City Council Special Meeting · Monday, June 21, 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) and pending/potential litigation per RCW take approximately 30 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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1:19 ↗ as i call the june 21st city council

1:22 ↗ meeting to order

1:23 ↗ due to the governor's proclamation 20-28

1:26 ↗ relating to the covet 19 emergency

1:28 ↗ and open public meetings this meeting

1:30 ↗ will be held entirely remotely

1:32 ↗ at this point in time we'll take a

1:34 ↗ moment to take roll call of the council

1:36 ↗ members in attendance

1:37 ↗ please stay here when i call your name

1:39 ↗ councilmember d michelle

1:41 ↗ here thank you councilmember goodman

1:44 ↗ here

1:44 ↗ thank you councilmember hall here thank

1:48 ↗ you council president hunt

1:50 ↗ here thank you councilmember marks here

1:53 ↗ thank you deputy council president ray

1:56 ↗ here thank you and council member walsh

1:59 ↗ here thank you that's all seven council

2:02 ↗ members in attendance

2:04 ↗ um i'd like to invite you to join me in

2:06 ↗ the pledge of allegiance but i'd ask you

2:07 ↗ to mute your microphone

2:12 ↗ i pledge allegiance to the flag of the

2:15 ↗ united states of america

2:17 ↗ and to the republic for which it stands

2:19 ↗ one nation

2:20 ↗ under god indivisible with liberty and

2:23 ↗ justice for all

2:25 ↗ thank you the next item on our agenda

2:28 ↗ this evening is audience comments and

2:31 ↗ for those of you who have submitted our

2:32 ↗ online form to make comments your name

2:34 ↗ will be called shortly

2:36 ↗ for those who have joined us tonight and

2:38 ↗ would like to make comments but did not

2:39 ↗ sign up in advance

2:41 ↗ please raise your virtual hand if you

2:43 ↗ are on the phone

2:44 ↗ try pressing star 3 if you have joined

2:47 ↗ by computer or smartphone

2:49 ↗ look for a hand icon this can vary by

2:52 ↗ device

2:53 ↗ one option may be to go to the

2:54 ↗ participant panel and choose the raised

2:57 ↗ hand icon

2:58 ↗ in the lower right hand corner

3:03 ↗ there at tonight's council meeting an

3:05 ↗ informational presentation will be

3:07 ↗ provided

3:08 ↗ on an upcoming ballot item i'd like to

3:10 ↗ remind members of the public

3:12 ↗ that comments related to a ballot

3:13 ↗ measure or individual candidacy

3:16 ↗ candidacy are not allowed during public

3:19 ↗ comments if the council wishes to

3:20 ↗ consider formally supporting or opposing

3:23 ↗ a ballot measure

3:24 ↗ a public hearing will be scheduled and

3:26 ↗ the public would be provided with an

3:27 ↗ opportunity to comment in accordance

3:29 ↗ with state law

3:31 ↗ city clerk has anyone signed up to speak

3:33 ↗ this evening

3:35 ↗ yes thank you

3:40 ↗ so for those making comments please make

3:42 ↗ sure to direct your comments to the

3:44 ↗ whole council and not to individuals

3:46 ↗ and while this is not a question and

3:47 ↗ answer session we will contact you to

3:49 ↗ follow up if needed

3:51 ↗ when you are recognized please unmute

3:53 ↗ your microphone

3:54 ↗ state your name address and relationship

3:56 ↗ to the city

3:57 ↗ and speak clearly and pause frequently

4:00 ↗ please limit your comments to five

4:02 ↗ minutes and re-mute your microphone when

4:04 ↗ you're done

4:05 ↗ if you do not respond after your name or

4:08 ↗ phone number is called

4:09 ↗ or if your connection is lost

4:10 ↗ unexpectedly the meeting will need to

4:12 ↗ proceed

4:13 ↗ you are encouraged to rejoin the meeting

4:15 ↗ if you are able

4:16 ↗ personal attacks obscene language

4:18 ↗ derogatory remarks and disruptive

4:20 ↗ behavior will not be permitted

4:22 ↗ citizens comments written and verbal are

4:24 ↗ an important aspect of the public

4:26 ↗ process

4:27 ↗ the city takes these comments seriously

4:29 ↗ and we thank you for taking the time to

4:30 ↗ address us this evening

4:33 ↗ city clerk can you please identify the

4:35 ↗ first person who has signed up to speak

4:39 ↗ yes kathy mcquarrie kathy i'm going to

4:42 ↗ unmute you now

4:46 ↗ you have the floor thank you

4:50 ↗ good evening madam mayor and city

4:53 ↗ council

4:53 ↗ great to be here on this warm happy

4:56 ↗ monday

4:57 ↗ uh just a couple of quick items today

5:00 ↗ um first oh i'm sorry let me back up

5:03 ↗ kathy mccrory greater

5:05 ↗ issaquah chamber of commerce i'm the ceo

5:08 ↗ there and i have an exciting

5:10 ↗ announcement to make

5:12 ↗ this week we are launching

5:15 ↗ issaquahjobs.com

5:17 ↗ we have been in touch with the business

5:20 ↗ community

5:21 ↗ about all the hiring and the jobs that

5:23 ↗ are available

5:25 ↗ in ithaca right now and we have come up

5:27 ↗ with

5:28 ↗ a website that will allow businesses to

5:31 ↗ post their jobs

5:32 ↗ and residents whether they're looking

5:35 ↗ for um

5:37 ↗ uh returning to work a new career shift

5:40 ↗ a part-time job

5:42 ↗ they will have a site geared

5:43 ↗ specifically for issaquah jobs

5:46 ↗ so that they can go and find some

5:49 ↗ new exciting career path or job close to

5:52 ↗ where they live

5:55 ↗ and again we're excited to be launching

5:57 ↗ that this week

5:58 ↗ our other um is just a comment of

6:01 ↗ support

6:02 ↗ on one of the agenda items this evening

6:05 ↗ a b

6:05 ↗ 8193 obviously we are we will be in

6:09 ↗ support of that and also

6:11 ↗ in support of allocating 45 000

6:14 ↗ for the recovery coordinator position

6:17 ↗ we realize that the 11 million dollars

6:20 ↗ is not much when it comes to the city's

6:22 ↗ overall budget

6:24 ↗ however it it can be quite substantial

6:28 ↗ to us and

6:29 ↗ in the deliberations moving forward as

6:35 ↗ opportunities identify themselves we ask

6:38 ↗ that the city continues to research

6:43 ↗ as they have already begun to do so and

6:45 ↗ let's not just

6:46 ↗ recover what was lost during the

6:48 ↗ pandemic but

6:49 ↗ let's truly imagine reimagine what we

6:52 ↗ need moving forward

6:54 ↗ to remain the best place

6:57 ↗ on the east side to live work and play

7:00 ↗ let's be innovative and together we can

7:03 ↗ rebuild

7:04 ↗ a better future with that one-time money

7:08 ↗ i'd like to thank you again for all the

7:09 ↗ work you do for

7:11 ↗ our business community and our residents

7:14 ↗ we all appreciate you very much thank

7:16 ↗ you

7:24 ↗ thank you kathy city clerk do we have

7:27 ↗ anyone else signed up to speak this

7:28 ↗ evening

7:29 ↗ no one else has indicated a desire to

7:31 ↗ speak well it was nice to hear from our

7:33 ↗ chamber

7:34 ↗ about the new job finder website that

7:37 ↗ they have up and also their support of

7:39 ↗ the arpa funding recommendations that

7:41 ↗ are on the council's agenda this evening

7:44 ↗ as a reminder you can also submit

7:46 ↗ written comments at any time to city

7:48 ↗ council at issaquah.gov

7:51 ↗ council president hunt do you have any

7:53 ↗ email comments that you would like to

7:54 ↗ summarize on tonight's

7:56 ↗ agenda topics thank you madam mayor

7:59 ↗ we did receive one email that

8:01 ↗ specifically referenced

8:03 ↗ items that are on our agenda this

8:04 ↗ evening and while we're doing virtual

8:06 ↗ meetings i have been summarizing emails

8:08 ↗ that we receive

8:09 ↗ specifically on agenda items and in this

8:12 ↗ email

8:13 ↗ um the community member asked regarding

8:17 ↗ ab8158 which is amend 2021 salary

8:20 ↗ ordinance ask

8:21 ↗ that council ask questions confirming

8:23 ↗ the need for

8:24 ↗ effectively funding a new position and

8:27 ↗ then regarding ab-8192

8:29 ↗ which is confirmation of mayor's

8:31 ↗ appointment of city clerk express

8:33 ↗ support and that concludes emailed

8:35 ↗ comments on tonight's agenda items

8:38 ↗ thank you council president hunt the

8:40 ↗ next item on our agenda this evening is

8:42 ↗ committee and regional reports

8:43 ↗ and i will be calling each council

8:45 ↗ member by name starting with council

8:47 ↗ member hall

8:48 ↗ uh thank you mayor paulie this is

8:50 ↗ councilmember hall i have two quick

8:51 ↗ reports for the council this evening

8:54 ↗ uh first for cascade water alliance

8:57 ↗ the next board meeting is virtually this

9:00 ↗ wednesday at 3 30 p.m

9:03 ↗ i'll note that i'll give you a more

9:06 ↗ in-depth update at tonight's good of the

9:08 ↗ order

9:09 ↗ mayor paulie and i would like to get

9:10 ↗ your feedback uh over the next couple

9:12 ↗ months regarding

9:14 ↗ uh the lake tabs reservoir project so

9:16 ↗ this will be fun

9:17 ↗ um so stay tuned for that later tonight

9:20 ↗ affordable housing committee the

9:21 ↗ affordable housing committee of the

9:22 ↗ growth management planning council is

9:24 ↗ meeting next

9:25 ↗ wednesday july 21st at noon and there's

9:28 ↗ no agenda there yet so stay tuned

9:30 ↗ and with that that concludes my report

9:35 ↗ thank you council member hall council

9:37 ↗ member d michelle

9:39 ↗ thank you mr pauline this is

9:40 ↗ councilmember d michelle

9:42 ↗ on june 9th i attended the connect ii

9:45 ↗ community advisory group which is

9:47 ↗ charged with

9:47 ↗ overseeing the development of a health

9:49 ↗ community information exchange network

9:52 ↗ for king county we continued our

9:54 ↗ dialogue on how to protect privacy at

9:56 ↗ the same time we make information more

9:58 ↗ available

9:59 ↗ and accessible to both patients and

10:01 ↗ practitioners

10:02 ↗ on june 10th i attended the east side

10:04 ↗ transportation park

10:06 ↗ partnership we met with congresswoman

10:08 ↗ del benny for a report on the biden

10:11 ↗ administration

10:12 ↗ infrastructure initiatives and then

10:15 ↗ finally a meeting of the east side human

10:16 ↗ services forum board of directors

10:18 ↗ is scheduled for this thursday june 24th

10:22 ↗ and that concludes my report

10:25 ↗ hey cue council member dean michelle

10:26 ↗ council member walsh

10:28 ↗ thank you this is councilmember walsh on

10:30 ↗ wednesday the 9th

10:32 ↗ the council rules ad hoc committee met

10:34 ↗ discuss the council new business action

10:37 ↗ and form along with several housekeeping

10:39 ↗ changes

10:40 ↗ those changes are set to come back to

10:43 ↗ the full council during our meeting on

10:44 ↗ july 6.

