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B
Well,
good
evening
welcome
to
the
regular
bellevue
city
council
meeting
for
march
14th
2022.
tonight.
Our
city
manager,
mr
brad
miyake,
is
on
vacation,
and
so
we
have
nathan
mccommon
filling
in
as
our
deputy
city
manager,
city
clerk.
Could
you
please
call
the
roll?
Yes.
B
C
D
C
B
C
I
We
must
reflect
on
the
significant
burdens.
Women
and
girls
continue
to
bear
today,
particularly
women
of
color,
including
unequal
wages,
disproportionate
child
care
responsibilities,
lack
of
access
to
health
care
and
loss
of
employment,
especially
during
the
pandemic.
While
acknowledging
that
much
more
needs
to
be
done
to
overcome
these
barriers
and.
B
B
A
K
You
for
the
opportunity
to
be
heard
I'm
coming
forward
today
to
create
an
open
discussion
regarding
a
flaw
I
have
found
in
the
ability
to
regulate
a
state
law
here
in
washington,
which
is
the
landlord
tenant
law.
It
seems
that
there's
a
major
jurisdiction
conflict
in
bellevue,
where
landlords
are
able
to
without
cause
or
reason,
demand
exorbitant
fines
and
fees
out
of
tenants
they're
in
negating
their
contracted
lease
agreement
yet
are
not
held
accountable
to
the
law.
K
I
have
documented
several
instances
of
code
violations
and
state
laws
being
broken
as
well
as
heard
several
other
testimonies,
yet
the
local
code
enforcement
is
still
unable
to
do
anything.
State
landlord,
tenant
laws
are
put
in
place
to
protect
hard-working
americans
and
families
that
rent
their
homes.
My
concern
is:
how
are
these
laws
enforced?
How
can
we
address
this
flawed
system
that
does
not
currently
in
this
jurisdiction,
have
the
ability
to
protect
renters
from
scams,
fraud,
harassment
or
threatening
coercion?
K
So
far,
I
have
learned
that
the
only
way
to
pursue
action
against
a
law
breaking
landlord
is
via
civil
claims.
Then
I
ask:
why
is
it
even
called
code
enforcement
if,
in
fact,
they
cannot
enforce
codes
and
laws?
My
only
other
option
is
to
go
to
the
hard-working
police
that
already
have
their
hands
full
to
ask
them.
What
to
help
me
with
my
landlord.
No,
I
think
that
this
is
a
flaw
in
a
policy
that
needs
to
be
looked
at
in
these
hard
times.
K
K
K
I
do
not
have
a
simple
solution
for
our
policy
to
be
put
in
place,
but
I
feel
strongly
that,
after
researching
my
claims
and
the
many
claims
of
others
combined
with
code
enforcement's
input
that
we
can
come
up
with
a
resolution,
I'll
leave
you
with
this
scary
thought
as
a
tenant,
you
can
be
evicted
and
on
the
street
in
a
matter
of
days,
even
if
you've
always
paid
your
rent
and
utilities
on
time.
If
you
do
not
agree
to
hand
over
hundreds
or
thousands
of
dollars
to
your
landlord
at
random.
That
can
happen
in
days.
K
However,
if
a
landlord
scams
a
tenant
like
I
just
described
it
could
take
you
several
months
to
hold
the
landlord
accountable
if
ever
for
breaking
a
state
law.
Homelessness
is
just
one
of
these
situations
away,
and
I
ask
that
you
help
me
protect
families
from
ending
up
on
the
streets
because
they
refuse
to
comply
with
a
shady
landlord
help
me
prevent
this
from
continuously
happening
here
in
bellevue
and
creating
a
new
policy
for
code
enforcement.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
time
today
to
speak.
L
Yes,
good
evening,
council,
my
name
is
mark
walters,
you've
heard
from
us
in
the
past,
I'm
with
the
loch
levin
community
association,
and
you
may
have
heard
that
the
applicant
for
the
chimneys
condo
site
rezoned
withdrew
his
application,
and
we
wanted
to
speak
this
evening
to
thank
the
planning
commission
staff,
in
particular
dr
kate,
nessie
and
thera
johnson,
for
their
patience
in
educating
us
on
the
process.
Answering
all
of
our
questions
and
we
had
a
lot
of
questions
and
they
were
super
helpful
to
us
in
this
process.
L
There's
probably
people
behind
the
scenes
in
the
planning
commission
staff
that
also
helped
and
participated,
and
we
wanted
to
thank
them.
We
want
to
thank
the
city
of
bellevue
public
records,
request
officers
who
helped
us
by
responding
to
our
public
records
requests,
and
we
want
to
thank
the
planning
commissioner
members,
as
well
also
for
their
patients
with
us
in
this
process.
It
was
a
steep
learning
curve
for
us
and
we
learned
a
lot
and
we
enjoyed
the
process
and
we're
appreciate
the
city
of
bellevue's
assistance
and
response
from
top
to
bottom.
L
We.
We
also
want
to
thank
council,
member,
barksdale
and
newman
house
for
coming
out
and
meeting
with
us
on
a
saturday
and
going
on
our
neighborhood
walk
and
we
kept
you
guys
over
and
we're
sorry
for
that.
But
we
appreciate
your
patience
and
we
all
enjoyed
getting
to
know
you.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
that
too,
and
with
that
I
will
conclude.
A
Thank
you,
mr
walters.
The
next
speakers.
Actually,
the
next
three
speakers
on
the
list
are
combined
into
a
group
and
yep.
Thank
you.
Risa.
They
have
a
powerpoint
presentation
that
they
would
like
to
share
during
their
comment
period.
I
will
share
the
screen
and
then
ask
the
first
speaker
and
time
the
three
minutes
separately.
I
will
let
you
know
when
you've
reached
your
three
minutes
so
kirsten
english.
Can
you
hear
me.
M
Hello,
my
name
is
kirsty
english.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
speak
today,
I'm
the
mother
of
three
children
in
the
bellevue
public
schools,
I'm
also
a
small
business
owner
in
the
city
of
bellevue.
I
moved
here
in
2018
from
seattle
to
be
closer
to
nature,
to
be
part
of
a
thriving
economy
and
to
send
my
kids
to
well-funded
public
schools.
I
grew
up
in
oregon
and
bellevue.
Trees
were
a
big
draw
for
me
and
my
family.
In
the
past
four
years,
I've
seen
things
changing
around
my
neighborhood
and
the
city
as
a
whole.
M
Seven
large
cedars
were
recently
cut
down
across
the
street.
