City Council Special Meeting · Wednesday, December 1, 2021 · City Council Digest

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Welcome & Introductions Mayor Pauly 3 - 13 Presentation of Issaquah's 2022

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8:15 AM Legislative Priorities & Policy Stances Climate

Topics: Climate

Hearing from You Legislator's thoughts on the upcoming session and how the City can assist you

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0:01 ↗ i want to make sure that we identify

0:03 ↗ everybody on the call and i'm wondering

0:05 ↗ if i can go to council president hunt

0:07 ↗ who's probably on her computer um would

0:09 ↗ you be able to

0:11 ↗ go around the boxes and make sure

0:13 ↗ everybody introduces themselves because

0:15 ↗ i'm not able to see everybody if you

0:16 ↗ could do that for me that would be great

0:19 ↗ all right

0:21 ↗ hi everyone my name is council president

0:24 ↗ hunt a victoria hunt and

0:27 ↗ i will go in the order of the boxes that

0:29 ↗ i see so

0:31 ↗ first i have council member dean

0:32 ↗ michelle

0:35 ↗ hello i'm councilmember barb d michelle

0:37 ↗ glad to see everybody this morning

0:40 ↗ and councilmember

0:43 ↗ uh goodman morning everyone council

0:45 ↗ members stacy goodman here thanks for

0:47 ↗ joining us this is always a fun time

0:49 ↗ these meetings every year

0:52 ↗ yes um

0:54 ↗ council member paul

0:57 ↗ hello zach hall here good morning it's

0:59 ↗ good to see you all again

1:02 ↗ that's a member of marx

1:04 ↗ thanks hi this is councilmember total

1:06 ↗ marks i'm in my 12th year next year

1:09 ↗ we'll start 13th year on council so nice

1:12 ↗ to see so many of our legislators here

1:13 ↗ thank you so much for taking time out of

1:15 ↗ your busy schedules to be here

1:19 ↗ yes um councilmember walsh

1:22 ↗ good morning

1:24 ↗ everybody representative callan

1:29 ↗ good morning everyone it's good to see

1:31 ↗ you representative lisa kelly

1:34 ↗ thank you

1:35 ↗ senator muller

1:37 ↗ mark mullen from issaquah

1:41 ↗ we're all from his squad

1:44 ↗ we won't tell maple valley and so

1:46 ↗ quality about this

1:50 ↗ um and then

1:51 ↗ uh mayor paulie

1:54 ↗ thank you so much do we also have staff

1:57 ↗ with us today

1:59 ↗ yeah i'm just going through the order so

2:00 ↗ we actually have a few other um people

2:02 ↗ as well

2:04 ↗ excellent well welcome everyone

2:06 ↗ representative kai

2:10 ↗ thank you um good morning good morning

2:13 ↗ to everyone and um no i'm not from

2:15 ↗ issaquah but it's very nice to see many

2:17 ↗ of you

2:20 ↗ thank you

2:21 ↗ um then we have council member

2:23 ↗ elect joe

2:25 ↗ good morning everybody uh new guy on the

2:27 ↗ block happy to be here

2:30 ↗ and we have um city lobbyist shelly

2:33 ↗ helder

2:35 ↗ good morning everyone good to see you

2:38 ↗ um and then we have several other uh

2:42 ↗ individuals who are not currently on

2:44 ↗ camera but um i will just go through

2:48 ↗ names and let me know if i miss anyone

2:50 ↗ so we have

2:51 ↗ andrea snyder erica boyd um chief clark

2:56 ↗ and

2:58 ↗ uh tina eggers and i

3:01 ↗ and monica negrilla on the human

3:03 ↗ services

3:04 ↗ for issaquah and let me know if i missed

3:07 ↗ anyone please oh and

3:08 ↗ i'm sorry i representative ramos i'm

3:11 ↗ sorry i don't

3:12 ↗ some reason see you so representative

3:15 ↗ ramos

3:16 ↗ yeah i'm here some reason the video is

3:18 ↗ not coming up but i'm here

3:20 ↗ thank you

3:21 ↗ okay

3:22 ↗ um did i miss anyone else

3:24 ↗ we have our host which is our city

3:26 ↗ cleric tisha geyser as well

3:31 ↗ yes

3:32 ↗ thank you council president

3:35 ↗ um again welcome everybody just a few uh

3:38 ↗ uh

3:39 ↗ video meeting rules i'm going to ask

3:43 ↗ our host um city clerk user to keep an

3:46 ↗ eye on the chat box if you have a

3:48 ↗ comment or a question

3:50 ↗ you can just write the word comment or

3:51 ↗ question in the box and she will let me

3:53 ↗ know and we'll let you join in the

3:55 ↗ conversation which will be great

3:57 ↗ um to begin today's discussion i'm going

4:00 ↗ to turn this over now to deputy council

4:02 ↗ president chris ray who is he not here

4:04 ↗ today

4:06 ↗ he's not here so you'll be turning it

4:08 ↗ over to me

4:09 ↗ oh i'm going to turn this over to

4:11 ↗ council president hunt uh

4:13 ↗ council president hunt

4:15 ↗ great thank you thank you mayor paulie

4:17 ↗ um before we begin reviewing our

4:19 ↗ priorities for the upcoming session we

4:22 ↗ first wanted to say thank you for your

4:23 ↗ work on behalf of the city in the 2021

4:26 ↗ session we are very grateful for

4:28 ↗ legislators that are willing to meet

4:30 ↗ with us to learn about the issues that

4:32 ↗ are important to the issaquah community

4:33 ↗ and to partner with us on advocating for

4:36 ↗ our priorities so thank you thank you

4:38 ↗ for being here

4:39 ↗ and because of your support the issaquah

4:41 ↗ food and clothing bank received a

4:43 ↗ million dollars for their expansion

4:45 ↗ project that will help them meet the

4:47 ↗ increased need for food assistance that

4:49 ↗ we are seeing currently

4:51 ↗ and we were also successful in restoring

4:53 ↗ the streamlined sales tax mitigation

4:55 ↗ payments which were abruptly ended in

4:57 ↗ 2020 and which exacerbated the city's

5:00 ↗ financial challenges during the height

5:01 ↗ of the pandemic passing this legislation

5:04 ↗ to guarantee quarterly payments until

5:06 ↗ 2026 provides the certainty that we need

5:09 ↗ for budgeting and planning for the

5:11 ↗ sunset of the program and we recognize

5:13 ↗ that this was a heavy lift since it only

5:15 ↗ impacts a few cities including us so

5:17 ↗ thank you

5:18 ↗ and finally we are incredibly grateful

5:20 ↗ for the 2.66 million dollar recreation

5:24 ↗ and conservation office grant towards

5:26 ↗ the purchase of the bergsmop property

5:28 ↗ conservation of this land on cougar

5:30 ↗ mountain is a community priority for all

5:32 ↗ of its many community benefits and we

5:34 ↗ appreciate the state's partnership in

5:36 ↗ making our conservation goals a reality

5:39 ↗ and now i will turn it back over to

5:41 ↗ mayor paulie to kick off a review of our

5:43 ↗ 2022 priorities mayor paulie

5:47 ↗ thank you council president hunt

5:49 ↗ so we do recognize that this is a short

5:51 ↗ legislative session this season and it

5:53 ↗ is a non-budget year so we have tried to

5:56 ↗ keep our priorities focused on the one

5:58 ↗ area that is most pressing to our

6:00 ↗ community which is no surprise to you

6:02 ↗ it's transportation

6:04 ↗ the passage of the federal

6:06 ↗ infrastructure package is really good

6:08 ↗ news and we're very eager to see what

6:10 ↗ that translates to

6:12 ↗ into for washington state and our region

6:14 ↗ um i've had the great pleasure

6:16 ↗ throughout the summer of meeting with

6:18 ↗ our fifth district representatives and

6:20 ↗ our senator about

6:22 ↗ transportation and i know you have been

6:24 ↗ working tirelessly these last few months

6:26 ↗ to try and reach an agreement on a state

6:28 ↗ transportation revenue package

6:31 ↗ i cannot overstate how critical this is

6:34 ↗ not just for issaquah but for the entire

6:36 ↗ region and we are ready to support you

6:38 ↗ in any way we can

6:40 ↗ to help get a package over the finish

6:42 ↗ line

6:43 ↗ some may say it's not politically

6:45 ↗ prudent to pass a revenue package in an

6:48 ↗ even numbered year

6:49 ↗ um but i want to respectfully push back

6:52 ↗ on that assertion

6:53 ↗ the need is too dire to wait another

6:56 ↗ year and we really need to make these

6:58 ↗ investments now

6:59 ↗ i'm going to pass the virtual mic over

7:01 ↗ to council member stacy goodman to share

7:03 ↗ some more

7:04 ↗ details about our first transportation

7:06 ↗ priority and also just to let everybody

7:09 ↗ know that this is uh this council

7:11 ↗ member's last legislative breakfast as

7:13 ↗ she is retiring in december of this year

7:16 ↗ and we appreciate all the work she's

7:17 ↗ done for our city through the last

7:19 ↗ decade so council member goodman

7:23 ↗ thank you mayor paulie good morning to

7:24 ↗ everybody again um i'm going to be

7:27 ↗ talking briefly about

7:29 ↗ state route 18.

