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A
Welcome
to
belly
city
council
meeting
for
Monday
April
3rd:
let's
do
a
roll
call.
First
city
clerk,
you
ready
for
the
roll.
B
A
Terrific
customers
on,
could
you
lead
us
in
the
flag
salute
please.
A
All
right,
we
have
two
proclamations
this
evening.
The
first
one
is
the
autism
acceptance
month,
Proclamation,
which
I've
asked
councilmember
Lee
to
read
this
evening,
council
member
Lee.
C
The
prevalence
of
children
with
autism
is
likely
much
higher
due
to
persistent
and
significant
barriers
to
resources,
including
diagnosis,
especially
for
members
of
marginalized
communities,
and
whereas
studies
estimate
50
to
75
percent
of
the
identified.
5.6
million
adults
with
autism
in
the
United
States
are
unemployed
or
underemployed,
and
whereas
people
with
Autism,
especially
those
who
are
also
people
of
color
or
lgbtq
plus,
are
still
excluded
from
food
access
to
employment,
housing,
education
and
medical
care,
and
they
are
also
frequently
excluded
from
formulating
research
and
policy
that
affect
them.
C
Now,
therefore,
I
can
currently,
on
behalf
of
Lynn
Roberts,
the
mayor
of
the
city
of
Bellevue
Washington
and,
on
behalf
of
the
city
council,
do
hereby
Proclaim
April
2023
as
autism
acceptance
month
in
Bellevue
and
encourage
community
members
to
celebrate
people
with
Autism
and
recognize
their
valuable
contributions
to
our
world.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
councilmember
Lee
I
believe
that
Joy
St
Germain
are
cities
the
city's
Human
Resources
Director
and
a
member
of
the
city's
disabilities
allyship
resource
team
or
Dart,
as
it's
usually
referred
to
here
on
behalf
of
the
employee,
Resource
Group,
to
accept
the
proclamation
and
joy
want
to
say
a
few
words
and
then
let's
do
a
quick
picture
afterwards.
Thank
you.
D
A
A
E
Thank
you,
Deputy
mirror,
whereas
traffic
crashes
involving
distracted,
driving
injure
more
than
700
people
on
an
average
day
and
have
an
economic
toll
exceeding
95
billion
in
the
U.S
annually
and
whereas
in
2022
28
people
were
involved
in
a
fatal
or
Serious
injury
crash
in
Bellevue,
including
some
that
involve
distracted,
driving
and
talking
on
a
mobile
phone.
Even
in
hands-free
mode.
E
And
whereas
preventing
distracted,
driving
injuries
and
deaths
requires
the
cooperation
of
all
levels
of
government,
business,
non-profit
organizations,
educational
opportunities
and
the
public.
And
whereas
the
city
of
Bellevue
Works
to
support
safe
system
policies,
practices
and
procedures
which
establish
principles
and
best
practices
for
increased
safety
on
roads
across
the
transportation
system
and
whereas
bellevue's
Vision.
Zero
effort
strives
to
eliminate
Serious
injury
and
fatal
collisions
on
the
city
streets
by
2030.
E
E
Now,
therefore,
I
on
behalf
of
Lynn
Robinson,
mayor
of
the
city
of
Bellevue,
Washington,
on
behalf
of
city
council,
to
hereby
Proclaim
April
2023
as
distracted
driving,
Awareness
Month
in
Bellevue,
and
urged
all
residents
to
intentionally
practice
safe
driving,
behaviors
and
pledge
to
drive
distraction
free
this
month
and
all
year
long.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
councilmember,
Stokes
and
I
should
have
mentioned
at
the
top
of
the
meeting
that
the
mayor
is
with
us
she's
just
participating
remotely
this
evening.
If
you
can't
tell
or
don't
see
on
the
screen
there,
but
hopefully
you
do
so
I
just
want
to
mention
that,
but
since
that
there's
some
challenges
running
the
meeting
virtually
I'm
running
the
meeting
this
evening.
So
with
that
do
I
have
an
approval
of
the
agenda.
Please
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye
all
right
passes.
Next,
let's
do
oral
Communications,
please
city
clerk.
B
Thank
you,
Deputy
Mayor.
There
are
actually
18
speakers
signed
up
or
pre-registered
this
evening
before
I
start
calling
names
I'll
go
over
a
few
of
the
rules.
Oral
comms
is
permitted
for
a
time
period
to
last
no
longer
than
30
minutes.
Each
speaker
is
allowed
three
minutes
to
speak,
and
only
three
speakers
can
speak
to
any
one
side
of
a
particular
Topic.
B
Additionally,
I
need
to
make
a
notification
to
everyone
that,
in
compliance
with
Washington
state
public
disclosure
laws,
the
use
of
public
facilities
during
elections
is
not
allowed
and
no
election
related
topics
may
be
discussed
during
oral
Communications.
This
includes
discussion
of
ballot
measures,
endorsement
of
candidates
or
political
parties.
In
speaking
on
behalf
of
a
campaign,
including
your
own
campaign,
any
speaker
who
begins
discussing
topics
of
this
nature
may
be
given
a
verbal
warning,
as
this
is
considered
a
disruption
to
our
meeting.
F
Good
morning,
everyone,
my
name,
is
garangi
Gupta
and
I'm.
A
seventh
grader
I
want
to
take
this
opportunity
to
thank
the
mayor
of
Bellevue
and
the
other
council
members
for
giving
me
this
opportunity
to
speak
and
share
about
my
program
called
youth
for
us
during
the
pandemic,
everything
was
shut
down
and
there
was
no
volunteering
opportunities
for
kids.
This
led
to
the
idea
of
Youth
for
us,
where
I
can
take
my
passion
forward
forward
to
promote
literacy
and
Community,
giving
with
the
goal
of
kids
helping
kids.
F
This
program
started
with
a
porch,
pickup
and
DIY
activities,
keeping
coveted
safety
in
mind
where
kids
can
pick
up
the
DIY
kit
work
at
home
and
then
drop
it
back,
which
then
gets
donated
to
various
communities
after
a
few
months,
I
got
a
lot
of
interest
from
many
kids
who
wanted
to
be
a
part
of
my
program
and
support
youth.
For
us,
Sadie
is
one
of
our
newest
members
who
is
here
today
and
helps
us
with
our
various
community
activities.
Thank
you.
F
Sadie
today,
I
want
to
share
my
new
initiative,
called
the
three
R's
reduce,
recycle
and
repurpose.
The
three
R's
initiative
started
with
a
visit
to
a
restaurant
where
I
got
a
box
of
crayons
to
color,
with
after
dinner,
I
saw
these
crayons
getting
thrown
away
by
the
server
after
a
short
one-time
use.
F
F
After
chatting
with
several
restaurants,
I
found
out
that
millions
of
crayons
get
wasted
per
year.
Three
R's
uses
a
six-step
process.
One
collect
the
used,
crayons
two
sort
them
based
off
colors
three
sanitize
and
melt
them
four
create
a
new
crayon
design,
5.
repackage
them
into
a
new
box
and
six
distribute
and
donate
them.
F
F
The
first
collection
process
has
already
started
and
we
are
donating
our
new
produced
crayons
at
all
on
for
autism,
10K
5K
run
and
walk
in
Bellevue
downtown
park.
The
new
leak
created
crayons
will
be
handed
over
to
kids
to
raise
awareness
for
kids
and
our
autism
spectrum
disorder.
The
crayons
look
like
this.
F
B
A
G
G
H
Evening,
Council
good
to
see
you
all
again,
I
want
to
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
my
neighborhood
that
I
live
in
it's
a
great
place
to
live,
we've
got
small
houses,
big
houses,
older
houses,
newer
houses,
we've
got
a
diversity
and
backgrounds
got
people
of
all
ethnicities,
all
ages,
lots
of
kids
running
around
you're,
ideal,
American,
neighborhood,
I.
Think,
and
one
thing
we
all
have
in
common
is
We
Really,
Love
Airfield
Park
in
the
woods
that
are
right
next
to
our
neighborhood
and
we're
actually
in
support
of
everything
that.
I
H
H
At
night
we
hear
the
coyotes
howling.
Occasionally
we
hear
the
hoot
owls.
We
hear
the
frogs,
we
know
what's
going
on
there
and
in
the
daytime
when
we're
walking
through
the
park,
as
most
of
us
do
pretty
frequently
we
run
into
an
animal
or
two
now
and
then
I've
seen
possum
I've
smelled,
skunk
I've
run
into
Deer
walking
my
dog
as
startled
as
I
was
we
see
all
kinds
of
birds
ducks
and
occasionally
geese
and
blue
herons
and
so
forth.
It's
really
a
many
Wildlife
Sanctuary,
believe
it
or
not.
H
H
So
our
comments
tonight,
our
request
to
you
is:
please
ask
the
porks
board
to
reconfigure
what
they
have
in
mind
in
their
concept
too,
which
is
the
popular
plan,
that's
showing
what
most
people
want
we're
in
favor
of
it.
I
am
a
civil
engineer
and
and
project
manager
by
background
I've
done
a
lot
of
Municipal
projects.
So
I
took
it
upon
myself
to
do
an
analysis
of
the
boundary
survey
and
everything
they
want
to
do,
which
you
can
see
in
the
handouts
that
I
sent
you
and
that
are
sitting
in
front
of
you
tonight.
H
Everything
they
want
to
do
up.
There
could
be
done
if
they
just
utilize
the
140
parking
stalls
that
the
city
bought
from
Boeing
when
they
bought
that
Park,
rather
than
ignore
that
parking
capability.
That's
what
we're
asking
for
sure
would
appreciate
you
asking
the
Parks
Board
and
the
parks
department
to
just
reconfigure
what
they've
got
up
there
thanks
a
lot.
J
Hi,
thank
you.
My
name
is
Alex
kajano
and
I
I'm,
a
lawyer
who
lives
in
the
spirit,
Bridge
area
I've
called
Bellevue,
my
home
for
30
years,
actually,
I've
grown
up
here.
My
whole
life
and
in
August
I'm,
going
to
be
expecting
my
first
trials
and
I'm
excited
to
raise
him
here
as
well
in
this
beautiful
neighborhood.
That
has
is
all
I've
known
and
all
I
would
want
for
him
to
know
and
I'm
here.
J
Right
now
we're
on
the
cusp
of
catastrophic
climate
change
and
we
can't
fix
it
alone,
but
preserving
Open
Spaces,
like
the
ones
that
we
have
is
so
important
and
vital
for
our
community,
and
we
can
do
it
with
this
step
of
preserving
Airfield
Park
I
walk
there
daily
with
my
dog
I've,
gotten
to
know
the
community
in
spirit
Ridge.
By
going
to
this
park
every
single
day,
I
see
other
people
with
their
family
members.
This
last
weekend,
I
saw
a
dad
teaching
his
daughter
how
to
ride
her
bike.
J
There
and
I
just
recognize
the
importance
of
keeping
the
park
as
it
is,
and
so
I
would
just
ask
for
you
guys
to
realize
that
there's
other
feasible
alternatives
for
putting
a
pool
somewhere
else.
I
spoke
back
and
forth
with
council
member
Robertson
about
her
interest
in
having
public
access
to
pools,
which
I
can
recognize
is
important
as
well,
but
I
think
that
there's
feasible
Alternatives
in
maybe
in
Robinswood
Park,
which
has
already
been
developed
in
other
developed
areas.
There's
the
two
new
or
the
two
newly
closed
elementary
schools
that
need
a
new
purpose.
J
So
I
would
just
ask
that
the
council
consider
not
having
an
Airfield
Park
I
was
first
informed
about
the
efforts
of
my
80
year
old
neighbors,
who
were
against
this
development
10
years
ago
and
I'm
just
trying
to
help
continue
their
fight
for
my
future
family
for
our
neighborhood
and
for
the
people
who
will
be
impacted
by
this.
So
thank
you
very
much.
K
My
girl
scout
Gold
Award,
which
is
the
highest
award.
A
Girl
Scout
can
earn
I've,
also
been
a
high
school
volunteer
with
splashboard
for
one
year
now,
and
I've
helped
develop
a
modified
lifeguard
program
for
those
with
special
needs.
Susan's.
Also,
my
project
advisor
for
my
Gold
Award
and
she's
been
an
amazing
resource.
So
far,
first
I
will
share
what
someone
means
to
me
and
why
it's
so
important
that
everyone
has
access
to
such
an
important
life
skill.
K
As
all
my
friends
swim
around
me,
I
held
onto
the
wall
too
scared
to
swim
out,
even
in
the
shallow
four
feet:
water
with
a
lifeguard
present.
Even
now,
after
spending
over
half
my
life
swimming
I,
still
remember
how
petrified
I
was
at
the
thought
of
leaving
that
wall
and
just
drowning
in
the
middle
of
the
pool.
K
K
I
believe
a
new
above
the
Aquatic
Center
at
Bellevue
Airfield
Park,
would
be
a
great
benefit
to
students
and
families,
because
it
creates
accessible
opportunities
for
people
to
learn,
to
swim
and
to
develop
the
confidence
that
they
need,
because
you
know
like
I,
said
it's
not
just
learning
to
swim,
but
it's
having
the
confidence
in
yourself.
It'll
also
allow
students
interested
in
swimming
to
pursue
their
interests
because,
as
a
student
swimmer
I
know,
it
takes
a
lot
of
commitment
that
not
all
families
can
commit
to
Club.
K
Summers,
like
me,
have
to
travel
as
far
as
Snohomish
and
Federal
Way
to
go
to
big
competition.
Pools
and
high
school
swimmers
have
to
drive
to
Merry
way
on
Mercer
Island
for
meats
that
start
as
late
as
8
pm
and
go
as
late
as
11
pm
as
students,
high
school
athletes
need
to
prioritize
both
their
sleep
schedule
and
their
commitments
to
their
Sport
and
above
the
Aquatic
Center
at
Bellevue.
Airfield
Park
would
be
the
perfect
solution
to
these
needs.
K
Thank
you.
So
much
for
helping
us
bring
an
aquatic
center
to
Bellevue
at
Bellevue
Airfield
Park.
It's
going
to
create
so
much
opportunity
and
convenience
for
families
in
Bellevue
and
having
an
accessible
place
to
learn
to
swim
and
practice,
water
safety
skills
to
create
a
much
safer
Community
for
everyone.
Thank
you.
L
Good
evening,
mayor
Robinson
and
Deputy
Mayor,
new
in-house
and
council
members,
my
name
is
Susan
papillardo
and
I
live
and
play
or
sorry
I
work
and
play
in
Bellevue
and
I'm,
the
co-founder
and
president
of
splashford.
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
share
our
support
for
the
park
board's,
recommended
master
plan
for
Bellevue
Airfield
Park.
That
includes
the
Aquatic
Center
concept
plan.
An
aquatic
center
builds
community
and
bridges
our
diversity,
while
offering
essential
life
skills.
L
The
struggle
to
find
swim,
lessons,
programming
and
pool
space
result
in
a
community
with
lower
aquatic
competence
and
higher
risks
of
drowning
Bellevue
is
more
diverse
than
ever:
64
percent
of
black
children,
45
percent
of
latinx
children
and
66
percent
of
Asian
children,
adult
and
adults,
don't
know
how
to
swim.
Learning
to
swim.
No
matter
your
age
as
Kaylee
said
decreases
the
risk
of
drowning
by
88
percent
this
month,
pools
locally
and
across
the
U.S
hold
April
Fool's
Day
events
to
raise
water
safety,
awareness
and
right
now,
City
swim.
L
Lessons
are
not
being
offered
due
to
Staffing
shortages
and
the
wait
list
for
swim.
Lessons
is
almost
two
years
long,
meaning
children
and
adults
across
the
region
are
at
more
risk
of
drowning
to
help
address
our
local
Staffing
shortages.
We
are
working
actively
to
to
build
both
a
lifeguard
and
swim
instructor
pipeline
through
our
High
School
lifeguard
training
program
and
Community
Partnerships.
L
A
community
Aquatic
Center
is
a
year-round
amenity
at
a
time
when
our
public
schools
are
seeing
shrinking
enrollment.
We
need
to
invest
in
amenities
that
keep
families
in
Bellevue.
We
envision
a
future
where
not
only
aquatic
sports
and
recreation
have
an
indoor
year-round
home,
but
where
water
safety
and
competence
are
an
integral
part
of
the
curriculum
making.
Public
Schools
the
number
one
choice
for
families,
a
community
Aquatic
Center
has
something
for
everyone
putting
it
in
a
park
with
other
Park
elements,
multiplies
the
indoor
and
outdoor
benefits
and
synergies.
L
When
people
connect
in
park
spaces,
their
social
sense
of
place,
value
and
identity
are
formed.
Creating
community
the
physical
layout
of
today's
Airfield
Park
as
a
wooded
and
open
space
suggests
how
to
balance
the
location
of
Park
elements
through
both
City
and
splashboard
Community
engagement
and
our
own
survey
with
over
100
responses.
