Environmental Board · Wednesday, December 8, 2021 · City Council Digest

1. CALL TO ORDER

Board Membership

packet pp.3

Previously discussed: Environmental Board · Nov 10, 2021

Open packet at p.3 ↗

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 2022 - Dani Madan* by advising the Mayor, City Council and City 2022 - Don McQuilliams departments on the City’s plans, policies, 2023 - Rishi Hazra* regulations and programs related to 2023 - Cameron Fisher environmental stewardship. 2023 - Lara Lebeiko 2024 - Nancy Davidson 2024 - Dan Hintz Membership 2024 - Anne Newcomb The Environmental Board is comprised of nine 2025 - Jamie Finch 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 2022 - Tom Anderson…

4. AGENDA ITEMS

Storm and Surface Water Master Plan

Gary Schimek, Utilities Engineering Manager · packet pp.5–50

Topics: Water

Previously discussed: Environmental Board · Nov 10, 2021

▶ Watch from 2:47 Open packet at p.5 ↗

Staff report:

Section 2 – Background Section 3 - Analysis Section 4 – Results Section 5 – Next Steps

Annual Report

Discussion · [20 minutes] Gene Paul, Management Analyst · packet pp.51–58

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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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0:03 ↗ you ready gene

0:05 ↗ hey

0:06 ↗ good evening everyone welcome to the

0:08 ↗ december 8 2021 environmental board

0:11 ↗ meeting my name is nancy davidson and

0:13 ↗ i'm the chair of this board and due to

0:15 ↗ the virtual format of today's meeting

0:17 ↗ i'd like to start by providing some

0:19 ↗ guidelines

0:20 ↗ we have participants attending by

0:22 ↗ computer and others who may be attending

0:24 ↗ by phone for all meeting attendees

0:26 ↗ please speak clearly and pause

0:28 ↗ frequently

0:29 ↗ state your name name each time before

0:31 ↗ speaking

0:33 ↗ mute your microphone when you are not

0:35 ↗ speaking

0:36 ↗ and if you're having any technical

0:37 ↗ issues try joining the meeting using a

0:39 ↗ different device such as your smartphone

0:41 ↗ or a tablet

0:42 ↗ or there is the calling information in

0:44 ↗ the meeting invite to call into the

0:46 ↗ meeting

0:48 ↗ um at this point i'd like to call begin

0:51 ↗ the roll call of attendees uh jean could

0:54 ↗ you take care of that please please say

0:56 ↗ i'm you say here when gene calls your

0:58 ↗ name thank you

1:00 ↗ sure beginning with tom anderson

1:03 ↗ sure

1:04 ↗ uh saria

1:10 ↗ balapragata thank you nancy davidson

1:14 ↗ here

1:15 ↗ jamie finch

1:17 ↗ here

1:18 ↗ cameron fisher

1:20 ↗ here

1:21 ↗ rishi hazra

1:22 ↗ here

1:24 ↗ dan hintz

1:25 ↗ here

1:27 ↗ danny madden

1:30 ↗ who i don't see has joined us yet

1:32 ↗ dominic williams

1:34 ↗ here

1:36 ↗ and newcomb

1:38 ↗ here and janet wall

1:42 ↗ who i also don't see has joined us yet

1:44 ↗ and then finally laura libico had an

1:46 ↗ excused absence

1:50 ↗ and tonight we have joining us as one of

1:52 ↗ the alternates it's uh janet it wasn't

1:54 ↗ she's not on yet right

1:57 ↗ correct so if she doesn't join uh tom

1:59 ↗ anderson can serve as a regular member

2:01 ↗ okay tom why don't you be prepared for

2:03 ↗ that please

2:04 ↗ okay board members uh as we're going

2:07 ↗ through the meeting if you have a desire

2:08 ↗ to speak please send a chat to all

2:10 ↗ panelists and type question or comment

2:12 ↗ and i will try and track that and wait

2:14 ↗ to be acknowledged

2:16 ↗ please do not put any of your comments

2:18 ↗ of any substance into the chat um if i

2:22 ↗ don't think anyone's on the phone but if

2:24 ↗ someone just happened to dial in on the

2:26 ↗ phone we'll check in with you to see if

2:28 ↗ you have any comments you can always

2:29 ↗ also press start three to raise your

2:31 ↗ hand

2:32 ↗ um our next

2:34 ↗ item is the approval of minutes and the

2:37 ↗ minutes did not make out make it out yet

2:39 ↗ for the november meeting so we'll be

2:41 ↗ considering those i understand and

2:42 ↗ hearing from jean at the january meeting

2:45 ↗ so uh there are no minutes to approve so

2:47 ↗ we'll move through that agenda item

2:49 ↗ at this point we'll move into public

2:51 ↗ comments and i have a few guidelines for

2:53 ↗ public comments before gene opens that

2:55 ↗ up to the public

2:57 ↗ public comments are an important part of

2:59 ↗ the public process

3:00 ↗ we take them seriously and factor them

3:02 ↗ into the decisions that the board makes

3:05 ↗ for the members of the public joining us

3:07 ↗ welcome if there's anyone in the meeting

3:09 ↗ now who would like to make a public

3:10 ↗ comment please raise your virtual hand

3:14 ↗ to do this if you're on the phone please

3:16 ↗ press star three

3:18 ↗ if you have joined by computer or

3:20 ↗ smartphone look for a hand icon and this

3:22 ↗ could vary in location by device

3:25 ↗ um

3:26 ↗ you can also go to the participant panel

3:29 ↗ and select your name and choose to raise

3:30 ↗ the hand or be located under under the

3:33 ↗ reactions menu with more menu

3:35 ↗ so with that do we have any

3:38 ↗ public comments and when you are called

3:39 ↗ upon to provide comments please unmute

3:42 ↗ your microphone state your name address

3:45 ↗ and relationship to the city are you a

3:46 ↗ resident property owner business owner

3:48 ↗ whatever

3:50 ↗ please speak clearly and pause

3:52 ↗ frequently and limit your comments to

3:54 ↗ five minutes

3:55 ↗ when your comments are concluded please

3:57 ↗ move mutual microphone if you do not

4:00 ↗ respond after your name or phone number

4:02 ↗ is called or if your connection is lost

4:04 ↗ unexpectedly the meeting will need to

4:06 ↗ proceed you are encouraged to rejoin the

4:08 ↗ meeting if able and if we know that

4:09 ↗ you're still out there we'll try and

4:10 ↗ catch up with you so with that gene i'll

4:13 ↗ turn it over to you do we have anybody

4:14 ↗ interested in public comments tonight

4:17 ↗ yes it looks like uh cody marsh has

4:19 ↗ raised her hand so i will move her up

4:21 ↗ and allow her to make some comments

4:27 ↗ so i have a question first

4:30 ↗ um

4:31 ↗ because this stormwater topic is a big

4:34 ↗ huge topic and i've heard it three times

4:36 ↗ um i'm curious as to what they're gonna

4:38 ↗ say is this the only public comment or

4:41 ↗ are we going to be able to comment after

4:44 ↗ uh we

4:45 ↗ after the presentation

4:53 ↗ i guess that's um at this point i'm okay

4:56 ↗ with commenting after the presentation

4:58 ↗ at this point in time i'm willing to

4:59 ↗ open it up to public comments um because

5:01 ↗ i think it's important to get the

5:02 ↗ comments on the material at hand if

5:04 ↗ there's something else such as the board

5:06 ↗ report or the annual report that we're

5:08 ↗ going to be talking about i can open it

5:09 ↗ up for that too at the same time and

5:11 ↗ this okay so can i reserve time for

5:14 ↗ after the presentation

5:16 ↗ yes you can connie

5:17 ↗ thank you

5:19 ↗ thank you

5:22 ↗ anything else anybody else want raise

5:24 ↗ their hand for comments

5:27 ↗ uh that was the only uh attendee that

5:30 ↗ had raised their hand there were two

5:31 ↗ other attendees so i guess uh ann or

5:34 ↗ david if you plan on making public

5:36 ↗ comment please raise your virtual hand

5:47 ↗ and it looks like neither intends to

5:48 ↗ provide any public comment

5:50 ↗ great okay this closes public comments

5:53 ↗ on the general topics uh we will reopen

5:56 ↗ it briefly in

5:57 ↗ each of the agenda items so at this

5:59 ↗ point we'll move into the agenda items

6:02 ↗ for tonight's meeting the first one is

6:04 ↗ the storm and surface water master plan

6:07 ↗ and with that i will turn it over to

6:09 ↗ gary who i believe is leading this

6:10 ↗ effort thank you very much gary

6:13 ↗ thank you nancy

6:14 ↗ and everyone else let me share my screen

6:17 ↗ here before i get started

6:24 ↗ okay

6:27 ↗ so good evening environmental board

6:30 ↗ i am your utilities engineering division

6:32 ↗ manager gary schimack

6:34 ↗ here to present status report on our

6:38 ↗ storm and surface water master plan

6:40 ↗ and our wastewater master plan

6:43 ↗ i would like to introduce our core team

6:45 ↗ members at this time so you know who is

6:49 ↗ uh fully uh part of the team here in

6:51 ↗ providing uh this information

6:54 ↗ uh alan quinn our senior storm water

6:56 ↗ engineer he is unfortunately not able to

6:58 ↗ make it tonight

6:59 ↗ matt ellis senior utility engineer

7:02 ↗ you'll be hearing matt later today

7:04 ↗ and then dave jacobs and francesca white

7:07 ↗ from osborne consulting

7:09 ↗ this is a combined update because the

7:12 ↗ strategic framework

7:14 ↗ is common to both efforts and in

7:16 ↗ addition

7:17 ↗ an overarching goal of both plans is to

7:20 ↗ protect our valuable water resources

7:23 ↗ from both the potential from the

7:24 ↗ potential impacts of sewer overflows

7:27 ↗ septic system infiltration and storm

7:28 ↗ water runoff

7:32 ↗ we will be seeking your feedback related

7:35 ↗ to our strategic framework

7:38 ↗ but here are a few questions i'd like

7:40 ↗ you to consider tonight as we go through

7:42 ↗ the presentation

7:46 ↗ the focus areas cover the most important

7:48 ↗ categories of stormwater surface water

7:52 ↗ wastewater work that will support the

7:54 ↗ delivery of high quality services to the

7:56 ↗ community

7:59 ↗ do the purposes make each focus area

8:01 ↗ come alive in a way customers will

8:03 ↗ understand

8:05 ↗ do the objectives address the most

8:07 ↗ significant issues associated with each

8:09 ↗ focus area and purpose and finally do

8:13 ↗ you have any specific strategies or

8:15 ↗ actions that you want to make sure we

8:17 ↗ consider

8:18 ↗ in the next phase of our work

8:26 ↗ we have seven sections to cover today

8:28 ↗ that will include betting hierarchy

8:32 ↗ master plan contents

8:34 ↗ strategic framework

8:37 ↗ focus areas

8:39 ↗ purposes and objectives

8:41 ↗ uh light of sign exam light of line of

8:43 ↗ sight example matt is going to be uh

8:45 ↗ taking over at that point and hopefully

8:48 ↗ uh really bringing everything into

8:50 ↗ context uh with that uh slide

8:53 ↗ and then next steps

9:00 ↗ as i mentioned in the staff report one

9:03 ↗ of the most important pieces of our

9:05 ↗ master plans that that will set us apart

9:08 ↗ from for many others

9:10 ↗ is the inclusion of a clear line of

9:12 ↗ sight that stretches from the city's

9:14 ↗ comprehensive plan

9:16 ↗ all the way to our annual staff work

9:18 ↗ plans

9:19 ↗ for me this is important for two reasons

9:22 ↗ first it ensures the policies directives

9:26 ↗ and goals from the city's comprehensive

9:28 ↗ plan and also the city's strategic plan

9:31 ↗ flow down and fuel the master plan

9:34 ↗ capital improvement plan and the annual

9:36 ↗ staff work plans

9:38 ↗ in other words it helps make sure we are

9:40 ↗ working on projects and programs that

9:42 ↗ reflect

9:43 ↗ the most important needs of our city and

9:45 ↗ our community

9:48 ↗ second this line of sight approach

9:50 ↗ allows staff to better understand how

9:52 ↗ their day-to-day work is helping

9:54 ↗ achieve long-term goals

10:00 ↗ as a reminder from an earlier

10:02 ↗ presentation this year

10:04 ↗ our master plans have the following

10:07 ↗ general sections

10:09 ↗ system description

10:11 ↗ basic characteristics

10:14 ↗ problem identification

10:16 ↗ problem prioritization

10:18 ↗ strategic framework and recommended

10:20 ↗ actions

10:22 ↗ we covered the

10:24 ↗ first four sections first four elements

10:26 ↗ of of the master plans at uh that last

10:29 ↗ presentation i mentioned believe that

10:31 ↗ was in april or may

10:34 ↗ the remaining

10:35 ↗ portion mostly of today's presentation

10:37 ↗ will be focused to the strategic

10:39 ↗ framework hence it's since it's

10:40 ↗ highlighted

10:42 ↗ but i wanted to let you know we will be

10:44 ↗ coming back to you the other boards and

10:45 ↗ commissions and city council

10:47 ↗ and the community at large in the first

10:49 ↗ quarter of 2022 with the preliminary

10:51 ↗ actions

10:52 ↗ for your review and feedback

11:01 ↗ the uh our strategic framework has six

11:04 ↗ building blocks

11:05 ↗ they are focus area

11:07 ↗ purpose

11:09 ↗ objectives

11:11 ↗ strategies

11:13 ↗ metrics and actions very similar to i

11:16 ↗ believe what you've seen for the climate

11:18 ↗ action plan is a little bit different

11:19 ↗ but a very similar format

11:22 ↗ and for the rest of tonight again we'll

11:23 ↗ be focusing on the first three building

11:25 ↗ blocks

11:26 ↗ focus area purpose and objectives

11:30 ↗ i did want to let you know that over the

11:31 ↗ past few months since we've

11:34 ↗ last met a team including about 15 staff

