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All right, welcome back everybody. Welcome to the city council meeting of September 1, 2021. Before we call the roll, I'd like to thank everybody that worked hard on transforming our chambers.

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Yay for the new evening.

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It's going to be great. We have monitors down below and new mics. So we might have to work on these mics a little bit.

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City Clerk, will you please call the rule?

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Certainly, Council Member Timchisen.

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Here.

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Council Member Arnold.

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Council Member Pram.

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Here.

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Council Member Felcomb.

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Council Member Pascal.

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Deputy Mayor Black.

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Mayor Curtis.

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Here.

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All present.

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Our stage session tonight is on two items.

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First, we'll have an overview of the domestic violence and sexual assault and

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PC programs.

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Second, we will have a review of the Preliminary Poliminary.

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2227, 232 capital improvement program.

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We expect to reconvene our regular meeting at 730 city manager.

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All right.

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So thank you, Madam Mayor.

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Deputy Mayor, Member of the Council.

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So we're going to start off with the overview of the King County Sexual Assault Resource Center

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and our pilot project.

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We are very honored to have Kate Garvey, the CEO of K-Star and Thur today as well as

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walk old state and who's been our legal advocate.

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We're going to describe our experience so far with the pilot and we're going to be turning

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over to the public defense team, our excuse me, the public safety team.

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To talk about the domestic violence, but I wanted to note that this is our final check

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in on criminal justice in terms of the city work program item, however, we will be having

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discussions of these topics during the budget process.

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So looking forward to wrapping us up and then to take what we learned into the budget proposal

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that you can see in October.

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So with that, I'm going to go ahead and turn over to Kate.

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Good evening everyone. Thank you again for having us here. I think this has been an amazing opportunity and then to be here with you all today to talk about this past year and what we've learned from having a Kirkland dedicated legal advocate pilot program.

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It's been just such a wonderful opportunity and I'm so grateful for the partnership of the city of Kirkland.

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So, before I get into the pilot itself, I wanted to take just a minute to provide a little bit of context.

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I'm honored to be here and included in this presentation with the Kirkland Police Department,

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as well as Kirkland's DV System Advocate.

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That context is important because there's a very unique distinction between domestic violence and sexual assault,

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as well as the roles between affinity and a system advocate.

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So, domestic violence generally refers to a pattern of abuse or coercive control within an intimate partner or family relationship.

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Sexual assault is sexual contact or behavior that happens without a person's consent.

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Yes, they do overlap, but they're not the same thing.

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And they often require very different specialized responses.

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So, at K-SARC, our focus is primarily on sexual violence.

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And when we talk about sexual assault advocacy, we're talking about supporting survivors through

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very specific impacts and systems that can follow an assault.

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Whether that means navigating law enforcement, understanding legal options, accessing therapy,

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connecting with family support, are simply having someone who understands what they're experiencing.

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There's another part of advocacy that's really, especially important to this pilot.

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community and system advocacy. So K-SARC legal advocates, including law, serve as community advocates.

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In Washington State communications between sexual assault advocates and victims are provided

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are protected under RCW 5.60.060, which establishes a legal privilege of confidentiality.

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A system advocate by contracts is employed by a government or law enforcement agency and may be required

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to share information with investigators or prosecutors.

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Both types of advocates are incredibly important because they create a complete safety

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net that balances a survivor's personal healing with access to justice.

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I just wanted to share that distinction as we're both sharing the same space tonight so

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that you can hear a little bit about sexual assault advocacy and you'll hear later from

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the DB system advocate as well.

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Um, I mean, I'm doing my instructions here is like press slide to please, but it's me. Okay. So this slide right here is just a brief reminder and grounding in what case our services provide.

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So case arc as you know, provides legal advocacy. We also have a

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24 hour resource line. Provide evidence-based trauma-focused therapy. We have family support, legal advocacy, and then through

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our donned-of-host program, giving voice. Survivors in their families who speak Spanish can access the full

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breadth of case-archs comprehensive services. And then around in it all out is education and prevention. All of

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these services are accessible through our 24 hour resource line. And I put up this number here and I'm going to

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to know our line. It's 188-99 voice. Please share that far and wide. Even if you just have a

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question about sexual assault, that's the great place to start.

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This is all important

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context for understanding our pilot because while law or dedicated legal advocate was a

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very specific position that we were piloting, we quickly learned that this opportunity

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became so much more than that. While you became a point of connection, not just to legal advocacy

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at K-SARC, but to the full range of services K-SARC provides to survivors and families.

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So at the beginning, we were trying to figure out what we wanted to discover.

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And we set out to look at the impact of the K-SARC dedicated legal advocate just serving one city.

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We wanted to increase access to specialized sexual assault advocacy.

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We wanted to strengthen coordination with Kirkwin Police Department and other partners.

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We wanted to build community awareness and referral pathways provide a strong survivor experience

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and demonstrate a model that could inform the future partnership between the city and with KSAC.

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And in my books, this pilot was successful and it gave us important information

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on how to make this even stronger moving forward.

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When we look back at this original scope, we believe that the pilot accomplished its core purpose.

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It didn't just produce service numbers, but it also allowed us to see what happens when you intentionally invest in relationships within a community.

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So when we look at the overall outcomes we've achieved. So from July to December 2025, 43 survivors served.

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Then from January to June, 2026, that's 62 unique survivors served.

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While was carrying an average case load of about 32 cases at a time, and that primary referral

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source, Kirkland Police Department, so 85% of the clients that we served through Kirkland

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were referred to as through the Police Department.

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There were so many other things that happened, and this slide right here is a lot about numbers,

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but these numbers are also telling a relationship story.

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And that relationship story, you know, we're looking at 30 coordination meetings like

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how.

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You had 283 participants in these coordination meetings, and that included ongoing coordination

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with KPD, courts, prosecutor schools, human services, and community organizations.

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Then 35 outreach and education activities.

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And of those outreach and education activities, we recorded about 519 participants

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are attendees across those activities. Plus, there is much bigger large-scale community outreach

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through the school district and communications and community events.

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So the pilot confirms

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something that we knew intuitively, but this gave us an opportunity to actually see it happen,

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intentional relationship building creates stronger connections in better pathways to services.

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So we saw this with law enforcement with schools and with community. And before I talk about the

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And for the human services team, especially Adriana, Juliana and Kurt, as well as the warm welcome from KPD,

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they all made those introductions possible.

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They all made those numbers you saw before happen.

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These connections are making a meaningful difference.

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They've opened doors.

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They built trust, and they connected us to partners who are essential to this pilot's success.

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Well, if law enforcement, we developed regular coordination with KPD, including the Departmentwide

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Training, created referral cards, and a direct referral pathway, and built stronger familiar

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me, I'm sorry. It's

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familiar. I would

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be between KPD and K-SARC. Again,

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85% of the pilots' clients were referred to as KPD. With schools,

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law established direct relationship with counseling and support staff, and made connections with,

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I don't want to butcher this.

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Come in, come, can you say this for me?

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Come, E. Akin, middle school,

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Come, E. Akin, middle school.

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My Akin.

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Oh, I'm from New Jersey.

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Please blame them.

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Like Washington High School,

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North Star in Emerson and L.W.S.D.

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Summer, the L.W.S.D. Summer school nurse.

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The school district also promoted one of our webinars that came out in the spring.

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It was the K-SARC Prevention webinar.

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And that reached a prox...

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Assembly 30,000 families. And then there's just a broader community that you all helped bring into the fold. We were able to build relationships with friends of youth.

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The Together Center, Nami, Evergreen Health, the libraries. We were welcome to so many community events.

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And a Kirkland High School student will be a member of this year's Youth Advisory Council at K-SARC. So when we say community presence, that's what we mean.

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It's because we're becoming known, becoming trusted, and we're understanding who the partners are in our community, and we're making it easier for someone to say,

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I know who to call, I know we're to send someone, I know what case our can do.

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So I just want to say thank you for all of that. That's incredibly important for us.

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So, was intentional presence in Kirkwin helped build trust, familiarity, and referral pathways.

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Her presence was also valuable not only in providing legal advocacy, but in creating

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opportunities to lift up the full range of services case-ark offers, and help community partners

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better understand how we can support survivors and families. Residents have always had access to

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case-ark's comprehensive services, but what the pilot demonstrated was the power of this partnership

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in this intentional relationship building.

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That's a joint effort between Kirkland and Waw and that's our true success.

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We're especially grateful for your partnership and helping us get the foot in the door of schools

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and begin conversations about K-SARC sexual violence prevention programming.

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Those introductions and connections are essential to building relationships and creating

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new pathways for the future.

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What the pilot did, the pilot did, what a good pilot should do.

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It demonstrated what works and it opened the additional doors for us to continue conversations.

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As I said, I'm deeply grateful for the partnership trust and willingness to welcome K-SARC

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deeper into the Kirkland community. And if we look at this at our original goals, our

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assessment of those goals and what we learned, I just want to show over and over again that we

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have achieved or exceeded with room to deepen and like there's moments of ongoing opportunity when we

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look at school engagement and achieved initial relationships established. We look forward to continuing

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to that opportunity to deepen survivor satisfaction,

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survivors felt supported, and they were able to identify next steps.

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So to us, the pilot demonstrated the value of intentional

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relationship building that case arc comprehensive services do,

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in fact, work.

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I know I keep saying foot in the door,

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but I really want to emphasize how invaluable that is.

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Getting the first opportunity to be welcomed into a community

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to build relationships and to have you all, stand behind us and make those introductions,

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makes a huge difference and that's not something we take for granted. Those introductions

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and that trust is what's going to allow this work to grow and we're incredibly grateful for the

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role you played in making this possible.

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So as I continue to say thank you, I just want to say thank you

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again for the partnership and the trust you placed in K-Sarc and for the opportunity to do this work.

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We're excited about this relationship that we've established through this pilot and the

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conversations that we continue to have because of them.

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And of course, as always, we're available.

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If you have questions about K-SARC services, you have more

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referral over opportunities to continue partnering with us

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around sexual assault response and prevention.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Kate.

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And thank you for both of you for this program and the work

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that you're doing.

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And it's hard work.

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So it's challenging work.

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And we're so grateful for your presence in our community.

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And frankly, we're really proud of this program.

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So thank you for the feedback.

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Council, any questions?

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Councilmember, welcome.

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Thank you, Madam Mayor.

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Well, this is impressive.

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Thank you for all the work that you're doing.

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You're making a difference.

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Everyone who's here tonight and others

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is while I really appreciate the very clear partnership

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with the Kirkland Police Department.

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So thank you for that collaboration and that relationship

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and in referring folks over there to get the support

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that they need as they navigate these tough issues.

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It's not surprising that so many did you say 85%

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of the referrals came from, came from critical police department.

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I appreciate all the work that you've done as well

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to increase the other 15% to get more folks aware of the program

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who may not already have reported, you know,

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being a survivor of sexual assault and but still need resources.

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So thank you for that.

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My question for you is really for those listening.

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The public, you shared here on the slide,

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previous slide, some contact information,

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some phone numbers to call.

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If we have a Kirkland community member specifically,

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who wants to reach out specifically to Huah. Are those the numbers that folks in the

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Kirkman community should call? Or is there a direct email or phone number for the Kirkland

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program that for folks should call? They should call our 24-hour resource line first.

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Once they connect to our resource line, we'll connect them to someone in our client care team to

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do an intake with them. That intake is really important so that gives Wah the information she needs.

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I hope to help them through their first steps if they want to talk to a legal advocate, because they

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may want to talk to a therapist, or they may just want to have a couple of questions about what

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sexual assault is. So the best first step is always our 24-hour resource line.

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Thank you. Councillor Pascill?

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Yeah, thank you. Thank you for the presentation. Thank you for kind of the overview. When I think

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about this program and I really like some of the words you use, the relationship building,

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the connections, the trust that you're building,

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being those are kind of the things that are hard to quantify,

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but when it comes to sexual violence,

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sexual assault, those are really critical elements.

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You mentioned this with good model that Kirkman took the lead in this.

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My questions are that is it a repeatable model?

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how can it grow from just Kirkland?

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We're not going to solve problems for every community,

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but we can do what we need to do for our communities.

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So I want to make sure that we continue thinking about that

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with that in mind.

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Because I know K-S-R has a greater responsibility for the county,

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but I want to recognize that Kirkland's kind of step forward

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and said, hey, this is a priority for us.

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and we wanted to solve what we can do for our community, but we can't necessarily

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solve it for the rest of the county. So I just want to make sure we keep that in perspective.

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I guess a couple things too is that, you know, it's hard to just look at the numbers and

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go, hey, is this good? Is this bad? Did we do we reach success? Because if you are a survivor,

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it's a very lonely experience. There's very few people you can turn to to even discuss it,

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the situation and, you know, even difficult with family or, you know, it's not stuff that you

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talk around the kitchen table, um, let alone in social circles, um, and so the, um, the advocate

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becomes an incredible resource that just otherwise who knows where else you go. Um, so survivors need

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that that that support and so you know it's interesting because they're going through the most

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excruciating time in their life but trying to navigate a system that I think even just a common

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person that isn't even dealing with that would have a difficulty navigating with the criminal justice

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with the, you know, just getting through the mental issues. So all of that. So anyways,

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enough about that, but that I just would want to make sure that we're really kind of being

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powerful about next steps and that we're looking at how we can kind of move this program forward.

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That this isn't the end. This is the beginning. Let's keep going. Thank you. Thank you.

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Councillor O'Prem. Yeah, thank you so much for this presentation for your incredibly important work

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doing for our community. One question I had was the just the assessing the pilot and kind of

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looking at all the original goals that we have. One of the goals that I'm very interested in is

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the school engagement just given the vulnerable population that you're going to be dealing with

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and what we learned. So you say that we had some initial relationships, relationships established

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and we look forward to, obviously, deepen those relationships.

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Can you just talk about who or what function within the schools

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or your primary contacts and were able to reach all the schools in Kirkland

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or what age group, if you could just maybe expand on that a little bit?

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You know what I want to say, I mean like the Webinar.

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You're trying to train in my class first.

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Yeah, so for like the Webinar, we have, we have a range of certain things.

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Like the Webinar is our permission method.

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We have a range of the, to the entire not only curriculum school.

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It's like watching to school district.

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So certain things we have been to do that.

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But for each school in curriculum,

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And we, you know, it's taking time.

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There are yourselves.

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I started building a relationship

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with some of the schools.

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I'm still working on the process, you know, hopefully.

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And on my goal, initially, my goal is to basically

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have my presence in, at least show up in each school

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to have some sort of contact with each school

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within the Cookland region.

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But this is right now, you know, just best to have, you know,

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And my name, my personal name, my contact, is on Lake Washington High School website.

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That's quite a achievement. I'm very proud of that. You know, just step by step, there is some, some schools staff know who I am and where to, how to contact me directly, if they have a questions, you know, those kinds of things, it just like said, a relationship building, take a time. So, you know, we work on that. And, you know, like the, when the, when they send out the webinar prevention webinar, especially like for kids, that that, that webinar is, you know,

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and target, you know, to support the kids and the family

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and we are able to distribute that to the entire, you know,

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like what is, what is, what is your parents?

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That's, you know, the resource, they know, they're,

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so it's wonderful that.

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Okay, great. Thank you so much.

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Thank you.

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Hello, anyone else?

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City management.

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Just, oh, we're ready to move to the second part of the presentation.

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Sounds good.

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So, I want to go ahead and introduce our PC chief,

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my Xen Xen Xen is going to introduce his team

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and we'll go to the next part.

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Thank you, City Manager.

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Good evening Mayor, Deputy Mayor members of Council.

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Thank you for the opportunity to speak tonight

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about our response to domestic violence

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and highlight the advocacy program

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that we offer to survivors through the process.

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Joining in this evening, our Deputy Chief Phil Gogham

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and our Investigations Lieutenant Clayton Sliminski

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and our Superstar, domestic violence advocates

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she needs to uson.

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We have about 15 sites to present.

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We'll talk fast.

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I know we're cramming a lot into this study session,

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so talk faster, everybody.

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Before I turn it over to Lieutenant Semensky, though,

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I did want to acknowledge the letter you all received

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from Mr. Fox as they're related to this study session.

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He is an attorney with extensive experience in family law.

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We do appreciate a thoughtful feedback

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and his longstanding expertise in this area.

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The information in his letter is accurate

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and offers helpful context regarding the complexities

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of domestic violence law.

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The council memo and tonight's presentation

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we're not intended to serve as detailed training on investigative procedures or charging standards

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and domestic violence cases. Instead, they're designed to give counsel in the general public

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and educational overview of domestic violence and the advocacy we provide. I do want to emphasize

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that our officers, our detectives, our advocates and investigators are rigorously trained and deeply

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knowledgeable about Washington State statutory framework related to domestic violence and protection orders.

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So, with that being said, I'll turn it over to invest or Lieutenant Salensky at a start of the presentation.

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Good evening.

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Thank you again for having us here.

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As the Chief mentioned, my name is Clayton Salensky.

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I'm currently the Investigations Lieutenant.

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I mean, I oversee both our detective division and the pro-wack unit.

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And then I also have the benefit of working with Shinnis Dawson, who's as the domestic violence victim advocates she is within that investigation's unit.

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So, really what we're going to try and cover is broken down into two different parts of the part that both myself and

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to chief Phil Gogh and are going to address, which is kind of what is domestic violence advocacy.

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Why is it important?

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And then what type of types of calls are officers responding to?

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And then she needs to be able to add in a little bit more about exactly what her role isn't

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in the nuts and bolts of the day-to-day. In terms of what's the reporting look like. Wind is

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advocacy start and end and then talk a little bit about our domestic abuse response team.

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So right about, you know, what is domestic violence advocacy? Well, it's the professional

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practice of supporting survivors of intimate partner abuse through survivor centered,

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non-blaming guidance, safety planning, and resource navigation. Here at the current

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completion department, domestic violence advocacy is triggered by the relationship between

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the parties, not the specific crime was that was committed. That's an important distinction

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as Mr. Fox points out. There is actually a legal definition for domestic violence under the

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that's typically referenced for criminal enforcement and issues of protection orders.

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In this particular case, we chose to go with a more broad definition because, frankly, the goal is advocacy that we want to talk about.

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It's not how many people are we putting in jail, but how is the city of Kirkland and more importantly, the Kirkland Police Department supporting victims of domestic violence, regardless of whether criminal charges are ever filed.

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And you'll be able to see it through our supporting memorandum that we have a significant amount of number of cases that actually get reported that maybe no crime was identified, but still falls within that definition of domestic violence, either through coercion or

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frankly, just not treating people the way we should.

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Domestic violence advocacy has always been an important part of the current police department and that's primarily because the impacts it has on the community and society in general.

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it extends well beyond

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And just the impacts that victims of domestic violence receive. There's impact on health and social services, such as increased in demand and medical care, counseling and supportive services.

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There's an economic cost with lost productivity, missed work days, and increased cost to employers and the community.

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There's a generational impact for children that might be exposed to violence in the household that may not be direct victims of that, but they now face the repercussions of some of that violence through missed school days.

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exposure to violence a young age. There's an increased strain on law enforcement in the criminal justice

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system. This is called, include more calls for service, investigative time, prosecutions,

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court time and even the incarceration costs around that. And then lastly is the housing

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instability through domestic violence. Many survivors do face housing insecurity and even homelessness

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after leaving an abusive situation. So it's been important to us to have this

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massive violence advocacy both after something's been reported but even preemptively and you'll

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see again a lot of our cases revolve around some preemptive advocacy work before our crimes

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ever happened

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such as include this slide a little bit specifically highlight the types of cases

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we are seeing the most of as you can see predominantly we're seeing domestic violence assault followed

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by domestic violence order violations.

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I think what's not included in the slide that I think is very important is specifically

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the total number of domestic violence case reports that we took.

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In the last 18 months, and that's what this slide is intended to show is the amount of reported

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crimes over the last 18 months, the Kirkland Police Department took 1,159 case reports

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with a domestic tag associated with them.

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Of those 509 of the cases had reported criminal offenses.

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There was an additional 650 domestic violence cases reported where no identifiable crime occurred,

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but we were still dispatched out there for some sort of domestic disturbance.

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Those can involve verbal arguments that escalate to the point law enforcement of intervention.

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It could be questions about civil parenting plan,

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or one parent's may be manipulating the situation

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through coercive behavior with parenting.

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I think it really highlights the fact that we can't just

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look at arrests and criminal prosecution

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when we're looking at domestic violence advocacy, right?

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It is all encompassing.

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It is about the relationship of the people

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and how they're choosing to treat each other

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and our ability to intervene in that early on.

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I know I'm talking a lot about how great our department

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is that having this advocacy,

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I think really the history of it is what highlights how long we've been doing it and the benefit that our department has brought to this particular area.

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I want to turn over to Deputy Chief Phil Gogan to kind of talk about the historical perspective of our program.

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Thank you.

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So the 1990s.

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Deputy Chief today, microphone.

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I knew it.

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So during the 1990s, rising public awareness of domestic violence brought increasing expectations of how police departments responded to these incidents.

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In 1997, the Kirkman Police Department explored creating a specialized unit dedicated to investigating and following up on misdemeanor domestic violence crimes.

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The proposed model integrated a specifically trained officer, a full-time in-house advocate, and a prosecutor focused exclusively on domestic violence, consolidating their efforts into one coordinated team.

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In 1998, under the support of then chief green, this proposal became reality with the establishment of the Family Violence Unit.

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The unit provided direct support for domestic violence victims and included a full-time DV advocate, replacing the previously part-time advocacy position supplied by King County.

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As the program developed, the Department identified a gap in victim services, services during hours when the advocate was unavailable.

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This led to the creation of the domestic abuse response team or DART, as you may know it, which is a group of community volunteers that are trained to provide wraparound support outside typical business hours.

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DART members complete 40 hours of initial training, followed by an ongoing quarterly training, ensuring that they can offer immediate compassion, assistance to victims, the team itself is managed by our advocate, Shinis.

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So, over the years the family violence student has undergone several evolutions, or began as a unit focused on misdemeanor domestic violence investigations eventually shifted to handling only felony level crimes.

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But more recently, updates within the investigation's division has restored emphasis on misdemeanor domestic violence.

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Violence, with felony responsibilities reassign to major crimes detectives. Bring in the unit's full mission, excuse me, bring in the unit's mission full circle to its original intent.

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So that's the historical perspective. I would like to now turn it over to Shanese so that she can talk about advocacy and the services that she provides to victims in our community.

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Hi, thank you for having us tonight.

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My name is Shini Stossin.

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I'm the Domestic Violence Victim Advocate

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with the Critical Performance Department

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and excuse me if I have to take a couple of drinks

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of water tonight.

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I'm gonna talk about advocacy within the system's base setting.

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My goal isn't to just process a case.

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It's to support a victim throughout the case

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to increase safety and provide access to resources

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is available within the community.

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And important distinction that's my work

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apart as a systems-based advocate.

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That means that I connect with victims.

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My conversations with victims are private,

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but they're not confidential.

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It's something I tell my victims

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and the first conversations I have with them

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and I continue to remind them as our relationship develops.

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For victims, for a confidential advocate,

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I refer them to community-based organizations,

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such as life-wire or DV-hope-line.

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The benefit of my advocacy being system space is that I work side by side with officers and prosecutors to ensure victims voices are heard and they feel empowered and supported by the system.

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I have a similar access level to criminal justice databases as police officers, so I can quickly review probable cause reports and domestic violence supplemental forums, which was referred to in our memo.

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I can also watch a body-worn camera to view initial trauma-informed interview that the officer

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had with the victim, so I can better equip and tailor my call with the victim.

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Because of my work in the PD, I have a deep understanding of the system and have entered

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apart relationships that position me to better support victims through the process.

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One day my work can be focused on the court process and phone contact with multiple victims

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And the next, it could be focused with one victim supported them after it incident occurs at a hospital or at the police department.

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Safety planning is a very important piece that I touch on with every victim, regardless of whether there was an arrest or they deny abuse.

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It's a way for victims to identify what they would do if an incident occurred.

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Another important topic I discuss with victims is understanding the spectrum of abuse.

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I often point to the power and control wheel and let people know that domestic violence isn't just physical abuse.

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I review financial abuse, litigate of abuse, using children to control how isolation from family can make victims more lying on their abuser.

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And I'd like to tell you a story about a time I safety plan with a victim.

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An officer referred a victim to me who was experiencing verbal abuse.

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When we talked, she shared concerns that she had minimized because of their long history together.

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I introduced the idea of safety planning and together we walked through sensible questions.

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I asked, who can you refer to for support? And she said her aunt.

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I said, is there a safe space you can go during arguments?

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She said she goes to take a shower because that gives her time to cool down and time away from her partner.

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I asked, if you ever needed to leave where would you go?

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She said her own house. Together we built a basic safety plan.

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Three months later when I was doing my case and takes, I saw her name up here.

448
00:33:50,020 --> 00:33:53,340
When I call her, she told me that she would use the safety plan we created together.

449
00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:59,020
During an argument, she went to take a shower, while in the shower her partner shut the water off.

450
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:04,800
When she tried to escape the bathroom, he wasn't letting her get out.

451
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:08,360
She asked for her phone to call 911 and he hit her phone.

452
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:16,200
She then grabbed her keys and escaped, she started driving to her own house.

453
00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:20,740
On the way there, officers pulled her over thinking she might be DUI.

454
00:34:21,420 --> 00:34:23,880
Instead, they found her emotional, injured, and scared.

455
00:34:25,300 --> 00:34:30,320
Using trauma-informed interviewing, our officers leaned into what happened and eventually arrested

456
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:34,620
her partner for assault for domestic violence and interfering with reporting to domestic violence.

457
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:37,860
Safety-planned didn't just help her in that moment.

458
00:34:37,860 --> 00:34:41,980
it helps her potentially in what could have been a more serious incident.

459
00:34:46,540 --> 00:34:49,680
Navigating the court process is a very

460
00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:52,900
a space that fills a lot of my time with victims.

461
00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:58,100
It starts with walking victims through first appearance, which is called a

462
00:34:58,100 --> 00:34:59,980
treatment, then the pre-trial phase is...

463
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:08,540
This is when I continue to update victims on the process and this is also when I ask victims how they feel about the case, such as their desired outcome.

464
00:35:09,240 --> 00:35:16,320
Some of those desired outcomes is a potential stipulated order of continuance, or going to take the case to trial.

465
00:35:17,620 --> 00:35:26,560
Before trials are set, a defense interview is usually scheduled. I continue to be a support pillar for the victim, and I attend the interview for support.

466
00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:32,380
If a case is set for trial, I invite the victim to the Kirkland Municipal Court.

467
00:35:32,940 --> 00:35:37,500
I walk them around the courtroom, let them know whether they will sit when they testify,

468
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:41,100
let them know where prosecution and defense sits, and then all of them know we're all

469
00:35:41,100 --> 00:35:43,060
set to be a support bill or during that process.

470
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:48,260
On the day of trial, I sit with the victim from the moment they arrive at the courthouse

471
00:35:48,260 --> 00:35:52,580
to the moment they leave, sometimes that's just sitting in silence, sometimes it's

472
00:35:52,580 --> 00:35:55,940
coloring and sometimes it's talking about their anxieties that they're going to experience

473
00:35:55,940 --> 00:35:57,420
with reliving this trauma.

474
00:36:01,980 --> 00:36:05,740
The voice of every victim matters, even if their wishes are complex.

475
00:36:06,580 --> 00:36:10,320
Building a strong relationship helps me communicate their needs clearly to the prosecutor

476
00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:16,720
by advocating the victim's desired outcome. This could include accountability by way of

477
00:36:16,720 --> 00:36:23,020
a guilty charge or by way of an SOC, the stipulated order of continuance, where the cases dismiss

478
00:36:23,020 --> 00:36:29,020
from the record after a set of number of months, if they abide by the city's recommendations,

479
00:36:29,620 --> 00:36:34,440
In both scenarios, the defendant is likely to be court ordered to complete a domestic violence

480
00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:39,540
or incrementagement course, or, and, or substance use or mental health evaluations.

481
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:44,360
Unfortunately, there are times when the victim doesn't feel like their voice was heard.

482
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:48,300
That could be because the victim won't settle for anything less than a guilty verdict,

483
00:36:48,460 --> 00:36:51,460
or the prosecutor cannot prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt.

484
00:36:52,720 --> 00:36:57,580
Another possibility is that the victim wants the case to be dismissed, but due to the defendant's

485
00:36:57,580 --> 00:37:00,980
past history, the prosecutor won't offer anything less than a plead guilty.

486
00:37:02,020 --> 00:37:03,580
My advocacy doesn't stop there.

487
00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:06,160
I explain why the outcome occurred.

488
00:37:06,580 --> 00:37:08,160
I remind the victim why I'm so

489
00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:12,000
someone that they can lean on for resources and why I'm still there for future support.

490
00:37:16,060 --> 00:37:23,980
Bambaset the KPD allows me daily interactions with officers, detectives, and supervisors who respond to domestic violence-related calls.

491
00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:29,460
This helps me stay connected and make sure that the victim's voice is heard throughout the entire process.

492
00:37:29,460 --> 00:37:36,400
I regularly attend squad briefings, where I teach officers on how to respond to domestic violence related calls.

493
00:37:39,180 --> 00:37:45,720
I also train new officers on the Crocone Police Department's TV protocols before the exit their training phase.

494
00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:48,340
So every officer is equipped before they go on the road.

495
00:37:49,540 --> 00:37:52,480
I also stay connected with law enforcement advocates in the area.

496
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:58,700
other areas that have advocates that sit at the police department or Rinton to Quilla wouldn't

497
00:37:58,700 --> 00:38:04,940
fill in Bellevue. Other agencies around the areas well and that allows me to quickly be able

498
00:38:04,940 --> 00:38:11,100
to share cases that may cross cities and allows us to lean on to each other for support.

499
00:38:12,180 --> 00:38:17,620
This isn't just beneficial to me in a big way. It's beneficial to other agencies and KPD officers

500
00:38:17,620 --> 00:38:20,620
that allows follow-up for shared cases.

501
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:23,720
I also keep an open line of communication

502
00:38:23,720 --> 00:38:26,120
with the King County Protection Order Advocates

503
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:29,460
as I'm able to support domestic finance protection

504
00:38:29,460 --> 00:38:32,900
order applications that stem from Kirkland and beyond

505
00:38:33,180 --> 00:38:35,860
by providing them quick access to police reports.

506
00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:44,500
Interviews often occur before and after arrests.

507
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:47,100
When they occur at our PD, we have a softroom

508
00:38:47,100 --> 00:38:49,480
where victims give their account of what happened

509
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:54,060
and a safe and calm environment, I'm able to sit with the victim and there are also times

510
00:38:54,060 --> 00:38:58,940
when I go out to the victim's home or coffee shop or wherever they feel most safe.

511
00:38:59,220 --> 00:39:04,380
And I'm just a steady presence with the officer is asking them questions about what happened.

512
00:39:05,780 --> 00:39:09,280
On average, it takes seven attempts for a victim to leave their abuser.

513
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:13,900
Because of this, they're often incidents that happen after an arrest is made.

514
00:39:13,900 --> 00:39:26,600
When this occurs, I'm able to give a soft hand over to law enforcement, connect them with a safe environment, making reporting protection order violations and other incidents easier.

515
00:39:31,780 --> 00:39:40,440
The bulk of my conversations I have surrounding protection orders are about domestic violence protection orders, and those are very specific to domestic violence.

516
00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:45,960
But because of the relationships that I've built with officers and detectives at the PD,

517
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:50,540
they also refer to me other people in the community that they encounter that don't have

518
00:39:50,540 --> 00:39:52,900
questions about domestic violence related orders.

519
00:39:53,340 --> 00:39:57,940
They have questions about anti harassment orders or stalking protection orders.

520
00:39:58,560 --> 00:39:59,980
So I am able to connect.

521
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:04,500
The community with resources and a template on how to apply for those orders.

522
00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:27,440
And then I just wanted to quickly highlight the dart program. I actually was a volunteer with dart and became full time through this. So this is how I, even, I'd never knew that a program like this existed and I'm happy that we can still continue this. We currently have three volunteers and we're actively recruiting new volunteers. So we're looking forward to our next class.

523
00:40:29,070 --> 00:40:30,290
So, that's the,

524
00:40:32,460 --> 00:40:34,860
again, that's the conclusion of our presentation.

525
00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:41,940
The last slide here is an actual email from a victim that we got this week and it's a victim that Shenees helped.

526
00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:52,920
And we put this in here because I think this kind of accentuates the importance of having an advocate that is in the station, someone who is compassionate, is willing to help.

527
00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:59,540
But it's also somebody who listens to it. And what's unique about this email here is this is a victim who is thanking

528
00:40:59,540 --> 00:41:05,260
She needs not because the case was adjudicated in her favor, but it was because she needs

529
00:41:05,260 --> 00:41:10,860
to listen to her, her voice was heard with the prosecutor's office and what she wanted

530
00:41:10,860 --> 00:41:14,020
ultimately is what the outcome of this case was.