10:46 ↗ we also recognize that there was

10:49 ↗ potentially a future discussion about

10:51 ↗ the remote meeting participation

10:54 ↗ and since that covered council members

10:56 ↗ staff and the public

10:58 ↗ we decided that or recommended that the

11:01 ↗ conversation belonged

11:02 ↗ in a public meeting with the full

11:04 ↗ council and not the ad hoc committee

11:06 ↗ or council rules committee on

11:09 ↗ the 10th the title 18 ad hoc committee

11:12 ↗ met that's our group of three council

11:15 ↗ members

11:16 ↗ working on title 18 which is our land

11:18 ↗ use and

11:19 ↗ zoning code we discuss the next

11:21 ↗ iteration of the sign code

11:22 ↗ that iteration continues with our

11:25 ↗ feedback and is scheduled to return

11:27 ↗ to full council during the study session

11:30 ↗ on july 27th

11:32 ↗ we also discussed ppc the planning

11:34 ↗ policy commission's feedback from their

11:37 ↗ initial title 18 overview

11:39 ↗ and the need for an upcoming ppc

11:42 ↗ discussion on land use sustainability

11:44 ↗ and equity which i believe has now been

11:46 ↗ scheduled

11:47 ↗ and on friday the 18th i attended the

11:51 ↗ sap chamber of commerce board meeting

11:53 ↗ and reviewed with them

11:55 ↗ the school resource officer conversation

11:59 ↗ um the upcoming sign code uh

12:03 ↗ meeting with the the council and then

12:06 ↗ uh city administrator bob quits also um

12:10 ↗ provided information on the city hall

12:12 ↗ reopening plan

12:14 ↗ and the chamber asked questions about

12:15 ↗ the equity board

12:17 ↗ and what their focal area

12:18 ↗ responsibilities would be

12:20 ↗ and that concludes my report thanks

12:23 ↗ councilmember walsh uh the first ad hoc

12:25 ↗ reference back to july

12:26 ↗ 6th is likely july 19th because the city

12:29 ↗ council meeting for this six

12:30 ↗ has been cancelled thanks for giving me

12:32 ↗ an opportunity to say that councilmember

12:34 ↗ goodman

12:35 ↗ uh thank you councilmember goodman here

12:36 ↗ no report

12:39 ↗ thank you councilmember marks thank you

12:42 ↗ madam mayor this is councilmember martz

12:44 ↗ the puget sound regional council growth

12:46 ↗ management policy board

12:47 ↗ will be meeting on thursday july 1st

12:50 ↗ from 10 a.m until noon

12:52 ↗ and the agenda has not been published

12:54 ↗ for that meeting yet

12:55 ↗ the sound cities association public

12:57 ↗ issues committee

12:58 ↗ met wednesday june 9th at 7 pm online

13:02 ↗ and no action was taken

13:03 ↗ this concludes my report thank you

13:05 ↗ councilmember martz

13:06 ↗ deputy council president ray now thank

13:08 ↗ you mayor paulie this is chris ray

13:11 ↗ the king county growth management

13:13 ↗ planning council will be meeting this

13:15 ↗ wednesday

13:15 ↗ june 23rd from 4 to 6 p.m in a virtual

13:19 ↗ format

13:20 ↗ there are two significant agenda items

13:23 ↗ on this meeting one is the draft urban

13:26 ↗ growth capacity report

13:28 ↗ which is proposed to be adopted and also

13:30 ↗ the proposed 2021

13:32 ↗ countywide planning policies that were

13:34 ↗ also planning to be adopted

13:36 ↗ at that time that concludes my report

13:38 ↗ this evening

13:40 ↗ thank you deputy council president ray

13:42 ↗ and council president hunt

13:44 ↗ thank you madam mayor this is council

13:45 ↗ president hunt i have one report this

13:47 ↗ evening

13:48 ↗ the king conservation district advisory

13:50 ↗ committee met

13:51 ↗ on june 8th we took one action at that

13:54 ↗ meeting which was

13:55 ↗ to approve a statement in support of

13:58 ↗ working towards

13:59 ↗ having the king county um the king

14:02 ↗ conservation district advisory

14:05 ↗ sorry king conservation district um

14:08 ↗ board of supervisors election be on a

14:11 ↗ regular ballot

14:12 ↗ and so we approved a statement to that

14:14 ↗ effect and we'll work with the state

14:16 ↗ legislature

14:17 ↗ on that over the summer and in the

14:19 ↗ coming months because that would require

14:20 ↗ a state action

14:22 ↗ and the next meeting for this advisory

14:26 ↗ committee has not yet been set

14:29 ↗ thank you council thank you council

14:31 ↗ president hunt

14:32 ↗ the next item on our agenda this evening

14:34 ↗ is the mayor's report

14:36 ↗ so earlier this evening we did have an

14:38 ↗ executive session with

14:40 ↗ it was held to discuss collective

14:42 ↗ bargaining for rcw

14:44 ↗ 42.3.14 paran4 and pending potential

14:47 ↗ litigation per rcw

14:49 ↗ 42.30 0.110 paren one for an

14:52 ↗ i i one of my newsy items is i'd like to

14:56 ↗ say thank you for the invitation to

14:58 ↗ attend last friday night's juneteenth

15:00 ↗ celebration in the issaquah highlands

15:02 ↗ highlands council member kimberly i'm

15:05 ↗ going to get this wrong maybe

15:06 ↗ councilmember walsh can help me

15:08 ↗ happenstein they get it okay kimberly

15:11 ↗ kappestein organized issaquah's first

15:14 ↗ ever community juneteenth remembrance in

15:16 ↗ highlands park near blakely hall

15:18 ↗ the event offered information on the

15:20 ↗ history of juneteenth

15:22 ↗ a local band and barbecue food truck

15:24 ↗ encouraging families to stay and picnic

15:26 ↗ as we honor and celebrate the

15:28 ↗ contributions of black americans to our

15:30 ↗ community

15:31 ↗ and our country i'm going to do a

15:34 ↗ proclamation this evening on immigration

15:36 ↗ reform

15:37 ↗ whereas the city of issaquah advocates

15:39 ↗ for a just inhumane immigration system

15:42 ↗ and calls on the united states congress

15:44 ↗ to enact and prioritize

15:45 ↗ updated immigration policies to reflect

15:48 ↗ current times and needs

15:50 ↗ and whereas covet 19 has magnified the

15:53 ↗ disproportionate inequities that exist

15:55 ↗ for refugees and immigrants who call

15:57 ↗ this country their home

15:59 ↗ and whereas it is a legislative

16:01 ↗ responsibility

16:03 ↗ to ensure that covet 19 relief and

16:05 ↗ recovery programs are available and

16:07 ↗ accessible to

16:08 ↗ all without discrimination or barriers

16:10 ↗ based on citizenship

16:12 ↗ english proficiency income religious

16:15 ↗ belief

16:16 ↗ race ethnicity gender and sexual

16:18 ↗ identity

16:19 ↗ and whereas one in four esqua residents

16:22 ↗ is foreign born

16:23 ↗ and our diversity will continue to grow

16:25 ↗ as issaquah is currently expanding

16:28 ↗ at a rate of 0.0.70

16:31 ↗ annually and its overall population has

16:34 ↗ increased by 31.6

16:36 ↗ in the last 10 years and whereas

16:39 ↗ issaquah thrives as a welcoming and

16:41 ↗ inclusive community

16:42 ↗ that is committed to foster a safe

16:45 ↗ vibrant

16:46 ↗ livable and hate-free environment and

16:48 ↗ therefore denounces hateful rhetoric

16:50 ↗ against

16:51 ↗ immigrant and refugee communities and

16:53 ↗ whereas the city of issaquah invites

16:55 ↗ business leaders

16:56 ↗ civic groups community institutions

16:59 ↗ legislators and residents to join in a

17:01 ↗ community-wide effort to adopt practices

17:03 ↗ and policies

17:04 ↗ that promote integration inclusion and

17:07 ↗ equity

17:08 ↗ we at the city of issaquah are committed

17:10 ↗ to supporting refugees and immigrant

17:11 ↗ communities

17:12 ↗ are zero tolerance towards hateful

17:15 ↗ rhetoric against immigrants

17:16 ↗ and i call on the united states congress

17:18 ↗ to prioritize

17:19 ↗ a comprehensive legislation on

17:22 ↗ immigration

17:23 ↗ that reflects current times and needs

17:26 ↗ i'd also like to give an update on the

17:29 ↗ city hall facilities reopening plan

17:32 ↗ since the third of the pandemic city

17:34 ↗ offices have been closed to the public

17:36 ↗ and we have been providing service over

17:38 ↗ email

17:39 ↗ the phone or other teleconferencing

17:41 ↗ platforms

17:42 ↗ with almost eighty percent of issaquah

17:44 ↗ residents fully vaccinated

17:46 ↗ it's the cause emerging from the

17:47 ↗ pandemic and i'm excited to announce

17:49 ↗ that starting july 6

17:51 ↗ city hall will be open for in-person

17:53 ↗ services

17:54 ↗ with some improvements to how we serve

17:56 ↗ the issua community

17:57 ↗ we are moving our permit center out of

17:59 ↗ city hall northwest to consolidate with

18:02 ↗ our downtown city hall

18:03 ↗ this should help reduce confusion and

18:06 ↗ travel for community members accessing

18:08 ↗ these services

18:09 ↗ our new hours for in-person services

18:11 ↗ starting on july 6

18:13 ↗ will be monday through thursday from 9am

18:15 ↗ to 1pm

18:17 ↗ we will continue to provide services

18:19 ↗ over email phone and teleconferencing

18:21 ↗ outside of those hours as part of our

18:23 ↗ normal operations

18:25 ↗ a few weeks ago we conducted a customer

18:27 ↗ survey

18:28 ↗ and heard from you the issue community

18:30 ↗ that this hybrid service model

18:32 ↗ offering in-person services as well as

18:35 ↗ virtual service

18:36 ↗ is what you want more choices for

18:38 ↗ accessing city services

18:40 ↗ we will re-evaluate our service model

18:42 ↗ and ours at the end of august

18:44 ↗ and may make changes to ensure we are

18:46 ↗ providing responsive

18:47 ↗ and quality services throughout the

18:49 ↗ pandemic some city services were put on

18:52 ↗ hold

18:52 ↗ so that we could focus on our pandemic

18:54 ↗ response and reducing the spread

18:56 ↗ i'm pleased to announce that starting

18:58 ↗ july 6 the following services

19:00 ↗ will once again be available in person

19:03 ↗ over-the-counter permitting services and

19:05 ↗ in-person meetings to discuss projects

19:07 ↗ and permits

19:08 ↗ utility billing concealed weapons permit

19:11 ↗ applications

19:12 ↗ public record requests and citizen

19:14 ↗ clearance letters

19:16 ↗ our parks and recreation programs in the

19:18 ↗ municipal court have already been

19:20 ↗ offering in-person services

19:21 ↗ and will continue to do so upgrades are

19:24 ↗ also underway in city buildings to allow

19:26 ↗ for the first time

19:27 ↗ in-person and virtual participation in

19:30 ↗ city council and city board and

19:32 ↗ commission meetings

19:33 ↗ pending public health guidelines we

19:35 ↗ anticipate meeting in person regularly

19:37 ↗ again in september

19:39 ↗ i would like to take this opportunity to

19:40 ↗ thank and recognize our employees who

19:42 ↗ have continued to serve the community

19:44 ↗ in person throughout the pandemic

19:46 ↗ navigating pandemic protocols and taking

19:48 ↗ on a greater risk to themselves and

19:50 ↗ their families

19:51 ↗ than those of us who were able to work

19:52 ↗ from home this includes our police

19:55 ↗ our public works staff parks any sites

19:58 ↗ fire and rescue staff

19:59 ↗ thank you very much and thank you to

20:02 ↗ issaquah for your patience

20:04 ↗ diligence and care for one another that

20:06 ↗ i have seen demonstrated time and time

20:08 ↗ again over the past year and a half

20:10 ↗ as we emerge from the pandemic i look

20:12 ↗ forward to seeing all of you in person

20:14 ↗ again

20:15 ↗ thank you and that concludes the mayor's

20:17 ↗ report

20:19 ↗ the next item on our agenda this evening

20:21 ↗ are informational updates and we'll be

20:23 ↗ starting with id

20:24 ↗ 0929 best starts for kids levy

20:28 ↗ king county proposition 1. this is a

20:30 ↗ regular property tax levy for children

20:32 ↗ youth families and communities at the

20:35 ↗ may 17

20:36 ↗ 2021 council meeting under good of the

20:38 ↗ order city council requested an

20:40 ↗ informational briefing

20:41 ↗ from king county regarding the upcoming

20:43 ↗ best starts for kids levee renewal

20:46 ↗ as a reminder in accordance with state

20:48 ↗ law council is limited to hearing only

20:50 ↗ factual information at this time

20:53 ↗ council's discussion is also limited to

20:55 ↗ general questions

20:56 ↗ not for making statements in support of

20:59 ↗ or opposition to the ballot item

21:01 ↗ if council wishes to take a formal

21:03 ↗ position on this item

21:04 ↗ direction can be provided to prepare a

21:06 ↗ resolution in support or

21:08 ↗ opposition and to schedule a related

21:11 ↗ public hearing for july 19th

21:13 ↗ this direction can be provided following

21:15 ↗ the presentation or

21:16 ↗ under good of the order this evening

21:18 ↗ otherwise this item

21:19 ↗ remains as informational only i'd like

21:22 ↗ to invite marcy miller seattle and king

21:24 ↗ county's public health policy manager

21:26 ↗ to present this item mercy

21:35 ↗ hi thank you so much for having me today

21:38 ↗ my name is

21:39 ↗ um for the record my name is marcy

21:40 ↗ miller i'm the

21:42 ↗ policy manager at seattle king county

21:44 ↗ public health um

21:45 ↗ and look forward to chatting with you

21:47 ↗ all tonight um

21:49 ↗ so we can go the next slide

21:54 ↗ so best starts for kids is our mission

21:57 ↗ is happy healthy safe and thriving we

22:00 ↗ want all we want to see all babies born

22:02 ↗ healthy kids thrive and young people

22:03 ↗ grow up to be happy healthy successful

22:05 ↗ adults

22:06 ↗ next slide

22:10 ↗ we do this um using four principle basic

22:13 ↗ principles around promotion

22:15 ↗ prevention early intervention and policy

22:17 ↗ and systems change

22:18 ↗ we really work to seek we really seek to

22:20 ↗ increase the good for our children and

22:22 ↗ families

22:23 ↗ decrease the bad intervene when we need

22:25 ↗ when there's extra support needed

22:27 ↗ and thinking about how do we change the

22:28 ↗ systems and policies that really affect

22:30 ↗ our children and youth today

22:32 ↗ next slide so our current levy was

22:36 ↗ passed by the voters in 2015

22:39 ↗ and expires on december 31st of 2020

22:42 ↗ um so we can go to the next slide

22:47 ↗ i wanted to show you what the current

22:50 ↗ levy

22:50 ↗ is doing um so it was 411 million

22:54 ↗ dollars

22:55 ↗ over um the life of the levy for the

