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A
C
A
D
Now,
therefore,
I
can't
rally
on
behalf
of
the
mayor
of
the
city
of
bellevue,
lynn,
robinson
and
the
city
council
of
the
city.
Bellevue,
do
hereby
proclaim
the
month
of
may
2022,
as
asian
american
native
hawaiian
and
pacific
islander
heritage
month
in
bellevue,
and
encourage
all
residents
to
celebrate
the
rich
diversity
of
this
community
to
enjoy
and
appreciate
their
many
contributions
to
our
city
to
reflect
on
the
many
challenges
they
have
faced
through
history
and
in
current
times,
and
to
join
in
looking
forward
to
a
future
of
hope,
belonging
safety
and
optimism.
D
A
E
Thank
you
mayor,
whereas
americans
are
assisted
every
day
by
public
servants
at
the
federal
state,
county
and
city
levels
and
whereas
normally
doing
their
jobs
behind
the
scenes.
These
employees
strive
to
perform
their
tasks
with
efficiency,
excellence
and
integrity
and
whereas
bellevue's
public
servants,
1500
staff
across
13
departments,
are
recognized
as
invaluable
as
an
invaluable
resource.
A
F
Thank
you
mayor,
whereas
international
firefighters
day
is
observed
each
year
from
may
4th
to
honor
and
remember
past
firefighters
who
have
lost
their
lives
while
serving
their
communities
to
express
gratitude
for
those
who
have
served
in
this
line
of
work
and
to
show
support
and
appreciation
by
those
who
presently
serve.
And
whereas
this
commemoration
was
born
out
of
a
tragic
loss
of
five
firefighters
on
december,
2nd
1998
in
a
wildfire
in
victoria,
australia.
F
The
resulting
day
of
recognition
was
a
way
to
honor
these
lives
and
the
sacrifices
firefighters
are
willing
to
make
for
the
people
there
serve
on
a
daily
basis
and
whereas
the
demands
of
firefighting
are
accomplished
on
both
personal
and
physical
tools,
roles
tolls
that
all
firefighters,
knowingly
accent
accept,
while
making
their
lives
to
protect
the
lives
of
others
and
whereas
at
a
moment's
notice,
firefighters
are
quick
to
respond
to
uncertain
situations
to
to
navigate
danger
and
combat
the
direct,
the
threat
of
destructive
fire
or
medical
emergencies
to
protect
individuals,
families
and
economic
dwelling
well-being
of
our
community.
A
B
Yes,
thank
you
mayor
this
evening.
We
have
five
registered
speakers
and
just
a
reminder
to
the
public.
Oral
communications
is
for
a
maximum
of
30
minutes
and
there
can
be
three
speakers
speaking
to
any
one
side
of
one
topic
and
if
you
are
participating
virtually,
I
will
unmute
you
and
then,
when
we
can
hear
you,
your
time
will
begin
if
you
are
joining
us
in
the
room.
B
G
To
be
honest,
we
don't
know
if
you,
the
council,
has
any
authority
to
fight
on
behalf
of
these
firefighters,
but
I
pray
that
you
have
the
integrity
to
uphold
bellevue's
core
values
and
commit
to
doing
all
you
can
to
bring
these
faithful,
long-standing
employees
back
to
work.
As
I
sang
for
you
last
week,
science
requires
that
we
ask
questions
and
look
at
evidence.
G
We
all
agree
that
when
the
vaccine
was
new
and
there
was
still
much
unknown
about
it-
everyone
hoped
it
would
do
what
was
promised.
We
hoped
it
would
arrest
the
spread
and
bring
the
pandemic
to
a
close.
If
it
actually
did
what
it
was
supposed
to
do.
We
should
have
seen
high
rates
of
transmission
between
firefighters
living
like
family
before
the
vaccine
and
low
rates
after.
But
this
isn't
the
case.
In
fact
the
exact
opposite
happened.
G
The
evidence
shows
that
the
rate
of
transmission
within
bellevue
fire
stations
went
up
exponentially
after
the
introduction
of
the
vaccine
and
after
the
unvaccinated
firefighters
were
not
permitted
to
work
on
one
day
in
december,
the
peak
and
coveted
cases
resulted
in
21
out
of
the
48
required
firefighters
required
per
shift
out
sick.
My
husband
doesn't
recall
any
spread
at
his
station
throughout
the
first
20
months,
and
I
hate
to
be
the
one
to
break
the
news
to,
but
they
weren't,
masking
or
distancing
justin
had
delta
in
november
of
2020..
G
He
didn't
spread
it
to
co-workers
or
patients.
He
didn't
even
spread
it
to
three
of
our
five
children.
He
tested
positive
for
antibodies
and
got
a
much
more
mild
case.
This
past
january,
his
primary
care
physician
wrote
a
letter
stating
that,
due
to
his
natural
immunity,
justin
poses
no
threat
to
either
his
co-workers
or
the
public.
Numerous
current
studies
support
this.
Why,
then,
is
this
not
considered
valid
immunity
by
the
city?
The
overwhelming
majority
of
departments
in
this
state
retain
their
unvaccinated
firefighters,
with
no
adverse
effects.
G
Snohomish
regional
fire
and
rescue
just
decided
to
bring
their
firefighters
back.
Even
the
mayor
of
washington
dc
recently
backed
off
vaccine
mandates
for
firefighters.
Why
is
it
still
being
required
in
king
county
as
the
pandemic
waynes
in
honor
of
international
firefighters
day
and
the
public
servants
who
have
risked
their
lives
for
you?
G
B
B
I'm
going
to
skip
to
the
next
speaker
and
I'm
going
to
circle
back
to
you,
mr
peterson.
I
think
we're
having
some
audio
issues
in
the
room.
The
next
speaker
is
marguerite.
Richard
miss
versailles,
please
step
to
the
table.
I
Good
day,
everyone
I'm
marguerite
richard
and
I
live
in
seattle,
washington,
but
nonetheless,
at
this
capacity,
our
city
is
not
open
fully
to
hear
our
comments
and
being
as
it
may.
I
I
think
some
responsibility
lies
within
local
government
like
deborah
juarez
and
claudia
baladucci,
and
the
reason
why
I
mention
them
is
because,
at
least
for
the
past
couple
of
months,
or
so
I
have
reached
out
to
them
to
just
kind
of
like
find
out
when
possibly
we
could
get
back
up
in
there
and
do
what
we
used
to
do
and
for
some
well
I'll
call.
It
ungodly
reason
they
don't
have
any
responses
and
I
think
that's
what's
messing
the
whole
thing
up
with
government.
I
I
They
don't
get
any
recognition,
they
get
kicked
in
the
shins.
They
get.
People
like
a
city
employee,
calling
me
after
hours
talking
about
something
that
like
what
you
know,
maybe
I'm
eating
dinner
or
something.
I
don't
want
to
talk
to
you
right
now.
What
authority
do
you
have
to
even
call
my
home
after
hours?
I
And
this
is
a
slight
to
bruce
harrell
because
he's
the
mayor
and
every
department
is
up
under
the
mayor,
and
I
just
cannot
understand
how
we
like
they
say.
We,
the
people,
will
form
a
more
perfect
union,
but
there's
a
lot
of
imperfections
right
now
that
we're
dealing
with
and
I'm
gonna
mention
naomi
judd,
because
her
daughter
said
mental
illness
and
that
stretches
across
the
board.
I
I
mean
it's
so
wide
with
people
being
traumatized
emotionally
yeah,
emotional,
intentional,
emotional
abuse
to
cause
bodily
harm,
because,
if
you're
not
dealing
with
us
with
our
issues
that
are
important,
then
you're,
causing
the
same
thing
that
might
have
sent
her
over
the
edge.
It's
very
it's
a
very
tragic
thing
to
have
happen,
and
so
you
need
to
key
in
on
those
people
that
are
causing
this
mass
destruction
of
people's
lives,
where
they
would
be
normally
going
about
their
business.
I
J
Zeke
heil,
my
lovely
damn
nazi
fascist
mob
vendita,
my
name
alex
zimmerman,
and
I
want
to
speak
to
you
because
I
honestly
I
like
bellevue,
concert
you
bring
bella
view
3
liter
engine
to
hebreed,
so
this
means
you
did
something.
What
is
very
reasonable,
practical,
like
business
and
like
economy?
Is
this
good?
This
look
different
from
example
from
country
council
who
never
doing
this
right
now
he
never
won
doing
this
or
to
seattle
council
who
don't
want
doing
this
in
seattle
times?
Ask
him
many
times
about
this
no
answer!
J
Last
week
they
talked
no.
We
never
will
be
doing
this.
It's
very
interesting
because
seattle
council
is
have
a
five
six
woman,
few
minority
who,
by
definition,
possibly
represent
people.
If
they
don't
doing
this.
This
is
very
interesting,
so
situation
right
now
very
simple.
I
speak
right
now
to
everybody
who
understands
of
this
america,
united
states,
even
somebody
like
a
damn
nazi
fascist.
You
know
what
this
means.
Star
controllers
for
last
two
years
does
not
mean
america
change
yeah.
When
you
come
back,
that's
exactly
what's
happened.
J
You
can
country,
council
balducci,
for
example,
x-mer
or
bellevue.
Don't
want
doing
this
too,
but
many
people
in
country
council
sit
in
chamber
for
30
years,
so
they
very
stupid
right
now.
Look
like
soviet
union
pollute
bureau.
You
don't
understand
so
why
bellevue
this
is
give
read.
You
know
what
this
mean
is
they
cannot
doing
this.
Where
is
reason?
Maybe
because
bella
you
have
only
console
part-time.
J
You
work
only
for
a
couple
thousand
dollars,
but
this
crook
worked
for
150
000
council
in
seattle,
in
council,
in
value
in
sorry
in
country,
450
000,
but
they
doing
part-time
job
right
now,
like
you,
my
question
right
now
who
will
open
a
class
action
against
this
crook
benjita
in
killer
murder?
You
know
what
this
means
forgive
money
back:
they
never
donate
one
dollars
for
two
years
for
homeless
or
poor
people
hundred
fifty
thousand
dollars
sitting
home
like
a
welfare
yeah.
No,
I
don't
talk
about
three
hundred
dollars.
J
Your
dinner,
it's
okay
comparable
to
one
million.
What
has
cost
each
council
in
keen
country
in
seattle
so
right
now
I
speak
to
everybody
guys
stand
up.
Come
america
back
new
normal
is
not
about
america
250
a
year
you
best
of
the
best.
Why
we
need
right
now
by
wars
of
their
wars?
I
don't
have
opinion
about
this,
so,
as
you
hide
my
fuhrer,
in
my
opinion
to
you,
go
bring
back
something
different
back
to
america.
Thank
you
very
much.
B
H
Okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
mayor
city
council,
for
allowing
me
to
speak
tonight.
I'm
speaking
today
on
behalf
of
your
most
valuable
asset,
your
firefighters.
Today,
you
have
made
multiple
proclamations
on
public
safety
and
international
firefighters
day.
You
mentioned
support,
appreciation,
levels
of
experience
and
individual
acceptance
of
the
dangers
of
their
job.
H
H
H
H
Bellevue
can
be
the
first
and
lead
the
way
in
king
county.
By
making
this
a
non-issue,
a
non-political
issue,
you
should
be
the
first
when
this
all
comes
out.
In
the
end,
I
want
to
see
bellevue
on
top
what
a
great
day
to
turn
this
ship
around
and
correct
the
course
for
your
unvaccinated
firefighters,
as
well
as
the
community
that
they
serve
previously,
you
may
in
your
proclamation,
you
talked
a
lot
about
how
the
community
should
step
up
and
support
these
firefighters.
H
H
B
K
Thank
you.
Your
time
begins
now
all
right.
Thank
you
guys.
So
much
for
this
opportunity
to
speak.
I
wanted
to
talk
about
the
ongoing
development
of
northeast
sixth
place,
which,
if
you're
not
familiar,
is
located
near
the
intersection
of
north
east,
8th
avenue
and
140th
avenue.
K
K
It's
really
heartbreaking
to
see
the
difference,
especially
the
contrast
between
the
way.
The
the
early
part
of
the
development
on
the
street
looks
with
how
the
remaining
portion
of
that
street
still
is,
and
we
know
that
they're
going
to
replace
the
existing
home
right
behind
our
property
with
four
new
ones,
just
on
that
one
parcel
of
land
and
that
the
remaining
development
down
the
entire
street
includes
cutting
down
just
shy
of
200
trees.
