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A
Okay,
great
well,
welcome
back
everybody.
I
hope
you
had
a
nice
break.
Welcome
to
the
regular
city
of
bellevue
council
meeting
for
tuesday
september
7th
2021.
clerk.
Could
you
please
do
the
roll
call
mayor,
robinson.
C
C
D
E
D
A
Thank
you.
We
have
two
proclamations
tonight.
The
first
one
is
national
recovery
month,
proclamation
council
member
barksdale.
We
read
that
please.
C
We
know
with
mental
health
and
or
substance
use
disorders
to
the
appropriate
resources
and
providers
and
whereas
to
help
more
people
achieve
and
sustain
long-term
recovery.
The
u.s
department
of
health
and
human
services,
the
substance
abuse
and
mental
health
services
administration,
king
county
and
the
city
of
bellevue
invite
all
residents
of
bellevue
to
participate
in
national
recovery
month.
C
Now,
therefore,
I,
on
behalf
of
lynn,
robinson
mayor
of
the
city
of
bellevue
washington
and
on
behalf
of
its
city
council,
do
hereby
proclaim
the
month
of
september
2021
as
national
recovery
month
in
bellevue,
and
call
upon
the
people
of
bellevue
to
observe
this
month
with
appropriate
programs
activities
and
ceremonies
to
support
this
year's
theme
rising.
Above
it
all
wellness,
resilience
and
recovery.
A
Great,
thank
you
very
much
and
deputy
mayor
noon
house.
Would
you
please
read
the
next
proclamation
on
9
11.
F
Firefighters,
first
responders
and
other
emergency
personnel
show
true
heroism
and
selfless
courage
for
the
safety
of
others,
and
whereas
the
emotions
surrounding
this
key
event
in
our
history
and
its
impacts
are
complex
and
far-reaching,
and
whereas
we
should
pay
tribute
to
the
lives
lost
with
service
and
charity
towards
others
and
ensure
that
our
community
state
and
nation
are
just
an
inclusive
places
for
all.
Now.
F
Therefore,
I,
on
behalf
of
lynn,
robinson
mayor
of
bellevue,
washington,
on
behalf
of
the
city
council,
do
hereby
recognize
september
11
2021
as
the
20th
anniversary
of
the
9
11
attacks
in
bellevue,
and
urged
bellevue
residents
to
give
meaning,
to
the
phrase,
never
forget
to
mourn
those
that
we
lost
and
to
continue
to
support
our
communities
first
responders
and
those
who
work
hard
to
defend
our
country.
Every
day,
sign
lynn,
robinson,
mayor
city
of
bellevue.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Is
there
a
motion
to
approve
the
agenda.
E
A
B
G
We
have
seen
an
increase
on
southeast
41st
street
of
residents
living
in
their
rvs
and
for
years
regardless.
This
road
has
not
been
wide
enough
for
large
vehicles
to
park
and
you
cannot
safely
pass
large
vehicles
coming
in
opposite
the
lane,
and
previously
complaints
were
of
those
of
the
semi
trucks.
G
We
need
to
do
something
about
the
width
of
that
road.
Additionally,
I
want
to
address
the
homelessness
camps
and
tents
that
are
popping
up
in
large
amounts
at
the
I-90
and
150th
exit
and
the
king
county
trail
that
is
being
developed
above
the
newport
shores.
Neighborhood
has
tents
all
up
and
down
all
portions,
whether
opened
or
unopened.
G
At
this
point,
I
was
walking
my
dog
the
other
day
and
I
can
no
longer
safely
use
this
trail
while
walking
my
dog,
an
individual
climbed
out
of
the
bushes
from
his
tent,
and
it
scared
my
dog
who
started
barking
at
him
of
which
he
then
started
waving
a
stick
at
myself
and
my
dog
and
then
the
aggressive
panhandlers
that
are
in
the
parking
lot
at
the
qfc
and
and
when
you
walk
into
the
market
the
other
day,
while
in
the
safeway
in
the
eastgate
area,
I
noticed
an
individual
with
a
fifth
of
vodka,
pulling
out
massive
amounts
of
change,
trying
to
put
them
in
the
machine
and
when
he
came
up
ten
cents
short,
he
started
screaming
and
kicking
the
machine.
G
I
understand
that
there
is
the
problem
of
what
we
do
with
this,
but
I
need
to
know
what
bellevue
city
council's
plans
are,
so
that
we
don't
jeopardize
citizen
safeties
and
that
we
don't
what
we
plan
to
do
to
assure
that
bellevue
doesn't
become
a
seattle.
At
this
point,
and
that's
all
I
have
thank
you
for
your
time.
B
B
Okay,
I
do
not
see
mr
joselina
raising
his
hand
at
this
point.
I
would
ask
if
there
was
anyone
else
connected
to
this
meeting,
who
would
like
to
make
oral
communication
to
the
council?
Please
use
the
raise
hand,
function
or
star
9
if
connected
with
a
phone,
and
I
do
see
one
speaker
and
that
is
heidi
dean.
Miss
dean.
Can
you
hear
me.
B
Can
you
hear
me
yes,
thank
you.
Your
time
begins
now,
thanks.
H
So
much
good
evening,
mayor
deputy
mayor
and
council
members
today,
pam
johnston
of
bridal
trails
alerted
me
to
ordinance
number
6597,
which
reallocates
leftover
park,
funds
from
surrey
downs
park
and
the
downtown
park
northeast
gateway
project
had
pam
not
contacted
me.
I'd
be
in
the
dark
about
this
as
newport
hill's
community
club
president
and
a
member
of
our
long-standing
park
committee.
I
expected
that
I
would
have
been
made
aware
of
this.
H
Unfortunately,
I've
not
heard
anything
from
our
park
planner
since
april.
On
the
one
hand,
I
was
thrilled
to
learn
that
my
neighborhood's
park
project
would
receive
additional
funds.
On
the
other
hand,
it
has
become
abundantly
clear
the
reason
our
park
project
requires
those
reallocated.
Funds
is
because
so
much
of
the
original
cip
funding
went
to
park,
features
meant
to
benefit
the
users
of
the
planned
community
park,
size
off
leash
area.
It's
oversized
and
everybody
knows
it.
H
I
would
ask
that
if
you
pass
this
ordinance
that
you
include
stipulations
to
downsize
the
number
of
planned
parking
spaces.
The
last
communication
that
I
received
from
our
park
planner
mr
van
der
hayden,
indicated
that
parking
studies
showed
a
need
for
18
to
21
parking
spaces
that
is
not
a
neighborhood
park,
our
own
parks
department
and
the
definition
of
neighborhood
park,
which
several
of
you
well
actually.
Almost
all
of
you
reiterated
that
this
is
a
neighborhood
park
during
the
naming.
Discussion
indicates
that
very
little
if
any
parking
is
needed
at
neighborhood
parks.
H
H
H
We
we
needed
a
gathering
space
and
we
had
to
give
that
up.
We've
been
waiting
for
11
years
for
this,
you
asked
us
to
wait
patiently
and
we
did,
but
it's
getting
really
really
frustrating
being
told.
The
same
lies
over
and
over
again
by
our
parks
department,
our
planners
and
I
never
have
heard
from
mr
shiasaki
ever
so.
H
Please
consider
that
a
neighborhood
park
does
not
require
18
to
21
parking
spaces
and
also
how
can
you
make
sure
that
when
we
do
have
neighborhood
gatherings
that
our
own
neighborhood
people
can
use
that
or
in
the
evenings
or
weekends,
when
they
want
to
go
and
use
the
public
gathering
space
during
the
the
planning
sessions,
some
of
the
staff
and
the
park
commissioners
suggested
being
able
to
roll
a
fence
back
so
that
we
could
use
the
off
leash
area
when
we
had
gatherings.
B
A
I
A
I
We
had
an
opening
pop-up
on
our
transportation
commission,
and
so
we
did
the
usual
advertising
for
it.
We
we
got
four
applications
and
we
did
interviews
with
me
and
our
staff,
member
and
the
director
of
transportation,
and
I
would
like
to
appoint
brad
helland
a
little
bit
about
brad.
This
is
a
partial
term
that
is,
will
expire
in
2024
position.
Number
five
brad
previously
served
two
and
a
half
terms
on
the
environmental
services
commission,
including
sharing
it
he's
been
off
for
six
years.
I
He's
an
engineer
and
our
transportation
commission
has
a
relatively
young
group
young
in
terms
of
duration
of
service
of
transportation
commissioners,
so
I
think
brad
as
someone
who's
served
on
a
commission
for
many
years,
will
bring
a
lot
to
the
position
of
transportation.
Commissioner,
so
I
would
move
appointment
of
brad
helland
to
position
number
five
serving
a
partial
term
expiring
may
31st
2024..
I
A
J
Sure
thank
you
mayor
and
council
members
there.
As
you
mentioned
three
items,
the
first
one
is
an
update
to
the
sections
of
the
business
and
occupation,
also
known
as
bno
tax
code
for
purposes
of
providing
more
clarity
to
businesses.
Just
by
background
tonight,
staff
proposes
a
few
technical
administrative
updates
to
the
business
and
the
b
o
tax
code.
These
updates,
as
I
mentioned,
will
help
provide
greater
clarity
for
businesses
we
have
and,
and
tonight
staff
is
seeking
direction
to
return.
J
An
upcoming
consent
calendar
with
appropriate
legislation
to
amend
the
code
accordingly
joining
us
this
evening
is
tony
call.
Our
finance
and
administrative
managers
today
to
provide
an
overview
of
some
of
the
provisions
in
the
code,
but
that
I'll
go
ahead
and
turn
over
to
tony.
K
Thank
you,
mr
miyaki,
mayor
deputy
mayor
and
council
members.
As
always,
it's
a
pleasure
back
here
with
you
this
evening.
As
city
manager
miyaki
mentioned,
we
do
have
a
series
of
administrative
bno
tax
code
changes
for
you
this
evening
and
we
are
seeking
direction
to
return
on
an
upcoming
consent
calendar
with
appropriate
legislation
to
implement
our
agenda
this
evening
is
fairly
short.
I
have
one
slide
on
a
little
background
on
just
what
b
o
taxes
are
at
the
city
of
bellevue.
I
have
a
couple
of
slides
describing
the
proposed
updates.
K
This
is
a
bit
of
background
on
business
and
occupation
tax
here
at
the
city
of
bellevue,
the
we
have
two
taxes
of
business
and
occupation
tax
here
at
the
city
of
bellevue.
The
first
is
a
gross
receipts
tax
of
our
total
40
million
dollars
that
receive
annually
from
business
and
occupation,
tax,
36
million
or
90
percent
of
it
comes
from
gross
receipts
tax
that
gross
receipts
tax
is
governed
and
complies
with
the
state
model
ordinance.
K
The
state
does
update
that
model
ordinance
on
a
fairly
regular
basis,
and
when
that
does
happen,
we
then
in
turn
adopt
that
model
ordinance
here
at
the
city
of
bellevue.
The
last
time
we
did
that
was
in
2019
for
the
2020
tax
year.
We
have
a
second
b
o
tax
component,
which
is
the
square
footage
tax.
It
was
implemented
in
1977
and
since
the
gross
gross
receipts
tax
is
worth
90
percent
of
what
we
collect
each
year.
The
square
footage
tax
is
about
10
or
4
million
dollars
a
year.
K
Both
are
regularly
updated
and
the
last
major
update
for
the
square
footage
tax
occurred
in
2012
and,
at
that
same
time,
in
2012,
the
council
did
adopt
a
set
of
a
set
of
b,
o
tax
guiding
principles,
I've
truncated
them.
Here
on
the
slide
for
powerpoint
friendly,
I
will
read
them
to
you
so
that
you
can
have
all
the
words
that
attach
to
those
brief
statements
out
there.
K
Where
possible
the
brief
and
not
to
link
the
code
updates,
we
have
for
you
this
evening,
fall
under
the
second
and
third
bullets,
both
to
simplify
the
tax
code
and
to
simplify
the
administration
of
the
tax
code,
we're
heading
into
an
overview
of
the
proposed
changes.
We
have
two
sets
of
changes.
The
first
set
goes
back
to
the
2012
update.
During
that
time,
council
gave
clear
direction
to
edit
the
code
to
acknowledge
digital
goods.
K
In
application
of
that
code
update,
we
did
not
carry
the
concept
of
digital
goods
throughout
the
code
in
a
consistent
manner
and
over
the
years,
businesses
have
asserted
some
confusion
with
regard
to
consistency
with
these
changes
across
the
city
code.
So
before
you
this
evening
is
a
couple
of
code
changes
we
are
proposing.
K
There
are
three
checks,
three
sections
within
the
code,
and
if
you
want
to
look
at
the
specific
code
language,
you
can
see
them
in
attachment
a
to
your
packet
there's
a
red
line
version
version
with
comments
attached
to
each
that
you
can
see
if
that
is
of
interest.
K
K
We
have
three
other
small
small
edits
for
you
and
when
it
comes
to
the
code,
the
code
update
this
time.
The
first
is,
we
have
a
scrivener's
error.
We
have
a
missing
date
in
the
model
ordinance,
so
this
would
take
care
of
that
missing
date.
K
We
did
outreach
to
businesses,
we
posted
on
the
city's
tax
site
on
august
13th,
it
closed
on
august
31st.
We
had
approximately
1400
email
notifications
go
up
in
my
look
at
that
long.
Laundry
list
of
1400
email
notifications,
there's
quite
a
few
tax
accountants
and
tax
attorneys,
those
folks
that
would
be
interested
in
a
tax
update.
We
did
receive
one
response,
noting
a
grammatical
error
in
our
posting,
which
we
promptly
corrected
and
other
than
that
we
received
no
other
comments.
K
So
with
that
this
evening
we
are
seeking
direction
to
come
back
on
a
consent
calendar
with
the
legislation
needed
to
make
the
changes
noted,
creating
clear
pathway
to
digital
goods
in
our
code,
as
directed
under
our
2012
update
and
then
correcting
the
three
smaller
more
administrative
errors.
So
thank
you
for
your
time
and
with
that
mayor,
I
turn
it
back
over
to
you.
Thank.
A
A
Okay,
are
there
any
comments
or
questions
from
anybody?
Councilmember
lee.
D
Thank
you
very
much
great
great,
clear,
simple
presentation.
I
just
one
question
about
the
insurance
producers,
since
they
may
have
been
paying
taxes
before.
What
do
you
do
with
those
folks
that
pay
do
you
make
up
for
it
or
what's.
K
C
All
right,
thank
you,
actually,
all
good
with
the
bno
tax
code
updates
or
changes
there.
I
guess
I
had
a
question
generally.
The
guiding
friendship,
especially
the
second
third
and
fourth,
could
apply
it
to
the
entire
code.
If
we
took
out
tax
do
we
have
any
guiding
principles
for
all
of
our
code,
and
I
asked
this
in
part,
because
I
know
that
we've
had
feedback
about
our
land
use
code.
K
I
councilman
barstow,
it's
a
very
good
question.
I
don't
know
that
off
top
of
my
head.
I
would
have
to
go
back
and
do
some
research
for
you.
I'd
have
talked
to
the
city
attorney's
office.
On
that
question
I
I
can
get
back
to
you
on
that,
but
I
know
our
tax
code
does
have
a
set
of
guiding
principles.
C
I
Thanks,
I'm
wondering
tony
are
the
guiding
principles
in
the
code.
Were
those
part
of
the
model
ordinance.
K
They
were
not,
they
were
actually
work,
and
this
is
a
little
bit
before
my
time,
councilmember
robertson.
So
it's
a
bit
of
storytelling
on
my
part.
It
definitely
was
part
of
your
packet
materials
back
in
2012,
and
when
I
watched
your
tape,
you
did
acknowledge
that
those
were
the
guiding
principles
for
the
tax
code
that
we
as
staff,
were
to
work
with.
So
I
do
not
believe
they're
part
of
the
model
ordinance
I
I
do
believe
they
were
part
of
your
discussion
back
in
2012.,
okay,.
I
I
couldn't
remember
I
thought
that
they
might
have
come
down
from
the
state.
I'm
just
really
pleased
that
that
the
finance
department
and
city
staff
are
responsive
when
they're,
finding
confusion
in
the
code
and
bringing
a
clean
up.
I
want
to
just
praise
the
department
for
that.
I
really
really
appreciate
it
would
love
to
there's
so
many
other.
