Environmental Board · Thursday, March 16, 2023 · City Council Digest

3. AGENDA ITEMS

Flood Hazard Management Plan and Flood Hazard Mapping Studies (I)

Judi Radloff, Chrys Bertolotto and Tracy Winjum, King County · packet pp.3–30

Topics: Water

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Staff report:

Public Works 670 1st Avenue NE Issaquah, WA 98027 issaquahwa.gov

Parks Programs Update

Information · Jeff Watling, Director of Parks and Community Services

Topics: Parks

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0:01 ↗ all right welcome to the March 16th

0:04 ↗ joint meeting at the environmental board

0:06 ↗ and the park board uh I'm Jamie Mitch

0:09 ↗ and I'll be chair of the environmental

0:12 ↗ board

0:12 ↗ um and I think

0:14 ↗ sort of Master of Ceremonies we're both

0:16 ↗ against today

0:19 ↗ um due to the hybrid nature of the

0:20 ↗ meeting we will have some members

0:22 ↗ attending uh in person than others by

0:24 ↗ computer or phone for all those

0:26 ↗ attending remotely

0:28 ↗ um please obviously state your name

0:30 ↗ before speaking and uh indicate your

0:33 ↗ desire to chat by raising your hand

0:34 ↗ we'll try to do our best between Stacy

0:38 ↗ and myself to to track those hand raises

0:43 ↗ um for those that are in person

0:45 ↗ um what we do in the environmental board

0:47 ↗ to indicate desire to speak is just to

0:49 ↗ put our name tags over like this so as

0:51 ↗ long as everyone's comfortable with that

0:53 ↗ that is the protocol we usually have

0:56 ↗ here so

0:57 ↗ um

0:59 ↗ I think uh otherwise

1:02 ↗ uh I think from there we can probably

1:04 ↗ get into attendance so Stacy if you want

1:06 ↗ to take us first great

1:09 ↗ um Tom Anderson

1:11 ↗ uh Nancy Davidson here

1:14 ↗ Jamie bench here

1:17 ↗ has an excused absence

1:22 ↗ Laura lebanco was going to join us

1:24 ↗ virtually because I was like she's on

1:26 ↗ yet because I'll keep the eye out

1:28 ↗ uh Ashwin manoharans

1:33 ↗ Don McWilliams here

1:35 ↗ and Nuka

1:37 ↗ here

1:39 ↗ and Janet water

1:41 ↗ yeah

1:44 ↗ and the stuff is going to call roll for

1:46 ↗ passport yeah so hi everyone

1:49 ↗ um Dr blizzby our chair has an excuse

1:51 ↗ Essence so I'm gonna do roll calling

1:53 ↗ instead

1:54 ↗ um so the accident is uh Marlene wacky

1:58 ↗ Chris kobach here

2:01 ↗ Andrew eloquin has an excused absence uh

2:04 ↗ David Lu also has an excuse

2:07 ↗ Nicholas Lee

2:09 ↗ maybe get a join virtual

2:12 ↗ um

2:13 ↗ Brenda Spears

2:18 ↗ Katie Bell here

2:20 ↗ Tim Motley

2:23 ↗ Danielle Gibbons here Brad book

2:27 ↗ I'm here

2:29 ↗ and Andrew Myers doesn't make a few

2:31 ↗ dozens

2:34 ↗ no pass it back to Jamie all right and

2:37 ↗ it's do you know if we have anyone

2:39 ↗ signed like any kind of Public Training

2:42 ↗ remotely I do not see any members of the

2:45 ↗ public directing technology we do have

2:47 ↗ two members of the group yes so there

2:50 ↗ are any members of public that would

2:52 ↗ like to make public comment we obviously

2:54 ↗ value input from the public and uh one

2:57 ↗ request is any comments please do try to

3:00 ↗ keep them to about five minutes

3:02 ↗ um I know

3:15 ↗ I'll get there

3:24 ↗ okay my name is Connie Marsh obviously I

3:27 ↗ live on squawk and I have spent the last

3:30 ↗ month looking at some Amish Cove Park so

3:33 ↗ I am going to talk about some Amish Cove

3:35 ↗ park today which you all almost never

3:38 ↗ talk about Spanish Cove Park but it is

3:41 ↗ in the map for your presentation today

3:43 ↗ so this is both part four and

3:46 ↗ environmental board because this is a

3:49 ↗ part that hits the shoreline of Lake

3:50 ↗ Sammamish and has just been delineated

3:54 ↗ is basically entirely Wetland and

3:57 ↗ Wetland buffer and uh same like

4:00 ↗ sammamishes filed an appeal for the

4:03 ↗ private project putting a pipe through

4:07 ↗ your uh Sammamish Cove park I think I've

4:11 ↗ sent you emails on this before uh that

4:14 ↗ you simply could not get any information

4:16 ↗ showing that that someone

4:20 ↗ studied

4:21 ↗ whether this pipe could be avoided and

4:25 ↗ so that's the first step right is you're

4:28 ↗ trying not to impact your hearts and

4:29 ↗ trying not to impact your wetlands and

4:33 ↗ the lake and so it's it's a must-do step

4:36 ↗ to try to make the city

4:39 ↗ know that it actually has to has to be

4:42 ↗ aware of these things now more

4:45 ↗ interesting than that though that is

4:46 ↗ fascinating then I watched a meeting

4:49 ↗ that showed the pinch Point West Lakes

4:51 ↗ Sammamish Parkway

4:53 ↗ which is the road that goes in front of

4:56 ↗ Sammamish Cove Park is showing an

5:00 ↗ alignment to with a variety of choices

5:02 ↗ to the public that don't try to avoid

5:05 ↗ the wetlands and the park

5:07 ↗ they just say minimize and you know that

5:12 ↗ isn't where you begin you begin with

5:14 ↗ avoiding and so they're presenting to

5:16 ↗ the public choices that will

5:18 ↗ automatically de facto impact the

5:21 ↗ weapons

5:22 ↗ and like as usual that just likes my

5:26 ↗ hair on fire nothing new

5:28 ↗ and so then we also have a deed

5:32 ↗ restriction of some sort and some

5:35 ↗ process that we don't know how that's

5:37 ↗ coming along but this alignment of the

5:41 ↗ road also goes actively into the park

5:44 ↗ itself even outside of the right-of-way

5:46 ↗ in some of its alignments

5:50 ↗ during the conversation at this meeting

5:53 ↗ it was well

5:54 ↗ people want to get from South Cove to

5:57 ↗ the state park so there was some

5:59 ↗ conversation of why can't we dip down

6:02 ↗ into the park and use the park as the

6:05 ↗ road is being redone or in the interim

6:07 ↗ to at least get us to the state park so

6:10 ↗ we don't feel like we're gonna die when

6:12 ↗ we're going by the side of the road

6:14 ↗ which is

6:17 ↗ if you guys don't discuss some Amish

6:19 ↗ Cove Park

6:21 ↗ because it's never really been planned

6:22 ↗ so I don't know good idea bad idea you

6:25 ↗ have some illegal trails in there right

6:27 ↗ now that the city itself built and I

6:29 ↗ don't know what to do with those now

6:30 ↗ even better this new road is combining

6:34 ↗ with a Schneider Creek project by the

6:37 ↗ Washington State Department of

6:38 ↗ Transportation which is planning a

6:41 ↗ Schneider Creek and another Creek to go

6:43 ↗ right through Sammamish Cove Park

6:47 ↗ so interestingly this is going to raise

6:51 ↗ the road

6:52 ↗ by six feet

6:54 ↗ making the interface with Sammamish Cove

6:57 ↗ Park

6:58 ↗ a very tall retaining wall

7:01 ↗ so they've decided to put The Pedestrian

7:03 ↗ pathway on the side where you'd have to

7:05 ↗ throw yourself over the edge of the

7:07 ↗ street to get away from the car as

7:09 ↗ compared to being impaled next to the

7:12 ↗ new wash dot retaining wall I don't know

7:14 ↗ if that's rational I can't decide I do

7:18 ↗ know that both the Parks Board and the

7:20 ↗ environmental board in the concept of

7:25 ↗ what processes should projects in

7:29 ↗ general go through this is the

7:30 ↗ Environmental board and how should they

7:33 ↗ be presented to the public to maintain

7:36 ↗ our Environmental Quality because you

7:38 ↗ guys aren't Project Specific this is

7:40 ↗ just an example now the park board this

7:43 ↗ is your friend park it hasn't been

7:45 ↗ designed no one's talking about it

7:48 ↗ somebody's got to say something

7:50 ↗ otherwise this park is just going to be

7:52 ↗ like

7:53 ↗ Death By A Thousand Cuts from every

7:56 ↗ which way

7:58 ↗ so I think you need to play in the park

8:00 ↗ and hopefully your director will have an

8:04 ↗ update on the deed restrictions today

8:07 ↗ that would that was awesome I'm probably

8:09 ↗ over five minutes but it's a long

8:12 ↗ involved story oh wait and it's in the

8:14 ↗ presentation tonight as a I know you

8:17 ↗ didn't know that today

8:19 ↗ as a channel migration Zone off of the

8:22 ↗ lake which I didn't know the lake would

8:25 ↗ get that so the other discussion would

8:27 ↗ be even in an unlimited water body like

8:31 ↗ like snamishes

8:32 ↗ wow are we really gonna anyway there you

8:36 ↗ go

8:46 ↗ hi David Kepler I guess you know I'm

8:49 ↗ bored as well Australia's Club

8:52 ↗ um we are an amazing City and that we

8:55 ↗ have a state park within our corporate

8:59 ↗ limits and we are joined in second state

9:01 ↗ park and I don't think there's many

9:03 ↗ cities in uh in the country that share

9:06 ↗ two state parks and we in the state park

9:10 ↗ like Sammamish State Park there's an

9:13 ↗ effort they've got a significant Grant

9:15 ↗ to do America with Disabilities Act

9:18 ↗ accessible trails uh in in the state

9:22 ↗ park it's pretty complicated with all

9:23 ↗ the wetlands and all fortunately the

9:26 ↗ grades not much of an issue the biggest

9:28 ↗ grades are getting from ground level up

9:31 ↗ onto a boardwalk but

9:34 ↗ um I'm not I'm hoping that there's a

9:37 ↗ little more interface between the city

9:39 ↗ and the state on this effort

9:42 ↗ if somebody is familiar with it we're

9:45 ↗ talking about a bridge over the creek

9:46 ↗ kind of between the lake and the Costco

9:49 ↗ basically in that area

9:52 ↗ um a significant Trails will have to be

9:55 ↗ in some Wetland areas for boardwalks I'm

9:58 ↗ really working hard trying to keep keep

10:00 ↗ on the wetlands as much as possible but

10:04 ↗ um because of the the accessibility of

10:07 ↗ this Trail requires it gets more

10:09 ↗ complicated on that

10:12 ↗ um you know just one more this city is

10:15 ↗ amazing we've got huge County Park

10:19 ↗ on Green Ridge the biggest County Park 3

10:23 ↗ 000 acres to join us on our West Side

10:27 ↗ um we've got State Park two state parks

10:29 ↗ and we have the State Department of

10:31 ↗ Natural Resources property that join

10:33 ↗ ours and then we also have a whole bunch

10:35 ↗ of King County

10:37 ↗ in other places that join join us so

10:41 ↗ we've got tremendous opportunities here

10:43 ↗ and we've taken advantage of them over

10:45 ↗ over the decades but we've got to keep

10:49 ↗ keep doing it and and this these two

10:53 ↗ boards are exactly the two groups that

10:56 ↗ can keep that going in the right

10:57 ↗ direction thank you

11:00 ↗ thank you

11:03 ↗ Nancy I just haven't followed since Jeff

11:06 ↗ happens to be here I appreciate that

11:08 ↗ Jeff if the state parks is doing Trail

11:12 ↗ work do they have to go through

11:14 ↗ permitting for the city

11:16 ↗ and I know you may not know the answer

11:18 ↗ is

11:19 ↗ the only thing to do yes we certainly do

11:22 ↗ so yeah so they will have to get permits

11:25 ↗ for any of this work and work with

11:27 ↗ through and depending upon their timing

11:29 ↗ may have to be subject to the new title

11:31 ↗ 18 depending upon when that's approved

11:33 ↗ 19 is for public projects and private

11:37 ↗ projects yeah so I just I just wanted

11:39 ↗ some clarification on that thank you

11:44 ↗ all right I think that closes out public

11:46 ↗ comments

11:48 ↗ um so thanks with that we will move into

11:50 ↗ our agenda items with the first one

11:52 ↗ being blood Hazard management plan and

11:55 ↗ flood Hazard mapping studies

11:58 ↗ I think Allen might be introducing the

12:01 ↗ King County team

12:05 ↗ yes hi

12:06 ↗ everyone uh

12:09 ↗ yeah good evening uh

12:11 ↗ board members my name is Alan Quinn a

12:13 ↗ senior engineer with City of Issaquah

12:15 ↗ and the city's been working with King

12:17 ↗ County Rivers is it Rivers Division I

12:20 ↗ hope I got that right uh for the last

12:22 ↗ what year and a year a year and a half

12:23 ↗ at least

12:25 ↗ um coordinating uh the map update of the

12:28 ↗ FEMA flood plan along Issaquah Creek so

12:30 ↗ it's a huge effort to update that

12:33 ↗ um that map it's a mini decades old

12:36 ↗ um which the county is going to go into

12:38 ↗ all that I'm sure in the presentation

12:40 ↗ but I just wanted to introduce the team

12:42 ↗ from the county and so we have Judy Judy

12:45 ↗ radloff

12:46 ↗ and Tracy Windham I wouldn't pronounce

12:49 ↗ those last names correctly and I don't

12:51 ↗ think Chris is here is that right I

12:53 ↗ don't see it uh oh

12:56 ↗ yeah Chris brummer I'm not sure if he's

12:58 ↗ there or not but anyhow those that's the

13:00 ↗ team he's been working with the last I

13:02 ↗ said at least a year if not longer so

13:05 ↗ I guess I'll let uh maybe take over from

13:08 ↗ here does that make sense or Tracy

13:09 ↗ whoever yeah

13:12 ↗ thanks Alan

13:14 ↗ so I'll get started um Chris bertolato I

13:18 ↗ work with the King County River

13:19 ↗ floodplain management team so I'm one of

13:21 ↗ apparently made Chris's in that section

13:23 ↗ happy to be here too day

13:26 ↗ um so I'm here mostly to talk about

13:28 ↗ entirely to talk about the King County

13:30 ↗ flood Hazard management plan

13:32 ↗ go to the next one next one and I got

13:34 ↗ some notes so I don't forget anything

13:35 ↗ I'm going to talk at a very high level

13:38 ↗ about flood risks and blood hazards in

13:40 ↗ King County I do want to talk to you

13:43 ↗ about why this update of a plan matters

13:46 ↗ to you to people in disappear and around

13:48 ↗ Issaquah I also want to talk about how

13:51 ↗ the plan really needs new opportunities

13:53 ↗ and what we see coming and and how we're

13:57 ↗ hoping to gather ideas from a community

14:00 ↗ and from different interested parties

14:04 ↗ so very these are photos from Issaquah

14:07 ↗ and this is these are from floods in

14:09 ↗ 2009 and 2020. clearly I'm going to be

14:13 ↗ talking about flooding and uh it's very

14:15 ↗ possible that many of you have lived

14:18 ↗ through experience flooding on your own

14:20 ↗ property you've dealt with damages on

14:21 ↗ your property so I'm just gonna talk at

14:24 ↗ this high level to make sure we all have

14:26 ↗ the same amount of information the space

14:28 ↗ Baseline of info and I'm also going to

14:32 ↗ probably mostly talk about the negative

14:34 ↗ impacts of flooding

14:36 ↗ um because that's when someone has water

14:37 ↗ approaching their home wherever it's

14:39 ↗ coming from that's really what you're

14:41 ↗ thinking about are the negative impacts

14:42 ↗ I want to do I do want to say that

14:44 ↗ flooding is a part of the natural part

14:46 ↗ of the landscape so this is a part of

14:48 ↗ how Water Works in in King County and

14:50 ↗ throughout Western Washington

14:52 ↗ um we don't expect flooding to really

14:54 ↗ ever go away we don't try and do that in

14:56 ↗ the flood plan

14:57 ↗ um and there are some positive impacts

14:59 ↗ one being that it's great for fish and

15:01 ↗ wildlife habitat it's also great to

15:04 ↗ bring new soils really rich soils into

15:07 ↗ Farmland throughout the King County kind

15:09 ↗ of farming valleys but I am not going to

15:12 ↗ focus on that I just wanted to kind of

15:13 ↗ give that background since so flooding

15:16 ↗ is King County's most common natural

15:18 ↗ Hazard since 1990 there have been 13

15:20 ↗ presidentially declared

15:23 ↗ um blood hazards or disasters in King

15:25 ↗ County and that's an average about one

15:27 ↗ every two and a half years that actually

15:29 ↗ raises Rises for that level so there are

15:32 ↗ dozens and dozens of floods that have

15:34 ↗ happened that have not risen to that

15:35 ↗ level

15:36 ↗ yes

15:38 ↗ I'm sorry to interrupt Jeff Watling just

15:41 ↗ really quick note on that last frame

15:43 ↗ that

15:44 ↗ um the reference to the flooding in 2009

15:48 ↗ I was actually a 2019 event this comp

15:51 ↗ the conference Park bridge wasn't there

15:53 ↗ okay in 2009 I'll make that correction

15:57 ↗ um yeah so I'm still kind of Gathering

15:59 ↗ images yes I appreciate that no Chris

16:01 ↗ how would you like to sit handle

16:03 ↗ questions throughout the presentation

16:06 ↗ um I don't have a lot of slides so how

16:08 ↗ about I go through them write down your

16:10 ↗ comments if you're remote like put them

16:12 ↗ in chat uh however you want to do it and

16:14 ↗ then maybe I'll take a few and then

16:16 ↗ there's a natural progression to Judy

16:18 ↗ and Tracy's uh presentation and so we're

