City Council Special Meeting · Monday, July 10, 2023 · City Council Digest

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0:06 ↗ foreign

0:07 ↗ I'm calling the July 10th city council

0:10 ↗ meeting to order this meeting was

0:12 ↗ rescheduled a week later than normal due

0:14 ↗ to the 4th of July holiday as a reminder

0:17 ↗ we still continue to have a remote

0:19 ↗ aspect to our meetings both staff and

0:21 ↗ members of the public may be

0:23 ↗ participating in tonight's meeting

0:24 ↗ remotely via WebEx

0:26 ↗ first item on the agenda this evening is

0:27 ↗ the Pledge of Allegiance and I invite

0:29 ↗ you to join us

0:32 ↗ I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

0:35 ↗ United States of America

0:39 ↗ one nation under God indivisible liberty

0:44 ↗ and justice

0:48 ↗ our first next item this evening is

0:52 ↗ special business and this is

0:54 ↗ id1504 we will be swearing in a new

0:57 ↗ police Commander this evening and I'd

0:59 ↗ like to invite Casey Allred and our

1:01 ↗ chief of police to come to the lectern

1:11 ↗ hey chief I wonder if I could get you to

1:14 ↗ introduce Casey first

1:19 ↗ good evening everybody council members

1:21 ↗ Madam mayor thank you for this

1:23 ↗ opportunity this evening for us to

1:25 ↗ introduce our new Commander for the

1:27 ↗ police department Casey Allred he's been

1:29 ↗ with King County for the last 14 years

1:31 ↗ and we're very lucky and fortunate to

1:33 ↗ have him with us he started on July 5th

1:35 ↗ and he'll be with us hopefully for a

1:37 ↗ long time so I'll let Madame mayor swear

1:40 ↗ him in

1:43 ↗ Casey if you want to come and stand up

1:48 ↗ I state your name

1:51 ↗ having been duly appointed

1:53 ↗ to the office of Commander

1:57 ↗ of the City of Issaquah Washington

2:01 ↗ you solemnly swear do you solemnly swear

2:03 ↗ that I will faithfully and impartially I

2:06 ↗ will Faithfully perform the duties of my

2:09 ↗ office on the duties of my office as

2:11 ↗ prescribed by law

2:13 ↗ and to the best of my ability

2:16 ↗ and that I will support and maintain

2:18 ↗ support and maintain the ordinances of

2:21 ↗ the City of Issaquah awareness is

2:24 ↗ and the laws and Constitution

2:27 ↗ of the state of Washington state of

2:30 ↗ Washington Washington and the United

2:31 ↗ States of America

2:32 ↗ so help me God so help me God welcome

2:34 ↗ thank you so much congratulations

2:36 ↗ [Applause]