7:32 ↗ we are continuing to partner with the

7:34 ↗ communities and organizations that make

7:36 ↗ up the southeast area legislative

7:38 ↗ transportation coalition or it's more

7:41 ↗ easily said as cltc and we're asking

7:44 ↗ that the state fully fund the widening

7:46 ↗ of state route 18.

7:48 ↗ we are grateful for the additional 60

7:50 ↗ million dollars that was allocated to

7:52 ↗ the i-90 highway 18 interchange project

7:56 ↗ last session and this will allow the

7:58 ↗ widening component of that project to

8:00 ↗ extend all the way to deep creek rather

8:02 ↗ than ending at raging river this means

8:05 ↗ the remaining portion that will need to

8:07 ↗ be widened is roughly five miles which

8:09 ↗ is issaquah hobart road to deep creek

8:12 ↗ the improvements needed along this

8:14 ↗ stretch of highway

8:15 ↗ are urgent

8:17 ↗ according to wash.data on king county

8:19 ↗ state routes and interstates last year

8:21 ↗ this unimproved portion of sr18

8:24 ↗ accounted for only three percent of

8:26 ↗ average annual daily traffic volume

8:29 ↗ but nearly 18 percent of deadly

8:31 ↗ accidents

8:33 ↗ widening to four full lanes with a

8:35 ↗ center median will not only prevent

8:37 ↗ dangerous head-on collisions but will

8:39 ↗ also provide increased capacity

8:42 ↗ before the pandemic eastbound traffic

8:44 ↗ during morning rush hours traveled less

8:46 ↗ than 45 percent of the posted speed

8:48 ↗ limits

8:49 ↗ westbound traffic during morning and

8:51 ↗ evening rush hours traveled less than 25

8:54 ↗ percent of the posted speed limits

8:56 ↗ improving the safety and reliability of

8:58 ↗ this route will make sr18 a more

9:01 ↗ attractive route for regional traffic

9:03 ↗ and will allow commuters from south of

9:05 ↗ the city to travel around rather than

9:08 ↗ through issaquah

9:10 ↗ according to the most recent watchdog

9:12 ↗ estimate the cost to complete these

9:14 ↗ improvements is 640 million dollars

9:17 ↗ we do recognize the magnitude of this

9:19 ↗ request and the limited capacity of

9:22 ↗ state's transportation budget but

9:24 ↗ waiting another decade to fund this

9:26 ↗ project is not an option we really need

9:29 ↗ your help and we do stand ready to

9:31 ↗ support you in any way we can

9:34 ↗ and i think now we have time for some

9:36 ↗ questions if you have any

9:39 ↗ and i can give

9:40 ↗ brief

9:41 ↗ remarks if

9:42 ↗ i think the

9:45 ↗ the most recent positive update i guess

9:47 ↗ is

9:48 ↗ mike cotton from wash dot

9:50 ↗ let us know on november 24th that we did

9:52 ↗ have a qualifying bid

9:54 ↗ for the interchange project so basically

9:57 ↗ three

9:58 ↗ firms

9:59 ↗ were submitting bids and then we didn't

10:01 ↗ know until the envelopes were unsealed

10:03 ↗ on november 24th it's

10:05 ↗ i don't know it's like a game show i

10:06 ↗ guess and uh

10:08 ↗ and i don't know if all three qualified

10:10 ↗ all

10:11 ↗ they could tell us is that one qualified

10:14 ↗ and so

10:15 ↗ we have enough to guarantee the project

10:17 ↗ can go forward and at the end of

10:18 ↗ december

10:19 ↗ we will get more details of whether

10:21 ↗ there's multiple winners and who's going

10:23 ↗ to end up

10:24 ↗ getting the contract but there was some

10:26 ↗ anxiety just with some of the increase

10:28 ↗ in pricing on projects that the fear was

10:31 ↗ if one of them didn't qualify we'd have

10:33 ↗ to go back and ask for more money but

10:35 ↗ that is not the case so that's a huge

10:37 ↗ positive so at least they can get this

10:39 ↗ thing under contract and

10:41 ↗ start next year

10:43 ↗ and then the other big update is during

10:45 ↗ the house and senate negotiations last

10:47 ↗ month

10:48 ↗ the meeting on thing goes on november

10:50 ↗ 12th we did formally agree to raise the

10:53 ↗ place holder for this project from 500

10:55 ↗ million which did not finish it

10:57 ↗ to this new estimate which is the 640

11:00 ↗ million

11:01 ↗ so that is the number on the excel

11:03 ↗ spreadsheet now which was a really big

11:05 ↗ deal and

11:07 ↗ then i think as the mayor pointed out

11:09 ↗ now it's

11:10 ↗ so now the project's on the excel

11:12 ↗ spreadsheet the right amount we're going

11:13 ↗ forward

11:14 ↗ next year and now it really just comes

11:16 ↗ down to it's caught up in this whole

11:18 ↗ macro issue of whether we can get the

11:20 ↗ big package passed whether that's in the

11:23 ↗ 22 session or 23 session and i think we

11:25 ↗ have to try to push to do something in

11:27 ↗ 22

11:28 ↗ and uh and see what happens

11:31 ↗ that's fantastic

11:33 ↗ thank you senator mullet

11:36 ↗ yes thank you so much for that update

11:38 ↗ really appreciate when we get updates

11:43 ↗ i think uh i think i'm up next

11:46 ↗ let's uh

11:48 ↗ talk about let's talk about another

11:50 ↗ crossing underneath i-90 uh in 2019

11:53 ↗ wasdot completed the legislatively

11:55 ↗ funded front street interchange

11:57 ↗ justification report ijr

12:00 ↗ that report identified key improvements

12:02 ↗ to support traffic flow on i-90 and

12:04 ↗ mobility in the region one of the

12:06 ↗ identified improvements is an additional

12:07 ↗ crossing of i-90 between sr 900 and

12:10 ↗ front street which would leave

12:12 ↗ congestion at the front street

12:13 ↗ interchange and enhance the safety and

12:15 ↗ flow of i-90 as you can see there are

12:18 ↗ only four existing crossings in issaquah

12:20 ↗ which may seem deficient until you

12:22 ↗ realize there are eight crossings of

12:24 ↗ i-90 on mercer island and the number of

12:26 ↗ vehicles crossing i-90 in issaquah is

12:28 ↗ exponentially greater than those on

12:30 ↗ mercer island the city envisions an

12:33 ↗ additional interstate crossing to

12:34 ↗ achieve the desired outcomes from the

12:36 ↗ ijr and support multimodal

12:38 ↗ transportation options specifically tied

12:40 ↗ into the future sound transit light rail

12:44 ↗ stop

12:45 ↗ such as the notional one depicted here

12:48 ↗ an under crossing like the one in this

12:50 ↗ graphic could be created by raising i-90

12:52 ↗ at a two percent grade such a crossing

12:54 ↗ supports the needs of the city's urban

12:56 ↗ growth center

12:58 ↗ where denser development is targeted

13:01 ↗ finally

13:02 ↗ here's our

13:03 ↗ representation of the ground view of the

13:04 ↗ crossing that depicts how all the

13:06 ↗ different modes of transportation come

13:08 ↗ together with the feature light rail

13:10 ↗ station to begin the pre-design and

13:12 ↗ environment documentation process for

13:14 ↗ this project we are requesting 3.4

13:17 ↗ million dollars again we recognize the

13:20 ↗ limitations on the transportation budget

13:22 ↗ and that this is a supplemental year but

13:24 ↗ we are hopeful that this could be

13:25 ↗ included in a revenue package

13:27 ↗ any questions

13:30 ↗ i have one

13:32 ↗ if i had senator

13:34 ↗ yeah

13:35 ↗ okay is there a back of the envelope

13:37 ↗ guess on what it is to raise the i-90

13:40 ↗ grade by the two percent to enable

13:42 ↗ under crossing for the big is it like

13:44 ↗ 120 i can't remember

13:46 ↗ i know you haven't mentioned i think you

13:48 ↗ know yeah that's a great question

13:50 ↗ senator um what we'll do is we'll email

13:52 ↗ out some information that we have in our

13:54 ↗ capital improvement plan um i think the

13:56 ↗ last number we saw several years ago in

13:58 ↗ a game

13:59 ↗ uh it was definitely a back of the

14:01 ↗ envelope it was something like 85

14:03 ↗ million dollars

14:04 ↗ for that but that assumes that the only

14:08 ↗ that is the only component of the

14:10 ↗ project and if we talk about um

14:12 ↗ co-locating future light rail etc you

14:15 ↗ know that that

14:17 ↗ there could be many ways to

14:19 ↗ share in in that cost but we will send

14:21 ↗ it out to the group after

14:23 ↗ thanks

14:24 ↗ well the rough just to be clear the

14:26 ↗ rough idea is instead of like mercer

14:28 ↗ island obviously put a lid over i-90 and

14:30 ↗ our proposal

14:31 ↗ is the opposite is basically to put

14:34 ↗ a tunnel under i-90 by raising an idea

14:41 ↗ any other

14:42 ↗ questions all right with that uh the

14:44 ↗ next council member to present is

14:46 ↗ council member d michelle

14:49 ↗ thank you councilmember martz

14:52 ↗ and good morning everybody

14:54 ↗ as the city we've identified our top

