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A
To
a
regular
bellevue
city
council
meeting
on
this
beautiful
evening
of
may
excuse
me
june
7,
2021
subbing
in
for
charmaine
tonight
we
as
clerk,
we
have
karen
roberts
so
clerk.
Could
you
please
call
the
role.
C
D
E
A
Council
members
on,
could
you
please
lead
us
in
the
flag
salute?
Oh
yes,
mayor.
A
C
Thank
you
mayor
my
honor
to
do
so.
The
proclamation
reads
as
follows:
whereas
the
city
of
bellevue
is
a
welcoming
community
that
firmly
believes
in
the
city
council's
vision
statement.
Bellevue
welcomes
the
world.
Our
diversity
is
our
strength.
A
Thank
you.
The
next
one
is
a
bike
everywhere
month,
proclamation
which
we
normally
do
in
june,
because
that's
normally
when
bike
everywhere
month
is,
but
they
tricked
us
and
they
did
it
may
instead.
But
since
you
should
be
biking
everywhere
every
month,
we're
gonna
do
it
now,
anyway,
so
councilmember
barksdale.
Could
you
please
read
that
proclamation.
A
B
I
Oh
all,
right
fantastic.
I
definitely
won't
take
the
three
minutes.
I
live
over
here
in
lake
hills
next
to
the
temple
binay
torah
and
I
just
want
to
give
the
council
a
data
point
a
positive
one.
By
the
way,
you
probably
don't
hear
those
too
much,
but
there
is
a
tent
city
encamped
presently,
and
I
believe
that
they're
going
to
be
asking
for
an
extension
sometime
soon
and
I
wanted
to
let
you
know
that
there's
absolutely
nothing
going
on.
I
There's
no
trash,
there's
no
shopping
carts,
nobody
wandering
around
aimlessly,
there's
no
noise,
there's
no
smells
there,
it's
just
it's
just
neighbors,
so
I
just
wanted
to
let
you
know
that
and
that
I
support
what's
what's
going
on
over
there
and
you
know
their
activity,
and
you
know
just
before
this.
The
lgbt
month
proclamation
was
read,
and
I
was
as
I
was
listening
to
that.
I
I
you
know
heard
that
there's
going
to
be
flags
race
and
that
sort
of
thing
which
is
great
but
action's
even
better-
and
you
know-
and
also
I
think
there
was
something
about
having
a
significant
percentage
of
the
lgbtq
youth
as
homeless.
We
can
support
them
by
continuing
to
support
tbt
their
encampment
over
there,
the
the
tent
city.
So
that's
all
I've
got
to
say,
and
I
thank
you
very
much
for
your
time
and
consideration.
B
J
Okay,
thank
you.
I
just
wanted
to
report
to
the
council,
I'm
a
I'm,
a
member
of
temple,
benetora
and
an
officer
of
the
synagogue,
and
I
also
live
in
the
neighborhood,
and
I
just
wanted
to
let
you
know
that
things
are
going
well
with
the
encampment.
J
We
haven't
had
any
security
issues
or
anything
too
serious
happen.
We
had
one
resident
of
the
encampment
go
to
the
hospital
with
a
health
issue,
which
was,
you
know,
scary,
but
he
seems
to
be
on
the
mend
now
and
it
wasn't
anything
related
to
the
encampment.
J
It
was
just
something
that
went
wrong
with
his
body
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
the
council
for
updating
that
ordinance
that
allowed
us
to
bring
this
group
back
to
bellevue
and
also
thank
you
to
our
neighbors,
who
have
been
so
welcoming
and
helpful,
bringing
over
meals
and
other
things
and
generally
having
a
really
positive
experience,
and
that's
about
all
I
had
to
say
thank.
K
Good
evening,
mayor
robinson
and
council
members,
I
have
one
item
under
the
city
manager's
report
to
report
on
this
evening.
This
is
a
really
good
news
story
that
highlights
multiple
wars.
We
have
received
on
our
spring
boulevard
transportation
projects
with
that
I
am
going
to
turn
it
over
to
andrew
singhalakis,
our
transportation
director,
to
provide
you
more
details
about
these
awards.
Andrew.
L
L
L
This
is
just
for
information.
Only
no
direction
is
needed.
I'll
give
you
a
really
really
brief
construction
history
project
features,
project
awards
and
then
thank
yous
to
staff
and
others
who
made
the
project
possible.
L
And,
as
you
can
see,
there's
just
one
segment
of
a
larger
project,
but
for
this
particular
segment
it
was
a
lot
of
in
the
in
the
works,
so
it
started
out
in
2016
and
it
went
until
the
ribbon
cutting
last
october.
L
In
some
of
the
features
of
the
project,
it
created
a
new
half
mile,
multimodal
road
with
sidewalks
and
bike
lanes
and
everything
attached
to
it:
two
bridges,
one
over
east
link
and
the
other
one
over
east
rail,
four
lanes
with
turn
pockets,
five
new
traffic
signals
and
an
upgrade
to
water
infrastructure.
In
the
area
and
again,
we
did
really
a
state-of-the-art
project
with
everything
separated
by
in
pen
facilities,
a
multi-use
path
and
a
pedestrian
scramble
near
the
east
link
station.
L
That's
where,
when
the
traffic,
when
the
light
signal
turns
to
walk,
you
can
go
in
any
different
direction,
which
is
something
that's
needed
for
a
high
pedestrian
environments
and
also
we
looked
at
the
bell
red
vision
for
ideas
on
urban
design,
for
the
design
of
the
project,
low
impact
development,
bio
retention,
swales
and
also
advanced
landscaping
to
complement
future
transit-oriented
development
and
the
project
is
completed.
L
L
The
american
public
works
association,
2021
project
of
the
year
for
25
to
75
million
dollar
category
seattle,
chapter
of
the
american
society
of
civil
engineers
and
the
washington
chapter
of
the
american
council
of
engineering
companies,
and
with
that
I
want
to
send
out
a
a
big
thank
you
for
staff
he's
not
listed
here,
but
ron
kessick
is
the
assistant
director
of
a
capital
project.
L
Steve
costa
is
the
project
manager
along
with
ting,
ting,
ma,
brad,
wheeler
and
todd
hopkins.
Your
work
is
very
much
appreciated
and
then
also
to
hdr
engineering,
johansen,
excavating,
klb
construction
into
west
construction
and
also
some
of
our
stakeholders,
sound
transit
and
right
run
staff,
and
with
that
that
concludes
my.
M
A
All
right,
thank
you.
We
are
on
to
consent
calendar.
Do
I
have
a
motion
to
approve
the
consent
calendar?
I.
A
K
Yes,
thank
you
mayor
robinson
and
council
members.
The
first
item
on
the
agenda
is
the
state
law
required
open
government
training
for
the
council,
but
with
that
I
am
going
to
turn
this
over
to
kathy
guerla.
Our
city
attorney
for
more
details
about
this
training,
as
well
as
to
introduce
introduce
our
guests
this
evening.
So
kathy.
N
Thank
you,
mr
miyaki
good
evening
council.
As
mr
miyaki
mentioned,
the
training
tonight
is
mandated
by
the
state.
The
state
legislature
has
required
that
all
elected
officials
receive
refresher
training,
at
least
every
four
years
on
the
open
public
meetings,
act,
public
records
act
and
state
record
retention
requirements
joining
us
tonight
to
provide
that
training
are
jessica,
skelton
and
matt
siegel
ms
skelton
and
mr
siegel
are
attorneys
with
the
pacifica
law
group.
They
each
have
extensive
experience.
N
So
tonight
they
will
cover
the
basics
of
some
of
these
laws
as
a
refresher,
as
well
as
hot
topics
and
new
developments.
That
may
have
happened
in
the
last
couple
of
years.
There
is
no
action
being
asked
of
the
council
tonight.
This
is
to
meet
the
mandatory
training
requirements
and
with
that
I
will
turn
it
over
to
jessica
and
matt
to
give
their
presentation,
and
they,
of
course,
will
are
also
here
tonight
to
answer
any
questions
that
any
council
members
may
have
as
part
of
the
training
so
jessica.
G
Thank
you
very
much
kathy
for
that
introduction,
and
it's
nice
to
be
here
tonight
at
least
virtually
and
see
your
faces
again
and
some
of
you.
For
the
first
time,
I've
worked
with
the
city
of
bellevue
for
almost
15
years
now
in
a
variety
of
capacities
and
as
kathy
mentioned
matt,
and
I
have
provided
this
training
a
few
times
in
the
past.
G
O
Yes,
thank
you
jessica.
Thank
you
kathy
mayor
robertson
and
council
members.
It's
really
a
pleasure
to
be
back
here.
I've
actually
worked
with
the
city
as
outside
council
for
over
20
years
now,
and
I
do
know
many
of
you-
and
many
of
you
have
also
seen
a
version
of
this
presentation
before
and
those
of
you
who
have
you'll
be
happy
to
know.
O
We
do
have
some
new
material
for
you
tonight,
so
stay
tuned
jessica
is
gonna,
start
out
talking
about
open
meetings
and
executive
sessions,
and
then
I
will
come
back
to
cover
everybody's
favorite
topic
and
that
is
the
public
records
act.
So
with
that
jessica,
take
it
away.
G
As
I
mentioned,
the
open
public
meeting
act
applies
to
governing
bodies,
but
it's
not
just
limited
to
bodies
like
the
city
council.
It
actually
applies
to
all
the
boards
and
commissions
committees
of
the
council
or
other
policy
or
rule-making
bodies
of
a
public
agency
or
any
committee
thereof.
When
the
committee
takes
action
on
behalf
of
the
governing
body
and
there's
there's
actually
been
a
fair
bit
of
litigation
around.
What
is
a
committee
thereof?
G
So
the
opm,
a
basics
which
you
all
should
be
familiar
with
at
this
point,
are
first,
that
all
meetings
must
be
open
to
the
public,
except
for
authorized
executive
sessions,
and
there
are
some
additional
requirements,
which
is
that
there
must
be
a
notice
of
the
meeting.
There
must
be
a
published
agenda
and
published
meeting
minutes,
and
the
critical
requirement
is
that
when
city
business
is
received,
discussed
or
acted
upon,
a
quorum
of
members
of
the
governing
body
must
be
present
and
quorum
means
a
majority
of
the
members.
G
So,
as
I
mentioned,
agendas
are
required
to
comply
with
the
opma
and
they
must
be
posted
24
hours
before
the
meeting.
That's
something
that
city
staff
takes
care
of
for
you,
but
the
two
pieces
that
you
may
be
interested
in
are
that
first,
at
a
regular
meeting,
any
member
of
a
governing
body
can
move
to
amend
the
proposed
agenda
by
adding
an
item
or
proposing
another
change
and
that's
for
regularly
scheduled
meetings.
G
According
according
to
your
published
meeting
schedule,
you
can
also
convene
a
special
meeting
for
a
special
purpose
and
you
have
to
give
special
notice
for
those
types
of
meetings
and
when
you
do
that,
only
an
action
that
appears
on
the
agenda
for
the
special
meeting
can
be
taken
at
that
meeting.
You
cannot
add
items
to
an
agenda
for
a
special
meeting.
G
So
it
includes
things
like
the
receipt
of
public
testimony,
deliberations,
discussions,
considerations,
reviews,
evaluations
and
final
actions,
so
contrary
to
the
term
action,
it's
not
just
the
vote.
It's
everything!
