Environmental Board · Wednesday, April 28, 2021 · City Council Digest

1. CALL TO ORDER

Board Membership

packet pp.3

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Staff report:

ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD Staff Liaison Megan Curtis-Murphy, Senior About Sustainability Coordinator Created in 2020, the objective of the Email Environmental Board is to protect, preserve and enhance the natural environment and take Regular Members action on climate change to reduce its impacts 2021 - Jamie Finch by advising the Mayor, City Council and City 2022 - Dani Madan* departments on the City’s plans, policies, 2022 - Don McQuilliams regulations and programs related to 2023 - Rishi Hazra* environmental stewardship. 2023 - Cameron Fisher 2023 - Lara Lebeiko 2024 - Nancy Davidson Membership 2024 - Dan Hintz The Environmental Board is comprised of nine 2024 - Anne Newcomb regular members, and up to three alternates. All members are appointed by the Mayor and subject to confirmation by the City Council. Alternate Members Terms expire April 30 of the year listed. For 2021 - Janet Wall more…

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of Mar. 24, 2021

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Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 03-24-21 Environmental Board Minutes Page [1] CITY OF ISSAQUAH Environmental Board – Special Meeting 6:30 PM Virtual Meeting March 24, 2021 MINUTES

Minutes of Apr. 19, 2021

packet pp.9

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Apr 19, 2021

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Staff report:

The purpose of this special meeting was to allow the following boards and commissions to attend the April 19, 2021 City Council Regular Meeting to hear a presentation regarding the 2022-2027 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP): • Environmental Board • Park Board • Planning Policy Commission • Transportation Advisory Board

4. AGENDA ITEMS

Environmental Awards

Information · 20 min · Megan Curtis-Murphy, Senior Sustainability Coordinator · packet pp.11

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Apr 19, 2021

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Staff report:

Office of Sustainability 130 E Sunset Way | P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 issaquahwa.gov

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0:00 ↗ welcome to the april 28th

0:03 ↗ environmental board meeting for the city

0:05 ↗ of issaquah

0:06 ↗ and i have a few guidelines before we

0:08 ↗ get into our agenda topics

0:10 ↗ first of all due to the virtual format

0:12 ↗ of today's meeting i'd like to start by

0:14 ↗ providing some guidance

0:16 ↗ we have participants and by the way i

0:18 ↗ should introduce myself

0:20 ↗ i'm sorry i'm nancy davidson and i

0:22 ↗ happen to be the chair of this committee

0:23 ↗ or this board at this time

0:26 ↗ we do have participants attending by

0:28 ↗ computer and others who may be attending

0:30 ↗ by phone for all meeting participants

0:32 ↗ please speak clearly

0:34 ↗ and pause frequently state your name

0:36 ↗ each time before speaking

0:38 ↗ mute your microphone when not speaking

0:41 ↗ and if you're having technical issues

0:43 ↗ try joining the meeting

0:44 ↗ using a different device such as your

0:46 ↗ smartphone or a tablet

0:48 ↗ or there's the call-in information in

0:51 ↗ the meeting invite

0:52 ↗ to call into the meeting with that

0:54 ↗ that's kind of the general rules and

0:56 ↗ we'll get into more

0:58 ↗ later but i'd like to start by having

1:00 ↗ megan

1:01 ↗ go ahead and have a roll call of those

1:03 ↗ commissioners or board members in

1:05 ↗ attendance

1:06 ↗ and please unmute and say here when

1:08 ↗ megan calls your name thank you

1:12 ↗ okay um jamie finch

1:16 ↗ danny madden

1:20 ↗ don mcwilliams here

1:24 ↗ rishi hasra here

1:27 ↗ cameron fisher yeah

1:31 ↗ laura labico

1:38 ↗ laura we we see that you're here and i

1:41 ↗ think you had

1:42 ↗ a little background noise but we do see

1:44 ↗ you're here

1:45 ↗ and you can just confirm when you are

1:47 ↗ able

1:49 ↗ uh nancy davidson

1:52 ↗ here dan hintz

1:56 ↗ here and new comb

2:05 ↗ what was that here i did say here yeah

2:08 ↗ thank you

2:09 ↗ um tom anderson here

2:13 ↗ and saria bola pragata here

2:18 ↗ thank you

2:23 ↗ great so um just as a reminder to the

2:26 ↗ commissioners

2:27 ↗ if you have a desire to speak send a

2:30 ↗ chat to all panelists

2:31 ↗ in the chat box and type question or

2:33 ↗ comment um i'll i

2:35 ↗ will try to notice it sometimes you have

2:37 ↗ to call my attention to it but

2:39 ↗ um please wait to be acknowledged before

2:42 ↗ i'm muting

2:43 ↗ your computer and getting on

2:47 ↗ talking to us all please do not put any

2:49 ↗ substant

2:50 ↗ substantial comments in the chat and

2:53 ↗ i don't think any of us are on the phone

2:55 ↗ but if you happen to call in by phone

2:57 ↗ you need to press star 3 to raise your

2:59 ↗ hand for the board

3:01 ↗ and with that we'll start with our

3:03 ↗ agenda topics and the first one of which

3:06 ↗ is to approve the minutes for the

3:09 ↗ march 24th 2021 meeting

3:12 ↗ are there any comments edits or changes

3:14 ↗ to that

3:18 ↗ seeing no one i've got to make sure that

3:20 ↗ i've got everybody

3:21 ↗ sorry um i don't see anyone raising

3:24 ↗ their hand to chat about that

3:26 ↗ so um we'll assume that those minutes

3:29 ↗ are approved

3:30 ↗ we also have received minutes for the

3:32 ↗ april 19

3:33 ↗ 2021 and today megan sent an updated

3:36 ↗ version of those that she'd like us to

3:38 ↗ consider that were not in the agenda

3:40 ↗ pocket

3:40 ↗ um are there any comments to those

3:42 ↗ updated minutes provided by megan

3:44 ↗ earlier today

3:48 ↗ seeing none of none there i'll assume

3:51 ↗ those minutes

3:52 ↗ are approved as well with that we move

3:55 ↗ into the public participation segment of

3:57 ↗ the agenda

3:58 ↗ for public comments they're an important

4:01 ↗ part of the public process

4:03 ↗ we take them seriously but factor them

4:05 ↗ into the decisions we make

4:07 ↗ for members of the public joining us

4:08 ↗ welcome if there's anyone in the meeting

4:11 ↗ now who would like to make a public

4:13 ↗ comment please ranger

4:14 ↗ raise your virtual hand to do that

4:17 ↗ if you're on a phone you need to press

4:19 ↗ star 3.

