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To order the City Council
meeting of AUGUST 5th, 2026. As
you can see, tonight
s council
meeting is being held virtually
due to critical maintenance and
upgrades underway in council
chambers. During the meeting,
we MAY take brief breaks as
needed to address any technical
issues and help ensure the
meeting proceeds as smoothly as
possible, and council. Thank
you so much. Please give me a
little grace as we start out.
As I get the lay of the
landscape here, I
m very
appreciative to former Mayor
Sweet having done this for
quite a long time, but we
ll
get through it. So, City Clerk,
will you please call the roll.
Councilmember Tim Chisholm
here? Council Member Arnold
here. Councilmember Prem here.
Councilmember Falcone here.
Councilmember Pascal.
Here.
Deputy mayor black. Here. Mayor
Curtis.
Here. All right. Our study
session tonight is on two
items. First, we
ll have an
update on the 2027 2028 utility
rates. Second, we will have an
update on the Kirkland Care
s
low income support program. We
expect to reconvene our regular
meeting at 730. Uh, city
manager.
Okay. Thank you, MADAM Mayor.
So we have the whole 90 minutes
of the study session set out
for these two topics. Related
topics? Um, I
ve asked everyone
to keep their cameras off
unless they
re speaking. Um, I
wanted to give a huge thanks to
folks at Public Works and
Finance to put together a lot
of really complicated
information. And also our
consultant team here. You
re
going to hear from who has done
a fabulous job, but it
s all
going to be led by Jenny
Garrison. Our surface water
strategic advisor. And she has
lots of help who people will
check in when needed. And Tracy
Dunlap is also here at deputy
city manager to chime in as
needed, where she is in the
Tri-Cities. So with that, I
ll
turn it over to Jenny.
Great. Thank you very much.
Good evening, MADAM Mayor. And
members of the council. Uh,
again, I
m Jenny Gauss, surface
water strategic advisor, and
I
m managing the utility rate
process for 2027, 2028. And
Brook is kindly running the
slides for me for now. Uh, next
slide. Um, we have a very
knowledgeable group of people,
uh, all of whom have helped to
develop the budget assumptions
and the models that are going
to be used to update Kirkland
s
utility rates. Uh, the fcs team
and myself will be the main
presenters. But we do have many
other folks standing by. Um, as
questions arise. Next slide.
And before we launch into sort
of the meat of the
presentation, I wanted to just
highlight some of the process
improvements that have happened
since the last rate setting
process. Um, we
re doing more
forecasting of revenues. Uh,
staff is reviewing and
reporting on revenue trends
each month so that we have the
most up to date information.
Uh, water and sewer utilities
have been split apart so that
we could better see how each is
faring financially. Uh, the
utility policy supervisor is
now, um, allocated to water,
sewer and solid waste. And then
we are really working on
prioritizing water and sewer
engineering and planning. And
so those things are really
going to help with the
transparency and accountability
in the process. Next slide. And
so, uh, tonight is the first of
three meetings where we
re
going to discuss utility rates
updates. Uh, we
ll be returning
on SEPTEMBER 15th with our
proposed rates. And again on
OCTOBER 20th with our final
rates. Um, tonight we have our
consultant team here to provide
background on the rate models
and to present the preliminary
rates. Um, these are rates that
meet our current fiscal
policies. Um, we
re also going
to be discussing potential ways
to moderate these rate
increases. Um, and we
ll see
council guidance on the
preferred rate scenario. Uh, a
note that I have some slides
available. Um, after Brooke
s
presentation, if there are
questions, I have a set of
slides that is available for us
to use. Um, now I
ll introduce,
um, fcs team. Um, Brooke, Tasha
is a project manager with scs,
a Bowman company. She
s been
with fcs for over ten years and
has performed similar rate
studies for many cities in the
Pacific Northwest. And we
re
very pleased to have her
managing the rate modeling
efforts for Kirkland. Um, with
her tonight is Amanda Levine,
who is managing the solid waste
elements of the process and
likewise has performed many
utility rate studies and
engagements over her eight
years with fcs. Um, together
they
ll walk us through the
preliminary preliminary rate
study results. So take it away,
Brooke. Thank you.
Perfect. All right. Uh, so
thank you. Jenny. As mentioned,
I
m Brooke. Tasha with fcs, and
I do have Amanda Levine with
me, as well as John Carducci.
Um, and we
re ready to just
walk through those preliminary
rates for the city
s forecast,
as well as revenue requirements
as what we
ll refer to those as
through the bulk of this
presentation. So a quick agenda
here. To start, we
re going to
review a brief background.
We
re going to talk more about
what a revenue requirement is.
We
ll review the city
s fiscal
policies and then we
ll talk
through the revenue requirement
results for each utility before
wrapping it up with next steps
and questions or discussion. So
here again just a brief
background for each of the
utilities that we
re going to
discuss this evening. First the
water utility and the
infrastructure associated with
the water utility is operated
and maintained by the city. The
city purchases their water
supply through Cascade Water
Alliance. Similarly for the
wastewater utility, the city
operates and maintains the
collection system and uses that
system to send wastewater to
King County
s treatment plants
who they pay for treatment
services. On the surface water
side, the city operates and
maintains the surface water
system, working to reduce
street flooding and address the
health of local water bodies.
Surface water is unique in that
it gets billed through the
county
s property taxes, so
most customers don
t see the
bill as directly. And then
finally, the city also provides
garbage, recycling and compost
curbside collection services
through waste Management, which
is also a contractor, and they
pay disposal costs to King
County for disposal service as
well. So for tonight
s review,
we
re going to be concentrating
on the revenue requirement for
each utility. When we talk
about a revenue requirement,
our goal is to determine the
overall amount of revenue
needed to satisfy all of the
fiscal obligations of each
utility on a standalone basis.
Our fiscal obligations include
our direct expenses. So those
are things like our operating
and maintenance costs. Any
existing debt service payments
and any new debt service
payments or rate funded capital
that
s needed to fund the
capital program. Those
financial obligations also
include indirect expenses.
Those are things like
maintaining our reserve
balances, as well as debt
service coverage ratios. If
we
re a utility that has a
large amount of debt, the city
of Kirkland is not within their
utilities. Currently. Um, for
this exercise, we compare a
forecast of those obligations
to our revenues at their
existing levels. First, to
determine whether those
revenues are sufficient over
the forecast period. And if we
see a forecasted deficiency
throughout that study period,
we can develop a rate plan to
help satisfy that deficiency,
while ideally trying to
minimize impacts to customers
to the extent possible. And
that
s going to be our main
concentration tonight. Revenue
requirements for each utility
over a multiyear period. Or in
other words, how much do we
need to potentially raise our
rates over that time frame? So
before we dive into the
results, we want to set the
stage first with a review of
the city
s financial policies.
Uh, these policies provide some
guardrails for the study to
help encourage consistent
decision making. Over time,
especially when we have
documented fiscal policies like
the city does. Those allow for
consistency, even as staff and
leadership changes. So first
here we have our working
capital contingency, which is
in place to allow the utility
to weather those day to day
cash flow fluctuations. The
target is 45 days of o&m for
water and sewer. It
s 100 days
of o&m for stormwater and 30
days for solid waste. We do see
a higher target for stormwater
here because it
s billed
through those property taxes
again, and has two larger
influx of revenues rather than
more of a steady monthly
stream. Uh, the water and sewer
utilities also have another
operating contingency layer.
It
s for a similar purpose to
help weather those cash flow
fluctuations. This results in
an additional 12% of o&m held
as a reserve target. Together,
that
s just about 90 days. The
water, sewer and surface water
utilities also have capital
contingency targets to provide
a source of funding for
emergency repairs or capital
cost overruns. Um, in each
case, that target is about 10%
of the six year cip program.
And then finally, the water,
sewer and surface water
utilities also aim to fund a
dedicated amount of capital
investment directly from rates.
To treat that infrastructure
investment like a true cost of
operating those utilities.
Water will seek to fund 125% of
annual depreciation costs
through rates. Sewer will aim
to fund 165% of depreciation
costs, and surface water will
seek to fund 100% of
depreciation. This invest the
system. The investment policy
really helps to ensure that
we
re replacing system
infrastructure as we
re using
it. Solid waste doesn
t have
those added capital contingency
or system reinvestment
components, since the utilities
largely contractual costs
rather than that direct
infrastructure investment.
Yeah. Go ahead. I see a
question for a hand raised.
By Henry. Just wanted to make a
comment to the council that
there
s a lot of information is
going to be presented. But
please, if you have a question
during the presentation, please
feel free to raise your hand
and ask it as we
re going.
I see another one. Okay.
Um, thank you, Curt, and thank
you, Brooke. Um, uh, I
m
wondering if you could talk a
little bit about why sewer and
water have different
depreciation numbers? Because
it seems like that
infrastructure would be similar
to me. Um, and, uh, if we don
t
have that information, it would
be something that I would like
some follow up offline. Thank
you.
Looks like Tracy will weigh on,
weigh in on that first. Perhaps.
Thank you. Sorry. My
connection
s okay. A really
quick answer is that, um, the
sewer utility assets were put
in place over a much longer
period of time. The water
utility assets were put in
place over a much longer period
of time. Sewer only became a
required, um, service. Really?
In sort of the 60s, the 50s and
60s, where the water utility
was built all the way back, you
know, starting at the turn of
the century. And so, so the
sewer assets are actually more
concentrated in terms of when
they reach their age. And the
other thing I just wanted to
say quickly about this minimum
amount of investment is this is
just trying to recognize that
the replacements are going to
ebb and flow over time. They
ll
be bigger in some years,
smaller in others. But this is
a minimum amount to at least
recognize an expected failure
rate with the actual projects
prioritized as part of the
system plan, the actual
replacements. But it really has
to do with the fact that the
sewer assets were added in a
much more concentrated time
period before that. At best, it
was going into septic systems.
Before that, it was just going
where it went. Um, naturally.
Thank you. Tracy.
Go ahead. Brooke.
Perfect. Thank you. Okay, so
we
re going to move on now to
our first set of revenue
requirement results. And
concentrating here on the water
utility in order to build the
financial forecast, we have to
include a few assumptions.
First, we
ll concentrate on the
2026 to 2032 time frame as that
results study period with 2027
to 2028 as the identified rate.
Setting time frame for the
water utility, the combined
reserve target is $7.2 million
in 2027, and that includes both
the operating and working
capital reserves as well as the
capital contingency for rate
revenue projections. We did
work with the city to look
historical, look back
historically at revenue
performance and the associated
heat and precipitation data to
try to ensure that we
re
forecasting revenues on a
normalized usage. Year 2025 was
a more normalized usage year,
and our 26 budgeted revenue is
in alignment with growth
assumptions plus actual
performance forecasting. Future
revenues assumes a 0.9% growth
rate on average, and it also
assumes that the Kirkland Cares
program participation increases
by 10% per year as more
customers join that program. On
the expense side of things, the
city
s 2026 to 2028 budgets
provide the baseline for
expense forecasting, increasing
into the future with
inflationary assumptions. Cost
inflation varies by expense
type between 2.5 to 5.5% for
many of the internal expenses.
Total cost increase by about
5.7 on average, which is really
driven largely by those Cascade
Water Alliance increases that
range from 4.9 to 12.8%,
depending on the year. Um,
Cascade Water Alliance makes up
about 38% of overall water
utility costs in 2026. That
share is projected to increase
to 43% by 2032, as their
increases outpace those
internal city costs, and then
finally, here we are
anticipating that the water
utility will need a new bond to
help fund the capital program
and are forecasting that debt
to be a revenue bond with a 20
year term, a 5% interest rate
and a 1% issuance cost, the
total capital plan for the
water utility is $42 million
over the next six years. So
here, just taking a closer look
at the yeah, sorry.
Before you go on a question on
the previous slide.
Sure. Um.
So when you talk about customer
growth and this is my question
is on all utilities, is the
point 9% per year, is that, uh,
an industry standard? And my
question really is, is that
anticipated growth based on our
comprehensive plan and our cpp,
or is that just a general
growth number?
So it
s certainly it
s not
necessarily industry standard,
and it
s much more tailored to
the city of Kirkland. And staff
did take a look recently on
number of new connections as
well as some near-term history
on that. Um, typically we don
t
always align from a rate
setting perspective with
comprehensive plans, because
those can typically be a little
bit more robust in their growth
assumptions, because engineers
have a different reason for
looking at growth, they want to
be a little bit more robust.
They don
t want to dig up the
street more than once to give
an example there. So when we
re
working through growth on the
rate setting side of things, we
like to look at some near-term
actuals. Sometimes we
ll look
at some connection charge
revenues to give us a good idea
of the number of connections
we
ve been seeing over the last
year or two, and try to base it
more on that.
That
s helpful. That just it
s
it
s a based on Kirkland, not a.
Absolutely. Yeah.
Thank you.
Um, so here just taking a
closer look at the water
utility components. We have
$17.2 million in rate revenue
growing to about 18 million
with that customer growth
element by 2032. Those revenues
are in support of o&m expenses
that range from 15.2 million to
20.8 million. With inflation,
annual system reinvestment
targets increasing from 2.3
million to 3.1 million.
Existing debt service is just
over 100,000 annually for the
utility, and I believe that
will be fully repaid by 2033.
And then we are assuming some
future debt service totaling
about 1.1 million once the
$12.5 million revenue bond is
issued to help fund the city
s
South Reserve replacement
project in 2026 and 27, the
total 42 million in capital
costs is funded by a mix of
direct rate funding at 51%, 30%
from the $12.5 million revenue
bond. Cfc revenues make up
about 19% percent, and we just
have a small amount of
developer contributions. About
200,000 to round out that
capital funding pie. There. So
in this, uh, graph here, we
re
going to pull together all of
the direct obligations of the
water utility in the bars. The
dark blue are the internal o&m
expenses. The light blue bar
represents our Cascade Water
Alliance expenses. Navy blue
are the Cascade Water lines
membership dues. And then we
see the green bar as our direct
rate funded capital with the
yellow bar first appearing in
2027 as the additional debt
service. If we compare those
forecasted costs to our
revenues at existing rates, we
see that we
re just meeting
obligations in 2026, maybe a
slight sufficiency there.
However, as we
re moving into
27 and beyond, we would become
deficient to fund our rate
funded capital in 2027, and we
would not be sufficient to
cover our new debt service by
2029. And eventually our water
purchase costs as we continue
through the study period. So in
order to satisfy that
deficiency, we
re looking at an
8.5% rate increase in 2027,
followed by 6.5% from 2028 to
2030, dropping to about 5.15%
through 2032. Uh, this rate
strategy results in a single
family bill impact of
approximately $4.81 in 2027,
and just under $4 in 2028. Uh,
this somewhat front loaded rate
strategy would allow the water
utility to satisfy the
operating and capital
contingency targets. In all
years of this study period.
Which is shown in this craft
here. So with the proposed
strategy in place, we would
meet our target beginning in
2027. On the operating side and
stay at that target through
2032 on the Capital Reserve
side. Our use of debt and the
continued commitment to fund
our system reinvestment target
allows the reserves to build in
preparation for some of those
unknown capital infrastructure
needs that are going to be
coming from the soon to be
completed water system plan.
Uh, the orange line on these
graphs graphs is shown to
illustrate the effects of the
fund balance. If we were to
hold our rates at their
existing levels. So as we saw
in the revenue requirement
graph, that would result in
forecasted deficiencies that
would ultimately deplete
reserves on both the operating
and eventually the capital side.
Let
s pause for a second and
see if anybody has any
questions.
If not, a quick water drink.
Exactly. Okay, there we go.
Councilmember Prem. Yeah, I
wanted to actually, um,
apologize. I should have asked
this question earlier, but the
I think it was two slides ago
where you talk about the, um,
the maintenance and the. Yeah,
this one here, the o&m is, um,
can you just maybe because it
looks like that
s one of the,
you know, it is the largest
expense that we have. So, uh,
can you just walk us through
very briefly, like, what is
like, is that an increase? Uh,
in these types of expenses as
compared to prior years and
kind of what is the primary
driver? You.
So when. Yeah, when we look at
this particular o&m expense
line going from 15.2 to 20.8
million, this is both a
combination of the city
s
internal budget. So that
s
their, you know, personnel,
their benefits, their all of
the services that they provide
internally. It also includes
the Cascade Water Alliance
components. So on the internal
side, I
m going to flip back
here for just a second so we
can talk about the expense
inflation internally salaries,
benefits, all of those expenses
that the city is in charge of
or can control are increasing
by between the 2.5 to 5.5%. And
we
ll typically see the higher
increases related to things
like benefit costs, because
that
s what we
ve seen in the
industry. Uh, just in in real,
real terms, real increases
there. Um, what we see as a
bigger driver, though, really,
is those the Cascade Water
Alliance increases and they
become a larger proportional
share over this time frame and
are driving up those o&m costs
closer to that 6% over time.
Um, so it is a combination of
internal and external. Yeah.
Anyone else? Okay. Go ahead.
All right.
Um, so this as we move into our
discussion here for the sewer
utility, we
re going to see a
similar layout to these slides
and materials, um, with similar
topics that we
ll talk about
for each. Uh, so similar time
frame for each utility. We
re
going to concentrate on 2026 to
2032 study period. With the 27
to 28 concentration for rate
setting, um, for this sewer
utility, the combined operating
capital reserve targets total
just under $8 million in 2027.
And similarly for revenue
forecasting purposes. Oh, do we
have a hand or is that an.
I think that was a residual
hand. Sorry, Councilmember.
Okay, perfect. Thank you. Uh,
for for revenue forecasting
purposes again here we did base
the 2026 forecast off of 25
actuals plus growth. And again,
25 being a more normalized
historical year there. And here
we
re assuming average system
growth of about 0.7% annually.
Um, just like water, we assumed
that the Kirkland Cares
participation would also
increase by 10% per year as
more customers took advantage
of that program on the expense
side of things, again, we
re
utilizing the city
s 2026 to
2028 budget as the baseline and
added adding inflation to those
future years. Those internal
costs will inflate by between
two and a half to 5.5%, really,
depending on, again, that
expense type. Overall, o&m is
increasing by 10.7% annually.
And again, this is really
driven by external factors
related to King County
treatment rate increases that
range from 11.25 to 12.75%
annually. Um, like we saw on
water, King County is becoming
a larger share of utility
expenses over time, starting at
44% of total costs in 2026,
projected to increase to 56% of
total sewer utility costs by
2032. Uh, no new debt is
forecast to fund the total
capital program of about $31.1
million in escalated project
costs on the sewer utility side.
So again, here, we
re going to
take a closer look at the key
components for sewer. We show
existing revenue of 20.9
million, growing to 30.8
million by 2032. Again just
with that growth assumption.
Those revenues are in support
of o&m expenses of 18.1 million
and 26, increasing to 33.3
million. And again, this is one
of those areas that
s largely
driven by those external King
County treatment expenses, um,
system reinvestment for sewer.
It starts at 3.9 million in
2026, increasing to 4.8 by
2032, and pretty similar with
water. Existing debt service is
just over $100,000 annually.
And for the sewer utility, we
don
t have any new future debt
service to fund the capital
plan, and that total of about
31.1 million in capital
projects is planned to be
funded through direct rate
funded capital of about 82% and
about 18% from CFCs. We have
just about $100,000 planned
from developer contributions
there, so the bulk is really
great and cfc funded. Okay, so
bringing together the the
direct obligations for the
sewer utility here, the bars
are representing those
obligations, with the dark blue
bar being our internal city o&m
expenses. The light blue, our
King County wastewater
treatment charges followed by
state funded capital in the
green bar. So what we see here
when we compare our forecasted
obligations to our revenues at
existing rates, is that we
re
forecasting a deficiency in
2026, in order to fund our full
rate funded system reinvestment
target of 165% of depreciation,
we will need to utilize
operating reserves, moving
forward without any rate
action, which is noted by that
solid black bar in the graph.
We
d be deficient to fund our
rate funded system reinvestment
fully by 2028, and we wouldn
t
be able to fund our King County
treatment charges by the 2029
or 2030 time frame, at least in
full. Uh, so in order to
correct the deficiency in 2027,
while maintaining our rate
funded system reinvestment at
the 165% of depreciation, as
well as maintaining the
operating reserve at a minimum
of 2 million, the sewer utility
is looking at a 19.5% increase
in 2027, followed by about
8.95% annually thereafter. The
typical single family customer
would see an increase of $16.25
a month from this change in
2027, followed by a monthly
increase of about $13.37 in
2028. It should be noted here
that a single family sewer
customer will see the King
County portion of their bill
directly passed through, which
is a large rate driver,
especially in 2028 and beyond.
Right. Let
s hang on. I
ll let
you have one more.
Go ahead. I was going to wrap
it up real quick and then I
ll
pause. But here just taking a
look at the operating and the
capital reserves for the sewer
utility. We are starting 2026
below target on the operating
fund. The rate strategy that
we
re proposing does not
immediately correct the fund
balance deficiency and instead
slowly grows the reserve back
to target through 2032. The
upfront rate increase proposed
would keep the reserve above $2
million in 2027, and correct
the initial cash flow
deficiency, while still funding
rate funded. System
reinvestment at those target
levels. On the capital side, we
see balances ending 2026 at
just above $10 million. That
reserve would grow with
continued rate funding ending
2032. About 15.5 million.
That
s similar to water again
with upcoming system plan
needs, it can be prudent to to
maintain those reserve balances
in preparation for some of
those unknown costs. Happy to
pause.
Thank you. Brooke. Council. Any
questions? Okay. We
ll go
ahead.
All right. All right. So next
we
re going to review
preliminary surface water
outcomes. And again very
similar layout. We
re going to
show you results through 2032
with the rate setting period
concentrating on 27 and 2028.
The 100 day o&m target plus the
10% of the cip, results in a $6
million combined reserve target
in 2027 for surface water. And
here we typically again see
more steady revenues. But we
reviewed the forecast with that
same thought process for
forecasting our revenues. So
determining whether our 2026
budget was in alignment with a
forecast of 25 actuals plus
growth and an associated rate
increase, stormwater utility
growth average is about a half
a percent annually, and it also
represents a senior discount
participant participation rate,
growing at about 10% annually,
which is administered by the
county for expense forecasting,
will rely again on the city
s
2026 to 2028 budgets, plus
inflation. Inflation varies
here for for sface water
between the 2.5 to 5.5%,
depending on the type of
expense and then overall
operating expenses are
increasing just under 3% in the
forecast because there really
are no external cost drivers
for the surface water utility
to be perhaps pushing that up.
We are also not forecasting any
new debtor the surface water
ility at this point to help
fund that $31.7 million capital
plan through 2032. So looking
at the key components here for
surface water, we hav about
$14 million in existing rate
revenues growing to $14.2
million with customer growth.
That is in suppo of o&m
expees that range from 12.8
miion to 15.2 million. System
Reinvestment Funding of 3.1
million, increasing to 3.6
million. And then the
stormwater utility currently
has no existingebt and no
future forecaste debt to fund
the capital program a direct
rate funded capital is
anticipated to fund 77% of the
capital program, with 16%
coming from external fundi.
That external fundings made
up of a Department o Ecology
forgivable loan, as well as
some developer developer
contributions. And then
finally, we
ve got cfc revenue
at
s going to me up the
maining 7% of our o funding
needs for stormwater.M, so
re again, in our revenue
requirement forecast, we see
thos blue bars reprenting
our own expenses. And then the
green bar here showi direct
rate funded capital, comparing
the obligations to existing
revenues in 2026, we see the
surface water utility is also
foreca to be defient to
fullyover t 100%
deeciation target for rat
funded capital in order to fund
the fl targeted amount, the
utility would need to rel a
bitn reserves. Um, moving
foard, I Doe re action is
taken,he utilityould fall
short to providing any rate
funded capital by 2029nd
wouldventually not be ae to
cover their tot o&m expenses
the future. So in oer to
satisfy that deficncy, we
re
oking at 7.15% increases from
2027 through 202 before
dropping to 2.75% thereafter.
This stratys set wit the
e intento resolvehe cash
flow defiencyy 2029 and
ilize available fund balance
to do so. Uh, a.15% increas
results in anncrease o
between $65 and $1.77 a month
in 2027 and 2028. For a typical
sile family customer. And
agn, these rates are on
property taxes so he a
litt bit less visibility tn
some of our wer, sew or
solid waste rates. Finally
here, um, looking at fund
bances for the stormwater
utility we doee on the
operating side tha we have
ailable fundalance in 2026
that allows us tohasen the
rate increas and whether the
sh flow defiency or
three year period. So he fd
lances meet or slightly
exceed the orating targen
al years of the forecast
period Withhis rate straty
in place, the capital fun wl
se growth in resves as the
city conties to fund the full
rate fund assisd reinvesent
taet, growing until 2031,
when the city has a lger
capital expditure and the
reserves wl fall, but will
never fall below the target.
I
ll pause here for just a
second before I han ito
Aman.
Al right, see no questions.
, yh. Gohead.
Okay, perfect. I wil pass it
to Amanda t walk through the
sod waste discussion. Um, a
you
ll notice a l of
nsistency with these slide
asell. So go ahead, Amaa.
Grt. Thankou.
Brooke,an.
You all hear me oy okay.
Peect. Uh, and as we wen
throughhe slides befe, just
el free to chime in if there
are any questio thatome up
on the solid waste utility So
right now we
re looking at the
a similar screen that we s
forhe other utities with
our study data. Assumptio
he. Our period for the study
is going to be abo 2026 to
2032 timeframe. And we
looking at mting the spefic
lid waste reserve tget of
3,000,000 in 2027. Equates to
out 30 day of orating
expees for the utity. With
that custome growth. So w
re
lookg at an average o 0.6 I
stomer gwth fm that time
frame. Moving on. That
s an
average.H, looking at
differentinds o customer
classes like residenal,
commercial, multimily. And
then we
re looking a an annual
rate revenue of aut 32.3
million in 2026, wch we wil
needate increes to keep
pace with the expense inftion
that
s happening. Asou can
see in the dark gen box. So
Brooke mtionedarlier, we
ha internal costs tt are
increasing from about 2.5 to
5.5% eachear. But there are
so contractual costs like t
waste manement contractnd
other King County disposal
items tha are increasing a a
higherate tha somef those
internal factors And just to
touch ohe makeupf those
o& eenses, aut5% of the
budget for the solid waste
utilityre tho contractual
costs. So tt becomes a reay
bigortion ofhe expenses
that need to be covered becse
of those large contractual
costs. There are no city
specic cip itemsnd there
s
no new debtor the utility
either. S on the next slide,
we c lookt a slightly
condense version, um, o that
revenueequirement. Summary.
