City Council Special Meeting · Tuesday, January 19, 2021 · City Council Digest

2. CLOSED SESSION

The purpose of this special meeting is to allow the City Council to recess into Executive Session to discuss collective bargaining per RCW 42.30.140(4). The item is expected to take approximately 15 minutes. Please note, Executive Sessions are closed to the public. Action, if needed, would occur during the open session of a Regular Council meeting

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0:00 ↗ good evening everyone and welcome i'm

0:02 ↗ calling the january 19th city council

0:06 ↗ uh we are meeting in a remote format

0:10 ↗ and i will go over some of the

0:13 ↗ what that means on march 6 i issued an

0:15 ↗ emergency proclamation declaring a civil

0:17 ↗ emergency in the city due to the

0:19 ↗ covenant

0:21 ↗ on march 24th the governor issued

0:23 ↗ proclamation 28-28 relating to the covet

0:26 ↗ 19 emergency

0:28 ↗ and open public meetings yesterday the

0:31 ↗ legislature

0:32 ↗ extended the proclamation until

0:34 ↗ termination of the state

0:35 ↗ emergency or until it is repealed by the

0:38 ↗ governor

0:39 ↗ or legislature due to these

0:41 ↗ proclamations tonight's meeting will be

0:43 ↗ held

0:43 ↗ entirely remotely the meeting will be

0:46 ↗ recorded

0:46 ↗ streamed live and available for later

0:49 ↗ viewing on the city's youtube channel

0:51 ↗ a call-in number was provided on the

0:53 ↗ meeting agenda for members of the public

0:54 ↗ who wish to call in by phone

0:56 ↗ to listen live to the meeting or to make

0:58 ↗ comments and for those members that have

1:01 ↗ called in this evening thank you very

1:02 ↗ much

1:03 ↗ and welcome at this point we will take a

1:06 ↗ moment

1:06 ↗ to do roll call for our council members

1:08 ↗ in attendance so please stay here when i

1:10 ↗ call your name

1:12 ↗ councilmember dean michelle here

1:15 ↗ thank you councilmember goodman here

1:18 ↗ thank you councilmember hall here

1:21 ↗ thank you council president hunt here

1:24 ↗ thanks councilmember mark here

1:27 ↗ thank you and deputy council president

1:29 ↗ ray here

1:31 ↗ thank you and council member walsh

1:35 ↗ okay so um councilmember walsh it looks

1:37 ↗ like you may be having on and off

1:38 ↗ connection issues

1:41 ↗ yes it appears to have come back right

1:43 ↗ before you asked

1:44 ↗ but i'm not sure it's going to continue

1:47 ↗ we'll see

1:48 ↗ okay we'll keep an eye on you so the

1:50 ↗ next item on our agenda this evening is

1:52 ↗ the pledge of allegiance and i would ask

1:54 ↗ that you all keep your

1:55 ↗ microphones muted but you are more than

1:57 ↗ welcome to join me in the pledge of

1:59 ↗ allegiance

2:02 ↗ i pledge allegiance to the flag of the

2:05 ↗ united states of america

2:06 ↗ and to the republic for which it stands

2:09 ↗ one nation

2:10 ↗ under god indivisible with liberty and

2:13 ↗ justice for all

2:15 ↗ thank you the next item on our agenda

2:17 ↗ this evening is the audience comments

2:19 ↗ and for those of you who submitted the

2:21 ↗ online form to make comments your name

2:24 ↗ will be called

2:24 ↗ shortly for those of you who have joined

2:27 ↗ us tonight and would like to make

2:28 ↗ comments but did not sign up in advance

2:30 ↗ please press star 3 on your phone

2:34 ↗ star 3 we will call the last two digits

2:36 ↗ of your phone number when it is your

2:38 ↗ turn to make comments

2:40 ↗ city clerk has anyone signed up to speak

2:42 ↗ this evening or indicated a desire to

2:44 ↗ speak this evening

2:45 ↗ yes thanks

2:49 ↗ for those of you that are making

2:50 ↗ comments please direct your comments to

2:52 ↗ the council of polls

2:53 ↗ and not to individuals and while this

2:56 ↗ isn't a question and answer session we

2:58 ↗ will contact you

2:59 ↗ to follow up if needed so when you are

3:02 ↗ recognized

3:03 ↗ please unmute your microphone update

3:05 ↗ your name

3:06 ↗ address and relationship to the city

3:08 ↗ speak

3:09 ↗ clearly and pause frequently limit your

3:12 ↗ comments

3:13 ↗ to five minutes and then remute your

3:15 ↗ microphone when you're done

3:17 ↗ if you do not respond after your name or

3:19 ↗ phone number is called or if your

3:20 ↗ connection is lost unexpectedly

3:23 ↗ the meeting will need to proceed and

3:25 ↗ you're encouraged to rejoin the meeting

3:27 ↗ if you're able to

3:28 ↗ personal attacks obscene language

3:30 ↗ derogatory remarks and disruptive

3:32 ↗ behavior will not be permitted

3:34 ↗ citizens comments written and verbal are

3:36 ↗ important aspects of the public process

3:38 ↗ and the city takes comments seriously we

3:41 ↗ thank you for taking the time to come

3:43 ↗ and address us this evening

3:44 ↗ city clerk can you please identify the

3:46 ↗ first person who has signed up to speak

3:48 ↗ this evening

3:51 ↗ yes uh and before i do uh one more note

3:54 ↗ for our phone and callers

3:55 ↗ i'll request that you unmute and you'll

3:57 ↗ need to press star six

3:59 ↗ on your phone if you've also muted your

4:01 ↗ cell phone you'll need to unmute that as

4:03 ↗ well

4:04 ↗ the first person who signed up to speak

4:06 ↗ is jared monzer

4:08 ↗ jared i'll be requesting you unmute now

4:13 ↗ welcome jared whenever you're ready to

4:15 ↗ go

4:18 ↗ good evening i would just like to thank

4:21 ↗ mayor paulie for recommending me for

4:23 ↗ appointment to the lodging tax advisory

4:25 ↗ committee

4:26 ↗ if appointed i look forward to being

4:28 ↗ able to contribute in a meaningful way

4:30 ↗ to the committee and to the community

4:32 ↗ if i'm not chosen uh i will still assist

4:35 ↗ in any

4:36 ↗ manner that i possibly can to help out

4:38 ↗ um all the aspects that that committee

4:40 ↗ takes part in

4:44 ↗ thank you very much for joining us this

4:45 ↗ evening jared

4:49 ↗ city clerk do we have anyone else who

4:51 ↗ would like to address the council this

4:52 ↗ evening

4:53 ↗ mayor no one else has signed up to speak

4:55 ↗ but i'll ask if there's anyone else on

4:57 ↗ the line who'd like to make comments if

4:59 ↗ you could press star 3

5:00 ↗ on your phone that's star 3 and we'll

5:03 ↗ call on you

5:06 ↗ and while we're waiting i'll also remind

5:08 ↗ anybody who's watching this evening or

5:11 ↗ watching it later on on youtube that you

5:13 ↗ can always write your counsel

5:15 ↗ at any time to see by sending an email

5:18 ↗ to city council

5:20 ↗ at issaquahwa.gov citycliff do we have

5:23 ↗ anyone else who would like to speak this

5:24 ↗ evening

5:25 ↗ no not at this time right

5:28 ↗ i am going to move over now to um

5:32 ↗ city council president hunt and ask her

5:35 ↗ to summarize

5:36 ↗ any comments she may have received by

5:38 ↗ email on tonight's agenda topic

5:40 ↗ thank you madam mayor we received

5:43 ↗ several comments

5:45 ↗ by email on several items that are on

5:47 ↗ our agenda this evening

5:50 ↗ and i am summarizing these comments

5:52 ↗ while we're having virtual meetings

5:54 ↗ the first item that uh we received

5:57 ↗ one email from uh one email on was

6:00 ↗ regarding ab-8077 grants for water

6:03 ↗ system upgrades from our cora foundation

6:06 ↗ and the person who

6:10 ↗ wrote to us commenting on this objected

6:11 ↗ to this item being on the consent

6:13 ↗ calendar and provided comments and

6:14 ↗ questions on this item

6:16 ↗ additionally we received multiple emails

6:19 ↗ with comments on ab-8087 property

6:22 ↗ acquisition for sammamish plateau access

6:24 ↗ road

6:24 ↗ spar water system project

6:27 ↗ we received emailed comments on this

6:29 ↗ item from three individuals

6:31 ↗ the questions and concerns from two of

6:32 ↗ the individuals were in multiple

6:34 ↗ emails and many of those are reflected

6:36 ↗ in the memo that's in our packet

6:38 ↗ with answers from staff and comments

6:42 ↗ from staff and then a third person

6:45 ↗ wrote to us on this item provided

6:47 ↗ comments on the topic and asked about

6:49 ↗ how this project fits into our syst

6:51 ↗ our city's broader water system plans

6:54 ↗ and that concludes email comments that

6:57 ↗ we received on tonight's agenda topics

6:59 ↗ thank you council president hunt i'm

7:01 ↗ very much appreciated that the public

7:03 ↗ sends some of these questions ahead of

7:04 ↗ time so that we may be able to bring

7:06 ↗ some additional information on your

7:07 ↗ meeting night the next item of business

7:10 ↗ this evening is our committee and

7:11 ↗ regional reports and i will call each

7:13 ↗ council member by name

7:15 ↗ councilmember hall

7:18 ↗ thanks for paulie this councilmember

7:20 ↗ hall um i guess just

7:21 ↗ a couple quick reminders um the next

7:24 ↗ meeting of the cascade water alliance

7:26 ↗ board of directors is

7:27 ↗ wednesday uh january 27th at 3 30 pm

7:31 ↗ uh still no agenda on that one

7:34 ↗ and then the next meeting of the king

7:36 ↗ county affordable housing committee of

7:37 ↗ the growth management planning council

7:40 ↗ is friday january 29th at 11 am

7:43 ↗ and we're going to be discussing

7:44 ↗ amendments to the housing chapter of the

7:46 ↗ county-wide planning policies like i've

7:49 ↗ mentioned a few times before other than

7:52 ↗ that no report from me

7:54 ↗ thank you council member hall council

7:55 ↗ member michelle

7:58 ↗ thank you mayor paulie this is

7:59 ↗ councilmember d michelle

8:01 ↗ i attended the healthier here governing

8:03 ↗ board on january 7th

8:05 ↗ and following a brief business meeting

8:08 ↗ the speaker was dr ben danielson who

8:10 ↗ recently made

8:11 ↗ headlines by resigning his position as

8:13 ↗ director

8:14 ↗ of the brown children's center at

8:16 ↗ seattle children's hospital

8:18 ↗ dr danielson who is black spoke on the

8:20 ↗ many ways that systemic racism warps the

8:23 ↗ delivery of health care

8:24 ↗ program funding decisions and the

8:26 ↗ inclusion of people of color in

8:28 ↗ organizational decisions

8:30 ↗ his presentation engendered a great deal

8:32 ↗ of discussion

8:33 ↗ especially as it followed the january

8:36 ↗ 6th events at the capitol

8:38 ↗ in washington dc um

8:41 ↗ [Music]