16:20 ↗ hoping I should I didn't say this we're

16:22 ↗ hoping to mostly have time for

16:23 ↗ conversation we're going to present

16:25 ↗ maybe 15 minutes each 15 to 20 minutes

16:27 ↗ each at most and really allow the rest

16:30 ↗ of the time that we have for

16:31 ↗ conversation does that work for everyone

16:34 ↗ okay and if there's something that I'm

16:35 ↗ not being clear on though if I'm really

16:37 ↗ confusing you do Pastor clarification in

16:40 ↗ that moment I'm totally good with that

16:43 ↗ doesn't sound like a quick comment I

16:45 ↗ just wanted to make another comment on

16:46 ↗ that that slide that Jeff just pointed

16:48 ↗ out and that's confidence park it was

16:50 ↗ actually designed to do exactly what

16:52 ↗ it's doing there

16:54 ↗ um and so it's for people who might not

16:56 ↗ know about that that part was that part

16:59 ↗ of the park was designed to flood

17:00 ↗ intentionally to take some of the

17:02 ↗ pressure off other areas absolutely yeah

17:04 ↗ and that's and so we'll talk a bit about

17:06 ↗ like what like blood Hazard area is

17:09 ↗ where flooding is grown to happen and

17:11 ↗ how much different from actually flood

17:12 ↗ risk because maybe there's no risk to

17:14 ↗ the situation whatsoever so we can go to

17:17 ↗ the next one

17:19 ↗ um so let's see so I wanted to just

17:21 ↗ mention clearly people live in

17:23 ↗ flood-prone areas

17:25 ↗ um we have I think the statistics are

17:27 ↗ about 57 000 people in King County that

17:30 ↗ are in um high-risk flood-prone areas

17:33 ↗ that's probably a low number

17:35 ↗ um we also have billions of dollars of

17:38 ↗ income that are generated within these

17:40 ↗ areas as well as billions of dollars in

17:41 ↗ infrastructure

17:42 ↗ that allow people to get around they you

17:45 ↗ know move utilities sewage there's all

17:47 ↗ types of underground and above ground

17:49 ↗ items so what happens within when a

17:52 ↗ flood happens it's certainly very

17:54 ↗ personal and what someone is dealing

17:56 ↗ with in that moment but it also has

17:57 ↗ Regional implications

17:59 ↗ um

18:00 ↗ there are damages that can happen from

18:02 ↗ property and infrastructure as you can

18:04 ↗ see there and the impacts aren't just we

18:07 ↗ tend to think of homeowners and the

18:08 ↗ impacts to homeowners but it also

18:10 ↗ affects people who rent property people

18:12 ↗ who are unhoused business owners so it

18:15 ↗ doesn't really discriminate

18:17 ↗ um the bridge is so and bridges can be

18:19 ↗ washed out and I think probably many of

18:21 ↗ you have seen that and that actually

18:22 ↗ interrupts the ability for emergency

18:24 ↗ responders to get to where they need to

18:26 ↗ go in these times of disaster and once

18:29 ↗ the floods receive so there's like that

18:31 ↗ impact that's happening now but once the

18:33 ↗ floods received there's also the damage

18:35 ↗ that needs to be repaired including

18:36 ↗ damage to levees and repentance and

18:39 ↗ Facilities that help or reduce the risk

18:42 ↗ for future floods that's

18:45 ↗ foreign

18:46 ↗ so you know as I said this is pretty

18:48 ↗ high level and within two slides I kind

18:50 ↗ of gave you a very generic overview of

18:52 ↗ flooding but there's also this other

18:54 ↗ issue which is that the landscape

18:56 ↗ landscape simply changes naturally so

18:59 ↗ you have

19:00 ↗ um erosion that will happen along a

19:02 ↗ river I'm sure that you've seen that on

19:04 ↗ Tibbetts and Issaquah Creek and all the

19:06 ↗ channels that are not like totally

19:08 ↗ confined and we want to keep it exactly

19:10 ↗ the place that they're in this is a

19:12 ↗ picture of the coast River

19:14 ↗ um since I typically work up in the

19:15 ↗ Snoqualmie Valley and it just shows how

19:18 ↗ new new channels can form gradually they

19:20 ↗ can they can happen very quickly and I

19:24 ↗ know Judy's going to talk about that

19:25 ↗ quite a lot more there are also types of

19:27 ↗ different sources of um

19:30 ↗ flooding so we often in our section talk

19:33 ↗ about rivers however there are areas

19:35 ↗ areas that can flood because they're a

19:37 ↗ long marine or lake shorelines so and we

19:40 ↗ are seeing changes with sea level rise

19:42 ↗ we expect kind of more severe more

19:45 ↗ frequent flooding over time

19:47 ↗ and we also have places that are just

19:48 ↗ simply in low-lying areas so you heard a

19:50 ↗ little bit about Wetlands you know

19:51 ↗ there's a lot of

19:53 ↗ if you flip once more

19:55 ↗ so what changes are our uses so this is

19:58 ↗ where you get to the difference between

19:59 ↗ hazards and risks and so we've had more

20:02 ↗ people over you know 100 years come in

20:06 ↗ and live in places that are flood proud

20:08 ↗ and I think our regulations limit

20:10 ↗ development in those areas now but it's

20:12 ↗ not always been that case and so this is

20:14 ↗ where you get this fine dance of a

20:16 ↗ natural process

20:18 ↗ conflicting with a person's desire to

20:21 ↗ protect one property

20:23 ↗ so this is where the flood plan comes in

20:25 ↗ because it is that road map that will

20:28 ↗ help King County navigate how do we

20:30 ↗ manage this natural Hazard which we

20:31 ↗ think is going to get worse or more

20:33 ↗ severe over time and the fact that it

20:35 ↗ poses risks to personal property safety

20:39 ↗ infrastructure all these things that we

20:40 ↗ don't want to we want to try and

20:42 ↗ minimize as much as possible so the

20:44 ↗ floodplain itself identifies what

20:46 ↗ hazards and risks through a lot of

20:48 ↗ technical analysis and groundwork and

20:51 ↗ looking at types of all different types

20:52 ↗ of maps that it defines it describes

20:55 ↗ strategies projects and programs for

20:58 ↗ mitigating that risk and it defines King

21:01 ↗ County policies and it's specifically

21:03 ↗ for unincorporated areas some

21:05 ↗ municipalities do choose to adopt the

21:07 ↗ flood plan the King County Flood Control

21:09 ↗ District for the 2006 and 2013 plan to

21:13 ↗ adopt those plans as their guiding

21:14 ↗ documents so these um

21:17 ↗ while we the the plan is really oriented

21:20 ↗ towards unappropriate areas as we're we

21:23 ↗ think about it more regionally across

21:25 ↗ the county

21:27 ↗ um let's see so in in the plan there

21:29 ↗ might be a list of potential projects

21:31 ↗ that are identified as well the next

21:33 ↗ slide I want to just talk about what our

21:35 ↗ plans are right now so there was a plan

21:38 ↗ that was written in 2006 and 2013 it was

21:41 ↗ updated it wasn't a complete rewrite and

21:44 ↗ the goals for that plan I'm not going to

21:46 ↗ read them they're very focused on flood

21:48 ↗ risk reduction reducing the impacts of

21:50 ↗ doing that work reducing the cost of

21:53 ↗ doing that work and and this actually

21:55 ↗ created some this was there was some

21:58 ↗ real big innovations that happened in

22:00 ↗ these plans but it also created some

22:02 ↗ gaps that are pretty clear if you go to

22:05 ↗ the next slide

22:07 ↗ so this shows the current Focus areas

22:10 ↗ that's what says on the bottom where the

22:13 ↗ river and King County River and flip

22:14 ↗ flame management really focuses their

22:16 ↗ attention and um you know and they're

22:18 ↗ the large river systems the Snoqualmie

22:20 ↗ the whites the green Southward Sky

22:24 ↗ um the the cedar as well and I think for

22:26 ↗ some period of time Issaquah Creek

22:28 ↗ probably did not have a lot of County

22:29 ↗ attention and that's changed pretty

22:31 ↗ recently but you can you notice like

22:33 ↗ Sammamish River is not on here like

22:35 ↗ Spanish is not identified Vashon and

22:37 ↗ Murray island is completely not really

22:40 ↗ getting a lot of attention for flood

22:41 ↗ risk reduction through our flood plan

22:43 ↗ all of the coastal areas along King

22:45 ↗ County where there are small tributaries

22:47 ↗ that can kind of back up when there's

22:50 ↗ you know ping tides and Storm surges

22:52 ↗ happening at the same time I'm not going

22:54 ↗ to have real impacts on people so

22:56 ↗ there's some Geographic

22:58 ↗ gaps that are clear throughout that

23:01 ↗ we've seen over the last 20 years next

23:05 ↗ I'm not going to talk about all these

23:06 ↗ because you're going to see this slide

23:08 ↗ again I'm just going to talk about the

23:09 ↗ two that I think Tracy and Judy are not

23:11 ↗ going to talk about the the flip plan

23:13 ↗ gives us a toolbox and we can kind of

23:16 ↗ pull the right tools out based on the

23:18 ↗ situation and the two that I think

23:20 ↗ Judy's not talking about are the flood

23:22 ↗ warning services so we do manage the

23:25 ↗ blood warning center we have flood apps

23:27 ↗ we have all types of ways to communicate

23:29 ↗ an approaching floods so how many people

23:31 ↗ actually have a flood app or you know

23:33 ↗ have anything downloaded so there's all

23:36 ↗ these great ways to stay informed

23:39 ↗ um for those that know about them and I

23:41 ↗ think the other one that you're not

23:42 ↗ talking about is it it's that one

23:44 ↗ infrastructure we also work to protect

23:47 ↗ public infrastructure so we tend to

23:49 ↗ prioritize our work in areas where this

23:51 ↗ risk exists we're not going to go into

23:53 ↗ big national forests that are in King

23:56 ↗ County and try and manage how the rivers

23:58 ↗ or flooding happens because it's there's

24:01 ↗ no risk There's No One In Harm's Way

24:04 ↗ foreign

24:05 ↗ so what is the next blood plan intend to

24:08 ↗ do so staff have been talking about the

24:11 ↗ flood plan within King County for well

24:13 ↗ over a couple of years and we are very

24:15 ↗ eager to fill some of the gaps that

24:17 ↗ we've identified so we've identified a

24:19 ↗ few areas that I'll talk about and what

24:22 ↗ we're hearing from the community so far

24:23 ↗ Echoes that these are important and so

24:25 ↗ I'll share them but it's not an

24:27 ↗ inclusive list so the next one the first

24:30 ↗ one is this idea of multi-benefit that

24:32 ↗ first that plan that we have now very

24:34 ↗ focused on flood risk reduction so this

24:36 ↗ project and on the pipeline protection

24:39 ↗ project it shows that we can do

24:41 ↗ multi-benefit work because we're

24:43 ↗ protecting a public water pipeline to

24:45 ↗ Seattle we were dealing with farming

24:47 ↗ drainage issues there's fish and

24:50 ↗ wildlife habitat that was created blood

24:52 ↗ risk reduction but the flood plan as it

24:55 ↗ stands right now it makes it it is not

24:58 ↗ embedded that all of our work should

25:00 ↗ really think about multiple benefits

25:02 ↗ that the community can gain from what we

25:04 ↗ do and so we really want to align uh

25:06 ↗ with the foot control District's policy

25:08 ↗ and multi-benefit and the need to do

25:11 ↗ that work the other thing is that the

25:13 ↗ previous the current flood plan has no

25:15 ↗ no content around climate change really

25:17 ↗ and that's a huge gap we need to make

25:20 ↗ sure that we're thinking about climate

25:22 ↗ change planning for it and being trying

25:24 ↗ to be resilient in the face of whatever

25:26 ↗ those changes will be next

25:29 ↗ so um

25:32 ↗ there's been a lot of discussion um we

25:34 ↗ staff have really felt that um

25:37 ↗ King County has not done an adequate job

25:40 ↗ of engaging a fully diverse and

25:42 ↗ representative population from King

25:44 ↗ County and contributing to what this

25:46 ↗ these plans have looked like in the past

25:48 ↗ and so we really want to make sure that

25:51 ↗ we are gathering input from people that

25:55 ↗ we don't often talk to and that

25:57 ↗ typically our least resilient in the

26:00 ↗ face of flooding much more vulnerable

26:01 ↗ and so there's a strong Equity focus on

26:04 ↗ this and that's part of part of why I'm

26:07 ↗ here and doing a traveling kind of

26:09 ↗ Roadshow and reaching out in a lot of

26:10 ↗ different ways so um the other that next

26:14 ↗ one is that this is not inclusive and we

26:16 ↗ really need to hear from people about

26:18 ↗ the gaps that you're seeing for those

26:21 ↗ that you believe need to be addressed in

26:22 ↗ the next flood plan

26:24 ↗ um like I said these seem to align with

26:26 ↗ what we're hearing back from the

26:27 ↗ community but I'm sure there there's

26:29 ↗ local knowledge that you have that will

26:31 ↗ be impactful

26:34 ↗ all right so I just wanted to talk a

26:36 ↗ little bit about flood resilience so

26:37 ↗ this is the other part that's not really

26:39 ↗ reflected on the flood plan

26:41 ↗ hi just a quick question so the flood

26:44 ↗ plan is that something you're working on

26:46 ↗ now is that something you plan on taking

26:48 ↗ to the County Council in the next year

26:50 ↗ yeah so we are updating the blood plan

26:52 ↗ right now I have a schedule that I'll

26:54 ↗ show you but I'll just tell you right

26:55 ↗ now the King County Council will be

26:58 ↗ receiving a draft of a plan that we're

27:00 ↗ hoping will be informed by lots of

27:01 ↗ community input uh towards the end of

27:04 ↗ this year and then they would be the

27:05 ↗ ones to decide whether or not it should

27:08 ↗ be adopted or changed

27:10 ↗ and it would be a product of King County

27:12 ↗ so um it's not a product of the flood

27:14 ↗ control district and we're hoping that

27:16 ↗ others like the district will adopt it

27:18 ↗ as a guiding document as well

27:20 ↗ so the other part of what we we are

27:23 ↗ working towards is this idea of not just

27:25 ↗ trying to reduce risk but increasing

27:27 ↗ resilience the ability of people to

27:29 ↗ recover fully quickly and completely

27:31 ↗ from whatever flood related impacts are

27:34 ↗ associated with them and what we find

27:36 ↗ you know throughout the world does that

27:38 ↗ pose folks who are the most vulnerable

27:41 ↗ really do not

27:43 ↗ um recover as say like other people so

27:46 ↗ it depends based on your kind of your

27:48 ↗ race your your income the resources you

27:51 ↗ have to bridge the difficulties and so

27:53 ↗ the idea of building resilience really

27:55 ↗ kind of changes could change the

27:57 ↗ character of a blood plant and again

27:59 ↗ this is still coming from staff

28:00 ↗ excellent I'm almost done

28:03 ↗ I'm not going to talk about these steps

28:05 ↗ it's not easy to figure out how do we

28:07 ↗ build blood resilience this is literally

28:09 ↗ new language for us but what is really

28:11 ↗ important is that we we need to hear

28:14 ↗ from people to make sure that the

28:16 ↗ perspectives of folks who live in a

28:18 ↗ variety of places who are impacted by

28:20 ↗ flooding are telling us what this plan

28:22 ↗ needs to include that's a key part of

28:25 ↗ resilience is making sure that we're not

28:27 ↗ creating this in a little box

28:29 ↗ thank you this is the schedule we've

28:32 ↗ done all of this kind of pre-planning

28:33 ↗ we're kind of in this phase right now

28:36 ↗ and I would say in our community

28:37 ↗ engagement phase we're still at the

28:38 ↗ point of trying to articulate the vision

28:41 ↗ and the goals and the scope of the flood

28:43 ↗ plan so there's a lot of room to

28:46 ↗ influence the outcomes and eventually it

28:48 ↗ will go to King County Council for them

28:50 ↗ to make decisions

28:53 ↗ so this is as I said we're in the shared

28:55 ↗ vision and goal strategy we're asking

28:57 ↗ people questions about their experiences

28:59 ↗ with flooding in terms of multi-benefits

29:01 ↗ what are the benefits what is it about

29:03 ↗ your community that you value what is

29:06 ↗ the thing what are the things that we

29:07 ↗ should be keeping in mind as we're

29:09 ↗ creating a risk reduction projects and

29:12 ↗ then uh what do you need to be prepared

29:14 ↗ and able to recover from play what are

29:16 ↗ your ideas about how it local government

29:17 ↗ can serve you best to create this kind

29:20 ↗ of shared vision

29:21 ↗ thank you Judy and then in July or so we

29:25 ↗ we expect that we'll see some emerging

29:27 ↗ strategies and priorities emerging and

29:29 ↗ we'll also be asking for questions about

