Human Services Commission · Wednesday, October 16, 2024 · City Council Digest

3. CHAIR REPORT

Opening Question

10 min · Priti Mody-Pan, Equity Board Chair

4. AGENDA ITEMS

Central Issaquah Light Rail Station Area Vision and Guiding Principles

60 min · Thomas Valdriz, Senior Transportation Planner · packet pp.3–34

Topics: Land Use

Open packet at p.3 ↗

Staff report:

The purpose of the October 16, 2024, special meeting is to review and discuss the first draft of Central Issaquah light rail station area vision and guiding principles. The Administration has the following questions for the Human Services Commission (HSC) and Equity Board (EB) to consider:

Closing Thought Facilitated by: Priti Mody-Pan, Equity Board Chair

Topics: Equity

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0:12 ↗ my name is priny mod pan and I call the

0:16 ↗ special joint meeting of the isqua

0:18 ↗ equity board and Human Services

0:20 ↗ Commission to order at

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1:00 ↗ and or use the Callin information on the

1:03 ↗ meeting invitation uh to call into the

1:06 ↗ meeting and with that we'll roll into

1:09 ↗ attendance so maybe uh Dale could I have

1:13 ↗ your assistance in um sharing out the

1:16 ↗ excused absences yes we have two um

1:18 ↗ excused absences for this evening from

1:20 ↗ the equity board um Shay Fleming and

1:24 ↗ Laura Gilmore have excused absence since

1:26 ↗ this evening and then Hannah for Human

1:29 ↗ Services

1:30 ↗ thanks pretty um yes so we have an

1:32 ↗ excuse AB for mine fish and then we have

1:35 ↗ our human servic commissioner Manny

1:37 ↗ Brown who's running late as well that's

1:39 ↗ invitation to joining us um virtually as

1:41 ↗ well

1:41 ↗ as thank you thank you okay and now I uh

1:46 ↗ we are on to public comments and uh do

1:49 ↗ we have any public comments we did not

1:51 ↗ have any public comments submitted ahead

1:52 ↗ of tonight's meeting and we currently do

1:54 ↗ not have any members of the public who

1:56 ↗ are not members of our boards or

1:58 ↗ Commissions in attendance

2:00 ↗ okay well then we will move into the

2:04 ↗ chair report part of the agenda and this

2:07 ↗ is a practice that the equity board has

2:09 ↗ started uh more formally doing at the

2:12 ↗ start of every meeting um and it's

2:14 ↗ really just an icebreaker opening

2:17 ↗ question um it serves to uh bring

2:20 ↗ everyone's voice into the room and make

2:22 ↗ it easier for folks to contribute

2:23 ↗ throughout the meeting and it also helps

2:25 ↗ us get to know each other a little bit

2:27 ↗ better and I think uh relationship and

2:30 ↗ connection are really important

2:32 ↗ especially you know when we do Equity

2:33 ↗ work and things that are hard and

2:35 ↗ challenging it's good to have the

2:37 ↗ strength of the relationship behind that

2:40 ↗ and so with that I'd like um us to maybe

2:43 ↗ go around the room U maybe table by

2:46 ↗ table and uh start with your name your

2:50 ↗ pronouns if you prefer if you uh like to

2:52 ↗ share them and The Bard commission

2:55 ↗ you're on and then the question is what

2:58 ↗ is your favorite think about Autumn as

3:01 ↗ the

3:02 ↗ season and um actually I'm going to KI

3:05 ↗ it over to Thomas first and um go around

3:08 ↗ I guess you wouldn't have FL commission

3:10 ↗ sure yeah hey everyone um my name is

3:12 ↗ Thomas Balz I use Ean pronouns um I'm

3:16 ↗ not on Border commission and staff I'll

3:18 ↗ be presenting to you tonight um my

3:21 ↗ favorite thing about Autumn excuse me uh

3:24 ↗ is pumpkins I really like carving

3:26 ↗ pumpkins um the fun activity that my

3:30 ↗ wife and I like to do and

3:33 ↗ yeah great hi good evening everybody R

3:37 ↗ man um I'm on the equity board I'm Vice

3:40 ↗ chair so it's a pleasure to have this

3:42 ↗ meeting with Services

3:44 ↗ team my favorite part of AUM visualize

3:48 ↗ it today is the he doesn't appreciate

3:51 ↗ the colors I was watching my

3:54 ↗ dog really absor

4:02 ↗ I'm myy Edwards I'm with the Human

4:04 ↗ Services Commission my pronouns are T

4:07 ↗ young and uh my favorite thing about the

4:10 ↗ fall is the wind I'm a I'm a local guy I

4:14 ↗ grew up here uh the wind near the trees

4:18 ↗ are so much a part of everything I

4:21 ↗ relate to uh in my day-to-day and

4:25 ↗ watching the wind moov with the tree the

4:27 ↗ trees mov with the Wind is um is a

4:31 ↗ beauty to me I really love that and the

4:34 ↗ leaves of course watching the leaves

4:36 ↗ blow past you will feel the on you it's

4:40 ↗ a big part of all for

4:42 ↗ me I'm caric I'm also in the equity

4:46 ↗ board um can I share two favorite

4:50 ↗ things um well the first favorite thing

4:53 ↗ is a party that my wife rocker Alex who

4:56 ↗ actually was on the human missions part

4:59 ↗ uh I'm I'm sorry the Human Services

5:01 ↗ Board uh organized at Lake sanal Park

5:04 ↗ that man is not here he was at the party

5:09 ↗ um that that's that's one thing that we

5:11 ↗ do every Autumn and and that's a that's

5:14 ↗ a memorable EV that the second is the

5:17 ↗ return of the salmon uh that is really

5:20 ↗ special U and I enjoy seeing that happen

5:24 ↗ our

5:27 ↗ po you want to take over

5:30 ↗ there good evening my name is H Fardo

5:34 ↗ Human Services commissioner um

5:36 ↗ pronounced he and him I would say terms

5:39 ↗ of Autumn it's big Sports gu so

5:42 ↗ basketball is around the corner little

5:44 ↗ one plays basketball for the city of Isa

5:46 ↗ and we're coach so third grade U looking

5:49 ↗ forward to you know I think we start

5:51 ↗ formation here in the next few weeks

5:54 ↗ that's something I'm looking forward to

6:00 ↗ hi everyone uh Hannah Roberts here our

6:02 ↗ human services coordinator and a staff

6:04 ↗ member and staff hter human

6:06 ↗ services so nice to see her um fall are

6:11 ↗ the falling news I know that's so silly

6:13 ↗ but just like today walking around a

6:15 ↗ different Fleet and just watching the

6:17 ↗ Sun come through the tree uh there's

6:20 ↗ nothing like it nothing like it so bye

6:25 ↗ Danny what you are

6:28 ↗ [Laughter]

6:30 ↗ we doing

6:32 ↗ introduction and

6:43 ↗ [Laughter]