14:56 ↗ priorities which were just reviewed

15:00 ↗ we also have a policy manual which

15:02 ↗ outlines the city's position on a

15:03 ↗ variety of issues that are debated by

15:06 ↗ the legislature and impact cities

15:10 ↗ one talk topic that we've added to the

15:12 ↗ policy manual this year is a statement

15:15 ↗ regarding unanticipated marijuana

15:17 ↗ revenues

15:18 ↗ when the citizens of washington voted to

15:20 ↗ legalize marijuana they did so after a

15:23 ↗ public outreach campaign that indicated

15:25 ↗ revenue from taxation and marijuana

15:28 ↗ would go toward prevention and treatment

15:31 ↗ while this does occur it is a small

15:33 ↗ portion of the total amount received we

15:35 ↗ recognize that marijuana revenues have

15:38 ↗ specific statutory distribution formulas

15:41 ↗ and go towards important work

15:43 ↗ our request is that the state portion of

15:46 ↗ any unanticipated marijuana revenues be

15:49 ↗ to be dedicated to youth substance abuse

15:51 ↗ prevention and treatment programs

15:53 ↗ administered by the state to meet the

15:55 ↗ behavioral health impacts

15:58 ↗ of the kovid 19 pandemic

16:00 ↗ and i will just add that

16:03 ↗ even though we have a healthy youth

16:05 ↗ survey that was given in october and the

16:08 ↗ results will not be known until

16:11 ↗ uh next spring we are hearing

16:13 ↗ consistently and constantly anecdotal

16:16 ↗ information about the heavy impact of

16:19 ↗ the pandemic on our young people and

16:22 ↗ behavioral health impacts for for them

16:24 ↗ so

16:25 ↗ um we would urge your attention to this

16:28 ↗ issue are there any questions

16:31 ↗ one for shelly i think

16:33 ↗ or

16:34 ↗ senator mullet did you have a question

16:36 ↗ yeah sorry i'm not using it i got to use

16:38 ↗ the chat thing better well okay true

16:40 ↗ confession i did get cisco working and i

16:42 ↗ can send you off you really can just do

16:44 ↗ this now

16:47 ↗ well and i think i mean shelly can

16:48 ↗ probably attest i mean it getting the 40

16:50 ↗ million which we had

16:52 ↗ previously was supposed to be the

16:54 ↗ revenue share was

16:56 ↗ that was a pretty herculean lift in the

16:58 ↗ last

16:59 ↗ couple years and so i was extremely

17:00 ↗ happy that at least we're finally kind

17:02 ↗ of honoring the initial promise of what

17:04 ↗ we said we would give cities for

17:06 ↗ marijuana

17:07 ↗ i guess my question for shelly is

17:10 ↗ what would be considered unanticipated

17:12 ↗ revenues since the update the marijuana

17:15 ↗ revenue forecast

17:17 ↗ periodically like what would we be

17:20 ↗ classifying as the unanticipated

17:23 ↗ portion because that's a mind-boggling

17:24 ↗ amount of money now coming in and what

17:26 ↗ we refer to as pots for tots

17:31 ↗ what is the thought process i guess and

17:33 ↗ what how you determine the unanticipated

17:35 ↗ part

17:36 ↗ yeah i think because the

17:39 ↗ the statute that dictates where money

17:41 ↗ goes

17:42 ↗ where the marijuana revenue goes

17:44 ↗ it's um

17:46 ↗ it's very specific i mean you know it

17:48 ↗ goes

17:49 ↗ x million goes here x million goes there

17:52 ↗ and so the thought is that for the

17:54 ↗ additional amount that's coming in

17:56 ↗ that's not part of

17:59 ↗ the

18:00 ↗ it's not accounted for in the statute

18:03 ↗ that rather than just being

18:05 ↗ you know leftover money that gets

18:08 ↗ allocated into the existing pots that

18:11 ↗ that it be dedicated to um behavioral

18:15 ↗ health needs

18:17 ↗ though

18:18 ↗ that as councilmember dean michelle said

18:21 ↗ money is already going there so it's not

18:23 ↗ not to say that you know this is a new

18:26 ↗ need but that more of marijuana revenue

18:29 ↗ should be going to behavioral health

18:32 ↗ treatment

18:33 ↗ um so i guess it's not necessarily

18:36 ↗ i guess the reason that we made the

18:38 ↗ request this way unanticipated revenue

18:40 ↗ is because we we're not saying that we

18:42 ↗ should revisit the statutory

18:44 ↗ distribution of marijuana revenues

18:46 ↗ i mean i think that's um

18:49 ↗ that's just

18:51 ↗ everyone wants to do that and we

18:52 ↗ recognize that's not politically

18:55 ↗ something that issaquah wants to

18:56 ↗ undertake

18:57 ↗ but in the event that there's decisions

18:59 ↗ about what do we do with additional

19:02 ↗ marijuana revenue we think this is

19:04 ↗ this is a worthwhile

19:06 ↗ option

19:09 ↗ so i'm not sure if that answered the

19:10 ↗ question it does i i hear you

19:16 ↗ look at my other reps too if anybody

19:17 ↗ else has a question or a comment oh

19:19 ↗ there we go i represented

19:23 ↗ thank you i i think it's more a

19:25 ↗ a statement and i was waiting for my

19:28 ↗ friend lisa to say something

19:30 ↗ i'm trying to figure out the platform

19:32 ↗ here like how do i raise my hand and do

19:33 ↗ i have to no i'm trying to raise my hand

19:36 ↗ too and i was like you know what i give

19:37 ↗ up on technology or just do it like just

19:40 ↗ do that okay

19:42 ↗ this works

19:44 ↗ so um so

19:45 ↗ and and part of the reason why i i

19:48 ↗ specifically call out my dear friend

19:50 ↗ lisa is because both of us are working

19:52 ↗ um in that area specifically and we are

19:55 ↗ looking

19:57 ↗ um at both uh short term and long term

20:00 ↗ and so

20:01 ↗ really my comment is i'd like to

20:03 ↗ personally thank you

20:05 ↗ for that for that request

20:08 ↗ we

20:09 ↗ we look at all the revenue resources

20:12 ↗ recognizing that um and in fact in my

20:15 ↗ conversation with um with

20:19 ↗ the uh the budget writers uh recently

20:22 ↗ that was um i i share with them that's

20:25 ↗ really my number one i then my number

20:28 ↗ one uh priority

20:30 ↗ um is that we focus on mental and

20:33 ↗ behavioral health support for our

20:35 ↗ youngest

20:36 ↗ they they they needed us the most at

20:40 ↗ this point in time and so just want to

20:42 ↗ express my gratitude to to the city of

20:45 ↗ issaquah for elevating the issues um

20:48 ↗ looking forward to work with you and um

20:51 ↗ uh

20:53 ↗ and and you know the the more uh area

20:56 ↗ that we can identify as far as pouring

20:58 ↗ and pushing more support for our kids

21:02 ↗ the better

21:03 ↗ the outcome would be the sooner we can

21:05 ↗ hopefully get them back to as normal as

21:07 ↗ possible so thank you for that

21:11 ↗ thank you

21:12 ↗ ty representative

21:13 ↗ thank you

21:14 ↗ um so i do uh well echo uh the comments

21:18 ↗ from representative ty and appreciate

21:20 ↗ her partnership and the work on the

21:21 ↗ children youth behavioral health work

21:22 ↗ group

21:23 ↗ um and we talk often about this and one

21:26 ↗ of our top budget provisos that will be

21:28 ↗ moving forward is a

21:31 ↗ prenatal through the age of 25 strategic

21:33 ↗ plan on behavioral health so we can

21:35 ↗ create a vision a better vision for our

21:36 ↗ state around a continuum of level of

21:38 ↗ services that we need to have and fill

21:40 ↗ in the gaps that we see

21:42 ↗ we certainly know on the state level we

21:44 ↗ have a um

21:46 ↗ we have an erosion of just the

21:47 ↗ foundational services of behavioral

21:49 ↗ health um as we've seen a significant uh

21:52 ↗ workforce drop

21:54 ↗ and then a significant increase in need

21:57 ↗ so i think that you'll see a legislative

21:58 ↗ priority across the board trying to

22:00 ↗ figure out how to do kind of a crisis

22:02 ↗ response to the behavioral health needs

22:04 ↗ in the state as well as the longer term

22:07 ↗ direction of what we're talking about

22:08 ↗ and you pointing out and being willing

22:10 ↗ to and support this idea of

22:13 ↗ unanticipated revenue is going to

22:14 ↗ support that specific area and

22:16 ↗ recognizing the need for additional

22:17 ↗ funding in that space

22:19 ↗ i do also applaud and greatly appreciate

22:21 ↗ and

22:22 ↗ anything specific in that way

22:25 ↗ to your needs within the city

22:27 ↗ and how we can help support your local

22:30 ↗ control around meeting those needs i

22:32 ↗ would also love to hear so keep that on

22:34 ↗ the radar and happy to partner with you

22:36 ↗ in that work

22:39 ↗ thank you representative callum um i see

22:42 ↗ um

22:43 ↗ representative ramos's assistant erica

22:46 ↗ but i don't see representative ramos are

22:48 ↗ you still with us

22:51 ↗ i am here i'll be here till 8 45.

