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A
A
We
had
a
tragic
loss
this
morning
when
we
lost
one
of
our
police
officers
and
it's
a
reminder
every
day
that
our
First
Responders
go
to
work.
They
put
their
lives
on
their
lines
for
our
community
safety,
and
so
I
just
have
asked
Deputy
Mayor
to
speak
in
gratitude
for
this
officer's
life
of
service
and
to
his
family
as
well,
and
he
speaks
for
the
council,
Deputy
Mayor.
Thank.
B
You
mayor
well
this
morning:
Bellevue
police
officer,
Jordan
Jackson,
sustained
critical
injuries
on
duty
when
his
motorcycle
was
struck
by
another
vehicle
on
Bellevue
Way.
We
were
informed
this
afternoon
that
he
has
passed
away
officer.
Jackson
was
an
exemplary
officer
who
was
well
liked
by
his
colleagues.
B
B
C
Excuse
me.
So
when
I
saw
the
news,
one
of
the
things
that
you
may
not
know
is
officer
Jackson
and
his
partner
were
always
out
and
I
also
ride
a
motorcycle,
and
so
when
I'm
out
and
about
and
I
ride,
sometimes
I'll
I'll
pull
over
and
chat
with
the
officers
and
officer
Jackson
and
his
partner
were
frequently
who
I
saw
out
and
about
when
riding
whether
it
was
at
an
event
again.
As
Deputy
Mayor
mentioned,
letting
kids
take
pictures
with
their
motorcycles
and
always
keeping
it
clean,
we
would
talk
about
tires.
C
We
would
talk
about
windscreens
hand,
warmers,
and
you
know,
I'll
really
miss
the
opportunities
to
connect
with
officer,
Jackson
and
thinking
about
his
partner
because
they
were
I
mean
they
were
always
together.
So
I
know,
that's
that's
a
big
loss
for
the
department
and
for
the
first
partner
and
for
his
family.
Thank.
A
You,
okay,
a
city
clerk.
Could
you
do
roll
call,
please
Mia
Robinson.
A
Well,
we
have
two
proclamations
tonight.
We
have
Native
American
heritage
month
and
small
business
Saturday
proclamations,
the
first
one
will
be
read
by
council
members
on
and
I
believe
Lisa
Weber
is
here
to
accept
that
and
Dr
Whitehead
as
well.
You
have
a
chance
to
speak
and
we
can
do
a
photo
if
you'd,
like
council
members
on.
H
And
whereas
this
month
is
an
opportunity
to
recognize
the
accomplishments
of
tribal
communities,
as
well
as
the
many
societal
challenges
and
historical
wrongs
imposed
upon
them.
And
whereas
we
support
tribal
governments
and
economies
recognizing
that
they
provide
critical
infrastructure,
social
services
and
jobs
in
our
communities
and
that
Native
Americans
are
responsible
for
many
contributions
to
areas
including
medicine,
art
architecture
and
ecology.
I
Good
evening,
everyone
good
evening,
mayor,
Deputy,
Mayor
and
City
Council
Members.
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
reading
of
the
Proclamation
council
members
on
in
mayor
Robinson.
Approving
that
Lisa
Weber,
who
is
a
part
of
our
be
Dan
program,
was
supposed
to
be
here
tonight.
We
just
actually
finished
dinner
and
she
had
to
go
home,
so
I
do
apologize,
but
very
quickly.
I
would
like
to
just
sort
of
take
us
back
for
a
moment.
All
of
you
in
sixth
grade
history
may
be.
Fourth,
it
was
in
1621
that
we
got
to
celebrate
our
reverse.
I
Think
first
Thanksgiving.
So
over
400
years
ago,
Native
Americans,
it
was
90
in
total,
came
together
with
53
pilgrims
to
celebrate
the
Harvest
celebration
which
moving
forward.
This
is
what
we
celebrate
as
Thanksgiving,
and
this
was
a
time
to
share
resources
to
share
food
and
moments
for
being
thankful,
so
I.
Thank
you
all
again
for
honoring
that
thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
All
right,
the
next
one
is
the
small
business
Saturday
Proclamation
council
member
Barksdale.
Thank
you
and
excuse
me.
I
know
who
we
have.
A
Accepting
this
I
forgot,
oh
Kim,
Fredericks
from
the
chamber.
C
All
right,
whereas
we
celebrate
our
local
small
businesses
and
the
contributions
they
make
to
our
economy
and
Community.
According
to
the
United
States
small
business
administration,
there
are
650
000
small
businesses
in
Washington,
representing
more
than
1.4
million
workers,
and
whereas
97
percent
of
all
firms
located
in
Bellevue
are
small
businesses
with
fewer
than
100
employees,
and
whereas
small
businesses
were
particularly
impacted
by
the
covid-19
pandemic
and
related
economic
effects,
including
Workforce
and
supply
chain
challenges,
and
whereas
nearly
half
46
of
small
businesses
in
Washington
are
women
owned
and
15
percent
are
minority
owned.
C
According
to
the
Brookings
institution,
these
businesses
face
unique
challenges
that
are
exacerbated
by
the
economic
effects
of
the
covid-19
pandemic
and
whereas
the
city
of
Bellevue
collaborates
with
the
Bellevue
Downtown
Association
visit,
Bellevue
and
many
more
local
Partners
to
support
our
local
businesses
as
they
create
jobs,
boost
our
local
economy
and
Define.
Our
neighborhoods
and
many
City
programs
are
designed
to
specifically
benefit
small
businesses
and
community
members,
and
whereas
advocacy
groups
and
public
and
private
organizations
across
the
country
have
endorsed
the
Saturday
after
Thanksgiving
in
the
U.S
as
small
business
Saturday.
C
Now,
therefore,
I.
On
behalf
of
Lynn
Robinson,
mayor
of
the
city
of
Bellevue
Washington
and
on
behalf
of
the
city
council,
do
hereby
Proclaim
November
26
2022
as
small
business
Saturday
in
Bellevue,
and
urge
all
residents
of
our
community
to
support
small
businesses
and
Merchants
on
small
business
Saturday
and
throughout
the
year.
K
L
Good
evening
Council,
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
here
representing
the
Bellevue
Chamber
and
representing
so
many
small
businesses
within
our
community
that
are
in
many
different
districts.
We
encourage
everyone
to
consider
going
out
this
Saturday
and
many
Saturdays
to
come
and
visit
our
small
businesses
in
Bellevue
and
the
region
this
area
exists.
So
thank
you
very
much
great.
A
B
A
D
This
evening
there
are
five
pre-registered
speakers
for
oral
cons
and
I
believe
all
of
them
are
joining
us
here
in
person
tonight
before
I
start
calling
names
I'll
remind
the
public
that
oral
Communications
is
for
a
period
not
to
exceed
30
minutes.
Each
speaker
will
have
three
minutes
to
make
their
comments,
and
only
three
speakers
are
allowed
to
speak
to
any
one
side
of
a
particular
topic
and
with
that
I
will
start
with
our
first
name,
which
Catherine
Hollis
Miss
Hollis.
M
Hey
Council,
it's
great
to
be
here
this
evening,
I'm
here
on
behalf
Catherine
Hollis
on
behalf
of
East
Trail
Partners,
just
to
share
our
gratitude,
and
thanks
and
and
our
support
for
you.
All's
today,
Bellevue
State
Legislative
priorities
on
Transportation,
specifically
the
request
for
dispersal
of
move
ahead,
Washington
funds
for
Easter
projects
in
Bellevue
and
for
the
phase
dispersal
of
funds
for
the
next
segment
of
the
mountain,
sound
Greenway
Trail
in
Bellevue.
M
So
it's
great
to
be
here
in
more
of
a
celebration
that
these
funds
have
been
allocated
and
we
just
need
to
advocate
for
getting
them
to
projects
quickly.
So
the
state
funding
for
Easter
all
projects
is
needed
as
soon
as
possible.
Projects
like
the
I-90
Steel
Bridge
cannot
get
started
without
funding
in
the
snacks
biennium
and
for
the
phased
funding
for
the
next
segment
of
the
amounts
of
sound
Greenway.
M
Trail
is
critical
to
maximize
a
Federal
grant
so
excited
that
we
have
good
news
on
these
things
and
that
we
really
need
to
be
focusing
on
that
funding
coming
to
Bellevue
and
to
these
projects
in
the
next
biennium.
These
two
Trails
will
provide
key
East-West
in
the
case
of
the
mountain,
sound
Greenway,
Trail
and
north
south
in
the
case
of
the
East
Trail
in
terms
of
great
bike
and
pedestrian
routes
in
Bellevue,
that'll
really
transform
our
Transit
options
here.
M
On
the
east
side,
the
Eastfield
specifically
will
connect
communities
from
Renton
through
Bellevue
all
the
way
into
Snohomish
County
directly,
connecting
with
four
Light
Rail
stations
and
other
Trails
like
the
mountains
of
sound
Trail.
So
it's
been
an
honor
to
get
to
work
with
you
all
and
with
the
city
of
Bellevue
on
East
Trail,
and
we
look
forward
to
a
whole
lot
more
good
news
to
come.
M
F
Hi,
my
name
is
Annika
English
and
I'm,
a
sixth
grader
at
Odell,
middle
school
and
I'm
here
to
talk
about
belsey's
large
trees
with
trees
for
livability.
Today
is
the
day
that
tree
code
work
is
starting.
This
is
a
very
important
step.
We
need
to
take
to
prevent
trees
from
being
cut
down
with
no
permit
or
regard
for
their
size.
I
hope
you
will
come
away
with
strong
tree
coats
that
will
make
Bellevue
a
city.
Others
will
look
at
look
to
as
an
environmental
leader.
N
F
N
N
So
I
right
now
speak
to
everybody
who
won't
be
a
candidate.
We
have
too
many
problems
right
now.
I
see
agenda
is
a
nightmare.
You
know
what
this
means
too.
Many
pardon
BS,
Inside
Story
for
my
French,
so
I
speak
right
now
to
everybody
who
won't
be
a
candidate.
We
need
a
forum.
Every
two
weeks
start
today
like
to
Don.
My
Donald
Trump
told
me
start
today.
That's
exactly
what
is
venue
doing
right
now
for
the
last
many
years
they
Democrat
stop
and
Forum.
Totally.
Nobody
have
a
forum
right
now.
N
N
You
know
what
this
means,
what
is
explained,
what
is
going
on
for
Seattle
in
King
country?
It's
a
pit
Center
of
fascism
I,
give
you
example
of
Seattle
Seattle.
Never
have
freedom
of
speech,
never
have
pledge
of
legend
in
the
love
for
the
last
seven
months.
They
never
saw
people
faces
when
they
speak.
What
is
person?
How
is
this
possible,
who
this
freaking
idiot?
You
know
what
this
means,
who
can
doing
this
when
you
speak,
then
Show
faces
so
right
now
they
neutralize
everything
by
console.
Seattle
console
faces
24
7..
N
Why
are
you
doing
this
so
right
now
we
speak
in
talking
about
discrimination.
What
is
discrimination?
We
don't
have
discrimination
now,
because
we,
we
don't
know
who's
white
who
black,
who
you
know,
it's
very
simple
right
now.
You
know
what
this
mean
when
this
is
not
fascism.
So
what
is
mean
word
for
sure?
I
spoke
right
now
with
30
people
and
back.
You
know
what
is
mean
and
ask
them
make
copy
from
this.
So
you
understand
what
is
mean
for
sure.
N
N
Country,
Council
never
have
a
free
speech,
never
have
a
people
in
person
speak.
They
totally
block
everything.
So
I
speak
right
now
to
everybody.
When
we
change
this
console
chamber
totally
from
this
garbage,
we
can
change
Seattle,
they
can
change.
Skin
country
stand
up
America.
This
is
exactly
what
it
I
speak
to
everybody,
everybody
who
will
go
to
concerts,
Bellevue,
Council
123.
You
know
what
this
means.
We
have
a
forum
every
week
to
every
two
weeks
and
of
America.
Thank
you.
O
Mayor
Deputy,
Mayor
and
council
members
I'm,
not
speaking
on
behalf
of
the
tree
group
I'm
speaking
for
myself,
I
love,
trees,
I
want
trees
and
I
am
completely
depressed
by
the
denuding
of
my
neighborhood
this
morning,
I
drove
down
the
street
in
all
the
trees.
The
large
trees
that
were
next
to
the
Sears
store
are
gone.
O
All
the
trees
on
the
department
development
on
24th
were
taken
out
all
the
trees
by
the
school.
In
my
neighborhood,
that's
near
mirror,
I
forget
which
one
it
is
they
were
all
taken
out.
All
the
large
trees
are
taken
out
the
large
trees
the
maples
were
taken
out
when
Newport
High
School
was
rebuilt
when
they
fixed
the
the
sound
to
Greenway
area
for
bicycle
trails.
All
the
large
maple
trees
were
taken
out
and
I
want
you
to
fix
this
I
want
you
to
stop.
My
neighborhood
in
particular.
O
Crossroads
area
is
being
denuded
more
because
you're
planning
on
jamming
a
bunch
of
development.
In
there
you
took
all
the
large
trees
out
of
the
Spring
District
and
yet
places
like
Bridal
Trails,
Medina,
Clyde,
Hill
and
Somerset,
where
I
used
to
live
are
fully
treed,
are
gorgeously,
treat
and
they're
not
getting
cut
down
because
they're
not
experiencing
the
kind
of
development
that
destroys
trees.
O
What
I'd
like
is
for
codes
that
cover
building
of
schools,
new
new
buildings,
new
things
along
the
sidewalk
I'd
like
you
to
get
a
city
Forester
hire
somebody
from
the
international
Society
of
arborists
on
a
part-time
contract
to
come
and
do
a
tree
plan
for
us
and
put
in
place
back
all
the
trees
that
we
have
lost.
You
know
how
much
of
our
canopy
has
gone,
and
if
you
look
at
my
area
around
Crossroads
you'll
see
that
the
tree
canopy
has
been
deforested
more
there
than
in
any
other
part
of
the
city.
O
Besides,
it's
probably
the
Spring
District.
So
please
consider
adding
trees
to
parking
lots,
so
I
can
park
in
shade
under
a
big
tree.
Not
these
little
sticks
that
they
put
in
service,
berries,
I'm,
sorry,
they're,
not
even
trees.
They're
sticks
with
leaves
on
them.
I
want
arching
trees,
I
want
Tall,
Cedars
I
want
lofty,
Sequoias
I
want
big
trees
and
you
can
do
it
you're,
capable
of
coming
up
with
a
plan
hiring
the
staff
even
on
contract,
to
come
up
with
a
plan
for
our
city.
We
need
this.
We
miss
this.