8:42 ↗ in addition uh eastside human services

8:44 ↗ forum meeting will be held this thursday

8:46 ↗ january 21st and the january meeting of

8:49 ↗ the east side transportation partnership

8:52 ↗ was cancelled

8:53 ↗ thank you that concludes my report thank

8:56 ↗ you council member dee michelle

8:58 ↗ um i am looking i want to make sure that

9:00 ↗ council member walsh is with us

9:02 ↗ and there she is i had to read my notes

9:04 ↗ council member walsh

9:06 ↗ thank you i'm here this is councilmember

9:08 ↗ welsh um

9:09 ↗ last week uh the mayor council member d

9:12 ↗ michelle and i

9:13 ↗ attended the east king chambers

9:15 ↗ legislative

9:16 ↗ kickoff um as a way to

9:20 ↗ hear what was going on kind of with the

9:22 ↗ state legislature we heard from

9:24 ↗ i believe the secretary of state and um

9:28 ↗ some of our legislators were there

9:30 ↗ talking about the budget

9:32 ↗ as well as there were different kind of

9:36 ↗ side panels on economic revitalization

9:39 ↗ transportation affordable housing which

9:41 ↗ each of us

9:42 ↗ attended um and so that was an event

9:45 ↗ and then i also attended the

9:48 ↗ um city of visquad chamber of commerce

9:51 ↗ meeting

9:52 ↗ on friday got a chance to hear from

9:55 ↗ them about some of the issues that are

9:57 ↗ facing businesses

9:59 ↗ as we continue through this covid crisis

10:02 ↗ and just i don't want to say the

10:05 ↗ desperation but

10:06 ↗ the intense need um from our business

10:09 ↗ community

10:10 ↗ and how they appreciate the continued

10:12 ↗ communication but

10:13 ↗ gosh they really hope everybody's still

10:16 ↗ thinking about them and understands the

10:17 ↗ hurt that they're

10:18 ↗ in um and so i promised to bring that

10:21 ↗ on um and keep them top of mind for

10:25 ↗ everyone and so those were the meetings

10:27 ↗ i attended and that concludes my report

10:29 ↗ thank you councilmember welsh next

10:31 ↗ council member goodman

10:33 ↗ thank you madam mayor last week i

10:35 ↗ participated

10:36 ↗ in interviewing applicants for the

10:38 ↗ lodging tax advisory

10:40 ↗ committee for 2021 and

10:44 ↗ we had a lot of applicants um this time

10:46 ↗ around which was really exciting

10:48 ↗ and the recommendations go to the mayor

10:51 ↗ who then makes recommendations to the

10:52 ↗ city council

10:53 ↗ and um i thought it was going to be on

10:54 ↗ the um consent calendar tonight but

10:57 ↗ apparently it will be at our next

10:58 ↗ regular meeting

11:00 ↗ and that concludes my report thank you

11:02 ↗ thank you very much

11:04 ↗ and council member mart's up next thank

11:06 ↗ you madam mayor this is council member

11:08 ↗ marks

11:09 ↗ uh the futuretown regional council

11:12 ↗ growth management policy board met on

11:14 ↗ thursday january 7th

11:16 ↗ unfortunately i was not able to attend i

11:18 ↗ had a

11:19 ↗ urgent situation developed at my

11:22 ↗ day job but i will be there next month

11:26 ↗ sound cities association held a joint

11:29 ↗ pick

11:30 ↗ uh committee orientation meeting on

11:32 ↗ wednesday january 13th

11:34 ↗ and i would say fun was had by all uh

11:37 ↗ that concludes my report

11:39 ↗ it was fun thank you

11:42 ↗ deputy council president ray thank you

11:45 ↗ mayor paulie this is chris wray the king

11:47 ↗ county growth management planning

11:48 ↗ council

11:49 ↗ will be meeting on january 27th at four

11:52 ↗ o'clock in a virtual format

11:53 ↗ the purpose of the meeting will be a

11:55 ↗ work session to review the

11:56 ↗ to review the draft changes to the

11:59 ↗ county planning policies

12:01 ↗ the east side fire and rescue board of

12:03 ↗ directors met

12:04 ↗ on january 14th at four o'clock at

12:07 ↗ headquarters and

12:08 ↗ i did not have time to prepare the notes

12:11 ↗ from that so i will

12:12 ↗ send those to you via email after this

12:14 ↗ movie and i apologize for not having the

12:16 ↗ report for you

12:17 ↗ much appreciate thank you deputy council

12:19 ↗ president ray and council president hunt

12:23 ↗ thank you madam mayor this is council

12:24 ↗ president hunt the

12:26 ↗ wyra8 salmon recovery council will meet

12:28 ↗ this thursday at january 21st

12:31 ↗ at 2 p.m um wire 8 stands for

12:34 ↗ water resource inventory area and it's

12:36 ↗ the technical name for our watershed

12:38 ↗ the agenda has been posted online and i

12:40 ↗ wanted to let you know about one item

12:42 ↗ that

12:42 ↗ is of particular relevance to the

12:45 ↗ issaquah city council which is

12:47 ↗ we will have a presentation on the final

12:49 ↗ draft plan

12:50 ↗ from a ecology-led watershed restoration

12:53 ↗ and enhancement committee

12:55 ↗ and this is a plan that has to do with

12:58 ↗ helping to address withdrawals from

13:00 ↗ permanent exempt wells and restoring and

13:01 ↗ enhancing stream flows

13:03 ↗ and this is relevant to us because we

13:05 ↗ will be taking action

13:06 ↗ to approve this plan before it goes back

13:09 ↗ to ecology at our next regular meeting

13:11 ↗ so i will be seeing this presentation

13:14 ↗ from the perspective of the whole

13:16 ↗ watershed on thursday and if council has

13:18 ↗ any questions for me or

13:19 ↗ things that you would like me to ask

13:22 ↗ please do let me know

13:23 ↗ and that concludes my report thank you

13:26 ↗ council president

13:27 ↗ next item on the agenda is the mayor's

13:29 ↗ report i have a couple things to share

13:32 ↗ there was an executive session held

13:34 ↗ earlier this evening

13:36 ↗ like to provide a vaccine update as of

13:39 ↗ january 18th

13:40 ↗ 2020 all older adults in washington

13:42 ↗ state over the age of 65

13:45 ↗ are eligible to receive the covet 19

13:47 ↗ vaccine

13:48 ↗ people 50 and older who live in

13:50 ↗ multi-generational households are also

13:53 ↗ eligible if they meet certain conditions

13:56 ↗ due to a limited supply of vaccine not

13:58 ↗ everyone will be able to access the

14:00 ↗ vaccine right away

14:02 ↗ however access will improve as the

14:04 ↗ supply chain widens

14:05 ↗ and providers in king county begin to

14:08 ↗ receive more doses

14:10 ↗ earlier today we had the second meeting

14:11 ↗ of our issaquah vaccine community

14:13 ↗ partnership

14:15 ↗ which includes representatives from

14:16 ↗ swedish issaquah

14:18 ↗ isqual school district eastside fire and

14:20 ↗ rescue

14:21 ↗ costco the city of sammamish and our

14:24 ↗ city employees

14:26 ↗ to coordinate on future distribution in

14:28 ↗ issaquah

14:29 ↗ i'm thankful we have such a diverse and

14:31 ↗ committed team ready to serve this

14:32 ↗ community

14:33 ↗ more details will be shared with our

