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Thursday, September 27, 2018

6:30 PM · Council Chambers, 135 E. Sunset Way, Issaquah WA
1. CALL TO ORDER
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Commission Membership
packet pp.3
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 2019 – Joan Probala land use documents. 2020 – Ron Faul 2020 – Troy Rahmig Membership 2022 – Joy Lewis The Planning Policy Commission is comprised of 2022 – Vacant seven regular members, with four-year terms; and 2022 – Bill Rinehart several alternates, with two-year terms. All 2022 – Lindsey Walsh 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, 2020 – AJ McGauley see IMC 18.03. 2020 – Vacant 2020 – Jason Voiss 2020 – Vacant
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Discussion - 2018 Comprehensive Plan Amendments: Transportation Element Appendix B, Implementation Strategies
Trish Heinonen, Planning Policy Manager Christen Leeson, Senior Planner · packet pp.5–19
Topics: Land UseTransportation
Staff report:
The State Growth Management Act (GMA) allows jurisdictions to amend their Comprehensive Plans only once a year. In January, the Planning Policy Commission (PPC) held a public hearing on the 2018 Docket of Comprehensive Plan amendments. This list of amendments is compiled by the City Administration and the PPC, and public comments provide information for additional Commission deliberation. After the public hearing and PPC deliberation, the Commission recommended the 2018 Docket to the City Council. The Council’s Land & Shore Committee reviewed the Docket in February and took action stating which amendments are the focus for 2018. The Docket, with additional information about PPC’s review, is included in the September 27 meeting packet.
3. OTHER BUSINESS / ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Upcoming Schedule
packet pp.21
Staff report:
OTHER BUSINESS / ANNOUNCEMENTS a) 2018 PPC Schedule (tentative) (updated 9/19/18) All meetings located in Council Chambers unless noted May September 5/10/18 9/13/18 Comprehensive Plan Amendments a) Talus End of DAs – Parcel 9 – remand from Council (public (Land Use Element, Parks Element) hearing) b) Olde Town Plan – vision/policies wrap up (public hearing) 9/27/18 Comprehensive Plan Amendments c) Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) 5/24/18: continued (Transportation Element, Appendix B a) Training – (new & existing members) Implementation) b) Olde Town Plan – Tour June October 6/14/18 10/11/18 a) Official date new members begin: elect Chair/Vice Chair a) Public Hearing: Compact Municipal Buildings b) 2018 Parks Strategic Plan - (public hearing) b) Comprehensive Plan Amendments continued c) Olde Town Plan: recommendation (continued public hearing) d) Intro: Gilman Blvd Visioning…
0:17 Misha but you guys just proposed it well
0:19 hey looks good evening and welcome to
0:24 the September 27th meeting in the
0:27 Planning Policy Commission tonight we
0:29 are going to watch the blinking light we
0:33 are going to discuss the transportation
0:36 element of the comprehensive plan and
0:39 our senior planner Chris Kristin will
0:44 start us on a discussion this evening I
0:47 will good evening so I'm gonna cover the
0:50 transportation element and they were not
0:51 not many amendments this year so we had
0:55 proposed four we have three the first is
0:58 the update of the Transportation
0:59 Improvement Program which the Planning
1:02 Policy Commission reviewed and
1:03 recommended this year and then it was
1:05 approved by City Council so this is
1:07 simply inserting the approved document
1:09 into the plan we also had update
1:13 transportation concurrency but that
1:14 didn't happen it was an update of a
1:16 transport of the model for traffic but
1:18 not for concurrency as policy stands so
1:20 that was taken off of our list update
1:23 information regarding the commute trip
1:24 reduction act a couple of years ago the
1:26 state updated the CTR program and there
1:28 are just some small required changes
1:30 that we needed to put into our code and
1:32 lastly the st3 election was in 2016 we
1:37 had policies in there to prep us for
1:39 that but now that we've been included in
1:41 that and we will be getting light rail
1:43 we've had to update those policies as
1:44 well AJ what is transportation
1:47 concurrency mean that Trish will you
1:52 explain that as a GMA growth management
1:55 act term that says that when you're
1:58 growing the growth should help pay for
2:01 the capacity it requires and so we're
2:04 allowed to charge some sorts of impact
2:06 fees to help cities with that and one of
2:09 them is the transportation impact fee
2:12 that we calculate based on with help
2:15 from our concurrency model which shows
2:18 it's a four it's it figures out now but
2:21 it also forecasts how our intersections
2:24 and the street segments work I don't
2:26 work
2:26 so it's a model to quantify what our
2:29 transportation impact fees should be
2:32 that's a byproduct of it but it also
2:35 shows us where we should be thinking
2:37 about maybe doing capacity projects to
2:39 show up on the TI P influencers long
2:43 term they use it for many things
2:45 yeah and in just a little history lesson
2:47 when was it back in 2002 thousand 2000
2:51 we had a moratorium because of
2:53 concurrency we weren't writing right
2:55 yeah so right so we did lose it as it's
2:58 supposed to be used that you can stop
3:00 growth or slow it down if you're not
3:01 needing your concurrency goals are we
3:04 aiming to tackle that next year we're in
3:08 the midst of an update right now and we
3:09 just didn't finish it in time to put the
3:11 outcome in the plan so yeah it would be
3:13 part of next year's update yes okay so
3:17 I'm gonna fly through these unless
3:18 because they're pretty obvious so
3:21 there's the Improvement Program
3:22 Transportation Improvement Program that
3:24 you all reviewed and recommended and
3:27 council approved this is the map that
3:28 shows where the projects are and will
3:30 this will the will event flow through
3:33 the Transportation Commission the next
3:36 time my guess is that yes it would that
3:39 would be yeah because I always this was
3:41 one that I always felt the PCC never
3:44 really PPC never really got a good
3:47 chance to provide feedback kind of just
3:49 asked in front of us but it would still
