Environmental Board · Wednesday, February 9, 2022 · City Council Digest

1. CALL TO ORDER

Board Membership

packet pp.3

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Staff report:

ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD Staff Liaison Stacy Vynne McKinstry, About Sustainability Manager Created in 2020, the objective of the Email Stacy Vynne McKinstry 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 Membership 2024 - Dan Hintz The Environmental Board is comprised of 2024 - Anne Newcomb nine regular members, and up to three 2025 – Jamie Finch alternates. All members are appointed by the Mayor and subject to confirmation by Alternate Members the City Council. Terms expire April 30 of 2022 - Tom Anderson the year…

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of January 12, 2022

packet pp.5–6

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Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 01-12-22 Environmental Board Minutes Page [0000] CITY OF ISSAQUAH Environmental Board 6:30 PM Virtual Meeting January 12, 2022 MINUTES

4. AGENDA ITEMS

Update from Parks and Community Services (I)

Director · 45 min · Jeff Watling, Parks and Community Services · packet pp.7–24

Topics: Parks

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Staff report:

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

Issaquah Climate Action Plan - Long Term Workplan and Community Engagement Plan (D)

30 min · Stacy Vynne McKinstry, Sustainability Manager · packet pp.25–42

Topics: Climate

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Staff report:

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

Issaquah Climate Action Plan - Performance Measures (D)

15 min · Stacy Vynne McKinstry, Sustainability Manager · packet pp.43–49

Topics: Climate

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Staff report:

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

5. REPORTS

2022 Environmental Board Schedule

Stacy Vynne McKinstry, Sustainability Manager · packet pp.51

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Staff report:

2022 Environmental Board Schedule (tentative) All meetings are at 6:30 unless noted otherwise. (updated 1/31/22)

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0:00 ↗ d22 environmental board meeting

0:04 ↗ before we get started with our agenda i

0:05 ↗ have a few prepared things that we need

0:07 ↗ to discuss

0:08 ↗ due to the virtual format of today's

0:10 ↗ meeting i'd like to start by providing

0:12 ↗ some guidelines we have participants

0:14 ↗ attending by computers and others who

0:16 ↗ may be attending by phone for all

0:18 ↗ meeting attendees please speak clearly

0:21 ↗ and pause frequently

0:22 ↗ state your name each time before

0:24 ↗ speaking

0:25 ↗ mutual microphone when not speaking if

0:29 ↗ you're having technical issues try

0:30 ↗ joining the meeting using a different

0:32 ↗ device such as a smartphone or tablet

0:35 ↗ or you can use the call-in information

0:37 ↗ in the meeting invite to call into the

0:39 ↗ meeting and since i didn't introduce

0:42 ↗ myself i'll start by doing that before

0:43 ↗ we go much further i'm nancy davidson

0:45 ↗ and i'm the chair of the environmental

0:47 ↗ board and my apologies for not

0:48 ↗ introducing myself right off the bat

0:50 ↗ with that um i would like to move into

0:53 ↗ the attendance and i'll turn it over to

0:56 ↗ stacy to do a roll call for us please

0:59 ↗ thanks nancy uh tom anderson

1:03 ↗ yeah

1:05 ↗ surya followed

1:12 ↗ uh nancy davidson

1:14 ↗ pierre

1:15 ↗ jamie finch

1:18 ↗ cameron fisher

1:21 ↗ rishi hazra

1:23 ↗ here

1:25 ↗ dan hintz

1:27 ↗ here

1:29 ↗ laura lebego

1:31 ↗ here

1:32 ↗ danny maiden

1:38 ↗ and don mccoy nick williams

1:41 ↗ here

1:42 ↗ ann newcomb

1:45 ↗ here

1:47 ↗ and janet wall

1:52 ↗ great

1:54 ↗ um after the roll call now i'd like to

1:56 ↗ give a few um points for the board

2:00 ↗ to indicate a desire to speak please

2:02 ↗ send a chat to all panelists and type

2:04 ↗ question or comment

2:06 ↗ and then i will work to try and

2:07 ↗ acknowledge you that's the chair

2:10 ↗ do not put any substantive comments in

2:13 ↗ the chat

2:14 ↗ for if anyone has to call back in on the

2:16 ↗ phone

2:17 ↗ um well stacy will be intermittently

2:19 ↗ checking to see with with you to see if

2:21 ↗ you have any comments you can also press

2:24 ↗ star three to raise your hand

2:27 ↗ so now we're moving on

2:29 ↗ approval of minutes and we received the

2:31 ↗ minutes of january 12 2022 does anybody

2:34 ↗ have any comments or feedback on that

2:36 ↗ please indicate in the chat box

2:42 ↗ seeing no comments that

2:44 ↗ is there comments

2:48 ↗ okay

2:49 ↗ i thought i heard something i apologize

2:50 ↗ um hearing none um the minutes of the

2:53 ↗ january 12 2022 on board meeting have

2:56 ↗ been approved we're moving on to agenda

2:59 ↗ item number three which is public

3:01 ↗ comments and before we begin i'd like to

3:02 ↗ give a few guidelines for public

3:04 ↗ comments

3:05 ↗ public comments are an important part of

3:07 ↗ the public process we take them

3:09 ↗ seriously and factor them into the

3:11 ↗ decisions that we make

3:12 ↗ for members of the public joining us

3:15 ↗ welcome

3:16 ↗ if there's anyone in the meeting now who

3:18 ↗ would like to make public comments

3:19 ↗ please raise your virtual hand to do

3:22 ↗ this

3:22 ↗ if you are on the phone please press

3:25 ↗ star 3.