K
I
don't
know
how
much
longer
this
area
can
be
called
the
emerald
city
if
we
continue
to
facilitate
these
types
of
property
developments.
So
in
adding
my
voice
to
the
growing
chorus
of
concerned
community
members,
I
hope
to
help
nudge
us
towards
strengthening
bellevue's
tree
codes
and
protections
for
significant
trees.
Thank
you
for
listening.
B
That
does
bring
us
to
the
end
of
our
pre-registered
list.
So
at
this
point
I
would
do
an
additional
call
out.
Is
there
anyone
in
the
room
with
us
in
council
chambers
or
connected
virtually,
who
would
like
to
make
communication
to
the
council?
If
so,
please
raise
your
hand
in
the
room.
Sir,
please
step
forward.
L
My
name
is
josh
frye,
I'm
a
lieutenant
with
the
neighboring
fire
department
on
feb
february,
28
2020.
I
was
on
duty
and
I
will
never
forget
hearing
from
our
mso
that
he
had
just
received
a
call
that
our
employees
were
confirmed,
exposures
to
kova
19,
having
performed
airway
procedures
at
the
life
care
center
of
kirkland.
L
L
The
global
cova
19
pandemic
did
not
change
the
ability
of
first
responders
to
provide
safe
and
effective
emergency
response
to
the
communities
they
are
sworn
to
serve.
It
did
not
change
the
effectiveness
of
our
ppe
designed
to
protect
responders
from
the
deadly
infectious
diseases.
We
risk
encountering
every
time
the
tones
go
off.
L
The
availability
of
a
vaccine
for
covet
19
did
not
change
the
ability
of
the
fire
department
to
continue
providing
world-class
service
to
the
citizens
that
we
serve.
I
ask
you,
then
what
did
change?
What
changed
to
make
the
daily
symptom
checks
and
pre-shift
testing
no
longer
effective
to
make
decontamination
and
social
distancing
no
longer
effective?
All
of
these
practices
were
remarkably
effective
at
keeping
fire
departments
fully
staffed
and
ready
to
respond
to
the
citizens.
Calls
for
service
for
20
months
suddenly,
on
october
18th,
when
a
mandate
for
vaccination
went
into
effect.
L
The
federal
cms
mandate,
guidance
consistent
with
washington,
state
governor's
mandate
reads,
and
I
quote:
under
federal
law,
including
ada
title
vii
of
the
civil
rights
act,
1964
individuals
who
cannot
be
vaccinated
because
of
medical
conditions
or
sincerely
held
religious
belief
practice
or
observance,
may
be
entitled
to
an
accommodation.
The
federal
eeoc
religious
discrimination
guidance
on
the
mandates
provides
accommodations
that
read.
L
Title
vii
prohibits
covered
employees,
employers,
employment
agencies,
unions,
from
engaging
in
disparate
treatment
and
from
maintaining
policies
or
practices
that
result
in
unjustified
disparate
impact
based
on
religion.
Different
types
of
fact
patterns
may
arise
that,
in
relation
to
title
vii,
religious
discrimination
include
taking
an
adverse
action
made
motivated
by
a
desire
to
avoid
accommodating
a
religious
belief.
L
B
M
Good
day,
mayor
council
members,
I
have
one
item
under
the
city
manager's
report
this
evening
to
report
on,
and
that
is
an
update
on
how
we
are
reopening
our
city
facilities
as
we
are
and
how
we
are
delivering
services
and
how
we're
delivering
seasonal
programming-
and
this
is
all
based
on
the
latest
orders
from
the
governor's
office
as
as
well
as
guidance
from
our
king
county
health
department.
M
Joining
us
this
evening
is
tony
call
from
our
finance
and
asset
management
department,
director,
ahmad,
michael
shihasaki,
director
and
shelley
brittingham
assistant
directors,
from
the
parks
and
community
services
department
and
mike
mccormick
huntleman
assistant
director
from
the
community
development
department.
M
N
Thank
you,
city
manager,
miyaki,
mayor
deputy
mayor
council
members.
As
always,
it's
such
a
pleasure
to
be
back
with
you
this
evening.
Thank
you
once
again
for
having
us
I'm
going
to
continue
to
move
forward
on
the
powerpoint,
even
though
I
don't
see
it
on
the
screen.
Oh
there
it
is
so
I'm
going
to
maybe
get
one
more
clip.
N
And
I'll
start
with
our
agenda,
this
is
information
only
thank
you
for
your
patience
this
evening.
Under
the
city
manager
report,
we've
got
an
agenda
I'll.
Do
a
simple
slide
on
the
background
of
some
of
the
happenings
that
happened
during
covid
I'll
spend
a
little
bit
of
time
talking
about
city
hall
and
the
facility
things
that
are
happening
around
covenant
response,
shelley
brittingham
is
here
to
talk
about
parks
and
community
services.
N
Mike
mccormick
huntleman
is
here
to
talk
about
community
engagement
and
how
that
has
changed
and
then
to
round
us
out
and
finish
this
up:
charmaine
ariando
from
the
diaz
over
there
we'll
talk
about
council
boards
and
commission,
so
a
quick
spot
on
the
background.
As
you
all
know,
it
has
been
two
years
of
a
bit
of
a
roller
coaster
when
it
comes
to
how
our
facilities
have
functioned
and
when
they've
been
opened
back
in
march
of
2020,
the
stay
home
stay
healthy
order
sent
many
of
us
not
all.
N
So
what
is
happening
with
city
hall
and
the
facilities?
I
have
a
couple
of
bullet
points
that
I'll
take
you
through
here.
First
of
all,
service.
First,
which
is
the
main
counter
that
you
see
as
you
walk
into
city
hall,
is
open
and
functioning
during
covid.
We
did
answer
many
many
thousands
of
thousands
of
phone
calls,
but
now
we
also
have
the
desk
staffed
in
person
from
8
am
to
4
pm.
Every
day
you
can
walk
up.
You
can
get
services
to
development
services
to
the
police.
You
can
find
your
meeting
rooms.
N
They
will
help
with
wayfinding.
If
you
come
and
need
translation
services,
they
can
assist
with
hooking
you
up
with
the
with
the
language
line
and
they
can
contact
folks
that
you
have
meetings
with
in
the
facilities,
so
service
first
is
open,
functioning
speaking
of
online
services.
The
pandemic
definitely
moved
to
the
dial
on
ways
that
the
city
can
and
does
business
on
our
online
platforms
before
covet.
As
you
know,
development
services
was
doing
permitting
online
that
continue
and
got
enhanced
during
covet
and
that
enhanced
enhancements
of
online
services
continues
today.
N
N
In
addition,
as
you
know,
a
mybellevue
app
continues
to
be
out
there
and
citizens
can
report
concerns
and
get
additional
information.
Then
our
website
has
tremendous
information.
How
on
how
citizens
and
others
can
get
hooked
up
with
a
variety
of
services?
Our
first
floor
meeting
rooms
are
open
now
to
the
community
and
to
the
public.
You
can
reserve
those
rooms
if
a
community
group
needs
one
with
an
online
reservation,
or
you
can
call
the
city's
main
number
and
once
again,
you'll
be
hooked
up
with
the
right
folks
to
help
you
with
that.
N
N
We
have
advanced
building
systems
that
are
monitoring
air
quality
here
in
city
hall
and
our
other
buildings
as
well,
and
if,
by
chance
we
have
many
sensors
around
the
building.
If
a
sensor
goes
off,
facility
staff
are
on
task
to
ensure
that
the
sensor
gets
corrected
and
then
finally,
our
custodians
and
our
cleaning
practices
are
all
up
to
cdc
guidelines.
N
O
Thank
you,
tony
and
good
evening,
council
members,
while
parks
and
community
services
facilities
initially
closed
at
the
start
of
the
pandemic.
In
march,
2020
parks
and
trails
remained
open
to
the
community
with
some
modifications
as
amenities
and
facilities
began,
the
process
of
reopening
staff
followed
the
appropriate
state
and
county
guidelines
to
ensure
safety
of
both
participants
and
staff.
O
These
guidelines
informed
our
staff
about
capacity
levels
for
indoor
facilities,
programs
and
services.
Physical,
distancing,
mask
wearing
and
vaccine
verification,
as
well
as
specific
requirement
for
programs
such
as
day
camps,
sports
activities
and
special
events.
Our
resource
management
staff
and
natural
resource
staff
ensured
our
outdoor
and
indoor
facilities
were
maintained
and
prepared
for
participants
to
resume
programs.
At
the
appropriately
time,
similar
to
city
hall,
plexiglas
shields
were
put
in
place,
hvac
systems
were
updated.
O
Currently,
our
facilities
continue
to
provide
masks
for
participants
and
visitors,
as
requested,
though
they
are
not
required.
Daily
high
touch
point
cleanings
and
hand
sanitizing
stations,
while
some
input
door
facilities
were
able
to
reopen.
In
2020,
the
majority
of
our
indoor
facilities
began
reopening
in
2021,
and
currently
all
of
our
facilities
are
open
and
providing
programs
and
services
during
the
time
of
reopening
staff
remain
fine.
Mindful
of
the
goals
you
see
on
your
screen
as
they
began
to
provide
more
programs
and
services.
O
At
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic,
community
center
and
recreation
facilities
reached
out
to
participants
via
phone
email
and
other
ways
to
survey
to
assure
well-being
and
continued
engagement
opportunities.
As
an
example,
highland
community
center
initially
began
group
meetings
with
adaptive
recreation
participants
via
zoom
on
a
regular
basis
to
strengthen
and
foster
connections
and
reduce
isolation.
O
We
learned
from
these
early
first
steps
in
providing
virtual
programs
for
participants
to
bridge
the
gap
until
we
could
return
in
person
that
virtual
programming
had
resulted
in
increased
access
for
some
populations.
We
continue
to
maintain
and
develop
new
virtual
programming
options,
even
as
we
have
returned
to
in-person
programming
at
our
sites.
As
an
example,
bellevue
youth
theater
began
live
streaming,
their
performances
in
the
summer
of
2021
and
although
audiences
returned
in
person
in
the
fall
staff,
continued
live
streaming
to
provide
audience
members.
The
choice.
O
O
As
I
mentioned
earlier,
our
parks
and
trails
and
outdoor
amenities
have
remained
open.
During
this
time.
Anecdotally
staff
have
noticed
an
increase
in
the
use
of
our
outdoor
spaces
and
as
picnic,
shelter
and
ball
field
reservations
reopen
usage
continues
to
remain
high.
Our
resource
management
staff
have
worked
from
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic
to
help
to
keep
our
parks
and
trails
safe
for
the
community
to
use
and
our
park
rangers
and
natural
resources
provide
programs
and
education
resources.
O
P
Good
evening,
mayor
deputy
mayor
council,
members
really
great
being
with
you
tonight,
it's
probably
no
surprise
that
the
pandemic
kind
of
flipped
us
and
catapulted
us
into
a
virtual
world
one
of
the
things
about
community
engagement.
That
was
a
surprise
is
it
also
made
us,
apply
an
equity
lens
and
think
about
non-digital
communication
first,
so
we
actually
started
in
community
engagement,
thinking
about
how
to
send
out
a
postcard
mailer
to
all
residents.
P
An
appropriate
language
is
to
connect
them
to
covin,
19
resources,
and
so
the
direct
mailing
made
a
big
difference,
and
then,
on
top
of
that
we
discovered
the
power
of
information
kiosks.
So
we
went
old
school
and
set
up
folding
kiosks
in
parks
and
open
spaces.
So
as
people
were
walking
the
trails
they
could
come
by
and
pick
up
information
directly
as
they
were
accessing
the
parks
we're
maintaining
those
today,
so
you'll
still
be
able
to
walk
the
parks
and
pick
up
your
neighborhood
news
or
learn
about
ongoing
city
programs
and
events.
P
The
other
thing
that
we
did
is
we
tapped
existing
networks
to
be
able
to
expand
promotion
of
materials
and
get
people
into
the
hands
of
people
who
are
at
home.
So,
for
example,
we
made
partners
with
network
on
aging
our
nourishing
networks,
meals
on
wheels
to
add
them
as
distribution
nodes,
just
like
an
old-fashioned
paper
route
to
be
able
to
distribute
materials
and
get
them
into
people's
houses
to
be
able
to
connect
with
city
programs
and
information,
and
that
is
still
ongoing
today.