3:52 come here still come you but I never
3:56 felt like it was got much of that right
3:58 it is something that would go to the
3:59 transportation advisory board okay
4:01 hand-in-hand with like land-use it does
4:04 well it does yeah and the reason that it
4:08 comes to PPC is because there's projects
4:11 in the comp plan and land use projects
4:13 and what you all would do is make sure
4:15 that what was on the map that we said we
4:17 needed for growth was actually showing
4:19 up on that on the TI P and so for a
4:22 while when Gary used to do it we would
4:24 have him tell us he had a special list
4:27 of the comp plan projects that were
4:28 listed in our plan that met with the
4:31 growth and how it how it fit into his
4:34 plan so they're all one plan yeah so for
4:37 example we have
4:38 like three new roads and an over
4:39 crossing with i-90 that you know we're
4:42 anticipating on this growth in central
4:43 Issaquah and so those were included in
4:45 the model to see how they would or would
4:47 not help transportation concurrency it
4:49 turns out that they will help so those
4:51 are included on the tee IP right they're
4:53 not funded yeah the TA P includes a very
4:57 large amount of funding very large lists
4:59 and right but like the first seconds
5:01 it's going in now that was part of the
5:03 the growth that we need every interest
5:05 62nd by Costco oh yeah that was one of
5:08 the ones that we needed to help with the
5:10 growth there in that area yeah that goes
5:16 sort of in the side the back end at
5:17 Hawkstone not it was gonna be open by
5:19 the end of the opening yes opening soon
5:22 November I think I don't supposed to
5:24 remember December in 248 a year I'm not
5:26 sure the day everything's fully northern
5:30 fighting ok commute trip reduction act
5:34 like I said this is required 2015 or
5:36 2016 CTR updates they changed things
5:39 like they no longer you no longer call
5:41 it single occupancy vehicle it is now a
5:43 non drive alone trip so we had to train
5:46 change that and we they asked us to
5:49 include transportation management action
5:52 plans which is something we have sort of
5:54 done in the past but it's never been
5:55 very formal so we need to formalize that
5:57 and then and transportation management
6:00 action plans are when projects larger
6:02 projects come in you sit down with them
6:04 and it's sort of a contract where you
6:05 say you will do these things provide
6:07 Orica cards provide ride share provide
6:09 vans that kind of thing to your
6:11 employees to help reduce the number of
6:13 trips on the road and then we differ
6:16 made definitions for both of those so
6:19 you can see here where we just said
6:21 improve the number of non drive alone
6:22 trips same there transportation
6:27 management action plans just use those
6:29 during the development review process
6:32 you go back
6:41 including commute your production chair
6:44 vehicles that cheer vehicles comma
6:45 transit comma and bike share or those to
6:48 your vehicle's trans into bike share
6:49 examples of community yeah it should be
6:52 a comma what page is that on I see the
6:59 tip but I don't see these as I see the
7:04 i9 oh here we go okay page 11 okay which
7:13 employers do we do commuter production
7:16 with oh now we're trying to do it with
7:18 all employers okay but in prior years
7:20 its pending any employer who had 100
7:22 employees or more okay and there were
7:24 about eight of them but the the new goal
7:27 is to do with all yes video at all so
7:29 regardless longer it's no longer it's
7:32 now all trips instead of just those the
7:36 comater trip with larger employers yeah
7:38 pardon me Jason I was gonna say so it's
7:40 regardless the size of company now it is
7:43 okay yes again non driving on trips non
7:51 drive alone trips or actually we said
7:53 trips other than cars and then non
7:56 driving alone trips good okay this is
8:01 one of the definitions that we have for
8:03 transportation management action plan we
8:06 don't actually have a formal different
8:08 definition we had a draft that was done
8:09 several years ago along with something
8:11 else that was in our code so we combined
8:13 those two and made this let me to read
8:17 it and do we have team apps with major
8:22 employers wait to I think are in place
8:24 and that's all Moscow and I was I
8:29 thought it was the school that I'm not
8:31 sure we did it I know I thought it might
8:33 have been in apartment complex but I
8:37 don't remember but I - I think is what
8:39 are in place and so do we have in our
8:41 comp planning goals in terms of how many
8:43 or in which scenarios we want these it
8:47 is in the know we're working on it so
8:49 part of that we have our CTR commute
8:52 trip reduction program
8:53 it's actually an adopted ordinance that
8:55 talks about it and then once we more
8:58 we're trying to get these more
8:59 formalized and I think that'll be part
9:01 of the master mobility plan and it would
9:04 be listed there but we don't get that
9:05 specific and the comp plan okay so we
9:08 just say this is something that can't
9:09 happen but we're not we don't have any
9:11 goal like it this is what we would like
9:13 to happen this is what it is and then
9:15 we'll figure out the numbers later it's
9:16 kinda like when you say we want lower
9:18 building heights don't know what those
9:19 are yet we'll figure it out the
9:20 standards so it's the same kind of thing
9:22 and for now though for development we
9:24 have transportation demand programs
9:26 that's sort of the right a distant
9:28 cousin of this that we're trying to get
9:30 better and better so we do require when
9:32 businesses come in that they tell us you
9:34 know that they try to carpool that they
9:36 try to do or cards that they do all that
9:37 good stuff but this is like the next
9:39 generation of that and non drive alone
9:45 trips a knee commute to work a store a
9:48 home a park that does not involve one
9:49 person driving in a car it's made by
9:52 alternative modes such as bike foot bus
9:54 or carpool so why do you use why to use
9:59 the word commune
10:00 wouldn't you say any trip or work a
10:02 store at home park I'm good with that
10:05 that's a good point I think his commute
10:09 yeah I think a trip yeah Sartre saying
