Planning Policy Commission · Thursday, March 8, 2018 · City Council Digest

1. CALL TO ORDER

Commission Membership

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Staff report:

Planning Policy Commission About Staff Liaison Created in 1983, this commission serves as a Trish Heinonen, Planning Manager policy advisory body to the Mayor and provides Email guidance and direction for Issaquah’s future growth through continued review and improvement to the Regular Members City’s Comprehensive Land Use Plan and related 2018 – Joy Lewis land use documents. 2018 – Jon Stob 2018 – Carl Swedberg Membership 2018 – Lindsey Walsh The Planning Policy Commission is comprised of 2019 – Joan Probala seven regular members, with four-year terms; and 2020 – Ron Faul several alternates, with two-year terms. All 2020 – Troy Rahmig members are appointed by the Mayor and subject to confirmation by the City Council. Terms expire Alternate Members April 30 of the year listed. For more information, 2018 – AJ McGauley see IMC 18.03. 2018 – Vacant 2018 – Vacant 2018 – Vacant

2. AGENDA ITEMS

Discussion: Central Issaquah District Visions and Green Necklace, (R)

Keith Niven, Development Services Director Trish Heinonen, Planning Policy Manager

Topics: Land Use

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0:16 ↗ that me all right well good

0:21 ↗ evening everybody I guess I get a kick

0:22 ↗ this off Jeff Watling director of Parks

0:25 ↗ and Recreation with the city of Issaquah

0:27 ↗ thank you for letting us come back

0:29 ↗ planning policy commission and really

0:34 ↗ have a chance to follow up on some of

0:36 ↗ the work we've been doing this last

0:37 ↗ month like when we last met as a big

0:40 ↗ group February 8th a month ago tonight

0:43 ↗ we were over in the the Eagle room and

0:46 ↗ had a great Charette exercise at the end

0:50 ↗ of that meeting we were tasked with

0:52 ↗ going out going back and working further

0:55 ↗ with the park board and with other

0:57 ↗ departments and with our consultant team

0:59 ↗ and refining the green necklace and some

1:04 ↗ of the key elements of that necklace

1:05 ↗ taken the work we did on the eighth and

1:07 ↗ and doing some further work happy

1:09 ↗ tonight to come back to you to present

1:13 ↗ the work that we've done the results of

1:15 ↗ that Charette we had another Charette

1:18 ↗ exercise that we invited the public to

1:20 ↗ on the 26th of February that was part of

1:24 ↗ our park board meeting we also have done

1:27 ↗ a lot of work these last couple weeks

1:30 ↗ with planning staff from development

1:33 ↗ services department we've also brought

1:35 ↗ in some of our engineering staff from

1:38 ↗ Public Works engineering given a lot of

1:42 ↗ this desire for connectivity for the

1:44 ↗ necklace is on our right-of-way so

1:46 ↗ really getting their feedback and their

1:48 ↗ thoughts on this so I'm gonna pull this

1:53 ↗ up you're all going to get copies of

1:55 ↗ this I'm not going to read this word for

1:57 ↗ word but we'll kind of keep that up

2:00 ↗ there for the night goals tonight what

2:02 ↗ we really want to do is we come back

2:04 ↗ here is really twofold two goals first

2:08 ↗ is to provide you with this draft

2:11 ↗ document to walk through the map you'll

2:16 ↗ notice as we walk through the map you'll

2:17 ↗ see numbered 17 numbered elements those

2:21 ↗ are really key elements that that we see

2:23 ↗ that will come

2:24 ↗ and make up the necklace so talk through

2:27 ↗ some of the narrative that we've worked

2:29 ↗ on on those key elements and then a bulk

2:32 ↗ of the meeting a bulk of our time

2:33 ↗ tonight is really going to be a

2:35 ↗ conversation about character and

2:36 ↗ experience and a bit of an interactive

2:39 ↗ exercise chance for you to get up and

2:41 ↗ look at some photos look at some visuals

2:44 ↗ that are going to help us really

2:46 ↗ fine-tune what character what experience

2:50 ↗ we want with each of those 17 elements

2:53 ↗ and then also just a chance to check in

2:55 ↗ and really get a pulse from both you

2:59 ↗ planning policy commission and park

3:00 ↗ board members and the general public are

3:02 ↗ we are we headed in the right direction

3:04 ↗ does this feel like a really a

3:08 ↗ collection of a lot of a lot of thought

3:11 ↗ a lot of thought that has been from you

3:13 ↗ a lot of thought quite frankly that

3:15 ↗ dates all the way back to the original

3:16 ↗ task force that we're trying to compile

3:19 ↗ and pull in to this to this document our

3:25 ↗ outcome our desired outcome tonight is

3:28 ↗ just that is to try and get some

3:30 ↗ consensus on the map make sure we're

3:31 ↗ going the right direction and then get a

3:34 ↗ sense of visual experience one of the

3:40 ↗ questions we asked on February 8th if

3:43 ↗ you remember we had a quick little

3:45 ↗ exercise with some post-it notes where