P
So
today
I
remember
on
friday
the
13th
in
2020
we
closed
mini
city
hall,
and
I
remember
standing
there
and
putting
the
signs
up
and
closing
mini
city
hall
at
crossroads,
and
I
knew
it
would
have
a
direct
impact
on
our
residents,
who
were
either
the
most
vulnerable
or
connecting
to
human
services,
and
I
wondered
how
long
it
would
last
I'm
going
to
announce
today.
This
week
we
are
fully
reopened
so
monday
through
saturday.
P
10
a.m
to
6
p.m,
normal
hours
at
crossroads,
shopping
center,
so
people
can
come
and
access
the
services
and
we're
bringing
our
community
partners
back,
and
that
is
so
meaningful.
So
what
you
should
know
about
mini
city
hall,
is
we
notice
that
in
person
direct
service
matters,
especially
to
clients
and
customers
who
are
overcoming
a
language
barrier
or
who
are
also
dealing
with
a
digital
divide,
right
and
so
being
able
to
come
and
meet
in
person
and
meet
with
clients?
P
That
is
a
very
important
tool
that
we
have
in
terms
of
the
outreach
and
the
connection
that
we
serve
so
over
the
last
two
years
we
still
served
60
000
requests
through
mini
city
hall.
During
the
pandemic
and
73
of
those
requests
all
dealt
with
tying
them
to
human
service
meeting
human
service
needs,
so
it
sounds
like
a
lot
but
believe
it
or
not
it's
less
than
what
we
would
normally
do
in
a
pre-pandemic
year
at
mini
city
hall.
So
it's
a
real
important
outpost
and
I'm
really
excited
that
we're
open.
Again.
P
Our
attendance
at
these
events
did
not
decrease
from
pre-pandemic
levels
and
in
fact
they
increased
people
wanted
to
know
what
was
going
on.
They
wanted
to
participate,
they
wanted
to
engage
and
we
had
more
access
from
folks.
That
typically
did
not
show
up
to
things
that
started
showing
up
because
it
was
more
accessible.
Virtually.
P
We
also
learned
some
valuable
new
tools
in
terms
of
adding
closed,
captioning
videotaping
events,
so
that
people
could
watch
them
later
and
on
demand
right
being
able
for
the
community
to
participate
in
those
virtual
forums,
lowered
barriers
for
people
to
participate,
and
we
want
to
continue
those
things
as
well.
P
We
also
blew
up
the
engaging
bellevue
platform,
so
now
departments
across
the
city
are
using
it.
You
can
go
on
there
and
give
feedback
on
the
curbside
management
plan.
You
can
give
feedback
for
bellevue
police
on
body
cameras
right
or
the
ccat
program.
You
can
you
can
dive
into
for
parks
and
open
space.
We
had
a
mapping
tool
where
people
were
putting
pins
all
across
the
city
of
the
places
we
wanted
parks
and
open
space
development.
P
P
People
want
to
be
able
to
watch
something
quick
to
capture
what
is
going
on
and
to
connect
the
programs
and
also
to
provide
feedback
and
information,
so
we're
going
to
see
more
increases
in
those
things
today.
Everything
is
is
about
exploring
what
are
the
protocols
around
hybrid
meetings,
and
how
do
you
do
those
well
you'll
notice.
P
P
One
of
the
things
I
think
we
also
learned
throughout
this
pandemic
is
how
important
it
is
for
people
to
connect
in
person
there's
really
no
substitute
for
it.
I'm
partial
I
love
in
person,
but
that's
why
we
wanted
to
set
up
events
and
things
in
potion
because
we
knew
our
community
was
hungry
for
it.
You
saw
that
when
we
briefly
opened
last
summer
and
we
started
doing
neighborhood
walks
again
and
all
of
a
sudden,
the
community
came
out
and
said:
I'm
here:
let's
walk
together.
Let's
talk
together.
P
We
expect
that
again
now
you
saw
it
at
kelsey
creek
this
last
weekend
with
the
sheep
shearing
and
the
the
community
event
that
was
you're
going
to
see
it
on
may
14th
for
the
experienced
bellevue
workshop.
There's
my
shameless
plug
and
we've
got
20
workshops
from
all
departments
participating
in
this
to
be
able
to
welcome
the
community
to
help
them
connect
with
what's
going
on
in
our
city
and
see
it
through
fresh
eyes,
whether
it's
walking
and
getting
a
neighborhood
tour
of
east
trail
going
on
a
bus
tour
of
our
neighborhoods.
P
It
just
opened
up
and
it's
another
way
for
people
to
show
up
connect
with
one
another
as
a
cohort,
learn
about
the
city
and
the
operations
and
how
to
be
engaged,
and
these
are
just
a
few
of
the
offerings
that
are
being
put
out
there.
But
when
we
look
at
community
engagement
as
a
city,
we
are
looking
now
at
a
toolbox
that
is
full
and
overflowing
from
all
of
the
analog
ways
of
engaging
our
community
to
the
virtual
ones
to
the
in-person
ones.
P
We
need
to
use
them
all
and
we
need
to
be
very
intentional
about
which
ones
we're
using
and
why
to
get
the
best
outcomes
to
engage
the
most
diverse
community.
Broadly,
in
how
the
city
is
doing
business,
and
with
that
I'm
going
to
close,
I
know
I
probably
went
a
little
longer
and
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
charmaine
charmaine.
B
Thanks
mike
excuse
me
thank
you,
council
for
having
us
here
this
evening,
so
I'm
going
to
talk
to
you
a
little
bit
about
excuse
me.
I
have
had
this
tickle
in
my
throat
about
how
our
open
public
meetings
have
been
adapted
to
meet
our
current
needs
for
both
council
and
then
for
future
for
boards
and
commissions.
B
So
with
that
said,
I
would
like
to
showcase
and
take
a
few
minutes
to
talk
about
the
technology
and
equipment
replacement
project.
That's
made
our
new
council
in
future
hybrid
board
and
commission
meetings
possible.
So
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
did
not
mention
the
amazing
work
of
all
of
my
colleagues
that
have
had
a
hand
in
this
replacement
project,
so
this
has
been
a
multi-department
many
many
months
project
involving
information
technology,
department,
city,
clerk's
office
and
communications
division
of
the
city
manager's
office.
So
this
replacement
project.
B
If
you
remember,
council
approved
an
equipment
replacement
back
in
april
of
2020,
so
this
is
officially
was
kicked
off
in
august
of
2020,
but,
as
you
can
imagine
much
like
many
other
projects,
this
project
was
not
immune
to
the
covid
supply
chain
issues
and
other
related
delays
that
have
kind
of
caused
delay
along
the
way.
B
So
this
by
no
means
is
an
all-inclusive
list,
but
I
did
want
to
mention
a
few
folks
by
name
specifically
so
chanwatha
c,
which
is
she
is
the
project
manager
in
the
it
department
has
been
leading
this
project
all
along
and
her
commitment
to
our
customers
and
positive
attitude
through
many
challenges
and
delays
has
been
a
key
component
to
the
success
of
this
project.
B
In
addition,
I
want
to
thank
jason,
hale,
sam
miller
and
jeff
chandler,
also
from
the
I.t
department
and
michelle
de
grande,
robin
steele
ben
shahabi,
and
david
richardson
from
the
communications
team,
who
are
mostly
in
the
back
room
and
don't
actually
get
to
see.
You
see
the
front
of
your
faces
and
then
finally,
michelle
loose
to
my
right,
karin
roberts,
to
my
left
and
karen
hofu
for
whole,
who,
from
the
city
clerk's
office
in
testing,
so
each
and
every
person
has
played
a
critical
role
in
the
success
of
this
project.
B
And
what
does
that
all
mean
to
you
so
for
council
this
means
we
were
able
to
successfully
convert
from
fully
remote
meetings
to
what
we
have
today,
which
is
a
hybrid
environment
where
we
are
able
to
integrate
both
folks,
online
and
folks
in
the
room
and
for
the
public.
There's.
A
few
new
features
that
I
would
like
to
highlight
tonight.
B
First
of
all,
the
public
obviously
has
a
choice:
whether
to
attend
these
meetings
virtually
via
zoom
or
attend
in
person
in
council
chambers
and
for
those
that
do
attend
in
council
chambers.
We
do
have
an
added
feature
of.
We
have
some
qr
codes
out
available
for
quick
and
easy
access
to
council
agendas
and
board
and
commission
agendas.
B
We
also
have
qr
codes
for
signing
up
for
oral
communication
and
public
hearing
testimony
and
those
forums
open
up
at
5
pm
the
night
of
the
meeting,
and
then
that's
essentially
council
meetings
in
a
nutshell
now,
and
then
switching
gears
really
quickly
to
talk
about
boards
and
commissions
for
a
minute.
B
The
same
technology
equipment
replacement
has
occurred
in
1e113
which,
as
the
council
knows,
used
to
be
the
study
session
room
that
is
now
and
will
continue
to
be
the
meeting
room
for
our
boards
and
commissions
once
they
return
to
in-person
meetings,
so
that
equipment
has
also
been
replaced.
The
citizens
and
public
will
have
the
same
experiences
they're
having
here
with
council
this
evening,
while
our
boards
and
commissions
are
continuing
to
meet
in
a
fully
remote
capacity
at
this
time
they
will
soon
begin
those
hybrid
meetings
and
we
don't
have
a
specific
date
for
that.
B
So
that's
that's
it
for
me
this
evening,
but
on
half
of
our
entire
time,
oh
entire
team,
here
I'd
like
to
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
highlight
a
few
of
the
ways
that
we've
been
able
to
adapt
city
services
and
continue
improving
the
experiences
of
those
that
we
serve.
So
with
that,
I
will
turn
it
back
to
you
mayor
well,.
A
P
Oh,
my
general
number
I
would
just
give,
I
would
have
them
call
425-452-4089.
A
All
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye,
all
that
give
me
a
post.
Okay.
We
have
two
study
session
items,
but
only
one
is
for
discussion
in
a
presentation
actually,
but
why
don't
we
take
a
quick
break
and
come
back
at
7
10.
A
M
At
the
conclusion
of
the
presentation
this
evening,
this
we
are
seeking
council
direction
on
sending
a
letter
to
both
the
king
county
exec,
as
well
as
the
king
county
council,
regarding
the
city's
interest
on
the
development
of
the
clean
water
plan
and
the
city's
desire
to
have
an
ongoing
dialogue
with
the
county
as
they
move
forward
in
the
development
of
that
plan.
So
we
have
several
members
of
the
staff
and
from
king
county
joining
us.
M
This
evening
we
have
nava
oto,
director
of
the
utilities
department,
also
genesee
adkins,
chief
of
external
affairs
and
lacie
jane
wolfe,
also
with
the
city
assistant
director
of
the
intergovernment
affairs
and
cameron
gural,
who
is
the
director
of
the
king
county
wastewater
treatment
division
and
I
believe
we
may
have.
Is
anybody
joining
us
virtually
here's
that.
M
S
A
B
S
S
So
king
county
is
an
important
partner
for
bellevue
in
delivering
wastewater
sewer
services
to
the
community,
the
city
contracts
with
the
county
for
wastewater
conveyance
and
treatment,
and
the
the
cost
that
we
pay
to
king
county
for
these
services
comprise
about
55
percent
of
the
city's
utility
budget.
So
policy
and
budget
decisions
that
king
county
makes
have
a
very
direct
impact
on
our
customers,
sewer
utility
bills.
S
In
addition
to
the
annual
rate
making
process,
the
county
is
in
the
midst
of
developing
its
clean
water
plan,
and
that
is
a
roadmap
that
will
guide
the
county's
wastewater,
operating
and
capital
investment
policies
and
budgets
going
for
the
next
40
years.
So
we
have
that
this
plan
is
going
to
have
significant
implications
on
future
rates
and
which
are
just
currently
expected
to
be
in
doubling
over
the
next
10
years.
S
King
county's,
regional
water
quality
committee
rwqc
has
oversight
over
the
development
of
the
clean
water
plan
and
council
member
lee
represents
sound
cities.
Association
on
this
committee,
rwqc
and
other
stakeholders
have
voiced
concerns
about
king
county's,
future
sewer
rates
and
the
county
has
paused
development
of
the
clean
water
plan
to
consider
this
feedback.