531
00:41:15,940 --> 00:41:22,640
Thank you, Deputy Chief, Lieutenant, and Shanice, how long have you been with the city then

532
00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:23,340
in this role?

533
00:41:24,060 --> 00:41:27,720
I've been with the city in the full-time position since February of 2025.

534
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:29,640
Thank you.

535
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:38,760
Your presentation is very sobering and I'm very grateful for the work that you do and Kate is back there nodding along with most of your presentation

536
00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:49,620
I'm sure there's a lot of collaboration between all of you. So thank you. Thank you. Council. I know you. I know it's hard to shift gears, but any questions. Deputy Mayor.

537
00:41:51,780 --> 00:41:59,520
Thank you, Madam Mayor. So yeah, thank you. Chief deputy chief Lieutenant Shinis also thanks to Kate.

538
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:08,200
the K-SART team too. Two quick questions, curiosity, more than anything else, especially on this

539
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:14,680
first question. So I've done a right along with our regional crisis response agency and our

540
00:42:14,680 --> 00:42:24,600
mental health professionals who work there and one of our stops was victim advocacy and the type

541
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:30,760
meeting at a coffee shop that you actually described along with a law enforcement officer from KPD.

542
00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:39,320
Can you talk a little bit about the coordination there and any, what type of handoffs happen between

543
00:42:41,500 --> 00:42:49,140
your you and your volunteers and racer? Yes, mental health professionals. Yeah, and I would

544
00:42:49,140 --> 00:42:54,920
actually like to highlight too that one of our mental health professionals actually was also a volunteer

545
00:42:54,920 --> 00:43:00,080
advocate with DART. So that's a cool circle moment too. But yeah, there's a lot of crossover

546
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:04,900
with all areas in the police department, one of those being crossover with mental health resources.

547
00:43:05,780 --> 00:43:12,380
Having that team at hands at PD allows a quick turnaround, maybe if I'll call that I'm having as

548
00:43:12,380 --> 00:43:17,260
escalating, I may be able to quickly put that into the hands of somebody who could better,

549
00:43:17,260 --> 00:43:21,040
better better equipped to answer questions and refer resources.

550
00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:25,060
There's a ton of crossover and really great inner department training.

551
00:43:25,940 --> 00:43:29,080
I've physically walked actually with this one in particular.

552
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:36,260
I physically walked a mom and her son over to connections to get him additional resources once he was released from custody.

553
00:43:36,940 --> 00:43:40,340
So there's a ton of crossover and I hope I answered your question.

554
00:43:40,720 --> 00:43:44,620
No, and I love hearing how all of the different programs initiatives

555
00:43:45,780 --> 00:43:54,540
departments are working together to really break together the full range of services that we need to address these important issues.

556
00:43:54,960 --> 00:44:03,420
Another issue really, again, more curiosity than anything, but I am curious how early in the process and this is a question for the officers as well.

557
00:44:03,420 --> 00:44:13,680
is how early in the process do we usually identify whether there are any particularly dangerous weapons in the home where domestic violence is happening?

558
00:44:14,520 --> 00:44:16,220
Is that one of the first questions?

559
00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:18,060
Happens later on in interviews.

560
00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:22,580
I'm curious, and that would include firearms, but obviously any seriously dangerous weapons.

561
00:44:22,980 --> 00:44:27,520
I can kick it off and then they'll take over on the broader conversation that happens with officers,

562
00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:31,780
but after an arrest is made for any domestic violence related crime,

563
00:44:31,780 --> 00:44:38,340
the officers, you know, not only ask the person who is arrested, if they have weapons in the home, but they'll also ask the victim.

564
00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:48,280
One of the things that judges sign after or at a ratement is a surrender for release of firearms or a non surrender that they have to sign.

565
00:44:49,100 --> 00:44:52,760
So that's that piece, and then I'll let him talk about that.

566
00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:56,160
Yeah, so actually one of the parts of our training packages.

567
00:44:57,280 --> 00:44:59,960
All victims of domestic violence go through a supplement.

568
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:12,120
General interview 4, where we actually talk about prior abuse, and one of the specific questions in there are other weapons in the household, have there been threats, as there are other types of unreported domestic violence.

569
00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:20,360
But we do specifically address that in a written supplemental domestic violence form that actually she needs them seize typically with the intake process as well.

570
00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:28,500
And that information then can get to the prosecutor's office. And specifically, I don't know. And we've actually had numerous situations where somebody might claim they don't have a weapon.

571
00:45:28,500 --> 00:45:30,820
but through that simple mental interview process,

572
00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:31,920
that's actually documented,

573
00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:34,820
we've been able to show that there actually are weapons

574
00:45:34,820 --> 00:45:36,480
in the house and that notice to surrender

575
00:45:36,480 --> 00:45:37,820
does get issued by a judge.

576
00:45:39,260 --> 00:45:41,160
Great, I appreciate that I was just thinking,

577
00:45:41,940 --> 00:45:44,700
just knowing about what we sort of know instinctively

578
00:45:44,700 --> 00:45:47,700
is the course of the impact that having dangerous weapons

579
00:45:47,700 --> 00:45:50,080
in the home has in a domestic bond situation,

580
00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:51,880
even if they're never used,

581
00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:55,080
never even explicitly threatened to be used,

582
00:45:55,440 --> 00:45:57,760
but knowing that there's weapons like that in the home

583
00:45:57,760 --> 00:46:03,580
has a huge impact on the mindset of the victim and that situation.

584
00:46:03,740 --> 00:46:08,700
So I appreciate that we're working hard to identify that as a potential risk early in the process.

585
00:46:09,100 --> 00:46:09,760
Thank you.

586
00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:14,300
Councillor Rufan.

587
00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:15,920
I'm a quick clarification question.

588
00:46:16,140 --> 00:46:19,540
As we know, domestic violence situations can be very messy and complicated.

589
00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:29,840
And I know, in both the racer and KPD violence, I've done, there's been situations in which it's not clear who initiated or, you know, I know very.

590
00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:36,520
basic level, you know, was explained to me some of the state law that a lot of states have about, you know, what the police officers witnessed and who needs to be arrested.

591
00:46:37,060 --> 00:46:40,420
So sometimes it's not perfect, right, because it's so messy.

592
00:46:40,840 --> 00:46:44,800
I think I heard you say a Chinese that you help all parties involved.

593
00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:54,900
So if there's someone who's either could even be a defendant who's potentially also a victim or a potential defendant who's also a victim of domestic abuse in these more complicated situations,

594
00:46:54,900 --> 00:47:07,000
Does that hear that correctly that you're available to all parties involved, or is it just for the victim of when there's charge filed?

595
00:47:09,700 --> 00:47:15,600
Yeah, that's a big question to answer, so it's a case by case basis, definitely.

596
00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:27,860
It's not often that I work across with a different, my primary focus is the victim.

597
00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:32,360
There are familial cases like mother son, father son, etc.

598
00:47:32,980 --> 00:47:35,940
That are really hard to navigate.

599
00:47:36,740 --> 00:47:39,760
And my goal is to support the victim as best that I can.

600
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:43,900
And sometimes that extends giving resources to the person who

601
00:47:43,900 --> 00:47:51,040
cause them harm. It's a gray area and it's not a yes no or this is what I always do but I

602
00:47:51,040 --> 00:47:55,740
definitely make sure that the victim is the person who's controlling how their support is

603
00:47:55,740 --> 00:48:01,120
continued. And then on a side note with your question about specifically victim defendants

604
00:48:01,120 --> 00:48:07,760
that is something unfortunately we see too but that also you know the my role within the police

605
00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:13,880
department has positioned me perfectly to respond to those types of incidents there have been times

606
00:48:13,880 --> 00:48:16,300
And there's not a lot, but there have been times

607
00:48:17,360 --> 00:48:19,700
when defendants are released prior to arrangement

608
00:48:19,700 --> 00:48:22,020
because of a victim-dependent situation.

609
00:48:22,340 --> 00:48:25,740
And I was able to work closely with the prosecutors

610
00:48:25,740 --> 00:48:29,180
and the officers to really evaluate the situation

611
00:48:29,180 --> 00:48:30,680
on a closer level.

612
00:48:32,240 --> 00:48:35,020
So it definitely spans a lot of areas.

613
00:48:35,260 --> 00:48:36,160
Thank you very much.

614
00:48:36,160 --> 00:48:36,440
Yes, definitely.

615
00:48:37,180 --> 00:48:37,720
Thank you.

616
00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:38,380
I'm sorry.

617
00:48:38,580 --> 00:48:41,440
I could ask 10 more questions, but we have to go on to CIP.

618
00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:47,500
So thank you very much for your time for being here tonight and thank you Kate and while also for being here

619
00:48:48,680 --> 00:48:49,540
Thank you

620
00:48:49,540 --> 00:48:51,340
Thank you for having us

621
00:48:55,340 --> 00:49:01,260
So council while we're switching we just want to note that we do note the flickering that's occurring in the screens

622
00:49:01,260 --> 00:49:07,700
We've done it that with IT. They're gonna check it out. I think it's probably a plug related issue, but we'll get that fixed probably by far the next kelp

623
00:49:07,700 --> 00:49:09,980
So thank you

624
00:49:09,980 --> 00:49:15,540
we were all going to tell you, so we are moving on to

625
00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:21,060
preliminary, 2022 732 Capital Improvement Program review.

626
00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:25,640
My question to you is should we test how quickly we could flip over the room

627
00:49:25,640 --> 00:49:29,120
and go a little past 7, how are you feeling about that?

628
00:49:29,720 --> 00:49:32,740
Yeah, I think I think we'll watch the C, because these are different chunks,

629
00:49:32,860 --> 00:49:35,680
we can always break in a certain category and stop and break back

630
00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:39,000
more information, but we might go a little bit late, but we'll see what

631
00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:45,030
about to 10 till. Okay, but the best way to do so. Thank you. All right. So as folks

632
00:49:45,030 --> 00:49:51,070
coming together, this is our first check-in on the CIP. So this session will be seeing this

633
00:49:51,070 --> 00:49:56,070
again in November and then for final action in December, I believe that I'm introducing

634
00:49:56,850 --> 00:49:59,550
Veronica Hill as our kickoff of Zart.

635
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:06,680
Financial Planning supervisor, and she's going to walk us through this with her partners from public works.

636
00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:13,860
Thank you, City Manager. Good evening, Madam Mayor. Deputy Mayor and members of Council.

637
00:50:15,040 --> 00:50:17,720
This is going to get right into it, get a lot to go.

638
00:50:18,600 --> 00:50:26,460
So, in the collective, the CIP is a funding plan for the 2732 program funding in the amount

639
00:50:26,460 --> 00:50:31,480
of $224 million is proposed for the eight CIP programs.

640
00:50:32,340 --> 00:50:33,380
What a pre-knowable question.

641
00:50:35,890 --> 00:50:37,330
Julie, can't hear you, we can.

642
00:50:38,630 --> 00:50:40,150
We're all learning the new systems.

643
00:50:41,490 --> 00:50:43,070
All right, sorry about them.

644
00:50:43,070 --> 00:50:50,590
In some instances, programs are still developing projects and additional updates may be brought back in future sessions.

645
00:50:51,350 --> 00:50:57,530
And the continued development of the operating budget, additional changes may also be identified as well.

646
00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:03,920
What am I doing?

647
00:51:15,860 --> 00:51:16,120
All right.

648
00:51:16,360 --> 00:51:21,160
So on the agenda, we have roughly 44 slides I believe.

649
00:51:21,400 --> 00:51:24,460
So we're going to, again, move as quickly as we can.

650
00:51:24,460 --> 00:51:31,620
But we'll first look at the CIP policy focus review, we'll go over a couple of high-line

651
00:51:31,620 --> 00:51:36,400
at projects here and then start getting into the CIP summaries by program.

652
00:51:40,480 --> 00:51:51,040
So the timeline began in April of this year where Council adopted the CIP priorities resolution.

653
00:51:51,040 --> 00:52:00,500
Since then, programs have been working on their projects and including meetings with finance and CMO.

654
00:52:01,080 --> 00:52:06,440
We are here today on September 1st for our first study session to review the CIP.

655
00:52:07,040 --> 00:52:10,880
We'll return in November and then in December for a final adoption.

656
00:52:16,500 --> 00:52:24,460
So again, the adoption of the priorities framework was through resolution R5726.

657
00:52:24,460 --> 00:52:32,220
These seven guiding principles were followed by programs as they modified and developed existing and new projects.

658
00:52:38,740 --> 00:52:40,240
So how are projects selected?

659
00:52:40,920 --> 00:52:46,580
The SAMP programs developed plans to establish prioritization and ranking of projects.

660
00:52:47,400 --> 00:52:49,880
Plans are updated at various cycles.

661
00:52:50,740 --> 00:52:55,240
The preliminary SAMP aligns with the priorities identified in those plans.

662
00:52:55,240 --> 00:52:59,500
examples of this work will be provided later in the presentation.

663
00:53:04,000 --> 00:53:11,160
In terms of funding sources, the preliminary six-year CIP is based on funding of

664
00:53:11,160 --> 00:53:14,940
224 million allocated across eight program areas.

665
00:53:15,020 --> 00:53:20,300
Those are transportation, three utilities of surface water, water, and sewer,

666
00:53:21,080 --> 00:53:25,440
parks, public safety facilities, and information technology.

667
00:53:25,440 --> 00:53:32,680
For transportation, 83 million is proposed for project support.

668
00:53:33,960 --> 00:53:38,140
Three funding sources provide the majority of support to projects.

669
00:53:38,680 --> 00:53:40,560
Those are reach at 38 million.

670
00:53:41,500 --> 00:53:45,580
Street, levy at 20 million and impact fees at 12 million.

671
00:53:46,340 --> 00:53:50,580
In addition, transportation unsecured grants and other external funding

672
00:53:50,580 --> 00:54:00,440
is represented for the station area at roughly 13 million and again there will be additional coverage of that particular category.

673
00:54:03,540 --> 00:54:12,840
For the three utilities, primarily their funding is supported through system reinvestment through utility rates and connection fees.

674
00:54:12,840 --> 00:54:19,820
That is proposed to complete the South Reservoir project, as well as the use of reserves.

675
00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:25,100
Overall for each utility surface water is funded at 21 million.

676
00:54:25,620 --> 00:54:30,580
Water at 33 million and sewer, excuse me, at 20 million.

677
00:54:33,840 --> 00:54:38,460
For parks, 32 million is proposed funding.

678
00:54:38,460 --> 00:54:48,240
This includes new additional King County Park Levy program through 2031 for a total of 8.3 million.

679
00:54:48,680 --> 00:54:52,700
Park Impact Fees maintain that 1.5 million annually.

680
00:54:53,640 --> 00:54:59,980
2027 also includes a project transfer of 2.1 million in support of the Lee Johnson Fish.

681
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:15,700
Billed Upgrades, and the Peter Kurt Pool. Programs supported primarily through sinking funds, including public safety at 5.3 million facilities at 7.7 million and information technology at 8.2 million.

682
00:55:17,940 --> 00:55:23,500
So real estate exercise tax is a primary source of funding for transportation and parks.

683
00:55:23,960 --> 00:55:31,340
Currently programmed at 11 million, however, in 2026, at this point, trans are suggesting

684
00:55:31,340 --> 00:55:33,720
slightly more than that.

685
00:55:33,780 --> 00:55:37,740
Staff will continue to monitor and will update estimates as needed.

686
00:55:38,780 --> 00:55:45,580
Read is also used to fund maintenance and other priorities such as affordable housing solutions.

687
00:55:48,270 --> 00:55:52,450
In fact, these provide support to transportation and parks.

688
00:55:53,430 --> 00:55:56,370
We're most recently updated in 2025.

689
00:55:57,270 --> 00:56:00,970
Current year-to-date trending however is lower than previous years,

690
00:56:01,250 --> 00:56:06,210
given the volatile nature of this particular funding source,

691
00:56:06,550 --> 00:56:08,450
increases may yet materialize,

692
00:56:08,890 --> 00:56:12,450
staff again are continuing to monitor this for any additional

693
00:56:12,450 --> 00:56:14,910
adjustments going forward.

694
00:56:14,910 --> 00:56:21,850
The preliminary CIP includes 12 million for transportation, 9 million for parks.

695
00:56:22,550 --> 00:56:27,790
The fire impact fees are unprogrammed for the CIP, however they have been used to focus

696
00:56:27,790 --> 00:56:30,010
on apparatus capacity building.

697
00:56:33,530 --> 00:56:38,830
All right, taking a look at a couple of projects, I will take on the first one of Peter

698
00:56:38,830 --> 00:56:39,870
Kurt Pool.

699
00:56:40,250 --> 00:56:44,770
The Peter Kurt Pool will receive the following renovation repair and improvements.

700
00:56:44,770 --> 00:56:52,110
We have the mechanical system upgrade, ADA accessibility upgrades, enlargement of the waiting

701
00:56:52,110 --> 00:56:57,070
pool, addition and the addition of family changing rooms.

702
00:56:57,930 --> 00:57:05,070
On August 5th, Council approved the progressive design build financing structure and the

703
00:57:05,070 --> 00:57:12,750
preliminary CIP includes a 1.8 million project transfer in 2027 and additional funding updates

704
00:57:12,750 --> 00:57:16,270
are currently in review as well.

705
00:57:17,030 --> 00:57:19,390
And at this time, I will pass it on to Jessica

706
00:57:19,390 --> 00:57:23,790
to review the public works, the CIP programs.

707
00:57:24,130 --> 00:57:25,150
Thank you.

708
00:57:25,310 --> 00:57:28,090
Good evening, Madam Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and City Council.

709
00:57:28,830 --> 00:57:32,830
I'll kick our section off with a review of the South Reservoir Replacement.

710
00:57:33,430 --> 00:57:39,130
Our current reservoir is about 11.2 million dollar storage tank built in 1971,

711
00:57:39,590 --> 00:57:41,990
jointly owned by Bellevue Redmond and Kirkland.

712
00:57:41,990 --> 00:57:46,950
This project will be replacing the reservoir with a 15 million

713
00:57:46,950 --> 00:57:52,370
gallant concrete reservoir designed and constructed to current seismic standards and

714
00:57:52,370 --> 00:57:54,270
international building code.

715
00:57:54,790 --> 00:58:00,870
In May we did receive a 30% design and you'll see in the table on the slide, the current

716
00:58:00,870 --> 00:58:09,190
funding in the CIP is 38.1 million and at 30% design it did jump to 44.7 million dollars.

717
00:58:09,190 --> 00:58:15,950
That's an increase of about 6.7 of which Kirkland's portion is 2.9 million.

718
00:58:16,690 --> 00:58:21,610
There's several factors due to this increase, a more aggressive inflation factor given

719
00:58:21,610 --> 00:58:22,970
the current market.

720
00:58:23,730 --> 00:58:30,150
The Estimore excuse me, the reservoir cost itself was increased, updated seismic design

721
00:58:30,150 --> 00:58:37,710
from the 21 to 24 building code, for example, requirements for thicker walls, more rebar

722
00:58:37,710 --> 00:58:44,210
increased height of the walls, etc. There's also a refined, we refined the quantity

723
00:58:44,210 --> 00:58:49,930
estimation, excuse me, estimation from pre-designed to 30% and an increase in

724
00:58:49,930 --> 00:58:55,630
mobilization. You will, or Council will receive an update on the utility rates on

725
00:58:55,630 --> 00:59:01,110
September 15th and in our proposed scenario there is a $12.5 million that

726
00:59:02,450 --> 00:59:09,830
issuance. A site effort staff has completed in application for the Public Works Board program.

727
00:59:10,390 --> 00:59:15,970
This is for $10 million. The intent behind this is there are more favorable loan terms.

728
00:59:17,170 --> 00:59:22,130
So it would be an either or a combination of should we be successful on that front. We

729
00:59:22,130 --> 00:59:28,130
would reduce the debt issuance. I will note that Bellevue and Redmond are kept in the loop

730
00:59:28,130 --> 00:59:34,030
on this project and we do give updates at the Joint Board meetings.

731
00:59:35,210 --> 00:59:37,090
Any questions on this?

732
00:59:37,330 --> 00:59:38,610
Right move on.

733
00:59:38,810 --> 00:59:39,790
I see that.

734
00:59:42,110 --> 00:59:42,590
All right.

735
00:59:43,230 --> 00:59:45,670
So we will kick off with transportation.

736
00:59:46,410 --> 00:59:50,170
There are maps included in your slides for each of these sections.

737
00:59:50,750 --> 00:59:54,450
The only reason there's two for transportation is there's just so many projects.

738
00:59:54,450 --> 00:59:57,550
So we separated by the program.

739
00:59:58,470 --> 00:59:59,970
and I will dive right into...

740
01:00:04,620 --> 01:00:23,360
So to kick us off, I believe there were some questions about how projects are prioritized and scored and how do they get into the CIP. So on the left hand side is a list of high-level prioritization criteria that's included in the TSP.

741
01:00:23,360 --> 01:00:30,220
These also have many other components that go beyond these items listed here, but just to

742
01:00:30,220 --> 01:00:35,740
give an example, safety, transportation maintenance, equity, these different items are given

743
01:00:35,740 --> 01:00:41,680
a score, and ultimately given an overall score for the project as it's ranked in the

744
01:00:41,680 --> 01:00:42,020
TSP.

745
01:00:43,760 --> 01:00:51,400
As far as the CIP selection itself, we have the 20-year fiscally constrained list from the TSP, and

746
01:00:51,400 --> 01:00:53,800
that's what makes up our current unfunded lists

747
01:00:53,800 --> 01:00:55,540
on the transportation CIP.

748
01:00:57,240 --> 01:01:00,620
So for selection criteria for which projects we propose

749
01:01:00,620 --> 01:01:03,660
into the CIP, we look at a number of factors.

750
01:01:03,820 --> 01:01:07,060
So project readiness, how accurate is the description?

751
01:01:07,920 --> 01:01:09,340
How accurate are the costs?

752
01:01:09,860 --> 01:01:12,700
We often do gamble walks where we go out to the sites

753
01:01:12,700 --> 01:01:13,520
with the stakeholders.

754
01:01:13,720 --> 01:01:15,140
Is it ready to move forward?

755
01:01:15,760 --> 01:01:17,980
Are there other components such as utilities,

756
01:01:18,360 --> 01:01:20,980
outside coordination, existing equipment,

757
01:01:20,980 --> 01:01:24,680
all kinds of different components that we would want to evaluate.

758
01:01:26,400 --> 01:01:33,920
There's also the size of the project and the estimated cost versus the projected revenues in the CIP capacity.

759
01:01:35,540 --> 01:01:40,040
We also look at efficiency in the balance of the projects.

760
01:01:40,380 --> 01:01:46,300
It may be that there's other projects in the area and it's an efficiency to do them at the same time

761
01:01:46,300 --> 01:01:49,480
or there's too many projects in the area and we'll come back to that later.

762
01:01:49,480 --> 01:01:56,140
So, lots of different things that we assess, the projects that we present tonight, if Council

763
01:01:56,140 --> 01:02:00,320
would like more options that go beyond what we've presented, then we'd be happy to bring

764
01:02:00,320 --> 01:02:02,900
more options back at the November Study session.

765
01:02:03,760 --> 01:02:04,280
Thank you.

766
01:02:04,600 --> 01:02:05,160
Councillor Repescal.

767
01:02:07,320 --> 01:02:08,440
Thank you.

768
01:02:09,360 --> 01:02:15,560
My question, this isn't a new question for me, something I've asked in the past, but we've

769
01:02:15,560 --> 01:02:19,340
change, we fundamentally change the structure of the SAP where we've gone from a project

770
01:02:19,340 --> 01:02:26,360
by project, my item to a program, my item, save routes to school, after transportation

771
01:02:26,360 --> 01:02:29,480
improvements, safety improvements, so forth.

772
01:02:30,960 --> 01:02:35,440
And so the question, and this is a question I get from the community quite a bit, is how do

773
01:02:35,440 --> 01:02:41,240
we take that program funding and obligate it to specific projects because the SAP no longer

774
01:02:41,240 --> 01:02:45,040
includes those specific projects that are contained in the plants, it's a long list.

775
01:02:46,840 --> 01:02:51,940
So just I understand that this is a criteria, this is a selection criteria, we're talking

776
01:02:51,940 --> 01:03:00,060
to very abstract here, walk us through in some examples of how you got from these 20 projects

777
01:03:00,060 --> 01:03:03,820
to select these two projects that we're going to now implement.

778
01:03:04,060 --> 01:03:05,400
That's what I'd like to see.

779
01:03:05,400 --> 01:03:12,200
I like to actually kind of see that how you actually do your, you know, selection.

780
01:03:12,760 --> 01:03:18,420
So to speak, I understand the priorities and the criteria you're using, but bring some transparency to that.

781
01:03:18,420 --> 01:03:20,260
That's what I'm looking for.

782
01:03:20,640 --> 01:03:21,480
Thank you for the questions.

783
01:03:22,060 --> 01:03:22,800
I don't have my name tags.

784
01:03:23,000 --> 01:03:25,260
It'll seem to do a conversation manager with public works.

785
01:03:26,420 --> 01:03:28,600
One of the things that we're doing because these are newer programs.

786
01:03:28,760 --> 01:03:33,560
We're exploring all the projects in the TSP list that relate to each of those programs.

787
01:03:33,560 --> 01:03:38,260
So for greenways, we're looking at this specific greenway projects, or for sidewalk funding,

788
01:03:38,300 --> 01:03:41,540
we're looking at specifically the sidewalk projects in the TSP list.

789
01:03:42,100 --> 01:03:47,920
And using the TSP criteria similar to this, we're taking the top scored, and then we're

790
01:03:47,920 --> 01:03:53,900
working through similar criteria in terms of within the program funding, is it ready to go?

791
01:03:53,940 --> 01:03:58,960
Are there other utility costs, or are there relocated, so we need to consider, is there anything

792
01:03:58,960 --> 01:04:01,020
else in terms of project readiness?

793
01:04:01,020 --> 01:04:05,420
And so, very similar process to this will be applying to the programs as well.

794
01:04:07,000 --> 01:04:13,060
Yeah, so I guess, I mean, my ass are when you come back, be walk us through some of that.

795
01:04:13,520 --> 01:04:18,580
I would, or if I'm the only one that has this question, I'd like to maybe, we can have a conversation,

796
01:04:18,860 --> 01:04:24,800
I'd love to see that, and then too, how is that shared?

797
01:04:24,860 --> 01:04:30,220
How can we kind of share that or daylight that with the community and say, hey, you know, we have

798
01:04:30,220 --> 01:04:35,060
150,000 funded for school walk-out projects for next year.

799
01:04:36,900 --> 01:04:41,460
How can we then say, hey, we've gone through our list, these are the next two projects

800
01:04:41,460 --> 01:04:43,200
that we're going to build next year.

801
01:04:43,840 --> 01:04:47,860
We're going to take that money and we're going to, how can before we actually start the

802
01:04:47,860 --> 01:04:50,680
design on those, like, how can that be shared?

803
01:04:51,020 --> 01:04:52,960
Because that's the question I get from folks.

804
01:04:53,720 --> 01:04:59,080
Because we'll make the decision, we'll get 30% through, and then we'll be, like, asked

805
01:04:59,080 --> 01:04:59,960
for input and input.

806
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:11,740
People like why did you do that project as opposed to that other one that was a high priority? That's kind of that. That's what I think would be helpful because in the past the CIP would set the actual project.

807
01:05:12,140 --> 01:05:24,400
So we'd have that discussion now in the community way in because they'd see the project list. That's not the case anymore in terms of obligating the money to a specific project. That's what I've been asking for.

808
01:05:25,360 --> 01:05:38,140
I think we'll probably want to discuss a little bit more of like in future CIPOKs if we want to walk through that process or what's selected or is that something we just kind of present to you on a regular basis with the CIP?

809
01:05:39,020 --> 01:05:41,620
Yeah, and I'm not asking for a debate on all of that.

810
01:05:41,620 --> 01:05:44,340
Right, I'm asking just more for that information to be shared.

811
01:05:44,860 --> 01:05:53,360
Yeah, I don't, I mean maybe others do, but it's not about debating the projects that's about kind of hey, this is how we got there before we actually start

812
01:05:53,360 --> 01:05:58,240
because if there was something that we saw that was questionable or whatever, you know,

813
01:05:58,600 --> 01:06:00,740
the public could weigh in on that.

814
01:06:00,740 --> 01:06:01,660
Thank you.

815
01:06:01,880 --> 01:06:04,780
I have a follow-up before we move on.

816
01:06:04,920 --> 01:06:07,720
Steven, you just said the project score.

817
01:06:08,560 --> 01:06:14,420
Is that, I noticed in the packet that SAP score, but there was no definition with the SAP

818
01:06:14,420 --> 01:06:22,820
score, is it the, the TSP or the, it said SAP score at the packet.

819
01:06:22,820 --> 01:06:26,920
for some of the transportation projects and I wasn't familiar with that term.

820
01:06:27,100 --> 01:06:31,460
There might be with the stationary plan for SAP. Was it those?

821
01:06:31,580 --> 01:06:34,200
It had a score on it. Okay, I don't have the packet.

822
01:06:34,620 --> 01:06:36,580
I'll look at it. Thank you.

823
01:06:36,800 --> 01:06:39,800
Anybody else have a question on transportation?

824
01:06:42,260 --> 01:06:43,060
Okay, go ahead Jessica.

825
01:06:45,060 --> 01:06:50,260
I think the SAP number was referring to the project identifier in the TSP plan.

826
01:06:50,260 --> 01:06:54,720
So if you see SAP 10 after a number, that's what it's referring to that.

827
01:06:55,080 --> 01:06:55,480
So, okay.

828
01:06:55,620 --> 01:06:56,080
Other than that.

829
01:06:56,240 --> 01:06:59,960
Because I thought it was this TSP prior toization criteria.

830
01:07:00,200 --> 01:07:01,080
So, it wasn't clear.

831
01:07:01,920 --> 01:07:02,120
Okay.

832
01:07:02,260 --> 01:07:02,920
Thank you.

833
01:07:05,960 --> 01:07:06,380
Okay.

834
01:07:06,380 --> 01:07:06,800
Oh, Deputy Mayor.

835
01:07:07,080 --> 01:07:07,760
Thank you very much.

836
01:07:07,760 --> 01:07:07,820
Thank you very much.

837
01:07:12,860 --> 01:07:13,900
Thank you.

838
01:07:13,900 --> 01:07:19,020
Thank you.

839
01:07:19,020 --> 01:07:21,900
Thank you.

840
01:07:21,900 --> 01:07:23,880
And I'll ask my question later.

841
01:07:24,180 --> 01:07:24,900
Okay, go ahead, Jessica.

842
01:07:27,810 --> 01:07:29,730
A number of these are more housekeeping in nature

843
01:07:29,730 --> 01:07:31,950
that have been in front of Council before.

844
01:07:32,130 --> 01:07:36,250
So I'll try to go a little more quickly through these two new projects.

845
01:07:36,430 --> 01:07:38,810
The Crack and Ice Flex parking lot improvements.

846
01:07:39,230 --> 01:07:42,990
Council approved funding in March for 365,000.

847
01:07:43,030 --> 01:07:45,310
This is the balance needed to complete this project.

848
01:07:45,730 --> 01:07:48,110
And we are taking funding from the state preservation

849
01:07:48,110 --> 01:07:50,230
parent projects to fund that.

850
01:07:50,630 --> 01:07:52,970
Central Way also came before Council recently.

851
01:07:52,970 --> 01:08:00,110
this is acknowledging the 1.5 million TIB award as well as the transfer of 1.38 million

852
01:08:00,110 --> 01:08:01,790
from the TPD contingency.

853
01:08:05,740 --> 01:08:09,260
These are the two new transportation projects that we are proposing

854
01:08:09,260 --> 01:08:15,500
for the outer years in 31 and 32. I use the term placeholder only because these are very early

855
01:08:15,500 --> 01:08:21,480
conceptual cost estimates and the project will require full scoping and set up to produce an

856
01:08:21,480 --> 01:08:28,280
cost estimate. We have six and northeast 85th street as well as six in Kirkland way

857
01:08:28,280 --> 01:08:34,740
protected intersections. We're adding 3.5 million in 2031, and then 2.5

858
01:08:34,740 --> 01:08:38,680
million in 2032. These are the only two projects that we're adding in

859
01:08:38,680 --> 01:08:43,900
outer years. Based on the criteria described in the slide earlier, these

860
01:08:43,900 --> 01:08:50,010
projects aligned with a high TSP score, project readiness and alignment with the

861
01:08:50,010 --> 01:08:56,050
availability in the CIP and those years. Any questions on these two? Deputy Mayor?

862
01:08:56,930 --> 01:09:02,390
This is the best point in which I can ask this question. So this is the question I was going

863
01:09:02,390 --> 01:09:08,110
to ask a moment ago. I see these two projects, and I think a couple of the projects that are

864
01:09:08,110 --> 01:09:15,950
intersection related projects, appreciate seeing these moved up into the funded. I see 2031,

865
01:09:15,950 --> 01:09:19,310
I'm like, God, and then I realized 20-31's actually five years from now.