3:47 ↗ we asked you what does success look like

3:49 ↗ what what does a successful green

3:51 ↗ necklace look like what does it do

3:54 ↗ overwhelmingly I don't I don't have it

3:56 ↗ we sort of took all of those responses

4:00 ↗ and created a Wordle and did some other

4:02 ↗ things but overwhelmingly the the core

4:05 ↗ theme that came out of that from all of

4:07 ↗ your feedback was connections

4:09 ↗ connectivity connections connection and

4:12 ↗ in various forms and and really the

4:14 ↗ second most frequent word was experience

4:18 ↗ so given that I think really the desire

4:22 ↗ of this necklace is is that is

4:26 ↗ connectivity connections through

4:28 ↗ connections that support this future

4:32 ↗ reinvestment of the central Issaquah

4:34 ↗ area but not only the central Issaquah

4:37 ↗ area

4:38 ↗ really the context for the entire city

4:41 ↗ as we've been coming off the work we've

4:43 ↗ done with the park strategic plan I

4:45 ↗ think I think that the timings been nice

4:48 ↗ for us and that as we've done this work

4:50 ↗ with you on the necklace we haven't lost

4:52 ↗ sight of the bigger picture I was going

4:56 ↗ to use my markers but since we're a

4:58 ↗ fabric I'm not going to so I'll spare

5:00 ↗ you from my armchair Landscape Architect

5:03 ↗ which I'm not but this is a map just I

5:07 ↗ think it really was a great reminder for

5:09 ↗ us that we're really dealing in

5:12 ↗ concentric circles as we start thinking

5:15 ↗ of Issaquah as we've started thinking

5:17 ↗ about what are these major movements and

5:19 ↗ and really the the essence and

5:21 ↗ priorities of the necklace we have the

5:24 ↗ central listicle area really is in the

5:25 ↗ heart of the city and I think from the

5:28 ↗ origins of the the task force work this

5:31 ↗ opportunity to frame a necklace and and

5:35 ↗ a trail system and experiences around

5:40 ↗ that and through that but also you start

5:43 ↗ to realize there's the bigger circle all

5:46 ↗ of this outer public space that is for

5:50 ↗ decades been a priority and investment

5:52 ↗ and great recreational experience that

5:55 ↗ as we're planning our park plan we're

5:59 ↗ looking into central Issaquah we're

6:01 ↗ looking at our current residents and how

6:03 ↗ do we create a park system that grows

6:05 ↗ supports the many needs that our

6:07 ↗ residents have and all the while also

6:10 ↗ connects to the outer the outer area so

6:14 ↗ as you start to see the major movements

6:17 ↗ of this map you'll start to see some

6:19 ↗ main east-west corridors through the

6:24 ↗ middle of central Issaquah area through

6:26 ↗ the upper the north and the south area

6:29 ↗ you're gonna see some major corridors

6:31 ↗ along mystic Hawk Creek and what a

6:33 ↗ amazing opportunity this is from squawk

6:36 ↗ all the way to Lake Sammamish the

6:38 ↗ opportunity we have with Tibbets Creek

6:40 ↗ and activating that this idea this

6:42 ↗ concept of another major corridor

6:45 ↗ through the middle of central Issaquah

6:48 ↗ just wanted to touch on that that is

6:51 ↗ we're talking experience here the great

6:54 ↗ thing is this isn't an isolation this is

6:56 ↗ really an experience connectivity that

6:59 ↗ we want through all of us aqua and and

7:02 ↗ has certainly been a priority for us as

7:05 ↗ we've worked this work on this exercise

7:09 ↗ so the map itself like I said and

7:14 ↗ talking about this if you if you squint

7:15 ↗ you'll start to see I know I need this

7:18 ↗ microphone don't I to talk I can't

7:20 ↗ really go over there I'll yell this is

7:24 ↗ kind of a game show microphone isn't it

7:27 ↗ but you'll see these major north-south

7:32 ↗ connections but again as we start

7:35 ↗ imagining we see them going outside of

7:39 ↗ the central squat area and then these

7:43 ↗ opportunities through the state park

7:46 ↗ down to the south the southern edge and

7:49 ↗ some type of experience that really

7:52 ↗ gives opportunity right through the

7:54 ↗ heart of the central Issaquah area

7:57 ↗ like I said mentioned earlier you'll

8:00 ↗ notice the numbers all invite Greg to

8:02 ↗ come on up and introduce the numbers and

8:04 ↗ what those are but they really represent

8:06 ↗ what we see is key elements that are

8:08 ↗ going to make this happen another thing

8:11 ↗ that we've certainly realized as we've

8:13 ↗ done this work with all of you is that

8:16 ↗ this is going to be accomplished in many

8:19 ↗ many different ways as we've brought in

8:24 ↗ and worked with Public Works engineering

8:27 ↗ staff as we've worked with our partners

8:30 ↗ and development services this is going

8:32 ↗ to be a collaborative effort a multi

8:35 ↗ departmental effort that's going to bite

8:37 ↗ by bite make this make this happen we're

8:41 ↗ hoping that this vision sets some

8:44 ↗ clarity it sets some clarity about the

8:46 ↗ big experiences that we want but we