S
So
therefore,
tonight
we're
going
to
be
looking
for
a
council
direction
on
whether
bellevue
should
draft
a
letter
in
support
of
king
county
providing
cost
benefit
information,
as
well
as
options
for
the
for
all
of
us
to
consider
as
they
develop
the
clean
water
plan.
With
that,
we
are
really
fortunate
to
have
cameron
grural
here
tonight
to
give
us
an
update
on
the
sewer
rates
for
2022,
as
well
as
for
the
next
10
years.
S
R
R
As
I
mentioned
I'm
joined
here
tonight,
courtney
black
is
available
kind
of
virtually
here
to
answer
questions
if
you
have
them
later,
she's
with
our
finance
and
administration
section.
Also
sharman
herron
with
our
government
relations
office
is
here
in
the
audience.
We
very
much
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
talk
with
the
bellevue
council
and
our
partnership
with
bellevue.
I
would
echo
much
of
what
nav
said.
It's
a
pleasure
working
with
her
and
her
staff.
R
We
we
speak
fairly
regularly
and
have
lots
to
talk
about,
because
there's
a
lot
of
projects
and
and
planning
in
which
both
the
city
of
bellevue
and
king
county
wastewater
treatment
have
a
common
interest.
So
we
look
forward
to
that
continuing
good
working
relationship.
I
also
want
to
thank
councilmember
lee
who
serves
on
the
regional
water
quality
committee
and
provides
his
service
and
his
leadership
to
us.
There.
R
I've
just
got
a
few
slides
I'll
go
through
one
by
one
feel
free
to
interrupt
and
ask
questions
during
or
afterwards
and
then
a
couple
of
things
that
didn't
make
it
on
the
slides
I'll
offer
some
comments
on
as
well
see
if
this
works.
M
R
So
here's
kind
of
an
overview
of
what
I'd
like
to
talk
about
here
tonight.
We
do
an
annual
sewer
rate
process,
so
it's
the
rate
that
we
charge
a
wholesale
wastewater,
conveyance
and
treatment
rate
that
we
charge
to
city
partners
like
bellevue.
In
fact,
we
have
34
different
contract
agencies.
Bellevue
is
one
of
them,
but
they're
divided
about
half
cities
and
half
seward
districts.
R
The
sewer
rate
is
the
largest
share
of
the
revenue
that
comes
into
my
division.
We
need
that
to
operate
24
7
365.
This
is
a
service
that
does
not
ever
stop
wastewater
treatment,
happens
all
the
time
and
we
design
and
build
capital
projects
for
capacity,
asset
management
and
regulatory
compliance.
I'll
talk
more
about
each
of
those.
R
Later
on
in
the
presentation,
one
of
the
groups
that
advises
us
very
strongly
and
very
regularly
is
the
longlea
named
mupac
metropolitan
water
pollution
abatement,
advisory
committee
and
bellevue
staff
attend
that
committee
meeting
and
and
the
subcommittees
very
regularly.
R
They
work
with
us
every
year
on
the
suru
rate
this
year.
For
this
year's
rate,
they
especially
asked
to
have
more
information
earlier
and
more
transparently,
and
so
we
attempted
to
do
that
this
year,
advancing
information
in
time
kind
of
up
the
chain
by
starting
this
process
in
january,
and
we
had
about
six
meetings
with
that
group
over
the
course
of
about
three
months.
We
shared
information
on
cost
drivers,
you'll
hear
those
here
tonight
as
well
and
the
applicable
financial
policies.
R
R
I
believe
they
approved
a
letter,
the
same
letter
essentially
to
go
to
the
county
council,
so
that
is
also
coming
out.
Those
right
now
are
the
formal
written
correspondence
that
has
come
into
the
process
but,
as
I
said,
we've
had
lots
of
meetings,
and
so
we've
had
entertained
questions
and
heard
a
lot
of
verbal
input.
The
county
executive
is
proposing
a
5.75
increase
for
2023
and
we
are
identifying
higher
rates
in
the
10-year
rate
planner
forecast.
R
R
R
We
will
also
be
going
before
the
county
council
budget
and
fiscal
management
committee
in
the
week
succeeding
that
and
as
nav
mentioned,
we
are
slated
to
have
that
rate
adopted
by
the
county
council
at
one
of
their
meetings
in
june.
There
is
a
statutory
deadline
that
we
adopt
no
later
than
june
30th,
so
they've
got
that
in
front
of
them.
R
Too
far,
okay,
so
I
mentioned
key
drivers
for
the
sewer
rate.
I
will
go
each
through
many
of
these
with
individual
slides,
but
this
is
an
overview.
We
always
need
to
make
sure
there's
adequate
capacity
in
the
system
to
meet
the
needs
of
growth.
We
want
to
take
care
and
repair
and
replace
aging
parts
of
the
system.
Much
of
the
system
is
same
vintage.
I
am
in
this
1960s
and
I
can
feel
the
aches
and
pains
now-
and
so
is
our
system
from
time
to
time
needing
to
get
things
taken
care
of
there.
R
We
also
have
to
comply
with
permit
requirements,
and
that's
a
lot
of
our
life
is
making
sure
that
we
daily
comply
with
permits
that
we
receive
from
the
state
department
of
ecology
and
a
lot
of
those
are
focused
on
csos
and
other
things.
We
are
making
initial
investments
to
comply
with
the
nutrients
general
permit
I'll
come
back
to
that
as
well,
and
we
also
want
to
make
sure
that
we
increase
reliability
of
the
system,
especially
at
places
like
west
point
and
off-site
locations
where
occasionally
have
sewer
bypasses.
R
R
There
we
go
so
talk
about
a
few
of
these
in
a
little
more
detail.
Asset
management
is
a
is
a
big
deal
for
us.
This
means
taking
care
of
everything
in
the
italics
there,
plants,
pumps,
motors
pipelines,
storage,
tanks.
Just
to
give
you
a
sense,
we
have
total
of
five
plants,
three
large
regional
plants,
about
50
pump
and
regulate
regulator,
stations
and
about
400
miles
of
conveyance
pipeline.
So
you
can
get
a
sense
of
the
scale
of
the
system.
It's
one
of
the
largest
waste
water
systems
in
the
country.
R
R
I
mentioned
the
nutrient
permit.
Some
of
you
have
been
keeping
up
with
this.
This
permit
came
out
late
last
year
and
went
into
effect
on
january
1
of
this
year.
It
is
a
general
permit
that
applies
across
all
of
the
wastewater
agencies
that
discharge
into
puget
sound,
so
a
total
of
about
58
facilities
across
the
puget
sound
area,
including
four
of
the
five
regional
plants
that
we
run
at
king
county,
are
subject
to
this
permit.
R
We
are
share
the
goals
of
the
permit,
which
is
to
manage
nutrients
and
especially
nitrogen,
getting
into
puget
sound
that
can
leave
to
lead
to
dissolved
oxygen
problems
and
algal
blooms.
So
it's
a
real
issue
there,
but
like
many
others,
we
actually
appealed
this
permit,
because
we're
concerned
that
the
high
cost
was
not
going
to
yield
enough
actual
benefit
associated
with
that
cost.
You
mentioned
cost
effectiveness
earlier,
that's
a
phrase
that
we
were
using
a
lot
in
thinking
about
that
appeal
process.
R
We
have
included
in
the
10-year
rate
plan,
though
about
50
million
dollars
of
initial
compliance
costs.
We
would
likely
have
included
these,
irrespective
of
appealing
the
permit,
because
these
are
good
things
to
do
evaluating
our
system,
optimizing
our
system
and
then
monitoring
those
discharges
as
well.
So
knowing
what
we
have
and
being
able
to
manage
it
best.
R
R
Okay,
thank
you
for
your
patience
as
I
work
the
little
button
clicker
here,
west
point,
resiliency
and
reliability.
West
point
is
our
biggest
plant
and
it
gets
a
lot
of
attention
and
we
had
the
flood
there
in
2017..
Some
of
you
may
recall
that
pretty
major
event
for
us,
we
are
committed
to
improving
the
reliability
of
that
that
plant,
along
with
the
rest
of
our
system.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
workers
and
the
public
are
safe,
protect
the
environment
and
increase
efficiency
at
that
plant.
R
That
plant
is
part
of
the
seattle
system,
so
it
handles
flows
from
the
combined
system.
That's
in
seattle
out
here
on
the
east
side,
the
systems
are
separated,
so
storm,
sewer
and
and
sanitary
sewer
in
different
pipes,
not
so
in
seattle,
where
they're
flowing
into
the
same
pipe
so
seattle's
waste,
water
and
storm
water
all
gets
treated
at
west
point.
So
it's
a
very
important
plan
for
carrying
very
high
capacities.
R
So
there
are
several
projects
going
on
there.
The
one
at
the
top
of
the
list
is
a
power
quality
improvement
project.
This
deals
with
the
challenge
that
we
have
is
the
power
quality
that
we
get
from
our
power
provider.
There
has
had
problems,
voltage,
sags
things
like
you
might
experience
in
your
home
with
a
light.
Flicker
that
doesn't
really
affect
the
home
can
have
a
big
effect
on
a
wastewater
plant
and
can
lead
to
the
shutdowns
of
pumps
and
motors
and
then
a
restart
process
and
can
lead
to
bypasses
and
overflows.
R
We
want
to
try
to
manage
minimize
those
issues,
so
the
power
quality
project
will
help
us
to
do
that.
We're
also
looking
at
replacing
all
of
the
raw
sewage
pumps.
These
again
are
vintage
1960s.
They
have
not
been
replaced
since
they
were
originally
installed.
It
will
take
about
a
year
for
each
one
of
those
to
be
replaced
out
of
the
plant
plus
we
have
to
keep
the
plant
going
during
that
time,
so
the
work
has
to
be
done
during
summer
months
when
flows
are
lower.
R
R
I
thought
I'd
mention
a
few
projects
in
the
bellevue
area.
These
are
projects
that
are
are
going
on
today.
One
that's
coming
across
the
north
part
of
mercer
island
and
then
coming
into
bellevue
at
the
inatai
area.
Is
a
sewer
upgrade
project
that
we
have
there.
R
That's
a
very
important
project
to
replace
sewer
lines
and
then
we'll
cross
the
east
channel
between
the
mercer
island
and
and
bellevue
there
underwater,
basically
underneath
the
east
channel
bridge
there
so
big
project
that
will
affect
those
communities.
We're
we've
got
a
as
robust
of
a
system,
as
we
can
think
of
for
community
outreach
and
keeping
community
informed,
we'll
want
to
continue
to
work
with
your
staff
to
make
sure
that
bellevue
residents
businesses
have
the
information
they
need.
That's
true
for
all
the
projects
on
that
list.
R
The
coal
creek
sewer
upgrade
I'm
especially
excited
about,
because
we've
got
an
older
pipe
that
is
running
right
down
right
next
to
coal
creek
in
that
ravine
area.
So
we
want
to
take
that
out,
move
it
away
from
the
creek,
so
we
can
improve
the
environment
there
and
upgrade
that
line.
We've
got
a
large
two
large
projects
that
are
in
lake
hills
and
one
extending
up
into
the
city
of
redmond
along
lake
sammamish
and
then
a
relining
project
for
existing
sewer
pipe
in
the
lake
hills
area.
R
So
here's
the
bottom
line
in
terms
of
the
proposal-
that's
on
the
table
right
now,
the
chart-
that's
at
the
top-
is
called
adopted
rate
plan.
That's
what's
in
place
today,
so
we
adopted
this
rate
for
2022
last
year
and
then
the
associated
10-year
rate
plan
you
can
see
it
runs
out
through
the
year
2031..
R
The
proposed
rate
plan
is
below
that.
That's
the
new
new
plan,
so
we've
referenced
our
current
rate
in
2022
and
then
the
proposal
on
the
table
is
the
proposed
rate
for
2023
and
for
the
audience,
I'm
just
using
the
pointer
here
to
point
at
that
box.
That
says
the
2022
process.
R
So
that
is
the
proposal
there.
That
has
the
5.75.
R
R
R
Those
are
larger
increases
and
they
primarily
relate
to
additional
investments
related
to
cso
compliance.
I
can
talk
more
about
that,
if
that's
of
interest
to
the
council
below
I've
hit
on
most
of
these
main
points
that
are
in
the
arrow
bullets
there,
the
cso
projects
are
driving
some
of
those
costs.
We
are
prioritizing
west
point
and
other
investments
there.
I
won't
go
through
back
all
all
through
that.
