City Council Special Meeting · Tuesday, September 3, 2024 · City Council Digest

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0:02 ↗ good evening everyone um I'd like to

0:04 ↗ welcome you all to the September 3rd

0:06 ↗ city council meeting and call this

0:07 ↗ meeting to order this evening council

0:09 ↗ member Christopher Ray has an excused

0:11 ↗ absence so as a reminder we still have a

0:14 ↗ remote aspect to our meetings and both

0:16 ↗ staff and members of the public may be

0:18 ↗ participating in tonight's meeting

0:20 ↗ remotely via WebEx and note that our

0:23 ↗ agenda order is just a little different

0:25 ↗ tonight we have moved the executive

0:27 ↗ session up on to up on our agenda so

0:30 ↗ that it occurs before the consent

0:31 ↗ calendar this is because the executive

0:33 ↗ session relates to one of the items that

0:35 ↗ we are requesting your approval of on

0:37 ↗ the consent calendar tonight the first

0:40 ↗ item of a on the agenda this evening is

0:41 ↗ the Pledge of Allegiance and I'd invite

0:43 ↗ you to join

0:46 ↗ us I pledge allegiance to the flag of

0:50 ↗ the United States of America to the

0:52 ↗ Republic for which it stand One Nation

0:56 ↗ God indivisible liy and justice

1:03 ↗ thank you we have a couple of items of

1:05 ↗ special business before we start our

1:07 ↗ regular meeting um so I'm going to do

1:10 ↗ the first one which is ID

1:12 ↗ 1746 this is the recognition of our Hall

1:16 ↗ of Fame recipient for 2024 Todd sergeant

1:19 ↗ and Todd I'd like you to join me up over

1:21 ↗ there

1:34 ↗ so over on the wall behind our Council

1:37 ↗ this evening is the isqua Hall of Fame

1:39 ↗ recipients and we have many of them in

1:41 ↗ the room with us tonight we held a

1:44 ↗ reception just before and invited U

1:47 ↗ members that are in the Hall of Fame and

1:49 ↗ their spouses or Partners to come and

1:51 ↗ celebrate Todd's induction into the Hall

1:54 ↗ of Fame so I'd just like to tell you a

1:55 ↗ little bit about Todd and why he was

1:58 ↗ selected to join the Hall of Fame

2:01 ↗ Todd was inducted to the Hall of Fame at

2:03 ↗ the community Awards in isqua this past

2:05 ↗ May the Hall of Fame award is a

2:07 ↗ community's top is our community's top

2:10 ↗ honor and is bestowed on individuals who

2:13 ↗ exemplify Hallmarks of value of service

2:17 ↗ leadership and

2:18 ↗ civic-mindedness Todd was given this

2:20 ↗ award due to his dedication to public

2:22 ↗ service and his commitment to help

2:24 ↗ preserve and protect local architecture

2:26 ↗ that has significant meaning to isqua's

2:28 ↗ history Todd is best known for his work

2:31 ↗ as an isqua special commissioner where

2:33 ↗ he worked closely with the King County

2:35 ↗ landmarks commission for 20 years during

2:38 ↗ Todd's tenure as special landmarks

2:39 ↗ commissioner he was a vital participant

2:41 ↗ and advocate for six isqua properties

2:44 ↗ which achieved Landmark status including

2:46 ↗ the isqua train depot hellstone feed

2:48 ↗ store and gas gasoline station William

2:52 ↗ conrardy conrardy house the auto Freight

2:55 ↗ building Gilman town hall and the jail

2:59 ↗ and the cot's garage building Todd also

3:02 ↗ served the city in other roles he served

3:04 ↗ on the city of isqua Planning Commission

3:06 ↗ from 1992 to 1998 he was a member of the

3:10 ↗ isqua Historical Society board from 1998

3:13 ↗ to 2001 and he continued his active

3:15 ↗ participation in the society for many

3:17 ↗ years after his service on the board in

3:20 ↗ 2015 he represented the historical

3:22 ↗ society as a member of the Oldtown

3:24 ↗ Vitality task force I think that is the

3:26 ↗ one that we probably would on could be

3:29 ↗ tonight we want to recognize Todd here

3:31 ↗ in the city council chambers where his

3:33 ↗ name has been added to the list of award

3:35 ↗ recipients Todd joins a distinguished

3:38 ↗ list of individuals who've made

3:39 ↗ significant contributions to our

3:41 ↗ community and if you're a past Hall of

3:43 ↗ Fame recipient could you stand so we

3:45 ↗ could give you an Applause come on you

3:48 ↗ [Applause]

3:54 ↗ guys Todd I'd really like to get a

3:56 ↗ picture of you with the council but I

3:57 ↗ also just want to give you this

3:58 ↗ opportunity to anything you'd like to

4:00 ↗ say uh thank

4:03 ↗ you um the architecture of this city is

4:07 ↗ probably the best um artifact we can

4:11 ↗ keep so I would always Advocate save

4:14 ↗ what we

4:16 ↗ can want bring your family up and we can

4:19 ↗ stand in front of the council for a big

4:21 ↗ family if you come up

4:24 ↗ [Applause]

4:42 ↗ this okay

5:00 ↗ [Applause]

