1 00:05:06,580 --> 00:05:22,860 I'm Mayor Kevin Schilling. I'm calling the regular meeting of the Bearing City Council to order on June 2, 2025. The time is 530pm. This hybrid meeting is being conducted in person at Bearing City Hall. I'm virtually via Zoom webinar. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. 2 00:05:24,390 --> 00:05:32,470 I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, 3 00:05:32,910 --> 00:05:37,620 one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. 4 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,900 Councillor McGregor Seale now read the native land and people's acknowledgement. 5 00:05:45,100 --> 00:05:45,420 Thank you, Mayor. 6 00:05:46,580 --> 00:05:52,360 We begin by honoring and acknowledging that this meeting is taking place on the ancestral lands and waters of the many coasts, 7 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:58,080 tribal people who have since time immemorial protected and been in relationship with the 8 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:03,540 salish sea and these precious lands we now know as beer and in our home. As a government agency 9 00:06:03,540 --> 00:06:08,060 that is occupying indigenous lands, it is important that we remember the history of our area 10 00:06:08,060 --> 00:06:12,840 and to work towards fixing the injustices that persist. We acknowledge our region's tribal citizens, 11 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:17,840 their descendants and their ancestors and we honor their invaluable contributions to this region's 12 00:06:17,840 --> 00:06:22,320 communities, identity, economy, history, culture, and future. 13 00:06:24,290 --> 00:06:25,290 Thank you very much. 14 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,320 The clerk will now read the role. 15 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:31,540 Call the role. 16 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:35,500 The city of Burian offers Spanish interpretation via Zoom. 17 00:06:35,940 --> 00:06:38,420 For those attending on Zoom, please select the language 18 00:06:38,420 --> 00:06:41,140 you would like to listen to the meeting in either English 19 00:06:41,140 --> 00:06:41,860 or Spanish. 20 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:45,000 The next slide shows how to select a language 21 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:46,260 on your mobile app. 22 00:06:46,540 --> 00:06:49,360 With that, we'll go into roll call, mayor Kevin Shilling. 23 00:06:49,660 --> 00:06:51,800 Deputy Mayor Sarah Moore. 24 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:54,160 President, Council Member Kuzov Garcia. 25 00:06:54,540 --> 00:06:54,740 President. 26 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:56,820 Council Member Linda Aki. 27 00:06:57,380 --> 00:06:59,460 Here, Council Member Jimmy Mada. 28 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:02,080 Council Member Alex and Drade. 29 00:07:02,700 --> 00:07:04,280 Here, Council Member Stephanie Moore. 30 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:06,740 Council Member Moore. 31 00:07:07,460 --> 00:07:10,400 Let me know that she is unavailable to make it tonight. 32 00:07:10,460 --> 00:07:12,880 So is there a motion to excuse Council Moore? 33 00:07:13,420 --> 00:07:15,100 I move to excuse Council Member Moore. 34 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:18,000 Second to excuse Council Member Moore. 35 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,860 all of us in favor, please raise your hand to say aye. 36 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:22,500 unanimous approval of excusing council member more. 37 00:07:23,540 --> 00:07:24,520 Mayor, what is absent? 38 00:07:24,780 --> 00:07:25,760 Thank you. 39 00:07:28,500 --> 00:07:29,960 Is there a motion to confirm the agenda? 40 00:07:31,820 --> 00:07:46,700 Motion, the confirm, there's second. Okay, by Deputy Mayor Moore, moved by Councilor Roda, seconded by Deputy Mayor Moore, all those in favor, please raise your hand or say aye to confirm the agenda, unanimous confirmation of the agenda. 41 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:52,960 So, moving on to our proclamation, gun violence awareness month, Councilmember Aki. 42 00:07:54,750 --> 00:08:04,910 Thank you. Good evening. I am proud to present the Proclamation for tonight. You know, read that. 43 00:08:05,230 --> 00:08:10,990 Whereas according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, there were nearly 1,600 shots fired incidents, 44 00:08:11,450 --> 00:08:20,110 and more than 300 shooting victims throughout King County in 2024. And whereas 75 people in King County tragically lost their lives 45 00:08:20,110 --> 00:08:26,430 to fire our on homicide in 2024, affecting a disproportionate number of young people of color, 46 00:08:27,010 --> 00:08:31,490 and whereas, according to the King County Regional Office of Gun Violence Prevention, 47 00:08:31,870 --> 00:08:36,470 gun violence is not inevitable. It is preventable. There are ways to intervene 48 00:08:36,470 --> 00:08:42,210 and there is support for healing, and whereas, addressing gun violence requires a collaborative 49 00:08:42,210 --> 00:08:47,290 community wide approach, and the city of Bury and recognizes the many local schools, 50 00:08:47,290 --> 00:08:54,410 non-profits, agencies and individuals who continue to lead this work, and whereas between 51 00:08:54,410 --> 00:09:00,570 2022 and 2024, reckless shooting incidents have decreased by more than half, and assault 52 00:09:00,570 --> 00:09:05,930 with firearms have decreased by nearly a third in Bering, and whereas a gun violence 53 00:09:05,930 --> 00:09:13,370 awareness-day event will be held at Bering Town Square Park on June 6, 2025, from 4 54 00:09:13,370 --> 00:09:20,050 to 530 p.m. to increase awareness about the impacts of gun violence and distribute free gun 55 00:09:20,050 --> 00:09:25,830 lock boxes in partnership with King County Regional Office of Gun Violence Prevention, 56 00:09:26,210 --> 00:09:32,430 Progress Pushers, and Alliance for Gun Responsibility, and whereas everyone in Burian deserves 57 00:09:32,430 --> 00:09:39,290 to live in safe, healthy, supportive communities. Now therefore, the City Council of the City 58 00:09:39,290 --> 00:09:45,870 Buryan Washington does here by ask all Buryan community members to join together to proclaim 59 00:09:45,870 --> 00:09:52,210 June 2025 as gun violence awareness month in the city of Buryan, and it is all to work 60 00:09:52,210 --> 00:09:56,910 together to end gun violence day to the second day of June 2025. 61 00:09:58,010 --> 00:09:59,390 Is there someone to pick up the problem? 62 00:09:59,610 --> 00:10:06,110 It is. I would like to invite Alex Castro from the Alliance for Gun Responsibility to come forward 63 00:10:06,110 --> 00:10:07,950 and make some comments. 64 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:16,480 Hi, thank you for the recognition. 65 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:18,000 My name is Alex Gostito, 66 00:10:18,100 --> 00:10:19,420 I'm the Senior Community Organizer 67 00:10:19,420 --> 00:10:21,200 at the Alliance for Gun Responsibility, 68 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:24,100 minimizing the pervasiveness of gun violence 69 00:10:24,100 --> 00:10:25,480 and challenging its own normal, 70 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:27,160 seeing Washington State is daunting, 71 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:28,560 but not impossible task. 72 00:10:30,660 --> 00:10:32,840 We were orange June 6th through eighth this year 73 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:34,540 to honor survivors and build community 74 00:10:34,540 --> 00:10:36,360 with those working to end gun violence. 75 00:10:37,380 --> 00:10:39,200 On January 21st, 2013, 76 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:45,220 Hadiya Pendleton, Marston President Obama's second inaugural parade, one week later Hadiya 77 00:10:45,220 --> 00:10:50,880 was shot and killed on a playground in Chicago. Soon after this tragedy, Hadiya's friends 78 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:55,060 commemorate her life by wearing orange, the colors hunters wear in the woods protect themselves 79 00:10:55,060 --> 00:11:03,860 and others. Where orange weekend originated on June 2, 2015, 10 years ago today, on what would 80 00:11:03,860 --> 00:11:06,100 been Hadea Pendleton's 18th birthday. 81 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:12,380 Where orange honors Hadeas and the 125 people shot and killed every day in the United States 82 00:11:12,380 --> 00:11:16,220 along with hundreds more who are wounded and the countless others whose lives have been changed 83 00:11:16,220 --> 00:11:17,060 by gun violence. 84 00:11:18,560 --> 00:11:22,140 We get the alliance for gun responsibility or honor to play a role in this effort and we 85 00:11:22,140 --> 00:11:25,640 are so grateful for the work, dedication and thoughtfulness that everybody has committed 86 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:27,860 in order to keep our children and community safe. 87 00:11:28,380 --> 00:11:29,180 Thank you. 88 00:11:31,620 --> 00:11:32,380 Thank you. 89 00:11:34,650 --> 00:11:35,770 for a picture. 90 00:12:39,730 --> 00:12:46,970 All right. Moving on to council reports. Do any council members have any reports to share? 91 00:12:48,550 --> 00:12:49,270 Good. Council member breaking. 92 00:12:50,870 --> 00:12:54,110 Thank you. It was kind of a busy couple of weeks. 93 00:12:55,390 --> 00:12:59,830 So I just wanted to share with the community some of the boards meetings that I had. 94 00:13:00,670 --> 00:13:05,310 We, I attended the South King County Area Transportation Board meeting. 