10:12 any trip okay then I and then I would
10:15 throw in to work a store a home a park
10:18 or another I were throwing like another
10:21 destination
10:22 do you have any thoughts cuz I couldn't
10:23 think I won no no I meant literally put
10:25 in another destination it's because I
10:30 could see something to read that and be
10:31 like well why are we just managing work
10:34 shopping and park trips right or a trip
10:39 yeah it's just for another destination
10:42 yeah okay one person driving one car
10:46 anything else on this one I think I
10:48 would switch bus to transit
10:54 because it's a form of transit though
10:56 right yes it could also mean light rail
10:59 but you wanna you want it to be more
11:00 that's of Zain use use transit to be
11:02 more to be less specific because you
11:04 could you could get lighter oh you like
11:06 shuttles yep more broader okay lastly
11:15 like I said st3 was in play
11:20 last time we wrote when we wrote these
11:21 policies and we were trying to get it
11:24 and then lo and behold we have it coming
11:26 so we updated some of these we called it
11:28 for example high-capacity transit at the
11:30 time because we didn't know if it was
11:31 going to be a bus rapid line a rapid bus
11:33 line or if it was going to be light rail
11:36 so it was just all-encompassing
11:37 high-capacity transit so we just trained
11:39 to change that we had initially put
11:43 satellite operations maintenance center
11:45 in there as a way to help encourage and
11:49 say sure we'll take it off we'll take a
11:51 maintenance center but now it's you know
11:54 are we do are we doing no longer one the
11:58 OMF
11:59 not necessarily no maintenance centers
12:02 are really large and hard to find a
12:04 location and yeah is the idea with us t3
12:08 that the sound transit light rail that
12:10 comes through there's not gonna it's not
12:11 like Bellevue where they're gonna have a
12:13 large Depot with his equality just kind
12:16 of comes in it has a stop and then it
12:18 moves along fun fact the st3 plan does
12:21 not end does not have any language
12:23 around the OMF for this line around the
12:27 way so the operations operates maintence
12:29 asila t unlike all the other extensions
12:31 this line does not have any language
12:33 around it okay and so it's in its
12:35 currently open what they'll do right and
12:37 and Bellevue got a maintenance Center I
12:39 don't know that it's likely that they'll
12:41 put one here that's just the current
12:45 plan I'll take off my Commission and put
12:48 on my Sound Transit hat the current plan
12:50 is it will be an independent line mm-hmm
12:52 and so will not enter line with the idea
12:54 being that they want to be flexible
12:56 around technology and so while might be
12:58 light rail won't necessarily be the same
13:01 breed of cars that the other lines are
13:03 moving and so it
13:06 highly likely that it'll get its own
13:07 maintenance facility which will just
13:09 look very different than we're building
13:10 now because the thought is technology
13:12 should have changed sufficiently in the
13:14 next 10 or 15 years it will that the
13:17 cars would look quite different because
13:18 the cars were running right now and the
13:20 one that we're buying right now are
13:22 based on 1990s technology okay and so
13:25 the thought was to to to have it be
13:28 distinct enough so the technology look
13:31 quite different okay
13:32 we have 22 years to decide but we're
13:37 planning now we're planning for the
13:39 place it'll it'll what its gonna look
13:41 it'll open and open in 22 years but most
13:43 of the important decisions will be made
13:45 in the next 8 to 10 I understand I don't
13:47 yeah and therefore its associated use
13:50 discuss who knows what its gonna need
13:52 yeah
13:55 this one at the time but they were also
13:58 doing the Metro long-range plan and we
14:00 were anticipating light rail and we were
14:05 we wanted to we wanted to connect better
14:08 with Sammamish now the press we didn't
14:09 know if it would be light rail or what
14:10 it was going to be in the fact it looked
14:11 a little confusing so now we're just
14:13 saying we just want to officially
14:14 efficiently connect with our neighboring
14:17 jurisdictions their employers such as
14:19 Microsoft's you know anything else that
14:22 may be up there the people who live
14:23 there
14:23 we just want a more efficient system
14:25 between those areas Kathir one
14:28 suggestion to the same train systems a
14:30 transit network I feel like it
14:33 integrated a network I think it's got
14:34 our language sure yeah that works
14:42 and then the last one the when we wrote
14:46 that the Metro connects plan was not and
14:48 played a minute mentor connects plan as
14:50 Metro his long-range plan and it hadn't
14:51 been written yet her adopted so we just
14:54 included that to update it and that's
14:59 all I have for me can I any questions or
15:01 comments yeah can I add a pata policy so
15:04 one thing that we talked at length when
15:06 we so this is this is within this so
15:09 maybe it's expanding a policy maybe one
15:11 dozen okay because one thing we talked
15:13 at length and we were talking about the
15:16 light rail station location I remember
15:18 we talked about we were talking about a
15:23 map and where we wanted to put the
15:25 representative project and we talked at
15:27 length about whether or not we wanted it
15:28 in i-90 right outside about ninety one
15:30 of thoughts from ever be in ninety was
15:32 it that would means we could leverage
15:34 the ste three project to help make I
15:37 ninety itself more permeable the idea
15:40 being that if you build the station
15:41 there will be INAT crossings associated
15:43 with and so forth is that something that
15:45 we want to add within this transit
15:46 network so I would propose that we maybe
15:50 do that next year because right now
15:52 we're coming out with a strategic plan
15:53 and if you've seen the draft strategic
15:56 plan one of it which I think the survey
15:58 is out for people to comments just gonna
15:59 know the survey is out and available for
16:03 you to comment on the draft strategic
16:05 plan and I was on the transportation
16:07 group that came up with our objectives
16:09 there and had a very long discussion
16:11 about the light rail station and we did