866
01:09:23,190 --> 01:09:26,950
But on one of the previous slides, we don't need to go back, but on one of the previous slides,

867
01:09:27,030 --> 01:09:31,930
one of the criteria is sort of land use and growth, and one of the things we've talked

868
01:09:31,930 --> 01:09:39,130
to a lot about is planning ahead for what we expect, you know, we're doing land use planning,

869
01:09:39,190 --> 01:09:43,890
we're doing zoning, we're expecting growth in certain areas, we're expecting, we should

870
01:09:43,890 --> 01:09:48,470
be expecting that to have impacts on, particularly on intersections, and one need to make

871
01:09:48,470 --> 01:09:53,890
sure that we are prioritizing intersections that we suspect or strongly suspect or

872
01:09:53,890 --> 01:09:56,970
can model will be problem intersections.

873
01:09:57,550 --> 01:09:59,970
So, I see this and I think, okay, this is-

874
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:15,280
This is reflecting some of that conversation. Is that fair? This is reflecting some of that conversation. You heard not just from me, but from other members our council that we want to make sure we're thinking about our future trouble intersections for lack of a better term and planning ahead.

875
01:10:16,000 --> 01:10:25,640
Yes, that's correct. And when for specifically the TSP prioritization, weight was given for the denser areas of curriculum where we are wanting to plan for more growth.

876
01:10:26,300 --> 01:10:27,700
All right. All right. Thank you.

877
01:10:27,700 --> 01:10:29,120
Thank you.

878
01:10:29,300 --> 01:10:29,880
Go ahead, Jessica.

879
01:10:35,340 --> 01:10:37,120
Are returning to the funded CIP?

880
01:10:37,500 --> 01:10:42,980
These were the annual sidewalk maintenance program at $100,000 a year, and they

881
01:10:42,980 --> 01:10:46,820
safer routes to school program at $550,000 a year.

882
01:10:47,240 --> 01:10:53,740
The understanding when we started the TIP, excuse me, TBD, was that these would be repurposed

883
01:10:53,740 --> 01:10:58,600
for the six years, and then they would resume annual funding in 2029, and that's what you'll

884
01:10:58,600 --> 01:10:59,940
see in this year's CIP.

885
01:11:01,040 --> 01:11:07,300
The second project we have changed the Northeast 128 streets, non-motorized improvements,

886
01:11:08,260 --> 01:11:15,860
$986,000 from secured to unsecured. This was a PSRC grant we received in 2024.

887
01:11:17,180 --> 01:11:22,100
Part of the, I guess, negotiating and getting that grant was that we moved the funding up to

888
01:11:23,000 --> 01:11:26,660
And unfortunately we weren't able to meet the obligation requirements.

889
01:11:27,240 --> 01:11:32,960
However, we have been in discussion with PSRC and they have encouraged us to reapply when their program opens.

890
01:11:33,440 --> 01:11:42,680
Typically it is in even years, but given they are trying to better align their criteria with the new federal administration.

891
01:11:43,100 --> 01:11:51,120
And so they don't have a program open this year, but we'll continue to watch that and check in with Curtain Council about applying for federal funds when that is opened.

892
01:11:54,250 --> 01:12:00,430
I just want to take one moment to talk about the unsecured stationary plan mechanism

893
01:12:00,430 --> 01:12:08,470
section of the CIP. This is a section that was added with the 2328 CIP. It's on the

894
01:12:08,470 --> 01:12:12,910
funded list but it's projects that were assumed to be completed through developer funding.

895
01:12:13,630 --> 01:12:19,490
However, we do feel that these projects remain a priority despite the development not occurring.

896
01:12:20,410 --> 01:12:28,170
In the 2025 to 30CIP process, we set aside $10 million in funding made up of transportation

897
01:12:28,170 --> 01:12:33,790
impact fees and reach, and the purpose of this was if we determined that any of the projects

898
01:12:33,790 --> 01:12:38,810
in this section would need to be built despite development not occurring that we would have

899
01:12:38,810 --> 01:12:40,730
funding to do so.

900
01:12:40,910 --> 01:12:43,630
So I will jump to the next slide.

901
01:12:44,470 --> 01:12:47,410
We've been working closely with Steven and his team.

902
01:12:47,810 --> 01:12:50,650
We did a review of the projects in that category.

903
01:12:51,210 --> 01:12:55,250
And are proposing to move NMC 1-010-7th Avenue,

904
01:12:56,570 --> 01:13:00,630
87th Street to the funded list and using some of the funding

905
01:13:00,630 --> 01:13:01,930
from that project.

906
01:13:02,990 --> 01:13:04,370
There's a couple of reasons.

907
01:13:04,930 --> 01:13:07,770
We have one project in the map you can see.

908
01:13:07,970 --> 01:13:11,070
On the left is the project we're proposing on 7th Avenue

909
01:13:11,070 --> 01:13:19,630
On the right, the red project is the mini roundabout, or as we reference it, the pickup drop off to the bus rapid transit station.

910
01:13:20,690 --> 01:13:33,770
So there's some efficiencies we can gain by completing this project at the same time, which is currently in design, they could be better coordinated and reduce future construction impacts.

911
01:13:35,090 --> 01:13:36,450
questions here.

912
01:13:38,730 --> 01:13:39,250
Go ahead.

913
01:13:45,510 --> 01:13:49,430
Let's see. So we have one-twenty-second avenue north

914
01:13:49,430 --> 01:13:54,890
these 70th Street. Sorry, this slide is highlighting a few pending external

915
01:13:54,890 --> 01:14:00,470
opportunities that we're waiting to get word on. This project is estimated at

916
01:14:00,470 --> 01:14:05,610
$6.2 million. We have a grant application to the Highway Safety Improvement

917
01:14:05,610 --> 01:14:08,030
program for $3.3 million.

918
01:14:09,050 --> 01:14:12,810
This application does represent the shortfall on this project.

919
01:14:13,470 --> 01:14:15,410
So should we not be successful on this one,

920
01:14:15,550 --> 01:14:18,350
we will be returning in November to discuss next steps

921
01:14:18,350 --> 01:14:19,450
for this project.

922
01:14:20,730 --> 01:14:23,750
The trail connection it we need to drive in one 30 seconds.

923
01:14:24,130 --> 01:14:27,950
We have submitted a grant application for $200,000 for design

924
01:14:28,490 --> 01:14:33,510
through the RCO planning for recreation access grant program.

925
01:14:33,510 --> 01:14:38,250
And lastly, we have 90th Avenue Northeast Bike and Pad Improvements.

926
01:14:38,250 --> 01:14:39,850
This is a TVD project.

927
01:14:40,710 --> 01:14:45,830
This great application also represents an application for the shortfall on the project.

928
01:14:46,630 --> 01:14:49,350
Our application is for 450,000.

929
01:14:49,970 --> 01:14:51,790
We will find out in November.

930
01:14:53,090 --> 01:14:58,010
And I will just note that staff is returning on September 15th for a very thorough discussion

931
01:14:58,010 --> 01:14:59,970
on all things TVD current staff.

932
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:03,000
Council on the program in financials.

933
01:15:04,060 --> 01:15:04,820
Councillor Foucle.

934
01:15:05,620 --> 01:15:05,960
Thank you, madam.

935
01:15:06,180 --> 01:15:06,980
Well, thank you for this.

936
01:15:07,200 --> 01:15:07,780
This is really helpful.

937
01:15:08,880 --> 01:15:11,080
I have a question before that.

938
01:15:11,200 --> 01:15:12,140
I just have a couple of comments.

939
01:15:12,660 --> 01:15:15,020
I agree with Councillor Pascals earlier.

940
01:15:15,220 --> 01:15:19,620
Question about having just a little bit more of like walking us through the process of selection.

941
01:15:19,880 --> 01:15:25,680
Maybe there's an example, an example like subsection of one of the topics that we could kind of talk through.

942
01:15:25,740 --> 01:15:27,940
You know, how those selections were made.

943
01:15:27,940 --> 01:15:30,980
that might be helpful just to talk to your practical example.

944
01:15:32,120 --> 01:15:34,880
I also just want to mention, I didn't want to interrupt at the time,

945
01:15:35,400 --> 01:15:36,920
but thank you for including it wasn't on the slide,

946
01:15:36,980 --> 01:15:37,780
but it was in the memo.

947
01:15:38,760 --> 01:15:42,000
And adult size changing cable at the Peter Kirkpool improvements.

948
01:15:42,080 --> 01:15:43,060
Thank you for that.

949
01:15:43,360 --> 01:15:45,600
I know that's something that a little bit of a squeaky wheel.

950
01:15:45,700 --> 01:15:49,740
I know it's something we agree with our values of being inclusive and accessible.

951
01:15:50,020 --> 01:15:52,400
So I just wanted to thank you very much for including that in the memo.

952
01:15:53,160 --> 01:15:57,640
And then my question is, you know, I'm always impressed by the size and complexity of the

953
01:15:57,640 --> 01:15:57,920
CIP.

954
01:15:58,040 --> 01:15:59,240
There's a lot of projects there.

955
01:15:59,300 --> 01:16:03,500
Some of the titles, it's not always clear what we're currently going to be working on

956
01:16:04,540 --> 01:16:07,440
for me as a council member, right, and also for the community.

957
01:16:07,980 --> 01:16:11,820
Some of these projects, including the trail connection at one need to drive 130 second.

958
01:16:12,220 --> 01:16:15,620
I mean, I remember going on walk along, even before I was on council.

959
01:16:15,960 --> 01:16:20,940
Like, you know, a decade or more, go with community members and city staff, as well as during my time on council.

960
01:16:20,940 --> 01:16:29,480
And there's a lot of potential projects that have been discussed at that site and they're all for like different things that could be a school walk route thing it could be a bridge

961
01:16:29,480 --> 01:16:37,000
It could be a you know an intersection improvement whether it be around about or or a traffic light it could be a RFB so just for those

962
01:16:38,140 --> 01:16:43,280
Listening out there and there's a lot of interest in this I live in the Finholy Bridge. So I hear about this intersectional.

963
01:16:43,920 --> 01:16:48,380
Can you clarify what our plans are with this specific CIP item?

964
01:16:53,440 --> 01:17:06,260
the trail or the crossing. I'm sorry. The item that's on here that's listed as the trail. I know there are various pieces. I just want folks to understand what we're applying for funding grant funding specifically for.

965
01:17:06,260 --> 01:17:07,400
Sorry for this, I'll do.

966
01:17:07,980 --> 01:17:11,220
So the project is fully funded.

967
01:17:11,300 --> 01:17:15,280
This was an opportunity that we saw that was for a recreation program

968
01:17:15,280 --> 01:17:19,380
that funds up to $200,000 for the design.

969
01:17:19,540 --> 01:17:22,660
So it was an opportunity for us to go after additional funding

970
01:17:22,660 --> 01:17:27,720
for to go through to really plan out what that improvement will be.

971
01:17:27,740 --> 01:17:28,100
Specifically.

972
01:17:28,100 --> 01:17:28,500
Thank you.

973
01:17:28,500 --> 01:17:29,860
So that's to get from the neighborhood,

974
01:17:30,040 --> 01:17:33,100
and where there's already a trail up into wanting to drive.

975
01:17:33,100 --> 01:17:37,760
like there's the stream there but it doesn't include a crossing as that correct us want to make sure

976
01:17:37,760 --> 01:17:41,920
that how we're how we're defining a trail that the community understands what's meant by that.

977
01:17:42,220 --> 01:17:49,060
So the project as is we'll connect the east side, the west side of Juanita Drive to Juanita Drive

978
01:17:49,060 --> 01:17:55,160
because we saw a lot of people coming that way. So there would be a bridge over the creek there

979
01:17:55,160 --> 01:18:02,680
that connects the from the other side the trail to when we get to Juanita Drive.

980
01:18:03,100 --> 01:18:06,100
at Juanita Drive, there's another TBD project

981
01:18:06,680 --> 01:18:10,100
that will do the crossing of the Juanita Drive.

982
01:18:10,240 --> 01:18:15,140
Currently, it is scoped as an RFB project.

983
01:18:16,660 --> 01:18:19,640
And when we do this project, the TBD project

984
01:18:20,700 --> 01:18:23,800
will be executed or constructed at the same time

985
01:18:23,800 --> 01:18:24,820
as a trade project.

986
01:18:25,060 --> 01:18:25,560
Thank you.

987
01:18:25,560 --> 01:18:27,440
And I know there's folks in the Fin-Honeverhood Alliance

988
01:18:27,440 --> 01:18:29,740
in the neighborhood who are tracking this

989
01:18:29,740 --> 01:18:32,500
because at a recent Fin-Honeverhood Alliance morning meeting,

990
01:18:32,500 --> 01:18:39,120
It was presented that we may be looking at a lighted intersection there, rather than an RFB.

991
01:18:39,340 --> 01:18:42,780
So I just want to manage expectations for the public, right?

992
01:18:42,780 --> 01:18:48,460
That's still being considered as currently sought as an RFB, but that may or may not be the best.

993
01:18:48,600 --> 01:18:49,240
That's gross.

994
01:18:49,460 --> 01:18:50,560
It's still in conversation.

995
01:18:50,740 --> 01:18:51,600
Thank you very much.

996
01:18:57,580 --> 01:19:01,280
And this is my last slide on transportation, just highlighting the two projects.

997
01:19:02,140 --> 01:19:06,700
These were two opportunities for funding for recent higher priorities,

998
01:19:06,700 --> 01:19:12,380
including the LDS Church Purchase and the Lee Johnson Field Central Way Project.

999
01:19:12,680 --> 01:19:15,420
So these will be removed from the funded list.

1000
01:19:17,890 --> 01:19:20,530
Shall I continue on to surface water please?

1001
01:19:22,780 --> 01:19:23,300
All right.

1002
01:19:23,460 --> 01:19:25,820
Here's a map of acresunded surface water projects.

1003
01:19:26,040 --> 01:19:26,500
Thank you, Steve.

1004
01:19:28,700 --> 01:19:30,920
We have two new surface water projects.

1005
01:19:31,400 --> 01:19:34,980
The Northeast 106 storm facility improvements.

1006
01:19:36,900 --> 01:19:40,700
This project is programmed in outer years at $4.2 million.

1007
01:19:41,180 --> 01:19:51,640
And we'll give my caveat again that this project does need to be sculpted and fully set up so that we can evaluate the actual budget and we'll come back with adjustments as needed.

1008
01:19:52,240 --> 01:19:58,920
High Woodland Stormwater Management in year 145th, this move to the funded list as a result of a grant application.

1009
01:20:00,560 --> 01:20:11,580
We have several components here. It's estimated at $3 million. We were successful in receiving a $425,000 grant from the Ecology Stormwater Assistance Program.

1010
01:20:12,460 --> 01:20:26,680
That's for the design phase. We have 2.6 million as unsecured in 2028 for construction. However, we have also submitted a secondary application to a different Ecology Program for the full scope of the project at $3 million.

1011
01:20:27,840 --> 01:20:32,200
We applied for that when we didn't think we were successful on the first one and then something

1012
01:20:32,200 --> 01:20:34,920
shifted and we received funds after all.

1013
01:20:35,800 --> 01:20:36,720
Excuse me.

1014
01:20:37,380 --> 01:20:41,980
So we'll see where the college lay and then we'll have some adjustments on which funding we

1015
01:20:41,980 --> 01:20:43,040
received for that.

1016
01:20:43,240 --> 01:20:44,040
I'm in the long run.

1017
01:20:48,140 --> 01:20:48,440
All right.

1018
01:20:48,600 --> 01:20:52,580
For modified projects, this is really just a housekeeping.

1019
01:20:52,980 --> 01:20:56,800
We're shifting funding from this project to our annual aging and failing program.

1020
01:20:56,800 --> 01:21:01,740
This is the better coordinate with work that just kicked off this Monday at the Evergreen Hospital.

1021
01:21:03,060 --> 01:21:11,800
Also, the three projects mentioned below that no change in bottom line of budget just changes in timing or allocation between years to help us balance CIP.

1022
01:21:13,600 --> 01:21:25,620
A couple external funding updates, homes point drive, the total project budgets 1.9, we are waiting notification of a King County flood district grant for $500,000.

1023
01:21:25,620 --> 01:21:33,040
This would be in addition and that would result in a spring of that project funding of local funding.

1024
01:21:34,540 --> 01:21:36,420
The Crack and Stormwater Discovery Park.

1025
01:21:36,520 --> 01:21:41,080
This would be a sub project of the Houghton Park and Ride Stormwater facility.

1026
01:21:41,720 --> 01:21:49,960
This is a bit more of a funding to provide a fun interaction with the vaults and give an education piece to the public,

1027
01:21:49,980 --> 01:21:53,080
where they can interact and learn more about what it is.

1028
01:21:53,080 --> 01:21:56,860
This is a pending water work grant at $150,000.

1029
01:21:57,560 --> 01:22:00,200
Really all of these grants say they'll be notified in fall,

1030
01:22:00,460 --> 01:22:03,040
so hopefully we'll know at least some of these before

1031
01:22:03,040 --> 01:22:04,660
the November steady session.

1032
01:22:06,600 --> 01:22:10,420
And lastly, we added two new projects to this surface water

1033
01:22:10,420 --> 01:22:15,080
unfunded list, the 116 storm improvement project,

1034
01:22:15,300 --> 01:22:18,480
added to the flooding category at 3.1 million,

1035
01:22:19,020 --> 01:22:20,840
and then the 110th pipe installation.

1036
01:22:20,840 --> 01:22:24,600
and this is for our infrastructure category at $305,000.

1037
01:22:25,540 --> 01:22:27,840
That's my last slide for Surface Water.

1038
01:22:28,160 --> 01:22:29,060
Thank you.

1039
01:22:29,540 --> 01:22:30,220
I'll tell you any questions.

1040
01:22:31,720 --> 01:22:32,400
All right.

1041
01:22:34,360 --> 01:22:36,080
All right, we're going along to water.

1042
01:22:39,720 --> 01:22:42,980
I just want to highlight quickly that the water system plan

1043
01:22:42,980 --> 01:22:45,080
or WSP is currently underway.

1044
01:22:45,400 --> 01:22:47,200
We've seen glimpses of the CIP portion,

1045
01:22:47,400 --> 01:22:48,540
but it's not ready yet.

1046
01:22:49,000 --> 01:22:53,220
So what we have based the CIP on is current priorities based

1047
01:22:53,220 --> 01:22:59,360
previous plans and based on the information that we have today. We've done our best to inflate costs,

1048
01:22:59,520 --> 01:23:04,280
but many of these projects have not gone through a full setup and we expect that we'll have many

1049
01:23:04,280 --> 01:23:08,760
changes coming forward in future CIPs as the WSP is brought forward.

1050
01:23:12,330 --> 01:23:13,610
I won't go into too much

1051
01:23:13,610 --> 01:23:20,670
details about these. These are the four water projects that we are proposing supply station S2 for

1052
01:23:20,670 --> 01:23:25,430
2.3 million and 2930 emergency normal supply.

1053
01:23:26,050 --> 01:23:29,190
Well, this is a feasibility study for 500,000 and 27.

1054
01:23:30,250 --> 01:23:32,630
Adding an annual water main replacement

1055
01:23:33,150 --> 01:23:36,850
to the water utilities similar to the aging and failing

1056
01:23:36,850 --> 01:23:37,950
in surface water.

1057
01:23:38,410 --> 01:23:40,990
And then lastly, a north reservoir pump station replacement

1058
01:23:40,990 --> 01:23:44,250
and outlet meter addition to 0.2 million and 2030.

1059
01:23:47,860 --> 01:23:51,040
We do have an update on Highlands Improvements

1060
01:23:51,040 --> 01:23:56,060
16th Ave, following the conversion of the pressure zone in April of 24,

1061
01:23:56,880 --> 01:24:03,040
stop became aware of the pressure issues, staff or council directed staff on several efforts,

1062
01:24:03,360 --> 01:24:07,960
including a financial mitigation plan, proposing alternatives, a peer review of those,

1063
01:24:07,980 --> 01:24:11,840
and then moving forward with the temporary booster station, which is installed and commissioned

1064
01:24:11,840 --> 01:24:20,040
as of June this year. I will note that there is a full update coming to council on September 15th,

1065
01:24:20,040 --> 01:24:26,100
And so the proposed project in the CIP does assume the proposed alternative that will be presented

1066
01:24:26,100 --> 01:24:26,860
then.

1067
01:24:27,400 --> 01:24:33,460
The original project budget of $3.3 million of that after these side efforts mentioned before

1068
01:24:33,460 --> 01:24:35,520
is about $1.14 million.

1069
01:24:36,680 --> 01:24:44,480
The replacement estimate is 8.1 resulting in about $7 million added in the CIP in 2027 through

1070
01:24:44,480 --> 01:24:44,920
29.

1071
01:24:46,200 --> 01:24:52,340
And then we have three projects in water that these were really placeholders as we're waiting for the WSP.

1072
01:24:52,940 --> 01:24:59,000
So we did move these three to the unfunded list, pending the to be reprioritized through the WSP.

1073
01:25:03,850 --> 01:25:18,540
Thank you, Madam Mayor. So can you go back to the slide on the highlands? Thank you. So when it comes to the financial mitigation program, previously authorized by Council, is there funding remaining?

1074
01:25:18,540 --> 01:25:26,140
Now that the fix is in, sorry, now that the fix is in place,

1075
01:25:29,240 --> 01:25:43,200
is there funding remaining from that financial mitigation program that was wasn't used for its original intended purpose was which was for example booster pumps at individual's homes and what is how's that being reallocated?

1076
01:25:43,200 --> 01:25:48,380
That is actually funded outside the CIP, so I think that's fair.

1077
01:25:48,580 --> 01:25:50,000
Follow up.

1078
01:25:50,380 --> 01:25:50,660
Okay.

1079
01:25:51,320 --> 01:25:51,620
All right.

1080
01:25:52,180 --> 01:25:54,180
I'll follow up with my questions separately.

1081
01:25:54,880 --> 01:25:59,200
But I want to curious about is if there's any opportunities out there for

1082
01:25:59,900 --> 01:26:06,300
reprogramming that funding for anyone who's been sort of uniquely and may be affected by

1083
01:26:06,300 --> 01:26:08,600
the installation of the fix.

1084
01:26:08,600 --> 01:26:13,600
So if staff can be can talk to me about that offline, I'd appreciate it. Thank you.

1085
01:26:19,800 --> 01:26:24,980
Lastly, sewer. This is basically the same messaging as the water sewer plan.

1086
01:26:25,400 --> 01:26:30,000
But for sewer and we'll anticipate that plan getting done or kicked off next year.

1087
01:26:39,580 --> 01:26:40,280
Let's see.

1088
01:26:43,790 --> 01:26:46,130
We have a new projects for sewer.

1089
01:27:01,170 --> 01:27:03,330
Cancel looks like our slide changed.

1090
01:27:04,670 --> 01:27:10,410
That's all right. I'll do my best here. We're adding new projects the annual adding an annual

1091
01:27:10,410 --> 01:27:17,370
project program to sewer as well. Also noting that pending the general sewer plan we have place

1092
01:27:17,370 --> 01:27:21,810
holders built into the utility rate model to reflect that we'll be adding projects at a later date

1093
01:27:21,810 --> 01:27:32,830
for those based on that. New projects continued. This is a two-phase approach for feasibility

1094
01:27:32,830 --> 01:27:39,610
study, this is for an I-45 crossing at Northease 70th to Northease 68th. This was identified as

1095
01:27:39,610 --> 01:27:45,990
the high priority in the 2019 GSP, so we'll do the study which will then inform the improvements

1096
01:27:45,990 --> 01:27:52,450
of the actual crossing. This is a $10 million placeholder which absolutely needs to be set up and

1097
01:27:52,450 --> 01:27:58,410
scoped based on the feasibility study. And a map on the right does show our current existing

1098
01:28:00,410 --> 01:28:00,930
and then we

1099
01:28:03,840 --> 01:28:07,800
have two projects that move to the end-fundid list.

1100
01:28:08,220 --> 01:28:10,160
The Northeast 108 sewer main replacement.

1101
01:28:11,020 --> 01:28:13,820
We have unfunded this due to moving up higher priorities.

1102
01:28:14,800 --> 01:28:18,640
Similar to the sewer main capacity enhancements under I-405.

1103
01:28:19,020 --> 01:28:24,440
This would be a new crossing and needs to have further evaluation that would be done as part of the general sewer plan.

1104
01:28:26,620 --> 01:28:33,600
is to a time check here. Do you want to wait about by the six slides I have done a couple of categories as council.

1105
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I want to keep going. You want to break continuing.

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I think everybody wants to finish.

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Did close captions just suddenly appear?

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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All right. Continuing with parks.

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We're not sure why.

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Many of them funding sources for parks are restricted for very specific uses, such as park impact fees,

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must only be used to create capacity and example of an external source of King County

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conservation features which are specific to land acquisitions.

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Just taking a look at the projects I'll just highlight a couple,

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dock and shoreline renovations funded at 3.6 million and then there are two projects

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where Parkland acquisitions funded at 17.8 million.

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Also, we have park rest room additions, renovations and replacements funded at 3.7 million.

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But also, of note, one tip point out that a new reserve category to be developed beyond the current land acquisition reserve.

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And I'm sorry, I hit a button wrong.

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And the update will be provided when we return in November.

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Thank you, Madam Mayor.

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My question is related to the lead johnson field upgrade.

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There is also a lot of community discussion around various things related to Peter.

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Workpark, including things about Lee Johnson Field. And can you just clarify what we're talking about here with

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Lee Johnson Field upgrades for those listening at home? Mark phone, a friend.

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Hello, good evening,

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everybody. For the record, I'm Lynn Swaxram, the Director of Parks and Community Services. For the Lee Johnson Field project,

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this is the one that goes along with the central way project and the very specific pieces that

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would be with Lee Johnson Field is the fencing but also the undergrain system so we can get the

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field properly drained and which would be maintained in a higher level at that point. Great, thank

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you very much then.

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All right, public safety. Public safety includes both fire and police,

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sinking funds to replace and update critical assets. A few projects here are the firefighter

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personal protective equipment funded at 1.7 million police equipment replacements funded at 1.3 million and fire equipment replacements funded at 1.7 million.

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Pranika, I hate to interrupt you, but I think you skipped a slide, a park slide.

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Oh, did I, I'm sorry.

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This was the park restroom, additions, renovations, and replacement at 3.7 million and then

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also pointing out that we are going to be creating a new reserve category for land acquisitions

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and we'll bring that back to council in the November study session. Thank you. I'm sorry, but I

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know it's got questions. Okay.

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Someone else too?

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Go ahead. We'll start with.

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So you were on public safety and moving on to facilities. We had a question at public safety.

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So for you, move on. Councilman, welcome. Thank you very much. This is great. I appreciate

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highlighting and being, you know, physically conservative about making sure we have thinking funds

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for these two first response departments,

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a couple of comments and questions around this.

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I'd like us to think about public safety

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to come in a lot of things, right?

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It can mean our first response departments

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that the community also often thinks

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of, you know, after transportation, intersection,

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you know, traffic transportation improvements.

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We think of public health,

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emergency preparedness, kind of all under public safety.

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So I'd like for us to consider changing this

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from public safety to first response

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our first responder, first response departments, I think that just is a clearer articulation

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of what's included under this. Also as we know we have a third first response department

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that's not included here and that's just because of the nature of the regional collaboration

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that we have around that and that's racer our crisis, our behavior health crisis responders.

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And so although their budget since it's a little bit different does include our contribution

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to raise our contributions to sinking funds with capital sinking funds, with in-racer for radios and for vehicles and things of that nature.

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I'd like to make sure that the public that we're really clear to the public about the end of our budget, because our budget is really a demonstration of our operations on our values.

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And I think it's really communication tools as well.

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So I would also, in addition to changing the name, like to see us have a sentence or two in there, acknowledging our third first response department.

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And then just a note as to where to find the budget that we have.

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I want to make sure that folks know that we are equally supporting sinking funds

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and capital needed for the Racer crisis responder first response department as well.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Moving on to facilities.

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Facilities sinking funds support the upkeep maintenance and replacement of city

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infrastructure specific to general government as identified in the facility's

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condition assessment process. Projects proposed are furnishings and equipment, sorry,

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done for 1.6 million electrical energy management and lighting systems for 853,000 moving

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until

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The next slide, we have mechanical and HVAC systems funded at 2.6 million.

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And our last category is information technology.

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Information technology projects are funded through the technology's thinking fund as well as via

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interfund transfers from other programs in support of the technology needs to ensure project

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deliverables.

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projects here include on premises virtual infrastructure replacement funded at $3.9 million and

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network refresh funded at $3.3 million. And I believe that is the end of my presentation

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man and I will open it for additional questions and discussion. Thank you, Veronica. Council,

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any final comments questions? Council member Prim? Thank you so much for this presentation.

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pretty complex. So really impressive to get this all under an hour. One question I had I wanted

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to double click on the prioritization criteria for the TSP. I totally agree that it'd be helpful

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to understand just the grading mechanism and the weight also that's put on to each of these factors

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that are considered. But in addition to that also for all the other categories like surface water

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sewer like what is the prioritization criteria is it how it's labeled within the plan itself and then that's

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brought here or is there some other mechanism that we're using to actually prioritize those projects.

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So for me that would be super helpful. Thank you. Anyone else? All right. Thank you.

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We will see you soon. All right. That concludes our study session this evening. We'll be back at 730 for

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regular meeting.

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Hello, everyone. We are back in session following an overview of

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domestic violence and sexual assault at sexual assault advocacy programs.

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A review of the preliminary 2027-2032 capital improvement program. We will start tonight's

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meeting with honors and proclamations. Deputy Mayor Black will read the proclamations.

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Some of you may notice that there's council, there's changes in chambers. We have new

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visual, beautiful screens. Ooh, that's scary. And we have slid our

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podium over. And so you will now be speaking next to Deputy City Manager. Jim Lopez.

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So, City Manager, I handed over to you.

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All right. Thank you. Madam Mayor, WMI members, the council. So we'll be proclaiming September 10th

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through 19th, 2026 as welcome in New York in Kirkland. We're also in partnership with the

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I want to note for members of the audience and those watching online at there are a list of events for welcoming week that are listed in our memo.

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And here to receive the proclamation tonight is Robin Lynn. He is a founder of Kirk and based investment advisory Lynn global advisors.

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His board in Taiwan. Robin speaks for languages of spent over 14 years living in working in different countries.

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But here's a 20 plus your Kirk on Reset with teenage twins and it's an amazing wife,

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Cha Cha and Robert is an active community member involved with the Kirk on Arts Center,

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Step Seattle and the U.S. Sean again forward. So welcome, Robin.

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Hopefully this is not working.

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I'm now going to read a proclamation of the city of Kirkland.

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Welcome in week, September 10th to 1926.

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Whereas welcome in America is a nonprofit, non-Parsan organization that leads a movement of inclusive

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communities, becoming more prosperous by ensuring everyone belongs.

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Whereas since 2016, the cities of Bellevue, Issac Law, Kirkland, Redmond, and Samamish

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have celebrated welcoming week in solidarity on the east side as an opportunity to honor

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the history, achievements, experiences, and struggles of immigrant and refugee people.

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And whereas in 2025, the city of Kirkland became the first city in the state of Washington

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to be certified, a welcoming city.

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A formal designation by welcoming America for government, governmental entities that have verified compliance with the welcoming standard framework, reflecting values and commitment to the inclusion of the immigrant community.

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And whereas the current federal changes are deeply impacting the immigrant and refugee community through individual institutional and systemic racism, which stir up fear, anger and grief.

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and can result in harmful disparities in education, employment, income, housing, criminal justice

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and quality of life. And whereas the city is committed to protecting and serving everyone who resides

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in, works in or visits Kirkland without discrimination based on race, religion, color,

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National Origin, Sex, Age, Inc.

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Common economic status, political affiliation, military veterans status, sexual orientation, or physical, mental, or sensory ability.

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And whereas there are many ways to celebrate welcoming working in Kirkland and on the east side, including by amplifying the voices and experiences of immigrant people,

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uplifting them to share their stories or attending welcoming week events such as Kirkland's annual city hall for all on Saturday, September 19th.

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Now, therefore, Mayor Kelly Curtis, on behalf of the city council, does here by proclaim

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September 10th to the 1926 as welcoming week in Kirkland, Washington, as part of Eastside

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welcoming week, and invites the community to engage in opportunities during welcome week and beyond

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to learn, connect across differences and take joint action to achieve a welcoming, equitable,

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and inclusive community.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Sorry.

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Not very good at speeches.

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Mrs. Mayor, council members.

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I have traveled.

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I was born in Taiwan.

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We back when made in Taiwan used to mean cheap and low quality goods.

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My parents were first in a generation immigrants.

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They didn't speak very much English.

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And we started in Albuquerque, in Mexico.

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When I was about three.

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My dad was pursuing masters of architecture.

