►
From YouTube: Bellevue CIty Council Meeting - September 11, 2023
Description
No description was provided for this meeting.
If this is YOUR meeting, an easy way to fix this is to add a description to your video, wherever mtngs.io found it (probably YouTube).
A
Good
evening
everybody
Welcome
to
the
Bellevue
city
council,
regular
meeting
for
Monday
September
11
2023
before
we
get
started,
I
want
to
acknowledge
that
today
is
a
day
of
reflection,
sorrow
and
Remembrance
on
September
11th
I've
asked
my
Council
to
share
in
our
remarks,
starting
with
Deputy
Mayor.
Thank
you
mayor.
E
I
especially
want
to
recognize
your
pardon
me,
you
can
do
that
hard
I,
especially
want
to
recognize
and
send
thoughts
to
our
First
Responders
today,
who
are
often
the
closest
to
our
community.
One
is
in
need
and
are
uniquely
inspected
by
this
day,
knowing
it
represents
the
great
sacrifice
that
can
come
from
their
profession.
F
A
A
While
he
was
on
a
motorcycle
escort
for
vice
president
Kamala
Harris,
and
he
fell
almost
60
feet
from
that
overpass
and
miraculously
he
survived,
he
underwent
multiple
surgeries
for
injuries
to
his
back
his
legs
and
shoulder,
and
he
will
require
months
of
therapy,
but
he
was
released
from
the
hospital
on
Friday
and
many
of
we
can
clap
for
that
and
many
of
his
colleagues,
friends
and
peers,
greeted
him
at
the
door
and
the
Bellevue
police
escorted
his
ambulance,
home
officer.
Beretta
is
39
years
old.
He
has
a
wife
and
three
sons.
A
Under
the
age
of
five,
the
Bellevue
police
foundation
is
taking
donations
to
help
support
him
and
his
family
and,
on
behalf
of
the
Bellevue
city
council,
I
want
to
express
our
appreciation
to
all
of
our
First
Responders
who
risk
their
lives
every
day
to
protect
and
serve
our
community
and
I
want
to
especially
wish
Kevin
continue
positive
progress
in
his
recovery
city
clerk.
Could
you
please
call
the
roll
thank.
A
A
Oh,
we
have
three
proclamations
tonight
and
I
think
we
have
a
full
agenda.
So
what
we're
going
to
do
is
we'll
read
each
Proclamation
separately
and
then
we'll
come
down
and
take
separate
photographs.
So
the
first
one
is
hunger
action
and
awareness
month,
Proclamation
read
by
council
member
Stokes
and
we
will
hand
that
Proclamation
over
to
Amanda
Lopez
castanan
from
hopelink
and
Philip
Peters
from
new
renewal
feed
food
says
feed
bank,
but
I
think
it
shouldn't
be
food
bank.
Anyway.
Sorry,
okay,
go
ahead.
Councilmember
Stokes.
E
And
whereas
we
encourage
Bellevue
Community
members
to
donate
or
volunteer
to
local
food
bank
or
Human
Services
partner
agency
and
help
combat
local
food
insecurity
in
Hungary.
Now,
therefore,
I
on
behalf
of
Lynn
Robinson,
mayor
of
the
city
of
Bellevue
Washington,
on
behalf
of
the
city
council,
do
hereby
Proclaim
September
2023
as
hunger
action
and
awareness
month
in
Bellevue,
and
strongly
urge
all
residents
to
join
area
food
banks
and
sharing
what
they
can
to
support
our
neighbors
neighbors,
who
are
hungry.
A
I
I
K
I
M
Hello
on
behalf
of
hopelink
on
behalf
of
hopelink,
we
would
like
to
thank
the
city
of
Bellevue
for
your
support
for
our
food
program.
Usda
estimates
in
2021
showed
that
the
lowest
possible
cost
of
nutritious
cost-effective
diet
prepared
at
home
for
a
family
of
four,
was
835.57
per
month,
with
costs
with
food
costs
continuing
to
rise.
L
Our
Bellevue
center,
located
at
the
corner
of
148th
and
Main,
distributed
1.9
million
pounds
of
food
in
fiscal
year,
23,
which
is
an
increase
over
fiscal
year
22.,
with
the
city's
help
we've
been
able
to
serve
the
area's
diverse
Community
by
providing
culturally
relevant
foods
that
people
need
to
be
able
to
thrive
in
place
again.
We'd
like
to
say
thank
you
on
hopelink's
behalf
for
your
generous
support
have
a
great
evening.
Everybody
thank.
A
F
And
whereas
in
our
highly
mobile
region,
nearly
one
in
five
residents
has
lived
in
their
current
residence
for
less
than
one
year
and
whereas
realizing
our
vision
for
a
welcoming.
Community
requires
actively
addressing
the
lived
experiences
of
those
in
our
community
who
do
not
feel
welcome,
safe,
valued
or
included,
and
whereas
historic
and
current
impacts
of
individual
institutional
and
systemic
racism
that
resulted
in
harmful
disparities
in
education,
employment,
income,
housing,
criminal
justice
and
quality
of
life
as
well
as
sense
of
belonging.
F
And
whereas
our
community,
like
others
across
the
nation,
has
structured
systems
and
policies
that
contribute
to
injustices,
racial
inequity
and
discriminary
treatment
against
residents
who
were
born
in
another
country
are
black
indigenous
other
people
of
color,
including
those
who
hold
intersectional
identities
of
lbgtqia,
plus
faith-based
cultures,
people
with
visible
and
invisible
disabilities
Etc
and
whereas
to
capitalize
on
diversity
as
an
asset.
Our
community
must
Thrive
to
create
a
culture,
an
environment
that
ensures
everyone
can
belong
and
Thrive.
F
Now,
therefore,
I
on
behalf
of
the
mayors
of
Bellevue
Issaquah
Kirkland
Redmond,
Sammamish
Washington,
jointly
proclaimed
September
8th
to
the
17th
2023
as
East
Side
welcoming
week,
and
invite
the
community
to
engage
in
Opportunities
during
the
east
side
welcoming
week
and
Beyond
to
learn,
connect
across
differences
and
take
Joint
action
to
achieve
a
welcoming,
Equitable
and
inclusive
community.
Thank
you.
N
Hi,
my
name
is
Haruka
Kojima
I'm,
a
vice
chair
of
the
bidan,
which
is
Bellevue
diversity,
Association
Network
I've
been
in
a
member
of
the
be
done
for
last
seven
years
and
the
part
of
the
welcoming
Week
events,
the
Biden
and
also
cisc
reorganize
resource
fair
at
The,
Crossroads
Mall
on
this
September
from
11
o'clock
to
three
o'clock.
So
everybody
is
welcome,
and
also
as
of
today,
there
are
like
22
organizations
is
going
to
present
their
tables
so
yeah.
So
it's
going
to
increase
too.
Thank
you
very
much.
O
O
O
This
poem
is
actually
written
on
the
wall
in
the
United
Nation.
The
translation
is.
Human
beings
are
member
of
a
whole
in
creation
of
one
Essence
and
soul.
If
one
member
is
Afflicted
with
pain,
other
members
on
easy
would
remain.
If
you
have
no
sympathy
for
human
rights,
the
name
of
human,
you
cannot
retain.
O
Almost
a
year
ago
on
September
16
2022,
an
innocent
young
woman
was
killed.
She
was
only
22
years
old,
traveling
from
a
remote
Kurdish
City,
a
minority
in
Iran,
visiting
the
capital
city.
On
the
last
day
of
summer,
agents
of
Islamic
Republic
arrested
her
for
the
crime
of
a
few
strands
of
hair,
showing
as
they
shoved
her
in
the
van
her
brother
begged
them
not
to
take
her.
He
told
them.
O
They
were
alone
and
knew
nobody
in
the
capital
he
begged
them,
but
they
took
his
sister,
beat
her
up
in
the
van
and
later
dropped
her
half
dead
body
in
a
local
hospital
where
she
died
after
being
on
life
support
for
two
days
from
head
trauma,
she
suffered
from
being
beaten
in
the
head.
Her
death
sparked
the
moment
led
by
Young
Iranian
women
who
redefined
Courage
by
pouring
to
the
street,
looking
in
the
oppressor
eyes
and
putting
their
symbol
of
operation
on
fire
and,
as
you
said,
woman
life
Freedom
became
the
slogan
for
this
uprising.
O
Since
then,
Iranians
have
been
clear
in
demanding
replacement
of
these
autocratic
regime
with
a
secular
democracy.
They
continue
to
resist
and
many
more
lives
have
lost,
have
been
lost
and
we
are
here
one
year
later,
because
people
are
like
you,
complete
strangers,
thousands
of
miles
away
decided
not
to
remain
silent
and
care
to
speak
up
and
condemn
these
atrocities.
So
on
behalf
of
our
community
in
Bellevue
everywhere
in
the
United
States
and
everywhere
in
the
world,
we
command
you
for
your
action
and
thank
you
for
this
opportunity.
Woman
life
freedom.
P
P
We
are
grateful
on
behalf
of
the
people
of
Iran
since
last
year,
when
Masa
amini
was
killed
by
the
Islamic
regime
of
Iran,
more
than
700
people,
including
seven
70
children,
have
been
killed
by
this
regime,
and
many
young
people
have
been
executed
with
any
reason,
without
any
reason,
with
strong
ties
with
questionable
countries
and
being
in
the
sensitive
region
of
the
Middle
East
and
the
Strait
of
foremost.
This
danger
will
eventually
directly
affect
United
States
of
America
and
the
West.
P
A
Q
A
A
A
Okay,
do
you
have
a
motion
to
approve
the
agenda
to
approve
the
agenda?
All
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye
any
opposed.
Okay,
we're
on
to
oral
Communications
city
clerk.
Do
we
have
anybody
signed
up?
Yes,.
H
Thank
you
mayor
this
evening.
There
are
six
speakers
pre-registered
for
oral
Communications
and
before
I
start
calling
names
I
want
to
let
the
general
public
know
a
few
of
the
rules
that
the
council
has
in
place,
so
oral
Communications
will
last
for
a
period
of
no
longer
than
30
minutes
and
person.
Speaking
two
items
on
tonight's
agenda
will
be
given
preference.
If
time
remains
those
speaking
to
items
not
on
the
agenda
will
be
called.
H
In
addition,
the
presiding
officer
is
authorized
to
give
priority
to
those
who
have
not
spoken
to
council
within
the
last
60
days
or
who
are
speaking
to
items
that
will
come
on
the
agenda
within
the
next
60
days.
Each
person
will
be
allowed
three
minutes
to
speak,
and
only
three
speakers
will
be
allowed
to
speak
to
any
one
side
of
a
particular
topic.
H
In
addition,
I
need
to
let
you
know
that,
in
compliance
with
Washington
State
campaign
laws
regarding
the
use
of
public
facilities
during
elections,
no
speaker
May
support
or
oppose
a
ballot
measure
or
support
or
oppose
a
candidate
for
an
election
which
includes
one's
own
campaign.
Any
speaker
who
begins
discussing
topics
of
this
nature
will
be
asked
to
stop.
One
final
announcement
is
that
the
council
is
holding
a
public
hearing
this
evening
under
item
number.
Nine
for
the
transportation
benefit
District.
R
S
My
name
is
Bill
westry
and
I'm
speaking
this
evening
on
behalf
of
the
leadership
team
at
the
Bellevue
chapter
of
people
for
climate
action
later
this
evening,
PCA
members
look
forward
to
hearing
Jennifer
Ewing's
environmental
stewardship
update
report
to
the
council
in
a
few
weeks
on
October
5th.
We're
also
looking
forward
to
our
in-person
meeting
with
all
five
of
the
new
sustainability
staff
that.
S
Hired
this
summer,
we
want
to
again
thank
the
council
for
budgeting
the
funds
that
allowed
the
city
to
do
this.
Much
needed
sustainability,
Staffing
expansion,
as
he
expanded
sustainability
staff,
settles
into
their
new
roles.
This
fall
and
winter.
Our
PCA
leaders
anticipate
continuing
dialogue
with
them
around
ways
that
are
that
can
make
the
enhance
the
2020
environmental
stewardship
plan
and
make
it
more
effective.
S
S
S
This
man
means
that
each
of
us,
on
average,
will
need
to
reduce
our
transportation
emissions,
including
our
air
travel
and
our
energy
emissions
in
our
buildings
by
50
percent.
Other
emission
containing
life
Necessities
like
food
and
clothing
and
other
purchases
will
certainly
be
even
more
difficult
for
us.
All
of
this
will
be
immensely
challenging
when
you
think
about
the
details,
it
will
require
a
cultural
change
in
all
of
our
lives,
but
the
benefits
will
be
even
greater,
we'll
be
on
course,
to
creating
a
sustainable
future
for
our
next
Generations.
S
T
I
did
have
a
talk
because
I
didn't
know
they
were
coming
to
my
neighborhood
this
month,
and
so
it's
one
of
those
things
where
we
really
need
to
get
together
and
really
get
things
moving
in
a
way
that
the
community
is
involved
because
we
need
to
involve
it.
This
is
basically
Community
involvement
at
its
core
and
you
know
that's
what
we
need
in
the
city.
We
can
tell
that
it's
different
a
couple
years
ago
we
went
to
Philadelphia
and
every
time
we
got
off
the
highway.
T
We
just
saw
piles
and
piles
of
junk
piles
and
piles
of
dirt
piles
and
piles
of
garbage
laying
there
beside
the
highway,
and
my
daughter
looked
at
it
and
said.
What's
up
with
that,
you
know
it's
like.
Why
do
these
people
not
care
about
their
city,
and
it
made
a
really
weird
challenge
in
your
head,
because
you're
walking
over
to
the
Liberty
Bell
and
all
these
things
that
are
Perfect
Picture
Perfect
in
the
National
Park
area
and
then
other
areas
that
are
just
not
the
same?
So
I
just
wanted
to.
U
That's
Michelle
not
Michael,
but
good
evening,
Council
I'm
speaking
for
myself
and
the
residents
of
Ashwood
Court
a
senior
resident
in
downtown
Bellevue.
We
have
recently
been
notified
of
yet
another
eight
percent
rent
increase,
Bellevue
and
King
County
have
an
Ami
which
is
an
area
medial
income
used
to
ascertain
local
rents
this
year.
It
is
a
hundred
and
forty
six
thousand
dollars.
This
figure
is
astronomically
higher
than
our
Social
Security
checks.
Our
Apartments
were
built
25
years
ago
and
not
meant
to
compete
with
the
sky,
skyscrapers
and
high-end
apartments
surrounding
us.
U
Our
apartments
are
nice,
but
our
only
amenity
is
a
community
room,
no
salons
gyms
pools
or
bakeries,
no
luxuries.
Most
of
our
seniors
are
retired,
now
unable
to
work
for
additional
funds
and
are
dependent
on
Social
Security
checks,
checks
and
past
savings,
which
are
obviously
not
keeping
up
with
high
salaries
of
Microsoft
Amazon
and
higher
minimum
wages.
This
on
top
of
soaring
food
and
gas
prices
are
breaking
the
bank
we
do
not
wish
to
add
to
the
homeless
crisis
is.
Let
me
repeat
that
we
do
not
wish
to
add
to
the
homeless
crisis.
U
My
Generation
has
paid
its
dues
to
society.
I
myself
worked
until
the
age
of
75,
then
volunteered
as
a
reading
teacher
for
four
years
at
Lake,
Hills
Elementary
School,
as
of
October
1st
I,
will
be
paying
85
percent
of
my
social
security
check
for
rent.
That
leaves
me
with
125
dollars
a
month
for
expenses.
U
I
presume
I
will
not
presume
to
know
your
income,
but
would
venture
to
Guess
that
you
are
not
or
would
not
pay.
85
percent
of
your
income
for
housing.
All
we
are
asking
for
is
an
exemption
from
this
Ami,
so
our
social
security
income
can
keep
up
with
our
rent
increases
in
the
mail.