5:09 ↗ it's really exciting to be able to

5:11 ↗ recognize just the amazing volunteerism

5:13 ↗ we can see in isqua you know these

5:15 ↗ people serve for decades in these roles

5:18 ↗ it's very exciting we are going to move

5:20 ↗ on to our next special business item

5:22 ↗ which is ID 172 Hispanic Heritage Month

5:26 ↗ Proclamation and I'd like to invite

5:28 ↗ Alicia spinner the executive director of

5:30 ↗ the circle to the Lecter and I believe

5:32 ↗ Barb you have a second name as well yes

5:34 ↗ Irma arenus thank

5:38 ↗ you would you yes come on up

5:43 ↗ here very very nice to see you nice to

5:47 ↗ see

5:48 ↗ you all right I am very honored to uh

5:51 ↗ present this

5:53 ↗ Proclamation uh honoring Hispanic

5:55 ↗ Heritage Month whereas each year

5:58 ↗ Americans observe National Hispanic

6:00 ↗ Heritage Month from September 15th to

6:03 ↗ October 15th by celebrating the

6:05 ↗ histories cultures and contributions of

6:08 ↗ Americans whose ancestors came from

6:10 ↗ Spain Mexico Central America South

6:13 ↗ America and the Spanish-speaking nations

6:16 ↗ of the Caribbean Caribbean

6:18 ↗ Caribbean and whereas according to the

6:21 ↗ 2020 census the Hispanic population of

6:24 ↗ the United States was 62.1 million

6:27 ↗ people making people of Hispanic orig

6:29 ↗ the nation's largest ethnic or racial

6:32 ↗ minority

6:33 ↗ 18.9% of the total US population and

6:37 ↗ whereas isqua's diversity and Hispanic

6:40 ↗ population have increased over the last

6:42 ↗ 30 years from 1990 when 95% of the

6:45 ↗ residents were white and only 2%

6:48 ↗ Hispanic Latino to more recent times

6:52 ↗ 65.7% of the residents are white and 9%

6:55 ↗ are Hispanic

6:57 ↗ Latino and whereas we commit to

7:00 ↗ embracing diversity and inclusion by

7:03 ↗ paying tribute to Hispanic heritage

7:05 ↗ through education acknowledgement and

7:07 ↗ celebration within our community and

7:10 ↗ whereas this year's theme unidos unidos

7:15 ↗ un Yos thank you it is inclusivity for a

7:19 ↗ inclusive inclusivity for a stronger

7:22 ↗ Nation encourages us to ensure that all

7:25 ↗ voices are represented and welcomed to

7:26 ↗ help build stronger communities and a

7:29 ↗ stronger nation and it encourages us to

7:31 ↗ reflect on all the contributions

7:33 ↗ Hispanics have made in the past and will

7:35 ↗ continue to make in the future and it's

7:38 ↗ also a reminder that we are stronger

7:40 ↗ together and now therefore on behalf of

7:43 ↗ Mary L paing mayor of the city of isqua

7:45 ↗ I do hereby Proclaim September 15th

7:48 ↗ through October 15 2024 to be H Hispanic

7:52 ↗ Heritage Month in the city of issaqua

7:55 ↗ and I urge the community to join in

7:57 ↗ special observance and celebration of

7:59 ↗ Hispanic heritage and witness there

8:02 ↗ whereof I have here unto here unto set

8:05 ↗ my hand and seal of the city of isqua

8:07 ↗ this third day of September 2024 so

8:10 ↗ Alicia would you like to say a few words

8:12 ↗ always want

8:14 ↗ to thank you so much it's an honor for

8:17 ↗ the circle to receive this

8:20 ↗ Proclamation um I also want to say thank

8:23 ↗ you for your support because thanks to

8:25 ↗ the support that you giving us all the

8:26 ↗ funds and all the help we are really

8:28 ↗ serving a lot of families every day

8:30 ↗ we're welcoming new families in our

8:32 ↗ community we're offering them Community

8:35 ↗ navigation services but also education

8:38 ↗ and circles as we like to call them that

8:41 ↗ there are Community groups where they're

8:43 ↗ just think can you know gather and to do

8:45 ↗ different things together but it's

8:47 ↗ really more about getting to know other

8:49 ↗ people in your community feeling better

8:51 ↗ and more um confident about asking

8:55 ↗ questions to us and we always have

8:57 ↗ Community Navigators around so they can

9:00 ↗ uh they have someone there to to ask the

9:02 ↗ questions it's very important and we're

9:04 ↗ growing we're looking for a space close

9:06 ↗ to

9:07 ↗ downtown um so we are hoping to move

9:10 ↗ soon but we are you in in looking for a

9:14 ↗ space and as all you know is very hard

9:15 ↗ to find a space close to here but we

9:18 ↗ want to be here close to downtown so we