4:21 ↗ if you've joined by commuter computer or

4:23 ↗ smartphone

4:24 ↗ look for a hand icon which can be

4:26 ↗ anywhere on your screen i think

4:28 ↗ and this varies by device one option may

4:32 ↗ be

4:32 ↗ to go to the participant panel and

4:34 ↗ select your name

4:35 ↗ then choose raise hand it also may be

4:39 ↗ located under the reactions menu

4:41 ↗ or more menu with that i'll ask megan to

4:44 ↗ take on any public comments that might

4:46 ↗ come up

4:47 ↗ thank you thank you nancy i'm seeing one

4:51 ↗ i will move connie marsh up as a

4:53 ↗ panelist just one moment

4:59 ↗ so connie you should now be able to turn

5:01 ↗ on your video and

5:04 ↗ microphone

5:07 ↗ hi i'm funny marcia live on squawk

5:09 ↗ mountain

5:11 ↗ and um because i have no

5:15 ↗ idea what your capital improvement plan

5:18 ↗ presentation or conversation is going to

5:20 ↗ be

5:21 ↗ i don't really know how to

5:25 ↗ comment appropriately to help you out in

5:27 ↗ a capital improvement plan conversation

5:30 ↗ so um it seems like maybe there would be

5:33 ↗ a better way to deal with public comment

5:35 ↗ in that situation i will try of course

5:37 ↗ and then

5:38 ↗ uh more easy i can say yey anne

5:42 ↗ yey larry awesome people well deserved

5:46 ↗ of of awards right

5:49 ↗ sometimes you just find the perfect

5:51 ↗ people in a year

5:52 ↗ and this was one of those years so great

5:56 ↗ now capital improvement plan

6:00 ↗ so background i've been looking at

6:03 ↗ capital improvement plans for the last

6:04 ↗ 20 years

6:06 ↗ right so i have this litany of plans

6:09 ↗ in my brain and um

6:13 ↗ what i will tell you is environmental

6:16 ↗ impacts

6:17 ↗ are spread throughout the capital

6:19 ↗ improvement plan

6:21 ↗ and so when you are looking at

6:23 ↗ transportation you're looking at a

6:24 ↗ variety of types of mobility

6:26 ↗ and potential for impacting or

6:30 ↗ improving the environment when you're

6:32 ↗ looking at storm water you're looking at

6:35 ↗ water quality treatment and

6:38 ↗ and how to make fish

6:41 ↗ habitat better

6:44 ↗ so when you're looking at parks you

6:48 ↗ are looking at our huge massive expanse

6:51 ↗ of open space

6:52 ↗ that is also regulated by

6:56 ↗ parks so with every component with the

6:59 ↗ possible exception of things like um

7:02 ↗ maintaining our shop vehicles and

7:05 ↗ getting a new

7:05 ↗ vector sucker uh you are going to

7:09 ↗ be having to look at all the projects

7:12 ↗ and say to yourself self

7:14 ↗ is this going to do what i wanted to do

7:16 ↗ for the environment

7:18 ↗ now to be dutiful it takes a while

7:21 ↗ and i i would have low expectations of

7:23 ↗ yourselves to begin with because it's

7:25 ↗ hard

7:26 ↗ right the other thing is near-term

7:29 ↗ funding comes in the first few years and

7:32 ↗ everything later where you see the

7:34 ↗ funding out there and it's six years

7:36 ↗ it's 10 years out or whatever you're

7:38 ↗ going well they're thinking they want to

7:40 ↗ do these things but they don't have the

7:42 ↗ money they're going to have to gather

7:43 ↗ the money

7:44 ↗ but they need them they need to put it

7:46 ↗ in in the plan

7:47 ↗ in order to potentially get grant

7:50 ↗ funding

7:50 ↗ and to get money so it seems a little

7:53 ↗ awkward

7:54 ↗ now if you see things in future years

7:57 ↗ that you want to have happen

7:58 ↗ now the whole idea is you can switch all

8:01 ↗ these projects around to

8:02 ↗ try to get your priorities done because

8:05 ↗ you think that that's more valuable

8:07 ↗ than other than other things and so

8:10 ↗ whenever i look at the capital

8:12 ↗ improvement plan that's how i look at it

8:13 ↗ do they have the

8:14 ↗ right projects in near-term funding and

8:17 ↗ would i rather have different projects

8:20 ↗ sooner

8:21 ↗ and and see if we can figure out how to

8:23 ↗ fund those

8:24 ↗ first now i realize this isn't all that

8:27 ↗ much about particular projects

8:29 ↗ but uh storm water

8:32 ↗ master plan you'll notice is just this

8:35 ↗ big old bundle and it says we're going

8:37 ↗ to have public input later and we're

8:39 ↗ going to figure out what those projects

8:40 ↗ are

8:41 ↗ i would question that when you look at

8:43 ↗ the transportation

8:45 ↗ uh project that shows that it wants to

8:49 ↗ add

8:49 ↗ sidewalks right in front of tibbetts

8:51 ↗ valley park

8:53 ↗ well i i don't know do we need a

8:55 ↗ sidewalk there

8:56 ↗ is that where we want pedestrians or

8:58 ↗ could pedestrians go in a

9:00 ↗ different place because we already have

9:02 ↗ a sidewalk so

9:03 ↗ do we have a better place where we could

9:05 ↗ get people out of their cars

9:07 ↗ so these are just two little pet

9:09 ↗ examples

9:10 ↗ for me that that sort of ting my bell

9:13 ↗ and

9:14 ↗ these are not in the right place and

9:16 ↗ then the third

9:17 ↗ big charge for me is the the beavers and

9:20 ↗ lakes of mama state park

9:22 ↗ because it says it's a flood control

9:24 ↗ project

9:25 ↗ doesn't talk about beavers at all but

9:27 ↗ what it is is it's trying to figure out

9:29 ↗ a way

9:30 ↗ to make the beavers not do what beavers

9:32 ↗ naturally do over in the state park

9:34 ↗ but the description of the project

9:37 ↗ doesn't mention any of that and so to

9:40 ↗ my some of my problems with the

9:43 ↗ centralized squad plan is i don't think

9:45 ↗ it's very

9:46 ↗ transparent and what it's the project is

9:48 ↗ actually about and there's no way that

9:50 ↗ you would know that

9:52 ↗ so i i don't know how to solve that

9:54 ↗ problem but

9:55 ↗ i see that mary's here so i just

9:58 ↗ push right there and uh hopefully

10:02 ↗ this helps i don't know that it could

10:04 ↗ hurt so

10:05 ↗ much on have a great time

10:11 ↗ thank you connie is there anyone else

10:13 ↗ megan that signed up to provide comments

10:15 ↗ to the board

10:16 ↗ there is not at this moment we'll give

10:19 ↗ everyone one moment to

10:21 ↗ raise their hand as i just move connie

10:23 ↗ to be an attendee

10:32 ↗ and i do not see anyone else we can go

10:33 ↗ on to the next item

10:35 ↗ okay moving on in the agenda the next

10:38 ↗ agenda item for consideration

10:40 ↗ is the environmental awards and at this

10:42 ↗ point i would like to turn this over to

10:44 ↗ our mayor mayor paulie

10:46 ↗ thank you for being here with us tonight

10:51 ↗ thank you very much chair glad to be

10:54 ↗ here tonight

10:55 ↗ nice to see everybody again and to see

10:57 ↗ faces

10:58 ↗ i was very excited that we had a

11:00 ↗ different process this year that

11:02 ↗ involved more people

11:03 ↗ in um looking at the nominations that

11:06 ↗ are submitted for these awards

11:08 ↗ and just being able to celebrate in a

11:11 ↗ very special way people in our community

11:13 ↗ who are really making a difference

11:16 ↗ together their hours weeks and years of

11:18 ↗ service have enhanced preserved

11:20 ↗ and protected our community's terrorist

11:21 ↗ environment

11:23 ↗ so the first award and i'm was just

11:25 ↗ checking with megan are you have you

11:27 ↗ moved them up or are you moving them up

11:29 ↗ so that we can see them as they talk

11:30 ↗ about them this is megan i have moved

11:33 ↗ them up so ann and larry if you want to

11:34 ↗ go ahead and turn on your cameras that'd

11:36 ↗ be great so we can see you

11:43 ↗ hi anne welcome

11:49 ↗ waiting for larry come on larry he's

11:52 ↗ he's the tech guy over at fish so he

11:54 ↗ should be able to get this one figured

11:56 ↗ out

12:03 ↗ okay well we're waiting for

12:06 ↗ larry's camera i'm going to switch the

12:09 ↗ order of the

12:10 ↗ reviews so anne congratulations and

12:14 ↗ welcome tonight

12:16 ↗ uh the community environmental award

12:18 ↗ this is building on

12:19 ↗ the legacy of the ruth keith's award

12:21 ↗ issaquah

12:22 ↗ also has a community environmental award

12:25 ↗ and it recognizes outstanding

12:27 ↗ achievements by individuals groups or

12:29 ↗ organizations

12:30 ↗ and this year we are very honored to

12:33 ↗ give the award to ann fletcher for her

12:35 ↗ work

12:35 ↗ to put climate action at the forefront

12:37 ↗ in the isla community

12:39 ↗ and is a founding member of the issaquah

12:41 ↗ branch of people for climate action

12:44 ↗ whose mission is to help local

12:45 ↗ governments develop and implement

12:47 ↗ climate action plans to reach our

12:50 ↗ greenhouse gas reduction targets

12:52 ↗ under anne's leadership pca was active

12:54 ↗ in partnering with the city

12:56 ↗ on the community convening on climate

12:58 ↗ and the environmental board

13:01 ↗ and frequently attends city council and

13:04 ↗ other boarding commission meetings

13:06 ↗ and provides a lot of input on how silly

13:08 ↗ city paul's

13:10 ↗ city policies can be made more climate

13:12 ↗ friendly

13:13 ↗ um it was really pleasure uh for me one

13:15 ↗ time uh to attend a weekend event with

13:17 ↗ ann where we listened to speakers over

13:19 ↗ in the mercer islands

13:20 ↗ community center and one fabulous from

13:23 ↗ the city of portland

13:24 ↗ and listening to the ideas of other

13:26 ↗ cities we always try and steal what we

13:27 ↗ can we don't have to reinvent the wheel

13:30 ↗ and also inspires young people to take

13:32 ↗ action on climate she presented at a

13:34 ↗ high school environmental conference and

13:36 ↗ assisted two high school students with

13:38 ↗ their recent project on food waste

13:40 ↗ i want to thank anne for her dedication

13:42 ↗ to climate action and for her hard work

13:45 ↗ protecting the environment

13:46 ↗ in and around our community and i

13:49 ↗ believe you also did get a

13:51 ↗ certificate and a blown glass award i

13:55 ↗ wonder if you have that with you

13:56 ↗ fantastic i'm so glad thank you megan

13:59 ↗ for dropping those off beforehand oh

14:01 ↗ that is beautiful

14:02 ↗ nicely done and before i ask ann to say

14:06 ↗ a few words i want to say even beyond

14:08 ↗ this award

14:09 ↗ anne has just been a partner in

14:12 ↗ supporting me as mayor

14:13 ↗ in my entire three years whether it's

14:16 ↗ been helping me

14:17 ↗ interview for board of commission

14:19 ↗ members

14:20 ↗ or just being a sounding board so she's

14:23 ↗ been

14:23 ↗ very very helpful to the mayor's office

14:25 ↗ and to me personally and i appreciate

14:26 ↗ that a lot

14:28 ↗ so ann can i interrupt for a minute

14:31 ↗ yes all right what i'd like to ask is

14:34 ↗ the environmental

14:35 ↗ board to all unmute your your

14:36 ↗ microphones and clap with me and

14:38 ↗ congratulate ann

14:39 ↗ so everybody

14:47 ↗ thank you anne all right thanks guys

14:50 ↗ i'll turn it back to your mirror but i

14:51 ↗ just think it's fun if we can actually

14:52 ↗ try and make it look like we're

14:54 ↗ we're all together yeah terry davidson

14:56 ↗ that was an

14:57 ↗ excellent idea thank you very much so

15:00 ↗ and i wondered if you had anything that

15:02 ↗ you wanted to

15:04 ↗ share with the group we're very proud of

15:06 ↗ you