Ashere are no capital costs,
the system reinvestment and
de are a huge portion or a
part of a all of t solid
waste utili. S you can s
inhe first box there in 2026,
we have our cash operating
expens inhe blue. Our waste
management charges in that teal
blue. And the King County
charges in the more greish
teal color. So really the
jority ofhose cos are
based on contract kin of
outside sources.N 2027, the
utility requires a.75 rate
increase to be able to meet
thatpecific tget outlined
the previous slide. So right
now there is a sght
deficiency I wt is being
pt in t solid waste
utilities fund balance.Nd so
that
s 6.5 right. Stop fund
balance within the first year
past 202 The utility can keep
a 3.95% rate increase in order
to meet those contractual needs
over the forecast perd, but
also anticatinghat on a
longer scale we
re goi to
y to meet that0 day fun
bance until 2042. I believe.
, or 204 actually. So if w
go tohat next slide.
Ju real quick.
Oh yeah.
Councilmber Pre Go ahead.
There you g. Councmember. Go
ahead. The the I
m just looking
at theame. Can youear me?
You
reou
rereaking up. I
thin she
frozen. Can you
hear me? Yes. Go ahead. Um, so
I was just lking back at the
o&m expensgain,nd I just
nted to underand, um, like
the Kg. Couy. Um. And
that
shrough 20, 30. Four.
Like, ist like. I guess
th
s one questio Like, how
is tt brokenut? And then.
Rate increases already. Jus.
Councilmember. Your you
re
eaking up and we
re having
trouble. Why don
t you try to
turn off yr video and see if
that hps Try it again. We
re
having tuble now. Okay.O,
um. No. No worries. I
ll askt
at aater time. Tnkou.
Anyone elseave questions
Okay. G ahead. Amanda.
Okay. Thank you. And I will,
um, maybe tryo anticipate
what that was kind of askin
abt the King Cnty dispol.
Uh, that portion, even tugh
our fecasts going o till
2032,e areontinuing those
costs. Um, throuout t the
full forecast as wl. So those
en
t just till 2032. So on
this slide, u below the graph
we have an example bill for the
35 galnin. Uh andhis is
going to change bybout $ and
2027 wit that.75 rate
increase. Uh, and then about an
avage of, of $2.30. Uh,
beyond tha loong at 2nd
29.O if we g to the next
slide a take look at the
fu balance asssment. So
rit now I 2026, we see that
blue bar wch iselow the0
days of o&m expens. Um, I
27 we see tha blue bar
acally hit the black dotted
ne, which mns tt the 6.7%
is gting us to meet that
target reserve. We do exceed
thos 30 days. Once w get to
the mid partf our forect,
but w are also anticipatin
plned, um, contractual
renegotiatio in 2032 and want
keep that in mind and keep
our rate increes. Having us
least meet our operang
target through the e of the
full forecast. S t solid
wastetility takes a ltle
bi more of a long term look.
Uh, becse of the naturf
thos contracts, then maybe
wate ser o storm doeshen
we
re thinking abo those rate
increases. Um, f the0 ds
as well, this is something
that,ou know, a Brooke
explaid in tse previous
ides, we are tryg to g to
in that fst year. So that
really is what the 6.75 is
going towds that 30ays of
operating Right And I will
wrap up the solid waste
discussion there. If tre are
anyther questions on thi
utilit
Council, any qstionsll
rit. Go ahead.
All right. So jt I
concsion here. Thanks,
Amanda for that piece.M,
we
going to bring backhe
combined bill smaryere
ross the fr pliminary
strategies that you saw tay
in inclusive of taxes and other
es. Um, aypical single
family customer would see an
impact o approximately $29.10
a mth across all fr
utities in 2027.Hatmpact
would decase t about $23.6
a monthn 2028. Um, projected
rate impts or forasted
thugh 2032.Ut just as a
reminder, we
re really
concentrating on the rate
setting period of 2027 and
2028.T this point,m, and
then finally, wel wehowed
u all a set of preliminary
rate and capal fding
strategies for each of the
utilities. Tonight. We are
working with wh city staff on
additional rate scenarios that
coul include the following
adjuments or lers, if you
wi. Um, so first of all, we
will bng back scenarioshat
incle service package
expens tohow their impacts
on t rate sategies inrder
to mitige some upfront rate
increas. We couldook at
meeting reserve targets by 203
instead of immedialy in 2027.
For wer,urface water, and
lid waste,nd primarily for
wer, we could look to reduc
our system reinvestmt funding
ntributions f aeriod of
time to helpitigate those
rate increaseshat are rated
to that fund bance recery.
The secon two levers, with
guidance fro council, could
help to eas those near-term
rate pressures. Yes, I see a
queson.
Uh, Couil Membe Arnold.
ank you. I look forward to
seeing some of the options.
When you
re lking at reserve
targets, can we get multiple
option for replenishment Um,
forome, I
I
m curious
abthat are t impacts. If
we close over, um, a bieium
or two insad ofll the way
out to 2032 and MAY want to
look at options that treat
different utities differely.
Absotely
COUNCILMAN Pascal.
Thank you. Um, question or in
couple o comments. Um, one is,
uh, it
really I reall like
the table at the begning of
the memo.Hat kind o shows
all the the rate increases ove
the nex six years for each of
the indidual utilities. Um,
byercentage. Uh, cou you
wh when you comeack, could
you just have an overall
perctage incree by year
when y, when y look at all
of them togetr? Sure. Um,
that would be hpful. Um, and
then, you know,y second
comment is Ion
t I
love t
hear seone disagree with
this, but it feels le these
these rate increases are going
be really impactful. Um,
really, uh, impacting cost of
living, affordabity, you name
it.M, and I know that I kno
that eveone
s ccerned about
that. Uh, generally, um, b we
te to kind of
compartmentaze things a
say,h, well,t
s because of
is little thing here, and
en this thing over here, and
then this rightver here, and
this agency over here, and and
then it it com across as like
kind of shrug our shoders
and go,h, there
s nothing we
can do. A then we just move
forward and, um, I guess I wt
challenge tha kind of
thinking And, u and know
that we
ve hadonversations,
reonal rate conversation. Um,
I know that we talked about
this individually forhe
differen utilities. Iust
wod,
m asking for pbably
something that
s impossible,
but just like more, more
emphisn, like, wt c we
do? Like what I in our purview
that actuallyan have
meaningful change? Um, you
know, what
s the what
s the the
leas bad optio Um, so that
s
just something that
s on my
mi. It
s a it
s it
s a
frtration o mine. I
m sure
it
s frustrati of oers as
well. It
like I feel
powerless. Thankou.
Thank you.Ity manager.
Yeah. So think we all share
that concern tt the rates
are going up in the totality of
them. It
not sustaable f
the community. You know,ne of
th reasons behineally
pushing for t regional rate
summits was, you know, take
thisnd y
all sawt on top of
it,uget Snd Energy, right.
An, um, it
s jus not
someing that can be
suained. So inhe first
summit, what we learned was
that big chu of t
increase aoss a utilities
was regulatory. And so to your
point about challenging
asmptions, it
sard for us,
just particularly in the
Pacific Northwest to think
about. Would y defer some
environmenl regulatns?
Wouldou defer se climate
mmitmentsn ordero save
rate impacts? Right. So those
ar the kinds of thing that
needo happen athe regional
level. And we
ve been reall
pushinh, this new count
execute to take up that, uh,
ose affordability
assignments, uh, becausecross
all of the Kg County is a
major player here. So isuget
und Energy. So that
s oneay
I think w
re going to kee
trng.Nd then we
re looking
very hd at everythg we c
do on t flip side, I haveo
keep our own cts dn. Well,
so we defitely don
t want to
shrug. And we definitely are
dog what we can to try to
find path forrd here. Tnk
you forhat comment.
Deputy mayor.
Uh, tnk you, MAY.Nd, uh,
and thank you,ity Maner,
uh, for remindi us about
rkland
s effor onhe, um,
regional utility smit. Um,
I
m looking forrd to the
seco summit andhether we
ca start makin more progress
toward se concrete proposals
from the lger group. Um, I
share the conce tha
Councilmemr Pascal raise I
thin we allo. Um, acu
concern, uh, whichs why, you
kn, to put it, I think, to
kind of add a plu one to wt,
Counciember Pascal?
Everything, everything tt is
in our control. One thi I
appriated was already I t
oposals and the discuion
ar some suggestions f howo
smoo the the rat increas
Um I jus want tomphasize
atever is within our contr
settin the regional rate
summit, uh, aside and som of
th strategies that MAY ce
out o that, um, whatever isn
our ctrol. U I want us to
bring all that to bear. And I
preciate the staff
s
iniative already in
identiing se of those
things, but, um,gain, if it
in our ctrol,
d like to see
it as part of our prosal, at
ast, uh, to uerstand, uh,
what I would mea and what its
impact would be. So I jt want
to add my voi to that.
Thanks.
Thank you, Cncilmember Primm.
Welcome bk. Okay. Let
s see
if this wor. Hope you c
hear m Sound good? Okay.
Peect. Um, so I, I complely
echo what, um, othersave said
garding just how iactful
ese rate increases
potentiay can be. Um, if if
they continue to be those rat
in t future. Um, and I think
I, I
just lik to understand
kind o what is our primary
mechanism t now. Nowhat we
know, um,hat I going to be
kind of the input into these
potentially increases in rates
at is whatre our nextteps
to, um, I don
t know, assign
individuals, uh, within the
city toay, all right, youo
and you know,ou
re goi to
and workn kind of these
regial efforts, and then you
are going to go workn,m,
pontially looking intour
ternal mechanism and how to
reduce tse rates, I guess,
what is our orall strategy on
steps forward to kd of get
this done? City manager
Thank you. Thank you f my
nd raised. But so it
s got to
play o across a viety o
different, uh, discussions wh
the counc at dferent cy
strategies. So in the council
s
budget process, you
re going to
ar a lot morebout the
capitalrojectsnd the rates
and the overall cityudget.
Um, and we
ll talk about se
of thosehings. So some ofhe
things we
re looking at, for
exple, the council did give
us permissio toring on some
additional staffing to wor
partularly withhe Cascade
Water Allnce and the regional
um, wasteter disssions that
are going on.Nd, uh, right
now we
ve been committin
acss all levs. So I
ve been
very iolved inhese
diussions.He mayor has been
very involve These
discussions. Uh, Couilmember
Arnoldnd Deputy Mayor, uh,
black haveeen involved. And
obviously, uh, Cncilmember
Pascal is our representative on
the Cascade Water le. So I
ink we
ve beenrying to
dress at every level to h
City of Kkland can bring
different anasis and
diffent thinking to sort of
challenge peoe
s assumions
and try to lower some of t
costs. Um, so we
re gng to be
rking at the state level too.
We
ve, we
ve had I our work
program last time that anying
that comes outf these summi
or ideas isomething that
they
d wt to be taking to the
state level, y know, and so,
uh, right now it
s still a big
pu uphill because these are
decadesn the makg. A lot of
these decisio at the regiol
lels. And it
sard to get
anyo to challenge their
thinking in the short ter as
this kindf sprung upon us.
T as one as, uh, Jenny
outlin at the very beginning,
we
re really trying tohange
our thinking about our own
tes and trying toake
procs improvents like
litting our wat and sew
rate out. You know, f
decade we hav
t done that.
So that
an example, um, doing
better at diffent analysis o
the res, trackin our
revenues more carully,
lookingarefully at our costs,
carefull our labor costs and
other cos. So, uh, there
probably nowhere in t
governmenthat aren
t lking
rd at this and trying to ce
up withreative way to bring
the rates dow and to convince
the region to hel bring rates
down as welo much more to
come on this side.
And I would jt add,
appreciate that. Council
memb. U Prem, in your
public iues committee is
anher place to t aocate
what w can do regionally on
affordability. Um,
Cocilmember Aold, did see
ur hand up?
Uh you d, but, uh, city
manar coveredhere I was
going to saybout theegional
representation b Councmember
Pascal at Cascade. Myself at,
um, the solid waste, uh,
working Groupnd Councilmember
Prem at Sound City. Thanks.
Thk you, depy mor.
Od segue. I was going to d
isdd, uh, I
m tnkfulor
the appointment to the
Assoationf Washington
City
s Legislative Porities
Committee. U tre, uh,, on
behalf ofirkland, have been
able to evate this iss with
l the, uh, membe of the
Legislative Priorities
Committe andhose are
elted officia, city, uh,
statewide. And so w
ve gotten
a really goo uh, respons
from those other elect
officials. So this isecoming
a topic, uh,hat
s getting
elevated statede. Thanks.
Thank you Councmember Brown,
did you haveour handp?
Ye. One one more queion.
Um, s the other thing is, I
thk given justow many
factorshere are that are
going t be contributingo
this rate increase across the
board for allf our utilities,
I think what wld be helpf
also I like understanding kind
of the timin of wn each of
these individlactors would
take, would would become
effective so that we
re
prioritizing like, okay, you
kn, like t King County is
going to implent this rate
increase by next month. Oka
l of our eorts shouldo
there, and we shod focus on
that. So I justanted to maybe
derstand, le aree
faoring in ting as well of
likehen the various
componts could be ilemented
and then kind of prioritizin
cordingly.
We are I think the challenge is
unfortunately manyf them are
coming at the same tim Rig.
Onef the reasons we call for
theummit and the summit
occurred is that it just kind
of happens that all of them are
hitting the same tipping point
of maj rate increases. So I
thin part o the reasone ask
for additionalesources too
beart of the disssions is
we
having to enge
everything allt once. You
know, the solid waste
discussions,heegionalater
qualy discussions the
Cascad water les
scussions, andur own
lookg at our own work. S but
yes,hat isxactly wha we
ok at in terms of like where
send council memberso
testify or dfts tha we make,
or where the staff goes a
what theyonitor, where we
re
really trying to makeure that
we
re hitting t right things
at the rightime. It
s a great
point. Thank you
Thank you Anyone else? All
righ Jenny. Brooke, Amand
thank you very much. A, um,
we
ll see y soon. Jenny, is
there somethingou want to
add?
Ianted t add, uh,f we
uld go toust the fal
slide, just to wrap up, uh,
we
be coming back to you on
Septembe 15thith pposed
ras that incorporate som of
th levers we talked about
today. Uh, and then again on
Ocber 20t so that we can
veur new rat be effective
DECEMBER 1st for wer,
sewer, a on Janua 1st f
surface water and solid waste.
Thank you
Grea Thank you.
Perfect.
L right. Thank you. Boke
and Amaa. Um, we are now
going to move on to o second
study session item, which is a
rfect Segway. Bed on t
conversaon we just had, which
is the Kirkland Cares low
inme Support program update.
City manager.
Thank y, MADAM Mor. So this
s always goi to be a
business item, but we ft like
it actuallyade sense to have
it asart of thetudy
session, since it
s really
about the impact of theate on
wer income folks and als the
impact of this program on the
overall rates themsels. Tse
twohings are lind. Clely,
you want to pay close atttion
to both aectsf that. So
he to give you an update on
what
seen going o with our
Kirkland Ces progr and sort
ofext steps, we
re going to
start wh Michael Ols, our
Director of Finan
ministration, to kick us off.
He
s goi to introduce his
team that
going to speak.
Od evening, mayor,eputy
mayor a counc members.
Inn is our program
coordinator for the Kirkland
Cares Low Incom Support
ogram, ande will b making
the presentatn tonight.Nd
Tim Hansen, ourperations
mager, uh, will be available
fo questions, as wl as
myself. Go ahead.
L right.Ood evening, MADAM
Mayor and counc members. I
m
Quinn Glebe. I
m the curre
ogram cooinator for the
rkland Cares lowncome
pport program Ts
prentations an upde
mprising of about eight
slides fro the program And
we
ll cover t following a
ief timeline and overvie of
program activies a
administtion. Outcomes and
growth o the program over the
st two and half yea, and
potential expansion options
staff has identified for the
near fute. So, t begin with
a quick rap.Ity Couil
added $680,00 inne time
fundingo the 2023024
binial budt for t city
s
first Uversal utility relief
program, expandi what wast
the tim the senior Discount
progra to incde disunts
and rebates and expan expand
covege to all qualifi low
income residents The program
was designe with direction and
edback from cncil
throughout 2023 and established
by ordinance that Dember, and
then went into effect on
Januar 1st, 2024. Of t
original $680,000 budt
fundg, roughly $200,000
reins, and the languag of
ordinance 04868 stillefines
the program,dministration and
the benefs deriv. The
programas originally managed
by oside conactors,ut
came internally manag
benning in 25. So a bit of
background on program
operation. The reqrements for
elibility into the program
are Kirkland residency and a
househd income below 80% of
the area and median iome. The
ea and median income is
deteined by theepartment of
Housingnd Urban Development,
and the recalculated every
APRIL APRIL utilizing data from
the Seattle Bellevue fma, whi
corises Kin and Snohomi
counties. For026. That means
th threshold for qualification
into theirkland Cares program
woul be a gss incom of
$93,350 for a household
compsing of two people. It
goes up and down depending on
the members of t household,
so we ralculate justased on
the aunt of iividuals
within a household. Dcounts
are appli directly to Cy of
Kirkland utili accnts for
wate sew and garbage
services into the city. Bills
directlyiscounted accous
receive a 50% discoun on base
water rat, a 2 disunt on
se sewer rates, and a 40%
discount on base garbage rates.
These discounts do not alyo
a consumption charg abo the
base rate,nd the do not
apply t extraharges f
extraickups, late fees,r
shutff fees. T creation of
th Kirkland Car program also
expand covere to hseholds
and multifamilynits that are
not dirtly built by the cy.
A tse. These discounts are
realized throughebates that
the cit calculates and tn
sends to those houholds. Uh.
Furthermore, we extd rebes
to coverirkland related fees
for businesse pets, and
vehicle ristrations. As I
said, these rebates are
received throughirect check
to the svice addre of a
customer or via in-person
pickup. Rebat f utilities
ar sent on bimonthasis,
d oneime rebates for
qualified businesses, pets and
vehicle ristrations are
released o a monthly basis.
Eligilitys determined one
time at the pnt of
application and then on a
biennial basis going forward.
So this year I 2026, we are
certifyi all of t accounts
th were certified in 2024, we
certifying them. So we
ll
review the administrionf
the progr along with budget
and potenal participaon
growth As Ientioned elier,
the contract with t wh our
outside contrtororward was
not rened in025.O
resints now applied directly,
electronically or viaaper.
Application to city, to t
city dirtly. Excusee. Kurt.
Yeah, I just wanted to be clear
on that that forward. So we put
out an r f someone to
provide administration. The
privat sector. For was t
only oneho chose to apply.
D after they did it for aut
a yr, they decided it was too
hard. Theyithdrew. Sohe
reason that we ended up had to
bring it in house is we
actually didn
t have aone
else to do it. And then when we
did reach out, uh,
Councilmber Falcon had asked
me, hade tried t check in
with some folks, do this other
places a w found for folks
like Hope Lake,hey were
actually proposi to do it for
more than we could do it in
house. Soart of the rson we
resulted wit the temporary
prram coordinat was we
found it to b the lst
expeive way we could do it,
at leastt that te.
Thank you f the
clarifation. Gre.O, as
Kurt mentioned, the city has
hired aemporary program
coordinar to assis in
administering the program
thugh 2026. Tt
s me
speang to you n. And the
ty continues to accept
apications, provideupport
and process recring payments
to allpplicants to the
prram. U this include all
certification, all payment
processing, all elibility
screening, and all outreach of
e program.T this time. S
brie program summary over t
last twond a half years, the
program has expdedoverage
of the disunt a rebate
programs to over 1000 total
hoeholdsver thosewo
year 792 households now
qualify for direct discounts on
utility rates, and acrs those
households641,052 were
discounted fro utility
chars. Between 2000 and 24
and t end of Je 26, a
this yea these discounts do
not impact the proamudget
because they are realized
thugh a lack o revenue from
utility charges rather than
rebated from therogram budget
directly. The avera discoun
per houseld is somewhat
bifurcated based on the
services a houseld can
receive. S for instance, I a
usehold is in a Nordsom
Utility Distric oroodinville
Water Distrt service area,
an receiving water a sewer
services fromhose utility
providers, they qualify for
less discounts because they are
provided les services from t
city ofirkland. That being
said, a water dcount for a
single family resence is
about $25.74 per billing cycle.
For a sewer discount, it
s
$41.38, a the mos common
type of gbage serce, a
weekly 3 gallon pkup is
$42.06 p a per billing cycle.
So that
s t months. A garge
only account with the most
commonype of garge pickup
willeceive $252.36 in
diount annlized, while a
single family residence
reiving a water and sewer and
garbage svice from the city
will receive $655. In tal
discnts on an annual basis.
Over that se timeeriod,22
excuse me, 229 total households
quified f bimonthly utity
rebate ccks. Recurri
utility rebes arealculated
city code and based o the
bedrm size of the unit and
the utility service provided a
curring utility rebat for
garbage only aount will
result I $120 in total rebat
on an aualized basis, while a
one bedom apartment receiving
ter, sewer, and garba
servicesrom the City of
Kirkla will recve, on
average, $360 in annua utility
rete. And then we also, as I
mentioned earer, provi
business patent vehicle
liceing rebat. These
rebates are alied aft
initia payment by the
cuomer, a then a reipt is
provided to the cit toet us
know that theaymentas made.
Um. However, will note tt
on business and peticenses,
the cy alsorovides
discounts to certain customers
front, unrelated to the
Kirklandares progr. So we
see less utilizati of
business licen rebates and
pet license rebates for those
reasons. Soere we c see
just a graph of ovell proam
growth. As I mentioned earlier,
the program has expanded eac
year since its creion fro
the origina 277 senior
discount aounts I 2023,
ding 396 total account in
2024, 199 total accnts in
2025, and49 account in the
fit half of 202 These
totalseflect the total of new
applications less the accnts
at are removed from the
prram due to failure to
recertify oror informing us
of a household change that
imcts their egibility for
th program, sh as a mov
outsid of Kirkland or a change
income eligility. The
jority of aount gwth has
been driven by residts and
single famy residence
although0% of the progr
totals are multi-family
sidences, such as apament
complexes, and then a breakwn
of those 792 accounts tha are
receiving direct utility
discounts, 792 of those are
garbageccounts, 444 also
receive waterervices, and 379
of the receive sewer services
om the city So the outreh
th we
ve conducted over the
past year and a hal we
ve
used seral differe avenues
to try and expand knowledge
abou the program locally and
crease participati in the
community. This includes
distinct oneage mairsith
a maile with program
information that a company re
chan, letters to alltility
account holrs. We believe
this was particurly efftive
at the binning of this year,
and increing program
participation, and intend to
repeat the eort with fure
te change lters. We
velso
inuded blurbs inhe
Kirkland
s newsletter, and
staff has appeared on Thiseek
in Kirand Podsts.O our
thanks and shout outs t the
communationseam and cmo for
lowing us too that.Taff
has alsoone direct outreach
via site visits a
multi-mily facities and
aparent complexesn order t
directly assist residents with
applicatns and questions,
whh drove muc of the rebat
acunt growth that we saw in
2025. Finally, staff has met
with various local
organizations to determine if
the are potentials for
expansion or collaration
betweenur programs. That
inudesing County Housing
Authority, regional coalition
for housingorth Shore
Utility District, Puget Sound
Energy, andoodinville Water
strict. So this is t final
slide.Nd this is wre we
ll
discussur continued efforts
to lk at other way to expan
the program, both within
Kiland itself and pentially
involving other utility
district Sohe first oion
at we have, and one that we
intend on pursuing most
readily, is usingata thatas
colled between the Public
Works Service Wat Team and
the King Count Assessors
operty tax information. Uh,
ing that, we identified 500
househds that wou qualify
for t direct utili disunt
thato noturrently, uh, have
not enrolled in the progr.
And thenn additional 200
households thatould qualify
for bimthlytility rebates
that have not qualifiedor the
prram. This opportunity I a
lile unique in that w
re
utilizg the assessor
s
determination forroperty tax
exemptions in 2024nd 2025,
which was period tha the
property tax emption
ineased by $30,000 to $84,000
tota and bame gater than
the Kirkland care pgrams
lowest incom qualificati
level of $81,700. So tha means
that for 202 the 800, the 700
householdse
ve identified are
more oress guaranteed to
quify for the King County o
the Kirkland Cares program.M,
because the assessor
s
eligibily criteri is more
stringent tn our program is.
Um, so staff is currently
woing through options to to
onboard these00 houselds
most efficiently. T secd
tion that we he is a
pontial expansion into, uh,
the North Shore Utility
Dirict service area. U
right now Kirkland Cares
programnly provides discounts
and rates to Kirkland
provid garbage services in
therea, but cit code could
be amended to allow for
paents to North Shore Utity
District custors forhe
differce between the amoun
that North Shore customers pay
and recei andiscount, and
e amount tt Kirkland Cares
customers wou receive in
discount. Uh, because of the
differce in utity pcing
between our aas,he
differen in discount amounts,
and the difrence in pgram
eligibility requirements. This
would requi review on a case
case basis for each North
Shore Utity Distric
cuomer, determine whether or
not they
relready receiving
Nort Shore discounts and what
theifference betwe that
North Shore discount and our
discount is. We
ve included
that as an aachment to our
memo to council today. Um,e
d
alsootentially require a data
sharing agreeme between us
an North Shore utility
districts that we wouldnow.
Uh, the custome list of
everybodyhey have w on
discounts. We
ve also discussed
the possilityf ahared
application portal so that
anybody that applies t North
ore would automaticlypply
fo the Kirkland Ces program.
But we hav not gon down that
enue just yet. Thirdly, we
intend to re-amine the
utilit rebate calculation
uh, in t coming yrs. This
is becau the direct utility
diountshat weive to
Kirkland customers are bas on
percentages, andhus
aumatically update wnever a
new utility rates adopted by
the council. Hever, the
amount of utility rebate per
household is defined by cy
de specifically, and so that
was last determined when the
ordinance was voted onn 2024.
Astility cross increased year
to year,hese rebates will
begin to lag. Uh, the discount
amount tha we intend and so
will need to be rxamined and
re determined. Finly, staff
will continue to cduct
outreach and pross pments
and application throughou
20 while worng on potenal
administtion optionsor 2027
and028. And finally, I
d like
to leave it on for any
questis in discussionou
mightave.
Thank you. Quinn. This
m
really proud of ts program,
and I
m very impressed with the
treach and a the workhat
you
ve done t expand this
program. The
s oiously a
clear need. Um, Councilmber
Falc, thank you MADAM Mor.
We.
Thank you, Quinn. First of all,
I know thi is a lot of wor to
ministerhis program. I can
imagin a lot of details.
Right. Um, goi through income
verification and all of that is
not anasy process. S tnk
you for that. Um,
mappy to
hear that we
re signingore
people up. I think that
a
od thing. Even bed on, um,
stateed. Tha
s a good
thing. Rht? But w know,
sadly, that the
s also
growing need, right Which is
how this, you kno nely ties
into our former,m,
diussion. Our last agenda
item. Um, and I really
appreciateou to inhe memo
where youalked about being
prctive in identifying other
ople who m qualify for the
programs well. I know we
doing a l of thatlready.