6:53 ↗ then um

7:09 ↗ lese oh okay I guess it's me um Leslie

7:13 ↗ Miller Lin I'm I'm with the um I'm on

7:16 ↗ the equ board U my prouns are she and

7:19 ↗ her and um my favorite part of fall has

7:23 ↗ to be the lead drop I'm I'm from

7:25 ↗ California so I love all the great

7:27 ↗ vibrant colors of the leaves where

7:29 ↗ they're just stunning I call them

7:31 ↗ Washington State TR so that's what

7:37 ↗ I um my name is Trish La I'm on the

7:41 ↗ commission my PLS are she her and um I

7:46 ↗ to a bunch like you I like to leave dra

7:49 ↗ me um I'm a big Gardener so I like

7:52 ↗ putting my garden to bed this time of

7:54 ↗ the year and kind of thinking about what

7:56 ↗ I'm going to start you know in March and

7:59 ↗ um

8:00 ↗ and then how of

8:03 ↗ course hi everyone my

8:08 ↗ name and everything

8:11 ↗ about

8:25 ↗ and good evening everyone my name is and

8:29 ↗ I serve on the Human Services Commission

8:33 ↗ and I use

8:35 ↗ pronouns uh she her in e in his um let's

8:41 ↗ see autumn so for most

8:45 ↗ people they they think of the new year

8:48 ↗ as January 1 but since I made my career

8:52 ↗ in in higher ed for the majority of my

8:55 ↗ career then for me the beginning of the

8:58 ↗ year is always the beginning of the

8:59 ↗ school year and so I always think back

9:02 ↗ to you know when my kids were little and

9:05 ↗ all of the things that they were looking

9:06 ↗ forward to because even though summer

9:08 ↗ was a lot of fun they they look forward

9:10 ↗ to going back to school and then I was a

9:13 ↗ travel schooler for a while and and

9:16 ↗ again you know everything was demarcated

9:18 ↗ by the fall and so for me it's that um

9:22 ↗ that next step of like improving

9:24 ↗ yourself right because every fall you

9:27 ↗ you you were looking forward to a new

9:28 ↗ grade new a new maybe career path or a

9:31 ↗ new whatever so for me it's like a

9:33 ↗ really renewing sort of sense of time so

9:36 ↗ yeah so happy News school year

9:41 ↗ people my name is shie I the equity

9:45 ↗ board by

9:48 ↗ pronam um uh about Autumn moving from

9:53 ↗ Alabama to Washington Autumn took a

9:56 ↗ completely different meeting and it's

9:58 ↗ just so so beautiful and it just keeps

10:01 ↗ getting beautiful so I'm very very I we

10:04 ↗ feel very fortunate to experience that

10:07 ↗ and we don't have to go to New

10:10 ↗ England H and of course Autumn is the

10:13 ↗ the whole B of festivities here

10:16 ↗ Halloween it's also inter spaced with a

10:18 ↗ lot of Indian um festivals theal and so

10:22 ↗ on so this is just a very um it's just a

10:27 ↗ very nice sort of time when you think of

10:30 ↗ family you want to be with family and

10:32 ↗ you just want to relax before getting

10:34 ↗ into the

10:38 ↗ winter hi my name is Kellen man I'm the

10:41 ↗ equity board my pronouns are she her um

10:44 ↗ like Trish I'm a gardener and so right

10:47 ↗ now in the Autumn I literally look out

10:49 ↗ my slider sliding by stores in the back

10:51 ↗ of my house and look at my garden every

10:53 ↗ single solitary day because every day

10:56 ↗ it's a little more yellow and a little

10:58 ↗ bit more red and I have a what you call

11:01 ↗ a Spring Garden so it's a really

11:03 ↗ beautiful in the spring kind of boring

11:04 ↗ in the summer and then really alive in

11:06 ↗ the in the fall so right now is one of

11:09 ↗ its most beautiful times and it's less

11:11 ↗ work now

11:14 ↗ so yeah hi everyone Dale Marky crimp I'm

11:18 ↗ the assistant of the city administrator

11:19 ↗ I'm also L liaison to the equity board I

11:22 ↗ she her pronouns my uh surprised no one

11:26 ↗ has said this yet one of my favorite

11:27 ↗ things about the Autumn is it's the

11:29 ↗ beginning of soup season and stew season

11:32 ↗ and I feel like I spend all summer

11:34 ↗ wanting to eat Hardy soups and stews and

11:37 ↗ The Time Is Here For Me Get Out The braz

11:40 ↗ and pot we have we have good things to

11:43 ↗ cook yeah Preston would you like to

11:47 ↗ share oh yeah sure so hello my name is

11:50 ↗ Preston mey I'm with the Human Services

11:52 ↗ Board I was a youth representative I'd

11:54 ↗ say my favorite thing about AUM is

11:56 ↗ probably like the weather like a light

12:00 ↗ rain and it's kind of like it's not too

12:02 ↗ hot but it's also not too cold yet so

12:04 ↗ it's just like kind of the perfect

12:05 ↗ weather to go outside and Hike or take a

12:08 ↗ walk greatting thanks

12:11 ↗ Preston hi guys my name is Canal I'm on

12:14 ↗ the equity board and I use he pronouns

12:17 ↗ and then what I'm most excited for for

12:19 ↗ Autumn is all continuing to watch

12:22 ↗ football the big football guy watching

12:24 ↗ the Seahawks hopefully get rid of it

12:26 ↗ next streek um and then Thanksgiving and

12:32 ↗ autom well I'll just close this offy I

12:35 ↗ use she her pronouns and in addition to

12:37 ↗ watching the leaves change color and

12:39 ↗ fall I really enjoy Sweater Weather and

12:42 ↗ the coziness that comes with wearing you

12:44 ↗ know bundling up and wearing like the

12:45 ↗ warm sweaters this is

12:49 ↗ GM right well thank you all for

12:51 ↗ participating in our opening question

12:54 ↗ and um now so we're on to our main

12:57 ↗ highlight of the evening with uh Thomas

12:59 ↗ presenting on the central Visa Light

13:01 ↗ Rail station area vision and guiding

13:05 ↗ principles that's a long title um thank

13:08 ↗ you for coming tonight and I'm sharing

13:10 ↗ this important plan

13:13 ↗ with trade spots with jail I think you

13:16 ↗ are I'm gonna get you up here in a

13:18 ↗ second it's trying to do something fancy

13:19 ↗ that I think it's probably a mistake but

13:21 ↗ I think it's G to work it's not going to

13:24 ↗ work I thought that it could but one

13:27 ↗ second I'm going to set up

13:44 ↗ well that was a fun introduction we

13:46 ↗ always appreciate U presenting uh to the

13:49 ↗ equity board and Human Services

13:51 ↗ Commission ni to get to know you all a

13:54 ↗ little bit my name is Thomas FES I'm

13:56 ↗ senior Transportation planner

14:00 ↗ C great buzzing here just talk louder

14:04 ↗ I'll do that

14:05 ↗ yeah so my name is Thomas valdres I'm

14:08 ↗ senior Transportation planner for the

14:10 ↗ city um tonight I'm hoping to get your

14:13 ↗ feedback on the it is a mouthful Draft

14:17 ↗ Central isqua Station area visioning and

14:19 ↗ guiding principles

14:30 ↗ uh so I do have two questions for this

14:32 ↗ group uh first one is do you agree with

14:34 ↗ the vision and guiding principles as

14:36 ↗ presented and second if you have any

14:39 ↗ changes you'd like to see um i'