3:26 ↗ if you have joined by computer or

3:28 ↗ smartphone look for the hand icon this

3:31 ↗ varies by device

3:33 ↗ one option may be to go to the

3:34 ↗ participant panel and select your name

3:37 ↗ then choose raise hand

3:40 ↗ it may also be located under the

3:42 ↗ reactions menu or more menu and with

3:45 ↗ that i'll ask stacey if anyone has

3:46 ↗ identified an interest in providing

3:48 ↗ public comments for this meeting

3:51 ↗ thank you nancy

3:52 ↗ it looks like we do have one member of

3:54 ↗ the public attending i did not receive

3:56 ↗ any comments in advance of the meeting

3:58 ↗ and i do not see a hand raised

4:01 ↗ but if you are a member of the public

4:03 ↗ and are interested in speaking and

4:05 ↗ having trouble raising your hand feel

4:06 ↗ free to send me a chat

4:18 ↗ all right i'm not saying anything nancy

4:20 ↗ okay great thank you very much

4:22 ↗ with that we'll move into the agenda

4:25 ↗ items and first on the agenda is an

4:27 ↗ update from the parks and community

4:29 ↗ services department

4:30 ↗ and with

4:33 ↗ our jeff watling the director and

4:35 ↗ jennifer fink the parks planning and

4:36 ↗ projects administrator and with that i'm

4:39 ↗ going to turn it over to stacy to

4:41 ↗ provide better um introductions thank

4:44 ↗ you

4:45 ↗ great thanks nancy um i just wanted to

4:48 ↗ really thank our parks team for coming

4:50 ↗ to talk with the environmental board

4:51 ↗ tonight we wanted to provide this

4:53 ↗ presentation to you all as sort of an

4:55 ↗ introductory to the work that they've

4:56 ↗ been doing and tee up a few items that

4:59 ↗ the board might be interested in

5:00 ↗ engaging in

5:01 ↗ this year and potentially next year

5:05 ↗ so as you do listen to the overview of

5:07 ↗ the strategic plan as well as some of

5:09 ↗ the work on their projects do consider

5:11 ↗ where we might want to further engage

5:13 ↗ with the park staff as well as possibly

5:15 ↗ the parks board

5:17 ↗ and in specific

5:18 ↗ specifically we'd really be interested

5:20 ↗ in hearing thoughts around engagement

5:22 ↗ when it comes to topics such as land

5:24 ↗ acquisition wildlife corridors or

5:26 ↗ anything else that piques your interest

5:28 ↗ tonight so with that i think i'll be

5:30 ↗ handing it over to jennifer to start the

5:32 ↗ presentation

5:36 ↗ thank you very much stacy hello everyone

5:39 ↗ um

5:40 ↗ i'm jennifer fink and i'm gonna first

5:42 ↗ pass it off to jeff watling uh he's

5:44 ↗ gonna start us off with our first topic

5:46 ↗ while i do a quick screen share so

5:49 ↗ excuse the tag team here

5:53 ↗ no appreciate it jennifer thank you

5:55 ↗ good evening everybody thanks so much

5:57 ↗ for uh the introduction um

6:00 ↗ uh great to see a number of you that i

6:02 ↗ already know and and terrific to meet

6:04 ↗ those of you i don't know yet

6:06 ↗ thanks so much for

6:08 ↗ having us uh yeah stacy said our hope

6:11 ↗ tonight is really one of um introduction

6:15 ↗ a chance uh it sounds like you have a

6:17 ↗ number of

6:18 ↗ of um questions and had some interest in

6:22 ↗ and i think getting a little better

6:24 ↗ understanding of the park strategic plan

6:25 ↗ and some of the work that we've been

6:27 ↗ doing

6:28 ↗ uh sort of through that environmental

6:29 ↗ lens we hope to

6:31 ↗ uh jennifer and i hope to provide you

6:33 ↗ that

6:34 ↗ overview

6:35 ↗ forgive me i can get pretty excited and

6:37 ↗ nerdy about the park strategic plan so

6:39 ↗ i'll try and

6:41 ↗ give a pretty high level overview to

6:43 ↗ leave ample room for any questions

6:46 ↗ uh discussion um conversation that you

6:48 ↗ all want to have

6:50 ↗ um

6:51 ↗ as a board

6:52 ↗ um

6:53 ↗ so i'll as jennifer said start with a

6:56 ↗ little bit of an overview of the park

6:57 ↗ strategic plan and pass it over to

6:58 ↗ jennifer on a couple of other

7:00 ↗ um

7:02 ↗ specific project topics so the park

7:05 ↗ strategic plan

7:06 ↗ and thanks jen for

7:08 ↗ serving as the driver of the the

7:09 ↗ powerpoint here

7:12 ↗ this is something that we started in

7:14 ↗ early 2017 with a lot of of community

7:18 ↗ engagement

7:19 ↗ you can stick with that first slide

7:20 ↗ thanks

7:23 ↗ it was then adopted in the middle of

7:25 ↗ about june of 2018

7:28 ↗ the intention of this document uh was

7:30 ↗ really

7:31 ↗ rather than you know historically the

7:33 ↗ city had had a park plan but it was sort

7:35 ↗ of a

7:36 ↗ park by park

7:38 ↗ um

7:39 ↗ very

7:40 ↗ um analytical description of sort of

7:42 ↗ what we have it didn't tell the story or

7:45 ↗ speak of the strategy of what what

7:48 ↗ what do we want the park system to do

7:50 ↗ what does this community want

7:53 ↗ its park system to accomplish how does

7:55 ↗ it want its park system to perform and

7:58 ↗ so with that in mind uh this really was

8:01 ↗ a goal to set a vision for the whole

8:03 ↗ system

8:04 ↗ um yes look park by park but really

8:06 ↗ understand uh community need

8:09 ↗ um how again it wants uh this system to

8:13 ↗ provide all aspects of a park uh i would

8:16 ↗ imagine if we went even through this

8:18 ↗ group of of residents and asked what how

8:20 ↗ do you define a park what's important to

8:22 ↗ you uh you might

8:24 ↗ see parks

8:26 ↗ and prioritize different park users uh

8:28 ↗ or park uses

8:30 ↗ so parks are many things that many

8:32 ↗ people and how do we

8:34 ↗ sort of bring that all together to

8:36 ↗ establish a vision and a game plan and

8:38 ↗ not just a vision but

8:40 ↗ as you'll see um in the next slide once

8:42 ↗ we go there

8:44 ↗ we really try to identify what are the

8:46 ↗ themes that we're hearing from community

8:47 ↗ engagement and then how do

8:50 ↗ those themes really become threads

8:52 ↗ through this whole document and helping

8:54 ↗ to identify projects projects within our

8:57 ↗ existing park spaces

8:59 ↗ projects within future park needs and

9:01 ↗ future park spaces and then how do we

9:03 ↗ prioritize those projects

9:05 ↗ within the plan if you've spent any time

9:07 ↗ in it

9:08 ↗ you'll see that it's a really extensive

9:10 ↗ list of of projects it's a vision that's

9:13 ↗ meant to be

9:14 ↗ a 20-25 year vision

9:17 ↗ so looking at the longview

9:19 ↗ prioritizing those projects into

9:21 ↗ near-term mid-term and long-term buckets

9:24 ↗ and then letting those near-term

9:26 ↗ projects

9:27 ↗ really inform the the park's capital

9:30 ↗ improvement plan the six-year cip which

9:33 ↗ then becomes

9:34 ↗ um

9:36 ↗ capital

9:37 ↗ budgets capital uh priorities that the

9:40 ↗ city council sets uh year after year so

9:43 ↗ uh the the premise of this document is

9:46 ↗ really to take the long view vision but

9:48 ↗ look but prioritize that vision so it

9:50 ↗ really informs

9:52 ↗ annual

9:53 ↗ um annual decisions um on investments

9:58 ↗ um next slide jen and as as we're

10:01 ↗ transitioning that slide i think one

10:02 ↗ more just sort of big picture reference

10:04 ↗ of of this strategic plan

10:07 ↗ much like other other strategic plan

10:09 ↗ elements the climate action plan uh that

10:11 ↗ you all uh just worked on with staff

10:13 ↗ terrific job with that um as i said

10:16 ↗ it's this long view vision but intended

10:20 ↗ to be updated about every six years so

10:22 ↗ hard to believe 2018 this was adopted um

10:26 ↗ before we know it uh we'll be starting

10:28 ↗ uh here in 2023 on an update and

10:32 ↗ certainly something we work very closely

10:33 ↗ with the park board but i would imagine

10:35 ↗ now with

10:36 ↗ an environmental board a number of other

10:39 ↗ boards that will want to be interested

10:41 ↗ in in that update

10:42 ↗ so we all have that to look forward to

10:45 ↗ but a little bit on more on the 2018

10:48 ↗ plan um

10:49 ↗ so the themes i i mentioned

10:52 ↗ themes really became the threads of the

10:54 ↗ document these are five themes that

10:59 ↗ the community engagement community and

11:00 ↗ voices really uh began to call out um

11:05 ↗ going through them

11:06 ↗ somewhat quickly uh place making uh this

11:09 ↗ idea of how do we

11:11 ↗ work closely with the community on

11:14 ↗ project

11:16 ↗ specific

11:18 ↗ work and planning efforts

11:20 ↗ to reinvest in our existing public

11:21 ↗ spaces

11:23 ↗ our existing parks are existing trails

11:25 ↗ some of them are rather tired

11:27 ↗ are they still the vibrant

11:30 ↗ active places that this city wants them

11:32 ↗ to be in some cases they're not and and

11:35 ↗ it's going to be through reinvestment

11:36 ↗ really smart intelligent

11:38 ↗ community-led reinvestment

11:41 ↗ that those become the places

11:43 ↗ that people connect and feel vibrant in

11:46 ↗ speaking of connect connectivity

11:48 ↗ how do we not just see our parks system

11:51 ↗ as dots on the map that you have to

11:53 ↗ drive to but how are they both dots and

11:55 ↗ threads if you will and the connectivity

11:58 ↗ is the threads of the system

12:01 ↗ how do we connect within the city to our

12:03 ↗ parks but then

12:04 ↗ you'll hear me speak a little bit later

12:06 ↗ about this idea of inside out how do we

12:07 ↗ also connect to

12:09 ↗ this amazing

12:11 ↗ realm of public lands

12:14 ↗ regional public lands that surround us

12:17 ↗ innovative action was another important

12:18 ↗ thread how do we

12:20 ↗ think creatively

12:22 ↗ how do we not just lean on city

12:24 ↗ resources how do we foster partnerships

12:26 ↗ um how do we achieve achieve more um and

12:29 ↗ greater public good through those

12:31 ↗ partnerships um and through really

12:34 ↗ trying to be smart with uh financial

12:37 ↗ sustainability

12:38 ↗ how do we

12:39 ↗ make investments but also look at

12:42 ↗ the long-term needs for sustainability

12:44 ↗ of taking care of what we have

12:46 ↗ and again doing that through

12:48 ↗ partnerships in a variety of ways vital

12:50 ↗ environment certainly something i think

12:53 ↗ at the heart of the environmental board

12:55 ↗ but we are managers and stewards of

12:58 ↗ a vast amount of of really really

13:01 ↗ important public land and natural

13:03 ↗ resource land forested hillsides

13:05 ↗ critical areas within

13:07 ↗ the 16 plus 100 acres

13:10 ↗ that

13:11 ↗ makes up the city park system

13:13 ↗ how do we balance active and passive

13:15 ↗ recreation needs

13:18 ↗ and and this was important without

13:19 ↗ thinking them as separate entities um i

13:23 ↗ i think that's a really important item

13:25 ↗ that came out of this park plan is

13:28 ↗ um

13:29 ↗ active and passive priorities and needs

13:31 ↗ are not mutually exclusive it's one

13:33 ↗ system that that

13:36 ↗ we want to be smart about

13:38 ↗ weaving in both active and passive and

13:41 ↗ doing that in a way that really

13:44 ↗ celebrates uh protects um reinvests in

13:48 ↗ in

13:49 ↗ the environment

13:50 ↗ and then last theme was active

13:52 ↗ lifestyles understanding that again

13:54 ↗ parks this is a very active community

13:57 ↗ and what

13:58 ↗ certain people want to do to stay active

14:01 ↗ is different than what others want

14:03 ↗ so how are we

14:05 ↗ understanding this variety

14:07 ↗ of activity that our park system needs

14:09 ↗ to try and support whether that is

14:12 ↗ athletic fields whether that's trail

14:14 ↗ heads to connect to trails whether

14:16 ↗ that's place spaces and dog parks and

14:20 ↗ tennis courts and pickleball courts and

14:22 ↗ all variety of

14:24 ↗ active elements that this community

14:28 ↗ wants within its city park system

14:31 ↗ next slide jen

14:33 ↗ so those five themes like i said really

14:36 ↗ became the threads that helped to inform

14:41 ↗ not only the projects but then

14:43 ↗ how those projects are prioritized

14:45 ↗ within the plan

14:47 ↗ this is is one page within the park plan

14:50 ↗ i i don't want to

14:51 ↗ draw too

14:53 ↗ specific into it other than uh they were

14:55 ↗ they were really good visuals that i

14:56 ↗ think helped um outline one of the one

15:00 ↗ of the narratives of the park plan and

15:02 ↗ as i said earlier this idea of

15:03 ↗ connectivity and thinking

15:05 ↗ um of both

15:07 ↗ a park system that supports in the city

15:09 ↗ and outside the city and this sort of

15:11 ↗ inside outside

15:14 ↗ reality the the map on the upper right

15:16 ↗ sort of shows

15:18 ↗ this relationship with

15:21 ↗ central issaquah and central issaquah

15:23 ↗ planning

15:24 ↗ that has uh certainly been going on for

15:26 ↗ for a number of years here in the city

15:28 ↗ um you see its relationship with greater

15:30 ↗ issaquah um and and greater issaquah

15:34 ↗ meaning that the issaquah city boundary

15:36 ↗ and then this um

15:38 ↗ wonderful um um

15:43 ↗ ring of open space that that surrounds

15:46 ↗ uh the city and in both

15:49 ↗ ownership by a number of public agencies

15:51 ↗ whether it's a city

15:53 ↗ dnr

15:54 ↗ state parks king county

15:57 ↗ and and

15:58 ↗ it really became an important visual

16:01 ↗ that helped reinforce a lot of the work

16:04 ↗ of this park plan is that

16:07 ↗ these concentric rings shouldn't be

16:10 ↗ thought of separately and when we start

16:12 ↗ to think of a of a park system when we

16:14 ↗ start to think of needs of central

16:16 ↗ issaquah and planning in central

16:17 ↗ issaquah we need to understand

16:20 ↗ a majority of our current residents um

16:23 ↗ really

16:24 ↗ live

16:25 ↗ um in in that outer edge of of greater

16:28 ↗ issaquah and so how are we when we think

16:31 ↗ of things like the green necklace when

16:32 ↗ we think of

16:33 ↗ of connectivity they're not exclusive to

16:37 ↗ one of these concentric rings but as

16:39 ↗ we're really planning

16:41 ↗ and connecting this city system and

16:43 ↗ investing in the city system we need to

16:45 ↗ think about unifying all three of those

16:48 ↗ and how are we creating a system that

16:51 ↗ um

16:52 ↗ not only connects to to all of those but

16:55 ↗ um

16:56 ↗ supports uh residents throughout uh

16:58 ↗ throughout the community

17:00 ↗ the larger map i'll just touch on you

17:03 ↗ know one of the sort of the uh um

17:06 ↗ um

17:06 ↗ anchor projects if you will of the plan

17:09 ↗ uh the one of the the visions uh the i

17:12 ↗ think the bigger bolder visions of of

17:14 ↗ this plan was recognizing and in some

17:16 ↗ ways celebrating

17:18 ↗ the the decades of investments that have

17:21 ↗ created this north-south

17:24 ↗ um spine throughout the city when you

17:27 ↗ look at from lake sammamish

17:29 ↗ um lake savannah state park um the east

17:32 ↗ lake sammamish trail the rainier trail

17:35 ↗ and then a number of city investments

17:37 ↗ made over the last three or four decades

17:40 ↗ it's not hard to imagine

17:42 ↗ a

17:43 ↗ connected

17:44 ↗ corridor um that unifies and has a

17:48 ↗ really strong sort of public

17:50 ↗ recreational thread

17:52 ↗ um throughout this entire city from from

17:55 ↗ the

17:56 ↗ northern edge at lake samamish all the

17:57 ↗ way down to squawk valley park on our on

18:00 ↗ our southern southern border and so

18:03 ↗ not something that happens overnight not

18:05 ↗ something that happens

18:06 ↗ um

18:07 ↗ in one year five years ten years but how

18:10 ↗ do we start to

18:12 ↗ take these investments over the last uh

18:15 ↗ three or four decades and

18:17 ↗ um

18:18 ↗ think of it in a more unified way and

18:20 ↗ and really start to connect those um

18:23 ↗ those investments

18:25 ↗ next slide jen

18:28 ↗ so these these next two slides are

18:30 ↗ really just i think a couple of examples

18:32 ↗ of now that this park strategic plan is

18:35 ↗ adopted the the intent was this wasn't

18:37 ↗ just meant to be a pretty document but

18:39 ↗ something that really

18:41 ↗ is active and informs

18:43 ↗ capital planning informs projects

18:47 ↗ i'll just highlight a couple of

18:49 ↗ um

18:50 ↗ work elements that really through an

18:52 ↗ environmental lens

18:55 ↗ are some um some projects that we've

18:57 ↗ been doing these last these last couple

18:58 ↗ years one of the operational strategic

19:01 ↗ goals of the plan

19:03 ↗ uh was how do we become better stewards

19:05 ↗ of our of our city-owned public lands

19:09 ↗ and at the same time how do we

19:11 ↗ understand

19:12 ↗ the broader need for looking at at the

19:15 ↗ city's urban forest

19:17 ↗ now the urban forest is so much more

19:19 ↗ than just what the city owns

19:22 ↗ the urban forest is the city's public

19:24 ↗ land um it's it's private land it's

19:27 ↗ street trees

19:29 ↗ um um it's a whole variety of things

19:31 ↗ that make up the urban forest but one of

19:33 ↗ the things we really wanted to look at

19:35 ↗ was are we being a good steward of the

19:37 ↗ sixteen hundred acres of forested um