22:53 ↗ whatever your system is it's just not

22:55 ↗ working for me this morning so um oh

22:57 ↗ dang it it's not it's not showing me

22:59 ↗ here but i'm here i can i can hear it

23:01 ↗ and i can unmute and speak up so

23:04 ↗ he's like a voice from above

23:07 ↗ yeah all right so

23:09 ↗ that's great well since i won't be able

23:11 ↗ to see you raise your hand you may just

23:13 ↗ have to verbally say i'd like to add a

23:15 ↗ comment that would be great i'll

23:17 ↗ interrupt as necessary and just know

23:18 ↗ that again i got to leave at 8 45. that

23:22 ↗ is great thank you

23:24 ↗ i'm not saying any other comments or

23:26 ↗ questions i believe the next person up

23:28 ↗ is council president hunt

23:30 ↗ thank you mayor

23:32 ↗ another topic that we've added to our

23:34 ↗ policy manual this year is support for

23:36 ↗ updates to the growth management act

23:38 ↗ that align with the city's climate

23:40 ↗ action plan as outlined in house bill

23:42 ↗ 1099 the city began development of our

23:46 ↗ climate action plan in spring of 2021

23:48 ↗ and we expect to adopt the final plan

23:50 ↗ later this month actually at our

23:52 ↗ probably our last meeting of the year

23:54 ↗ which is next week and the plan will

23:56 ↗ provide actions and policies the city

23:58 ↗ will take to reduce greenhouse gas

24:00 ↗ emissions in buildings transportation

24:02 ↗ and waste and protect our natural areas

24:04 ↗ while adapting to the impacts of climate

24:06 ↗ change

24:07 ↗ house bill 1099 directs all gma cities

24:10 ↗ to develop a similar plan and requires

24:12 ↗ climate resiliency be incorporated into

24:15 ↗ comprehensive plants we support funding

24:17 ↗ for cities to complete this planning

24:19 ↗ work and importantly we ask that the

24:21 ↗ state dedicate revenue to assist with

24:23 ↗ implementation of mitigation actions the

24:26 ↗ climate commitment act is a source of

24:27 ↗ revenue for the specific purpose and we

24:29 ↗ would like to see some of that revenue

24:31 ↗ dedicated for local actions

24:33 ↗ preparing for climate change will be a

24:35 ↗ huge challenge for all levels of

24:37 ↗ government including at the local level

24:39 ↗ and i'm happy to answer any questions on

24:43 ↗ this topic

24:48 ↗ i am not

24:50 ↗ i'm not seeing any i just i thank you

24:52 ↗ council president for that update we are

24:54 ↗ so excited to be one of the few cities

24:56 ↗ that's adopting a climate action plan

24:58 ↗ it's amazing um senator mellett did you

25:00 ↗ have a comment

25:02 ↗ yeah i didn't realize you guys were

25:03 ↗ adopting that this month that's very

25:05 ↗ cool i think that you said i think

25:06 ↗ you're ahead of the curve

25:08 ↗ i think at 1099 the part of the bill

25:10 ↗ that i think caused more anxiety was

25:13 ↗ the part around

25:14 ↗ saying you can't build in certain areas

25:16 ↗ because i think of

25:18 ↗ them not being like whether it's in a

25:20 ↗ flood zone etc i think there are some

25:22 ↗ different

25:23 ↗ i think that's the same with the bill

25:24 ↗ that

25:25 ↗ is going to be the focus to try to

25:27 ↗ figure out

25:28 ↗ the upcoming session i think the idea of

25:30 ↗ encouraging people to follow your path

25:33 ↗ i i would clarify as the more

25:35 ↗ uncontroversial part of the bill

25:37 ↗ i think that is has broad support i

25:40 ↗ think it's really just trying to figure

25:41 ↗ out

25:42 ↗ how you would define and and i think

25:45 ↗ there is some fear that

25:46 ↗ the other part of the build it removes

25:48 ↗ areas as buildable lands

25:51 ↗ in the region is the one they just want

25:53 ↗ to make sure is is done in a way that

25:55 ↗ doesn't take too much inventory out of

25:58 ↗ the market i guess

25:59 ↗ or future inventory

26:02 ↗ thank you for that clarification and one

26:04 ↗ of the reasons the city is so committed

26:06 ↗ to its climate action plan is that we

26:08 ↗ want to make sure that

26:10 ↗ we have uh

26:12 ↗ enough focus on the natural environment

26:14 ↗ that we are able to manage you know the

26:17 ↗ changes that we're having in weather

26:18 ↗ patterns and flooding and all these

26:21 ↗ other

26:21 ↗ changes that are coming and so it's

26:23 ↗ important to look at that land inventory

26:25 ↗ and

26:26 ↗ and and look 50 years out to make sure

26:28 ↗ that

26:29 ↗ we are we're planning for that future so

26:32 ↗ thank you for letting us know about what

26:33 ↗ the controversy was are there any other

26:35 ↗ comments or questions on what council

26:38 ↗ president and the climate action plan

26:42 ↗ um is extremely proud to

26:46 ↗ be a city that's passing that i believe

26:49 ↗ uh next council member up is council

26:51 ↗ member walsh

26:52 ↗ yes thank you

26:54 ↗ so the final topic we wanted to touch on

26:56 ↗ is public safety which we know is going

26:58 ↗ to be a big part of this session so to

27:01 ↗ start out we just really want to thank

27:03 ↗ you and your colleagues leadership in

27:06 ↗ debating and adopting all of the package

27:08 ↗ of police reform bills last session

27:11 ↗ we know this is a very challenging

27:13 ↗ policy area and we're grateful for the

27:15 ↗ commitment to create a more just society

27:18 ↗ for everyone

27:19 ↗ we've been working with our police

27:21 ↗ chiefs our legal counsel our insurance

27:22 ↗ provider to implement the policies in

27:24 ↗ accordance with the new law

27:26 ↗ but like many jurisdictions around the

27:29 ↗ state we've encountered some areas of

27:30 ↗ ambiguity so we understand that in the

27:33 ↗ house representative goodman and

27:35 ↗ representative johnson are drafting

27:37 ↗ clarifying legislation to ensure the

27:39 ↗ consistent interpretation and

27:40 ↗ application of the laws statewide so

27:43 ↗ clarifying that

27:45 ↗ um or clarifying that all less than

27:47 ↗ lethal options are allowed and clearer

27:49 ↗ guidance on the law enforcement's role

27:51 ↗ in community caretaking circumstances

27:54 ↗ are the two areas that would be most

27:56 ↗ helpful for isoquant our community

28:00 ↗ and then finally while these

28:01 ↗ clarifications are important we also

28:03 ↗ have to do the work as a city to improve

28:05 ↗ coordination between our first

28:07 ↗ responders neighboring jurisdictions

28:09 ↗ behavioral health providers and everyone

28:11 ↗ else involved in this crisis so i'm

28:13 ↗ going to turn it over to mayor paulie to

28:14 ↗ describe what we're doing in that area

28:17 ↗ thank you councilmember walsh

28:19 ↗ um i just want to second everything that

28:22 ↗ lindsay has just stated and let you know

28:25 ↗ how we appreciate the work that the

28:26 ↗ legislature has done and is doing to

28:28 ↗ improve public safety

28:30 ↗ in addition i want to acknowledge that

28:32 ↗ there are several members of the city's

28:34 ↗ team in the audience here today

28:37 ↗ police fire and parks and community

28:39 ↗ services as we see that this is kind of

28:42 ↗ we need to have an integrated approach

28:44 ↗ in how we

28:46 ↗ do our crisis management

28:48 ↗ so as mayor i have found myself in a

28:50 ↗ challenging place because i'm hearing

28:52 ↗ from citizens and residents that are

28:54 ↗ concerned that public safety is not

28:56 ↗ improving and is actually declining

28:58 ↗ within our community

29:00 ↗ and some of this is an education

29:02 ↗ challenge

29:03 ↗ helping folks understand the limitations

29:05 ↗ of the law and some of this is a

29:07 ↗ clarification issue which we extremely

29:10 ↗ appreciate that the legislature is

29:12 ↗ willing to tackle

29:13 ↗ some of this is also a coordination

29:15 ↗ issue among various government services

29:17 ↗ that's why i talked about having police

29:19 ↗ fire parks and community services here

29:21 ↗ is we do need to have this integrated

29:23 ↗ approach in crisis management

29:25 ↗ so we are in the midst of a community

29:28 ↗ crisis right now and specifically in

29:30 ↗ circumstances when an individual is

29:32 ↗ having a behavioral health crisis we

29:34 ↗ need a more collaborative approach that

29:36 ↗ considers the myriad of scenarios that

29:38 ↗ could unfold if an individual refuses

29:41 ↗ assistance but is clearly in distress

29:44 ↗ what is our response

29:45 ↗ if the individual is under the influence

29:47 ↗ of drugs or alcohol and wants help what

29:50 ↗ is our response

29:52 ↗ where do we take someone who wants help

29:54 ↗ where do we take someone who is an

29:56 ↗ imminent threat to themselves but is not

29:58 ↗ breaking any law

30:00 ↗ what are the resources that already

30:01 ↗ exist what are the gaps and what do we

30:03 ↗ need to do to fill those gaps

30:07 ↗ at our city we are convening a work

30:09 ↗ group that includes police east side

30:11 ↗ fire and rescue human services parks and

30:14 ↗ community services the hospital

30:16 ↗ neighboring jurisdictions and designated

30:18 ↗ crisis responders from the county to

30:21 ↗ work through these questions and to

30:22 ↗ develop a response plan

30:24 ↗ this is new for us because cities have

30:26 ↗ not historically played a role in the

30:28 ↗ behavioral health care continuum but

30:30 ↗ with the rise of behavioral health needs

30:33 ↗ our law enforcement and our parks and

30:35 ↗ community services staff are the ones

30:37 ↗ that are encountering these individuals

30:39 ↗ in our community in crisis

30:42 ↗ so i'd like to take a break there um and

30:45 ↗ see if there are any questions or

30:47 ↗ comments on the last two topics

30:50 ↗ from council member walsh myself uh yes

30:52 ↗ we have representative ramos girls

30:57 ↗ go and then representative

30:59 ↗ yeah so i jump in here and and i'm glad

31:01 ↗ you're aware of what we're doing in

31:02 ↗ public safety there working with chair

31:04 ↗ goodman and vice chair johnson uh in

31:07 ↗ public safety leadership uh and and

31:10 ↗ trying to get clarification on some

31:12 ↗ things that have been misinterpreted um

31:15 ↗ uh from our intent originally so that

31:17 ↗ that we're working on now we're having a

31:19 ↗ number of meetings on that with uh with

31:22 ↗ uh you know

31:24 ↗ police groups and community groups and

31:26 ↗ so forth so that should be coming not

31:28 ↗ anticipating any new changes to the

31:30 ↗ intent of legislation just mainly the

31:32 ↗ clarification part so that's clear and

31:34 ↗ everybody can be working on the same

31:36 ↗ definition so that is in the works as

31:38 ↗ you mentioned you know about that so

31:40 ↗ we'll keep on that and that's the main

31:42 ↗ thing uh

31:44 ↗ comment i have on this

31:47 ↗ thank you

31:48 ↗ representative collin

31:54 ↗ [Laughter]