95 00:13:05,570 --> 00:13:07,050 This is called the Skate Board. 96 00:13:08,370 --> 00:13:12,490 And we received federal and state legislative updates, including information on the overall 97 00:13:12,490 --> 00:13:13,190 budget bills. 98 00:13:13,570 --> 00:13:17,990 The federal government reauthorized the safe streets program, increased fees for electrical 99 00:13:17,990 --> 00:13:18,710 vehicles. 100 00:13:19,170 --> 00:13:22,110 It's kind of like having a road usage fee, but not in any way. 101 00:13:22,430 --> 00:13:27,270 And reductions in climate and renewable energy funds, HUD and building resilient infrastructure, 102 00:13:27,270 --> 00:13:34,390 including existing construction and I'm sorry, yeah, they're ending some of these programs, 103 00:13:34,850 --> 00:13:40,630 including existing construction projects that will not receive the funding. The state legislature 104 00:13:40,630 --> 00:13:46,890 did work to cure a 12 to 16 billion dollar deficit so they passed a 77.8 billion dollar 105 00:13:46,890 --> 00:13:57,250 budget for 2025 and 2027. We also heard from Metro. They have joined a lawsuit filed against the 106 00:13:57,250 --> 00:14:01,410 for allocated funds to be allowed for use. 107 00:14:02,050 --> 00:14:04,930 They reported one third reduction in drug-related incidents 108 00:14:04,930 --> 00:14:06,830 on buses, which is good news. 109 00:14:07,230 --> 00:14:09,210 Concerns when writing on a bus can be reported 110 00:14:09,210 --> 00:14:12,130 to their online hotline and through their contact page. 111 00:14:13,170 --> 00:14:16,210 They also started bear enforcement on May 31. 112 00:14:16,530 --> 00:14:18,970 People will be required to pay to ride the bus 113 00:14:18,970 --> 00:14:21,970 or be part of a student or senior discount program, 114 00:14:22,330 --> 00:14:24,150 and people can load their orca cards 115 00:14:24,150 --> 00:14:28,130 if they are caught without paying as one of the things 116 00:14:28,130 --> 00:14:30,330 that they can do to avoid penalties. 117 00:14:31,750 --> 00:14:35,590 I attended the, oh, I'm sorry. 118 00:14:36,210 --> 00:14:38,730 Additionally, they had regional transportation plan 119 00:14:38,730 --> 00:14:40,810 presented by the Puget Sound Regional Council. 120 00:14:41,050 --> 00:14:42,810 It's the 2050 transportation plan. 121 00:14:42,950 --> 00:14:44,610 It's just being developed right now. 122 00:14:44,930 --> 00:14:46,150 So they were just sharing information. 123 00:14:46,730 --> 00:14:51,690 People can read more about that by going to PSRC.org 124 00:14:51,690 --> 00:14:54,790 and looking up the 2050 regional transportation plan. 125 00:14:56,150 --> 00:14:59,430 And I attended the Highline Forum last week. 126 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:10,960 That meeting was held here at Beringon City Hall, which was quite exciting. I've been on this now since I joined, and this is the first time we had the meeting here. 127 00:15:12,260 --> 00:15:21,960 And wanted to congratulate Mayor Shilling for doing such a great job in presenting the wonderful work and everything that's happening within Beringon. 128 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:31,000 And then also we received information on the airport stakeholder advisory round table, including the aviation noise working group and policy group. 129 00:15:31,900 --> 00:15:43,280 And some information on the port's economic development grants, $840,000 was sent out to 27 cities in 2024 and now they are starting their grant process for 2025 and 2026. 130 00:15:44,140 --> 00:15:49,620 I attended along with Councilmember Andrade, the Puget Sound Regional Council, General Assembly. 131 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:55,100 Their mission is to advance solutions to achieving a thriving, racially equitable and sustainable 132 00:15:55,100 --> 00:15:58,740 central Puget Sound Region through leadership, visionary planning and collaboration. 133 00:16:00,660 --> 00:16:13,140 I wanted to congratulate everybody on a wonderful pride event, a big thank you to discover, 134 00:16:13,140 --> 00:16:19,180 morning and go home late at night for three nights and it's a lot of work and I just 135 00:16:19,180 --> 00:16:25,060 I wanted to thank them for all of that hard work for a great event and then I just 136 00:16:25,060 --> 00:16:31,420 wanted to take a moment to talk about serving on city commissions. These commissions and 137 00:16:31,420 --> 00:16:35,980 those serving in positions on commissions are appointed by the city council. They provide valuable 138 00:16:35,980 --> 00:16:42,140 feedback and information to the city council. This is important and per the commission handbook 139 00:16:42,140 --> 00:16:47,960 Members of the Commission have a responsibility to act ethically and responsibly and in the best interest of the city. 140 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:52,520 A point of members can and should share their thoughts and ideas during the meetings. 141 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:57,080 They are part of a board where members vote to make recommendations to the city council. 142 00:16:57,500 --> 00:16:59,880 They are not a spokesperson for the whole commission. 143 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:07,140 They can encourage people to attend meetings and make public comments or write their comments down and have them address to the commission. 144 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:10,240 As someone who has served on boards and commissions for decades, 145 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:23,140 I take the individual roles and responsibilities of serving on a commission seriously, and as an oversight member, this council will call up times where I see ethical and responsible violations occurring. 146 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:38,420 And I think this is just really important that people understand that sending out misinformation to the community as an individual when you're serving on a commission violates some of this, so I just wanted to share those thoughts. 147 00:17:38,420 --> 00:17:40,260 That's it. 148 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:41,300 Thank you. 149 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:43,480 Any other council reports? 150 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:44,840 Councilmember and Drone. 151 00:17:45,300 --> 00:17:45,920 What did you? 152 00:17:46,420 --> 00:17:47,240 Thank you, Mary. 153 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:56,520 As councilmember Aki had mentioned, we finished off our three day Pride Celebration. 154 00:17:56,620 --> 00:17:59,140 And it was an incredible showing. 155 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:02,060 The amount of people just showing in support. 156 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:05,520 There was a little bit of rain, so that was okay. 157 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:11,880 But I do want to take a moment to say, how proud I am of this community. 158 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:17,200 While the rain may have kept some folks away, the spirit of pride was ever present. 159 00:18:17,780 --> 00:18:21,220 More importantly, I'm thankful that the weekend went safely and without incident. 160 00:18:21,740 --> 00:18:24,220 That matters because pride is not just a celebration. 161 00:18:25,860 --> 00:18:32,720 It's a statement, a statement that we belong, that we stand together and that we will not be shaken by weather, ignorance or fear. 162 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:39,180 I'll say it again. It is essential that pride continues and that it continues peacefully because in doing so we honor those 163 00:18:40,020 --> 00:18:44,080 excuse me, who came before us and we paved the way for those who come next. 164 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:50,740 Thank you to everyone who showed up. Thank you to our committee, who stood up and made this weekend meaningful 165 00:18:50,740 --> 00:18:56,120 Rain and All, here's to pride community and continuing to move forward. Thank you. 166 00:18:57,850 --> 00:18:58,830 Thank you. 167 00:18:59,730 --> 00:19:04,270 And I also wanted to congratulate the city and discover 168 00:19:04,270 --> 00:19:05,710 Beirion on the Pride event. 169 00:19:07,050 --> 00:19:11,650 And I want to talk about a few things that I attended in the last few weeks. 170 00:19:11,810 --> 00:19:17,250 And then I would like to speak briefly on the last meeting we had on May 19. 171 00:19:19,710 --> 00:19:26,850 So I attended the wonderful Ecosry event hosted by Ecosry and Beirion Collaborative. 172 00:19:26,850 --> 00:19:42,110 The future of Varian, which can be in community members and nonprofits to talk about how to work together, particularly how different community members and nonprofits could collaborate with scarce resources without becoming 173 00:19:42,110 --> 00:19:48,370 competition to each other and Councilmember Aki and Garcia were also present. 174 00:19:49,250 --> 00:20:00,210 It was a very discussion oriented meeting with the broken to different groups to talk about issues that had been identified by community members as priorities. 175 00:20:01,390 --> 00:20:09,290 I wanted to report that the airport committee is working on recommended legislative priorities for the 26 legislative session. 176 00:20:09,290 --> 00:20:16,410 And once those have been discussed in the committee, they will bring them to Council for Council's consideration. 177 00:20:17,530 --> 00:20:23,710 And they're also reviewing the 2025 and working towards the 2026 planning. 