29:31 ↗ those those more specific ideas

29:34 ↗ and then there'll be an opportunity to

29:36 ↗ provide comments on the draft plan and

29:37 ↗ we're also doing an Eis as a part of

29:39 ↗ this so there'll be a formal Eis when

29:42 ↗ the draft is um shared out

29:46 ↗ so this is my last slide I believe

29:49 ↗ um

29:50 ↗ my and so some of you I've known some of

29:53 ↗ you and I worked in community engagement

29:55 ↗ for a long time and this whole idea that

29:57 ↗ I come forward with is that there's not

29:59 ↗ just one way to provide input we do have

30:01 ↗ an online survey and would be super

30:03 ↗ convenient for us if everyone just put

30:04 ↗ all their comments into that survey but

30:06 ↗ we also realized we need to give you the

30:09 ↗ way that works best for you to to

30:11 ↗ comment and so we are going to be out

30:13 ↗ and about at local events

30:15 ↗ I'm really looking for some ideas about

30:17 ↗ how we can reach people and in and

30:19 ↗ around the Issaquah area

30:21 ↗ um we're working in Community

30:22 ↗ Partnerships and we're really trying to

30:24 ↗ Target those Community Partnerships with

30:26 ↗ groups that serve

30:29 ↗ audiences let's say an ethnic group that

30:32 ↗ we don't currently have the trust of or

30:34 ↗ familiarity with so we're trying to

30:36 ↗ engage with them to be Educators and

30:39 ↗ bring people into the fold that we

30:40 ↗ haven't talked to we will be doing some

30:42 ↗ County sponsored meetings so stay tuned

30:44 ↗ and we we have a survey which people can

30:47 ↗ certainly you know fill out and it will

30:50 ↗ change in July when we have those

30:51 ↗ emerging strategies and you can also

30:53 ↗ just call or email us and the next slide

30:55 ↗ has our contact info

30:58 ↗ so I do have some handouts that I can

31:00 ↗ share I put some business cards on the

31:02 ↗ table but that's all I want to share

31:04 ↗ Jason Wilkinson is the project manager

31:06 ↗ and I'm kind of on loaned to the group I

31:09 ↗ bet the policy team to help them with

31:10 ↗ the community engagement process

31:13 ↗ did I miss anything Judy

31:16 ↗ uh I don't think so Chris but all right

31:18 ↗ I have a different perspective so okay

31:20 ↗ yes we can take a cue and then go to a

31:23 ↗ few

31:26 ↗ are there any questions or comments

31:29 ↗ yeah I'll pass these around

31:32 ↗ please go ahead

31:34 ↗ yeah Heavy's over

31:36 ↗ um Can Dance with the environmental

31:38 ↗ board Chris thank you

31:39 ↗ um yeah I guess one suggestion I kind of

31:41 ↗ mentioned working with the Mountain Sun

31:42 ↗ Greenway trust uh you may have a decade

31:44 ↗ or so working with landowners along the

31:46 ↗ creek uh not we control and recovery and

31:48 ↗ restoration and you know one of the big

31:50 ↗ selling points you know obviously we're

31:52 ↗ trying to sell the salmon habitat

31:54 ↗ um for the work we're doing that's what

31:55 ↗ funds it but is you know concerned

31:56 ↗ around fake corrosion and erosion

31:58 ↗ control and talking about education how

32:00 ↗ that helps that so I'm just wondering if

32:02 ↗ there could be a natural opportunity for

32:04 ↗ whether it be the survey or some other

32:05 ↗ connection we're usually emailing 100

32:07 ↗ 150 landowners

32:10 ↗ uh usually in June or July kind of with

32:11 ↗ plans for the control work in the end of

32:13 ↗ the summer so in terms of people that

32:15 ↗ live directly down the streets

32:18 ↗ so that's my comment and you know I

32:21 ↗ guess this is a kind of a loaded

32:22 ↗ question but I think is something really

32:24 ↗ important in the community here is I was

32:26 ↗ looking at the the pipeline project

32:28 ↗ um how do we balance managing Beaver

32:31 ↗ habitat habitat here and some of the

32:32 ↗ flood concerns I know that's something

32:33 ↗ that's really tricky in this community

32:35 ↗ and I certainly don't seem to know like

32:38 ↗ what the straightforward answer is other

32:40 ↗ than you know relocation and removal

32:42 ↗ um so I think that's something that I

32:43 ↗ can speak for myself and probably some

32:45 ↗ other people here that they care a lot

32:47 ↗ about in terms of that's that's the

32:48 ↗ balance of of habitat for wildlife and

32:51 ↗ all the benefits that

32:54 ↗ and the convey water to the lake so

33:01 ↗ good I might be a little early with my

33:04 ↗ question so if I am just something that

33:06 ↗ you're going to discuss this here in a

33:08 ↗ bit but I see a lot of work done out in

33:10 ↗ Snoqualmie Valley where you're buying

33:12 ↗ back flood planes working counties

33:13 ↗ either at least land or you're buying

33:16 ↗ land out there to put the floodplains

33:18 ↗ back but we're talking about Issaquah

33:20 ↗ here today so how is King County going

33:23 ↗ to help identify

33:24 ↗ future floodplain areas in Issaquah and

33:27 ↗ is there going to be a financial

33:29 ↗ incentive per se for King County to help

33:32 ↗ offset the purchase of those lands I

33:34 ↗ think Judy and Tracy are going to talk

33:36 ↗ about the whole identifying blood thing

33:38 ↗ part but I know that King County River

33:40 ↗ inflicting management section does work

33:44 ↗ closely as a service provider to the

33:45 ↗ King County Flood Control District to

33:47 ↗ acquire properties we um It's All By

33:50 ↗ Word of Mouth we don't advertise that

33:52 ↗ and there are funds available in

33:54 ↗ different watersheds to do acquisition

33:57 ↗ and I working in the Snoqualmie Valley I

33:59 ↗ work closely with the cities of North

34:01 ↗ Bend and Snoqualmie so our Acquisitions

34:04 ↗ can happen in Incorporated areas and

34:06 ↗ that's not true for all King County

34:08 ↗ departments

34:11 ↗ and so I think in terms of acquisition

34:15 ↗ that's how I can answer the question in

34:16 ↗ terms of mapping I think that's a great

34:18 ↗ segue

34:19 ↗ um I'll just leave that for Judy's

34:21 ↗ presentation thank you

34:26 ↗ um

34:27 ↗ as far as Outreach

34:30 ↗ um for the community I think it's really

34:31 ↗ important to probably be talking also

34:34 ↗ not just with homeowners along the creek

34:36 ↗ but our downtown businesses along Front

34:39 ↗ Street

34:40 ↗ um because the last couple of words that

34:42 ↗ we've had anything have impacted those

34:45 ↗ businesses

34:47 ↗ um so the downtown Issaquah Association

34:48 ↗ will be where I would kind of start with

34:51 ↗ that if you happen to be reached out to

34:52 ↗ them

34:54 ↗ it was called the downtown Business

34:55 ↗ Association physical Association I think

34:57 ↗ I think that's probably the best place

34:59 ↗ to start thank you

35:06 ↗ I have a question Jamie Finch

35:09 ↗ environmental board

35:10 ↗ um

35:11 ↗ and it might be an impossible question

35:12 ↗ but I think one of the things that I

35:15 ↗ would love to get a kind of 40 000 Book

35:18 ↗ View is how you guys think about

35:19 ↗ priorities within a county-wide

35:22 ↗ floodplain

35:24 ↗ um or flood plan because I'm used to

35:26 ↗ thinking at the Disco level I think that

35:29 ↗ probably a lot of people are used to

35:30 ↗ thinking at the very local level and so

35:32 ↗ for me I would love to understand how

35:35 ↗ you guys think about applying a county

35:38 ↗ level plan to someone in Issaquah or

35:42 ↗ another Community but in specifically

35:43 ↗ here because I would just love to

35:45 ↗ understand it's a little bit like Don's

35:47 ↗ question but how you think that that

35:50 ↗ plan might impact

35:52 ↗ the city either it's quite pretty

35:54 ↗ anything else would be super helpful to

35:57 ↗ help understand just like the playing

35:58 ↗ field that we're that we're on I you

36:01 ↗ know I I know that there's another

36:02 ↗ project underway between King County and

36:06 ↗ the City of Issaquah that it's a capital

36:08 ↗ investment strategy so it's a corridor

36:10 ↗ plan and so on the Snoqualmie Valley

36:13 ↗ um we have three Corridor Corridor

36:16 ↗ planning processes that have been

36:17 ↗ completed when when you do them there's

36:19 ↗ a lot of community input into that a lot

36:22 ↗ of analysis of what the risks and

36:24 ↗ Hazards are and then what comes out of

36:26 ↗ it is a capital investment strategy that

36:29 ↗ helps to it's like a list of sequenced

36:31 ↗ and prioritized projects and I believe

36:34 ↗ that there's one going on within the

36:36 ↗ city within this area that I don't know

36:39 ↗ it was much about but I think it you

36:41 ↗ know as a from a community perspective I

36:43 ↗ think that would be the place to really

36:44 ↗ put a lot of attention into because that

36:48 ↗ is a guiding document that is used as

36:51 ↗ King County is working with other

36:53 ↗ and it also is that they are approved by

36:57 ↗ the King County Flood Control District

36:58 ↗ which is really the main funder for all

37:01 ↗ of our work

37:02 ↗ Okay so

37:04 ↗ that's probably one aspect of that is

37:06 ↗ there any other kind of major areas that

37:09 ↗ if I was just the average citizen in

37:11 ↗ Issaquah wanting to answer you and like

37:14 ↗ what are my priorities things that would

37:16 ↗ be relevant or the feedback that could

37:18 ↗ be really helpful through it and I know

37:21 ↗ maybe it's anything but I think what I'm

37:23 ↗ trying to understand is just where

37:26 ↗ you know like the plan might be informed

37:29 ↗ by something happening in Israel what

37:30 ↗ what type of things could could be

37:32 ↗ really helpful feedback

37:35 ↗ you're asking about the flood plan that

37:37 ↗ Chris was talking about yeah exactly and

37:39 ↗ it sounds like one aspect of it is yeah

37:42 ↗ or maybe a relative thing is the

37:44 ↗ investment plan you're working with this

37:45 ↗ squad but I think I'm yes

37:48 ↗ the overall flood plan and like how

37:51 ↗ someone in Issaquah might answer the

37:54 ↗ question of what would be a priority

37:56 ↗ like that what do I want to make sure

37:58 ↗ that King that King County has in that

38:00 ↗ blood plan and I think that's exactly

38:01 ↗ the question is what do you want to make

38:03 ↗ sure King County is aware of as we're

38:05 ↗ developing this plan what do you think

38:06 ↗ is a what do you think is important for

38:08 ↗ us to bring forward in terms of like

38:10 ↗ guiding strategies

38:12 ↗ um you know and we have like we have an

38:15 ↗ online survey that has really targeted

38:17 ↗ questions but we've also had people

38:19 ↗ email us with their issues of concern

38:21 ↗ one one was all about communication

38:24 ↗ being more simple and clearer and more

38:25 ↗ frequent you know so you you have an

38:28 ↗ opportunity to decide what is the

38:29 ↗ priority for this community to make sure

38:32 ↗ it's reflected to try and make sure it's

38:34 ↗ reflected in the blood plan that is

38:36 ↗ eventually adopted

38:37 ↗ thank you Chris thank you

38:40 ↗ yeah well thanks Jamie I just in terms

38:42 ↗ of public Outreach opportunities want to

38:44 ↗ Echo what Dan and Danielle said in terms

38:46 ↗ of both residential and businesses but

38:48 ↗ also if you're looking for specific

38:50 ↗ Outreach opportunities for broader

38:52 ↗ residents happy to brainstorm further

38:54 ↗ but um we've had a lot of success uh

38:57 ↗ piggybacking on our Farmers Market every

39:00 ↗ Saturday we get 3 000 people coming down

39:03 ↗ to the Pickering barn and we've done

39:04 ↗ some really effective Outreach with some

39:07 ↗ of our some of our projects so I'm happy

39:10 ↗ to happy to partner with you on any of

39:11 ↗ those events that we created we do as a

39:14 ↗ city and then just applaud seeing

39:16 ↗ multiple benefit as being a real goal in

39:20 ↗ this in this plan

39:22 ↗ um

39:23 ↗ I think specific to Issaquah and so you

39:25 ↗ know when we look at the goals of

39:27 ↗ Issaquah Creek both for obviously flood

39:30 ↗ protection but also habitat also

39:32 ↗ recreational use

39:35 ↗ having multiple benefit as a key goal is

39:38 ↗ really good to see I've had some

39:39 ↗ experience it's been 10 years in Kent we

39:42 ↗ worked with the flood control district

39:43 ↗ on some really big projects some that

39:45 ↗ are about to cut a ribbon on

39:47 ↗ um that multiple benefit was hard for

39:50 ↗ them to see for a while but they finally

39:52 ↗ got there so it's I applaud seeing the

39:55 ↗ value being placed on that super thank

39:57 ↗ you

39:59 ↗ yeah go to Nancy next and then Laura I

40:02 ↗ do see your hand up so we'll go to you

40:03 ↗ after Nancy hi I'm Nancy Davidson from

40:06 ↗ the environmental board and I guess

40:08 ↗ I mean this is a very limited group

40:10 ↗ you're speaking to here and many of us

40:13 ↗ don't live specifically on the creek but

40:15 ↗ when there is a flood we see the

40:18 ↗ consequences of it particularly in the

40:19 ↗ South Creek and as a former staff person

40:22 ↗ seeing it up and still call me I used to

40:23 ↗ work for Crystal Plumbing

40:25 ↗ um I could see very much what happens

40:27 ↗ with les they did a much better job of

40:29 ↗ communication so in my opinion you need

40:32 ↗ to reach broader audience than just

40:34 ↗ talking to us and I'd offer you a couple

40:37 ↗ of suggestions to try and do that I know

40:39 ↗ the Downtown Association would be a

40:41 ↗ great one but also the mayor puts out a

40:43 ↗ newsletter and you can put in a quick

40:45 ↗ blurb about it explain what you're

40:47 ↗ trying to do and then perhaps include

40:50 ↗ like the survey there's a city Insider

40:52 ↗ newsletter that goes out which is a

40:54 ↗ different newsletter that goes out to a

40:56 ↗ different group but I'm sure even Jeff

40:57 ↗ may have one for Parks I think I've seen

40:59 ↗ it once in a while but getting the

41:01 ↗ city's communication tools up so you

41:04 ↗ reach the broader audiences than what

41:07 ↗ you're seeing right here I think would

41:08 ↗ really help you that's just my

41:09 ↗ suggestion I'm sure there's some kind of

41:11 ↗ communications of the city

41:17 ↗ Nancy I think Laura

41:20 ↗ you're up next if you still have

41:21 ↗ something to say

41:23 ↗ um hi Laura can you guys hear me all

41:25 ↗ right my remote

41:28 ↗ um I thank you for the presentation this

41:30 ↗ is super cohesive like it feels really

41:33 ↗ thoughtful um to your question about

41:35 ↗ doing Outreach

41:36 ↗ um my family lives in that the close to

41:39 ↗ the creek and a lot of those communities

41:41 ↗ are HOA run so I think finding ways to

41:46 ↗ direct people to provide information to

41:50 ↗ their HOAs and back again is really

41:52 ↗ helpful because everyone's sort of bound

41:53 ↗ by

41:55 ↗ um you know the threat is also sort of

41:57 ↗ well I can't do anything because my HOA

41:59 ↗ has these regulations

42:01 ↗ um I would love to see something that

42:03 ↗ is a survey but also provides some

42:06 ↗ empowerment so if people want to take

42:08 ↗ action they can because there's such a

42:09 ↗ helplessness right what will my

42:10 ↗ government do to help me but

42:12 ↗ um we're it's a marsh land so

42:16 ↗ um you know providing ways that they

42:17 ↗ could introduce rain Gardens

42:19 ↗ collectively to their neighborhood and

42:21 ↗ also introduce more vegetation and

42:23 ↗ directly expressing that that would

42:24 ↗ reduce some risk to their neighborhood

42:26 ↗ be helpful but I think that it's not

42:28 ↗ quite clear how to use that for the HOA

42:31 ↗ so just providing some you know

42:32 ↗ bi-directional input would be great

42:37 ↗ thank you

42:39 ↗ thank you Laura and go ahead

42:44 ↗ I'd like to support what uh oh this is

42:46 ↗ Anne I'd like to support what Laura just

42:48 ↗ said and then also add

42:50 ↗ um if you could use any permaculture

42:53 ↗ um practices

42:55 ↗ and the Issaquah Alps Trails club would

42:57 ↗ also be happy to support and um

43:01 ↗ uh you know publicize

43:04 ↗ your survey

43:06 ↗ thank you yeah

43:14 ↗ all right any other I don't think we

43:17 ↗ have any other online so it seems like

43:21 ↗ that is all for questions for Chris I

43:25 ↗ think you can probably move on to the

43:26 ↗ next portion of the presentation

43:33 ↗ again yeah yeah

43:44 ↗ and bring the right Mouse

43:48 ↗ thank you

43:54 ↗ [Music]