I
received
a
legislative
update,
stating
an
allocation
of
1.2
billion
in
housing
investment
to
help
unsheltered
people
to
permanent
housing,
but
nothing
was
mentioned
to
stabilize
rent
increases
for
seniors
I.
U
A
Q
V
Good
evening,
I'm
speaking
about
the
same
problem
at
Ashwood
Court,
it's
a
senior
housing
for
independent
living
and
we
were
under
the
umbrella
of
daesh,
which
was
downtown
housing.
But
now
it's
been
absorbed
by
another.
Well,
we're
not
really
sure
by
Cirque
and
things
have
changed.
V
V
Have
more
understanding
of
income
levels,
ashra
Court
until
recently
offered
affordable
housing
for
seniors,
I
have
lived
at
Ashford
Court
for
11
years,
and
the
rate
of
rent
increases
were
one
to
three
percent
a
year.
In
the
recent
years,
rents
have
been
increased
by
eight
nine
percent
per
year
and
in
October
our
rent
will
again
increase
by
nine
percent,
not
waiting
until
Social
Security
colas
cost
of
living
adjustment
is
activated
January
of
2024..
V
This
increase
in
October
leaves
three
months
for
seniors
to
adjust
to
tighten
their
budget
or
dip
into
savings
for
most
people
at
Ashwood
Court,
our
income
is
not
adjustable.
It
is
a
fixed
amount,
with
continual
eight
and
nine
percent
increases
per
year
is
not
sustainable,
making
Ashwood
Court
unaffordable
for
independent
senior
tenants.
This
continued
rise
in
Rand,
sleeves
seniors
under
stress
and
with
few
living
alternative
thanks
for
your
time.
Thank.
A
W
Thank
you
very
much.
I
appreciate
your
attention
and
I
particularly
appreciate
the
fact
that
the
mayor
sent
someone
over
to
talk
to
my
resident
I,
also
live
at
Ashwood
Court
I've
lived
in
Bellevue
since
I
was
four
years
old
and
Bellevue
High,
School
and
I
loved.
It,
then,
because
there
was
a
bull
in
our
backfield
and
there
was
a
town
now
that
I
love
and
I
love
living
at
Ashwood
Court
25
years
ago,
the
city
council
supported
public
housing
for
seniors
in
in
the
city
of
Bellevue.
W
Percentage-Wise
in
a
fixed
income,
it's
impossible
for
seniors
to
keep
up
with
the
fact
of
competing
rents
in
1920
or
in
2022.
The
ownership
was
transferred
to
a
Circ
living,
which
is
a
non-profit
agency
out
of
in
Bellevue
circus,
not
the
enemy
they
own,
13
properties.
They
manage
27
communities
in
this
General
District.
W
The
two
in
Bellevue
are
Ashwood
Court
and
Evergreen
Court.
Last
September,
our
rents
were
raised,
nine
percent
and
12
months
later
they
were
raised
another
eight
percent.
This
is
excessive.
It
contradicts
the
purpose
of
low-income
housing
and
and
their
own
tenant,
which
is
a
pillar
to
say,
purpose
for
housing
and
not
profit
so
I
whatever
you
can
do
as
Council
people
as
a
mayor
and
and
as
the
action
that
you
took
so
quickly
to
listen
to
affordable
housing
needs
in
the
beautiful
city
of
Bellevue
I
would
applaud
and
I.
A
X
X
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
time
and
give
me
back
20
seconds.
What
is
you
steal
from
me
doing
this
every
meeting
for
the
last
30
years?
Thank
you
very
much.
So
I
speak
right
now
because,
as
we
have
right
now,
11
11
September
eleven.
Is
this
exactly
what
else
we
have
right
now
we
have
long
long
time
with
Muslim
work
because
I'm,
a
Jew
I
cannot
be
quiet
about
this,
because
Iranian
Muslim
won't
destroy
Israel
totally
and
yesterday
a
big,
a
big
statement
from
Iranian
Minister.
X
You
know
what
has
been
about
destroy
Israel
total,
so
this
number
one.
What
is
a
one
speaker
around
here,
I,
won't
understand
who
you
are
because
last
meeting
you
know
it
has
been
Deputy:
Meyer
Jared.
You
know
what
this
means:
Take,
Me
Out
call
policemen
take
me
out
because
I'm
laughing
yes
I'm
laughing,
because
your
Cloud
I'm
laughing
from
you
for
many
years
and
every
meeting
in
every
meeting.
What
is
I
have
here
for
30
years,
I
laughing
with
you,
because
you're
a
clown
and
you
use
police
forces
like
a
political
police.
X
You
know
what
this
mean
like
a
gestapa,
it's
exactly!
What
is
you
did
with
this
city
for
the
last
20
years,
total
for
this
I
speak
right
now
to
everybody
stop
elect
Democrat.
They
are
bangita
and
Mafia
is
totally
destroyed.
Bellevue
35
year
experience
I
have
in
Bellevue
I
understand
what
is
this
mean
so
yeah
I
right
now
speak
to
everybody,
stop
Alexis
bandita.
They
opened
it
as
a
old
criminal
stop
electing.
X
So
what
is
a
one-speed
feature
right
now
when
you
stop
in
this
stupid
30
minute,
10
people
speak
this
hundred
fifty
thousand
people
City.
We
have
right,
you
only
won
one
who
doing
this
and
all
inside
maybe
an
Old
King
County,
because
I
speak
all
over
100
times
10
15
times
per
week
for
many
years,
so
stand
up.
America
cleans
this
dirty
Chamber
from
this
panjita
who
represent
Democrat
partia.
Thank
you
very
much.
H
We
do
still
have
a
few
minutes
remaining
on
oral
communication,
so
at
this
point,
I
would
ask
if
there's
anyone
else
joining
us
this
evening.
I
see
you
miss
Dean
who
would
like
to
speak
to
the
council.
Please
raise
your
hand
that
includes
those
online.
Please
use
the
raised
hand
function.
I
will
remind
folks,
we
do
have
a
public
hearing.
You
cannot
make
a
comment
about
the
transportation
benefit
District,
except
at
the
public
hearing,
and
also
we
have
heard
three
speakers
regarding
the
Ashwood
rent
issue
and
Miss
Dean.
Y
I
actually
I'm
not
here
to
speak
about
the
Ashley,
but
I
am
grateful
that
those
ladies
brought
it
up,
because
my
mom's
best
friend
lives.
What's
that
you're
speaking
to
it,
okay,
anyways!
Thank
you,
ladies,
but
I
I.
What
I
really
wanted
to
say
was
I
wanted
to
thank
the
city
for
taking
action
to
clean
up
Southeast
41st
Place.
Y
Finally,
after
many
years
of
we
built
the
shelter
we
were
told
we
needed
to
build
a
shelter
we
built
the
permanent
Supportive
Housing
both
are
open.
We
are
now
in
compliance
with
Martin
versus
Boise,
so
there's
no
reason
why
anybody
should
be
living
anywhere
in
their
vehicles
other
than
if
that
safe
parking
lot
ever
gets
open
and
I
did
go
down
by
the
old
shelter
yesterday
to
see
if
anybody
was
living
there,
and
there
is
one
trailer
there
and
I
did
find
other
people
living
in
their
vehicles
around
the
city.
Y
In
other
places,
I
have
photos,
but
the
what
I'm
really
asking
is
I
was
a
little
bit.
Y
Y
Maybe
somebody
will
come
in
Friday
afternoon
Saturday,
whatever
I
went
back
down
there
today,
it's
still
all
there
and,
as
a
matter
of
fact,
there
was
again
another
vehicle
trying
to
that
had
camped
overnight
there,
because
that
street
is
being
advertised
online
as
a
place
to
Camp.
These
were
travelers
from
Canada,
so
I
talked
to
her.
She
is
putting
a
note
on
that
website
to
indicate
that
you
can't
camp
overnight
there.
Y
So
I
was
grateful
for
that,
but,
as
I
was
sitting
there
kind
of
documenting
what
was
going
on,
I
had
a
young
man
that
came
along.
He
was
clearly
homeless.
He
was
clearly
on
drugs
and
he
was
picking
through
all
the
stuff
that
was
left
there.
So
if
you
want
to
know
I've
been
doing
the
homeless
Outreach
in
South,
Bellevue
I
have
had
three
gentlemen
that
I
have
been
working
with
to
get
Services,
because
we've
had
a
man
that
built
an
encampment
at
the
back
of
Woodlawn
Park,
who
is
service.
Y
Resistant
I
have
a
gentleman
right
now
who
is
living
at
my
shopping
center?
Who
wants
services
but
can't
get
a
bed
at
the
shelter,
and
he
is
the
exact
kind
of
client
you
want
to
move
on,
and
his
friend
I
helped
last
year
get
in
and
get
services,
and
then
I
met
this
young
man
today
and
took
him
to
the
shelter.
So
thank
you.
Z
Hey
hi,
my
name
is
David
Haynes
I
live
in
Overlake
I
moved
out
here
from
Seattle,
because
my
19th
bicycle
was
stolen.
All
my
computers
and
business
tools
and
everything
and
I
noticed
that
there's
like
a
copycat
of
policy
where,
if
there's
a
problem
in
Redmond
and
the
criminal
walks
across
like
24th
Avenue
into
Bellevue,
all
of
a
sudden
he's
not
a
criminal
anymore
because
nobody's
pursuing
it
and
I
think
you
need
to
understand
that
we
need
like
a
law.
Z
That's
trespasses,
junky
thieves
who
are
like
smoking,
meth
right
next
to
the
propane
gas
tanks
at
the
grocery
store
and
on
their
way
to
like
low
security
like
addiction,
conscription.
Z
They
have
to
be
questioned
properly
by
the
cops
to
find
out
where
they
keep
getting
the
drug
to
shut
it
down
because
after
the
All-Star
break
or
during
All-Star
sweeps
downtown
Seattle.
There
are
some
more
troubled
Souls
that
came
swept
through
Bellevue
and
Overlake
and
Redmond,
and
somebody
stole
my
20th
bike
and
the
cops
got
these
political
excuses
while
they're
not
going
to
do
anything
about
it.
Z
But
yet
there's
like
all
these
evil
drug
posters
who
are
driving
around
in
cars,
who
would
look
for
like
addicts
and
troubled
souls
and
they
start
pushing
the
drugs
and
when
you
call
the
cops
about
it,
the
cops
are
arguing
with
you
in
the
wrong
District,
because
if
you
call
the
cops
in
Redmond
the
Bellevue
pickup.
But
when
you
tell
Bellevue
what
just
happened,
they
won't
relay
it
verbatim
specific.
They
make.
Z
You
start
over
and
start
arguing
with
the
public
defender
sounding
like
911
dispatch
over
at
the
police
department,
and
they
don't
seem
to
be
tactically
trained
to
help
the
community
deal
with
evil,
predatory
criminals
and
like
the
Safeway
in
Overlake,
refuses
to
do
anything
about
it
because
they
say
the
first
time
they
call
the
cops.
The
guy
who
steals
something
comes
back
and
is
released
right
away.
The
second
time
the
guy's
released
and
then
the
third
time
it's
a
felony.
So
the
manager
is
too
afraid
to
give
the
guy
a
felony.
Z
So
now
they
treat
other
customers
like
crap
and
raise
the
rates
and
it's
kind
of
upsetting.
But
the
thing
is:
there's
a
lot
of
people
who
are
not
a
citizen
in
my
neighborhood
in
Overlake
and
they
get
treated
like
crap,
because
there's
no
representation
and
no
protections
for
the
renters
when
you
pay
something
like
twenty
five
hundred
dollars
a
month
for
some
newer
building.
That's
like
nothing
but
a
parking
garage
structure.
That's
cosmetically
prettified,
like
a
residential
unit
with
paper,
thin
walls
and
you
slam
the
door
and
it's
bothering
your
neighbor.
Z
You
can't
get
a
carbon
monoxide
verification
and
they
just
intimidate
people,
and
it's
not
fair
that
I
think
in
the
Wall
Street
owned
technology
companies
around
here
that
they're,
taking
advantage
of
the
worker
and
roughly
60
percent
of
all
the
capital
gains
is
generated
by
the
working
class,
are
stolen
from
the
local
community
and
they're
given
tax
breaks,
and
then
they
buy
up
our
Democratic
elected
who
need
to
have
legislation
to
prioritize
financing
which
first
century
homes,
commercial
buildings
and
schools.
Z
H
A
Q
Members
I
have
two
items
to
report
under
the
manager's
report
this
evening.
The
first
one
is
an
update
on
the
city's
keep
Bellevue
beautiful
program.
My
staff
will
be
providing
council
with
an
informational
update
about
the
program,
as
well
as
highlighting
two
recent
cleanup
events
that
the
city
conducted
and
joining
us
this
evening
is
Mark
Harmon.
The
neighborhood
Outreach
manager
to
his
left
is
Serena
Miller
a
committee
relations
coordinator.
They
are
both
from
the
Community
Development
Department,
with
that
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
turn
it
over
to
you.
Mark.
AA
Good
deal
good
evening,
mayor
Robertson
and
Deputy
Mayor
new
in
house
and
Council
Serene
and
I
are
glad
to
be
with
you
to
provide
Updates
this
evening
on
the
launch
of
the
keep
Bellevue
beautiful
program.
Our
update
this
evening
is
for
information
only
and
there
is
no
action
that
is
requested
from
Council.
AA
As
you
know,
Keith
Bellevue
beautiful
was
created
as
part
of
the
safe,
clean
and
vibrant
City
initiative,
with
councils
adopted,
2023-24
City
budget
City
staff
are
currently
managing
contracts
for
the
retrieval
of
abandoned
shopping,
carts
and
coordinating
volunteers
and
groups
to
help
clean
a
defined
portion
of
Bellevue
streets
and
we're
collaborating
with
other
City
programs
to
reduce
graffiti
and
to
promote
waste
reduction
as
well.
The
community
has
been
extraordinarily
helpful
in
reporting
graffiti
and
abandoned
shopping
carts
throughout
the
city
for
retrieval
and
removal.
AA
AA
In
may,
we
came
to
you
with
a
timeline
to
launch
the
program
and
we've
just
completed
phase
one
which
included
two
cleanup
events
and
established
a
volunteer
base.
This
month
we
will
host
the
first
monthly
signature
streets
event,
as
Pamela
mentioned
on
Northeast
148th
Avenue
in
Bridal
Trails
area,
and
we
are
continuing
to
assess
and
incorporate
Lessons
Learned
From
the
launch,
cleanup
events
and
to
organize
the
adopt-a-street
program
next
spring
Serena.
We.
AB
AB
We
hosted
the
second
cleanup
event
on
Saturday
August
19th
in
the
Factoria
neighborhood
with
55
volunteers,
Factoria,
Marketplace,
generously
welcomed
us
to
Stage
the
event
at
their
site.
We
love
the
turnout
from
local
residents
and
students
from
Newport
High
School.
This
highlights
a
great
opportunity
for
our
youth
to
earn
community
service
hours
with
keep
Bellevue
beautiful.
AB
AB
AB
We
are
now
moving
into
monthly
cleanup
events
in
more
neighborhoods.
Our
next
event
is
a
signature
street
cleanup
on
Saturday
September
30th
in
the
Bridal
Trails
area,
followed
by
Lake,
Hills,
Bell,
red
and
Crossroads
with
more
to
come
in
2024.
We
want
to
especially
invite
surrounding
neighbors
to
participate.
Please
visit
the
keep
Bellevue
beautiful
webpage
to
register
and
for
more
information.
AA
Finally,
we
are
thankful
for
all
of
our
volunteers
and
for
the
supplies
that
were
generously
provided
for
the
program
by
our
business
and
Civic
Partners,
special
acknowledgment
for
our
neighborhood
associations
and
partner
businesses
that
have
made
these
events
so
successful,
including
Amazon,
Starbucks,
Wallace
properties,
Bellevue
Downtown
Association
and
the
Bellevue
Chamber
of
Commerce.
Thank
you
so
much
Council.