That's
leading
up
to
that
when
you're
discussing
and
deliberating
and
considering
action
items
that
will
come
before
the
city
council
and
as
I
mentioned,
the
quorum
requirement
is
that
you,
no
action
can
be
taken
by
a
governing
body
except
when
you're
in
a
public
meeting.
G
Now
the
flip
side
of
that
is
that
a
meeting
actually
doesn't
take
place
if
a
quorum
is
not
present.
So
if
you
don't
have
a
majority
of
members
of
a
governing
body
present,
then
the
opma
does
not
apply
to
those
discussions
or
deliberations.
You
have
to
have
a
quorum
present
for
that,
but
if
you
take
action
by
a
quorum
of
members
outside
of
a
public
meeting,
that
is
a
violation
of
the
opma,
and
that
is
where
most
of
the
litigation
and
claims
that
arise
from
the
opma
occurs.
G
So
as
a
member
of
a
governing
body,
you
should
be
very
careful
not
to
take
action,
whether
intentionally
or
unintentionally,
outside
of
a
regularly
scheduled
public
meeting
or
a
properly
constituted
special
meeting
and
again
remember
the
broad
definition
of
action.
It's
not
just
voting,
it's
discussions
and
deliberations
and
everything
leading
up
to
that
final
action.
G
So,
as
I
mentioned,
the
action
outside
of
a
of
a
public
meeting
is
one
of
the
areas
where
there's
been
the
most
litigation
under
the
open
public
meetings
act
and
one
of
those
contexts
is
in
the
context
of
serial
meetings,
and
that
is
when
you
have
a
series
of
conversations
between
smaller
groups
that,
when
you
add
them
together,
could
constitute
a
quorum
and
would
make
what
occurred
a
meeting
within
the
meaning
of
the
open
public
meetings
act.
And
so
the
first
time
a
court
really
considered
an
issue
like
that
was
in
2001.
G
In
this
wood
versus
battleground
school
district
case,
where
the
court
held
that
an
exchange
of
emails
among
the
school
board.
Members
was
a
meeting
under
the
opma,
and
so
that
was
a
situation
where
a
couple
of
members
emailed
each
other
and
then
those
emails
were
forwarded
to
other
members
and
the
discussion
continued
and
at
some
point
a
quorum
was
reached,
and
so
they
were
discussing
an
issue
related
to
the
employment
of
someone
by
the
school
district.
G
And
so
the
important
thing
to
remember
out
of
this
is
that
opma
restrictions
apply,
regardless
of
the
form
of
communication
that
you're
engaging
in
whether
you're
texting,
making
online
comments,
sending
emails
phone
calls
or
in-person
conversations.
They
can
all
count
towards
constituting
a
serial
meeting
that
could
potentially
violate
the
opma.
G
Rather,
you
have
to
intend
to
collectively
transact
official
business
and
communicate
about
issues
that
may
or
will
come
before
the
council
for
a
vote
in
order
for
it
to
constitute
action
that
could
potentially
violate
the
opma.
So,
for
example,
I
know
it's
a
common
practice
where
city
staff
members
might
email
all
the
members
of
the
council
and
you're
all
receiving
information
about
things
that
could
come
before
you
as
a
governing
body.
That
is
not
an
opma
violation,
because
you
are
passively
receiving
that
information.
G
Four
council
members
then
participated
in
a
call
with
a
polling
consultant
about
the
way
that
the
head
tax
was
polling
and
the
fact
that
it
wasn't
very
popular
with
the
citizens
of
seattle,
and
so
those
council
members
discussed
the
fate
of
the
tax
with
that
consultant
wasn't
a
quorum
because
it
was
only
four
members
of
a
nine
member
council.
But
then
that
discussion
led
to
another
series
of
small
group
discussions
among
the
council
in
meetings,
phone
calls
and
electronic
communications
regarding
the
potential
repeal
of
the
tax
and
the
one
thing
that
occurred.
G
That
really
became
problematic
is
that
some
of
the
city
staff
members
were
starting
to
take
a
poll
of
where
the
council
members
potentially
were
on
the
head
tax
and,
in
the
meantime,
we're
preparing
a
press
release
about
the
fact
that
the
city
was
likely
going
to
adopt
a
repeal
of
the
tax
and
the
language
in
the
press.
Release
said
something
to
the
effect
of
a
majority
of
the
council.
Members
were
going
to
support
the
repeal
before
the
council.
G
Members
had
even
met
on
the
issue,
and
so
the
city
was
sued
and
although
the
opma
claim
was
initially
dismissed
at
the
lower
court,
the
court
of
appeals
actually
reversed
that
decision
on
the
basis
that
there's
potentially
sufficient
evidence
to
constitute
an
opma
violation
there,
and
so
you
know
something
like
wanting
to
know
about
where
various
council
members
are
on
an
issue-
is
a
particularly
risky
thing
to
engage
in
taking
a
poll
and
determining
whether
there's
a
majority
of
council
support
for
a
particular
issue.
G
G
Now,
another
situation
that
you
may
have
heard
about
also
in
the
new
news,
but
a
few
years
ago,
was
when
the
university
of
washington
board
of
regents
were
conducting
pre-meeting
dinners
at
a
private
location
and
that
also
risked
an
opma
violation.
And
so
this
is
the
kind
of
situation
that
comes
up
with
some
frequency.
G
G
If
you
think
that
there
could
be
more
than
three
members
present
or
there
are
more
than
three
members
present,
be
very
careful
not
to
take
action
and
remember
the
very
broad
definition
of
action
which
includes
discussing
any
issue
that
could
come
before
the
city.
And
if
you
have
concerns,
if
you,
if
you
want
to
attend
an
event,
you
don't
know.
G
G
Now
you
understand
and
as
you've
gone
through
this
training
several
times
that
most
issues
have
to
come
before
you
in
an
open
public
sec
session.
But
there
is
a
set
of
exceptions
to
that
and
those
are
executive
sessions
which
I'm
sure
you
all
have
participated
in
by
that
point
by
this
point.
But
the
key
thing
to
appreciate
here
is
that
these
executive
session
purposes
are
very
limited.
They
are
specified
by
statute
and
I've
included
some
of
the
most
commonly
used
executive
session
purposes
here.
G
So
they
include
things
like
selecting
or
considering
the
acquisition
of
real
estate
and
considering
the
minimum
price
at
which
real
estate
will
be
offered
for
sale,
reviewing
negotiations
on
the
performance
of
publicly
bid
contracts
receiving
and
evaluating
complaints
or
charges
brought
against
a
public
officer
or
employee.
Although
the
officer
or
employee
can
request
that
that
hearing
be
in
public
and
then
it
needs
to
be
held
publicly
evaluating
the
qualifications
of
an
applicant
for
public
employment
or
reviewing
the
performance.
P
G
Some
additional
executive
session
purposes
are
to
evaluate
the
qualifications
of
a
candidate
for
appointment
to
elective
office.
But
again
the
final
decision
needs
to
be
made
in
public
and
to
discuss
with
legal
counsel
representing
the
city,
matters
related
to
enforcement
actions,
pending
litigation
and
potential
litigation.
G
Now,
a
few
years
ago,
in
2017,
we
did
get
a
helpful
washington
supreme
court
decision
that
signaled
that
courts
are
going
to
interpret
these
executive
session
provisions
extremely
narrowly.
So
in
this
particular
case
the
port
of
vancouver
was
looking
to
purchase
some
property,
and
so
the
purpose
of
the
executive
session
was
the
minimum
price
at
which
real
estate
will
be
offered
for
sale
or
lease.
G
I
also
wanted
to
just
briefly
touch
on
the
concept
of
closed
sessions,
because
I
know
that
is
an
issue
that
has
come
up
for
the
city
recently
related
to
the
taguchi
lawsuit,
and
so
in
that
case
the
court
of
appeals
confirmed
some
language
in
the
opma
holding
that
certain
closed
sessions
are
actually
exempt
from
the
opma,
and
so
that
occurs
when
there's
a
meeting
of
a
quasi-judicial
body
that
relates
to
a
quasi-judicial
matter
between
name
parties
as
distinguished
from
a
matter
having
general
effect
and
when
you
have
that
it's
exempt
from
the
opma.
G
G
A
session
cannot
be
closed
if
you're,
acting
in
a
legislative
capacity
with
a
quorum.
In
that
instance,
the
only
exceptions
are
those
limited
exceptions
that
we
just
went
over
for
executive
sessions.
So
that's
the
distinction
between
executive
sessions
there.
There
are
the
sessions
that
you
can
convene
in
your
legislative
capacity,
whereas
a
closed
session
can
only
occur
when
you're
acting
like
a
court
does
in
that
quasi-judicial
capacity.
G
Finally,
I
just
want
to
touch
briefly
on
the
question
of
what
the
risk
is
of
an
opma
violation,
and
so
we
did
actually
also
just
receive
a
recent
decision
just
june.
First
on
this
about
the
fees
and
costs
that
can
be
imposed
against
the
city,
and
so,
in
that
case,
zinc
versus
the
city
of
mesa.
The
court
of
appeals
clarified
that
fees
and
costs
are
actually
mandatory
and
that
those
fees
and
costs
can
significantly
exceed
the
relatively
limited
penalties
that
can
be
imposed
under
the
act.
G
G
G
Obviously
you
all
are
here
serving
the
public
and
want
to
ensure
that
they
maintain
their
confidence
in
you
and
so
understanding
the
requirements
of
the
opma
is
is
a
part
of
making
sure
that
you
can
do
that.
So
I
will
pause
here
briefly
and
just
see
if
there
are
any
questions
that
I
can
answer
before.
A
H
Now
the
only
question
I
had
is
because
we,
during
a
normal
year
when
people
go
to
meetings,
you
know
and
events
there
are
a
lot
of
events
where
more
than
three
of
us
are
there
usually
in
a
very
big
room.
I
don't.
I
don't
think
it's
so
strict
that
you
can't.
You
absolutely
must
only
have
three
there,
but
I
would
I
guess
the
suggestion
is
that
if
there
are
four
or
more
we
we
don't
talk
to
each
other.
We
make
it
clear
that
we're
spread
around
and
not
getting
together.
G
Yeah,
I
think
I
think
it's
fine
to
talk
about
the
weather.
You
know
how's,
your
daughter,
those
kinds
of
things
are
are,
of
course,
okay.
I
think
it's
just
important
as
you
are
to
be
aware
of
how
many
of
you
are
present
at
an
event,
and
if
you
are,
then
you
have
to
avoid
taking
any
action
within
that
very
broad
definition.
G
You
don't
want
to
be
trapped
in
a
situation
where
there
are
four
of
you
who
are
you
know
discussing
with
you
know,
even
even
a
citizen,
an
issue
that
can
come
before
the
council.
You
know
that
would
be
a
violation.
O
Okay,
thank
you
very
much
jessica
and
the
public
records
act.
A
lot
of
cases
about
the
public
records
act
over
the
years,
hard
to
believe
that
it
started
out
as
a
citizens
initiative
back
in
the
early
1970s
part
of
a
string
of
those
types
of
initiatives
that
were
passed
around
the
country
after
watergate,
mirroring
the
federal
freedom
of
information
act
to
some
degree,
but
in
particular,
as
it's
developed
through
the
courts
in
washington,
much
broader
and
stronger
in
force
than
the
federal
law
and
you'll
probably
hear
or
have
heard
this
phrase.
O
That
appears
in
virtually
every
case
the
courts
have
considered
under
the
public
records
act,
and
it
does
emphasize
the
the
the
backdrop
at
which
the
courts
look
at
this
law,
and
also
the
important
thing
to
remember,
is
the
the
default
position
here,
which
is
essentially
that
anything
that
constitutes
a
public
record
and
we'll
talk
about
what
that
means
in
a
moment
is
subject
to
disclosure
upon
request.
