City Council Special Meeting · Monday, October 23, 2023 · City Council Digest

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0:08 ↗ welcome everyone I council president

0:10 ↗ Walsh call the October 23rd city council

0:13 ↗ meeting to order mayor paully has an

0:16 ↗ excused absence tonight so I will be

0:18 ↗ serving as mayor proem council member

0:21 ↗ hunt uh also has an excused absence this

0:24 ↗ evening this second meeting in October

0:26 ↗ was moved one week later than normal to

0:29 ↗ recognize the High holy day birth of the

0:31 ↗ Bob which occurred on Monday October

0:35 ↗ 16th as a reminder we continue to have a

0:38 ↗ remote aspect to our meeting so both

0:41 ↗ staff and members of the public may be

0:44 ↗ participating in tonight's meeting

0:46 ↗ remotely via WebEx the first item on the

0:49 ↗ agenda is the Pledge of Allegiance I

0:52 ↗ welcome you to join

0:58 ↗ me

1:16 ↗ thank you the next item on our agenda is

1:19 ↗ public comments and I will note there

1:21 ↗ are no members of the public in the room

1:24 ↗ um clerk is there anyone online

1:27 ↗ indicating no we have no virtual

1:30 ↗ attendees other than City staff okay

1:34 ↗ well always

1:36 ↗ appreciated uh when people are able to

1:39 ↗ join us when we've got big items all of

1:41 ↗ that um but if uh somebody does want to

1:45 ↗ write in we always appreciate public

1:48 ↗ comments over email you can email city

1:50 ↗ council isqua

1:54 ↗ wa.gov okay and

1:57 ↗ then let's see the next agenda item is

2:02 ↗ our consent

2:04 ↗ calendar and the mayor does not have any

2:06 ↗ remarks on tonight's consent calendar

2:08 ↗ items are there any committee chairs or

2:10 ↗ chair designes who would like to report

2:12 ↗ on any of the consent calendar items no

2:15 ↗ and no okay the consent calendar was

2:19 ↗ distributed to Council in advance if

2:21 ↗ authorized the items on the consent

2:22 ↗ calendar will be considered together and

2:24 ↗ approved by one motion have the payables

2:26 ↗ and payroll been

2:28 ↗ removed yes

2:30 ↗ yes reviewed reviewed that's why they

2:33 ↗ have not been removed thank you thank

2:38 ↗ you uh does any council member desire to

2:41 ↗ remove any items from the consent

2:43 ↗ calendar and consider it under regular

2:46 ↗ business seeing none uh do we have a

2:50 ↗ motion Deputy council member president

2:54 ↗ uh I move to approve the consent

2:55 ↗ calendar as presented in tonight's

2:57 ↗ agenda second thank you the motion to

3:00 ↗ approve the consent calendar as

3:02 ↗ presented has been moved and seconded is

3:04 ↗ there any Council

3:07 ↗ discussion no wait you've got your mic

3:10 ↗ on so I wasn't sure ready fantastic uh

3:13 ↗ hearing none the motion before council

3:15 ↗ is to approve the consent calendar as

3:17 ↗ presented all those in favor signify by

3:19 ↗ saying I

3:21 ↗ I those

3:23 ↗ opposed that passes

3:27 ↗ unanimously okay next item of business

3:30 ↗ is our regular business item AB 8699 the

3:34 ↗ 2024 Arch budget and work program and

3:38 ↗ I'd like to invite senior planner

3:39 ↗ Kristen Leon to the lecturn thank you

3:43 ↗ good evening yes I'm Kristen Leon senior

3:45 ↗ planner with the long-range division uh

3:47 ↗ Community planning and development and

3:49 ↗ every year our city council All City

3:52 ↗ councils who are members of the arch

3:54 ↗ jurisdiction and Regional Coalition for

3:56 ↗ housing are invited

3:58 ↗ to review and approve uh the next year's

4:02 ↗ budget and work program so tonight we

4:05 ↗ actually have Lindsay Masters who's the

4:06 ↗ executive director of arch who is here

4:08 ↗ to make a presentation and talk to you

4:10 ↗ about both of those

4:18 ↗ items

4:20 ↗ welcome let me just pull up a PowerPoint

4:23 ↗ real

4:28 ↗ quick

4:32 ↗ everyone see that

4:35 ↗ okay um so I'm really happy to be here

4:38 ↗ it's been some time since I've been able

4:40 ↗ to come to isqua and talk about Arch's

4:43 ↗ annual budget and work program I've been

4:44 ↗ here for a couple of other items but

4:46 ↗ this is a nice opportunity to kind of

4:48 ↗ give a comprehensive overview of what

4:50 ↗ Arch has been doing and some of our

4:53 ↗ priorities um so briefly I'll be

4:55 ↗ covering our proposed administrative

4:58 ↗ budget for 2024

5:00 ↗ um very high level highlights from there

5:02 ↗ but happy to answer more questions about

5:04 ↗ that and then I'll spend a little more

5:06 ↗ time going in depth through um the key

5:09 ↗ priorities that are the arch executive

5:11 ↗ board have elevated for next year in

5:13 ↗ 2024 and then a little bit of focus on

5:16 ↗ some of the things we've been doing in

5:17 ↗ issaqua as a part of our work program as

5:21 ↗ well um so each year the executive board

5:24 ↗ um collaborates as sort of a coalition

5:27 ↗ of jurisdictions around what our

5:29 ↗ priorities ities for our budget should

5:30 ↗ be whether we should recommend any

5:32 ↗ increases or new programs or services or

5:35 ↗ Staffing this year the board um

5:38 ↗ discussed the fact that we are starting

5:40 ↗ a strategic planning process in 2023 and

5:43 ↗ that it would be a good time to pause on

5:44 ↗ any um new services or staff but we

5:48 ↗ wanted to keep continue uh continued

5:50 ↗ levels of Staffing to maintain all the

5:52 ↗ current programs and services that we've

5:54 ↗ been providing um there was new one new

5:57 ↗ funding ad um at the request of the B

6:01 ↗ city attorney's office to add some

6:03 ↗ additional funding around Legal Services

6:05 ↗ they provide those to us as part of

6:07 ↗ their in-kind contribution um and

6:09 ↗ there's been some growth in that

6:10 ↗ workload and some need to bring in some

6:12 ↗ additional

6:13 ↗ support um Al together is a quas

6:16 ↗ contribution towards our budget for 2024

6:19 ↗ is

6:20 ↗ 126,000 um which is about 5.6% of our

6:23 ↗ total

6:25 ↗ budget um you can see here also there's

6:28 ↗ a picture of the newly redeveloped

6:30 ↗ together Center which I'm just happy to

6:32 ↗ share in as many places as I can now

6:34 ↗ that it's a completed project um with

6:37 ↗ 280 units of affordable housing in it

6:40 ↗ and revamped offices for 22 different

6:42 ↗ nonprofits uh of which Arch is one of

6:44 ↗ the tenants

6:47 ↗ there um so now I'll switch gears and

6:49 ↗ talk about the five or six priorities

6:52 ↗ that were highlighted in our work

6:53 ↗ program for next year some of these are

6:55 ↗ carryover from pre from the last year

6:57 ↗ and some of them um are a new priority

7:00 ↗ for us so the first of those is that we

7:04 ↗ are planning to have some kind of

7:06 ↗ implementation out of the strategic

7:08 ↗ planning process that's underway um

7:10 ↗ currently we started that process this

7:12 ↗ summer and we're expecting to wrap it up

7:14 ↗ sometime in the first quarter of next

7:16 ↗ year so that would be coming to you as

7:18 ↗ some kind of recommendations following

7:20 ↗ that process um we're also getting ready

7:22 ↗ to have a stakeholder survey and invite

7:25 ↗ input on a range of the strategies that

7:27 ↗ might be under consideration for that

7:29 ↗ plan and would welcome uh your all

7:31 ↗ participation in

7:34 ↗ that um a couple other priorities that

7:37 ↗ are sort of linked together um so we've

7:40 ↗ had in our work plan that we would help

7:41 ↗ to facilitate members to consider

7:44 ↗ dedicated Revenue proposals to help

7:46 ↗ support investment in affordable housing

7:48 ↗ as you know we've had a trust fund

7:50 ↗ program going back to Arch's bounding 30

7:53 ↗ years ago that pulls all of our members