19:40 ↗ parkland we own and so we have partnered

19:43 ↗ with uh fortera if you're familiar with

19:45 ↗ forterra they

19:47 ↗ um a number of you for a number of years

19:48 ↗ now have

19:49 ↗ um

19:51 ↗ had a green cities initiative where they

19:53 ↗ partnered with cities

19:54 ↗ to take a look at specifically their

19:56 ↗ city lands their public lands

20:00 ↗ do an assessment and an evaluation acre

20:02 ↗ by acre of those public lands

20:05 ↗ and really start to

20:07 ↗ um that really helps us start to draw a

20:09 ↗ framework and prioritize where should we

20:12 ↗ be targeting our

20:14 ↗ our work where where is the the city for

20:18 ↗ urban forest most threatened uh where is

20:20 ↗ it um being most choked out by invasives

20:23 ↗ uh where do we

20:25 ↗ what do we need to

20:26 ↗ remove and and restore

20:28 ↗ uh what are areas that are in really

20:30 ↗ good shape that we need to steward

20:31 ↗ different ways and so

20:33 ↗ um that program started in 2019

20:37 ↗ as the the bullets showed

20:39 ↗ show even throughout the pandemic we we

20:41 ↗ began doing some work um

20:43 ↗ a key part of this effort is

20:46 ↗ identifying four stewards um sort of

20:49 ↗ uber volunteers if you will that

20:52 ↗ work with us we train them up to

20:55 ↗ adopt if you will an acre or two of of

20:58 ↗ really important critical

20:59 ↗ land and then through those stewards

21:02 ↗ a number of volunteer projects begin to

21:04 ↗ take shape in those stewards stewarded

21:07 ↗ spaces so we kicked off the ford steward

21:09 ↗ program last year

21:11 ↗ we have 10 stewards that have

21:13 ↗ are up and and getting trained um we'll

21:16 ↗ be doing some more steward outreach uh

21:18 ↗ later this year

21:20 ↗ um in 2021 we completed um a 20-year

21:24 ↗ implementation guide and so that

21:25 ↗ implementation guide is a lot of what i

21:27 ↗ was the work i was saying that we did

21:29 ↗ with fortera where it's this acre by

21:31 ↗ acre assessment of our 1600 acres

21:36 ↗ scoring and evaluating

21:38 ↗ each of those acres to identify a

21:40 ↗ strategy and a game plan for how we want

21:42 ↗ to start better stewarding that

21:45 ↗ city-owned land so

21:47 ↗ exciting efforts there

21:50 ↗ again much more work to do in broader

21:52 ↗ urban forest management but we felt like

21:55 ↗ this was one cornerstone

21:57 ↗ piece to

21:59 ↗ to that work

22:00 ↗ i know there was a question coming into

22:02 ↗ tonight that i'll touch on now in terms

22:04 ↗ of

22:05 ↗ i think wildfire prevention wildfire

22:09 ↗ issues and concerns

22:11 ↗ as part of the green issaquah effort we

22:13 ↗ we brought eastside fire and rescue into

22:15 ↗ that conversation uh certainly knowing

22:17 ↗ how we

22:18 ↗ steward not only invasives but the

22:21 ↗ understory of of our lands that is

22:23 ↗ certainly one important element eastside

22:26 ↗ fire and rescue um

22:28 ↗ is

22:28 ↗ in process now of uh resourcing up and

22:32 ↗ looking at and beginning to

22:34 ↗ uh just on the the beginning stages of

22:37 ↗ doing some pretty aggressive work and

22:39 ↗ some really impressive work on

22:41 ↗ um

22:43 ↗ wildfire prevention um

22:45 ↗ here in the in the coming months and um

22:48 ↗ through this year

22:49 ↗ uh we'll certainly be playing a

22:51 ↗ supportive role and and will be taking

22:53 ↗ part in that as as the land managers but

22:56 ↗ i just wanted to point that out

22:58 ↗ if you weren't aware of that um i think

23:00 ↗ as an environmental board and and if

23:02 ↗ that's an area of interest

23:04 ↗ um i think some of the work that he said

23:06 ↗ farm rescue is going to be doing in the

23:07 ↗ coming months could be a

23:10 ↗ i'm sure a topic of interest

23:12 ↗ for all of you

23:14 ↗ um acquisitions are certainly something

23:17 ↗ that

23:18 ↗ i know were a bit of a question and look

23:20 ↗ forward to maybe what your questions are

23:22 ↗ within the park strategic plan

23:24 ↗ um

23:25 ↗ really identifying criteria and

23:27 ↗ priorities for

23:29 ↗ future acquisitions and strategic

23:31 ↗ acquisitions within our park system have

23:34 ↗ been identified um

23:36 ↗ if

23:37 ↗ all of any of you are familiar with

23:39 ↗ acquisitions you know as the city buys

23:41 ↗ land there's another

23:43 ↗ um there's another part of that

23:44 ↗ transaction that are most often private

23:47 ↗ um

23:48 ↗ private uh property owners and so

23:51 ↗ with that sort of um relationship it's

23:54 ↗ it's not often that um and it's not

23:57 ↗ something that that

23:58 ↗ um

23:59 ↗ you know i will be speaking of sort of

24:02 ↗ parcel by parcel there's not a map that

24:04 ↗ we would identify that would show

24:06 ↗ here's the exact you know properties

24:08 ↗ that we're looking for again out of

24:10 ↗ respect to

24:11 ↗ um the the

24:14 ↗ relationship with the a perspective

24:17 ↗ um

24:18 ↗ seller being a a private private

24:21 ↗ property owner

24:23 ↗ all that to say though

24:25 ↗ there are certainly a lot of

24:27 ↗ criteria and priorities that help govern

24:29 ↗ our

24:31 ↗ acquisition efforts um

24:33 ↗ a number of those on the environmental

24:34 ↗ side is how do we look strategically at

24:37 ↗ connecting to our open lands around us

24:39 ↗ but how do we also

24:41 ↗ look at protecting forested hillsides

24:45 ↗ an effort that was accomplished in 2019

24:47 ↗ if you're familiar with the the what's

24:49 ↗ known as the bergsman acquisition um

24:51 ↗ it's now

24:52 ↗ um harvey manning park um on the

24:56 ↗ um the edge of of cougar mountain that

24:59 ↗ really

25:00 ↗ will become the gateway

25:03 ↗ property

25:04 ↗ of

25:05 ↗ connecting this the valley floor the

25:07 ↗ issaquah valley floor up into not only

25:09 ↗ talus but

25:11 ↗ the greater regional cougar mountain

25:13 ↗ system beyond it

25:15 ↗ a very successful effort a very

25:18 ↗ um

25:19 ↗ intricate effort in partnering with with

25:22 ↗ king county

25:23 ↗ and a number of other grant agencies to

25:25 ↗ make that acquisition happen but

25:28 ↗ again the park strategic plan and some

25:29 ↗ of the priorities and goals of that plan

25:31 ↗ really helped to

25:33 ↗ inform and prioritize that acquisition

25:36 ↗ another priority we have within the

25:37 ↗ strategic plan is looking at

25:41 ↗ creekside both for protection of

25:43 ↗ issaquah creek and working with our

25:46 ↗ partners in public works in terms of

25:48 ↗ both floodplain surface storm water but

25:51 ↗ also

25:52 ↗ connectivity uh goals for

25:54 ↗ furthering

25:56 ↗ the valley trail system and trail

25:58 ↗ connections

26:01 ↗ next slide jen

26:04 ↗ um a couple of of capital projects that

26:07 ↗ i wanted to just highlight really

26:08 ↗ quickly sometimes environmental benefits

26:13 ↗ show themselves in a variety of ways and

26:15 ↗ so this this next example is as we

26:18 ↗ own and manage central park

26:20 ↗ up on the isco highlands

26:22 ↗ you may be familiar with that park those

26:24 ↗ of you are know that we have two

26:28 ↗ pads of athletic fields that comprise

26:31 ↗ four now synthetic turf fields

26:34 ↗ pad three which is the the lower

26:37 ↗ area was that the turf was aging out and

26:40 ↗ needed uh replacement

26:42 ↗ as an effort that we did last year

26:45 ↗ in understanding

26:49 ↗ the industry has come a long ways if

26:51 ↗ you're familiar with synthetic turf

26:53 ↗ you know the origins of synthetic turf

26:55 ↗ and the infill was

26:58 ↗ really solely 10 years ago crumb rubber

27:01 ↗ petroleum-based

27:03 ↗ crumb rubber that made up a big part of

27:06 ↗ this infill

27:07 ↗ the industry has come a long long ways

27:10 ↗ the turf industry in

27:12 ↗ looking at

27:15 ↗ alternatives

27:16 ↗ for

27:17 ↗ for infill as we worked with the park

27:19 ↗ board as we worked with mayor and

27:21 ↗ administration and city council we felt

27:23 ↗ uh this turf replacement was a real

27:25 ↗ strategic time to pilot

27:27 ↗ a different type of infill and and how

27:29 ↗ might we

27:30 ↗ get away from

27:32 ↗ a petroleum-based

27:34 ↗ rubber crumb rubber infill to an

27:36 ↗ all-organic option and so

27:39 ↗ as that project was completed last year

27:42 ↗ not only

27:43 ↗ is it a new synthetic turf field that

27:45 ↗ the community is enjoying but

27:47 ↗ it's also

27:49 ↗ a much more environmentally friendly

27:54 ↗ asset in that it's an all organic infill

27:57 ↗ it's now a mix of of cork and sand

28:00 ↗ that make up that infill and so we're

28:02 ↗ excited to pilot that to see so far the

28:05 ↗ community's responded really well to the

28:07 ↗ performance of it

28:09 ↗ and we're hopeful as we

28:11 ↗ will need to replace uh the other

28:13 ↗ synthetic turf in future years that

28:15 ↗ we're able to really look at

28:18 ↗ a commitment to go away from that

28:21 ↗ petroleum-based crab rubber to

28:23 ↗ all organic

28:28 ↗ last a couple projects to highlight

28:31 ↗ trail connectivity which i i mentioned

28:33 ↗ earlier um

28:35 ↗ we

28:35 ↗ accomplished a couple um um

28:38 ↗ small but but really powerful and

28:40 ↗ important uh trail improvements uh this

28:43 ↗ last year

28:44 ↗ east sunset way if you're familiar with

28:46 ↗ that trailhead that really heads up onto

28:48 ↗ west tiger and tradition plateau

28:51 ↗ we were able to first partner on a small

28:54 ↗ but very strategic acquisition with

28:56 ↗ department of natural resources state

28:58 ↗ dnr

28:59 ↗ and with that acquisition we're able to

29:01 ↗ accomplish

29:03 ↗ some trail improvements that separated

29:04 ↗ bike use and pedestrian use created a

29:07 ↗ much

29:07 ↗ safer

29:08 ↗ way to get out of that trailhead and

29:11 ↗ communities certainly responding well

29:13 ↗ to that and i think with that separation

29:15 ↗ of use also a much more environmentally

29:18 ↗ friendly

29:23 ↗ gateway from that that head

29:26 ↗ and then last item to just touch on real

29:28 ↗ quickly the squawk mountain access trail

29:30 ↗ is if you're familiar with that it's a

29:32 ↗ trail that is just south of mine hill

29:34 ↗ trail as you're um

29:36 ↗ sort of heading south from newport way

29:38 ↗ um

29:39 ↗ along the issaquah creek

29:42 ↗ there was

29:43 ↗ some very tired and aging out

29:45 ↗ assets um to that trail as you were near

29:48 ↗ the kilkari

29:49 ↗ project we partnered with the kokari

29:52 ↗ project and

29:53 ↗ accomplish some some much needed

29:56 ↗ trail improvements there

30:00 ↗ and i think with that

30:03 ↗ i'm going to

30:04 ↗ hand it off to jen

30:07 ↗ for a couple other highlights

30:13 ↗ thanks jeff

30:14 ↗ hi everyone uh jennifer fink uh park

30:17 ↗ planner and project administrator and

30:20 ↗ i'm here to talk about our million trees

30:22 ↗ grant and some of the good work we were

30:25 ↗ able to accomplish

30:26 ↗ um with this grant here you see our

30:29 ↗ wcc work crew out there helping us

30:33 ↗ get going out at inky johnson

30:36 ↗ park and doing some restoration work

30:43 ↗ so the million trees grant was a king

30:46 ↗ county grant with an overall effort to

30:48 ↗ plant 1 million trees county-wide

30:52 ↗ the city was awarded 75 000

30:54 ↗ with a goal to try and plant 10 000

30:57 ↗ trees

30:59 ↗ and in order to get this work done

31:02 ↗ we ended up partnering with the

31:03 ↗ washington conservation corps and

31:05 ↗ mouse's sound greenway trust

31:09 ↗ we are awarded this grant in 2019

31:11 ↗ pre-pandemic

31:13 ↗ and

31:14 ↗ obviously when we had gathering

31:15 ↗ restrictions through the pandemic

31:18 ↗ planting efforts were and gatherings

31:21 ↗ were very challenged and so getting this

31:24 ↗ work completed took a little longer than

31:26 ↗ we anticipated originally but

31:28 ↗ fortunately we were able to fulfill our

31:30 ↗ grant requirements

31:35 ↗ throughout the city we were able to do

31:38 ↗ infill and new area plantings on

31:42 ↗ 21.15 acres

31:44 ↗ in six city parks and open space areas

31:48 ↗ the sites we worked out were pickering

31:50 ↗ reach sammamish cove

31:53 ↗ which is you drive by um i-90 and you

31:56 ↗ get that peekaboo look out at lake

31:58 ↗ sammamish there's a whole bunch of green

32:00 ↗ canary grass it's an area out there

32:04 ↗ inky johnson park

32:06 ↗ park point our issaquah creek greenway

32:09 ↗ area as well as squawk valley park north

32:13 ↗ as you can see here new plantings are

32:15 ↗ flagged so we knew where they are

32:18 ↗ and um

32:19 ↗ sometimes we have to go out and do a lot

32:21 ↗ of invasive clearing before we can even

32:23 ↗ do some of these so a lot of the work we

32:25 ↗ did was pre-work to get some of these

32:28 ↗ areas ready

32:29 ↗ for planting to begin with to give the

32:32 ↗ seedlings a fighting chance

32:37 ↗ like i mentioned invasive removal

32:39 ↗ started with some blackberry removal

32:41 ↗ sometimes

32:43 ↗ but we also in addition to just the tree

32:45 ↗ planting and the labor and the materials

32:48 ↗ we're also able to do things like mulch

32:50 ↗ to help keep the weeds down around them

32:52 ↗ help with moisture retention around each

32:55 ↗ of the trees and also caging because

32:57 ↗ some of our areas do get

32:59 ↗ quite a bit of browsing from deers and

33:02 ↗ other animals that pass through so

33:05 ↗ being able to put some wire cages to

33:07 ↗ protect those seedlings so they can get

33:09 ↗ a fighting chance and stand up to a

33:11 ↗ little bit of abuse

33:13 ↗ should it happen

33:15 ↗ was really important

33:17 ↗ we

33:18 ↗ succeeded

33:20 ↗ planted far more than what our original

33:22 ↗ intent was and we planted 11

33:26 ↗ 385 trees

33:28 ↗ as part of that project

33:32 ↗ granted we completed that work in 2021

33:36 ↗ took us a little longer with a pandemic

33:38 ↗ but we did succeed

33:39 ↗ um

33:40 ↗ so 28 of them were evergreen and 72

33:45 ↗ deciduous and a lot of it was just based

33:47 ↗ upon right plants right area and making

33:50 ↗ sure we're staying within the right

33:52 ↗ ecosystem

33:54 ↗ and

33:55 ↗ individual areas and making sure that

33:58 ↗ we're planting for success

34:00 ↗ for all of those trees

34:05 ↗ we plant a lot of trees throughout the

34:07 ↗ city and while the million trees was

34:08 ↗ just one little grant um

34:11 ↗ we plant a lot of trees through

34:13 ↗ volunteer efforts through

34:15 ↗ events such as green issaquah arbor day

34:19 ↗ mountains of sound greenway trastas

34:22 ↗ we also work with them on citywide

34:23 ↗ efforts

34:25 ↗ in some of our different parks and open

34:27 ↗ spaces and so there's always a lot of

34:28 ↗ volunteer opportunities and just since

34:31 ↗ the pandemics pre-pandemic as well as

34:34 ↗ through the pandemic even though we had

34:36 ↗ troubles

34:37 ↗ gathering and working in groups and

34:38 ↗ close to one another

34:40 ↗ um

34:41 ↗ collectively we were from 2019 through

34:44 ↗ 2021 we were able to plant over 16 000

34:47 ↗ trees

34:48 ↗ in our city parks and open spaces during

34:51 ↗ that time

34:53 ↗ that 16 000 included the 11 000 that was

34:56 ↗ part of the 1 million trees grant

34:59 ↗ as jeff mentioned earlier we're looking

35:02 ↗ at the park strategic plan and the

35:03 ↗ greenest aqua partnership we are

35:05 ↗ beginning to continue to train up for

35:08 ↗ our stewards to take on and manage

35:11 ↗ some of our parks and open spaces that

35:13 ↗ need some restoration work they help

35:15 ↗ guide and provide all of the

35:18 ↗ education needed as well as

35:21 ↗ help

35:22 ↗ help you with signing up and getting

35:24 ↗ volunteers to help participate

35:26 ↗ so if it on any given day you want to

35:29 ↗ show up and do a little tree planting or

35:31 ↗ invasive removal

35:33 ↗ we can do that this summer we would like

35:35 ↗ to come back and give you a more

35:37 ↗ in-depth presentation on uh greenissaqua

35:41 ↗ as we get the program really up and

35:42 ↗ rolling and get some more

35:44 ↗ opportunities but if you want more

35:46 ↗ information or you want to start

35:47 ↗ participating in volunteering in some

35:49 ↗ tree planting or invasive removal please

35:53 ↗ go to our link in our greenest quad

35:55 ↗ partnership

35:56 ↗ webpage and this will take you to a

36:00 ↗ hyperlink that'll connect you with

36:02 ↗ forterra where all of our it's a four

36:04 ↗ tara website where all of our different

36:06 ↗ programs are being uh posted and

36:09 ↗ planting events and opportunities

36:15 ↗ the next project i'd like to talk with

36:17 ↗ you about is our carbon credit project

36:21 ↗ back in early 2020

36:24 ↗ just before the pandemic hits we had

36:26 ↗ gone to city council and

36:30 ↗ shared with them this opportunity during

36:32 ↗ a study session

36:35 ↗ what could be a potential funding

36:36 ↗ opportunity for our urban forest

36:39 ↗ management program

36:40 ↗ [Music]