14:35 ↗ local community as additional supplies

14:37 ↗ become available but you can also look

14:39 ↗ up

14:40 ↗ information at iscwawa.gov

14:44 ↗ vaccine as we start 2021 one of my goals

14:49 ↗ is to strengthen relationships and

14:51 ↗ communication with our local faith-based

14:54 ↗ organizations in issaquah today was

14:57 ↗ a memorial uh nationally for covid19

15:00 ↗ victims

15:02 ↗ and as i start to bring us all together

15:04 ↗ i invited all churches in issaquah to

15:06 ↗ ring their bells today whether physical

15:09 ↗ or over sound systems at 2 30 pm

15:12 ↗ to remember and honor the lives lost

15:15 ↗ to covet 19. the national league of

15:18 ↗ cities

15:18 ↗ facilitated the participation of cities

15:21 ↗ and towns throughout the country for

15:22 ↗ this memorial

15:24 ↗ at the same time in washington dc a

15:27 ↗ ceremony was held

15:28 ↗ featuring historic lighting around the

15:30 ↗ lincoln memorial reflecting pool

15:34 ↗ the last item i have for you tonight is

15:36 ↗ on building codes and fire code updates

15:39 ↗ two of the items on tonight's consent

15:41 ↗ agenda calendar are ab-7902

15:44 ↗ 2008 building code adoption and ab-8089

15:48 ↗ the 2018 fire code adoption

15:51 ↗ these agenda bills adopt the building

15:53 ↗ code adopted by the washington state

15:55 ↗ building code council

15:57 ↗ as well as some local changes the

15:59 ↗ building called update

16:00 ↗ code update typically occurs every three

16:03 ↗ years but it was delayed this year

16:05 ↗ due to coveted 19. at their january

16:08 ↗ meeting the state building code council

16:10 ↗ again extended the deadline for the

16:12 ↗ statewide updates to july

16:14 ↗ 1st 2020 however the governor has

16:17 ↗ repealed this change

16:18 ↗ and has reinstated the february first

16:21 ↗ effective date

16:22 ↗ this means that if approved by the city

16:24 ↗ council tonight

16:25 ↗ the building code and fire code updates

16:27 ↗ will be in effect

16:28 ↗ on february 1st staff will provide

16:31 ↗ notification of the updates on the

16:33 ↗ city's website and through various trade

16:35 ↗ and user groups

16:36 ↗ and additional details on the updates

16:38 ↗ are provided in tonight's

16:40 ↗ agenda package that concludes the

16:43 ↗ mayor's report moving on to the consent

16:46 ↗ calendar

16:47 ↗ it was distributed to council in advance

16:50 ↗ and if authorized the items on the

16:51 ↗ consent calendar will be considered

16:53 ↗ together

16:54 ↗ and approved by one motion have the

16:57 ↗ payables and payroll been reviewed

17:01 ↗ thank you very much does any council

17:03 ↗ member desire to remove any item from

17:05 ↗ the consent calendar

17:06 ↗ and consider it under regular business

17:08 ↗ and if so you may have to indicate the

17:10 ↗ chat because i have a script that is

17:12 ↗ covering most of your faces

17:13 ↗ and i can't see i'll watch the chat for

17:17 ↗ a second

17:19 ↗ i'm not seeing anything is there

17:22 ↗ um a motion to be made

17:26 ↗ council president hunt thank you this is

17:29 ↗ council president hunt i move to approve

17:31 ↗ the consent calendar

17:32 ↗ as it appears in this evening's agenda

17:34 ↗ thank you deputy council president ray

17:36 ↗ this is chris ray i seconded it it has

17:40 ↗ been moved and seconded

17:41 ↗ i'm going to ask our city clerk to

17:43 ↗ please do a roll call vote

17:47 ↗ beginning with deputy council president

17:49 ↗ ray hi

17:51 ↗ councilmember walsh

17:54 ↗ aye councilmember d michelle

17:59 ↗ councilmember goodman aye

18:02 ↗ councilmember hall aye

18:06 ↗ council president hunt aye

18:09 ↗ councilmember martz i

18:12 ↗ that seven eyes zero nays thank you city

18:16 ↗ cleric that passes unanimously

18:18 ↗ the next item of business on this

18:20 ↗ evening's agenda is under regular

18:22 ↗ business

18:23 ↗ ab-8087 property acquisition for

18:26 ↗ sammamish plateau access

18:28 ↗ road or the spar water system project

18:32 ↗ this item was postponed from the january

18:34 ↗ 4th council meeting to allow the

18:36 ↗ administration to address the council

18:38 ↗ and the community's questions

18:40 ↗ and i'd like to invite public works

18:42 ↗ director bob york

18:43 ↗ to present on this item welcome bob oh

18:46 ↗ good evening mayor

18:48 ↗ paulie and council members this is bob

18:50 ↗ york public works director

18:52 ↗ and tonight thank you for the

18:54 ↗ opportunity to provide a brief

18:56 ↗ presentation regarding ab

19:00 ↗ 8087 which concerns the acquisition of

19:03 ↗ property from the washington state

19:05 ↗ department of

19:06 ↗ transportation washdot for the sammamish

19:09 ↗ plateau

19:10 ↗ access road spar water system project

19:16 ↗ next slide please tisha

19:21 ↗ um spark project is uh

19:24 ↗ would be a two-phase project if approved

19:27 ↗ phase one would

19:29 ↗ involve uh providing a redundant water

19:31 ↗ potable water supply to feed his

19:33 ↗ issaquah iowans this is important for

19:36 ↗ resiliency because at the current time

19:38 ↗ we only have

19:41 ↗ a pump station on a pi and parallel

19:43 ↗ pipelines going up the hill from the

19:45 ↗ shop to the up to the highlands and if

19:47 ↗ that were to fail

19:49 ↗ for any reason the highlands and swedish

19:52 ↗ hospital wouldn't have a

19:54 ↗ water supply so the new facilities that

19:57 ↗ are being designed would

19:59 ↗ and they're being designed with

20:00 ↗ resilient features by the way

20:02 ↗ um provide uh a second water feed to the

20:06 ↗ highlands

20:07 ↗ and all those residents and critical

20:09 ↗ facilities

20:10 ↗ phase two in the future would be a

20:12 ↗ reservoir for

20:14 ↗ additional files fire flow storage for

20:16 ↗ central issaquah based on the

20:18 ↗ expected growth focused in the downtown

20:21 ↗ area of central square

20:23 ↗ so by way of background this project has

20:26 ↗ been

20:27 ↗ in the planning stage and evaluation

20:30 ↗ stage for at least nine years

20:32 ↗ but while before i came to the city and

20:35 ↗ by sheldon my predecessor and i

20:38 ↗ um initially washdot was

20:43 ↗ hesitant about considering uh

20:47 ↗ property sales of this what they call

20:49 ↗ surplus

20:50 ↗ property to the city but multiple

20:53 ↗ attempts

20:54 ↗ over the years finally showed them the

20:57 ↗ the critical importance of this water

21:00 ↗ infrastructure project

21:03 ↗ to the city in terms of its importance

21:05 ↗ for

21:06 ↗ fire flow and uh a second feed to the

21:09 ↗ highlands so

21:11 ↗ um as you'll see on the next slide which

21:13 ↗ is uh which i'll

21:14 ↗ get to in a second the location near

21:17 ↗ interstate 90 a pill from the

