Environmental Board · Wednesday, August 10, 2022 · City Council Digest

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of July 13, 2022

packet pp.3–4

Open packet at p.3 ↗

Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 07-13-22 Environmental Board Minutes Page [0000] CITY OF ISSAQUAH Environmental Board 6:30 PM Tibbetts Manor, 750 17th Ave. July 13, 2022 MINUTES NW, Issaquah

4. AGENDA ITEMS

Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (I)

Lee Shin, Emergency Manager · packet pp.5–30

Topics: Public Safety

▶ Watch from 4:57 Open packet at p.5 ↗

Staff report:

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

Climate Vulnerability Assessment

Discussion · Stacy Vynne McKinstry, Sustainability Manager · packet pp.31–56

Topics: Climate

▶ Watch from 46:39 Open packet at p.31 ↗

Staff report:

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

5. REPORTS

Updated Board Schedule

packet pp.57–59

Open packet at p.57 ↗

Staff report:

2022 Environmental Board Schedule (tentative) All meetings are at 6:30 unless noted otherwise. (updated 7/21/22)

Updated Title 18 Schedule

packet pp.61–63

Topics: Land Use

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Staff report:

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0:03 ↗ all right welcome to the august 10th

0:05 ↗ meeting of the issaquah environmental

0:07 ↗ board uh i'm jamie and i'll be your

0:10 ↗ chair tonight um excited for my first in

0:13 ↗ person um

0:15 ↗ great to see everyone

0:17 ↗ due to the hybrid nature of this meeting

0:18 ↗ we will have some members all the board

0:20 ↗ members attending in person and then we

0:22 ↗ will have some staff

0:24 ↗ that will be virtual either by computer

0:25 ↗ or phone

0:27 ↗ for all meeting attendees

0:28 ↗ attending remotely please state your

0:30 ↗ name each time before speaking if

0:32 ↗ joining remotely your microphone when

0:35 ↗ not speaking and then for all the

0:37 ↗ commissioners as we did last time or as

0:39 ↗ you did last time please

0:41 ↗ turn your name card if you have

0:43 ↗ to show your willingness to desire to

0:45 ↗ speak

0:46 ↗ um

0:48 ↗ we will summarize agreement around

0:50 ↗ recommendations at the end of each topic

0:52 ↗ and note if there's any dissent we'll

0:54 ↗ give everyone a chance to comment on

0:57 ↗ how it's summarized but uh

0:59 ↗ yeah i think with that um

1:02 ↗ we can take attendance so stacy

1:05 ↗ great yeah and um i think

1:08 ↗ uh maybe just jamie or a couple folks

1:10 ↗ that weren't here before just to remind

1:11 ↗ our bathrooms or in the back of the room

1:14 ↗ emergency exits or out the back doors

1:17 ↗ and there is a kitchen just around the

1:19 ↗ corner to my left if you need a water

1:21 ↗ refill

1:23 ↗ all right

1:24 ↗ tommy anderson here

1:26 ↗ and ramadan

1:30 ↗ nancy davidson here

1:32 ↗ jamie finch here

1:35 ↗ cameron fisher yeah

1:37 ↗ richie casra has an excused absence

1:41 ↗ uh dan hintz yes

1:43 ↗ laura lavenko

1:46 ↗ ashwin manaharan

1:50 ↗ don mcwilliams here

1:52 ↗ and newcomer here and janet ball here

1:58 ↗ all right thank you stacy um

2:01 ↗ next up i believe we have

2:04 ↗ minutes

2:04 ↗ um

2:05 ↗ does anyone have any comments on the

2:08 ↗ minutes from the last meeting

2:12 ↗ the none the minutes from the last

2:14 ↗ meeting are unanimously approved

2:17 ↗ and then

2:18 ↗ after that we'll have public comment i

2:20 ↗ do think we have at least one member of

2:21 ↗ the public that's interested in speaking

2:24 ↗ do we have anyone else attending

2:26 ↗ remotely or

2:27 ↗ let's indicate if they want to speak

2:29 ↗ no uh we just have connie

2:31 ↗ attending that's indicated interest is

2:33 ↗ speaking we didn't receive any written

2:34 ↗ comments

2:35 ↗ great well um public comments are an

2:37 ↗ important part of the public process we

2:39 ↗ take them seriously and factor them into

2:41 ↗ the decisions we make

2:42 ↗ one recognized place on your microphone

2:45 ↗ state your name address and relationship

2:46 ↗ to the city

2:48 ↗ speak clearly and pause frequently and

2:49 ↗ please limit comments to five minutes

2:52 ↗ all right i think we can go to connie

2:55 ↗ all right connie you should be on muted

2:57 ↗ i see that hi i'm connie marsh i live up

2:59 ↗ on squawk

3:01 ↗ um

3:02 ↗ so i was reading through

3:04 ↗ your

3:05 ↗ threats

3:07 ↗ type of agenda and um

3:10 ↗ i'm i'm more of a fan of how do we keep

3:12 ↗ it from happening at all but

3:15 ↗ uh here we go that's not the topic so

3:17 ↗ there's one that i did not see

3:20 ↗ and that was food

3:24 ↗ as we've seen supply issues with the

3:27 ↗ pandemic i think we are likely to see

3:30 ↗ food supply issues

3:32 ↗ uh as we have climate changes as as we

3:36 ↗ stop being able to get so much and of

3:38 ↗ course the solutions

3:40 ↗ are that we need to create

3:43 ↗ potentially local reliable

3:46 ↗ sources here and i have an example i

3:49 ↗ believe it's grants pass

3:51 ↗ all the restaurants got together and uh

3:55 ↗ decided that they would cooperatively

3:57 ↗ purchase their produce from their local

4:00 ↗ farms and so they basically created a

4:04 ↗ financially supported local agriculture

4:08 ↗ market

4:09 ↗ that they

4:10 ↗ they use so that they basically didn't

4:12 ↗ have to truck their food from everywhere

4:15 ↗ so i think that there's opportunities

4:19 ↗ to

4:20 ↗ help create food redundancy and also

4:24 ↗ to um i think we need to address the

4:27 ↗ concept that we may not always have the

4:30 ↗ same access especially to fresh

4:33 ↗ produce as

4:35 ↗ we have

4:36 ↗ now thank you

4:43 ↗ thank you connie i believe that

4:47 ↗ that is all of our public comment

4:49 ↗ um

4:50 ↗ you may just want to know

4:52 ↗ the record that ashman has

4:54 ↗ joined thank you good to see you ashley

4:57 ↗ um next up we have our main agenda items

5:00 ↗ i believe the first one is our

5:02 ↗ comprehensive emergency management plan

5:05 ↗ um presented violation emergency manager

5:08 ↗ so feel free to take it away lee one

5:10 ↗ thing that would be great um as you get

5:12 ↗ into your presentation is just how you'd

5:14 ↗ like to handle questions

5:16 ↗ whether you want those as we go or

5:19 ↗ um

5:20 ↗ at the end of your presentation

5:25 ↗ i think at the end would be great

5:28 ↗ sounds good

5:30 ↗ all right you should be able to

5:33 ↗ present your screen now

5:36 ↗ okay

5:45 ↗ look for the share button

5:48 ↗ yeah

6:03 ↗ all right can you guys see that okay

6:08 ↗ all right well appreciate you guys

6:10 ↗ having me my name is lee shen i'm the

6:12 ↗ emergency manager for the city of

6:14 ↗ issaquah

6:15 ↗ and really appreciate the opportunity to

6:16 ↗ be able to talk to you guys a lot of

6:18 ↗ what i do really correlates very well

6:21 ↗ with what what stacy is doing and i got

6:24 ↗ a question

6:25 ↗ just recently about

6:27 ↗ what do you think the changes are in

6:29 ↗ emergency management and

6:31 ↗ really at the top of that list was

6:32 ↗ really climate change and so i'll talk a

6:35 ↗ little bit more about climate change as

6:37 ↗ we

6:37 ↗ kind of go through this presentation but

6:39 ↗ i'll kind of lead into

6:41 ↗ that topic but i'll also talk about what

6:44 ↗ we do

6:45 ↗ from a emergency management point of

6:47 ↗ view and so as the emergency manager for

6:50 ↗ the city of issaquah

6:53 ↗ my mission is to prepare for disasters

6:55 ↗ and emergencies

6:56 ↗ by conducting drills and exercises and

6:58 ↗ so that could be

7:00 ↗ internally and externally we just had a

7:02 ↗ cascadia rising

7:04 ↗ scenario on june 14th 2022 a 9.0

7:08 ↗ earthquake and we

7:11 ↗ conducted that exercise with internal

7:13 ↗ and external partners

7:15 ↗ maintaining emergency plans

7:17 ↗ i'll be talking specifically tonight

7:19 ↗ about our comprehensive emergency

7:20 ↗ management plan

7:22 ↗ coordinating with internal and external

7:24 ↗ partners that's a really big part of

7:25 ↗ what i do

7:27 ↗ public and private sector partners

7:29 ↗ costco partnered with costco recently on

7:32 ↗ vaccination sites on booster sites

7:35 ↗ swedish issaquah school district

7:38 ↗ and really when you look at an emergency

7:40 ↗ management program really the cusp of

7:42 ↗ emergency management programs

7:44 ↗ across the nation really is educating

7:46 ↗ residents

7:47 ↗ in preparedness we do that with a

7:49 ↗ program called cert

7:51 ↗ community emergency response team we

7:53 ↗ have the city of issaquah broken up into

7:54 ↗ 14 zones

7:56 ↗ we have certain members that live

7:58 ↗ across those 14 zones and we just

8:00 ↗ recently practiced with our cert team

8:02 ↗ they were part of our

8:05 ↗ full-scale exercise

8:07 ↗ with an earthquake scenario

8:09 ↗ we also have trainings with cert they do

8:11 ↗ trainings twice a year

8:13 ↗ and really we're always looking to

8:16 ↗ add additional residents from the city

8:18 ↗ of issaquah we're always looking to

8:20 ↗ build our program

8:22 ↗ we have a pretty active program our

8:23 ↗ numbers range anywhere between

8:26 ↗ we have on paper a couple hundred but

8:29 ↗ really those who are active

8:31 ↗ maybe in the low teens so maybe like 18

8:33 ↗ 19 that are very active

8:35 ↗ and then we have a hundred on paper

8:37 ↗ maybe 200 that are listed but we're

8:40 ↗ always looking to really bring on people

8:42 ↗ who are really active that's really the

8:44 ↗ key i i come from california and

8:47 ↗ you know you know i came from the bay

8:49 ↗ area and we had very large

8:51 ↗ programs but not necessarily

8:53 ↗ programs that were active

8:58 ↗ so who are our partners and so we really

9:01 ↗ look to partner with everyone in our

9:03 ↗ community

9:04 ↗ if you look at

9:05 ↗ fema and what their model is it really

9:07 ↗ is whole community when it comes to

9:10 ↗ their guidance on planning and so so we

9:12 ↗ go

9:13 ↗ into the neighborhoods people in

9:14 ↗ neighborhoods we just recently

9:16 ↗ we

9:17 ↗ were part of national night out on

9:19 ↗ august the second we were part of the

9:21 ↗ chalk art festival recently where we

9:23 ↗ were out passing out brochures and

9:25 ↗ information on emergency management

9:27 ↗ community groups

9:29 ↗ businesses we have an economic

9:31 ↗ development coordinator that i closely

9:33 ↗ aligned with and so we will really look

9:35 ↗ to align closely with our businesses

9:38 ↗ within the city of issaquah

9:40 ↗ faith-based churches non-profits we're

9:42 ↗ always looking at partnerships we

9:43 ↗ recently had a weather event

9:46 ↗ extreme weather and one of our churches

9:48 ↗ stepped up and said hey we we can be a

9:50 ↗ shelter if you need us to be

9:53 ↗ local hospitals the schools are

9:55 ↗ obviously a very big one and then

9:57 ↗ ultimately internally we work really

9:59 ↗ closely with our internal city

10:00 ↗ departments i.t parks and community

10:02 ↗ services hr police public works

10:05 ↗ sustainability really across the board

10:08 ↗ that's really

10:09 ↗ the cusp of what we do a lot of time

10:12 ↗ throughout my career i've

10:13 ↗ people have asked what is emergency

10:15 ↗ management what does the emergency

10:16 ↗ manager do and it's really just that

10:18 ↗ whole community

10:20 ↗ coordination and so

10:21 ↗ from an emergency management standpoint

10:23 ↗ we do a lot of

10:24 ↗ planning we write a lot of plans we keep

10:27 ↗ a lot of our plans updated with annexes

10:30 ↗ and really if you look at the

10:31 ↗ comprehensive emergency management plan

10:33 ↗ if you look just five years ago

10:35 ↗ when i did an evaluation of some local

10:37 ↗ jurisdictions their public health plans

10:39 ↗ were really out of date a lot of them

10:41 ↗ had information that wasn't

10:43 ↗ uh up to date it wasn't clear the

10:46 ↗ pandemic hit us right and so i would say

10:49 ↗ a lot of jurisdictions a lot of cities a

10:51 ↗ lot of

10:52 ↗ municipalities a lot of institutions of

10:54 ↗ higher ed just weren't ready for covet

10:56 ↗ 19.

