive action at any other point it

1:50:24 ↗ could do so by ordinance Thanks

1:50:30 ↗ [Music]

1:50:33 ↗ City Attorney Jim handy might want to

1:50:36 ↗ make a comment on whether or not there

1:50:38 ↗ needs to be a date in here city

1:50:46 ↗ administrator Bob Cohen said this is an

1:50:49 ↗ ordinance and Council has the authority

1:50:51 ↗ of anytime to amend or repeal an

1:50:53 ↗ ordinance so the fact that it has a date

1:50:56 ↗ in there is just to have it

1:50:59 ↗ automatically expire and the bag feet

1:51:03 ↗ come back in if the mayor terminates the

1:51:06 ↗ emergency but if the council at any time

1:51:08 ↗ decides that it wants to terminate its

1:51:12 ↗ support for this it can come back and

1:51:14 ↗ amend an ordinance so I'm not sure if or

1:51:22 ↗ quite close to resolution that it

1:51:25 ↗ appears there are several options here

1:51:26 ↗ there is an amendment on the table to

1:51:29 ↗ add or no later date of January 18th but

1:51:33 ↗ the council also has the ability to come

1:51:37 ↗ back to this at whatever time they want

1:51:39 ↗ so taking it step by step I think what

1:51:41 ↗ we'll do if there's no more comments

1:51:42 ↗ about the first proposal here we'll take

1:51:47 ↗ a vote on the amendment to the ordinance

1:51:50 ↗ section three duration suspension adding

1:51:53 ↗ or no later than January 18 to 2022

1:51:56 ↗ whichever comes first and then waiting

1:52:01 ↗ for council president hunt send a

1:52:03 ↗ message chair in the one second

1:52:09 ↗ oh thanks that's a great idea

1:52:14 ↗ council president reminded me that we

1:52:16 ↗ have also received some council has also

1:52:18 ↗ received some public comment this week

1:52:20 ↗ on the item own agenda and I'd like to

1:52:25 ↗ give her an opportunity to present what

1:52:27 ↗ was submitted to council council

1:52:29 ↗ president yes thank you madam mayor this

1:52:32 ↗ is council president hunt and again this

1:52:34 ↗ is not my comment this is a comment we

1:52:37 ↗ received by email from a member of the

1:52:39 ↗ community that we did receive when email

1:52:41 ↗ on this item it was from Steve Pereira

1:52:44 ↗ and Steve comments is that he was he did

1:52:50 ↗ not want to see how this reversed as far

1:52:52 ↗ as people bringing their own bags in the

1:52:54 ↗ long term and he was also unsure about

1:52:57 ↗ the benefits of a suspended pass through

1:53:01 ↗ C and if it was really changing people's

1:53:04 ↗ helping behavior or not that was our

1:53:07 ↗ only comments on this thank you very

1:53:09 ↗ much and thank you for the reminder that

1:53:10 ↗ we include that so looking at the motion

1:53:14 ↗ that's on the table it's an amendment to

1:53:16 ↗ the ordinance section 3a duration of

1:53:18 ↗ suspension suspension adding or no later

1:53:22 ↗ than January 18 to 20 22 whichever comes

1:53:25 ↗ first and sister can you do a roll call

1:53:29 ↗ vote on the motion on the amendment

1:53:32 ↗ sorry yes councilmember D Michelle

1:53:36 ↗ aye councilmember Goodman nay

1:53:42 ↗ councilmember Hall council president

1:53:47 ↗ hunt name councilmember marks by deputy

1:53:55 ↗ council president ray councilmember

1:54:00 ↗ Walsh nay three I for knees the

1:54:06 ↗ amendment fails thank you are there any

1:54:09 ↗ other amendments before we move to the

1:54:11 ↗ main motion I will give you a second and

1:54:14 ↗ keep my eye on the comments messenger

1:54:22 ↗ not seeing any other amendments we will

1:54:27 ↗ call for the vote on the main motion no

1:54:30 ↗ hang on one second

1:54:38 ↗ [Music]