The
last
bullet
does
note
that
these
projects
will
require
some
staff
as
well.
R
We
have
just
short
of
700
staff
in
my
division
right
now
in
order
to
ramp
up
our
capital
program
to
meet
the
needs
of
all
these
different
asset
management
and
other
regulatory
compliance
projects.
We
are
looking
at
about
96
additional
ftes
when
those
get
authorized
is
up
to
the
county
council
and
that
will
be
part
of
our
budget
process
later
this
year.
So
the
process
is
divided
into
two
steps:
the
sewer
rate
first
and
then
the
budget
process.
Where
we'll
see
if
the
county
council
authorizes
any
ftes
and
how
much
and
and
when.
R
Oh,
that's
the
little
inset
box.
That
was
the
animation
I
was
supposed
to
show.
The
other
thing
that
I
wanted
to
to
highlight,
for
you
is
the
other
decision.
That's
in
front
of
the
county
council
this
year
is
our
capacity
charge.
Now
it's
different
than
the
sewer
rate
capacity
charge
is
the
charge
to
buy
into
the
system.
So,
if
you're
building
a
new
home
a
condominium,
if
you're
adding
an
accessory
dwelling
unit,
you
would
pay
a
capacity
charge
what's
shown
on
the
chart.
R
Here
are
the
current
capacity
charge
for
2022
of
70.39
per
rce,
and
then
a
proposed
look
ahead
out
to
again
2032.
in
this
case
we're
showing
a
flat
3
increase
per
year.
I
was
mentioned
earlier.
The
clean
water
plan
is
currently
on
pause.
That
plan
eventually,
when
it
gets
restarted
and
completed,
will
help
us
to
renew
and
update
that
capacity
charge.
So
the
3
percent
is
a
placeholder
charge.
R
It
was
intended,
I
think,
to
keep
up
with
inflation
before
inflation
started
to
exceed
that.
But
that's
that
had
been
the
previous
level.
So
that's
what
what's
in
place
right
now
for
the
capacity
charge.
Just
to
note
the
capacity
charge
is
one
place
where
we
can
help
to
achieve
other
goals,
because
the
capacity
charge
can
be
tailored
to
household
size
and
to
income
levels
as
well.
So
it
does
offer
an
opportunity
for
lower
income
residents
to
play
a
reduced
charge,
and
so
we're
happy
about
that.
R
A
Thank
you.
So
the
question
before
us
is
well
we'll
have
a
moment
to
ask
questions
or
make
comments,
but
the
question
before
us
is:
do
we
want
to
send
a
letter
to
king
county
council
and
if
so,
what
would
we
want
to
have
contained
in
that
letter?
So
I'm
going
to
start
with
council
member
lee
and
then
stokes
robertson,
barksdale,
deputy
mayors
on
and
myself
councilmember
lee.
D
Thank
you,
madam
mayor,
thank
you,
director
cameron
and
your
staff
for
coming
to
brief
the
council
on
the
2023
and
then
10-year
sewer
rates
and
the
clean
water
plan,
and
these
are
very
important
topics,
as
we
know,
as
sewer
rates
continue
to
increase
and
the
cost
of
living.
Also,
you
know
that
would
add
on
to
our
customers,
and
this
makes
it
challenging
to
maintain.
D
And
of
course
you
know
my
interest
about
the
clean
water
plan
and
the
long-term
waste
water
plans.
You
know
the
path
where
we're
going,
some
of
them.
We
have
shared
on
the
regional
quality.
D
You
know
we
scored
the
quality
committee
with
my
fellow
sound
city
members,
colleagues
and,
as
we
know,
the
regional
and
water
waste
treatment
division
form
a
very
strong
partnership.
It
has
to
be
through
the
rwqc
and
mupac,
as
we
mentioned,
to
jointly
develop
the
clean
water
plan,
which
is
very
important
part
of
it,
so
that
a
more
unified
message
can
be
given
to
the
ratepayers.
D
Ultimately,
they
are
paying
for
it
and
it's
very
complicated,
very
complex.
You
know
issue.
Obviously
we
know
that,
so
I
think
we
need
to
make
sure
we
explain
to
the
ratepayers
on
why
sewer
costs
are
rising
beside
inflation
and
the
projects
number
two
and
programs
waste
treatment.
Division
undertakes
are
to
provide
regional
wastewater
services
only
and
that's
only
and
king
county
should
identify
other
ways
to
pay
for
programs
that
are
not
directly
related
to
wastewater
services
and
number
three
is
the
waste
water
treatment.
D
Division
continues
to
implement
strategies
to
contain
its
cost,
and
I
want
to
add
one
thing
that
it's
very
nice
to
have
director
cameron
with.
That's
the
you
know
relatively
new
director
of
the
division,
and
you
have
really
added
a
lot
of
transparency,
a
lot
of
information-
and
you
address
all
these
concerns
that
we
all
are
interested
in,
particularly,
I
think
you've
been
articulating
working
with
sun
city
in
association
and
with
a
lot
of
good
communications.
D
D
Would
support
it
yeah,
not
because
we
don't
understand
the
meal,
packs
intent.
We
don't
understand
your
intent
to
do
this
stuff,
but
I
think
it's
important
to
give
all
the
substantial
supportive
message
and
also
to
the
ratepayers
and
to
everybody
involved
that
we
are
working
toward
those
specific
things
that
we
can
get
at
your
results.
Thank
you.
So
I
suppose
so.
D
I
wanted
to
just
say
one
more
thing:
I
want
to
thank
the
city
and
the
you
know
sound
water
association
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
represent
them
all
the
cities,
39
cities
into
the
county
and
also
city
bellevue.
My
goal
is
to
be
make
sure
that
I
articulated
that
we
are
good
partners
in
both
what
we're
working
with
youth
fellow
cities
and
becoming
you
know
important
for
the
bellevue's
concern
interest
in
the
very
constructive
way.
So,
thank
you
for
being
here.
Thank.
F
Yeah,
thank
you
mayor
now.
I
appreciate
council
member
lee's,
presentation
and
and
review
of
the
whole
picture
on
it,
and
I
think
that
sets
it
out
very
well.
What
I'm
interested
in
particularly
is
is
off
when
I
read
this
information
and
working
with
cascade
water
lines
and
others
and
on
the
regional
policy
committee.
F
Okay,
so-
and
I
think
the
opportunity
to
respond
to
the
things
going
on
for
10
years
is
also
very
important,
and-
and
it's
it's
really
good
to
bring-
and
I
think
for
the
council
and
for
the
community
to
understand
the
complexity
of
this,
because
we
don't
hear
about
that
much.
You
talk
to
people
in
the
community
and
they
say
why
are
my
you
know,
bills
so
high
and
all
this
and
they
don't
know
what
it
is.
F
And
then
you
read
all
the
stories
about
the
problems
with,
unfortunately
with
the
the
the
plant
we
have
now
and
it
kind
of
gets
mixed
up.
So
what
I'm
interested
in
is
working
getting
today's
piece
in
place
and
looking
at
that
and
our
you
know,
giving
our
opinions
where
we
think
the
10
5.75
is
reasonable.
Given
all
the
factors-
and
I
guess
part
of
is
parsing
out
the
things
that
are
being
done-
that
are
incremental.
F
That
will
be
we're
putting
some
money
now
some
money
for
next
year
next
year
is
coming
in
here
too.
But
if
we
concentrate
on
that,
I
think
that
is
helps
us
come
in
and
and
in
terms
of
getting
the
public
to
understand
why
what
that
rate
is
and
looking
at
the
dollars,
it's
not
a
huge
change,
so
I
think
we
can
make
a
case.
We
look
at
making
a
case
of
how
why
this
is
important,
but
also
tying
it
into.
F
R
You're
welcome
to
comment
on
any
aspect
of
the
presentation,
whether
it's
the
one
year
in
front
of
the
king
county
council
now,
which
is
the
only
formal
decision
they
have,
but
I
think
just
to
just
to
be
frank,
most
of
the
comments
that
we've
heard
so
far
less
on
than
the
rate
for
2023
and
more
about
the
trajectory
of
the
10-year
plan-
and
I
would
say,
the
county
executive
shares
that
concern
that,
because
there
is
a
long-term
affordability
challenge,
as
nav
mentioned,
we're
looking
at
a
doubling
of
that
rate
over
that
10-year
period
and
we're
putting
that
out
there
we're
not
shying
away
from
it.
R
Some
we
have
a
little
more
control
over
like
asset
management.
We
could
decide
how
much
to
invest
on
on
those
things
we
are
trying
to
follow.
Best
practices.
Look
at
life
cycle
cost
make
decisions
that
maximize
efficiency
so
that
we
don't
replace
things
multiple
times,
but
there's
a
choice
level
about
how
much
to
invest
in
asset
management.
R
Us
your
own
home,
where
do
you
do
you
fix
something
or
not
fix
something
get
by
with
the
furnace
one
more
year
or
not?
The
other
parts
of
our
program
are
are,
unfortunately,
less
within
our
control.
It's
the
regulatory
piece
where
we
are
working,
I
believe,
on
the
city's
behalf
on
the
nutrients
front,
to
try
to
get
a
better,
more
cost
effective
regulation.
R
Again,
I
think
everybody
wants
to
protect
puget
sound,
it's
not
about
that.
It's
about
how
you
go
about
doing
it
and
whether
the
dollar
that
you
spend
on
wastewater
rates
is
going
to
give
you
that
value.
That's
the
question
we're
trying
to
get
a
better
answer
to
and
then
on
the
cso
front.
That's
it's
a
lot
of
our
costs.
It's
part
of
the
system
that
that's
the
way
it
was
built
and
we
have
a
federal
consent
decree
that
we
have
to
comply
with.
R
We
are
trying
to
renegotiate
that
now
and
while
I
can't
talk
about
that,
those
are
confidential
negotiations
in
detail,
but
we
are
hoping
to
extend
the
period
of
of
that
compliance,
and
what
that
will
help
to
do
is
to
moderate
costs.
We
will
not
be
able
to
extend
it
out
indefinitely
and
we
will
not.
R
It
doesn't
look
like
we'll
be
able
to
do
something
other
than
doing
those
cso
projects,
so
they're
going
to
be
expensive
and
now
we're
starting
again
to
be
transparent
and
honest,
we're
showing
some
of
those
costs
within
the
10-year
rate
plan,
and
you
remember
the
rate
chart
that
I
showed
with
the
nines
on
it.
Those
nines
are
reflective
of
those
cso
costs
coming
into
that
rate
plan
time.
R
So
if
I
could
wave
a
wand,
we'd
go
back
in
time
and
build
a
separated
system
in
seattle
and
wouldn't
have
these
costs
here
today,
but
I
don't
have
that
wand.
We
have
the
costs
and-
and
so
those
are,
the
drivers,
and
my
job
tonight
is
to
try
to
give
you
an
always
honest
and
as
frank
a
sense
of
what
those
costs
really
are
and
then
listen
to
your
feedback
and
we
welcome
any
feedback
from
the
city
of
bellevue
that
you
care
to
offer.
Thank
you.
Yeah.
F
I
appreciate
that
very
much
and
I
think
the
clean
water
plan
is
something
too
we're
interested
in,
and
I
I
asked
the
question
just
to
get
that
clearly,
because
I
think
there
are
two
pieces,
but
I
really
appreciate-
and
I
do
appreciate
the
more
transparency
and
more
directly
having
conversations
with
the
cities
and
and
customers
about
what
we're
doing
and
how
this
all
the
pieces
of
it.
And
so
I
I
think
we
need
to
approach
it
and
agree
with.
F
C
And
I
have
a
number
of
questions
so
if,
if
I
take
up
too
much
time,
we
can
go
around
again,
okay,
so
the
question
before
us
is:
should
we
write
a
letter
to
the
king
county
council?
Yes,
I
think
we
should.
I
am
deeply
concerned
about
this
10-year
plan
and
what
it's
going
to
do
to
rate
payers
of
this
region.
C
We
hear
all
the
time
from
ratepayers
in
bellevue
how
much
they're
paying
how
fast
it
goes
up
and
we
just
pass
through
sewer
costs.
We
don't
mark
those
up,
we
don't
control
them,
and
that
is
a
huge
chunk
of
our
rate
payers
bills,
and
so,
as
the
region
is
struggling
to
try
to
make
housing
affordable
to
more
people,
even
if
we
could
get
the
affordable
housing,
the
utilities
is
not
going
to
be
affordable.