36:42 ↗ we then

36:43 ↗ we

36:44 ↗ were working with our partners city

36:46 ↗ forest credits at that time

36:48 ↗ and

36:49 ↗ through the pandemic and as we started

36:51 ↗ looking at the different opportunities

36:53 ↗ we had

36:54 ↗ um

36:56 ↗ we really did a little pivot with our

36:58 ↗ project and i'll explain that later but

37:01 ↗ we ended up taking back an agenda bill

37:04 ↗ uh last october

37:06 ↗ uh with an actual carbon credit

37:08 ↗ application and seeking permission to

37:11 ↗ participate

37:12 ↗ in a national sale

37:14 ↗ of carbon credits

37:19 ↗ as i mentioned the revenues generated

37:22 ↗ from the sale of the carbon credits are

37:23 ↗ going to be helping to support

37:26 ↗ urban forest management and the

37:27 ↗ greenhouse aqua program and on the

37:30 ↗ project sites

37:32 ↗ the carbon credit program is both the

37:34 ↗ earning and the selling of carbon

37:36 ↗ credits and there's various ways you can

37:39 ↗ achieve carbon credits um

37:42 ↗ on the next page i have a city forest

37:45 ↗ credit link but there's tree planting

37:47 ↗ projects where you can go in and plant

37:49 ↗ new trees

37:51 ↗ and then also preservation or

37:54 ↗ acquisition projects

37:56 ↗ tree planting projects are a little more

37:58 ↗ challenging because you have to be able

37:59 ↗ to monitor them for

38:01 ↗ a long period of time there's quite a

38:04 ↗ bit of work involved with carbon credit

38:07 ↗ applications

38:09 ↗ not only in the initial application

38:10 ↗ period but also with the monitoring

38:14 ↗ throughout the life span of these

38:17 ↗ some tree planting projects you'd need

38:18 ↗ to

38:19 ↗ manage for i believe it was a 25-year

38:22 ↗ period of time

38:24 ↗ some of the preservation acquisition

38:26 ↗ projects 40 to 100 years so

38:30 ↗ there's a lot more information out there

38:33 ↗ as i mentioned for our specific

38:36 ↗ application that we took to city council

38:38 ↗ last october we partnered with city

38:41 ↗ forest credits

38:43 ↗ and they have those

38:45 ↗ tree planting protocols on their website

38:47 ↗ so if you'd like to learn more about

38:49 ↗ what goes into those there are resources

38:51 ↗ that are out there

38:53 ↗ you can look at but city forest credits

38:56 ↗ also serves

38:57 ↗ as a certification registry so when we

39:00 ↗ get ready to sell our credits

39:02 ↗ what they do is they basically value

39:05 ↗ either the trees planted or the

39:07 ↗ acquisition

39:09 ↗ and provide you with a number of carbon

39:11 ↗ credits

39:12 ↗ the karmic credits are calculated on

39:14 ↗ carbon both within the tree soil that

39:16 ↗ will also be generated within the canopy

39:20 ↗ but also take into consideration some of

39:22 ↗ the co-benefits of like rain

39:24 ↗ interception

39:25 ↗ carbon dioxide avoided and other air

39:29 ↗ quality and energy topics

39:31 ↗ they also city forest credits also

39:34 ↗ serves conducts a third party

39:36 ↗ verification

39:38 ↗ which is an independent review of your

39:40 ↗ application to ensure

39:42 ↗ that the carbon that is going to be sold

39:45 ↗ um

39:47 ↗ is is that's a valid quantification um

39:51 ↗ to

39:52 ↗ for a potential buyer

39:54 ↗ carbon credits um while there's value in

39:57 ↗ freshly planted trees or in a stand of

40:01 ↗ uh trees on a newly acquired piece of

40:04 ↗ property um

40:06 ↗ there's no value in that

40:08 ↗ on a market

40:10 ↗ per se

40:11 ↗ um until there's a active buyer that is

40:14 ↗ willing to pay for those and those

40:17 ↗ carbon credits will offset somebody's

40:20 ↗ emissions at a different

40:22 ↗ facility or a building or industry

40:25 ↗ we still retain the property we have to

40:28 ↗ manage it and so the revenue that's

40:30 ↗ generated is basically thanking us for

40:32 ↗ taking care of this forested area

40:35 ↗ and helping provide environmental

40:37 ↗ benefits

40:40 ↗ our application is for our um

40:44 ↗ bergson acquisition that jeff mentioned

40:47 ↗ earlier here is kind of a map of the

40:50 ↗ project site it is the yellow

40:53 ↗ the acquisition we performed and then

40:56 ↗ our existing harvey manning park but you

40:58 ↗ can see the connectivity of this

41:00 ↗ acquisition

41:02 ↗ and what it really meant for protection

41:03 ↗ of the forested hillside and its

41:05 ↗ adjacency to cougar mountain regional

41:08 ↗ wildland park as well as

41:10 ↗ maintaining the view shed as well as a

41:13 ↗ consistent stand of forest because we

41:15 ↗ all know the more you

41:17 ↗ develop forests or you create different

41:19 ↗ edges there's more opportunity for

41:21 ↗ invasives habitat breaks things like

41:24 ↗ that

41:25 ↗ so

41:26 ↗ acquiring the site really proved to have

41:29 ↗ a lot of value

41:30 ↗ this project site has quite a few

41:33 ↗ wetlands and streams on it as well so

41:35 ↗ from an environmental standpoint it was

41:37 ↗ really a very good acquisition

41:42 ↗ um like i said

41:44 ↗ the 33 acres sorry the picture got

41:47 ↗ really grainy there um harvey manning

41:50 ↗ park was this

41:51 ↗ 33.53 acres on the hillside here and

41:54 ↗ again the revenue that we're generating

41:56 ↗ from the sale of the carbon

41:59 ↗ will help support uh urban forest

42:01 ↗ management and the greenestaqua

42:03 ↗ stewardship program

42:06 ↗ the sale of our carbon is supposed to

42:08 ↗ occur soon so i'm sorry i can't get into

42:10 ↗ a lot of detail until

42:13 ↗ that act that sale is complete but um i

42:17 ↗ would ask that you stay tuned in the

42:19 ↗ near future

42:20 ↗ once that is complete there will be more

42:22 ↗ information shared

42:24 ↗ about um that so

42:27 ↗ with that i will happily

42:30 ↗ take any questions and just

42:32 ↗ one thing to think you know it sounds

42:34 ↗ great to do a carbon credit program

42:37 ↗ but there are a lot of considerations

42:38 ↗ that need to be taken into place and not

42:40 ↗ every project

42:42 ↗ not every tree planting project is a

42:44 ↗ really good one one thing we realized

42:46 ↗ with our planting projects from the

42:49 ↗ one million trees grant is we thought oh

42:52 ↗ it'd be great we're planting all these

42:54 ↗ trees let's enroll them but there's a

42:56 ↗ lot of

42:57 ↗ work and being able to go back over a

42:59 ↗ 25-year period when you're doing a lot

43:02 ↗ of infill planting it's really difficult

43:04 ↗ to be able to identify each individual

43:06 ↗ tree and trying to track

43:08 ↗ where fifteen thousand trees are eleven

43:10 ↗ thousand trees and which ones may be

43:12 ↗ dying

43:14 ↗ over the lifespan of that obligation for

43:17 ↗ a 25-year period for planting really

43:20 ↗ proved to be a little challenging so

43:24 ↗ we've got maintenance reporting for the

43:26 ↗ lifespan we've got protection there's

43:28 ↗ deed and covenant restrictions that need

43:30 ↗ to go on it there's also a lot of

43:31 ↗ application fees

43:33 ↗ maintenance fees on those and so

43:37 ↗ not every project is really cost

43:39 ↗ effective

43:40 ↗ for

43:41 ↗ the um carbon credits so it needs to

43:44 ↗ really kind of also be of size and scale

43:46 ↗ that makes economic sense for the

43:48 ↗ lifespan of the project as well

43:52 ↗ so something to keep in mind that we've

43:54 ↗ learned through this process of that not

43:56 ↗ all projects are good candidates um but

43:59 ↗ when there is one like the bergsman

44:00 ↗ property that we would be able to sell

44:02 ↗ credits on it does become very worthy

44:05 ↗ for the city to embark on such an effort

44:08 ↗ and again if you want more information

44:10 ↗ on

44:11 ↗ carbon credits the

44:12 ↗ company we worked with was city forest

44:14 ↗ credits they're a non-profit

44:17 ↗ so please feel free to

44:19 ↗ look at their website

44:22 ↗ and that's

44:24 ↗ all i have for a presentation we'll

44:26 ↗ gladly entertain any questions the board

44:29 ↗ might have of us

44:31 ↗ thank you very much jeff and jennifer

44:33 ↗ that was a great presentation i think

44:34 ↗ you answered some of the questions i got

44:36 ↗ to you in advance at the meeting but

44:38 ↗ unfortunately like all good people i'm

44:40 ↗ looking for questions from the rest of

44:41 ↗ the board i have a few more questions to

44:43 ↗ ask of you so before we go there and the

44:46 ↗ first one i have is you know jennifer

44:48 ↗ you talked about the carbon credit

44:50 ↗ is there any way the carbon credit could

44:53 ↗ help the city achieve its reduc its

44:55 ↗ greenhouse gas um emissions

44:58 ↗ reduction goal of 50 by 2030 i mean

45:01 ↗ that's the goal we have on our climate

45:03 ↗ action plan so here you're getting

45:05 ↗ carbon credits but they're also reducing

45:07 ↗ greenhouse gases and how would you

45:10 ↗ i'm just thinking is there a way to use

45:12 ↗ that to our benefit

45:14 ↗ to help us achieve that

45:19 ↗ that's a great question um because a lot

45:21 ↗ of the buyers you know they're buying

45:23 ↗ for where they're offsetting their their

45:25 ↗ emissions they're buying in a different

45:27 ↗ area even if it's a local seattle

45:29 ↗ business right they're in seattle and

45:32 ↗ how do we offset what's happening here

45:34 ↗ in issaquah

45:35 ↗ um

45:36 ↗ that's a really good question i know one

45:39 ↗ thing um that had been mentioned and

45:41 ↗ also in the development is the eye cat

45:43 ↗ of the icap is what is just our latent

45:48 ↗ carbon

45:49 ↗ capacity within our existing forest not

45:51 ↗ looking at it on a specific

45:54 ↗ acquisition or tree planting but what is

45:56 ↗ the lighting capacity within some of our

45:58 ↗ forest stands so i think that's

46:00 ↗ something that is definitely perhaps

46:02 ↗ worth um further conversation down the

46:05 ↗ road chap

46:07 ↗ yeah nancy great question and i guess i

46:10 ↗ a clarifying question to your question

46:12 ↗ are

46:14 ↗ are you are you asking how

46:16 ↗ might our

46:19 ↗ our forested hillsides are are

46:23 ↗ forested areas offset our own carbon

46:25 ↗ emissions is that is that the connection

46:28 ↗ the nexus you're making

46:30 ↗ yes well not just that one but it seems

46:32 ↗ to me that we've now acquired a large

46:34 ↗ piece of property that we're using for

46:36 ↗ carbon credits and what i'm trying to do

46:38 ↗ is figure out if we're planning on

46:40 ↗ taking any credit for that as we try and

46:42 ↗ do our own greenhouse gas emission

46:44 ↗ reduction

46:45 ↗ um not that i think we should but i'm

46:47 ↗ just kind of thinking ahead

46:50 ↗ i mean we've uh to reduce our greenhouse

46:52 ↗ gas emissions in the city by 50 by 2030

46:55 ↗ is pretty and it's 2022. that's a big

46:58 ↗ job and um

47:01 ↗ i think just trying to think of all the

47:02 ↗ opportunities is this an opportunity

47:05 ↗ that's what i'm asking

47:08 ↗ yeah i think it's a great question and

47:09 ↗ worth exploring i don't think

47:11 ↗ probably none of us in this room have

47:12 ↗ the answer but i i think it's a question

47:14 ↗ definitely worth

47:16 ↗ uh

47:17 ↗ further expo exploration of i think

47:20 ↗ you know

47:22 ↗ um the carbon mar i don't know that we

47:24 ↗ would be monetizing our own right if

47:26 ↗ we're offsetting our own

47:28 ↗ um

47:29 ↗ greenhouse gas emissions but i again i i

47:32 ↗ think it's a

47:33 ↗ um

47:35 ↗ really important question for us to to

47:37 ↗ continue to explore

47:39 ↗ okay

47:40 ↗ um

47:42 ↗ okay i'm going to ask you two more

47:44 ↗ questions sorry then i'll turn it over

47:45 ↗ to the rest of the board sorry about

47:46 ↗ this but um

47:48 ↗ is there an opportunity for the city to

47:51 ↗ fund more green investments since we've

47:53 ↗ now adopted the climate action plan so

47:56 ↗ now you have a new tool that parks can

47:58 ↗ use or public works could use or surface

48:01 ↗ water could use to help say to the city

48:04 ↗ council you've made a big investment we

48:06 ↗ have to achieve this in a certain amount

48:07 ↗ of time have you been thinking about

48:09 ↗ what you could how you could use the

48:11 ↗ climate action plan to further

48:13 ↗ investments that you need along the way

48:18 ↗ a great question um i'd say yes but

48:20 ↗ probably not enough just yet given that

48:22 ↗ the climate action plan just just

48:24 ↗ happened i think one one example we've

48:26 ↗ been exploring on the city facilities

48:29 ↗ side

48:30 ↗ is looking at how as we

48:33 ↗ are aware

48:34 ↗ of some needed investments within some

48:36 ↗ of our larger city facilities i'll use

48:38 ↗ the community center as as an example um

48:42 ↗ it still has its original roof and we

48:44 ↗ know that roof is going to need to be

48:45 ↗ replaced here in in the next couple

48:47 ↗ years

48:48 ↗ as we've identified in the in the cip

48:51 ↗ as we do that roof replacement we've

48:53 ↗ been talking with facilities already

48:54 ↗ about how do we

48:56 ↗ think of and prepare for

48:59 ↗ given that roof and given its southern

49:01 ↗ exposure what a great candidate is for

49:03 ↗ solar so you know how do we

49:06 ↗ as we know some of these life cycle

49:08 ↗ investments are coming up how do we

49:09 ↗ position ourselves uh to perhaps

49:13 ↗ address some of those climate action

49:14 ↗ goals as well um and and again begin to

49:17 ↗ make some

49:18 ↗ pivots into

49:20 ↗ more sustainable um energy use

49:24 ↗ so yeah i i you know i'd say yes but

49:26 ↗ that's that's i guess one small example

49:28 ↗ of where our own city public investments

49:32 ↗ could

49:33 ↗ really nicely align with climate action

49:36 ↗ plan goals

49:38 ↗ and the last piece to that feeds with

49:39 ↗ what you just talked about jeff and that

49:41 ↗ is i see around the city many city

49:44 ↗ employees parks employees using gas

49:46 ↗ blowers glass lawnmowers gas gas gas

49:50 ↗ and i would encourage you to think about

49:52 ↗ going to something different you know

49:54 ↗ because it will certainly help the city

49:55 ↗ as we try and reduce our greenhouse gas

49:57 ↗ emissions and you know as you replace

49:59 ↗ this with perhaps another energy source

50:01 ↗ such as you know

50:03 ↗ battery operated ones make sure you're

50:05 ↗ taking credit for those because we're

50:07 ↗ going to need everything we can get by

50:08 ↗ 2030 so

50:10 ↗ um just as a i think it's time to think

50:13 ↗ about the equipment you use day in day

50:15 ↗ out the vehicles you drive

50:18 ↗ whatever so that we are starting to

50:19 ↗ really make that change and making that

50:21 ↗ commitment to the city council saying

50:23 ↗ this is why we're making this investment

50:25 ↗ and it may cost more now but it is

50:27 ↗ helping us to achieve that just

50:29 ↗ food for thought

50:31 ↗ great great point great example thanks

50:33 ↗ for that nancy

50:34 ↗ all right those were my questions off

50:36 ↗ the top and now i'm going to turn it

50:37 ↗ over to my other board members and jamie

50:40 ↗ i'll start with you

50:42 ↗ thanks nancy um

50:44 ↗ first of all what echo especially

50:46 ↗ nancy's last comment around

50:48 ↗ uh and i know this is something that all

50:50 ↗ city parks will be doing is is looking

50:52 ↗ at ways that uh can decrease carbon

50:55 ↗ intensity of operations um

50:57 ↗ one of my questions taking a step back

51:00 ↗ you mentioned a bunch of different

51:02 ↗ uh projects whether it's uh green isoqua

51:05 ↗ carbon credit thing one of the areas

51:07 ↗ that i'm really interested in as part of

51:10 ↗ the icap is we have now a canopy goal of

51:13 ↗ 55

51:14 ↗ um i'm

51:16 ↗ one of my pieces of feedback throughout

51:17 ↗ icap was i was not clear where that

51:19 ↗ increase was going to come from

51:21 ↗ um i'm curious as you taking a step back

51:24 ↗ and this could be in parks this could be

51:26 ↗ elsewhere um where do you see the

51:28 ↗ biggest opportunities to actually

51:30 ↗ increase canopy cover i think greenish

51:32 ↗ squad is great i'm actually a part of

51:34 ↗ green esqua but that's preserving

51:36 ↗ existing canopy i'm how how are what are

51:39 ↗ the biggest opportunities you see to

51:40 ↗ actually increase where where trees are

51:42 ↗ that uh on the order of magnitude of of