8:49 ↗ realize that some of the details of this

8:51 ↗ are going to happen through individual

8:55 ↗ master plan efforts they're going to

8:57 ↗ happen

8:57 ↗ through corridor design Public Works

9:00 ↗ engineering is about to start on the

9:02 ↗ Gilman Boulevard corridor hopefully this

9:07 ↗ is a foundation that helps the the

9:10 ↗ details that are going to happen through

9:12 ↗ through that effort as the moratorium

9:15 ↗ gets lifted and we start looking at

9:18 ↗ development review development review is

9:20 ↗ going to be part of supporting and

9:22 ↗ making this happen so

9:24 ↗ the collaboration that's started is

9:28 ↗ really going to be essential as this

9:30 ↗ moves forward and we make this happen

9:33 ↗ another thing you'll notice as we talk

9:35 ↗ through this as you see it and as we

9:37 ↗ really get your feedback tonight is

9:39 ↗ we're really focused on the public round

9:43 ↗ we're really focused on the public

9:46 ↗ system when we start thinking about the

9:48 ↗ necklace we recognize and that's not to

9:51 ↗ discount there's going to be private

9:52 ↗ public opportunities woven within this

9:55 ↗ entire area and those are going to be

9:58 ↗ critical and those are going to be

9:59 ↗ really supportive elements but to try

10:02 ↗ and map those becomes a difficult task

10:06 ↗ and we felt like this exercise being

10:11 ↗ able to focus on really what the public

10:13 ↗ priorities are I think it sets a

10:15 ↗ priority for what we as a city should be

10:17 ↗ doing I think and as you'll see in the

10:20 ↗ language some of those private public

10:22 ↗ partnership opportunities are really

10:24 ↗ going to be supported through the urban

10:26 ↗ design manual and some of the other

10:29 ↗ supporting elements within our

10:31 ↗ development regulations so very much a

10:36 ↗ interdepartmental multi-dimensional

10:40 ↗ effort to make this to make this happen

10:42 ↗ so as you will get copies of this as

10:45 ↗ you're going to get copies of the table

10:47 ↗ I certainly welcome your feedback

10:50 ↗ throughout

10:51 ↗ tonight welcome your opportunity to jot

10:54 ↗ some notes down on that map let us know

10:57 ↗ what you think are we getting close what

10:59 ↗ might be missing what questions you

11:01 ↗ might have because hopefully we're we're

11:05 ↗ getting close to to something that's

11:07 ↗ something that feels really real we know

11:10 ↗ that this work is going to be essential

11:12 ↗ as we affect Brad if you want to lift

11:14 ↗ and wave the draft is we're in the point

11:16 ↗ of having our draft Park strategic plan

11:18 ↗ this is the missing piece this we want

11:21 ↗ to take this outcome the very same

11:23 ↗ outcome that you're going to be

11:24 ↗ utilizing with centrality for visions we

11:27 ↗ want to take that same outcome and weave

11:29 ↗ it into the park plant so now those two

11:31 ↗ documents really have a bridge bridge

11:35 ↗ between the two of them so with that I'm

11:37 ↗ going to invite Greg to come up and talk

11:39 ↗ a little bit about the key elements and

11:42 ↗ the exercise what we're doing tonight

11:44 ↗ okay

11:48 ↗ so great brought the burger partnership

11:50 ↗ Oh further further this way okay not

11:58 ↗ used to performing so so the this

12:03 ↗ evening you know we've we've taken a

12:04 ↗ couple of couple of the meetings and and

12:07 ↗ done mapping exercise and this evening

12:08 ↗ is about character we talked about that

12:10 ↗ a little bit the last time we we did a

12:13 ↗ joint meeting and and had everybody

12:15 ↗ together so this evening what we're

12:17 ↗ going to do in in just a few minutes

12:20 ↗ we're going to do some quick rearranging

12:22 ↗ the tables and we have collections of

12:25 ↗ images and we showed you a sampling of

12:28 ↗ them when we got together last time just

12:31 ↗ showing where we might be headed with

12:32 ↗ this with this idea of once the mapping

12:35 ↗ is in place it still seemed to be

12:38 ↗ missing kind of what what's the

12:40 ↗ character to help fulfill the vision so

12:42 ↗ everybody kind of has a shared idea of

12:44 ↗ what this what this green necklace means

12:46 ↗ and what all the parts mean we will

12:49 ↗ focus on the 17 identified areas on the

12:54 ↗ map Stephanie is going to go through a

12:56 ↗ little a brief description of what all

12:58 ↗ those are and what you'll get is

13:02 ↗ everyone will get a packet

13:04 ↗ it's going to have the same descriptions

13:06 ↗ or similar descriptions with Stephanie

13:08 ↗ will give and then will be able to move

13:10 ↗ around the room we've grouped them just

13:13 ↗ to kind of give some order there's not

13:15 ↗ much else to the grouping of the way we

13:17 ↗ put the images together but just to kind

13:19 ↗ of give some order and just kind of keep

13:21 ↗ things moving because we want to

13:22 ↗ complete the task and go home this