7:55 ↗ local funds together into a program to

7:57 ↗ invest dollars in affordable housing and

8:00 ↗ um while that's been a wildly successful

8:03 ↗ strategy it's also had um some

8:05 ↗ limitations as the cost of projects and

8:07 ↗ development has gone up significantly

8:10 ↗ but the fund hasn't kept up with that so

8:12 ↗ looking at other Revenue options and

8:14 ↗ proposals has been a focus for us really

8:16 ↗ going back to

8:18 ↗ 2015 um we built on some work from last

8:21 ↗ year where we held a series of focused

8:23 ↗ groups with elected officials to get

8:26 ↗ their input on the potential range of

8:28 ↗ Revenue option

8:30 ↗ that might be um might be supported and

8:32 ↗ we had a recommendation um out of that

8:35 ↗ process last year to consider advocacy

8:38 ↗ around a real estate excise tax option

8:41 ↗ there was a bill this year that um

8:43 ↗ gained some support and a lot of arch

8:45 ↗ members went out and advocated very

8:47 ↗ strongly for that you can see an

8:48 ↗ editorial here that came out as a result

8:51 ↗ of that work um but the bill ultimately

8:54 ↗ did not pass so it remains something

8:56 ↗ that we are focused on and looking at

8:58 ↗ ways to support our members and thinking

9:00 ↗ about how to advocate for more

9:02 ↗ tools so related to that um we had a new

9:05 ↗ priority this year around convening our

9:08 ↗ members around legislative priorities

9:11 ↗ Beyond just Revenue um we wanted to add

9:13 ↗ maybe one more topic to that not provide

9:15 ↗ a wholly comprehensive housing

9:18 ↗ legislative agenda but really just a

9:20 ↗ couple of targeted priorities that we

9:21 ↗ felt would have the most impact on your

9:23 ↗ ability to actually create affordable

9:25 ↗ housing in your community um so we added

9:28 ↗ to that

9:29 ↗ a topic around Transit oriented

9:31 ↗ development um which was another really

9:33 ↗ important bill that was under debate in

9:36 ↗ the last legislative s session um and

9:39 ↗ would have really significant

9:41 ↗ ramifications for how you're planning

9:42 ↗ around Transit and whether or how

9:45 ↗ affordable housing is included in that

9:47 ↗ um so we had a great process this year

9:50 ↗ we worked with staff from um all of the

9:53 ↗ me pretty much all the member

9:54 ↗ jurisdictions we held a workshop this

9:56 ↗ summer we invited input from City

9:59 ↗ lobbyists um we got input around what

10:02 ↗ was likely to be returning to the

10:04 ↗ legislature for those two particular

10:06 ↗ bills um and we came out of that process

10:08 ↗ with a couple of recommendations so

10:10 ↗ those will be coming your way I think to

10:12 ↗ discuss at a future

10:16 ↗ meeting so the next priority um was

10:19 ↗ something again that kind of rose up

10:21 ↗ last year as an emerging issue for us um

10:24 ↗ and that's about the the rising rents

10:26 ↗ within affordable housing um so we

10:29 ↗ wanted to tackle this as a sort of a a

10:32 ↗ comprehensive policy issue around what

10:34 ↗ are some policies that we could um

10:37 ↗ recommend to address that within your

10:39 ↗ local programs um so we've been at it

10:42 ↗ Wally could probably remember as well

10:44 ↗ for about a year now we launched a a

10:47 ↗ policy development process um starting

10:49 ↗ last fall to look at the whole range of

10:53 ↗ potential options to try to address that

10:55 ↗ issue we've had um a variety of

10:58 ↗ different stakeholders participate and

11:00 ↗ weigh in on the options um the last uh

11:04 ↗ couple months prior to October we did a

11:08 ↗ ton of public Outreach and engagement

11:10 ↗ and a public survey to get um The

11:13 ↗ public's input on that issue as well um

11:16 ↗ a lot of Outreach to renters and people

11:18 ↗ living in affordable

11:19 ↗ housing so we've got a ton of really

11:22 ↗ good data and input um and the executive

11:24 ↗ board is sort of weighing some final

11:27 ↗ options to um to pass on as

11:29 ↗ recommendations as well so that should

11:30 ↗ be another topic coming your way in the

11:33 ↗ future um just a moment we've got a

11:36 ↗ question council member Ray yeah thanks

11:39 ↗ um just U clarifying I I like charts and

11:41 ↗ graphs um and I like the Pacman one

11:44 ↗ there um but I'm not sure what the what

11:46 ↗ the slices equal so the question is have

11:50 ↗ you have you or someone you know ever

11:52 ↗ moved R and I know don't know which is

11:54 ↗ yes no and which is maybe well I wonder

11:56 ↗ what your guess is but

11:59 ↗ um the the red is yes the uh the yellow

12:04 ↗ is no and I believe the green is no

12:07 ↗ answer thank you yeah we'll have to fix

12:10 ↗ that in the slides that got cut off um

12:13 ↗ yeah like I said we've got a ton of

12:15 ↗ really good data that came from that

12:17 ↗ survey and um significant number of

12:20 ↗ folks who've known someone who's had to

12:22 ↗ move due to rent increase were're able

12:24 ↗ to provide input on this policy um the

12:27 ↗ photo there that now that I'm focusing

12:29 ↗ on what's in the side of the photo there

12:30 ↗ is a community meeting we also held um

12:33 ↗ up in the together Center to invite um

12:35 ↗ people to come and learn about the issue

12:37 ↗ and answer get their questions answered

12:40 ↗ and

12:42 ↗ whatnot uh the next priority um is one

12:45 ↗ we have had on the work program for um a

12:49 ↗ few years as as a significant priority

12:51 ↗ and that's to help our members

12:54 ↗ facilitate really important special

12:56 ↗ projects particularly Transit oriented

12:58 ↗ development projects on um public

13:01 ↗ lands couple examples that we um put a

13:04 ↗ lot of work into this year are on this

13:06 ↗ slide one is on a city-owned property in

13:10 ↗ Kenmore that the city donated um or is

13:13 ↗ in the process of donating made

13:14 ↗ available at no cost um and also

13:17 ↗ provided about half of their arpa

13:18 ↗ funding as an upfront

13:20 ↗ investment um we help them to design the

13:23 ↗ RFP uh the scoring criteria review the

13:27 ↗ applications um um and we also helped

13:30 ↗ facilitate an investment of about $3

13:32 ↗ million in Arch funds into that project

13:35 ↗ so it's it's well on its way um was a

13:38 ↗ great collaboration with a city that

13:40 ↗ wanted to see a project move really

13:42 ↗ quickly and break ground within I think

13:45 ↗ their goal was 12 or 18 months we said

13:47 ↗ let's try to meet that um so it's a

13:50 ↗ great outcome they selected Plymouth

13:51 ↗ Housing as the developer and they're in

13:54 ↗ the process of um finalizing all their

13:57 ↗ financing and and permits to build build

13:58 ↗ that project they are still hoping to um

14:01 ↗ get it underway by the end of this year

14:03 ↗ might be early next

14:04 ↗ year uh the other project on the bottom

14:07 ↗ is um a sound transit owned property

14:10 ↗ right next to the Future Overlake Light

14:12 ↗ Rail station um we also worked with the

14:15 ↗ City of Redmond there to help them um do

14:18 ↗ some sort of financial feasibility

14:20 ↗ modeling around what might be possible

14:21 ↗ in the way of affordable housing models

14:25 ↗ and then that helped to inform the RFP

14:27 ↗ um that both the city and our

14:28 ↗ participated in with Sound Transit uh

14:31 ↗ they got some really great proposals

14:32 ↗ there as well and selected bellweather

14:35 ↗ housing as the lead developer So the

14:37 ↗ plan there is for 333 units um really

14:41 ↗ big affordable project right next to the

14:43 ↗ light rail um with some affordable

14:45 ↗ Community uh excuse me affordable

14:47 ↗ commercial spaces on the ground floor as

