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From YouTube: Bellevue Council Meeting February 22, 2021
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Bellevue City Council
A
C
D
A
C
Yes,
thank
you
mayor.
Whereas
during
black
history
month,
we
recognize
and
celebrate
the
many
achievements
and
contributions
made
by
black
people
to
our
nation's
social,
artistic,
cultural,
political
and
economic
advancement
and
whereas
in
1976
black
history
month,
was
formally
adopted
to
honor
and
affirm
the
importance
of
black
history
throughout
the
american
experience.
C
And
whereas
the
observance
of
black
history
month
calls
our
attention
to
the
continued
need
to
battle
racism
and
build
a
more
just
society
that
lives
up
to
our
democratic
ideals.
And
whereas
the
events
of
this
past
year
remind
us
that
we
have
far
to
go
to
end
racial
injustice
and
inequity
in
our
nation
and
local
communities.
C
And
whereas
the
city
of
bellevue
is
committed
to
ensuring
access,
equity,
inclusion
and
opportunity
for
all.
And
whereas,
as
part
of
this
commitment,
the
city
council
undertook
a
pledge
in
june
2020
to
take
a
fresh
look
at
use
of
force,
policies
and
policing
to
ensure
black
indigenous
and
people
of
color
are
safe,
respected
and
served
equitably.
C
And
whereas
we
welcome
our
community's
participation
in
this
crucial
process.
To
realize
bellevue's
mission
to
welcome
the
world.
Celebrate
celebrate
black
history
as
an
important
part
of
american
history
and
achieve
justice
and
equity
for
all
members
of
our
community
and
whereas
we
strive
to
raise
awareness
of
the
history
and
contributions
of
communities
of
color,
most
recently
with
a
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion
summit,
a
black
history
month
panel
and
a
virtual
adaptation
of
the
american
history,
traveling
museum,
the
unspoken
truths
available
until
march
31st
2021
through
the
city's
website.
A
Thank
you.
We
had
a
great
black
history
celebration
last
week
and
if
you
go
to
the
city
of
bellevue's
website,
you
can
go
explore
this
virtual
black
history
museum,
which
is
really
very
well
done.
That
will
be
up,
I
think,
until
through
the
end
of
the
month,
and
then
we
have
another
proclamation
for
lunar
new
year
council
members
on.
Would
you
like
to
read
that
one.
D
D
A
B
Mayor
there
were
no
pre-registered
speakers
for
oral
communications
and
looking
at
our
zoom
call
now
there
is
no
one
from
the
public
connected
to
the
call.
So
at
this
point
we
can
close
oral
communications
gotcha.
H
Good
evening,
mayor
robinson
and
council
members,
I
have
one
formal
report
under
the
city
manager's
report.
As
many
of
you
know,
the
bellevue
fire
department
planned
and
developed
and
implemented
a
mobile
vaccination
team
to
assist
in
vaccinating
a
number
of
our
communities,
high-risk
individuals
in
adult
family
homes.
This
evening,
chief
hagen
will
provide
a
brief
update
of
this
team's
past
and
as
well
as
the
future
work
that
they
plan
in
the
community.
But
that
I'll
hand
it
over
to
chief
hagan.
I
Thank
you
good
evening,
mayor
robinson,
deputy
mayor
newinghouse
city
manager,
miyaki
members
of
council.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
provide
you
with
a
quick
vaccination
update
mayor,
I
think
about
last
march.
I
don't
think
we
contemplated
the
grim
milestone
that
we
just
passed,
which
is
in
excess
of
500
000
deaths
in
our
country
due
to
covet
19,
including
4822
washingtonians,
and
now
we're
watching
the
emergence
of
several
coveted
variants
that
we're
concerned
about.
I
We
have
just
completed
the
first
round
for
adult
family
homes
and
four
of
our
senior
living
facilities.
This
represents
over
800
people
who
have
been
vaccinated
with
the
first
round.
We're
now
beginning
to
retrace
our
steps
about
a
month
later
after
we
started
and
providing
second
round
of
the
moderna
vaccination
just
for
reference.
There
are
138
adult
family
homes.
In
our
service
area.
We
contacted
every
single
one
of
them
to
make
sure
that
they
had
a
viable
plan
or
that
we
would
take
care
of
them.
I
We
were
able
to
with
help
make
positive
contact
of
all
138
to
get
with
them
and
make
sure
that
they
knew
we
were
coming
or
they
had
a
viable
plan.
So
that
was
really
well
worth
the
effort
we've
been
averaging
just
over
36
folks
per
day.
I
I
I
I
Most
recently,
the
winter
weather
you
all
saw
on
the
news
across
the
country
has
resulted
in
a
most
recent
delay,
but
we
are
hopeful
that
the
vaccine
supply
is
going
to
become
more
dependable
and
just
a
just
to
reiterate
from
my
last
presentation
after
seattle
fire
department,
we
were
next
in
line
to
partner
with
king
county
from
from
the
go
order
to
the
first
shot.
I
Delivered
was
three
days,
and
it
was
nine
days
until
our
our
teams
had
been
assembled
trained
and
put
into
the
field,
so
we're
so
proud
of
the
partnerships
we
have
and
the
fact
that
we're
able
to
do
this
work
as
well.
We
have
been,
we
have
been
able
to
assist
our
partners
and
our
neighbors
in
standing
up
teams
of
their
own,
so
our
regional
partnerships
are
strong
and
effective.
H
Matt
robinson,
I
have
one
last
item
to
it's
not
on
the
agenda,
but
I
did
want
to
highlight
that
this
week
is
the
engineers
week
and
I
wanted
to
acknowledge
the
great
work
of
all
the
city
engineers
as
well.
As
I
know,
we
have
two
council
members
here
that
are
actually
have
engineer
degrees
by
trade
and
council
members,
conrad
lee
and
council
members
on.
H
A
Thank
you.
Well,
I'm
just
so
proud
of
our
our
firefighters
for
getting
out
there
and
reaching
the
most
vulnerable
in
our
community,
and
I
just
want
to
put
out
there
that,
if
there's
somebody
that
you
know
that
is
unable
that
qualifies
for
the
vaccine
and
is
unable
to
find
an
appointment
or
is
unable
to
get
out
to
get
an
appointment
if
they
want
to
contact
me
al
robinson
at
bellevuewa.gov,
there's
a
lot
of
organizations
of
volunteers
that
are
working
hard
to
get
people
their
appointments
and
the
firefighters.
A
A
Okay,
so
we
have
consent
calendar.
Is
there
a
motion
to
approve
that.
E
J
Me
pardon
me
sorry
to
interrupt
your
order
of
business.
Can
I
ask
the
chief
chief
hagen
a
question
regarding
the
any
vaccination.
A
H
Yes,
thank
you.
American
council
members.
The
as
you
mentioned,
there's
four
items,
and
the
first
topic
on
your
study
session
agenda
this
evening
is
an
update
from
sound
transit,
ceo
peter
rogoff,
on
the
status
of
sound
transits
transit's
high
capacity
projects,
as
well
as
an
overview
of
the
sound
transit
boards.
Realignment
process
which
is
focused
on
adjusting
their
capital
program
and
due
to
the
economic
impacts
of
covet
tonight's
presentation,
is
informational,
provides
the
council
an
opportunity
to
ask
questions
and
provide
ceo
rogoffs
any
feedback.
H
K
Thank
you,
mr
city
manager.
Next
time
we're
not
going
to
write
you
such
good
talking
points.
I
have
nothing
left
to
say
basically,
except
I'd
like
to
welcome
peter,
to
meet
the
meeting
tonight.
I
think
it's
an
exciting
time
in
where
we
are
with
all
the
high-capacity
transit
projects.
K
The
tunnel
that's
behind
peter
is
especially
interesting,
and
maybe
he
can
explain
to
us
which
tunnel
that
is
and
where
it
goes,
but
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
excitement
and
a
lot
of
enthusiasm
around
east
link
and
where
we
are
with
that
and
tonight
we're
going
to
hear
about
some
of
the
more
problematic
issues
that
sound
transit
board
is
having
to
grapple
with
the
covet.
K
19
pandemic
has
impacted
everybody's
life
to
some
extent
and
is
really
wreaked
havoc
on
our
transit
systems,
as
more
people
stayed
home
as
a
result
of
the
governor's
stay
home,
stay,
healthy
orders,
transit,
ridership,
really
declined
and
that
left
almost
all
transit
agencies
in
a
very
big
bind.
So
sound
transit
wasn't
immune
from
this,
but
I
do
believe
they
have
a
plan
for
how
they're
going
to
approach
the
deficit
or
I
guess
it
would
not
be
a
deficit.
K
It's
a
shortfall
in
revenue,
and
so
I'm
excited
to
hear
what
peter
has
to
say
about
that
tonight
and
I
think
it's
it's
good
to
hear
an
update
on
just
where
we
are
with
eastlink
because,
as
I
said,
it's
very
exciting.
Peter.
L
Well,
thank
you
and-
and
thank
you
very
much
for
having
me
I
I
was
just
thinking
it
has
been
years
since
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
to
meet
with
the
council
and
some
of
the
new
council
there
I
I
know
you're,
not
new,
council
members,
but
you're
new.
Since
the
last
time
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
be
with
you,
so
I
really
appreciate
this
opportunity.
L
I
don't
think,
there's
really
a
two
or
three
day
spell
that
goes
by
when
city
staff
and
sound
transit
staff
are
not
collaborating
on
the
future
vision
for
for
transit
in
bellevue
and,
as
was
pointed
out,
east
link
is
really
is
really
starting
to
take
shape,
not
just
in
terms
of
the
transit
benefits
that
it'll
provide,
but
all
the
economic
development
that's
been
happening
around
it.
We
are
very
far
along
on
the
operations
and
maintenance
facility,
with
a
great
vision
here
again
that
we're
working
with
bellevue
city
staff.
L
So
I'm
going
to
go
through
a
series
of
slides
and
I'm
hoping
that
someone
other
than
me
is
teed
up
to
run
them
and,
and
just
first
say
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
come
before
you.
We
can
go
to
the
next
slide.
L
As
was
pointed
out,
I
am
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
is
going
on
with
eastlink,
as
well
as
the
maintenance
facility,
as
well
as
at
least
the
planning
process
going
around
for
the
stride,
bus
rapid
transit
program
and
also
share
with
you
the
challenges
that
the
agency
will
face,
like
many
transit
agencies
across
the
country,
from
depleted
revenues
and
as
I'll
explain
when
we
get
to
that
discussion.
Our
challenge
is
not
just
depleted
revenues,
but
actually
some
troubling
trends
on
increased
costs
that
really
combine
together
to
contribute
to
our
affordability
gap.
L
Why
don't
we
go
to
our
our
next
slide,
so
we
are
indeed
powering
progress
across
the
region.
You
know
we
did
struggle
when
covid
first
hit
and
had
to
shut
down
some
80
percent
of
our
construction
due
to
the
pandemic.
But
I
will
tell
you
that
we
were
very
fortunate
to
work
very
carefully
with
our
contractors
and
our
our
partners
in
the
labor
movement,
with
the
building
trades
on
how
to
reopen
construction
safely.
L
So
we
have
gotten
all
of
that.
80
back
and
you
know
over
the
life
of
our
program.
We
will
have
supported
over
240
000,
perhaps
as
many
as
304
000
well-paying
construction
jobs,
and
you
see
many
thousands
of
them
on
the
eight
major
capital
projects
in
which
we're
in
construction.
Right
now
we
have
been
able,
like
I
said,
through
covid,
to
get
back
to
full
capacity
on
all
of
our
projects,
albeit
with
very,
very
careful
training
of
the
construction
workforce
for
covid
safety.
L
We've
been
very
pleased
with
the
record
of
low
infections
among
the
construction
workforce.
People
really
got
into
a
cadence
on
how
to
do
this
safely
and
and
while
it
has
introduced
some
challenges
and
some
timing
issues
with
some
of
the
projects,
none
are
behind
schedule
and
everyone,
the
the
most
important
factor,
namely
the
safety
of
all
of
the
entire
workforce,
has
been
able
to
be
front
of
mind
throughout.
Why
don't
we
go
to
the
next
slide,
so
we
are
currently
in
construction
on
on
eight
major
projects.
L
At
the
same
time,
I
will
tell
you
it's
a
little
bit
challenging
and
I
think
many
of
you
know
that
ron
lewis,
who
was
our
executive
project
director,
who
I
think,
you've
all
met,
because
he
was
heading
up.
The
east
link
project
got
tapped
to
be
our
new
executive
director
for
design
engineering
and
construction
and
therefore
is
overseeing
the
entire
waterfront
on
all
of
these
projects
that
are
currently
in
construction.
L
The
great
news
really
is
that
every
one
of
these
projects
is
on
schedule
and
only
one
of
them
is
over
budget
and
that's
the
hilltop
tacoma
project.
Because
of
what
what
can
happen
in
working
in
any
older
city,
we
discovered
upon
opening
up
the
streets
to
build
the
streetcar
that
the
utilities
weren't,
where
they
were
mapped
to
be
that
triggered
a
series
of
redesigns,
but
even
even
with
that,
it
is
on
schedule.
However,
trending
over
budget.
L
The
other
projects
on
this
list
are
all
on
or
ahead
of
budget
or
on
or
ahead
of
schedule.
So
we're
really
we're
really
pleased
with
the
performance
of
these.
In
the
end,
we
will
triple
our
light
rail
network
going
from
22
miles
to
62
and
from
22
stations
to
50
all
by
2024,
so
we'll
have
28
new
light
rail
stations
by
2024,
10
of
them,
of
course,
on
east
link,
with
the
other
two
going
to
downtown
redmond
just
just
one
year
later.
Why
don't
we
go
to
the
next
slide?
L
East
link,
as
was
pointed
out,
is
progressing
really
well.
You
know
and
the
more
work
that
gets
behind
us,
the
more
confident
we
are
in
our
ability
to
deliver
it
on
time
and
deliberate,
honor
or
or
ahead
of
budget.
Really
more
and
more
of
what
we
would
calculate
is
the
risk
is
frankly
behind
us.
As
you
see,
more
and
more
of
the
of
the
of
the
infrastructure
goes
go
up.
L
We
have
been
working
like
I
said,
on
the
operations
and
maintenance
facility
east
and
working
with
bellevue
staff
to
ensure
that
we
get
an
affordable
housing
component
as
well
as
the
development
of
925
000
square
feet
of
public
amenities
and
mixed-use
miss
income
development,
which
is
going
to
include
roughly
500
housing
units
with
280
designated,
affordable
housing
units
led
by
the
bridge
housing
group
that
we've
been
partnering
with
and
and
while
also
partnering
with
the
city
around
our
shared
vision
for
an
urban
home
at
the
spring
district
120th
street
station.
L
There's
a
lot
of
just
exciting
stuff
going
on,
and
I
I've
got
to
tell
you
that
it's
really
been
made
possible
with
the
partnership
between
our
agency
and
the
city
staff,
and
I
did
not
want
to
leave
that
topic
without
acknowledging
the
efforts
of
nancy
lacombe,
who,
I
understand,
is
retiring
in
the
near
future.
We
couldn't
have
gotten
here
without
her
partnership,
as
well
as
the
collaboration
of
a
great
many
other
staff,
both
on
the
sound
transit
side
and
the
bellevue
city
side.
L
L
We
are
still
projecting
that
it
will
serve
43,
000
and
52
000
new
riders
and
really
things
have
been
hitting
all
their
marks
in
terms
of
the
on-time
delivery
of
projects.
Next
month
we
are
going
to
have
a
fairly
major
milestone.
Crudes
will
be
connecting
the
overhead
electric
wires
on
our
current
line
to
the
eastlink
overhead
wires,
creating
a
a
pivotal
future
junction
to
the
east
side
from
international
district
chinatown
station
in
downtown
seattle.
L
I
think,
as
many
of
you
know,
we
do
actually
have
some
new
rail
cars
that
have
been
delivered
for
testing
purposes
on
at
our
maintenance
facility
on
the
east
side.
So
there
are
light
rail
trains
in
bellevue.
They
do
not
connect
to
seattle
yet,
but
they
are
there
for
the
necessary
testing
around
the
maintenance
facility
and-
and
that
is
also
going
well.
L
We
would
be
asked
how
soon
we
could
reopen
the
south
bellevue
park
parking
facility
and,
as
a
result,
we
did
work
collaboratively
and
kind
of
creatively
with
our
contractor
there
to
open
up
two
years
early,
which
will
be
a
benefit
for
those
folks
who
are
still
will
still
be
boarding.
The
550
ahead
of
the
introduction
of
light
rail.
L
I
thought
I'd
talk
a
little
bit
about
our
work
together
on
the
405
brt
system,
which
is
the
next
slide.
I
believe
I'm
hoping.
L
We
do
project
we'll
have
about
26
000
daily
boardings
on
I-405
bus,
rapid
transit,
when
it's
delivered
stride
will
serve
belly
view
with
two
lines:
the
s1
line,
which
will
connect
burien
through
tuck,
willa,
renton
and
then
up
to
bellevue,
which
will
intercept
light
rail
in
two
places
and
it'll
shave
about
17
minutes
off
of
today's
bus
travel
times
between
burien
and
bellevue.
The
s2
line,
which
will
run
between
bellevue
and
linwood,
will
shave
24
minutes
off
the
current
bus
trip,
and
that
is
a
considerable
time.
L
Savings
by
these
two
lines
will
converge
at
the
bellevue
transit
center
across
the
street
from
the
bellevue
downtown
light
rail
station.
So
both
of
these
lines
will
intercept
light
rail
in
two
different
places:
it'll
intercept
the
the
the
north
line
would
intercept
at
linwood
and
bellevue.
The
south
line
will
intercept
at
bellevue
and
tuck
willa,
so
we
are
pleased
to
be
also
working
with
bellevue
city
staff.
L
L
Our
challenge
really
is
embedded
in
what
I
had
said
at
the
very
beginning
of
my
presentation.
We
have
sort
of
a
double
whammy
if
you
will
of
shrunken
revenues
because
of
covid19
and
rising
costs
attributable
to
a
number
of
factors,
but
the
largest
one
is
the
fact
that,
even
in
the
presence
of
a
recession
in
the
middle
of
a
pandemic,
the
prices
of
property
that
we
must
procure
and
pay
fair
market
value
for
to
deliver.
L
I
could
tell
you
anecdotally:
there
have
been
some
pieces
of
property
that
have
just
literally
even
commercial
property
that
we
would
procure
like
for
a
bus
base
or
similar
type
facilities,
where
the
value
of
the
property
has
has
more
than
doubled
to
just
a
two
or
three
year
period,
and
that
as
we.
If,
if
that
trend
is
continuing,
we
we
see
trends
both
on
the
property
acquisition
and
the
actual
cost
of
construction.
There
is
still
notwithstanding
a
pandemic
and
a
recession,
a
very
hot
construction
market
in
this
region.
L
We
are
competing
for
both
workers
and
the
attention
of
bidders
with
a
lot
of
the
vertical
construction
that
continues
throughout
the
region.
So
that
has
has
yielded
pretty
pretty
sizable
cost
growth
in
our
projections-
and
I
should
say
these
are
still
just
projections.
L
Those
projects
are
just
seeing
increases
in
their
cost
projections,
even
at
just
10
to
15
design
that
that
are
worrisome.
So
the
if
you
want
to
go
to
the
next
slide.
L
Thank
you,
this
sort
of
characterizes
what
our
overall
situation
is.
We
do
have
a
revenue
loss
of
about
6.1
billion
dollars.
That's
projected
all
the
way
through
2041,
but
we
also
have
to
take
these
recent
trends
and
costs
and
extrapolate
them
over
building
the
entire
system
through
2041,
which
yields
to
a
12.3
billion
dollar
higher
and
estimated
costs.
L
L
So
how
are
we
addressing
that
at
sound
transit?
Well,
the
ballot
measure,
as
adopted
in
st3
and
st2,
had
very
identical.
Language
requires
the
board
to
go
through
it
when
they
know
the
program
to
be
unaffordable
to
to
it
triggers,
what's
called
a
realignment
process.
L
It
requires
the
board
to
take
a
look
at
their
the
plans
that
we
have
for
those
next
transfer
projects,
not
the
ones
currently
in
construction
and
use
a
variety
of
tools
to
make
the
program
affordable.
L
This
time,
obviously
looking
at
where
we
can
trim
costs
where
we
can
also,
the
board
is
very
determined
to
seek
additional
capacity
wherever
we
can
and
in
this
particular
case,
we're
thinking
a
lot
about
the
fact
that
down
in
olympia,
they
are
looking
at
new
transportation
revenue
packages
and
and
and
since
there's
a
lot
of
focus
on
climate-friendly
investments
in
in
olympia.
L
L
The
goals
of
the
biden
administration's
buildback
better
plan
by
generating
thousands
of
new
green
jobs
by
building
projects
that
really
address
climate
change
head
on
that
build
projects
that
have
the
opportunity
to
really
address
equity
gaps
throughout
the
region,
and
we
made
that
presentation
to
administration
officials
this
morning
and
I
will
be
making
several
more
to
several
other
folks
and
working
very
carefully
with
our
congressional
delegation
to
see
if
we
can't
grow
our
federal
contribution
to
our
program.
Why
don't
we
go
to
the
next
slide?
L
So
these
are
the
next
steps
in
terms
of
what
the
board
intends
to
do
on
the
schedule.
There's
already
been
a
discussion
discussion
of
realignment
approaches
next
month.
We
will
be
talking
about
how
we
engage
the
public
in
this
dialogue
and
I
would
strongly
encourage
not
just
the
city
of
bellevue,
but
all
all
city
governments
and
all
citizens
from
around
the
region
to
engage
in
this
process.