11:38 ↗ and

11:38 ↗ a few community members have worked

11:40 ↗ closely with osborne consulting to

11:42 ↗ develop preliminary information

11:44 ↗ for these elements of the meetings

11:47 ↗ several meetings that we had were very

11:49 ↗ lively with everyone really stepping up

11:51 ↗ and participating as a solid group

11:55 ↗ this information tonight is preliminary

11:57 ↗ because we are of course very open

12:00 ↗ to incorporating edits based on your

12:01 ↗ feedback tonight

12:03 ↗ we have already presented to you and

12:05 ↗ received good input from the park sport

12:07 ↗ policy and planning commission and city

12:09 ↗ council

12:10 ↗ i also provided a written report to the

12:14 ↗ economic vitality committee and i need

12:16 ↗ to follow back up with

12:17 ↗ jen davis hayes if there were any

12:19 ↗ comments from there

12:21 ↗ i will mention some of the key feedback

12:23 ↗ um that we have already uh received as

12:26 ↗ we go through the slides

12:32 ↗ six preliminary focus areas are

12:34 ↗ collaboratively planned for future deeds

12:38 ↗ our natural resources

12:40 ↗ invest and deploy employee experience

12:44 ↗ responsively manage existing utility

12:46 ↗ assets

12:48 ↗ transparent community engagement

12:50 ↗ and fiscal responsibility

12:55 ↗ these areas fit together to form

12:58 ↗ what i consider to be a holistic

13:00 ↗ customer service delivery approach

13:02 ↗ for storm water surface water wastewater

13:04 ↗ and drinking water we believe that these

13:06 ↗ areas are not only important right now

13:10 ↗ but will be it will continue to be for

13:12 ↗ many years and truly for decades to come

13:16 ↗ for a utility of our size or frankly

13:18 ↗ even larger

13:20 ↗ now the priorities of any one particular

13:22 ↗ focus area will likely change over time

13:24 ↗ but each one serves as a critical

13:26 ↗ foundation at least in my mind for that

13:29 ↗ excellent service we are

13:31 ↗ hoping to provide

13:35 ↗ would now like to

13:37 ↗ walk you through a series of slides that

13:39 ↗ highlights

13:40 ↗ the purpose and objectives for each

13:42 ↗ focus area

13:43 ↗ as we begin let me just briefly remind

13:45 ↗ you of uh questions

13:49 ↗ i'd like you to consider and of course

13:50 ↗ other questions are of course fine i

13:52 ↗ just uh these are just ones that

13:55 ↗ i thought would be best to help focus

13:57 ↗ our work going forward

13:59 ↗ so do the focus areas cover the most

14:01 ↗ important categories of work

14:03 ↗ to deliver high quality services to our

14:05 ↗ community

14:07 ↗ do the purposes make the focus areas

14:10 ↗ come alive in a way the technical and

14:11 ↗ non-technical customers will understand

14:15 ↗ do the objectives address the most

14:16 ↗ specific most significant issues

14:19 ↗ associated with each area and purpose

14:21 ↗ and then finally

14:23 ↗ for

14:24 ↗ overarching consideration uh do you have

14:27 ↗ any specific strategies or actions that

14:29 ↗ you want to make sure we consider in the

14:31 ↗ next phase of our work

14:36 ↗ the first focus area again

14:37 ↗ collaboratively plan

14:39 ↗ future utility needs and the purpose

14:41 ↗ here is to coordinate across city

14:43 ↗ programs and process

14:45 ↗ to plan and build city infrastructure an

14:47 ↗ efficient and safe manner

14:49 ↗ based on express community values and

14:51 ↗ best available engineering and science

14:53 ↗ forecasting and when we talk about the

14:55 ↗ coordination here it's

14:57 ↗ across public works of course

15:00 ↗ but also with our parks department

15:03 ↗ community planning and development

15:05 ↗ uh finance

15:06 ↗ uh economic

15:08 ↗ development group

15:10 ↗ at large so really the whole city

15:17 ↗ the key objectives under this focus area

15:19 ↗ are budget for life cycle maintenance

15:21 ↗ costs and staffing needs

15:24 ↗ again coordinate utility planning across

15:26 ↗ all departments

15:28 ↗ cultivate collaborative relationships

15:30 ↗ with with our regulatory communities our

15:32 ↗ regulators

15:33 ↗ and develop a strategic asset management

15:35 ↗ plan to optimize service delivery and i

15:37 ↗ just like to call this last bullet out

15:40 ↗ it is highlighted in our city strategic

15:42 ↗ plan under public works

15:48 ↗ focus area number two is protect our

15:50 ↗ natural resources and the purpose here

15:52 ↗ is to protect and restore our natural

15:54 ↗ resources

15:55 ↗ based on the city's strategic goals best

15:58 ↗ available science and expressed

15:59 ↗ community values

16:03 ↗ our four preliminary

16:05 ↗ objectives are develop and manage a

16:07 ↗ septic system program to reduce

16:09 ↗ pollution impacts

16:10 ↗ protect existing stream and wildlife

16:12 ↗ habitat

16:14 ↗ protect our aquifer through responsibly

16:16 ↗ managing utility assets

16:18 ↗ and restore degraded stream and wildlife

16:20 ↗ habitat i wanted to mention the first

16:22 ↗ bullet as we had a really good

16:24 ↗ discussion uh connie mentioned she's

16:26 ↗ been in a few of the previous uh

16:29 ↗ conversations and this is most likely

16:31 ↗ going to move to a strategy

16:33 ↗ and uh what we are considering is more

16:35 ↗ of a overarching water quality program

16:37 ↗ to be the objective

16:39 ↗ and uh

16:40 ↗ the septic system may

16:42 ↗ they move down to be a strategy but

16:44 ↗ we'll we're going to just play with that

16:45 ↗ a little bit see what you think but for

16:47 ↗ now it's an objective and matt is going

16:49 ↗ to come back at the end of today and use

16:51 ↗ that as an example to show the whole

16:54 ↗ line of sight so kind of what you would

16:55 ↗ see for a final product and we also

16:58 ↗ received some very good comments uh

17:00 ↗ people really like the the chart that

17:02 ↗ matt's going to bring up so i'm hoping

17:03 ↗ i'm hoping we'll have a good discussion

17:05 ↗ with that

17:08 ↗ focus area 3 is invest in employee

17:10 ↗ experience and the purpose here is to

17:12 ↗ invest in our city's workforce to drive

17:14 ↗ recruiting

17:16 ↗ and retain the still skilled and diverse

17:18 ↗ workforce this was very very much a

17:20 ↗ lively topic with the policy and

17:22 ↗ planning commission they really

17:23 ↗ appreciated this and again the logic for

17:25 ↗ having it here is the better staff we

17:27 ↗ can we can

17:29 ↗ obtain here through um to everybody

17:32 ↗ knowing how great of a place we are to

17:34 ↗ work how creative community is that we

17:35 ↗ will then deliver higher quality

17:36 ↗ projects by obtaining uh

17:39 ↗ that type of staff

17:41 ↗ and keeping them

17:43 ↗ three of the objectives here

17:45 ↗ invest in

17:46 ↗ staff training beyond safety needs and

17:48 ↗ accreditation

17:50 ↗ utilize asset management principles to

17:52 ↗ forecast

17:53 ↗ future staffing needs

17:55 ↗ and then continue supporting an

17:56 ↗ innovative hybrid work environment i'll

17:58 ↗ just talk about that hybrid work real

18:00 ↗ quickly because that that came up in the

18:02 ↗ last few discussions and at this point

18:04 ↗ uh you know i just want to hats off to

18:06 ↗ just all of our our crews and other

18:09 ↗ field staff that all through the

18:10 ↗ pandemic have worked day in and day out

18:13 ↗ in the field in very tough conditions

18:15 ↗ and they're going to you know continue

18:16 ↗ to need to do so and will

18:18 ↗ uh for for others like me we've had the

18:20 ↗ opportunity to work in a hybrid

18:21 ↗ environment being in the office

18:24 ↗ and at home

18:25 ↗ and it has been very efficient as i can

18:27 ↗ speak for that so that's something we

18:28 ↗ just would like to consider

18:30 ↗ as we attempt to be as efficient as we

18:32 ↗ can with our time and resources

18:37 ↗ focus area number four responsibly

18:39 ↗ manage our existing utility assets and

18:41 ↗ the purpose here

18:42 ↗ sustainably operate and maintain the

18:44 ↗ public storm and sewer infrastructure

18:46 ↗ consistent with city's established level

18:48 ↗ of service

18:50 ↗ and our objectives here are improved

18:52 ↗ response effectiveness under emergency

18:54 ↗ situations to better ensure that those

18:58 ↗ continuity of operations when bad things

19:00 ↗ do happen because something

19:02 ↗ something always will

19:04 ↗ participate in regional efforts to

19:06 ↗ optimize the delivery of utility surface

19:08 ↗ and really leverage those regional

19:10 ↗ resources so here i mentioned in a

19:12 ↗ couple other presentations that it's

19:14 ↗ important for justice for us to stay

19:16 ↗ abreast of what's going on but you know

19:18 ↗ we didn't take that one step further

19:19 ↗ become active and then also

19:22 ↗ earn some value from being part of that

19:24 ↗ larger regional community by leveraging

19:26 ↗ those resources

19:27 ↗ and finally proactively uh manage our

19:30 ↗ existing system performance to expected

19:32 ↗ service levels

19:35 ↗ transparent community engagement our

19:38 ↗ purpose here is to engage with the

19:39 ↗ community to build strong partnerships

19:41 ↗ and develop education and outreach

19:43 ↗ opportunities uh between public private

19:46 ↗ and residential entities and just wanted

19:48 ↗ to

19:49 ↗ just

19:50 ↗ you know make it clear that this this

19:52 ↗ work really

19:53 ↗ developing the strategic plan and these

19:55 ↗ master plans

19:56 ↗ coming to the boards and commissions and

19:58 ↗ and the community this really hopefully

20:00 ↗ is

20:01 ↗ a testament what we're going to continue

20:02 ↗ to try to do in utilities here uh and

20:05 ↗ just be open uh in all that we're doing

20:07 ↗ and be and seeking input so hopefully

20:10 ↗ this is a

20:11 ↗ a thing that

20:12 ↗ we'll continue to do

20:14 ↗ and a few of our objectives here which

20:16 ↗ which again we're looking forward to too

20:18 ↗ much input from you but also from the

20:19 ↗ community uh

20:21 ↗ in early 2022 as we go out and talk to

20:24 ↗ them directly

20:25 ↗ outside of our board and commission

20:27 ↗ process

20:28 ↗ uh will be to establish clear and

20:29 ↗ concise customer service levels levels

20:32 ↗ that make sense to our customers that

20:33 ↗ they understand and want to monitor and

20:37 ↗ and

20:39 ↗ just a side note on here we have a lot

20:40 ↗ of very granular and important

20:43 ↗ uh performance monitoring indicators

20:46 ↗ that my staff monitors and we monitor

20:48 ↗ across public works and again those are

20:50 ↗ very important but they get into the

20:52 ↗ weeds so where we need and we want to

20:54 ↗ find customer service levels that are a

20:57 ↗ little bit higher uh that our detailed

20:59 ↗ work rolls up to so we can all talk of

21:01 ↗ the same language

21:04 ↗ a couple other objectives here

21:05 ↗ collaborative collaboratively deliver

21:07 ↗ community education activities across

21:09 ↗ programs and departments so getting out

21:10 ↗ of our silos and

21:12 ↗ and working together to leverage our

21:13 ↗ staffing and our messaging

21:16 ↗ and then improve implementation of the

21:18 ↗ city's uh existing communication

21:20 ↗ framework of for utility efforts connie

21:22 ↗ has mentioned this and i think comments

21:24 ↗ in a couple of of the other venues here

21:27 ↗ and this is something you know we really

21:28 ↗ want to take immediate action on and

21:32 ↗ being as transparent as we can with our

21:34 ↗ work and utilities as much as possible

21:39 ↗ then finally fiscal responsibility

21:41 ↗ develop a fiscal plan to support meeting

21:43 ↗ our defined service levels within an

21:46 ↗ affordable rate structure i think this

21:47 ↗ is a huge this is a very big one for me

21:50 ↗ because there's always so much to do

21:53 ↗ this is a great community to work for

21:54 ↗ great staff here

21:56 ↗ but we also need to be mindful of

21:58 ↗ keeping our rates low so that's that's

22:00 ↗ why to me this plan is so important

22:02 ↗ that there's endless amount of work to

22:04 ↗ be done and we have to prioritize uh

22:07 ↗ together uh to make sure we're we're

22:09 ↗ we're going after the

22:11 ↗ uh the most important work keeping those

22:13 ↗ rates low

22:16 ↗ as reasonable

22:17 ↗ and a couple objectives here budget for

22:19 ↗ full life cycle costs and staffing needs

22:21 ↗ associated with both existing and future

22:24 ↗ systems and that would include

22:26 ↗ future systems under a climate of an

22:28 ↗ uncertain climate change regime

22:31 ↗ and then identify and leverage

22:32 ↗ identifying and leveraging federal state

22:34 ↗ county and other funding sources and

22:36 ↗ here

22:37 ↗ shout out to to my boss robert robert

22:40 ↗ york who's done

22:41 ↗ done a great job at leveraging a lot of

22:44 ↗ funding for for all of our utilities and

22:46 ↗ is a true mentor for me in this and