But tnkingf, you know, how
se can wind folks who MAY
be eligible for this progr? I
apprecia you mentioning the,
um, the shared portal. I think
that
s areat idea. Um,ou
know, I, I think it
s important
for u twofold to ruce o
administtive costs,ut also
to reduceurdenor
apicants. Rht. Who w know
that thosehat live with a low
income have a lot of perwork
and a lot of phonealls a a
t of, younow, things, a lot
of red tape to qualify for the
programs that the so
desperately need jt to
survive. Um, inur community.
So I appreciate that tt
shared portal cld potentially
address both o thosehings.
Um,ecause oiously our our
administration, o
admistration costs here are
pret high proportion of the
budget. And anything we can do
to reduce that. Wonde if in
the meaime, I mean, loong
atike the folks who already
quifiedor not at like the
50% Army, do we have tou
know, um, means test them if
they
ve aeady qualied for
that, can we automatically
accept them without having to
go throughur process t save
againn burden onhem and
administrave cos on us?
So the short answers yes,
based on cityode, athing
that the Dector of Finance
deem accepble, for our
purposes, we cou use. So for
instance, we do already use,
uh King County property tax
exemptions. Um, we could als
useodes exempt exemptions in
der to, uh, get these people
on the program The biggest
barrier t that right now would
just be getting a lt from
Knud, um, whichould require
somethingike a dataharing
agreement. A they have
mentionedhey
re willing too
so. W would just nee to go
thugh those legal barrier
Yeah, that wou be great for
us t do that. Um, to beble
, as I said, se both
administrative cost and, and
burden to them. So tnk you I
apeciate being proacve and
I and, love the idea of a
shared portal, but I wld love
that fors manf these
differenturisdictions a
entiti ase possibly could.
Ain, just to haveore of an
economyf scale savings there.
So thank you.
Thk you,ouncilmember
Pascal.
Yeah, yeah, tha you for the
presentation. Um, and
information that you shared.
, I
moing to kd of bui
off of aittle bitf what
Councilmber Faln was
taing about. And, um, you
know, the one thing Iuess
that that that surprised me a
little bitasn
t I mean, I
wasn
t surised abo the
need, um, that, uh, and, and
the fact that that
likely
goingo increase wit somef
the utity costs that, that
were that were forecasting, um,
bu I was aittle surprised by
the admintrative costs. Uh,
it looked like 3,000, um,
betwee024 and 2026, uh,
ich seemed to represent a
pretty good chunk of of the
available funding. And so I, I
know tt you tald about
reducing tho administrativ
costs. I just want to emphasize
that I tnk that
d be good,
but I don
t want too it at
the expense of, um, makg se
thate continu to he a
progra um, and monitorhose
that participate in an
efficient way.M, but my ask
isust to is justo track
that over time to s how w
are reducg costs, um,ow
effectivee are being. So as
long as w So, sohe point
is,et
s just continue
tracking that and showing how
we
re making proess tards
that. That
be helpful. Thank
you.
City mager.
Ah. Um, so Iust thank you
for those comments. I do want
to add tha we also highlighted
adnistrativeosts, but one
of t things tt is impornt
to note is the primary part of
that cost I actually quits.
D he has done an
extraordary job not justf
reewing eligibity and
stuff, butlsohis all the
market, evething was much
talked about pretty muc was
also his work and trying to
reach out to folks. Soe did
work reall hard t try toind
anlternative way to provide
th service. And as said, we
didn
t get a proposers. And
then whe we reachedut to
folks and wand to charge us
more. So when we askedveryone
else likee did 2 or 3 people
to do that. So we I careery
mu about the admintrative
cost. We
re going to lookor
creative ways to bng that
down, but w haven
t quite
fired out that. Not yet. And
then the final thing I
day,
in terms of t overall cost,
what is n really shown on
at lists theoregone
renue tt people get because
they get theiscount. Sot
s
acally a bette number than
it looks, because we
re
basically, um, that
s the one
that cameut of theot you
gave us.Ut it
s not the
discounts everybody
s
receivg. So but, but s know
at we definitely want to find
a way to bring our numbers down
if w can.
Than you. Anyone else? Qnn,
you are doing an excellent job
on this. I really areciate
. Um, you MAY have said thi
in your presentatio b are
there.H, Councilmember
Falcon I
m sorry I didn
t see
u, but I
ll gohead and
fish. Um, are there other,
uh, are you getting ruests
om applicants for oerypes
of of relief? Ishere anything
coming u that we
re not
capturgow?
I would say t greatest amoun
of requests that we get that
areutside our current, um,
ability too anything about
our is reay just eanded
discounts ofhat we alrea
pride. Um, or
misunderstandis abouthe
Kirknd related nature ofhe
fees. So, for instance, for the
vehicle registratio we
re
on rebuilding that $20ee
that t Cy of Kirklan
sessesn a car registration.
Uh, oen when people hr
abou the program, they
ll
hear, you know, oh, I can get
help with my vehic
regiration. A the cost is
inhe hundreds o dollars.He
$20 fee well appreciated isot
what somebody igineshen
they hr about tha Um, for
her city servis,e don
t
hear or I have not heard as
much. Um, but we have tried to
increase ourommunication
about exactly what we provide
to try and limit uh, you know,
those sort of situations going
forward.
Ay. Tha you. Councilmeer
lcomb.
Ank you, Mad Mayor. Um,
thank you for the elanation,
Kw. And als um, city
manager for your remksbout,
you know, the costs driver
being Quinn
s pition. Right?
Which is reall important. But
do think as w as w talked
about theeed contiing to
ow, not oy le, and, you
know, as Quinn,s you were
talking about just the, the
overall cost per custome or
r p resident.Ight. U
thathat dollar value will
likely increas butlso the
number of residents who qualify
MAY also likely increase. So I
see this as a, um, you know,
how to make your positio as
efficient as possiblight?
And so as we grow, even if t
dollarmount remai theame,
you know, plus, younow,
annual, younow,m, pay
increase, that the percentage
would drease becauhe
tol pie is goingo be
rger. So your percentage of
theie that is the cost of
yo time wld be slightly
ss. Like we alrdy talked
about what som of the other
things. But also I
d love for
uso look a insteadf
anally every t years. Doing
means testing, right? I know
at there
s predent f that
in se other organizatns
at do means testing. That m
save youome time,nd also
like to lookt what oer
citi are doing to to expand
me sort of shad portal,
ght, to seef this is
something we cld encourage in
other cits, whichs be good
for residents Um, but alsoo
help economies ofcale. S
again, tha you so muc.
Thank you, Councillo Tim
Chisho. Did I see your hand?
Okay. All right. Anyone else?
All rht. Quinn, are you. Is
that it?
That
s all
ve got. Thank you.
Counl.
Awesom Thank so much. Oka
we are concludinur study
sessio a fewinutes early.
Intenancnd upgrade
unrway iouncil Chamber.
Duri the meeting,e MAY te
iefreaks as needo
address any thnical issue
and hp eur tt the
mein proeds smoothly as
possible. Io see a number of
people in Rose Hilloo
Thank you foroinings. Um,
we d not he a
prlations on our agenda, s
we w start tonight
s regular
meg withtemsro the
dience So this is aime in
our meetinghen weorlly
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limit you remarkso three
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it c beisruptiv of t
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fromharing a different
viewpot. We discourage peopl
from using obsceniti and
making pernal attacks again
hers, and we ask that you
direour cments to
cocil, not to sff or
auence members. In additio
cause ty can be disptive.
Gns and placard a not
alwed in cncilhambers o
the Ros Hl Room ding our
meetgs, regaress of their
contens reminr,tate
law ds not aow items from
the audienco be use f
omoting, oosing, o
diussing a candida
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campgn or balt prosition.
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a respectful, welcong
commity. We want eryone to
feel like the belon in
Council chambsr the Rose
Hi Room, expressin the
view points.Ity clerk w do
haveigned up to speak?
Than you, Mad Mayor. Athis
point, we do have 12 guests
wishing to spe. We
llake
the fst threen ts oer.
Christy Bckett followings
on site. Jer, n oite.
D also Alia Ramirn
te. Pleepproach the
podium.
Welcome, Cisty. Aou can
see the timernhe springr
on t screen.
I do, thank you.
Than you. Go ahead
Hi. My name is Cisty
Draycotty fily lives at
50 130th Avee Northst,
whic is rhtgainst the
uthern bouary of the South
Reservoir water tow site. I
writing t ask for yr help in
findin aetterutcome for a
seris pblem wit the
cuent pject dign.Ur
home iseparated fm the
reservoir by a gve of mature
westn rededars. For
generatis,his gve has
screened our home fro t tan
and itsarbed wire securit
fence.Tas also sheltered
wildfe, iludingywn
chilen,limbing and swinging
in tir brancs. As currently
signed, t proctould
remo allfhe trees between
ourouse and the water tow
stcture. It would also
locate thearbed wirence
ght up to the propert
boundary which is aere 13f
from our bedom winw. If the
fence werovedn top o the
bounry, I would lea us n
abily to plant anything to
screen our propey from a
barbed wire fen. And allf
that ade, I actuay want t
talk abouthereeshat are
atedoremoval.M, the
ty
srborist rortid n
asse t western rededar
grove thatits bweeny
housndheeservoir. Um,
thgh thi grove is on the
city
s propey, it can
currtly onlye aessed from
ou propert And it
clear
om the absence of sufficit
analysis in the city
s rept
that ts gro was mostly
nored when the team riewed
th propose water ter
designs. W hired o own
nsulting aorist, wch
domented nin high retention
value tre in the grove. Six
of them are landmk tes,
whh are tes mearing
larger tn 26I in trunk
diamer at bast heit. Uh,
th ones I
malking abore
quearger than that. The
diamet I as large ay arms
spread out. Tserees are
gantic. Um, uh, the thr of
the trees tha are dignated
oresignate landmarrees
are misng entiry from the
ty
s invento. So far, cit
staf have acknoedged the
cuent repors deficient
t no commitmt has bee made
to correct the dign or
mitigate the outcome. And a
thgs stand the city is
reing on arroneous repor
and weelieve vioting its
own tree ordinance,hich is
chter 9, I I proces to
be car,eupport t cy
mataining its wer
inastructure. What we
re
asking f is dign tha
preservehe gve and
prectshe buffer between our
mendhe facily. And I
don
t nee toell you, Inow
thathere
s no rlacing
healthy 100 plus year old
ees. Fores healt
specialis heoted
significant western red ced
dieback I theacific
rthwest sce 2017 due to
imatehange and hotter,
drier summers which w
re
experienng rig n. A our
borist reportays out. Young
Wester rededars, the kin
theity keeps assings wil
be rlanted,ave vy low
survival rates Welso know
that new tes simpllanted
nexto eachther doesot
constite gve, nor mim
the benits of one Older
weerned cedar needo be
replacedecause t new ones
are dying.
Istie, I apologi.Ourime
is u
That
s okay.
Thk you
Thank you for your pasonn
tree And I know ttulie
Underwood, our pubc works
direor, plans toome wk
th site with you.
. Thank y.Eah, I would
invite anye thatants to
co outny time. Thank you so
mu.
Fo your te
Jerry. N.
. I
m Jerry, notepresenting
the Miner Condoniumsext
to Mina Park on Kkland
Aven. Itiallyanted to
exprs o conrns authe
exce noisereated by loud
bo music and lar gros of
peopleittingn the dk late
at night aft0:00, the same
3 or 4oats tie upt the
entrce end of the dock, wch
is dirtly below t weste
units ofhe Mariner. Comen
baby, theolice eorce the
stanrd residential nse
rus in Kirklan butou hav
to call the nonmergency
mber toegister a complaint
with the Kirklan polic We
callhis nber many times
during the sumr, a t
poce usuly respo withi
1030 mutes t shu down the
lo music andarties onhe
dock. The sameoats will
rern t next d, andhe
noisy parti willtart it u
again. We wou sugst a
regur 10 P.M. Wk tough b
police to shut down the loud
music andisperse the cros
at t park se of theock.
The park rgers walk through
theock 2 to 3 tes to check
a d,o chefhe boats
are pingheir morage fees
for tha day Theyeave by
or 7 at nightfter the tag
chec a and give ticke.
Where where nded.O oneith
authities arodo maiain
or enforce the dockules that
clearly sta wre y can
moor your boat, where y where
you pay n excessi nse
allowed, no driing on the
dock ando rafti angside
otheroats onhe sou side
of the doc These these res
have been regarly. The
rusaveot been regarly
enforced sincehe harrmaster
potion w eliminate during
Covi andhere
s nonen
e dock with authori to end
any rul breakingctivities. A
w aercations between
Marine tenants and louoat
operator and their guests hav
already occurred this summer,
ich have iolved fistfight
verb threa, and pole
inlvement regding the
sputes. Uh. Run out of tim.
Okay. Um, tonight I wou like
to eress the Mariners
homeowne request tt tir
concns rarding the exces
noise be consided wn
planng the new doc
constrtionorext year.
This wou incde cle
undersnding o theules and
meodf enforcentor t
upming years. We are
xpaying Kirklan residen
who do not wanthe newock to
become playgund foroud
muc and ptying crown.
Examples of this activit wou
be wte to be where they had
to had t enforce new rules at
the neay as the new nrby
homeowneequested t end
this type of offensive behavr,
and Andre Bay in theouth
ke Washingto wre theyre
initiating n rules t control
e noisy cwds durin the
summerhe dk wallshould
be f boarder looking to
visit Kirklan throughhe
shops, enjoy the resurants
an bebleo sta on their
at and not be assault wit
loud mic andooxious and
noxious behavio Tnk you.
Than you Jer. Alia.
Alic Ramirez will be followed
by Aaron Bellmorend Brady
Nordstrom.
Than you.
Good eveng Couil. Thank you
for letti me speak tonight
Firstff I want to tnkou
for passi resolutn 5729
lastear related toreparing
the cy and comnity for Ice
acvity and f t progress
tords the goals ofhe
solution that werehared
during the lt meeng.
Hover, deste tsroject
progre tim is not on our
side Dinghe last seval
eks, there haveeen a
arming uptk I Ice
abductiof comnity memrs
in shorene, Seale, Rento
Burien Tukla, Redmond
Lywood and Everett just to
name a few.Esterday in Lake
rest Park, a cmunity mber
wa violent pulle o of
theirehicle aaken by ice
in bro daylight in the mide
ofhe neighrhood. Ts
incint is onlne ofany
happenin all overhe regn.
Almo every day. Irge y to
mo quily tomplement the
rest of resution 5729, and to
provide mor resrces t
resident rarding immigtion
ghtsndssistancor
impaed commuty membe who
ve los the brewinner,
breainner, or fily membe
to Ice.Hank you.
Thk you, Aon.
Ar here tod Not to attac
anybod jus tryin to get
some resution. Everythg
s
bad onypinion, simy
because Cit of Kirklan will
notnswer any queions and or
give any hel u just kind of
roll thrgh stuff qui. Soe
only hav three mines.His
is the originaonstruction of
one pticular dk. You can
see se supporthat was de
withonstant conete cinr
ocks.Ongineeri done.
Jeffet u kw that
engineeringt Cit Kkland is
required Helso lets know
that permits a required.
Report it. Cit ofirkland
di nothing.His ishat
happen wn nothing is done.
Read on ain. Secd te, no
permitity. City has not
do anythin Then, uh, Am
from pine comesut. I didn
t
e anyonstruction. Any any
idence of constction? Wl,
there
plywood There
s sti
th cinder blocks. There
s. I
mean, don
t know I that
s
od. It
s leading o
anning. We
ren big troub.
Uh, by the way I was told that
not contactheire departmt
for tha a, uh, I
ve bn on
ithat o civilervantsre
usinghose decks I don
t kno
theiramiliesr frien
know tt the
re inanger.
Possly ery day.Ere
one
cah basin that was replace
tiednto lar cat basin
that gs on to uer fir
laneightere. Posble
nkholes.Eave water mns
th were pced, possibl
nkholes, firefigers, pice
cruirs. Other cizens m or
y not kw aut what I can
be possiy done. Here
s here
s
a pket tt was given you
weret the mting MAY 1st
Why youuys refed tonswer
estions is beyde. This is
at you
you
eleed
officials. You
re here to
aner qstions. You hearhe
do stuff for the peoe.Ere
s
David
s pmise in an email
that I
m going t getnswers
by MAY 13th. Still kno I n
swers right the. Boom. Uh.
Consta delay He saide h
a meeti with eerts. Experts
were goi to be abl to g me
th answers after the m 13th
meetg. N ansrs after my
meing. Aft our couil
meetg thether d, I said
that I w n abl t ctact
cocil and or fire bedn
David
s eils. He
sis, uh,
he
s his retaliaon email
that states, oh,ell, youan
contt them. Iever said
at. And oh,aronefuses to
meetn pern, but Aaron
doesn
hav more emailsn
that. And then, uh, here we
have I Dav
s email right
herehere he says, don
t
unt, don
t conta firer
counl.M, so blameame,
we
re n goingo enter int
e blame game with David. Ah,
my attorne said,ut David
keeps doing it. Adamseeps
dog it.Avid. Did takes
snippets of emailsnd tri to
changehe outco oft.Y b
the bye.Hatre youtating?
Yo know, mor, y
re really
od at publi speaking.Our
follow through realleally
is awful. You know, you say
Kirkla
s all inclusive, you
say all this stuff, but there
s
no aion. So emaed the
cityouncil. I hell of y
ys reply I don
tanto
ha another psible violaon
om youuys neplying. Um,
so let
s get on tha Let
s p
th thing to a head. Let
s get
th done so all the cizens
can leafe. Civil sernts
can opeteafe. The don
t
ve to worry about not gng
me to their famil bause a
de cshed the This is
ridiculous. We
ee you nt
timeecause I onl g three
minutes. We
re goi to get to
know eac other real wl.
Guys
Thankou.Ll right. Nexte
have Bdy Nortrom.
D Bdy
jning us
viually.
All right. Brady are y there.
Itight te jus o momen
Ok
Hey treolks. Um I belve
youan hear me now so
ll go
for it. Um hiy nam isrady
Nordstrom and amhe
associat dector o
Govement Relatio and picy
at t Housingevelopme
Consorti. I
m also hereo
represen t vois o the
Eastide Affordable Housing
alition, which consis of
about 30rganizatnshat
bud, operate a advate for
affordab hsing on the Et
side,ncludingnirkland. I
rst wanted tohank sffor
thei hardorkndarly
engament around the housi
on faith owned Ld Ce
amendment that
s on thegenda
today.E suprt the itial
proposal frotaff andhe
proactiv eagementhat was
done wit the aordable
housg community including
, ouroalitionembers.H,
thisolicy is a w win for
faith comnities and the cy
of Kkland. Fth
ornizations can use their
land tomprove theirinancial
standing while contributin t
mission aligned commuty
goals.T
slso aood chance
for t city toxpand
affoable houng. U
wever, this policy is only
rthwhile I it can b use b
these faith comnities. U
so,h,eust wanteo thank
staff for setti a sol
foundationorhis success.
Um, som of thehings, without
goin into ahe detls, but
exible alearesign and
develoent standar,m,
crease cacity in excnge
r affordabity with the
chance to getoeeper levs
throughxtra bonus. A tn
the bight approl and
administraveeview f
departe ruests. Um,
somethg that is ptty common
in devopments tt almos
every proct requires a
departure. So weanted to
thanktaff f including
ministration departusor
these minor deviatis. Um, w
would als ask for more
substaialode deviati
requests to have a pathw as
we. Um, so faith comnities
are n development exper.
And so w suprthese
addition pts o theode
that
seing recmended, or
the tngs tha go beyd t
code, ratr including
expedited pertting,eview,
preubmittal,onferences and
staff suprt. Um, fute wor
will als be need to edute
thes faith comnities about
at thi tls, how theyan
use I and wt circutances.
Um, itltimatel takes
knowdge, money and time f a
fah community to en
nsider devopment and then
go thrgh a discernnt
ocess. So we look fwardo
is next stage asell. So,
um tnk you for yr time
this evening and tha you for
moving forward Thi important
pocy.
Thank you. Brady. All rht.
Ty clerk
Nexte hav Ax Zimmean,
Leon Stute and Lith Wkler
for, um, tirst t on se
theast virtu.
L right Alex.
S.Hank you.Ow,y name,
Al Zimmean.
Mresident
of Sai Arica. Want to
speak aut low income pblem.
Soight months ago, but I the
Balk country Hsing
thority eightonths ago, I
givey ruest a few qstions
Deputyayor.R. Black
beusee commiioner of Kin
County Housi Authoty. So
situatn ver simpl right now
la yea I com throuime
to meeting Kin Country Housing
Authorit Aft three meeting
they giv merespass forev.
Sohe rest o my lif I cant
go. S MR. Blackid thi You
kn what thi mea. Why
Beuse Iave a little b
differt opion. Maybe very
dierent onion. Bause Kin
Countrousing authori.Hat
isommissior? M black,
putyayor. It
a pure crook
d bandi and killer.Hese
e very serio problem They
re dangerous than Hitle
zi, Gtapo, fascist. You
kn what is me? W he a
constution. Law for 250 yea.
Hitler d
t have thi in
frdom ofpeech. Hitler don
t
have this. If we have execuve
order yeago from Trump,
you kw what has bning
cotry hounguthority
possibly belong t Amecan
tizen. Because am calm for
these tee mtings. What do
th have? Investigatihe
gu. You snt $100 mlion
for not legal immrants a
peop like me. Senr citizen,
dibled, l incom You know
what I mean? Don
t he sons.
Go to King Country Housing
Authority. You pay 3 from
income liky income,or
exame. I cannot aord to
live. It
s fine. Artment
never. L broom. Y know it
is 40 bksbove iome. So
this guy.Ery intesting.
Because you know abo thi I
speak about tsnd a
councilnow about this. And no
onenswer. Buthis.Xactly
what is you doing? Bause I
told youore dangero than
Na Gestapo fascisthis guy
who spoeforee. Talk abo
this. Ectly. Se becau y
Democrou make from King
country and fro here. You know
what It
mean? 2.5 milli
slave in this. 1illion. Is
ry quiet Nody talking
abt thiou know what that
mean So y mor dgerous
than Hitr? Naz Gesta,
scist. Gler talki about
Germ for eve Gern you
kill,very Arican citen is
totally opposite. You areeal
born, Dieter. You rl killer.
When you sp dng ts, w
low income citen America
don
t hav rig? Vivrump
Viva new Amerinevolutio
and up! Slave in happy cow.
We have ecutive order from
PRESIDENT. Did you know you
Al rightext we have Leo.
Clark.
Mayo Curtis, we hav a gst
here tt
snnouncin a ver
specl scholarship a
they
requestghat tha
gut beeard fro first. And
that persons, um,ilith,nd
shes online. Cane
accommodathat reque,
plea?
Absolute.
Stand by
Good evening City couil
membersnd Mor Curs. M
name I Lilh Winkl Sha I
seed on t Kirandouth
Cocil fm 2006 to 201 and
I
m very exced to be her
toy to psent the eighth
annual Matthew Doll Kirkld
Yout Council Memorl
Scholarsp Award. Mat serd
on Kkland You Counc from
2009 to 2012. He passe away I
Februa of 2019. Matt w
proudf his svice to his
counity and loved being
part of the council. I h
spirit and mory. His parents,
Linda and b, establishes
annual scholarip t benefit a
Kirkland Youth Couiligh
Scho senior. I
m here
presenting thecholarship
Reviewommittee, which
includesyself a Alyson
Blair andenny Drabble who
areheren cmber tay.He
threef us have serve on kyc
togeth alongside our dear
friend Matt. Eecially
citing.Onight
mere to
troduce Leoity to the t
the Couil a to t
mmunity a t 2026 recipnt
ofhe Matth Doll Kirand
Yout Councilemorial
Scholarspward, Leon is here
wi us tight and wl mak
some remks after this
nounceme. Leonraduated
from Juani High Schoo this
year.He will be attendi the
University of Washingn.Eon
is to be commend for her
exteiveervicend
leadersh to Kirklan on the
Yout Council beginni in
2024 We are incrediy touched
her resnses to the essays,
ande wouldove to share o
que, whiche really tnk,
, gives theeartnd sl of
what Kirklanouth Cncil is
about, and parcularly about
what Leo
s svice isbout,
she wrote. The mtaluable
skl I
ve takway fm kyc
is t abilio build bdges
betwneople a cree
aceshere others feel
nuinely seen, heard and
valued. I realid how much
belonging shapeshe wayeople
ntribute collarate, and
ow. When I becameo-chair, I
began thiing about leadership
no asirecting people, but as
intentiolly creatg
coection. Congrulations!
Leon Kirkld Yth Couil
continue t provi an
important formave oppornity
for loc youth Weant to
recogniz Reg Schweiger for
the wderfuluidance she
coinues torovide ashe
program crdinator for the
Kirkland You Council and
thank youor the opptunity
toake this solarship
nouncement. And now,
believe Leon wouldike t use
herublic cment to say a few
rds. Tnkou a souch
an congratations again.
Thanou.
Good eveng, Mayorurtis.
Member of the City Counc and
everyo her tonight. First, I
woul reay like to sincerely
thank t Dellamily and t
holarshi cmittee, for this
inedible honor. Um, feel so
genuinel honed. Um, it
reallyeans so much to reive
a scharship that celrates
Mahewell
comtment to
servg our comnity. And I
also wt to tha theity of
Kilandorontinuing t
investn young pple through
progra like tirkland
Youth Cncil and t excerpt
at was shared ofy
scholahip essay I talke
abou buildgridges beten
people and creing, u spaces
whe other feeleen, heard
an valued. That becam truly
biggestakeaway from kyc
but it also chang theay
that I think aut leadersp.
When I fst joine kyc, I
though I was joini a gup
thatlannedventsnd
voluntred in t communi.
Whehat is still tru I
verxpected it t spe that
ki of person that wanted to
become I taught me that
meaningful leadershi isn
t
aboutavinghe loustoice
in the room. It
s about makg
surehat people feel
comfortae using theirs. And
some o the momts I
m most
proudfhen I was the one
speaking. But whe I saw
meone who had once been qui
begin sharing their ideas
because the finly ft lik
they bonged. Asomeoneho
has moved between countries,
cuures and cmunities man
tis, I kw how mningful
at flingf belongian
be. That
s why creating spaces
whe peopl fl welcomed,
cluded and valued is
someing ce so deepl
abt. And it
something um,
andt
s a lesson
llarry
wi me longfter my te on
ky. Reiving a scholaripn
Matthew Dell
same is
especially meaniful becau
it reminds m tt t bridges
we bld and the, u impacts
we mak c can, can connue
longfter w
reone. Every
act of kiness, eve
opportity w creat f
someone else a everyerson
we eourage has t potenal
to sha theommunity inays
we MAY nev fly see. And
ho to carry tha lessonith
me lgfter m te on kyc is
over. So thank you again t the
doll family, thecholarsh
mmittee, andhe City of
Kirknd for thi incredie
honor.T is sometng that
will alwaye gratefu for and
will carry with meherever
fe takes me next. Thank you.