10:57 ↗ and so really we look at the things that

11:00 ↗ okay you know earthquake is obviously

11:02 ↗ always a big one wildland fires tsunamis

11:04 ↗ things of that nature but really it's

11:06 ↗ that

11:08 ↗ man-made non-man-made risk that can

11:10 ↗ actually

11:11 ↗ match you by surprise and the ones

11:13 ↗ you're not ready for and so you look at

11:15 ↗ this list these are all the different

11:16 ↗ types of planning we do we look at

11:18 ↗ debris management we look to find debris

11:21 ↗ management contracts

11:23 ↗ continuity of operations is a big one

11:24 ↗ how do we operate when things go down we

11:27 ↗ just this past

11:28 ↗ june when we had that large full-scale

11:30 ↗ exercise

11:32 ↗ a large piece of that was actually ham

11:34 ↗ radio amateur radio

11:36 ↗ what are we going to do when

11:39 ↗ regular connectivity cell phone coverage

11:41 ↗ goes down and so these are the things

11:43 ↗ that keep us emergency managers up at

11:45 ↗ night

11:46 ↗ hazard mitigation plan really looking at

11:48 ↗ those risks what those risks are

11:50 ↗ throughout the

11:52 ↗ not only the city but also at a county

11:54 ↗ level training and exercise and then an

11:58 ↗ extreme weather plan really looking at

12:00 ↗ what are our triggers what are our

12:02 ↗ thresholds for opening things like

12:04 ↗ cooling centers warming centers we just

12:06 ↗ in the recent heat wave in issaquah we

12:08 ↗ did open a cooling center for one week

12:13 ↗ what is the cemp it's the comprehensive

12:16 ↗ emergency management plan and it's used

12:18 ↗ not only by the city of issaquah

12:20 ↗ officials but also our external partners

12:23 ↗ and so this document is a guidance

12:25 ↗ document we call it our bible

12:28 ↗ really it has all the information

12:30 ↗ that we need as emergency personnel

12:32 ↗ emergency first responders

12:34 ↗ before during and after a disaster

12:38 ↗ it is our official plan for providing

12:39 ↗ emergency management services for the

12:41 ↗ city of issaquah

12:43 ↗ and also it assists our neighboring

12:45 ↗ assistant agencies public and private

12:47 ↗ our business partners

12:49 ↗ in determining response plans by the

12:51 ↗ city and what our expectations are from

12:54 ↗ those whole community partners so

12:57 ↗ everyone really has a stake when it

12:59 ↗ comes to something large within city of

13:01 ↗ issaquah

13:03 ↗ so it's also i mentioned earlier slide

13:06 ↗ it's an educational management tool it

13:08 ↗ can increase the ability to deliver

13:09 ↗ timely and efficient emergency and

13:11 ↗ disaster services to the citizens

13:13 ↗ of issaquah and when you really look at

13:16 ↗ how you plan

13:18 ↗ it can save one one more life it can

13:20 ↗ save 10 more lives it can save 100 000

13:22 ↗ more lives

13:23 ↗ and and really that's what better

13:25 ↗ planning does

13:28 ↗ so what is the purpose it allows us to

13:30 ↗ establish command and control during a

13:32 ↗ disaster

13:33 ↗ really allows us to determine who's in

13:35 ↗ charge of what we need to do

13:37 ↗ it also allows us to designate those

13:40 ↗ disaster related functions things like

13:42 ↗ debris management or

13:44 ↗ things like going out into the field and

13:47 ↗ determining what the damage what the

13:48 ↗ extent is we we have

13:52 ↗ platforms that we use from an emergency

13:54 ↗ management standpoint

13:55 ↗ we use our teams we use our sharepoint

13:58 ↗ now we can actually during a real event

14:00 ↗ during the esports east fork flooding

14:03 ↗ in early january this year we were

14:05 ↗ actually able to take people out into

14:07 ↗ the field and they were able to take

14:08 ↗ pictures real time

14:10 ↗ send them to us in the eoc when we were

14:12 ↗ activated so we could kind of make our

14:14 ↗ next steps on what we need to do

14:17 ↗ really identifying those resources to

14:19 ↗ utilize what resources do we have what

14:21 ↗ personnel do we have what equipment do

14:23 ↗ we have in the recent snow event

14:26 ↗ there was a lack of salt not only within

14:28 ↗ issaquah but across

14:30 ↗ the whole metro area of seattle

14:33 ↗ and every jurisdiction had salt

14:35 ↗ shortages and so nobody was really

14:37 ↗ prepared

14:39 ↗ there was salt available but it was

14:40 ↗ available as far

14:42 ↗ as spokane and the vendors and spokane

14:45 ↗ actually wanted us to drive there to to

14:48 ↗ go get it and so obviously that wasn't a

14:50 ↗ great option for us and so

14:53 ↗ really identifying what we need to do

14:55 ↗ other sources of manpower and then that

14:57 ↗ coordination a lot of what we do is

15:00 ↗ coordination between

15:02 ↗ not only interagency but but external

15:04 ↗ agencies king county emergency

15:06 ↗ management

15:07 ↗ king county department of public health

15:09 ↗ our state emergency management

15:10 ↗ department and also our neighboring

15:12 ↗ cities we really collaborate closely

15:14 ↗ with our neighboring cities just this

15:16 ↗ recent heat wave

15:17 ↗ i collaborated closely with city of

15:19 ↗ kirkland city of bellevue just to see

15:20 ↗ what they were doing

15:22 ↗ in terms of opening a cooling center and

15:24 ↗ what their numbers were and so i'll talk

15:26 ↗ a little bit more about those numbers

15:28 ↗ here in later slides

15:30 ↗ and then organizing volunteers

15:31 ↗ volunteers is a really big part of what

15:33 ↗ we do really in a something large it's

15:36 ↗ going to be those volunteers in the

15:38 ↗ community

15:39 ↗ it's going to allow us to be resilient

15:41 ↗ and really respond to that and like i

15:43 ↗ told you earlier we have city of this

15:45 ↗ club broken up into 14 different zones

15:50 ↗ so what are the authorities of the cmp

15:52 ↗ the city of isquad municipal code

15:54 ↗ chapter 2.62

15:57 ↗ federal staff for disaster relief and

15:59 ↗ emergency assistance act the community

16:01 ↗ planning and community right to know

16:03 ↗ the king county cemp and the rcw the

16:06 ↗ revised code of washington

16:08 ↗ 38.52 emergency management that says

16:11 ↗ that as a jurisdiction you are required

16:14 ↗ to update your comprehensive emergency

16:16 ↗ management plan every five years

16:21 ↗ so what are the key concepts within this

16:23 ↗ plan well all these disaster operations

16:25 ↗ that are written within the plan they'll

16:28 ↗ be coordinated with our king county

16:29 ↗ office of emergency management they play

16:32 ↗ a really close role in what we do

16:34 ↗ a lot of our plans that we write they

16:37 ↗ review as well

16:39 ↗ and so really ultimately

16:41 ↗ when local resources have been exhausted

16:42 ↗ or overwhelmed the mayor or designee may

16:45 ↗ request state and or federal federal

16:48 ↗ resources and so

16:50 ↗ that hasn't happened with the supply in

16:52 ↗ quite some time right and so

16:54 ↗ we we haven't had anything catastrophic

16:58 ↗ people have brought up in the squally or

17:00 ↗ earthquake is one of the bigger ones

17:01 ↗ that they've seen

17:02 ↗ but but we just don't see these large

17:05 ↗ incidents that often you know me coming

17:07 ↗ from california

17:09 ↗ just having seen a lot of the really

17:11 ↗ large catastrophic events the napa

17:13 ↗ earthquake

17:14 ↗ campfire

17:16 ↗ some of the larger fires as well

17:18 ↗ it can be pretty overwhelming pretty

17:20 ↗ quickly and so i've seen

17:21 ↗ a lot of scenarios where local

17:24 ↗ cities and jurisdictions have had to

17:25 ↗ call in

17:27 ↗ state and federal resources

17:29 ↗ so as part of the revised code of

17:31 ↗ washington 38.56 resources may be shared

17:34 ↗ among all washington cities and counties

17:37 ↗ and so that means we

17:40 ↗ operate really closely in one of these

17:42 ↗ recent weather events the north bend the

17:44 ↗ city of north bend asked us for some

17:45 ↗ resources and we sent them some

17:48 ↗ resources during the snow event some

17:50 ↗ extra snow plows things of that nature

17:53 ↗ all city departments are designated the

17:55 ↗ responsibility for providing personnel

17:57 ↗ and equipment in support of a disaster

17:59 ↗ preparedness mitigation response

18:02 ↗ and recovery as directed by the mayor

18:07 ↗ so let's talk a little bit about that

18:08 ↗ climate change impact and you know like

18:10 ↗ i had mentioned earlier

18:12 ↗ i was talking to a fellow colleague and

18:14 ↗ they were like what do you see as the

18:17 ↗ big changes in emergency management and

18:18 ↗ really

18:20 ↗ i think everyone has had to look at

18:21 ↗ climate change impact not only from a

18:24 ↗ state of washington impact but also

18:27 ↗ on a west coast and then nationally

18:29 ↗ everyone is looking at

18:31 ↗ what this extreme weather is doing to

18:33 ↗ our planning for emergency management

18:40 ↗ so these these are

18:41 ↗ these challenges are quite frequent

18:43 ↗ things like the heavier participate

18:45 ↗ precipitation

18:46 ↗ the heat waves the drought extreme

18:48 ↗ flooding

18:49 ↗ the higher sea levels

18:51 ↗ can alter the magnitudes of these

18:53 ↗ hazards i mean just look

18:55 ↗ right here in issaquah and look at the

18:57 ↗ extreme nature of

18:59 ↗ how cold it gets and then how deep

19:02 ↗ that cold stays throughout the winter

19:04 ↗ and then the summers i mean i know i

19:06 ↗ under you know understand last year that

19:08 ↗ there was 115 you know here in

19:12 ↗ the

19:12 ↗ the east side which is pretty

19:14 ↗ unprecedented i mean

19:16 ↗ it got up to about 96

19:19 ↗ in the recent heat wave as well

19:21 ↗ and so really we're tackled and faced

19:23 ↗ with a lot of these things happening

19:25 ↗ this fire just burning down in socal

19:28 ↗ you know

19:29 ↗ big letters cnn

19:30 ↗ this thing is a result direct result of

19:32 ↗ climate change

19:36 ↗ so like i mentioned earlier rising

19:37 ↗ temperatures

19:39 ↗ increased storm intensity and frequency

19:43 ↗ lots of drought lots of fire risk lots

19:46 ↗ of fuels

19:48 ↗ and really shifting threats to human

19:49 ↗ health and disease patterns

19:51 ↗ this is really impacting everything and

19:53 ↗ really the vulnerable populations are

19:54 ↗ really

19:55 ↗ those populations that are either even

19:57 ↗ more at risk when it comes to weather

19:59 ↗ extremes both ways when it comes to

20:01 ↗ these extreme

20:03 ↗ uh temperatures that lead to things like

20:05 ↗ more extreme weather events flooding

20:12 ↗ so just from a city of issaquah point of

20:15 ↗ view these are just some of the recent

20:16 ↗ weather events we just had the recent

20:18 ↗ heatwave here in july of 2022

20:21 ↗ we had that extreme rain the flooding on

20:24 ↗ veterans day 2021

20:26 ↗ we had the extreme cold

20:28 ↗ that was in the latter december 2021 as

20:30 ↗ well

20:31 ↗ and then we had that snow snow event

20:34 ↗ right around christmas of 2021

20:37 ↗ and then the east fork floods

20:39 ↗ january 6th and 7th which really

20:42 ↗ put a big impact on the city and and

20:45 ↗ really the

20:46 ↗ the community the neighborhoods as well

20:51 ↗ so the last two years the city of

20:53 ↗ issaquah has provided cooling centers

20:56 ↗ accessibility for residents and so we've

20:58 ↗ opened up a cooling center both times

21:00 ↗ we've also been in coordination with our

21:02 ↗ local libraries

21:04 ↗ to discuss

21:06 ↗ extended hours in the library when when

21:09 ↗ these extreme weather events happen and

21:11 ↗ they are amenable

21:13 ↗ to working with us

21:15 ↗ to provide that option as well

21:28 ↗ and then warming centers uh we we opened

21:31 ↗ a warming center recently and they were

21:33 ↗ opened in recent extreme weather events

21:36 ↗ we had our warming center opened up for

21:38 ↗ a week as well

21:47 ↗ okay

21:48 ↗ this is not moving

21:52 ↗ so emergency shelters

21:54 ↗ that would be a more extreme case become

21:58 ↗ a forefront issue on the east side and

22:00 ↗ in seattle with these recent weather

22:02 ↗ events

22:03 ↗ especially not only this year but last

22:05 ↗ year and also nationally really

22:07 ↗ providing

22:08 ↗ these emergency shelters

22:11 ↗ in partnership with the american red

22:12 ↗ cross providing for shelters for those

22:14 ↗ forced to evacuate

22:16 ↗ and then providing those resources such

22:18 ↗ as mental health

22:19 ↗ professionals

22:21 ↗ food and water

22:24 ↗ i'll talk a little bit about our east

22:26 ↗ forest esport flooding event in january

22:28 ↗ of 2022

22:38 ↗ so on the east flooding issaquah reached

22:42 ↗ phase two flood levels and homes along

22:44 ↗ the east fork of issaquah were flooded

22:47 ↗ with water sweeping through the front

22:49 ↗ doors and into crawl spaces

22:53 ↗ no community members needed evacuation

22:56 ↗ but

22:56 ↗ from an emergency management standpoint

22:58 ↗ we were prepared to