13:25 ↗ evening and everything because we we

13:26 ↗ have about 80 images for you to look at

13:29 ↗ which sounds like a lot but I think as

13:31 ↗ you go around you'll be able to look at

13:32 ↗ them and and decide if there are things

13:35 ↗ that that are character that you desire

13:37 ↗ to see in the central Issaquah area part

13:40 ↗ of the green necklace or or not if it's

13:42 ↗ something that you like you can decide

13:44 ↗ what aspect of it what key element that

13:47 ↗ that particular character image applies

13:49 ↗ to and mark it down on on this sheet and

13:53 ↗ then a comment about what you like in

13:55 ↗ that image too you might not like

13:57 ↗ everything you see in some of these

13:58 ↗ images but just even give us some notes

14:01 ↗ so we're able to know what it was in

14:03 ↗ that particular image if you just like

14:04 ↗ the image and you want it you can just

14:05 ↗ mark the number if you don't like it you

14:08 ↗ don't have to write anything down but

14:10 ↗ you can also mark it and put a red

14:12 ↗ circle and a line through it or whatever

14:13 ↗ you want to do just to show that you

14:14 ↗ didn't care for that image and go that

14:17 ↗ way when we've made it all the way

14:20 ↗ around to all the images and everything

14:22 ↗ when you've completed we want to get

14:24 ↗ these back from you and so we can

14:27 ↗ compile and and look at what the what

14:29 ↗ the priorities were for for some of the

14:32 ↗ character images and get those included

14:33 ↗ into the into the rest of into the rest

14:37 ↗ of the green necklace report I think

14:41 ↗ that gives a summary of it we'll have

14:43 ↗ Stephanie go through the descriptions so

14:47 ↗ everybody kind of has an idea of what

14:50 ↗ what the 17 elements are that we'll be

14:53 ↗ talking about and then we hand out

15:15 ↗ all right so as Greg said I'll be giving

15:19 ↗ a quick rundown of the 17 elements and

15:21 ↗ Jeff will be kind of waving his hands at

15:23 ↗ the map to show you where those elements

15:25 ↗ are and also as Greg said descriptions

15:29 ↗ partnerships and code references are

15:32 ↗ further expanded in that packet for your

15:34 ↗ reference while we're doing the

15:35 ↗ exercises evening so starting with

15:39 ↗ number 1 and this is labeled 1a and 1b

15:43 ↗ on that diagram this is a series of

15:46 ↗ major public spaces that together become

15:48 ↗ more than the sum of their parts and the

15:51 ↗ intention is that this series of spaces

15:53 ↗ can be seen as multiple entities each

15:56 ↗ within an individual character but also

15:58 ↗ is a larger connected space these spaces

16:01 ↗ might be urban plazas or they might be

16:03 ↗ more Park like and they will respond to

16:06 ↗ and cut and connect to Mall Street which

16:09 ↗ is labeled number 4 on this map and will

16:12 ↗ also connect to 12th Avenue Northwest

16:14 ↗ label number three number two shows a

16:19 ↗ potential location for the future Sound

16:21 ↗ Transit station that is to provide a

16:23 ↗ connection over or under i-90 a Street

16:26 ↗ connection will accommodate bikes

16:28 ↗ pedestrian and pedestrians and cars and

16:30 ↗ create an intuitive route extending

16:32 ↗ north to Lake Sammamish State Park in

16:34 ↗ addition to a street connection the

16:36 ↗ station will also provide an urban Plaza

16:39 ↗ and/or park space that intuitively

16:41 ↗ connects to the parks and plazas labeled

16:43 ↗ 1a and 1b number 3 is 12 Avenue

16:49 ↗ Northwest this street accommodates cars

16:51 ↗ and provides a pleasant pedestrian and

16:53 ↗ bike linear urban park experience this

16:57 ↗ Street becomes a key connected piece of

16:59 ↗ the city emphasizing connections to

17:01 ↗ gilman maple and newport labelled v mall

17:06 ↗ Street labeled for Tibbets Valley Park

17:08 ↗ and views to the south

17:12 ↗ depending on the sound transit station

17:15 ↗ location 12 may also be the street

17:17 ↗ connection that continues north to Lake

17:19 ↗ Sammamish State Park

17:24 ↗ number four is Northwest mall Street the

17:28 ↗ existing block of Northwest mall Street

17:30 ↗ between 12th Avenue Northwest and SR 900

17:33 ↗ becomes a street that focuses on the

17:35 ↗ pedestrian bike experience Wall Street

17:38 ↗ continues

17:38 ↗ East potentially as a pedestrian bike

17:40 ↗ only trail connecting to trails at 7 the

17:43 ↗ Avenue Northwest and creating a major

17:45 ↗ east-west rail connection number 5

17:50 ↗ indicates what we are thinking of us and

17:53 ↗ symbiotic corridors these corridors

17:55 ↗ consist of northwest Gilman mall Street

17:58 ↗ Maple Street and Newport Way

18:00 ↗ so these are four unique streets each

18:03 ↗ serving an individual purpose the

18:05 ↗ balances and enhances the others by

18:07 ↗ providing for multiple user groups it's

18:12 ↗ it's both five and four it's so mall