1:54:43 ↗ thank you reading Theodore Proclamation

1:54:48 ↗ it appears that there is a let's let me

1:54:53 ↗ it says basically suspending the

1:55:00 ↗ requirement of payment of a pass-through

1:55:03 ↗ charge and so I'm wondering whether this

1:55:08 ↗ as written and as we are voting on

1:55:14 ↗ whether that still allows the grocery

1:55:20 ↗ retail locations to assess a

1:55:25 ↗ pass-through charge it just allows them

1:55:27 ↗ to eliminate it if they so choose am I

1:55:30 ↗ reading that correctly

1:55:31 ↗ I will go to city administrator Bob

1:55:35 ↗ Cohen or City Attorney Haney whoever

1:55:39 ↗ would like to answer that question madam

1:55:42 ↗ mayor councilmember Walsh let me give a

1:55:44 ↗ try and the city attorney can add if he

1:55:47 ↗ believes in necessary so the ordinance

1:55:51 ↗ will becomes the master document then

1:55:53 ↗ the mayor's proclamation was meant to be

1:55:58 ↗ a stopgap for that but section 1 of the

1:56:02 ↗ ordinance reads that grocers and other

1:56:05 ↗ retailers shall not charge customers the

1:56:07 ↗ pass-through charge during the period of

1:56:09 ↗ the suspension and shall not be required

1:56:11 ↗ to remit fees from recycled paper

1:56:13 ↗ carry-on bags supplied to a customer

1:56:15 ↗ during the period of suspension for

1:56:17 ↗ which no pass-through charge was

1:56:18 ↗ collected so if the council by the

1:56:21 ↗ adoption of this ordinance is adopting

1:56:23 ↗ that language again I think as we have

1:56:26 ↗ transitioned through these several days

1:56:30 ↗ the City Attorney had a greater

1:56:32 ↗ opportunity

1:56:33 ↗ to scrub the language of the ordinance

1:56:35 ↗ so that would be the master language one

1:56:38 ↗ adopted by the council okay this is

1:56:44 ↗ Lindsey Welsh again I appreciate that

1:56:47 ↗ clarification now my concern is if this

1:56:52 ↗ is dated as of March 6 and brochures and

1:57:00 ↗ other retailers haven't necessarily

1:57:04 ↗ known about it or you know the word

1:57:07 ↗ hasn't that now are there any concerns

1:57:10 ↗ that any of them will face legal

1:57:15 ↗ repercussions or you know any kind of

1:57:19 ↗ impact from not having suspended that

1:57:23 ↗ fee are we putting them in in a

1:57:26 ↗ situation about crunch I don't believe

1:57:33 ↗ so

1:57:34 ↗ again the ratification under Section 2

1:57:36 ↗ is retroactive to march 19th so that all

1:57:38 ↗ lines up Jen Davis Hays our economic

1:57:41 ↗ development manager I was on the call

1:57:44 ↗ Madame mayor at the beginning I don't

1:57:46 ↗ know I can't see if she's still on or

1:57:48 ↗ not but is she mad America coming

1:57:54 ↗ through the lips she is not on the call

1:57:59 ↗ at this moment so if I may madam mayor

1:58:02 ↗ councilmember Walsh we've had extensive

1:58:05 ↗ outreach to those stores that are

1:58:08 ↗ subject to the bag fee and have been

1:58:12 ↗ very communicative with them so I I

1:58:15 ↗ don't believe given the circumstances of

1:58:17 ↗ the emergency that there's going to be

1:58:19 ↗ any issue I think that all the stores

1:58:22 ↗ that we talked to we're certainly as

1:58:25 ↗ diligent as they practically could be to

1:58:28 ↗ suspend the bag fee under the mayor's

1:58:31 ↗ Proclamation next I'm going to this is

1:58:37 ↗ the mayor I'm going to step back to

1:58:38 ↗ Molly we do have been on the call again

1:58:42 ↗ if you would like to get some

1:58:43 ↗ clarification

1:58:46 ↗ if I may madam mayor miss Davis Hayes

1:58:48 ↗ did you hear my previous comments a

1:58:50 ↗ second ago

1:58:51 ↗ no as I was going back in I did not hear

1:58:54 ↗ what you mentioned please repeat just

1:58:59 ↗ just I had indicated that you had done

1:59:02 ↗ you and your staff some pretty extensive

1:59:04 ↗ outreach could you just take a moment

1:59:06 ↗ and talk about the outreach that you had