Unless
there
is
a
specific,
legislatively
created
exemption
and
there
are
a
number
of
those
but
as
a
general
rule,
this
is
the
default.
O
So
if
you've
got
a
public
record
and
there's
no
legislative
exemption,
then
the
courts
don't
have
the
authority
to
say,
don't
turn
it
over
because
of
privacy
considerations
or
something
along
those
lines.
O
They're
gonna
liberally
construe
that
determination
to
address
the
question
of
whether
or
not,
if
it's
a
close
call,
the
record
should
be
disclosed,
and
even
here
in
our
own
public
records
act
rules
that
the
city
has
adopted.
We
reiterate
this
premise
that
the
the
act
and
the
rules
will
be
interpreted
in
favor
of
disclosure.
So
that's
the
backdrop
which
we're
operating
in
the
next
slide
you'll
see
that,
like
the
open
public
meetings
act,
we
also
have
mandatory
public
records,
act,
training
and
so
you're
checking
the
box
on
that
tonight
too.
O
But
training
is
something
that
comes
up
quite
frequently
actually
in
public
records
cases
when
they
go
to
court
and
the
fact
that
you've
been
trained
and
and
advised
on
some
of
the
key
issues
is
important
in
demonstrating
that
the
city
is
making
its
best
efforts
to
comply
with
the
statute
and
that
you
are
too,
as
officials
of
the
city.
O
So
what
is
a
public
record?
What
is
the
scope
of
the
pra
again
when
this
statute
was
adopted
back
in
the
early
1970s?
This
was
a
really
easy
question.
You
had
written
files
and
you
know
they
were
on
paper
and
if
somebody
wanted
to
get
a
copy
of
them,
they'd
get
a
copy
of
them
if
they
wanted
to
come
in
and
inspect
those
files
and
read
them
on
site,
they
could
do
that.
O
We
didn't
have
a
lot
of
questions
about
what
a
record
was
in
1974,
but
today
that's
become
one
of
the
biggest
questions
as
the
category
of
records
and
writings
has
become
more
and
more
expansive
over
time,
and
that's
because
of
the
way
that
we
manage
information,
the
way
that
we
communicate
the
way
that
we
store
data.
O
That
says
a
record
is
any
writing
containing
information
relating
to
the
conduct
of
government
or
the
performance
of
a
government
or
proprietary
function,
and
then
these
four
words
prepared
owned,
used
or
retained
by
the
city
in
this
case,
and
those
words
are
really
broad
when,
when
you
look
at
those
and
again
they're
they're
in
the
disjunctive,
so
any
of
those
four
things-
and
it
relates
to
the
conduct
of
government,
you've
got
a
public
record,
and
so
that
is
going
to
be
very,
very
broad.
O
And
if
you
look
on
the
next
slide,
what
you'll
see
is
that
we
have
all
sorts
of
questions
that
have
come
up
over
the
course
of
the
years
about
you
know
whether
different
types
of
stored
data
or
information
are
com,
our
public
record
in
washington
and
almost
every
time.
The
answer
is
yes.
O
If
you
have
data
that's
stored
in
a
database,
so
that,
in
order
to
respond
to
a
records
request,
you
could
compile
information
essentially
into
a
file
and
present
it.
That
is
a
public
record
and
you
actually
have
to
do
that.
You're
not
required
to
create
a
record
from
scratch.
O
If
somebody
says
you
know,
give
me
a
list
of
these
10
things
and
you
don't
have
a
list,
you're
not
required
to
create
it.
But
if
that
data
is
in
the
database
and
someone
can,
with
a
couple
of
keystrokes,
create
something
that
would
then
be
responsive,
this
case
said
you
would
have
to
do
that.
O
You're
also
not
required
as
a
requester
to
specifically
identify
what
that
list
or
what
the
record
might
be
called,
but
you
do
have
to
identify,
at
least
in
a
general
sense.
What
you're
looking
for
and
most
people
do,
that
by
asking
for
a
class
or
category
of
records
or
multiple
categories
of
records.
O
You
know
a
sufficiently
precise
request
under
the
statute.
So
when
you
look
at
the
history
of
how
we
have
addressed
various
forms
of
public
records
over
time,
we
can
go
back
a
little
over
20
years
ago.
Now,
to
a
time
when
most
people's
emails
were
on
aol
or
compuserve,
I'm
dating
myself,
but
and
it's
kind
of
quaint,
to
think
that
the
court
of
appeals
had
to
address
this
question
back
in
the
year
2000
as
to
whether
or
not
emails
were
a
public
record.
O
O
Certainly,
they
probably
a
top
the
volume
list
in
terms
of
records
that
get
searched
and
produced
over
the
course
of
the
requests
that
are
made
throughout
the
state
and
the
the
tiborino
case,
which
decided
that
emails
were
a
public
record
also
talked
about
this
question
of
whether
personal
emails
were
public
records
and
they
said
well
personal
emails
in
this
particular
case
that
were
on
a
city,
email
server.
Those
were
public
records,
particularly
when
the
employee
was
terminated
for
excessive
use
of
personal
email.
O
You
contrast
that
to
one
of
the
gold
bar
cases,
there
were
a
lot
of
gold
bar
cases
on
public
records
over
the
last
few
years,
but
that
one
of
those
cases
confirming
that
purely
personal
emails
on
your
private
device,
in
other
words,
emails
that
don't
relate
to
the
conduct
of
government.
Those
are
not
public
records.
O
There
was
a
more
recent
decision
that
said
again,
reaffirming,
though,
that
that
rule
doesn't
necessarily
apply
when
you're
talking
about
your
city,
email
server.
So,
for
example,
if
you're
using
a
city
email
address,
even
if
you
might
have
personal
content
in
those
emails,
they
are
probably
a
public
record.
Given
the
fact
that
they
are
located
on
that
city
server
and
retained
by
the
city,.
O
And
so
the
real
lesson
from
dating
back
to
that
tiborino
case
in
in
the
year,
2000
and
other
cases
we're
going
to
look
at
in
a
moment
talking
about
different
types
of
electronic
records.
Is
that
it's
the
content
and
not
the
form
of
the
record
that
really
matters.
O
You
know
it's
retained
by
the
city,
it's
used
by
the
city,
those
types
of
things,
then
it
is
going
to
be
a
public
record,
no
matter
what
form
it's
in
and
so
now
we've
gone
way
below
way
beyond
emails.
Obviously,
we've
got
text
messages,
lots
of
news
stories
this
year
about
text
messages
and
whether
they
were
properly
retained
and
whether
they
were
lost
when
public
records
requests
were
pending.
O
Other
forms
of
online
communications
would
be
similar
in
nature.
To
that
certainly
facebook
and
instagram
posts
tweets
any
app
you
can
download
and
think
about
that
has
a
communication
function
is
going
to
potentially
implicate
the
public
records
act
today,
because,
if
you're
doing
something
that
implicates
the
conduct
of
government,
you
may
be
creating
a
public
record
and
we'll
we'll
show
kind
of
where
that
line
is
drawn
here
in
a
moment.
O
Now
a
lot
of
these
types
of
online
or
electronic
communications
may
have
no
retention
value
at
all.
We'll
talk
about
that
a
little
bit
more
in
a
moment,
and
that
may
mean
that
they're
transitory
records
they
can
be
deleted,
but
there
are
some
that
may
have
retention
value
and
if
you
are
creating
those
records,
you
have
an
obligation
to
hang
on
to
them
and,
most
importantly,
if
there
is
a
request
pending
that
would
encompass
those
records.
They
cannot
be
deleted
while
that
request
is
pending.
That
is,
that
is
the
issue.
O
O
So
in
terms
of
public
records
and
service,
as
a
council
member,
this
is
probably
the
most
important
case
to
be
familiar
with
in
washington
and
it's
spawned
several
other
cases
since
2015.
O
But
it's
good
to
just
go
back
and
start
with
this
line
of
cases,
because
the
nissan
decision,
which
involved
the
prosecuting
attorney
for
pierce
county
and
particularly
involved
the
question
of
whether
records
that
were
located
on
the
personal
device,
in
this
case
a
cell
phone
of
the
prosecutor,
whether
those
were
public
records
that
had
to
be
turned
over
and
the
prosecutor
in
this
instance
had
two
cell
phones
at
least
one.
That
was
a
county
issued
cell
phone
and
one
that
was
a
personal
cell
phone.
O
For
whatever
reason,
the
personal
cell
phone
had
indisputably
a
bunch
of
material
on
it
that
related
to
the
conduct
of
government.
These
were
official
communications
that
were
going
on,
whether
they
were
phone
calls
or
text
messages,
and
there
were
two
categories
of
records
that
the
requesters
were
interested
in.
O
In
this
case,
they
wanted
text
messages
that
related
to
the
conduct
of
government
that
were
on
the
personal
phone
and
they
wanted
the
call
logs
from
the
personal
phone
for
any
calls
that
related
to
the
conduct
of
government
and
the
supreme
court
of
washington
said
well
in
this
case.
These
are
both
public
records.
O
If
they
meet
that
definition,
if
they
don't
meet
that
definition,
if
they're
purely
personal,
for
example,
that
wouldn't
apply,
they
would
not
be
public
records,
but
if
they
did
relate
to
the
conduct
of
government,
the
fact
that
they
were
on
a
personal
phone
as
opposed
to
a
city
or
county
phone
that
did
not
matter,
and
so
what
does
that
mean
from
a
practical
perspective
when
you
get
or
the
city
gets
public
records,
requests
that
encompass
those
types
of
records?
O
And
what
I'll
say
by
way
of
background
on
this
is
about
15
years
ago,
I
worked
on
the
case
that
eventually
became
hand,
gardener
versus
city
of
seattle
at
the
state
supreme
court.
In
this
case,
I
was
representing
the
seattle
monorail
project,
and
this
was
the
first
time
that
I
could
remember
in
which
there'd
been
a
request
for
electronic
records
located
on
home
devices.
In
this
case,
it
was
home
computers,
we're
talking,
really
2004
2005.
O
Now.
Fortunately,
the
supreme
court
did
not
allow
that
order
to
stand,
and
it
was
an
extraordinary
invasion
of
privacy
because
of
the
fact
that
these
personal
computers
had
everybody's
personal
records
on
them,
as
well
as
whatever
records.
If
any
may
have
been
responsive
to
a
request
about
the
conduct
of
the
monorail
project
itself.
These
were
all
volunteer
board
members
by
the
way,
and
so
in
nissan
15
years.
O
Now
later
after
the
the
handgardner
decision,
the
court
set
out
a
test
which
is
still
being
applied
to
how
to
balance
avoiding
that
invasion
of
privacy
for
individual
council
members
and
other
agency
employees
with
the
need
to
identify
actual
records
that
might
be
responsive
on
those
devices,
and
the
test
is,
first
of
all,
you
can
self
search
your
personal
computer,
your
devices,
your
accounts,
wherever
it
is
that
these
records
may
exist
and
keep
in
mind
by
the
way
that
you
obviously
have
control
over
that.
O
You
do
an
affidavit
saying
in
good
faith.
I've
done
this
search
and
I've
either
turned
over
whatever
is
responsive,
where
nothing
is
responsive
or
even
better.
You
say
in
the
affidavit.
I
never
use
my
personal
phone
or
my
personal
computer
to
conduct
city
business,
so
I
know
that
there's
nothing
there
and
I've
searched
and
confirmed
that.