9:20 ↗ can um you know be with the other

9:22 ↗ organizations that we work every day uh

9:25 ↗ that we send our families and um I want

9:28 ↗ to talk about just a little bit just to

9:30 ↗ invite you about the event that we're

9:33 ↗ doing um so we're together with the city

9:36 ↗ we are doing a family dance and I'm

9:39 ↗ super excited because for years we've

9:41 ↗ been asked about a space or an

9:44 ↗ opportunity for a families just to dance

9:46 ↗ together that's something that you know

9:48 ↗ we do in in our countries and we miss

9:51 ↗ about doing here there's no really a

9:53 ↗ space to go and dance with your family

9:55 ↗ with your little kids with your KS and

9:57 ↗ we're finally going to be able to do it

9:59 ↗ uh we haven't done done much promotion

10:03 ↗ and we already have over a 100 people

10:05 ↗ registered so I know it's going to be a

10:07 ↗ lot of fun and and I wish you that you

10:10 ↗ guys can come I will send the the link

10:13 ↗ and the information but it's going to be

10:15 ↗ at the piket barn on September 29 um and

10:19 ↗ we're super excited and IR ma is the is

10:22 ↗ our volunteer coordinator so she's been

10:24 ↗ doing U most of the work I'm just here

10:27 ↗ to talk about it thank you so much

10:31 ↗ I invite you we can have a music dancing

10:36 ↗ and

10:39 ↗ food like a salvad food and they

10:43 ↗ invite is always free and everyone

10:48 ↗ is yes out

10:53 ↗ there yes Mara

11:12 ↗ thank you ladies for all you do to make

11:15 ↗ people coming to isqua feel welcome it's

11:19 ↗ wonderful the next item of special

11:21 ↗ business this evening is id1 752 and it

11:25 ↗ is the East Side welcoming week

11:27 ↗ Proclamation um Council president Walsh

11:30 ↗ is going to be presenting this to nahed

11:32 ↗ Stevens and um who works with the wide

11:35 ↗ world for Refugee come on up to the

11:38 ↗ Lector Ned um Ned is also going to be

11:41 ↗ the MC for the city's welcoming week

11:43 ↗ event called culture Fest it's being

11:45 ↗ held this Friday outside the community

11:47 ↗ center and I got to meet nahed earlier

11:50 ↗ this evening and she's pretty exciting

11:53 ↗ just have to say welcome you well and

11:57 ↗ we're very excited for welcoming week

11:59 ↗ and so having somebody who can come in

12:02 ↗ and contribute to that and bring the

12:03 ↗ energy we're here for it so whereas

12:07 ↗ welcoming week September 13th to 22nd

12:11 ↗ 2024 is a nationwide celebration

12:13 ↗ honoring the history achievements

12:16 ↗ experiences and struggles of immigrant

12:18 ↗ and Refugee people throughout the United

12:20 ↗ States and whereas the cities of bellw

12:23 ↗ isqua Kirkland Redmond and samamish have

12:26 ↗ jointly celebrated East Side welcoming

12:28 ↗ week for the past 8 years and whereas

12:31 ↗ East Side welcoming week is an annual

12:33 ↗ event bringing our region together to

12:36 ↗ acknowledge the contributions of

12:37 ↗ immigrants and refugees and the role

12:39 ↗ diverse communities play in fostering

12:42 ↗ inclusion belonging and making people

12:45 ↗ feel welcome and these cities recognize

12:47 ↗ the importance of ensuring that all

12:49 ↗ residents feel safe secure and welcome

12:52 ↗ and whereas East King County is one of

12:55 ↗ the most racially and eth ethnically

12:57 ↗ diverse regions in Washington state with

13:00 ↗ over 35% of our residents coming from

13:02 ↗ places outside of the United States and

13:05 ↗ 38% of residents speaking a language

13:07 ↗ other than English at home and whereas

13:10 ↗ in our highly mobile region nearly one

13:12 ↗ in five residents have lived in their

13:14 ↗ current residence for less than a year

13:17 ↗ and whereas realizing our vision for a

13:19 ↗ welcoming Community requires actively

13:22 ↗ addressing the daily challenges of those

13:24 ↗ in our community who do not feel welcome

13:27 ↗ safe valued or in included and whereas

13:31 ↗ historic and current impacts of

13:33 ↗ individual institutional and systemic

13:36 ↗ racism that result in harmful dispar

13:39 ↗ disparities in education employment

13:42 ↗ income housing criminal justice and

13:44 ↗ quality of life as well as sense of

13:47 ↗ belonging and whereas our community like