L
We
will
then
be
discussing
the
public
feedback
with
the
board
and-
and
we
expect
the
board
to
charge
us
with
developing
a
variety
of
different
realignment
plans
and
hopefully
adopt
a
real,
a
realignment
plan
by
the
month
of
july,
two
months
later
than
that
we'll
open
light
rail
in
gate
and
that
will
be
the
beginning
of
opening
a
major
expansion
of
transit
in
the
region
every
year
for
the
next
three
years
because,
like
I
said
as
identified
earlier,
we'll
open
northgate
this
year,
the
tacoma
hilltop
project
next
year,
east
link
the
year
after
that
and
then
20
in
2024.
L
L
So
I
believe
that
may
be
my
last
slide.
Let
me
check
yep.
Thank
you.
For
the
time,
I'd
really
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions,
and
any
I
know
that
your
meeting
is
is
is
time
constrained
if,
if
council
members
or
others
have
further
questions,
I
would
just
encourage
you
to
get
to
us
and
we're
happy
to
answer
them.
What
we
can
answer
now
and
others
later.
A
Thank
you
very
much
for
that
presentation.
We
do
have
time
to
take
questions
and
comments
from
the
council,
so
I'm
going
to
call
on
people
in
this
order.
Council
members
on
followed
by
robertson,
deputy
mayor
noon,
house
councilmember,
stokes,
council,
member
lee
barksdale
and
then
myself
so
council
members
on.
D
Yes,
thank
you
mayor.
Thank
you
for
the
presentation,
peter
I
mean
so
exciting.
To
have
south
bellevue
park
can
ride
open
early.
I
I
know
how
much
we
have
pushed
for
that.
So
we
appreciate
council
member
balducci
for
doing
that
and
really
it'll
be
the
also
the
first
light
rail
across
the
floating
bridge.
Yeah.
L
D
Also
very
exciting:
to
have
that
coming
across
our
city.
I
think
that
we
sent
a
letter
urging
the
to
keep
moving
forward
with
the
brt.
D
So
I
hope
that,
although
we
didn't
spend
much
time
talking
about
it
here,
that
sound
transit
is
really
pushing
to
make
sure
that
my
understanding
is,
we
have
the
funding
on
the
south
end,
but
not
the
north
end
right
now,
and
we
need
to
get
the
whole
route
all
the
way
through,
so
that
that
is
really
our
our
east
side
light
rail
right
for
once
of
a
better
word
and-
and
then
I
guess
the
other
one
I
am
curious
about
is
when,
when
we
think
about
opening
the
light
rail,
I
know
that
in
some
of
the
other
light
rail
stations,
there
has
been
some
issues
with
the
vertical
conveyance
and
the
escalators
I'm
having
some
issues.
D
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
the
ones
that
are
going
to
be
built
on
the
east
side
that
they
are
that
we
are
making
sure
that
they
are
more
reliable
and
perhaps
a
little
higher
quality
than
those
that
might
have
been
built
prior.
L
So
let
me
address
that
straight
on.
We,
we
did
especially
there's
a
whole
host
of
reasons.
Why,
especially
the
vertical
conveyances
that
were
at
the
university
of
washington
station
did
not
perform
as
an
intended.
L
L
Part
of
it
was
not
recognizing
that
college
students
were
going
to
jump
up
and
down
on
the
cone
plates
as
they
fly
off
the
escalators.
I
think
we
maybe
weren't
totally
cognizant
of
who
our
audience
was
going
to
be
at
a
university
campus,
but
all
those
things
in
combination.
It
certainly
wasn't
the
agency's
finest
hour
and
and
frankly,
through
a
lot
of
hard
work.
Reliability
now
at
that
station
is
at
or
above
the
average.
L
Now
we
do
have
some
very
challenging
new
vertical
conveyances
that
sound
transit
just
took
possession
of
in
the
downtown
seattle
transit
tunnel
that
we're
going
to
have
to
do
many
years
of
investment
to
now
completely
rehabilitate,
in
some
cases
completely
rip
out.
As
for
the
new
stations,
we
have
been
much
more
attentive
to
not
only
what
we're
buying
but
to
the
reliability
there.
I'll
I'll
be
honest.
L
I
wish
there
was
more
competition
in
this
space
between
between
manufacturers,
vendors
and
maintainers
of
those
systems,
but
I'm
quite
confident
that
we
will
have
not
just
because
of
them
being
more
robust
when
we
procure
them,
but
the
fact
that
we're
going
to
have
redundant
stairs-
and
they
are
you
know
the
ones
at
the
university
of
washington-
were
subjected
to
a
really
challenging
design
and
also
a
very
challenging
work
environment
where
it
was
a
construction
site
with
active
escalators
for
years.
That
is
not
what
we're
having
with
the
east
side
station.
D
Thank
you
and
then
my
other
only
other
comment
would
be
as
you
look
at
the
realignment
and
your
cost
estimates
that
I
believe
sound
transit
is
looking
at.
You
know.
Other
methods
of
procurement
and
potentially
looking
at
progressive
design
build
and
how
we
might
be
able
to
you
know,
do
some
of
the
the
value
engineering
with
the
design
builder
and
look
at
some
of
the
choices
to
perhaps
get
a
little
more
cost
predictability
and
work
through
the
what-if
scenarios
before
you
lock
in
pricing
and
then
potentially
end
up
with
some
challenges.
L
Yeah
our
experience
with
design
build
has
been
progressing
well.
As
you
know,
certain
segments
of
east
link
were
done
by
design
build,
as
is
our
extension
down
to
federal
way,
and
we
are
seeing
the
benefits
of
that
approach
and
we
expect
to
continue
to
see
them
thanks.
G
We
are
so
excited.
This
has
been
such
a
long
long
time
coming.
I
cannot
wait
to
see
light
rail
open
and
hopefully
it
will
be
before
the
end
of
2023.
I
know
that
things
are
progressing
really
well.
So
I'm
really
happy
to
hear
that
I
have
a
couple
of
questions
about
the
realignment
process
and
the
costs
of
st3,
so
one
of
the
basis
for
the
increased
cost
is
stakeholder
requests
to
expand
project
scopes
and
that
caught
my
eye
because
we
in
bellevue
had
that
same
situation
with
sound
transit.
G
We
wanted
to
have
a
downtown
tunnel,
it
wasn't
in
the
project,
scope
and
so
bellevue
and
san
transit
worked
really
closely
together.
We
resolved
it
by
entering
into
a
partnership
for
funding,
so
bellevue
providing
funding
as
well
as
things
of
value,
and
also
we
worked
really
closely
together
to
councilman.
Stokes
remembers
this.
He
was
with
me
on
this.
We
worked
on
the
cost
savings
work
to
try
to
you
know,
make
it
first
help
fund.
G
It
second
help
make
it
cheaper,
so
that
seemed
to
be
a
real
win
for
sound
transit
and
for
bellevue,
and
it
also
was
really
important
in
preserving
sub-area
equities
so
that
other
sub-areas
weren't
paying
for
bellevue
to
have
this
expanded
scope
of
the
of
the
tunnel
at
least
not
fully
paying
for
it.
So
to
the
extent
that
some
of
the
increases
in
sound
transit
3
are
due
to
scope,
expansion.
G
I'd
like
to
know
what,
if
anything,
sound,
transit's
going
to
do
to
enter
into
funding
agreements
with
local
governments
for
cost
sharing
or
cost
savings
like
we
did
and
how
standard
transit
will
ensure
that
sub-area
equity
is
maintained
so
that
one
sub-area
doesn't
bear
the
burden
of
a
scope,
expansion
for
another
sub-area,
and
to
that
also
to
that
end,
how
will
you
use
sub-area
equity
in
your
realignment
decision
in
terms
of
delaying
or
phasing
or
even
counseling
projects?
We
want
to
make
sure
that
things
are
fair.
G
That
money
raised
in
sub-areas
is
not
unduly
sent
to
other
sub-areas,
and
to
that
extent
we
definitely.
I
appreciate
council
members
on
commenting
on
brt
our
north
south
light
rail
line.
Basically,
we're
gonna
have
30
000
jobs,
new
jobs
by
the
time
that
opens
let's
keep
it
on
track.
So
there's
my
plug,
but
would
you
answer
my
questions
about
the
potential
funding
agreements
with
other
communities
as
well
as
the
very
equity
will
be
used
on
that
and
all
realignment
decisions.
L
Sure
so,
yes,
we
do
have,
and
I
did
I
I
didn't
bring
it
in
the
presentation,
but
there
is
another
slide
that
we've
been
using.
That
really
lists
all
of
the
potential
ways
that
we
can
enjoy.
You
know
basically
have
expanded
capacity
to
deliver
on
the
program
as
planned,
which
could
include
third-party
funding,
not
just
for
betterments
but
for
for
components
of
the
system
that
otherwise
might
be
delayed
and
people
might
want
to
fund
locally.
L
Let
me
give
you
an
example.
Among
the
options
that
have
been
that
have
been
talked
about
is,
would
it
make
sense,
for
example,
on
the
522
brt
option?
It's
one
of
the
things
that
you
know
in
a
broad
universe.
I'm
not
saying
that.
There's,
there's,
there's
support
for
this
or
lack
of
support
for
it,
but
to
build
the
light
rail
connections
first
and
build
the
parking
later
to
segment
things
to
spread
out
the
the
the
the
drain
on
our
debt
capacity
by
building
some
segments
now
and
some
segments
later.
L
Well,
there's
nothing
about
some
of
those
later
investments
that,
if
especially
a
parking
facility
which
you
may
be
able
to
finance
in
part
by
by
by
charging
for
parking
that
you
that
someone
might
want
to
help
finance
to
deliver
it
sooner.
So
I
think
you
know
the
view
of
the
board.
I've
I've
not
heard
any
board.
Members
want
to
turn
down
the
opportunity
to
partner
with
someone
to
deliver
something
sooner.
That
could
be
one
of
the
one
of
the
things
that
approaches
I
mean.
L
Obviously,
someone
who
just
wants
a
tunnel
that
is
not
needed,
otherwise
other
than
the
fact
that
they
want
it.
That
would
have
to
trigger
a
conversation
between
the
the
board
and
those
municipalities
in
terms
of
how
it
was
going
to
get
financed.
I
I
think
part
of
it.
Councilmember
robertson
is
really
you
know
the
the
there
are
big
betterments
in
the
form
of
the
tunnel.
L
We
also
if
you
will
die
a
death
of
a
thousand
cuts,
because
there
are
always
little
things
that
cities
would
like
as
augmented
some
of
these
projects
that
they
look
to
us
to
help
finance.
L
Sometimes
they
actually
try
and
require
it
of
us
by
passing
local
codes
and
ordinances
and
and
and-
and
that
is
can
sometimes
be
a
frustration.
It's
I
wouldn't
call
it
massive
scope
creep,
but
it's
kind
of
incremental.
L
We
are
often
called
on
to
deliver
when
we
go
in
and
do
construction
to
deliver
the
property
back
to
the
community
in
much
better
condition
than
we
received
it
in
ways
that
are
unrelated
to
the
transit
improvement.
But
the
city
feels
and
I'm
not
going
to
point
to
any
one
city
or
another.
The
city
feels
that,
if
you're
going
to
go
and
dig
up
the
streets,
why
don't
you
return
it
to
the
vision
we
would
like
it
to
be
since
you're
already
in
there
ripping
it
up?
L
We
we're
just
going
to
need
to
take
a
much
harder
line
with
communities
to
make
sure
that
we
don't.
We
don't
engage
in
that
kind
of
minor
scope
creep.
You
asked
about
sub-area
equity
and
some
air
equity
still
pertains.
L
The
dollars
collected
in
in
a
sub-area
are
expected
to
be
spent
on
investments
that
benefit
people
in
that
sub
area,
and
we
will
be
making
sure
that
we
subject
whatever
the
final
realignment
plan
is.
It
does
have
a
requirement
to
make
sure
that
no
no
one
sub-area
is
lending
so
much
money
to
another
sub-area
as
to
endanger
the
projects
within
their
sub-area
and
and
and
that
is
really
the
test.
L
You
know,
I
think
everyone
in
the
public
and
in
the
board
needs
to
appreciate
that
sub
areas
are
lending
each
other
money
all
the
time
it
is.
We
don't
keep
five
separate
banks,
but
we
very
carefully
account
for
what
dollars
are
collected
in
those
suburbs
to
make
sure
that
over
the
life
of
the
plan,
the
people
in
that
sub-area
enjoy
benefits
from
those
investments,
and
we
will
be
doing
the
same
as
part
of
this
process,
as
required
by
our
governing
ballot
measure.
In
that
language.
A
Hey
deputy
mayor
noon,
house.
F
For
the
for
the
great
update
and
just
want
to,
let
you
know,
I'm
personally
willing
to
make
myself
available
to
make
brt
an
inside
joke
just.
L
F
Great
questions
already
by
my
colleagues
there
I
just
had
two
quick
questions
for
you.
You
mentioned
that
the
ridership
between
43k
and
53k.
You
sounded
pretty
bullish
on
that.
You
feel
like
that.
Ridership
will
maintain
those
levels,
I'm
just
curious
if
you've
done
any
surveys
or
polling
that
once
we
get
past
covid
that
we're
going
to
see,
ridership
maintain
that
level
that,
because
that
number
I'm
I'm
assuming
was
that
was
a
pre-covered.
L
Number
exactly
yes,
and-
and
we
are
obviously
like
all
transit
agencies
carefully
trying
to
monitor.
You
know
the
same
question
that
all
of
our
us
are
asking
is
what's
the
new
normal
and
we
do
believe
that
that
ridership
patterns
are
going
to
change.
L
But
I
also
believe
you
know-
and
part
of
this
is
just
based
on
what
I've
heard.
Having
spoken
to
a
lot
of
of
people
in
the
planning
community
and
the
business
community
and
part
of
it
is
just
kind
of
personal
and
emotional.
L
I
think
people
are
going
to
want
to
gather
again,
you
know
and
when
you
look
at
the
opportunities
you
know
there
was
a
time
when
we
were.
I
had
this
conversation
with
someone
years
ago
about
like
how
do
we
feel
about
this
eastlink
estimate,
and
the
only
thing
that
has
happened
since
then
is
more
and
more
companies
are,
as
you
know
well
know,
locating
along
the
alignment
yeah
and
I've
taken
note
of
the
fact
that
you
know
yeah.
We
had
an
interesting
pivot
from
when
our
the
rei
facility.
L
Some
suddenly
became
a
facebook
facility,
but
it
became
a
facebook
facility
right
with
the
expectation
that
people
are
going
to
be
called
there,
maybe
not
in
the
same
intensity.
But
you
know
true
confessions.
L
My
son
is
a
facebook
employee.
He
has
been
told
that
when
he
returns
to
work
he
will
be
returning
to
work
in
bellevue
and
I
suspect
it's
going
to
be
the
rei
facility,
and
you
know
he's
just
one
young
tech,
kid
with
all
the
others
he's
desperate
to
get
back
to
the
office
to
be
with
us
he's
done
working
in
the
dining
room.
I
can
tell
you
that
anyway,.
L
All
right
and-
and
so
I
really
believe
that
there's
going
to
be,
there's
going
to
be
a
desire
for
people
to
gather
again
and
when
you
look
at
the
network,
we
have
where
it's
not
just
about
residential
to
employment.
It's
connection
to
health
care,
centers
connection
to
the
sports
stadia
that
I
know
a
lot
of
us
are
desperate
to
get
back
to
some
sense
of
normalcy,
the
opportunity
to
go
to
entertainment
districts.
L
I
I
am
not
one
of
these
people
who
think
that
our
industry
is
in
for
a
very
cold
awakening
that
people
aren't
going
to
gather
and
they're
not
going
to
take
transit
anymore.
I
just
don't
think
that's
the
future.
F
I
agree,
I
agree
and
I'm
sure
you're
already
thinking
about
doing
things
that
maybe
you
know
pre-covered
you
were
thinking
about
doing
in
terms
of
having
you
know,
hands-on
sanitizer
available
in
every.
L
We
we
are,
in
fact
we
are
installing.
It
is
our
intention
to
install
at
least
while
we
still
and
it
sounds
like
we
will
still
see
the
importance
of
masks
for
some
time,
we're
installing
massive
dispensers
in
every
one
of
our
rail
cars.
F
Fantastic
and
then
back
to
the
south
bellevue
park
and
ride
do
we
have
a
date
yet
when
we
think
that
will
be
actually
open
and
fully
operational
and
people
can
take
advantage
of
that.
I
don't
think
that
has
go
ahead.
L
A
All
right,
thank
you.
Councilmember
stokes,.
E
E
Right
right
right,
as
customer
robertson
said,
I'm
going
the
you
know
zz
top
route.
Of
course
you
got
to
learn
how
to
play
the
guitar,
but
not
really.
E
Anyhow,
it's
really
good
to
see
you
and
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
comments
that
have
been
made
already
and,
and
I'm
appreciate,
councilman
robertson,
reminding
us
of
the
the
journey
we've
been
we've
taken
since
1919
since
2012
in
this,
and
it's
just
so
exciting
to
see
all
this
come
together,
and
this
has
been
a
great
project
all
along
with
all
the
elements
that
have
been
discussed
on
this
and
the
funding
and
everything
else
where
this
has
been
a
true
partnership
and
joint
effort
on
this,
and
I
think
that's
very
well
appreciated
and
I
think
it's
resulted
in
the
the
whole
project
being
a
lot
better
than
it
would
have
been.
E
And
you
know
we
learned
lessons
in
in
the
first
installation
in
seattle.
But
we
didn't
repeat
those
so
you
know
that's
been
very
good
and
it's
just
exciting
to
see
this
come
come
together
and
it's
been
a
it's
been
also
fun
to
watch
the
changes
in
the
neighborhoods
and
among
people
in
the
city
in
the
community
about
light
rail,
we're
so
excited
now,
and
we
hope
that
this
would
be
the
results
we
get
all
going.
But
it's
just
it's
really
really
amazing.
E
So
I
appreciate
all
you've
you
know
talked
about
about
this
and
all
I
have
a
couple
of
things
to
to
mention
or
ask
about.
One
is
just
again
a
strong
plug
for
the
brt
again.
You
know
we
sent
a
letter
with
the
several
cities
back
in
september
and
we're
really
pushing
that
because
the
brt
real
brt
as
we
call
it,
is
going
to
be
a
really
important
part
of
this,
and
it
has.
E
It
has
good
a
lot
of
benefits,
but
it's
a
it's
just
an
addition
to
the
light
rail.
It's
not
a
replacement
of
that
and
it's
getting
a
certain
quarters
put
together.
You
know
how
we
fund
it.
We
don't
know,
but
that's
very
important,
so
we're
really
pushing
for
that
and
glad
to
see
continued
efforts
and
appreciate
now,
legislator,
davina
doerr's
effort
put
getting
us
all
together
to
work
for
the
whole
quarter
and,
I
think
think,
that's
important
too.
The.
L
Other,
if
I
could
just
comment
on
that
just
for
a
moment-
I
you
know,
I'm
glad
you
made
this
reference
to
real
brt
because,
as
I
think
you
know,
councilmember,
there
is
a
challenge
that
we're
all
facing
together
and
we
could
use
legislator
doerr's
help
and
that
of
vandena
slatter
and
others.
L
There
is
envisioned-
and
we
were
very,
very
excited
about
you-
know
pre-covered
the
action
that
the
legislature
took
to
fund
the
inline
stations
to
make
the
the
brt
north
project
a
a
much
better
and
faster
project
by
allowing
us
to
stay
in
line.
L
Those
projects
were
funded
with
the
toll
revenue
from
the
the
the
the
the
hot
lanes
on
405..
L
Now
the
traffic
is
off
because
of
kovid
the
the
when
the
you
know
when
that
revenue
will
actually
materialize
to
build
those
improvements
is,
is
not
known.
Now
we
benefit
from
having
secretary
millar
on
the
sound
transit
board,
so
we
can
converse
on
this
directly,
but
there
has
been
discussion,
including
among
the
one
that
jay
arnold
and
I
had
with
jake
phi
not
long
ago
about.
L
Is
there
any
way
to
try
and
maybe
get
some
state
funding
to
backfill
those
projects
for
405
north
that
lost
out
on
on
that
revenue?
L
E
Well,
that's
that's
really
exciting.
I
think
we
will
really
push
hard
on
that
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
developed
two
years
ago
and
getting
that
working
in
the
legislature
was
getting
a
real
partnership
and
working
relationship
with
the
business
community,
the
the
chamber
of
commerce
and
all
and
a
unified.
You
know
approach
to
because
we
all
realize
that
having
great
transportation
systems,
including
that
is
important
and
to
build
a
you
know,
halfway
brt
thing:
it's
just
gonna
kind
of
mess
things
up,
so
we
really
have
to
push
for
that.
E
So
we
will
I'm
sure
we
will
do
exactly
what
you're
asking
and
really
push
on
that.
I
appreciate
that.
The
last
thing
I
want
to
ask
you
is:
is
there
any
a
feeling
of
some
some
hope
or
or
promise
that
the
federal
spending
will
increase,
with
the
emphasis
being
made
now
and
understanding?
We
have
a
transportation
infrastructure
problem
all
over
the
country
and
what
we're
doing
is
really
addressing
that
any
how's.
Your
feeling
on
that.
L
You
know
I
I
do
worry,
I'm
very
interested
to
see
what
the
buildback
plan
is
about
from
the
buying
administration
and
we're
frankly
trying
to
pitch
them
on
what
we
think
could
be
most
helpful,
not
only
for
their
goals
on
green
jobs
and
and
and
climate
friendly
investments,
but
obviously
how
we
in
this
region
can
deliver
them.