M
P
A
Q
Some
of
you
know
that
I
have
a
non-profit
and
that
I
house
homeless
people
and
over
the
years
some
of
those
people
have
had
mental
health
issues
and
most
recently,
I
went
through
this
again.
I
am
a
physician.
I
am
retired
and
I
housed
a
physician
who
may
be
a
member
of
Mensa.
But,
as
you
probably
know,
paranoid
schizophrenia
is
no
respecter
of
intelligence,
and
so
you
have
a
budget
and
I
believe
you
have
something
to
do
with
homelessness.
Something
to
do
with
mental
health.
Q
I
want
you
to
carefully
watch
how
the
money
is
spent.
I
have
no
faith
in
sound
mental
health.
Having
had
a
person
who
was
staying
with
me
being
cared
for
by
them,
and
the
nurse
practitioner
did
not
follow
his
medications
with
a
proper
lab
work
and
if
I
hadn't
been
the
landlady,
he
would
have
died
and
you've
got
to
make
sure
that
your
money
is
spent
wisely
and
I.
Q
Make
sure
that
we
have
good
addiction,
recovery
programs
and
enough
beds
for
the
mental
health
that
we
need
in
a
72
hour
hold.
We
need
to
observe
them
and
I
would
like
to
see
two
separate
psychiatric
evaluations,
not
using
the
Minnesota
multiphasic
personality
test
at
all,
but
an
MD
or
a
do
psychiatrist
separately,
not
in
the
same
practice
evaluating
the
person
before
they're
put
out
on
the
street
again.
D
A
R
You
mayor
and
council
members
I
have
one
item
under
the
city
manager's
report
and
that
is
I'm
bringing
to
your
attention
to
a
very
generous
donation
that
goes
towards
the
Botanical
Garden
joining
us
this
evening.
To
talk
about
this
generous
gift
is
Michael
shiosaki
our
parks
and
Community
Services
director
and
accompanying
him.
The
the
donor
Terry
Hayes
with
that'll
go
ahead
and
turn
over
to
you.
Michael.
S
Mayor
noon,
house
and
members
of
the
city
council,
I,
am
absolutely
thrilled
to
be
here
this
evening
to
introduce
and
to
thank
Terry.
Hayes
Terry
has
been
a
long
time
supporter
at
the
Bellevue
Botanical
Garden,
and
she
recently
established
an
endowment
through
the
Seattle
Foundation
to
fund
a
full-time
curator
position
at
the
Garden
in
perpetuity
and,
as
we
all
know,
this
kind
of
generosity
doesn't
come
the
city's
way
too
often.
S
The
new
curator
position
is
currently
a
part
of
the
city's
2023-24
proposed
budget,
and
it
will
play
an
important
role
in
achieving
the
garden's
core
goal,
which
is
connecting
plants
with
people.
So
so
what
does
a
garden?
Curator
do
well
the
garden
curator
oversees
the
the
garden
collection
or
the
plants
and
the
garden
is
really
akin
to
a
museum
and
the
plants
are
the
living
collection.
S
So
the
curator
Fosters,
this
collection
by
a
sessioning
and
maintaining
records
of
individual
plants
and
these
records
have
scientific
value,
but
they
also
need
to
be
approachable
and
usable
by
the
general
public.
So
the
curator
has
expertise.
We
hope
in
Horticulture
taxonomy
and
nomenclature
all
kind
of
plant
geek
words,
but
as
well
as
the
skills
of
communication
and
education,
to
enhance
the
garden's
public
benefit
to
the
community,
and
this
position
will
play
a
uniting
role
between
the
garden
collection
and
conservation
and
education.
S
T
Thank
you,
director,
chiyosaki
good
evening,
mayor
Robinson
and
the
city
council
members.
After
30
years
of
volunteering
and
supporting
the
Bellevue
Botanical
Garden
I
am
honored
to
be
able
to
endow
a
full-time
curator's
position.
I
have
celebrated
many
Garden
Milestones
from
the
first
national
recognition
by
a
Horticultural
publication
to
the
completion
of
The
Visitor
Center.
The
curator
is
another
one
of
these
milestones
with
the
curator.
The
garden
will
contribute
to
Horticultural
knowledge
about
plants
that
enhance
living
conditions,
help
conserve
biodiversity,
introduce
people
to
Nature
and
bring
Beauty
to
people's
lives.
T
A
To
our
city
and
I
want
to
thank
you
so
much
for
your
generosity.
For
over
30
years,
the
Botanical
Gardens
have
provided
access
to
everybody
in
our
community
and
outside
our
community,
easy
access
to
the
knowledge
and
the
joy
of
all
those
plants,
and
this
will
make
it
even
better.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
very
much.
It's
it's
interesting
to
get
to
know
who
you
are
because
so
many
times
we
don't
get
to
see
the
people
who
contribute
so
much
like
that.
So
thank
you
for
being
here
tonight.
A
A
All
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye
any
opposed,
okay.
Well,
let's
see
we
have
two
study
session
items
tonight.
First,
we
have
our
2023
State
Legislative
agenda
and
then
we
will
go
on
to
the
Council
initiation
of
tree
canopy
code,
amendments
Mr
Miyaki.
Would
you
like
to
introduce
sure.
R
Thank
you
mayor
council
members.
Just
by
way
background.
Each
year
the
council
customarily
develops
a
State
Legislative
agenda
in
advance
of
the
next
legislative
session
in
the
upcoming
January
time
frame.
This
agenda
allows
staff
and
City
officials
to
clearly
articulate
the
city's
legislative
priorities
to
State
lawmakers
state
agencies,
peer
jurisdiction
and
Community
stakeholders.
Joining
us
tonight
are
Genesee
Atkins,
chief
of
external
Affairs,
as
well
as
Lacey
Jane
Wolf
assistant
director
of
England
government
Affairs,
both
from
the
city
manager's
office,
and
with
that
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
turn
it
over
to
you.
Genesee.
Q
U
Oh
that's
coming
right
along!
Thank
you,
mayor,
Deputy,
Mayor
and
council
members
for
having
us
tonight.
We
are
really
excited
to
talk
to
you
about
the
next
state
legislative
session
and
your
process
to
consider
and
adopt
an
agenda.
I'll
just
jump
right
in
so
this
evening.
D
U
So
give
me
one
more,
so
we
expect,
in
the
next
session
to
be
a
substantial
one.
It'll
start
on
January
9th.
This
will
be
a
long
session,
so
this
is
105
days,
not
the
shorter
60
days,
which
we
had
earlier
this
spring.
So
105
days,
kicking
off
January
9th,
so
it'll
go
toward
the
end
of
April.
The
big
job
in
front
of
the
legislature
is
to
craft
the
three
biennial
budgets,
so
Capital
operating
and
transportation
will
all
be
kind
of
front
and
center.
U
There
will
also
be
ample
time
for
them
to
take
up
really
complex
and
varied
policy
matters.
We
will
see
the
first
kind
of
marker
on
the
budgets
in
late
December.
Usually
the
third
week
of
December
is
when
we
see
the
governor's
proposed
budgets,
those
are
heavily
informed
by
the
revenue
and
forecast
review,
and
so
really
we
kind
of
kick
off
the
session.
When
we
see
the
governor's
proposed
budgets
in
later
December,
and
so
that
kind
of
sets
up
the
context
for
what
you've
got
coming.
U
Where
are
we
I
think
we're
going
to
slide
five
now
and
now,
we'll
kind
of
turn
toward
a
little
bit
of
context
for
you
on
some
of
the
biggest
issues
that
we're
highlighting
on
the
proposed
draft
agenda
and
I'll
turn
it
over
to
my
colleague
Lacey
Jane,
to
jump
into
that.
J
Hi
everyone
this
year,
we
again
expect
legislators
to
introduce
bills
to
address
the
state's
affordable
housing
crisis
like
last
year.
We
expect
these
bills
to
really
be
focused
on
include
increasing
the
supply
of
housing
through
zoning.
J
We
have
been
working
with
the
association
of
Washington
cities
and
together
really
worked
to
prepare
a
response
that
says
that
zoning
alone
is
not
enough
to
solve
the
state's
affordable
housing
crisis
that
also
significant
State
funding.
Investment
and
local
funding
options
are
needed,
as
well
as
state
regulatory
streamlining.
So
your
draft
legislative
agenda
includes
a
priority
section
to
that
effect.
U
That
was
full
of
lots
of
landmark
achievements
and,
frankly,
has
washed
out
very
busy
trying
to
figure
out
now
how
to
allocate
out
all
these
brand
new
Grant
programs,
a
number
of
which
go
toward
local
jurisdictions
and
local
municipalities.
Bellevue
did
really
well
in
that
package,
especially
for
a
city,
and
so
the
things
we're
going
to
highlight
in
this
upcoming
session
are
specifically
how
we
want
some
of
those
dollars
allocated
out
to
part
of
the
East
rail
Corridor
and
then
also
to
the
mountains
to
sound
Greenway.
U
You
heard
in
oral
comment
how
important
the
timing
is,
so
that
we
can
leverage
some
federal
funds.
So
that's
really
where
we
want
to
kind
of
push
our
delegation
who
have
been
so
great
at
helping
carry
water
for
us
and
then
elsewhere
in
the
agenda.
We
lay
down
a
foundation
for
future
projects
that
we
expect.
We
want
to
keep
a
kind
of
a
steady,
drum,
beat
and
lay
down
some
markers
for
that
next
package,
which
we
know
is
not
too
far
off,
but
very
unlikely
in
this
coming
session
and
then
kind
of
rounding
out.
U
U
We
that,
when
we
really
said
what
elevates
up,
what
are
the
things
that
Bellevue
really
wants
to
highlight
for
our
state
delegation.
These
were
this
rounds
out
the
group,
in
addition
to
affordable
housing
and
transportation,
so
those
are
kind
of
the
priority
issues
that
really
are
specific
to
Bellevue,
that
we
want
to
bring
home
for
our
residents
and
our
constituents
so
turning
the
corner.
We
also
have
a
really
comprehensive
document
that
you
have
all
seen
our
statement
of
State
policy.
U
That
really
gives
us
a
lot
of
breadth
and
coverage
to
manage
a
lot
of
different
bills
that
might
come
up.
We
know
that
the
legislature
will
cover
a
lot
of
territory
in
this
really
both
lays
down
some
principles
that
are
important
to
you
as
our
policy
directors
and
elected
officials,
and
then
this
gives
us
the
marching
orders
to
go
out
and
weigh
in
on
our
behalf,
whether
it's
something
proactive,
constructive
or
if
we
want
to
kind
of
hold
the
line
on
something
important
and
defensive,
whether
it's
policy
or
Appropriations.
You
can
see
the
subjects
here.
J
In
the
upcoming
session,
we'll
once
again
partner
with
the
association
of
Washington
cities,
so
that
we
in
other
cities,
can
have
a
stronger
voice
with
the
legislature
about
issues
that
are
important
to
cities
and
I
would
love
to
point
out
to
that.
The
five
key
issues
that
the
Statewide
organization
identified
as
our
legislative
priorities,
are
all
included
in
your
draft
legislative
agenda
before
you
tonight.
U
And
then,
finally,
in
terms
of
what
we
will
do
after
you
have
had
time
to
consider
the
legislative
agenda
is,
we
will
take
the
final
adopted
agenda
and
start
to
develop
it
into
really
good
marketing
materials.
What
you
of
course,
have
in
your
packet
is
a
rather
uninspiring
Word
document
that
is
not
very
appealing
to
the
eye.
We're
going
to
just
in
the
past
can
I
get
one
more
slide.
U
V
W
U
Or
recommending
to
you
tonight
is
that
you
consider
and
talk
about
and
ultimately
adopt
a
State
Legislative
agenda
either
this
evening
or
not,
but
adopt
it
well
in
advance
of
the
next
session.
So
we
have
lots
of
time
to
work
with
our
delegation
and
other
stakeholders
to
put
ourselves
on
a
really
successful
trajectory
for
January.
Thank.
A
K
Yes,
thank
you.
I
appreciate
what
the
staff
has
come
up
with.
It's
a
really
very,
very
comprehensive,
very
well
done
a
piece
of
legislation
agenda,
so
thank
you
and
also
you
have
talked
to
us
extensively,
but
during
our
discussion
and
I
feel
that
there's
one
thing
I
like
to
have
a
council
discussion
on
this
or
this
consideration
in
order
to
have
a
more
significant,
more
substantive
discussion.
K
K
I
moved
out,
we
strike
the
third
sentence
in
the
fiscal
sustainability,
financing
tools
and
general
government
section
of
the
state
policy
statement.
That
sentence
currently
reads
but
obvious
supports
replacing
the
one
percent
cap
on
any
property
tax
lab
increases
with
a
limit
that
allows
cities
to
respond
to
local
needs.
B
K
Our
packet
page,
it's
in
the
physical
sustainability
financing
tools
and
general
government,
okay
on
page.
K
K
K
So
we
probably
it's
not
appropriate
for
a
local
jurisdiction
in
the
city
of
Bellevue
to
be
engaged
with,
and
secondly,
maybe
more
practically
is
that
it
does
not
give
or
it's
not
in
city
of
bellevue's
interest,
to
make
this
proposal
and
I
don't
recall
that
we
have
a
real
extent
to
the
conversation
and
despite
the
city
council,
so
I
would
hope
that
by
taking
this
out,
we
have
opportunity
to
really
discuss
it.
But
my
concern
is
now
because
we've
had
this
for
the
last
almost
20
years.
K
It
is
something
if
we
increase
our
lift
the
lid
okay.
That
means
other
jurisdictions
in
the
state
can
actually
crowd
the
city
of
bellevue's,
a
property
tax
levy
out
of
the
future
funding
for
the
city
of
Bellevue.
We
depend
on
a
lot
of
our
revenues
from
levying
on
property
taxes.
K
So
you
know
we
are
competing
with
a
lot
of
folks
and
they're
committing
with
us,
so
I
think
that's
one
disadvantage
that
we
may
have
face
when
they
face
the
second
one
is
that
it's
really
quite
a
small
amount
of
one
percent
we're
talking
about,
because
we
haven't
really
utilized
this
too
much.
We
have
those
one
percent.
We
always
ask
for
it's
a
tax
that
we
some
amounts
of
about
a
million
dollars
a
year,
so
it's
available
and
also
by
levying
on
property
tax.
K
We
we,
as
a
city
Bellevue,
we're
very
fortunate
our
property
evaluation
because
of
the
economic
vitality
and
all
that
continue
to
go
up.
So
even
at
one
percent
we
have
been
able
to
capture
a
lot
of
you
know:
tax
revenues.
So
with
other
cities,
it's
different,
but
you
know
we
don't
actually
how
well.
We
should
not
be
meddling
with
other
cities
Taxation
and
at
the
the
revenue
or
expenditure
we.