O
I
understand
that
that
is
perhaps
an
aspiration
that
we
can't
meet
to
some
degree,
and
I
also
noted
in
a
couple
of
recent
presentations
talking
about
the
pandemic,
but
the
reality
is
with
people
working
remotely
so
much
over
the
last
year
and
a
half
we
do
have
more
records
by
nature
on
external
devices
and
hard
drives
than
we've
probably
ever
had.
So
it
may
be
unrealistic
to
to
be
able
to
say.
O
I
have
never
sent
a
text
to
my
personal
phone
relating
to
my
city
business,
but
the
less
you've
got
to
go
through
the
easier.
This
procedure
is-
and
you
want
to
follow
this
procedure,
because
this
procedure
is
the
most
efficient
way
to
work
with
staff
and
for
you
to
evaluate
on
your
own
whether
you
have
any
responsive
records.
O
So
the
question
is:
when
you
were
posting
on
facebook,
were
you
acting
in
the
scope
of
your
employment
or
in
an
official
capacity,
and
were
you
posting
about
the
conduct
of
city
government
again
that
phrase-
and
this
is
the
test?
Did
your
position
require
that
you
make
those
posts,
probably
not
under
the
circumstances
here?
In
this
case
it
certainly
didn't,
and
it
probably
would
not,
for
you
did
the
city
direct
you
to
make
those
posts.
O
Did
someone
say,
council,
member,
please
post
this
on
your
individual
site
or-
and
this
is
the
one
that's
a
little
bit
more
nebulous?
Were
you
somehow
furthering
the
city's
interests
by
posting
these,
in
the
way
that
you
did
that's
the
test
that
will
determine
whether
something
like
facebook
posts
and
again
this
test
could
also
apply
to
other
apps
or
means
of
electronic
or
online
communication?
O
So
if
you
look
at
the
next
slide,
you'll
see
why
the
court
of
appeals
decided
that
they
did
not
rise
to
the
level
of
public
records.
In
this
particular
case.
O
First
of
all,
the
council
member's
position
did
not
require
that
she
post
on
facebook.
She
was
doing
that
to
talk
about
the
issues
communicate
with
her.
Constituents
wasn't
required
so
that
part
of
the
test
was
not
met.
Also,
the
facebook
page
again
was
not
associated
with
the
city.
This
was
the
council
member
door,
facebook
page,
it
was
not
characterized
as
an
official
city
council
page
it
was
friends
of
julie
door,
so
that
was
important
to
the
court
also,
and
she
was
not
conducting
public
business
on
the
facebook
page
again.
O
She
may
have
been
speaking
to
her
constituents
about
issues
of
importance,
but,
as
the
court
described
it,
any
tangential
benefit
to
the
city
was
not
enough
to
show
that
she
was
acting
in
the
scope
of
her
employment
or
official
capacity,
and
we
had
another
case
that
just
came
out
a
couple
of
months
ago,
very
similar
case
also
brought
by
arthur
west
a
frequent
requester
trying
to
get
facebook
posts
from
council
member
david
madore
of
the
clark
county
council
and
again,
the
court
of
appeals
applied
the
same
test
and
said
these
posts
did
not
contain
specific
details
regarding
clark,
county
council
discussions,
decisions
or
other
actions.
O
You've
got
and
in
these
materials
you've
got
a
listing
of
the
of
the
way
that
courts
are
going
to
look
at
online
postings
and
decide
whether
they
are
personal
campaign,
for
example,
or
whether
they
are
public
records
and
whether
you
are
effectively
acting.
On
behalf
of
the
city,
when
you
post
them-
and
you
want
to
keep
those
types
of
criteria
in
mind,
if
you're
going
to
be
operating
on
social
media
and
obviously
in
the
era
in
which
we
live,
everybody
is
pretty
much
operating
on
social
media
running
a
campaign.
O
You
almost
have
to
be
on
social
media,
communicating
with
your
constituents.
It's
nearly
expected-
and
so
this,
when
I
say,
is
the
reach
of
the
nissan
decision
dating
back
to
2015.
We
started
with
emails
and
we
keep
progressing
and
it's
the
same
mantra
that
I
said
before.
It's
the
substance
of
what
you're
doing
rather
than
the
form,
and
so
we
don't
have
a
case
yet
with
these
last
two
apps
listed
here,
instagram
or
nextdoor,
but
I
use
those
as
examples
where
there
is
copious
amounts
of
posting
and
communication
activity.
O
O
O
O
You
know
it's
about
this
lawsuit!
It's
about
this
condemnation.
It's
about
this
land
use
proceeding!
You
need
to
think
about.
Okay.
Where
might
I
have
responsive
records
and
if
you're
not
sure
whether
one
of
those
places
is
someplace,
you
should
be
looking
ask,
but
if
you
don't
look
in
places
that
should
be
obvious,
and
that
includes
personal
devices
if
those
might
include
public
records
under
the
terms
we
just
talked
about.
O
Where
might
these
things
be
located
and
again,
that's
been
a
little
bit
more
difficult
in
the
last
year
and
a
half
as
we've
all
been
scattered
in
different
locations
and
using
different
devices
trying
to
keep
up
with
our
obligations,
but
I
am
sure
I
I
have
said
to
several
people
that
there
will
be
cases
coming
out
over
the
next
year
or
two
about.
Did
people
look
adequately
where
they
needed
to
from
the
period
that
they
were
engaged
primarily
in
remote
work?
O
You
know
I've
updated
these
a
little
bit
over
the
last
10
years,
but
remarkably,
they
stay
the
same
in
in
key
respects
and
you've
got
this
list
in
your
materials.
It's
a
good
thing
to
revisit,
but
segregating
is
really
an
important
thing.
It
makes
your
life
so
much
easier.
O
If
you
have
to
respond
to
a
records
request,
the
more
you
can
keep
things
separate
by
device,
ideally
if
not
by
device
than
by
folders
or
a
filing
system,
so
that
you're
not
having
in
the
first
instance
to
try
to
segregate
when
a
request
comes
in
the
better
off
you're
gonna
be,
and
if
you
do
have
documents
that
you
are
creating
on
some
of
these
other
locations.
O
O
If
a
request
comes
in
when
it
comes
to
retention,
these
are
in
first
governed
by
state
statutes,
and
you
know
for
for
some
of
these
you're
going
to
have
things
that
that,
like
official
records
of
proceedings,
so
you're
not
going
to
have
to
worry
about
retaining
that's
something
that
staff
governs.
O
O
So
you
understand
what
your
obligations
are,
you're,
getting
the
maximum
amount
of
help
you
can
in
that
process,
if
you're
getting
that
help,
situations
where
you
know
messages
or
documents
are
lost
can
really
be
avoided
and
those
are
the
most
challenging
situations
to
deal
with
if
a
request
comes
in
or
if
a
request
is
pending
and
it
can't
be
filled
in
whole
or
in
parts
on
that
front,
I
also
want
to
mention
the
concept
of
metadata
metadata
colloquially.
O
We
say
it's
data
about
data,
it's
unseen
information
and
electronic
files.
It
tells
you
things
about
the
files
like
when
they
were
created,
who
created
them
and
a
bunch
of
other
information
that
probably
nobody
would
ever
want
to
know
like
you
know
what
part
of
the
internet
the
file
came
through
when
it
was
communicated
to
you,
but
a
couple
of
things
that
are
really
important
to
know
about
metadata.
O
So,
for
example,
if
an
email
gets
sent
to
the
entire
city
council,
the
version
that
council
member
stokes
received
has
different
metadata
than
the
version
that
councilmember
robertson
receives,
even
though
the
email
itself,
the
text,
the
header,
everything
else-
might
be
exactly
the
same,
and
so
that
creates
potentially
unique
independent
public
records.
O
So
that's
why
it
wouldn't
be
enough,
for
example,
to
print
out
a
copy
of
that
email
that
got
sent
to
the
whole
council
and
hand
over
a
hard
copy.
That
would
only
give
you
the
publicly
seen
data
it
wouldn't
give
you
the
metadata
behind
the
record,
nor
would
it
be
sufficient
if
somebody
said
I
want
the
metadata
for
these
requests
and
they
made
that
request
correctly
to
only
give
them
council
member
robertson's
version
of
the
email
and
not
councilmember
stokes's
version
of
the
email.
Now
there
are
some
other
exceptions
to
this.
O
They
relate
to
the
ability
to
technically
comply,
and
I
won't
get
too
deep
into
the
weeds
on
how
those
exceptions
work.
Suffice
it
to
say
that
that's
something
that
staff
and
it
will
work
on
in
terms
of
what
form
to
produce
records
in.
But
what
you
need
to
remember
is
that
there
are
reasons
to
retain
records
in
their
original
electronic
format,
and
metadata
is
one
of
those
reasons,
and
so
that's
an
important
aspect
of
the
retention
program
that
the
city
operates.
O
I
mentioned
staff
generally,
fortunately,
staff
coordinates
and
oversees
pra
compliance.
Pra
requests
to
the
city
should
be
made
to
a
public
records
officer
or
a
particular
identified
point
of
contact
right.
You
know
so,
if
they're
going
to
the
pd,
for
example,
they'll
go
to
a
different
point
of
contact
than
if
they're
going
to
other
city
departments,
that's
how
it
should
be
done
and
the
city
is
set
up
to
receive
requests
that
way.
But
one
other
thing
that
you
need
to
remember
is:
if
you
get
a
request,
it's
still
valid.
O
So
even
if
somebody
says
to
you,
you
know
I
want
records,
they
send
you
an
email
saying.
I
want
records
on
this
particular
topic.
They
have
not
gone
through
the
public
records
officer.
They
have
not
gone
through
the
website
or
or
the
way
that
the
city
has
asked
these
requests
to
be
submitted
still
you've
got
a
valid
request.
So
what
do
you
do
forward
that
along
to
staff
and
they
will
take
care
of
it
and
do
it
promptly,
because
there's
a
requirement
that
you
make
an
initial
response?
O
The
city
make
an
initial
response
within
five
days.
So
if
you
get
something
that
looks
like
a
request
for
records,
even
if
you're
not
sure
pass
that
along
because
folks
will
take
care
of
it
and-
and
you
won't
have
to
be
responding
in
the
first
instance
and
the
last
thing
that
I'll
mention-
and
it's
like
the
opma
cases,
that
jessica
was
talking
about
except
much
much
bigger
numbers,
and
that
is
that
you
can
get
penalties
under
the
public
records
act,
monetary
penalties-
they
can
be
up
to
a
hundred
dollars
a
day.
O
They
used
to
be
mandatory.
Now
the
court
can
say:
I'm
not
going
to
impose
penalties,
but
in
many
cases
they
do
and
they
can
even
impose
them
on
a
per
page
basis.
So
if
you
had
a
request
that
encompassed
10
or
20
000
pages,
you
can
imagine
the
exponential
amounts
of
money
that
could
be
at
stake
in
some
of
these
cases
and
there
are-
and
attorneys
fees
also
mandatory
in
that
case
so
like
under
the
opma.
O
That
was
the
case
that
really
launched
a
whole
line
of
authority
about
how
to
calculate
penalties
and
set
up
a
whole
bunch
of
criteria
and
essentially,
if
you're,
acting
in
good
faith,
that's
going
to
be
a
mitigating
factor.
It's
going
to
reduce
the
number
of
penalties.
It
won't
necessarily
cure
a
violation,
but
what's
also
somewhat
startling
about
the
sufian
case,
is
that
at
the
time
this
case
came
out.