14:41 ↗ appreciate KN that as

14:42 ↗ well um and so I presented at the equity

14:46 ↗ board about a month ago and so some of

14:48 ↗ you may have seen this slide before uh

14:51 ↗ but essentially um the city's been

14:52 ↗ planning for growth uh for a long time

14:55 ↗ uh in the next um you know 20 years or

14:58 ↗ so we're expecting 2third of jobs and

15:01 ↗ housing to be funneled into one

15:03 ↗ neighborhood in the city um so that

15:05 ↗ neighborhood is called Central Isa it's

15:07 ↗ roughly bounded by H States mamish uh

15:11 ↗ you know the park to the north end so

15:13 ↗ this is that green area uh Costco is on

15:17 ↗ the east side of this uh green box and

15:20 ↗ then we have Newport Way on the south

15:23 ↗ and then on the west side is roughly

15:25 ↗ where we have like hotels uh currently

15:27 ↗ so this this green box is where we're

15:31 ↗ expecting basically like most of the

15:33 ↗ growth in jobs and housing and the idea

15:36 ↗ is that uh by funneling growth in this

15:39 ↗ area we can develop a really walkable

15:42 ↗ dense Urban neighborhood that will be uh

15:46 ↗ have the um capacity to support light

15:50 ↗ rail that we're expecting around

15:54 ↗ 2041 and so this light rail that I'm

15:56 ↗ talking about was uh came came to be in

16:00 ↗ 2015 voters approved the Sound Transit 3

16:04 ↗ B measure and this is to expand high

16:07 ↗ capacity Transit throughout the region

16:10 ↗ so specifically as it relates to isqua

16:12 ↗ um we're talking about the south

16:14 ↗ Kirkland isqua um which we're calling

16:17 ↗ ski link for now uh South Kirland isqua

16:21 ↗ Light Rail extension line um so it goes

16:23 ↗ from South Kirkland goes through bellw

16:26 ↗ where we currently have a new light rail

16:28 ↗ station

16:30 ↗ um going down through Eastgate and then

16:32 ↗ terminating in central

16:36 ↗ Ison and in March uh city council

16:40 ↗ adopted formally adopted the light rail

16:43 ↗ area planning guide um so we can think

16:46 ↗ of this as essentially our playbook for

16:49 ↗ how we're going to approach Sound

16:50 ↗ Transit um over the next uh few years

16:54 ↗ and then beyond um so we are expecting

16:56 ↗ sound transit to approach the city in

16:59 ↗ around 2027 um that roughly follows the

17:03 ↗ timeline that they have uh followed with

17:06 ↗ other cities and we've done a lot of

17:08 ↗ research to better understand sort of

17:10 ↗ what s Transit is thinking about as

17:12 ↗ their developing stations and such so

17:14 ↗ this planning guide really goes into

17:16 ↗ that a little bit um and it talks about

17:19 ↗ other things such as uh what the station

17:22 ↗ area is going to need in order to be

17:24 ↗ successful to not only support Light

17:27 ↗ Rail but also to you know create that

17:30 ↗ Community feel that is envisioned uh for

17:32 ↗ that

17:33 ↗ Community it talks about the project

17:35 ↗ timeline that we think Sound Transit

17:37 ↗ will take um it goes into a couple

17:40 ↗ really key considerations you know

17:42 ↗ uh understanding that we are going to be

17:45 ↗ an endof the Line Station um and there

17:48 ↗ are some uh you know benefits and also

17:52 ↗ uh potentially negative things that

17:54 ↗ could happen with that so really

17:55 ↗ thinking through how we uh want to plan

17:58 ↗ for that and just be proactive about it

18:00 ↗ right now um the the plan also talks

18:04 ↗ about a couple very conceptual station

18:06 ↗ locations that we're thinking about just

18:07 ↗ to sort of start thinking U about like

18:11 ↗ what we'd like to see in a station area

18:14 ↗ and then lastly the document talks about

18:16 ↗ the proactive steps we're taking and

18:18 ↗ some action items that we have in the

18:20 ↗ next couple years and

18:21 ↗ Beyond I'm just going to pause here are

18:24 ↗ there any preliminary questions I can

18:26 ↗ answer before we Dive In

18:31 ↗ okay

18:34 ↗ great um so now we'll talk about the

18:37 ↗ stationary en visioning um so this is

18:40 ↗ really where the rubber meets the road

18:42 ↗ um and just to sort of ground ourselves

18:45 ↗ here the station area that we're talking

18:46 ↗ about uh we can really kind of think

18:49 ↗ about this as being uh a one quarter to

18:53 ↗ 1 half mile walking distance from a

18:55 ↗ future station um so this is generally

18:58 ↗ considered like

18:59 ↗ um you know where people would be

19:02 ↗ willing to walk from the station and uh

19:05 ↗ this walking distance can be considered

19:07 ↗ like just like where most of the uh

19:10 ↗ development that is like sort of Transit

19:12 ↗ supportive might

19:16 ↗ be so before we get into the the vision

19:20 ↗ and guiding principles that developed I

19:22 ↗ just wanted to talk about sort of the

19:24 ↗ planning process that got us to this

19:27 ↗ point um so so uh the city has developed

19:31 ↗ a draft vision and guiding principles uh

19:35 ↗ for these groups uh for for these groups

19:37 ↗ to to look at tonight um to get there we

19:41 ↗ reached out to over 75 organizations um

19:44 ↗ we uh we then just sort of asked them if

19:47 ↗ we could go to their events and like

19:49 ↗ chat with them um or if they knew

19:51 ↗ anybody that would be willing to talk to

19:54 ↗ us and be part of the focus group so we

19:56 ↗ really reached out to all these

19:58 ↗ organizations um representing a variety

20:01 ↗ of interests uh things like uh Transit

20:05 ↗ writers Mobility advocacy uh folks with

20:08 ↗ limited English proficiency uh there's

20:11 ↗ some Human Service to organizations we

20:12 ↗ reached out to we also reached out to

20:15 ↗ developers um large property owners in

20:17 ↗ the community um folks representing

20:21 ↗ seniors and youth interests as well as

20:23 ↗ sustainability Advocates so try to get a

20:26 ↗ lot of uh folks involved uh through this

20:28 ↗ we held three popup events um there's

20:31 ↗ more information in attachment c um if

20:34 ↗ you if you're interested in learning

20:35 ↗ more um we also developed a multilingual

20:39 ↗ Community survey that was taken by 805

20:42 ↗ respondents um which at the time I think

20:45 ↗ it may still be the largest like survey

20:49 ↗ uh that the city has put out um we had a

20:50 ↗ really good uh response on that uh we

20:53 ↗ then held seven focus groups uh had

20:56 ↗ various discussions with uh Lots of

20:58 ↗ different uh folks representing

21:00 ↗ different interests in the community um

21:03 ↗ there were about 28 members on that so

21:05 ↗ we we met seven different groups we then

21:08 ↗ held a um a culmination event where we

21:11 ↗ invited those 28 members representing

21:13 ↗ those seven groups to all like um

21:15 ↗ provide feedback on a draft vision and

21:18 ↗ getting principles and now we're at the

21:21 ↗ boards of commissions level so I've

21:23 ↗ already reached out to the uh let's see

21:26 ↗ the the Planning Commission and the

21:29 ↗ economic Vitality commission so I'm now

21:32 ↗ here getting more uh boarding commission

21:34 ↗ feedback um ultimately we'll be taking

21:37 ↗ this to city council and I I think we're

21:40 ↗ expecting this to be adopted um around

21:43 ↗ the first quarter next year is sort of

21:45 ↗ all

21:47 ↗ that um so with that I'm hoping you've

21:52 ↗ read attachment be um this sort of talks

21:55 ↗ about the draft vision and guiding

21:57 ↗ principles um and and I'm uh happy to

22:01 ↗ get your feedback on what you've read so

22:04 ↗ far um but generally those areas talk

22:07 ↗ about accessibility and connectivity uh

22:10 ↗ the different uses and experiences uh we

22:13 ↗ also talk about Community connections

22:15 ↗ and character uh these were all themes

22:17 ↗ that sort of emerged through this

22:20 ↗ pipeline uh you know initiating start uh

22:23 ↗ first off with popup events I really

22:26 ↗ talk to a lot of folks about uh things

22:28 ↗ that they're interested in in a fation

22:30 ↗ area the survey that we put out that had

22:33 ↗ 805 responses uh we comb through I don't

22:38 ↗ know how many different responses but

22:41 ↗ people really like let us know what they

22:43 ↗ were thinking um so we filtered all that

22:46 ↗ information and that led to the focus

22:48 ↗ group discussions uh and so now we're at

22:50 ↗ the boarding commission level trying to

22:52 ↗ um try to polish up what we what we have

22:55 ↗ here today

22:59 ↗ so just to sort of provide some feedback

23:01 ↗ on what other commissions have said uh

23:03 ↗ so a lot of interest in adding more

23:05 ↗ sustainability and safety components um

23:08 ↗ so and just to reiterate um everything

23:11 ↗ I'm about to tell you this was all sort

23:13 ↗ of added on top of what what we've

23:15 ↗ already done um so adding some

23:18 ↗ discussions on sustainability and safety

23:21 ↗ um there was some uh there was an

23:23 ↗ interest in combining uh different

23:25 ↗ principles which were considered um kind

23:28 ↗ of to similar so we we've we've merged

23:30 ↗ those together uh other topics that were

23:34 ↗ uh brought up was just making sure that

23:37 ↗ uh right sizing parking and easing

23:39 ↗ congestion uh were really incorporated

23:43 ↗ into the guiding principles other things

23:45 ↗ were like housing uh different lots of

23:48 ↗ interest in making sure that housing um

23:50 ↗ you know fits the needs of the community

23:53 ↗ um

23:55 ↗ and yeah that's that's most of what we

23:58 ↗ cre today um so I guess I'll kick it

24:01 ↗ back to this group I'm hoping to get

24:04 ↗ your feedback on the uh vision and

24:07 ↗ guiding principles and would like to

24:08 ↗ know if there's any other changes you'd

24:09 ↗ like to

24:10 ↗ see Thom I'm happy to also pull up have

24:14 ↗ the attachment in case it's helpful to

24:16 ↗ scroll through as we as you get feedback

24:19 ↗ and Thomas would you like to kind of

24:20 ↗ reach out to folks as you speak them for

24:23 ↗ uh comment or I I'll defer you to to

24:27 ↗ call them if that's

24:30 ↗ yeah so do folks have any initial uh

24:33 ↗ comments or feedback or do you want to

24:35 ↗ take a a little Gap the document as it's

24:38 ↗ on the

24:39 ↗ screen I have one that's not like the

24:42 ↗ part of it and that is is there a

24:45 ↗ concern about the risk of uh a lining up

24:49 ↗ on a light rail system that could be

24:53 ↗ significantly delayed for this area

24:55 ↗ which it already has been delayed but

24:58 ↗ likely will be significantly delayed and

25:02 ↗ that we are building a structure around

25:04 ↗ it and is there any kind of backup

25:06 ↗ structure for that if we don't have it

25:10 ↗ yeah so I think I understand your

25:12 ↗ question so I think the question is are

25:16 ↗ we worried about developing a community

25:19 ↗ around a light rail system that might

25:23 ↗ take a while to get here is that yeah or

25:26 ↗ that might not or get here yeah yeah I

25:29 ↗ don't I don't know that we're worried

25:31 ↗ about it not getting here um I think it

25:34 ↗ is a question of when um Sound Transit

25:37 ↗ uh as far as we know uh they're working

25:40 ↗ towards a 2041 delivery so bringing

25:44 ↗ light ra service and like being active

25:47 ↗ um in 2041 they've also said uh worst

25:51 ↗ case scenario like if they can't get

25:53 ↗ enough funding it could take another

25:56 ↗ three years so between 41 and 4 before