This
is
a
fiscal
measure.
That's
what
we're
talking
about.
Okay,.
A
K
U
Well,
it
might
interpreted
so
I
think
a
council
member
I
think
this
is
a
matter
for
you
all
to
discuss.
This
is
one
of
the
enumerated
top
issues.
It's
not
in
the
top
five
that
we
showed
on
the
slide,
but
it
is
included
as
one
of
the
top
issues
from
the
association
of
Washington
cities
and
and
the
association
has
carried
this
as
a
high
priority
for
a
number
of
years.
U
U
Don't
know
if
I
follow
that
exactly
I,
don't
I,
don't
I
I
might
need
to
understand
better,
but
I
don't
understand
how
it
how
it
might
jeopardize
what
we're
trying
to
have
funded
okay.
B
Release
question
or
concern,
and
just
so
I
make
sure
I
understand
it.
It's
just
just
for
cities
or
by
advocating
for
this
are
we
advocating
that
even
the
county
could
increase
property
taxes?
I
think
councilman
really
is
concerned
about
the
fact
I
mean
we
already
have
incredibly
High
property
taxes.
B
We
already
put
a
tremendous
burden
on
our
residents
if,
if
King
County
is
able
to
take
advantage
of
this
and
increase
the
property
taxes
and
take
a
larger
share,
as
hopefully
most
people
know,
we
only
get
a
very
small
percentage
about
eight
percent
of
those
property
taxes.
Are
we
going
to
be
losing
out
more
on
potential
property
tax
revenue
into
the
City?
By
advocating
for
this,
are
we
better
off
not
coming
out
perhaps
as
strongly
as
AWC,
perhaps
I?
Think
and
I-
don't
want
to
put
words
in
customer
release,
method,
I!
B
U
Understood,
thank
you.
So
this
specifically
is
related
to
cities
and
not
to
the
broader
kind
of
Statewide
limitations
that
exist
related
to
the
property
tax,
but
specific
to
cities.
I
know,
Lacey,
Jane
and
I
were
just
on
a
call
with
AWC
earlier
today,
where
there
was
a
meeting
just
last
week
of
the
I.
Think
it's
the
finance
was
it
the
tax.
U
Tax
worker
work
group
they
met
on
Monday
last
week
and
they're
still
finalizing
their
recommendations,
preliminarily
it
sounded
like
they
recommended
lifting
the
one
percent,
and
this
is
a
bipartisan
group
of
legislators
that
have
been
working
for
quite
some
time
on
the
state.
Taxing
structure,
they're,
recommending
adjusting
the
city
property
tax
limit,
but
not
the
state
property
tax
limit,
so
that
does
get
into
some
level
of
granularity,
and
we
can
talk
about
that
further.
U
If,
if
we
want
to
take
this
out
and
research
it
more
and
wait
to
to
see
where
that
work
group
ultimately
lands,
that's
fine,
too.
I
will
point
out
that
later
in
the
statement
of
State
policy,
there's
a
reference
to
the
AWC
priorities,
so
we
can
also
kind
of
by
reference,
follow
the
lead
of
AWC
in
that
direction.
If
we
want
to
as
well.
A
U
I
think
so
the
recommendations
from
the
tax
work
group
are
probably
not
going
to
be
finalized
until
I
think
the
first
or
second
week
of
December.
So
we
would
probably
prefer
that
you
act
sooner
than
that,
so
we
can
have
a
lot
of
lead
time.
But
if
there
is,
you
know,
broadly
held
concern
among
the
city
council
members,
we
can
take
it
out
now
and
then
kind
of
Again
by
because
we
reference
the
AWC
priorities.
U
A
Any
other
comments
or
questions,
let's
see,
do.
A
C
All
right,
thank
you
just
one
quick
question
in
terms
of
from
the
discussion
in
the
tax
work
group,
what
was
the
motivation
for
it
because
I
mean
I
think
some
cities
will
have
a
different
need
for
additional
revenue
from
property
taxes
than
others
right
and
so
just
trying
to
get
a
sense.
If
there
was
anything
about
motivation
like
purpose
that
comes
to
mind,
yeah.
U
I
know
that
broadly
the
desire,
if
I'm
understanding
your
question
correctly,
I
think
broadly
the
desire
by
AWC
and
its
member
cities
to
continue
to
talk
about
this
issue
around
the
property
tax
and
its
limitation
really
is
driven
by
the
accelerating
costs
to
provide
goods
and
services.
Really.
It
relates
to
inflation
and
kind
of
that
structural
deficit.
That
municipalities
find
themselves
in,
as
inflation
continues
to
drive
up
costs
to
provide
just
basic.
U
Sometimes
they
specify
the
growth
limit
to
a
certain
percentage,
and
sometimes
it's
been
an
amalgamation
of
factors,
and
so
we
don't
know
yet
what
may
be
brought
forward.
I,
don't
believe.
Awc
will
offer
its
own
bill
this
session.
That's
not
my
current
impression.
I
think
they
are
also
kind
of
waiting
to
see
what
comes
ultimately
out
of
that
work,
group
and
they're
not
quite
finished.
C
I'll
just
say,
I
mean
I
could
see,
supporting
it,
I
mean
just
because
the
cap
is
removed,
doesn't
mean
we
have
to
necessarily
it,
and
it
just
leaves
more
options
for
each
City
and
to
fund
the
services
that
they
need.
So
thank
you.
A
E
So
the
concerns
that
have
been
expressed-
I
I,
understand
but
the
language
in
the
agenda
or
the
the
ledge
agenda,
specifically
limits
it
to
cities.
It
says
a
limit
that
allows
cities
to
respond
to
local
needs.
There
is
only
one
city
that
our
taxpayers
pay
tax
to
in
Bellevue,
and
that
is
the
city
of
Bellevue,
so
they
wouldn't
be
getting
layered
on.
If
this
stays
in
our
alleged
agenda
and
the
legislature
takes
it
up
and
passes
it
per
our
ledge
agenda,
they
wouldn't
necessarily
be
getting
layered
on
by
other
taxing
districts.
E
E
They
are
cutting
services
and
cutting
services
and
cutting
services.
Despite
the
fact
that
those
cities
are
growing
and
one
of
the
things
I
love
about
cities
is
they're
very
collaborative
with
each
other.
We
support
each
other's
ledge
agendas
as
long
as
it
as
long
as
it
benefits
you
and
doesn't
hurt
me
will
support
it.
E
I
see
this
in
that
context.
If
cities,
especially
ones
that
are
heavily
property
tax,
dependent
need
more
money
to
pay
their
police
officers
a
living
wage
to
make
sure
that
they
keep
up
with
inflation,
I,
don't
see
a
problem
with
giving
them
the
tools
to
do
so.
I,
don't
see
the
problem
with
giving
Bellevue
the
tools
to
do
so,
whether
this
Council
or
future
councils
take
advantage
of
it
is
really
up
to
them
and
up
to
the
voters
who
elect
them
in.
E
A
R
A
Yeah,
okay,
so
to
clarify
on
the
table
is
that
the
city
opposes
no
Bellevue
supports
replacing
the
one
percent
caps
on
annual
property
tax
levy
increases
with
the
limit
that
allows
cities
to
respond
to
local
needs
and
I
think
it'd
be
helpful
if
I
put
my
glasses
on
okay
got
it.
Thank
you
any
other
comments
or
questions
before
we
take
a
vote.
Okay,
council
members
on.
H
H
I,
think
about
the
fact
that
it
says,
allow
cities
to
respond
to
the
to
local
needs
and
really
we
talk
a
lot
about
cities
taking
care
of
their
needs
because,
when
need
when
needs,
are
not
met,
we
can
have
secondary
effects
and
we
really
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
the
tools
that
cities
need,
and
you
know
maybe
someday
Bellevue
will
be
in
a
position
where
we
actually
need
to
do
something
so
I
don't
see
a
harm
in
leaving
it
in
and
I
actually
see
more
benefits
and
making
sure
that
all
of
our
neighboring
cities,
because
we
are
very
Regional
in
many
of
the
things
that
we
do
and
if
we
have
cities
that
are
struggling,
that's
actually
not
good,
regionally,
so
I
would
support,
leaving
it
in
okay.
G
G
It
just
kind
of
stuns
me
to
think
we're
wanting
to
take
something
out.
As
said
it's,
maybe
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
year,
and
then
we
we
talk
about
incredible
property
taxes
on
on
people.
The
amount
of
for
each
individual
that
this
would
affect
is
just
in
dollars
is
very
small,
but
it's
a
it
is
a
revenue
that
we
have
on
things
that
we
really
need
that
people
want
and
we're
way
behind
in
terms
of
getting
to
things.
G
We
really
need
to
do
just
because
of
the
the
economy,
because
the
tax
situation,
and
so
to
to
take
something
this
small
in
effect
out
but
has
in
great
impacts
in
the
future,
would
not
be
a
smart
thing
for
us
to
do
the
other.
Well,
I
just
want
to
ask
you.
The
other
question
is
SCA
chimed
in
on
this.
At
this
point,
Sound
City
Association
have.
G
X
J
So
I
would
very
much
expect
that
in
December,
sound
cities
Association
would
adopt
a
legislative
agenda
with
this
language
in
it
again,
yeah.
G
Well,
it's
you
know
these.
These
are
two
Statewide
organizations
of
cities,
so
the
issue
and
the
questions
about
it
and
what's
good
or
bad,
has
been
talked
about
a
lot
and
we,
you
know
you
have
a
document
that
has
all
of
these
things:
small
cities,
big
cities,
saying
this
is
a
good
thing
to
do,
and
I
just
seeing
Bellevue
say:
no.
We
don't
want
to
do
that
because
I'm
not
quite
sure.
Why
would
not
be
good
so
I
support?
B
No
I
I
appreciate
the
conversation
and
the
comments
by
my
colleagues
and
and
your
answer
to
that
question
as
well,
and,
and
certainly
we
do
want
to
be
good
Regional
partners
and
the
fact
that
AWC
is
supporting
this
too
so
I
appreciate,
though
councilman
really
bringing
this
up
for
consideration
and
discussion.
I
think
it's
an
important
one,
looking
after
our
residents
and
their
tax
burden.
So
thank
you,
councilmemberly
for
bringing
this
up.
A
And
I
am
inclined
to
support,
leaving
it
in
as
well,
so
not
supporting
the
amendment.
Councilmember
Lee
go
ahead.
I.
K
Appreciate
Deputy
May
is
you
know,
concerned
as
I
do
with
the
textbook.
You
know,
even
though
it's
a
small
one
percent
a
million
dollars,
but
as
we
know,
property
tax,
the
tax
to
the
people
are
becoming
more
and
more
burdened.
He
adds
up,
it
starts
small,
but
it
adds
up
I.
K
K
E
K
Right,
yes,
very
few,
oh
Bellevue
has
been
a
real
good
position
because
we
have
not
raised
property
tax
more
than
one
percent
right,
so
we've
not
raised
it
since
we
removed
it
and
for
the
next
10
years
and
other
jurisdictions
have
seen
it
and
they
wanted
to
copy
what
bellvia
has
done.
So
we've
been
responsible
to
our
taxpayers
and
I'm
still
worried
about
the
additional
impact
of
that.
So
be
it.
If
the
city
council
feels
that
it's
okay
to
keep
I
do
taxes,
you.
A
U
So,
and
and
I'll
just.
U
Might
yeah
expert
I,
I
I'm
I
have
a
good
yeoman's
knowledge
of
the
property
tax
rules,
but
why
not
use
an
expert
if
you
have
one
handed
hello,
Tony
nice.
X
X
To
see
you
mayor,
Deputy,
Mayor
and
council
members,
the
property
tax
laws
in
the
state
of
Washington
allow
the
council
to
take
a
one
percent
increase
in
the
revenue
of
last
year's
revenue
for
property
tax
annually.
With
the
vote
of
the
council
of
your
choice,
this
Council
also
has
the
option
to
use
what's
what
we
call
Bank
capacity
in
addition
to
that,
that's
previous
one
percents
that
were
not
taken
in
that
year
that
have
been
banked
at
the
county.
X
X
The
state
legislature,
if
the
state
legislature
chose
a
different
number
than
one
percent,
it
would
allow
the
council
to
take
whatever
that
percentage
would
be
as
an
increase
in
the
property
taxes,
and
it
would
be
an
up
to
more
than
likely
depending
on
how
they
wrote
the
legislation.
You
would
always
have
the
choice
of
whether
it
was
zero
or
one
or
a
different
number,
depending
on
the
choice
of
the
council.
Right.
A
Very
good,
thank
you
for
that
explanation.
Okay,
I'm,
going
to
take
a
let's
just
take
a
vote.
All
those
in
favor
of
the
amendment
to
remove
Bellevue
supports
replacing
the
one
percent
cap
and
annual
on
annual
property
tax
levy
increases
with
a
limit
that
allows
cities
to
respond
to
local
needs,
say
aye.
K
A
J
A
H
H
We
received
in
our
email,
just
before
the
meeting
a
request
from
Mercer
Island
to
add
to
our
ledge
agenda,
a
support
for
and
I'm
looking
for,
the
language.
I,
don't
know.
If
my
fellow
council
members
saw
that
their
Marine
Patrol
vessel
is
at
the
end
of
their
useful
life
and
they're
requesting
appropriation
funding
from
the
state
to
replace
those
and
the
letter
that
we
received
says
that
and
I
would.
H
My
Amendment
would
be
worded
like
this,
that
we
should
add
a
sentence
that
says:
ensure
continuous
Marine,
Patrol
Services
through
funding
to
replace
the
two
Mercer
Island
Marine
Patrol
vessels,
and
it
sounds
like
that
would
support
what
Mercer
Island
is
requesting,
and
these
two
Marine
vessels
are
part
of
mutual
aid
for
Bellevue
as
well,
and
so
I'd
like
to
actually
hear
from
the
staff
about
that
particular
item.
And
if
that
is
indeed
the
case,
that
this
is
part
of
a
kind
of
a
mutual
Aid
to
be
able
to
use
those
vessels.
A
U
Thank
you.
We
I
did
see
that
email
just
before
the
meeting
started
and
actually
since,
since
the
meeting
started
took
a
moment
to
reach
out
to
the
city
of
Mercer
Island's
contract
lobbyist,
who
I
know
to
say,
hey
we'd
love
to
find
out
more,
can
you
give
us
more
information?
I
am
we
are,
as
we
were
talking
to
all
the
Departments.
We
did
talk
to
our
fire
and
police
departments.
U
They
did
mention
that
we
have
a
relationship
for
Mutual,
Aid,
Marine
Patrol
with
the
city
of
Mercer
Island,
but
we
did
not
know
that
they
would
be
seeking
a
specific
appropriation
until
just
a
few
minutes
ago.