18:15 ↗ street is more you'll define mall

18:20 ↗ streets character as number four but

18:22 ↗ it's also kind of described as part of

18:24 ↗ number five so Gilman is currently in

18:30 ↗ the master planning process and may

18:32 ↗ provide a linear park pedestrian and

18:34 ↗ bike experience maple serves a similar

18:36 ↗ function to Gelman but these linear park

18:39 ↗ streets may have distinct characters

18:42 ↗ mall Street is pedestrian of eccentric

18:45 ↗ potentially becoming pedestrian bike

18:47 ↗ only to the east of 12th and Newport Way

18:49 ↗ incorporates a multi-purpose path on one

18:52 ↗ side of the street that accommodates

18:54 ↗ pedestrians and bikes and a sidewalk on

18:56 ↗ the other side of the street

19:01 ↗ number six shows locations where safer

19:06 ↗ bike pedestrian travel is needed at s or

19:08 ↗ 900 the circle to the south indicates a

19:11 ↗ connection between Gilman mall maple to

19:15 ↗ the SR 900 boardwalk and the Tibbets

19:17 ↗ Creek trails further study is needed for

19:20 ↗ the best location of this connecting the

19:23 ↗ circle to the north indicates the

19:24 ↗ continuation of safe bike pedestrian

19:26 ↗ passage along SR 900 at the i-90

19:29 ↗ offering number 7 shows the Tibbets

19:35 ↗ Creek Trail system this major

19:37 ↗ north-south connection will double as a

19:39 ↗ major public space for the city

19:41 ↗ providing nodes for pausing or gathering

19:43 ↗ the south connection may be contingent

19:46 ↗ on number 6 the location of the safe

19:49 ↗ bike pedestrian connection over SR 900

19:52 ↗ the major north connection is to Newport

19:55 ↗ way via anthology formerly gateway a

19:58 ↗ pension potential I 90 bike pedestrian

20:00 ↗ overpass may provide future connection

20:02 ↗ to Lake Sammamish State Park and that

20:05 ↗ brings me to number 8 which indicates

20:08 ↗ that potential I 90 bike pedestrian

20:10 ↗ overpass this location is chosen versus

20:13 ↗ the slight versus slightly to the east

20:15 ↗ because the anthology formerly gateway

20:17 ↗ development has provided a landing pad

20:19 ↗ for this future overpass number 9

20:27 ↗ indicates enhanced bike pedestrian

20:30 ↗ connections to this to the south coast

20:32 ↗ near neighborhood and number 10 presents

20:35 ↗ an intuitive bike pedestrian east-west

20:38 ↗ connection through Lake Sammamish State

20:40 ↗ Park this will serve as the intuitive

20:42 ↗ non motorized experience paralleling

20:45 ↗ Northwest Sammamish Road this connection

20:48 ↗ will link west to south cove east

20:50 ↗ toothless is aquatic trails and creek

20:53 ↗ corridor and to East Lake Sammamish

20:55 ↗ Trail this east-west connection will

20:58 ↗ provide intuitive direct connections to

21:00 ↗ Northwest Amasa road and to central as a

21:04 ↗ quad beyond

21:07 ↗ number 11 shows creation of major

21:10 ↗ entries to Lake Sammamish State Park the

21:12 ↗ promote pedestrian bike access to

21:15 ↗ entries are along northwest of Memphis

21:17 ↗ Road and one at the north end of the

21:18 ↗ creek corridor in conjunction with this

21:21 ↗ work the entire edge along Northwest

21:23 ↗ Sammamish Road needs

21:24 ↗ added pedestrian permeability which ties

21:27 ↗ into number 12 and Northwest Omaha sure

21:30 ↗ road will provide a multi-use trail and

21:32 ↗ added pedestrian permeability into the

21:34 ↗ park

21:36 ↗ number 13 indicates the formalization of

21:41 ↗ a ped bike only trail along 12th Avenue

21:43 ↗ Northeast and Lake Drive this path would

21:46 ↗ be integrated into the Future Sound

21:48 ↗ Transit connection over under i-90 so on

21:56 ↗ to number 14 this area is as this area

22:02 ↗ is developed intuitive pedestrian

22:04 ↗ connections needs to be made down to

22:06 ↗ East Lake Sammamish trail and further

22:08 ↗ west

22:09 ↗ this would include safe passage for

22:11 ↗ pedestrians and bikes across East Lake

22:13 ↗ Sammamish Parkway southeast connections

22:16 ↗ to the east and north will need study

22:17 ↗ for feasibility and be implemented where

22:19 ↗ possible number 15 is identified for a

22:24 ↗ neighborhood park and/or Plaza that

22:26 ↗ celebrates views number 16 indicates the

22:30 ↗ creek corridor this is as akua's primary

22:34 ↗ north-south corridor of parks and trails

22:35 ↗ weaving through the valley floor for the

22:37 ↗ entire length of the city this corridor

22:40 ↗ serves as the anchor and primary feature

22:42 ↗ of is across Park System this corridor

22:45 ↗ will be a mix of natural and built

22:47 ↗ environments the network is realized by

22:49 ↗ connecting parks trails and properties

22:51 ↗ along Issaquah Creek acquired for

22:54 ↗ riparian habitat conservation and

22:56 ↗ includes the Rainier Trail and the last

23:00 ↗ element identified on the map is number

23:02 ↗ 17 Northwest Holly Street this is a bike

23:05 ↗ ped centric street that runs along

23:07 ↗ Issaquah Valley Elementary and