L
L
L
We
would
really
welcome
the
the
help
of
both
olympia
and
washington
dc
in
helping
us
get
on
schedule,
because
these
are
precisely
the
kind
of
investments
that
the
administration
has
been
talking
about.
You
know
thousands
and
thousands
of
green
jobs.
L
L
E
K
J
You
you
know
when
I
was
earlier
saying
that
you
can
walk
on
water.
I
mean
that
is
a
compliment
I
want
to
put
on
you.
You
know
I've
been
on
the
council
for
so
long.
I've
been
working
with
son
chancellor,
you
know
way
back
and
when
I
was
the
mayor
we
finalized.
You
know
the
agreement
with
you
guys
for
the
isling
to
happen,
and
so
I
know
the
challenges
we've
gone
through
a
lot
of
conversation,
discussion
back
and
forth.
J
I
mean
it's
just
amazing,
you
know
so
to
get
to
where
we
are
now.
You
know
I
mean
with
you
working
on
the
execute
execution
of
the
thing,
and
you
know,
and
you
mentioned
you
do
things
you
have
done
so
far
under
budget
on
time.
You
know
that's
quite
a
task,
and
so
so
I'm
not
joking
when
I
say
you
can
walk
on
water,
but
the
one
thing
I
want
to
mention,
I
got
three
things
I
want
to
talk
about
is
walking
on
water.
J
It's
when
the
train
comes
across
lake,
washington,
you're,
going
to
be
running
a
floating
bridge
that
you
know
as
an
engineer,
you
know
I
kind
of
remember:
ask
you
supposedly
hasn't
been
done
before
so.
What's
your
progress
on
that
test
and
are
we
confident
was
99.9
percent
that
it's
going
to
work
as
expected,
we.
L
Well,
I'm
not
going
to
give
a
number,
but
we're
extremely
confident-
and
it's
in
part
because
it
has
been.
You
know
there
has
been
components
that
are
now
being
installed
on
the
bridges
that
were
tested
in
off-site
facilities.
There
has
been
expert
panels,
some
appointed
by
by
government
to
oversee
this
process.
L
We
really
consulted
with
a
a
great
really
every
international
expert
that
had
something
to
lend
to
the
planning
of
this
and
the
installation
has
gone
well,
which
is
to
say,
and
that's
an
important
aspect
is
you
know
we?
We
are
using
some
some
extraordinarily
expensive
glue
to
affix
the
the
structure
to
the
roadbed
great
partnership
with
washdot,
because
we
have
to
recognize
that
we
are
building
on
you
know
on
on
their
facility
and
on
their
pontoons.
L
But
everything
has
has
really
gone
well.
We
obviously
have
not
yet
run
a
train
over
it,
but
we
have
no
reason
to
think
that
it's
not
going
to
perform
as
expected
right.
J
Good
yeah,
you
don't
want
to
have
situations
where
you
have
to
stop
the
train
every
couple
days
to
fix
the
track,
or
so
I'm
glad,
I'm
glad
that
you,
I'm
sure
you're.
You
know
with
your
execution.
So
far
you
know
it's
it's
going
to
run
smoothly,
but
at
least
the
second
thing
you
know
working
with
bellevue.
You
know
we
went
through
the
process.
You
know
I
said
earlier
by
the
end
of
the
day.
It's
going
to
be
it's
it
is.
J
It
is
better
for
everybody
right,
it's
better
for
the
community
better
for
the
system.
You
know
the
result.
Is
it's
much
better,
and
so
I
think
we
we
want
to
celebrate
appreciate.
You
know
what
we've
gone
through,
and
so
the
bellevue
garage
you
mentioned
is
two
year
ahead.
So
that's
a
great
great
accomplishment
and
I
think
that
also
points
out
that
working
with
bellevue,
it's
a
great
great
thing
to
do.
I
think
people
don't
appreciate
it.
I've
been
with
bellevue
for
so
long.
J
You
know
they
have
a
great
staff,
they
do
a
good
job
in
construction
and
execution.
So
I
think
I
hope
that
you
know
you
find
that
working
with
bellevue,
it's
a
great
experience.
We
want
to
continue
doing
this.
You
know
that's
what
you
all
move
through,
especially
with
your
maintenance
center
right,
and
we
have
a
wonderful
development,
that's
going
to
be
coming
out,
and
this
is
great
opportunities
in
the
future.
So
I
want
to
suggest
that
you
know
we
should
be
very
optimistic.
Looking
for
a
great
job.
J
The
final
one
is
the
brt.
I
think
that's
a
well,
I'm
glad
to
see
that
you
have
put
a
lot
of
routes
emphasis.
You
know
on
that,
connecting
all
the
way
from
burien.
You
know
all
the
way
to
up
north
lynnwood.
J
You
know,
that's
just
amazing
how
we
can
connect
405
and
405
is
probably
now
I
watch
every
day,
probably
one
of
the
busiest
freeway
in
the
country
you
know,
so
I
think
we
are
putting
the
goods
good
services
and
passenger
people
working
from
north
and
south,
and
I
see
traffic
congesting
starting
all
day
long,
it's
going
both
north
and
south.
So
it's
a
very
important
route.
J
So
I
think,
with
with
us
brt
with
the
improvement
that
we're
working
on
it
will
make
a
big
difference,
and
the
one
thing
I
want
to
add
is
you:
you
mentioned
that
in
a
way
I
think
we
haven't
talked
about
technology
technology
is
what
you're
talking
about
what
federal
government
dot
is
talking
about.
What
buy
the
administration's
talked
about?
Screen
jobs
right,
you
said,
technology
can
create
so
many
jobs
in
new
technology,
in
innovation,
in
5g,
in
artificial
intelligence,
and
so
I
think
bellevue
is
working
very
hard
on
smart
transportation
technology.
J
Utilizing
you
know
all
the
wonderful
stuff
people
already
have
it's
a
matter
of
just
making
sure
we
have
policies
and
systems
and
infrastructures
that
can
accommodate
some,
and
so
you
know
we
we
want
to
seriously
see
how
we
can
make
technology
work
better
for
mass
transportation
system,
and
so
that's
a
thing
both,
and
you
know
I
think
in
terms
of
that,
I
think
lots
of
people
are
going
to
be
interested
private
sector
as
well,
not
just
the
government,
but
I
think
if
we
come
up
with
collaborative
indonesia,
ideas
willingness
to
work
with
those
different
sectors
and
we
can
be
leading
the
nation
in
showing
how
we
can
make
our
you
know.
J
Metro
is
already
one
of
the
best
in
the
country,
sun
transit.
You
guys
are
going
to
make
it
just
as
good
and
if
not
better
and
so
adding
technology
to
it.
That's
going
to
be
amazing,
so
I
would
like
to
see-
maybe
you
can
walk
on
water,
continue
to
work
on
order
and
get
this
thing
in
front
of
all
of
us
and
we're
looking
for
you
know.
J
I
know
that
working
on
the
psrc
economic
development
board
and
the
greater
seattle
partnership,
they
all
know
the
the
the
future,
the
unlimited,
the
bottomless
opportunity
of
using
technology
to
make
all
the
things
that
we
want
to
do
to
happen
and
make
it
better.
So
I
want
to
hear
a
little
bit
about
what
are
you
thinking?
What
are
you
doing?
Sound
transfer
so
in
terms
of
the
technological,
innovative
ideas?
Well,.
L
I
think
I
think
the
most
important
thing
that
we
need
to
do
in
terms
of
staying
on
top
of
technology
is
to
get
the
best
real-time
information
to
make
using
transit
as
easy
as
possible.
You
know:
we've
come
a
long
way
in
terms
of
information,
that's
accessible,
you
know
right
on
your
cell
phone,
but
we
can
do
even
better.
I
believe-
and
it
goes
a
little
bit
to
what
what
councilmember
newton
wise
newman
house
was
talking
about
in
terms
of
people
want
to
come
back,
but
it's
it's.
L
It's
got
to
be
convenient
and
and
people
need
to
know
it's
safe
and
you
know
there
will
be.
I
will
tell
you,
there's
it's
going
to
be
important
when
we
have
a
real
network
that
goes
from
all
the
way
from
you
know,
just
by
2024
all
the
way,
from
federal
way
to
lynnwood
to
redmond
town
center.
L
There
are
network
integration
issues
that
will
sometimes
inevitably,
as
in
any
transit
system,
could
have
service
disruptions.
L
People
don't
mind
extreme
delays,
if
not
extremely
everyone
finds
extreme
delays,
but
people
don't
mind
minor
delays
if
they
know
that
it's
you
know
what's
happening,
I
really
want
to
work
and
wish
in
a
manner
that
we
could
keep
passengers
if
there
is
a
short
delay.
I'll
give
you
an
example:
it's
a
problem.
We
have
in
our
sounder
commuter
rail
service
that
runs
all
the
way
down
to
tacoma
and
lakewood.
L
L
You
know
they
can
call
their
par
their
spouse,
who
might
be
waiting
for
them
at
a
station
and
all
they
could
say
is
I'm
stuck,
and
I
don't
know
how
long
I'm
going
to
be
here.
We
need
to
treat
all
passengers
better
in
terms
of
giving
them
real-time
information
about.
You
know
what,
if,
if
there's
a
disruption,
how
quickly
we're
going
to
be
able
to
get
on
top
of
it,
and
that
should
certainly
be
true
for
the
light
rail
network
to
a
greater
degree,
because
we
control
the
entire
light
rail
network.
L
We're
not
subject
to
you
know
what
bn
will
be
doing
on
on
their
tracks.
So
I
think
making
the
the
most
important
thing
from
my
perspective
on
what
we
want
to
do
in
technology
is
reliability.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
We'll
move
on
to
councilmember
barksdale,
all
right.
C
Thank
you,
mayor,
hey
peter,
hey,
thanks
for
the
update
and
I'm
also
excited
about
light
rail.
I
think
the
environmental
and
community
benefits
that
you
mentioned.
I'm
really
excited.
For
those
reasons,
I
guess
one
question
for
me
in
terms
of
one
of
the
options
that's
mentioned
in
terms
of
generating
more
revenue
is
increasing
fares.
L
Well
sure,
but
I
will
tell
you
that
when
you
look
at
all
of
the
areas
in
which
to
that
we're
interested
in
trying
to
close
our
affordability
gap,
I
think
of
that
one
last
and
it's
in
part
just
out
of
concern
for
the
riders
as
you
identify
it's
also
in
part.
Quite
honestly,
from
a
from
an
arithmetic
perspective,
we
derive
the
vast
majority
of
our
revenues
from
sales
taxes
to,
to
a
second
extent,
motor
vehicle
excise
taxes.
L
A
very
small
property
tax,
certainly
federal
grants
which
we're
trying
to
expand
fares
is
actually
a
very
small
percentage
of
our
revenue.
We're
not
going
to
be
able
to
fix
this
problem
on
the
backs
of
the
fair
payers.
Nor
would
we
want
to
the
one
thing
I
am
interested
in
doing,
and
this
really
just
comes
from
a
broader
issue
on
the
equity
imperative
and
the
fact
that,
especially
in
the
covert
environment,
but
even
pre-coveted,
we
need
to
do
a
better
job
of
of
marketing.
L
Our
oracle
lift
option,
which
is
something
that
a
lot
of
people
around
the
country
were.
You
know
pre-covered
were
visiting
us
to
try
to
emulate
where
we
can
get
the
identical,
orchid
card
that
that
everybody
uses,
but
you
just
pay
less
for
the
same
number
of
trips
because
of
your
income
status
and
when
covid
hit,
and
we
recognize
that
we
needed
to
make
sure
that
folks,
who
were
in
many
cases,
newly
unemployed,
could
sign
up
for
oracle,
lift
without
having
to
drag
themselves
down
to
king
county
metro
headquarters
in
jackson
street.
L
We
actually
want
to
eventually
when
postcovid
be
marketing
the
the
products,
and
it's
not
just
that,
but
also
we
have
partnered
with
king
county
metro
on
a
very
low
income,
fair
project
which
is
effectively
free
fares
with,
with
at
at
very
low
income
levels.
How
do
we
get
those
products
into
the
hands
of
the
folks
in
the
community
that
need
them?
L
We
know
that
more
people
qualify
for
them
than
have
them,
and
and
if
we're
serious
about
providing
that
benefit,
we
should
be
equally
serious
about
you
know
getting
into
the
community
to
get
it
in
the
hands
of
people
that
that
that
qualify,
rather
than
waiting
for
them
to
come
to
us
so
but
fairs,
are
not
going
to
solve
this
affordability
problem
and,
like
I
said,
I
think
it
would
be
the
last
place.
We'd
look.
A
Well,
that's
really
interesting
what
you
just
said
there
and
I
I
hope
that
sound
transit
can
partner
with
our
human
service
agencies
to
maybe
create
a
program
to
get
that
information
out
to
the
very
people
that
need
it,
because
we
know
who
they
are,
and
we
know
people
who
know
who
they
are.
And
so
I
think
that
that
would
be
a
nice
partnership
to
do.
L
We
already
are
doing
that
in
certain
areas
ma'am,
where
we've
got
where
folks
are
invited
to
sign
up
for
oracle,
lift
when
accessing
other
human
service
benefits.
So
yes,
if
we're
not
already
doing
that
in
bellevue,
we
would
welcome
the
opportunity.
A
Yeah,
thank
you
for
that
I'll
I'll,
be
really
quick.
It's
been
a
great
presentation
tonight,
a
really
good
discussion.
You
know,
I
know
a
lot
of
projects
are
kind
of
build
it
and
they
will
come
kind
of
projects.
This
is
a.
They
will
already
be
here
project,
so
I
I
really
do
get
concerned
about
any
delays,
whether
it
be
you
know,
the
opening
of
light
rail
or
the
brt,
because
one
year
of
significant
congestion
on
405
between
linwood
and
renton
could
just
change
a
lot
of
things
for
people.
L
L
We
have
we've
been
very
successful
in
in
getting
uniform,
mask
use
on
our
system
and
working
with
king
county
metro
on
on
getting
the
same
in
the
in
the
bus
environment,
and
we
are
going
to
you
know
I
I
was
participated
in
an
event
during
the
day
today
with
the
greater
seattle
chamber,
where
people
were
pretty
much
saying.
L
The
key
is
to
convince
folks
not
just
that
they
have
child
care
and
but
also
that
transit
is
safe
to
get
make
get
employers
to
feel
comfortable.
Calling
people
back
to
work
wherever
that.
That
is
so.
We
will
certainly
look
forward
to
you
know
when
we
need
to
put
out
real
facts
about
where
the,
where
the
coveted
threat
is
and
where
it's
not
we'd,
appreciate
folks
partnership
and
getting
that
word
out,
because
that
that
just
starts
everything
in
a
positive
direction
and
getting
getting
folks
moving
again.
O
A
Okay,
so
what's
our
next
item,
mr
miyake.
H
Thank
you
mayor.
The
next
item
is
an
update
on
the
east
trail
projects,
timing
and
fundraising,
a
lot
of
great
work,
progressing
in
this
area.
I'm
just
gonna
go
ahead
and
turn
it
over
to
joyce
to
do
the
introduce
of
the
guest
and
start
the
presentation.
Joyce.
K
Thank
you
very
much
updates
on
the
east.
Rail
are
getting
to
be
more
and
more
fun
because
there's
work
that
you
can
actually
see.
That's
been
done
along
this
trail.
As
you
all
know,
it's
a
42
mile
trail
that
will
connect
the
cities
of
renton,
bellevue,
kirkland,
woodenville
and
redmond,
and
tonight
we
have
an
update
on
the
projects
and
the
timing
and
also
an
update
on
the
fundraising
aspects
and
with
us
tonight
are
king
county
parks,
folks,
warren
jimenez
and
kurt
warber.
K
You
have
all
seen
kurt
on
many
many
occasions
he's
a
walking
encyclopedia
of
this
project
and
we
also
have
with
us
catherine,
hollins
and
hollis
and
catherine's,
going
to
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
what's
going
on
with
the
east
rail
partners
group,
which
is
a
non-profit
group
that
is
working
with
private
funders,
to
gather,
support
and
funding
for
projects
along
the
east,
rail
and
she's.
Here,
to
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
that,
and
I
am
completely
remiss
from
my
last
introduction.
K
I
should
have
noted
that
with
us
for
the
sound
transit
presentation
and
with
us
for
the
east
rail
presentation,
we
have
andrew
singalakas
who's,
our
transportation
director
and
we
have
lacey
jane
wolfe
who's,
our
transportation
policy
advisor
and
I
just
want
to
say
a
word
about
lacy
jane
because
she's
been
carrying
a
lot
of
the
load.
K
As
you
know,
transportation
is
one
of
our
top
priorities:
she's
working
not
only
with
south
transit
but
on
east
rail
and
all
of
us
all
the
issues
that
are
going
on
with
the
regional
transit
committee
and
the
psrc
committee.
So
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
you
knew
she
was
at
the
table
tonight
and
she
will
pipe
in
if
there's
any
questions
that
fall
within
her
purview.
So
I
there's
no
council,
formal
council
action.
That's
required
this
evening.
K
This
is
an
informational
presentation
for
you
to
hear
more
during
the
update
and
ask
questions
and
provide
any
feedback
that
you
think
would
be
helpful
and
I'll
turn
it
over
to
warren.
Now.
N
Ray
well
thanks
for
the
introduction,
I
really
appreciate
it
and
it's
great
to
join
you
this
evening
and
thanks
for
your
time,
also
great
to
be
here
with
kurt
as
well
as
catherine
this
evening
and
and
looking
forward
to
talking
a
little
bit
more
about
the
important
work.
That's
going
on
on
east
trail.
N
Many
of
you
have
been
involved
and
have
been
really
invested
in
this
project,
and
bellevue's
partnership
has
been
really
key
for
us
to
be
able
to
realize
this
grand
vision
that
we're
trying
to
achieve
here,
not
only
just
within
bellevue
but
beyond,
so
we've
been
partnering
for
many
years
now
on
this
on
the
seas,
trail
vision
and
from
some
from
places
like
you
know,
the
wilberton
trestle
to
the
major
grant
from
sound
transit
to
northeast
eighth
over
over
overcrossing
project
and
the
unique
financial
and
in
partnership
with
washdot
in
association
with
the
i5
405
project.
N
That's
happening
right
now
to
be
able
to
continue
to
build
out
south
on
on
the
east
trail.
We're
really
excited
to
focus
on
two
new
partnerships
that
expand
our
build:
our
ability
to
deliver
important
community
projects.
N
You
mentioned
earlier
catherine
hollis,
who
is
with
the
east
trail
partnership,
which
is
a
partnership
between
the
county
and
other
east
east
trails,
stakeholders,
and
to
support
requests
for
state
and
federal
funding,
and
new
and
transportation
and
infrastructure
bills
are
beginning
to
take
shape
and
we're
working
together
to
to
position
ourselves
and
thanks
to
the
east
trail
partnership.
N
Also,
who
has
played
a
critical
role
in
facilitating
some
really
important
private
sector
investments,
including
two
million
dollars
in
total
grants
from
rei
and
facebook
in
support
of
the
northrup
connector,
and
this
project
will
make
connectings
to
the
east
trail
to
to
to
sr520
trail
and
enhancing
the
regional
trail
network
and
allowing
new
commute
and
recreational
opportunities
in
the
city.
N
We're
really
happy
to
say
that
an
installation
on
northeast
8th
street
over
crossing
will
be
included
in
the
project
when
it
goes
to
bid
later
this
summer
and
and
also
want
to
just
acknowledge
and
recognize
council
member
balducci
as
well
through
this
budget
cycle,
was
able
to
really
champion
additional
investment
to
really
to
really
make
that
happen
and
take
place,
and
so
with
that
I'll
turn
it
over
to
katherine
hollis.
To
provide
an
update
on
what
the
east
trail
partners
are
doing.
A
N
P
Perfect
thanks
so
much
for
giving
easter
partners
some
time
in
your
meeting
this
evening,
honored
to
be
here
so
easter
partners,
as
an
organization
has
we've
been
operating
for
a
little
over
a
year
now,
and
our
focus
as
a
non-profit
is
really
about
bringing
together
the
diverse
communities
of
lake
washington's
east
side.
P
It
was
it's
actually
really
neat
to
be
following,
be
able
to
talk
now
after
the
sound
transit
presentation,
as
as
so
much
of
the
east
trail
was
planned
with
a
lot
of
that
development,
as
well
so
really
exciting
to
have
both
of
these
projects
moving
as
they
are,
and
in
terms
of
equity
through
sort
of
access
to
connections
with
to
each
other
through
through
this.
Through
this
trail
as
a
non-governmental
organization,
you
know
our
role
is
really
to
bring
a
unified
voice
to
all
things.
P
P
I
want
to
sort
of
focus
on
two
pieces
of
work
that
that
easter
partners
brought
to
this
effort
in
our
first
year
and
how
we
want
to
continue
to
be
able
to
work
with
city
of
bellevue
and
the
rest
of
the
regional
advisory
council
and
entities
that
are
involved
in
east
trail.
One
is
how
we've
been
focusing
on
legislative
priorities,
how
we
can
think
about
governmental
funding
for
some
of
the
big
gaps
and
needs
that
we
have
with
east
trail
park
projects,
and
so
I'm
going
into
last
year.
P
Historical
partners
really
worked
to
identify
opportunities
in
both
federal
and
state
budget
processes
that
would
fit
different
east
trail
projects
and
really
set
this
effort
up
for
possible
funding
for
for
different
projects.
So
we
worked
directly
with
rack
entities,
so
council
members
and
staff
to
identify
priorities
for
the
court
or
they
both
fit.
Those
budget
processes.