14:49 ↗ well so really exciting project there's

14:51 ↗ still a ways to go to assemble all the

14:53 ↗ financing um but we're going to continue

14:55 ↗ to be involved in that these are just a

14:57 ↗ couple of examples of of um projects

14:59 ↗ that really pop this year there's some

15:01 ↗ others in the works that we've been

15:02 ↗ working closely with um Belleview on

15:05 ↗ another property in

15:07 ↗ Kenmore uh that I sh an RFP this year

15:11 ↗ and um early conversations with some

15:13 ↗ other cities as

15:16 ↗ well um the final couple priorities is

15:20 ↗ um generally that you know this was this

15:22 ↗ year and next year are the years where

15:24 ↗ we we recognize members are trying to

15:26 ↗ complete their comprehensive Plan update

15:29 ↗ um we are trying to

15:30 ↗ facilitate um assist technical

15:32 ↗ assistance on those um including some

15:34 ↗ related um State mandates that are

15:37 ↗ coming from the legislature and then

15:40 ↗ finally we want to not lose sight of our

15:42 ↗ focus on continuing to Steward the

15:44 ↗ existing affordable housing um that all

15:46 ↗ our members have already created where

15:48 ↗ we provide the monitoring um services

15:50 ↗ and

15:51 ↗ functions I included this chart just as

15:54 ↗ an illustration of how significantly the

15:57 ↗ these programs have grown and how much

15:59 ↗ affordable housing has been added um

16:01 ↗ 2019 was the year that we added a a

16:04 ↗ staff position to help monitor rental

16:07 ↗ affordable rental properties and do the

16:09 ↗ compliance monitoring um we still have

16:12 ↗ that staff position but you can see how

16:13 ↗ there's been significant growth in the

16:15 ↗ number of projects that we are

16:17 ↗ monitoring which is a good a good

16:20 ↗ thing um so now I'll switch gears and

16:23 ↗ talk a bit about some of the things

16:24 ↗ we've been um partnering with staff here

16:27 ↗ and isqua on and um some our hopes for

16:29 ↗ the future so we uh we have been

16:32 ↗ offering some support on comp plan um

16:35 ↗ and code amendments uh we did provide

16:38 ↗ some housing data for um for both a comp

16:41 ↗ plan update as well as we provide um an

16:44 ↗ annual update for the housing report

16:46 ↗ card um you can see that chart there

16:49 ↗ which illustrates the projected housing

16:52 ↗ needs by income level and some of the

16:55 ↗ significant gaps we have in those lower

16:57 ↗ income ranges

17:01 ↗ um we are also uh currently helping to

17:03 ↗ provide some technical analysis and

17:06 ↗ advice around existing inclusionary

17:09 ↗ programs um and evaluating some

17:11 ↗ potential Pioneer options in central

17:14 ↗ isqua um we're doing this in

17:16 ↗ part using a um a modeling tool that we

17:20 ↗ helped to we were assisted by um some

17:23 ↗ national experts to help design that

17:25 ↗ builds on a lot of Arch's past uh

17:27 ↗ efforts in helping City sort of evaluate

17:29 ↗ the value of incentives against the cost

17:32 ↗ of affordable housing requirements so we

17:34 ↗ worked with uh Bay Area economics and uh

17:37 ↗ street level advisers and we had a

17:39 ↗ partnership with Uli this year um to

17:42 ↗ engage the development community in that

17:44 ↗ as well but I imagine there's a question

17:46 ↗ here so there is yeah can you go back to

17:48 ↗ the last slide we we we went through

17:50 ↗ that pretty quickly but what's what's

17:53 ↗ what's this actually telling

17:56 ↗ us so the the um the bar

18:01 ↗ represents um how many units you

18:05 ↗ currently have at all of those income

18:09 ↗ levels that's the blue your supply in

18:12 ↗ 2020 and then the where you have a

18:15 ↗ deficit there is sort of a hashed um

18:19 ↗ pattern that shows you how much

18:21 ↗ additional need there is including your

18:23 ↗ projected need through 2044 so it's

18:27 ↗ basically telling us that at 80% and

18:29 ↗ above we're

18:30 ↗ set pretty pretty close a little a

18:33 ↗ little bit and greater than 120 but

18:36 ↗ that's interesting because that missing

18:37 ↗ middle 80 to 120 um and Ami for a family

18:41 ↗ four is 105 110 what's the what's the

18:44 ↗ number is up to 146,000 now 140 when did

18:48 ↗ that happen in the last few years it's

18:50 ↗ shot up significantly which part of

18:53 ↗ what's driving the rent increases in

18:54 ↗ affordable

18:55 ↗ housing so it's 146 for a family of four

18:58 ↗ and how many is it for a family of

19:00 ↗ three get back to you on that a family

19:03 ↗ of four it's

19:05 ↗ 146

19:07 ↗ okay I will say this chart doesn't um

19:10 ↗ distinguish between rental and for sale

19:12 ↗ housing and so we continue to see a

19:15 ↗ really big deficit in Middle income

19:19 ↗ ownership options

19:24 ↗ right all right uh okay that that would

19:27 ↗ help explain it

19:29 ↗ so and it's

19:32 ↗ uh for family of four at 150 and it's

19:35 ↗ what percentage 30% 35% 40% of income to

19:40 ↗ be considered affordable yeah what what

19:42 ↗ percentage is it 30% 30% okay all right

19:45 ↗ thank you

19:50 ↗ sure um so again we are um utilizing

19:55 ↗ some Financial modeling tools that we've

19:57 ↗ developed

19:58 ↗ um and working closely with the staff to

20:02 ↗ analyze what some options might be to

20:03 ↗ help encourage development um and

20:06 ↗ potentially make some updates to your

20:08 ↗ existing incentive programs

20:11 ↗ um go there uh we also again do care a

20:16 ↗ lot about supporting projects that are

20:18 ↗ special projects in isqua um we've

20:22 ↗ been an income per family of three

20:25 ↗ median income is

20:27 ↗ 131,00

20:29 ↗ um we have been involved from way back

20:32 ↗ in the beginning with the the trail head

20:34 ↗ project um and have been holding in

20:36 ↗ place a funding commitment for that

20:38 ↗ project that we're really looking

20:39 ↗ forward to moving forward with um we

20:43 ↗ also I just mentioned um I think are

20:46 ↗ going to be positioned really well to

20:48 ↗ assist with that because of the close

20:50 ↗ partnership that we try to maintain with

20:52 ↗ housing authority uh we recently closed

20:55 ↗ financing for them on another

20:57 ↗ significant uh Redevelopment project Up

20:59 ↗ in Kirkland um that's really exciting

21:02 ↗ and sort of gave us um a feel for The

21:05 ↗ Unique needs of the housing authority

21:06 ↗ and how they approach development

21:11 ↗ projects um we also again when there are

21:16 ↗ uh private projects going through your

21:18 ↗ permitting process or your land use Pro

21:21 ↗ process that do have affordable housing

21:23 ↗ requirements um based on your local

21:25 ↗ policies um we partner with your your

21:27 ↗ plan staff there as well to make sure

21:30 ↗ that the requirements um are implemented

21:34 ↗ and codified in legal agreements so this

21:37 ↗ is an example we were excited to uh to

21:40 ↗ get involved with that's going to be um

21:43 ↗ a for sale U development Al tibits

21:46 ↗ Crossing that we'll have two um

21:48 ↗ affordable homes uh available as a

21:51 ↗ duplex um so we expect that we we'll

21:54 ↗ probably be pricing that and starting um

21:56 ↗ marketing activities next year year the

21:58 ↗ actual sale might be 2025 just depending

22:01 ↗ on their

22:06 ↗ timeline um part of what we do as well

22:09 ↗ when there are those projects that have

22:10 ↗ affordable units required um in addition

22:13 ↗ to working with the builder on pricing

22:15 ↗ the homes we also do all of the

22:18 ↗ marketing and application intake for the

22:21 ↗ for the for sale

22:22 ↗ projects um I wanted to highlight the