23:00 ↗ evacuate community members if needed we

23:02 ↗ had some hotels ready uh 10 hotel rooms

23:05 ↗ and also we were ready to

23:07 ↗ provide sheltering if needed for anyone

23:09 ↗ that needed

23:12 ↗ this as a result of the evacuation

23:24 ↗ so flooding is one of the bigger

23:26 ↗ problems in issaquah the last few

23:28 ↗ decades and especially the last few

23:30 ↗ years

23:31 ↗ so significant flooding has occurred on

23:33 ↗ isla creek

23:35 ↗ this particular event that we had was

23:37 ↗ interesting because

23:39 ↗ the significant flooding that we saw was

23:41 ↗ seen along dogwood street and front

23:43 ↗ street north

23:44 ↗ and so some of the resources that we

23:46 ↗ used as a

23:49 ↗ management point of view we posted flood

23:51 ↗ information on

23:52 ↗ a lot of these different mechanisms you

23:54 ↗ see the radio station tv station social

23:56 ↗ media

23:58 ↗ city website it really is about

24:00 ↗ alert and warning to your community i

24:02 ↗ think every jurisdiction every city has

24:06 ↗ different strategies

24:07 ↗ when it comes to how they get their

24:09 ↗ information to their residence

24:11 ↗ because every resident has a different

24:13 ↗ way by which they

24:15 ↗ receive

24:16 ↗ information just like everyone has a

24:18 ↗ different mechanism by which they

24:20 ↗ communicate some people use tags some

24:22 ↗ people use cell phone some people use

24:24 ↗ chat and so i think as emergency

24:26 ↗ managers

24:27 ↗ one of our bigger challenges is how do

24:29 ↗ we get information to our residents when

24:32 ↗ a big fire hits when a big earthquake

24:34 ↗ hits when there's an extreme weather

24:36 ↗ event i think there's a big challenge

24:38 ↗ with that i've seen situations where

24:39 ↗ there were senior citizens

24:41 ↗ there was a issue with the water

24:44 ↗ and

24:45 ↗ it was a water crisis for uh for a whole

24:47 ↗ week

24:48 ↗ there was packaged water uh and bulk

24:51 ↗ water delivered the whole week and we

24:53 ↗ had a large portion of our senior

24:55 ↗ citizen community that never actually

24:58 ↗ got the

24:59 ↗ the information

25:00 ↗ and it was kind of interesting because

25:02 ↗ we delivered some of that water and they

25:03 ↗ were like oh what's this for and we said

25:05 ↗ hey that's there's for the water crisis

25:07 ↗ and they're like oh we didn't even know

25:09 ↗ about it so i think that's one of our

25:11 ↗ bigger challenges moving forward

25:17 ↗ so a lot of our strengths and weaknesses

25:18 ↗ in the response to a flood we really

25:21 ↗ look at what we can do better from an

25:22 ↗ emergency room response standpoint we do

25:25 ↗ an after-action improvement plan and

25:27 ↗ that looks at the things

25:29 ↗ that we can do whether it's in our sops

25:31 ↗ whether it's in our alert warning

25:34 ↗ sandbags provided to the residents we

25:36 ↗ really look at what we can do to make

25:38 ↗ things better the next time around

25:45 ↗ and then we look at training

25:48 ↗ we look at training and exercise is

25:50 ↗ really the backbone of everything we do

25:52 ↗ if you look at jurisdictions across the

25:54 ↗ nation in the state of washington

25:57 ↗ in california all along the west coast

26:00 ↗ really if you look at the limitations of

26:03 ↗ what comes out of a lot of these events

26:04 ↗ it's always training lack of training

26:06 ↗ more training

26:07 ↗ and so training and exercise initial and

26:10 ↗ annual training programs for city

26:11 ↗ employees

26:13 ↗ who could eventually serve in emergency

26:14 ↗ operations center positions and then

26:16 ↗ recruiting more city employees to staff

26:18 ↗ the eoc for long and short-term

26:20 ↗ disasters and so we're looking

26:22 ↗ for a lot of different skills we're

26:23 ↗ looking at emt and paramedics sign

26:25 ↗ language interpreters bilingual search

26:27 ↗ and rescue skills

26:34 ↗ so who is our team our team we have a an

26:37 ↗ intern we have an incident management

26:39 ↗ team that's made up from

26:41 ↗ people within the city as well as our

26:44 ↗ partner agency eastside fire and rescue

26:47 ↗ we have

26:49 ↗ people as part of our incident

26:50 ↗ management team from all over the city

26:53 ↗ public works police fire

26:57 ↗ human resources the whole bit

26:59 ↗ we also partner really closely with king

27:01 ↗ county emergency management state of

27:03 ↗ washington emergency management

27:04 ↗ department

27:05 ↗ american red cross east side fire and

27:07 ↗ rescue emergency manager they're a big

27:09 ↗ part of our team as well but but really

27:12 ↗ the success of our program is really

27:13 ↗ contingent upon those relationships we

27:15 ↗ have with everyone else that are part of

27:17 ↗ this team

27:21 ↗ and that's all i have so i you know i'll

27:23 ↗ leave it for questions i'm not sure

27:26 ↗ where i'm at i see it's seven o'clock so

27:29 ↗ feel free

27:30 ↗ uh my cell phone here and email as well

27:33 ↗ i'm sure stacy will provide email but

27:35 ↗ yeah i'm open to questions and

27:37 ↗ uh

27:38 ↗ fire away please

27:42 ↗ thank you lee um we will go straight

27:44 ↗ into questions the first i saw was

27:47 ↗ and you wanna

27:50 ↗ thank you so much i feel so good knowing

27:53 ↗ you guys are out there

27:56 ↗ um just a couple questions

27:57 ↗ do you use drones do you have drones

28:00 ↗ rather than helicopters to fly around

28:02 ↗ and check on

28:04 ↗ people in homes

28:06 ↗ yeah we so that's a great question so we

28:08 ↗ have drones and we're looking to build

28:10 ↗ more

28:11 ↗ on our drone program we're looking to

28:13 ↗ buy more

28:14 ↗ we just recently had our budget analysis

28:17 ↗ and

28:18 ↗ one of the items on my list is to

28:20 ↗ get extra drones and so our police

28:22 ↗ department as well

28:24 ↗ is really looking to bolster their drone

28:26 ↗ program now there's one limitation with

28:28 ↗ drones is you have to have the licensed

28:30 ↗ people who can operate them and so we're

28:32 ↗ looking also to bolster the people that

28:34 ↗ can operate those as well

28:38 ↗ um i just have one other question do you

28:41 ↗ encourage um neighbors to check on each

28:44 ↗ other

28:46 ↗ in emergencies rather than feeling like

28:48 ↗ you need to do it

28:50 ↗ yeah that's a great question and so

28:52 ↗ the the pre i know in the previous years

28:55 ↗ the

28:56 ↗ emergency management coordinator looked

28:58 ↗ into

29:00 ↗ building

29:01 ↗ community block zones and so what that

29:03 ↗ is is

29:04 ↗ it's

29:07 ↗ identifying your block and having those

29:11 ↗ neighbors check on each other

29:13 ↗ so the program started maybe three or

29:15 ↗ four years ago and we're looking to

29:16 ↗ build more upon that but yeah i think

29:19 ↗ it's a great idea to do really

29:21 ↗ identifying who on your neighbor has

29:23 ↗ even special skills i've seen situation

29:26 ↗ in oakland where they had their whole

29:27 ↗ street identified everyone's cell phone

29:31 ↗ who the nurses were who the doctors were

29:33 ↗ and it was distributed among all the

29:35 ↗ people in that neighborhood block i

29:37 ↗ think it's a great idea

29:39 ↗ i don't think it's it's extensive here

29:41 ↗ in issaquah but it's i think it's

29:42 ↗ something that

29:43 ↗ if we start doing it it can be a big

29:46 ↗ benefit for sure

29:49 ↗ cool thank you

29:51 ↗ cameron

29:52 ↗ great thank you jimmy thank you lee um

29:55 ↗ can you just tell me a little bit about

29:57 ↗ how puget sound energy works with the

29:59 ↗ regional municipalities

30:02 ↗ yeah so

30:04 ↗ we have

30:05 ↗ a representative from puget sound energy

30:07 ↗ that we coordinate with when

30:09 ↗ it comes to

30:11 ↗ power outages and things of that nature

30:14 ↗ and so they are

30:16 ↗ part of our operational

30:19 ↗ team and we work and coordinate with

30:21 ↗ them closely now

30:23 ↗ sometimes we do have issues with getting

30:25 ↗ information from them in a timely manner

30:28 ↗ and so that can be a limitation and that

30:30 ↗ that's that's pretty typical for

30:32 ↗ utilities working

30:34 ↗ with emergency management partners not

30:35 ↗ only in washington but across the nation

30:37 ↗ is is typically that time frame

30:40 ↗ by which they get

30:41 ↗ the municipalities that information they

30:44 ↗ need can sometimes be lagged

30:46 ↗ and so we yes we have a relationship

30:49 ↗ with them we have a point of contact for

30:52 ↗ them

30:53 ↗ and when we are activated within our

30:55 ↗ emergency operations center

30:58 ↗ we do communicate with them

31:02 ↗ thank you

31:05 ↗ oh yes thank you tom anderson here i was

31:08 ↗ intrigued by your comment about ham

31:10 ↗ radio involvement in the recent

31:13 ↗ simulation emergency simulation i'd like

31:16 ↗ to hear a little bit more about uh how

31:18 ↗ that factors into the plant here i guess

31:21 ↗ i kind of feel like climate change okay

31:24 ↗ this this is a sea change for humans on

31:27 ↗ planet earth to cope with there's

31:29 ↗ another sea change that's been going on

31:31 ↗ in our generations and that is our ever

31:33 ↗ increasing dependable dependence on

31:36 ↗ these wonderful little devices in our

31:38 ↗ pocket and oh my god what are we going

31:39 ↗ to do when they fail us as they will

31:42 ↗ someday so having in place

31:45 ↗ infrastructure uh amateur radio based

31:48 ↗ infrastructure for reporting issues uh

31:51 ↗ is the city plugged into that i mean i

31:53 ↗ have

31:54 ↗ what would i do if i wanted to report

31:56 ↗ something if i had radio i'm not aware

31:59 ↗ of what the plan would be and if there

32:01 ↗ is something in the plan i'd like to

32:02 ↗ hear about it

32:04 ↗ what can you tell us yeah we're plugged

32:06 ↗ in that's a great question we're very

32:07 ↗ plugged in with our

32:10 ↗ cam radio and amateur radio group we

32:12 ↗ have a team called the issaquah

32:14 ↗ communications

32:17 ↗ support team and they were a large part

32:20 ↗ of our exercise

32:22 ↗ on june 14th 2022

32:25 ↗ and they are a group of volunteers and

32:29 ↗ we have

32:30 ↗ a pretty engaged group they were in our

32:33 ↗ eoc

32:35 ↗ in the exercise they were coordinating

32:37 ↗ with the people

32:39 ↗ our volunteers in the field

32:41 ↗ we also have a satellite trailer with

32:43 ↗ ham radio capability that sits in our

32:46 ↗ public works lot

32:48 ↗ as part of our eoc

32:50 ↗ before the june 14th exercise we had two

32:53 ↗ large scale exercises for ham radio

32:56 ↗ and icast and they are a very active

33:00 ↗ group

33:01 ↗ and really a large piece of our exercise

33:03 ↗ on june 14th

33:05 ↗ was to test our ability to operate when

33:08 ↗ cell coverage

33:09 ↗ and internet went down

33:11 ↗ really that's the limiting factor if

33:13 ↗ we're able to communicate

33:15 ↗ quickly the ham radio

33:18 ↗ and

33:18 ↗ vhf

33:20 ↗ 800 vhf

33:22 ↗ satellite capability we're always

33:24 ↗ looking from a city of visaqua point of

33:26 ↗ view

33:27 ↗ to increase our emergency network

33:29 ↗ connectivity capability so

33:32 ↗ feel free to reach out to me offline

33:34 ↗ and i can connect you into our icast

33:37 ↗ team i think you'd

33:39 ↗ really

33:40 ↗ get a good handle on what we're doing

33:42 ↗ from a city

33:45 ↗ of this aqua but also working with our

33:47 ↗ community partners but it's a very big

33:48 ↗ part

33:50 ↗ of how we feel like we're gonna respond

33:52 ↗ and and

33:54 ↗ it's a really big priority from the city

33:56 ↗ administrator and mayor point of view as

33:57 ↗ well just to give you a little

34:02 ↗ a little background on that

34:05 ↗ okay thank you yes i would like to

34:07 ↗ follow up with you on that uh later

34:10 ↗ no problem

34:13 ↗ um jimmy finch

34:14 ↗ speaking of a couple of questions for

34:16 ↗ you we um

34:18 ↗ one you mentioned that the cmp gets

34:20 ↗ updated every five years where are we at

34:22 ↗ in that cycle

34:24 ↗ yeah so

34:25 ↗ i just submitted the cmp for

34:28 ↗ this five year cycle uh just last week

34:32 ↗ and so

34:33 ↗ once the state

34:35 ↗ emergency management department sends it

34:37 ↗ back to me they're going to give

34:38 ↗ recommendations it'll go to our city

34:40 ↗ council for approval and so we're

34:42 ↗ looking at approximately a mid

34:46 ↗ november completion date i can certainly

34:48 ↗ send a copy of that to stacy and this

34:51 ↗ group but that's the requirement

34:54 ↗ that the state of washington has every

34:55 ↗ five years now you know i came from

34:57 ↗ california and we

34:59 ↗ we update our plans a little bit more

35:00 ↗ regularly we didn't update him every

35:02 ↗ every year every two years i was part of

35:05 ↗ institute of higher education we

35:07 ↗ actually updated it every year now just

35:09 ↗ because we're submitting it this year

35:11 ↗ doesn't mean i'm not going to touch it

35:13 ↗ until 2027.