15:08 ↗ um i did want to say a couple of things

15:11 ↗ first of all i am pretty overwhelmed by

15:13 ↗ this

15:14 ↗ and i am very very grateful and i wanted

15:18 ↗ to thank a few people in groups

15:20 ↗ um that especially come to my mind and

15:23 ↗ i first of all wanted to thank david my

15:25 ↗ husband

15:26 ↗ for showing me the beauty and importance

15:28 ↗ of nature

15:30 ↗ and i want to thank connie for her

15:32 ↗ environmental

15:33 ↗ mentorship of me i

15:37 ↗ want to thank the members of the people

15:39 ↗ for climate action

15:40 ↗ uh for their ongoing support and i want

15:44 ↗ to thank the

15:45 ↗ issaquah city staff and elected

15:47 ↗ officials

15:48 ↗ for their partnership with the community

15:51 ↗ this is a pretty amazing um

15:55 ↗ partnership we have going here and we

15:57 ↗ really want to continue to enhance that

16:00 ↗ and so i want to leave you with just

16:03 ↗ these thoughts

16:05 ↗ the earth is our first teacher

16:10 ↗ the earth gives us everything essential

16:14 ↗ for a good life in reciprocity

16:18 ↗ let's give back to the natural world

16:22 ↗ all the protection we can give it

16:26 ↗ thank you thank you anna's beautiful

16:31 ↗ larry i'm going to check in with you and

16:33 ↗ see if you

16:34 ↗ have audio and whether or not you can

16:36 ↗ turn on your video

16:38 ↗ um i have audio but um video crashed my

16:42 ↗ session so i'm not going to try that

16:43 ↗ again

16:44 ↗ no let's not do that as long as you can

16:47 ↗ hear that's great we won't get to see

16:48 ↗ your reward but that's okay

16:51 ↗ thanks for joining us tonight larry oh

16:53 ↗ absolutely

16:54 ↗ so it's been my great honor and

16:57 ↗ privilege

16:57 ↗ to award larry franks our 2021 ruth and

17:00 ↗ dan keys award for a sustainable

17:02 ↗ environment

17:04 ↗ it's named for one of our community's

17:06 ↗ tireless environment

17:07 ↗ environmental advocates the ruth and dan

17:09 ↗ keys awards honors those who have shown

17:11 ↗ extraordinary leadership

17:13 ↗ to protect our natural surroundings for

17:16 ↗ decades larry has been dedicated

17:18 ↗ environmental activists an advocate for

17:20 ↗ issaquah's lands and waters

17:22 ↗ and a voice for salmon that flow through

17:24 ↗ our community

17:25 ↗ larry has been a member of the friends

17:27 ↗ of visque salmon hatchery

17:29 ↗ also known as fish for many years and he

17:31 ↗ currently serves as vice president of

17:33 ↗ the board

17:34 ↗ he also leads school tours in the fall

17:36 ↗ to inspire the next generation to care

17:38 ↗ for salmon and their habitat

17:40 ↗ he is also an active member of the

17:42 ↗ issaquah environmental council

17:44 ↗ the kokanee working group and raya 8 a

17:47 ↗ regional group dedicated to the

17:48 ↗ preservation of chinook salmon

17:50 ↗ in the cedar and sammamish watersheds

17:53 ↗ thank you larry for your decades of

17:55 ↗ service

17:58 ↗ i also wanted to let you know that your

18:01 ↗ name will be engraved on the ruth and

18:02 ↗ dan keith's award plaque

18:04 ↗ it hangs up on the wall in city hall

18:06 ↗ chambers and

18:07 ↗ i hope we'll be able to take a look at

18:09 ↗ it oh

18:10 ↗ awesome there it is thanks gonna go on

18:12 ↗ the flag

18:13 ↗ yeah um and lastly this fall

18:16 ↗ as part of this honor we'll plant a tree

18:18 ↗ in the ruth and dan keys grove of trees

18:20 ↗ at squawk valley park so

18:22 ↗ in your honor and hopefully this can be

18:24 ↗ an in-person event since we can

18:26 ↗ celebrate together

18:27 ↗ so before i head over to larry do a

18:29 ↗ couple things

18:30 ↗ um i served on the fishboard with larry

18:32 ↗ and we actually joined it about the same

18:34 ↗ time

18:35 ↗ so i have been an amazing observer of

18:38 ↗ his work for over seven years

18:40 ↗ he has been a fire brand he

18:44 ↗ turned the organization up on its head

18:47 ↗ to make sure

18:48 ↗ that they started to become stronger

18:51 ↗ advocates in many ways in addition to

18:55 ↗ the educational components i have

18:57 ↗ so it's been an absolute pleasure to

18:59 ↗ serve with him and watch

19:00 ↗ the fish organization change as it has

19:02 ↗ over the last

19:03 ↗ many years um he also happens to live

19:06 ↗ very close to where

19:07 ↗ ruth and dan hughes used to live he's a

19:09 ↗ little bit down

19:11 ↗ south of town and very close to where

19:13 ↗ the tree will be planted as well so i'm

19:15 ↗ sure it's easy for us to connect

19:17 ↗ and i think the last favorite story i

19:20 ↗ have is that

19:21 ↗ finding out that i also enjoyed fishing

19:23 ↗ and lived in a family where it wasn't

19:25 ↗ such a big deal

19:26 ↗ larry and i did get to go fish together

19:28 ↗ on a couple different trips and it was

19:30 ↗ super fun

19:31 ↗ which he's given up now because sam and

19:34 ↗ i are in danger

19:35 ↗ so now we're not fishing larry i'm going

19:38 ↗ to hand it over to you

19:39 ↗ congratulations well done it's a real

19:42 ↗ legacy of service to our community

19:43 ↗ and our environment oh and i'll go with

19:45 ↗ the the chair again and

19:48 ↗ if everybody wants them you we can give

19:49 ↗ them a big round of applause

19:51 ↗ because we love you larry

19:57 ↗ well thank you for the applause and the

19:59 ↗ the very kind words

20:01 ↗ um as mary lou mentioned um

20:05 ↗ uh ruth keys lived just two doors down

20:08 ↗ from me

20:08 ↗ um unfortunately that was

20:12 ↗ oh multiple decades ago so now it's five

20:14 ↗ houses down

20:16 ↗ but she was inspirational um she was

20:19 ↗ such an advocate

20:20 ↗ for uh surface water and groundwater

20:22 ↗ which our fish are dependent

20:24 ↗ dependent on so i look back at that and

20:27 ↗ just have to tell you that i stand on

20:30 ↗ the shoulders

20:31 ↗ of giants she was inspirational

20:36 ↗ also that mary lou mentioned i've been

20:39 ↗ shifting my emphasis um both with fish

20:42 ↗ and the other organizations that i

20:44 ↗ support

20:46 ↗ to one of broader action when

20:49 ↗ fish was originated in 1992 it was all

20:53 ↗ about

20:54 ↗ saving the historical hatchery um now

20:57 ↗ the focus is on

20:58 ↗ advocacy its partnership with other

21:01 ↗ teams it's partnership with

21:02 ↗ other organizations that have

21:06 ↗ similar goals if they're trying to save

21:08 ↗ fish that even makes me

21:10 ↗ more happy my

21:13 ↗ message to all of us is that

21:16 ↗ it's easy to say that the salmon are an

21:19 ↗ indicator species

21:21 ↗ the way i interpret that is where they

21:24 ↗ go

21:25 ↗ we go if we drive them to extinction

21:28 ↗ we will follow them we will delay the

21:31 ↗ inevitable with technology

21:33 ↗ but we really need to keep that from

21:35 ↗ happening and that's what leads to

21:37 ↗ many of my climate change engagements as

21:41 ↗ well

21:42 ↗ so thank you so much for um for this

21:44 ↗ honor

21:45 ↗ and um i will continue to earn

21:48 ↗ um this sort of um respect i

21:52 ↗ really really appreciate it

21:55 ↗ thank you larry and thank you ann um and

21:58 ↗ also the environmental board for

21:59 ↗ assisting with these awards and megan

22:01 ↗ who is a huge support

22:03 ↗ in helping keep me organized because i

22:05 ↗ can get a little distracted

22:07 ↗ so um sir davidson back over to you

22:10 ↗ thanks for the opportunity to be here

22:11 ↗ tonight

22:12 ↗ thank you mayor paula we very much

22:14 ↗ appreciate it

22:15 ↗ with that and that little bit of

22:17 ↗ inspiration from two of our community

22:19 ↗ leaders regarding the environment uh

22:21 ↗ thank you for your efforts

22:22 ↗ it's uh great for all of us

22:26 ↗ i'm going to move on now to the next

22:28 ↗ agenda topic

22:29 ↗ so unless anyone has anything they want

22:31 ↗ to add in the chat

22:33 ↗ and i'm not seeing anything unless megan

22:35 ↗ tells me i've missed something

22:37 ↗ and so the next agenda item is the

22:40 ↗ 2022-2027

22:42 ↗ capital improvement plan and

22:43 ↗ transportation improvement plan

22:45 ↗ this will be presented by megan and

22:47 ↗ hopefully you've all had the opportunity

22:49 ↗ to review or participated in

22:53 ↗ the presentation that was made with the

22:55 ↗ city council

22:56 ↗ and several of the city boards so that

22:58 ↗ we all got a broader understanding of it

23:01 ↗ and so with that i'm going to turn it

23:03 ↗ over to megan i think she has a short

23:05 ↗ presentation for all of us

23:07 ↗ and then we'll move into comments and

23:09 ↗ others so megan

23:12 ↗ oh by the way it's nancy davidson

23:13 ↗ against here

23:20 ↗ yes thank you just getting set up here

23:23 ↗ just give me a moment to

23:24 ↗ share my screen

23:45 ↗ here we go and i just want to say

23:46 ↗ congratulations to the winners as well

23:48 ↗ i've gotten to know larry and anne

23:50 ↗ very well over the last few years and

23:52 ↗ it's always a pleasure working

23:54 ↗ with them and hearing from them so

23:56 ↗ congratulations again

23:59 ↗ all right um so we are going to get

24:01 ↗ started uh so as you know we're talking

24:03 ↗ about the 2022 to 2027 capital

24:06 ↗ improvement plan

24:07 ↗ which also includes the transportation

24:09 ↗ improvement plan as a component of that

24:12 ↗ um and similar to susie's presentation

24:15 ↗ the other night

24:16 ↗ i will no longer be saying capital

24:18 ↗ improvement plan but i will be saying

24:19 ↗ cip

24:20 ↗ throughout and you are welcome to do the

24:22 ↗ same it saves us a bit of time

24:26 ↗ but as you all know you were either

24:28 ↗ attending the april 19th session where

24:30 ↗ we did the presentation

24:32 ↗ of the plan itself or had a chance to

24:35 ↗ watch it beforehand so

24:36 ↗ really appreciate that so tonight we're

24:38 ↗ just going to be i'm just going to

24:39 ↗ provide a couple

24:40 ↗ high-level overview items from that and

24:43 ↗ as a reminder of the feedback

24:45 ↗ that we're looking for but really the

24:47 ↗ content was from

24:48 ↗ that meeting

24:55 ↗ so the cip is a six-year planning

24:57 ↗ document that reflects the city council

24:59 ↗ priorities

25:00 ↗ community objectives and the projects

25:02 ↗ that improve city operational efficiency

25:05 ↗ one thing to note is that even though

25:07 ↗ the plan has cost estimates for each

25:09 ↗ project

25:10 ↗ the costs are not set in stone and it's

25:12 ↗ not a fight a financial commitment from

25:14 ↗ the city but a planning process

25:17 ↗ and the cip contains a list of criteria

25:19 ↗ that the city uses to prioritize certain

25:22 ↗ projects over others

25:23 ↗ and the criteria includes things like a

25:25 ↗ project's environmental impact

25:27 ↗ whether there's a dedicated funding

25:28 ↗ source and the impact to life and safety

25:31 ↗ among several others the last cip

25:34 ↗ describes many capital projects and how

25:36 ↗ they'll be funded

25:37 ↗ the projects can be categorized into one

25:39 ↗ of several categories which are listed

25:41 ↗ on the slide here

25:46 ↗ so the city has two main types of

25:48 ↗ budgets there's the operating budget and

25:50 ↗ the capital budget