25:58 ↗ is like what they've said is like this

26:00 ↗ is when they're going to bring

26:03 ↗ it and it is sort of a chicken or the

26:06 ↗ egg thing like you do need um you do

26:09 ↗ need a community developed to have like

26:12 ↗ enough people to ride Light Rail um and

26:16 ↗ that needs to happen before the service

26:19 ↗ will be provided and there'll be a

26:21 ↗ transition period between like you know

26:24 ↗ things are sort of being built and then

26:25 ↗ maybe light rails coming but um we're

26:28 ↗ not worried about it like not showing up

26:31 ↗ uh but we do need to make sure that

26:33 ↗ we're doing our part to make it

26:36 ↗ happen but and so I'm sorry I'm just one

26:40 ↗ followup yeah the other part of the

26:41 ↗ question is is there do you have

26:43 ↗ mitigating so it's eight years

26:46 ↗ later what do we do with the traffic

26:49 ↗ that's already hard here yeah is there a

26:52 ↗ plan for that yeah um whenever

26:55 ↗ development comes and sort of uh you

26:59 ↗ know if if a new apartment uh building

27:03 ↗ comes uh they will need to figure out

27:07 ↗ how like all the trips all the people

27:10 ↗ you know using that apartment building

27:11 ↗ and so on um they're going to need to

27:13 ↗ make sure that the uh the network the

27:17 ↗ the network of Roads um are not

27:19 ↗ negatively impacted by that traffic so

27:23 ↗ um there's there's funds that they put

27:25 ↗ into uh like for example um upgrading a

27:28 ↗ traffic signal near them um so each

27:32 ↗ development as it comes should be

27:34 ↗ looking at that um and we are we are uh

27:38 ↗ planning over the next 20 years we we

27:40 ↗ expect uh we like forecast traffic uh

27:43 ↗ models so we do know that there are some

27:47 ↗ intersections that will be uh more

27:50 ↗ impacted than others but we are working

27:52 ↗ to make sure that we take care of those

27:54 ↗ by the time it gets

27:56 ↗ here thank

28:02 ↗ my question has to do with the

28:03 ↗ environment um I would like to know what

28:06 ↗ you all are taking into consideration

28:09 ↗ when you're saying you know building

28:10 ↗ more housing Etc when as it stands now I

28:15 ↗ feel that the amount of pavement that we

28:18 ↗ have um is not conducive to getting rid

28:24 ↗ of all the water that we experience here

28:27 ↗ right so I I don't know how many of you

28:29 ↗ have been here long enough where you

28:31 ↗ know the Virgin apartments are

28:33 ↗ underwater at the first level over by

28:35 ↗ the creek and things right off of a um

28:39 ↗ what is it called what is what is that

28:42 ↗ road of

28:44 ↗ there uh Newport Way Newport Way yeah

28:48 ↗ Newport Way is like

28:50 ↗ underwater um are you taking that into

28:52 ↗ consideration where you're talking about

28:54 ↗ all of this construction I yeah yeah

28:56 ↗ absolutely and you know some of the

28:58 ↗ things that have been brought up is like

29:00 ↗ yeah the the water table is quite high

29:02 ↗ in Isa um especially on the valley floor

29:05 ↗ um so that's that that is certainly

29:07 ↗ something we're looking at um

29:10 ↗ development often requires uh what's

29:13 ↗ called like little impact development

29:14 ↗ where we we do want uh you know perious

29:17 ↗ areas so that the the water doesn't just

29:21 ↗ sit on the pavement and then like you

29:23 ↗ know run down so we these are all things

29:26 ↗ that that we are consider

29:28 ↗ um and as it relates to light rail

29:31 ↗ um it will be in central Isa and there

29:34 ↗ are many areas of central isquad that

29:36 ↗ are like environmental like you would

29:38 ↗ not build that here because it just

29:40 ↗ doesn't make sense an environmental

29:42 ↗ perspective um and so on so um yeah

29:45 ↗ there are like limited areas that it

29:48 ↗ could even go in the area um we're going

29:50 ↗ to dig into that in the next couple

29:52 ↗ years we're we're uh we're planning to

29:55 ↗ do like a full study to like that at

29:58 ↗ different locations and that's certainly

30:00 ↗ going to be something we look into um we

30:03 ↗ we wouldn't want to put it next to a

30:04 ↗ creek obviously and like there's there

30:06 ↗ are areas where like uh Creeks like run

30:09 ↗ and they're like culverted through

30:11 ↗ Central isqua so right these are all

30:14 ↗ things we need to like map out and like

30:15 ↗ figure out like where it's even peaceful

30:18 ↗ to put yeah good thank

30:23 ↗ you so uh it seemed counterintuitive to

30:26 ↗ me that we're talking about changing

30:28 ↗ traffic signals for people who are going

30:30 ↗ to be riding FL rail um that's that's

30:34 ↗ like apples and oranges is Sound Transit

30:38 ↗ capable of ramping up the bus services

30:40 ↗ that they're going to need to take care

30:42 ↗ of those all those people that are down

30:44 ↗ in that area uh I know now they struggle

30:47 ↗ with with the service and getting enough

30:50 ↗ service to this um I guess that's my one

30:54 ↗ question yeah I that's a great Point um

30:57 ↗ yeah just as um I Heard a a presentation

31:01 ↗ from the executive director of uh of

31:04 ↗ like King County Metro which sort of

31:06 ↗ provides the bus uh service um it would

31:08 ↗ support that there Metro is currently at

31:11 ↗ like 80% uh pre pandemic levels in terms

31:14 ↗ of like service providing um so they're

31:18 ↗ definitely still in recovery mode um but

31:21 ↗ in the long term they should be you know

31:24 ↗ we we hope that the bus service that you

31:27 ↗ know feeds into to uh The End Of The

31:29 ↗ Line Station um should be improved uh an

31:33 ↗ example right now is uh you know the

31:36 ↗ line two this the starter line that is

31:39 ↗ in Bellevue going up to Redmond that

31:41 ↗ opened up uh three months ago four

31:44 ↗ months ago um all those buses uh that

31:48 ↗ feed into that are getting like much

31:51 ↗ better service because uh now that

31:53 ↗ there's a light rail system there uh we

31:56 ↗ want to like make sure that people

31:58 ↗ outside of that area can reach it so the

32:01 ↗ big um push right now is even though uh

32:05 ↗ even though King County Metro has like

32:06 ↗ limited capacity throughout the region

32:08 ↗ they're really like focusing on getting

32:11 ↗ people from the parking rides to Light

32:13 ↗ Rail and that's sort of what we're

32:14 ↗ expecting is when we get our Central

32:17 ↗ isqua Station um we can expect really

32:20 ↗ good bus service from our um parking

32:22 ↗ rides we have the you know the isqua

32:24 ↗ parking ride in in the South and then

32:26 ↗ like the Highlands Park right so there's

32:28 ↗ going to be some uh pretty robust bus

32:32 ↗ service that we'll be connecting there

32:33 ↗ and then also like um from the West we

32:35 ↗ should be expecting better service

32:43 ↗ yeah m is the actual Hardware been use

32:49 ↗ for even now is start to put wiring and

32:54 ↗ electrical under ground and my hearing

32:57 ↗ that light rails can still be up ground

33:01 ↗ type thing in 2047 is

33:05 ↗ that uh I I I'm not aware of what the

33:08 ↗ system will look like at this point um

33:10 ↗ my expectation is that it will probably

33:14 ↗ be uh it'll probably follow the I90 you

33:18 ↗ know Corridor and then it'll drop in we

33:22 ↗ don't know if it's going to be on the

33:24 ↗ north side of 90 or the South Side um

33:28 ↗ and yeah Sound Transit really hasn't

33:30 ↗ like told us what uh if it's going to be

33:33 ↗ like at grade or above grade um yeah so

33:38 ↗ unfortunately don't have much

33:39 ↗ information to share on that uh but as

33:41 ↗ soon as we know we'll we'll let

33:44 ↗ everybody know um yeah we we anticipate

33:48 ↗ uh Sound Transit just starting the

33:50 ↗ initial discussions in a couple years um

33:54 ↗ but in advance of that we're going to

33:56 ↗ try to study like where we would want a

33:59 ↗ station um and then that'll sort of get

34:01 ↗ into the alignment that we would prefer

34:04 ↗ um as a

34:05 ↗ community and that preferences all the

34:08 ↗ all the um the options that we talk

34:10 ↗ about we can then bring that to sound

34:13 ↗ transit and they will use that as part

34:15 ↗ of their um environmental analysis as

34:18 ↗ one of the Alternatives that they will

34:20 ↗ look at so there's going to be like a

34:23 ↗ community preferred alternative that

34:25 ↗ we've all talked about that we've agreed

34:26 ↗ on is like this is

34:28 ↗ this is the one that isqua wants and

34:30 ↗ then sth Transit will have like a

34:32 ↗ handful more that they look at as

34:36 ↗ well if we could um go back to so the

34:39 ↗ vision and guiding principles yeah um I

34:42 ↗ know you talked a little bit about the

34:44 ↗ Outreach done to that was already

34:46 ↗ incorporated into this draft but I I'm

34:49 ↗ wondering when I think about you know

34:50 ↗ Transit I'm thinking about folks uh who

34:54 ↗ may not have cars um who have maybe

34:57 ↗ physical

34:58 ↗ um mobility issues and so who really are

35:02 ↗ maybe more dependent on um public

35:05 ↗ transportation and folks who might be

35:07 ↗ opting away from cars and taking

35:09 ↗ Transportation so I'm curious about the

35:13 ↗ extent to which you all were able to

35:15 ↗ talk to folks who are kind of maybe need

35:19 ↗ the public transportation more than the

35:21 ↗ nice to yeah um so some of the groups we

35:25 ↗ talked to we uh we have an event with

35:28 ↗ the uh the ISA youth Council that was

35:31 ↗ really great um sort of when when we

35:34 ↗ think about like folks in this community

35:37 ↗ that don't have access to cars um I

35:39 ↗ often think about uh older folks who

35:42 ↗ like just have chosen or cannot drive uh

35:45 ↗ at this point um you know youth many of

35:49 ↗ them want to get their licenses but like

35:50 ↗ maybe don't have that yet um so there's

35:53 ↗ sort of that um we also we reached out

35:56 ↗ to some Mobility advoc ATS uh who really

36:00 ↗ um speak for like other folks that they

36:02 ↗ represent uh so reached out to Hope link

36:06 ↗ which is a uh they're they they

36:10 ↗ represent sort of the the east side with

36:12 ↗ with lots of Transportation

36:16 ↗ VES yeah we I mean we reached up to 75

36:19 ↗ different organizations and a lot of

36:20 ↗ them were sort of Representative of like

36:22 ↗ folks who who don't

36:24 ↗ drive and so was there feedback

36:27 ↗ yeah we we received lots of feedback um

36:30 ↗ there was this there was a focus group

36:32 ↗ one of seven that specifically was like

36:34 ↗ comprised of like Transportation medoc

36:36 ↗ Kats and like um that was a big

36:38 ↗ discussion point is just making sure

36:40 ↗ that there's walkability um an example

36:43 ↗ that was given not to put like Mercer

36:46 ↗ Island under the bus but like

36:49 ↗ uh the the crossing at the Mercer Island

36:51 ↗ station is like pretty far from like the

36:54 ↗ parking lot to the station itself so

36:56 ↗ that was a big you know point of

36:59 ↗ discussion was like is this like is this

37:02 ↗ like what we'd want to see or like is

37:04 ↗ there a better way to like make things

37:05 ↗ closer so it's like not as far to walk

37:08 ↗ because if if you were to like if you

37:11 ↗ were like to be dropped off by the bus

37:13 ↗ in that area and like having to uh roll

37:16 ↗ over there would be like pretty far so

37:19 ↗ these are all things we're thinking