35:15 ↗ so i'll submit it this year 2022 i'll

35:17 ↗ get the approval but i'll still

35:19 ↗ continuously update that plan throughout

35:21 ↗ the next five years and so

35:23 ↗ as we get things that happen

35:25 ↗ as we improve things as we integrate new

35:28 ↗ things into our plan those are

35:30 ↗ immediately integrated but just the

35:33 ↗ formal process

35:35 ↗ is every five years and it's the same

35:37 ↗ formal process for the city of bellevue

35:40 ↗ city of city of kirkland it's it's no

35:42 ↗ different from it for for every

35:43 ↗ jurisdiction so

35:45 ↗ that that's the state of washington

35:47 ↗ requirement under the rcw

35:50 ↗ and

35:51 ↗ whether it's related to this specific

35:53 ↗ submittal or just kind of what you're

35:55 ↗ seeing and where you expect it to kind

35:57 ↗ of

35:58 ↗ evolve like at 40 000 feet like where is

36:01 ↗ it changing like what are the things

36:03 ↗ that i mean i think particularly with a

36:05 ↗ lens on climate change and some of the

36:07 ↗ weather events that you're talking about

36:08 ↗ but like what are those top three items

36:10 ↗ that you're seeing being more of a focus

36:12 ↗ or changes that are necessary

36:15 ↗ yeah sheltering is a big one

36:19 ↗ just just i was just thinking about this

36:21 ↗ today like five years ago nobody was

36:23 ↗ thinking of

36:24 ↗ pets that's become a really big

36:26 ↗ forefront issue with sheltering

36:29 ↗ our homeless problem has become

36:32 ↗ very realistic in on the west coast the

36:34 ↗ last

36:36 ↗ two to three years and i've seen a

36:38 ↗ really big shift in how emergency

36:40 ↗ managers

36:42 ↗ are really attacking sheltering and so

36:44 ↗ that's really tied into the sh the

36:46 ↗ warming and cooling centers as well

36:48 ↗ and so i would just to give you an idea

36:51 ↗ my 20 you know the last time this was

36:52 ↗ updated we really didn't have much

36:54 ↗ information on that

36:56 ↗ on sheltering on cooling centers on

36:58 ↗ warming centers what our evacuation

37:00 ↗ capacity is what our ada capacity is so

37:04 ↗ that's one

37:05 ↗ the second one is climate change really

37:07 ↗ looking at

37:09 ↗ how

37:10 ↗ weather affects what we do so we're

37:13 ↗ going to be writing out an evacuation

37:15 ↗ plan for wildland fire

37:17 ↗ we're going to be doing it in

37:18 ↗ conjunction with eastside fire and

37:20 ↗ rescue they're going to be hiring

37:23 ↗ a wildland fire preparedness coordinator

37:25 ↗ but that was

37:26 ↗ nothing there was nothing in our in our

37:28 ↗ plans when it came to wildland fire

37:32 ↗ there was stuff for evacuation but not

37:34 ↗ wildland fire specific and it's become a

37:36 ↗ really big forefunded issue

37:38 ↗ at the county level we've

37:40 ↗ done a lot with outreach coordination

37:44 ↗ events just just had one recently with

37:47 ↗ our partners at king county

37:49 ↗ resilience

37:51 ↗ the third one

37:54 ↗ would be

37:56 ↗ would be really communication and

37:59 ↗ technology the integration of

38:02 ↗ technology into how we do things on a

38:04 ↗ regular basis

38:07 ↗ just the last few years the city of

38:08 ↗ issaquah we've really integrated and it

38:11 ↗ and

38:13 ↗ included the use of technology

38:16 ↗ into how we do emergency management

38:18 ↗ how we use technology to

38:20 ↗ provide alert and warning

38:23 ↗ and really i'd say those three things

38:25 ↗ are a big forefront issue for emergency

38:26 ↗ management programs across the nation

38:29 ↗ you know they really have become i would

38:31 ↗ say the top three so if you look in my

38:35 ↗ old plan 2016

38:37 ↗ 2017 last time it was updated

38:39 ↗ you'll see a little bit less of all that

38:41 ↗ stuff and in this new update you'll see

38:43 ↗ a lot more of that in our

38:45 ↗ overall

38:46 ↗ approach to emergency management

38:49 ↗ thank you just one final question and

38:51 ↗ kind of going off of what cameron had

38:53 ↗ asked about

38:55 ↗ i'm curious where you see

38:57 ↗ in particular the electric grid fitting

38:59 ↗ in as more and more things electrify

39:01 ↗ that's a critical part of climate action

39:03 ↗ plan

39:05 ↗ for the city as well as just generally

39:08 ↗ cleaning up

39:09 ↗ and reducing carbon emissions so curious

39:12 ↗ one where you see that fitting in to how

39:15 ↗ you see engagement with future sound

39:17 ↗ energy

39:18 ↗ um

39:19 ↗ and other kind of stakeholders and

39:21 ↗ ensuring that the grid is as robust and

39:24 ↗ reacts as quickly as possible when there

39:27 ↗ are issues

39:29 ↗ yeah it's going to be a big one um power

39:32 ↗ outages we we've seen

39:34 ↗ just recently

39:36 ↗ you know more and more power outages is

39:38 ↗ happening and you're right the stability

39:40 ↗ of that grid is going to be a big part

39:43 ↗ of what we do we we're bringing on a new

39:45 ↗ public works director here in the next

39:47 ↗ few months and and and i think looking

39:49 ↗ at that

39:50 ↗ as part of our emergency management

39:51 ↗ planning

39:53 ↗ is going to be a big a big area and

39:56 ↗ a future area that we need to bolster

39:58 ↗ and make more robust yes

40:03 ↗ great thank you

40:05 ↗ all right

40:06 ↗ nancy we will go to you next

40:09 ↗ hi lee i have a couple of questions for

40:12 ↗ you in comments um what i haven't heard

40:15 ↗ you talk about is um how you're dealing

40:18 ↗ with fuel if you have an extended event

40:20 ↗ event you know

40:22 ↗ city vehicles will likely need fuel to

40:24 ↗ get around

40:26 ↗ people that are trying to bring food

40:27 ↗ into the area will need fuel are you

40:29 ↗ working on an element to address

40:32 ↗ gasoline particularly to get things

40:35 ↗ moving back in the area

40:38 ↗ so from

40:39 ↗ an internal perspective or just overall

40:42 ↗ like just gasoline

40:44 ↗ overall i mean people you know is um

40:47 ↗ during an event you need to be able to

40:48 ↗ move you know if it's a snow event you

40:50 ↗ have to have snow removal equipment if

40:52 ↗ it's a

40:52 ↗ you know all of those things usually

40:54 ↗ require that heavy equipment usually

40:56 ↗ requires fuel gasoline

40:58 ↗ um sometimes you can't get that

41:00 ↗ necessarily if it's a big event so have

41:02 ↗ you given some thought into how to deal

41:05 ↗ with gasoline

41:06 ↗ yeah that's a good question i actually

41:08 ↗ did that in california but where we just

41:10 ↗ had a fleet study done by our

41:13 ↗ an independent contractor looking at all

41:15 ↗ our vehicles the type of gasoline it

41:16 ↗ uses and

41:18 ↗ really critical transportation is going

41:20 ↗ to be a big piece of what we do

41:22 ↗ and what type of fuel that we're going

41:24 ↗ to use and how we're going to get it i

41:25 ↗ think it's very relevant

41:28 ↗ because the city of isquad has not had a

41:30 ↗ big event

41:32 ↗ not necessarily a forefront issue but

41:34 ↗ but i think it's certainly something to

41:36 ↗ consider

41:37 ↗ um right now we're looking really

41:39 ↗ closely at generators and really looking

41:42 ↗ at what the outage the loads

41:44 ↗ what our backup powers are for our

41:47 ↗ critical facilities for just the city of

41:49 ↗ issaquah

41:50 ↗ but

41:52 ↗ what you're mentioning is is definitely

41:54 ↗ something that's on the radar

41:57 ↗ we just have some work to do in that

41:58 ↗ area

42:00 ↗ and my

42:01 ↗ to you is to take an inventory of um

42:03 ↗ fuel storage that you have locally okay

42:06 ↗ particularly inside fire and rescue you

42:08 ↗ know you have that heavy equipment that

42:10 ↗ will clearly be used

42:12 ↗ and um also and at least get an idea

42:15 ↗ what you might have

42:16 ↗ available

42:17 ↗ and then at some point have some kind of

42:19 ↗ plan about how to allocate it in case

42:22 ↗ there is a major event because um you

42:24 ↗ know i don't need to drive in a major

42:26 ↗ event but i think that emergency people

42:29 ↗ do so

42:30 ↗ but just a thought i mean that's some

42:32 ↗ but i don't think that i've seen a lot

42:33 ↗ of jurisdictions do um an inventory of

42:37 ↗ what gas stations have how much that

42:39 ↗ what they try and keep on hand

42:41 ↗ on a day-to-day basis you know

42:43 ↗ and hospital and all those just a

42:45 ↗ thought

42:46 ↗ oh no it's a it's a great one and in the

42:48 ↗ bay area we i did that specifically i

42:50 ↗ looked at the types of fuel used on a

42:53 ↗ monthly basis

42:54 ↗ really looking at that load who is using

42:56 ↗ it and what quantities we had on hand

42:59 ↗ and then i also looked at the different

43:00 ↗ options fueled regular gasoline diesel

43:03 ↗ and an electric i i think it's a very

43:06 ↗ important piece to look at

43:09 ↗ i mean it's something that the city

43:10 ↗ could kind of harness if it needed to

43:13 ↗ set aside for an emergency operation and

43:16 ↗ i encourage you to also to consider

43:18 ↗ connie's comment about food

43:20 ↗ um it's a similar type situation at

43:22 ↗ least to give some thought to it

43:24 ↗ and i guess my last comment to you is on

43:27 ↗ communications and

43:29 ↗ i tend to stay pretty informed on what's

43:32 ↗ happening in the city i've joined all

43:33 ↗ their little email lists that they get

43:34 ↗ out stuff my neighbors having a clue

43:37 ↗ what's going on in the city

43:39 ↗ and i think it's really important if

43:41 ↗ there's something like this that we find

43:43 ↗ a different way to get people to sign up

43:45 ↗ for some of these lists or to get some

43:46 ↗ communication

43:48 ↗ you know the old postcards in the

43:49 ↗ mailbox often

43:51 ↗ will get to people or neighbors going to

43:53 ↗ door but to continue to assume that your

43:56 ↗ communication by

43:58 ↗ um just blasting out something on an

44:00 ↗ email that comes through on an email

44:02 ↗ which is how i get most of my city

44:03 ↗ communications

44:05 ↗ i would say

44:07 ↗ 90 of my neighbors have no clue

44:11 ↗ and so

44:12 ↗ um you know if you're trying to say

44:14 ↗ you know at least sign up for our

44:16 ↗ emergency notification things with your

44:19 ↗ cell phone

44:20 ↗ sending out a postcard to let citizens

44:22 ↗ know about that or something so that

44:24 ↗ they sign up or get some way because in

44:27 ↗ my opinion you're not going to reach

44:28 ↗ most of us and we're going to be sitting

44:30 ↗ there trying to figure out what the heck

44:31 ↗ to do

44:32 ↗ and

44:33 ↗ just pointing it out on the email blast

44:35 ↗ the mayor sends out or the city insider

44:37 ↗ and all these other ones that come out

44:39 ↗ they're not getting to a lot of the

44:41 ↗ people in the community

44:43 ↗ that's a great

44:44 ↗ that's a great observation and it's

44:46 ↗ something that as emergency managers

44:48 ↗ we're always working to become better at

44:51 ↗ and by providing all those different

44:53 ↗ methods so we are upgrading our am 1700

44:56 ↗ radio

44:57 ↗ this year and so we don't know how many

44:59 ↗ people are actually tuning into that

45:01 ↗ like you're saying there's a lot of

45:02 ↗ people that might not know

45:04 ↗ what's going on right we're we're strong

45:06 ↗ on social media we we update our website

45:09 ↗ regularly we update

45:11 ↗ our am 1700 radio we do have a lot of

45:14 ↗ mechanisms but like you said it still

45:16 ↗ might not be enough if you look at some

45:18 ↗ cities if you look at the city of

45:19 ↗ berkeley for example they use sirens

45:22 ↗ like literally they have a siren system

45:24 ↗ because their square footage is very

45:26 ↗ small in terms of their their footprint

45:28 ↗ on

45:29 ↗ their their actual square miles right so

45:31 ↗ it's actually doable when you look at

45:33 ↗ issaquah we're actually pretty spread

45:35 ↗ out as part of my

45:36 ↗ wildland fire planning i did a full

45:40 ↗ corner to corner drive of the whole city

45:43 ↗ of issaquah and i it's actually quite

45:45 ↗ big we looked at some of the emergency

45:47 ↗ private access roads we looked at some

45:49 ↗ of the

45:50 ↗ some of the areas uh you know around

45:52 ↗ around the more you know squawk and in

45:54 ↗ those areas and it's it's big it's a

45:56 ↗ large square footage and really the

45:58 ↗ ingress and egress is really one and

46:00 ↗ done there's not many routes in and out

46:04 ↗ and so

46:05 ↗ you know i'd love to brainstorm more and

46:07 ↗ hear hear more you know more ideas and

46:09 ↗ and in working with our communications

46:11 ↗ team to see

46:13 ↗ how we can

46:14 ↗ provide that alert and warning to reach

46:17 ↗ a larger broader audience

46:20 ↗ i think that's going to be important to

46:22 ↗ be successful in the community that just

46:24 ↗ might be sense and

46:26 ↗ i don't think our current mechanisms are

46:28 ↗ doing it i wasn't even aware of the

46:29 ↗ radio that you just talked about and

46:32 ↗ i've been in the city a while so

46:34 ↗ it's important to try and tell people

46:36 ↗ what's out there

46:37 ↗ exactly

46:40 ↗ that's it for me thanks nancy yeah

46:43 ↗ uh yeah

46:45 ↗ so

46:46 ↗ i would love to see

46:48 ↗ us looking at um

46:51 ↗ or distributed energy and batteries

46:54 ↗ um

46:55 ↗ even f-150s for emergencies and um plot

46:59 ↗ and hold situations so if you have an

47:01 ↗ f-150 and i'm sure there'll be more

47:03 ↗ electric vehicles coming on like that

47:06 ↗ that powers a house up from three to ten

47:09 ↗ days depending on how much electricity

47:12 ↗ you're you know how much you're

47:13 ↗ conserving

47:15 ↗ um so those could be handy and then you

47:17 ↗ could just drive it someplace else maybe

47:19 ↗ there's someplace else that has

47:20 ↗ electricity and you can charge it

47:22 ↗ um and

47:24 ↗ um

47:25 ↗ rather than generators that are using

47:28 ↗ fossil fuels i would love to see

47:31 ↗ uh solar

47:33 ↗ powering battery packs

47:35 ↗ and since we might have a lot more heat

47:38 ↗ and maybe you could have the battery

47:40 ↗ packs in a cool area like in a basement

47:43 ↗ or something underground

47:46 ↗ just some things to think about

47:48 ↗ thank you

47:50 ↗ are you guys have you guys already are

47:51 ↗ you already thinking about that

47:54 ↗ yeah we're thinking about that but we we

47:56 ↗ need more work in that area but i think

47:58 ↗ it's a great suggestion

48:02 ↗ i kind of like the the vehicle idea the

48:05 ↗ trucks because then you

48:07 ↗ if somebody else has electricity you can

48:09 ↗ just drive get it refueled and come back

48:14 ↗ we're still a little bit of of of ways

48:16 ↗ we're going to get that fleet study back

48:18 ↗ from our from our independent consultant

48:21 ↗ here and

48:22 ↗ i think a lot of what they

48:24 ↗ provide will give us some good

48:26 ↗ information as well but but but your

48:28 ↗ suggestion certainly i'll i'll put my

48:30 ↗ notes as as something to

48:33 ↗ continue

48:36 ↗ thank you ann

48:38 ↗ with that those are all of our

48:41 ↗ questions on this topic so just to

48:42 ↗ summarize

48:44 ↗ um

48:45 ↗ several board members were interested

48:46 ↗ just in the communication with the

48:48 ↗ community during the crisis whether it

48:50 ↗ be a ham radio or in nancy's case kind

48:52 ↗ of the pre-emptive how are we making

48:54 ↗ sure that as many people are

48:56 ↗ hooked in on communications around

48:58 ↗ disasters

48:59 ↗ there was interest in

49:01 ↗ how to respond

49:03 ↗ with increasing electrification

49:05 ↗ so what are methods to ensure quick

49:07 ↗ responses and

49:08 ↗ and basically a robust grid

49:12 ↗ understanding

49:13 ↗ fuel storage and allocation um

49:17 ↗ and a few other items related to drones

49:19 ↗ as a tool for disaster recovery

49:21 ↗ but i think just looking at some of

49:23 ↗ those

49:23 ↗ so some of the different not only the

49:25 ↗ changes in climate change but also some

49:27 ↗ of our reactions to climate change how

49:29 ↗ how do we

49:30 ↗ um

49:31 ↗ how do we make sure that things like

49:33 ↗ increasing electrification are factored

49:35 ↗ in to how we respond and think about

49:38 ↗ disasters so thank you lee

49:40 ↗ oh thank you thank you for all the

49:42 ↗ suggestions as well

49:46 ↗ all right um

49:48 ↗ well i guess first i should ask does

49:50 ↗ anyone have any objections to my summary

49:54 ↗ all right um i think with that we can

49:56 ↗ close this agenda item out

49:59 ↗ and our next agenda item um our climate

50:03 ↗ vulnerability assessment which i think

50:05 ↗ stacey you'll be presenting so feel free

50:07 ↗ to take it away great all right thank

50:09 ↗ you lee you're welcome to stand if you

50:11 ↗ want or i believe you're calling in from

50:13 ↗ vacation so feel free to uh

50:17 ↗ [Laughter]