178 00:20:25,570 --> 00:20:35,030 Small but amazing group of community members gathered at the Boulevard Park Library to discuss food access in that neighborhood on May 28. 179 00:20:36,030 --> 00:20:52,130 And the city manager will probably discuss this, but there was a discussion, including representatives from several cities, to talk with the King County assessor about how real estate values are assessed under the flight path. 180 00:20:52,750 --> 00:21:03,490 And whether there were ways to drill down on the impacts of the noise and pollution from the flight path compared to similar properties elsewhere. 181 00:21:03,490 --> 00:21:10,370 we did not get a resolution on it but we raised the question to them. They have a really simple 182 00:21:10,370 --> 00:21:16,990 metric for how to do that with street noise impact but it's more complicated with overhead noise 183 00:21:16,990 --> 00:21:22,810 impact and they didn't have a real quick answer. I also want to comment on the meeting that 184 00:21:22,810 --> 00:21:33,390 on May 19th, 2025, around ordinance 861. Last week, the City Manager emailed Council as a body 185 00:21:33,390 --> 00:21:37,890 suggesting that council members who voted against or abstain to stand on this ordinance 186 00:21:37,890 --> 00:21:43,850 were violating their oath of office to uphold state law. And what I want to speak about today's 187 00:21:43,850 --> 00:21:48,990 to defend my integrity as a council member on this topic, and to express my belief that each of 188 00:21:48,990 --> 00:21:51,070 for council members who cast no vote 189 00:21:51,070 --> 00:21:54,330 or extension votes, arrives at the decision with integrity, 190 00:21:54,630 --> 00:21:57,790 thoughts, and an examination at the law that each of us, 191 00:21:57,790 --> 00:22:00,690 myself included cast her votes with firm assurance 192 00:22:00,690 --> 00:22:02,690 that we were upholding state law, 193 00:22:03,070 --> 00:22:04,130 and that if the ordinance failed, 194 00:22:04,290 --> 00:22:06,230 Burian's law would revert to state law. 195 00:22:06,890 --> 00:22:09,810 I take very seriously another part of our council rules 196 00:22:09,810 --> 00:22:11,510 to assume good intentions. 197 00:22:11,990 --> 00:22:14,650 I assume and believe that each of us brought good intentions 198 00:22:14,650 --> 00:22:16,990 and thorough study to that vote. 199 00:22:17,610 --> 00:22:22,350 A vote in the Council chambers is the one privilege that I earned when the public 200 00:22:22,350 --> 00:22:27,650 contrasts it me with this job for the city manager to claim that I do not have the right to 201 00:22:27,650 --> 00:22:29,970 vote as I choose and as I believe, sir's mic. 202 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:37,840 Constituents, was to question the purpose of me on the council and of the council and the ability of any of us to fulfill our duties. 203 00:22:38,420 --> 00:22:49,820 I want each council member to think about their role and to be aware never to let their decisions be curtailed in making decisions as a body. 204 00:22:50,820 --> 00:22:58,780 I was an abstention on the vote and I want to explain that a little bit more. I have been more undecided on 861 than on anything else in my time on council. 205 00:22:58,780 --> 00:23:11,820 because I believe that having a policy on the topic of temporary shelter on religious property would benefit the city and would vastly simplify decision making processes for future applications from those organizations. 206 00:23:12,780 --> 00:23:27,640 But when I read through the proposed ordinance and discuss it with people who both studied state law and who have established various types of shelter, I came to believe that the ordinance added restrictions that would likely limit the actual ability of churches to help the city addresses crisis. 207 00:23:28,860 --> 00:23:36,640 A council member at one time asked why churches weren't doing more to shelter on housed people. 208 00:23:37,340 --> 00:23:43,200 And although I know many of them are, I felt that passing this ordinance would have further reduced future action. 209 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,380 Thank you. I thought 210 00:23:48,620 --> 00:23:50,860 hard about making this statement, 211 00:23:53,740 --> 00:23:56,220 but taking my role on council very seriously. 212 00:23:56,220 --> 00:24:06,480 I wanted to go back in time and answer a question that was asked to me at that time. 213 00:24:07,700 --> 00:24:10,080 And I thank you for your indulgence as I did. 214 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:15,940 Any other council reports? 215 00:24:17,660 --> 00:24:17,740 Right? 216 00:24:19,360 --> 00:24:20,400 Thank you, Mayor. 217 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:26,080 I too attended the coffee with the city manager in both our part. 218 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:28,140 Thank you to our economic development staff, 219 00:24:28,140 --> 00:24:31,880 the partnerships that they established for this discussion. 220 00:24:33,940 --> 00:24:36,840 Quantity over quality for sure at the event. 221 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:40,040 I think we have like four books for our community to speak up, 222 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:44,500 but it was really robust speaking about lack of affordable groceries, 223 00:24:45,860 --> 00:24:50,720 type of groceries, healthy eating options in both our parks. 224 00:24:51,220 --> 00:24:52,380 So it was great. 225 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:56,580 Thank you to staff for making it another long day. 226 00:24:56,580 --> 00:25:04,740 Also attended with most of the council I believe not all probably the Pride Festival Celebration this weekend 227 00:25:05,340 --> 00:25:11,900 Thank you to all the volunteers to the Pride Committee again all volunteers all community members 228 00:25:12,700 --> 00:25:14,740 It was a heavy lift. It was fantastic event 229 00:25:16,940 --> 00:25:22,660 I like the little bit of rain. I prefer it cool. I don't like too much heat to be honest. It's not my change 230 00:25:22,660 --> 00:25:23,900 But it was great. 231 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:31,160 And I also attended the Church Eco-Thrive event 232 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:34,040 with Councilmember A.K. and Deputy Mayor Moore. 233 00:25:34,100 --> 00:25:37,160 Really robust discussion on everything 234 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:41,240 from housing to elder care to public safety. 235 00:25:42,220 --> 00:25:43,860 And great discussion and good to know 236 00:25:45,180 --> 00:25:51,580 that the nonprofit, non-profit social services community 237 00:25:51,580 --> 00:25:56,220 is themselves organized so that they are communicating to each other or about the different 238 00:25:56,220 --> 00:26:02,020 services that they provide and to work better as a group of non-profits. I was really 239 00:26:02,020 --> 00:26:11,220 encouraging to get that discussion. It was really well thought out event. Thanks. And I'm not as eloquent 240 00:26:11,220 --> 00:26:19,480 as council or deputy mayor more, but I do echo everything that she said regarding the previous meeting. 241 00:26:29,310 --> 00:26:42,330 So I have several conversations with individuals regarding zoning and changes of land and some of it is accurate and some of it is just 242 00:26:42,750 --> 00:26:52,510 makes me wonder how people start getting this kind of information. But regardless we will have a meeting here the 16th 243 00:26:52,510 --> 00:26:59,730 Council will have staff share with us what is reality and what's not reality. 244 00:27:00,410 --> 00:27:05,690 You know, I've got to tell you a love AI and chatGTP, but it's just a way that 245 00:27:05,690 --> 00:27:06,470 thing works sometimes. 246 00:27:06,670 --> 00:27:10,630 It just creates a lot of hate, discontent, and misinformation. 247 00:27:11,850 --> 00:27:15,890 You know, I think that some of the zoning change, you know, is going to affect us all. 248 00:27:16,010 --> 00:27:22,110 But I have my home and where my son lives and he has his home, there is something that's 249 00:27:22,110 --> 00:27:23,870 and that's changed. 250 00:27:24,470 --> 00:27:25,970 I think that said this before, 251 00:27:26,030 --> 00:27:29,130 nobody likes change except for a baby with dirty diapers. 252 00:27:30,090 --> 00:27:32,730 And the reality here is that there's some state law 253 00:27:32,730 --> 00:27:34,750 that we have to obey and we have to follow. 254 00:27:35,450 --> 00:27:37,370 So some of this is you'll get to hear 255 00:27:37,370 --> 00:27:40,250 what our state senators and state representatives are doing. 256 00:27:40,630 --> 00:27:43,110 So I would say stay in tune with some of that. 257 00:27:43,470 --> 00:27:45,550 Especially when we talk about unhoused individuals 258 00:27:45,550 --> 00:27:47,050 in the state of Washington, 259 00:27:47,250 --> 00:27:49,770 some of it is controlled by the city and some of it is controlled by the state 260 00:27:49,770 --> 00:27:51,310 and some of it is controlled by the federal government. 261 00:27:51,310 --> 00:27:56,030 So, we look at, you know, I say that politics starts local, and that's true. 262 00:27:56,910 --> 00:28:01,090 For those individuals that have called me, I appreciate it, and we've been able to have discussions, 263 00:28:01,650 --> 00:28:02,910 and we'll be able to have more discussions. 264 00:28:03,390 --> 00:28:05,210 There's some areas like critical areas. 265 00:28:05,410 --> 00:28:09,250 I mean, I just don't see where you're going to put growth in critical areas, 266 00:28:09,330 --> 00:28:11,930 where you already have a situation where you have land sliding. 