A
Any
other
comments
or
questions
okay,
mr
miyake,
would
you
like
to
respond
to
mr
councilmember
barksdale's
request
about
looking
at
the
principles
of
other
languages.
J
A
Okay,
so
is
there
a
motion.
J
Well,
the
the
next
topic
is
our
homeless
outreach
program,
update
and
just
by
way
of
background,
the
homelessness
outreach
program
was
initiated
back
in
september
of
2019
to
provide
a
one-city
approach
towards
addressing
and
responding
to
the
needs
of
individuals
experiencing
homelessness
and
housing.
Stability
in
bellevue
tonight's
study
session
is
an
informational
update
to
highlight
the
city's
homelessness,
outreach
program,
coordination,
successes
and
ongoing
challenges
that
the
city
faces
in
addressing
and
preventing
homelessness
joining
us
this
evening
is
our
stephanie
martinez,
our
homeless
outreach
coroner
as
well
as
kate,
barron's,
deputy
city
manager.
M
So
for
this
slide,
I
just
wanted
to
review
with
you
all
tonight.
What
homelessness
does
look
like
in
bellevue
and
what
the
different
approaches
are
to
addressing
homelessness
here
in
this
first
photo.
This
is
what
an
encampment
looks
like
in
bellevue,
where
folks
are
living,
unsheltered
or
unhoused
living
outside,
and
the
reasons
for
this
just
vary
by
person
and
situation
and
circumstance
that
has
led
to
their
housing.
Instability.
M
Folks
may
know
that
we
also
have
hosted
our
permitted
tent
cities
as
well,
and
this
is
a
picture
of
canned
unity
who
often
moves
throughout
the
east
side
to
provide
an
opportunity
for
folks
to
stabilize
and
have
a
place
to
go
temporarily,
while
they're
working
on
their
barriers
towards
permanent
housing.
M
I
also
wanted
to
highlight
tonight
how
domestic
violence
is
one
of
the
leading
causes
of
homelessness
for
women
and
children
in
king
county,
and
here
we
have
a
picture
of
folks
that
are
living
in
their
vehicles
here
in
bellevue
as
well
myself.
Other
city
staff,
other
community
based
outreach
workers.
Bellevue
police
are
really
engaged
with
folks,
whether
they're
living
outside
or
in
their
vehicles,
to
help
them
move
into
temporary
or
permitted
housing
and
figure
out
what
those
housing
barriers
are.
M
And
lastly,
I
did
want
to
provide
a
picture
here
of
affordable
housing
because
affordable
housing
is
one
of
the
solutions
to
homelessness
and
addressing
the
root
causes
of
homelessness,
whether
it
be
providing
that
deeper,
affordable
housing
for
folks
that
are
living
on
fixed
incomes,
possibly
or
others.
It
could
look
like
you
know:
permanent,
supportive
housing
or
supportive
housing
or
housing
with
supportive
services,
but
affordable
housing
can
really
help
folks
exit
homelessness
into
housing
as
well.
M
So
I
won't
do
too
much
of
a
deep
dive
into
the
root
causes
of
homelessness,
but
I
did
want
to
just
highlight
the
spectrum
of
challenges
that
folks
face
and
some
of
the
real
root
causes
of
homelessness.
So
here
we
have
the
lack
of
affordable
housing
and
deep,
affordable
housing
for
the
zero
to
thirty
percent.
Folks,
between
the
zero
to
thirty
percent
ami
rising
rents,
we
also
have
lack
of
living
wages
oftentimes
again.
Domestic
violence
is
one
of
the
leading
causes
of
homelessness
for
women
and
children
in
king
county.
M
And
over
the
next
couple
slides,
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
some
data
for
you
all
tonight
here.
I'm
highlighting
the
2020
point
in
time
count
data
which
we
often
use
to
talk
about
the
magnitude
of
the
issue.
This
count
usually
happens
in
january
of
every
year
this
year
in
2021.
M
The
point
in
kind
count
wasn't
conducted
due
to
covet
19.,
but
you'll,
see
here
the
seattle
king
county
numbers.
We
have
11
11
751
folks
that
were
experiencing
homelessness
throughout
our
region
as
part
of
the
east
side.
Numbers
bellevue
is
counted
in
that
eastside
number
along
our
east
side,
city
partners
as
isaqah,
kirkland
and
redmond,
and
so
on.
We
have
1032
folks
experiencing
homelessness
across
the
east
side.
M
In
the
bellevue
school
district
and
this
table
really
highlights
how
homelessness
disproportionately
impacts
people
of
color.
So
as
an
example,
here,
you
will
see
on
their
far
right
column,
the
2020
king
county
demographic
data
and
as
an
example,
black
or
african
american
folks,
make
up
seven
percent
of
the
king
county
population.
M
And
here
I'm
going
to
move
towards
a
discussion
around
what
our
citywide
efforts
are
towards
addressing
and
responding
to
homelessness,
and
I
sort
of
wanted
to
bucket
them
for
you
tonight
in
this
first
sort
of
bucket.
You
know
the
city
really
does
invest
in
facilities
such
as
shelters,
transitional
housing
and
affordable
housing
that
really
addresses
the
root
causes
of
homelessness
as
well,
such
as
building
affordable,
housing,
homelessness.
There
is
no
one-size-fits-all
solution
and
it
really
is
a
local
national,
regional
issue
so
by
the
city.
M
Investing
in
a
spectrum
of
services,
we
are
actually
able
to
address
all
of
the
spectrum
of
challenges
and
unique
situations
that
folks
living
outside
or
unstably
housed,
actually
experience.
So
again,
with
this
first
bucket,
the
city
really
does
invest
in
shelters,
transitional
housing,
affordable
housing
and
the
second
bucket.
I
wanted
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
compassionate
enforcement
that
we
have
and
sort
of
the
balanced
approach
that
the
city
takes
in
addressing
and
responding
to
homelessness
related
issues.
M
So
we
do
fund
organizations
for
supportive
services,
like
I
like
the
services
I
just
gave
examples
for,
but
the
city
also
has
programs
internally,
such
as
the
homelessness
outreach
program,
as
well
as
the
bellevue
fire
affairs
program
that
often
respond
to
our
unhoused
community
as
well,
that
are
in
mental
health
crises,
and
we
work
closely
with
the
bellevue
police
department
as
well
to
ensure
that
we
are
engaging
with
folks
that
may
be
in
crisis
and
that
we
are
connecting
them
to
supportive
services
such
as
behavioral
health
services
and
any
other
services
that
the
individual
might
need
to
help
them
move
into
housing.
M
M
M
M
You
know
applying
for
or
replacing
their
loss,
ids
applying
for
financial
assistance
or
various
housing
programs
connecting
them
to
transitional
housing
programs
and
again,
there's
really
no
one-size-fits-all
solution
and
each
case
is
different.
So
my
job
is
to
figure
out
what
those
array
of
options
could
be
for
that
unique
individual.
M
And
here
I
wanted
to
highlight
the
internal
and
external
coordination
involved
in
this
role
as
well.
So
internally,
as
we
all
know,
homelessness
really
does
interface
impact
several
different
city
apartment
city
departments
and
that
could
be
parks,
utilities,
transportation,
the
police
department,
the
fire
department,
every
department
that
you
can
really
think
of
homelessness
interfaces
with,
and
we
really
do
provide
a
city,
wide
approach
and
work
together
collaboratively
to
address
all
of
the
homelessness
related
issues
that
we
might
have
parks
might
call
me
to
provide
more
outreach
services
at
a
park.
M
I
might
get
a
call
from
you
know
our
transportation
staff
saying
hey:
we
need
to
provide
more
outreach
services
and
we
need
to
figure
out
maintaining
or
figure
out
how
to
maintain
our
streets
and
right
of
ways
for
this
particular
street,
and
my
role
is
to
figure
out
how
all
that
coordination
and
then
externally,
as
well.
I
had
mentioned
connecting
folks
to
accessing
supportive
services
and
our
community
based
agencies,
so
that
might
be
connecting
folks
to
the
vba
veterans,
affairs
or
dshs
behavioral
health
services.
M
You
know
again
connecting
them
to
purchase
their
ids.
Those
are
just
quick
examples,
but
my
in
my
role
as
well,
we
also
coordinate
with
other
entities
such
as
king,
county
or
washington,
state
department
of
transportation
who
own
land
throughout
bellevue
and
which
folks
are
residing
on
so
often
times.
M
We
really
do
need
to
invest
in
a
spectrum
of
programs
to
meet
the
spectrum
of
challenges
that
folks
actually
face
when
they're
housing,
unstable
or
they're,
experiencing
homelessness,
and
just
as
a
quick
example,
the
city
does
invest
as
just
an
example.
A
new
sort
of
opportunity
that
the
city
took
upon
itself
is
to
implement
or
impose
a
sales
tax,
a
one-tenth
sales
tax
that
goes
towards
affordable
housing,
behavioral
health
services
and
housing
related
services.
M
And
here
I'm
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
our
regional
coordination
so,
prior
to
this
program
that
was
initiated
in
2019
the
homeless
outreach
program.
The
city
has
a
long-standing
history
of
collaborating
with
other
eastside
cities
to
use
human
service
dollars
to
fund
shelters
across
the
east
side
and
other
supportive
services.
M
But
within
my
role
I
do
coordinate
with
as
an
example
the
homelessness
administrator
and
coordinator
with
the
city
of
redmond
oftentimes.
We
have
mutual
participants
of
our
program
that
are
very
mobile
and
may
move
from
bellevue
to
redmond,
so
we
often
coordinate
to
ensure
that
we're
not
duplicating
efforts
and
that
we
are
providing
wraparound
services
to
these
individuals
and
also
the
king
county
regional
homeless
authority
authority.
M
City
of
bellevue
staff
are
continuing
to
coordinate
with
them
for
folks
who
don't
know
in
2019,
king
county
and
the
city
of
seattle
signed
an
interlocal
agreement
to
establish
established
kcraha
as
a
separate
governmental
agency.
Their
mission
is
really
to
significantly
decrease
the
incidence
of
homelessness
throughout
king
county.
M
So
part
of
this
role
is
responding
to
community
inquiries
or
concerns
that
are
related
to
homelessness,
whether
it
is
requesting
for
more
support
at
a
certain
park,
whether
it's
to
address
an
encampment
throughout
the
city.
Part
of
my
role
is
to
really
engage
with
the
community.
Let
them
know
our
protocols
and
processes
to
respond
to
homelessness
related
issues
throughout
the
city.
M
M
So
we
did
recently
include
a
new
request
type
in
the
my
bellevue
app
for
homelessness
assistance
and
support.
So
folks
can
now
go
in
there
and
request
support
again
either
for
frequented
areas
that
they've
been
noticing
folks
hanging
out
at
or
particular
encampments,
or
just
noting
that
you
know
they
see
an
individual,
often
in
their
neighborhood,
and
they
want
more
outreach
and
support
to
that
individual
and
for
that
individual
to
be
engaged.
M
So
folks
can
go
in
there
and
sort
of
request
for
homelessness
assistance
and
support.
Through
my
bellevue
we've
also
contin.
We
are
continuing
to
update
our
website
with
the
most
relevant
information
regarding
the
city's
homelessness
efforts
and
our
processes
and
protocols,
so
that
has
most
recently
been
updated
as
well,
and
we've
also
released
a
recent
late
late
video
highlighting
a
success
story
as
well,
and
also
just
highlighting
the
amount
of
coordination
that
it
takes.
M
So
I
have
a
couple
of
snapshot
pictures
and
I
won't
go
through
everything,
but
I
do
coordinate
with
the
sophiaway
congregation
for
the
for
the
homeless,
which
are
shelter
providers
here
in
bellevue,
for
women
and
single
men
and
icron
is
also
a
good
mental
health
and
behavioral
health
provider.
Here
on
the
east
side
as
well
that
I
refer
folks
to
but
the
sort
of
top
left
picture,
I'm
going
to
sort
of
share
a
story
about
an
individual
that
had
been
frequenting
near
our
freeways
with
severe
mental
health
issues
in
which
bellevue
fire
cares.
M
Myself
and
bellevue
police
were
often
getting
calls
for
support
and
service
to
help.
This
individual
obtain
housing
and
figure
out
what
his
needs
are,
and
for
here
what
had
happened
was
bellevue
police
had
really
built
a
really
good
rapport
with
this
individual
as
well
as
bellevue
fire
cares
they
had.
M
I
wanted
to
figure
out
if
we
can
get
him
inside,
so
that
he
can
really
address
his
behavioral
health
issues
and
his
mental
health
issues,
and
so
luckily,
we
found
hops
in
place
that
had
just
opened
up
in
the
seattle
area
and
they
have
a
partnership
with
harborview
medical
that
really
supports
folks
that
have
been
chronically
homeless
and
he
had
been
chronically
homeless.
I
believe
for
about
five
years
already
in
the
bellevue
area,
and
then
they
have
a
partnership
with
psychiatric
staff
and
medical
staff,
which
is
really
important
for
him
to
maintain
housing.
M
M
And
then
this
other
picture
to
the
right
is
sort
of
a
snapshot,
picture
of
veterans
affairs
in
renton
and
I've
housed
three
veterans
so
far
with
coordination
with
the
va.
So
the
va
actually
received
additional
funding
during
covet
19
to
get
our
veterans
off
the
streets
and
immediately
placed
into
hotels,
which
has
been
great
because
it's
been
a
temporary
option
for
them
to
get
them
into
hotel
and
then
figure
out
transitional
and
permanent
housing
options.
M
Those
three
individuals
were
put
into
hotel
at
first
and
then
I
worked
with
that
case
management
to
figure
out
the
long-term
housing
placement,
whether
it's
transitional
housing
for
a
two-year
period
or
permanent
housing.
Happy
to
say,
you
know,
figuring
out
documentations
with
these
individuals
coordinating
with
their
new
va
case
manager.
M
All
three
individuals
have
now
moved
from
hotel
into
permanent
housing,
which
has
been
really
exciting
as
well,
so
just
wanted
to
highlight
all
of
the
different
coordination
it
takes
and
all
the
different
entities
that
can
be
involved
to
getting
one
person
inside-
and
here
are
some
data
points
around
just
how
many
folks
that
we've
been
able
to
permanently
or
temporarily
house.
So
in
2020
we
had
29
people
moving
into
housing,
which
has
been
great
so
far
in
2021,
I've
helped
house
18
folks
into
permanent
and
temporary
housing.
M
We
do
have
safe
parking
throughout
the
east
side
in
redmond
and
kirkland
as
well.
So
safe
parking
can
provide
a
temporary
space
for
somebody
to
stabilize
get
off
the
street,
get
into
a
safe
parking
area
and
connect
with
case
managers
at
that
site,
so
that
they're
able
to
address
their
housing
barriers
as
they
move
to
access.
You
know
permanent
housing,
so
we
continue
to
find
that
as
a
gap
here
in
bellevue
for
the
next
point,
proactive
versus
reactive
homelessness
response.
M
I
like
to
talk
about
this
a
little
bit
because,
just
generally
speaking,
I
know
that
you
know
bellevue
itself
and
a
lot
of
city
staff,
including
bellevue
police.
The
fire
cares
team
and
myself
and
other
city
staff
too.
We're
really
good
at
addressing
prices
right,
getting
out
there,
responding
to
concerns
or
inquiries
regarding
homelessness,
related
issues,
whether
it's
encampments
or
we
might
have
somebody
experiencing
a
mental
health
crisis
on
right-of-way.
M
Luckily,
that
being
just
as
an
example,
investing
in
affordable
housing
and
deep,
affordable
housing
when
we're
addressing
the
root
causes
of
homelessness,
we
are
proactively
preventing
homelessness
and
that's
what
I
mean
by
proactive
homelessness
response
and
the
city
does
continue
to
invest
in
again
the
spectrum
of
sort
of
programs
and
services
that
we
have.
But
we
need
to
continue
to
invest
in
that
preventative
response
to
homelessness
that
address
some
of
those
root
causes.
I
talked
about
earlier
in
my
slides
as
well
and,
lastly,
there's
limited
permanent
housing
with
supportive
services
for
extremely
low
in
compliance.
M
M
You
have
to
really
think
outside
the
box,
whether
it's
you
know
helping
folks
apply
to
more
of
a
shared
living
situation,
a
roommate
situation
which
often
times
folks
just
want
peace
of
mind
and
their
own
space,
so
there's
very
limited:
extremely
low
income,
housing
across
the
east
side
and
specifically
in
bellevue.