50:19 ↗ thank you

50:20 ↗ thank you

50:34 ↗ right let's see if we can navigate

50:36 ↗ through the screens here

50:37 ↗ um great well thanks very much so we

50:40 ↗ wanted to present to you tonight the

50:42 ↗ emergency management plan along with the

50:45 ↗ climate vulnerability assessment because

50:46 ↗ we saw a lot of

50:48 ↗ connection between the two

50:50 ↗ and really understanding our

50:52 ↗ vulnerabilities preparing ourselves to

50:54 ↗ adapt and build resilience

50:56 ↗ and then being able to respond when an

50:58 ↗ event occurs

51:00 ↗ um so i am working very closely with

51:02 ↗ lee's team on our climate vulnerability

51:04 ↗ assessment along with our human services

51:06 ↗ team to really

51:08 ↗ enhance the work that the city is doing

51:18 ↗ okay

51:19 ↗ so this project is underway we're

51:22 ↗ tonight really seeking your input on a

51:23 ↗ couple of the key components that are

51:26 ↗ coming up quickly those include the

51:28 ↗ sectors

51:30 ↗ which is how we're going to assess our

51:32 ↗ impacts

51:33 ↗ and classify our vulnerabilities and

51:35 ↗ actions as well as the draft public

51:38 ↗ engagement plan

51:41 ↗ tonight i'll just walk through a quick

51:43 ↗ overview of the project we'll talk about

51:45 ↗ what is a vulnerability assessment and

51:47 ↗ how will it be done take a quick

51:49 ↗ snapshot of the climate impacts which

51:50 ↗ you just heard a lot about and then

51:52 ↗ we'll dig into each of the sectors and

51:54 ↗ then seek your feedback on any revisions

51:57 ↗ that you would recommend for those

52:00 ↗ and then we'll talk about next steps

52:08 ↗ so as you are aware that icap spoke to

52:11 ↗ both climate mitigation which is

52:13 ↗ addressing the causes of climate change

52:15 ↗ as well as actions to reduce our impact

52:18 ↗ and then it also spoke to adaptation

52:22 ↗ which is um addressing the impacts that

52:24 ↗ we are already experiencing from climate

52:26 ↗ change or will experience

52:28 ↗ the icap called upon the city to conduct

52:30 ↗ a more in-depth climate vulnerability

52:32 ↗ assessment in order to better understand

52:35 ↗ uh where and who in the city was most

52:38 ↗ likely to feel and feel impacts from

52:40 ↗ climate change and what the city could

52:42 ↗ do and the community could do to address

52:44 ↗ those impacts

52:46 ↗ the climate vulnerability assessment

52:48 ↗ really recognizes climate change here

52:50 ↗ and we need to do what we can

52:52 ↗ to prevent further change but we also

52:55 ↗ need to live to learn with the impacts

52:56 ↗ of climate change

52:58 ↗ so this includes both the adaptation

53:01 ↗ piece um taking the steps to live with

53:03 ↗ the effects of climate change and the

53:06 ↗ resilience piece which is

53:08 ↗ um

53:09 ↗ ensuring that our key economic and

53:10 ↗ social systems are climate proof for the

53:13 ↗ future or can withstand some of those

53:15 ↗ changes

53:18 ↗ the vulnerability assessment will really

53:20 ↗ dig into an understanding of the impacts

53:24 ↗ where and who they're most likely to in

53:26 ↗ to affect uh what steps we can do to

53:29 ↗ adapt and build resilience and then we

53:33 ↗ will also develop a number of

53:34 ↗ communication tools for communities at

53:36 ↗ high risk um so thinking about the

53:39 ↗ suggestions you're providing nancy for

53:41 ↗ maybe some mailing so people can sign up

53:43 ↗ for emergency notifications

53:46 ↗ um as mentioned we're doing this project

53:47 ↗ uh in coordination with emergency

53:49 ↗ management and human services

53:52 ↗ and really our goal is to come out with

53:54 ↗ what i was called i'm calling actionable

53:56 ↗ actions things that we can actually do

54:00 ↗ put

54:01 ↗ policies and plans in place take

54:04 ↗ specific actions out on the ground and

54:06 ↗ see them implemented as well as those

54:09 ↗ communication tools that i mentioned

54:16 ↗ so the as mentioned this project was

54:19 ↗ included within the icap it provided a

54:22 ↗ pretty high level general overview of

54:25 ↗ the anticipated climate impacts that we

54:27 ↗ would experience regionally

54:29 ↗ it also has a dedicated resilience and

54:32 ↗ well-being section

54:34 ↗ that was really designed to increase our

54:37 ↗ community's ability to adapt to those

54:39 ↗ unavoidable impacts of climate change

54:43 ↗ the climate vulnerability assessment is

54:45 ↗ going to complete several of the early

54:47 ↗ actions in the icap

54:49 ↗ as part of this focus area this includes

54:52 ↗ protecting the community from severe

54:54 ↗ climate impacts

54:56 ↗ assessing the vulnerability within the

54:58 ↗ community

54:59 ↗ and ultimately

55:01 ↗ also developing

55:04 ↗ those emergency response systems and

55:05 ↗ incentivizing adaptation upgrades

55:09 ↗ um i think another important part of

55:11 ↗ this program or this project is that we

55:14 ↗ are really working to engage other

55:16 ↗ members of the community that may not

55:18 ↗ have been involved in conversations

55:20 ↗ around climate change in the past and

55:22 ↗ ensuring that the products coming out of

55:24 ↗ this project are really focused on those

55:27 ↗ most likely to be impacted

55:32 ↗ this is a snapshot of the climate

55:34 ↗ vulnerability assessment timeline um

55:37 ↗ originally we were planning this to be a

55:39 ↗ very short project a three to five month

55:42 ↗ project

55:43 ↗ to try and

55:44 ↗ get some information to lee's team to

55:46 ↗ incorporate an emergency plan

55:49 ↗ which we are doing to some extent

55:52 ↗ but we also just received a grant from

55:54 ↗ department of commerce that is going to

55:56 ↗ allow us to greatly expand this project

55:59 ↗ we are going to do much more extensive

56:00 ↗ community engagement

56:02 ↗ i'll talk about in a few minutes

56:04 ↗ um and then also to expand our

56:07 ↗ communication tools or the actual

56:09 ↗ products that come out and get into the

56:11 ↗ hands of the community

56:13 ↗ the grant also will

56:15 ↗ provide us some support to take the

56:17 ↗ results of the vulnerability assessment

56:19 ↗ and integrate it into the comprehensive

56:21 ↗ plan update

56:24 ↗ so right now we are really focused on

56:26 ↗ the

56:27 ↗ first pieces of the assessment including

56:29 ↗ that vulnerability analysis and then

56:32 ↗ preparing for engagement and those are

56:34 ↗ the two areas we'll focus on tonight

56:39 ↗ we just heard a lot of examples from lee

56:42 ↗ yeah i don't know if you want questions

56:44 ↗ yes feel free to jump in so uh do you

56:46 ↗ have a consultant helping you or are you

56:48 ↗ leaving this effort on your own yeah um

56:50 ↗ we actually brought on cascadia

56:52 ↗ consulting group um through rfc process

56:55 ↗ if you are familiar with them they also

56:57 ↗ develop the icap

56:59 ↗ so yes so they have great

57:01 ↗ um

57:02 ↗ background with the city of issaquah

57:04 ↗ with our climate action plan and then

57:06 ↗ they have done vulnerability assessments

57:08 ↗ for communities throughout the northwest

57:10 ↗ and the country

57:13 ↗ um thank you forgot to mention that and

57:15 ↗ they actually put this presentation

57:16 ↗ together which is why it looks a little

57:17 ↗ different than our standard city

57:19 ↗ presentations also

57:22 ↗ um so we just heard from lee a lot of uh

57:24 ↗ information about recent events that we

57:27 ↗ are starting to see in our community

57:29 ↗ these are the types of things that we'll

57:31 ↗ be evaluating further in the

57:33 ↗ vulnerability assessment

57:36 ↗ um so the vulnerability will tell us how

57:38 ↗ much a community or a function of our

57:40 ↗ system is at risk for climate change

57:42 ↗ impacts there's generally three things

57:45 ↗ that are looked at when doing a

57:46 ↗ vulnerability assessment how much we're

57:48 ↗ exposed to the harm

57:51 ↗ of that climate impact the degree to

57:54 ↗ which we are exposed and then what is

57:56 ↗ our ability to be able to adapt that can

57:59 ↗ help to decrease our vulnerability

58:02 ↗ or show where we might be

58:04 ↗ most at risk

58:08 ↗ the steps that the consultant will work

58:10 ↗ through for the vulnerability assessment

58:12 ↗ is first to characterize those

58:14 ↗ anticipated climate impacts

58:17 ↗ they look at current science

58:19 ↗ existing conditions understand community

58:21 ↗ perspectives so we've started to do some

58:24 ↗ engagement with the community to hear

58:26 ↗ from them about what climate impacts

58:27 ↗ they're concerned about

58:30 ↗ they'll then look at the sectors where

58:31 ↗ we want to identify climate

58:33 ↗ vulnerabilities

58:34 ↗ that will also later on inform our

58:36 ↗ actions

58:38 ↗ that's where we'll be digging in a

58:39 ↗ little bit more tonight

58:41 ↗ from the sectors identified they then

58:44 ↗ will gather as much information they can

58:47 ↗ about existing plans projects work the

58:50 ↗ city's doing knowledge from the

58:52 ↗ community staff experts

58:54 ↗ pulling in from reports and different

58:56 ↗ research so they can really look at

58:58 ↗ our exposure to impacts sensitivity and

59:01 ↗ adaptive capacity

59:04 ↗ they'll then assign a scale to all of

59:06 ↗ that information so that they can look

59:08 ↗ at where we might have higher

59:10 ↗ vulnerabilities or more

59:16 ↗ resiliency so this is the part where

59:19 ↗ we're

59:19 ↗ seeking some feedback tonight from the

59:21 ↗ board

59:22 ↗ this is the current breakdown of the

59:25 ↗ sectors that have been identified

59:27 ↗ this is your early snapshot i'll walk

59:29 ↗ through each of these in a little bit

59:30 ↗ more and then we'll come back to this

59:32 ↗ slide to discuss some of the questions

59:35 ↗ these sectors were organized

59:38 ↗ first by the consulting team and then

59:40 ↗ they brought them to a workshop with

59:41 ↗ city staff

59:43 ↗ um and then did some reorganization and

59:45 ↗ we're bringing them to you tonight for

59:47 ↗ any additional feedback

59:49 ↗ gaps uh revisions that you might know

59:54 ↗ so i will go through each of these and

59:56 ↗ then we'll

59:57 ↗ have discussion at the end with some

59:59 ↗ specific questions

1:00:01 ↗ so the first sector is the built

1:00:03 ↗ environment

1:00:04 ↗ this looks at climate impacts to

1:00:06 ↗ buildings housing transportation

1:00:09 ↗ um it can look at electricity demand

1:00:12 ↗ whether there's critical facilities

1:00:15 ↗ floods and land sides that have impact

1:00:17 ↗ the various

1:00:19 ↗ built environments

1:00:20 ↗ um you can look at extreme heat

1:00:23 ↗ and the impacts on asphalt and pavement

1:00:26 ↗ impacts the wildfires on buildings or

1:00:28 ↗ critical infrastructure so pretty

1:00:31 ↗ pretty large category

1:00:35 ↗ our next one is water resources and

1:00:37 ↗ sewers so this looks at our water supply

1:00:41 ↗ septic and sewer systems

1:00:43 ↗ mostly will probably take into effect

1:00:45 ↗ changes in rainfall patterns snowfall

1:00:48 ↗ and water availability as well as water

1:00:50 ↗ quality

1:00:54 ↗ next one is our natural systems and

1:00:56 ↗ storm water again this is a very large

1:01:00 ↗ sector that looks at open space parks

1:01:03 ↗ tree canopy

1:01:04 ↗ ecosystems and then also

1:01:07 ↗ through feedback from staff we pulled in

1:01:09 ↗ here the stormwater infrastructure

1:01:12 ↗ this will mostly take into consideration

1:01:15 ↗ changing temperatures and precipitation

1:01:18 ↗ the impacts that have on our ecosystem

1:01:21 ↗ as well as the health of our natural

1:01:23 ↗ areas

1:01:27 ↗ the next sector is physical health and

1:01:30 ↗ safety so this looks at impacts and

1:01:34 ↗ actions for physical mental health

1:01:36 ↗ air quality emergency services

1:01:39 ↗ some of the examples here might be

1:01:41 ↗ looking at the impacts of climate change

1:01:43 ↗ to outdoor workers

1:01:45 ↗ those experiencing houselessness ones

1:01:48 ↗ that might be more vulnerable to extreme

1:01:50 ↗ weather events

1:01:59 ↗ and then our last category i believe is

1:02:03 ↗ community and economic

1:02:04 ↗ well-being this is looking at social

1:02:07 ↗ services our local businesses

1:02:09 ↗ and then how our local economy is

1:02:12 ↗ connected to the regional economy as

1:02:14 ↗ well as growth

1:02:16 ↗ so this could be a range of different

1:02:18 ↗ items

1:02:19 ↗ in this sector

1:02:21 ↗ things that might even include looking

1:02:22 ↗ at

1:02:23 ↗ the

1:02:24 ↗ regional supply chain and

1:02:28 ↗ opportunities for greenland economies

1:02:31 ↗ looking at how our local economy could

1:02:33 ↗ change such as with changing

1:02:34 ↗ temperatures