The
top
active
and
passive
elements
and
uses
show
an
aquatic
center,
pickleball
Trails,
Woods
picnic,
spaces,
playgrounds
and
Community
Gardens.
All
of
these
make
for
fully
activated
Park
that
meets
the
needs
of
the
widest
range
of
Park
users
and
one
like
no
other.
L
It
also
causes
to
strive
for
environmental
sustainability
goals
that
improve
the
site
and
create
opportunities
for
excellence
in
development
and
design.
We
have
created
a
one-page
early
environmental
sustainability
Vision,
which
we
will
share
with
you,
and
we
look
forward
to
continuing
our
partnership
with
the
city
during
the
environmental
study
phase
and
building
early
partnership
and
funding
conversations
as
a
roughly
50
million
dollar
private
fundraising,
partner,
Splash
forward,
is
preparing
our
organization
and
actively
developing
the
Partnerships
required
to
build
and
program
a
sustainable,
new
Bellevue
Aquatic
Center.
M
Excuse
me
good
evening,
I'm
Kate,
sinan
and
I'm
here
again
representing
many
in
our
community
who
oppose
the
development
in
the
meadow
at
Airfield.
Park
I
went
to
the
city's
environmental
stewardship
initiative.
Town
Hall
last
Wednesday
and
I
was
really
pleased
to
hear
that
the
city
goal
is
to
lower
greenhouse
gas
emissions
by
50
percent
by
2030
and
80
percent
by
2040..
Aggressive
goals
are
especially
important
because
latest
predictions
estimate
that
the
whole
Federal
carbon
budget
will
be
completely
exhausted
any
anywhere
between
1.7
to
7
years.
M
Those
are
startling
numbers
with
this
in
mind.
I
asked
if
there
wasn't
a
disconnect
between
their
stated
goals
and
the
city's
plan
to
develop
the
wildlife
Meadow
Corridor
at
the
Airfield
Park,
as
I
mentioned.
Excuse
me
bit
my
tongue,
as
I
mentioned
at
the
parks
board
meeting,
while
spaces
mediate
effects
from
deadly
thermal
events.
Like
those
we've
experienced
over
the
last
two
summers.
If
they
are
developed,
we
are
in
effect
creating
double
loads
by
eliminating
the
natural
landscape,
while
increasing
structures
that
absorb
and
then
re-emit
heat
the
sun's
heat.
M
Unfortunately,
the
speakers
were
unable
to
give
any
type
of
satisfactory
response,
I
think,
because
there
isn't
one
as
I
urged
the
last
time
I
spoke
before
you.
The
city
council
needs
to
look
into
other
options
for
their
development.
Economic
conditions
have
changed.
There
will
be
three
elementary
schools
closing
and
there
are
countless
business
business
buildings
that
are
now
standing
empty.
M
B
N
Evening,
council,
members
coming
to
you
from
Newport
Hills
tonight
and
I
wanted
to
I'm
speaking
about
one
of
your
consent,
calendar
items,
resolution
102.42
on
behalf
of
myself
and
the
Newport
Hills
neighborhood
I
wanted
to
thank
you
for
offering
up
the
funds
to
purchase
the
property
owned
by
a
Sacred
Hearts,
a
Sacred
Heart
sacred
anyways.
You
know
what
I
mean
Forest
Ridge
School
of
guitar,
to
be
able
to
complete
the
trail
connection
with
Woodlawn
Park.
N
That
was
something
that
the
original
Park
committee
for
the
the
Woodlawn
Park
had
envisioned
all
the
way
back
to
2012.,
and
so
I
wanted
to.
Thank
you
for
that.
Making
that
happen.
I
wanted
to
thank
Cameron
Parker
in
the
Parks
Department
for
his
work
on
that
I
know
that
several
of
my
my
neighbors
have
been
working
with
him.
N
So
I
want
to
acknowledge
him.
I
wanted
to
acknowledge
Michelle
hillhorst,
my
nem,
my
neighbor,
my
friend,
and
the
the
chair
of
the
parks
committee.
When
we
were
planning,
because
it
was
Michelle
that
first
identified
the
the
park
property
known
as
Woodlawn
Park
to
the
city
and
then
also,
she
was
instrumental
in
really
pushing
that
idea
of
making
that
whole
Trail
connection
down
to
the
the
park
and
ride.
N
And
then
I
also
really
wanted
to
thank
my
neighbors
Matt
Decker
and
Trish
Brown,
who
had
they
had
their
eyes
open
and
spotted
the
sign.
When
that
property
hit
the
hit
the
market
and
notified
the
community
club
and
they've
been
working
with
the
city
with
Cameron
and
the
the
county
and
also
with
the
you
know,
had
made
some
inquiries.
N
So
you
know
that
was
a
community
effort
and
I
appreciate
that
I'm
looking
forward
to
the
the
trail
once
money
is
allocated
the
trail
being
built
and
the
the
String
of
Pearls
being
completed.
If
you
will
from
Newcastle
beach
park
on
up
through
Newport
Hills
and
then
over
to
the
trails
in
the
Coal
Creek
area
and
up
through
Somerset
and
Beyond.
So
if
you
can,
you
know
if
you
can
find
it
in
your
budget
someplace
to
do
the
same
thing
for
the
the
save
Coal
Creek
folks.
B
Thank
you.
I
should
have
mentioned
previously
that
with
Miss
sennon's
comments,
that
was
the
third
person
in
opposition
or
sharing
concerns
with
the
Airfield
Park
item.
We
can
hear
no
further
comment
in
opposition
or
sharing
concerns
on
that
topic.
Our
next
speaker
is
Avi,
you'll
sting
Olstein.
Thank
you.
Who
will
be
our
third
and
final
speaker
in
support
of
the
Airfield
item.
G
He
said
hey,
do
you
want
to
be
my
first
passenger,
and
so
we
were
in
a
tomahawk
two-seat
aircraft
that
took
off
basically
with
the
old
Airfield
in
Eastgate,
which
was
where
the
the
park
is,
and
it's
interesting
how
our
values
have
changed
at
one
time
it
was
a
garbage
dump,
people
would
just
dump
their
garbage,
and
yet
here
I
am
today.
Listening
to
all
these
voices
and
I
agree
with
everybody.
G
A
pool
would
be
a
great
idea
and
I'm
not
against
it,
but
the
wildlife
area
that
green
belt.
That's
between
the
field
and
the
and
the
neighborhood.
There
is
a
lot
of
wildlife
that
goes
through
there.
I've
seen
owl
Fox
all
types
of
Wildlife
and
a
lot
of
it
is
transitory.
It's
passing
through
what
we've
seen
it,
where
we
have
like
a
a
drought
and
animals
kind
of
migrate
into
the
neighborhood
looking
for
stuff.
G
These
are
Refuge
places
for
these
animals
and
also
too,
when
you're
walking
in
the
morning,
and
it's
there's
Dew
in
the
air
and
all
of
a
sudden,
you
see
a
rabbit
and
then
maybe
you
see
a
bobcat
or
a
fox
or
something
tear
off
after
it.
There's
something
magical
about
that.
It's
a
quality
of
life
that
not
everybody
has
so
I
really
believe
we
can.
G
Maybe
everybody
won't
walk
away
from
the
table
here
completely
satisfied,
but
I
think
we
can
all
kind
of
come
halfway
and
have
a
kind
of
a
modicum
of
of
of
understanding
that
there's
a
little
bit
of
give
and
take.
We
have
to
do
and
if
we
can
leave
that
green
belt,
it's
connected
to
other
green
belts
and
it's
important
for
the
Wildlife
and
leave
it
undeveloped.
We
don't
need
Trails
through
it.
We
just
can
have
it
open.
G
I
hope
that
everybody
would
consider
that,
because
it
won't
cost
the
city
any
more
money
and
also
too,
it
adds
to
the
quality
of
life,
and
it
kind
of
tells
us
about
our
values
too
in
Bellevue
what
we,
what
we're,
trying
to
preserve
what
part
of
the
history,
the
old
growth
trees
that
we're
trying
to
to
preserve
in
our
city.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
your
consideration,
and
that
is
my
statement.
Thank
you.
O
Hi
mayor
Deputy,
Mayor
and
City
Council
Members,
so
first
thanks
for
letting
me
speak
here
and
I
really
appreciate
this
opportunity.
My
name
is
Johnny
Liu,
I'm,
a
resident
of
Newport
Hills
and
a
long
time
resident
of
Bellevue
and
apparently
like
everybody
else
here.
I'm
also
here
to
talk
about
Parks,
but
specifically
the
the
Newport
Hills
Park,
that's
on
the
consent
calendar.
So
you
know
I
have
a
couple
points
to
make
here,
but
they're
all
hugely
in
favor
and
in
support
of
the
the
resolution.
O
I
think
it's
10242
to
purchase
the
5380
Lake
Washington,
Boulevard
property,
so
anecdotally,
I,
do
a
lot
of
gardening
outside
I
meet
a
lot
of
my
neighbors
through
walks.
You
know
I,
think,
there's
a
really
good
feeling
in
the
neighborhood
when
you
meet
Neighbors
on
this
kind
of
like
nature
walks
or
when
you're
going
throughout
the
neighborhood
and
I
think
that
the
extension
that
would
get
built
out
for
the
trail
system
in
the
area
would
be
enormously
helpful
for
the
neighborhood
to
build.
O
You
know
more
engagement
and
just
kind
of
build
up
that
neighborhood
feeling
to
to
Newport
Hills.
So
you
know,
I,
really,
I
really
think
that
that
would
be
just
a
huge
boost
to
the
neighborhood
good.
The
second
thing,
I
want
to
give
a
shout
out.
I
think
Heidi
mentioned
a
lot
of
them
already,
but
the
folks
who
were
involved
Matt,
Michelle,
Heidi
yourself
as
well
as
Trish
I,
think
you
know
without
the
kind
of
active
engagement
advocacy
and
just
the
work
that
they
do.
This
really
wouldn't
have
been
possible.
O
So
I
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
the
the
kind
of
community
folks
and
the
leaders
who
are
involved.
I
also
want
to
shout
out
to
the
city
staff
I
know,
as
somebody
who's
had
to
do
a
lot
of
diligence,
work.
I
know
it's
not
very
fun,
but
thank
you
for
doing
all
the
work
that
you
do
to
kind
of
makes
us
happen
and
also
to
the
the
parks
board
for
for
making
this
happen.
So
just
you
know
thank
you
for
the
community,
all
the
leaders
for
coming
together
on
this.
O
My
last
thing
is,
you
know,
as
we
consider
development
of
parks
and
specifically
around
Newport
Hills
and
throughout
Bellevue
as
well.
I
just
want
to
encourage
the
the
thought
of
community
Gathering
spaces
as
a
priority
for
us
I
think
Newport
Hills,
especially
we've
struggled
to
have
large
Gatherings
Outdoors.
We
we
have,
you
know
Newport
Hills,
Park,
primarily
a
soccer
field
and
a
baseball
field.
We
have
Woodlawn
Park
recently
open
and
there's
a
small
gathering
place
there,
but
it's
primarily
a
dog
park.
O
I
would
just
think
that
you
know
the
ability
that
we
have
to
bring
people
together
in
a
larger
Community.
Gathering
Place
would
be
a
huge
Boon
to
the
neighborhood,
but
also
throughout
Bellevue
I.
Think,
as
we
you
know,
want
to
enhance
cultural
events,
local
events
all.
H
O
That
so
my
request,
the
city
council
here,
would
be,
if
you're
able
to
consider
the
the
development
of
these
kind
of
larger
Community
Gathering
spaces
as
you're
thinking
through
the
the
allocation
of
money
from
the
from
the
parks
Grant.
So
thank
you
for
that
appreciate.
It.
B
B
B
P
I
am
here
to
support
save
Coal
Creek
in
opposing
the
development
of
the
park,
Point
Isola
PUD,
which
lies
across
the
street
from
the
county,
red,
Town,
Trailhead
and
adjacent
to
bellevue's,
Coal
Creek,
Natural
Area,
not
just
any
parcel
along
a
busy
road
in
Bellevue.
It
is
a
pristine
island
in
the
middle
of
natural
areas.
It
is
also
unique
in
the
historical
place
it
fills
in
bellevue's,
coal,
mining,
industry
and
history.
I
realized
that
approvals
for
this
project
are
pending.
P
P
This
parcel's
highest
and
best
use
is
not
to
support
another
high-end
Housing
Development,
but
rather
to
be
retained
as
a
vital
connection
between
two
existing
Parks
Bellevue
should
take
all
steps
necessary
to
preserve
this
parcel
for
future
Generations
as
Parkland,
by
facilitating
its
purchase
by
Bellevue.
Thank
you
for
listening
to
my
views.
B
Thank
you
and
we
have
reached
the
30
minute
Mark.
Then
we
have
heard
from
10
speakers.
I
will
note
that
sorry
I
won't
go
through
the
names
hope,
Barker
Leslie,
Wang,
Christy,
Murphy,
Joe,
kunzler,
Allison,
McMillan
and
Alex
Zimmerman
each.
We
were
unable
to
hear
from
them
this
evening.
I
would
encourage
you
to
email,
the
council
at
Council,
bellevuewa.gov.
A
And
also,
if
you
took
that,
excuse
me
if
you
took
the
time
to
come
down
tonight,
just
so
the
council
can
see
you
if
you
came
down
to
a
pose
or
have
some
concerns
about
Airfield.
Can
you
just
raise
your
hand
and
be
seen?
Thank
you
so
much
and
then
those
in
favor
of
the
Aquatic
Center
at
Airfield
Park
great.
Thank
you
so
much
for
being
here.
Thank
you
for
being
a
part
of
the
process.
We
really
appreciate
it.
A
A
I
Yes,
thank
you
mayor
and
Deputy
Mayor
and
council
members.
The
first
item
is
an
update
to
the
Council
on
the
eviction
resolution
pilot
program,
which
is
operated
by
bellevue's
conflict
resolution
center.
This
update
will
relay
and
share
information
about
the
effectiveness
of
the
program
as
well
as
highlights
highlight
a
number
of
the
success
stories.
Joining
us
at
the
table
are
Michael
McCormick,
complement
assistant
director,
as
well
as
Marcy
McReynolds
conflict
resolution
center
manager,
both
from
the
Community
Development
Department,
with
that
I'm
going
to
just
hand
it
over
to
you
Mike.
R
A
A
A
R
R
It
means
that
landlords
are
first
required
to
come
to
us
first
to
attempt
to
negotiate
a
rental
repayment
plan
with
the
tenant
prior
to
going
to
court
to
file
for
an
unlawful
detainer
or
an
eviction
proceeding
with
the
court.
Since
the
program
has
began,
we
have
seen
over
2600
cases
come
through
our
door.
R
S
Greetings
mayor
mayor
wherever
you
are
and
council
members,
as
Mike
mentioned,
the
erpp
program
otherwise
known
as
Erp
has
ballooned
our
case
loads
as
well
as
our
staff
and
our
volunteer
teams.
We
now
have
15
staff
and
volunteers
spread
out
virtually
across
the
area
who
collectively
work
on
erpp
cases
and
I
want
to
share
some
observations
from
our
experience
with
the
program
with
you
tonight
other
than
what
you
have
in
the
brief
first,
the
overall
level
of
cases
has
not
diminished.
S
S
Secondly,
we
know
firsthand
that
rent
assistance
dollars
make
a
huge
difference.
So
thank
you
for
your
generous
decision
to
assign
7
million
dollars
in
arpa
funds
which
have
helped
many
landlords
and
tenants
in
Bellevue
get
whole
and
remain
housed.
Thank
you.
We've
seen
a
collective
11.3
million
dollars
in
rental
marriages
since
November
2021..
S
S
When
our
team
discovers
that
rent
assistance
dollars
are
being
newly
distributed
to
agencies
after
a
Hiatus,
as
recently
happened,
you
will
see
our
staff's
messages
on
our
teams.
Board
chat
board
just
light
up.
If
they
could
be
heard
it
would
have.
It
would
sound
like
the
springtime
caffeine
of
birds
in
the
trees
celebrating
four.
Q
S
S
Conciliation
is
a
shuttle
diplomacy
over
the
phone
working
with
one
party
at
a
time
which
is
different
from
mediation,
which
has
all
parties
sit
down
together.
It
works
because
it
balances
power
between
the
landlord
and
the
Tenant,
providing
a
safe
place
for
each
party
to
communicate
their
interests
and
needs,
and
it
works
because
we
help
parties
build
problem-solving
skills
and
self-determination
in
times
of
crisis.
S
At
another
observation
of
why
our
program
has
worked
is
that
we
collaborate
and
build
Bridges,
we
built
relationships
across
safety
nets
within
our
with
our
Community
Partners
people,
with
rent
assistance,
the
legal
community
and
within
the
city
for
example,
Bellevue
fire
cares,
has
helped
a
great
deal
with
very
vulnerable
tenants
who
couldn't
even
fill
out
forms
they
needed
to
get
rent
assistance.