37:20 ↗ about um these will be big

37:22 ↗ considerations for like as we think

37:24 ↗ about station design out that another

37:27 ↗ form of accessibility would be the

37:30 ↗ pricing of the transportation I would

37:32 ↗ like to be educated on um any sort of

37:36 ↗ fee reductions that you're looking at to

37:38 ↗ be more inclusive of people who may have

37:40 ↗ limited income Andor are youth Andor

37:44 ↗ senior citizens with limited income

37:46 ↗ right yeah yeah these are all great

37:48 ↗ points and I will make a plug um youth

37:51 ↗ are currently able to ride all transit

37:53 ↗ for free right now so that's pretty

37:55 ↗ great um I hope that keeps going on by

37:57 ↗ the time uh we're in this time period um

38:00 ↗ but that that was a new thing that was

38:02 ↗ uh adopted I think last year

38:05 ↗ like right for um yeah there's there's

38:08 ↗ certainly um there are some uh need

38:11 ↗ dependent uh like pricing options uh

38:14 ↗ that are currently available through um

38:16 ↗ County Metro um but yeah like certainly

38:19 ↗ as we think about like ridership and

38:21 ↗ like being able to like afford uh you

38:24 ↗ know taking uh public transit like

38:27 ↗ that's definitely something we're really

38:28 ↗ interested in making sure that um

38:31 ↗ there's ways for people to get around

38:33 ↗ that are

38:34 ↗ affordable thank

38:36 ↗ you um so I know how you said that

38:38 ↗ there's going to be increase of foot

38:40 ↗ traffic when the station comes because

38:42 ↗ of all the buses um are there any like

38:45 ↗ ideas that you have so far about incre

38:47 ↗ increasing safety um of people walking

38:50 ↗ and with all the traffic I know you've

38:52 ↗ touched on tra more traffic signals ear

38:55 ↗ yeah yeah a lot of this will be with the

38:57 ↗ design of like what this station

38:59 ↗ actually looks like um but there's a lot

39:01 ↗ of great examples out here um uh I

39:05 ↗ remember when I when I wrote the um the

39:08 ↗ the two line on on opening day I think

39:11 ↗ it's in wilberton station there's some

39:13 ↗ like really good like flashing lights if

39:16 ↗ you're crossing the street um other

39:18 ↗ other things that people think about

39:20 ↗ like if if the station were located on

39:23 ↗ like a major road maybe that would mean

39:25 ↗ that you need like a bridge so that

39:28 ↗ there's not like people having to wait

39:30 ↗ and like l frog exactly yeah we don't

39:33 ↗ want to see that um so yeah it really

39:36 ↗ depends on where the station is but um

39:39 ↗ we're very serious about safety and

39:41 ↗ that's something we definitely want to

39:43 ↗ address

39:46 ↗ Yeah question Thomas

39:49 ↗ um maybe a question to the larger group

39:52 ↗ have have have just a show of hands who

39:54 ↗ has taken public transportation from

39:56 ↗ down toown is

39:57 ↗ into Seattle Redmond so you're familiar

40:01 ↗ with those lines at the bus station like

40:03 ↗ I talk about 554 271 those ones that go

40:07 ↗ out out because I use it two three times

40:09 ↗ a week which I really enjoy but there's

40:11 ↗ congestion points so and I'm talking

40:13 ↗ about long lines to get on the bus in

40:16 ↗ the morning and if you're downtown

40:18 ↗ Seattle to get on that bus sometimes you

40:20 ↗ can't catch the bus cuz it's full to get

40:23 ↗ back here so so is I'm looking at the

40:26 ↗ route that you had her

40:28 ↗ na the congestion add to that the folks

40:32 ↗ who are coming from different parts of

40:33 ↗ isqua whether that be the highlands or

40:36 ↗ on cudar mountain on squawk mountain and

40:38 ↗ it starts to congest to even get to that

40:41 ↗ area to get to that to get to that point

40:43 ↗ where you're trying to build the line so

40:45 ↗ I guess my question Thomas was there an

40:46 ↗ assessment done on how folks who are

40:49 ↗ trying to get to the location where that

40:51 ↗ stop is going to be put is is is it

40:54 ↗ going to be alleviated or is it going to

40:56 ↗ be made worse think and lines those

40:59 ↗ buses are not going to go away I take if

41:01 ↗ this is the supplement is that correct

41:03 ↗ at this point maybe there's more

41:05 ↗ discussion I would I'm I'm not sure what

41:09 ↗ uh the long range goal is in terms of

41:11 ↗ buses but I would imagine in a 20-year

41:13 ↗ Horizon we will have completely

41:16 ↗ different routes um is my assumption um

41:22 ↗ I expect that there will be much

41:24 ↗ stronger routes going out east to

41:27 ↗ communities like North Bend um I expect

41:30 ↗ that there's going to be uh parallel bus

41:34 ↗ routes that will feed

41:36 ↗ into uh all of these stations

41:47 ↗ um um yeah so I expected there's going

41:50 ↗ to be like completely different routes

41:52 ↗ uh

41:54 ↗ the the uh the ter is called Headway is

41:57 ↗ the the time between buses uh for each

42:00 ↗ of these stations will be much better

42:02 ↗ when there's a light rail station um

42:05 ↗ because all the communities that want to

42:08 ↗ reach that station will want better bus

42:10 ↗ service to get there so when a light

42:12 ↗ rail station goes um that means that

42:15 ↗ like there's going to be way more demand

42:17 ↗ and then the buses will follow like so

42:19 ↗ there needs to be demand for the buses

42:22 ↗ to like uh to have something to connect

42:25 ↗ to so uh all that to say I think the

42:29 ↗ buses will be much better um you talked

42:32 ↗ about some like concerns about traffic

42:34 ↗ signals um K County Metro and cities and

42:38 ↗ like the state we're all thinking about

42:40 ↗ ways to uh make sure that our traffic

42:43 ↗ signals can talk to to buses um and

42:47 ↗ there's lots of really interesting uh

42:49 ↗ Technology Solutions to speed up buses

42:54 ↗ um so these are all things that we're

42:56 ↗ we're working on I think it was two

42:58 ↗ years ago uh the city developed a

43:01 ↗ intelligent transportation system plan

43:04 ↗ um which also uh you know relates to

43:07 ↗ like the traffic signals talking to

43:09 ↗ buses so um over the long term we should

43:13 ↗ see better bus uh connections and like

43:17 ↗ faster service just with agencies like

43:20 ↗ finally working together on these like

43:24 ↗ uh these issues like the bottlenecks

43:26 ↗ that we see

43:27 ↗ uh on on the freeway and then the bottom

43:29 ↗ lights we see like throughout the city

43:31 ↗ um there's sort of little fixes we can

43:34 ↗ do and work together oh that's good toar

43:36 ↗ because that was my concern especially

43:38 ↗ like kids going to school at isal high

43:41 ↗ school and the commuting that curs there

43:43 ↗ if you're on the other side of 900 to

43:45 ↗ get through to Newport way over that to

43:47 ↗ get there and then Highlands going into

43:50 ↗ the school if if that's just going to be

43:52 ↗ made worse because people are trying to

43:54 ↗ access this new Transit stuff that

43:56 ↗ doesn't do well for the community just

43:58 ↗ seems like makes it worse yeah we are

44:00 ↗ expecting um just to be frank with you

44:03 ↗ we are expecting folks from out east to

44:05 ↗ probably come to isqua so this is

44:07 ↗ something we need to plan for as well um

44:11 ↗ there's a couple ways to address that

44:14 ↗ but um as we think about like the

44:16 ↗ location of a station and like how we

44:18 ↗ design the vicinity of that like we're

44:21 ↗ going to need to plan for that and like

44:23 ↗ if people are coming out east uh do we

44:26 ↗ want to provide

44:27 ↗ infinite parking so that everybody can

44:29 ↗ do that or do we want to have more of a

44:32 ↗ like neighborhood feel and like

44:35 ↗ placemaking and like make it an

44:36 ↗ interesting place to be so um these are

44:40 ↗ all questions we're going to have to

44:42 ↗ Grapple with um so it's like on one end

44:46 ↗ of the spectrum it's it's a massive

44:47 ↗ parking

44:48 ↗ lot and the other one is no parking but

44:52 ↗ and then it's okay does that make sense

44:53 ↗ because some people legitimately do need

44:55 ↗ to park because there's there's no other

44:57 ↗ options so um yeah we we're going to

45:01 ↗ Grapple with that later but um that is

45:03 ↗ embedded in the vision and The Guiding

45:06 ↗ principles that we have here today um

45:09 ↗ some of the ideas we talked about with

45:11 ↗ other commissions talked about the need

45:13 ↗ to right siiz parking um and right

45:16 ↗ sizing we mean by like balancing various

45:19 ↗ needs and like we do want to provide

45:21 ↗ some

45:22 ↗ parking do we want to provide it right

45:25 ↗ at the station are there opt to have it

45:29 ↗ provided elsewhere but close by and like

45:32 ↗ connect you know so we can be um we can

45:35 ↗ think about it strategically and not

45:37 ↗ just like yeah not just put it right

45:42 ↗ there does part of the strategy that

45:44 ↗ you're discussing include um ways to

45:48 ↗ have people I'm only going to speak to

45:50 ↗ squawk Mountain because that's where I

45:51 ↗ live right it it takes a gut seat person

45:55 ↗ to walk up and down that mountain to get

45:57 ↗ to the tibits I think it it has a

45:59 ↗ different name but where tibet's uh

46:01 ↗ train uh sorry bus station is um simply

46:05 ↗ because there are no sidewalks right and

46:06 ↗ I know that you all are

46:08 ↗ uh the city's building a sidewalk

46:11 ↗ between Olympus and uh going up the

46:14 ↗ mountain right but still and one of the

46:18 ↗ things that I keep thinking is if we had

46:21 ↗ electric bikes that could connect you

46:24 ↗ know that you have a drop off point

46:26 ↗ somewhere at the top of the ridge I

46:28 ↗ think it's called The Ridge up there

46:30 ↗ where Manny lives like at the top of

46:32 ↗ squa mountain and have a drop off point

46:35 ↗ up there and then something down by

46:37 ↗ tibits um because there are electric

46:40 ↗ bikes that can make it up right um

46:43 ↗ and I'm just thinking like if if there

46:46 ↗ was that sort of um alternative I think

46:49 ↗ more people would take advantage of

46:52 ↗ arriving in a different way because as

46:54 ↗ it is now when I see how many cars are

46:56 ↗ coming down that mountain to park at

46:58 ↗ tibits you know and then now we're

47:00 ↗ adding people coming from s and further

47:03 ↗ east um are you taking you know these

47:06 ↗ alternative ideas into account and what

47:08 ↗ does that look like we are yeah and uh

47:12 ↗ yeah H Hills are all over isqua and we

47:14 ↗ certainly want to make sure that um

47:16 ↗ we're providing alternatives to driving

47:19 ↗ um especially if you're so close but

47:21 ↗ there are some like you know terrain

47:23 ↗ sort of concerns um we are thinking

47:25 ↗ about in the future like

47:27 ↗ uh you know a couple years ago we we

47:29 ↗ talked about potentially doing like a a

47:32 ↗ a bik share type program um ultimately

47:36 ↗ the the options presented to the

47:39 ↗ community were like not super great they

47:41 ↗ weren't they weren't really like

47:42 ↗ tailored to our needs uh so we opted not

47:45 ↗ to do it um but we're still thinking

47:47 ↗ about it in the future um other

47:50 ↗ Alternatives that were brought up by uh

47:52 ↗ some council members and also some

47:53 ↗ Commissioners include um like a bike

47:55 ↗ lending library um that's something that

47:58 ↗ some communities have done uh so like an

48:00 ↗ example would be