16:13 propose to work with Sound Transit to
16:17 identify a transit stop a transit
16:21 location so I would kind of wait and see
16:25 what happens there okay and then we can
16:27 put it in there Trish do you have any
16:29 other thoughts on that and because I
16:30 think it deserves a bigger conversation
16:32 than four of us putting it in and yeah
16:34 I'm having it go to council because
16:36 there's going to be some pondering on
16:38 that and the where and the how and and I
16:40 think it deserves more than just our
16:43 comp plan process I think it it's better
16:45 fits in the city strategic plan
16:47 discussion I mean no it elevates it to a
16:50 bigger discussion it does the
16:52 transportation mobility group spent
16:53 hours talking about just that
16:56 okay and then we took it to the bigger
16:57 strategic plan group and spent time
16:59 talking about it there so I think it's a
17:01 much bigger discussion so I say we wait
17:03 and see just a little bit kind of where
17:05 we're going with that and then put it in
17:07 there maybe next year and they'd
17:08 probably be on the new transportation
17:10 group would be talking about that too
17:12 wouldn't they right right
17:14 depending on what happens with the
17:15 strategic plan right yeah I don't think
17:17 we should make any reference to where we
17:19 would want it I think there's still this
17:23 discussion with Sound Transit and they
17:25 have a their ideas just like Bellevue
17:29 had back and forth so I think we need to
17:32 wait and discuss that okay all right
17:38 Trish
17:53 this part this is a really exciting part
17:56 I'm not sure if you remember from the
17:59 docket this was one that you guys pulled
18:02 up from us not doing it so this is
18:06 number 12 back in 2015 I think Joan was
18:10 probably the only one here in 2015 we
18:14 had to do the 8 year complete comp plan
18:16 update with all the elements and when we
18:19 started going through all the elements
18:21 we realized that back in the day a lot
18:24 of the implementation went in with the
18:27 policies and the goals and so it went
18:30 you know the aspirational we want to do
18:32 this we want to do that and then we
18:34 actually had projects and plans that
18:36 would get us to the goals and the policy
18:38 so in 2015 we realized we had a lot in
18:43 all the elements so we pulled them all
18:45 out and put them in this appendix and
18:48 said we're gonna get to those we can't
18:51 sort them out yet because it's 2015 and
18:54 we're updating all the elements so we'll
18:55 come back to those and figure them all
18:57 out well today was the day so we
19:01 unearthed them all and went wow that is
19:04 a lot of stuff in this in this appendix
19:07 and so we because you guys were so
19:09 brilliant when you did Old Town and you
19:11 had the three specific time frames so we
19:14 structured it like that and so we we
19:18 made the little charts we talked to all
19:20 the departments to ask them if they
19:21 remembered all these implementation
19:23 plans and projects that were listed in
19:26 the appendix and most of them they
19:28 recognized some of them they did not and
19:32 then they told us what date did they do
19:35 the original or whatever the most
19:36 current one was and then the anticipated
19:40 update so that's how they're listed in
19:41 the table is what's the most current one
19:44 of whatever it is and then when is the
19:46 update and the the piece I want to
19:49 stress that we stressed when we first
19:52 adopted this is an appendix is there's
19:55 no requirement to fund these council is
19:57 not
19:58 and because they're listed here to put
20:01 them in the budget on any given time
20:02 it's just used as a tool to remind them
20:05 of all the projects and programs that
20:07 they wanted to do at one time or the
20:09 ones that are out there that are maybe
20:11 in need of an update there's no funding
20:14 requirement because they're in here okay
20:17 I wanted to just stress that that we're
20:20 not telling the council what to do by
20:22 putting them in here and putting when we
20:24 anticipate they'd be updated so that's
20:27 the background and then I just through
20:29 the charts and their most of them are to
20:32 be updated in the next couple of years
20:34 from 2019 to 2020 a lot of them are
20:39 gonna be pretty exciting Kristin talked
20:41 about number seven the mobility master
20:43 plan I know you all had talked about
20:46 that the tree canopy study we're going
20:48 to update that again next year with the
20:50 street parks strategic plan that was
20:52 listed there we're gonna have a
20:54 comprehensive wayfinding plan we've been
20:56 talking about that for a long time and
20:58 that's supposed to be on tap for next
21:00 year
21:02 the Historic Landmarks that's gonna be a
21:05 fun one I'm so that's the first I think
21:08 there's a couple charts of the different
21:11 ones we don't currently have landmarks
21:13 we did we have we don't have we have an
21:17 inventory of all the ones that could be
21:19 but we only have actually landmarked a
21:22 handful of them four four four it's an
21:26 example of like a landmark Hickory Creek
21:29 Farm is a national landmark not not a
21:30 local landmark but Gillman Town Hall is
21:32 local Depot is local the Shell station
21:34 is local and then the Qunari house was
21:37 designated by mark Miller's oh wait gum
21:39 in a Gillman Town Hall is not yet
21:40 they're about to nominate it right so I
21:43 think I'm curious about what's promote
21:45 mean then that we're trying to establish
21:47 some is landmark so we're just trying to
21:48 take our existing landmarks and so many
21:53 better potentially could be but no one a
21:57 lot of folks don't even realize that if
21:59 they own a property that could that
22:01 there's even a mechanism that you could
22:03 do that and so I think we would be more
22:05 letting folks know what the program
22:08 would be for them to land market
22:10 then what things they couldn't couldn't
22:11 do with it and just to maybe be more
22:14 proactive on all the historic buildings
22:17 that we do have right and several years
22:19 ago as for part of confluence park I
22:23 wasn't here for the very beginning of it
22:25 but we wound up taking down an Anderson
22:26 house which the Army Corps felt like it