From
me,
I
started
a
nonprofit
called
trees
for
livability
in
december.
In
response
to
this
issue.
As
part
of
this
effort,
I
raised
interest
from
50
plus
community
members
and
10
civic
organizations.
In
a
quick
time
period,
we
compiled
a
tree
code
study
with
findings
and
recommendations
for
the
city
council.
We
are
here
to
present
this
to
you
today
and
to
cover
some
of
the
introductory
concepts.
M
Bellevue
has
some
of
I'm
sorry
next
slide.
Please
thank
you.
Bellevue
has
some
of
the
most
permissive
tree
codes
in
the
region.
All
around
town
large
trees
are
coming
down.
When
I
started
trees
for
livability,
I
started
receiving
stories
from
all
over
town
about
large,
healthy
trees.
Coming
down
in
these
pictures,
you
can
see
significant
trees
that
are
25
to
45
years
old
removed
next
slide.
Please
we
have
a
public
facing
petition
for
members
of
the
community
to
urge
the
city
council
to
make
updates
to
tree
codes
in
2022.
M
We
have
an
optional
field
here.
You
can
see
a
user
quote
about
what
makes
bellevue
amazing
we're
just
here
to
talk
to
you
today
about
some
of
the
market
changes.
Some
of
the
things
we
can
do
to
make
things
better.
One
thing
to
keep
in
mind
is
that
commuting
has
significantly
decreased.
Proximity
to
downtown
is
no
longer
as
necessary,
as
it
once
was.
M
Telecommuters
can
work
from
anywhere
and
we'll
choose
livable
neighborhoods,
with
good
schools,
police
and
tree
cover.
Bellevue
beautiful
view
is
unique
in
our
area
we
have
beautiful
trees
close
to
the
downtown
area,
but
that
is
changing.
We
are.
We
are
here
to
ask
you
to
help
us
keep
bellevue
a
city
in
a
in
a
park.
M
N
Thank
you,
hello
council.
My
name
is
alex
hay.
I
first
moved
to
bellevue
in
2003
and
since
then
I've
lived
in
a
few
of
our
neighborhoods,
including
factoria,
somerset,
northwest
bellevue
and
now
my
home
in
lake
hills.
What
drew
me
to
bellevue
in
the
first
place
and
what's
kept
me
here
other
than
the
obviously
fantastic
location,
is
how
green
the
city
is.
N
N
And
actually
one
more
slide
thanks.
As
we
know,
the
entire
puget
sound
region
has
experienced
explosive
population
growth
and
massive
demand
for
new
housing.
The
pandemics
put
greater
value
on
dedicated
home
offices,
so
the
houses
being
built
now
are
bigger
than
ever.
This
trend
of
local
population
growth
with
larger
houses
will
continue
to
grow
as
office.
Space
built
in
bellevue
increases.
N
I'm
sure
you're
all
aware
that
amazon
has
millions
of
square
feet
of
office
space
coming
online
in
bellevue
in
the
next
few
years,
and
lots
of
those
well
compensated
incoming
workers
will
be
looking
for
larger
and
newer
homes.
One
way
local
builders
are
meeting.
A
lot
of
this
need
for
housing
is
by
demolishing
smaller
older
homes
and
building
the
larger
modern
homes.
N
Last
year,
bellevue
issued
four
times
as
many
demolition
permits
as
a
decade
earlier,
and
when
these
homes
are
demolished,
lots
are
often
scraped
bare,
removing
all
the
trees,
so
the
fantastic
increase
in
well-paying
job
in
bellevue
is
unfortunately,
also
accelerating
the
destruction
of
our
tree
canopy.
I
want
to
show
you
a
few
photos
to
give
you
an
idea
how
that
looks
next
slide,
please.
N
From
the
builder
another
friend
sent
us
the
photo
on
the
right.
You
can
see
that
this
lot
near
her
house
has
been
cleared
of
all
the
beautiful
trees,
sally
moved
to
bellevue
because
she
loved
the
character
of
her
neighborhood,
including
the
abundant
trees,
and
now
the
trees
in
her
neighborhood
are
disappearing,
she's,
actually
considering
moving
and
has
been
looking
at
homes
outside
bellevue
and
other
locations
that
better
protect
their
tree.
Canopy
next
slide,
please,
with
this
spike
in
development,
we
really
need
to
strengthen
our
tree
codes.
N
A
O
Could
you
move
to
the
next
slide?
Please!
Thank
you,
my
name
whoops
one
back,
please.
My
name
is
ruth
lipscombe
and
I'm
a
resident
of
bellevue
from
newport
shores.
I
was
drawn
to
trees
for
livability,
because
I
treasure
the
mature
trees
in
my
own
neighborhood
and
in
all
areas
of
the
city.
I've
been
very
distressed
to
see
so
many
trees
removed
unnecessarily.
O
I'm
here
to
ask
you
today
to
take
decisive
action
and
make
an
update
of
the
tree
code
ordinances
a
high
priority
in
2022
next
slide.
Please
we
compared
members
of
trees
for
livability
formed
a
working
group
which
I
was
part
of
over
a
number
of
weeks.
We
researched
the
tree
codes
of
nearby
cities
and
compared
them
to
the
codes
here
in
bellevue.
This
slide
shows
a
few
of
the
many
cities
we
looked
at
next
slide.
Please.
O
What
we
found
is
that
bellevue's
tree
codes
are
by
far
the
most
permissive
in
the
puget
sound
region.
For
example,
bellevue
allows
the
removal
of
five
significant
trees
without
a
permit.
These
trees
are
25
to
45
years
old
and
we
have
no
special
protections
for
landmark
trees,
which
most
cities
identify
as
those
two
feet
or
more
in
diameter
and
which
can
take
100
to
150
years
to
grow
to
that
size.
Other
cities
in
our
region
that
value
their
tree
canopy
have
taken
action
to
slow
the
removal
of
these
older
trees.
Next
slide,
please.
O
Last
week
we
emailed
the
city
council
a
copy
of
the
bellevue
tree
code
study
created
by
trees
for
livability.
It
includes
our
recommendations
for
updating
the
rules
and
it
contains
detailed
references.
I
would
like
to
note
that
this
report
is
intended
for
the
residential
areas
of
bellevue
outside
of
bridal
trails,
because
that
sub-area
already
has
strict
three
protections
next
slide.
Please,
our
report
has
been
endorsed
by
all
the
organizations
listed
here
and
we're
getting
more
endorsements
every
week
next
slide.
Please.
O
We
also
have
a
tree
code
petition
on
our
website
that
has
gained,
as
of
today
over
250
signatures.