At
the
federal
and
state
levels
and
also
met
the
needs
of
different
entities
and
what
this
trail
needs
along
its
42
miles
in
august,
along
with
our
partners,
we
put
on
a
virtual
experience.
P
The
east
trail
event
for
federal
delegation
staffers,
a
lot
of
you
all
on
the
bellevue
city
council.
Right.
Excuse
me
we're
able
to
join.
So,
thank
you
all
for
the
time
there,
but
it
was
really
an
opportunity
to
bring
this
this
effort
to
life
and
to
really
share
the
many
benefits
that
that
this
trail
and
investing
in
this
trail,
bringing
federal
dollars
to
this
effort
will
do
for
the
region.
P
So
again,
I
think
folks,
both
corporate
partners
and
and
federal
delegation
staffers
left
with
just
a
much
bigger
sense
of
what
this,
what
the
east
trail
can
do
for
our
communities
and
for
our
region
and
what
funding
from
the
federal
federal
options
will
will
help
support
with
that.
We
also
built
relationships
with
some
of
the
major
eastside
focused
corporations
and
nonprofits
and
put
together
a
letter
that
really
shows
the
broad-based
support
from
the
non-governmental
sector
as
well,
for
for
east
trail
and
for
funding
opportunities
and
we're.
P
You
know
being
able
to
share
that
at
the
at
the
end
or
sort
of
after
the
experience.
The
east
trail
of
event
is
just
another
great
way
to
again
to
show
this
unified
approach
and
support
for
for
our
trail,
and
we,
we
took
a
similar
approach
for
the
current
session
in
olympia
so
again,
working
with
the
regional
advisory
council,
members
and
staff
to
identify
priority
projects
along
the
corridor
that
would
fit
with
state
funding
mechanisms,
and
so,
with
the
with
the
federal
sorry
jumping
back
real
quick.
P
We
really
look
at
the
federal
projects
that
fit
well
or
our
eastern
projects
that
fit
well
with
federal
funding
mechanisms.
We've
called
sort
of
the
bridge
projects,
three
or
four
of
those
are
in
city
of
bellevue
and
then
at
with
the
state
level.
P
Two
of
the
four
priority
projects
for
the
corridor
are
within
within
or
within
bellevue
as
well,
and
it's
been
great
to
work
with
a
number
of
champions
on
the
house
of
representative
side
in
olympia
and
two
of
the
four
projects
or
three
of
the
four
projects
that
we
had
on
sort
of.
P
Our
priority
list
for
the
state
session
have
sponsors
at
the
house
and
so
will
be
worked
into
the
house
of
representatives
transportation
bill
as
they
try
to
work
with
that
through
down
there
so
again,
really
excited
to
be
able
to
bring
a
unified
voice
to
this
work
and
to
also
be
working
with
entities
like
yourselves
to
think
about.
How
can
we
think?
How
can
we
approach
some
funding
mechanisms
for
some
of
these
larger
projects?
P
P
Easter
partners
was
thrilled
to
announce
that
rei
and
facebook,
their
sort
of
their
commitment
to
the
trail
in
a
million
dollars,
each
in
direct
investment
in
east
trail,
and
our
role
was
really
working
with
them
to
help
them
understand,
hear
different
priorities
and
needs
along
the
corridor,
hear
different
ways
that
your
investment
will
make
a
difference,
and
you
know
putting
it
sharing
a
number
of
different
lenses
for
how
they
could
they
could
consider
how
how
their
investment
could
be
could
be
placed
and
also
took
time
to
learn
of
their
priorities.
P
How
they're
thinking
about
community
access
to
green
space,
regional
trail
network
and
also
how
they're
thinking
about
getting
employees
around
it's
definitely
a
topic
of
conversation
with
sound
transit
as
well
as
folks
are
going
to
be
coming
back
to
their
to
offices
and
how
we're
thinking
about
you
know
transportation
options
for
getting
folks
around.
So
with
those
conversations
rei,
co-op
and
facebook
really
identified
the
north
of
wake
connector
as
a
project.
P
They
wanted
their
investment
to
fund,
it's
estimated
two
and
a
half
million
dollar
project,
and
so
it
left
us
with
about
a
500
000
gap
in
in
funding,
and
this
is
where
the
magic
of
public
private
partnership
really
comes
into
play
in
that
the
king
county
council
was
able
to
go
well.
We've
got
to
make
sure
that
we
make
this
happen
and
council
chair,
balducci
was
able
to
come
in
with
with
last
in
funding,
so
we
have
a
fully
funded
project
at
this
point.
P
You
can
go
ahead
into
the
next
slide,
so
I
wanted
to
throw
some
photos
up
there.
So
folks
have
a
sense
of
sense
of
the
project,
but
the
the
ariel
on
the
left.
The
orange
line
is
the
east
trail
and
the
blue
is
the
ramp,
so
it'll
be
that
connector
from
the
east
trail
to
the
higher
grade.
520
trail,
that
goes
east
west.
P
You
know-
and
this
is
just
you
know-
northern
bellevue
just
north
of
spring
district
and
the
light
rail
station
going
in
there,
so
just
an
incredibly
important
connection
for
how
we
think
about
alternative
transportation
options
and
also
how
we
think
about
you
know
just
community
members
being
able
to
get
around
so
again.
P
O
So
you
know,
as
joyce
mentioned,
it's
getting
to
be
much
more
fun
to
start
doing.
These
updates
and
talking
about
east
trail
projects
in
bellevue,
and
that's
because
things
are
starting
to
really
get
real.
O
Sometimes
it
feels
like,
as
we
move
through
these
things,
there
isn't
much
visible
progress,
but
that's
going
to
change
very
quickly.
Things
are
definitely
moving
forward
and
if
we
stay
on
track,
2021
is
going
to
be
a
very
exciting
year
and
we're
very
excited
to
see
that
happen
for
the
east
trail
in
late
spring.
We
expect
the
new
paved
trail
south
of
I-90
to
open
to
the
public.
O
O
It's
been
a
huge
effort
by
our
team
and
our
partners,
and
I
really
want
to
echo
what
peter
said
and
what
councilmember
lee
also
mentioned.
Bellevue
is
a
great
jurisdiction
to
work
with
to
get
these
projects
done
without
the
kind
of
staff
support
and
the
and
the
support
from
council
all
the
way
up
and
down.
We
would
not
be
where
we
are,
and
we
really
appreciate
that
and
being
able
to
get
everything
done
from
our
permitting
to
our
coordination
and
it's
really
a
great
functional
relationship
for
us.
O
So
if
we
could
go
to
the
next
slide,
I'm
going
to
run
through
some
familiar
projects,
but
hopefully
some
real
updates
that
show
some
progress,
and
this
one
is
the
one
we
can
see
the
most
progress
on
it's
muddy,
but
but
where
I
used
to
be
just
showing
renderings
and
plans
for
our
watchdog
partnership
south
by
90..
O
Now
we
have
an
actual
graded
trail
in
place.
You
can
imagine
paving
and
railings
going
in,
and
this
should
be
a
wonderful
new
addition
to
our
trail
network
by
the
when
it
opens
hopefully
at
the
early
part
of
may.
It
may
be
mid-may,
but
it's
been
a
little
bit
of
a
rainy
january
next
slide,
please
so
the
paved
trail.
It
should
open.
May
1st,
from
renton
to
coal,
creek
parkway
active
construction
is
ongoing.
O
It's
we're
in
unfortunately,
that
section
of
construction,
where
it's
not
great
to
be
a
neighbor
of
a
construction
project,
but
that
should
be
over
fairly
soon
and
then.
The
second
part
of
the
project,
the
I-405
crossing
with
the
new
bridge,
where
the
at
the
wilberton
gap
will
follow
on
after
that
and
begin
construction
in
2021
to
open
in
2023.
O
O
I
thought
this
is
getting
very
real,
so
you
know
here
we
are
taking
a
photo
from
the
wilberton
station
looking
down
and
our
bridge
on
the
north
side
of
northeast
8th.
The
overcrossing
will
be
landing
exactly
in
that
muddy
patch
between
sturdivant
creek
and
the
and
the
the
whole
foods
parking
lot
there
and
then
continue
north
connecting
past
the
omf
e
for
the
for
sound
transit
and
then
continuing
on
north
through
kirkland
and
and
eventually
to
wintonville
and
beyond.
So
this
is
getting
very
real
next
slide.
O
Please
we
expect
to
go
to
bid
in
april
2021.
The
design
is
100,
complete,
we're
just
finishing
our
final
acquisitions
and
permitting
those
are
the
things
that
really
could
have
a
little
bit
of
budget
or
sorry,
a
schedule
risk
there,
but
we're
very
close
and
of
course,
our
big
goal
is
that
the
whole
project
will
be
open
public
before
sound
transit.
Passenger
service
begins
coming
up
in
2023
next
slide.
O
That
tells
the
story
of
the
actual
packing
house
that
was
located
at
where
the
current
sound
transit
station
is
next
slide.
Please
we're
really
pleased
with
the
way
the
design
has
been
progressing
for
the
decorative
cladding,
and
I
think
it's
going
to
be
a
real
ornament
to
the
to
the
neighborhood
as
the
rest
of
the
wilbert
neighborhood
grows
up
around
us
and
the
station
next
slide.
O
So
we,
as
as
warren
mentioned,
we're
really
thrilled
that,
through
a
lot
of
very,
very
hard
work
from
the
community
and
the
and
the
east
side
heritage
center
and
the
and
the
steering
committee
that's
been
guiding
this
project
we're
able
to.
We
were
able
to
get
the
japanese
american
agricultural
heritage
commemoration
into
the
contract.
It's
not
coming
later.
There
isn't
it's
it's
ready
to
go
and
will
be
delivered
as
part
of
the
project.
O
The
cladding
is
still
in
the
project
and
you
like
the
way
it's
going
and
we've
we've
been
able
to
incorporate
night
lighting
to
really
show
it
off
at
its
best
and,
of
course,
there'll
be
interior
lighting
on
the
bridge
for
extended
use
so
that
folks
can
get
to
and
from
the
station
safely,
even
in
the
dark
hours
of
of
our
of
our
commutes.
When
we're
all
commuting
again
next
slide.
O
We
anticipate
about
18
months,
maybe
20
months
of
construction,
so
so
we're
hoping
that
you
know
sometime
near
late,
2023
fall
of
23.
The
trestle
will
be
open,
it'll
connect
to
the
new
bridge
crossing
405
and
get
us
from
the
east
side
to
the
west
side
of
405.
O
O
How
the
how
the
tread
is
going
to
work,
what
those
viewpoints
going
to
look
like
they're
all
getting
worked
out
and
getting
ready
to
move
into
the
bid
package
next
slide,
and
we're
also
very
pleased
that
the
lighting
system
that
we're
looking
at
is
very
low
profile,
provide
effective
lighting
for
so
folks
who
feel
confident
and
safe
on
top
of
the
trestle,
but
also
won't
end
up
spilling
over
the
trestle.
And
so
it
won't
want
to
detract
from
the
historic
character
the
trestle,
or
really
be
that
visible
from
down
below.
O
So
we're
really
feeling
like
these
pieces
are
coming
together
and
all
the
things
we've
been
talking
about
for
years
and
years
now
we're
going
to
start
to
see
some
real
progress
and
real
projects
getting
built
in
construction
and
then
open
to
the
public
coming
up
in
22
and
then
following
on
and
following
on.
So
thank
you
very
much.
A
Great.
Thank
you
very
much.
That's
a
great
presentation,
I'll!
Let
I'll
call
on
people
in
this
order.
Councilmember
stokes,
lee
deputy
mayor,
barksdale,
robertson,
zahn
and
then
me
so
councilmember
stokes.
Would
you
like
to
start
us
off.
E
Yes,
okay,
got
it
yeah.
I
appreciate
it
very
much.
This
is
very
exciting.
This
has
been,
I
mean,
there's
been
a
lot
of
very
memorable
and
fun
things
to
do
on
council
for
the
last
several
years,
but
this
one
this
one
kind
of
takes
the
cake.
It's
it's
an
amazing
partnership
and
it
shows
how
regional
cooperation
and
collaboration
can
achieve
amazing
results
and
it's
it's.
E
A
combination
of
both
the
public
and
private
partnership
has
been
mentioned
and
having
the
israel
partners
kind
of
evolve
out
of
that
and
catherine
coming
here
and
and
really
helping
us
put.
This
whole
thing
together
is
just
again
amazing,
so
I
really
appreciate
that
and
also
we've
had
fantastic
support
from
staff
and
lace.
Jane
and
joyce
have,
you
know
really
helped
on
this
whole
project,
but
it's
something
that
I
feel
very
proud
of.
E
That
bellevue
has
been
a
strong
member
of
the
of
the
relationship
and
we
started
out
because
we
didn't
own
the
properties
and
other
cities
did.
We
were
kind
of
the
second
ranked
you
know
members,
but
we
all
worked
together
and
said,
look
we're
all
together
and
we,
you
know
they
recognize
that
we're
putting
a
lot
of
money
into
it
and
the
the
bellevue
corridor
is
a
is
a
really
kind
of
the
backbone
of
the
whole
thing.
So
it's
exciting
to
see
these
things
come
forward.
I
mean
all
of
the
you
know
pieces.
E
I
don't
want
to
go
back
over
all
these
things
that
have
been
talked
about,
because
it's
just
amazing
they're
coming
together
and
the
timing-
and
I
remember
back
when
I
was
mayor.
I
think
it
was
2006,
I
guess
1716
whenever
the
leap
year
was,
but
we
had
a
ground
break
or
you
know
breaking
with
the
wilburton
trestle
dial
constantine
was
here
and
claudia
and
a
lot
of
other
people,
a
big
big
crowd
up
just
down
the
street
from
where
I
live
down
there
by
the
trestle
and
dao
made.
E
This
promise
that
we
would
have
this
done
by
next
by
leap
year,
and
I
told
him
we'd
hold
him
to
that.
Well,
we're
going
to
be
real
close
and
I
think
that's
given
everything
is
is
amazing,
so
the
other
thing
is
fantastic
about.
This
trail
is
not
just
the
trail
itself.
E
The
east
rail
itself
and
all
the
things
that
it
can
in
you
know
bring
to
walking
along
that
and
everything
else,
but
it
has
really
brought
together
the
the
community
in
many
many
ways-
and
you
know
the
northrop
connection-
connects
with
the
things
we're
doing
in.
O
E
Within
you
know,
bellevue,
and
it's
it's
going
to
be
a
a
real
boost
to
and
a
big
part
of
the
grand
connection.
It's
going
to
be
something
that's
going
to
let
people
walk
back
and
forth
all
over
the
city.
We
have
the
you
know,
working
on
the
connections
with
the
the
botanical
gardens
and
all
these
other
things
that
are
happening.
So
it's
it's
just
one
of
these
amazing
things
that
that
this
region
has
come
together
on
and
the
city's
working
with
us
and
and
the
private
sector.
E
So
I'm
just
really
pleased
to
hear
it
coming
along
and
and
appreciate.
E
You
know
king
county's
strong
work
in
moving
it
forward
and
for
the
other
cities,
everybody
you
know
contributing
and
collaborating,
and
because
of
all
that,
we're
going
to
get
this
thing
done
when
a
lot
of
people
thought
well,
it's
going
to
be.
You
know,
10,
10
years
before
we
do
this,
so
we're
going
to
we're
going
to
get
it
done.
E
So
thanks
very
much
for
the
presentation
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
the
next
meeting,
and
it's
just
been
a
pleasure
with
this
group
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
getting
this
completed
and
it's
just
another,
a
thing
that
will
make
bellevue
the
even
greater
place
where
you
want
to
be
so.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
Okay,
thank
you.
Councilmember
lee.
J
Thank
you
madame.
This
is
a
great
great
looking
project,
I'm
very
impressed,
kurt
yeah
from
king
county.
I
think
that
you
mentioned
you
said
it
right
that
working
with
different
jurisdictions,
you
know
you
find
out
that
working
together
is
really
a
key.
How
to
make
a
project
successful,
and
I
appreciate
the
israel
partners.
You
know
that's
another.
J
I
believe
community
organization.
That
really
brings
the
people
to
work
on
something
very,
very
focused,
and
I
think
that's
how
you
know
things
can
succeed,
but
the
biggest
thing
to
me
this
budget
is
to
bring
people
together.
J
However,
you
know
this
thing
that
it's
developed
because
of
the
individual
cities
have
people
within
each
city,
each
community.
That
has
a
story
to
tell
that
is
a
uniqueness.
That
has
something
that
can
be
shared
with
other
folks.
So
I
think
this
path
has
been
an
opportunity.
You
know
with
the
rail
going
away
and
this
rail
strat
this
trust
castle
has
been
here,
for
I
don't
know
how
many
years
you
know
occasionally,
there's
a
train
goes
by.
J
You
know
that's,
but
now
you
know
with
a
piece
of
dirt,
basically
connecting
people
all
the
way
from
rent
and
all
the
way
to
north.
You
know
even
beyond.
Hopefully
I
don't
know
how
far
it
goes,
but
it
depends
on
our
creativity.
I
imagine
you
know
how
each
jurisdiction
that
at
each
location,
is
interested
to
connect.
J
It's
the
people
that
need
to
be
connected,
and
I
think
this
shows
that
we
do
have
a
lot
of
great
stories
and
the
people
living
in
each
city
in
the
king
handy
region
are
very
interested
to
connect
to
work
together
to
learn
about
each
other.
It's
stories
histories
and
then,
based
on
that,
you
know
we
are
connecting
the
past
to
present.
You
know
their
businesses
now
nobody's
different
from
used
to
be
renting
is
different.
I'm
joe
kirkland,
you
know
they're
all
different.
J
However,
you
know
we
are
being
connected
and
then
we
will
continue
to
do
so
and
the
way
it's
done.
It's
just
done
very
nicely.
I
have
to
compliment
you
know
looking
at
this
folks,
the
first
time
and
it
tells
for
bellevue
itself.
You
know
which
I
can
say
something
about.
I'm
sure
each
city
has
its
story
to
tell
uniqueness
for
bellevue.
J
I
think
we're
telling
bellevue's
part
of
the
history,
the
japanese
americans
and
the
agriculture
community,
and
we
want
to
relate
to
the
bell
views
past
and
then
how
does
a
you
know
work
with
the
current
we
know
and
the
future
lies
ahead
of
us,
and
I
think
this
is
great.
I
think
this
really
provides
a
a
connection,
a
relationship
people
use
the
word
bridge
in
this
case.
J
It's
truly
it's
a
it's
a
bridge
and
I
think,
makes
it
work
it's
because
the
effort
people
are
putting
in
now
making
it
fun
making
it
for
the
family
making
it
relevant.
I
think
this
is
what
makes
it
work.
So
I
think
it's
a
wonderful
project,
and
hopefully
you'll
continue
to
evolve,
continue
to
bring
more
and
more
people
with
stories
or
history
with
connection
from
each
city
and
then
they
can
connect
together.
This
is
what
it's
all
about
good
job.
Thank
you.
F
Thank
you,
mayor
and
I'll
add
to
the
to
the
gush
parade
here,
but
first
of
all,
catherine
warren
and
curt.
Thank
you
so
much
for
being
here
tonight,
great
presentation
and
thank
you
to
past
and
current
council
members
like
councilmember,
stokes
and
lee
that
have
been
a
part
of
this,
and
you
know
it
certainly
helps
and
we've
got
council
chair
belgucci
when
she
comes
before
us.
This
is
one
of
her
favorite
projects,
so
that's
always
great
to
hear
as
well
and
boy.
F
I
cannot
wait
to
you
know,
be
a
part
of
this.
This
opening
and
to
be
on
this,
the
trail
all
the
way
from
renton
up
to
kirkland.
F
It's
just
gonna
be
so
so
fantastic
and
you
know,
as
the
mayor
said,
you
know,
guaranteed
jobs
need
guaranteed
transportation
options,
so
this
is
another
really
important
piece
of
that,
as
well
as
just
the
the
great
connection
to
all
these
other
projects,
like
the
the
grand
connection
that
was
mentioned
as
well,
and,
and
also
just
just
the
way,
the
community
of
it,
has
really
just
ignited
energy
and
excitement
around
this
project
as
well,
and
as
they
start
to
see
more
and
more
of
these
designs
and
as
they
come
to
fruition
and
actually
become
a
reality,
it's
just
going
to
be
a
really
exciting
time
to
provide
this
mode
of
transportation
via
walking
biking
et
in
in
bellevue
and
connecting
all
of
our
our
neighboring
city,
so
kudos
all
around.
F
I
had
two
quick
questions
for
you,
so
one
being
a
cyclist,
I'm
kind
of
curious,
what
kind
of
material
on
the
trestle
you're
looking
at
to
ensure
that
it's
kind
of
a
non-slip
type
of
material,
especially
in
the
winter
months,
so
things
can
start
getting
very
slippery
and
also,
if
I
heard
you
correctly,
you
know
you
did
say
that
the
trestle
and
could
not
agree
more,
is
kind
of
kind
of
an
epic
iconic
centerpiece
part
of
part
of
the
city.
F
But
then
I
think
I
also
heard
that
you're
going
to
use
muted
lighting
and
I
was
wondering
if
there,
if
it's
not
too
late
to
amp
the
lighting,
you
know
lighting
in
which
you
can
see
the
you
know
the
trestle
from
you
know
somewhat
far
away,
not
that
we
want
to
disturb
neighbors
or
or
or
folks,
but
you
know
it's
it's
just
such
an
iconic
part
of
the
city.
You
know
we
want
people
to
be
able
to
see
this
at
night
and
with
the
lighting.
It
could
be
just
something
really
really
special.
F
So
I
don't
know
if
you
can
comment
on
that
as
well.
