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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Council / Members (6)

Barbara de Michele

Stacy Goodman

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Tola Marts

Lindsey Walsh

Staff (6)

Mary Lou Pauly, Mayor

Andrea Snyder, Deputy City Administrator

Tisha Gieser, City Clerk

Tina Eggers, Chief of Staff

Monica Negrila, Human Services Manager

Shelly Helder, Lobbyist

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