44:22 ↗ thank you

44:28 ↗ it's showing up on the WebEx it's just I

44:31 ↗ want you to show on the screen

44:36 ↗ should I try a different shirt or why

44:39 ↗ don't you try one more

44:45 ↗ or something weird about this connection

44:50 ↗ understood her folks on the phone we

44:53 ↗ just can't see the presentation in the

44:54 ↗ room but it looks like you all can see

44:56 ↗ it from getting a couple knots

45:00 ↗ yeah we can see it all right

45:16 ↗ some of the sculpture and I'm gonna try

45:19 ↗ sharing

45:24 ↗ um

45:36 ↗ all right one moment this Park Board

45:38 ↗ knows we've certainly talked as a team

45:40 ↗ we pre-pandemic we're really good at all

45:42 ↗ in person during pandemic we got really

45:45 ↗ good at 100 virtual hybrid is the

45:48 ↗ hardest of all

45:51 ↗ okay

45:58 ↗ [Music]

46:17 ↗ and they might need to be aware of this

46:19 ↗ to make sure that what their changes

46:22 ↗ they're making that will incorporate the

46:25 ↗ line with what you're you're working on

46:28 ↗ and so and we are working with some

46:31 ↗ cities I mean some City staff are aware

46:32 ↗ of this um we talked with them back in

46:34 ↗ January and

46:37 ↗ um

46:38 ↗ I'm hoping that that kind of

46:39 ↗ communication network is happening

46:40 ↗ within the city staff

46:43 ↗ thank you yeah yeah Evan Brumfield who's

46:47 ↗ on the sees on the call we met with him

46:49 ↗ today he's in our group that we're we've

46:52 ↗ been meeting with with the city on about

46:54 ↗ a monthly basis for a balance at about a

46:57 ↗ year year and a half

46:58 ↗ so

47:00 ↗ we've been talking to him more about our

47:03 ↗ programs

47:04 ↗ that Tracy and I were talking about

47:05 ↗ rather than the blood plan but I think

47:07 ↗ he's

47:08 ↗ like he's on board now so we'll reach

47:11 ↗ out to him

47:13 ↗ and the flips land isn't actually uh it

47:16 ↗ doesn't cover Incorporated areas either

47:18 ↗ so cities can choose what what they want

47:21 ↗ to align with it's not a requirement

47:22 ↗ that cities adopt all elements of the

47:25 ↗ King County blood Hazard management

47:28 ↗ all right

47:30 ↗ all right we're gonna try one more thing

47:32 ↗ in just a moment okay

47:34 ↗ unless we can we can flip laptops around

47:36 ↗ so everyone can see this slide yeah

47:44 ↗ I can do a really long introduction

47:47 ↗ [Laughter]

47:55 ↗ as well no really not

48:01 ↗ well anyway my name is Judy radloff I'm

48:04 ↗ a geologist licensed engineering

48:06 ↗ engineering geologists in the state of

48:09 ↗ Washington have been working about

48:11 ↗ 25 or so years on geology in western

48:15 ↗ Washington and I've been with the river

48:17 ↗ and floodplain management section for

48:19 ↗ about the last five and a half years and

48:21 ↗ my partner today Tracy Windham

48:25 ↗ to Black Square in the lower middle

48:28 ↗ who is visible yeah probably if you have

48:31 ↗ a laptop

48:32 ↗ Tracy is also in we're in What's called

48:36 ↗ the technical services section

48:39 ↗ in River Company management we serve

48:41 ↗ county-wide and we focus on programs and

48:45 ↗ studies rather than capital projects is

48:49 ↗ uh that's our mission and when we get

48:52 ↗ slides up you'll see that it's it's one

48:54 ↗ part one of those tools in the toolbox

48:58 ↗ but

48:59 ↗ play management and flood hazard

49:01 ↗ [Music]

49:08 ↗ so Tracy and I today are going to be

49:10 ↗ talking about

49:12 ↗ uh flood Hazard method on Issaquah Creek

49:17 ↗ and it's actually two mapping efforts uh

49:19 ↗ that are that are underway Tracy is

49:21 ↗ doing one and I'm doing

49:23 ↗ a second one

49:28 ↗ second okay oh come on

49:35 ↗ almost right

49:40 ↗ we can turn

49:42 ↗ we get hot all around screens it is

49:46 ↗ showing up for those on the WebEx

49:49 ↗ foreign

49:53 ↗ [Music]

50:00 ↗ [Music]

50:10 ↗ [Applause]

50:13 ↗ [Music]

50:24 ↗ foreign

50:28 ↗ [Laughter]

50:49 ↗ engineer in the tech Services Group uh

50:56 ↗ a few slides here when we get to

50:59 ↗ portions about the flood map study

51:03 ↗ great thanks Tracy so just a super quick

51:06 ↗ agenda

51:07 ↗ um after this introduction

51:10 ↗ um I'm going to talk about two blood

51:12 ↗ Hazard mapping studies that we're doing

51:13 ↗ the first one that I'll be talking about

51:15 ↗ is the channel migration zone map

51:18 ↗ that's a type of flood Hazard and then

51:20 ↗ Tracy's going to talk about the flood

51:21 ↗ Map update and

51:24 ↗ um we should have plenty of tons of

51:26 ↗ questions

51:28 ↗ yes

51:29 ↗ so next slide please

51:35 ↗ you're gonna have to advance

51:36 ↗ [Laughter]