S
Our
process
helped
preserve
relationships
between
landlords
and
tenants
and
built
relationships
between
our
staff
and
people
in
the
multi-family
housing
community
relationships
that
we
will
build
upon
after
the
erpp
program,
sunsets
June,
30th
bellevue's
program.
The
only
dispute
resolution
center
in
the
state
housed
within
a
city
government
has
been
an
example
to
the
state
of
how
to
use
well-honed
soft
skills
to
help
out
in
hard
times
and
I
want
to
share
this
note
from
a
tenant
that
we
helped
quote.
S
I
just
want
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
you
for
helping
many
lives,
especially
those
in
my
family.
You
have
guided
me
on
a
course
that
should
bring
all
of
us
back
to
a
position
of
pride
and
happiness.
I
was
down
in
the
dumps
and
got
a
lift
from
someone
acting
as
an
angel
and
you've
saved.
My
life.
I
did
not
have
another
answer,
and
even
after
the
job
was
done,
you
still
helped
me
secure
February's
payment
when
I
ran
short.
Thank
you
again
for
saving
me.
S
My
wife
and
my
two
children
and
some
words
from
property
managers
since
covet
the
Rental
World
in
its
processes,
have
been
turned
inside
out.
As
you
know,
one
item
of
stress
for
me
professionally
has
been
resident
Collections
and
navigating
the
ever-changing
moratoria
restrictions
procedures
for
collecting
past
due
balances.
My
recent
experience
with
Bellevue
has
helped
alleviate
a
good
portion
of
my
anxiety,
I
found
a
conciliator
who
really
made
a
difference
for
me.
I
declared
my
anxieties
and
procedural
uncertainties.
She
not
only
listened
but
has
continued
to
guide
me
when
questions
arise.
S
She
has
helped
make
me
make
this
Pro
this
complicated
top
heavy
process
more
manageable.
For
me,
another
landlord
said
she
heard
that
brcc
at
bcrc
is
very
responsive
and
you
are
proving
it,
and
this
is
my
final
observation
is
that
it
really
takes
a
village.
Finally,
I
wish
to
recognize
the
team
of
staff
and
community
volunteers
working
behind
in
the
shadows,
who
have
put
an
enormous
effort
to
serve
our
landlords
and
tenants.
I
wish
to
point
to
Jill
selzberg
who's.
S
Here
she
is
our
erpp
coordinator,
she's
back
there,
who's
worked
very
hard
to
try
to
assign
a
gazillion
cases
coming
in
Rapid
Fire
and
over
this
past
year
and
a
half
they've
helped
over
7
000
people
remained
housed
and
many
landlords
to
remain
whole.
They
often
manage
a
high
volume
of
caseloads
50,
plus
at
a
time
on
tight
court-based
timelines,
while
always
placing
first
in
their
minds
and
hearts
the
humanity
of
the
person
in
Strife.
They
are
helping,
and
with
that
I
hand
you
over
to
Mike.
R
So
finally,
I
just
want
to
mention
again
we
do
anticipate
the
eviction
resolution.
Pilot
program
will
sunset
on
June
30th
2023.,
so
at
that
time.
What's
next
is
that
the
process
for
court
filing
for
evictions
or
unlawful
detainers
are
going
to
resume
back
to
what
they
were
like
pre-pandemic,
so
we'll
see
that
that
revert
back
to
what
it
was.
What
it
means
for
us
is
in
the
program
is
that
we're
still
going
to
offer
conciliation
for
negotiations
on
rent
repayment
plans
to
landlords
and
tenants
now
on
a
voluntary
basis.
R
R
This
fall.
We
will
be
writing
a
final
report,
looking
back
on
the
overall
effectiveness
of
this
program
and
the
duration
that
it
ran,
and
we
will
be
posting
that
final
report
also
on
our
City
website
as
well.
So
with
that,
we
want
to
thank
you
for
your
time
tonight
and
we'll
conclude
our
report.
Thank.
A
I
Your
agenda
for
the
under
the
manager's
report
is,
is
I,
am
seeking
concurrence
for
an
appointment
to
the
Bellevue
Convention
Center
Authority
board
I
am
appointing
with
the
concurrence
of
the
council
Usman
sindiki
to
fill
the
remainder
of
the
term
for
a
position
formerly
held
by
Robert
Wallace,
who
stepped
down
from
the
board
at
the
end
of
2022.
I
A
T
A
Ola
post
that
passes
and
congratulations
all
right.
So
next
on
our
agenda,
we
have
I
believe
two
study
sessions.
Well,
sorry,
I've
got
a
good
consent
calendar
first.
Thank
you.
Do
I
have
a
motion
to
approve
the
consent
calendar
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
aye
opposed
okay
that
passes
as
well.
Terrific
all
right
now
we
can
move
to
our
two
study
session
items.
A
On
the
yeah.
T
I
just
wanted
to.
We
had
a
couple
of
comments
and
people
commenting
on
the
purchase
of
the
16.4
acres,
to
expand
the
trails
and
open
space
and-
and
you
know,
Wildlife
areas
in
Newport
Hills.
That
was
a
heck
of
a
deal,
16.4
acres
for
1.025
million
dollars
and
it's
a
really
good
use
of
the
open
space
funding.
We
got
a
lot
of
bang
for
our
buck
and
I
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
the
neighborhood
and
to
the
staff
for
jumping
on
this
and
bringing
it
to
us.
U
I
too
pile
on
to
that,
because
the
part
that
I
heard
clearly
was
this
was
part
of
the
community.
Seeing
that,
although
you
know
we
might
have
been
watching
that
property
being
being
really
Vigilant
about,
seeing
that
they
were
ready
to
sell
so
that
we
also
had
the
opportunity
to
do
that
and
I
want
to
just
say
it's
actually
a
testament
to
the
continual
staff,
because
when
I
first
got
on
Council,
we
heard
about
the
maiden
Bower
and
it
was
decades
of
Outreach
to
those
homeowners
to
finally
get
enough
Parcels
to
build
the
park.
U
And
so
when
we
have
those
opportunities,
we
very
much
want
to
take
advantage
of
that
from
our
funds
that
are
available.
But
I
I
do
have
to
say
that
we
don't
have
unlimited
funds,
and
so
the
ability
to
very
carefully
look
at
what
we
can
afford
within
our
budget
is
an
important
part
of
that.
So
thank
you.
A
V
That
is
an
outstanding
piece
of
property.
My
husband
and
I
have
hiked
the
trail
on
that
new
park
and
looked
over
into
this
pristine,
forested,
Valley
and
just
thought.
You
know,
I
always
wondered
if
it
would
ever
be
possible
for
the
city
to
acquire
this,
not
realizing
they
were
actually
working
on
it
behind
the
scenes,
and
so
this
is
such
a
great
acquisition
for
the
community.
I'm
really
excited.
A
I
Care
Centers,
thank
you
Deputy
Mayor
and
council
members
and
mayor.
The
first
item
again
is
on
your
agenda.
Is
an
informational
update
on
the
King
County
Behavioral
Health
Levy,
which
will
be
included
in
the
County's
upcoming
April
25th
special
election
ballot
on
joining
us
at
that
table
is
Lacey
Jane
Wolf
assistant,
director
of
intergovernmental
Affairs,
as
well
as
Selena,
Stevens,
equity
and
Regional
policy
advisor
both
from
the
city
manager's
office
and
joining
them
is
also
from
King.
I
W
I,
thank
you
all
so
much
for
allowing
us
this
time
to
have
director
floor
here
tonight.
You,
as
Brad
Miyaki,
said
you
all
have
heard
from
him
before
on
other
King
County
levies,
but
this
is
the
first
time
you'll
be
hearing
from
him
about
this
new
Behavioral
Health
Levy,
also
known
as
The
Crisis
Care
Centers
Levy.
W
X
Thank
you
good
evening.
Thank
you,
madam
mayor
Mr,
Deputy
Mayor
and
council
members.
Again.
My
name
is
Leo
Flor
and
I
have
the
privilege
of
directing
King
County's
Department
of
community
and
Human
Services
as
I
proceed
through
tonight's
briefing.
Happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
the
council
may
have
I.
Do
note
that
my
purpose
here
is
informational,
because
this
is
an
active
ballot
measure,
it's
appropriate
for
me
to
either
favor
or
disfavor.
X
The
measure
I
will
describe
the
problem
set
that
we
encounter
inside
of
our
community
generally
and
then
specifically,
The
Proposal
itself,
two
opening
items
one
when
we
talk
about
Behavioral
Health.
This
is
encompassing
of
both
mental
health
and
substance
use
disorder.
Those
are
previously
separated
regimes,
but
both
of
them
come
within
this
term
Behavioral
Health.
The
second
is
that
people
do
recover.
X
Behavioral
health
treatment
works
when
people
have
access
to
it
in
the
right
amounts
in
the
right
settings,
and
it
is
a
form
of
medical
care
of
Health
Care,
and
so
when
we
are
proposing
Behavioral
Health
Solutions,
it
is
under
the
the
the
the
the
theory
and
what
we
see
when
we
are
able
to
get
it
right
for
people
that
it
works.
X
There
are
three
problems
that
we
see
within
our
region
right
now
and
so
I'll
just
go
over
those
quickly.
One
and
I
make
a
comparison
here
to
the
physical
health
care
System.
If
any
of
us
were
to
break
a
bone
right
now,
I.
Imagine
that
they're
not
being
super
familiar
with
bellevue's
Urgent,
Care
System
I.
Imagine
that
there
are
several
urgent
care
facilities
that
any
of
us
could
walk
into
right
now
in
a
one
or
two
mile
radius.
X
It's
notable
right
now
that
inside
of
King
County
there's
not
a
single
walk-in,
Behavioral
Health
Care
Urgent
Care
Facility,
where
any
of
us
could
walk
into
without
an
appointment
or
a
referral.
There
is
one
facility
in
downtown
Seattle.
It's
called
the
crisis,
Solution
Center!
You
must
be
referred
by
a
law
enforcement
officer
or
brought
by
certain
classes
of
mobile
crisis
teams.
It
has
a
total
of
16
beds
for
this
purpose
and
that's
the
sole
facility
within
the
county
that
you
would
call
a
crisis
facility
for
Behavioral
Health
on
a
voluntary
basis.
X
There
are
a
lot
of
reasons
for
that
and
have
to
go
into
them
if
they
are
of
interest
to
the
council.
But
just
as
a
purely
numerical
exercise,
we
have
fewer
beds
than
we
had
in
2018.
The
number
that
we
had
in
2018
was
355
of
these
mental
health
residential
beds
for
the
2.3
million
Person
County,
and
we
now
have
244.
X
in
the
third
problem
that
we're
seeing
is
a
real,
unsustainable,
Workforce
issue.
I.
Do
note
that
this
is
present
I,
think
across
many
sectors
of
the
economy,
certainly
the
public
sector
and
then,
when
we
take
a
look
at
Human,
Services
and
Behavioral
Health
as
a
component
of
the
Human
Services
sector,
we
do
have
a
consistent
issue
with
the
wages
that
workforces
our
Workforce
is
making.
And
then
it's
really
translating
into
a
high
rates
of
turnover,
low
ability
to
do
a
this
work
for
a
career.
X
And
we
do
believe
that
if
we
continue
to
have
really
high
rates
of
turnover
and
people
are
not
able
to
do
this
career
long
enough
to
attain
Mastery,
that
that
does
translate
into
the
quality
of
the
human
services
that
we
see
and
expect
as
Government
funders,
another
framework
that
we
see-
and
this
is
really
a
national
framework-
any
functional
crisis
system
has
three
core
components.
So
the
first
is
someone
to
talk
to.
X
The
second
is
someone
to
respond,
and
then
third,
which
is
the
focus
of
this
presentation,
is
some
place
to
go
or
someplace
to
be
brought.
So
if
we
were
talking
about
the
9-1-1
system,
you
can
call
9-1-1
law
enforcement
officer,
or
perhaps
a
first
responder
like
a
firefighter
will
respond
and
if
necessary,
they
can
take
you
to
an
emergency
room
for
medical
care
or
to
the
jail.
That's
the
the
appropriate
response.
X
When
we
take
a
look
at
the
Behavioral
Health
Care
system
that
we
are
building
nationally
and
locally,
what
we
see
is
that
we
increasingly
do
have
some
place
to
call.
The
988
line
is
a
good
example
of
that
which
is
identified
specifically
for
people
who
might
be
experiencing
Behavioral,
Health
crises
generally
or
suicidal
ideation.
Specifically,
and
again,
increasingly,
we
have
people
who
will
respond
so
co-responder
models,
we're
behavioral
health
professionals
can
join
a
law
enforcement
officer
or
mobile
crisis
teams,
Outreach
teams
and
peers.
X
The
thing
that
I
mentioned
before
is
what
we
lack
in
our
region
right
now
as
a
place
to
go
so
that
third
element
of
the
crisis
response
system,
shifting
out
of
the
problem
description
into
a
description
of
the
the
ballot
measure,
ordinance
that
will
come
before
King
County
voters
on
April
25th,
the
proposed
Crisis
Care
Centers
Levy,
contains
three
components,
Each
of
which
is
designed
to
address
the
three
problems
that
I've
just
described.
X
First,
it
would
fund
the
creation
and
operations
of
five
Crisis
Care
Centers
more
on
what
constitutes
a
crisis
care
center
in
a
moment.
Second,
it
would
preserve
the
existing
stock
of
11
mental
health,
residential
facilities
that
we
still
have
in
the
region
and
then
seek
to
build
back
111
beds
that
we
have
lost
and
a
little
bit
more
about
what
mental
health
residential
is
specifically.
But
one
way
to
distinguish
these
two
number
one.
A
crisis
care
center
is
a
short-term
facility.
X
It's
designed
for
the
moment
of
crisis
in
up
to
14
days
after
and
then
a
mental
health
residential
facility
is
a
long-term
facility.
It's
a
place
to
live
while
in
recovery,
while
seeking
services
and
to
regain
basic
life
skills
and
then
the
third
component
of
the
levy-
and
these
will
go
through
how
they
look
in
the
ordinance
is
designed
to
make
more
sustainable
and
representative
the
Behavioral
Health
Care
Workforce,
under
the
understanding
that
an
empty
building
doesn't
really
do
any
good.
X
So
now,
if
you're
keeping
score
with
the
ordinance,
what
you'll
start
to
see
is
Citation.
So
if
you
see
the
section
indicators,
those
are
citations
to
the
ordinance
but
I'll
relieve
most
people
from
from
giving
to
you
into
that
as
we
go,
the
proposal
does
divide
the
county
into
four.
What
we
call
crisis
response
zones,
those
are
depicted
on
the
map
up
above
and
the
City
of
Bellevue
resides
within
the
east
of
the
crisis
response
zones.
X
The
ordinance
would
require
the
creation
of
five
Crisis
Care
Centers
one
in
each
of
the
crisis
response
zones
and
then
a
fifth
specifically
for
youth,
where
youth
are
defined
as
persons
who
are
aged
under
19
and
that
could
be
in
any
of
the
crisis
response
zones.
For
the
total
of
five.
X
The
levy
sets
out
purposes.
The
Paramount
purpose
of
the
levy
is
the
creation
and
the
operation
of
the
five
Crisis
Care
Centers.
The
levy
creates
five
mandatory
or
excuse
me,
four.
Mandatory
components
of
a
crisis
care
center,
I've
summarized
them
here.
So
again,
these
are
the
short-term
facilities.
The
first
thing
is
that
it
must
be
able
to
receive
24-hour
walk-in
drop-off
for
anybody
who
would
come
to
the
Care
Center,
whether
they're
dropped
off
by
law
enforcement
officers.
First
Responders
mobile
crisis
teams,
family
members
or
people
coming
in
themselves.
X
The
second
is
that
there
would
be
a
23
hour
observation
facility.
This
is
a
type
of
facility
that
exists
in
other
states.
The
our
state
is
currently
considering
finalizing
licensure
requirements
for
facilities
like
this
right
now
in
the
current
legislative
session.
The
idea
there
is
that,
under
the
right
circumstances,
within
23
hours,
many
people
an
active
crisis,
especially
if
they're
attended
by
peers
and
in
a
calm
situation,
are
able
to
actually
de-escalate
from
that
state
of
crisis,
in
a
way
that
the
provider
can
then
set
up
longer-term
care
plans.
X
The
third
mandatory
component
is
the
creation
of
a
crisis
stabilization
unit.
That's
that
14-day
component,
so
some
folks
would
be
able
to
stay
for
up
to
14
days.
This
is
a
type
of
facility,
that's
already
created
and
recognized
under
state
law.
The
average
stay
in
facilities
like
this
actually
looks
a
little
bit
closer
to
just
under
nine
days,
but
it's
possible
to
stay
at
them
for
up
to
14
days
and
then
the
fourth
necessary
component
is
the
presence
of
designated
crisis
responders.