22:25 ↗ Westridge development agreement as a

22:27 ↗ really great success story uh an example

22:30 ↗ of the collaboration that we

22:32 ↗ do um there were a total of 48

22:35 ↗ affordable homes required there 10 of

22:37 ↗ those were in town homes and 38 uh were

22:40 ↗ Flats uh there were additional over 100

22:43 ↗ market rate homes built there as

22:45 ↗ well um the affordability was a ranged

22:48 ↗ between 60 and 120% of median

22:51 ↗ income and because of the large number

22:54 ↗ of homes the marketing process really

22:57 ↗ stretched out over pretty long time

22:59 ↗ period there were also really huge

23:02 ↗ demand for these homes so I just can't

23:05 ↗ really understate how many people were

23:07 ↗ interested in applying um we worked

23:09 ↗ really hard because of again what a

23:12 ↗ significant opportunity this was to try

23:14 ↗ to develop some local Partnerships and

23:16 ↗ get um applicants who live or work in

23:19 ↗ isqua to to apply we also reflect that

23:22 ↗ in our scoring criteria to try to um

23:26 ↗ prioritize people who have in the

23:31 ↗ community um I just end with a couple of

23:34 ↗ slides of testimonials from some of the

23:37 ↗ the home buyers now homeowners who live

23:39 ↗ up there in West Ridge um again there

23:43 ↗ were there were some where um they were

23:46 ↗ currently living in the Highlands

23:48 ↗ Community and were able to uh have this

23:50 ↗ opportunity to move into home ownership

23:53 ↗ and stay and sort of maintain those ties

23:56 ↗ um we also you know require that folks

24:00 ↗ moving into the new construction are

24:01 ↗ first-time home buyers so for everybody

24:03 ↗ this is their first time uh owning a

24:07 ↗ home and then we also um have been

24:10 ↗ excited to see people move from other um

24:13 ↗ income restricted housing so we did also

24:16 ↗ Market to um other affordable housing

24:18 ↗ providers who are who own rental

24:20 ↗ properties to see if there were renters

24:22 ↗ eligible to move up into Home Ownership

24:25 ↗ um so it's ton of great stories out of

24:28 ↗ that project and we're we're really

24:29 ↗ excited that it's part of the community

24:32 ↗ now can you can a question before you

24:35 ↗ move on can can you refresh me what's

24:37 ↗ the what what's the terms on the

24:39 ↗ affordability on this in this

24:41 ↗ development on the um homeownership

24:44 ↗ developments it's 50 years um and then

24:47 ↗ when there's a a resale we renew the

24:50 ↗ Covenant so it the 50 years

24:53 ↗ resets our goal is

24:55 ↗ perpetuity thank you

25:00 ↗ happy to answer any other

25:05 ↗ questions I see a lot of smiles we love

25:07 ↗ getting all of the information but uh go

25:10 ↗ ahead Deputy council president thanks so

25:12 ↗ much for the presentation and thanks for

25:13 ↗ coming out tonight really appreciate you

25:15 ↗ having for you being here I'd love to

25:17 ↗ hear more about you know your strategic

25:19 ↗ planning efforts that you guys are going

25:20 ↗ through do you guys have any kind of

25:22 ↗ desired outcomes or what's the vision

25:24 ↗ for that process and what sparked

25:26 ↗ it yeah um well I think what what

25:30 ↗ sparked it was we went through about

25:32 ↗ four or five years of making kind of

25:35 ↗ incremental changes in additions to our

25:38 ↗ staffing and services um we also saw the

25:42 ↗ demand for our services sort of explode

25:45 ↗ sort of all at once from a lot of

25:47 ↗ different cities wanting to get more

25:49 ↗ involved and be be doing more and

25:50 ↗ planning more and um each City kind of

25:54 ↗ starting to collect additional funding

25:55 ↗ sources so just a lot of growth and

25:58 ↗ interest and desire to do more from our

26:01 ↗ members and then also kind of hitting a

26:03 ↗ point where we had tackled a lot of the

26:06 ↗ backlog of um issues of uh programs that

26:11 ↗ were under staff that we had already

26:13 ↗ sort of had committed to and wanted to

26:15 ↗ get those right sized before we could

26:18 ↗ take a more um comprehensive look at

26:21 ↗ things um this was also sort of a good

26:25 ↗ year for um we're starting this this

26:29 ↗ process because um we are coming up on a

26:32 ↗ banial budget cycle next year um so we

26:35 ↗ sort of thought about some timing that

26:39 ↗ way um and we there were a number of of

26:42 ↗ goals I think that the board identified

26:45 ↗ um from the get-go there's been sort of

26:47 ↗ efforts like this in Arch's past history

26:50 ↗ probably not something quite so formal

26:52 ↗ as a strategic plan um but just

26:55 ↗ opportunities to bring the coalition

26:57 ↗ back together and recommit to how we

27:00 ↗ work together how we collaborate um and

27:02 ↗ the value of that collaboration you

27:04 ↗ can't really take it for granted so you

27:06 ↗ kind of have to bring folks back

27:08 ↗ together and sort of renew the

27:09 ↗ commitment um there was also a desire to

27:12 ↗ really clarify Arch's role um because we

27:15 ↗ tend to be involved in lots of different

27:18 ↗ things in different ways in different

27:20 ↗ jurisdictions and so just having um a

27:22 ↗ nice framework and and Clarity around

27:25 ↗ what our roles and our Focus would be um

27:28 ↗ and then also really help us to be able

27:29 ↗ to prioritize going forward so we are an

27:32 ↗ organization that likes to say yes to

27:34 ↗ everything and um always Provide support

27:37 ↗ whenever a city asks us to do that um

27:40 ↗ but it also leaves us in a position of

27:42 ↗ juggling quite a lot so really helping

27:43 ↗ us to strategize where we're going to be

27:45 ↗ most

27:47 ↗ effective thank you and would that be a

27:50 ↗ simple board approved document or is

27:52 ↗ that something that has to go around to

27:53 ↗ the city so it will um be something that

27:56 ↗ we ask the board to adopt ultimately um

28:00 ↗ but to the extent there's an

28:01 ↗ implementation that would be you know

28:03 ↗ recommending any changes in our budget

28:05 ↗ or our work program that would then

28:07 ↗ ultimately come back to you um

28:09 ↗ potentially there could be changes to

28:11 ↗ the interlocal agreement that would also

28:13 ↗ be something that all councils have to

28:18 ↗ approve council member

28:20 ↗ marks do we do we know anything about

28:23 ↗ the racial Equity element to the missing

28:26 ↗ housing in our

28:29 ↗ city say say more about your question

28:32 ↗ well I'm just wondering it you know what

28:34 ↗ what the housing um situation looks like

28:37 ↗ for our Hispanic residents and our

28:41 ↗ uh Asian Pacific Islander you know

28:45 ↗ different different components of the

28:46 ↗ community but I'm particularly wondering

28:48 ↗ about for the Hispanic Community because

28:51 ↗ we've seen data that says that our

28:52 ↗ Hispanic Community isn't as affluent uh

28:55 ↗ as our Caucasian community and so uh was

28:59 ↗ just curious if if we know what the

29:01 ↗ housing landscape looks like um for some

29:03 ↗ of the for some of the uh specific

29:07 ↗ groups within our community um I've

29:09 ↗ certainly seen this data recently for

29:12 ↗ King County I would I would suspect

29:14 ↗ isqua has some similar trends that have

29:17 ↗ sort of home ownership rates and rental

29:19 ↗ rates um by demographic group and I

29:21 ↗ think you're you're correct there if you

29:24 ↗ want to chime in on the specific isqua

29:25 ↗ data as well but yeah actually I was

29:28 ↗ going to let you know this is uh Kristen

29:29 ↗ Leon senior planner uh we are we have a

29:32 ↗ consultant who we are working with who