In
just
a
few
weeks,
our
grassroots
group
has
formed
from
concerned
citizens
from
many
backgrounds
and
in
many
professions,
from
students
to
retirees
engineers
to
teachers.
We
have
members
in
neighborhoods,
from
eneti
to
lake
hills,
bridal
trails
to
crossroads,
somerset
to
sherwood
forest
people.
All
over
the
city
are
coming
together
from
the
heart
of
our
community.
We
urge
you
to
strengthen
bellevue's
tree
codes
in
2022..
O
We
are
here
to
help
and
to
par
your
partner
with
you
in
that
effort.
Next
slide,
please,
for
those
of
you
on
the
city
council,
you
should
have
the
tree
code
study
in
your
inboxes
already
for
everyone
else.
Please
visit
our
website
and
get
involved.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
time
and
we
appreciate
your
service
to
our
community.
This
ends
our
presentation.
A
P
P
P
That's
why
bellevue
green
and
clean
is
leading
a
campaign
to
request
that
the
city
council
create
an
adopt-a-street
program
for
bellevue,
with
adopt
a
street
residents
partner
with
government
businesses,
civic
and
faith
organizations
and
schools
to
work
towards
a
common
goal
of
a
greener
and
cleaner
place
to
live
to
work
and
to
play
who
participates
in
adopted
street
friends
and
family.
Do
so
do
neighbors
and
neighborhood
associations,
churches
and
synagogue,
zoo
so
does
scout
troops,
garden
clubs
and
ptsa
groups.
P
Small
businesses
and
large
companies
do
too,
in
addition
to
beautification
and
pollution
mitigation
of
our
city
and
waterways.
Participation
in
adopted
street
increases
civic
pride
in
an
inclusive
and
engaging
way.
Seattle
runs
a
successful
adopt-a-street
program,
so
did
kent,
auburn,
tacoma,
king
county,
and
so
many
other
cities
and
counties
across
our
state
and
across
the
country.
Whether
big
or
small,
wealthy
or
modest,
the
city
of
seatac
recently
started
their
own
program
during
the
pandemic.
P
We
want
adopt
a
street
here
in
bellevue
too,
and
we
want
it
this
year
leveraging
the
cost-effective
models
from
decades
of
success.
Elsewhere
means
no
time-consuming
and
expensive
studies
are
needed
here
in
order
to
get
started.
Litter
and
litter
control
are
not
even
mentioned
at
all.
In
the
city
of
bellevue's
environmental
stewardship
plan,
as
the
fifth
largest
city
in
washington,
bellevue
should
be
a
leader
in
environmental
stewardship,
but
when
it
comes
to
adopt
a
street,
bellevue
is
not
leading,
in
fact
we're
not
even
following.
P
A
A
Phone
miss
wickham,
I
see
your
hand.
Unfortunately,
we
can
only
comment
one
time
per
meeting.
Mr
sergeant
lee
sergeant,
can
you
hear
me.
D
D
I've
been
worried
about
the
way
in
which
our
tree
canopy
has
been
diminishing
within
sherwood
forest,
where
I
live
and
have
lived
for
40
years
in
the
last
week,
we've
had
five
trees
disappear
from
one
lot,
with
the
statement
from
the
bellevue
city
that
basically
up
that's
okay,
these
were
not
small
trees.
These
were
probably
24-inch
trees
at
the
minimum,
and
I
had
people
standing
around
looking
at
it
and
shaking
their
heads
and
trying
to
figure
out
what's
going
on,
we
don't
have
any
penalties
for
people
removing
trees.
D
We
don't
even
have
a
requirement
for
them
to
report
trees
if
they're
removing
them.
So
how
are
we
keeping
track
of
this
particular
thing?
I
think
there's
some
big
missing
pieces
here
and
trying
to
make
people
really
think
that
we're
trying
as
a
city
to
maintain
the
trees
and
the
beauty
that
currently
is
here.
D
I
don't
think,
there's
much
more,
that
I
can
say,
but
I
do
say
that
I've
seen
enough
of
being
with
the
city
in
doing
things
like
with
the
great
neighborhoods
and
with
other
events,
that
I've
been
involved
with
the
planning
committee
to
know
that
there's
problems
going
on
and
they're
being
ignored,
and
we
need
to
do
something
about
it.
Unless,
of
course
we
don't
want
to
have
trees
and
then
that's
already
happening.
So
that's
all
I
have
to
say
thank
you.
A
B
B
Q
Yes,
thank
you
mayor.
The
next
item
for
council's
consideration
seeks
direction
for
establishing
june
19
as
a
formally
recognized
holiday
by
the
city
of
bellevue.
Tonight's
presentation
will
share
the
with
the
council.
The
historical
significance
of
the
date
and
similar
actions
that
the
state
of
washington
and
other
jurisdictions
have
taken
presenting
to
the
council
is
human
resources
director
joyce
germain
and
with
that
I'll
turn
it
over
to
her.
R
R
If
I
may
speak
briefly
about
the
image
on
this
slide,
this
is
the
juneteenth
flag,
a
symbolic
representation
of
the
end
of
slavery.
In
the
united
states,
the
flag
was
created
in
1997
by
ben
heath,
who's,
the
founder
of
the
national
juneteenth
celebration
foundation
with
the
help
of
illustrator
lisa
gene
graf,
the
star
symbol
in
the
center
of
the
flag
represents
texas,
the
lone
star
state,
as
it
was
in
galveston
texas
in
1865,
where
union
soldiers
informed
the
country's
last
remaining
enslaved
people
that,
under
the
emancipation
proclamation
issued
two
years
earlier,
that
they
were
free.
R
The
star
also
represents
the
freedom
of
african
americans
in
all
50
states.
The
bursting
outline
around
the
star
was
inspired
by
anova,
a
term
that
astronomers
use
to
define
a
new
star
on
the
juneteenth
flag.
This
represents
a
new
beginning
for
african
americans
in
the
united
states.
The
curve
that
extends
across
the
width
of
the
flag
represents
a
new
horizon.
R
R
B
Thank
you,
joy.
Does
anybody
have
any
comments
or
questions
go
ahead
and
raise
your
hand?
If
you
do,
I
see
councilmember
robertson,
I
see
councilmember
barksdale,
stokes
and
zahn
go
ahead.
Councilmember
robertson,.
G
Thank
you,
I'm
very
supportive
of
this
action.
I
would
like
to
see
this
come
back
and
I
know
it's
going
to
take
some
time
to
implement
it.