Q
Manager's
report
and
that
item
is
I
would
like
to
introduce
our
newest
member
of
the
city
managers
office
and
to
my
left,
to
see
the
deputy
city
manager.
Joseph
Todd
Joseph
has
extensive
leadership
background
in
both
the
private
and
public
sectors,
and
he
will
be
overseeing
our
internal
services
within
the
city
and
in
the
very
near
future.
He
has
scheduled
time
with
each
other
council
members
to
get
more
acquainted
with
them.
A
Okay,
thank
you
onto
Council
business
and
new
initiatives.
Councilmember
Lee
has
a
recommendation
to
the
Environmental
Services
Commission
go
ahead:
Mr
council
member
thank.
C
You
by
the
media,
you
know
packet,
you
have
a
memo
from
Karen
Roberts,
Deputy
city
clerk,
recommendation
of
a
Environmental,
Service,
Commission
vacancy
and
so
I
therefore
move
to
a
point
and
may
Yahira
High
news
to
serve
a
full-time
expiring
on
May
31st
2027
as
a
newest,
Environmental,
Services,
Commission
member.
U
A
B
A
Q
Go
ahead,
and
maybe
this
is
a
public
hearing
regarding
the
Assumption
of
the
transportation
benefit
district
and
just
by
way
of
background
prior
to
the
August
recess
council
did
approve
the
formation
of
the
transportation
benefit.
District
tonight's
public
hearing
is
for
accounts
to
consider
providing
direction
to
assume
the
district
into
the
city.
This
is
purely
an
administrative
step,
and
for
tonight
there
is
no
consideration
of
imposing
a
tax
or
determining
how
to
use
potential
funding
tonight.
Q
So
after
the
public
hearing
staff
are
seeking
council's
consideration
of
finalizing
the
associated
assumption
at
a
future
meeting
and
joining
us
this
evening
are
Anderson
galaka's,
Transportation,
director,
Chris
Long
assistant,
director
of
Mobility
John
Richard,
our
finance
director,
Evan
Phillips
City
budget
manager
and
with
that
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
turn
it
over
to
Andrew.
For
a
brief
staff
report.
Before
you
open
up
the
public
hearing,
yeah.
AC
Thank
you,
city
manager,
Miyaki,
mayor
Robinson,
Deputy,
Mayor,
new
in-house
and
the
city
council.
I
would
like
to
reiterate
what
Brad
has
just
mentioned.
The
purpose
of
tonight's
public
hearing
is
to
determine
if
the
city
should
assume
the
transmission
benefit
District
at
the
July
17th
meeting,
the
council
did
establish
the
district.
The
step
two
assume
simply
means
that
the
council
can
do
District
business
as
the
council,
rather
than
stepping
out
of
that
role
in
convening
as
a
benefit
District
board.
AC
The
decision
to
fund
the
district
will
come
later
and
to
reiterate
that
forming
and
assuming
a
transportation
benefit
District
in
no
way
commits
the
council
to
fund
the
district.
There
are
several
communities
who
have
formed
districts
without
funding
them
and
we
are
in
the
middle
of
our
public
reach
efforts
that
should
go
on
until
the
end
of
the
month
and
Chris
will
be
discussing
discussing
that.
AD
AE
Good
evening,
mayor
deputy
mayor
council
members
before
you
is
our
timeline
on
where
we're
at
in
the
process,
we
have
modified
the
timeline
slightly
since
our
last
conversation,
and
we
have
disconnected
the
decision
on
assumption
and
funding
to
ensure
that
it
is
clear
that
there
has
been
no
decision
made
on
how
or
if
or
what
funding
might
be
selected.
And
so
you
know
the
goal
is
to
bring
before
you
per
your
direction.
AE
That
means
the
rules
and
the
processes
that
govern
your
dialogue
here
as
the
city
of
Bellevue
Council
would
not
apply.
You
would
need
to
establish
those
rules.
You
would
have
to
establish
your
procedures,
your
record-keeping
Administration,
and
support
to
continue
in
that
past.
That
process
not
a
problem.
There
are
ways
to
do
all
of
that,
but
it
is
different
than
you
acting
as
you
are
tonight,
as
the
city
of
Bellevue
council
members,
Council
action
on
whether
to
to
Levy
any
texting
Source
or
to
go
after
any
fees
is
a
very
separate
and
future
discussion.
AE
AE
State
law
grants
the
city
the
authority
to
assume
the
powers
of
the
district,
not
the
other
way
around.
So
you
as
the
council,
the
legislature
basically
said
How.
Do
we
make
it
easy
for
a
jurisdiction
to
then
take
those
powers
and
authorities
and
act
in
a
way
that
their
public
is
comfortable
with
and
knows
assumption
again
would
allow
you
the
council
to
act
as
the
council
Council
as
part
of
your
regular
business,
rather
than
as
a
separate
entity.
AE
AE
At
our
last
discussion,
Council
provided
direction
to
us
to
prepare
for
assumption,
but
did
not
make
a
decision
on
assumption.
There
has
been
no
council
direction
or
action
related
to
funding,
and
we
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
was
clear.
Tonight
is
a
public
hearing
only
on
the
administrative
process
or
step
of
assumption.
AD
Chris,
so
to
go
back
to
our
last
public
hearing
and
recap
what
we
heard
at
that
public
hearing
and
what
we've
done
since
regarding
Outreach
off
the
bat,
we
heard
concern
about
adding
additional
cost
taxes
to
the
residents
and
businesses
at
Bellevue.
Although
we
did
hear
General
support
that
maintenance
is
important
and
that-
and
so
there
was
a
lot
of
questions
about
how
do
we
more
explanation
of
how
the
the
needs
would
be
identified
and
resources
would
be
used
and
how
the
funds
will
be
allocated
on
a
regular
basis?
AD
So
we
took
this
out
on
to
the
public.
We
had
three
events
that
we
attended.
We
have
a
fourth
coming
up
this
weekend,
where
we
had
tabling
to
talk
to
people
at
one
was
the
keep
Bellevue
beautiful
event
here
at
City
Hall,
we
were
at
the
Farmers
Market
at
Crossroads.
AD
This
coming
weekend
will
be
a
Crossroads
again
for
the
welcoming
fair.
So
we
had
a
lot
of
Engagement.
There
probably
spoke
to
well
over
100
people
through
those
events
and
trying
to
just
get
the
word
out
about
this
program
and
to
also
get
people
to
take
the
survey
that
we
have.
That's
currently
running
and
I'll
speak
to
that
a
little
bit
later.
AD
We
did
a
lot
through
social
media
translation
of
all
the
materials
that
we
have,
including
the
survey
we
advertised
all
the
events
that
we
were
attending
and
also
each
of
the
webinars
that
I'll
also
mention
the
messages
went
out
to
the
contacts
we
had
for
every
neighborhood
association
to
let
them
know
about
the
coming
events
and
webinars
that
were
being
hosted
and
also
to
provide
the
opportunity
for
us
to
come,
speak
to
their
groups
as
well.
AD
The
survey
is
still
in
process.
We've
had
just
over
100
responses,
it
runs
until
the
end
of
the
month.
This
is
an
example
of
one
of
the
questions
that
we've
asked
and
we'll
get
into
more
details
about
the
survey
once
it's
closed,
but
we
are
looking
to
get
information
on
what
maintenance
functions
are
the
most
important
to
the
residents
and
both
on
this
topic
and
the
topic
of
what
new
infrastructure
is
most
important.
It
focused
around
our
sidewalk
program,
our
asphalt
maintenance
and
safety.
AD
Those
are
the
the
biggest
ones
that
we're
hearing
about
so
far
as
I
mentioned.
Webinars
we've
done
three.
So
far,
two
that
were
focused
more
towards
neighborhood
associations
and
we're
advertised
widely
on
Nextdoor,
and
then
one
that
was
tailored
more
towards
community-based
organizations.
We
have
one
more
scheduled
next
week
on
the
20th
as
we
move
forward
from
this
stage.
AD
As
we've
mentioned,
the
next
steps
for
Council
will
be
to
determine
whether
we
assume
the
district
discuss
the
the
transportation
needs
and
then
how
the
funding
could
potentially
be
used
and
if
funding
is
recommended
to
what
level
and
what
sources
will
be
provided
and
the
priority
for
that.
How
we'll
prioritize
the
budgeting
and
last
back
to
the
direction
for
today
that
we're
looking
to
hold
the
Assumption
public
hearing
and
to
direct
staff
to
return
with
the
ordinance
describing
the
city
council's
Assumption
of
the
rights
powers
and
functions
and
obligations
of
the
transportation
benefit.
District.
A
Great
thank
you.
So
we
will
have
the
public
hearing
we'll
listen
to
comments
and
then
we'll
close
the
public
hearing
and
have
a
discussion
amongst
ourselves.
I
want
that
community
community
to
know
that
we
have
read
the
many
emails
and
the
input
that
we've
received
from
you.
This
is,
as
they
say,
an
administrative
process
on
whether
to
assume
the
powers
and
authorities
of
the
district
is
not
about
whether
or
not
we
use
those
powers
in
Authority.
A
A
Okay.
So
with
that
may
I
have
a
motion
to
open
the
public
hearing.
AC
A
H
Thank
you
mayor.
There
are
13
pre-registered
speakers
for
the
public
hearing
and
before
I
start
calling
names.
I
will
let
you
know
that,
as
you
mentioned
mayor,
there
were
a
number
of
emails
that
have
all
been
included
in
your
desk
packet
for
this
evening,
they're
around
80
comments
and
there
are
around
18
or
19
others
in
your
email
as
well,
and
with
that
I
will
call
our
first
Speaker
who's,
Paul
Clark.
AF
Good
evening,
mayor
Robinson,
Deputy,
Mayor
neon
house,
council
members,
city
manager,
Miyaki
I'm
speaking
tonight
in
opposition
to
the
trajectory
that
the
city
is
on
I,
appreciate
that
we're
dealing
with
a
an
interim
step
between
establishing
and
actually
funding
this
District,
but
I
I
think
it's
reasonable.
AF
That
residents
of
the
city,
including
myself,
are,
are
nevertheless
concerned
about
the
trajectory
I
like
most
Bellevue
voters,
I've
had
an
open
mind
on
previous
tax
increases,
I
supported
last
year's
Parks
Levy,
for
example,
because
the
city
clearly
showed
the
people
of
Bellevue
what
we'd
be
getting
in
exchange
for
those
tax
dollars
and
that
finding
the
funds
for
the
critical
projects
noted
in
that
Levy
would
not
be
feasible
through
the
normal
budgeting
process.
I
I
don't
believe
that
this
TBD
process,
strange
set
of
initials
by
the
way,
has
been
similarly
Justified.
AF
My
primary
concern
is
that
the
justifications
in
previous
meetings
were
talking
about
embarking
on
this
process,
enabling
up
to
10
million
or
more
dollars
for
a
stated.
3
million
dollar
need
and
I
really
believe.
The
council
should
have
a
higher
threshold
for
considering
moving
down
this
path
than
a
30
defined
need.
Additionally,
taxes
are
an
Ever,
more
significant
contributor
to
the
high
cost
of
living
in
our
city.
AF
So,
looking
ahead,
when
making
this
decision
tonight
or
potentially
on
funding
I
just
would
ask
that
you
consider
that
we
have
too
many
seniors
and
folks
near
retirement
living
in
Bellevue
that
have
either
left
or
are
on
the
verge
of
leaving,
because
the
tax
burden
is
really
not
compatible
with
their
fixed
incomes.
There
should
be
an
extremely
high
threshold
before
the
council
acts
to
make
this
situation
worse.
AF
Additionally,
we
are
facing
uncertain
Economic,
Times
ahead,
and
every
tax
increase
makes
the
next
one
that
much
harder
for
the
public
to
accept.
Should
another
downturn
transpire
with
a
consequent
budget
crisis.
This
Council
will
need
maximum
flexibility
to
resolve
that
crisis,
and
if
you
adopt
this
ordinance
and
proceed
along
the
path
of
funding,
it
I
do
believe
that
your
flexibility
will
be
diminished.
AF
AG
Good
evening
mayor
deputy
mayor
council
members,
city
manager,
first,
a
rave
I
went
to
Bellwether
on
Friday
and
saw
the
classical
jazz
thing.
I
think
it's
wonderful.
What
you're
doing
during
the
Spring
District
and
now
to
this
matter,
I'm
opposed
to
the
formation
of
this
District
I'm
opposed
to
any
new
tax.
AG
AG
This
is
the
fourth
tax
increase
by
the
council
without
voter
input
in
10
months,
0.01
business
tax,
one
percent
property
tax,
the
tax
that
they're
asking
and
to
be
to
be
decided,
that's
kind
of
how
this
has
been
rolling
out
and
it's
you
know
it
is
really
not
funny.
The
proposed
tax
would
generate
three
times
the
funding
required.
AG
AH
Good
evening,
mayor
Robinson,
Deputy,
Mayor
new
in
house
and
council
members,
my
name
is
Maria
Frost
and
I'm.
The
transportation
director
at
Kemper
development
company
I'm
here
to
comment
on
the
Assumption
of
a
transportation
benefit
District
in
Bellevue
and
the
desired
sales
tax
increase
of
0.1
percent,
which
city
staff
are
recommending
without
a
public
vote.
The
administrative
process
of
formation
and
Assumption
of
the
TBD
and
the
proposed
tax
City
staff
have
discussed
with
groups
like
The,
BDA,
chamber
and
Council
are
inextricably
linked.
AH
We
must
look
at
what
the
city
wishes
to
fund
and
accomplish
and
how,
in
order
to
decide
whether
the
TBD
is
necessary
in
the
first
place.
Unfortunately,
we
don't
know
what
the
city
wants
to
fund
City
staff
have
proposed
the
account.
The
council
approve
a
0.1
percent
permanent
increase
in
the
city
sales
tax
without
defining
what
projects
would
be
funded.
This
raises
obviously
questions
about
transparency.
AH
City
government
should
not
ask
Council
for
a
sales
tax
increase
with
details
to
follow.
People
should
know
up
front.
What
they
are
buying
even
more
baffling
is
why
staff
want
10
million
in
higher
taxes
each
year
to
fund
3
million
dollars
in
road
maintenance
work
that
can
be
accommodated
in
the
city's
2.2
billion
dollar
budget.
In
the
last
10
years,
sales
tax
revenue
in
Bellevue
has
grown
123
percent.
AH
The
city
anticipates
collecting
a
record
221
million
in
sales
tax
revenue
for
the
current
budget,
and
this
trend
is
forecast
to
continue
by
an
average
of
about
five
percent
per
year,
four
years,
Beyond
2024..
Where
is
the
emergency?
This
is
not
primarily
about
asphalt
and
sidewalk
repair
as
much
as
it
is
about
creating
a
new
Revenue
stream
for
transportation
projects.
The
public
is
unlikely
to
know
about
much
less
support.
AH
AI
AI
There's
been
an
adequate
Outreach
I've
just
heard
what
the
city
staff
have
said
about
the
Outreach,
but
really
I,
don't
feel
that
many
of
the
people
living
in
Bellevue
know
about
the
TBD
at
this
stage.
This
is
a
very
complex
matter
to
understand.
An
Outreach
needs
to
be
in
multiple
different,
easy
to
understand
formats
and
made
available
to
all
the
time
of
year
is
just
wrong.
Many
people
are
unavailable
during
the
summer
traveling
or
activities
and
juggling
child
care
and
jobs.
Etc
right
now,
it's
just
been
Labor
Day
weekend.
AI
Many
people
are
extremely
busy
returning
to
work
and
getting
children
settled
back
into
the
new
school
year.
I
happen
to
meet
with
my
entire
immediate
neighborhood.
Yesterday
it
happened
to
be
our
annual
HOA
meetings.
This
is
a
great
opportunity
to
inform
everyone
of
my
understanding
of
the
TBD
I
have
to
say
that
absolutely
nobody
knew
anything
about
it
and
they
were
all
quite
a
standard.
So
your
Outreach
has
not
been
effective
in
my
neighborhood.