U
I
think
you
could
choose
to
put
this
in,
but
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
details
about
it
right
now.
What
I
would
advise-
or
my
my
recommendation
would
be
that
you
give
us
verbal
direction
to
be
supportive
of
their
request,
and
we
will
certainly
do
so
it.
It
is
their
request
and
we
certainly
can
be
supportive
of
it.
H
Motion
that
we
support
continuing
to
reach
out
to
them
to
to
support
the
needs
so
that
we
ensure
that
our
Marine
Patrol
services
that
Mercer
Island
provides
to
the
city
be
able
to
be
continually
supported.
And
if
it's
not
exactly
the
way
that
I
thought,
the
wording
could
be
then
just
supporting
what
the
language
is,
that
they
are
looking
for.
Of
support.
A
E
Because
I
think
I
know
what
you're
going
to
say
so
I
agree
with
the
mayor's
comments.
I
think
that
when
them
sending
I
didn't
even
see
this
email
tell
councilmember
Roseanne
mentioned
it.
It
was
sent
at
5
48
pm
the
pretty
hard
to
deal
with
on
the
Fly
I
I
I.
Think
that
there's
a
lot
of
times
we
can.
We
do
support
things
that
aren't
in
the
ledge
agenda.
It's
like
I
was
saying
before.
If
we
can
help
another
city
and
not
hurt
ourselves,
we
do
it
all
the
time.
E
So
I
would
make
a
substitute
motion
that
we
not
add
this
to
the
legislative
agenda,
but
that
we
work
with
Mercer
Island
to
get
more
information
and
help
them
behind
the
scenes.
And
then
we
also
let
them
know
about
our
priorities,
so
they
can
maybe
help
us,
but
that
we
not
add
it
to
the
lunch
agenda,
but
that
we
quietly
support
it
once
we
know
more.
Second,.
A
Anybody
I
guess
we
need
to
vote
on
whether
we
want
that
as
a
I
think
you
take
the
substitute
up.
First
substitute
Amendment
and.
A
E
A
H
Okay,
thank
you.
Mayor
I
wanted
to
propose
on
page
four
under
transportation.
H
So
in
on
page,
let
me
let
me
get
the
exact
wording,
so
I
want
to
amend
in
the
state
policy
statement
in
the
transportation
section
at
the
end
of
the
second
sentence,
following
the
words
vulnerable
populations,
that
we
add
the
words
consistent
with
our
adopted
Vision
zero
goals.
So
what
this
language
added,
it
would
read.
Bellevue's,
Mobility,
land
use,
equity
and
climate
goals
depend
on
an
integrated,
Transportation
Network
that
improves
safety
and
efficiency,
while
investing
in
vulnerable
populations
consistent
with
our
adopted
Vision,
zero
goals.
F
A
H
H
That's
fine
in
the
same
section
in
the
second
paragraph,
beginning
with
Bellevue,
supports
I've,
make
the
amendment
that
we
strike
most
of
the
existing
sentence
and
we
add
the
words
infrastructure
improvements
to
maximize
the
effectiveness
of
the
I-405
Corridor
and
upgrades
to
State,
Highway
and
Regional
corridors.
H
This
includes
to
the
end
of
the
second
sentence,
following
the
words
vulnerable
populations.
So
with
this
language
modification
it
would
then
read.
Bellevue
supports
infrastructure
improvements
to
maximize
the
effectiveness
of
the
I-405
Corridor
and
upgrades
to
State,
Highway
and
Regional
corridors.
This
includes
the
following
improvements.
G
I'd
just
like
to
ask
staff
what
impact
this
would
have
I
mean
it
seems
like
it
would
it's
language
that
could
be
in
there
might
be
helpful,
but
it's
it's
hard
to
tell
what
do
you?
What
do
you
see
as
the
impact
one
way
or
the
other
of
adding
this
language.
U
I
think,
council
member,
this
is
clarifying
language.
What
one
of
the
things
that
we
know
that
we
found
out
just
in
the
last
handful
of
weeks
is
that
there
is
going
to
be
a
re-prioritization
effort
next
year
on
the
I-405
master
plan
because
of
the
connecting
Washington
Investments
and
move
ahead
Washington.
U
There
have
been
a
number
of
different
components
that
have
been
funded,
but
a
lot
that
have
not
a
lot
of
times
transpired
since
we,
the
first
original
I,
have
four
or
five
master
plan
was
written
so
next
year
our
understanding
from
washdot
they're
going
to
do
a
comprehensive,
I-405,
reprioritization
exercise,
which
will
position
us
very
well
for
the
next
State
Transportation
package.
I
think
this
language
is
a
fuller
clarification
of
our
desire
to
see
the
I-45
Corridor,
not
just
strictly
I-405,
but
see
a
really
well-functioning
Corridor
that
intersects
with,
of
course
also
520
and
990.
A
H
No
I
understand
and
I
actually
want
to
give
some
context
of
why
this
showed
up
at
so
late,
and
that
is
that,
as
part
of
our
East
Side
Transportation
partnership,
getting
that
State
Legislative
agenda
ready
our
staff
work
together
with
several
other
staff
members
from
our
on
our
other
cities
on
the
east
side
and
created
this
language.
H
That
was
more
clarifying
to
what
we
were
trying
to
do
about
increasing
the
effectiveness
of
the
I-405,
Corridor
and
upgrades
to
State,
Highway
and
Regional
corridors,
because
it's
a
much
broader
view
than
just
the
I-405
master
plan
and
with
that
language
that
the
staff
actually
put
together.
I
am
asking
for
this
amendment
because
I
think
it's
consistent
with
what
we
are,
what
staff
actually
created
for
ETP.
That
think,
is
an
improvement
and,
and
so
I
asked
for
support
from
my
fellow
colleagues
any.
E
A
little
bit
I
look
a
bit
confused,
because
this
is
a
lot
of
verbage
change
to
the
last
minute,
but
we've
had
in
our
ledge
agenda
every
year
since
I've
been
on
the
council-
and
this
is
I
think
the
13th
year
the
iPhone
master
plan
I,
which
has
never
been
built
out
since
it
was
adopted
and
I-
think
that
we
need
to
go
beyond
that.
We
need
to.
It
probably
needs
to
be
remastered
planned,
but
with
the
verbiage
change,
are
we
stepping
away
from
the
full
implementation
of
The
Mastermind?
E
Because
that's
been
this
council's
position
for
a
long
time
and
we've
been
eating
it
a
bite
at
a
time
or
getting
it
a
bite
at
a
time?
So
if
we
take
the
I-45
master
plan
language
out,
what
does
that?
Do
because
I
wouldn't
mind
having
some
verbiage
change,
including
saying
something
like
including
updating
the
405
master
plan,
or
something
like
that,
but
I'm
just
worried
it'll
be
lost.
What
what
are
we
losing
by
taking
that
out?
What
projects
are
potentially
losing
by
taking
that
out?.
U
What
is
being
offered
as
I
understand
it
kind
of
is
a
more
holistic
way
of
trying
to
capture
the
four
or
five
Corridor,
not
necessarily
the
master
plan,
but
the
functionality
of
the
corridor.
E
I
just
I
I
I'm
concerned,
because
you
answered
my
question
kind
of,
but
what
you
didn't
I
understand
that
either
way
we're
supporting
those
packages,
but
are
we
and
I
don't
think
the
it
wasn't
implemented?
It
was
pre-apportized
for
a
good,
functioning
or
I
can't
remember
what
the
language
even
was
that
councilmember
brazon
put
forward,
but
it's
it's
kind
of
like
when
the
the
legislature
took
congestion,
relief
out
of
the
measures
for
transportation.
E
A
lot
of
people
didn't
realize
what
they
were
doing
and
I
want
to
realize.
What
we're
doing
is
so
and
as
I
sit
here
today,
I
don't
understand
what
we're
doing
it.
What
components
of
the
I-405
master
I
would
be
very
happy
to
say
a
holistic
look
at
the
corridor,
including
implementation
and
update
of
our
405
master
plan.
I
would
vote
for
that.
Taking
I-45
master
plan
out
I
can't
support
it
because
I
don't
I
I,
don't
know
what
we're
what
we're
missing.
E
C
All
right,
thank
you,
mayor
I,
guess,
I'm
curious.
If
we
could
include
a
a
to
council
member
Robertson's
Point
can
we
include
a
bullet
below
that
adds
emphasizing
what
council
members
on
proposed,
as
opposed
to
replacing
like
with
that.
U
U
Then
you
could
create
a
new
bullet
that
says:
infrastructure
improvements
to
maximize
the
effectiveness
of
the
I-405
corridor
and
upgrades
to
State,
Highway
and
Regional
corridors.
You
could
do
that
that
way
you
have
both.
If
that's
what.
H
H
You
know
there
may
be
parts
of
the
405
master
plan
that
doesn't
completely
fit
that
that
Framing
and
I
think
we
need
to
look
at
that,
so
the
words
implement
the
405
master
plan
actually
doesn't
reflect
the
fact
that,
over
the
intervening
20
years,
maximizing
Effectiveness
may
not
include
every
single
aspect
of
that
plan.
A
E
If
we
added
a
bullet
that
says
something
like
you
know:
continued
implementation
of
I-45
master
plan
and
update
of
the
same
or
something
like
that,
but
I
just
I.
This
seems
like
a
like
a
trojan
horse
where
we're
changing
the
language
here
and
by
doing
so
we're
completely
stepping
away
from
this
policy
and
this
plan
that
we've
worked
on
for
20
years.
I
I
I'm
a
I'm,
definitely
against
it,
unless
we
can
add
something
back
with
the
405
master
plan
in
here.
Thank
you,
councilmember.
A
G
Yeah
I
I,
like
the
Edition
and
the
language
and
the
in
the
context
that
councilmember
razan
has
talked
about
here
and
I-
think
it's
important
at
the
same
time
now
I
understand
we
have
these
things
in
place
for
years
and
years
and
years,
and
we,
you
know
things
change,
but
there
is
there's
a
big
context
there
and
to
change
it
kind
of
on
the
fly
now
I
think
is
not
not
as
helpful
as
it
may
be
thought
to
be,
and
I
I
think
actually
councilmember
Robertson's
approach
to
this
is
Blends
it
in
there
and
I.
G
Don't
think
it's
going
to
cause
problems
down
the
line.
What
we're
looking
at,
in
fact,
I
think
it
helps.
But
a
lot
of
this
is
pretty
ambiguous
in
some
ways.
Also
I
mean
you
know.
This
is
policy
set
at
a
certain
high
level,
so
I
I
think
it's
a
good
good
set
set
up
on
this
and
a
good
way
to
put
both
of
these
pieces
in
here
and
keep
it
going.
G
A
Let's
vote
on
this
amendment
and
then
we
can
add
it.
We
can
do
a
new
Amendment
if
we
want
to
so.
The
amendment
as
proposed
is
to
add
to
take
out.
A
Bill
you
say
it
yeah,
take
out,
take
all
that
out
and
just
say
well
Bellevue
supports,
and
then
it
goes
to
infrastructure
improvements
to
maximize
the
effectiveness
of
I-405,
Corridor
and
upgrades
to
highways
and
Regional
corridors.
This
includes
the
following
improvements:
colon
that
goes
to
the
bullet
points.
So
all
in
favor
of
that
say,
aye
aye,
all
those
opposed
say
no,
no.
R
A
E
Okay,
so
let
me
just
think
about
this:
first
I'd
be
good.
E
So,
let's
I
move
council
member
Zone's
language
for
that
intro
paragraph
and
then
to
add
a
new
bullet
that
says:
should
it
be
another
bullet
or
does
it
make
it
look
because
that's
projects
right?
Okay,
so
let
me
just
let
me
just
think
about
this
for
a
second
I'll,
give
you
time
to
think
give
me
time
to
think
Bellevue
supports
infrastructure
improvements
to
maximize
the
effectiveness
of
the
I-405
corridor
and
upgrades
to
highways
and
Regional
corridors,
including
implementation
of
the
I-405
master
plan
and
updates
to
such
plan
period.
E
E
So
put
it
and
reorder
it,
so
it
would
be.
Bellevue
supports
infrastructure
improvements
to
maximize
the
effectiven
enough
about
four
or
five
Corridor,
comma
update
of
the
I-405
master
plan
and
implementation
of
the
same
comma
and
upgrades
to
highways
and
Regional
corridors
period.
This
includes
the
following
improvements.
A
U
U
Is
it
Bellevue
supports
infrastructure
improvements
to
maximize
the
effectiveness
of
the
I-405,
Corridor,
comma,
update
of
the
I-405
master
plan
and
implementation
of
the
same?
Thank
you,
implementation
of
the
same
and
upgrades
to
State
Highway
and
Regional
corridors
correct
period.
This
includes
the
following
improvements.
U
U
E
A
T
A
Opposed
okay,
thank
you
next
council
members
on.
Do
you
have
another
amendment.
A
To
my
colleagues,
okay,
let's
see
Deputy
Mayor.
Do
you
have
an
amendment
I.
C
No
Amendment
but
a
question:
okay,
all
right.
So
let's
the
the
agenda
is
pretty
comprehensive.
Excuse
me
last
session.
We
also
had
a
pretty
comprehensive
agenda,
but
something
came
up
and
then
what
part
of
the
agenda
was,
in
my
opinion,
sort
of
spread
across
a
little
bit
too
broadly?
How
are
we
positioned
to
respond
if
something
comes
up
that
maybe
we
haven't
had
a
chance
to
discuss,
but
it
is
maybe
something
that
we
should
to.
Does
that
make
sense?
Yes,.
U
Okay,
yes,
so
that
that
is
correct.
We
have
tried
to.
We
have
endeavored
to
develop
an
agenda
that
tries
to
strike
the
right
balance
of
giving
us
clear
direction
of
what
we
want
to
seek
and
represent
in
Olympia
at
the
same
and
give
us
enough,
especially
in
the
policy
statement,
enough
coverage
to
really
feel
like
we
have
Clarity
and
confidence
about
where
the
city
of
Bellevue
stands
and
where
we
want
to
use
our
voice.
U
Having
said
that,
if
issues
emerge
that
we
feel
you
know
a
little
uneasy
about
whether
or
not
we
have
clear
support
from
our
full
Council,
then
we
will
come
here
with
updates,
as
needed.
I
feel
like
I,
can
probably
talk
my
way
into
a
few
minutes
on
the
calendar,
if
necessary,
and
also
at
the
same
time,
we've
also
been
thinking
creatively
about
what
we
can
do,
while
respecting
the
open
public
meetings
act.