22:29 was a could have been a landmark
22:30 building and we wound up taking it down
22:32 so as mitigation we gave the state
22:35 funding to be used for historic
22:37 preservation projects and they've done a
22:38 grant but they just went through their
22:40 first grant cycle and you know they have
22:43 like two hundred thousand dollars to use
22:46 and I think only ninety three thousand
22:49 was used so they still have money so
22:50 they would like to potentially use some
22:53 of that funding to go out and talk to
22:54 these property owners who are on the
22:56 historic resources inventory and just
22:58 educate them about land marking okay I
23:02 think that's great but I don't I don't
23:05 like churches promoting historic land
23:07 landmarks is clear right that's how it
23:10 was listed in the appendix so and we
23:12 don't want as well we don't have we
23:13 don't really know what its gonna be so
23:15 we just sort of left it there as a
23:16 placeholder that something supposed to
23:18 happen on that but yeah we agree there
23:22 were some wordings that we were like
23:23 well we don't want to just say something
23:25 something glamorous we could I might not
23:28 get very far but what's what's the
23:30 process for moving them from the
23:32 appendix into more actionable sections
23:37 well because their implementation we
23:40 didn't want to put them back in the comp
23:42 plan because the comp plans supposed to
23:43 be goals and policies but if they like a
23:46 lot of these actually live on their own
23:48 as a document but this is sort of
23:51 keeping track of what's the most current
23:53 and when are they going to be updated so
23:56 the fact that they're in an appendix
23:58 doesn't mean they're any less alive than
24:01 than being out in the world like the
24:02 water planned the sewer plan those exist
24:04 but we're just keeping track of sort of
24:07 when the newest one is and when they
24:09 would be redone and back in 2015 when we
24:12 were I think Chris mentioned it but when
24:14 we were going through the comple and the
24:15 council felt like a lot of these were
24:16 too actionable to be listed as policies
24:19 in the comp plan so that's why they were
24:21 pulled out
24:22 these are considered somewhat actionable
24:25 is that this committees job to see which
24:28 ones are valuable to pull out and make
24:31 more actionable or there there might be
24:35 ones that when you see the new and
24:36 update in the Far column if you think it
24:41 should be updated sooner than not that
24:44 again we can't fund it or not fund it
24:46 based on our group but you may think
24:48 that something may need to go sooner
24:50 than something else if there's something
24:52 in a later years oh this is still the
24:58 first the first set if you thought for
25:00 example that the old town sub area plan
25:03 should be updated sooner than five years
25:06 I mean that's number three the historic
25:10 preservation plan here you go AJ we're
25:13 supposed to do an all new one in 2022
25:15 because we don't have one so that's if
25:19 that's something that you think should
25:20 go sooner you can certainly recommend
25:24 that but that doesn't necessarily get it
25:26 any any new font anymore finding sooner
25:30 no so what kind of feedback are you
25:32 looking for on this particular section
25:34 do you want us to kind of review the
25:36 timing and give you feedback we do want
25:38 to when we gave you this for Old Town
25:40 you moved a lot of things around you
25:42 wanted a lot of things sooner and not so
25:44 many things later so it's not exactly
25:48 the same format because a lot of these
25:52 we don't have any like as much as I love
25:55 the Emergency Management Plan there's
25:57 nothing I can do to make it go faster or
26:00 slower but we've listed it in there
26:02 because it was listed in the in the plan
26:05 and it it will get updated in 2021 but
26:09 certainly if there's pieces that you'd
26:11 like to alert the council that you feel
26:13 should be done sooner we can certainly
26:15 put that in the recommendation I think
26:20 it's also more to let you know all of
26:23 the different pieces and parts that the
26:25 city has available to it that are tools
26:27 to help us find our destiny through all
26:30 these different planning and project and
26:32 implementations there's so many things
26:34 out there that were
26:35 doing or were updating or were to help
26:39 us reach the future that we want I know
26:43 we had a long discussion about level of
26:47 service for various parts of the city
26:50 and I know we talked about fire and
26:52 police and you have it in here 1819 is
26:55 it coming soon because I think it's a
26:58 really important piece right we're doing
27:00 the data collection now but we're not
27:02 able to get all of the data wrapped
27:04 around the projects before the end of
27:07 the year so so they're being we're
27:10 thinking and I still haven't heard back
27:11 from the person that's helping me if
27:14 we're gonna get transportation done this
27:15 year but for Parks Fire and Police
27:21 those are bumped til the beginning of
27:23 next year to finish and then part of us
27:25 at least on the schedule we're in the
27:28 midst of them right and then Parks is
27:29 the end of next year it should be done I
27:32 understand the necessity of parks and we
27:35 all love parks but I also like fire and
27:38 policemen sound right sure that they're
27:40 right because we haven't done fire for a
27:42 while
27:43 yes 2006 or some south way or is pretty
27:46 long time to go and I know okay okay so
27:51 it doesn't sound like there's any just
27:55 to clarify my understanding so some of
27:56 it is like you said it's just itemized
27:59 being is what previously was thought was
28:02 more immediate action and then some of
28:05 it is you guys are actually waiting or
28:07 data or information or waiting for
28:09 things so it doesn't necessarily mean
28:11 that it's if it's in the short term
28:13 actions 21 to 22 doesn't necessarily
28:16 mean that it's languishing because I'll
28:20 prioritize it just means you might be
28:21 waiting for something right or it might
28:23 be on a five-year cycle or a six-year
28:25 cycle or something that would put it in
28:27 those later years like the the water
28:31 system plan on this last page they have