AI
AI
H
R
I'm
Betsy
Hummer
I
live
in
Lake
Hills
I
am
here
in
opposition
to
the
administrative
part
of
the
transportation
benefit,
District
I
talk
with
residents
throughout
Bellevue
and
their
greatest
concerns
are
cut
through
traffic
cut
through
traffic
and
taxes.
So
I
do
not
think
that
anything
associated
with
any
tax
increase
should
be
presented
to
the
people
of
Bellevue
without
a
thorough
understanding
of
what
that
causes.
R
We
had
that
the
levy
recently
and
people
are
still
talking
about
is
supposed
to
reduce
congestion,
they're
still
talking
about
congestion,
so
they
want
to
see
the
traffic
fixed.
This
doesn't
look
like
a
fix.
It
looks
like
an
extra
tax
that
the
people
of
Bellevue
won't
benefit
from
and
I
would
like
you
to
not
move
forward
on
the
transportation
benefit
District.
Thank
you.
AJ
Okay,
good
evening,
my
name
is
Craig
speasel
and
I'm
speaking
tonight
on
behalf
of
neighbors
for
livable
Bellevue,
a
large
and
grown
Coalition
of
Bellevue
residents.
We
are
strongly
opposed
to
the
formation
of
the
tax
TBD
and
the
respective
sales
tax
increase.
Contrary
to
what
you
heard
from
staff,
we
need.
To
be
honest.
The
only
reason
to
approve
a
TBD
is
to
impose
a
tax.
This
is
the
elephant
in
the
room
and
contrary
to
the
statements
made
by
staff.
Those
statements
are
very
inaccurate.
AJ
If
approved,
this
will
be
the
fourth
tax
that
Council
has
approved
in
10
months
without
a
vote
of
the
community,
and
this
is
in
additional
to
the
affordable
housing
tax
also
approved
without
voter
approval.
As
stated,
the
formation
of
the
TBD
is
very
inappropriate
as
as
acknowledge
this.
The
proposed
tax
will
generate
over
10
million
dollars
annually,
yet
only
30
percent
would
be
for
maintenance.
The
majority
would
fund
quote
an
ongoing
Capital
program
of
projects,
yet
to
be
defined.
AJ
Creating
a
seven
million
dollar
slush
fund
is
not
fiscally
responsible.
We
are
asking
Council
to
do
your
job
and
apply
fiscal
governance
and
due
diligence
today
and
stop
this
madness
and
vote
against
the
TBD.
We
do
not
believe
it's
appropriate
to
fund
maintenance
to
the
city's
roads
and
sidewalks.
This
should
be
the
city's
first
priority,
not
the
last.
As
with
any
budget.
One
needs
to
look
internally
and
prioritize
expenditures
and
surely,
with
a
budget
of
2.2
billion
dollars,
three
million
dollars
can
be
found.
AJ
AJ
We
all
acknowledge
that
sales
tax
are
regressive
and
impact
at-risk
populations
disproportionately
and
while
individually,
these
taxes
may
be
saw
small
collectively
they
have
a
significant
impact
to
a
growing
number
of
households
who
are
one
paycheck
away
from
being
unhoused
for
seniors.
The
collective
impact
risks
their
ability
to
age
in
place
continually
increasing
taxes
cannot
and
should
not
be
the
answer.
AJ
Voters
expect
accountability,
fiscal
governments
and
transparency
and
supporting
the
tpd
fails
on
every
one
of
these
counts:
approval
of
the
TBD
risk
of
Road
and
public
trust,
and
you,
the
council,
as
well
as
the
city's
transportation
department,
I,
look
forward
to
working
with
Council
to
prioritize
funding
and
increase
physical
fiscal
governance
and
discipline.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
AK
Dear
mayor
Robinson
council
members
good
to
see
you,
my
name
is
Carl
vanderhoek,
vanderhook
Corporation
I'm
here
today
to
voice
opposition
to
the
Assumption
of
the
recently
created
Transportation
benefit
District.
The
proposed
taxes
would
generate
10
million
annually
and
far
exceed
the
identified
need
of
3
million
each
year
to
cover
deferred
Transportation
maintenance.
AK
Further,
a
real
plan
to
spend
the
excess
tax
revenue
has
not
been
offered
to
the
public
for
consideration.
For
this
reason,
the
transportation
benefit
District
should
be
voter
approved,
as
should
the
funding
mechanism
to
support
it.
The
decision
on
how
the
money
is
raised
and
what
it
is
spent
on
should
be
made
by
your
constituents.
The
Bellevue
taxpayers,
The
public's
knowledge
of
this
funding
mechanism
and
the
city's
transparency
regarding
it
are
severely
lacking.
AK
The
three
in-person
events
held
seeking
public
input
consisted
of
an
info
table
at
the
Bridal
Trails
Night
Out
keep
Bellevue
beautiful
event
and
the
crossroads
Farmers
Market.
These
passive
events
are
not
the
proper
venue
to
provide
feedback
on
the
transportation
benefits.
District
the
city
transportation
benefit.
District
survey
asked
for
what
residents
want
fixed,
not
if
they
want
increased
taxes
to
pay
for
it.
AK
What
is
the
extra
7
million
per
year
for
if
the
city
wants
to
fund
new
CIP
infrastructure
projects
with
this
tax
increase,
then
the
public
should
vote
and
the
city
should
be
held
responsible.
If
the
public
sees
the
value
in
these
improvements,
then
the
pub
in
public
levies
should
be
utilized
and
voter
approved.
AK
What
I
learned
in
Bellevue
Essentials
about
the
city
budget
process
is
that
prioritization
of
the
city
budget
is
a
difficult,
yet
crucial
task
to
create
a
balanced
budget
as
Don
Davidson
and
my
grandfather
taught
me,
it
is
through
being
fiscally
responsible
that
Bellevue
has
grown
to
become
such
a
special
place
from
the
city
of
Bellevue
budget
website.
The
city
uses
a
budgeting
for
outcomes,
also
known
as
priorities
of
government
process
called
budget
one
to
develop
the
city's
budget
budget.
One
puts
the
emphasis
on
community
expectations
for
government
services.
AK
The
processes
are
designed
to
focus
on
results
and
priorities
and
shifts
the
emphasis
from
paying
for
costs
to
buying
results
identified.
Community
priorities
are
put
first
in
accountability.
Innovation
and
Partnerships
are
emphasized.
If
the
city
failed
to
do
their
job
in
keeping
a
balanced
budget,
then
it
is
that
their
job
to
correct
it,
not
the
taxpayers.
AK
It
is
the
community's
expectation
that
the
government
operates
in
a
fiscally
responsible
way
and
be
held
accountable,
creating
a
transportation
benefit
District
operated
by
this
Council
and
funded
by
a
non-voter
approved
tax
increase
with
unidentified
projects
or
timelines
is
not
consistent
with
the
budget.
One
focus
on
putting
identified
Community
priorities
first
or
emphasizing
accountability.
Please
add
my
name
to
the
to
the
list
of
opposition,
to
the
assumption
that
Transportation
benefit
district
and
Associated
tax
increases.
Thank.
C
M
AL
Of
you,
Deputy
city
manager,
Todd
nice,
to
see
you
welcome
to
the
city,
I'm
Kevin,
Wallace,
16770,
Southeast,
49th,
Street,
formerly
on
the
city
council,
and
back
in
2009,
when
Jennifer
and
I
were
elected
to
the
council.
We
put
an
end
to
plans
to
raise
the
property
tax
by
three
percent
per
year
for
a
decade
because
it
was
the
wrong
time
to
do
it.
AL
We
were
in
the
middle
of
a
recession
right,
the
great
financial
crisis
was
upon
us
and
our
our
constituents
were
hurting
financially
and
it
wasn't
the
time
to
do
a
tax
increase
or
yet
another
tax
increase.
As
the
years
before
we
got
on
the
council,
there
had
been
those
tax
increases
and
very
similar.
Today
you
know:
we've
had
in
the
last
year
year
and
a
half
four
different
tax
increases
that
were
imposed
either
by
the
council
or
through
a
public
vote
and
I
supported,
all
of
them.
AL
The
property
tax
levy
for
Parks,
the
sales
tax
levy
for
affordable
housing,
the
b
o
tax
increase
for
police
and
the
property
tax
increase
for
the
general
budget.
I
was
also
an
architect
of
the
fire
Levy
and
the
2016
Transportation
Levy,
that's
already
providing
10
million
dollars
for
the
transportation
budget.
So
with
this,
why
wouldn't
I
support
it?
Well,
because
this
is
very
different
than
the
past
projects.
AL
All
the
other
past
tax
increases
had
come
with
a
plan
or
a
at
least
a
a
discussion
about
how
the
city
had
gone
through
and
identified
a
true
need
for
the
money
and
that
the
tax
increases
were
a
necessary
predicate
to
doing
something
or
a
need
that
the
city
had
right.
So
if
you
back
and
look
at
all
those
tax
increases,
they
fit
that
mold
and
on
the
capital
projects
they
were
put
to
a
vote
of
the
people
in
this
case.
First
of
all,
the
stated
need
for
this
is
three
million
dollars
for
maintenance
money.
AL
The
budget
should
not.
You
should
not
be
raising
taxes
for
maintenance
period.
It
should
be
the
first
priority
of
the
city's
dollars
right.
The
first
existing
Revenue
should
be
going
to
pay
for
maintenance
and
then
the
next
priority
you
should
be
looking
at
as
you
run
out
of
money.
Maybe
you
need
to
fund
things
for
other
projects,
but
you
don't
do
it
with
a
new
tax
increase.
AL
So
does
the
city
need
a
new
Levy
for
new
projects?
Probably
the
comp
plan
that
we're
talking
about
right
now
has
this
massive
increase
in
density
and
right
now
the
comp
plan
has
no
projects
identified
for
dealing
with
all
that
congestion
that
it's
going
to
cause.
So
should
the
transportation
department
go
out
and
figure
out
a
good
plan
and
present
it
to
you
and
say
that's
what
we
need
the
money
for
and
here's
what
we
need
to
do
and
then
put
a
TBD
in
place
and
then
propose
a
sales
tax
increase?
AL
Okay,
but
right
now
we
don't
have
that
information.
So
that's
really
what's
frustrating
to
me
and
I.
Think
other
people
about
this
process
is
we're
really
putting
the
cart
before
the
horse.
There's
no
need
to
put
a
TBD
in
place
right
now.
You
could
get
the
plans
and
have
the
city
transportation
department
demonstrate
the
need
for
the
funds
then
adopt
a
TBD
and
then
adopt
a
tax
increase,
but
it
doesn't
need
to
be
done
right
now.
So
I
hope
you
consider
that
and
postpone
this
Vote
or
just
vote.
No.
Thank
you.
AM
M
AM
Allowing
our
comments
and
mayor
Robinson,
Deputy,
Mayor,
new
in-house
and
council
members
I
appreciate
you
being
able
you
allowing
us
to
be
here.
There's
a
lifelong
resident
of
Bellevue
I've
always
felt
that
our
city
council
members
truly
sought
to
represent
the
Bellevue
citizens
and
to
give
the
best
to
the
best
of
the
abilities
of
the
city
council.
AM
They
focused
on
our
community
by
keeping
our
citizens
safe,
supporting
those
who
are
unable
to
support
themselves,
adopting
a
business
friendly
environment
to
provide
the
Commerce
necessary
for
our
thriving
City
and
working
within
their
budget
to
keep
the
taxes
reasonable.
The
citizens
of
Bellevue
have
generally
supported
our
city
council.
We've
trusted
in
the
council's
good
faith
efforts
to
guide
their
actions
in
return,
the
citizens
found
approval
for
City's,
Parks
bonds,
Transportation
levies
as
well
as
school
levies
and
efforts
to
maintain
and
increase
the
property
values
in
which
the
city
benefits.
AM
So
as
you
move
into
the
ex-officio
position
and
then
as
to
the
Assumption
as
councils,
please
don't
adopt
the
sales
tax
increase
in
the
Assumption
of
the
transportation
benefit
District,
without
identifying
specific
deficiencies
that
will
be
eliminated
by
these
funds.
I.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration.
I.
Thank
you
for
your
attention.
J
Thank
you
Council
for
letting
me
speak.
I
oppose
the
staff
proposed
0.1
sales
tax
yeah.
It
might
sound
like
a
small
amount
of
money,
but
you
know
what
why
don't
you
look
for
where
you
can
save
money
rather
than
increasing
taxes
on
the
taxpayers
or
the
customers,
as
I
would
like
to
look
at
them?
There
are
a
lot
of
things
you
should
look
at
too.
The
way
you
spend
money,
for
instance,
one
thing
I
always
think
about
is
the
bike
new
bike
trail
over
in
Factoria.
J
It's
a
trail,
a
bridge
a
fortune
must
have
been
spent
building
that
and
you
almost
never
see
any
bikes
on
it.
Somebody
should
stand
out
there
and
count
the
number
of
bikes
that
use
it
on
a
Saturday,
a
Sunday
and
a
day
during
the
week
figure
out
how
much
you
spent
per
trip,
but
by
spending
on
something
like
that
and
the
reason
I'm
bringing
this
up
for
cuts
and
spending
in
the
future.
If
you're
going
to
spend
on
something
like
that,
cut
that
and
then
don't
raise
the
taxes.
J
Other
examples
that
you
could
save
money
on
I
sent
you
photographs
of
your
service
center.
Over
here,
I
went
there
twice
in
June
for
the
last
three
years
that
service
center
has
been
empty
of
people.
Almost
nobody
is
behind
the
back
wall.
What
a
corporation
would
do
if
they
wanted
to
save
money
or
earn
extra
income.
You
say
sublet
out
their
space
that
they
weren't
using
IF
for
three
years.
You're
not
going
to
use
that,
and
those
pictures
that
I
took
in
June
on
two
different
days
were
not
lunch
time.
J
AN
Z
J
Have
a
conversation
with
you
guys
when
you're
talking
about
spending
on
climate
change,
that's
another
place,
you'd
save
money!
You
shouldn't
be
spending
a
dime
on
climate
change.
The
reason
is,
if
you
go
to
the
Burke
Museum
and
you
look,
Seattle
was
covered
in
3
000
feet
of
ice
16
000
years
ago.
All
that
ice
melted
wasn't
due
to
an
increase
in
CO2.
J
That's
been
a
cycle
every
hundred
thousand
years,
Seattle's
Covenant
ice,
90,
100
000
years,
like
it
is
now
for
ten
thousand
twenty
thousand
years.
It's
not
because
of
the
changes
in
CO2
CO2
has
gone
up
in
the
last
16
000
years.
That's
because
we've
had
warming
and
when
the
ocean
warms
it
expels
CO2.
J
So
the
reason
CO2
is
not
the
driver.
The
CO2
is
a
log
function
and
it's
warming.
The
first
hundred
clocks
per
million
really
significant
we're
at
about
400
parts
per
million.
Now,
if
you
went
from
400
parts
to
800
doubling
where
we
are
now,
it's
a
one
degree
Fahrenheit
change,
that's
what
the
equation
say,
but
it
seems
like
nobody
will
look
at
the
equations.
Nobody
will
look
at
geological.
T
Thank
you,
mayor
deputy
mayor
council,
members
and
staff.
This
is
a
process,
but
you
can
stop
it
now.
You
can
take
back
what
you've
already
approved.
We
don't
need
to
go
any
further
on
this.
You
don't
need
to
waste
any
more
of
our
time.
Staff
did
not
spend
the
time
on
this.
They
did
not
get
this
in
a
way
that
even
should
have
came
to
counseling
this
much
data.
T
T
T
This
makes
a
higher
priority
for
maintenance
being
taken
out
of
the
budget
and
makes
it
the
highest
priority
in
the
city,
because
this
will
get
funded
separately
from
everything
else
in
the
general
budget.
We're
talking
about
affordable
housing.
This
is
more
important
than
affordable
housing
as
you're
telling
us
you're
telling
us
this
is
more
important
than
safety.