31:56 ↗ dude sorry my dog started barking so i'm

31:58 ↗ muted myself um so i really do

32:00 ↗ appreciate the ongoing conversation that

32:02 ↗ we've had uh on this topic and that

32:04 ↗ we've been able to have with our you

32:06 ↗ know our cities across the fifth on here

32:08 ↗ and certainly i think the development of

32:10 ↗ model policy that helps

32:12 ↗ create the consistency which is also the

32:14 ↗ intent of the legislation across the

32:16 ↗ state i think will be very helpful

32:18 ↗ um you know not having that model policy

32:20 ↗ coming out at the same time as the

32:21 ↗ reform i think was uh

32:23 ↗ you know we saw all of the challenges

32:25 ↗ that

32:26 ↗ people faced but in particular the

32:28 ↗ behavioral health response and how we

32:30 ↗ need to build that system out to really

32:33 ↗ get to what again the intent of the

32:34 ↗ legislation is right i mean i think

32:36 ↗ we're we are seeing a shift and i

32:38 ↗ appreciate it the way you you

32:39 ↗ characterized it there is change afoot

32:42 ↗ there's also

32:43 ↗ clarification that's necessary and

32:45 ↗ needed and we hope to see that in this

32:46 ↗ legislative session but the coordination

32:49 ↗ and the collaboration and the depth of

32:51 ↗ service

32:52 ↗ that's needed in the gaps of service

32:54 ↗ that's needed to really support that

32:55 ↗ behavioral health continuum is very real

32:58 ↗ very costly and we need to understand

32:59 ↗ how to pull that together

33:01 ↗ and um i would love to stay kind of uh

33:04 ↗ really connected at the hip with you all

33:06 ↗ and the work that you're planning on

33:07 ↗ doing and very excited to hear about

33:09 ↗ your workforce and that's something that

33:10 ↗ i would like to see

33:12 ↗ um and in fact is a

33:15 ↗ request that's coming out from the

33:17 ↗ children youth behavioral health work

33:18 ↗ group specifically around schools to try

33:20 ↗ to help build a grant dollars to support

33:23 ↗ school systems and figuring out how they

33:25 ↗ can connect to and

33:28 ↗ partner with community services and

33:29 ↗ supports because of the the dearth of

33:31 ↗ behavioral health supports that they

33:33 ↗ have in the school systems across the

33:34 ↗ state

33:35 ↗ and i think the same thing is true for

33:37 ↗ the cities

33:38 ↗ and uh for our unincorporated spaces too

33:40 ↗ so definitely working in that space

33:43 ↗ um i know the the swami valley is very

33:46 ↗ interested in being able to replicate

33:48 ↗ some of the work that you've already

33:49 ↗ done

33:50 ↗ we know that the maple valley space has

33:52 ↗ already had a behavioral health

33:53 ↗ navigator um and exceeded some of that

33:55 ↗ fun and so

33:57 ↗ you are again leading in some of that

33:59 ↗ space and trying to step forward and

34:00 ↗ what that needs to happen and i think

34:02 ↗ that's exactly

34:04 ↗ talking about that additional revenue um

34:06 ↗ the unanticipated receipts whatever we

34:08 ↗ need to do to create some stabilized

34:10 ↗ funding and some funding that's long

34:12 ↗ term and there to support both locally

34:14 ↗ and at the state level to build out that

34:16 ↗ continuum of care service of what that

34:18 ↗ looks like so as you unfold whose role

34:22 ↗ and who's doing what and where the gaps

34:24 ↗ are and what you think is the state's

34:27 ↗ role in that keep me very much you know

34:30 ↗ in the middle of it and i'll try to

34:31 ↗ support you the best i can and i think

34:34 ↗ you have uh partners here in the

34:36 ↗ legislature here showing up in this call

34:37 ↗ anyway for sure um i know the same is

34:40 ↗ true for uh representative

34:42 ↗ sen and senator wellman to try to figure

34:45 ↗ out how we can

34:46 ↗ really build that out and i think

34:47 ↗ there's a clock on the um

34:50 ↗ the legislation that was passed in

34:52 ↗ response to the blake decision

34:54 ↗ and that also is going to drive

34:56 ↗ diversionary services and supports i

34:58 ↗ know in the children youth and family

35:00 ↗ space there's other bills that have

35:02 ↗ clocks on them around

35:04 ↗ a youth exiting from

35:08 ↗ institutions or from health care systems

35:10 ↗ into homelessness and

35:12 ↗ connected with juvenile justice and what

35:14 ↗ is that tie so all of these pieces play

35:16 ↗ in together and how we can build and

35:18 ↗ structure a better system of response

35:20 ↗ and the 988 crisis line of course is

35:23 ↗ really a huge element that ties and

35:24 ↗ connects all of this

35:26 ↗ so making sure that we've got local

35:28 ↗ voice that's really showing up in the

35:30 ↗ advisory committees that are supporting

35:32 ↗ the development of the 988 line and all

35:34 ↗ of those supports behind it and how you

35:36 ↗ interface and connect not only as a city

35:39 ↗ to the designated crisis response team

35:41 ↗ and the 988 structure but also to all

35:44 ↗ the places where people show up with the

35:45 ↗ behavioral health crisis which includes

35:47 ↗ our schools

35:49 ↗ and our you know and and and and right

35:52 ↗ so thanks you know this is my passion

35:53 ↗ area so thanks for letting me spew here

35:55 ↗ for a minute

36:00 ↗ i do think

36:01 ↗ obviously i think the whole economy is

36:03 ↗ going through staffing challenges uh

36:05 ↗ obviously

36:07 ↗ police is no different than that i think

36:09 ↗ that

36:10 ↗ the upcoming session we do have to make

36:13 ↗ i don't know i think we have to find a

36:14 ↗ way so

36:16 ↗ police officers in our state feel like

36:17 ↗ they are really genuinely appreciated

36:19 ↗ and valued and i think one proposal i

36:22 ↗ guess this will be

36:24 ↗ pertinent to chief clark on the line is

36:27 ↗ we are looking my role on the state

36:29 ↗ investment board the left too is the

36:31 ↗ best funded pension account and there is

36:34 ↗ discussion this upcoming session of

36:36 ↗ enhancing the left two benefits in the

36:38 ↗ pension space i mean basically to go

36:40 ↗ into the weeds of it

36:42 ↗ years 15 to 25 you could get an extra

36:44 ↗ half percent you know normally it's two

36:46 ↗ percent times years of service

36:48 ↗ they would potentially add on an extra

36:50 ↗ half percent for years

36:52 ↗ 15 through 25 it would be a fairly

36:54 ↗ substantial it would be a 600 million

36:55 ↗ dollar

36:56 ↗ benefit enhancement i think that

36:59 ↗ i am pushing for this proposal as a way

37:02 ↗ for the legislature to show

37:04 ↗ people on the ground doing public safety

37:06 ↗ that they are valued and i don't know

37:08 ↗ chief clark if is that

37:10 ↗ is that

37:11 ↗ proposal filtered down to your level as

37:13 ↗ a possibility in the upcoming session

37:15 ↗ and how involved

37:16 ↗ you've been

37:17 ↗ it it certainly has filtered down during