So
if
this
could
come
back
on
consent
as
soon
as
an
ordinance
can
be
written,
that
would
be
great.
G
I
also
would
would
support
the
city
buying
a
juneteenth
flag,
or
now
this
year,
it's
on
a
sunday,
but
in
order
to
fly
it
on
the
days
around
and
near
the
holiday
on
the
holiday,
so
so
this
year
I
guess
one
question
would
be
this
year
since
the
june
19th
is
on
a
sunday,
would
the
holiday
be
on
the
monday.
G
G
Well,
I
would
yeah
I
would
support
doing
that,
bringing
it
on
consent
getting
a
flag
and
putting
it
up
friday
and
flying
it
through
tuesday.
I
think
that
would
be
a
really
good
way
to
kind
of
show
the
people
of
bellevue
we're
recognizing
this
we're
celebrating
it.
I
think
it's
a
very
visual
reminder
of
that.
So.
C
All
right,
thank
you,
so
yeah
I
enthusiastically
support
food
for
with
this
holiday
and
appreciate
the
suggestion
by
councilmember
robertson.
I
was
curious
also,
if
maybe
we
could
provide
any
sort
of
resources
around
slavery
during
that
time
frame
just
to
help
commemorate
it
even
more.
Thank
you.
H
Yeah,
I
certainly
appreciate
the
the
comments
already
been
made
and
appreciate
councilman
robertson's,
laying
it
out
very
well
on
it,
and
I
agree
with
that.
H
I
guess
is
the
only
texan
here
and
having
heard
this
for
a
long
time,
and
particularly
from
my
grandparents
in
east
texas,
I'm
very
excited
to
see
this
happen
and
that
we
recognize
it
and
I
think
it's
very
appropriate
for
bellevue,
with
our
our
actions,
we've
been
taking
on
equity
and
everything
else
along
these
lines
and
so
enthusiastically
take
it
and
let's
bring
it
back
on
consent
and
get
it
started.
Thank
you.
I
So
I
think
that
it
would
be
important
to
keep
that
going
as
well
and
then
to
the
degree
that
there's
an
opportunity
for
to
have
a
staff
celebration
around
juneteenth,
because
it
it
is
a
celebration
day
of
the
end
of
slavery
and
I
think
it's
an
important
part
of
of
the
city
so
that
our
staff
sees
not
only
is
it
a
holiday,
but
you
know
the
day
in
the
days
before
it
to
be
able
to
have
an
event
for
staff
as
well.
Thank
you.
F
Thank
you
madame.
I
support
this.
As
we
know
anything
like
this
needs
education,
its
recognition
leads
remembrance
and
I
think
it's
very
important
milestone.
We
will
know
that
the
you
know
the
black
people
have
gone
through
and
the
hardship
and
the
history
behind
it.
I
think
this
has
led
to
the
civil
rights
movement
and
has
led
to
many
of
the
awareness,
improvements
and
we're
still
working
toward
a
more
perfect
union,
and
I
hope
that
this
also
would
lead
to
recognition
of
other
inequalities.
F
Other
races,
other
type
of
you
know
situation
that
we
need
to
correct
and
be
aware
of
it's
more
than
just
symbolism.
F
You
know,
I
think,
to
me
it's
the
lesson
we
learned
remembering
them
and
doing
things
not
just
saying
acting
showing,
but
actually
doing
things
for
our
young
people,
for
our
community
for
other
people,
new
immigrants
and
other
new
americans,
as
any
people
that
live
here,
would
feel
that
it's
the
right
thing
to
do
so,
thank
you
so,
and
I
guess
and
everybody
who
are
doing
this
so
that
we
can
remember
and
continue.
Thank
you.
J
Thank
you
mayor.
I'm
enthusiastically
supportive
of
this
as
well
as
councilmember
lee
just
said
so
so.
Well,
it's
important
to
remember
these
days
of
the
historical
significance
love
the
idea
from
councilman
robertson
about
the
the
flag.
I
would
also
add
on
to
that,
as
I
know
that
we
do
for
martin
luther
king
day
we
have
banners
within
city
hall,
we'd
love
to
see
that
happen
as
well
as
well
as
as
customer
marks,
they'll
mention
any
other
resource
needed
to,
I
guess
properly
commemorate
the
day
being
juneteenth.
J
B
Thank
you,
joy.
Is
there
anything
we
can
do
other
than
direct
you
to
put
on
the
consent
calendar
to
get
this
passed
quickly?
Could
we
just
pass
it
tonight
or
do
you
need
to
get
it
on
the
consent
calendar
first.
B
Okay,
that
sounds
good,
I'm
just
trying
to
expedite
it
as
best
we
can.
I
appreciate
the
comments.
I
appreciate
the
city.
You
know
reacting
so
quickly
to
the
opportunity
to
make
this
a
holiday,
and
I
really
think
the
city
always
does
a
good
job
in
educating
the
community,
and
this
is
certainly
a
teaching
moment.
So
I
I
hope
we
do
as
councilmember
barksdale
asks
take
advantage
of
this
opportunity
to
do
that.
So,
thank
you.
Is
there
a
motion
deputy
mayor.
J
B
Q
Thank
you,
mayor
ups
and
before
the
council
for
consideration
our
project
and
funding
approvals
from
the
housing
trust
fund,
as
recommended
by
the
executive
board
of
arch
or
a
regional
coalition
for
housing,
as
well
as
an
amendment
to
the
interlocal
agreement
among
arch
member
cities
to
allow
for
a
broader
and
more
inclusive
participation
on
its
community
advisory
board.
Presenting
tonight
our
assistant
director
of
community
development,
email
key
and
from
arch
elsa
kings,
who
is
the
housing
trust
fund
manager.
So,
mr
king
I'll
turn
the
presentation
off.
B
I'm
gonna
sorry
thank
you
for
the
introduction.
I'm
gonna
interrupt
for
just
a
moment,
because
councilmember
robertson
is
going
to
be
recusing
herself
from
the
segment
of
the
presentation
and
the
vote
so
councilmember
robertson.
Would
you
like
to
make
a
brief
comment?
Was.
G
This,
the
ila
first
yeah,
okay,
sorry,
I
was
different
order
than
in
the
agenda.
Yes,
I
did
want
to
recuse
myself
from
this.
As
you
all
know,
I'm
an
attorney.
I
practice
with
inslee
best
dossier
in
rider
in
bellevue
we
have
a
very
robust
municipal
department
and
we
represent
more
than
10
cities.
So
two
of
our
cities
are
other
members
of
arch
and
since
the
ila
affects
them,
I
will
not
be
voting
on
it.