13:51 ↗ others across the nation has structures

13:53 ↗ systems and policies that contribute to

13:56 ↗ Injustice racial inequality and

13:58 ↗ discriminatory treatment against

13:59 ↗ residents who are born in another

14:02 ↗ country are black indigenous people of

14:04 ↗ color

14:05 ↗ lgbtqia plus and other identities and

14:09 ↗ whereas to capitalize on diversity as an

14:12 ↗ asset our community must strive to

14:14 ↗ create a culture and environment that

14:17 ↗ ensure everyone can belong and Thrive

14:20 ↗ and whereas there are many ways to

14:22 ↗ celebrate East Side welcoming week

14:24 ↗ including by amplifying the voices and

14:26 ↗ experiences of immigrant people of

14:29 ↗ lifting them to share their stories and

14:31 ↗ or attending a welcoming week event and

14:34 ↗ whereas events and educational resources

14:36 ↗ in our region help celebrate welcoming

14:39 ↗ week for a list of regional events visit

14:41 ↗ the 9th Annual East King County

14:43 ↗ welcoming week at East Side for all now

14:46 ↗ therefore the mayors of bellw isqua

14:49 ↗ Kirkland Redmond and smish Washington

14:52 ↗ jointly Proclaim September 13th to 22nd

14:56 ↗ 2024 as Eastside welcoming week and

14:58 ↗ invite the the community to engage in

15:00 ↗ Opportunities during East Side welcoming

15:02 ↗ week and Beyond to learn connect across

15:05 ↗ differences and take Joint action to

15:08 ↗ achieve a welcoming Equitable and

15:10 ↗ inclusive

15:11 ↗ community thank you would you like to

15:14 ↗ say a few

15:17 ↗ words

15:22 ↗ Wow first of all I would like to say I

15:26 ↗ am so honored to accept this uh

15:32 ↗ Proclamation as an

15:34 ↗ immigrant to stand before you guys and

15:37 ↗ even recognize is a blessing and it

15:42 ↗ means a lot not just to me to all imig

15:45 ↗ immigrants Across the Nation and by

15:50 ↗ hearing what you just

15:54 ↗ said as an

15:57 ↗ immigrant and a single mother of this

16:02 ↗ country I can attest

16:07 ↗ that making us feel a sense of

16:11 ↗ belonging making the resources

16:15 ↗ possible I'm a survival of domestic

16:18 ↗ violence and without the Community

16:21 ↗ Resources without partnering up with the

16:24 ↗ nonprofit organizations and giving the

16:27 ↗ leaders of these nonprofit profit

16:29 ↗ organizations especially the black

16:31 ↗ community the chance to support some of

16:33 ↗ us would have been

16:36 ↗ tough I woke up one day to leave a home

16:40 ↗ that I've lived in for 13

16:43 ↗ years with three little children all

16:46 ↗ under the ages of three with a 19 week

16:50 ↗ old pregnancy homeless no money no

16:55 ↗ nothing I had no family

17:00 ↗ and there are so many immigrants who go

17:03 ↗ through this every single day I used to

17:07 ↗ be an actress in my home country I've

17:10 ↗ had passion for it since I was 9 years

17:13 ↗ old and even people in my country told

17:16 ↗ me that nobody will recognize you you're

17:19 ↗ not

17:20 ↗ white you're not

17:23 ↗ American but you know what due to these

17:26 ↗ programs and these words and people like

17:29 ↗ you I have been able to prove them

17:32 ↗ wrong I send them pictures and say you

17:35 ↗ don't know

17:37 ↗ Americans you have to give them a

17:40 ↗ chance I am grateful for every

17:43 ↗ opportunity and I know that there is

17:45 ↗ more we can do there is more this is

17:49 ↗ just the

17:50 ↗ beginning People Like Us have benefited

17:53 ↗ from

17:55 ↗ festivals have benefited from community

17:59 ↗ Gatherings and now we're giving back to

18:02 ↗ the

18:03 ↗ community and I am a product of that and

18:06 ↗ I know there are many people who are

18:09 ↗ like me I am excited to be your MC I

18:14 ↗ want to urge all of you to come bring

18:16 ↗ your friends and I promise you it's

18:19 ↗ going to be one of the most memorable

18:21 ↗ festivals you've ever been because this

18:24 ↗ is not just your ordinary MC this is

18:27 ↗ someone who is coming with a passion

18:30 ↗ that she has harbored for years and

18:32 ↗ years and she's about to fly she just

18:35 ↗ needs you to shoot her up there thank

18:38 ↗ you mayor thank you council members and

18:42 ↗ thank you to the city of isqua

18:45 ↗ [Applause]