1:02:36 ↗ might we become more of a wine growing

1:02:37 ↗ region

1:02:38 ↗ but then how would more

1:02:41 ↗ extreme weather wildfire smoke impact

1:02:45 ↗ that

1:02:46 ↗ economy so

1:02:48 ↗ quite a range of items also included in

1:02:50 ↗ this sector

1:02:53 ↗ um so that was a quick snapshot of the

1:02:56 ↗ sectors this is

1:02:57 ↗ a little small on this screen but it was

1:03:00 ↗ included in your packet what i did with

1:03:02 ↗ this slide though is i put the questions

1:03:04 ↗ up as well that's the one difference

1:03:06 ↗ from the

1:03:06 ↗ slide in your um

1:03:09 ↗ packet but we have those different

1:03:11 ↗ sectors the built environment community

1:03:13 ↗ economic well-being water resources

1:03:15 ↗ sewer natural system storm water public

1:03:17 ↗ health safety

1:03:18 ↗ and then on the other

1:03:20 ↗ side are the questions where we're

1:03:21 ↗ looking for feedback

1:03:23 ↗ so really looking tonight to hear from

1:03:25 ↗ the board whether anything's missing

1:03:27 ↗ we talked a little bit earlier about

1:03:30 ↗ food

1:03:31 ↗ and food security that's one i'll

1:03:33 ↗ definitely make note of

1:03:35 ↗ but are there any other major sectors

1:03:38 ↗ missing or sub-sectors within those that

1:03:40 ↗ we should be considering both in terms

1:03:42 ↗ of climate impacts as well as

1:03:45 ↗ actions we might take to build

1:03:47 ↗ resiliency

1:03:49 ↗ and then if we have time we can dig into

1:03:51 ↗ other questions around part are there

1:03:53 ↗ any priorities that jump out to you

1:03:56 ↗ anything specific we should keep in mind

1:03:58 ↗ as we start

1:04:00 ↗ looking into these further

1:04:03 ↗ and then again if we have time questions

1:04:05 ↗ around

1:04:07 ↗ key elements assets neighborhoods we

1:04:09 ↗ should thinking about that might feel

1:04:11 ↗ impacts of climate change more

1:04:13 ↗ um or attributes that might help us so a

1:04:17 ↗ lot we can dig into here if we have time

1:04:19 ↗ but really wanted to focus on those

1:04:20 ↗ missing sectors and priorities first

1:04:23 ↗ stacey do you want us to

1:04:25 ↗ take all three at once or work our way

1:04:27 ↗ one by one through um why don't we start

1:04:30 ↗ first with what's missing that would be

1:04:32 ↗ great um because that's where we want to

1:04:34 ↗ make sure that we're not

1:04:36 ↗ leaving anything out that we want to

1:04:38 ↗ have included in the vulnerability

1:04:40 ↗ assessment

1:04:41 ↗ don so the first one that jumps right

1:04:43 ↗ out at me and i know it's built into

1:04:45 ↗ each section but i think you need to

1:04:46 ↗ call out fiscal planning long-range

1:04:48 ↗ fiscal planning

1:04:50 ↗ because it's going to cost a lot of

1:04:52 ↗ money

1:04:53 ↗ try to pull off some of these so

1:04:55 ↗ you have to think you know 50 years into

1:04:57 ↗ the future

1:04:59 ↗ and i can go back to the larger slides

1:05:01 ↗ with the details of each of those if

1:05:02 ↗ this is very small on the screen

1:05:12 ↗ other items missing

1:05:14 ↗ stacy one

1:05:16 ↗ thing jamie jamie's speaking um

1:05:18 ↗ one thing that i'm curious about because

1:05:20 ↗ there's two different ways you could

1:05:21 ↗ organize this like you guys have chosen

1:05:23 ↗ to organize it by

1:05:25 ↗ kind of categories of impact

1:05:28 ↗ the thing that i i think

1:05:30 ↗ will probably come out and whatever is

1:05:31 ↗ created but

1:05:33 ↗ is not necessarily represented here is

1:05:36 ↗ for a given type of

1:05:38 ↗ uh so take more extreme or more intense

1:05:41 ↗ winter storms how does that cut across

1:05:43 ↗ all of these different categories

1:05:45 ↗ because i actually think in some ways

1:05:47 ↗ that will be easier for the community to

1:05:48 ↗ understand that'll probably be easier

1:05:50 ↗ for us to understand i don't necessarily

1:05:52 ↗ think we need to shift like change the

1:05:54 ↗ whole organization but that's ultimately

1:05:57 ↗ like we know well science will tell us

1:05:59 ↗ how much more frequent those types of

1:06:00 ↗ events will be how much more intense

1:06:02 ↗ they will be and they'll help dictate

1:06:04 ↗ okay these are the impacts of that type

1:06:06 ↗ of event and so this is how we could

1:06:09 ↗ plan looking at it from that perspective

1:06:10 ↗ so i think

1:06:12 ↗ that would be another

1:06:14 ↗ that would be a wholesale change to how

1:06:15 ↗ you look at it but i do think if it's

1:06:17 ↗ not the overarching

1:06:19 ↗ um

1:06:20 ↗ kind of organization i would really

1:06:22 ↗ encourage that to be

1:06:24 ↗ i can see a table or something to that

1:06:26 ↗ effect that helps us understand how

1:06:29 ↗ a given phenomena cuts across these

1:06:32 ↗ categories

1:06:34 ↗ um

1:06:35 ↗ the one thing and i think i know the

1:06:36 ↗ answer but i'd just be curious to expand

1:06:38 ↗ and carry the city's perspective on

1:06:41 ↗ stormwater where it is

1:06:43 ↗ we'd love to hear a little more about

1:06:44 ↗ that

1:06:45 ↗ sure yeah and um great suggestion with

1:06:48 ↗ that categorization

1:06:49 ↗ categorization by

1:06:51 ↗ um event type um or other event i think

1:06:55 ↗ that's definitely something that could

1:06:56 ↗ be built in like you said as a table but

1:06:58 ↗ then also as we think about our

1:07:00 ↗ communication materials if we're

1:07:01 ↗ developing

1:07:03 ↗ two pagers or

1:07:04 ↗ um communication to certain communities

1:07:07 ↗ in the city thinking about it by weather

1:07:09 ↗ event or climate event

1:07:12 ↗ and developing

1:07:13 ↗ those brief summaries so great

1:07:15 ↗ suggestion

1:07:17 ↗ um i think for storm water i believe it

1:07:19 ↗ was originally under

1:07:21 ↗ water resources and sewer

1:07:23 ↗ i think the public works staff

1:07:26 ↗ felt that a lot of the

1:07:29 ↗ um impacts that stormwater would

1:07:32 ↗ experience as well as potential actions

1:07:36 ↗ to alleviate those impacts might align

1:07:38 ↗ more with

1:07:40 ↗ those taken for natural systems

1:07:42 ↗ um but definitely open we have a lot of

1:07:44 ↗ uh

1:07:45 ↗ folks with stormwater experience in this

1:07:48 ↗ group so if it just is not making sense

1:07:50 ↗ in this

1:07:51 ↗ place definitely open to suggestions

1:07:59 ↗ is that partly because

1:08:01 ↗ um we'll want

1:08:02 ↗ open space there's places for the water

1:08:05 ↗ to go

1:08:06 ↗ yeah i think that's part of it yeah

1:08:08 ↗ where um

1:08:10 ↗ yes to allow for that natural flooding

1:08:12 ↗ to um

1:08:18 ↗ so you're looking at it from a

1:08:19 ↗ perspective of flooding when you're

1:08:20 ↗ talking stormwater i think that's

1:08:23 ↗ more where it landed there but again if

1:08:26 ↗ if for you all it just doesn't fit there

1:08:29 ↗ or questions about that

1:08:32 ↗ there's also

1:08:33 ↗ a factory occlusion control that needs

1:08:36 ↗ to be in there which might be more

1:08:37 ↗ appropriate in the water resources

1:08:39 ↗ section okay

1:08:46 ↗ fancy

1:08:47 ↗ this is kind of a strange one but i

1:08:50 ↗ think at some point we're going to have

1:08:51 ↗ to think about how climate will impact

1:08:54 ↗ the wild animals to live around us

1:08:57 ↗ i mean it's

1:08:58 ↗ we really think that climate change

1:09:00 ↗ mostly as with regards to humans but if

1:09:03 ↗ you have a wildfire in the area

1:09:05 ↗ they will clearly move and will affect

1:09:08 ↗ the humans and so

1:09:10 ↗ i don't know where it fits in your

1:09:11 ↗ categories but at some point they'll

1:09:13 ↗ have to be considered

1:09:18 ↗ thank

1:09:19 ↗ thank you

1:09:29 ↗ do we know what that would look like at

1:09:30 ↗ all

1:09:46 ↗ or disease too i think that's brought up

1:09:48 ↗ under public health yeah yeah no it's a

1:09:50 ↗ great suggestion

1:09:52 ↗ addition

1:09:54 ↗ any other

1:09:56 ↗ any other gaps or

1:09:58 ↗ things that

1:10:00 ↗ folks feel like we haven't captured in

1:10:02 ↗ the sectors or sub sectors

1:10:07 ↗ i think there's a

1:10:08 ↗ nexus between a lot of these categories

1:10:11 ↗ that could be made and speaks back to

1:10:12 ↗ than what jamie was talking about

1:10:16 ↗ build a bigger table where you can put

1:10:17 ↗ events on top i mean like i think of a

1:10:19 ↗ big flood and

1:10:22 ↗ the pledge receptive system that's going

1:10:23 ↗ to bring them to the surface which is

1:10:25 ↗ now a public health issue

1:10:28 ↗ how are you going to alert the community

1:10:29 ↗ to stay out of the water yeah

1:10:38 ↗ okay

1:10:42 ↗ great um do you have can we have it yeah

1:10:45 ↗ i think that's great if anything else

1:10:47 ↗ jumps to mind um

1:10:49 ↗ later this week definitely feel free to

1:10:51 ↗ send those on

1:10:53 ↗ great um well we could move into the

1:10:56 ↗ next

1:10:57 ↗ two questions

1:10:58 ↗ um just seeking additional feedback

1:11:00 ↗ around any part if there's any

1:11:02 ↗ priorities or things that you all want

1:11:04 ↗ to make sure we spend extra attention on

1:11:07 ↗ with this list

1:11:09 ↗ as well as any thing that we should keep

1:11:13 ↗ in mind as we're starting to think about

1:11:14 ↗ the actual actions and what is a city or

1:11:16 ↗ community response for impacts

1:11:24 ↗ yeah go ahead uh thanks jamie um

1:11:28 ↗ yeah i think it's just kind of echoing

1:11:29 ↗ what maybe came up in our presentation

1:11:31 ↗ with lee but i mean for me

1:11:32 ↗ prioritization is definitely around

1:11:34 ↗ energy sources um

1:11:36 ↗ and actually i love talking more i don't

1:11:38 ↗ know much about some of those kind of

1:11:39 ↗ reserve battery approaches or trucks

1:11:41 ↗ through solar yeah that's i mean that's

1:11:43 ↗ fascinating without just scratching the

1:11:45 ↗ surface of my understanding of that so

1:11:47 ↗ um

1:11:48 ↗ so i think i think that's hugely

1:11:49 ↗ important here

1:11:50 ↗ um

1:11:52 ↗ well you know i think you all know my

1:11:53 ↗ bias a little bit but tree canopy or

1:11:55 ↗ wintry canopy open space deep areas it

1:11:58 ↗ just blows me away these last couple

1:12:00 ↗ weeks being in shade getting off of

1:12:01 ↗ asphalt the difference in temperatures

1:12:03 ↗ if you're

1:12:04 ↗ forced to be outside if it's still

1:12:06 ↗ technically cooler outside than your

1:12:07 ↗ apartment that might be you know 95 or

1:12:09 ↗ 98 degrees still at seven o'clock

1:12:12 ↗ it makes a huge huge difference so you

1:12:14 ↗ know i guess that's

1:12:15 ↗ equitable access to

1:12:17 ↗ the green spaces and even thinking about

1:12:18 ↗ that at a really micro level too

1:12:21 ↗ can be important

1:12:22 ↗ um

1:12:23 ↗ i hope this doesn't come off dismissive

1:12:26 ↗ but i guess i'm having a little hard

1:12:27 ↗ time kind of looking i'm responding to

1:12:29 ↗ this in more of those kind of emergency

1:12:31 ↗ events or or whether events we're

1:12:32 ↗ talking about i guess i don't

1:12:34 ↗ necessarily see as much urgency on the

1:12:37 ↗ kind of long-term community and economic

1:12:39 ↗ well-being you mentioned kind of like

1:12:40 ↗ transitioning into like a wine economy

1:12:42 ↗ to me that's not something that's a huge

1:12:44 ↗ priority or concern i mean it's someone

1:12:46 ↗ who loves outdoor sports of course i

1:12:48 ↗ like you know worry that the past may

1:12:50 ↗ not be a place to ski in the next couple

1:12:51 ↗ decades but like to me that's much lower

1:12:53 ↗ on my

1:12:54 ↗ priority list probably compared to all

1:12:56 ↗ four of these other

1:12:57 ↗ uh sections we have here so okay just a

1:12:59 ↗ couple of thoughts on that

1:13:01 ↗ but i'm also not sure i'm interpreting

1:13:02 ↗ that totally yeah

1:13:07 ↗ thank you dan

1:13:11 ↗ um i would echo the energy sources i do

1:13:13 ↗ think that that's something

1:13:16 ↗ i'm not sure that we can think about the

1:13:18 ↗ electric crit in the same way that we

1:13:19 ↗ have in the past and i really think that

1:13:21 ↗ that's an area that

1:13:23 ↗ i i know isawa doesn't control its own

1:13:25 ↗ destiny on that but that's something

1:13:26 ↗ that i think there needs to be more

1:13:28 ↗ planning put towards as well as an

1:13:29 ↗ understanding of impact

1:13:31 ↗ and getting back to my feedback on the

1:13:33 ↗ previous one i do think

1:13:34 ↗ a priority

1:13:36 ↗ that would help us determine what the

1:13:38 ↗ priorities should be

1:13:39 ↗ but for this initial step is identifying

1:13:42 ↗ what are the highest likelihood events

1:13:45 ↗ that are increasing in incidents and how

1:13:48 ↗ where where should we be prioritizing

1:13:50 ↗ based on what science is telling us is

1:13:52 ↗ going to happen um because that

1:13:54 ↗ ultimately i think obviously we can get

1:13:56 ↗ a lot of feedback from a bunch of