G
S
Thank
you
for
the
introduction
deputy
city
manager,
mccommon
and
good
evening,
mayor
deputy
mayor
members
of
council
on
behalf
of
the
community
development
department.
I
wanted
to
please
offer
up
some
opening
comments
for
this
item.
Also,
you
can
go
ahead
and
bring
up
the
title
slide
if
you'd,
like
the
city
of
bellevue
and
arch,
are
key
partners
in
providing
affordable
housing
in
bellevue
and
the
east
side.
This
relationship
dates
back
close
to
30
years.
The
original
inner
local
agreement
first
created
in
1992
included
bellevue
redmond
kirkland
and
king
county
as
the
founding
members.
S
S
Regarding
the
funding
recommendations
to
be
discussed
tonight,
the
city
of
bellevue's
continuing
support
for
the
arch
trust
fund
is
very
consistent
with
our
affordable
housing
strategy.
Bellevue's
strategy
has
the
overarching
goal
to
create
more
affordable
housing.
This
is
accomplished
through
arch
funding,
as
well
as
complementary
efforts
such
as
direct
city
investment
through
1590.
S
Our
housing,
contingency
funds,
land
use
incentives
and
the
city's
multi-family
tax
exemption
program
as
examples
bellevue
staff
will
be
returning
in
the
coming
months
to
council,
with
updates
on
those
city-led
efforts
to
focus
on
tonight's
topics.
I'd
like
to
now
please
hand
things
over
to
elsa
kings
for
march.
Thank
you.
E
Good
indian
council
members,
thank
you
for
having
me
my
name
is
also
kings
and,
as
previously
mentioned,
I
am
the
housing
trust
fund
manager
at
arch.
We
are
here
tonight
to
present
two
items
and
your
agenda.
The
first
is
the
m
amendment
to
the
inner
local
agreement,
and
the
second
is
our
2021
housing
trust
fund
recommendations.
E
We
are
asking
our:
we
are
now
asking
our
member
cities
to
approve
this
change,
and
we
are
asking
for
council
seeking
council
direction
to
prepare
legislation
to
approve
the
amendment.
B
I
wasn't
sure,
okay,
sorry
about
that
any
comments
or
questions
on
this.
F
Thank
you
yeah.
I
I've
always
felt
that
and
believe
arches
being
our
very
capable
housing
agency.
You
know
and
regional
based
and
it's
a
great
regional
bali
who
have
been
very
effective
and
with
all
the
housing
activities
interests
and
also
the
depths
of
complexity
and
the
scope.
I'm
always.
I
always
felt
that
there's
a
lot
of
things
odds
should
have
in
common
with
our
housing
efforts.
F
So
I
think
this
seems
to
be.
We
are
moving
the
right
direction.
You
know
to
take
a
look
at
making
some
kind
of
amendments,
and
so
I
think
this
hopefully
is
the
first
attempt
doing
that
and
what
amendment's
going
to
be
how
it's
going
to
be
affected?
I
don't
think
we
have
any
detailed
information,
so
obviously
I
hope
it
will
become
apparent
when
we,
you
know,
get
more
detail.
F
The
first
question
I
have
is
which
expansion
is
making
it
more
diverse?
I
don't
know
what
it
means
by
making
more
diverse.
So
perhaps
you
know,
as
part
of
the
understanding
better
of
the
amendments
include
more
involvement,
engagement
of
arch
in
this
housing
arena.
Maybe
you
can
explain
to
me
what's
the
first
item
of
diverse
diversity,
you're
talking
about.
E
Sure,
absolutely
council
member,
we
are
asking
that
we
are
able
to
to
obtain
members
that
have
a
different
and
more
diverse
set
of
skills,
members
from
different
areas
of
expertise,
as
well
as
different
backgrounds
that
and
different
different
knowledge
bases
to
be
part
of
our
board
and
different
experiences.
E
All
of
their
recommendations-
and
so
we
feel
like
it
is
important
to
have
members
from
several
different,
diverse
ethnicities
and
backgrounds,
to
be
part
of
our
board
and
that's
the
diversity
that
we
are
seeking.
F
Thank
you.
I
believe
that
the
soyuz
being
should
be
the
objective
and
goal
anyway
for
any
organizations
to
be
effective
and
to
be
inclusive
right.
This
is
absolutely
the
first
principle
of
getting
best.
Decisions
is
to
have
a
diverse
opinion,
diverse
perspective,
diverse
solution
and
common.
You
know
common
interests
and
solve
problems.
So
are
you
saying
that,
specifically
opening
up
to
include
more
cities
in.
E
B
I
think
council
member
lee
is
asking
if,
if
new
cities
are
going
to
be
joining
art,.
E
I
cannot
answer
that
question.
I
can
get
back
to
you
on
that.
This
specific
amendment
is
specifically
to
allow
for
more
persons
more
members
to
join
the
board,
not
specifically
for
cities
yeah.
F
To
me,
I
think
maybe
it
doesn't
really
sort
of
help
too
much
in
terms
of
what
you're
talking
about
the
diversity.
I'm
thinking
of
that,
if
there
are
more
cities
involved
than
my
brain.
B
F
U
Hi
elsa
dude.
Would
you
do
you
want
me
to
step
in
and
see
if
I
can
help
in
sure?
Thank
you.
No
worries.
Elsa
is
doing
a
great
job
standing
in
for
me,
and
I
apologize.
I
had
a
scheduling
conflict
come
up.
This
is
lindsey
masters
with
the
with
arch.
The
amendment
in
front
of
you
does
not
does
not
have
much
of
a
change
on
the
structures
and
the
functions
of
this
of
what
was
formerly
known
as
the
citizen
advisory
board.
U
F
You
know
if
you're,
just
increasing
the
members,
the
numbers-
it
doesn't
tell
you
you
know
you
are
looking
for
diverse
experience,
background
and
all
that
stuff
you
know,
and
how
is
that
going
to
be
accomplished,
and
I
would
imagine
that
exactly
the
board
has
the
authority
to
do
that
or
I
don't
know
who
does
other
membership
cities.
So
I
think
this
information
seems
to
be
lacking
in
your
presentation
right
now.
So
it's
probably,
I
guess
our
fault
that
we
we
don't
know
what.
B
H
H
It's
not
bringing
new
cities
on
it's
clearly
because
of
the
success
of
their
advisory
board,
who
advises
the
executive
board
honor
chosen
by
the
executive
board
in
you
know,
looking
at
the
resources
and
funding
and
all
these
things
they
want,
they
have
a
lot
of
people
wanting
to
be
on
this
and
they're,
making
it
clear
they
can
go
from
12
to
15
over
when
they
have
good
appointments
and
also
focusing
on
enhancing
board
diversity,
skills
and
experience.