51:45 ↗ getting to a lofty goal like that

51:49 ↗ yeah no great great question jamie um

51:52 ↗ probably worth future discussion the

51:54 ↗ good news is

51:56 ↗ yes it's a lofty goal but we're already

51:57 ↗ at 53

51:59 ↗ as a community so i think to get to 55

52:03 ↗ let's not dismiss the importance of

52:05 ↗ green issaquah some of that work of

52:07 ↗ really

52:08 ↗ sustaining um and looking at the quality

52:10 ↗ of the 53 percent we already have

52:13 ↗ i think within the the

52:16 ↗ tree canopy analysis that was done

52:19 ↗ uh most recently there are some

52:21 ↗ recommendations and there are there was

52:23 ↗ some mapping to to sort of look at

52:26 ↗ some strategies and where we might be

52:28 ↗ able to add some capacity uh some of

52:30 ↗ that is on some public lands

52:33 ↗ uh there's other opportunities uh quite

52:35 ↗ frankly on on private um uh lands as

52:38 ↗ well so

52:39 ↗ i don't know that it's any one singular

52:41 ↗ strategy

52:42 ↗ i think it's i think it's multiples if

52:45 ↗ you haven't had a chance to take a look

52:46 ↗ at that that study and the the

52:48 ↗ recommendations that are in the back of

52:50 ↗ that um

52:52 ↗ it does it doesn't feel hopeless it

52:54 ↗ feels like there's some real

52:55 ↗ opportunities for us to to

52:58 ↗ make gains on the the 53 percent where

53:01 ↗ we're currently at

53:04 ↗ thanks jeff that's super helpful and do

53:06 ↗ you mind either your state i would love

53:07 ↗ to take a look at that i don't i think

53:09 ↗ i've seen it would probably be great for

53:11 ↗ the whole board to

53:12 ↗ have absolutely i think yeah

53:15 ↗ maybe we can yeah we'll we'll send that

53:17 ↗ to all of you absolutely yeah happy to

53:19 ↗ send that out i did have a couple more

53:22 ↗ questions i was curious the 1 million

53:23 ↗ tree the grant

53:25 ↗ is that grant all used up is that a safe

53:28 ↗ assumption it is it has been fully

53:30 ↗ expended and uh the grant closed but yes

53:34 ↗ okay um

53:36 ↗ next question i'm curious i know i cap's

53:38 ↗ really new

53:40 ↗ but as you're thinking about um i think

53:43 ↗ it's next year the park strategic plan

53:45 ↗ is going to be coming together

53:46 ↗ what are the biggest areas that you

53:48 ↗ think that that might

53:50 ↗ influence your thinking um in what goes

53:54 ↗ into that plan

53:59 ↗ boy again great great question that uh

54:02 ↗ probably deserves um a lot more thought

54:05 ↗ as we begin to to prepare for that um

54:08 ↗ i think as we're looking at the update

54:10 ↗ of that strategic plan i think there's

54:11 ↗ opportunities both in some of our

54:13 ↗ operational approaches

54:15 ↗ um as well as how we're looking at at

54:17 ↗ capital investments so

54:19 ↗ um

54:21 ↗ yeah let's let's roll up our sleeves and

54:23 ↗ and pose those questions as we start

54:25 ↗ scoping out that work

54:28 ↗ thanks jeff one one thing that i think

54:30 ↗ and this is more of a note for stacey

54:33 ↗ that just comes to mind is i do wonder

54:35 ↗ about

54:36 ↗ how parks can be used as part of the

54:37 ↗ education and outreach for icap

54:41 ↗ and

54:42 ↗ kind of furthering ties between

54:44 ↗ people being outside and caring about

54:46 ↗ the environment so that that would be a

54:48 ↗ part of

54:49 ↗ what i hope would be uh as part of

54:52 ↗ consideration for i don't know if it's

54:54 ↗ icap or if it's park strategic plan but

54:56 ↗ that does seem like a good opportunity

54:58 ↗ to tie the two together

54:59 ↗ um and then i'll i think that's all like

55:02 ↗ my questions for now let someone else go

55:04 ↗ thank you jamie if i could add to that

55:07 ↗ that's a great point and i think it's a

55:08 ↗ bit of both right i mean i i think a key

55:11 ↗ goal of green issaquah is not only

55:13 ↗ stewarding but it's it's educating um

55:15 ↗ it's creating advocacy and so

55:18 ↗ i think those education opportunities

55:20 ↗ whether

55:22 ↗ it's green issaquah and

55:25 ↗ sort of

55:26 ↗ what's something bigger going on in that

55:28 ↗ story

55:29 ↗ from a climate standpoint and

55:30 ↗ environment standpoint

55:33 ↗ we've initiated i don't know if a number

55:34 ↗ of you have met peter walters or park

55:36 ↗ ranger i'm a part of the park ranger

55:38 ↗ program that is just starting is both

55:41 ↗ uh making sure we're sort of an

55:43 ↗ ambassador from

55:46 ↗ a positive recreational use within our

55:50 ↗ system but also looking at um

55:53 ↗ educational opportunities where where

55:56 ↗ peter will be leading folks on um trails

55:58 ↗ and and

56:00 ↗ perhaps you know climate and environment

56:02 ↗ could be a really cool topic to show

56:04 ↗ the the role that these public spaces

56:06 ↗ are playing hey these aren't just areas

56:08 ↗ to play there's there's more going on

56:11 ↗ in these public lands

56:14 ↗ thanks jamie for your question uh this

56:16 ↗ is nancy davidson again and with this

56:18 ↗ i'm going to turn it over to dan for his

56:20 ↗ comments go ahead dan

56:22 ↗ thank you nancy uh dan hintz um

56:25 ↗ speaking here justin john good to see

56:27 ↗ you both thank you for the presentation

56:28 ↗ i just have a few comments you know i

56:30 ↗ kind of want to come back to

56:31 ↗ nancy's comment on the carbon crediting

56:33 ↗ i mean i do think it's still a really

56:35 ↗ powerful communication tool even if

56:37 ↗ things can't be credited for revenue so

56:40 ↗ um to your point nancy i mean i think in

56:42 ↗ the carbon world you know it's usually

56:43 ↗ additive so bergsma even if that wasn't

56:45 ↗ credited you know if you're talking

56:47 ↗ about reductions you know moving forward

56:49 ↗ it would be tree planting efforts or or

56:51 ↗ new additive uh you know trees within

56:54 ↗ the city limit so i do think that's a

56:56 ↗ really powerful communication tool i

56:58 ↗ think city forest credits has really

56:59 ↗ good tools for that accounting i tree if

57:02 ↗ you haven't looked at that already

57:03 ↗ um

57:04 ↗ and i do think it's an important

57:05 ↗ distinguishment though it's not

57:07 ↗ necessarily greenhouse gas reduction it

57:09 ↗ is offset but i think that's still a

57:10 ↗ really important story to tell and to

57:13 ↗ try to document with some of the you

57:15 ↗ know restoration and green musical

57:16 ↗ efforts here so

57:18 ↗ just wanted to come back to that

57:19 ↗ something i'm super passionate about and

57:20 ↗ happy obviously to talk more about with

57:22 ↗ you all

57:23 ↗ um

57:24 ↗ jen did an awesome job talking about the

57:27 ↗ last you know three years with this

57:28 ↗ million trees grant but i think you know

57:30 ↗ not losing sight that the city's been so

57:32 ↗ committed for the better part of three

57:33 ↗ decades on land acquisition and

57:35 ↗ restoration

57:36 ↗ i'm fortunate to work with a lot of the

57:38 ↗ cities in king county and there's not

57:39 ↗ many that really have that long-term

57:42 ↗ commitment to restoring spaces that you

57:43 ↗ can go walk through as jeff was just

57:45 ↗ saying you know some of these open

57:46 ↗ spaces you know that have trails but

57:48 ↗ then they're important habitat as well

57:50 ↗ that are 30 year old forest that used to

57:52 ↗ be nothing you know prior to that so i

57:53 ↗ do want to just really call out

57:55 ↗ the city's long-term commitment to those

57:57 ↗ acquisitions to the restoration and to

58:00 ↗ you know trying to be smart about

58:01 ↗ balancing uh you know those recreation

58:03 ↗ in the appropriate places places that

58:05 ↗ are maybe best left a little bit more

58:06 ↗ alone from people and packs like that

58:09 ↗ um so i just want to call that out

58:11 ↗ that's really awesome and i guess that

58:12 ↗ would be kind of my last comment

58:13 ↗ specifically on acquisitions i mean i

58:15 ↗ definitely totally respect that you know

58:16 ↗ obviously we can't get into individual

58:18 ↗ properties parcels stuff like that but i

58:20 ↗ guess just a few high-level

58:22 ↗ comments from my point of view i guess

58:24 ↗ with acquisitions and corridors um

58:26 ↗ i think we all know this but i'll really

58:28 ↗ stress that you know isco creek tibbetts

58:30 ↗ creek our creeks are probably our most

58:31 ↗ important wildlife corridor sometimes i

58:33 ↗ think we think about connecting

58:34 ↗ mountains and broader open spaces but

58:36 ↗ our creeks really are our most important

58:38 ↗ corridors at least in israel in my

58:39 ↗ opinion

58:40 ↗ um and i'm fully supportive of you know

58:43 ↗ connected trail networks ways to go

58:45 ↗ through but i think it's really

58:46 ↗ important to think about that sort of

58:48 ↗ infrastructure and the fact that these

58:49 ↗ creeks are very dynamic systems so

58:51 ↗ sometimes that might mean spending more

58:53 ↗ on bigger bridges setting trails back a

58:55 ↗ little further from the creek even

58:56 ↗ though people want to see it and i think

58:58 ↗ those are trade-offs we have to consider

59:00 ↗ in long-term hopefully good investments

59:01 ↗ you know if and when a bridge does get

59:03 ↗ undercut by a big flood or something

59:05 ↗ like that so i think sometimes those are

59:07 ↗ you know going to cost more money but in

59:08 ↗ the long run really important for

59:10 ↗ habitats as we consider bridges we

59:11 ↗ consider trails around israel create

59:13 ↗ tibbetts creek

59:14 ↗ i just think you know taking those kind

59:16 ↗ of more conservative approach you even

59:17 ↗ looking at channel migration that sort

59:19 ↗ of stuff is really important

59:20 ↗ um

59:21 ↗ and then kind of the last thing i'll say

59:23 ↗ in acquisitions i mean

59:24 ↗ i'm just kind of going from creeks to

59:26 ↗ kind of the more force and hillsides

59:27 ↗ we've talked about berg's most amazing

59:30 ↗ i'll say some of these more big passive

59:32 ↗ open spaces park point hope creek you

59:34 ↗ know i i personally think those areas

59:36 ↗ are so important for wildlife north side

59:38 ↗ of squawk mountain you know i think

59:40 ↗ there's some of these spots that

59:42 ↗ this is my opinion i'll say specifically

59:44 ↗ but you know sometimes are even better

59:46 ↗ left alone without trails without

59:47 ↗ trailheads without public access and i

59:49 ↗ know when we're spending public money to

59:51 ↗ invest in these we want people to be

59:52 ↗ able to connect with them but i do think

59:53 ↗ there's actually probably a lot of

59:54 ↗ people in this community at least i can

59:56 ↗ speak for myself that actually would

59:57 ↗ value that as a stronger community asset

1:00:00 ↗ for

1:00:01 ↗ wildlife connection for habitat um

1:00:04 ↗ or you know reasonable trail use in

1:00:06 ↗ there too so i just think that's

1:00:07 ↗ important to kind of think about as you

1:00:09 ↗ look at maybe these more kind of

1:00:10 ↗ forested hillside uh acquisitions as

1:00:12 ↗ well so um

1:00:14 ↗ and yeah i guess the last thing i want

1:00:15 ↗ to say going back to the creek things i

1:00:16 ↗ think you do a good job about this but

1:00:18 ↗ continuing to work with public works on

1:00:19 ↗ you know multiple benefits of of flood

1:00:21 ↗ reduction too so i guess i'd kind of

1:00:23 ↗ point the whole parcel or different

1:00:24 ↗ parcels salmon run is a smaller scale

1:00:27 ↗ you know work along the pickering reach

1:00:29 ↗ that's upcoming is really good examples

1:00:30 ↗ of uh you know habitat flooding land

1:00:34 ↗ acquisition

1:00:35 ↗ all those sort of things so

1:00:37 ↗ yeah anyway thanks again for the

1:00:38 ↗ presentation

1:00:41 ↗ thanks for those comments dan i got

1:00:43 ↗ great priorities um absolutely um

1:00:46 ↗ not to meant to be a big tease for all

1:00:48 ↗ of you but we just just monday night had

1:00:52 ↗ an executive session with council around

1:00:54 ↗ some strategic properties that have been

1:00:56 ↗ uh

1:00:57 ↗ some efforts that have

1:00:59 ↗ been underway for for nearly a year now

1:01:02 ↗ and are reaching

1:01:03 ↗ a critical point so

1:01:05 ↗ it's it's an effort and multi-prong

1:01:08 ↗ priorities then dan spoke to many of

1:01:10 ↗ those that

1:01:12 ↗ continue to drive

1:01:14 ↗ a city that

1:01:16 ↗ dan said so well it's it's been in the

1:01:18 ↗ dna of this community

1:01:20 ↗ for for decades

1:01:24 ↗ thank you for your feedback dan and jeff

1:01:26 ↗ your comments this is nancy davidson

1:01:27 ↗ again with that i'm going to turn it

1:01:29 ↗ over to dan and i think she has some

1:01:31 ↗ questions go ahead ann

1:01:34 ↗ hi and you come here

1:01:36 ↗ hi jeff jennifer thanks for coming

1:01:38 ↗ tonight

1:01:40 ↗ so um i am wondering as you're planting

1:01:43 ↗ all of these trees and

1:01:45 ↗ native plants

1:01:47 ↗ are we looking um

1:01:50 ↗ into

1:01:51 ↗ the future into the changing climate as

1:01:53 ↗ it warms up and thinking about planting

1:01:55 ↗ plants that

1:01:56 ↗ we also see maybe down in oregon or

1:01:59 ↗ farther south where

1:02:00 ↗ it's warmer

1:02:02 ↗ um or working with king county i know

1:02:04 ↗ kathleen farley wolf um is very

1:02:07 ↗ knowledgeable in this area so is that

1:02:08 ↗ something we're thinking about as we're

1:02:10 ↗ planting

1:02:11 ↗ yes it definitely is and you know a lot

1:02:14 ↗ of our areas too you know

1:02:16 ↗ available groundwater high water tables

1:02:18 ↗ and some of these areas runoff slope

1:02:21 ↗ exposure yeah it's all stuff we consider

1:02:24 ↗ when we're looking at the plant pellet

1:02:26 ↗ as we um

1:02:28 ↗ pick our plants

1:02:30 ↗ that's great good news thank you

1:02:36 ↗ thanks and uh next we have cameron

1:02:38 ↗ fisher cameron please go ahead

1:02:40 ↗ hello this is uh cameron fisher um jeff

1:02:44 ↗ i just want to ask you a little bit more

1:02:45 ↗ about uh you touched on with uh

1:02:47 ↗ responding to jamie's questions uh

1:02:50 ↗ talking about a little bit more about

1:02:51 ↗ your private landowner partnerships and

1:02:53 ↗ what you're doing obviously rowley being

1:02:55 ↗ a large

1:02:56 ↗ uh property owner in in uh is a choir

1:02:59 ↗ how do you how does the parks department

1:03:01 ↗ work with uh with these private owners

1:03:04 ↗ of large parcels

1:03:09 ↗ work with them in which way in what way

1:03:11 ↗ cameron um

1:03:13 ↗ in the kind of going with what dan was

1:03:15 ↗ talking about the connectivity uh are

1:03:18 ↗ you how are you working with them they

1:03:20 ↗ own large vacant parcels uh do you help

1:03:23 ↗ them with the the the revegetation of

1:03:26 ↗ these open spaces or allocation i know

1:03:29 ↗ he's got an open space down uh

1:03:32 ↗ by the

1:03:33 ↗ car dealerships there you know so

1:03:36 ↗ do you do you work with them and how do

1:03:38 ↗ you work with them

1:03:40 ↗ uh we do not

1:03:41 ↗ we work with them in terms of

1:03:44 ↗ sort of looking at strategic

1:03:45 ↗ connectivity

1:03:48 ↗ we do not work with them in terms of

1:03:50 ↗ publicly funding

1:03:52 ↗ investments on private property

1:03:54 ↗ per se in some cases

1:03:57 ↗ um we steer them towards grant

1:03:59 ↗ opportunities

1:04:00 ↗ um

1:04:02 ↗ so it's i'd say it's probably more

1:04:05 ↗ conversational in relationship building

1:04:06 ↗ than any sort of um

1:04:09 ↗ financial or resource uh partnership

1:04:13 ↗ thank you

1:04:17 ↗ okay this is nancy again and we're back

1:04:19 ↗ to tom anderson tom do you have any some

1:04:22 ↗ a question

1:04:23 ↗ uh yes so thank you tom anderson here uh

1:04:26 ↗ thanks for the great presentation um i'm

1:04:29 ↗ familiar with the green issaquah program

1:04:31 ↗ and i'm wondering so how is that gone

1:04:33 ↗ what sort of interaction between the

1:04:36 ↗ various non-profits

1:04:38 ↗ in the area have you had and and how do

1:04:41 ↗ you see that moving forward if there's

1:04:42 ↗ some non-profits that want to get

1:04:45 ↗ involved with that sort of thing

1:04:47 ↗ how can that best happen to the benefit

1:04:49 ↗ of the overall program

1:04:53 ↗ yeah tom great great question um

1:04:56 ↗ yeah i i think the the the stewards that

1:04:59 ↗ we've been training and and i think the

1:05:01 ↗ the just the this first year of steward

1:05:04 ↗ training i think has shown both interest