28:33 a 10-year cycle and they're just about
28:35 to be adopted and so that would run it
28:38 you know they would be done for a while
28:40 which then they can work on other things
28:43 but it just depends on like the parks
28:45 plan has a six year cycle so
28:48 this is just a way to keep track of when
28:51 things are coming around again so a the
28:56 last question I think I have is for the
28:58 public art program going from half
29:00 percent to one percent in 2019 has it
29:08 been talked about or is it just bad I'm
29:11 buddy decided to put it on the know that
29:13 made it into the that's 14 isn't it
29:17 yeah that's 14 in the in the immediate
29:21 okay
29:22 and she says they're actually working on
29:23 that and they hope to have it done in
29:25 2019 Oh Amy I talked to Amy on that
29:28 because it's the Arts Commission working
29:30 on this or as Amy as a government
29:35 employee working on it I I always think
29:38 it's she and the Arts Commission I
29:40 didn't ask her specifically but do you
29:42 know they don't have any control over
29:44 how much money it is so it really should
29:47 be coming from somebody else who
29:48 approves oh one percent okay and I just
29:52 assumed that they was working with King
29:54 County through the Arts Commission and
29:56 it's up to the city a to the right side
29:59 if it's gonna be one percent or a half
30:01 percent so okay Arts Commission just
30:03 spends it and makes wonderful decides
30:05 discussion freo they do she was how much
30:08 money they get right well this was the
30:10 language that she gave me and you're
30:12 right it doesn't actually say who she's
30:14 working with as the executive right cuz
30:21 Amy's out of the executive department so
30:23 that's her department so I can ask her
30:26 if you want on how she's doing that or
30:27 how it's moving through I just like to I
30:30 mean I I think that's a you know with
30:33 all the money that's spent for so many
30:35 different programs in the city I mean it
30:37 would be great if it were 1% as long as
30:39 it didn't interfere with budget for
30:43 something else that was critical
30:50 yeah it seems like a fun I like the
30:53 offending that money yeah a lot of
30:56 neat examples on where the money's gone
30:58 already that I had no idea the things
31:01 that it's funded it was a pretty cool
31:02 list I
31:03 I want some more in the electrical boxes
31:06 covered yeah those are really fun yes
31:09 there's some great ones
31:11 awesome idea from Mary Lorna yeah that
31:15 was a fun one okay anything else on I've
31:21 got to come one the st3 planning process
31:25 you guys were talking about this should
31:26 that be called it as a separate line and
31:28 if that's such a big deal or do you
31:29 think that's captured in some of the
31:30 other transportation elements because
31:34 that's kind of its own I think that's
31:36 hard see its own thing coming out of the
31:38 strategic plan right and right and the
31:40 master mobility plan and I think it's
31:43 his own animal so but since its own
31:45 animal should be its own line item on
31:47 this ability is in their numbers right
31:54 and I and I would I would still wait on
31:58 that one with a strategic plan are you
32:05 thinking though what just just to
32:07 acknowledge that that's in a like is
32:08 that an immediate action or is that a
32:10 short-term action to establish city's
32:13 policies around specifics of st3 I went
32:18 like what's our timeline on when the
32:20 city is gonna attempt to put a stake in
32:22 the ground as we begin the conversations
32:25 with Sound Transit I'd still wait on the
32:27 strategic plan yeah the way you've just
32:30 phrased it though it doesn't seem to
32:32 back us into a corner though if like
32:34 yeah and I was trying to vacuum or 19 to
32:37 turn earlier
32:38 that comes around just say add something
32:41 but and they may take it out at Council
32:43 because they might think we're putting
32:44 it hurt before the horse but you know
32:47 why do you think if I'd be okay adding
32:50 up if the point of these pages is just
32:52 for everyone and say hey these are all
32:53 the balls that are in the air or will be
32:56 in the air this couple years I just
32:57 thought that that's an extra write all
32:59 in the air that just to keep track of
33:00 like I'm certain staff won't forget
33:02 about it but more for the more for the
33:04 public
33:05 they just keep it on there as an extra
33:06 line right and what was your language on
33:08 it again did you write it down or did
33:10 you just say it I just had it update
33:12 policies regarding sound transit light
33:15 rail or something or do your around
33:16 around around st3 okay
33:25 and the other one was I remember we
33:28 talked a lot at the remove on what date
33:31 are we thinking about for that these all
33:33 have dates right is that in media I
33:35 didn't know well I think that's what
33:36 that's what I was curious is that an
33:37 immediate action a short-term action
33:39 last for what do you think it's not an
33:44 immediate you wouldn't want it by 2020
33:46 to nowhere 2020 I think I think the city
33:51 means to have staked out an initial
33:53 position like right so you have a
33:58 starting point so that you can then
33:59 begin the work when st actually brings
34:01 on consultants starts actually looking
34:02 at it because that still years away but
34:04 the city kind of needs to have put some
34:06 thought into that it's like right I
34:08 thought and so I think I think that's
34:11 immediate 2020 I mean I guess 2019 seems
34:13 too quick but if it media action
34:15 includes end of 2020 hype I think so you
34:18 know you can always anticipated 2020 but
34:22 things get changed as things get updated
34:24 well if it's in brain you know that
34:27 moves sort of concurrently with the
34:28 mobility master plan so those two could
34:30 work together yeah yeah so I would think
34:32 it would either be aligned with element
34:35 7 or you would just add or you can add
34:37 language to element 7 right just
34:39 acknowledges that st 3 is probably the
34:42 most important new thing to the mobility
34:44 master plan right so Jeff and I'll
34:46 certainly be a game changer whatever it
34:49 ends up right because if we done if you
34:52 dust off previous transportation plans