1:13:58 ↗ different people but um

1:14:00 ↗ i would prefer that a lot of our

1:14:02 ↗ priorities put into what

1:14:04 ↗ that kind of analysis tells us is

1:14:06 ↗ important and is going to be changing um

1:14:09 ↗ so

1:14:11 ↗ that would just be something i hope we

1:14:12 ↗ do fairly early on to make sure that

1:14:14 ↗ we're validating what we're working on

1:14:16 ↗ is actually being put against

1:14:18 ↗ truly what's going to be changing and

1:14:20 ↗ the impacts that will become as a result

1:14:24 ↗ and i guess

1:14:25 ↗ i think that's probably

1:14:28 ↗ um

1:14:30 ↗ yeah i think that's

1:14:31 ↗ extending my comments

1:14:35 ↗ free

1:14:37 ↗ are there comments on those um questions

1:14:39 ↗ right yeah what's the time frame that

1:14:41 ↗ this

1:14:43 ↗ study is looking at

1:14:44 ↗ 10 20 50 years yeah so they'll be

1:14:47 ↗ looking at um

1:14:50 ↗ 2050 and possibly out to 2080 but um

1:14:53 ↗ more in the shorter shorter term focus

1:14:58 ↗ great well i think i'll move on to the

1:15:01 ↗ community engagement plan a lot of the

1:15:03 ↗ other things that we're going to be

1:15:04 ↗ looking at um

1:15:06 ↗ are around who and where are we likely

1:15:09 ↗ to see the biggest impacts and we did

1:15:11 ↗ some mapping exercises with staff that

1:15:13 ↗ we'll also do with the community

1:15:15 ↗ um that goes that's pretty different

1:15:17 ↗ from the the sectors we're just talking

1:15:19 ↗ about so just to encourage board members

1:15:22 ↗ to engage in those community

1:15:24 ↗ uh

1:15:25 ↗ events that we have would be really

1:15:27 ↗ great and we'll be coming back to you

1:15:29 ↗ um over the coming months for more input

1:15:35 ↗ um so as i mentioned we're really

1:15:37 ↗ fortunate to receive some funding from

1:15:39 ↗ department of commerce to expand our

1:15:42 ↗ original scope of the program

1:15:44 ↗ or the project and add on a number of

1:15:47 ↗ additional engagement events with the

1:15:49 ↗ community as well as expand the number

1:15:51 ↗ of communication tools we'll be able to

1:15:53 ↗ develop

1:15:54 ↗ so right now we have a series of

1:15:58 ↗ different events

1:16:00 ↗ our products that we're planning to

1:16:02 ↗ develop to engage the community in this

1:16:05 ↗ project and really get their input hear

1:16:07 ↗ their concerns their ideas

1:16:09 ↗ and needs

1:16:11 ↗ um we are planning to do an in-person

1:16:13 ↗ and

1:16:15 ↗ workshop in september and then the

1:16:17 ↗ following week will hold a virtual

1:16:20 ↗ version of that which will probably be

1:16:22 ↗ much more condensed

1:16:24 ↗ um

1:16:25 ↗ we

1:16:26 ↗ did a bit of tabling at the resource

1:16:28 ↗ fair which fell during the heat wave

1:16:31 ↗ i don't know if we'll continue to do the

1:16:33 ↗ tabling it wasn't sure didn't feel like

1:16:36 ↗ it was quite the right way to engage the

1:16:38 ↗ community but that's something we're

1:16:39 ↗ still

1:16:40 ↗ kind of weighing and welcome your

1:16:42 ↗ feedback on that

1:16:44 ↗ we're working with our human services

1:16:46 ↗ team to identify community partners that

1:16:48 ↗ work with communities

1:16:50 ↗ that are likely to be at the highest

1:16:52 ↗ risk for experiencing climate impacts so

1:16:55 ↗ those may be

1:16:56 ↗ folks experiencing homelessness low

1:16:59 ↗ income non-english speaking folks in

1:17:02 ↗ affordable housing

1:17:04 ↗ those that live in

1:17:05 ↗ along the creeks um in potentially

1:17:09 ↗ wildfire prone areas

1:17:11 ↗ a huge

1:17:13 ↗ array of potential communities we're

1:17:15 ↗ identifying where we might

1:17:17 ↗ where we are planning to go out and do

1:17:18 ↗ some focus group sessions or direct

1:17:20 ↗ surveys with those communities

1:17:23 ↗ we are planning also to do a

1:17:25 ↗ community wide survey in the fall

1:17:27 ↗ similar to what was done for the icap

1:17:31 ↗ and get input from the entire community

1:17:33 ↗ and then our consultant has also

1:17:35 ↗ proposed developing a

1:17:38 ↗ project website that would operate sort

1:17:40 ↗ of as an open house it would

1:17:44 ↗ be a place where the community could

1:17:45 ↗ keep track of the project uh

1:17:48 ↗ provide feedback throughout the project

1:17:50 ↗ um

1:17:51 ↗ in that space as opposed to

1:17:53 ↗ participating in a survey or workshop

1:17:56 ↗ so those are some of the initial ideas

1:17:58 ↗ we have for our engagement plan

1:18:00 ↗ um welcome feedback on those or if you

1:18:03 ↗ all have

1:18:04 ↗ other ideas or events that we need to

1:18:06 ↗ make sure we go out and do our

1:18:08 ↗ communities we should be teaching

1:18:12 ↗ yeah go ahead

1:18:14 ↗ well i know it's difficult to reach the

1:18:16 ↗ public and so um

1:18:19 ↗ i was just wondering

1:18:22 ↗ if you thought about tdf like ri and pcc

1:18:26 ↗ and

1:18:27 ↗ they have classes so maybe

1:18:31 ↗ team up with them to

1:18:33 ↗ give presentations

1:18:36 ↗ and that would not only

1:18:39 ↗ educate the people who come to the

1:18:40 ↗ classes but they would be advertising it

1:18:43 ↗ and so other people would see that and

1:18:46 ↗ you could have like links to

1:18:49 ↗ um

1:18:51 ↗ the

1:18:52 ↗ city

1:18:52 ↗ websites and then maybe

1:18:55 ↗ from a different avenue working with

1:18:58 ↗ the um and i think microsoft also is

1:19:00 ↗ another

1:19:02 ↗ company that brings people in to give

1:19:04 ↗ presentations

1:19:06 ↗ um and then

1:19:09 ↗ another avenue might be to

1:19:11 ↗ work with the companies to

1:19:14 ↗ give presentations to to their employees

1:19:17 ↗ like i guess that's what microsoft would

1:19:19 ↗ be

1:19:20 ↗ but pcc and rei and maybe some other

1:19:22 ↗ companies and they

1:19:24 ↗ project it out to the general republic

1:19:29 ↗ of course i don't know you know if the

1:19:31 ↗ people would need you

1:19:33 ↗ you're just targeting people who live in

1:19:35 ↗ issaquah or also people who work in this

1:19:38 ↗ club yeah i think both because those

1:19:41 ↗ coming here to work they

1:19:43 ↗ potentially are vulnerable to a climate

1:19:44 ↗ impact that happens during that time or

1:19:46 ↗ it could affect their ability to come to

1:19:48 ↗ work so yeah

1:20:01 ↗ yeah thank you ann nancy

1:20:05 ↗ just uh

1:20:06 ↗ there is one event that comes up in

1:20:08 ↗ october that is kind of the big one in

1:20:10 ↗ town

1:20:11 ↗ and

1:20:12 ↗ you probably won't get the vulnerable

1:20:14 ↗ populations there but you'll see a large

1:20:16 ↗ part of the city plus all the other

1:20:18 ↗ cities around to show up and that would

1:20:19 ↗ be salmon days yeah so you know there's

1:20:22 ↗ an opportunity to actually engage people

1:20:24 ↗ in a meaningful way there um

1:20:26 ↗ that you wouldn't normally see

1:20:29 ↗ because we're all hanging out down there

1:20:31 ↗ so yeah

1:20:32 ↗ yeah

1:20:34 ↗ absolutely

1:20:35 ↗ thank you nancy um

1:20:38 ↗ my

1:20:38 ↗ comment on this is less about the how we

1:20:41 ↗ engage or like the

1:20:43 ↗ methods we engage um and more so like

1:20:47 ↗ the approach um i would just

1:20:51 ↗ hope that we

1:20:52 ↗ help people understand implications like

1:20:54 ↗ what will this look like as opposed to

1:20:56 ↗ just what has happened and what they

1:20:58 ↗ have seen in their experiences in the

1:20:59 ↗ past but

1:21:01 ↗ helping them see what this potential

1:21:03 ↗ future could look like for them and

1:21:05 ↗ almost providing scenarios of how they

1:21:06 ↗ might react

1:21:08 ↗ to help identify priorities i just think

1:21:10 ↗ that

1:21:11 ↗ we are beginning to experience the

1:21:14 ↗ impacts but we are not experiencing what

1:21:16 ↗ we will see and so i just think that

1:21:18 ↗ that part of the process is important to

1:21:20 ↗ make sure that we're not just getting

1:21:22 ↗ this moment in time but helping people

1:21:24 ↗ see

1:21:25 ↗ future impacts and how they would react

1:21:27 ↗ in that situation so that you're getting

1:21:29 ↗ since we are planning in the future

1:21:31 ↗ that lens as well um

1:21:34 ↗ as we engage with whoever and however we

1:21:36 ↗ engage with that

1:21:37 ↗ approach

1:21:39 ↗ might help us

1:21:40 ↗ get them thinking a little further out

1:21:43 ↗ their feedback

1:21:50 ↗ their

1:21:54 ↗ suggestions great well thank you very

1:21:57 ↗ much for the feedback i will definitely

1:21:59 ↗ take that back to the team to um

1:22:01 ↗ incorporate into our plan so just as a

1:22:04 ↗ reminder we're

1:22:05 ↗ working on that vulnerability assessment

1:22:07 ↗ right now they'll be digging further

1:22:09 ↗ into those sectors i'll bring forth the

1:22:11 ↗ suggestion of also

1:22:13 ↗ looking at it by

1:22:15 ↗ an impact or weather event

1:22:17 ↗ and then we'll be starting to roll out

1:22:19 ↗ that community engagement plan

1:22:21 ↗ over the coming weeks

1:22:23 ↗ do look out for our community workshops

1:22:25 ↗ will be coming up

1:22:27 ↗ um in early september and we'll start

1:22:30 ↗ planning for any events so we might

1:22:32 ↗ attend

1:22:36 ↗ three yeah

1:22:49 ↗ i think this is a section in the climate

1:22:52 ↗ challenge is the cloud climate challenge

1:22:53 ↗ right

1:22:54 ↗ so i'm just wondering if we are all

1:22:58 ↗ supporting that by signing up and

1:23:01 ↗ sharing it with our networks

1:23:05 ↗ yeah thank you so the climate action

1:23:07 ↗ challenge it does have a section on

1:23:08 ↗ resilience and opportunities you can

1:23:11 ↗ take with um with your own household but

1:23:14 ↗ then it also talks i can't remember if

1:23:15 ↗ it was meant to you brought up earlier

1:23:17 ↗ about kind of neighborhood cohesion

1:23:20 ↗ during emergency events so

1:23:23 ↗ yes if you are participating in the

1:23:24 ↗ challenge that is an area you can go

1:23:26 ↗ look at to see what actions to take and

1:23:28 ↗ if you're not yet participating

1:23:30 ↗ encourage folks to do that i can send

1:23:32 ↗ out

1:23:33 ↗ information again about the climate

1:23:35 ↗ action challenge and we do have i'm

1:23:38 ↗ going to mention in a few minutes we

1:23:39 ↗ have someone on board that's going to be

1:23:40 ↗ doing a lot more outreach and engagement

1:23:42 ↗ around that hopefully participating at 7

1:23:44 ↗ days and some other events coming up in

1:23:46 ↗ the fall to further engage the community

1:23:49 ↗ yeah

1:23:50 ↗ yeah i did it and i i thought i was

1:23:52 ↗ already doing everything but there was a

1:23:54 ↗ bunch more stuff

1:23:56 ↗ lower my emissions

1:24:00 ↗ say

1:24:00 ↗ why thank you

1:24:03 ↗ all right well i think with that we are

1:24:05 ↗ through our main agenda items and we

1:24:07 ↗ will move on to reports which i think

1:24:09 ↗ you'll be doing as well sure

1:24:12 ↗ great um yes i was just gonna talk

1:24:15 ↗ briefly about the updated board schedule

1:24:17 ↗ and then i also sent out the title 18

1:24:20 ↗ schedule

1:24:21 ↗ and then go through some icap

1:24:23 ↗ updates

1:24:25 ↗ implementation updates

1:24:27 ↗ um so just very quickly the

1:24:28 ↗ environmental board schedule

1:24:31 ↗ towards the back of the packet just a

1:24:33 ↗ note we've had to ship some things

1:24:34 ↗ around just based on staff availability

1:24:37 ↗ and readiness of planning processes

1:24:40 ↗ we did add a couple of new topics based

1:24:43 ↗ on interest

1:24:46 ↗ including

1:24:47 ↗ we're hoping in october to talk about

1:24:50 ↗ the cip both an overview but then also

1:24:52 ↗ an opportunity for the board to provide

1:24:55 ↗ input on environmental criteria for the

1:24:57 ↗ capital improvement plan

1:25:00 ↗ um

1:25:01 ↗ and then in our next meeting

1:25:04 ↗ um that was bumped out from what was

1:25:06 ↗ originally scheduled this week

1:25:08 ↗ uh is we will be doing the neighborhood

1:25:10 ↗ meeting checklist review

1:25:14 ↗ the planning team is taking the input

1:25:16 ↗ from last summer as well as our

1:25:18 ↗ discussion in the spring and working on

1:25:21 ↗ packaging that information from the

1:25:22 ↗ board

1:25:24 ↗ i did want to note that lucy solomon i

1:25:26 ↗ think some of you know

1:25:28 ↗ left the city back in the spring so we

1:25:30 ↗ have some staff trying to step in

1:25:33 ↗ and

1:25:34 ↗ compile that information and really

1:25:36 ↗ bring the right level that we think the

1:25:38 ↗ board was interested in

1:25:40 ↗ i think it'll be a bit of a trial this

1:25:42 ↗ year again and transition to see if we

1:25:44 ↗ get that right um so we'll really be

1:25:46 ↗ looking

1:25:47 ↗ for the board's feedback during that

1:25:49 ↗ meeting

1:25:51 ↗ um any questions that you'll had on the

1:25:54 ↗ schedule since it has shifted around a

1:25:57 ↗ little bit yes we talked last time about