U
We
also
want
to
see
what
else
we
can
do
to
give
you
more
regular
updates
without
having
to
use
up
valuable
Monday
night
time
when
we
just
want
to
keep
you
apprised,
not
necessarily
get
you
to
sculpt
or
weigh
in
on
particular
issues,
but
just
keep
you
in
the
know,
so
we're
also
working
on
some
additional
tools
to
find
ways
to
keep
you
more
readily
abreast
of.
What's
going
on
down
there
at
the
same
time,
I
hope
that
might
have
answered
your
question.
Yes,.
A
Okay,
councilmember
Robertson.
Do
you
have
any
amendments.
E
A
A
And
then
me
and
I
guess
I
would
say
you
know,
I
think
that
staff
has
really
explained
the
Avenue
for
bringing
things
forward
and
we
do
have
a
council
Retreat
coming
up
early
next
year,
where
we
can
also
bring
things
up.
So
it's
not
a
done
deal
it's
it's
ever
evolving.
So
if
we
want
to
discuss
Mercer
Island
Marine
Patrol
later
or
get
more
information
on
her
or
get
an
opinion
on
it,
we
can
do
that
as
we
move
forward.
So
is
there
an
amendment
to
adopt
the
State
Legislative
agenda
as
amended.
O
A
A
We're
moving
on
to
our
next
study
session
item:
Mr
Miyaki.
Would
you
like
to
introduce
this.
R
Sure,
thank
you
mayor
council
members.
The
the
second
and
last
topic
on
your
study,
just
in
a
study
session
agenda
this
evening
is
the
council's
consideration
to
be
in
work
on
the
tree.
Canopies
land
use
code
Amendment
joining
this
evening
for
the
snap
presentations
are
listed,
the
interim
co-director
as
well
as
Nick
Whipple
planning
manager
and
Christina
Gallant
senior
planner
off
from
the
development
services
department
of
that
I'm
going
to
hand
it
over
to
you
guys.
P
Thank
you,
city
manager
and
good
evening,
mayor
Robinson,
Deputy
Mayor
new
in
House
Council
Members.
Thank
you
for
having
us
this
evening.
I'm
joined
tonight
as
the
city
manager
mentioned
by
Nick,
Whipple
and
Christina
Gallant
they'll
be
providing
the
PowerPoint
presentation.
They'll
do
a
short
introduction,
so
it's
really
exciting
to
be
here.
This
is
a
code
amendment
that
we
have
wanted
to
be
getting
on
the
ground.
I
know
that
there's
clearly
a
lot
of
support,
just
evidenced
by
everyone
in
this
audience
tonight.
P
So
it's
exciting
to
be
moving
into
this
tree.
Canopy
code,
Amendment
work,
there's
a
lot
of
policy
direction
for
this
work
as
well,
both
in
the
environmental
stewardship
initiative
and
in
the
comprehensive
plan
and
Christina
will
be
providing
more
information
about
that.
And
then
we
do
want
to
talk
about
what
the
process
will
be
tonight
and
they
will
also
go
through
we're
going
to
be
changing
up
our
process
a
little
bit
for
this
one.
P
So
we
can
make
sure
that
we
have
really
good
engagement
with
the
community
with
all
of
the
other
interested
parties,
including
some
of
our
own
City
departments,
and
we'll
talk
about
that.
A
little
bit
more
as
well
lots
of
public
engagement
on
this
one.
We're
excited
to
be
here
so
I
am
going
to
pass
this
on
to
Nick
in
a
moment.
But
why
don't
we
go
through
the
hold.
P
A
P
We
go
okay
and
this
slide
is
probably
not
the
most
exciting
one
in
the
deck,
but
I'll
go
ahead
and
walk
through
it
really
quickly.
So
this
is
simply
to
initiate
work
on
a
tree
canopy
code
Amendment.
Those
amendments
would
and
also
to
direct
the
Planning
Commission
to
process
the
land
use
code
amendment.
In
this
particular
case,
there
will
likely
be
code,
amendments
to
the
land
use
code
and
also
to
Bellevue
city
code.
W
Great
thank
you
and
good
evening,
mayor
Robinson
and
Deputy
Mayor
noon,
house
and
members
of
the
council.
So
for
tonight's
presentation
we
wanted
to
first
talk
about
the
policy
basis
for
this
item,
as
well
as
the
proposed
objectives
for
this
land
use
code.
Amendment
Christina
will
then
talk
about
the
existing
code
and
opportunities,
including
how
the
land
use
code
currently
regulates
trees
and
where
staff
has
flagged
areas
for
potential
updates.
W
Then
we'll
talk
about
how
we
plan
to
process
this
code
Amendment
and
then
the
robust
public
engagement
that
we
have
planned
for
this
effort.
So
to
start
us
off
with
the
policy
basis,
so
bellevue's
environmental
stewardship
plan
strategy.
N1
includes
six
priority:
near-term
actions
to
increase
tree
canopy
city-wide.
W
It
also
the
project
will
evaluate
ways
to
incentivize
for
planting
or
retaining
the
right
tree
in
the
right
place,
as
mentioned
in
the
environmental
stewardship
plan
and
ways
to
collect
better
data,
to
understand
changes
to
the
city's
tree
canopy.
During
permitting.
W
So
this
is
a
3.4
percent
increase
from
2011
to
2019.,
while
the
overall
trend
is
positive,
there
Still
Remains
opportunities
for
improvements,
for
example,
neighborhoods
such
as
West
Bellevue,
Wilburton,
Newport
and
Bel
Red
experienced
net
losses
in
tree
canopy.
During
this
time
net
losses
they
would
range
anywhere
from
one
percent:
net
decrease
in
Bel,
Red
and
Newport
to
a
three
percent
net
decrease
in
West
Bellevue
and
in
Wilburton.
W
In
terms
of
project
objectives,
this
this
code
Amendment,
would
allow
for
a
comprehensive
review
of
the
different
codes
related
to
tree
retention,
preservation
and
replacement.
It
would
support
the
city's
40
percent
tree
canopy
goal
and
the
goals
of
retention,
preservation,
replacement
and
protection.
Another
key
objective
is
to
balance
housing.
W
Production
needs,
as
well
as
improve
the
function
and
Clarity
of
the
code
and
to
capture
better
data
to
understand
changes
to
tree
canopy,
as
well
as
to
supplement
the
the
periodic
tree
canopy
assessment
that
the
city
performs
so
with
that
I
will
turn
this
over
to
Christina
Gallant
to
walk
us
through
the
existing
code.
Christina.
V
We
sometimes
refer
to
the
tree
code
as
a
shortcut,
but
in
reality
we
have
a
fairly
complex
network
of
regulations
in
different
areas
of
the
code
to
consider
so,
in
general,
we
can
put
these
into
two
buckets
one
set
of
regulations
that
apply
with
regard
to
development
proposals,
so
those
will
be
our
tree
retention
requirements
in
the
land
use
code,
which
established
the
share
of
significant
trees,
which
need
to
be
preserved
with
development,
with
some
variations
there
between
our
Bridal
Trails,
R1
district
and
other
parts
of
the
city
and
the
other
major
bucket
are
regulations
that
apply
outside
of
a
development
proposal,
so
just
people
trying
to
potentially
remove
trees
on
their
own
property.
V
In
that
case,
we
have
regulations
in
our
clearing
and
Grading
code
for
permit
standards
again
with
variations
between
Bridal,
Trails
and
other
areas.
In
either
case,
we
do
have
critical
areas.
Our
critical
areas,
ordinance
regulates
tree
removal
and
replacement
within
critical
areas
of
those
regulations
are
quite
a
bit
more
stringent
and
we're
not
proposing
to
change
them
with
this
project.
V
The
transportation
code
also
regulates
trees
and
vegetation,
as
they
intersect
with
our
public
rights
of
way
and
then
across
all
of
those
we
have
some
enforcement
Provisions
in
our
civil
violations
code,
also,
the
city
code,
so
some
additional
context
as
well.
When
we
talk
about
trees
and
we've
been
mentioning
significant
trees,
which
is
just
to
notice
that
we
don't
regulate
all
all
trees,
which
is
common
and
So.
Currently,
our
our
definition
of
significant
tree
is
that
it's
a
healthy
tree
with
a
minimum
eight
inch.
V
Diameter
healthy,
is
a
fairly
subjective
term,
which
we're
proposing
to
look
at
for
with
adding
some
more
objective
support
there
that
that
eight
inch
diameter
well
as
as
well
as
a
bit
higher
than
many
of
our
neighbors
that
tend
to
more
commonly
use
a
six
inch
diameter,
which
means
they
regulate
more
trees
than
we
do.
V
We
have,
of
course,
earlier
this
summer,
adopted
an
interim
Landmark
tree
ordinance,
establishing
some
additional
permit
standards
for
trees,
larger
than
24
inches
in
diameter.
So
with
this
project,
another
key
opportunity
is
to
look
back
at
that
interim
ordinance
and
think
about
what
we
might
want
to
incorporate
in
the
permanent
code.
V
If
we
would
want
to
do
any
tweaks
there
to
see
if
we
got
that
right,
there
are
also
variations
again
for
critical
areas
and
some
districts
with
specific
landscape
requirements,
which
now
brings
us
to
the
first
of
those
two
major
buckets
tree:
removal
outside
of
a
development
proposal
So.
Currently
a
permit,
is
required
to
remove
any
Landmark
tree
again,
that's
an
interim
more
than
five
significant
trees
within
any
three
years.
V
Any
significant
tree
in
the
Bridal
Trails
are
one
district
and
more
than
25
percent
of
the
live
crown
of
any
significant
tree,
and
that
is
a
permit
requirement.
It
is
not
an
absolute
limit,
so
one
question
for
the
project
here
would
be
whether
we
would
want
to
impose
any
additional
limits,
including
removal
with
a
permit.
We
would
also
note
that
replacement
is
only
is
only
required
in
limited
cases
currently.
So
another
question
for
this
project
is
checking
in
on
whether
or
not
we
would
want
to
expand
those
replacement
requirements.
V
So,
starting
with
the
first
step,
the
first
piece
is
identifying
which
trees
are
subject
to
our
retention
standards.
So
in
this
example,
we
have
a
few
trees
that
would
not
be
subject.
So
we
have
a
dead
tree
which
does
not
meet
the
definition
of
healthy.
We
have
a
small
tree,
that's
below
the
threshold
and
we
have
a
stump,
so
any
trees
that
were
removed
recently,
even
if
they
were
permitted,
cannot
be
included
in
that
retention
calculation,
so
an
opportunity
there
might
be
to
count
recent
removals
in
tree
retention
calculations.
V
So
then,
the
next
step
we've
identified
four
trees
that
would
be
regulated
as
part
of
that
proposal
in
in
this
case,
in
in
many
cases,
the
the
requirement
is
to
retain
30
percent
of
the
total
diameter
inches
of
significant
trees,
so,
depending
on
the
size
of
trees
that
can
play
out
in
different
ways
for
our
hypothetical
here,
we're
saying
that
two
trees
have
to
be
retained
again,
replacement
is
only
required
in
limited
cases,
and
our
code
currently
has
some
criteria
to
help
guide
selection
of
retained
trees,
but
those
criteria
are
again
more
subjective,
not
necessarily
really
well
aligned
with
our
canopy
goals,
for
example,
we
don't
mention
Landmark,
trees
or
native
species,
but
we
do
mention
Skyline
features,
so
that's
an
opportunity
there.
V
V
So
finally,
we
have
our
retained
trees.
In
our
example
here,
the
project
moves
on
to
development
and
our
code
currently
does
require
tree
protection
techniques
during
construction.
However,
we
just
have
the
one
provision
stating
that
and
then
we
do
have
a
recommended
techniques
in
our
best
management
practices,
so
one
opportunity
might
be
to
codify
some
of
those
key
Protections
in
the
code
to
make
sure
they're
really
clear
things
like
protective
fencing.
But
another
big
issue
is
that
our
code
does
not
actually
Define
what
retained
means,
what
the
duration
is
for
a
retained
tree.
V
Next,
tracking
and
enforcement,
so,
as
mentioned
just
given
the
way
that
we
regulate
trees,
currently
we
do
have
limited
data
to
really
track
more
comprehensively
our
tree
removal
and
retention
and
how
that's
impacting
our
canopy.
So
because
of
that
our
system
is
largely
complaint
driven.
We
find
it's
likely.
Many
are
simply
unaware
of
the
requirements
when
issues
come
up
and
think
of
the
example.
If
somebody
buys
a
home
that
was
previously
built,
they
don't
know
which
trees
were
designated
for
retention.
V
They
would
move
up
to
their
five
within
the
period
thinking
they're
consistent,
but
could
inadvertently
remove
retained
trees
and
our
our
historic
practice
has
been
to
work
toward
voluntary
compliance
so
for
trees.
That
typically,
is
I'm
working
with
the
property
owner
to
replant,
but
not
necessarily
charge
fines.
So,
with
this
project,
we
have
an
opportunity
to
look
at
those
mechanisms
and
see
if
we
have
the
correct
ones
in
place,
while
also
improving
our
tracking
systems.
V
So,
as
mentioned,
we
have
proposed
a
slightly
different
process
compared
to
our
usual
code
approach
here:
I'm
just
due
to
the
complexity
of
the
project
and
the
need
for
outreach
here,
so
we're
proposing
basically
an
extra
phase
at
the
beginning
to
conduct
some
more
Outreach
that
is
Broad
focused
on
sharing
how
we
regulate
trees.
Today,
what
some
of
the
potential
priorities
for
the
project
could
be
soliciting
General
feedback
on
some
of
those
fundamental
questions
and
Firming
up
our
code
approach
and
definitions.
V
We
anticipate
this
phase
to
be
likely
through
the
first
quarter
of
2023
and
after
that,
probably
in
the
second
quarter
of
next
year.
We
would
come
back
first,
the
Planning
Commission
for
a
check-in
to
share
what
we've
been
hearing
so
far
and
get
feedback
and
then
to
check
in
again
with
the
council
to
share
what
we've
heard
from
the
public
and
from
the
Planning
Commission
and
get
some
direction
to
move
forward.
From
that
point,
it
becomes
more
like
a
standard
land
use
code
project.
V
So
we
incorporate
what
we've
heard
develop.
All
of
our
recommendations
conduct
additional
Outreach
to
solicit
feedback
on
those
recommendations
and
then
move
on
with
a
couple
study
sessions
with
the
Planning
Commission,
then
into
our
final
action
phase.
A
public
hearing
and
action
with
the
Planning
Commission,
followed
by
a
council
study
session
and
action.
V
So
with
the
engagement
just,
we
wanted
to
note
a
couple
of
the
key
stakeholder
groups
that
we
want
to
work
with,
anticipating
as
broad
of
Outreach,
as
we
can
feasibly
accomplish.
First,
there
are
a
number
of
environmental
advocacy
groups
in
the
community
that
are
very
closely
connected
on
this
issue.