23:10 ↗ confluence park and connects Newport Way

23:12 ↗ mall Street the creek corridor and

23:14 ↗ Rainier trail and Front Street

23:18 ↗ I'm gonna hand it back over to Greg

23:21 ↗ really quick just look it up here the

23:28 ↗ packet just has the points that

23:31 ↗ stephanie has just reviewed and then if

23:33 ↗ jeff has the maps in his hand so you're

23:35 ↗ gonna have one of these close up at hand

23:37 ↗ too so you can use that we're gonna do

23:40 ↗ some quick arrange rearranging but

23:43 ↗ Before we jump in there any questions

23:46 ↗ that was a lot of information and

23:49 ↗ getting into this exercise might be

23:51 ↗ clearer once we get things set up but

23:52 ↗ yeah any questions why does it stop in

24:03 ↗ the middle of old town instead of going

24:05 ↗ down past sunset or into second okay

24:10 ↗ what what was what what is it Ron the

24:15 ↗ the trail or trails because I by the way

24:18 ↗ this you guys did an amazing job this is

24:21 ↗ such a relief to see other than the

24:22 ↗ Green pearls so so I think Trish

24:27 ↗ answered it and what I was speaking to

24:28 ↗ here is this this goes all the way to

24:31 ↗ the southern edge of the city okay we

24:36 ↗ just were not talking about that tonight

24:37 ↗ that's all right right I would just add

24:41 ↗ as you're getting the map as well again

24:43 ↗ I know this is a ton of info the

24:45 ↗ narrative that's all around the map I

24:48 ↗ think provides some great descriptions

24:50 ↗ as well so just as you are embarking on

24:53 ↗ this exercise and as you're digesting

24:56 ↗ all this information tonight

24:58 ↗ and maybe in the next day or two

25:00 ↗ certainly any comments or feedback you

25:03 ↗ have on any all that info will be

25:05 ↗ helpful as well we're ready to set up

25:12 ↗ and we have five groupings of images and

25:16 ↗ so we were going to kind of grab the

25:17 ↗ five five biggest tables we have here

25:20 ↗ and just get a little bit of space

25:22 ↗ between them and then

25:24 ↗ kind of let you guys self-police

25:26 ↗ yourselves into maybe five groups

25:28 ↗ tonight it looks like maybe three to

25:31 ↗ four per table so you have the ability

25:33 ↗ to kind of circulate around and see all

25:35 ↗ the images will go 10 to 15 minutes we

25:40 ↗ were we can go as long as 15 for each

25:42 ↗ grouping but we think maybe it'll kind

25:44 ↗ of pick up once everybody kind of starts

25:46 ↗ getting the hang of it

25:47 ↗ and the idea Gregg is to these group

25:49 ↗ everybody's gonna move to every table

25:51 ↗ eventually yes yeah so we'll rotate

25:53 ↗ about every sorry about every 10 or 15

25:55 ↗ minutes will will kind of move the

25:57 ↗ group's to the next table so he gets a

25:58 ↗ chance to see all the all the images

26:00 ↗ doesn't mean you can't you know jump to

26:02 ↗ another table if you're done and you're

26:04 ↗ ready to go but we just thought to give

26:06 ↗ it some order so we know we can get done

26:07 ↗ in the time we have this evening so okay

26:10 ↗ so when I think a couple of minutes here

26:11 ↗ just to get groupings laid out

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32:45 ↗ you want to give a sense of how they're

32:49 ↗ noting like the numbers individually

32:50 ↗ just running numbers down we have so on

32:53 ↗ your mind your piece of paper that we

32:56 ↗ all if all the photos are numbered

32:58 ↗ sequentially so there once you're

33:00 ↗ waiting and then on your form you'll

33:04 ↗ fill in run through 80 next to whatever

33:07 ↗ key element you think this is a big

33:09 ↗ character in this form now we have have

33:12 ↗ one option inserted tonight and that is

33:16 ↗ what yeah I look at images and I decide

33:21 ↗ what I like about them and I just keep

33:23 ↗ track of that because this is this is a

33:26 ↗ challenging exercise and we realize that

33:28 ↗ some of us have seen a lot of this

33:29 ↗ material a few times

33:31 ↗ and you're seeing it for the first time

33:33 ↗ so if you have to modify the exercise a

33:36 ↗ little bit that's what we then what we

33:39 ↗ need is for you look at images and

33:40 ↗ identify if you like them and what you

33:43 ↗ like about them so what I hear you

33:44 ↗ saying is if you if you see an image

33:47 ↗ like this jot down the number even if

33:49 ↗ you don't associate it with as one of

33:51 ↗ the 17 of key elements just let us know

33:54 ↗ because you might even say like why you

33:56 ↗ like I like it because yeah we'll know

33:59 ↗ okay we can put it for the trail where I

34:01 ↗ like the plaza will know to put it there

34:03 ↗ whatever it is about the energy supply

34:21 ↗ so I really like you know you're 25 and

34:24 ↗ I think that's a good fit for number two

34:26 ↗ on the 25

34:43 ↗ oh yeah I know

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1:16:06 ↗ okay so thank you everyone for