X
So
everything
I've
described
to
this
point
is
a
voluntary
Behavioral,
Health
intervention
or
facility
designated
crisis
responders,
who
are
also
super,
are
under
my
Supervision
in
the
Department
of
community
and
Human.
Services
are
the
front
gate
to
the
involuntary
treatment
system
in
the
state
of
Washington,
as
these
are
the
folks
whose
job
it
is
to
come
out
and
make
an
assessment
about
whether
a
person
constitutes
a
grave
harm
to
themselves
or
others
such
that
they
should
be
involuntarily
detained
some
other
components.
X
I
won't
go
through
them
in
as
much
detail
but
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
members
of
the
council
may
have
two
quick
questions
on
Crisis
Care
Centers
one
is
who
would
operate
them?
The
presumption
here
is
that
the
operators
would
be
providers,
so
not
King,
County
Employees
themselves,
with
the
exception
of
the
designated
crisis
responders,
who
would
be
on
site.
X
The
second
question
that
we
do
get
with
some
frequency
is:
how
would
the
citing
work
so
with
the
important
caveat
that
is
noted
at
the
bottom
of
the
slide
that
the
ballot
measure
ordinance
itself
is
silent
on
this
and
an
implementation
plan
which
the
council
must
approve?
The
King
County
Council
must
approve
and
would
also
be
subject
to
mandatory
dual
referral
to
the
regional
policy
committee
on
which
the
Bellevue
city
council
member
sits
with
that
going
through
that
process.
X
What
we
are
proposing
and
what
we
have
been
envisioning,
is
that
the
county
would
not
cite
the
facilities
that
facilities
would
be
proposed
by
Partnerships
between
host
jurisdiction,
cities
and
providers,
and
that
the
city
or
the
county
would
then
sit
in
review
of
that
those
in
a
request
for
proposal
and
then
be
able
to
make
an
award.
This
looks
a
little
bit
like
how
the
affordable
housing
system
works
across
the
county
in
the
state
so
that
that's
the
the
Paramount
purpose
create
and
operate
the
five
short-term
Crisis
Care
Centers.
X
The
second
is
the
longer
term
mental
health
residential
beds.
Again
this
is
in
some
ways
just
for
emphasis.
We've
lost
a
third
of
these
beds.
The
Levee
would
seek
to
build
back
the
beds
that
we
have
lost.
One
note
why
16
beds,
so
we
would
have
to
build
them
back
in
16
bed
increments.
This
is
something
called
institutes
or
Med,
the
IMD
rule.
It's
a
comes
from
the
federal
government
from
Medicaid,
and
what
we're
really
looking
at
is
in
the
60s.
There
were
large
asylums.
X
We
had
the
Community
Mental
Health
act
in
the
60s
that
then
got
rid
of
those
large
asylums.
As
a
matter
of
policy,
the
federal
government
began
to
incentivize
the
creation
of
small
community-based
facilities
in
16
beds
as
the
increment
that
they've
really
landed
on,
and
so
in
order
for
a
facility
to
be
eligible
for
Medicaid
reimbursement
for
certain
types
of
Residential
Care.
It
may
not
have
more
than
16
beds
within
it.
X
What
is
mental
health
residential?
It's
you
know,
Behavioral
Health
is
full
of
government
works,
and
so
there
are
a
lot
of
sort
of
Concepts
that
are
very
specific,
but
sometimes
it's
easier
to
describe
them
more
plainly.
So
this
is
a
place
to
live
while
in
recovery,
not
in
the
moment
of
Crisis,
and
it
combines
both
the
access
to
behavioral
health
care
with
a
lot
of
the
daily
living
skills
and
reintroduction
into
the
communities.
X
The
focus
these
do
again
tend
to
be
community-based
facilities
and
then
the
last
supporting
purpose
is
Workforce
again
empty
buildings.
Don't
heal
people
all
by
themselves,
so
we
do
need
people
to
work
within
them.
We
do
have
a
behavioral
health
Workforce
shortage
within
the
behavioral
health
system,
and
so
the
levy
would
contain
the
requirement
to
both
make
more
representative
and
more
sustainable
the
behavioral
health
Workforce.
And
what
we're
talking
about
is
really
two
things.
One
is
specific
to
The
Crisis
Care
Centers.
X
The
levy
does
have
the
obligation
and
is
modeled
in
such
a
way
that
it
could
fund
the
Staffing
at
all
the
crisis
care
centers
and
to
do
so
at
a
level
that
would
allow
them
to
be
the
people
working
with
it
to
be
paid
a
wage
that
is
on
average
20
percent
higher
than
a
comparable
facility
is
paid
today,
that's
specific
to
The
Crisis
Care
Centers.
The
second
component
of
this
would
be
to
make
Workforce
wide
investments
in
order
to
bring
more
people
into
the
field
and
make
it
sustainable.
X
So
here
we're
talking
about
things
like
apprenticeship
programs,
programs
that
would
fund
or
reimburse
the
cost
of
certification
for
Behavioral
Health
licensure
or
perhaps
do
things
like
drive
down
costs
for
Behavioral
Health,
Providers,
Insurance,
Personal,
Insurance,
child
care
costs
for
providers.
X
Costs
so
this
is
a
proposed
property
tax
levy.
Specifically,
it
is
a
nine-year
single
year.
Levy
lid
lift
it
would
be
assessed
at
14
and
a
half
cents
per
thousand
dollars
in
its
first
year.
It
would
have
a
one
percent
annual
limit
factor
which
is
required.
The
only
option
that
you
have
when
you
go
with
a
nine-year
levy-
lid,
lift
I've
depicted
here
costs
and
I'm
going
to
do
this
in
two
methodologies,
just
to
show
a
full
picture.
So
this
is
our
what
we
would
call
our
2022
estimate.
X
This
is
the
estimate
that
we
used
when
we
originally
introduced
The
Levy
and,
as
the
council
considered
it
and
we've
depicted
bellevue's
estimated
annual
payment.
What
I
do
emphasize
here
is
that
these
are
estimates
based
on
medians
that
we
get
from
the
county
assessor
a
particular
homes
value
would
be
very
much
different
than
this
either
higher
or
lower,
and
the
second
is
that
assessed
values
often
do
differ
from
a
home
sales
value.
X
I
mentioned
that
there
are
two
methodologies
since
having
introduced
the
levy,
we
do
have
new
information
in
form
of
updated
2023
assessed
values,
median
assessed
values
from
the
King
County
Assessor.
So
this
really
takes
that
same
methodology,
but
now
estimates
with
an
updated
assessed
value
from
2023.
So
in
using
the
2023
estimate,
we
estimate
that
the
median
valued
Bellevue
home
would
pay
just
under
220
or
219
and
53
cents
and
then
again
to
revert
to
the
other
one
under
the
2022
methodology.
That
same
equation
leads
to
an
estimated
median
value
payment
of
193.71.
X
Timeline,
we
are
on
track
right
now
for
an
April
25th
ballot.
It's
a
election
at
which
a
simple
majority
is
required
to
pass
the
ballot
measure
ordinance
and
should
it
pass
collections
would
begin
in
2024
with
an
implementation
planning
process
required
to
be
done
by
the
end
of
this
year.
That
would
come
before
the
regional
policy
Committee
in
the
King
County
Council.
A
Great
well,
thank
you
so
much
for
that
great
presentation:
Ms
Floyd,
thank
you
for
coming
down
and
and
walking
us
through
this
and
explaining
how
this
Levy
would
impact
behavioral,
behavioral
health
services
on
the
east
side
of
my
colleagues
will
indulge
me
I'm
the
head
of
the
our
liaison
to
the
Human
Services
Commission.
So
I'll
ask
you
a
couple
of
questions.
First,
but
I
know
my
colleagues
will
have
plenty
of
questions
as
well.
A
I
think
it
was
on
slide
number
four.
You
noted
the
role
of
co-responders
have
I
got
the
I
didn't
see
any
slide
numbers
on
there,
so
I
didn't
want
to
make
sure
it
was
number
four,
but
so
with
the
co-responders
and
the
behavioral
health
health
care.
System,
Bellevue
and
other
cities
like
us,
are
investing
in
a
co-responder
model
and
I
know.
Other
cities
are
interested
and
they're
they're
looking
at
it.
A
But
can
you
tell
us
more
about
how
the
levy
might
benefit
the
first
responder
operations,
including
co-responders
law
enforcement
and
fire
rescue,
and
with
these
Crisis
Care
Centers,
allow
them
to
operate
more
efficiently
and
I?
Think
you
mentioned
that
up
front
right
right
now.
Only
law
enforcement
can
can
bring
someone
off
and
and
drop
them
off
at
one
of
these.
These
centers
so
I'm
kind
of
curious
about
that,
and
then
second
of
all
give
you.
My
second
question
right
up
front
here
too
is
I
would
be
curious.
What
happened
to
the
100
plus
beds?
A
That
might
be
a
longer
story,
but
if
you
could
give
us
the
cliff
notes
on
that
that
that
would
be
great.
A
X
Bet
to
the
first,
so
we
set
up
the
framework
of
having
someone
to
call
some
somebody
to
respond
in
a
place
to
go
and
one
way
to
talk
about
what
we
see
in
the
current
crisis
response
system
is
co-responders
and
is
Fantastic.
Model
I
think
it's
a
really
important
part
of
our
communities
Arsenal
to
to
really
meet
people
where
they
are
and
provide
the
best
type
of
intervention.
X
What
we
see
right
now
is
if
the
nature
of
the
incident
is
not
one
that
they
can
resolve
on
the
scene
or
if
the
nature
of
the
person's
conduct
or
situation
is
not
such
that
they
should
be
arrested,
there's
no
place
to
take
them,
and
so
we
do
get
a
lot
of
feedback
from
First
Responders,
and
this
is
something
that
I
convened
a
work
group
over
seven
meetings
at
the
beginning
for
the
first
half
of
last
year,
around
is
there's
just
no
place
to
take
people
if
you're
not
going
to
take
them
to
the
emergency
room
or
to
the
jail
or
to
leave
them
where
they
are
yeah.
X
And
so
this
is
a
an
emerging
best
practice
that
we're
seeing
Across
the
Nation
one
way
that
we
know
that
this
is
helpful
to
law
enforcement
officers
and
to
First
Responders.
We
can
take
a
look
at
a
similar
network
of
facilities
that
exists
in
Maricopa
County,
where
they
have
three
centers
that
look
a
lot
like
The
Crisis,
Care
Centers,
we're
proposing
in
2021
those
three
facilities
as
a
network
received
28
000
law
enforcement
drop-offs
over
the
course
of
that
one
year,
although
there
may
be
some
duplicated
individuals
within
that
28
000
number.
X
So
we
do
believe
that
the
volume
in
of
need
is
certainly
out
there
and
for
people
who
would
be
better
served
by
a
behavioral
health
intervention
or
a
medical
intervention
as
opposed
to
a
jail-based
intervention,
or
you
know,
sitting
in
an
emergency
room.
We
do
think
that
this
creates
a
real
option.
The
second
is
that
the
state
has
and
is
continuing
to
create
regimes
that
allow
Law,
Enforcement
Officers
specifically
to
transport
people
to
a
facility
like
this.
X
If
it
exists,
even
if
there
is
not
a
crime
suspected
at
that
point,
so
long
as
that,
the
officer
believes
that
the
person
poses
a
risk
to
themselves
and
there's
both
Authority
Under,
the
involuntary
treatment
statute,
but
also
under
the
use
of
four
statutes
that
are
specific
for
law
enforcement
officers.
Both
of
those
allow
a
peace
officer
in
in
the
statutory
terms
to
transport
somebody
to
a
facility
like
this.
X
If
one
exists,
so
that's
you
know,
the
creation
of
a
place
to
go
I
think
is
the
chief
benefit,
the
thing
that
we
have
heard,
although
I
don't
have
the
the
data
to
support
this
in
any
empirical
way,
is
also
that
a
lot
of
police
officers
in
particular
want
to
get
to
the
next
call
they
want
to
get
to
the
call
that
is
more
fit
for
the
type
of
intervention
they
that
they
can
provide,
and
so
more
anecdotally
than
data
based.
X
We
have
heard
from
law
enforcement
officers
that
they
would
love
to
be
able
to
drop
somebody
off
at
a
facility.
The
Arizona
ones
have
a
performance
measure
around
them
where
they
need
to
be
able
to
complete
the
drop-off.
In
eight
minutes
and
that's
as
compared
to
what
is
often
described
as
a
three
or
four
hour
process,
when
a
law
enforcement
officer
drops
a
person
off
either
to
be
booked
into
jail
or
to
be
enrolled
in
an
emergency
room.
X
Indeed,
to
your
second
question:
Mr
Deputy,
Mayor,
The,
Cliff
Notes
version
of
what
happened
to
the
facilities.
It
is
a
story
of
having
invested
heavily
in
the
Capital
Construction
of
facilities
at
the
state
level
in
the
80s
and
90s
and
then
having
not
invested
at
all
in
the
maintenance
of
those
facilities.
So
it
is
not
a
mistake
actually
that
all
these
facilities
are
approaching
the
end
of
their
useful
life
without
having
received
substantial
maintenance
in
the
intervening
decades
at
about
the
same
time
and
I
do
expect
that
we
would
continue
to
lose
facilities.
X
In
fact,
I
received
a
letter
two
weeks
ago
and
about
another
facility
that
it's
considering
closing
inside
of
the
County
right
now
absent
some
sort
of
capital
investment
infusion.
So
anyone
who
does
Capital,
planning
and
I
know
that
comes
before
the
council
quite
frequently
knows
that
those
are
30-year
investment
timelines
and
we
have
gone
past
30
years
on
a
lot
of
these
Investments
and
the
maintenance
has
not
been
funded.
Since
then,.
A
Great,
thank
you
so
much
for
answering
my
questions
and
I
know
my
colleagues
are
eager
to
ask
them.
Are
there
so
I'll
move
along
here,
I'll
start
with
councilmember
Stokes,
who
represents
Bellevue
on
the
regional
policy
committee
I
understand
he
and
his
fellow
committee
members
worked
on
the
levy
ordinance
for
for
a
few
months.
So
then
we'll
just
go
down
the
line
and
then
I'll
end
with
the
with
the
mayor.
This.
E
Councilmember
Stokes,
okay,
thank
you.
Debbie
Mir,
on
the
regional
policy
committee
Just
for
information
includes
King
County,
council
members
and
sound
cities.
Association
appoints
five
people
in
on
one
of
those
and
the
city
of
Seattle.
So
it's
it's
a
wide
group
and
from
all
parts
of
this
of
the
state
and
the
county,
and
we,
you
know,
had
a
lot
of
work
on
this.
We
have
we're
limited
just
for
the
public
that
we
can't.
E
There
are
things
we
can't
ask
or
get
into
detail
on
this,
because
it's
a
we're
in
an
election
process
with
that
now,
so
it's
more
just
informational
in
a
sense
so
but
it'd
be
fun
to
actually
discuss
a
lot
of
this
more
but
and
we
one
of
the
things
that
was
really
important
about
it,
for
us
particularly,
is
that
with
our
CCAP
program
and
going
into
working
with
the
First
Responders
with
the
police
department
and
these
fire
department
working
together
and
where
you
like,
you
said:
where
do
you
take
them?
E
So
we
worked
on
that.
It's
been
really
exciting
and
my
point
on
the
whole
thing
is
that,
in
a
sense
the
2o's
been
involved
in
this
is
that
this
is
a
regional
County
process
and
it's
been
really
been
very
positive
and
thanks
to
a
lot
of
good
leadership
from
King,
County
and
I,
think
that's
we're
looking
forward
to
how
that
works,
and
as
an
aside,
you
understand.
You've
read
this
in
the
paper
that
Kirkland
and
several
other
cities
include
Bothell.
E
Some
others
are
themselves
doing
something
like
this
and
in
a
sense
this
may
be
a
catalyst
for
a
lot
more
development
on
the
whole
pieces,
which
is
good
and
again,
it's
really
something
we're
proud
to
be
part
of,
and
really
appreciate,
the
work
and
the
collaboration
between
your
department,
the
county
and
and
Bellevue.
U
Yes,
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
coming
and
providing
information.
I
know
councilman
member
Lee
and
I
were
just
at
the
National
League
of
cities
in
DC
and
and
these
types
of
Services
has
certainly
been
talked
about
around
the
country.
U
I
did
I'm
gonna,
make
my
comments
and
ask
my
questions
and
then
you
can
respond.
So
one
of
your
slides,
you
talked
about
Behavioral
Health
as
a
form
of
medical
care.
So
what
I
was
curious
about
is.
Does
that
mean
that,
in
addition
to
this
Levy
funding
that
there
are
state
and
federal
funding
available,
you
said
something
about
Medicaid
and
so
I
I
wanted
to
better
understand
how
this
funding
might
be
matching
or,
if
there's
other
funding
that
would
be
available.