We
also
want
to
make
sure
we're
reaching
out
to
a
broad
swath
of
our
residents,
including
those
that
aren't
quite
as
engaged
on
this
topic.
V
Historically,
so
our
renters
multi-family
residents
also
the
development
Community
to
make
sure
that
we're
calibrating
these
recommendations
to
make
sure
our
development's
still
feasible
and
then,
of
course,
coordinating
internally
as
well
with
our
departments
that
work
with
our
with
our
codes,
particularly
parks
and
transportation.
V
V
So
lots
of
content,
so,
just
to
summarize,
some
of
the
major
issues
that
we
were
looking
at
for
this
project
first
would
be
evaluating
the
definition
of
our
significant
and
landmark
trees,
evaluating
any
additional
limits
on
tree
removal,
with
a
permit
clarifying
our
retention
requirements,
improving
our
tracking
systems
for
tree
removal
and
retention,
evaluating
expanding
our
replacement
requirements,
assessing
our
current
enforcement
mechanisms
and,
finally,
avoiding
barriers
to
housing,
production,
foreign.
A
H
Thank
you,
mayor,
I'm,
really
excited
that
we're
go
we're
moving
forward
with
this,
as
we
can
tell.
Our
community
has
been
encouraging
us
to
move
forward
faster
because
we're
losing
a
lot
of
trees,
as
development
happens
throughout
our
community,
and
we
can
see
that
although
a
number
of
neighborhoods
are
well
over
the
40
percent,
there
are
many
that
are
below
40
percent
tree
canopy
and
trees
are
shrinking
all
the
time
so
and
I
also
appreciate
that
phase.
H
One
includes
the
education
piece,
because
I
think
that
before
we
can
start
with
compliance,
we
really
need
to
get
the
education
about.
Oh
sorry,
what
we
need
to
be
doing,
I
guess.
My
question
is
this
because
a
lot
of
times
we
incent
for
the
behaviors
that
we
want
to
see
and
I'm
kind
of
wondering
if
we
as
part
of
this
work,
would
also
think
about
how
we
incent
homeowners
or
Property
Owners
to
love
their
trees,
adopt
their
trees.
P
Thank
you
for
that
question.
Council
members
on
I
believe
a
lot
of
that
is
probably
in
coordination
with
the
environmental
stewardship
group
and
Jennifer
Ewing
and
I
think
we
can
make
some
connections
there
and
try
and
think
about
a
how
she
can
and
their
group
can
help
us
with
the
education.
P
But
then
also
what
are
the
incentives
that
they
can
start
to
bring
to
the
table
to
recommend
that
in
our
code
work
the
the
education
piece
will
be
very
important
and,
as
we
do
develop,
that
education
piece
that
can
be
part
of
the
incentive
of
providing
what
is
the
benefit
to
the
homeowner
of
maintaining
you
know
additional
trees
so
on
and
provide
that
when
people
are
interested
so
I
think
there's
some
some
relationships
there
that
we
can
build
on
yeah.
H
I
mean
the
incent
could
be
you
know,
being
a
treat
Champion,
you
get
a
special
plaque
or
I,
don't
know,
and
then
the
other
question
I
know
that
some
of
the
Cities
I
talked
to
recently.
They
have
some.
You
know,
trees
that
are
really
special
to
their
city
and
a
lot
of
the
homes
in
in
the
south
in
the
southeast.
They
have
a
lot
of
those
types
of
trees
and
are
we
also
looking
at
kind
of
if
there
are
certain
native
species
that
we
would
say
they
are
actually
even
more
special
and
I?
P
There
is
traditionally
something
around
the
trees
that
we
want
to
maintain.
We
provide
them
with
kind
of
a
higher
value,
and
our
current
code
actually
does
that
as
well.
So
some
of
the
tree
species
that
are
the
evergreen
trees
and
so
on
are
counted
at
a
higher
level.
So
we
do
incorporate
that
today
and
would
plan
to
continue
to
look
at
that
as
we
move
forward,
especially
those
trees
that
are
disease
resistant
and
such
that's
another
area
where
we
have
to
provide
some
flexibility.
E
Thanks
I
I
support
moving
this
forward.
I
think
it's
really
really
good.
I
think
a
lot
of
the
framing
that
you
have
suggested
is
really
smart.
E
You
talked
in
particular
I'll
just
pick
up
on
the
last
thing,
council
members,
on
waiting
on
about
how
we
value
some
trees
over
the
others
and
I
think
on
one
of
the
slides.
You
talked
about
selection
criteria,
I
think
that's
really
important,
because
an
alder
is
not
the
same
as
a
cedar
and
and
a
cottonwood
is
not
the
same
as
the
Sequoia
I
mean
they're.
Just
not,
and
there
are
some
trees
that
really
are
are,
and
maybe
some
people
call
them
weed
trees.
E
I,
don't
know
that
we
should
value
those
as
much
as
we
wanted
values,
for
example
in
Madrona,
so
I
think
that
that's
going
to
be
really
important.
I
think
it's
important
to
look
at
the
impacts,
not
just
on
tree
retention
and
housing
production,
but
also
on
the
impacts
of
how
what
this
does
to
the
cost
of
housing.
E
So
one
of
the
things
there's
a
couple
things
that
weren't
on
your
list.
One
of
the
things
I
think
that
we
need
to
consider
is
the
impacts
of
Covenants
and
view
protections.
I
think
Nick.
You
said
something
about
right
tree
in
the
right
place.
There
can
be
there's
a
lot
of
trees
in
Somerset,
there's
also
view
protection,
so
a
lot
of
the
trees
are
either
very
old.
E
Mature
Evergreens
I
have
some
behind
me
that
support
families
of
bats
and
things
and
owls,
and
it's
wonderful,
but
then
there's
but
then
there's
also
lower
growing
trees,
because
for
some
people
the
the
trees
are
in
the
way
of
the
view
and
other
people.
The
trees
are
the
view
and
I
think
we
should
have
room
in
our
code
for
both.
We
certainly
don't
want
to
adopt
a
code
that
doesn't
allow
someone
to
right
size,
their
tree
and
therefore
they're
violating
their
covenants
and
getting
sued.
E
E
As
we
know,
there's
been
some
lawsuits
from
build
Builder
organizations
against
tree
codes,
so
we
want
to
work
with
people
so
that
we
can
protect
the
trees
as
well
as
make
sure
that
we
find
the
right
balance,
one
of
the
people
or
one
of
the
groups
or
categories
on
your
list
that
we
were
not
going
to
that.
We
it's
not
listed
on
Outreach
I
know
we
have
an
urban
Forester
on
staff.
I
know
we
do.
I've
talked
to
him.
I
think
we
should
make
sure
that
we
talk
to
our
Urban
Forester.
E
We
probably
have
arborists
well
so
that
they
can
weigh
in
on
on
some
of
these
issues.
I
think
that's
really
important.
I
support
clarifying
the
duration
of
retention,
I
I
support
Counting
recent
removals,
all
these
developers,
who
are
getting
people
to
clear
their
Lots
before
they
sell
them.
That's
a
big
part
of
the
problem,
I
think
that
that
will
first
not
put
the
burden
on
the
homeowners
when
they're
selling
their
lot,
but
it
also
will
make
it
it'll
right
size
it
it
doesn't.
E
It
doesn't
create
a
loophole,
so
all
of
those
things
I
think
are
really
important.
Make
sure
I
have
everything
that
I
wanted
to
touch
on.
Oh
and
then
I
had
an
idea
about
documenting
I
like
that
we
do
an
assessment
every
five
to
ten
years.
E
We
have
amazing
technology
now
that
on
aerial
photos
with
a
high
degree
of
density
of
pixelation
or
whatever
you
can,
we
could
do
an
aerial
survey
of
the
city
at
the
time
this
or
this
ordinance
that
we're
talking
about
crafting
is
past,
so
that
we'll
know
exactly
what
trees
are
where
when
the
ordinance
is
passed,
and
we
should
do
that
on
a
regular
basis.
But
that
way
we'll
know
if
something's
taken
down,
because
we'll
have
the
dents
and
that'll
cost
some
money.
So
I'd
like
to
make
sure
that
we
we
look
at
that
as
well.
E
That'll
also
help
where
you
didn't
mention
it,
but
people
take
out
trees
from
native
growth
protection
areas
which
are
covenanted
to
not
remove
stuff.
That'll
also
help
us
with
that
as
well.
So
I
think
that
that's
that's
all
really
good
and
I'm.
Looking
forward
to
to
engaging
in
this
work
as
a
council
member
Anna's
liaison
to
the
Planning
Commission,
the
community's
been
waiting
for
this
for
a
long
time,
thanks
councilmember.
C
P
Yeah,
thank
you
in
terms
of
the
tracking.
We
will
be
developing
tracking
mechanisms.
Christina
have
you
looked
into
any
of
that
so
far,.
V
Yeah
so
one
example:
some
other
cities
have,
for
example,
they
don't
necessarily
have
a
full
permit
for
every
significant
tree
removal.
But
there's
a
fairly
simple
registry
form
that
you
fill
out.
That
kind
of
asks
some
basic
questions
to
flag.
Oh
this
one
might
need
some
additional
review
could
potentially
have
some
other
permits,
so
that
can
be
done
affordably
or
in
some
cases,
even
free,
depending
on
the
jurisdiction
to
capture
kind
of
more
of
that
tree
data,
without
going
so
far
as
really
charging
an
intensive
permit.
So
one
option
thank.
P
You
and
I
I
would
be
interested
in
thinking
more
about
how
we
can
publicize
the
tree
data
that
we
have
so
we'll
we'll
continue
to
work
on
that
I
appreciate
that
you
also
mentioned
about
the
landscapers.
We
will
be
working
at
looking
out
to
the
arborists
and
some
of
those
organizations
as
well
and
I
know
that
we
have
a
lot
of
contacts
within
those
communities
from
the
people
who
are
come
in
for
their
tree
cutting
permits
today.
So
we
have
some
ability
to
find
them
and
get
in
contact.
K
Thank
you
very
Mia.
This
is
a
very
good
ordinance
and
I
support.
It
and
I
appreciate
the
Public's
interests,
because
we
all
realize
climate
change.
How
much
environment
is
being
impacted,
so
I
think
this
is
a
good
thing,
but
I
also
appreciate
councilmember
Robertson's
conversation
about
you
know
the
different
neighborhoods
and
characteristics,
and
so
on
and
I
recalled
that
many
years
ago
we
actually
talk
about
trees,
and
at
that
time
we
have
certain
codes.
K
That's
established
and,
as
you
noted
you
know
by
the
church,
is
one
area
and
the
rest
of
the
city
center,
the
area,
and
so
we
do
have
to
be
mindful
of
the
local
covenants
and
so
on,
and
so
knowing
the
fact
that,
knowing
the
data
as
suggested,
we
have
technology
to
do
so.
That
will
give
everybody
a
real
good
idea
and
that
it
makes
it
easier
for
the
neighborhoods,
also
neighborhoods
I.
Think
it's
a
good
source
to
enforce
the
the
code
that
we're
talking
about.
K
You
know
it's
the
knowledge,
it's
information,
it's
always
support
and
I.
Think
one
of
the
way
to
do
that
is
through
Community
organizations.
You
know
if
they
have
a
covenant.
You'll
be
good
for
them
to
enforce
it
through
the
their
own
association,
their
own
neighborhoods,
and
that
would
make
things
easier
for
everybody.
K
A
You
thank
you
and
I'm
going
to
go
to
council
members
to
explain
that
clarify
this
is
not
an
ordinance
tonight,
we're
just
directing
staff
to
initiate
the
work
and
send
it
to
the
Planning
Commission
councilmember
Stokes.
G
Oh
no
I
I
think
this
is
really
good
one
of
the
things
that
and
very
comprehensive,
and
it's
just
exciting
to
see
that
there
are
a
lot
of
issues.
In
fact,
the
thing
that
that
council
members
have
mentioned
is
these
a
lot
of
issues
that
we've
kind
of
messed
around
with
for
a
long
time,
so
this
is
really
good
at
getting
it
together
and
have
to
really
appreciate
and
thank
the
community
for
being
so
positive
about
this
and
and
doing
what
you
know.
G
Neighbors
do
with
councilman
councils
and
other
things
making
decisions
is
get
their
voice
to
us,
and
that
is
really
appreciated.
I'm
really
excited
about
this
I
think
we're
going
to
have
a
change.
That's
going
to
be
very
positive.
G
Two
things
I
want
to
just
ask
a
question
about
you
know:
don't
have
to
get
in
detail,
but
one
is
I.
Would
I
would
like
to
suggest
at
some
point
down
the
line
having
the
Parks
Board,
give
some
input
and
have
work
with
them
on
this,
because
they're
pretty
tied
into
a
lot
of
the
the
areas
in
terms
of
what's
good
for
parks
and
and
it's
all
connected.
It's
part-
and
you
know
you
count
when
you
look
at
the
trees,
a
lot
more
Park
trees
than
that.
G
G
There
I
think
again
it's
a
public
information
and
education
that-
and
there
are
three
areas
on
the
map
here,
of
course,
that
a
very
low
number
of
trees
and
that's
I,
think
actually
I'd
like
to
know
kind
of
a
little.
A
little
more
nuanced
is:
where
is
the
lar?
Where
are
the
larger
canopy
areas
and
what's
the
percentage?
What
are
the
percentages
that
you
know
we
that
are
very
low
and
in
your
calculation?
How
do
you
use
all
those
together
to
overall
get
a
40
and
again
the
40
sometimes
have
hurt.
G
G
What
you
plan
for
is
really
good
is
how
are
we
going
to
go
and
work
on
areas
that
need
a
lot
more
care
in
in
the
whole
tree
canopy
issue,
so
I
think
it's
a
really
really
good
program
and
a
good
way
to
attack
this
and
looking
forward
to
the
results
and
the
conversations.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
mayor.
Well,
this
is
a
great
conversation.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
presentation
this
evening
and
this
is
going
to
work
and
pair
so
nicely
with
our
environmental
stewardship
initiative,
so
just
thrilled
to
get
to
this
point,
where
we're
going
to
push
this
to
the
plan
to
commission
to
to
further
this
this
along,
you
know,
I
think
so
much
of
this
is
just
clearly
the
definitions.
B
Having
them
clearly
stated,
the
process
clearly
stated:
there's
the
education
piece:
I
love,
councilman,
barks
our
idea
about
making
sure
that
we're
reaching
out
to
professional
tree
cutters,
because
so
often
I
I.
Well,
hopefully,
we
don't
see
too
many
residents
trying
to
take
a
very
large
tree
down
by
themselves
which,
as
we've
seen
in
what
was
the
impetus
for
the
the
mayor's
interim
ordinance
on
this,
because
that
can
be
a
very
dangerous
Endeavor.