25:51 ↗ the cip would only be impacting the

25:53 ↗ capital budget

25:55 ↗ so this table uh has a slide that

25:57 ↗ summarizes the differences between the

25:59 ↗ two types of budgets

26:00 ↗ an operating budget which is outlined in

26:03 ↗ the left column

26:04 ↗ includes personnel costs professional

26:06 ↗ services

26:07 ↗ routine repairs and maintenance like the

26:09 ↗ upkeep of buildings and parks

26:11 ↗ and other general operating expenses on

26:14 ↗ the other side is the capital budget

26:16 ↗ so this covers equipment materials and

26:19 ↗ physical structures

26:20 ↗ so in looking at the cip itself you

26:22 ↗ probably saw several of these types of

26:24 ↗ projects included such as the utility

26:26 ↗ infrastructure improvements and

26:28 ↗ replacements

26:29 ↗ street sidewalk and for infrastructure

26:31 ↗ improvements replaced in

26:33 ↗ replacements and the other items on the

26:36 ↗ slide

26:40 ↗ so before i get into the feedback i just

26:43 ↗ wanted to

26:44 ↗ give a reminder about what the board's

26:46 ↗ objective is overall

26:48 ↗ i think this can help provide a

26:49 ↗ framework for some of the feedback that

26:51 ↗ we'll be hearing tonight

26:53 ↗ so the objective of the environmental

26:54 ↗ board is to protect preserve and enhance

26:56 ↗ the natural environment

26:58 ↗ and take action on climate change to

27:00 ↗ reduce its impacts

27:01 ↗ by advising the mayor city council and

27:04 ↗ city departments

27:05 ↗ on the city's plans policies regulations

27:08 ↗ and programs related to environmental

27:10 ↗ stewardship

27:12 ↗ so this is an objective that we really

27:13 ↗ worked with the community to develop

27:15 ↗ last year as we were developing

27:17 ↗ the ordinance for this process and it

27:19 ↗ was really helpful to hear all the

27:21 ↗ the thoughts that went into that and

27:23 ↗ they're reflected here

27:27 ↗ so the council mayor are requesting

27:29 ↗ feedback from the board on the cip as a

27:31 ↗ whole

27:32 ↗ a few examples of areas for feedback

27:34 ↗ could be on how projects are funded

27:36 ↗ what projects are prioritized and if

27:38 ↗ there are any types of projects

27:40 ↗ or project considerations that aren't

27:42 ↗ included but you think should be

27:45 ↗ the feedback can be general and higher

27:47 ↗ level or some specific as well if you

27:49 ↗ have that

27:51 ↗ and then last as i'm we would also like

27:55 ↗ feedback on the cip

27:56 ↗ input process itself so this was a

27:59 ↗ new thing that we did this year having

28:01 ↗ boards and commissions attend the

28:02 ↗ council presentation

28:04 ↗ and we're looking for your feedback on

28:06 ↗ that overall process if there's anything

28:08 ↗ that could be improved

28:09 ↗ in that so we look forward to hearing

28:11 ↗ that as part of your feedback tonight as

28:13 ↗ well

28:15 ↗ and last i just wanted to go through the

28:18 ↗ next steps

28:19 ↗ there was some council discussions on

28:21 ↗ the cip last night

28:24 ↗ there'll be a public hearing on may 3rd

28:26 ↗ and then may 11th the city council will

28:28 ↗ discuss the cip more

28:30 ↗ and on may 17th there'll be a final

28:32 ↗ public hearing and the cip is expected

28:34 ↗ to be adopted by council then

28:38 ↗ and that wraps up my presentation

28:41 ↗ i can go ahead and leave this slide up

28:43 ↗ for a minute and then i will

28:44 ↗ put it down as we get into the

28:46 ↗ discussion and i'll hand it back to you

28:48 ↗ nancy

28:52 ↗ thank you megan so what i would like to

28:54 ↗ do now

28:55 ↗ is to turn it over to the board to

28:57 ↗ provide any feedback that they might

28:59 ↗ have

28:59 ↗ and please indicate that you have a

29:02 ↗ comment or

29:02 ↗ question general comments or

29:05 ↗ about the projects but we're looking for

29:08 ↗ feedback on the cip as a whole

29:11 ↗ and and the process that it was

29:13 ↗ presented at and let's start with

29:15 ↗ particularly on the process um

29:18 ↗ that we received at the meeting last

29:21 ↗ time

29:21 ↗ and as the chair i'm going to offer my

29:23 ↗ first input and that would be

29:25 ↗ i was very troubled that the cip did not

29:28 ↗ get to us until 5 35 the night of the

29:30 ↗ meeting

29:31 ↗ it would have been nice to have been

29:33 ↗ able to at least

29:34 ↗ see a context of what we were looking at

29:37 ↗ prior to

29:38 ↗ the presentation that was made which was

29:40 ↗ a great presentation

29:41 ↗ but it would have been nice to have it

29:44 ↗ in our hands a little bit

29:45 ↗ in advance that's just some feedback to

29:47 ↗ send back to

29:49 ↗ the administration anybody else have any

29:52 ↗ comments

29:58 ↗ wow you guys are quiet tonight um

30:01 ↗ so let's talk next about kind of what

30:03 ↗ you see in the cip and kind of what you

30:06 ↗ want

30:06 ↗ um projects

30:10 ↗ uh did you put your hand up in the

30:12 ↗ comment in the comment field

30:13 ↗ over in the chat am i missing it

30:17 ↗ well i i entered something in chat so

30:20 ↗ i guess is that not the same as raising

30:22 ↗ your hand

30:23 ↗ yeah it is and it's probably me so i'm

30:26 ↗ sorry let me see if i can figure out

30:27 ↗ what's going wrong on my end okay

30:29 ↗ give me just a sec this is megan here um

30:32 ↗ it looks like um you have to make sure

30:35 ↗ you're chatting all panelists rather

30:36 ↗ than privately so i saw that go through

30:38 ↗ privately

30:40 ↗ see so it went to the host only

30:43 ↗ yep so just make sure in the two it says

30:46 ↗ to all panelists i'll try to

30:47 ↗ get that as a setting but yeah so tom

30:51 ↗ can go ahead with this comment go ahead

30:53 ↗ tom and then i think we'll go

30:54 ↗ and just and then we'll go to jamie okay

30:56 ↗ okay so yes this is tom

30:58 ↗ anderson speaking uh so i'm kind of uh

31:01 ↗ curious as to how this process works for

31:03 ↗ project selection so the summaries there

31:06 ↗ show

31:07 ↗ an environmental column and there's a

31:09 ↗ little check box in each

31:11 ↗ in each project that has an

31:12 ↗ environmental element to it

31:15 ↗ but is that is that all is there are

31:17 ↗ there some other attributes

31:19 ↗ that one uses to uh well how how how

31:22 ↗ impactful is it environmentally and uh

31:25 ↗ is this something that uh

31:26 ↗ is of high priority or low priority etc

31:30 ↗ uh so what what other are there other

31:33 ↗ attributes like that that feed into this

31:35 ↗ process

31:36 ↗ and though are there um any details on

31:40 ↗ the algorithm that is used

31:42 ↗ to decide which projects make the cut

31:44 ↗ and which

31:45 ↗ don't make the cut and i'm curious also

31:48 ↗ as to we're being shown the projects

31:52 ↗ that apparently did make the cut

31:54 ↗ what is the list of projects that didn't

31:56 ↗ make the cut

32:03 ↗ great i don't know if megan you have any

32:04 ↗ comments on that or if you just want to

32:06 ↗ pass that along

32:08 ↗ uh this is meg and i don't have details

32:10 ↗ on on the process that goes into it

32:12 ↗ so that's something i'll go ahead and

32:14 ↗ pass along

32:16 ↗ okay well let me let me further comment

32:18 ↗ on that i think that

32:20 ↗ um as an environmental board that that

32:23 ↗ would be something that we

32:24 ↗ could i think provide useful feedback on

32:27 ↗ like okay what is the algorithm to

32:29 ↗ decide what to do and what not to do

32:32 ↗ and the environmental aspect of that is

32:34 ↗ something that we

32:36 ↗ we could and should weigh in on

32:39 ↗ and we'd be better able to weigh in on

32:42 ↗ that than when

32:43 ↗ than we would on you know 150 different

32:45 ↗ projects

32:48 ↗ it's it's a formidable list i downloaded

32:51 ↗ the full

32:52 ↗ detail the full cip which is just one

32:56 ↗ page per project with some summary stuff

32:59 ↗ but it's 150 pages it's a huge document

33:02 ↗ and um uh i i feel

33:05 ↗ i feel unprepared to decide which ones

33:09 ↗ should and shouldn't be

33:10 ↗ done without more information about how

33:12 ↗ how they might

33:13 ↗ impact environmental things so for

33:16 ↗ example i happen to know

33:18 ↗ some things about the the spar pump

33:20 ↗ station

33:21 ↗ that's on the list of the projects and

33:23 ↗ i've visited that site and

33:25 ↗ and looked at some of the environmental

33:27 ↗ impacts there the description of the

33:29 ↗ project

33:30 ↗ really belies the environmental project

33:33 ↗ environmental impact of of that project

33:36 ↗ and the uh

33:38 ↗ acres and acres of debris that have

33:40 ↗ accumulated over the years

33:42 ↗ due to encampments on the property

33:46 ↗ and and how are we going to do better

33:49 ↗ stewardship of that

33:51 ↗ property moving into the future i mean

33:53 ↗ these

33:54 ↗ these things that that apply to the

33:56 ↗ environmental concern there you can't

33:58 ↗ really get from

34:01 ↗ the high level summary as captured in

34:03 ↗ the cip

34:06 ↗ thank you tom um i think that's great

34:09 ↗ feedback that we can send back to the

34:11 ↗ administration

34:12 ↗ and with that uh the next person that's

34:14 ↗ going to be called on to provide some

34:16 ↗ feedback is jamie go ahead jamie finch

34:19 ↗ thanks

34:20 ↗ jamie finch here um i thought overall

34:23 ↗ um i i did think the presentation itself

34:26 ↗ was

34:26 ↗ was uh very well done i do think

34:29 ↗ more my comments are around the broader

34:31 ↗ process and

34:32 ↗ do kind of go along with what tom was

34:35 ↗ talking about

34:35 ↗ the city administrator did mention that

34:38 ↗ there was going to be more input on the

34:40 ↗ project selection criteria

34:41 ↗ in the future uh that that just felt

34:44 ↗ like a miss that that wasn't

34:46 ↗ done in this during this process and i

34:48 ↗ do think

34:49 ↗ to tom's point that getting a little

34:52 ↗ more pointed about what

34:53 ↗ all of these different selection

34:55 ↗ criteria mean and how much

34:57 ↗ each individual project might be driving

35:00 ↗ or hurting a given

35:03 ↗ selection criteria would be really

35:05 ↗ helpful so i think

35:06 ↗ some sort of more robust framework and

35:09 ↗ tommy's the word algorithm but i think

35:11 ↗ some more uh

35:13 ↗ robust framework to help all of us

35:16 ↗ better understand the projects and

35:18 ↗ and that's where i think especially us

35:20 ↗ as environmental board

35:22 ↗ being able to comment on how we might

35:25 ↗ ensure that the environmental lens is

35:27 ↗ being

35:27 ↗ uh is being portrayed in a in a way that

35:30 ↗ we're really comfortable with so

35:31 ↗ i think that for for me was the the

35:34 ↗ biggest area

35:35 ↗ of opportunity for uh for this process

35:38 ↗ and hopefully something that we can look

35:40 ↗ towards as a in the next process

35:46 ↗ thank you great um i'm going to skip

35:49 ↗ over you

35:50 ↗ dan right now because yours is on

35:52 ↗ projects and come back to you

35:54 ↗ i saw what you said and i'm going to

35:56 ↗ keep talking about process so if you

35:58 ↗ want to weigh in on process

35:59 ↗ please re-comment again um but i'm going

36:02 ↗ to ask now