H
I
mean
it's:
it's
really
focused
on
the
advisory
board,
not
the
executive
board
and
was
recommended
by
unanimous
voted
arts
executive
board.
It's
an
absolutely
good
thing
to
do.
It's
very
focused
and
I'm
ready
to
vote
for
it
when
it
comes
back.
Thank
you.
I
Yes,
thank
you.
You
know.
I
appreciate
the
citizens
advisory
board,
changing
to
community
advisory
board
because
words
do
matter,
and
I
do
think
that
for
a
number
of
our
community
members,
if
they
see
something
that
says
citizen-
and
they
are
not
a
citizen
right
now-
that
they
may
not
see
that
that
means
them,
and
I
also
appreciate
the
flexibility
to
be
able
to
leverage
an
opportunity
if
you
have
more
candidates
to
be
on
the
board
that
are,
would
be
good
members
to
bring
those
voices
to
have
that
latitude
and
flexibility.
J
B
B
B
Well,
yes,
I
see
her
here,
yes,
go
ahead.
Thank
you.
E
E
So
I
our
second
a
second
item
on
the
agenda:
is
the
2021
housing
trust
fund
recommendations?
E
This
year
we
received
a
total
of
five
applications,
totaling
just
above
3.8
million
in
requests
and
351
units
of
affordable
housing.
I
do
want
to
note
that
there
was
one
application
in
particular
that
was
withdrawn
for
2.5
million
dollars.
The
reason
for
the
withdrawal
of
the
application
was
that
the
project
was
in
the
early
stages
of
feasibility
and
they
did
not
feel
like
they
were
ready
to
move
forward.
Thus
they
withdrew
their
application.
E
We
are
expecting
that
the
project
could
come
back
in
future
rounds,
so
we
might
see
it
in
the
future.
The
other
note
that
I
would
like
to
mention
is
that
one
of
the
projects
that
previously
applied
for
arch
funding
and
was
awarded
came
back
this
round
for
an
additional
request
for
funding,
and
we
will
talk
about
that
project
shortly.
E
During
this
round,
we
had
six
million
dollars
of
available
fund
funding.
Most
of
that
funding
came
from
general
funds,
as
you
can
see
on
the
part
pie
chart
on
your
screen.
E
I
do
want
to
mention
that,
as
previously
discussed
with
the
withdrawal
of
the
previous
of
the
the
srm
application
we
were
under
subscribed
for
this
round,
we
had
approximately
three
million
dollars
of
unallocated
funds.
I
further
want
to
mention
that
our
executive
board
is
currently
in
conversations
about
potentially
using
those
funds
or
allocating
those
funds
for
a
project,
affordable
housing
project
in
the
near
future.
E
So
please
stand
by.
We
will
be
coming
to
you
with
updates
in
the
very
near
future,
once
our
executive
board
is
able
to
provide
some
information
on
that
allocation.
We
certainly
do
not
want
to
stay
on
unused
funding
for
affordable
housing.
E
Our
arch
funding
this
year
was
highly
leverage
for
every
one
dollar
of
local
funds.
We
had
14
dollars
in
public
and
private
resources.
Most
of
our
leverage
comes
from
tax-exempt
bonds
and
low-income
housing.
Tax
credits.
In
addition,
leverage
king
county
and
the
state
of
washington
also
provides
funding
to
most
of
our
projects.
E
I
now
want
to
talk
about
some
of
the
applications
that
we
received.
The
first
project
that
I
want
to
talk
to
you
about
is
the
horizon
at
totem
lake
project.
This
is
a
project
that
you
have
previously
seen
as
preview.
As
I
mentioned
this
project
applied
to
us
in
2020
for
funding
and
was
out
and
was
awarded
a
four
million
dollar
funds
from
the
from
the
arch
housing
trust
fund.
The
project
is
very
well
situated
just
off
of
a
405
in
the
totem
lake
totem
lake
neighborhood
of
kirkland.
E
The
project
is
a
partnership
between
horizon
housing
and
inland,
and
I
won't
go
into
too
much
detail
about
this
project
because
again,
this
is
a
project
that
you
have
seen
before
during
the
the
course
of
the
year
after
the
funds
were
previously
awarded,
the
project
found
itself
in
a
position
that,
due
to
cost
unforeseen
conditions
and
cost
increases,
labor
shortages
and
other
market
changes,
they
had
a
financing
gap
and
thus
decided
to
return
to
arch
in
2021
for
additional
funding,
as
well
as
funding
from
king
county.
E
They
they
requested
1.5
million
of
additional
funding.
As
a
reminder,
this
project
is
a
large
three
three
building
development
with
approximately
300
units
of
affordable
housing.
30
of
those
units
will
be
set
aside
for
homeless
families
and
those
units
will
be
serving
residents
up
to
60
ami.
E
E
With
close
proximity
to
several
grocery
stores
and
and
several
shopping
centers,
the
friends
of
youth
new
ground
rehab
project
is
a
rehabilitation
of
an
existing
building.
Currently
in
the
friends
of
youth
portfolio,
it
will
be,
it
serves
residents
at
at
the
50
ami
and
for-
and
it
is
specifically
for
residents
whom
are
young
adults
ages,
18
to
24,
who
are
seeking,
who
are
seeking
entry-level
positions
in
the
area,
as
well
as
higher
education,
higher
education
opportunities.
E
E
E
10
of
the
10
of
the
units
will
serve.
Transitional
will
be
for
transitional
housing
and
15
of
the
units
are
dedicated
for
emergency
housing.
E
The
projects
will
serve
tenants
at
30
and
50
ami
and
due
to
the
nature
of
the
residents
and
for
security
reasons,
we
are
asked
to
keep
the
the
exact
location
of
the
project
confidential.
However,
I
can't
say
it
is
in
the
east
eastern
side,
east
side
of
bellevue.
E
With
that,
I
am
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
might
have
about
the
three
projects
that
we
just
presented,
and
I
am
also
seeking
council
direction
for
these
student
projects.
F
Thank
you,
madam
mayor.
The
project
in
bellevue
and
the
one
in
kirkland
looks
great.
I
have
a
question
regarding
the
winning
totem
late.
They
came
back
because
they
needed
some
more
money,
but
any
information
regarding
what
is
the
problem?