1:59:08 ↗ councilmember Walsh raised a question

1:59:11 ↗ about notification if you could just

1:59:14 ↗ take a minute to talk about the outreach

1:59:16 ↗ that we did yes of course a good evening

1:59:19 ↗ council again my name is Jenna Davis

1:59:21 ↗ Hayes and economic development manager

1:59:23 ↗ for the city and when the proclamation

1:59:26 ↗ was signed we reached out by phone and

1:59:29 ↗ also by email to the large grocery

1:59:33 ↗ stores that had initially raised their

1:59:35 ↗ concerns and informed them of this rule

1:59:39 ↗ change and we also shared the

1:59:42 ↗ information through the Chamber of

1:59:44 ↗ Commerce and the Washington state

1:59:47 ↗ Retailers Association sent messages out

1:59:50 ↗ to their members which included large

1:59:53 ↗ with small retailers I'm in a different

1:59:55 ↗ the staff in pwe also called some of the

2:00:02 ↗ small retailers and inform them from

2:00:05 ↗ previous outreach that was done for the

2:00:08 ↗ original fee for the paper bag so we

2:00:12 ↗ continue to inform businesses as they

2:00:15 ↗ speak to them about this change in the

2:00:17 ↗ collection so the ones who have

2:00:20 ↗ originally asked for this change are

2:00:22 ↗ aware of it as well comes under Wolf's

2:00:26 ↗ any other questions no thank you thank

2:00:30 ↗ you

2:00:31 ↗ council president hunt yes so I have a

2:00:35 ↗ comment on the main motion I think it

2:00:40 ↗ makes a lot of sense I think that the

2:00:42 ↗ intent of the five cent fee used to

2:00:45 ↗ encourage people to use reusable bags

2:00:47 ↗ they can't do that right now so lifting

2:00:49 ↗ that fee makes sense

2:00:50 ↗ I do think there is some confusion about

2:00:53 ↗ it being a list on the plastic bag ban

2:00:56 ↗ that's based on an email that we receive

2:00:59 ↗ they refer to listening the plastic bag

2:01:01 ↗ and from a member of the community so I

2:01:04 ↗ think the messaging around what this

2:01:06 ↗ does and doesn't do is important and we

2:01:10 ↗ can make sure that people know that this

2:01:13 ↗ is just referring to the reusable paper

2:01:16 ↗ bags and it is only having to do with

2:01:18 ↗ the fact that right now people are not

2:01:20 ↗ able to bring in their own reusable bags

2:01:23 ↗ and once that is once that is no longer

2:01:26 ↗ the case and once people can use their

2:01:28 ↗ reusable bags again I definitely would

2:01:30 ↗ be very interested and I'm committed to

2:01:32 ↗ revisiting this thank you and thank you

2:01:35 ↗ for that there thank you for that focus

2:01:37 ↗ on the messaging I think that's great

2:01:42 ↗ suggestion is there anyone else that

2:01:45 ↗ would like to speak to the main motion

2:01:56 ↗ a few people typing that it's not coming

2:02:02 ↗ up yet okay that's number halt thank you

2:02:08 ↗ very much this is that hall I see this

2:02:12 ↗ also more broadly as a way for us to

2:02:15 ↗ support the workers who day in and day

2:02:18 ↗ out are working long hours and grocery

2:02:20 ↗ stores to make sure that our community

2:02:24 ↗ here in ASIC watt has where they need to

2:02:27 ↗ thrive while they're in their homes and

2:02:29 ↗ while they're there every day

2:02:31 ↗ potentially exposed to the coronavirus

2:02:35 ↗ Isis is one of the least things that we

2:02:37 ↗ can do to ensure that clerks don't have

2:02:39 ↗ to handle bags that have been all over

2:02:44 ↗ the place so I think supporting this

2:02:49 ↗ Thank You councilmember Hall are there

2:02:52 ↗ any other council members who wish to

2:02:54 ↗ comment before I read the motion I'll

2:02:58 ↗ give you a few seconds to respond

2:03:03 ↗ getting naina the motion before the

2:03:06 ↗ council is to adopt ordinance number two

2:03:09 ↗ nine zero for suspending the

2:03:11 ↗ pass-through charge on recycled paper