O
The
total
penalties
awarded
in
that
case-
and
that
was
an
extreme
example
about
records
relating
to
the
stadium
referenda
that
were
lost
or
destroyed.
371
thousand
dollars
in
penalties
were
awarded
in
that
case.
At
that
time,
that
seemed
like
an
enormous
amount
of
money
for
public
records
case.
It's
not
anymore.
O
We
have
had
cases
that
have
been
into
the
millions
and
I'm
talking
about
fees
and
penalties
combined,
and
you
can
see
why,
when
you're
talking
about
cases,
for
example
that
give
the
court
discretion
about
how
to
calculate
how
many
documents
there
are
and
again
talking
about
how
many
electronic
records
and
forms
of
electronic
records
we
have.
A
I
have
one
the
one
thing
that
I
have
had
to
do,
because
I
can't
get
my
printer
my
work
printer
to
print
at
my
home
is:
I
have
to
forward
a
work
email
to
my
home
printer
to
my
home
email
just
to
print
it,
and
it's
this
really
complicated.
O
Well,
I
I
don't
think
it's
an
issue
and
obviously
we've
all
been
there.
I've
certainly
been
there
last
year.
You
know
what
I
would
say
about
that
is.
You
are
creating
a
unique
public
record
when
you
forward
that
document
to
your
personal
email.
So,
for
example,
the
version
that's
on
your
city,
email
and
the
version.
That's
on
your
home
email.
Those
aren't
the
same
record
now.
It
may
be
a
very
boring
record.
O
It
may
be
a
record
that
has
no
retention
value
that
could
be
deleted,
but
it's
something
worth
checking
into
to
make
sure
that
if
it
needs
to
be
retained,
you're
keeping
it
the
other
thing
is
that
if
there
was
a
records
request,
you
know
I
mean
if
someone
made
a
request
and
said
you
know,
I
want
all
communications
to
mayor,
robinson's,
home
email
account
and
those
were
encompassed.
O
You
couldn't
delete
any
of
those
emails.
While
that
request
was
pending,
it
would
have
to
be
filled.
So
those
are
the
things
you'd
have
to
address,
but
it
doesn't
sound
like
there's
an
issue.
Just
sounds
like
you
need
to
be
cognizant
of
that,
and
you
know
that's
also
a
good
reason
to
maybe
see
if
there's
a
way
to
not
have
to
do
that
going
forward
because
you
are
creating
these
records
by
doing
it.
A
Okay,
councilmember
robertson.
O
So
I
I
think,
that's
probably
correct
in
this
case
and
the
way
it's
being
described
if
it's
merely
a
transmittal
or
forwarding
email
without
knowing
all
the
details
about
what's
being
forwarded.
My
guess
is
that
would
be
a
transitory
record
and
that
it
would
not
have
any
retention
value,
in
which
case
you
could
delete
it.
Of
course
the
key
would
be.
Did
you
do
it,
then?
O
Because
if
the
request
came
in
and
you
had
10
of
those
emails
that
you
hadn't
deleted,
then
you'd
have
to
hand
those
over
even
if
they
didn't
have
any
retention
value.
You
couldn't
delete
them
at
that
point,
but
I
think
you're
correct
councilman
robertson,
that,
as
a
general
matter,
those
types
of
forwarding
emails,
they
don't
have
any
substance
to
them.
They
probably
are
subject
to
being
immediately
deleted.
A
Any
other
questions
or
comments,
okay.
Well,
thank
you
very
much
appreciate
that.
K
So
mayor
and
council
members,
the
the
next
item
on
your
agenda
is
an
update
on
the
city's
finances.
Tonight's
update
specifically
will
cover
three
topics.
One
is.
We
would
like
to
bring
you
up
to
speed
how
the
general
fund
performed
in
2020
as
it
relates
to
covid,
as
well
as
what
we
are
currently
forecasting
for
2021.
As
of
the
first
quarter.
Second,
provide
you
a
very
high
level
view
on
the
status
of
our
general
fund
structural
deficit.
Given
the
latest
financial
update
and
third
update
the
accounts
on
the
american
rescue
plan
update
act.
K
Excuse
me:
american
rescue
plan
act
recently
passed
by
congress
and
asked
for
your
direction
to
return
on
a
consent.
Calendar
future
consent
calendar
accepting
the
federal
funding
and
that,
after
that,
staff
will
return
in
the
future,
with
additional
information
on
a
gap
announced
to
the
community
needs
for
your
deliberation
on
how
to
allocate
the
city
portion
of
the
american
rescue
plan
act.
Joining
us
this
evening
is
tony
paul
director
and
evan
phillips
budget
manager
with
finance
and
asset
management
department,
and
with
that,
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
tony.
M
Thank
you,
city
manager,
miaki
good
evening
and
mayor
deputy
mayor
council
members.
As
always,
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
back
with
you
this
evening.
Thank
you
for
having
us
tonight
with
me
as
city
manager.
Miyaki
just
mentioned.
I
have
two
new
faces
for
you.
I
have
evan
phillips
and
will
walla
both
from
the
city's
budget
office
and
as
city
manager
miyaki
mentioned.
We
are
seeking
direction
this
evening
next
slide.
Please
our
identity
this
evening
is
fairly
straightforward.
M
Evan
phillips
will
take
a
few
minutes
and
go
through
our
general
fund
2020
performance.
He
will
also
touch
on
our
2021
first
quarter
performance
both
of
those
things
in
light
of
how
covet
has
happened
to
us
how
the
economy
shut
down
and
restarted.
I
will
do
a
few
short
slides
on
the
forecast
update
and
then
I
will
turn
it
over
to
will
wallow
who
will
take
us
through
the
american
rescue
plan
act
and
then
it
will
come
back
to
me
to
finish
up
so
with
that
evan.
R
Thank
you
tony
good
evening,
mayor
robinson,
deputy
mayor
new
and
house
and
council
members
overall
in
2020,
the
general
fund
performed
better
than
expected,
though
the
city
did
utilize
4.5
million
dollars
in
reserves
to
balance
the
year.
As
a
reminder,
the
general
fund
supports
most
of
the
direct
services
to
the
community,
including
fire
police
parks
and
community
services,
community
development
transportation,
as
well
as
most
of
the
city's
administrative
functions
such
as
legal
city,
management,
finance,
customer
service,
hr
and
others.
R
The
shutdown
of
the
economy
had
a
swift
and
substantial
impact.
Revenues
ended
the
year
24
million
dollars
or
11
under
budget.
Primarily,
this
shortfall
impacted
our
most
economically
sensitive
revenues
of
sales
and
business
and
occupation
taxes.
Once
the
pandemic
impacts
were
identified,
the
city
took
quick
action.
Implementing
three
critical
strategies
to
stabilize
the
general
fund,
the
first
of
which
was
funding
from
the
federal
cares
act
which
helped
defray
costs
of
staff,
time
and
purchases
of
ppe
during
the
pandemic.
R
Additionally,
the
health
benefits
fund
had
excess
reserves
and,
with
the
agreement
of
labor,
the
city
was
able
to
save
the
general
fund,
3.6
million
dollars
and
finally,
the
largest
impact
was
the
underspending
done
by
the
city.
In
april,
we
implemented
a
three
percent
savings
target
and
by
and
large
departments
exceeded
that
target.
This
was
done
by
the
institution
of
a
hiring
freeze,
reduced
discretionary
expenditures
for
travel,
training
and
professional
services,
as
well
as
savings
associated
with
community
centers
and
other
city
sites
being
shuttered
during
the
pandemic.
R
Before
we
move
to
talk
about
the
budget
performance
for
the
first
quarter
of
2020,
I
will
quickly
provide
an
overview
of
the
key
areas
that
balance
the
budget.
As
you
may
recall,
the
adopted
budget
was
solving
for
a
32
million
dollar
shortfall
over
the
biennium
and
we
had
a
four-pronged
path
to
balancing
the
budget
at
the
time.
R
So
with
all
of
that
background
on
the
budget
and
how
it
was
balanced,
the
good
news
is
that
we're
looking
to
be
close
to
budget
for
the
first
quarter
of
2021.
revenues
are
performing
slightly
better
than
budget.
Though
it's
important
to
remember
that,
even
with
these
better
numbers,
the
projected
revenues
are
still
below
pre-pandemic
forfeit
forecasts.
R
Now
the
not
so
great
news
is
that
we
have
encountered
some
unforeseen
expenditures
due
to
the
prime
primarily
to
the
winter
storms
that
we
had
in
february
and
january
and
some
one-time
costs.
The
budget
office
staff
will
monitor
expenditures
throughout
the
year
and
will
update
council
as
the
year
develops,
but
the
key
takeaway
is
that
this
year
is
going
to
continue
to
require
strong
fiscal
stewardship
to
navigate.
R
Our
latest
forecast
assumes
that
we
will
be
spending
down
reserves
by
3
million
dollars
in
2021,
which
is
less
than
the
nearly
5
million
dollars
that
we
had
budgeted
it's
possible.
The
city
will
need
to
utilize
more
reserves
if
expenditures
increase
and
or
our
revenue
figures
don't
come
in
as
expected.
So
with
that
being
said,
let
me
hand
it
back
to
tony
to
talk
about
how
this
current
economic
recovery
compares
to
our
most
recent
economic
downturns.
M
Thanks
evan,
so
as
we
were
before
I
kind
of
head
into
the
forecast
area
and
show
you
the
traditional
slide
that
I've
shown
you
in
the
forecast,
I
want
to
take
a
minute
and
kind
of
do
a
re-look
at
how
we
were
doing
from
a
recovery
standpoint
on
the
pandemic,
so
this
slide
uses
sales
tax
as
a
proxy
for
the
economy.
It
is
our
most
highly
volatile
revenue
stream.
Therefore,
it
makes
some
sense
that
it
would
protect
the
economy
and
it
does.
M
You
will
notice
that
the
dot-com
and
the
great
recession,
both
of
those
recessions,
had
quite
a
long
time
till
we
got
sales
tax
backs
up
to
their
pre-recessionary
levels.
You
need
to
remember
when
those
two
events
occurred.
There
were
both
structural
issues
within
the
economy.
M
As
you
look
at
our
pandemic,
recon
our
pandemic
recovery,
you
will
see
that
we
are
coming
back
much
quicker
than
those
previous
ones
and
the
real
reason
for
that
is
there
wasn't
an
economic
structural
issue
within
our
economy
that
caused
this
recession.
It
was
a
public
health
shock
right.
So,
in
order
for
recovery
to
continue,
I
know
we've
talked
about
this
before
it
takes
our
society
to
go
back
to
those
pre-pandemic
behaviors
and
that
pre-pandemic
spending.
M
Currently
we
are
forecasting
recovery
of
sales
pack
sales
tax
back
in
2022
at
around
the
2022
mark,
and
I
think
that's
very
similar
to
what
you
would
see
at
some
of
our
larger
governments,
like
the
state
of
washington
and
king
county
next
slide.
Please,
the
challenges
that
that
gives
is
that,
even
though
we're
seeing
an
economic
boom
coming
back
from
that
pandemic
recovery,
we
are
still
forecasting
the
fact
that
our
expenditure
line,
our
exponential
growth
will
continue
to
outstrip
our
revenue
growth.
M
So
let
me
take
a
minute
and
explain
this
chart
the
top
line,
which
is
the
blue
line
with
the
blue
dots.
That's
our
expenditure
line.
The
green
line
with
the
green
triangles
is
our
revenue
line
and
you
will
notice,
as
you
look
at
year,
end
2020.