48:01 ↗ like an organization or maybe the city

48:05 ↗ owns a couple ebikes they let you borrow

48:07 ↗ it um to until you're uh maybe

48:11 ↗ financially able to buy your own bike or

48:14 ↗ just maybe as a trial just to try to see

48:17 ↗ if that is a viable option for you um so

48:20 ↗ we're certainly thinking about that and

48:22 ↗ as we design the station as we think

48:23 ↗ about like what we would want out of it

48:26 ↗ um we might want to consider like

48:28 ↗ thinking about how other people are

48:30 ↗ going to get it so not not just not just

48:33 ↗ accessing the station by driving but

48:35 ↗ also um my ebike so that could be like

48:38 ↗ providing lockers um for like storing

48:40 ↗ your bike um or it could be continuing

48:44 ↗ uh like a shuttle program like we have

48:46 ↗ with

48:47 ↗ um uh I forget the the name of the

48:50 ↗ shuttle um I've been on vacation Flex

48:52 ↗ yeah metr Flex yeah I've been on

48:54 ↗ vacation for two weeks and it's like

48:55 ↗ it's it's

48:58 ↗ um El Flex is a great program like it

49:01 ↗ can help access that potential area

49:04 ↗ right because I mean it could also be

49:06 ↗ something where the city does a contract

49:08 ↗ with I don't know rad bikes in Seattle

49:11 ↗ to to give us a discount and people can

49:13 ↗ buy in bulk right so if you buy it in

49:16 ↗ bulk I would imagine the price comes

49:18 ↗ down considerably right so like

49:21 ↗ approaching one of these companies that

49:23 ↗ make these bikes I I just feel like that

49:26 ↗ would be like a good option for us to

49:27 ↗ get up and down the mountains yeah yeah

49:29 ↗ we're we're open to different

49:31 ↗ Partnerships and like yeah there's a a

49:34 ↗ good way to connect the community to the

49:37 ↗ Light Rail station um that does not

49:39 ↗ involve uh like just driving and parking

49:42 ↗ um we're yeah we'd be interested in like

49:46 ↗ Partnerships oh just one thing Tom so

49:49 ↗ yeah I know you've been getting a lot of

49:50 ↗ questions about kind of more of the

49:51 ↗ implementation and how things are going

49:53 ↗ to happen but I think one LS to think

49:57 ↗ about with all these questions is are

50:00 ↗ are these issues

50:03 ↗ um will they be addressed with how the

50:07 ↗ the vision and The Guiding principles

50:09 ↗ are framed like will they be attended to

50:12 ↗ knowing what these concerns are like

50:14 ↗ further in the distance when the plan is

50:17 ↗ developed and stuff like that so that's

50:19 ↗ just one way of kind of thinking about

50:20 ↗ these

50:24 ↗ questions oh I mil years in Califor

50:31 ↗ area I guarantee that in the next 20

50:35 ↗ years is that the end of

50:37 ↗ Route city is going to be

50:39 ↗ change because North going to

50:43 ↗ want it's going to move so um hopefully

50:47 ↗ the planning has that F in because it's

50:52 ↗ going to be

50:58 ↗ I'll be I'll be up front with you I I

51:00 ↗ yeah appreciate that comment um at this

51:02 ↗ point uh We've not been given any

51:05 ↗ indication that that could happen um so

51:09 ↗ we are sort of thinking about it from

51:10 ↗ like a endof the line perspective um but

51:14 ↗ that could change so maybe it's about

51:16 ↗ the forward compatibility of like

51:18 ↗ thinking about if it does continue on

51:22 ↗ how does that change how we build the

51:25 ↗ station area and like

51:27 ↗ the parking for example that we might

51:28 ↗ want to provide or like yeah so yeah

51:31 ↗ it's it's a great point it's it's a it's

51:34 ↗ a comment that many people have brought

51:36 ↗ up um and we certainly need to think

51:38 ↗ about like as the community grows and as

51:41 ↗ the communities out east grow like sort

51:43 ↗ of how that might come

51:46 ↗ at so one one thing getting into the

51:49 ↗ Leeds of some of the language um I think

51:52 ↗ it's um a guiding principle um there's

51:56 ↗ something around

51:58 ↗ character and you probably know this but

52:01 ↗ you know the word character has long

52:04 ↗ encoded language for exclusionary

52:08 ↗ policies that keep certain communities

52:11 ↗ out of other communities and I just

52:14 ↗ think we need to come up with

52:15 ↗ alternative words for that or be

52:17 ↗ specific with what we mean by character

52:20 ↗ yeah I think in this context I would

52:23 ↗ probably replace character with meing

52:26 ↗ value and that the title of that

52:28 ↗ specific one and removing the word

52:31 ↗ character Al together in the

52:33 ↗ language it's it's a

52:36 ↗ throwback you should be more Forward

52:39 ↗ Thinking of that so that's one thing

52:42 ↗ that's stren right away okay

52:46 ↗ um the other thing that um stood out to

52:49 ↗ me as I was reading across the three

52:52 ↗ sections was that

52:56 ↗ it's a word soup of all of the bra ons

52:59 ↗ you know it's probably you know every

53:02 ↗ meaningful word every Community you know

53:06 ↗ sugested right and so I appreciate the

53:09 ↗ the inclusion you know of all of all of

53:11 ↗ those words but I'm also worried when

53:14 ↗ there's something for everyone there's

53:17 ↗ nothing for Noone you know and so I

53:22 ↗ would I think there might be a need to

53:24 ↗ maybe if and this is fre decision making

53:27 ↗ I I don't see how you can make decisions

53:29 ↗ off of something that includes

53:31 ↗ everything so I I almost think there

53:34 ↗ needs to be another uh point in this

53:37 ↗ process that really

53:39 ↗ prioritizes like what are the critical

53:41 ↗ things we need to be centered on and

53:45 ↗ that becomes more of a decision making

53:47 ↗ frw workk it's it's almost too

53:52 ↗ nice just throwing that up there um and

53:55 ↗ I'm not sure I don't eny the person who

53:58 ↗ has

53:59 ↗ to if you go

54:03 ↗ that I'm looking I don't see any hands

54:06 ↗ okay I'm gonna keep going just one one

54:08 ↗ other thing that struck me is again

54:11 ↗ there's a lot of good things in the

54:14 ↗ guiding

54:15 ↗ principles I also know as neighborhoods

54:18 ↗ and communities get developed uh there's

54:20 ↗ a risk of gentrification and so folks

54:23 ↗ who are in a certain area because that's

54:26 ↗ that they can afford and then all of a

54:28 ↗ sudden when that becomes a more

54:29 ↗ desirable area they can't afford it

54:32 ↗ anymore and I don't know what

54:34 ↗ considerations are you know when I think

54:35 ↗ about that geography I'm not sure how

54:38 ↗ many folks live there and if they're uh

54:40 ↗ constrained by income and don't have

54:43 ↗ flexibility what happens if they get

54:45 ↗ pushed out so I think there could be

54:47 ↗ some negative Recaps that need to be

54:51 ↗ attended to just for the sake of equity

54:53 ↗ and um making sure that people aren't

54:56 ↗ pushed out for the wrong

54:59 ↗ reasons or for the right reasons you

55:02 ↗ know what I mean right we can think it's

55:05 ↗ the nine it's wonderful um I used to

55:07 ↗ live in Portland Oregon and and I was

55:10 ↗ there when we brought the light rail

55:12 ↗ into North northeast Portland and you

55:15 ↗ know a lot of people were uprooted

55:18 ↗ exactly what rcky is saying right that

55:21 ↗ we need to be cognizant of it was the

55:23 ↗ right reason right because we wanted the

55:25 ↗ light rail feder a lot of people would

55:27 ↗ play it is a that

55:30 ↗ concern so I don't know if it you know

55:33 ↗ hesitate to add to more words to that

55:36 ↗ but I don't know if there's like a mi

55:38 ↗ mitigating negative impacts of you know

55:42 ↗ the development or something like that

55:44 ↗ yeah it's a great point and currently

55:47 ↗ the um that green box area that we're

55:50 ↗ talking about that there aren't that

55:52 ↗ many residential I think there may be

55:54 ↗ like one or two residential developments

55:56 ↗ so

55:56 ↗ it's mostly um lots of like parking lots

56:00 ↗ and like there's Costco corporate

56:02 ↗ obviously is in there um and there's a

56:05 ↗ lot of like smaller businesses so that's

56:08 ↗ something that we we did hear from the

56:11 ↗ Vitality commission is um you know

56:13 ↗ thinking about uh I guess being pushed

56:18 ↗ out as a small business is another

56:20 ↗ concern that was raised so yeah

56:23 ↗ certainly want to um you know plus one

56:25 ↗ to the the risk of gentrification um and

56:28 ↗ then think about it as as it relates to

56:30 ↗ like um both like jobs and housing and

56:32 ↗ like just folks being pushed out of the

56:35 ↗ community alt together yeah well I know

56:37 ↗ as I drive from my house down Newport

56:39 ↗ way to get here I know there's a bunch

56:41 ↗ of Apartments down Newport Way which are

56:44 ↗ maybe adjacent to the green area so I

56:47 ↗ don't know if they're going to get

56:48 ↗ impacted by it as well because all of a

56:50 ↗ sudden they're walk with it through a

56:52 ↗ highly

56:54 ↗ desirable know that's happening up in

56:56 ↗ the lingwood area right now with the

57:00 ↗ light rail going in up there my daughter

57:02 ↗ was living up there and uh the prices is

57:06 ↗ the prices are just going through the

57:08 ↗ world or minimal housing not very hous

57:13 ↗ minimal stuff affordable stuff before

57:17 ↗ not

57:22 ↗ necessarily other uh comments or

57:24 ↗ feedback for Thomas on Vision or guiding

57:31 ↗ principles I just have a question like

57:34 ↗ sometimes I go to parking like week to

57:38 ↗ catch the 5 by6 class I think and most

57:41 ↗ of the time we're like some days there's

57:43 ↗ not enough parking and I think I might

57:44 ↗ have thises but like I have to go like

57:47 ↗ park at jent in a different parking lot

57:49 ↗ um just and then like run back to take

57:50 ↗ the so are there plans to like expand

57:53 ↗ parking like not just for the high par

57:55 ↗ but like for curent station like to

57:57 ↗ expand it are there any that you said

58:00 ↗ you're including right side parking but

58:02 ↗ like to

58:04 ↗ expand yeah um so that parking ride I

58:07 ↗ think is a King County Metro like owned

58:11 ↗ I so one of them is own by S Transit the

58:13 ↗ other one's own by K I I forget which

58:16 ↗ one that is um but yeah my understanding

58:18 ↗ is that those are sort of like set in

58:21 ↗ how many parking spaces that exist um I

58:23 ↗ do think that samamish is giving a par

58:26 ↗ ride which might alleviate some of this

58:29 ↗ um you talking about structure yeah

58:32 ↗ selfish yeah I think they're supposed to

58:34 ↗ get one in like the

58:36 ↗ 2030s

58:38 ↗ like maybe when you don't need it um um

58:42 ↗ but so there are there are other Park

58:45 ↗ and rides that are going to be

58:47 ↗ developed one of the key this is sort of

58:50 ↗ a tangent but one of the key

58:51 ↗ considerations within the light rail

58:53 ↗ planning guide that we developed and was

58:54 ↗ adopted in March um is we do want to

58:57 ↗ think about uh the light the U the isqua

59:02 ↗ transit center which is the southern

59:04 ↗ parking ride um that is also squarely

59:07 ↗ within the area that could

59:10 ↗ be um you know part of the central is

59:13 ↗ light rail station potential area so

59:17 ↗ um that is a potential Light Rail

59:20 ↗ station site uh We've not vetted any you

59:23 ↗ know options with that like that is it's

59:26 ↗ already owned by Sound Transit so like

59:29 ↗ we're thinking they might be interested

59:31 ↗ in that so that could you know all the