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From there, my journey led me to Vancouver, Canada,

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Houston, Texas, Santa Barbara, Boston for college,

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then to Japan for my MBA.

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My first jobs were in Singapore and Malaysia

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and later on in October and in the Netherlands.

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Before returning back to Taiwan to do a start-up,

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I wish time and met my wonderful, lovely wife

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and then we decided we need to start our family. So I settled on Kirkland.

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It's a good choice, right? So I've been so fortunate and blessed to be able to travel the world,

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work all over the world, and see different things. And through my journey, I've come with

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on two truths that I live by. The first is that humans everywhere and anywhere are the same.

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It doesn't matter what the mannerisms or cultural cultures are different, we all want respect and

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recognition, we all love and strive, we all sacrifice and dream.

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Intelligence and talent are not limited to the West nor are good and evil.

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We should never let the color of our skin or an accent or a mannerism, cloud our ability to

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see a true human.

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Second, in this modern world of 15 second tiktoks and inflammatory headlines, it's easy to

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pass judgment without taking the time to understand, I think.

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I find that you can't find the truth without perspective.

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And it's hard to gain perspective if you don't have lived experiences.

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So I hope that for all of us we can slow down, take the time to walk in somebody else's shoes

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to try new things, travel more,

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take a look at the world from 100 miles up.

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I hope that with the world's order evolving,

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it feels like there's a lot of infighting.

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The rapid changes are causing uncertainty, fear, and anger.

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I hope that we can all just practice to be humans

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and broaden our perspectives and experiences.

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we can all lead to a greater empathy, greater understanding and a more harmonious future.

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This proclamation today is evidence that Kirkland still believes a person can arrive as a stranger

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and become part of a community. The measure of a city is not only who was born here,

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but who becomes compelled to plant a tree so that the next generation can ensure enjoy the shade.

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Thank you for welcoming me and for providing such a wonderful city for me to build a family

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in a life.

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I will do my best to pay it forward.

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Thank you.

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Turns out you're very good at speeches.

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All right. We are now moving on to items for the audience from the audience. This is a time in our meeting when we normally hear from the public on matters that are not quasi-digital or otherwise scheduled for a public hearing.

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This evening, we have both the public hearing and a quasi-judicial matter.

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The public hearing is item 6A on the Civil Detention Center Code of Menments, and the

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quasi-judicial matter is item 9B on the International Community School Development Plan

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Amendment.

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Comments on the public hearing item related to the Civil Detention Center Code of

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Menments must wait until the public hearing.

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We cannot accept any comments, public comments, on the international community school development plan amendment.

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On all other matters, please limit your remarks to three minutes.

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We will provide up to a total of 45 minutes from our items from the audience, with no more than six speakers on a subject, regardless of their position on the subject.

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To address the council during the items from audience period, please sign up using the online public comment instruction link.

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or the posted QR code and chambers.

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For those participating by phone, please dial star 9 to be recognized to speak.

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Item is from the audience is an important part of our business meeting, and we ask that everyone be treated with kindness and respect.

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Please do not clap or applaud or otherwise and openly express your agreement or disagreement with the speaker.

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When that happens, even when supporting a speaker, it can be disrupted by the meeting

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and discourage others from sharing a different viewpoint.

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We discourage people from using obscenities

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and making personal attacks against others.

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And we ask that you direct your comments to Council,

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not to staff or audience members.

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In addition, because they can be disruptive,

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signs and placards are not allowed in Council chambers

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during our meetings regardless of their content.

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As a reminder, state law does not allow items

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from the audience to be used for promoting, opposing or discussing a candidate's campaign

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or a ballot proposition. Kirkland prides itself on being a respectful, welcoming community.

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We want everyone to feel like they belong in council chambers, expressing their viewpoints.

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Thank you. City Clerk, could we have signed up? Thank you, Madam Mayor. We do have seven guests

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pushing to speak. The first four in this order,

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Karina O'Malley on site,

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Brit Hikow, Virtual, Erin Velmore on site,

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and Sierra Diaz on site.

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Karina, please approach the podium in its new location.

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Welcome.

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01:48:04,560 --> 01:48:05,200
Thank you.

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01:48:05,220 --> 01:48:06,440
My name's Karina O'Malley.

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01:48:06,600 --> 01:48:08,120
I am a longtime Kirkland resident.

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01:48:08,920 --> 01:48:09,780
And I apologize.

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01:48:11,100 --> 01:48:14,140
I only very, very recently found out

1327
01:48:14,140 --> 01:48:18,160
that you were going to be looking at parking ordinance today

1328
01:48:18,160 --> 01:48:42,900
When I, the, the, the few minutes I've been able to look at the materials concerning this parking ordinance, I have some serious concerns, and I would ask you to delay voting on it or just vote it down today, because I think there are some serious issues that the entire city of Kirkland should, should look at a little bit more.

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01:48:43,800 --> 01:49:01,500
One is that you, it looks like you're adding recreational vehicles, which are vehicles that are more than seven feet wide to the list of things that you just can't park on Kirkland Street at all ever anywhere.

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01:49:02,800 --> 01:49:09,860
This doesn't sound to me like this is rooted in safety because that would be more like

1331
01:49:09,860 --> 01:49:13,940
oh this street it wouldn't be safe because it's too skinny this other street maybe it

1332
01:49:13,940 --> 01:49:20,720
is safe so it's not it's not just surning enough it sounds to me to be about safety sounds

1333
01:49:20,720 --> 01:49:26,940
more like the maybe the unintended consequence will be anybody living in an RV will not be

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01:49:26,940 --> 01:49:29,380
able to live in Kirkland.

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01:49:30,220 --> 01:49:35,960
So it becomes a banishment, ordinance, that does not allow this particular group of residents

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01:49:35,960 --> 01:49:42,400
of Kirkland to continue living here, which seems like a pretty serious step to take.

1337
01:49:43,600 --> 01:49:51,980
I noticed in the right up that there was a lot about giving police tools because maybe this

1338
01:49:51,980 --> 01:49:59,200
It's actually enforced all the time, but it's a tool that can be used when it's needed.

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01:50:00,000 --> 01:50:13,880
That kind of ordinance really troubles me because that choice of whether you enforce a law on somebody or not can result in lots of inequity.

1340
01:50:15,220 --> 01:50:24,480
The right upset that KPD has only ever impounded a vehicle that was being used as a shelter or housing after the community member had access housing.

1341
01:50:24,480 --> 01:50:27,300
I personally know that to be not true.

1342
01:50:28,660 --> 01:50:30,500
There was a van that somebody was living in,

1343
01:50:30,560 --> 01:50:32,460
that was parked right in front of my church,

1344
01:50:32,780 --> 01:50:34,220
and because the tabs were expired,

1345
01:50:34,300 --> 01:50:36,540
it was impounded with no notice at all.

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01:50:36,820 --> 01:50:39,900
With no conversation with the person who lived in that van,

1347
01:50:40,440 --> 01:50:41,280
it was just taken.

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01:50:42,200 --> 01:50:43,700
We had to come up with private funds

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01:50:43,700 --> 01:50:46,260
to get it out of the impound

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01:50:46,260 --> 01:50:49,620
and to bring it back to a safe spot

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01:50:49,620 --> 01:50:51,960
so she could continue living in it.

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01:50:53,140 --> 01:51:00,360
And I'm sure there are other examples that I could, I could find because that statement just kind of stunned me.

1353
01:51:00,600 --> 01:51:02,460
I would hope that would be true.

1354
01:51:02,960 --> 01:51:07,760
My neighborhood has lots of residents being known.

1355
01:51:08,580 --> 01:51:10,260
I apologize, but you see the red light.

1356
01:51:10,580 --> 01:51:10,940
I do.

1357
01:51:11,100 --> 01:51:12,260
I do.

1358
01:51:12,360 --> 01:51:15,400
Which is why I think we should have more time to discuss.

1359
01:51:15,620 --> 01:51:21,280
You haven't reached out to RV owners or people that live in vehicles before this is decided.

1360
01:51:21,280 --> 01:51:25,920
Thank you. Thank you. Next, we have Britt, who's virtual?

1361
01:51:30,870 --> 01:51:34,150
Looks like Britt is online, so we're waiting for two join us.

1362
01:51:43,520 --> 01:51:45,160
Britt, are you there? Go ahead.

1363
01:51:51,540 --> 01:51:54,320
Sorry, I was having a little fun meeting. Thank you so much for having me.

1364
01:51:54,880 --> 01:51:57,280
I appreciate you allowing me to join virtually as well.

1365
01:51:58,000 --> 01:52:00,660
But we can hardly hear you turn up your volume, please.

1366
01:52:09,310 --> 01:52:10,130
Can you hear me now?

1367
01:52:10,590 --> 01:52:11,810
No, it's not better.

1368
01:52:13,810 --> 01:52:19,310
I apologize. I'm not sure what the volume issue is. I can't turn it up on Aryan.

1369
01:52:28,130 --> 01:52:33,170
Sorry, there's no, there's no, there's an issue on that. And I have my volume completely up. Is that it?

1370
01:52:34,050 --> 01:52:36,110
It's just speaking as loud as you can.

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01:52:36,590 --> 01:52:38,250
Okay. I can do that.

1372
01:52:39,550 --> 01:52:42,410
All right. Good evening, everyone. Thank you for the opportunity to speak.

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01:52:42,530 --> 01:52:44,330
Regarding a cause is very near to my heart.

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01:52:44,410 --> 01:52:46,870
I'm a mother of two in a lifelong Washington resident.

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01:52:46,870 --> 01:52:54,430
Like so many women when my son was born, I made a difficult decision to go out my career working in the non-profit sector to become a full-time parent.

1376
01:52:55,030 --> 01:52:58,010
As the cost of childcare would have been unsustainable for my family.

1377
01:52:58,570 --> 01:53:04,590
Parenting is full of challenges and when my son was diagnosed with a speech delay 18 months, I felt at a loss for how to help him.

1378
01:53:04,810 --> 01:53:12,450
I knew that it was important for him to have exposure to other kids and was so fortunate to come across the Lake Washington toddler group located in Kirkland.

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01:53:12,990 --> 01:53:18,850
Cooperative Learning and Parenting Education Program, affiliated and supported by at LW Tech.

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01:53:19,350 --> 01:53:25,450
After reading Glowing Review after Glowing Review, I knew this was the perfect place for my son to develop an important social and communication skills.

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01:53:25,990 --> 01:53:28,270
That was also affordable for my single income household.

1382
01:53:29,830 --> 01:53:34,350
In a world where we are often overwhelmed with so much parenting information and more often than not misinformation.

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01:53:35,030 --> 01:53:42,430
Having access to evidence-based, inclusive education dispense by experts is something I will never have the words to fully express my gratitude for.

1384
01:53:42,930 --> 01:53:47,210
Not only this, but in a society where the roles of stay at home parent and caregiver and

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01:53:47,210 --> 01:53:51,690
teacher are often undervalued and overlooked in their importance, the instructors at Lake

1386
01:53:51,690 --> 01:53:55,370
Washington, Tauther Group, make us feel nothing but seen, confident and vital.

1387
01:53:56,130 --> 01:53:59,710
As many of you are aware, the State Board of Community and Technical Colleges has made the

1388
01:53:59,710 --> 01:54:05,090
grievous air of ending its support of this decades-long program that has been a lifeline for

1389
01:54:05,090 --> 01:54:10,130
so many families like mine, severe oversight, misunderstandings, and lack of transparency by

1390
01:54:11,170 --> 01:54:16,030
SBCTC resulted in this decision and has devastated many of our learning, early learning communities.

1391
01:54:16,730 --> 01:54:19,890
There have been numerous attempts to work with a state board on this matter to identify

1392
01:54:19,890 --> 01:54:25,190
viable solutions, yet it is my perspective that the board and its President Nate Humphreys

1393
01:54:25,190 --> 01:54:28,270
have been unwilling to seriously consider or pursue these avenues.

1394
01:54:28,770 --> 01:54:33,270
With that, I'm asking for each of you to lend your vocal and consistent support on this issue

1395
01:54:33,270 --> 01:54:37,690
and use your influence to protect this one-of-a-kind program that thousands and thousands

1396
01:54:37,690 --> 01:54:42,050
of Washington family's past, present, and future have and will continue to depend on.

1397
01:54:42,510 --> 01:54:46,430
There is nothing comparable to this program for families like mine, and there never will

1398
01:54:46,430 --> 01:54:47,150
be a get-in.

1399
01:54:47,350 --> 01:54:52,610
The time to take action and use your power that we have trusted, that we have trusted you

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01:54:52,610 --> 01:54:57,210
with us now, and I'm sure you have all heard the phrase it takes the village, and I'm here

1401
01:54:57,210 --> 01:54:59,970
to formally invite you to become a part of ours with...

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01:55:00,000 --> 01:55:06,460
Open arms. Thank you so much. Thank you, Britain. Just so you know, we were able to turn you up a little bit. So thank you.

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01:55:06,740 --> 01:55:10,660
Great. Thank you. Thank you so much. All right, Erin.

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01:55:18,040 --> 01:55:24,960
Here again to discuss non-permitted unenforced work that's done at 404 4th Avenue.

1405
01:55:25,580 --> 01:55:28,760
Kirkland, Washington, Park 54 condo association,

1406
01:55:30,300 --> 01:55:33,000
lack of emails being returned in a hundred percent

1407
01:55:33,000 --> 01:55:36,320
or answers from Council and staff.

1408
01:55:36,360 --> 01:55:37,840
It's been very frustrating.

1409
01:55:40,400 --> 01:55:43,300
And I've got an interesting email the other day

1410
01:55:44,100 --> 01:55:46,160
that guys want to come out and do a walk through

1411
01:55:46,160 --> 01:55:49,140
at the property, which I think we're pretty premature on

1412
01:55:49,140 --> 01:55:51,080
until we have all these answers,

1413
01:55:51,660 --> 01:55:54,360
and we can have the ability to assess

1414
01:55:54,360 --> 01:55:55,680
So it's going on.

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01:55:56,260 --> 01:56:00,300
I don't even have answers from a May 1st meeting on what's required to permit and what

1416
01:56:00,900 --> 01:56:01,420
doesn't.

1417
01:56:01,420 --> 01:56:04,760
I don't know if the city inspectors understand what it requires to permit and what

1418
01:56:04,760 --> 01:56:06,020
it doesn't at this point.

1419
01:56:08,600 --> 01:56:13,600
I want this behind me more so than anybody else, but I can't do so until I have all the

1420
01:56:13,600 --> 01:56:14,060
facts.

1421
01:56:14,660 --> 01:56:20,000
The city attorney emailed my attorney today wanting to meet and or have a phone conversation

1422
01:56:20,000 --> 01:56:25,540
to have a reasonable resolution. I think we're pretty premature on that. There's no way

1423
01:56:25,540 --> 01:56:32,200
to have a resolution to allow the facts, answers, and responses to the emails and questions.

1424
01:56:33,760 --> 01:56:39,540
Once we have those, I absolutely want this in my rear rear mirror as much as anybody else.

1425
01:56:40,020 --> 01:56:43,460
So hopefully you guys can start moving forward and

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01:56:45,660 --> 01:56:47,600
producing these things that I've asked for,

1427
01:56:47,740 --> 01:56:51,840
and then we can have those conversations. Thank you. I hope you guys are all well and have a

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01:56:51,840 --> 01:56:59,080
trip home. Anybody want to answer anything right now that I presented to you or do we want to be

1429
01:56:59,080 --> 01:57:04,920
in silence like we have since I've asked you? We don't traditionally respond to public comment,

1430
01:57:05,200 --> 01:57:09,600
but we have received your email. Okay, well hopefully you'll start responding to them, huh?

1431
01:57:09,800 --> 01:57:19,850
Be nice. Have a great night. Thank you. City Clerk, who do we have now? Thank you. We do have

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01:57:19,850 --> 01:57:25,750
Sierra Diaz on site. I'll examine on site in Hamilton on site in Alicia Rees on site.

1433
01:57:25,990 --> 01:57:31,910
Thank you. Sierra, come on up. Nope. Alex, it's not your turn.

1434
01:57:39,530 --> 01:57:45,370
Good evening, City Council. My name is Sierra Diaz and I am a parent enrolled at Lake Washington

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01:57:45,370 --> 01:57:52,710
top of the group, same as Britain. It is a non-profit co-op preschool here in our community

1436
01:57:52,710 --> 01:57:59,450
Kirkland and for over 45 years our school has provided valuable parent education to the

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01:57:59,450 --> 01:58:06,650
East Side community. The reason I'm standing before you today is because the Washington State board

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01:58:06,650 --> 01:58:11,790
of community and technical colleges has now determined that our program is no longer contributing

1439
01:58:11,790 --> 01:58:21,890
to workforce outcomes despite the available parent education certificate available through our

1440
01:58:21,890 --> 01:58:29,790
a vital, I apologize, a vital state funding along with over 90 other similar programs across the state.

1441
01:58:32,010 --> 01:58:39,050
We, a school, serving over 200 families and caregivers annually are at risk of closure.

1442
01:58:39,210 --> 01:58:42,430
And at the same time, are being priced out of our home here in Kirkland.

1443
01:58:43,810 --> 01:58:52,170
We desperately need assistance both by your voice and by your help and potentially securing funding or finding an affordable home here in Kirkland.

1444
01:58:53,130 --> 01:59:05,170
I'm aware that the city recently purchased a 3.288 acre property with the intent of repurposing it as a community center and hub of services.

1445
01:59:05,830 --> 01:59:15,550
A lease or space that would be an amazing opportunity for our school to continue serving our families here in the community, but also create a greater impact.

1446
01:59:16,430 --> 01:59:21,690
We would love for you to come by and see the power of the work being done by our teachers,

1447
01:59:22,270 --> 01:59:24,170
our staff and our families,

1448
01:59:26,590 --> 01:59:30,610
and what it would be like if the city invests not only in its children,

1449
01:59:30,890 --> 01:59:36,690
but its caregivers and parents too. I know like Brett this program and this school has significantly

1450
01:59:36,690 --> 01:59:43,430
impacted my life as I've been able to pursue a higher education and parent education certificate

1451
01:59:43,430 --> 01:59:50,010
through this, but also my own near three-year-old, like Britt, her speech has absolutely exploded.

1452
01:59:50,710 --> 01:59:55,550
Her developmental delays have practically disappeared, and we found a community where I felt

1453
01:59:55,550 --> 01:59:59,970
alone after recently moving with no support system. I'm asking you once again.

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02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:06,120
Again, please consider supporting us loudly and actively. Thank you. I yield my time.

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02:00:06,680 --> 02:00:12,180
Thank you, Sierra. And it would be helpful if you sent us an email. Thank you.

1456
02:00:14,590 --> 02:00:20,030
Our technical problems figured out. I don't need to recess. All right, Alex.

1457
02:00:29,630 --> 02:00:38,530
My name is Alex Zimmerman, I'm president of Stendap America, so today nine months what is baby post to be boring.

1458
02:00:39,150 --> 02:00:55,270
And I talk about this for nine months about my right, you can country housing authority, how my apartment, I'm low income, I disabled men, I old men, so I belong to group number one priority.

1459
02:00:55,270 --> 02:00:59,730
You know, I start complaining about this too.

1460
02:01:00,110 --> 02:01:02,550
Ah, can country commissioner.

1461
02:01:04,170 --> 02:01:07,210
Neil Black, but you told me you cannot answer personal.

1462
02:01:07,770 --> 02:01:11,470
So my question right now to all yours, seven people.

1463
02:01:11,950 --> 02:01:15,210
Why for nine months, you cannot answer my question.

1464
02:01:16,050 --> 02:01:17,350
I don't understand.

1465
02:01:18,810 --> 02:01:21,150
To me, you cannot look like yours is a friend.

1466
02:01:21,470 --> 02:01:23,290
You know what is me, but yours is a friend.

1467
02:01:23,290 --> 02:01:28,130
for nine months, you can't answer? What is this?

1468
02:01:28,730 --> 02:01:31,550
When you stop in acting, you like a bunch of data.

1469
02:01:34,880 --> 02:01:37,620
Damn, that's your first, he's exactly who you are.

1470
02:01:38,380 --> 02:01:41,500
So right now, situation come closer.

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02:01:41,920 --> 02:01:46,320
First, I complain about King Country Housing Authority in the U.D.,

1472
02:01:47,240 --> 02:01:47,680
second.

1473
02:01:48,960 --> 02:01:51,440
When you don't give me answers, for another couple of weeks,

1474
02:01:51,540 --> 02:01:52,960
I will bring you all in court.

1475
02:01:52,960 --> 02:02:03,680
Total is my constitutional right of answer from you for situation what is very important because to me this looks like a pure discriminatory

1476
02:02:04,900 --> 02:02:07,960
by income by disability

1477
02:02:09,080 --> 02:02:11,620
What is another income disability?

1478
02:02:12,400 --> 02:02:21,520
Yeah, I need little bit sink and what is more ah income disability in status. What does I have this it's very important guys and I don't understand

1479
02:02:21,520 --> 02:02:28,860
I can sue you nine months ago, why don't you do this because you will defend for my money for people money?

1480
02:02:29,380 --> 02:02:35,700
When you will defend personal, I can do this five times per week, no problem.

1481
02:02:36,620 --> 02:02:37,400
Is this a problem?

1482
02:02:37,660 --> 02:02:38,260
What is we how?

1483
02:02:38,520 --> 02:02:49,820
You acting like ordinary, bunjita, a criminal, a crook, it's so important, in country housing authority, spend $100 million for dozen thousand, not legal, immigrant,

1484
02:02:49,820 --> 02:02:55,740
American citizens like me don't have this right and I fighting with them for four years

1485
02:02:55,740 --> 02:03:04,220
So I come to you because I want right now. What is you all give me an answer by your rules and nothing happened

1486
02:03:04,220 --> 02:03:06,580
So a situation right now very simple

1487
02:03:06,580 --> 02:03:14,480
I simply like my ultimatum you know, what is mean in I bring this case to court when I stay in and live no matter what

1488
02:03:14,480 --> 02:03:20,920
about this will be because this unique situation in absurd by definition. You understand

1489
02:03:20,920 --> 02:03:24,420
about it all in the next decade because of them in Nazi fascist.

1490
02:03:24,640 --> 02:03:29,320
We have a Trump, we have a new American Revolution, then Dubslav and Happy Cow.

1491
02:03:30,660 --> 02:03:35,280
Trump, order, typical. You know what is mean only for America.

1492
02:03:35,900 --> 02:03:39,740
Your time is up. Thank you. Aaron.

1493
02:03:47,610 --> 02:03:57,790
Hello, I saw the line item through a side prevention month and this is obviously a very important topic for me.

1494
02:03:58,490 --> 02:04:07,950
And I liked at the beginning of talking about perspective and I shocking to nobody bring a very unique perspective to this topic.

1495
02:04:10,990 --> 02:04:16,810
There's a group of people that constantly fall through the cracks when it comes to mental health.

1496
02:04:17,630 --> 02:04:23,510
And I happen to be part of those people where we don't really have anyone to call, we don't have any place to go.

1497
02:04:24,590 --> 02:04:31,570
I can't morally call 988 because they decided to pick funding over trans lives.

1498
02:04:31,970 --> 02:04:37,410
And that's just not something I can work with anymore and they've not been helpful.

1499
02:04:38,150 --> 02:04:45,850
If I know that there's not a co-responder MHP on duty, I'm not going to call 911, because I know

1500
02:04:45,850 --> 02:04:53,610
how that decision-tree goes where officers are trained to come and determine, are you safe

1501
02:04:53,610 --> 02:04:54,570
or are you not safe?

1502
02:04:55,270 --> 02:04:57,050
If you are safe, they leave.

1503
02:04:57,250 --> 02:04:59,850
If you're not safe, they take you to the hospital.

1504
02:05:00,000 --> 02:05:09,880
Local or crisis connections. And with how we are treated, people are treated and with mental health and hospitals and crisis connections.

1505
02:05:11,520 --> 02:05:14,840
Those are locations that we can't go because we feel like we're prisoners.

1506
02:05:15,860 --> 02:05:27,100
And they treat us like prisoners and this has been one of the biggest issues that I've had with the system is that we get put into this intake, special colored clothing.

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02:05:27,100 --> 02:05:56,260
So they know that we're mental health and, you know, we're in isolation, we're under observation and we're treated like prisoners and now when I say that and I've actually toured a jail thoroughly, I can actually confidently say prisoners are treated better than people that come into the hospital or in the crisis connections for mental health.

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02:05:57,740 --> 02:06:01,800
And I was told, crisis connections was a different place.

1509
02:06:02,500 --> 02:06:07,120
It was the state's opportunity to start brand new from the ground up,

1510
02:06:07,260 --> 02:06:10,760
which is in the mental health world is very rare.

1511
02:06:11,420 --> 02:06:16,320
And I had countless officers say, Aaron, this is the perfect place for you to go

1512
02:06:16,320 --> 02:06:17,420
when you're in crisis.

1513
02:06:18,540 --> 02:06:22,860
They say, you know, they don't put you in special colored scrubs.

1514
02:06:22,860 --> 02:06:28,120
you can just go there, feel safe, get what you need to do and leave.

1515
02:06:28,740 --> 02:06:32,580
And when I went there, it was the exact opposite of what they told me.

1516
02:06:33,500 --> 02:06:39,220
They're just doing the exact same thing as we've been doing for decades.

1517
02:06:41,560 --> 02:06:43,060
And something needs to change.

1518
02:06:43,220 --> 02:06:45,980
And this was the opportunity to change that and they didn't.

1519
02:06:47,920 --> 02:06:51,140
And in conclusion, just wanted to make sure that my struggles went to health

1520
02:06:51,140 --> 02:06:53,900
doesn't have anything to do with being transgendered.

1521
02:06:53,960 --> 02:06:56,520
It has everything to do with my brain injury

1522
02:06:56,520 --> 02:06:59,540
and how people treat the transgender community.

1523
02:06:59,800 --> 02:07:00,460
Thank you.

1524
02:07:00,480 --> 02:07:01,180
Thank you, Erin.

1525
02:07:02,820 --> 02:07:04,440
All right, our last is Alicia.

1526
02:07:11,390 --> 02:07:14,970
Good evening, Mayor Curtis and members of the Council.

1527
02:07:15,670 --> 02:07:18,210
My name is Alicia Ruisse and I'm here on behalf

1528
02:07:18,210 --> 02:07:21,330
of Habitat for Humanity, Seattle, King and Kittitas.

1529
02:07:21,750 --> 02:07:24,390
Counties, to urge you to reject ordnance

1530
02:07:24,390 --> 02:07:28,010
4937 regarding the affordable housing fee.

1531
02:07:28,650 --> 02:07:31,470
Before Habitat, I represented master builders

1532
02:07:31,470 --> 02:07:35,070
of in Seattle for nearly five years,

1533
02:07:35,690 --> 02:07:38,770
giving me a unique perspective from both sides of this issue.

1534
02:07:39,490 --> 02:07:43,350
And that perspective is exactly why I know this ordinance targets the wrong problem.

1535
02:07:44,350 --> 02:07:48,350
Let's be honest, after what this ordinance actually does,

1536
02:07:48,350 --> 02:07:52,510
Raising the exemption threshold from 2,000 to 2,500 square feet

1537
02:07:52,510 --> 02:07:57,750
doesn't rescue struggling projects. It removes 2,500 dollars from a project

1538
02:07:57,750 --> 02:08:01,790
that by your own staff data is often selling for over a million dollars.

1539
02:08:03,650 --> 02:08:08,770
A $7,500 fee is not what kills a townhome development. It's a rounding error.

1540
02:08:10,350 --> 02:08:14,130
You want to know what actually drives up costs and shows and slows down building in

1541
02:08:14,130 --> 02:08:16,910
It's the permitting process itself.

1542
02:08:17,390 --> 02:08:21,070
Kirkland is one of the more difficult and expensive jurisdictions to build in.

1543
02:08:21,710 --> 02:08:25,850
Not because of this fee, but because of how long projects sit in review,

1544
02:08:26,450 --> 02:08:29,530
how many rounds of revisions and re-inspections they go through,

1545
02:08:29,910 --> 02:08:34,490
and how many unnecessary or how much uncertainty builders carry

1546
02:08:34,490 --> 02:08:37,130
from application to final occupancy.

1547
02:08:38,010 --> 02:08:41,810
Each month the project sits in permitting is a month of carrying costs,

1548
02:08:41,810 --> 02:08:43,870
financing costs and lost opportunity.

1549
02:08:44,770 --> 02:08:47,690
All of this is inside your own department control,

1550
02:08:48,190 --> 02:08:50,170
and none of it is addressed by this ordinance.

1551
02:08:51,270 --> 02:08:53,770
If this council is serious about lowering the cost

1552
02:08:53,770 --> 02:08:57,630
of building in Kirkland, you have far more effective levers

1553
02:08:57,630 --> 02:09:00,050
to pull inside your own permitting process

1554
02:09:00,050 --> 02:09:02,570
than this fee represents.

1555
02:09:03,250 --> 02:09:05,330
And that's the real cost of this ordinance.

1556
02:09:05,550 --> 02:09:07,770
It cuts the very funding this city needs

1557
02:09:07,770 --> 02:09:09,990
to build the homes it says it wants.

1558
02:09:09,990 --> 02:09:17,030
You can't build affordable. You can't call affordable housing a priority while voting to defund it.

1559
02:09:17,430 --> 02:09:20,810
This ordinance says one thing and does the opposite.

1560
02:09:21,670 --> 02:09:25,930
I'd ask you to picture orchard gardens. Habitat's current project in Bellevue.

1561
02:09:26,630 --> 02:09:33,890
25 homes, there's three bedroom, two bathroom projected to sell in the 360,000.

1562
02:09:34,370 --> 02:09:37,310
That's what affordable home ownership looks like.

1563
02:09:37,310 --> 02:09:42,050
That is what this fee at its current threshold helps to make possible.

1564
02:09:42,810 --> 02:09:45,610
That is what Kirkland families need more of, not less.

1565
02:09:46,390 --> 02:09:51,130
Bottom line is that you can't have affordable housing without a revenue stream to build it.

1566
02:09:51,510 --> 02:09:52,050
Thank you.

1567
02:09:52,250 --> 02:09:52,910
Thank you, Alicia.

1568
02:09:55,030 --> 02:09:56,150
City Clerk, is that it?

1569
02:09:56,370 --> 02:09:57,630
This concludes our speaker's list.

1570
02:09:58,150 --> 02:09:58,410
Thank you.

1571
02:09:59,310 --> 02:09:59,910
Thank you, everyone.

1572
02:10:00,900 --> 02:10:12,240
We are now going to move on to our public hearing, which is on the Civil Detention Center code of amendments. I will now open the public hearing city manager.

1573
02:10:15,750 --> 02:10:16,990
Okay, thank you, Madam Mayor.

1574
02:10:17,890 --> 02:10:20,970
So before we get in the public hearing, I'm, oh there is.

1575
02:10:21,810 --> 02:10:25,170
We're going to give it over for you from the code amendments from our senior

1576
02:10:25,170 --> 02:10:26,110
Planner David Barnes.

1577
02:10:26,270 --> 02:10:26,950
I'll make the presentation.

1578
02:10:49,470 --> 02:10:50,410
Thank you, City Manager.

1579
02:10:50,770 --> 02:10:52,050
Good evening, Madam Mayor.

1580
02:10:52,150 --> 02:10:53,370
I'm Deputy Mayor and Council.

1581
02:10:54,250 --> 02:10:55,490
Glad to be here tonight.

1582
02:10:57,330 --> 02:11:00,130
To give a short presentation that will help

1583
02:11:00,130 --> 02:11:03,370
for the public hearing and your consideration of ordinance

1584
02:11:03,370 --> 02:11:05,590
Oh 49-47.

1585
02:11:10,290 --> 02:11:11,390
Alex Stone in a rub.

1586
02:11:12,070 --> 02:11:13,890
But let's some.

1587
02:11:14,350 --> 02:11:15,310
Yeah, maybe move the.

1588
02:11:15,350 --> 02:11:17,130
There's a disruption in the audience.

1589
02:11:17,730 --> 02:11:18,270
Thank you.

1590
02:11:18,270 --> 02:11:18,850
We could absolutely.

1591
02:11:29,860 --> 02:11:32,560
Let's give a little background to the situation.

1592
02:11:33,140 --> 02:11:34,800
So everybody can understand what's happening.

1593
02:11:35,700 --> 02:11:40,280
Back in December 2025, federal notice was released for the Pacific Northwest area.

1594
02:11:41,040 --> 02:11:44,920
That was discussing newer expanded civil detention facilities.

1595
02:11:44,920 --> 02:11:53,880
As you can imagine, that kind of set off a lot of, you know, cities, counties, and concerns

1596
02:11:53,880 --> 02:11:54,780
in the community.

1597
02:11:55,240 --> 02:12:01,300
The sum neighboring jurisdictions in King County, for example, and other cities of adopted

1598
02:12:01,300 --> 02:12:08,860
temporary moratorium that would not allow applications for new civil detention facilities.