1:05:07 ↗ by private residents

1:05:10 ↗ individual residents but also some of

1:05:11 ↗ the non-profits issaquah alps trails

1:05:13 ↗ club

1:05:14 ↗ has stepped up as a as a steward

1:05:18 ↗ themselves as an agency i know we've

1:05:20 ↗ been engaging with an environmental

1:05:22 ↗ subcommittee with issaquah kiwanis

1:05:25 ↗ so i think as we've just started

1:05:29 ↗ i think really

1:05:30 ↗ communicating this opportunity we've

1:05:32 ↗ already seen a number of of

1:05:35 ↗ community groups and non-profits step

1:05:37 ↗ forward and want to partner so

1:05:39 ↗ uh we only hope that that continues to

1:05:42 ↗ to grow

1:05:43 ↗ as that as the pro program grows

1:05:45 ↗ we have a new

1:05:47 ↗ um

1:05:48 ↗ a new private entity um you might be

1:05:50 ↗ familiar with them rei has come to town

1:05:53 ↗ we've had some

1:05:54 ↗ real initial sort of welcome to issaquah

1:05:56 ↗ conversations with them and uh they've

1:05:58 ↗ expressed a lot of interest in green

1:06:00 ↗ issaquah so

1:06:02 ↗ uh we just we think those partnerships

1:06:04 ↗ will continue to grow i

1:06:06 ↗ happened to work uh for the city for 10

1:06:08 ↗ years where rei used to be

1:06:10 ↗ um a city down in south king county and

1:06:13 ↗ uh we too had a green cities program

1:06:15 ↗ down there green kent and i can speak

1:06:18 ↗ from experience rei were terrific

1:06:20 ↗ partners there as well so

1:06:22 ↗ alps trails club's already stepped up

1:06:24 ↗ and uh we just we see some of those

1:06:26 ↗ partnerships growing

1:06:28 ↗ uh yeah

1:06:29 ↗ just uh that reminds me of a little

1:06:31 ↗ historical note here rei helped

1:06:34 ↗ uh the esque wilds trails club back in

1:06:36 ↗ the 90s on some trail projects they used

1:06:39 ↗ to be into that sort of thing

1:06:40 ↗ um

1:06:42 ↗ anyway that's just a historical aside uh

1:06:44 ↗ so the great presentation here to the

1:06:46 ↗ environmental board i'm just wondering

1:06:48 ↗ well how can how can the environmental

1:06:51 ↗ board best

1:06:52 ↗ help uh help you moving forward on this

1:06:55 ↗ i mean this is this is an informational

1:06:57 ↗ presentation you're not asking us to

1:07:00 ↗ make a specific decision

1:07:02 ↗ so what uh what do you see as our role

1:07:05 ↗ in best helping you moving forward

1:07:10 ↗ wow tom

1:07:12 ↗ i multi-pronged i guess let's let's

1:07:14 ↗ continue to further the relationship i

1:07:16 ↗ think as as you all are looking at

1:07:19 ↗ environmental policies um

1:07:21 ↗ and you know want to be a sounding board

1:07:23 ↗ to us please um

1:07:26 ↗ uh either through stacy or or

1:07:29 ↗ uh working directly with us um we work a

1:07:32 ↗ lot we have five boards and commissions

1:07:34 ↗ within the parks and community services

1:07:36 ↗ department

1:07:37 ↗ um i think probably the closest nexus in

1:07:39 ↗ terms of

1:07:40 ↗ land stewardship the park board i i

1:07:42 ↗ could see you know as as we continue

1:07:45 ↗ work with the park board

1:07:46 ↗ uh maybe there's some opportunity for

1:07:48 ↗ some joint meetings on

1:07:50 ↗ some key topics um 2023 is not going to

1:07:53 ↗ be too far away and as the park

1:07:55 ↗ strategic plan update happens um i could

1:07:57 ↗ see

1:07:58 ↗ um

1:08:00 ↗ again just i think your voice and and

1:08:02 ↗ perspective could be really helpful

1:08:03 ↗ there so

1:08:04 ↗ um

1:08:06 ↗ yeah let's

1:08:08 ↗ so for multiple ways um yes okay thank

1:08:11 ↗ you oh that's all i have

1:08:14 ↗ thank you tom and thank you jeff um it's

1:08:16 ↗ nancy again and with this i'm going to

1:08:18 ↗ turn it to laura laura

1:08:21 ↗ hi there

1:08:22 ↗ um unhappy if you can't hear me okay

1:08:24 ↗ sounds a little fuzzy

1:08:27 ↗ um thank you for your presentation that

1:08:29 ↗ was super um informative and exciting to

1:08:31 ↗ hear how much work you guys have been

1:08:32 ↗ doing especially with

1:08:34 ↗ planting trees in the middle of a crisis

1:08:35 ↗ it's kind of exciting and a big

1:08:37 ↗ achievement

1:08:38 ↗ i mostly want to echo what everyone else

1:08:40 ↗ said i do have one question i'll just

1:08:42 ↗ rattle through them and you can respond

1:08:44 ↗ as you please but um

1:08:45 ↗ i'm curious what kinds of or types of

1:08:48 ↗ park land are most compromised so we're

1:08:50 ↗ working a lot to build and

1:08:53 ↗ create these sustainable parks for the

1:08:55 ↗ long term but i'm curious what ways that

1:08:56 ↗ you're experiencing compromise and if

1:08:58 ↗ there are any things that the city can

1:09:00 ↗ do to help support that better

1:09:03 ↗ so that's my question aside um

1:09:06 ↗ want to echo what jamie had said for

1:09:08 ↗ doing the um

1:09:10 ↗ and also what nancy said about doing

1:09:11 ↗ where with the icap we'd love to hear

1:09:13 ↗ from you how you see

1:09:15 ↗ you know those initiatives interacting

1:09:16 ↗ with with public space and with park

1:09:18 ↗ space

1:09:19 ↗ and also even something like doing

1:09:21 ↗ demonstration gardens or interpretive

1:09:23 ↗ spaces so that you know residents in

1:09:25 ↗ commercial areas can go and do their own

1:09:28 ↗ um things it'd be nice to see if is that

1:09:30 ↗ an option

1:09:31 ↗ for the carbon credits i'm curious if

1:09:32 ↗ there are other like dan was saying like

1:09:35 ↗ other priorities we can prioritize um

1:09:39 ↗ beyond with carbon credits so beyond

1:09:40 ↗ doing trees are there ways to work on

1:09:42 ↗ you know soil sequestration and other

1:09:44 ↗ ways because

1:09:45 ↗ and with habitat because there's so many

1:09:47 ↗ crossovers uh where escort really has so

1:09:49 ↗ much green space and habitat that other

1:09:51 ↗ people don't are there more ways we can

1:09:52 ↗ maximize

1:09:54 ↗ um

1:09:55 ↗ and then kind of what time i think it

1:09:56 ↗ was tom who's getting at with the um

1:09:59 ↗ use of

1:10:01 ↗ what was my question i lost my thought

1:10:03 ↗ it's late

1:10:04 ↗ um

1:10:06 ↗ with the use of non-public areas are

1:10:08 ↗ there other ways that we can um support

1:10:11 ↗ you coordinating with residences and

1:10:12 ↗ especially with commercial spaces who

1:10:14 ↗ might not be so traditional but

1:10:15 ↗ definitely could do things like green

1:10:16 ↗ rooftops and other things

1:10:19 ↗ we don't want to add to your plate

1:10:20 ↗ without more funding but also be curious

1:10:22 ↗ if those are opportunities you've looked

1:10:23 ↗ into

1:10:30 ↗ thanks for that laura great great uh

1:10:32 ↗ you're right i love the the questions

1:10:33 ↗ and the and the comments and that um

1:10:37 ↗ in terms of compromised are you are you

1:10:39 ↗ thinking more

1:10:40 ↗ are you speaking environmentally

1:10:42 ↗ compromised

1:10:48 ↗ so yeah places where you might be

1:10:50 ↗ looking to provide habitat and then

1:10:52 ↗ that's going to be compromised just by

1:10:53 ↗ the increased foot traffic or ways that

1:10:55 ↗ you know the trees i know are often

1:10:56 ↗ damaged just by trees past by cars

1:10:59 ↗ passing by and things like that

1:11:03 ↗ yeah good great question i i think the

1:11:06 ↗ um

1:11:07 ↗ you know as we did the

1:11:09 ↗ sort of the assessment of our of our um

1:11:12 ↗ city public lands i don't think it's

1:11:14 ↗ probably no surprise that you know the

1:11:16 ↗ edges of our urban forests are probably

1:11:18 ↗ most compromised to invasives

1:11:21 ↗ um you know where we see that interface

1:11:23 ↗ between

1:11:25 ↗ sort of more active developed space and

1:11:28 ↗ and the forest we want to pay

1:11:29 ↗ really really close attention to that

1:11:33 ↗ our street trees

1:11:34 ↗ some of them are really starting to age

1:11:36 ↗ out in fatigue

1:11:37 ↗ i think where we're seeing climate i

1:11:39 ↗ think

1:11:40 ↗ um i mean take a dr next time you drive

1:11:42 ↗ down gilman um you know a mix of i think

1:11:46 ↗ climate change

1:11:47 ↗ um

1:11:48 ↗ old aging dying irrigation

1:11:51 ↗ um

1:11:52 ↗ and aging trees you'll see some trees

1:11:54 ↗ that are really in different degrees of

1:11:56 ↗ stress and so

1:11:58 ↗ um i think you know something we've

1:12:00 ↗ talked about as a department and i think

1:12:02 ↗ is very much worth a future conversation

1:12:04 ↗ is

1:12:05 ↗ um

1:12:06 ↗ how do we start strategically investing

1:12:08 ↗ um in street trees uh what are our

1:12:11 ↗ priorities for street trees um how do we

1:12:14 ↗ make sure we have the infrastructure in

1:12:15 ↗ place needed to sustain street trees um

1:12:18 ↗ street trees are great but i i think it

1:12:20 ↗ sounds like many of you are probably

1:12:21 ↗ aware of of tree health it's probably

1:12:23 ↗ the most stressful

1:12:26 ↗ compromising environment for a tree to

1:12:28 ↗ try and um thrive and survive so

1:12:32 ↗ i i see

1:12:34 ↗ in terms of our urban forest

1:12:36 ↗ um

1:12:38 ↗ our street trees are are probably a

1:12:40 ↗ program in an area we're going to need

1:12:42 ↗ to really start to to think about in the

1:12:43 ↗ coming years

1:12:45 ↗ i would just like to add to that i know

1:12:47 ↗ street trees are being looked at very

1:12:49 ↗ carefully as part of the title 18

1:12:50 ↗ updates as well

1:12:52 ↗ i've um

1:12:54 ↗ so there there is some definite

1:12:56 ↗ attention being paid to that to ha as to

1:12:58 ↗ how we can ensure

1:13:00 ↗ um street tree health i'd also like to

1:13:03 ↗ add to what jeff said is in the um

1:13:07 ↗ green aqua partnership 20-year

1:13:09 ↗ implementation guide

1:13:10 ↗ all of the lands that were enrolled in

1:13:13 ↗ that program

1:13:14 ↗ for green essaqua

1:13:16 ↗ there's a matrix that talks about

1:13:18 ↗ habitat quality and threat of invasives

1:13:21 ↗ and really those that are the highest

1:13:23 ↗ threat of invasives but high quality

1:13:26 ↗ um are really where we're wanting to

1:13:28 ↗ kind of focus on some of our efforts to

1:13:31 ↗ preserve those some that are

1:13:32 ↗ need a lot more work um

1:13:35 ↗ may not require so much action right out

1:13:37 ↗ of the gate you know it's like let's get

1:13:39 ↗ the good going great and then let's go

1:13:41 ↗ focus on these areas that are really

1:13:43 ↗ going to need

1:13:44 ↗ a hard time so if you've not taken a

1:13:46 ↗ look at that document i think that's one

1:13:49 ↗ place where

1:13:50 ↗ we can really see kind of where the

1:13:52 ↗ quality

1:13:53 ↗ of

1:13:54 ↗ just doing a little uh promo there

1:13:59 ↗ thank you chad um

1:14:01 ↗ take a look at that and it really has

1:14:03 ↗ all the maps and the areas very roughly

1:14:06 ↗ graphically drawn out but once we get

1:14:08 ↗ out to the site and we start looking at

1:14:10 ↗ those areas some are a little more

1:14:11 ↗ accessible than others so we've been

1:14:13 ↗ really starting some of our green

1:14:15 ↗ issaquah volunteer with those that are a

1:14:17 ↗ little more accessible until we get a

1:14:19 ↗ lot of stewards train that can maybe

1:14:21 ↗ handle some rougher environments but

1:14:24 ↗ like jeff said the fragmentation

1:14:27 ↗ and creating new margins on forested

1:14:29 ↗ areas is really where we see a lot of

1:14:31 ↗ our uh most immediate threats to to our

1:14:34 ↗ forests

1:14:37 ↗ so it sounds like just to follow up that

1:14:39 ↗ one of the areas we can also support you

1:14:41 ↗ in is is pushing title 18 to see if to

1:14:44 ↗ make sure that we're thinking more about

1:14:45 ↗ the streetscape and some of the

1:14:47 ↗ invasives as part of that i also would

1:14:49 ↗ hope that um we can think beyond the

1:14:50 ↗ traditional sort of

1:14:52 ↗ main street look of gilman and maybe

1:14:54 ↗ update that to have not just a tree but

1:14:56 ↗ have other plants supporting it so that

1:14:58 ↗ these trees aren't left alone

1:15:00 ↗ and create more of an ecosystem for them

1:15:02 ↗ to survive in

1:15:05 ↗ okay

1:15:06 ↗ thank you all for your comments i know i

1:15:07 ↗ still have some more we are running long

1:15:10 ↗ on the meeting at this point um

1:15:12 ↗ particularly on this agenda item and i

1:15:14 ↗ know that this talking to the parks

1:15:16 ↗ department has been something that's

1:15:17 ↗ been very important to this board over

1:15:19 ↗ the last year

1:15:20 ↗ um and in talking with stacy um it

1:15:23 ↗ appears that she can put off the um

1:15:25 ↗ long-term work plan for the iso climate

1:15:28 ↗ action plan and the performance measures

1:15:30 ↗ and bring those back to a future meeting

1:15:32 ↗ so what i'm like to do is continue our

1:15:34 ↗ conversation with parks so that jeff and

1:15:36 ↗ jennifer don't have to come back again

1:15:38 ↗ in the near term and we can continue

1:15:40 ↗ that sometimes i just like a nod if

1:15:42 ↗ people are a thumbs up if people on the

1:15:44 ↗ board are okay with putting those two

1:15:45 ↗ items off and if that's the case we'll

1:15:48 ↗ just continue on with this conversation

1:15:49 ↗ i just want to get everybody's kind of

1:15:51 ↗ behind me

1:15:52 ↗ all right with that thank you all um i

1:15:55 ↗ think there's a comment from don don go

1:15:57 ↗ ahead please

1:16:00 ↗ yeah jennifer jeff thank you for your

1:16:01 ↗ presentation it was very good to see you

1:16:03 ↗ got some great programs in place i just

1:16:06 ↗ want to make sure that you guys are

1:16:07 ↗ making a nexus with your public works

1:16:08 ↗ department because i think there's a way

1:16:10 ↗ to help support your programs in parks

1:16:13 ↗ you may have heard all early indications

1:16:16 ↗ are that your storm water utility is

1:16:18 ↗ going to be subject to some some higher

1:16:20 ↗ permit requirements in the future

1:16:23 ↗ and it's going to might it very well may

1:16:25 ↗ include things that you're ver you're

1:16:27 ↗ doing right now property acquisition

1:16:30 ↗ restoration of habitat

1:16:32 ↗ stream side enhancement areas um so

1:16:36 ↗ start those conversations now because

1:16:37 ↗ there may be a way to leverage the the

1:16:39 ↗ two different funds together and make it

1:16:41 ↗ more of a city-wide effort

1:16:45 ↗ appreciate that dawn

1:16:48 ↗ we have uh i think made some really

1:16:51 ↗ really good headway not to say that it

1:16:53 ↗ didn't happen before but um i think some

1:16:56 ↗ of the collaboration work some of the

1:16:58 ↗ really strategic planning work as public

1:17:00 ↗ works is looking at um their own

1:17:02 ↗ stormwater surface water master plan um

1:17:05 ↗ if they haven't been or even got an

1:17:08 ↗ update on that that's that's some work

1:17:10 ↗ in progress right now you know jennifer

1:17:12 ↗ and i've spent some real intentional

1:17:13 ↗ time with them

1:17:15 ↗ looking at that very thing don you're

1:17:16 ↗ right how do we how do we achieve

1:17:18 ↗ multiple benefits uh within our

1:17:20 ↗ acquisition strategies

1:17:21 ↗ so thanks for that comment

1:17:25 ↗ and jeff i would like to encourage you

1:17:26 ↗ to look at other places in the city such

1:17:28 ↗ as the water utility and the wastewater

1:17:30 ↗ utility and the reason i say that is

1:17:32 ↗ their pump stations and their lift

1:17:34 ↗ stations are very energy intensive and

1:17:36 ↗ likely their ability to get away from

1:17:38 ↗ some of the

1:17:40 ↗ gas related i know there's some

1:17:41 ↗ electrical pieces to it but there are

1:17:43 ↗ some gas backups and they're going to

1:17:45 ↗ have to be looking for some way to get

1:17:46 ↗ some greenhouse gas emissions and you

1:17:48 ↗ happen to have some abilities to get to

1:17:51 ↗ to help them with that so i think

1:17:53 ↗ there's an opportunity for a win with

1:17:55 ↗ others you know in transportation to try

1:17:58 ↗ and deal with that and the other piece i

1:18:00 ↗ have for you is as we're looking at

1:18:02 ↗ title 18 and you look at commercial

1:18:04 ↗ property owners that may want to

1:18:05 ↗ redevelop is there an opportunity for

1:18:07 ↗ them to perhaps

1:18:09 ↗ plant trees or do something to help

1:18:12 ↗ reduce their greenhouse gas emission and

1:18:15 ↗ you know i know storm water has talked

1:18:17 ↗ about potentially doing a bigger project

1:18:19 ↗ instead of everybody doing you know the

1:18:21 ↗ dinky one here for this