51:44 ↗ but let Chris do it if you want when she

51:47 ↗ gets back someone is uh flood um

51:49 ↗ integrated floodplain management

51:52 ↗ um as Chris mentioned integrated

51:53 ↗ floodplain management is an evolution of

51:57 ↗ just floodplain management that we did

51:59 ↗ before and fun Hazard mapping is the

52:01 ↗ first step in this uh in integrated

52:04 ↗ blood claim management

52:06 ↗ plan where we identify hazards and we

52:09 ↗ map them and so that people know where

52:11 ↗ they are

52:13 ↗ um blood plant integrated floodplain

52:14 ↗ management includes multi-benefit

52:16 ↗ approaches to Capital project planning

52:18 ↗ and Design

52:19 ↗ these approaches incorporate the King

52:21 ↗ County flood control District's

52:22 ↗ commitment to environmental stewardship

52:24 ↗ equity and social justice and

52:26 ↗ environmental justice

52:28 ↗ some examples of integrated floodplain

52:30 ↗ management elements that provide

52:32 ↗ environmental and Community benefits our

52:34 ↗ better quality fish habitat and Aquatic

52:37 ↗ habitat for a lot of a lot of creatures

52:41 ↗ parks with natural floodplain forests

52:44 ↗ open space that provides room for flood

52:46 ↗ waters and natural processes such as

52:48 ↗ your awesome conference car

52:51 ↗ so flood Hazard Maps provide identify

52:54 ↗ key locations or Hedges exist and

52:56 ↗ provide this important information to

52:58 ↗ Residence managers and regulators and

53:00 ↗ they help keep people in property safe

53:02 ↗ which is the next the next Circle

53:05 ↗ element of blood claim management

53:09 ↗ um

53:10 ↗ it helps direct your development away

53:12 ↗ from Hazard areas

53:14 ↗ and we're very happy to partner with

53:16 ↗ sending this class staff residents and

53:18 ↗ Community groups in our flood risk

53:20 ↗ reduction efforts which is the

53:22 ↗ collaboration piece of blood claim

53:24 ↗ management

53:26 ↗ excellent things

53:30 ↗ so flood Hazard mapping

53:33 ↗ this match shows in the green area where

53:35 ↗ the blood Mountain Hazard mapping is

53:37 ↗ occurring

53:38 ↗ for these two studies

53:41 ↗ the channel migration zone map as I said

53:44 ↗ is new

53:45 ↗ and it's only a portion of the green

53:47 ↗ area and the flood Map update is you'll

53:49 ↗ see is the entire green area

53:52 ↗ um and we'll talk a little bit more

53:53 ↗ about those when we get to the specific

53:55 ↗ slides on the flood hazards studies

53:58 ↗ these studies will help inform work

54:00 ↗ being done both by King County and the

54:02 ↗ City of Issaquah to manage blood risk

54:04 ↗ within the Issaquah Creek Watershed

54:07 ↗ next slide

54:10 ↗ so what are these studies needed

54:12 ↗ um

54:13 ↗ studies will provide important technical

54:15 ↗ information that are needed to evaluate

54:17 ↗ structural blood risk reduction measures

54:18 ↗ for issaqui because I said these are

54:20 ↗ studies that are programmatic so they

54:21 ↗ give information that then is used for

54:23 ↗ these structural measures to be

54:25 ↗ evaluated and prioritized

54:28 ↗ and uh it became it became very apparent

54:31 ↗ that they were needed uh when damaged to

54:33 ↗ public and private interest

54:34 ↗ infrastructure along this clock Creek

54:36 ↗ from the in 2020 when the flooding

54:39 ↗ prompted the King County Flood Control

54:40 ↗ District to direct King County water and

54:42 ↗ land to develop a capital investment

54:45 ↗ strategy which is a report on potential

54:47 ↗ options for comprehensive flood risk

54:50 ↗ and flood risk reduction facilities and

54:52 ↗ strategies on issaqua Creek so that was

54:54 ↗ the the more specific plan that Chris

54:57 ↗ was talking about

54:59 ↗ so child migration zones why is the

55:01 ↗ study needed it's type of blood hazard

55:03 ↗ the Washington State Administrative Code

55:05 ↗ that implements the shoreline management

55:07 ↗ Act requires communities to map Channel

55:10 ↗ migration zones and regulate them and

55:13 ↗ there hasn't been one map yet there is

55:14 ↗ concrete

55:16 ↗ so that'll be a new study

55:18 ↗ and then the existing flood maps as

55:20 ↗ you'll see very soon are outdated and

55:23 ↗ not accurately represent current

55:24 ↗ conditions so the next slide shows

55:27 ↗ illustrations of these

55:31 ↗ um so why because let's these studies

55:34 ↗ are needed so on the left

55:36 ↗ um photograph is an example of active

55:38 ↗ Channel migration uh that was observed

55:40 ↗ in 2020 and 2021

55:43 ↗ so Channel migration is a natural

55:44 ↗ process and as Chris said it's where

55:46 ↗ streams move across their floodplains

55:48 ↗ and sometimes they move grad um suddenly

55:51 ↗ jump the channel occupy a new place

55:53 ↗ entirely and it could be quite

55:54 ↗ surprising and that process is called an

55:57 ↗ evulsion but more commonly they just

56:00 ↗ move gradually across the floodplain and

56:02 ↗ that's kind of what's happening in this

56:04 ↗ photograph

56:05 ↗ so Channel migration zones are areas

56:09 ↗ that predict

56:10 ↗ where we expect the chance to move in

56:12 ↗ the future based on uh basically the

56:16 ↗ geologic and topographic conditions and

56:19 ↗ what we've observed about how the

56:20 ↗ channel has moved in the past so they're

56:22 ↗ not perfect at predicting but they are a

56:25 ↗ predictive tool

56:27 ↗ so uh Now Tracy is going to talk a

56:30 ↗ little bit about the photograph on the

56:32 ↗ right

56:34 ↗ thanks Judy

56:36 ↗ so as Judy mentioned it in the previous

56:39 ↗ Slide the the current flood maps are

56:42 ↗ outdated

56:43 ↗ um the flood maps are supposed to show

56:46 ↗ where flooding is expected during the

56:49 ↗ year or what we often call one percent

56:51 ↗ annual chance flood event and oftentimes

56:55 ↗ they also show uh even fringes flooding

56:59 ↗ might during a 500 year event

57:03 ↗ um in this image on the right the

57:06 ↗ floodplain in the lighter blue

57:08 ↗ uh for blue and inside of that is what

57:12 ↗ we call the way

57:14 ↗ uh

57:16 ↗ as mentioned the existing mappings

57:18 ↗ outdated uh it's over 20 years old

57:21 ↗ prepared modeling approach data that may

57:25 ↗ have changed over that time

57:27 ↗ and so this this is just one really

57:29 ↗ obvious example where the existing

57:32 ↗ mapping doesn't even line up with the

57:34 ↗ current location of the creek right

57:37 ↗ whether that's due to channel migration

57:39 ↗ over that 20 years or perhaps

57:42 ↗ development or a combination of those

57:44 ↗ things

57:45 ↗ yeah please

57:49 ↗ is where the mapping doesn't currently

57:52 ↗ like uh we're Illustrated in flooding in

57:56 ↗ 2020 and even perhaps uh in 2021 right

58:00 ↗ um

58:01 ↗ and so

58:03 ↗ you know there's been a lot of advances

58:05 ↗ in in data collection techniques both

58:07 ↗ aerial topographic data aerial imagery

58:13 ↗ to prepare much more detailed maps

58:17 ↗ to map on

58:19 ↗ uh additional 20 rainfall data

58:24 ↗ uh even show some higher Peak flows that

58:28 ↗ could lead changes in the predicted 100

58:30 ↗ Year flow from what was used in the

58:32 ↗ study past

58:35 ↗ obviously we all understand the advances

58:37 ↗ in modeling and computer power that

58:39 ↗ allow us this model much more detail

58:42 ↗ than we have in the past

58:45 ↗ it you know allows us basically much

58:49 ↗ more accurate and up to date

58:51 ↗ what information

58:53 ↗ which critical as Beauty pointed out for

58:57 ↗ Effective floodplain management

59:07 ↗ Tracy you were kind of breaking up did

59:09 ↗ every I'm going to pause for a moment

59:10 ↗ and see if anybody needs a clarification

59:11 ↗ I do have those notes and I might be

59:13 ↗ able to fill in

59:15 ↗ anything was missed

59:17 ↗ so is the Assumption on this map that

59:19 ↗ the blue line is the current path of the

59:22 ↗ creek and kind of Tracy is explaining

59:23 ↗ how the floodway is well off of where it

59:25 ↗ should be currently is that kind of what

59:28 ↗ we're seeing here the

59:30 ↗ the blue lines accurate to the location

59:32 ↗ of the creek with the floodplain

59:33 ↗ floodway are obviously not matching up

59:35 ↗ how it should in some of these spots

59:37 ↗ yeah so this is the 19 uh the 2021

59:40 ↗ aerial photograph and you can actually

59:42 ↗ set up on the lower right hand quadrant

59:45 ↗ of the photograph uh in the sort of

59:47 ↗ brown patchy area and you can see the

59:50 ↗ creek Channel

59:52 ↗ all the way to the left of the match

59:54 ↗ floodplain and flood way and then in the

59:56 ↗ upper

59:57 ↗ quadrant upper the Northwest Quadrant of

1:00:00 ↗ the photograph you can see the creek

1:00:02 ↗ channels of dark dark

1:00:05 ↗ um line

1:00:07 ↗ a little bit narrower than the floodway

1:00:09 ↗ that's mapped which is the dark blue and

1:00:12 ↗ you can see that that is completely

1:00:13 ↗ outside of where the floodway is which

1:00:15 ↗ is where the flood way usually will map

1:00:17 ↗ within the Crete Channel and the

1:00:20 ↗ adjacent areas so and there are a lot of

1:00:23 ↗ examples of places where this

1:00:26 ↗ this mapping does not line up

1:00:29 ↗ we're not quite sure why why

1:00:33 ↗ everywhere okay so hopefully we've

1:00:36 ↗ convinced you why these studies are

1:00:37 ↗ needed

1:00:39 ↗ now I'm going to talk a little bit more

1:00:40 ↗ in detail about the channel migration

1:00:42 ↗ zone now

1:00:43 ↗ next slide next slide thank you

1:00:46 ↗ so the channel integration design map is

1:00:48 ↗ going to cover uh 13 miles of the main

1:00:51 ↗ stem of vistaprockery from Lake

1:00:52 ↗ Sammamish to its Confluence of carrion

1:00:54 ↗ holder creeks

1:00:57 ↗ um so it's just a narrow area where we

1:00:59 ↗ look at the creek bed itself and then

1:01:01 ↗ the areas that it more reasonably occupy

1:01:05 ↗ or has occupied throughout the last 100

1:01:08 ↗ years or in the aerial photograph record

1:01:10 ↗ that we have

1:01:12 ↗ um Nancy just a quick question so you

1:01:14 ↗ said how far it's going is that just

1:01:17 ↗ North and Highway 18 is that where

1:01:19 ↗ you're talking is that what is that what

1:01:21 ↗ I see on this picture correct yeah and I

1:01:24 ↗ just want to reference it yes and that's

1:01:27 ↗ the Confluence area is so that's

1:01:29 ↗ directed by state law it's the size of

1:01:32 ↗ Greeks and right and streams that are

1:01:34 ↗ required to be have challenges I just

1:01:36 ↗ wanted to make sure I knew how far this

1:01:37 ↗ was okay in real life gotcha

1:01:41 ↗ so about 13 miles total including about

1:01:44 ↗ six miles within the city uh these uh

1:01:47 ↗ cellular Maps so the outcomes inside

1:01:48 ↗ outcomes are that the studies the maps

1:01:50 ↗ will help make residents safer and help

1:01:53 ↗ them make decisions uh by by showing

1:01:55 ↗ them where this expected Channel

1:01:57 ↗ migration is going to occur uh and also

1:02:00 ↗ help identify areas where public

1:02:03 ↗ infrastructure may need to be protected

1:02:05 ↗ when adopted by the King County public

1:02:07 ↗ rule so there's a process for that the

1:02:10 ↗ new mapping will support review of land

1:02:12 ↗ use proposals by King County in

1:02:14 ↗ unincorporated areas and then we're

1:02:16 ↗ going to hand that information over to

1:02:18 ↗ the City of Issaquah uh to do your own

1:02:21 ↗ to do what you will with it to uh

1:02:24 ↗ to to manage it as we see fit

1:02:28 ↗ um

1:02:29 ↗ and that is something that we worked

1:02:31 ↗ with Gary shimek early on to talk about

1:02:34 ↗ um you know did he do the did the city

1:02:37 ↗ want us to do the mapping within the

1:02:39 ↗ city limits it is your option to do it

1:02:41 ↗ yourself but

1:02:43 ↗ um since we were doing the whole Creek

1:02:44 ↗ Upstream

1:02:46 ↗ we talked we engaged early on with the

1:02:51 ↗ city and they agreed that that was what

1:02:52 ↗ they would like to do

1:02:54 ↗ so just a real quick um the timeline is

1:02:57 ↗ the technical work began in 2022

1:03:00 ↗ um I've been doing field work and

1:03:02 ↗ collecting historical data uh I got the

1:03:06 ↗ field work about half done and that's

1:03:08 ↗ basically accessing the creek from

1:03:11 ↗ Public public property because

1:03:14 ↗ where the creek is owned by private

1:03:16 ↗ people private parties we need

1:03:19 ↗ permission to access the actual Creek

1:03:21 ↗ bed the creek Banks to do the data

1:03:23 ↗ collection and field work that we need

1:03:25 ↗ to do for this analysis so that progress

1:03:30 ↗ um is about halfway done and we expect

1:03:33 ↗ to finish hopefully by the end of 2024

1:03:35 ↗ roughly our end of 2023 roughly we'll

1:03:39 ↗ have uh mostly analysis done and be able

1:03:41 ↗ to produce a report in early 2024.

1:03:45 ↗ so then the next slide is the is just a

1:03:50 ↗ map of where all the parks are zooming

1:03:52 ↗ in now to the City of Issaquah where

1:03:55 ↗ your parks are and

1:03:57 ↗ um I put this map in here to show how

1:04:00 ↗ Creekside parks are really helpful to

1:04:03 ↗ our efforts and they help us complete

1:04:05 ↗ our mapping because they provide access

1:04:07 ↗ to the creek oh I just have to call or

1:04:10 ↗ email Jennifer Fink and she she's happy

1:04:13 ↗ to hear you know what we're doing and

1:04:15 ↗ just be okay to to work on certain days

1:04:20 ↗ um so that's really really helpful to be

1:04:21 ↗ able to access Creek but then but more

1:04:24 ↗ importantly

1:04:26 ↗ um they provide the open space in

1:04:27 ↗ natural areas where the floodplain can

1:04:29 ↗ function and the river processes Creek

1:04:32 ↗ processes and they provide you know

1:04:34 ↗ healthy habitat for aquatic species

1:04:35 ↗ including salmon they're public

1:04:37 ↗ amenities of course and they provide

1:04:39 ↗ permanent blood risk reduction benefits

1:04:42 ↗ because they prevent residential and

1:04:44 ↗ Commercial development in these flood

1:04:46 ↗ Hazard areas that are right adjacent to

1:04:47 ↗ the creek

1:04:48 ↗ yeah

1:04:50 ↗ so that is

1:04:53 ↗ uh Channel migration Zone mapping well

1:04:56 ↗ Tracy hopefully uh your connection's a

1:04:59 ↗ little better and

1:05:00 ↗ I think yeah

1:05:02 ↗ I switched to my headset are you able to

1:05:05 ↗ hear me better now

1:05:07 ↗ okay maybe my mic on my laptop wasn't uh

1:05:11 ↗ picking me up so well

1:05:13 ↗ uh next if you would switch to the next

1:05:15 ↗ slide I'll

1:05:18 ↗ um I know it's hard for some of you to

1:05:20 ↗ see this but this is similar to the map

1:05:22 ↗ that we showed earlier so the this shows

1:05:24 ↗ the extents of the flood study or the

1:05:27 ↗ flood Map update that we're going to be

1:05:28 ↗ doing it's going to Encompass all of

1:05:31 ↗ isqua Creek from Lake Sammamish uh to

1:05:34 ↗ where it starts at the Confluence of

1:05:36 ↗ holder and carry creeks uh and then

1:05:39 ↗ small reaches of holder and carry Creeks

1:05:41 ↗ uh to state route 18.

1:05:44 ↗ uh there will be a small portion of the

1:05:46 ↗ North Fork of Issaquah Creek

1:05:48 ↗ that's part of the study

1:05:50 ↗ uh portion of the East Fork from uh

1:05:54 ↗ roughly the Preston area into the city

1:05:56 ↗ where it joins the main stem

1:05:59 ↗ uh McDonald Creek

1:06:01 ↗ and what is known or what's named

1:06:05 ↗ tributary0217 which is a creek that

1:06:09 ↗ flows in from the four lakes area

1:06:12 ↗ um and so

1:06:15 ↗ uh what are we looking for outcomes from

1:06:17 ↗ this flood study uh or the flood Map

1:06:19 ↗ update excuse me

1:06:21 ↗ um

1:06:22 ↗ the biggest you know the number one

1:06:24 ↗ outcome is is accurate updated flood

1:06:27 ↗ maps right we want these maps to truly

1:06:30 ↗ reflect

1:06:31 ↗ where flooding is expected to occur so

1:06:34 ↗ as we were trying to show on that other

1:06:36 ↗ picture there's numerous areas that have

1:06:39 ↗ uh changed over 20 years whether it's

1:06:42 ↗ Channel migration development or just

1:06:45 ↗ accuracy of the data that was used at

1:06:49 ↗ the time uh topography and things

1:06:52 ↗ where we can improve on our mapping and

1:06:55 ↗ so the updated Maps will help residents

1:06:57 ↗ make decisions that keep themselves

1:06:59 ↗ their families and properties safe right

1:07:01 ↗ so uh reducing flood risk is one of our

1:07:04 ↗ primary goals uh second the maps will

1:07:08 ↗ update and replace the FEMA flood

1:07:11 ↗ insurance rate maps for areas within the

1:07:13 ↗ flood plain uh

1:07:15 ↗ and so

1:07:17 ↗ as such the flood study is going to be

1:07:19 ↗ prepared to FEMA requirements uh when

1:07:22 ↗ the study is complete it will be

1:07:24 ↗ submitted to FEMA

1:07:26 ↗ uh for their review

1:07:28 ↗ uh at which point after the review is

1:07:31 ↗ complete and we've addressed any

1:07:33 ↗ comments they have FEMA will adopt the

1:07:35 ↗ new mapping and revise the flood

1:07:39 ↗ insurance rate Maps

1:07:40 ↗ uh and then uh third uh the maps will be

1:07:45 ↗ used by local governments King County

1:07:47 ↗ City of Issaquah for land use regulation

1:07:50 ↗ and as we mentioned uh earlier to

1:07:54 ↗ provide data on on Hazard areas to

1:07:57 ↗ support the future flood risk reduction

1:08:00 ↗ projects that might be identified in

1:08:02 ↗ that capital investment strategy

1:08:05 ↗ um we're working closely with the City

1:08:07 ↗ of Issaquah

1:08:09 ↗ as I mentioned the study is going to

1:08:11 ↗ provide foundational information for

1:08:14 ↗ Capital planning efforts by the city and

1:08:17 ↗ by King County moving forward

1:08:21 ↗ timeline of the study so similar to the

1:08:24 ↗ channel migration study the technical

1:08:26 ↗ work began this past year

1:08:29 ↗ uh early fall

1:08:32 ↗ we expect the updated mapping to be

1:08:36 ↗ ready to submit to FEMA in 2024

1:08:40 ↗ and that long time frame reflects both

1:08:43 ↗ the

1:08:45 ↗ the technical ongoing technical work

1:08:47 ↗ that's required to generate the mapping

1:08:49 ↗ and then also the time frame of uh

1:08:53 ↗ Community uh review Community comment

1:08:57 ↗ that's part of the FEMA process before

1:08:59 ↗ the maps are actually submitted for FEMA

1:09:02 ↗ review

1:09:04 ↗ uh and where's the study at right now

1:09:07 ↗ what's going on

1:09:09 ↗ um our consultant and surveyors have

1:09:11 ↗ been out doing field reconnaissance in

1:09:14 ↗ the basin uh they've started survey of

1:09:17 ↗ bridges and other Road Crossings

1:09:20 ↗ culverts and such to capture data for

1:09:24 ↗ the setting up the hydraulic model

1:09:26 ↗ uh they've been reviewing existing

1:09:30 ↗ topographic and aerial imagery

1:09:33 ↗ including a review of the hydrology so I

1:09:37 ↗ mentioned in that previous slide was

1:09:38 ↗ that we have you know 20 more years of

1:09:41 ↗ data since the last mapping or this

1:09:45 ↗ mapping was originally done so they're

1:09:47 ↗ looking at rainfall data changing land

1:09:50 ↗ use types and other factors and the

1:09:53 ↗ creek flow record to see if any changes

1:09:56 ↗ to the hydrology are warranted

1:09:59 ↗ uh and then they're just starting to

1:10:01 ↗ develop the the computer model

1:10:04 ↗ that'll be used to model the the

1:10:08 ↗ flows in the river and the resulting uh

1:10:12 ↗ flooding and so that motto will

1:10:14 ↗ incorporate this cross-section and

1:10:16 ↗ Bridge surveys that are going on right

1:10:18 ↗ now

1:10:19 ↗ uh covert information

1:10:21 ↗ uh aerial topography information and any

1:10:24 ↗ other relevant features on the landscape

1:10:27 ↗ that are critical to that mapping

1:10:31 ↗ uh that's it for this slide

1:10:35 ↗ thank you

1:10:37 ↗ okay so um

1:10:41 ↗ as with the blood plan we are doing

1:10:43 ↗ Outreach lots of it

1:10:46 ↗ um our early Outreach which is to

1:10:48 ↗ initiate this is that the initiation of

1:10:50 ↗ these studies

1:10:51 ↗ um began

1:10:53 ↗ um while we're beginning with our

1:10:54 ↗ planning

1:10:55 ↗ um but we're engaged in it right now

1:10:57 ↗ we're very close to sending out a

1:11:00 ↗ postcard to Residents who will are in

1:11:02 ↗ the study areas in the map the Big Green

1:11:05 ↗ area uh we've decided to send one

1:11:07 ↗ postcard so they don't get two postcards

1:11:09 ↗ for two different studies that are

1:11:11 ↗ really similar so we're sending one

1:11:13 ↗ postcard

1:11:14 ↗ um

1:11:15 ↗ and on those postcards will be uh QR

1:11:18 ↗ codes and URLs for the online engagement

1:11:22 ↗ Hub which is like a website but it's

1:11:24 ↗ actually a two-way street where we can

1:11:26 ↗ take in information from folks and on

1:11:29 ↗ the last slide there is a

1:11:31 ↗ those QR codes and URLs are are included

1:11:37 ↗ um including presentations like this one

1:11:38 ↗ and we'd be happy to do additional

1:11:40 ↗ presentations

1:11:42 ↗ um if you think people are interested in

1:11:43 ↗ just learning about the study in general

1:11:46 ↗ um we're coordinating with City staff

1:11:48 ↗ and then we are going to be reaching out

1:11:50 ↗ to specific Creekside landowners as I

1:11:52 ↗ said for rights of Entry to do work on

1:11:55 ↗ to just walk on their property just be

1:11:59 ↗ no invasive work at all to collect data

1:12:02 ↗ for the studies

1:12:04 ↗ um then the big Outreach comes at the

1:12:06 ↗ end when we have results a lot of times

1:12:08 ↗ it's hard to do early Outreach because

1:12:10 ↗ people want to know how am I going to be

1:12:11 ↗ affected it's like I don't know until I

1:12:13 ↗ get the data and get the analysis done

1:12:15 ↗ so expect late 23 24 is when the public

1:12:19 ↗ process will begin and both Studies have

1:12:21 ↗ a formal public process

1:12:23 ↗ they both require public meetings and

1:12:25 ↗ public comment periods and the CMZ maps

1:12:28 ↗ go through the CPA process because it is

1:12:30 ↗ a new regulation being added and the

1:12:33 ↗ FEMA process is also separate

1:12:37 ↗ um a separate public a separate review

1:12:40 ↗ process but there should be plenty of

1:12:42 ↗ time for people to review Maps bring new

1:12:44 ↗ data if they have it and

1:12:47 ↗ [Music]