22:57 ↗ past six years past and again in 2015

22:59 ↗ so really 2016 to now um

23:03 ↗ we have heard uh we've been providing

23:05 ↗ homelessness prevention support for 21

23:07 ↗ million dollars

23:09 ↗ and this has take um supported 900

23:12 ↗ 9500 kids on the verge of homelessness

23:14 ↗ keeping out of homelessness

23:16 ↗ um through uh quality um

23:20 ↗ engagement and um car payments or

23:23 ↗ whatever it would take to

23:24 ↗ keep people out of the homelessness

23:26 ↗ system 50

23:28 ↗ of the money has been investing early

23:30 ↗ supporting

23:31 ↗ parents and families and children where

23:33 ↗ they're at in their homes

23:35 ↗ in community virtually now of course and

23:39 ↗ supporting early intervention when more

23:40 ↗ support is needed

23:42 ↗ 35 percent has been to sustain the gain

23:45 ↗ from ages 5 to 24

23:46 ↗ so programming that ranges all the way

23:48 ↗ from out of school time

23:50 ↗ school-based health centers um thinking

23:53 ↗ about

23:54 ↗ um all middle schools were offered

23:57 ↗ support around esper which is a

23:59 ↗ screening and referral to training or

24:02 ↗ to referrals um looking at what do

24:05 ↗ middle school kids need and or

24:07 ↗ what do middle school kids need in order

24:09 ↗ to succeed communities matter

24:11 ↗ so thinking about specific place-based

24:14 ↗ focus on place-based learning in

24:17 ↗ communities getting together

24:18 ↗ and thinking about how do they support

24:21 ↗ um health inequities within their own

24:24 ↗ community

24:25 ↗ and data and evaluation so five percent

24:27 ↗ of the levy has gone to tell the story

24:29 ↗ next slide

24:32 ↗ so evaluation has been really important

24:36 ↗ to the work of best starts for kids

24:38 ↗ we are currently using a res we are

24:40 ↗ using a results-based accountability

24:41 ↗ approach

24:42 ↗ so for every program that's funded we

24:45 ↗ ask three key

24:46 ↗ questions how much do we do how well do

24:48 ↗ we do it and is anyone better off

24:50 ↗ and we use that data to tell um through

24:52 ↗ quantitative and qualitative data to

24:54 ↗ really think about

24:56 ↗ using it for quality improvement all of

24:59 ↗ our

25:00 ↗ um programs we partner with them and

25:03 ↗ they have um

25:04 ↗ they're pushing on headline indicators

25:06 ↗ which would be

25:08 ↗ reducing infant mortality that kind of

25:10 ↗ work

25:11 ↗ at a really high level secondary

25:14 ↗ indicators

25:15 ↗ how many screenings were happening

25:16 ↗ within your program

25:18 ↗ and then every program has performance

25:20 ↗ measures so we can tell within every

25:22 ↗ program

25:22 ↗ where they what success they have how

25:25 ↗ many kids they've been

25:26 ↗ serving and what do they need in order

25:28 ↗ to um and

25:29 ↗ what's been working well and what's been

25:31 ↗ not working well within that program

25:33 ↗ next slide

25:36 ↗ so i wanted to show you an overview of

25:38 ↗ by the numbers we've um

25:40 ↗ funded over 654 different kinds of

25:43 ↗ programming

25:44 ↗ um partnered with over 360

25:46 ↗ community-based partners

25:48 ↗ um in order for people to apply we

25:52 ↗ for the program and we had 7 000 hours

25:54 ↗ of technical assistance over five

25:56 ↗ hundred thousand youth and children have

25:58 ↗ benefited over this pro

26:00 ↗ through this work and over 24 000

26:03 ↗ um people who work with kids and

26:05 ↗ families have

26:06 ↗ received training to support their

26:09 ↗ equity lens

26:10 ↗ and to be thinking about trauma and

26:11 ↗ foreign work so next slide

26:18 ↗ so i want to tell you a little bit about

26:19 ↗ what i know about issaquah um

26:22 ↗ in 2020 just under a thousand children

26:24 ↗ youth and parents and

26:25 ↗ caregivers were funded by bus starts in

26:28 ↗ 98027

26:29 ↗ and 98029 zip codes um examples of

26:32 ↗ programs were play and learn groups

26:34 ↗ um so families getting together um help

26:37 ↗ me grow

26:38 ↗ washington which is really thinking

26:39 ↗ about referrals we had youth development

26:41 ↗ programs for the youth

26:43 ↗ um and home visiting which would go into

26:45 ↗ the homes and support families

26:47 ↗ parents and caregivers um

26:50 ↗ and i want to just say this is likely an

26:52 ↗ under count i can explain more but we're

26:54 ↗ getting

26:55 ↗ better um as we move forward and there's

26:57 ↗ going to be more zip code reporting so

26:59 ↗ not all programs actually

27:00 ↗ engaged in zip code level reporting but

27:03 ↗ this is what we know today

27:05 ↗ next slide

27:11 ↗ so i want to show you we had over 39

27:13 ↗ partners on the east side

27:15 ↗ um all of them had to apply for funding

27:19 ↗ so the money we would put on an rfp and

27:22 ↗ people would apply

27:23 ↗ we'd provide that technical assistance

27:25 ↗ to help with writing we know that can be

27:26 ↗ cumbersome

27:27 ↗ and now not all organizations actually

27:29 ↗ have access to that

27:30 ↗ um what i do know is that on the east

27:33 ↗ side just to be transparent there were

27:35 ↗ less

27:35 ↗ applications than some of our other

27:38 ↗ areas but we are really committed to

27:40 ↗ partnering with community to understand

27:43 ↗ that better

27:44 ↗ and do better outreach moving forward

27:46 ↗ and thinking about some of our

27:47 ↗ partnerships

27:48 ↗ today we met with east side pathways we

27:50 ↗ met with nourishing networks here at

27:51 ↗ essa class so really trying to

27:53 ↗ understand

27:54 ↗ how to even do that better next slide

28:00 ↗ and just to give you an idea of some of

28:02 ↗ the strategies that were funded

28:03 ↗ um so this just gives you a wide range

28:05 ↗ so it's really

28:06 ↗ ranging from prenatal all the way up to

28:08 ↗ that age 24

28:10 ↗ um so all kinds of different programming

28:13 ↗ here to benefit

28:14 ↗ youth children and families next slide

28:19 ↗ so i want to share with you um on

28:23 ↗ the executive's proposal for because

28:25 ↗ best starts does expire

28:27 ↗ at the end of the um well in the end of

28:29 ↗ the year

28:30 ↗ we're um it will be on the ballot um and

28:32 ↗ this is what reflects what's on the

28:34 ↗ ballot that was put forth um based upon

28:36 ↗ community feedback that we received um

28:38 ↗ in order to move this forward

28:40 ↗ so we can go to the next slide

28:43 ↗ community really shared with us that we

28:45 ↗ need to maintain what we're doing

28:47 ↗ we have really good programming that's

28:48 ↗ happening um in our investing earlier

28:51 ↗ prenatal to five that five to 24

28:53 ↗ communities of opportunity and that

28:54 ↗ youth and family homelessness prevention

28:56 ↗ so we are going to maintain that work um

28:59 ↗ and it will be

29:01 ↗ all of it will have to be re-r feed um

29:03 ↗ if the levy were to pass

29:05 ↗ so um we can talk about that more

29:08 ↗ next slide

29:12 ↗ we want to build upon what we were doing

29:14 ↗ one thing that i think i heard you

29:16 ↗ mention a little bit here is just the

29:17 ↗ pandemic

29:19 ↗ really has highlighted lots of different

29:20 ↗ challenges and

29:22 ↗ we know that youth are really suffering

29:24 ↗ there's more suicide

29:25 ↗ ideation there's more need in our youth

29:28 ↗ so

29:28 ↗ um we heard overwhelmingly increasing

29:31 ↗ support for youth so we're

29:32 ↗ thinking about out of school time

29:34 ↗ programming for five to twelve-year-olds

29:36 ↗ increasing the opportunity for up to

29:38 ↗ four's new school-based health centers

29:39 ↗ across king county

29:41 ↗ and having more work in our transitions

29:43 ↗ to

29:44 ↗ adulthood so thinking about ages 14 to

29:46 ↗ 24

29:47 ↗ and that post-secondary completion

29:51 ↗ employment training ged also um

29:55 ↗ youth internships which we heard have

29:56 ↗ been really important for our youth

29:58 ↗ specifically during the pandemic so um

30:01 ↗ that's we'll do we'll increase the levy

30:03 ↗ will

30:03 ↗ increase to support that next slide

30:08 ↗ and during the pandemic um actually the

30:11 ↗ first best starts for kids lovely we

30:12 ↗ heard loud and clear that child care was

30:14 ↗ a

30:14 ↗ challenge um it continues to remain a

30:16 ↗ challenge

30:17 ↗ has been a broken system for some time

30:19 ↗ and i would say the

30:21 ↗ pandemic just highlighted that for i

30:23 ↗ think a lot of different people

30:25 ↗ so we are going to be looking at

30:27 ↗ creating 3 000 new slots

30:29 ↗ for making child care more affordable

30:32 ↗ through subsidy program

30:33 ↗ we recognize that there has been a levy

30:35 ↗ that or a um

30:37 ↗ state just passed some exciting

30:39 ↗ legislation to have

30:41 ↗ subsidies for um child care in um

30:45 ↗ subsidies as well but we know that that

30:47 ↗ won't make it all the way through the

30:48 ↗ need for king county so this is going to

30:50 ↗ really complement that work and we're

30:52 ↗ committed to partnering with our state

30:53 ↗ partners to make sure that we

30:55 ↗ are not duplicating and making sure that

30:57 ↗ it's really fitting the needs of king

30:58 ↗ county

30:59 ↗ also looking at a wage increase project

31:01 ↗ pilot project

31:03 ↗ our child care workers um have are not

31:05 ↗ paid well and there's a lot of turnover

31:07 ↗ in our child care system

31:09 ↗ so i'm looking at that next slide

31:12 ↗ and and marcy this is city administrator

31:14 ↗ wally bobquest i just need to interrupt

31:16 ↗ for a second we're having a little bit

31:17 ↗ of a technical

31:18 ↗ difficulty for those who are watching

31:20 ↗ the meeting either on youtube or on

31:22 ↗ cable television

31:23 ↗ that we're not seeing the presentation

31:25 ↗ so i just wanted to

31:26 ↗ let the council know and let you know uh

31:28 ↗ that for those who are not

31:30 ↗ on the webex meeting that they're not

31:32 ↗ seeing presentation we're working to

31:34 ↗ to fix the technical glitch and uh just

31:37 ↗ wanted to make those who are watching at

31:38 ↗ home

31:39 ↗ we rep we know we've got a problem and

31:40 ↗ we're working to fix it thanks

31:42 ↗ thank you okay

31:46 ↗ so um when we transmitted this um over

31:49 ↗ to council

31:49 ↗ in um april of 2021 um the council um

31:53 ↗ supported some really great ads so i

31:55 ↗ want to share those with you as well so

31:56 ↗ you can go to the next slide

31:58 ↗ um when we when we

32:01 ↗ created our levy um proposal it was for

32:05 ↗ 820 or i'm sorry 811 million dollars

32:08 ↗ based on an awful report

32:10 ↗ um or a housing tax report and that

32:14 ↗ um report um the net after we

32:16 ↗ transmitted there was more money the

32:18 ↗ projections were higher the next time

32:20 ↗ in march so what we are um i'm sorry in

32:23 ↗ august so what we ended up doing

32:25 ↗ um i'm sorry in july or or april so what

32:29 ↗ we ended up doing

32:30 ↗ is um the council puts

32:33 ↗ forth an ad for expansion of facilities

32:37 ↗ for new facilities for facilities that

32:39 ↗ are um to

32:40 ↗ support new construction and also

32:42 ↗ repairs we know that

32:43 ↗ people need places to gather for really

32:46 ↗ with a focus on housing

32:47 ↗ child care early learning and

32:49 ↗ recreational facilities

32:50 ↗ so um our base work would start be

32:53 ↗ available first and then there could be

32:55 ↗ up to 50 million dollars available for

32:57 ↗ capital investment

32:59 ↗ next slide please

33:03 ↗ um to get back to my point about zip

33:05 ↗ code we know that

33:06 ↗ one of the council ads will be reporting

33:08 ↗ by zip code currently we are only

33:10 ↗ um reporting by our council districts

33:14 ↗ and um some of our programs have been

33:16 ↗ reporting by zip code that's where i got

33:18 ↗ that thousand um

33:19 ↗ number for you but we know and are

33:22 ↗ committed to doing more of that so next

33:23 ↗ time all programs will be required

33:27 ↗ um but keeping in mind that safety issue

33:30 ↗ around domestic violence or citizenship

33:33 ↗ i'm making sure that we can

33:35 ↗ with those caveats next slide

33:40 ↗ so the proposed levy moving forward is a

33:42 ↗ in total um

33:44 ↗ 872 million dollars like i said

33:47 ↗ 200 million over the life of the levy

33:49 ↗ would go to child care

33:50 ↗ up to 50 million to capital projects

33:53 ↗ i didn't have a slide in this but 10

33:55 ↗ million dollars for capacity building

33:57 ↗ and this is to make sure that anyone

33:59 ↗ funded by best starts

34:00 ↗ or others can apply to get support to do

34:04 ↗ two things to stabilize their

34:06 ↗ organization through

34:07 ↗ getting support around data support

34:09 ↗ evaluation support

34:12 ↗ fiscal monitoring all the things you

34:14 ↗ need to do

34:15 ↗ board support to be a really good

34:16 ↗ organization and then also even to build

34:19 ↗ an

34:20 ↗ organization if you needed one in an

34:22 ↗ area we've heard there's some gaps

34:24 ↗ we're going to continue that

34:25 ↗ homelessness prevention and the rest all

34:27 ↗ of that comes off the top of the levy

34:29 ↗ and then next um

34:30 ↗ 50 will go to early learning 35

34:33 ↗ or 37 percent with that increase to

34:36 ↗ sustain the gain

34:37 ↗ communities matter which is that

34:38 ↗ partnership between the seattle um

34:40 ↗ foundation

34:41 ↗ and uh and best starts

34:44 ↗ will remain the same dollar amount be

34:46 ↗ eight percent of the levy

34:47 ↗ and data and evaluation for five percent

34:50 ↗ next slide please

34:52 ↗ so it's a six year property tax um 19

34:55 ↗ cents on the thousand dollars assessed

34:57 ↗ value

34:58 ↗ um average home in king county is 600

35:02 ↗ 000 um dollars so that would cost the

35:05 ↗ person

35:05 ↗ um owning that home 114 dollars per year

35:09 ↗ on their um property tax and of course

35:12 ↗ that varies depending on where you live

35:14 ↗ for me it varies on my street i'm sure

35:16 ↗ you've experienced the same

35:18 ↗ um that march awful report projected