T
T
My
house
right
now
got
an
overlay
I
made
them
wait
for
a
while
for
our
street
to
get
overlaid
until
after
they
built
the
water
tower,
it
hasn't
been
striped.
Yet
you
know
we
could
live
some
time
without
striping.
If
we
needed
to,
we
don't
need
to
have
people
getting
another
tax
increase
for
striping
other
places.
It
might
be
more
important,
but
do
the
work
guys
don't
waste
our
time?
T
This
has
taken
a
lot
of
time
from
people
to
figure
out
what
the
heck
this
is
going
on,
because
it's
so
complex
and
it
doesn't
have
a
sunset
clause-
we're
going
to
just
be
fueling
this
forever.
Why
don't?
We
make
a
project
with
its
long-term
maintenance
part
of
the
project
as
part
of
one
entity
like?
Do
we
want
to
keep
this
doing
this
every
year?
T
T
H
AO
I
thought
I'd
sign
up
online,
but
here
I
am
Mike
nikram
Newport
Hills,
my
great-grandfather
developed
out
most
of
the
original
University
District
Built,
Homes
commercial
space
and
so
on,
skip
forward
two
generations:
I
built
my
first
house
in
Bellevue
in
76..
AO
Since
then,
I
built
scores
of
houses,
thousands
of
feet
of
city
right
away,
built
first,
one
of
the
first
privately
funded
stormwater
detention
systems
and
did
the
first
privately
funded
Leed
certified
office
building.
First
pervious
parking
lot.
First,
pervios
city,
Street
in
the
city
of
Kirkland
and
I've
discovered
a
little
secret
I'll
share
with
you
all
high
cost
regulations
won't
lead
to
low-cost
housing.
AO
All
my
pervio
systems
have
since
failed.
The
stormwater
detention
Vault
that
Ron
Smith
and
I
built
in
92
was
capable
is
still
capable
of
today.
Of
holding
a
six
inch
rainfall
storm
event,
something
that's
never
occurred
will
never
occur
yet
that
Vault
still
sits
mostly
empty.
All
the
time
are
high
taxes
or
direct
result
of
high
cost
regulations.
AO
So
I,
unlike
your
previous
speakers
here
I,
would
actually
Advocate
that
you
adopt
this
district
and
kill
it
all
right.
I
just
really
like
to
see
the
suits
that
set
up
here
that
made
the
presentation
I'll
put
them
to
work
because
I
need
plumbers:
I
need
electricians,
I
need
flat
workers,
I,
don't
need
more
suits
regularly
over
regulating
not
only
our
housing
but
our
infrastructure,
which
is
what
leads
to
our
high
cost
to
living
here
in
Bellevue.
Thank
you.
Y
One
of
my
favorite
scenes
is
just
because
you
can
doesn't
mean
you
should,
and
my
dear
friend
Renee
Bennett
often
talks
about
the
the
camel's
nose,
Under,
the
Tent,
and
what
that
means,
and-
and
sometimes,
if
you
say
well
just
because
we've
we
were
looking
at
it
doesn't
mean
we're
going
to
do
it
most
often
times
it's
going
to
happen.
Y
If
it's
being
looked
at
so
I
just
want
to
I'm,
not
here
representing
the
Newport
Hills
Community
Club
I'm,
representing
myself,
my
club
decided
not
to
put
out
information
to
our
residents.
So
you
don't.
Y
With
that.
So
I
do
understand.
I
didn't
have
the
budget
that
you
do,
but
I
do
understand
what
it
is
to
to
struggle
with
back
projects
that
you'd
like
to
do
and
that
sort
of
thing,
but
I
never
raised
the
dues.
Y
In
all
that
time,
we
have
remained
at
10
dues
so
that
people
could
be
members
that
were
of
all
income
households,
but
one
of
the
things
you
know
it
was
interesting
because
at
our
neighborhood
walk
in
Newport
Hills
I
was
encouraged
to
support
the
TBD,
because,
as
many
of
you
know,
my
sons
I've
been
working
as
a
seasonal
streets.
Maintenance,
fellow
in
and
I,
was
told
that
this
TBD
would
supporting.
Y
Y
So
I
was
a
little
upset
about
that
people
are
being
taxed
to
death
here
in
in
Bellevue
I'm
going
to
be
53
in
October,
my
husband
will
be
54
and
our
friend
who
lives
with
us
will
be
61.
and
we
needed
him
to
live
with
us
to
cover
all
these
taxes.
Thank
you.
AN
A
Thank
you.
Is
there
a
motion
to
close
the
public
hearing,
I'll.
A
Those
in
favor
say
aye
aye.
Thank
you.
Any
opposed
I'm
gonna
stop
here
and
take
a
break
about
a
10
minute
break
conversation
on
the
transportation
benefit.
District
we've
had
our
public
hearing
and
we
heard
all
the
public
comments.
We
put
closed
the
public
hearing,
it's
now
time
for
Council
discussion,
so
I'm
going
to
start
with
council
member
Barksdale.
F
Thank
you,
I
appreciate
the
presentation
and
getting
all
of
the
comments
from
the
community
and
just
understanding
a
bit
more
about
where
the
community
is
on
this,
so
I
mean
John.
As
we
talked
about
earlier.
F
AE
Councilmember,
thank
you.
My
perspective
is
that
there
are
two
paths
before
you.
You
have
a
district
that
has
been
formed
currently
that
jurisdiction
exists
as
an
entity.
AE
You
can
choose
to
do
nothing
until
after
you
have
a
conversation
about
need
and
give
us
direction
as
to
whether,
and
if
you
provide
for
use
of
some
of
the
funding
options,
that
is
an
option
that
is
before
you
the
option
that
staff
has
brought
forward
of
assumption.
Based
off
of
our
conversations.
There
is
an
important
aspect
of
assumption.
That
brings
it
into
your
process.
AE
Right
now,
you
have
a
district
that
exists
you
could
convene
under
whatever
rules.
You
are
to
establish
separate
from
City
establishment
and
convene
as
a
district
and
take
action,
whether
part
of
the
district
or
part
of
the
budget
process
or
separate
from
it.
It
is
a
risk
and
from
our
staff
perspective,
we
were
looking
to
the
perspective.
AE
How
do
you
keep
that
Clarity
and
transparency
and
keep
and
a
set
of
rules
on
us
as
staff
and
the
rules
that
you
have
put
in
place
for
your
own
governance
in
place
that
from
a
working
standpoint,
so
the
ability
to
the
option
of
assuming
provides
those
protections
safeguards
and
guard
rails?
If
you
will
around
the
process
for
what
would
happen?
F
AE
AE
I
I
actually
think
that
might
be
a
legal
question
that
that
I
I
don't
know
about
the
necessity
of
it.
But
you
would
have
to
establish
that
the
district
will
be
operating
by
your
rules,
and
so
you
would
convene,
as
the
district
establish
those
rules
if
I
remember
correctly,
but
I
I
would
turn
to
legal
counsel
just
to
validate
that.
AN
Right
now,
my
understanding
is
that
you
have
not
established
any
rules
as
of
yet
in
that
as
the
governing
body
of
the
DVD.
So
while
the
district
has
been
formed,
the
board
of
directors
as
John
was
talking
about.
That's
all
of
you
as
your
individual
and
your
individual
capacity.
You
have
not
done
anything
yet,
so
there
are
no
rules
as
of
yet
because
you
have
not
convened.
You
have
not
established
those
rules.
F
D
So
to
me,
this,
the
assumption
is
not
really
it's
just
a
procedural
step
to
make
it
so
that
the
formation
is
kind
of
complete.
We've
formed
it,
but
if
we
do
not
assume
it
then
should
we
want
to,
for
example,
send
a
matter
to
the
voters
for
attacks
it
has
been
suggested.
Then
we
would
need
to
hold
a
separate
meeting
as
Transportation
benefit.
District
Commissioners
the
instead
of
having
it
be
part
of
a
council
meeting,
but
it
would
be
the
same
people.
D
The
challenge
with
that
is
that
it
would
require
a
lot
more
staff
work,
which
is
a
lot
more
money,
and
this
is
a
question
for
the
finance
director
am
I
correct,
that,
to
the
extent
that
we
had
staff
doing
work
for
the
district,
they
would
need
to
be
paid
it.
The
the
funding
of
that
position
or
that
partial
position
or
work
would
need
to
be
accounting
wise
tracked
to
the
district.
Is
that
correct
that.
AE
D
It
would
it
would
create
a
red
tape
and
accounting
problem
when
assuming
the
district
gets
rid
of
that,
as
everyone
knows,
I'm
an
attorney
for
cities,
I
have
clients
that
formed
and
assumed
Transportation
benefits
districts
and
never
funded
them.
D
D
D
So
to
me
this
is
just
a
matter
of
you
know.
We,
you
know
finishing
the
job
of
setting
up
the
district.
The
assumption
is
not
the
issue,
and
if
this
Council
wants
to
have
discussions
in
the
future
about
Transportation
priorities,
putting
guard
rails
on
what
might
be
funded
to
send
something
to
the
voters
for
the
TBD
or
doing
something
councilmanically,
it's
going
to
be
a
whole
lot
easier,
cheaper
and
be
able
to
be
done
much
more
efficiently.
If
we
assume
the
district
so
I,
just
the
public
needs
to
understand.
D
The
Assumption
of
the
district
is
not
a
tax.
It's
just
completing
the
process
so
that
we
don't
need
to
set
up
a
whole
new
Shadow
government,
basically
not
Shadow
government
but
separate
governmental
organization,
to
do
the
work.
If
we
want
to
consider
sending
something
to
the
voters,
doing
something
councilmanically
in
the
future
and
I
think
that
it
would
be
a
lot
more
efficient
and
cost
effective
to
assume
the
district
and
then
later
on.
If
we
want
to
talk
about
funding,
we
can
talk
about
funding.
D
That's
not
something
that
My
Mind,
Is,
Made
Up
on
I,
don't
think
any
council
member
sitting
up
here
has
made
a
decision
fully
on
what
to
fund
or
how
to
fund
it,
or
will
the
amount
to
fund
it
or
whether
to
send
it
to
voters
or
not.
I
personally
would
support
if
the
council
does
down
the
road
set
up
funding
under
the
TBD,
putting
some
guard
rails
and
types
of
things
that
are
done
with
it
I
you
know,
but
that's
not
what,
where
we
are
tonight
right
now
we
are
at.
D
Do
we
finish
the
work
of
setting
up
the
district
so
that
we
don't
have
to
create
a
whole
new
Staffing,
an
accounting
problem
and
meeting
logistical
problem?
If
we
want
to
ever
discuss
this
in
the
future,
so
I'm
in
favor,
of
moving
forward
with
the
Assumption
and
having
and
I
appreciate
all
the
Public's
comments,
I
think
that
we
will
I
will
personally
and
I
know.
My
colleagues
will
take
those
into
consideration
before
we
ever
take
another
step.
D
Y
A
Yeah
deputy
mayor.
B
Thank
you
I
appreciate
the
comments
so
far
from
my
colleagues
and
I
really
want
to
thank
the
residents
for
their
time
and
their
energy
to
send
the
emails
and
calls
and
for
being
here
this
evening
and
sharing
your
concerns.
B
B
You
know
it
doesn't
really
matter
if
it's
for
for
housing
or
groceries
or
gas,
it
is
expensive
to
to
to
to
to
live
here
and
I.
Don't
think
any
of
us,
you
know,
is
looking
at
this
TBD
lightly.
I
think
we
all
understand
how
how
expensive
it
it
truly
is.
B
You
know,
having
said
that,
I
think
we've,
you
know:
we've
we've
paused
this
this
this,
this
maintenance,
this
maintenance
and
and
constantly
improving
our
infrastructure,
I
think,
is
important
to
all
of
us.
We've
seen
the
benefits
to
it.
B
On
the
other
hand,
what
I
think
what
I've
heard
from
from
from
residents
time
and
time
again
during
this
whole
process
is
yes,
it's
a
priority,
but
yes,
they
also
want
to
understand
the
ramifications
of
it.
I
think
that
as
former
council
member
put
it,
we
are
to
a
degree
putting
the
cart
before
the
horse,
I
think
as
a
city
I
think
as
a
council.
We
need
to
make
a
stronger
case
for
this
still
I.
B
Think
where
I'm
at
right
now
is
I'd
like
to
see
us
go
through
the
mid,
buy
process
first
and
make
sure
that
there
are
not
other
policies
or
processes
we
can
put
in
place
or
other
unexpected
money
they'll
be
coming
into
the
city.
As
as
multiple
folks
have
mentioned
tonight,
we
are
seeing
some
some
dramatic
Revenue
come
into
the
City
and,
and
we
do
have
priorities
and
where
does
the
priorities
of
Maintenance
sit?
B
Well,
it's
usually
at
the
top
of
the
list,
so
obviously
we're
putting
money
towards
that
already
I
think
we
still
need
to
do
a
better
job
in
terms
of
of
of
of
Outreach
I've
I'm
thrilled
with
what
we
have
done
to
date.
I,
just
don't
think
we're
done
yet
I
think
we
again
I.
B
Think
we've
just
really
make
need
to
make
a
stronger
case
to
the
res
evidence
of
Bellevue
that
this
is
is,
is
is
needed
and
I
think
we
need
to
take
a
stronger
look
during
that
mid,
buy
process
to
see
if
there
is
other
funds
available
and
I
think
we
need
to
be
more
specific
in
terms
of
the
projects
that
it'll
go
to
as
you've
heard
multiple
times
tonight.
B
You
know:
there's
no
Sunset
Clause!
Well,
okay!
Maybe
we
take
a
look
at
that.
Maybe
we
should
update
that
survey.
Clearly,
there's
a
little
bit
of
confusion
there
on
on
on
that
survey,
so
I'd
like
to
see
that
update
a
little
bit
and
have
it
run
a
little
bit
longer
too
hearing
from
100
folks
is
great,
but
we're
also
hearing
that
we
haven't
touched
a
lot
of
folks
as
well
and
in
terms
of
informing
them
about
why
we're
looking
at
this
and
and
and
the
importance
of
it.
B
So
so
for
me
at
this
point
right
now,
while
I
well
I
still
like
to
continue
the
Outreach
process
and
continue
to
look
at
this
for
right.
Now,
though,
I
would
like
to
pause
on
this
I.
Don't
really
see
a
reason
and
to
rush
this,
let's
pause,
let's
keep
doing
our
homework.
Let's
keep
educating
residents
about
what
this
benefit
district
is.
Why
we're
looking
at
it?
What
the
benefits
could
be?
B
Let's
also
keep
looking
at
what
we're
looking
at
during
the
mid
buy
process,
and
then
let's
come
back
and
then
re-examine
this,
and
then
we
can
assume
the
the
district.
At
that
point,
we
have
a
clear
path
to
how
much
we're
going
to
raise
what
we're
going
to
put
it
towards
and
then
how
long
this
benefit
district
will
last
I
think
these
are
all
the
questions
that
we
need
to.
B
A
So
I
want
to
thank
the
public
for
all
the
comments
and
the
input
and
feedback
that
we've
received.
It's
been
really
helpful
and
informative
and
there's
definitely
a
conversation
to
be
had
which
we
have
not
had
yet
about
whether
we
want
to
even
use
this
tool
how
we
would
use
it,
what
we
would
use
it
for
the
limitations
on
it.
A
All
that
I
want
to
have
that
conversation
I,
don't
feel
that
we
can
have
it
as
easily
if
we
form
a
district
as
opposed
to
passing
this
and
enabling
us,
as
a
council,
to
have
that
discussion.
I
think
it's
more
cost
effective
for
us
to
do
it
as
a
council
instead
of
Commissioners.
So
we've
already
formed
the
district,
but
how
we
operate
within.
It
is
what
we're
talking
about
tonight.
So
I
I
am
more
eager,
I
guess
than
I
heard
the
deputy
mayor
to
go
ahead
and
put
this
through
that.