21:22 ↗ trail and and the freeway was the only

21:27 ↗ realistically feasible location for

21:30 ↗ such a such a project

21:34 ↗ so it would it did require the land

21:35 ↗ purchase

21:37 ↗ which is one of many many agreements

21:39 ↗ that we've had to

21:40 ↗ work through with washdot and this is

21:42 ↗ one of the

21:44 ↗ last ones before

21:47 ↗ uh they would provide through the fhwa

21:51 ↗ the federal highway administration a

21:52 ↗ break and access to allow the

21:54 ↗ nf facility in a and a facility

21:57 ↗ franchise for the utilities that would

21:59 ↗ exist on the trail so we're

22:01 ↗ we're getting awful close to uh meeting

22:04 ↗ all the washed uh

22:05 ↗ agreements and requirements uh but

22:08 ↗ notwithstanding all the agreements with

22:10 ↗ washta we also have an obligation and

22:13 ↗ intend to achieve full compliance with

22:15 ↗ all the city codes

22:16 ↗ including critical areas so next slide

22:19 ↗ please nation

22:22 ↗ so you can see the location we're

22:24 ↗ talking about it's a a bunch of

22:26 ↗ contiguous parcels

22:28 ↗ and some tracks that are

22:32 ↗ in the area between uh

22:35 ↗ along the trail the

22:38 ↗ one feed to the highlands is in the

22:40 ↗ upper left-hand corner you can see

22:41 ↗ almost a line from the shop

22:43 ↗ the public works operations shop

22:46 ↗ straight up to the highlands that's

22:47 ↗ where our

22:48 ↗ single feed is or our dual pipe feed and

22:52 ↗ by going around along i-90 and up the

22:56 ↗ spar access road or highlands drive you

22:58 ↗ can see that that represents a much more

23:00 ↗ geographic geographically diverse

23:03 ↗ way to get water up to the highlands so

23:06 ↗ there would be pipelines along this

23:09 ↗ preston trail

23:10 ↗ there would be a booster pump station

23:12 ↗ and a reservoir

23:13 ↗ in the uh and a small portion of the

23:17 ↗ properties that are shown in blue

23:19 ↗ then the the pressurized water would

23:21 ↗ continue

23:22 ↗ up the preston trail and up the

23:23 ↗ highlands drive and connect to our

23:25 ↗ existing water system around discovery

23:27 ↗ drive

23:29 ↗ now the importance of the the secondary

23:32 ↗ importance of

23:33 ↗ of why to acquire this property is the

23:35 ↗ reservoir has to be at a specific

23:37 ↗ elevation

23:38 ↗ to make it work for the valley

23:42 ↗ operating zone which is held the water

23:45 ↗ level in the reservoir will be nominally

23:47 ↗ around

23:47 ↗ elevation 297 so you have to pick a

23:50 ↗ place

23:51 ↗ or a the city would have to take a place

23:53 ↗ on the

23:54 ↗ which with the topographic features such

23:56 ↗ that we achieved that

23:59 ↗ precise elevation and this property

24:02 ↗ represented a an opportunity to to

24:05 ↗ achieve that

24:06 ↗ objective as well next slide tisha

24:13 ↗ so this is a brief overview of the

24:16 ↗ required

24:17 ↗ washdown approvals it started with

24:22 ↗ a demonstration of need we've done this

24:24 ↗ several times including

24:26 ↗ multiple washdot departments that

24:29 ↗ subsequently became involved in this and

24:31 ↗ asked why

24:32 ↗ why we need why do we need to do this

24:33 ↗ well we had to supply that explanation

24:36 ↗ you can see in some of the documents

24:37 ↗ that are

24:38 ↗ exhibits to the agenda bill tonight

24:42 ↗ uh the short summary of our statement by

24:45 ↗ the

24:46 ↗ giving the reason why we

24:50 ↗ our desire to acquire this land and do

24:52 ↗ this project

24:57 ↗ a second thing we need to work to

25:01 ↗ work through with wash that and with the

25:03 ↗ mounts sound green right

25:05 ↗ trust is the preservation of the view

25:08 ↗ shed on the mountainside

25:09 ↗ the hillside so when i first

25:13 ↗ arrived in 2016 we met with boston

25:16 ↗ and mounds of sound green right trust

25:19 ↗ including john hawkesboro the executive

25:21 ↗ director to

25:22 ↗ achieve this objective we

25:26 ↗ did a lot of things to make this happen

25:28 ↗ including preserving key trees

25:30 ↗ color selection location of the

25:33 ↗ facilities so that

25:35 ↗ for all practical purposes the view the

25:37 ↗ view would

25:38 ↗ the the mounds of sound greenway trust

25:40 ↗ desire to maintain

25:42 ↗ the view shed would be preserved

25:46 ↗ next thing we had to do because the fhwa

25:49 ↗ federal agency was involved is a achieve

25:52 ↗ nepa compliance for all this

25:54 ↗ for all the other things to happen and

25:56 ↗ uh

25:58 ↗ the nepa compliance document is is

26:00 ↗ included in your

26:02 ↗ as an exhibit tonight in your agenda

26:03 ↗ bill packet uh

26:05 ↗ bob did you state with that acronym for

26:08 ↗ me national environmental policy act

26:13 ↗ thank you the federal uh version of cipa

26:16 ↗ if you want to call it that way but as

26:18 ↗ i'll explain in a minute it's much more

26:20 ↗ in many ways it's much more complicated

26:22 ↗ so uh but it's

26:24 ↗ it was a daunting project process to

26:27 ↗ meet all their requirements

26:30 ↗ then the break-in access is imminent as

26:32 ↗ i mentioned

26:35 ↗ a minute ago and it's based in large

26:37 ↗ part on the approval tonight of the

26:39 ↗ land purchase otherwise there's no need

26:41 ↗ for breaking access

26:43 ↗ um something we just achieved a month or

26:45 ↗ two ago as you call is a trail lease

26:47 ↗ that

26:48 ↗ was negotiated with washdot and also in

26:51 ↗ collaboration with the king county parks

26:54 ↗ department because they maintain the uh

26:57 ↗ the trail and would continue to maintain

26:59 ↗ the trail

27:01 ↗ uh throughout

27:04 ↗ after our construction is complete

27:08 ↗ so we worked through that with watchdog

27:10 ↗ then as you'll see in your packet

27:11 ↗ tonight and that has another exhibit we

27:13 ↗ had an independent

27:14 ↗ independent independent appraisal for

27:16 ↗ the land purchase to

27:18 ↗ determine the fair market value and i'll

27:20 ↗ go into that

27:22 ↗ some of the details of that in a minute

27:24 ↗ uh

27:26 ↗ finally the request tonight for the

27:30 ↗ property purchase which is uh m so next

27:34 ↗ slide please tisha

27:40 ↗ we achieved this nepa approval working

27:43 ↗ with our consultants and with washdot

27:45 ↗ in late 2018 nepa

27:49 ↗ you can browse through the nepa document

27:53 ↗ but includes

27:55 ↗ uh it was considered a categorical

27:57 ↗ exclusion which meant

27:59 ↗ we satisfied all the nepa requirements

28:02 ↗ those

28:02 ↗ requirements included things such as

28:05 ↗ water quality store water

28:08 ↗ concerns environmental justice critical

28:11 ↗ and sensitive areas

28:13 ↗ cultural resources biological

28:15 ↗ assessments essential fish habitat

28:18 ↗ evaluation