Thank you liane and
congralations. Ias going to
say weould clap, b y
can
t hear us. S thank y so
ch. A rig.Ext we have
Aaron.
Aaron Hilton, follod by
Aliciauiznd Sn
Hornibrook
Thank you.
Hello aga. It
s wonderf
seeing all o your virtual
fas. It
s been a hot minut
Um,ut I alws like toake
anfforto rognizeeople
that go above a beyd,
especialhent comes ty
counity. U even thoh I
little bit late, Redmond
keeps m bus Um, but I would
like t recogze Cef Saint
Jean andhe Kirkld Pice
Dertment for dng just tha
and inving m t present my
transgder commuty
teraction and engement for
public safet traing coue.
It
s a mouthfu It
a wor in
progress. Huhh, bk I
JUNE. It
s not sething that
Mi nded t do or hado d
bu aer my quicknd dirty
pitch and conrsation, u
he was o board. H wanteo
do it. Signed u Let
s g Um,
atruly means aot. It was
areatrainingession. Um,
the offers in attdance
passed wit flyg colors.
A-plus. Gol sta. Uh, they
asdremendou questns. U
andt gives m hope to see l
enfoement taking these
oppounitieso lrn abo my
community a what ty can do
toelp. And, uh, I don
t kw
ofny of y remember, buthe
last te Ias over the, um,
ving the sech on Trans
Vibility Day, I ske lot
abt kwledges per And,
um, this is wre it kind of
arts.Hisraining progr
that
ve bee working on wh
puic safety is to help bridg
th gap, um, and rebui tse
brges beten law enforceme
an m communi. A we
re
startingnd I
m actlly
startingo see proess, um,
especially wit interacons
from law enforcementith the
communy. U so it
s it
s
giving meope tha w
re wt
I
m doing I good. I hope, um,
and that we c connueo
reild tha tst. Um, I like
thank Mikeery much
because,ou know, with our
convertions, you
ve always
been. Jt wan t just
want to do wha I need to do to
ma you all hpy and feel
sa and important And that
really means lot. Um,o I
ju wanted to recogni those
efrts and appciate what the
Kirkndd is doing And
hofullyean teou all
can take tha to we
re all
coming in SEPTEMBER. S
hopellyou
a lite b
mo prepare for, uh, deang
th the comnity from afar or
wever they want te doi
at. So thank youery muc
Thk you Aon.E sincerely
appriate y showing your
appriation. So tha y very
much. Um, Acia
next.
Correct?
Rrect. She is online, so
we
re waitingor her to go
throughhe transion here.
Okay.
Good eveni, Mor Ctis a
members.
Of theouncil.Y name is
icia Ruiz, a I
m here today
on behalf of habitat for
hunity, Sttleing and
Kittas cnties to speak I
suppt o therdinance
exnding affordabl housing
opportities o faith oed
propty. Habat
ission is
simp.Verybody deserve a
dent,ffordabl pla to
call home. W work towd tt
mission throughermanent
affoable homeownship and
partnersps that turn
unrused land into rea
housg opptunity. This
ordinance speak dirtly t
that wor.Aith oppornities
ross t Eastse oft hol
la tha is increbly
vaable a underused. Tse
parcel repsentnef the
most promisind mos
overloed opptunities to
buil afforble homes in
places tha alrdy have
communit roots
Trant access andeighbors
who wano see the thre by
allong streamledermitting
andeasonablensity and
height flexility f
resideial devopment on
faith own ld. This
ordinance removes real
barrie, the kinds that often
the kin tt oft stall
affordle projects for yea
ill them befe they. It
ves fth organations a
genuine path t put their land
toward lon term comnity
benefi and it gesonprofit
velopersike hitat a
able partn to build wit
We kw tsodel wks, a
it
s alrea helngamilies
move froenting to oingn
communies across ouregion,
and we believet can wk in
workn Kirkld t.Abitat
isommitted to deepening our
esence on the eas se. We
nt toork directly wit
rkland
fth communies,
ci sffnd this cncilo
identi sites where this
ornance can turn into real,
peanently affordaeomes
forocalamilies. W see thi
legislatn as an invation,
and we intdo ansr it. W
urge y toass this
ornance, ande lookorward
buildin what comes next
gether.
Thk you.
Than you. Alici.
An Horbrook virtuallyfter
Shn, w have t additnal
gues.En Menzie,n site
an Joe Kinsler virtual.
Thk you
an, d you hrs?
N you hear me?Kay.
We can g
ead.
Grt. Thank you so much. Gd
eveninissayor. And to
council. I
ll be rllyrief
here. Only my onlyomment.
Haso do with the Arrieta,
uh, agreeme. Um,nd I wanted
to just. I
se the memrs
of theouncil and MADAM Mor
are familiar with what
s wt
the agrment is about. Uh,
one, I
s aordable housi,
whic is gat. U and think
we can all get behind that. But
myoncern with thisew
agreent is that in 2019,m,
uh Arethaenefited from the,
uh,he mft,m, pil pgram.
Theylready gotte a tax
benefit, receive aax benefit
r this propey. Same
footint. So what are what are
at are w going to get wit
anothe tax break. Plu the the
no intert loans memrs of
the Kklandommunity,
ve
livedere for heowner for 2
years n. Great. Gat pla.
, and s w c allgree on
that a I jt wted t know
at we
re goi toet f
nefit, because w
re going to
be takg gen, uh, tm a t
break thah, has ttill be
pang the, the, t, the
ountf money duehat I has
toe assesd. It
s going t
ve to come from somewhe. So
what
s the benefit going t be.
Becae that
s als money
that
sot goi to go to other
places to dferent proams
forffordabl houng. So when
I looke at this agreement I
noted tt we
reot the
re
not getng we
re not getting
any n units tha are
affordle. Als, t the
rticular propey,m, is
inherely, uh, ineensive.
And, um,ell bel t uh,
60%edian teshold of, u
artment rent rental. So w
re
loing at t benefitecause
we
re payg more. And they
alrey had aenefit.O
they
re back aga for secon
befit. So what are weoing
to g? No more new units. So
ybe a guarant that that
it
going to sta low. Well,
the
s nothing tt
s bn
presend that I c see tha
going to cause these mro
artments,h, micro studios
to increas asar ashe size
d theirootprint. We
re not
gettg any me uni.Hat
s
no going t chae if it
switched to aew buyer,
they
ve gothe same footprint.
So if theyant to refbish it
or whaver,hey
going t
ve to expd an inordine
amountf money to make ts a
different rentalalue
propty. So i
m askg a
urging the nooteecause I
don
t see a benef or new
fordable housing with this
rticular agreement. I thank
you allor yr time this
eving.
Thank you. Sea.
Yes. Thank you. I
m sor. That
wast.
L right I thoht youere
done.Hank you so mh.
Thankou.
An. Done. Oy.
So I
mereo talk about the
tw library.M, and the rfp
respon. Um,o it
s submitt
by theastside Tl
Colltive,hich h no form
rightow. Undhey say
they
reoing to operate under
fiscal spoorship of the South
ng Tool Library. So wt
diggin into the irs databas
an found the South King Tool
Library. Tyaven
t submied
theirax retur for twoears,
sohey
re rig on t verge
of losg their tax exempt
stus. And yethe city I
anticipang that w wouldo
business with them as tax
exempt oanization. T r
reonse doe not include any
response a descripon of
wh fisca spoorship means.
Fial sponsorip is eremely
brd a veryomplex.
Metimes the fiscal sponsor
ts on behal o the
organition, andometimes
they actlongside. Won
t
ow, and yet we
re going to be
asked as a cy to make out a
check f $100,000 to
esumably, Sou Kin Tool
Library. And weave ndea
what the relatiohip betwe
them ahe, u the Eastse
Tool Clective is. Soe
re if
we d
tive t mon to the
ol lrary,he Sth Kin
Toolibrary, tn somebody
s
goingo have toay tesn
it.Nd that
s n I the
buet. S w need tonow wt
legal eityhe cits going
be working with. Otherwise,
the r I kin of
n-responsive We just don
t
kn.O what?Hy is this rfp
reonse so empty and crical
financl areas Why isn
t
ybodyiving it a once ove?
Is the rfp jt a forlity?
Oh well,e
re all frien,
and it
s only $10000, s we
real don
taveo be vy
reful about it, becse we
ll
sortll thi out Well,
don
t think so. I thi
$100,000s a lotf mey, and
I thinkhat befee process
thisfp, before we haveny
ki of agreent, we hav to
ki of get out of thisne
ha, washi the oth
relationip a itead create
arm
sength relatnship
between theity and our
ntractor so that we g our
ney
s worth and we know who
we
re working wit andhat
we
re going to get for what w
spend. Tha y.
Thkou.Ll rig, Joe
counlor
Can everyon hr m y.
Than. Hopefully this tng
work Um.Ew kind ofew
technolo. New neworm of
zoom. So I
monna get through
th as quick as I canith t
mites. 50s. Um, really wou
encoage the city of Kirklan
to Look, I
ve asked you to d
is befor I askou to do it
again. Consiring t remarks
of a certain Ale And none of
you fel lik you cou sak
upnd say tha was wro.Nd
historallyntrue, amo
otrhings,hat youeed to
allyalk to yrriends in
Reond, and y need to tal
to your fends in Blevue
about getng se cncil
rules,ecause y
re spending
a nightwayrom yramilies
here You don
deserve toe
comparo ms murderi
nocidal monster I
m not
even going to use the words
mmerman used. Inow better.
Um,nd I find thoseind of
quificatio unfair to you
an your frids andamily.
, find them unfai to the
staff and the comnity to he
to sit through this. Um, this
is not why fough for public
comment s har duringnd
shortly after the pandemic. Um,
is I uh, not okay.He way
you
re bng treed. And
thk it
sncumbentpon you
stand uporach oth and
push the bouaries here.
Dmondid.T looks le
Zimmerma
s intimidat fm
goinghere.Ercer Islandid.
Zierman doesn
go there
ymore. Ueattle really has
it.Immerman dsn
gohere
anyme. Kin o see a patte.
I tnk I
ve made m poi.
It
s kind o running a bit
te. While wish you a wel
and beafeut the, make
su all youo.
Thank you. All right. City
clk.Oes that e our publi
coents?
S, it does.
L rig. Tha y. We are
now movin on t theonsent
lendar. Beforee have a
motion, I liko ask the
Depu mayor to present the
dit of account.
Thankou mayorhank y.
Mayor. Wereow movg. Oh,
sorry. U I always, u rea
from t wrong section there.
Thank y. U w h payroll
in themount o
$10,2,835.26, a billsnd
amount of $12,9,410 and
.94.
Ank you.
Is tre aotion topprove
th consent caldar?
Moved.
Oh, wow. I think thatas
Counciember Pm. Sond by
counl. Deputy MAY. Is tt
right Couilmemberrim, wer
u the mion maker Okay. All
right. It
s bee moved b
Cocilmemberim, sond by
Dety Mor Black toove
forwar Thionsent caldar.
Is there a dcussion? A
ose I favor,lease say aye.
Aye
Any opped? Mion carries
ven zero. Thank you. All
right. We are now movin on to
r regular busines agenda.
Ou first im o busines is
on altnative delivery ofhe
ter Peter Kirk Poole, project
cityanager.Ou are muted
That was a brilliapening
too. And I
veust spped all
ov it. Tnk y MADAM. U
so ts I yourecond
presentaon onhe alternave
of the Per Quill Project As
you know, you ges
rmission to go t the state
seef theyouldpprove
e project. Theyid? Can I
hear abo tha And the it
requires under our code, the
cityouncil to give staff
permissi to proce wit this
asn altertive delivy
meth. So we
going to he
a council preseation tonig.
And w areooking for a motn
approve us to mov fward.
, her to giveou that
prestations ourenior
project engineer,nika Davis
our consultants at Turne and
Townsend, Hry aurulie
Unrwood, o director of
public works.
Ankou. Cyanager. Good
ening, Mam Mayor. Deputy
yor, black andity council
ank youor this opportuty
to provide an update on t
ter Creool project. Um,
we can move to the nex slide.
As the city manager summarid
in Je,ouncil received an
erview of therogressi
design bld andupported
staff
s recomndation to apply
to thetate
s Pject Revw
Committee, p, for
authorizion to usehis
delivery mhod. Uh, tonht
we
ll brief rap the Peter
Creekool project and w
staf continue to recomme
prressive dign build. Um,
then we
smarize the prc
decion, explain how this
devery metho protect plic
value. Wk thrgh thelanned
schedu and procurent
procs a conclud with
recoendedouncil actions for
night and inhe future for
this proje. It sounds like a
t, but it
s only ten sdes
and we
re alrea two dow. So.
Light.
, pject summary the Per
Kirkod projects pmarily a
renovati proct. T
existi facility haseached a
point wre iestment is
need to addressging
building syste.He pool
shl, the and dk, mechacal
an electril syste.
Acssibility impromentsnd
renotions to theathhouse
Uh With thi the pject
proves an opportuty to
prove the communi
s
exrience by replacihe
existing wadg pool with a
more funionalctivity pool
and expding the bhhouse t
incle family and all genr
angingooms. Her preous
council decions. The sco
will n inclu rocating t
pool entrae t Kirkld
Avenue and expration o the
pool andlosure. Um, as sho
on ts slide. Ohou can.
Thereou go. Thanks. U t
prect is suppoed throu a
coination o impact fee
ITne, Kirklanarks and
Ki County Parks levies a
grt. Pottial debtunding,
debtinancing and total
entified fundiackage of
approximatel 11. Mlion. Uh,
th complexity of delering
this wkithin an exiing
opering aquatic facily a
codinating all o these
terconneed stems,ed t
affo recmend progrsive
design bld, u proessive
degn build I wel stedor
projec thatnvolve thnical
complety, unown existg
conditions and chaenging
schedules.Hose arexactly
the cracteriscsf our
Peterirk Poo pject. The
project inclus speciized
aquac mechanical stems
integring and intrating new
stems wh exiing
inastructureates
uncertntieshat are best
resolv when t conactor
can joi t team ely, rathe
thanfter the desig is
mplete. At the same time, the
projec must balance immiate
frastructure needshile
intaining ssonal
operatns. Ultately,
progresse design bld alls
the owner digner,ontractor
an contractor t collabote
early to refincope,
imove,onstruct ality,
manage risk and devop
realisc cost information
before cstruction is
contraed. Those advanges
are not availle through a
tradional design biduild
apprch. As we summarize
earlie folwing council
s
diction, sta prepared and
submitd theity
applicatn to the prc on Jun
30th. Tpplication was
accepted without any request
for claficationr addional
information, and sff
prented the project to the
committee o Jul 24th. The
ci
sresentationeam
includedublic Wksirector
Jue Undwood, deput
direct of pks Joh Lloyd,
Parks pnning and developme
manage Mariah Gill, a
myself. We were supported by
Turn andownsend Harris
seing as our owner advis,
and Pacifaaw Group serving
egal counsel After o
presention, questns and
discuson, the comttee.He
coittee unanimous
dermined tha the project
satisfie the statury
requiremts of rcw 3910nd
approv the cit
s request to
e progressi desig build.
The committee provid pitive
feedback about theity
s
preparedsso ainisterr
progresse desn, build
project. Ty comnded the
traini cpleted by sta.
Ouse of an expienced
owner, advor a leg
counsel,ndurfforts to
buil relatiohips witeer
agencies experieed in
ogressive dign, build and
aqtic facities Ovell,
th committ describ the
ty as well prepare said this
s a good use ofubliconey
and comment tha wead
pick the rightroject for
progressiv dign, build a
acy wil take t nextlide.
Thks.,
Annika.
Sorogressive designuild.
.
Protects thealue of public
dolls.
.
In coue of way So bes
lue selection. Thi giv us
thepportunity toelect a
team tt I mostuality or
no best val. Qualificaons
sed, best val selection So
itivess the oortunity to
sect a tea that isost
quifiedo diver t
prect. Bh, both technically
an from a pcess persptive.
And thatlso include u
specialty subcoractors and
su consultts. S tha
s
especial applicaeo ts
project with the poo uh
systems. Those are vy speci
in nate.Nd we
ll takehe
right tm, u to deliverhe
oject. Wel um,t
s also
basednransparent costs So
we
lltart worng wit the
team ely oo devel
exactlhat thecopes of
theroject and whathe cts
e of the pject. A I
s
developen what
s cald an
en bk, um, nure. And
th
s contractual Um, so
erything tha the contractor
am isorking on early onn
the proce ishared withhe
owner team transpantly. S
the the sub numbehat ty
e gettirom potenal
rtners, they
re back u to
all of their infortion. All
of the dails arehere. So we
a tea can evaluat I and
undetand ifhat
s goodalue
to the proje. And we c als
e, u thi party estimators
to reviewhat a hp us
undetand tt as well. A
then u mket competion. So
the design builders selected
bad onualification t
subs can beelectedn
qualifations or through
competive subntractor
biing. So we get to have some
flexility in howhey
brout on. B there is um,
ere will be some uh,
compitive bidackages. And
so we know that we
getting
e best val there. Um,his
is als the delivery method
that gives us t best
opportunitie to iorporate
business. Um, andhat
s by
being able tm, createhe
right pkages and make sur
that we hav them and also t,
e contrting is open. So
we
able to selthem I
this pross. Ming t my next
slide. Sohis I big kind of
overchingimelinef the
project and wtt
sntending
to show he tays, uh,
contract milesnes. And when
we
ll ce backo see you. So
e block are milesnes that
reprent eitr the fir one,
um, procurent. Uh, and and
contct phase So we signne
contct androgressiveesign
build at theeryeginning.
D it is f an initial pha
service And then therere
endments tha g with tha
So the next time weouldome
backo see you as we
ve got
ourots thatepresent couil
visits, um, wld beround
Dember. S asoon ase get
doneith prorement a I
ll
ta a little b more about
th process onhe next sde.
And that wld be for the to
apove award of the contrt
fo thenitial phase of
serves, which is called
validationnd w anticipe
th to be 2 to 3 month And
th we wou come back again
for, u of t nexontract
ase, whichill likely
incle the early work packa
thate
ve tald aut bng
ableo do somef t thing
at needo be done onhe
poolrior to openg forext
season, along wit t balance
of desn forhe pject, and
th toward the e of desn,
we ce back wit what
s cled
the g andment, and tts
the andment thatnables
cotruction.M,f we
re
successful her tonig and
you
re compell by o reque
to use progressive design
build, t next step would be
to mov into, uh, procument
of t project and so on. A
progresse dign build
project.Hat that mns is
it
s a two step, two step
qualificions base, uh,
selectio Fir steeing
issuin a reqst for
qualificatio.N respons to
that,e wld recei
statemts ofualificaons
frroposed desig build
teams. Anye who
intested
can submit stement of
quifications selecon
commite riews those
qualicationso eablish a
shorist. The srtlisthen
receives the rfp for the
prect. Reque f prosals.
Inhat phase theeam is
deveping managent plan
where the
re tling the three
teams w are shortlied,
typilly three, uh,
manament plan tha tal
abou how theyould approh
devering the proje for the
city. Ando, uuring tt
riod, ste five there, we
woul hold int intertive
etings. And these arenique
to proessive desn build
sortf simar to an
inrview. The
reustetp
a lite bit difrent. And
at
s wt makeshem uniqu
and proessive design bui.
D we recve thoseanagemen
plans after those interacve
meetgs evaluatnommittee
then evaluat the second step
magementlans, score all
tother,nd the yave a,
, apparent, uh, higcoring
propos that y
d go into
coract negotiatis with, uh,
ce westablish conact
terms. Tha was tha would b
when we
d comeack f tt
initial contrt approl.
Becae excusee? Becse the
city has not yet eablished a
stanrdrocess f counc
ersight of progrsive
design build procts. Sff
prosing a seriesf
decisi points that we belie
llrovide meaningful cncil
ovsight throughouhe
project, beginng tight with
authoration to procure a
ogressive desig build tea
After tonht, t next
recommend actn would be the
proval o a of t desn
build conact. Folwinghe
lection of t Progressi
Design blder,hich ishe
process Sta just outned in
the last sli.His is
currtly anticipated in
Deceerf thi yr or I
JANUARY. U athat mting,
would sumrizehe
procurent proce, present
evaluati rults, a ruest
authization t execu the
ntract. After tha staff
anticipas completg the
validaon phase which
confms that the proje
s
scope, budge andchedule
remainligned befe movin
into fullesign. Sta wou
en retur t counc, which
wenticipatg I Mar with
confirmaon of that alignnt
and reqst to proceed with
full design devopment. Um and
priminary dign concept for
the rlacementctivity poo
we antipate bringg to y
that te, andhen
auorization toroceed wit
any recommeed ely work
packes, whi woulde wor
befo we ope um, in the
summer seaso for 2027. Um,
finay,efore major
nstruction begins, council
woulde askedo appro t
negotiated,h, guanteed
ximum pce gmp for the full
project. At tha time, we
esent the resul of any
dependenost validion and
nfirm thathe propod price
isairnd reanable bore
requesting authozation to
oceed with conruction. As
we
veiscussed the ctract
amendmts are aormal and
expected partf pgressive
designuild. As theroject
vancesrom desig ultately
constction, the contrac
is ientional amended to
authorize eac n pse of
wo.Hese planned mestones
in the divery pross shod
not be intpreted ahange
orders Son theext slide
Sooday
s recmendation for
for this ening, staff
recoends that council
authoriz staff t proce with
ocuremen of o a proessive
desi buildeam for the Peter
Kirkool project and dirt
aff to return to counc f
apoval of theontract.
Appral of tight
s motio
alwshe staff t begin t
compitive prorement
process,nd we will return at
each majorilestone that we
ve
ju outline Um, a that
conclusy preseation.
Thank you forourime and
consideratn, and we
d be
happ to awer any qstions
that y MAY have.
Thk you Aika. Stacy. Uh,
uncil, any questio?
Mments? Deputy mayor. You
re.
Thereou go.
Ank you, Mam Mayor. Uh, I
there we no questions I w
going to get u srted wh a
moti.
That sousine.
Lks lik Couilmember
Falcon ds have questn f
staff.
Okay.
Counlmember Fcon, go.
Ahea
Um, thank you, MADAM Mayor.M,
I just wanted t menti,m,
thank you for,m, I don
t
remember who mentied, but
ntioned the.
Um.
Theudos tha we g in
tablishing network of peer
encies. And I jus wanted to
call out and thank Ryan Bkf
the Lak Washiton Sool
Distri, in particur, for
th workn tha because
that
s sometng that I know
we
learned lot fro tir
expertis Um, and we reay
value our ptnership with t
scol distrt, that
s a.
Thankou.
Thank youeputy Mor. Bk
to you.
Well, thank y.M, so I
ll
make t motio I move to
authorize and direc theity
nager oresigneeoroceed
with therogressi desn
ild procument pcessor
th Peterirk Pooroject and
turn t cncil for appval
the conact wh the
seleed pgressiveesign
builr.
Send.
Has been moved by Deputy Mor
ack.Econd by Councilmemb
lcon to move forwa wh the
progssiveesign,uild any
furtheriscussio. All rht.
Well, I justant to tha
evybody for the good work.
And I
m eited to sta this
project. So all those inavor
and theotion o the table,
please say I.
I.
Anypposed motion cares
seve zo. All rht.E are
movin to o nt item
which is t dra tool library
imementation pn. Cy
mager.
Okay. Thankou mad Mayor.
Um, she goalonight is to
prent you with the draft
reonse tohe rfp we had,
ich thetaff dee as being
araftmplemention plan for
thewo libra. Lookior
counci directi on wheth
you wouldike uso proce
wi discuionsith t
proposer or if there
s a
her infmation tha you have
that you nd itead. So to
give thatresentatn is
automac. Campbell, o
vernmentffairs manager
Thank you Cityanager. Goo
evening, Madamayor.
Deputyayor andembers of t
uncil. Hpy to be he
toght to prode an uate o
the dra ilementation plan.
I hav nelideseginning
with a brief overvie of the
prect background. We
ll then
go over few key pieces of the
submitte propol, and we
ll
conclude with aandful of
poli questions tha a als
tlined inour memorandum.
D while my psentatios
lesshan tlides, the
s
quit a bit of info. So pase
feel fre to raise you virtual
hand or yreal hand. Ian
se allfou, so Iill pause
to answenyuestions that
come up por t t fin
policy qstions sde.Kay,
begiingith a little
baground, Counc had
expresse interest inxploring
aommunity opeted tl
librarn yrsast and
includedbjectives I bh t
Comprehensiv Plan and
stainabilitytrategic Pla
retedo circular economi.
Access to handnd electri
tools, and rse of buildin
material Staff met wit the
operators of the Seatt a
Shorele Tool librari to
tter understd wha I takes
to lauh and susin a
successfulool lrary, and
based onhose conveations,
excuse me, a conversions.
Affstimated appromately
$100,000 wld be needed for
startu which couil tn
appropried inhe 252 bget
with a conditi tt an
implemtationlan be appved
before any fdsere released.
Wh tha I Mar, staff
hostedn iormation shang
intere gheringvent
featurg Seattle Enomy
s
ecutive direcro introce
eonceptndiscusshat I
takes to opera a succeful
tool libra,nd recnizing
that voluntes are esstial
to a succeful too lrary
staf inved reprentatives
from community organizatns,
vonteer gros, edutional
institutns, environmeal
organizationusiness
organization totalf 1
dividual were inved a 19
ople attended. S inay,
staff ce to council wh a
draf sco o wk a
incorpored couil
dictionnto I and issued
the r Shortlyfter. We
ceived one prosal, a the
ci managerentioned from the
Eastsi Tl Colctive, and
while t rfp was ope sta
took the oortunity to gathe
adtional communi inp at
th Recycle Write event wre
70% ofesponden indicated
they wou be somhat or ver
likely to use a too lrary.
T a big cavea Younow, we
cognize thi isn
t a
statistilly rresentative
survey,ut it does provide
other indicat tha there is
mmunity intert. Respondts
also identied locatn and
the variety of tools as thewo
mostmportantonsideration.
Thgh befor disssing t
proposal itself, I want to
monstrateowtaff has
incorporated theirection
Counlrovided on MAY 5th
into t scope of work that w
included I the r. S
startingthe top fstas
liabity insuran. Staff
worked close with the City
Atrney
s officnd the
Waingtonity
insuran
authorit whichs t city
s
insurance autrity,o ensure
the iurance requiments
inuded in thefp
appropriatel proct the
Ci.
Second, prefence for non
ci owned lociontaff
resed the evaluation critea
to giv prefenceoroposals
recommending non city oed
locati. Wle theroposal we
reived olines both a city
owned aon city owned
option, tha pference was
sected in t solicitatn.