I
did
want
to
highlight
some
numbers
that
I
got
as
well
from
our
city,
bellevue
staff
that
work
on
affordable
housing.
So
we
do
have
335
regulated
units
in
the
zero
to
30
percent
ami
range.
M
And
lastly,
here
are
some
upcoming
projects
that
I
wanted
to
share
with
you
tonight
that
sort
of
help
address
some
of
these
challenges.
So
we
are
continuing
to
enhance
our
communication
regarding
our
city's
efforts
to
address
homelessness,
whether
it
be
through
social
media
and
it's
your
city.
M
We
will
continue
to
also
update
the
website
with
new
information,
as
well
as
the
continued
hb
1590
program,
adoption
and
implementation
for
folks
who
don't
know,
hb
1590
revenue
was
put
in
place
so
that
we
can
actually
use
that
funding
towards
affordable
housing,
behavioral
health
services
and
housing
related
services.
M
It
does
serve
a
whole
list
of
eligible
populations,
such
as
veterans
senior
citizens,
folks
with
disabilities,
but
it
also
does
serve
persons
experiencing
homelessness.
So
that's
really
exciting
about
the
program
that
it
really
does
serve
a
wide.
You
know
sort
of
wider
rate
of
populations
that
are
often
underserved
and
part
of
that
being
folks
experiencing
homelessness.
M
And,
lastly,
we
are
also
exploring
safe
parking
programs.
So
council
has
also
directed
myself
and
staff
to
prioritize
what
safe
parking
programs
could
look
like
in
bellevue,
which
is
exciting
because
again
it
can
provide
a
temporary
relief
for
folks
that
are
living
outside
in
their
vehicles
and
can
provide
like
one
sort
of
one-stop
shop
for
folks
to
reside
in
know
that
they're
safe
in
the
parking
lot
and
then
connect
with
case
managers
there
as
well
and
again.
M
A
You
very
much
that's
a
great
presentation
and
thank
you
for
all
the
work
that
you
do.
You
have
one
of
the
hardest
jobs
I
think
in
the
city
and
you
do
it
awfully
well,
and
we
really
appreciate
it.
I'm
going
to
call
on
council
members
in
this
order,
councilmember
barksdale
robertson's
on
deputy
mayor
and
ewing
house,
councilmember,
stokes
lee
and
then
myself
so
councilmember
barksdale
any
comments
or
questions.
C
I
do
thank
you,
mayor
just
want
to
say
thank
you
stephanie
and
for
all
the
work
that
you're
doing
I've
had
a
chance
to
see
you
and
please
bellevue,
police
and
bellevue.
Fire
cares
in
action
a
couple
times
and
really
appreciate
the
way
that
you
all
really
worked
with
the
people
experiencing
homelessness
in
our
community
in
terms
of
the
king
county,
regional,
homeless,
authority,
homeless
authority.
C
Do
you
have
an
idea-
and
I
know
that
we're
planning
a
time
for
them
to
visit,
just
wanted
to
get
an
idea
of
when
we're
looking
for
that
to
happen,
and
then
the
second
question
or
a
comment
around
the
enhanced
communication.
You
know
I'm
I'm
really
interested.
You
know.
We
see
the
emails
that
come
in
and
the
comments,
and
I
would
really
appreciate
an
opportunity
for
us
to
explore
ways
to
connect
our
unhoused
neighbors
with
our
house
neighbors,
to
bring
a
bit
more
of
that
empathy
and
context
around
homelessness.
C
And
so
I
don't
know
if
there's
an
opportunity
to
explore
that.
But
that's
something
that
I
think
would
be
helpful.
N
Yeah
councilmember
barksdale
I'll
jump
in
on
the
king
county
regional
homelessness
authority
question.
We
are
working
with
intergovernmental
staff
now
hoping
to
land
it
on
one
of
those
upcoming
upcoming
regional
issues,
agendas,
so
gotta
work
with
the
capacity
with
whatever
else
needs
to
come
to
the
council
on
that
and
the
kcrha
staff
availability.
N
Make
sure
that
it's
the
full
picture
that
it
it's
accurate
as
they
then
build
it
into
what
they're
doing
and
then
on
the
proactive
communication
standpoint
I'll
leave
stephanie
to
add
a
little
bit,
but
that
is
very
top
of
mind
for
us.
Each
time
we
think
about
responding
to
inquiries
or
providing
information
about
the
program
is
to
lead
with
the
humanity
of
it
and
to
always
try
to
find
ways
to
help
people
understand
where
they
can
get
involved
if
they
want
to
help
so
continued
feedback
on
how
we
can
find
more
opportunities.
I
Thanks
great
presentation,
thank
you,
stephanie
for
all.
You
do
and
have
been
doing
for
the
people
of
bellevue,
so
we
got
some
metrics
with
regard
to
the
populations
on
the
east
side,
who
maybe
experienced
homelessness
and
living
among
us,
whether
in
their
cars
or
in
tents
or
someplace
else.
I
So
one
thing
we
didn't
get
metrics
on
is
how
many
people
are
living
outside
in
bellevue,
and
I
think
that
I
know
that
it
was
it's
hard
to
count
during
covet,
but
I
would
be
curious
to
know
how
many
different
reports
we
get,
because
I
know
that.
There's
people
that
write
to
council
that
post
on
the
my
bellevue
app
they
I
see
them
on
next
door
about
where
people
are
living
outside
and
the
person
that
spoke
earlier
tonight.
I
I
haven't
been
down
to
the
trail
that
was
mentioned,
but
I
am
very
disturbed
if
we
have
a
trail
that
is
meant
for
open
public
use,
that
is
filled
with
tent
encampments.
I
it's
not
something.
I
was
aware
of
I'd
I'd
like
to
understand
the
magnitude
and
how?
Because
if
we
don't
understand
the
magnitude
of
the
problem,
we
can't
figure
out
how
to
solve
it,
and
one
of
the
things
that
you
mentioned
was
the
root
causes
of
homelessness.
I
You
didn't
mention
drug
addiction
or
alcohol
addiction
or
mental
illness.
Yet
in
your
example,
you
decided
to
a
person
who
was
mentally
ill
and
my
understanding
is
that
a
lot
of
the
service
resistant
population
is
folks
who
have
a
high
percentage
of
one
or
all
of
those
problems.
And
so,
if
we
don't
understand
what
the
problems
are
and
we
fail
to
actually
include
that
as
a
category,
it's
pretty
hard
to
solve
it.
So
could
you
and
and
to
appropriate
the
right
amount
of
money
on
the
1590
money?
I
I'm
really
wanting
to
see
some
of
that
money
go
towards
behavioral
health
and
making
sure
that
we
can
help
these
folks
anyway.
So
and
then
I
g,
so
I
guess
I'd
like
you
to
speak
about
that
and
then
because
the
last
thing
we
want
to
have
is
people
not
getting
the
services
they
need,
but
we
also
don't
want
to
have
shared
public
facilities
like
a
trail
being
unusable
to
the
public
because
they're
afraid
or
it's
not,
you
know
or
there's
obstructions
in
the
walkways
et
cetera.
So
can
you
address
these.
M
Yeah
so
I'll
start
with
your
your
second
piece
on
the
mental
behavioral
services,
I
did
have
the
icon
and
I
think
I
skipped
over
it
accidentally.
So,
yes,
mental
and
behavioral
health
services
is
one
of
the
causes
of
homelessness
and
it
can
also
be
a
byproduct
of
living
outside
and
experiencing
homelessness
and
housing.
Instability.
Fortunately
enough.
So
as
of
this
year,
council
has
directed
to
prioritize
some
of
the
services
funding
from
1590
towards
behavioral
health
services,
which
has
been
really
exciting.
M
So
that
happened
a
couple
months
back
now,
the
rfp
has
been
released
and
and
all
and
then
more
recently,
the
account
for
the
capital
side
of
the
house
for
15.90
we're.
Also
in
in
this
last
sort
of
study
session.
We
had
council
also
prioritized
serving
our
underserved
populations,
which
to
me
also
can
encompass
folks
that
do
have
behavioral
health
disabilities
as
well.
M
So
that's
been
really
exciting
as
well,
so
that
rfp
is
out
so
we'll
see
what
happens
with
those
projects
that
are
incoming
and
seeing
if
they
address
some
of
the
same
folks
that
you
spoke
about
tonight
and
about
the
metrics
piece
of
things.
So
I
agree.
We
need
to
understand
the
the
actual
magnitude
of
the
problem
because,
to
be
quite
honest,
the
thousand
and
thirty
two
in
the
point
in
time
count
we
know,
is
an
under
count
and
an
underrepresentation.
A
M
The
amount
of
folks
that
are
living
outside
and
in
vehicles,
whether
it's
folks
accessing
our
shelter
system
or
folks,
literally
living
outside
and
so
part
of
that,
being,
you
know
part
of
me
trying
to
understand
the
magnitude
and
collect
some
of
that
data
and
get
some
of
those
numbers
was
the
reason
as
to
why
I
wanted
to
create
a
streamlined
approach
for
folks
to
request,
support
and
assistance
through
mybellevue.
So
we
can
get
that
count,
because
otherwise,
when
we
don't
have
like
a
streamlined
way
to
collect
that
data,
it's
kind
of
all
over
the
place.
M
M
I
know
that
once
we
start
exploring
the
safe
parking
program,
option
two,
we'll
probably
do
another
vehicle
residency
count
just
to
see
the
magnitude
of
that
issue
as
well
throughout
the
city
and
part
of
the
data
that
I
collect.
I
didn't
really
highlight
it
too
much,
but
I
do
count
the
number
of
folks
that
are
engaged
with
me
in
services,
which
definitely
does
not
count
everybody
that
is
experiencing
homelessness.
But
that
number
also
provides
a
snapshot
of
how
many
folks
are
experiencing
homelessness
and
engaging
with
the
program
as
well.
I
M
M
67
on
this
slide
itself,
but
it
has
definitely
grown
since
the
time
that
I
created
this
slide
to
probably
about
closer
to
80
at
this
point
for
unduplicated
folks
that
have
been,
you
know,
accessing
and
participating
in
my
program,
okay,
but
we
can
also
provide
more
of
a
robust
number
too.
Once
we
look
at
the
numbers
from
my
bellevue
and
those
other
metrics
that
I
mentioned,
that
are
soon
to
come
to
county
and
vehicle
residencies
and
everything.
A
O
O
Trying
to
find
where
tents
might
be
is
really
really
tough
and
so
being
able
to
collect
data
from
the
community
of
if
they
notice
a
tent
being
able
to
then
reach
out
and
figure
out
what
they
need.
I
really
really
appreciate
that.
So
for
me,
I
really
want
to
understand
more
about
then.
What
are
the
kind
of
resources
you
need
to
be
able
to
do
the
work
that
you
do.
O
O
The
enhanced
communication,
I
think,
is
so
key
and
I
think
in
addition
to
that,
it's
also
managing
expectations.
So
earlier,
when
you
talked
about,
you
know
the
24-hour
parking
right,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
also
clear
with
our
community
about
when
a
vehicle
is
a
dwelling.
O
What
we're
legally
allowed
to
do
or
not
do
related
to
that
ordinance,
and
so
I
think
that's
an
important
part
and
the
parking
one
is
something
that
I'm
very,
very
interested
in
so
glad
my
colleagues
were
interested
in
in
having
that
as
our
work
plan,
there
actually
is
a
safe
parking
program
and
I
can
it's
at
a
church
actually
right
next
to
my
house,
and
I
don't
think
they
have
very
many
cars
in
there
right
now.
They're
they're
helping
women
and
I
would
definitely
be
interested
in
us
accelerating
that
effort
as
much
as
possible.
O
You
know
I've
got
to
tell
you
that
I
was
at
a
sophia
way,
helping
bring
meals
one
time
a
couple
years
ago
and
just
happened
to
be
sitting
at
a
table
with
two
women
who
were
telling
me
how
grateful
they
were
that
they
were
actually
in
a
safe
parking
program
up
in
kirkland,
because
they
were
trying
to
finish
their
degree
up
at
bellevue
college
and
what
they
said
to
me
was
I'm
so
grateful.
I
actually
have
a
car
to
sleep
in,
so
I'm
not
actually
sleeping
out
in
the
street,
and
you
know
it.
O
It
is
just
amazingly
hard
work
here
and
the
more
we
can
move
faster
in
this
work,
the
more
people
that
we
can
help
and,
and
then
the
other
part
of
it
is
what
you
also
brought
up
about.
So
once
we
provide
the
help
that
they
need
do
we
have
enough
either
temporary
housing
or
permanent
housing
for
people
to
go
to.
So,
as
we
learn
more
about.
O
N
Council
members
on
I'll
I'll
jump
in
a
little
bit
on
the
resource
question
there.
So
there,
as,
as
you
pointed
out,
stephanie,
does
yeoman's
work
in
adding
this
position
a
few
years
ago.
One
of
the
things
that
we
saw
was
the
opportunity
to
leverage
some
programs
that
existed
across
multiple
departments
and
make
sure
we're
sort
of
growing
the
ore
of
rowing
the
boat
in
the
same
direction.
N
I
hesitate
to
say,
limitless
need,
but
but
a
growing
need,
as
do
many
of
our
programs
around
the
city.
So
one
step
that
we've
taken
in
the
manager's
office
is
to
authorize
some
more
on
the
ground.
Assistance
for
stephanie,
particularly
you're,
seeing
her
more
on
the
policy
front,
she's
working
with
the
1590
team
and
then,
as
that
wraps
up
she's,
really
going
to
be
one
of
our
lead
people
working
on
some
policy
choices
around
safe
parking.
N
So
we
we
have
authorized
some
back
filling
for
her,
just
to
make
sure
we're
maintaining
our
outreach
service
levels
and
I
think
really,
when
we
get
into
then
what
does
safe
parking
look
like
for
the
city
and
what
do
some
other
things
coming
out
of
kcra
the
regional
effort?
What
do
those
things
look
like?
N
Should
feed
right
into
your
next
budget
process
and
understand
where
you're
going
to
face
demands
across
many
of
the
city
services,
but
we
should
be
well
positioned
to
help
the
council
understand
the
magnitude
of
the
need
where
the
region
is
going
with
respect
to
policies
and
programs
that
fill
a
lot
of
the
gaps
that
you
were
just
talking
about,
particularly
with
respect
to
stable
housing
and
and
the
services
that
help
people
stay
stable.
N
N
Just
appreciate
your
comments,
then,
on
the
24-hour
parking,
particularly
with
what
folks
can
expect,
as
we
apply
that
24-hour
parking
ordinance
city-wide
it
in
the
event
that
we
do
find
a
vehicle
that
looks
like
someone
is
living
in
it,
but,
as
you
pointed
out,
the
legal
landscape
has
changed
during
the
course
of
the
pandemic,
so
we
are
currently
updating
our
operating
procedures
with
respect
to
vehicle
residencies.
N
In
particular,
we
do
share
your
interest
that
once
we
get
those
clear
that
we
can
clearly
communicate
with
people
about
what
that
will
look
like
and
what
to
expect
and
they're
both
practical
and
legal
challenges
with
that
so
and
we
want
to
make
sure
everybody
understands
what
that
enforcement
might
look
like.
So
I
just
wanted
to
tackle
those
two
things
stephanie.
I
don't
know
if
I
missed
anything
from
council
members
on
questions
so
now.
M
That's
also
why
we've
taken
the
approach
to
update
the
city
homelessness
in
bellevue
website
as
well,
to
just
highlight
what
our
protocols
are,
and
you
know
at
a
very
high
level,
what
we
do
to
address
when
we
have
folks
living
in
their
vehicles,
or
we
see
an
encampment
and
making
sure
that
folks
just
know
what
our
protocols
and
processes
are.
Citywide.
A
Okay,
council,
deputy
mayor
noon,
house.
F
Thank
you
mayor
great
conversation,
some
great
questions
here
so
far.
I
think
it's
been
very
instructive
and
and
stephanie
I'll
pile
on
and
say
great
work.
All
around
I
mean
on
the
presentation,
but
just
the
work
you
do
on
a
daily
basis,
and
I
think
your
presentation
really
highlighted
the
the
complexity
around
this
issue
as
well
as
it
rightly
should,
because
there's
no
one
one
path
for
every
individual,
it's
very
different,
based
on
what
they
might
be
experiencing
at
at
that
time.
F
So
thank
you
for
so
clearly
showing
that
in
in
your
presentation
and
the
gaps
and
challenges
there.