1:16:10 ↗ participating that went a lot quicker

1:16:13 ↗ and hopefully it was not painful to go

1:16:16 ↗ through and look all images we just

1:16:18 ↗ thought we would just do a quick check

1:16:20 ↗ back see if there was any feedback for

1:16:23 ↗ us any kind of thoughts when you've seen

1:16:26 ↗ all these images and how this is coming

1:16:28 ↗ together what will happen is that form

1:16:31 ↗ that you are working on will get will

1:16:34 ↗ get populated with the images and we're

1:16:36 ↗ going to go through a couple of rounds

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1:16:40 ↗ when it's finished there could be

1:16:41 ↗ anywhere between I you know six or ten

1:16:44 ↗ images to go with these key elements and

1:16:46 ↗ I think that was what we always felt

1:16:49 ↗ would be a successful piece to this

1:16:51 ↗ green necklace was to have the map along

1:16:54 ↗ with a series of images that everybody

1:16:57 ↗ could then have that that idea of what

1:16:59 ↗ the vision is so and be consistent with

1:17:02 ↗ it so but just thought we'd take a

1:17:04 ↗ minute since we we did kind of get

1:17:06 ↗ through that exercise a little bit

1:17:07 ↗ quicker and see if there was any

1:17:08 ↗ thoughts or anything anybody wanted to

1:17:09 ↗ share back or yeah I didn't see any

1:17:14 ↗ pedestrian crossing type things I didn't

1:17:17 ↗ see anything for the st3 although you

1:17:20 ↗ could probably put a trolley station

1:17:22 ↗ there yes and number five I had a hard

1:17:29 ↗ time with number five because it goes

1:17:31 ↗ through so much of the area that it it

1:17:35 ↗ has almost different ecosystems it goes

1:17:38 ↗ through so different even though it's

1:17:40 ↗ number five it's different attributes to

1:17:43 ↗ different parts of number four okay

1:17:45 ↗ I'm also wanted to break that out so on

1:17:48 ↗ just a couple points on Sound Transit's

1:17:50 ↗ so you did did you mark these comments

1:17:52 ↗ down for us again okay so well on that

1:17:55 ↗ one yeah I think we heard that a couple

1:17:57 ↗ of times that there weren't any images

1:17:58 ↗ that had that we're really with that it

1:18:01 ↗ was for us it's a little bit of a

1:18:03 ↗ crossing point but it's a crossing and

1:18:07 ↗ we don't know whether it's elevated or

1:18:08 ↗ goes under or the different ways or

1:18:10 ↗ actually even where it will really end

1:18:12 ↗ up

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1:18:14 ↗ looking we might make find something to

1:18:17 ↗ support it at least so we have something

1:18:19 ↗ in there a graphic or image that we

1:18:23 ↗ could do that we'll do without and then

1:18:24 ↗ same with kind of the number-5 area so

1:18:28 ↗ did you you you kind of gave us the

1:18:30 ↗ comment that it's changing character

1:18:33 ↗ quite a bit

1:18:34 ↗ they didn't okay okay okay we you just

1:18:39 ↗ did there you go

1:18:40 ↗ there you go but that's yeah thank you

1:18:41 ↗ that's what we wanted to get get some

1:18:43 ↗ feedback one last thing and number ten I

1:18:46 ↗ didn't see anything that would be like

1:18:49 ↗ vendor resources if you wanted to create

1:18:52 ↗ a like for food trucks or pop tents for

1:18:56 ↗ refreshments on a hot summer day because

1:18:58 ↗ we got a volleyball events in there and

1:19:00 ↗ a lot of Tours gonna be going through

1:19:02 ↗ and there's nothing to serve those

1:19:04 ↗ tourists okay

1:19:05 ↗ nope we can great well we can get that

1:19:08 ↗ too that's good thanks just one thought

1:19:10 ↗ following up on Ron's thought about

1:19:12 ↗ sound transit might be good to have look

1:19:16 ↗ at what Sound Transit's been doing in

1:19:18 ↗ their stations that they've been

1:19:19 ↗ building and designing and see if

1:19:20 ↗ there's things that we like and don't

1:19:23 ↗ like about what they've done so far and

1:19:25 ↗ what might work best from for our

1:19:28 ↗ community from those yeah there's the

1:19:32 ↗ built ones and then the others that are

1:19:34 ↗ still planned and in construction I

1:19:36 ↗ think there's enough images to really

1:19:39 ↗ start to see what some of the character

1:19:41 ↗ might be and if there's you know they're

1:19:43 ↗ all pretty unique conditions I'm not

1:19:47 ↗ sure if there's like to think through if

1:19:49 ↗ there's one that's kind of like on this

1:19:50 ↗ interstate a lot of them have been and a

1:19:54 ↗ lot of them have been so urban yeah you

1:19:59 ↗ know they're just starting to work their

1:20:00 ↗ way out yeah - a little further away so

1:20:04 ↗ probably feels a little different than

1:20:06 ↗ anything that's been yeah and yet but

1:20:09 ↗ yeah that's that's the the interesting

1:20:12 ↗ thing with what we tried to do was use

1:20:15 ↗ something you you recognized some of the

1:20:16 ↗ exhibits you know we borrowed from some

1:20:18 ↗ of your design guy whose urban design

1:20:21 ↗ some other publications you had and put

1:20:24 ↗ those out to kind of see you know

1:20:26 ↗ still fit and if they do that's great

1:20:28 ↗ but then we populate with images from

1:20:30 ↗ other places and my that might be one

1:20:31 ↗ thing to do is is is we could do a

1:20:34 ↗ little exploration on maybe transit

1:20:37 ↗ stations that aren't just Sound Transit

1:20:39 ↗ here local because you I think it's a

1:20:41 ↗ good point that they're herbal and we

1:20:43 ↗ might be able to find some that that

1:20:44 ↗ have a context where maybe they are I

1:20:46 ↗ don't know if there's a one that's done

1:20:49 ↗ this lidded or something like that but

1:20:51 ↗ we can definitely see if there's some

1:20:52 ↗ images we could we could go incorporate

1:20:55 ↗ thank you

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1:21:11 ↗ all right most of these pictures talked