37:20 ↗ last session when some when it started

37:21 ↗ getting some steam

37:23 ↗ and folks are looking forward to it and

37:25 ↗ i would say that's probably the number

37:26 ↗ one thing you could do

37:28 ↗ to show appreciation

37:30 ↗ since that fund is so well funded if you

37:32 ↗ were i would encourage the

37:35 ↗ those that are pushing it to to get it

37:37 ↗ public um like some of the things that

37:40 ↗ happened negatively last year it would

37:42 ↗ be nice to get some positive um

37:44 ↗ information going out like that and i'll

37:45 ↗ certainly disseminate it but uh that

37:47 ↗ will go a long way

37:48 ↗ i'm gonna

37:50 ↗ go on record that i think we can get it

37:53 ↗ to the finish line even though it's a

37:54 ↗ short session it's not a general fund

37:56 ↗ hit it comes out of the left two account

37:59 ↗ and i'm in the leads of that account and

38:01 ↗ i feel pretty confident

38:03 ↗ that we could afford it and given

38:05 ↗ it would be a really strong message to

38:07 ↗ public safety folks in our state

38:09 ↗ that they are appreciated i think that

38:11 ↗ in combination with a lot of

38:12 ↗ clarification the last thing we want is

38:14 ↗ like awc

38:15 ↗ insurance policy to be telling our

38:18 ↗ officers

38:19 ↗ like you can't intervene here it's like

38:21 ↗ we've screwed up the legislature when

38:23 ↗ people are interpreting interpreting

38:25 ↗ what we did with that much ambiguity

38:27 ↗ that they're giving bad advice

38:29 ↗ to the cities and it's on us to really

38:31 ↗ clarify that beyond any shadow of a

38:33 ↗ doubt so that's not happening again

38:36 ↗ after the 22 sessions finished hopefully

38:39 ↗ thank you senator mullen it's been

38:40 ↗ difficult it's been difficult for our

38:42 ↗ emts it's been difficult for our police

38:45 ↗ officers and thank you for bringing up

38:47 ↗ that love

38:48 ↗ conversation i see uh representative

38:51 ↗ uh hi henry candice

38:54 ↗ thank you thank you

38:56 ↗ mayor i

38:57 ↗ i wanted to jump into this conversation

39:00 ↗ as well there's four of us um on this

39:02 ↗ and this was i um i i would say i voted

39:06 ↗ yes um

39:08 ↗ for this string of reformed and um i

39:12 ↗ i concur with my uh colleague as far as

39:16 ↗ really applauding um your willingness to

39:19 ↗ collaborate

39:21 ↗ and work with us

39:23 ↗ the most difficult things um at least

39:25 ↗ for me as a

39:27 ↗ well i can't say it because lisa and i

39:29 ↗ come in the same year so i can't call

39:31 ↗ myself newbie anymore

39:34 ↗ anyway for the last three years this is

39:36 ↗ what i learned

39:37 ↗ i learned that the more we have

39:39 ↗ conversation together especially on

39:41 ↗ legislations that are as complex as this

39:44 ↗ one we're talking about not only

39:46 ↗ changing system we're changing culture

39:49 ↗ and culture is really led by people

39:51 ↗ mindset and people mindset if anything i

39:55 ↗ learned from my four-year college

39:57 ↗ is that a

39:58 ↗ human like

40:00 ↗ habit

40:01 ↗ um we create certain habits and we stuck

40:04 ↗ with it and we feel comfortable in it we

40:06 ↗ feel we feel

40:08 ↗ like any time there's any change in that

40:11 ↗ space whether it's a

40:13 ↗ whether it's a habit like whether you

40:15 ↗ have your you have you have your cup of

40:16 ↗ coffee in the morning before you can do

40:18 ↗ anything and without it you kind of like

40:20 ↗ oh my god like the word is coming like

40:22 ↗ to an end um

40:26 ↗ yet at the same time for the legislative

40:29 ↗ work it is about looking at system why i

40:31 ↗ can ask ourselves

40:33 ↗ what we've done

40:35 ↗ uh or what's done

40:37 ↗ i can't say what we've done because i

40:39 ↗ was not in that part of the system

40:41 ↗ before but what's done did not provide

40:45 ↗ public safety for all of our people

40:48 ↗ and we have moved into the space where

40:50 ↗ we actually asked who feel safe and who

40:53 ↗ don't

40:55 ↗ and the role of a legislator like myself

41:00 ↗ representing the people who rarely have

41:02 ↗ a seat at the table

41:04 ↗ is to speak up of why i didn't feel safe

41:07 ↗ all the people look like myself didn't

41:10 ↗ feel safe and how do we

41:12 ↗ really

41:13 ↗ better our system

41:15 ↗ so that everyone gets to feel safe

41:18 ↗ because each one of you i hope agreed

41:21 ↗ do our work or sign our name on a piece

41:23 ↗ of paper saying that we commit to the

41:26 ↗ work for our public

41:29 ↗ and so if it is about

41:32 ↗ the intent that wasn't clearly

41:34 ↗ articulated or

41:35 ↗ is a particular

41:37 ↗ campaign to misinformed

41:40 ↗ we are committed to continue to have

41:42 ↗ conversations what we're hoping

41:45 ↗ is that we

41:47 ↗ need to start at the place where

41:51 ↗ we want to do this work to build trust

41:54 ↗ we do not start the place where we want

41:57 ↗ to do this this work so that we

42:00 ↗ punish anyone

42:02 ↗ so as a member of um

42:06 ↗ marginalized

42:08 ↗ and people of color community

42:11 ↗ we understand what it felt like

42:14 ↗ to not belong

42:16 ↗ what it felt like to be punished

42:19 ↗ for something for a long time

42:22 ↗ simply because of the skin color

42:25 ↗ so

42:26 ↗ the last thing we want at least for

42:28 ↗ myself i would simply speak for myself

42:30 ↗ is to punish anyone

42:33 ↗ it is about creating a space of trust

42:35 ↗ and so what i'm hoping and asking

42:39 ↗ cities and

42:40 ↗ elected officials to really have

42:42 ↗ conversation with us

42:44 ↗ to really pay attention to some of the

42:46 ↗ work we're doing because we are not any

42:49 ↗ better than you again i'm speaking for

42:51 ↗ myself i should say i am not any better

42:53 ↗ than you

42:54 ↗ i

42:55 ↗ i lacked knowledge especially grassroots

42:59 ↗ knowledge of the work that you are doing

43:02 ↗ and so having a partner like you

43:04 ↗ yourself in this world telling me how

43:07 ↗ you impact and when you look at a piece

43:09 ↗ of legislation i hope that would you

43:12 ↗ would be a partner in helping shape

43:16 ↗ the change of the habit

43:19 ↗ that somehow we're so comfortable in

43:22 ↗ leaving so many people feeling

43:25 ↗ vulnerable

43:27 ↗ so that all of us can feel safe not just

43:30 ↗ some of us

43:32 ↗ so i just want to make sure that piece

43:34 ↗ of clarifications being in the space and

43:38 ↗ i am first and foremost absolutely

43:40 ↗ appreciating all the officers who are

43:43 ↗ working to keep the public safety in

43:45 ↗ check and definitely

43:48 ↗ support

43:49 ↗ mental health and behavioral health for

43:52 ↗ all of our members thank you

43:55 ↗ thank you representative thai um i i

43:58 ↗ wanted to just add a couple of comments

44:00 ↗ there i'm i am so proud of our public