1599
02:12:10,500 --> 02:12:18,200
The city, as you know, adopted resolution 5729, and as part of that, the city manager was authorized

1600
02:12:18,200 --> 02:12:23,620
to have staff looking to, should Kirkland consider a moratorium, as well.

1601
02:12:24,480 --> 02:12:29,560
And so staff did evaluate that on the regulatory context and the impacts of moratorium.

1602
02:12:31,320 --> 02:12:36,480
And, you know, just from the get-go, Kirkland's goal was not to have any civil detention

1603
02:12:36,480 --> 02:12:37,640
centers in Kirkland.

1604
02:12:41,480 --> 02:12:47,020
So, to understand, you know, I'm just going to explain really quickly, privately operated

1605
02:12:47,020 --> 02:12:53,180
detention centers. Those are operated by a private entity, not federal, not government.

1606
02:12:55,280 --> 02:13:02,580
And those kinds of facilities are not allowed uses in the Kirkland zoning code. We have

1607
02:13:02,580 --> 02:13:09,140
a code that is unique and I'm glad for it. It's prohibition by omission and some cities have

1608
02:13:09,140 --> 02:13:12,940
been so lucky to have that kind of code set up.

1609
02:13:18,020 --> 02:13:22,220
The other type of civil detention centers are government-operated.

1610
02:13:22,780 --> 02:13:25,980
Our existing definition of government facility

1611
02:13:25,980 --> 02:13:29,820
describes a use consisting of services facilities operated

1612
02:13:29,820 --> 02:13:33,940
by any level of government and that means local,

1613
02:13:34,300 --> 02:13:35,420
state and federal.

1614
02:13:36,740 --> 02:13:39,740
So a government facility is an allowed use in the

1615
02:13:39,740 --> 02:13:46,040
on encode and a government or publicly operated civil detention facility would be based on that

1616
02:13:46,040 --> 02:13:48,260
definition allowed under the current definition.

1617
02:13:49,680 --> 02:13:56,160
There are various federal laws and statutes that effectively preempt state and local regulations

1618
02:13:56,160 --> 02:14:02,420
from prohibiting government-operated civil detention centers, nonetheless, if an application

1619
02:14:02,420 --> 02:14:10,200
was received, you know, I have learned that we would likely challenge any kind of government-operated

1620
02:14:10,200 --> 02:14:15,840
civil attention facility with the NEPA appeal or any other legal means that we had at our

1621
02:14:15,840 --> 02:14:21,300
disposal. And there is local president for that happening in the United States at this point.

1622
02:14:25,940 --> 02:14:32,380
So we evaluated the moratorium in the region and that was a really unique experience.

1623
02:14:33,180 --> 02:14:38,800
I think, you know, kind of standing back and seeing what others have done, gave us some real

1624
02:14:38,800 --> 02:14:43,780
perspective there, that we might not have had if we had a jump to head and just establish a

1625
02:14:43,780 --> 02:14:49,200
moratorium early on in the process, examine the federal laws and practices, obviously reviewed

1626
02:14:49,200 --> 02:14:55,980
our city's own code, and we also considered the risk for detention, center of sighting because

1627
02:14:58,700 --> 02:14:59,960
the notice it came from

1628
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:04,960
And the federal government back in 2025 said it was looking for sighting that would be very close to an airport.

1629
02:15:07,040 --> 02:15:15,760
So, in looking at all these things, staff determined that a moratorium was not needed for private detention facilities, as I already mentioned, they're already prohibited.

1630
02:15:16,540 --> 02:15:25,660
A moratorium on federally operated detention center facilities may not be effective in prohibiting its use due to federal preemption.

1631
02:15:27,060 --> 02:15:33,420
But we did note that clarification of the government facility definition would be useful.

1632
02:15:36,820 --> 02:15:42,260
And the Council felt that way too, after hearing the presentation, we did not pursue the moratorium as you know.

1633
02:15:42,600 --> 02:15:50,160
And we were given direction to pursue targeted code amendments that would express our preference for

1634
02:15:50,160 --> 02:15:55,680
prohibiting civil detention facilities, others than those considered essential public facilities

1635
02:15:56,780 --> 02:16:04,300
under state law. So we were essentially asked to provide not a temporary fix, which is a

1636
02:16:04,300 --> 02:16:09,760
what a moratorium would have achieved, but a permanent fix, and that is what we've pursued.

1637
02:16:11,360 --> 02:16:20,540
I also want to let you know that besides the legal hearing notice that we provided in

1638
02:16:20,540 --> 02:16:22,840
post it on the city's website and so forth.

1639
02:16:23,380 --> 02:16:30,900
We did conduct two meetings with that were helped and coordinated by Eastside for all.

1640
02:16:31,200 --> 02:16:35,800
On January 27th and August 4th, I'm just to discuss the city's approach.

1641
02:16:36,600 --> 02:17:04,700
We have received a letter previously asking us why we were not pursuing a moratorium and so was a perfect opportunity to explain why and educate not only those that were concerned about it but also to help inform some local governments attended some of those meetings too so there was actually contributing to their efforts to help them decide what they might do.

1642
02:17:04,700 --> 02:17:08,320
So, that was a good thing that we did.

1643
02:17:09,200 --> 02:17:14,400
We really did express our city's opposition to civil detention facilities, so they were very

1644
02:17:14,400 --> 02:17:15,980
thankful for that.

1645
02:17:16,840 --> 02:17:24,340
And we did explain the current government facilities definition and spent some time describing

1646
02:17:24,340 --> 02:17:31,360
why and how we could use a code amendment to kind of solve this issue.

1647
02:17:31,360 --> 02:17:48,220
And we ended up sending the draft code amendment language and in addition to sending that we also translate in it over nearly 12 languages, some of which we have not done before.

1648
02:17:48,820 --> 02:17:59,160
So I think that was speaking to that larger group of folks on the east side that speak more languages than we just normally provide for in Kirkland.

1649
02:17:59,160 --> 02:18:04,520
So it was glad for that, and hopefully we'll hear from some member group and community members later.

1650
02:18:11,740 --> 02:18:16,900
So what we decided to do with revising the definition of government facility was make it clear

1651
02:18:16,900 --> 02:18:22,440
that government facility is not include civil detention facilities unless such facilities

1652
02:18:23,140 --> 02:18:26,120
or public facilities are required by Washington State law.

1653
02:18:26,340 --> 02:18:33,720
So we need to make that clear, we added this language, this underlined in that government facility

1654
02:18:33,720 --> 02:18:43,200
definition. And that makes it so that in many places in the city where a government facility

1655
02:18:43,200 --> 02:18:50,620
is in a loud use, it would now exclude these civil detention facilities other than

1656
02:18:50,620 --> 02:18:54,220
that are required by law that we're required to have.

1657
02:18:56,500 --> 02:18:58,380
So the staff recognition at this point

1658
02:18:58,380 --> 02:19:04,080
is we conduct a public hearing which we're doing and consider public comment and following

1659
02:19:04,080 --> 02:19:08,980
this public hearing discuss and deliberate on the code amendments and consider adoption of ordinance

1660
02:19:08,980 --> 02:19:15,980
4947. Thank you. Thank you, David. Council any comments for staff? Are questions for staff?

1661
02:19:19,810 --> 02:19:19,950
All right.

1662
02:19:20,090 --> 02:19:25,370
Good job. Thank you for doing that extra outreach to the community and the translations too.

1663
02:19:25,650 --> 02:19:30,570
City Clerk, do we have anyone signed up to testify? Yes, Madam Mayor, we have two guests wishing

1664
02:19:30,570 --> 02:19:35,810
to speak on the matter. Guillermo Rivera joining us virtually in Alex Zimmerman on site.

1665
02:19:35,810 --> 02:19:37,450
Thank you.

1666
02:19:38,610 --> 02:19:44,170
Before we begin, I want to remind everyone that you must limit your marks to three minutes

1667
02:19:44,170 --> 02:19:49,670
and during that time, you were limited speaking only on the topic of the public hearing,

1668
02:19:49,930 --> 02:19:53,870
which is the Civil Civil Detention Center Code of Menments.

1669
02:19:54,370 --> 02:19:58,470
So let's go ahead and transfer Garamal.

1670
02:20:22,380 --> 02:20:34,360
Welcome. Thank you. Dear Mayor and council members, my name is Guillermo Rivera, and I'm the community organizer with

1671
02:20:34,360 --> 02:20:41,400
east side for all. Since 2019, we have convened Safe Heaven, a coalition of more than 35

1672
02:20:41,400 --> 02:20:49,440
organizations, and over 170 community members across the east side. Together, we collaborate

1673
02:20:49,440 --> 02:20:56,120
to share resources and advocate on issues affecting immigrants and refugee communities. Tonight,

1674
02:20:56,400 --> 02:21:01,960
I'm here to thank you for collaborating with Safe Heaven and for making an effort to gather

1675
02:21:01,960 --> 02:21:08,380
community input and provide translations for the community's most impacted by the civil detention

1676
02:21:08,380 --> 02:21:13,260
said their code amendments ordinance 04947.

1677
02:21:14,660 --> 02:21:21,460
Like David mentioned, she is definitely David Barnes, Eddie Kamaskoro, and David Lasso,

1678
02:21:21,820 --> 02:21:28,480
mid-Wit's sake heaven twice, one with our county court team and the second time with a large

1679
02:21:28,480 --> 02:21:30,060
group of community members.

1680
02:21:30,060 --> 02:21:37,960
They present the different options and proposed changes, and most importantly, to the time to

1681
02:21:37,960 --> 02:21:41,000
listen to our feedback and answer our questions.

1682
02:21:42,560 --> 02:21:45,220
Our communities really appreciate this approach to engagement.

1683
02:21:46,300 --> 02:21:49,540
Having enough time, more than three minutes,

1684
02:21:51,920 --> 02:21:54,480
to ask questions, share concerns, and have a

1685
02:21:54,480 --> 02:21:57,380
meaningful conversations make a big difference.

1686
02:21:57,380 --> 02:22:00,380
Thank you for taking the time to do this.

1687
02:22:01,620 --> 02:22:05,440
We hope that there will be more opportunities in the future for community-based organizations

1688
02:22:05,440 --> 02:22:12,160
and the immigrant and refugee communities more impacted by policies to have a voice in the process.

1689
02:22:13,060 --> 02:22:16,220
Thank you again for your hard work and commitment to community engagement

1690
02:22:16,220 --> 02:22:19,560
and your willingness to collaborate with us,

1691
02:22:19,560 --> 02:22:22,040
will afford to continue this partnership.

1692
02:22:23,000 --> 02:22:27,380
And we encourage you to take these, as an example,

1693
02:22:27,880 --> 02:22:32,240
that you can do in other codes, amendments that you want to make,

1694
02:22:32,880 --> 02:22:38,180
and don't vote until you listen to the people

1695
02:22:38,180 --> 02:22:40,460
that are more affected by these will be listening,

1696
02:22:41,060 --> 02:22:43,520
and they will tell you, but they are thinking of,

1697
02:22:43,880 --> 02:22:47,820
so I encourage you to postpone any other votes that you have

1698
02:22:47,820 --> 02:22:53,520
in any case, and do the same to let you with us. Thank you so much.

1699
02:22:54,160 --> 02:22:58,820
Thank you, Garamow, and thank you for helping facilitate those meetings too. We are appreciate it.

1700
02:22:59,060 --> 02:23:00,760
No, thank you. Thank you.

1701
02:23:01,260 --> 02:23:02,220
All right, Alex.

1702
02:23:02,620 --> 02:23:03,040
Thank you.

1703
02:23:03,160 --> 02:23:08,980
And I will remind you, you need to speak to the public hearing, which is on the civil detention center code of amendments.

1704
02:23:09,440 --> 02:23:09,740
Yeah, absolutely.

1705
02:23:12,340 --> 02:23:16,340
I'm a bit maybe stupid, but sometimes I understand, but as I'm doing.

1706
02:23:16,760 --> 02:23:17,920
Not exactly every day.

1707
02:23:17,920 --> 02:23:24,620
Okay, my name is Alexander Manipresentent of St. Dapah America, I read this, I read this, what is you write?

1708
02:23:24,900 --> 02:23:31,640
And I love this, I love because we don't, oh, we have only emigrant, we don't have more,

1709
02:23:33,180 --> 02:23:45,560
not legal aliens or something like this in a state-washing congiverment talking about people who don't have a green card, you know what is means.

1710
02:23:45,560 --> 02:23:51,740
to me for good about this number one one second I'm going to give you a few more seconds to

1711
02:23:51,740 --> 02:23:57,180
speak about the code of the devil speak is exactly what is I doing so you're right now

1712
02:23:57,180 --> 02:24:02,040
one concentrate everything is look like a concentration camp and I give you my experience

1713
02:24:02,040 --> 02:24:09,560
for a year ago I was arrested I spent in Bellevue, it's not my room in jail in Bellevue

1714
02:24:09,560 --> 02:24:11,640
in police department, two hours.

1715
02:24:11,960 --> 02:24:13,320
Isn't it prosecuted me?

1716
02:24:13,440 --> 02:24:16,840
Right now, why is he doing for last few years

1717
02:24:16,840 --> 02:24:19,480
because I have seven times, they prosecuted me.

1718
02:24:19,800 --> 02:24:21,880
Say, I rest, Milhaika, have that position.

1719
02:24:22,600 --> 02:24:25,300
You're trying my patients, you are not speaking to the...

1720
02:24:25,300 --> 02:24:26,720
No, I'm talking about money,

1721
02:24:26,800 --> 02:24:30,000
what is you spend, you've acting like a concentration camp.

1722
02:24:30,180 --> 02:24:31,460
Thank you, Alex, you are.

1723
02:24:31,540 --> 02:24:38,800
No, you don't give me, you're not speaking to the code amendments.

1724
02:24:40,860 --> 02:24:45,260
Madam Mayor, we do have one additional guest wishing to speak on the matter, Lisa Berenton.

1725
02:24:45,940 --> 02:24:46,540
Thank you, Lisa.

1726
02:24:55,400 --> 02:24:55,940
Thank you.

1727
02:24:56,260 --> 02:24:56,460
Council.

1728
02:24:57,520 --> 02:24:58,840
I need a Lisa Berenton.

1729
02:24:58,980 --> 02:24:59,920
I hope I work out podium.

1730
02:25:00,000 --> 02:25:00,680
And

1731
02:25:04,970 --> 02:25:08,130
- Oh, yeah, that would help. Yeah, I'm so short.

1732
02:25:11,590 --> 02:25:34,820
So, coda moments will help only to a certain extent. I'm talking from experience where I have actually designed prison compounds in the state of Washington. I'm also very familiar with the Tacoma detention center that's going on right now.

1733
02:25:34,820 --> 02:25:43,300
So, code amendments are going to go so far, but the thing that needs to be addressed is in the code amendments.

1734
02:25:44,040 --> 02:25:51,840
You've got to make it crystal clear that anything that the federal government wants to build.

1735
02:25:52,840 --> 02:25:57,540
It's got to be inclusive with all the other types of detention centers.

1736
02:25:58,060 --> 02:26:00,700
Because we all know what's going on down to Koma.

1737
02:26:00,700 --> 02:26:11,700
We know that ISIS putting people in there, we know that there are other prisoners in there who are citizens who have committed crimes, and they're all in the same place.

1738
02:26:12,460 --> 02:26:17,020
And I can tell you from, I mean, I've designed these places.

1739
02:26:17,560 --> 02:26:29,420
If the American public knew what the design and what goes on in these prisons and the privileges that these prisoners have,

1740
02:26:30,500 --> 02:26:39,420
The American public would be outraged because they actually have better, better lifestyle and better benefits than the American people do.

1741
02:26:40,380 --> 02:26:49,400
But my point about the amendment, the code amendments, you got to tighten the code amendments because the federal government is going to do whatever they want anyway.

1742
02:26:50,580 --> 02:26:55,780
So the code amendment that is being proposed, it's not tight enough. It's really not.

1743
02:26:56,420 --> 02:26:57,360
That's all I have to say.

1744
02:26:57,360 --> 02:26:58,520
Thank you.

1745
02:27:00,440 --> 02:27:00,640
All right.

1746
02:27:00,760 --> 02:27:01,760
State Clerk, can anyone else?

1747
02:27:02,200 --> 02:27:03,340
No, they're just going to speak.

1748
02:27:03,740 --> 02:27:04,060
All right.

1749
02:27:04,240 --> 02:27:05,900
The public hearing is now closed.

1750
02:27:06,540 --> 02:27:10,960
The council will consider all public comments on the issue, including those submitted

1751
02:27:10,960 --> 02:27:11,700
and writing.

1752
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We are now going to move on to consent calendar.

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Before we have a motion, I'd like to ask Deputy Mayor Black to, oh, thank you, David.

1754
02:27:20,780 --> 02:27:21,540
We'll see you again.

1755
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I would like to ask Deputy Mayor Black to present the audit of the council and to highlight

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the proclamations we have on consent.

1757
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Thank you, Madam Mayor. We had payroll August 7th in the amount of $8,635,240 and

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02:27:39,050 --> 02:27:49,290
77 cents and payroll August 24th in the amount of $9,553,344 and 95 cents. And bills in

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the amount of $13,511,645 and 1 cent. As part of tonight's consent calendar, the mayor

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On behalf of the Council, we'll be proclaiming three proclamations.

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The first is proclaiming September as suicide prevention awareness month.

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This observance raises awareness promotes hope and encourages compassionate conversations

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02:28:11,590 --> 02:28:13,450
about mental health and suicide prevention.

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This proclamation recognizes those affected by suicide and those working to connect people

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with support and resources.

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The mayor will also be proclaiming September as national recovery month honoring people

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recovering from mental health and substance use challenges and recognizing the families, professionals,

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and advocates who support them.

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The Proclamation also reaffirms Kirkland's commitment to reducing stigma and supporting access,

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to treatment, and recovery resources.

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Finally, the mayor will be proclaiming September's childhood counselor Awareness Month, honoring

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children fighting cancer, celebrating survivors, remembering those lost, and supporting

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02:28:52,210 --> 02:28:52,830
their families.

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The Proclamation also recognizes progress in childhood counselors' arrival and the importance of equitable access to care.

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Additional information resources related to each of these topics are included in staff members accompanying tonight's agenda.

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Thank you, Deputy Mayor. Is there a motion to approve the consent calendar?

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It's a move by Deputy Mayor Black, second by Councillor Murafelcone, to approve the consent calendar, are there any questions, comments or corrections to the consent calendar?

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02:29:26,230 --> 02:29:31,490
All right, seeing none, the questions on the motion to approve the consent calendar, all those of favor, please say aye.

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Aye.

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Any opposed?

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Consent calendar is approved 70.

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All right, we are.

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Moving on to a first business item in our regular business agenda our first item of business is on the potential welcome back david.

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You should just sit here

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We are our first item is business of our business is on the potential adoption of civil detention center

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Code amendments, city manager.

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Okay, thank you, ma'am.

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So, as you know, I'll see your point of David Barnes is here. I gave you a pretty good overview.

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I heard I answer questions about the ordinance, and we're looking for council action tonight.

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Here we are. So, yeah, we're at the part of the business agenda where you would consider proposed ordinance

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Oh 49.47 and just as a reminder, this ordinance would express the city's preference to

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prohibit civil detention facilities other than protected by the Washington state in

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the state of code listed here. So, that's it. Thank you. Thank you, Council. Any comments?

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Questions? Deputy Mayor? Madam Mayor, were you learning to take the motion? I would.

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I'll move adoption of ordinance. Oh 49.47?

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It's been moved by Deputy Mayor Black.

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Except like Councilman about calling to move ordinance 4947.

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Is there any further discussion, Deputy Mayor?

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Thank you, Madam Mayor.

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I just want to briefly speak in support of the motion.

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But I really like about what the City of Kirkland is doing as that we are doing in a matter

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of just a few weeks.

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What other cities are putting off for over a year.

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I really appreciate the work that staff has done to quickly,

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expeditiously, both do the research that has gone into this ordinance and also the community outreach

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that has gone into this. And we've done it in a reasonable time frame and what we're doing is

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we're taking permanent action, where for good or bad, a lot of our peer cities, neighboring cities,

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are basically putting off for a year or over a year now, analyzing, and they're going

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to come to a lot of same conclusions.

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Our staff quickly came to and our council quickly came to.

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So I like that we are demonstrating that we care for the affected communities, and that

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we're able to quickly take permanent action on this matter.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Madam Mayor. I just want to thank you. Thank you, David. Thank you, staff for working on this,

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Erica and others in team. As Deputy Mayor Black said, we recognize that this was a lot of work

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in a short period of time and a pivot based on council feedback at the last meeting. So thank you

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so much for acting so quickly. And also a huge thank you to all the community members who

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advocated for this, who didn't give up, who kept reaching out to us until we have this meeting tonight.

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so thank you to them. I want them to know that they're making a difference by advocating for their communities. Thank you.

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Thank you. Anyone else? Questions on the motion or approve ordinance 4947 city clerk? Please call the roll.

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On that motion, Council member Tim Chizen. Yes. Council member Arnold. Yes. Council member Pram. Yes. Council member Felcon. Yes. Council member Pascal. Yes.

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Deputy Mayor Block. Yes. Mayor Curtis. Yes. Ordnance 4947 is approved 7-0. Thank you, everyone.

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Thank you, David. Thank you.

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All right. We are now moving on to our second business

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item 9B,

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which is on the International Community School Development Plan Amendment, and I am going

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to call on our city attorney to make opening remarks. Thank you, Mayor Curtis. I'm gonna

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from the lovely script you've heard before. This item for our council consideration of the International Community

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School Development Plan Amendment is a closed record, quasi-judicial matter based on the recommendation

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of the hearing examiner, and the factual record developed before the hearing examiner. This means

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the council will not be receiving any new testimony or evidence this evening. Here's the format

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the council has established for this matter. Senior planner Tony Levitt will make a stop presentation

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as an available, and is available to answer questions from the Council.

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Thereafter, the Council may take this matter under advisement before taking action

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and voting on the process to be permit application for an amended master plan,

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either tonight or at a subsequent Council meeting. If the Council wishes to vote on the

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Resolution this evening, Council will need to suspend its rules to allow for that.

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When the Council acts on the application and the recommendation of the hearing examiner,

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you have three options, can grant the application, modify, and grant the application, or deny the application.

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If the council, or to conclude that it cannot make a decision, because the record compiled

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before the caring examiner is incomplete or inadequate with respect to the permanent application,

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council can remand the matter to the hearing examiner for supplementary findings and conclusions on.

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It is the council's intention that this matter be fair, both in appearance and, in fact, and that it be conducted impartially. With those intentions in mind, I have a few questions to ask in order to provide a clear record. First, I would like to ask the council whether any council member has had any third party communications with proponents or opponents of this application.

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I would like to ask whether any Council member received or exchanged any written correspondence with community members who are not the proponents or opponents of the application.

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Seeing done, I ask the last question.

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I would like to ask whether any Council member believes they have pledged this matter cannot remain impartial or has an interest whereby they stand to gain or lose by a decision either way.

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02:35:53,720 --> 02:35:55,940
Thank you, Madam Mayor.

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Well, thank you, City Attorney, for that.

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I would like to explicitly respond, no, to this question.

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But also provide some information for full transparency.

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One of my children attends the Community Elementary School

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or CES, which is co-located on the same campus

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as the International Community School or ICES.

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Notably, CES and ICES have separate parking lots

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and respective drop-off pickup areas, and students from CES do not have an increase likelihood

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of attending ICS than students from any other schools.

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As indicated in my earlier silence, in response to your questions, I have not had any communication

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with anyone involved or interested in this proposal, so I can confidently say that I have not

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prejudged this matter, and I just wanted to be fully transparent as I mentioned.

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I can remain impartial and I do not have an interest whereby I stand to gain or lose by a decision either way.

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Thank you. Thank you, Council Member. We discussed this matter earlier before and determined refusal was not necessary in this circumstance.

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And thank you, Mayor Curtis. Those are all my remarks.

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Thank you, City Attorney, and thank you, Council Member Falcon. We are ready to proceed.

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In gauge your microphone, please, my press press the button in front of you.

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There we go.

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Right, green.

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Please go.

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Good evening, Mayor.

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Deputy Mayor and Council members.

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I have a brief, nine-slide presentation to go over the proposed application.

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The public comments that we received.

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Staff's review of the proposal and the recommendation of the city's hearing examiner.

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Here is a vicinity map showing the International Community School Community Elementary School Campus.

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located at 1-1-1-3-3 northeast 60-5th street within the central Hauden neighborhood.

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With this proposal, Lake Washington is requesting approval of a master plan amendment

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to increase the ICS enrollment maximum from 445 students to 545 students.

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The CES student enrollment will remain at 70 students.

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The total campus maximum enrollment is currently 515 students

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and the proposal would increase the enrollment to 615 students.

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No new buildings or building additions are being proposed with this application.

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The project includes improvements to the main parking lot to increase the size of the on-site

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Passure Loading area and address safety issues.

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The site plan on the right shows the existing campus, including a joining streets parking lots in the Loading area.

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During the initial comment period, staff received a toll of 18 emails regarding the proposal.

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I'm going to go over some of the issues that were raised in those comment letters

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and how city staff and the applicant responded to those comments.

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First off, multiple neighbors raised concerns about the vehicle backups on neighboring streets

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during the morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up times.

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And then need to expand the drop-off area.

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After reviewing the concerns, the district proposed to increase the size of low-earn area, installing additional signage and additional

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paper markings to help with the traffic bill.

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This was reviewed and improved by the city.

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A neighbor was concerned about the parking for staff and students that it was not adequate on site.

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We did do a parking demand study and determined that there was, in fact, adequate parking on site for the campus.

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Third item, neighbors requested the Lake Washington School District increase bus service to the campus and provide bus passes to the student staff.

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As far as the city is concerned, we review the projects and it did not require any traffic mitigation.

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City could not require additional bus service. As part of their response, the district provided information

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on the existing bus service. The campus currently has a district-provided shuttle bus services

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to the site, they come from different parts of the district, and also it provides Metro bus passes

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to students. Currently there are some Metro bus routes that are not next to the campus that

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on 68th and 108th.

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The district, again,

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evaluates each shuttle bus service each year,

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based on student demand in terms

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whether or not they need to increase that.

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Based on the where the students are living

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and coming from.

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Multiple comments raised concerns about traffic impacts

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on the neighboring streets that would occur

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with the proposed enrollment increase.

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So you staff looked at this and determined the proposal did not require traffic mitigation again.

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Finally, multiple neighbors raised concerns about vehicles not stopping as they exit the main parking lot onto Northease 60th Street,

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speeding in the neighborhood, and drivers not stopping for pedestrians.

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To address the stopping, a new fashion stop sign is being installed at the main entrance to the campus to address this concern.

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staff also provided information to the public regarding the city's schools zone safety program that we are currently working on.

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And again, the final comment also raised concerns about pedestrian safety between 111 between 60 and 60 seconds.

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We looked into this and providing information on the public worst department.

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Neighborhood Safety Program, Project, and also the safer routes to school action plan.

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I'll provide a brief overview of the main development regulation staff reviewed for the proposal.

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The first one is parking.

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Again, we looked at this and found that the parking demand was being met by the campus and they would not have to provide any additional spaces.

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The total campus needed based on this demand study was 80 parking stalls and the campus has

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145 stalls. However, to address any potential future needs, as part of the transportation

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and parking management plan, the city's transportation engineer is requiring that the

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applicant collected parking utilization data for the first three years starting in 2027 to

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substantiate the parking demand and make make appropriate changes to ensure that no parking

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still is on to neighboring streets.

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The Zodic Road requires that the city determined the appropriate size of a loading area

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on a case by case basis, and that there would be designed to minimize impacts on neighboring

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residential uses.

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The applicant prepared a Q&A analysis for the site that looked at passenger loading area within

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the main parking lot access for Northease 60th Street.

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Additionally, the applicant proposed improvements to the loading area all highlight these improvements on the next slide.

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The city's transportation engineer reviewed the Q&A analysis and the proposed improvements in recommended approval subject to conditions.

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Some of the non-site improvement conditions included that the school district staff direct the out there to direct parents to the new loading area.

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also they will be providing a brochure at the beginning of the school year to make sure that

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people know how to drop off and pick up their children. Use a police officer during the

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first week of school to ensure compliance with traffic laws around the campus and requirement

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to address traffic impacts if issues are not resolved.

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As far as the loading area improvements are

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First is the, again, installation of a do not block intersection sign at the 65th street entrance to the pickup, the drop off area.

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Installing the flashing stop sign for the lane, exiting the main parking lot to 65th street.

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Beneath the sign is the installation of a cross traffic does not stop sign to ensure that the yield to any vehicles coming down 65th.

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Re-striping the existing crosswalk at Northease 65th

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Center is to comply with public work requirements.

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This would basically increase the width of that crosswalk.

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New Pavea markings to direct onsite traffic

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and to ensure the driveway enters not blocked by waiting cars.

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Extend and re-striped the load and unload curve lane

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into the student parking area and along the east side of the

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just exiting lane in the main parking lot.

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And finally, stripe a new crosswalk within the main parking lot.

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We're talking a lot to say a lot of safe crossing to the new east load and unload area. That is highlighted on this slide.

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So, the hearing examiner held the public hearing for the project on July 15th.

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At the hearing staff, the applicant presented materials for the hearing examiner's consideration.

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One member of the public testified at the hearing. Their testimony includes concerns about transportation impacts,

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included a question regarding the loading area improvements, the applicants traffic engineer and the

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city staff provided a response to the questions at the hearing. On July 23, the hearing exam

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issued a recommendation for approval, subjects of the following conditions. Compliance with the

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transportation and parking management plan requirements, the site plan improvements, including loading

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area of signage and circulation improvements, payment of traffic and payment of traffic impact

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fees. No challenges to the hearing examiner of recommendation were submitted.

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So tonight staff recommends that the city council consider the hearing examiner's recommendation

1964
02:46:05,500 --> 02:46:10,440
for the application and take one of the following decision actions. First would be to grant

1965
02:46:10,440 --> 02:46:15,820
the application as recommended by the hearing examiner. Second would be to modify and grant the

1966
02:46:17,220 --> 02:46:20,280
the last option would deny the application.

1967
02:46:20,840 --> 02:46:22,740
The council also could direct the application

1968
02:46:22,740 --> 02:46:25,160
to be considered at a reopening of the hearing,

1969
02:46:26,020 --> 02:46:28,200
as long as the specific issues

1970
02:46:28,200 --> 02:46:30,800
to be considered at the hearing are outlined.

1971
02:46:31,580 --> 02:46:32,820
And new of the options above,

1972
02:46:33,000 --> 02:46:34,720
the council can suspend the rules of vote

1973
02:46:34,720 --> 02:46:35,860
on the matter at the next meeting

1974
02:46:35,860 --> 02:46:37,720
and instead vote on the application

1975
02:46:37,720 --> 02:46:39,160
during tonight's meeting.

1976
02:46:40,180 --> 02:46:42,220
Staff's recommendation is that the city council

1977
02:46:42,220 --> 02:46:45,040
grant the application as recommended by the hearing examiner

1978
02:46:45,040 --> 02:46:50,360
by adopting the resolution that is attached to the packet during tonight's hearing.

1979
02:46:52,470 --> 02:46:53,470
That concludes my presentation.

1980
02:46:53,930 --> 02:46:54,590
Thank you, Tony.

1981
02:46:55,050 --> 02:46:55,830
Thank you.

1982
02:46:55,950 --> 02:46:56,730
Council any questions?

1983
02:46:59,450 --> 02:46:59,670
All right.

1984
02:47:00,190 --> 02:47:01,270
This Councillor Pascill.

1985
02:47:02,770 --> 02:47:02,910
Yeah.

1986
02:47:02,910 --> 02:47:07,530
Thanks for the detail summary of the proposal.

1987
02:47:08,630 --> 02:47:13,890
You know, a number of the comments that were received were related to traffic impacts in the neighborhood.

1988
02:47:13,890 --> 02:47:17,650
And it sounds like those are existing today with the current enrollment.

1989
02:47:19,950 --> 02:47:31,670
And so the proposal looks like it modifies on-site circulation and parking and stuff to address those off-site impacts.

1990
02:47:32,390 --> 02:47:43,090
So I just wanted to be clear, does it staffs feeling that those on-site mitigation would prevent that off-site?

1991
02:47:43,090 --> 02:47:45,690
those off-site impacts from occurring in the future.

1992
02:47:46,550 --> 02:47:53,190
Yeah, based on the review by the city's transportation division, it was included that

1993
02:47:53,190 --> 02:47:54,690
these improvements obviously will.

1994
02:47:54,950 --> 02:47:59,050
They're expanding the length of that drop-off area.

1995
02:47:59,790 --> 02:48:01,150
So that's the first key.

1996
02:48:01,370 --> 02:48:06,090
And the second is just making sure also to another option on the table, too,

1997
02:48:06,250 --> 02:48:12,110
as issues come up is to reallocate some of the staff parking for visitors.

1998
02:48:12,110 --> 02:48:16,950
So there's also additional parking in the center of the, let me actually go back to that.