1:25:59 ↗ potentially getting parks

1:26:01 ↗ parks back yes i will follow up with

1:26:03 ↗ them

1:26:04 ↗ um

1:26:06 ↗ and see where we could fit that in

1:26:17 ↗ other questions on the schedule

1:26:22 ↗ um just

1:26:23 ↗ for that next meeting um is that mostly

1:26:26 ↗ just plan readiness that the ships are

1:26:30 ↗ like the wastewater for example and

1:26:34 ↗ oh um that is yes that shifted out to

1:26:37 ↗ october yeah i think because of their

1:26:39 ↗ required timing and then just where it

1:26:41 ↗ was

1:26:48 ↗ great um and then also included in the

1:26:50 ↗ packet was the latest title 18 schedule

1:26:54 ↗ um that's from what has been presented

1:26:56 ↗ to the planning policy commission

1:26:59 ↗ they are planning to come to the board

1:27:01 ↗ in november uh with the compiled

1:27:05 ↗ land use code update they will

1:27:08 ↗ they've committed to the staff have

1:27:09 ↗ committed to sending it two weeks in

1:27:11 ↗ advance for review

1:27:13 ↗ um comments will come ahead of the ppc

1:27:16 ↗ deliberation uh and then will be

1:27:18 ↗ considered as part of the council review

1:27:21 ↗ which i believe is in early december

1:27:23 ↗ it's currently scheduled for early

1:27:25 ↗ december

1:27:26 ↗ um so do plan to

1:27:29 ↗ take some time in early november and and

1:27:32 ↗ look at title 18

1:27:34 ↗ and prepare to bring your comments and

1:27:36 ↗ recommendations we'll uh i'll strategize

1:27:39 ↗ with jamie and dawn ahead of time on how

1:27:41 ↗ we can very quickly

1:27:44 ↗ package those comments and make sure

1:27:45 ↗ that they are passed along to ppc

1:27:48 ↗ council and staff

1:27:53 ↗ any questions on the title 18 schedule

1:27:57 ↗ it's either been any updates in their

1:27:59 ↗ targeted timing for

1:28:02 ↗ the process

1:28:04 ↗ i have heard that it is going to council

1:28:06 ↗ in december um but was still still

1:28:08 ↗ hearing final approval in early 2023 um

1:28:12 ↗ but the latest i have is what was

1:28:14 ↗ provided to people

1:28:19 ↗ and then i just wanted to play i sent

1:28:21 ↗ out an announcement for the september 16

1:28:24 ↗ 16th event this is a joint welcoming

1:28:28 ↗ event between multiple cities it's a

1:28:31 ↗ in-person event held in redmond with a

1:28:34 ↗ speaker on planning for a just

1:28:36 ↗ sustainable inclusive community so

1:28:39 ↗ economic development manager wanted to

1:28:41 ↗ make sure that invitation was extended

1:28:43 ↗ to the board and folks are created for

1:28:45 ↗ you all to come i believe it's a free

1:28:47 ↗ lunch also

1:28:48 ↗ but the speaker and topic look really

1:28:51 ↗ interesting

1:28:54 ↗ so if there's more than so many of us

1:28:56 ↗ don't you have to know yes great point

1:28:58 ↗ yeah so

1:28:59 ↗ thank you that was not in the email um

1:29:04 ↗ yes i can talk with the clerk so if

1:29:06 ↗ folks are planning to come do let me

1:29:09 ↗ know and then i'll talk with the clerk

1:29:10 ↗ since it is a outside event um

1:29:14 ↗ there may be some exceptions but i'll

1:29:17 ↗ just let me know if you are planning to

1:29:19 ↗ attend to that and i'll point out for

1:29:20 ↗ them they have concerns

1:29:25 ↗ um

1:29:26 ↗ let's see we have a forum

1:29:29 ↗ uh i think we have to have five or under

1:29:32 ↗ or sorry for um or under to nominate

1:29:36 ↗ forums

1:29:37 ↗ but i'll talk with the clerks um because

1:29:39 ↗ the invitation did go out to multiple

1:29:42 ↗ boards and commissions to join um so let

1:29:45 ↗ me

1:29:46 ↗ check with them and see if there's any

1:29:48 ↗ concerns if we have one

1:29:55 ↗ great

1:29:56 ↗ all right and then i have a number of

1:29:57 ↗ icap implementation updates um

1:30:01 ↗ if there aren't any further questions on

1:30:03 ↗ schedule

1:30:06 ↗ hey well heat pump campaign and funding

1:30:09 ↗ for low-income installations um so our

1:30:12 ↗ heat pump campaign officially launched

1:30:14 ↗ in late july uh with the first workshop

1:30:17 ↗ public workshop was held then i think

1:30:19 ↗ jamie participated there were a few

1:30:21 ↗ things

1:30:22 ↗ that they worked on improving since that

1:30:25 ↗ one and there's actually one that

1:30:27 ↗ probably just included a couple of

1:30:29 ↗ minutes ago

1:30:31 ↗ so

1:30:31 ↗ hopefully that one was a bit more

1:30:32 ↗ successful and kind of worked out some

1:30:34 ↗ of the issues on the first one

1:30:37 ↗ we have had pretty good participation

1:30:38 ↗ from issaquah on the first two workshops

1:30:42 ↗ or at least those were registered

1:30:44 ↗ but we're really still trying to build

1:30:45 ↗ up outreach and interest um so any ideas

1:30:50 ↗ connections you all have to get the word

1:30:52 ↗ out more about the heat pump campaign

1:30:54 ↗ greatly appreciate those ideas we did

1:30:57 ↗ table at the farmers market last weekend

1:30:59 ↗ we'll be back out there

1:31:00 ↗ at the end of the month um but mostly

1:31:03 ↗ with folks from samanish that i was

1:31:05 ↗ talking to less so from issaquah

1:31:08 ↗ um

1:31:10 ↗ and right now we just have workshops

1:31:12 ↗ scheduled through

1:31:13 ↗ early fall or through mid-september i

1:31:16 ↗ believe but we are looking at ways to

1:31:19 ↗ hold more workshops later on in the fall

1:31:23 ↗ back in july council did approve 125 000

1:31:27 ↗ that will be used for low-income

1:31:30 ↗ installations of heat pumps

1:31:32 ↗ we're currently evaluating the

1:31:34 ↗ imagine housing properties

1:31:37 ↗ we haven't identified we've identified

1:31:39 ↗ the property in issachar we're going to

1:31:40 ↗ be looking at

1:31:42 ↗ but there are some other

1:31:44 ↗ opportunities that may cover partial or

1:31:46 ↗ full cost of the pump installs that

1:31:48 ↗ we're looking into

1:31:50 ↗ um so there's a way that we might be

1:31:52 ↗ able to expand

1:31:54 ↗ our money further to support more low

1:31:57 ↗ income installs and we're also looking

1:32:00 ↗ at some different grants to really build

1:32:01 ↗ that arm of the program

1:32:05 ↗ our clean buildings program

1:32:07 ↗ council did approve 100 000

1:32:09 ↗ for our clean buildings pilot program

1:32:12 ↗ which would support

1:32:14 ↗ buildings and energy efficiency

1:32:16 ↗ there were some reservations from some

1:32:19 ↗ council members regarding the approach

1:32:21 ↗ and that we would be working

1:32:23 ↗ with building owners that were already

1:32:26 ↗ required to comply with the state law

1:32:29 ↗ we've

1:32:30 ↗ reshaped the program a bit

1:32:33 ↗ so that it is really

1:32:35 ↗ focused on existing building energy

1:32:38 ↗ efficiency and decarbonization so

1:32:40 ↗ working with buildings that do need to

1:32:42 ↗ comply with the state law but also

1:32:44 ↗ opening it up to any building owner

1:32:47 ↗ that's interested in

1:32:49 ↗ improving

1:32:50 ↗ their energy efficiency or developing a

1:32:52 ↗ decarbonization pathway for their

1:32:54 ↗ building

1:32:56 ↗ council did identify some specific

1:32:58 ↗ priorities of buildings that we should

1:33:00 ↗ be working with

1:33:01 ↗ such as nonprofits those that might be

1:33:04 ↗ financially burdened to comply with the

1:33:06 ↗ state law

1:33:08 ↗ and and others so

1:33:10 ↗ we are currently working with mcdonald

1:33:13 ↗ miller who was selected through our rfp

1:33:16 ↗ process

1:33:17 ↗ to scope out the work

1:33:18 ↗ we'll have regular reports on progress

1:33:21 ↗ challenges um success hopefully um of

1:33:24 ↗ that program and we'll be uh

1:33:26 ↗ i can share that with you all as we

1:33:28 ↗ report to council

1:33:32 ↗ um

1:33:34 ↗ yeah because i

1:33:36 ↗ don't recall there being a specific

1:33:37 ↗ partner

1:33:38 ↗ in the plan before is that another

1:33:40 ↗ update or is it never misremembering

1:33:42 ↗ yeah we were going through the rfp

1:33:45 ↗ process as it was coming to council just

1:33:47 ↗ so we had someone on board but right now

1:33:50 ↗ we're working to

1:33:52 ↗ shape that scope of work to reflect the

1:33:54 ↗ input from council and direction from

1:33:55 ↗ council

1:33:58 ↗ the beneficial the great opportunity

1:34:00 ↗ with mcdonald miller is they have been

1:34:02 ↗ running a program in bellevue so be

1:34:04 ↗ fairly quick to

1:34:06 ↗ adapt it for issaquah

1:34:08 ↗ but also kind of take the lessons that

1:34:10 ↗ they've learned in bellevue and make

1:34:12 ↗ sure we modify the program to meet our

1:34:14 ↗ needs and

1:34:16 ↗ build from any uh challenges that they

1:34:19 ↗ have there

1:34:23 ↗ all right community climate challenge i

1:34:25 ↗ mentioned briefly we there is someone

1:34:27 ↗ now that has been hired to work across

1:34:29 ↗ the participating cities with that

1:34:31 ↗ program that

1:34:32 ↗ is really going to hone in on additional

1:34:35 ↗ recruitment as well as retention

1:34:37 ↗ for where we've brought on team leaders

1:34:39 ↗ making sure they continue to stay

1:34:40 ↗ engaged they have tools they need

1:34:43 ↗ to engage their

1:34:44 ↗ teams and communities

1:34:46 ↗ um so i've been talking with her about a

1:34:48 ↗ couple big outreach events such as

1:34:50 ↗ salmon days and then the fish hatchery

1:34:52 ↗ is also hosting a large event on

1:34:54 ↗ september 17th so we're looking at ways

1:34:57 ↗ to really tie in

1:34:58 ↗ salmon and climate change and develop

1:35:01 ↗ some fun interactive

1:35:03 ↗ tools and engagement events around that

1:35:07 ↗ so she can do some more recruitment

1:35:09 ↗ any other ideas you all have

1:35:12 ↗ on ways we can get out the word um on

1:35:14 ↗ that program greatly i appreciate those

1:35:17 ↗ as well

1:35:19 ↗ um just a couple more updates um

1:35:22 ↗ lead first cities program i haven't i

1:35:25 ↗ believe i've touched on that in a little

1:35:27 ↗ bit

1:35:28 ↗ we are continuing to work on collecting

1:35:30 ↗ data to

1:35:32 ↗ um

1:35:33 ↗ for the criteria associated with

1:35:36 ↗ receiving a certification as a lead city

1:35:40 ↗ we are starting to make better progress

1:35:42 ↗ on that data collection

1:35:44 ↗ um and it's also beginning to identify

1:35:47 ↗ maybe some gaps that we have in the city

1:35:49 ↗ where we could

1:35:50 ↗ either implement policies or um

1:35:54 ↗ just some different practices

1:35:56 ↗ um so

1:35:57 ↗ so far it's been very beneficial both

1:35:59 ↗ and seeing where we are and where we

1:36:02 ↗ might need to make some improvements

1:36:04 ↗ we're looking at probably aiming for

1:36:05 ↗ gold um but we'll see kind of where our

1:36:09 ↗ data collection ends us up and which

1:36:12 ↗ criteria we'll be able to apply for

1:36:15 ↗ um then last update is just on eb

1:36:17 ↗ charging

1:36:19 ↗ so today i was out with puget sound

1:36:21 ↗ solar and chargepoint who will be

1:36:25 ↗ putting in some city-sponsored eb

1:36:27 ↗ charging stations and replacing some old

1:36:29 ↗ ones

1:36:31 ↗ um

1:36:32 ↗ we are looking at those would be just a

1:36:34 ↗ couple to start with but then we're

1:36:36 ↗ looking at doing more possibly some

1:36:38 ↗ crowd sourcing with the community um to

1:36:41 ↗ get input on where the next set of

1:36:43 ↗ chargers would go

1:36:45 ↗ um and really

1:36:47 ↗ part of my interest is starting to look

1:36:48 ↗ at multi-family housing or affordable

1:36:50 ↗ housing places that might not have

1:36:53 ↗ access

1:36:54 ↗ in a garage for example so

1:36:57 ↗ more to come on that um

1:36:59 ↗ as we look at building that program and

1:37:02 ↗ identifying those future sites

1:37:06 ↗ all right and i think i will pause there

1:37:09 ↗ with any questions

1:37:11 ↗ that we have on

1:37:13 ↗ the icap implementation yeah

1:37:15 ↗ i might just want to say the same thing

1:37:18 ↗ with the businesses about the climate

1:37:21 ↗ challenge

1:37:22 ↗ just yeah

1:37:24 ↗ see if we can get

1:37:25 ↗ the local businesses involved yeah

1:37:30 ↗ thank you yeah that has been on my list

1:37:32 ↗ for quite a while working with our

1:37:33 ↗ economic development manager to have her

1:37:36 ↗ set up those connections with rai and

1:37:38 ↗ san mar and

1:37:40 ↗ microsoft and others so i will put that

1:37:42 ↗ to the top because i think that's a

1:37:44 ↗ great opportunity to do that

1:37:53 ↗ [Music]

1:37:56 ↗ you know

1:37:57 ↗ from the city it would be more effective

1:38:00 ↗ okay

1:38:04 ↗ great well i think um any other business

1:38:07 ↗ or items from

1:38:08 ↗ [Music]

1:38:09 ↗ the rest of the board

1:38:14 ↗ they say anything for you nothing else

1:38:16 ↗ for me

1:38:18 ↗ all right well with that we are

1:38:20 ↗ adjourned thanks everyone

1:38:22 ↗ thank you

1:38:24 ↗ great meeting thanks everybody

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