1:12:47 ↗ um

1:12:48 ↗ so some of this initial Outreach is so

1:12:50 ↗ that we reach the right people at the

1:12:52 ↗ right times to get information to them

1:12:55 ↗ about the studies and also invite early

1:12:57 ↗ information because it's easier to

1:12:59 ↗ change you know to incorporate

1:13:00 ↗ information that people have about

1:13:02 ↗ flooding uh before we've made draft Maps

1:13:05 ↗ then you know changing the maps after

1:13:07 ↗ the fact that they're done so for

1:13:09 ↗ example uh people have photographs of

1:13:12 ↗ flooding we've actually already met with

1:13:13 ↗ one Creekside resident who had some

1:13:15 ↗ great photographs from I think

1:13:18 ↗ 2009 that were we could see the flood

1:13:21 ↗ levels on a distinctive feature in his

1:13:24 ↗ yard that we could we could tell you

1:13:27 ↗ know how high the water was and so we

1:13:29 ↗ could go back and Survey that and use

1:13:30 ↗ that information to calibrate the model

1:13:32 ↗ that Tracy is doing and then if we know

1:13:36 ↗ information about

1:13:37 ↗ where erosion has happened and how fast

1:13:40 ↗ it happened

1:13:42 ↗ um

1:13:43 ↗ we can if that's helpful for my

1:13:45 ↗ information to understand the character

1:13:48 ↗ of child migration the character how

1:13:50 ↗ quickly the Supreme tend to move through

1:13:52 ↗ different types of materials and

1:13:54 ↗ comprises Banks so this Outreach with

1:13:56 ↗ individuals is really helpful and

1:13:59 ↗ whatever I wrote down all the things

1:14:02 ↗ that you were offering to Chris about

1:14:04 ↗ groups to reach out to and so if you

1:14:05 ↗ have any more specific groups the HOA

1:14:07 ↗ recommendation is a good one you might

1:14:11 ↗ get any

1:14:12 ↗ uh names and numbers of HOAs that

1:14:15 ↗ anybody might have and then the

1:14:17 ↗ email list that you have that sounds

1:14:20 ↗ great too absolutely

1:14:22 ↗ so so that's pretty much it I had a I

1:14:25 ↗ had a video really cool video of

1:14:28 ↗ some Chinook salmon swimming up screen

1:14:30 ↗ that I saw in squawk Valley Park last

1:14:32 ↗ fall so they were God streaming the

1:14:34 ↗ Hatchery and they're up there doing

1:14:36 ↗ their natural thing

1:14:38 ↗ um hopefully they'll get some more

1:14:40 ↗ salmon and

1:14:42 ↗ I wanted to thank everyone from Park and

1:14:45 ↗ environmental boards that this is such a

1:14:47 ↗ great opportunity to get to know you a

1:14:49 ↗ little bit and to get your uh you know

1:14:52 ↗ input onto our studies so the last slide

1:14:54 ↗ has as I said it has our emails our URLs

1:14:57 ↗ and

1:14:59 ↗ um

1:14:59 ↗ and another thank you

1:15:02 ↗ so we can take questions any questions

1:15:04 ↗ you have now

1:15:05 ↗ thank you Judy we'll start with Danielle

1:15:07 ↗ and move over to Chris uh it's not a

1:15:09 ↗ question but just a couple more ideas

1:15:11 ↗ for outreach

1:15:12 ↗ um for you guys uh next door is pretty

1:15:15 ↗ popular in Issaquah and so that might be

1:15:19 ↗ a good place to try to get this survey

1:15:20 ↗ linked especially to the neighborhoods

1:15:23 ↗ that are along the creek

1:15:26 ↗ um

1:15:27 ↗ as far as like the schools or if if um

1:15:31 ↗ you know they all send you newsletters

1:15:33 ↗ out

1:15:34 ↗ um and it would be Issaquah Valley

1:15:36 ↗ Issaquah middle school and Issaquah High

1:15:38 ↗ School are the school side

1:15:39 ↗ are open feeders for those neighborhoods

1:15:43 ↗ and then we have a new Equity board in

1:15:46 ↗ the support I don't know if you've

1:15:47 ↗ reached out to them but they may have

1:15:50 ↗ ideas about how to

1:15:53 ↗ um reach out to communities that are not

1:15:56 ↗ otherwise you know typically represented

1:16:00 ↗ um

1:16:01 ↗ and then also the Parks when for our

1:16:04 ↗ last few

1:16:05 ↗ um art projects we've started to put up

1:16:08 ↗ um like information where it has a QR

1:16:10 ↗ code where someone who's walking near

1:16:13 ↗ that park or through the park and you

1:16:15 ↗ know pull up a survey and give input

1:16:17 ↗ right then and that might be a great

1:16:19 ↗ idea like especially around Confluence

1:16:21 ↗ bar for some of the parks that

1:16:23 ↗ um that neighbors walk to

1:16:26 ↗ um so anyway those are just some other

1:16:27 ↗ great thank you ideas yeah

1:16:31 ↗ um so our engagement hubs for both the

1:16:33 ↗ blood study and museums our study are

1:16:34 ↗ translated into Spanish and Chinese and

1:16:39 ↗ the food plan we have I think nine

1:16:41 ↗ languages and it's translated into

1:16:43 ↗ so for to get a little better access

1:16:46 ↗ hopefully to some of the people's first

1:16:48 ↗ language isn't English

1:16:51 ↗ um

1:16:52 ↗ and then yeah the next door isn't that

1:16:54 ↗ that's a um

1:16:55 ↗ that's an English book page it's not

1:16:58 ↗ Facebook so it's similar to social media

1:17:01 ↗ that neighbors use and

1:17:04 ↗ um

1:17:06 ↗ I don't know if the city can post to

1:17:08 ↗ that I think but again individual

1:17:11 ↗ individual's hands okay

1:17:18 ↗ a lot of people will

1:17:20 ↗ um see that

1:17:22 ↗ hey did you have something more frescoes

1:17:24 ↗ or um it was a comment from Brad oh okay

1:17:29 ↗ uh friends of like Spanish State Park if

1:17:32 ↗ you haven't already reach out to them

1:17:33 ↗ and they have a big email list

1:17:36 ↗ and then I apologize if you said this

1:17:38 ↗ and I missed it where will you be or

1:17:41 ↗ where how will you display the present

1:17:44 ↗ the mapping information you know will it

1:17:46 ↗ be like added to IMAP or is it going to

1:17:48 ↗ be a different

1:17:49 ↗ yeah eventually both will be on IMAP

1:17:52 ↗ okay and then will the FEMA mapping

1:17:55 ↗ their online map you will that get

1:17:57 ↗ updated with with your Maps or

1:18:00 ↗ Tracy you want to talk about people

1:18:02 ↗ process yeah yeah sure so

1:18:05 ↗ um the FEMA or the floodplain Maps

1:18:08 ↗ Flipline mapping will be put up on IMAP

1:18:12 ↗ so the way we usually do that or the way

1:18:15 ↗ we typically do that is once the draft

1:18:18 ↗ maps have gone through the public

1:18:19 ↗ meeting and comment period and we've

1:18:22 ↗ addressed all those comments and we

1:18:24 ↗ submit the maps to FEMA at that point uh

1:18:28 ↗ we put them up on on IMAP and we use

1:18:31 ↗ those as a regulatory

1:18:33 ↗ uh layer that we used and that way

1:18:38 ↗ because the FEMA process can take some

1:18:41 ↗ time before they're officially adopted

1:18:43 ↗ we once once that

1:18:46 ↗ um

1:18:47 ↗ info has been submitted to them we use

1:18:49 ↗ it as what we call the best available

1:18:50 ↗ right and so so at the time that'll be

1:18:54 ↗ on IMAP and I think as far as presenting

1:18:57 ↗ the maps so there'll be a public meeting

1:19:00 ↗ when the draft maps are ready uh and

1:19:04 ↗ that will be probably held

1:19:06 ↗ uh virtually

1:19:09 ↗ um because because we've had uh actually

1:19:12 ↗ much better turnout in that sense uh

1:19:15 ↗ we'll see we may do a hybrid format

1:19:19 ↗ um and the maps will also be physically

1:19:23 ↗ available at the Escuela library for

1:19:26 ↗ people to come in and see uh and that'll

1:19:29 ↗ be it's basically a I think it's a

1:19:31 ↗ 30-day comment period that starts uh

1:19:34 ↗ post meeting post public meeting which

1:19:37 ↗ time anybody can make comment or ask

1:19:41 ↗ questions we'll we'll take in all those

1:19:43 ↗ comments address any of that require you

1:19:47 ↗ know may require changes to the maps uh

1:19:50 ↗ and then they get submitted so they'll

1:19:51 ↗ be presented both physically

1:19:53 ↗ uh at the Disco library in their draft

1:19:56 ↗ form

1:19:57 ↗ in the public meeting

1:19:59 ↗ and then once submitted to FEMA they'll

1:20:02 ↗ be available in IMAP and at that time we

1:20:05 ↗ can they can be provided to the city as

1:20:07 ↗ well to use as best available

1:20:10 ↗ so

1:20:12 ↗ yeah

1:20:19 ↗ map as the regulatory floodplain so it

1:20:22 ↗ can be used for regulation the new the

1:20:25 ↗ new mapping the best available as you

1:20:27 ↗ said and the public meetings also of

1:20:29 ↗ another hybrid or virtual they can be

1:20:31 ↗ recorded so that's really handy because

1:20:33 ↗ then we had really great feedback from a

1:20:35 ↗ process we did Summer 2021 when

1:20:40 ↗ very interested folks just couldn't make

1:20:42 ↗ the meeting time that we had even though

1:20:44 ↗ it was virtual so it was recorded so

1:20:46 ↗ they could

1:20:47 ↗ watch it later so I'm really trying to

1:20:50 ↗ increase access that way and that those

1:20:52 ↗ recordings end up on these engagement

1:20:54 ↗ hubs that they've already set up

1:20:59 ↗ right and I think Laura I have a

1:21:01 ↗ question I saw a question in chat she

1:21:03 ↗ did yeah I had a question about

1:21:07 ↗ um I'm not sure how sea level rise is

1:21:10 ↗ planned for at the Ballard Locks but I

1:21:11 ↗ was wondering if you're expecting

1:21:13 ↗ groundwater to be expected at all

1:21:15 ↗ um I know like along the coast lens

1:21:17 ↗ there's concerns about groundwater being

1:21:19 ↗ an issue and um that was the question

1:21:22 ↗ for you and then also just a comment for

1:21:24 ↗ the the slide that you have with

1:21:25 ↗ Issaquah Creek I think

1:21:27 ↗ um showing those tributaries is helpful

1:21:29 ↗ because

1:21:30 ↗ just conceptually it's hard to um it's

1:21:33 ↗ on a flat area so those like when the

1:21:35 ↗ water comes along they stay more

1:21:37 ↗ affected um than like a traditional flat

1:21:39 ↗ area by a floodplain you can't get down

1:21:41 ↗ your Hill if there's your floodplains

1:21:43 ↗ are all an issue

1:21:46 ↗ so I can I guess the question of uh

1:21:49 ↗ groundwater

1:21:53 ↗ that comes into the hydrology aspect of

1:21:56 ↗ the modeling so

1:21:57 ↗ uh when when the when you're looking at

1:22:01 ↗ how much runoff is going to be generated

1:22:03 ↗ by this Hundred Year rain event in the

1:22:07 ↗ case of a flood

1:22:08 ↗ or what is the hundred year reign event

1:22:11 ↗ or what I'm sorry what is the 100 year

1:22:13 ↗ flood event what is that flow in the

1:22:15 ↗ river so the the inputs to that

1:22:18 ↗ uh groundwater is generally uh taken

1:22:22 ↗ into account in that

1:22:23 ↗ uh I don't know you know sea level rise

1:22:27 ↗ and and that

1:22:28 ↗ uh I don't think that given the controls

1:22:32 ↗ with you know the locks and all this the

1:22:34 ↗ distance up to the mouth of this Creek I

1:22:38 ↗ don't think that'll be factored in

1:22:40 ↗ um we are anticipating uh it's not part

1:22:45 ↗ of the looking at some climate change

1:22:48 ↗ adjusted flows to see you know what kind

1:22:52 ↗ of higher flows and resulting flooding

1:22:54 ↗ might

1:22:55 ↗ be expected in the future that's not an

1:22:59 ↗ official part of the FEMA process but

1:23:01 ↗ that's something that we're going to do

1:23:03 ↗ for ours and your knowledge uh and just

1:23:08 ↗ to help kind of see what what might be

1:23:11 ↗ the expectations in the future

1:23:20 ↗ I thought of when Chris was talking

1:23:22 ↗ about

1:23:24 ↗ flooding benefits groundwater recharge

1:23:26 ↗ is a benefit of flooding if the

1:23:28 ↗ groundwater can get out onto the

1:23:30 ↗ floodplains and soak in rather than

1:23:32 ↗ discharging directly to links mamish and

1:23:35 ↗ it recharges the local groundwater table

1:23:37 ↗ and then that water becomes more readily

1:23:40 ↗ available back to the creek in summer at

1:23:42 ↗ low flow time when it gets hot and it's

1:23:44 ↗ nice cold ground water and it's really

1:23:45 ↗ beneficial beneficial feature for

1:23:49 ↗ aquatic habitat

1:23:53 ↗ all right I think Nancy you're

1:23:57 ↗ so I had two questions

1:23:59 ↗ um

1:24:00 ↗ first one's probably pretty easy so

1:24:03 ↗ um if we're interested in seeing when

1:24:05 ↗ like the floodplain mats and stuff come

1:24:07 ↗ out is there a way we can get on an

1:24:09 ↗ email or a distribution list is it those

1:24:11 ↗ QR codes is that what we have to scan in

1:24:13 ↗ to say we want it we're interested and

1:24:15 ↗ give you more yeah the QR codes are the

1:24:17 ↗ URLs public input.com and right exactly

1:24:21 ↗ we have an email list we're trying to

1:24:23 ↗ generate a pair okay that was I figured

1:24:26 ↗ it was easy the second question I had is

1:24:28 ↗ well you guys are collecting a lot of

1:24:30 ↗ data along this app break

1:24:32 ↗ and um I think it will be highly

1:24:34 ↗ valuable to the city along the way

1:24:37 ↗ um the question I have for you is one of

1:24:39 ↗ the areas we were looking at that were

1:24:41 ↗ um when we were doing a land use code

1:24:43 ↗ update recently were bog areas and areas

1:24:46 ↗ with different kinds of soils are you

1:24:48 ↗ picking any of that kind of information

1:24:50 ↗ up when you're out in the field

1:24:52 ↗ I mean you're not specifically being

1:24:54 ↗ asked to do that but the question I have

1:24:56 ↗ is we have when we asked staff we said I

1:24:58 ↗ said well we really don't have a lot of

1:24:59 ↗ information on this the question I have

1:25:02 ↗ is there any way you're seeing any of

1:25:04 ↗ that because you're a geologist and I

1:25:06 ↗ know and a lot of it would be in that

1:25:08 ↗ area I would assume it's a lot of it

1:25:10 ↗ would have been in precarious

1:25:13 ↗ yeah good question so I definitely look

1:25:17 ↗ at the bank materials and the bad

1:25:19 ↗ materials right local in the creek and

1:25:22 ↗ then looking farther out on the

1:25:23 ↗ floodplain I look at the geologic

1:25:25 ↗ materials that are mass and the geologic

1:25:28 ↗ history in this club Basin is really

1:25:31 ↗ interesting

1:25:32 ↗ there the glaciers came in and they

1:25:36 ↗ blocked it and at one point I don't know

1:25:37 ↗ if you know this but it's this quad

1:25:39 ↗ Creek used to flow out to the South to

1:25:41 ↗ the Cedar River through two or three

1:25:44 ↗ channels hung down Bay Valley one down

1:25:47 ↗ Hobart they're really clear in the lidar

1:25:50 ↗ if you go to uh or even topography if

1:25:52 ↗ you look online if I I'm at

1:25:55 ↗ so

1:25:57 ↗ um so the glacial history having had

1:26:00 ↗ um glaciers sitting kind of in the

1:26:02 ↗ bottom the creek Valley bottom and it

1:26:04 ↗ made quite a wide you know Valley over

1:26:08 ↗ particularly the upper part of the creek

1:26:10 ↗ there's a pinch point right right before

1:26:12 ↗ squawk Mountain Upstream of the city

1:26:14 ↗ about River miles near miles seven

1:26:17 ↗ and I think you all probably know where

1:26:18 ↗ it is it's where squawk Mountain comes

1:26:20 ↗ down it's just before the landing pad

1:26:23 ↗ and it just it pinches right down

1:26:25 ↗ there's Bedrock right there and there's

1:26:27 ↗ Bedrock right on the so it's just this

1:26:28 ↗ really interesting kind of hourglass

1:26:30 ↗ shape to the plus plan so there's

1:26:33 ↗ definitely some interesting materials

1:26:34 ↗ underground that you know we're we're

1:26:37 ↗ going to look for information that's

1:26:39 ↗ readily available but we actually be

1:26:41 ↗ able to like do much digging but I

1:26:42 ↗ certainly have seen some what we call

1:26:45 ↗ like lower permeability sediments that

1:26:47 ↗ are compacted by the glaciers that do

1:26:49 ↗ hold make bogs and they hold water

1:26:52 ↗ they're slow to drain

1:26:53 ↗ but they're also tend to be slow slow to

1:26:58 ↗ erode so like if the creek is trying to

1:27:00 ↗ erode laterally up against some of this

1:27:03 ↗ this material this

1:27:05 ↗ silkier clear material it goes more

1:27:08 ↗ slowly so I am definitely looking at

1:27:10 ↗ that type of material are you noting it

1:27:13 ↗ anywhere it's so that if somebody was

1:27:15 ↗ looking for it they could find it yeah I

1:27:17 ↗ mean

1:27:18 ↗ um it's it's hard at the scale of

1:27:20 ↗ mapping to show it well on a map but you

1:27:23 ↗ know I'm going to be producing report