Those
are
actual
numbers,
you'll,
see
that
expenditures
exceeded
revenues
and,
as
evan
mentioned,
we
did
use
four
and
a
half
million
dollars
of
reserves
to
balance
2020..
M
P
P
The
remainder
of
the
bill
provided
funding
for
a
wide
range
of
programs,
with
the
largest
program
being
the
state
and
local
government
fiscal
aid
program,
known
as
the
coronavirus
state
and
local
fiscal
recovery
funds.
I
will
be
going
into
more
detail
regarding
that
funding
shortly.
Next
slide,
please
before
diving
into
the
state
and
local
fiscal
recovery
funds.
P
The
amounts
listed
here
on
this
slide
refer
to
the
amounts
that
city
staff
have
determined
that
the
city
of
bellevue
residents,
small
businesses,
non-profits
or
community
organizations
can
potentially
access
for
relief
funding.
The
programs
we
have
identified
in
these
bills
are
grant-based
and
provide
funding
that
is
restricted
for
specific
purposes.
P
P
This
funding
will
come
in
two
tranches,
10
million
when
the
agreement
is
signed
and
the
second
tranche.
Roughly
12
months
later,
this
funding
has
a
very
broad
range
of
eligible
uses
per
the
treasury
department's
interim
final
rule.
The
following
broad
categories
are
considered
eligible
uses
first,
responding
to
the
public
health
emergency
or
its
negative
economic
impacts,
including
assistance
to
households,
small
businesses
and
non-profits,
or
aid
to
impacted
industries
such
as
tourism,
travel
and
hospitality.
P
The
treasury
department
has
interpreted
the
legislative
requirement
that
eligible
costs
must
be
incurred
by
december
31
2024
to
mean
that
recipients
have
to
have
obligated
or
contracted
the
funds
for
use
by
december
31st
2024.
However,
the
funds
may
subsequently
be
spent
to
cover
those
obligations
by
december
31st.
2026
bellevue
will
be
required
to
provide
quarterly
monitoring
reports
through
the
end
of
2026
to
the
treasury
department
regarding
how
we
use
these
funds.
M
M
M
So.
Lastly,
when
thinking
about
those
series
of
next
steps,
we
sort
of
see
the
timeline
looking
like
this,
we
will
continue
to
connect
those
community
members
up.
If
you
direct
us
this
evening,
we
will
bring
back
to
you
next
week
on
a
consent
calendar
a
resolution
authorizing
the
acceptance
acceptance
of
arpa.
Once
that
is
done,
there
is
administrative
work
that
has
to
occur.
We
assume
we
will
see
the
cash
for
that
first.
M
10
million
dollars
come
into
the
city's
coffers
sometime
in
june
or
july,
not
sure
on
the
exact
date
we're
working
on
that
staff
analysis
and
we
plan
to
come
back
to
you
in
july
for
discussion
and
direction
on
that
20
million
dollars.
With
that,
I
believe
the
last
slide
will
ask
for
your
direction
and
turn
it
back
to
the
mayor.
A
C
Thank
you
mayor
first
great
presentation.
Tony
evan
will
we're
so
blessed
as
a
city
to
have
such
a
crack
budget
and
finance
team.
So,
even
if
all
the
news
is
not
great
here
but
a
couple
of
quick
questions
for
you
I'll,
do
it
in
rapid
fire
session
here
so
on
slide
number
six,
the
the
overage.
What
was
it?
C
I
think
it
was
slide
six
of
about
a
million
dollars
and
I
think
evan
you
had
mentioned
that
that
was
was
that
mainly
due
to
the
winter
storms
or
were
there
other
reasons
for
the
the
the
the
million
dollars,
or
was
it
primarily
due
to
that?
I
you
know
I
I
might
not
remember
very
well,
but
I
didn't
think
it
was
that
bad
of
a
winter
storm
this
past
year,
but
I'm
just
curious
if
there's
other
other
reasons
for
that
one
million
dollars.
M
Sure
I
can
step
in
there
a
deputy
mayor.
Yes,
we
did
have
a
winter
storm
this
past
year.
We
also
had
several
other
settlements
that
occurred
in
the
city
and
some
additional
one-time
costs,
so
it
was
kind
of
a
collection
of
things
that
has
brought
that
overridge
to
bear.
We
do
anticipate
as
we
monitor
through
the
course
of
this
year,
because
remember
that's
just
the
first
quarter.
We
do
monitoring
over
the
course
of
the
year
and
we'll
bring
back
to
you
further
updates.
If
we
see
challenges
in
a
different
direction,.
C
M
C
C
Are
I
mean?
Are
there
any
restrictions
that
we
need
to
be
aware
of
in
terms
of
where
and
how
we
can
use
that
money?
It
sounds
like
it's
quite
wide
open
in
terms
of
filling
in
any
gaps
that
we
perceive
are
our
most
crucial
or
we
feel
that's
what
money
needs
to
go
towards
again.
Be
it.
You
know
anything
from
you
know.
Human
services
needs
to
any
other
needs
that
may
have
fallen
fallen
behind
or
we
need
to
shore
up
due
to
covets.
Can
you
can
you
speak
to
that?
A
little
bit
tony.
M
I'll
give
it
a
stir,
and
then
I'll
turn
over
to
will
to
finish
it
up.
There's
some
things
that
we
can't
spend
the
money
on.
We
can't
spend
on
pension
funding,
it's
very
clearly
laid
out
there.
We
also
cannot
spend
it
on
revenue
loss
that
was
not
associated
with
the
pandemic
and
I
believe
the
third
thing
we
cannot
spend
it
on
willan.
Do
you
happen
to
know
what
that
is
on
top
of
your
head.
P
C
Yeah,
that
makes
sense:
okay,
terrific
and
again
great
presentation
and
thank
you
so
much.
D
Hey,
thank
you
mayor
thanks,
tony
evan
will
for
the
presentation
one
quick
question.
I
know
we
have
our
mid-buy
coming
up
and
I
know
you're
going
to
bring
back
the
gap
analysis
in
june.
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
those
two
sync
up
just
trying
to
get
a
sense
of
when
we
might
be
able
to
engage
around
where
we
might
want
to
have
proposals
for
allocating
funding.
M
Sure
I
can
speak
a
little
bit
to
that
so
as
we
head
into
the
mid
by
our
focus
on
the
mid-bye,
we'll
be
looking
at
that
long-range
impact
and
the
deficits
that
we'll
be
approaching
so
we'll
be
spending
some
time
on
that
we'll
also
be
ensuring
that
we,
as
we
do
with
every
mid
biennium,
is
sure
if
our
technical
adjustments
that
need
to
occur
that
compared
to
the
arpa
money,
I
think,
are
slightly
two
different
things.
M
Even
though
there
is
probably
a
space
where
they
overlap,
the
arp
of
money
really
is
about
how
we
would
respond
to
the
covet.
It
is
one
time
money
and
should
be
spent
on
one-time
things.
We
anticipate
probably
coming
back
to
you
during
the
month
of
july
to
talk
further
on
that.
So
that's
when
we
anticipate
coming
back,
so
I
think
it
will
come
ahead
of
the
mid-biennium
at
this
point
we
might
go
find
still
there's
some
overlap
that
we
want
to
hold
on
to.
M
D
F
Yeah,
well,
I
echo
my
colleagues
to
thank
you
tony
evan,
and
will
on
this
amazing
work
that
you
do.
You
always
help
us
understand
financially,
where
we're
at
to
understand
where
the
gaps
are
between
revenue
and
expense
and
really
appreciate
it,
because
I
think
it
matters.
What
I
wanted
to
make
sure
I
understood
is.
F
So
are
you
expecting
that
graph
to
look
that
way?
So
if
we
can,
if
we
can
find
a
way
to
really
look
at
that
that
gap
and
closing
that
shortfall,
then
the
two
lines
are
going
to
stay
pretty
aligned.
So
that
was
one
of
the
things
I
wasn't
sure
about.
M
Council
members
on
so
I
think
that
in
looking
at
pictures,
sometimes
they
can
be
a
bit
deceiving.
The
actual
delta
actually
grows
a
little
bit
in
each
year,
so
our
revenue
growth
grows
somewhere
about
a
half
a
percent
to
three
quarters
of
percent
less
than
our
expenditure
growth,
so
it
does
tend
to
widen,
but
we're
talking
widening
by
a
half
a
million
to
a
million
dollars
in
each
year,
and
I
think,
looking
at
that
graph,
it
probably
doesn't
give
enough
there's
not
enough
delta
enough
predation
to
see
that
be
that
piece.
M
F
Okay
and
then,
as
we
look
at
the
20.1
million
dollars,
you'll
be
coming
back
with
a
a
recommendation
on
how
much
of
that
money.
We
might
need
internally
for
municipal
government
gap
related
to
cobit
expense,
as
well
as
how
much
we
would
recommend
making
available
to
serve
the
community,
because,
certainly
I'm
concerned
about
the
eviction,
moratorium,
lifting
and
just
the
volume
of
people
in
our
community.
F
I
was
hearing
that
potentially
eight
percent
of
people
in
our
state's
gonna
is
gonna
have
troubles
paying
their
rent
when
the
moratorium
lifts.
So
I
wanted
to
understand.
What's
actually
gonna
come
back
in
july,.
M
Well,
what
will
come
back
in
july,
it's
still
being
formulated,
but
we
will
bring
back
the
next
steps
on
the
arpa
funding.
I
think,
because
we've
got
time
to
spend
it,
we
have
to
think
about.
What's
the
right
amount
to
spend
early
versus
later-
and
I'm
not
sure
I
have
an
answer
for
you
this
evening,
but
I
do
think
it
has
to
fit
within
those
four
categories
and
we'll
bring
back
a
recommendation
for
discussion
direction
as
we
get
into
that
as
we
get
into
july.
F
And-
and
we
would
want
to
since
you
said
right-
look
at
the
non-arpa
funds
so
that
as
much
as
possible,
those
restricted
funds
at
the
state
and
federal
level
and
the
county
as
well
leveraging
those
funds
as
much
as
possible,
so
that
then
our
money
can
be
used,
as
you
said,
the
most
fungible
to
serve
those
needs
that
these
other
funding
buckets
doesn't
cover.
Yes,
yes,
very
much.
Thank
you.
A
H
You
don't
think
so
there
you
are
anyhow,
you
know
really
staff
really
really
appreciate
the
presentation,
of
course,
and
they're
just
really
superb.
I
I
just
want
to
make
clear.
I
mean
this
is
a.
I
was
just
thinking
about
this.
If
someone's
watching
this,
it's
we
understand
a
lot.
What
you're
talking
about
you're
kind
of
putting
two
different
reports
together
in
one
that
integrate,
but
the
decision?
H
The
thing
we
need
to
focus
on
tonight
is
accepting
the
20.1
million,
the
others
just
to
give
us
a
head
heads
up
on
where
we're
going
on
this,
these
other
pieces-
and
it
seems
that-
and
I
think
you've
set
it
up
very
well
to
continue
to
have
that.
I'm
looking
forward
to
that
as
we
go
along
on
that
and
obviously
as
councilmembers
on
said,
you
know
we'll
have
to
look
at.
How
does
how
does
some
of
this
20.1
million
help
us
in
these
other
areas?
H
It's
it's
a
we're
the
states
where
it's
all
a
little
bit
fluid
and
complicated
right
now,
but
you're
keeping
on
top
of
that,
and
I
think
what
you're
saying
is
somewhere
down
the
line.