28:19 ↗ endangered species act compliance and

28:22 ↗ in that case we our consultants and

28:25 ↗ washdat

28:26 ↗ delivered a letter of no effect to our

28:29 ↗ in that regard

28:30 ↗ so this was worked through mostly as a

28:34 ↗ prerequisite for every other activity

28:35 ↗ that would

28:36 ↗ occur after that next slide

28:40 ↗ tisha please

28:43 ↗ um so the beginning of our assessment of

28:47 ↗ this property

28:48 ↗ showed streams and uh wetlands present

28:51 ↗ on the

28:52 ↗ various properties i don't show the

28:53 ↗ property lines themselves here

28:55 ↗ due to lack of timing and preparation

28:58 ↗ but

28:59 ↗ you can see there's two complexes of

29:01 ↗ streams and wetlands one's to the east

29:03 ↗ one's to the west and we've got narrow

29:07 ↗ channel in between and

29:08 ↗ rising up to the uh to the um

29:12 ↗ the uh open area is our is

29:16 ↗ our ability is where we have to

29:19 ↗ deliver all these or build all these

29:21 ↗ required facilities so you'll see that

29:23 ↗ better on the next slide please tisha

29:28 ↗ so this is a slide that shows

29:32 ↗ our ingredient shows our

29:36 ↗ area of impact for for the required

29:39 ↗ water system facilities

29:41 ↗ and some of the other features are shown

29:44 ↗ less visibly

29:45 ↗ our design was altered and

29:49 ↗ changed to avoid drugs that impacts the

29:51 ↗ streams wetlands

29:53 ↗ protect key trees and

29:56 ↗ and that is a good pers

30:00 ↗ percentage of the reason why the value

30:02 ↗ of land is

30:03 ↗ what you might call fairly reasonable

30:05 ↗ for over 10 acres of land

30:09 ↗ the constraints that are the basically

30:11 ↗ the

30:12 ↗ land that where we can do any projects

30:15 ↗ represents around 12

30:16 ↗ of the total purchase of the land

30:19 ↗ so here's the appraisal cover sheet next

30:21 ↗ page to show that's fine

30:23 ↗ um about the same time as we did this

30:26 ↗ nepa document we

30:29 ↗ did a appraisal funded by the city

30:32 ↗ independently

30:33 ↗ in the paper appraisal and that

30:36 ↗ appraiser took in the

30:37 ↗ into account all the value the the

30:41 ↗ the types of parcels we were buying the

30:44 ↗ constraints placed on those parcels

30:46 ↗ and the value came up to a

30:49 ↗ 249 000 which is equal to the

30:53 ↗ purchase price washed out as requesting

30:55 ↗ in the uh

30:56 ↗ in the uh property documents that are

31:00 ↗ included tonight's

31:01 ↗ agenda bill next slide please tisha

31:06 ↗ again the many of the reasons why this

31:08 ↗ property is uh

31:11 ↗ uh is

31:14 ↗ fairly inexpensive compared to the

31:15 ↗ acreage is

31:17 ↗ the nepa restrictions the

31:20 ↗ as well as the future city restrictions

31:23 ↗ the access if you need to get a vehicle

31:26 ↗ there you have to use the trail and

31:28 ↗ that's

31:29 ↗ where stipulated they only use the trail

31:31 ↗ one or two days a week unless there's an

31:33 ↗ emergency

31:36 ↗ and you can walk up there as we'll get

31:39 ↗ to in a minute but

31:41 ↗ it's really only available

31:44 ↗ through the bisque precedent trail so

31:46 ↗ that constrains the property and

31:48 ↗ or the purchase price and finally that

31:52 ↗ view shed protection

31:53 ↗ again we're very narrowly constrained on

31:57 ↗ what we can do

31:58 ↗ and where we can do it next slide

32:05 ↗ so a few details on the property

32:06 ↗ transition transaction that

32:09 ↗ we're requesting tonight

32:13 ↗ one wash dot this is surplus wall

32:15 ↗ property to wash that

32:17 ↗ washdot only uses a quick clean deed for

32:20 ↗ um

32:21 ↗ for that kind of transaction um

32:25 ↗ however in response to questions

32:28 ↗ and our own concerns we did

32:32 ↗ we did obtain a tunnel report which is

32:34 ↗ included as an exhibit in tonight's

32:36 ↗ agenda bill packet

32:38 ↗ and the city is also

32:43 ↗ a plan is subject to your approval to

32:46 ↗ obtain title insurance and we have a

32:48 ↗ binder already received

32:50 ↗ to provide that insurance based on the

32:52 ↗ the title

32:53 ↗ report the title reports available but

32:58 ↗ by inspection and including input from

33:01 ↗ our city attorney we didn't see any

33:03 ↗ significant

33:06 ↗ issues in the title report that would uh

33:09 ↗ make us overly concerned about acquiring

33:11 ↗ this

33:12 ↗ property next slide please station

33:20 ↗ the um historically this property's

33:24 ↗ had a wide variety of uses dating back

33:26 ↗ to washdot

33:28 ↗ gravel operations and and uh but most

33:31 ↗ recently

33:33 ↗ it's been used as a has a use

33:36 ↗ and i think according to the latest

33:39 ↗ folks that have been up there

33:40 ↗ there still are homeless encampments

33:43 ↗ present

33:44 ↗ at least one president president on that

33:46 ↗ property on those properties

33:50 ↗ so questions came about what's going to

33:52 ↗ happen um

33:53 ↗ if we acquired the property and the city

33:56 ↗ takes ownership unlike the present

33:58 ↗ situation where washout owns the

34:00 ↗ property

34:01 ↗ uh the city's policy is that camps would

34:04 ↗ not be allowed

34:05 ↗ on the property once acquired and

34:07 ↗ there's a process that's

34:09 ↗ spelled out in your agenda packet in

34:11 ↗ some of the

34:14 ↗ material that i prepared that spells out

34:17 ↗ the details of that

34:18 ↗ the city basically would provide a

34:21 ↗ notice

34:21 ↗ to evacuate and offer access to research

34:24 ↗ sources and services

34:26 ↗ as part of this process

34:29 ↗ once once the site is free of

34:32 ↗ of encampments

34:35 ↗ um the city and specifically were

34:38 ↗ proposing that the water utility as a

34:41 ↗ as a as part of the

34:45 ↗ need to acquire this property based on

34:46 ↗ the water utility would

34:48 ↗ provide site cleanup efforts for the

34:50 ↗ infectious materials and

34:52 ↗ trash that must exist up there

34:56 ↗ and then but the interesting or neat

34:59 ↗ thing about

35:00 ↗ the property in my opinion is we need

35:02 ↗ just 12

35:03 ↗ of the or the water utility just needs

35:05 ↗ 12 of the

35:08 ↗ available acreage to do our water

35:11 ↗ utility work and the rest of the

35:14 ↗ property is free for

35:16 ↗ open space and also

35:20 ↗ potentially trails that the parks

35:23 ↗ department has

35:24 ↗ indicated there's long been a desire to

35:28 ↗ link the highlands to the iskwa

35:31 ↗ preston trail maybe using this

35:34 ↗ opportunity

35:35 ↗ so along with the

35:39 ↗ acquisition of property comes from some

35:41 ↗ possible

35:43 ↗ side benefits other than that which is

35:45 ↗ used for the utility

35:48 ↗ next slide please tissue

35:52 ↗ uh so as i mentioned before there are

35:54 ↗ critical areas