2:39 ↗ and Casey if you'd like to come back to

2:42 ↗ the microphone maybe tell our Council

2:44 ↗ and our community a little bit about

2:45 ↗ yourself that'd be great

2:48 ↗ I didn't really prepare anything so this

2:50 ↗ is

2:51 ↗ awesome

2:52 ↗ um I really uh look forward for this

2:55 ↗ opportunity right I um I told when I

2:58 ↗ came in through the interview process

3:00 ↗ with Chief Shawan that uh there was a

3:03 ↗ different atmosphere and a different

3:04 ↗ feeling when I walked immediately when I

3:07 ↗ walked in through the door of of the

3:08 ↗ Issaquah Police Department I could

3:09 ↗ immediately feel it you know I came from

3:11 ↗ King County and it was just definitely

3:14 ↗ um a different feeling right it felt I

3:17 ↗ told her I actually felt more like home

3:19 ↗ I was born not born I was raised in

3:22 ↗ Bothell for most of my life and so it

3:25 ↗ reminded me a lot of home right and and

3:26 ↗ the community and right before we were

3:28 ↗ coming here I was just standing there at

3:30 ↗ our break room looking out the door and

3:32 ↗ there's

3:33 ↗ um this beautiful park that kids and the

3:35 ↗ community and families uh playing at and

3:39 ↗ um it just felt right and so I look very

3:42 ↗ forward to being here for a very long

3:44 ↗ time and being able to create and and

3:47 ↗ build great team and be a part of

3:49 ↗ already a great team there it is of

3:51 ↗ course so thank you so much for for this

3:53 ↗ and this opportunity

3:56 ↗ we're just going to take a couple minute

3:57 ↗ break from our meeting and do a few

4:00 ↗ pictures so uh city clerk if that's okay

4:03 ↗ we'll take five minutes

4:06 ↗ uh Molly are you are a photographer

4:08 ↗ tonight

4:09 ↗ I'd love to get some pictures of the

4:11 ↗ chief with Casey and Steph is here and

4:14 ↗ then maybe

4:17 ↗ we're really excited okay Apollo where

4:20 ↗ would you like to do the pictures

4:42 ↗ okay Wally let's get some nice pictures

4:49 ↗ today is uh

5:11 ↗ Council would you like to get a picture

5:13 ↗ we love pictures

6:18 ↗ I think so

6:22 ↗ good

6:26 ↗ it was quite good

6:43 ↗ fans were back in our seats we can get

6:46 ↗ going

6:57 ↗ we're back and the next item of business

6:59 ↗ is id1469 the independent salary

7:02 ↗ commission findings and I'd like to

7:04 ↗ invite salary commission chair John

7:05 ↗ Trager and commission member Victor

7:07 ↗ Bellow to make an informational

7:09 ↗ presentation

7:11 ↗ welcome gentlemen

7:15 ↗ good evening I'm John Trager

7:18 ↗ the commission chair also former council

7:20 ↗ member in the city and other roles and I

7:24 ↗ just wanted to introduce some of the

7:26 ↗ members

7:27 ↗ and say that it was a really good group

7:29 ↗ a lot of people in the on the commission

7:32 ↗ haven't done a lot yet in the city but

7:34 ↗ they will

7:36 ↗ um it was fun to work with them and see

7:40 ↗ people show their interests in how

7:42 ↗ actually we do business how the city

7:43 ↗ actually works

7:45 ↗ so uh Victor Bello here will be doing

7:48 ↗ the presentation and online we have well

7:51 ↗ over here in the audience we have Linda

7:54 ↗ Bailey and online is Henry Farber

7:58 ↗ and and not here but also made your

8:00 ↗ contribution from jogo denzu yep so uh

8:04 ↗ it took a lot of their time to do it a

8:06 ↗ lot of them have business travel and

8:07 ↗ they still made all the meetings it was

8:09 ↗ a really good group so

8:10 ↗ here you go Victor

8:15 ↗ thank you

8:16 ↗ um well as John mentioned a lot of time

8:20 ↗ we've spent uh reviewing uh since our

8:23 ↗ first meeting in April we started

8:25 ↗ looking at all the data that the

8:29 ↗ administration provided for us thank you

8:30 ↗ so much we couldn't have done it without

8:32 ↗ them and we you know reviewed all this

8:34 ↗ data to determine what the right course

8:36 ↗ of action would be

8:37 ↗ um and uh

8:39 ↗ we use the comparable data from

8:41 ↗ neighboring cities in total where 12

8:43 ↗ cities that we looked at from 22 000 to

8:45 ↗ 153 000 residents

8:48 ↗ um and we looked at their salary

8:50 ↗ structures stipends uh benefits and any

8:53 ↗ other data to better inform our approach

8:55 ↗ and

8:57 ↗ um yeah after weeks of discussions we

9:00 ↗ arrived at um next slide please we

9:03 ↗ arrived at the following

9:06 ↗ um we decided uh that an increasing

9:09 ↗ salary was needed for council members

9:11 ↗ from the current of 12 uh 50 per month

9:14 ↗ or 15 000 a year

9:16 ↗ um to a new salary of 1700 a month or 20

9:19 ↗ 400 a year uh which would go into effect

9:22 ↗ in August first the stipends for both

9:26 ↗ Deputy Council uh president and council

9:29 ↗ president uh was unchanged and it would

9:32 ↗ continue to be 800 and 200 respectively

9:35 ↗ um once the new salary is going to

9:37 ↗ affect at the beginning of um next month

9:42 ↗ um

9:43 ↗ the

9:44 ↗ um

9:45 ↗ next slide please

9:48 ↗ another thing we looked at was all the

9:50 ↗ benefits that we were able um to provide

9:53 ↗ or that were being provided for the

9:54 ↗ council

9:56 ↗ um the benefits that were unchanged and

9:59 ↗ still remain

10:00 ↗ um as part of our findings which are not

10:03 ↗ only from the 2015 commission that

10:05 ↗ preceded us but before then even was

10:07 ↗ that the council members are still able

10:09 ↗ to apply to the optional home internet

10:11 ↗ stipend

10:13 ↗ um the public employees retirement

10:14 ↗ system as well that retirement program

10:16 ↗ is um also available for selected

10:19 ↗ officials which is again optional but

10:20 ↗ they're able to continue to apply for

10:22 ↗ that

10:24 ↗ um varians Birdman the reimbursement

10:26 ↗ program under the council expenditure

10:28 ↗ policy is available as well

10:31 ↗ um which are to our findings we found

10:33 ↗ that it's not very much used but we

10:36 ↗ encourage the council to use it more and

10:40 ↗ then we will continue to uh the the city

10:42 ↗ will continue to provide the equipment

10:44 ↗ as they do today with computers and

10:46 ↗ phones for cdb business and software as

10:50 ↗ needed

10:51 ↗ um next slide please

10:53 ↗ then we also looked at some new benefits

10:56 ↗ through our process we saw that um one

11:01 ↗ of our biggest

11:02 ↗ um

11:02 ↗ points of conversation and discussion

11:05 ↗ laid about removing deterrence or

11:09 ↗ widening the whole availability of

11:12 ↗ citizens that wanted to participate but

11:14 ↗ were not able to because of

11:16 ↗ um

11:18 ↗ potentially uh you know economic reasons

11:20 ↗ or

11:21 ↗ um other factors so we looked very

11:24 ↗ closely at that and we looked at that at

11:25 ↗ what other types of benefits we could

11:27 ↗ provide to help us quote unquote widen

11:31 ↗ that pool of of candidates or applicants

11:33 ↗ too

11:35 ↗ form service for the city we saw

11:38 ↗ um that through that process we arrived

11:41 ↗ at the following benefits

11:43 ↗ um that would be provided which one is

11:45 ↗ life insurance policy fifty thousand

11:48 ↗ dollar policy that goes into effects on

11:49 ↗ January 1st 2024 we have the low-income

11:53 ↗ stipend for Council Members

11:55 ↗ um that fall under the 80 area median

11:58 ↗ income for King County and wishes to

12:00 ↗ apply for it they will receive a stipend

12:03 ↗ of 350 dollars per month to help

12:06 ↗ them in any way it can I'll also going

12:09 ↗ into effect on January 1st 2024 and then

12:13 ↗ the optional enrollment into the cities

12:16 ↗ 457 the third Compensation Plan

12:19 ↗ um which will match up to 200 per month

12:22 ↗ also going into effect on January 20th

12:25 ↗ on January 1st 2024.

12:28 ↗ um those are the new benefits that um

12:31 ↗ the commission has

12:32 ↗ um found in applied for in our report uh

12:36 ↗ next slide please

12:37 ↗ the another consideration that we um

12:40 ↗ took seriously and something that we

12:42 ↗ talked about widely since the beginning

12:45 ↗ was a cost of living adjustment

12:48 ↗ um one of the um

12:51 ↗ uh the aspects that was most uh

12:54 ↗ discussed and debated about was

12:57 ↗ will this be a deterrent for Council to

13:02 ↗ call on the next

13:04 ↗ um commission right we have seen

13:07 ↗ historically that it gets delayed the

13:11 ↗ 2015 commission was 13 years after the

13:14 ↗ the previous one ours was eight years

13:17 ↗ after we

13:19 ↗ um the the biggest debate was will the

13:21 ↗ introduction of a cola into the um into

13:25 ↗ the salary uh report now extend that to

13:28 ↗ even longer

13:30 ↗ um you will because more on our

13:32 ↗ considerations but the what we landed on

13:34 ↗ was that we were going to provide this

13:36 ↗ new benefit and it will be um tied to

13:39 ↗ the same rate increase as the

13:41 ↗ non-represented employees year to year

13:43 ↗ right and the consideration is that it

13:46 ↗ would be zero if the adopted cdy FTE

13:50 ↗ count or a full-time employee count

13:53 ↗ Falls below or matches 2.5 percent right

13:57 ↗ if it's below to 4.5 percent of this

14:00 ↗ previous year the cola gets frozen for

14:02 ↗ that year and doesn't have uh doesn't

14:04 ↗ get applied

14:06 ↗ um and the effective date for this

14:08 ↗ benefit would be January 1st 2025. so we

14:12 ↗ would have an increase in August 1st

14:14 ↗ that would be this whole thing until the

14:16 ↗ end of 2024 and then come 20 21st the

14:20 ↗ caller gets apply the same as the um

14:23 ↗ non-represented employees for the city

14:26 ↗ um as long as fde had candles and fall

14:29 ↗ under 2.5 percent

14:31 ↗ then

14:33 ↗ um

14:33 ↗ next lightly

14:37 ↗ the then uh to do a recap of the

14:40 ↗ effective dates of our findings is on

14:43 ↗ August 1st they increased uh comes into

14:46 ↗ effect as discussed earlier

14:49 ↗ um for all council members on January

14:51 ↗ 1st 2024 the new benefits come into

14:54 ↗ um

14:55 ↗ to play the life insurance benefit uh

14:57 ↗ the option on stipend for a low income

14:59 ↗ uh members as well and the optional 457

15:02 ↗ match

15:03 ↗ um also going to effect and then a year

15:05 ↗ later in 2025 January 1st 2025 the cost

15:09 ↗ of living adjustment gets applied

15:11 ↗ alongside all the um

15:15 ↗ represented employees and then

15:19 ↗ next slide please

15:21 ↗ now during the course of our discussions

15:23 ↗ the commission also touched up some

15:26 ↗ topics that fail outside of their

15:29 ↗ responsibilities under the IMC 290

15:32 ↗ um and we but we uh even though we had

15:36 ↗ conversations on it we wanted to bring

15:38 ↗ them as recommendations

15:40 ↗ um the uh the first one is for the city

15:43 ↗ council to convene and a salary

15:45 ↗ commission

15:47 ↗ um every four years specifically in

15:51 ↗ outnumbered years this is to provide

15:55 ↗ some really relief to the the the

15:58 ↗ pressure on the administration to

16:00 ↗ support this commission alongside the

16:02 ↗ biennial reports and other items that go

16:05 ↗ into the um even years right

16:08 ↗ um so that's our first recommendation

16:11 ↗ um and don't let the again going back to

16:14 ↗ the cola don't let that uh you know

16:17 ↗ delay the information because we still

16:19 ↗ want the participation from the public

16:21 ↗ and review as it happened with our uh

16:25 ↗ commission to

16:27 ↗ um still have a a you know

16:29 ↗ a review of of the salary for the

16:32 ↗ council

16:34 ↗ um then the um the next recommendation

16:37 ↗ is for uh an earlier formation uh date

16:41 ↗ for the future commissions we got called

16:44 ↗ um to order our first meeting was in

16:47 ↗ April and it gave us ample time to

16:50 ↗ review the data but not to bring things

16:52 ↗ into effect more in line with the rest

16:54 ↗ of the administration's processes

16:57 ↗ um so that would also be a a good thing

17:01 ↗ for

17:02 ↗ managing the

17:05 ↗ as things go into effect right and then

17:08 ↗ lastly the commission recommends that

17:09 ↗ the equity boards work plan includes a

17:12 ↗ touch Point prior to convening the next

17:15 ↗ independent salary commission

17:16 ↗ specifically as we were discussing

17:19 ↗ through all of our um our findings and

17:22 ↗ looking at all the data and talking

17:23 ↗ about the low-income stipend and how can

17:26 ↗ we again widen the pool or bring more

17:30 ↗ people underrepresented into serving our

17:33 ↗ community how has our work in this

17:37 ↗ commission and our findings uh

17:40 ↗ made an impact so we want someone in the

17:43 ↗ equity board in this case would be a

17:45 ↗ good um overseer and figuring out how

17:48 ↗ that has been impact wasn't for the

17:50 ↗ better was it for the worst and having

17:51 ↗ that information

17:52 ↗ provided for the next commission to also

17:55 ↗ evaluate and take into consideration as

17:57 ↗ they complete the work that we did as

18:00 ↗ well

18:02 ↗ um

18:03 ↗ that's it that concludes my portion and

18:06 ↗ you know we'll provide some closing

18:08 ↗ comments and more

18:11 ↗ thank you uh Tina Eggers City Clerk or

18:14 ↗ sorry not today

18:16 ↗ staff liaison to the sister city or

18:18 ↗ sorry sorry commission I'm just all

18:20 ↗ tongue tied tonight I do have to tell

18:22 ↗ you that it was a great commission to

18:24 ↗ work with

18:25 ↗ um again it's an independent uh body uh

18:29 ↗ who a decision goes into place so

18:32 ↗ they've given us a a good report and

18:36 ↗ good instructions so I'm just really

18:39 ↗ pleased with um with a group that we had

18:41 ↗ I can let you know that we did

18:43 ↗ incredible Outreach despite the few

18:46 ↗ numbers that you saw in our room or that

18:48 ↗ provided a public comment we did hold a

18:50 ↗ public hearing uh we we do know that

18:53 ↗ there was interest in observing our

18:57 ↗ online information and that our touch

19:00 ↗ points on our website were high so I

19:03 ↗ just want you to know that people were

19:04 ↗ paying attention there is a mechanism in

19:07 ↗ place if the public feels differently

19:09 ↗ about the decisions that the commission

19:11 ↗ made and that certainly is going through

19:13 ↗ a referendum petition process and so the

19:17 ↗ public has 30 days to go through that

19:19 ↗ process

19:20 ↗ submit valid signatures that would that

19:23 ↗ deadline would be July 21st to file that

19:26 ↗ with a city clerk and then it would go

19:28 ↗ before the voters if the signatures were

19:31 ↗ valid

19:32 ↗ in November at the general election the

19:35 ↗ salary compensation package would freeze

19:39 ↗ until the decision of you know until a

19:42 ↗ vote was made by the people

19:43 ↗ I can tell you in my 30 years as uh as

19:47 ↗ in local government I've worked with two

19:49 ↗ referendums in the past so I would

19:52 ↗ they're rare and I suspect that if it

19:54 ↗ was something that was coming we would

19:56 ↗ have we would have had more uh females

19:59 ↗ or Outreach or public comments along the

20:01 ↗ way but just wanted again say thank you

20:04 ↗ and we can we're happy to answer

20:06 ↗ questions yes well team thank you for

20:09 ↗ your support Tina of the salary

20:11 ↗ commission excellent and Victor I can't

20:13 ↗ really believe you haven't been up here

20:15 ↗ doing this all along that was fabulous

20:18 ↗ um I personally am so excited that we

20:21 ↗ were able to get members from our

20:23 ↗ community that are not familiar faces to

20:26 ↗ me and I've been volunteering like John

20:28 ↗ for over 30 years so this is quite fun

20:30 ↗ uh questions uh Council oh council

20:33 ↗ member D Michelle council member marts

20:36 ↗ oh uh do you have a question let's go

20:38 ↗ with a question and then I'll come back

20:39 ↗ to you

20:41 ↗ thanks

20:42 ↗ um

20:42 ↗ uh what was the methodology that was

20:44 ↗ used to arrive at this number

20:48 ↗ the the base salary yeah the 1750 versus

20:52 ↗ 1250.