I
mean
they're
going
up
so
fast.
C
I
am
very
concerned
about
these
doubling
in
a
10-year
period,
so
I've
got
two
main
topics:
I'd
like
to
talk
about
and
get
feedback
from
your
director,
one
is
the
nutrient
load
and
the
other
is
the
combined
sewer
overflow.
C
So
I'll
start
with
the
nutrient
load
and
I'm
very
happy
that
that
king
county
is
appealing
this
I've
been
following
this
closely
and
I'm
very
concerned
about
the
impacts
the
nutrient
load
conditions
will
have
on
the
region's
ability
to
grow
and
the
affordability
of
living
here.
So
do
you
know
there
were
a
few
appeals
filed
before
king
county
filed
its
appeal
from
some
smaller
sewer
districts
down
in
south
puget
sound?
R
Those
are
good
questions
and
thank
you
for
asking
them.
This
is
a
dynamic
and
somewhat
complex,
landscape
and
I'd
say
we're
all
trying
to
keep
up
literally
day
by
day,
as
that
goes
on.
So
I'll
talk
about
the
kind
of
appeals,
as
I
know
them
here,
and
I
think
you
should
certainly
seek
advice
from
your
own
legal
counsel.
If
you're
looking
at
any
any
of
those
for
substantive
issues,
I'm
not
an
attorney
I'll.
Just
give
you
what
I
said
just.
R
Our
appeal
we're
one
of
I
think,
a
dozen
different
appellants,
whose
cases
have
been
consolidated
before
the
pollution
control
hearings
board,
so
the
ecology
regulation.
That's
that's
what
happens.
Is
you
appeal
the
permit
and
it
goes
to
the
pollution
control
hearings
board.
It's
a
state-appointed
board.
Three
members.
There
have
been
early
kind
of
table
setting
meetings
of
that
to
kind
of
figure
out
the
mechanics
of
the
process.
I'm
told
that
it
is
unlikely.
R
The
board
on
the
substantive
issues
will
take
further
testimony
and
deal
with
this
before
2023
and
it
may
be
somewhere
into
that.
Given
their
calendar,
we
have
asked
the
board
to
consider
a
few
early
kind
of
calm
fork
in
the
road
legal
questions,
fundamentally
about
whether
the
department
had
the
proper
authority
to
issue
a
general
permit
when
they
already
issue
individual
permits
for
each
plant
and
people
are
exchanging
briefs
on
that
subject.
R
Right
now
we
are
hopeful
that
the
board
might
be
able
to
rule
on
some
of
those
issues
in
the
nearer
term,
perhaps
as
early
as
the
summer,
but
we
don't
control
that
process,
but
we
are
actively
participating
in
it
and
there
are,
as
you
mentioned,
about
12
different
appellants.
I
think
nine
or
ten
of
those
are
other
wastewater
utilities
like
king
county
wastewater
treatment,
division.
There
are
one
or
two
non-profits
that
appealed
with
frankly
a
different
perspective.
R
I
think
wanting
to
the
permit
to
do
more
or
to
do
things
in
a
different
way,
but
those
have
been
consolidated
so
we're
actively
working
and
participating
in
that
before
the
permit
came
out.
The
city
of
tacoma
had
filed
an
appeal
in
thurston
county
court
on
some
similar
issues
as
college's
authority,
some
of
the
kind
of
the
documents
that
they
were
using
when
they
were
still
drafting
the
permits.
So
this
is
before
the
permit
became
official
late
last
year
that
court
case
we've
been
monitoring
for
a
while.
R
We
saw
a
decision
that,
in
fact,
nobody
heard
of
a
decision
that
came
out
in
january
finally
got
the
light
of
day
of
two
fridays
ago.
We've
been
studying
that
decision,
I
again
will
not
wade
into
territory
as
to
what
it
means,
but
the
thurston
county,
I
believe
it's
superior
court
did
render
a
decision,
it's
a
short
one,
only
three
pages
long
and
so
we're
all
trying
to
figure
out
what
it
means.
If
anything,
for
the
pollution
control
hearing
support
process.
R
C
All
right
so
yeah
I'll
have
to
look
up
that
decision
so
on
the
nutrient
load,
two
things
I'm
really
really
concerned
about
and
and
I'm
hoping
that
the
cases
go
well.
One
is
the
impact
it's
gonna
have
on
rates
and
and
cfc's
capital
facility
charge,
which
is
our
connection,
charges
and
two.
Whether
if
that
nutrient
permit
stands
as
written,
will
king
county
already
be
oversubscribed
or
connections
today,
and
if
so,
will
that
render
your
in
a
render
of
the
county
in
unable
to
issue
any
sewer
availability
letters?
C
And
for
my
colleagues
on
here
you
when
you
build
a
new
development,
whether
it's
new
homes,
new
high-rise?
If
you
don't
have
sewer
availability,
you
cannot
build.
So
if
we,
if
so,
I'm
wondering
what
it's
doing
to
capacity,
because
I've
heard
like,
for
example,
in
pierce
county
they're,
just
going
to
have
to
shut
off
all
permitting
and
that's
a
real
concern,
because
gma
says
we
need
to
grow
in
the
inside
the
urban
corridor,
so
impact
on
rates
and
capital
facility
charges
and
impact
on
the
ability
to
continue
to
add
connections.
R
I
I
I'm
worried
about
all
of
those
things
and
we
want
to
keep
track
and
I'd
be
happy
to
keep
the
council
informed
as
best
as
I
can.
As
I
know
more
about
those
I'm
probably
a
little
less
worried
about
the
last
subject,
ability
to
continue
to
provide
and
we
provide
conveyance
and
treatment,
we're
the
wholesale
part
of
the
system.
The
availability
letters
are
coming
from
the
local
sewer
agencies
for
that
developer,
but
they
do
depend
on
us
having
the
adequate
treatment
capacity.
R
The
requirements
to
comply
with
that
permit
did
look
very,
very
expensive,
and
so,
if
we
were
unable
to
complete
those
requirements,
then
I
think
it
could
call
into
question
both
the
cost
associated
and
the
ability
to
do
the
treatment.
But
the
way
the
permit
has
has
come
out
still
have
those
five
years.
We
think
we're
actually
in
reasonably
good
shape
for
the
first
five
years,
but
again
the
way
it's
structured.
R
Looking
at
at
higher
and
higher
levels
of
of
restriction
on
nitrogen
being
in
in
the
discharge,
we
are
still
very
very
concerned,
hence
the
appeal,
so
it
didn't
change
enough
between
the
draft
and
the
final
to
cause
us
to
lessen
that
concern.
So
we
did
file
the
appeal
to
answer
your
first
question
about
cost.
We,
I
didn't
bring
the
materials
with
me
tonight,
but
I'll
go
with
memory
and
try
to
keep
it
short.
R
R
The
changes
there
would
be,
as
we
projected
them
profound,
and
so,
if
you're
going
to
have
to
do
profound
changes,
you're
talking
about
taking
that
plant
largely
out
of
service,
which
you
cannot
do
with
the
24
7
365.
So
you
need
to
have
another
plant
in
place.
That's
what
was
really
leading
to
those
very,
very
high
projections
that
we
made
over
time,
not
just
going
from
50
to
100
but
potentially
going
from
50
all
the
way
into
the
200
plus
range,
which
is
which
is
enormously
high.
R
So
that's
again,
one
of
the
reasons
why
we
appealed
the
permit
because
we're
concerned
for
that
much
money.
Are
we
really
buying
that
much
protection
for
nitrogen
issues
in
puget
sound,
and
we
are
encouraging
our
colleagues
at
ecology
and
and
and
and
others
to
consider
whether
there
are
more
cost-effective
mechanisms
to
both
understand
how
nitrogen
is
working
today
make
sure
the
sciences
is
robust
and
then
identify
where
the
most
rapid
cost-effective
response
strategies
would
be?
R
R
It
has
very
susceptible
to
algal
blooms,
because
the
water
heats
up
quickly,
there's
not
a
lot
of
flushing
and
that
additional
impact
from
the
human
generated
source
could
really
just
prompt
a
problem
now
versus
our
discharge,
which
goes
into
the
main
channel
of
puget.
Sound,
goes
through
a
lot
of
mixing
now.
R
This
is
where
people
with
scientific
backgrounds
really
are
still
trying
to
hash
this
out
and
argue
about
it,
but
we're
asking
the
question
where's
that
dollar
best
spent,
and
especially,
if
we're
trying
to
have
something
that's
in
place
rapidly
and
cost
effectively
to
build
a
waste
water
plan,
even
if
you
were
doing
it
at
a
rapid
pace.
It's
going
to
take
you
a
decade
to
even
find
the
property
to
to
do
the
permitting
acquire
the
prop
all
the
different
things
go
through
the
appeals,
all
that
kind
of
stuff.
So
that's
not
fast
so
again.
R
R
I
know
that's
important
to
the
city
of
bellevue
as
well,
and
we
just
want
a
cost-effective
mechanism
for
for
getting
there
and
we
think
there
are
opportunities
on
the
table
that
just
haven't
been
effectively
looked
at.
Okay,.
E
Sending
a
letter
with
the
the
proposed
content,
I
would
also
maybe
include
a
request
for
the
cost
breakdown
for
each
cost
driver
just
to
help
us
unpack
that
a
little
bit
more.
But
I
had
a
question
in
terms
of
if
so
part.
What
part
of
what
was
in
our
packet
was
that
one
of
the
cost
drivers
was
limit,
limiting
accumulation
of
long-term
debt
through
cash,
and
so
I
was
really
curious
about
the
financial
strategy
and
how
that
plays
into
the
estimate.
R
Well,
we
have
a
number
of
different
financial
policies
and
strategies
that
we
try
to
follow
in
crafting
the
rate.
Courtney
black
is
on
the
phone
and
if
we
get
into
some
more
specifics,
you
can
weigh
in
here
and
answer
your
questions
more
specifically,
one
of
the
policies
that
we
follow-
and
this
was
based
on
regional
input
that
I
got
we
got
through
mupac
predates
my
time.
So
I
don't
have
direct
experience,
but
this
is
what
I'm
told
is.
R
We
do
have
a
cash
versus
debt
policy
that
we
implement
here
and
right
now,
it's
it's
40
cash,
60
debt
and
people
debate.
Whether
that's
the
right
policy
should
we
have
lesser
cash
and
more
debt
and
lesser
cash.
More
debt
means
that
your
rates
in
the
short
term
are
lower,
but
your
costs
in
the
longer
term
tend
to
be
higher
because
you're
paying
more
for
that
debt.
R
That's
a
policy
choice
that
that
officials
like
yourselves,
can
can
make,
and
you
can
weigh
in
on
that
on
that
mupac
work
program
for
the
rest
of
this
year.
This
issue
is,
is
on
that
list
and
there's
an
interest,
I
believe
at
the
regional
water
quality
committee,
to
discuss
that
too.
So
there
it
will
be
in
discussion
and
I'm
sure,
either
directly
or
through
your
staff.
We
can
keep
you
apprised
as
to
how
those
discussions
are
proceeding.
E
I
think
I
think,
since
it
affects
rate
the
sewer
rate,
I
think
it'd
be
interesting
to
know
like
look
at
the
options
across
the
different
that
mix
to
see
how
that
affects
the
estimate
of
10
years
as
well
sure.
R
A
All
right,
thank
you,
deputy
mayor,
thank.
Q
You
mayor
and
thanks
for
the
presentation
again
this
evening
and
I
like
the
example
of
the
you
know,
fixing
the
furnace
now
or
can
I
you
know
another
year
or
or
or
not,
and
that's
why
I'm
in
favor
of
the
of
coming
back
and
directing
staff
to
prepare
a
letter
to
provide
to
king
county
on
this,
but
I
think
in
that
letter
we
should
be
very
specific
about
understanding
really
the
that
cost
benefit
analysis.
You
know,
do
we
fix
the
the
roof
or
do
we
fix
the
furnace?
Q
Q
And
which
ones
to
push
a
little
further
down
down
the
road,
as
you
said,
some
of
those
tough
decisions
made
by
officials
like
ourselves.
But
I
did
have
one
question
as
well,
and
I
really
appreciate
the
the
great
questions
this
evening
by
my
colleagues
as
well
and
good
conversation
so
far,
and
I
just
wanted
to
touch
on
because
we
had
talked
quite
a
bit
here
about
the
the
nutrient
permit.