59:34 ↗ all the discussions we're talking about

59:35 ↗ with like you know risk and all that and

59:38 ↗ like concerns that is something that

59:41 ↗ we'll want to dig into more as well and

59:44 ↗ also I read like

59:46 ↗ attachment um that the station area like

59:49 ↗ incorporating more

59:52 ↗ iny I was just wondering like is there

59:55 ↗ I'm like curious

59:56 ↗ how more friendly like there

1:00:01 ↗ about what that mean like yeah yeah what

1:00:04 ↗ does that mean so uh some of the the

1:00:06 ↗ topics that were brought up is like um

1:00:09 ↗ you know we talked about forward

1:00:11 ↗ compatibility we talked about

1:00:13 ↗ sustainability um these these are things

1:00:15 ↗ that like this community in particular

1:00:17 ↗ is really interested in obviously like

1:00:19 ↗ we we love our trees we love our salmon

1:00:21 ↗ um you know we we want to make sure that

1:00:24 ↗ the station area like feel feel like

1:00:26 ↗ it's like part of the community's like

1:00:29 ↗ values for that better term

1:00:32 ↗ so uh in the stationary we can like we

1:00:36 ↗ can really push for more sustainable

1:00:38 ↗ options so an example is uh really small

1:00:42 ↗ example would be like uh having some

1:00:46 ↗ like bio retention areas next to the

1:00:49 ↗ street so like when it rains really hard

1:00:52 ↗ It'll like triple off the road and it'll

1:00:54 ↗ filter through the soil and like a

1:00:57 ↗ reservoir on the side bio bio yeah I'm

1:01:01 ↗ trying to avoid like

1:01:04 ↗ terminology but yeah like we we can just

1:01:06 ↗ design these little things like other

1:01:08 ↗ examples is like we can have like green

1:01:09 ↗ roofs to like catch water and like

1:01:12 ↗ filter through um to reduce the amount

1:01:15 ↗ of um like uh like grow surfaces or like

1:01:20 ↗ it's called impervious surfaces where

1:01:22 ↗ like water is just going to like sit and

1:01:24 ↗ like potentially cause like you know

1:01:27 ↗ water damage um so I'm not like in that

1:01:32 ↗ space so I'm trying to think of like

1:01:33 ↗ other examples but like there there's

1:01:34 ↗ ways to design an area so that um

1:01:38 ↗ there's like more Greenery uh it like

1:01:40 ↗ filters the water that we will get um on

1:01:43 ↗ hot days we can have like shade

1:01:45 ↗ structures um that's that's pretty

1:01:47 ↗ common if you look at like the station

1:01:49 ↗ areas um in like Belle and like Redmond

1:01:53 ↗ there's like some shade structures um so

1:01:55 ↗ we can make it more comfortable and like

1:01:57 ↗ it'll feel like environmentally like

1:02:00 ↗ like a better place to

1:02:05 ↗ be yeah this is a more of a problem I

1:02:08 ↗ don't have any answer to it and I and

1:02:11 ↗ maybe you do but when I look at this

1:02:13 ↗ when I really think this through it

1:02:15 ↗ looks like it's going to be great for

1:02:17 ↗ everybody but I'm not sure how we

1:02:21 ↗ delineate who who is it accessible for

1:02:26 ↗ right because it looks like it's going

1:02:27 ↗ to be made accessible to everyone when

1:02:29 ↗ in reality which gets back to what you

1:02:31 ↗ were saying that we're going to make

1:02:33 ↗ some hard choices and is it ever said in

1:02:37 ↗ the vision that it needs to be Equitable

1:02:40 ↗ or it needs to be for those who need it

1:02:42 ↗ the

1:02:43 ↗ most right and I wonder if that needs to

1:02:46 ↗ be

1:02:47 ↗ added

1:02:51 ↗ Point um just a comment about um seeding

1:02:55 ↗ and Lighting

1:02:56 ↗ so um I have not taken public transport

1:02:59 ↗ in um isapa but what I've noticed when

1:03:02 ↗ I'm driving around town is that some of

1:03:05 ↗ the bus areas either don't have seating

1:03:08 ↗ or the seating is very small so I'll see

1:03:11 ↗ people with bags and other items and

1:03:13 ↗ maybe multiples of people and only one

1:03:16 ↗ person has the ability to sit down and

1:03:19 ↗ have their items and also I noticed that

1:03:21 ↗ there's not a lot of shelter in those

1:03:23 ↗ areas and being in a region where it

1:03:26 ↗ rains on occasion um I think uh that

1:03:29 ↗ certainly would be a good idea to have

1:03:32 ↗ and then in combination with that

1:03:34 ↗ lighting um I think people want to be

1:03:36 ↗ comfortable they want to be sheltered

1:03:38 ↗ and they want to be in an area that's

1:03:40 ↗ reasonably lit while they're leading to

1:03:42 ↗ transport yeah yeah this is a great

1:03:45 ↗ Point like this is something that uh

1:03:48 ↗ we've talked to our Transit providers

1:03:50 ↗ about all the time

1:03:52 ↗ um King County Metro has very specific

1:03:55 ↗ the criteria because there's there's a

1:03:57 ↗ huge need there's like thousands of of

1:04:00 ↗ bus stops that that fit those

1:04:04 ↗ descriptions

1:04:05 ↗ um they they really rely on like people

1:04:08 ↗ riding the bus and like if you meet a a

1:04:10 ↗ threshold of ridership will'll put in a

1:04:13 ↗ shelter so um we we looked into this we

1:04:16 ↗ did a Transit study over the last two

1:04:18 ↗ years we saw this specifically we

1:04:21 ↗ actually noticed that one of our bus

1:04:22 ↗ stops meets their criteria but they just

1:04:24 ↗ haven't got around to it

1:04:26 ↗ um so we've been like really we've been

1:04:28 ↗ emailing emailing them and like calling

1:04:30 ↗ people there's like new um you employees

1:04:33 ↗ that work there so now we now they're

1:04:35 ↗ like fresh and like they they there's

1:04:39 ↗ like I guess a new person we can talk to

1:04:41 ↗ um so my understanding is that like one

1:04:43 ↗ of those stops the one stop that does

1:04:45 ↗ not have a shelter that meets their

1:04:46 ↗ criteria we should be getting that

1:04:48 ↗ pretty soon um as it relates to other

1:04:52 ↗ like shelter areas like examples of like

1:04:54 ↗ how we think about like the community

1:04:57 ↗ that we want to build we could even

1:04:59 ↗ require like awnings be built if it's an

1:05:02 ↗ urban area we can have an awning so that

1:05:04 ↗ it's not we're not relying on King

1:05:06 ↗ County Metro to like put in the shelter

1:05:09 ↗ they can just wait under an awning as

1:05:12 ↗ they wait for the bus so like these are

1:05:13 ↗ these are great ideas um and like other

1:05:16 ↗ communities have like figured it out so

1:05:19 ↗ we need to also get there right because

1:05:22 ↗ that becomes like a chicken and it

1:05:24 ↗ becomes a chicken and egg sort of

1:05:25 ↗ situation

1:05:26 ↗ right because I know that I would be

1:05:28 ↗ more inclined to go to bus stop that has

1:05:31 ↗ a shelter has a place for me to sit and

1:05:33 ↗ wait or whatever right than one that is

1:05:36 ↗ just the post with the numbers on it so

1:05:40 ↗ that should also be factored in yeah

1:05:42 ↗ absolutely

1:05:46 ↗ yeah hi can I ask can I ask a question

1:05:50 ↗ I'm on teams

1:05:52 ↗ absolutely hi uh Human Services

1:05:56 ↗ commissioner I just want to go back to

1:05:59 ↗ the

1:06:00 ↗ last sorry there's an echo can you hear

1:06:03 ↗ me yes yes okay um I just want to go

1:06:07 ↗ back to um the last question the one

1:06:10 ↗ before Lucas about accessibility and um

1:06:15 ↗ you know how do we ensure that this is

1:06:17 ↗ Equitable and I was just wondering if um

1:06:22 ↗ if these sorts of meetings with

1:06:24 ↗ Commissioners are baked in into this

1:06:26 ↗ planning how often we can expect to be

1:06:29 ↗ consulted or information share and also

1:06:33 ↗ how um are there any I don't know

1:06:37 ↗ measurables or deliverables or

1:06:39 ↗ accountability measures to know that the

1:06:42 ↗ feedback received from these commissions

1:06:45 ↗ will be taken seriously in the planning

1:06:47 ↗ process or will be reflected in the

1:06:49 ↗ planning

1:06:52 ↗ process yeah that's a great question um

1:06:55 ↗ I would say so like for this specific

1:06:59 ↗ deliverable um we're recording all the

1:07:02 ↗ feedback that we've uh received um and

1:07:07 ↗ in like in in this uh packet I've

1:07:09 ↗ included like for example I met with the

1:07:11 ↗ economic Vitality commission um and you

1:07:14 ↗ can see like the specific things that

1:07:16 ↗ they brought up that are Incorporated

1:07:20 ↗ within um both the vision and The

1:07:23 ↗ Guiding principles uh so I plan to do

1:07:25 ↗ that as as well for this document

1:07:28 ↗ um and as we think about like light rail

1:07:31 ↗ planning and like uh all the things that

1:07:34 ↗ the city will be doing in advance of

1:07:36 ↗ that uh we do have the light rail

1:07:38 ↗ planning guide which has specific

1:07:40 ↗ actions um we do plan on implementing

1:07:43 ↗ each one of those actions and as we do

1:07:46 ↗ each and every one of those actions um

1:07:48 ↗ we'll be sort of running it through um

1:07:50 ↗ not only like Community groups um but

1:07:52 ↗ also like these boards and commissions

1:07:54 ↗ so um

1:07:56 ↗ I don't want to bring something to the

1:07:59 ↗ uh for of commissions if I if I'm not

1:08:01 ↗ like serious about like getting your

1:08:03 ↗ feedback um so I want to be like

1:08:04 ↗ strategic about like the times that I am

1:08:07 ↗ approaching you like these are like

1:08:08 ↗ legitimate like things that we can work

1:08:11 ↗ on together so there's a list of actions

1:08:13 ↗ that um or list of like action items uh

1:08:17 ↗ and there will be touch points for like

1:08:19 ↗ each each one of

1:08:21 ↗ these thank you can I just ask a a

1:08:24 ↗ followup for CLA Clarity um so my

1:08:27 ↗ question was more about the other

1:08:29 ↗ planners like not necessarily even the

1:08:31 ↗ city of isaquel but like Sound Transit

1:08:34 ↗ uh I don't know how the balance of power

1:08:36 ↗ Works between the city and Sound Transit

1:08:39 ↗ but will sound transit or the other

1:08:41 ↗ planners um do you expect them to

1:08:45 ↗ incorporate this feedback or future

1:08:48 ↗ feedback yeah that's a great question

1:08:51 ↗ and let me just uh take a step back to

1:08:53 ↗ answer that um so

1:08:56 ↗ the the planning that the city that we

1:08:59 ↗ are all doing um this will be like the

1:09:02 ↗ city and the community's preferred

1:09:04 ↗ alternative they that we will give to

1:09:06 ↗ Sound Transit um we are we are a small

1:09:10 ↗ entity relative to Sound Transit um and

1:09:13 ↗ they're going to do their own planning

1:09:15 ↗ process separate from what we're doing

1:09:18 ↗ today and like for the next couple years

1:09:21 ↗ um so all that to say the feedback that

1:09:26 ↗ we are receiving uh to develop

1:09:29 ↗ ultimately our preferred

1:09:31 ↗ alternative um we're going to package

1:09:33 ↗ that up uh we

1:09:36 ↗ are uh keeping track of everything that

1:09:39 ↗ we're doing to

1:09:41 ↗ show how legitimate this process has

1:09:44 ↗ been we want to make this as legitimate

1:09:46 ↗ as possible we want to like talk to

1:09:48 ↗ people we want to like really get

1:09:51 ↗ everybody's feedback so that sound

1:09:52 ↗ transit ultimately has um a record to

1:09:56 ↗ say hey we really did talk about this

1:09:59 ↗ we've been talking about it for many

1:10:00 ↗ years the community has already decided

1:10:03 ↗ like this is what we really want out of

1:10:04 ↗ this whole thing um so they should have

1:10:07 ↗ all that

1:10:08 ↗ information uh and then after they have

1:10:11 ↗ our alternative they will do their own

1:10:14 ↗ planning process um they're going to

1:10:16 ↗ have their own uh system in place um but