Third is lited city
invoement. The draftcope of
rkirstrought to Counc
had greater level ofngoing
staff involvement and sta
visedhat toarrow city
aff involmento inial
volunteer recrument and
marketinn city social med,
with ongoing responsibily for
operatio remning wh the
operator. Fourth was limitg
e city
fincial
commitmenttaff I not
proposing any fundi beyond
the 100,0 already
appropried byouncil and
any fure speing wld
requeeparateouncil aion
An finally, council directed
stf toevelop a
imementati plan bore
releing100,000.Nd tt
s
the ppose of tonight
s
diussion. If council aees,
thisroposalrovides a
suffient frameworktaff
would uset as the bis for
gotiating a finalgreement,
which wld return to cncil
r approl beforny funds
areeleased. The with
cocil
s dection, we
corporated that feedbk into
the scopef wk, issue the
rf and reaed out toll 123
indivials who had been
invid to that earli
inrmation sharingnd
interest gatherivent toet
them kw. Okay, Iant to
pauseere. Arehere any
questions befe I jum io
e propol tha was receive?
Sorry, Cncil. Any questns
onrocess?
Drea go aad.
Thankou. All right. So as you
ntioned,heityeceived
oneroposal from theastside
Toolollectiv Sta believe
it is rponsive and meets the
requirents of the council
proved sco of wor, etc..
Eastside Too Colleive is a
coalitio of Kirand resents
wh intend t for a Washingn
nonprofit, and until tha
nonprofits ford, would
erate und t fiscal
spsorshipf the South King
County Tool Libry. Ts
propalaintains tha the
city wld not own or operate
the tl libry,nd stes
that theity
sole would be
limite to pviding o time
artupunding, assting wit
idtifying locatio
pporting itial volteer
recruitmennd helping
prome the proam.
Sponsibity for
plementation oration,
affing, pgramming, a lg
terminancialustainabity
would remnith the operato.
Ok, t prosal represents
tw possible facilyptions
charactezed as trackinnd
track b. Tra a would utilize
a poron of the Fir logistics
builng and track is a
containezed mel wit the
location still t be
termined. A ts poi,
stf has not cometed due
diligenc oither oion, as
aftmplementatio pla was
requested by council bore
ciding whether or not to
preed, b staff is
commendinghatfouncil
elects toontinue forward into
gotiations, that both track
main under conderation
because additiol due
ligences neededefore we
canecommend one or the
other.He proposal includes
many many of the operatial
details outlid in the rfp
inuding a membership model,
borrowing policies, and an
online resvation and
inventor system And as
prevusly mention, staff
rked wit Wciand the Cy
Attorn
s office to ensurehe
insurancequirements were
appropriat including naming
the cit as an addional
insure and providi pro o
surance witn ten days of
coract exetion. The
propos ao include borrowe
agements, liabityaivers,
fety trainin for higrisk
eqpment, and routine
spectionnd mntenance
procedures. The city
s
finaial commitment remains
lited t the orinal
$100,0 approprtion. Any
additialunding wou
require fute counc
approv. Lon term
sustainabity would be the
operator
s responsibity
throug membersps,rants,
donations, worhops, and other
revenue sources thatheyeem
appropate. That is the extt
of the bkground and update to
Cociln t dft
plementation plaonight
we
re lkingor Cncil
s
directnn theseolicy
estions. MADAM Mayor
d
ke tournto y for
scussion Beginni whhe
first bullet.
Than y. Adria. So Couil,
e firstullets dshe
proposalrovide enoh
inrmation a a draft
implementati plan to srt
negoating an aeement?Nd
not, wha scific
informatn d you nee
Counl Member Arnold.
Uh,hank you, mayor.H, I
just wted to comment. I d
t
haveny informaon that, um,
i need here. I reallid
appriate the aunt of
rearch I dail in the
stside Tool Colctive
proposal. Um, including the
work tt they
ve de t lrn
from a crdinate with
existi too libries. The
fa tha they
re mating a
lotf thi will allow f
economies ofcale.Nd, u
both for how they crdinate a
Kirkndool library with
the other or perhaps expand,
um, toughout the Etide.
So I was impssed and, u
believe tthis draft and
implentation pn provis a
levelf detai Uh, I was
loing for it. Thank you.
Grt.
Than you.
Counciember Pascal. I had you
xt. Didou lower you hand?
Yes, tha
s a yes.
Cocilmembe Primm yea I
st want.
To s, u also, jus
Thank you to.
The tea that iniated ts
initiave. U I thi, and
for wking so hdn trying
to get a too library into our
communy, I thinkhe etc
oposal actlly h aot of
really gdnformation and
details. Um, and so, I
hostly, I hestly don
t
think Ieed a me
informatn. I thi, I think
e etc.Roposal isufficien
to beginegotiatis.M,nd
Ihink negotiatis at this
ste wil reall pvide and
refine a lot of theetails,
identify any risks, a reall
ensure that the cit interests
ar fly protect, includi,
um, becse Iust wto
commt onhis. The por
comment tt w made about the
South, uh, King Poo Libry as
an approiate fisca spoor.
I think aart of the
contcting pcess, tnk
that thohingsill be
aluated. Um, but yh, I
thin ahis point, just
getting t negottions
started I theppropria nt
st.
Eat. Thank you. Councilmber
Pascal
Than you,ayor. Um, are we
are w votin on athing
tonit then, or aree jt
offeri comnts and
direction?
If cncilanted t decid
betwee track a orrack b, we
would requehat tha ione
throh motion. But oer tha
that, w
re n requeing a
vote.
Ok. Wl,m,
rry.
Sorry t interrupt. I do think
you wldant a mion
auorizing staff toroceed
th negotiatis.
Thank you
Whether o not you
re cosing
e optionsr not.
No.
Sorr cit mager, you raised
ur hand. I
ll. I
ll try t do
that nt.
Time.
So,ouncilmeer Pcal, w
will b decing wther to
move forward with negotiation
Yeah s maybe i
ll just say m
comments for theiscussion on
that. You know, onc we he
tion there.
Ay.
Al right Cityanager, g
Ahd.
And I justuess I jus wt
to folw up wit that to say
that and t intents toring
a final deal bac for council
review. Sermissio to
procee tod iot still
saying yes to the fal
pruct.
Yeah.Hank you f tt
arificatn. Um, anyore
coents o informaon needed
for t draft implentation
plan Councilmemb Falcon?
Thkou, MADAM Mayor I was
just raising myand because I
was rea to move on to the
next question. If we were.
It lks lik everybo else
is.O go ahead.
Greahank you. Um, well,
rst, I agr with my cncil
collgues commes.Hank you
to staffhat hav been working
on this t commuty memrs
who have eressed just so muc
intestn inhisrojectnd
also t the East Side Tool
Collecti. Inowt took a
lo of work, a Ilso agr,
in rponse to the fst
queson, thathereas a l
of reall detaile iormation
You c tell they did their
howork. Um, and obvusly
we
ll makeure as a city that
we d ourue diligce t make
su every t is crossnd I
dott to make surehat this
is a scessful facily. You
kn, um, rding the memo, it
was really clearo mehat
beeen track a, um,
track a see t be the clear
choice to pceedith because
s, u it rults in a
beer facily, a bter
qualit fility fhe
community, a I
s less
initialetup ct. Right And
so to me, thateems a car
opon.M, a so I
eadyo
make a motionhenever you
re
ready, Mam Mayor, b,m,
alsoappy t wait if you wt
more discussnefore motio
the table.
Puty or Councmemberrnold.
Yeah, just, uh, discussn on
th parcular im. Really
appreciate the, um, desiption
in the implemention pla of
th advtages of usi the
fire stati.Hiss a
facility right nowurrently
that
s sply bei udor
storage. Um, and I, um,
suppt, um,xamininghether
itould be ud on a tempory
basis for the to libra. Um,
andut, u want mor staff
put on the impactsf that
d, uh, iormation on how
long that temporary coulde
gin the city
s medium and
long term plaorhis
particul buildin s you
know I
d le to I see the
value in keeping both tcks in
considation. Uh, but uess
aff, um, uh,omes up with
more infortion, com u wit
addition informatihat
says tre I u a better use
or an immedia need for fire
ation 27. U I really like
e ideafsing that on a
temporyasis inhe next,
um, couple o years.
Thank you Thank you,eputy
mayor. Bore cal on you
m goingo let city manag
spond.
Reed.
So t only thing I wanted to
d is par o the rean that
stf, u particurly t
ci managerecommended
eping bh tcks going is,
as I mentied, we hen
done
a t of dueiligence Tre
is capacyntation 2nd
theres som eiting
oppounities too-locate But
we hen
explored. For
ample, I
ll jus make up two
exampl thatay o MAY n b
the ce If t city h a
coitionhat the Etside Toe
collectiveeltas too
restricte,e mht wan to
ma sure we havehe
oprtunity to look at anoer
opon. So, forxample, if
theyaide nd a minimum
ve yearommitmen for the
ation, which they hen
t
said, and we said sorry, we can
only give you a two year
commitment Weust wt som
ability to say ihis I
t
e rightlace or if sometng
new delops, and w need to
give y 30ays nice to get
out, and they
re going to s,
that
s not sficient Notice
we haven
t h a chae to
reallyit dow and expre all
ose issues y. A so I is
high likel reachn
agreemen o station 27. B
the are ctainly som
ssibilities I can eision
wheheirxpectatis for
the site and o expections
y not quite align. Ande
might wt tnow that we
ve
been eloring other at t
me time. So that
the onl
ason the staffasroposed
to have thewo tcks.
Puty mayor.
Thank you.Ayor. Um, I
m n
gog to a anything to what?
Um, city managerust sd, b
doant t Plusne.H,
Council mber, Arnold, tt I
thk traighte the
rit direction to go. But
bere I mehat fal
cision, I defitely wan as
much informaon a Iossibly
can fro sta. So it sound
like City Managers prepad
to provide u tha as part of
next stepsnd andhe
negotiatn, uh, there isne
more blet point which is,
um,s there athing else
council wants t seen t
reement? I
s n so much
at I wt to seen the
agreent, but you know,, I
did wt to I, I assume thas
partf any ts, uh
procding tohe next sp and
furtheregotiatis, you kno
staffs gng toe looki at
proof of incporation,roof
of structu and ownership. And
50 c three statu Um,
insurae, certifica of
insunce,aming Kirklds
additional shared. Allf tho
ingsre um, I assumnd I
gues this is the qstion for
stf. I aumereart of
this nt step, ptf tse
discussions, this negottion.
And befe there
s ainal
agreemen all o theseoxes
wi be wl be cheed. Is
thatair?
That isbsolutelyorrect.
Deputy mayor.
Uh, great. Uh, I don
t have
anhinglse to add. Thank
you.
Than you. I
moingo go bk
Councilember Faln.
Ankou, MADAM MAY. Um, I
ha auestion for the city
manager. Just about nexteps.
So, uh, obvious, I tnk
we
re hearing that the strg
prerences forrack a and
ack b kd of as a lt
sort, if notnglse c
wo out. So my question I
um, what arehe pnned nex
step if we have ie appro,
adopted a motn tonight t a
stf to g bk with bot
option stillnhe table are
you thenoming back to check
in to say this is more
formationn thewo options,
an which one do youant to
pick? And then w make another
motion tay bring u back
nal and ainal agreeme
with one ofhose,ecause I
assu tinal agreent will
take someorkfter we give
u direction on which optio
Right. And s how much more
work does that create? Because
it was initial my
understandin tt our motio
night was going to be to
directou to notiate in
orde to bng us back fal.
Um a falgreement b I
undsike tt MAY note t
case It mig be anoerheck
in.
Wellt
s great qstion. So
my intent wld beo spe the
time toigure out a prosal
in partnshipith, e., a
bring that backor your
apoval.O, um, hearing t
uncil
pference, we
startithitting dow
togethert the firetation
gisticsenter.Hat areou
ping to do? How are you
hopingo do it forowong?
You kno kind of how does a
this wor And the city sta
assessing not just tir
propos, but wt areur
needs?O I couldust give an
example if ife use I using
half t firetation tre
s
a b ent. How do we ensur
th no o from the publi
es inthis? Theire
statn sid of things. Rig.
D we nee initi
instments like gates or
thin like that. S the
s
just tre
s jus a lotf
detas tha need t b worked
t in the crse o tha
diussion. I
s possie to
runntoome thingshat we
can
work o togher. I
dot it,ut it
s possibl
And only if the said, this
isn
t eh. It can t work out
for us or we conclud there
s
stuff thathey
askedor.
We just can
give. Would we
probably start looking the
otherption? B we probably
have a coue ideasnind as
we go. But t intentould be
say in partnership with atc
would come t you with one
option tha
s agreed to for
council revie a so.
Okay, I guess I guess my my
follow question reled t
that is, um. At wt pnt is
it a couil vers staff
decisi to pivot to optio b?
If we ge you authoty too
to both? Rht.Ecause I can
imaginhere could be a
tuatio wre,ou know,ou
mayhink tha it
st
sot
asible to me forward,ut
okay. But council m wanto
say, wel we d wan to
ncede on tha thingnd we do
nt t make it hapn. Sure.
R tck I gss that
s m my
estion is how wil we
navigate that. I it tha if we
move forrd wh track a, y
don
need ather track
endpoi, butf you think that
youeed to gith track, the
you com back t councor
authorationor tra b. I
justeel like I
s a, um, it
s
big step to say, y know, do
whicher one you want. Right.
An then I wld hate forou
to come bk wh track and
say, wel actually,now,
um weant you toush harder
for tck, okay?
Right. Um, I mean, thank y,
uncilmembe GOD I, I hr
you. So, the g.He goal
is not f sff to dide. The
al is w
ve been given
direction, and preference has
been expressed. To go s
if we work wit tha I
gues what I would s is I I
fe like Iad a placehere
thereereeral fatallaws
or something that council nee
to be awa of.Efore there
wa the piv, wou come
ck and say, h, here
s
two stickin. But in the
meantime, w
ve done atle
bit due diligence about what
e alternative mighte.Ou
know, I cou be here, it
could be her So tt if you
hat informationnd you
areetti the same
infoation about the fal
aw, you
at lst kw wha
thelternative might be. But
no, t goal isn
t that we
would jt say, hey, torrow
I, cy manager, h decided
it
s tck b, and that
s what
we
going toalk about
right? But as sd, becau
we we
re ting to really
spect the cil
s decon
that y heot made a
decision. G ahead.Nd y
hadn
tade a decision to use
th fire staon logisti
center We just hen
t don
al the due digence w nee
to toakeur it wor right.
And I partnersh with wha
they Cleive. So we just
need some tim to wk throu
that But I think we
d come
ckf we said, h
s two
hurdles. Dou want uo jp
them or n? A her
s the
pr and cons of it. Y know,
weld dinitely dhat
befo we gave y ainal a
fina disio.
Grea
Thank y will be you n
tter wha becse you
ll get
e fal agrment for yr.
Approval Tnk y.
Ar you done?Kay, cy
manar. Soould it helou
toollowp on Couilmember
Falcon? Wld it helouf w
were cle on wha o
preference I Okay, okay.
Th you. Councermm
okay
And think can awer that
estionirectly now. So I I
supporteengothions
on theableut dinitel
pref trackg. I tnk it
just aleer cleaner lk uh,
easiccess points. Und I
think ovell I just sms
motraightforward So I
defitely, um, would prefer
track but defity open to
to bot u dending on where
the negotiaon ld. Um, and
then the last questn of jus
at the fal agreent, um,
justhingshat weld want.
Um,he aeent, I would
say jus clear pformance
expectat, a pment
schedule als based o
miston. So I d
t I don
think the ien I thate
would be, y know, sendi
0000 check Rht. It would
be basedff o certain
stones overerio of
time. And then, jt by
financialesponsibilities and
then defed exit or
modication for pvisions. If
e program for some reason
do not uchieve like the
ouomhathat wan
Thk y. Um, Cilmember
Pascal, wre goingo
negotiioo didou have
mehings youan to sre?
Su. Um, mean,, I have
overl cmes on waing for
th motio.
Okay. Council Prem, your hand
still.
Up.
Okay Councilmb t
Chisholm d y have
methin you wantedo say?
Isomody making a motion?
Uh, I
llo baco
Counciemberalcon forhe
moon.
Than you, Mam Mayor. And,
, beaith me. Andry t
mofy lgue on t fly t
Wa bore we g t a mio
I had a qui, um, cment
spding touncilmber
Prem
cments.
Aad. Councilmber Arnd.
Ay, um Couilmemb had
aske about, u, wheth t
city
sontrution I
delived as a lum s or se
formf progres paynts.M,
and, uh, tt
s sething I
wodike some more
foationbo vers giving
directnor. Um, o
direio o note
ve had
sorevious expiee I
eingome nonprofs likehe
Kirkland Comnity Foundion
and, um, and me rently,
East Trail Partns, where
Kirkla other East Trail
members me contrutions
start t organation.Oth
orgazationsave bee
susfully launchednd are
nowf-sufficnt andvide
more val than the ini
vestment as we hop.
Um,nd s I thi we h a
susful model.
M jus
curious howe
ve hed that
modeln the past and whe
it
justeen, o here
s
e t yournitial see money
and yeportingigations.
Gohead.Yanager
Yo know the ar. It really
pends on eac casend every
casehere has be an
agreemenight? A l
agreem that sws tlic
fit the city
reiving
r the m tha
s prod.
Um, a soaseseou
ve
mentiod, uh, f examp,
with cnityoundatio
e agreement had it pd out
over ahree yeariod andn
expectatn tt other
fundraisgccurred.
Other exa ise
ve given
things dtly to like the
East Til.M, itlly
depe o what we s down and
negotio I thinkm, t
staff
initialntent w n
just to say here it I upfront
butoave an agreement that
set out miless reporti.
T w also hen
t sketche
thatut yet.Oouncil
feedback on that. Tt would
ry helpful. If there
things
prefer orhings you don
prefer, b typly would
just ge itll upront in
e lump. So uh, witut
spec set o outcome we
want to achieve.
Ay. Tnk youity manag
I thi ttressesy
objections And, um, wou
supptteveromes forwa
ugh negiations in the
agreemt wh, what y s a
t for proteing the city.
Thanou.
Ank you
yone else?Ncilmemb
Falc
Thank, Madamor. I move
to authorize sta to proceed
withegotiations bas on the
tool library ilementation
pl and to return to council
with with eher a prod
contct for csideration
track a or check wh
uncil to consideroceedin
with track b if track Aeems
inible.
Seco
Thanou and good job pulling
that toget u it
s bee
d city manager agrees I
s
beoved byncilmemb
Falcon. I m not going rept
thatond by Councilmber
Primm. Cilmemberascal.
L right. Yeah, yeah, hav
um, some thoughts on o the
discuson t we
ve had so
far. And I wan to speak to
this mion. Um,ut first, I
just wd tohank sta for
all work you io this.
Dant t startlso
emphasiz tha younow,
do tnk a too libra doe
seem
Like a goo ideut the
coerns want toalk a
reing this cptlly
e how thehe cit
s role in
it. And s theirst thing is,
honestl don
t wn
t
nvinced that it w a
finallyustainab
proposal We only reived o
proposal, and its financial
ies hea a variety
ofnsubstanated aumptions.
Ion
tvidence that
outside fundi has been
secud, and befeesting
ayer drs, Illyo
think w nd greater
confiden I ts organizn
that t organation can
succeendas secured
fiial backing andupport
alread fro oer comty
organizaons.Nd I s thi
cause I
s m underanding
that Shorene Tool Library
waunded by the Washingto
Departf Eco, King
Coty Solid Waste, and the
Cities of Shorene and Lake
Forestark f entities. Here
we have one c a offerin
$1,000 with nother
mmitted financi bac.
Ano, I thi t limitur
risk we really shod requi
additional fcialking
from pareranizatio. So
ou money is mat against
other moneyecond, Itill
have a lot ooncernsbout
the c
s longm
commit.W t there
nguage treut, y
know not needi more mon
but the rfp intentily
voredposals tha do
rely upoity prope Yet
the prerred on in our
dision here ftill
ses on the feogistics
building. Ihink tha this is
going to creedditiona
puic subsidy tha
s
reflec ongoing c.T
s
going ruestions aut
city s nee liabili
matenance a otherngoing
resours. Then final
one subjecttasn
t bn
talked aut, tt I ve heard
andt I feel is Illy
ve crns a whether
this process has been abo
oach. W public fds a
involved, dionseally hav
to be f b the also m
be perce as fai And
former counc member
participat in budget
decisionhatunded this
program,ncluding a v to
appre taxpalars in
last Decbersoday
primary conct on only
proposale received. I thi
that put us, ente
counci staff in a
diffult posit The
lationshs reqre an e
high levf transncy
and scrut Iieve it also
raises queionf wheth
we nd to looking atur
code eths,nd wheth
thatuld be updatedo
design a wng period
af someoves office
before theyanobby, council
or s onalf of clit
or oization. I believe thi
situatio d raiome
ethilcerns with the
public, and itakese, as a
counl membe vy
uncomforble. But Inow
m
in the mority on this that
otrs majority isn
t going to
agree on anyf wt I sai
Um,ut w request the
llowing,m, one tha we
requiredditionamitted
finaial backing sho tha
th is aeal proposal.
I
n in suppo o track,
um, if that m forward
oreforet mesorward,
d le to underd do a
full revie of ourpace nee
as aity. Um, youw, there
was somestions rd in
public comment. Um, y know, I
don
I don
t underand it
sounds likehe Etsideool
llective is n a legal
tity,nd it
oingo be
sponsod theth Kane
Tool Libraost I
a leg agement?S
that goingo wk for us? And
is that other entit iood
standing with ther, you
know,shere o issues
there? Inke need to lk
intohat a make sur um,
d then fly, you kno at
so point not n,ut
late we d neeo look into
ethics code about
situationsf departe council
membee a sg
ethi code about existnd
sittingouncilbers, b we
need tonk about once
councilbers lea office.
, many oer orgations
have that actllyther cities
and cies. Um, so that s
those a the ts tt are
on m mind right nowith thi
proposal. T y.
Thank you. Ae else? Depy
mayor.
Uh, tnk you MADAM MAY u
It t speak up on just two
thin One,ealize I
mike ear. I think
comments werelear. I m
tr a, and Ieant that, um,
coms wer you know, I
do want toake sure, uh,hat
ase evalue, track a
perhap t the primack
th we doet a much
inrmationse possibl can,
uh, f staffbouthatt
will mea I don
think um, I
do
t think fl rw of
r space needs is realist
Um,t woulday
implemtation for a v lg
time t do a ful some kind of
ll stregic pla onll the
typace needs Bute all I
think we
I think staff is
heing that all want t
make sure uerstand, uh,
what t its are of
tr a and use of, of staon
on atstur nterm.
Space aation. Um, my
last cnt is,m, I
ll
look toity manager, city
atrney. B kno I f
expecthat any negiated
agreemte
reoing toave
repsnd wranties, we
re
goin to haveovenant
fincialenants. Um, w
re
going tave all theort o
strd, u cland
protve clauseshat are
gog to ensur that, um,he
organizaon is incorrated,
th it has um,he final
backg I hasresented
that it w hav um, so,
I l to I ldo staffo
that, um, diligently and
proficiently in text, u
next stage. And
lle curious
to s whathatooks like
en it ces but, um, I
thk you
heard that want
the protectio but I also
kn tha t
s the kind
thing tm, staoulde
g as a mrf, uh, it
ofessional, um, profiency.
Ank y.
Thank you
u.
Dare. Cncilber Arnold.
Um, thank y, mayor
Um.
First,h u responso
one of t points that
Councilmembe Pascal, uh,
brought u the whole process of
starting a n 5 It s
fairly commo w invd
inhis wh ano
ornization whe there is
an exiing 501 c3 tha
provides the fisca sponsorsh
and whatt aows isor tax
ductible contributio to
to tew oanization as it
set with o, um
approved five 050tatus. It
is I the east side Too
Collec
s interestn
ensuri thatheir fiscal
sponso in goodtanding,
cause that allows them to d
ndraisin pte
fundraisg that
s tax
deductible So I m condent
thtever qions tha
ca up dg public cment
at meetiight can be
addres u secondlm, to
wrap up, did conveions
counc, uh, last w a
uh Oddityark and, um, while
e proposalsmast s to
a library include someople
that h beenery invol in
the cmunity and u fr
council mem sweet um,
thate bee passion abo
this a wanng put this
togeth. I a had three
le comend wtoalk in
support of the tool libra
with me.Ing conations
th council that were, u the
pelet that programs
targeted, that these were
le that we hn
teen
fore, uh, thateople tha i
had, uh,ust met forhe fir
time tha werxcited abo
thepportunity. And so I
m,
um, I think the is suppo
for this, and I
mxcited t
ve forward. Thank y.
Ank y Couilmember Tim
Chislm.
Uh, thank.
U.
, I eluating this
proposal, I looked ahree
factors. One was communi
suppt. The sec was
fiial sustaility, and
third washe proce. Um,
I was tonths agot
neorhood organizat and
th Kirkland Assiation of
Neighbhoods were goi to b
supportive of this and offer,
letters ofupport. I
haven
t seen that materlize.
On MAY 5thlso recei an
ailromhe chair o the
Kirkla Cmunity Fouation.
At e wasn his oicial
pacitynd reprented that,
in hisfficial city,
at there w sportor the
ol lrary. T subctf
that 5th email was
ement in support o Too
Liy inkland. That led
me to bve three mons ago
that Kirkld Communi
Fodation was deeplynvolved
in thi tha t supported it
an that t wou be
communitupportnd likely
final suppo comin fm
e commutyoundation
Yesty, Irified this
with execuve dector of
thekland Communi
Fotion,nd she clari
the Kkland Comnity
Founon has no forma
posi on the too library.
Theye pledged $, andhey
contribed $0 to this
to library Ilso ld a
theancialustainabity
this m, and I
ve nedhat
they havot yet raise a
money. T have n y s
anyberships and theo
not haveny moneyn t
bank As f as kno their
businessn include $42,000
out of o $100,00 whi
uld pottiallye s on
th salary of an exetive
dior of tl lry. I
beeve that when theye
starte thi t thisas
generay going to be
community drivenhing by
volunt, and nothat we
were nng to spendost
lf of money contred
on thealary o anloyee.
, I don
think $100ill
be the e ofhis. I think we
will a lime
sucription of suprting thi
libra, because I haven
t
seenny evide that they
have financial sup. Ao
lookedt the pss by whi
follod We have one r
reonse and no othersncil
mber Pasca
s concesbout
thethical imptionsf
is and the perption tt
communi will have are
directly ooint andht on
targ. I haveeriouscerns
aboutoving forwa w thi
I think tt thea of a tool
brary is a goo one, I
appreciate staff
ork
this, but ts is not currently
inable. It
sotrently
ready for annfusionf
capita support either
terminating, uh.S,
projt o I support uh,
moving forwa wit addnal
rk t get additiol r
oposals. We shoulde ablo
select from threr more
RFroposals fm a broad
section of um organizatio
that quafiedo do this.