1:27:24 ↗ that'll have reach by reach descriptions

1:27:26 ↗ and I will note it in there so it might

1:27:28 ↗ be buried in some detail but if if

1:27:31 ↗ someone's interested I'd be happy to

1:27:32 ↗ always happy to talk to geology okay

1:27:34 ↗ great thank you

1:27:37 ↗ and go ahead yeah I think I just took a

1:27:40 ↗ quick comments um I think it's awesome

1:27:42 ↗ that the city has taken up uh the county

1:27:44 ↗ on the CMZ the channel migration Zone

1:27:47 ↗ studies within Incorporated Issaquah

1:27:49 ↗ that's great I think the next step is

1:27:50 ↗ making sure that that's being

1:27:51 ↗ Incorporated in some of the

1:27:53 ↗ considerations around uh you know both

1:27:56 ↗ current and existing infrastructure I

1:27:58 ↗ mean I could see this being something

1:27:59 ↗ that would be great to present to the

1:28:00 ↗ transportation board when that's

1:28:01 ↗ available

1:28:03 ↗ um and then in terms of new you know

1:28:04 ↗ Bridge Crossings or Crossings on Sugar

1:28:07 ↗ Creek things I know we've talked about

1:28:08 ↗ David a little bit about uh you know the

1:28:10 ↗ trail plan state park that you're

1:28:12 ↗ talking about and there's I think Judy

1:28:14 ↗ and Tracy know that the greenway trust

1:28:16 ↗ has been working with natural Waters and

1:28:18 ↗ NHC on a channel migration Zone in Lake

1:28:20 ↗ Savannah State Parks that exists but you

1:28:22 ↗ know I know Parks also has plans on you

1:28:24 ↗ know more Trail connections you know

1:28:25 ↗ across the creek and along the creek so

1:28:27 ↗ I think this is just really really

1:28:29 ↗ valuable data and I'm sure it'll be used

1:28:31 ↗ I think it would be great to be as

1:28:32 ↗ transparent as we can with the boards

1:28:34 ↗ with the community

1:28:36 ↗ exciting could be there to your point

1:28:38 ↗ answer a lot of data but we got to make

1:28:39 ↗ sure we're using it to the rest of our

1:28:42 ↗ ability so let's just comment

1:28:47 ↗ all right I think that may be all of our

1:28:50 ↗ questions and is that the final leg of

1:28:53 ↗ your questions presentation County yes

1:28:58 ↗ yes well appreciate um you're all

1:29:00 ↗ joining us

1:29:02 ↗ um sounds like there's plenty of ways to

1:29:03 ↗ follow up with additional questions and

1:29:05 ↗ comments

1:29:07 ↗ um anything else to leave us with or

1:29:10 ↗ we really appreciate all the feedback

1:29:13 ↗ tonight on groups Larry Johnson that's

1:29:14 ↗ great

1:29:17 ↗ and madly and thank you

1:29:20 ↗ thank you very much thank you thank you

1:29:22 ↗ yeah thank you

1:29:23 ↗ I will add that those engagement hubs

1:29:26 ↗ are really going to be uh a good place

1:29:29 ↗ to kind of I mean you'll be a little

1:29:31 ↗ more I think in the know being heavily

1:29:33 ↗ involved in in just the city and and

1:29:37 ↗ what's happening and what's going on but

1:29:39 ↗ the engagement hubs will be a great

1:29:40 ↗ place to kind of track the status uh of

1:29:44 ↗ the project at least the let's say

1:29:46 ↗ influence

1:29:47 ↗ Map update and channel migration study

1:29:49 ↗ as they move along we have we'll have a

1:29:51 ↗ timeline on there that indicates which

1:29:54 ↗ stages of the project are complete

1:29:56 ↗ uh and opportunities in there for

1:29:59 ↗ residents or anyone to to add feedback

1:30:02 ↗ uh upload flood pictures that they have

1:30:05 ↗ things like that so that they're meant

1:30:08 ↗ to be engagement hubs Are Meant To Be An

1:30:11 ↗ interactive uh forum for folks to to

1:30:15 ↗ engage with the study so

1:30:17 ↗ thanks for having us soon

1:30:20 ↗ thank you

1:30:21 ↗ um yeah thank you I think with that we

1:30:25 ↗ will uh with our next agenda item which

1:30:27 ↗ is the parks program programs update

1:30:31 ↗ you guys want to leave yeah you're

1:30:33 ↗ welcome

1:30:37 ↗ I will sign off then thanks

1:30:41 ↗ make me understand is there any of those

1:30:43 ↗ extra handouts that you don't want I'll

1:30:45 ↗ take them oh yeah

1:30:48 ↗ all right is that my cue Jamie yes go

1:30:52 ↗ ahead cool happy happy to

1:30:55 ↗ provide some updates uh Jeff Watling

1:30:57 ↗ again parks and Community Services

1:30:59 ↗ director

1:31:01 ↗ um 2023 is certainly uh represents

1:31:04 ↗ another really busy year for us as a

1:31:07 ↗ department both operationally and

1:31:09 ↗ capital project wise uh thank you I know

1:31:12 ↗ you've got

1:31:13 ↗ um some of your points of interest to

1:31:15 ↗ Stacy she was able to provide to me some

1:31:18 ↗ specific program updates you were

1:31:19 ↗ wanting I'll cover those first

1:31:22 ↗ um and then if we have time we should

1:31:25 ↗ have time I'll touch base on Sammamish

1:31:28 ↗ Cove and the Republic comment

1:31:31 ↗ and information I certainly know in that

1:31:34 ↗ regard first urban forestry program uh

1:31:39 ↗ you I think all know by now we through

1:31:42 ↗ the Council budget process for the 23-24

1:31:46 ↗ budget were

1:31:49 ↗ that full support from from Council on

1:31:54 ↗ getting a new position within our park

1:31:56 ↗ operations team an urban forestry

1:31:58 ↗ supervisor we had a very robust

1:32:02 ↗ recruitment process a lot of interest

1:32:05 ↗ not surprising a lot of really strong

1:32:08 ↗ candidates to to select from uh really

1:32:11 ↗ happy to to announce we have our Urban

1:32:14 ↗ Forest supervisor that will be starting

1:32:15 ↗ next week it's Dan Hintz congratulations

1:32:19 ↗ wow so

1:32:22 ↗ yeah we're absolutely thrilled Dan just

1:32:24 ↗ brings such a wealth of of both

1:32:27 ↗ education and experience but then also

1:32:29 ↗ very tangible local knowledge and

1:32:32 ↗ experience and just absolutely thrilled

1:32:35 ↗ um where this position will sort of fit

1:32:38 ↗ within our organization our as we've

1:32:40 ↗ been expanding our resources and really

1:32:44 ↗ knowledge base within our park

1:32:45 ↗ operations team we're we're in many ways

1:32:48 ↗ sort of creating a Natural Resources

1:32:50 ↗ Group within that team the urban Forest

1:32:53 ↗ supervisor Dan will sort of oversee that

1:32:56 ↗ group we'll work in concert with our

1:32:59 ↗ other our park operations supervisor

1:33:01 ↗ you're very I think all familiar with

1:33:02 ↗ Matt meckler

1:33:04 ↗ um so Matt and Dan form a great

1:33:06 ↗ supervisory team uh Rick still our Clark

1:33:09 ↗ ops manager will oversee those two staff

1:33:13 ↗ um our volunteer coordinator I'll give

1:33:15 ↗ you an update on that and so the green

1:33:16 ↗ Issaquah initiative and a lot of our

1:33:18 ↗ natural resource work will fall under

1:33:20 ↗ the urban Forest supervisor a lot of

1:33:23 ↗ great

1:33:24 ↗ um

1:33:25 ↗ sort of synergy with that group as well

1:33:28 ↗ our park ranger position Alex Anderson

1:33:32 ↗ will also be supervised by Dan and part

1:33:36 ↗ of that team so really just excited to

1:33:39 ↗ add Dan and that wealth of knowledge

1:33:41 ↗ quite frankly to the group in terms of

1:33:44 ↗ work plan for that position so be

1:33:46 ↗ congrats to Dan now here we go roll up

1:33:48 ↗ our sleeves and line it up there's some

1:33:50 ↗ there's some real interest in this

1:33:52 ↗ community as you all know and Dan

1:33:54 ↗ certainly knows himself and he still

1:33:56 ↗ said yes so we're excited but it's we do

1:34:00 ↗ have some funding this year in the

1:34:01 ↗ budget for an urban Forest management

1:34:03 ↗ plan the city's first sort of holistic

1:34:07 ↗ look at our Urban forest and and Dan

1:34:10 ↗ will be leading that effort so there'll

1:34:13 ↗ be a lot of community engagement around

1:34:15 ↗ that a lot of work with both the park

1:34:17 ↗ board and the environmental board on

1:34:19 ↗ that work we're also in the park boards

1:34:23 ↗ aware of this I'm going to be looking at

1:34:26 ↗ um a much needed review and likely

1:34:30 ↗ updating of our heritage tree program

1:34:33 ↗ has hasn't really been looked at in a

1:34:36 ↗ long long time so that too will be an

1:34:40 ↗ effort that Dan will be leading from the

1:34:43 ↗ park board side of things as we've

1:34:45 ↗ looked at our work plan uh there's a

1:34:48 ↗ we've already identified an ad hoc group

1:34:51 ↗ within the park board that will be

1:34:53 ↗ focusing on urban forestry and working

1:34:54 ↗ with Dan on on those specific efforts as

1:34:58 ↗ we sort of looked at the park board work

1:35:01 ↗ plan and how do we throw maximize and

1:35:04 ↗ diversify interest in and

1:35:09 ↗ um just yeah yeah feedback and

1:35:11 ↗ interaction with the board on on so many

1:35:13 ↗ projects that we've got going on so uh

1:35:16 ↗ that's urban forestry Dan anything you

1:35:19 ↗ want to sort of add yeah I know thank

1:35:21 ↗ you I'm really excited for this

1:35:22 ↗ transition I have been able to tell a

1:35:25 ↗ couple people about this on the last few

1:35:26 ↗ days but I'll be wrapping up my time

1:35:27 ↗ with the mountains on Greenway tomorrow

1:35:29 ↗ actually be my last day there

1:35:31 ↗ um after seven years it'll be starting

1:35:33 ↗ with the city probably on Monday so

1:35:36 ↗ um did talk to Stacy this does mean that

1:35:38 ↗ I will be stepping down from the

1:35:39 ↗ environmental boards so this will be my

1:35:41 ↗ last meeting but I'm really excited to

1:35:43 ↗ you know still obviously interact with

1:35:44 ↗ you all moving forward in this new

1:35:45 ↗ capacity part four and I haven't met all

1:35:48 ↗ you much before but really excited to to

1:35:51 ↗ be plugging into the school too and get

1:35:52 ↗ to know you all better as well so that's

1:35:54 ↗ actually kind of news to me there's

1:35:55 ↗ gonna be a kind of sub committee there

1:35:57 ↗ so that's great too to hear that that's

1:35:58 ↗ that's coming together and like I said

1:36:01 ↗ yeah really really passionate about this

1:36:02 ↗ community our our canopy our forest here

1:36:05 ↗ and how that ties to all the stuff we've

1:36:07 ↗ been talking about here and working on

1:36:08 ↗ the last couple years so it's been great

1:36:10 ↗ work with you all but I won't be a

1:36:12 ↗ stranger after this obviously so yeah I

1:36:14 ↗ just want to say it's going to be great

1:36:15 ↗ having someone coming to burn on the

1:36:17 ↗ board on your staff so that they can

1:36:18 ↗ kind of cool you into what we're

1:36:19 ↗ actually uh

1:36:25 ↗ if I could add to that point dad but

1:36:27 ↗ honestly I didn't it's not necessarily

1:36:29 ↗ the potential of a conflict of interest

1:36:31 ↗ because as Dan and I talk there really

1:36:33 ↗ isn't a conflict of interest in terms of

1:36:34 ↗ State I think it's more just the broader

1:36:37 ↗ principle of should should staff be on

1:36:41 ↗ um on boards and commissions in general

1:36:43 ↗ and so

1:36:45 ↗ um obviously these relationships are key

1:36:47 ↗ and

1:36:48 ↗ um again it's not a they don't see it as

1:36:51 ↗ any type of conflict of interest but

1:36:53 ↗ frankly it's it's very complementary

1:36:57 ↗ in terms of what our goals are as well

1:36:59 ↗ so um that's urban forestry uh green

1:37:01 ↗ Issaquah I mentioned that just briefly

1:37:03 ↗ we too have a volunteer coordinator uh

1:37:08 ↗ position that was approved in the budget

1:37:11 ↗ um

1:37:12 ↗ again very successful recruitment

1:37:14 ↗ process uh just finished second

1:37:16 ↗ interview who's earlier this week with

1:37:19 ↗ Rick and

1:37:20 ↗ um we should be having an offer if it's

1:37:23 ↗ not out already should be out super soon

1:37:26 ↗ so we hope to be having a announcing a

1:37:29 ↗ volunteer coordinator and bringing that

1:37:30 ↗ position award uh that position was

1:37:33 ↗ really necessitated by a number of

1:37:35 ↗ things you know we partnered with

1:37:36 ↗ forterra Janet knows so well I think in

1:37:40 ↗ my first year in 2016 talking to Jan

1:37:42 ↗ about we're going to hit or Cara we're

1:37:44 ↗ going to get a green Issaquah program

1:37:45 ↗ going for teres I think for a number of

1:37:48 ↗ reasons it's sort of backed away from

1:37:50 ↗ some of its green cities

1:37:53 ↗ program and its capacity to supporting

1:37:56 ↗ so the timing was right for us as a city

1:37:58 ↗ there's such value in the principles of

1:38:01 ↗ green Issaquah of creating volunteer

1:38:03 ↗ stewards of doing that work so

1:38:05 ↗ internalizing this coordinator and that

1:38:09 ↗ ability for us to really continue on in

1:38:12 ↗ that work work and really that's focused

1:38:14 ↗ work right that's so complementary to

1:38:16 ↗ this bigger urban forestry goal that you

1:38:19 ↗ know Green Issaquah is really how are we

1:38:22 ↗ looking at our city-owned lands our

1:38:25 ↗ city-owned public Forest Urban forest

1:38:27 ↗ and making sure where

1:38:28 ↗ uh we're leading by example we're we're

1:38:31 ↗ doing all we can to to promote and

1:38:34 ↗ Foster a healthy a healthy forest with

1:38:37 ↗ the public lands that we own so again

1:38:39 ↗ really complementary to have that work

1:38:41 ↗ uh falling within dance

1:38:44 ↗ dance supervision

1:38:47 ↗ So Much More Much More ahead there

1:38:50 ↗ um I think another program you're

1:38:52 ↗ interested in was the park strategic

1:38:53 ↗ Plan update

1:38:55 ↗ um in 2018

1:38:57 ↗ we the city had adopted its most recent

1:39:01 ↗ Park strategic plan this is my tattered

1:39:04 ↗ copy obviously it hasn't gathered dust

1:39:06 ↗ on the Shelf it's

1:39:07 ↗ pretty tattered and well used but

1:39:10 ↗ um 20 24 every six years rco estate

1:39:14 ↗ granting agency asks and requires that

1:39:17 ↗ cities update their part strategic plan

1:39:19 ↗ so by March April of next year we need

1:39:24 ↗ to have one adopted so we are going to

1:39:26 ↗ begin that Community engagement effort

1:39:29 ↗ in Earnest this year that too as Park

1:39:32 ↗ Board knows is a is an ad hoc group

1:39:34 ↗ opportunity that has been

1:39:36 ↗ identified to help with some of that

1:39:40 ↗ Focus shepherding group we

1:39:43 ↗ rely on some consultant support to help

1:39:46 ↗ in that effort as well

1:39:47 ↗ uh we put out a request for proposal

1:39:50 ↗ right at the beginning of the year as

1:39:52 ↗ the budget was adopted went through a

1:39:55 ↗ review process and interview process

1:39:58 ↗ um including a Community member Mr

1:40:00 ↗ Kepler I wasn't able to join us on the

1:40:02 ↗ day but thank you just for viewing those

1:40:05 ↗ proposals today then providing your

1:40:07 ↗ feedback I'm happy to say we have a

1:40:10 ↗ really good partner that we're

1:40:11 ↗ finalizing a contract with and it's a

1:40:14 ↗ order Partnership if you're familiar a

1:40:17 ↗ local landscape architect firm I've had

1:40:19 ↗ the privilege of working with them in

1:40:21 ↗ multiple cities

1:40:22 ↗ but really really good local team of

1:40:25 ↗ Landscape Architects that understand

1:40:29 ↗ Western Washington understand Issaquah

1:40:31 ↗ they've done statistical projects

1:40:32 ↗ they're partnering with a a broader

1:40:36 ↗ group called design Workshop design

1:40:38 ↗ Workshop is done

1:40:40 ↗ really good Park system plans of

1:40:44 ↗ strategic Park system trail system plans

1:40:46 ↗ for a number of cities throughout really

1:40:50 ↗ the the western region of the United

1:40:52 ↗ States including Boulder Colorado

1:40:55 ↗ um Salt Lake City Vancouver British

1:40:58 ↗ Columbia obviously some much bigger than

1:41:00 ↗ Issaquah but you know certainly seeing

1:41:02 ↗ they understand the Nexus of public

1:41:04 ↗ spaces and livability public spaces the

1:41:08 ↗ quality of life public spaces and the

1:41:10 ↗ natural habitat so

1:41:13 ↗ um as that as we finalize that contract

1:41:15 ↗ and really begin to map out and timeline

1:41:20 ↗ out of that work this year both the

1:41:22 ↗ engagement side and and drafting the

1:41:25 ↗ plan wise we'll make sure we would be

1:41:28 ↗ interested to know what touch points

1:41:30 ↗ with the environmental board you'd be

1:41:32 ↗ interested in in that in that process so