35:20 ↗ revenue with 700

35:21 ↗ or 872 million up from the 811

35:25 ↗ original million when we submitted and

35:27 ↗ last slide

35:31 ↗ just as a timeline um we're in we

35:34 ↗ did a lot of um work for the levy

35:37 ↗ in february through april april um 21st

35:41 ↗ the ballot measure ordinance

35:42 ↗ was approved the 31st we are writing an

35:46 ↗ implementation plan now that it's a high

35:48 ↗ level

35:48 ↗ and we will continue to do ongoing

35:50 ↗ community engagement as i spoke about to

35:52 ↗ really understand

35:54 ↗ um what's new in each community before

35:56 ↗ an rfp is released

35:58 ↗ august 3rd is election day september

36:00 ↗ through november

36:01 ↗ king county council will deliberate on

36:03 ↗ the implementation plan if

36:04 ↗ the best start speaking or if the levy

36:06 ↗ award was approved by voters

36:09 ↗ and if not approved the department will

36:12 ↗ develop a sunset plan

36:14 ↗ in order to support the

36:17 ↗ support the levy if not approved so

36:20 ↗ new levy begins in january of 2022 and

36:23 ↗ most strategies will be

36:24 ↗ rfp again in 2022 and 2023

36:30 ↗ thank you marcie yeah i'm going to

36:33 ↗ great presentation i'm going to check

36:35 ↗ with the staff

36:36 ↗ our staff i'm going to check with the

36:37 ↗ council members to see if any of them

36:39 ↗ have questions

36:40 ↗ which they may enter in the chat i think

36:42 ↗ you did touch uh

36:44 ↗ yeah i knew councilmember eisen so you

36:45 ↗ touched a little bit on a christian

36:46 ↗ council member hall head

36:48 ↗ so here we go council member hall

36:51 ↗ uh thank you this is councilmember hall

36:53 ↗ and thank you very much for the

36:54 ↗ presentation appreciate you coming out

36:56 ↗ um

36:58 ↗ i appreciate uh to you mentioning kind

37:01 ↗ of the new state investments in

37:02 ↗ childcare and early learning

37:04 ↗ capital investments uh the subsidy rates

37:07 ↗ um

37:09 ↗ can you speak a little bit more about

37:12 ↗ how

37:12 ↗ that action fair start for kids and best

37:15 ↗ starts for kids meshed together

37:17 ↗ and kind of um because i assume the

37:20 ↗ process was all right the state has this

37:22 ↗ new investment

37:23 ↗ now what is the need in the county how

37:25 ↗ do we fill the rest of the need

37:27 ↗ um so can you walk through that kind of

37:28 ↗ process and how they fit together

37:30 ↗ no it's a great question um get it i

37:33 ↗ love that question this is so exciting

37:35 ↗ the fair start act of course

37:36 ↗ um is supporting subsidies it's

37:39 ↗ supporting

37:40 ↗ um head start early head start

37:43 ↗ programming

37:44 ↗ and home visiting lots of early learning

37:46 ↗ programming

37:47 ↗ what we know is that um with

37:50 ↗ specifically ourselves we

37:51 ↗ we were really um thoughtful about what

37:54 ↗ do we need to do with our

37:56 ↗ our work around child care um

37:57 ↗ specifically

37:59 ↗ and what we know as the ami um is higher

38:02 ↗ in king county than most areas across

38:04 ↗ the state

38:05 ↗ so we know that even if

38:09 ↗ the benefit program of fair start will

38:11 ↗ be great but we also know if

38:13 ↗ a perhaps a worker at a child care

38:16 ↗ center gets a dollar raised that

38:18 ↗ actually often puts them

38:19 ↗ off the benefit cliff so putting them at

38:21 ↗ a higher um that where they won't

38:23 ↗ qualify for subsidies and they really

38:25 ↗ still can't afford it so that's where

38:26 ↗ we're thinking about our work is that

38:28 ↗ that higher

38:29 ↗ it's not higher and that's probably the

38:31 ↗ in incorrect term

38:33 ↗ but that benefit cliff is not high

38:35 ↗ enough but really making sure that

38:37 ↗ people don't fall off the benefit cliff

38:39 ↗ because of the cost of living in king

38:41 ↗ county and we also have a child care

38:43 ↗ task force that's made up of 40 experts

38:45 ↗ within king county that's been making

38:48 ↗ recommendations and we will continue to

38:50 ↗ partner with them partner with the state

38:52 ↗ to ensure that those are all in sync and

38:54 ↗ working together so that we can have

38:56 ↗ some flexibility if we need to

38:58 ↗ pivot because we want but we also know

39:01 ↗ recognize there's not even the states

39:03 ↗ that

39:03 ↗ subsidy work will not cover king county

39:06 ↗ does that make sense

39:10 ↗ looks like council member hall is

39:11 ↗ nodding his head

39:13 ↗ at this point in time mercy i'm not

39:16 ↗ seeing any additional questions i'll

39:18 ↗ give the council members a second or two

39:20 ↗ 253 other additional questions

39:26 ↗ with this presentation this evening

39:27 ↗ there is no action requested of counsel

39:30 ↗ uh but council may choose to provide

39:32 ↗ direction to schedule a public hearing

39:34 ↗ and prepare a resolution in support of

39:35 ↗ the opposition

39:36 ↗ so that conversation has yet to happen

39:40 ↗ um marcy no question oh here we go

39:42 ↗ councilmember mertz

39:43 ↗ kristen uh just wondering if we have

39:46 ↗ draft language that

39:48 ↗ would enable a conversation about uh

39:52 ↗ basically a draft agend a draft motion

39:55 ↗ that would uh language for draft motion

39:57 ↗ that would accomplish what you just said

39:59 ↗ should someone choose to make such a

40:01 ↗ motion

40:04 ↗ yeah it could have been ordered this

40:05 ↗ evening i think you can

40:07 ↗ um discuss whether or not you want to

40:09 ↗ have that and make it you're going to

40:11 ↗ have to have the public hearing as well

40:13 ↗ in order to take the vote so i think uh

40:15 ↗ that's a good thing

40:16 ↗ i'll just make a note that we're talking

40:18 ↗ about it go to the order

40:19 ↗ thank you thank you councilmember marks

40:22 ↗ well thank you marcy for coming and

40:24 ↗ thank you for the presentation council

40:25 ↗ has no additional questions this evening

40:27 ↗ appreciate your time wonderful thank you

40:31 ↗ really appreciate being here

40:33 ↗ now go enjoy yourself this evening

40:35 ↗ beautiful souls this evening okay the

40:38 ↗ next item

40:39 ↗ on the agenda this evening is the

40:40 ↗ consent calendar and it was distributed

40:42 ↗ to council in advance

40:43 ↗ if authorized the items on the consent

40:45 ↗ calendar will be considered together and

40:47 ↗ approved by one motion

40:49 ↗ have the payables and payroll been

40:51 ↗ reviewed

40:53 ↗ they have they have thank you

40:57 ↗ does any council member desire to remove

41:00 ↗ any item from the consent calendar and

41:02 ↗ consider it under regular business

41:03 ↗ i'll just look at the chat to see if

41:05 ↗ anybody enters anything

41:10 ↗ okay is there someone prepared to make a

41:12 ↗ motion this evening

41:17 ↗ council president hunt thank you this is

41:19 ↗ council president hunt i move to approve

41:21 ↗ the consent calendar as it appears in

41:22 ↗ this evening's agenda

41:24 ↗ thank you deputy council president ray

41:26 ↗ second

41:27 ↗ thank you very much it's been moved and

41:29 ↗ seconded and i'll get to city clerk to

41:30 ↗ take the roll call vote

41:33 ↗ beginning with council president hunt

41:36 ↗ aye

41:37 ↗ council member mart aye deputy

42:20 ↗ 26 2021 council meeting

42:23 ↗ council study session and there is a

42:26 ↗ request this evening to

42:27 ↗ authorize i'd like to invite city

42:29 ↗ administrator wally bob kurds to present

42:31 ↗ this item

42:32 ↗ wally yeah thank you madam mayor members

42:35 ↗ of the council good evening again

42:36 ↗ uh we continue to have some difficulties

42:40 ↗ with

42:40 ↗ the presentation going out on our

42:42 ↗ various video feeds

42:44 ↗ um so we'll see i my understanding was

42:47 ↗ we were going to try

42:48 ↗ to see if the presentation looked any

42:50 ↗ different

42:51 ↗ and so we'll we'll we'll keep you posted

42:54 ↗ uh as

42:54 ↗ we're working through the technology as

42:56 ↗ the mayor mentioned uh i'm here with

42:58 ↗ lindsay misben our our senior accountant

43:01 ↗ to talk a little bit about the latest

43:03 ↗ with the american rescue plan act

43:04 ↗ next slide please

43:08 ↗ the purpose of the presentation this

43:10 ↗ evening is to update you on the funding

43:12 ↗ amount that we're receiving

43:14 ↗ uh through the state of washington uh to

43:16 ↗ summarize our best understanding

43:18 ↗ of the arpa spending guidelines as they

43:20 ↗ fit today

43:22 ↗ to authorize the mayor to accept the

43:24 ↗ fund

43:25 ↗ talk a little bit about our funding

43:27 ↗ strategy for arpa

43:29 ↗ and to allocate forty five thousand

43:31 ↗ dollars for a recovery coordinator

43:33 ↗ position

43:34 ↗ which i'll talk about a little bit

43:35 ↗ further in a moment and then also

43:37 ↗ finally to get

43:38 ↗ additional council feedback on next

43:40 ↗ steps in dealing with arpa next slide

43:49 ↗ next slide

43:52 ↗ uh we have talked a few times about the

43:56 ↗ recovery act funds uh and mayor paulie's

43:58 ↗ vision

43:59 ↗ really is a very simple one uh and that

44:01 ↗ is uh recover rebuild and reimagine

44:04 ↗ um the uh the point of the recovery act

44:08 ↗ really is just not to recover but

44:11 ↗ certainly we've i think been more

44:13 ↗ fortunate than many communities already

44:14 ↗ in issaquah as as restrictions for the

44:19 ↗ pandemic continue to change

44:22 ↗ we are beginning to recover but really

44:24 ↗ the point of the money

44:25 ↗ uh from the mayor's perspective is the

44:27 ↗ rebuild and reimagine what can we do

44:30 ↗ with these funds to move forward and

44:32 ↗ really be transformative in the monies

44:34 ↗ that we're receiving from the federal

44:35 ↗ government so

44:37 ↗ these three uh visions of the mayor

44:39 ↗ really remain

44:40 ↗ uh i think what has changed uh has been

44:43 ↗ the dollar amount and i think the timing

44:45 ↗ of how we proceed with all this next

44:46 ↗ slide

44:49 ↗ so we uh finally have received a final

44:52 ↗ dollar amount of through the state of

44:53 ↗ washington and that

44:54 ↗ dollar amount is eleven million twenty

44:56 ↗ eight thousand eight hundred and fifty

44:57 ↗ seven dollars

44:59 ↗ um the uh the number that we were

45:02 ↗ working with for some time was 8.6

45:04 ↗ million dollars best that we can tell uh

45:07 ↗ is

45:07 ↗ that there were formulas used for

45:09 ↗ communities 50 000

45:11 ↗ in population and greater uh and then

45:13 ↗ formulas that were used by the states

45:15 ↗ uh for passing through uh from funds for

45:18 ↗ those communities 50 000 unless we are

45:20 ↗ on the very high end of communities uh

45:23 ↗ in the state of washington i think

45:24 ↗ there's only two or three other

45:26 ↗ like communities larger than this squad

45:28 ↗ in that 50

45:29 ↗ 000 and below so we are getting a lot of

45:32 ↗ a fairly large amount for among the

45:35 ↗ dollars that are being allocated through

45:36 ↗ the state of washington

45:37 ↗ uh as we understand from the state of

45:40 ↗ washington once they receive

45:42 ↗ the documents that we're asking

45:44 ↗ authority for the council this evening

45:45 ↗ for the mayor to sign

45:46 ↗ we will receive approximately five and a

45:48 ↗ half million dollars

45:50 ↗ in the next couple of weeks uh then the

45:52 ↗ remaining dollars

45:53 ↗ will come to the city in 2022 um

45:56 ↗ next slide

46:00 ↗ we have spent a lot of time uh trying to

46:03 ↗ better understand the spending

46:04 ↗ guidelines if you recall from previous

46:06 ↗ uh

46:07 ↗ council discussions we have language

46:09 ↗ that was in the enabling legislation

46:11 ↗ which was passed by the u.s congress

46:13 ↗ uh since then the treasury department

46:15 ↗ has come up with lots of guidelines

46:17 ↗ and so at this point i'd like to

46:19 ↗ introduce lindsay misbin uh

46:21 ↗ you know lindsay from the outstanding

46:23 ↗ work that she does

46:24 ↗ with our audits every year but she's

46:27 ↗ also taken on an additional role

46:29 ↗ this year with being the point person in

46:32 ↗ our finance department to

46:34 ↗ try to understand where we stand with

46:36 ↗ the spending guidelines so lindsay

46:38 ↗ i'm going to turn over the next part of

46:40 ↗ the presentation to you good evening

46:42 ↗ great good evening thank you city

46:44 ↗ administrator bob kowitz and good

46:45 ↗ evening council members

46:47 ↗ um the us treasury established the

46:51 ↗ spending guidance

46:52 ↗ guidelines on the arpa funds on may 17th

46:56 ↗ and they are referred to as the interim

46:58 ↗ final rule these guidelines are

47:00 ↗ currently in draft form

47:02 ↗ and they will become final on july 17th

47:05 ↗ thereby allowing a 60-day open comment

47:08 ↗ period for treasury to hear from local

47:10 ↗ jurisdictions

47:12 ↗ um as needed based on feedback on the

47:15 ↗ guidance

47:16 ↗ these rules are complex and they

47:18 ↗ continue to be clarified as people are

47:20 ↗ reviewing and digesting all the material

47:23 ↗ included we are closely monitoring

47:26 ↗ this these clarities as they are

47:28 ↗ provided to us to ensure that we have

47:30 ↗ the most

47:30 ↗ updated and relevant information

47:34 ↗ the use of these funds by and large is

47:36 ↗ forward facing

47:38 ↗ which means they are to be used on

47:41 ↗ expenditures incurred between march

47:43 ↗ 3rd 2021 and december 31st

47:46 ↗ 2024 under these guidelines an expense

47:51 ↗ is considered incurred

47:52 ↗ when it is either contracted or

47:55 ↗ the goods are purchased or the services

47:59 ↗ are um purchased as well

48:03 ↗ in turn treasury then has allowed a

48:05 ↗ subsequent two-year period

48:07 ↗ for those obligated expenditures to

48:11 ↗ be spent and that really allows for the

48:14 ↗ time

48:14 ↗ necessary if infrastructure projects are

48:17 ↗ undertaken under these guidelines to set

48:20 ↗ up

48:20 ↗ the necessary contractual requirements

48:22 ↗ and then spend the funding

48:24 ↗ by december 31st 2026.