20:55 ↗ so we looked at all the season uh cities

20:57 ↗ in the region uh and we looked at the

21:01 ↗ hours that are uh were from a survey

21:04 ↗ that all of you actually did on the

21:06 ↗ council

21:07 ↗ uh which it was the same relatively the

21:10 ↗ survey results were relatively similar

21:11 ↗ to last time uh and then we just so we

21:14 ↗ looked at you know the size of the city

21:16 ↗ uh the type of City we are as a

21:19 ↗ full-service city as opposed to smaller

21:21 ↗ or contract cities and so the scope of

21:23 ↗ work and that kind of thing and pulled

21:25 ↗ all that together and to come up with a

21:27 ↗ number that made sense

21:31 ↗ relative to the amount of workload

21:33 ↗ that's involved

21:34 ↗ okay um I guess the reason I'm asking is

21:37 ↗ the last time we did this we sort of had

21:39 ↗ a philosophical idea which is we want it

21:41 ↗ to be about a third from the bottom

21:43 ↗ right we want it to be below the mean

21:46 ↗ um for comp cities and I'm just

21:49 ↗ wondering if we had a a philosophy like

21:51 ↗ that in coming up with this number

21:52 ↗ because I've always felt looking back at

21:54 ↗ the last one it was very easy for me to

21:56 ↗ explain to the public if somebody came

21:58 ↗ to me and said you know why do we pay

21:59 ↗ you what we pay you it's like no no no

22:00 ↗ no we're you know we're a bargain

22:02 ↗ compared to a lot of our neighbors I

22:05 ↗ think that's still true actually so from

22:07 ↗ what we're looking at it's a mid-pack at

22:09 ↗ best and really depends on the type of

22:11 ↗ City you look at and how big it is

22:13 ↗ there's some of our near neighbors

22:14 ↗ they're a lot bigger so like you can't

22:16 ↗ really compare Bellevue for example

22:19 ↗ but that was our not really a stated

22:22 ↗ goal but that as was the result after

22:23 ↗ looking at all the data

22:25 ↗ yeah um and we another thing that we

22:28 ↗ debated greatly was

22:30 ↗ um the the the the the salary amounts

22:34 ↗ especially when it came to the low

22:35 ↗ income stipends as well how far do we

22:37 ↗ reach and we had an Administration the

22:39 ↗ administration provided us some guidance

22:41 ↗ in that effect when we looked at the

22:43 ↗ comparable cities in the 12 cities and

22:45 ↗ where we where we landed on we were at

22:47 ↗ the very bottom like very close to the

22:49 ↗ bottom was on the very bottom when

22:51 ↗ before our uh well now before August 1st

22:56 ↗ I would say

22:57 ↗ um and the administration felt like we

22:59 ↗ should aim for up above the middle maybe

23:02 ↗ maybe top five to

23:04 ↗ um and that was before we implemented a

23:07 ↗ cola to say okay this will you know

23:09 ↗ future proof us for you know the next

23:12 ↗ possibly eight years till the next one

23:14 ↗ gets uh called but um we one thing that

23:19 ↗ we decided to do was

23:21 ↗ um every member looked at the numbers

23:23 ↗ independently and brought their their

23:26 ↗ view in place everybody used their own

23:28 ↗ methodology I went with a very

23:31 ↗ mathematical formula with all the

23:33 ↗ numbers and came up to a number and it

23:35 ↗ was surprising that everybody came to

23:37 ↗ the table very close within a couple

23:39 ↗ hundred dollars from each other and then

23:41 ↗ sort of discussions we arrived to what

23:43 ↗ you find there today which puts us about

23:46 ↗ the middle of the pack and actually we

23:48 ↗ decided to lower

23:51 ↗ um

23:52 ↗ to um not reach as far so that we could

23:56 ↗ have more impact as well on on the rest

23:58 ↗ of the um uh benefits as well right so

24:01 ↗ there was a it was very a balanced

24:04 ↗ approach that we had thank you so much

24:06 ↗ that's a really that's a very helpful

24:09 ↗ answer

24:09 ↗ councilmember Ray

24:13 ↗ thanks so what was the rationale for

24:15 ↗ doing the compensation change in August

24:18 ↗ and the rest of the benefit changes uh

24:20 ↗ first of next year

24:22 ↗ I don't have a problem with it I was

24:23 ↗ just curious why why you did that

24:25 ↗ I'll take a stab at it and then she can

24:28 ↗ take a step of me if I get it wrong

24:30 ↗ um because uh once the commission has

24:32 ↗ the findings it is effective essentially

24:34 ↗ immediately

24:36 ↗ and it just made sense on that timeline

24:39 ↗ but then the rest of it came in because

24:42 ↗ of the benefits cycle for the city so it

24:45 ↗ was we didn't want to create a hardship

24:46 ↗ for implementation for the city staff

24:49 ↗ so that's why there's kind of the broken

24:51 ↗ out timeline

24:52 ↗ that's great thanks

24:54 ↗ any more questions

24:56 ↗ any comments councilman reduce down

25:00 ↗ uh thank you so much well I I just want

25:03 ↗ you to know I'm thrilled with these

25:04 ↗ recommendations and I really want to

25:06 ↗ focus in on the low-income stipend

25:09 ↗ because I I thought I heard that we were

25:12 ↗ one of the very few or the only one that

25:15 ↗ you've been able to find that is

25:16 ↗ actually offering this so we are leading

25:19 ↗ the way in our region in terms of

25:22 ↗ offering this uh stipend I um I very

25:26 ↗ consciously did not watch deliberations

25:29 ↗ except for the last deliberation

25:34 ↗ um and I wanted to thank Jamie longgori

25:38 ↗ I believe is her name who came and gave

25:40 ↗ very moving testimony about what it

25:44 ↗ means to her

25:45 ↗ and her support for the low-income

25:48 ↗ stipend but also the support for the 80

25:51 ↗ Ami which which you very kindly adopted

25:54 ↗ so thank you so much

25:57 ↗ um and Jamie is exactly the kind of

25:59 ↗ Resident we would want to encourage to

26:02 ↗ run for Council and someone who shared

26:05 ↗ her lived experience of of wanting to

26:08 ↗ run and having Financial barriers to to

26:12 ↗ that dream so hopefully we are opening

26:15 ↗ the doors to more people who have an

26:18 ↗ interest in serving in the capacity of

26:20 ↗ the city council and I thank you from

26:23 ↗ the bottom of my heart for taking that

26:24 ↗ on and for a really excellent

26:27 ↗ discussions and very thoughtful

26:29 ↗ recommendations that you came back to us

26:31 ↗ with so thank you so much thanks to

26:33 ↗ every commissioner thank you

26:36 ↗ any additional comments

26:40 ↗ and I will close us out by again just

26:42 ↗ thanking you for the wonderful work that

26:44 ↗ you did those that are here in the room

26:45 ↗ with us and those that may be watching

26:47 ↗ John Victor jogo Henry and Linda it was

26:52 ↗ great to meet you all through this

26:54 ↗ process and to watch you do your work it

26:57 ↗ was it was a great job and also I

27:00 ↗ couldn't not thank our former clerk

27:03 ↗ Chief of Staff Tina aggress for her for

27:07 ↗ her assistance and support to this

27:10 ↗ um salary commission thank you very much

27:11 ↗ Tina

27:12 ↗ so there is no action for the council

27:14 ↗ this evening that their decision stands

27:16 ↗ and there will be an ordinance I believe

27:19 ↗ um there's no ordinance report just for

27:21 ↗ formal report

27:23 ↗ um so thank you for taking the time to

27:24 ↗ listen and thank you for presenting so

27:26 ↗ the next item of business this evening

27:28 ↗ is audience comments and members of the

27:30 ↗ public May address the council at this

27:31 ↗ time in person or virtually those who

27:34 ↗ signed up in advance to make comments

27:35 ↗ will be called on First and if you are

27:37 ↗ joining us virtually and would like to

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27:43 ↗ if you're on the phone please press star