267 00:28:12,970 --> 00:28:18,390 But I'm pretty hopeful that the staff will be able to clear some of this, 268 00:28:18,390 --> 00:28:23,950 There'll be some information coming out from our city, from our city manager and our communications director. 269 00:28:24,530 --> 00:28:39,130 But I appreciate that, you know, when there's misinformation that has a lot of participation with civic engagement and it's important, especially when you're in a time of elections and so it's important that we know who we elect and you know, is there what the information's coming out. 270 00:28:39,130 --> 00:29:06,390 That's one, two, no, I think that, you know, last meeting when it comes to churches offering facilities, you know, I voted for that and I did take a vote on it because I thought it was important. It's one of the biggest issue that this community has had for a long time and what do we do when we have on-house people we're going to have in cabinets in areas and if we do what does that look like if churches are going to have in cabinets, what does that look like? 271 00:29:06,390 --> 00:29:10,810 I think there should be, there should be systems in place to regulate a city and stay 272 00:29:10,810 --> 00:29:18,930 losses that we can, you know, we try to pass time, manner and place and there was a challenge 273 00:29:18,930 --> 00:29:19,590 of that. 274 00:29:20,190 --> 00:29:22,630 Well, you know, the city now has no camping anywhere. 275 00:29:23,450 --> 00:29:27,330 And so I think that as we move here, you know, I remember sitting here and having people 276 00:29:27,330 --> 00:29:31,870 saying that we were violating the Constitution when we showed, and it's going to be probably 277 00:29:31,870 --> 00:29:36,530 going to go to a U.S. Supreme Court, but this show that a small city like ours, we're 278 00:29:36,530 --> 00:29:39,610 not going to get pushed around and we're not going to be told what's constitutional, 279 00:29:39,790 --> 00:29:43,470 what's not. And so I want to thank fellow council members for staying strong on this. 280 00:29:43,470 --> 00:29:48,070 Regardless of where you stand on this, you know, reasonableity is that the political system 281 00:29:48,070 --> 00:29:53,130 in our country right now is it's their extremes. And I tell you, I want to live in a community 282 00:29:53,830 --> 00:29:59,170 where, you know, my kids have an opportunity to go to school, be safe, that my grandmother, my grandfather 283 00:29:59,170 --> 00:29:59,870 and walk down. 284 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:11,820 The road and can at least say hi to the police after I want to think are a police department for doing a great job with drug bus and keeping guns off the roads. I mean, I've seen some of the news here in Bearing and I don't like seeing some of that. 285 00:30:11,940 --> 00:30:26,000 Unfortunately, when you become a small city, a sleeping community into an urban city, we're going to have some of these challenges. And I would tell you that you should be reading of what's going to happen with our freeways or highways. There'll be a lot of changes in Bearing and coming the next five to ten years. Thank you. 286 00:30:28,430 --> 00:30:34,710 thank you very much. Two things I'd like to say, so the first thing I like to say because 287 00:30:34,710 --> 00:30:40,410 there have been some mention of the last meeting, I would just like to remind council that 288 00:30:40,410 --> 00:30:46,930 I would encourage abstention votes only taken if you have a conflict of interest because 289 00:30:46,930 --> 00:30:52,890 your abstention people who are abstaining are choosing to not have a vote at all. You are in effect 290 00:30:53,950 --> 00:30:59,330 not doing what you were elected to do, which is to vote for or against something, and 291 00:30:59,330 --> 00:31:01,870 abstention vote is saying, I'm not even here. 292 00:31:02,890 --> 00:31:07,030 So I just wanted to voice my frustration with abstention votes when you don't have a 293 00:31:07,030 --> 00:31:10,750 conflict of interest, you are elected to vote yes or no, not to abstain. 294 00:31:11,270 --> 00:31:12,530 So I just wanted to say that. 295 00:31:13,870 --> 00:31:17,610 You got to make tough choices, we all got to make tough choices, and I think that an abstention 296 00:31:17,610 --> 00:31:23,610 is not a vote, it is saying, I actually don't have an opinion on this and why even bother being 297 00:31:23,610 --> 00:31:25,870 a die, as if you're not going to have an opinion on something that you've been elected 298 00:31:25,870 --> 00:31:26,570 to have an opinion on. 299 00:31:27,310 --> 00:31:33,530 The other thing I'd like to say is there are three legislators that represent the city of 300 00:31:33,530 --> 00:31:39,670 Burian who you should absolutely email and voice your concerns to as well. 301 00:31:39,750 --> 00:31:44,510 This is not the conversation we'll be having on June 16th and why a lot of you are here today, 302 00:31:44,510 --> 00:31:50,170 probably watching and listening to was because of two or three legislative bills that were 303 00:31:50,170 --> 00:31:55,790 passed at the state level, House Bill, let in 10, and 1220, and three of your legislators for 304 00:31:55,790 --> 00:32:01,510 the city of Burian were sponsors of that bill, Mia Greggerson, Emily Alvarado, and Joe Fitzgibbon. 305 00:32:02,450 --> 00:32:07,130 So, those are three of your state legislators, one's a senator now, two are house members, 306 00:32:07,730 --> 00:32:13,050 but those folks sponsored the bill, and we didn't create the state legislative requirements. 307 00:32:13,050 --> 00:32:21,030 So if you want to also voice concern or ask questions to the people you will elect to the state level, 308 00:32:21,390 --> 00:32:27,430 those are folks that you should be talking to because they are your representatives and Senator right now. 309 00:32:28,310 --> 00:32:33,310 And that's sponsored the bill that makes us have to talk about the land use and zoning changes. 310 00:32:34,250 --> 00:32:37,490 That's all I wanted to say, so moving on to City Manager's report. 311 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,060 Mayor, thank you. Council, thank you. 312 00:32:42,060 --> 00:32:48,580 just a few items to share this this week. The first is just a reminder of the meeting schedule 313 00:32:48,580 --> 00:32:52,980 for the month of June for this month. There are three meeting schedules for this month, 314 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:59,420 the day June 16th and June 30th. We staff had initially considered requesting 315 00:32:59,420 --> 00:33:04,780 of council reconciliation for this meeting due to challenges with staff capacity related to 316 00:33:04,780 --> 00:33:09,820 just regular training schedules. We've made it work for this week. Also, 317 00:33:09,820 --> 00:33:20,160 So reason for not requesting a cancellation was to to deadlines that needed to be mapped and also some projects that need to be kicked off, which is something that's on the agenda for today. 318 00:33:21,380 --> 00:33:30,560 If I may would like to ask Council to indulge in a little bit and to say thank you to Michelle and Andrew and Javu for helping us out this week and covering some essential duties. 319 00:33:35,340 --> 00:33:42,960 next item is information about coffee with the city manager, the coffee chats that had been briefly spoken about. 320 00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:50,820 The last meeting in the series was held in Boulevard Park and focused on work performed by our great team and economic development. 321 00:33:52,940 --> 00:34:01,040 Today we have had and posted three specific speaking events on the following topics public safety which included police and fire community development. 322 00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:14,340 and concluded building and zoning and now economic development that also covered accessibility to food in areas that do not have accessibility is in some of the parts of our region. 323 00:34:15,620 --> 00:34:20,350 Public works is next the next department to participate and that will be held later this month. 324 00:34:20,350 --> 00:34:24,410 that the particular coffee chat will feature director 325 00:34:24,410 --> 00:34:25,430 sites there. 326 00:34:25,850 --> 00:34:27,130 And some of them are of esteem. 327 00:34:27,290 --> 00:34:28,950 They will share information about the 328 00:34:28,950 --> 00:34:30,610 work they perform in public works, 329 00:34:31,490 --> 00:34:32,390 all throughout the city. 330 00:34:33,390 --> 00:34:35,790 And I also wanted to thank members of Council for 331 00:34:35,790 --> 00:34:36,890 attending these events. 332 00:34:37,550 --> 00:34:39,010 They show support to staff. 333 00:34:39,170 --> 00:34:40,790 They show support to your communities. 334 00:34:41,130 --> 00:34:43,170 And so thank you very much for those that have 335 00:34:43,170 --> 00:34:44,390 participated and attended. 336 00:34:44,870 --> 00:34:46,410 And then also I've asked questions because that's 337 00:34:46,410 --> 00:34:48,550 also important to ask for questions of staff 338 00:34:48,550 --> 00:34:55,790 the work being performed. The next update is on an event that the city is co-sponsoring 339 00:34:55,790 --> 00:35:01,410 coordination with King County Regional Office of Gun Violence Prevention. We are hosting a gun 340 00:35:01,410 --> 00:35:08,410 lock box giveaway event. This is an annual event that is held. In the next iteration of this event 341 00:35:08,410 --> 00:35:15,870 will be this Friday, June 6th, 4 p.m. to 530 p.m. at Town Square Park. And again, this is for those 342 00:35:15,870 --> 00:35:23,350 individuals that are interested in acquiring safety items for their weapons, so thanks in advance 343 00:35:23,350 --> 00:35:24,450 of those that can attend. 