Absolutely
I
think
councilman
robertson
makes
a
very
good
point
then,
and
I
would
be
absolutely
in
favor
of
adding
some
additional
monies
if
needed
in
order
to
get
a
really
strong
understanding
of
the
of
the
homelessness
picture
in
in
bellevue.
I
think
if
we
don't
have
that
data.
F
Hard
for
us
to
to
create
a
more
robust
protocols
and
processes
to
enable
you
and
a
great
and
a
bigger
and
greater
team,
to
give
you
as
I'm
hearing
tonight
as
well,
and
I
think
we
would
all
we
want
to
give
you
more
tools
and
more.
You
know,
resources
in
order
to
further
address
homelessness
and
and
bellevue.
F
I
think
we're
all
committed
to
that,
and
on
top
of
that
you
know,
I'm
glad
that
the
conversation
around
the
the
safe
parking
program
that
is
critical
for
us
and
obviously
it's
a
priority.
It
came
up
during
our
retreat
and
the
city
manager
miyake.
I
don't
know
if
there's
any
way,
we
can
expedite
that,
and
certainly
we
we
can
wait
to
another.
You
know
budget
conversation,
but
you
know
this
is
a
need
that
we
have
right
now
affecting
lives
and
it'd
be
great.
F
This
would
be
something
that
we
could
expedite
even
quicker,
even
though
there
appears
to
be
some
safe
parking
programs
out
there
already
and
other
cities
have
them
and
stephanie.
My
first
question:
are
we
able
to
take
advantage
of
those
right
now?
Are
we
able
to
direct
people
who
need
that
safe,
sparking
a
safe
parking
facility?
Can
we
direct
them
right
now
and
are
people
taking
advantage
of
it
and
do
they
have
enough
space
it
sounded
as
if
they
do
potentially?
But
can
you
answer
that
one
question
for
me
please
so.
M
We
do-
and
I
do
refer
folks
to
state
parking
programs.
I
will
say
there
are
limited,
if
not,
but
one
safe
parking
program
for
single
men
on
the
east
side,
and
so
that's
been
a
large
issue
as
well
is
folks
and
parking
programs
accepting
women
and
children
or
families.
But
we
do
need
to
support
our
single
men
that
are
also
living
in
our
vehicles
as
well.
But,
yes,
we
do
refer
folks
to
safe
parking
programs
when.
F
J
Oh
no,
I
was
you
know
in
terms
of
the
state
parking
program.
I
know.
One
of
the
things
that
we
are
working
on
is
is,
as
as
deputy
city
manager,
kate
mentioned,
that
you
know,
stephanie
is
working
on
a
lot
of
the
1590
work.
Part
of
what
we're
planning
to
do
is
once
some
of
that
is
completed,
is
to
is
to
to
focus
her
attention
on
the
state
parking
program
which
will
hopefully
will
be
you
know,
launch
into
sometime
before
the
end
of
the
year.
Just
from
now,
as
you
know,.
F
Great
and
then
my
last
comment,
slash
question:
is
that
certainly,
as
a
council,
we
understand
we've
gotten
a
lot
of
emails
and
calls
about
the
the
silver
cloud
in
acquisition
by
king
county
in
relation
to
the
this
is
the
city
of
redmond.
Now,
clearly,
that's
you
know
technically,
not
within
the
city
of
bellevue
boundary,
but
there
you
know.
F
Some
residents
have
obviously
pointed
out
that
they
live
very
close
to
that
facility
or
or
to
that
hotel
that
will
be
transitioned
into
permanent
supportive
housing.
Is
there
an
update?
Maybe
I
believe
that
deputy
city
manager,
kate
barrons,
I
think
you've
been
involved
in
some
of
those
conversations
with
king
county
and
the
city
of
redmond
for
for
those
individuals
that
are
that
are
concerned
about
that
issue
or
have
questions
about
that.
Is
there
any
update
that
you
could
provide.
N
Sure
I'd
be
happy
to
do
that
real
quickly.
The
as
you
mentioned,
the
silver
cloud
hotel
was
purchased
by
king
county
through
their
health
through
housing
program,
part
of
their
announced
plan
to
to
buy
hotel,
distressed
hotel
properties
and
turn
them
into
permanent
supportive
housing
throughout
the
county.
N
I
believe
at
this
point
they're
up
to
eight
or
nine
purchases
throughout
the
county,
redmond
the
redmond
silver
cloud
being
the
one
on
what
you'd
call
the
east
side
sub-region
several
in
seattle,
a
couple
in
the
south
region
as
well.
So
I
attended
a
forum
that
the
county
put
on
earlier
or
late
last
week
and
got
a
few
details
at
this
point:
they're,
anticipating
144
units
of
permanent
supportive
housing.
N
So
as
stephanie
talked
about
today,
that
would
be
housing
at
the
at
the
very
low
income
level,
so
to
qualify
to
be
a
resident
in
the
project.
You
need
to
be
in
that
zero
to
30
percent
income
level,
in
addition
to
other
qualifying
conditions,
including
a
disability
or
disabling
condition,
and
so
someone
who
is
in
need
of
both
some
significant
financial
support
but
also
service
support.
N
What
the
county
was
very
clear
on
is
having
decided
that
they
are
purchasing,
they
have
purchased
the
property
and
that
it
will
be
part
of
their
permit
supportive
housing
program.
What
they
haven't
yet
finalized
is
their
request
for
proposals
for
a
for
an
operator
of
the
property,
and
so
they
are
committed
to
allowing
resident
and
citizen
participation
in
shaping
that
that
rfp
on
along
the
lines
of
things
like
what
would
success?
Look
like
for
that
project
to
fit
well
in
the
neighborhood
and
to
be
a
good
neighbor?
What
would
be
communication
channels?
N
What
are
things
around
the
neighborhood?
That
should
be
that
the
operator
and
residents
should
be
aware
of
things
along
those
lines
that
residents
can
influence,
and
the
county
was
very
quick
to
say
that
offer
extends
not
only
the
redmond
residents
but
bellevue
residents
acknowledging
how
close
it
is
to
bellevue's
borders
and,
in
addition,
we
are
committing
to
make
that
project
successful.
N
The
county
did
make
clear
that
the
the
folks
being
served
by
that
project
would
draw
first
from
the
immediate
area,
so
the
east
side,
redmond
bellevue
and
at
least
one
county
council
member-
is
committed
to
getting
that
number
very
high.
So
we'll
continue
to
follow
up
on
that.
We
would
appreciate
that
that
sort
of
local
focus
when
it
comes
to
the
operator
finding
residents
to
fill
the
units.
N
So
as
people
email
you
council
members,
we
are
making
them
aware
of
what
we
know
about
the
project
and
we
are
providing
them
links
to
the
county
and
redmond
websites.
As
those
are
the
two
agencies
with
official
decision-making
authority,
and
but
we
are
continuing
to
coordinate
on
the
staff
level
and
we'll
keep
monitoring
the
project
as
well.
E
Yeah,
a
really
great
discussion
so
far,
stephanie
really
is
amazing,
work
and
we're
asking
you
to
do
an
awful
lot
and
my
I
guess
concern
of
this
is
we're
getting
a
lot
of
information.
E
It's
really
exciting
to
get
all
this
pulled
together
and
talk
about,
but
we
are
still
we're
still
at
the
baby
steps
in
a
sense,
and
my
concern
is
that
we're
making
progress
and
we're
doing
a
lot
of
things,
but
we've
been
doing
talking
progress
and
doing
a
lot
of
things
for
a
long
time
and
I'm
hoping
that
what
you're,
putting
together
and
kind
of
the
you
know
the
mix
of
this
and
pushing
it
will
really
get
us
kind
of
off
the
sideline
in
a
sense
and
really
really
making
progress
in
this.
E
E
I
mean
it's
they're
not
going
to
stay
in
homes
and
they're,
going
to
be
homeless
and,
as
was
noted
earlier
they're,
not
all
coming
in,
because
they're
have
mental
or
you
know
substance
problems,
they
generally
that's
something
that's
exacerbated
by
being
homeless.
I
think
it
freaked
all
of
us
out.
We
were
in
that
same
circumstance,
I
guess
what
I'm
hoping
is
and
what
I
think
you're
really
getting
us
to
focus
on
and
putting
something
out
there.
That
is,
I
think,
going
to
change.
This
is
that
our
conversations
are
always
kind
of
about
well.
E
Why
do
we
have
to
do
this?
How
what
are
the
problems?
How
can
we
do
it?
And-
and
we
thank
you
very
much
for
all
the
work
you've
done
and
then
we
go
on
to
other
things.
We
have
the
opportunity
with
the
1590
money
and
with
our
own
funding
and
others
and
and
the
business
community
is
behind
this.
I
think
we
have
the
possibility
to
do
something
that
is,
will
make.
E
What
I
really
like
to
do
is
actually
have
over
the
goal
line
and
we're
not
there
yet,
and
I
think
that's
going
to
take
a
lot
more
emphasis
on
our
part
and
actually
working
with
the
the
community
working
with
the
silver
cloud
people
they're
involved
in
that
work
with
the
other
cities-
and
you
know
in
some
ways.
E
Kirkland
and
redmond
are
ahead
of
us
in
some
of
these
these
areas,
but
I'm
hoping
that
we're
we're
just
putting
steps
in
place
that
will
lead
us
to
something
else,
not
just
doing
pretty
good
and
coming
back
with
something
and
saying.
Well,
we
helped
so
many
people,
but
the
the
problem
continues
and
I
don't
think
we're,
maybe
we're
not
putting
enough
resources
in
the
work
that
you're
doing
we've.
You
know
we're
kind
of
talking
about
this.
What
else
do
we
need?
How
can
we
do
it?
E
I
just
want
to
see
us
come
out
of
this
with
the
opportunity
with
the
funding
we
have,
possibly
with
the
attitudes
we
have
and
a
lot
of
people.
It's
been
exhilarating
to
see
not
only
and
we're
you
know
concerned,
seeing
the
the
people
who
come
on
and
some
pretty
pretty
awful
comments
about
how
terrible
these
people
are.
E
You
know
we
want
to
help
them,
but
we
don't
want
them
in
our
neighborhood
kind
of
thing
and
I
hope
those
people
will
who
are
doing
that
can
understand
this
and
get
them
working
together,
but
I
really
think
we
need
to
I'd
like
to
see
us
utilize,
the
number
of
people
in
this
city
who
have
come
forward
and
said
we
want
to
help.
We
want
to
make
it
different.
How
do
we
do
that?
How
do
we
get
the
community
to
really
come
together
and
say
this?
E
And
so
I
think
we're
making
great
strides
on
it,
but
I'm
just
hoping
this
is
a
precursor
of
something
that
is
really
going
to
be
good
and
we
have
the
we
have
the
opportunities
there.
But
if
we
keep
arguing
about
the
same
old
things,
we've
been
arguing
about
for
years,
we're
not
going
to
get
there.
So
just
really
appreciate
the
work
you're
doing-
and
I
hope
we'll
come
back
and
and
at
some
time
and
say
we're
really.
E
Actually
we
only
have
five
people
who
are
homeless
because
we've
we've
gotten
them
off
and
the
other
problem
is
these
people
are
homeless
and
there's
always
some
new
people
coming
in,
and
so
we
can
get
the
hundred
and
something
people
in
homes,
but
in
the
meantime,
they're
gonna
be
another
100
or
more
homeless
people.
So
it's
got
to
be
all
integrated
and
I
think
that's
something
you're
you're
working
on
too
and
the
work
you're
doing
is
going
to
help
us
get
there.
So
it's
very
much
appreciated.
E
That's
a
great
presentation
and
I
hope
we,
I
hope
we
as
a
council
and
a
city
can
live
up
to
the
promise
that
you're
putting
out
there
for
us.
Thank
you.
M
Thank
you
I'll
just
say
really
quickly
too.
I
appreciate
your
sentiments
on
the
topic
too
and
which
is
why,
on
the
slide
that
I
had
around
proactive
and
reactive
homelessness
responses,
that's
exactly
you
hit
it
right
on
the
nail.
That's
exactly
what
I'm
trying
to
talk
about
and
make
sure
that
we
as
a
city
know
that
this
continues
to
be
a
challenge.
You
know
we
have
great
staff,
not
only
myself
but
the
fire
affairs
team.
M
We
have
highly
trained
officers
as
well
in
the
bellevue
police
department
that
have
some
good
training
around
de-escalation
crisis
management,
trauma,
informed
services,
so
on
and
so
forth
that
have
really
built
good
rapport
with
our
unhoused
community,
and
we
continue
to
really
do
good
crisis
management
right,
addressing
the
immediate
visibility
of
homelessness
and
now
is
the
time
to
sort
of
continue
to
invest
in
those
proactive
and
preventative
responses
to
homelessness
that
I'm
hearing
that
you're
touching
upon.
M
D
Thank
you
very
much.
Well,
stephanie
you're,
amazing,
my
heart
and
my
heart
goes
out
to
you.
How
many
stephanies
are
there
working?
How
many
have
you
cloned
you
know?
This
is
amazing,
work,
an
amazing
amount
of
work.
Amazing,
you
know
touching
you
are
having
with
folks
one
at
a
time,
and
you
know
it
sounds
like
a
small
number
101
you
know,
but
have
you
ever
tried
to
handle
the
challenge,
the
problem
that
you're
facing
to
take
care
of
any
one
of
those
folks?
D
I
don't
know
how
many
days
of
the
hour
you
have
how
many
days
in
a
week
you've
got
and
I'm
sure
that
you
do
not
have
time
to
enjoy
your
labor
second
weekend.
I
know
that
you
know
we
have
the
church.
We
are
taking
care
of
some
of
the
homeless
folks
they're
from
safe
chfl,
and
you
know
they're
working
you're
working
and
it's
just
one
little
bit
one
little
bit
so
I
I
can
understand
you
know
how
much
you
have
to
do.
I'm
even
amazed.
Every
the
half
an
hour
an
hour.
D
D
D
You
know,
I
think
what
I
recommend
you
can
do
to
make
a
difference.
Is
you
got
to
focus
focus
on
the
few
things,
because
this
problem,
the
solution-
has
to
come
from
the
community
from
people
and
you
have
great
great
staff.
You
know
we've
got.
You
mentioned
great
fire,
great
police,
everyone,
one
of
you.
You
talk
to
lots
of
them
community,
you
know
development,
and
but
they
have
a
lot
of
other
stuff
to
do,
and
you
know
you
have
to
manage.
D
D
You
and
you
got
to
respond
and
that's
where
the
proactiveness
comes
in.
That's
important.
That's
why
the
reactiveness
that
we
are
doing
now.
You
know,
and
that's
that's,
not
efficient.
It's
not
effective
right.
You
have,
you
fix
one
problem.
Five
of
them
are
waiting
out
for
you,
and
so
you
gotta
get
on
top
of
things
proactive,
and
I
think
that's
why
we
are
willing
to
work
with
you
to
give
you
resources.
D
You
actually
can
do
five
and
only
get
four,
so
you
are
making
one
better
each
time
you
know,
if
you
only
do
one
and
get
two
more
we're
not
getting
there,
and
so
you
know
we
wait,
you
have
your
support,
but
the
support
means
you
have
to
focus
on
a
few
things
and
the
few
things
I
think
the
council
members
suggested
to
you
some
of
the
things
that
we
are
very
involved
with
interesting.
The
community
is
really
involved
with
interested
in
you
know.
We
heard
somebody
talking
to
us.
This
is
this
evening.
D
This
is
something
they
are
concerned
about
and,
let's
say
parking,
obviously
is
fun,
and
so
there
are
a
number
of
things.
So
we
got
to
figure
out,
which
one
can
we
tackle
first
and
not
to
just
do
everything
you
never
catch
up.
There's
only
one
of
you.
Okay,
unless
we
all
volunteer
to
do
whatever
you
do
and
give
us
a
shot
and
we'll
do
what
you
do
you
know,
but
hey
that's
not
reality.
D
So
I
really
hope
that
you
hear
the
message.
We
have
focus,
get
resources,
tell
us
what
you
need,
and
you
know
you
know
how
council
members
we
we
we,
you
spend
so
much
of
your
time,
trying
to
make
one
small
decision
why
you
know
you
can't
afford
that
you
got
to
be
able
to
say
this
is
what
I
need,
and
this
is
all
we
can
make
a
change
and
we
actually
make
a
difference,
and
we
cannot
just
you
know
really
down
here
and
say.
F
D
B
D
Population,
you
know
we
always
give
you
different.