36:03 ↗ dawn to come in and join us don

36:06 ↗ just echoing uh what tom and jamie said

36:08 ↗ you know reading through the detailed

36:10 ↗ list the 150 page document

36:12 ↗ even the one page high flyovers of each

36:15 ↗ project

36:16 ↗ you just don't get a good understanding

36:18 ↗ of what all that money is being spent on

36:20 ↗ or

36:20 ↗ or how it ranks against the other

36:22 ↗ priorities across the city and

36:24 ↗ why it's getting put forward in this

36:26 ↗ year or next year

36:27 ↗ versus four years from now um i know

36:30 ↗ it's a long document

36:32 ↗ it's a lot of information to read but it

36:34 ↗ would be good just to have a better

36:35 ↗ understanding of how the projects are

36:36 ↗ evaluated and

36:38 ↗ the need and the priority with regard to

36:41 ↗ the timeline on these

36:46 ↗ thank you and i'd like to add to that i

36:48 ↗ noticed that many of the projects also

36:49 ↗ did not even describe the environment

36:51 ↗ they were just listed as projects with a

36:53 ↗ description so

36:55 ↗ if there were any environmental impacts

36:57 ↗ or discussion or thoughts behind it

36:59 ↗ there's nothing said about them in the

37:01 ↗ description so i just wanted to echo and

37:03 ↗ add that along the way

37:05 ↗ with that i'm going to turn it over to

37:07 ↗ danny danny

37:09 ↗ um yeah just like kind of echoing sort

37:11 ↗ of what everyone else has said um i

37:13 ↗ especially felt that the justifications

37:16 ↗ were lacking

37:17 ↗ um in the document like it kind of it

37:20 ↗ was pretty

37:20 ↗ um vague kind of echoing what connie

37:22 ↗ said earlier like i definitely would

37:24 ↗ have liked to see

37:26 ↗ um maybe also a little bit more on like

37:28 ↗ why those particular projects were

37:30 ↗ selected

37:30 ↗ and more on um what kind of impacts that

37:34 ↗ they would have like not only just

37:36 ↗ the environmental projects but also um a

37:38 ↗ lot of them are focused around

37:39 ↗ infrastructure which is like the

37:41 ↗ majority of the plan

37:42 ↗ so i'm seeing some more on that and then

37:44 ↗ also seeing

37:45 ↗ of course more environmental analysis

37:47 ↗ since that is kind of

37:48 ↗ like where our main um input or feedback

37:52 ↗ is coming from is like the environmental

37:54 ↗ analysis aspect of it and i did feel

37:56 ↗ like that was lacking in the

37:57 ↗ justifications

38:02 ↗ thank you this is nancy davidson again

38:04 ↗ and

38:05 ↗ great feedback laura you're up next

38:08 ↗ and just as a reminder everybody please

38:10 ↗ say your name full name for

38:12 ↗ people that might watch this later

38:13 ↗ appreciate that

38:20 ↗ you're on mute

38:24 ↗ hello can you hear me now okay

38:28 ↗ hooray hello technical problems

38:31 ↗ um i agree with everything that

38:33 ↗ everyone's been saying um

38:34 ↗ i think it'd be nice if we just set some

38:36 ↗ general targets somehow

38:38 ↗ um for what we're trying to achieve like

38:40 ↗ this all kind of

38:41 ↗ exhibits i think that we don't have

38:42 ↗ specific goals for how we want to be

38:44 ↗ more

38:44 ↗ sustainable and climate positive so

38:47 ↗ putting money deciding where we want to

38:49 ↗ spend like a portion of money to each

38:52 ↗ project and making sure that it has

38:53 ↗ offsets or benefits

38:56 ↗ i think would be helpful and then

38:57 ↗ there's you know portland's

38:59 ↗ eco districts and eco districts models

39:01 ↗ give really good

39:02 ↗ um concrete examples of how to apply

39:04 ↗ those targets

39:05 ↗ which i think might be helpful to apply

39:07 ↗ in the future um that way we're not just

39:08 ↗ doing abstract

39:10 ↗ things so i mean it's a helpful story

39:13 ↗ but i think i agree with

39:14 ↗ everyone else thank you laura

39:18 ↗ um the next one up is rishi

39:22 ↗ thank you this is rishi hazrat speaking

39:24 ↗ um i had kind of a question and a

39:26 ↗ comment i'll start off with a question

39:27 ↗ and

39:28 ↗ so i'm just wondering whether the

39:29 ↗ environmental board our purpose is to

39:32 ↗ give feedback on the selection of

39:34 ↗ projects or

39:35 ↗ feedback on the purpose or like

39:38 ↗ the execution of every individual

39:40 ↗ project and maybe that's something

39:42 ↗ megan could answer

39:45 ↗ sure this is megan um i think we're

39:48 ↗ looking for kind of some of the higher

39:49 ↗ level feedback

39:51 ↗ um i think we're not trying to get into

39:53 ↗ the specific

39:54 ↗ projects that much as as you all have

39:57 ↗ been talking about there's not

39:58 ↗ a ton of detail on each one there's a

40:00 ↗ lot more that went into those

40:02 ↗ um developing those but as there's so

40:05 ↗ many projects in there it's really

40:06 ↗ providing a higher level overview

40:09 ↗ um so i think the less detailed

40:12 ↗ okay thank you and in that case default

40:14 ↗ in my comment i'm just echoing what tom

40:16 ↗ said earlier

40:17 ↗ um it would be really helpful to see

40:19 ↗ what were the projects that didn't make

40:21 ↗ it into the list

40:22 ↗ um otherwise it's kind of hard to show

40:23 ↗ um what we feel in terms of selection

40:25 ↗ like

40:25 ↗ um what we think as an environmental

40:28 ↗ board from the lens of

40:29 ↗ environmental awareness and justice how

40:33 ↗ we can

40:34 ↗ properly prioritize on the city's

40:36 ↗ funding and

40:37 ↗ resources

40:43 ↗ great any other just general high-level

40:45 ↗ comments before we get more

40:47 ↗ into a little more specifics um from any

40:50 ↗ of the board members that

40:51 ↗ megan can send forward

40:55 ↗ um and i see you raised your hand go

40:57 ↗ ahead

41:01 ↗ i'd like to say that i think it's really

41:04 ↗ cool that issaquah

41:06 ↗ engages the whole community on these

41:09 ↗ important decisions

41:12 ↗ and want to

41:15 ↗ just say thank you for that and

41:19 ↗ that's it

41:23 ↗ great um with that um

41:26 ↗ i think that there are some comments on

41:29 ↗ the projects generally and a few

41:32 ↗ specific projects is what i saw from dan

41:35 ↗ so dan why don't you go ahead and start

41:37 ↗ us off on that one

41:39 ↗ great thanks nancy um dan hintz speaking

41:42 ↗ i guess a couple quick general comments

41:44 ↗ to kind of add on to folks um

41:46 ↗ i think it could be useful to look at

41:48 ↗ connections of projects i feel like

41:49 ↗ there's a lot of individual projects

41:50 ↗ that are pretty directly connected both

41:52 ↗ geographically and in their impacts for

41:54 ↗ example

41:55 ↗ some of the work along tibbetts creek

41:56 ↗ with gateway the tibbetts creek trail

41:59 ↗ park improvements at confluence park but

42:01 ↗ also some

42:02 ↗ um bank and in-stream stabilization work

42:06 ↗ so i think that would be neat if there

42:07 ↗ was an opportunity for projects that are

42:09 ↗ a little bit more directly connected to

42:10 ↗ be linked in the document somehow or at

42:12 ↗ least called out

42:14 ↗ also map inserts or a little bit more

42:16 ↗ descriptive maps i think would be great

42:18 ↗ uh

42:18 ↗ i was on google quite a bit you know

42:20 ↗ looking up is i know is it quite pretty

42:22 ↗ well but intersections that were just

42:23 ↗ described in writing and trying to kind

42:25 ↗ of figure out exactly where that looks

42:27 ↗ uh where those sites are located so

42:29 ↗ those are kind of a few general comments

42:31 ↗ um on the overall document and then also

42:35 ↗ kind of generally on the

42:36 ↗ intention i'll call it a few things that

42:38 ↗ really stood out to me

42:40 ↗ reviewing this very very supportive

42:44 ↗ of the land acquisitions uh both creek

42:47 ↗ and valley and you know calling out the

42:48 ↗ hillside acquisitions

42:50 ↗ um i'd like to focus a little bit on the

42:52 ↗ on the creekside acquisitions

42:54 ↗ um something i think izuka has such an

42:56 ↗ amazing

42:57 ↗ history and tradition with buying up

42:59 ↗ properties along the creek

43:01 ↗ i think it'd be great to be a little

43:02 ↗ clear what the intentions are for those

43:04 ↗ acquisitions

43:05 ↗ i think the city does a really good job

43:07 ↗ balancing recreation

43:09 ↗ flood control and habitat restoration

43:12 ↗ and fish

43:13 ↗ um i guess i'm a little concerned

43:15 ↗ sometimes that we're buying up these

43:16 ↗ properties to you know maybe reduce some

43:18 ↗ of the flood risk but at the same time

43:19 ↗ kind of hemming in the creek with

43:21 ↗ with trails with bridges and maybe not

43:24 ↗ looking at what those impacts you know

43:25 ↗ with the migrating stream like isaac

43:27 ↗ creek and tibbetts creek might be long

43:28 ↗ term

43:29 ↗ so um being a little clear clear on the

43:31 ↗ intention of the acquisitions obviously

43:33 ↗ it's a balance of a lot of these

43:34 ↗ uh you know goals for our um you know

43:37 ↗ aquatic buffers our riparian areas um

43:40 ↗ but for example specifically um uh the

43:43 ↗ tibbetts gateway project

43:45 ↗ the tibbetts trail it's a very

43:47 ↗ constrained part of tibbetts creek that

43:49 ↗ um you know already has a boardwalk over

43:51 ↗ it talking about more trail development

43:52 ↗ and there's a lot of potential for

43:53 ↗ restoration of that creek

43:55 ↗ um some of the sections along gypsica

43:58 ↗ creek as well we're looking at bank

43:59 ↗ reinforcement we should really talk

44:00 ↗ about you know creek naturally needs to

44:02 ↗ widen and open its

44:03 ↗ um its flow path so you know where we

44:06 ↗ need to hem that in i get there's

44:08 ↗ infrastructure in places we need to

44:09 ↗ protect but also where there's

44:10 ↗ opportunities to let the creek

44:12 ↗ migrate and kind of do what a dynamic

44:14 ↗ system is supposed to do

44:15 ↗ um at the specific project level i'd

44:18 ↗ like to call out that

44:19 ↗ under stormwater the salmon run bank

44:22 ↗ reinforcement

44:22 ↗ is describing a project along confluence

44:25 ↗ park it does not seem to actually be the

44:26 ↗ right project description and i don't

44:28 ↗ see

44:29 ↗ a description for the actual work in

44:30 ↗ salmon run nature park

44:32 ↗ um and that ties to they're talking

44:34 ↗ about the

44:35 ↗ under the salmon run description they're

44:36 ↗ talking about the confluence

44:38 ↗ park area and right bank reinforcement

44:40 ↗ near the maintenance yard which is also

44:42 ↗ a really cool project and that ties into

44:44 ↗ some i believe the park improvements

44:46 ↗ with storm water improvements and you

44:48 ↗ know whether that is something long-term

44:49 ↗ that is really

44:50 ↗ necessary or if that is an area at the

44:51 ↗ confluence of the east fork that can be

44:53 ↗ opened up and you know open up more uh

44:55 ↗ in-stream and flood plain habitat

44:57 ↗ so uh that was one specific thing i

44:59 ↗ wanted to call out that i don't think

45:00 ↗ was intended to be written under salmon

45:02 ↗ run nature park

45:03 ↗ um i think that's it i'm sorry that was

45:06 ↗ kind of a lot of jumping around there

45:08 ↗ but like i said very supportive and just

45:10 ↗ really uh

45:10 ↗ love the city has put so much work into