48:27 ↗ we must adhere to these strict legal

48:30 ↗ regulatory

48:31 ↗ and accounting guidelines that have been

48:33 ↗ set by treasury

48:34 ↗ but of note any funding that we provide

48:38 ↗ to individuals to run programs on our

48:40 ↗ behalf

48:42 ↗ they are referred to as sub-recipients

48:44 ↗ and they are also required

48:46 ↗ um to adhere to these strict guidelines

48:49 ↗ as well

48:50 ↗ this is not unusual in a federal award

48:53 ↗ um all federal awards have to abide by

48:56 ↗ this

48:57 ↗ but i think it's of importance to note

48:59 ↗ here just due to the complexity of these

49:01 ↗ rules

49:04 ↗ so what we can't use this funding on

49:08 ↗ are expenses incurred prior to that

49:10 ↗ march 3rd 2021 date in most instances

49:13 ↗ there is some flexibility in the

49:15 ↗ guidance

49:16 ↗ to expend prior to that date but by and

49:19 ↗ large

49:20 ↗ we're looking at that march 3rd 2021

49:22 ↗ date

49:23 ↗ we are not able to use the funding to

49:27 ↗ deposit amounts into pension funds which

49:30 ↗ is

49:31 ↗ not really applicable to us but it's

49:32 ↗ more applicable at the state level

49:34 ↗ nor are we allowed to use it for

49:36 ↗ non-federal matches for federal grant

49:38 ↗ programs

49:38 ↗ in principle or interest on debt service

49:41 ↗ or replenishing or rebuilding reserves

49:44 ↗ rainy day funds or contingency funds

49:48 ↗ what we are allowed to spend it on has

49:50 ↗ been organized by the u.s treasury

49:53 ↗ in four overarching categories

49:56 ↗ category one has to do with expenditures

49:59 ↗ related to responding to the coven 19

50:01 ↗ pandemic and the negative economic

50:03 ↗ impact related to the pandemic

50:05 ↗ the key thing there is that the expenses

50:08 ↗ need to be direct

50:09 ↗ and it is on their their recipient which

50:12 ↗ is us the city

50:13 ↗ to document and justify our analysis to

50:16 ↗ ensure that those expenditures

50:17 ↗ are eligible under these guidelines

50:21 ↗ category b uh it relates to premium pay

50:24 ↗ for eligible workers

50:26 ↗ under the guidelines uh the us treasury

50:29 ↗ does allow for

50:30 ↗ up to 13 dollars per hour

50:34 ↗ for eligible workers that are considered

50:37 ↗ essential during the pandemic

50:39 ↗ and those were folks that did not have

50:42 ↗ the ability to telework that were

50:44 ↗ on the front lines interacting with the

50:46 ↗ public continuously putting themselves

50:48 ↗ at greater risk

50:49 ↗ handling goods that other folks were

50:51 ↗ also handling

50:53 ↗ of interest there uh treasury

50:56 ↗ recommends or strongly recommends

50:59 ↗ retrospective premium pay

51:01 ↗ to go back to the onset of the pandemic

51:03 ↗ which is considered january 27

51:05 ↗ 2020 however under washington state

51:09 ↗ guidelines

51:10 ↗ washington state does disallow

51:12 ↗ retrospective pay for work performed

51:15 ↗ so within our state any jurisdiction

51:18 ↗ would have to use these funds forward

51:20 ↗ facing if they want to expend them under

51:23 ↗ category b

51:24 ↗ which would also include some type of

51:26 ↗ policy development as well

51:28 ↗ category c which is the most flexible

51:32 ↗ and broadest category by design within

51:34 ↗ the guidance

51:36 ↗ u.s treasury provided a revenue loss

51:39 ↗ calculation

51:40 ↗ which entities can perform to determine

51:42 ↗ the amount of revenue loss due to the

51:44 ↗ pandemic

51:45 ↗ and then in turn we are allowed to spend

51:48 ↗ the funding

51:50 ↗ on governmental services up to that

51:52 ↗ amount of lost revenue and we'll touch

51:53 ↗ more on that in subsequent slides

51:55 ↗ because i think that's a really

51:56 ↗ important piece

51:57 ↗ of the guidelines category d is

52:00 ↗ investments in water

52:02 ↗ sore and broadband infrastructure i

52:04 ↗ think one of the most notable items

52:06 ↗ there

52:07 ↗ is that if a recipient chooses to pursue

52:10 ↗ broadband infrastructure

52:12 ↗ it must be designed so that way it

52:14 ↗ serves both the underserved or unserved

52:17 ↗ communities within a jurisdiction

52:19 ↗ and treasury has provided specific

52:21 ↗ download and upload speeds

52:23 ↗ that would define those underserved

52:27 ↗ populations

52:28 ↗ so before pursuing a project within that

52:30 ↗ realm

52:32 ↗ the recipient would have to perform some

52:34 ↗ type of analysis

52:35 ↗ or review to determine that those

52:37 ↗ populations were being served by this

52:39 ↗ project

52:42 ↗ so focusing a little bit more attention

52:44 ↗ on category

52:46 ↗ c the revenue loss category as i

52:49 ↗ hit on before this this category really

52:52 ↗ provides the greatest flexibility to

52:53 ↗ recipients

52:55 ↗ uh the revenue loss calculation that

52:58 ↗ treasury provided is very generous

53:00 ↗ and based on that calculation that we

53:03 ↗ performed in accordance with this

53:04 ↗ guidance

53:05 ↗ we can claim as much as a 12 million

53:07 ↗ dollar loss in revenue

53:09 ↗ through december 31st 2020. so

53:12 ↗ essentially

53:13 ↗ we could take the entire 11 million

53:16 ↗ dollars amount in our funding allocation

53:19 ↗ and spend it all through category c up

53:21 ↗ to the 12 million dollars

53:23 ↗ if that was so chosen um one of the

53:26 ↗ important points there as well

53:28 ↗ is that the revenue loss calculation is

53:30 ↗ entity wide it's not fund specific

53:33 ↗ so you're not um restricted from

53:37 ↗ spending in a certain fund

53:40 ↗ up to revenue loss by fund you can

53:42 ↗ really calculate it at the entity wide

53:44 ↗ level

53:44 ↗ and then choose to spend it on anything

53:47 ↗ identified as a government service

53:49 ↗ and government services are anything

53:52 ↗ that are direct services or aid to city

53:54 ↗ residents

53:55 ↗ pay as you go infrastructure so the

53:57 ↗ non-finance portion of an infrastructure

54:00 ↗ project

54:01 ↗ which also includes roads and

54:03 ↗ transportation

54:04 ↗ it's important to note here too that

54:06 ↗ this is really the only area of the

54:08 ↗ guidance that offers that broad

54:09 ↗ flexibility

54:11 ↗ to invest in roads and transportation

54:13 ↗ infrastructure

54:14 ↗ the guidelines also specifically

54:17 ↗ mentioned cyber security healthcare

54:19 ↗ education and public safety expenses

54:24 ↗ so within those four broad categories

54:27 ↗ that we just mentioned there are

54:29 ↗ numerous roles and eligibility

54:31 ↗ requirements that the city must still

54:32 ↗ adhere to

54:34 ↗ so this would likely mean that as the

54:36 ↗ city moves forward

54:38 ↗ in developing the arpa spending plan

54:41 ↗ there would need to be a careful review

54:43 ↗ to evaluate those spending plan

54:45 ↗ decisions against this guideline

54:47 ↗ these guidelines to ensure that we

54:50 ↗ are expending it in a way that makes it

54:53 ↗ eligible and compliant under the

54:55 ↗ guidelines

54:56 ↗ and we in finance are definitely

54:58 ↗ prepared to assist with that review as

55:00 ↗ well as coordinating with other subject

55:02 ↗ matter experts in the city

55:04 ↗ who might be administering the programs

55:06 ↗ or expending the funds

55:08 ↗ as well as the city attorney to make

55:10 ↗ sure we're adhering to any legal and

55:11 ↗ contractual requirements as well

55:14 ↗ and lastly i just want to conclude by

55:17 ↗ saying that uh

55:18 ↗ treasury did build in an accountability

55:21 ↗ element

55:21 ↗ to the use of these funds on an annual

55:24 ↗ basis

55:25 ↗ we must report to treasury um

55:28 ↗ how we've expended these funds and

55:31 ↗ the report is through expenses as of

55:34 ↗ september 30th of each year

55:35 ↗ due on october 31st of each year so the

55:38 ↗ first report will be coming up on

55:40 ↗ october 31st of 2021

55:43 ↗ and with that um that concludes my

55:45 ↗ portion of the presentation so i'll go

55:48 ↗ ahead and turn it back over to city

55:49 ↗ administrator boxwood

55:53 ↗ great thank you thank you very much

55:55 ↗ lindsay

55:56 ↗ so this next slide talks about some of

55:58 ↗ the feedback

55:59 ↗ that we had the last time we spoke about

56:02 ↗ the

56:03 ↗ the arpa funds and i just wanted to put

56:05 ↗ that up to

56:06 ↗ remind uh the council of your discussion

56:09 ↗ and also the

56:10 ↗ feedback that we got from the mayor's

56:12 ↗ recovery task force

56:14 ↗ first was the need to determine what

56:16 ↗ acute urgent needs of the community and

56:18 ↗ city partners are and we'll talk more

56:20 ↗ about that in a moment

56:21 ↗ um also the emphasis that there's time

56:24 ↗ to spend the money so that there's also

56:25 ↗ time to plan for use for

56:27 ↗ uh funds uh the council's input was

56:31 ↗ a portion where the push for non-urgent

56:33 ↗ needs should really go to the 2022

56:35 ↗ budget process and the administration

56:37 ↗ concurs with that um the support for

56:40 ↗ restoring lost city revenues as you

56:41 ↗ heard from ms nisben

56:43 ↗ you know there's much more flexibility

56:46 ↗ with that

56:47 ↗ than we initially thought and really

56:49 ↗ frees up

56:50 ↗ the entire amount of money uh to be put

56:52 ↗ under that category and then allow the

56:54 ↗ city council

56:55 ↗ uh to allocate those funds in a much

56:57 ↗ broader way than

56:58 ↗ what we previously anticipated um ideas

57:02 ↗ of working with funding partners

57:03 ↗ uh important to mod or possible delayed

57:06 ↗ impact of the pandemic

57:07 ↗ again i think we're very much in the

57:10 ↗ a reopening phase uh in all parts of the

57:13 ↗ country certainly here in this spa

57:15 ↗ king county uh but i think they're if

57:17 ↗ we're not out of the woods completely

57:19 ↗ and that's important to remember

57:20 ↗ and then uh there was some mention uh

57:22 ↗ from the council regarding uh

57:24 ↗ specific support for investing in the

57:26 ↗ arts uh and the newly approved creative

57:28 ↗ arts district is to help with the

57:30 ↗ economic recovery so that's just a quick

57:32 ↗ summary

57:33 ↗ of those discussion points for april

57:35 ↗ 26th next flight

57:38 ↗ so with all that said uh the

57:40 ↗ administration is here this evening

57:42 ↗ uh to put forward a strategy

57:45 ↗ moving forward the first point uh is to

57:48 ↗ create a single point of contact for all

57:50 ↗ arca programs

57:51 ↗ uh to support the isquad residents

57:53 ↗ businesses and we'll talk a little bit

57:55 ↗ about more about that in a moment

57:58 ↗ with that position to evaluate current

58:01 ↗ immediate needs in the community

58:03 ↗ the council had talked a several weeks

58:05 ↗ ago about funding for nonprofits uh that

58:08 ↗ item was continued while we waited

58:10 ↗ uh to get a final dollar amount the

58:12 ↗ administration this evening is

58:13 ↗ recommending

58:14 ↗ uh that rather than come up with a

58:16 ↗ specific program for nonprofits that we

58:18 ↗ go through this evaluation

58:20 ↗ of community needs and report back to

58:22 ↗ you at the beginning of august

58:24 ↗ with that information uh third point

58:27 ↗ would be to continue to evaluate

58:29 ↗ lost revenue i i think just even in the

58:32 ↗ last several days we feel