1:21:14 ↗ about an urban or designed park area

1:21:16 ↗ they don't talk about retaining any

1:21:19 ↗ functionality or benefit of retaining

1:21:21 ↗ the natural beauty for its own sake or

1:21:23 ↗ for carbon offset or for preserving or

1:21:28 ↗ taking in pollutants I think we need to

1:21:31 ↗ talk more about how we're gonna do that

1:21:32 ↗ within the urban core areas and also

1:21:35 ↗ talk about retaining the natural beauty

1:21:37 ↗ and let's say this is why I don't see a

1:21:40 ↗ plan and I'd like to see directly the

1:21:42 ↗ parks department be responsible for more

1:21:45 ↗ than just to build areas but also those

1:21:48 ↗ tree canopy and squawk Mountain and all

1:21:51 ↗ that in this concept okay well so in is

1:21:56 ↗ and that would be within some of the the

1:21:59 ↗ green corridors and things like that to

1:22:01 ↗ make sure we're expressing that is that

1:22:05 ↗ the green areas plus it's beyond it's

1:22:08 ↗ for all of Issaquah okay they're like

1:22:10 ↗ protecting the beauty of that's Issaquah

1:22:12 ↗ helps does the parks or should the parks

1:22:13 ↗ department have some responsibility for

1:22:16 ↗ that throughout this is koala life okay

1:22:20 ↗ yeah just real quick Steve great great

1:22:23 ↗ point so one of the points I made in the

1:22:25 ↗ introduction though this exercise is

1:22:28 ↗ about central Issaquah certainly

1:22:30 ↗ something we recognized in this map

1:22:31 ↗ really is the the necklace as it

1:22:34 ↗ supports and performs and is positioned

1:22:36 ↗ for central Issaquah we recognized as we

1:22:40 ↗ are working on the park plan as we're

1:22:42 ↗ even working on this our responsibility

1:22:45 ↗ just what you're saying goes beyond

1:22:46 ↗ these borders and we really see it as a

1:22:49 ↗ connected and unified system I do know

1:22:51 ↗ that some of the groupings certainly

1:22:53 ↗ spoke and had some strong images about

1:22:56 ↗ more passive and Natural Area parks I'm

1:22:58 ↗ not sure if you had gotten to those

1:23:00 ↗ those visuals I liked 74 through 76

1:23:04 ↗ pictures but for retaining natural

1:23:06 ↗ beauty but most of them didn't seem to

1:23:09 ↗ talk about that in my opinion great

1:23:11 ↗ respect cool Thanks

1:23:18 ↗ and one other thing that I forgot to

1:23:21 ↗ mention here and that is there are a lot

1:23:23 ↗ of regional bike routes that come into

1:23:27 ↗ Issaquah because of our mountains and so

1:23:29 ↗ a lot of people like to ride the

1:23:31 ↗ mountains and I didn't see anything for

1:23:33 ↗ squawk that's a really common bike path

1:23:37 ↗ so people go up to Forest Rim up from

1:23:40 ↗ sunset and then back down to a sunset ok

1:23:45 ↗ oh I'm sorry nevermind scratch all that

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1:24:06 ↗ any other thoughts or comments and we

1:24:11 ↗ really appreciate you participating in

1:24:12 ↗ this and kind of excited to see what

1:24:15 ↗ what we're gonna come up and we're gonna

1:24:17 ↗ get you know some pretty good collection

1:24:20 ↗ of images and things here we will kind

1:24:23 ↗ of do a little bit to augment this with

1:24:26 ↗ some of the comments so you gave us some

1:24:28 ↗ comments with the image and things like

1:24:29 ↗ that so we can add to it so there might

1:24:30 ↗ be some other additional images kind of

1:24:32 ↗ coming in to help help really kind of

1:24:35 ↗ give it some framework and some vision

1:24:37 ↗ but what we got got tonight was great

1:24:41 ↗ it's gonna launch us into into the last

1:24:44 ↗ phase of this effort to put together a

1:24:48 ↗ cohesive vision for the green necklace I

1:24:55 ↗ think you still have meeting to do or

1:24:58 ↗ something right oh this is it ok ok

1:25:23 ↗ so I guess we're gonna go ahead and wrap

1:25:26 ↗ it up and did we have any last comments

1:25:29 ↗ from the commissioners will be wrap it

1:25:32 ↗ up okay I'm going to actually need a

1:25:35 ↗ motion to in the meeting no all right

1:25:39 ↗ we're going to end the meeting at 8:02

1:25:41 ↗ yeah

1:25:43 ↗ all right thank you meeting adjourned

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