A
When
we
talk
about
this,
we
can
do
it
as
council
members
that
we
can
have
staff
and
that
we
don't
have
to
put
a
whole
bunch
more
money
into
forming
a
separate
body
of
Commissioners
and
treat
it
something
outside
of
the
city
council.
So
that's
where
I'm
right
now,
but
I'm
also
listening
to
everybody,
so
councilmember
Stokes.
E
Yeah
I
think
this
is.
This
has
been
a
good
conversation.
One
thing
that
that
bothers
me
is
that,
unfortunately,
I
think
we
we
got
in
these
conversation,
people
going
off
different
tracks
and
there
are
a
lot
of
things
that
were
unfortunately
brought
up
that
aren't
really
related
to
or
aren't
real
with
this.
What
we're
talking
about
so
it's
several
steps,
but
the
the
questions
people
have
raised
and
want
to
look
at
things
differently
is,
is
good,
so
I
agree
with
the
with
the
mayor.
E
I
think
it's
it's
something
that
has
been
used
in
a
number
of
places
that
works.
That
has
a
lot
of
benefits
to
it.
We
can
have
discuss
that
and
I.
Don't
think,
it'll
help
a
lot
to
ask
the
the
staff
to
tell
us
again
why
this
is
a
good
thing
to
do.
We've
already
decided
we
want
to
do
this,
but
how
we
do
it
and
put
it
in
place
is,
is
coming
up
to
it
and
we're
not
the
discussion.
E
E
E
We're
not
going
to
make
decisions
without
going
through
these
and
how
we
make
those
decisions
is
is
before
us
and
as
somebody
you
know,
we've
we've
talked
about
it
and
councilmember.
Robertson
said
you
know
we
don't.
We
can
actually
still
send
it
out
to
the
public
for
a
vote.
So
it's
not
we're
not
putting
it
in
a
in
a
box.
E
That's
going
to
be
something
that
is
difficult
for
the
public
to
work
with,
so
the
conversation's
been
good
and
but
I
think
this
decision
tonight
and
and
we've
got
way
off
track
on
this,
but
it
helps
us
get
some
some
perspective
is
all
right:
we've,
let's
assume
the
you'd
assume
that
the
the
leadership
of
it
and
and
put
it
in
that
place
and
then
and
there's
the
deputy
mayor,
said.
E
We
got
a
lot
of
things
to
discuss
either
way
we're
not
going
to
take
action
tomorrow
on
this
and
we're
going
to
have
a
lot
a
lot
of
things
to
do
and
explaining
part
of
it
is
explaining
why
we
need
the
for
the
maintenance
pieces.
What
happened
that
wasn't?
Just
because
you
know
we
just
put
money
someplace
else.
We
had
to
do
something
in
the
pandemic,
so
there
are
a
lot
of
these
pieces
in
there.
E
So
I
think
we
we
have,
let's
put
it
in
place
and
then
let's
talk
with
the
public
and
really
have
a
conversation,
knowing
that
this
is
what
we're
it's
here
and
if
we
don't
want
to
do
anything
down
the
future
we
don't
have
to,
but
I,
don't
I,
don't
think
we
should
drag
it
out.
We
already
have
it
now.
Let's
just
go
ahead
with
that.
We
assume
it,
but
that
doesn't
mean
we're
going
to
put
taxes
out
there
without
anybody
hearing
about
it
or
anything
else.
E
It's
just
it's
frustrating
to
have
people
think
that
we're
doing
something.
That's
not
you
know
the
best
way
to
do
things,
but
it's
good
to
hear
people's
concerns.
So
I
think
this
has
been
a
good
conversation
and
let's
go
ahead
and
assume
this
put
it
in
place.
So
the
council
and
the
city
and
and
the
public
have
more
control
over
this
than
if
we
were
a
separate
body.
C
C
I
agree
with
you
100,
but
I
do
disagree
with
him
when
he
said
that
when
he
got
on
the
console
they
stopped
the
property
tax
increase.
We
did
yes
ahead
of
you
when
Ron
Smith,
Don
Davis
and
myself
and
George
as
I'm
Dyke,
we
say
hey,
we
do
not
collect
money,
we
don't
need
to
spend
right
and
we
prioritize.
We
know
what
we're
going
to
spend
on
as
a
result.
Most
of
you
know
I've
never
voted
on
the
one
percent
property
tax
increase
because
it
does
not
have
any
specific
destination
where
the
money
goes.
C
I'm
very
happy
when
we
talk
about
TBD
I
have
some
questions,
but
I
went
along
with
it
because
it
is
important.
Transparity
is
one
of
the
most
important
thing
we
face:
okay,
but
after
thinking
about
it,
after
a
few
conversation
and
I
appreciate
the
public
saying
what
they're
telling
us,
you
know,
we
don't
have
any
specific
money
where
it
goes
and
I
was
reminded.
The
money
goes
for
maintenance,
absolutely
correct.
You
know
we
can
figure
out
how
to
pay
for
the
business.
C
We
don't.
If
we
don't
have
it,
we
should
talk
about
in
the
budget.
We
need
to
and
we're
going
to
find
the
time
to
do
it.
It's
important
enough.
We
spend
the
time
to
make
it
happen.
You
know
so
it's
important.
So
we
need
to
have
transparency
and
I.
Believe
it's
something
we
need
to
discuss
and
I
don't
agree.
We
should
do
it
now
because
needs
may
change,
priorities
will
change,
and
so
we
cannot
talk
about
what
we
want
to
spend
now
and
figuring
out.
When
the
time
comes,
we
do
it.
It.
C
We
have
to
require
discussion
with
the
community
so
that
we
have
transparency,
that
we
can
talk
to
them.
As
we
know
what
is
needed,
then
we
can
decide
as
a
transparent,
a
package
of
budget
discussion,
I
always
believe
in
prioritization.
That's
important.
Also.
We
hear
that
we
talk
about
all
that
stuff,
but
how
come
we
don't
do
it
we
say:
well,
let's
do
it
next
time.
When
is
the
next
time
it's
got
to
be.
C
C
Having
it
with
you,
I
just
want
to
bring
it
up.
She
agreed
with
me
excellent,
so
I
believe
that,
after
listening
in
the
public,
I
think
they
agree
with
us
and
I
think
we
heard
them.
Thank
you.
We
need
to
be
addressing
the
the
needs
and
the
kind
of
water
said
the
same
thing
again.
We
need
to
have
a
plan.
C
B
A
And
this
would
give
us
the
opportunity
to
have
a
conversation
about
everything.
We've
all
talked
about
and
heard
about
in
our
concerns
as
a
council,
as
opposed
to
as
a
commission,
a
separate
commission
with
commissioners.
Correct
I
mean
it
would
be
a
commission,
but
we
would
be
talking
about
as
council
members
and
not
as
commissioners.
AE
C
C
A
A
F
Well,
I
do
because,
as
I'm
listening,
I
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
I'm
really
clear,
because
when
I
ask
my
question
what
I
heard
is
we
can
have
the
conversation
about
the
mid
by
the
revenue
where
we
are
and
whether,
within
the
priorities
that
we
have,
there
is
a
necessity
to
actually
leverage
the
transportation
benefit
district.
Is
that
correct?
F
Because
then-
and
let
me
just
finish
my
question
because
then,
as
we
were
talking,
what
I
heard
is
well
no
there's
this
there's
administrative
efficiency
and
whatnot,
but
isn't
it
true
that
that
we
can
have
all
the
conversation
about
the
mid,
buy
the
revenue
where
we're
at
and
priorities
as
a
council
and
finish
that
discussion
before
we
talk
about
a
transportation
benefit
district
and
the
need
for
that
or
what
kind
of
funding
or
what
kind
of
projects
is?
Is
that
correct?
A
AE
The
benefit
of
doing
it
tonight
versus
other
is
it
actually
eases
the
administration?
We
can.
The
conversations
can
take
place
and
should
take
place
as
a
city
about
what
the
city's
needs
are,
but
the
question
as
to
funding
options
has
to
be
separated
out
in
a
different
type
of
conversation.
It's
possible
to
do.
AE
It's
adds
some
complexity.
It
does
add
some
challenges
on
our
end,
not
that
we
should
be
a
driver
in
this
conversation
does
require
us
to
do
some
separate
accounting
and
some
other
things
to
make
sure
that
we
have
done
things
appropriate
from
an
Administration
standpoint,
but
the
benefit
is
the
cleanliness
and
the
transparency
of
the
process.
P
F
Yes
and
no
I
mean
I
I,
hear
you
that
it
there's
it's
cleaner,
but
we've
clearly
heard
that
there's
a
lot.
We
don't
completely
understand
about
whether
we
would
even
reach
into
that
bucket
in
the
first
place
and
I
guess
I'm
just
trying
to
understand
what
the
urgency
of
tonight
versus
at
least
even
having
one
budget
discussion
about
revenues
and
where
we're
at
so
we
can
even
have
a
better
picture.
So
that's
where
I'm
struggling
thanks,
yeah.
G
Consistent
with
the
points
that
have
been
made
and
supportive
moving
forward,
I
feel
like
pausing.
It
would
be
inconsistent
actually
with
public
comment
for
most
public
comment.
You
want
us
to
be
able
to
talk
about
taxation
right
and
make
those
decisions
around
how
we
or
if
we
generate
Revenue-
and
this
has
no
negative
impact
from
what
I
can
tell
on
the
community.
G
So
there's
the
benefit
of
easing
administration,
because
you've
got
the
the
separation
of
Direction
in
terms
of
the
next
step,
and
if
we
don't
make
that
assumption,
then
you
have
to
figure
out
what
funding
requirements
would
be
necessary
if
we
didn't
assume
the
district,
so
I
see
benefits
only
in
moving
forward
with
this.
We
had
the
discussion
about
taxation
when
we're
supposed
to
have
that
next
I.
E
The
only
decision
is,
do
we
continue
to
do
we
have
who
who's
in
in
the
role
we
play
and
I
think
what
we're
saying
is
what
what
the
reality
is
that
it's
better.
E
If
the
council
handles
it
and
we're
assuming
it,
we
don't
and-
and
we
act
as
a
council-
and
we
can
do
all
those
other
things
and
we
we
clearly
will
look
at
whether
we
can
have
a
you
know,
go
out
to
the
public
and
all
those
things,
the
other
one
is
a
little
bit
tighter
and
a
little
bit
by
it
itself.
E
It
just
creates
a
different
atmosphere
in
terms
of
We've
assumed
it,
but
but
we
have
it
in
place
and
if
we
use
that,
so
this
seems
to
me
just
a
when
it
comes
down
to
it.
It's
the
not
a
difficult
question
on
this
because
we're
not
making
any
decisions
on
any
funding
or
anything
else.
E
B
A
Okay,
so
four
three
is
that
what
I
heard
okay?
Thank
you.
We
have
a
study
session
item,
Mr
Miyaki.
Would
you
like
to
present?
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
presentation.
Sure
thank.
Q
You
mayor,
council
members,
you
have
one
study
session
topic
on
your
agenda
this
evening
and
that
is
an
informational
update
on
the
city's
environmental
stewardship
initiative.
It's
our
quarterly
report
joining
us
this
evening
is
Michael
cotterman.
The
director
Emil
King
planning,
director
Jennifer
Ewing
sustainability
manager,
as
well
as
Anna
I,
grew
up
sustainability,
portfolio
manager
and
with.
C
AP
She's
there
thank
you
hi
good
evening,
mayor
mayor,
Robinson,
Deputy,
Mayor,
new
in-house
and
members
of
the
council.
We're
excited
to
present
to
you
tonight
our
third
quarterly
update,
we'll
be
providing
some
highlights
on
our
work
and
introducing
you
to
some
of
our
new
team
members
from
the
environmental
stewardship
team.
Thank
you
to
the
team
who
are
sitting
over
here.
I'll
introduce
them
in
a
minute
thanks
to
everyone
for
sticking
around.
AP
AP
So
in
the
the
last
budget,
the
council
added
some
additional
funds
to
help
accelerate
the
plan
implementation.
This
was
building
on
some
budget.
We
already
had
so
we
decided
to
use
that
funding
to
really
increase
our
staffing
capacity.
This
is
our
organizational
chart.
The
positions
in
yellow
are
all
in
the
community
development
department
and
then
we've
always
worked
really
closely
with
finance
and
asset
management.
So
we
added
some
new
positions
in
Community
Development
and
then
also
one
new
position
and
finance
and
asset
management
to
work
with
on
our
Municipal
operations.
AP
Sustainability
efforts,
so
you've
met
on
ni
I,
don't
know
that
you've
ever
been
sort
of
formally
introduced
to
Christine
Jenkins
who's,
our
Americorps
urban
forestry
specialist.
She
has
been
leading
our
tree
giveaway
planning
for
this
year,
our
tree
ambassador
program
and
some
other
Outreach
and
education
efforts,
and
then
some
of
the
other
folks
who
are
here
tonight
almost
the
whole
team.
We
have
one
more
person,
starting
in
a
couple
weeks.
AP
We
have
Justice
Stewart,
he's
our
new
sustainability
program
manager,
he's
going
to
be
he's
been
working
on
the
climate,
vulnerability
assessment,
getting
the
Wilburton,
sustainable,
District
opportunity,
assessment
going
and
also
being
the
lead
for
some
of
the
environmental
and
sustainability
aspects
of
the
comprehensive
Plan
update.
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
some
of
the
other
projects
that
I
mentioned
there.
AP
AP
Let's
say:
I
mentioned
Christine
and
then
Colin
Munson
is
our
new
climate
and
Electric
Mobility
coordinator.
He
was
previously
an
intern
in
the
transportation
department
working
with
our
transportation
demand
management
team.
AP
The
climate
and
energy
program
manager
that
person
Pat
bevitt,
he's
starting
in
a
couple
weeks
and
he'll
be
leading
our
clean
buildings
incentive
program,
which
is
our
commercial
building
program
and.
M
AP
Sorry
about
that
Sarah
Phillips
is
our
Energy
Smart
East
Side
program
manager.
She
just
started
two
weeks
ago,
so
she's
going
to
be
leading
our
five
City
heat
pump
program.
AP
So
this
position
is
a
little
unique
in
that
it's
jointly
funded
by
Bellevue
Redmond,
Kirkland,
Issaquah
and
Mercer
Island,
so
Sarah's
a
Bellevue
employee,
but
really
working
with
all
five
of
our
cities
to
help
kind
of
take
our
our
program
from
more
kind
of
pilot
phase
and
and
scale
it
and
and
make
it
much
bigger.
So
we
can
continue
to
have
an
impact
in
the
community
I.
AD
AP
So
shifting
gears
to
talk
about
the
plan
implementation,
progress,
we've,
you
know
clearly
been
busy
with
hiring
over
the
past
several
months
or
since
the
beginning
of
the
year.
Just
over
the
past
quarter,
we've
really
focused
on
advancing
the
projects
and
efforts.
We
had
already
started
so
we
haven't
started
any
new
actions.
AP
We'll
talk
a
bit
more
about
some
of
the
areas
where
we
have
made
progress
over
the
past
month,
I
guess
in
preparing
for
tonight,
I
was,
you
know,
just
reminded
that
we're
I
think
really
at
the
halfway
point
of
our
Five-Year
Plan
and
we
have
started
or
incorporated
into
existing
operations
about
almost
80
percent
of
the
actions.
AP
We
will
work
kind
of
within
our
team
and
with
the
other
departments,
to
kind
of
revisit
the
the
timing,
the
timelines
and
work
plans
for
the
the
remaining
actions.
AP
So
to
go
through
some
highlights
on
some
of
our
community
programs,
and
then
Anna
will
talk
about
some
of
our
Municipal
operations
work,
the
Energy
Smart
East
Side
program.
This
is
a
program
that
Sarah
is
going
to
lead.
We
launched
this
last
year
more
in
Pilot
mode.
Since
then,
we
have
received
a
couple
of
Grants
through
the
Department
of
Commerce,
and
so
we're
really
in
the
phase.
Right
now
of
you
know
getting
a
lot
of
our
processes
and
systems
in
place
to
allow
us
to
to
scale
the
program.