1:18:23 ↗ parcel you know target this one here for

1:18:25 ↗ safeway this one here for whatever the

1:18:27 ↗ case may be and instead combining into

1:18:29 ↗ something bigger that's more

1:18:30 ↗ comprehensive and does a better job

1:18:32 ↗ managing still storm water overall the

1:18:34 ↗ same thing could be true if we're

1:18:36 ↗ talking about greenhouse gas emissions

1:18:38 ↗ and if we look whatever is coming

1:18:40 ↗ through on title 18 with regards to that

1:18:42 ↗ there's an opportunity for each of these

1:18:44 ↗ commercial properties potentially to

1:18:46 ↗ buy into a bank

1:18:48 ↗ or something like that and the bank

1:18:50 ↗ could be something parks could kind of

1:18:52 ↗ handle along the way for helping them

1:18:54 ↗ just a thought

1:18:56 ↗ it's kind of creative out of the box

1:19:00 ↗ okay

1:19:01 ↗ any other questions or comments for

1:19:03 ↗ parks

1:19:09 ↗ okay we're seeing none well

1:19:11 ↗ i personally want to thank jeff and

1:19:13 ↗ jennifer for coming tonight i think um i

1:19:15 ↗ hope you got some good feedback from the

1:19:16 ↗ environmental board and i hope you

1:19:18 ↗ realize that we would like to be a

1:19:20 ↗ resource to help you as you're trying to

1:19:21 ↗ accomplish your goals because we're very

1:19:24 ↗ interested in what you're trying to

1:19:25 ↗ accomplish and hopefully we'll get an

1:19:27 ↗ opportunity when you think the time's

1:19:28 ↗ right to bring your information back to

1:19:31 ↗ us i know we'll be kind of monitoring it

1:19:33 ↗ and probably weigh in and say when we

1:19:34 ↗ want you to come back if possible but

1:19:36 ↗ thank you very much we do appreciate

1:19:38 ↗ your time and great presentation tonight

1:19:41 ↗ thanks nancy thanks everyone um

1:19:44 ↗ really really appreciate the

1:19:45 ↗ conversation so um thanks so much

1:19:49 ↗ thank you both all very much all right

1:19:52 ↗ take care good evening and you guys can

1:19:53 ↗ go ahead and take off and we'll go on

1:19:55 ↗ with the rest of our meeting thank you

1:19:57 ↗ all right thank you

1:19:59 ↗ all right

1:20:01 ↗ sorry i lost my agenda on my other

1:20:03 ↗ device

1:20:04 ↗ so with this i'd like to turn it to um

1:20:07 ↗ stacy we still have a little more time

1:20:08 ↗ in the meeting and uh wondering where

1:20:10 ↗ you'd like to go next just because

1:20:12 ↗ of time

1:20:14 ↗ thanks dancing um

1:20:18 ↗ i think i do not want to rush the work

1:20:21 ↗ plan conversation and community

1:20:22 ↗ engagement conversations so i think it

1:20:25 ↗ would be best if we punt that i'll see

1:20:27 ↗ if we might be able to squeeze it into

1:20:28 ↗ our next meeting and ahead of that

1:20:30 ↗ meeting i could provide some more detail

1:20:33 ↗ in the memo to help people better

1:20:34 ↗ prepare for that conversation

1:20:37 ↗ the performance measure conversation is

1:20:39 ↗ intended to be pretty brief if we want

1:20:41 ↗ to go there

1:20:42 ↗ and spend about 15 or 20 minutes

1:20:44 ↗ or i could move just in we could move

1:20:46 ↗ into reports so

1:20:48 ↗ i'll defer to you on how much we want to

1:20:50 ↗ try and cram in tonight

1:20:53 ↗ well i'd like given that i know we have

1:20:54 ↗ title 18 and title 16 coming looming in

1:20:57 ↗ the stormwater master plan not too far

1:20:59 ↗ off later this year um i'd like to move

1:21:02 ↗ on to the performance measures if the

1:21:04 ↗ board's okay with that you know give me

1:21:06 ↗ a thumb you guys okay spend a little

1:21:09 ↗ more time on this so that we don't

1:21:11 ↗ get so go ahead and why don't we go into

1:21:13 ↗ that

1:21:15 ↗ general item c which is the issaquah

1:21:17 ↗ climate action plan performance measures

1:21:19 ↗ and will defer the long-term work plan

1:21:22 ↗ and community engagement plan to a

1:21:24 ↗ future meeting so go ahead

1:21:31 ↗ all right

1:21:43 ↗ okay great well thank you

1:21:46 ↗ um

1:21:47 ↗ so the topic i wanted to bring to you

1:21:50 ↗ tonight is around performance measures

1:21:52 ↗ for the icap and really want to get

1:21:54 ↗ input from the board on how you want to

1:21:56 ↗ engage and at what level in the

1:21:59 ↗ development the review and approval of

1:22:01 ↗ performance measures the icap does call

1:22:04 ↗ for performance measure development and

1:22:07 ↗ regular reporting

1:22:09 ↗ so this is a part important part of our

1:22:12 ↗ implementation plan

1:22:14 ↗ so performance measures are important

1:22:16 ↗ for holding ourselves both the city as

1:22:19 ↗ well as the community accountable for

1:22:21 ↗ implementation of the icap

1:22:23 ↗ they support our ability to be

1:22:25 ↗ transparent to demonstrate where we are

1:22:27 ↗ making progress

1:22:28 ↗ and also to identify barriers so that we

1:22:31 ↗ can see where maybe we're having trouble

1:22:33 ↗ moving certain actions forward and work

1:22:36 ↗ together to figure out how to overcome

1:22:37 ↗ those barriers

1:22:40 ↗ i am starting to work with our

1:22:42 ↗ performance measurement staff to ensure

1:22:44 ↗ that we can develop measures that are

1:22:46 ↗ smart

1:22:48 ↗ we want to make sure that these measures

1:22:50 ↗ aren't a huge lift to report on in order

1:22:52 ↗ to easily track them report on them

1:22:54 ↗ frequently

1:22:57 ↗ we also want to make sure

1:22:59 ↗ that

1:23:01 ↗ as we move forward what we're measuring

1:23:03 ↗ and reporting on is really reflecting

1:23:05 ↗ the true environmental impact i don't

1:23:07 ↗ know

1:23:08 ↗ that the actions in the icap are at a

1:23:11 ↗ place right now where we can do that but

1:23:13 ↗ that is my hope in the future that we

1:23:14 ↗ can really show more of that

1:23:16 ↗ environmental

1:23:17 ↗ impact

1:23:21 ↗ um so over the next

1:23:24 ↗ year or so our plan is to

1:23:26 ↗ work on updating our climate action plan

1:23:29 ↗ web page with a really simple tracking

1:23:32 ↗ this actually we've done already uh

1:23:34 ↗ we've highlighted

1:23:35 ↗ uh the different target areas within the

1:23:38 ↗ plan um shown what we're planning to

1:23:40 ↗ work on this year showing how the

1:23:41 ↗ community can engage and i'll i'll drop

1:23:44 ↗ that link in the chat a little bit later

1:23:46 ↗ we're starting to work on performance

1:23:48 ↗ measure development i think that'll

1:23:50 ↗ happen over the next couple of months

1:23:52 ↗ and then in the fall the hope is to

1:23:54 ↗ update our webpage

1:23:57 ↗ where we can show those more detailed

1:23:58 ↗ performance measures as well as a

1:24:01 ↗ tracking tool so the community can

1:24:03 ↗ follow along and see how we're doing it

1:24:05 ↗ implementing various actions

1:24:08 ↗ and then we would want to be regularly

1:24:09 ↗ updating those performant measures

1:24:12 ↗ on a

1:24:13 ↗ fairly frequent basis

1:24:16 ↗ so that we can really

1:24:17 ↗ demonstrate what's actively being

1:24:19 ↗ pursued and the status

1:24:22 ↗ so tonight i was really

1:24:24 ↗ just interested in hearing from the

1:24:26 ↗ board on your feedback that you have on

1:24:28 ↗ the approach but then also

1:24:31 ↗ how and where do you all want to be

1:24:33 ↗ engaged does the board want to be

1:24:35 ↗ involved in developing the performance

1:24:37 ↗ measures

1:24:38 ↗ reviewing draft measures or in a final

1:24:41 ↗ approval before they go live

1:24:44 ↗ just really curious to get your thoughts

1:24:46 ↗ on that and just to keep in mind that we

1:24:48 ↗ have a lot of actions in the climate

1:24:50 ↗ action plan so if the board does want to

1:24:53 ↗ be involved in development review or

1:24:55 ↗ approval we'll want to think through

1:24:57 ↗ some different strategies on how we can

1:24:59 ↗ do that most effectively

1:25:01 ↗ so with that i'll turn it over back over

1:25:03 ↗ to the board for

1:25:05 ↗ discussion and

1:25:07 ↗ feedback that you have on this topic

1:25:10 ↗ all right i'm looking for any comments

1:25:13 ↗ or feedback that you have for stacey at

1:25:14 ↗ this point in time so

1:25:17 ↗ please so indicate in the comment box

1:25:19 ↗ please

1:25:21 ↗ in the chat box i should say

1:25:26 ↗ anybody have any feedback on the board's

1:25:28 ↗ approach

1:25:29 ↗ on the approach that was laid out by

1:25:30 ↗ stacy

1:25:36 ↗ jamie please go

1:25:38 ↗ ahead thanks nancy jimmy speaking uh

1:25:42 ↗ stacy thanks for putting this together

1:25:44 ↗ um

1:25:45 ↗ i think the short answer is that i think

1:25:47 ↗ we would love to or i would love to be

1:25:49 ↗ involved in the process as we uh as we

1:25:52 ↗ go along i do think one of the key areas

1:25:54 ↗ that i would be interested in is just

1:25:56 ↗ what other cities are doing

1:25:58 ↗ as part of their their icap i think that

1:26:00 ↗ would be a great um starting point to

1:26:03 ↗ begin understanding i know there's

1:26:05 ↗ probably other resources out there as

1:26:06 ↗ well

1:26:07 ↗ um but but seeing how others are doing

1:26:09 ↗ it and and if we have any that are kind

1:26:12 ↗ of

1:26:14 ↗ ahead of others on on what we think

1:26:17 ↗ uh or role models that we could look to

1:26:19 ↗ that would be really interesting but i

1:26:20 ↗ do i'm sure well i'll let the rest of

1:26:23 ↗ the boards speak for themselves but um

1:26:26 ↗ i'm sure we would appreciate the

1:26:27 ↗ opportunity to be a part of the process

1:26:29 ↗ um

1:26:30 ↗ i don't

1:26:31 ↗ yeah i think probably

1:26:33 ↗ i don't know that we're gonna have uh

1:26:34 ↗ all the initial ideas but i think along

1:26:36 ↗ the way of once we have um sort of a

1:26:39 ↗ framework or examples of other

1:26:41 ↗ cities that would be a

1:26:43 ↗ great

1:26:44 ↗ part of the process to get involved

1:26:46 ↗ thank you

1:26:50 ↗ uh thank you jamie um and you had a

1:26:52 ↗ question

1:26:53 ↗ yeah

1:26:56 ↗ yeah i was just wondering um

1:26:59 ↗ at what point

1:27:00 ↗ uh would it be

1:27:03 ↗ most helpful for us to get involved at

1:27:05 ↗ the development stage or the

1:27:08 ↗ approval stage or anywhere along the way

1:27:13 ↗ yeah thanks ant that's a great question

1:27:15 ↗ i think that's

1:27:16 ↗ um that's the question i've been uh

1:27:19 ↗ trying to to tackle and figure out where

1:27:22 ↗ what is the right level for the board to

1:27:24 ↗ be in

1:27:25 ↗ this could get to be involved this could

1:27:27 ↗ get

1:27:28 ↗ very complicated if the board's

1:27:30 ↗ interested in being involved in

1:27:32 ↗ development of the language for each of

1:27:34 ↗ the performance measures and is

1:27:36 ↗ interested in wordsmithing i think

1:27:38 ↗ that's that absolutely could be a role

1:27:40 ↗ we would just want to think about how to

1:27:42 ↗ do that

1:27:43 ↗ in a way that

1:27:45 ↗ doesn't um take up too much of bureau's

1:27:48 ↗ time um

1:27:49 ↗ but i think if the board wants to be a

1:27:51 ↗ little bit more involved in a at a

1:27:53 ↗ higher level

1:27:55 ↗ it could be

1:27:56 ↗ in terms of helping us make sure that

1:27:59 ↗ our approach is appropriate and then as

1:28:02 ↗ jamie was speaking to maybe we can show

1:28:04 ↗ kind of a couple examples of what we're

1:28:06 ↗ thinking in terms of presenting this

1:28:08 ↗ information to the public and getting

1:28:10 ↗ feedback

1:28:12 ↗ on

1:28:13 ↗ at that level if that's appropriate

1:28:17 ↗ yeah and maybe if there's anything that

1:28:19 ↗ you won't want help with you could bring

1:28:21 ↗ it to us

1:28:23 ↗ i know sometimes to move quickly

1:28:26 ↗ from my experience

1:28:28 ↗ it's

1:28:30 ↗ it's feels nice to just like

1:28:33 ↗ do something and then you know make it

1:28:36 ↗ happen

1:28:37 ↗ without a whole bunch of people having

1:28:39 ↗ to get involved in it which can slow it

1:28:41 ↗ down and make it very cumbersome

1:28:44 ↗ so

1:28:45 ↗ with

1:28:47 ↗ you know we all know that time is

1:28:50 ↗ is a big issue here and we want to move

1:28:52 ↗ as quickly as possible

1:28:54 ↗ so

1:28:56 ↗ i would say just bring us in wherever um

1:28:59 ↗ it makes the most sense and would be

1:29:00 ↗ most helpful

1:29:03 ↗ great thanks for that yeah and i um

1:29:05 ↗ one of my colleagues was on the line i

1:29:08 ↗ told her she could go ahead and leave

1:29:10 ↗ because i wasn't sure if we'd get to

1:29:11 ↗ this agenda item but she's thinking

1:29:13 ↗ about performance measures for the city

1:29:15 ↗ as a whole for our strategic plan and is

1:29:18 ↗ playing with some really interesting

1:29:19 ↗ tools

1:29:20 ↗ on how to present and track that data

1:29:23 ↗ over time um so working with her over

1:29:26 ↗ the next month or two we might be able

1:29:28 ↗ to bring something back to the board at

1:29:30 ↗ that point to show you what we're

1:29:32 ↗ thinking of and get feedback make sure

1:29:34 ↗ it's in line with what you all

1:29:36 ↗ are interested in seeing

1:29:40 ↗ oh thanks

1:29:42 ↗ thank you and i

1:29:43 ↗ just as a comment stacy

1:29:45 ↗ typically this board has avoided

1:29:47 ↗ wordsmithing

1:29:50 ↗ that's really not our role so um

1:29:53 ↗ i don't hope hopefully we won't go there

1:29:55 ↗ i would just offer that as a comment

1:29:58 ↗ uh don you had a comment go ahead don

1:30:02 ↗ yeah thank you nancy so hey stacy um so

1:30:06 ↗ my comment for you first off thanks for

1:30:07 ↗ looking at it from a smart approach i

1:30:09 ↗ think that's a great way to start out

1:30:11 ↗ and then understanding how difficult it

1:30:13 ↗ can be to write relevant performance

1:30:15 ↗ measures that are useful to you in the

1:30:17 ↗ future um i could see the boards um role

1:30:20 ↗ in this is kind of being a sounding

1:30:22 ↗ board to ground truth these measures for

1:30:24 ↗ you so so bring them to the board let us

1:30:26 ↗ throw darts at them um you know don't

1:30:28 ↗ take any offense and

1:30:30 ↗ and we can maybe we can work them out so

1:30:32 ↗ they're

1:30:33 ↗ really good measures for you going

1:30:34 ↗ forward

1:30:38 ↗ thanks don laura you had a comment go

1:30:40 ↗ ahead laura

1:30:43 ↗ yeah i um i guess i just want to point

1:30:45 ↗ out the

1:30:46 ↗ that i don't think our role is to be

1:30:48 ↗ another cook in the kitchen um if you

1:30:50 ↗ guys don't need it it is you know city

1:30:51 ↗ council and the mayor appointed this

1:30:53 ↗ board to provide

1:30:54 ↗ input and i know that you have several

1:30:56 ↗ consultants on every project who are

1:30:58 ↗ pushing things and

1:31:00 ↗ several

1:31:01 ↗ different initiatives

1:31:02 ↗ so i don't i just don't want us to be

1:31:04 ↗ like one more group you have to present

1:31:06 ↗ to um

1:31:08 ↗ so i kind of would put it back on the

1:31:09 ↗ mayor and city council and maybe some of

1:31:11 ↗ the departments in the city and say

1:31:13 ↗ where do they see us do we need to be an

1:31:15 ↗ advocacy board to push for what other

1:31:16 ↗ people aren't pushing for or is it

1:31:19 ↗ is that needed because i

1:31:21 ↗ i don't think that was our original goal

1:31:23 ↗ um so i'd really rather have them choose

1:31:25 ↗ what they need to hear and then tell us

1:31:27 ↗ and we'll see where it fits

1:31:32 ↗ i think that's good feedback so um

1:31:34 ↗ hopefully you got the your questions

1:31:36 ↗ answered stacey is there anybody else

1:31:38 ↗ that would like to comment

1:31:42 ↗ with that we're going to close out this

1:31:44 ↗ you okay with this stacy at this point

1:31:45 ↗ yeah i i think that's great feedback um

1:31:48 ↗ i'll work with uh the other staff member

1:31:51 ↗ that i mentioned on further development

1:31:53 ↗ of those measures bring them to the

1:31:54 ↗ board i think as uh don i believe was

1:31:56 ↗ saying kind of that

1:31:58 ↗ ground truth in them but then also

1:32:00 ↗ looking at some feedback on options on

1:32:02 ↗ how we might be presenting those going

1:32:04 ↗ forward so appreciate that feedback

1:32:08 ↗ great

1:32:09 ↗ with that we concluded that agenda item

1:32:12 ↗ and now i'd like to move on to reports

1:32:14 ↗ and before i turn it to stacy i think

1:32:16 ↗ that jamie has a report he'd like to

1:32:18 ↗ make so we'll start with jamie jamie go

1:32:20 ↗ ahead

1:32:22 ↗ thanks nancy jamie finch speaking um yes

1:32:25 ↗ i wanted to provide a report out

1:32:27 ↗ on the capital fan finance community