58:33 ↗ uh very comfortable with the analysis

58:36 ↗ that misbend has given

58:37 ↗ there continues to be additional

58:39 ↗ guidance coming out from the treasury

58:41 ↗ department so we want to certainly keep

58:42 ↗ an eye on that

58:43 ↗ uh but uh it would look as if the lost

58:46 ↗ revenue that we have exceeds

58:48 ↗ uh the money that we've been allocated

58:50 ↗ from the federal government

58:52 ↗ uh next would be uh to come back to the

58:54 ↗ council

58:55 ↗ on august 6th with a review of what

58:58 ↗ immediate needs we've identified and

59:00 ↗ perhaps

59:00 ↗ move forward with some specific funding

59:02 ↗ recommendations but otherwise

59:04 ↗ the last point to develop a longer term

59:06 ↗ funding strategy

59:08 ↗ to be considered with the proposed fy

59:10 ↗ 2022 budget

59:11 ↗ next slide

59:15 ↗ so in order to move this forward we're

59:18 ↗ recommending

59:19 ↗ uh that forty five thousand dollars of

59:21 ↗ the recovery act dollars be

59:23 ↗ allocated for a recovery coordinator

59:25 ↗ position and

59:26 ↗ we've asked uh benton kobolist our

59:28 ↗ economic development specialist to take

59:30 ↗ this

59:30 ↗ on so what this money represents is

59:34 ↗ basically the half a year of his salary

59:37 ↗ so that we would

59:38 ↗ reallocate his time as a recover as the

59:41 ↗ recovery coordinator

59:42 ↗ for the balance of the fiscal year his

59:45 ↗ job would be to connect with businesses

59:47 ↗ and non-profits

59:48 ↗ to connect with the federal resources

59:51 ↗ that are available

59:52 ↗ for recovery that are in addition to the

59:54 ↗ monies that the city has received

59:56 ↗ certainly

59:56 ↗ king county state of washington federal

59:59 ↗ agencies of all

1:00:00 ↗ stripe have received arpa money and we

1:00:03 ↗ want to make sure that we

1:00:04 ↗ get a sense of what's needed in the

1:00:07 ↗ community and how we can connect

1:00:08 ↗ community members

1:00:09 ↗ business owners uh with funds outside of

1:00:12 ↗ the allocation of the city of isquad

1:00:14 ↗ has received and again that we would

1:00:16 ↗ come back

1:00:17 ↗ in august with any immediate needs but

1:00:19 ↗ otherwise continue to focus on spending

1:00:22 ↗ uh with the 2022 budget and as

1:00:25 ↗ misbehaving indicated we believe very

1:00:27 ↗ comfortably that that forty five

1:00:28 ↗ thousand dollars would be allowable

1:00:30 ↗ under the category a requirements next

1:00:33 ↗ slide

1:00:36 ↗ so the next steps um we would with the

1:00:39 ↗ council's

1:00:40 ↗ approval of the actions before you this

1:00:42 ↗ evening uh

1:00:44 ↗ authorizing the mayor to submit the

1:00:46 ↗ appropriate documentation to the state

1:00:47 ↗ of washington to receive the funds

1:00:49 ↗ and to move forward with the 45 000

1:00:52 ↗ allocation we would come back on august

1:00:53 ↗ 2nd

1:00:54 ↗ with an update from the recovery

1:00:56 ↗ coordinator with potential funding

1:00:58 ↗ recommendations and then otherwise

1:01:00 ↗ come back as part of the budget next

1:01:02 ↗ slide

1:01:04 ↗ let me once again uh reinforce mayor

1:01:07 ↗ paulie's vision

1:01:08 ↗ of the spending of these funds recover

1:01:10 ↗ rebuild and reimagine

1:01:12 ↗ i think we've learned a lot uh in the

1:01:14 ↗ few months since the congress

1:01:16 ↗ and or approved this package and was

1:01:18 ↗ signed by president biden

1:01:20 ↗ many of our neighbor communities are

1:01:22 ↗ still in the midst of

1:01:24 ↗ flirting through this and i think that

1:01:25 ↗ we have time

1:01:27 ↗ we want to make sure that any other

1:01:28 ↗ immediate needs are met of our residents

1:01:30 ↗ but really

1:01:32 ↗ the administration is proposing that we

1:01:33 ↗ take the time to be thoughtful

1:01:35 ↗ on those last two elements to rebuild

1:01:38 ↗ and reimagine that this is

1:01:39 ↗ a once in our professional lifetime

1:01:41 ↗ windfall

1:01:42 ↗ we will never see something of this

1:01:44 ↗ magnitude again i would imagine

1:01:46 ↗ certainly not from the federal

1:01:47 ↗ government

1:01:48 ↗ and so the opportunity to be thoughtful

1:01:50 ↗ and make sure that money

1:01:52 ↗ is being used to rebuild and especially

1:01:55 ↗ to reimagine to make sure that

1:01:57 ↗ we're leveraging these funds to make a

1:01:59 ↗ squad an even greater stronger place

1:02:01 ↗ than it already is

1:02:02 ↗ next slide

1:02:06 ↗ the recommendation is to authorize the

1:02:08 ↗ mayor to accept the arpa funds and to

1:02:10 ↗ allocate the 45 000

1:02:11 ↗ those are the two actions before you i

1:02:13 ↗ believe that is the last slide

1:02:16 ↗ lindsay if it is

1:02:21 ↗ and let's go ahead and take down the

1:02:23 ↗ presentation

1:02:25 ↗ um and madam mayor members of the

1:02:27 ↗ council mrs misman and i

1:02:29 ↗ are ready to answer any questions that

1:02:31 ↗ you may have

1:02:33 ↗ thank you for the administrator bob

1:02:34 ↗ coretz uh i see deputy council president

1:02:37 ↗ ray has a question

1:02:39 ↗ thank you mayor paul this is chris ray

1:02:40 ↗ uh two questions actually

1:02:42 ↗ and i i know you said this and i just

1:02:44 ↗ missed it when do we expect that the

1:02:46 ↗ money

1:02:46 ↗ the first tranche of money from the from

1:02:49 ↗ the uh

1:02:50 ↗ arpa would be arriving here at the city

1:02:54 ↗ uh deputy council president members of

1:02:57 ↗ the council

1:02:58 ↗ our understanding from the state of

1:02:59 ↗ washington is that they will be able to

1:03:02 ↗ process the money

1:03:03 ↗ uh within uh several days after

1:03:06 ↗ receiving the uh

1:03:07 ↗ documents from us so we we would expect

1:03:09 ↗ to see it

1:03:11 ↗ i'll pay the next week or two several

1:03:13 ↗ days seems awfully optimistic but

1:03:15 ↗ the next week or two so imminently okay

1:03:17 ↗ pretty pretty immediately

1:03:18 ↗ we're not talking into the or anything

1:03:20 ↗ like that that's correct great

1:03:21 ↗ and then um are there plans to backfill

1:03:24 ↗ our economic development specialist

1:03:27 ↗ yes that would be the reason for the the

1:03:29 ↗ allocation

1:03:30 ↗ so uh in talking with uh miss davis

1:03:33 ↗ hayes um we want to make sure she has

1:03:35 ↗ the flexibility it would likely be

1:03:37 ↗ contract work we

1:03:39 ↗ we've not we don't really know uh you

1:03:42 ↗ know how much

1:03:43 ↗ of betten's time this will take we're

1:03:45 ↗ assuming it's going to be 100

1:03:46 ↗ it may not be we just want to have that

1:03:48 ↗ flexibility we don't want to lose any

1:03:51 ↗ uh momentum with our other economic

1:03:53 ↗ development initiatives so this would

1:03:54 ↗ make sure that there's funds available

1:03:56 ↗ to keep those going right thank you

1:04:00 ↗ thank you deputy council president ray

1:04:02 ↗ i'm not seeing any other questions in

1:04:04 ↗ the chat but i will give

1:04:05 ↗ a few minutes or a minute for council to

1:04:09 ↗ decide if they have more questions and

1:04:11 ↗ if not

1:04:12 ↗ i would be looking for somebody to make

1:04:13 ↗ a motion

1:04:18 ↗ and let's see council president hunt

1:04:22 ↗ thank you this is council president hunt

1:04:24 ↗ i moved to authorize the mayor

1:04:26 ↗ to enter into and execute the necessary

1:04:28 ↗ documents authorizing

1:04:30 ↗ the washington state office of financial

1:04:32 ↗ management to transfer american rescue

1:04:34 ↗ plan

1:04:35 ↗ act funds to the city of issaquah and

1:04:38 ↗ authorize the allocation of 45 000 of

1:04:41 ↗ american rescue plan act funds for the

1:04:44 ↗ recovery coordinator position

1:04:45 ↗ and direct the finance director to

1:04:48 ↗ include 45

1:04:49 ↗ 000 for the recovery coordinator

1:04:51 ↗ position in a subsequent 2021 budget

1:04:53 ↗ amendment

1:04:54 ↗ thank you and deputy council president

1:04:56 ↗ ray second

1:04:58 ↗ thank you it's been moved and seconded

1:05:00 ↗ discussion

1:05:02 ↗ keeping my eye on the chat again

1:05:10 ↗ thank you this is council president hunt

1:05:12 ↗ i do support the actions that are before

1:05:15 ↗ us this evening

1:05:16 ↗ and on the broader discussion about

1:05:19 ↗ the use of the funds i wanted to only

1:05:23 ↗ add that we do have the strategic plan

1:05:25 ↗ and i think that having some of the

1:05:29 ↗ bigger conversations through the budget

1:05:30 ↗ process which we will also be discussing

1:05:33 ↗ the strategic plan

1:05:35 ↗ check-in of the of the strategic plan

1:05:38 ↗ during that budget process i think that

1:05:40 ↗ will allow us to

1:05:42 ↗ incorporate those actions but i think

1:05:44 ↗ that the use of the strategic plan

1:05:46 ↗ is really important for how we consider

1:05:48 ↗ the ways in which we

1:05:50 ↗ rebuild and recover going forward

1:05:53 ↗ thank you thank you council president

1:05:55 ↗ hunt would anybody else

1:05:57 ↗ have a comment or

1:06:00 ↗ discussion i'll give it a few seconds

1:06:05 ↗ sometimes we have a delay

1:06:08 ↗ okay i'm not seeing any other comments

1:06:11 ↗ at this time

1:06:12 ↗ so if there is no further discussion the

1:06:14 ↗ motion before counsel is to authorize

1:06:17 ↗ the mayor to enter

1:06:18 ↗ into and execute the necessary documents

1:06:20 ↗ authorizing the washington state office

1:06:22 ↗ of financial management to transfer

1:06:24 ↗ american rescue plan act funds to the

1:06:27 ↗ city of issaquah

1:06:28 ↗ and authorize the allocation of forty

1:06:30 ↗ five thousand dollars

1:06:31 ↗ of american rescue plan act funds for

1:06:34 ↗ the recovery coordinator position

1:06:36 ↗ and direct the finance director to

1:06:37 ↗ include forty five thousand dollars for

1:06:39 ↗ the recovery coordinator position in a

1:06:41 ↗ subsequent 2021 budget amendment

1:06:44 ↗ city clerk can you call the roll uh the

1:06:47 ↗ vote

1:06:49 ↗ yes beginning with council member martz

1:06:52 ↗ aye

1:06:53 ↗ deputy council president ray aye

1:06:56 ↗ council member walsh i

1:06:59 ↗ council member d michelle aye

1:07:02 ↗ councilmember goodman

1:07:03 ↗ aye councilmember hall aye

1:07:07 ↗ council president hunt aye

1:07:10 ↗ that's seven eyes zero nays

1:07:14 ↗ thank you city cleric that passes

1:07:16 ↗ unanimously

1:07:17 ↗ we are now moving into the good of the

1:07:19 ↗ order and i did hear

1:07:20 ↗ two different requests this evening in

1:07:23 ↗ um councilmember hall's

1:07:25 ↗ committee reports he talked about

1:07:27 ↗ providing a cascade update and

1:07:29 ↗ a potential future request for feedback

1:07:31 ↗ from the council

1:07:33 ↗ and councilmember mars indicated a

1:07:34 ↗ desire to discuss a potential

1:07:37 ↗ endorsement of the best starts for kids

1:07:40 ↗ levy so council member hall did you want

1:07:43 ↗ to start

1:07:47 ↗ uh sure thanks mayor paulie this is

1:07:48 ↗ councilmember hall i'm happy to start

1:07:50 ↗ tonight

1:07:50 ↗ um so uh just kind of an update on

1:07:55 ↗ what's been going on in the cascade

1:07:56 ↗ world

1:07:57 ↗ um because we're hoping to get your

1:07:58 ↗ feedback not just tonight but over the

1:08:00 ↗ next few months

1:08:01 ↗ uh and into the fall um so the board

1:08:05 ↗ is um kind of approaching an important

1:08:07 ↗ decision