Thank
you.
O
Yeah
yeah,
so
for
the
first
question,
we're
also
very
concerned
that
people,
it
has
really
good
non-slip
good,
tread
we've
in
in
many
of
our
historic
trestles.
We
have
used
precast
concrete
panels
with
a
with
a
high
grip
surface
on
the
top,
and
that's
what
we're
going
to
be
using
here
too
they're
going
to
be
a
little
bit.
O
The
trestle
is
special
in
a
lot
of
ways:
it's
wider,
it's
bigger,
so
they're
going
to
be
a
little
different
than
what
we
use
on
other
ones,
but
we
anticipate
it's
going
to
be
a
really
pleasant
surface
to
to
cycle
walk
wheelchair
to
to
get
across,
and
we're
also
going
to
be
on
this
trestle
on
this
on
this
trestle
doing
some
special
patterning
on
the
surface,
so
that
the
locate
the
parts
of
the
deck
right
next
to
the
railings
are
clearly
delineated
as
places
for
people
to
stand
and
be,
and
not
have
to
worry
about
cyclists
being
in
that
space.
O
We
have
not
thought
about
like
up
lighting
of
the
trestle
or
trying
to
or
trying
to
light,
that
thousand
foot
long
100
foot
high
historic
structure
that
might
have
to
be
a
future
conversation,
so
we
focused
on
safety
lighting
for
folks
moving
across
it,
but
yeah
we
are.
I
mean
I
am
very
pleased
that
we're
able
to
do
some,
I
think
I
think,
very
attractive
night
lighting
on
on
the
northeast
heights
bridge,
but
nothing
on
the
trestle.
Yet.
C
All
right,
thank
you,
mayor,
looking
forward
to
this
one
too
similar
the
environmental
and
community
benefits.
I
think
I'm
really
excited
for
the
views.
C
I
remember
when
bradley
when
he
was
with
the
city
and
and
and
other
staff
have
put
on
the
tapscore
urbanism
event
as
part
of
the
kickoff
for
the
wilberton
cac
and
just
the
the
view
of
the
skyline
I
mean,
I
think
I
think
it
would
encourage
people
to
just
take
the
take
the
east
trail
just
just
to
be
able
to
see
some
of
those
views
along
it.
So
I'm
excited
about
it
and
look
forward
to
being
able
to
write
it
one
day
as
well.
So
thank
you.
G
Thank
you,
yeah
I'll,
join
my
colleagues
in
their
excitement,
and
this
is
gonna
be
great
and
you
know
I
I
I
think
king
county's
been
thanked.
I
want
to
thank
king
county
for
being
such
a
good
partner
in
this,
but
I
also
wanted
to
thank
the
voters
because
the
without
the
voters
having
passed
the
last
king
county
park
levy,
we
wouldn't
be
doing
this
project,
certainly
not
on
this
schedule
so
and
a
lot
of
people
in
bellevue
and
throughout
the
county
voted
for
that.
So
that's
that's
really
great,
and
you
know
this.
G
As
people
have
said,
this
is
it's
a
great
recreation
corridor.
It's
a
great
transportation
corridor.
It's
a
place-making,
place-making
idea
that
will
connect
with
our
grand
connection,
but
it
also
is
part
of
making
our
community
livable
and,
like
any
fixed
transportation
corridor.
That's
going
to
carry
a
lot
of
people.
We
will
have
development,
that's
oriented,
it'll,
be
a
different
kind
of
tod.
It'll,
be
trail
oriented
development,
but
that's
that's
already
happening.
The
the
properties
along
this
corridor
are
getting
really
particularly.
G
The
commercial
properties
are
getting
really
excited
about
how
they
can
provide
amenities
to
the
people
using
corridor
and
how
the
people
using
the
corridor
can
access
their
property.
So
I
think
that
that's
going
to
be
really
great
and
the
partnership
with
rei
and
facebook,
I
mean
you
know
that
it's
a
good
project
when
you
have.
You
know
that
pilot
private
partnership
and
all
these
different,
the
cities
partnering
as
well
with
the
county.
So
it's
great,
I
am
wondering
the
one
question
I
have
is
whether
you
happen
to
have
a
pocket
slide
with
you.
G
O
I
don't,
but
I
can
provide
an
update
for
it,
particularly
the
the
interesting
image
is
more
the
plan
view
I
think,
of
how
that
how
the
trail
fits
in
there
and
we
can.
We
can
send
a
current
version
of
that
that
your
way.
O
It's
quite
wide.
I
don't
remember
exactly
how
much
it's
there's
about
a
maximum
of
about
six
feet
of
planting
on
each
side
of
the
of
the
trail,
it's
a
little
bit
of
a
wedge,
because
the
trail
crosses
it
at
an
angle
with
another.
You
know
with
another
14
feet
of
paving
in
between
so
it's
running,
you
know
it's
30
plus
feet
wide.
It's
gonna,
I
hope,
feel
very
generous
and
very
comfortable
for
for
trail
users
as
they
as
they
make
that
crossing.
G
Great
yeah
and
I
saw
a
lot
of
designs
as
it
was
getting
chosen,
and
I
think
we
weighed
in
that
we
wanted
the
one
with
the
most
landscape.
It
was
perfect,
but
I
had
you
know,
follow-up
of
what
it's
actually
going
to
be
built,
so
I
would
love
to
see
that
that
would
be
really
exciting,
and
then
I
just
wanted
to
give
a
thanks
to
councilmember
stoke
he's
been
stokes
he's
been
representing
bellevue
on
this
committee
for
a
long
time
and
we
know
he's
been
doing
a
great
job.
So
thank
you,
john.
D
Council
members
on
yeah,
so
I
I
want
to
join
my
colleagues
in
thanking
councilmember,
stokes
and
lee
for
working
on
this
project
along
with
the
county.
You
know
this
is
the
epitome
of
a
successful
partnership.
D
You
know,
I
think,
about
the
fact
that
this
is
going
to
be
that
multimodal,
where,
when
we
talk
about
connected
and
protected
lanes
for
people,
this
is
what
we're
talking
about
and
so
to
me
super
excited
about
the
fact
that
it's
going
to
create
safety
better
for
environment,
to
be
able
to
offer
the
multimodal
for
both
recreational
and
our
commuters.
D
I
think
about
what
you
mentioned,
with
the
historic
character
of
the
trestle
and
being
able
to
to
provide
that
and
then
a
slightly
different
experience
in
northeast
8th
with
the
japanese
heritage
commemoration.
So
I
think
those
are
really
special.
I
will
say
that
echo
other
council
members
that
having
a
really
wide
trestle
will
be
important.
Those
of
us
that
have
vertigo
will
probably
be
in
the
middle
and
not
necessarily
hanging
out
near
the
the
railings
on
the
edge
and
looking
down
and
so
being
able
to
have
that
possibility.
D
I
I
read
that
fiber
optics
is
one
that
we
are
pursuing,
so
I
think
that
will
help
really
activate
that
space,
and
I
can't
help
though,
but
ask
one
question,
which
is
the
I-90
steel
bridge
seems
to
be
an
orphan,
that's
still
to
be
adopted,
and
I
bring
it
up
like
that,
because
certainly
northrop
right,
we
have
money
from
rei
and
facebook,
and
yet,
when
I
look
at
the
whole
corridor,
it
does
seem
like
that.
One
area
is
a
pretty
big
lift,
so
I
know
you
talked
about
doing
some
budget
funding
advocacy.
D
Can
you
comment
on
that
particular
section
and
then
I'm
wondering
if
we
did
have
funding?
Who
would
be
the
lead
agency
to
make
sure
that
happens
and-
and
it's
especially
special
to
me
because
it's
you
know
kind
of
right
in
the
middle
and
it
seems
like
you're
not
going
to
get
all
the
way
across.
If
you
don't
have
that
section
in
the
middle.
P
P
I
also
think
it's
incredibly
important,
as
we
think
about
equity
in
connecting
south
king
county,
both
the
regional
trail
system
down
there
and
employees
thinking
about
getting
to
work
into
jobs,
so
that
project
is
the
one
project
that
is
on
both
the
state
ask
priorities
and
our
federal
priorities.
If
we
get
funding
in
one
one
bucket,
then
we'll
take
it
off
sort
of
the
list
of
the
others.
P
So
it
fits
well
with
with
the
sort
of
the
theme
of
bridge
projects
for
feder,
the
federal
ask
and
it
crosses
an
interstate.
You
know,
so
that
also
really
helps
position.
All
those
bridge
projects
for
sort
of
a
large
federal
ask
at
the
at
in
olympia
representative
slatter
who's
in
48th,
so
the
the
the
united
states
bridge
isn't
actually
in
her
district
but
she's
sort
of
been
the
champion
at
the
state
level
for
east
trail
since
the
beginning
and
she's
on
the
transportation
committee.
P
So
it
was
really
important
for
her
to
sponsor
that
in
the
in
the
house
transportation
package.
So
that's
sort
of
the
process
where
things
stand
at
and
at
the
house
level
in
olympia
is
that
we
have
a
the
representatives
have
been
able
to
sponsor
that
as
they
start
building
building
out
the
transportation
package
in
olympia
so
really
excited
to
have
sort
of
her
sponsorship
and
her
championship
of
of
the
east
trail
in
general
and
that
project.
P
D
Well,
that's
great
and
I'm
wondering,
if
maybe
similar
to
brt,
where
we
sent
a
letter
to
olympia
advocating
for
the
brt
corridor,
whether
for
the
I-90
bridge.
We
could
do
something
similar
with
the
cities
along
the
corridor
because
you're
not
going
to
get
all
the
way
from
the
north
to
south
without
it,
and
I
do
think
it
is
an
equity
issue
for
folks
being
able
to
live
in
south
king
county
and
be
able
to
take
that
up
to
bellevue
for
jobs.
Thank
you.
A
Well,
everybody
has
said
so
many
good
comments.
I'm
I
just
am
amazed
at
how
effective
your
organization
has
been
these
trail
partners
in
keeping
this
vision,
going
getting,
keeping
the
momentum
and
getting
that
funding,
what
a
tough
job
that
is
and
yet
you're
doing
it,
and
this
is
a
real
gift
to
the
community.
This
project-
I
am
personally
so
excited
to
see
this
finished
because
I
ride
along
there
all
the
time
and
the
alternative
right
now
is
run
riding
under
the
trestle,
which
is
not
a
fun
ride.
So
it'll
be
great
to
get
this
done.
A
Two
things
you
know,
part
of
our
council
vision
statement
is
embracing
the
future
while
respecting
our
past,
and
this
is
a
great
in
part
of
respecting
our
past
that
trestle,
I
think
it
was
built
in
like
1904
originally,
and
I
believe
the
lake
level
was
not
lowered
until
12
years
later.
So
a
lot
of
people
don't
realize
that
the
mercer
slew
went
all
the
way
under
there,
I
believe,
through
to
factoria,
and
then
the
lake
hills
connector,
which
cut
through
there
didn't
happen
until
the
70s.
A
So
I
hope
that
on
the
trestle
we
we
get
some
really
good
history
of
how
this
originally
looked,
because
with
the
lowering
of
the
lake
and
then
that
street
going
through
it
really
changed
the
landscape
and
then
going
off
of
what
councilmember
zahn
was
saying
about
the
I-90
bridge.
You
know
everything
I
hear
from
the
residents
of
bellevue
is:
please
leave
it
the
way
it
is
they
love
the
graffiti.
A
A
I
forgot
the
word,
but
anyway
run
down
like
gasworks
park
that
we
have
in
bellevue.
So
people
really
want
to
keep
that
preserve.
That
and
you
know,
I
think,
of
how
t-mobile
employees
are
going
to
really
benefit
from
the
mountains
to
sound
greenway
and
how
that
connects
to
that
area,
and
so
maybe
it
could
be
the
t-mobile
bridge
or
something
but
just
a
thought.
But
thank
you
for
all
the
work.
A
You're
doing
I
know
you're
you're
hardly
getting
going
really,
even
though
you've
been
working
so
hard,
but
the
momentum
is
there
and
I
think
the
rest
of
it's
going
to
go
quite
quickly,
so
we're
very
excited.
Thank
you.
A
Okay,
so
we
have
oh,
so
we
have
joyce
doing
regional
issues
and
this
was
printed
in
your
packet.
We
don't
usually
allow
enough
time,
I
think,
for
this,
and
I
did
ask
joyce
since
at
five
o'clock
today
she
got
some
results
of
some
of
the
legislation
that
we
are
tracking
as
a
city.
So
I
asked
her
if
she
might
give
us
an
overview
update
and
then,
if
you
have
any
comments
or
questions,
I
can
see
you
just
raise
your
hand
when
she's
done
so
joyce
go
ahead.
K
Okay,
well
after
tonight,
we
will
have
passed.
Another
cutoff,
which
is
a
deadline
in
the
legislative
process,
and
this
cut
off
is
in
order
for
bills
to
remain
under
consideration
for
the
rest
of
the
session.
They
have
to
be
passed
out
of
the
fiscal
committees
in
their
respective
chambers,
so
those
are
the
appropriations
ways
and
means
committees
in
order
for
them
to
stay
in
consideration,
and
the
only
bills
that
are
exempt
from
this
particular
cutoff
are
the
ones
that
are
deemed
necessary
to
implement
the
budget
and
they
abbreviate
that
ntib.
K
Once
the
tonight
passes,
the
action
shifts
now
from
the
committees
in
each
chamber
over
to
the
floor
of
each
chamber,
so
the
house
will
be
passing
bills
and
you
know
passing
or
not
passing
bills
and
the
senate
will
be
doing
the
same,
and
the
next
cutoff
that
we
face
is
on
march
9
and
that's
the
cut-off
for
bills
to
be
approved
and
make
it
out
of
their
house
of
origin.
K
That
means
that
house
bills
have
to
pass.
The
house
and
senate
bills
have
to
pass
the
senate
and
ones
that
do
remain
alive
for
the
rest
of
the
session,
ones
that
don't
are
dead,
but
bills
that
are
dead
are
often
resurrected
somewhere
along
the
way.
K
So
it's
never
dead
until
the
gavel
goes
down
on
the
last
day
of
session,
we
watch
them
throughout,
we'll
have
we'll
probably
have
a
full
list
of
bills,
or
at
least
a
more
full
list
of
bills
that
remain
alive
and
what
bills
died
by
the
end
of
this
week.
But
what
we
know
so
far-
and
I've
tried
to
align
the
the
bills
that
I'm
mentioning
with
the
city's
priorities
and
one
of
the
priorities
we
had
was
having
an
economic
recovery
plan
from
the
pandemic
and
two
bills
were
signed
by
the
governor.
K
One
was
50
senate
bill,
5061,
that's
five,
zero,
six
one
and
that
was
recently
signed
and
what
it
does
is.
It
prevents
a
1.7
billion
dollar
automatic
increase
in
the
unemployment
insurance
tax.
That
was
supposed
to
go
into
effect
in
april,
and
the
effect
of
this
is
it
helps
employers
to
reduce
their
tax
liability,
so
that
is
really
important
for
businesses
and
agencies
and
others
that
are
responsible
for
paying
unemployment
insurance
taxes.
K
K
Medical
and
health
care
assistance,
education,
behavioral
health
programs
met
testing
and
vaccine
distribution
and
funding
for
grants
to
businesses.
And
again,
if
you
want
more
detail,
it's
in
the
agenda
memo.
Another
council
priority
was
our
support
for
tax
increment
financing
and
tax.
Increment
financing
is
referred
to
as
tiff,
and
it's
an
economic
development
tool
that
captures
some
of
the
value
of
the
the
appreciated
value
of
tax
that
comes
about
because
property
values
are
increased
and
you
generate
funding
to
provide
infrastructure
benefits
for
a
designated
area.
K
Right
now.
This
tool
is
not
allowed
under
state
law
because
there's
a
constitutional
provision
about
the
gift
of
public
funds,
and
so
what
we're
what's
happening
is
there's
a
coalition
that
was
formed
around
this
issue.
They're
meeting
and
it's
it's
good
to
note
that
the
two
bills
that
have
to
do
with
tax
increment
financing
house
bill,
1189
and
senate
bill
5211
are
both
waiting
for
a
vote
on
the
floor
of
their
respective
house.
K
K
Investments
both
of
the
chambers
at
the
state
legislature
have
released
their
framework
for
a
new
revenue
package
for
statewide
transportation
funding
and
right
now,
legislators.
It
was
referred
to
by
catherine
hollis
earlier,
their
their
each
chamber
is
working
on
the
list
of
projects
that
would
accompany
a
transportation
packet
and
the
transportation
packages
use.
K
They
propose
different
tools
to
get
enough
money
assembled
to
fund
a
massive
list
of
what
is
basically
infrastructure
issues,
mostly
roads
in
the
state.
It's
very
much
needed
it's
very
competitive
and
we've
been
working
with
our
lobbyists
and
the
chambers
lobbyists
and
the
lobbyists
of
other
stakeholder
groups
that
support
our
priority
projects
and
we're
working
with
those
folks
to
ensure
that
they
are
going
to
be
supportive
of
our
projects.
As
I
said,
it's
going
to
be
very
competitive,
and
so
far
our
legislators
have
been
very
receptive
to
supporting
our
particular
projects.
K
There
is,
there
are
lots
of
bills
in
the
legislature
that
are
problematic
for
one
reason
or
another,
and
one
is
a
transportation
bill
and
it's
senate
bill
5232,
and
this
is
the
bill
that
would
remove
the
authority
that
was
granted
in
2019
for
washdot
to
bond
the
toll
revenues
from
interstate
405
and
the
one
state
route
167
corridor.
K
One
of
the
things
that's
happened,
as
you
are
certainly
aware,
is
that
the
covert
19
pandemic
has
created
incredible
problems.
Traffic
patterns
have
changed
completely
from
what
they
were
pre
pandemic
toll
revenue
is
coming
in
very,
very,
very
low,
and
these
traffic
patterns
and
toll
revenues
are
not
expected
to
pick
up
for
some
time
to
reach
pre-pandemic
levels.
K
K
This
bill
passed
out
of
the
senate
transportation
committee
and
it's
being
considered
a
work
in
progress.
It's
also
necessary
to
implement
the
budget.
So
it's
going
to
be
around
till
the
end
of
session
and
they're.
Looking
at
a
way
to
put
in
some
triggering
language
language.
That
would
say
at
such
time
as
the
pandemic
has
eased
and
people
come
back
and
the
toll
revenue
picks
up.
K
There
are
some
fixes
that
need
to
be
made
there
and
there
is
not
money,
because
the
revenue
from
the
tolls
was
going
to
fund
those
projects
and
with
the
toll
revenue
in
such
decline,
there
isn't
funding
for
those
projects.
The
legislature
says
it's
committed
to
finding
funds
to
fill
that
gap.
The
danger
for
us
is
you
combine
this
issue
with
the
potential
inability
to
bond
toll
revenue
when
it
returns
to
a
normal
rate
and
if
they're
going
to
backfill
the
projects
at
the
north
end
of
405
in
order
to
keep
them
on
schedule.
K
Will
they
say?
Well
we're
backfilling
your
projects,
so
you'll
get
fewer
projects
in
the
big
list
of
transportation
of
the
transportation
package.
So
there's
a
lot
of
issues
kind
of
swimming
around
here
together
and
we're
sorting
through
them
and
we're
meeting
with
legislators
and
we're
trying
to
get
people
to
commit
to
meeting
the
commitments
they
made
on
the
405
project
at
the
north
end.
K
In
addition
to
not
penalizing
the
east
side,
potentially
by
subtracting
that
amount
of
money
from
a
potential
revenue
package
for
new
revenue,
it's
a
bit
of
a
dilemma
and
as
we
get
more
information,
we
will
share
it
with
council.
We're
certainly
on
our
toes
about
this
one
and
moving
on
to
the
affordable
housing,
homelessness
and
human
services
arena.
K
As
you
remember,
house,
bill
1590
passed
in
the
2020
session
and
that's
the
bill
that
authorized
cities
and
counties
either
or
to
impose
a
tenth
one
tenth
of
one
percent
increase
in
the
local
sales
tax
for
the
funding
for
affordable
housing
and
homelessness
projects
and
some
services
that
go
with
those
supportive
services
there
is
there
was
there
were
some
few
things,
a
few
things
in
that
bill
that
needed
to
be
clarified,
one
of
which
was
we
want
to
make
sure
that
the
language
and
the
intent
of
house
bill
1590
gets
clarified
in
house
bill
1070,
which
is
this
session,
and
we
want
them
to
say
without
a
doubt
and
very
clearly
that
you
can
use
these
funding
this
funding
to
provide
for
the
acquisition
purchase
of
an
existing
building.
K
That
you
would
then
use
for
affordable
housing,
homelessness
and
supportive
services,
and
that
bill
is
still
alive
and
we've
been
watching
it
closely
and
trying
to
be
very
supportive.
There
are
a
lot
of
bills
in
the
affordable,
housing,
homelessness
and
human
services
arena
that
are
still
alive
and
are
being
amended
as
they
go
through.
K
Increasing
the
document
recording
fee
by
a
hundred
dollars
to
fund
rental
assistance
and
other
support
services
to
help
prevent
evictions
authorizing
the
establishment
of
housing,
benefit
districts
for
cities
and
counties
and
local
option
short-term
rental
tax.
Those
are
all
still
alive
and
they're
moving
through
their
respective
chambers,
another
big
body
of
bills,
just
the
sheer
number
have
to
do
with
social
and
criminal
justice
reform,
which
was
another
council
priority,
and
several
proposals
are
still
alive.
K
That
would
create
new
use
of
force,
standards
for
police
and
law
enforcement
and
that
many
of
these
bills
are
getting
amended
along
the
way
many
of
them
are
still
alive.