27:46 ↗ 3 and if you join by computer or

27:48 ↗ smartphone look for the hand icon if

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27:51 ↗ will ask for other speakers before

27:53 ↗ closing this portion of the meeting

27:55 ↗ there's also a public hearing tonight on

27:58 ↗ ab8454 the street standards update and

28:01 ↗ so if you have comments on this item you

28:03 ↗ can make those under the public hearing

28:05 ↗ which will be occurring later on in our

28:07 ↗ meeting is it clerk has anyone signed up

28:09 ↗ to speak for General audience comments

28:11 ↗ or indicated a desire to speak this

28:12 ↗ evening mayor AC we have one person in

28:15 ↗ the room who would like to make comments

28:17 ↗ Kate

28:19 ↗ um so for those making comments please

28:21 ↗ direct them to the whole Council and not

28:23 ↗ individuals and while this is not a

28:25 ↗ question and answer session we will

28:26 ↗ contact you to follow up if needed when

28:29 ↗ you are recognized do we have any

28:31 ↗ virtual attendees today oh we do okay if

28:33 ↗ you are a virtual attendee and decide to

28:35 ↗ speak you will need to unmute your

28:37 ↗ microphone

28:38 ↗ and if you're in person please come up

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28:41 ↗ and relationship to the city speak

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28:46 ↗ limit your comments to five minutes

28:48 ↗ if you are attending virtually and you

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28:52 ↗ not respond after your name or phone

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29:01 ↗ personal attacks obscene language

29:02 ↗ derogatory remarks and disruptive

29:04 ↗ behavior will not be permitted resident

29:07 ↗ comments written in verbal and important

29:09 ↗ aspect of the public process and the

29:10 ↗ city takes these comments seriously so

29:12 ↗ we thank you for taking the time to

29:14 ↗ address us

29:15 ↗ um do you have a listed name to call

29:17 ↗ city clerk don't have a listed name but

29:20 ↗ Steve Pereira and the audience indicated

29:22 ↗ a desire to speak Steve come on up

29:48 ↗ and Stevie will have to push the button

29:50 ↗ on the base to get the microphone on

29:56 ↗ good evening Council welcome thanks for

29:59 ↗ the for being here uh I had three

30:01 ↗ thoughts I want to share my five minute

30:03 ↗ time limit so I'll try to be fairly

30:04 ↗ brisk uh the first was a couple weeks

30:06 ↗ ago the issue of the community meals

30:08 ↗ came up and I don't know that's still

30:10 ↗ being worked I just don't have the stats

30:13 ↗ or the details to talk about it as far

30:15 ↗ as the number of meals that are served

30:16 ↗ and the number of people who helped the

30:18 ↗ community value I just thought about it

30:20 ↗ in the context of remembering you used

30:22 ↗ to go through Drive-In which I used to

30:23 ↗ do more often drive through I remember

30:25 ↗ five minutes five dollar meals if you

30:27 ↗ valued that out what what's the cost of

30:29 ↗ the benefit I'd like to really see that

30:31 ↗ program an opportunity to be able to be

30:33 ↗ continued and continued so that's my

30:36 ↗ thoughts on that just wanted to share

30:37 ↗ that

30:38 ↗ uh next stop was on the consent calendar

30:42 ↗ item for the

30:45 ↗ Issaquah chamber of Congress Commerce

30:47 ↗ lease

30:49 ↗ I did a brief checking in the Anthology

30:51 ↗ Department it's a one bedroom apartment

30:53 ↗ cost 2035. two thousand thirty five

30:56 ↗ thousand two thousand thirty five

30:57 ↗ dollars a month

30:58 ↗ uh I know with this contract renewal

31:02 ↗ there was a previous Clause that says in

31:05 ↗ the next 20-year period there's one

31:07 ↗ dollar per year

31:09 ↗ there seems to be some incongruence

31:11 ↗ between the cost of the benefit for

31:13 ↗ running department and the cost of the

31:15 ↗ value of the place that the guate

31:17 ↗ Chamber of Commerce is getting

31:18 ↗ so I would also like to see

31:22 ↗ uh Contra contract language remove the

31:25 ↗ talks about

31:27 ↗ in consideration of the value that the

31:29 ↗ Issaquah Chamber of Commerce adds

31:32 ↗ I'd like to see that struck from the

31:34 ↗ accommodation I know there's a number of

31:38 ↗ billions of facilities that the city

31:41 ↗ leases to various communities

31:43 ↗ if there's going to be a standard policy

31:46 ↗ for what those benefits and what those

31:48 ↗ benefits should be considered for all

31:50 ↗ those that should be considered within

31:51 ↗ policy not within the language of a

31:53 ↗ contract

31:54 ↗ so I would like to see that brought down

31:56 ↗ to discuss more in the consent calendar

31:58 ↗ uh

32:00 ↗ third item does it have to and this is

32:02 ↗ the one I wanted to kind of talk face to

32:04 ↗ face as it does talk about the issue

32:07 ↗ that what I feel each of you deserve and

32:10 ↗ should be paid for the rule so I want to

32:13 ↗ have that kind of face to face just kind

32:15 ↗ of show the respect I do have a strong

32:18 ↗ respect for

32:19 ↗ people who decide to serve it in the

32:20 ↗ role that you've stood up for I would

32:23 ↗ structure a little bit differently I

32:25 ↗ would say 325 dollars stipend per month

32:27 ↗ per week

32:29 ↗ which comes out to sixteen hundred

32:30 ↗ ninety dollars which is in line with a

32:33 ↗ pro with what the

32:35 ↗ commission recommended

32:38 ↗ uh

32:40 ↗ just from my standpoint

32:42 ↗ you and the mayor's office

32:45 ↗ work for the city but you face the

32:47 ↗ voters and the people that you represent

32:48 ↗ and I think it's a little bit egregious

32:51 ↗ for the administratively handle

32:54 ↗ the salary increases at three percent of

32:56 ↗ the same rate

32:57 ↗ so I would like to see that issue

33:00 ↗ Struck from the bond and I'm not

33:02 ↗ prepared to go submit a petition and go

33:05 ↗ gather signatures have that done but I

33:06 ↗ just want to share that that's

33:08 ↗ not from a lack of respect from your

33:11 ↗ efforts or your contributions but it's

33:12 ↗ the fact that I believe each of you face

33:14 ↗ people and people through a salary

33:17 ↗ Commission

33:18 ↗ you'd have that finding capability I

33:20 ↗ think the

33:21 ↗ uh

33:24 ↗ various Sports and commissions

33:26 ↗ which I think are almost the crowning

33:28 ↗ Jewel of the public service government

33:29 ↗ are offered a stipend of fifty dollars

33:31 ↗ per meeting

33:33 ↗ that it keeps the same

33:36 ↗ situation is a stipend you I know it's

33:39 ↗ hard to

33:40 ↗ get a document from the city and have

33:43 ↗ hundreds or hundreds of pages you have

33:45 ↗ to read through and see how that relates

33:47 ↗ to

33:48 ↗ tax policy how that relates to zoning

33:51 ↗ how that really screw our quality

33:52 ↗ there's a lot of things you have to take

33:54 ↗ into account consideration I agree

33:55 ↗ sometimes I would maybe cast my vote

33:58 ↗ differently if I were in your shoes I'm

34:00 ↗ not trying to make this political but I

34:02 ↗ know there's a lot that goes into it

34:03 ↗ thanks for your consideration your

34:05 ↗ efforts

34:07 ↗ the only the big thing I have though

34:09 ↗ with heartburn is

34:11 ↗ the three percent annual cost of living

34:13 ↗ salary increase that should be the

34:15 ↗ determination of the people

34:16 ↗ I agree with the

34:19 ↗ recommendation of the of this

34:22 ↗ commission that looked at this hours it

34:24 ↗ should be looked at maybe every four

34:26 ↗ years

34:26 ↗ on the end of years I'm have no problem

34:28 ↗ with that and have regular basis but

34:30 ↗ it's the will of the people that should

34:32 ↗ be represented and carried forward uh

34:35 ↗ just back one other thought on the

34:38 ↗ various Sports commission I think are

34:40 ↗ the shining example

34:41 ↗ uh

34:43 ↗ I know I started out on the library

34:44 ↗ board and that kind of gave me the voice

34:46 ↗ to find my place to keep coming back

34:49 ↗ keep them back and asking you for things

34:51 ↗ that I think should be considered so my

34:53 ↗ thanks to all the board and commission

34:54 ↗ members for their efforts and for their

34:55 ↗ willingness to take the next step and

34:58 ↗ keep speaking thank you

35:03 ↗ city clerk is there anyone else

35:04 ↗ indicating a desire to speak

35:06 ↗ no

35:09 ↗ um well thanks we did hear from one

35:12 ↗ member of the public this evening on the

35:14 ↗ meals program the Chamber of Commerce

35:15 ↗ lease and the salary commission

35:17 ↗ recommendation on cost of living thank

35:19 ↗ you for sharing that with us

35:21 ↗ the anyone can also send written

35:25 ↗ comments in at any time to the city

35:26 ↗ council at city council at issquawah.gov

35:29 ↗ the next item of business on our agenda

35:31 ↗ this evening is the consent calendar

35:33 ↗ and I have a couple of comments

35:36 ↗ um

35:37 ↗ Maybe

35:39 ↗ 622 the central escrow multimodal I-90

35:42 ↗ Crossing project tonight's consent

35:44 ↗ calendar includes an action from the

35:46 ↗ public works department to initiate a

35:48 ↗ planning study many of us have eagerly

35:50 ↗ awaited the central escrow multimodal

35:53 ↗ I-90 Crossing project

35:54 ↗ boy our names are long

35:57 ↗ ab8622 this planning study will evaluate

36:00 ↗ options and determine the preferred

36:02 ↗ location for a new roadway with bike

36:03 ↗ lanes and sidewalks to cross I-90 a new

36:06 ↗ roadway Crossing will improve Mobility

36:08 ↗ by providing a new connection between

36:09 ↗ the northern and southern halves of

36:11 ↗ issaquah's regional growth Center

36:13 ↗ City staff will be coordinating this

36:15 ↗ project with Sound Transit as it is

36:17 ↗ vital to supporting our future light

36:18 ↗ rail station

36:19 ↗ the planning study will take two years

36:21 ↗ and there will be many opportunities for

36:23 ↗ the public to be involved in the process

36:25 ↗ I encourage everyone to keep an eye out

36:27 ↗ for this Project's coming soon website

36:29 ↗ and to stay connected

36:32 ↗ I also want to give an opportunity for

36:33 ↗ any committee chairs if there are items

36:35 ↗ on the consent calendar that you need to

36:37 ↗ provide some comments on

36:39 ↗ councilmember hunt

36:42 ↗ thank you on consent this evening there

36:45 ↗ is ID 1435 which is an informational

36:47 ↗ update on Capital project communication

36:49 ↗ this is a follow-up to an item that was

36:52 ↗ reviewed by the Planning Development and

36:54 ↗ environment committee on March 28th of

36:56 ↗ this year and in this follow-up there's

36:59 ↗ examples of the city's communication on

37:01 ↗ its own city capital projects with

37:04 ↗ examples of signage and communication

37:06 ↗ materials and videos that have been

37:08 ↗ shared on social media for various

37:09 ↗ projects around town and this was a

37:12 ↗ follow-up to the committee's work and

37:15 ↗ then council's adoption of

37:18 ↗ of how we communicate especially for

37:22 ↗ private projects and so we we wanted to

37:24 ↗ make sure that we were also reviewing

37:25 ↗ what the city did for its own projects

37:27 ↗ and this item gives us information about

37:30 ↗ that

37:31 ↗ any other committee chairs need to share

37:33 ↗ any information before we move to

37:35 ↗ consent calendar

37:38 ↗ anybody

37:39 ↗ the consent calendar was distributed to

37:41 ↗ Council in advance and if authorized the

37:43 ↗ items on the consent calendar will be

37:45 ↗ considered together and approved by one

37:46 ↗ motion have the payables and payroll

37:48 ↗ been reviewed

37:49 ↗ they have they have thank you does any

37:52 ↗ council member desire to remove any item

37:54 ↗ from the consent calendar and consider

37:56 ↗ it under regular business

37:59 ↗ uh it is there a motion go ahead council

38:02 ↗ president I moved to approve the consent

38:05 ↗ calendar as presented second

38:08 ↗ it's been moved and seconded is there

38:09 ↗ any Council discussion

38:13 ↗ hearing none the motion before the

38:15 ↗ council is to approve the consent

38:17 ↗ calendar as presented all those in favor

38:18 ↗ signify by saying aye

38:21 ↗ aye

38:23 ↗ those opposed

38:25 ↗ that carries unanimously 7-0 the next

38:28 ↗ item on our agenda this evening is the

38:30 ↗ public hearing

38:32 ↗ ab8454 the street standards update and

38:35 ↗ we will be just doing the hearing this

38:38 ↗ this evening I'd like to invite

38:40 ↗ transportation engineering manager John

38:42 ↗ Mortensen to make a presentation welcome

38:43 ↗ John

38:45 ↗ thank you very much mayor Paulie give me

38:47 ↗ just a minute I'll get my presentation

38:49 ↗ loaded up

38:51 ↗ and do that

39:21 ↗ good evening council members my name is

39:23 ↗ John Mortensen transportation

39:25 ↗ engineering manager I have a brief

39:27 ↗ presentation for you about the street

39:29 ↗ standards update

39:32 ↗ the purpose of tonight's item is to

39:34 ↗ conduct a public hearing to collect

39:36 ↗ testimony on the proposed revisions to

39:39 ↗ the public works Street standards

39:42 ↗ a little background the street standards

39:44 ↗ were originally adopted in 2010

39:47 ↗ when the council at the time adopted

39:49 ↗ them

39:50 ↗ there were two types of changes there

39:52 ↗ were changes that could be made

39:53 ↗ administratively and changes that would

39:55 ↗ require Council action

39:58 ↗ since then a lot of stuff has happened

40:00 ↗ the central Escala

40:03 ↗ circulation standards were adopted as

40:05 ↗ part of the central Issaquah plan we

40:07 ↗ recently completed the mobility master

40:09 ↗ plan

40:10 ↗ the giant overhaul of Title 18 was

40:13 ↗ recently completed and

40:15 ↗ we've been working on some Street

40:17 ↗ typologies with the mobility and

40:19 ↗ infrastructure committee to help

40:21 ↗ implement

40:23 ↗ the mobility master plan

40:28 ↗ as I mentioned before some changes can

40:31 ↗ be made administratively as long as they

40:33 ↗ are consistent with the wash.design

40:36 ↗ manual the Issaquah municipal code for

40:39 ↗ landscaping and tree preservation and

40:41 ↗ the Issaquah comprehensive plan all

40:44 ↗ other changes need to go before the city

40:46 ↗ council some examples of that would be

40:48 ↗ if we wanted to change the

40:52 ↗ design criteria for a retaining wall or

40:56 ↗ if we wanted to change the typical

40:58 ↗ sections like what we're doing with the

41:00 ↗ three typologies and if we want to make

41:03 ↗ exemptions to the Landscaping

41:05 ↗ requirement those would all require

41:07 ↗ Council action

41:10 ↗ the proposal for the proposed group of

41:12 ↗ Visions to the street standards

41:16 ↗ includes taking items that are from

41:18 ↗ Title 18 or that were originally in the

41:21 ↗ old Title 18 that were orphaned when the

41:24 ↗ new title 18 was adopted those include

41:26 ↗ the centralist cross circulation

41:28 ↗ facilities

41:29 ↗ which we also modified with the street

41:31 ↗ typologies Sky Bridges which came in

41:36 ↗ we moved straight over

41:38 ↗ the street typologies which are new

41:41 ↗ Street typical sections to implement the

41:43 ↗ mobility master plan

41:45 ↗ the traffic signal detection we were

41:49 ↗ making a change to go away from Loop

41:51 ↗ detectors to radar detectors this is

41:53 ↗ something that's we've been doing as a

41:56 ↗ way to preserve our pavement but it also

41:58 ↗ came out of the its plan that we've been

42:00 ↗ working on raising the bicycle level of

42:03 ↗ traffic stress requirement to meet

42:07 ↗ what's in the mobility master plan and

42:09 ↗ some minor cleanup

42:12 ↗ the item was presented to the mobility

42:14 ↗ and infrastructure committee

42:17 ↗ earlier this year we had an in-depth

42:20 ↗ discussion on the street typologies and

42:22 ↗ that has been incorporated into this

42:24 ↗ update

42:25 ↗ we also had a more General

42:29 ↗ discussion with mobility and

42:31 ↗ infrastructure committee to go over all

42:33 ↗ the changes and the committee was

42:35 ↗ supportive of the changes and most of

42:37 ↗ the changes are housekeeping

42:39 ↗ the recommendation the administration

42:42 ↗ recommends approval of the proposed

42:45 ↗ ordinance adopting the street standards

42:47 ↗ as presented

42:49 ↗ timing and next steps tonight we are

42:52 ↗ conducting a public hearing on with

42:55 ↗ anticipated Council adoption on July

42:59 ↗ 24th

43:01 ↗ we're currently working on an update to

43:05 ↗ the street standards to update our

43:07 ↗ traffic signal standards with as much

43:09 ↗ technology as goes into traffic signals

43:11 ↗ those are

43:12 ↗ a lot more out of date and there's a lot

43:14 ↗ of more work than we could put into this

43:16 ↗ update so we're currently working on

43:18 ↗ that

43:20 ↗ in 2024 and Beyond things that we are

43:24 ↗ working on for the street standards or

43:25 ↗ will be working on are standards for

43:28 ↗ bicycles at intersections one of the

43:30 ↗ things when we talk to the

43:32 ↗ transportation Advisory board about the

43:34 ↗ street typologies is

43:36 ↗ yeah this is great but what about when

43:37 ↗ you get to the intersection so that's

43:39 ↗ something we're going to be working on

43:40 ↗ illumination standards to better

43:42 ↗ coordinate with the outdoor lighting

43:44 ↗ code in the revised Title 18 and looking

43:49 ↗ at ways to implement non-motorized

43:52 ↗ projects and ways that we could come up

43:54 ↗ with new standards or revised current

43:57 ↗ standards

44:00 ↗ and that is my presentation

44:02 ↗ thanks John I'm looking for any Council

44:06 ↗ questions and then I'll move on to

44:08 ↗ community chair Ray or do you want to do

44:09 ↗ it in reverse order

44:12 ↗ I'll let's do questions first then

44:14 ↗ update council president

44:17 ↗ thank you as I look around at cities

44:20 ↗ neighboring cities you can tell certain

44:23 ↗ cities have more of a preference for

44:25 ↗ roundabouts versus street lights and

44:29 ↗ others seem to prefer street lights is

44:31 ↗ there any change in how we approach that

44:34 ↗ and how we talk about what the different

44:37 ↗ methodology might be for choosing one

44:40 ↗ versus the other

44:42 ↗ the current proposed revisions to the

44:45 ↗ street standards do not address whether

44:47 ↗ we would go with a roundabout or a

44:49 ↗ traffic signal

44:54 ↗ did you want to follow up or are you

44:56 ↗ fine just wondering if you were

44:58 ↗ wondering if it just went that far yeah

45:00 ↗ I mean is there is there a better time

45:04 ↗ to talk about that or did it just not

45:06 ↗ come up is there

45:08 ↗ how

45:10 ↗ Where Do We Stand maybe on

45:13 ↗ that Spectrum

45:16 ↗ I'll go with the easy one first but the

45:19 ↗ reason why we didn't do it is the

45:21 ↗ priority really was incorporating the

45:24 ↗ street typology and items orphan from

45:27 ↗ Title 18 that we really wanted to get

45:30 ↗ that done

45:31 ↗ and so we prioritized it knowing that

45:34 ↗ the street standards are going to be

45:36 ↗ something that we want to update

45:38 ↗ annually and as for

45:42 ↗ priority between roundabouts and traffic

45:44 ↗ signals currently we do not have a

45:47 ↗ policy that says we prefer roundabouts

45:49 ↗ or we prefer traffic signals we look at

45:51 ↗ it more on a case-by-case basis

45:53 ↗ if the council desired to have us put

45:57 ↗ together a policy that's something that

45:58 ↗ we could look into though

46:01 ↗ thank you just curious you on the pro

46:04 ↗ around about the amtu roundabout train

46:06 ↗ I'm on the pro roundabout train as long

46:09 ↗ as we can make it pedestrian say right I

46:12 ↗ think it slows down traffic it provides

46:14 ↗ local access which we've talked a lot

46:16 ↗ about which I think is important

46:19 ↗ but I also I also want to have standards

46:23 ↗ and something that helps us make

46:25 ↗ effective decisions and understand why

46:27 ↗ one might be better than the other in

46:29 ↗ different areas so

46:32 ↗ were there additional questions

46:35 ↗ I will move to committee to array thank

46:38 ↗ you mayor Polly so the mobility and

46:40 ↗ infrastructure committee received an

46:42 ↗ update from staff at our June 13th

46:46 ↗ meeting relative to Street standards we

46:49 ↗ considered all the proposed revisions in

46:52 ↗ the street standards and we're

46:54 ↗ supportive of sending those

46:56 ↗ food centers to the city council tonight

46:59 ↗ without revisions so they're here

47:01 ↗ tonight for a public hearing and then if

47:04 ↗ we uh for the schedule we would have

47:07 ↗ them back for adoption on July 24th

47:13 ↗ thank you committee chair

47:16 ↗ um

47:17 ↗ at this point in time I'd like to open

47:20 ↗ the public hearing at 7 47 and again if

47:24 ↗ you're joining us virtually and would

47:25 ↗ like to make comments please raise your

47:27 ↗ virtual hand or send the host a chat

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47:32 ↗ if you have joined by computer or

47:33 ↗ smartphone look for a hand icon

47:36 ↗ if you're in the room and did not sign

47:38 ↗ up I will ask for other speakers before

47:40 ↗ closing this portion of the meeting Mr

47:42 ↗ clerk has anyone

47:43 ↗ signed up to speak or indicated a desire

47:46 ↗ to speak

47:46 ↗ no

47:48 ↗ if there's no objection I will close the

47:52 ↗ public hearing

47:53 ↗ the public hearing will be closed got an

47:57 ↗ objection there we go come on up

48:05 ↗ so Linda I'm going to get you to push

48:07 ↗ that button on the base which will turn

48:09 ↗ a red light on on the microphone

48:12 ↗ and if you could just start with your

48:13 ↗ name and address Bailey I live at 275

48:16 ↗ East Sunset way

48:18 ↗ and on my street there's two things

48:21 ↗ that's happening that put a lot of us in

48:24 ↗ danger pedestrians trying to cross East

48:27 ↗ Sunset way when we have huge semi trucks

48:30 ↗ coming down at US Trucks aren't supposed

48:32 ↗ to be in the city they're cutting

48:33 ↗ through from Isabel Hobart to 90 and as

48:37 ↗ they're leaving Second Avenue they're

48:39 ↗ grabbing gears so by the time they get

48:41 ↗ to that crosswalk that I might be

48:42 ↗ standing in they can't stop I've run

48:45 ↗ into it once by myself but once was

48:47 ↗ enough because my dog was in front of me

48:50 ↗ it's worse coming down the hill where on

48:52 ↗ Thursday around 10 30 we heard a jake

48:54 ↗ break that was fun none of us could talk

48:56 ↗ on the phone I'm in a tall building and

48:58 ↗ all my neighbors were like what the heck

49:00 ↗ was that

49:01 ↗ a trucker coming down 90 couldn't stop

49:04 ↗ it at second fast enough

49:07 ↗ and use the jake break I didn't even

49:09 ↗ know what that was but you know it when

49:11 ↗ you hear it my concern is not just

49:13 ↗ pedestrians and what's happening with

49:15 ↗ these trucks is that the bicyclists

49:18 ↗ coming off the arena Trail and trying to

49:21 ↗ come up second or I'm sorry Sunset to

49:23 ↗ get to the next Trail that's around 90

49:26 ↗ where the cutover is

49:28 ↗ they are there's no it's all rocks on

49:32 ↗ the side so they literally have about

49:33 ↗ this much space between the white line a

49:36 ↗ semi truck and gravel

49:39 ↗ we need a bike plan so I heard you

49:41 ↗ mentioned bikes and that's why I thought

49:43 ↗ I'm going to step up because I've been

49:44 ↗ I've been um sending my complaints

49:47 ↗ through the right place for the trucks

49:49 ↗ because

49:50 ↗ I don't like the trucks but when we talk

49:52 ↗ about bicycles

49:54 ↗ it's a main route for them I'm not a

49:57 ↗ long distance cyclist but you see these

50:00 ↗ guys come in and gals coming up East

50:02 ↗ Sunset they're already struggling but

50:04 ↗ there is an incline there if you walk it

50:06 ↗ it's an incline trust me but they're

50:08 ↗ trying to get up to that path and

50:10 ↗ there's no room for them it's really

50:13 ↗ scary to see that and then when we've

50:15 ↗ got the trucks in play in there

50:17 ↗ well you know how I feel about that so

50:19 ↗ thank you for your time

50:21 ↗ Linda thank you for taking the time glad

50:23 ↗ you're here tonight

50:24 ↗ uh anyone else to speak

50:28 ↗ no we have one member of the public

50:30 ↗ online but they're not indicating a

50:32 ↗ desire to speak okay thank you city

50:34 ↗ clerk thank you Linda

50:37 ↗ um then I would be if there is no

50:38 ↗ objection

50:40 ↗ I will look to close the public hearing

50:42 ↗ at

50:43 ↗ 7 50.

50:46 ↗ there is no action requested on the

50:48 ↗ street standards tonight the mobility

50:50 ↗ and infrastructure committee recommended

50:52 ↗ this item returned to the city council

50:53 ↗ for adoption at the July 24th meeting on

50:56 ↗ the consent calendar

50:57 ↗ so the next item of business would be

51:00 ↗ regular business there are no regular

51:01 ↗ items this evening and so we'll move to

51:03 ↗ committee and Regional reports and we'll

51:05 ↗ start with council member Joe

51:06 ↗ thank you madam mayor Cascade water

51:09 ↗ Alliance has a finance committee meeting

51:11 ↗ on July 18th and a special extended

51:15 ↗ Cascade board meeting on the 26th of

51:18 ↗ July and I want to thank accounts member

51:21 ↗ Ray for agreeing to go to the extended

51:24 ↗ Cascade water Alliance meeting that

51:27 ↗ concludes my report thank you

51:29 ↗ councilmember D Michelle

51:30 ↗ air Paulie I have no report tonight

51:32 ↗ thank you councilmember hunt

51:36 ↗ thank you mayor Polly

51:38 ↗ um the Kokanee interlocal management

51:40 ↗ agreement committee met on July 7th we

51:43 ↗ were presented with information on the

51:45 ↗ Kokanee returns which were unfortunately

51:47 ↗ not as good as the prior year and which

51:50 ↗ were concerning so Kokanee are not out

51:53 ↗ of the woods these are our

51:55 ↗ salmon in Lake Sammamish that actually

51:58 ↗ don't go out to the ocean they live

51:59 ↗ their whole life cycle in Lake Sammamish

52:02 ↗ and then the surrounding creeks and so

52:05 ↗ um their conservation is very important

52:07 ↗ and the staff of this group are

52:11 ↗ recommending a relatively modest

52:12 ↗ increase in the contract as well as a

52:15 ↗ twenty thousand dollar buffer to

52:17 ↗ potentially cover additional costs that

52:19 ↗ come up over the next year and then they

52:21 ↗ would use that as a carry forward if it

52:25 ↗ wasn't used so the difference in the

52:27 ↗ approved budget for 2024 versus what was

52:30 ↗ already previously approved by the Ila

52:33 ↗ was is seven thousand dollars for

52:35 ↗ Issaquah abortion which you know in our

52:38 ↗ conversation in this committee is

52:41 ↗ it's very important that we can serve

52:43 ↗ these salmon and

52:44 ↗ um

52:45 ↗ I would strongly recommend that we go

52:47 ↗ with the staff's recommendation the

52:50 ↗ recommendation will allow continuation

52:52 ↗ of a captive broodstock effort that the

52:54 ↗ technical team feels is important and

52:56 ↗ helps keep the population numbers up and

52:59 ↗ so a number of us on the committee

53:03 ↗ um said that we would take this

53:05 ↗ recommendation to our councils and if

53:07 ↗ there's no objection then we will

53:08 ↗ respond back to the Ila staff that we

53:12 ↗ will we we confirm we would confirm the

53:15 ↗ staff's recommendations to do this

53:17 ↗ increase

53:18 ↗ um so if there are no objections and if

53:20 ↗ you do have an objection then please let

53:22 ↗ me know it go to the order but if there

53:23 ↗ are no objections from my fellow council

53:25 ↗ members then I will be confirming that

53:27 ↗ budget adjustment so this committee only

53:30 ↗ meets like a few times a year or as

53:32 ↗ needed and there's no additional meeting

53:34 ↗ set at this time for the Kokanee

53:37 ↗ interlocal management agreement group

53:39 ↗ there will be a Kokanee working group

53:42 ↗ meeting which is the technical group and

53:44 ↗ I will be able to present our

53:47 ↗ um our discussion and our recommendation

53:50 ↗ to that group

53:53 ↗ um additionally there will be a meeting

53:55 ↗ of the salmon Recovery Council of Riot

53:57 ↗ eight which is our Watershed on July

53:59 ↗ 20th and there will be no August meeting

54:01 ↗ of the Planning Development and

54:02 ↗ environment committee that concludes my

54:04 ↗ report thank you councilmember Ray thank

54:07 ↗ you mayor Paulie the uh Council mobility

54:09 ↗ and infrastructure committee is meeting

54:11 ↗ tomorrow at 6 30 here in Chambers uh we

54:15 ↗ have a an item on the agenda it's ID

54:18 ↗ 1444 the Metroflex on-demand Services it

54:21 ↗ ought to be a fascinating discussion

54:23 ↗ we're looking forward to it and that

54:24 ↗ concludes my report thank you councilman

54:26 ↗ Mertz thank you madam mayor the sound

54:29 ↗ cities Association public issues

54:31 ↗ committee will be meeting on-site not

54:33 ↗ remote uh we do that quarterly this

54:36 ↗ Wednesday July 12th at 7 pm in uh

54:41 ↗ there you go and uh on the agenda

54:45 ↗ there's no action items but there's a

54:47 ↗ bunch of sort of Round Table information

54:50 ↗ sharing uh salary setting processes for

54:53 ↗ cities we're going to be sort of sharing

54:55 ↗ uh timely uh conversation affordable

54:58 ↗ housing committee Charter review

55:01 ↗ um at pick members will be asked for

55:02 ↗ input to support the ongoing work by SCA

55:04 ↗ Representatives serving on the

55:06 ↗ affordable housing commission you have

55:07 ↗ the opportunity to share efforts

55:09 ↗ underway in their communities to address

55:10 ↗ the affordable housing crisis and then

55:12 ↗ the third sort of Roundtable

55:14 ↗ conversation is Regional Emergency

55:16 ↗ Management coordination asking basically

55:18 ↗ how it's done

55:20 ↗ what Emergency Management topics would

55:22 ↗ you find useful uh has your jurisdiction

55:25 ↗ sought state or federal Disaster

55:27 ↗ Assistance Etc and uh on all these

55:29 ↗ topics I've gotten input from the

55:31 ↗ administration to support the

55:32 ↗ conversation

55:33 ↗ then so let's pick then Council services

55:37 ↗ safety in Parks uh we'll be meeting on

55:40 ↗ Tuesday July 18th at 6 30 pm here in

55:44 ↗ Council it is a follow-up discussion

55:46 ↗ regarding broadbed internet and uh the

55:49 ↗ role in the city of uh basically

55:52 ↗ communicating policy and things that the

55:54 ↗ community folks can do to optimize their

55:58 ↗ internet access this concludes

56:00 ↗ thank you Deputy council president

56:02 ↗ a very brief one the next meeting of the

56:04 ↗ Eastside fire and rescue board of

56:06 ↗ directors is this Thursday at 4 pm at

56:08 ↗ our headquarters on Newport Way most

56:11 ↗ noteworthy on our agenda is a review of

56:13 ↗ our new contract for fire services with

56:14 ↗ the city of Mercer Island so

56:17 ↗ um if you have any questions about that

56:18 ↗ please let us know we have not heard

56:21 ↗ back yet about our response to the RFP

56:23 ↗ from Duvall fire district so that still

56:25 ↗ in the works but after this Thursday our

56:28 ↗ next board meeting won't be until

56:30 ↗ September we're taking a little summer

56:31 ↗ break for the month of August

56:34 ↗ council president

56:37 ↗ excellent

56:39 ↗ um the Puget Sound Regional Council

56:41 ↗ growth management policy board met on

56:44 ↗ July 6th um pretty short we received a

56:47 ↗ presentation from the Department of

56:49 ↗ Commerce on their middle housing Grant

56:52 ↗ and the next meeting is scheduled for

56:55 ↗ August 3rd No Agenda released at this

56:57 ↗ time and then I also wanted to mention

56:59 ↗ that last week Deputy council president

57:02 ↗ Hull City administrator Bob quits and I

57:04 ↗ met with the Issaquah school district

57:06 ↗ superintendent the school board

57:08 ↗ leadership as we do quarterly they asked

57:11 ↗ for a little bit of information on our

57:14 ↗ comprehensive plan planning and we also

57:18 ↗ had staff there from the Community

57:20 ↗ Development Group to talk about growth

57:23 ↗ projections and what that might mean for

57:25 ↗ school facilities they're still trying

57:28 ↗ to figure out what their growth

57:30 ↗ projections are given what we have seen

57:33 ↗ in recent years with some declines in

57:35 ↗ enrollment and then we also men

57:37 ↗ mentioned and brought up what we had

57:40 ↗ heard from

57:41 ↗ the Arts commission members and other

57:43 ↗ members of the community who are looking

57:45 ↗ to use school facilities

57:48 ↗ by the community use and one of the

57:52 ↗ things they did mention to us was

57:54 ↗ they're having trouble getting a

57:57 ↗ um a staff person on hand to run their

58:01 ↗ theater and so that is one of the

58:03 ↗ reasons why they're having issues but

58:05 ↗ we're going to continue working through

58:07 ↗ that and then also be able to message

58:08 ↗ out to the community about what that

58:11 ↗ issue is and who they should talk to if

58:13 ↗ they do want to use one of those

58:15 ↗ facilities and that concludes my report

58:18 ↗ cute the next item is the mayor's report

58:21 ↗ starting up top the executive session

58:24 ↗ that was initially scheduled for

58:26 ↗ tonight's meeting has been rescheduled

58:27 ↗ to the July 24th city council meeting

58:31 ↗ the sister the cities sister cities

58:35 ↗ commission is working on travel details

58:37 ↗ for a small delegation to travel to

58:39 ↗ Morocco this year approximate travel

58:42 ↗ dates are September 10th through 20th

58:44 ↗ 2023 travel to sundal Norway is

58:47 ↗ anticipated in 2024. I'm very excited to

58:51 ↗ be part of fostering these important

58:52 ↗ relationships renewing arts and culture

58:55 ↗ and exploring other Partnerships learn

58:57 ↗ more about these efforts please contact

58:59 ↗ myself or my chief of staff Tina Eggers

59:02 ↗ who is the staff liaison to the sister

59:04 ↗ cities Commission

59:06 ↗ earlier this evening I issued a

59:08 ↗ proclamation declaring July 2023 to be

59:10 ↗ parks and Community Services month and

59:12 ↗ again I want to thank the parks and

59:14 ↗ Community Services Department for their

59:15 ↗ services and outstanding contributions

59:18 ↗ there's a few upcoming events concerts

59:21 ↗ on the green will be starting tomorrow

59:22 ↗ night

59:23 ↗ and every summer

59:25 ↗ the concerts on the green present free

59:27 ↗ family-friendly family-friendly concerts

59:30 ↗ in a beautiful outdoor setting on the

59:31 ↗ Issaquah Community Center Green

59:33 ↗ Series starts tomorrow and continues

59:36 ↗ through the last Tuesday in August and

59:37 ↗ concerts run from 7 to 8 30. Spectators

59:40 ↗ often start Gathering as early as 6 PM

59:43 ↗ for the community picnicking

59:45 ↗ and there is a restoration work party at

59:47 ↗ the at the high school Trail so join the

59:49 ↗ Issaquah Alps Trails Club in green

59:51 ↗ Issaquah by restoring the high school

59:52 ↗ Trail a well-loved section of Tiger

59:55 ↗ Mountain on July 15th at 9 00 a.m We

59:58 ↗ will be removing Ivy Holly and

1:00:00 ↗ blackberry bushes and for more

1:00:01 ↗ information please visit

1:00:05 ↗ www.isquah.gov because registration is

1:00:07 ↗ required

1:00:08 ↗ and that's it for the mayor's report

1:00:10 ↗ we're going to move into good of the

1:00:12 ↗ order and maybe the first item we can do

1:00:15 ↗ is the 2024-2029 capital Improvement

1:00:18 ↗ plan council president letter council

1:00:20 ↗ president thank you

1:00:23 ↗ um we discussed this it was in the

1:00:26 ↗ agenda I wasn't going to read the entire

1:00:28 ↗ two-page document but basically it was I

1:00:34 ↗ tried to highlight in the letter which I

1:00:37 ↗ have to give a shout out to Susie

1:00:39 ↗ monsell our budget manager for doing a

1:00:42 ↗ great job of working with me on that and

1:00:44 ↗ you know providing a lot of the concepts

1:00:47 ↗ there but uh Deputy council president

1:00:49 ↗ Hall and I talked about a few things

1:00:51 ↗ that we wanted to highlight first and

1:00:53 ↗ foremost was just the process changes

1:00:55 ↗ from this year versus last year the

1:00:58 ↗ criteria that we talked about second was

1:01:02 ↗ the incredible feedback from the boards

1:01:04 ↗ and commissions wanting to make sure

1:01:06 ↗ that we highlighted how important that

1:01:08 ↗ was of a change this year but also that

1:01:11 ↗ they had feedback

1:01:13 ↗ talking specifically about what the

1:01:15 ↗ review cycle looks like next time and

1:01:18 ↗ whether or not there are any components

1:01:20 ↗ of that criteria particularly there were

1:01:22 ↗ some around Equity that they wanted to

1:01:25 ↗ make sure that we looked back on so that

1:01:27 ↗ is memorialized in that letter

1:01:31 ↗ um we also talked about how committees

1:01:34 ↗ were very useful this was our first time

1:01:36 ↗ moving from study sessions but we still

1:01:38 ↗ wanted also to be able to have a

1:01:41 ↗ conversation about the mix excuse me the

1:01:43 ↗ mix of projects

1:01:45 ↗ um we also talked a little bit more

1:01:47 ↗ about our feedback on potential Revenue

1:01:51 ↗ Pro options such as a TBD sales tax and

1:01:54 ↗ how everything that's presented in here

1:01:57 ↗ is a possibility

1:02:00 ↗ that the plan is based on this is not a

1:02:02 ↗ budget there are no decisions made on

1:02:04 ↗ that and then finally we mentioned that

1:02:06 ↗ we did a little bit of tours of three

1:02:09 ↗ locations for the CIP and that that

1:02:12 ↗ helped us get into some of the details

1:02:15 ↗ for projects so that is what is

1:02:17 ↗ highlighted in the council president

1:02:19 ↗ letter I don't think we need any

1:02:21 ↗ approval of that so unless there are any

1:02:24 ↗ objections that is going to be added

1:02:27 ↗ yeah any questions or comment sense

1:02:31 ↗ okay I have a few other things yep I was

1:02:35 ↗ going to move into city council travel

1:02:37 ↗ authorization yes back to you yeah so

1:02:40 ↗ this year's National League of cities uh

1:02:42 ↗ annual conference the city Summit is

1:02:45 ↗ scheduled November 15th to 18th in

1:02:47 ↗ Atlanta Georgia

1:02:50 ↗ um registration and travel costs are

1:02:51 ↗ estimated at twenty five hundred dollars

1:02:54 ↗ uh per the council policy resolution

1:02:57 ↗ number

1:02:58 ↗ 2008-15 Council action is sought because

1:03:01 ↗ it goes over a certain dollar value and

1:03:05 ↗ so this

1:03:06 ↗ um this year for the NLC we have

1:03:09 ↗ interest in attending from Deputy

1:03:12 ↗ council president Hall council member

1:03:13 ↗ hunt and council member D Michelle so I

1:03:16 ↗ am bringing this up at good of the order

1:03:17 ↗ if there are no objections

1:03:22 ↗ um we are going to just mark this as

1:03:24 ↗ approved so that the administration can

1:03:26 ↗ purchase those tickets and make progress

1:03:28 ↗ any objections okay fantastic all right

1:03:33 ↗ a few more go ahead okay

1:03:37 ↗ um just a few more next week

1:03:41 ↗ um before the council meeting I want to

1:03:42 ↗ make sure everybody knows that we have a

1:03:45 ↗ dinner with the senior leadership team

1:03:47 ↗ and this year's Hall of Fame recipient

1:03:50 ↗ uh that is before the council meeting I

1:03:54 ↗ believe

1:03:54 ↗ um over at Veterans Memorial Park that

1:03:57 ↗ we're going to set up an area over there

1:03:59 ↗ so I want to make sure everybody

1:04:01 ↗ two weeks two weeks don't show up next

1:04:04 ↗ week it is with the council meeting yes

1:04:07 ↗ with the council meeting thank you

1:04:09 ↗ um and then uh the

1:04:12 ↗ summer employee recognition event is

1:04:14 ↗ being held on July 20th we are invited I

1:04:18 ↗ emailed just a reminder that if you are

1:04:21 ↗ going to attend and essentially want any

1:04:23 ↗ of the Famous Ribs you need to RSVP by I

1:04:28 ↗ believe tomorrow so make sure to get

1:04:31 ↗ your names on there for all of that and

1:04:34 ↗ then Deputy council president you wanted

1:04:36 ↗ to talk about board and commissions

1:04:39 ↗ uh just a reminder we're going around

1:04:41 ↗ thinking boards and commissions so if

1:04:43 ↗ you'd like to participate um I just

1:04:45 ↗ bumped the email back up to the top of

1:04:46 ↗ your inboxes with opportunities for this

1:04:49 ↗ month

1:04:50 ↗ um also just adds up that there are two

1:04:52 ↗ boards and commissions I believe the

1:04:53 ↗ park board and

1:04:56 ↗ Happy's Arts commission that just will

1:04:58 ↗ never work with our schedule for Council

1:05:00 ↗ meetings so um the council president and

1:05:02 ↗ I are going to draft a letter from the

1:05:04 ↗ council thanking them for their hard

1:05:05 ↗ work

1:05:06 ↗ um and we'll send that around in case

1:05:08 ↗ anyone has any thoughts or suggestions

1:05:09 ↗ about that also by the end of the summer

1:05:11 ↗ if we haven't gotten through all of the

1:05:13 ↗ other boards and commissions we'll be

1:05:15 ↗ sure to write letters

1:05:17 ↗ behalf to them too so they know how much

1:05:18 ↗ we've

1:05:19 ↗ but again opportunities for this month

1:05:21 ↗ are at the top of your inbox

1:05:24 ↗ that's great are there any other good of

1:05:26 ↗ the order items

1:05:28 ↗ I have just one I wanted to thank

1:05:32 ↗ Council for coming and participating at

1:05:34 ↗ that Blackberry Park celebration you

1:05:37 ↗ know we haven't really been able to

1:05:38 ↗ celebrate outside for projects in quite

1:05:41 ↗ a while so that was really great thank

1:05:44 ↗ you for doing that we have some upcoming

1:05:46 ↗ Council meetings Monday July 17th is the

1:05:48 ↗ committee of the whole and the

1:05:49 ↗ anticipated items include

1:05:52 ↗ Transportation benefit District funding

1:05:54 ↗ options

1:05:55 ↗ and again due to the Fourth of July

1:05:57 ↗ holiday the July City Council meetings

1:05:59 ↗ are scheduled one week later than normal

1:06:01 ↗ so the second council meeting in July

1:06:04 ↗ will occur on July 24th

1:06:06 ↗ um the July 24th meeting will be

1:06:08 ↗ preceded by dinner and a social

1:06:09 ↗ Gathering Outdoors behind City Hall

1:06:11 ↗ bordering Veterans Memorial Field the

1:06:13 ↗ city council will be joined by the

1:06:15 ↗ city's Hall of Fame recipients and City

1:06:17 ↗ leadership team

1:06:18 ↗ for the regular meeting the anticipated

1:06:20 ↗ agenda items include the 2024 budget

1:06:22 ↗ priorities transportation and police

1:06:26 ↗ I think that's all the items that I have

1:06:29 ↗ there

1:06:30 ↗ executive session that was initially

1:06:32 ↗ scheduled for tonight this meeting has

1:06:34 ↗ been rescheduled to the July 24 city

1:06:36 ↗ council meeting and there being no

1:06:37 ↗ further business we are adjourned at

1:06:40 ↗ five o'clock somewhere 806 pm

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Council / Members (6)

Barbara de Michele

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Russell Joe

Chris Reh

Lindsey Walsh