344 00:35:25,570 --> 00:35:31,310 And lastly, just to them information about housing code and zoning map amendments, the 345 00:35:31,310 --> 00:35:34,970 we're in community hub now includes a new webpage that consists of pack based information 346 00:35:34,970 --> 00:35:40,390 on the topic of housing codes and zoning information on this page, discuss its topics such 347 00:35:40,390 --> 00:35:45,550 as critical and sensitive environmental areas, unique uniqueness of lot size and shape, 348 00:35:45,550 --> 00:35:52,450 state legislation that has essentially started the conversation in many cities on this topic 349 00:35:52,990 --> 00:36:00,770 The easiest way for anyone to find the beering community hub online is to perform a search on any search engine with the key words 350 00:36:00,770 --> 00:36:06,730 Beerian community hub and the information can also be found through smartphones with internet access 351 00:36:07,630 --> 00:36:09,670 That's all I have to share 352 00:36:09,670 --> 00:36:14,670 Thank you very much. Are there questions for go ahead it's a comment 353 00:36:14,670 --> 00:36:22,570 And the event at the Boulevard Park Library was not very heavily attended, but I hope the city 354 00:36:22,570 --> 00:36:30,870 continues to schedule some of its events there because I think that with repetition people 355 00:36:30,870 --> 00:36:33,590 will start to expect and look forward to them. 356 00:36:33,990 --> 00:36:41,530 So I just want to thank City staff for making the hall over there and encourage them to do it 357 00:36:41,530 --> 00:36:41,990 again. 358 00:36:44,070 --> 00:36:50,850 All right. Thank you. Moving into public comment. Would you like to read the guidelines? 359 00:36:51,590 --> 00:36:53,290 Okay. Thank you. 360 00:36:53,730 --> 00:37:00,430 Public comment guidelines are summarized on the screen and can be viewed in section five of the council rules of order. 361 00:37:00,730 --> 00:37:06,150 The deadline to sign up to speak or submit written comments for this meeting was 430 p.m. 362 00:37:06,150 --> 00:37:11,530 Community members may state their name and city of residents and speak for two minutes or less. 363 00:37:11,950 --> 00:37:15,570 The total time for a comment period is 30 minutes. 364 00:37:16,310 --> 00:37:18,010 Comments are prioritized as follows. 365 00:37:18,330 --> 00:37:22,170 First, Syrian residents, second, Syrian business owners or the representatives. 366 00:37:22,830 --> 00:37:26,650 Third, employees who identify Syrian as their home or business location. 367 00:37:27,370 --> 00:37:29,970 At this time, staff will share the public comment. 368 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:36,500 Sign up list. For those in person, please speak at the lecturing. For those on Zoom, please prepare to unmute yourself. 369 00:37:37,660 --> 00:37:46,440 There are nine total community members signed up to speak. The first person signed up to speak is Gretchen Erickson. 370 00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:16,860 Hi, I am Gretchen Erickson, a resident of Varian since 1981, and born and raised in Washington. There is no way putting four units on Lake Varian lots would benefit the quality of the lake. 371 00:38:16,860 --> 00:38:23,820 As far as the comprehensive plan, as it pertains to the lake, it is not taking into account 372 00:38:23,820 --> 00:38:30,440 that is a Marine shoreline neighborhood, as noted by the Department of Ecology, 373 00:38:31,700 --> 00:38:39,620 a environmentally sensitive area. Therefore, our three does not fit properties along 152nd. 374 00:38:39,620 --> 00:38:45,880 R1 is most efficient for like barion, seahers, and three-tree point communities. 375 00:38:46,620 --> 00:38:51,780 I don't see why you keep pushing this on these pieces of property. 376 00:38:52,980 --> 00:38:55,940 Why do we need our city to grow bigger? 377 00:38:56,300 --> 00:38:58,860 It's already getting harder to drive through it, 378 00:38:58,860 --> 00:39:02,160 and just more law enforcement and services will be needed. 379 00:39:02,900 --> 00:39:06,520 If you think you are going to be able to build affordable housing, 380 00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:09,640 You better find a way to lower property taxes. 381 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:15,180 Washington State is taxing people out of their homes as it is. 382 00:39:15,860 --> 00:39:18,440 Please be careful what you plan for. 383 00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:19,520 Thank you. 384 00:39:24,340 --> 00:39:25,440 Speak as rowing, Petram. 385 00:39:32,870 --> 00:39:33,850 My name is Rowan Petram. 386 00:39:34,750 --> 00:39:38,510 I am a burying resident as of six months ago. 387 00:39:38,890 --> 00:39:43,030 My wife and I were fortunate enough to be able to afford to purchase a house. 388 00:39:43,310 --> 00:39:46,510 That is a reality that most people do not have. 389 00:39:46,510 --> 00:39:51,350 I'm here before you today to advocate in favor of these zoning changes. 390 00:39:52,210 --> 00:39:57,850 My family members, my friends, they cannot afford houses the way my wife and I could. 391 00:39:58,870 --> 00:40:03,870 And the only way to reduce the cost of housing is to build more of it. 392 00:40:04,110 --> 00:40:07,850 The future of Buryan requires an abundance of housing. 393 00:40:08,470 --> 00:40:13,970 Please allow for more housing to be built in the city and to stop the Nimbis. 394 00:40:14,550 --> 00:40:15,130 Thank you. 395 00:40:19,130 --> 00:40:21,270 Next is Claire, you're done. 396 00:40:25,540 --> 00:40:25,780 Good evening. 397 00:40:26,060 --> 00:40:28,440 I'm Claire, you're in 10 year resident of Varian. 398 00:40:29,620 --> 00:40:35,480 And I want to put forth another type of affordable housing that I brought up at the Eco-Thride Event. 399 00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:38,460 That's getting traction around the country. 400 00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:41,420 And it is called Coliving. 401 00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:48,180 That is you take a 3-4, 5, 6 bedroom house in a single family home. 402 00:40:48,180 --> 00:40:56,460 you put a lock on each bedroom, each room is rented, the residents share the common spaces, 403 00:40:56,700 --> 00:41:03,860 the bathroom kitchen, living room dining room and yard, and the owner is the landlord, 404 00:41:04,020 --> 00:41:09,720 the owner is responsible for dealing with any complaints, maintaining order, fixing the plumbing, 405 00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:17,760 et cetera, et cetera. This might require a variance under existing codes even under the new plan, 406 00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:26,680 which I took a look at today, but it's a way to offer rents considerably lower than apartments 407 00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:33,640 or certainly in mortgage and should create more housing using existing housing stock, 408 00:41:33,860 --> 00:41:40,190 not building new stock, new, building using, using what we got, like I've looked at 409 00:41:40,190 --> 00:41:47,870 below today, there may be 10 3 to 4 bedroom houses on the market here in Beirion, a couple 410 00:41:47,870 --> 00:41:56,030 five bedroom houses and even a couple six bedroom houses, which exceeds the five units allowed 411 00:41:56,030 --> 00:42:04,370 under the new code. But even up to a five bedroom house would still be in the spirit of the new code. 412 00:42:04,370 --> 00:42:11,190 So I think this is a way we could create more housing 413 00:42:11,190 --> 00:42:12,890 using existing stock, 414 00:42:13,450 --> 00:42:17,490 without asking the government to finance public housing, 415 00:42:18,950 --> 00:42:22,530 and with just basically a variance. 416 00:42:22,790 --> 00:42:27,130 There's a couple national companies that are doing this, 417 00:42:27,130 --> 00:42:29,330 that are buying houses and offering this, 418 00:42:29,650 --> 00:42:32,010 and it's actually going to get an attractive option 419 00:42:32,010 --> 00:42:36,170 for the mom and pop type landlord too and thank you. Thanks. 420 00:42:39,810 --> 00:42:41,150 Next is Billis Sanders. 421 00:42:47,380 --> 00:42:48,040 Yes, 422 00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:56,000 my name is Solis Sanders. I'm a resident of Bearing Inn, the city of Bearing Inn. And I would 423 00:42:56,000 --> 00:43:09,040 like to see affordable housing. I have problems right now living in an apartment and the 424 00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:19,240 people and their transparency is well below what I would expect. So I would like to see 425 00:43:21,620 --> 00:43:26,540 more like a village or something built of that nature. I know this came up in the past, 426 00:43:26,720 --> 00:43:34,080 but I would like to see that happen where people can live in individual places and community grouping. 427 00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:45,080 And that would be a good thing for a lot of people that just want a small space and live in a comfortable position or a whole housing. 428 00:43:46,260 --> 00:43:59,420 I live in a apartment that is not insulated and I have a lot of other issues that I got a long list and I need to find out about tenant rights versus landlord rights. 429 00:43:59,420 --> 00:44:09,640 My background is I'm a building engineer, commercial building engineer for my career, and I have 430 00:44:09,640 --> 00:44:16,620 retired from that, but I know what I look at and what I see and there's nothing being done 431 00:44:16,620 --> 00:44:18,060 about these different things. 