44:03 ↗ safety team and they are extremely

44:05 ↗ supportive

44:07 ↗ of the work that you're doing at the

44:08 ↗ legislature

44:10 ↗ our goal is to make sure that when we

44:12 ↗ come upon a person in crisis we have

44:14 ↗ something to do and

44:16 ↗ normally the city's role is we're the

44:18 ↗ we're the we're the first point of

44:20 ↗ contact that they may have and so we

44:22 ↗ will definitely as we go through our

44:24 ↗ work on crisis response

44:27 ↗ come back and let you all know where we

44:29 ↗ see gaps where we have

44:31 ↗ approached a person in crisis and we're

44:34 ↗ unable to provide any resources because

44:36 ↗ cities don't

44:37 ↗ you know we don't have a tax-based

44:39 ↗ system that allows us to do much more

44:42 ↗ than to be the first responder and that

44:44 ↗ first point of contact and we know that

44:46 ↗ there is more that needs to be invested

44:48 ↗ in mental behavioral health addiction

44:50 ↗ services all of that so we hope to be

44:53 ↗ able to provide you some very useful

44:54 ↗ information as we work our way through

44:56 ↗ our process so thank you

44:58 ↗ we are coming up close to the end of our

45:01 ↗ time but i do want to uh sort of have a

45:03 ↗ quick little go around with the

45:04 ↗ representatives and senators that are

45:06 ↗ still here on any issues that you may

45:08 ↗ want to talk to us about that you're

45:10 ↗ working on in the legislature

45:12 ↗ that we haven't heard about yet and i

45:14 ↗ also just want to let you know that we

45:16 ↗ are a very very active city in order we

45:19 ↗ are supportive of the work you're doing

45:21 ↗ we will show up we will testify and so

45:24 ↗ we we have your backs and you should

45:26 ↗ know that

45:27 ↗ so let's uh maybe close out this morning

45:29 ↗ by going around the room and

45:31 ↗ representative challen if you'd like to

45:33 ↗ start is there anything else that we

45:34 ↗ didn't talk about today that you'd like

45:36 ↗ to let the city council know you're

45:38 ↗ working on

45:39 ↗ well i greatly appreciate that and

45:40 ↗ before

45:41 ↗ i do anything else i do want to thank

45:43 ↗ councilmember goodman for her extensive

45:46 ↗ service and all of the

45:48 ↗ the significant um

45:51 ↗ value that you brought in really

45:53 ↗ affecting the lives of all of the

45:56 ↗ the

45:56 ↗ residents of issaquah and uh just i'm

45:59 ↗ deeply grateful for you and for the

46:01 ↗ service and your time and um i hope you

46:03 ↗ don't go far in the work and you stay

46:06 ↗ close and you keep us all accountable

46:07 ↗ because your voices um is transformative

46:10 ↗ and makes a difference

46:12 ↗ well i live i live on the next block

46:14 ↗ over so i know where you are no we can

46:17 ↗ come knock on my door any time

46:19 ↗ absolutely

46:20 ↗ um

46:21 ↗ so the other areas that i'll be working

46:22 ↗ on besides the behavioral health space

46:24 ↗ which you saw my passion come through on

46:26 ↗ um is certainly doing all of the

46:28 ↗ the background support on the

46:30 ↗ transportation agendas that you guys

46:31 ↗ have laid out um certainly want to

46:33 ↗ continue to push in all of that

46:35 ↗ direction on what is really the

46:37 ↗ take-home needs for our legislative

46:39 ↗ district and then of course um in my

46:41 ↗ education space working to help support

46:43 ↗ our school districts through

46:45 ↗ um what is yet to be still their most

46:47 ↗ challenging year in the pandemic and

46:49 ↗ what is happening there in their funding

46:51 ↗ uh

46:53 ↗ challenges as well as just you know the

46:55 ↗ the

46:55 ↗ health care um aspects of what they're

46:58 ↗ doing and the recovery around the

47:00 ↗ pandemic and the there's going to be

47:02 ↗ some long-term implications there so

47:03 ↗ there's a lot of work that's happening

47:04 ↗ there just on a high level so if there's

47:07 ↗ any intersection there and partnership

47:09 ↗ that is coming in from the city i would

47:11 ↗ love to hear about that and learn about

47:12 ↗ that as well

47:13 ↗ that's great thank you and if you don't

47:15 ↗ have the chat open representative ramos

47:17 ↗ has uh left for the day um i'm gonna go

47:20 ↗ to

47:21 ↗ uh representative hi and then to senator

47:24 ↗ mullet to close this out

47:26 ↗ thank you and i i too um

47:29 ↗ um

47:30 ↗ wanted to extend my gratitude to your

47:34 ↗ active work from the cd of issaquah

47:37 ↗ in in

47:39 ↗ supporting

47:40 ↗ our legislative

47:44 ↗ areas of making change hopefully for the

47:47 ↗ better

47:48 ↗ of many

47:50 ↗ yes besides the mental behavioral health

47:53 ↗ um

47:54 ↗ which i'm working with president callan

47:57 ↗ um i am

48:00 ↗ this upcoming sessions i uh

48:04 ↗ i found myself having uh quite a few

48:07 ↗ legislations in the healthcare area

48:09 ↗ um no surprise we're still in the health

48:12 ↗ crisis

48:13 ↗ so uh working to really uh improving the

48:17 ↗ healthcare system and for me it is

48:20 ↗ continue to be

48:21 ↗ uh looking deeply at the the population

48:24 ↗ who currently do not have any health

48:26 ↗ care coverage

48:28 ↗ um and uh if there's one if there's one

48:31 ↗ thing um to say about uh covet 19 this

48:34 ↗ pandemic um

48:37 ↗ it's sort of like the the one

48:40 ↗ the one testimonial we needed at every

48:43 ↗ single public hearing and i do not wish

48:46 ↗ for this pandemic to last any longer

48:48 ↗ but i'm just saying that this

48:50 ↗ testimonial just keep coming and coming

48:52 ↗ and coming and showing us that the lack

48:55 ↗ of how our healthcare system you can see

48:57 ↗ i'm kind of like getting to that zone of

48:59 ↗ like oh my god i'm so mad

49:02 ↗ like we don't have the healthcare system

49:05 ↗ that provides services and support for

49:07 ↗ everyone considering our nation is the

49:10 ↗ leaders

49:11 ↗ of everything in the world which kind of

49:14 ↗ sad

49:15 ↗ so housing is not my number one issues

49:18 ↗ i'm sorry healthcare is my number one

49:19 ↗ issues second part is housing and last

49:22 ↗ but not least i'm bringing back house

49:24 ↗ bill 1202

49:26 ↗ and i understand

49:28 ↗ that uh the city uh are really concerned

49:31 ↗ about it and so i love to hear

49:34 ↗ and being able to answer your question

49:36 ↗ directly because i understand

49:39 ↗ how you are as member of

49:42 ↗ the

49:43 ↗ the city association as a whole across

49:45 ↗ the state uh in opposition of house bill

49:48 ↗ 1242 and so i want to clarify if if

49:52 ↗ there's any questions or concerns uh

49:54 ↗ because it's once again um i i'd like to

49:58 ↗ see

49:59 ↗ the accountability being

50:02 ↗ um

50:03 ↗ being lived up as as why we're doing

50:07 ↗ this work and who should be accountable

50:10 ↗ for