19:14 ↗ Mar

19:44 ↗ thank you ladies thank you Ned thank you

19:47 ↗ council president that was just just

19:51 ↗ amazing uh we are now going to move on

19:53 ↗ to the audience comments portion of our

19:55 ↗ meeting and this is where the members of

19:57 ↗ the public May address councel at this

19:59 ↗ time whether you here in person or

20:01 ↗ you're attending virtually those who

20:03 ↗ signed up in advance to make comments

20:05 ↗ will be called on First and if you are

20:07 ↗ joining us virtually and would like to

20:08 ↗ make comments please raise your virtual

20:11 ↗ hand or send the host a chat message if

20:14 ↗ you're on the phone it might be press

20:15 ↗ star three if you join by computer or

20:17 ↗ smartphone it might be a hand icon if

20:20 ↗ you're in the room and did not sign up I

20:22 ↗ will ask for other speakers before

20:23 ↗ closing this portion of the meeting city

20:26 ↗ clerk has anyone signed up to speak for

20:28 ↗ General a comments or indicate a desire

20:30 ↗ to speak this evening yes thank you so

20:34 ↗ if you're making comments you're invited

20:35 ↗ to address the council regarding matters

20:37 ↗ that are directly related to isqua

20:39 ↗ programs projects services or events

20:42 ↗ comments related to political campaigns

20:44 ↗ are not permitted please direct comments

20:47 ↗ to the whole Council and not to

20:48 ↗ individuals and while this is not a

20:50 ↗ question and answer session we will

20:52 ↗ contact you to follow up if needed when

20:55 ↗ recognized if you are virtual please

20:57 ↗ unmute your microphone if you're in this

20:59 ↗ room please step up to the lecon in the

21:01 ↗ front and press the button to get the

21:02 ↗ red light on state your name and address

21:05 ↗ and relationship to the city and speak

21:07 ↗ clearly and pause frequently your please

21:10 ↗ limit your comments to 5 minutes if

21:12 ↗ you're attending virtually and don't

21:13 ↗ respond after your name or phone number

21:15 ↗ is called or if your connection is lost

21:17 ↗ unexpectedly the meeting will need to

21:18 ↗ proceed and you are encouraged to rejoin

21:21 ↗ the meeting if able personal attacks

21:23 ↗ obscene language derogatory remarks and

21:25 ↗ disruptive behavior will not be

21:27 ↗ permitted public comments written in

21:29 ↗ verbal are an important aspect of the

21:31 ↗ public process and the city takes

21:33 ↗ comments seriously we thank you for

21:35 ↗ taking the time to address us this

21:36 ↗ evening city clerk can you identify the

21:39 ↗ first person who signed up to speak yes

21:41 ↗ sandila pimi

21:44 ↗ sandila come on up press that button in

21:48 ↗ the center and you should be good to

21:51 ↗ go good evening uh isqua Council I'm

21:54 ↗ actually really honored to you know just

21:56 ↗ be here and like speak with you guys um

21:59 ↗ first of all I would just like to say

22:02 ↗ good evening how is everyone

22:03 ↗ doing it's been a a long long year and

22:07 ↗ all I hope everyone's doing well so C

22:10 ↗ I'm going to get you to pull the

22:11 ↗ microphone a little bit closer to sorry

22:12 ↗ ma'am here you go yeah so um that's

22:15 ↗ great I'm in I'm a Boy Scout first of

22:17 ↗ all I'm a a senior in isqua high school

22:19 ↗ and I'm which is like I'm a 12th grader

22:21 ↗ and um I am currently working on my

22:24 ↗ Eagle Scouts and Eagle Scout in general

22:26 ↗ for Boy Scouts is to the last step in

22:29 ↗ Boy Scouts to get like the highest to

22:31 ↗ get a um achieved role which is

22:34 ↗ basically for um people who uh who've

22:38 ↗ expressed high amounts of um high

22:41 ↗ amounts of values for the Boy Scouts

22:43 ↗ such as you know honor and uh followed

22:45 ↗ all of the aspects of the Boy Scouts um

22:48 ↗ uh Scout Law and oath and and with that

22:52 ↗ like U my project is to uh basically

22:56 ↗ work with the downtown of isqua

22:58 ↗ Association if uh many of you may know

23:00 ↗ which is on Front Street which is a

23:02 ↗ Shell gas station the historical Shell

23:04 ↗ gas station right and what we're trying

23:06 ↗ to do is at at the sell gas station

23:08 ↗ there's like some areas such as uh

23:10 ↗ there's like this paved area right next

23:12 ↗ to a curb inside of uh near the gas

23:15 ↗ station and what we're trying to do is

23:16 ↗ we're making a um working with the uh