B
So
so
I
think
the
use
of
those
professionals
is
is
going
to
be
widely
used
in
the
city,
so
I
think
contacting
them
and
educating
them
is
going
to
be
a
huge
piece.
I'm.
Also
a
big
fan
of
the
aerial
viewing
of
tree
canopy
around
around
the
city.
I.
Think
that's
great
because
I
think
we're
all
concerned
about
the
environment
and
we
don't
want
cold
compliances
driving
around
trying
to
find
trees
that
may
or
may
not
be
cut
down.
B
So
we're
just
saying
to
the
pollution
there
so
and
I
think
you
mean
the
an
important
comment
about
the
about
the
Outreach
and
I
just
want
to
emphasize
that,
because
we
really
want
to
take
that
Bellevue
Way
approach
and
make
sure
all
stakeholders
are
at
the
table.
We
don't
want
to
be
in
a
position
like
the
city
of
Kirkland's
in
right
now,
where
there's
litigation
and
that
you
know
that's
going
to
significantly
delay
and
I
believe
the
City
of
Redmond
now
has
actually
delayed
moving
forward
until
that
has
been
resolved.
B
B
I
think
is,
is
is
really
critical,
but
just
again
thrilled
that
we're
moving
forward
with
this
and
I
can't
wait
till
it
comes
back
to
us.
So
thank
you
for
all
the
great
work
up
into
this
point
already.
A
Thank
you,
I'll,
just
a
couple
of
things.
First
of
all,
I
know
when
we
did
our
environmental
stewardship
initiative
we
put
in
a
clause.
That
said,
make
sure
we
consult
with
the
community,
because
we
have
a
lot
of
experts
in
the
community
and
I
know
that
we're
going
to
do
that.
But
I
think
a
lot
of
people
in
this
room
know
a
whole
lot
more
about
tree
codes
than
I
do
and
so
I'm
really
excited
to
engage
with
them,
and
this
sounds
like
this
process
will
be
doing
that.
A
We
I
wonder
if
we
are-
and
maybe
you
said
this,
but
it
wasn't
really
spelled
out
to
me.
Are
we
looking
at
the
comprehensive
plan
as
well,
and
are
we
looking?
No
we're
not
so
are?
Can
we
can
we
think
about
how
we
might
and
impact
the
comprehensive
plan
with
with
our
values
and
our
whatever
we
recommendations?
We
come
up
with.
P
Yeah
I
can
take
that
one
briefly,
so
we
are
right
now,
as
you
all
know,
you
know
kind
of
moving
into
this
big
rolling
machine
of
the
comprehensive
plan
periodic
update,
which
of
course,
is
very
substantial.
So
we
can
certainly
make
sure
that
Jennifer,
Ewing
and
her
team
have
this
on
their
radar
and
as
they
start
to
develop
those
sections
of
the
comprehensive
plan,
look
to
counsel
for
some
direction
on
that,
but
we
can
kind
of
coordinate
some
of
that.
A
That
would
be
good
to
dovetail
the
information
as
it
comes
in
and
the
recommendations
as
they
get
approved.
Okay,
the
other
thing
is
the
My
Bellevue
app.
Can
we
look
at
how
we
might
utilize
that
to
give
people
the
opportunity
to
report
trees
that
they're
concerned
about
and
get
information
on
our
tree
codes.
P
Yeah
I
think
I
will
ask
Christina
if
she
can
give
a
little
input
on
that.
We
did
actually
take
your
direction
when
we
came
back
previously
for
the
landmark
trees
and
we
worked
with
the
my
Bellevue
app
to
create
some
reporting
structures.
What
I
don't
think
we
have
any
a
thing
on
is
kind
of
education.
At
this
point
through
the
my
Bellevue
app
but
Christina,
do
you
have
any
further.
V
I,
don't
have
specifics
to
the
my
Bellevue
app.
We
did
talk
about
using
engaging
Bellevue
once
this
gets
going
to
capture
information
that
way.
But
it's
you
know
every
every
tool
is
important
and
we
can
look
into
that.
A
Yeah,
just
some
link
or
something
and
utilizing
it's
your
city
as
well
as
educational.
Yes,
yes,
so
it
might
just
link
to
that.
Who
knows
anyway,
I'm
sure
the
great
minds
in
the
space
will
figure
out
good
recommendations
for
us,
so
that
was
those
were
my
only
comments.
Are
we
ready
to
vote
all
those
in
favor
of
of
directing
you
already
made?
The
did
you
hear
me.
F
A
A
A
R
Those
included
correct
mayor
we
we
will
so
we
are
in
front
of
you
this
evening
to
requesting
the
council's
consideration
of
adopting
the
2023
operating
budget
and
seven-year
Capital
plan,
and
just
by
way
of
background
on
November
14th,
which
was
last
week,
a
number
of
City
Council
Members
proposed
amendments
to
the
to
the
budget.
Each
proposed
amendment
was
presented
by
the
sponsoring
council
member
and
were
discussed
and
voted
on
by
the
entire
Council
tonight's
ordinances
formally
adopt
the
22-23
operating
budget
and
seven
year
Capital
plan.
R
They
reflect
decisions
made
by
the
entire
Council
last
week.
So
we
have
Tony
call
this
evening
who
who's
the
director
of
the
finance
and
asset
management
department
she's,
going
to
give
you
a
brief
presentation
which
will
kind
of
categorize
all
the
ordinances
and
actions
you
need
to
take
this
evening
and
answer
any
questions
you
might
have
so.
A
X
Mayor
deputy
mayor
council
members
I'll
give
just
a
brief
recap
of
where
we've
been
for
the
past
seven
or
eight
weeks
so
started
back
with
the
budget
workshop
on
March
7th
we've
had
two
public
hearings,
then
on
September
26th,
the
city
manager
presented
his
preliminary
budget,
which
had
an
overview
of
Investments
and
operations.
At
that
same
evening,
we
talked
about
that.
The
preliminary
budget
includes
an
adjustment
to
the
business
and
occupation
tax
as
well.
The
property
tax
so
you'll
see
actions
on
both
of
those
items.
On
the
next
slide.
X
October
3rd,
we
went
to
a
deeper
dive
on
investments
in
public
safety,
homelessness,
the
American
Rescue
plan
Act,
and
the
clean
and
vibrant
City
initiative.
October
10th
brought
utility
rate
information
and
under
separate
cover
that
evening.
Affordable
housing
also
mentioned
the
investments
in
affordable
housing
as
well
October
24th,
we
concluded
the
the
presentation
of
the
preliminary
budget
with
development
services
rates,
including
a
land
used
recovery
adjustment,
Human,
Services,
Commission
recommendations
and
finished
up
with
investments
in
environmental
stewardship
and
diversity.
A
X
You,
okay,
go
ahead,
not
a
problem,
so
on
the
public
hearing
night
we
had
over
140
written
folks
in
addition
to
the
38
who
showed
up
for
oral
conversation
as
city
manager.
X
So
that
is
where
we
are,
as
we
come
into
adoption
and
then,
as
the
mayor
and
city
manager
Miyaki
mentioned,
we
do
have
quite
a
few
ordinances
for
you
this
evening.
So
I'll
do
a
quick
recap
and
then
I'll
turn
this
back
over
to
the
mayor.
So
there
are
10
ordinances
plus
the
umbrella,
starting
at
the
top.
The
first
three
are
all
human
services
ordinance.
So
the
first
is
the
Human
Services
funding
ordinance
the
allocation
of
the
cdbg
grants
and
then
a
portion
of
the
1590
funds
associated
with
Behavioral
Health
and
housing
stability.
X
The
next
four
ordinances
after
that,
as
you
can
see
from
the
slide,
are
all
the
rates
and
the
fees.
The
first
6692
is
the
development
services
fee
that
is
only
setting
being
set
for
2023.
The
2024
rate
would
come
back
at
the
mid
buy
and
it
does
include
the
policy
change
on
the
land
use
recovery
adjustment.
X
Then
you
can
see
the
next
three
water
sewer
and
storm
you'll
notice
that
both
of
those
are
being
set
for
23
and
24..
We
have
one
that
we
don't
often
see.
In
fact
we
haven't
seen
since
1989,
which
is
an
adjustment
to
the
business
and
occupation
tax.
It
is
increasing
the
ordinance
before
you,
6696
will
increase
by
0.01
percent,
which
for
a
entity
that
has
a
million
dollars
of
taxable
gross
receipts
in
Bellevue
there
bno
tax
would
increase
by
about
a
hundred
dollars
a
year,
and
then
we
have
the
two
property
tax
ordinances.
X
X
That
is
before
voters
for
certification
now
and
then
the
resolution,
which
is
the
tenth
item
on
the
page,
provides
for
ensuring
that
we
are
continuing
to
bank
the
appropriate
amount
of
Bank
capacity
we
have
at
the
county
and
then
at
the
very
bottom,
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
is
the
umbrella
ordinance
mayor
I
can
turn
this
back
over
to
you
and
we
can
leave
the
the
list
up.
If
that
is
helpful,
I'm
seeing
some
helpful
hints
and
so
we'll
go
ahead
and
leave
the
list
up.
Okay,.
B
L
B
F
B
At
6691,
a
doctor
in
the
Human
Services
Commissions
2023,
2024,
Behavioral,
Health
and
housing
related
Services
housing,
stability,
program
funding,
recommendations
and
authorizing
the
city
manager
or
is
designated
entered
into
contracts.
A
local
Human
Services
agencies,
in
accordance
with
the
recommendations.
K
B
R
B
I
moved
to
adopt
ordinance,
6694,
establishing
revised
storage
service
charges
for
the
super
utility
for
the
city
of
Bellevue.
A
Okay,
any
comments
or
questions
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye.
B
B
T
A
B
K
I
would
vote
for
the
one
percent
increasing
property
tax,
for
the
reason
that
this
is
a
not
clearly
identified
and
it's
to
balance
our
projected
Revenue
expense
and
so
I
feel
that
we
have
adequate
capacity
and
revenue
to
do
whatever
we
want
to
accomplish
for
this
budget,
which
I'm
very
happy
with
so
I
would
not
vote
for
it.
X
F
E
000.
so
we'd
have
to
cut
you
know
over
a
million
dollars
from
the
budget.
This
budget
is
really
important.
We're
adding
a
lot
of
police,
we're
adding
help
for
Human
Services
we're
adding
a
lot
of
really
important
things
that
show
our
value
and
we
don't
take
these
decisions
lightly,
and
you
know:
we've
had
nine
percent
inflation
and
a
two
percent
property
tax.
E
H
I
appreciate
councilmember
Lee,
raising
this
as
a
question,
but
I
agree
with
councilmember
Robertson
that
as
we
look
at
our
budget,
I
can't
contemplate
where
the
million
dollar
cut
would
actually
come
from,
and
so
it's
hard
at
this
point
in
our
budget
discussion
to
not
adopt
this
ordinance
and
then
somehow
try
to
figure
out
where
over
a
million
dollars
would
actually
land
so
appreciate.
The
discussion.
I
just
don't
think
it's
the
right
time.
Thank.
A
B
Mayor,
thank
you.
Yeah
I
also
just
want
to
commend
councilmember
Lee
for
bringing
this
up
and
continue
to
be
the
fiscal
Hawk
here
of
the
of
the
city.
Council.
I
really
appreciate
it,
but
given
where
we
are
with
this
budget,
giving
what
the
the
tremendous
needs
I'll
be
voting
for
it.
Thank
you.
A
A
Okay,
any
comments
or
questions
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye
any
opposed.
Okay.
So
now
we
are
on
to
thank
you
for
that
by
the
way
great
to
get
through
those
and
now
those
are
all
part
of
the
budget
that
we
are
about
to
consider,
adopting
and
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
start
with
emotion
and
then
I'm
going
to
give
everybody
a
chance
to
speak
to
the
budget.
B
A
Okay,
I'm
going
to
start
us
off
here
and
just
think
start
start
with
a
thank
you
to
their
city
manager
for
the
tremendous
amount
of
work
that
he
has
done.
Preparing
this
budget
and
I
also
want
to
thank
all
the
staff
involved.
This
particularly
you
Tony,
because
you
have
a
mind
like
a
trap
and
you
don't
forget
anything
and
it's
such
an
asset
to
the
city
and
we've
really
appreciated
working
with
you
on
this
and
over
the
years.
A
You
know
the
budget
process
starts
with
our
Council
Retreat,
where
we
look
at
our
vision
and
our
Council
values,
we
listen
to
the
community.
We
take
all
the
public
input,
I
think
we
had
what
four
public
hearings
or
was
it
more
three
three
public
hearings,
and
then
the
city
manager
proposed
a
draft
which
we
then
took
input
on
and
amended,
and
tonight
we're
seeing
the
result
of
all
this
work.
I
think
it's
a
responsible
and
a
responsive
budget.
A
X
Certainly
could
answer
that
the
parks,
the
parks
Levy,
if
it
is
it
currently,
is
passing
and
if
it
continues
to
be
certified,
a
million
dollar
home
would
pay
monthly
about
16.67
and
then
the
two
percent
property
tax
that
noted
on
this
chart
here
would
be
another
dollar.
Fifty
on
top
of
that
so
yeah,
the
two
together
I,
believe
you
get
18
and
17
cents
a
month.
A
It's
a
budget
that
is
adaptive
to
a
growing
population
of
diverse
individuals
and
diverse
needs
yet
serves
all
ages,
abilities
and
incomes.
It
is
also
responsive
to
a
labile
economy,
while
supporting
the
many
Human,
Service
and
small
business
needs
of
our
community,
and
it
continues
to
preserve
Bellevue
as
a
city
in
a
park
as
well
as
one
of
the
top
places
to
live,
work,
learn
or
visit
in
the
United
States,
as
our
city
has
grown,
so
has
its
responsibilities.
This
budget
reflects
our
commitment
to
serving
our
entire
community
and
its
economy
I'm.
B
All
right
well,
thank
you,
mayor,
I'm,
not
sure
I
can
improve
on
that.
That
was
very
comprehensive,
but
I'll,
but
I'll.
Try
so
I
too,
just
like
to
thank
Tony
and
the
entire
city
manager,
staff
and
everyone
who
contributed
to
this.
My
colleagues
for
the
varied
perspectives
and
and
interests
and
concerns
and
I
especially
want
to
thank
our
residents
for
providing
us
with
valuable
information
and
perspectives
that
we
might
not
see
every
day.
B
So,
especially
on
that
on
the
third
public
hearing
that
we
heard
it
was
very,
very,
very
valuable,
and
you
know
each
each.
You
know
time
would
go
through
a
budget
process,
I
kind
of
Come
Away
with
some
different
things.
But
for
me
the
theme
this
time
around
was
very
much
Public.