22:48 ↗ that's something we really uh hope to

22:50 ↗ continue

22:53 ↗ i'm going to pass it off to matt and

22:54 ↗ this is a

22:56 ↗ very busy slide but

22:58 ↗ but i think a good good one and we

23:00 ↗ receive good feedback on this so what

23:02 ↗ what matt's going to show he's using one

23:04 ↗ objective here the create on-site septic

23:06 ↗ management program to reduce pollution

23:09 ↗ as an example of going all the way you

23:11 ↗ know from our focus area objective

23:14 ↗ uh to the strategies

23:15 ↗ which will come next metrics and then

23:17 ↗ actions

23:19 ↗ and what we've heard at

23:21 ↗ the recent boards and commissions

23:23 ↗ is this is you know a package of

23:25 ↗ material they'd like to see for all of

23:26 ↗ our objectives uh this type of flowchart

23:29 ↗ so

23:30 ↗ matt why don't you take it away and then

23:32 ↗ we'll uh we'll be able to have a

23:33 ↗ conversation about it when you're done

23:35 ↗ thanks hi hi matt ellis senior engineer

23:39 ↗ and you guys can all hear me correct

23:42 ↗ great

23:43 ↗ yeah as gary mentioned this is this

23:46 ↗ slide is a sample line of sight for

23:48 ↗ focus area through a defined objective

23:50 ↗ it also shows a specific strategies to

23:53 ↗ accomplish the objective the exam this

23:56 ↗ example shows a program to proactively

23:58 ↗ manage our private septic systems within

24:00 ↗ the city and it focuses on the last four

24:02 ↗ building blocks that gary mentioned as

24:04 ↗ an example developing strategies metrics

24:07 ↗ and action items

24:08 ↗ and as gary mentioned we will develop

24:10 ↗ lines of sight for all

24:12 ↗ of our categories within the six focus

24:15 ↗ areas and come back to the boards and

24:16 ↗ commissions at a later date

24:18 ↗ once these have been developed

24:21 ↗ and as a as i go through this i want to

24:22 ↗ highlight that this is a draft line of

24:25 ↗ site and elements within the strategies

24:27 ↗ metrics and actions

24:29 ↗ uh have not been fully vetted

24:33 ↗ we developed this further than other

24:34 ↗ objectives so far based on a commitment

24:37 ↗ to council to do certain items namely

24:39 ↗ improving our on-site septic inspection

24:42 ↗ reporting program and evaluating our

24:44 ↗ water quality sampling program

24:46 ↗ and our end result and goal is to

24:48 ↗ ultimately look at how we manage septic

24:51 ↗ systems in the city and figure out a

24:53 ↗ game plan if we see a concentration of

24:55 ↗ aging private septic systems creating

24:58 ↗ issues in our environment

25:01 ↗ as we look at this i'll explain what

25:02 ↗ each category is and provide examples

25:05 ↗ and i like to think of it as a tree

25:08 ↗ we basically have a very general focus

25:10 ↗ area more specific objectives

25:12 ↗ refined strategies and still more

25:14 ↗ refined and specific metrics and action

25:17 ↗ items

25:18 ↗ and the goal is to provide a fair

25:19 ↗ transparent proactive and equitable work

25:22 ↗ plan for all to see and identify

25:25 ↗ priorities for the city to focus on so

25:28 ↗ for this specific objective on subject

25:30 ↗ system management we have three draft

25:32 ↗ strategies uh the first strategy or the

25:35 ↗ strategies um i like to think of are the

25:37 ↗ what what are we trying to do and these

25:39 ↗ are the specific work plans or goals

25:44 ↗ to the specific objective so strategy

25:46 ↗ number one is improve private septic

25:49 ↗ system inspection and reporting program

25:51 ↗ strategy two is to develop a robust

25:54 ↗ water quality sampling plan and strategy

25:57 ↗ three is to replace aging existing

25:59 ↗ on-site septic systems

26:02 ↗ and connect them to sewer within

26:04 ↗ critical areas

26:06 ↗ uh and then the metrics are as we move

26:09 ↗ down the the up the tree or down the

26:11 ↗ tree are uh the when uh there are ways

26:15 ↗ to check in keep us on task and make

26:17 ↗ sure we are working to accomplish each

26:20 ↗ uh specific strategy so under strategy

26:22 ↗ one met the metric is

26:25 ↗ implement a revised inspection and

26:26 ↗ reporting program by 2025

26:29 ↗ and then metric two is to incorporate a

26:31 ↗ sampling plan into the citywide program

26:33 ↗ by also by 2025 and metric three is

26:36 ↗ replace all existing systems in the

26:38 ↗ shoreline but in the shoreline buffer by

26:40 ↗ 2040. and again dates in this are just a

26:43 ↗ draft but will be refined as we go

26:46 ↗ through this

26:47 ↗ and kind of make sure that we're

26:49 ↗ cleaning things up and and things are

26:51 ↗ attainable but also realistic to the

26:53 ↗ community

26:55 ↗ and then finally actions are the how how

26:57 ↗ are we going to do things uh they're the

26:59 ↗ work plans defined within each strategy

27:02 ↗ they can be capital improvement plans

27:04 ↗ opera operational work plans education

27:07 ↗ programs are a series of items that work

27:08 ↗ together to achieve a strategy

27:12 ↗ so under strategy one the actions are

27:14 ↗ review and revise applicable code

27:16 ↗ relating to septic inspection

27:18 ↗ and develop staff inspection and develop

27:21 ↗ a staff inspection work program

27:24 ↗ under strategy 2 the actions are develop

27:27 ↗ a best science approach to evaluating

27:30 ↗ stream samples

27:31 ↗ throughout the city and develop a

27:33 ↗ program for obtaining

27:35 ↗ samples at strategic locations

27:37 ↗ throughout the city as well as

27:38 ↗ developing secondary sampling locations

27:41 ↗ if issues are identified

27:43 ↗ and then under strategy three uh the

27:45 ↗ actions are develop a funding develop

27:47 ↗ funding strategies to support residents

27:50 ↗ if and when sewer needs to be extended

27:52 ↗ into a neighborhood

27:53 ↗ and develop a capital improvement plan

27:55 ↗ for infrastructure needs to extend

27:57 ↗ sewers when the time comes

27:59 ↗ so again this is just an example kind of

28:02 ↗ provides uh

28:04 ↗ a frame of how we want to focus do all

28:08 ↗ of our focus areas and kind of fill them

28:11 ↗ out and we'll come back at a later date

28:14 ↗ once we've kind of done that internally

28:18 ↗ so we can get this vetted through the

28:19 ↗ boards and commissions in the council

28:22 ↗ but this is just provides uh folks with

28:25 ↗ the an idea of what our end result will

28:27 ↗ be for for all items i'm going to push

28:30 ↗ it back to gary thank you matt and i'll

28:32 ↗ just go over next steps here and then

28:34 ↗ open it up for questions

28:36 ↗ comments

28:38 ↗ so uh

28:40 ↗ not much of december left given the

28:41 ↗ holidays but there still is time and

28:43 ↗ we're going to be incorporating your

28:44 ↗ feedback tonight

28:46 ↗ and the feedback that we receive from uh

28:48 ↗ commissions and council today

28:51 ↗ and we're we've already started uh the

28:54 ↗ strategy beginning the strategies

28:56 ↗ performance measures and actions and

28:58 ↗ we'll continue that um into january

29:01 ↗ uh and then early february um we're

29:03 ↗ looking at a community meeting similar

29:06 ↗ in format to to what has been done for

29:08 ↗ the climate action plan i i was part of

29:11 ↗ some of those i really thought those

29:12 ↗ were personally quite fantastic so we're

29:15 ↗ going to

29:17 ↗ try to follow that that model in early

29:20 ↗ february

29:21 ↗ and then after we come to the community

29:22 ↗ we're going to come back to

29:24 ↗ the board and commission process again

29:26 ↗ and then city council with with

29:28 ↗ hopefully a a draft master plan that

29:31 ↗ will

29:32 ↗ will be um what matches went over really

29:34 ↗ a portfolio of of those um flowcharts

29:39 ↗ that are probably a little more detailed

29:41 ↗ and then we'll come back again uh go

29:44 ↗ back out to the community one more time

29:46 ↗ and then do the round again with the

29:48 ↗ final final plan

29:50 ↗ um that will include similar again to

29:52 ↗ the the capital of the capital the

29:55 ↗ climate action plan where we will not

29:58 ↗ only have those flow charts but a very

29:59 ↗ detailed a work plan as well uh that we

30:02 ↗ can uh provide and have that as our

30:04 ↗ package that would then go to council

30:06 ↗ approval

30:08 ↗ and we're hoping all hoping to wrap all

30:10 ↗ this up uh by middle of next year uh

30:13 ↗ june june or july

30:15 ↗ so with that i will uh get back to our

30:20 ↗ board president of

30:22 ↗ nancy davidson

30:27 ↗ nancy i think you might be on mute

30:31 ↗ thank you thank you for your

30:32 ↗ presentations both of you um

30:34 ↗ well done um at this point i'm going to

30:36 ↗ be looking for comments from board

30:38 ↗ members but i had already signaled to

30:39 ↗ gary that i had a comment and i think he

30:42 ↗ might be anticipating it and that is the

30:44 ↗ climate action plan was approved by the

30:46 ↗ city council on monday night and within

30:49 ↗ that plan it requires a 50 reduction in

30:51 ↗ greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and 75

30:54 ↗ by 2040. and that's clearly in the

30:57 ↗ planning horizons for both of the

30:59 ↗ wastewater and the stormwater master

31:01 ↗ plans

31:02 ↗ um it means we need to relook at our

31:03 ↗ vehicles and how much we're driving

31:05 ↗ around and the flow chart signals to me

31:07 ↗ that we're going to be driving more than

31:09 ↗ ever

31:10 ↗ um you have lift stations and pump

31:12 ↗ stations that are in your waste water

31:14 ↗ system

31:15 ↗ and i'm not sure if there's much

31:17 ↗ electricity or power used in the

31:19 ↗ stormwater system that's really

31:20 ↗ something i'm not focused on

31:22 ↗ but it seems to me

31:24 ↗ that that is something also we'll have

31:26 ↗ to be looking at and that is looking at

31:28 ↗ efficiencies and how are we going to

31:31 ↗ overcome and get a 50 reduction in each

31:34 ↗ of these utilities within the next nine

31:37 ↗ years

31:38 ↗ and that clearly has to be outlined in

31:40 ↗ this plan and to me it seems that the

31:42 ↗ goals and priorities priorities that

31:44 ↗ you've identified do not include those

31:47 ↗ and to me it is a big oversight because

31:49 ↗ if you're going to be looking for

31:50 ↗ funding to pay for some of these other

31:53 ↗ goals that you have this has to step up

31:56 ↗ as one of the more

31:58 ↗ important one since this was just passed

32:01 ↗ because your timeline to 2040 is very

32:03 ↗ short to get to 75 greenhouse gas

32:06 ↗ emission reduction

32:07 ↗ so comments on that gary no that's it

32:09 ↗ it's thank you it's a great question a

32:11 ↗ little little i have other some other

32:13 ↗ information to write as well but on that

32:14 ↗ particular topic uh very your timing is

32:17 ↗ impeccable because uh the core team and

32:20 ↗ i we're just looking we're just looking

32:22 ↗ at our strategies

32:24 ↗ objectives actions and so forth metrics

32:26 ↗ and one that i've relied on um

32:30 ↗ as a template has been from atlanta

32:32 ↗ believe it or not they have a really

32:33 ↗ good watershed department there and they

32:35 ↗ have a strategy strategy

32:37 ↗ nancy exactly like you've talked about

32:40 ↗ reducing the energy related to their

32:42 ↗ utility delivery system and and i so i

32:45 ↗ don't think it's an oversight i don't

32:46 ↗ think we've gotten to that point yet

32:48 ↗ that that will will be

32:51 ↗ in some way a strategy here now that

32:53 ↗ could be part of our existing uh the the

32:55 ↗ managing existing assets or the future

32:58 ↗ um but what that if you want to look at

33:00 ↗ it at a very tangible level what that

33:02 ↗ could look like for our new work right

33:04 ↗ our new projects is

33:06 ↗ when we're putting something new in the

33:07 ↗ ground how are we reducing our footprint

33:10 ↗ right what what what different what ways

33:12 ↗ are we going to deliver this service

33:14 ↗ with the lowest possible footprint what

33:16 ↗ does that look like

33:18 ↗ um and we could talk about the same

33:19 ↗ thing for existing service delivery

33:21 ↗ whether like you said pump stations or

33:23 ↗ something else so i don't

33:25 ↗ you're absolutely right we did not call

33:27 ↗ that out here

33:28 ↗ but in the next version you will

33:30 ↗ absolutely see something like that i

33:32 ↗ don't know how what our first um

33:36 ↗ action out of the gate will be for that

33:38 ↗ at this point but it certainly will be a

33:41 ↗ strategy um that will be in line with

33:44 ↗ the uh the cap

33:46 ↗ climate action plan

33:48 ↗ well i just want to continue to follow

33:50 ↗ up on that so this to me with these two

33:53 ↗ plans is a unique opportunity to look at

33:56 ↗ our storm water and wastewater systems

33:58 ↗ through a new lens

34:00 ↗ and it also gives an opportunity to

34:02 ↗ commit to the

34:04 ↗ utility rate payers of the city