Are
they
able
to
finishing
up
or
do
whatever
they
were
committed
to
do
any
any
information
you
can
share
with
us.
E
Sure,
thank
you,
councilmember.
That
is
a
very
good
question.
Actually,
yes,
we,
the
the
short
of
the
answer,
is
with
the
anticipated
additional
funding
received
from
king
county
and
arch.
The
projects
will
be
able
to
to
essentially
fill
the
gap
that
they
have
projected
in
their
budget.
E
The
project
has
not
begun
construction
yet,
but
some
of
the
reasons
for
the
project
gap.
The
shortages
was
due
to
an
increase
in
labor
costs.
The
late
the
construction
labor
market
has
significantly
changed.
In
the
past
couple
of
years,
we've
seen
increases
of
about
17
percent
in
construction
costs,
and
that
is
one
of
the
major
reasons
for
the
the
the
cost
increases
towards
for
this
project.
B
I
Yes,
thank
you.
I
support
these
three
recommendations
and
I
can
appreciate
the
challenges
with
the
labor
market
as
well
as
supply
chain
for
any
construction
right
now,
especially
things
that
are
moving
forward
and
some
of
the
uncertainty
with
inflation.
I
actually
had
a
question
about
the
one
that
was.
I
There
was
one
that
was
withdrawn,
and
then
there
was
one
that
we
chose
not
to
fund
and
I'd
like
to
understand
a
bit
more
about
what
was
missing
for
the
attain
housing:
totem,
six
plex
that
led
to
the
denial.
It
wasn't
as
clear
to
me
what
was
missing
it
said
something
about.
We
were
looking
for
a
bit
more
design
information.
So
can
you
comment
a
little
bit
more
about
that
council.
E
Member
in
regards
to
the
attain
housing
project
we've,
our
staff
felt
and
the
cab
members
felt
like
we
needed
additional
information
regarding
the
zoning
of
the
project.
We
were
not
specifically
sure
if
the
zoning
would
be
allowed
and
as
well
as
if
the
design
of
the
building
was
consistent
with
the
current
zoning
in
the
in
the
city,
and
that
information
was
not
provided
in
our
application
in
the
application.
I
I
E
Are
in
conversations
with
attain
housing-
and
we
have
been
in
recent
conversations
lindsay,
and
I,
with
the
executive
director
about
some
of
the
information
that
we
would
like
to
see
in
the
application
we.
E
We
hope
that
we,
they
are
a.
They
come
back
to
us
in
2022
during
the
funding
round,
but
we
certainly
encouraged
them
to
continue
to
provide
us
information
and
we
will
continue
to
provide
feedback
throughout
the
year.
H
I
just
wanted
to
say
I
really
appreciate
the
the
work
on
this
and
the
focus
it's
good
to
see
the
numbers
of
units
for
people
at
the
very
lower
range
of
affordability.
That's
that's
very,
very
positive,
and
particularly
the
focus
on
people
are
struggling.
People
have,
you
know,
really
serious
issues
that
need
need
to
be
protected
or
need
to
be
have
people
working
with
them.
I
think
that's,
that's
really
great
and
we're
increasingly
putting
those
things
together
and
I
I
think
it's
a
very
good
good
plans.
H
I
know
that
the
the
others
that
weren't
funded
for
some
reason
or
other
they're
working
with
them
and
and
but
this
is
really
good
and
it's
a
good
it's
stronger.
I
hope
we
can
keep
doing
this
and
they
can
actually
expand
this
as
much
as
possible,
but
really
good
work.
H
B
So
elsa,
you
know
I'm
always
trying
to
get
as
much
money
out
the
door
as
I
can
toward
affordable
housing,
and
I
know
that
we
have
various
tranches.
We
have
the.
What
is
it
the
is
it
I
can't
think
of
the
number.
This
is
it
1609.
Is
that
right
and
we
15.
B
And
we
have
an
affordable
housing
fund
as
well,
and
so
I
just
you
know
you
reference
that
you'll
be
coming
back
to
us.
I
hope
that
you
will,
because
you
know,
we've
made
it
possible
to
create
a
budget
for
affordable
housing
and
I'm
very
anxious
to
be
spending
it
on
affordable
housing.
So
thank
you
for
bringing
these
opportunities
to
us
without
any
other
comments
or
questions.
Is
there
a
motion.
J
R
B
Any
opposed
great,
so
here's
what's
going
to
happen
next,
I
am
going
to
recuse
myself,
I'm
going
to
let
the
deputy
mayor
run
the
next
part
of
this,
the
third
and
last
part
of
this
section
and
then
after
the
vote,
we'll
take
a
break
and
we'll
come
back,
and
if
somebody
can
text
me
what
time
we're
supposed
to
come
back,
I
will
be
there,
but
I'm
going
to
recuse
myself,
because
my
husband
works
for
the
king
county
housing
authority
and
even
though
the
funding
does
not
go
directly
to
them
goes
to
the
county
in
the
abundance
of
caution.
B
J
Thank
you
mayor
that
the
mayor
is
gone
so
elsa.
Would
you
like
to
proceed.
E
Sure,
thank
you
deputy
mayor,
so
the
next
project
that
was
in
our
application
round
was
the
leo
trailhead
project.
This
is
a
large
tod
project
in
central
issaquah,
again
very
nicely
located
with
within
issaquah
close
to
many
amenities
and
the
future
light
rail
station.
E
The
project
itself
is
a
collaboration
with
king
county
and
spectrum,
and
it
is
a
large
development.
Large
mixed
use,
mixed
income
development
within
the
trailhead
building.
We
have
the
leo
project
and
it
is
a
five
unit,
single
room,
occupancy
sro,
building
fully
integrated
into
this
other
large
tod
development.
E
E
E
And
the
last
project
I
want
to
discuss
is
the
attain
housing
project,
and
this
is
a
project,
as
we
previously
talked
about
is
the
totem
lake.
Excuse
me
is
that
is
a
project
in
in
totem
lake
neighborhood
in
kirkland,
again
very
closely
and
very
well
situated
in
the
city
of
kirkland.
The
project
is
a
a
six
six
bed,
six
unit,
two-bedroom
project
at
thirty
percent
ami,
and
as
previous
I
mentioned,
we
decided
to
continue
to
work
with
attain
housing
with
this
project.
E
There
were
several
questions
that
we
had
as
previously
mentioned.
One
of
them
was
the
zoning.
Additionally,
there
were
some
questions
about
some
of
other
sources
of
funding
which
we
we
usually
coordinate
with
other
public
funders.