Q
So
my
understanding
so
that,
because
of
the
lawsuit
that
10-year
forecast
that
you
showed
us,
that
does
not
include
the
nutria
permit
in
there.
Is
that
correct
or
does
it
includes.
R
Q
R
I
you
know,
I
don't
have
the
the
last
year,
as
I
said,
the
rates
were
really
really
high
when
we
projected
them
if
we
needed
that
fourth
plant
and
all
the
upgrades
that
all
the
other
plants-
and
I
mentioned
going
from
not
just
50
to
100
but
50
into
the
200s.
That's
the
best
answer.
I
can
give
you
now.
We
can
resend
materials
that
were
distributed
last
summer
and
make
sure
that
you
have
that
we
are
monitoring
that
nutrient
permit
so
where
it
lands.
Q
U
On
yes,
thank
you.
I
too
support
having
a
support
letter
to
king
county,
because
you
know
the
end
of
the
day.
Sewer
and
water
are
essential
services
that
our
community
needs
and
making
sure
that
we're
taking
care
of
that
is
very
important
in
having
you
know
these
investments
that
you
talked
about
in
bellevue
really
appreciate
that.
U
I
was
thinking
about
the
fact
that,
yes,
we
want
to
have
system,
reliability,
sustainability
and
all
of
that,
but
the
5.75
for
next
year,
while
it
seems
like
that
trends
with
escalation
and
inflation
going
getting
all
the
way
to
nine
percent
in
five
or
six
years
does
seem
like
it's
going
to
be
a
challenge
for
our
community.
U
So
looking
at
what
are
some
of
those
options.
So
I
appreciate
the
colleague
my
colleagues
questions
so
far.
I
really
support
the
question
from
councilmember
barksdale
about
you
know:
can
we
look
at
what
that
other
model
might
look
like
if
we
were
to
look
at
a
different
mix
of
cash
versus
debt
funding
for
these
assets
that
are
going
to
last
for
many
many
years?
I
wonder
if
that
mix,
based
on
the
the
current
ability
to
fund
that
we
might
want
to
look
at
something
slightly
different,
at
least
to
understand
what
those
options
are.
U
U
U
You
know,
we've
had
the
bullet
center
in
seattle's
been
around
for
well
over
10
years,
so
I
am
curious
about
what
are
those
innovations
that
the
county
is
looking
at?
How
are
we
looking
at
maybe
there's
an
initial
higher
first
cost,
but
that,
as
we
look
at
the
life
cycle,
total
cost
of
ownership,
it
actually
ends
up
being
slightly
lower
costs
for
the
ratepayers.
So
those
are
my,
I
believe
those
are
my
questions.
R
I
I
remember
the
first
two
and
if
you
can,
as
I
go
through
and
I'll
give
you
a
short
answer
to
each
of
them,
if
that's
okay,
first,
we
do
keep
an
eye
on
on
grant
opportunities
all
the
time.
I
was
hopeful
in
taking
this
job
that
the
infrastructure
bill
at
the
federal
level
would
have
more
related
to
wastewater.
R
There's
a
lot
related
to
drinking
water
wastewater,
not
as
much-
and
you
know
like
a
lot
of
things,
federal
funding
used
to
be
at
much
much
higher
levels
back
in
the
day
it
has
dropped
dramatically,
and
so
we
are
members
of
of
nachwa
and
wef
and
other
organizations
that
do
try
to
relay
that
to
our
partners
in
washington
dc
we'd
like
to
see
more
federal
funding.
R
Your
voice
would
be
welcome
in
that
that
process
as
well
so,
but
we
have
a
active
group
that
keeps
an
eye
on
that
at
the
county
level
and
at
my
division,
specifically,
second
you're,
exactly
right
about
delivery
method.
In
fact,
we've
got
groups
working
right
now
to
evaluate
our
capital
program
to
see
what
the
opportunities
are
and
which
delivery
methods
might
best
lend
themselves
to
the
different
projects.
R
We
have
experience
with
some,
but
not
all,
and
so
we're
also
soliciting
input
from
peer
agencies
that
have
that
kind
of
experience.
So
we
can
learn
from
them.
I
think
you're
exactly
right
that
almost
by
definition,
we
will
be
looking
at
different
delivery
methods.
The
term
I've
heard
now
is
a
collaborative
delivery,
as
opposed
to
alternative
delivery.
I
kind
of
like
that
term
because
it
requires
a
partnership
between
the
public
agency
and
the
design
build
firm
to
do
things
well,
so
we'll
be
looking
at
those
methods
assuredly
as
a
part
of
delivering
that
program.
R
You
also
mentioned
innovations,
and
we
do.
We
actually
have
a
technology
and
innovations
group,
small
group
within
one
of
our
sections,
that
does
that
all
the
time
and
looks
at
not
only
our
current
plants
and
what
the
opportunities
are
but
keeps
an
eye
on
the
denmarks
and
the
singapore's
and
the
other
places
around
the
world
where
we
can
learn
from
their
experience.
R
That
is
a
renewable
energy
source
that
comes
from
wastewater
treatment
and
right
now,
at
our
south
plant
we
are
putting
to
beneficial
use
over
90
of
the
biogas
we
produce
at
that
plant.
Our
goal
is
to
get
up
to
100
there
and
to
move
our
other
two
regional
plants
up
to
as
close
to
100
as
we
can
get
them
we're
more
like
half
or
so
for
the
other
two
plants
right
now.
R
So
there
are
opportunities
at
the
other
plants
and
even
at
south
plant,
to
do
more
of
that,
and
you
can
both
run
the
plant,
which
is
what
the
article
talked
about
the
danes
are
doing.
You
can
also
right
now
sell
that
gas
back
into
the
system,
and
that
is
a
really
a
great
thing
today.
About
being
able
to
do
that,
we
can
sell
bio
gas
back
into
the
system
and
then
reap
a
financial
benefit.
R
R
R
The
county
executive
recently
came
up
with
even
more
aggressive
direction
for
electric
vehicle
purchase.
We've
got
charging
stations
now
at
all
three
regional
plants,
not
enough
at
west
point,
so
that
that's
on
the
to-do
list,
but
we've
completed
a
number
of
them
up
at
our
brightwater
plant
and
we
have
them
also
at
south
plant
and
we're
looking
to
change
over
our
fleet
on
a
little
bit
more
ambitious
timeline
as
well,
so
that
we
can
get
on
green,
renewable
electricity
and
and
reduce
that
part
of
our
footprint.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
So
thank
you,
council
members
on
for
bringing
up
sustainability,
because
I'm
very
interested
in
that
myself
and
honestly,
I
don't
know
that
much
about
it,
but
I
have
been
to
demark.
M
A
R
R
Storm
water
goes
into
there
now
in
high
flow
events,
which
is
maybe
where
you're
heading
in
a
combined
system.
There
are
times
when
that
system
is
over
taxed
with
heavy
rainfall,
and
we
have
these
combined
sewer
overflows
and
that's
where
you
get
largely
storm
water,
but
some
wastewater
flowing
directly
without
treatment
into
a
waterway
or
into
puget
sound.
R
It
does
still
happen
because
that's
the
way
the
system
was
designed
and
built,
the
cso
work
we're
doing
is
to
build
control
structures
so
that
that
happens
less
frequently,
because
we
can
store
water
and
when
it
does
happen,
we
can
treat
it
before
it
goes
out.
So
a
new
plant
that
we're
doing
down
in
in
georgetown
is
a
good
example
of
that.
Coming
online
next
year
it's
called
a
wet
weather
treatment
station,
a
fairly
large
facility
happy
to
offer
a
tour
of
it.
R
If
anybody's
interested,
you
don't
have
to
go
to
denmark,
but
you
should
still
go
but
come
to
our
plant
too
pretty
interesting,
because
we're
able
to
accomplish
primary
treatment
and
disinfection
for
that
water
before
it
gets
discharged
into
puget
sound.
So
it's
much
better
quality.
A
So
I
mean
that
sounds
great,
but
you
know
when
I
read
the
literature
for
the
danish
methods.
They
say:
sustainable
sewer
plants,
self-sufficient
wastewater
treatment,
energy
neutral,
the
potential
for
180
energy
generating
wastewater.
A
So
I
mean
I
I'm
going
kind
of
where
council
remembers
on
was
going
with.
I've
also
read
articles
that
say
some
of
the
costs
that
they
expend
in
creating
these
plants
are
made
up
for
in
three
to
six
years.
So
are
we
looking
at
that?
Are
we
examining
how
we
might
be
able
to
put
in
a
system
that
pays
for
itself.
R
We
are
and-
and
I
think,
you're
you're
exactly
right-
that's
the
vision
we
need
to
get
to.
We
are
starting
from
a
a
place
that
was
not
built
and
designed
that
way,
but
we
are
trying
to
find
a
path
for
each
of
those
plants
to
get
to
that
same
goal.
It
will
probably
vary
a
little
bit
depending
on
the
plant
just
because
it's
we
start
in
one
place
and
what
are
the
opportunities
and
the
best
places
to
put
those
dollars.
R
R
I
think
the
point
that
you're
making
is
one
I
share,
which
is
if
we
look
at
wastewater
as
a
as
commodities
and
and
and
things
of
value
that
have
just
not
been
fully
recovered,
as
opposed
to
a
something
you
need
to
throw
away.
That's
the
frame
that
we're
trying
to
put
on
it-
and,
I
will
say
king
county
has
been
a
leader
in
this
for
a
long
time
now.
R
I
think
some
other
places
are
are
pushing
on
that
boundary
and
we
need
to
try
to
keep
up
with
with
them
as
best
as
possible.
So
the
answer
is
yes,
we
do
look
at
those.
I
appreciate
sending
me
the
link
there.
That's
already
gone
over
to
our
technology
group
and
we're
looking
for
opportunities
everywhere.
We
can.
A
So
that
that's
what
I
would
include
in
the
letter
is
a
real
push
to
explore
sustainable
infrastructure
that
would
pay
for
itself
so
that,
after
that,
10
years,
we're
not
doubling
our
rates.
R
That
would
be
a
really
great
goal.
I
I
won't
promise
anything
here
today,
but
I'm
interested
in
the
model
you're
talking
about.
A
Okay,
thank
you.
So
that
would
be
my
input
to
the
letter.
So
I'm
going
to
go
back
to
you
so,
as
you
were
partially
done,.
R
C
Know
some
of
us
are
a
little
bit
more
dorky
than
so.
So
I
agree
with
what
the
mayor
said.
I
think
that
that
would
be
really
good.
After
the
letter
I
want
to
talk
about
combined
store
overflow.
The
seattle
is
the
only
place
in
the
county
that
has
a
combined
system.
C
If
there's
a
reason
to
do
so,
for
example,
different
types
of
facilities,
so
it
seems
to
me
that
the
entire
county
shouldn't
be
paying
for
seattle's
additional,
because
that
is
a
big
cost
driver.
So
I
don't
know
if
my
colleagues
would
agree,
but
I'd
like
to
see
something
in
the
letter
where
the
rest
of
the
county
isn't
isn't
subsidizing
a
part
of
the
county
that
that
has
much
higher
cost
to
serve.
C
So
I
know
they
were
offered
a
grant
to
separate
their
systems
in
the
70s
and
they
didn't
want
to
pay
the
10
match,
and
so
the
rest
of
us
are
paying
50
years
later.
So
that's
where
I
would
like
I
mean
I
know,
that's
a
that's
a
big
policy
shift
from
where
you
are
today,
but
that
seems
like
that's
a
huge
cost
driver.
C
But
with
the
understanding
that,
if
this
nutrient
permit
thing
goes
through,
the
whole
region
is
going
to
be
crushed
under
the
increases
which,
instead
of
doubling
in
10
years,
it'll,
be
quadrupling
in
10
years
or
more
so
fight
the
good
fight
on
that
one
and
I'm
hoping
the
the
puget
sound
or
the
pollution
control
hearings
board
sees
the
light
amount.
So
I
guess
that's
my
comment
on
that.
So
thanks,
hey
councilmember,
stokes.
F
Yeah
this
is
this
has
really
been
a
great
conversation
and
I
certainly
don't
think
I
said
I
would
glad
to
add
on
to
the
letter
send
that
forward,
and
I
think
you
really
discovered
this
covered
this
in
a
very,
very
good
way,
and
I
I
do
like
the
I
think.