1:41:36 ↗ I'm excited that that work will be

1:41:37 ↗ getting underway

1:41:42 ↗ um

1:41:42 ↗ like those are the well one other one I

1:41:45 ↗ know there was interest in some of the

1:41:48 ↗ prior

1:41:49 ↗ um opportunities I've had to interact

1:41:51 ↗ with all of you about electrification uh

1:41:54 ↗ and you know how are we looking at our

1:41:58 ↗ park operations team and

1:42:00 ↗ um the array of gas powered equipment

1:42:03 ↗ that we use throughout just maintaining

1:42:05 ↗ and stewarding our system uh really

1:42:08 ↗ happy to say proud to say that the park

1:42:10 ↗ office team has been really hard at work

1:42:11 ↗ and that both the combination of work we

1:42:14 ↗ did last fall and then another sort of

1:42:17 ↗ tranche of of Acquisitions we did early

1:42:19 ↗ this year we're well on our way to fully

1:42:22 ↗ electrifying all of our handheld

1:42:24 ↗ equipment so all our blowers our mowers

1:42:27 ↗ our trimmers

1:42:28 ↗ um our handheld mowers I should say

1:42:31 ↗ a lot of of that equipment that we use

1:42:34 ↗ on a daily basis throughout the city is

1:42:37 ↗ going to be electrified we're going to

1:42:39 ↗ be probably about 80 percent of

1:42:41 ↗ electrified equipment

1:42:43 ↗ um as we roll out this spring and summer

1:42:45 ↗ so wow really really proud of the team

1:42:48 ↗ for making a such a quick jump on that

1:42:50 ↗ we're already working with Fleet the

1:42:53 ↗ fleet division some of our bigger

1:42:54 ↗ equipments I.E trucks

1:42:57 ↗ um our riding mowers

1:42:59 ↗ um the commercial industry is not quite

1:43:03 ↗ as as

1:43:06 ↗ advanced in in some of those but we are

1:43:08 ↗ ready when

1:43:10 ↗ um I think equipment gets to that point

1:43:13 ↗ those larger equipment that we're really

1:43:16 ↗ excited to look at electrifying that as

1:43:18 ↗ well so

1:43:19 ↗ some great work by the team in that

1:43:21 ↗ regard

1:43:22 ↗ another a couple updates just some

1:43:25 ↗ general projects you might have seen

1:43:26 ↗ we've got a pretty big capital

1:43:29 ↗ investment project going on in Old Town

1:43:32 ↗ um uh The Pedestrian Park Senior Center

1:43:34 ↗ project is what we're calling it in a

1:43:37 ↗ broader sense before the pandemic as a

1:43:39 ↗ result of the park strategic plan one of

1:43:42 ↗ the goals was let's take a look at the

1:43:45 ↗ compilation of parks that make up Old

1:43:48 ↗ Town or that went up within Old Town

1:43:50 ↗ Memorial Veterans Memorial Park Depot

1:43:52 ↗ Park pedestrian Park I might not be

1:43:55 ↗ getting all the names it's just sort of

1:43:56 ↗ a disjointed sense of public spaces

1:43:59 ↗ there was a lot of public Outreach we

1:44:02 ↗ did just before the pandemic to say as a

1:44:04 ↗ community how might you want to

1:44:05 ↗ re-envision that how could that those

1:44:08 ↗ public spaces better support Old Town

1:44:10 ↗ better support Front Street better

1:44:12 ↗ support the residential areas around

1:44:15 ↗ that connection with the Rainier Trail

1:44:18 ↗ Etc

1:44:19 ↗ through the budget process last year

1:44:22 ↗ Council identified a pretty good chunk

1:44:26 ↗ of the federal American Recovery Act

1:44:29 ↗ funding the arpa funding so we have been

1:44:33 ↗ hard at work

1:44:35 ↗ on a couple of Concepts that we have out

1:44:37 ↗ for a survey right now if any of you've

1:44:39 ↗ been downtown you may have seen the QR

1:44:41 ↗ code boards inviting residents to to

1:44:45 ↗ lend comment to those projects we have

1:44:47 ↗ two concepts

1:44:48 ↗ that we're seeking feedback on if you

1:44:51 ↗ haven't taken the survey please do it

1:44:53 ↗ closes March 19th I think we're up to

1:44:56 ↗ 500 survey responses now so a lot of a

1:45:01 ↗ lot of interest from the community a lot

1:45:04 ↗ of fun engaging responses in terms of

1:45:06 ↗ how those public spaces might better

1:45:11 ↗ better relate to one another and better

1:45:13 ↗ relate to the the private properties and

1:45:16 ↗ private uses around them

1:45:22 ↗ um any questions on any of those items

1:45:27 ↗ we'll keep going okay

1:45:32 ↗ uh Sammamish Cove

1:45:34 ↗ um

1:45:35 ↗ as Connie certainly mentioned in her

1:45:38 ↗ public comment semantics Cove Park if

1:45:41 ↗ you're not familiar is the park space

1:45:44 ↗ that sort of wedged between I-90 to

1:45:47 ↗ itself and Lake Sammamish State Park to

1:45:50 ↗ its North

1:45:52 ↗ um

1:45:53 ↗ if you were on I-90 it was directly

1:45:55 ↗ across from the new REI headquarters

1:46:01 ↗ um that Park is has been under a lot of

1:46:05 ↗ um

1:46:05 ↗ some historic pressure but more recently

1:46:09 ↗ um

1:46:11 ↗ some pressure of of different interests

1:46:14 ↗ um I'm going to sort of give a quick

1:46:16 ↗ origin story though in 1998 that

1:46:19 ↗ property was purchased by King County

1:46:21 ↗ uh when the county purchased that

1:46:23 ↗ property they utilized

1:46:26 ↗ um among I think a number of funding

1:46:28 ↗ sources to Grants two Grant sources that

1:46:33 ↗ most grants just like the grants that we

1:46:35 ↗ when we purchase public property have

1:46:36 ↗ covenants and and deed restrictions tied

1:46:39 ↗ to them

1:46:41 ↗ um fast forward to 2007 during the

1:46:44 ↗ annexation of that Sammamish South

1:46:46 ↗ Sammamish Cove area that Park that King

1:46:51 ↗ County Park was transferred to the City

1:46:52 ↗ of Issaquah in 2007 as part of that

1:46:55 ↗ transfer and I've been familiar or in my

1:46:59 ↗ career been part of a number of

1:47:01 ↗ transfers of the county there's an

1:47:02 ↗ interlocal agreement between accounting

1:47:04 ↗ the city that illegally makes that

1:47:07 ↗ transfer in that air local agreement one

1:47:10 ↗ of those grants was identified

1:47:13 ↗ um but not the second Grant wasn't

1:47:15 ↗ necessarily identified but the city was

1:47:17 ↗ not aware of of the two grants they were

1:47:19 ↗ just aware of the one Grant

1:47:21 ↗ um in 2011

1:47:24 ↗ uh there was a development agreement

1:47:26 ↗ that the city

1:47:28 ↗ um signed with Rowley uh for a

1:47:34 ↗ stormwater

1:47:36 ↗ facility to be installed as I came on

1:47:41 ↗ board in 2016 uh 2017 was informed of

1:47:45 ↗ the project we in Parks wanted to make

1:47:47 ↗ sure that King County was aware so the

1:47:50 ↗ deed restrictions uh the the county what

1:47:53 ↗ were you aware of at the interval little

1:47:55 ↗ agreement was the county used a 1989

1:47:58 ↗ open space bond funds so the Covenant

1:48:02 ↗ and the and the deed restriction that

1:48:03 ↗ went with that was hey is King County

1:48:05 ↗ invested this money in it we want to

1:48:07 ↗ make sure the uses are complementary and

1:48:10 ↗ we as the county want to preserve our

1:48:12 ↗ interests so we want to be able to be

1:48:14 ↗ notified and sort of review what is

1:48:17 ↗ being proposed so we within parks and

1:48:22 ↗ began that process with the county and

1:48:24 ↗ notifying them of this development

1:48:26 ↗ agreement that the city entered into and

1:48:28 ↗ getting their feedback on that

1:48:32 ↗ um

1:48:33 ↗ then the pandemic came

1:48:35 ↗ um in 20 let's say it's 2020 uh the

1:48:38 ↗ county

1:48:38 ↗ communicated back to the city that they

1:48:42 ↗ reviewed that proposed

1:48:46 ↗ development agreement that proposed

1:48:48 ↗ stormwater project and they

1:48:53 ↗ agreed that it it fell within the it was

1:48:57 ↗ not limiting to the deed restrictions or

1:48:59 ↗ the goals of the of the uh the site the

1:49:02 ↗ property since it's an underground

1:49:04 ↗ facility and that no conversions would

1:49:06 ↗ be needed

1:49:08 ↗ um

1:49:09 ↗ we became informed King County I should

1:49:12 ↗ say was informed through some work that

1:49:14 ↗ the state did in 2022 so last summer uh

1:49:18 ↗ they were reviewing all of their Grant

1:49:20 ↗ files and let the county know hey when

1:49:23 ↗ you transferred this semamishko park to

1:49:25 ↗ the City of Issaquah in 2007 you didn't

1:49:28 ↗ you didn't let them know and you didn't

1:49:29 ↗ transfer this state Grant

1:49:31 ↗ so as we become aware of that we are

1:49:35 ↗ going through the the same process where

1:49:37 ↗ we want to make sure

1:49:40 ↗ um because that those funds they were

1:49:42 ↗ aquatic land Olea there's a federal

1:49:45 ↗ federal funds that rco governs for for

1:49:48 ↗ the state we want to make sure that

1:49:50 ↗ those restrictions and those covenants

1:49:53 ↗ are also abided by and and with with

1:49:56 ↗ this again 2011 development agreement

1:49:59 ↗ that this the city entered into so

1:50:01 ↗ that's a process that will continue

1:50:05 ↗ that's sort of a double process in that

1:50:08 ↗ with that Grant the

1:50:10 ↗ the the grant itself still needs to be

1:50:13 ↗ transferred from the county to the city

1:50:15 ↗ if you follow what I say because that

1:50:16 ↗ didn't happen in 2007 and then as that

1:50:19 ↗ is transferred to the city who's now the

1:50:22 ↗ owner of that property we also want to

1:50:24 ↗ make sure rco reviews this proposal and

1:50:28 ↗ um gives their feedback on compliance

1:50:32 ↗ as was mentioned those aren't the only

1:50:35 ↗ this this

1:50:36 ↗ stormwater project is not the only

1:50:38 ↗ pressure being put on Sammamish Cove

1:50:40 ↗ Park

1:50:41 ↗ along with the Northwest Sammamish Road

1:50:44 ↗ uh pinch Point project being adjacent to

1:50:48 ↗ the the park there's certainly some

1:50:50 ↗ pending pressures and coordination that

1:50:52 ↗ needs to be done there as well uh

1:50:55 ↗ Washington D.O.T or wash dot uh state

1:50:58 ↗ DOT

1:51:00 ↗ um you may have heard

1:51:02 ↗ um they there was a a lawsuit

1:51:06 ↗ [Music]

1:51:06 ↗ um

1:51:09 ↗ by the local tribes not necessarily just

1:51:12 ↗ on well I think it was washed out but

1:51:14 ↗ they washed out is required to expand

1:51:18 ↗ improve culverts through all of their

1:51:20 ↗ interstates

1:51:22 ↗ throughout the state and so what that

1:51:24 ↗ means for I-90 there are five culverts

1:51:27 ↗ that washdot needs to upgrade improve

1:51:31 ↗ address from a fish passage standpoint

1:51:34 ↗ and so as that project begins

1:51:38 ↗ in Earnest it is it has come to our

1:51:42 ↗ attention that washdot has Keen

1:51:44 ↗ interests on Sammamish Cove Park and

1:51:47 ↗ being part of their solution there so

1:51:50 ↗ again as Connie outlined I would just I

1:51:53 ↗ would reinforce that there are some

1:51:56 ↗ historic as in 2011 but I think more

1:51:59 ↗ some more recent pending pressures that

1:52:02 ↗ are being put on on that park that's

1:52:06 ↗ we are working

1:52:09 ↗ with both the

1:52:13 ↗ the

1:52:14 ↗ local developer who has the development

1:52:17 ↗ agreement but namely a washdot as well

1:52:20 ↗ um

1:52:22 ↗ myself and the Public Works director

1:52:24 ↗ have been working diligently on making

1:52:28 ↗ washed out aware and having a better

1:52:30 ↗ understanding of not only public

1:52:33 ↗ properties that this fish passage

1:52:35 ↗ projects may be wanting access to and

1:52:39 ↗ changing the use of but also right away

1:52:42 ↗ city right away that may be impacted and

1:52:45 ↗ are working on

1:52:47 ↗ the best approach and the best method to

1:52:50 ↗ certainly communicate to city council

1:52:52 ↗ and also communicate to the community

1:52:54 ↗ what should and what is going to be

1:52:56 ↗ anticipated or understood by all these

1:53:00 ↗ fish passage projects so

1:53:03 ↗ a lot going on

1:53:05 ↗ um

1:53:06 ↗ certainly something we want to remain

1:53:08 ↗ very transparent with and

1:53:11 ↗ um

1:53:13 ↗ yeah not only to Sammamish pill Park as

1:53:17 ↗ as was mentioned tonight but but really

1:53:19 ↗ a number of areas that those projects

1:53:23 ↗ are are going to interface with the city

1:53:26 ↗ infrastructure the city property

1:53:31 ↗ so that's a lot but there's there's a

1:53:33 ↗ few few updates if you have questions or

1:53:36 ↗ if there's any other work plan items

1:53:38 ↗ Park Board please chime in as well as

1:53:41 ↗ well if I uh if I missed anything

1:53:44 ↗ hey Jeff said involved that Raleigh

1:53:46 ↗ wants to build is that going to be in

1:53:47 ↗ the in the Park area or they're going to

1:53:50 ↗ put it on the South Side I-90 so the

1:53:53 ↗ Vault itself would be on the south side

1:53:54 ↗ and then I my understanding is the the

1:53:58 ↗ the

1:53:59 ↗ pipe would be just part of the discharge

1:54:02 ↗ system

1:54:03 ↗ um

1:54:04 ↗ yeah but no no

1:54:06 ↗ the The Vault and the storage is not

1:54:08 ↗ happening within the park okay

1:54:13 ↗ as I understand it the yeah the goal of

1:54:15 ↗ that project is to not impact Tibbetts

1:54:18 ↗ Creek with

1:54:20 ↗ what's going on there

1:54:25 ↗ yeah

1:54:25 ↗ yeah is that like what a company that

1:54:29 ↗ wants to do that storm project is that

1:54:31 ↗ part of the is it like a private company

1:54:33 ↗ or I mean what what is the purpose of

1:54:35 ↗ that building that storm

1:54:39 ↗ project yeah yes yes private private

1:54:44 ↗ property owner landowner developer

1:54:48 ↗ um

1:54:48 ↗ a development agreement is an agreement

1:54:51 ↗ made between a you know private land

1:54:53 ↗ owners in the city in terms of how they

1:54:56 ↗ will proceed with

1:54:58 ↗ their project

1:55:01 ↗ so yeah

1:55:11 ↗ that's it for me

1:55:13 ↗ thank you

1:55:16 ↗ thank you chat

1:55:20 ↗ um I think then

1:55:21 ↗ um that concludes all of our main agenda

1:55:24 ↗ items

1:55:26 ↗ um

1:55:27 ↗ next Stacy do you have some reports

1:55:31 ↗ um just quickly to note for them are on

1:55:33 ↗ a board that we do have a special

1:55:34 ↗ meeting on her third that is going to be

1:55:37 ↗ to discuss voice reduction and also to

1:55:40 ↗ make the recommendation on the read Plus

1:55:42 ↗ so we'll be getting that packet out

1:55:45 ↗ about a week

1:55:46 ↗ about a war the meeting other thing I'll

1:55:49 ↗ just put in another plug City Associates

1:55:52 ↗ for sustainability Fair April 16th if

1:55:55 ↗ you have a favorite Community Gathering

1:55:57 ↗ Place that you go there's a few posters

1:55:59 ↗ out on the table and you could grab one

1:56:01 ↗ look those up but please continue to

1:56:04 ↗ spread the word

1:56:07 ↗ particularly

1:56:10 ↗ yeah

1:56:12 ↗ all right and then any other business or

1:56:15 ↗ announcements

1:56:22 ↗ one thank you Dan for your time on the

1:56:24 ↗ board you've been a great resource for

1:56:25 ↗ the board and we're sad to see you go

1:56:27 ↗ but you couldn't be going through a

1:56:28 ↗ better place so

1:56:30 ↗ um yeah we will uh we'll miss you but I

1:56:34 ↗ know you'll be back here I'm sure you'll

1:56:36 ↗ be back at some point so uh it's not

1:56:38 ↗ going far

1:56:40 ↗ um I think otherwise uh with that we we

1:56:43 ↗ are adjourned so thank you uh Park

1:56:45 ↗ forward thank you environmental board

1:56:46 ↗ have a good night

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Attendance

Council / Members (11)

Environmental Board Parks Board

Nancy Davidson (Present) Chris Kovac (Present)

Anne Newcomb (Present) Brenda Spears (Virtual)

Dan Hintz (Present) Katie Bell (Present)

Janet Wall

Brad Book

Administration/Staff: Jeff Watling, Director of Park and Community

Stacy Vynne McKinstry, Sustainability Services

Manager Hasanthi Piyasena, Department Operations

David Reedy, Sustainability Coordinator Specialist for Parks and Community Services

Billy Almanza, Sustainability Intern

Excused

Jamie Finch, Chair (Present) Zach Szablewski

Don McQuilliams, Vice Chair (Present) Marlene Waxse

Ashwin Manoharan* (Present) Andrew Eliquen

Rishi Hazra* David Liu

Lara Lebeiko (Present) Nicholas Lee

Tim Motely

Tom Anderson, Alternate Danielle Githens, Alternate, (Present)

Recommendations & actions (1)

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The Boards recommended areas previously impacted within the community and organizations to focus outreach on by King County.