45:12 ↗ the acquisitions the the green necklace

45:15 ↗ the izuka creek trail i think is so

45:16 ↗ important but we should be really

45:17 ↗ considerate about

45:18 ↗ acquiring these properties and making

45:20 ↗ sure we're not choking in the in the

45:21 ↗ flood plain

45:22 ↗ um you know especially for for our

45:24 ↗ aquatic resources and our fish

45:27 ↗ okay thank you dan that was those were

45:29 ↗ some great feedback um

45:31 ↗ i'm going to turn it to jamie now to

45:33 ↗ provide some additional input thank you

45:34 ↗ jamie

45:36 ↗ thank you nancy jamie finch speaking um

45:39 ↗ i

45:39 ↗ first of all wanted to echo dan uh and

45:42 ↗ just the appreciation especially for the

45:44 ↗ investments in parkland trail and land

45:45 ↗ acquisitions that

45:46 ↗ went into the plan i think um that

45:49 ↗ part of the presentation just made me

45:52 ↗ proud to live in issaquah and then felt

45:54 ↗ really lucky to

45:55 ↗ to be in a place that values green space

45:57 ↗ and

45:58 ↗ really improving the the green space

46:00 ↗ around us so i think that was

46:02 ↗ that was one big takeaway for me um

46:05 ↗ then getting to some of my uh more

46:08 ↗ critical feedback i do

46:10 ↗ wonder um while that aspect of kind of

46:13 ↗ our

46:14 ↗ our uh our ability to further

46:17 ↗ improve the green spaces around isp felt

46:19 ↗ like um

46:20 ↗ there was a lot of investment i did feel

46:22 ↗ like uh there were some opportunities

46:25 ↗ that were overlooked or just weren't

46:27 ↗ presented to us on

46:29 ↗ how certain projects might actually as

46:32 ↗ opposed to just not having a

46:33 ↗ negative environmental impact actually

46:35 ↗ could have a positive environmental

46:37 ↗ impact or

46:37 ↗ reduce future impacts of the city and a

46:40 ↗ couple that come to mind are

46:42 ↗ the hvac system um not having details

46:45 ↗ around what's the

46:46 ↗ what's the fuel source for that um my

46:49 ↗ guess is since it's not pulled out that

46:50 ↗ it's probably fossil fuel

46:53 ↗ natural gas or something and is that an

46:55 ↗ opportunity

46:56 ↗ to uh to get to an all-electric uh

46:59 ↗ system uh roof and and again i don't

47:02 ↗ know if these projects would be

47:04 ↗ relevant for solar but i think looking

47:07 ↗ at

47:08 ↗ and backing and taking up a bit higher

47:11 ↗ view is like

47:11 ↗ i do wonder if there's investments that

47:14 ↗ uh

47:15 ↗ that the city could be making that uh we

47:17 ↗ should

47:18 ↗ have as kind of options within the plan

47:20 ↗ and really be looking at

47:21 ↗ are there ways to further reduce impacts

47:24 ↗ uh with with some of these projects so

47:27 ↗ uh i think the final thing that

47:29 ↗ uh that i just wanted to call out is um

47:33 ↗ i know that there's been projects by the

47:36 ↗ the county to replace um street lights

47:39 ↗ i do wonder if there's any other sort of

47:42 ↗ maintenance or uh that sort of

47:45 ↗ project that we should be looking at for

47:47 ↗ the city that might be able to help

47:49 ↗ reduce

47:50 ↗ uh greenhouse gas emissions from the

47:51 ↗ city so that i didn't see any projects

47:54 ↗ relate to that maybe there's nothing

47:55 ↗ there

47:56 ↗ um but i think this also maybe gets back

47:58 ↗ to rishi and tom's comments mount

48:00 ↗ are there projects that we have not

48:02 ↗ prioritized or that didn't make it into

48:04 ↗ the plan that that might be

48:06 ↗ able to hit on some of those other other

48:09 ↗ goals within our

48:10 ↗ mandate so thank you

48:17 ↗ thank you jamie uh next up for comment

48:19 ↗ is cameron cameron go ahead please

48:22 ↗ nancy cameron fisher here um i just want

48:24 ↗ to thank uh

48:25 ↗ dan for his summary uh it was a nice

48:29 ↗ selection there um i i don't have such

48:32 ↗ an optimistic

48:34 ↗ view i think uh from the the city

48:36 ↗ standpoint on their management

48:38 ↗ the historical management of of

48:41 ↗ the critical areas in particular with

48:43 ↗ the focus there i'd like to see

48:46 ↗ um if they can present to the board

48:49 ↗ uh more of a 30 000 foot level of

48:53 ↗ of vision of what they would like to see

48:56 ↗ with this land acquisition

48:57 ↗ as well as how the changes in the land

48:59 ↗ use management plans are going to be

49:01 ↗ implemented

49:02 ↗ you know currently they're the riparian

49:05 ↗ buffers on some monitor streams are

49:07 ↗ inadequate and if you're developing

49:10 ↗ with land acquisition how is how is that

49:13 ↗ going to play into

49:14 ↗ into the protection of these streams and

49:17 ↗ and enhancement of these streams

49:19 ↗ uh both both with the city land but also

49:21 ↗ with

49:22 ↗ uh development going on as the city

49:24 ↗ grows

49:26 ↗ thank you

49:29 ↗ and this is nancy davidson i'm up next

49:31 ↗ to speak since i said i had some

49:32 ↗ comments and

49:34 ↗ my comments in general are i think we're

49:36 ↗ missing the big picture environmental

49:38 ↗ objectives that this award is set for

49:42 ↗ um there's no projects that are

49:43 ↗ specifically environmental in mind

49:45 ↗ so what i'm thinking over things like

49:48 ↗ have we changed all of our lights in the

49:50 ↗ city to leds

49:52 ↗ have we done things to reduce our energy

49:54 ↗ footprint in the city

49:56 ↗ streetlights in the highlands are they

49:58 ↗ all led what can we do

50:00 ↗ to partner with buildings to get them a

50:02 ↗ lot more energy efficient i know pse has

50:05 ↗ a program

50:06 ↗ but theirs is limited and i just don't

50:08 ↗ see the overall

50:10 ↗ picture of if we're trying to do

50:12 ↗ something with climate

50:13 ↗ and reduce our energy consumption can we

50:15 ↗ partner with

50:17 ↗ solar or something like that that we can

50:20 ↗ better

50:20 ↗ improve the environment of the city i

50:23 ↗ totally support the

50:24 ↗ projects that are in the storm water and

50:26 ↗ other range but

50:27 ↗ i don't see us looking at the pumps and

50:29 ↗ the pump stations

50:31 ↗ the equipment is not identified as eevee

50:34 ↗ and here we just passed an ev

50:35 ↗ ordinance they i don't know if they can

50:36 ↗ even consider that but

50:39 ↗ um they're shown i would guess is

50:41 ↗ probably gas

50:42 ↗ powered equipment um i'm just concerned

50:45 ↗ that there's not an

50:46 ↗ environmental emphasis in our cip and

50:49 ↗ we're looking at the usual traditional

50:51 ↗ infrastructure roads and transportation

50:54 ↗ that's just my perspective

50:56 ↗ thank you and with that i'm going to

50:59 ↗ turn it back to dawn

51:01 ↗ yeah some specific comments to the

51:03 ↗ stormwater section of the cip plant

51:06 ↗ i applaud the city for all the projects

51:08 ↗ related to

51:09 ↗ the stream improvements the bank

51:11 ↗ stabilizations

51:12 ↗ fixing up uh degrading infrastructure

51:16 ↗ but what i don't see on here anywhere is

51:18 ↗ an investment into the future of green

51:20 ↗ storm water infrastructure and how

51:21 ↗ they're going to get there

51:23 ↗ and maybe that will be revealed in the

51:24 ↗ master plan but specifically with what

51:26 ↗ we've just

51:27 ↗ learned about tire particle dust and the

51:29 ↗ six ppd

51:31 ↗ and how it breaks down and causes

51:33 ↗ pre-spawn mortality i think it should be

51:36 ↗ on the list in several years out at

51:39 ↗ least to start looking at that where can

51:40 ↗ we build green storm water

51:42 ↗ infrastructure to capture some of this

51:43 ↗ road runoff and treat it

51:45 ↗ before it ends up in the streams

51:52 ↗ um right now i'm not seeing anyone else

51:54 ↗ providing any comments

51:55 ↗ is there any other input that someone

51:57 ↗ would like to make

52:03 ↗ all right i'm going to ask megan to put

52:04 ↗ up her slide again of what we're

52:06 ↗ supposed to provide input on because

52:07 ↗ right now i can't remember if we've hit

52:09 ↗ all the points

52:22 ↗ so i think the things we're missing um

52:25 ↗ is the first bullet on this slide which

52:27 ↗ is the feedback on the cip which is how

52:29 ↗ they're funded

52:30 ↗ i think we talked a little bit about

52:32 ↗ prioritization but

52:33 ↗ any missing projects so if anybody has

52:36 ↗ anything they would

52:37 ↗ like to be considered or talk about

52:40 ↗ funding

52:40 ↗ i think this is a time to um speak to

52:44 ↗ that

52:46 ↗ any comments

53:00 ↗ seeing nobody raised their hands at this

53:02 ↗ point

53:03 ↗ um i just had a general i'll come to you

53:07 ↗ in a minute laura

53:08 ↗ um i did have one general comment and i

53:10 ↗ know it's kind of a strange one but it's

53:12 ↗ very specific

53:14 ↗ and that is that i saw that in the i.t

53:16 ↗ they plan on putting infrastructure in a

53:18 ↗ new city hall and they don't even have

53:19 ↗ funding in the cip for a new city hall

53:21 ↗ so

53:22 ↗ i think it's interesting that we're

53:23 ↗ funding the the i.t infrastructure for

53:25 ↗ something that's not even in budget

53:28 ↗ um but

53:32 ↗ with that i'm going to turn it over to

53:34 ↗ laura

53:36 ↗ just a brief comment this is laura um is

53:39 ↗ that i think it might

53:41 ↗ be helpful consider the i forget what

53:44 ↗ it's called where you do the open

53:46 ↗ uh where the community can participate

53:49 ↗ and selecting a certain portion of the

53:51 ↗ budget that might be a nice application

53:53 ↗ where the community can

53:54 ↗ be proposed a couple different concepts

53:56 ↗ if we're not sure where to prioritize i

53:58 ↗ don't want to open it up

53:59 ↗ to like a million different subjective

54:00 ↗ ideas but i do think it's a nice way for

54:02 ↗ the community

54:03 ↗ to feel a sense of prioritizing in what

54:05 ↗ ways we're going to focus on the

54:06 ↗ environment

54:07 ↗ and then the other part is i think

54:08 ↗ probably calling out specifically an

54:10 ↗ environmental budget

54:11 ↗ or as they were saying earlier like an

54:14 ↗ action item

54:15 ↗ for each thing might be helpful to

54:17 ↗ giving more context that way it's just

54:19 ↗ top of mind more frequently

54:25 ↗ um dan do you have a comment for us

54:32 ↗ yeah um dan hands speaking here again um

54:35 ↗ he's kind of reflecting on a few

54:37 ↗ comments about not having

54:38 ↗ environmentally specific

54:39 ↗ goals in here and i i i mostly agree

54:42 ↗ with that and i think there is a

54:43 ↗ big opportunity to you know kind of

54:45 ↗ better dedicate

54:46 ↗ um or define projects that have you know

54:48 ↗ kind of more maybe pure

54:50 ↗ environmental benefits i i will say that

54:52 ↗ you know maybe sometimes it is

54:54 ↗ kind of semantics to an extent you know

54:56 ↗ a good list of the stormwater utility

54:58 ↗ projects

54:58 ↗ are intended to be in-stream restoration

55:01 ↗ and riparian work there's the

55:03 ↗ laughing jacobs creek enhancement

55:04 ↗ support the lower zipper creek riparian

55:06 ↗ work

55:07 ↗ the squawk valley work um so i i

55:11 ↗ for me it would be useful and sorry for

55:14 ↗ the stormwater people on this call

55:15 ↗ but it's just kind of a cold title of