AP
Also,
during
the
time
since
we
launched
the
program,
there's
been
new
incentives
from
our
new
tax
credits
from
the
federal
government,
some
new
incentives
from
PSE,
so
that
this
I
think
we're
finding
that
there's,
certainly
a
lot
of
Need
for
support
to
help
residents,
install
energy,
efficient
heat
pumps
and
and
also
we're
getting
a
better
understanding
for
the
market.
AP
We
have
just
recently
launched
our
incentives
for
moderate
income
households,
so
that
said,
a
two
thousand
dollar
incentive
for
households
in
the
80
to
150
percent
Ami
range,
so
just
starting
to
get
that
off
the
ground
and
then
the
photo
there
is
of
the
Imagine
housing,
Andrews
Heights
property.
So
through
this
program
we
also
have
a
partnership
with
the
King
County
Housing
Authority
weatherization
program.
So
we
really
hope
to
connect
the
kcha
weatherization
program
with
imagine.
AP
Housing
and
kcha
is
funding
the
retrofits
and
installation
of
heat
pumps
and
other
Energy
Efficiency
measures
in
Andrews,
Heights
and
three
other
imagine.
Housing
properties,
one
in
Redmond,
Kirkland
and
Issaquah,
so
excited
to
sort
of
get
started
with
that
partnership
and
and
and
for
the
potential
where
it
could
go.
Since
we
have.
AP
AP
We're
making
good
progress
in
getting
buildings
into
the
program
are
through
our
contract,
in
partnership
with
McDonald
Miller
we're
providing
complimentary
services
to
buildings
to
Benchmark
their
energy
use,
so
they
can
understand
where
they're
at
and
if
they
are
in
compliance
with
the
state
law
or
if
they
have
to
do
some
work.
AP
We
had
an
initial
goal
of
helping
10
properties
apply
for
early
adopter
incentives.
So
that's
a
pot
of
funding
that
the
state
set
aside
for
buildings
that
you
know
are
kind
of
further
away
from
their
compliance,
their
Energy
Efficiency
Target,
and
we
we've
exceeded
that
goal.
We're
working
I
think
with
12
or
13
buildings
right
now,
which
we're
excited
about
as
Pat
comes
on
board,
he's
going
to
help
just
bring
more
properties
into
the
program
and
also
you
know,
continue
to
provide
more
of
an
equity
lens.
AP
Finally,
we
have
an
event
coming
up
at
the
end
of
the
month:
that's
co-organized
by
the
East
Side
cities,
Puget
Sound,
Energy
and
McDonald
Miller,
to
educate
property
owners
and
and
property
managers
about
the
clean
buildings
act
and
what
our
various
programs
can
do
to
to
support
them
and
then,
finally,
the
Bellevue
2030
District
that
was
launched
in
in
June,
that
that
is
a
sort
of
a
public-private
partnership
to
support
also
commercial
buildings
in
sustainability,
Energy
Efficiency,
various
things
so
that
was
launched
in
June,
really
well
received
by
the
business
community
and
our
property
managers
and
and
building
owners
in
Bellevue
and
they're.
AP
Also
one
of
the
supporters
of
our
event
at
the
end
of
the
month.
In
terms
of
other
sustainability,
programming
and
projects,
we
are
putting
the
finishing
touches
on
a
climate
vulnerability
assessment.
This
was
one
of
the
actions
in
the
environmental
stewardship
plan,
also
a
step
that
is
required
in
the
more
recently
passed.
AP
Hb
1181,
so
this
is
a
scan
of
the
various
kind
of
potential
impacts
of
climate
change
in
Bellevue
and
where,
where
you
know,
some
of
the
impacts
might
be
felt
the
greatest
and
what
are
some
of
the
strategies
we
can
take
to
help
improve
our
resiliency,
we'll
be
incorporating
some
of
the
key
takeaways
from
that
into
the
comprehensive
Plan
update
in
terms
of
policies
around
climate
resiliency
and
then
also
working
across
departments,
to
develop
a
plan
for
how
we
can
really
take
the
next
step,
and
you
know
make
sure
that
we
are
looking
across
our
our
people,
our
buildings,
our
systems,
our
natural
environment,
to
help
increase
resiliency
from
climate
change.
AP
The
tree
code
update,
is
underway
that
was
last
before
Council
on
June
26th,
and
there
was
a
public
information
session
back
on
June
8th.
Since
then,
the
team
has
brought
on
a
technical
consultant
to
really
help
dive
into
the
details
of
the
code.
Look
at
Best
Practices
from
around
the
region
and
develop
some
recommendations
for
code
updates.
AP
I,
don't
know
if
there's
a
date
scheduled
yet
for
when
that's
coming
back
to
council.
So,
apologies
for
that
and
then
finally,
the
tree
giveaway.
This
will
be
our
third
annual
tree.
Giveaway
we've
received
I
think
over
700
applications
for
about
800
trees,
from
primarily
from
residents,
but
also
from
some
Community
organizations,
a
few
kcha
properties
in
Bellevue.
So
a
handful
of
schools
and
non-profits.
AP
So
Christine
has
the
the
task
of
kind
of
assigning
trees
to
people
and
using
the
tree
Equity
score
tool
to
really
prioritize
who
get
who
gets
what
tree
and
how
are
we
making
sure
the
trees
are
going
to
the
the
properties
that
are
most
in
need
of
of
more
trees?
AP
AQ
Thank
you
Jennifer
and
council
members,
Deputy
Mayor
and
mayor
Robinson
for
having
us
tonight,
I'm
excited
to
report
on
our
city,
hall,
operation
or
sorry,
our
sustainability
and
Municipal
operations.
We
continue
to
focus
on
building
Energy,
Efficiency
and
Fleet
electrification,
as
those
are
our
two
largest
sectors
of
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
We're
focused
focused
on
our
largest
buildings,
being
Bellevue
service
center
and
City
Hall,
looking
at
how
we
can
improve
Energy
Efficiency
at
that
building,
building
decarbonization
as
well
as
adding
solar.
AQ
So
we
are
trying
to
offset
that
with
the
grant
opportunities
that
are
coming
available,
that
connect
solar
to
EV,
we're
evaluating
those
opportunities
and
looking
at
this
building
holistically
holistically
to
make
sure
that
we're
making
some
very
efficient
decisions
with
how
we're
operating
that
building
we're
very
excited,
because
this
does
not
only
reduce
greenhouse
gas
emissions
but
also
generates
operational
savings
for
buildings
for
City
Hall
I'm
happy
to
report
that
we
are
compliant
with
our
Energy
Efficiency
targets
and
the
Washington
State
clean
building
standard.
AQ
Although
we
do
still
have
to
go
through
the
compliance
process
for
City
Hall,
we
will
be
starting
our
Fleet
electrification
analysis
at
City,
Hall,
City,
Hall
houses,
a
lot
of
our
light
duty
fleets,
and
we
need
to
support
additional
infrastructure
here
so
that
we
can
support
the
adoption
of
electric
vehicles
at
the
department
level.
So
those
are
two
big
focuses
for
us
at
City,
Hall
and
Bellevue
service
center.
AQ
For
this
next
year,
we
continue
to
implement
ongoing
operational
savings
through
lighting
projects,
as
well
as
building
installation
projects
as
well,
we're
still
pursuing
Green,
Building
certification
programs
at
firestation,
5
and
10,
and
also
looking
at
the
infrastructure
required
for
the
electric
fire
engine
that
we
received.
A
grant
for
all
of
these
projects
are
ongoing.
We
have
been
working
with
parks
department
as
well
to
help
them
prepare
for
compliance
with
the
clean
buildings
act
as
well.
So
we
are
looking
at
those
Partnerships
and
how
to
efficiently
plan
and
get
ahead
of
those
compliance
reporting
periods.
AP
Thank
you
so
yeah,
just
in
terms
of
new
initiatives,
so
the
the
new
staff
we've
brought
on
board
will
help
not
only
kind
of
scale
up
some
of
the
existing
work
we
started.
We
are
launching
a
few
new
initiatives
with
our
new
staff,
so
one
of
the
kind
of
most
exciting
ones
is
the
Wilburton
sustainable,
District
opportunity
assessment.
AP
So,
as
we've
been
going
through
the
implementation
of
the
Wilburton
Vision,
you
know,
there's
obviously
quite
a
few
already
and
really
exciting
Transit
oriented
development,
walkability
bike
infrastructure
projects
underway
and
there's
really
been
kind
of
an
emergence
of
more
opportunities
to
really
kind
of
further
enhance
the
sustainability
of
the
neighborhood.
So
this
project
will
really
be
happening.
Kind
of
in
parallel
to
the
Wilburton
policy
and
code
work
to
look
at.
AP
How
could
we,
you
know
work
with
the
stakeholders,
see
what
the
opportunities
might
be
to
really
further
some
of
these
sustainability
ideas
that
have
come
up
kind
of
through
the
planning
process,
such
as
District
energy,
Green
Building.
You
know
renewable
energy,
low
impact
development
Etc,
so
this
project
will
really
kind
of
build
on
some
of
the
visioning.
That's
already
happened
and
there's
different
example
and
Frameworks
for
sustainable
districts.
So
we're
going
to
look
at
some
of
those
different
ways
to
potentially
approach
this
for
Wilburton
there's.
AP
You
know
how
there's
lead
for
Green
Building,
there's
a
similar
program
for
neighborhoods.
That's
one
potential,
there's
another
kind
of
framework
called
Eco
districts
that
provides
a
bit
of
a
structure
for
neighborhoods
that
want
to
really
kind
of
implement,
city-wide
sustainability
goals
at
the
neighborhood
level.
So
Justice
is
going
to
be
leading
that
work
working
closely
with
our
strategic
planning
group
and
working
on
this.
AP
Also,
in
conjunction
with
the
the
planning
team
working
on
the
Wilburton
policy
code
and
Urban
Design
guidelines,
the
electric
vehicle
road
map,
this
is
kind
of
a
fancy
term
for
our
electric
vehicle
plan,
but
to
really
help
us
identify
where
in
the
city
could
we
use
additional
electric
vehicle
charging
infrastructure
where
some
of
the
gaps
and
some
of
the
the
barriers
to
our
residents
going
out
and
buying
electric
vehicles?
I
think
you
know
a
lot
of
the
the
challenges
are
obviously
around.
AP
You
know
some
of
the
costs,
but
also
the
the
charging
constraints.
Most
people
like
to
charge
their
vehicles
either
at
home
or
at
work.
We
have
a
large
and
growing
population
in
our
in
multi-family
buildings
in
Bellevue.
So
how
might
we
best
support
some
of
those
residents?
This
is
you
know,
potentially
through
Partnerships,
with
private
companies
that
are
providing
EV
charging
infrastructure
grants
working
with
PSE
to
help
them
direct
some
of
their
Investments
strategically
in
Bellevue.
So
we're
excited
for
this
effort
we're.
AP
We
think
this
will
really
help
prepare
us
for
some
of
the
grant
funding
that's
coming
next
year,
both
from
the
state
and
the
the
federal
government
we've
heard
from
funders
in
the
past
that
they
often
like
to
see
cities
with
this
sort
of
plan,
so
Colin's
going
to
be
leading
that
work
and,
at
the
same
time
continuing
to
to
track
all
of
the
different
funding
opportunities,
so
yeah,
one
of
the
other,
really
kind
of
ongoing
bodies
of
work,
but
we
definitely
have
much
more
capacity
for
it
now
and
there's
also
a
huge
influx
of
funding,
especially
from
the
federal
government,
around
grants.
AP
So
with
our
additional
staff
capacity.
We
are,
you
know,
especially
over
the
next
year
or
two
going
to
be
focused
on
acquiring
more
grant
funding
to
to
support
a
number
of
the
different
projects
we've
mentioned
both
for
capital
projects,
but
also
for
some
of
our
our
programming,
like
the
Energy
Smart
East
Side
program,.
AP
So
yeah
to
begin
to
wrap
things
up
just
in
terms
of
next
steps.
We
do
have
a
few
different
reports
and
studies
coming
out
over
the
next
few
months.
The
climate
vulnerability
assessment
will
be
complete
at
the
end
of
this
month.
The
tree
canopy
assessment
is
a
little
bit
delayed.
AP
Our
consultant
is
is
working
on
it,
though,
and
we
are
hoping
to
have
that,
hopefully,
by
also
released
by
the
end
of
this
month,
the
greenhouse
gas
emissions
inventory
we're
doing
a
slightly
different
approach
to
that
this
year,
working
with
the
other
East
Side
cities
in
a
consultant
to
make
sure
all
of
our
our
methods
are
standardized
and
consistent.
That
will
be
ready
at
the
end
of
this
year,
so
at
our
fourth
quarterly
update
to
council,
we'll
we'll
come
back
with
that
update.
So
that's
for
the
2022
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
AP
So
those
are
some
of
the
kind
of
three
big
reports
that
tree
canopy
or
the
tree.
Giveaway
is
coming
up
in
about
a
month
and
a
half,
and
then
we
have
a
couple
other
events,
the
clean
building
Symposium
at
the
end
of
September
and
then
we'll
be
looking
at
doing
a
town
hall
for
our
residents
around
the
end
of
the
year,
but
we
haven't
set
a
date
yet
yeah,
so
that
again
just
recap:
this
was
for
information.
Only
no
direction
or
action
is
being
requested
and
yeah.
We
can.
A
F
Oh
well,
thank
you.
First
of
all,
so
so
excited
to
have
six
new
staff.
I
mean
truly
believe
that
you're
a
force
multiplier
to
launch
us
even
more
into
getting
to
50
reduction
by
2030,
so
really
excited
with
all
the
work
that
you're
doing.
You
know
seeing
the
the
Bellevue
2030
working
with
property
owners,
which
was
a
sticky
point
of
of
how
to
get
at
that
the
Wilburton,
sustainable
district
and
and
getting
to
the
neighborhood
level
so
excited
to
see
Justice's
work
there
and
the
weatherization,
because
we've
heard
about
rents
going
up.
F
So
if
we
can
reduce
energy
costs
for
our
community,
that's
going
to
be
really
important.
I
am
curious
about
what
level
of
so
I'm
just
going
to
throw
my
questions
out
there
and
you
can
answer
or
get
back
to
me.
The
access
to
Federal
grant
funding
from
the
inflation
reduction
act
really
want
to
get
a
better
understanding
of
that
and
some
of
the
tax
credits
that
are
associated
with
it
and
what
we
might
be
able
to
do
associated
with
that
on
the
items
that
were
not
started
yet
I
saw
that
some
of
them
were
EV.
F
Readiness
so
seems
like
maybe
that
one
we
actually
are
starting
on
with
with
Colin
and
I
know
that
King
County
Metro,
they
just
had
a
presentation
to
the
tri
Transportation
boards
about
some
of
the
work
that
they're
doing
and
to
the
degree
we
can
collaborate
on
their
EV
infrastructure
on
the
community,
solar
I'm
wondering
for
Genesee,
whether
we
can
do
something
related
to
community
solar.
It
sounds
like
there
might
be
a
bill
com,
that's
sitting
in
the
legislature
that
we
might
be
able
to
advocate,
for
that,
helps
us
with
Community
solar.
F
So,
even
though
it's
in
the
not
yet
started
I,
just
wonder
if
there's
something
we
can
do
there,
the
the
wedge
analysis
I
just
want
to
confirm,
because
what
I
heard
with
psrc
is
that
they're
actually
trying
to
consolidate
the
the
calculations.
So
when
you
said
that
about
the
East
Side
cities,
I
think
that
probably
means
that
we're
doing
that
more
Consolidated
together
as
part
of
psrc
and
then.
Lastly,
they
also
talked
about
an
expert
review
panel.
F
That's
gonna
that
they
convened
over
the
next
couple
of
months
as
part
of
psrc
for
their
climate
work
program
and
that
they
were
going
to
be
coming
up
with
some
discussions
and
perhaps
recommendations
in
Q4
and
q1.