29:34 ↗ is helping us to pull that information

29:35 ↗ together but we don't have it yet when

29:37 ↗ we do it'll be part of the comprehensive

29:38 ↗ plan and can I ask when we might hope to

29:40 ↗ see that I just asked the same question

29:43 ↗ today so I'll let you know tell them

29:45 ↗ Council ask

29:50 ↗ okay yes I think just but globally

29:53 ↗ there's um been a well documented

29:55 ↗ disparity in home ownership rates um by

29:57 ↗ race and

30:01 ↗ ethnicity so I'll take a moment for a

30:04 ↗ question here as well um I know Arch is

30:07 ↗ the older uh version um but have you

30:11 ↗ what kind of work do you do with skip

30:14 ↗ the South King County have you learned

30:16 ↗ anything from their startup and the

30:19 ↗ collaboration that they have down

30:22 ↗ there yeah um we do try to meet on a on

30:26 ↗ a reg regular basis both with Skip and

30:29 ↗ with shape the the organization down in

30:31 ↗ Pierce County um each has a little bit

30:34 ↗ of a different identity even though our

30:37 ↗ sort of our DNA is the same and how we

30:38 ↗ were formed and our our mission um but I

30:42 ↗ certainly learned sort of about how it's

30:45 ↗ not a one-size fits-all model um you

30:49 ↗ know shape for example really has a

30:51 ↗ legislative Focus that's a lot of um

30:54 ↗ what their members sort of aligned

30:56 ↗ around and came together together to try

30:57 ↗ to um to try to lean into as their

31:01 ↗ strategy so coordinating on legislative

31:03 ↗ advocacy and they've been very effective

31:04 ↗ with that um with Skip and I'd say with

31:08 ↗ both both organizations we're also

31:11 ↗ privileged to be able to give a lot of

31:13 ↗ advice and and examples and templates of

31:16 ↗ how Arch cities have done this work

31:18 ↗ together um so we've been trying to be a

31:20 ↗ resource to those um those coalitions as

31:23 ↗ well and um but just sort of sharing in

31:27 ↗ Sharing sort of opportunities and

31:29 ↗ challenges and things they're they're

31:31 ↗ working with I'd say the other thing is

31:33 ↗ our governance is a little bit different

31:35 ↗ so we were set up to have um sort of our

31:39 ↗ governance be on the executive side with

31:41 ↗ either city managers um or strong Mayors

31:45 ↗ or their delegates um both the other

31:47 ↗ organizations have some elected

31:49 ↗ officials um more more of a mix of

31:51 ↗ elected officials and others on their

31:53 ↗ board so it does change sort of the

31:54 ↗ dynamic and that's something we're we're

31:56 ↗ looking at and thinking about I think um

31:59 ↗ in the future how to sort of have

32:02 ↗ council members and elected bodies uh

32:04 ↗ really be a powerful part of arch as

32:10 ↗ well not seeing any other

32:14 ↗ questions um so I know the one of the

32:18 ↗ points of having you out here was I

32:21 ↗ believe to move the budget so I'm

32:23 ↗ wondering do we have anyone ready to

32:26 ↗ make a

32:28 ↗ motion go

32:30 ↗ ahead uh I will move to approve the 2024

32:33 ↗ administrative budget and work program

32:35 ↗ for a regional Coalition for housing

32:37 ↗ Arch as presented

32:40 ↗ second okay do we have any discussion or

32:44 ↗ questions on

32:48 ↗ this okay go ahead just to say thanks

32:51 ↗ for all the hard work I I appreciate all

32:53 ↗ the planning too that's going into this

32:55 ↗ kind of strategic planning effort that's

32:57 ↗ going on I think that could be so

32:59 ↗ helpful for the partnership and for the

33:00 ↗ organization and just your vision

33:03 ↗ looking ahead and even describing how

33:05 ↗ council members can be more involved is

33:07 ↗ really great to hear too and um I'm

33:10 ↗ eager to see what comes out of that

33:11 ↗ process and eager to see what Arch is

33:13 ↗ able to do um together with isqua staff

33:16 ↗ over the next few years thanks again and

33:18 ↗ I'm happy to approve the

33:23 ↗ motion okay I am not seeing any anybody

33:27 ↗ else

33:28 ↗ so go ahead yeah I'm I'm yeah this this

33:32 ↗ is this has been interesting

33:33 ↗ conversation this evening I'm absolutely

33:35 ↗ obviously going to support this I I I

33:37 ↗ still I think we as a city need to think

33:41 ↗ about this you know what does 80% mean

33:44 ↗ what does 120% mean you know we have a

33:47 ↗ pol we have policies that talk about

33:49 ↗ putting it 80 to 100 you know and and

33:53 ↗ sort of patting ourselves on the back if

33:55 ↗ we do some 80 to 100 but but if if 100%

33:57 ↗ is

33:59 ↗ $150,000 for for a family of four then

34:02 ↗ we're not necessarily getting what I

34:04 ↗ thought we were getting an hour

34:07 ↗ ago so that's a it's it's I'm I'm I'm

34:10 ↗ struggling a little bit to to put that

34:13 ↗ in context because it's really uh you

34:16 ↗ know like I said uh what I what I

34:19 ↗ thought we were addressing at 80% Ami is

34:21 ↗ not what we're actually addressing like

34:24 ↗ and that doesn't that doesn't change my

34:25 ↗ sport for this bill but I just I since

34:27 ↗ we're on the topic um I think we really

34:30 ↗ need to think about what we're asking

34:32 ↗ from our um potential developers in the

34:34 ↗ city and um is it is it what we think it

34:39 ↗ is and and where we want to put where we

34:41 ↗ want to put our

34:42 ↗ dollars is yeah anyhow sorry I just

34:46 ↗ wanted to uh share that as it as it was

34:48 ↗ mulling it over my

34:50 ↗ head council member Joe thank you um I'm

34:53 ↗ F in support of the budget I would just

34:56 ↗ like to to uh acknowledge Mary mayor

34:58 ↗ Paulie's involvement with the board and

35:01 ↗ Wally btz um he's going to the board

35:05 ↗ meetings on a regular basis appreciate

35:06 ↗ you being involved and representing the

35:08 ↗ city look forward to having the

35:11 ↗ conversation about opportunities for

35:13 ↗ elected officials to also be involved in

35:15 ↗ this process thank you for all the work

35:17 ↗ you're

35:20 ↗ doing okay so the motion ahead of us is

35:24 ↗ to approve the 2024 administrative

35:27 ↗ budget and work plan for regional

35:28 ↗ Coalition for housing Arch as presented

35:32 ↗ um all those in favor say I

35:36 ↗ I all those

35:39 ↗ opposed none so that passes unanimously

35:42 ↗ six to0 thank you

35:46 ↗ Lindsay

35:48 ↗ um okay so the next item is new business

35:54 ↗ item id 1546 new bu business request

35:57 ↗ credit card processing fees cost

35:59 ↗ recovery introduced by

36:02 ↗ myself so Tisha should I just take it on

36:05 ↗ talk it through okay just making making

36:08 ↗ sure this is my first new business

36:10 ↗ request item okay so um this item came

36:14 ↗ to me because I have been a huge fan of

36:18 ↗ UT online utility billing and the moment

36:20 ↗ it was available I signed up and then I

36:24 ↗ realized I could sign up with a credit

36:26 ↗ card

36:27 ↗ and that meant that there were going to

36:28 ↗ be a lot of people signing up with a

36:31 ↗ credit card and anytime you pay with a

36:33 ↗ credit card there's Merchant fees

36:35 ↗ processing fees usually it ranges you

36:37 ↗ know 2 3 4% depending on what the um

36:42 ↗ amount is and so I realized oh my gosh

36:48 ↗ if everybody signed up with a credit

36:50 ↗ card for utility billing we don't have a

36:52 ↗ policy in place in order to handle

36:57 ↗ that additional cost and so then I

37:01 ↗ talked to some staff and did my own

37:03 ↗ research and realized that there's other

37:06 ↗ areas of the city where we take credit

37:08 ↗ cards where we don't really have a

37:09 ↗ policy now those amounts may not be as

37:12 ↗ big one example of that is Recreation

37:15 ↗ classes um but we have others that could