Obviously,
at
the
mid-by
and
further
there
are
some
serious
financial
discussions
we're
going
to
have
to
have
and
and
look
at
things
and
you're,
giving
us
a
a
preview
and
understanding
that
rather
than
coming
back
in
2023
and
saying
guess
what
guys
we've
got
a
big
gap.
H
H
So
I
think
really
having
the
overall
look
and
and
a
kind
of
a
forecast
of
where
it's
going
to
go.
If
we
just
go
along
as
we're
doing
now,
really
will
help
us-
and
I
appreciate
that
I
think
that's
very
important
to
have
this
all
the
time
knowing
where
we're
going
rather
than
come
along
at
budget
year
and
say,
oh
by
the
way
you
know
so
again.
H
The
goal
tonight
is
to
get
the
20.1
pass,
but
the
other
is
to
as
a
starter
and
continuing
the
conversation
and-
and
I
really
appreciate
the
way
you
set
it
up
and
not
that
I
would
expect
anything
different
except
you
always
keep
exceeding
yourself
and
your
staff
keep
doing
that.
So
that's
good.
Thank
you.
Q
I
did
thank
you.
Is
it
my
turn?
So
no,
I
I
am
in
favor
of
moving
this
head
and
accepting
it.
I
I
personally,
in
my
day,
job
been
doing
a
lot
of
work
to
advise
my
clients
on
arpa
funding,
so
I
just
wanted
to
share
a
little
bit
more
information
and
then
share
with
the
staff
knows
my
perspective
on
this.
Q
In
addition
to
the
items
that
staff
listed
that
we
can't
spend
the
money
on,
we
also
can't
spend
it
on
settlements
of
litigation
or
judgments
costs
incurred
prior
to
march
3rd
2021
and
as
matching
fund
for
federal
matches.
The
lost
revenue
is
interesting
because
we,
the
amount
of
the
arbor
funds,
is
21
million
and,
according
to
the
presentation
tonight,
we
lost
24
million
the
way
that
the
federal
government
is
doing
it
is.
You
are
looking
at
your
what
your
last
full
year
of
revenue.
Q
You
can
go
back
a
few
years
to
see
the
trend
line
and
any
reduction
in
revenue
for
year.
2020
2021
is
presumed
to
be
a
covered
caused
loss
and
you
take
the
2019
and
you
can
either
add
the
trendline
percentage
increase
or
4.1
percent
increase,
whichever
is
higher.
So
for
me,
I
you
know
it's
like
the
one
when
you're
on
an
airplane
and
they
say,
put
your
mac
oxygen
mask
on
first
before
you
help
other
people
this.
Q
This
is
kind
of
like
an
oxygen
mask
for
government
and
to
the
extent
that
we
have
lost
revenue,
I
think
that
that's
a
really
appropriate
way
to
deal
with
it.
We've
there's
a
lot
of
cuts
we
had
to
make
in
order
to
try
to
keep
us
on
the
side.
Q
You
know
in
the
black
which
we
have
to
do,
and
so
I
I
would
highly
be
interested
in
using
it
for
that
purposes
and,
if
not
for
that
purposes,
then
for
some
of
the
infrastructure
purposes
of
the
water
system,
broadband,
etc
or
sewer,
because
we
never
have
enough
money
to
do
all
of
those
things.
So
that's
just
my
my
perspective
on
it,
but
just
wanted
to
weigh
in
and
thanks
staff
for
the
great
presentation
and
looking
forward
to
deciding
how
we're
going
to
best
use
this
money.
As
a
group.
A
Thank
you,
counseling.
E
Thank
you
very
much
hi
tony
and
your
staff.
I
went
and
will
always
always
great
and
concise
presentation
very
clear.
I
got
a
couple
of
questions
before
I
ask
you
I
kind
of
agree
with
councilman
robertson
one.
You
know,
I
think
it's
obvious
that
you
know.
I
definitely
think
we
we
would
definitely
receive
the
we're
willing
to
receive
the
money.
Two
is,
I
know
we
need
to
look
into
a
little
bit
more.
How
we
can
be
able
to
you
know,
help
some
other
sources
that
we
really
can
consider.
E
Specifically,
I
have
a
couple
of
questions.
One
is
the
infrastruc
necessary
investment
under
your
28.1
million
dollar
that
we
receive
the
guidance
that
we
can
actually
make
necessary
investment
in
water,
sewer
and
broadband
infrastructures.
My
question
is
what
other
infrastructure
we
might
be
able
to.
E
You
know
to
use
for
just
something
to
consider
and
think
about.
You
know
broadband
is
included,
but
maybe
there's
some
technology
infrastructure
that
could
be
included,
and
I
don't
know
why
it's
specifically
to
broadband.
So
just
a
question
and
we
want
to
do
obviously
councilman
robertson
mentioned.
You
know
water
and
others
perhaps,
but
I
just
want
to
maybe
have
some-
you
know
possibilities
elsewhere.
E
The
second
one
is
we
can
respond
to
the
negative
economic
impacts
and
I
think
that's
where
we
should
be
also
looking
at
in
our
economic
development
projects.
You
know:
well,
you
mentioned
tourism
and
others.
So
maybe
there's
a
broader
scope
where
we
actually
you
know,
definitely
are
impacted
and
definitely
get
help
and
specific
to
that
is
is
broad,
obviously
small
businesses.
You
know
they
are
affected,
they
are
out
of
business,
they're
really
struggling.
You
know
so
a
number
of
things.
E
M
I,
I
am
not
aware
of
other
necessary
investments
outside
of
broadband
waters
who
are
that
are
listed
in
the
bill,
but
we'll
certainly
do
a
deep
dive
and
look
into
that
for
you,
I'm
not
aware
of
one,
but
I
promise
to
look
so
there's
that
one
and
yes
the
the
economic
development
projects
and
the
small
businesses,
they
were
impacted
by
cobit
and
they
certainly
do
fit
within
the
guidance,
and
we
certainly
can
talk
about
that
in
the
future
as
well.
Thank
you.
E
A
Okay,
well,
thank
you
for
the
presentation.
I
just
have
a
few
comments
here.
I
agree
a
lot
with
what
councilmember
lee
just
said.
He
and
I
both
worked
with
the
greater
seattle
partners
in
creating
that
economic
recovery
guidelines
that
just
came
out
last
week,
and
it
was
really
interesting
how
they
narrowed
it
down
to
two
key
things.
A
So
when
we're
looking
at
this
rescue
money,
it
seems
like,
instead
of
just
creating
subsidies
to
bridge
people,
we
should
really
be
looking
at
how
we
get
people
solidly
on
their
feet
and
to
me
that
includes
job
training,
small
business
assistance
and
access
to
high-speed
internet.
A
So
I
hope
that
you
know
we
can
take
this
money
and
we
can
do
an
analysis
of
some
of
the
things
that
are
going
on
in
bellevue
to
the
with
the
community
and
maybe
find
things
that
weren't
even
called
out
in
that
greater
seattle
partners
work
there.
But
I'd
really
like
to
dig
kind
of
deep
and
take
this
opportunity
to
write
some
wrongs
that
maybe
we
have
going
on
in
our
city
to
give
people
a
fair
opportunity
to
succeed.
C
A
K
This,
the
last
item
on
your
agenda
this
evening
is
an
update
on
the
downtown
park,
northeast
gateway
project
and
just
by
way
of
background,
this
project
has
been
contemplated
since
the
1980s
and
completing
this
project
became
a
council
priority
back
in
2018.
K
construction
is
substantially
complete
and
was
open
to
the
public
last
friday
joining
this
evening
for
more
detail
and
about
this
particular
project
is
michael
shiesaki,
director
of
our
parks
and
community
service
department,
as
well
as
joining
him,
is
pam
furman.
The
planning
and
development
manager.
With
that
I'll
go
ahead
and
turn
over
to
michael.
S
Thank
you
good
evening,
mayor
deputy
mayor
city,
council,
members
and
city
manager,
miyake,
I'm
michael
shiasaki
and
tonight
I'll
say
that
again,
pam
fairman
and
I
will
provide
an
update
on
the
downtown
park
northeast
corner
gateway
project.
I
know
that
some
of
you
had
the
opportunity
to
check
out
the
project
in
person
last
friday,
as
the
construction
fencing
was
just
coming
down
next
slide,
please.
S
So
here's
an
outline
of
the
presentation
for
this
evening.
First
some
history
and
background
on
the
planning
and
design
of
the
downtown
park.
Then
the
project
goals
and
objectives
for
the
northeast
corner
project,
followed
by
project
funding
and
the
overall
schedule
and
then
construction
progress
through
several
pro
excuse
me.
Construction
process
through
the
construction
process
photos
so
and
then
followed
by
next
steps.
S
S
The
updated
plan
reflected
land
acquisitions
and
plan
refinements
that
included
the
noteworthy
entry
connection
at
the
northeast
corner
of
the
park
at
bellevue
and
northeast
4th
street
major
construction
phases
were
completed
in
1986
1990
and,
most
recently
in
2017.,
the
2017
project
completed
the
circle
and
many
of
the
features
contemplated
in
the
original
master
plan.
S
S
S
So,
in
addition
to
being
one
of
the
final
phases
of
implementing
the
downtown
parks
master
plan,
it
is
the
beginning
of
implementing
the
vision
of
the
grand
connection.
The
framework
framework
plan
for
the
grand
connection
identifies
the
northeast
corner
of
the
downtown
park
as
a
key
gateway
for
bellevue
and
the
grand
connection
route.
S
S
S
So
going
back
a
bit
in
1983
when
the
city
purchased
the
majority
of
land
for
downtown
park,
the
union
high
school
building
was
there,
but
it
was
already
closed
and
it
remained
on
the
property
when
the
buildings
were
demolished
to
construct
downtown
park.
The
city
prefer
preserved
the
arch
facade
of
union
of
the
union
high
entry,
so
a
touchstone
or
a
remembrance
of
the
past.
S
The
union
high
arch
artifacts
have
been
reintroduced
into
the
downtown
park
in
an
archway
entrance
into
the
formal
garden
and
you'll
see
an
image
of
that
new
arch
in
just
a
minute,
so
next
up
project
funding,
so
nine
and
a
quarter
million
dollars
in
the
cip,
and
that
includes
funding
5.4
million
dollars
of
2008
parts
levy,
funding,
in
addition
to
a
million-dollar
grant
from
the
washington
state
department
of
commerce
and
the
remainder
of
that
cip,
money
is
from
real
estate
as
excise
tax.
S
In
addition,
seventy
thousand
dollars
of
neighborhood
enhancement
program
funding
was
added
for
the
southeast
corner
stairway
on
northeast
2nd
street.
So
last
but
not
least,
is
the
construction
schedule
open
bids.
In
february
of
2020
on
april
20th,
the
council
awarded
that
contract
and
work
began
just
about
a
year
ago
on
the
project
and
was,
as
the
city
manager
talked
about,
was
substantially
complete
just
last
friday.
S
T
T
Good
evening,
council
we'd
like
to
share
a
few
construction
highlights
with
you
that
help
illustrate
the
great
work
accomplished
by
city
staff,
ken
craiger,
our
park,
project
manager,
team
architecture
and
engineering,
led
by
mcleod
record
and
ono
construction,
and
just
so
many
others
on
the
slide.
You'll
see
two
aerial
photographs
2020
before
construction
and
a
fall
2021
during
construction.
T
I'll,
say
of
note:
the
elimination
of
the
back
alley
from
northeast
4th
street
that
has
allowed
a
much
stronger
and
safe
pedestrian
connection
from
the
downtown
commercial
area
into
the
downtown
park.