B
So
so
happy
with
the
the
the
significant
increase
in
officers,
the
20
increase
in
the
budget
and
the
transit
unit,
I
think
that's
a.
It
was
very
much
a
concern
for
our
residents.
I
think
we
addressed
it
adequately
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
get
feedback
on
a
lot
of
these
budget
items
in
the
programs,
be
it
c-cat,
be
it
the
transient
Etc.
B
So
you
know
this
is
an
ongoing
process,
but
now
they
do
have
the
funds
to
move
to
move
forward
so
and
then
also
on
the
on
the
Human
Services
piece,
as
as
liaison
to
that
to
that
Commission
in
hearing
the
tremendous
needs
that
we
still
hear
in
our
community.
Despite
pulling
out
of
the
pandemic,
there
are
still
real
needs,
as
it
relates
to
housing,
insecurity,
food
insecurity
as
it
relates
to
education.
B
There
are
a
lot
of
needs
there
and
I'm
not
going
to
say:
we've
solved
them
all,
but
the
the,
but
this
this
budget
will
go
a
long
way
so
very
proud
to
be
a
part
of
this
and
I'll
be
favoring
and
and
in
favor
of
this
budget
and
again,
thank
you
for
all
your
great
work.
Thank.
A
K
I
wonder
first
of
all
compliment
the
staff.
The
city
manager,
I
mean
I've,
been
on
the
council
as
they
mentioned
for
29
years
now.
This
has
been
one
of
the
most
challenging
time
we
know
after
the
pandemic,
and
especially
with
all
the
social
changes
we
are
witnessing.
You
know
a
lot
of
changes
in
Immigration
new
residents,
I
mean
the
Multicultural
Community
we
are
facing,
and
so
we've
gone
through
many
many
city
managers,
many
Finance
directors
and
we've
done
a
lot
of
budgets.
I,
don't
remember
how
many
28
times
used
to
be
every
year.
K
Now
we
change
it.
Biennium.
Still
it's
a
lot,
and
this
is
very
impressive.
You
went
very
smoothly,
very
well
done
very
transparent
and
one
of
the
most
you
know
evident
is
last
public
hearing.
You
have
the
whole
place
filled
and
people
call
in
the
place
full
lots
of
comments.
Lots
of
involvement
engagement.
This
is
what
we
want
to
hear
what
we
want
to
see,
and
so
you
know
it
was
nothing's
perfect.
K
So
but
I
I,
but
I
want
to
mention
a
few
things.
I
think
Deputy
Mia
mentioned
the
thing
that
came
to
fall
is
Public
Safety,
which
is
you
know.
Everybody
is
important.
We've
always
believed
that
in
Bellevue
number
one
Public
Safety.
That's
why
people
come
here,
business
move
here!
That's
why
you
know
we
have
all
these
coaches
coming
here
to
environment.
We
realize
today
we
haven't
done
that
the
importance
of
environment.
K
You
know
we
see
the
whole
world
is,
you
know
facing
the
same
challenge
they
can
have
to
start
with
us
and
another
one
is
a
sustainability,
that's
important!
When
you
talk
about
sustainability,
it
means
really
to
me
everything
is
important,
but
you
need
to
be
all
wrapped
up
in
physical
products,
physical
Prudence,
then,
what
we're
doing
today
we're
doing
citizens
work
budget.
If
we
don't
have
physical
sustainability,
we
have
no
resources
to
do
all
this
stuff,
even
though
I
may
think
that
wow
I
don't
support
property
tax,
that's
not
the
case,
because
I
think.
K
Another
thing
that's
important
that
we
should
mention
is
we're.
Looking
at
innovative
solutions
and
private
funding,
which
means
partnership.
We
have
to
look
at
partnership
with
the
public
with
our
community
with
people
who
are
supportive
of
environment.
They
are
here
that
are
helping
us.
We
have
experts,
we
can
listen
to
them.
It's
nothing
to
solve
money,
money
helps,
but
we
got
to
make
sure
money.
You
know
we
have
the
sustainability
from
the
public,
the
Community
Partnership
from
private
sources,
private
funding.
That's
why
I
mentioned.
Let's
take
a
million
dollar
here
from
the
property
tax.
K
It's
not
not
a
big
deal.
If
we
work
hard,
if
we
have
the
partnership
we
establish,
if
we
look
at
human
partnership,
resources
will
make
it
and
I
believe
our
company
confidence
Bellevue
will
always
be
successful
as
long
as
we
do
our
way
as
long
as
we
have
come,
have
staffs
and
have
council
members
have
the
public
that's
behind
us,
so
we
need
to
stretch,
but
we're
doing
very
well.
So
thank
you
again,
I'm
very
proud
of
this
budget.
So
I
support
it.
J
Q
E
Younger
but
I've
served
longer
20
years
next
year,
if
you
got
my
Planning
Commission
time
anyway,
so
in
13,
14
next
year
on
the
council.
Okay,
so
thank
you
very
much
for
letting
me
talk.
You
know
the
budget
is
the
biggest
policy
document
that
this
Council
passes.
It
reflects
our
priorities
and
it
reflects
our
values.
E
This
budget
does
that
very
well
and
I
really
support
so
strongly
the
priorities
and
the
values
that
this
reflects.
People
love
living,
working
and
recreating
in
Bellevue,
because
it's
safe,
it's
clean,
it's
compassionate,
it's
green
and
sustainable.
It's
an
inclusive
and
it's
a
livable
City.
This
budget
holds
all
these
priorities
holds
to
all
those
priorities
and
funds.
Those
you
know,
they
say
put
your
money
where
your
mouth
is,
and
we
are.
E
The
budget
shows
compassion
for
the
people
who
need
a
hand
up
including
people
who
are
homeless,
hungry
suffering,
mental
illness
or
addiction
or
who
need
more
job
training
or
a
safe
place
to
escape
domestic
violence.
It
provides
more
resources
to
keep
our
community
safer
community
members,
safe
by
growing
our
police
department
and
our
fire
department,
making
the
permanent
our
CCAP
program,
where
we
provide
Crisis
Intervention
for
people
who
are
suffering
it.
Funds
work
to
make
our
transportation
system
both
move
more
people
and
do
so
in
a
safer
manner,
with
increased
investments
in
Vision
zero.
E
It
invests
in
invests
in
Parks,
environmental
sustainability
and
increased
funding
for
Arts
with
Parks.
It
includes
the
four
million
dollars
my
favorite
project
for
design
and
Engineering
for
the
major
Aquatic
Center.
That's
a
big
win
for
me
and
for
all
of
Bellevue
I
think
it's
so
important
and
the
parks
Investments
are
going
to
be
further
Amplified
by
the
recently
passed
Levy
that
will
make
a
real
difference
in
preserving
growing
and
building
our
city
parks,
open
space
and
Recreation
for
the
next
generation
of
residents.
E
My
colleagues,
the
boards
and
commissions
who
weighed
in
and
most
importantly,
the
public
who
showed
up,
who
emailed,
who
testified,
who
came
week
after
week
to
comment
and,
and
you
know
what
one
of
the
most
astounding
things
to
me,
is
that
we
heard
from
the
development
and
business
Community
who
actually
supported
our
budget
so
much
that
they
supported
raising
their
own
taxes
to
fund
these
priorities.
E
G
You
know,
thank
you
very
much,
there's
a
lot.
A
lot
that's
been
said
that
I
can
endorse.
I
do
want
to
start
off
with
a
real
shout
out
of
appreciation,
admiration
and
particularly
liking,
the
staying
in
there
and
working
hard
to
get
things
resolved
coming
from
the
city
manager's
office
and
from
the
staff.
G
We
couldn't
have
better
better
people
to
work
with
we're
all
part
of
one
team
and
one
Bellevue
and
and
we're
going
to
miss
you
Tony,
but
I,
know
I
can
come
over
in
the
area
there
and
say
hi
to
you
sometime,
but
you've
just
been
a
tremendous
impact
and
somebody
I've
admired
all
along
and
we
will
miss
you
and
I.
It
I
think
one.
A
lot
of
things
have
been
said:
I'll
go
over
some
of
these
other
stuff,
but
I.
G
It
really
is
that
we
have,
as
a
council,
have
really
these
last
couple
years
really
worked.
We
always
try
to
do
this,
but
I
think
we
really
in
this
pandemic
and
everything
we
have
worked
together
to
move
these
things
forward
and
a
very
weird,
sometimes
tricky,
sometimes
great
circumstances,
and
that
has
been
supported
by
a
tremendous
staff
I.
It's
the
frankly
I've
seen
a
lot
of
staffs
and
a
lot
of
things.
G
Government
and
otherwise-
and
this
is
this-
is
the
best
and
so
I'm
I'm
really
proud
of
and
pleased
to
be
working
with
with
the
group,
and
it
has
produced
a
great
budget.
So
that's
really
good.
G
What
I'm
really
proud
about
is
the
the
impact
we've
made
these
last
two
years
with
the
budget
working
for
the
the
old
budget
and
work
on
the
new
budget
is
the
Human
Services,
particularly
working
on
the
homeless
and
affordable
housing,
which
you
know
is
a
real
passion
of
mine
and
I
think
we're
doing
really
really
great
things,
so
we're
taking
risk
and
we're
we've
we've
done
well
with
that
and
transportation
in
particularly
East
Rail
and
the
connections
and
how
we
transportation
is
more
than
just
taking
a
car
down
the
road
or
even
now,
hopping
on
on
a
rail
line
or
taking
a
bus
or
whatever
or
taxi.
G
But
it's
also
walking
and
one
of
the
things
in
our
Parks
Levy
with
people
said
we
want
to
find.
We
want
to
get
out
and
walk.
We
want
to
get
around
and
we're
doing
we're
doing
that.
The
arts
and
culture
piece
is
again
something
I'm,
so
excited
about.
I.
Think
we've
made
tremendous
tremendous
leaps
in
that
and
are
pushing
something
to
make
Bellevue
even
more
place
to
be,
and
also
that
is
really
creating
a
very,
very
livable
and
I
think
exciting
place
to
go.
G
We
have
a
lot
to
go
than
that,
but
we
have
a
lot
of
opportunities
and
I
do
appreciate
the
the
council
members
and
this
and
the
city,
the
staff
for
supporting
some
more
investment
in
in
the
arts
and
culture,
because
that
this
basically
says
a
whole
lot
about
what
your
city
is.
G
When
you
have
arts
and
culture
that
are
really
important,
really
meaningful
and
work
well,
the
and
the
other
one
is
the
way
we
take
on
challenges
and
we
have
opportunities,
and
we
do
a
good
job
of
that
and
we
do
it
in
a
very
I
think,
a
very
adult
way
when
we
have
our
conversations-
and
that's
that's
very
important.
The
and
Public
Safety
is,
as
we've
all
say,
is
a
very,
very
important
thing.
G
I
I
see
us
working
and
it's
not
always
this
way
any
positive
and
rational,
Community
collaborative
way.
It's
not
saying
you
know
it's
not
parsing
out
on
one
side
or
the
other
we're
working
together.
Both
the
the
professionals
and
the
people
who
are
in
in
working
with
us
and
in
the
council
is
f
on
getting
a
a
really
comprehensive,
Public
Safety
program
in
place.
That
really
really
is
that
really
addresses
issues
with
all
community
members
and
protect
them
in
all
the
different
kinds
of
ways.
G
I'm
very
proud
of
that,
and
the
last
thing
I
have
to
say,
because
I've
been
I
got
started
in
government.
What
would
here,
13
years
ago,
11
years
ago
now,
yeah
somewhere
in
that
range,
with
parks
and
parks
and
community
services,
and
doing
that
at
in
Lynn
Robinson
was
was
there
on
the
Parks
Board
as
well,
and
it's
kind
of
fun
coming
now
all
these
years
later
and
go
out
to
Airfield
Park
and
see
we're
actually
going
to
finally
do
something
on
it.
G
We've
been
working
a
long
time
on
so
all
I
can
say.
This
is
a
to
me
a
very
banner
year
in
terms
of
where
we've
gone,
particularly
considering
what
we've
gone
through
for
the
last
three
or
four
years,
and
by
golly
with
all
of
us
together,
we've
done
it
and
we're
going
further,
so
I'm
really
glad
for
this
budgeting
very,
very
to
see
it
passed,
and
then
we
start
working
on
it.
So
thank
you
to
everybody.
Thank.
H
You
know
I
too,
thank
you,
Tony
and
Brad,
and
all
the
staff
for,
and
my
fellow
colleagues
for
this
budget
it
has
grown
from
two
years
ago,
and
rightly
so,
because
we
are
a
growing
and
thriving
City
that
continues
to
value
a
high
quality
of
life
for
everyone
that
you
know,
lives
and
works
and
plays
here
so
and
I
also
want
to
again
thank
the
community
as
well
for
all
of
your
engagement
and
suggestions.
H
You
feels
that
same
Equitable,
safe
and
sustainable
City
that
we
all
deserve
to
have,
and
you
know,
I
think
that
covet
has
taught
us
a
lot
about
where
the
gaps
are,
and
so
the
funding
that
we
have
in
here
around
housing,
human
services,
safety,
Workforce,
Transportation
parks
and
and
I
really
think.
H
This
dovetails
this
budget
really
well
with
our
state
agenda
legislative
agenda
to
make
sure
that
we
are
also
advocating
for
the
kind
of
partnership
and
dollars
that
stretches
our
dollar
even
further
than
we
are
currently
doing.
And
then,
lastly,
I
think
that
the
the
open
and
transparent
way
that
we
do
that
and
some
funding
in
here
also
for
more
data
analytics
and
funding
for
our
Dei
efforts.
H
Our
cross-cultural
Center
I
think
that
those
are
all
things
that
are
really
important
as
we
move
forward,
because
sometimes
we
can
focus
on
the
the
low
line,
the
low-lying
fruits
and
some
of
the
deeper
things
that
we
need
to
do
that
might
take
many
years.
Like
the
you
know,
climate
action
plan,
we
really
have
to
be
intentional
about
putting
money
in
there,
because
the
the
the
curve
is
very
steep
the
longer
that
we
wait.
So
I
really
appreciate
the
money
that
we
put
in
the
budget
and
I'm
happy
to
support
the
adoption.
Thank
you
thank.
C
I
think
all
the
key
points
have
been
made,
but
I'll
just
say
thank
you
to
staff
for
your
hard
work,
especially
as
we're
going
through
a
very
difficult,
a
difficult
time,
economically,
you
know
being
in
the
tech,
industry
and
sort
of
seeing
what's
happening,
but
still
being
able
to
put
together
a
budget
that
works
for
our
community.
So
thank
you,
and
also
thanks
to
the
community
for
showing
up.
We
had
a
pretty
good
showing.
So
thank
you.