There
is
one
bill
in
particular
that
is
not
good,
and
I
would
say
almost
all
cities
are
opposing
it
and
it's
house
bill
1202
and
that
bill
would
create
a
civil
cause
of
action
for
a
person
who's
injured
by
a
law
enforcement
officer.
K
That
would
include
language
that
would
provide
an
a
law
enforcement
officer
with
a
defense
against
those
kinds
of
actions
if
the
officer
substantially
was
compliant
with
the
training
that
he
or
she
had
received.
The
bill
also
is
problematic
in
that
it
has
a
4.3
million
dollar
per
year.
Fiscal
note
and
there's
questions
about
whether
or
not
this
could
be
funded,
and
there
is
a
clause
in
the
bill
that
says
the
bill's
null
and
void
unless
funding
is
attached
to
it.
K
There
were
bills
also
in
the
law
enforcement
arena
that
would
have
overhauled
the
collective
bargaining
process
for
law
enforcement
contracts
and
that
bill
those
bills
have
died
in
the
environment.
There
are
still
lots
of
bills
that
are
alive
and
moving
the
low
carbon
fuel
standard
bill,
which
is
senate
bill,
5126
is
still
moving
and
that
bill
would
set
emissions
limits
on
facilities
and
fuel
suppliers.
That
would
support
the
state's
goal
to
reduce
greenhouse
gases,
and
then
the
governor's
cap
and
invest
bill
has
been
amended
and
it's
also
deemed
necessary
to
implement
the
budget.
K
So
it's
still
alive
and
the
revised
version
of
that
bill
has
some
positive
news
in
it
because
it
would
dedicate,
I
think,
it's
around
650
million
dollars
to
transportation
projects
and
that's
good
news.
If
you're
looking
for
money
that
will
provide
funding
for
a
new
revenue
transportation
package,
that's
as
quick
a
summary,
as
I
was
able
to
gather
today
and
we've
got
a
lot
of
work
ahead
of
us
because
we're
not
even
at
the
midpoint
of
the
session,
so
that
next
cutoff
on
march
9th
is
going
to
be
a
real
big
one.
K
That's
when
you
know
you
know
the
house
bills
go
over
to
the
senate
to
be
heard,
and
the
senate
bills
go
over
to
the
house,
and
then
you
are
kind
of
on
the
home
stretch,
because
toward
the
end
of
the
session,
the
budgets
are
coming
out:
the
transportation
package.
There
should
be
a
little
bit
of
settling
on
what
projects
will
be
on
that
list
and
how
those
projects
will
be
funded
and
who's
really
going
to
support
those
projects
and
the
increased
taxes
that
go
along
with
them.
K
K
At
the
beginning
of
the
session,
we
talked
about
the
fact
that
it
was
going
to
be
conducted
almost
entirely
virtually
and
that
has
had
some
pluses
and
some
minuses.
Some
of
the
pluses
have
been
that
people
from
around
the
state
don't
have
to
drive
to
olympia
in
order
to
provide
their
comments
and
their
opinions
to
members
of
the
legislature.
K
So
that's
been
kind
of
a
good
result.
One
of
the
things
that's
been
difficult
and
challenging
during
the
session
is
that
many
of
you
who
have
gone
down
to
olympia
in
years
past.
You
know
that
the
hallway
conversations
are
really
important.
There's
a
time
when
you
can't
get.
You
know
time
on
a
legislator's
calendar,
but
you
can
catch
them
while
they're
in
a
committee
meeting,
and
they
can
step
out
in
the
hallway
and
talk
to
you
for
a
few
minutes
and
you
can
get
your
messages
across
the
hallway
meetings
aren't
happening.
K
The
committee
poll
meetings
are
not
happening
and
what
is
happening
is
there?
The
major
part
of
those
folks
days
are
taken
up
with
hearings
and
commitments
that
keep
them
literally
in
front
of
their
screen.
Just
like
we
are
now
so
their
time
is
limited
and
it's
been
difficult
to
get
those
15
minute
to
half
hour
meetings
with
legislators
to
say
you
know:
here's
progress,
here's
what
we'd
like
to
see
on
a
whole
spate
of
bills
and
our
interests,
so
we've
had
to
hone
our
messages.
K
This
session
down
to
you,
know
the
elevator
speech
for
everything,
because
there
just
isn't
time
and
we
expect
that
this
will
just
be
amplified
as
we
continue
to
move
through
the
session.
There's
not
much.
We
can
do
about
that.
The
good
news
is,
our
legislators
have
been
incredibly
receptive.
They
take
the
calls
from
our
lobbyists.
They
take
the
calls
from
you
when
you've
cried
tried
to
contact
them.
So
the
the
good
news
is
they're
receptive,
they're,
just
incredibly
busy.
B
A
Well,
thank
you.
Anybody
have
questions
or
comments,
not
seeing
any
I'm
going
to
give
us
a
short
break
and
see
if
we
can
come
back
at
8.
A
A
Mr
miyaki
would
like
to
introduce
this
topic.
Please.
H
Yes,
thank
you
mayor
council
members.
This
is
the
last
study
session
top
on
your
agenda
this
evening,
and
it
is
on
the
2020
year
in
fourth
quarter,
economic
development
update
just
by
way
background.
We
provide
these
updates
to
you
quarterly
and
the
last
one
that
was
provided
to
you
on
this
particular
topic
was
back
in
november
of
2020..
H
Tonight's
presentation
is
informational.
It
is
also
an
opportunity
for
the
council
members
to
ask
questions
as
we
progress
through
the
presentation
with
that,
I
am
going
to
hand
it
over
to
jessica,
nada,
our
chief
economic
development
officer,
as
in
accompanying
him
as
philly
marsh
economic
development
manager,
so
jesse,
it's
all
yours.
Q
Q
As
you
may
remember,
the
council
did
adopt
the
economic,
the
updated
economic
development
plan
in
november
of
last
year,
so
this
presentation
will
continue
our
transition
over
to
the
new
strategic
areas
in
that
document.
So
tonight
is
again
for
information.
Only
no
specific
direction
or
action
is
requested
and
way
of
kind
of
providing
an
overarching
theme
for
tonight.
Tonight's
presentation
will
continue
many
of
the
themes
from
2020,
including
a
bit
of
that
tale
of
two
cities
where
we
have
a
office
and
construction
and
national
retail
market.
Q
That
is
doing
extremely
well,
while
in
parallel
we
have
local
restaurants
and
entertainment,
businesses
and
hospitality
industry
that
continues
to
suffer
from
the
prolonged
pandemic.
One
of
the
good
notes,
I'll
note,
as
we
engage
with
our
businesses
large
and
small
across
the
city,
is
that
bellevue's
stability,
predictability
and
partnership.
Culture
continue
to
be
core
strengths
and
reasons
that
we
are
reinforcing
our
pro-business
and
business-friendly
ecosystem,
and
with
that
I
will
hand
it
over
to
philly.
R
Jesse
and
just
as
a
reminder,
this
is
a
focus
on
both
our
business
attraction
and
marketing
efforts,
as
well
as
our
business
retention
and
expansion,
which
are
ongoing
programs,
but
also
the
start
of
our
new
edie
plan
implementation
with
our
six
new
focus
areas
and
those
areas
will
be
start
to
get
weaved
into
these
updates
to
start
off
with
a
year
in
review.
R
Our
outdoor
dining
program
to
help
restaurants
with
expanded,
dining
and
then
the
bda
heart
of
bellevue
program,
working
with
them
to
profile
businesses
and
give
our
residents
a
reason
to
to
get
out
and
shop
and
support
those
businesses
that
were
suffering.
You
know.
Looking
ahead.
I
think
you've
heard
this
a
couple
of
times
through
tonight's
meeting
and
we're
cautiously
optimistic.
R
While
there
is
some
hope
on
the
horizon
and
holistically
bellevue
has
weathered
the
pandemic
better
than
some
of
our
pure
cities,
we're
not
quite
yet
out
of
the
woods
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
diligently,
monitor
trends
as
well
as
track
and
communicate
resources
and
opportunities
for
our
hardest
hit
industries,
and,
like
joyce
mentioned
just
before
this.
R
On
friday,
governor
jay
inslee
signed
house
bill
1368,
which
appropriates
the
2.2
billion
in
federal
funding,
and
that
does
include
240
million
for
business
assistance
grants
so
we'll
be
tracking
how
those
funds
will
be
rolled
out
and
make
sure
that
that
is
communicated
to
our
small
business
community.
It
also
has
50
million
in
child
care
and
91
million
for
income
insistence,
including
65
million
for
relief
for
the
state's
immigrant
population.
R
Looking
at
the
yearly
performance
metrics
for
2020,
unfortunately,
due
to
the
pandemic
and
travel
restrictions,
trade
shows
and
investment
missions
came
to
a
halt.
We
were
involved
in
a
korean
delegation
prior
to
the
pandemic
and
thank
you
mayor
robinson,
for
your
participation
in
the
virtual
scottish
delegation
delegation
that
happened
in
december.
R
So,
while
we
didn't
quite
meet
the
mark
on
those
goals
that
we
set
at
the
beginning
of
the
the
year
in
business
attraction,
we
were
able
to
really
increase
our
efforts
in
business
retention
and
expansion,
and
this
was
across
major
employers,
as
well
as
those
small
businesses
that
we
engaged
with
with
over
200
businesses
receiving
one-on-one
deep
dive
assistance
through
our
programs.
R
So,
looking
at
some
of
our
key
performance
indicators,
starting
with
unemployment,
we
did
see
an
uptick
in
our
december
unemployment
numbers.
This
slide
compares
bellevue's
unemployment
to
our
national
peers,
and
you
can
see
we
were
tracking
it
pretty
well,
but
then
did
have
that
spike
in
december
bellevue
compared
to
our
regional
peers
of
tacoma
seattle
everett.
We
still
do
have
the
lowest
unemployment
of
those
major
cities
within
the
region.
R
R
So
as
we
see
reopening
occurring
and
the
second
round
of
ppp
loans
are
being
distributed,
we're
we're
going
to
be
watching
this
pretty
intently
and
making
sure
that
that
number
does
dip
down
again.
We're
also
watching
it
on
an
industry
level,
because
it
does
help
inform
some
of
our
workforce
efforts.
Moving
forward.
R
Looking
at
commercial
real
estate,
a
vacancy
across
the
nation
is,
is
increasing
and,
as
you
can
see
in
this
graph,
bellevue
is
not
quite
experiencing
the
same.
Sharp
uptick
that
we're
seeing
in
some
of
our
our
peer
sets.
R
R
But
while
class
and
class
a
rates
have
been
holding
steady
across
the
board,
we
all
are
seeing
class
b
rates
dip
from
about
38
dollars,
a
square
foot
to
34.,
and
this
actually
has
created
an
entry
opportunity
for
some
businesses
that
have
been
looking
to
break
into
the
bellevue
market
and
before
were
priced
out
because
there
wasn't
vacancy
or-
and
the
price
was
too
high-
and
we've
had
conversations,
particularly
with
many
art
and
cultural
organizations,
about
opportunities
here
in
bellevue.
R
So
we're
staying
in
really
close
communication
with
commercial
brokers,
and
they
do
share
that.
The
long-term
optimism
for
the
future
of
the
east
side
office
market
is
still
strong.
That
optimism
has
not
diminished
and
we
continue
to
have
a
really
strong
development
pipeline
that
is
mostly
pre-leased
and
from
the
on
the
retail
side
of
thing.
We
just
got
some
numbers,
and
in
january
there
was
a
five
pers
5.3
increase
in
retail
spending.
R
So
some
good
news
on
that
front
and
currently
the
east
side,
rental
vacancy,
is
at
2.7
so
going
into
visitor
trends.
As
we
all
know,
the
tourism
and
hospitality
industry
has
really
struggled
through
this
pandemic.
But
although
slow,
we
are
starting
to
see
some
rebound,
you
know
hotel
occupancy
did
dip
in
november,
and
that
was
mostly
based
on
the
increase
in
in
case
counts.
But
early
2021
has
seen
a
strong
and
growing
confidence
regarding
leisure,
as
well
as
business
travel
and
as
things
are
starting
to
reopen
visit.
R
Bellevue
is
really
starting
to
focus
their
investments
in
earned
media
marketing,
as
well
as
partnership
development,
to
really
increase
that
visitor
travel
to
bellevue
and
be
that
destination
of
choice
and,
in
fact,
bellevue
visit
bellevue
just
released
a
really
great
video
bellevue
is
safe
and
open,
and
it
instills
that
we're
resilient
and
we're
committed
to
excellence
and
well-being
with
traveler
safety
great
there.
R
So
getting
into
some
of
our
ongoing
work.
The
big
success
story
in
the
marketing
and
business
attraction
efforts
is
that
the
seattle
tacoma
bellevue
metro
area
broke
into
the
top
10
metro
areas.
We
saw
a
5.1
gdp
growth
totaling
over
382
billion
in
king
county,
it's
kind
of
on
the
metro
area
and
then
measured
on
the
county
level.
R
King
county
actually
makes
up
77
percent
of
that
metro
area
gdp
and
if
you
look
at
it
on
the
county
level,
it's
sixth
in
the
nation,
so
a
really
strong
county,
gdpe
output,
locally
we're
seeing
new
restaurants
as
well,
open
as
well
as
bellevue
companies,
expand
and
acquire
other
companies.
So
so
there
is
some
some
energy
here
and
then
we
are
continuing
to
watch.
R
You
know
as
travel
markets,
continue
to
open
and
doing
some
proactive
planning
with
our
partners
for
some
of
those
outbound
and
inbound
missions,
hopefully
to
take
place
later
this
year,
so
business
retention
expansion.
We
had
some
really
great
good
news
stories
in
2020
with
the
renovated
t-mobile
headquarters,
the
exciting
news
of
amazon
and
facebook's
expansion.
R
You
may
have
even
seen
the
recent
announcement
of
bungie
a
video
came
company
more
than
doubling
their
bellevue
presence,
but
a
lot
of
our
efforts
really
did
focus
on
those
small
businesses
making
sure
that
we
were
able
to
provide
as
as
many
tools
and
resources
as
we
could
to
help
them
weather
the
pandemic.
R
So
using
cares
funds
and
funding
allocated
from
council.
We
did
develop
a
and
administer
a
relief
grant.
So
a
total
of
296
businesses
and
organizations
applied
for
this
grant
and
we
were
able
to
award
a
112
thousand
dollar
grants
and
the
awarded
businesses
represent
diverse
ownership
across
the
industries
that
were
the
most
hardest
hit
through
the
pandemic.
R
We
also
prioritized
businesses
that
did
not
receive
other
funding
options
at
that
time.
So,
as
you
can
see
on
this
slide,
you
know.
64
of
the
businesses
were
female
owned.
66
minority
owned
and
41
were
immigrant
and
refugee
owned
so
and
we
again
we're
continuing
to
monitor
additional
relief
currently
with
the
the
ppp
second
round
or
providing
technical
assistance
to
two
businesses
to
access
that.
R
We
have
heard
that
a
lot
of
businesses
who
decide
not
to
apply
in
the
first
round
are
now
coming
back
to
to
access
that
resource,
so
providing
the
technical
assistance
there
we're
also
working
with
startup
425
and
some
other
partners
to
to
also
provide
the
business
resiliency
that
is
needed
for
businesses
to
to
come
out
of
this
pandemic
stronger
than
before.
So
working
with
our
startup
425
partners
we're
developing
a
a
workshop
to
assist
businesses,
kind
of
get
their
foot
and
be
able
to
build
their
online
presence.
R
R
Let's
see
and
with
that,
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
jesse
to
talk
about
some
of
our
or
workforce
development.
Progress.
Q
Thank
you.
Philly
workforce
was
one
of
the
strategic
areas
that
was
added
as
part
of
the
economic
development
plan
update
last
year,
and
it
continues
to
be
extremely
important
for
two
reasons.
One
is
definitely
that
we
continue
to
see
impacts
to
local
workers
from
the
pandemic
and
then
also
you
know
that
has
exacerbated
the
the
shortage
of
qualified
workers
and
the
skills
gap
that
was
happening
before
the
pandemic.
So
workforce
is
more
important
than
ever
for
bellevue
and
our
region,
as
we
have
been
doing
our
discovery
and
engagement
with
partners
across
the
region.
Q
We've
really
started
to
identify
two
very,
very
clear
gaps
that
we're
looking
into
one
will
be
an
analysis
of
child
care
and
what
what
is
maybe
preventing
additional
child
care
options
or
more
affordable
child
care
options
from
coming
onto
the
market,
and
then
also
we
have
begun
to
identify
a
gap
in
the
ability
for
residents
to
successfully
navigate
the
ecosystem
of
workforce
development
opportunities
that
are
out
there.
Much
of
the
funding
and
resourcing
really
goes
to
the
actual
training
programs
at
bellevue
college
and
individual
boot
camps
and
other
providers.
Q
So
because
of
those
that
particular
gap,
we're
looking
at
ways
to
start
providing
a
foundational
service
that
will
help
residents
within
bellevue
and
others
who
would
like
to
work
for
companies
or
take
opportunities
at
educational
providers
in
bellevue
help
them
understand
how
to
navigate
that
service,
and
so,
as
part
of
our
work.
Q
For
the
second
half
of
last
year,
we
did
bellevue
led
a
coalition
of
east
side
cities
in
applying
for
a
grant
from
the
economic
development
administration,
which
is
a
federal
agency
under
the
department
of
commerce,
and
we
worked
together
to
to
bring
large
employers
to
the
table.
Who
really
wanted
to
support
this
eastside
work
to
provide
more
of
a
go
big
quickly,
solution
in
workforce
when
I
was
while,
unfortunately,
we
were
not
successful
in
that
grant,
the
eda
was
preferencing
geographies
that
were
much
larger
than
these
six
east
side
cities.
Q
We
were
able
to
to
bring
into
the
coalition
the
relationships
that
we
built
and
that
discovery
is
going
to
be
extremely
important
as
we
begin
to
develop
this
foundational
service,
and
so
some
of
the
changes
that
we
will
start
to
see
this
year
are
include
an
update
to
the
city's
website.
That
will
begin
to
provide
a
comprehensive
web
page
landing
page
that,
where
folks
can
come
in
and
see
the
the
menu
of
options
that
exist
within
bellevue
and
the
larger
east
side.
Q
Next
slide.
Please
and
tonight
we
wanted
to
give
you
a
very
brief
update
on
the
creative
economy.
Creative
economy
is
another
one
of
the
strategic
areas
that
was
added
as
part
of
the
economic
development
plan.
Update
and
a
lot
of
the
work
within
the
creative
economy
will
focus
very
specifically
around
the
arts
district.
As
one
of
the
big
moves
for
the
city,
we
really
want
to
make
the
make
it
an
arts
and
entertainment
destination
for
the
region
in
the
eastern
half
of
bel
red.
Q
This
ties
into
issues
around
quality
of
life,
quality
of
place,
diversity
of
jobs
and
the
tourism
sector
as
well.
So
we
are
working
on
a
variety
of
projects
to
help
bring
more
recognition
in
resourcing
into
the
arts
district
in
the
eastern
half
of
bellred.
Q
Some
of
the
things
that
the
council
may
start
to
see
and
the
public
may
start
to
see
popping
up
include
more
public
art
and
some
creative
wraps
around
the
utility
boxes
within
the
area
to
start
to
identify
it
as
a
creative
place
and
space
for
the
city.
We're
also
working
with
some
of
our
larger
employers
to
identify
opportunities
for
larger
murals.
They
can
really
start
to
set
the
tone
for
the
arts
district
and
bring
that
creativity
out
onto
the
streets.
Q
R
Back
to
you,
thanks
jesse
and
additionally,
more
detailed
updates
on
partnership
will
be
coming
up
at
a
later
council
presentation,
but
we
did
want
to
briefly
share
some
of
the
excited
work.
We're
getting
started
on.
Our
team
has
been
working
with
the
bda
on
a
series
of
workshops
with
major
downtown
stakeholders
really
focused
on
place,
making
and
managing
the
public
space
downtown
presentations
from
nationally
leading
place.
Making
organizations
have
really
led
to
these
exciting
and
engaging
conversations
about
really
how
bellevue
can
continue
to
build
upon
itself
to
be
the
place.
R
Businesses
and
employees
want
to
be
so
very
timely
conversation,
as
you
know,
we're
grappling
with
this
return
to
work
and
destination
of
choice
ideas.
R
Additionally,
our
team
has
been
working
at
started,
work
to
identify
external
funding
sources
and
partnerships
that
can
really
help
support
and
enhance
the
implementation
of
our
economic
development
plan
and
provide
that
needed
capacity
to
our
partner
organizations
that
we
want
to
work
hand
in
hand
with
on
some
of
the
initiatives.
Q
And
as
we
bring
this
presentation
in
for
a
landing,
we
want
to
make
sure
the
council
gets
a
preview
of
what's
coming
for
the
rest
of
the
year.
Q
While
I
will
note
that
the
activities
and
the
impacts
of
last
year,
as
well
as
the
engagement
we're
getting
from
our
business
community,
now
have
really
reinforced
the
need
to
really
focus
on
the
activation
and
placemaking
for
bellevue,
which
was
very
much
highlighted,
and
a
focus
of
the
new
bd
plan
that
quality
of
plays
and
those
amenities
are
really
needed
to
help
make
sure
that
bellevue
continues
to
be
that
destination
of
choice
that
place
where
residents,
workers
and
visitors
want
to
be
and
you'll
see
that
reflected
in
the
work
we're
going
to
be
doing
this
year,
one
of
which
will
of
course
be
the
continued
relief
and
support
work
for
our
business
community
as
they
continue
to
navigate
the
pandemic,
which
will
hopefully
start
to
we'll
start
to
see
the
light.