We
always
give
you
ideas,
that's
not
no
matter
how
much
you
do
somehow
you're
gonna
throw
an
idea
and
slow
you
down.
Okay!
So,
but
one
idea
that's
been
mentioned,
you
mentioned
it
yeah,
so
I
think
one
thing
I
noticed
under
deserved
population.
I'm
really
glad
that
he's
focusing
on
it.
D
But
don't
let
that
distract
from
you,
but
it
is
important
and
you
know
you
need
to
work
on
that
and
I
we
some
of
us
feel
it's
important
because
it
takes
the
community
to
fix
the
problem
and
it's
under
deserve
this
underserved
population.
You
know
like
one
of
the
things
I
noticed
the
number
asian
american
one
percent.
You
know
I.
L
Know
how
many.
D
Percent
and
asian
americans,
but
but
only
a
very
small
percentage
are
of
the
the
homeless
populations
so
sounds
like
well.
We
don't
need
to
worry
about
that,
but
I
think
there
are
two
things
we
probably
can
learn
from
that
one.
J
D
How
why
why
can
we
learn?
Why
are
they
they
not
homeless?
What
do
they
do?
What
lesson
they
can
really
learn?
Maybe
that's
part
of
the
proactive
solution
we
may
be
able
to
consider
to
use
in
our
overall
homeless
program.
You
know,
I
don't
know,
I'm
just
saying
it
by
looking
at
the
numbers.
Second,
I
think
we
can.
D
We
can
prevent
you
know
if
we
don't
pay
attention
to
them.
If
we
don't
do
anything
if
they
have
12
population
now
they
only
went
the
same
problem.
Eventually,
the
12
percent
population
can
become
20
of
the
problem.
You
know
if
we
don't
pay
attention
to
them
and
I
think
the
way
to
pay
attention
is
really
to
bring
attention
learn
from
how
they
can
do
it,
encourage
them
do
it
right
and
get
them
involved
getting
into.
You
know
as
part
of
the
solution.
Thank.
D
A
D
Still
there,
okay,
somehow
I
lost
my
internet,
but
okay,
I'm
finished
up,
so
I
just
I
just
want
to
emphasize
that
we
need
to
address
the
community's
real
important
issue
and
focus,
and
if
we
can
get
this
support
on
board,
they
will
support
us
and
with
your
enthusiasm,
your
ability
and
we
you
know,
I'm
sure
they
will
be
impressed-
that
you
can
make
things
happen.
If
you
do,
we
will
support
you.
Thank
you.
Well
done.
Good
job
appreciate.
A
Okay,
well,
you've
heard
a
lot
of
comments
and
I
think,
there's
a
consistency
in
the
safe
parking
program
and
also
collecting
the
data
and
being
getting
some.
I
know
it's
a
regional
problem
and
I
know
we're
working
regionally,
but
we
still
would
like
to
see
some
of
the
bellevue
numbers
and
to
council
member
stokes
point
I
like.
I
would
like
to
know
what
success
is.
You
know,
how
do
we
define
success
so
that
we
can
actually
aim
for
that?
A
So
that's
something
I'd
like
to
hear,
but
I'll
tell
you
I
you
know
we
don't.
Only
10
of
our
housing
in
bellevue
is
affordable
to
a
family
of
four
earning
under
80
000
a
year.
Only
10
of
all
the
housing
we
have
available
in
bellevue
is
affordable
to
that.
A
And
so
it's
really
it's
really
a
challenge
to
live
in
bellevue.
And
we
have
people
who
come
here
because
they
want
their
kids
to
have
a
good
education
and
it's
they're
working
multiple
jobs
and
they're
trying
to
find
that
place
where
they
can
afford
to
live.
And
when
something
happens,
they
don't
have
a
safety
net.
We
have
got
to
have
more
housing
in
the
entire
spectrum,
from
0
to
80
ami,
so
that
we
have
more
options
for
people
who
are
working
up
the
affordable
ladder
and
we're
falling
down
the
affordable
ladder.
A
It
shouldn't
just
be
that
you
go
homeless.
You
know
there
should
be
some
more
options
available
to
people
and
I
think
that's
what
we're
you.
The
staff
and
you
are
all
working
really
hard
to
do
for
our
city
is
to
create
more
opportunities
for
different
affordability
and
housing,
and
I'm
all
for
that.
A
But
I
would
like
to
ask
you:
well
I'm
I'm
also
going
to
say
that
in
in
my
experience
and
the
work
I've
done
in
the
research,
I've
read,
it's
just
you
know,
kids
who
are
not
stably
housed
cannot
learn,
they
do
not
meet
their
academic
milestones
and
it.
N
A
A
You
see
over
the
years
that
these
individuals
who
go
into
programs
who
are
homeless,
they
don't
have
any
success,
especially
no
permanent
success
if
they're
not
stably
housed
first.
So
if
we
want
to
see
people
get
better,
we
want
to
see
people
get
back
on
their
feet.
We
have
to
put
them
in
stable
housing.
A
Having
said
that,
I
wanted
to
ask
you
stephanie
it's
my
understanding
that
if
somebody
loses
their
housing
and
is
in
their
car
and
we
get
them
back
into
housing
rapidly,
it's
a
much
less
of
a
traumatic
moment
for
that
person
or
that
family
than
it
is
to
get
end
up
outside
sleeping
outside
and
that
getting
people
who
end
up
outside
have
to
make
these
major
adjustments
mentally
and
then
it's
very
hard
to
get
them
back
inside.
Am
I
right
about
that?
A
M
M
That
I
didn't
mention
that
still
needs
to
happen
and
that's
why
the
support
of
services
in
connection
with
housing
is
so
key
to
the
success
of
folks,
maintaining
their
housing
and
the
I'll
say
the
right
amount
of
staff
capacity
at
these
housing
complexes
in
terms
of
making
sure
that
we
have
enough
staff
there
to
provide
case
management
and
support
is
key
to
keep
people
housed,
because
that's
when
your
case
managers
can
say.
Okay,
we
have
this
new
problem.
M
Let's
figure
this
out
so
that
you're
not
moving
back
backside
or
back
outside
I've
had
several
folks,
you
know
call
text,
forget
it,
I'm
just
going
to
go
back
outside
I'd,
forget
it
and
I'm
like
no,
no,
no,
let's
figure
this
out,
let's
figure
out
what
those
issues
are,
and
so
it
does
take
a
whole
other
sort
of
level
of
case
management
to
just
help.
Folks
stay
inside.
M
So
yes,
and
also
the
mental
health
and
substance
use
and
medical
issues
that
I've
seen
from
folks
living
outside
on
the
streets
for
years
and
even
talking
with
officers
who've
known
our
homeless.
Folks
that
have
you
know
just
entered
into
homelessness
or
our
homelessness
system
years
down
the
line,
the
deterioration
from
not
receiving
medical
treatment
not
receiving
this
receiving
the
support
they
need
living
outside
and
like
the
mental
health,
substance
use
and
medical
needs.
A
A
I
think
you
hear
strong
support
from
the
council
that
we
want
to
do
what
needs
to
be
done
to
help
them,
and
so
I
hope
that
we
have
a
path
and
that
we
can
look
at
what
is
going.
What's
the
budget
going
to
be
to
do
what
we
need
to
do
and
where
can
we
get
the
funding
from
which
pool
of
money
that
we
have
access
to
and
what
does
success
look
like
and
how
do
we
get
there
because
to
me?
A
There's
two
problems:
there's
one
is
preventing
homelessness
and
the
other
is
fixing
homelessness
and
there
are
two
completely
different
issues,
and
so
it's
it's
a
complex
problem,
but
I
really
see
the
value
of
these
safe
parking
areas,
because
those
are
people
who
don't
end
up
outside
who
maybe
are
more
interested
in
being
rapidly
housed
than
some
of
the
other
people,
and
I
think
you
should
really
focus
on
that.
That
seems
like
lower
hanging
fruit,
in
my
opinion,
so
I
I
think
I've
heard
support
from
each
council
member
here
talking
about
that
program.
A
N
Much
go
ahead,
I
was
just
going
just
so
we
don't
don't
leave
on
a
note
of
feeling
like
stephanie
stephanie
and
this
homelessness
outreach
program
is,
is
marching
off
to
solve
homelessness.
I
wanted
to
just
remind
council
or
reiterate
a
couple
things
and
maybe
put
this
in
a
bigger
picture
framework,
so
I
think
many
of
the
council
members
pointed
out
and
issues
with
with
the
macro
scale.
N
So
where
are
the
investments
that
we
need
on
housing
units
from
the
whole
spectrum
of
subsidy
and
affordability
and
then-
and
there
is
a
lot
of
work
both
in
bellevue
and
regionally
on
trying
to
address
that
scale,
that
spectrum
and
build
filling
out
the
gaps
in
that
spectrum?
So
that's
kind
of
a
macro
system
that
we're
working
on
that
you're,
investing
in
through
policy
work
and
through
capital
investments.
N
There's
the
the
macro
system
of
the
mental
health
and
behavioral
health
and
prevention
services,
things
that
can
either
prevent
homelessness
or
help
people
get
back
to
stability
on
the
service
side
of
things,
and
that
is
also
a
macro
system.
There's
a
whole.
The
king
county,
regional
homelessness
authority
is
part
of
that
umbrella
system.
N
To
help
us
understand
that
network
of
services,
what
it
looks
like
now
and
where
the
gaps
and
overlaps
are
locally,
the
council
has
a
long
history
through
the
human
services
fund,
in
investing
in
some
of
those
in
bellevue
and
kind
of
sub-regionally
on
the
east
side.
And
you
also
took
the
1590
money
and
are
now
doing
strategic
planning
to
figure
out.
Where
does
that
actually
fit
for
bellevue
in
bringing
those
two
macro
systems
together
the
capital
and
the
and
the
services.
N
So
those
are
two
two
trajectories
that
are
out
there,
that
we're
also
addressing
this
this
big
system
and
how
we
can
prevent
or
rapidly
re-house
people
that
become
homeless.
When
we
did
the
2017
initiative
with
the
council
really
looking
at
the
bigger
system
and
then
how
it
was
playing
out
on
the
ground.
In
bellevue,
we
saw
the
value
of
bringing
in
a
homelessness
outreach
coordinator,
who
worked
specifically
for
the
city
of
bellevue
more
on
the
micro
front.
N
So
knowing
what's
happening
in
the
macro
and
knowing
where
we're
investing
in
services
and
where
there
may
be
case
managers
and
where
there's
gaps,
we
saw
a
lot
of
value
in
bringing
in
a
specialist
to
the
city
of
bellevue
who
could
get
to
know
what
was
happening
in
our
community
and
help
us
with
an
even
more
refined
understanding
of
where
the
needs
are
really
who
who
is
the
community
in
bellevue
that
needs.
That
is
homelessness.
That
needs
to
get
plugged
back
into
the
system.
And
how
can
we
do
that
effectively?
N
At
the
time
we
heard
and
and
the
council
all
heard,
from
congregations
for
the
homeless,
for
example,
that
it
takes
repeated
60,
70
75
contacts
with
someone
before
they
feel
the
level
of
trust
they
need
to
want
to
plug
back
into
the
system.
And
so
we
wanted
somebody
doing
that
on
behalf
of
bellevue-
and
I
would
say
point
good
point
about
how
we
measure
success
for
that
program
versus
the
macro
program
and
we'll
definitely
give
some
more
thought
to
that.
N
But
one
thing
that
I
would
would
call
a
success
story
for
us
having
that
better
refined
understanding
of.
What's
really
happening
on
the
ground
in
bellevue
is
the
safe
parking
program
back
in
2017
when
we
sort
of
comprehensively
looked
at
what
was
happening
in
bellevue
and
what
we
needed
to
respond.
N
I
would
say
we
didn't
have
a
very
refined
understanding
of
really
how
many
people
are
living
in
vehicles
and
what
what
is
that
experience
like,
and
what
is
the
thing
that
we
need
to
do
to
support
that
a
particular
population,
and
now,
with
stephanie
out
there
doing
that
kind
of
outreach.
I
think
we
do
understand
a
pretty
significant
gap
locally
within
bellevue
outside
of
that
macro
scale.
N
That
lets
us
know
that
could
play
a
role
in
responding,
particularly
in
our
community,
and
that
it's
the
its
time
is
now
to
come
back
to
the
council
with
some
options.
For
that,
and
I
don't
know
that
we
would
have
gotten
to
that
place
without
having
more
of
a
boots
on
the
ground
person
out
there
telling
us
what
was
really
happening
with
respect
to
vehicle
residencies.
So
I
would
just
leave
the
council
with
that
example,
and
definitely
heard
you
all
about
the
interest
in
picking
that
up
and
we'll
be
figuring
out
how
to
transition.
A
Well,
that
sounds
good.
We
appreciate
it
very
much.
Okay,
let's
go
ahead
and
take
a
break.
It's
7,
44
or
7.
45
meet
you
at
7,
55.
A
J
Yes,
there
was
getting
you
know
back
into
the
group
of
things
after
the
summer
break,
I
guess
yeah
yeah.
So
hey
thanks
mayor
council
members.
The
next
topic
is
your
quarterly
update.
This
is
for
the
second
quarterly
economic
development
update
it's
for
the
second
quarter
of
2021.
You
know,
as
as
councils
where
you
receive
these
quarterly
updates
periodically
the
last
one
that
you
received
was
back
on
may
24th
of
2021,
but
then
I'm
just
going
to
go
ahead
and
turn
it
right
over
to
jessica.
J
P
Thank
you,
city
manager,
miyake
mayor
deputy
mayor
members
of
council,
we're
looking
forward
to
tonight's
presentation,
a
couple
of
quick
notes.
As
the
city
manager
mentioned,
we
are
presenting
on
mid-year
numbers,
so
q2
numbers
we
all
know
many
things
have
changed
in
the
last
five
or
six
weeks,
with
the
the
arrival
of
the
delta
variants
and
other
particular
public
health
concerns.
So
there
may
be
a
little
bit
of
a
disconnect
between
what
we're
talking
about
tonight
and
and
what
we're
experiencing
presently.
P
But
things
were
much
more
in
a
positive
direction.
As
the
economy
was,
reopening,
people
were
returning
to
the
office,
and
visitors
were
returning
to
the
city
and
now,
as
federal
federally
funded
support,
programs
are
continuing
to
roll
out
and
support.
Our
local
businesses
we're
continuing
to
support
them
and
accessing
those
funds,
so
lots
of
good
to
continue
talking
about
some
continuing
challenges.
P
We're
continuing
to
engage
on
in
terms
of
tonight
tonight
is
information,
only
we're
not
requesting
specific
direction,
but
I
will
note
that
one
of
the
items
we'll
talk
about
tonight,
the
trans,
the
tourism
promotion
area-
is
an
area
where
we
will
need
future
direction
and
action
by
the
council
and
we'll
cover
that
one
later
with
that,
I
will
hand
it
over
to
philly.
Q
Thank
you
jesse
good
evening,
mayor
deputy
mayor
council
and
city
manager,
just
as
a
quick
reminder:
the
cultural
and
economic
development
division.
We
manage
the
ongoing
efforts
of
business
attraction
and
marketing
business
retention
and
expansion,
as
well
as
the
public
art
program.
We
also
advanced
the
16
focus
areas
of
the
economic
development
plan.
Q
As
jessie
alluded
to
these
are
q2
numbers.
We
don't
yet
have
the
the
close
of
q3
yet
for
these
kpis,
but
recovery
is
continuing
on
a
positive
attract
track.
Unemployment
remains
stable
and
we're
currently
watching
that
on
an
industry
level
to
see
the
dynamics
between
industries,
commercial
real
estate
did
see
a
slight
increase
in
vacancy,
but
some
of
the
announced
large
leases
that
were
at
the
end
of
q2
were
not
yet
recorded.
Q
So
we're
optimistic
that
q3
numbers
will
be
positive
and
our
biggest
area
of
recovery
is
in
our
hotel
occupancy,
while
still
notably
down
from
a
year
ago.
It's
really
starting
to
see
that
exponential
growth
and
the
daily
hotel
rates
have
also
increased
along
with
that
occupancy
and
then
last,
but
certainly
not
least,
we're
starting
to
see
that
healthy
rebound
in
small
business
establishments
that
we
were
anticipating
and
hope
for
after
a
economic
downturn.