It's
the
best
conversation
I've
heard,
both
in
reading
and
at
other
meetings
of
this,
and
I
again
really
appreciate
your
taking
a
very
open
and
communicative
approach
on
this.
That
helps
a
lot
I
think.
Thank
you.
F
Councilman
robertson
raises
some
good
issues
on
this.
I
think
I
think
it
would
be
good
to
explore
that,
and
this
is
something
we've
been
working
with
the
county
and
cascade
water
and
a
lot
of
the
water
providers
in
in
the
area
in
the
county
have
been
working
with
king
county
in
terms
of
having
more
account
more
openness
about
this
and
and
looking
at,
how
can
we
do
a
better
job
of
that?
So
this
is,
you
know,
part
of
the
whole
conversation
we're
having
on
that.
F
I
think
this
helps
the
you
know.
Making
the
interesting
thing
is,
of
course,
when
we're
looking
at
money.
One
question
I
have
is
going
from
575
to
9
and
10
years:
I'm
not
sure,
that's
too
far
away
from
what
you
might
be
paying
for
bread
to
spread
at
that
time
as
well.
I
mean
that's,
that's
a
factor
in
there,
so
I
don't
think
we
should
get
freaked
out
about
that.
But
obviously
we
want
you
to
take.
F
There
must
be
ways
to
decrease
the
cost
by
doing
things
better,
and
I
think
that's
the
other
thing.
I
appreciate
your
highlighting
is
that
you're
taking
a
different
approaches
on
this
again,
you
know
investing
in
to
how
to
achieve
better
financial
results
down
the
line
is,
does
take
sometimes
investment
up
front
and
it
may
cost
some
more
than
we're
doing
now,
but
if
it's
driven
towards
significantly
increasing
a
decreasing
the
the
the
the
spiral
up,
that
would
be
very
positive.
F
I
think
that's
something
that
hasn't
been
looked
at
as
as
aggressive
as
it
could
be,
and
I
think
councilman
robertson's
point
is
good
on
that.
Again,
I'm
very
pleased
with
this.
I
think
this
is
we'd
like
to
have
more
conversations
with
you.
I
think
we'll
get
a
good
strong
letter
and
you
know
we're
going
to
need
these
these
improvements
and
again
it's
it's
good
to
hear
us
talking
about
just
getting
out
of
the
county
and
getting
out
of
the
area
and
looking.
F
U
U
I
think
that
that
in
and
of
itself
is
a
very
specific
look
at
a
way
to
leverage
technology,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
that
it
isn't
only
that
that
we're
looking
at
all
forms
of
innovation,
as
you
look
at
the
kind
of
cip
program
that
you
have
coming
up,
because,
ultimately
you
know
I
agree
with
councilmember
stokes.
It
isn't
just
about
the
percentage,
because
really
what
we're
talking
about
is
the
best
value
which
is
benefit
divided
by
cost.
So
it
isn't
just
looking
at
what
the
cost
of
things
are
is
really
looking
at
holistically.
U
What
we're
getting
out
of
it.
I'm
wondering
if
we
want
to
add,
in
the
letter
a
working
together
to
pursue
federal
grant
programs
or
to
advocate
for
funding
at
the
federal
level
for
projects,
because
actually
the
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
our
legislative
priorities.
So
that
may
be
something
we
want
to
add.
U
I
like
the
idea
of
adding
something
related
to
sustainability,
that
we
want
to
keep
our
eye
on
the
ball
there
and
make
sure
that
it
isn't
something
that
we
say
well
in
order
to
keep
costs
down.
Let's
just
not
address
sustainability,
and
then,
lastly,
I
think
the
only
other
one
I
will
just
add
because
you
brought
it
up,
is
on
the
design
build.
I'm
also
wondering
if
you
might
consider
the
d-bomb,
which
is
design
build,
operate
maintain.
U
R
May
I
offer
a
quick
comment
on
that
my
time,
but
king
county
did
issue
an
rfi
request
for
information
kind
of
broadly
back
related.
I
think
about
a
year
ago,
maybe
two
years
ago,
related
to
the
bright
water
treatment
plant
with
exactly
that
idea
in
mind
and
we're
going
to
take
the
next
step.
We
think
later
this
year
to
issue
an
rfp
to
actually
do
a
request
for
proposals
for
that
kind
of
public-private
partnership.
R
U
A
A
Okay,
let's
take
a
quick
break
back
we'll
be
no
well
there's
a
quick
thing.
I
don't
know
it
could
be
quick.
It
could
be
long.
So
I'm
gonna
take
a
break
till
8
30.
A
We're
back
so
we
have
one
more
study
session
item.
I
know,
there's
no
presentation,
but
we
have
in
our
packet
the
information
I'll.
Let
count
let
mr
miyake
introduce,
but
really
if
anybody
has
questions
or
comments.
We
have
genesee
and
lacie
jane
here
tonight
to
answer
or
any
questions
that
we
have
so
go
ahead.
Yes,.
M
Ma'am
that
pretty
much
sums
it
up,
there's
a
number
of
state
legislative
as
well
as
federal
legislative
updates
in
your
package
this
evening
as
a
lot
as
well
as
some
a
number
of
king
county
committees
that
each
cameron,
council
members
may
belong
to
in
terms
of
updates
and
reports
in
your
pack
this
evening
and
your
right
is
we're
not.
We
don't
have
any
presentations
planned
but
as
as
you
know,
on
the
regional
issues
every
month,
we
we
have
them
in
your
pack
and
are
prepared
to
answer
any
questions
and
listen
to
any
comments.
A
U
Yeah,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
for
the
packet.
It
always
is
very,
very
thorough
with
information,
so
I
really
appreciate
that
I
would
say,
as
a
follow-up
to
the
last
conversation
right
really
looking
at
our
federal
legislative
and
and
looking
at
how
we
might
add
something
related
to
water
wastewater
funding
would
be
important.
U
I
would
say
in
addition
to
that,
I
was
also
thinking
that
if
I
read
the
the
state
ledge
update,
it
would
be
helpful
to
not
wait
until
the
end
of
the
year
to
potentially
update
our
alleged
priorities,
because
we
know
that,
with
the
washington
move
washington
forward,
I
always
get
those
words
kind
of
mixed
up
there.
We
go
that.
U
We
might
actually
want
to
update
that,
and
while
I
appreciate
the
thoroughness
of
the
alleged
priorities,
it
might
be
good
to
get
that
updated,
because
we
know
that
over
the
summer
session
there
will
be
work
sessions
going
on
at
the
state
legislature
and
to
the
degree
we
can
get
things
updated.
We
can
get
a
sense
for
you
know
these
are
behind
us.
U
These
are
still
in
front
of
us,
so
it
was
just
something
that
I
thought
about
and
then
the
interim
work
sessions
is
actually
what
made
me
prompted
me
to
think
about
it,
and
I
see
that
there
are
some
of
these
other
work
group
sections
sessions
like
the
washington
state,
tax
structure,
work
group
and
the
1220s.
So
are
we
tied
into
that
or
are
we
relying
on
sound
city
association
to
bring
us
back
information
or
because
we're
not
in
we
are
not
itself
in
any
of
these
work
groups?
Is
that
right.
T
Hi,
council
members
on
that's
right.
We
are
not
members
of
the
work
groups
you
mentioned.
We
are
monitoring
them
through
a
couple
of
ways.
T
I
specifically
with
regards
to
the
1220
working
group,
which
is
working
to
address
how
to
incorporate
hb
1220
into
the
city
and
county's
regional
planning
process.
T
We
are
participating
in
a
association
of
washington
cities
group
that
is
convening
and
gathering
input
from
cities
and
helping
provide
that
input
back
to
the
work
session
members.
So
we
staff
is
continuing
to
work
on
that
over
the
interim
and
we're
monitoring
the
the
progress
of
the
12
20
work
group.
U
Yeah
that
would
be
helpful
because,
when
I
think
about
how
they
determine
and
estimate
the
number
of
units
needed
for
moderate,
low,
very
low,
extremely
low
households,
I'm
I'd
like
to
better
understand
how
they
take
equity
into
account
and
how
do
they
determine
which
cities
are
going
to
get,
what
type
of
housing
topography
or
or
demographics
of
who
who
should
live
here?
So
I
want
to
just
make
sure
that
we
we
understand
who's
representing
those
voices.
V
U
C
So
in
the
packet,
the
regional
transit,
the
transportation
policy
board
recommended
to
the
executive
committee,
the
regional
transportation
plan
and
bellevue
had
had
some
good
amendments
that
were
put
in
there,
including
public
safety,
the
type
vision,
zero
type,
amendments
that
went
to
the
executive
board.
Last
week
I
serve
as
alternate
to
mayor
robinson
and
served
on
that
committee
last
week,
and
the
executive
committee
did
recommend
to
the
assembly
the
regional
transportation
plan.
C
With
some
amendments
there
were
11
amendments
regarding
climate
change,
safety,
etc,
and
project
selection,
et
cetera
and
work
plan
items,
so
those
are
going
to
the
general
assembly.
There
might
be
one
amendment
that
may
be
tweaked
because
it
was
a
60
40
vote
at
the
executive
committee,
but
that
is
going
to
the
general
assembly.
F
Yeah
just
strongly
that
this
is
something
that
we
haven't
necessarily
been
doing
in
the
past
is
talking
about
kind
of
the
legislative
pieces
is
kind
of
when
there's
something
really
going
on.
The
legislature
is
in
session
and
all
but
there's
so
much
that's
done
prior
to
that
and
having
updates
on
this
and
how
we
can
be
more
effective
and
specific.
Like
you
mentioned,
laci,
jane
and
and
things
that
councilman
robertson
it's
you're
talking
about,
maybe
we
could
have
some
of
that.
F
I
think
those
would
be
good
discussions
because
sometimes
we
get
the
legislative
things.
That's
pretty
detailed
and
it's
just
it
seems
so
distant.
It's
just
something
we
have
to
do
sometime
and
then
we
don't
get
into
it
as
much.
I
think
it
would
be
helpful
what
I'm
trying
to
say
more
conversations
and
getting
really
good
reports
and
and
information
when
we
go
to
meetings
and
things
so
appreciate
that.
V
Council
member,
if
I
could
it's
it's
once
we
get
into
the
legislative
session,
things
move
so
fast
and
at
such
a
an
intense
volume,
it's
really
important
to
try
to
stay,
be
prepared
and
kind
of
fluent
in
that
conversation
throughout
the
year.
That's
something
that
we
can
make
sure
we
do
kind
of
tune
into
better.
As
somebody
who
spent
many
many
years
down
in
olympia.
V
The
calendar
does
keep
ticking,
as
you
know
all
12
months,
but
it
just
has
a
different
kind
of
pace
and
shape,
and
we
can
make
sure
that
we're
keeping
you
well
apprised
of
how
those
are
taking
shape
and
to
council
member
robertson's
point
when
bellevue
can
play
a
really
influential
role
in
the
conversation.
So
we'll
do
that.
A
D
You
know
talking
to
our
legislators,
our
delegation
and
washington
dc
agencies
and
our
congressmen,
but
the
answer
I
got
back
is
well
it's
too
early
they're
not
ready
to
do
anything
so
just
wait,
and
I
don't
think
that
was
you
know,
and
I
did
not
agree
to
that.
I
believe
that,
as
you
mentioned,
you
got
to
anticipate
and
you
got
to
prepare
the
key
people
so
that
when
things
happen,
other
people
already
lining
up
like
janice
mentioned.
D
Other
organizations
are
there
and
if
we
just
always
say
wow,
let's
wait
until
you
know
people
are
ready
for
it.
No
it's
gone,
so
I
believe
that
we
need
to
rethink
that
and
we
need
to
talk
to
our
lobbyists
federal
lobbyists
and
see
we
got
to
and
I'm
glad
when
councilmember
robinson
mentioned
transportation
item
spell
view
submitted
to
the
psrc.
D
Let's
add
them.
Our
transportation
department
included
in
the
submittal
was
wonderful.
It
shows
all
the
small
mobility
tasks
and
topics
and
projects.
We
are
ready
to
go,
not
ready
to
go.
We
know
what
we
want
to
do.
These
are
the
things
we
need
to
present
to
the
people
who
are
thinking
about
what
project
they
want
to
fund
when
you're
going
the
last
minute.
Other
people
already
got
the
commitment
for
the
money
they
need,
no
matter
how
exciting
your
project
is.
It's
not
going
to
happen
so
end
of
my
speech.
Thank.