23:19 ↗ Downtown isqua Association we're making

23:21 ↗ a garden beds they basically raised

23:23 ↗ garden beds out of wood and um what

23:26 ↗ we're uh so far the process the the um

23:29 ↗ the station of my project is that we've

23:31 ↗ already raised around

23:32 ↗ $925 $945 sorry and uh We've bought a

23:38 ↗ lot of wood um it is to be spare size I

23:40 ↗ think 120 planks of wood and uh we

23:45 ↗ bought 15 soil bags and the thing is

23:49 ↗ ma'am and also we bought Nails the issue

23:51 ↗ is we're actually still need a lot of

23:54 ↗ gravel we need a gardening cloth and

23:57 ↗ also we need a little a little bit more

23:59 ↗ wood and for that I'm here to request me

24:02 ↗ guys uh if you guys could uh just please

24:04 ↗ help out with the with just $300 of of

24:08 ↗ donations cuz with that we'll be able to

24:10 ↗ make it on um September 7th 20124 if

24:15 ↗ there any way possible please do help

24:17 ↗ out and I honestly would like to be

24:19 ↗ thank you guys so much for giving me

24:21 ↗ this opportunity to just talk about my

24:23 ↗ project and share it with you guys it's

24:25 ↗ a really big honor from my side thank

24:26 ↗ you so much Anda thank than you for

24:28 ↗ taking the time to address your Council

24:30 ↗ this evening we will definitely have

24:31 ↗ someone follow up with you thank

24:34 ↗ you city clerk is there anyone else that

24:36 ↗ has signed up to provide

24:39 ↗ comment we have one virtual member of

24:42 ↗ the public but I don't see that they're

24:44 ↗ indicating a desire to speak well thank

24:46 ↗ you sandila thank you for coming tonight

24:49 ↗ and um talking to us about your project

24:52 ↗ and just want to make sure a reminder

24:54 ↗ for anybody else in our our viewing

24:55 ↗ audience that if you want to make

24:57 ↗ comments to your city Council you can do

24:59 ↗ it at any time so feel free to write

25:01 ↗ them at city council at s.gov our

25:03 ↗ council president does a great job of

25:05 ↗ answering those emails the next item of

25:08 ↗ business this evening is an executive

25:10 ↗ session and this is an executive session

25:13 ↗ this evening to discuss collective

25:15 ↗ bargaining per RCW

25:17 ↗ 42.3

25:19 ↗ 0.140 peren 4 the item is expected to

25:23 ↗ take approximately 15 minutes action is

25:25 ↗ anticipated to follow an open session um

25:29 ↗ executive sessions are closed to the

25:31 ↗ public so we'll be going in uh to

25:33 ↗ Executive session at 7:26

25:46 ↗ p.m. no I didn't

25:53 ↗ check okay thank you chance um we are

25:58 ↗ coming out of um executive session and

26:01 ↗ into Open session at 7:42 p.m. and the

26:05 ↗ next item of business we have this

26:06 ↗ evening is the consent calendar I do not

26:08 ↗ have any remarks on the consent calendar

26:11 ↗ I'd like to know if there's any

26:11 ↗ committee chairs or chair designates who

26:13 ↗ would like to report on consent calendar

26:16 ↗ items see head nod

26:20 ↗ NOS um so the consent calendar was

26:22 ↗ distributed to Council in advance and if

26:24 ↗ authorized the items on the consent

26:26 ↗ calendar will be considered together and

26:28 ↗ approved by one motion have the payables

26:30 ↗ and payroll been reviewed they have they

26:33 ↗ have thank you does any council member

26:35 ↗ desire to remove any item from the

26:36 ↗ consent calendar and consider it under

26:38 ↗ regular

26:39 ↗ business not seeing any indication can I

26:42 ↗ get a council

26:44 ↗ motion council president um I move that

26:47 ↗ we approve the consent calendar as

26:49 ↗ presented second it's been moved and

26:52 ↗ seconded all those in favor signify by

26:54 ↗ saying I I those opposed

26:58 ↗ that carries unanimously 60 um the next

27:01 ↗ item of business would normally be

27:04 ↗ regular business but we don't have any

27:05 ↗ of those items tonight so we're going to

27:07 ↗ move to committee and Regional reports

27:09 ↗ and we'll start with council member Joe

27:11 ↗ good evening thank you Madame mayor um

27:14 ↗ for my report the loding tax advisory

27:17 ↗ committee will be meeting on September

27:20 ↗ 26 at 3:30 in the afternoon at tibot

27:23 ↗ Valley um agenda to be

27:26 ↗ announced uh Cascade water iance board

27:29 ↗ will be meeting on September

27:30 ↗ 25th and the public affairs committee

27:33 ↗ will be meeting tomorrow morning at 9 o'