432 00:44:18,240 --> 00:44:24,380 These landlords are getting away with all these things and that I need to talk to someone 433 00:44:24,380 --> 00:44:29,220 that's in planning or something so that, you know, they can be identified that they're doing 434 00:44:29,220 --> 00:44:36,120 people wrong. And I would like to say that I would like to see more citizens that are seniors 435 00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:42,440 like at the Community Center to meet maybe once a week for a chat and lunchons are some 436 00:44:42,440 --> 00:44:48,040 other events that apply to senior citizens. Thank you. 437 00:44:51,010 --> 00:44:52,330 This is Chastine Edgar. 438 00:45:00,430 --> 00:45:29,250 Hello, my name is Chestine Edgar. I'm a resident of Berin. I live in the Lake Berin neighborhood, and they shoreline there. Initially, when we were working on the comprehensive plan, I said that that neighborhood belonged in continuously, the whole thing at R1. It cannot be chopped into little pieces. It must be looked at holistically. What happens to one property happens to all of the properties, because of the continuous nature of the water. 439 00:45:29,250 --> 00:45:43,030 Number two, at the same length should be true for the zoning. It should be R1. In 2021 and 2022, we had a planning commissioner, chair of the planning commission. 440 00:45:43,450 --> 00:45:50,010 I wrote to a letter about that that's certainly overreached the rights of somebody who works as a chair of a planning commission. 441 00:45:50,510 --> 00:45:54,770 She ultimately became disgruntled because she couldn't have her way about everything and quit. 442 00:45:54,770 --> 00:46:01,030 We then put in another inexperienced chair to the Planning Commission who was removed for a lack of ethics. 443 00:46:02,130 --> 00:46:06,330 So those first two years were really tainted with problems. 444 00:46:07,230 --> 00:46:14,750 Since that time we have now created this zoning, which is R3, which is seriously flawed. 445 00:46:15,130 --> 00:46:17,790 There is no way that these lots can exist. 446 00:46:17,790 --> 00:46:28,350 We're talking about a 35 foot, 30, 30, 3,500 foot lock that a Woolit can have seven units on it. 447 00:46:28,570 --> 00:46:32,490 And now, Jimmy, you are a contractor and they're supposed to also be- 448 00:46:32,490 --> 00:46:33,630 So you should direct comments to what I'm saying. 449 00:46:33,650 --> 00:46:37,710 Okay, excuse me, they're supposed to be recreational space. 450 00:46:38,070 --> 00:46:44,570 There's no way between the recreational space and the setback that you possibly can get seven units on it or even maybe six. 451 00:46:44,570 --> 00:46:55,110 We should not be creating lots that are not realistic, and that was set at the Planning Commission in spite of it, a Planning Commission said it repeated times and it was completely ignored. 452 00:46:55,550 --> 00:47:03,810 You are the council. You need to look at this. You need to correct it. Something needs to be done. This is not a realistic plan at R3. Thank you. 453 00:47:08,380 --> 00:47:09,580 Next up is Charles Shaper. 454 00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:22,200 Good evening. I wanted to start off by expressing my appreciation to the city manager and the economic development team for a good coffee with the city manager event. 455 00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:24,200 and it was nice to see Deputy Mayor Sarah, 456 00:47:24,380 --> 00:47:26,040 a counselor Garcia both there. 457 00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:28,580 Encourage the rest of you to attend the next one. 458 00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:30,880 One of the things I like about these events 459 00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:33,060 is the city manager is willing to show up 460 00:47:33,060 --> 00:47:35,180 and engage with whoever's there. 461 00:47:35,540 --> 00:47:37,540 Even if it's people like me who've admittedly 462 00:47:37,540 --> 00:47:40,060 been critical with him at other times during the past, 463 00:47:40,180 --> 00:47:42,460 you know, we still had a good conversation. 464 00:47:43,300 --> 00:47:44,480 And I just kind of want all of you 465 00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:46,440 and Council to reflect on that. 466 00:47:46,460 --> 00:47:48,200 When is the last time you sat down 467 00:47:48,200 --> 00:47:50,060 and had a civil conversation with someone 468 00:47:50,060 --> 00:47:51,240 that you disagreed with? 469 00:47:51,240 --> 00:47:56,640 And if it's been a while, there's a lot of people here tonight about the zoning that might want the opportunity. 470 00:47:57,320 --> 00:48:04,680 The other thing I wanted to mention is you have a motion tonight about directing staff to begin the recruitment process for the pro and con committees. 471 00:48:05,200 --> 00:48:07,980 And as far as I'm aware we haven't even seen the ballot measure yet. 472 00:48:08,320 --> 00:48:18,880 So I just like some clarification on what the timeline is, because you know, how can if I was interested in a committee and I haven't even read the ballot measure, how would I know if I'm for or against. 473 00:48:18,880 --> 00:48:25,080 So if we can just get some clarification on when the actual language will be out and then give 474 00:48:25,080 --> 00:48:29,600 people some time to read over it before they have to apply for the committee, that would 475 00:48:29,600 --> 00:48:30,000 be nice. 476 00:48:30,100 --> 00:48:30,740 Thank you. 477 00:48:34,180 --> 00:48:35,200 Next is Terry Mutter. 478 00:48:38,360 --> 00:48:38,740 Good evening. 479 00:48:39,220 --> 00:48:42,080 Terry Mutter also commenting regarding zoning. 480 00:48:42,720 --> 00:48:45,880 I know zoning requires a lot of balancing constraints. 481 00:48:46,360 --> 00:48:51,600 My concern is around conflicts within I think opposing agendas. 482 00:48:52,620 --> 00:48:57,020 An example would be protecting our tree canopy, which is a priority within the city. 483 00:48:57,500 --> 00:49:01,420 I think there are three zoning and certain areas where we have high tree density is going 484 00:49:01,420 --> 00:49:02,460 to compromise that. 485 00:49:02,460 --> 00:49:08,280 I think with critical root zones on substantial trees is going to make a 3500 square foot 486 00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:09,800 lot not feasible. 487 00:49:11,720 --> 00:49:15,820 I like having the neighborhood businesses and residential neighborhoods, but no parking 488 00:49:15,820 --> 00:49:16,660 and limited hours. 489 00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:19,260 I don't think the city of business is going to thrive in the environment. 490 00:49:20,240 --> 00:49:26,160 I'm concerned about the high density on one-fifty second with no real clear plan for waste management. 491 00:49:26,260 --> 00:49:31,320 If you drive down 10th and you look at the graffiti riddle dumpsters with garbage in the streets, 492 00:49:32,120 --> 00:49:35,180 I saw yesterday, I'm concerned about that. 493 00:49:37,160 --> 00:49:42,600 R1 zoning is laid out to protect critical environments in shorelines. 494 00:49:43,040 --> 00:49:45,660 I'm concerned about what we're seeing happening on three-tree point. 495 00:49:45,660 --> 00:49:57,800 Also, as I was already mentioned around Lake Burian, here we have a critical shoreline, and we have 75% of that being zoned as our 3.25% being our 2. 496 00:49:58,700 --> 00:50:02,420 I don't believe the transit rationale that the planning commission is using. 497 00:50:02,840 --> 00:50:07,720 So I would recommend that we protect our environmental areas at a minimum of what is proposed in the R1 zoning. 498 00:50:08,720 --> 00:50:11,700 I would also recommend maybe a more incremental measure to approach. 499 00:50:11,700 --> 00:50:14,080 It was stated earlier, periods not going to be pushed around. 500 00:50:14,660 --> 00:50:18,620 I don't think we can just take the cities or the states mandate. 501 00:50:18,940 --> 00:50:21,500 I think we've taken measure to approach something that's sustainable. 502 00:50:21,720 --> 00:50:27,280 We do need housing, but we need to do it in a way that adds value to Bury and not destroy 503 00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:28,840 some of these critical areas. 504 00:50:29,220 --> 00:50:30,040 Thank you. 505 00:50:33,480 --> 00:50:34,900 Next is Web Pears. 506 00:50:40,490 --> 00:50:41,910 Good evening, City Council members. 507 00:50:42,050 --> 00:50:43,030 My name is Web Pears. 508 00:50:43,310 --> 00:50:43,950 I'm just here. 509 00:50:44,230 --> 00:50:49,490 I've been working with Cheney Schatzon at the city recently trying to discuss the proposal 510 00:50:49,490 --> 00:50:55,810 to build a four-plex in the bull of our park neighborhood and I've impressed with what you guys 511 00:50:55,810 --> 00:51:01,770 are proposing for R2 and some of the other zones. I guess I'm here to offer some perspective 512 00:51:01,770 --> 00:51:09,870 as a small-time developer and landlord. I would say that in general I endorse the two story 513 00:51:09,870 --> 00:51:15,530 four-plex flat design because I think it fits well in neighborhoods. Three stories feels to me 514 00:51:15,530 --> 00:51:22,310 little tall. I also support green space, and I think there's ways to make that work and lots that are 515 00:51:22,310 --> 00:51:29,630 5,000, 5,500 or greater, not a big fan of routing these large buildings on the small 516 00:51:29,630 --> 00:51:34,570 lots. I think that it's although you create units, I don't think that you're actually creating, 517 00:51:34,590 --> 00:51:39,190 you're not paying attention to the market that you're trying to serve. So I've been providing 518 00:51:39,190 --> 00:51:45,010 middle housing to middle-class couples mainly in the Seattle area for about 25 years. 