55:18 ↗ stormwater utility summary and i feel

55:20 ↗ like to some extent those projects could

55:21 ↗ be broken up into what are maybe true

55:23 ↗ kind of storm water management projects

55:25 ↗ and what are

55:26 ↗ uh you know restoration projects that

55:27 ↗ also have storm water benefits so

55:30 ↗ um i would like to see more of that you

55:31 ↗ know a specific project that i would

55:32 ↗ like to call out is on tibbetts creek

55:34 ↗ within tibbetts valley park where

55:36 ↗ there's the old

55:37 ↗ um i might be using the term incorrectly

55:39 ↗ here but retention pond there which my

55:40 ↗ understanding was to sift out some of

55:42 ↗ the

55:43 ↗ old coal tailings from higher up on um

55:46 ↗ between glock and cougar mount

55:47 ↗ or spock and yes cougar mountain um you

55:50 ↗ know

55:50 ↗ tailings that have been capped and that

55:52 ↗ is really uh choking out

55:53 ↗ or capturing a lot of the sediment

55:55 ↗ that's really important for salmon

55:56 ↗ spawning downstream on tibbetts creek

55:58 ↗ and i know there's been a lot of

55:59 ↗ interest by

56:00 ↗ uh try to limited the tribes to look at

56:03 ↗ removing that pond since it's no longer

56:05 ↗ really serving the purpose of you know

56:06 ↗ filtering out some of the

56:07 ↗ the coal tailings coming down um so

56:10 ↗ projects like that are really important

56:11 ↗ to me and i do think that some of these

56:13 ↗ already existed in the cip

56:15 ↗ and maybe calling them out more

56:16 ↗ specifically as as restoration projects

56:18 ↗ versus just storm water utility even

56:20 ↗ though i know often they have storm

56:21 ↗ water benefit too

56:26 ↗ good feedback dan moving on to ann

56:29 ↗ and go ahead

56:34 ↗ as i was reading through it um i kept

56:37 ↗ wondering

56:37 ↗ if the um asphalt and concrete

56:40 ↗ was the pervious type like was put on um

56:44 ↗ rainier so the water runs through rather

56:47 ↗ than running off

56:48 ↗ um so that would be something i would

56:52 ↗ suggest if

56:54 ↗ i know it's expensive but um

56:58 ↗ i personally like the idea of i was when

57:02 ↗ i went to got to the transportation part

57:03 ↗ i was really happy to see

57:05 ↗ all of the bike lanes and walking um

57:09 ↗ so um less roads less

57:12 ↗ road widening is totally fine with me

57:15 ↗ because

57:16 ↗ um i think we're trying to get people

57:19 ↗ out of cars and um

57:22 ↗ into transit when we can do that again

57:25 ↗ and working from home

57:27 ↗ um and also just wanted to say

57:31 ↗ so happy to see all of the land

57:33 ↗ acquisitions

57:34 ↗ and the um the trail connections and the

57:38 ↗ emerald necklace

57:41 ↗ it's all really good stuff

57:44 ↗ and i agree with everybody that

57:48 ↗ we need to try to

57:51 ↗ use things that don't use fossil fuel so

57:55 ↗ if there's an option

57:56 ↗ to get a machine that is electric or

57:58 ↗ doesn't use fossil fuel

58:00 ↗ fuels i think that would be really good

58:03 ↗ and then as we're building our buildings

58:06 ↗ to think about them and their

58:08 ↗ surroundings as sponges

58:10 ↗ so the water doesn't have to run off

58:12 ↗ that it's

58:13 ↗ caught um right away with rain barrels

58:16 ↗ and

58:17 ↗ vegetation and permaculture type of

58:20 ↗ stuff um

58:24 ↗ there's probably something else but

58:26 ↗ that's that's probably enough thank you

58:29 ↗ thanks ann uh next is jamie jamie go

58:32 ↗ ahead

58:33 ↗ thank you nancy jamie finch here um

58:36 ↗ first i had a

58:37 ↗ question and this is probably for megan

58:40 ↗ um is there a transportation

58:44 ↗ like master plan um that would help put

58:47 ↗ a lot of these projects into context

58:51 ↗ this is megan um yes so just this year

58:54 ↗ the mobility master plan was adopted and

58:59 ↗ as part of that they were developing the

59:01 ↗ transportation improvement projects

59:02 ↗ which are included in the cip

59:05 ↗ so i think the the mobility master plan

59:08 ↗ would provide a little more context for

59:09 ↗ that

59:10 ↗ um that is something that we that is

59:12 ↗ going to be coming to the environmental

59:14 ↗ board later this year

59:16 ↗ um stephen padua the transportation

59:18 ↗ planner will be bringing that so the

59:20 ↗ board will have an opportunity to look

59:21 ↗ at that a little bit more later this

59:23 ↗ year

59:25 ↗ great thank you megan and that was that

59:28 ↗ answers a

59:30 ↗ major part of my uh well solves a big

59:33 ↗ part of my comments i do think that uh

59:36 ↗ us as the environmental board being able

59:38 ↗ to understand um

59:39 ↗ and dance or hit on this as well uh some

59:42 ↗ of the

59:43 ↗ hidden or not as highlighted uh

59:46 ↗ environmental benefits that might be in

59:47 ↗ some of these projects like

59:49 ↗ i i personally am going to go read the

59:51 ↗ mobility master plan to understand kind

59:52 ↗ of how

59:53 ↗ some of these projects will tie into

59:56 ↗ further connectivity on bike

59:58 ↗ helping reduce um that reliance on on

1:00:01 ↗ vehicles so i think that would just be

1:00:04 ↗ uh

1:00:04 ↗ something that uh i hope that we

1:00:07 ↗ continue

1:00:08 ↗ to kind of factor in and help uh i don't

1:00:11 ↗ know the right way but it

1:00:12 ↗ kind of goes back to what dan was saying

1:00:13 ↗ with connectivity of projects

1:00:15 ↗ helping us understand the broader

1:00:17 ↗ perspective of how some of these tie

1:00:19 ↗ into

1:00:20 ↗ key choke points for bike access or

1:00:22 ↗ whatever it might be

1:00:23 ↗ uh that would just be helpful as part of

1:00:27 ↗ some of these projects because i'm sure

1:00:28 ↗ some a lot of them do that and and

1:00:30 ↗ it would just help us understand some of

1:00:32 ↗ those values that might be

1:00:33 ↗ brought from projects

1:00:40 ↗ um the next commenter is myself i'm

1:00:42 ↗ nancy davidson

1:00:43 ↗ and um my comment is that one of the

1:00:46 ↗ thing i felt missing from the cip was

1:00:48 ↗ partnerships

1:00:49 ↗ and there's opportunities most of these

1:00:51 ↗ projects are identified as city projects

1:00:53 ↗ but it would be helpful if we could

1:00:55 ↗ identify places where we're partnering

1:00:58 ↗ with mountains to sound greenway

1:00:59 ↗ or lake savannah state park or um

1:01:03 ↗ wdf and washington department of fish

1:01:06 ↗ and wildlife or something

1:01:07 ↗ it feels like they're all our own and i

1:01:09 ↗ think a project has more

1:01:11 ↗ environmental value when it's not just

1:01:13 ↗ the city doing it or it's a group that

1:01:16 ↗ agrees this is the right project to move

1:01:18 ↗ forward

1:01:18 ↗ i think that can also not just be for

1:01:20 ↗ like stream or hillside type projects

1:01:23 ↗ but it also

1:01:24 ↗ could be for other projects like

1:01:27 ↗ as megan knows one of my really big

1:01:30 ↗ interests

1:01:31 ↗ is um street lights i really would like

1:01:33 ↗ to get a nice guy back in isoqua

1:01:35 ↗ it's a goal of mine and so um the led

1:01:39 ↗ street lights i think can really improve

1:01:40 ↗ things and she's seen me send lots of

1:01:42 ↗ emails about it i know that

1:01:44 ↗ but i mean i think there's some

1:01:46 ↗ partnerships here that we can build

1:01:48 ↗ that helps us get a better environment

1:01:51 ↗ for us

1:01:52 ↗ and i'd really like to see some of that

1:01:54 ↗ show up in the cip because they all feel

1:01:56 ↗ like they're city projects and i know

1:01:58 ↗ that some of these can't be done by the

1:02:00 ↗ city alone so

1:02:01 ↗ i think that's what i'm looking for in

1:02:02 ↗ this

1:02:04 ↗ and with that that's all of mine i'm

1:02:06 ↗ going to laura laura

1:02:09 ↗ hey this is laura again uh for projects

1:02:12 ↗ for missing something that

1:02:13 ↗ um this is minor but under waste

1:02:16 ↗ management um

1:02:17 ↗ some we have such a good composting

1:02:19 ↗ system

1:02:20 ↗ here and there's so many people who

1:02:22 ↗ aren't composting and it does so much to

1:02:23 ↗ enrich the soil and reduce methane so

1:02:25 ↗ you get co2

1:02:27 ↗ um you know sequestering and then you

1:02:30 ↗ also get the methane

1:02:31 ↗ reduction so it's sort of a win-win

1:02:33 ↗ that's an easy

1:02:34 ↗ hit that i just don't think there's a

1:02:36 ↗ good reason for most people here to not

1:02:38 ↗ be doing composting

1:02:39 ↗ um so if i were to throw in a pet

1:02:41 ↗ project like you were saying i think

1:02:42 ↗ that that would be

1:02:43 ↗ just somehow to increase awareness and

1:02:45 ↗ even application of it

1:02:47 ↗ here in the city would be great i'm sure

1:02:49 ↗ that i know there are a lot of issues

1:02:50 ↗ with water management

1:02:52 ↗ to be addressed but um it's a huge win

1:02:55 ↗ for a lot of reasons

1:02:56 ↗ that's it thanks okay appreciate

1:03:00 ↗ appears you have a comment go ahead yeah

1:03:03 ↗ i have feedback on that aspect of

1:03:04 ↗ whether any uh types of projects were

1:03:06 ↗ missing from the plan i think

1:03:07 ↗ um one sector of projects has to do with

1:03:10 ↗ um the king the k4c

1:03:14 ↗ plan um that is signed on to i don't see

1:03:17 ↗ any

1:03:17 ↗ projects that are particularly geared

1:03:19 ↗ towards decreasing greenhouse gas

1:03:20 ↗ emissions

1:03:21 ↗ and i think that um perhaps i think

1:03:24 ↗ nancy brought this up earlier but

1:03:26 ↗ you know looking into some sort of

1:03:27 ↗ project that increases

1:03:29 ↗ solar panel usage in public buildings

1:03:32 ↗ retrofitting with

1:03:33 ↗ led lights every uh in public buildings

1:03:36 ↗ or

1:03:37 ↗ street lights and looking at ways to

1:03:39 ↗ incorporate clean energy

1:03:41 ↗ and sort of move away from fossil fuels

1:03:43 ↗ and natural gas

1:03:44 ↗ um and just looking at ways to instead

1:03:48 ↗ of

1:03:49 ↗ you know looking at decreasing the

1:03:50 ↗ negative impacts to actually you know

1:03:52 ↗ proactively

1:03:53 ↗ um decrease our city's greenhouse gas

1:03:55 ↗ emissions by

1:03:56 ↗ you know investing in new research new

1:03:59 ↗ research um

1:04:01 ↗ like clean energy solar solar panels

1:04:04 ↗ geothermal heating and looking at some

1:04:06 ↗ of those other

1:04:07 ↗ areas and could perhaps a new sector

1:04:10 ↗ projects on that

1:04:14 ↗ great um any other feedbacks on the

1:04:16 ↗ projects or the types of projects that

1:04:18 ↗ are in

1:04:18 ↗ that the city have proposed and i see

1:04:21 ↗ that ann has her hand up go ahead and

1:04:25 ↗ i've mentioned this before but um i'm

1:04:28 ↗ gonna mention it

1:04:29 ↗ not not with this group um i

1:04:32 ↗ would like to see um some of our open

1:04:35 ↗ spaces

1:04:36 ↗ be used for um solar farms or community

1:04:40 ↗ solar

1:04:41 ↗ and i know um megan and i have talked

1:04:44 ↗ about it before and

1:04:46 ↗ might not be the perfect time but it

1:04:49 ↗ might be

1:04:50 ↗ so thanks

1:04:55 ↗ are there any other comments

1:05:00 ↗ okay we've talked about the types of

1:05:02 ↗ projects

1:05:04 ↗ um maybe one bring up

1:05:07 ↗ our slide one more time

1:05:22 ↗ so um i would like to at least open it

1:05:26 ↗ up

1:05:26 ↗ for um

1:05:28 ↗ [Music]