U
That
would
support
that
and
I
think
that
the
deputy
mayor
asked
about
the
ccat
team,
so
I
think
what
I
heard
you
say
is
that
that
we
would
be
able
to
bring
folks
experiencing
Behavioral
Health
to
this,
these
kinds
of
facilities
with
the
no
wrong
door.
But
if
I
look
at
the
East
side,
it's
it's
a
really
long,
rectangle,
so
I'm
trying
to
get
a
sense
for
you
know.
U
You
had
a
slide
I
believe
it
was
slide,
13
that
talks
about
the
220
dollars
a
year
for
the
average
home
price,
but
then
in
the
bottom
right
it
looked
like
I,
wasn't
quite
sure,
I
understood
fully.
That
is
that
going
to
be
the
amount
that
we're
going
to
see
is.
Is
that
collection
or
is
it
the
millage
rate
that
is
going
to
be
going
up
and
down
what
am
I,
trying
to
say
I'm,
trying
to
understand
whether
we
are
collecting
a
certain
amount
of
money?
U
So,
as
the
home
prices
go
up,
the
actual
rate
actually
goes
down
because
you're
collecting
the
same
I,
don't
know
exactly
what
the
right
term
is
for
that,
but
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
we
understood
what
that
is,
and
then,
lastly,
when
you
talk
about
Behavioral,
Health,
Pipeline
and
growing
the
apprenticeship
programs,
what
would
a
place
like
Bellevue
College
be
eligible
for
that
type
of
apprenticeship
programming,
so
wanted
to
understand
a
bit
more
about
that
as
part
of
the
levy.
Thank
you.
X
Thank
you
councilmember,
so
the
to
the
first
question
about
what
is
the
possibility
or
likelihood
of
federal
or
state
matching
or
contribution
funds
the
it
can
get
very
complicated,
but
at
the
highest
level
the
levy
King
County
has
proposed
The
Levy
in
many
ways,
because
the
level
of
likely
State
investment
has
not
kept
up
with
the
level
of
need
that
we
see
within
the
community
and
so
I
described
how
that
looks
with
the
loss
of
facilities
and
described
how
that
looks.
With
the
absence
of
this
entire
class
of
facility
within
the
county.
X
That
said,
there
is
substantial,
Medicaid
funding
that
does
continue
to
to
flow
from
the
federal
to
the
state
and
then
to
the
County
government
for
the
provision
of
Behavioral
Health
Services.
The
vast
majority
of
that
Medicaid
funding
is
for
what
you
could
sort
of
roughly
call
Primary
Care
as
opposed
to
Crisis
Care
and
then
there's
a
separate
set
of
State
funds
called
the
non-medicaid
creatively,
the
non-medicated
rate
that
will
come
for
a
lot
of
the
crisis
funds.
X
200
million
dollars
of
capital
and
then
roll
the
remaining
amount
into
the
secondary
purpose
or
the
third
purpose,
so
to
create
more
mental
health
residential
beds
or
to
make
more
Workforce
Investments
I'm
unaware
of
any
year
in
which
the
state
has
appropriated
200
million
dollars
specific
to
King
County
for
the
creation
of
facilities,
and
that's
why
I
mentioned
scale
so
I
can't
predict
and
wouldn't
venture
to
predict
what
the
state
might
do,
but
based
on
historical
levels
of
investment.
X
We
have
structured
the
levy,
so
that
could
absorb
as
much
as
we
could
get,
but
also
grapple
with
the
fact
that
the
need
is
growing
not
shrinking
or
staying
the
same.
On
your
second
question:
could
the
CCAP
team
bring
people
to
Crisis
Care
Center,
as
we
have
proposed
it?
Yes,
they're
designed
to
for
exactly
that
type
of
purpose
and
any
any
person
in
any
jurisdiction
could
transport
people
to
them.
X
On
the
question
of
where
they
would
be
cited
to
correct
that
what
we've
rendered
the
East
King
County
crisis
response
zones
does
extend
quite
a
bit
to
the
east
I'm,
mindful
that
the
majority
of
the
population,
that
is
that
lives
within
that
crisis
response
zone,
is
on
the
western
half
of
that.
That
said,
we
have
not
selected
any
of
the
sites
and
would
need
to
receive
proposals.
X
Should
voters
approve
the
levy
for
where
host
jurisdiction
would
want
to
situate
and
cite
that
are
any
of
the
facilities,
and
so
it's
unclear
to
me
whether
there
would
be
12
proposals
or
one
sort
of
Consolidated
Regional
proposal
about
where
a
facility
should
be
to
your
question
about
the
methodology.
X
It
is
a
levy
that
is
set
with
an
initial
first
year
rate,
and
so
it
is
not
set
to
collect
a
specific
amount,
but
rather
it's
it's
it's
the
rate
is
set,
and
then
what
has
been
the
case
recently
in
King
County
is
that
assessed.
Values
have
exceeded
the
capped
rate
at
which
property
tax
can
grow.
So
if
that
were
to
continue
to
be
the
case,
the
levy
would
grow
by
one
percent
annual
plus
the
value
of
new
construction,
which
really
gets
into
Assessments
in
a
detailed
way
which
I'm
happy
to.
X
If
you'd
like,
should
property
values
fall,
then
the
Levy's
Revenue
would
fall
so
the
it's
not
set
up
to
to
generate
a
specific
amount.
But
that
said,
we
do
watch
forecasts
that
forecast
out
at
least
seven
years
and
have
modeled
the
levy
in
order
to
deliver
its
requirements.
Based
on
the
forecasts
that
we
have
available
to
us.
X
The
last
question:
could
Bellevue
College
be
a
a
site
for
a
apprenticeship
program?
I
think
the
the
proper
way
to
answer
the
question
from
the
ballot
measure
ordinance
is
there's
nothing
within
the
ballot
measure,
ordinance
that
would
preclude
the
inclusion
of
Bellevue
College
in
any
apprenticeship
program
that
the
levy
May
fund
I
think
once
we
got
into
implementation
planning,
we
want
to
see
and
understand
where
both
the
apprenticeship
programs
are
and
then
where
the
certification
training
is,
that
is
creating
the
opportunity
for
people
to
become
behavioral
health
professionals.
X
U
C
You
a
very
succinct
presentation.
Thank
you.
I,
have
a
few
questions,
follow
up
with
some
of
the
questions
that
would
ask
then
I've.
Finally,
a
specific
question
following
up
with
some
of
the
questions
that's
being
asked,
is
that
you
you
mentioned
about
potential
Federal.
Well,
council
members
are
mentioned
potential
federal
government
participation.
C
We
know
that
you
know
this
by
Patterson.
You
know,
infrastructure
law
has
provided
lots
of
money,
and
that
includes
a
lot
of
things,
including
Home,
Affordable,
housing
and
various
Human
Services
needs
and
a
lot
of
stuff.
So
I
would
say
that
you
know
that
probably
should
be
open
for
King
County.
For
you
to
take
a
look
at
and
see,
there's
some
potential.
C
X
Briefly,
council
member
I
appreciate
the
question
very
much.
We
are
watchful
for
what
may
come
from
the
federal
government
in
terms
of
funding
that
could
fund
the
types
of
services
or
facilities
that
this
Levy
is
proposed
to
address
I'm
unaware
of
a
specific
proposal
stemming
particularly
from
the
federal
government
on
this
right
now.
X
But
one
thing
that
has
historically
been
the
case
when
seeking
federal
grants
is
the
ability
to
demonstrate
local
contribution.
It's
sort
of
the
reverse
of
the
match.
Question
is
it's
often
the
case
that
the
federal
government
responds
favorably
to
local
jurisdictions,
who
are
able
to
demonstrate
that
they
can
provide?
X
The
federal
government
would
provide
the
last
piece
and
then
we're
able
to
go
forward
and
the
structure
of
the
levy
is
such
that
we'd
be
able
to
displace
any
local
funds
with
federal
or
state
funds,
and
then
roll
them
through
to
build
more
Behavioral
Health
beds
or
to
make
more
Workforce
investors
I.
C
C
C
You
know
it's
similar
very
much
to
what
we
are
looking
at
in
terms
of
addressing
homeless,
affordable,
housing
right,
it's
really
combined
there's,
so
many
different
services
are
provided
by
different
jurisdictions,
and
so
I
would
imagine
it's
not
going
to
be
easy,
and
but
I
would
hope
that
there's
some
clear
connection
that
would
be
shown
that
you
know
how
does
one
affect
the
other?
You
say
their
services
that
are
are
not
available.
C
Just
what
can
we
do?
What
can
we
look
at?
What
can
we
address?
What
can
we
consider
I
think
that
would
be
something
that
you
know
I'll
be
very
interested
to
know
because
it
is
the
overall
interconnected
challenge
problem,
so
so
beside
that?
Okay,
do
you
have
something
to
say
about
that?
Just
curious.
X
Just
real
quickly
in
terms
of
the
connections,
one
example
and
I
know
that
this
is
one
that
is
important
issue
to
the
city
of
Bellevue
right
now,
so
as
the
the
city
begins
to
construct
new,
affordable
or
Supportive
Housing,
one
of
the
questions
that
always
comes
up
is
what
services
will
be
available
within
Supportive
Housing
to
ensure
the
residents
within
the
building
can
be
successful
and
that
the
building
is
successful
within
its
Community
one
of
the
pieces
of
feedback
that
we
get
quite
a
bit
from
Supportive
Housing
providers
is
that
when
they
have
a
person
who
enters
Behavioral
Health
crisis,
they
don't
have
enough
tools
or
places
to
send
a
person
they're
able
to
do
a
lot
to
manage
a
person
and
to
prevent
crisis,
but
in
those
instances
either
in
Supportive
Housing,
but
but
frankly,
in
any
housing
or
outside
when
a
person
needs
that
crisis
care
right
now,
if
you
were
to
call
from
any
of
your
homes
for
a
designated
crisis
responder
to
come
to
your
home
to
do
an
a
value
evaluation
on
average,
it
would
take
more
than
270
hours.
C
An
example
of
the
interrelationship
connection
is
with
even
Public
Safety
right,
Law
Enforcement
Officers,
what
they
do.
How
do
they
do
it,
how
much
they
have
to
do
if
they
come
to
a
situation,
so
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
things
connected,
so
you
know
ultimately
I
hope
we
can,
you
know,
have
them
sort
of
sort
through.
Finally,
the
question
I
would
ask:
is
the
city
of
Kirkland
is
pondering
with
other
cities
to
build
a
new
crisis
response
Center
dedicated
the
serving
community
members
across
North
and
Northeast
King
County?
X
All
right,
so
there
is
nothing
mandatory
within
the
ballot
measure,
ordinance
about
any
relationship
with
the
Kirkland
and
five
City
proposal,
and
should
voters
approve
this
one
Crisis
Care,
Centers,
The,
Crisis,
Care,
Senator
Levy,
is
crafted
in
such
a
way
that
it
would
be
possible
for
a
the
Kirkland
cited
facility
to
become
the
north
crisis
response
zones,
Crisis
Care
Center,
if
that
set
of
cities
applied
for
that
to
be
the
case,
it
does
allow
for
pre-existing
facilities
to
enter
into
the
crisis
care
centers
network.
X
If
those
facilities
operate
in
a
way,
that's
consistent
with
what
the
ballot
measure
ordinance
requires.
So
there's
nothing
required
about
it.
We
are
in
close
conversation
with
all
of
those
cities
and
they're
aware
that,
should
the
levy
pass,
they
would
have
an
opportunity
to
apply
for
that
become
the
crisis
response.
Center
or
excuse
me.
The
crisis
care
center
for
the
north,
but
I,
don't
know
whether
they
would
or
will
do
that.
X
And
another
way
to
answer
it
is
whether
or
not
that
Crisis
Care
Center
is
funded
by
The
Crisis
Care
Center's
Levy.
Should
voters
approve
it?
They
are
that
that
facility,
in
any
case,
is
still
going
to
be
contracting
back
with
the
Department
of
Community
Human
Services
and
our
Behavioral
Health
and
Recovery
division,
so
we'll
be
the
contract
monitors
for
the
operations
of
that
facility.
No
matter
what.
T
So
I
have
two
subject:
areas
I'd
like
to
dig
into
with
you
tonight.
Thank
you
for
coming
Mr
floor
and
for
the
presentation
first
I'd
like
to
talk
about
just
general
Behavioral
Health
funding
in
King,
County
I.
Think
we
all
value
Behavioral,
Health
and
I
appreciate
King
County,
really
looking
at
this
with
a
with
a
close
eye.
T
But
it
seems
to
me
that
there
is
a
lot
of
programs
that
already
exist.
We
have
the
behavioral
health
and
Recovery,
which
has
a
you,
know:
mental
health
substance,
abuse
disorder,
crisis,
responders
crisis,
Services,
detox,
emergency
line,
Etc,
that's
in
2021
numbers
that
was
52
million
a
year
in
King
County,
there's
the
mid,
which
is
a
sales
tax
which
has
the
crisis,
diversions,
recovery
and
re-entry
77
million
a
year
in
2021,
and
then
there's
other
ones
that
have
some
overlap,
but
maybe
not
are
directly
over
a
lot.
T
That's
almost
340
million
dollars
a
year
in
2021
numbers
and
then,
if
my
math
is
Right
1.25
billion
over
nine
years,
this
new
Levy
would
add
about
another
140
million
per
year
to
the
revenue
source,
which
makes
you
know
almost
a
half
a
billion
dollars
a
year
coming
in
in
Revenue
to
King
County
for
homelessness,
housing
and
Behavioral
Health.
So
we
with
with
the
340
million
a
year.
T
Why
is
there
not
enough
money?
Why
do
you
need
more
money
number
one
and
number
two?
How
will
this?
How
will
this?
How
will
King
County
assure
that
you
are
not
because
it
seems
like
some
of
these
are
duplicating
efforts?
How
will
you
make
sure
you're
not
just
duplicating
efforts,
more
more
administrative
people
doing
the
same
thing
as
the
people
being
funded
by
other
sources?
So
that's
my
first
question.
My
second
question
is
going
to
be
about
Heart
Review.
But
can
you
answer
that
one
first,
please
absolutely.
X
Thank
you
councilmember,
so
of
the
five
programs
that
you
mentioned
and
then
named
Associated
budgets
with
them.
The
first
two.
You
are
correct
that
those
are
fully
attributable
to
behavioral
health
expenditures.
The
last
three
you
cited,
the
full
Levy
amounts
only
a
small
portion
of
which
is
associated
with
Behavioral
Health
expenditures.
X
So
the
first
two,
the
majority
of
Behavioral
Health
funding
that
comes
through
King
County
and
the
total
annual
amount
in
2023
will
estimate
to
be
about
365
million
dollars.
That's
Medicaid
funding,
the
vast
majority
of
and
the
way
the
Medicaid
funding
works
is
that
it
is
passed
through.
The
county,
II
provider
is
to
reimburse
them
for
the
costs
of
services
that
they've
provided.
So
it's
not
a
new
programming.
It's
it's
that
that's
the
sort
of
federal
government's
way
to
pay
for
health
care
for
people
who
cannot
afford
their
own
health
care
insurance.
X
The
second
one
that
you
mentioned,
where
I
do
believe
that
the
full
the
totality
of
it
is
attributable
to
Behavioral
Health
Care,
is
the
mid
I,
actually
have
it
at
95
million
dollars
in
2023.
Although
the
mids
collections
as
a
sales
tax
have
have
moved
pretty
quickly
over
the
last
three
years
in
particular,
so
it
is
a
highly
variable
Source.
What
the
mid
is
primarily
investing
in.
X
In
addition
to
some
mandatory
investments
in
court-based
programming
is
again
the
full
range
of
services,
but
not
in
facilities,
and
so
the
mid
does
not
contain
and
and
I
do
note,
that
the
mayor
is
actually
a
member
of
the
mid
advisory
committee
and
so
would
welcome
the
mayor's
correction
at
any
point.
X
But
the
the
mid
is
not
really
focused
on
the
creation
of
facilities
or
substantially
on
the
sort
of
Maintenance
of
Workforce,
and
this
begins
to
identify
the
differentiation
that
I
think
is
really
important
within
the
three
other
programs
that
you
mentioned
so
Health
through
housing,
the
veteran
seniors
and
Human
Services
loving
the
best
arts
for
kids
program.
There
are
specific
investments
in
programs
and
they
tend
to
be
very
far
Upstream
to
use
that
metaphor
at
the
sort
of
screening
stage.
X
So
best
starts
for
kids,
for
example,
it's
largest
Behavioral
Health
investment
is
in
a
screening
program.
That's
based
within
schools
called
espert
and
that
really
works
with
schools
to
identify
indicators
of
potential
emerging,
behavioral
health
issues
or
suicidal
ideation.