519 00:51:45,770 --> 00:51:53,370 And what I see is that these couples are in the process of buying a house and this is their last place that they stay, they often say for about five years. 520 00:51:53,790 --> 00:52:00,190 They're looking for a place where they can raise a garden, have a pet, have some outdoor space, some quiet, some storage. 521 00:52:00,870 --> 00:52:07,990 And I think that if you crowd too much into one building, you are just creating more apartments, which I'm not sure that we need more of that. 522 00:52:07,990 --> 00:52:13,570 But middle housing, I feel like is a really valuable intermedia that we don't really have much of. 523 00:52:14,730 --> 00:52:18,390 That you can come back and then on the next meeting, if that's helpful and provide some insight 524 00:52:18,390 --> 00:52:25,370 if anyone has any questions, and you can reach me through Cheney's number for that meeting. 525 00:52:25,830 --> 00:52:28,790 If you guys want to discuss more, but I think you guys are doing a great job. 526 00:52:29,110 --> 00:52:29,310 Thanks. 527 00:52:32,260 --> 00:52:50,660 Next up is Quentin Thompson. Good evening, council members, and good evening audience. I'm going to start off by saying when we have the zoning situation going on. 528 00:52:50,660 --> 00:53:12,340 I am now in took, well, I have been a Syrian resident since 1979, and what you're looking at is the elderly people in the Syrian area, such as the Normandy Park, 529 00:53:12,340 --> 00:53:23,620 bearing an area over there by their fire station. And those houses that are behind that 530 00:53:23,620 --> 00:53:33,000 lot, there's about seven or eight of them over there that elderly people are 531 00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:42,320 having trouble being able to afford because those are individually how houses 532 00:53:42,320 --> 00:54:00,180 that have been zone there for properties and built. I have looked at those behind Normandy Park 533 00:54:00,180 --> 00:54:09,780 Fire and other locations because I lived up in that area so I don't know any more than that, 534 00:54:09,780 --> 00:54:15,740 but I do know that some elderly people are having trouble 535 00:54:15,740 --> 00:54:21,520 purchasing those because I've talked to a couple of neighbors 536 00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:23,000 in that area. 537 00:54:23,700 --> 00:54:25,660 Thank you very much. 538 00:54:26,460 --> 00:54:27,300 Thank you, Quinn. 539 00:54:29,360 --> 00:54:30,580 Before we move on to the consent agenda, 540 00:54:30,620 --> 00:54:34,040 I just want to say to folks who are here today, 541 00:54:34,260 --> 00:54:37,820 but also watching listening for next meeting, 542 00:54:37,820 --> 00:54:44,860 the 16th will be our first touch on the zoning, the proposed zoning changes. That's first 543 00:54:44,860 --> 00:54:48,760 touch where we're going to spend a lot of time going through it. We're not going to rush 544 00:54:48,760 --> 00:54:52,680 on anything. We're going to spend a lot of time going through it. And there won't be a vote 545 00:54:52,680 --> 00:54:59,300 taken on the 16th. We're going to spend that time really getting into the nitty gritty. So if you 546 00:54:59,300 --> 00:55:06,600 would like to speak at that meeting, you have to sign up to speak at least one hour before the meeting 547 00:55:06,600 --> 00:55:10,840 starts. You can do it Sunday night. You can do it Saturday. You can do it Monday morning, 548 00:55:11,140 --> 00:55:15,920 but you have to sign up at least one hour before that meeting starts. In the meantime, 549 00:55:16,400 --> 00:55:23,440 I would please encourage you to continue to write emails, ask us to go to your neighborhood, 550 00:55:23,680 --> 00:55:29,300 get a cup of coffee. I've gone to a neighborhood meeting. Already this weekend, I'm going to another 551 00:55:29,300 --> 00:55:34,720 one tomorrow. I'm going to another one on Thursday. So I'm going around to, 552 00:55:34,720 --> 00:55:39,540 true point see her talk to folks. I'd encourage you all to please continue to reach out to every single 553 00:55:39,540 --> 00:55:46,720 one of us individually on the on the council. But June 16th is the next meeting. You can sign up to 554 00:55:46,720 --> 00:55:52,020 comment an hour before, but you can always email us. You can always call us. You can always 555 00:55:53,860 --> 00:55:59,920 ask us to go get a couple of coffee or whatever. So I would just encourage that. There is time to 556 00:55:59,920 --> 00:56:04,660 still talk to us. Nothing has been voted on yet. Nothing is finalized. So we're having 557 00:56:04,660 --> 00:56:16,600 We're having a robust community conversation, I appreciate everyone who came here today who spoke and everyone who's watching and who wants to speak on this issue and talk to us about it. 558 00:56:16,740 --> 00:56:17,920 So thank you so much. 559 00:56:19,460 --> 00:56:19,560 Okay. 560 00:56:20,660 --> 00:56:23,160 Is there a motion to approve the consent agenda? 561 00:56:24,140 --> 00:56:26,200 I believe that we approve the consent agenda. 562 00:56:26,200 --> 00:56:31,520 There are second to approve the consent agenda, all those in favour, please raise your hand or say aye. 563 00:56:32,380 --> 00:56:35,200 I, unanimous approval of the consent agenda. Thank you. 564 00:56:37,820 --> 00:56:42,200 From con committees for ballot initiative on public safety, Adolfo and Casey. 565 00:56:44,760 --> 00:56:49,440 Thank you. Council, thank you very much. I will build some time and space. 566 00:56:49,820 --> 00:56:53,280 I'll have Casey to join us in the conversation. 567 00:56:55,520 --> 00:57:04,140 Yes, Council, staff, thank you for Council and Mayor, thank you for the opportunity to 568 00:57:04,140 --> 00:57:09,580 continue with the ongoing conversation of the direction that Council gave to us over a 569 00:57:09,580 --> 00:57:15,580 year ago on a ballot initiative on public safety. We have an extensive work which has been 570 00:57:15,580 --> 00:57:22,060 shared with Council, not just staff but also as we manage contact with our consultants to ensure 571 00:57:22,060 --> 00:57:26,980 that we have all the information that we've collected over the last several years included in its review. 572 00:57:27,900 --> 00:57:42,860 At this point, we have reached a decision-making part of the process where state law requires council to consider creating both a pro committee and a con committee, 573 00:57:42,860 --> 00:57:49,620 uh, comprised of residents of the city to either oppose or support the, uh, 574 00:57:49,740 --> 00:57:53,560 initiative that will be proposed by the city. This is something the council did recently 575 00:57:53,560 --> 00:57:58,720 as it set an initiative for minimum wage and had that conversation. It also appointed a 576 00:57:58,720 --> 00:58:04,680 pro in a con committee. Um, this point I will, uh, see if KC has any information to share before we move 577 00:58:04,680 --> 00:58:07,340 So, good evening, Mayor and Council. 578 00:58:09,440 --> 00:58:16,080 This is our first step in a formal action, and we don't have any ballot language because 579 00:58:16,080 --> 00:58:24,040 we haven't created that, we're waiting, we're working on some drafts, but just giving 580 00:58:24,040 --> 00:58:32,240 us the go ahead to start setting up the forms for the pro and con committee, that's what 581 00:58:32,240 --> 00:58:34,360 the step tonight is going to do. 582 00:58:36,320 --> 00:58:40,500 And we have built out, we're working on some language, 583 00:58:40,940 --> 00:58:44,740 that we will bring to you guys to take a look at. 584 00:58:45,800 --> 00:58:46,560 And we'll move forward. 585 00:58:48,420 --> 00:58:51,660 Also, if I could share Mayor, yes, we do have a plan 586 00:58:51,660 --> 00:58:52,860 to open the process. 587 00:58:53,320 --> 00:58:55,140 Now, opening the process is not necessarily 588 00:58:55,140 --> 00:58:58,400 mean that we will provide all the information necessary 589 00:58:58,400 --> 00:59:00,740 that people will complete the form and submit the form. 590 00:59:00,740 --> 00:59:04,660 It just allows us to start the process for moving forward. 591 00:59:05,600 --> 00:59:08,020 We, because we're working with King County elections, 592 00:59:08,180 --> 00:59:10,980 and we're working with their process overall. 593 00:59:11,460 --> 00:59:13,300 They also have several other valid initiatives 594 00:59:13,300 --> 00:59:16,840 that they're working on for working to meet deadlines 595 00:59:17,260 --> 00:59:19,760 that are necessary in order for us to have this ballot 596 00:59:19,760 --> 00:59:21,360 or this question on the ballot. 597 00:59:22,000 --> 00:59:24,680 We have Bond Council that's working with us on creating 598 00:59:24,680 --> 00:59:27,200 the question that we will then bring to Council 599 00:59:27,200 --> 00:59:28,520 for you to review and approve. 600 00:59:28,520 --> 00:59:32,760 So we have the right people in place to help us. 601 00:59:33,300 --> 00:59:36,380 We just need the essentially the authority 602 00:59:36,380 --> 00:59:38,820 to be able to start the process, keep it going, 603 00:59:39,260 --> 00:59:40,800 so that we don't get bogged down due to deadlines 604 00:59:40,800 --> 00:59:42,640 that are needed by the county. 605 00:59:43,980 --> 00:59:44,800 Go ahead, Councillor Matta. 606 00:59:46,020 --> 00:59:47,720 Yes, I moved to create two temporary committees. 607 00:59:48,440 --> 00:59:51,540 A pro and a con for the ballot initiative on public safety 608 00:59:51,540 --> 00:59:54,800 and to authorize the staff to open a recruitment process 609 00:59:54,800 --> 00:59:55,880 as soon as possible. 