37:17 ↗ be even bigger our permit center with

37:21 ↗ our permits people can currently pay via

37:24 ↗ credit card which means that we could be

37:28 ↗ getting plus or minus 3% or whatever

37:31 ↗ that payment processing fee

37:34 ↗ is and we don't really know what that is

37:37 ↗ so what I would like to ask the

37:41 ↗ administration to do

37:43 ↗ is just create a policy and it doesn't

37:46 ↗ the policy doesn't have to be always

37:49 ↗ make the user aware of what those fees

37:52 ↗ are and pay them

37:55 ↗ explicitly but but we should have a

37:57 ↗ policy that either says we develop our

38:03 ↗ fees understanding that we're that the

38:07 ↗ cost of doing business includes Staffing

38:11 ↗ anday processing fees Etc

38:15 ↗ or especially on things where you know

38:19 ↗ like our Enterprise funds they're

38:21 ↗ supposed to be self-sufficient and if

38:23 ↗ we're taking 3% out of that that can be

38:26 ↗ problematic

38:27 ↗ um so I would just like to have a policy

38:31 ↗ out there that makes a decision about

38:35 ↗ whether or not when we're setting fees

38:39 ↗ you know either it has to be at a

38:40 ↗ certain amount

38:43 ↗ or for certain funds I I don't know

38:46 ↗ where that line is but I think this is

38:49 ↗ something that we should consider both

38:52 ↗ as we're recognizing that we're going to

38:54 ↗ go into another multi-year um budget um

38:59 ↗ but also this utility billing is a New

39:04 ↗ Concept out there um and then the other

39:06 ↗ one that's going to come up at some

39:08 ↗ point in the future is business and

39:10 ↗ occupation tax which would be another

39:13 ↗ one that would have online payments and

39:15 ↗ some of those can be very large um so I

39:21 ↗ think I've included a few different um

39:24 ↗ links in my memo Kirkland has a policy

39:28 ↗ they have um listed down there and then

39:32 ↗ the other experience that I've had as a

39:34 ↗ business when I do my state business

39:37 ↗ taxes if I'm paying those and I use AC

39:42 ↗ um the automatic clearing house for a

39:44 ↗ bank uh it's free but if I pay via

39:47 ↗ credit card it lets me know I have to

39:50 ↗ pay the additional 3% fee so I think

39:52 ↗ there's ways to accomplish this that

39:54 ↗ doesn't add cost costs to a user if they

39:58 ↗ want to do online payments um but still

40:02 ↗ allows us to have a policy around either

40:06 ↗ fee recovery or fee

40:09 ↗ inclusion inside of certain costs at

40:13 ↗ this point because we don't have a

40:16 ↗ policy we've just eaten the cost um and

40:22 ↗ I don't think that's fair to other

40:23 ↗ taxpayers questions yes so I I think

40:27 ↗ it's a a fascinating idea and I what I

40:30 ↗ think I hear you saying is you're not

40:31 ↗ advocating one way or the other you're

40:33 ↗ saying let's develop a consistent and

40:35 ↗ clear policy that we can apply across

40:37 ↗ the city so people know what to expect

40:39 ↗ and I think that makes a lot of sense to

40:41 ↗ have that consistency Clarity not sure

40:44 ↗ how I feel on the policy itself but

40:46 ↗ that's that's for another day's

40:50 ↗ discussion president yes so is the idea

40:54 ↗ that that we would want to create a

40:56 ↗ policy or characterize the actual impact

40:58 ↗ of Revenue then have a

41:01 ↗ poliy I think the concept is first we

41:04 ↗ need to know what the impact is I mean

41:07 ↗ even beyond that um one of the staff

41:10 ↗ members uh reached out to me after I put

41:14 ↗ this in and said this is really valuable

41:16 ↗ because right now if I'm going to launch

41:18 ↗ a new fee program I don't know how I

41:21 ↗ should approach credit card fees and so

41:25 ↗ even if it isn't big impact to our

41:28 ↗ bottom line um I think we should have

41:33 ↗ this in preparation for future things

41:36 ↗ that come online um we're going to have

41:38 ↗ some new public records fees coming on

41:40 ↗ we're going to have the new business and

41:42 ↗ occupation so I think it would be useful

41:45 ↗ for future staff in that aspect

41:49 ↗ um but then again it's also just the

41:52 ↗ concept we don't have to treat every

41:54 ↗ single fee or cost the same

41:57 ↗ we we don't need to be out here

41:58 ↗ necessarily penny pinching um and making

42:01 ↗ people recognize the the cost of doing

42:04 ↗ business but in some cases it may make

42:07 ↗ sense to do

42:11 ↗ so okay um any other questions comments

42:17 ↗ so again this with our new business

42:19 ↗ request is just do we want the

42:23 ↗ administration to come back um um with a

42:27 ↗ response over this is how much uh time

42:30 ↗ it would take and here's the burden we

42:32 ↗ think it is so then we can make a

42:35 ↗ decision on

42:36 ↗ that and council member D Michelle did

42:39 ↗ you have a yep so you said call uh

42:42 ↗ comments or questions should we make a

42:44 ↗ motion and then we can make comments

42:47 ↗ right um yes I will move that's all

42:50 ↗ right with everybody uh I moved to

42:53 ↗ forward the credit card processing fees

42:55 ↗ new business item to to the November

42:56 ↗ 20th council meeting for a preliminary

42:59 ↗ staff response

43:01 ↗ second okay it has been moved and

43:04 ↗ seconded Now comments aha uh um I know

43:09 ↗ that the the whole issue of merchant

43:11 ↗ fees is uh really becoming an issue

43:14 ↗ that's uh really um and I'm coming from

43:17 ↗ a much smaller perspective than the city

43:19 ↗ of isqua but nonprofits are really uh

43:23 ↗ looking at this issue because the fees

43:25 ↗ can really add up and it starts to take

43:27 ↗ a huge chunk out of your uh operating

43:29 ↗ cost for you know and so I've noticed

43:32 ↗ for example my church now uh ask you to

43:36 ↗ voluntarily pay those fees uh I know a

43:38 ↗ lot of nonprofits are asking you to

43:41 ↗ voluntarily do it when you make a

43:42 ↗ donation those kinds of things that are

43:45 ↗ recognizing that uh these fees add up

43:47 ↗ over time so this is a much bigger uh

43:51 ↗ arena for this but I think it's

43:53 ↗ definitely worth doing our research on

43:56 ↗ so that we have some facts to deal with

43:58 ↗ and secondly uh yes I think it would be

44:00 ↗ helpful to staff and and the community

44:02 ↗ as well to know that um we've got a uh a

44:06 ↗ a consistent uh way of dealing with

44:09 ↗ Merchant fees so I will support this the

44:12 ↗ motion that I just

44:17 ↗ made any other comments questions

44:22 ↗ concerns Okay so let's see I don't know

44:28 ↗ let me grab the motion so that I can

44:30 ↗ repeat it back to

44:35 ↗ everybody okay the motion is uh to

44:38 ↗ forward the credit card processing fees

44:40 ↗ new business item to the November 20th

44:43 ↗ council meeting for a preliminary staff

44:45 ↗ response all those in favor say I I I I

44:50 ↗ all those

44:51 ↗ opposed okay that passes unanimously 6

44:54 ↗ to zer does the administration have what

44:57 ↗ they need to come back and respond yes

45:01 ↗ okay sounds great so looking at our next

45:06 ↗ item we've got committee and Regional

45:10 ↗ reports and we'll start with council

45:13 ↗ member Joe thank you very much

45:17 ↗ um the next uh Cascade water Alliance

45:20 ↗ board meeting will be held on October

45:22 ↗ 25th 3:30 p.m. and can be found on the

45:26 ↗ Cascade water Alliance website uh for

45:30 ↗ how to log on do that meeting if you're

45:33 ↗ interested I'm going to make an

45:34 ↗ announcement for um November 10th I know

45:36 ↗ it's a little bit off in the future but

45:39 ↗ the Veterans Day event for the VFW is

45:41 ↗ November 10th it's not on the 11th it's

45:44 ↗ on the 10th and it's at 11:00 a.m.