For
for
kids,
who
are
going
to
school,
the
veterans,
seniors
and
Human
Services
Levy
I
think
has
the
most
sort
of
variety
of
Behavioral
Health
in
Investments,
but
again
they
tend
to
be
in
screening.
So
there's
a
pearls
program
which
screens
seniors
for
behavioral
health
conditions.
X
There
is
a
funding
of
veterans,
behavioral
health
for
Veterans
Who
are
ineligible
to
receive
VA
care,
and
then
there
is
funding
for
an
emergency
services
Patrol,
which
is
one
of
those.
Not
who
do
you
call
or
where
do
you
go,
but
who
responds
programs?
That's
limited
to
downtown
Seattle,
so
there
are
small
Investments
there.
But
what
if
you
render
it
all?
What
is
missing
is
facilities,
crisis
facilities
specifically
and
Workforce,
and
the
three
components
of
this
Levy
proposal
are
crisis
facilities
and
their
and
their
operations
in
Workforce,
which
don't
exist
right
now.
T
Okay,
thank
you.
That's
very
helpful.
So
about
Harbor
View.
Last
month
the
County
Council
received
an
update
on
the
1.7
billion
Harborview
Capital
Bond
measure
I,
understand
that,
since
that
time,
the
cost
projections
have
increased,
almost
a
billion
900
million
to
an
estimated
2.6
billion.
T
Since
Harbor
View
is
often
known
as
like
the
spot,
where
a
lot
of
the
people
in
crisis
end
up
going
I'm
wondering
whether
the
county
is
considering
assuming
this
Levy
passes,
whether
the
county
is
considering
using
some
of
the
potential
Levy
Revenue
to
complete
the
larger
funding
package
for
Harborview
I
think
that
our
whole
region
relies
on
Harbor
View,
so
I.
What
is
the
county
thinking
about
that.
X
X
I
I
do
sort
of
Resort
back
to
what
is
an
eligible
expenditure
and
then
what
the
levy
must
do
and
that
sort
of
creates
a
regime
that
makes
it
really
hard
to
do
anything
with
the
levy
other
than
what
it
is
explicitly
designed
for
and
that's
that
is
intentional.
So
again
you
you
must
fund
the
Paramount
purpose.
You
must
fund
supporting
purposes
one
or
two.
X
There
is
a
definition
of
eligible
expenditures
within
the
levy
that
prescribes
these
are
the
things
these
are
the
only
things
that
the
living
may
be
spent
on
and
then
there's
an
additional
paragraph
that
specifies
a
number
of
things
that
you
can't
spend
the
levy
on,
and
then
it
says
you
can
only
spend
the
levy
within
its
eligible
expenditures,
excluding
what
you
can't
spend
it
on
after
the
passage
of
an
implementation
plan.
X
Should
voters
approve
the
levy,
and
so
there's
a
number
of
steps
there
that
that
really
sort
of
serve
to
constrict
or
focus
with
the
levy
may
be
spent
on,
and
what
I
can
answer
for?
You
conclusively
is:
if
there
is
a
way
to
make,
you
know
expenditure
at
Harborview,
an
eligible
expenditure
of
the
levy,
but
any
way
that
it
would
go
would
have
to
be
a
policy
decision
undertaken
by
both
the
regional
policy
committee
and
the
King
County
Council.
T
Y
Right,
thank
you
good
to
see
you
Leo
thanks
for
being
here.
It's
just
a
one
clarifying
question.
So
five
crisis
centers
Crisis
Care
Centers.
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
five
was
determined
sort
of
how
that
fits
into
the
broader
need
across
the
county
and
maybe
tying
it
I
know
there
was
a
question
about
the
state,
but
also
how
that
might
relate
to
fit
within
the
total
need
relative
to
like
HP
5120,
if
that
were
to
pass
as
well.
Thank
you.
X
Thank
you
councilmember,
so
why?
Five
in
some
ways
we've
taken
a
look
at
one
of
the
ideas
was
to
make
sure
that
we
have
Geographic
dispersion
crisis
response
system
is
actually
a
little
bit
different
than
sometimes
the
way
Human
Services
folks,
analyze
need
and
capacity.
X
So,
on
some
level,
four
zones
versus
five
zones
versus
six
zones
is,
you
know,
a
function
of
seeing
how
much
each
of
these
facilities
is
likely
to
cost
and
understanding
what
their
capacity
is
so
comparable
facilities,
the
one
at
North
that
will
be
cited
in
Kirkland,
for
example,
that
provider
believes
that
they
can
handle
about
14
000
people
per
year.
X
The
I
shared
this
earlier
that
law
enforcement
drop-offs
have
have
tended
to
be
about
nine
thousand
per
facility
per
year
in
a
similar
Network
in
Maricopa,
County
Arizona,
and
so
by
balancing
the
total
number
of
what
we
project.
The
need
is
for
Crisis
Care
understanding
that
we
would
not,
in
any
version
of
a
proposal,
be
able
to
propose
enough
money
to
fund
10
of
these
and
recognizing
that
there's
sort
of
a
natural
pattern,
I
guess
of
of
sub-regions
that
we
have
adopted
in
other
parts
of
Human
Services.
X
That's
how
we
really
arrived
at
four
for
adults
and
then
the
fifth
for
Youth
and
some
folks
have
asked
what's
the
basis
for
just
one
out
of
five
being
a
person
for
youth.
When
we
take
a
look
at
overall
County
population,
the
number
or
percentage
of
County
population
of
people
who
are
youth
is
about
20
percent.
And
then
we
take
a
look
at
the
data
around
crisis
calls
and-
and
we
would
expect
this-
but
four
percent
of
involuntary
treatment
calls,
for
example,
are
for
Youth,
and
so
we
based
on
those
two
stats.
X
We
really
do
believe
that
one
center
right
now
is
appropriate.
So
your
larger
question,
though
council
member
I,
mean
this
also
gets
to
council
member
Robertson's
question.
I.
Do
not
believe
that
this
Levy
is
sufficient
to
satisfy
by
the
full
amount
of
Behavioral
Health
Care
need
that
we
have
in
our
County
and
I,
actually
don't
think
it's
close
I
think
we
are
seeing
a
number
of
indicators
that
Behavioral
Health
Care,
both
Across
the
Nation
and
within
King
County
in
any
City.
The
needs
are,
are
growing
dramatically.
X
We
operate
and
contract
with
the
two
on
one
line,
for
example,
who
also
operates
the
988
line.
They
are
seeing
increases
in
the
calls
that
they're
receiving
going
up
100
percent
a
year,
200
percent
a
year
when
the
988
line
called
our
when
the
988
line
opened
within
a
couple
of
months.
If
you
include
text
messages
nationally,
the
number
of
of
contacts
to
that
system
went
up
over
a
thousand
percent.
We
have
a
youth,
Mental
Health
crisis,
that's
well
documented.
X
As
council
member
Lee
mentioned,
we
see
mental
health
playing
out
in
the
housing
and
homelessness
systems.
We
also
have
seen
mental
health
and
Behavioral
Health
more
broadly,
playing
out
within
the
legal
system,
both
in
the
criminal
in
the
backlog
of
cases,
the
number
of
people
waiting
awaiting
restoration
within
the
King
County
jail
and
then
a
conversation
about
how
often
the
jail
might
be
being
used
right
now
as
a
sort
of
behavioral
health
facility
of
First
Resort
and
the
largest
inside
of
the
County
right
now.
X
So
those
are
just
data
points,
I
can't
comprehensively,
unfortunately,
say
to
you,
council,
member
or
anybody
on
the
council.
We
have
this
much
Behavioral
Health
need,
and
we
therefore
need
this
much
capacity
to
address
it.
What
I
can
see
very
clearly
from
my
vantage
point
is
we're
nowhere
near
meeting
the
need
right
now.
V
Thank
you
thanks
for
remembering
me,
I
wanted
to
say
Leo
that
you
know
just
kind
of
an
anecdotally
as
a
health
care
professional
and
then
in
my
role
on
Mid
and
in
my
work
with
human
services.
I
think
your
description
of
the
need
is
extremely
accurate
and
I
council
members
on
I
appreciate
your
recommendation
of
partnering
with
Bellevue
College
to
create
a
Workforce
pipeline
for
these
jobs
and
council
member
Robertson.
I'll
just
say
mid
is
gosh.
V
It
is
so
it's
so
stretched
as
it
is,
and
I
really
cannot
fulfill
the
needs
that
this
program
is
describing
so
Leo.
My
question
to
you:
I'm,
going
to
describe
a
a
real
situation
that
I
witnessed
where
somebody
in
a
mental
health
crisis
ends
up
going
to
Overlake
hospital
with
their
parents,
even
though
they're
an
adult
and
is
in
a
complete
crisis
and
agrees
finally
to
intervention
and
having
treatment
and
the
hospital
turns
around
says:
I'm.
V
X
Thank
you,
madam
mayor
one,
just
to
sort
of
empirically
support
the
example
that
you're
giving
hundreds
of
people
wait
for
two
days
or
more
inside
of
emergency
rooms
right
now
awaiting
a
be
of
an
appropriate
Behavioral,
Health
placement
in
our
local
hospitals,
and
that's
just
so
the
the
situation
that
you're
describing
happens
frequently.
X
The
short
answer
is:
unless
the
person
had
a
physical
health
care
condition
that
was
life-threatening
at
the
moment
such
that
they
should
first
have
that
addressed,
which
presumably
they
would
at
a
emergency
room.
The
person
should
go
to
The
Crisis
Care
Center.
X
They
are
designed
to
accept
people
in
in
all
sort
on
all
states
if
a
person's
conduct
or
behavior
is
such
that
involuntary
treatment
is
actually
the
more
appropriate
course
at
that
point
than
that
assessment
can
be
done
on
site,
but
they're
designed
to
take
folks
in
and
then
clinically
provide
the
type
of
care
necessary
to
de-escalate
a
person
in
exactly
the
type
of
Behavioral
Health
crisis
that
you
mentioned,
Madam
mayor
and
then
a
last
a
data
point
some
folks
will
say
well.
Why?
X
Wouldn't
we
just
try
to
automatically
involuntarily,
detain
the
person
so
right
now
in
the
involuntary
detention
system.
This
is
a
pretty
consistent
statistic.
26
percent
of
people
who
are
assessed
as
needing
involuntary
detention
will
actually
be
turned
away
by
an
ENT
which
is
a
evaluation
and
treatment
center
of
the
particular
class
of
facility
to
which
we
send
people
as
the
first
stop
when
they've
been
involuntarily
detained
and
the
reason
that
they're
turning
them
away
is
typically
for
men,
medical
Acuity.
X
A
Thank
you,
mayor,
Robinson,
all
right,
Mr
Flora!
Thank
you
again
for
coming
down
with
a
great
presentation
and
going
over
the
levy
with
us.
Thank
you
so
much
Lacey,
Jane,
Wolf
and
Elena
Stevens
for
being
here
tonight
as
well,
really
appreciate
it
with
that
will
take
about
a
I.
Don't
know
a
15-minute
break
here,
let's
say
10
after
10
after
eight
we'll
come
back.
Thank
you.
I
Please
thank
you
mayor
Deputy,
Mayor
and
council
members.
The
next
item
on
your
agenda
is
an
update
on
the
recommendation
on
the
bill
field.
Bellevue
Airfield
master
plan,
tonight's
staff
are
secant
Council
of
feedback
and
support
on
a
preferred
master
plan
concept
that
will
be
submitted
for
environmental
review
and
just
by
way
a
background
at
the
October
2021
council
meeting
Council
directed
staff
to
prepare
an
update
to
the
2012
Bellevue
Airfield
that
Park
master
plan
with
the
goal
of
understanding,
Community
preferences
and
informing
impacts
associated
with
locating
a
new
Aquatic
Center
on
the
site.
I
Z
Thank
you,
city
manager,
city
manager,
Miyake
and
good
evening,
mayor
Robinson,
W,
mayor
newenhouse
and
members
of
the
city
council.
So
so
tonight
we
are
back
in
the
next
step
of
updating
the
master
plan
for
Bellevue,
Airfield,
Park
and,
specifically
tonight
we're
requesting
Council
feedback
in
support
of
a
preferred
master
plan
to
take
into
environmental
review
and
we're
not
asking
for.
We
are
not
asking
for
the
council
to
make
an
action
on
a
specific
alternative
this
evening.
So
next
slide.
I
Z
I
Z
Adopted
master
plan
for
the
park
and
then
also
look
at
the
concept
for
the
proposed
Aquatic
Center,
we'll
talk
about
this
planning
effort
in
context
of
the
parks
and
open
space
system,
Plan
update
and
as
you
may
recall,
that
plan
was
updated
just
last
year.
We'll
also
then
go
into
the
community
outreach
and
feedback
completed
as
a
part
of
the
Master
Plan
update
and
then
we'll
look
at
the
master
plan.
Z
AA
Good
evening
the
27
acre
Park
Airfield
is
located
a
quarter
mile
East
along
a
pedestrian
path
to
Robinswood
Park,
which
is
50
acres
and
north
of
I-90
in
the
East
Gate
area.
As
shown
on
the
map
in
2002,
recognizing
the
Bellevue
Airfield
Park,
as
may,
represent
the
last
opportunity
to
acquire
a
large
flat
area
in
Bellevue
for
Park
purposes,
typically
to
provide
an
active,
Community,
Park
Council
approved
the
purchase.
AA
AA
There
is
great
vehicle
access
from
the
south
I-90
through
the
office
Park
on
160th,
well,
The
Pedestrian
Trail
access
is
provided
from
north
and
west
residential
neighborhoods
on
well-established
trails
from
a
development
perspective
perspective.
The
site
is
full
of
utility,
easements
abandoned
and
operational,
such
as
a
landfill
gas
migration
system,
groundwater
monitoring
Wells
and
a
major
King
County
Metro
sewer
line.
AA
AA
The
arrows
indicate
the
direction
of
slope
in
this
case
from
a
site
development
perspective,
There
are
16
acres
on
the
well
first
of
all,
the
photos
that
you're
seeing
in
front
of
you
develop
Trails
the
field
area
generally
the
landfill
area
and,
on
the
right
hand,
side
you're.
Looking
at
the
stormwater
detention
pond.
AA
From
a
site
development
perspective,
there
are
about
16
acres
on
the
north
side
of
the
property,
with
limited
development
due
to
steep
slopes
and
established
forests,
and
about
11
and
a
half
acres
of
developable
park
space.
That's
relatively
flat,
an
Open,
Meadow
or
open
field
and
adjacent
to
those
commercial
Neighbors.
AA
20
2012,
the
council
adopted
the
master
plan
for
Bellevue
Airfield
Park,
after
about
a
four-year
Outreach,
Outreach
and
cipa
process.
What
you're
looking
at
is
that
adopted
master
plan.
So
if
the
master
plan
was
not
adopted,
we
would
be
likely
moving
forward
with
development
of
the
plan
you
see
before
you,
which
includes
two
sport,
Fields
the
trails
pointing
out
the
shared
parking
with
our
commercial
neighbors
that
we
currently
have
easements
for
in
place
picnic
areas
and
also
part
of
this
master
plan.
AA
In
2021,
the
city
council
directed
an
update
to
the
existing
Bellevue
Airfield
Park,
to
understand
both
Community
preferences
and
inform
impacts
associated
with
locating
an
aquatic
facility
on
this
site.
The
Bellevue
Park
site
is
the
only
undeveloped
City
on
site
large
enough
to
accommodate
the
preferred
Aquatic
Facility
concept.
AA
That
concept
requires
about
10
to
11
acres,
additional
ease
elements
recommending
an
aquatic
facility
at
this
site
are
access
off
I-90
existing
parking
agreements,
the
site
and
size
that
would
allow
for
an
Aquatic
Facility
in
complementary
outdoor
recreation
use
an
overview
of
the
council's
preferred
130
square
foot.
Aquatic
Facility
concept
would
provide
Recreation,
Splash,
Family
Pool,
warm
water
therapy,
competition
pool
spectator
seating,
deep
dive,
pool
Fitness
facilities,
class
meeting
and
event
space.
AA
Not
only
have
we
undergone
a
certain
amount
of
public
Outreach,
but
during,
but
also
good
to
consider
would
be
our
parks
and
open
space
system
plan
needs
and
Community
preferences
on
the
slide
before
you
are
the
top
ranked
Community
preferences
and
park
system
development
goals
based
on
a
city-wide.
AA
Oh
I'm,
going
to
say
this
wrong,
statistically
valid
survey
performed
for
the
2022
park
in
open
space
system.
Plan,
update,
Trails,
followed
by
beaches
and
Waterfront
parks,
unstructured
play
areas,
parks
and
display.
Gardens
rank
very
high
and
are
pretty
consistent
year
to
year,
is
what
we
hear
from
the
Community
as
far
as
preferences
of
amenities
within
parks.