35:56 ↗ those include streams wetlands steep

35:58 ↗ slopes landslides

35:59 ↗ um whole a lot of a lot of things to be

36:03 ↗ concerned about we're working through

36:04 ↗ that process with our

36:07 ↗ colleagues public works colleagues in

36:09 ↗ this community planning and development

36:10 ↗ group

36:12 ↗ there's ongoing discussions right now

36:15 ↗ about the findings and

36:18 ↗ all this has been prepared by our

36:20 ↗ consultants and being reviewed by the

36:24 ↗ consultants peer review consultants

36:26 ↗ retained

36:28 ↗ by community planning and developments

36:31 ↗ team so uh it looks like we can work

36:35 ↗ navigate through all the issues and

36:37 ↗ comply with our

36:39 ↗ uh visqual city code some things like

36:42 ↗ tree removal retention just like washed

36:44 ↗ out

36:44 ↗ we have concerns and if we remove trees

36:48 ↗ we have to mitigate for that we're

36:49 ↗ planning on doing that

36:51 ↗ storm water requirements we're planning

36:53 ↗ on the latest plan is to use

36:56 ↗ you know the brains up there uh it

36:58 ↗ naturally disperses into the environment

37:00 ↗ and with our experts and

37:04 ↗ and including wetlands biologists

37:07 ↗ that's the plan to deal with the small

37:10 ↗ amount of additional runoff that will

37:11 ↗ occur as a result of our projects

37:14 ↗ uh zoning uh zoning this

37:17 ↗ uh this land is the land that we're

37:20 ↗ gonna use for the

37:22 ↗ water utility projects is zone community

37:24 ↗ facilities

37:26 ↗ facilities zoning cff

37:32 ↗ adjacent parcels

37:35 ↗ are also are zones something different

37:38 ↗ which is

37:39 ↗ community facilities open space but per

37:42 ↗ our imc the proposed facilities are

37:45 ↗ permissible when

37:46 ↗ within the cff zone provided a level two

37:50 ↗ administrative site development permit

37:52 ↗ is reviewed and approved

37:56 ↗ the public works department and its

37:57 ↗ consultants have submitted a permit

37:59 ↗ package that we believe addresses the

38:00 ↗ approval criteria outlined in the imc

38:02 ↗ and

38:04 ↗ again this is under review by the

38:07 ↗ community planning development team sipa

38:10 ↗ a sipa checklist has been prepared uh

38:13 ↗ cdp staff's review is still underway but

38:16 ↗ the latest assessment is that

38:20 ↗ a proposed mitigation declaration of

38:23 ↗ non-significance is likely

38:26 ↗ and of course the preliminary mdns will

38:30 ↗ be

38:31 ↗ subject to public review okay bob you

38:33 ↗ were doing really well but now i've got

38:35 ↗ four things for you to fill out for the

38:37 ↗ community

38:39 ↗ i hope i know the answer so go ahead

38:41 ↗ okay let's start with cpd

38:43 ↗ oh community planning and development

38:45 ↗ thank you

38:47 ↗ um you did talk about a site development

38:50 ↗ permit

38:51 ↗ uh fifa oh state environment

38:54 ↗ and state environmental policy act right

38:57 ↗ uh and there is a couple others i'm not

38:59 ↗ sure if any other council members caught

39:01 ↗ it but just for those who are watching

39:03 ↗ who are not as engineering nerdy as you

39:05 ↗ and i

39:05 ↗ are i want to make sure they get their

39:07 ↗ acronyms so

39:09 ↗ thank you yeah and the last thing i say

39:12 ↗ which is not on the

39:13 ↗ presentation tonight but we've had

39:14 ↗ discussions in the last week and uh

39:17 ↗ this what could be the uh one of the

39:18 ↗ first or second

39:20 ↗ projects that would be eligible or where

39:23 ↗ we would

39:24 ↗ propose to hold a neighborhood meeting

39:25 ↗ if that if that

39:27 ↗ policy is indeed enacted so

39:30 ↗ uh there'll be another opportunity for

39:32 ↗ the public to

39:34 ↗ see what's going on if a neighborhood

39:36 ↗ meeting is

39:37 ↗ held so final slide tisha

39:41 ↗ just jump in again i think the acronym

39:43 ↗ one of the council members is pointing

39:45 ↗ out is mdns

39:47 ↗ oh mitigate that comes out of that state

39:50 ↗ environmental protection act

39:51 ↗ process yes mdns is

39:56 ↗ mitigated i better get this right

40:00 ↗ because i got it wrong too

40:03 ↗ a mitigated determination of

40:08 ↗ non-significance

40:10 ↗ which is a determination yeah that's a

40:13 ↗ determination that

40:15 ↗ we have to we can comply with cipa

40:18 ↗ requirements

40:19 ↗ as long as we perform certain activities

40:22 ↗ associated with our project

40:24 ↗ thank you yeah and by achieving by

40:28 ↗ determining by doing those things

40:30 ↗ the consequences of the environment

40:32 ↗ would be considered non-significant

40:36 ↗ yeah so in conclusion it's time for

40:39 ↗ questions but

40:41 ↗ staff staff strongly believes that the

40:42 ↗ uh water utility really needs this

40:45 ↗ project

40:45 ↗ and we need the land to do this project

40:47 ↗ is it because it provides resiliency for

40:49 ↗ our

40:50 ↗ escala highlands community including

40:53 ↗ swedish hospital

40:56 ↗ and also the future reservoir provides

40:58 ↗ the

40:59 ↗ necessary infrastructure for continuing

41:02 ↗ our

41:03 ↗ focus on growth in the esquire

41:07 ↗ central esque area so staff would

41:10 ↗ recommend that you improve this

41:11 ↗ land purchase but now i'm open for

41:14 ↗ questions

41:15 ↗ thank you bob and we have somebody up

41:17 ↗ deputy council president ray thank you

41:20 ↗ mayor paul this is chris ray bob thanks

41:21 ↗ for the

41:22 ↗ presentation as always um always

41:26 ↗ enlightening and educational two

41:29 ↗ questions so

41:30 ↗ um if we purchase the land that would

41:32 ↗ come out of the

41:34 ↗ utility fund correct that's correct

41:38 ↗ and do we have money set aside to do

41:40 ↗ that in the utility fund

41:43 ↗ uh yes there's this project has been on

41:45 ↗ the cip for

41:46 ↗ years and it's also on the approved 2021

41:50 ↗ budget

41:51 ↗ great and then uh the second question

41:53 ↗ and uh no one to blame about yourself

41:55 ↗ for this one

41:55 ↗ if we do a community meeting what would

41:58 ↗ be the purpose of the meeting because we

41:59 ↗ would have already purchased the land so

42:00 ↗ what would we be asking the community

42:03 ↗ um to provide input on

42:06 ↗ um may i probably phone a friend on this

42:09 ↗ but let me

42:10 ↗ answer and get corrected by probably

42:13 ↗ andrea

42:14 ↗ it's to let the community understand

42:18 ↗ we have we bought the land but we

42:20 ↗ haven't done the project yet so it would

42:23 ↗ help the community understand everything

42:24 ↗ we're doing to try to minimize impacts

42:27 ↗ on critical areas and achieve all our

42:30 ↗ code requirements

42:32 ↗ any anyone want to add to that andrea or

42:34 ↗ wally

42:39 ↗ i guess i'm doing hi this is hi this is