Q
Very
soon
we'll
be
working
again
on
the
arts
district
activation
starting
to
understand
how
we
can
bring
events
and
activities
into
the
public
realm
in
the
eastern
half
of
bel
red
so
that
it
becomes
that
regional
arts
destination
we'll
be
doing
more,
as
we
mentioned
more
activation
and
place
making
work
primarily
with
our
support
and
with
the
support
of
our
partners
in
downtown
and
bellred,
where
we
have
those
relationships
that
we
can
lean
on,
whether
it's
bringing
back
the
outdoor,
dining
or
looking
at
ways
to
bring
food
trucks
and
other
items
to
the
spring
districts.
Q
To
help
activate
that
space.
Those
will
be
very
important.
Our
work
with
small
businesses
will
continue.
Startup
425
is
working
on
a
host
of
new
programs
and
trainings
that
will
help
reinforce
the
design
as
a
great
place
for
small
business.
We
will
continue
developing
that
workforce
ecosystem
and
be
looking
for
additional
resourcing
opportunities
to
help.
Do
that,
go
big
move
and
then
two
of
the
bigger
projects
that
we
didn't
touch
on
earlier
in
the
presentation
include
the
2021
business
survey.
So
the
council
may
remember
every
outnumbered
year.
Q
Q
This
year's
survey
is
going
to
look
a
little
bit
different
both
in
terms
of
questions
and
in
the
responses
we
every
year
try
to
reserve
a
set
of
a
number
of
questions
that
are
going
to
be
timely.
So
this
year
we
will
be
asking
questions
related
to
the
pandemic
and
its
impacts
on
businesses
and
because
of
the
lingering
effects
and
the
fact
that
we
are
still
in
the
middle
of
the
pandemic.
Q
We
expect
that
those
response
numbers
will
also
dip
slightly,
as
we
really
are
surveying
the
business
community
in
a
in
a
moment
where
they
continue
to
experience
some
pain.
So
we
will
be
bringing
a
more
detailed
report
on
that
business
survey
to
the
council
in
the
fall
and
then
the
other
item
that
will
be
big
and
launched
this
year
is
a
citywide
retail
strategy.
Q
This
strategy
is
going
to
look
at
the
entirety
of
bellevue
and
take
a
look
at
gaps
and
leakage.
Analysis
to
understand,
where
does
bellevue
really
outperform
in
terms
of
retail
or
where
are
there
spaces
or
particular
products
that
residents
are
going
outside
the
city
to
purchase
so
it'll
give
us
a
snapshot
of
our
strengths,
opportunities
for
additional
place
making
and
also
through
the
engagement
with
the
business
community.
Q
Help
us
understand
if
there
are
any
barriers
to
entry
to
particular
types
of
retail,
so
that
we
can
see
if
we
need
to
address
any
regulatory
or
other
items
that
may
be
preventing
additional
retail
from
coming
into
the
city.
So
that
report,
that
consultant
will
be
onboarded
around
mid-year,
and
that
should
be
at
least
a
nine-month
project.
A
J
Thank
you.
Madame.
I
was
going
to
say
that
I
appreciate
the
report
from
the
economic
development
staff.
Yeah
it's
a
big
tough
year.
You
know,
I
think,
you've
been
so
occupied
with
the
recovery
effort
and
I
think
you've
done
a
good
job
at
it
and
also
I
mean
there's
a
regional
effort
going
on
at
the
same
time
you
know
very
similar
to
what
we're
doing
you
know
very
compatible
consistent,
it's
figuring
out,
you
know,
there's
one
thing.
You
know
obviously
just
a
big
on
everybody's
mind,
which
he
didn't
emphasize
too
much.
J
It's
equity.
You
know
inclusiveness
and
all
that,
and
but
I'm
sure
you
know,
as
part
of
your
specific
thing,
that
we
do,
I
mean
you
have
to
focus
on
bellevue,
obviously
and
you're
working
on
the
projects
that
you
started
begun
and
you're
still
working
through
the
process.
You
know
when
things
are
not
happening,
I
mean
what
else
can
you
do
right?
J
So
your
activity
is
being
recurtailed
top
back
and
all
that
it's
challenging,
but
at
the
same
time
I
think
what
I've
shown
is
that
you
have
been
keeping
making
contacts,
make
connections
virtually
online.
I
think
that's
a
opportunity.
J
J
You
know
so
I
I
think
you're
just
doing
what
have
you
been
doing?
One
other
thing
I
would
just
quickly
come
in.
I
don't
know
how
to
do
it.
You
know,
but
you're
still
trying
to
get
a
lot
of
information
like
the
survey
you're
gonna
do.
J
My
question
is
when
you
get
the
survey
and
you're
hiring
consultant
to
do
the
survey.
The
key
question
is
after
you
get
the
survey,
then
what
do
you
do
right?
That's
the
key
question.
Is
there
something
that
we
can
actually
be
doing
already
preparing?
J
You
know
we
can
see
what
changes
we
have
to
make
so
that
that's
the
only
comment
I
would
have
to
make.
That's
one
second
is
working
with
regional.
You
know:
groups
edd,
psrc
greatest
seattle
partnership.
We
we
may
want
to
make
some
more
concrete
connections
with
them.
Because
again,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
we're
doing
very
similar
things.
They
are
working
at
workforce
things
they're
working
out
looking
at
you
know
the
tourists
and
the
industries
retail.
So
we're
doing
a
lot
of
things.
J
I'm
not
saying
that
we
might
be
duplicating,
hopefully
not,
but
I
think
we
should
be
complementing.
So
I
think
the
topic
is
it's
good.
We
are
consistent,
so
we
are
communicating
with
them.
The
key
is:
what
can
we
do
to
fold
it
together?
J
J
I
think
that's,
that's
that's
important,
so
I
think
that's
a
much
more
practical,
pragmatic
and
effective
and
efficient
way
of
working
on
the
topic
of
regional
economy,
recovery
and
moving
forward.
J
Q
Yes,
councilman.
Thank
you
for
those
for
those
comments
and
yes
just
to
address
the
region,
equity
and
inclusion.
That
is
a
lens
that
we're
putting
across
all
of
our
work.
It
was
a
foundational
element
of
the
ed
plan
and
many
of
our
individual
programs
and
projects
are
looking
at
equity,
including
workforce.
Q
We
do
know
that,
for
example,
that
workers
of
people
of
color
or
lower
income
jobs
were
disproportionately
affected,
and
that
is
a
focus
of
workforce
work
for
ourselves
in
terms
of
those
items
where
we
may
know
enough
to
start
some
work
they
mentioned.
Child
care
is
one
that
is
an
area
that
we
have
heard
loud
and
clear
and
philly
is
engaging
much
more
deeply
in
that
space
to
see
what
those
real
barriers
are
to
see.
If
we
can
begin
to
to
chip
away
in
some
of
those
another
one
is
those
activations.
Q
Q
At
the
moment,
and
then
from
a
regional
perspective,
the
retail
analysis
we
are
engaging
with
with
our
regional
partners,
with
our
east
side
neighbors,
as
well
as
some
of
the
other
retail
focused
cities
in
the
region,
to
bring
that
amount
of
research
together,
so
that
we
have
some
some
regional
understanding
of
what's
going
on.
So
those
are
some
of
the
ways
that
we're
we're
tackling
those
items
and
then
philly.
Do
you
have
any
additions
around
some
of
our
work
with
gsp?
In
that
regional
recovery
plan.
R
Yeah
I
was
going
to
mention
we
between
staff
and
council.
Thank
you,
councilmember
lee
and
mayor
robinson,
for
participating
on
the
gsp
recovery
work.
There's
four
task
forces
right
now
that
are
all
having
conversations
about
how
we
can
align
and
then
accelerate
our
efforts
in
this
recovery,
really
looking
at
it
through
an
equitable
and
inclusive
lens.
R
Those
the
metrics
that
we're
developing
right
now
really
have
that
as
the
forefront
and
the
center.
And
then
the
programs
need
to
respond
to
those
metrics.
So
there
should
be
in
the
next
couple
of
months
by
the
end
of
the
next
couple
of
months.
A
really
good
idea
of
what
those
signature
projects
are
that
we,
as
a
region
there's
over
200
regional
stakeholders
participating
in
this
effort,
can
again
align
around
to
really
work
in
tandem
to
achieve
those
goals
and
we'll
be
presenting
an
update
on
that.
A
H
C
All
right,
thank
you,
mayor,
thank
you,
jesse
and
philly.
I
really
appreciate
the
the
update
and
also
just
your
diligence
and
applying
an
equity
lens
throughout
the
work
that
you're
doing
so
it
was
good
to
see
the
distribution
of
grants.
In
that
sense,
I
was
curious
in
terms
of
the
arts,
entertainment
and
recreation
just
given
that
it
is
one
of
the
harder
hit
areas
it
looked
like.
The
funding
was
a
little
bit
smaller
than
expected.
So
I
was
just
curious
about
maybe
what
that
was.
C
Maybe
I
must
maybe
I
misinterpreted
it,
and
then
you
mentioned
philly
that
some
businesses
didn't
want
to
apply
for
the
grants
in
the
first
round
and
was
curious
about
you
know
what
some
of
the
reasons
were
there
last
two
parts
broadening
the
focus
across
the
city.
I
know
we're
talking
about
downtown
and
bell
red.
C
What's
the
timeline
for
thinking
about
other
areas
like
crossroads
and
victoria
and
then
in
terms
of
child
care,
it'd
be
I'd,
be
interested
in
knowing
how
neighborhood
child
care
centers
would
impact
sort
of
the
access
and
affordability
of
child
care.
Once
we
get
to
that
point,
if
we
don't
have
any
data
about
it
already,
thank
you.
R
Go
ahead
I'll,
go
ahead
and
tackle
some
of
the
the
last
questions
around
so
the
for
the
the
grants.
The
what
I
mentioned,
some
people
didn't
apply
the
first
time
that
was
for
the
ppp,
which
was
a
loan
that
I
think
there
was
a
lot
of
confusion
around
it.
The
first
time
also
there
was
more
restrictive
require
requirements.
R
We
were
also
earlier
in
the
pandemic,
so
people
didn't
know
if
they
actually
needed
it.
So
that's
why
this
next,
this
current
round
we're
seeing
more
people
with
kind
of
those
clear
requirements
around
forgiveness,
take
advantage
of
it
in
terms
of
child
care.
I
just
had
a
conversation
today
with
human
services,
child
care,
aware,
as
well
as
child
care
resources,
and
that
was
the
first
of
hopefully
many
conversations
open
information
sharing.
R
They
have
some
great
data
that
they're
going
to
share
with
us
on
a
bellevue,
specific
level
of
the
amount
of
child
care
facilities,
a
number
of
spots
and
availability
and
what
some
of
those
barriers
are
and
how
we
might
be
able
to
to
address
them
both
from
you
know,
there's
kind
of
state
licensing
requirements
and
then
also
local
things
that
we
might
be
able
to
be
able
to
do
so.
R
R
I
think
you
mentioned
those
were
for
the
city
grants,
so
I
think
that
didn't
account
for
all
artists
there.
Let's
see.
Oh
some,
some
of
those
were
counted
in
educational
services,
so,
depending
on
their
nase
code,
there's
there
was
some
overlap
between
those,
so
I
think
I
covered
most
of
those.
Was
there
something
I
missed?
I.
Q
Can
cover
the
geographic
equity
question
and
it's
a
great
question:
councilmember
barksdale,
and
we
have
heard
from
the
council
that
we
want
to
make
sure
we're
covering
the
entire
city
so
just
as
way
of
background
we're
taking
the
opportunities
to
work
with
the
bell
red
and
downtown
areas.
First,
because
we
have
the
strongest
partners
there.
So
our
goal
is
to
help
catalyze
and
set
up
some
initial
programs
that
we
can
work
on
them
with
and
then
they're
able
to
replicate
and
carry
those
projects
and
programs
is
on
their
own.
Q
What
we
focus
on
other
parts
of
the
city.
We
do
hope
that
or
part
of
the
goal
with
the
city-wide
retail
study
is
to
begin
to
engage
with
more
of
the
retailers
and
stakeholders
in
crossroads
in
factoria
and
other
neighborhoods
of
the
city,
so
that
we
can
start
to
identify
who
might
be
part
of
those
future
merchant
associations.
We'll
say
that
would
help
us
provide
that
additional
service.
So
it's
an
iterative
process
and
we're
hoping
to
be
able
to
have
some
initial
discussions
with
those
additional
neighborhoods
in
2022
and
2023..
C
Q
We
will
continue
looking
for
those
for
those
opportunities
and
we
are
engaging
with
these,
particularly
the
the
owners
of
factorial
crossroads
mall
to
help
be
those
those
initial
pillars
for
those
neighborhoods,
and
we
will,
for
example,
on
things
like
the
outdoor
dining.
We
will
be
doing
a
more
concerted
push
this
year
to
make
sure
that
restaurants
in
those
neighborhoods
do
know.
That
is
an
option
for
them.
F
Thank
you
mayor,
a
great
presentation,
jesse
and
philly
thanks
for
thanks
for
the
update,
I
want
to
follow
up
on
councilmember
bark
still
there.
I
I
think
I
might
know
the
answer
on
this,
but
on
the
retail
study
in
the
survey,
are
we
able
to
separate
the
the
downtown
responses
from
the
rest
of
the
city?
I
think
that
might
be
very
valuable
to
to
see
that
to
really
understand,
because
I
think,
when
it
gets
all
put
put
together,
we
might
be
seeing
a
picture.
F
That's
not
entirely
accurate
of
how
those
businesses
and
restaurants
et
cetera
and
the
crossroads
factoria
et
cetera.
You
know
some
of
the
things
that
they're
dealing
the
issues
that
they're
dealing
with
and
some
of
their
biggest
concerns.
So
can
we
separate
that
data
when
we
get
the
results
from
those
two
studies
and
in
the
survey.
Q
Yes,
that
will
be
part
of
this,
the
scope
of
work
for
the
consultant,
and
I
will
add
that
the
business
survey,
the
city's
biennial
business
survey.
We
are
also
able
to
de-aggregate
based
on
neighborhood,
and
that
is
one
of
our
criteria
every
year.
For
that,
that's
fantastic!
Coming
to
you
as
well.
F
Thank
you.
I
know
it
wasn't
part
of
this
update,
but
I'm
curious
if
in
future
updates
we're
going
to
be
hearing
anything
about
the
the
economic
development
opportunities
that
have
arisen
due
to
the
5g
open
innovation
lab
that
were
in
partnership
with
t-mobile
and
the
university
of
washington
and
then
the
innovation
partnership
zone.
Are
we
hearing
anything
there
yet,
or
is
that
going
to
be
a
separate
update
for
us
potentially
later
in
the
year.
Q
We
are
working
with
the
leadership
over
at
the
5g
lab
on
a
possible
independent
update.
We
are
just
the
timing-
has
not
worked
out
well
so
far,
but
we're
working
on
that.
Okay.
F
Okay
and
then,
lastly,
are
we
able
to
pull
out
some
of
the
some
of
the
the
data?
I
understand
these
are
not
you
know
your
numbers
per
se
but,
for
example,
on
the
the
the
top
metro
area
economies
in
the
u.s.
Are
we
able
to
decipher
what
percentage
that
might
be
of
bellevue
rather
than
just
getting
lumped
into
all
of
seattle?
Q
That's
also
a
fantastic
question,
deputy
mayor,
and
we
did
talk
with
our
analysts
internally
and
the
aggregating
gap
down
to
the
bellevue
level
is
it's
more.
The
juice
is
not
worth
the
squeeze
as
the
way
I
I
would
phrase
that
one
it's
it's
a
lot
of
work
to
de-aggregate
the
commute
data,
the
product
productivity
data,
all
of
those
pieces,
and
we
wouldn't
be
able
to
provide
strong
confidence
that
that
number
was
accurate.
So
the
county
level
data
that
that
philly
mentioned
earlier
is
about
the
lowest
we
can
deactivate
it
to.
A
D
D
I
would
like
to
make
sure
you
know
what
you
said:
jesse
about
it's
a
tale
of
two
cities,
so
the
ability
to
really
help
those
that
have
struggled
the
most
to
be
able
to
be
tied
to
additional
resources
and
and
grant
funding
that's
available
will
be
really
important
and
then,
as
I
think,
about
the
creative
economy
right
again,
really
looking
through
that
equity
lens,
I
really
like
the
conversation
so
far
about
really
looking
at
neighborhood
businesses,
and
I
would
say
that
it's
not
just.
D
I
like
the
fact
that
we're
doing
this
study
and
really
looking
at
the
gaps,
because
I
do
think,
as
as
people
are
trying
to
support
the
businesses
in
bellevue,
we
are
seeing
that.
Maybe
we
don't
have
the
kind
of
diverse
restaurants
and
retail
that
other
communities
might
maybe,
because
the
rents
are
so
high
in
bellevue.
D
D
I
know
that
in
the
plan
we
talked
about
an
eco
district,
so
I
wanted
to
understand
what
the
timing
is
of
actually
looking
into
an
eco
district,
slightly
differently
than
the
creative
economy,
the
the
east
hub
and
the
5g
lab,
and
then
my
second
question
is
on
the
workforce
development.
I
really
like
the
phrase,
go
big
right.
D
I
think
that
we
actually
benefit
from
more
workforce
development
in
terms
of
of
jobs
and
people
being
employed,
and
I'm
just
wondering
about
language
access
partnering
with
community
based
organizations,
because
when
I
see
the
six
com
organizations
that
we
partnered
with
to
go
after
the
the
economic
development
grant,
I'm
wondering
if,
if
there
are
some
other
organizations
to
partner
with
that,
may
be
more
tied
to
the
underserved
communities
a
bit
more
and
also
as
we
look
more
regionally.
So
we
might
be
more
attractive
for
grants.
D
Looking
at
some
other
partnerships
opportunities.
So
I
just
those
were
my
two
questions.
Q
Thank
you,
council
members
on.
I
will
touch
the
eco
district
very
briefly,
and
then
look
to
philly
to
talk
about
the
workforce
and
that's
an
area
where
diversity
and
equity
is
definitely
taking
the
lead.
With
regards
to
the
eco
district,
that
timeline
is
still
very
much
tbd.
Q
We
are
working
with
jennifer
ewing,
the
manager
for
our
environmental
stewardship
program
and
that
work
will
of
course
require
engaging
with
some
of
our
outside
developers
and
others,
some
of
our
local
corporate
tenants
as
well
to
understand
what
that
development
plan
looks
like,
but
we'll
make
sure
that
either
through
ourselves
or
through
jennifer,
we
do
keep
the
council
updated
on
that
timeline.
R
Go
ahead,
philly
and
in
terms
of
workforce,
you
know
we're
kind
of
diving
deep
into
the
the
ecosystem,
discovery
and
understanding
what
all
the
organizations
are
that
touch
workforce,
how
they're
connected
or
maybe
not
connected,
and
where
there
might
be
opportunities
to
make
that
connection.
So
that's
that's
definitely
part
of
it.
R
Is
that
outreach
and
understanding
and
then
connecting
them
to
the
both
east
side
ecosystem,
as
well
as
the
regional
ecosystem,
to
be
able
to
align
those
efforts,
so
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
room
for
for
improvement
and
a
lot
of
great
opportunities
that
will
come
out
of
this
work.
Just
one.
You
know
quick
success
story
in
that
front.
R
Is
you
know
the
east
side,
refugee
and
immigrant
coalition,
w
lacey
they've
been
talking
about
welcome
back
center
on
the
east
side
for
some
time,
bellevue
college
actually
is
piloting
that,
with
using
highline
college's
successful
model,
bringing
them
over.
R
Those
were
two
conversations
that
were
happening
independently
and
be
able
to
connect
them
work
together.
Collaborate
for
for
a
better,
better
result,
so
really
trying
to
be
that
connector
and
convener
right
now
in
this
space,
as
we
discover
where
those
gaps
and
needs
are
so
exciting
and
we're
excited
to
bring
future
updates
to
you.
D
Yeah,
I
think
that
is
very
exciting,
and
so
perhaps
I
see
bellevue
college
there,
but
I
don't
see
the
bellevue
school
district
and
being
one
of
the
members
of
their
stem
advisory
board.
I
wonder
if
you
can
reach
down
to
the
high
school
level,
as
well
as
part
of
the
whole
pipeline
for
workforce
development.
Definitely.
M
Council
members
on,
I
might
just
jump
in
also
you
raised
the
theme
that
we've
heard
from
a
couple
of
council
members
here
as
well,
about
neighborhood
serving
business
and
having
a
good
foundational
lay
of
the
land
and
understanding
what
our
business
climate
is,
particularly
at
the
retail
level,
which
is
so
much
around
place.
Making
it
comes
up
all
the
time.
It's
come
up
in
our
neighborhoods
work.
It
comes
up
through
our
planning
work
and
there's
been
a
real
focus
of
the
city
to
stabilize
neighborhood
shopping
centers
and
have
local
neighborhood
land
uses.
M
So
couple
things
I
want
to
mention.
We
have
instituted
through
our
planning
work.
New
zoning
districts
like
the
neighborhood
mixed
use
district
that
we
put
out
in
eastgate
with
a
specific
idea
to
try
to
help
incentivize
some
of
those
kinds
of
uses,
they're
not
fully
implemented
yet
you're.
Only
seeing
the
first
projects
come
out
of
the
ground
right
now,
but
the
city's
working
through
its
planning
efforts
as
well.