1999
02:48:18,350 --> 02:48:23,710
So in near the staff visitor parking lot, that that could be opened up for more visitors as well.

2000
02:48:24,230 --> 02:48:42,070
So there's, there's, we, our feeling is that they've added enough basically loading and unloading areas capacity to, to beat the, you know,

2001
02:48:42,070 --> 02:48:42,970
kind of help.

2002
02:48:43,450 --> 02:48:43,530
Yes.

2003
02:48:43,610 --> 02:48:49,950
For those improvements accommodate the increased enrollment, but also address the existing issues

2004
02:48:49,950 --> 02:48:51,110
that they're seeing today.

2005
02:48:51,790 --> 02:48:51,890
Greta.

2006
02:48:52,230 --> 02:48:52,850
Thank you.

2007
02:48:52,910 --> 02:48:53,450
Thank you.

2008
02:48:53,630 --> 02:48:54,250
Anyone else?

2009
02:48:59,680 --> 02:48:59,860
What?

2010
02:49:01,060 --> 02:49:01,340
I do.

2011
02:49:01,500 --> 02:49:01,840
Thank you.

2012
02:49:01,960 --> 02:49:02,420
It matters now.

2013
02:49:04,380 --> 02:49:04,960
Thank you.

2014
02:49:05,580 --> 02:49:06,040
Excuse me.

2015
02:49:06,300 --> 02:49:06,640
Thank you.

2016
02:49:07,560 --> 02:49:08,560
Thank you.

2017
02:49:09,810 --> 02:49:10,110
Thank you.

2018
02:49:10,790 --> 02:49:11,110
Thank you.

2019
02:49:11,750 --> 02:49:16,930
I'm just a spending council rule 3.2.3 so that Council may vote tonight on this process

2020
02:49:16,930 --> 02:49:17,850
to be application.

2021
02:49:17,850 --> 02:49:18,690
Second.

2022
02:49:19,790 --> 02:49:26,990
It's been moved by Councillor Felcon, second by Deputy Mayor to suspend Council Rule 3.23 so

2023
02:49:26,990 --> 02:49:28,970
that we may vote this evening.

2024
02:49:29,690 --> 02:49:30,390
Any discussion?

2025
02:49:32,680 --> 02:49:34,240
All this in favor, please say aye.

2026
02:49:34,580 --> 02:49:34,860
Aye.

2027
02:49:35,260 --> 02:49:36,060
Any opposed?

2028
02:49:36,440 --> 02:49:38,180
Motion carries 7-0.

2029
02:49:38,640 --> 02:49:39,160
I want to continue.

2030
02:49:39,720 --> 02:49:40,220
I would love to.

2031
02:49:40,340 --> 02:49:40,940
Thank you, Madam Mayor.

2032
02:49:41,500 --> 02:49:44,120
I moved that we adopt Resolution R5744.

2033
02:49:44,720 --> 02:49:47,860
A Resolution of the City of Kirkland, approving an amendment to the International Community

2034
02:49:47,860 --> 02:49:53,940
school, ICS, slash community elementary school, CES, campus master plan as applied for in the

2035
02:49:53,940 --> 02:49:59,100
planning and building department file number, it's there. And sending forth conditions to which

2036
02:49:59,100 --> 02:49:59,940
such permit shall be.

2037
02:50:00,000 --> 02:50:01,200
Subject. Second.

2038
02:50:01,740 --> 02:50:11,300
This has been moved by Councillor Fairfell. Seconded by Deputy Mayor, black to approve resolution, 5744. Is there any discussion? Councillor Fairfell.

2039
02:50:12,560 --> 02:50:18,140
Thank you, Madam Mayor. May I comment on the resolution? Sure, that's appropriate.

2040
02:50:19,280 --> 02:50:27,000
I just want to say I know that in our school district in general, like Washington School District, there are long waitlist for choice schools, and there are students who,

2041
02:50:27,000 --> 02:50:34,940
You know, brains work differently, and they learn differently, and so these choice schools are really great for students who need something a little bit different than the traditional classroom.

2042
02:50:36,620 --> 02:50:48,920
And because of that, you know, I support this because there would be more opportunity for more students to get to get to experience a school that their family thinks is the best fit for them.

2043
02:50:49,060 --> 02:50:52,860
So it's an, I believe it's also an equity issue as well to be able to increase the enrollment.

2044
02:50:52,860 --> 02:50:53,640
Thank you.

2045
02:50:53,780 --> 02:50:54,960
Thank you.

2046
02:50:55,340 --> 02:51:00,320
Questions on the motion to approve resolution 5744, all those of favor please say aye.

2047
02:51:00,720 --> 02:51:00,860
Aye.

2048
02:51:01,120 --> 02:51:01,920
Any opposed?

2049
02:51:02,400 --> 02:51:03,920
Motion carries 7-0.

2050
02:51:04,200 --> 02:51:04,640
Thanks everybody.

2051
02:51:04,960 --> 02:51:05,480
Thank you, Tony.

2052
02:51:06,840 --> 02:51:09,400
Councillor, I expect the next business item to take a minute.

2053
02:51:10,020 --> 02:51:12,940
So I'm going to call a very short break.

2054
02:51:13,440 --> 02:51:15,380
We are going to come back at 8.50.

2055
02:51:36,310 --> 02:51:51,560
All right, we are back from a very short break and we are moving on to nine C, which is potential adoption of zoning amendments regarding affordable housing requirements in low density zones city manager.

2056
02:51:51,560 --> 02:52:04,880
Okay. Thank you, Madam Mayor. So this is a item that was postponed after a tie or table and then referred to this meeting for discussion possible action here to walk you through.

2057
02:52:05,060 --> 02:52:13,400
The ordinance itself is our director of planning and building and I'm Wednesday and we do know we have some potential amendments which is also prepared to bring up with their offer.

2058
02:52:14,040 --> 02:52:18,760
Thank you, City Manager. Good evening, Mayor Curtis, Deputy Mayor Black and Council members.

2059
02:52:19,340 --> 02:52:25,220
I just have about 10 slides tonight. I'll say that two of them are proposed amendments from Council as the City Manager.

2060
02:52:25,980 --> 02:52:28,120
I'm going to call this eight slides.

2061
02:52:29,440 --> 02:52:36,060
Really all I want to do with these slides is highlight some of the data that you've considered throughout the process, including in the latest Council packet.

2062
02:52:36,060 --> 02:52:41,180
And apologies that, you know, we keep showing you this chart over and over and over again.

2063
02:52:41,400 --> 02:52:45,580
It's our housing need for 2019 to 2044, but it's sort of our North Star here.

2064
02:52:45,600 --> 02:52:48,820
It's really why we're considering this ordinance in the first place.

2065
02:52:48,980 --> 02:52:51,660
It shows that we need housing and all income brackets.

2066
02:52:52,300 --> 02:53:04,020
But the biggest need, 80% of the total need, or about 10,444 units, is for housing that is affordable to households making less than 50% of the median income.

2067
02:53:04,020 --> 02:53:07,740
And that's the housing that almost always requires some sort of public funding.

2068
02:53:08,760 --> 02:53:15,020
And so the generation of that funding is the primary intent of the ordinance that is in front of you tonight.

2069
02:53:18,320 --> 02:53:19,700
Okay, there's a two-part slide.

2070
02:53:20,380 --> 02:53:25,300
So just as a reminder, these are guiding principles and designing these new affordable housing requirements.

2071
02:53:26,460 --> 02:53:31,160
First, eliminate some of those perverse incentives to build single family housing.

2072
02:53:31,160 --> 02:53:34,140
instead of middle family, instead of multi-family housing

2073
02:53:34,140 --> 02:53:37,720
by leveling the playing field across our lower density

2074
02:53:38,440 --> 02:53:40,080
and medium and high density districts.

2075
02:53:40,520 --> 02:53:44,760
That's one, two, is capitalizing on our opportunity

2076
02:53:44,760 --> 02:53:46,940
to generate new affordable housing fees.

2077
02:53:47,180 --> 02:53:49,300
And that only can happen when we do rezoning.

2078
02:53:50,440 --> 02:53:52,900
And then the third sort of governing principle

2079
02:53:52,900 --> 02:53:55,520
or guiding principle is don't mess with middle housing.

2080
02:53:56,200 --> 02:53:58,260
We have a good track record on middle housing.

2081
02:53:58,260 --> 02:54:05,420
And it's really the type of housing, the type of ownership housing in the community today that is really entry level.

2082
02:54:07,860 --> 02:54:12,580
This is an older chart right here from our June 2026 work.

2083
02:54:12,720 --> 02:54:17,960
It shows the average size of town homes across all of our zoning districts where town homes are allowed.

2084
02:54:18,580 --> 02:54:20,580
And I just want to make two key points here.

2085
02:54:20,960 --> 02:54:25,800
One is that as you can see from this chart, the average size for town houses,

2086
02:54:25,800 --> 02:54:32,340
in the mid-2000 square foot range across all these zoning districts.

2087
02:54:33,460 --> 02:54:38,900
The second point I want to make is that not a lot of town homes can tend to get built in our lower

2088
02:54:38,900 --> 02:54:40,700
densities zones for a variety of reasons.

2089
02:54:40,880 --> 02:54:46,820
I won't really go into them here, but height allowances for a ratio allowances.

2090
02:54:46,840 --> 02:54:51,800
Lot coverage allowances are among the reasons that not a lot of townhouses get built in these lower

2091
02:54:51,800 --> 02:54:52,660
densities zones.

2092
02:54:53,360 --> 02:54:56,360
However, that could change in the future with code amendments.

2093
02:54:57,200 --> 02:54:59,960
If we were to experience more enthusiasm for a townhomkin...

2094
02:55:00,000 --> 02:55:14,620
Instruction in our lower density zones, we would probably expect the townhouses that got that got built to be fairly modest in size, such that they wouldn't accrue a significant affordable housing fee under either a 2,000 square foot or a 2,500 square foot threshold.

2095
02:55:15,120 --> 02:55:21,400
So for instance, assuming a $15 per square foot fee and a 2,000 square foot threshold, the average

2096
02:55:21,400 --> 02:55:26,680
townhome built in a lower density zone based on the data shown on the slide would only

2097
02:55:26,680 --> 02:55:33,080
have a fee of about $6,675 or probably less than a monthly mortgage payment for the townhouse.

2098
02:55:35,750 --> 02:55:41,090
All right, and now this slide is the data provided in your latest memo, and it shows average

2099
02:55:41,090 --> 02:55:47,010
median single-family house sizes with and without ADUs, and I also want to make just a couple

2100
02:55:47,010 --> 02:55:52,250
of points here about the data on the slide. First, you know, whether you're building a new single

2101
02:55:52,250 --> 02:55:58,910
family house with or without an ADU, the average or median size of that single-family house is going

2102
02:55:58,910 --> 02:56:06,210
to be well over a 3000 square foot threshold. Basically, you know, what developers are doing is they're

2103
02:56:06,210 --> 02:56:12,870
to maximize their use of their floor area ratio on these lots. So they're building an ADU

2104
02:56:12,870 --> 02:56:18,050
and the single family house are just a really big single family house. Related to that point

2105
02:56:18,050 --> 02:56:23,610
is that in the aggregate, there's really not a lot of new single family houses getting built in the

2106
02:56:23,610 --> 02:56:29,990
2000 to 3000 square foot range. And I think, again, the philosophy I think on the developer side is

2107
02:56:29,990 --> 02:56:34,610
is a little bit binary in nature. It's, you know, either build as many middle housing units as you

2108
02:56:34,610 --> 02:56:49,230
And, or build the biggest single family house that can be accommodated on the lot, there's not really a lot in between those middle housing units and the big single family house, which is why you're not seeing a lot in the 2003,000 square foot range.

2109
02:56:50,390 --> 02:56:59,370
And so what that means is that the new fee, whether it's said that 2,000 square feet or 2,500 square feet will primarily affect larger and more expensive homes.

2110
02:57:02,820 --> 02:57:10,140
This chart here just illustrates some different scenarios and revenue collection from this

2111
02:57:10,140 --> 02:57:11,500
new affordable housing fee.

2112
02:57:12,000 --> 02:57:18,020
And what you see here is that on this chart, the first two rows show the $15 fee imposed

2113
02:57:18,620 --> 02:57:25,020
on new housing units and lower densities zones with either a 2,000 square foot or 2500 square

2114
02:57:25,020 --> 02:57:25,740
foot exemption.

2115
02:57:26,300 --> 02:57:31,720
And then the third row shows an alternate approach, which is a $20 fee and a 2500 square

2116
02:57:31,720 --> 02:57:37,680
put exemption. And so the key point here is that if you were to increase the fee to $20

2117
02:57:37,680 --> 02:57:43,600
square foot, you can generate about the same revenue for affordable housing under a $2,500

2118
02:57:43,600 --> 02:57:49,720
square foot scenario, $2,500 square foot exemption scenario, as you would with a $15 fee

2119
02:57:50,640 --> 02:57:55,720
under a $2,000 square foot scenario. And this is, again, the subject of an amendment proposed

2120
02:57:55,720 --> 02:57:58,200
by two council members, which I'll get to in about a minute.

2121
02:58:01,690 --> 02:58:07,150
And then this slide here with a photo of just a typical single-family house illustrates

2122
02:58:07,150 --> 02:58:12,970
the actual fee implications of those three scenarios that I talked about on that previous

2123
02:58:12,970 --> 02:58:16,210
slide for a newly built single-family house.

2124
02:58:16,890 --> 02:58:23,290
So again, this house is a little less than 4,400 square feet, it's selling for $2.8 million.

2125
02:58:24,130 --> 02:58:33,870
So even under a $20 square foot fee, and a $2,500 square foot exemptions scenario, the affordable housing fee that would be generated.

2126
02:58:34,290 --> 02:58:38,290
Again, under that scenario is a little less than 1.3% of the asking price.

2127
02:58:38,470 --> 02:58:44,350
You have fairly modest in the context of even other affordable housing fees that we impose on others owning districts.

2128
02:58:46,550 --> 02:58:46,990
All right.

2129
02:58:46,990 --> 02:58:47,310
Oops,

2130
02:58:49,510 --> 02:58:51,650
with that, we'll get to the two council member amendments.

2131
02:58:52,210 --> 02:58:57,230
I'll, if it sounds good to the mayor, I'll just briefly go through each of the amendments

2132
02:58:57,230 --> 02:58:59,770
and then hand it back in case the sponsor is wanted to discuss.

2133
02:58:59,950 --> 02:59:00,190
Okay.

2134
02:59:00,430 --> 02:59:00,770
Thank you.

2135
02:59:00,950 --> 02:59:01,190
Sure.

2136
02:59:02,730 --> 02:59:04,170
So this is just the first amendment.

2137
02:59:04,210 --> 02:59:07,510
This is from council member, council members, Prem and Falcon.

2138
02:59:08,810 --> 02:59:16,390
What this amendment would do is increase the per square foot from $15 to $20 and increase

2139
02:59:16,390 --> 02:59:28,490
the exemption threshold from 2,000 square feet to 2,500 square feet, 2,500 square feet is already reflected in this ordinance, and with that I'll pass it back to the mayor for if the sponsors want to discuss.

2140
02:59:29,950 --> 02:59:36,170
Councillor Prem and Felcone, do you want to talk about your amendment now or do you want to wait until it's on the table?

2141
02:59:37,700 --> 02:59:45,840
either way, yeah. I can do now. Okay, go ahead. Now. Okay. Thank you. Thank you for this

2142
02:59:45,840 --> 02:59:50,760
information and thanks for all of the data that you provided extremely helpful. I know

2143
02:59:50,760 --> 02:59:57,380
it's a lot of work, so I really appreciate it. I have two primary goals with supporting

2144
02:59:57,380 --> 02:59:59,600
the 2500.

2145
03:00:00,000 --> 03:00:09,640
The 2500 square foot threshold, but increasing the per square footage fee from $15 to $25, $20 per square foot.

2146
03:00:10,340 --> 03:00:19,120
Number one, I do not want to hinder the development of middle housing in low-density zones, which includes homes that are under 2500 square feet.

2147
03:00:19,580 --> 03:00:28,200
And number two, I want to ensure that we have adequate contributions towards affordable housing that is so desperately needed in our community.

2148
03:00:28,200 --> 03:00:33,240
First, I want to talk about why increasing the threshold of affordability requirements to

2149
03:00:33,240 --> 03:00:37,920
2,500 will help ensure we are not hindering the development of middle housing.

2150
03:00:38,960 --> 03:00:48,220
When I think about middle housing, middle housing is cottages for sure, but it is also townhouses and smaller single family homes.

2151
03:00:48,220 --> 03:00:59,280
Data provided by the planning staff shows that the average size town homes built in low density zones is around 2400 square feet.

2152
03:00:59,700 --> 03:01:08,400
And the average size of town homes that are built in medium density zones are around, again 24 to 2,500 square feet.

2153
03:01:09,020 --> 03:01:13,800
And these are exactly the types of homes that I would like to incentivize in Kirkland.

2154
03:01:13,800 --> 03:01:25,300
Setting a threshold, requiring affordability fees to homes above 2,000 square feet, may create a disincentive for builders to construct this kind of middle housing.

2155
03:01:25,960 --> 03:01:34,580
At a time when housing supply is one of the biggest challenges for us, I really don't want to create additional barriers for that kind of housing.

2156
03:01:35,360 --> 03:01:43,440
There's also a really important point that we need to keep in mind when we're discussing this whole 2000 versus 2500 square foot threshold.

2157
03:01:43,440 --> 03:01:51,680
those numbers include unfinished areas such as grages and addicts. So when we talk about

2158
03:01:51,680 --> 03:01:56,980
increasing the threshold to 2,500 square feet, we are not necessarily talking

2159
03:01:56,980 --> 03:02:04,560
about a 2,500 square foot space of living space. In reality, we're talking about, in

2160
03:02:04,560 --> 03:02:09,540
reality, we're talking about house with living space with around 2,100 to 2,200

2161
03:02:09,540 --> 03:02:18,140
square feet. And to me, 2100 to 2200 square feet is clearly clearly within the range of what

2162
03:02:18,140 --> 03:02:23,660
I would consider as middle housing. If we want to create more opportunities for moderately

2163
03:02:23,660 --> 03:02:29,700
sized homes that are naturally more affordable than 3,000 plus square foot homes that dominate

2164
03:02:29,700 --> 03:02:35,200
new construction today as shown in the packet, that I believe we need to make sure our policies

2165
03:02:35,200 --> 03:02:39,700
do not unnecessarily discourage that kind of development.

2166
03:02:40,580 --> 03:02:45,100
Further, I want to point out that the new data provided by the staff reinforced my belief

2167
03:02:45,100 --> 03:02:49,260
that we are not doing enough to encourage the development of middle housing in Kirkland,

2168
03:02:49,780 --> 03:02:51,780
and this is backed by hard data.

2169
03:02:52,480 --> 03:03:00,220
The staff's housing analysis specifically said, and they excluded cottages of 104 single-family

2170
03:03:00,220 --> 03:03:09,340
homes built in low-density areas between May 2024 and December 2025, only two homes were

2171
03:03:09,340 --> 03:03:19,340
between 2,000 and 2,500 square feet out of 104. Out of 104, only 5 homes were between

2172
03:03:19,340 --> 03:03:31,360
2,500 and 3,000 square feet, the remaining 97 homes out of the 104 homes, or 93% of the total

2173
03:03:31,360 --> 03:03:38,320
number of homes were larger than 3,000 square feet. To me, that data makes it important point,

2174
03:03:38,620 --> 03:03:44,040
the vast majority of new homes being built in Kirkland today are well over 3,000 square feet.

2175
03:03:44,040 --> 03:03:48,860
We are not seeing enough smaller homes more moderately sized homes being built.

2176
03:03:49,520 --> 03:04:01,400
That suggests we need to do more to incentivize this type of housing that can provide a greater range of options for more families to be able to afford a home.

2177
03:04:02,080 --> 03:04:13,340
I completely understand the counter argument that we could keep the threshold at 2000 feet, which really means 1700 square feet by the way of livable space.

2178
03:04:13,340 --> 03:04:21,640
for now and then revisit it in two years if we can and if we find that it is discouraging the construction of middle housing.

2179
03:04:22,260 --> 03:04:26,300
However, in my opinion, waiting two years may be too late.

2180
03:04:26,860 --> 03:04:31,220
I would rather take steps now to avoid creating a potential disincentive,

2181
03:04:31,340 --> 03:04:37,740
building moderately sized homes, then wait two years to see whether the policy has had unintended consequences

2182
03:04:38,340 --> 03:04:41,260
and then try to correct them after the fact.

2183
03:04:41,260 --> 03:04:47,040
Given the data we've already seen about the types and sizes of homes being built in Kirkland today,

2184
03:04:47,500 --> 03:04:51,960
I believe there's enough reason to act proactively rather than reactively.

2185
03:04:52,580 --> 03:04:56,880
If our goal is to encourage more middle housing and a broader range of housing options,

2186
03:04:57,460 --> 03:04:59,880
we should create a policy in a way that supports that goal.

2187
03:05:00,020 --> 03:05:14,260
From the beginning. Now, going to the second issue of the actual fee amount, I completely understand that raising the exemption level does reduce the revenue generated for critically needed affordable housing.

2188
03:05:14,800 --> 03:05:28,560
I've heard the public's comments on this loud and clear. The goal of this amendment is to recover a similar amount of revenue for affordable housing by increasing the fee from $15 per square foot to $20 per square foot.

2189
03:05:28,560 --> 03:05:35,140
starting at 2,500 square feet. When these funds are invested, as we all know,

2190
03:05:35,480 --> 03:05:41,340
through arch every dollar, we typically get to leverage $10 in regional state and federal

2191
03:05:41,340 --> 03:05:47,000
money. So these dollars are very valuable. And I want to make sure that we're capturing those

2192
03:05:47,000 --> 03:05:53,900
in an inappropriate way. It is also important to recognize that for builders of larger homes,

2193
03:05:53,900 --> 03:06:06,940
The difference required a affordable housing contribution is not that significant between the prior approved ordinance of the 2000 square foot and the 2500 square feet threshold.

2194
03:06:07,720 --> 03:06:18,100
So for an example, a 4,500 square foot home, the difference between the previously approved policy and the new policy if we were to include the 20 dollars per square foot.

2195
03:06:18,100 --> 03:06:26,220
for a, again, a 4,500 square foot house would be $2,500 total. That's it. So I don't think we're

2196
03:06:26,220 --> 03:06:33,220
asking for much by doing this, and I hope that the council will support passing this amendment.

2197
03:06:34,300 --> 03:06:40,860
Thank you. You spoke to the general motion and I was hoping that you were just going to speak to this

2198
03:06:40,860 --> 03:06:48,160
particular amendment. We're fine. But any further comments? Let's keep them to the current amendment.

2199
03:06:48,840 --> 03:06:51,080
So, Council Member Felcon, did I see you raise your hand?

2200
03:06:51,340 --> 03:06:55,340
Yes. Thank you, Madam Mayor. I guess I first have just a kind of procedural question about

2201
03:06:55,840 --> 03:07:01,380
so we table this. Do we need to we untable? So, do we need to make another motion for the ordinance?

2202
03:07:01,500 --> 03:07:07,800
So, there's that already on the table. Yeah, you have the you should bring you brought it

2203
03:07:07,800 --> 03:07:17,980
from back table, but sort of the motion has already been made to approve the ordinance as it was so you could move into amendments rather than have somebody move the ordinance.

2204
03:07:20,840 --> 03:07:22,800
But you're just looking for comments on the amendment right now.

2205
03:07:22,800 --> 03:07:23,800
Yes, we have made a motion.

2206
03:07:24,140 --> 03:07:24,380
Okay.

2207
03:07:24,500 --> 03:07:34,400
But sorry, just to be just to make it clear for the record, you should sort of note that you're taking back up the motion to approve the ordinance before you make amendments on it.

2208
03:07:34,600 --> 03:07:34,640
Yeah.

2209
03:07:34,800 --> 03:07:35,060
Yeah.

2210
03:07:35,060 --> 03:07:43,360
I think you, so speak to this amendment and then we'll go to the other amendment and then we'll take it back up.

2211
03:07:44,240 --> 03:07:45,000
Thank you.

2212
03:07:45,400 --> 03:07:46,060
I will try to.

2213
03:07:46,980 --> 03:07:47,940
I'll do my best.

2214
03:07:47,940 --> 03:07:48,740
We're doing it hard.

2215
03:07:48,900 --> 03:07:49,940
We're doing it hard.

2216
03:07:50,240 --> 03:07:51,480
I'm going to do my best.

2217
03:07:51,640 --> 03:07:53,240
But I think there is some overlap in that.

2218
03:07:53,360 --> 03:07:54,260
I'm back to you.

2219
03:07:54,800 --> 03:08:01,300
I want to start by saying I just generally speaking, I'm not a huge fan of taxing housing to help us address the housing crisis.

2220
03:08:01,300 --> 03:08:05,000
I just want to say that. It seems a little counter-intuitive, but I also want to acknowledge

2221
03:08:05,000 --> 03:08:07,820
that we have very limited tools, right, and this is the situation we're in.

2222
03:08:08,460 --> 03:08:11,160
So, I just want to acknowledge that, because then there's all kinds of opinions on this,

2223
03:08:11,160 --> 03:08:17,480
and I think that I just want to make that clear. You know, well spoken, Council Member

2224
03:08:17,480 --> 03:08:27,140
Prim, I agree with what she said. I also, I have three goals that this helps address to provide

2225
03:08:27,140 --> 03:08:31,160
revenue for income restricted affordable housing to encourage more missing

2226
03:08:31,160 --> 03:08:35,300
middle housing and discourage larger housing from being built. But also to bring

2227
03:08:35,300 --> 03:08:41,380
some fairness and balance to how the revenue streams that we have for affordable housing

2228
03:08:41,380 --> 03:08:46,460
income restricted housing in our city currently are smallest and most naturally occurring

2229
03:08:46,460 --> 03:08:52,100
more affordable. I don't know some of them are not so affordable, but relatively speaking to

2230
03:08:52,100 --> 03:08:59,560
larger single-family homes, bear the weight of providing revenue and building income restricted

2231
03:08:59,560 --> 03:09:05,860
housing in our city, and it's only fair that development of single-family homes, and

2232
03:09:05,860 --> 03:09:11,140
especially larger single-family homes, also contribute to that, to address that issue.

2233
03:09:14,000 --> 03:09:19,340
I agree with some of the earlier comments about permitting and improving the process there,

2234
03:09:19,340 --> 03:09:21,860
So I don't think that this is the sole solution.

2235
03:09:22,460 --> 03:09:29,020
I do think that increasing the fee, along with the 2,500 square feet threshold change

2236
03:09:30,140 --> 03:09:31,600
as was outlined in the memo.

2237
03:09:31,660 --> 03:09:35,060
And as Councillor Prem said, we'll provide us a very similar level of revenue.

2238
03:09:36,200 --> 03:09:39,500
I've actually, you know, a couple months ago when I first proposed this, actually wanted

2239
03:09:39,500 --> 03:09:42,280
to increase it even more for very large homes.

2240
03:09:42,760 --> 03:09:48,120
So I do have a question as well for staff in that if we, if this is adopted tonight,

2241
03:09:49,740 --> 03:09:59,980
Do we have the ability to come back in the future and raise the purse where footage fee, if we determine that we want to further disincentivize, very...

2242
03:10:00,000 --> 03:10:07,360
The large homes, further encouraging, missing middle housing and raise more revenue for income restricted housing.

2243
03:10:10,160 --> 03:10:19,400
I can take that. Council member, Falkon. Yes, so the existing ordinance will allow us to make adjustments, relatively minor adjustments to the fees.

2244
03:10:19,980 --> 03:10:29,940
We could certainly lower the fee easily. I think if we're talking about substantial increase to the fee, we will look at other developmental allowances that we will provide and doing that.

2245
03:10:29,940 --> 03:10:37,960
Okay. Yep. Thank you. So that is an option in the future. I just want to mention a folks out there. I know I've had a lot of conversations over the past couple months with stakeholders about about that option.

2246
03:10:38,220 --> 03:10:48,320
And this feels like a compromise between the two right one step to try to at least get back to where we were in revenue generation last year in the ordinance that we passed.

2247
03:10:49,040 --> 03:10:54,380
I do hope though as was mentioned that this is not like in the grand scheme of things. This is not the biggest

2248
03:10:55,060 --> 03:10:59,860
issue and the biggest impact on housing affordability, it is something, it's a piece of the

2249
03:10:59,860 --> 03:11:04,640
puzzle, we need lots of different pieces of the puzzle to be able to do this. But I do

2250
03:11:04,640 --> 03:11:08,580
hope that in the future, like was mentioned, we have fewer restrictions on missing middle

2251
03:11:08,580 --> 03:11:11,820
housing, you know, you know, you mentioned with town homes with other things, I know the

2252
03:11:11,820 --> 03:11:15,460
planning commission is going to be looking at optimizing missing middle housing. I, you

2253
03:11:15,460 --> 03:11:19,100
know, I agree that town homes are what I, I'm fall under what I would define as missing

2254
03:11:19,100 --> 03:11:26,320
middle housing as well, and also that we would look at having a smoother, quicker, and more

2255
03:11:26,320 --> 03:11:32,340
transparent permitting process as well. I know we have talked about looking at that.

2256
03:11:32,580 --> 03:11:37,680
Like I said about like taxing housing in general, this is something that is on the planning work

2257
03:11:37,680 --> 03:11:41,860
program for the planning commission. So I know that we're looking at all of the type of inclusionary

2258
03:11:41,860 --> 03:11:47,520
zoning and fee and lose and MFTE is through city wide. So that's another conversation to come in the

2259
03:11:47,520 --> 03:11:52,820
future as far as how we feel about taxing housing for building affordable housing so that's

2260
03:11:52,820 --> 03:11:59,460
another one to come. And so I obviously do support this and say one of the one of the authors

2261
03:11:59,460 --> 03:12:06,440
of it and I appreciate the answer to the question that we could potentially raise the fee in

2262
03:12:06,440 --> 03:12:10,200
the future we felt like that was what was best for our community. Thank you. Thank you. All right

2263
03:12:10,200 --> 03:12:15,180
I'm going to open this up to general comments because they're happening anyway. I'm going to call

2264
03:12:15,180 --> 03:12:17,640
Councilmember Arnold, but Councilmember Pram, you had a clarification.

2265
03:12:17,760 --> 03:12:22,920
Madam Mayor, I think you should probably bring the matter back on our note that the matter

2266
03:12:22,920 --> 03:12:23,660
is back on the table.

2267
03:12:23,680 --> 03:12:24,160
Feel free.

2268
03:12:24,400 --> 03:12:25,440
No, I don't think it's for me.

2269
03:12:25,440 --> 03:12:29,120
I think it's for the residing officer to note that the motion is on.

2270
03:12:29,180 --> 03:12:36,160
I will note that we are responding to ordinance 4937, which was taken off the table to

2271
03:12:36,160 --> 03:12:37,420
mind if I had been.

2272
03:12:37,640 --> 03:12:38,080
Help me here.

2273
03:12:38,260 --> 03:12:43,340
The question before Council is on the motion to approve ordinance 4937, which was moved by Council

2274
03:12:43,340 --> 03:12:47,460
Councilmember John Timchism seconded by Councilmember Falcone. Thank you.

2275
03:12:47,980 --> 03:12:50,400
All right, we are now addressing the motion.

2276
03:12:50,860 --> 03:12:54,120
I'm going to go to Councilmember Arnold and then I'll call on you.

2277
03:12:54,980 --> 03:12:55,580
Sure,

2278
03:12:57,870 --> 03:12:59,310
it has not.

2279
03:13:03,220 --> 03:13:05,540
Sorry, has this amendment been moved forward?

2280
03:13:05,620 --> 03:13:05,820
No.

2281
03:13:06,440 --> 03:13:06,720
Okay.

2282
03:13:08,580 --> 03:13:10,020
Go ahead, Councilmember Arnold.

2283
03:13:10,480 --> 03:13:11,320
Thank you, Mayor.

2284
03:13:11,620 --> 03:13:13,940
And thank you for the recognition.

2285
03:13:14,300 --> 03:13:17,940
I'm happy issues are intertwined.

2286
03:13:19,220 --> 03:13:38,320
As we're looking at this, I start with a general preference, a general preference that said I didn't think we need to take action, but I respect what I am hearing from my fellow council members on wanting to make some changes.

2287
03:13:38,320 --> 03:13:47,280
I've come to a different conclusion, looking at the data, and I appreciate the chances we've looked at this for some more information that staff has provided.

2288
03:13:48,580 --> 03:13:57,260
That said, I also really do appreciate Council Member Pram and Council Member Falcon coming forward with this to say,

2289
03:13:57,560 --> 03:14:01,440
not only are they moving the threshold, but making sure we're still generating the revenue.

2290
03:14:01,440 --> 03:14:10,420
So, while my overall preference would be not needing to take action on 4937, I do support this

2291
03:14:10,420 --> 03:14:10,680
minute.