34:53 SC 300 past right but that's the biggest
34:57 new thing right right so you can just
35:00 add including sp3 on there and you would
35:03 be happy yeah
35:05 similar to make a reference to it that's
35:08 yeah kind of similar to I think element
35:12 2 in the long term like there's the
35:14 deliverable and then it kind of talks
35:16 about some specific things oh right
35:20 either that or element 9 on the
35:25 immediate either of those kind of work
35:27 something like that okay you know in
35:30 particular such as or something like
35:32 that I think it just adds to the
35:38 equation that that Issaquah actually is
35:41 working on it and when it wants it to
35:44 come and and great you know found
35:47 transit can say yes there you know they
35:50 want to work with us they want right
35:52 they want some to start planning right
35:54 that was good it's at the same time I
35:56 think we're expecting to see other
35:58 transition plans before st3 is arise in
36:01 20 years right right
36:03 will be a whole lot more connected to
36:05 committee I'm hoping I think we have a
36:07 long list of things that we want to get
36:10 done it's just always a problem there's
36:13 no money to do them right
36:16 sadly that's true okay so that's all of
36:20 them I had I had one others so one thing
36:23 we talked about around the the CIP a lot
36:27 the sense of scope laying was view
36:29 corridors and how there was a lot of
36:31 language referencing preserving view
36:33 corridors but no specificity about what
36:36 a view quarter actually is is that
36:38 something that would be captured I don't
36:40 know if that gets covered under the
36:41 parks strategic plan or that's an extra
36:44 action item this would be this would
36:45 certainly be in the longer term actions
36:47 but right and we did we changed the
36:49 language in the development standards on
36:52 how to measure if your building is
36:54 blocking a view corridor we did we did
36:57 because we said it had to be a public a
36:59 public viewing place it wasn't that you
37:01 could protect from all the private homes
37:04 in the private areas it was just
37:06 protecting those views that are from a
37:07 public right-of-way but did that but we
37:09 never specified which views were
37:11 protected I'll check on that but I
37:14 thought because we had to do that whole
37:15 amendment when I thought it was part of
37:18 the Costco
37:19 discussion no I don't I mean I don't I
37:24 don't think so I think we had we
37:26 certainly spent a lot of time eating the
37:28 language right about
37:29 how to protect few corridors and what we
37:32 meant by that but we never see never
37:33 specified which views were protected
37:36 okay is it just a matter just a view of
37:41 Mount Rainier that's protected is it it
37:42 is the views of all the Alps like I
37:45 don't I know I'm a forested hillsides
37:48 from pub it has to be from public
37:50 vantage places like from a public park
37:52 from a public street but not from like
37:54 your house right what we did we did
37:57 specify that the protected view is of
37:59 the forested hillsides that's that
38:01 that's the that's the I don't remember
38:03 that making it in I just remember it was
38:06 so involved yet I see I see my our the
38:09 research is going on over there but your
38:12 backup is uh so I will write that down
38:15 because if if it's there great and I'm
38:18 sorry if I missed it but if it's not I
38:20 thought that was another element that I
38:22 think still needs to be filled in we
38:23 need to have a public process to
38:25 identify which views are the ones who
38:27 want to protect I would assume that it
38:33 goes in with the parks plan but it's
38:37 more of a I know that's what that's what
38:40 I was trying to think do you add that to
38:42 under the parks strategic plan there's
38:44 some other stuff and something that we
38:45 quoted I don't know if the section would
38:47 be in regulations because it B so you
38:49 don't build your building too high
38:50 yeah something but you trained up your
38:57 that's one of the first components we
38:59 did preserve to the extent possible
39:02 while achieving other city goals
39:04 existing views of the Issaquah Alps
39:06 Mount Rainier in the Sammamish plateau
39:07 from public spaces including circulation
39:10 Philly facilities parks and open space
39:12 using methods such as increasing
39:14 distances between high-rise buildings
39:15 retaining or creating peak orders and
39:17 strategic placement of building bulk or
39:19 height it was that first part I don't
39:22 remember that all right I can send it to
39:25 you tomorrow where that is
39:26 I guess it's landing its land use policy
39:29 h9 no oh it's not in the code
39:33 no it's in the comp plan that's the copy
39:34 in the language okay yeah
39:36 doesn't seem to be in the code does it
39:38 need to be in the code I think it's in
39:39 central I think that's one of the first
39:41 amend that was one that was where my
39:43 ruble was whether it was actually made
39:44 it into the code okay I will check
39:47 though but I remember with mell that
39:49 that was one of the first amendments we
39:50 had to do oh really okay so those are
39:53 the two from AJ any others okay
39:58 oh here's the last ones so next step so
40:04 you guys have a busy fall coming up next
40:08 meeting October 11th you're going to
40:11 have a public hearing on a code
40:13 amendment and that's going to be compact
40:16 municipal buildings like a new City Hall
40:20 a new fire station would have to be do
40:23 you remember those of you that were here
40:24 in 2017 we did compact schools a small
40:28 footprint idea we'll remember we tried
40:31 to have city halls in that amendment and
40:33 you guys took it out so we're coming
40:35 back again to see if we can get through
40:38 this time and so that all of our new
40:41 buildings city halls and fire stations
40:44 and that kind of stuff would have to be
40:45 compact so that's coming to you on
40:48 October 11th and if we have any extra
40:51 time we can do more review of this but
40:53 it seems that the complan stuff is
40:56 pretty much all done the only thing
40:58 we're still trying to work on with the
40:59 school district is if they will come
41:01 talk to us about that great conversation
41:03 we had last week about urban schools and