34:06 ↗ um some kind of way of saying you know

34:08 ↗ this is what you're getting and this is

34:10 ↗ our commitment to you um

34:13 ↗ i think i have

34:15 ↗ personally i've written many of these

34:16 ↗ plans in my lifetime

34:18 ↗ and um i just think you have a unique

34:22 ↗ lens right now that you could use with

34:24 ↗ this climate action plan to rethink how

34:26 ↗ we do things instead of doing it the

34:27 ↗ same way with both your existing

34:30 ↗ infrastructure and your new

34:31 ↗ infrastructure and i would encourage you

34:34 ↗ to think about it in a broader scope

34:36 ↗ because i think we have to do things

34:38 ↗ differently and if we don't do things

34:41 ↗ differently then we shouldn't have done

34:42 ↗ a climate action plan because we're just

34:44 ↗ not going to have to think about the

34:45 ↗ world the same way

34:47 ↗ and these utility master plans

34:50 ↗ can be very energy consumption yes

34:52 ↗ consumption both waste water and you're

34:55 ↗ not doing water right now but water as

34:56 ↗ well

34:57 ↗ and so it's an opportunity for people to

35:00 ↗ rethink about these things on how they

35:02 ↗ do it

35:02 ↗ and um i think that the industry is

35:06 ↗ turning in that way to provide more

35:08 ↗ energy efficiency and i would encourage

35:10 ↗ you to really try and take advantage of

35:13 ↗ that you have a short time frame and a

35:16 ↗ unique opportunity and you're the first

35:18 ↗ few plans that you're going to come

35:19 ↗ through

35:20 ↗ um that have this lens that you have to

35:22 ↗ adopt to so

35:24 ↗ i'd encourage you to be creative that's

35:26 ↗ my comment too but i really appreciate

35:28 ↗ that nancy and i like your i think we're

35:31 ↗ going to rip off your your uh

35:33 ↗ your term of lens right that climate

35:36 ↗ lens that might be actually one of the

35:39 ↗ actions that you see out of this is you

35:41 ↗ know just

35:42 ↗ i did this at another utility but for

35:45 ↗ our capital projects looking at it with

35:48 ↗ that climate lens like you're saying a

35:50 ↗ very broader perspective on how we could

35:52 ↗ do things differently so thank you very

35:53 ↗ much because we didn't call that

35:55 ↗ necessarily out as much

35:57 ↗ in our strategies that relate to us in

35:59 ↗ the climate action plan they were more i

36:01 ↗ was looking them over before the meeting

36:03 ↗ and more on the water you know watershed

36:07 ↗ and climate impacts in terms of

36:09 ↗ precipitation water reuse so i'm really

36:12 ↗ glad you brought this up and we will we

36:14 ↗ will continue we will get it involved in

36:16 ↗ here incorporated in some way you have

36:17 ↗ my commitment to that

36:19 ↗ thank you uh anyone else have any

36:21 ↗ comments

36:22 ↗ i don't want to take all my all the time

36:26 ↗ uh jamie go ahead please

36:29 ↗ thank you nancy jamie speaking um

36:32 ↗ gary matt i had one question related to

36:36 ↗ how

36:37 ↗ capital improvements will be like how

36:40 ↗ will they be prioritized and set forth

36:43 ↗ within what will they specifically be

36:45 ↗ within

36:46 ↗ these plans or is it just the framework

36:48 ↗ to for future prioritization that will

36:50 ↗ be actually in the plans themselves well

36:52 ↗ that's a that's a great question jamie

36:54 ↗ so we're

36:55 ↗ we're grappling with that right now i

36:56 ↗ think when we talk the first time uh we

36:58 ↗ are we are def we are using a um a

37:01 ↗ fairly robust

37:03 ↗ uh prioritization criteria which we

37:05 ↗ shared with you guys

37:06 ↗ gals before for all of our potential

37:09 ↗ projects so that that's going to

37:11 ↗ continue to happen

37:12 ↗ on the project level

37:14 ↗ um as you and those and those jamie

37:17 ↗ you'll see those will be again capital

37:18 ↗ projects be one of many actions you'll

37:20 ↗ see

37:21 ↗ but then we have to get into and what

37:23 ↗ what we need to talk about is um

37:26 ↗ let's call out the focus areas how are

37:27 ↗ we going to prioritize those

37:29 ↗ which one is most important now or the

37:31 ↗ objectives

37:32 ↗ so that's

37:34 ↗ uh you know we may use those same

37:35 ↗ criteria but

37:37 ↗ it's just a great great question when

37:39 ↗ we're gonna when we come back next time

37:41 ↗ we'll have a better answer but we're

37:42 ↗ gonna do it both ways

37:44 ↗ is that

37:45 ↗ on the actions you'll see prioritization

37:48 ↗ criteria for those but will also have

37:50 ↗ some type of

37:52 ↗ you know level of effort priority on the

37:55 ↗ focus areas and objectives themselves

37:57 ↗ i think one one thing one way that will

37:59 ↗ manifest if you go back to math slide is

38:02 ↗ the dates right so we might have uh

38:05 ↗ metrics or goals that we want to meet

38:07 ↗ some of them that are more pressing will

38:09 ↗ have earlier dates others that are

38:11 ↗ really important

38:12 ↗ that uh we want to keep on everybody's

38:14 ↗ radar but they're going to take a little

38:16 ↗ more time might have a longer date

38:18 ↗ so that that might be a very pragmatic

38:20 ↗ way to get out that question jamie for

38:22 ↗ as we go down the flow chart

38:24 ↗ thanks gary yeah you read my mind and

38:26 ↗ where i was going with that because i'm

38:28 ↗ just curious like these focus areas how

38:30 ↗ does the rubber meet the road on how we

38:32 ↗ actually prioritize at times some things

38:34 ↗ will be at odds or at least

38:36 ↗ fighting for the same dollars or or time

38:38 ↗ and effort so i i just think from

38:41 ↗ reading through this that still feels

38:42 ↗ like a big outstanding question which

38:44 ↗ you just acknowledged that it is

38:46 ↗ but that's really especially with things

38:48 ↗ like nancy's mentioning

38:50 ↗ uh i think our framework as a city for

38:53 ↗ how we evaluate how we're spending time

38:55 ↗ and money is is what i would hope would

38:57 ↗ be a really key outcome of what we have

39:00 ↗ coming out of of these plans so just

39:02 ↗ would appreciate it uh and continue to

39:06 ↗ stay up to speed on on the developments

39:08 ↗ as you get further along with that

39:09 ↗ process thank you yeah we don't want to

39:11 ↗ be silent on that because that you know

39:13 ↗ everything you know hopefully everything

39:14 ↗ you've seen tonight and everything you

39:16 ↗ will see

39:17 ↗ this is all great stuff right but we

39:19 ↗ can't you know acknowledge them when we

39:21 ↗ can't do it all at the same time so you

39:23 ↗ know we need to

39:25 ↗ uh you know that that's what what we're

39:27 ↗ funded to do right we've got to make

39:28 ↗ those hard calls uh recommendations to

39:30 ↗ you so that we can get your feedback so

39:32 ↗ thank you

39:35 ↗ thanks jamie thank you gary uh don you

39:38 ↗ have some comment questions

39:40 ↗ yeah thank you nancy um gary thank you

39:42 ↗ for your presentation that was very good

39:44 ↗ um first i want to echo nancy's comment

39:47 ↗ i think you have an opportunity here to

39:48 ↗ tie the climate action plan to your cip

39:51 ↗ program going forward and and leverage

39:53 ↗ that and use that to your advantage my

39:56 ↗ questions for you are more out of

39:57 ↗ curiosity so do you know the percentage

40:00 ↗ of septic systems in issaquah how many

40:02 ↗ residents you know percentage-wise are

40:04 ↗ on septic versus sewer

40:07 ↗ matt ellis i think you have the hard

40:08 ↗ number i don't know if you have a

40:09 ↗ percentage i don't have a percentage i

40:12 ↗ know there are 380

40:14 ↗ i think it's it's within like 10 uh in

40:18 ↗ the city that are on septic but there is

40:21 ↗ a good portion that are in the smammish

40:23 ↗ plateau

40:24 ↗ water service area so

40:27 ↗ um

40:28 ↗ i would say almost half are not in our

40:31 ↗ service area but they're still within

40:33 ↗ what they'd still have to abide by city

40:35 ↗ code and so part of the challenge with

40:37 ↗ this will be collaborating with smash

40:40 ↗ plateau and and they're fully aware that

40:42 ↗ this is one of our objectives

40:44 ↗ and we've been in conversations

40:46 ↗ okay so 380 to me does not sound like a

40:49 ↗ very large number for the city of

40:50 ↗ issaquah so it's not a giant percentage

40:53 ↗ it's not but they're in challenging

40:55 ↗ locations and you know obviously we're

40:57 ↗ trying to focus on spots that are in

40:58 ↗ critical areas

41:00 ↗ okay

41:01 ↗ and then you mentioned your emergency

41:02 ↗ response plan that's kind of dear to me

41:06 ↗ do you have a

41:07 ↗ emergency response plan specific to

41:09 ↗ utilities or do you fall inside the

41:11 ↗ city's comprehensive plan

41:14 ↗ at this time we're within the cities and

41:15 ↗ i and i think you all may know but if

41:17 ↗ you don't i'll let you know we have

41:19 ↗ relatively new um

41:21 ↗ uh emergency manager lee shin very

41:23 ↗ excited that he's here um so that is one

41:26 ↗ you know again we talk about

41:28 ↗ um potential actions you might see i

41:30 ↗ think that's going to be

41:32 ↗ we're going to dip our toe in the water

41:33 ↗ on that

41:34 ↗ don i'd like to work with with lee as

41:37 ↗ part of the implementation of this to

41:40 ↗ to

41:40 ↗ maybe uh just highlight utilities a

41:43 ↗ little more not its own thing

41:44 ↗ necessarily but maybe look at a few

41:46 ↗ things that we should have a very

41:48 ↗ specific uh maybe sop

41:51 ↗ uh for in terms of emergency response

41:54 ↗ for utilities uh but this time no we do

41:56 ↗ not we do have give you one example

41:58 ↗ though don um

42:00 ↗ we've just been working on updating our

42:02 ↗ matt i think you're helping out with

42:04 ↗ this with harvey walker our winter storm

42:06 ↗ sop uh so that's one that we've had and

42:09 ↗ we're gonna update um as well and there

42:12 ↗ may be others like that that but again

42:14 ↗ that falls under the whole city rubric

42:17 ↗ okay thank you and then matt already

42:19 ↗ answered my last question but one more

42:21 ↗ question um on your rates um do you know

42:23 ↗ how they compare to your neighboring

42:25 ↗ cities are they mid-range high-low

42:30 ↗ you know where you sit in the rate

42:31 ↗ matrix compared to that i do not given

42:33 ↗ my relative newness here um i'm going to

42:36 ↗ actually answer that from isaac for my

42:37 ↗ when i was at redmond and i think you

42:39 ↗ guys are pretty pretty mid

42:41 ↗ not not too not high not low from what i

42:43 ↗ understand but i could be corrected by

42:46 ↗ matt or anybody else on this call on

42:48 ↗ that

42:49 ↗ i know we just went through the rate

42:51 ↗ study for all the utilities water sewer

42:53 ↗ and storm

42:54 ↗ and we were mid range um but i can't say

42:58 ↗ specifically compared to what city

43:01 ↗ how we fall fell but i knew we were our

43:03 ↗ goal for the short term

43:05 ↗ was to not raise rates and our cip

43:08 ↗ reflected that

43:10 ↗ i really i really appreciate your

43:12 ↗ question because um you know i've done

43:14 ↗ a lot of work with cascade water

43:15 ↗ alliance the test last 10 years on

43:17 ↗ affordability and affordability is

43:19 ↗ different every community so i think

43:20 ↗ that's part of what we can you know what

43:22 ↗ we what i need to learn more here what

43:24 ↗ what is affordability for for us and how

43:26 ↗ does that relate to our utility rates

43:30 ↗ yeah rates are important to me or more

43:32 ↗ so minimizing the spikes in rates are

43:34 ↗ important to me so thank you for that i

43:36 ↗ appreciate it

43:39 ↗ great

43:40 ↗ thanks don thanks gary thanks matt uh

43:42 ↗ this is nancy again and i'm going to

43:44 ↗ call on tom anderson for his questions

43:45 ↗ go ahead tom

43:48 ↗ oh thank you nancy tom anderson here uh

43:52 ↗ i have a comment on transparency

43:54 ↗ transparency to the public on

43:56 ↗ projects now so some of these strategies

43:59 ↗ had specific measurables i guess i i

44:02 ↗ can't recall exactly how the slides

44:05 ↗ showed this on the transparency issue

44:07 ↗ but i'm i'm wondering uh what what do

44:10 ↗ you have in mind in terms of of a

44:12 ↗ measurable

44:14 ↗ uh for

44:15 ↗ such a thing as a public projects

44:19 ↗ tom that's a great great question we uh

44:21 ↗ um so i i completed

44:24 ↗ with my colleagues at redmond a very

44:25 ↗ similar plan there and that that was a

44:27 ↗ that that was the most difficult one and

44:29 ↗ what we what we chose to to do and what

44:32 ↗ i think we're thinking about here is

44:34 ↗ a couple metrics could be number of of

44:37 ↗ engagements with community just outside

44:40 ↗ of the projects right that maybe their

44:41 ↗ quarterly engagements uh where we're

44:43 ↗ talking about uh what don was just

44:45 ↗ mentioning talking about our rates

44:47 ↗ talking about our service delivery so it

44:48 ↗ could be