610 00:59:55,880 --> 00:59:56,740 Is there a second? 611 00:59:56,780 --> 00:59:57,300 A second. 612 00:59:57,780 --> 00:59:59,980 We've been seconded in any questions or further comments. 613 01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:00,700 For the council. 614 01:00:03,520 --> 01:00:10,040 To speak on the motion. I think that public safety has been a topic of discussion, at least the last eight years that I've been on this council. 615 01:00:11,020 --> 01:00:15,260 And to be able to, and when we talk about public safety, it's not just to uplift officers. 616 01:00:16,040 --> 01:00:18,640 You know, and we talked about it in this council. 617 01:00:18,960 --> 01:00:22,020 What kind of holistic view can we look at when it comes to public safety? 618 01:00:23,180 --> 01:00:31,840 I've got to say that our law enforcement is doing a great job, but I also think that this initiative is a very important, as we continue to grow as a city as we continue to 619 01:00:31,840 --> 01:00:37,260 see what developments are coming and how we continue to just drop people to the city. 620 01:00:37,920 --> 01:00:45,780 I love the city. I want to see the two sides be able to be heard and let the voters speak for 621 01:00:45,780 --> 01:00:50,360 themselves and whether they want to tax themselves on public safety in the city. Thank you. 622 01:00:51,990 --> 01:00:58,510 Deputy Mayor Moore. Oh, you're your candidate. Yeah, thank you. Thank you. I also 623 01:00:58,510 --> 01:01:05,510 So, support getting the ball rolling on this, but I do want to kind of understand what 624 01:01:05,510 --> 01:01:13,070 order things are happening in, so we're going to work on recruiting, we're creating 625 01:01:13,070 --> 01:01:21,150 the materials to recruit right now, and then we'll recruiting happen after the languages 626 01:01:21,150 --> 01:01:28,110 is worked out, because I hear from people what I hear the most is I don't know if I'm 627 01:01:28,110 --> 01:01:34,190 going to support it or not. And I feel like there's always a case to be made for the 628 01:01:34,190 --> 01:01:40,610 con for oh, you know, don't spend more money. And I feel like the case for the pro needs 629 01:01:40,610 --> 01:01:47,110 to people need to have that information and be able to really kind of understand and grasp 630 01:01:47,110 --> 01:01:53,370 it as they're working on it. So I just want to understand the timing better tonight. We're 631 01:01:53,370 --> 01:02:01,530 asking for counsel to approve us to move forward in creating all of this documentation or creating 632 01:02:01,530 --> 01:02:09,140 setting up the bow and con forms and the website with the information for the levy. 633 01:02:10,270 --> 01:02:14,510 So are they being created so we're giving permission for both, 634 01:02:14,750 --> 01:02:21,930 yeah, to gather. Right, we need permission, we need authorization to create the bow and con committee. 635 01:02:21,930 --> 01:02:27,250 and all of that is being developed simultaneously, 636 01:02:28,330 --> 01:02:33,570 the documentation for it, and as soon as we get approval, 637 01:02:34,790 --> 01:02:37,650 we'll have things on the website pretty quick. 638 01:02:38,330 --> 01:02:39,750 Thank you. 639 01:02:39,950 --> 01:02:41,970 It's helpful to also if I may add mayor. 640 01:02:43,050 --> 01:02:45,770 Yes, it may seem a little awkward that we're starting this early 641 01:02:45,770 --> 01:02:49,930 with the authorization, but the reason why we would like to seek 642 01:02:49,930 --> 01:02:54,650 authorization to start the recruitment process is so that we can, as Casey 643 01:02:54,650 --> 01:02:58,670 mentioned, start the infrastructure for the recruitment process, the forums, 644 01:02:58,830 --> 01:03:03,250 maybe even open the recruitment, understanding that individuals may not apply and 645 01:03:03,250 --> 01:03:08,190 we're not asking them to apply to be on the lower consummate until material is 646 01:03:08,190 --> 01:03:14,210 available. But the reason why we ask for approval at this point is if we wait until 647 01:03:14,210 --> 01:03:18,890 we have the bond language and all these other items to bring to council, by that 648 01:03:18,890 --> 01:03:22,230 we have shortened ourselves two or three weeks of potential recruitment. 649 01:03:22,990 --> 01:03:27,490 We've lost that time, whereas if Council authorizes recruitment at this point, 650 01:03:27,570 --> 01:03:30,330 as soon as we have approval from Council on a bond question, 651 01:03:30,870 --> 01:03:34,130 we can post it without having to delay any recruitment process, 652 01:03:34,250 --> 01:03:36,230 without having to reopen a process. 653 01:03:36,950 --> 01:03:40,510 So authorizing us to start recruitment doesn't mean that we will 654 01:03:40,510 --> 01:03:44,130 start telling people apply one way or another, 655 01:03:44,130 --> 01:03:53,150 that we also don't plan to bring two council candidates to a point, because we have yet to bring to council the bond language and other material to approve. 656 01:03:53,390 --> 01:04:01,890 So it is a little awkward in the request, but that's only again, so that we set the infrastructure so that we can move forward properly without delaying the process. 657 01:04:05,970 --> 01:04:10,230 So just to understand the language for the 658 01:04:10,230 --> 01:04:20,510 levy will be coming out later this month or is there a timing on when the language will be crafted and then we approve that language is that correct? 659 01:04:21,150 --> 01:04:28,230 Correct. Yes, we're working on the language now. We're pretty much at the point where it will be done. We just want to make sure that we 660 01:04:28,230 --> 01:04:34,250 cross-arties. To use an example that may come from community development, 661 01:04:36,790 --> 01:04:37,510 just because we 662 01:04:37,510 --> 01:04:41,790 ask somebody to approve blue prints for the construction of a home, doesn't mean that 663 01:04:41,790 --> 01:04:46,210 the home is actually going to be built tomorrow, or essentially just asking to allow us 664 01:04:46,210 --> 01:04:51,070 to have the blue print to have the plans in place, so that once the materials are purchased, 665 01:04:51,430 --> 01:04:55,670 we can hit the ground running and start the process. But yes, to answer a question directly, 666 01:04:55,670 --> 01:05:05,670 the language is for the most part almost done. We do expect to bring it to Council either on the 16th or the 30th and by that point we will not have lost time 667 01:05:06,470 --> 01:05:10,870 to open a recruitment because we would have already hopefully have received approval. 668 01:05:11,830 --> 01:05:13,550 Thank you very much. 669 01:05:15,940 --> 01:05:24,440 Right. I'm going to vote yes to the approval. I just wanted to share it. It just felt like we're putting the car before the horse. 670 01:05:24,440 --> 01:05:31,520 So I would have thought that we'd receive some sort of presentation first on it, but I understand that 671 01:05:32,260 --> 01:05:35,060 there's deadlines for this within King County elections. 672 01:05:35,740 --> 01:05:40,320 It just seems like we're a little bit pressed up to the deadlines, but I will be supporting. 673 01:05:41,200 --> 01:05:41,580 Thank you. 674 01:05:44,740 --> 01:05:45,000 Okay. 675 01:05:45,460 --> 01:05:50,320 Seeing you in other comments or questions, all those in favor of approving, say, I raise your hand, 676 01:05:50,640 --> 01:05:52,800 unanimous approval of moving forward. 677 01:05:54,420 --> 01:05:54,640 Okay. 678 01:05:55,740 --> 01:06:03,320 Planning calendar, are there any planning calendar items that have been discussed with the city manager or appropriate staff? 679 01:06:06,740 --> 01:06:07,100 That's a work or see. 680 01:06:07,620 --> 01:06:08,440 Nothing planned. 681 01:06:08,580 --> 01:06:09,280 I just wanted to circle back. 682 01:06:09,380 --> 01:06:13,720 I could set up time to meet with the city manager and parks director. 683 01:06:13,900 --> 01:06:16,600 He's going to update on the parks district. 684 01:06:16,740 --> 01:06:19,860 I know they've been working on on that over the last year or so. 685 01:06:20,460 --> 01:06:24,820 And obviously they have a lot of important things that we have next month or two. 686 01:06:24,820 --> 01:06:28,440 But I just want to kind of just see what the progress has been made. 687 01:06:28,580 --> 01:06:34,900 Would it be possible to receive an update on that at the next meeting during the 688 01:06:34,900 --> 01:06:39,880 same engine's report or when would be a good time to receive an update on that? 689 01:06:40,120 --> 01:06:43,160 It could also just be emailed to me and on your busy or I can meet with even 690 01:06:43,160 --> 01:06:43,960 car directors. 691 01:06:44,320 --> 01:06:45,180 I want to thank too much for your time. 692 01:06:45,260 --> 01:06:45,580 Whatever it is. 693 01:06:45,800 --> 01:06:49,680 Yeah, we could, we could, the, yes, we could certainly meet with the 694 01:06:49,680 --> 01:06:56,020 Director, Council of Oversea, the challenge with bringing this to the council bodies that 695 01:06:56,020 --> 01:07:00,280 I believe the request is related to the potential creation of a metropolitan parks district. 696 01:07:00,880 --> 01:07:03,460 That in itself is a far more complicated process. 697 01:07:03,740 --> 01:07:05,260 Oh, you're just asking for info. 698 01:07:05,700 --> 01:07:06,460 Oh, okay, sorry, sorry. 699 01:07:06,460 --> 01:07:07,480 I'm sorry, Mr. Mr. OK. 700 01:07:08,040 --> 01:07:10,420 But we can certainly schedule a meeting with parks and staff. 701 01:07:11,420 --> 01:07:11,820 OK. 702 01:07:13,040 --> 01:07:13,360 Great. 703 01:07:14,300 --> 01:07:17,260 Well, I think this was the shortest meeting in city history. 704 01:07:17,260 --> 01:07:18,760 we are adjourned at 6.32.