Q
However,
with
the
continuation
of
the
waves
of
these
pandemics,
it's
still
important
to
work
with
our
partners
for
aligned
and
accelerated
recovery
and
making
sure
that
that
recovery
is
equitable
as
well.
So
we
work
with
many
organizations
and
efforts
to
coordinate
and
leverage
the
economies
of
scale
for
the
benefit
of
bellevue
businesses
and
residents.
Q
This
partners
for
prosperity
plan
reflects
the
contributions
of
200
leaders
from
diverse
backgrounds
across
public,
private
and
community
organizations.
We've
continued
to
stay
involved
with
the
10
signature
initiatives
that
were
selected
for
the
development
of
implementation
plans.
These
plans
are
expected
to
be
announced
at
a
meeting
mid-month
in
september,
so
we'll
have
more
information
on
those
details
of
how
these
rollouts
will
occur
at
a
future
meeting.
Q
But
in
alignment
with
this
pro
partners
for
prosperity
plan
we're
working
with
many
partners,
including
the
port
of
seattle,
the
king
county
ado,
the
workforce
development
council,
one
eastside
eastside
for
all,
as
well
as
our
local
partners,
to
ensure
that
inclusive
and
coordinated,
planned
planning
and
implementation
for
recovery
as
well
as
growth.
Q
One
upcoming
program
that
I
wanted
to
make
sure
to
mention
was
a
startup
425
booster
digital
marketing
workshop.
This
is
a
great
free
opportunity
that
takes
place
on
september
25th
for
small
businesses
to
start
or
enhance
their
digital
presence.
What
we
did
learn
through
the
pandemic
was
those
businesses
who
lacked
that
digital
presence
really
struggled
the
most.
Q
So
this
is
a
great
opportunity
for
those
looking
to
explore
kind
of
at
the
entry
level
to
help
enhance
that
we
have
diverse
business
owners,
including
lewis,
rudd
from
mazzell's
famous
chicken
and
brandon
ting
from
kazuki
ramen
kind
of
share
their
stories
of
how
they
were
able
to
pivot
and
leverage
their
digital
presence
through
the
pandemic.
To
really
help
inspire
others
and
we're
working
to
promote
this
opportunity
to
diverse
businesses
through
our
network
of
trusted
messengers,
and
so
far
registrations
are
50
minority
owned
and
over
60
women
owned.
Q
Q
Another
effort
that
we're
working
on
is
where
ced
staff
in
bellevue
is
leading
conversations
in
the
region
to
explore
low-cost
loan
options,
including
options
like
leveraging
the
washington
flex
fund,
and
this
can
serve
traditionally
under
bank
women
and
minority-owned
businesses
and
non-profits,
because
it
has
low
interest
and
as
well
as
the
no
collateral
requirements
which
is
really
important
for
that
equitable
and
sustained
recovery.
So
there
may
be
more
to
come
on
that
in
the
future
as
well.
Q
But
one
thing
we
did
want
to
dive
into
was
our
small
business
rent
relief,
so
bellevue
staff
led
a
study
to
understand
the
extent
of
the
commercial
leases
arrears
on
the
east
side,
as
well
as
its
impacts
for
the
ability
to
small
businesses
to
recover
and
expand,
and
what
we
learned
from
the
study
were
that
the
leases
were
concentrated
in
certain
sectors,
mostly
those
sectors
that
did
not
have
other
forms
of
relief
assistance.
Q
So
the
conclusion
of
this
study
was
that
certain
sectors
would
definitely
benefit
from
continued
relief
to
help
foster
that
recover
recovery,
as
well
as
accelerate
that
growth.
That
we
also
want
to
see
so
based
on
that
conclusion,
we
recommended
and
thank
you
council
for
authorizing
500
000
of
the
bellevue's
federal
american
rescue
plan,
the
ark
of
funding
to
be
able
to
provide
small
bellevue,
owned
businesses
and
art
organizations
with
grants
ranging
from
five
hundred
dollars
to
fifteen
thousand
in
rental
relief.
Q
The
application
and
grant
information
will
be
translated
into
the
top
languages
and
we'll
continue
to
work
with
our
community-based
organizations
to
ensure
the
information
is
delivered
equitably
to
all
of
our
businesses
and
then
grants
awards
will
be
randomly
selected
through
a
lottery
system
with
priority
given
to
those
businesses
the
hardest
hit
and
most
in
need.
Q
While
there's
still
a
lot
of
work
in
recovery
that
is
taking
place,
we
also
want
to
highlight
that
our
tech
industry
continues
to
remain
strong
and
it's
growing
bellevue's
reputation
as
a
global
tech
hub,
strengthens
by
the
day
with
new
funding
and
acquisition
and
companies
that
are
choosing
to
establish
their
engineering
outposts
here
in
bellevue,
our
monthly
cultural
and
economic
development
newsletter.
Q
Within
it
we
highlight
the
exciting
news
of
our
bellevue-based
companies,
as
well
as
highlight
the
the
newest
companies
and
businesses
that
choose
to
locate
here
in
bellevue,
and
if
you
don't
subscribe
to
that,
here's,
the
search
english
plug
to
subscribe,
subscribe
to
our
monthly
newsletter,
and
it
really
does
include
that,
as
well
as
all
of
the
latest
resources
we
have
available
for
our
small
businesses
as
well
as
workforce
programs.
So
really
some
great
information
that
we
try
to
include
in
that.
Q
But
earlier
this
year
it
was
announced
that
chewy.com,
which
is
an
online
pet
supply
company.
That's
based
out
of
florida
was
searching
for
a
seattle
engineering
outpost
to
employ
several
hundred
jobs
and
recently
they've
announced
bellevue
as
their
west
coast
engineering
outposts
and
they
are
currently
hiring
for
those
jobs.
So
we're
excited
to
see
that
and
then
we've
also
seen
a
lot
of
recent
active
activity
in
the
gaming
industry.
Q
Epic
games
had
a
small
presence
that
it's
now
expanding
timmy,
which
is
another
video
game
studio,
is
opening
in
bellevue
and
just
last
week,
monsters,
which
is
a
smaller
video
game
company
headquartered
in
bellevue.
It
was
just
announced
that
they
received
200
million
in
series
a
financial
round,
so
we're
really
seeing
investment
across
all
level
of
our
our
gaming
industry
and
growth
there.
Q
So
we
continue
to
foster
that
industry
we've
recently
been
conducting
outreach
to
gaming
companies
to
see
how
we
can
further
showcase
and
support
bellevue's,
digital
and
interactive
successes
and
presence
here
in
bellevue,
and
with
that,
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
jesse
for
the
next
few
slides.
P
Thank
you,
philly.
Continuing
on
that
theme
of
growth
and
tech,
I'd
like
to
I'm
happy
to
announce
that
belgium's
reputation
as
a
in
technology
innovation
hub
continues
to
grow.
One
particular
area
of
success
has
been
our
work
with
supporting
the
development
of
a
local
5g
innovation
cluster
and
for
context.
In
2019,
the
city
worked
with
a
private
group
of
local
industry
experts
to
help
stand
up
an
innovation
partnership
and
helps
help.
P
P
There
are
over
30
corporate
partners,
including
locally
t-mobile,
microsoft
and
others,
and
47
global
companies
engaged
in
their
lab
and
development
to
help
accelerate
the
the
rollout
of
5g
technologies
across
the
globe
and
the
the
system
that
ecosystem
is
gaining
a
self-sustaining
gravitas
of
its
own,
with
new
investors,
new
mentors
and
new
startups
coming
in
on
a
regular
cadence,
so
that
will
help
cement
belt
you
as
a
5g
innovation
center.
To
help
reinforce
that
success.
P
This
fall.
We
are
helping.
The
partnership
apply
for
a
state
innovation,
cluster
program
grant,
which
will
help
provide
additional
resources
for
mentoring,
investments
and
other
items
that
we'll
need
now
that
will
be
able
to
help
accelerate
the
work
of
those
startups
and
help
them
get
to
market
faster.
P
P
P
So
what
you're
seeing
on
the
screen
is
our
work
with
the
the
city's
planning
teams
to
help
inform
updates
to
our
comprehensive
plan,
our
work
with
the
psrc
around
regional
growth
and
growth
allocations
and
based
on
our
analysis,
all
things
being
constant.
City-Wide
employment
could
reach
approximately
230
000
jobs
by
2044..
P
2044
is
the
current
planning
horizon
for
psrc
and
again
that
is
230
000
across
all
of
bellevue
in
all
industries.
Now
for
a
rough
approximation,
that's
about
the
number
of
jobs
in
current
day,
arlington
virginia,
which
is
a
great
analogous
community
for
us,
and
so
the
market
could
support
that
many
jobs
by
2044.
All
things
being
constant,
I
will
say
that
this
is
a
broad
target.
P
There
are
many
factors
that
could
influence
that
number
one
way
or
the
other
in
the
intervening
20
years,
but
we
did
our
best
to
discount
future
downturns
in
the
market.
The
slowdown
of
u.s
population
growth,
international
market
dynamics,
with
some
of
the
other
things
we
can't
factor
in
are
the
potential
long-term
changes
of
covet
and
work
from
home,
hybrid
environments.
P
But
we
do
believe
this
is
a
solid
number
to
base
our
growth
and
planning
around
and
to
highlight
a
little
bit
of
what
bellevue
could
look
like
and
function
like
in
2044.
The
chart
on
the
screen
highlights
downtown
bellevue
in
2044..
That's
the
gold
bar
compared
to
current
day
bellevue
current
day,
downtown
bellevue
current
day,
downtown,
portland
and
current
day,
downtown
vancouver
bc.
So
what
you'll
note
is
that
bell
downtown
belgium
2044,
would
be
slightly
larger
than
downtown.
Portland
is
today
and
slightly
smaller
than
current
day
downtown
vancouver
on
a
jobs
basis.
P
So
we
are
on
track
we're
growing
well
into
a
larger
market.
One
note
that
I'll
make
is
just
one
of
the
important
supporting
factors
in
this
job.
Growth
is
going
to
be
the
production
of
housing
at
all
income
levels
in
the
city
and
across
the
region,
as
a
teaser
will
be
coming
back
to
council
in
november.
P
With
the
report
on
this
year's
biennial
business
survey
and
the
one
of
the
key
takeaways
from
that
survey,
as
it
has
been
in
past
years,
is
that
the
availability
of
housing
at
all
income
levels
continues
to
be
a
very
big
issue
for
our
business
community.
They
want
to
make
sure
that
their
workers
will
be
able
to
live
within
a
reasonable
commute
of
their
work
site
in
the
future,
so
that
production
of
housing
at
all
levels
will
be
super
important,
and
the
the
growth
and
residence
will
also
be
a
supporting
factor
for
small
businesses
going
forward.
P
It
is
residents
who
tend
to
to
patronize
their
local
pizzeria,
their
local
dry
cleaners
more,
and
we
have
seen
that
play
out
in
the
last
18
months
during
the
pandemic.
But
those
businesses
that
have
had
better
success
or
more
resiliency
really
benefited
from
res
from
the
residential
engagement
that
they
got
in
the
absence
of
visitors
and
workers.
P
So
again,
that
production
of
affordable
of
housing
at
all
levels
will
be
important
for
the
city,
and
so
when
we
think
about
job
projections,
the
growth
in
jobs
and
what
does
that
all
mean
for
the
real
estate
sector?
P
Next
slide,
please,
on
the
screen,
we've
got
a
random
sampling
of
some
of
the
the
recent
commercial
transactions
in
the
city,
so
these
are
newer
buildings
that
have
been
developed
and
it's
recently
sold
and
what
we've
found
and
what
we've
heard
from
our
broker
community
is
that
bellevue
and
the
east
side
continues
to
be
a
safe
haven
for
real
estate.
Investment
continues
to
be
a
market
that
is
drawing
in
investors
regionally,
nationally
and
increasingly
getting
international
attention
as
well.
P
The
high
quality
of
tenants
that
are
signing
leases,
the
stability
of
bell
views
environment
and
the
strong
investment
infrastructure
is
really
leading
to
a
strong
payoff
on
the
real
estate
side,
which
is
great,
and
one
note
with
all
of
the
the
job
and
the
job
growth
and
those
strong
releases
that
philly
mentioned
earlier
are
really
clustering
along
the
east
link
alignment
really
showing
the
return
on
investment
from
the
region.
In
that
high
capacity
transit
line,
so
we
can.
Q
Another
area
we're
pleased
to
see
investment
in
is
the
tourism
industry
organizing
to
invest
in
itself
with
the
formation
of
a
tourism
promotion
area.
This
effort
is
being
led
by
visit
bellevue
washington.
It's
a
state
program
that
enables
hotels
to
add
a
special
assessment
on
room
nights
to
support
the
tourism
activity.
It's
exciting
to
a
note,
as
well
as
align
with
our
ed
plan,
that
a
portion
of
this
investment
would
go
to
support
the
development
of
a
tourism
event
and
festival
incubator
program
to
establish
a
tpa.
Q
Visibility
has
also
hired
a
consultant
for
stakeholder
outreach
and
after
open
houses
and
several
discussions,
there
is
strong
indication
of
support
throughout
all
the
hotels
of
this
formation,
so
a
staff
is
leading
under
a
departmental
coordination
with
fam,
as
well
as
our
legal
team
for
all
the
necessary
logistics,
but
the
next
step.
It
would
be
a
petition
returning
to
council
for
the
formation
of
this
tpa
and
we
do
anticipate
that
to
occur
prior
to
the
end
of
the
year,
based
on
kind
of
the
timeline
and
stakeholder
engagement.
Q
That
visit
bellevue
has
been
conducting.
Q
There's
many
other
projects
in
the
works
that
our
team
will
bring
to
council
with
more
details
in
future
meetings
that
we
wanted
to
give
you
a
snap,
a
quick
teaser
on
first
thing
is
we
wanted
to
mention
that
starting
this
thursday
is
the
bellwether
arts
experience
and
that
does
take
place
throughout
september
with
pandemic
safe
events,
many
of
the
events
and
installations
take
place
at
the
bellevue
botanical
gardens,
as
well
as
the
bellevue
arts,
museum
and
new
this
year,
and
with
a
partnership
with
easthub,
there
will
be
live
music
that
does
take
place,
both
weekends
one
in
a
maiden
bower
center
and
one
in
downtown
park,
so
that
the
website
is.
Q
There
definitely
encourage
everyone
watching
to
check
out
the
line
of
events
and
programming
that
takes
place
for
for
this
art
experience
here
in
bellevue.
Q
It
is
the
end
of
summer,
unfortunately,
and
our
all
fresco
dining
program
will
conclude
this
month,
but
the
good
news
is,
it
will
return
next
spring
and
ced
is
leading
an
interdepartmental
retrospective
to
understand
some
of
the
concerns
and
challenges
and
to
to
do
process
improvement
on
it
when
it
does
return
for
future
years.
Jesse
mentioned
that
business
survey
report
that
will
be
coming
in
november.
Q
This
is
the
survey
that
we
do
every
two
years
to
understand
the
bellevue's
economy
and
feedback
from
from
businesses
across
sizes
industries
and
geographic
locations.
Q
So
we'll
present
the
findings
of
that
to
council
bda
will
be
launching
their
strategic
plan
here
in
the
fall,
and
this
is
really
a
plan
to
help
ensure
that
that
the
organization
is
positioned
to
best
support
downtown
through
those
future
years.
Q
We
talked
about
the
tourism
promotion
area
and
a
petition
expected
to
come,
and
then
last,
but
certainly
not
least,
something
I'm
personally
very
excited
about
is
the
workforce
navigation
program.
So
again,
thank
you
to
council
for
allocating
funding
for
this
program.
Q
That's
in
development
and
we
are
excited
to
come
with
more
details
of
that
program
and
how
we
can
best
connect
our
bellevue
residents
to
job
opportunities
and
training
and
education,
upskilling
programs
in
the
future.
Q
So
with
that
again,
this
was
information
only,
but
we
are
happy
to
open
it
up
for
questions
and
comments.
Great.
A
Thank
you
for
that
presentation.
Let's
I'm
gonna
call
on
councilmember
leeds
and
stokes
deputy
mayor
noon,
house,
council,
members
on
robertson,
barksdale
and
then
myself
so
starting
with
council
member
lee.
D
Thank
you
madame
well,
I'm
very,
very
happy
about
the
report
and
indicating
the
work
that
the
staff
has
been
working
on
doing
that
we're
seeing
recovery.
Obviously,
there
will
still
be
challenges
ahead.