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
we're
tied
into
that
so
that
whatever
they're
doing,
we
can
be
jointly
doing
advocacy
and
and
each
carrying
more
water
for
each
other.
Because
I'm
super
excited
about
all
the
work
we're
doing
with
the
78
actions.
F
But
there
still
are
a
number
of
them
that
we
haven't
started
and
and
I
I
just
have
a
belief
that
going
from
three
staff
to
to
nine
that
we're
just
going
to
be
a
force
to
be
reckoned
with,
to
really
get
at
that
climate
action.
So
super
excited
for
your
work
and-
and
thank
you
so
much
for
making
making
progress.
So
I
did
have
a
couple
questions
embedded
in
there.
Okay,
yeah.
AP
I
tried
to
capture
them,
so,
let's
see
with
the
the
IRA
tax
credits.
That
is
something
so
that's
the
inflation
reduction
tax
credits
for
related
to
Energy
Efficiency.
We
are
trying
to
promote
those
through
the
Energy,
Smart
East
Side
program.
I,
think
you
know
we
can
I
think
there's
probably
opportunity
to
do
a
little
more
around
that
there
also
have
been
some
new
interpretations
on
the
tax
credits
and
how
they
may
actually
apply
to
to
local
governments
and
non-profits.
So
I
there's
a
little
more
work.
AP
We
can
do
there
to
make
sure
we're
kind
of
taking
taking
advantage
of
everything
for
ourselves
and
for
nonprofits
in
the
community
and
also
for
our
residents,
but
that
yeah
that's,
definitely
something
that
as
part
of
energy
smart,
East
Side,
we
are
promoting
as
a
benefit
for
some
of
the
the
not
started
actions
yeah.
AP
Some
of
those
are
a
little
bit
of
a
gray
area
where
you
know
we
have
maybe
done
a
little
work,
but
we
haven't
launched
like
an
official
project,
yet
so
I
think
we'll
probably
have
more
to
report
on
those
you
know
at
the
next
Council
update.
AP
We
can
definitely
follow
up
with
Genesee
and
the
intergovernment
relations
on
the
community,
solar
Bill
I'm,
not
totally
remembering
the
specifics
of
that
from
the
last
session,
but
yeah.
We
can
definitely
look
into
that
with
the
wedge
analysis.
Work
we're!
That's
all
you.
AQ
We
have
Sultan
so
we're
all
working
together,
we're
trying
to
streamline
it
so
that
we're
all
on
the
same
page
in
terms
of
our
methodology.
So
it's
very
consistent
with
what
King
County
has
done
and
what
we're
rolling
out
across
the
five
cities-
and
yes,
psrc,
is
a-
is
one
of
our
source
status.
So
we.
AQ
AP
Yeah
but
I
follow
up
on
that
I
think
the
tool
we're
using
is
based
on
work.
Our
consultant
did
for
psrc
I
think
last
year,
the
year
before,
so
we're
just
getting
a
more
kind
of
updated
and
Bellevue
specific
version
of
it
yeah
and
then
the
the
expert
panel
for
the
the
climate
work
with
psrc.
AP
We
definitely
are
you
know,
Staffing
those
various
commissions
and
within
the
city,
kind
of
working
across
departments
and
staff
when
it,
the
psrc,
has
definitely
been
taking
up
more
climate
related
topics,
so
we're
definitely
plugged
into
that,
but
we'll
we'll
just
circle
back
on
that.
One
make
sure
we
didn't
miss
anything.
A
Thank
you
thanks.
Deputy
Mir,
oh.
B
These
updates
coming
to
us
and
always
very
timely,
as
we
keep
moving
this
initiative
forward.
I
really
just
have
one
quick
question,
oh
and
welcome
staff
welcome
aboard
is
we've
done
somewhat
of
a
a
tree,
canopy
assessment,
meaning
that
we
know
the
neighborhoods
that
have
less
of
a
tree
canopy
than
others.
You
had
mentioned
that
you're,
you
you,
you
kind
of
do
a
rating
or
you
prioritize
those
so
Mike.
B
My
question
to
you
is:
can
we
emphasize
additional
Outreach
to
those
neighborhoods
that
have
a
stronger
need
for
more
trees
right
now
versus
waiting
for
those
applications
to
come
in?
Can
we
do
some
Outreach
say
Hey?
You
know
this
neighborhood
has
been
identified
as
having
a
lower
tree
canopy
than
most
other
neighborhoods
in
our
city.
Would
you
be
interested
in
a
tree
giveaway?
How
can
we
help
facilitate
that?
Are
we
doing
anything
like
that
right
now?
If
not,
can
we.
AP
Yes,
yeah
we
are,
we
have
tried
to
do
some,
some
tabling.
You
know
in
particular
in
the
neighborhoods
that
have
lower
tree
canopy.
Some
of
our
online
Outreach
has
really
been
through
social
media.
You
can
kind
of
Target
more
zip
codes
and
that
sort
of
thing,
so
we've
done
that
we've
also
had
our
materials
translated
and
are
working
with
our
cultural
Outreach
assistance
to
do
more
in
language,
Outreach
and
engagement.
AP
So
we
in
general
yeah,
we
have
been
trying
to
Target
those
neighborhoods
that
have
a
lower
tree
canopy
to
really
encourage
those
residents.
Okay,
okay.
E
A
E
Member
Stokes
yeah
to
to
riff
off
of
that
I
was
going
to
ask
this
is
related
to.
Where
are
we
on
the
tree
code
itself?
You
know
the
not
what
people
can
cut
down
or
not
and
all
that
we're
I
know
we're
making
progress.
Where
are
we
now
yeah.
AP
Right
now,
the
development
services
team
is
in
the
process
of
really
reviewing
the
the
existing
code
looking
at
codes
from
from
neighboring
cities
and
best
practices-
and
you
know,
starting
to
kind
of
prepare
some
recommendations
for
for
potential
updates.
Okay,.
E
E
The
other
thing
is
you
mentioned
that
about
the
fire
department
and
it's
really
exciting
to
have
a
first
real
electric
fire
truck
and
hopefully
we'll
get
more
of
those
in
the
future,
but
that
that's
a
big
step
forward
really
excited
about
that
and
the
other
one
you're
starting
to
do
work,
and
this
is
going
to
be
really
helpful-
that
we're
doing
this
work
in
a
new
area
that
we're
working
on
what
we've
been
working
on
for
10
years
and
getting
ready
for
Wilburton,
but
the
Wilburton
sustainability
District
opportunity
is
really
great
and
that's
something
we
again
I
think
we
really
haven't
done
that
in
in
development
of
other
areas.
E
In
the
past
this
always
comes
behind.
So
it's
really
good
of
pushing
this
as
part
of
it
going
forward,
how's
that
going
so
far
and
what
he,
what
you
know
and
obviously
come
back
to
us
and
when
you
can
help
on
some
things
on
that.
But
how
do
you
think
that's
going
so
far.
AP
Yeah
I'd
say
we're
kind
of
just
getting
started
on
the
the
more
kind
of
official
part
of
that
work.
I'd
say:
we've
been
kind
of
doing
some
a
lot
of
pre-work
leading
up
to
it
to
understand
what
the
opportunities
are.
Some
of
the
workshops
we
had
as
a
follow-up
from
the
the
I
sustain
trip
to
Denmark
and
really
kind
of
helped
pave
the
way.
K
AP
This
work,
but
now
this
is
kind
of
a
the
more
sort
of
formal
project
where
we'll
be
looking
at
really
kind
of
developing
some
of
these
ideas
further.
So
so
far
so
good,
we
are
bringing
on
a
consultant
to
help
us
with
this
work
and
really
kind
of
incorporate
some
of
these
ideas
into
more
of
like
the
the
code
and
the
Urban
Design
guidelines,
and
that
sort
of
thing
is
as
we
go
through,
that
process.
A
I'll
come
back
to
you,
okay,
let
me
just
I'll
call
on
you
in
a
second
I
think
we
all
want
to
know.
How
likely
are
we
to
reach
our
2030
climate
goals
by
2030.
AP
Well,
I
think
we'll
we'll
see
where
the
new
true
canopy
or
the
new
updated
greenhouse
gas
emissions
inventory
is
I
think
to
a
certain
extent,
you
know
we're
almost
at
a
sort
of
re-establishing
a
baseline,
where
we're
at
now
coming
out
of
covid
I.
Think
2022
will
will
have
been
sort
of
the
kind
of
new
normal.
If
you
will
so
I
I
think
we'll
we'll
see
where
we're
at
in
terms
of
our
emissions
and
I.
Think
now
you
know,
starting
now.
AP
We
really
have
this
solid
foundation
as
a
city
to
move
forward
more
aggressively.
I.
Think
a
lot
of
you
know
so
in
terms
of
achieving
our
2030
goals.
Some
of
that
will
be
dependent
on
state
legislation
being
fully
enacted,
so
the
clean
energy
transformation
act
that
will
requires
utilities
to
transition
to
100
renewable
energy
that
that's
obviously
a
a
critical
one
that
impacts
our
success.
So
we're
you
know
paying
attention
to
that.
AP
Some
of
the
other
state
legislation
has
an
impact
and,
and
then
of
course,
the
work
we
do
throughout
through
our
programs
as
well,
so
yeah
so
I
think
through
through
our
programs.
We
definitely
are,
as
we
bring
on
the
new
staff.
We
will
be
looking
at
okay.
What
do
we
need
to
do
to
get
from
where
we
are
now
to
2030
to
achieve
our
our
goals?
So
the
wedge
analysis
will
definitely
help
inform
that,
as
as
we
update
that
data
okay.
C
You
show
a
lot
of
electric
charging
stations
so
what
I'll
be
doing
to
move
forward?
You
know
on
the
city's
use
of
electric
vehicle
and
maybe
in
general,
what's
the
application
any
of
the
autonomous
vehicle
first
question.
Second,
question
is:
what
are
we
doing
to
further
expand
the
use
of
solar
at
our
city
facilities?
Thank
you.
AQ
Thank
you
yeah
great
question.
For
for
the
fleet,
electrification
component,
we
are
focused
on
getting
renewable
energy
to
our
buildings
through
solar,
so
we
are
looking
at
solar,
expanding
the
solar
that
exists
at
Bellevue
service
center,
as
well
as
opportunities
for
Solar
City
Hall.
So
there
are
new
grants
that
are
coming
available,
or
one
was
just
released
today.
Actually
so
looking
at
those
opportunities
and
those
Grant
requirements
to
see
how
we
can
back
into.
That
is
something
that
we,
of
course
evaluate
every
time
a
grant
comes
available.
AQ
AQ
So
right
now
we're
in
the
phase
of
of
taking
a
look
holistically
at
how
we
can
provide
that
electrical
infrastructure
to
the
buildings
so
that
we
have
the
opportunity
to
purchase
electric
vehicles
there,
but
with
the
grants
that
have
come
available
and
those
opportunities
to
partner
with
public
charging
facilities
and
and
other
opportunities
with
PSC,
as
they
roll
out
their
incentive
programs
we're
in
touch
with
them
and
looking
at
the
most
effective
way
to
move
forward,
especially
with
a
market
that
is
changing
very
quickly
in
terms
of
the
technology.
AQ
So
we
want
to
be
very
confident
about
the
technology
that
we're
installing
and
how
we're
going
about
this.
So
we
have
hired
a
consultant
and
we're
working
with
them
to
evaluate
both
of
our
largest
facilities,
and
then
we
also
want
to
roll
it
out
at
our
smaller
facilities
as
well.
Also,
it
requires
an
engineering
analysis
of
those
facilities
to
understand
what
their
electrical
capacity
is.
So
we're
in
that
that
audit
phase,
where
we
need
to
better
understand
what
the
Gap
is
between
what
the
existing
infrastructure
can
offer
and
what
we
need
in
terms
of
Fleet.
AQ
C
AQ
The
as
mentioned
earlier,
the
inflation
reduction
Act
is
a
Federal
grant,
so
they're
they're,
Rolling
Out
programs
for
building
electrification
and
EV
support.
The
Washington
department
of
Washington
State
Department
of
Commerce
is
the
one
that
released
a
64
million
dollar
Grant
today
for
DC
fast
charging,
as
well
as
level
2
Charging.
We're
also
looking
at
enrolling
all
of
our
city-owned
charging
stations
in
the
clean
fuel
standard
program,
which
offers
an
incentive
a
credit
per
se
for
the
amount
of
kilowatt
hours
used
in
any
vehicle.
G
Just
a
really
quickly
think.
First,
thank
you
for
the
update.
Welcome
to
the
new
hires
in
terms
of
the
earlier
question
about
broader
Outreach
to
the
community.
G
I
think
I
may
have
raised
before
in
terms
and
sorry
I'm,
putting
my
tech
hat
on
in
terms
of
a
way
to
keep
it
top
of
mind
and
I
I'm
gonna
say
an
app
where,
through
the
Bellevue,
my
Bellevue
app,
but
the
bigger
Point
here
I
think
is
how
do
we
keep
it
top
of
mind
for
community
members
like,
as
somebody
is
thinking
about
whether
what
kind
of
car
they're
going
to
get
or
whether
they're
going
to
replace
their
roof
or
like
want
to
do
solar
like
how
do
we
get
in
before
they
make
those
decisions
by
keeping
them
aware
proactively?
AP
Yeah
I
think
just
kind
of
more
generally
with
our
Outreach
now
that
we
do
have
more
capacity
to
kind
of
do
kind
of
more
sustained
Outreach
to
the
community
around
climate
and
sustainability
issues.
Not
just
you
know,
Project
Specific
Sophia
is
putting
together
a
survey
for
our
residents
to
kind
of
just
gather
more
information
around
people's
interests,
kind
of
how
what
engagement
is
working.
You
know
which
ways
people
prefer
to
learn
about
different
things
and
engage
with
us,
so
I
think
we
are
really
looking
at
more
strategically.
AP
How
can
we
kind
of
reach
a
broader
audience
with
our
work
and
then
also
just
kind
of
continue
to
keep
people
engaged
and
then
yeah,
more
specifically,
just
with
electric
vehicles
with
the
EV
road
map,
or
also
mapping
out
what
that
Outreach
will
look
like,
but
we
kind
of
want
to
get
a
better
sense.
You
know
of
the
residents
in
Bellevue,
just
I
think
we.
AP
We
know
that
we
are
kind
of
on
a
little
more
on
the
Leading
Edge
side
of
things
with
adopting
electric
vehicles,
but
would
love
to
just
have
a
little
more
kind
of
data
to
back
some
of
that
up.
That's
more
specific
to
our
community,
so
I
think
with
that
as
well
will
be
doing
some
Outreach
to
and
really
wanting
to
also
hear
from
A
diversity
of
our
residents.
AN
AP
G
I'll
just
use
an
example,
as
a
in
terms
of
modifying
Behavior
driving
behavior
right,
Google
Maps
now
shows
you
like
a
route
that
you
can
take.
That
is
more
environmentally
conscious
right
like
how
would
you
do
it
like
it'd,
be
tough
to
do
that
without
having
it
at
your
fingertip
in
that
moment,
so
just
trying
to
think
about
ways
you
can
scale
it.
R
E
Are
you
putting
taking
into
account
working
with
these
Trail
and
the
grand
Connection
in
that,
and
that
that
certainly
is
an
area
that
we
can
have
a
lot
of
opportunity
and
rebuilding
that
whole
place
and
making
it
Greater
and
putting
all
that
in,
and
it's
going
to
be,
as
we've
developed
that
area
it's
going
to
be
a
challenge
too,
in
terms
of
how
do
we
make
that
you
know
environmentally
friendly,
as
we
do
that
so,
but
that
that's
kind
of
on
your
radar
as
well.
AM
AP
AP
Of
those
more
specific
elements
but
yeah
I
think
we're
we're
definitely
tackling
those
two
things
as
an
integrated
project.
Great.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
It
was
a
good
discussion,
great
presentation,
nice
to
meet
all
of
you
welcome.
Community
has
been
waiting
for
you
for
a
long
time.