1:08:08 ↗ about the future of the lake taps

1:08:11 ↗ reservoir project

1:08:13 ↗ and we wanted to keep you updated along

1:08:15 ↗ the process so if you have any questions

1:08:17 ↗ or comments we could

1:08:18 ↗ make sure to bring those up at future

1:08:19 ↗ board meetings and then come back

1:08:22 ↗ so by way of a brief background just in

1:08:24 ↗ case you don't already know back in 2009

1:08:26 ↗ cascade purchased the lake taps

1:08:28 ↗ reservoir project from puget sound

1:08:30 ↗ energy

1:08:31 ↗ uh it's intended to serve as municipal

1:08:33 ↗ drinking water supply for our future

1:08:35 ↗ um and it's about a uh

1:08:39 ↗ billion dollar capital utility project

1:08:41 ↗ um

1:08:42 ↗ a few other quick notes um that we've

1:08:45 ↗ learned

1:08:46 ↗ uh the model for some utility

1:08:49 ↗ jurisdictions

1:08:50 ↗ when it comes to capital financing is to

1:08:52 ↗ put away 20

1:08:53 ↗ in revenues to fund the project uh and

1:08:56 ↗ that's what cascade staff would like to

1:08:58 ↗ do and they've told the board that

1:08:59 ↗ um we need to start doing that soon so

1:09:03 ↗ we're beginning

1:09:03 ↗ um that discussion this week and it

1:09:06 ↗ should run through september i think

1:09:08 ↗ mayor paulie feel free to correct me if

1:09:09 ↗ that's wrong

1:09:10 ↗ um there are some concerns at the board

1:09:13 ↗ level we wanted to highlight with you

1:09:15 ↗ uh one regarding one water supply and

1:09:17 ↗ one regarding

1:09:18 ↗ rate payers so first um you know it's

1:09:21 ↗ possible our region may never need

1:09:23 ↗ um that water supply in lake taps or at

1:09:26 ↗ least not in our lifetimes

1:09:27 ↗ especially if seattle continues to have

1:09:29 ↗ an abundance

1:09:31 ↗ of clean affordable drinking water and

1:09:32 ↗ continues to sell directly to cascade

1:09:34 ↗ into the future

1:09:36 ↗ so that's one concern and the second

1:09:37 ↗ concern is you know there are concerns

1:09:39 ↗ around

1:09:40 ↗ collecting funds from ratepayers

1:09:43 ↗ now for a project that might not

1:09:45 ↗ necessarily be built

1:09:47 ↗ in the future so then the questions

1:09:49 ↗ would be

1:09:50 ↗ um you know what do we do with those

1:09:51 ↗ collected dollars if not

1:09:53 ↗ lake tabs reservoir project can

1:09:56 ↗ collected dollars

1:09:58 ↗ even be returned is there a way to put

1:10:00 ↗ restrictions around those dollars so

1:10:02 ↗ they don't fall back into

1:10:03 ↗ you know cascade fund balance or

1:10:04 ↗ something like that so anyways that's

1:10:06 ↗ where

1:10:07 ↗ we're just starting to get into that at

1:10:09 ↗ the board level

1:10:10 ↗ um so if you have any kind of questions

1:10:14 ↗ about any of that

1:10:14 ↗ any comments on the concerns that the

1:10:17 ↗ board has laid out so far

1:10:19 ↗ any additional comments you might have

1:10:20 ↗ thought of that we didn't think of yet

1:10:22 ↗ um we have about three months we'll be

1:10:25 ↗ discussing this so if you can't think of

1:10:27 ↗ anything right now that's fine

1:10:29 ↗ you can always email us to if a concern

1:10:32 ↗ or an idea strikes you in the middle of

1:10:34 ↗ the night

1:10:35 ↗ um mayor paulie was there anything else

1:10:38 ↗ you wanted

1:10:38 ↗ the middle of the night thing is no no

1:10:40 ↗ no people tell us that

1:10:43 ↗ will email or text us the next day just

1:10:45 ↗ kidding

1:10:46 ↗ um that was a really great summary i

1:10:48 ↗ think the reality is

1:10:50 ↗ that cascade has multiple choices

1:10:53 ↗ for our future water source including

1:10:56 ↗ connecting to different pipelines that

1:10:57 ↗ already exist

1:10:58 ↗ one in the north and one down in pierce

1:11:00 ↗ county and so there should there

1:11:02 ↗ would be construction of some form of

1:11:05 ↗ some capital asset

1:11:06 ↗ so the board is noodling around over the

1:11:09 ↗ possibility of having

1:11:11 ↗ the proposals reviewed or the fund the

1:11:14 ↗ fund

1:11:15 ↗ balance reviewed every two years in

1:11:18 ↗ conjunction with the budget

1:11:19 ↗ so while this is not project approval

1:11:21 ↗ that we'd be coming back to you for but

1:11:23 ↗ more approval of this development fund

1:11:26 ↗ that would allow a touch point every two

1:11:28 ↗ years and then if the project changes

1:11:30 ↗ from lake cap

1:11:31 ↗ to the pierce county cross

1:11:34 ↗ county connection that would have a

1:11:36 ↗ lower price tag and the accumulation of

1:11:38 ↗ funds

1:11:39 ↗ could be slowed down so those are kind

1:11:41 ↗ of the

1:11:42 ↗ the swirling issues right now and it

1:11:44 ↗ looks like we do have

1:11:45 ↗ a question from deputy council president

1:11:47 ↗ ray

1:11:50 ↗ thank you mayor paulie this is chris

1:11:51 ↗ wright uh council president hunt was in

1:11:53 ↗ front of me though

1:11:55 ↗ oh comment first from council president

1:11:58 ↗ hunt and then a question

1:12:00 ↗ come to uh president hunt thank you um

1:12:05 ↗ thank you councilmember hall for the

1:12:06 ↗ update on this

1:12:08 ↗ i formally served on the cascade water

1:12:11 ↗ alliance board as the

1:12:12 ↗ alternates to mayor paulie and i think

1:12:15 ↗ from my perspective that one of the

1:12:17 ↗ important components here is that

1:12:19 ↗ there were very different projections

1:12:22 ↗ for

1:12:22 ↗ the demands for water when the lake taps

1:12:26 ↗ reservoir project was first contemplated

1:12:29 ↗ then what the projections for

1:12:30 ↗ the demand for water look like now and

1:12:33 ↗ part of that is people are using less

1:12:35 ↗ water and part of that too is

1:12:37 ↗ people in multi-family buildings and

1:12:40 ↗ just a shift

1:12:40 ↗ of of how much water each person is

1:12:42 ↗ expected to be using in the future

1:12:44 ↗ and so um what i think would be useful

1:12:47 ↗ and you mentioned

1:12:48 ↗ this that that we expect that if we were

1:12:51 ↗ to need this it might not be for a long

1:12:52 ↗ time i think

1:12:53 ↗ to put a finer point on that what would

1:12:55 ↗ be useful is to have some

1:12:57 ↗ updated projections about with the

1:12:59 ↗ reduced demands

1:13:01 ↗ on water in our region including seattle

1:13:03 ↗ where we're

1:13:04 ↗ currently able to acquire

1:13:07 ↗ water at a good rate as you mentioned

1:13:10 ↗ what are the

1:13:11 ↗ what are the projections for the future

1:13:14 ↗ and

1:13:14 ↗ how many years out are we talking and

1:13:16 ↗ what do the current

1:13:18 ↗ demands profiles look like i think

1:13:21 ↗ that's an important part and i think

1:13:22 ↗ that's

1:13:23 ↗ that's something that we've we've talked

1:13:25 ↗ about and i think it would

1:13:26 ↗ help clarify some of these decision

1:13:29 ↗ making

1:13:31 ↗ council president hunt that's excellent

1:13:33 ↗ um uh

1:13:34 ↗ council member hall and i'll be going to

1:13:36 ↗ a cascade retreat where we talk about

1:13:38 ↗ this

1:13:38 ↗ and we have seen some updated um

1:13:41 ↗ projections and i think we can ask

1:13:43 ↗ cascade to come

1:13:45 ↗ and show those production projections as

1:13:47 ↗ well

1:13:48 ↗ so that would that would be helpful and

1:13:50 ↗ deputy council president ray

1:13:52 ↗ i am so glad that i deferred to council

1:13:55 ↗ president because that was

1:13:56 ↗ that was my question that she quite well

1:13:59 ↗ addressed so

1:14:00 ↗ um thank you very much that's great

1:14:03 ↗ councilmember goodman

1:14:06 ↗ uh thank you stacey goodman here i think

1:14:09 ↗ the mayor

1:14:10 ↗ um made a comment that was exactly the

1:14:13 ↗ same as my comment

1:14:14 ↗ um and that is um can cascade come here

1:14:17 ↗ and make the presentation about what the

1:14:18 ↗ projections are

1:14:20 ↗ and um along with that um

1:14:23 ↗ and maybe now is not exactly the time

1:14:25 ↗ since you're going to be talking about

1:14:26 ↗ it for three months

1:14:27 ↗ um so maybe not next i don't i don't

1:14:30 ↗ know but at a

1:14:31 ↗ before everything is formed i think

1:14:34 ↗ maybe they should take their

1:14:36 ↗ um pony show out to their members and

1:14:39 ↗ get some direct feedback thank you

1:14:42 ↗ councilmember goodman that's great

1:14:43 ↗ comment

1:14:44 ↗ um when this was circulating through the

1:14:46 ↗ board

1:14:47 ↗ the there was the intention of just

1:14:49 ↗ calling for the vote on the development

1:14:50 ↗ fund

1:14:52 ↗ uh at the board and there were several

1:14:55 ↗ cities that said

1:14:56 ↗ no like of course the vote can be here

1:14:58 ↗ but you know we have to go home and talk

1:15:00 ↗ to

1:15:00 ↗ our team about a billion dollar project

1:15:02 ↗ so

1:15:03 ↗ you gotta you gotta have you gotta come

1:15:05 ↗ out and show them some stuff so

1:15:07 ↗ um council member hall do you have

1:15:09 ↗ everything you need

1:15:10 ↗ to comfortably relay back that there are

1:15:13 ↗ some additional concerns and a request

1:15:15 ↗ for some a presentation i think so mayor

1:15:18 ↗ paul this is councilmember hall so kind

1:15:19 ↗ of what i'm hearing is you know

1:15:21 ↗ trying to get more in depth on

1:15:22 ↗ projections for water demand given a lot

1:15:25 ↗ of different variables

1:15:26 ↗ and also having them come out sometime

1:15:29 ↗ when we're closer to

1:15:30 ↗ the end to give a presentation on that

1:15:32 ↗ and everything else

1:15:34 ↗ that's everything i am not seeing any

1:15:38 ↗ other comments in the chat

1:15:39 ↗ uh but i'll give it a second uh

1:15:43 ↗ councilmember goodman yeah i council

1:15:46 ↗ member hall mentioned something

1:15:47 ↗ i think you said closer to the end um i

1:15:50 ↗ don't know what that means

1:15:51 ↗ but it just means i think we need to

1:15:53 ↗ have it soon enough so before they start

1:15:55 ↗ getting set in their ways regarding

1:15:58 ↗ their what they would like to propose

1:15:59 ↗ that they're

1:16:00 ↗ hearing from all their members so maybe

1:16:02 ↗ tomorrow's not the right day but i'm not

1:16:03 ↗ sure that the end of three months is

1:16:05 ↗ right either so i'll leave that up to

1:16:06 ↗ you in the mayor to decide thanks

1:16:08 ↗ thank you any other comments or

1:16:11 ↗ questions on that other ways we'll move

1:16:13 ↗ to council member

1:16:14 ↗ martz's good of the order

1:16:18 ↗ you're on thank you madam mayor so

1:16:21 ↗ procedurally uh do i need to move

1:16:25 ↗ something before we discuss it or can we

1:16:26 ↗ discuss it before i

1:16:27 ↗ move something i think that right now

1:16:30 ↗ you can just

1:16:32 ↗ discuss it and the clerk or the city

1:16:34 ↗ manager can advise after the discussion

1:16:36 ↗ what type of action you might need she

1:16:39 ↗ actually was kind enough to already

1:16:41 ↗ said something should we be so inclined

1:16:43 ↗ um

1:16:44 ↗ so so i mean just a question from my

1:16:47 ↗ fellow council members whether we want

1:16:48 ↗ to hear

1:16:49 ↗ pros and cons of this um and consider

1:16:53 ↗ um we i believe supported the last one

1:16:57 ↗ four years ago um so

1:17:00 ↗ i'm interested in hearing from my fellow

1:17:03 ↗ council members i'm not

1:17:05 ↗ looking to take a pro or a con physician

1:17:08 ↗ uh this evening but