Uh, theearance ofne rfp
proposal does not, in my
inion, l prope
d lik
to see m rfp psals if
reerious a this. Um,
d I willeotingo o ts
motion.Nd t tool lrary
, um, as a cpt is
whichhink wth
pursui.Ut w one
proposal, thi test
option right is to mov
forwd with, soling
other proposa fromer
organizaso thatave,
um,everal qlified
organitions tovaluate.
Ank you
Thank you Uh, Depy Mayor.
Uh, tha you Madamayor.
Jus wanted to speak one
moreime. I support of the
tion andddress somf the
commenh, fro m
lleagues. Ippreciats
conversa. Um, kno I
ant to not that if you a
plng to form a 501, c3
oration, it s notoing to
me as surpris tha you are
t going t raise money unt
youave your 5 c3tatus,
and tho contributiore are
indeed,h, t deductibl Um,
i
m not overly conrned about
fundin a uh, a position, a
positi within a, uh, a
project lik thi did tha
th the Commu Foundatio
We support uh, thecutive
dictorary.M, so w
ve
dohisind o support in
the past with organizatio
inuding earmaed support
dividualff. And we don
t
wayse the benefit of
multipsithach trail
with the comty foundn,
they were organizatio
uh tha um, htepped
fod to delernhe goals
and objecti t we
going
to deliv cnity bits.
Andhat wasn theence o
an rfp. Sometimesou putt
on rfp austou do, in
fa gethe one respo And
thenhen thatappens,
evaluate that rnse, uh, on
its merits, wch Ink we
ing inhisase,ncluding
,ecting the staff in many
wa toake sure that theyre
doingheir,h, ty
re,
they
re taking digent
approach to these negtions.
, so appciate tt. Um,
d the um, l
s t and
think I there
ny other
pointshat Ianted to make,
bu I think thathat covers
it.M, oiously I will be
suting the mn to
proceed w the nextp.
Than
ankou, Cncilmember Primm.
Ye I.
Just h a very good question.
F city man om,
legal. Sonhe
agreemen that we have and I
just wano aresshis
whol um,inancial
sunability uh, iss that
ou um,hat Couilmember
Pascal and Timhisholm he,
, have, um,rought to light.
There a way to tie tm,
tie the milestonements
an examp or haveome, u
rangement within the within
the agreeme itselfo tha
are only paying out funds w
we know ore se connce
that the entit will be
financiayble or that
tra, or tha we
getting
external.
Support.
Or thathey a getting
extern
ort.
Theityttorney. Uh,
th short answe is yes.M,
would say I gss two thing
two this tha o is at least
thay the cil
apriated mon a the
conversahat the
intent thi moneyaso be
artup moneyight. Uh,
s not year three mon once
they
re going. Hever,aving
id tha Ihink the inten
of the stas to say, you
know, whas yourlan? How is
the fdraisingoing And set
miones and reporting
requirts? Uh,nd so
think it I our inten to hav
an agrment that is helping
ensure itsanciallyiable.
And so doingur due dilig
on tt. But I do think there
s
early an intt lst a
the counc that this is
help in that.Ight. And so
it
s it
s a key sing point,
whher that
for staff or
whethet
sor a sta
co orurchases and s
forth, I top the get
the ground. Thinke
wod be looki ver cully
atir nt ste
particulased o cncil
feedback, b also our due
dilie is now tha you
kn weothe go ahead
which t de they hadn
t been
n,ou know, wha is your
fundrainglan and h
ccessfuls I being?E he
few mons to fig tt out
ile we negte t
agement. U I woulde
my intentoelp reportn
at whene comeack to you
anday it
the l tee
mo sin youtaw us,
re
s w
s hpened, and
he
sow w feel goodut
it. Ion
Okay. Thank you.
Appreciate I.
Okay. Anyone else? All right
m going take shot at
th. U we suping
the motns, uh,
Counember Arn was car.
We. There lot o pubc
enthiasm forhis, ande
have bee talkiut it f
years, think
ll serve
the comty well. Um, I am in
pport of, uh, I he a
preferen Fire station 27.
Agree wit Dep MAY
th we do nott tow
down this proct while we do
tegic plan forg term
use ofur plic buildgs,
but d f le need a
plan We have a nr of
ildings that we arenging
online a I wouike toee
how all thatce is going to
besed over the y, and
th
s incng the bldings
that we re exploriublic
works. Um, and I want, Id,
I feel nd to respond to
criticism o comnity leaders
that havved comty
for decades Uhe, the
allegation tha there s an
hics viola, this ms
not goi intonyone
s
pockets.Hesere people who
have brackwards to
serve our comnity many,
ma capacies. And I
m
grathem for
chpioning thisject,
taki their ownersonal tim
to put it together, toally
the cnity, to getdback
from themunity. I tnk
they
ve done goo j and
n
t thi it
fr to
critize them for and me
any s o allion.
Yo don
t the lasord on
this Ifou wan toort,
yo don
t a.
Memb.
I
m not in as chair retort
Rememb ten, ten. Iave
ited unt.
We
re out.
Of work. Last Council membe
Tim Chishol So have
finied my remar and if
Council member Tim see
Counci Memberrim woue
to raise her hand.Hankou.
Councilber prim. Council
member b, did you hav your
ha up?
All right.
Okay. The questsn the
moon made by Councmember
Fa, sd Council
member priouncilmeer
Falcon, will you do us the
vor of repeating yr motio
Would y like to repeat.
It?
Cilmembe Falcon, y
re
mute.
Thank you, thank. Yes.
Attney, tha would b
woful.
Thank.
I
ll rept tha for you. She
de a motion to authorize
stf proed wit
negotiations based on the tool
liy impntation plan and
returno cncil, eitr
th a pposed conactor
nsideratn tha uses tra a
or ack I withncil on
trac b, if track eight proves
infeas.
L r. Thank you,ity
Attorn. All tse for,
ease say aye.
Ayeye.
All thoseosed?
No.
.
Tionarries five,wo. Thank
you eryone. I I n 917. So
we
re going take a break and
we will be b at 9.
Sorry about that. Itook a
cond t get ld bk in.
. A r.O,h, so this
ur ccknn affordabl
housing, on faith owned l
wh is herouncil dtion.
Tonigh bef we goack t
thlanning commission, Ie
to walkou throu ourraft
coderoposalsustin, our
depu directo oflanningnd
building.
Thank youity manager And
go evening mayor, dy
mayor and council members u
reere tonight to giv you
our sd briefing to o
thffordabl hou, on
faith own land project. U
this a task onhe adopt
20 t 2028nningork
prm, a itsntention is
to impment ste llation
the cy I reqred to
ly with. I have tlides
informati for you ton
beforeump Wand t
note that our lead senio
planr on t proje is
Sc Gutr. Um, Scott is n
ab to b he ton, so I
will do my best toepresent
the gooorkhat he has done
on thi project u w l
ed to y about this
projt back in MAY, and at
thate w ask y fore
scopirection. Um, athat
time, cild us toase
anysityuses geno
fah owned ldt
s
provg affordabl hou
base those bonuses o
rlyingone stads,
ere tho faith bas
operties areocated. You
asked us to pvide a buy write
permissi f tse bes.
Um, pnning Commission
ited on the couil
direction and ehasizedhat
the cod ament sho add
ibility. But to kp the
ineases fairly mest,
particul in low den
zoned a Since we talke t
u, um, staff has been out
doing q ait of outreh.
Um, prily with faith bed
organitions and also wh
nsortium and organizns
that repsentultiple
stakders, wheer I b
fait based orgations or
fordable housi develop
We
ve alsoeenrdinatin
verylosely whrch o ts
project to hperstand some
he mart andsibility
cothat goe I
pring,evelopments
that ide hh perage
of afforda housing units
at are ie rested fm
that outreacm, welly
d a f ts, and you
hearhem alrdy tonht in
public com perio We
real heard from fai bas
organizaons that they would
apeciate aery
strahtforward proce b
themnd affordae housi
develors appreciat
flexibity. Tha
s rlly key
ven thatffordable housing,
especial when provid as
higherercentag o aotal
velopmen is difficult to
make fblen this mket
andlways so flexibi was
lyey for a lotfhem.
Um,m the fased
orgazationpecifically, the
d iterahat you h
earlie tight tty
aren
affordae housi
delopersn andf
themselv They ry don
t
ld t eertise inhertly.
Um, and sooedhat
there wil be ad for some
ort bey code amendments.
Um programmatiy. And with
that feedbac we really took
th to hea a triedo
incorpor it into our code.
Amendmts pnted t you
tonight.
Ll t through
how we d that in t code
amdments in just a moment
he.Efore jum io
summar ofhe codndments
thatere inclu yr
packet did wt toote,m,
st go over briefly a map
the exig fth owned
operties Kirklan So
the are 37 oizations we
found ttperate Kkland
today. U tho 3
organitions own4 tot
parcm, a total of 160
res in the cy. Um, man
ose parcelsre quite lar.
Um, a you c probablhink
ofm. Um,o 1 of the are
morenwo a. U and a
lof tho faith based
orgationshat youee
ally owneveralnderlyin
parcels tt compr
subjropertyhat the MAY
be openg at a lever
half tsearcels exist
today in low density
rentialones. Um, just a
le of them a in mediumr
high dentyidentialones.
And then the raining
apimately 40% are I zones
that aeadyow a lit bit
er delopment. Either
offi, comial,
institutio oransit
orieedelopment zones Um,
anhen several o the z,
, thisind of,m,imilar
to all o Kirkld, but seral
theroperties, um, do
ntain ccalas that
wouleed toe facto into
futuevelopment. So with
that Iant to quick riew,
um, what
n your packet? Just
give aummary of the dra
demendments. Um, the dra
amendnts wld add aew
sectn t our affordable
hog chapter inhe Kkland
zoning ce. Um, and theyould
based onhathe sold
us we h t do. So the state
quires u tovidee
type of,m,apacity bonus for
properties or develnts tha
arevidingher0% of
thei total uni a 8 Ami or
20 of t uts at 50% Ami.
Anhat
more than we rre
as pt of any of o
rdable housing reqrements
y. Sosould b beyond
what weuirenur current
code. Andhe state requis us
tovide somesity bes
for develnt t
s doing
th. Sot
s ded,
it wld only b applican
parcel that are owned by a
faithed oanization. And
um, put simply, what we
di wase lookedt the
exting undlying zonesnd
rovided a modest den
increase, um, basedn t
rlying zonino we
basicallyook low density
zone and said, what
s
averag ht allow I a low
nsity zone? A what would
kindf anremental step up
the nex dense zone
And that
s how we looked
at their height bonus would
be. U and the samee looked
a medium denty zone.
What
s the aveeight
mediumensityones
resident developme and
gave them anncrement sp
t ah denty ze. So
at
what tha rates to or
result ins than l
density zes, um,ee a
few vying heights across t
ci inhose low density
zos. We
ve talked about that
aittle bithou bef
Um butn average, aot o
have a 30 foot maximum
bungeight resential
developm today. Um, u
this bonus,heyould g up
to 3t ify wer provi
that that state reqred
minimum amot of affordable
hog. Um,nd then mediu
nsity, they wou gorom
to 40.O a modes height
crease, uot coverag was
othertandardhaterd
cod help. Um, if, uh,
projects kind of become
feasiblef we were flee
with tha And for that, one o
the thingst we focused on
makin sur that I an
orzation wanted t ctinue
to operate that faith b
faci, tha standds
were fble ehhat they
can continue to operateheir
placef wor, also
prov se affble hou
se. So we factoredhat
into looking at lot cerage.
Um, and based t bonus for
t covage on the l
coverage allow for thataith
based facilitye of the
othe standar tha w wld
ose toive the types of
lopments are exempting them
all fm design review. Um,
think it s impornt note
th l dsity zonon
requ dign revie today.
So, um, when weook at the
site acrs theity, it
not
exempting manyiteshat
wouldn t alrea be inheren
emptm design riew. But
these typ ofevelopments
wod be, u alsemoving
wher itsts,ny mum
density. So a limit o units
pe acre, um, a floorrea
ratio standar. I knowncil
gotten a lot feedbac
from lot hsing
devepers tt are florea
tio standar can be qte
restricte. So removin that
forhese types
developmen I aeadyalked
atle b abo flexible lot
coverage. W aoroposed in
the dra ce beinge
flexible about ruired yards
or setcks. Um, and the also
allowingor the plaing
buildingirectoropprove
mino deviations fhe cod
Um, so wee heard fmhe
fordable housing developnt
communit that proje oft
need to vary jus aittle bit
om zing staards. It
s
rd to wte zoning standards
thater every situation a
um, in the spirifing
to pde streaml pat
for tsejects to happen,
um, we did intoheode,
uh, an allance f
planningnd blding directo
to ainistrativel appve
soinoriations, um, if
ones needeo make proje
work. So t what I
gone
ov so far I kin of like the
baseust we wouldive
thesypes of dopments
that areroviding aigh
amount offfordabl houng
units.Nd thet two sdes
are sort of add ins thattaff
proposi. And the first is
a first I anitionalght
nus. And so I theraft code
that you
ven, w
ve offed
andditional heigh bonus.
A development ces t
pridee tnhat,han
th standar thateered.
Moren 20% ofheir units
at 50% Ami, ororehan 5 of
th unitst0%mi.F ty
did tt, um, they w b
able to get someitional
ight. So up aaximum of
50ft in lowsity z
up to maxim of 60f and
medium density zones, and then
up to a 25 ft bonusnd oth
zone Um, n that these
extr heights doe wit
additionetback requireme
writ int theode, so the
high they got abohat kin
of base bon, t morehose
builngs w he to b
steppedk a littl to
gate imp t adjacen
operties. In terms of how
is would work, um, we are
still, um, draing this into
our fin prosal, bt
affs think is t wt
would do is require, u do
set percentage of additio
units that wouldave t be
prov aevelopme t
begible forhis aitional
height bonus. Thether opt
that sffs pposingn t
cos providingxchange
o t would allow
deveent t ge u
differen Aevelsheir
project, wer they choseo
do a varty or aange of
itsithinneroject, o
provid all tm at 40%mi
instea of 50%mi, weted
provide an ehangeatio to
give the more flexibity to
make a project work or mt
nes or prences of the
faith bed orgationhat
ey
workingith. Um, this
ould be ailiarcept t
council. Youave aed
change ratios for several
ot affore hou
reementscross t city,
incling in the sta are
d through theuanita car
More recen a se
re
proposg thathat s
cot b app for this
affoable houngnaith
basedroperty te o
velopment. And lastl in
adtion t theode, staff has
been contempng what
r suppo serceseyond
e codemendment could be
hefulo fased
organitions underta this
ofevelopment.M, our
easor that that don
t
ed to b codified. There
sothing that could
progatically impment our
offeringreeubmittal
conferen and perhaps
expedid perteview. Um,
d the as I moned, we
been coording v csely
with arc a um,y have
lotfupport available to
the faithased organizatio
in terms oupportin due
ligence,ping with
feasility studies, andlso
kif concting people wh
networ tha might help the
izeoals ifhey want to
do somet likehis. Wit
that,m, with the feedback we
geonight, u we wil
finalize those draft cod
amendmen. We re curntly
scheduled to takehemo
ningommissionor a
blic hng AUGUST 2
And tight. Would loveome
feed from council on any of
the bonus dopment
stdards, a a any
spec guidanc o the
concep o the aitional
height bon the psed
exange rs. Andith t
I will h it back tou,
MADAM.
Mayor
Than you Allison,ou did a
great job So all rig,
Council, any a questions,
ents,ponse t the
questis. Councilmaold
Uh, tnk y mayor And tha
you,li, for the preseation.
It youuys are gd a
esenting uh, someery
compleics very
ealy. I w toake sure
understand some ts that I
confuse a Um, w
firstead theo.M,n
you
re talking about the
change ratio tha
s
parate from an indendent
om the additiona ht
s forferent
affordabity,hat
sust
someg tha you
re allowin
to change., uh, t mix of,
um, affble hou within
the develnt. And it w
those offer no additnal
ights. Is that. I that
coect?
Thk y Oppnity to
ify.Ncilmemb Aold.
Um, it
wrien the code
thatas attd inour
et, those exchange ratios
wereritten in as an option
for additnal units.
Wou be requid for the
ditional height bus. Um,
since w plished your packet,
staff um, evoing that
idea to potentially apply to
all of the afforble uts
quired.Ohat
s w we
wouldpose is making tho
change ratio aable
acro therd, and would
apprte council feedbk
That.
Yep, supportt. U o the
additial ht bonus, t
s
an a where I did
tly
rstand. Have you set a
standa of whato to
alify fhe addnal
ightonus,r areou aing
r feedb onnhe con
and the u limits?
Thou forhe qstion. We
arooking feedbac o the
conc We
ve been workingn.
On of t pnts w
re sll
coordinang on with arche
calibrat with that
requirt be. Um.Urrent
thought ist weould do
something liken additional
affordae uni mig me
you elible forhat
ditional hei bus if
there
s anyer limits that
counci membeeel sgly
about, we
b hearinghat.
, great. So to I appree
that the ars. S um, o
my feedback overam, I
ally aciate the mod
equivcies ver
coming up wit som new
standand sfying this
uch simpler to understan
I appreet. I appreci
e focus o delopmenty
righ a t administre
provals. Um, I sporthat
you re suggeing on, uh,
allowi for thexchange
rati, um, throu,h,s
partf afforeousing.
And I support uh, andot
necessaril justart of a
ight bonus. And, um, I
suort theer limits of t
ight bones thatou
estingnd look frd t
rther dision from the
anningommissio onhatre
the rhtnd arch ohat are
e right, um, requirement to
alify tt?Hank you.
Thank you. Couilmemberim
Chisholm
Thank ynd tha you,
Aln. Um wheren t
proc a we on t? And
es thi was desigd
comply with the s law, b
does thi go back tohe
Planningmission now?
Yes. Sour next ste w be
inalize t draft cod
amendmentsnd t te ito
Planning Commissn for a
puic heari
Okay. Um, thank you. Io, um
agre with andport m of
this I tnk it is logical
because this wou take I
considern the unding
zoning o t surunding, um,
neighbor or the surrounding
loon. R?
Yes.
Thank.
Thank you Anydy else?H,
Council. R.
K you, MADAM Mayor. Um,
nothing really newo. I just
wanted to share that I support
staff
sommendatn. U and
including thexchangeatios
plying to t all of the
affoable housing
reements. And I reall
appreciate n only its
sicity, butts
responness to the um, t
stakehoer engent. So
thank for that. I
m
lookg frd to hoply
adopti t in tear
futu Thank
Thank you. Cilmember Prem.
Hi.Ust wd say tha I
ag with, u the oll
plan here and don
t h really
anytng to add, w. Is
h is rare.
Thank you. Thank you.
Yone els? All right Um,
same. I thi this this is
really well done. Think that
we
worked really hard t
lify therocess as m a
ssible, bot in t zoning
and, u being able to handhol
andupport the f bas
proper. U this is very
thoughtfulm,eah. It
s
great. Tak to public
hearing. O I d hav o
estion. Appciate tha y
brought the faith based
proptywnersn t get their
feedck. Did we dhat
incle thi c Did they
look at thi code, reczing
it
s not usual the
don
t rode? Usu.
Did theye ahance
provideeedback the code?
I
t belie thatnyaith
based organation feek
directn theode.Hat
we
ve heard af is that
thon
t don
t do this
d they
ot ser familr,
te feele we
ve gotten
really cructiveeedback
fromffordabl housing
deloperstoulde likely
partners.
Okay.
And I wn we but let
do
in them to participate in
e publicearing. So thank
you,eputy Mayor.
Ink y, MADAM Mayor Um,
kindf reledo tha
lison. Um, makin suret
we
I, I was goingo ask the
same qstion thathat cil
mberrnoldsked abouthe
sort of tathematil bridge
beeenhe, um, additl
affoableousing uni
uant to t ratior
otherw additional
he, uh,onus. So whent
sounds l we
going be
refini that, ahen w do,
um, Ihink itld me s
we hav
t alr, to
feedrom the developme
commity that does aordable
hous develment and make
re that wha we
re ting
ab mesense.Of w
re
t doing that, let s I sst
do. If
re if
re
alreadoing it,at. U
obviousl we
got se wor
to do to figure outt
mathemat be, and I j
want to m sure ites
se a tt, you know, 1
additi feeesense and
20 aional feeakesse
becausometimes wee u
wihose numrs, least
as ectedfficialso.
Prly not you as planning
professis. A once
deper getshold of tho
numbers, they
re like, hmm,
at doesn
t reall do that
much f So wanto make
we tnkt tough.
Ye And Scott hiseam do
have a very direct lin of
commicationn thisroject
with the Housi Develnt
Coortium, who rsents
several affble housi
developers Sohink they
en great at providi
feck and givin usd
checks as we g ang.
Grt.
Thankou.
Thank you. Anyon else? All
ght. Allon, do y feel
likeou have w you need
from us?
Believe we have w we need.
Than you for theeedback.
Great. Thaso.
Much.
Allight. A g to move
o, uriefing on
pontialffordabl houng
agreemen relatedo the
apartment. Cyager.
Okay. Thank you, m MAY.
Um, ts I a potential
prt. Uh, to ce se
fordable housi I Kirkl
at
been going for
severalrs. And w finly
ha toce t Weant
checkn with couil
see if yant u toontinue
to a fingreement. So, uh,
we hdamnstein, our
dictor of plag a
ding, I going tivehe
entatione alsoe
owner t project, rta
apartmen,ert Patto is
re,s well as Angela Rman.
Um, a the
re her tonswer
quesonsbout the pro and
the agrnt as w So with
that,
ll tn it ove to MR.
Weinstei
All right
, goodvening.Hanks, c
manage Goo evening mayor.
Goodning, deputy mayor and
coun u as tity
mana menoned.H,oined
byeral folks um, Don
Nelson, our planning maner,
Kevin Han our senior
sistant city attory w
helped o with this, u
anis.Hennor
Hansen theanaging priipal
at srm developme Aa
Roan, who
s tirector o
sustainabl devopment at
Natu and Buildironment
And then, cours Rober
Pannel who
s the CEOf
Nal andlt Environment
yeah, again, we
not
lookin for aecision tht.
Feedbk on whether you
want staffontinue working
this agree And ifou
have a flow uuestions.
Um, and yeah, a,ust s
slides tonig. Hoply you
can s an aer photoere.
Umhisseallyt t
prov some context.M,nd
you knohis I I sd
mention, t is aeally
exrdinary project
that
been instrumen in
ing par ofur adable
housing strateg And Kirand.
So It wt tont that
out. Um,ur its a 290 ut
aparentlding.S you all
know it
s r in t heart
of dntown. Um, I
also note
it
right n to t11
Un Plaza project. Andn
respon tonarlier public
commt, the Pza proctas
th project tt was
subject o an mft agreement
at was city negiated. Um,
not the right um, pject tha
we
re talng about tonight
So againht in the middl
of downtown, right across fro
rkland Urban,ugely
walkable, tworocery ss
wi a cple ofute walk.
, I think, youw, a
th charactistics ofhe
setting o the90 uts at
rt 228 utsre eco fla,
meaning tha theyave share
kitchelthough mos have
thr own batms. T
proposed dea t we
re
lking aboutonightould
encomps affordabili
restriions at 60%f the area
median incom Or am I on 218
ofhe eco fla uni or 7
of total uni And just to
ovide iustration of wha
60% a meanur communi
it
s abo $66 per year f
househo of one. So we
re
ing abo,ou know, pretty
critical empes o
coity. So we re talng
aboutostalmployees,
exive atants, prehool
teac, entry levelransit
woerst,m, needo have
housingt
s affordabl at
60%. Ami sohis I thelide.
Ve sn this, I don
t know,
50 or 60 tim ove thet
couple years It shows our
ing nds through 20,4,
13,200 utsoss all iome
vels.
I
ll justoint out aouple of
thingsirst, as youll kw,
the greest nee um, basedn
this crt, is t 50% and
unr range, and that
s about
10,440 units, o abo0% o
our need. Um, the needn t
51 to 80% ran is still is
mu small, b it
s still
ryt
s about2 uni, or
of our our overall need. A
this1% t 8ge is
bracketfncome nee tha
would beddressedhis
proposedld. So again, a
really important par ofur,
, aordable hsingtrategy.
Just as a remin herere
the keyments ofhe
proposalm, again, 218f the
ho Flats at r2, iding all
of the uni withhared
rooms,lde set asi
60% ami. Um, tenturnover
has been an interest um of
council on previousgreements.
Rightow,ccording to the
owner, aority of t units
are ren byenants who
incos or 60%.Nd
under the terms ofhe dea
theseenantsld stay a r2
t MAY b reled to um non
inme restricte uni in
ilding. U regding ince
owth, if a ten makore
an 60%, I aenant whoes
no m tha 60%miovesnto
unit, andhen tir inc
eases u to0% a the
unould se consid
fordable. Um, rding t
eligibity for the t
exion, the propey owner
ts the tax breor at lea
20 40 yea.Gs 75%
of the uts are rente to
households, makg no more tn
60%. Ami With t limed
come gh psion tha I
just td aut, um, as I
previously mentied, um,y
would bligible for tax
exemptio Um, rardinghe
an, be eligibl for t
reak, besideseeting the
fordability rrements, the
prt has to receive
final, uh,ublic fancial
asanceer the sta law.
That
srehe city com
in. S t propol is to g
the own a $500,00 no
intest lor upo0
years. Um, andhenhe
nitoring pla would have
t I proces f
ensuring the afforbility
ovisions of the agreent are
met. And those would also
likely be monited by our
collest arch.M,nd
then the last thing I want
mention abouthe keyments
of the pposal isthe
project wou be owned a
operatedy a nonfit.Hat
non-prit is still to be
dermined. Um, the current
owner h a listf
organisatiy wl
ntially negte with if
e deales forward.
This sli, um, we put together
in respons t quest about
e,m,het of the
plicatio of the tax bak.
Um, so I jt wanto menon
twohings about the sli.
Firss tha the owner, t
current owner o the proct,
estimatehe val the tax
break atut 500,502,000
per year. Um, and then t
haven lotsf questio
abouthe impt to city home
of taxak. So usingur
internl,ur finance
depamenttaff eated that
thity propert taxes t
uld be shiftedo the owner
of media v home in
Kirkla as a resul o the t
brft wer toe
proved, would be about $1.25
a year.Nd tt
sin for a
median val homen Kkland.