45:46 ↗ they're doing it on the 10th because it

45:48 ↗ is the day that the students get off

45:51 ↗ from school so I know that's a little

45:53 ↗ out of order but I thought I'd put that

45:55 ↗ in there thank you thank you council

45:58 ↗ member D

46:00 ↗ Michelle uh thank you so my apologies

46:02 ↗ this is a lengthy report but there is a

46:05 ↗ lot going on with the Eide Human

46:07 ↗ Services Forum so on October 12th I

46:10 ↗ chaired the Eide Human Services Forum

46:11 ↗ monthly board meeting and the board

46:14 ↗ adopted the 2024 their 2024 2029

46:17 ↗ strategic plan which was the culmination

46:20 ↗ of a six-month planning process with

46:22 ↗ both the board members and staff members

46:24 ↗ I shared the plan with the council

46:26 ↗ shortly after that meeting and should

46:28 ↗ have had an opportunity to read it the

46:31 ↗ Forum is also engaging in a search for a

46:33 ↗ new executive director uh with a

46:35 ↗ timeline of hiring before the end of the

46:37 ↗ year uh in addition at the last meeting

46:40 ↗ we appointed an advocacy task force uh

46:43 ↗ to work out policy around Forum advocacy

46:46 ↗ practices which has been uh an issue

46:48 ↗ that has repeatedly come up and uh we're

46:50 ↗ going to tackle that straightforwardly

46:52 ↗ and see if we can come up with a process

46:54 ↗ that we can all agree on on and finally

46:57 ↗ the board engaged in a discussion about

46:58 ↗ the impacts of the fentanyl crisis on

47:00 ↗ local communities and organizations and

47:03 ↗ identified uh some preliminary steps for

47:05 ↗ future act actions and then on October

47:09 ↗ 16th the Eastside Human Services Forum

47:10 ↗ held an online discussion on the topic

47:13 ↗ it's so exciting of improving cash flow

47:17 ↗ and staff retention for eastside Human

47:19 ↗ Services agencies but despite that

47:22 ↗ terrible title it turned out to be an

47:24 ↗ outstanding

47:26 ↗ Forum uh and we had some 38 participants

47:29 ↗ from all of the Eastside cities and it

47:31 ↗ dealt with um the challenges that are

47:34 ↗ facing small and emerging

47:36 ↗ nonprofits uh under the current uh

47:39 ↗ funding formulas that we use and

47:41 ↗ especially the reimbursement model that

47:43 ↗ is used uh consistently across um across

47:47 ↗ uh

47:49 ↗ municipalities um and some of the

47:50 ↗ barriers that that creates for our

47:52 ↗ smaller organizations and our emerging

47:54 ↗ organizations so is was a great

47:56 ↗ discussion and um we're seeing if we can

48:00 ↗ get permission to have the recording of

48:02 ↗ that um discussion um made public and if

48:05 ↗ we can I will share that with the

48:07 ↗ council um and hope that you watch at

48:09 ↗ least the mey part of that discussion

48:11 ↗ and also I've talked with the city

48:13 ↗ administrator about some of the ideas

48:15 ↗ that came out of the Forum which um

48:17 ↗ there's a pilot going on in the city of

48:19 ↗ biew and another one in Kirkland to see

48:21 ↗ if we can address some of the issues

48:23 ↗ that have been raised

48:27 ↗ then uh so that's the Eide Human

48:29 ↗ Services Forum on October the 13th we

48:32 ↗ held an Eide Transportation partnership

48:34 ↗ meeting uh and heard a presentation from

48:37 ↗ psrc on the regional safety

48:40 ↗ plan and um we also are studying a

48:45 ↗ legislative priorities uh subcommittee

48:48 ↗ and under good of the order we'll

48:49 ↗ discuss that um some of the input that

48:52 ↗ you might provide into that and then

48:54 ↗ finally the regional trans the committee

48:56 ↗ met on October 18th with reports on the

48:59 ↗ progress of Rapid ride routes K andr and

49:03 ↗ an update on the first year of the Youth

49:05 ↗ Fair program just a reminder that

49:07 ↗ starting a year ago youth 18 and younger

49:10 ↗ can ride Metro or any of its seven

49:13 ↗ partner agencies everywhere for

49:16 ↗ free

49:18 ↗ um the um Metro general manager reported

49:21 ↗ that in

49:24 ↗ September there were 250,000

49:27 ↗ writers I'm sorry excuse

49:30 ↗ me and uh which is a 9% gain over last

49:35 ↗ year and uh they also are achieving 99%

49:41 ↗ um reliability now that um they trim the

49:45 ↗ system thank you I've got one here Lindy

49:47 ↗ thank you so um anyway that was an

49:50 ↗ improvement that they were happy to

49:52 ↗ report and that ends my report so thank

49:55 ↗ you very

49:57 ↗ much thank you uh council member hunt

50:00 ↗ has an excuse absent so council member

50:02 ↗ Ray I have no report this evening thank

50:04 ↗ you moves on to council member MZ thank

50:07 ↗ you council president Walsh the sound

50:10 ↗ cities Association public issues

50:11 ↗ committee did meet on Wednesday October

50:13 ↗ 11th at Renton City Hall uh we had no we

50:17 ↗ took no action we had a number of

50:19 ↗ discussions at a particularly Lively

50:22 ↗ discussion around the proposed King

50:23 ↗ County cultural access sales tax to be a

50:27 ↗ .1% uh uh tax

50:31 ↗ increase um there was uh there were a

50:35 ↗ number of concerns uh as always

50:37 ↗ regressive sales taxes are no fun um

50:41 ↗ there's whenever there's a giant pile of

50:43 ↗ money like this there's always a

50:44 ↗ question of how what's the oversight

50:45 ↗ going to look like and there was a

50:48 ↗ concern that a a somewhat similar uh

50:51 ↗ Levy measure had been put in front of

50:52 ↗ the public and had failed previously so

50:55 ↗ um it was um there's a lot of good that

50:57 ↗ could come from it but there was also

50:59 ↗ quite quite a bit of concern but you

51:01 ↗ know the council's gonna can County

51:03 ↗ Council is going to do what can County

51:04 ↗ council's going to do so uh that uh and

51:07 ↗ there's no council services safety and

51:09 ↗ Parks committee meeting this month this

51:10 ↗ concludes my

51:12 ↗ report thank you Deputy council

51:15 ↗ president Hull thanks uh the next

51:17 ↗ meeting of the E East Side Fire and

51:19 ↗ Rescue board of directors is Wednesday

51:23 ↗ November 8th at 4m. instead of Thursday

51:25 ↗ day uh it's moving to Wednesday because

51:27 ↗ of Veterans Day um and that'll be at our

51:31 ↗ headquarters on Newport Way um also just

51:33 ↗ to heads up that at our last board

51:35 ↗ meeting we did approve the midb anyal

51:37 ↗ budget adjustments again no changes to

51:40 ↗ partner contributions were made to any

51:41 ↗ of the partners including isqua um there

51:44 ↗ are a few just kind of interesting

51:46 ↗ tidbits though that I do want to share

51:47 ↗ with the council so I don't have the

51:49 ↗ notes in front of me so I'm going to put

51:50 ↗ it in an email and I owe I owe you all

51:52 ↗ an email on um and that concludes my

51:56 ↗ report thank you um for my report the

51:59 ↗ Puget Sound Regional Council growth

52:01 ↗ management policy board met on October

52:04 ↗ 5th um we had the first of what will be

52:07 ↗ many conversations over the next year on

52:11 ↗ regional growth centers um so regional

52:14 ↗ growth centers are kind of having their

52:16 ↗ comp plan moment of monitoring and

52:20 ↗ potentially redesignation we've got a

52:24 ↗ few Regional gross centers around the

52:26 ↗ area that have blown past their growth

52:29 ↗ targets and then some that aren't

52:32 ↗ meeting their growth targets and aren't

52:34 ↗ Mak making progress and so the

52:36 ↗ discussion is really going to come down

52:38 ↗ to do we want to create three tiers

52:41 ↗ rather than two tiers do we want to D

52:45 ↗ designate some potential Regional and

52:48 ↗ urban growth centers um or how do we

52:51 ↗ want to handle that so this is something

52:53 ↗ I will be paying close attention to uh

52:56 ↗ the next meeting is next week on

52:58 ↗ November 2nd um it will be a

53:01 ↗ continuation of that conversation plus a

53:03 ↗ 2023 housing monitoring report and a

53:07 ↗ report on black home ownership

53:10 ↗ initiatives and that concludes my report

53:13 ↗ going to go over to the mayor's

53:17 ↗ report um an executive session will be

53:19 ↗ held to discuss pending and potential

53:21 ↗ litigation per RCW

53:24 ↗ 42301 pen one pen I the item is expected

53:28 ↗ to take approximately 15 minutes and no

53:31 ↗ action is anticipated follow in Open

53:33 ↗ Session we've got a few upcoming

53:35 ↗ community events the Farm Fresh Market

53:39 ↗ featuring IA Farms will run Saturdays

53:42 ↗ October 21st to December 2nd from 9:00

53:45 ↗ a.m. to 2: p.m. at the historic Shell

53:48 ↗ station locals and visitors can take

53:50 ↗ advantage of seasonal flowers and

53:53 ↗ support local farmers

53:55 ↗ uh Cougar Mountain Zoo's

53:59 ↗ Halloween join the Cougar Mountain Zoo

54:01 ↗ for a spooky fun on Saturday October

54:04 ↗ 28th from 10:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. prepare

54:07 ↗ for a costume contest pumpkin scavenger

54:10 ↗ hunt trick or treating plus more kids

54:13 ↗ ages 2 to 12 in costume get free

54:16 ↗ admission so go visit Cougar Mountain

54:18 ↗ Zoo uh get your tickets online today by

54:21 ↗ booking uh for anytime on Cougar

54:24 ↗ Mountain Zoo's website site and select

54:26 ↗ October

54:27 ↗ 28th also on October 28th if you're more

54:30 ↗ in the mood for zombies rather than aoo

54:34 ↗ uh from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. awaken your

54:38 ↗ inner zombie with the isqua Downtown

54:40 ↗ Association and plan to Delight diners

54:44 ↗ drivers and Spectators on Front Street

54:46 ↗ zombies of all ages are invited to come

54:49 ↗ and crawl from historic Shell station to

54:52 ↗ City Hall you don't have to crawl you

54:55 ↗ can amble away um anything yeah events

54:59 ↗ at the historic Shell station include

55:01 ↗ zombie makeover stations sponsored by

55:04 ↗ Wicked Beauty dance practice and zombie

55:07 ↗ dance on the city hall steps and

55:09 ↗ contests with prizes for the best zombie

55:12 ↗ human and zombie dog

55:15 ↗ photos the event is free open to all

55:17 ↗ ages and zombies of all skill levels

55:19 ↗ tickets can be found online through the

55:21 ↗ city of esqua

55:23 ↗ website uh this one's for a little bit

55:25 ↗ of the younger folks the teddy bear hike

55:28 ↗ all peeping with Jacob two trees

55:30 ↗ celebrate the season with the ISA Alps

55:32 ↗ Trail Club as we pay a visit to our

55:34 ↗ favorite

55:36 ↗ troll Jacob Tut trees this

55:39 ↗ familyfriendly hike on Sunday October

55:41 ↗ 29th from 2: to 4:00 p.m. along the

55:43 ↗ Rainer Trail is meant for the young at

55:45 ↗ heart so come in costume starting at

55:48 ↗ East Sunset way trail head kids will

55:50 ↗ learn about how Jacob came to be as they

55:53 ↗ explore the wetlands of Tiger Mountain

55:55 ↗ families can depart separately after

55:57 ↗ meeting Jacob or return with our hike

55:59 ↗ leader via the outlined route and learn

56:01 ↗ more about the Esco Alps registration is

56:04 ↗ required and can be found on isqua

56:08 ↗ alps. and another holiday event Boo at

56:10 ↗ the barn on Sunday October 29th from

56:13 ↗ 5:00 to 9:00 P p.m. at Pickering Barn

56:15 ↗ the city will hold an all ages Halloween

56:17 ↗ extravaganza kids can dare to try our

56:19 ↗ oozing gooey sensory play very exciting

56:23 ↗ there WI Es at our carnival games and

56:26 ↗ then romp through the happy Hollows for

56:29 ↗ treats and no tricks we'll have food

56:31 ↗ trucks magical Market vendors a costume

56:34 ↗ contest and plenty of opportunities for

56:36 ↗ spooky family fun we are also offering a

56:40 ↗ sensory friendly hour at the barn from

56:42 ↗ 4: to 5:00 p.m. we will limit attendance

56:45 ↗ during this hour common sensory inputs

56:48 ↗ such as noise flashing lights and crowds

56:50 ↗ will be reduced for fun and enjoyable

56:53 ↗ experience for all general admission to

56:55 ↗ buo at the barn will begin at 5:00 p.m.