1:05:30 ↗ well at least i have some feedback on

1:05:31 ↗ how the projects are prioritized i know

1:05:33 ↗ we talked about it earlier

1:05:36 ↗ so i'm just going to add one more

1:05:38 ↗ comment on that and then i'll see if

1:05:39 ↗ anybody else says anything along that

1:05:41 ↗ lines

1:05:42 ↗ and that is it felt like um the criteria

1:05:44 ↗ was if you check a box that

1:05:46 ↗ that meant it was prioritized they were

1:05:47 ↗ all given equal weight

1:05:49 ↗ it was not really ran through it was

1:05:52 ↗ done by whoever was the

1:05:55 ↗ owner of that project or the proponent

1:05:57 ↗ of that project

1:05:58 ↗ and um they got to assess if it was an

1:06:01 ↗ environmental

1:06:02 ↗ benefit i think or it has an

1:06:04 ↗ environmental impact

1:06:05 ↗ you can't tell if it's a positive impact

1:06:07 ↗ or a negative impact

1:06:09 ↗ it just has an environmental aspect to

1:06:11 ↗ it

1:06:12 ↗ and i think that more thought really

1:06:14 ↗ needs to be given to

1:06:17 ↗ prioritization because it does not feel

1:06:20 ↗ like

1:06:20 ↗ just those checks are sufficient to say

1:06:23 ↗ that the city dollars that we are all

1:06:26 ↗ spending in our storm water utility or

1:06:28 ↗ in our utilities and our general fund

1:06:30 ↗ are going in the right place

1:06:32 ↗ maybe we get a better bang for our buck

1:06:34 ↗ somewhere else that's my feedback so

1:06:37 ↗ anybody else have anything else to add

1:06:45 ↗ well it appears we provided the type of

1:06:48 ↗ feedback

1:06:48 ↗ that the administration was looking for

1:06:50 ↗ is that accurate

1:06:52 ↗ megan

1:06:55 ↗ this is megan yes that was very helpful

1:06:57 ↗ i think we got some nice high level

1:06:59 ↗ pieces

1:07:00 ↗ definitely some some great ideas for the

1:07:03 ↗ process since this was new this year and

1:07:05 ↗ we will be looking to make improvements

1:07:06 ↗ to it

1:07:07 ↗ um and some on specific projects as well

1:07:10 ↗ and the criteria so

1:07:11 ↗ that was very much appreciated thank you

1:07:16 ↗ and with that i think i'm going does

1:07:19 ↗ anybody have anything else on the cip

1:07:23 ↗ okay don you have a question go ahead

1:07:26 ↗ so megan pre-covered when you guys do

1:07:29 ↗ this cip process have you ever um

1:07:31 ↗ had like a public uh workshop or

1:07:35 ↗ anything where you have you know project

1:07:36 ↗ posters sitting around all the project

1:07:38 ↗ managers in the same room at the same

1:07:40 ↗ time

1:07:40 ↗ folks can come and go and ask questions

1:07:45 ↗ this is megan um i have not been

1:07:47 ↗ involved in the process

1:07:48 ↗ before um but i believe at least the

1:07:52 ↗ council meetings

1:07:53 ↗ um staff was all available there to

1:07:56 ↗ answer questions

1:07:58 ↗ but i'm not sure about the other parts

1:08:00 ↗ of that

1:08:06 ↗ okay seeing no more feedback this time

1:08:08 ↗ on the cip

1:08:10 ↗ and i know the council i looked at the

1:08:11 ↗ council meeting from last night and it

1:08:13 ↗ looks like they're busily deliberating

1:08:15 ↗ on it so

1:08:16 ↗ that's important i'm going to conclude

1:08:18 ↗ this section

1:08:19 ↗ of the agenda unless i see anything else

1:08:23 ↗ and with that we're moving on to item

1:08:25 ↗ number five

1:08:26 ↗ on the agenda which is reports and megan

1:08:28 ↗ i think you have a few things to talk to

1:08:29 ↗ us about

1:08:30 ↗ thank you yes thank you

1:08:34 ↗ um and i will just say on that last item

1:08:37 ↗ so we'll be putting together all this

1:08:39 ↗ information

1:08:39 ↗ and passing this on to council and

1:08:41 ↗ administration so they'll have it for

1:08:43 ↗ those

1:08:44 ↗ next meetings well there where they will

1:08:46 ↗ be doing deliberations so again thank

1:08:48 ↗ you for that

1:08:49 ↗ uh so i have a few report outs this

1:08:51 ↗ evening

1:08:53 ↗ the first one i want to mention is that

1:08:56 ↗ may is when all of the boards and

1:08:58 ↗ commissions do their

1:09:00 ↗ elections for their chair and vice chair

1:09:02 ↗ positions

1:09:03 ↗ as you know the environmental board just

1:09:05 ↗ got started in in january so we we just

1:09:08 ↗ elected the ones that we have

1:09:10 ↗ but we are going to be going on the

1:09:12 ↗ rolling basis with all the rest of the

1:09:14 ↗ boards and commissions um so i just

1:09:16 ↗ wanted to let

1:09:17 ↗ everyone know if you are interested in

1:09:19 ↗ one of those positions we

1:09:20 ↗ will be having that election at the

1:09:22 ↗ meeting

1:09:23 ↗ next time feel free to reach out if you

1:09:25 ↗ have any questions about it at all

1:09:28 ↗ otherwise we'll be looking for nominees

1:09:31 ↗ and both

1:09:31 ↗ nancy and jamie have let me know that

1:09:33 ↗ they are they're interested

1:09:35 ↗ in continuing in these positions so um

1:09:38 ↗ thank you for for the work that you've

1:09:40 ↗ done thus far and

1:09:41 ↗ again feel free to reach out to me if

1:09:43 ↗ you have any questions but be looking

1:09:44 ↗ for that

1:09:45 ↗ agenda item that we'll have first on the

1:09:48 ↗ our board meeting on may 12th

1:09:52 ↗ um i guess i can answer any questions

1:09:54 ↗ about now if anyone has any

1:09:56 ↗ feel free to type in in the chat i'll

1:09:59 ↗ keep my eye on it but otherwise i'll go

1:10:00 ↗ on to the next item

1:10:03 ↗ so as you know we this board looked at

1:10:06 ↗ the

1:10:06 ↗ electric vehicle charging ordinance a

1:10:09 ↗ couple times and provided a

1:10:10 ↗ recommendation to council to adopt that

1:10:12 ↗ ordinance

1:10:13 ↗ council did that on april 5th so thank

1:10:16 ↗ you all for your

1:10:17 ↗ your feedback that i think you know

1:10:19 ↗ strengthened that proposal and

1:10:20 ↗ really appreciated um having that input

1:10:23 ↗ in the process

1:10:24 ↗ um a couple things about that um

1:10:27 ↗ we were able to cover more townhomes in

1:10:30 ↗ the

1:10:32 ↗ in the ordinance than was originally

1:10:34 ↗ included so

1:10:35 ↗ more ordinary more townhomes will have

1:10:37 ↗ ev ready infrastructure

1:10:39 ↗ going forward we also had

1:10:43 ↗ an update that the regional code

1:10:46 ↗ collaboration will be submitting an

1:10:48 ↗ amendment to the state building code

1:10:50 ↗ council

1:10:51 ↗ to allow jurisdictions to require

1:10:53 ↗ single-family charging so that will be

1:10:55 ↗ something that will be considered

1:10:57 ↗ there was also a piece of legislation

1:10:59 ↗ that recently passed

1:11:01 ↗ in washington that will allow

1:11:05 ↗ jurisdictions to start having

1:11:06 ↗ single-family requirements

1:11:09 ↗ for electric vehicles with the 2024 code

1:11:12 ↗ update

1:11:13 ↗ so all of your feedback i think that was

1:11:15 ↗ talking about the single family

1:11:17 ↗ can be we'll discuss that more

1:11:21 ↗ as the city might be able to allow that

1:11:23 ↗ in the future

1:11:26 ↗ so again thank you for all your input on

1:11:28 ↗ that

1:11:30 ↗ the next item i want to talk about was

1:11:33 ↗ the

1:11:33 ↗ storm water plan so thank you everyone

1:11:36 ↗ for your comments last time

1:11:38 ↗ on the storm water plan you know we

1:11:41 ↗ didn't have as much time to discuss it

1:11:42 ↗ as as we wish so we provided that input

1:11:46 ↗ and we'll have an opportunity to have

1:11:48 ↗ that come back to the board in the

1:11:49 ↗ future so we'll have a few more touches

1:11:51 ↗ of that

1:11:52 ↗ before the plan gets adopted a couple

1:11:55 ↗ a couple of specific pieces of feedback

1:11:58 ↗ that i think led into next steps

1:12:00 ↗ um is that the um the people who are

1:12:03 ↗ working on that project are going to be

1:12:05 ↗ working on a stormwater 101 video

1:12:08 ↗ that will provide a little bit more

1:12:09 ↗ information about what's going on with

1:12:11 ↗ stormwater now

1:12:12 ↗ why it's important specifics about how

1:12:15 ↗ it relates in issaquah

1:12:17 ↗ so that will be something that community

1:12:19 ↗ members will be able to view but it will

1:12:21 ↗ also be something

1:12:22 ↗ that board and commissioners can watch

1:12:24 ↗ to get a little bit more

1:12:26 ↗ background information on it the storm

1:12:29 ↗ surface water master plan is going to a

1:12:31 ↗ couple more boards and commissions

1:12:33 ↗ in over the next few weeks including the

1:12:36 ↗ parks board the transportation advisory

1:12:38 ↗ board

1:12:40 ↗ the economic vitality board and city

1:12:42 ↗ council

1:12:44 ↗ so once we have those presentations i'll

1:12:46 ↗ go ahead and send

1:12:48 ↗ links to those to the board in case

1:12:50 ↗ you're interested in watching any of

1:12:51 ↗ those

1:12:52 ↗ and following that i'll also provide a

1:12:55 ↗ survey link so that you'll have an

1:12:56 ↗ opportunity to provide some of this

1:12:58 ↗ early input

1:13:00 ↗ but the as i mentioned the plan will be

1:13:02 ↗ coming back probably

1:13:03 ↗ in july or august with a focus a little

1:13:06 ↗ bit more

1:13:07 ↗ on on the policies and targets that will

1:13:09 ↗ be going into the plan

1:13:11 ↗ so again look for that in the future

1:13:18 ↗ if there's no questions on either of

1:13:20 ↗ those the last thing that i wanted to

1:13:22 ↗ mention

1:13:23 ↗ is i apologize we did not have a link to

1:13:26 ↗ the upcoming meetings

1:13:27 ↗ in the agenda packet that's something

1:13:29 ↗ that we will be including in

1:13:31 ↗ in all agenda packets so um we missed

1:13:34 ↗ that this time

1:13:35 ↗ but i want to let you know that the next

1:13:36 ↗ meeting will be on may 12th

1:13:39 ↗ and at that we'll have um we'll be

1:13:42 ↗ providing kind of an

1:13:43 ↗ overview of the climate and

1:13:45 ↗ sustainability action plan

1:13:47 ↗ the scope of work and and the process

1:13:50 ↗ for how the

1:13:51 ↗ the board will be involved in that we'll

1:13:53 ↗ also be having

1:13:54 ↗ a update on some climate legislation in

1:13:57 ↗ the past in washington to provide a

1:13:59 ↗ little bit more context for that

1:14:02 ↗ so that will be the agenda for the next

1:14:04 ↗ meeting on may 12th

1:14:06 ↗ and then in june we'll have an

1:14:08 ↗ opportunity

1:14:09 ↗ to hear about some recycling outreach

1:14:12 ↗ that the

1:14:12 ↗ city's been doing through a grant and

1:14:15 ↗ also looking at some environmental

1:14:16 ↗ regulatory programs that the city has

1:14:19 ↗ so again we'll include that list of

1:14:21 ↗ upcoming meetings and future agendas

1:14:23 ↗ just so you have that

1:14:24 ↗ look ahead but always feel free to reach

1:14:26 ↗ out if you have questions about what's

1:14:28 ↗ coming to the board as well

1:14:30 ↗ megan just a quick question for you um

1:14:33 ↗ those two meetings will start at what

1:14:34 ↗ time just to make sure we all get it on

1:14:36 ↗ our calendars properly

1:14:38 ↗ uh 6 30. so we will be back to

1:14:41 ↗ the regular board times of second

1:14:43 ↗ wednesdays of the month

1:14:45 ↗ at 6 30. so thank you for your

1:14:47 ↗ flexibility

1:14:48 ↗ in april and and having those two

1:14:50 ↗ meetings

1:14:52 ↗ right any other reports

1:14:56 ↗ not from me great i just have one i just

1:14:59 ↗ want to remind everyone that you're in

1:15:01 ↗ april and this is birth month so think

1:15:04 ↗ about the earth and tread lightly and

1:15:06 ↗ um as you're moving around things and

1:15:09 ↗ pay attention to this great planet that

1:15:11 ↗ we're all on

1:15:13 ↗ with that i'm going to move on to the

1:15:14 ↗ next agenda item which is other business

1:15:17 ↗ and announcements megan

1:15:21 ↗ i do not have any

1:15:25 ↗ does anybody else have any announcements

1:15:27 ↗ or business you'd like to bring up

1:15:33 ↗ well just as the chair if anyone else

1:15:35 ↗ would like to take over as chair i would

1:15:37 ↗ be

1:15:38 ↗ i would not be offended during the

1:15:39 ↗ elections in may if someone else wants

1:15:41 ↗ to step up

1:15:42 ↗ i'm just doing this to try and help this

1:15:44 ↗ committee be successful and

1:15:46 ↗ i suspect jamie might say the same thing

1:15:48 ↗ about his role so please feel free to

1:15:51 ↗ let megan know if you really would like

1:15:52 ↗ are interested in this

1:15:54 ↗ um it's it's interesting for me

1:15:58 ↗ with that i use anything else for the

1:16:00 ↗ good of the order go ahead megan

1:16:03 ↗ i see ann has a comment

1:16:08 ↗ um i'll be out of town in may and um

1:16:11 ↗ it seems like it would be it's a meeting

1:16:14 ↗ that i'm not going to want to miss but i

1:16:15 ↗ don't know if i'll have reception so i

1:16:16 ↗ don't know if i'll be able to be here on

1:16:18 ↗ the 12th

1:16:20 ↗ we'll be on the road so do you like us

1:16:23 ↗ to tell

1:16:24 ↗ you during the meeting or in email

1:16:27 ↗ um i think you can just send us an email

1:16:29 ↗ just send it to nancy and i

1:16:31 ↗ and we'll keep them the records and then

1:16:33 ↗ as you know all board meetings are

1:16:35 ↗ recorded so

1:16:36 ↗ you'll be able to watch them in the

1:16:37 ↗ future as well

1:16:39 ↗ thank you

1:16:48 ↗ nancy you're on mute

1:16:52 ↗ um seeing no other um business or

1:16:55 ↗ announcement at this point in time

1:16:57 ↗ um i'm going to take um and say we are

1:17:00 ↗ now adjourned thank you all for your

1:17:02 ↗ time tonight have a great

1:17:03 ↗ evening good night

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