42:41 ↗ deputy city administrator andrea snyder

42:44 ↗ i just i'm chiming in to say i don't

42:46 ↗ think i would have anything to add i

42:48 ↗ think it would be

42:49 ↗ an informational meeting to the

42:50 ↗ community

42:52 ↗ and we could also talk about what that

42:56 ↗ open space designation would mean too

42:59 ↗ over the long term

43:03 ↗ great thank you

43:07 ↗ thank you bob i have another question

43:08 ↗ here from council member hall

43:11 ↗ thanks mayor paulie this is

43:12 ↗ councilmember hall um

43:15 ↗ um first uh director york thank you very

43:17 ↗ much um

43:18 ↗ in particular for the um very detailed

43:20 ↗ memo in response to council and

43:22 ↗ community questions i found that super

43:24 ↗ helpful so i appreciate you

43:26 ↗ um i was hoping i see um dr watling and

43:29 ↗ monica are on i was hoping we could get

43:31 ↗ a little bit more in depth

43:33 ↗ in um what will be done in response to

43:37 ↗ people who are experiencing homelessness

43:38 ↗ and encamped up there

43:43 ↗ please chime in on our friends perfect

43:47 ↗ hi monica good evening

43:51 ↗ um mayor paulian council members thank

43:53 ↗ you for having us tonight

43:56 ↗ um yes we have been in communications

43:59 ↗ with

43:59 ↗ our team and with director york's team

44:03 ↗ over the last couple of weeks and as the

44:06 ↗ new

44:07 ↗ outreach person um

44:10 ↗ has been hired by they support food and

44:12 ↗ clothing bank

44:13 ↗ we started communications and

44:15 ↗ coordinations on starting to engage with

44:19 ↗ folks in that area

44:22 ↗ as of in currently starting now in the

44:25 ↗ next few days

44:26 ↗ um and um so our hope

44:29 ↗ was that the outreach specialist will

44:33 ↗ engage with folks and

44:35 ↗ provide resources and help them connect

44:37 ↗ with services

44:38 ↗ on our end we are trying to leverage

44:42 ↗ resources that we already provide to the

44:44 ↗ cities human services grants and

44:46 ↗ connecting

44:47 ↗ individuals with services whether that's

44:49 ↗ treatment or shelter services

44:52 ↗ or other services that they might need

44:54 ↗ and then in the second phase we are also

44:57 ↗ evaluating the services that we have

44:58 ↗ available as we learn more

45:01 ↗ from what the needs are to ensure that

45:04 ↗ we have the services available or if not

45:06 ↗ to come back to council and request

45:08 ↗ increased capacity for those services

45:14 ↗ council member hall yeah thanks mayor

45:17 ↗ council member hall i think you hit on

45:18 ↗ that

45:18 ↗ perfectly at the end of really you know

45:21 ↗ making sure we start early and identify

45:22 ↗ the need there

45:23 ↗ for those people um so that way we're

45:26 ↗ not you know waiting until the last

45:27 ↗ minute and then saying hey you gotta

45:29 ↗ get out of here i want us to be as much

45:32 ↗ as we can

45:33 ↗ proactive with this so thank you very

45:35 ↗ much for your answer

45:37 ↗ thank you i am looking for additional

45:39 ↗ questions none have showed up in the

45:40 ↗ chat but i will give it a second

45:45 ↗ and while we are waiting if there is

45:49 ↗ someone interested in making a motion

46:00 ↗ city clerk if we could have the motion

46:02 ↗ wording put into the chat box

46:05 ↗ thank you very much

46:11 ↗ uh council president hunt thank you

46:14 ↗ madam mayor i moved to

46:15 ↗ authorize the mayor to enter into and

46:17 ↗ execute

46:18 ↗ the quit uh quit claim deed with the

46:21 ↗ washington state department of

46:22 ↗ transportation to acquire property for

46:24 ↗ the spar water system project

46:27 ↗ thank you and deputy council president

46:29 ↗ ray this is chris ray ii

46:32 ↗ thank you very much so it has been moved

46:34 ↗ and seconded

46:35 ↗ and uh is there any council discussion

46:47 ↗ can you give the chat a few more seconds

46:50 ↗ not seeing any indication of a

46:52 ↗ discussion

46:53 ↗ there we go council member walsh

46:58 ↗ thank you mayor paulie i was just going

47:00 ↗ to ask are we welcoming community

47:03 ↗ comment on this particular item

47:06 ↗ typically um public comments are at the

47:08 ↗ beginning of the meeting and

47:09 ↗ occasionally if there is

47:10 ↗ a public hearing associated with one of

47:12 ↗ your decisions it also occurs later in

47:14 ↗ the meeting

47:15 ↗ but i'll defer to the city clerk i don't

47:17 ↗ believe that

47:19 ↗ there is a part of this discussion that

47:22 ↗ involves community comment at this time

47:24 ↗ city clerk that's correct mayor

47:28 ↗ thank you for the question yeah thank

47:30 ↗ you

47:32 ↗ and a comment from council president

47:34 ↗ hunt

47:35 ↗ thank you this is council president hunt

47:38 ↗ i will be supporting this i think that

47:40 ↗ we

47:41 ↗ have heard um loud and clear that we

47:43 ↗ need to

47:44 ↗ be proactive in terms of planning for

47:47 ↗ growth and we

47:48 ↗ know that this is the way that's been

47:51 ↗ identified by

47:52 ↗ our city's engineers as the best way to

47:54 ↗ have this redundant water supply that we

47:56 ↗ know we need to have

47:58 ↗ um so i i am in support

48:01 ↗ one comment i wanted to make was

48:04 ↗ there is an identified cost of a hundred

48:06 ↗ thousand dollars for

48:09 ↗ clean up and mitigation on the site

48:11 ↗ that's in the

48:12 ↗ memo and in the financial impacts part

48:15 ↗ of our agenda bill it doesn't identify

48:17 ↗ that cost but since it's identified

48:18 ↗ elsewhere just for transparency

48:20 ↗ i think that should be considered in the

48:22 ↗ impact especially

48:23 ↗ since it's relative to the purchase

48:27 ↗ price of the property i think that

48:29 ↗ that expense is substantial or relevant

48:32 ↗ and i also just wanted to say thank you

48:35 ↗ to

48:37 ↗ director york for the information and

48:39 ↗ for the other

48:41 ↗ city staff that provided answers to the

48:44 ↗ questions in the memo and very thorough

48:46 ↗ materials for our packet so that we

48:48 ↗ thoroughly understood this

48:49 ↗ issue before we voted this evening thank

48:52 ↗ you council president hunt

48:54 ↗ are there any other comments and i will

48:56 ↗ leave it open for a few seconds

49:06 ↗ okay seeing no additional

49:10 ↗ comments or discussion the motion on the

49:13 ↗ table is to authorize the mayor to enter

49:15 ↗ into

49:16 ↗ and execute the quick claim deed with

49:17 ↗ the washington state department of

49:19 ↗ transportation

49:20 ↗ to acquire property for the south

49:23 ↗ plateau access road water system

49:25 ↗ project and i will have the city clerk

49:28 ↗ do a roll call vote

49:30 ↗ beginning with council member walsh aye

49:34 ↗ council member d michelle aye

49:37 ↗ councilmember goodman aye councilmember