56:58 ↗ there will be a $5 suggested donation

57:00 ↗ for entry to this

57:02 ↗ event okay that's the announcements the

57:04 ↗ mayor's

57:06 ↗ report um good of the order I'll start

57:08 ↗ in on upcoming Council meetings and then

57:11 ↗ we can discuss anything else October

57:13 ↗ 30th the city council Committee of the

57:15 ↗ whole anticipated agenda items include

57:18 ↗ the 2023 2024 mid Anum budget adjustment

57:23 ↗ November 6th regular Council meeting

57:25 ↗ anticipated in agenda items include

57:27 ↗ public records fee schedule public

57:29 ↗ hearing and intelligent transportation

57:31 ↗ system plan November 9th special city

57:35 ↗ council meeting Community listening

57:37 ↗ session for the Newport neighborhood so

57:39 ↗ we welcome anybody from the Newport

57:40 ↗ neighborhood or the surrounds uh 6:30

57:44 ↗ p.m. at the King County Library service

57:47 ↗ center on Newport

57:49 ↗ way

57:51 ↗ and I'm looking back over at my go to

57:55 ↗ the order items uh just a request if we

57:58 ↗ haven't talked to you about um SCA sound

58:02 ↗ cities

58:03 ↗ Association um appointments and things

58:06 ↗ that you're willing to serve on from a

58:08 ↗ regional level let us know we're going

58:10 ↗ to get back to the administration those

58:13 ↗ are ultimately due November 13th um next

58:19 ↗ item on my list the pumpkin Derby we're

58:21 ↗ doing great on our decoration and attach

58:24 ↗ ments and all of that I encourage

58:26 ↗ everybody to come out on the 31st and

58:29 ↗ watch as our pumpkin and cart make it

58:32 ↗ all the way down the Derby together

58:34 ↗ intact in one

58:36 ↗ piece um and then reminder to save the

58:41 ↗ date for Holiday social on November

58:44 ↗ 28th anything else there nope okay going

58:49 ↗ back so oh two items start with Barb

58:55 ↗ then uh council member Joe okay uh as I

58:58 ↗ said earlier the East Side

59:00 ↗ Transportation partnership is um working

59:03 ↗ on its legislative priorities again and

59:07 ↗ um the subcommittee that is going to be

59:09 ↗ cleaning up the language and and doing

59:11 ↗ all of that will be meeting next week

59:13 ↗ sometime so I wanted to give the council

59:15 ↗ opportunity to provide any input into um

59:19 ↗ those legislative priorities and and I

59:22 ↗ think I can do this real quickly

59:25 ↗ um the 2023 is legislative priorities

59:28 ↗ are the ones that we'll build on um and

59:31 ↗ so will support infrastructure

59:32 ↗ improvements to maximize the

59:34 ↗ effectiveness of

59:36 ↗ i405 um upgrades to State Highway and

59:38 ↗ Regional

59:40 ↗ corridors uh new revenue for missional

59:42 ↗ critical maintenance and improvements at

59:44 ↗ the local level uh ensuring investments

59:47 ↗ in new technologies alternative modes

59:50 ↗ and environmental stewardship are the

59:51 ↗ big buckets that we we were dealing with

59:55 ↗ um and so uh and under that last one

59:58 ↗ there were safety projects the

59:59 ↗ multimodal corridors and vehicle

1:00:02 ↗ electrification where the three um main

1:00:04 ↗ things under there so if there's any

1:00:07 ↗ anything that anybody would like to

1:00:08 ↗ suggest right now that's fine or I send

1:00:11 ↗ me an email before um next next Monday I

1:00:14 ↗ believe is our meeting so did you want

1:00:17 ↗ to say

1:00:19 ↗ something I just wonder if there's did

1:00:21 ↗ you mention anything about like

1:00:22 ↗ Workforce or the kind of the

1:00:23 ↗ transportation m its Workhorse in

1:00:25 ↗ Washington or anything no would you like

1:00:28 ↗ I know you know that's been a

1:00:29 ↗ significant challenge for for was do of

1:00:32 ↗ last couple years too so it might be

1:00:34 ↗ worth adding something that

1:00:39 ↗ okay I'll double down on that if the uh

1:00:42 ↗ Staffing is particularly focused on

1:00:45 ↗ maintenance rather than building new

1:00:48 ↗ that's where we have certainly seen it

1:00:50 ↗ in the city of isqua yeah great okay

1:00:53 ↗ glad anybody else has any feedback we

1:00:56 ↗ can always email it out so sounds good

1:00:59 ↗ yeah happy to advocate for that and I'll

1:01:02 ↗ get back you'll see you'll see the draft

1:01:04 ↗ when it gets uh put together as well all

1:01:07 ↗ right thank you great council member Joe

1:01:10 ↗ thank you uh I'll just bring to the

1:01:12 ↗ council's attention another isqua Alps

1:01:15 ↗ Trail club uh event they're having a

1:01:17 ↗ public forum on Forest carbon and carbon

1:01:20 ↗ credits on October 25th um 6:00 to 9:00

1:01:23 ↗ p.m. at Blakey call Nisa Highlands I I

1:01:26 ↗ would bring it up because our our city

1:01:28 ↗ staff looks like will be participating

1:01:31 ↗ and as you may remember we did receive

1:01:32 ↗ an award from uh psrc for our carbon

1:01:36 ↗ credit uh program that was put together

1:01:38 ↗ by the administration and City

1:01:39 ↗ administrator Bob quits and um I think

1:01:43 ↗ it's important that we continue to uh

1:01:46 ↗ watch how carbon credits develop as we

1:01:48 ↗ do have a great deal of forested land in

1:01:51 ↗ our Hills that we need to uh um car take

1:01:55 ↗ and um take care of along the way but

1:01:58 ↗ also make sure that we're um getting the

1:02:01 ↗ maximum uh environmental credits for the

1:02:04 ↗ work that we do so I'll just alert you

1:02:07 ↗ to that uh event thank

1:02:10 ↗ you fantastic sounds good okay so if

1:02:16 ↗ there is nothing else good of the order

1:02:18 ↗ I think the next item on our agenda is

1:02:21 ↗ an executive

1:02:22 ↗ session um so that's ID 1542 executive

1:02:26 ↗ session for pending and potential

1:02:28 ↗ litigation per RCW

1:02:31 ↗ 42301 per n one per n i uh the city

1:02:35 ↗ council will now recess into executive

1:02:37 ↗ discuss uh executive session to discuss

1:02:41 ↗ that item that I just mentioned the item

1:02:44 ↗ is expected to take

1:02:46 ↗ approximately I've seen two different

1:02:48 ↗ numbers here 15 and 30 what are we

1:02:50 ↗ putting it down at 15 minutes no and

1:02:54 ↗ action is anticipated follow an open

1:02:56 ↗ session please note executive sessions

1:02:58 ↗ are closed to the public we will now

1:03:00 ↗ recess into executive session at 8:03

1:03:04 ↗ p.m. I ask the clerk to move the city

1:03:06 ↗ council and any relevant staff into a

1:03:08 ↗ separate session within this meeting

1:03:10 ↗ anyone who's not part of the closed

1:03:11 ↗ session will remain in the main meeting

1:03:13 ↗ you're welcome to stay in the meeting

1:03:15 ↗ until it is reconvened

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Council / Members (6)

Barbara de Michele

Zach Hall

Russell Joe

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

Lindsey Walsh, Mayor pro tem