You
know
there
are
a
number
of
them
when
it's
a
gsb
just
have
a
the
performer
director
has
departed
as
a
result.
They
have
an
interim
person,
and
that
has
a
lot
of
experience.
D
You
know
with
the
local
region,
so
I
think
we're
gonna
see
a
pretty
smooth
transition,
so
I
think
things
are
moving
well
and
they're
developing
strategy
plan
and
obviously
so
it's
challenging
when
you
have
so
many.
D
You
know
players
involved
also,
I
am
on
the
psrcs
economic
development
district
and
we
are
also
developing
policy
matters
for
for
the
for
the
region
and
so
we're
working
closely
with
gsb
in
terms
of
their
strategy
planning
and
so
gsp,
as
if
we
don't
know
it's,
the
implementation
I
mean
of
the
economic
activities
for
the
region
and
edd,
is
establishing
policies
that
we
work
through
the
local
government
to
with
the
state
and
the
local
governments,
and
that
consists
primarily
of
kings,
snow
homage
and
pierce
county
and
scheduled
county,
and
I
think-
and
there
are
others
obviously
that
are
all
interested.
D
We
have
seen
that
there's
a
more
and
more
collaboration,
more
interest
working
together
and
I
think
that's
all
moving
the
right
direction.
You
know
with
the
pandemic
in
a
way
it's
a
bad
thing.
We
all
were,
you
know,
being
negative
impacted
by
it,
but
at
the
same
time
it
brought
to
reality
that
we
all
need
to
be
working
together
and
so
we've
developed
some
common
goals.
You
know
broadband
and
we're
working
on
the
you
know
the
investment,
credit
financing
and
so
on.
D
D
The
quick
key
is,
you
know
this
way,
but
we
actually
are
having
local
jurisdictions
that
are
capable
working
on
the
things
that
we
can
develop
as
models
that
can
help.
You
know,
other
cities
in
the
region
can
can
benefit.
You
know
from
each
other's
experience,
and
so
I
think
probably
staff
has
been
focusing
on
some
of
the
issues
that
you
know.
D
The
regional
bodies
are
working
on
looking
and
our
emphasis
well
making
sure
that
you
know
we
can
use
our
asset
ability
to
work
on
those
issues,
whether
with
the
region's
help,
we
can
be
more
successful
and
then
you
know
others
can
be
similarly
so
welcome
to
this
report.
Obviously,
it's
glad
that
we
see
a
recovery,
but
you
know
I'm
always
looking
for
more,
you
know.
D
So
when
we
get
to
after
recovery,
you
know
we
will
hopefully
the
the
numbers
that
jsc
pointed
out
the
future
for
bellevue,
especially
as
a
high
technology,
global
technology
hub.
It
is
this
reality.
I
really
believe
it
is
it's
already
happening.
Even
during
the
pandemic,
you.
D
A
Oh
okay,
I
think
he
was
finished
there.
Councilmember
stokes.
E
E
It's
interesting
that
councilmember
lee
brought
up
the
the
regional
piece
on
that
and
you
know
bellevue's
been
working
on
this
for
a
long
time,
including
the
innovation
triangle
and,
and
I
worked
with
get
actually
getting
the
greater
seattle
economic
development
piece
together,
and
so
that's
a
big
part,
but
the
the
good
thing
always
is
that,
and
we've
progressed
a
lot
since
that
time
back
in
1617
is
that
bellevue
is
even
more
a
leader
today
than
it
was
back
then,
and
I
think
the
economic
development
work
that's
been
done
by
staff
on
the
last
two
three
years
has
just
been
phenomenal
and
I'm
excited
about
what
we're
doing,
how
we're
going
forward.
E
The
only
things
I
want
to
ask
some
questions
on.
I
was
glad
to
hear
you
mention,
of
course,
some
of
the
art
pieces
and
bellwether
and
the
east
hubs
working
with
us
on
that,
and
I
think
we
have
a
lot
of
other
great
things
we're
talking
about
that.
I
would
like
to
hear
a
little
bit
more
next
time
about.
E
You
know
the
plans
that
we
may
have
for
the
well
getting
back
to
the
creative
economy
concept,
which
is
again
something
that
has
been
very
good
we've
developed
and
our
leader
in
that
is
more
the
role
of
arts
and
culture
and
including
artist
space
events
and
and
how
we,
how
do
we
do
that?
How
do
we,
when
we
get
more
and
more
people
in
more
and
more
people
here,
working
in
as
you
as
you
indicate,
we
will
have
the
city
grows.
E
We
need
to
have
places
for
people
to
want
to
come
to
bellevue
and
and
when
they
get
you
know
they
get
off
work.
They
might
want
to
stay
in
bellevue
and
go
to
an
event
or
go
to
something
like
that.
So
it's
all
tied
together-
and
you
know
next
time,
I'd
like
to
see
a
little
more.
You
know
some
additional
focus
on
that
and
where
we're
going
on
it,
but
again,
I
think
what
is
really
strong
with
with
the
plan
and
and
what,
how
you
present
this.
It
is
a
comprehensive
plan.
E
E
You
know
you're,
just
amazed
that
we're
doing
all
of
these
things
and
and
then
look
forward
to
and
as
you
said,
this
is
kind
of
retrospective
in
a
sense,
so
I'm
looking
forward
to
seeing
how
we,
where
we
progress
after
we
get
through
this
time
period
and
now
my
guess
is
given
all
the
circumstances
we're
going
to
do
pretty.
Well,
that's
because
of
we
had
these
plans
going
before
we
stuck
to
them
panic.
E
We
didn't
do
things
that
some
other
cities
have
done,
and
we've
had
the
great
fortune
of
having
resources
and
and
people
moving
here.
So
congratulations
and
really
appreciate
the
the
presentation.
Thank
you.
L
P
You
councilmember,
if
I
can,
if
I
can
add
one
note
please
just
in
response
to
kevin
bristow's
comments
about
the
arts.
I
am
also
happy.
I
can
give
previews
while
happy
to
note
that
we
have
hired
a
new
arts
community
manager
and
that's
a
role.
That's
been
vacant
for
the
the
last
three
and
a
half
months,
so
there
will
be
more
progress
being
made
on
the
creative
economy
side
and
we'll
have
an
update
to
council
in
november
on
the
arts
in
specificity,
yeah.
A
Thanks:
hey
jesse,
did
you
have
any
comments
you
want
to
make
after
con
council
member
lee
because
he
got
frozen
out
at
the
very
end
there?
If
not
we'll
move
on
to
the
deputy
mayor.
F
Thank
you,
mayor,
jesse
and
philly,
thanks
for
the
great
presentation,
great
little
snapshot
in
terms
of
where
our
economy
is
at
some
of
the
things
that
stood
out
for
me
right
away
and
a
few
of
them.
I'd
like
to
address.
F
Unemployment
rate
all
considered,
that
seems
quite
quite
good
and,
and
we
are
recovering-
probably
better
than
other
cities
similar
size
to
us.
I
don't
know
if
you
can
provide
some
data
on
how
other
cities
regionally
or
nationally
those
cities
that
we
tend
to
compare
ourselves
to
from
time
to
time
would
love
to
know
how
we're
how
we're
comparing
with
with
them
the
hotel
is
a
concern.
As
anyone
who
saw
the
wall
street
journal
or
the
the
new
york
times
reported.
F
You
know,
business
travel
started
to
take
a
nosedive
again,
unfortunately,
due
to
the
barian,
and
that
is
a
great
concern.
I'm
sure
dog
to
all
of
us
so
great
to
see
this.
This
special
assessment
on
room
nights,
and
so
some
other
potentially
state
programs,
but
I'm
not
sure,
there's
anything
else
that
we
can
do
to
help
support
the
hotels
that
we
have
in
our
city
just
due
to
the
variant-
and
you
know
unknowns
in
terms
of
when
that
aspect
of
our
economy
is
going
to
be
able
to
to
recover.
F
But
certainly
I
think
that
the
vast
majority
of
them
are
looking
at
business,
travel,
really
picking
up
this
fall
and
that
most
likely
is
going
away.
5G.
Thank
you
so
much
for
that.
For
that
update,
that
is
just
exciting
news.
A
that
they're
going
to
be
physically
here
in
bellevue,
the
number
of
startups
and
other
companies
are
going
to
be
coming
and
apps
and
servers
are
going
to
be
coming
out
of
that
5g
innovation
lab
is
so
exciting
and
and
ike
10
is
going
to
be
skyrocketing.
F
Our
economic
development
for
the
for
the
next
10
to
20
years.
My
only
concern
there.
F
Department
than
you,
but
is
if
those
companies
want
to
start
rolling
out
their
5g
services
and
apps
et
cetera,
do
we
have
the
infrastructure
to
provide
them
with
that,
or
are
they
going
to
have
to
go
to
a
different
part
of
the
country
or
the
world
in
order
to
roll
that
out?
It's
something
to
keep
in
mind
again.
I
know
that's
a
different
department
than
economic
development,
but
something
to
keep
in
mind
the.
F
Restaurants,
absolutely
would
love
to
see
an
extension
on
this,
and
I
know
that
a
lot
of
council
members
have
have
a
real
priority
on
that
to
you
know,
help
those
restaurants
they're
just
recovering
they're,
just
getting
back
on
their
feet.
F
I
know
the
al
fresco
program
is
is
is
running
out
soon,
but
every
restaurateur
that
I
talk
to
loves
the
program
and
loves
to
be
able
to
keep
offering
outdoor
dining,
even
if
the
weather
gets
a
little
bit
colder
and
then,
lastly-
and
I
appreciate
that
councilman
release
it
at
child
care,
that
was
an
issue
even
before
the
pandemic,
but
even
more
now
I
mean
I'm
hearing
time
and
time
again
the
excruciating
decisions
that
parents
or
mothers
have
to
make
between
health
care
and
going
to
work
or
being
able
to
provide.
F
I
don't
know
what
the
answer
is,
but
we
need
to
come
up
with
some
different
solutions
for
that,
because
our
community
is
hurting
and,
and
especially
women,
who
too
often
are
burdened
with
you
know,
maintaining
that
the
the
family
unit
and
caretaking
for
those
kids,
you
know
they're
they're,
losing
tremendous
ground
that
they've
made
in
in
our
in
our
economy
and
in
in
in
the
corporate
world,
and-
and
this
has
been
highlighted
in
study
after
study
of
late.
F
So
you
know
this
should
be
a
real
priority
for
us
as
as
as
a
city
again
difficult,
not
to
crack,
but
something.
I
think
we
should
all
be
very
hyper
sensitive
to
to
make
sure
that
no
one
gets
left
behind
during
this
recovery,
which
clearly
you
know,
even
with
the
delta
variant.
F
I
think
you
know
we
are
on
a
v-shaped
recovery,
but
there's
gonna
be
maybe
a
little
bit
of
pause
getting
there
just
due
to
this
variant,
but
I'm
still
very
hopeful
and
very
positive
that
we
will
get
there.
But
again,
thanks
for
the
report,
great
snapshot,
where
I'm
very
interested
in
seeing
what
would
look
like
in
five
to
six
six
weeks.
F
Hopefully,
a
lot
of
these
positive
numbers
hold
and
those
that
we're
concerned
about
will
stabilize,
but
thank
you
so
much
for
the
presentation,
jesse
and
philly
and
anything
you
wanted
to
answer-
feel
free.
P
Thank
you,
deputy
mayor
I'll,
address
a
couple
of
those
and
then
ask
elise
to
add
some,
maybe
some
detail
at
the
end
in
terms
of
the
alfresco
that
we
have
heard
loud
and
clear
that
our
restaurant
tours
would
love
to
extend,
we
will
be
communicating
out
to
the
restaurants,
particularly
those
in
old
bellevue,
the
options
that
they
have
for
extending
through
the
winter
months,
including
some
additional
guidance
on
outdoor
heaters.
We
know
they
have
a
lot
of
questions.
P
We
do
as
a
matter
of
policy
in
the
city
allow
the
outdoor
heaters,
we
have
staff
we'll
be
providing
some
guidance
to
help
them
navigate
those
options
in
the
coming
weeks,
so
we'll
do
our
best
to
help
them
keep
their
space
for
as
much
as
possible
and
we'll
definitely
be
working
with
them
for
the
future
iterations
for
2022
and
beyond,
to
see
what
we
can
improve
with
regards
to
child
care.
That
is
definitely
something
we
hear
loud
and
clear
as
well.
P
In
almost
all
of
our
discussions,
child
care
continues
to
be
in
items
that
pop
stop
I'll
say
that,
with
the
the
upcoming
hiring
of
our
workforce
specialist,
that
is
something
that
there
will
be
additional
bandwidth
to
help
us
stay
on
top
of
and
help
coordinate,
both
bellevue
east
side
and
working
with
our
regional
partners
like
gsp,
who
are
really
seeing.
That
is
also
a
critical
issue
for
an
equitable
recovery
across
all
the
cities
in
our
region
and
then,
with
terms
of
the
hotels
we've
been
talking
with
visit,
bellevue
and
their
leadership
and
others.
P
They
say
that
the
tpa
is
one
of
the
big
things
that
we
can
do
as
a
community
to
help
to
help
provide
additional
funding
for
the
marketing
that's
required
and
for
some
additional
seating
of
events
that
could
help
bring
people
in
and
covet
safe
in
ways
in
the
coming
months.
So
that
is,
that
is
a
key
element
for
them
and
then,
with
regards
to
the
unemployment
rate,
I
don't
have
the
numbers
off.
The
top
of
my
head.
P
Philly
might
have
easier
access
than
I
do,
but
I
last
I
saw
we
were
continuing
to
trend
in
the
middle
of
the
pack,
maybe
doing
a
little
bit
less
well
because
of
the
the
continued
pause
in
corporate
travel,
but
we
were
continuing
largely
to
track
in
the
middle
of
the
pack,
for
unemployment
and
with
our
peer
communities
also
seeing
a
strong
return.
Our
unemployment
continues
to
be
among
the
lowest
of
the
large
cities
in
our
puget
sound
region.
P
Q
Q
One
thing
that
we
did
see
through
covet
is
the
tourism
industry
in
bellevue
really
lean
into
the
leisure
travel
and
create
additional
programs
to
boost
that
leisure
travel,
and
that
recovery
is
happening
at
a
at
a
faster
pace
and
hopefully
can
help
whether
the
the
continued
or
extension
of
work
from
home
policies
and
business
travel
and
then
I'll
also
just
mention
with
the
child
healthcare
that
was
actually
one
of
the
initiatives
I
did
participate
with
through
the
regional
and
there's
two
ways
of
looking
at
it.
Q
There's
kind
of
the
human
services
way
of
providing
one
there's
the
macro
policies
that
need
to
be
addressed
and
then
kind
of
human
services
with
you
know,
child
care
subsidies,
but
we're
actually
also
looking
at
it
from
the
business
perspective
of
small
child
care
businesses
and
how
we
can
improve
their
business
automation
so
one
they
feel
like
they
can
stay
in
business
and
then
with
those
kind
of
lower
their
their
cost
burden
and
their
time
burden
by
having
more
automation,
having
kind
of
shared
back
of
house
solutions.
Q
L
O
Council
members
on
yes
thank
you
jesse
and
philly
for
just
a
information-packed
presentation
of
all
of
the
things
that
we're
doing
it's
just
incredible.
You
know
what
made
me
think
about
is
inclusive
economy
and
equitable
communities.
So,
as
we
think
about
all
of
the
economic
development
and
growth,
how
do
we
make
sure
that
those
that
are
that
may
be
in
lower
wage
jobs?
Have
opportunities
to
be
able
to
be
to
have
access
to
those
opportunities?
O
When
we
talk
about
the
rent
relief,
what
about
the
mom
and
pop
shops?
And
how
do
we
make
sure
that
we
are
able
to
retain
the
ones
that
we
have
and
have
incubators
to
create
new
ones,
which
actually
brings
me
to
the
point
about
the
aligning
with
those
10
elements
that
are
in
the
partners?
Prosperity
plan,
because
child
care
expansion
is
one
of
those
incubator
or
one
of
those
so
moving
forward?
Will
you
talk
about
what
portion
of
the
our
plan
we'll
be
doing
ourselves
versus
in
partnership?
O
So
you
know
I'm
kind
of
thinking
about
the
we
weather
the
storm
when
we
diversify,
and
it
does
seem
as
though
there
are
some
industries
that
we
might
want
to
lean
into.