44:49 ↗ it could be

44:50 ↗ a metrics how many times we're out

44:52 ↗ providing those

44:54 ↗ it could be volunteer opportunities that

44:56 ↗ we have where we're um you know plant

44:59 ↗ doing plantings but we're also talking

45:01 ↗ about what we're doing

45:03 ↗ um

45:04 ↗ it also could be um

45:06 ↗ just uh

45:08 ↗ are we reaching out to um all of our um

45:13 ↗ x percent of our communities about all

45:15 ↗ the services that we provide um and and

45:18 ↗ that are there for taking advantage of

45:20 ↗ so those are just some ideas but we

45:22 ↗ would love your input on that that's

45:24 ↗ what we're really hopefully getting you

45:26 ↗ know going to get those from you but

45:27 ↗ also the the february meeting where i um

45:30 ↗ highlighted that is where we're of

45:33 ↗ course going to have some good ideas but

45:34 ↗ i'm hoping we're going to get a lot of

45:36 ↗ input from the community on that what do

45:39 ↗ they mean by engagement right

45:41 ↗ what do we all mean by it and that

45:43 ↗ that's where

45:44 ↗ i want to come to that common ground

45:47 ↗ well so here's a suggestion maybe it's

45:49 ↗ inappropriate for me to get into details

45:52 ↗ on a specific project but the uh

45:54 ↗ spar pump booster project for example

45:56 ↗ i'm a party of record i i as a citizen

45:59 ↗ indicated i'm interested in that project

46:01 ↗ and and it's i don't know it's been

46:03 ↗ several months since i've gotten an

46:05 ↗ update on that i think the last update

46:07 ↗ was simply oh yeah we've approved the

46:08 ↗ project uh well and i've been over there

46:11 ↗ i've observed that things are happening

46:13 ↗ uh what's happening i'd i would like a

46:16 ↗ report like monthly or something like

46:18 ↗ that as a party of record

46:21 ↗ i would suggest that the city when they

46:24 ↗ have an active capital improvement

46:25 ↗ project such as that people who sign up

46:28 ↗ as party of records should get

46:30 ↗ regular updates regular might mean

46:32 ↗ monthly

46:34 ↗ just to reflect on that on some other

46:35 ↗ jurisdictions here i'm

46:38 ↗ signed up for the

46:39 ↗ king county's project on the east lake

46:42 ↗ samanish trail which is a trail you're

46:44 ↗ interested in and

46:46 ↗ they're doing a bang-up job and i at

46:47 ↗ first i thought oh this is kind of this

46:49 ↗ is too much information but now i've

46:51 ↗ kind of kind of gotten into it and i

46:54 ↗ enjoy getting it's every week now they

46:56 ↗ they

46:57 ↗ just a page or two or something with a

46:59 ↗ few photos and all that but

47:01 ↗ it it it helps me

47:04 ↗ as a citizen i get more invested in that

47:07 ↗ project right i guess it could work the

47:09 ↗ other way maybe i'd be out if i were a

47:11 ↗ property owner

47:12 ↗ outraged by

47:14 ↗ something thank you tom

47:15 ↗ i find it i find it um

47:19 ↗ it it gets me connected and invested

47:22 ↗ into that project it makes me more

47:24 ↗ excited about seeing the end result and

47:26 ↗ i can't wait to actually go

47:29 ↗ be on that trail when it's when it's

47:31 ↗ finally opened

47:33 ↗ so thank you tom i think i think that's

47:36 ↗ uh and i mean they're they're doing it

47:39 ↗ weekly i don't i don't think weekly is

47:41 ↗ necessarily what

47:42 ↗ should the objective should be that's

47:45 ↗ nice but um i'd suggest something like

47:48 ↗ monthly or whatever

47:50 ↗ particularly for people who have signed

47:52 ↗ up and said yes i am interested in

47:55 ↗ mr pop

47:56 ↗ remember

47:58 ↗ periodic updates so i would suggest some

48:01 ↗ specific metrics having to do with

48:03 ↗ frequency of updates to to the public on

48:07 ↗ projects

48:08 ↗ that that's a great great i really

48:10 ↗ appreciate that tom that's exactly the

48:12 ↗ type of ideas we'd like to like to be

48:14 ↗ getting thank you

48:16 ↗ thank you

48:18 ↗ great i um i'm gonna go back one dan i

48:21 ↗ think i overlooked you and i apologize

48:23 ↗ for that i know you have some questions

48:25 ↗ and comments

48:28 ↗ thanks nancy no problem um

48:30 ↗ dan hintz i guess i'll start with a

48:32 ↗ couple comments yeah i want to i want to

48:34 ↗ amplify what nancy said earlier about

48:36 ↗ energy efficiency not something i had

48:38 ↗ actively thought about but just

48:40 ↗ i think that makes a whole heck of a lot

48:41 ↗ of sense um and also kind of on the

48:43 ↗ climate angle i just want to call out

48:45 ↗ you know i think this was in one of the

48:46 ↗ policy statements but really really

48:48 ↗ appreciated the kind of i think

48:50 ↗ prioritization of looking at you know

48:52 ↗ climate change impacts on the

48:54 ↗ hydrological cycle to just knowing that

48:56 ↗ that is a somewhat of a moving target

48:58 ↗ something we're not so sure of already

49:00 ↗ probably seeing some of those changes

49:01 ↗ and better understanding how that fits

49:02 ↗ in uh with with this master planning so

49:06 ↗ um and also just kind of one more kind

49:08 ↗ of comment you know yeah the line of

49:10 ↗ sight modeling i think is great i'd be

49:11 ↗ really excited to see that um so those

49:14 ↗ are kind of three

49:15 ↗ validations i guess the things that are

49:17 ↗ already in the works right now and then

49:18 ↗ i think some of my other comments are

49:20 ↗ probably getting down to the uh

49:23 ↗ strategy action level so i know that's

49:25 ↗ kind of the next steps but um

49:28 ↗ i would just love to see uh more

49:30 ↗ emphasis on uh green storm water

49:32 ↗ infrastructure in some of our utilities

49:35 ↗ um i i'm assuming we're getting there

49:37 ↗ but you know haven't seen much of that

49:39 ↗ called out uh i really appreciate that

49:41 ↗ in some of the project priority rankings

49:43 ↗ you know fish passage sorry fish passage

49:46 ↗ is i think called out a lot of the

49:48 ↗ higher ranked projects so i just want to

49:49 ↗ kind of give two thumbs up to that and

49:51 ↗ just hope that that's continued to be

49:53 ↗ prioritized in terms of um actions

49:56 ↗ um

49:57 ↗ you know this is i know a tough one in

49:59 ↗ the city but you know beaver management

50:00 ↗ in our cities and streams i think is

50:02 ↗ something really important to think

50:03 ↗ about for strategy

50:05 ↗ um

50:07 ↗ impervious surfaces you know so that

50:08 ↗ ties in with the green storm water

50:09 ↗ infrastructure

50:10 ↗ something that is kind of near and dear

50:12 ↗ to me as i travel around the city and

50:14 ↗ see how much asphalt parking you know

50:16 ↗ these areas that like even small little

50:18 ↗ drainage retaining basins you know can

50:20 ↗ be really really really helpful and

50:22 ↗ speaking of community engagement and

50:23 ↗ stuff you know there's some really neat

50:25 ↗ programs in seattle with groups

50:26 ↗ non-profit groups citizens you know

50:28 ↗ maintaining some of that gsi that green

50:30 ↗ stormwater infrastructure

50:32 ↗ um

50:33 ↗ i think the last two kind of on my list

50:35 ↗ and one of these might tie more into the

50:38 ↗ cip but you know just not losing sight

50:40 ↗ of you know critical

50:42 ↗ uh priority land acquisitions in you

50:44 ↗ know heavy stormwater flooding areas

50:47 ↗ um

50:49 ↗ sorry i think i had one more um oh yeah

50:52 ↗ this kind of ties to salmon and fish too

50:54 ↗ and i'm guessing also on your radar but

50:56 ↗ the 6pd

50:58 ↗ runoff on coho salmon you know i know

51:00 ↗ that's still really in the early works

51:01 ↗ if there's ways to process or look at

51:03 ↗ keeping that out of our

51:05 ↗ rivers and salmon bearing streams you

51:07 ↗ know obviously it's gonna be a longer

51:08 ↗ term thing on the um

51:10 ↗ supply side with tires getting that you

51:12 ↗ know hopefully worked out at some point

51:14 ↗ but i think that's you know big priority

51:16 ↗ for our for our coho salmon and our you

51:18 ↗ know salmon bearing streams in izakaya

51:19 ↗ as well so

51:21 ↗ um

51:22 ↗ yeah i think that's my kind of main

51:24 ↗ comments and in my question i actually

51:26 ↗ feel

51:27 ↗ a little ignorant on this that i don't

51:28 ↗ know this for sure but um city of

51:31 ↗ issaquah is not a combined sewer system

51:33 ↗ right so you're talking about storm

51:34 ↗ water planting and wastewater separate

51:35 ↗ they are literally separate in terms of

51:37 ↗ the

51:38 ↗ um

51:39 ↗ utilities here in izakaya yeah yeah so

51:41 ↗ um

51:42 ↗ seattle really is the only one

51:45 ↗ around that has has combined we're all

51:47 ↗ mostly separated for the most part but

51:49 ↗ yes exactly

51:50 ↗ so thanks dan those were awesome and i

51:53 ↗ have a feeling that some of you happen

51:54 ↗ to be on the core team meeting we had

51:56 ↗ this afternoon at two o'clock because

51:58 ↗ you

51:59 ↗ dan a couple years we you just read our

52:01 ↗ minds uh i just want to say it low in

52:02 ↗ impact we've talked about that as a

52:04 ↗ strategy

52:05 ↗ as a way to

52:07 ↗ kind of produce localized flooding

52:10 ↗ and service mitigation

52:12 ↗ adaptation for climate change so you

52:14 ↗ will definitely be seeing

52:16 ↗ um

52:17 ↗ seeing

52:18 ↗ seeing that as a strategy um next round

52:22 ↗ and then also just wanted to let you

52:23 ↗ know one of my staff is

52:25 ↗ right in the midst of the six ppd

52:28 ↗ uh world right now working with folks

52:30 ↗ and you're most likely going to see that

52:31 ↗ as an action that will we want to kind

52:33 ↗ of take on being being at the front edge

52:35 ↗ of that of

52:36 ↗ not leading it but but but supporting

52:38 ↗ that work we're already

52:41 ↗ allowing them to take samples in some of

52:44 ↗ our ponds or you're going to see some

52:45 ↗ results on that and that's so that's one

52:47 ↗ we're hopefully going to be a leader on

52:49 ↗ so thank you dan i really appreciate

52:50 ↗ that list it's great that's awesome

52:51 ↗ awesome to hear thanks gary

52:55 ↗ and i have one other comment for you

52:57 ↗ gary um as i look at my utility bill

53:00 ↗ that we get i think every other month at

53:01 ↗ this point in time i see that wastewater

53:04 ↗ is the most significant cost that we are

53:06 ↗ paying and i recognize that a lot of

53:08 ↗ that is going to pay for the wastewater

53:10 ↗ treatment that we charges that we pay to

53:12 ↗ king county but that's not separated out

53:15 ↗ i think the utilities are missing an

53:16 ↗ opportunity to communicate with its

53:18 ↗ ratepayers what it's doing with its

53:20 ↗ money and how much it is staying locally

53:22 ↗ and how much of it is going externally

53:24 ↗ um and

53:25 ↗ also what are you doing with that money

53:27 ↗ all you see is a bill with a

53:30 ↗ bi-monthly bill of 230 roughly every two

53:34 ↗ months

53:34 ↗ um just plus or minus

53:37 ↗ and that's a lot of money and if we're

53:39 ↗ talking about rate equity and we see

53:41 ↗ that there's a lot of interest in you

53:43 ↗ know income

53:44 ↗ incomes in the community um i suspect to

53:48 ↗ support some of the things you're going

53:49 ↗ to try and do you're going to be looking

53:50 ↗ at increasing rates

53:52 ↗ and

53:53 ↗ it you need a better communication tool

53:55 ↗ and that can't be just at the time of a

53:57 ↗ rate approval or the approval of a

53:59 ↗ master plan it needs to be on a more

54:01 ↗ continuous basis there is never a

54:05 ↗ billing insert in the bills that i have

54:07 ↗ seen

54:08 ↗ there's never any communication of what

54:10 ↗ we're doing

54:12 ↗ i think tom mentioned that we're not

54:13 ↗ tracking the projects and getting those

54:15 ↗ communicated of what we're paying for

54:16 ↗ with our utility infrastructure our two

54:19 ↗ utility rates

54:20 ↗ and i think you're not getting the

54:22 ↗ community's buy-in so if you continue to

54:24 ↗ increase the rates

54:25 ↗ and you see the income disparity and we

54:28 ↗ keep putting these

54:30 ↗ additional policies or plans into action

54:34 ↗ um you're going to have a problem where

54:35 ↗ the ratepayer outcry is going to start

54:37 ↗ to show up because king county is doing

54:39 ↗ the same thing so um my comment to you

54:42 ↗ is the communication of what we're

54:43 ↗ paying for with our utility rates comes

54:46 ↗ about once every six years roughly when

54:48 ↗ you do a new plan

54:50 ↗ or you do a new rate study and we need

54:52 ↗ to do better

54:54 ↗ that's my comment i appreciate that and

54:56 ↗ i think that hopefully using

54:58 ↗ really want to use this plan as a you

55:01 ↗ know there's other tools as well but as

55:03 ↗ that part of that communication tool

55:04 ↗ right this is

55:06 ↗ if this is a living and breathing

55:08 ↗ document you will see through this

55:10 ↗ through what we talked about here the

55:12 ↗ objectives the strategies the actions

55:14 ↗ uh and if we can show that in relation