50:10 ↗ and so uh those are the sort of like the

50:13 ↗ the area where i i would

50:16 ↗ spend my energy and time on once again

50:19 ↗ would you give the council a couple

50:21 ↗ sentence uh on house bill 1202 and what

50:25 ↗ the primary purpose of it is i'm not

50:27 ↗ sure everybody's tracking that one

50:29 ↗ oh yes thank you so house view 1202 is

50:31 ↗ titled peace officer accountability act

50:35 ↗ uh it is to create a a civil course of

50:38 ↗ action

50:40 ↗ in washington state

50:43 ↗ which

50:44 ↗ when

50:45 ↗ a peace officer

50:47 ↗ violates an individual's constitutional

50:50 ↗ rights

50:52 ↗ the families and victims

50:55 ↗ may bring forward a civil cause of

50:58 ↗ action

50:59 ↗ which is a civil lawsuit in washington

51:02 ↗ state

51:04 ↗ this particular legislation

51:07 ↗ my intent

51:08 ↗ is to put accountability

51:10 ↗ and yes liability

51:13 ↗ on the entities that have the power

51:17 ↗ in policies

51:18 ↗ and those entities are the cities

51:21 ↗ the county and the state

51:24 ↗ we are the entities that have power to

51:27 ↗ change policies

51:28 ↗ to allocate funding for our police

51:32 ↗ to ensure that our police get

51:34 ↗ appropriate and adequate training

51:37 ↗ and all and and

51:39 ↗ did i say adopt policy i'm gonna say it

51:42 ↗ once again we are the entity that's had

51:44 ↗ the power to adopt and change policies

51:48 ↗ at the policy level

51:50 ↗ if we don't we need to be a counter be

51:53 ↗ accounted for

51:54 ↗ and that includes a state

51:57 ↗ and so um

51:59 ↗ that is house bill 1202 it is an

52:02 ↗ accountability bill

52:04 ↗ that if city county and state do not put

52:08 ↗ in funding

52:09 ↗ for training

52:10 ↗ do not

52:12 ↗ do not adopt policies which lead to

52:15 ↗ protocols and procedures at the staff

52:19 ↗ police department included level

52:22 ↗ then we need to be accountable for the

52:24 ↗ violations of individuals constitutional

52:28 ↗ rights in washington state

52:31 ↗ thank you representative ty i'm gonna

52:33 ↗ quick and thank you erica for putting in

52:36 ↗ representative ramosa's work uh in the

52:39 ↗ chat representative ramos is working on

52:41 ↗ a myriad of transportation adjacent

52:44 ↗ things some within the transpo package

52:46 ↗ and some that might run as separate

52:48 ↗ bills

52:49 ↗ that we'll file just in case such as the

52:51 ↗ crab

52:52 ↗ tib reforms a local options bill and the

52:55 ↗ recruitment training and retention of

52:57 ↗ diverse workforces in washdot washington

53:00 ↗ state ferries and dnr

53:02 ↗ he is also working with dol and other

53:04 ↗ stakeholders are making some changes to

53:06 ↗ the temporary license plates and he got

53:09 ↗ that as an idea from a local resident

53:12 ↗ and uh lisa representative callum is

53:15 ↗ going to run to another meeting and if

53:17 ↗ we could keep senator molon just for a

53:18 ↗ minute or two would you is there

53:20 ↗ anything else you want to let us know

53:21 ↗ before we wrap up today

53:23 ↗ well i'll just mention like the super i

53:25 ↗ guess hyper local stuff uh i think rep

53:29 ↗ cal and ramos and myself are all working

53:31 ↗ on something for leo organization like

53:33 ↗ they're kind of getting screwed where

53:35 ↗ they're now being told they have to pay

53:37 ↗ property tax on their buildings and so

53:41 ↗ we're really trying to do a very narrow

53:42 ↗ clarification in the law that says

53:45 ↗ group homes don't

53:48 ↗ but not all adult family homes but for

53:50 ↗ developmentally disabled

53:51 ↗ they would qualify as

53:54 ↗ you know even though

53:55 ↗ it's not a non-profit running the

53:57 ↗ business it could be a private entity

53:58 ↗ running the business they still would

54:00 ↗ qualify for the non-profit exemption if

54:02 ↗ the nonprofit purchased the you know

54:04 ↗ subsidize the building and so hopefully

54:06 ↗ we get that to the finish line and we

54:08 ↗ did have fire in the area bring up

54:11 ↗ the idea during the heat wave last

54:13 ↗ summer that they went to a lot of adult

54:14 ↗ family homes where they saw basically

54:16 ↗ people dying from heat adult family

54:18 ↗ homes who didn't have air conditioning

54:19 ↗ so we're trying to figure out

54:21 ↗ whether it's a grant program whether

54:23 ↗ it's a law change but how in the hell do

54:24 ↗ you get

54:25 ↗ adult family homes in the state to make

54:27 ↗ sure they have air conditioning going

54:29 ↗ forward it's not as easy as it sounds to

54:32 ↗ solve i thought this would be a

54:34 ↗ a really simple bill it's as i've

54:36 ↗ studied it for the last six months it's

54:38 ↗ more complicated but those are just a

54:39 ↗ couple that came out of things that were

54:42 ↗ raised locally you know from june until

54:44 ↗ now that i am optimistic we can make

54:46 ↗ progress on

54:48 ↗ and i think we have to find way to get

54:50 ↗ vehicle sales tax in the transportation

54:51 ↗ budget because the ferry system's

54:53 ↗ imploding and i think

54:55 ↗ you know that's one of the changes we

54:56 ↗ could make in the upcoming session is

54:57 ↗ having a much more holistic view of our

54:59 ↗ budgets so we can make some good

55:01 ↗ transportation investments with or

55:03 ↗ without a transportation package

55:05 ↗ uh in the upcoming session and that's

55:07 ↗ the conclusion

55:09 ↗ that is super hyper local thank you

55:11 ↗ senator mullet and leo is life

55:13 ↗ enrichment options and i had heard about

55:16 ↗ their issue with property taxes so i'm

55:18 ↗ thrilled to hear that that's something

55:19 ↗ you think might be able to be remedied

55:21 ↗ in this session that's fantastic and the

55:23 ↗ air conditioning is also an issue that i

55:25 ↗ had heard about this summer as well so

55:26 ↗ those are excellent

55:28 ↗ excellent things for isipa thank you for

55:30 ↗ doing that so we are a few minutes over

55:32 ↗ time and i just want to thank everybody

55:34 ↗ for staying and also again just to

55:38 ↗ let our representatives know that we are

55:39 ↗ here to help during this session we are

55:41 ↗ a city that's very active and tracks

55:44 ↗ what's going on at the state level and

55:46 ↗ we're here to help and uh let us know

55:48 ↗ when we can dialogue and we'll be there

55:50 ↗ for you so thank you so much for all

55:52 ↗ coming this morning have a great day

55:54 ↗ take care everyone

55:56 ↗ and

55:57 ↗ every time i go to state park stacy i'll

55:59 ↗ think of all your good work

56:02 ↗ awesome but i think

56:04 ↗ it's about your work but

56:07 ↗ okay

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Barbara de Michele

Stacy Goodman

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Tola Marts

Lindsey Walsh

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Chris Reh