2292
03:14:11,060 --> 03:14:11,460
Thank you.

2293
03:14:11,480 --> 03:14:11,880
Thank you.

2294
03:14:11,960 --> 03:14:14,120
Thank you.

2295
03:14:15,820 --> 03:14:22,400
So, procedurally, this amendment came to us this morning and we got feedback from the master

2296
03:14:22,400 --> 03:14:23,380
builders on Monday.

2297
03:14:23,380 --> 03:14:29,140
I would have appreciated if we had more advanced notice with this amendment because I think

2298
03:14:29,140 --> 03:14:34,040
are stakeholders that have been working with us on this since June.

2299
03:14:34,600 --> 03:14:39,640
But would have appreciated having an opportunity to give feedback on this.

2300
03:14:40,280 --> 03:14:49,540
From a substantive perspective, I don't support this amendment because I don't think that increasing.

2301
03:14:51,900 --> 03:14:58,920
This, trying to surgically increase the taxes on this type of housing won't affect a lot of other typologies.

2302
03:15:00,000 --> 03:15:03,220
And so I won't be supporting this amendment. Thank you. Anyone else?

2303
03:15:03,500 --> 03:15:04,020
Councillor PASCO.

2304
03:15:07,740 --> 03:15:13,400
Thank you. So I think I've been clear from the beginning that I don't support more fees on housing.

2305
03:15:14,200 --> 03:15:18,980
That's why I wasn't able to support this fee when we passed it in 2025.

2306
03:15:20,560 --> 03:15:29,900
As I said then, a building at home already cost 75,000 in fees. That doesn't include the carrying and the financing class that builders incur.

2307
03:15:29,900 --> 03:15:38,640
So, you know, increasing the fee additionally isn't something that I'm wanting to do.

2308
03:15:39,960 --> 03:15:45,300
I do, I do also share the concerns of Council Member Tim Chism.

2309
03:15:47,780 --> 03:15:55,040
When we are considering putting permanent fees on housing or increasing permanent fees on housing,

2310
03:15:55,040 --> 03:16:03,120
And that's introduced without public review or stakeholder input on the day of the meeting.

2311
03:16:03,940 --> 03:16:07,240
I just don't feel like that's the way that we should be doing business.

2312
03:16:09,640 --> 03:16:13,380
Now, if this had been put out publicly, the $15 to $20,

2313
03:16:14,760 --> 03:16:18,820
and we had some input, I might feel differently about that.

2314
03:16:19,180 --> 03:16:23,480
But I just really believe that when we're looking at taxes,

2315
03:16:23,480 --> 03:16:28,680
or fees or increases that like that that are permanent in nature that we need to give it

2316
03:16:28,680 --> 03:16:36,700
it's do a public process in transparency and allow for that discussion. So for those reasons

2317
03:16:36,700 --> 03:16:42,280
I'm not going to be able to support them in. Thank you. Anyone else?

2318
03:16:43,940 --> 03:16:50,520
Councillor Arno. And then I'll go to Councillor Ataqo. Yes. Thank you to the concerns about transparency.

2319
03:16:50,520 --> 03:16:59,700
see I would note page 708 of our packet does introduce this as a possibility. The packet was released

2320
03:16:59,700 --> 03:17:06,040
on Friday and the Master Builders did have adequate opportunity to comment on that alternative

2321
03:17:06,040 --> 03:17:11,140
scenario that was presented, but did not in what we received. Thank you. Thank you.

2322
03:17:11,160 --> 03:17:18,780
Thank you. Kelsford, I had the same comment. Thank you. Anyone else? All right. Before we move forward,

2323
03:17:18,780 --> 03:17:24,140
I think we're gonna I'm gonna take a motion on this amendment and then we'll go from there deputy mayor. Did you have

2324
03:17:24,780 --> 03:17:29,240
No, I was just gonna say I do have comments, but I I want I think it makes sense for them

2325
03:17:30,080 --> 03:17:35,220
That amendment beyond the table right okay. I will note that staff had talked about getting

2326
03:17:36,000 --> 03:17:40,880
At least presenting the other amendment because we got two amendments, but we're gonna we're gonna deal one amendment

2327
03:17:40,880 --> 03:17:47,140
Time yes, I'm perfectly fine with that. I'll thank you. Yes. I decided I didn't like Adam's suggestion so

2328
03:17:49,020 --> 03:17:55,840
Council Member Prim. Both Council Member Falkoon and I move to amend ordinance 0493 at

2329
03:17:55,840 --> 03:18:02,380
e-page 715 line 107 by deleting the phrase $15 per square foot and inserting in its

2330
03:18:02,380 --> 03:18:08,520
place the phrase $20 per square foot. Second, who's been moved by Council Member Prim. Second,

2331
03:18:08,580 --> 03:18:14,740
by Council Member Falkoon to move forward the amendment that changes the $15 per square foot to

2332
03:18:14,740 --> 03:18:19,240
20 dollars per square foot. Is there any further comments?

2333
03:18:21,040 --> 03:18:24,760
Definitely more. Thank you, Madam Mayor. I think I have to make my comments now.

2334
03:18:25,980 --> 03:18:34,180
It seems the most germane. And given how I think some of the vote on this amendment,

2335
03:18:34,380 --> 03:18:39,920
may go I think my comments are even more important. So I want to say I appreciate

2336
03:18:39,920 --> 03:18:45,020
Kirkland's thoughtful approach to this affordable housing fee. None of our neighboring

2337
03:18:45,020 --> 03:18:51,920
peer cities have taken more time to weigh this issue, have taken more testimony or listen

2338
03:18:51,920 --> 03:18:57,000
more carefully to our housing production partners, including our forable housing providers,

2339
03:18:57,820 --> 03:19:03,740
have collected more information or more current information, created a more meaningful

2340
03:19:03,740 --> 03:19:08,920
exception in the form of the 2000 square foot exclusion or proposed a simpler or more modest

2341
03:19:08,920 --> 03:19:12,120
fee in the form of the $15 per square foot.

2342
03:19:12,120 --> 03:19:18,060
I want to thank my colleagues and staff for their work and their thoughtful proposals and

2343
03:19:18,060 --> 03:19:20,860
comments over what has actually been 16 months.

2344
03:19:21,380 --> 03:19:26,580
In particular, I want to thank our planning staff for their professional guidance and

2345
03:19:26,580 --> 03:19:29,620
their efforts to fill in the knowledge gaps with data.

2346
03:19:30,420 --> 03:19:36,340
The council has repeatedly been faced with a battle of anecdotes and very little concrete

2347
03:19:36,340 --> 03:19:36,900
data.

2348
03:19:37,480 --> 03:19:48,930
It has been our professional planning staff who has filled in the gaps with data and admittedly that's their job as I look at Adam, but they've done it well and I really appreciate it.

2349
03:19:50,240 --> 03:19:59,980
My objectives with this policy are one to ensure the responsibility to assist in the production of affordable housing doesn't continue to fall disproportionately on multi-family.

2350
03:20:00,640 --> 03:20:11,000
Number two, create more funding for affordable housing in Kirkland. Number three, foster construction of the greater mix of smaller homes, Kirkland needs over the next 20 years.

2351
03:20:11,620 --> 03:20:28,620
Four, ensure that Kirkland's fees are less than, and no more complex than, are neighboring pure cities. And five, leave ourselves flexibility, legally speaking, to make favorable adjustments in the future. And that includes not having to figure out additional development allowances.

2352
03:20:29,620 --> 03:20:33,180
With those five goals in mind, I know where I come out.

2353
03:20:33,880 --> 03:20:36,260
We should stick with our decision from June 2025

2354
03:20:36,260 --> 03:20:40,460
and set the exclusion at 2,000 square foot, not 2,500 square foot.

2355
03:20:42,020 --> 03:20:46,960
Now, I will say we might consider increasing flat feet to 20 dollars per square foot.

2356
03:20:47,280 --> 03:20:52,440
If we took Redmond as the clearest comparison, Kirkland would offer a 2,000 square foot exclusion

2357
03:20:52,440 --> 03:21:00,120
that Redmond doesn't offer, and a $20 fee that is still two-thirds of Redmond's fee.

2358
03:21:00,720 --> 03:21:06,120
And a 2000 square foot exclusion and a $20 fee are both decisions that we could reverse.

2359
03:21:06,280 --> 03:21:12,840
If real data suggests that the need for a reversal, meaning later, we could increase to $25 square foot,

2360
03:21:13,160 --> 03:21:18,320
and as our director said, easily reduced to $15 square foot.

2361
03:21:20,240 --> 03:21:28,260
We created the, or the, or the square footage exclusion, the reduced, we reduced the fee.

2362
03:21:28,520 --> 03:21:34,140
We simplified the fee, and we delayed the implementation all in response to concerns for advocates.

2363
03:21:34,880 --> 03:21:38,700
And our desire to make the best decision based on the best data.

2364
03:21:39,320 --> 03:21:43,100
Current data simply doesn't support moving to 2,500 square feet.

2365
03:21:43,100 --> 03:21:50,020
If there's a change that can't be reversed, like the move to 2,500, the burden of proving

2366
03:21:50,020 --> 03:21:55,120
the necessity of the change is borne by the proponents of the change, by at least the

2367
03:21:55,120 --> 03:21:56,060
proponents of the evidence.

2368
03:21:56,540 --> 03:22:02,560
In my judgment that burden hasn't been met, anecdotal evidence is insufficient and the data

2369
03:22:02,560 --> 03:22:04,520
at best is inconclusive.

2370
03:22:05,060 --> 03:22:10,420
For example, the average size of a home is irrelevant when builders in Kirkland clearly

2371
03:22:10,420 --> 03:22:17,000
have no product that is actually ever-sized. The most meaningful evidence we've seen from

2372
03:22:17,000 --> 03:22:21,740
our professional staff is that middle housing and single-family housing construction in Kirkland

2373
03:22:21,740 --> 03:22:27,540
are plugging along. If there's a slow down, it's in multi-family housing, which is completely

2374
03:22:27,540 --> 03:22:33,100
unaffected by this policy. So I will not be supporting the ordinance or the proposed amendment

2375
03:22:33,100 --> 03:22:38,580
to increase the fee to $20. Even though I might be able to support a fee increase to $20,

2376
03:22:38,580 --> 03:22:43,120
Even though I appreciate the thoughtfulness and I really really do appreciate the thoughtfulness

2377
03:22:43,120 --> 03:22:47,380
There's gone into the council council member Prim council member Faccoon and the staffs proposing

2378
03:22:48,020 --> 03:22:53,120
Something of a compromise my position is that we should stick to the substance of the policy

2379
03:22:53,120 --> 03:23:00,160
We adopted in 2025 we've heard from more than one leading affordable housing organization who agrees

2380
03:23:01,840 --> 03:23:03,920
Now there is one more amendment

2381
03:23:05,240 --> 03:23:10,680
that we're going to talk about, and I will, I'm going to go ahead and dress it now.

2382
03:23:11,360 --> 03:23:12,680
Because, hey, we're just out there.

2383
03:23:13,000 --> 03:23:13,620
No, please don't.

2384
03:23:13,880 --> 03:23:15,400
Let's wait until the next amendment.

2385
03:23:18,260 --> 03:23:19,120
Okay, go ahead.

2386
03:23:19,340 --> 03:23:24,960
So there is one amendment being proposed tonight that I will support because I do want to see a codified in this policy.

2387
03:23:25,580 --> 03:23:31,040
Regardless of our votes on square footage or the amount of the fee amount, which are the amendment that's before us.

2388
03:23:31,040 --> 03:23:35,560
And that amendments the deletion of language are visiting the policy all over again in 2028.

2389
03:23:36,580 --> 03:23:41,000
We do ourselves in our businesses, no favors, with that kind of language.

2390
03:23:41,340 --> 03:23:44,500
As I've said many times before it sends mixed signals and it creates uncertainty.

2391
03:23:45,980 --> 03:23:50,800
So uncertainty is not good for business and it doesn't help housing producers make sound informed decisions.

2392
03:23:50,960 --> 03:23:54,440
To the extent we can create certainty for partners and producing housing which should do so.

2393
03:23:54,700 --> 03:23:59,900
So thanks to everyone who has worked on this policy and that concludes my full set of remark.

2394
03:23:59,900 --> 03:24:08,160
All right. Thank you. All right. Questions on the motion to amend ordinance 4937 to increase the square footage fee

2395
03:24:09,760 --> 03:24:14,940
to $20 city clerk. I suspect we didn't need to do a voice vote on this.

2396
03:24:17,000 --> 03:24:23,460
If you're ready, let's put on that amendment. Council member Tim Chison. No. Council. Council member Arnold. Yes.

2397
03:24:24,300 --> 03:24:42,300
Councilmember Prim. Yes. Councilmember Falcon. Yes. Councilmember Pascal. No. Deputy Mayor Black. No. Mayor Curtis. Yes. Amendment carries for three. Adam. Back to you.

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03:24:46,390 --> 03:24:57,250
Thanks for the discussion. I do want to recognize too. Scott. Scott Gooder, who's our senior player behind us was really responsible for the bulk of the data analysis. Just want to give credit where credit is you. He did a good job.

2399
03:24:57,250 --> 03:24:58,250
great job with that.

2400
03:24:59,530 --> 03:24:59,970
So...

2401
03:25:00,000 --> 03:25:09,120
So again, I think Deputy Mayor gave a really good preamble to this amendment, but it's an amendment from Mayor Curtis, council member Prim.

2402
03:25:09,560 --> 03:25:24,360
It would basically eliminate the need to bring back a separate report to council in 2018 evaluating the impacts of the new fee and favor of other check-ins through sort of the normal city process like our budget check-in, for instance, or our quarterly development report.

2403
03:25:24,820 --> 03:25:25,940
I'll hand it back to the mayor.

2404
03:25:25,940 --> 03:25:36,880
Thank you, Councillor Apro. I move to remove the section D as shown on the screen.

2405
03:25:39,670 --> 03:25:42,610
Thank you. It's been moved by Councillor Apro. Second, by Councillor Apro,

2406
03:25:42,850 --> 03:25:48,470
to delete section D of ordinance 4937. Any discussion?

2407
03:25:49,750 --> 03:25:56,610
Councillor Apro. Yeah, just a quick comment on why I move to do this as Deputy Mayor Black mentioned.

2408
03:25:56,610 --> 03:25:59,150
And I think we've been discussing this for over two years,

2409
03:25:59,170 --> 03:26:00,970
and I think it's time to put the issue to rest,

2410
03:26:01,930 --> 03:26:03,910
and provide the building community some certainty

2411
03:26:03,910 --> 03:26:05,590
on where we are.

2412
03:26:06,090 --> 03:26:09,750
Staff, as Adam mentioned, staff will be providing

2413
03:26:09,750 --> 03:26:12,550
quarterly development services, reports to Council,

2414
03:26:13,110 --> 03:26:15,530
so this will be tracked regularly.

2415
03:26:17,170 --> 03:26:18,550
Yeah, that's pretty much it.

2416
03:26:18,730 --> 03:26:20,230
Thank you, anyone else?

2417
03:26:20,850 --> 03:26:24,410
All right, questions on the motion to amend ordinance,

2418
03:26:25,590 --> 03:26:31,610
4937 to the lead section D. City Clerk, let's do a voice vote again.

2419
03:26:31,930 --> 03:26:33,210
Council member Tim Chisen. Yes.

2420
03:26:33,810 --> 03:26:39,830
Council member Arnold. Yes. Council member Prem. Yes. Council member Felcon. Yes. Council member Pascal. Yes.

2421
03:26:40,450 --> 03:26:46,770
Deputy Mayor Black. Yes. Mayor Curtis. Yes. Thank you. Motion carries 70.

2422
03:26:48,030 --> 03:26:54,310
All right. The question is on the amended ordinance 4937. Is there any further discussion?

2423
03:26:57,030 --> 03:27:04,930
City Clerk. On the motion to adopt Warden's O49-37 as amended.

2424
03:27:05,350 --> 03:27:10,090
Councilmember Timchisen. Yes. Councilmember Arnold. No. Councilmember Prem.

2425
03:27:12,090 --> 03:27:17,810
Yes. Councilmember Felcon. Yes. Councilmember Paskel. No. Deputy Mayor Black.

2426
03:27:18,690 --> 03:27:21,090
No. Mayor Curtis. No.

2427
03:27:24,200 --> 03:27:26,560
Motion fails. Three four.

2428
03:27:32,440 --> 03:27:33,180
Thank you everyone.

2429
03:27:44,790 --> 03:27:52,970
We voted on the amended motion, so it failed, so now we go back to the June, the original

2430
03:27:52,970 --> 03:28:00,570
motion, which was made in June, 2025, which is $2,000 square feet at $15 square foot.

2431
03:28:02,360 --> 03:28:04,740
So, to wrap up,

2432
03:28:07,260 --> 03:28:12,140
this was two years of effort with the community and with our planning

2433
03:28:12,140 --> 03:28:17,260
department and our planning commission. So, I want to thank everybody for all the work that

2434
03:28:17,260 --> 03:28:25,700
they put into it. Sometimes things are complicated and hard and it takes us time. So, thank

2435
03:28:25,700 --> 03:28:31,940
you. I think we're all a little surprise where we ended up. Okay, we are going to move on to

2436
03:28:32,480 --> 03:28:42,120
9D, which is revised parking enforcement code amendments. City manager. All right, thank you

2437
03:28:42,120 --> 03:28:46,040
This is a topic that was talked about at one of the last council meetings.

2438
03:28:47,020 --> 03:28:51,920
Council members had some suggestions for changes, so this is a revised parking code amendments

2439
03:28:51,920 --> 03:28:54,480
attempting to address the concerns that are raised by the council.

2440
03:28:55,360 --> 03:28:59,040
Once again, here to give the presentation as the tenant, Troy come off from the Police Department

2441
03:28:59,040 --> 03:29:01,380
and our Assistant State Attorney Ryan Comfort.

2442
03:29:02,840 --> 03:29:03,680
Welcome back.

2443
03:29:04,740 --> 03:29:07,840
Thank you in good evening, Madam Mayor, Deputy Mayor, council members,

2444
03:29:09,860 --> 03:29:10,320
I'll give it a second

2445
03:29:10,320 --> 03:29:15,180
for the presentation. Thank you, folks. Thank you all for your feedback to our last presentation

2446
03:29:15,180 --> 03:29:19,680
at the July 21 meeting. Tonight, we're pleased to present for your review. The revised

2447
03:29:19,680 --> 03:29:25,620
ordinance 4946 incorporating your input on addressing abandoned vehicles, impound procedures

2448
03:29:25,620 --> 03:29:26,820
in RV parking.

2449
03:29:35,500 --> 03:29:38,580
Before we get into those revisions, we just wanted to address that in reviewing

2450
03:29:38,580 --> 03:29:43,400
the discussion from July 21, we identified five priorities for how we should go about revising

2451
03:29:43,400 --> 03:29:47,480
the proposed language. In the interest of time, I won't repeat them for you here, but we

2452
03:29:47,480 --> 03:29:52,900
that you'll agree that these track the feedback that we received from Council, and in advance

2453
03:29:52,900 --> 03:29:57,100
of addressing those revisions, we also wanted to take a moment to highlight how these priorities

2454
03:29:57,100 --> 03:30:00,000
are reflected in KPDs existing practices across the...

2455
03:30:00,740 --> 03:30:05,890
And for that, I'll turn over to Lieutenant Kanafla. Good evening.

2456
03:30:10,460 --> 03:30:17,020
So in our KPD process, obviously communication first, we recognize that communication is the best solution.

2457
03:30:17,520 --> 03:30:21,420
The best way to come to any kind of positive solution when you're working through any issue whatsoever.

2458
03:30:22,520 --> 03:30:31,000
Our enforcement is based on community complaints. Again, we had over 600 band vehicle complaints in 2025, and we're probably going to have close to the same in 26.

2459
03:30:32,760 --> 03:30:37,900
When we receive an event of a complaint, it starts with direct communication and problem-solving that seem to be the first step.

2460
03:30:39,020 --> 03:30:43,020
We contact all the parties that are involved, including reporting party, to find out what their concerns are.

2461
03:30:43,260 --> 03:30:48,420
So we can address those and then there's a responsible party for the vehicle or the RV.

2462
03:30:50,280 --> 03:30:55,460
To come to the best resolution, our intent is always to try and avoid impound them through all possible.

2463
03:30:56,280 --> 03:31:00,600
We connect and collaborate with services, wherever we can to help people out to resolve the

2464
03:31:00,600 --> 03:31:02,920
issue to try and avoid impoundment.

2465
03:31:03,460 --> 03:31:06,280
In the event of an unhoused resident, we started our outreach program.

2466
03:31:06,940 --> 03:31:08,220
The heart team is activated, obviously.

2467
03:31:09,840 --> 03:31:14,320
And the goal of that is for people to transition to permanent or supportive housing,

2468
03:31:14,820 --> 03:31:15,280
stable housing.

2469
03:31:16,120 --> 03:31:18,740
And lastly, of course, formal enforcement is the tool of our last resort.

2470
03:31:19,140 --> 03:31:21,060
And that's part of this proposed amendment.

2471
03:31:23,950 --> 03:31:29,670
So, to kind of put this in a case study here, most people are familiar with none of these

2472
03:31:29,670 --> 03:31:33,790
206 place that happened during the pandemic, actually prior to that.

2473
03:31:33,990 --> 03:31:37,190
So, we had an RV and camera there, developed during the pandemic, a KVD worked with heart

2474
03:31:37,190 --> 03:31:41,930
team and other city staff, designated appropriate parking areas, to move people that were willing

2475
03:31:41,930 --> 03:31:47,110
to work with the city, with the goal moving toward permanent or support housing.

2476
03:31:48,570 --> 03:31:51,710
Those are ready to work with the city's homeless outreach program, we're allowed to move to

2477
03:31:51,710 --> 03:31:56,090
designated areas, and they were connected with supportive services and eventually permanent housing.

2478
03:31:57,470 --> 03:32:01,850
All residents who accepted city assistance ultimately entered stable housing, which I think

2479
03:32:01,850 --> 03:32:06,290
is a great success story, leading to the reopening of the designated areas and clearing streets.

2480
03:32:07,050 --> 03:32:09,610
The photo on the bottom half is one of the designated areas.

2481
03:32:10,030 --> 03:32:12,890
This one was actually taken a little bit after there were more of east to start with, but

2482
03:32:12,890 --> 03:32:16,250
some had already been moved out because they had found permanent supportive housing.

2483
03:32:16,770 --> 03:32:19,230
And so the RVs were moved on.

2484
03:32:22,920 --> 03:32:25,680
So, how this plays out is,

2485
03:32:27,960 --> 03:32:30,140
for those of all those up on the northeast want to restrict

2486
03:32:30,140 --> 03:32:35,100
street when everybody was contacted, identified those that wanted to work with the city's

2487
03:32:35,100 --> 03:32:38,440
outreach program, those that had no interest in working with the city's outreach program.

2488
03:32:39,500 --> 03:32:45,000
And then when the day came to move, those why didn't work in the designated areas, everyone

2489
03:32:45,000 --> 03:32:47,220
has given notice of that date and time to do that.

2490
03:32:48,000 --> 03:32:51,140
The ones that did not want to work with the city chose to move on from the street.

2491
03:32:51,940 --> 03:32:57,060
And some of them moved out of the city and no more for their complaints of their vehicles being parked with their.

2492
03:32:57,680 --> 03:33:02,660
But some just moved to other neighborhoods in the city and then that complaints of the band of vehicles just seem to continue.

2493
03:33:05,620 --> 03:33:08,860
That's for those people on house residents living in their vehicles.

2494
03:33:10,240 --> 03:33:11,540
So they would be content.

2495
03:33:11,660 --> 03:33:12,820
There would be another important event of vehicle.

2496
03:33:12,840 --> 03:33:13,720
They'd be contacted again.

2497
03:33:13,920 --> 03:33:15,440
Our service is offered again.

2498
03:33:15,440 --> 03:33:22,600
Advice of the ordinance on the band of vehicle given another 72 hours to move. They would again move to an other neighborhood in the city and the whole process will start all over again

2499
03:33:25,520 --> 03:33:26,940
For those that

2500
03:33:27,340 --> 03:33:31,200
In the city as well, not just for an house residents, but for those that just have RVs

2501
03:33:31,780 --> 03:33:33,720
Regulation, you's not living in them

2502
03:33:34,480 --> 03:33:41,180
Oftentimes they're parked on city streets or roadways or public areas as a place of storage. They're not being used not regular basis. They're not being lived in

2503
03:33:42,160 --> 03:33:43,900
and they're being parked on city streets

2504
03:33:43,900 --> 03:33:47,800
for storage and the same thing occurs and officer will go contact them by no

2505
03:33:47,800 --> 03:33:51,520
lights there trying to find a resolution ultimately they'll move it just to another

2506
03:33:51,520 --> 03:33:54,680
neighborhood or another street or even just across the street and oftentimes

2507
03:33:54,680 --> 03:33:57,680
you'll have the same complaint coming back so like all the about a band and you

2508
03:33:57,680 --> 03:34:01,480
guys marked it now it's across the street and it's still there nothing is

2509
03:34:01,480 --> 03:34:05,880
all in the whole process starts all over again with our policy the way it is so they

2510
03:34:05,880 --> 03:34:08,740
ask for it to add it in as a civil infraction is to address those

2511
03:34:08,740 --> 03:34:14,300
reaches violations where they just keep moving from one place to another and there's no other

2512
03:34:14,300 --> 03:34:18,600
process to resolve the continued complaint, the continued violation of it.

2513
03:34:24,680 --> 03:34:28,800
So our goal was to ensure that the amendments to the code tracked how the city engages

2514
03:34:28,800 --> 03:34:33,620
with and serves the greater curriculum community, turning to the revisions there are four major

2515
03:34:33,620 --> 03:34:34,980
changes that we'd like to highlight.

2516
03:34:35,720 --> 03:34:43,280
The first is the 1240, 020 subsection A. This is in response to concerns about timely

2517
03:34:43,280 --> 03:34:48,820
notification. The proposed ordinance codifies KPD's policy of contacting the registered owner

2518
03:34:48,820 --> 03:34:53,720
of a vehicle at the time it is tagged as abandoned. This gives owners a minimum of 72

2519
03:34:53,720 --> 03:34:58,580
hours notice that their vehicles at risk of impound, and an opportunity, of course, to move the

2520
03:34:58,580 --> 03:34:59,960
vehicle. But more than that.

2521
03:35:00,000 --> 03:35:12,640
That also opens the communication channel with KPD. In the event there's a special circumstance or situation where further enforcement could be adjusted or avoided. The communication can begin up to 72 hours before it impound is even possible.

2522
03:35:16,180 --> 03:35:25,200
Next, we'd like to turn to the subsection B. In response to the request that we codify compassion and discretion for circumstances where the city is dealing with unhoused community members,

2523
03:35:25,200 --> 03:35:31,800
We chose to take revisions to the proposed ordinance that now expressly gives flexibility

2524
03:35:31,800 --> 03:35:37,140
to postpone or halt enforcement to allow for that outreach connection to support of services

2525
03:35:37,140 --> 03:35:39,660
consistent again with existing KPD practice.

2526
03:35:40,500 --> 03:35:44,140
This also supports the city's practice of avoiding impound when vehicle service shelter,

2527
03:35:44,740 --> 03:35:47,840
just supporting officers that extra discretion that's not supported by our code.

2528
03:35:51,040 --> 03:35:55,380
As in the previous section, the revised amendments expressly directs that enforcement will

2529
03:35:55,380 --> 03:36:00,400
of City Policy. I see you'll see here in Subsection D as well. This helps the code empower the kind of

2530
03:36:00,400 --> 03:36:04,720
compassion of practice and successful outreach that we heard about from Lieutenant Konafla. We'll also

2531
03:36:04,720 --> 03:36:06,860
standardizing this across enforcement cases.

2532
03:36:09,660 --> 03:36:13,120
And lastly, the changes to the RV section in chapter 1245.

2533
03:36:15,000 --> 03:36:20,480
The biggest change here is the definition in Subsection A2. This was based in Council Feedback

2534
03:36:20,480 --> 03:36:25,080
regarding focusing on the size and the safety concerns and eliminating any reference to living

2535
03:36:25,080 --> 03:36:28,580
quarters or potential use for habitation as a source of enforcement.

2536
03:36:29,600 --> 03:36:33,780
The definition has been reworked to set a minimum width of 7 feet, which we drew from

2537
03:36:33,780 --> 03:36:36,420
the commercial classifications discussed at the last council meeting.

2538
03:36:37,260 --> 03:36:39,760
That was the minimum width of the smallest commercial class RV.

2539
03:36:40,920 --> 03:36:45,060
This ensures the focus is on visibility, obstructing traffic flow, or other safety issues

2540
03:36:45,060 --> 03:36:49,420
that the vehicle may be causing, and it also makes it an objective standard, addressing council's

2541
03:36:49,420 --> 03:36:52,380
feedback on ensuring consistent approaches across enforcement cases.

2542
03:36:53,520 --> 03:36:58,180
Council also previously should feedback about avoiding enforcement against other vehicles that

2543
03:36:58,180 --> 03:37:01,900
may be better addressed to other chapters, actions, or unintentionally caught under these

2544
03:37:01,900 --> 03:37:02,320
definitions.

2545
03:37:03,060 --> 03:37:06,840
So for that reason, we kept some reference to the vehicles used for recreational camping

2546
03:37:06,840 --> 03:37:07,720
or travel.

2547
03:37:07,960 --> 03:37:12,400
This is consistent with how RVs are defined elsewhere in Washington law, and most importantly

2548
03:37:12,400 --> 03:37:16,180
these acknowledge a recreational use without any reference to living quarters or habitation.

2549
03:37:17,480 --> 03:37:21,220
And as a broader structural change, you'll see that this section has also been incorporated

2550
03:37:21,220 --> 03:37:26,380
into the existing trailer prohibition for clarity and consistency rather than having its own

2551
03:37:26,380 --> 03:37:28,980
subsection as you might have seen in our previous proposal.

2552
03:37:31,960 --> 03:37:36,080
In summary, we've made revisions to the proposed changes for the impound process, as well as

2553
03:37:36,080 --> 03:37:40,200
definitions for our views as a prohibited large vehicle, those are the sections you see of there.

2554
03:37:40,680 --> 03:37:48,660
The proposed ordinance also emits KMC-1240-01L and 030, which are unchanged from the original staff proposal

2555
03:37:48,660 --> 03:37:50,460
until I 21st.

2556
03:37:50,460 --> 03:37:54,620
based on this staff recommends the Council adopt ordinance 49 46.

2557
03:37:56,080 --> 03:38:00,540
Thank you. Council questions for the lieutenant and Ryan.

2558
03:38:08,270 --> 03:38:09,990
Any comments? Councillor Mirko.

2559
03:38:10,610 --> 03:38:14,550
Thank you Madam Mayor and thank you for being here tonight and bringing back.

2560
03:38:15,090 --> 03:38:19,710
I really appreciate the revisions based on Council feedback from the last meeting so thank you

2561
03:38:19,710 --> 03:38:25,870
for taking the time to do that. Thank you also to Chief St. Jean and City Attorney and City

2562
03:38:25,870 --> 03:38:32,270
manager for being willing to discuss a little bit more detail with me, some of the nuances

2563
03:38:32,270 --> 03:38:39,290
of these proposed edits just so I understood it a little bit more. I'm still struggling

2564
03:38:39,290 --> 03:38:44,710
with with this ordinance and specifically the section that I'm struggling with is the addition

2565
03:38:44,710 --> 03:38:52,510
of the prohibition of RVs on our streets. Going into our last meeting both in the memo and in

2566
03:38:52,510 --> 03:38:58,410
briefing as well as an answer to my questions. The focus on the intent of this was

2567
03:38:58,410 --> 03:39:01,950
sightline safety, right? That we don't want large vehicles to block people's views, if they're

2568
03:39:01,950 --> 03:39:05,770
turning and they can't see vehicles coming or pedestrians or bicyclists. And that's what

2569
03:39:05,770 --> 03:39:10,390
it was framed and presented to the public as well to counsel on the public. And you know,

2570
03:39:10,810 --> 03:39:17,910
it, and then we, tonight in the briefing, it talks more about why we include RVs, right?

2571
03:39:17,910 --> 03:39:23,410
And it seems to me, and it may seem to the public, that some of that is that we want to

2572
03:39:23,410 --> 03:39:29,450
ban folks who are community members who are living in their RVs from being able to live

2573
03:39:29,450 --> 03:39:30,070
in our city.

2574
03:39:31,410 --> 03:39:38,950
And that concerns me for multiple reasons, you know, I'm concerned that the public wasn't

2575
03:39:38,950 --> 03:39:43,250
aware as we heard testimony earlier tonight from a community member who's very engaged

2576
03:39:43,250 --> 03:39:47,770
on these issues and very aware of these issues in our community, who wasn't aware that

2577
03:39:47,770 --> 03:39:51,850
we were talking about this either the last time we talked about it or tonight that was a very

2578
03:39:51,850 --> 03:39:57,270
last minute that she found out that this discussion was happening. And this is banning

2579
03:39:57,270 --> 03:39:59,970
our views and folks who need their

2580
03:40:00,000 --> 03:40:11,320
In order to live and sleep and exist in our city is a pretty big policy discussion. And one that I would really like the community to engage with us on.