1:10:20 ↗ then there are some uh political

1:10:22 ↗ considerations like uh our community is

1:10:24 ↗ going to need to um you know be a part

1:10:27 ↗ of their process and that's going to be

1:10:29 ↗ like a whole another um thing so I think

1:10:32 ↗ I answered your question um but let me

1:10:34 ↗ know if you have uh you did you did it

1:10:37 ↗ was it was more a question about the

1:10:40 ↗ process and and how feedback is

1:10:42 ↗ integrated but you did thank you

1:10:47 ↗ great other questions

1:10:50 ↗ comments Reflections just a comment I

1:10:53 ↗ mean uh there's kudos to you I mean this

1:10:56 ↗ is a huge effort I look at slide nine

1:10:59 ↗ and um the amount of time that you have

1:11:01 ↗ to spend with these different groups to

1:11:02 ↗ get their feedback and they write up and

1:11:04 ↗ package it all up and then present it to

1:11:06 ↗ the city council I can

1:11:09 ↗ imagine how much work that

1:11:17 ↗ entails

1:11:23 ↗ call yes I would Echo what Ray said this

1:11:27 ↗ is sounds like you all put a ton of work

1:11:30 ↗ in it and uh I always try to look at I

1:11:34 ↗ know like you can go through the motions

1:11:36 ↗ of community engagement and things like

1:11:39 ↗ that but it it looks like there has been

1:11:41 ↗ a lot of authentic engagement around

1:11:44 ↗ this and so I do appreciate that and how

1:11:46 ↗ it's gotten incorporated into this

1:11:51 ↗ materials um let's see Hy I think um

1:11:56 ↗ anything else you want to share Thomas

1:11:57 ↗ before we wrap that up um yeah I'll just

1:12:01 ↗ maybe wrap up my presentation and just

1:12:03 ↗ talk about next steps um

1:12:08 ↗ so um yeah we are expecting to just like

1:12:11 ↗ sort of wrap up our boards and

1:12:12 ↗ commissions discussions um city council

1:12:15 ↗ uh right now we're looking at

1:12:17 ↗ potentially like the first quarter of

1:12:19 ↗ 20125 um adopting the vision and um

1:12:25 ↗ guiding principles then after that uh we

1:12:28 ↗ will be sort of looking in Earnest at

1:12:30 ↗ like the next major project deliverable

1:12:33 ↗ which is like actually looking at the

1:12:34 ↗ station locations and that will be a

1:12:36 ↗ whole another uh major set of

1:12:38 ↗ discussions um but yeah we we are just

1:12:41 ↗ like at the pre preliminary stage uh

1:12:44 ↗ really appreciate the feedback that

1:12:45 ↗ we've received today um yeah if you had

1:12:48 ↗ any other feedback you wanted to provide

1:12:50 ↗ um that you didn't get to today I'm

1:12:52 ↗ happy to receive that an email or um ch

1:12:57 ↗ thank

1:12:59 ↗ you I think are we on to the closing

1:13:03 ↗ thought okay um so you know just one we

1:13:07 ↗ before the meeting was starting here

1:13:09 ↗ talking was also mentioning the history

1:13:13 ↗ around the equity board and how it kind

1:13:15 ↗ of emerged from the Human Services

1:13:17 ↗ Commission and so that history is uh so

1:13:20 ↗ important to remember and we have some

1:13:23 ↗ longstanding Partnerships our board and

1:13:26 ↗ commissioner and so it's just nice to

1:13:28 ↗ think about that and so as you know our

1:13:31 ↗ closing thought practice TS to be what

1:13:33 ↗ is like one word or something that

1:13:35 ↗ you're leaving the meeting with and I

1:13:37 ↗ just you know I'm going to go first this

1:13:38 ↗ time and say mine is gratitude gratitude

1:13:41 ↗ for you know the folks to uh forg

1:13:44 ↗ through lots of hours of hard work hard

1:13:47 ↗ questions to uh get the equity board to

1:13:50 ↗ where it is today and so uh have

1:13:53 ↗ forgotting and so my appreciative of

1:13:56 ↗ that so gratitude would be my and um

1:13:59 ↗ maybe I'll start reverse order um what's

1:14:03 ↗ final word Orting

1:14:05 ↗ thought yeah so uh what final word or

1:14:08 ↗ parting thought are you leaving the

1:14:10 ↗ meeting

1:14:13 ↗ with why would public these probably be

1:14:15 ↗ helpful this uh Light Rail seems like

1:14:18 ↗ you'll bring a lot of opportunities to a

1:14:20 ↗ lot of different people being able to go

1:14:23 ↗ over all of the sound

1:14:28 ↗ yeah

1:14:30 ↗ uh

1:14:32 ↗ future looking that's not really the

1:14:34 ↗ word

1:14:35 ↗ some future

1:14:37 ↗ oriented uh Puma shared optimism but

1:14:40 ↗ I'll I'll invite both of our folks

1:14:42 ↗ online to unmute and share verbally if

1:14:44 ↗ you'd

1:14:47 ↗ like um yeah I'll go um I think the one

1:14:50 ↗ word that I'd use for this was probably

1:14:52 ↗ informative I feel like I know a lot

1:14:54 ↗ more about it and also I guess like

1:14:56 ↗ hopeful seeing about the future and all

1:14:58 ↗ of the new opportunities this can bring

1:15:00 ↗ and how this can help vitalize is AA I

1:15:06 ↗ guess yeah I wrote optimism I have some

1:15:09 ↗ apprehensions which were reflected I

1:15:12 ↗ think um from other folks in their

1:15:14 ↗ questions too but I think overall it's

1:15:17 ↗ optimism

1:15:21 ↗ awesome uh thoughtful and thoughtful I'm

1:15:24 ↗ I'm thankful to be able to be thoughtful

1:15:27 ↗ about the future of

1:15:29 ↗ isqua and that that carries um uh

1:15:35 ↗ obligation and opportunity for us to pay

1:15:39 ↗ attention and

1:15:42 ↗ so um collaboration whether it is the

1:15:46 ↗ initiation of the equity board or the

1:15:49 ↗ presentation we heard um the the level

1:15:53 ↗ of collaboration needed to move forward

1:15:56 ↗ is so important and that's key that I'm

1:15:58 ↗ taking back

1:16:03 ↗ with like this so much I never do well

1:16:07 ↗ with this um yeah there's there's a lot

1:16:11 ↗ I think um I I probably could have said

1:16:15 ↗ it during the presentation but one of

1:16:17 ↗ the things that always floors me is just

1:16:19 ↗ how long these things take right because

1:16:21 ↗ I just did the math and I'm going to be

1:16:23 ↗ 70 to 73 years old by the time this

1:16:28 ↗ light rail rolls in right and that's

1:16:31 ↗ just mindblowing to me right um but at

1:16:34 ↗ the same time I look around the room and

1:16:36 ↗ it isn't just about me you know being a

1:16:39 ↗ you know a

1:16:41 ↗ septarian uh but septarian I guess but

1:16:44 ↗ looking around with the young people who

1:16:46 ↗ are engaged and realizing like okay yes

1:16:49 ↗ we're forging forward and it's not just

1:16:52 ↗ about like the people who are here

1:16:54 ↗ present but the who will follow so

1:16:56 ↗ that's my party

1:17:05 ↗ thought and also help like all the

1:17:07 ↗ younger future even younger than the

1:17:10 ↗ youth right

1:17:11 ↗ now I'm really happy that for

1:17:15 ↗ you

1:17:20 ↗ yeah um yeah I totally agree what my

1:17:24 ↗ said

1:17:26 ↗ [Laughter]

1:17:29 ↗ um I'm very thankful and I know that

1:17:33 ↗ discussions with Sound Transit started I

1:17:36 ↗ don't know how many decades ago but I'm

1:17:37 ↗ very thankful that they

1:17:41 ↗ agreed to come out to isapa I think for

1:17:44 ↗ a while there we were hoping that our

1:17:47 ↗ link would come out sooner than I mean I

1:17:50 ↗ think yeah like about the same time went

1:17:53 ↗ to belate we were hoping it would come

1:17:54 ↗ out out here but um I'm very I'm very

1:17:58 ↗ thankful that this is happening it's

1:17:59 ↗ absolutely necessary and I am hopeful

1:18:03 ↗ yeah and I I was trying to pick uh

1:18:06 ↗ between the two words and because they

1:18:08 ↗ tied so closely to what I do I I'm I

1:18:11 ↗ manage a singure community and um

1:18:14 ↗ service and support is um I think it's

1:18:17 ↗ it's critical to what I do and when I

1:18:19 ↗ listened to this presentation that was

1:18:21 ↗ so thoughtfully put together I think

1:18:23 ↗ that uh to be a neor to be able to move

1:18:26 ↗ people around um in terms of where they

1:18:28 ↗ work where they live and their ability

1:18:30 ↗ to get assistance and service um

1:18:32 ↗ transportation is is critical to to all

1:18:35 ↗ of those things so I think this is going

1:18:36 ↗ to be incredibly beneficial in terms of

1:18:39 ↗ support and service for uh people in our

1:18:42 ↗ community so super super

1:18:46 ↗ excited I'm proud proud of our community

1:18:50 ↗ proud of our city proud of you all here

1:18:52 ↗ for your engagement and where headed

1:18:55 ↗ Thomas left proud of

1:18:57 ↗ what doing I'm just proud of

1:19:02 ↗ be my word would be

1:19:05 ↗ entation uh as being part of one of the

1:19:10 ↗ original developers along with Pia

1:19:14 ↗ for expectation

1:19:17 ↗ of what we

1:19:18 ↗ expected and um what we're hoping comes

1:19:22 ↗ from U this grou long

1:19:27 ↗ transation

1:19:29 ↗ and I'll

1:19:30 ↗ be by

1:19:34 ↗ time I expect to pass

1:19:45 ↗ by I would say my

1:19:48 ↗ to would be maybe access

1:19:52 ↗ and to a different way of track ation

1:19:55 ↗ for marginalized folks and having move

1:19:58 ↗ um and then connection to you all making

1:20:01 ↗ a collaboration towards us so

1:20:04 ↗ improvement with their

1:20:10 ↗ transportation I I thought you said

1:20:14 ↗ about connected and I love the

1:20:16 ↗ historical background in dat between

1:20:18 ↗ equity Bo Services there's so much that

1:20:20 ↗ intertwined between these two groups if

1:20:22 ↗ you really think about it um there's a

1:20:25 ↗ lot in there strategies that involve

1:20:26 ↗ Equity specifically around people

1:20:29 ↗ Services I know um Hannah invited me to

1:20:32 ↗ present to a couple meetings so we

1:20:33 ↗ really think about it Equity is embedded

1:20:35 ↗ with human services and vice versa so I

1:20:37 ↗ think this group these two groups need

1:20:39 ↗ to see

1:20:42 ↗ connected uh I guess my word uh Preston

1:20:45 ↗ nailed it and that is hopeful um and the

1:20:49 ↗ reason that I'm hopeful is the

1:20:51 ↗ appreciation I feel to my my city the

1:20:55 ↗ city of isquad and the fact that they

1:20:58 ↗ have Human Services Commission and with

1:21:01 ↗ that Human Services Commission they have

1:21:03 ↗ grown the equity board and uh and I so

1:21:08 ↗ appreciate the work that everyone has

1:21:10 ↗ done to have that Equity board I think

1:21:13 ↗ we're light years ahead of other cities

1:21:15 ↗ that are in our area and uh and very

1:21:19 ↗ very hopeful and appreciative of the

1:21:21 ↗ work that's going on I'm very proud of

1:21:23 ↗ our city

1:21:27 ↗ I think my word would be perspective but

1:21:29 ↗ like this this conversation brought so

1:21:31 ↗ many different perspectives into the

1:21:33 ↗ room and really inspiring to see

1:21:39 ↗ that everyone's done and so I think with

1:21:43 ↗ that um let's see it looks like the next

1:21:46 ↗ meeting of the equity board is November

1:21:49 ↗ 6 and the next meeting of the Human

1:21:51 ↗ Services Commission is uh November 20th

1:21:56 ↗ and with that I adjourn this joint

1:21:59 ↗ meeting of the equity board and Human

1:22:02 ↗ Services Commission at

1:22:04 ↗ 740 thank you all for your active

1:22:07 ↗ engagement

Approved minutes

Extracted from the next meeting's packet, where this meeting's minutes were approved as a consent-calendar attachment.

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Attendance

Council / Members (7)

Jaime Fajardo

Trish Bloor

Manny Brown

Maury Edwards

Huma Mohibullah, virtual

Lucretia Choto

Preston Miele, virtual

Staff (3)

Hannah Roberts, Human Services Coordinator

Dale Markey-Crimp, Assistant to the City Administrator

Thomas Valdriz, Sr. Transportation Planner

Excused

Madeline Fish