49:41 ↗ hall

49:42 ↗ aye council president hunt

49:46 ↗ aye councilmember martz

49:49 ↗ aye deputy council president ray

49:52 ↗ aye that's 7i zero nays

49:56 ↗ thank you very much city clerk that

49:58 ↗ passes unanimously

50:00 ↗ and the next item on our agenda this

50:02 ↗ evening is good of the order

50:03 ↗ and our first item will be id 0793

50:07 ↗ council appointments and i'm going to

50:08 ↗ turn this over to council

50:10 ↗ president hun to allow her to speak to

50:13 ↗ the appointments

50:14 ↗ council president hunt thank you this is

50:17 ↗ council president hunt

50:19 ↗ um the appointments are listed in the

50:21 ↗ packet and so i'm going to

50:23 ↗ read them now and these are our regional

50:25 ↗ appointments our

50:26 ↗ city council members serve on many

50:29 ↗ regional

50:30 ↗ boards and commissions and they

50:32 ↗ represent us throughout

50:34 ↗ the region on these commissions and i

50:36 ↗ also wanted to say thank you all for

50:38 ↗ for doing that and for serving on these

50:40 ↗ commissions

50:41 ↗ for cascade water alliance uh council

50:43 ↗ member

50:44 ↗ hall will serve as the alternate mayor

50:46 ↗ paulie is the

50:48 ↗ is the representative eastside fire and

50:50 ↗ rescue

50:51 ↗ council member goodman and council

50:54 ↗ deputy president ray will serve as the

50:56 ↗ regular members and

50:57 ↗ council member hall will serve as the

50:59 ↗ alternate eastside human services forum

51:02 ↗ councilmember d michelle will serve east

51:05 ↗ side transportation partnership

51:06 ↗ councilmember d michelle will also serve

51:08 ↗ issaquah chamber of commerce as

51:10 ↗ councilmember walsh

51:11 ↗ lake smamish kokanee into a local

51:13 ↗ management committee

51:15 ↗ is myself council president hunt lodging

51:17 ↗ tax advisory committee is council member

51:19 ↗ goodman

51:20 ↗ water resource inventory area eight

51:22 ↗ raira eight salmon recovery council

51:24 ↗ is me council president hunt and then

51:26 ↗ for the sound cities association

51:28 ↗ sca public issues committee pick

51:32 ↗ that will be council member martz and

51:35 ↗ council member d michelle will serve as

51:37 ↗ the alternate

51:38 ↗ i also wanted to note that in

51:42 ↗ in our email we had indicated

51:45 ↗ that we had a finance committee and we

51:48 ↗ have in the past had

51:50 ↗ a finance committee an ad hoc committee

51:53 ↗ of council members that served to

51:56 ↗ address

51:56 ↗ specific financial questions and in

51:59 ↗ talking with mayor paulie we wanted to

52:02 ↗ make sure that we had a clear charge for

52:04 ↗ that committee before we

52:06 ↗ um proceeded with reconvening it and has

52:09 ↗ not been

52:09 ↗ uh meeting recently so before we

52:13 ↗ before we start that up again we wanted

52:15 ↗ to have a clear charge for that group

52:17 ↗ so that's why that's not on that list

52:19 ↗ this evening

52:20 ↗ um and then again just wanted to say

52:23 ↗ thank you all so much for serving on

52:24 ↗ these regional

52:25 ↗ boards and commissions in addition to

52:27 ↗ these uh council members also serve on

52:29 ↗ additional boards and commissions such

52:31 ↗ as

52:32 ↗ those where we represent town cities

52:34 ↗ association and

52:36 ↗ it's a lot of work and it's really

52:37 ↗ important to our representation in the

52:40 ↗ region and i appreciate it

52:42 ↗ thank you council president and i'm just

52:44 ↗ going to add a little bit to what you

52:45 ↗ said

52:46 ↗ that was the short list there is a much

52:48 ↗ longer list of service

52:50 ↗ and we do take that opportunity to

52:53 ↗ have council members do the report out

52:55 ↗ so that they can bring that information

52:57 ↗ not only to the rest of the council that

52:59 ↗ is not on their in their particular

53:01 ↗ chair but also to the community at large

53:02 ↗ and i

53:03 ↗ second what you say it's just it's

53:06 ↗ additional time again

53:07 ↗ and i thank all those that serve in

53:09 ↗ those um appointments

53:11 ↗ do council members have anything else

53:13 ↗ for good of the order and i will keep an

53:15 ↗ eye on the chat to see if anybody

53:17 ↗ raises their hand or has comments

53:25 ↗ okay i'm gonna go to some upcoming

53:28 ↗ council meetings there will be a council

53:29 ↗ study session on tuesday january 26th

53:32 ↗ and the potential agenda items include

53:36 ↗ an update from the issaquah recovery

53:38 ↗ task force

53:39 ↗ there will be a city council special

53:41 ↗ meeting on saturday january 30th for a

53:44 ↗ council retreat

53:45 ↗ and there will be a city council regular

53:47 ↗ meeting on february 1st

53:48 ↗ and potential agenda items for that

53:51 ↗ include

53:52 ↗ the capital improvement plan process

53:55 ↗ that will be an introduction to the

53:56 ↗ process

53:57 ↗ for this round of updates water resource

54:01 ↗ inventory area 8 raya 8 watershed

54:04 ↗ restoration enhancement committee draft

54:07 ↗ plan

54:08 ↗ and extension of rv park management

54:12 ↗ agreement

54:13 ↗ the next item on the agenda this evening

54:16 ↗ would be executive session

54:17 ↗ but it was held earlier today so we are

54:20 ↗ coming to the end of our agenda

54:23 ↗ and if there is no further business then

54:25 ↗ i'm not oh

54:26 ↗ i see some okay councilmember goodman

54:29 ↗ question

54:30 ↗ ah thank you madam mayor i was just

54:33 ↗ wondering if we know when the retreat

54:34 ↗ agenda is coming out

54:37 ↗ great question i'm going to turn that

54:38 ↗ over to council president hunt

54:40 ↗ thank you um

54:43 ↗ thank you we will have that to you

54:46 ↗ shortly

54:50 ↗ we can get an outline we can get

54:52 ↗ outlined tomorrow

54:54 ↗ yeah we do have a leadership meeting

54:55 ↗ tomorrow that's great i just changed i

54:56 ↗ was just curious thanks

54:58 ↗ yeah okay thanks

55:02 ↗ check the screen and i'm gonna check the

55:04 ↗ chat and i'm not seeing anything

55:06 ↗ else that being the case wow record

55:09 ↗ it's gonna be hard to beat this one

55:11 ↗ throughout 2021. uh if there's no

55:13 ↗ further business the meetings adjourned

55:15 ↗ at 7 55 pm

55:17 ↗ great work see you later thank you

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Council / Members (7)

Barbara de Michele

Stacy Goodman

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

Lindsey Walsh

Motions and votes (1)

Authorize the Mayor to enter into and execute the Quit Claim Deed with the Washington State Dept. of Transportation to acquire property for the SPAR Water System Project. .

Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH

Carried 7-0

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh