City Council Special Meeting · Monday, July 24, 2023 · City Council Digest

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0:00 ↗ sorry

0:07 ↗ good evening everyone and welcome I am

0:11 ↗ calling the July 24th city council

0:13 ↗ meeting to order

0:14 ↗ the July meetings were rescheduled this

0:17 ↗ month and they are a week later than

0:18 ↗ normal due to the 4th of July holiday

0:20 ↗ earlier this month

0:21 ↗ as a reminder we still continue to have

0:23 ↗ a remote aspect to our meetings and so

0:26 ↗ both staff members and members of the

0:27 ↗ public may be participating in tonight's

0:29 ↗ meeting remotely via WebEx

0:32 ↗ the first item on the agenda this

0:34 ↗ evening is the Pledge of Allegiance and

0:35 ↗ I invite you to join us

0:40 ↗ I pledge allegiance flag of the United

0:43 ↗ States

0:47 ↗ one nation under God indivisible liberty

0:52 ↗ and justice for all

0:55 ↗ thank you kind of a fun night and a kind

0:58 ↗ of a full room we have a lot of special

1:01 ↗ business this evening and the first item

1:04 ↗ under that category tonight is id1400 it

1:09 ↗ is the recognition of Hall of Fame

1:11 ↗ recipient Ken koenigsmark who was

1:13 ↗ inducted in 2023. Ken I wonder if you

1:16 ↗ want to come over and join me at the

1:18 ↗ lectern

1:19 ↗ foreign

1:32 ↗ we had a very fun ceremony where Ken

1:35 ↗ thought he was coming to celebrate

1:36 ↗ somebody else but he ended up being our

1:39 ↗ recipient this year and we're very very

1:40 ↗ proud of him our Hall of Fame award is

1:43 ↗ the community's top honor and it is

1:45 ↗ bestowed on individuals who exemplify

1:47 ↗ service leadership and Civic mindedness

1:51 ↗ it is with great pleasure that I can

1:53 ↗ invite this year's Hall of Fame award

1:54 ↗ winner to join me inconix Mark

2:00 ↗ thank you

2:03 ↗ Ken is best known for his work

2:04 ↗ protecting the natural environment and

2:06 ↗ being a key contributor to two

2:08 ↗ development agreements in Issaquah one

2:10 ↗ in the for the talus neighborhood and

2:13 ↗ the other for Highlands and they now

2:15 ↗ shape the way we think about Issaquah

2:17 ↗ his civic-minded energy creativity and

2:20 ↗ Leadership were critical to the

2:22 ↗ acquisition and preservation of

2:24 ↗ thousands of Acres of open space in

2:27 ↗ Issaquah his dedication to local land

2:29 ↗ conservation Recreation and land use

2:32 ↗ have been integral to countless

2:33 ↗ significa significant preservation

2:35 ↗ efforts he joins an illustrious group of

2:38 ↗ Hall of Fame inductees some of whom are

2:40 ↗ here tonight could you raise your hand

2:41 ↗ if you're already in the Issaquah Hall

2:43 ↗ of Fame

2:49 ↗ I want to thank all of you who've come

2:51 ↗ tonight in support of these Hall of

2:54 ↗ Famers just to let you know how much I

2:56 ↗ appreciated that you are acknowledging

2:58 ↗ their tremendous efforts this isn't kind

3:01 ↗ of a one and done or one project and

3:03 ↗ you're in the Hall of Fame these are

3:05 ↗ people who have given Decades of service

3:08 ↗ to this community they have shaped us

3:10 ↗ and make us look the way we do today

3:12 ↗ we're a beautiful Wilderness we have

3:15 ↗ wonderful trees around us we have a

3:17 ↗ fabulous Lake stream salmon you name it

3:19 ↗ and it's because of the people who are

3:21 ↗ in the Hall of Fame so thank you all

3:23 ↗ very much I'm going to see if Ken who is

3:25 ↗ very shy would like to share a few words

3:30 ↗ you don't have any other agenda items

3:32 ↗ right I can go on all night

3:34 ↗ no thank you first it's a huge honor and

3:37 ↗ I'm honored especially to join all of

3:40 ↗ the rest of you in the hall of fame

3:43 ↗ um

3:43 ↗ all these glowing comments kind of make

3:46 ↗ up for the threats and insults you

3:49 ↗ collect over decades when you fight

3:51 ↗ battles

3:53 ↗ um in the Civic Arena

3:55 ↗ and

3:56 ↗ you know if this is so fun we could do

3:59 ↗ this every week can't we yeah

4:01 ↗ I don't get comments like this too often

4:03 ↗ so thank you very much it's an honor to

4:06 ↗ be in the Hall of Fame Issaquah is a

4:09 ↗ really special wonderful unique place

4:12 ↗ and we're blessed with elected officials

4:16 ↗ who care about it deeply who do really

4:19 ↗ good work and who have courage to make

4:21 ↗ tough decisions

4:23 ↗ um as Mary Lou and I talked today an

4:26 ↗ example being no on the Southeast bypass

4:29 ↗ that would have cut Issaquah off from

4:31 ↗ Tiger Mountain things like that took

4:33 ↗ courage and guts to do the right thing

4:35 ↗ and we're lucky we have people that do

4:37 ↗ that well thank you

4:40 ↗ Thomas

4:51 ↗ thank you

4:53 ↗ [Applause]

5:03 ↗ I will stay down here for a little

5:05 ↗ longer and do a few more special

5:06 ↗ presentations the next one is id1466

5:09 ↗ it's the acknowledgment of the lead for

5:12 ↗ City certification that the city

5:13 ↗ received today and I'd like to invite

5:16 ↗ Hillary

5:17 ↗ to the lecture to lectern to join me

5:19 ↗ Hillary are you here there she is

5:26 ↗ thanks hi a few little words and then

5:29 ↗ it's it's going to be you

5:32 ↗ um so this evening we are honored to be

5:34 ↗ recognized by U.S green the United

5:36 ↗ States Green Building Council for our

5:38 ↗ City's decades-long commitment to

5:40 ↗ sustainability and providing a high

5:42 ↗ quality of life

5:44 ↗ we chose to apply for the lead for

5:46 ↗ cities program because it was an

5:48 ↗ opportunity for us to assess ourselves

5:50 ↗ using a global rating system and compare

5:53 ↗ ourselves to other communities across

5:55 ↗ the country and the world

5:58 ↗ it was a chance for us to learn from

6:00 ↗ other communities and dig deep on how we

6:02 ↗ apply an equity lens to all of our

6:04 ↗ City's work

6:06 ↗ it also is a chance for us to identify

6:07 ↗ gaps and areas for improvement staff

6:10 ↗ have already developed a few pages of

6:12 ↗ action items for areas where we can

6:15 ↗ improve we will continue working across

6:18 ↗ all of our city departments and with our

6:20 ↗ Community Partners and with our

6:22 ↗ residents to make Issaquah an even

6:24 ↗ better and more sustainable place to

6:26 ↗ live

6:27 ↗ I'll hand the microphone over to Hillary

6:29 ↗ now she is the vice president for cities

6:31 ↗ at the U.S Green Building Council and

6:33 ↗ she's going to speak about the program

6:34 ↗ and the certification process Hillary

6:38 ↗ thank you so much mayor Paulie Council

6:41 ↗ thank you for having me here it's been a

6:43 ↗ pleasure to come up from Tucson Arizona

6:45 ↗ which I was where I live

6:47 ↗ um to really experience your city

6:50 ↗ um particularly on the heat wave that

6:52 ↗ we're having in the southwest the U.S

6:54 ↗ Green Building Council we're based in

6:56 ↗ Washington DC I'm actually from that

6:57 ↗ area but recently transplanted to Tucson

7:00 ↗ with my family and it's really been a

7:02 ↗ blessing because it's given me access to

7:05 ↗ all the cities towns and counties on the

7:08 ↗ west side of our country and I've been

7:10 ↗ based in Maryland since I graduated

7:12 ↗ graduate school in 2000 so I've been

7:14 ↗ there a long time and it's really been

7:16 ↗ nice to to be in the west and have the

7:18 ↗ opportunity to come much easier to other

7:22 ↗ places right so we had a great luncheon

7:25 ↗ earlier today where we were able to talk

7:28 ↗ about all of the benefits of the program

7:31 ↗ and all the strengths of the City of

7:33 ↗ Issaquah but just to let folks in the

7:35 ↗ room know a little bit about the program

7:37 ↗ and I'll be quick so you may have heard

7:39 ↗ of the lead rating system before if

7:41 ↗ you've maybe gone into a hotel or

7:43 ↗ Convention Center or a school

7:45 ↗ with the lead emblem on the door

7:48 ↗ um that is a very common uh program

7:50 ↗ globally many many hundreds of thousands

7:53 ↗ of buildings are certified to lead lead

7:55 ↗ for cities was created to certify the

7:58 ↗ entire jurisdiction so all the way out

8:00 ↗ to either the city boundary or the

8:01 ↗ county boundary whichever you are

8:03 ↗ certified at the time and we're really

8:05 ↗ looking not just at Municipal operations

8:07 ↗ but all of the things that are happening

8:09 ↗ within uh within your city within your

8:11 ↗ jurisdiction so this rating system is

8:14 ↗ focused on the social economic and

8:15 ↗ environmental aspects of sustainability

8:17 ↗ so we make a joke that really

8:20 ↗ everything's in there except maybe

8:21 ↗ Sports and God

8:23 ↗ um everything that's happening so if

8:25 ↗ you're a stakeholder in the room tonight

8:26 ↗ whether you're a student or you work

8:29 ↗ with the chamber or you're involved in

8:31 ↗ the hospital or health or the education

8:33 ↗ program those those things are all in

8:35 ↗ the rating system and so by Issaquah

8:38 ↗ really stepping up to the plate and

8:39 ↗ saying we want to Baseline where we are

8:41 ↗ we want to evaluate where our strengths

8:43 ↗ our weaknesses and our gaps are that is

8:45 ↗ leadership in itself just stepping up

8:47 ↗ and saying we want to understand how

8:49 ↗ we're doing so that we can only get

8:51 ↗ better right so I've really applaud the

8:53 ↗ city for taking the it's a nervous step

8:56 ↗ sometimes right to like look within and

8:58 ↗ understand

8:59 ↗ um how you're doing across all of these

9:00 ↗ areas but you did really well and we're

9:03 ↗ so excited to be able to work with you

9:05 ↗ in the future to kind of take the next

9:07 ↗ steps right to implement prioritize the

9:09 ↗ investment things that we've learned

9:11 ↗ through this process so on behalf of the

9:13 ↗ U.S Green Building Council I'm so

9:15 ↗ excited to tell you all that your lead

9:17 ↗ Gold city

9:19 ↗ um the only one in the entire state of

9:21 ↗ Washington so that's awesome

9:26 ↗ and um and we're we're here along the

9:28 ↗ way with you to take those next steps

9:30 ↗ forward so congratulations

10:17 ↗ foreign

10:42 ↗ [Applause]

10:49 ↗ I also want Stacy Vin mckinstry to wave

10:52 ↗ her hand and say hello she's got the

10:55 ↗ heavy plaque um she is the manager of

10:57 ↗ our sustainability team and for a city

11:00 ↗ of our size to go through that

11:02 ↗ certification process is a really big

11:04 ↗ deal Stacy

11:06 ↗ um is just an amazing person on our team

11:08 ↗ and thank you Stacy and your team for

11:10 ↗ all the work that you did today

11:17 ↗ so for the next two items I'm going to

11:19 ↗ invite Stephanie angula angula to come

11:23 ↗ up Stephanie is the chair of our sister

11:25 ↗ cities commission and she's going to

11:27 ↗ help me with these next two special

11:28 ↗ business items

11:33 ↗ first we have a proclamation today on

11:36 ↗ friendship day and I will read that

11:37 ↗ before presenting it to Stephanie

11:40 ↗ the International Day of friendship also

11:42 ↗ known as World Friendship Day was

11:44 ↗ proclaimed in 2011 by the U.N general

11:47 ↗ assembly with the idea that friendship

11:49 ↗ between peoples countries cultures and

11:52 ↗ individuals can Inspire peace efforts

11:55 ↗ and build Bridges between communities

11:58 ↗ whereas the City of Issaquah values its

12:01 ↗ International friendships and its formal

12:03 ↗ sister cities with sundal Norway

12:06 ↗ established in 1991 in shishao and

12:09 ↗ Morocco established in 2006. and whereas

12:13 ↗ the City of Issaquah sister cities

12:15 ↗ commission is in place to help Foster

12:18 ↗ The Sisterhood relationships and the

12:20 ↗ commission Works to increase the

12:22 ↗ knowledge Goodwill and understanding of

12:24 ↗ the world through people-to-people

12:26 ↗ diplomacy education and cultural

12:28 ↗ exchange and whereas the City of

12:30 ↗ Issaquah has a long tradition of

12:32 ↗ promoting diversity equality fairness

12:35 ↗ and friendship and whereas Issaquah is

12:38 ↗ strengthened by the strong role

12:39 ↗ friendship plays in building trust

12:41 ↗ promoting peace and bringing people of

12:44 ↗ different cultures together now

12:46 ↗ therefore I Mary Lou Paulie the mayor of

12:48 ↗ the City of Issaquah do hereby Proclaim

12:51 ↗ July 30th to be Friendship Day in the

12:54 ↗ City of Issaquah and I invite the

12:55 ↗ community to join me in celebrating and

12:59 ↗ fostering friendships both locally and

13:02 ↗ globally

13:04 ↗ thank you

13:06 ↗ a little bit about the commission

13:08 ↗ [Applause]

13:12 ↗ thank you mayor and thank you Council

13:14 ↗ for this Proclamation and for allowing

13:17 ↗ us to accept it I would like to

13:19 ↗ recognize some of our local commission

13:22 ↗ or yes sister cities commission members

13:24 ↗ that we have we have sherry Gerke in the

13:26 ↗ audience and we also have Wendy

13:27 ↗ Pickering and some other former members

13:30 ↗ familiar faces here

13:33 ↗ um we just want to say thank you we're

13:34 ↗ excited to continue the work that we're

13:36 ↗ doing in fostering the friendships with

13:37 ↗ our sister cities thank you

13:42 ↗ [Applause]

13:45 ↗ in that same vein the next item is

13:48 ↗ id1473 and this is recognition of local

13:50 ↗ students through the sister cities Young

13:52 ↗ Artists and Arthur's showcase by AAS for

13:56 ↗ short and Stephanie would you like to

13:58 ↗ bring up and introduce our our artists

14:03 ↗ so really quickly I would just like to

14:05 ↗ say that this is our second year that we

14:07 ↗ have done a call for local artists a

14:10 ↗ youth artists authors and composers

14:12 ↗ that's a part of it as well ages 13 to

14:15 ↗ 18. so this year we have five students

14:19 ↗ that we're recognizing locally that have

14:21 ↗ also been passed on to the international

14:23 ↗ competition with sister cities

14:25 ↗ International based in Washington DC so

14:28 ↗ we're rooting for them and we will find

14:30 ↗ out the results of that International

14:31 ↗ competition in mid-august so we will

14:34 ↗ keep the council and everyone else

14:36 ↗ informed

14:37 ↗ first tonight I would like to call up

14:40 ↗ arwita satapathi

14:43 ↗ foreign

14:54 ↗ and she submitted original music that

14:57 ↗ she composed herself under the title

15:00 ↗ Beacon

15:01 ↗ so congratulations

15:21 ↗ [Applause]

15:26 ↗ okay so the next student that we'd like

15:28 ↗ to recognize tonight is Cora Chase come

15:31 ↗ on up Cora

15:33 ↗ [Applause]

15:36 ↗ core is also 13 and she submitted

15:40 ↗ digital art for our local competition

15:43 ↗ that has been passed on to our

15:44 ↗ International competition under the

15:46 ↗ title perspectives

15:55 ↗ [Applause]

16:02 ↗ I'd like to Now bring up Felicia tiong

16:12 ↗ Felicia is 14 and she submitted

16:15 ↗ classical art under the title fighting

16:18 ↗ with action

16:36 ↗ we have two other students that could

16:38 ↗ not be with us tonight but I'd like it

16:40 ↗ to take a moment to recognize them as

16:42 ↗ well Angelina pimkina she's 17 and she

16:46 ↗ submitted original music under the title

16:48 ↗ food for thought

16:50 ↗ so congratulations to her

16:55 ↗ we also have Anya

16:58 ↗ timkina age 14 who's also submitted

17:01 ↗ original music under the title food

17:03 ↗ shortage during the pandemic

17:06 ↗ so congratulations to her

17:10 ↗ and we are in touch with him and we will

17:12 ↗ make sure that their certificates are

17:14 ↗ passed along to them

17:15 ↗ uh also I thought it might be a good

17:17 ↗ idea to note that this year's

17:19 ↗ competition was about food and food

17:23 ↗ sustainability in communities so each of

17:26 ↗ these students and the two students that

17:28 ↗ I mentioned were very brave I want to

17:30 ↗ use that word brave and to go for it and

17:33 ↗ submit work well we're so proud of you

17:35 ↗ and thank you for engaging the

17:37 ↗ competition and putting your ideas and

17:40 ↗ your emotions and your thought out there

17:41 ↗ in an artistic way it's really beautiful

17:43 ↗ and we're proud of you

17:45 ↗ [Applause]

17:50 ↗ Stephanie and thank you that is

17:53 ↗ fantastic and very exciting and

17:55 ↗ encouraging

17:56 ↗ um Council we had a request to get that

17:58 ↗ beautiful piece of art in a picture and

18:00 ↗ so if you'd like to come down and join

18:01 ↗ us we'll have our commissioners we'll

18:03 ↗ have our artists let's do another

18:04 ↗ picture

18:17 ↗ oh yeah

19:14 ↗ a lot of events and recognition happen

19:16 ↗ in the summer so I have two more to do

19:19 ↗ um

19:20 ↗ id1379 the National Night Out

19:22 ↗ Proclamation and I'd like to invite

19:24 ↗ chief of police Paula Schwann to the

19:26 ↗ lecternan anyone else you brought with

19:28 ↗ you Paula bring them all up

19:38 ↗ hey chief

19:42 ↗ oh yeah go ahead and do that

19:59 ↗ oh that's right

20:09 ↗ thank you chief

20:12 ↗ whereas the National Night Out is a

20:14 ↗ community building campaign that

20:16 ↗ promotes police Community Partnerships

20:18 ↗ annually on the first Tuesday of August

20:20 ↗ and whereas the 40th annual National

20:23 ↗ Night Out provides a unique opportunity

20:25 ↗ for the City of Issaquah to join forces

20:27 ↗ with thousands of other communities

20:29 ↗ across the country in promoting

20:31 ↗ Cooperative police community drug and

20:34 ↗ crime prevention efforts and whereas the

20:37 ↗ City of Issaquah and the Issaquah Police

20:38 ↗ Department play a vital role in crime

20:40 ↗ drug and violence prevention efforts in

20:43 ↗ Issaquah and are supporting the National

20:45 ↗ Night Out 2023 locally and whereas it is

20:49 ↗ essential that the City of Issaquah

20:51 ↗ community be aware of the importance of

20:53 ↗ crime prevention programs and the impact

20:55 ↗ that their participation can have on

20:57 ↗ reducing crime drugs and violence in

21:00 ↗ Issaquah and whereas police Community

21:02 ↗ Partnerships neighborhood safety

21:04 ↗ awareness and cooperation are important

21:07 ↗ themes of the National Night Out program

21:09 ↗ now therefore I marry you Polly mayor

21:12 ↗ the City of Issaquah

21:14 ↗ do hereby Proclaim August 1st 2023 to be

21:18 ↗ National Night Out in the City of

21:20 ↗ Issaquah and I invite Community to join

21:22 ↗ me in celebrating and participating in

21:24 ↗ festivities that raise awareness of the

21:26 ↗ importance of this cause and I'm going

21:28 ↗ to have our chief share a few words

21:30 ↗ hola

21:33 ↗ thank you councilmember and mayor

21:35 ↗ this year's National Night Out is more

21:37 ↗ about crime prevention we've taken this

21:39 ↗ time and effort we have several

21:40 ↗ communities that are choosing to be

21:43 ↗ involved and have their own events which

21:45 ↗ is amazing and we will have officers

21:47 ↗ that go out and visit each one of those

21:48 ↗ as we do have in the past this year

21:50 ↗ we're having a large contingency that is

21:53 ↗ going to be between 5 and 7 P.M behind

21:56 ↗ City Hall and we invite everybody to

21:58 ↗ come I also sent an email out this

22:00 ↗ evening to the mayor and the council we

22:02 ↗ hope everybody in the community is comes

22:04 ↗ out and joins us in the talk between the

22:07 ↗ community and law enforcement you can

22:08 ↗ ask what we do you can see what's in

22:10 ↗ their car cars you can see you know what

22:13 ↗ it looks like to be in a fire truck so

22:15 ↗ all of those things so thank you very

22:17 ↗ much for this Proclamation

22:37 ↗ thank you

22:44 ↗ ID 1439 park ranger day Proclamation and

22:48 ↗ I'd like to invite park ranger Alex

22:50 ↗ Anderson to the lectern

22:55 ↗ very proud of our new addition to our

22:58 ↗ parks and Community Services team

23:00 ↗ Issaquah has a parks ranger and I'm not

23:02 ↗ sure that everybody knows that

23:04 ↗ [Applause]

23:08 ↗ and a lot of parks we have a lot of

23:10 ↗ parks

23:11 ↗ whereas World Ranger day is celebrated

23:13 ↗ worldwide on July 31st to celebrate the

23:16 ↗ work Rangers do to protect the planet's

23:18 ↗ natural treasures and cultural heritage

23:20 ↗ heritage and whereas the city of

23:22 ↗ issaquah's park ranger serves as a

23:24 ↗ steward and ambassador of the city's

23:26 ↗ Parks trails and Open Spaces the ranger

23:29 ↗ position is intended to promote a safe

23:31 ↗ and welcoming Park experience through

23:33 ↗ professional interaction with Park

23:34 ↗ patrons and the park ranger is

23:37 ↗ responsible for the routine Patrol of

23:39 ↗ approximately 1800 Acres of public lands

23:42 ↗ owned by the City of Issaquah which

23:44 ↗ includes 23 Parks two cemeteries native

23:48 ↗ growth protection areas natural resource

23:50 ↗ conservation areas Wetlands open space

23:53 ↗ and trails and the park ranger Works

23:56 ↗ collaborative collaboratively with the

23:58 ↗ Issaquah Police Department what and

24:00 ↗ Washington State agencies the King

24:03 ↗ County Sheriff's Office and Regional

24:05 ↗ Animal Services of King County to

24:07 ↗ resolve park issues and whereas the park

24:09 ↗ ranger provides education of local codes

24:12 ↗ and laws and responds to calls for

24:14 ↗ service and investigates concerns

24:16 ↗ relating to our Park areas and whereas

24:19 ↗ the park ranger is sometimes the first

24:21 ↗ point of contact for unhoused

24:22 ↗ individuals in city parks in partnership

24:25 ↗ with our Human Services team the ranger

24:28 ↗ provides assistance guidance and Care

24:31 ↗ through our homeless outreach program

24:33 ↗ now therefore I Mary Lou Paulie mayor of

24:36 ↗ the City of Issaquah do hereby Proclaim

24:38 ↗ July 31st 2023 to be park ranger day in

24:42 ↗ the City of Issaquah and I invite the

24:43 ↗ community to join me in thanking our

24:45 ↗ park ranger team of one for their

24:47 ↗ service and outstanding contributions

24:55 ↗ thank you

24:57 ↗ I'll keep this brief um thanks all for

25:00 ↗ the recognition

25:01 ↗ um we don't really do this workers

25:03 ↗ Rangers for the recognition obviously um

25:05 ↗ it's not always easy and it's not always

25:07 ↗ fun but it is Meaningful

25:09 ↗ um and I'm really privileged to serve a

25:10 ↗ community that actually genuinely cares

25:12 ↗ about its parks and open spaces so thank

25:14 ↗ you all yeah

25:18 ↗ [Applause]

25:32 ↗ so you will now get a break from me

25:34 ↗ because the last item under special

25:36 ↗ business is not mine

25:38 ↗ id1521 presentation by the icma Army

25:42 ↗ Senior Management fellow Ken

25:43 ↗ musselweight he's the Garrison manager

25:45 ↗ of the Army's Yuma Proving Ground and

25:48 ↗ Seed administrator Wally Bob kowitz will

25:50 ↗ come up and introduce our speaker and

25:52 ↗ talk a bit or spell out icmas so I'm not

25:54 ↗ using an acronym thanks Wally

25:59 ↗ thank you man America

26:01 ↗ uh the city uh viscos fortunate once

26:04 ↗ again this year to have a a fellow from

26:07 ↗ the U.S army come and join us to learn a

26:10 ↗ little bit more about what we do to

26:11 ↗ manage a city and also learn a little

26:13 ↗ bit more about what it takes to manage

26:15 ↗ an Army Installation so Ken is here we

26:17 ↗ welcome you and has a short presentation

26:22 ↗ uh council members mayor I think I've

26:24 ↗ met most of you had dinner with at least

26:27 ↗ four of you this evening uh and in my

26:29 ↗ first day uh here with your city is

26:32 ↗ turning out much better than what I

26:34 ↗ would have thought with some rain since

26:36 ↗ I haven't seen it in months because I'm

26:38 ↗ also from Arizona

26:39 ↗ okay hey I just wanted a real quick kind

26:43 ↗ of go over some of the stuff that that

26:45 ↗ the Army does and why they actually send

26:48 ↗ us out to to look at the cities for

26:50 ↗ further development for our progression

26:52 ↗ our progression and growth okay myself

26:55 ↗ I've been in the position as Garrison

26:57 ↗ manager for uh just over just at a year

27:00 ↗ and prior to that I was a deputy

27:02 ↗ Garrison manager I applied for this

27:04 ↗ program while I was the deputy because

27:06 ↗ it more appropriately fits that but I'm

27:08 ↗ still happy to be here and in

27:11 ↗ conversation with Wally earlier this

27:14 ↗ year I came up with the goals when I

27:16 ↗ come here of just generally learning a

27:19 ↗ better understanding of how City

27:20 ↗ Administration and management works and

27:23 ↗ with focuses on uh the way that your

27:26 ↗ strategic plan is is uh carried out I

27:30 ↗ saw that the first one was about 2019

27:32 ↗ and so I have a great interest in that

27:34 ↗ from from prior in my career

27:37 ↗ um also Resource Management because I

27:40 ↗ think that Army money is so much

27:42 ↗ different than than money outside of the

27:44 ↗ federal government even though there are

27:46 ↗ so many federal grants and stuff it's

27:48 ↗ still much different and then finally

27:51 ↗ just from from a

27:54 ↗ standpoint from an issue that we are

27:56 ↗ having on The Proving Ground I'm more

27:59 ↗ interested in retention and recruitment

28:01 ↗ primarily of Law Enforcement Officers

28:04 ↗ because we have such a difficult time

28:06 ↗ with that and finally final goal is to

28:09 ↗ have fun while I'm here this weekend and

28:11 ↗ you guys have really got me off to a

28:12 ↗ great start this week with that

28:15 ↗ okay slide please

28:18 ↗ just a little overview for the

28:20 ↗ installation we are about 1300 square

28:23 ↗ miles on this map here the blue and the

28:27 ↗ red are Yuma Proving Ground

28:29 ↗ we're the fourth largest installation uh

28:33 ↗ in in the continental United States

28:37 ↗ and and we have

28:39 ↗ primarily three Cantonment areas one

28:43 ↗ Airfield the first Cantonment area all

28:45 ↗ these Cantonment areas by the way are in

28:47 ↗ the southwest corner of this

28:49 ↗ installation the first Cantonment area

28:51 ↗ is a housing area we have privatized

28:54 ↗ housing

28:55 ↗ where where most of our military

28:57 ↗ Workforce and a small part of our

29:00 ↗ civilian Workforce live and then we have

29:02 ↗ the Walker Cantonment area which

29:07 ↗ always get Walker an hour confusing

29:08 ↗ Howard Cantonment area which is our

29:11 ↗ office complex Kofa is our industrial

29:13 ↗ complex we have an Airfield for air

29:15 ↗ operations and then the rest of that

29:18 ↗ 1300 square miles is research

29:20 ↗ development and testing of Army

29:23 ↗ equipment in a desert environment to

29:25 ↗ make sure it works when soldiers take it

29:27 ↗ out into combat

29:29 ↗ okay

29:30 ↗ um you can see that we support about 15

29:33 ↗ 000 people but to step that down just a

29:35 ↗ little bit like I said we have about 600

29:39 ↗ people who work on base only 3 000

29:41 ↗ people who actually work on the

29:43 ↗ installation those other 15 000 are out

29:45 ↗ in the surrounding Community have access

29:47 ↗ to the base because of some affiliation

29:49 ↗ with the military and then of course our

29:52 ↗ closest city is 26 miles away and so if

29:56 ↗ I want to go to a Walmart I have to go

29:59 ↗ 26 miles and if I want to go to a Costco

30:02 ↗ I have to go three hours so okay uh

30:06 ↗ Wednesday please

30:09 ↗ I I got on your website and I looked at

30:12 ↗ uh the city's organizational development

30:15 ↗ and I love that you guys put residents

30:17 ↗ up above everything else uh that you

30:21 ↗ guys you guys have I have the same

30:23 ↗ except I also have two separate Army

30:25 ↗ commands that I report to and so I don't

30:28 ↗ put all that up there because it would

30:30 ↗ get just a little bit convoluted

30:32 ↗ what I've noticed is that there's a

30:35 ↗ whole lot of overlap between City

30:37 ↗ Administration and and Garrison

30:40 ↗ management but that there's a whole lot

30:42 ↗ that's different also I was unaware

30:45 ↗ until I was talking with Wally this

30:47 ↗ morning that this city does not have its

30:50 ↗ own fire departments that that they

30:52 ↗ contract for that whereas in the Army we

30:55 ↗ have our own fire

30:58 ↗ fire trucks are men you know emergency

31:00 ↗ services and stuff like that this is a

31:03 ↗ really quick oriented to this slide

31:05 ↗ those areas in Gray are the areas that

31:07 ↗ buy Army directive or regulation must

31:11 ↗ support an installation so for instance

31:14 ↗ Logistics Readiness Center is what I go

31:16 ↗ to for all my vehicular maintenance any

31:19 ↗ any of my Public Works vehicles that

31:21 ↗ need maintenance they go to them they

31:23 ↗ manage all that for me okay the green

31:25 ↗ area on this slide is is a position that

31:29 ↗ sometimes a Garrison will have and

31:31 ↗ sometimes not depending on the enlisted

31:33 ↗ soldiers assigned to it I have two

31:35 ↗ enlisted soldiers I get a dual headed

31:38 ↗ sergeant major that is owned by a

31:39 ↗ colonel that helps me with those two

31:41 ↗ soldiers career progression

31:44 ↗ and then the green yellow area with the

31:47 ↗ with the Staff Judge Advocate those are

31:49 ↗ actually our lawyers it's a combined

31:51 ↗ office between my lawyers and the

31:53 ↗ lawyers of the other commands on the

31:54 ↗ installation and so if I walk into the

31:57 ↗ office and I need contract law it

31:59 ↗ doesn't matter if it's my lawyer that

32:00 ↗ does it or not I get contract law if I

32:03 ↗ need labor law I go to the labor law

32:05 ↗ lawyer and it doesn't matter which

32:06 ↗ command owns him it's a combined office

32:09 ↗ and they work for the entire

32:10 ↗ installation okay and then the rest is

32:13 ↗ just our organization I know that some

32:15 ↗ of these terms are a little bit foreign

32:17 ↗ directorate of operations is uh fire

32:21 ↗ police security intelligence

32:24 ↗ anti-terrorism uh and probably a few

32:26 ↗ more things I can't think of off the top

32:28 ↗ of my head I think Public Works is

32:30 ↗ pretty much

32:32 ↗ um standard Human Resources is standard

32:36 ↗ director to family morale welfare and

32:38 ↗ Recreation is partially the parks that

32:42 ↗ you have for Parks and Recreation but

32:45 ↗ partially not because I also have to run

32:47 ↗ restaurants

32:49 ↗ for the installation and so in addition

32:51 ↗ to pools libraries fitness centers I'm

32:55 ↗ running restaurants also okay Resource

32:58 ↗ Management I think is the same in

33:01 ↗ insulation safety I think is pretty

33:03 ↗ clear I have a safety office that goes

33:05 ↗ out because the research development

33:07 ↗ testing is dangerous work and they are

33:10 ↗ the ones who who make sure that it's

33:12 ↗ safe for me equal opportunity is

33:14 ↗ standard and then plans analysis

33:16 ↗ integration I think the counterpart is

33:18 ↗ this is the office that does my

33:20 ↗ strategic planning if I had a full

33:22 ↗ enough office to actually do strategic

33:24 ↗ planning so since my background is

33:26 ↗ strategic planning I'm working directly

33:28 ↗ with them to initiate that

33:31 ↗ in the very near future we started to

33:34 ↗ swat about six weeks ago and we'll work

33:36 ↗ our way through that

33:38 ↗ get it moving so that we can actually

33:40 ↗ get a strategic plan

33:42 ↗ okay next slide

33:44 ↗ I think I've taken up enough of the

33:45 ↗ council's time unless you have any

33:47 ↗ questions for me tonight

33:49 ↗ council do you have any questions

33:52 ↗ okay thank you for your time Ken thank

33:53 ↗ you for the presentation we really like

33:55 ↗ participating in this program so I hope

33:57 ↗ you really enjoy your stay here with us

34:02 ↗ [Applause]

34:06 ↗ so I recognize we have a lot of our

34:09 ↗ visitors still in the room tonight we're

34:11 ↗ going to proceed with the rest of our

34:12 ↗ meeting and I just want to assure you

34:14 ↗ that you only have to stay if you want

34:15 ↗ to stay so uh we have a couple more

34:18 ↗ business items to get through

34:21 ↗ um but we don't mind when people just

34:23 ↗ quietly exit when they're kind of done

34:25 ↗ so feel free to do as you like and thank

34:27 ↗ you for coming

34:29 ↗ so this next item under the agenda this

34:31 ↗ evening is audience comments and this is

34:33 ↗ the time that members of the public May

34:35 ↗ address Council in person or virtually

34:37 ↗ those who signed up in advance to make

34:40 ↗ comments will be called on First and if

34:42 ↗ you're joining us virtually and would

34:43 ↗ like to make comments please raise your

34:46 ↗ virtual hand or send the host a chat

34:48 ↗ message

34:49 ↗ if you're on the phone press star 3 and

34:51 ↗ if you have joined by a computer or

34:53 ↗ smartphone look for a hand icon

34:55 ↗ if you are in the room and did not sign

34:57 ↗ up I will ask for other speakers before

34:59 ↗ closing this portion of the meeting

35:00 ↗ clerk has anyone signed up to speak for

35:03 ↗ General audience comments or indicate a

35:05 ↗ desire to speak this evening

35:08 ↗ Paulie uh nobody has signed up prior to

35:13 ↗ the meeting to speak

35:15 ↗ I'll just check in the room is there

35:17 ↗ anybody that would like to speak at

35:18 ↗ public comments this raise your hand and

35:20 ↗ I can call you up

35:23 ↗ okay

35:26 ↗ David oh come on up

35:28 ↗ um let me read a few more little

35:30 ↗ guidelines but you can come up to the

35:32 ↗ podium if you want so if you are making

35:34 ↗ comments tonight please direct your

35:36 ↗ comments to the whole Council and not to

35:38 ↗ individuals and while this isn't a

35:40 ↗ question and answer session we will

35:42 ↗ contact you to follow up if needed

35:45 ↗ um you are at the dial you need to press

35:48 ↗ the button on top of the microphone to

35:49 ↗ get the microphone on red that's great

35:53 ↗ um personal attacks obscene language

35:55 ↗ derogatory remarks and disruptive

35:57 ↗ behavior will not be permitted and

35:59 ↗ Resident comments written and verbal are

36:01 ↗ an important aspect of the public

36:02 ↗ process the city takes these comments

36:05 ↗ seriously and we thank you for taking

36:06 ↗ the time to address us if you want to

36:09 ↗ just say your name and relationship to

36:11 ↗ the city that would be great hi my name

36:13 ↗ is Brandon Dahl I work on business

36:15 ↗ Consulting and stuff like that but I've

36:17 ↗ been kind of talking to city council up

36:18 ↗ in North Bend met with mob McFarland and

36:21 ↗ his kind of campaign manager uh came

36:24 ↗ down here because I was kind of trying

36:25 ↗ to do volunteer work in the city but I

36:26 ↗ kind of noticed that there's been a lot

36:28 ↗ of issues with getting through it

36:29 ↗ actually people and getting things set

36:30 ↗ up properly so I just wanted to address

36:32 ↗ like volunteer programs and different

36:34 ↗ things to try to see what the processes

36:36 ↗ are going on that and kind of how you

36:37 ↗ guys are structurizing going in the

36:38 ↗ future because like the cert program

36:40 ↗ I've contacted them and haven't got back

36:42 ↗ on that kind of stuff I've contacted the

36:44 ↗ police department there's no actual like

36:46 ↗ volunteer program set up on that side of

36:47 ↗ it so my question is is kind of what's

36:49 ↗ the process of volunteer programs to get

36:51 ↗ younger kids and youth into actually

36:52 ↗ helping out in the community that is

36:55 ↗ great what we'll I'll end up doing is

36:57 ↗ have City administrator Bob kowitz if

36:59 ↗ you can fill your name and address and

37:01 ↗ email address onto the speaker sheet

37:03 ↗ we'll make sure that somebody emails you

37:05 ↗ back with all the different kinds of

37:06 ↗ opportunities whether they're for adults

37:08 ↗ or Youth and thank you for coming

37:10 ↗ tonight thank you so much

37:12 ↗ is there anyone else in the room who

37:14 ↗ would like to speak before I close

37:15 ↗ public comments

37:17 ↗ okay well thank you very much for coming

37:20 ↗ tonight and as a reminder at any point

37:22 ↗ in time you can write the city council

37:23 ↗ at citycouncilwa.gov

37:26 ↗ next item on the agenda this evening is

37:29 ↗ the consent calendar and I do not have

37:31 ↗ any remarks on tonight's consent

37:34 ↗ calendar

37:35 ↗ um prior to motion and I'm wondering are

37:36 ↗ there any committee chairs that would

37:38 ↗ like to speak on any of the consent

37:40 ↗ calendar items

37:42 ↗ okay seeing none uh the consent calendar

37:45 ↗ was distributed to the council in

37:46 ↗ advance and if authorized the items on

37:49 ↗ the consent calendar will be considered

37:50 ↗ together and approved by one motion have

37:53 ↗ the payables and payroll been reviewed

37:55 ↗ they have they have thank you does any

37:58 ↗ council member desire to remove any item

38:00 ↗ from the consent calendar and consider

38:02 ↗ it under regular business

38:05 ↗ not seeing any is there a council motion

38:08 ↗ council president I move to approve the

38:10 ↗ consent calendar as presented second

38:13 ↗ it's been moved in second to approve the

38:15 ↗ consent calendar as presented is there

38:17 ↗ any Council discussion

38:20 ↗ all those in favor please indicate by

38:22 ↗ saying aye aye

38:26 ↗ those opposed

38:28 ↗ that's a unanimous 7-0 vote

38:31 ↗ moving on into regular business ID 1464

38:34 ↗ are is titled 2024 budget topics and I'd

38:39 ↗ like to invite our city administrator

38:40 ↗ Wally babkowitz to present this item

38:42 ↗ Wally

38:43 ↗ thank you mayor mayor members of the

38:45 ↗ council good evening

38:47 ↗ at the

38:48 ↗ get the presentation up uh we're here uh

38:51 ↗ tonight to uh continue the discussions

38:54 ↗ we've been having with the council and

38:55 ↗ always have with the council over the

38:57 ↗ course of the year uh looking for your

39:00 ↗ uh guidance and direction as we look on

39:03 ↗ the implementing of the city strategic

39:05 ↗ plan uh at this point we are getting

39:07 ↗ ready for the uh mid biennium budget uh

39:12 ↗ amendments and this is the first time we

39:14 ↗ have had a mid biennium uh budget

39:17 ↗ amendment process uh this is our first

39:19 ↗ two-year budget as the council will

39:21 ↗ recall uh you had a meeting a couple of

39:23 ↗ months ago on a Saturday where you had

39:25 ↗ an opportunity to look at the results of

39:28 ↗ our community survey you had a look at

39:30 ↗ an opportunity to look at the results of

39:32 ↗ our

39:33 ↗ performance measures for our calendar 22

39:36 ↗ and we asked the council to kind of

39:38 ↗ reflect on that and give us some

39:41 ↗ feedback and from that a feedback we got

39:44 ↗ five topics that we have gone back and

39:47 ↗ looked at uh took what the council said

39:50 ↗ kind of compared it to what's in our

39:51 ↗ work planned work plan for fiscal year

39:53 ↗ 24 and are here this evening to react to

39:58 ↗ that and get further feedback from the

39:59 ↗ Council on these areas as you can see on

40:02 ↗ the slide the five areas where Public

40:04 ↗ Safety transportation and Mobility

40:06 ↗ planning and permitting Emergency

40:08 ↗ Management and Communications again this

40:11 ↗ is going to be the second year of our

40:13 ↗ our budget so resources are already

40:16 ↗ allocated in all of these areas but what

40:18 ↗ the administration's tried to do over

40:19 ↗ the last couple of months is take the

40:22 ↗ comments from the council look more

40:23 ↗ specifically at how we're allocating

40:25 ↗ those resources see if anything else has

40:27 ↗ changed or come up that might have an

40:29 ↗ impact on discussions for any budget

40:32 ↗ amendments for the mid biennium and have

40:36 ↗ those to talk about this evening so we

40:38 ↗ have several staff members here with us

40:40 ↗ uh tonight we have if we go back the

40:43 ↗ other side uh the chief of Paul Schwann

40:46 ↗ we'll talk a little bit about Public

40:47 ↗ Safety um the biggest concern you'll

40:50 ↗ hear from Chief Swann is some additional

40:54 ↗ issues that have Arisen we believe we

40:56 ↗ can attack uh the the issues raised by

40:59 ↗ the council areas of focus with existing

41:01 ↗ resources but there's some additional

41:03 ↗ issues that we believe will need to take

41:04 ↗ care of in the mid by any budget update

41:06 ↗ so she'll be here to talk about that for

41:09 ↗ transportation to Mobility we have our

41:11 ↗ Public Works director Emily Moon again a

41:14 ↗ lot of focuses and time has been spent

41:15 ↗ over the last several months on issues

41:18 ↗ of transportation to Mobility the

41:19 ↗ significant resources are already

41:21 ↗ budgeted for 24. we'll talk a little bit

41:24 ↗ about that but we also believe there'll

41:26 ↗ be some adjustments that we need to

41:28 ↗ better utilize those resources so

41:30 ↗ director moon will go through that in

41:32 ↗ the area of planning and permitting mini

41:34 ↗ Dolly while our community planning and

41:36 ↗ development director is here this

41:38 ↗ evening again a lot of resources in this

41:41 ↗ area we want to talk about how we plan

41:43 ↗ to focus those resources in the coming

41:46 ↗ year we have a new emergency manager

41:49 ↗ here this evening he'll be able to talk

41:50 ↗ I think for the first time to the

41:52 ↗ council about his plans uh again we

41:56 ↗ believe we have got appropriate

41:57 ↗ resources but we want to talk more

41:58 ↗ specifically of how we intend to tackle

42:01 ↗ some of the issues raised by the council

42:03 ↗ earlier and then finally the area of

42:05 ↗ communications uh Thomas our

42:08 ↗ Communications manager is here and he'll

42:10 ↗ talk about that as well so our hope for

42:12 ↗ the council this evening is to uh take

42:16 ↗ in the discussion uh and provide some

42:18 ↗ feedback if you're hearing anything that

42:21 ↗ you don't like that you think there's

42:22 ↗ additional Focus or additional resources

42:24 ↗ that the administration should consider

42:26 ↗ in order to implement these programs

42:29 ↗ these initiatives this emphasis on these

42:31 ↗ five areas please let us know we will

42:34 ↗ then come back to you in the fall with

42:36 ↗ the adjustment documents to the budget

42:39 ↗ it may be that we may need to make

42:42 ↗ additional adjustments in order to pay

42:44 ↗ for some of this and so I don't want

42:46 ↗ anyone to come here this evening and

42:48 ↗ think that we've got a lot of additional

42:50 ↗ resources I think we feel very

42:52 ↗ comfortable with the second year of the

42:54 ↗ two-year budget with the resources we

42:56 ↗ have allocated but any additional

42:58 ↗ resources we may need to make

42:59 ↗ adjustments we're not asking you to

43:01 ↗ prioritize this evening we're not asking

43:03 ↗ you to offer up anything uh for

43:06 ↗ reductions or changes but we really

43:08 ↗ would like your feedback so that when we

43:09 ↗ do come with you with the changes for

43:12 ↗ the mid biennium budget update that

43:14 ↗ encompasses not only the

43:15 ↗ administration's thinking but the city

43:17 ↗ council's thinking so Madam mayor

43:19 ↗ members of the council that sort of a

43:21 ↗ preamble I'm happy to answer any initial

43:23 ↗ questions otherwise I'll ask polish one

43:26 ↗ of the chief of police let us step

43:27 ↗ forward and do her portion of the

43:29 ↗ presentation not seeing any questions

43:31 ↗ right now

43:45 ↗ good evening

43:46 ↗ again

43:51 ↗ can I just Advance it here okay

43:56 ↗ first thing I want to talk about is just

43:58 ↗ our staffing update

44:00 ↗ and so we currently have three vacancies

44:03 ↗ in Patrol and which is closer than we've

44:06 ↗ ever been and just to give you a heads

44:08 ↗ up we've already given three conditional

44:09 ↗ offers so those people are actually in

44:11 ↗ backgrounds so we have two others also

44:13 ↗ that are waiting and going to be in

44:15 ↗ backgrounds

44:16 ↗ um in the event because we know we have

44:17 ↗ a retirement coming up and some other

44:19 ↗ pieces so with that being said we're

44:21 ↗ almost completely fully stopped in

44:22 ↗ Patrol which is huge and it's been a

44:25 ↗ long two years to get there we've also

44:27 ↗ hired a patrol commander and that Patrol

44:29 ↗ Commander is going to oversee

44:32 ↗ Corrections and dispatch as you met him

44:33 ↗ at the last Council Manor one of the two

44:36 ↗ prior

44:37 ↗ in dispatch we have two vacancies

44:38 ↗ currently we also have

44:40 ↗ two conditionals out and they are in

44:42 ↗ backgrounds as well so we are almost

44:44 ↗ again fully staffed in dispatch as well

44:47 ↗ with corrections we have two vacancies

44:48 ↗ we did hire the commander but we also

44:51 ↗ have an acting Corporal that we're

44:52 ↗ hoping to fill soon we had oral board

44:54 ↗ for Corrections and I have two

44:56 ↗ Corrections vacancies and with those

44:59 ↗ vacancies I have two offers out as well

45:01 ↗ and conditionals so they're also in

45:03 ↗ backgrounds so for all our vacancies

45:05 ↗ currently in those three areas patrol

45:07 ↗ dispatch and Corrections we already have

45:09 ↗ people to fill those spots we do have

45:11 ↗ some other movements that's going to be

45:13 ↗ coming we think we have a retirement or

45:14 ↗ two in corrections as well as another

45:16 ↗ that's going to move closer to home and

45:18 ↗ move to a different agency so we're

45:20 ↗ planning for that accordingly we have

45:21 ↗ some oral boards more coming up with

45:23 ↗ that as well

45:24 ↗ other vacancies we still have one

45:26 ↗ Commander spot to fill that we are going

45:28 ↗ to be recruiting for we have one record

45:30 ↗ supervisor and two part-time evidence

45:32 ↗ technicians which we're going to be

45:34 ↗ talking about in a little bit as it's

45:37 ↗ been very difficult to fill with two

45:39 ↗ part-time positions so we're looking to

45:41 ↗ the possibility of putting for one

45:43 ↗ full-time

45:44 ↗ so that is something that's going to be

45:46 ↗ on our request

45:49 ↗ we've Implement implementation of

45:51 ↗ special details that was one of the

45:52 ↗ questions and the things that Council

45:54 ↗ had addressed and were interested in

45:56 ↗ special details and roles our community

45:58 ↗ service resource officer we also have

46:01 ↗ the public programs which that's what

46:04 ↗ the cro does they do the citizens or the

46:07 ↗ residence Academy they do pause on

46:09 ↗ patrol they do the parent project those

46:12 ↗ are the type in of projects and um the

46:16 ↗ special events that we're going to try

46:18 ↗ and be implementing again starting in

46:20 ↗ September the other ones were our

46:22 ↗ traffic units our Traffic Unit was one

46:24 ↗ of the other Specialties that we hope to

46:26 ↗ have another sergeant in and be getting

46:28 ↗ our two designated traffic people in as

46:32 ↗ well starting in September that's what

46:33 ↗ our goal and our movement is at this

46:35 ↗ time

46:36 ↗ and

46:37 ↗ the other we're advertising for interest

46:40 ↗ in those special detail positions

46:42 ↗ currently that will go out this week so

46:44 ↗ we'll get the interest of those offers

46:46 ↗ within Taos that are wanting to fill

46:48 ↗ those positions and then we'll be moving

46:49 ↗ forward with hopefully it'll happen

46:52 ↗ interviews we're trying to hold in

46:54 ↗ August as well in a shorter span so we

46:56 ↗ can get everything implemented in

46:58 ↗ September versus it being testing in

47:00 ↗ September and then delayed even longer

47:02 ↗ so we are shooting for that

47:04 ↗ worst case would be by mid-september but

47:07 ↗ we're hoping for September 1st

47:09 ↗ crime prevention events and analytical

47:12 ↗ data or activities National Night Out is

47:14 ↗ August 1st as we all talked about

47:16 ↗ earlier today with Proclamation team

47:18 ↗ surrounding it is current Community

47:19 ↗ crime prevention this year

47:22 ↗ we also have a shoplifting theft Blitz

47:24 ↗ on the 26th not like I let that I like

47:27 ↗ to put it out there

47:29 ↗ um but before it happens but at the same

47:31 ↗ time we have several different

47:32 ↗ businesses that are all on board ready

47:35 ↗ and doing it together as a unified so we

47:38 ↗ hopefully that will be a very productive

47:39 ↗ event and we have been working with

47:41 ↗ community members with the retail

47:43 ↗ business group to make that happen

47:45 ↗ and then

47:47 ↗ um based on crime analysis we are

47:50 ↗ successfully determining when and where

47:51 ↗ to target specialty emphasis patrols

47:53 ↗ leading to arrests and deterring

47:55 ↗ negative activities specifically we had

47:58 ↗ one recently where we are experiencing

47:59 ↗ High criminal activity in the highlands

48:01 ↗ and recently that we have put Patrol up

48:04 ↗ there and it is deterred we were able to

48:07 ↗ single out dates or days that they were

48:09 ↗ doing such things and it's really

48:12 ↗ deterred almost down to non-existent so

48:15 ↗ that's been a huge benefit and thanks to

48:18 ↗ Ryan and all her great work she's been

48:19 ↗ putting out to patrol to have that

48:21 ↗ information out there and be moving

48:23 ↗ forward she's been a huge asset for that

48:27 ↗ crime trends year to date we have

48:30 ↗ highlighted statistics and so 15

48:33 ↗ decrease in total crime incidents as a

48:36 ↗ whole

48:37 ↗ we have 23 percent decrease in property

48:39 ↗ crimes 33 35 of those decrease are in

48:42 ↗ all burglaries and 31 decrease in

48:45 ↗ larceny or theft

48:47 ↗ so that's the most it's been seen in

48:50 ↗ years as far as the decrease goes I hope

48:53 ↗ it's from a lot of different things

48:55 ↗ um and but the police department has

48:58 ↗ been very busy all the officers getting

49:02 ↗ to work with the communities with the

49:04 ↗ businesses themselves not just in

49:06 ↗ enforcement action but actually working

49:08 ↗ with them and making sure those

49:10 ↗ conversations are had so we're building

49:13 ↗ relationships as best we can the new

49:16 ↗ officers are all the ones that are being

49:18 ↗ retrained and released from their fto

49:20 ↗ have been working very hard and

49:21 ↗ diligently to make those things happen

49:28 ↗ cameras and I.T needs so this is into

49:30 ↗ their jail needs the gel facilities

49:33 ↗ require constant surveillance as you can

49:35 ↗ imagine and recent events have brought

49:38 ↗ it to our attention that we need more

49:40 ↗ than what we currently have and so we

49:42 ↗ want to install cameras in all the cells

49:44 ↗ right now we don't have them in every

49:46 ↗ single cell so if someone were to go

49:48 ↗ into one of the cells they're they're

49:50 ↗ not always protected and we don't always

49:51 ↗ have that in the Cell It's on the

49:53 ↗ adjacent areas or common areas more

49:55 ↗ around and so this will allow us to have

49:57 ↗ cameras in every single cell where

49:59 ↗ they're legally to be there and will

50:01 ↗ increase the surveillance for safety

50:02 ↗ purposes not only the staff but also the

50:04 ↗ inmates and or residents that live for

50:07 ↗ temporary short stays or longer stays in

50:10 ↗ our establishment

50:12 ↗ The increased staffing has been a big

50:14 ↗ piece there is a minimum requirement of

50:16 ↗ two correctional officers per shift now

50:18 ↗ in the coverage for all in the area the

50:21 ↗ cameras will help cover those people and

50:23 ↗ a multitude of inmates their needs

50:25 ↗ however the number of inmates continues

50:27 ↗ to increase

50:28 ↗ staff is considering the addition of two

50:30 ↗ Corrections corporals positions because

50:32 ↗ not only with the increase of inmates

50:34 ↗ and staff span of control and having

50:38 ↗ some supervision not just during the

50:40 ↗ daytime but also in a staggered between

50:42 ↗ swing shifts and also some of the

50:43 ↗ graveyard hours

50:45 ↗ so as you can see on this slide total

50:48 ↗ inmates is on the rise from year to date

50:51 ↗ last year with 776 we're already up to

50:53 ↗ 957 and average daily inmates is 43.8

50:57 ↗ was gone up to 54.5 in case you aren't

51:00 ↗ aware didn't remember 72 beds is our

51:04 ↗ current capacity which is a lot of

51:06 ↗ people in our jail and that's only

51:09 ↗ minimal for how many we can house as far

51:11 ↗ as the females versus the males we have

51:13 ↗ a lot more space for the males but we do

51:15 ↗ balance that and we keep that that's

51:17 ↗ still a lot of people and imagine that's

51:19 ↗ 72 people with only two people minimum

51:21 ↗ and so having those staff to where they

51:24 ↗ can cover all the different shifts

51:25 ↗ monitor that many people or if an

51:27 ↗ incident does take place having some of

51:30 ↗ the overlaps so they have oversight as

51:31 ↗ well those are integral parts to having

51:34 ↗ the Staffing that is necessary in

51:35 ↗ growing that

51:39 ↗ dispatch needs increased Staffing for

51:42 ↗ more dispatchers are required to keep on

51:44 ↗ top of the increasing proportion of

51:45 ↗ emergency calls we are receiving within

51:48 ↗ growing population staff is considering

51:50 ↗ the addition of one dispatcher which is

51:52 ↗ approximately 130 000 the reason for the

51:57 ↗ right now we are we all the shifts are

51:59 ↗ covered and it's great the problematic

52:01 ↗ piece is we had one that had to go on

52:04 ↗ medical for a period of time when that

52:06 ↗ happens then everybody else has to jump

52:08 ↗ on board and take all of these different

52:09 ↗ pieces instead of having a coverage

52:11 ↗ person or even two that manages those

52:14 ↗ shifts or covers when people are want to

52:16 ↗ take time off or when they're ill and so

52:18 ↗ as you can imagine if we were at any of

52:20 ↗ your jobs and someone wasn't there to

52:22 ↗ balance that out everybody else has to

52:24 ↗ jump on board it's the same factor and

52:25 ↗ so when we're a 9-1-1 Center that

52:27 ↗ dispatches for multiple different

52:29 ↗ agencies and it's a requirement in your

52:31 ↗ Lifeline for these officers as well as

52:33 ↗ the residents that call in 9-1-1 it

52:35 ↗ becomes problematic and currently we

52:37 ↗ have one supervisor and we have one lead

52:39 ↗ we're hoping to finish and we have

52:41 ↗ another lead spot we're hoping to fill

52:43 ↗ here soon we have 10 dispatchers and so

52:46 ↗ we're asking for that one more currently

52:49 ↗ um as you can see with the graph also

52:51 ↗ City of Issaquah population of almost 41

52:53 ↗ 000 we have 33 officers

52:55 ↗ city of Snoqualmie has population of 22

52:57 ↗ 000 with approximately 22 officers and

53:00 ↗ then North Bend with the population is 7

53:02 ↗ 300 almost 7 400. the 22 officers for

53:06 ↗ Snoqualmie North Bend that covers both

53:08 ↗ those jurisdictions

53:10 ↗ so it's not just so that's why there's

53:12 ↗ not a number next to that because

53:13 ↗ Snoqualmie covers North Bend

53:15 ↗ so the other piece to this that's not

53:18 ↗ mentioned here on the slide is that

53:21 ↗ starting in 2024 it used to be that

53:23 ↗ wherever you were at your cell when you

53:24 ↗ would call a 9-1-1 it would ping to

53:26 ↗ whatever Tower you were on so you go to

53:27 ↗ wsp or you go to King County well

53:29 ↗ starting in 2024 so it's new technology

53:32 ↗ as you can imagine if you're anywhere

53:34 ↗ within our city limits no matter where

53:36 ↗ you're at they're just going to know

53:37 ↗ that you are so if you're on I-90 in our

53:39 ↗ city you're going to trigger our

53:41 ↗ Dispatch Center so that being the case

53:43 ↗ we're going to our in our 911s will

53:45 ↗ increase comparatively to even what it's

53:47 ↗ been in the past

53:48 ↗ so our calls for service will go up

53:50 ↗ because of that piece alone

53:55 ↗ body cameras this is what in the 2024

53:58 ↗ budget and it's been pushed out that

54:01 ↗ we're we had the pilot program that

54:03 ↗ haven't started yet this is a

54:06 ↗ small image of what similar to what our

54:08 ↗ cameras are going to look like and every

54:09 ↗ officer will have one our Corrections

54:11 ↗ will not have them yet it is something

54:12 ↗ that we're looking at too for future but

54:14 ↗ right now it's just the patrol officers

54:16 ↗ and with this aspect and implementation

54:19 ↗ it's still shooting for quarter one of

54:21 ↗ 2024. we're looking for the pilot

54:24 ↗ program to be before that we're looking

54:25 ↗ to mid-september for that to be we're

54:28 ↗ finishing up the policies we're

54:30 ↗ finishing up the public disclosure

54:32 ↗ request piece of that which also

54:34 ↗ includes the part of

54:36 ↗ um when the pilot program starts if

54:39 ↗ someone requests one we have to be able

54:41 ↗ to know what to charge them because it

54:42 ↗ takes a lot of effort to bring out all

54:44 ↗ those camera angles and submit that for

54:47 ↗ disclosure so we're looking at and

54:49 ↗ working on all those pieces each camera

54:51 ↗ has increased visibility with a four or

54:53 ↗ four to three aspect ratio 160 degree

54:55 ↗ degree field of view cameras can

54:58 ↗ automatically

54:59 ↗ share live streams with support teams

55:01 ↗ and commands so for example it's not to

55:03 ↗ watch Big Brother it's not for me to be

55:05 ↗ listening in or watching the officers if

55:07 ↗ I get called and I'm at my house and

55:09 ↗ there's an emergency emergent situation

55:11 ↗ I can pull up my screen and see what the

55:12 ↗ officers are seeing and make Command

55:13 ↗ Decisions from there as well and so it

55:15 ↗ just gives us a better span of control

55:17 ↗ and then I can also have communication

55:20 ↗ without them having to call or tell me

55:21 ↗ what's going on but I can still have

55:23 ↗ that conversation with real-time

55:25 ↗ information and so that's what it's

55:27 ↗ intended for and also for the protection

55:30 ↗ of staff and for the residents

55:32 ↗ themselves so there will those policies

55:35 ↗ will be put in place with me talking to

55:37 ↗ the equity board and seeing anything

55:38 ↗ that they as well have and questions

55:40 ↗ they have to be brought up and so that's

55:42 ↗ a part of that implementation and

55:45 ↗ cameras will also 167 waterproof longer

55:49 ↗ life battery which is and I think you've

55:51 ↗ got a question Chief yeah

55:55 ↗ so um and I want to make clear that I I

55:58 ↗ think body cameras are a good idea but I

56:01 ↗ was listening to kuow a couple of days

56:03 ↗ ago and they were talking about the um

56:06 ↗ the difficulty of keeping up with all

56:09 ↗ the storage and of of

56:12 ↗ um

56:13 ↗ uh what would you say uh

56:15 ↗ digitizing everything and making sure

56:18 ↗ that it was all searchable and so forth

56:20 ↗ and they're finding out that they needed

56:22 ↗ double the number of people that they

56:24 ↗ had originally projected to do that work

56:25 ↗ I don't know if you're hearing anything

56:27 ↗ about that or

56:30 ↗ um if people are working on solutions to

56:33 ↗ this sort of data overload that's coming

56:35 ↗ out of the body cameras are do we have

56:39 ↗ any idea about how many people it might

56:41 ↗ take to actually take that data and put

56:44 ↗ it into a searchable format

56:47 ↗ great question thank you we've had a

56:49 ↗ team of people between our I.T our

56:51 ↗ record staff our record supervisor that

56:53 ↗ have gone out and we wanted to learn

56:54 ↗ from others and what they've done to

56:57 ↗ implement this program and problems

56:59 ↗ they've found before they got started

57:01 ↗ and so we wanted to learn and not

57:03 ↗ reinvent the wheel so we went up to

57:05 ↗ multiple agencies that also have our

57:06 ↗ same

57:08 ↗ um

57:09 ↗ report writing system or our record

57:10 ↗ system

57:11 ↗ and so we made sure that our data

57:14 ↗ merging and what the base was in keeping

57:17 ↗ that in the cloud and the downloading

57:19 ↗ and all of that and how many to do the

57:22 ↗ research and so we've looked at all of

57:24 ↗ that and they've put that all together

57:26 ↗ and so our staff between the IT

57:29 ↗ department and Records is working on

57:31 ↗ what those pieces are and we're making

57:33 ↗ sure those questions are asked in

57:35 ↗ advance so we are prepared for what that

57:37 ↗ looks like long term

57:39 ↗ yes great question councilman Ray

57:42 ↗ thanks mayor Paulie I just want to kind

57:44 ↗ of piggyback on council member D

57:46 ↗ Michelle on body cams we looked at

57:49 ↗ redaction and how we're going to manage

57:50 ↗ redaction of of images

57:53 ↗ um

57:54 ↗ with the body cams yes so one of those

57:57 ↗ major pieces that we looked for and we

57:59 ↗ asked that question is this program that

58:01 ↗ we're looking at and we're looking to

58:02 ↗ purchase and that he's going to Pilot

58:04 ↗ the program actually does a 95 to 97

58:07 ↗ percent data redaction through the

58:09 ↗ program it's already implemented in the

58:11 ↗ cost that we're doing so we don't have

58:12 ↗ to hire extra staff to do all of that

58:14 ↗ now there will be times when there's

58:16 ↗ going to be an arm that goes across or

58:17 ↗ there's going to be something that will

58:19 ↗ be missed so it will still be reviewed

58:21 ↗ but before it's released but at the same

58:23 ↗ time the program itself does a majority

58:25 ↗ of that redaction and so we made sure

58:28 ↗ those questions were asked and that's a

58:30 ↗ huge piece and we wanted to make sure do

58:31 ↗ we have to have five more people to do

58:33 ↗ this or that's part of because they're

58:36 ↗ not we're not the first person that have

58:37 ↗ purchased this program and and they have

58:40 ↗ done a great job with implementing and

58:42 ↗ realizing the deficiencies and what's

58:45 ↗ been necessary but that was a big piece

58:47 ↗ because that was one of my big concerns

58:49 ↗ with how many records people I needed

58:50 ↗ for sure that's great thank you

58:53 ↗ good to go okay

58:59 ↗ otherwise city is addressing Community

59:01 ↗ survey results because we know that we

59:03 ↗ did see the results of the community

59:04 ↗ survey we're making sure we have a

59:07 ↗ visibility of our police we're

59:08 ↗ encouraging our staff to make sure

59:09 ↗ they're out and about they're in the

59:11 ↗ different communities we minding our

59:13 ↗ staff that just because they're not

59:15 ↗ responding to a crime or maybe they're

59:17 ↗ not at a call for service they're

59:18 ↗ driving around the city is sometimes

59:20 ↗ presence alone helps deter things from

59:22 ↗ happening whether it be in the

59:24 ↗ commercial areas whether it be in

59:25 ↗ residences whether it be at night and

59:27 ↗ then sometimes going through a

59:29 ↗ neighborhood twice in a row they think

59:31 ↗ oh they're gone and then I can go do

59:33 ↗ whatever but then we come through again

59:34 ↗ and then you don't know when your

59:35 ↗ partner is going through so we're really

59:37 ↗ encouraging high visibility we're also

59:39 ↗ encouraging if you need to take a break

59:41 ↗ or you just are waiting for a certain

59:43 ↗ call or to head somewhere we park in

59:45 ↗ front of a business so we're trying to

59:48 ↗ visibility is a big piece another thing

59:50 ↗ we're also is that we obviously

59:52 ↗ increased our staffing which has been

59:54 ↗ hugely helpful and also getting people

59:57 ↗ into those Specialties now being that

59:59 ↗ we're almost fully staffed we still have

1:00:00 ↗ a lot of entry level and people that are

1:00:02 ↗ still getting trained and working

1:00:03 ↗ through those steps so that's another

1:00:06 ↗ piece we're working towards and getting

1:00:07 ↗ everybody trained and all our ftos I

1:00:09 ↗ want to thank them publicly because

1:00:11 ↗ they've been Non-Stop and they have

1:00:14 ↗ still a long road ahead of them and so

1:00:16 ↗ I'm very proud of them for all the work

1:00:17 ↗ that they put in and training and

1:00:18 ↗ getting people that will work side by

1:00:20 ↗ side them on a on soon basis so we're

1:00:23 ↗ thankful for them and all the work that

1:00:25 ↗ they've put in we've increased patrols

1:00:26 ↗ like I said in the areas not just in the

1:00:28 ↗ reporting we have availability of

1:00:30 ↗ information about police activities and

1:00:32 ↗ programs we have the police blotter

1:00:34 ↗ which Ryan does on a weekly basis she's

1:00:37 ↗ done an amazing job the annual and

1:00:39 ↗ monthly reports which gets everybody

1:00:41 ↗ thing out to everybody anyone that

1:00:42 ↗ subscribes or is interested in the

1:00:43 ↗ information we've also out on Facebook

1:00:46 ↗ quite a bit messaging all the activities

1:00:49 ↗ that we're doing sometimes it's

1:00:51 ↗ activities not just the fun stuff like

1:00:53 ↗ National Night Out or salmon days to

1:00:55 ↗ come sometimes it's also things that

1:00:57 ↗ great work that's been done whether it's

1:00:58 ↗ be arrests of people that have committed

1:01:01 ↗ crimes or people that have been victims

1:01:03 ↗ we want them to know that something is

1:01:05 ↗ being been accomplished and they can

1:01:07 ↗ feel safer that people are being held

1:01:09 ↗ accountable

1:01:10 ↗ and plans for enhanced data dashboard

1:01:12 ↗ and crime mapping available to the

1:01:14 ↗ public so that's something also that

1:01:15 ↗ Ryan and the staff are working on to

1:01:17 ↗ make more available as people would like

1:01:19 ↗ to have that information

1:01:21 ↗ other crime prevention efforts increase

1:01:22 ↗ Staffing for the programs as mentioned

1:01:24 ↗ before reviewing and building programs

1:01:27 ↗ going through the pause on patrol

1:01:29 ↗ building up those residence academies

1:01:32 ↗ again the parent projects because they

1:01:35 ↗ were always very successful programs

1:01:37 ↗ people really thanked us for those and

1:01:39 ↗ we're excited in asking when they were

1:01:40 ↗ coming back so we're excited to get

1:01:41 ↗ those going again and working with those

1:01:43 ↗ relationships we partnership with

1:01:45 ↗ businesses to Target shoplifting the

1:01:48 ↗ retail business meetings have been going

1:01:50 ↗ regularly we even asked them if they

1:01:52 ↗ wanted to cut back from once a month and

1:01:55 ↗ they wanted to continue and there's a

1:01:56 ↗ huge group that's been very interactive

1:02:00 ↗ with us and it's been very successful

1:02:02 ↗ and very proud to have some of those

1:02:03 ↗ relationships sometimes having those

1:02:05 ↗ it's it's building that trust again and

1:02:07 ↗ that's been growing greatly and we're

1:02:09 ↗ very pleased for a lot of those

1:02:10 ↗ relationships

1:02:12 ↗ and we've added some the crime analysis

1:02:15 ↗ component to increase emphasis Patrols

1:02:17 ↗ in those areas as specified earlier this

1:02:21 ↗ is also increased our reporting we're

1:02:23 ↗ also telling people how to report not

1:02:26 ↗ only with their my little PSAs from Tim

1:02:29 ↗ but also we've encouraged them with

1:02:31 ↗ online

1:02:32 ↗ different things that they're able to

1:02:34 ↗ report the things that we're asking for

1:02:35 ↗ and that's at National Night Out we'll

1:02:37 ↗ also be discussing what to expect when

1:02:38 ↗ you call 9-1-1 and or what information

1:02:40 ↗ we're looking for or why we need the

1:02:42 ↗ information we ask for and what's

1:02:44 ↗ required and what's not so those are the

1:02:46 ↗ big things that we've

1:02:48 ↗ we're using to otherwise Community or

1:02:51 ↗ touch base on the community results

1:02:53 ↗ and I believe that's it for me so I'm

1:02:56 ↗ happy to answer any other questions that

1:02:57 ↗ anyone might have

1:03:01 ↗ council member Ray

1:03:03 ↗ um thank you mayor Paulie and uh I'm

1:03:05 ↗ going to scoot a little bit away from

1:03:06 ↗ council member marks when I ask this

1:03:08 ↗ question but given the increase in the

1:03:10 ↗ cost of dispatch and the potential

1:03:13 ↗ changes in 2024 that you mentioned have

1:03:16 ↗ we looked at just from a cost

1:03:17 ↗ perspective what Outsourcing dispatch

1:03:19 ↗ might look like from a budget

1:03:22 ↗ perspective we have not

1:03:24 ↗ where we'd have no plans to Outsource

1:03:26 ↗ dispatch we are looking at what we

1:03:28 ↗ charge our neighbor jurisdictions for uh

1:03:30 ↗ dispatching but we have no plans to

1:03:33 ↗ outforce dispatch which actually thank

1:03:36 ↗ you for taking up my other question

1:03:37 ↗ which is with the increase in population

1:03:39 ↗ at the jail is that having any impact on

1:03:41 ↗ the fees that we're looking to charge

1:03:44 ↗ our partners for jail service or jail

1:03:46 ↗ beds excellent question we are also

1:03:48 ↗ looking at our contracts that we

1:03:49 ↗ currently have and with

1:03:52 ↗ um Cola rates and everything moving and

1:03:54 ↗ improving we are also adding at least a

1:03:56 ↗ five percent increase asking that in the

1:03:58 ↗ new contracts that will be pushed out as

1:03:59 ↗ well

1:04:00 ↗ great thank you

1:04:01 ↗ additional questions for chief

1:04:05 ↗ thank you very much Chief thank you for

1:04:07 ↗ your time so Madam mayor our plan we've

1:04:09 ↗ we've got a few other areas to go

1:04:11 ↗ through so we'll make the presentation

1:04:12 ↗ answer any initial questions and come

1:04:14 ↗ back for General discussion is that that

1:04:16 ↗ sounds great very good thank you next up

1:04:18 ↗ thank you Chief uh our Public Works

1:04:20 ↗ director Emily Moon

1:04:28 ↗ good evening

1:04:31 ↗ here to discuss what we're doing in

1:04:34 ↗ transportation and Mobility

1:04:37 ↗ um

1:04:37 ↗ you all will recall that in Spring City

1:04:41 ↗ Administration and I presented some of

1:04:43 ↗ the needs in this Arena I'm happy to say

1:04:46 ↗ we've made a lot of progress thus far in

1:04:48 ↗ filling our positions it's still a

1:04:51 ↗ little bit of work to go

1:04:53 ↗ and we put two good work the

1:04:56 ↗ Professional Services dollars that you

1:04:58 ↗ also gave us permission for at that time

1:05:05 ↗ some of the current things that we're

1:05:07 ↗ working on right now and we'll continue

1:05:09 ↗ to work on in 2024

1:05:12 ↗ you see on your screen I'm going to

1:05:15 ↗ lightly touch on each of these because

1:05:17 ↗ they're in your packet

1:05:19 ↗ bottom line is we still have a lot on

1:05:23 ↗ our work plan we think that

1:05:27 ↗ all of these activities and more are in

1:05:31 ↗ service to improving mobility and

1:05:33 ↗ transportation in the community and

1:05:35 ↗ we're again at that point where we just

1:05:39 ↗ need to execute we need to implement

1:05:41 ↗ these things make progress on the

1:05:43 ↗ capital project

1:05:45 ↗ and complete our work in design the

1:05:49 ↗ future for our infrastructure

1:05:53 ↗ so on this list we have Metroflex

1:05:56 ↗ Metroflex has been before the mobility

1:06:00 ↗ and infrastructure committee recently

1:06:02 ↗ will be coming back to city council for

1:06:05 ↗ discussion the first meeting in August

1:06:07 ↗ August 7th and that's the moment in time

1:06:10 ↗ where the full Council will hopefully

1:06:12 ↗ provide some direction in terms of the

1:06:15 ↗ pursuit of King County's

1:06:18 ↗ point to point on demand service that is

1:06:22 ↗ being proposed

1:06:23 ↗ our its plan intelligent transportation

1:06:27 ↗ system program has been evaluated we are

1:06:32 ↗ still working on the final report

1:06:34 ↗ that has a significant implementation

1:06:37 ↗ plan include some pieces that are

1:06:39 ↗ already built in to the capital budget

1:06:41 ↗ and the operating budget that you have

1:06:43 ↗ approved we will be speaking with you

1:06:46 ↗ more about that this fall

1:06:48 ↗ we also are in the midst of putting

1:06:53 ↗ together the capital projects you see on

1:06:55 ↗ the list the escrow safety bundle Front

1:06:57 ↗ Street streetscape all their Festival

1:07:00 ↗ Street and the Strategic small capital

1:07:03 ↗ projects all of those include design and

1:07:06 ↗ construction phases another significant

1:07:09 ↗ Mobility Improvement that is in the

1:07:11 ↗ works in the you have just

1:07:14 ↗ helped us get underway through blessing

1:07:17 ↗ the contract is the I-90 Crossing

1:07:19 ↗ planning study and as you may know we're

1:07:23 ↗ doing a lot of Outreach on the transit

1:07:25 ↗ study right now we expect that we will

1:07:29 ↗ be sharing those results with you in the

1:07:31 ↗ near future in the in the whole

1:07:33 ↗ Community as well

1:07:35 ↗ so that's what we have in part going on

1:07:38 ↗ right now

1:07:40 ↗ my focus is really just to make sure

1:07:42 ↗ again that we can Implement resources

1:07:45 ↗ and the activities that you have given

1:07:48 ↗ us Direction on

1:07:51 ↗ I've mentioned Metroflex shuttle this

1:07:55 ↗ will be an item that will be considered

1:07:59 ↗ as part of the mid biennial budget

1:08:01 ↗ update as it is not currently budgeted

1:08:04 ↗ within the 2024 budget and then the

1:08:07 ↗ second piece on this slide is

1:08:10 ↗ to do a reclassification for one of our

1:08:13 ↗ senior signal texts and the spring you

1:08:18 ↗ gave me permission to go and fill a

1:08:21 ↗ third signal Tech position happy to say

1:08:24 ↗ we have done that but we have an

1:08:27 ↗ individual

1:08:29 ↗ that is a long-term employee a master

1:08:32 ↗ electrician an invaluable resource to

1:08:36 ↗ the city that I want to retain and who I

1:08:39 ↗ believe

1:08:40 ↗ has been doing above and beyond the

1:08:45 ↗ classification and so I'd like to

1:08:47 ↗ address that both for a retention

1:08:49 ↗ standpoint but also provide some growth

1:08:51 ↗ opportunities within our Workforce

1:08:56 ↗ with that I will answer

1:08:58 ↗ any questions that you have about

1:09:00 ↗ transportation and Mobility

1:09:01 ↗ councilmember D Michelle

1:09:04 ↗ so I I believe we have a a couple of

1:09:07 ↗ positions that are limited term

1:09:10 ↗ employment

1:09:11 ↗ um and uh I'm wondering for long-term

1:09:15 ↗ planning and we have a number of really

1:09:17 ↗ significant projects I love the list

1:09:20 ↗ thank you very much but we have some

1:09:22 ↗ long-term projects that are going to

1:09:24 ↗ take some time and I'm just wondering if

1:09:26 ↗ there's been any consideration of

1:09:27 ↗ converting those positions to uh

1:09:31 ↗ full employment or continuing employment

1:09:34 ↗ sure currently my department has one

1:09:37 ↗ individual who is a limited term

1:09:39 ↗ employee who works closely with

1:09:42 ↗ Community Planning and Development as

1:09:45 ↗ well on our transportation planning that

1:09:48 ↗ individual has been the primary on

1:09:50 ↗ Metroflex as you know

1:09:53 ↗ and I would love to retain him and that

1:09:57 ↗ position I I we need people to get the

1:10:00 ↗ work done but for the biennial budget

1:10:04 ↗ that hasn't been included would be

1:10:06 ↗ something that we consider for the next

1:10:09 ↗ financial budget

1:10:12 ↗ any other questions thank you

1:10:14 ↗ councilmember

1:10:16 ↗ uh councilmember hunt

1:10:18 ↗ um the Metroflex shuttle will be a pilot

1:10:21 ↗ program and so I'm wondering if you can

1:10:22 ↗ speak to a little bit about how we're

1:10:24 ↗ going to be assessing the pilot program

1:10:26 ↗ at the end of this pilot year what sort

1:10:29 ↗ of data is being collected and surveys

1:10:31 ↗ before and after sure sure and I don't

1:10:34 ↗ have that comprehensive list in front of

1:10:35 ↗ me there are a bunch of metrics that

1:10:37 ↗ we've spelled out in the mobility and

1:10:39 ↗ infrastructure

1:10:41 ↗ meeting and be happy to get you that

1:10:44 ↗ full list for the August council meeting

1:10:47 ↗ I just don't have it in front of me but

1:10:48 ↗ a lot of metrics on ridership of course

1:10:50 ↗ on the types of trips that are being

1:10:53 ↗ taken so that we can better understand

1:10:55 ↗ that and make sure that the means are

1:10:58 ↗ fitting the actual Community needs we

1:11:02 ↗ also will be looking at where people go

1:11:05 ↗ we will be looking at the integration

1:11:08 ↗ with other fixed routes a transportation

1:11:11 ↗ systems so there's a variety of data

1:11:13 ↗ that we will be looking for and we have

1:11:17 ↗ a project schedule as you suggested to

1:11:21 ↗ sit down with King County Metro discuss

1:11:23 ↗ those make sure that its meaning

1:11:25 ↗ Community need that also look at it from

1:11:28 ↗ the financial investment side to make

1:11:30 ↗ sure that it's the wisest use of our

1:11:33 ↗ dollars to get at the problems that we

1:11:34 ↗ want to correct with our Mobility gaps

1:11:38 ↗ and we will be bringing that data back

1:11:41 ↗ to city council

1:11:45 ↗ thanks any additional questions

1:11:47 ↗ I'm not seeing any thanks director Moon

1:11:54 ↗ next mini dollywall our community

1:11:55 ↗ planning and development director

1:12:09 ↗ good evening members of the council and

1:12:12 ↗ community members

1:12:14 ↗ um so our part here

1:12:17 ↗ um

1:12:18 ↗ is really focused on improving service

1:12:21 ↗ so we've gotten through the code update

1:12:25 ↗ process and have undertaken the

1:12:28 ↗ implementation phase of the code update

1:12:31 ↗ um what we learned from the survey we're

1:12:34 ↗ taking all of that into consideration as

1:12:36 ↗ you know land he's planning was number

1:12:38 ↗ two priority as we gleaned and got into

1:12:42 ↗ what was really implied and you know we

1:12:45 ↗ did our best to understand overall built

1:12:48 ↗ environment was above

1:12:50 ↗ um you know 60 percent folks were

1:12:52 ↗ satisfied with that quality of new

1:12:55 ↗ development was only slightly up

1:12:58 ↗ um ease of getting permit was eight

1:13:00 ↗ percent but you know 65 percent said

1:13:02 ↗ don't know so we couple that with our

1:13:05 ↗ own survey that we do of the applicants

1:13:07 ↗ because people may not have had to get a

1:13:09 ↗ permit uh through the community survey

1:13:11 ↗ of

1:13:13 ↗ of all the people that filled out that

1:13:15 ↗ survey when we couple that with our own

1:13:17 ↗ survey that we've done

1:13:20 ↗ um I think um it's important to note

1:13:22 ↗ there were Hallmarks for professionalism

1:13:24 ↗ of the staff and online permitting

1:13:27 ↗ people were satisfied with that we

1:13:29 ↗ certainly understand there's room for

1:13:31 ↗ improvement and Clarity of the process

1:13:33 ↗ and the timing of the reviews and we're

1:13:35 ↗ committed to working on that within our

1:13:38 ↗ existing resources

1:13:39 ↗ there were also High marks for

1:13:41 ↗ environmental stewardship which is

1:13:43 ↗ across the city

1:13:45 ↗ um and of course we heard need to

1:13:48 ↗ increase availability of affordable

1:13:49 ↗ housing

1:13:50 ↗ and improve how we plan for growth so in

1:13:54 ↗ our budget for this year we already have

1:13:58 ↗ um you know council's given us a lot of

1:14:01 ↗ resources related to long-term planning

1:14:03 ↗ for the comprehensive Plan update and

1:14:05 ↗ the Eis work that we're doing there was

1:14:07 ↗ money included in the last biennial

1:14:11 ↗ budget we also had some money allocated

1:14:14 ↗ for implementation of housing strategies

1:14:17 ↗ and that's also implementing the

1:14:20 ↗ legislative

1:14:22 ↗ bills that came through our way and then

1:14:26 ↗ also to do parking study

1:14:28 ↗ so all of those are funded the budget

1:14:31 ↗ also included an affordable housing

1:14:33 ↗ planner position that you know Council

1:14:36 ↗ was previously briefed on

1:14:38 ↗ um we are using a fabulous in-house

1:14:40 ↗ resource with Jen Davis Hayes taking on

1:14:43 ↗ some of that responsibility

1:14:45 ↗ um so we will come in and give you a

1:14:48 ↗ more up-to-date uh detail of what staff

1:14:51 ↗ is working on permit process and

1:14:52 ↗ procedures uh in fall and how we're best

1:14:56 ↗ allocating our existing resources but

1:14:58 ↗ happy to answer any questions

1:15:01 ↗ any questions

1:15:03 ↗ director dollywell thank you Minnie

1:15:05 ↗ thank you

1:15:12 ↗ next uh is

1:15:14 ↗ Emergency Management

1:15:16 ↗ and uh I believe Jared this is your

1:15:18 ↗ first appearance at the city council

1:15:20 ↗ Jared Schneider our new emergency

1:15:22 ↗ manager hello folks yes hello my name is

1:15:24 ↗ Jared Schneider I am your new emergency

1:15:26 ↗ manager it is a pleasure to be in front

1:15:28 ↗ of you today uh especially given that it

1:15:30 ↗ is not an emergency and everything is

1:15:33 ↗ raining and wonderful outside so um like

1:15:37 ↗ I said yes I am the new emergency

1:15:38 ↗ manager uh before this role I was with

1:15:40 ↗ King County Office of Emergency

1:15:42 ↗ Management for five years before that I

1:15:44 ↗ was with the Red Cross during my time at

1:15:46 ↗ King County we saw floods landslides

1:15:50 ↗ wildfires pandemic you name it so coming

1:15:54 ↗ with us some emergency baggage if you

1:15:56 ↗ will to this position some of you may

1:15:59 ↗ also recognize me I was actually here a

1:16:01 ↗ couple years ago speaking to you all

1:16:03 ↗ about Wildfire risk I was co-leading an

1:16:06 ↗ effort to develop the King County

1:16:07 ↗ Wildfire risk reduction strategy we

1:16:09 ↗ brought it to you all to gather input

1:16:11 ↗ and feedback and support for it we

1:16:14 ↗ released it about a year ago with mayor

1:16:15 ↗ Paulie up in the uh up in Miramont and

1:16:19 ↗ it was a great a great event and so far

1:16:21 ↗ it's been well received and we're taking

1:16:23 ↗ actionable steps in our region to reduce

1:16:25 ↗ our risk so with that being said it's

1:16:27 ↗ great to be on team Issaquah so far uh

1:16:30 ↗ 10 weeks in but they've been lovely 10

1:16:32 ↗ weeks everyone has been very kind and

1:16:34 ↗ I'm excited to be here so it's great to

1:16:37 ↗ meet you

1:16:38 ↗ with that my slide deck is pretty light

1:16:41 ↗ like I said I've only been here 10 weeks

1:16:43 ↗ so I'm only discovering what the

1:16:45 ↗ priorities of the Emergency Management

1:16:46 ↗ program should be here in issua that

1:16:49 ↗ being said there's three main categories

1:16:51 ↗ that I'm seeing as early winners if you

1:16:53 ↗ will Emergency Operations Center

1:16:55 ↗ Readiness so making sure that we're

1:16:57 ↗ ready as a city to respond to any

1:16:59 ↗ disaster be it small or large community

1:17:02 ↗ resilience ensuring our community is

1:17:04 ↗ prepared that there's self-reliance and

1:17:07 ↗ awareness of our hazards in our

1:17:10 ↗ community

1:17:11 ↗ risk reduction ensuring that as our

1:17:13 ↗ community grows that the protective

1:17:15 ↗ actions that we take to protect our city

1:17:18 ↗ also grow with the city those are the

1:17:20 ↗ three early priorities that I'm seeing

1:17:22 ↗ but again they may change as time goes

1:17:25 ↗ on

1:17:27 ↗ So speaking of wildfire um it's a it's

1:17:30 ↗ fun to talk about it on a day like this

1:17:31 ↗ as it's raining the only day in the

1:17:33 ↗ Summer where it feels like it's been

1:17:35 ↗ raining but what you see in front of you

1:17:37 ↗ here is you SCI fire and rescues uh

1:17:39 ↗ calls to brush fires and this is a seven

1:17:42 ↗ year period so it's quite a busy map

1:17:44 ↗ keep in mind that brush fires are very

1:17:47 ↗ small actually they're only about 20

1:17:49 ↗ feet by 20 feet so while this while this

1:17:51 ↗ does look like there's a lot of them

1:17:52 ↗ going on keep in mind that they are

1:17:55 ↗ relatively small incidents there's no

1:17:57 ↗ separate category with an effer for

1:17:59 ↗ wildfires they just don't collect that

1:18:00 ↗ type of data but I wanted to share this

1:18:02 ↗ all with you all to know that we're

1:18:05 ↗ thinking about it over here on the Poke

1:18:07 ↗ safety Emergency Management side but

1:18:09 ↗ also too that we're looking into data

1:18:11 ↗ right we're trying to understand our

1:18:13 ↗ risk better for our community and this

1:18:15 ↗ is just one of the ways that we're doing

1:18:16 ↗ that

1:18:17 ↗ with that being said there are some

1:18:19 ↗ short-term actions that we are

1:18:21 ↗ undertaking to reduce our risk of

1:18:23 ↗ wildfire currently

1:18:24 ↗ Eastside fire and rescue is developing a

1:18:26 ↗ community Wildfire protection plan what

1:18:29 ↗ this is is just a plan that helps you

1:18:31 ↗ understand your risk they're breaking it

1:18:33 ↗ down by cities and then within the

1:18:35 ↗ cities we're breaking it down by

1:18:36 ↗ neighborhood so Issaquah we are also

1:18:38 ↗ planning in conjunction with ephra

1:18:40 ↗ plenty of other cities are also in the

1:18:43 ↗ effort of planning for this in the same

1:18:46 ↗ Community Wildfire protection plan we

1:18:48 ↗ don't have a full list yet they just had

1:18:50 ↗ to kick off a couple weeks ago but these

1:18:53 ↗ plans are great like I said for

1:18:54 ↗ understanding risk they help you plan

1:18:56 ↗ for emergency response so whether it be

1:18:58 ↗ evacuation or Sheltering and then also

1:19:00 ↗ they really spell out what you're going

1:19:02 ↗ to do in your neighborhoods about

1:19:03 ↗ reducing that risk right so whether it's

1:19:05 ↗ like things like metal roofs or areas of

1:19:07 ↗ limited Ingress and egress into

1:19:09 ↗ Community that's all found within those

1:19:11 ↗ plans the other thing that we're doing

1:19:14 ↗ is Communications so with the help of

1:19:16 ↗ Thomas and his lovely team we are

1:19:18 ↗ pushing out more information about

1:19:20 ↗ wildfires and really pushing the message

1:19:22 ↗ that Issaquah is all fire country and

1:19:25 ↗ that we should be ready and prepare for

1:19:27 ↗ one a big part of that is alert

1:19:30 ↗ notification so in King County we have a

1:19:33 ↗ service called alert King County it's a

1:19:35 ↗ sign up service where residents can put

1:19:37 ↗ in their information and it is what we

1:19:39 ↗ use to notify residents in any emergency

1:19:43 ↗ now we pulled some numbers in Issaquah

1:19:46 ↗ there's only about a thousand residents

1:19:47 ↗ signed up right now for alert King

1:19:49 ↗ County there's 17 000 more that we have

1:19:52 ↗ from an emergency 911 database so we do

1:19:56 ↗ have confidence that we can reach you

1:19:58 ↗ know a fraction in the community but

1:19:59 ↗ obviously we want to see that number go

1:20:01 ↗ up right so that's going to be one of

1:20:03 ↗ the big things that we're pushing for in

1:20:05 ↗ this Public Communication is sign up for

1:20:07 ↗ alert King County so you can know about

1:20:09 ↗ Wildfire or any Hazard that's in the

1:20:12 ↗ community

1:20:14 ↗ um with that that's actually my last

1:20:15 ↗ slide like I said it's great to meet you

1:20:18 ↗ all if you have any feedback any

1:20:21 ↗ suggestions if you've heard anything

1:20:23 ↗ from the community that you think is a

1:20:25 ↗ priority for the Emergency Management

1:20:26 ↗ program I'd love to hear it it's a

1:20:28 ↗ perfect time as I'm just stepping into

1:20:30 ↗ this role so with that I thank you thank

1:20:33 ↗ you Jared and welcome uh council

1:20:35 ↗ president

1:20:36 ↗ thank you

1:20:38 ↗ um really appreciate your hair I would

1:20:40 ↗ love to talk to you about cert and all

1:20:42 ↗ of that

1:20:43 ↗ um you talked about communication as a

1:20:46 ↗ kind of proactive have

1:20:48 ↗ um do you have plans to have

1:20:49 ↗ conversations about the reactive nature

1:20:53 ↗ of emergencies and how we can

1:20:56 ↗ effectively have a communication

1:20:57 ↗ strategy both for our residents and our

1:21:00 ↗ employees and all of those things in the

1:21:02 ↗ case of an emergency yeah absolutely so

1:21:05 ↗ the procedures are laid out already I

1:21:08 ↗ know we have some Sops that describe

1:21:10 ↗ what we are to do the tools are well

1:21:13 ↗ known to those of us you know in those

1:21:15 ↗ in those roles to notify but there's

1:21:17 ↗ always room for improvement I should say

1:21:18 ↗ you know whether it's pre-scripting

1:21:20 ↗ messages or pre-translating messages

1:21:23 ↗ those are things that we should consider

1:21:25 ↗ and that we can build out in the future

1:21:27 ↗ and we hope to do so for really all of

1:21:29 ↗ our hazards that would require something

1:21:30 ↗ like an evacuation

1:21:33 ↗ any other questions for Jared

1:21:36 ↗ councilman

1:21:38 ↗ um

1:21:40 ↗ I I recall so I did the cert program a

1:21:43 ↗ few years ago now

1:21:44 ↗ um and at the time there was also map

1:21:46 ↗ your neighborhood where you got to know

1:21:48 ↗ who else was in your neighborhood and if

1:21:50 ↗ they had pets or if they had

1:21:52 ↗ um you know how many people were in the

1:21:54 ↗ home and things like that to make sure

1:21:55 ↗ that everybody did get out in the case

1:21:57 ↗ of an evacuation and also just so you

1:21:59 ↗ know your neighbors and um I was

1:22:02 ↗ wondering if that is still

1:22:04 ↗ um what you would if you would still

1:22:06 ↗ recommend people participate in that

1:22:07 ↗ program and then generally in addition

1:22:09 ↗ to signing up for the Emergency

1:22:11 ↗ notification what you would recommend

1:22:14 ↗ um people in Issaquah do to prepare at

1:22:17 ↗ this point like where they should go to

1:22:18 ↗ get that first information about what to

1:22:21 ↗ sign up for and all of that yeah so uh

1:22:24 ↗ to your first point yes map your knit

1:22:26 ↗ map your neighborhood is a great program

1:22:27 ↗ it's been around for a very long time

1:22:29 ↗ it's very popular

1:22:32 ↗ um or had been previously I think its

1:22:35 ↗ popularity has gone down a little bit as

1:22:36 ↗ I think some communities feel more

1:22:38 ↗ isolated people are a little less

1:22:40 ↗ anxious or more anxious to get to know

1:22:42 ↗ their neighbors in some instances and I

1:22:44 ↗ know that the instructors that we do

1:22:46 ↗ have that do map your neighborhood have

1:22:48 ↗ felt that they've felt that there hasn't

1:22:50 ↗ been very many requests with that being

1:22:52 ↗ said I would love to ReDiscover and

1:22:54 ↗ rebuild out that program because I do

1:22:56 ↗ think it's great and no one your

1:22:58 ↗ neighbor's going to be the first person

1:22:59 ↗ that's there you know to check on you

1:23:01 ↗ and and the emergency we we heard the

1:23:03 ↗ chief talk about Staffing shortages and

1:23:05 ↗ the challenges that's been there right

1:23:06 ↗ no one knows your neighborhood like your

1:23:08 ↗ neighbors and so yes I think it's a

1:23:10 ↗ great product it's something that I

1:23:12 ↗ would love to explore more I just don't

1:23:14 ↗ know enough actually about where is been

1:23:16 ↗ with the program and how many

1:23:17 ↗ instructors that we actually have

1:23:19 ↗ locally selective to your second Point

1:23:21 ↗ yeah alert King County truly is the best

1:23:24 ↗ place to find emergency information

1:23:27 ↗ um I wish I had the URL in my brain but

1:23:30 ↗ if you Google alert King County it will

1:23:33 ↗ come up and and what's great about that

1:23:34 ↗ service too is um it's already there's

1:23:37 ↗ eight languages too that you can already

1:23:39 ↗ alert into as well so there's already

1:23:41 ↗ some of that built into it but that is

1:23:44 ↗ the place to go

1:23:46 ↗ your question any other questions for

1:23:49 ↗ Jared

1:23:51 ↗ awesome well thanks so much thank you it

1:23:54 ↗ was great

1:23:56 ↗ members of the council the last area we

1:23:58 ↗ would like to talk about in response to

1:24:00 ↗ your discussions earlier this year is

1:24:02 ↗ our Communications efforts and Thomas

1:24:03 ↗ Rush our Communications manager is here

1:24:08 ↗ good evening council members

1:24:10 ↗ um first off I'm going to start as a

1:24:12 ↗ member of the communications team I'm

1:24:14 ↗ more excited than anyone that Jared's

1:24:16 ↗ here because I'm the one responsible for

1:24:17 ↗ making sure we get that messaging out so

1:24:19 ↗ I'm also very glad he's here

1:24:22 ↗ excuse me to start I just wanted to

1:24:25 ↗ highlight a few of the work plan items

1:24:26 ↗ that we've recently accomplished a lot

1:24:28 ↗ of them tie to what we heard in the

1:24:30 ↗ community survey to start we recently

1:24:33 ↗ released a new version of our city

1:24:35 ↗ projects page that includes a new

1:24:37 ↗ mac-based view this lets residents

1:24:39 ↗ explore what projects are happening

1:24:41 ↗ around town that either in their

1:24:42 ↗ neighborhoods or perhaps on their routes

1:24:44 ↗ out of town just providing new

1:24:47 ↗ perspective on ways to see what's

1:24:49 ↗ happening around town for those who

1:24:51 ↗ really enjoyed browsing our city

1:24:54 ↗ projects by list that's still there

1:24:56 ↗ broken down a nice convenient categories

1:24:58 ↗ based on the topic so we've seen a lot

1:25:01 ↗ of popularity with that already

1:25:03 ↗ happy to keep expanding on that the

1:25:06 ↗ second one is in the community survey we

1:25:09 ↗ saw that people had a noticeable uptick

1:25:11 ↗ in our response to engaging diverse

1:25:13 ↗ audiences we feel this is directly tied

1:25:16 ↗ to the fact that now all of our surveys

1:25:18 ↗ are translated into Spanish and Mandarin

1:25:20 ↗ which really reduces the barrier to

1:25:22 ↗ provide feedback to the city on

1:25:24 ↗ important topics

1:25:25 ↗ we've also recently released two new

1:25:28 ↗ e-newsletters to go along with is Gwen

1:25:31 ↗ Setter or general one and mayor Paulie's

1:25:33 ↗ newsletter as well these two are the

1:25:35 ↗ park bench and green isqua both are

1:25:37 ↗ topic based so park bench really talks

1:25:40 ↗ about the wonderful things our parks

1:25:41 ↗ department is doing reaches out to all

1:25:43 ↗ those audiences that have registered for

1:25:45 ↗ programs or just taken part in

1:25:48 ↗ various activities so a nice really

1:25:50 ↗ robust uh subscriber base to get

1:25:52 ↗ information from us and green is quad is

1:25:54 ↗ brand new I think we're on issue number

1:25:56 ↗ two right now that talks about all of

1:25:58 ↗ the wonderful stewardship and volunteer

1:26:01 ↗ events that we're doing to really

1:26:02 ↗ increase sustainability in town

1:26:04 ↗ throughout Parks Department

1:26:06 ↗ uh I'm super excited by this next Point

1:26:10 ↗ through the pandemic we really were

1:26:12 ↗ forced to Pivot and have a lot of

1:26:14 ↗ virtual meetings to get feedback from

1:26:16 ↗ community members but since 2023 we've

1:26:19 ↗ decided to make a standard that working

1:26:21 ↗ with project managers will bring back

1:26:23 ↗ in-person events so we've already had a

1:26:25 ↗ few open houses for various topics they

1:26:26 ↗ were well attended we talked to a few

1:26:29 ↗ you know anecdotally a few residents who

1:26:31 ↗ were just excited to be in the same room

1:26:33 ↗ as project managers to be able to ask

1:26:35 ↗ their questions and get immediate

1:26:36 ↗ feedback

1:26:37 ↗ uh finally we know this was a priority

1:26:39 ↗ from Council to improve our on-site

1:26:41 ↗ signage for public projects I'm happy to

1:26:44 ↗ say we have a new template in place that

1:26:46 ↗ does a great job of providing detailed

1:26:49 ↗ information to people who are passing by

1:26:51 ↗ project sites and then also provides

1:26:53 ↗ translations and QR codes to those who

1:26:55 ↗ want to find out more online

1:26:57 ↗ so those are things we've recently

1:26:59 ↗ accomplished looking forward we're

1:27:03 ↗ pretty excited that we are doing a

1:27:04 ↗ refresh for our City website it's been

1:27:07 ↗ five years since we redesigned it last

1:27:09 ↗ somehow that's already been five years

1:27:11 ↗ it's kind of blowing my mind

1:27:13 ↗ with that it's a design change so it

1:27:16 ↗ won't be restructuring the entire

1:27:18 ↗ website again this one really focuses on

1:27:20 ↗ the the user experience and the layout

1:27:23 ↗ seeing what best practices happen from

1:27:25 ↗ other municipalities who've recently

1:27:27 ↗ upgraded and taking

1:27:29 ↗ borrowing the best practices they've

1:27:31 ↗ come up with and bringing them to a

1:27:33 ↗ squad 2. so uh with that I think we're

1:27:36 ↗ hoping to aim towards the end of

1:27:38 ↗ December 2023 or early 2024 to release

1:27:40 ↗ that so more to come there

1:27:43 ↗ um as Jared alluded to we're really

1:27:45 ↗ making a specific emphasis on campaigns

1:27:48 ↗ to get people to sign up for uh King

1:27:51 ↗ County alert and other programs to

1:27:53 ↗ improve our ability to provide emergency

1:27:56 ↗ information on specific topics like

1:27:59 ↗ wildfire and flood safety uh what we've

1:28:01 ↗ done in the past has worked in terms of

1:28:03 ↗ getting Outreach out there but I think

1:28:04 ↗ we can do even better so that is going

1:28:06 ↗ to be a priority for communications

1:28:07 ↗ finally we're going to look at

1:28:10 ↗ additional analysis for what public

1:28:13 ↗ engagement needs we might need for the

1:28:14 ↗ next budget cycle I feel confident we

1:28:16 ↗ have right now works really well but in

1:28:18 ↗ the field of communications things

1:28:19 ↗ change rapidly so we will keep our eye

1:28:22 ↗ open for what uh other municipalities

1:28:25 ↗ earning around the country and see if we

1:28:27 ↗ can bring those same tools to use for

1:28:29 ↗ residents here

1:28:30 ↗ short and sweet happy to take any

1:28:34 ↗ questions you have Thomas do we have any

1:28:36 ↗ questions on Communications council

1:28:38 ↗ president

1:28:39 ↗ thank you

1:28:42 ↗ um What is prompting us to consider a

1:28:46 ↗ website redesign do we feel like there

1:28:48 ↗ is more user experience or is it just

1:28:52 ↗ it's been five years and we feel like

1:28:55 ↗ that's time yeah we've made it a habit

1:28:58 ↗ to try and make sure we update our

1:29:00 ↗ website every five to seven years the

1:29:01 ↗ last one was a major redesign of it all

1:29:03 ↗ those kind of changes are prompted by

1:29:06 ↗ feedback from residents and for just

1:29:08 ↗ seeing what best practice exist this one

1:29:10 ↗ is really about just refreshing and

1:29:12 ↗ provide new tools at our our vendor uh

1:29:17 ↗ plus comes out with new things so you to

1:29:19 ↗ Institute those you have to update to

1:29:21 ↗ the newest designs so you take this

1:29:22 ↗ chance to also make the website look uh

1:29:25 ↗ great and be even more useful to

1:29:27 ↗ Residents so just it's periodic that's

1:29:30 ↗ the underlying element but we take this

1:29:31 ↗ chance to really try to improve it too

1:29:33 ↗ to improve performance

1:29:35 ↗ okay uh next question

1:29:37 ↗ are we using AI or any of the chat GPT

1:29:42 ↗ tools something like that as a way to

1:29:45 ↗ enhance our communication strategy it's

1:29:47 ↗ a great question uh so that's an ongoing

1:29:50 ↗ Topic in the field of communications

1:29:51 ↗ really to figure out how best to utilize

1:29:54 ↗ AI based programs at the moment there

1:29:58 ↗ doesn't seem to be a consensus on how

1:30:00 ↗ best to do that I really want to make

1:30:03 ↗ sure that we maintain a reasonable

1:30:05 ↗ expectation for residents what they can

1:30:07 ↗ you know see coming down the line so

1:30:09 ↗ we'll continue to look into that if like

1:30:12 ↗ I said we see that the best practice

1:30:15 ↗ starts to Institute tools like chappie

1:30:17 ↗ gtbs or other AI programs we'll

1:30:20 ↗ reevaluate what our current

1:30:21 ↗ communication tools are and try and

1:30:23 ↗ endpoint as well

1:30:25 ↗ thank you

1:30:26 ↗ great question any other questions for

1:30:27 ↗ communications

1:30:33 ↗ absolutely

1:30:39 ↗ very good

1:30:41 ↗ uh Savannah mayor members of the council

1:30:43 ↗ those are the five areas that we heard

1:30:45 ↗ from the from the city council at uh its

1:30:48 ↗ Retreat a few months back

1:30:50 ↗ um to summarize uh you've heard a lot

1:30:52 ↗ from the police department uh we really

1:30:55 ↗ feel that uh a fully staffed department

1:30:57 ↗ will allow us to do a lot of the things

1:30:59 ↗ that you're hearing from the community

1:31:01 ↗ that we heard from on the community

1:31:03 ↗ survey uh so we're feeling really good

1:31:05 ↗ about that uh the part that we're

1:31:07 ↗ feeling less good about are the

1:31:09 ↗ continued challenges that we have

1:31:11 ↗ operating in jail in a Dispatch Center

1:31:12 ↗ we want to do that we want to continue

1:31:14 ↗ to offer those Services we want to make

1:31:17 ↗ sure we're doing it in a safe

1:31:18 ↗ responsible Manner and so as we look at

1:31:20 ↗ the adjustments to the mid biennium

1:31:23 ↗ budget you will see some requests in

1:31:25 ↗ those areas on the area of

1:31:27 ↗ Transportation as director Moon said

1:31:29 ↗ we've got a lot on our plate we think we

1:31:31 ↗ need to just make some small additional

1:31:33 ↗ adjustments from a staffing perspective

1:31:35 ↗ in order to continue to move forward in

1:31:37 ↗ that Lots on the capital program as we

1:31:40 ↗ consider

1:31:41 ↗ a uh a sales tax for transportation over

1:31:45 ↗ the next several months

1:31:47 ↗ um certainly something we're very

1:31:48 ↗ focused on uh the other three areas we

1:31:51 ↗ don't believe we need additional

1:31:52 ↗ resources but as you've heard this

1:31:54 ↗ evening from the responsible managers we

1:31:57 ↗ want to tweak some of our our focus on

1:32:00 ↗ the uh the planning uh reviewing of

1:32:02 ↗ current applications we've heard you

1:32:04 ↗ we've heard the community uh that there

1:32:06 ↗ is still frustration but with that

1:32:08 ↗ process Title 18 was a big step forward

1:32:10 ↗ uh additional new staff members and our

1:32:14 ↗ planning division is also a big step

1:32:15 ↗ forward we now need to walk that talk

1:32:18 ↗ and continue to return to you on a

1:32:20 ↗ regular basis with data as we continue

1:32:22 ↗ to improve in that area Emergency

1:32:25 ↗ Management

1:32:26 ↗ um I think Jared did an excellent job of

1:32:28 ↗ explaining sort of the high level points

1:32:30 ↗ uh that we need

1:32:33 ↗ um you know the resources for Emergency

1:32:35 ↗ Management are really tricky we feel

1:32:37 ↗ comfortable at this point with the one

1:32:40 ↗ FTE we may need additional resources

1:32:43 ↗ moving forward but we want to spend at

1:32:45 ↗ least that this next year and 24

1:32:47 ↗ focusing on the areas that Jared

1:32:49 ↗ described and then finally in

1:32:50 ↗ Communications something everyone is

1:32:53 ↗ struggling with certainly coming out of

1:32:55 ↗ the pandemic changes is how people

1:32:57 ↗ communicate all over we want to be

1:33:00 ↗ everything to everybody we want to be

1:33:01 ↗ every place and so we'll spend some more

1:33:04 ↗ time talking with colleague agencies but

1:33:07 ↗ looking at more interesting and diverse

1:33:10 ↗ ways to communicate with people during

1:33:12 ↗ 24 and as we come back to you with the

1:33:15 ↗ next banana budget for 25 and 26

1:33:17 ↗ hopefully have some new ideas so that is

1:33:21 ↗ our response to what we heard look for

1:33:23 ↗ your additional feedback this evening

1:33:26 ↗ the slide talks about the uh calendar

1:33:29 ↗ that we are proposing moving forward at

1:33:33 ↗ your next meeting on August 7th we'll

1:33:35 ↗ come with a final report on year-end

1:33:38 ↗ 2022 and a mid-year look as to where

1:33:41 ↗ where we're at with the current year

1:33:43 ↗ budget as well as look at Revenue any

1:33:46 ↗ Revenue changes we're seeing for the

1:33:48 ↗ balance of 23 into 24. on October 30th

1:33:52 ↗ we would like to have a committee the

1:33:55 ↗ whole uh to discuss mayor Paulie's

1:33:57 ↗ adjust proposed mid-year mid-bian

1:33:59 ↗ adjustments to the budget which will

1:34:01 ↗ reflect a lot of what you've heard this

1:34:03 ↗ evening we would then have a public

1:34:05 ↗ hearing for the property tax levy and

1:34:07 ↗ those mid Bay adjustments on November

1:34:10 ↗ 20th and then ask the council to

1:34:13 ↗ consider adoption of those changes on

1:34:15 ↗ December 4th this will also run parallel

1:34:18 ↗ to the council's consideration of

1:34:20 ↗ adjustments of the sales tax and it is

1:34:22 ↗ our hope at this point to closely follow

1:34:25 ↗ the same schedule so at this point we're

1:34:28 ↗ also looking at December 4th as being

1:34:30 ↗ the date that we would ask the council

1:34:32 ↗ to consider changes to the sales tax for

1:34:36 ↗ transportation projects that would allow

1:34:38 ↗ us to implement that sales tax change in

1:34:40 ↗ April of 2024 so two separate tracks

1:34:44 ↗ which we'll bring together as the year

1:34:46 ↗ ends

1:34:48 ↗ um they're probably that concludes our

1:34:50 ↗ presentation happy to answer any

1:34:52 ↗ questions and get additional feedback

1:34:54 ↗ great so let's start with questions and

1:34:56 ↗ then we'll move into comments the

1:34:58 ↗ council president

1:35:00 ↗ thank you so looking over this kind of

1:35:04 ↗ budget

1:35:05 ↗ schedule

1:35:07 ↗ um this is obviously our first bid

1:35:09 ↗ biennium budget so I look at the

1:35:11 ↗ differences between

1:35:13 ↗ this and a regular budget year and one

1:35:17 ↗ of the things that I notice is in a

1:35:21 ↗ regular budget year first of all we

1:35:22 ↗ would get

1:35:24 ↗ um the presentation of the budget in a

1:35:28 ↗ meeting ahead of when we would talk

1:35:30 ↗ about it so that gives us time to absorb

1:35:32 ↗ and then we would have one separate

1:35:35 ↗ meeting on what a revenue picture looks

1:35:37 ↗ like and then another meeting on what

1:35:41 ↗ any ads changes Etc obviously we want to

1:35:45 ↗ streamline this and we don't want to

1:35:47 ↗ repeat a budget scenario but I'm trying

1:35:50 ↗ to understand how we are going to have

1:35:53 ↗ the time to react when what I'm seeing

1:35:56 ↗ here is

1:35:58 ↗ some potential proposed additions and

1:36:02 ↗ then also hearing that there may need to

1:36:07 ↗ be cuts

1:36:08 ↗ in order to pay for those so

1:36:12 ↗ how what flexibility do we have and how

1:36:15 ↗ are we going to have the time to absorb

1:36:17 ↗ the information understand revenue and

1:36:20 ↗ understand any potential changes

1:36:27 ↗ looking at this calendar uh the first

1:36:29 ↗ discussion will be October 30th we'll

1:36:31 ↗ have all that information to you prior

1:36:33 ↗ to that October 30th discussion uh then

1:36:36 ↗ uh three weeks will pass between that

1:36:39 ↗ cow and the public hearing and then

1:36:41 ↗ another couple of weeks before decisions

1:36:43 ↗ so there's still quite a bit of time

1:36:44 ↗ built into this process certainly we do

1:36:48 ↗ not anticipate the same number of moving

1:36:52 ↗ pieces to this as we have with a regular

1:36:56 ↗ consideration of the two-year budget so

1:36:58 ↗ we think the number of pieces will be

1:37:00 ↗ pretty small I think you've heard the

1:37:02 ↗ Lion's Share of them this evening so you

1:37:05 ↗ don't anticipate a lot of additional

1:37:06 ↗ ones there will certainly be others less

1:37:08 ↗ significant so I think we're feeling

1:37:11 ↗ very comfortable with that time of I

1:37:13 ↗ think this council's gotten very good at

1:37:15 ↗ this quite honestly

1:37:17 ↗ um and so given the the shorter number

1:37:19 ↗ the smaller number of changes this

1:37:21 ↗ should be fine

1:37:23 ↗ so you think the meeting on the October

1:37:25 ↗ 30th will include a brief review of the

1:37:30 ↗ proposed ads what are Revenue situation

1:37:33 ↗ looks like that necessitates potentially

1:37:37 ↗ any cuts and what the proposed cuts are

1:37:40 ↗ um and then we will react to that on the

1:37:44 ↗ 30th because usually November 20th that

1:37:47 ↗ public hearing isn't a give and take so

1:37:50 ↗ much as

1:37:52 ↗ giving the community a chance to provide

1:37:55 ↗ a recommendation so and my my sense is

1:38:00 ↗ you'll have everything you need for a

1:38:01 ↗ full and complete discussion prior to

1:38:03 ↗ October

1:38:07 ↗ any other questions before we move into

1:38:09 ↗ comments and feedback council member D

1:38:11 ↗ Michelle

1:38:12 ↗ just a quick question uh will there be

1:38:15 ↗ an opportunity to add anything to the

1:38:17 ↗ budget topics

1:38:21 ↗ I think councilmember D Michelle tonight

1:38:23 ↗ would be the night

1:38:25 ↗ um if there's additional issues uh that

1:38:27 ↗ the council would like the

1:38:28 ↗ administration to consider again

1:38:31 ↗ um going back to this is a two-year

1:38:33 ↗ budget and so uh the theory behind a

1:38:36 ↗ two-year budget is that only those very

1:38:39 ↗ significant uh changes in condition

1:38:42 ↗ would be changes to that budget so I

1:38:45 ↗ think we've tried to give you what we

1:38:46 ↗ sense as significant changes now there's

1:38:49 ↗ also the programmatic piece which

1:38:51 ↗ perhaps some organization some cities

1:38:54 ↗ don't really talk about and that is that

1:38:56 ↗ shifting of emphasis not changing

1:38:58 ↗ resources but how you use those existing

1:39:01 ↗ budgeted resources we've had a little

1:39:03 ↗ bit of that tonight but if there's

1:39:04 ↗ anything else on the council's mind uh

1:39:07 ↗ for changes in 24 we'd really like to

1:39:10 ↗ hear them

1:39:12 ↗ yeah

1:39:14 ↗ one question said yeah and do I have any

1:39:17 ↗ other questions otherwise we can just

1:39:19 ↗ start going to comments I can start with

1:39:20 ↗ council member D Michelle

1:39:22 ↗ I think we're good go ahead

1:39:25 ↗ um well first of all I you know sitting

1:39:28 ↗ here and also the luncheon we had this

1:39:30 ↗ today just deep appreciation for our

1:39:33 ↗ staff

1:39:34 ↗ um we had such excellent presentations

1:39:37 ↗ tonight and also just acknowledging all

1:39:41 ↗ of the work that goes into making this

1:39:43 ↗ such a great City and so I just want to

1:39:45 ↗ start my remarks by saying that it's

1:39:47 ↗ just such an honor to serve with such

1:39:51 ↗ absolutely wonderfully dedicated people

1:39:53 ↗ so so thank you to everybody

1:39:56 ↗ um uh you know and I

1:40:00 ↗ um I I think maybe what you just said

1:40:01 ↗ about programmatic changes rather than

1:40:04 ↗ financial changes but

1:40:06 ↗ um city manager uh Bob quits is aware

1:40:09 ↗ that I'm really concerned about the Arts

1:40:11 ↗ review that we're going to do in 2024

1:40:14 ↗ and I just want to ensure that we have

1:40:16 ↗ enough resources to do a full and

1:40:18 ↗ complete job so I'm you know I'm not

1:40:21 ↗ suggesting that we add that to the

1:40:23 ↗ topics but I would just like more

1:40:25 ↗ information about what the budget for

1:40:27 ↗ that process will be

1:40:29 ↗ um and uh maybe some just some

1:40:32 ↗ preliminary ideas about how we're going

1:40:34 ↗ to do that Arts review and the scope of

1:40:37 ↗ that of that and so those would be my

1:40:39 ↗ questions really and then with that

1:40:41 ↗ feedback perhaps I would want to come

1:40:44 ↗ back and add that to as a topic but

1:40:47 ↗ um uh right now I don't know that I have

1:40:49 ↗ enough information to actually add it or

1:40:51 ↗ to suggest that it be added but that is

1:40:53 ↗ a big big continuing concern of mine

1:40:56 ↗ that we do a really thorough job of that

1:40:58 ↗ art review so that we again we get the

1:41:01 ↗ arts program that we want not the one

1:41:04 ↗ that we can afford so uh I I think we

1:41:08 ↗ need to do some visioning around that

1:41:10 ↗ topic so that would be my input thank

1:41:13 ↗ you thank you others uh I

1:41:17 ↗ you want to go council member Joe and

1:41:18 ↗ then we'll do council president

1:41:20 ↗ thank you

1:41:21 ↗ um I'll join uh councilmember D Michelle

1:41:24 ↗ and complimenting the administration on

1:41:27 ↗ the gold certification for our city

1:41:30 ↗ we're one of only five in the entire

1:41:32 ↗ State and the only one in the state that

1:41:35 ↗ has the gold certification and that

1:41:37 ↗ really says a lot about the dedication

1:41:40 ↗ of

1:41:41 ↗ um the people that have been working on

1:41:43 ↗ environmental issues for years and years

1:41:45 ↗ in the city one of them of course was

1:41:47 ↗ Cancun's Market we honored tonight

1:41:50 ↗ I'll just comment that looking at the

1:41:53 ↗ budget adjustments I really appreciate

1:41:55 ↗ the administration's emphasis on getting

1:41:58 ↗ dispatch police and the jail to full

1:42:03 ↗ staff if at all possible

1:42:04 ↗ we have a unique position in Issaquah

1:42:07 ↗ with our court system and the police

1:42:10 ↗ because we coordinate so closely with

1:42:13 ↗ Snoqualmie and North Bend and because

1:42:15 ↗ Duvall uses our jail along with

1:42:17 ↗ Snoqualmie and North Bend Duval uses our

1:42:19 ↗ court too excuse me we have the ability

1:42:22 ↗ to be a little bit more of a regional

1:42:24 ↗ public safety center and if we're fully

1:42:29 ↗ staffed and can reach out to the other

1:42:31 ↗ communities and support them it makes

1:42:32 ↗ all of us stronger here on this side of

1:42:35 ↗ the the lake so to speak so I really

1:42:39 ↗ appreciate the emphasis that's being

1:42:40 ↗ made there I think that those are

1:42:42 ↗ dollars well invested in public safety

1:42:45 ↗ and will go a long way to make the

1:42:48 ↗ entire area safe safer and ensure our uh

1:42:53 ↗ especially our our store Keepers and our

1:42:55 ↗ our businesses that we're taking Public

1:42:58 ↗ Safety very seriously thank you

1:43:00 ↗ thank you council president

1:43:01 ↗ thank you

1:43:03 ↗ um I'll jump on and say I really

1:43:05 ↗ appreciate this as a schedule you know

1:43:09 ↗ I've been a little bit nervous about

1:43:11 ↗ what a two-year budget looks like from

1:43:15 ↗ our ability to make changes as needed

1:43:19 ↗ and be responsive to what we're hearing

1:43:22 ↗ in the community but I think we've set

1:43:24 ↗ up a good system here of focusing on the

1:43:29 ↗ community survey and our performance

1:43:31 ↗ metrics and using that to be reactive

1:43:34 ↗ and then I really appreciate recognizing

1:43:37 ↗ that

1:43:38 ↗ in our staffing can change in a year and

1:43:42 ↗ our needs can change and so being

1:43:45 ↗ reactive to that or responsive to that

1:43:49 ↗ and presenting this is

1:43:52 ↗ really appreciated I also really

1:43:54 ↗ appreciate that

1:43:56 ↗ in cases where we gave an area that we

1:44:01 ↗ thought needed emphasis because of what

1:44:04 ↗ we were seeing out of the community

1:44:04 ↗ survey or the dashboard that the

1:44:09 ↗ reaction wasn't just let's throw staff

1:44:11 ↗ and money at it it can be let's make

1:44:15 ↗ adjustments so I wanted to highlight I

1:44:19 ↗ was very concerned with the permitting

1:44:22 ↗ numbers that we see in our dashboard the

1:44:26 ↗ permit review times we have not met

1:44:29 ↗ those and so I am definitely going to be

1:44:32 ↗ looking at that I hope we can see that

1:44:35 ↗ on more of a quarterly basis and really

1:44:37 ↗ understand what

1:44:40 ↗ what we are doing and how that's moving

1:44:43 ↗ the needle I think that is really

1:44:45 ↗ important especially with the changes

1:44:48 ↗ that have been made at the state level

1:44:50 ↗ whether we're going to see the type of

1:44:53 ↗ housing that we are looking for so that

1:44:57 ↗ is a really important area for me

1:45:01 ↗ I've been hearing a lot from community

1:45:02 ↗ members and residents about

1:45:04 ↗ Communications and

1:45:07 ↗ um a lot of them mentioned the loss of

1:45:09 ↗ our newspaper which is still something

1:45:11 ↗ that people are feeling and so

1:45:16 ↗ I appreciate the presentation that we

1:45:19 ↗ got on Communications I would challenge

1:45:21 ↗ us to go further I don't think that what

1:45:25 ↗ I have seen here and maybe I'm wrong

1:45:28 ↗ hits the need that I think the community

1:45:30 ↗ is really feeling around a lack of a

1:45:35 ↗ central place to receive information I

1:45:38 ↗ know right now

1:45:39 ↗ people say they get their information

1:45:41 ↗ from our website but I think in many

1:45:43 ↗ cases that may be because

1:45:46 ↗ we aren't doing as much engagement or

1:45:51 ↗ giving them a reason to engage with us

1:45:53 ↗ in some of the other areas like a

1:45:56 ↗ newsletter and social media so I'd like

1:45:59 ↗ to see a little bit more of a push there

1:46:02 ↗ that

1:46:04 ↗ really understands what the community

1:46:06 ↗ need is people would like to engage with

1:46:10 ↗ us but we need to give them a reason to

1:46:12 ↗ so those are the two areas that I really

1:46:14 ↗ wanted to highlight I'm looking forward

1:46:17 ↗ to this as a budget but I also

1:46:19 ↗ appreciate the ability to reflect on

1:46:23 ↗ um

1:46:24 ↗ just other programmatic changes that we

1:46:26 ↗ might be able to make thank you thanks

1:46:27 ↗ other comments councilmember hunt

1:46:30 ↗ thank you I think at The Retreat we as a

1:46:33 ↗ group looked at the data and then I

1:46:36 ↗ appreciate this framing that we have

1:46:38 ↗ tonight which again looks back at the

1:46:40 ↗ data and digs deeper and looks at how we

1:46:42 ↗ could adjust or or pivot to meet the

1:46:48 ↗ the goals and the areas that the

1:46:50 ↗ community said were most important in

1:46:52 ↗ that in those surveys and

1:46:54 ↗ um in what we're hearing from the

1:46:55 ↗ community

1:46:57 ↗ um so I think overall this is great use

1:46:58 ↗ of data to do this update and it is the

1:47:01 ↗ first time that we've done amid by any

1:47:03 ↗ budget

1:47:04 ↗ um so I appreciate that process and that

1:47:06 ↗ transparency

1:47:08 ↗ um I wanted to make a few specific

1:47:10 ↗ comments on Metroflex it is an update

1:47:13 ↗ but it's something that we've been

1:47:14 ↗ talking about for probably about 10

1:47:17 ↗ years connecting these neighborhoods

1:47:18 ↗ Talus and squawk with the valley floor

1:47:21 ↗ in a way that doesn't involve a single

1:47:25 ↗ occupant vehicle trip with public

1:47:28 ↗ transit so it's it's an update because

1:47:31 ↗ we have come to a new step in the

1:47:34 ↗ process where we can make this budget

1:47:36 ↗ take this step in the budget but it's

1:47:39 ↗ definitely not a new something new on

1:47:42 ↗ our radar and I appreciate that we are

1:47:45 ↗ going forward with this with something

1:47:47 ↗ that has been on the community's mind

1:47:48 ↗ for a long time so it's a long time

1:47:51 ↗ coming

1:47:53 ↗ in the retreat one of the things that I

1:47:56 ↗ spoke about and that I continue to think

1:47:57 ↗ is really important is emergency

1:48:00 ↗ planning and also Communications to the

1:48:02 ↗ community about emergency I appreciated

1:48:04 ↗ the information that was presented this

1:48:06 ↗ evening I think we have

1:48:09 ↗ we have to make sure that everybody is

1:48:12 ↗ getting these updates one way or another

1:48:13 ↗ and so those those numbers that were

1:48:16 ↗ presented it's good to have that

1:48:17 ↗ Baseline but I would like to make sure

1:48:19 ↗ that we have these alerts that are

1:48:22 ↗ getting to everyone and also that

1:48:24 ↗ everybody knows what to do when that

1:48:25 ↗ alert comes up on their on their device

1:48:27 ↗ or when they hear from their neighbors

1:48:29 ↗ about this alert so I think that

1:48:31 ↗ preparedness is really important I I

1:48:33 ↗ have also served on the king

1:48:35 ↗ Conservation District Advisory Board

1:48:37 ↗ previously and there's a firewise type

1:48:40 ↗ program that they do to let residents

1:48:41 ↗ know about what they can do on their

1:48:43 ↗ properties but I also know that not a

1:48:45 ↗ lot of residents know about those

1:48:47 ↗ programs and so it's it's important that

1:48:49 ↗ we get the word out about those programs

1:48:51 ↗ and that people

1:48:52 ↗ um

1:48:53 ↗ people do participate and know what they

1:48:55 ↗ can do to prevent wildfire and what to

1:48:57 ↗ do in case of emergencies so I

1:49:00 ↗ appreciate that information we'll be

1:49:01 ↗ looking forward to hearing how how that

1:49:04 ↗ proceeds with our programs and with our

1:49:06 ↗ Communications

1:49:09 ↗ that's it thank you councilmember hunt

1:49:11 ↗ any other council member comments

1:49:14 ↗ looking around

1:49:16 ↗ now

1:49:17 ↗ great well thank you for the

1:49:19 ↗ presentation do you have everything that

1:49:20 ↗ you need to the administrator

1:49:22 ↗ oh sorry no okay we're good you have

1:49:25 ↗ everything you need okay that was great

1:49:27 ↗ thank you all thank you for your

1:49:28 ↗ thoughtful comments

1:49:30 ↗ um there was no formal action tonight we

1:49:32 ↗ really were just looking for your

1:49:33 ↗ directions so thank you very much for

1:49:35 ↗ that we're going to move into our next

1:49:37 ↗ item of business which is committee and

1:49:38 ↗ Regional reports and I'll start uh with

1:49:41 ↗ council member Joe

1:49:42 ↗ thank you Cascade water Alliance will be

1:49:45 ↗ holding a extended board meeting on

1:49:48 ↗ Wednesday the 26th uh 3 30 I think uh

1:49:52 ↗ three or three three o'clock it starts

1:49:54 ↗ and council member Ray has gracely

1:49:56 ↗ graciously agreed to uh stand in for me

1:50:00 ↗ as I will be out of town

1:50:02 ↗ planned in advance of this extended

1:50:05 ↗ meeting long before the extended meeting

1:50:07 ↗ was scheduled so thank you councilman

1:50:09 ↗ Ray that concludes my report

1:50:11 ↗ thank you councilmember D Michelle

1:50:13 ↗ thank you mayor Paulie on August 14th I

1:50:16 ↗ attended the Eastside Transportation

1:50:17 ↗ partnership

1:50:18 ↗ uh from the general managers report

1:50:21 ↗ Metro general managers report ridership

1:50:24 ↗ is now up to 260 000 Riders per day so

1:50:28 ↗ slowly but surely it is inching its way

1:50:31 ↗ back to pre-pandemic levels however the

1:50:34 ↗ new pattern shows that the bulk of

1:50:36 ↗ commuting is occurring uh Tuesday

1:50:38 ↗ Wednesday and Thursday

1:50:41 ↗ um and Mondays and Fridays are

1:50:44 ↗ virtual deserts as they are in downtown

1:50:47 ↗ businesses as well so so uh we're still

1:50:50 ↗ figuring out this new world and uh

1:50:52 ↗ things are not settled yet uh the

1:50:55 ↗ presentation at ETP focused on bus

1:50:58 ↗ service to the rural areas of King

1:51:00 ↗ County and included a discussion of

1:51:02 ↗ Metroflex which we'll be taking up

1:51:04 ↗ ourselves on August at the August 7th

1:51:07 ↗ council meeting but I did want to note

1:51:09 ↗ that during the extended discussion of

1:51:12 ↗ Metroflex three of our fellow East Side

1:51:14 ↗ cities said that they would like to be

1:51:16 ↗ next in line for a Metroflex route so

1:51:20 ↗ just saying thank you

1:51:24 ↗ thank you councilmember hunt

1:51:28 ↗ thank you on July 20th the salmon

1:51:31 ↗ Recovery Council of our Watershed called

1:51:33 ↗ wire eight met and the main item that we

1:51:36 ↗ discussed was our drafts 2024 budget and

1:51:38 ↗ work plan

1:51:40 ↗ um this covers all of the salmon

1:51:42 ↗ recovery actions that will be taken over

1:51:44 ↗ 2024 habitat restoration as well as

1:51:46 ↗ education programming that is funded and

1:51:49 ↗ we will have another meeting in August

1:51:52 ↗ for the management committee this is a

1:51:55 ↗ group that then advises the rest of the

1:51:56 ↗ Council on the budget and I am a member

1:51:58 ↗ of that committee

1:52:00 ↗ um and more salmon related Updates this

1:52:05 ↗ when uh this Wednesday July 26th there

1:52:07 ↗ will be a meeting of the Kokanee work

1:52:08 ↗ group and I had previously reported to

1:52:11 ↗ council about the Kokanee Ila which is

1:52:14 ↗ interlocal agreement management

1:52:15 ↗ committee recommending a budget that has

1:52:19 ↗ a increase to con to continue a captive

1:52:22 ↗ breeding program for Kokanee so we did

1:52:25 ↗ have a quorum that voted in support of

1:52:27 ↗ that and we will be taking that that

1:52:30 ↗ information or I will be as chair of

1:52:32 ↗ that group I will be taking that

1:52:33 ↗ information to the Kokanee work group

1:52:35 ↗ that's the group that will actually go

1:52:37 ↗ forward and Implement these actions for

1:52:39 ↗ our cookie which are very special uh

1:52:43 ↗ kind of salmon that specifically spend

1:52:45 ↗ their entire Lake within Lake Sammamish

1:52:47 ↗ so I will report back after that meeting

1:52:50 ↗ and that concludes my report thank you

1:52:53 ↗ councilmember a thank you mayor Polly

1:52:56 ↗ the city council mobility and

1:52:58 ↗ infrastructure committee met on July

1:53:00 ↗ 11th we had a single agenda item which

1:53:03 ↗ was ID 1444 the Metro Flex on-demand

1:53:07 ↗ program I will wait until we meet on the

1:53:11 ↗ 7th when we're going to be considering

1:53:12 ↗ that to give you a little full briefing

1:53:14 ↗ on that and as council member Joe

1:53:15 ↗ mentioned I will be attending the

1:53:18 ↗ Cascade water Alliance meeting on

1:53:20 ↗ Wednesday

1:53:21 ↗ that concludes my report thank you

1:53:23 ↗ councilmember Mertz thank you madam

1:53:26 ↗ mayor the sound cities Association

1:53:27 ↗ public issues committee had an actual

1:53:30 ↗ rare on-site meeting Wednesday July 12th

1:53:33 ↗ at 7 pm we had three sort of round

1:53:36 ↗ tables where we compared notes on how

1:53:38 ↗ our cities were doing certain things

1:53:39 ↗ salary setting processes for cities

1:53:41 ↗ which is certainly timely for us

1:53:43 ↗ affordable housing committee Charter

1:53:45 ↗ review uh what we're doing on affordable

1:53:48 ↗ housing Regional Emergency Management

1:53:50 ↗ coordination what topics would we find

1:53:54 ↗ useful and in all of these I had gotten

1:53:57 ↗ some input from the city that I shared

1:54:00 ↗ as the pick rep

1:54:03 ↗ um no but no actions were taken out of

1:54:06 ↗ that meeting uh Council services safety

1:54:08 ↗ uh services safety and Parks committee

1:54:11 ↗ met on Tuesday July 18th at 6 30 PM we

1:54:15 ↗ only had one item it was a follow-up

1:54:18 ↗ discussion regarding uh the broadband

1:54:21 ↗ internet and the committee said that we

1:54:24 ↗ were fine moving away from a question of

1:54:28 ↗ uh was there or was there not basic

1:54:31 ↗ access there is uh to City efforts to

1:54:34 ↗ help

1:54:35 ↗ the residents be informed about sub

1:54:40 ↗ subsidies and other programs that would

1:54:42 ↗ be available to help them get better

1:54:44 ↗ access and we said that seemed like a

1:54:46 ↗ great idea this concludes my report

1:54:48 ↗ thank you councilmember Martz Deputy

1:54:50 ↗ council president Hall uh no report this

1:54:51 ↗ evening thank you council president

1:54:53 ↗ Walsh also no report this evening

1:54:56 ↗ oh great

1:54:58 ↗ um moving on to the mayor's report I do

1:55:00 ↗ not have any particular items to bring

1:55:02 ↗ tonight either

1:55:04 ↗ um for good of the order

1:55:06 ↗ um anybody have any items I do have a

1:55:08 ↗ few meeting dates does anybody have

1:55:09 ↗ anything they want to share it could

1:55:10 ↗ have the order

1:55:12 ↗ okay while you're thinking about it

1:55:14 ↗ um Monday August 7th there is a city

1:55:16 ↗ council meeting and the anticipated

1:55:18 ↗ agenda items include Metroflex on-demand

1:55:21 ↗ pilot program

1:55:23 ↗ 2022 year-end overview and 2023-24

1:55:27 ↗ revenue forecasts wash dot property

1:55:30 ↗ transfer with respect to the fish

1:55:32 ↗ passage project

1:55:34 ↗ and then the second regular city council

1:55:37 ↗ meeting in August is canceled to allow

1:55:39 ↗ for a summer break council president of

1:55:42 ↗ the order thank you I just wanted to

1:55:44 ↗ thank the city for and particularly the

1:55:48 ↗ public works department for a great

1:55:50 ↗ summer employee recognition event and I

1:55:53 ↗ say particularly the public works

1:55:55 ↗ department because man they were out

1:55:57 ↗ there at 4 30 a.m setting everything up

1:56:03 ↗ that team did such good work and it was

1:56:07 ↗ lovely seeing everyone out there

1:56:09 ↗ enjoying uh time on the lake eating

1:56:12 ↗ together there were some really neat

1:56:14 ↗ water balloons out there that were uh

1:56:16 ↗ that don't break apart everything it was

1:56:20 ↗ a great event and so I love the way that

1:56:24 ↗ our city and our staff come together but

1:56:26 ↗ I also love the way that they support

1:56:29 ↗ each other to create an event because

1:56:31 ↗ that type of event doesn't just poof

1:56:34 ↗ here it really takes work and I just

1:56:38 ↗ really appreciated seeing everybody out

1:56:39 ↗ there

1:56:40 ↗ thanks it was nice to have some council

1:56:42 ↗ members there as well that was really

1:56:43 ↗ fun anything else for the good of the

1:56:45 ↗ order

1:56:47 ↗ I am going to go into the next item

1:56:49 ↗ which is an executive session but as I

1:56:51 ↗ read my material we will actually be

1:56:53 ↗ taking a five minute break at the

1:56:54 ↗ beginning of the executive session so

1:56:57 ↗ allow us to set up the room Etc

1:56:59 ↗ so the next item on the council agenda

1:57:01 ↗ this evening is an executive session and

1:57:03 ↗ the city council will now recess into

1:57:05 ↗ executive session to discuss pending and

1:57:08 ↗ potential litigation for RCW 42.30

1:57:12 ↗ 0.110 paren one parent I and the item is

1:57:15 ↗ expected to take approximately 30

1:57:17 ↗ minutes no action is anticipated to

1:57:19 ↗ follow an open session please note that

1:57:22 ↗ executive sessions are closed to the

1:57:24 ↗ public and we will now recess into

1:57:26 ↗ executive session at 8 57 pm

1:57:30 ↗ I asked the clerk to move the city

1:57:31 ↗ council in any relevant staff into the

1:57:34 ↗ separate session within this meeting and

1:57:35 ↗ anyone who's not part of the closed

1:57:37 ↗ session

1:57:38 ↗ can will remain in the main meeting if

1:57:40 ↗ you're joining us virtually you're

1:57:42 ↗ welcome to stay until the meeting's

1:57:43 ↗ reconvened

1:57:45 ↗ thank you

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Council / Members (7)

Barbara de Michele

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Russell Joe

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

Lindsey Walsh

Motions and votes (1)

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. a) ID 1477 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of July 24, 2023, $4,502,271.44; Approved. b) Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, April 17, 2023; Approved. c) ID 1502 - Informational Update: Economic Development Quarterly Report - Q2 2023; Received Report. d) …

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

Carried 7-0

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