27:38 ↗ that concludes my report thank you thank

27:40 ↗ you uh council member Hall uh thank you

27:44 ↗ uh two reports uh East starting with

27:46 ↗ East Side Fire and Rescue so um the

27:48 ↗ board has been uh in recess for the

27:50 ↗ month of August but the finance and

27:52 ↗ administration committee has been busy

27:54 ↗ with budget over the last month so so

27:56 ↗ far we've had two initial present ations

27:59 ↗ uh about the agency's priorities and

28:01 ↗ budget proposal uh and now we're heading

28:03 ↗ into another two meetings um to discuss

28:05 ↗ before we refer the work of the

28:07 ↗ committee back up to the full board of

28:08 ↗ directors in October um as a committee

28:12 ↗ our goal is to come up with a draft that

28:13 ↗ delivers quality fire safety and Rescue

28:16 ↗ Services to the community but also

28:18 ↗ ensures cost savings for our agency

28:20 ↗ partners like city vcoa um I do want to

28:23 ↗ just call special thanks and attention

28:25 ↗ to the deputy City administrator Andrea

28:27 ↗ Snider for joining me at these meetings

28:29 ↗ for helping me share what our own

28:31 ↗ financial situation looks like here in

28:33 ↗ isqua um and identify impacts to our own

28:35 ↗ budget and also opportunities for

28:37 ↗ discussion at the committee level so

28:38 ↗ thank you very much um it's been

28:40 ↗ tremendously helpful um much more on

28:42 ↗ this to come next month um but if you

28:45 ↗ have any questions in the meantime feel

28:46 ↗ free to let me know or the deputy City

28:48 ↗ administrator or city

28:50 ↗ administrator and then it's course when

28:52 ↗ it when it comes up to the full board

28:53 ↗ council member Marts and myself um the

28:56 ↗ next board meeting is next Thursday

28:58 ↗ September 12th and the next two finance

29:01 ↗ and administration committees are um one

29:03 ↗ sometime next week to be determined and

29:05 ↗ then another on Wednesday September

29:07 ↗ 25th um all right next is uh East Side

29:11 ↗ Transportation partnership so the next

29:12 ↗ meeting is Friday September 13th we'll

29:15 ↗ be meeting jointly with a number of

29:17 ↗ different Regional Transportation policy

29:19 ↗ boards in ging County including the

29:21 ↗ South County area transportation board

29:24 ↗ scat and Seashore Transportation forum

29:28 ↗ um there's not a published agenda I I

29:30 ↗ just assumed that that's how you

29:31 ↗ pronounced it scapa I don't

29:33 ↗ know skateboard that's so much better

29:36 ↗ than SC okay again there's no published

29:39 ↗ agenda for this yet but um it sounds

29:41 ↗ like we're going to have a lot of

29:42 ↗ information sharing about important

29:44 ↗ Transportation initiatives in King

29:46 ↗ County uh so Deputy council president

29:48 ↗ Michelle and I will be sure to share

29:49 ↗ back with you all and that concludes my

29:50 ↗ report great council member Ray oh sorry

29:54 ↗ council member hunt thank you madam

29:56 ↗ mayor the Planning Development and envir

29:58 ↗ enironment Committee of this Council

29:59 ↗ will meet on September 9th at 6:30 uh

30:03 ↗ note that this is not the usual day

30:05 ↗ because this meeting is on the first

30:07 ↗ Tuesday because of Labor Day um and we

30:11 ↗ have two items uh Comm 0015 which is

30:15 ↗ comprehensive plan periodic update draft

30:17 ↗ review and uh comprehensive plan draft

30:21 ↗ environment uh environmental impact

30:23 ↗ statement which is Comm 0071 so both

30:25 ↗ comprehensive plan um items

30:28 ↗ and then one additional upcoming meeting

30:30 ↗ the Ria 8 salmon Recovery Council will

30:33 ↗ meet on Thursday September 19th R being

30:37 ↗ the name of our Watershed and that

30:38 ↗ agenda is not yet out thank you thank

30:41 ↗ you and as mentioned earlier council

30:43 ↗ member Ray does have an excused absence

30:45 ↗ council member Marts thank you Madame

30:47 ↗ mayor the s cities Association public

30:49 ↗ issues committee will have one of the

30:51 ↗ rare awesome in-person meetings

30:53 ↗ Wednesday September 11th from 7il 9:00

30:56 ↗ p.m. uh taking it on the road we're

30:58 ↗ going to be at the Mercer Island

31:00 ↗ community center uh which is a new

31:02 ↗ location for uh SCA pick uh on the

31:06 ↗ agenda includes a discussion of a new

31:09 ↗ guide to enhance Urban Tree protection

31:11 ↗ in King County discussion on Regional

31:13 ↗ boards and committee appointments uh

31:15 ↗ update on the 2024 uasi stakeholder

31:19 ↗ preparedness review survey which I have

31:22 ↗ no idea what that is but that uh I will

31:24 ↗ be reporting back to council uh an

31:26 ↗ update on Crisis Care Center uh Proposal

31:29 ↗ review panel uh and finally action on uh

31:32 ↗ proposed public issues committee

31:34 ↗ operating policies I'm sure that's the

31:36 ↗ first of two touches uh so I will report

31:39 ↗ that back also to our Council after

31:41 ↗ being griefed on it and then secondly

31:44 ↗ the council services safety and Parks

31:46 ↗ committee is having a special meeting

31:48 ↗ different date and time this month

31:50 ↗ September 30th uh here in council

31:53 ↗ chambers at 6:30 p.m. uh and on the

31:56 ↗ agenda currently are a uh the park

31:59 ↗ system Plan update and the school zones

32:02 ↗ the ongoing schools zone speed camera

32:05 ↗ station this concludes my report thank

32:08 ↗ you Deputy council president D Michelle

32:11 ↗ uh I have uh no report on uh past

32:14 ↗ meetings because all of my meetings were

32:16 ↗ cancelled during the month of August so

32:19 ↗ uh September 12th Eastside Human

32:21 ↗ Services Forum will be holding a special

32:23 ↗ extended meeting we're going to be doing

32:25 ↗ some uh diversity inclusion and Equity

32:28 ↗ training and we're also going to be

32:30 ↗ getting a report from the Bell School

32:32 ↗ District on how they manage their

32:35 ↗ legislative process um and uh so and and

32:38 ↗ we have a business meeting planned as

32:40 ↗ well um East Side Transportation

32:43 ↗ partnership as council member Hall said

32:45 ↗ um I have been selected to chair that

32:47 ↗ meeting so it'll be a very interesting

32:50 ↗ yeah morning and day so and then um

32:53 ↗ finally the regional transit committee

32:56 ↗ has been cancelled for both the months

32:57 ↗ of September and October so that's my

33:00 ↗ report thank you thanks council

33:03 ↗ president thank you I have two upcoming

33:06 ↗ meetings on Thursday the um growth

33:09 ↗ management policy board