2:03:13 ↗ carrier bags imposed under IMC 8.05 for

2:03:18 ↗ the duration of the emergency proclaimed

2:03:20 ↗ by the mayor ratifying and approving the

2:03:23 ↗ mayor's actions in suspending the charge

2:03:25 ↗ retroactive to march 19th 2020 declaring

2:03:29 ↗ an emergency and providing for an

2:03:31 ↗ immediate effective date that's in

2:03:34 ↗ providing for an immediate effective

2:03:36 ↗ speech yes sir can you do a roll call

2:03:40 ↗ vote yes councilmember Dee Michelle eyes

2:03:50 ↗ councilmember Goodman hi councilmember

2:03:55 ↗ Hall council president hunch aye

2:04:02 ↗ councilmember marks hi deputy council

2:04:08 ↗ president ray sorry

2:04:10 ↗ councilmember Walsh I have seven eyes

2:04:14 ↗ zero nice thank you very much that

2:04:18 ↗ passes unanimously

2:04:21 ↗ the last item we had on our business

2:04:25 ↗ agenda this evening item E is open

2:04:28 ↗ public meetings acts we currently

2:04:30 ↗ furture dazzo p.m. a and the requirement

2:04:33 ↗ for a meeting place at the point of time

2:04:37 ↗ that we had decided to add this item on

2:04:40 ↗ to the agenda we had assumed that

2:04:42 ↗ Washington State was going to

2:04:44 ↗ potentially suspend the act we were

2:04:47 ↗ advised today in a briefing with the

2:04:51 ↗ state that they are a few days away from

2:04:54 ↗ coming up with recommendations for what

2:04:57 ↗ to do with the open public meetings Act

2:04:59 ↗ so while I'm City mr. beckwith I'm not

2:05:04 ↗ sure how we should proceed with this the

2:05:07 ↗ same thing we're not quite at the

2:05:09 ↗ circumstance we thought we would be

2:05:10 ↗ today so you have some thoughts members

2:05:14 ↗ of the council yes as you indicated

2:05:17 ↗ madam mayor we don't have additional

2:05:18 ↗ information from the Washington Attorney

2:05:22 ↗ General on their thoughts nor from the

2:05:25 ↗ governor I know that when this was

2:05:27 ↗ discussed a few days ago I think the the

2:05:30 ↗ primary piece of this was our desire in

2:05:34 ↗ the city of mr. paws desire to let the

2:05:35 ↗ community know that we're committed to

2:05:38 ↗ maintaining as much of the open public

2:05:41 ↗ meetings act requirements as possible

2:05:43 ↗ the one requirement that many

2:05:45 ↗ communities around Washington State are

2:05:48 ↗ hoping that will be adjusted is this

2:05:51 ↗ requirement that a physical person need

2:05:53 ↗ to be sitting in the council chambers as

2:05:55 ↗ the city clerk is this evening so we

2:05:58 ↗ will keep the community posted as we get

2:06:02 ↗ additional direction from the governor

2:06:03 ↗ in the Attorney General but I think it's

2:06:06 ↗ safe to say that the city of Issaquah

2:06:08 ↗ remains committed to open meetings and

2:06:10 ↗ we'll do everything in our power to

2:06:12 ↗ sure the public has as much impact

2:06:15 ↗ during this civil emergency as they

2:06:18 ↗ would during any other time to comment

2:06:20 ↗ and communicate with the council Thank

2:06:24 ↗ You administrator vodka with so we can

2:06:27 ↗ have some comments and conversation if

2:06:30 ↗ you'd like to now I think the

2:06:32 ↗ administrators did a good job pointing

2:06:34 ↗ out that one of the aspects that is

2:06:36 ↗ likely to change if OPM is suspended is

2:06:39 ↗ the requirement for having a public

2:06:41 ↗ space with a staff person in it not sure

2:06:45 ↗ if anyone has any thoughts or comments

2:06:46 ↗ on it we'll definitely have an update

2:06:48 ↗ for you later this week because we were

2:06:50 ↗ told that additional information was

2:06:52 ↗ coming up but if you have comments I'll

2:06:55 ↗ look to see on there messenger

2:07:06 ↗ and I'm seeing a couple of no comments

2:07:10 ↗ just waiting for everybody to weigh in

2:07:13 ↗ council president hunts yes this is

2:07:17 ↗ council president hence I wanted to