I would a note,hough,hat
that fure does not ide
shifted t, a oth tax
stricts. We
relly jus
ing abo the shifted
tas. Um,or cit proy
tax.Nd then this is the last
slide. These are the is for
counl cderation tha we
flagd in the staff mem I
ll
go throughm relively
fast. But you re welco tosk
quess aut t Um, first
is rdingome limits. U
so the proje without the
oject, without any covent
in pla Um, jus you kno
ma reents already has
very hig dreef
affordabil wh9% o the
ecolats, rting f l
than 6. I
d also note
e afforbilitynder this
al w bey t regn
widets for studi uts,
ich inany cases have
cote kitchens a in u
rooms. Ando ine ways
be superior tohesenits.
So a key questio
whether it is likely for rents
to ince or decreasn
these uts over time, a the
ether adability level
should be linked toomething
le thantudio units. Aga
these aret queions that
we re posin Um, uypes.
Um the agrment incdes only
eco flats and not 1 to
bedroo uts.Nd we
know
that t bomts,
ich aresent in r2,
particlyhe two and three
bedr uts, m behe mos
desiblenits and the os
at are mtely t under
futuent escalatn. Um,
although t might be a
of value in preservin the e
flat as well. Um, at
afable levels. Sohe
question is,houldny of the
reousehold size unie
includ I the m undhe
reement? Uent increas
nother issue that we
flged. U so y probly
ow that tse uniouldot
be sjecto the receny
passed s authori r
cont. And so they would
tuate accngo changes
an area medianncome.
Right. T, lked to am I
milarother ah managed
unit inhe cit Shat
happens is that if median
inmees at ater r
thn indidual
sncome,
that individiving unit
then becom lessffordabl
, and again so we
re tng
abouts iue I ter of
individu experieeersus
gregatexperienc And so
the queion ishould theree
a capn, u rent incases to
reflect, you k poten
calationf mediancome in
th region?Hen las
t loan a the tms o
the agreeme So we
re talking
ag about a $50000 loant
0% interes u f a term
of u to 40ears. A I see
that Couil mr Jim
Chisho hasisand u as
well.
Councilmr Chiolm.
, thaou, Adam.M,o my
question is on the terms of the
an, Inderstand the v o
this proct, and I
merally
pportive. T loanerms a
0% interest. And my question
for sta is, younow, why
isn
ts loa at 6%nterest
or thevailing rate, u
whever aormal loan would b
at from Fane Mae or Fredd
Mac the feral governmt.
And I w ne t 20 years
oferest 4ears o
terest 6% woulde MAY
000/20 yrs, o I the
loan is over 40 y, you
, 800,000 or more. And why
are we fing that, that
interet som sort of a
reasonabate
I see the cit has hisand.
Up. Gohead.
I could d an itialponse
that. S that
sne of the
asonse hav the question.
Ink thentent of the staff
and the sing point was if
rerying to facilate
rdable hng, we re
trying to remove as many
iers asossible. Any
cost tha we
beosing, we
woul startaying w
shouldn
e doing that.Ut
the wn the proctas first
ought ofeveral yea a,
the intent washat themount
of mey was goi toe a
contribuon, notne. S
even tha
s betr than
think, than theriginal idea,
whh wassouldust b
of our cibutiono the
stack of funding So that
s t
th
s themary rea we
re just thig we wanted to
keep t impactsow as
ssible,uthere
stainly
noson we cou
t have a
discus withhe propey
ner abouthether t
should bn intert onhe
loan.
Um, okay. I mea I uerstand
the rns supporthis,
but,m, a I underst n
having aighr erbitantly
high ierest rat b um,
zeroeems, ccerning. A
I would I wou ask that
difft optns be bro
back at the preing rate or
that tha be investigate
Thk you
Thk
Great. Thank I d
t he
at much. Oh, sorry
, I wasoingo tell. G
ead. So. Okay.
You
good.Kay.
I was gng totion I don
ha that muche to am,
so,eah, w already sor of
gotnto ter o the loan.
Um theerm is0 y. Als
is t only otherhinghat
we
flag. U and again, the
ownericates that, younow,
the ter ofhe agrment
e necessary to se
financin t project Um,
weould note thatypically
th typical inclusion
ningts andirkland
s
market rat build are, um,
usuall affble the life
of t project.O wheou
thin about t term ofhe
an a the ter of the
fordabily, you mig think
ab that asl.M, and
wi that, I think that
exha thessuesorouncil
considern. We
happy to
take mor questiondgain,
we
re just lng f feek
ndertakidditionalork
on thi agree. And then
llow upuestionshat we can
rech further.
Okay. Tnk you. Dou have
anot questio
, no.
No. Oh, okay.
All rig Uh, Councilmber
Pascal.
Thank you. Uh, qion a
coup of questio Um, so
this so, I mean, MAY I
m
gettin thiselopment
confused withhe other one
next door. S the other o h
multifamy taxmption, and
this dn
t. Is that what.
That what
reaying?
Correct.
Yep. Okay. And tn, um, on,
u know, gue wt I, wt
what Ird f t
prtation w that,h,he
eco flats you kw, manyf
them curre rent less than
ami.T
s just tt t
s
ncome rictionsn
reg to folks that meet
that. Umoday.Ight.
Yeah. Tha
s rig. I t 8
nt fs than ami. And
agn, theyt those low
lels jy naturf the
fa that the
reery cct.
Um, and we
desnedor
affordabil aket rates.
What gue wha like mt
rmation w have that
that would say that
the crentents wxceed
60 a you kn theuture
is I just kin of jus me
ba of envele, uh,
calculationsr estimates ors
there, there more tre to
kif substtiate.
At?
Ye, that s sometngt w
co loo at furth. I
t
think have aot of hard
ta ont a thioint. Um,
it
s hard to pdict what
ppensh rents in the
ture. You kno oftentime
it
s buildinge, the ren
aper,utetimes.
Right,speciall whe there
s
onstrain housing sy o
a ofconomic gro the
oppote c hapn.O, u t
er youruestion,on
thine haveerfect, you
know hard data o that iss
right now. U and t
s
somethine couldook into
furthe
I d benterested inust a
ttle bite, uh, focus on
that. Um,
d lik to be
asd that, thatt least
gave it a good dueigence
m.
Than you.
Thou Andrew
Yeah. I was jt, was Ihink
uh we
ll definit see wha we
can fig o on tha
think. Uh certalyalkith
develop well and
othe toome insight I
ink. U pposing ts, I
was als looking at other
de ofhe coin,hichs, um,
likyreore pe t
become low incom And tha
s,
I thinkne o the challs
that we
re seeingn we h
ouiscussio o thetility
rates earlier Right. That
there
slso, uh,she nd
incrsing for dedicat
affordable houng. S I tnk
th are t twotors y
wa to wei what is what
it
likely topenith
s to is wt
sikely to
happenith the.
Ne. Councilmembrnold.
Ank you to, um,ouncilmeer
Pascal
s questio I am
woering. Um, younow, it
nott the ren of this.T
s
the risk oosing these
affordlenits. And I see
thate have, Rob
lty andngela Ros, of
Sustaina Kirkl h I
m
wonderg ifhey a able to
share, um, like, fro what they
ve had is what st
s the
rest in any aernatives
that the h hadorhis
proper that, um,o com
to,ompared to t to the
ec flatsf the
re ppared
to discuss ifot, um, uh,
th is fine..
To.
Thanobert has his hand
raised. Mayor. Ifou wand
himo respond
To tt
The MAY fzen.
, I thi she I
Okay
Depu mayor, do wanto
take oror a secd?
Sure. So, uh, Mr.Ley.
Um, thank you very muc
unl. Um, a I would lik
to giveomeesnse to the
the comment aea,ecse
we all want affordality and
we wan theest afforbility
thate can occur At
stards whole pro was
ent to selhe propert
Um, w got multiple oers.
, at whichnd it h
continueverhe lt couple
of years.M,he peopl wan
do value a this
prer and their job to d
value add isos toush
res out. Andersonally, it
ared me dea becau
that
s noteen ourison.
And when we first built thi
e presint o t of the
ba tha gav u the
cotruction fanci, he
said, y knoe lot bette
if you jus build all the
luxuri Um,conomiy. And
becae they did a l of thi
and I sai know that, but
th
noturison. So o
goal he is to maintain the
min. And I m what hapned
when weuilt rt,he ama s
eyes we up here and a of
ouren wereelow.Nd
at
s hpened has we
ve
oken thrgh. We
ve de the
art of aroover, andhe
ossoveeanshat the ren
are iasing.He c
prsures unbelievae.H,
omnsurance to realstat
taxe t wages and the ren
ha pusd a beg to ph
erhe Ami 60%. A the uh,
so that
s wt mivated this.
Um, I
miguruthat I
m
not getting any younger, a my
ctorays
m biologicall
ten yearsounger tha my
chrocal age, and still
chked. I
m slletting
olr. And so we
re
mong to, t to make a sale.
D w believe the best thing
the c door our city I
put on aovenant.Hat
said, we havenderlyin uh,
um, lns thae have to
ap for. Anything we
ed toas tochievee
approval orill ben
loan dault. At
s ver
we
veon lotf homework
andehink we
hden
theightirection b its
oing cllen. I
ve
neve seen the fanciarke
so chaengi in caree a
aight n. And I based
on theeral l, I
mot
coident
s n gng t
ntinue.O I think we
re I
r a r a lg road he.
Theoal, th, is why?Hy
do we also thihat rents
wi increas Wel sce 20
from 20 to2, I theity
Kirklanncreasingncomes
ineased 1%. Rents have
increased 165 thest
hit are ourest incomes So
I wou hop that we wld,ou
ow,eallyo sethi
speclo ptectur ler
comehe ohing tha
th covenant ds, t b car,
an I thinkt was brief
mened,m,y Cncilmemb
Pascal, but right n a I
think,m, uh, tnning
ctor alsod it rig
now, uh, slightlr half o
our units are rented b people
over 60%. W this tition
willo isetverybody I the
50% t b abl tent insad
of some o ourolak 1,
120,000. Tyikeheni
, younohe
re very
convennt and costffective.
And I we have aapacy
problem. W eed up7% full.
, us oft the e
JULY, which means t only
differenceeay is our
abity to turnits becse
we he so man units. F our
pective
re oveull. S
it I does solve aeal b
lem, and I really will
suorturocal binesses.
, which means thathe
restaura ownerhe, the,
the rep a the mic
cent, tlce
ople tt thadam tald
abt, tse are realeople.
And the moreean kp o
local emploes living
downtohey
re narng
on the strtow And they
re,
um the
reart ofur
communit Ae bel I
s.
An I kw t counc ds,
too. It
s it
really test
swer. So hefly I awed
so o tuestions. Um,
, for y.Ut we a very
ncerd with trossover
effe, meaninghahe rents
are aeadytaed ove uh,
rsus wte had in,m, 2
w first gpproval
2013. Another thing is Sttle
in 23as the 27th most
expens market inhe natn.
Largeit area. We are n
numb six. Shat
s aer
pl ofre ren are jt
pug tough over tver
th line. Tnk youy muc
Thankou fha answeo my
qution.M, theust overall
omments and um, answers t
the sff queioir. U
I really appreciate the w of
. Patently and Sustainle
rk Artsovive a
award winni approach provided
flats that affordable
tors at 60% Ami. Without
subsidy. I on Plannin
Commission when thi concept
firsted forward, and t
origin zoningad this
poible wh png
flexibility.Ovgwa
ers theis of these
rents going up
reconfigin t market
te housing. Um,he city
sustaibl Kirkland has
woed several years
tr t prevent this. Um,here
reposals that came
ious councils. Of the
blic comme that we
gotten I the emaile
ve
havesk about
Amazon Microsoft
s housing
fund instead ofublic
partiph, public
funding.Hat wast of
methingou looket a
ar ago. With it fel
through becsese fd
prioti were oer housing
types. But even whe they wer
lookingt this,e pubc
particat was rui
Um,iven oh tarts
If the unitsonverted to
rk rate, we wou still
ve to make for the
fordablenits and for
our $500,000 investment. We
re
preserving 2ts at Ami for 2 to 40 years. That
s
out $2,293 per u u to
to Cncim Chisholm
poin onerest. Would
pport thisn if it a
t. Um, so support this
ero intes loan b
we
reng some cle p
nefit to some ohe issues
for councilonsideration. Um,
riority isle, I support the fus onco flats
versus other types of, um,
unitsn rent increases. Um,
te in presentation in the
pack thatecause are
rdableni the tent
prottind House Bil 1217
don
t app. But,m,h,
rent I linked to Ami. Well, we
ve seen rent spikesnmi
s spiked. So if this
t
thingt was a
showstopr foreral project
ing, I
d le to s
afflore, the
tions t are inouse
bi217. Perhaps something
along tines u
mi ren increases u
increa in a or t, um,
e Bill01equirements,
whatev lower. That would
muggestion,ut would like to explore somethingik
that. Um,nd uh, b that
and totally supporte of, um,
moving fwa with thi and
appreciate, uhe develops
and teamg thisrd.
K you.
Th you,ilmemberl.
Ah, I just aou of
qutifter lng to
Robert, I speak.Nks for coming. Um, tith Rober
and Angel I appreciat it.
Um, aion. Um,ou know,
f the bullets up here
the unites n Um, 1
to 3 bedroomts aren
includ. Uh, cld you tk a
littleit morebo that? And
what wha the
ne to change t include those
Did I do thaht?
Yes.
Gohe
Okay. Uh, I w to make se
I
m supse to speak. Okay.
Um,ld love to inclu t
1 to bedroom uts if we
did ts athioint, can
tell you tha the underwrits
for our loaould just it
wn flat, because w
alread a the question.
What c we do? I wld
require reduction of the l
amntm, and this
h, toak that wk.
Amazon for units, put up 2
miio Kiran aea ago
so.Ou probably lookingt
the sam ratio. You kno
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n get there in any. People kno me. I will do
erything I to m it
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Thank you.
So
s nt? Deputy mayor?
K you. Mayor. Um, yeah.
Ank you for this
conversation. Tha you. Um.
Ste. Kklr.Ee.
Th you for the work
ve
do I community to hp
use theater mixf
housinypes that we nee Um,
somefhich, lik the Eagle
Flats, uh, can be naturally
occuin affordableousing, as we
veeeo, uh,lly
iate yourk. Um, I do
have a c ofs.
Nt I,ou know, I wan
sort o hht f for
st I, suprt u moving
forward with t I, I
appreciate u Ippe
the,he valuef this
ect. U this I
id of presein u o
nay occurng affordable
housing, hinow
,pplicants be of mns
te uh, that they will
o meet the l income
requiremts u the cost of
is $500,0 versus, uh, t
cost of cstgew
uns or renovatin new.
Um, we kw that constructg
units uts
rohl600,000. In o
current market. Um,nd we
getting, the ped units. Um, f lessha that.
Um,oreciate all At
the same time, know I have,
, I
m cognizant ofy
responsibility t Kirkland
tas and and the
portunityts assocte
thing thisey on
project and others. S
I do want to provide my
back to to staff. There are
a cpl ofhe reallort
of teereas reallyo want
o, uh, en the
ations. Um, Iou like
us to sort o stress t Uh,
I apprecie MR. Pant l
s,
uh, respons to the
some of t one,wo and three
droom uni. If is
poib Uh, if could be
part of t mix of affordable
uns. Um,
d like t
d
o exploret a little bit further. Um, m the
a littleitixing,ix
atching that can b done
to, get a um,us a f
ly sed u units
inud Um, if maybe some
mber ofch of the 2 Echo
Flats a not include I don
know, b I
d like tlore
at t ideather. Um, I
uld also l to explore just
tle bit fth the length
ofhe affordability
mm. So whene
re
vi furtheronions as we proceedith this, with w
this ppo u you
typill, uh, affda
ojects in Kirkland,
sor
ife of the proje,
affoab Um, understan
th notar of the current
proposal. Id l to explo
thatus further to fd out
t
s anything that
s
workable. U for a lge term
cont. And t the
st topic or the lt sort o
element t I
d like the staff toxp andhe
just sor ohe top. Um,
t theres a, is a
al, u taxefit to the
operty oer from, uh,
taxit. It doe seem
tohat there
s thereig
wayo h the city
ti theax paid
back a, o a, slightl on a
icker schede. So I w
like t e the pme
rm little b. Um I
m not
ascernedut thent
on the ln. I
m you
know, I
my whhe idea of
a zero of interest loan,
but there
a repayment
schedule g t benefs
at our annual, um, tt a
percta of those t
be coulde backo the
citynd repay the loan a
lile faster than just a
fi balloonaymentf
$500,000t the end o
ar Um,
d like toxp
th ae further. Um, and
inie interest rates, you
ow, there wlde ire
wa a repaymentule, then
ther we finance charges
if ps werate toor
of justncentivize timely
payment.M, so that
e one
y toort of recapture some
the value, te val,
um, paymes aren
t m
time, i
m n expecting that
th
t be.Ut uh,
alwae to accnt for
at. So, um, unless sta has
anstions abouty ideas
the. Um, hand I
I
d it back. Okay. I
a thumbai from cy
manager, t you.Thank you u Councilmember
Falc and Councilmb Prem,
we haven
hrom youet.
Coember. Wl, there you go. Councilmember Falcon.
Th you, Madamor. I
ntlytening the
convertio that I would
have thingso respond to and
to see if, you kno be able
share my thoht on, u
great ide from coming
my fellowou members. Well, first, um, t you. Um,
MR. Lee.Is Rosman and all the partnersvednor
brgihis to uou know,
weeard fm t comni
loud andar din the
mpivela process that
ey want u prioritize
preserving affordable housing.
And to me, this is ao
brne It
s great opportunityhat you
re
enting to Um, to be able tore hundreds of
of afforbl housing in
ouy and ih a prime
on inowntownand.
A lot ohe workoming out of, um, u22ou know, in
the comprehsi pla was
really just abouthe
number of afforbl uts that
weal about, butlso t
quality life of, ofnd the
amit inlose promio
the aor housing that,
hat we
ved on here in the city of Kkl And so that
s, um, that
a big factor here, too.Hi is a pri
locaonorffordable housing
atolks he access tohe
library to trans,o.Reat.
You know, restaannd
parks. Um, tnk you for
that. U d havee
though one ofhe
pr, um, policy
nsions.Utir I
a question onne of them
to to,m, MR. Py or
Rosman about the idea of
explorin additiolen of the commitment onordable
housing. C you t the
feasibility of tt, the potentialmpact on the underwriting or oth
consideratio? Just wt to
hear thoughts o that
be I mhoughts.
So um, I wouldove t extend.
Um, a whae will is w
will go bk to our f Mae
representati and tell them
what we wanto do. But I would
ve to,nd my thought the
ghtech, um, standard is5
years intate of
gton. So sms like
they
done enoh financi.
So that going to bur
est.E extend,m,
wiou a penalty of the
underwriting? And I gets a I
thk should work.Ut w
stardith thisss
we srt with,ith, uh,
fitime arod. Um, and
we
veal to aot
noitsnd eve the
n-profits, national firms
that havillions o dollars
real estate. I
m shocked at
wensitive the a to these
kinds ofs. So, um, and it
s all aut abl to
finance out the term ofhe
second buyer. Um, it isn
t
aboutng I done n.
What happens Excuse me?
Ke aig techerm I 15
year a by the time y
re
all de,
s 17 o 18ears.
Ds this n ber look
for?, um. You hey
so commitmen We
collaborat with theit staff
and and w veryd to me
that hapn. Wld one
would be haper than I am
se t extended.Great. Thankou. That
r
helpl. In,yn
this is t I have two
here. One, I want t
sure w,m, tgest
community benefit ttld
ac be helpf t
communityemost need.
And two,hat we d kill the
dealy any changeshat we
to see,ig I w to
makeurs goesough
we don
treeze
try toet so mh out of I
some, um, pen
pa walkwarom the
Right. Sse arein
of my mywo cck
mashat I want t make sure
any, y k in any ohese
pr, um, gdaha we
gi toffootiate
with,h you the team,
um thateheck bot of
the. So I amportive of
uncil Arnold
s idea of mirroring, you know, t the
capnent increas. And t
House Bill 17, I think t
s
a grea. Um, and, I
uld likeo thator, f
obviousns, bau as
lo that doesn
k the
alhink that w
certainl p a bte
communit benefit. Uh, s do support t also support
asking an additiol length
of commitmt on affordabity
If that
som, ain
that
ot going toil the
de. If itou like
yore comfortablet
with t ask if it
s notoing
to, um, you offend enoug
for folo walk ar
least, decrease their,
their tn the
neions. Um,n I would
support tut I the judgmentf staff a and you
MR. H and havin that
sationund
s
apop the. Um, for
those sam reasons, d
t
pp um, uh, mesng wh
either l addingerest
on the loan or havin earlier
paymentsnhe loan, juste
Councir Arnoldaid. Was
all in thisnd thought it was h y return
investme for a reliv in
thnd scheme ohings, b
relatively small, smaller
investnt cdo
valuef the project and the
e of the retn of j
havingte a grant. R s
it en being alone is fe
with me. Don
t suppo any
rest or anylier payme
on tha and wouldven b
fine in back torant
t was necessary to g
some of ter ter that we
want. Um,s an I d
t know if
that
s eveething that would be attracte as a
neti token, but that I
something tha would b happy
support. Um, if couldet
usome of t things
e
re looking f Um, I
the sameson, becse of
yonse to the or 3 bedroom, I
t suppo going
backo table thehe
larger units. Given t
we
ve aeaone that, Iant
, um, mak sure thay
knowhahey
ve alreadyn
heardnt. Right. I
m
ng that you
already
that, um, andhat that
notea Um.
I.Just wanto sure I
respde t all of tm. So I
there
s som g ideas
discussing Those arehe
Io and don
support. Um, a
again, Ink this I a no
r. A thissxactly
atommunity asking
for, fors to psese
tys units. Um, sohank
u for bng forth
the opportunity
an you, Couilri
Allig Thanks. Yeah.O
first I,ust want t
recognize andeallyha you
all and eveon involved in
ng this ppoward to us. Ienuinely respect the
go preserving
affordability.Nd I appreciat
e efforto findy
ve wayso keep
unit accsi to lower
incoesidents. I
veee the units myself and thoroughl
imes by creatit of
th d of t units and, um, completely understan w
you have a l vacancy
rate right across the
boar Um, I thank you for
so for tnk of
tey inting a
veo keep these uts
rdable f tg run
Um, I, I having s that,
stilo have some questions as
whether this aees I
ssary given
characrif this
ularrty. So I want
nderstand that ait bit
I would I wouldike t
get som more infman
actly what the rk I,
future owner would ce in
and suddenl conve tse
units intoh pce marke
tepartments.Hi u
like if ultimat goal I to
t ren low s tt
indivial thatre bow the
% Ami are able afford it.
I justano understand a
new oer comesn, ishe
realihoodnd what ae
basi thatikd Um,
toay that the rents will
dramaticlyncrease. Saybe
ore information on tha
woule reallyul.
Ll supportiv ofhis
id Um, but I dohit
rmation pluay
pol oio
tes the loan term.M, and
en in terms like the
terestat I
m, I
m, you
I don
hink I favor
th much, but d think
e theer uh, duration,
uh, and the various options
there be hpf uh,
informatioThank you. Anyone else? All
right. I also want toha you
both fringing a
ou
ve bee partners
with city. One coue
in
m hri from the m
counci m. I spo.
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ti Ift can hpe Um,
, any pt we
t, wean reinvest in
oj And I appreciate
our deput mayor
s ideaf
swpiome lgets for some eco flats,ecause weo
kn that,m,eav we hav
a need forar uni withi
th c So I would le to
exple those My, my
commt or my qn I
really the cit manager a
th haven
talked about
where ts 500,000 I going to come fro And so how would w
fund00,000? Ands there
an opportunity cost to to
canouddress t
Please
ah u the good ns ishi
one h already bn set aside
Um an ablesing
uh, account uh, f real
esxciseax So thisas
budgetedouple of yeago.
D the previous budget,t
caiet forward. So
s
alreyhere. Um, I
original set a w the
leure gave cities the
abily to usel estate excise taxor fordable
housing.Heginallyid it
wi sunsetvision. A
Kirklandasne of the f
cities thaually tried to
us for aor housi.
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of us setting. A
also wando demonstrate to
theegrehae would
use it. Um, thanks
Kirkland
advocacyn other cities, we aua were
g tt cap removed. So it
ver did. Sse So any
city c use realst
exciseax, referra housi
gog forward. That
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good news. Um,ut bottom lin
is alreadye it. I
fully
dgeted it
s alrdy
there.So.And howuc is in t
account.Right now? Just the00.
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m looking opportunity
s. You know,re
s going
to be anotherject in six
, a year, five. So
howckly will thaccount
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, that
a g budge
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at until the reale
exciax ised to b
used for aor h, w
all of o contribiore
essentially t Arch and the Arch Tst Fund a
ects retni t city
they are funded by arch um
state excise tax
rrentlyaso be spent
within the limits. So one
of the challens ofing,
whould I spend it next if
h money? Is Kirkland alone
doesn
t get s of the 10 1
h that ah doesn it
go the county the
stats all the o
funding. S weld have to
ve a project where t kind
oney would me a
diffen for Kkl
prndht now there
s
a couple ias outhe that
we cld at, bute
t
ha ag onuron.
So ourt was r a
opitiesrose, kept with proposals forsi resin
exciseax to make happen.
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can talk a there
other places too that could
ok butt theom
ers nothing whehing
ke makes tference
t would her wheref we
ed it now, would make
deal happe There isn
somethin cly o
table w if wse it, w
no ideat would happen.
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bi I the hand.
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meo doou f like you
w you no te the
neps?Yes.Ha for all t
feedback.
Okay.
All rht Thank y,ert.
Angela, stayinge with us. Wll see yoon.
Thank very m Weply
preciate.
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ne e, whichs briefing on
total l Souther
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cityan And guessing
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cil today. J informaon
angend feedback.
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ahnd turn it back tm
West planng building director
Actually, m I just goi
to take thisneur senior
planner.
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here. Apologi f that. Some
nical difcu Can y
see my see Okay.
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Ok Tnk you. Um.D
evin Mayor,eputy MAY
and counc members. Ill be
pren tonht on the Totem
Lake Sth Industrl
Suhase one. Um, Iave
tenlides t cover, and
the no fma directi
requested from couil tonig
this project.O, aef
ound ohe area
thos w aren
tam Um,
this area located I the
soutes corne of the t
Urbanwth c Um,
it is up o warehouses
ilt between 1960snd
1980 primarily, u for
cturing andight
du usithin
oximity toha used t be
the u railway is n the
osklanddor, which
you can see thisap um,
ru northouthn green.