33:11 ↗ gmppb is meeting at 10:00 a.m. um we've

33:15 ↗ got two items on there one of them is

33:17 ↗ talking about um how Municipal

33:21 ↗ governments and counties and such um can

33:24 ↗ better coordinate with tribes um and

33:27 ↗ particular ularly noting that it's

33:29 ↗ required for comprehensive plans and so

33:33 ↗ um taking the moment to uh remind our

33:36 ↗ cities um in this case it's talking

33:38 ↗ about the Tulip tribes and snow homish

33:40 ↗ County coordination what they've done

33:42 ↗ and then there's also a Transit oriented

33:44 ↗ development

33:45 ↗ update and

33:47 ↗ then um at 2 p.m the King County

33:50 ↗ affordable housing committee meets and

33:53 ↗ we continue our fun review of all of the

33:56 ↗ city's comprehensive plan housing

33:58 ↗ elements and so for this month it is

34:03 ↗ Seattle samamish Kirkland Medina and

34:06 ↗ Kenmore quite a variety in there between

34:09 ↗ what everybody has brought um but the

34:13 ↗ staff um has written comment letters

34:15 ↗ which much like ours always highlight

34:17 ↗ the things that the cities have done

34:20 ↗ well and that they should be recognized

34:22 ↗ for in their comprehensive plans but

34:24 ↗ also the areas where they might not be

34:27 ↗ meeting the King

34:29 ↗ County countywide Planning policies the

34:34 ↗ cpps um and so we talk through that and

34:39 ↗ um we'll potentially approve those

34:41 ↗ comment letters um and then we're also

34:43 ↗ talking about fact that some of the

34:46 ↗ cities are not going to be choosing to

34:49 ↗ submit their housing plans um to the

34:52 ↗ affordable housing committee now this is

34:54 ↗ the first time we've done this so it's a

34:56 ↗ new process um but if they don't what

35:00 ↗ our response would be and thus whether

35:03 ↗ it's a characteristic motion um there is

35:07 ↗ some money certainly from Department of

35:09 ↗ Commerce and things like that that would

35:12 ↗ potentially be influenced by a negative

35:15 ↗ letter from the affordable housing

35:17 ↗ committee so we are discussing what that

35:20 ↗ would look like because nobody wants to

35:21 ↗ lose money and that concludes my report

35:25 ↗ thank you council president the next

35:26 ↗ item is the mayor's report and there was

35:28 ↗ an executive session earlier this

35:30 ↗ evening to discuss collective bargaining

35:32 ↗ per RCW 42.3 point1 40 per

35:35 ↗ N4 um isa's culture Fest this is isqua's

35:39 ↗ welcome you welcomes you event and so

35:42 ↗ this Friday we've heard it a couple

35:43 ↗ times tonight isqua will host its annual

35:45 ↗ Eastside welcoming week event isqua

35:48 ↗ culture Fest from 5:30 to 7:30 on the

35:50 ↗ isqua community center lawn on Friday

35:52 ↗ September 6th the event is a celebration

35:55 ↗ of our cultural diversity here in isqua

35:58 ↗ over 11,000 residents of iso are born

36:00 ↗ outside the United States and over 32%

36:03 ↗ of Isa household households speak a

36:05 ↗ language other than English at home so

36:08 ↗ come and join this free familyfriendly

36:10 ↗ event with live music and dance

36:11 ↗ performances interactive art resource

36:14 ↗ booths food trucks and more and while

36:17 ↗ this is just one way that we uplift and

36:19 ↗ shine a light on our community's

36:20 ↗ diversity it is one of our most beloved

36:23 ↗ Gatherings there are a couple of

36:24 ↗ upcoming events yakob two trees is

36:27 ↗ having a birthday party it's hard to

36:29 ↗ believe but it's been a year since

36:31 ↗ Thomas dambo and unveiled yakup two

36:33 ↗ trees here in isqua along our rear Trail

36:36 ↗ ever been to a trolls birthday party

36:38 ↗ well this is your chance join us Friday

36:40 ↗ September 6th from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. for

36:43 ↗ sweet treats and a community recycled

36:45 ↗ art project to celebrate this Milestone

36:48 ↗ then head over to culture Fest and you

36:49 ↗ can learn mo more about both of these

36:52 ↗ events at our website at isqa wa.gov

36:55 ↗ we're also having a digon come volunteer

36:57 ↗ for a green isqua event on Saturday

36:59 ↗ September 14th at the Anthology open

37:02 ↗ space is over on Newport Way

37:05 ↗ participants will be working to remove

37:07 ↗ as much Blackberry as possible to clear

37:09 ↗ space to plant native trees in the

37:10 ↗ Wetland area along a section of tibits

37:13 ↗ Creek registration is required and you

37:15 ↗ can sign up at isqua

37:17 ↗ w.gov and the last item I had was salmon

37:20 ↗ on Sunset with the friends of the isqua

37:22 ↗ salmon hatchery this is a relatively new

37:24 ↗ event a couple years old and you may

37:26 ↗ have heard or even seen that the first

37:29 ↗ salmon has returned to the ISA salmon

37:31 ↗ hat Tre on Saturday September 14th fish

37:34 ↗ in the ISA Alps Trail Club are hosting

37:36 ↗ an all day event to celebrate with

37:38 ↗ familyfriendly activities crafts trout

37:41 ↗ feeding a scavenger hunt and more so I

37:43 ↗ hope to see you all there going to move

37:45 ↗ into the good of the order and see if

37:48 ↗ has an item to share council member Hall

37:50 ↗ just wanted to say I'll be running the

37:52 ↗ trout feeding station at say not Sunset

37:54 ↗ so come on down to feed some trout

37:58 ↗ awesome any other good of the order to

38:01 ↗ share I'll go into a couple of upcoming

38:04 ↗ meetings so we have had a long break but

38:07 ↗ we are back into our regular role of

38:09 ↗ things the next regular city council

38:11 ↗ meeting is Monday September 16th and the

38:14 ↗ anticipated agenda items include Public

38:17 ↗ Safety facilities followup leasing next

38:20 ↗ steps the 2023 24 budget update 2025

38:25 ↗ Arch work program and budget

38:28 ↗ reallocation of arch trust funds for the

38:30 ↗ Plymouth housing project in Redmond

38:32 ↗ credit card service fee policy the

38:34 ↗ Lakeside transfer of development rights

38:37 ↗ and then the September 23rd Committee of

38:39 ↗ the whole meeting has been cancelled so

38:41 ↗ there being no further business this

38:43 ↗ evening this meeting is adjourned at

38:45 ↗ 7:55 p.m.

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Attendance

Council / Members (5)

Barbara de Michele

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Russell Joe

Lindsey Walsh

Staff (4)

Wally Bobkiewicz, City Administrator

Andrea Snyder, Deputy City Administrator

Dale Markey-Crimp, Assistant to the City Administrator

Tina Eggers, Chief of Staff to the Mayor