41:05 compact schools and all the good things
41:08 about schools so the person we're trying
41:11 to meet with Steve Crawford is out of
41:12 the office so we're hoping to talk to
41:14 him next week to invite him to the 25th
41:17 has the district been receptive that yet
41:20 or are you still just trying to when we
41:23 did the compact schools last year and so
41:26 this is the whole policy piece that we
41:28 shared with you all last time and the
41:30 definitions and so you all had asked if
41:33 they would actually come and and visit
41:35 with us and so we had sent it to them we
41:37 hadn't gotten comments back and so we
41:39 sent it again said you all wanted to
41:41 meet and so we're gonna try and meet
41:42 with him first and you know see what
41:44 ideas and thoughts he has
41:46 and hopefully he'll be happy to come
41:48 here on the 25th the 8th of November a
41:52 great doubleheader for you guys the
41:55 Development Commission is going to be
41:56 here with you guys love those guys and
41:59 gals and that you're gonna be looking at
42:01 the Gilman Boulevard corridor concept
42:04 presentation and Kristen will be part of
42:06 that she's on that team and the
42:09 development Commission's being invited
42:10 as well to hear it with you and that
42:13 same night we're hoping while we have
42:15 the Development Commission here we're
42:17 gonna do try and do a code amendment
42:19 that changes the level of level 3 review
42:23 that goes to the Development Commission
42:25 to add some more criteria on what
42:27 projects would go to them so we thought
42:30 why not have that discussion when
42:31 they're actually here to tell you yeah
42:33 or nay it makes sense er it doesn't make
42:35 sense so we thought that was a brilliant
42:37 use of having the Development Commission
42:40 here with you all because they're just
42:41 great well you guys haven't met together
42:43 for a while so this will be a lot of fun
42:45 so then the 15th of November is the
42:49 public hearing on the comp plan so what
42:52 we'll do is all the comp plan amendments
42:54 that you've reviewed already land use
42:55 transportation the appendix that we just
42:58 did will will make all your changes put
43:01 them in the public hearing package and
43:02 then we send it out to you for the 15th
43:04 and hopefully you'll be comfortable
43:06 enough to forward that to the council
43:09 with your recommendation that would be
43:11 great and then in December who knows
43:14 what we could do in December we could do
43:16 more code amendments we could start on
43:18 all new things it's just really exciting
43:20 we did we just don't even know what we
43:22 would do in December if we were done
43:24 with the comp plan any questions or
43:27 thoughts
43:29 another thing is I sent you an email
43:32 right before I came here and this
43:33 because you all helped with a strategic
43:35 plan sort of laying the baseline for
43:38 what was important and we had the flip
43:39 charts remember and we had someone in
43:41 the audience was helping us with our
43:43 with our great conversation well that's
43:45 sort of in its first layer of baking and
43:47 they're sending a survey out to all of
43:49 you that worked on it to see what you
43:52 think about how far it's come and does
43:54 it make sense still and
43:56 so I've sent that out to you and I think
43:57 the survey is open for maybe til the 8th
44:00 of October so it's like a little over a
44:03 week and that would be great if you guys
44:05 could could could fill out the survey
44:08 and keep keep your input in there
44:09 because you guys are all the good wise
44:11 people of the city anything else for the
44:15 good of the order Oh Old Town and the
44:18 table of permitted uses is going one
44:20 more time we hope to land in Shore
44:23 next week and so we're hoping that
44:25 they'd be done with both of those and
44:27 then they would be going back to council
44:29 for action by the end of October so
44:33 that's another two big projects you guys
44:35 work done yes ma'am yes both mam's so
44:42 Emily did find language on views and
44:44 vistas it's in the standard centralist
44:45 quest and row it is it's not in the land
44:47 it's not in the ladies code it is in the
44:49 standards so memory is there but the
44:52 standards are enforceable because the
44:54 CIP okay yes but I will still send that
44:56 to you tomorrow yes because I knew that
44:58 I could not have dreamt that I should I
45:01 should never doubt you Trish should
45:03 often trust yet verify I think we're the
45:06 famous words
45:06 all right thanks Emily super anything
45:09 else for the good of the order that's
45:10 coming we're gonna look at the agenda I
45:12 think the Commission felt pretty
45:14 strongly that the compact at urban
45:16 school should be a conversation with the
45:18 school district is a key stakeholder so
45:20 if the 25th doesn't work I would just
45:23 throw out being a little bit flexible
45:24 with the if they say if we need to grab
45:27 one of the other slots for that sir so
45:29 sure hopefully does but if they want if
45:32 they want to come but the 25th doesn't
45:34 work I would say encourage us to try to
45:36 be a little bit flexible thorough
45:37 schedule right to ensure that we can
45:39 have that conversation right with them
45:40 and be productive and that's why we
45:41 bumped the public hearing all the way in
45:43 November in case we needed to move
45:46 something around but yeah because we
45:48 think it's better if everybody's at the
45:50 table for that anything else thank you
45:56 all for being here and being our quorum
45:58 what ratio should membership mean on the
46:01 call to order oh that's always there
46:03 just to show so that we take attendance
46:06 and if you look at the next page it
46:08 shows
46:10 all of you guys and go that's
46:12 just--that's address it's just
46:13 connecting it okay seeing no other
46:16 comments you sure close the meeting at
46:21 7:16 nicely
46:35 you

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Joan Probala, Chair Trish Heinonen, Policy Planning Manager AJ McGauley, Alt. (Acting as Voting Member) Christen Leeson, Senior Planner Bill Rinehart Emily Arteche, Senior Planner Jason Voiss, Alt. (Acting as Voting Member) Members Not Present (Excused): Ron Faul, Vice Chair Joy Lewis Troy Rahmig Lindsey Walsh