In
the
fall
2020
aerial
you
can
see
the
circular
plaza
taking
shape
that
will
eventually
hold
the
new
artwork.
T
T
T
The
plaza
water
feature
was
designed
to
draw
visitors
in
and
provide
the
pleasant
sound
following
water.
A
portion
of
the
construction
work
not
located
in
the
northeast
corner
of
the
park
included
a
community
suggested
neighborhood
enhancement
program
project
to
improve
access
into
the
park
by
adding
a
new
stairway
in
the
southeast
corner,
allowing
better
access.
T
The
plaza
is
substantially
complete
and
open
for
public
use.
Staff
will
continue
working
to
complete
minor
construction
punch
list
items
and
we're
looking
forward
to
seeing
the
grand
connection,
public
art
installed
and
anticipating
that
to
occur
the
end
of
summer,
and
then
this
fall
celebrating
the
grand
opening
with
you-
and
this
concludes
the
presentation
evening-
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
time.
A
Great,
thank
you.
Can
you
raise
your
hand
if
you
have
a
comment
or
question
on
this?
I
see
councilmember,
barksdale
and
deputy
mayor
go
ahead.
Councilmember
barksdale.
D
All
right,
thank
you,
mary
and
thanks,
michael
and
I
see
your
last
name
furman
mrs
furman
pam.
D
Just
a
couple
questions,
so
one
really
cool
to
see
the
gateway
completed,
I
drove
by
it
or
rode
by
it
over
the
weekend
and
really
enjoyed
it.
One
category
of
questions.
D
If
you
will
in
terms
of
programming
what
sort
of
program
do
we
have
plan
and
is
it
possible
for
people
to
rent
the
space
for
special
events,
I
mean
as
a
gateway,
I
could
see
it
really
being
utilized
for,
like
say,
cultural
events
that
really
draw
people
into
the
into
the
downtown
park
and
then
the
second
question
for
like
the
the
garden
area
and
so
forth.
D
Do
we
have
any
partnerships
that
we
are
leveraging,
whether
it's
internal
or
external,
to
the
city
like
the
double
urban
garden
or
the
the
staff
that
helps
to
manage
the
the
arboretum,
the
botanical
garden.
S
You
know,
I
think,
in
in
terms
of
schedule
scheduling
the
plaza.
I
think
one
we'll
we'll
have
to
wait
for
the
art
to
show
up
and
see
how
it
all
kind
of
functions,
but
I
think
it
could
be
a
space
that
that
could
serve
small
events,
so
we
will
definitely
take
a
look
at
that
in
terms
of
volunteers
in
the
formal
garden
pam.
Do
you
are
you
aware
of
any
formal
partnerships.
T
We
have,
there
do
not
have
formal
partnerships
in
the
garden
right
now.
Certainly
the
bellevue
botanical
garden
has
has
celebrated
the
formal
garden
and
lights
have
appeared
in
downtown.
The
holiday
lights
have
appeared
in
downtown
park,
but
we
don't
do
not
have
a
formal
partnership
right
now.
C
Well,
thank
you
so
much
michael
and
pam
for
the
great
presentation
and
yeah
we
had
the
pleasure
of,
I
think
councilmember,
zahn
and
and
and
customer
stokes
councilmember
lee
and
the
mayor
myself
were
able
there
to
get
a
little
bit
of
a
sneak
peek
there
as
the
gates
were
taken
down.
It's
just
stunning.
C
It
is
just
such
a
wonderful
addition
that
that
gateway
is
just
going
to
be
so
enjoyed
by
so
many
residents
in
the
city
and
and
even
more
so
when
the
art
installation
is,
is
complete
at
the
end
of
the
summer.
So
this
be
fantastic,
so
just
kudos
all
around
and
really
kudos
to
you
know
the
a
council
many
years
before
any
of
us
were
on
this
bellevue
city
council
that
had
the
vision
for
this.
C
It's
it's
just
amazing
to
see
to
see
this
come
to
fruition
a
couple
of
quick
questions
for
you
on
the
presentation,
so
in
slide
number
nine.
It
just
dawned
on
me
that
I
saw
some
tables
and
chairs
there.
Is
that
still
part
of
the
plan
to
have
some
seating
areas
for
people
to
enjoy
coffee
or
lunch
if,
if
they
want
to
do
from
the
nearby
you
know,
businesses
or
retail
et
cetera?
Is
that
still
part
of
the
plan
or
is?
Is
that
no
longer
a
part
of
it?.
T
We
have,
we
have
pretty,
we
have,
we
have
our
typical
downtown
park
benches
and
we
have
some
larger
seating
benches
in
the
plaza.
Certainly,
we
are
looking
for
ways
to
activate
that
plaza
and
partnering,
with
the
bellevue
downtown
association
to
bring
life
to
to
that
to
help
bring
life
to
that
plaza.
Currently,
there
are
no
tables
and
chairs,
but
we'll
say
movable
type
in
the
park.
C
Weren't
there
I
wonder
we're
going
to
add.
Those
second
question
is
on
the
the
you
know.
The
gateway
looks
just
so
amazing
at
night,
with
all
with
all
the
lights.
So
two
questions
there,
actually
just
one
on
the
art
installation
is
that
going
to
be
lit
up
as
well?
I
don't
think
it
is,
but
well
will
that
have
any
kind
of
light
component
to
it
during
the
evening.
T
C
C
H
Yeah
this
is
this
is
really
exciting
to
see
the
progression
in
this,
and
you
know,
was
it
2017
when
we
finished
the
other
part
of
the
the
children's
fac
and
redid
that
whole
section,
and
then
it's
been
redone
since
then,
and
this
is
kind
of
the
putting
the
real
icing
on
the
cake
in
a
sense
of
that,
and
it's
been
really
exciting
and
had
the
privilege
of
being.
H
You
know,
working
the
arts
commission
on
this,
and
that
was
a
very,
very
interesting
process
going
through
to
come
up
with
this,
and
I
I
think
everybody
is
very
excited
about
it,
and
it's
just
going
to
be
against
one
of
these
things.
When
you
do
the
planning
and
you
have
everything
and
when
it
actually
happens,
it's
so
much
fun
to
act,
be
there
and
say
wow.
H
You
know
this
is
this
is
real
now
and
it's
it's
all
fitting
together
and
just
amazing,
and
I
think,
what's
going
to
be
really
exciting
about
this,
is
this
will
be
a
a
key
thing,
that
kind
of
says
to
the
community
we're
back?
We
get
this
pandemic.
H
Hopefully
we're
going
to
a
good
space
on
that
and
having
this
type
of
facility
ready
and
the
fact
that
we
continue
to
work
through
this.
It
would
have
been
kind
of
easy
to
say.
Well,
that's
that's
something
we
don't
have
to
do
right
now,
but
you
know
kudos
to
the
staff
and
and
to
the
city,
manager's
office
and
and
the
the
council
for
saying.
H
Let's,
let's
keep
on
this
and
I
think
that's
that's
been
very
important
and
I've
had
some
people
say
make
that
comment
about
wow
you're
still
doing
things
like
art
and
fixing
the
park
up
and-
and
I
think
that's
very,
very
important
thing-
we've
done
so-
I'm
really
excited
about
seeing
it
and
going
out
there,
and
I
hope
we
can
have
a
lot
of
different
ways
to
utilize
that
space.
You
know
in
the
future
and
it's
just
gonna
be
continue
to
be
a
great.
H
You
know,
attraction
for
the
city
and
that
downtown
park,
and
given
that
this
is
also
located
in
our
largest
neighborhood,
it
really
enhances
the
whole
downtown
area
and
connecting
with
them
with
the
you
know,
the
trail
and
the
congress
connection.
All
that
just
one
one
other
kind
of
jewel
in
the
ground,
so
great
work
and
great
presentation
really
looking
forward
to
enjoying
it.
So
thank
you.
A
Any
other
comments
or
questions
council
members
on.
F
Yes,
I
echo
my
colleagues,
it's
a
it's
an
amazing
park
and
I
have
to
say
I
haven't
been
there
at
night
yet
so
I
feel
like,
although
I
was
there
last
friday,
the
the
special
lighting
and
features
just
looks
phenomenal,
and
so
I
look
forward
to
that.
What
it
made
me
think
about,
especially
for
activating
the
space
is,
do
we
have
built-in
electrical
infrastructure?
F
So
if
we
wanted
to
have
musicians
play
there,
there's
a
way
to
get
everything
plugged
in
without
a
bunch
of
you
know,
cords
for
tripping
and
then
the
other
one
was.
I
was
also
thinking
with
all
the
features
that
we
have
there
now,
where
you
were
talking
about
right,
the
arch
from
the
old
school
and
you
know
in
downtown
park.
F
We
also
have
the
the
world
war
one
monument
there
do
we
have
any
beacons
or
those
things
where
when
people
are
walking
around
it
their
phone,
if
they
were
interested
in
learning
about
what
the
art
or
different
features
are,
they
can
be
engaged
in
that
space.
So
those
were
some
things.
I
was
just
wondering
about.
S
So
so
so
in
terms
of
the
the
beacons
are,
are
you
talking
about
qr
codes
or
are
you.
F
Yeah
they're
they're
a
little
bit
like
that,
so
that
folks
can
be
walking
around
and
and
if
they're
walking
near
a
feature
it
it
pops
up
with
information
on
their
on
their
phone.
And
so
I
know
it's
things
that
we've
talked
about
in
other
places
that
I've
been
connected
with,
where
more
and
more
of
these
interactive
type
of
ways
to
engage
with
with
the
community
when
they
are
in
our
parks
or
facilities.
S
I
don't
believe
we
have
those
in
the
downtown
park
right
right
now.
I
mean
it's
definitely
something
we
we
should
look
at
so
it
helps
interpret
the
history
of
what's
there
and
you're
right,
there's
monuments,
and
maybe
it's
not
as
well
explained
as
it
could
be,
and
then
your
other
question
was
about
outlets
for
events
and
plugins.
I
believe
that's
a
part
of
the
plaza,
isn't
it
pam.
F
And-
and
maybe
that's
a
that
first,
one
with
the
beacons
could
be
a
partnership
with
bda
about
ideas
of
as
they're
helping
activate
the
space.
Maybe
that
would
be
kind
of
a
fun
way
to
engage
with
the
community
federal
visiting.
E
Thank
you.
I
just
want
to
relate
that.
I
had
the
opportunity
the
last
week
to
spend
a
couple
three
evenings
at
dantam
park
and
I
know
the
mayor
lives
right
close
to
downtown
park,
so
I
don't
want
her
to
have
all
the
fun.
It
was
an
enjoyment
and
you
know
after
I
was
doing
this,
the
photo
op
and
you
know
previously,
the
monday
we
had
this
downtown
rally.
E
The
weather
was
just
perfect,
so
you
know
I
hear
that
all
the
great
stuff
we
want
to
add,
but
just
on
the
the
level
you
know,
this
is
just
a
wonderful
asset
right
in
the
middle
of
downtown
now
connecting
to
maidenpower
park
all
the
way
going
through
dunton
park.
You
know
this
vision
is
being
realized
when
we
put
in
the
pedestrian
corridor.
E
So
it's
just
a
wonderful
place
gathering
place.
That's
really
the
key
yeah,
of
course,
further
south
is
the
imagination
playground
right
I
mean
this
is
amazing
and
the
families
everybody's
out
there.
It's
just.
Ultimately,
you
know
what
I
said:
it's
a
gathering
place.