AA
So
during
the
Bellevue
Airfield
Master
Plan
update
process,
we've
received
well
over
a
thousand
emails
phone
calls
and
survey
responses
that
often
question
the
need
for
various
Park
amenities.
Community
amenity
requests
for
this
site
have
include
Trails
sport,
Fields
picnic,
shelters,
pickleball
and
an
Aquatic
Facility.
AA
AA
Pickleballs,
we
have
heard
a
lot
about
pickleballs
from
the
community,
both
during
the
park
and
open
space
system
plan,
as
well
as
at
our
Outreach
for
Bellevue
Airfield
Park.
Our
park
and
open
space
system
offers
18
picnic,
shelter.
Sorry
pickleball
offers
what
is
it
17,
currently
17
pickleball
courts
and
this
year
we'll
be
adding
approximately
12
more
pickleball
courts.
AA
I
should
say
also
that
pickleball
is
offered
at
most
of
our
indoor
facilities,
community
centers
during
the
day
and
also
I'll
offer
by
comparison,
our
East
Side
neighbor
Park
departments
are
currently
working
to
address
this
very
need.
There
are
five
in
Issaquah
four
in
Kirkland
and
Redmond
has
14
pickleball
courts.
AA
Aquatics,
you
know
you
have
heard
quite
a
bit
about
Aquatics.
Recently,
the
need
for
aquatic
development
has
been
informed
by
feasibility
studies
in
2009
in
2020
and
in
2021
and
a
King
County
2019
Regional
aquatic
report.
The
only
public,
Aquatic
Facility
in
Bellevue
was
funded
by
forward
thrust
in
the
1960s.
AA
The
Bellevue
Aquatic
Center
is
approaching
the
end
of
its
useful
life.
Over
50
years
old,
the
Bellevue
Aquatic
Center
has
served
bellevue's
population
of
60
000
in
1970
to
over
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
population.
Today,
the
population
of
the
East
Side
communities
has
more
than
doubled.
In
the
last
50
years,
there
are
nearly
half
a
million
people
living
in
the
east
side.
Service
area
with
continued
population
growth,
anticipated
Bellevue,
Aquatic,
Center's
age
capacity
and
inability
to
provide
a
full
range
of
aquatic
programming,
make
it
inadequate
to
meet
today's
demand
for
Aquatics.
AA
Regarding
our
community
outreach,
we've
had
several
Community
Gatherings
to
help
inform
the
Bellevue
Airfield
master
plan
project
articles
have
been
in
the
Bellevue
reporter
and
Neighborhood
News.
The
Bellevue
Airfield
Master
Plan
update
project
was
published
in
it's
your
city
prior
to
initiating
initiating
community
outreach.
AA
AA
We
have
been
back
to
the
parks
and
Community
Services
Board.
We
visited
with
you
and
shared
project
updates
in
December
of
last
year,
since
we
have
shared
the
progress
of
this
project
with
you,
we
had
another
Outreach
meeting
in
January
and
a
parks
and
Community
Services
meeting
in
February,
where
the
parks
and
Community
Services
shared
their
recommended.
Master
Plan
update,
based
on
what
we've
heard,
overarching
themes
of
inclusivity,
safety,
environmentally
responsive
and
the
master
plan
should
also
be
active.
AA
The
city
is
committed
to
these
design
development
objectives,
sustainable,
safe
and
good
design,
including
septed
or
crime
prevention
through
environmental
design
review,
which
would
include
good
sight
lines,
positive
Park
activities
and
quality
and
responsive
operation
and
management.
Among
many
other
items,
environmental
improvements
to
address
stormwater
landfill
systems
and
construction
would
include
sustainable
Aquatic,
Facility
systems.
AA
Laughs,
these
will
look
familiar
to
you.
These
three
master
plan.
Alternatives
were
shared
on
December
5th,
with
you,
a
modified
2012
master
plan
with
no
Aquatic
Facility,
but
with
pickleball
courts.
An
Aquatic
Facility
in
the
southwest
position
of
the
site
and
an
aquatic
ends
an
Aquatic
Facility
in
the
Southeast
position
of
the
park
site.
AA
Community
feedback
regarding
those
three
Alternatives
were.
First,
there
are
not
enough
pickleball
courts
in
any
of
the
Alternatives.
We
had
a
very
strong
organized
group
interested
in
seeing
pickleballs
built
in
Bellevue.
There
are
not
enough,
or
next
most
frequent
comment
was
support
for
an
Aquatic
Facility,
not
as
numerous,
however,
consistent
were
comments,
citing
concerns
of
loss
of
trees,
habitat
and
open
space
and
potential
impacts
of
increased
nefarious
activities,
as
well
as
those
supporting
no
development.
At
all.
The
board
supported
an
Aquatic
Facility
in
pickleball
courts
and
in
December.
AA
AA
Based
on
community
and
Council
and
Park
Board
feedback
and
working
towards
a
balanced
plan,
plans
evolved
to
keep
more
passive
activities
to
the
north.
The
dark
green
areas
and
a
desire
to
preserve
the
forested
area
eliminated
citing
The
Aquatic
scent
The
Aquatic
Facility
in
the
north
portion
of
the
site.
AA
The
community's
desired
and
park
amenities
have
remained
consistent
throughout
the
Outreach
process.
Approximately
three
and
a
half
acres
of
land
is
available
for
active
Park
amenities,
that
of
sport,
Fields
play
area,
basketball,
pickleball,
water
play
and
picnic
areas
that
would
be
hard
to
fit
in
three
and
a
half
acres.
AA
So
concept
one
presented
both
at
the
last
community
meeting
and
to
Park
Board,
is
before
you
on
the
screen.
AA
The
parking
areas
in
Gray
multi-use
field
is
in
this
particular
concept:
basketball,
court,
pickleball
courts
are
one
two
three
four
and
there's
a
Amphitheater
there
just
to
deal
with
the
steep
slopes
that
we
have
and
avoid
a
75
foot
we'll
say:
okay,
maybe
it's
not
75
foot,
it's
probably
more
like
a
25
foot
wall,
stormwater
area,
restrooms
and
Aquatic
Facility
and
concept.
Two
comparatively.
AA
Concept:
two
okay
concept:
two
is
very
similar
to
concept.
One
you'll
note
that
in
lieu
of
the
sport
field
there
are
pickleball
courts.
There
are
approximately
eight
shown
here.
There
is
no
picnicking
area
up
in
what
is
referred
to
as
the
northwest
corner.
However,
you'll
note
on
both
of
these
Concepts,
there
is
parking
that
extends
up
into
that
area.
AA
AA
Quick
comparison
of
those
two
concepts,
you'll
see
that
the
pickleball
courts
in
concept,
one
were
four
in
Concepts.
Two
are
eight
play
areas
reasonably
similar,
as
is
water
play,
Outdoors
basketball
court
is
pretty
equivalent
where
we
get
into
the
difference.
Here.
Is
the
sport
Fields
one
being
more
formal,
scheduled
type
of
soccer
Style
sport
field,
while
the
other
provides
for
a
flexible
lawn
space?
The
picnic
areas
differ
somewhat
in
that
the
one
concept
one
offers
a
number
of
small
medium
shelters
and
concept.
Two
has
the
large
shelter
next
to
the
Aquatic
Facility.
AA
What
we
heard,
what
we
heard
from
the
community
here,
have
we
found
the
right
active,
passive
balance.
This
is
not
a
statistically
accurate
survey.
This
is
survey
results
from
our
meetings
and
also
folks
who
have
joined
us
online
and
taken
the
survey
online.
Since
that
point
in
time
we
had
about
170
Folks
at
our
last
meeting
at
South,
Bellevue,
Community
Center,
and
about
another
100
who
have
taken
this
survey
on
the
city's
website.
You
can
see
that
our
the
responses
we've
received
are
yes,
51
percent.
AA
AA
And
swen
asked,
which
proposed
concept
was
preferred
absolutely
83
of
folks
supported
concept
2.
that,
to
a
large
extent,
was
likely
informed
by
the
number
of
pickleball
courts.
As
I
mentioned,
we
had
a
very
large
pickleball
contingency
at
the
at
the
site
and
what
two
active
program
elements
most
interest
you
you
can
see
that
we've
got
large
support
for
pickleball,
that's
gone
down
since
it's
been
on
online,
a
little
bit
and
30
percent
for
a
an
aquatic
facility,
and
we
didn't
ask
these.
We
always
asked
what
top
two
choices
you
were.
AA
Which
field
type
was
preferred
contrary
to
the
preference
for
the
concept,
we
had
a
flexible
lawnfield
which
wasn't
the
concept,
the
most
favorite
concept,
but
that
was
the
field
that
was
supported
and
the
support
of
the
picnic
areas
do
you.
Support
picnicking
in
the
Northwest
area
was
61
yes
and
39,
not
so
much.
AB
Thank
you
good
evening,
mayor
Robinson,
Deputy,
Mayor
new
in
house
and
Council
I'm
Dave,
Hamilton
parks
and
Community
Services
Board
chair.
It's
a
pleasure
to
be
here
tonight
representing
the
board
the
significance
of
the
project,
the
high
level
of
community
involvement
at
every
step
along
the
way,
Park
staff,
tremendous
support
for
the
process
and
the
board's
high
level
of
Engagement
throughout
compelled
me
to
be
here
in
person
to
deliver
the
board's
recommendation
for
the
updated
Airfield
Park
master
plan.
AB
AB
The
board
believes
in
the
vision
of
the
Aquatic
Center
and
wants
to
support
the
project
in
any
way
feasible
from
a
system
perspective.
The
opportunity
to
provide
a
community
park
to
serve
the
broadest
range
of
users
and
meet
unmet
Recreation
demands
is
a
huge
positive.
It's
an
opportunity
that
the
board
believes
should
be
fully
embraced.
AB
We
arrived
at
our
final
recommendation
after
the
many
opportunities
we
had
to
hear
from
the
public
from
the
initial
public
meeting
last
summer
at
Airfield
Park
up
through
our
February
board
meeting.
When
we
voted
on
our
final
recommendation,
we
have
benefited
from
our
conversations
with
excited
and
engaged
community
members.
AB
AB
The
community
group
that
is
formed
around
pickleball
has
been
very
engaged
and
supportive
of
the
process
and
helped
us
arrive
at
our
recommendation
of
including
eight
covered
courts.
We
also
heard
extensively
from
Neighbors
bordering
the
park,
concerns
about
Wildlife
tree
canopy
and
security
were
expressed.
Our
plan
calls
for
a
wide
buffer
in
the
section
of
the
park
near
residences,
to
Maine
to
maintain
wildlife,
habitat
and
tree
canopy.
AB
The
board
also
agreed
that
it
would
be
a
missed
opportunity
not
to
provide
greater
activation
of
that
section
of
the
park
and
that
it
would
help
alleviate
the
security
concerns
that
have
been
raised.
The
board's
recommendation
also
calls
for
an
open,
flexible
use
field
to
support
a
multitude
of
sports
and
recreational
opportunities.
Well,
not
a
structured
Sports
field.
It
is
a
large
open
space
that
provides
for
and
encourages
a
wide
range
of
organized
sports
activities.
AB
AC
Thank
you
for
the
chance
to
speak
to
you
tonight
good
night,
good
evening,
Council
I'm,
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
specific
recommendation
made
at
our
14
February
meeting
the
parks
and
Community
Services
Board
review,
The,
Master,
Plan
update
process
and
the
voluminous
Community
feedback
we'd
received
to
date
and
after
discussion
based
on
this
feedback
and
in
a
very
smooth
process,
we
unanimously
approved
the
recommend
to
recommend
to
counsel
the
adoption
of
concept
two
with
the
following
three
modifications.
AC
First,
we
recommend
that
we
add
the
picnic
area
with
the
shelters
as
depicted
in
concept.
One
essentially
copying
pasting
that
into
concept
two
also,
we
recommended
that
we
that
we
evaluate
options
to
provide
coverage
for
the
pickleball
courts,
allowing
for
year-round,
year-round,
deterministic,
reliable
usage,
really
just
to
get
the
most
out
of
the
scarce
real
estate
that
we
have
in
Bellevue
to
allocate
to
these
types
of
activities
and
then
number
three
to
also
evaluate
the
inclusion
of
a
full-size
basketball
court,
as
opposed
to
the
half
court
option
that
you
see
in
concept
to
up
there.
AC
Now
our
recommended
concept:
We
Believe,
are
going
to
provide
Bellevue
residents,
visitors,
just
multitudes
of
folks,
with
active
Recreation
opportunities,
while
also
as
Dave
mentioned,
including
enough
distance
and
separation
from
the
residential
neighborhoods
to
minimize
noise
and
disruption
there.
Further.
The
concept
can
serves
significant
tree
canopy
and
open
space
areas
in
part
by
maximizing
the
use
of
shared
parking
with
the
surrounding
office
parks.
AC
Now
the
board
also
emphasized
the
importance
of
enhancing
and
improving,
or
rather
expanding,
the
Robinswood
off-leash
area.
As
indicated
in
the
original
master
plan,
we've
heard
repeatedly
how
important
it
is
that
we
increase
the
size
and
number
of
off-leash
facilities,
and
we
definitely
wanted
to
emphasize
that
to
you
tonight
as
well.
AC
AA
Z
A
Thank
you
so
much
for
that
clarification
and
the
type
of
feedback
you're
looking
for
this
evening,
so
to
ensure
that
I
can
share
a
meeting
again
in
the
future
I'm
going
to
go
to
Mayor
Robinson.
First,
this
time.
A
V
Thank
you.
You
know
this
has
been
such
a
thoughtful
process
and
I
really
appreciate
what
the
Parks
Board
has
considered
in
making
their
recommendation.
And
you
know
not
any
one
person
is
going
to
get
everything
they
want,
but
everybody
should
get
something
and
it
seems
like
the
plan
to
encompasses
that.
I
have
three
thoughts.
V
First
of
all,
it's
interesting
that
this
is
happening
right
at
the
40th
anniversary
of
our
downtown
park,
and
that
did
not
happen
easily
no
Park
happens
easily
and
people
don't
remember
that
they
actually
took
a
street
out
from
going
through
the
park,
and
that
was
highly
controversial
and
that
Park
is
unique
in
that
it
doesn't
have
any
program
for
areas
and
it's
all
open
Concepts.
So
it's
just
even
in
that
Park
is
so
loved
and
embraced.
So
it's
it's
always
hard
to
do
even
the
right
thing.
V
The
other
thing
is
when
I
was
on
the
Parks
Board
with
council
member
Stokes
way
back
when
and
we
initially
looked
at
this,
we
chose
the
name
Airfield
Park,
because
we
wanted
to
honor
Nancy
nordoff
Dunham,
who
grew
grew
up
flying
there,
her
dad
owned
it
when
it
was
an
Airfield
at
when
there
was
an
Airfield
there
and
she
ended
up
flying
in
World
War
II
in
the
women's
Air
Force
service,
Pilots
group
and
she
was
received
the
Congressional
gold
medal.
V
A
Z
A
Wonderful
next
councilmember
Robertson.
T
T
Clarify
that
so,
as
you
all
know,
I
couldn't
be
happier
to
be
here
tonight
and
I
definitely
want
to
make
sure
that
that
the
environmental
review
is
done
so
that
the
council
can
act
on
the
master
plan
by
the
end
of
the
year,
while
I'm
still
on
Council.
This
has
been
something
I've
been
working
on
since
I
was
first
selected
in
09
and
I'm
thrilled.
T
There
is
such
a
huge,
huge
need
and
Airfield
Park
having
been
purchased
as
an
active
Community
Park
having
their
having
been
too
successful,
Park
levees
that
are
still
being
collected
on
an
08
and
last
year
that
provided
development
of
this
park.
T
T
So
this
is
just
wonderful,
wonderful,
wonderful,
I,
I,
do
support
concept
to
modified
and
just
really
excited
to
move
this
forward.
I
am
pleased
that
you
talked
about
this
sept
head.
I
know:
we've
heard
from
some
of
the
community
members
worried
about
nefarious
activities
happening
in
the
woods.
We
do
have
a
safety
review
and
planning
that
always
happens
with
Park
facilities
and
making
sure
that
we
have
that
done
here,
especially
with
the
woods,
is
really
important.
T
T
The
woods
is
one
of
the
best
ways
to
not
only
make
make
it
safer,
but
also
bring
more
people
to
Nature,
as
our
population
grows
and
the
we
have
more
high
rises
and
more
more
cement,
making
sure
that
we
have
places
where
people
can
get
into
the
woods
is
just
absolutely
critical,
so
I'm
supportive
of
moving
this
forward
and
I
guess
I'll
just
stop
there,
but
just
really
so
excited
to
see
this
I
do
support
moving
it
into
environmental
review.
Thanks.
E
You
know
thank
you,
Deputy
Mayor,
and
really
pleased
to
go
after
the
two
people
in
front
of
me.