1:17:13 ↗ i'm interested in knowing if we if we

1:17:14 ↗ want to do that we've got a

1:17:16 ↗ potential motion before as if we want to

1:17:19 ↗ great i will go to council member d

1:17:21 ↗ michelle

1:17:24 ↗ thank you mayor paulie i would like to

1:17:27 ↗ have the council

1:17:28 ↗ consider this at a future meeting as

1:17:31 ↗ well and i know that there's uh

1:17:33 ↗ time sensitivity here but i believe that

1:17:37 ↗ this would fit in well with uh with the

1:17:40 ↗ um schedule that was put before us

1:17:43 ↗ tonight

1:17:44 ↗ so i would support the idea of uh

1:17:47 ↗ listening to our community and getting

1:17:48 ↗ both pro and con

1:17:50 ↗ comments before us and uh moving forward

1:17:53 ↗ with the resolution

1:17:54 ↗ thank you great so

1:17:58 ↗ i may have missed that council member

1:18:00 ↗ mart's but he's been the chat

1:18:02 ↗ the actual motion no she actually sent

1:18:05 ↗ it via

1:18:06 ↗ email okay great

1:18:10 ↗ okay is there anyone who would like to

1:18:12 ↗ make a motion

1:18:14 ↗ uh i'll make a motion uh i'd like to

1:18:17 ↗ move to direct administration to prepare

1:18:19 ↗ a resolution

1:18:20 ↗ in support of the best starts for kids

1:18:22 ↗ lefty for consideration

1:18:23 ↗ by the council at the july 19th council

1:18:26 ↗ meeting and schedule

1:18:27 ↗ a related public hearing for the july 19

1:18:30 ↗ 2021 council meeting

1:18:32 ↗ uh thank you council member mertz and

1:18:34 ↗ council member g michelle

1:18:36 ↗ second it's been moved and seconded is

1:18:39 ↗ there any

1:18:40 ↗ additional discussion or comments on the

1:18:42 ↗ motion

1:18:47 ↗ council member goodman and councilmember

1:18:50 ↗ hall

1:18:51 ↗ thank you councilmember goodman here so

1:18:54 ↗ this is just a

1:18:55 ↗ procedural question directing the

1:18:57 ↗ administration to prepare a resolution

1:18:58 ↗ in support of um before we hear the

1:19:04 ↗ before we have the hearing in the pros

1:19:05 ↗ and cons um that just sounds

1:19:09 ↗ i don't remember what we've done before

1:19:11 ↗ maybe that's what we've done before it

1:19:12 ↗ sounds like the cart before the horse

1:19:14 ↗ but

1:19:16 ↗ so maybe somebody can respond to that

1:19:18 ↗ sure i'll let um

1:19:20 ↗ the city clerk um explain why it's

1:19:23 ↗ written that way or

1:19:23 ↗ what might have been passed past

1:19:25 ↗ practice or administrator bob quits

1:19:28 ↗ either one of you can take the questions

1:19:29 ↗ i think there's a couple different ways

1:19:30 ↗ to do this

1:19:34 ↗ disha clark keyser wants to sign in

1:19:37 ↗ otherwise i will

1:19:39 ↗ sure council member goodman we are

1:19:41 ↗ limited in the amount of time

1:19:43 ↗ before the election so uh while a public

1:19:47 ↗ hearing is our

1:19:48 ↗ recommended course of action to ensure

1:19:50 ↗ we're hearing from both sides i think

1:19:52 ↗ um due to timing it would be beneficial

1:19:54 ↗ to have a resolution

1:19:56 ↗ prepared for council consideration and

1:19:58 ↗ potential amendment

1:20:00 ↗ at the same meeting on july 19th

1:20:05 ↗ so um to the clerk just to clarify this

1:20:07 ↗ motion could just be

1:20:08 ↗ amended uh to say to not support

1:20:12 ↗ or to do something different

1:20:15 ↗ well i i what i was saying is that uh we

1:20:19 ↗ would prepare

1:20:20 ↗ based on this motion that's before the

1:20:22 ↗ council now there'd be a resolution

1:20:23 ↗ prepared in support

1:20:25 ↗ but at that meeting following the public

1:20:27 ↗ hearing the council

1:20:29 ↗ would have that resolution before them

1:20:31 ↗ and could choose to

1:20:32 ↗ modify it at that time

1:20:37 ↗ councilmember goodman does that answer

1:20:38 ↗ your question or concern

1:20:42 ↗ um yes um i don't remember like i said i

1:20:46 ↗ don't remember what we've done in the

1:20:47 ↗ past but

1:20:48 ↗ and i understand the i think the

1:20:50 ↗ election is what the third or something

1:20:52 ↗ august 3rd

1:20:52 ↗ i understand the timing it just seems to

1:20:56 ↗ put it out in a packet says it almost

1:20:58 ↗ says we're going to support it anyway

1:21:00 ↗ that's that's all i'm saying um

1:21:04 ↗ i wish there was a different way we

1:21:05 ↗ could do it but

1:21:08 ↗ okay thank you uh councilmember hall

1:21:12 ↗ with a question

1:21:12 ↗ and council president hunt with a

1:21:14 ↗ question

1:21:15 ↗ uh thank you this is councilmember hall

1:21:17 ↗ just a quick um

1:21:19 ↗ process question um because i heard it

1:21:22 ↗ was like you know we would get

1:21:23 ↗ some pros and con speakers can someone

1:21:27 ↗ walk us through kind of what that

1:21:29 ↗ evening would look like

1:21:31 ↗ um from a presentation

1:21:34 ↗ perspective are we finding pro and con

1:21:36 ↗ speakers from out in the community how

1:21:38 ↗ are they

1:21:39 ↗ do they are they already selected are we

1:21:41 ↗ just relying on folks to

1:21:43 ↗ to join and then we have equal numbers

1:21:45 ↗ how does that work

1:21:47 ↗ madam mayor members of the council let

1:21:49 ↗ me maybe take a crack at this uh

1:21:51 ↗ uh what we would need to do is uh there

1:21:54 ↗ is

1:21:54 ↗ already a group organized that is the in

1:21:57 ↗ favor of the initiative we would offer

1:21:59 ↗ them an opportunity to speak

1:22:01 ↗ we would also look to see if there's

1:22:02 ↗ organized opposition if there's

1:22:04 ↗ organized opposition

1:22:05 ↗ we would we would have them speak i

1:22:08 ↗ think if we are unable to find

1:22:09 ↗ organized opposition we would just have

1:22:11 ↗ an opportunity

1:22:13 ↗ uh if someone were to use a step forward

1:22:15 ↗ as an individual

1:22:16 ↗ who wish to speak in opposition then

1:22:18 ↗ they would we would have that

1:22:19 ↗ opportunity but first we would look

1:22:20 ↗ for any organized opposition i don't

1:22:22 ↗ believe that there is any for this

1:22:24 ↗ initiative

1:22:24 ↗ but i think if the statute is

1:22:26 ↗ contemplated in many cases there is

1:22:29 ↗ um a vote no and about yes on any

1:22:32 ↗ particular initiative so

1:22:34 ↗ we'll do that well those presentations

1:22:35 ↗ will be made there'll be public comment

1:22:37 ↗ available under the public hearing and

1:22:40 ↗ then the council connect on the

1:22:41 ↗ resolution and if the council

1:22:43 ↗ is so persuaded by the arguments as

1:22:46 ↗ the city clerk indicated that resolution

1:22:48 ↗ could easily be

1:22:49 ↗ amended to change what the council is

1:22:53 ↗ considering but i i don't think that

1:22:55 ↗ it's an unusual thing

1:22:57 ↗ to ask for something uh to be prepared

1:22:59 ↗ in

1:23:00 ↗ in support or opposition uh prior to

1:23:03 ↗ this

1:23:04 ↗ public hearing i i don't think that

1:23:05 ↗ there's any transparency issues or

1:23:09 ↗ pre-supposition issues i i think that's

1:23:10 ↗ a fairly standard practice

1:23:14 ↗ thank you uh mr president

1:23:18 ↗ thank you this is council president hunt

1:23:20 ↗ quick question on timing

1:23:22 ↗ i i do believe that um while this is

1:23:25 ↗ before

1:23:25 ↗ the end of the election that that ballot

1:23:28 ↗ ballots will

1:23:29 ↗ have gone out already by the time of

1:23:31 ↗ this july 19 meeting and just wanted to

1:23:33 ↗ make sure that that

1:23:34 ↗ isn't a issue

1:23:38 ↗ is that a question of whether or not

1:23:40 ↗ it's an issue for issuing the resolution

1:23:42 ↗ or whether or not the council

1:23:45 ↗ has a concern with issuing it after

1:23:49 ↗ well i guess uh my question

1:23:52 ↗ was meant to be a question for the

1:23:56 ↗ probably city clerks or city

1:23:57 ↗ administration about if it's

1:24:00 ↗ um taking a position

1:24:03 ↗ after the ballots have been mailed out

1:24:04 ↗ is um okay

1:24:06 ↗ and then if there is an issue with

1:24:09 ↗ council but i was meaning it for the

1:24:10 ↗ administration

1:24:11 ↗ okay so we'll do um city clerk

1:24:15 ↗ or jim haney turned his camera on jim

1:24:19 ↗ i was just gonna say that there is

1:24:20 ↗ nothing um

1:24:22 ↗ that prevents you from taking a position

1:24:24 ↗ after the ballots are mailed out

1:24:27 ↗ there's nothing in the law that prevents

1:24:28 ↗ you from doing that

1:24:31 ↗ you're the mystery above quotes

1:24:34 ↗ you know thank you okay

1:24:37 ↗ uh i'm not saying anything else in the

1:24:39 ↗ chat

1:24:41 ↗ so i will reread the motion

1:24:44 ↗ to direct the administration to prepare

1:24:45 ↗ a resolution in support of the best

1:24:47 ↗ starts for kids levy for consideration

1:24:49 ↗ by the council at the july 19 council

1:24:51 ↗ meeting

1:24:52 ↗ and schedule a related public hearing

1:24:54 ↗ for the july 19

1:24:55 ↗ 2021 council meeting and

1:24:58 ↗ i will turn it over to the city clerk

1:25:00 ↗ for a roll call vote

1:25:02 ↗ starting with deputy council president

1:25:04 ↗ ray aye

1:25:06 ↗ council member walsh aye councilmember d

1:25:10 ↗ michelle

1:25:11 ↗ aye councilmember goodman aye

1:25:15 ↗ councilmember hall aye council president

1:25:19 ↗ hunt

1:25:20 ↗ aye councilmember martz aye

1:25:24 ↗ seven eyes zero nays thank you that

1:25:27 ↗ passes unanimously

1:25:28 ↗ um are there any other items for good of

1:25:31 ↗ the order before i asked the city

1:25:33 ↗ administrator to make a comment on penn

1:25:35 ↗ a which is a reference to the capital

1:25:37 ↗ finance community task force which

1:25:38 ↗ caused a little confusion today

1:25:40 ↗ any other items

1:25:43 ↗ okay student minister bob kurtz there

1:25:45 ↗ were some questions today about the item

1:25:47 ↗ under grid of the order

1:25:49 ↗ uh yes madam mayor members the council

1:25:51 ↗ the item was posted to the agenda

1:25:53 ↗ prematurely

1:25:54 ↗ so there are not appointments ready to

1:25:56 ↗ be made okay

1:25:57 ↗ thank you for clarifying that um there

1:26:00 ↗ are some upcoming council meetings city

1:26:02 ↗ council study session is on tuesday june

1:26:04 ↗ 29th with potential agenda items

1:26:06 ↗ including a mobility overview

1:26:08 ↗ king county metro update squawk and

1:26:10 ↗ talus shuttle

1:26:12 ↗ intelligent transportation systems

1:26:13 ↗ program and the newport way

1:26:15 ↗ maple to sunset project on july 6th the

1:26:18 ↗ regular city council meeting has been

1:26:19 ↗ cancelled

1:26:20 ↗ people can go to concerts on the green

1:26:22 ↗ instead city council study session of

1:26:25 ↗ tuesday july 13th the potential agenda

1:26:27 ↗ items include the equity board

1:26:29 ↗ proposal and the equity lens discussion

1:26:32 ↗ there was an executive session held

1:26:34 ↗ prior to tonight's meeting

1:26:36 ↗ and there being no further business on

1:26:38 ↗ our agenda this evening

1:26:39 ↗ this uh june 21st solstice council

1:26:42 ↗ meeting is adjourned

1:26:44 ↗ at 6 21. go enjoy what's left of it have

1:26:47 ↗ a good night

1:26:55 ↗ you

Approved minutes

Extracted from the next meeting's packet, where this meeting's minutes were approved as a consent-calendar attachment.

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Attendance

Council / Members (7)

Barbara de Michele

Stacy Goodman

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

Lindsey Walsh