2:07:19 ↗ encourage members of the public that do

2:07:21 ↗ want to comment on agenda items or

2:07:24 ↗ anything that council is working on or

2:07:27 ↗ or comments that would be helpful for

2:07:29 ↗ council to know I wanted to encourage

2:07:31 ↗ community members to email us so we are

2:07:34 ↗ receiving emails we are all still

2:07:36 ↗ working and we very much welcome your

2:07:39 ↗ messages by email or by phone so just

2:07:42 ↗ wanted to put that out there while we're

2:07:44 ↗ not encouraging public comments were

2:07:46 ↗ still very much encouraging receiving

2:07:48 ↗ those comments thank you and I think

2:07:51 ↗ what you mean is not encouraging public

2:07:53 ↗ attendance but we are definitely

2:07:55 ↗ encouraging public comments thank you

2:07:57 ↗ yeah thank you oh thank you rest of the

2:08:00 ↗ council members have weighed in and do

2:08:01 ↗ not have any comments so we will wait

2:08:04 ↗ and see what comes out of the governor's

2:08:05 ↗ office

2:08:07 ↗ there is no executive session scheduled

2:08:09 ↗ for this evening so with there being no

2:08:12 ↗ further business we are adjourned

2:08:14 ↗ at 9:09 p.m. and there's a fake gavel

2:08:18 ↗ that just closed the meeting thank you

2:08:19 ↗ all for attending

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Council / Members (10)

Barbara de Michele

Stacy Goodman

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

Lindsey Walsh

Monica Negrila, Human Services & Social Sustainability

Jen Davis Hayes, Economic Development Manager

Christen Leeson, Senior Planner

Motions and votes (7)

1) Establish the Issaquah Rental and Mortgage Emergency Assistance Program and authorize funding of $100,000 for those affected by the COVID-19 crisis as outlined in AB 7948; 2) Authorize the Mayor to enter into and execute contract amendments with Issaquah Community Services, St. Vincent de Paul - …

Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH

Amend the program by limiting the program to rental assistance. .

Moved by GOODMAN · seconded by HUNT

Carried 7-0

Amend the program’s eligibility criteria to be: “Residents of Issaquah meeting income requirements at or below 80% of the area median income who need temporary financial assistance resulting from financial hardship due to the COVID-19 crisis.” .

Moved by HUNT · seconded by GOODMAN

Carried 7-0

Add the following reporting requirements to the program: “The City Council will receive a report summarizing invoices received once 50% of the funding has been distributed. This report will provide the metrics identified in the contract requirements section of AB 7948 as well as information about th…

Moved by HUNT · seconded by GOODMAN

Carried 7-0

Adopt Ordinance No. 2904, suspending the pass-through charge on recycled paper carryout bags imposed under IMC 8.05 for the duration of the emergency proclaimed by the Mayor; ratifying and approving the Mayor’s actions in suspending the charge retroactive to March 19, 2020; declaring an emergency an…

Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH

Carried 7-0

Amend Section 3 of the ordinance to add: "The suspension provided for in this ordinance shall remain in effect for the duration of the civil emergency proclaimed by Mayor Pauly on March 6, 2020 and shall terminate upon the termination of that emergency proclamation, or no later than January 18, 2022…

Moved by DE MICHELE · seconded by MARTS

Failed 3-4

In favor: de Michele, Hall, Marts

Main motion as amended: Add the following reporting requirements to the program: “The City Council will receive a report summarizing invoices received once 50% of the funding has been distributed. This report will provide the metrics identified in the contract requirements section of AB 7948 as well…

Moved by (main motion as amended) · seconded by

Carried 7-0