Here
of
all,
all
three
of
us
were
engaged
in
this
back:
2008,
nine
and
and
up
to
11
actually-
and
it
was
a
really
interesting
working
on
that
piece
at
that
time
now
the
Aquatic
Center
wasn't
thought
of
the
Aquatic.
E
Center
was
still
working
it's
10
years
ago,
11
years
ago,
kind
of-
and
we
were
getting
more
into
that,
but
and
had
it
been
done
to
that
pattern,
you
would
have
a
couple
of
buildings
here:
you'd
have
more
Sports
Fields,
it
would
actually,
you
would
have
less
trees
and
all
that
we
have
here.
So
we've
made
some
progress
on
that
piece.
At
the
same
time,
I
think
that
we
have
listened
to
the
public
over
many
years.
E
The
fact
that
both
Jeff
Robertson
and
I
and
I-
don't
you
swim
that
we
swim
had
anything
to
do
with
it.
We
also
love
to
go
in
the
in
the
forest.
We
love
to
do
pickled,
we
wouldn't
do.
We
should
do
pickleball
also,
and
but
it's
what
it
has
been
over
all
this
time
is
a
a
sense
that
this
is
a
great
place
to
be
and
we
need
to
and
and
as
the
city
grows
and
it's
you
know,
almost
a
double
in
population
in
a
short
time.
E
Is
we
needed
to
do
something
Antiquated
and
make
it
Greater
and
much
more
interest
in
people
swimming
and
all
and
the
other
Factor
was
that
you
know
we
really
wanted
to
have
something
that
would
make
a
change
in
in
the
in
the
way
we
set
up
and
I
think
the
planet
has
come
through
on
this
over
after
a
lot
of
work
on
this
has
done
exactly
what
we
thought
about
at
the
time
and
his
the
mayor
mentioned.
E
It
was
really
great
having
this
named
Airfield
Park
and
we
had
a
I
think
the
time
we
had
29
different
names
for
it,
and
you
know
that
it
was
a
garbage
dump
at
one
time,
and
there
is
one
of
those
things.
That's
it's
not
happening
now,
but
for
a
while
there
was
methane
kind
of
coming
up
from
that
and
somebody
put
up
there.
They
wanted
to
have
methane,
Meadows
I
said
well,
we
don't
want
to
call
it
meth
Park,
but
it.
E
But
it's
been
a
it's
been
a
really
good
process
all
through
and
and
to
up
to
today-
and
we
have
people-
are
really
interested
in
this
and
have
different
views
on
it
and
add
to
that.
But
I
think
what
is
the
greatest
we
We've
Come
Together
on
this
and
it's
time
for
us
to
move
forward
on
it.
One
thing
I
didn't
want
to
mention
in
terms
of
how
we
work
on
these
things.
This
is
a
you
know.
This
is
a
a
master
plan.
It's
we
want
to
do
the
Aquatic
Center.
E
We
want
to
have
Trails
now
how
that
all
comes
up,
the
the
we
have
a
plan
of
the
Aquatic
Center,
but
who
knows
that
it's
going
to
be
have
this
Jag
here
and
this
and
there
how
it's
going
to
be
put
together,
but
the
the
con
on
all
these
things
when
we
work
on
this,
you
have
the
overall
concept
and
things
can
change
as
we
go
along
so
there
and
but
we're
getting
the
concept
in
place
with
a
lot
of
the
ideas
and
I
think
we're
on
a
great
path
and
we
need
to
get
it
done
and
I
agree
with
the
councilman
Robertson
that
we
need
to
get
done
by
December
and
make
that
decision.
E
I
think
we
can
do
that
and
it's
going
to
be
it's
and
we
we're
going
to
take
into
account
as
much
as
we
can
all
the
issues
that
have
come
up.
We'll
look
at
these
things.
How
again
is
the
road
going
to
be
just
here
or
here?
Those
are
things
we
work
out.
Well,
we
have
the
concept,
it's
a
it's
a
great
plan,
so
I'm
really
ready
to
go
and
get
this
going.
Y
So,
at
the
gate,
I
support
option
two
modified
actually
coming
into
the
meeting
actually
had
the
thought
of
mentioning
wanting
the
picnic
table
so
I'm
glad
to
see
it
an
option
to
modify
it.
I
think
having
the
balance
of
active
and
passive
spaces
is
going
to
be
important.
Y
Anyone
who
is
active
needs
some
time
to
just
chill
and
be
passive
and
I
think
we
need
both
and
also
just
when
we
think
about
friends
and
families
and
so
forth
that
are
coming.
Not
everybody
wants
to
be
active,
not
everybody
wants
to
be
passive,
and
so
I
just
overall
appreciate
the
diversity
of
amenities
and
how
it
supports
multiple
groups
that
everybody
can
have
a
good
time
at
the
park
and
in
terms
of
the
environmental
review.
I
think
you
know,
I
appreciate
the
challenges
or
the
concerns
that
have
been
brought
up.
Y
C
Thank
you,
Mr
David
Mayer.
We
all
talk
about
history,
talk
about
Legacy
and,
however,
remember
Bellevue
is
called
the
city
in
the
park.
It's
for
good
reason,
not
accidentally.
C
I,
remember
before
I
got
on
Council
I
was
in
the
community
called
City
in
the
park
committee,
a
comedy
of
three
people,
a
star
person
and
two
Community
people,
and
we
actually
lives
in
throughout
a
time
of
vision
that
we
have
a
star.
You
know
a
Parks
director,
Lee
Springfield.
He
has
a
vision
and
he
is
a
master
in
planning
making
sure
that
things
get
done
and
it's
who
we
have
so
many
parks
in
the
city.
It's
not
it's
amazing.
You
know
every
day
we're
doing
something
and
they
are
still
growing.
C
We
still
have
power,
we
know
in
the
park.
We
have
parks
in
Lake,
Washington,
Lake
Sammamish,
and
we
always
aware
fully
that
you
know
we
have
to
provide
public
spaces
for
public
for
people.
You
know
we
cannot
have
all
just
expensive
homes.
You
know
occupying
what
the
places
for
their
own
use.
Bellevue
is
a
place
for
its
residents
and
I.
Think
we're
fully
aware
of
that.
C
So,
even
during
a
good
time,
bad
time
we
try
to
acquire
land
around
maidenbao
Bay,
we
you
know
now
we
have
about
over
a
thousand
feet
of
prime
water
front
space.
That's
why
we're
so
glad
to
talk
about.
You
know
the
Waterfront
Park,
the
middle
part
and
it's
a
jam.
Everything
we
do
is
a
jewel
for
the
city
for
the
people,
it's
not
just
because
they
are
there
and
bigger
there
look
nice
it's
because
they
bring
people
together.
C
They
have
people
become
their
family,
go
there
and
the
family
a
grown
adult
grandfathers
or
grandkids
friends
visitors.
They
all
have
a
place
where
they
can
gather
enjoy,
whatever
you
know
they
can
and
the
exact
nature
of
it
really
depends
on
what
is
appropriate
and
I.
Think
that's
why
we
as
the
council
and
the
public.
We
have
Community
engagement,
we're
constantly
trying
to
figure
out
what
are
the
things
that
bring
people
together
and
the
community
has
changed
we're
in
our
Global
Community.
C
C
Otherwise
it
would
not
have
a
downtown
park
and
the
reason
why
I've
done
a
box
bigger
the
school.
You
know
right
now
right
there
has
a
School
site,
downtown
Bellevue
school
and
it
just
happened
vacating
it.
They
don't
need
it
anymore,
so
it's
available
for
sale,
so
we
got
it.
So
all
these
things
are
things
that
we
take
advantage
of
the
situation.
The
time
we
are
flexible,
we
have
great
staff,
we
have
a
vision.
What
we
want
to
be
and
when
the
chances
come,
when
it
happens,
we
get
it.
C
We
have
citizen
participate,
put
citizens
support.
Ultimately
you
know
we
have
to
pay
for
this
right.
Where
does
the
money
come
from?
It's
because
the
citizens
of
Bellevue
supports
all
those
visions
and
has
proven
to
be
the
case
where
so
many
parks,
neighborhood
parks
and
people
just
enjoy
and
appreciate
it.
Many
of
them
we
don't
even
know,
but
this
is
a
great
opportunity
and
you
know
I
mean
Boeing
used
to
be
there.
It
is
the
landfill,
so
it
becomes
available.
C
Okay,
we
took
advantage
of
it.
We
got
it
now.
You
know
there's
good
ideas
that
came
through
and
you
know
we
develop
a
playground,
all
that
and
it's
good
thing
that
you
know
there's
a
quarter
center.
It's
a
thing
that
we
need.
You
know
and
it
fits
time
is
right
places
available.
Maybe
there
are
other
places
perhaps,
but
we
don't
have
it.
We
don't
know
what
it
is.
C
You're
right,
we're
gonna
it's
here
now
we
cannot
wait
for
another
I,
don't
know
how
long
right
I
mean
that's
why
we
are
Excel
as
Bellevue
the
staff,
the
council,
the
citizens.
We
see
the
opportunities
and
we
grab
it
and
I
think
this
is
one
of
those
things
that
it's
always
a
debate.
You
know,
even
when
I
was
in
class
for
the
last
30
years,
how
much
passive
even
downtown
park
so
do
we
have
need
a
passive
park
or
active
Park.
You
know
right
now.
C
Downtown
park
is
still
a
passive
part
supposition,
but
look
at
how
many,
how
much
activity
we
have
here
lots
of
people
out
there
things
we
find
a
space
space
to
interact
with
come
together.
That's
the
bottom
line.
You
know
the
abundance,
bring
people
together
and
the
question
is:
what
do
we
take
to
bring
people
together?
You
know
Aquatic.
Center
is
one
thing
we
need
it.
We
need
a
olympic
size
swimming
pool.
We
need
to
provide
kids,
you
know
to
have
a
place
to
excel
and
pickleboy
showed
up
right
five
years
ago.
C
Who
wouldn't
imagine
pickleball,
we
have
it
and
we
recognize
it.
You
know
we
say
well,
we
support
it.
Why
not
all
right
so
I
think
this
is
just
to
me.
This
is
what
we
are
ultimately
encountering.
So
I'm
done.
So
this
is
where
we
are
so
based
on
all
the
things
to
doing
your
go
you're
moving
in
the
right
in
the
right
space
and
it
doesn't
matter
which
type
of
what
the
two
were:
two
modified,
but
obviously
based
on
My
Philosophy,
two
modifies
better
than
two,
because
it
provides
more
space
more
opportunity.
C
A
U
Yes,
thank
you.
You
know
I
too,
want
to
thank
the
Parks
Board
and
the
community
for
all
of
the
engagement
to
get
us
to
this
point,
because
I
remember
when
we
were
first
looking
at
this
I
might
have
been
the
parts
for
liaison
and
so
had
the
opportunity
to
hear
some
of
the
comments
and
some
of
the
work
and
I
think
this
is
a
very
thoughtfully
arrived
at
for
these
Concepts.
U
That
strikes
the
balance
between
passive
and
active
that
my
colleagues
have
been
talking
about
I,
especially
like
the
fact
that
you've
also
come
up
with
the
the
tagline
of
the
inclusive,
safe,
environmentally
responsive
and
active
for
this.
That
really
kind
of
sets
the
the
stage
for
what
we're
trying
to
do,
and
especially
to
councilmember
Robertson
I,
would
also
like
to
see
if
we
can
get
to
a
net
zero,
Aquatic,
Center
and
park.
You
know
we
just
had
our
pasta,
Del
Sol,
opening,
where
they're
actually
a
net,
giving
back
more
energy
than
they're
using.
U
So
we
know
that
we
can
do
do
it
and
I'd
like
to
see
that
happen.
I,
like
the
fact
that
we're
being
respectful
of
neighborhoods
and
and
creating
that
wider
buffer,
so
that
the
more
active
I'm
going
to
say
louder
because
I've
heard
that
pickleball
can
you
know
when
you
strike
the
ball?
It
can
be
loud,
so
it's
closer
to
the
commercial
area
and
away
from
the
neighborhood,
so
I
feel,
like
you've,
really
done
a
good
job
of
thoughtfully.
U
Thinking
about
that,
the
fact
that
we
did
hear
about
future
off-leash
dog
parks
and
so
I
see
in
the
slide
deck
that
we
also
thoughtfully
considered
how
Robinswood
could
have
extended
off
leash
dog
area.
So
we're
really
looking
at
holistically.
How
do
we
meet
the
needs
that
we
heard
from
the
community?
So
I
really
appreciate
that
I
mean
I,
think
that
of
a
city
over
150
000
we're
definitely
over
prescribed
with
our
Sports
Fields,
our
picnic,
shelters
and
then
I
didn't
see
it
in
the
packet
but
I
know
in
in
previous
ones.
U
We
we
get
information
about
just
how
long
the
wait
list
is
to
take
swim
lessons
at
the
Aquatic
Center,
and
we
know
that
we're
only
on
borrowed
time
with
the
facility.
That's
53
years
old,
which
is
well
over
its
useful
life,
so
I
look
forward
to
supporting
and
moving
this
into
environmental
review
process.
U
I
would
say
that
when
I
hear
about
pickleball
I'm,
hoping
that
as
we
get
to
truly
a
design
and
layout
past
the
environmental
review
that
we
can
also
thoughtfully
think
about
I
heard
from
the
pickleball
Community,
it
takes
16
courts
to
have
a
tournament.
So
is
there
a
way,
as
we
look
at
beyond
the
massing
of
buildings
and
spaces,
to
actually
get
us
to
a
space
where
pickleball
can
can
be
more
broadly
used
and
actually
have
some
tournaments?
U
And
you
know
we
also
heard
about.
Is
there
a
way
to
leverage
the
shared
parking
agreements
we
have
so
that
if
we
don't
have
to
move
into
the
the
wooded
area
as
much
as
we're
shortly
showing
that
would
certainly
be
beneficial.
So
I
know
that
we
will
do
our
due
diligence
as
we
go
along
to
make
sure
that
we
right
size
everything
and
we
maximize
the
amount
of
tree
and
forests
that
we
are
going
to
preserve.
U
A
I
guess
one
one
sentence:
okay,
certainly
thank
you,
council
members
on
and
now
councilman
Stokes.
E
We
both
these
last
two
years
and
the
lay
is
on
now
and
I-
want
to
congratulate
the
Parks.
Board
and
staff
are
working
together
on
this
and
working
with
the
community
and
again
it's
going
to
be
a
great
facility
because
of
that
and
appreciate
it.
Thank
you
very
much.
Okay.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
You
so
we're
not
going
to
have
the
drama
tonight,
I
guess,
as
we
had
with
the
downtown
park,
so
I'm
gonna
spare.
Y
A
Split
vote
tonight
because
I
too,
am
in
favor
of
the
content
number
two
modify,
but
I
really
want
to
thank
chair,
Hamilton
Vice,
chair
Clark
and
director
shiyosaki
and
Pam
Furman,
and
the
entire
Parks
Board
for
all
their
work
on
this.
It's
it's
been
amazing.
It's
been
a
long
process.
I
especially
appreciate
has
been
mentioned
by
my
colleagues.
All
the
extensive
Outreach
and
I
appreciate
everybody
who
came
down
today
really
really
do
appreciate.
Hearing
those
different
voices
like
I
said
there
still
can
be
some
modification.
A
So
we
want
to
continue
to
hear
from
the
public
what
they
love,
what
they,
what
their
concerns
might
be,
what
additional
changes
they
would
like
to
see
or
what's
important
to
them,
but
I
have
to
and
May
it
that
the
Outreach
has
just
been
phenomenal
on
this
and
it's
it
really
has
followed
what
I
think
kind
of
you
know
the
Bellevue
Way
in
terms
of
really
soliciting
that
great
input
from
our
residents
we're
not
going
to
satisfy
everybody,
but
I
think
the
vast
majority
are
going
to
love
what
this
is
going
to
bring
to
our
community
for
many
many
years
to
come,
as
well
as
as
well
as
it
being
a
regional
destination,
as
as
as
well.
A
I
also
really
appreciate
the
way.
You've
you've
weaved
into
this
concept,
all
the
things
that
are
important
to
our
residents.
When
we
do
these
surveys,
you
know
again,
be
it
the
the
pool,
the
trails,
the
picnic
area,
the
the
active
spaces
I
mean
this
checks,
a
lot
of
boxes
so
I'm
thrilled
to
to
move
this
forward
and
to
go
to
the
Super
process.
Environmental
review
next
and
can't
wait
to
get
to
the
next
stage.
So
that's
my
comments
for
this
evening
and
I
appreciate
everybody's
comments.
A
Unless
there's
any
other
thoughts
or
any
other
comments,
we
will
adjourn
this
meeting
tonight
and
especially
appreciate
mayor
Robinson
joining
us
virtually
tonight,
even
though
she
is
out
of
town.
Thank
you
so
much
and
with
that
I
hope
you
have
all
your
direction.
Perfect
all
right
have
a
good
night
and
adjourned.