In
addition
to
the
5g
and
the
high-tech
that
there's
the
other
piece,
that's
complementary
to
that,
and
and
then
the
other
part
is
the
community-based
organizations
and
how
we
help
them
build
capacity,
because
I
do
worry
about
their
ability
to
compete
for
the
grants.
O
So
will
we
do
more
outreach
and
and
helping
hand
for
filling
out
grant
applications,
those
kinds
of
things
and
then
the
the
other?
One
that
I
wondered
about
is
when
I
look
at
the
job
numbers.
O
O
So
those
were
a
couple
things
that
I've
been
thinking
about
from
the
standpoint
of
all
of
the
amazing
work,
you're
doing
how
we,
how
we
hold
all
these
different
pieces
in
the
work
you're
doing,
and
where
are
those
other
partners
that
we
may
not
have
connected
with
yet,
especially
the
ones
in
the
bipac
community.
That
may
not
have
quite
the
connections
as
others
that
are
more
established.
O
P
You
councilmember,
yes
philly.
I
will
definitely
need
your
support
on
some
of
these
responses
answer.
I
think
in
reverse
order.
Accounts
members
on
so
with
regards
to
the
jobs
projection.
As
best
as
I
can
recall,
these
are
in
alignment
with
the
submissions
we
made
to
psrc
around
regional
growth
and
the
last
numbers
I
recall
for
official
job
counts
in
bellevue
set
up
somewhere
between
155
160.
P
So
when
we
factor
in
that
70
000
jobs
in
growth,
we
do
hit
the
230.
So
I
think
we're
in
the
the
rough
ballpark.
I
will
admit
there
may
be
a
rounding
error
here
or
there,
but
we're
in
the
rough
ballpark,
and
I
think
the
work
that
the
city
has
been
doing
around
incentivizing
and
accelerating
the
housing
production
is
supporting
that
particular
piece.
P
So
I'll
leave
that
this
kind
of
my
full
statement
on
that
with
regards
to
to
grants
and
capacity
building,
we
actually
do
have
a
team
member
in
economic
development
who
spends
between
a
third
and
a
half
of
their
time
working
with
our
community
partners
to
help
them
apply
for
grants,
so
that
work
has
been
something
we've
ramped
up
over
the
last
year
and
and
their
job
is
to
to
help
our
community
partners
understand
the
requirements
in
the
different
grant.
Applications
make
connections
to
different
granting
organizations
and
help
provide
some
support.
P
So
one
of
the
the
outcomes
of
that
gst
planning
process
is
that
the
ten
elements
will
each
be
led
by
a
different
lead
organization
to
help
distribute
the
load
of
carrying
that
plan
forward.
And
so
later
this
month,
the
gsp
leadership
will
be
working
to
announce
who
will
be
leading
those
and
we'll
be
seeing
who's
where
we
can
provide
alignment
and
support.
P
There
are
places
where
it'll
make
more
sense
for
bellevue
to
play
a
supporting
aligned
role
and
others
where
we'll
want
to
take
a
lead
role,
either
for
our
own
community
or
for
the
east
side
as
a
sub-region.
So
there
will
be
more
detail
on
that
to
come
and
that
will
that
will
help
with
our
equitable
recovery
work
as
well
and
I'll
note
that,
with
regards
to
equitable
economies,
inclusive
growth,
I
do
think
that
the
new
workforce
specialist
that
we're
hiring
as
well
as
an
additional
business
retention
specialist
that
we're
hiring
for
at
the
moment.
P
Those
two
roles
will
help
expand
our
capacity
to
work
with
businesses
in
the
community
in
an
inclusive
way
and
make
sure
that
they've
got
access
to
the
resources
and
their
community
partners
and
community-based
organizations
also
have
access
to
their
resources
and
I'll.
Look
to
philly.
For
all
the
detail
that
I
might
have
missed.
Q
Thanks
jesse
yeah,
I
would
just
add
that
one
of
the
regional
conversations
that
I've
been
most
excited
about,
because
I
think
it's
it's
needed-
is
how
do
we
as
a
region
best
support
our
community-based
organizations.
Many
of
these
community-based
organizations
span
multiple
jurisdictions
and
counties.
So
what
is
the
the
best
mechanism
to
help
support
them
so
that
there's
been
lots
of
conversations
and
ideas
generated,
and
I
believe
that
will
be
part
of
the
the
roll
out
of
the
gsp
or
closely
after
that.
Q
So
it's
a
very
good
question
and
thank
you
for
asking
it
your
other
question
around.
You
know
partnering
with
bellevue
college,
and
how
do
we
support
our
mom
and
pop
shops
and
more
child
care
providers?
I
just
did
want
to
mention
that
through
our
startup
425
programming,
we
actually
have
the
innovation
lab.
Q
That
is
a
partnership
with
bellevue
college
and
building
off
of
the
successful
pilot
last
year
of
having
a
10
minority
or
women
owned
businesses
across
industries
attend
this
innovation
lab
get
instruction,
we're
we're
iterating
on
that
we're
building
up
upon
it.
But
there
has
been
talk
about
how
we
maybe
do
that
lab
that
cohort
in
more
focused
fashion
like
the
child
care
providers.
Q
So
we
do
really
work
with
bellevue
college.
As
one
of
you
know,
our
leading
partners
both
on
the
business
assistance,
as
well
as
the
workforce
through
their
center
for
career
connection,
to
be
able
to
to
to
partner
and
leverage
and
connect
various
resources
for
the
community.
O
I
Thanks
so
I
have
a
couple
of
questions
and
a
couple
of
comments
and
I'll
start
with
the
comments.
First,
I'd
like
to
join
my
colleagues
with
regard
to
really
emphasizing
child
care.
I
think
that's
something
we've
been
talking
about
for
a
while
and
without
child
care.
Women
cannot
succeed
without
women
succeeding.
Families
quite
often
cannot
succeed
and
it's
one
of
those
cornerstones
of
having
a
successful
community.
So
you
don't
need
to
respond
to
that.
I
just
wanted
to
echo
those
comments
because
I
couldn't
agree
more.
I
Second
on
the
5g,
I
appreciated
deputy
mayor's
comments
about
that
and
I
wanted
to
ask
a
follow-up
question
on
how
the
rollout's
going
and
it's
not
necessarily
something
we
need
to
talk
about
tonight,
but
I
know
that
I
and
I'm
sure
some
of
my
colleagues
would
really
appreciate
a
council
update
on
how
the
rollout's
going,
because
if
we
don't
roll
it
out
here,
it's
going
to
not
take
advantage
of
this
great
resource
council
did
prioritize
5g,
rollout
and
implementation
in
partnership
with
the
providers
several
years
ago.
I
Now,
maybe
three
or
four,
if
not
further.
So
I'd
really
like
to
get
an
update
from
the
city
managers
or
economic
development,
on
how
that's
going.
Third,
you
know
the
numbers
on
the
purchases
and
the
investments
it
just
shows
that
bellevue
is
one
of
the
best
places,
I
think,
probably
in
the
world
to
invest
right
now
we
have
a
tremendous
amount
of
momentum
of
people
wanting
to
invest,
and
I
want
to
echo
what
council
members
zon
said
about
making
sure
that
we
take
advantage
of.
I
She
talked
about
making
sure
that
we
have
more
housing.
Now
is
the
time
to
really
leverage
this
rapid
investment
by
making
sure
that
we
do
have
our
land
use
code
in
place
so
that
we
can
get
the
investments
for
not
just
the
developments
to
serve
jobs,
but
the
development
to
have
housing
for
people
to
live
in
to
work
in
those
jobs,
affordable,
housing
as
well
as
market
rate.
We
need
more
and
more
and
more
more
so
just
want
to
emphasize
that
you
know
respond
to
that.
I
The
fourth
is
the
tourism
promotion
area,
I
that
is
when
I
pulled
up
the
rcw,
because
I
this
is
the
first
I
had
heard
of
it,
and
I
understand
that
visit
valve
is
doing
the
research,
that's
where
there's
an
additional
fee
or
tax
charge
to
every
hotel
room,
and
it
can
be
used
for
various
things
to
drive
tourism
before
and
that's
going
to
ultimately
come
to
council,
because
it's
going
to
be
a
council
decision
on
whether
we
want
to
create
it.
I
I
just
wanted
to
flag
that
one
of
the
things
I'm
going
to
want
to
know
about
at
that
time,
which
may
not
be
for
a
while,
is
how
the
additional
fee
is
going
to
affect
demand
right
now
we
are
just
starting
to
see
some
of
that
demand
come
back.
The
lodging
tax
that
we
already
get
has
been
dramatically
impacted
and
that's
a
very
important
source
of
revenue
for
tourism
as
well
as
other.
You
know
our
our
convention
center.
I
We
had
to
redo
some
bonds
because
we
couldn't
pay
them
in
the
timely
manner.
So
I'd
like
before
we
add
another
tax
or
another
fee
to
hotel
rooms,
I'm
going
to
want
an
analysis
on
how
that
will
affect
demand.
So
that's
just
a
flag.
If
you
have
information
now,
that's
great
or
on
a
schedule,
that's
great!
I
Finally,
looking
at
that
on
that
slide,
with
all
of
the
different
sales
it
looks
like
we
might
be
having
a
little
reit
windfall
real
estate
excise
tax
for
those
that
don't
speak
acronyms,
so
I'd
like
to
know
are
we
having
a
reit
windfall
and
whether
we
have
any
plans
for
that
windfall
the
rcws
limit?
What
you
can
do
with
reit
money,
it's
primarily
for
capital
investments,
including
things
like
parks
and
recreation
centers
like
aquatic
centers.
I
So
I'm
wondering
if
we
have
a
forecast
for
the
reit
money,
if
it's
coming
in
above
what
we
are
we're
originally
forecasting
in
our
budget
and
whether
we
will
be
able
to
talk
about
how
we
want
to
appropriate
that
this
year
in
the
mid
by
so,
if
anyone
needs
any
me
to
repeat
any
of
my
questions,
I'm
happy
to
do
so.
But
those
are
my
comments
and
my
questions.
Thank
you.
P
Thank
you,
councilmember
robertson,
I'll,
say
I
think
a
good
chunk
of
those
I'll
have
to
defer
to
the
city
managers
on
those
with
regards
to
the
tpa
will
follow
up.
This
is
definitely
a
organic
process,
with
the
majority
of
the
hotels
having
to
be
in
support
of
this
before
any
legislation
would
come
before
the
council.
N
I'm
happy
to
jump
in
on
on
5g
at
least
councilmember
robertson.
You
didn't
know
that.
A
couple
years
ago
we
went
through
an
effort
to
try
to
streamline
permitting,
especially
with
respect
to
polls
in
the
right-of-way
owned
by
the
city
of
bellevue.
So
there
was
a
master
agreement
and
some
ideas
behind.
N
I
will
use
the
phrase
cookie
cutter
design,
which
may
not
be
quite
right
when
a
small
cell
wireless
would
be
installed
on
a
city-owned
light
pole.
We
continue
to
work
through
what
I'll
call
the
first
round
of
permitting
with
the
providers
on
those
polls
lots
of
things
to
be
worked
out,
things
that
have
been
worked
out
over
the
last
15
to
18
months
on
some
of
those
streamlining
ideas,
lots
of
things
that
we've
learned
through
the
process,
I
think
both
from
the
city
side
and
the
provider
side.
N
I
don't
know
that
there'll
be
a
hundred
percent
alignment
on
where
we
think
the
opportunities
for
change
are
versus
the
things
we
think
should
stay
in
place
for
different
reasons,
whether
they
be
sort
of
aesthetic
or
risk
issues
or
cost
issues,
but
we're
hoping
by
the
end
of
this
month
to
have
kind
of
that.
That
done
so.
We
know
which
things
we've
got
alignment
to
make
change
about
and
if
there's
anything,
to
engage
the
council
where
we
don't
have
alignment
we'll
we'll
be
updating
you
at
that
point
in
time.
N
So
I
can
assure
you
there
has
been
a
lot
of
staff
time
and
a
lot
of
provider
time
to
push
priority
permits
out
the
door,
and
I
would
also
assure
you,
there's
probably
frustration
all
the
way
around
about
that
process
and
certainly
ways
we
can
continue
to
push
streamlining.
N
L
I
L
Thanks
councilmember
barksdale.
C
All
right,
thank
you,
mayor,
just
adding
to
the
support
for
child
care
providers,
also
just
emphasizing
making
sure
that
they're
also
in
the
neighborhoods,
in
addition
to
the
business
core,
I
think
it's
gonna
be
important
in
terms
of
the
4.4
percent
unemployment.
Do
we
have
an
idea
of
which
industries
or
is
it
pretty
distributed
across
industries,
and
then
for
the
return
to
office?
I
mean
especially
given
the
prevalence
of
tech
companies
and
the
likelihood.
I
guess
that
there
will
be
a
hybrid
approach.
C
You
know,
how
are
we
working
with
the
companies
related
to
how
they're
returning
to
office
those
strategies,
and
then
I
guess?
Secondly,
I
think
mama's
mom
and
pop
shops
will
play
a
key
role
in
still
attracting
people
to
bellevue,
especially
if
there's
a
hybrid
mode
where
people
may
not
be
in
bellevue,
because
they're,
maybe
working
from
home
or
working
from
anywhere.
So
how
do
we?
How
are
we
thinking
about
attracting
people
to
the
city?
C
You
know
if
they're
able
to
work
from
anywhere
and
then
in
terms
of
marketing
just
an
interest
in
making
sure
that
we
have
diversity,
broad
diversity
represented
in
promotional
materials
and
marketing,
whether
it's
our
marketing
or
visit
bellevue's
marketing.
P
Thank
you,
councilmember
marksdale,
with
regards
to
the
unemployment
rate,
I
think
we'll
we'll
follow
up.
So
there
were
a
couple
of
questions
about
that.
We
can
follow
up
with
an
email
with
some
of
the
details
on
the
recent
unemployment
numbers,
so
we
get
accurate
information
to
you
and
then,
with
regards
to
the
return
to
the
office.
P
The
delayed
return
to
the
office
by
our
larger
employers
and
how
might
we
attract
additional
people
into
the
city
in
when
they're
not
working
and
not
having
to
come
into
the
city
for
work
and
that's
an
area
where
we've
been
working
very
closely
with
the
bda
to
help
improve
marketing
for
particularly
for
downtown
events
and
spaces,
to
make
sure
that
people
realize
that
there
are
great
shops
and
restaurants
in
old
bellevue
that
the
bellevue
collection
is
still
very
much
alive
and
busy,
and
then
also
that
is.
P
That
is
also
another
reason
that
the
tourism
promotion
area
that
visit
bellevue
is
working
on
is
very
important
because
it
is
those
after
hours,
activities
and
events
that
really
are
going
to
draw
individuals
in
to
patronize
our
mom
and
pop
shops,
and
and
help
keep
our
businesses
very
vibrant
and
resilient.
So
that
combination
of
working
with
the
bda
and
visit
bellevue
is
our
our
work
to
hedge
against
the
extended
work
from
home
period.
C
Got
it
thank
you
and
just
to
clarify,
there's
also
support
for
getting
fostering
more
or
the
development
of
more
mom-and-pop
shots
in
the
city,
especially
just
I
know
I
know
rent.
It
looks
good
in
terms
of
commercial
visas.
You
know
relatively
good,
but
it's
kind
of
expensive
right
for
mom
and
pop
shops,
and
so
we're
just
thinking
about
long-term
strategy
there,
so
that
we
can
have
more
of
those
shops
that
will
attract
people
who
are
working
from
anywhere
in
the
region.
P
Yes,
that
was
part
of
the
the
economic
development
plan
that
the
council
approved
in
november,
and
we
are
working
on
that
again
with
with
the
new
hiring
of
our
business
retention
specialist.
That
will
help
us
get
out.
Some
more
businesses,
learn
more
about
the
different
market
dynamics
and
needs
of
locally
owned
businesses,
and
probably
increase
our
capacity
to
help
reach
out
to
other
businesses
that
might
be
looking
for
a
second
or
third
location
for
bellevue.
A
So
I'm
just
going
to
kind
of
underscore
what
my
fellow
council
members
have
said,
which
is
you
know
the
greater
seattle
partners
recommendation,
as
you
well
know,
jesse
and
philly
was
to
focus
on
bipac
female,
owned
businesses
and
and
education
and
opportunity
with
internships
and
then
the
child
care.
So
they
I
see
you
doing
that
in
in
your
plans,
and
I
really
appreciate
that
and
I.