55:16 ↗ to the costs

55:18 ↗ that's what we're going to you know this

55:19 ↗ this would be the document we're we're

55:21 ↗ sharing all the time and updating so you

55:23 ↗ can make that connection between your

55:26 ↗ dollars are going to these priorities

55:28 ↗ right and if we want to do more

55:30 ↗ um that's kind of the other thing we're

55:32 ↗ working on nancy is some of these

55:35 ↗ a lot of these actions we're already

55:37 ↗ doing a lot of them will be things we

55:38 ↗ would love to do if we would have more

55:40 ↗ staffing and and resources so somehow we

55:43 ↗ we need to call that out um

55:45 ↗ and and i i'm hoping this will be that

55:47 ↗ bridge uh

55:49 ↗ communication tool in some way um

55:51 ↗ because i i share your

55:53 ↗ i share your your thoughts on that i i

55:55 ↗ want to be able to communicate that in a

55:57 ↗ way

55:58 ↗ that's

56:00 ↗ at the right level

56:01 ↗ and then not too frequent right not two

56:03 ↗ in the weeds so just trying to find that

56:04 ↗ sweet spot so your your comments here

56:06 ↗ both you and tom

56:07 ↗ really are helpful with that uh to know

56:09 ↗ what you actually as a community member

56:12 ↗ want to see

56:13 ↗ so that's great thank you

56:16 ↗ all right um

56:17 ↗ are there any other questions or

56:19 ↗ comments then i'm going to ask about the

56:21 ↗ four questions that gary started this

56:23 ↗ off with that you asked for but before i

56:25 ↗ go there i'm going to see if there's any

56:27 ↗ other questions or comments that i know

56:28 ↗ connie i'm going to come back to you at

56:29 ↗ some point you're still on my list so

56:32 ↗ anything else from the board members

56:39 ↗ seeing nothing

56:41 ↗ i'm going to go to the four questions

56:43 ↗ that gary pointed out to you to all of

56:45 ↗ us

56:46 ↗ um do you have a slide you can pull up

56:48 ↗ with those again real quick i was

56:50 ↗ actually going to put them in the chat

56:51 ↗ too here real quick

56:53 ↗ okay

56:54 ↗ just i haven't printed out but i just

56:56 ↗ wanted to make sure that everybody

56:58 ↗ had one last opportunity to make sure

57:00 ↗ that they were good

57:02 ↗ i just put them in the chat

57:05 ↗ i did

57:09 ↗ i don't see them does anybody else see

57:11 ↗ him nope sorry gary try again

57:17 ↗ let's uh

57:18 ↗ do that i know what i'll do hold on a

57:20 ↗ second give me one second and i will

57:23 ↗ get my questions on the screen

57:31 ↗ okay

57:37 ↗ i lost my little box oh my gosh too many

57:39 ↗ screens open

57:50 ↗ okay almost there we go

58:01 ↗ make it a little bigger here

58:07 ↗ there we go

58:09 ↗ so

58:10 ↗ what i would like to do is to focus

58:12 ↗ um to get people focused on question

58:14 ↗ number one which is do the focus areas

58:16 ↗ cover the most important categories of

58:18 ↗ storm water surface water and waste

58:20 ↗ wastewater that will support the

58:22 ↗ delivery of high quality services to our

58:24 ↗ community is there any other feedback

58:26 ↗ from the board on that

58:28 ↗ question

58:29 ↗ and i think you've already received some

58:31 ↗ in detail from many of us

58:36 ↗ no comments

58:37 ↗ um do the purposes of you make each

58:39 ↗ focus area come alive in a way customers

58:41 ↗ will understand

58:44 ↗ and i'll provide a little feedback at

58:46 ↗ this point i don't think you've got

58:47 ↗ there i think you need to better

58:48 ↗ communicate that and i think i've at

58:50 ↗ least expressed my concerns about it and

58:53 ↗ so i don't know if anybody else says

58:54 ↗ anything

58:57 ↗ jamie go ahead

59:00 ↗ thanks nancy jamie speaking yeah i do

59:02 ↗ think

59:03 ↗ i have a feeling that a lot more people

59:05 ↗ will be focused on

59:08 ↗ problems like that they see and so i

59:09 ↗ think figuring out a way that

59:11 ↗ this is a great kind of strategic

59:13 ↗ framework but then how does

59:15 ↗ it address they they have certain

59:17 ↗ concerns how does that then

59:19 ↗ uh

59:21 ↗ filter into this because i do think that

59:23 ↗ one of my questions is

59:25 ↗ i think the last time you came you had a

59:27 ↗ lot of kind of problem statements or

59:29 ↗ issue identification across the city

59:32 ↗ and

59:33 ↗ having sat in on that meeting i know

59:35 ↗ that that's going to be incorporated

59:37 ↗ into this but but if i was just looking

59:38 ↗ at these focus areas i wouldn't be clear

59:40 ↗ on that aspect of it how that's going to

59:43 ↗ come to life in the plan got it thank

59:45 ↗ you

59:48 ↗ uh any other comments on

59:50 ↗ question number

59:52 ↗ seven two three three

59:57 ↗ okay seeing the other comments um from

1:00:00 ↗ the board

1:00:01 ↗ and you have any specific strategies or

1:00:03 ↗ actions that you want to make sure we

1:00:05 ↗ consider in the next phase of our work

1:00:10 ↗ and i will just make one point on that i

1:00:13 ↗ think um getting people off of septic

1:00:15 ↗ systems is going to be challenging given

1:00:17 ↗ the significant costs of those

1:00:20 ↗ um changes and um

1:00:23 ↗ i wish you a lot of luck

1:00:25 ↗ yeah that that came up at the uh ppc a

1:00:28 ↗ little bit and the city council and you

1:00:30 ↗ know we're

1:00:31 ↗ we're

1:00:32 ↗ going forward with science right so we

1:00:34 ↗ really that that's that's what we're

1:00:36 ↗ going to focus on and then

1:00:38 ↗ the next step would be if we do see a

1:00:40 ↗ causal link to to work on funding

1:00:42 ↗ strategies right so it's going to be

1:00:44 ↗ gradual and no

1:00:46 ↗ uh

1:00:46 ↗ you know

1:00:48 ↗ gradual but leading with science and

1:00:50 ↗ then taking taking fiscal issues

1:00:52 ↗ 100 in account

1:00:54 ↗ yeah i understand okay anybody else have

1:00:56 ↗ any comments

1:01:00 ↗ oh uh

1:01:02 ↗ let's see tom go ahead sorry

1:01:04 ↗ let me understand well so i i um

1:01:07 ↗ i don't want to repeat but i already

1:01:09 ↗ said i guess my comments about

1:01:10 ↗ transparency and reporting to the public

1:01:13 ↗ would fall within that the purview of

1:01:15 ↗ that fourth question

1:01:17 ↗ uh right so do i do i need to restate

1:01:20 ↗ that or something i guess to kind of

1:01:22 ↗ summarize that uh yes let's let's work

1:01:25 ↗ towards uh

1:01:26 ↗ more reporting to the public on projects

1:01:29 ↗ that are underway

1:01:32 ↗ part of the transparency strategy

1:01:36 ↗ okay any other comments on these plans

1:01:39 ↗ from the board

1:01:40 ↗ i have one more i'll just just off-hand

1:01:44 ↗ comment on the septic system issue i

1:01:46 ↗ happen to be a resident of the city of

1:01:49 ↗ issaquah on a septic system and i happen

1:01:51 ↗ to

1:01:53 ↗ creek so i'm i'm one of these

1:01:55 ↗ problematic uh people

1:01:57 ↗ and um

1:01:59 ↗ uh you know if the if the rules required

1:02:02 ↗ me to hook up well i'd probably do it i

1:02:05 ↗ guess the the the challenge would be the

1:02:07 ↗ cost associated with it

1:02:10 ↗ and um it's not like i would i would uh

1:02:14 ↗ come

1:02:14 ↗ kicking and screaming it would be well

1:02:16 ↗ okay how can we do this in a way that's

1:02:20 ↗ not going to break the bank

1:02:21 ↗ so uh that's kind of the thing if the

1:02:24 ↗ fees associated with connecting up are

1:02:27 ↗ are reasonable uh well why wouldn't i go

1:02:30 ↗ along with that

1:02:33 ↗ mortgage my house to do it well it's

1:02:35 ↗ going to be a problem

1:02:37 ↗ so that's that's the challenge as i see

1:02:39 ↗ it

1:02:40 ↗ that's great tom i really appre i really

1:02:42 ↗ appreciate that because that's what

1:02:43 ↗ we're trying to head is reasonableness

1:02:45 ↗ with

1:02:46 ↗ this yeah so it may mean that the pub

1:02:50 ↗ the public utility has to uh pay some of

1:02:53 ↗ that cost in order to make it viable for

1:02:56 ↗ uh some residents

1:03:00 ↗ the cost to be born for the common good

1:03:03 ↗ ideas or something

1:03:06 ↗ okay thank you

1:03:08 ↗ thank you calvin

1:03:09 ↗ great well thank you very much um we

1:03:11 ↗ have two members of the public so far

1:03:14 ↗ that have offered that have indicated a

1:03:16 ↗ desire to speak on this atomic topic and

1:03:19 ↗ i'm going to call on connie marsh first

1:03:21 ↗ uh gene can you put her up into the

1:03:24 ↗ panelists or

1:03:27 ↗ yes i just moved her up so connie if

1:03:29 ↗ you're

1:03:30 ↗ willing to you can turn your camera on

1:03:31 ↗ and make your problem comment

1:03:48 ↗ connie are you there

1:03:51 ↗ okay we'll come back to connie after a

1:03:52 ↗ bit i know david kepler has asked to

1:03:54 ↗ provide comment on this david would you

1:03:56 ↗ like to come up and speak with us

1:04:04 ↗ and i just moved david up into the

1:04:06 ↗ panelist so uh he can also turn his

1:04:09 ↗ camera on or unmute and makes comments

1:04:12 ↗ okay i think i'm being heard now i don't

1:04:14 ↗ worry about the camera um

1:04:17 ↗ a couple of things is the um don't we

1:04:20 ↗ have our our new uh sustainability

1:04:22 ↗ manager here tonight was she introduced

1:04:26 ↗ and um on to the the topic of um

1:04:29 ↗ stormwater um the largest wetland in the

1:04:31 ↗ city in a high quality wetland is in

1:04:34 ↗ lake smammy state park

1:04:36 ↗ the that wetland is fed by the drainage

1:04:39 ↗ coming out of the so-called costco area

1:04:43 ↗ and that same drainage is some favorite

1:04:46 ↗ habitat for beaver and it's been a

1:04:48 ↗ constant battle to deal with that but um

1:04:51 ↗ we can solve the beaver problem get rid

1:04:53 ↗ of the beavers and

1:04:55 ↗ and make sure we uh you know have that

1:04:58 ↗ drainage open but

1:05:00 ↗ we would then dry out this very

1:05:02 ↗ significant wetland how can we

1:05:05 ↗ retain a high quality wetland and lakes

1:05:07 ↗ mama state park and get along with

1:05:09 ↗ beavers

1:05:11 ↗ and

1:05:12 ↗ those are that's my kind of my area of

1:05:14 ↗ concern and comment

1:05:16 ↗ thank you

1:05:19 ↗ thank you david and just for reference

1:05:22 ↗ the sustainability manager is on is in

1:05:25 ↗ participating in the meeting will be

1:05:26 ↗ introduced after the agenda item so

1:05:29 ↗ um thank you

1:05:32 ↗ with that i will turn it over to connie

1:05:34 ↗ connie are you on and able to move up

1:05:43 ↗ i just moved connie back up into the

1:05:45 ↗ panelist role and it looks like her

1:05:46 ↗ camera's on that was amazing

1:05:49 ↗ my whole bottom part of my screen just

1:05:51 ↗ disappeared halfway through the meeting

1:05:54 ↗ i don't even know how that works in life

1:05:56 ↗ okay so

1:05:58 ↗ jamie you were

1:06:00 ↗ what problems are we actually trying to

1:06:02 ↗ solve that seems to have gone missing in

1:06:04 ↗ this so the connection with people is

1:06:07 ↗ like theoretical at this point in time

1:06:10 ↗ but i think it's important um

1:06:13 ↗ because we don't even know if we have a

1:06:16 ↗ problem in some cases so our problem is

1:06:18 ↗ wow we don't monitor

1:06:20 ↗ in a lot of areas so we don't even know

1:06:22 ↗ if there's an issue so i think in some

1:06:25 ↗ cases

1:06:26 ↗ what you're trying to solve

1:06:29 ↗ uh might not be the correct thing

1:06:32 ↗ because

1:06:34 ↗ what you need to solve is that we don't

1:06:36 ↗ have enough data to know what our

1:06:37 ↗ problems are in some cases

1:06:40 ↗ so

1:06:41 ↗ and i'm gonna i'm gonna take septic

1:06:44 ↗ septic okay we may have some issues

1:06:48 ↗ we have a larger issue in the fact that

1:06:52 ↗ we are basically

1:06:53 ↗ exporting much of our water through the

1:06:56 ↗ sanitary sewer

1:06:58 ↗ out of our city and then we are half on

1:07:02 ↗ aquifer and we are combining our water

1:07:05 ↗ utility with exterior water and we are

1:07:09 ↗ in theory trying to somehow maintain

1:07:11 ↗ this balance

1:07:13 ↗ of water that we had in the past right

1:07:16 ↗ and so when you get rid of all of your

1:07:19 ↗ septic

1:07:20 ↗ all of that water just disappears and so

1:07:23 ↗ what kind of a water balance are we

1:07:26 ↗ keeping especially when we're looking at

1:07:28 ↗ different climates and how necessary is

1:07:31 ↗ that and we don't really holistically

1:07:33 ↗ look at our water system that way

1:07:35 ↗ anymore all we say is oh did our aquifer

1:07:38 ↗ uh recharge at some point in time well

1:07:42 ↗ that isn't really the point it is did it

1:07:44 ↗ recharge enough at the

1:07:47 ↗ appropriate points in time

1:07:50 ↗ and is it doing what it needs to do to

1:07:52 ↗ replenish our habitat and our

1:07:56 ↗ streams and

1:07:57 ↗ our um

1:07:59 ↗ our wetlands so that we can continue to

1:08:02 ↗ thrive especially if we get drier

1:08:04 ↗ summers so i don't think you're going up

1:08:07 ↗ quite high enough in your

1:08:09 ↗ in the problems that you're trying to

1:08:11 ↗ solve and that would go to the metrics

1:08:13 ↗ so when you're saying does this metric