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ofce, constructn, rai
umsale dution, automotive, automotive uses,
inor recreatn andth
rv uses. Andhe are
ae of residential
vets whi the area
today, ilu an apartnt
mp and two tnh
velopments um, and Forbes
Creek r through t
but isos hidde behind,
um,ar lotsnd warehou
builng today So this
ect began in 2022
a cmuni amendment
request, um, t the city
received um, rezone sever
parcels on western sidef
the subaream, which we
th p mac sites to aow for
igh density residenti
mixed And 2023,
throug t review of t
request, um cedo
expand thea mac c sdy
ar tonc the fl
Southendustrial Subarea
ighborhood.Nd then in 2024,
as part ohe comp policy
pres policy tl 33.1 was
ad um, create
sure pla for t area t
conser a mixed use, walkable and sta
neighborhood. And then tha
brings u to wree are tay
d I
m presentg on
tonight.M, whichs phase one
of developing thatea
plan. So the cityved
grant t partner a tea
from Denrk u blocks hub on
phase o. Aha one h
been focus onstanding
ex condionf
area. Um, initial stakeholder
engame and visioning for
rea. And nt year I
2027,m, phawo will commence,hich will be the
full subarea plannin process
and include evaluation of marking marketditions for
xistings explore
opportit toandousing
allowances. A I med,
e partneredith Block
Hub for thitial visioning
phase the Sth
Industri Subarea. Um,cks
Hu a Nordic hub for
sustainableization bas
in Copha we
ve
rtnered with t previously.
Um, t work focuses on
fali-sector
llaboration withies around the wld to are
aredrb challens. And
r project, um, they
assembled am ofcape
architects a architect
ializing inptive reuse
and community engagement
list,ndhi work was
made posbl t a grant
from the Desig Foundation.
So a m piece ofhis phase
and our w with Block Hub
was comni ore Um, t
Blocks h teamited
rkland tce and hosted um
rk with community to
understand t perspective
collaborate onhared
sion. Forow the area
could iro andvolve the
futum, and weis the
area seval times to kno on
doors and ask employees and
business owns, about what
eel is working w in
rea. W clde
impred then ao invite
them t the workshops.
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develope in thend
communy members who ft
area. And what werd
gera um, I general satisfaction withhent
of comrc a
residential uses. A lot
sses seemedrettyappy
with the way t thingser
area. Um,hey value areasordable and
ible cial s u
er somee f more
food optio I area for
pe to grab lunch at.
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ovingess to the k um,
kind of oni up t to
eoeduceraffic
congestion and bte connect
th ait the restf the
ty Um we also a
lot about businesse and
ity members are unaware each other. Um, a
lot of the buses are kd
of tuckednd u not
visited often Um,hr
the outac and worksps u
the teaollected over
hundre I for how the a
codvolver beved.
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nd apped the five
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experimental rooted, nature
based a collaborati and,
um, u reduce them dow to
nine umn cs. Um,
and each ose concepts, um,
f outh the
mmnd with citytaff
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ke actions, how concept
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lastly, w should beved
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diagra herehowsllinf
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sign pmi process to a
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second cce the warehou
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o accommodate many
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upon the existing structures,
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to differentsr adding
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preserve the buildings and
sses in areahi
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ve copd the
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piece t p of theol
that phase hasun t
make progress on. I w
t walk
through eac them. Um,ut
happ tnswer anyions
about them So the key takeaways from t work a
that there
s a lotfife I
this areaod Um, there
s
manyma largeesses
in thisre wheneere
wa around talkingh
th, I was c t
realoyg t
businessocated this area
and rely on thear flexie
and affordable spaces that
ist. Se emp of t
businesses that existerere
a custom closettore, a cki
compan aering c,
brer tennis center,
liti store, tortilla
compy, aut repair shops,
ership, a doorompany,
drywal company, hardware
store, and manyth Um, and
yeah, it was f to talk w
everyonexisting
relatish between
businesses and rid and
the surrounng area arey
mi Weard a l of,m,
buesay that the didn
t knowha eachth
exte u there are two,
like,rominent buckets of
nesses ihe area. There
s
indoor recreation businesses
construiouss.
And basn what we, it
ds like,ithinhose
bu they aym
relationship with e other.
But the bses o of
buckets pretty siloed
and hidden away. Um, we learned
that the aa, um, would
benefit f a stronger
identity ande thatcts
, reflects its cer. S
characteristics that cld
be incorra arehe
industry nature. Um,
intion, theme,
production, constructio experimentation, a the py
an rion theme. Um, I
al b very thathe
cake is the area
s living
spine. It pvi gen space,
th space and createsn
oprtm,oon
bues, crs, u
near openpa ao the
re desnand
la there many low
hanging fruit opportunities
at exist, um, that be
imem in t area a
improve it whileultaneously
advancing the cit
policy
goal suc ashe wayfinding
d murals concept, ang with
. Andt brings uso
myt slide Um, wch are
ext stepsorhis
projt?M, we will the
fi design repor wit
stakehde ofhe area once
it
sinalized.M, andhe
phase t this project will
n in 2027, which
incle, u an anasif
commeral and ligndustrial
lands thenther
orationf expanding
us allowances. U the
design conces and vng work andach tt
ve
done I phase one cane
incorporated into t subarea
planer pse two. Um, and I
wanted t bor
sst back toheor,
ust aug thank to
the blos hub t and the
pe tha iol in
this project. Um, they
ve
brought really creative
for communi outreac a
tions to these of
gg complex, um,stions
d lots inspiration for
sustainalind urbanesign
and ctyui metho.
So I
been fun tork with
em. And huge thank y to
at forhe
collaboration. I
ass it
to you, Madamor.
Thank y Martha. I als
cu ech your,nks
Blox h Iea enjoyed
icipatingn the first
stakeholde group. I
rely great.M, I
m very
hungry. You startedalking
ab cookies a tortillas and.
So stop.
All rilmember Pascal.
Yeah. Tha you. Thank for
for all effort thi
Maha yeah. I mean,
s
fun to.
S great t
see t kindfhe policy, the
mp planol come life, so to speak. Right.D of
mo that p f, u
to ileion. And le the
ma got and they mayor
got to ptin the
wosh the bub the
otommunityrs tt
participated a, ut was I
paated I aber of
shopsnd, you know, this
like tha um, theea
t was somhi different
de. Um, and, well, well
done. Soressed the team
as wel I, I jtant to
just offer support for
continue kindf pse two
efforts. I think this isng
in t r direction. And,
and,m, yeah, just spo
at I, I wte to jt ask a
questionhough,m, ofta
um, weid recve an e
fr the Planng Commission
chai Uh, romg t
re some this wk. Um,
and developme ofheubarea
plan. Uh,hi week, um, was
ingf, fromta
s
peive, I any o t work
e
ve done date b
thommendationt all?
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something would allow
to m past Is thatou
question?
We,
m juston if did
we learnething through tt
wher
Staff now recme to
do what Planningomn
chair I suggesting, which is
ju noto. The subarea plan.
Adamo ahead.
Yeah,hanks. Um, yeah. We
re
still in t early s I think. I mea think one
the cll ofhi area I
Martha pointed, is tt
ther
his amazing fabric of small businesses here.Ig
And the not a lot
induri land the city.O
Ihi of the thist
we sti haven
tompletely
rstood um, the re of this, of theseustrial
zonesn the city.M, andhe
factheren
t manyf them
and ty relativy fragile Right. And I think theres
e learned ihat there are opportunities for h
he But exaly whehat
go how mucf it I tnk
is, stillom that is
to bemined. I thi,m,
know, whene getgh
th b process andtart
lking morebo pha two, there might be a option
lookternatives t a
su pn. Um, I think that there
stibably a
more exploration tha
wanto to fige out, um,
yo kow hsi fitso
th a because,in, I
our takeaway that it
really uqu place and
eess isre, as
said,ea do val
th flity. And, u and low cost of s.
Ah I guess was alwaysy
pression the subarea
planould conside and if
the a tnsver tim
Right.M, that it
s, ynow,
at it mightot stayt.
Um,ve withe of tse
changeve time, I could, it
co um,hange o to
ing mor density things
that. A what,that
frtureou be
necear to suprt that? Um,
you know, ist I
m hin
tht pnn effor
wod, uouw, evaluate.
So I just I guess I
just ait surprised to read
in thatil, u that it made
ound likee already m
a decio tt we jus target
residential to sll portions
of theub a don
t
ow that I just, don
t fl
like the cnc has madt
desi yet, or subarea
planas reallad that
teionr notubarea
plan, but phase o
efrt have m that
dermn. So, um, I
m jt
wondering yougr with
th or or not
Again, I tnk we
d look
councition that
suut ain I think
s probably ae more
that can be that we can bring bk to counc,
wheou can help us. You
, you can guide in tt
nextp. And wean bring
baions next te
talk aut next p of
ect, as
Okay b you don
eel like you
ve receid direction from
on that r
Correc
ank you.
Thank Councillo prim.
Yeah. It had a question on
nd the timeline forhese studies. So f this pha two
y,m, le,hat is the
approximate amount o time
willak from s toh
and then let
s justta
there.
I guess
I jumpngain. Melissa
Martha alley onewo. But, u we have it. Yh, sure w h
it. Proam for year on the
pl work p. U
agn, that
s
s a gross
estite I wouldm, as you know, you know, f our
rience wh station
ea plan, r we took
loerhan a yr too a big
stiola Um,h all of its attenda technic
stie So I tnk the, the
so the scalef change in
the s and mos
particular howuc housing
we e up accommoti I the
at in um, the subarea
ow much iraure is
need supporthat, I think
will be aetnt how
lo thero tes But
again, rig we
ve
heduled a y for.
It.Nd ihere a woe,
eedha up, by chance,
orik you kno guess w
ar tn factors in
termining. Sou said t
mainne of theai factors.
Is how many manyot
s you would have t
evaluate forng that cld
increa the overa timin I
theresre anythinge that could increas the tim or
ease the to be able t
finishha Two?
Ye there
hanks,
unber. T
s probably
a lot ofariables, right I think the big, rht That
that, um, you k eed
theimor the stationar
an was the technal
studshat we did support
that work,hich were really
efultu? We did
infrastrtu stues traffic
st We did aeally b
comphe emental
impact stame for
project. W developed other
ings to g alongit the
plan. S I think w we would
tyy do come to you
relativelyarly o I
process, come toil and present you wh couple o
alternatives for groh
scenars I the ze, and
yold give udance
th.Nd thene could, um,
you know, intcope of
chnical w that wou
along wh that. Um, soaybe
s a non-answe to yr
question, I think would
t you withions, se
of which lead to
shorter p, sef which
woesult in longer
ess.
L right.
Th you. T you.Ny
Deputy m.
Thanks, mor I justd to
ke sure gave m guidance,
o council or sta that
Io wanto, I.Oe the
. I like direction
we
re going want toro
wi phase two. Um, I do
recall, um, why supported
this fro the veryet go in
connectih the approva of
th c plan. Did wan us t
try toak a thoht
pr tos area. Look at
tricte, through
rict wide planning, s
if there w a way to protect
thexi lig industrial,
st se really cat
coal while
encourin um,t of innovative, um, housingn this
So Ihas the dirti
I like we
going. I
k it
s wthheestment
, uh, thoughtln
ins approach.M,ou know,
d I
m cnihe fact
that, know, rightow wh
theacomic environme,
younot we
reearing
from ders and their
rest I newro
or at lsthe kind of n
projects we would wto see
he don
t kw that if w
just expeditedpp of
us thate would get
anything like,t we
d
ny project or thateet
anhie the kind
projects tha we wt see in
area. So that
s I want
us to take thoughtful
approach. I aate the thoughtfulnesshat
s gonent
this, a Im willing t I
iny vote I to is not a
te, I know, but direction
is thae, uh, cen
tht of, um, deler thoughtful, u approach to
this whole distrt. Rll
want to thi be a
legacy. U for, this
council. So. You.
Thank Cnc a.Thank you,ay and thank
you. Um,tha. And planning
teamn this.M,am I
th where, u reading
block s report was the f
I seen this, it
uh,
was impressed ahe scale
their vio and h toal
about lgensformation
th a There some
uing iashat
said, um, I
not ready for
wholesale complete change
across t entirethern
industrialub a My
feedback w beo look for
options for uh, a nro
for pse two.M, it
s going to bemp t
preserve the lightustrial,
umiallyween2 and
1/. And then, asas
nt the presentio
, as w looko say, howow
w maintai for those
affordable,lexible commeia
aces?He coexist
um, are weng a some, uh,
differenteocal
that mayeppropriate for
,rtingo housing? Um.
As we l at t feedback from
Um, Aar Jacobson and Ga
medea, which I wilote, that
emailas themff
back asiduals, not as
the planning commissionir
d chair. Um, Io like
e idea o evaluatingnd
recommending areas witn this
industrial subarea that m be
apate to first on,
that mht u b an
option f scoping f phasesep on the
owed or scope.M, it
MAY make the subre plan
easier, a I MAY, um, make
thd forarketdy,
ich is also a requiremento
long needed. Soe want to
look at thosecular
options. And finally I
unrs one o the
steh groups actuallyad
inventoryf bin in
the Um, I t that
e
some importanfon to
I know several of the
am thater mentioned. I
am awa of there others
at I mayot haveusro
, um, walking the
coid and, and being I t
neighborhond wouldiko
lookts in a, um, detaid
omprehensiveanner. Thank
you.
Than.
Anyone?Kay. Firstuty
r. D mor are you
g your hand?
I did,h. Und I
apologizeor intruou.
Yo certainly feelelcome
make yourks. Was
jung to highlig that a
ld to u Uh,nk
th I of those es where weay not be givin
staff as clear directi as we
to. A so I do think
queson have for s is,
whetherhey
ve gottet
theyea need from I feel likehe
s a we
re
little bit overhe not
all over t but
re a
tt,h, we
veov
so try o the map in
feedback
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um, w
going to cek
with o aut how the 2
ud go ah, options
that thenhencil can evaluate t asohich
direio you want t with
eack that yeive.
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s changen wt
the languageays y. And
ther
o change in idea that we need come bac 27
to lookt sub area. But
think someas on this in
thpe that we cldring
u optionsoull
un could disss and
bate and did upon in
ugh the pg work program. That
shas how I
int.
It.
Grs longsff is
tting what the I
That
sre Thank.
Unber f
Thank y,am Mayor. I
wasn
oing to speak, but, um,
ey mayors aoo
point, so I j wantedo
share one of m thoughtsha
MAY be h forffn the
direio isha I support
Counlm Arnold
s,m,
thouts on seeingfre
s
wa break thio smaller
parts, to be efficient in
the work. A plusne
to thaase
Thankou Anyone?Oi
ce. Gng twice All r
ha, good j. Um, I reay
appriahtfulness
thatenehind t I really
apprecte work that
eryone into rch out
to the existin businse and
g theirut. I
th
s super impta
it
something usually
do. What
s reallylear
about this I this is very
ique a This is unlik
anything elsehat we h
wi the cy. Um, both in,
um, where it ridhin t
Totem l Regiona Center. And
um,he kinds businesses
in. So am interested
in, um, cutting thip in
le pieces. I thinkt
s
re importa tt we d
this stratic and
thoughtfully and lookt
holiic I tt the
pocy tt was in
compreheiv planasl
.Nd I support s with the polynd doing the
rkesign this area. That
wi becomey speal So
thank for.
Anyone else?All right. T youa.
Thank you Am. Thank
Alon You MAY now home and
go bed.Op you
ll
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Council, it is107 ande have
uncil poliend
procedur. And also have
three lr MS.. S sge
is that w delay nin f c
licy procedures to later
meeting a g ahead and
reports a the Ls.
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upnkou Councilmember
ld. Council member t.
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Primm.
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policies and produ
ents tt
ll be
ng at the nt meeting.
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ump fromrybody?Ka
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llide, u figureut
when it c be on the c
lendargain. We are
to mntil reports.
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ma and l keep tm
short,ol.
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ayor andot to visit
the Sou County Recycling and
an station Algona. Uh, las Friday. I to
th tff of the cit and
of the c fort tour.
Um it
theatest, ut, um, advance v o a
recyclg and trafe station
to theou
s built. S
that was reay informative.
Um, I wantedoighlight that.
Xt Wednesday, I
oing to
, um,ending a convening
Cll Snd
Greareattle Ps, um,
to dcu sortfnomic
developmen priorits with
rs. Uh, theay was invited. She
unable to
tend. Sot want m
colleagues t I
m going
be, uh, attendingha inhe
mayor
s stead. Um, really
enjoyed Nio Night last
ght. Um, a you all
of the firstesponders.
Um, and the communityot
ord uh, block
parties and, again of
co the f responders
that tk out, and
rticularly who, uh,
e us aun. And then, um,
do there a jnt
on share eity um, council mbe uh, Pascal,
Council m Arnold and I
going to pse I
m going to
that to council member
Pascal or, uh, Arnd t
presen during tir council reports. Tt it.
Um, l happen during
na repor.Ot council
reports.
Soy.
Ll leaveo them
bring I u during cit manager
reports.
An you,oumberas.
, I d have anythin to
thatant be repte
viil. Thaou.
Thank.
Coci Falcon.
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late, I
mnloing to menti
one tng Um. And thas. Thank you t everyone
s
me to w theng
young ale at ts week
s
League Stb World
Seriesnd Evere Park.
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been f. I know I
een
outhery day. Um, know
I s u Deputy Cy Manager
Lopez out there. I know that
Councilorold
see out
the. If you hav been
there, definity che it
out.T
s so much f There
a lot ofre energy, a the
games r through Satury
rnThank y.
Thank y.Ncillor Primm.
Yeah. Nhi to r I
I
sending an email.
Than y
Thank y Custome a
No ror
Counl member t Chisholm.
Noep
Th you.
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I dt to tak moment
thank cityff everyone
that wordehind tnes
e sureha this meeng
wemoothly. Um, really,
re appreciate it.O thank you, everyone. City m,
m handing I over you.
Ay.
You. I have one short
te and t I
ll call f
the calendar and Lue
The sho update. Um, think
u MAY all kno we a now
rt a municipal city jail caucus. That c out of
legislative aion
that ccu we ourselv
in theea of being
convenersndpbell, our
affairser, has b
leading Wead meeting
Roger g t discuss the idea a a group cities
meter standar for the
jail operatis.Ou they
t, uh, sortf a saf harbor
from, lawit especially
if there
sies o in
ail a sols are
facingasically eion. I
you have one event,
could loslionsfollars
ettlement. Just wan
let you kw since t legislature has been a to be
rthis, yet we met wh
Roger Goodm and his
gg was t with
Se Manka Dhingra,ho
s
e of the Senate
mmittee. We d that
yey, a several ohe
mayors fro the cities
ther aell ass. It
s a
really great m.He told
us that s would beil to
tey sponsor mail I
met hameters, which she laid out.Utm, on all o
your behf, on bal of our
rrectionsept, oths,
we
ak somrogress o
this issue I just wanou
all kw it, becauset
s kind of hapni outde of
ormal lis
oup process. But w a
rely meeting with t
senator.
So.
Much much more t
Come.
Al. So nextor the
lend I kno have a
coegislativest
s. The attorney
office has bnd enougho
put them slides for us
all. Um, so wid I
min
in the a teceive them, so
ss I
ll just, uh, left the
un to see wts to
he motiono the the
air sw.
So. Councilmember Pascal.
Than, Madamaym,o
ju a liteit oft quick
backgrou for tse that might
be watching. Um, I think several of uepproached,
um, s timego by
represta o lime. U
an indicatingha they,
re in our ang
cities. Um, a agencies
surrounding Kirkland. Uh,
Bothell,dinville, Redmond
and n are just sg a
program Bellevue and, uh,
it, you know,aying now
Kirkland iind ofn a dut
le right. Soy
d like
to startversations with u
aboutntngromobility
onso ourit And
heyol tha with
ter to council, I
liesterdayr the day
before,ith theerest.
And sed un thatr,
hat officl letterm
, uh, f lik it
s
pr talki with, um,
mayor,h, Black and
Cocir Aol I
like it
dent to, uh,h,
ferrm soha we canook
at thision. This
t
oval ot. It
s jt look
xplore o oow we
consider micromobility
progra in in Kd. We
that, um, e-bike safety,
uh,as been a bigrsation
cty, not j in
Ki, but across the rio
ante. That toe,
u know, continue to be pt
of, y kny oio a
uation that tte look
at. Um, so wit that, I
ll me
a motion we canav
sc.M,ot for
Council approve
legislativ requestemo asking
the city m toxp
tions forowinghe shared
omobility progr,
inudcooters, g and e-bikes such ahe one
erated bime withinhe
cityith correon
attentiono rider a
commit safet.
Second.
Second. Wow.
I don
w who ttas. I
m
going to giv I to black just
be he was loudest. Uh,
moti bee madey
Councilmbe Pecondy
Deputyayor. U any
sc? Those favor,
ease say a.
Y oppos?
Moti carries seveno. Thank y. Genem
riext
Okay. It toivome
backou on thio I
proposg t lrm toxplore
helmetequirements forh
speedro mobility dic
such e-bikes. Becse our
sponsibility isea to
otectcy,
especially fur children a
en u e-bikes are, as
everyo knows, eik a
becoming vy commonn our
mm and the datas
ng quitey,h,mi 2026 natiol anasi by
Truvada, which is very
gitimateat dataet
go by USajor u
he syste across the
countround that emergcy
visits for e-bik and
e-scooter injuriesng
dren adosc
increased by71% between
Januy of Mayf
2026, and many, really
is the lackf helmets t
us these injuries. As an
ample,me 2020,5
JUNE 2026, a majoros
in Texas treated 127 pic
patients, out o which 99 of
th and this w form
be on injie cause by
bicyclesr e-bikes or e-scooters. 78% o them were
wearing helmets, so I
undersnd you kw,mets definitely cno prevent every
ry. But I dohink that that
s theim a most
effective for u to ruc
the risk of potential hea
in. Therefo, I don
think this isot like a
re t g approval for
is, but reay tore
options on wth or not ts
is somethi we cld the
of Kirano I move
the approve legislative
quest mo askin staff to
prid options for rui
the use ofik helmets when
erating micromobility
viic e-bikes,
ooters, etc. In Kirkland.
Cond.
All right, I heard Councilmember Timolm o
the secd. So
s been m
byilmemberrimm.D,
ncilmember Timolm
to move f.He helmet
m. Is t any dion?
Deputy Mor.
St o quick cme Um,
alreciate,h,
Councilmemr Prem bg
orward.,h, it is a
pi tt was discuedy me
and Councilmb Aol and
cilmember Pascal in
nn with the e t
shared Emobility asel
Just justw that,m, we
were thinkin thisic too, and onef reasons
wo that tay we
wereopha thatight,
thatRMight come
back withom suggestions for
e might look helmets
to. Bhi is t more this
he clearer aore direct
way too it. And Ihink it
s a ton ose. And
going toup it.
K y, CouncilmemberJohnson.
,
ll support I supporthis
m. Ihi one of the
interestin legal questions that will e is aiv
infrti non-crimil
vi infraction is I
r tha civilnfraction
is I the rid or t
parents. Thankou
you. Cncerd.
Um, jus quickment
generally on Lems. We
been prettypen to t bau
it
j startin the
nversation. But h
and wle u therehould be no argument abo wring a
helmet,ea ael when
u
reid bicycle,
e-bi, e-scooter e., the question o rui this and
fo and thiset
veryomed,er fast.
And Imious ofta
city even inking at
this for an. And s
while I t I
important
ise, I
not suret
s one
that I
supportive of.Ov
ediately. A son the
in of prioriz I
m
ing to be voting against
this.Ut pleas evebo o
there, paren outhe mak
sure you
g
helmets. I
m j not sure
about cityction at
point.
You. Tha you.
Anyone else? Rig.
Questis on theotoove
rw The helmet lrm made by
lmember Pm, secondy
Cocir Tim Chisholm.
Thn favor,e sayye
Ay
All opposed? No. Motion
carries one
l right.Holmes, p orl
uncilmember.Me.
Thank y, Mayor Um,
this is since Councilmember
Pasc, u ped tther
ld. I hope he dsnt
mind I I p ts one jus
to the wkl Um,
is aoi prose l by
Councilmemberlnd I.
Won
t go muchail aut
it, because Ihi we
re all
fairly familr with t
issues. Um,he tres two issues in herou
ve probabl
allea the language, but just for those, uh, watin at
me, um, what theyot relate
to the Hols Point oveay
is aar o the
orhood tn Hill neighborhood. Rht It
s,m,
a portion of Finn Hil
neighborhood forho who MAY
be familia Um, the
two, um, there there a
stctul whi the
Ho Point orl aut
property usage aelopment.
So these to are
mehe issuest we
ve
been hearing rdly from,
ommunityem tha live
the Holmesoint
neigor Finnl.H,
the fir is I
ve b this up, younoeralim
over the pew years since
ve adopted the, um, our n
tree cod And thats allowin
so m flexibility fore
reva foromsn the
Hoes Point nghd.
The areks w I
ve heard
from w iur lot of
traor and, um, and expense
cause tes tha, you
ow, u damaging their home
or havg, you know,er
es. But t trees a
healthy. A they
re
tly not alled to remove
them in tmes Point
overlay. The do not h the
abily to remov either 2 or 4
, le, um, prort
do in the rest the
ty So like for u
look ations f more
flityre. Or we
d like to look at that. And second
isated to covag and
lot splitting I think
re
all least, ynow,
somewhat familiar with
Ho point oveay beinge
restriiv in ts. And
ntially t larger the lot
that you h u higher.
Um uh,r the, t, the ls
lotov you
a,
righ o largerros. S
for propertie that already
have ansting that m
be a largee, evenf they
ha very lgeroperty, are
allowed to sit that l
in oer to facit a
reesly needed.
Using development in
community. Um,nd thi targets
specifically flity in those caseshemes Point
overlay for missing middle
housing,se we that that
s what need tn,
youno bigansions
e see evewh it
s
very targete specificay at
looking at ways that w could
ore flexibl withowing,
um, missingiddle houng and
loittingner to,m,
to a tha happen I the
lmes Pointrlay. S Iill
mahe motion move to
prn lrm to explore
opon for two pal c
amenen relatedo the
lmoint orl The first
would involvexpanding the
abit to remov trees in the Holmes Poi overlayside
of development scenaos for
inan incas t
ability remove trees
bett with aces in
tht of theitre a property oer canen
re t 4es yr
depending o sizef
property The seconde
amdm would iol
loen one or more
velopmentards inhe
Holmes pnt overlay
fate tevelopment of
middle houng Theptions
that are expreo consider
whether thesemendments can be
integrated int ps
are curnt on t to
2028 planning workrogram
cond.
Thank. It
s bee by
uncilmember f Second b
Councilorcal t move
d. The Holmes point
overlay lrm Councilmember
Pa.
Thank you Councilmember
Franin did are job of
explaini that, um,he only
couple this just wt to
ad o emphasize is thathe
gs are iue that w
hear fromheommunity
members. These aren
just
s b of us c up
th, butse arehi
sationst I
ve bee
having,m, over tears. I
sure you
rd, too,rom
communityrs aut
th.Hen second, we were
very sci withff that
we wanted these te very
rgeted. Um,nd rll wan
tond that
s whyha last
ence is t is try to find a w to see if wre
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