1:32:30 ↗ task force which i always try to make

1:32:32 ↗ sure i have all the words in that

1:32:35 ↗ name um and so i think i've mentioned in

1:32:37 ↗ the past that uh basically the the goal

1:32:40 ↗ of this task force and it was uh people

1:32:44 ↗ chosen or not chosen but um from a lot

1:32:47 ↗ of the different city commissions and

1:32:49 ↗ tasks or end boards as well as a few

1:32:51 ↗ community members

1:32:53 ↗ um to help put together a recommendation

1:32:56 ↗ around

1:32:58 ↗ um if you remember we looked we had the

1:32:59 ↗ cip uh capital improvement

1:33:02 ↗ plan and there was a bunch of projects

1:33:04 ↗ within that that aren't currently

1:33:06 ↗ funding that aren't currently funded we

1:33:08 ↗ don't have an identified funding source

1:33:10 ↗ for them

1:33:11 ↗ and so the task of

1:33:13 ↗ our our group was to come together and

1:33:16 ↗ identify what should be the priorities

1:33:19 ↗ for

1:33:20 ↗ the city go out and look at funding

1:33:22 ↗ projects within kind of different

1:33:24 ↗ buckets so think about parks

1:33:26 ↗ transportation facilities

1:33:29 ↗ uh utilities and and as well as uh not

1:33:32 ↗ only the

1:33:33 ↗ types of projects but also how we might

1:33:36 ↗ go about funding them

1:33:38 ↗ uh and so

1:33:39 ↗ we're getting towards the end of that

1:33:41 ↗ process

1:33:43 ↗ um and some of the

1:33:46 ↗ the

1:33:46 ↗ primary items that we've really spent a

1:33:48 ↗ lot of time on are first of all

1:33:50 ↗ understanding this really interesting

1:33:52 ↗ data on

1:33:53 ↗ uh

1:33:54 ↗ what the community's feedback is on what

1:33:56 ↗ are priorities for them as well as their

1:33:59 ↗ satisfaction with different aspects of

1:34:01 ↗ what the city provides today

1:34:03 ↗ that was a really valuable resource that

1:34:05 ↗ if you haven't taken a look at i think

1:34:06 ↗ is really interesting um as well as

1:34:09 ↗ understanding all the different revenue

1:34:11 ↗ tools that we might have so talk

1:34:12 ↗ thinking of like

1:34:14 ↗ a sales tax that might support

1:34:17 ↗ transportation projects for example or a

1:34:21 ↗ property tax levy that supports parks

1:34:24 ↗ programs or projects and so

1:34:27 ↗ we've spent a long time

1:34:29 ↗ kind of learning about uh different

1:34:32 ↗ different tools and and where we're

1:34:35 ↗ landing

1:34:36 ↗ uh and i think next meeting will

1:34:39 ↗ actually have a

1:34:41 ↗ the final i think at least close to the

1:34:43 ↗ final recommendation and be discussing

1:34:45 ↗ it with the mayor

1:34:46 ↗ is that

1:34:48 ↗ transportation and primarily

1:34:49 ↗ transportation

1:34:51 ↗ um as it was highlighted by the

1:34:53 ↗ community survey

1:34:55 ↗ as being something that was really

1:34:57 ↗ important and also something that the

1:34:58 ↗ community wasn't satisfied with the

1:35:00 ↗ current state of

1:35:02 ↗ um

1:35:03 ↗ of of getting around the city uh was the

1:35:07 ↗ area that that came out far ahead of all

1:35:10 ↗ the other areas as a priority

1:35:12 ↗ um to be looking at for uh

1:35:15 ↗ for funding unfunded projects

1:35:17 ↗ and

1:35:18 ↗ one of the tools that i mentioned before

1:35:20 ↗ is is a a

1:35:22 ↗ tbd sales tax so like a transportation

1:35:25 ↗ benefit district that would look at um

1:35:30 ↗ to be supporting some of these unfunded

1:35:32 ↗ transportation projects

1:35:35 ↗ one of the reasons being is um

1:35:38 ↗ isqua being a regional center

1:35:40 ↗ you have a large number of people that

1:35:42 ↗ are using

1:35:43 ↗ issaquah

1:35:45 ↗ on a

1:35:46 ↗ on a regular basis that don't actually

1:35:48 ↗ live in issaquah so the sales tax while

1:35:51 ↗ it does have some downsides in that it's

1:35:53 ↗ a

1:35:54 ↗ it's a regressive tax but it does also

1:35:57 ↗ spread around

1:35:59 ↗ um the costs of

1:36:01 ↗ of transportation in particular uh

1:36:04 ↗ projects by

1:36:06 ↗ having people that are coming and using

1:36:08 ↗ issaquah as a as a regional center

1:36:11 ↗ helping to fund part of the cost for

1:36:14 ↗ that so that was that was the top

1:36:17 ↗ priority as well as the the proposed

1:36:20 ↗ funding approach

1:36:22 ↗ another

1:36:23 ↗ one that is closely related what we've

1:36:25 ↗ been talking about today was uh on a

1:36:28 ↗ slightly longer time frame and and not

1:36:31 ↗ not uh

1:36:32 ↗ uh not to say it's not a priority but

1:36:34 ↗ but just uh transportation being the

1:36:36 ↗ first this being the second was around

1:36:39 ↗ parks and and really having interest in

1:36:41 ↗ looking at a metropolitan parks district

1:36:44 ↗ which

1:36:44 ↗ would be a property tax-based

1:36:47 ↗ revenue source

1:36:49 ↗ to help us fund a lot of the unfunded

1:36:52 ↗ parks projects that are out there

1:36:54 ↗ um there's a bunch of other things i i'd

1:36:57 ↗ encourage anyone that uh has interest

1:37:00 ↗ either our next meeting or we'll also be

1:37:03 ↗ presenting at the city council meeting i

1:37:05 ↗ think it's the first meeting in march i

1:37:07 ↗ can't remember the exact date um the the

1:37:09 ↗ recommendation

1:37:11 ↗ but if you have interest there's a lot

1:37:12 ↗ more i don't want to take too much time

1:37:14 ↗ but there's a lot more beyond those two

1:37:17 ↗ really big ticket items that that will

1:37:19 ↗ be a part of the recommendation

1:37:21 ↗ uh but i'd encourage you to take a look

1:37:23 ↗ at do you think

1:37:24 ↗ um

1:37:25 ↗ for me it's been a really valuable

1:37:27 ↗ process

1:37:28 ↗ and i think

1:37:29 ↗ there's a lot of benefits in both of

1:37:31 ↗ those

1:37:32 ↗ bucket areas for the

1:37:35 ↗ um

1:37:36 ↗ for a lot of the

1:37:38 ↗ things that we're looking at i do think

1:37:39 ↗ that one of the areas that will

1:37:43 ↗ it wasn't discussed as a separate bucket

1:37:45 ↗ um was icap and i do think that

1:37:48 ↗ hopefully

1:37:49 ↗ we can find ways to incorporate as we

1:37:52 ↗ look at transportation or parks

1:37:55 ↗ ways that uh

1:37:56 ↗ that

1:37:58 ↗ when we do and hopefully do identify

1:38:00 ↗ funding sources and uh projects that are

1:38:03 ↗ complementary to the to the icap because

1:38:05 ↗ that wasn't a specific way that we

1:38:06 ↗ looked at uh

1:38:08 ↗ projects but uh

1:38:10 ↗ yeah happy to answer any other questions

1:38:12 ↗ um but uh yeah it's it's been a lot of

1:38:15 ↗ meetings it's something we meet uh quite

1:38:17 ↗ frequently uh but it's been a really

1:38:20 ↗ valuable process uh and and something

1:38:22 ↗ that i think we're ending up with a good

1:38:24 ↗ result um that will

1:38:27 ↗ then be used by the mayor and city

1:38:29 ↗ council to inform next steps on what the

1:38:32 ↗ city might focus on um

1:38:35 ↗ so not a by no means binding but uh

1:38:37 ↗ hopefully we'll

1:38:39 ↗ uh

1:38:40 ↗ will

1:38:41 ↗ direct us on on a good path

1:38:46 ↗ thanks jamie is anybody have any

1:38:48 ↗ questions for jamie on the work that

1:38:49 ↗ he's been putting into this

1:38:54 ↗ seeing none

1:38:56 ↗ i'm going to turn it over now to stacy

1:38:58 ↗ to

1:39:00 ↗ complete her report as well

1:39:03 ↗ great thanks nancy um a few things to

1:39:06 ↗ update folks on uh just as i mentioned

1:39:09 ↗ at the last meeting a reminder that we

1:39:10 ↗ have four positions on this board that

1:39:12 ↗ will end in the spring

1:39:14 ↗ we encourage all those folks seeing

1:39:16 ↗ those positions to re-apply to be on the

1:39:18 ↗ environmental board the application

1:39:21 ↗ deadline is five o'clock on february the

1:39:24 ↗ 28th

1:39:25 ↗ if you have any questions you can reach

1:39:27 ↗ out to the clerk's office i will just

1:39:29 ↗ put in the chat the link to the

1:39:32 ↗ application materials for those that are

1:39:34 ↗ interested

1:39:36 ↗ at this time i don't have any updates on

1:39:38 ↗ in-person meetings but i'll keep the

1:39:40 ↗ board

1:39:41 ↗ informed as i learn more

1:39:44 ↗ i want to just to let the board know

1:39:46 ↗ that i'll be meeting with

1:39:48 ↗ the people for climate action issaquah

1:39:50 ↗ chapter next monday the 14th

1:39:53 ↗ i'm going to i was planning to talk to

1:39:55 ↗ them about the icap implementation plan

1:39:58 ↗ both the

1:39:59 ↗ information i presented to you all at

1:40:01 ↗ the last meeting as well as what i plan

1:40:02 ↗ to discuss today

1:40:04 ↗ as well as in community engagement plan

1:40:07 ↗ so looking forward to getting their

1:40:08 ↗ feedback on that maybe it'll help inform

1:40:11 ↗ for a better presentation to you all at

1:40:14 ↗ our next meeting

1:40:16 ↗ a few updates on icap implementation

1:40:21 ↗ some of you and i may have mentioned the

1:40:23 ↗ last meeting um are aware that we are

1:40:26 ↗ trying to advance a heat pump campaign

1:40:28 ↗ similar to

1:40:30 ↗ the solarize campaign that was run a

1:40:32 ↗ couple of years ago we are continuing to

1:40:34 ↗ work through discussions with the

1:40:36 ↗ non-profit partner on that to ensure

1:40:38 ↗ that the focus of the that there would

1:40:41 ↗ be a meaningful focus of the campaign on

1:40:43 ↗ equity

1:40:45 ↗ we are also starting to explore some

1:40:47 ↗ other avenues in case we can't come to

1:40:49 ↗ agreement with the nonprofit and we are

1:40:51 ↗ able to move forward with them

1:40:53 ↗ but it is a partnership with

1:40:56 ↗ multiple cities on the east side trying

1:40:59 ↗ to run that campaign forward

1:41:01 ↗ jamie it looks like you have a question

1:41:04 ↗ thanks stacy um i just had a question i

1:41:07 ↗ participated in a people for climate

1:41:10 ↗ action webinar recently that

1:41:12 ↗ there was discussion around i think you

1:41:14 ↗ may have attended as well

1:41:15 ↗ around i think it's a state

1:41:18 ↗ limitation on utilities

1:41:20 ↗ uh like incentivizing switches in fuel

1:41:23 ↗ types for heating

1:41:25 ↗ are we i was just curious first of all i

1:41:28 ↗ think that's correct from wrong please

1:41:31 ↗ please correct me uh but are we engaged

1:41:34 ↗ on that conversation at all or do we

1:41:36 ↗ have any updates on the status of

1:41:39 ↗ of that i don't know if it's legislation

1:41:41 ↗ or or what it would end up being but

1:41:43 ↗ just curious if you have any updates on

1:41:45 ↗ that topic

1:41:46 ↗ yeah thanks i'm not aware of that

1:41:49 ↗ jamie so i'll see if i can find out some

1:41:51 ↗ more information

1:41:52 ↗ from the other cities or from

1:41:54 ↗ pca

1:42:00 ↗ great um

1:42:02 ↗ so hoping at our next meeting or

1:42:04 ↗ in

1:42:05 ↗ april i'll be able to provide some more

1:42:07 ↗ update on that on the heat pump campaign

1:42:10 ↗ um the other item we're working to

1:42:12 ↗ advance is the community climate

1:42:13 ↗ challenge we're hoping to go to contract

1:42:16 ↗ with the partner on that campaign soon

1:42:20 ↗ i'll talk more about it

1:42:22 ↗ the next time i'm able to present to you

1:42:24 ↗ the implementation plan in detail but

1:42:27 ↗ just as kind of a preview i'll drop in

1:42:30 ↗ the chat um

1:42:32 ↗ redmond who has launched their climate

1:42:34 ↗ challenge as a pilot program

1:42:36 ↗ and this is something that we'll be uh

1:42:40 ↗ doing again with a number of east side

1:42:41 ↗ cities

1:42:43 ↗ following after redmond's pilot

1:42:47 ↗ um a few other updates on icap

1:42:49 ↗ implementation we're working on a number

1:42:51 ↗ of contracts for waste outreach and

1:42:54 ↗ education

1:42:56 ↗ as well as some collection events that

1:42:58 ↗ we'll be running in the early summer as

1:43:00 ↗ well as the fall

1:43:02 ↗ we're starting to explore several ideas

1:43:04 ↗ around building energy efficiency as

1:43:06 ↗ well as municipal projects

1:43:09 ↗ again hope to be able to bring more

1:43:10 ↗ details and more information to you in

1:43:12 ↗ the coming months

1:43:15 ↗ and then also

1:43:17 ↗ starting to scope out some work on a

1:43:19 ↗ vulnerability assessment that we're

1:43:20 ↗ hoping to pursue this spring into the

1:43:23 ↗ early summer so that it'll align with

1:43:25 ↗ the update to our emergency management

1:43:27 ↗ plan

1:43:29 ↗ and then the last thing as i mentioned

1:43:31 ↗ in my email to you last week

1:43:34 ↗ and earlier tonight that we did get our

1:43:36 ↗ climate action

1:43:38 ↗ page updated

1:43:40 ↗ on our website huge thanks to brianna

1:43:42 ↗ our intern who's taking notes tonight

1:43:45 ↗ helped a lot with this language

1:43:47 ↗ so please check that out give us

1:43:48 ↗ feedback it's kind of the simple

1:43:51 ↗ page right now for what's underway

1:43:54 ↗ this year and then we'll be building out

1:43:56 ↗ the performance measures from there

1:44:00 ↗ and then the last item i just wanted to

1:44:02 ↗ mention

1:44:03 ↗ was

1:44:05 ↗ just to talk about the meetings that are

1:44:07 ↗ coming up

1:44:09 ↗ we did make some adjustments to the

1:44:11 ↗ board uh meeting schedule uh based on

1:44:14 ↗ the feedback from last meeting but then

1:44:16 ↗ also

1:44:17 ↗ after conversations with public works

1:44:19 ↗ and thinking about how to ensure we

1:44:21 ↗ could have enough time for meaningful

1:44:23 ↗ conversation

1:44:24 ↗ on the

1:44:26 ↗ variety of topics that they're bringing

1:44:28 ↗ to the board this spring and summer

1:44:31 ↗ i will continue to update that board

1:44:34 ↗ schedule and include it in your meeting

1:44:36 ↗ packet saying it very much as a living

1:44:38 ↗ document it will

1:44:40 ↗ be adjusted as things evolve over time

1:44:44 ↗ so in terms of some of the upcoming

1:44:45 ↗ meetings just as a reminder we will meet

1:44:48 ↗ february 24th with

1:44:51 ↗ ppc as part of the title 18 public

1:44:54 ↗ hearing

1:44:55 ↗ i did send out a little bit of

1:44:56 ↗ information to the board on what to

1:44:58 ↗ expect at that public hearing but it is

1:45:01 ↗ very much an opportunity for

1:45:04 ↗ the commission to hear from the

1:45:05 ↗ environmental board they're looking to

1:45:07 ↗ hear your voice at that meeting

1:45:09 ↗ so please do take a look at the

1:45:11 ↗ materials as they come out

1:45:14 ↗ and we look forward to hearing their

1:45:16 ↗ comments

1:45:17 ↗ our march 9th meeting

1:45:20 ↗ this is the regular environmental board

1:45:22 ↗ meeting but ppc will be joining us

1:45:24 ↗ to hear about the stormwater code update

1:45:28 ↗ we've decided to focus that meeting on

1:45:29 ↗ the stormwater code update instead of

1:45:32 ↗ discussing that as well as a number of

1:45:34 ↗ the um the water plan updates as well um

1:45:38 ↗ so we're hoping we'll be able to have an

1:45:40 ↗ in-depth conversation just on that topic

1:45:43 ↗ along with

1:45:45 ↗ ppc

1:45:46 ↗ and then we'll meet the next day that'll

1:45:48 ↗ be our

1:45:49 ↗ third joint meeting with ppc but it'll

1:45:52 ↗ be the second public hearing for title

1:45:54 ↗ 18. i know this is a lot of

1:45:57 ↗ meetings and some back-to-back meetings

1:46:00 ↗ but our staff are trying to get all the

1:46:02 ↗ feedback that's needed

1:46:04 ↗ in order to

1:46:06 ↗ hit the deadlines that they have

1:46:09 ↗ so please reach out if you have any

1:46:11 ↗ questions about those upcoming meetings

1:46:14 ↗ or the board schedule and happy to

1:46:17 ↗ take any questions on those topics

1:46:24 ↗ anybody have any questions

1:46:27 ↗ great

1:46:29 ↗ well thank you very much stacy for that

1:46:31 ↗ and is there any other reports from any

1:46:33 ↗ other board members tonight

1:46:38 ↗ sing none um i think that concludes the

1:46:41 ↗ business that we have agreed to complete

1:46:43 ↗ tonight i think some of it's going to

1:46:44 ↗ get carried over and we'll try and

1:46:46 ↗ figure out the best place for that and

1:46:48 ↗ with that we will have another meeting

1:46:49 ↗ on the 24th of this month with ppc

1:46:52 ↗ and i think that starts at 6 00 pm

1:46:54 ↗ correct after 7 pm that's 6 p.m i

1:46:57 ↗ believe is correct yeah so it's going to

1:46:58 ↗ be an earlier meeting and it'll be

1:47:00 ↗ chaired by ppc so

1:47:02 ↗ with that i'm going to um adjourn the

1:47:04 ↗ meeting and thank you all for your time

1:47:06 ↗ tonight great meeting see you guys good

1:47:08 ↗ night thank you

1:47:11 ↗ thanks have a good night

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