1:08:16 ↗ make sense

1:08:17 ↗ it is well i don't know are we solving

1:08:20 ↗ that initial problem that we're trying

1:08:22 ↗ to solve and in some cases you're you're

1:08:25 ↗ measuring what you're doing but you

1:08:27 ↗ aren't measuring whether what you're

1:08:29 ↗ doing is solving the problem that you

1:08:32 ↗ have

1:08:33 ↗ and so i think you have to be very

1:08:34 ↗ careful to make that linkage because

1:08:36 ↗ you're trying to solve a problem you're

1:08:38 ↗ just not trying to do stuff

1:08:40 ↗ right you're trying to do stuff with

1:08:41 ↗ purpose

1:08:42 ↗ and i sort of see that missing plus one

1:08:46 ↗ on the

1:08:47 ↗ rubber pollution plus one on the beaver

1:08:51 ↗ but one thing that we have not talked

1:08:53 ↗ about is uh lake samamish has been

1:08:56 ↗ considered a receiving water body all

1:08:58 ↗ this time and that's a state thing yet

1:09:01 ↗ we're talking about more water going

1:09:04 ↗ into the lake with increased storms um

1:09:09 ↗ and so is that an appropriate

1:09:11 ↗ designation that that

1:09:13 ↗ lake samantha should be a receiving body

1:09:17 ↗ and how engaged does issaquah want to

1:09:20 ↗ get in that conversation because you

1:09:23 ↗ have people that do have property damage

1:09:26 ↗ from raising lake levels but you also

1:09:28 ↗ have connected wetlands and fish so

1:09:30 ↗ that's a nut that i think you're

1:09:32 ↗ actually going to have to address

1:09:34 ↗ uh given a period of time

1:09:37 ↗ then

1:09:37 ↗ we have a situation where if a storm

1:09:40 ↗ gets big enough we stop saying it's a

1:09:42 ↗ problem we don't have to measure it if

1:09:44 ↗ the water is turbid and you just swept

1:09:46 ↗ out all the fish eggs and everything

1:09:48 ↗ it's like ah the storm was so big

1:09:51 ↗ nobody is responsible

1:09:53 ↗ so nothing changes and we have just

1:09:55 ↗ basically washed out a salmon population

1:09:58 ↗ for an entire season we can no longer do

1:10:01 ↗ that i don't care what ecology says

1:10:04 ↗ we can't afford to do that anymore if we

1:10:07 ↗ have an even bigger storm and nobody's

1:10:10 ↗ responsible then

1:10:12 ↗ we aren't solving any

1:10:14 ↗ problems and i would like to see that

1:10:16 ↗ addressed because that happens happened

1:10:18 ↗ twice last year oh i'm sorry the storm

1:10:20 ↗ was so big nobody has to do anything

1:10:22 ↗ because the storm was too big are you

1:10:25 ↗ crazy okay now uh you keep using the

1:10:28 ↗ term you community objectives

1:10:31 ↗ and so i think people have been

1:10:33 ↗ fidgeting around what what what is that

1:10:37 ↗ and i'm confused is a community

1:10:39 ↗ objective something that the city

1:10:41 ↗ government says is a community objective

1:10:44 ↗ or is it an objective

1:10:47 ↗ potentially of the neighborhood that you

1:10:48 ↗ might be doing the work

1:10:50 ↗ in

1:10:51 ↗ so when you say you're going to check in

1:10:54 ↗ with the community objectives i have no

1:10:57 ↗ picture

1:10:58 ↗ of what that means because you have a

1:11:01 ↗ huge city-wide scale down to

1:11:04 ↗ you're gonna be potentially getting rid

1:11:06 ↗ of ditches in an area right so

1:11:09 ↗ um i i i i i i would be leery of using

1:11:15 ↗ that term unless you have an idea of

1:11:18 ↗ what you're talking about and i don't

1:11:19 ↗ think you do yet and maybe you will get

1:11:22 ↗ there if you actually talk to the people

1:11:25 ↗ in the neighborhoods where you're doing

1:11:27 ↗ the work you might get them on board and

1:11:28 ↗ you might be able to educate them

1:11:30 ↗ so

1:11:32 ↗ sidebar we're going to have a 10

1:11:35 ↗ increase per year in water rates because

1:11:37 ↗ of combining our aquifer water with

1:11:39 ↗ regional water so y'all good need to get

1:11:42 ↗ ready for that and then that may not

1:11:44 ↗ make us be in the middle of the uh rates

1:11:48 ↗ anymore

1:11:49 ↗ spar topic uh yeah notices on the trail

1:11:53 ↗ closures a thermometer for example of

1:11:56 ↗ how close you are to getting to toward

1:11:59 ↗ the end of your project and an end date

1:12:02 ↗ goal in signage

1:12:04 ↗ bellevue has signs for planning and then

1:12:06 ↗ for construction but once you get into

1:12:08 ↗ construction you're lost it's like this

1:12:10 ↗ could take four years

1:12:12 ↗ this could

1:12:13 ↗ anyway the um

1:12:15 ↗ uh things that bug me

1:12:18 ↗ we have a past habit of closing ditches

1:12:21 ↗ and putting them in pipes

1:12:22 ↗ and then we just shove it right to the

1:12:25 ↗ uh

1:12:26 ↗ stream without

1:12:28 ↗ treating it and we call that good we've

1:12:31 ↗ got to stop

1:12:33 ↗ doing that and go to

1:12:35 ↗ more

1:12:36 ↗ natural techniques and then integrated

1:12:39 ↗ pest management

1:12:40 ↗ which is you know everybody goes out and

1:12:42 ↗ sprays and then it rains and then it all

1:12:45 ↗ goes into the water and flows wherever

1:12:47 ↗ right so that is held in our

1:12:48 ↗ sustainability department and it is

1:12:51 ↗ terrible it is terrible and our parks

1:12:54 ↗ department is one of the worst

1:12:55 ↗ apartments for spring and that only beat

1:12:59 ↗ by the school district

1:13:00 ↗ so

1:13:02 ↗ i don't see so far your connection with

1:13:05 ↗ the department of sustainability and

1:13:07 ↗ what they are doing to try to make this

1:13:09 ↗ world better and how it connects with

1:13:11 ↗ water and utilities and so i think

1:13:14 ↗ you're going to have to pay extra

1:13:15 ↗ special attention

1:13:18 ↗ to that and you may have to combine

1:13:21 ↗ efforts in education and changing the

1:13:24 ↗ rules in ipa because you actually know

1:13:26 ↗ more

1:13:27 ↗ about

1:13:29 ↗ what it should look like than the

1:13:31 ↗ department of sustainability likely

1:13:34 ↗ does and i think

1:13:37 ↗ i went fast but thank you for listening

1:13:40 ↗ to me

1:13:42 ↗ thanks connie

1:13:44 ↗ all right with that unless there's any

1:13:46 ↗ other comments from any of the board

1:13:48 ↗ members um i will close out this topic

1:13:51 ↗ anything else

1:13:55 ↗ sing

1:13:57 ↗ gary were you saying something or

1:13:59 ↗ microsoft

1:14:00 ↗ thank you very much for your time we

1:14:02 ↗ really appreciate it

1:14:04 ↗ thank you thank you gary thank you matt

1:14:05 ↗ for joining us tonight we appreciate

1:14:07 ↗ your uh briefing of us all and you're

1:14:09 ↗ taking the time after putting you off i

1:14:11 ↗ understand at the november meeting since

1:14:12 ↗ i wasn't there but it's nice that we

1:14:14 ↗ actually had the time to actually have a

1:14:17 ↗ great conversation about these topics a

1:14:19 ↗ very thoughtful one as well so thank you

1:14:21 ↗ very much for joining us tonight you're

1:14:23 ↗ welcome

1:14:24 ↗ great with that that concludes the

1:14:27 ↗ conversation and discussion around the

1:14:28 ↗ storm and surface water master plan

1:14:31 ↗ and also the wastewater master plan with

1:14:33 ↗ this um i'm going to move into the

1:14:35 ↗ mexican the topic which is the annual

1:14:37 ↗ report

1:14:38 ↗ and i'm going to turn that over to gene

1:14:39 ↗ so gene please go ahead

1:14:43 ↗ thank you nancy i'm just going to

1:14:44 ↗ provide a brief summary of the report

1:14:46 ↗ before asking for the board's feedback

1:14:48 ↗ so as i mentioned in the brief cover

1:14:50 ↗ memo for this item the musical code

1:14:52 ↗ identified eight duties and

1:14:53 ↗ responsibilities for the environmental

1:14:55 ↗ board and one of those responsibilities

1:14:57 ↗ was to provide an annual report to the

1:14:59 ↗ mayor and city council on work plan

1:15:01 ↗ activities and a self-analysis of the

1:15:03 ↗ board's work and effectiveness and the

1:15:05 ↗ reports due to the mayor and the city

1:15:07 ↗ council by december 31st

1:15:09 ↗ i worked with nancy and jamie to create

1:15:11 ↗ a draft of the annual report as well as

1:15:13 ↗ the brief survey that most of the board

1:15:14 ↗ responded to

1:15:15 ↗ and let me just say that although i was

1:15:17 ↗ only around the board for a brief period

1:15:18 ↗ you accomplished a great deal in your

1:15:20 ↗ first year

1:15:21 ↗ to briefly summarize the board provided

1:15:23 ↗ extensive feedback on city plans

1:15:25 ↗ regulations and codes throughout the

1:15:27 ↗ year you consider the storm and surface

1:15:29 ↗ water master plan at two meetings

1:15:30 ↗ including this evenings

1:15:32 ↗ you considered relevant portions of

1:15:34 ↗ title 18 that impact the natural

1:15:36 ↗ environment at six different board

1:15:38 ↗ meetings and the board attended the

1:15:40 ↗ special city council meeting on the

1:15:41 ↗ capital improvement plan and provided

1:15:43 ↗ feedback and additional environmental

1:15:45 ↗ board meeting on the cip

1:15:47 ↗ you provided formal recommendations to

1:15:49 ↗ the city council for the eb charging

1:15:50 ↗ ordinance and the issue of climate

1:15:52 ↗ action plan and the icap was the

1:15:54 ↗ culmination of your work over six

1:15:55 ↗ meetings in which the board was

1:15:57 ↗ instrumental in the development of that

1:15:59 ↗ plan

1:16:00 ↗ besides the formal recommendations for

1:16:01 ↗ the ev charging ordinance and the icap

1:16:04 ↗ the board provided recommendations to

1:16:05 ↗ city staff and consultants on greenhouse

1:16:08 ↗ gas reduction storm water management

1:16:10 ↗ recycling and composting regulatory

1:16:13 ↗ compliance with environmental standards

1:16:15 ↗ and solid waste hauling and management

1:16:18 ↗ six different board members provided

1:16:19 ↗ responses to the brief survey last week

1:16:21 ↗ that informed the self-analysis

1:16:23 ↗ component of the annual report so thank

1:16:25 ↗ you to all those who participated i know

1:16:27 ↗ you only had a couple days to respond

1:16:29 ↗ and if we choose to repeat the survey

1:16:30 ↗ again in the future we'll certainly give

1:16:32 ↗ you more time to complete it

1:16:34 ↗ for the first question of how well the

1:16:35 ↗ board achieved the objective to protect

1:16:38 ↗ preserve and enhance the natural

1:16:39 ↗ environment and advise the mayor city

1:16:42 ↗ council and departments on plans

1:16:43 ↗ policies and programs related to the

1:16:45 ↗ environmental stewardship

1:16:47 ↗ the board's average response was 4.1 out

1:16:49 ↗ of 5. and overall the comments were

1:16:51 ↗ mostly positive including that the board

1:16:53 ↗ functioned well and felt a pre

1:16:55 ↗ appreciation for the ability to weigh in

1:16:57 ↗ on important topics throughout the year

1:16:59 ↗ there were some comments for this

1:17:01 ↗ question and other questions that

1:17:02 ↗ indicated there were also some growing

1:17:04 ↗ pains for the board's first year

1:17:06 ↗ one comment referenced that the board

1:17:07 ↗ and the city departments are still

1:17:09 ↗ learning exactly how to work together

1:17:11 ↗ while another comment felt that the

1:17:12 ↗ scope of the material reviewed each

1:17:14 ↗ meeting was too large to give it through

1:17:15 ↗ our consideration

1:17:18 ↗ on the second question which asked to

1:17:20 ↗ rate satisfaction with the content

1:17:22 ↗ discussions and presentations given in

1:17:24 ↗ board meetings the average of the

1:17:25 ↗ responses was 3.8 out of 5. there were

1:17:28 ↗ two primary themes found in these

1:17:30 ↗ comments the first was a frustration

1:17:32 ↗ with the virtual format of the meetings

1:17:34 ↗ and the need to use chat to facilitate

1:17:36 ↗ discussion

1:17:37 ↗ and on that theme i believe the the plan

1:17:39 ↗ right now is unfortunately to continue

1:17:40 ↗ with virtual meetings for at least the

1:17:42 ↗ first month or two of the next year but

1:17:45 ↗ pending how the pandemic proceeds there

1:17:46 ↗ may be a return to in-person meetings in

1:17:48 ↗ february or march

1:17:51 ↗ the second theme for

1:17:53 ↗ responses was that presentations

1:17:54 ↗ generally contained either too much

1:17:56 ↗ information or not tailored to focus the

1:17:59 ↗ board's feedback in the most helpful way

1:18:01 ↗ so you can expect staff will work on

1:18:03 ↗ ensuring meeting topics next year are

1:18:05 ↗ more succinct and ready for your

1:18:06 ↗ feedback

1:18:08 ↗ for the third question on topics the

1:18:09 ↗ board would like to see more or less of

1:18:11 ↗ the responses all called for more and

1:18:14 ↗ topics included existing city policies

1:18:16 ↗ parks plans as well as parks trails and

1:18:18 ↗ open spaces continue to work on title 18

1:18:22 ↗ implementation of the climate action

1:18:24 ↗ plan

1:18:24 ↗ wildlife corridors and some provisions

1:18:26 ↗ to protect them and finally one board

1:18:28 ↗ member had a pretty healthy list that

1:18:30 ↗ included more climate change water

1:18:32 ↗ issues carbon sequestration healthy