M
What
the
retail
study
will
allow
us
to
do
is
look
city-wide
and
then
aggregate
down
to
the
very
local
level,
what
we're
very
strong
in
and
what
we
have
a
good
symbiotic
ecosystem
in
and
where
we
can
improve,
and
that
data
will
help
inform
future
decision
making
around
place
making
opportunities.
It
could
be
removing
regulatory
barriers
to
entry
or
future
updates
to
land
use
codes.
It
could
be
things
to
put
into
our
neighborhood
planning
process,
so
there's
a
variety
of
different
ways.
We
can
go
about
it.
M
A
significant
thing,
though,
will
be
allow
us
to
look
at
cross-referencing
that
retail
study
with
what
what
we're
missing
in
the
marketplace
and
what
we're
seeing
in
our
convention
and
visitor
bureau.
What
are
we
missing
to
be
an
interesting
place
that
that
brings
people
in
from
outside
the
city?
So
there's
a
lot
of
different
ways
we'll
be
able
to
go
with
that,
but
sort
of
the
the
first
step
is.
We
have
not
been
as
deliberate
as
a
community
about
studying
retail
and
its
impact
on
the
local
economy.
M
Our
ed
efforts
have
mostly
been
about
primary
employment
and
job
growth,
so
we're
clearly
doing
very
well
in
that
what
we're
hearing
from
a
lot
of
our
employers
now
is
boy.
We
wish
we
had
a
lot
more
of
those
kind
of
ground
floor
super
active
uses,
but
we're
kind
of
turning
our
attention
that
direction
right
now.
D
G
Thanks
well
this,
I,
I
really
appreciate
the
update
and
I
really
like,
where
we're
going
with
the
plan,
and
I
have
to
say
this
council
impresses
me
every
time
we
talk
economic
development
and
many
other
topics,
because
it
is
so
apparent
how
much
each
one
of
us
values
having
a
really
thriving
economy
both
in
terms
of
services
and
in
terms
of
you,
know,
business
success,
but
also
in
terms
of
jobs
and
to
the
extent
and
so
the
job
creation
and
the
workforce.
G
Development,
I
think,
is
really
important,
as
is
the
neighborhood
businesses
that
we
talked
about.
We
talked
about
that
a
lot
when
we
were
craft.
I
particularly
talked
about
that
a
lot
when
we
were
crafting
the
economic
development
plan,
and
I
know
that
we
all
care
about
that
very
much.
So
a
couple
of
comments
and
a
couple
of
questions.
The
child
care
issue
is
really
an
important
one,
because
without
child
care,
kids,
parents
can't
work
and
kids
won't
be
cared
for.
If
the
parents
have
to
work,
they
need
to
be
cared
for.
G
Well,
so
having
that
helps
employers
access
the
talent
and
helps
people
make
a
living
because
they
can
go
to
work
with
the
day
337.
Since
the
last
time
bellevue
school
district
was
in
session
in
the
classroom,
public
schools
are
also
a
huge
impact
on
that
I've
asked
I'm
just
letting
my
colleagues
know.
I've
asked
online
to
see
what
data
we
have
with
regard
to
out-migration.
G
I've
heard
that
we
had
over
a
thousand
students
who
have
disenrolled
from
bellevue
public
schools
over
the
last
year
and
a
whole
lot
more
are
planning
to
if
we
don't
get
going
back
into
schools
soon.
So
to
that
end,
when
we
are
doing
the
survey
on
on
businesses,
I
think
child
care
is
a
really
important
component,
because
it's
again
where
the
talent
is
where
people
can
work,
but
I
think
this
effect
of
schools
and
school
closures
should
also
be
something
we're
looking
at
what
happened
during
covid
that
has
got
to
be
on
there.
G
What
impact
has
that
had?
We
know
that
women
in
the
workforce
is
as
low
as
it's
been
since
the
80s
it
and
it
may
not
come
back
for
for
a
decade
or
more
as
far
as
women's
participation
rate
in
the
workforce
because
of
the
school
closures,
so
in
part,
but
that's
a
significant
part.
So
I
think
we
need
to
have
that
in
the
survey.
G
I
also
think
we
need
to
be
working
with
the
bellevue
school
district
in
terms
of
what
we
can
do
and
how
we
can
work
together
to
make
the
whole
city
sing,
because
one
of
the
reasons
that
people
love
to
live
in
bellevue
is
because
of
the
excellent
schools-
and
you
know,
like
I
said,
we're
337
days
since
the
kids
were
last
in
school
and
it's
we
don't
know
when
they're
going
to
go
back
in
school
and
is
that
going
to
have
an
impact
on
the
success
of
our
community?
G
I
don't
know,
but
I
think
that's
something
we
really
need
to
know.
We
need
to
work
with
the
school
district
on.
Secondly,
on
the
retail
study,
I
think
that
that's
great,
I
know-
and
this
is
a
question
really
for
brad,
because
I
don't
see
transportation
on
anymore.
One
of
the
studies
that
I
know
that
we
approved
in
our
budget
last
year
was
a
curbside
management
study.
G
It's
not
exactly
the
same
as
retail,
but
I
do
think
that
if
the
curbside
management
study
is
done
this
year
as
it
should
be
before
light
rail
opens
and
as
as
our
economy
starts
to
come
back,
I
think
that
study
will
also
have
really
good
usefulness
in
conjunction
with
the
retail
study,
because
we,
you
know,
we've
been
allowing
more
people
to
use
the
streets
for
for
restaurant
use.
We
did
the
pickup
zones
with
regard
to
helping
people
get
their
take
out
during
covent.
G
I
think
the
two
things
will
dovetail
really
really
nicely
so
I'd
like
to
know
where
we
are
with
the
curbside
management
study,
is
it
going
and
will
it
be
done
by
the
end
of
the
year?
So
that's
the
first
question
then
I'll
just
ask
my
second
question
or
comment
and
then
let
you
guys
talk
so
the
second
is
with
regard
to
the
art
districts
in
bel
red.
I
hope
that
we
will
be
looking
at
that
issue
when
we
do
the
bell
red
look
back,
which
will
hopefully
be
soon.
G
I
just
kind
of
need
a
nod
that
we
will.
I
know
we're
going
to
be
doing
it
sooner,
but
yeah
I
mean
when
we
envisioned
the
bell
red
corridor
back
in
2000.
I
worked
on
it
in
2007
and
2008,
and
the
council
passed
it
in
09
having
an
arts
district.
There
was
really
important
to
the
vision.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
include
that
in
the
look
back,
so
I
guess
really.
G
My
only
question
was
about
the
curbside
management
study
and
confirming
that
we
can
include
both
this
the
school
issue
with
the
child
care
in
the
survey.
H
So
I
guess
so
and
on
terms
of
the
school
the
curbside
manchester
state
I
have,
I
would
have
to
get
back
to
you
on
that
unless
one
of
the
other
staff
members
hasn't
answered
that
question
and
I'd
look
to
one
of
the
deputies
here
on
that
particular
question,
if
not
we'll
have
to
get
back
to
you
on
that.
A
G
And
then
right
will
that
be
included?
Can
we
include
that.
G
Q
As
remember
robertson,
yes,
we
are
including
child
care
in
our
general
business
retention,
engagement,
question
survey
and
then
we
are
going
to
be
also
looking
at
child
care
in
the
biennial
survey
as
well.
Q
A
Okay,
great
okay
and
I
think
we'd
all
be
interested
in
the
answers
to
those
councilmember
stokes.
E
Yeah,
thank
you
very
much,
jesse
and
phil.
This
has
been
really
illuminating,
really
amazing,
how
much
you're
covering
on
this.
I
had
three
areas
that
I
think
are
really
important
in
your
presentation
that
I.
E
But
for
something
else
that
I
really
like
the
emphasis
on
is
the
bell
red
arts
district.
You
know
we
other
other
people
have
commented
about
this.
E
We
started
working
on
that
and
talking
about
that
when
I
first
came
on
council
and
and
we've
worked
on
it
with
the
arts
commission
over
the
years,
you
know
looked
at
different
ways
to
approach
that
and
all
that
and
we
just
never
seem
to
get
traction
on
it
and
unfortunately,
we've
lost
some
opportunities
to
help
the
different
arts
groups
stay
in
the
area
because
of
the
you
know,
as
bill
red
gets,
developed
and
light
rail
comes
through
and
all
the
property
values
go
up
and
all
that
and
that's
that's
concerned.
E
So
it's
it's
I'm
glad
to
see
us
really
putting
our
effort
into
that
now
and
I
think
that's
very,
very
important
and
I
really
love
the
the
effort
on
small
business
support
and
we
need
to
do
more
of
that.
I
think
you're
making
great
strides
on
that
and
the
other
one
is
the
and
a
lot
of
things
people
have
been
mentioning
it
goes
back
to
this
is
the
place
making
and
and
activation.
E
That
is,
that
is
really
important
when
he
gets
down
to
it.
To
go
to
some
of
the
comments-
and
I
think
jennifer
mentioned,
and
others
mentioned
this
too,
is
that
janice
did
too
we
you
know
focusing.
I
understand
we
have
to
make
choices
and
you're
focusing
on
bellred
and.
E
You
know
east
and
and
factoria
and
those
are
important
to
it,
but
one
of
the
things
we
hear
a
lot
in
the
city
as
well.
You
know
east
gate
or
lake
hills
or
newport
hills
really
don't
get
the
attention,
and
I
think
we
have
to
find
a
way
to
not
have
people
stacked
in
and
take
too
long
to
get
to
it's.
Just
like
the
neighborhood
planning.
You
know,
if
you,
if
you're
a
neighbor,
it's
not
going
to
be
gates
and
planning
for
nine
years
or
seven
years.
E
Things
change
as
we
know
between
that.
So
I
I
think
we
need
to
because
businesses
there's
just
a
lot
going
on
in
eastgate
and
you
know
lake
hills
and
I
think
it's
gonna
increase
so
some
way
we've
got
to.
E
If
we
need
more,
I
don't
know,
focus
on
or
something
not
wait
too
long
to
look
at
those
areas
too
in
terms
of
businesses
and
restaurants
and
all
those
other
kind
of
things,
because
that
really
makes
the
whole
city
vibrant-
and
I
think
that's
just
an
another
equity
issue
that
we
have
to
deal
with.
E
I
on
the
school's
thing-
and
I
appreciated
councilmember
robertson's
comments
about
this,
particularly
the
child
care
thing,
and
if
the
issue
came
up-
and
I
didn't
mention
this-
my
daughter-
who
is
that's
what
she
works
on
with
the
state
is
is
would
would
want
to
know
why
didn't
raise
an
issue
on
it.
I
agree.
This
is
a
big
big
issue
that
we
have
to
deal
with
in
in
bellevue
and
and
it
has
a
lot
to
do
with
the
economy
and
and
businesses.
So
hopefully
we
get
information
about
that.
E
The
schools
issue
and
I'm
on
this
school
kind
of
advisory
committee
working
about
looking
to
budget
and
where
their
equity
and
things
are
going
on
working
on
and
that's
my
stupid
phone.
E
Sorry,
I
think
that
I
would
like
us
to
look
at
the
school
thing,
a
little
more
open-minded
in
terms
of
the
impacts
and
all
that
the
problem
is
that,
unfortunately,
for
a
lot
of
people,
schools,
schools
are
a
child
care
agency
when
it
comes
down
to
it
and
it
makes
it
tough
so
and,
and
it
affects
women
who
have
to
stay
home
and
and
help
the
kids
I
have
also.
E
I
think
before
we
go
too
far
down
the
a
particular
line
on
that,
is
that
there's
there's
some
pretty
good
studies
that
go
back
to
other,
comparable
time
periods
when
kids
didn't
go
to
school,
and
actually
they
did
quite
well.
I
mean
it's,
it's
not
a
collect,
a
direct
correlation
so,
but
I
do
think
that
we
need
to
look
at
child
care
as
an
incentive
with
businesses
and
look
at
in
terms
of
overall
health
and
and
welfare
of
the
the
citizens
here.
E
So
I
think
we're
on
a
good
good
path.
It's
just
that
when
you're
doing
these
things
and
doing
them
so
well
and
focused,
it
really
makes
you
want
to
say:
okay,
this
is
great,
but
there
are
these
other
areas
and
things
that
need
to
be
worked
on
too.
So
it's
not
quite
you
know,
janice's
thing
of
embracing
the
go.
E
You
know
go
big
or
go
home
which,
which
is
something
I
believe
in,
but
I
would
like
us
to
see-
hopefully
don't
take
too
long
to
get
around
to
these
other
areas,
because,
as
we
know
now,
you
know
we,
we
can't
waiting
six
seven
years
to
come.
Look
at
something
is
loses
a
lot
and
things
can
change
so
quickly
that
we
end
up
kind
of
not
being
prepared
to
deal
with
something
because
we
didn't
pay
attention
to
it.
We
didn't
have
it
on
the
focus.
E
I
I
know
it's
putting
a
lot
on
on
the
city
to
do
this,
but
I
would
like
to
see
as
as
much
of
a
comprehensive
review
on
these
areas
as
we
can.
I
think
it's
very
important
but
great
work,
and
I
I'm
really
looking
forward
to
you
know
the
implementation
of
a
lot
of
these
pieces
and
it's,
I
think,
a
big
big
step
forward
that
I've
seen
in
in
the
economic
development
and
the
cultural
development
in
these
last
few
years.
So
congratulations
on
that.
I
think
we're.
E
I
think
he
really
elevated
this
whole
thing
to
a
very
another,
very
high
level,
and
that
is
much
appreciated
and
we
need
to
work
hard
in
the
council
to
support
that
and
help.
E
A
Okay,
thank
you.
I
know
it's
getting
really
late
and
I
have
three
questions.
I'll
try
to
be
really
quick
and
if
your
answers
are
super
long,
you
can
get
back
to
me
offline
if
you'd
like,
but
my
three
questions.
First
of
all,
I'm
wondering
what
your
metric
for
success
is,
with
your
workforce
work
that
you're
doing
so.
How
are
you
going
to
measure
your
success
on
that?
The
second
thing
is
on
the
employer.
Satisfaction
survey.
A
I'd
be
really
interested
to
know
what
percentage
of
employees
are
able
to
live
and
who
worked
in
bellevue
and
then
what
the
biggest
obstacle
is
for
them,
because
I
think
that
it's
well
known
that
any
commute
more
than
15
minutes
kind
of
decreases
your
work,
production
and
your
quality
of
life,
so
it
would
be
who
employers
employers
to
have
their
employees
closer
to
where
they
work.
A
So
I'd
be
really
curious
to
know
what
the
percentage
of
employees
that
work
in
bellevue
live
in
bellevue
and
what's
the
biggest
obstacle
to
them,
not
being
not
living
in
bellevue
those
who
don't
and
then
the
third
question
is
on
that
seattle,
metra
metro
area
on
that
scale.
So
we
made
10,
which
is
awesome.
Where
were
we
previously?
Do
we
just
bump
up
one
step?
Did
we
used
to
be
11,
or
did
we
bump
up
quite
a
bit,
so
you
can
pick
and
choose
your
answers
on
these.
Q
Thank
you
we'll
work
backwards
on
those
with
regards
to
the
metro
area.
We
bumped
atlanta
out
of
10th
place,
so
we
did
advance
from
11th
to
10th
and
I
think
gsp
would
like
to
help
us
figure
out
how
we
can
bump
philadelphia
out
of
the
9th
spot
while
encouraging
equity,
equitable
growth
across
the
region.
Q
With
regards
to
the
the
employer
survey,
we
do
ask
questions
around
workforce
and
commute.
I
think
one
of
the
the
data
points
that
I
have
offhand
is
that
at
last
count
somewhere
between
80
to
90
percent
of
the
people
who
worked
in
bellevue
did
not
live
in
bellevue.
We've,
not
dived,
specifically
into
individual
barriers
on
that,
but
we'll
take
a
look
and
see
what
data
we
can
find
out
of
the
survey
and
then,
with
regards
to
the
workforce
program
and
the
metrics
for
success,
we
did
work
with
our
partners.
Q
That
that
ea
grant
application
on
a
variety
of
metrics
that
would
have
been
measuring
our
progress.
Philly.
Do
you
have
any
of
those
off
hand,
or
should
we
get
back
to
the
council
on
that.
R
The
kind
of
the
regional
metrics
are
still
being
developed
and
we
will
report
out
on
those
they're
very,
very
specific,
and
then
I
think
we
would
from
that,
do
a
drop
down
on
a
bellevue
level
and
then
across
a
variety
of
opportunities
in
the
pipeline
to
see
those
metrics
and
see
that
sustained
success
with
the
programs.
M
So
mayor,
I
think
I'd
like
to
just
add,
as
you've
raised
this
issue
a
couple
of
times,
it's
a
point
initially
to
think
about
the
commute
time
and
or
capture
rate
of
people
that
live
and
work
in
bellevue
versus
people
that
live
in
bellevue
and
commute
out
to
work
and
the
issue
of
I'll
just
say
how
we
can
capture
more
people
living
and
working
in
bellevue
is
of
tantamount
importance
and
we're
hearing
it
from
our
major
employers
as
well.
It's
not
just
something
we're
talking
about
at
the
city.
Everyone
is
worried
about.
M
Okay,
we're
growing
in
jobs.
Where
are
the
people
going
to
live,
and
how
are
we
going
to
have
a
healthier
mix?
It's
good
for
commuting.
It's
good
for
quality
of
life!
There's
a
lot
of
good
things
about
tackling
that
issue.
So
our
ed
staff
and
our
planning
staff
are
doing
a
lot
of
work.
M
Thinking
about
how
those
two
things
cross
pollinate
so
you're
likely
to
see
that
discussion
come
up
in
planning
forums
as
well
around
jobs,
housing
imbalance
and
how
we
want
to
think
about
job
growth
versus
creation
of
new
housing
and
you're,
seeing
it
how
affordable
housing
work
as
well.
So
when
we
bring
that
up,
we'll
try
to
also
just
you
talk
about
commute
times
and
some
of
the
stuff
that
came
up
tonight,
to
link
it
all
back
in.
So
you
can
all
see
it
in
the
in
the
different
formats.
A
So
I
guess
I'm
just
wishing
that
when
you
do
the
survey
that
you
put
something
in
there
that
asks
what
the
obstacles
are,
so
that
we
have
an
idea,
whether
it's
a
choice
or
if
it's
affordability
or
whatever
other
reason
it
might
be.
So
I
don't
know
if
you
have
that
freedom
to
add
questions,
but
I'd
be
really
interested
in
knowing
that
data.
For
all
the
reasons
you
just
said:
mac,
okay.
A
Well,
this
has
been
a
a
great
meeting,
and
so
I
can
see
council
member
lee
would
like
to
have
another
bite
at
the
apple.
So
I
will
give
him
a
chance
and
I
will
let
you
all
raise
your
hands.
If
you'd
like
to
speak
again,
I'm
going
to
limit
you
to
three
minutes
each
though
I've
been
very
generous
because
such
important
topics
tonight,
but
I
think
that
as
it's
getting
late,
we'll
just
go
max
three
minutes:
each
okay,
starting
with
councilmember
lee.
Thank.
J
You,
madam,
here
won't
be
more
than
three
minutes,
will
be
short
number
one.
I
want
to
compliment
the
staff
in
their
discussion
on
the
business
relief
grant,
even
though
the
amount
is
not
that
you
know
big.
However,
if
you
look
at
the
results,
64
female
on
66
minority
on
41
immigrant
refugee
home,
they
did
a
good
job.
They
listened
to
us.
So
thank
you
and
the
two
point
I
want
to
make
two
point:
is
you
know
we
work
on
the
regional
basis
and
locally
too?
Don't
we,
the
legislature,
people
choice
reported
earlier?
J
We
are
expecting,
hopefully
the
state
legislature.
Would
I
will
discuss
tiff
tax
incremented
financing?
That's
economic
development
too.
You
know
that's
getting
revenue
to
develop
all
the
infrastructure
systems
we
need,
and
that
is
economic
development.
So
I
think
we
need
to
pay
attention
on
that
both
regionally
working
together,
because
it
is
a
state-wide
topic
and
I
think
we
have
a
great
opportunity.
So
we
need
to
put
some
emphasis.
You
know
I
didn't
hear
it
mentioned,
so
I
think
it's
important
to
talk
about
it.
J
The
other
one
is
smart
cities,
initiatives
and
councilmember
robertson
mentioned.
This.
Is
a
curbside
management
thing?
It
is
important
and
there
are
other
things
too,
that
we
can
look
into
how
to
make
working
for
employees
going
back
and
forth
from
transportation
hubs
and
within
the
city
itself.
Mobility
is
important
and
I
think
that's
something
that's
going
to
bring
us
unique
and
the
secret
for
the
region
as
well,
not
just
locally
city
way,
but
I
think
it's
another
initiative.
J
We
need
to
look
at
so
I
hope
that
in
our
I
I
assume
you're
doing
those
things.
I
hope
you
are
because
I've
been
talking
to
you
on
those
things
talk
to
your
transportation,
director
right
and
so,
but
I
hope
we
just
kind
of
ignored
to
mention
it.
But
I
hope
you
are
working
on
this
and
I
really
wish
the
council
and
us
some
of
the
council
members
don't
support
it
and
I
think
we
do.
We
already
put
our
legislative
agenda.
J
J
F
A
Okay,
is
there
anybody
else
who
would
like
to
ask
a
question
or
make
a
comment,
I'm
getting
the
same
response,
whether
you
hear
me
or
not,
so
we,
I
think
we
all
look
forward
to
hearing
the
answers
to
some
of
the
questions
that
we
weren't
able
to
answer
tonight,
and
so,
if
you
could
do
some
communication
to
all
of
us,
that
would
be
great
and
thank
you.
This
is
great.
Imagine
if
you
were
only
having
this
once
a
year.