2581
03:40:12,400 --> 03:40:27,540
We have, I know, you know, as was, we talked earlier tonight with, I talked with the police chief about how we do hear from a lot of folks who complain, whether it's their neighbors, you know, RV that they're not living in it, but they use it for just recreational purposes.

2582
03:40:28,040 --> 03:40:31,520
or whether it's folks who have folks living in their RVs on our streets.

2583
03:40:32,800 --> 03:40:35,100
That's who we hear from most frequently.

2584
03:40:35,800 --> 03:40:40,840
And I think that's pretty typical and doesn't necessarily represent the views of our community as a whole.

2585
03:40:41,200 --> 03:40:48,700
There are folks in this community that I have heard from when I've alerted them to this discussion that they have concerns about this

2586
03:40:48,700 --> 03:40:53,060
and there are folks who do not want us to ban folks living in RVs on our streets.

2587
03:40:53,060 --> 03:40:58,780
So my concern is that we haven't given the community notice that we're going to be having

2588
03:40:58,780 --> 03:40:59,380
this discussion.

2589
03:40:59,560 --> 03:41:05,620
I think it was just, it wasn't really clear in the memos or the agendas if that's what

2590
03:41:05,620 --> 03:41:07,680
we're going to be talking about as part of this ordinance.

2591
03:41:08,680 --> 03:41:11,900
So I will not be supporting this ordinance tonight.

2592
03:41:12,320 --> 03:41:16,060
I would prefer that we actually take the time to engage the public and be more thoughtful

2593
03:41:16,060 --> 03:41:16,740
about this.

2594
03:41:16,740 --> 03:41:21,580
I think the other, the other items in the ordinance, I do support and understand why we're

2595
03:41:21,580 --> 03:41:28,960
that with this particular one is, in my, for my perspective, a pretty big deal, and I would

2596
03:41:28,960 --> 03:41:33,940
like to hear from folks. I did try to work to find some sort of amendment that might work,

2597
03:41:34,240 --> 03:41:41,100
but I don't think there's something that would really work and allow me to support this ordinance

2598
03:41:41,100 --> 03:41:46,960
tonight. Another concern that I have that I would dress at the last meeting as well is that there's

2599
03:41:46,960 --> 03:41:53,920
overlap in the width of full size vans and of smaller RVs, right? In the seven foot width,

2600
03:41:54,320 --> 03:41:58,260
yes, it captures all the RVs. We kind of went on a smaller width in order to include all

2601
03:41:58,260 --> 03:42:05,000
RVs, but there are a lot of full size vans that also are wider than seven feet. So we're talking

2602
03:42:05,000 --> 03:42:13,640
about folks who may use a full size van to have a wheelchair accessibility, family member. It could

2603
03:42:13,640 --> 03:42:21,300
folks who have a large family, it could be folks who have a full-size van for their house

2604
03:42:21,300 --> 03:42:25,320
painter or their landscaper or something in our community and they may live in our community

2605
03:42:25,320 --> 03:42:29,600
and work in our community. And we're now, because we can't tell from the outside, right,

2606
03:42:29,600 --> 03:42:34,660
an officer can't tell whether it's a sleeper camper van, right, because there's also camper vans

2607
03:42:34,660 --> 03:42:42,140
that would be banned based on the language in here, right? That's the primary

2608
03:42:42,140 --> 03:42:46,400
you intended use is for recreational camping, right?

2609
03:42:47,060 --> 03:42:50,740
And so without that, there are going to be folks who can use this and complain about their neighbors,

2610
03:42:51,260 --> 03:42:54,000
complain about their neighbors who have work being done on their home.

2611
03:42:54,260 --> 03:42:59,360
And this is going to impact some of our residents, some of our most vulnerable residents.

2612
03:42:59,540 --> 03:43:04,340
So I have that concern as well as the discussion around whether we're okay or whether we want to ban

2613
03:43:04,860 --> 03:43:07,580
allowing people to live in RVs in our community.

2614
03:43:07,580 --> 03:43:11,520
So, with all of that said, I will not be supporting the ordinance.

2615
03:43:11,720 --> 03:43:17,240
And I urge my fellow council members to, for us to take the time to actually do this well.

2616
03:43:17,560 --> 03:43:18,700
Thank you.

2617
03:43:19,540 --> 03:43:20,360
Anyone else?

2618
03:43:25,280 --> 03:43:26,020
Council very Arnold.

2619
03:43:27,480 --> 03:43:28,360
Thank you.

2620
03:43:33,340 --> 03:43:41,820
As I look at the definition under two, where it's the combination of recreation of vehicle and exceed seven feet and width.

2621
03:43:41,820 --> 03:43:54,320
I look at that and say that is focused on the safety aspects of it versus anybody in a

2622
03:43:54,320 --> 03:43:55,940
camper van or a conversion van.

2623
03:43:57,180 --> 03:44:03,360
I do agree we need to have further community conversation about people living in their vehicles

2624
03:44:03,360 --> 03:44:11,240
on the street and how we responded that the discussion is anticipated in the homelessness action

2625
03:44:11,240 --> 03:44:20,640
plan. I think this particular set of work that we're doing tonight is about just clarifying

2626
03:44:24,060 --> 03:44:29,720
our visitor larger and with and how we deal with those. There are some protections under

2627
03:44:31,840 --> 03:44:41,100
how the department responds in facilitating the honors relocation and connection to

2628
03:44:41,100 --> 03:44:51,820
services. To that end, given the public comment that we have heard, in the case of the

2629
03:44:52,660 --> 03:44:59,780
person parking in on the street near the safe parking at the United Methodist Church.

2630
03:45:00,630 --> 03:45:07,390
Do you have any comments on what happened in that circumstance that came up during public comment?

2631
03:45:10,430 --> 03:45:15,410
I would need more details on what occurred there to look into it and find the incident and dig deeper into it.

2632
03:45:15,570 --> 03:45:16,950
Okay. What are we happy to do that?

2633
03:45:17,170 --> 03:45:31,180
If there was a case where a faith-based organization or a community organization was aware of somebody that was in that situation,

2634
03:45:31,180 --> 03:45:43,480
How would you recommend they deal with it to not have this, or to be able to get the flexibility versus this being enforced?

2635
03:45:44,700 --> 03:45:45,820
Let me answer that, Lieutenant.

2636
03:45:47,300 --> 03:45:48,360
Thank you, Chancellor Emerald.

2637
03:45:49,740 --> 03:45:55,480
This is a very complicated issue, obviously, and multi-faceted, right?

2638
03:45:55,480 --> 03:46:06,780
The incident that the safe park area definitely will look into it needs more details and we'll follow up with some malleys on that.

2639
03:46:07,360 --> 03:46:22,340
Now, you know, as this process has matured, you know, I would hope that we're in better contact with our faith-based providers that we have the heart team up and running that we would be in that communication as Lieutenant can also talk about.

2640
03:46:22,340 --> 03:46:29,080
And that we would work with that person to try to find a good solution for everyone involved.

2641
03:46:30,420 --> 03:46:35,280
And, you know, be able to eventually get them off of the street, right, and into stable housing,

2642
03:46:35,520 --> 03:46:38,580
or some help, or into a safe park, something like that.

2643
03:46:38,920 --> 03:46:41,920
But I don't know when exactly that occurred.

2644
03:46:43,480 --> 03:46:50,280
So we just need a little more information, but I'm comfortable saying now that we have all the processes in place

2645
03:46:50,280 --> 03:47:00,560
that we would be able to, you know, start with communication and use the curriculum model that we've been successful with and having a more successful outcome.

2646
03:47:01,200 --> 03:47:01,940
Thank you, Chief.

2647
03:47:02,600 --> 03:47:03,160
Yeah.

2648
03:47:03,160 --> 03:47:03,600
Yes, Rebecca?

2649
03:47:06,770 --> 03:47:06,990
Yeah.

2650
03:47:06,990 --> 03:47:07,690
Thank you.

2651
03:47:08,730 --> 03:47:16,010
Thank you for the additional work on this and, you know, I think, kind of taking to heart some of the comments you've heard last meeting.

2652
03:47:17,110 --> 03:47:24,710
You know, I came into this really kind of reflecting that I thought the language that had

2653
03:47:24,710 --> 03:47:30,570
language kind of strike that right balance between addressing some legitimate concerns

2654
03:47:30,570 --> 03:47:37,830
about abandoned and stored vehicles in the public right away, but really also emphasizing

2655
03:47:37,830 --> 03:47:40,350
in Kirkland's outreach verse approach.

2656
03:47:43,370 --> 03:47:45,630
And the way that I read the code was

2657
03:47:45,630 --> 03:47:48,030
that impoundment was a last resort.

2658
03:47:48,770 --> 03:47:50,830
That's how you tried to write it without actually

2659
03:47:50,830 --> 03:47:52,890
seeing those couple words.

2660
03:47:53,610 --> 03:47:57,070
And actually requiring that the police contact the owner

2661
03:47:57,070 --> 03:47:58,370
before taking any step.

2662
03:47:58,630 --> 03:48:02,950
And then giving flexibility that such step

2663
03:48:02,950 --> 03:48:05,990
could be postponed, because there's

2664
03:48:05,990 --> 03:48:13,970
to be situations out there at times that are going to be individual in nature that we need

2665
03:48:13,970 --> 03:48:20,810
to have that flexibility. And as I read it though, as I read the memo again, what I found,

2666
03:48:21,610 --> 03:48:27,730
it just made me very proud of the police department because you said something in there that

2667
03:48:28,290 --> 03:48:34,470
KPD hasn't impounded of vehicle being used as a shelter or housing while someone was still in need

2668
03:48:34,470 --> 03:48:40,390
of housing that that's what at least was was stated in the memo. I thought that was pretty

2669
03:48:40,390 --> 03:48:46,210
remarkable because it really demonstrates that we have a policy and procedures that really

2670
03:48:46,210 --> 03:48:52,270
tried to result in those dress outcomes. So I'm prepared to support this amendment. I mean,

2671
03:48:52,390 --> 03:48:54,930
it's not amendments, sorry, ordinance tonight.

2672
03:48:57,270 --> 03:48:59,550
But I also understand if there's more work,

2673
03:48:59,550 --> 03:49:04,710
But if the work, I guess if we just have fundamental differences

2674
03:49:04,710 --> 03:49:08,570
of whether we support the ordinance or not, I guess I'm just kind of

2675
03:49:08,570 --> 03:49:10,670
wondering what the additional work would accomplish.

2676
03:49:11,850 --> 03:49:12,850
So that would be my only.

2677
03:49:13,450 --> 03:49:14,630
I'd want to have a better idea.

2678
03:49:15,050 --> 03:49:17,210
Really, are we going to be at the same place?

2679
03:49:17,830 --> 03:49:22,710
Or is it really going to result in something that more of us can live

2680
03:49:22,710 --> 03:49:23,030
with?

2681
03:49:23,210 --> 03:49:23,870
Thank you.

2682
03:49:27,090 --> 03:49:32,310
Councilor, I think a lot of this.

2683
03:49:32,330 --> 03:49:40,270
comes down to officer discretion and discretion used by the heart team. And I think we've built about

2684
03:49:40,270 --> 03:49:45,670
the most compassionate police force, the most compassionate heart team, and the most compassionate

2685
03:49:45,670 --> 03:49:53,850
city government we can. We've done, I really appreciate Miss O'Malley's comments and concern

2686
03:49:54,670 --> 03:49:59,050
about the ordinance. I will be supporting the ordinance, but that's because I

2687
03:50:00,000 --> 03:50:15,320
I think our police department and our heart team is one of the most ethical and compassionate organizations. I've worked with and I've seen and I think that I just ultimately have to trust that they'll make good decisions.

2688
03:50:16,700 --> 03:50:19,840
And if there's concerns in individual instances,

2689
03:50:22,000 --> 03:50:24,080
let us know we can discuss it.

2690
03:50:24,080 --> 03:50:30,280
But I will be supporting this ordinance because the quality of police force and our team that we have

2691
03:50:30,280 --> 03:50:34,000
I think is up for up for making those decisions. Thank you.

2692
03:50:38,340 --> 03:50:40,280
I thank you, Madam Mayor.

2693
03:50:42,960 --> 03:50:44,620
Obviously this is a really challenging issue.

2694
03:50:45,560 --> 03:50:47,040
And I appreciate the

2695
03:50:47,960 --> 03:50:53,140
The thoughtfulness that we've all both staff and my colleagues on the council have spent on this issue.

2696
03:50:54,620 --> 03:51:05,900
And ultimately I will be supporting the ordinance and partly for some of the well-taking reasons suggested or mentioned by some of my colleagues.

2697
03:51:07,420 --> 03:51:20,660
It really does remind me just how proud I am of what we've built in the city of Kirkland along the lines of what Councilor Timchism is saying.

2698
03:51:20,660 --> 03:51:25,380
Our heart program, our homelessness action,

2699
03:51:28,600 --> 03:51:44,000
resolution or action plan, we're building all this so that we can have a compassionate human centric approach to people living without homes in our community.

2700
03:51:45,140 --> 03:52:07,960
I will share one other thought I've had in connection with this and it's one of the things that maybe sort of is uniquely important to me, but it's kind of the consistency, the intellectual consistency of our existing statues, so we have a long standing ban on boats, boat trailers, camping trailers, house trailers, utility trailers.

2701
03:52:07,960 --> 03:52:17,280
I have a little bit of a hard time talking to one of my neighbors about why a boat trailer

2702
03:52:17,280 --> 03:52:25,120
that is a large vehicle parked in the right away as a safety issue needs to be removed.

2703
03:52:25,540 --> 03:52:29,840
But if somebody pulls up with a class A RV and parks up there, it doesn't.

2704
03:52:30,040 --> 03:52:35,100
So there's just this, again, it's a little technical, but it's just how can we really

2705
03:52:35,100 --> 03:52:43,600
be consistent in banning these other types of recreational vehicles trailers and whatnot.

2706
03:52:44,860 --> 03:52:50,100
And at the same time say, but it's fine to pull a class A RV up and park it in the right

2707
03:52:50,100 --> 03:52:50,420
away.

2708
03:52:50,500 --> 03:52:51,920
And there's not there's not part of ordinance.

2709
03:52:52,140 --> 03:52:57,160
I just think there's some fundamental level of this, which is just having an internally

2710
03:52:57,160 --> 03:53:07,920
consistent policy on large vehicles and it's type being parked in on our streets. So that added

2711
03:53:07,920 --> 03:53:12,240
to everything that has already been said. I'll be supporting this ordinance. Thanks. Thank you.

2712
03:53:15,800 --> 03:53:24,020
Yeah, I will also be supporting this ordinance. I do think generally that the proposed ordinance

2713
03:53:24,020 --> 03:53:31,540
has addressed a lot of the comments that we had a lot last time, but I do want to definitely

2714
03:53:31,540 --> 03:53:39,140
follow up on Missomelli's comments that she made and would appreciate a response specifically

2715
03:53:39,140 --> 03:53:43,740
addressing those things and to ensure that if there are anything, if there are things

2716
03:53:43,740 --> 03:53:47,640
that we need to fix that we do that quickly.

2717
03:53:47,640 --> 03:53:49,120
Thank you.

2718
03:53:52,400 --> 03:53:53,360
This is a tough one.

2719
03:53:53,980 --> 03:53:57,560
I do sincerely appreciate the improvements that were made.

2720
03:53:58,040 --> 03:54:01,560
You took our comments to heart and this is a better product.

2721
03:54:03,120 --> 03:54:13,000
I'm still struggling a little bit with are we talking about abandoned vehicles or exclusive

2722
03:54:13,000 --> 03:54:19,020
of vehicles where people are living in them, but I don't have an elegant solution for

2723
03:54:19,020 --> 03:54:24,460
And it's, it's really what you've heard from the comments, particularly from Council

2724
03:54:24,460 --> 03:54:30,720
Merit and Tentjes and Deputy Mayor Black, that this is, this is not a black and white

2725
03:54:30,720 --> 03:54:37,040
issue. There's a lot of gray area in here, and that we have put in processes and procedures

2726
03:54:37,040 --> 03:54:48,240
and people to provide compassionate care and to provide solutions. So it's going, I'm going

2727
03:54:48,240 --> 03:54:53,040
to vote in favor of this ordinance and put trust in our systems.

2728
03:54:53,640 --> 03:54:59,160
I don't think it's the perfect ordinance, but I honestly don't have solutions on how to make it better.

2729
03:55:00,000 --> 03:55:09,320
And again, I want to appreciate that you took the heart. We'll pun there. Our feedback and improved it.

2730
03:55:09,480 --> 03:55:14,020
So thank you. Council, I will take a motion. Our past council.

2731
03:55:15,000 --> 03:55:20,360
Like you can call me, you know, I'll move ordinance 4946.

2732
03:55:23,700 --> 03:55:23,700
Second.

2733
03:55:23,700 --> 03:55:32,120
It's been moved by Councillor Pascals 2nd by Deputy Mayor Black to move forward ordinance 4946, any further discussion.

2734
03:55:33,320 --> 03:55:34,100
City Clerk.

2735
03:55:35,420 --> 03:55:36,880
On that motion, Councilmember Tim Chison.

2736
03:55:37,680 --> 03:55:37,860
Yes.

2737
03:55:38,420 --> 03:55:39,100
Councilmember Arnold.

2738
03:55:39,820 --> 03:55:40,580
Councilmember Pram.

2739
03:55:42,060 --> 03:55:42,860
That's a yes.

2740
03:55:43,800 --> 03:55:44,020
Great.

2741
03:55:44,540 --> 03:55:45,000
That's a yes.

2742
03:55:45,060 --> 03:55:45,920
Councilmember Felcon.

2743
03:55:46,780 --> 03:55:46,820
No.

2744
03:55:48,260 --> 03:55:48,900
Councilmember Pascal.

2745
03:55:49,280 --> 03:55:49,620
Yes.

2746
03:55:49,900 --> 03:55:50,620
Deputy Mayor Black.

2747
03:55:51,500 --> 03:55:51,980
Mayor Curtis.

2748
03:55:52,500 --> 03:55:52,700
Yes.

2749
03:55:52,700 --> 03:55:55,340
ordinance passes 61. Thank you everyone.

2750
03:55:57,650 --> 03:56:05,990
All right, we are moving on to Council reports and I will start with the deputy mayor.

2751
03:56:06,150 --> 03:56:08,910
Nothing to report. Thank you. Councillor PASCO.

2752
03:56:09,350 --> 03:56:11,470
If it's summer break, nothing to report.

2753
03:56:11,890 --> 03:56:12,710
Council Mayor Falco.

2754
03:56:12,990 --> 03:56:19,670
I'm just going to have like one really fun upcoming event and that is the pride across the bridge annual pride event.

2755
03:56:19,670 --> 03:56:25,530
happening this Saturday at Marina Park. You'll have two of your leaders in the room. We'll

2756
03:56:25,530 --> 03:56:32,310
be in the dunk tank. Deputy City Manager Jim Lopez will be there to 30, I think. And I

2757
03:56:32,310 --> 03:56:37,430
will be there. I forget four or four or 30 something like that as well. So it'll be a lot of fun.

2758
03:56:38,030 --> 03:56:42,330
And for any community members who want to dunk one of their elected officials, go at it because

2759
03:56:42,330 --> 03:56:47,370
it raises money for a good cause. Thank you. Councillor Crem. Nothing shortboard. Councillor

2760
03:56:47,370 --> 03:56:53,450
Michael? I have three things to report. I had the opportunity to meet with our federal lobbyists.

2761
03:56:54,870 --> 03:57:00,590
This reminds me where we discussed the current federal budget. Some of our previous advocacy

2762
03:57:00,590 --> 03:57:10,850
where we had sent a letter in on federal budget process changes and they noted that both those

2763
03:57:10,850 --> 03:57:16,470
those changes were on hold and they anticipated this week which happened, I think yesterday

2764
03:57:16,470 --> 03:57:22,110
today, a continuing resolution on the budget which freezes the federal budget and its current

2765
03:57:22,110 --> 03:57:30,910
process. They also discussed the possibility of potential future advocacy around an earmarks

2766
03:57:30,910 --> 03:57:36,250
process next year, especially if Congress changes hands, maybe something that we want to think

2767
03:57:36,250 --> 03:57:38,270
about within the legislative committee.

2768
03:57:39,430 --> 03:57:42,130
Secondly, the State Building Code Council is driving towards

2769
03:57:42,130 --> 03:57:46,790
its adoption of 2024 codes with final action anticipated by

2770
03:57:46,790 --> 03:57:47,670
the end of the year.

2771
03:57:47,970 --> 03:57:51,350
We've been holding weekly two-hour work sessions through August

2772
03:57:51,350 --> 03:57:54,810
and will continue through September to consider public comments,

2773
03:57:54,810 --> 03:57:58,550
received, and developed recommendations for final language.

2774
03:57:59,390 --> 03:58:04,170
I've been taking the lead on the embodied carbon appendix

2775
03:58:04,170 --> 03:58:06,510
that is part of the 2024 codes.

2776
03:58:06,790 --> 03:58:08,310
This will be an optional appendix

2777
03:58:08,310 --> 03:58:11,310
that cities can adopt, track, and reduce

2778
03:58:11,310 --> 03:58:14,110
the global warming potential from billing materials

2779
03:58:14,890 --> 03:58:16,270
in commercial buildings.

2780
03:58:17,130 --> 03:58:18,010
And I'm pleased to announce

2781
03:58:18,010 --> 03:58:21,870
we came to consensus today on language at the SBCC.

2782
03:58:22,670 --> 03:58:26,870
So that will be part of our final package at this fall.

2783
03:58:27,910 --> 03:58:30,250
And then finally, the SBCC has been directed

2784
03:58:30,250 --> 03:58:32,810
as part of the governor's emergency proclamation

2785
03:58:32,810 --> 03:58:38,070
regarding wildfires and spoken in elsewhere, to identify barriers for the quick rebuilding

2786
03:58:38,070 --> 03:58:45,110
of the hundreds of destroyed homes, a special SPCC committee is meeting weekly to respond to that.

2787
03:58:45,970 --> 03:58:53,230
I ask our staff to brainstorm how we as a city would respond after measured disaster in our city,

2788
03:58:53,330 --> 03:58:59,590
say a seismic event and rebuild homes at scale, really appreciate the work of the planning director

2789
03:58:59,590 --> 03:59:05,940
farm marshal and building officials, some of the ideas that they came up with and helped me with.

2790
03:59:07,730 --> 03:59:12,750
I've put in for consideration have been well received as we're lucky that. Thank you.

2791
03:59:12,830 --> 03:59:17,390
Thank you for your work on that. I know it's been time consuming over our recess, but it's

2792
03:59:17,390 --> 03:59:23,270
important. Council member Tim Chison. I would echo Council member Falcone.

2793
03:59:25,510 --> 03:59:26,610
An announcement about

2794
03:59:26,610 --> 03:59:33,750
the pride across the bridge celebration, the TDC funded that event with, I forget how much money

2795
03:59:33,750 --> 03:59:43,250
are you volunteering for the dunk tank? I have not, I have not, I have not, but I think

2796
03:59:43,250 --> 03:59:50,010
the public likes and respects me and probably would never want to do that, but I haven't

2797
03:59:50,010 --> 03:59:55,210
been asked, maybe I will go to the dunk tank, I don't know, but I'll certainly be at

2798
03:59:55,210 --> 03:59:57,570
that event is sounds like a fun time.

2799
03:59:57,630 --> 03:59:58,090
Okay, thank you.

2800
03:59:58,090 --> 03:59:59,970
But on RTDC, um...

2801
04:00:00,000 --> 04:00:09,280
Did significantly assist that about this year? And we all will. Yeah. Thank you. That's all. Thank you. I have nothing to report. So city manager.

2802
04:00:10,120 --> 04:00:14,820
Okay. Thank you. So Cassie would be so kind. It's very short presentation I mentioned.

2803
04:00:16,000 --> 04:00:21,900
In the memory you had on consent. There was the turnback agreement with wash dot and included that there was a graphic.

2804
04:00:22,460 --> 04:00:26,380
But as I mentioned, I was going to send it to the venture port that we are working with wash dot to make some improvements.

2805
04:00:26,380 --> 04:00:28,800
to the one 30 seconds square roundabouts.

2806
04:00:29,180 --> 04:00:31,000
And I just wanted to briefly highlight those.

2807
04:00:31,500 --> 04:00:34,020
Just three slides, and then see if Kelsau's any questions.

2808
04:00:35,740 --> 04:00:37,800
So Kelsau, my next slide, please.

2809
04:00:42,340 --> 04:00:45,780
So once the roundabouts were put in place,

2810
04:00:46,280 --> 04:00:48,900
our team, our local Kirkland traffic team,

2811
04:00:48,900 --> 04:00:51,780
begin to assess the traffic impacts

2812
04:00:51,780 --> 04:00:53,840
in some of the collision data that we had.

2813
04:00:54,120 --> 04:00:54,980
There we go, thank you.

2814
04:00:55,740 --> 04:00:59,220
We noted that there's a higher elevated amount

2815
04:00:59,220 --> 04:01:02,360
of crashes, fortunately, people do slow down enough that they're not

2816
04:01:02,360 --> 04:01:06,020
entry crashes, but on a side swipes and so forth, and our staff brought

2817
04:01:06,020 --> 04:01:09,300
that to watch dot and watch dot concurred that that is she was higher than it

2818
04:01:09,300 --> 04:01:13,480
should be. Watch dot agreed that there should be some counter measures made

2819
04:01:13,480 --> 04:01:17,180
and since this is a watch dot facility, they would be paying for it. They

2820
04:01:17,180 --> 04:01:20,520
rich and agree with us to go ahead and design and implement those and watch

2821
04:01:20,520 --> 04:01:24,440
dot will pay for those. And then we worked quickly to get those in place as soon as

2822
04:01:24,440 --> 04:01:28,180
we can so our goal is to have them done by later this fall. So next slide

2823
04:01:28,180 --> 04:01:36,060
includes the graphic. So the main issue that we discovered was people are entering the roundabouts at a high speed.

2824
04:01:36,420 --> 04:01:44,060
There's a little bit of a straight away into each of those and they're particularly concerned about their intersection with the crosswalks.

2825
04:01:44,200 --> 04:01:55,180
And so the main change in addition to some of the restriping is that there'll be speed cushions at some of the key locations that will force cars to slow down before the enter into the roundabout area.

2826
04:01:55,740 --> 04:02:08,380
So, we are in the process of putting those in place, and we hope to have those done by probably late October, early November, I think the last slide is just the timeline, and I'm happy to answer any questions that Council has.

2827
04:02:09,100 --> 04:02:09,680
So, Councillor Fierke.

2828
04:02:10,380 --> 04:02:11,140
Thank you, Madam Mayor.

2829
04:02:11,300 --> 04:02:12,580
Well, thank you, City Manager.

2830
04:02:12,940 --> 04:02:22,460
I really appreciate the collaboration with Washington, and thank you to Washington for doing what I think is the right thing, you know, to pay for this and to work with us on the design as well.

2831
04:02:22,880 --> 04:02:23,940
So, thank you for leading on that.

2832
04:02:23,940 --> 04:02:29,780
appreciate that. My question is looking at the picture that you just showed. Was there any consideration

2833
04:02:29,780 --> 04:02:36,620
to also some sort of calming measures for those exiting the highway? I hear from a lot of folks

2834
04:02:36,620 --> 04:02:40,300
that that that that is where people are already going high speeds and they can just kind of zip

2835
04:02:40,300 --> 04:02:44,420
into there. That's also my personal experience but I have heard from a lot of community members that

2836
04:02:44,420 --> 04:02:49,260
that's a pretty big concern in these round amounts. Was that looked at like what could be I don't know

2837
04:02:49,260 --> 04:02:53,020
what would be appropriate is speed bumps would be appropriate for folks exiting the highway if there's

2838
04:02:53,020 --> 04:02:57,640
another measure that would be more appropriate, but I would like us to at least consider that.

2839
04:02:57,660 --> 04:03:02,460
Maybe we already have. Could you? I will bet that tonight with the people we have. I don't have

2840
04:03:02,460 --> 04:03:05,900
the answer to that question, but I'll get the answer to you quickly. So I'll have something for you

2841
04:03:05,900 --> 04:03:10,020
tomorrow about what that was like now, which I think it may have been and whether or not there is

2842
04:03:10,020 --> 04:03:14,260
so proposal. Okay, I would like us to look at that again, pretty closely, because I hear about

2843
04:03:14,260 --> 04:03:19,080
it enough that even if we've already talked about it, it may be worth it. So we're talking about coming down

2844
04:03:19,080 --> 04:03:22,880
south coming off on coming off the highway and entering their on fire. Thank you.

2845
04:03:24,020 --> 04:03:29,680
Good afternoon. Good afternoon, Pascal. Yeah, thanks for this and thanks to staff and

2846
04:03:29,680 --> 04:03:35,320
wash-odd. I just hope that we continue to monitor and kind of see if we see like really

2847
04:03:35,320 --> 04:03:41,000
favorable results. This is pretty unique. I can't think of interchange where there's speedhumps

2848
04:03:42,460 --> 04:03:47,340
in Washington. So this is kind of like a, I almost like a first thing

2849
04:03:47,340 --> 04:03:53,560
really, and it's quite remarkable, so it'd be cool to show that it's

2850
04:03:53,560 --> 04:03:55,760
absolutely. We continue to lead. Absolutely.

2851
04:03:57,980 --> 04:03:59,820
I would also note that, you know,

2852
04:03:59,840 --> 04:04:03,060
the logical question some of you asked in my council calls was what about

2853
04:04:03,060 --> 04:04:08,020
85th roundabouts? So two things, the staff brought up, one is we are going to also

2854
04:04:08,660 --> 04:04:12,580
closely monitor those as well, and if anything like this, develops will also work

2855
04:04:12,580 --> 04:04:16,100
of washed out to do measures. And I'm going to give you the non-technical term. I was

2856
04:04:16,100 --> 04:04:21,960
told the wash.angles in 85th make you turn sooner so I actually slow down coming in to those

2857
04:04:21,960 --> 04:04:26,420
roundabouts more so that you do it one thirty second so that is the end of my technical

2858
04:04:26,420 --> 04:04:31,180
understanding. But obviously that project is not finished yet and but we will be also

2859
04:04:31,180 --> 04:04:34,320
wanting to get very carefully if we think something needs to be done well but work with

2860
04:04:34,320 --> 04:04:40,380
wash.to do that as well. I've been directing concerns and complaints to council

2861
04:04:40,380 --> 04:04:46,860
your pastoral self on. Any final questions on this?

2862
04:04:46,940 --> 04:04:47,380
On this?

2863
04:04:48,740 --> 04:04:53,580
Thank you. And then I don't have any other reports. Just a calendar update or any calendar.

2864
04:04:53,820 --> 04:04:54,640
Councillor Buckel.

2865
04:04:55,240 --> 04:04:59,960
Thank you, Madam Mayor. I wanted to share with my colleagues and staff that I will

2866
04:05:00,000 --> 04:05:08,480
I will be joining our next meeting virtually. I will be in Vancouver, BC, on a housing innovation store with a housing development consortium.

2867
04:05:09,180 --> 04:05:15,540
So I will be my understanding is that the agenda allows us. They also accommodated this last year that there's just a social event at night.

2868
04:05:15,700 --> 04:05:21,720
So I can still fully do my duties working on the tour, as well as join the meeting, probably for my hotel room.

2869
04:05:22,040 --> 04:05:23,960
That evening. So I just want to give you a heads up.

2870
04:05:24,000 --> 04:05:25,660
That's why we invested this awesome new year.

2871
04:05:25,660 --> 04:05:28,800
Yeah, it's amazing. I can't wait to help test out. Thank you.

2872
04:05:28,800 --> 04:05:30,560
Thank you, Councillor Pascill.

2873
04:05:30,900 --> 04:05:39,020
Yeah, that reminded me that I will be missing the next meeting, so hopefully there won't be any tie votes.

2874
04:05:39,420 --> 04:05:39,540
Yeah.

2875
04:05:39,840 --> 04:05:41,120
We won't do that again.

2876
04:05:42,120 --> 04:05:42,560
Yeah.

2877
04:05:42,880 --> 04:05:44,360
Anyone else?

2878
04:05:45,240 --> 04:05:45,420
Okay.

2879
04:05:46,200 --> 04:05:46,820
That's all I have, madam.

2880
04:05:47,140 --> 04:05:47,620
All right.

2881
04:05:47,800 --> 04:05:48,400
Thank you, everyone.

2882
04:05:48,660 --> 04:05:49,880
We are adjourned.

2883
04:05:50,180 --> 04:05:50,680
Thank you, Councillor.