1:18:34 ↗ soils waste and recycling salmon forest

1:18:38 ↗ and forest fire safety and forced health

1:18:40 ↗ and resilience so as the staff drafts

1:18:43 ↗ the 2022 schedule and

1:18:46 ↗ the work plan for the board we'll look

1:18:47 ↗ to incorporate some of this feedback

1:18:50 ↗ for the fourth question on city staff

1:18:52 ↗ support for the board the average

1:18:53 ↗ response was 4.7 out of 5 so i'll say

1:18:56 ↗ that's pretty indicative of how hard

1:18:57 ↗ megan worked to support the board this

1:18:59 ↗ year

1:19:00 ↗ for the fifth question which asked to

1:19:02 ↗ rate your experience of the board member

1:19:04 ↗ for the year the average response was a

1:19:06 ↗ 4.3 out of 5 and many comments expressed

1:19:09 ↗ enjoying serving on the board and

1:19:11 ↗ gratitude for providing input on

1:19:13 ↗ important topics

1:19:14 ↗ some of the earlier frustrations with

1:19:16 ↗ longer meetings in the virtual format

1:19:18 ↗ were also echoed in these responses

1:19:21 ↗ for the sixth and final question on ways

1:19:23 ↗ to improve the success of the

1:19:24 ↗ environmental board there were again

1:19:25 ↗ some common themes of keeping the scope

1:19:27 ↗ of meetings and materials at the right

1:19:29 ↗ level for board feedback without

1:19:31 ↗ becoming too burdensome

1:19:32 ↗ and other comments included improving

1:19:34 ↗ the interface with the city council to

1:19:36 ↗ ensure feedback isn't lost along the way

1:19:38 ↗ and getting more comfortable with

1:19:39 ↗ discussions in the use of robert's rules

1:19:41 ↗ and taking formal action

1:19:44 ↗ since the packet was published two more

1:19:45 ↗ members of the board provided their

1:19:46 ↗ responses to the surveys to me and i

1:19:48 ↗ plan on incorporating their feedback

1:19:50 ↗ with the rest of your feedback tonight

1:19:52 ↗ but their comments were largely in line

1:19:53 ↗ with those already presented

1:19:56 ↗ so there's two questions i'm asking for

1:19:58 ↗ your feedback on this evening

1:19:59 ↗ the first is does the draft annual

1:20:01 ↗ report accurately reflect the activities

1:20:04 ↗ and self-analysis of the board and my

1:20:06 ↗ hope for your feedback is not

1:20:08 ↗ necessarily to get into a word-smithing

1:20:10 ↗ exercise but really just to capture if

1:20:11 ↗ any themes or ideas that aren't already

1:20:14 ↗ in the draft need to be included

1:20:17 ↗ and then the second question is are

1:20:19 ↗ there any ideas for improving the annual

1:20:21 ↗ report for next year

1:20:23 ↗ so with that i'll pause and open it up

1:20:25 ↗ for either any questions or comments

1:20:28 ↗ are there any comments on the board

1:20:30 ↗ report as prepared by gene

1:20:35 ↗ uh

1:20:36 ↗ jamie please go ahead

1:20:39 ↗ thanks nancy and thanks for putting this

1:20:40 ↗ all together gene um i think the one big

1:20:43 ↗ area that

1:20:44 ↗ i think it's mentioned but i i i do want

1:20:47 ↗ to just kind of double click on is the

1:20:50 ↗ i think the

1:20:52 ↗ level of um

1:20:54 ↗ preparation and how a board member can

1:20:56 ↗ best prepare themselves for a meeting

1:20:58 ↗ would really be aided by providing

1:21:00 ↗ really specific like this is these are

1:21:03 ↗ the areas you should read these are the

1:21:05 ↗ things that we'll review during the

1:21:06 ↗ meeting you don't need to read these are

1:21:08 ↗ the questions and the discussion items

1:21:10 ↗ that you should be thinking about at the

1:21:11 ↗ very top

1:21:12 ↗ and in some sort of executive summary

1:21:15 ↗ i didn't get to this level of

1:21:17 ↗ specificity when i was responding but i

1:21:19 ↗ really think that we might need to think

1:21:21 ↗ about a a common template that anyone

1:21:24 ↗ that's coming to the board is filling

1:21:25 ↗ out because i i found myself uh

1:21:29 ↗ kind of frustrated at times with getting

1:21:31 ↗ a 100 page

1:21:32 ↗ packet and not knowing what i needed to

1:21:34 ↗ review versus what i should just expect

1:21:36 ↗ to review during a meeting and then

1:21:38 ↗ having to split

1:21:39 ↗ um

1:21:40 ↗ my time in ways that i didn't feel was

1:21:43 ↗ always the most productive when we

1:21:44 ↗ actually got to the meeting so that's i

1:21:46 ↗ think my biggest thing and i know that

1:21:47 ↗ that's been voiced at several meetings

1:21:50 ↗ that i would just put maybe a little

1:21:52 ↗ more emphasis on in in the report

1:21:55 ↗ at least in my opinion

1:21:57 ↗ great

1:21:59 ↗ any other comments on the um

1:22:02 ↗ annual report

1:22:07 ↗ seeing none

1:22:08 ↗ is there um your second question gene

1:22:11 ↗ sorry it went past me

1:22:15 ↗ yes it's really just are there ideas uh

1:22:18 ↗ for improving the annual report next

1:22:19 ↗ year just knowing that this is kind of

1:22:21 ↗ the

1:22:21 ↗ the first attempt

1:22:23 ↗ as the first year of the board to kind

1:22:25 ↗ of present

1:22:26 ↗ an annual report if if somebody had

1:22:28 ↗ ideas for improvements or other areas

1:22:30 ↗ they'd like described just

1:22:32 ↗ trying to make it as much your report as

1:22:35 ↗ possible

1:22:39 ↗ any comments

1:22:44 ↗ don please go ahead thank you

1:22:47 ↗ uh i'd like to see the city's

1:22:49 ↗ perspective gene so what are you looking

1:22:51 ↗ for from the board rather than asking us

1:22:53 ↗ how we think the board is doing

1:22:56 ↗ i'd like to get a judgment of you know

1:22:58 ↗ what how does the city feel we're doing

1:23:00 ↗ are we meeting your needs

1:23:02 ↗ so think about a question down that line

1:23:09 ↗ great feedback

1:23:10 ↗ and at personally as a new board who

1:23:13 ↗ really has not functioned before

1:23:15 ↗ starting off in january trying to figure

1:23:16 ↗ out how to all work together and all

1:23:19 ↗ i would have to applaud this

1:23:22 ↗ board and all the hard work that we've

1:23:24 ↗ done because we've tackled some fairly

1:23:26 ↗ challenging questions

1:23:28 ↗ in a short amount of time and covered a

1:23:30 ↗ lot of ground in my opinion so

1:23:33 ↗ it's very positive that we've worked so

1:23:34 ↗ well together on all of this

1:23:36 ↗ and with that there's a question from

1:23:38 ↗ tom go ahead tom

1:23:40 ↗ oh yeah tom anderson speaking uh so i

1:23:42 ↗ don't want to embarrass myself but do we

1:23:44 ↗ have this report i'm looking through i

1:23:47 ↗ have it in my email was this sent to us

1:23:49 ↗ or

1:23:51 ↗ just it was included tom it was included

1:23:53 ↗ in the agenda packet it was at the back

1:23:55 ↗ of it and the packet was i know over 100

1:23:57 ↗ pages long so

1:23:59 ↗ as jamie pointed

1:24:01 ↗ had to get to the end of it

1:24:02 ↗ okay thank you

1:24:07 ↗ okay seeing no other comments i think

1:24:09 ↗ we're okay to move forward with

1:24:12 ↗ submitting the

1:24:13 ↗ um

1:24:14 ↗ world report the annual report um to the

1:24:17 ↗ city council into the mayor's office

1:24:19 ↗ based on the feedback you received

1:24:20 ↗ tonight and i know if you have any

1:24:22 ↗ questions jeans you can always talk to

1:24:23 ↗ me along the way

1:24:25 ↗ with that i'm going to close out the

1:24:27 ↗ agenda items for tonight and move on

1:24:29 ↗ into reports and i'm going to turn it

1:24:31 ↗ over to jane on that one

1:24:35 ↗ thank you three items for my report this

1:24:38 ↗ evening the first is on monday the city

1:24:40 ↗ council adopted the climate action plan

1:24:42 ↗ megan curtis murphy returned to make the

1:24:44 ↗ final presentation and that included the

1:24:45 ↗ environmental board's recommendation

1:24:47 ↗ report and the four changes to the plan

1:24:49 ↗ based on your feedback at the november

1:24:51 ↗ 10th board meeting the city council did

1:24:53 ↗ make one amendment to the plan which

1:24:55 ↗ included a new target the new target is

1:24:57 ↗ to reduce natural gas and other fossil

1:24:59 ↗ fuel use in existing buildings by at

1:25:02 ↗ least 20 percent by 2030

1:25:05 ↗ and 80 percent by 2050 compared to the

1:25:08 ↗ 2017 baseline and after they made that

1:25:11 ↗ amendment the plan was adopted

1:25:12 ↗ unanimously so again congratulations on

1:25:14 ↗ your work for making this happen and uh

1:25:17 ↗ this plan will drive the work of future

1:25:19 ↗ planning efforts in the city for years

1:25:20 ↗ to come

1:25:22 ↗ the second item is that on monday uh

1:25:24 ↗ stacey ben mckinstry our new

1:25:26 ↗ sustainability manager also started

1:25:28 ↗ stacy's joined us this evening so rather

1:25:30 ↗ than read uh her biography i'll pause

1:25:32 ↗ and let her enter

1:25:34 ↗ thanks jane can you hear me okay

1:25:37 ↗ great thank you

1:25:38 ↗ well i'm really looking forward to

1:25:40 ↗ working with environmental board just a

1:25:42 ↗ little bit of background on myself

1:25:45 ↗ for almost the last 10 years i've been

1:25:47 ↗ working for the state um on areas of

1:25:50 ↗ puget sound recovery salmon recovery and

1:25:53 ↗ then water resource issues

1:25:55 ↗ in most of those roles i've been either

1:25:57 ↗ chairing or managing boards committees

1:25:59 ↗ work groups

1:26:01 ↗ that are really working to try and reach

1:26:02 ↗ consensus on really challenging issues

1:26:05 ↗ so really looking forward to

1:26:08 ↗ part of my position as being working

1:26:10 ↗ with this environmental board

1:26:12 ↗ um prior to my work with the state i was

1:26:14 ↗ doing climate

1:26:15 ↗ adaptation work in oregon so

1:26:18 ↗ it's been a few years since i've been in

1:26:20 ↗ that world but i am really really

1:26:22 ↗ excited to be back

1:26:24 ↗ working on it and with the focus of this

1:26:26 ↗ position really being on implementation

1:26:29 ↗ of the

1:26:30 ↗ climate adaptation plan

1:26:32 ↗ so i live in issaquah i grew up in the

1:26:34 ↗ area i have two young kids

1:26:37 ↗ if when i'm working from home you may

1:26:38 ↗ occasionally hear them screaming in the

1:26:40 ↗ background

1:26:42 ↗ ones at iv one's finishing up daycare

1:26:45 ↗ and then on a more personal note i'm

1:26:47 ↗ also an avid trail runner

1:26:49 ↗ love exploring the trails getting lost

1:26:51 ↗ on squad cougar and tiger

1:26:54 ↗ so again just really looking forward to

1:26:56 ↗ working with this board i'm trying to

1:26:57 ↗ learn as much as i can from gene this

1:26:59 ↗ week and megan i have been meeting

1:27:01 ↗ trying to absorb as much as i can before

1:27:03 ↗ she

1:27:04 ↗ starts her new job next week and won't

1:27:06 ↗ be as available

1:27:08 ↗ so thanks very much and

1:27:10 ↗ look forward to seeing you every month

1:27:23 ↗ the third item for reports is regarding

1:27:24 ↗ the 2022 schedule for board meetings uh

1:27:27 ↗ stacy's currently working on building

1:27:29 ↗ out the calendar and she's taking some

1:27:30 ↗ of the ideas that megan provided working

1:27:32 ↗ with other city staff and also we'll be

1:27:34 ↗ talking with the city administrator in

1:27:35 ↗ the next few days to discuss the

1:27:37 ↗ schedule

1:27:38 ↗ we don't currently have a topic

1:27:39 ↗ identified for january but there is a

1:27:41 ↗ tentative plan for february and march

1:27:43 ↗ the february meeting will be a joint

1:27:45 ↗ meeting on february 24th with the ppc on

1:27:48 ↗ title 18

1:27:49 ↗ and the march meeting would be another

1:27:50 ↗ joint meeting with ppc on march 9th

1:27:53 ↗ which is the environmental board regular

1:27:55 ↗ meeting

1:27:56 ↗ date and that

1:27:58 ↗ would be for both the storm and

1:27:59 ↗ wastewater master plans again and the

1:28:01 ↗ stormwater code update so uh stacy and i

1:28:05 ↗ are also planning a meeting with uh

1:28:06 ↗ nancy and jamie to discuss uh the

1:28:08 ↗ schedule for 2022 and and the transition

1:28:11 ↗ for board support as stacy takes over

1:28:15 ↗ and that concludes my reports

1:28:18 ↗ great thank you very much gene and

1:28:20 ↗ welcome again stacey is there any uh

1:28:22 ↗ questions for jean or stacy as we move

1:28:24 ↗ forward

1:28:27 ↗ seeing none um let's move on to other

1:28:29 ↗ business certain announcements are there

1:28:31 ↗ any other business or announcements from

1:28:33 ↗ either jean or any of the committee

1:28:34 ↗ members

1:28:39 ↗ sing none well i just want to thank you

1:28:40 ↗ all for a very productive

1:28:42 ↗ 2021

1:28:44 ↗ we've done a lot and the holidays are

1:28:46 ↗ approaching and we'll start again in

1:28:48 ↗ 2022 and i'm sure that stacy will have a

1:28:51 ↗ very active schedule for us in 2022 and

1:28:54 ↗ we look forward to that and with that

1:28:56 ↗ seeing nothing else from the board i

1:28:59 ↗ want to wish you all a happy holidays

1:29:00 ↗ and enjoy the new year and we'll see you

1:29:02 ↗ next year

1:29:04 ↗ thank you all happy holidays thank you

1:29:06 ↗ meetings

1:29:07 ↗ thanks everybody good to meet you stacy

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