E
However,
within
the
application,
it
was
not
clear
where
the
the
other
funding
sources
who
the
other
public
funders
were,
and
so
we
provided
this
feedback
to
attain
housing,
and
we
did
offer
to
continue
to
work
with
this
application
and
possibly
offer
a
earlier
round
to
answer
your
question
council
member,
to
bring
this
project
back.
If
we
were
able
to
get
it
to
a
point
where
we
felt
it
was
ready
to
proceed.
E
Happy
to
answer
any
questions
and
again
I'm
happy
to
take
any
comments
and
speaking
staff.
Excuse
me,
city
council,
recommendations
for
the
leo
actual
head
project,
specifically.
J
Any
questions
by
my
colleagues
or
comments
council
members
on.
I
Yeah,
I
just
want
to
say
how
excited
I
am
that
we
are
funding
a
project
with
disability
developmentally
disabled
with
services
right
on
the
site,
because
I
think
that
we
don't
have
nearly
enough
housing
for
this
population
of
individuals
who
it
has
needs
that
maybe
conventional
housing
does
not
provide,
and
I
would
encourage
our
development
community
to
really
look
at
being
able
to
provide
more
of
this
type
of
housing
around
in
all
of
our
communities.
So
happy
to
support
this,
and
hopefully
we
see
more
of
these
in
the
future.
J
You
any
other
comments
or
questions.
Let
me
call
it
yes,
please.
F
Could
you
put
the
mac
back
on
just
a
quick
minute?
I
think
this
is
a
great
project.
Yeah,
that's
the
council
members
I
mentioned.
I
just
want
to
take
a
look
at
where
it's
located,
and
you
mentioned
why
you're
doing
that
you're
mentioning
that
it's
close
to
other
services,
that
it
would
be
helpful
to
this
for
the
development
for
the
residents
here.
F
E
Sure,
absolutely
absolutely
council,
member
so
within
this
building
the
future.
Building
that
we
that
is
proposed
the
residents
will
have
access
to
in
the
future
they're
going
we're
going
to
build
in
the
building.
A
the
services
that
I
that
I
spoke
about
were
a
health
clinic,
a
behavioral
clinic
and
an
opportunity
center,
and
so
those
services
would
be
located
inside
of
the
building
the
newly
constructed
building
once
it
is
built
and
and
the
leo
residents
would
have
access
to
those
services.
F
J
Not
seeing
any
other
hands
raised
at
this
time
or
any
other
questions
or
comments,
so
therefore,
is
anyone
willing
to
offer
a
motion.
Please
no.
J
All
those
opposed
say
no,
thank
you.
The
motion
passes
and
we
will
now
go
on
a
break
for
the
directive
of
the
mayor,
let's,
let's
readjourn
in
about
10
minutes,
so
7
25..
Thank
you.
B
Handling
things
while
I
was
gone,
we
have
one
more
study
session
item.
Mr
mccommon,
would
you
like
to
introduce
it.
Q
Q
Sharing
the
story
of
the
pilot
program
will
be
assistant
director
of
community
development,
mike
mccormick,
connellman
and
marcy
reynolds
the
city's
manager
of
the
conflict
resolution
center.
Again,
the
presentation
is
for
information
only
and
no
action
is
needed
with
that.
I
turn
it
over
to
mr
mccoma
connellman.
V
I
thank
you:
deputy
city
manager,
mccommon
mayor
robinson,
deputy
mayor,
new
in-house
council
member.
It's
a
pleasure
being
with
you
here
tonight
tonight
we're
going
to
share
with
you
an
update
on
the
eviction
resolution
pilot
program.
V
Moratorium
and
the
state
legislature
sought
to
partner
with
dispute
resolution
centers
across
washington
state
to
play
a
role
to
help
landlords
and
tenants
negotiate
on
renter
marriages
or
rent.
That
was
back
due
in
order
to
help
them
to
negotiate
payment
plans
to
avoid
being
entering
into
the
courts
and
filing
for
what's
called
unlawful,
detainers
or
evictions,
and
so
they
created
this
role
tonight.
As
mentioned,
this
presentation
really
is
for
information.
V
But
there's
also
a
story
here
about
how
the
community
is
working
together
to
provide
a
safety
net
for
people
who
are
both
facing
housing
insecurity,
as
well
as
carrying
the
burden
of
a
lot
of
debt
that
has
accrued
over
time.
So
what
is
unique
about
the
conflict
resolution
center
and
its
role
is?
It
is
providing
this
program
both
to
the
city
of
bellevue
and
the
city
of
kirkland,
and
it
is
doing
so
in
a
way
that
is
giving
attention
both
to
the
needs
of
landlords
and
to
the
needs
of
tenants.
V
It
is
not
taking
sides,
but
is
helping
them
to
create
plans
that
are
mutually
agreed
upon
to
help
make
landlords
whole
and
help
help
keep
households
housed
and
having
good
success.
In
doing
so.
So
we're
going
to
share
a
little
bit
of
the
results
and
some
of
the
trends
that
we're
seeing
one
question
that
we
frequently
get
is
how
many
households
in
bellevue
are
facing
eviction.
How
do
we
wrap
our
arms
around
that
number
and
figure
out
what
the
need
is
and
the
long
answer?
Well
really.
V
One
of
the
things
that
I
asked
our
economic
development
team
is.
How
do
you
look
at
this
and
get
your
head
arms
around
it
and
they
noted
that
our
unemployment
rate
in
bellevue
from
december
was
2.7,
which
is
getting
really
close
to
pre-pandemic
levels
of
2.2
percent,
so
they're
very
encouraged
economically.
V
Are
issues
like
finding
affordable
housing
or
finding
affordable
child
care
and
having
health-related
concerns
that
are
still
unaddressed
with
the
pandemic
being
ongoing.
So
those
are
two
primary
drivers
that
they're
hearing
about
and
then.
Finally,
as
a
data
point,
I
want
to
offer
up
that
as
a
council,
you
provided
significant
funds,
especially
through
our
arpa
funds,
that
provided
rent
assistance
dollars
to
our
community
to
help
them
to
stay
housed.
V
I
do
want
to
say
one
final
note,
and
this
is
obvious.
I
just
thought
I
just
cited
a
lot
of
numbers
and
I
know
that
they
mean
things
and
we
track
all
of
that.
V
T
Thank
you
mike
and
good
evening.
Council
members
mike,
has
just
shared
a
whole
lot
about
our
program
and
I'm
going
to
give
you
more
details
on
it.
T
We
are
one
of
the
many
organizations
on
the
east
side
in
king
county
in
washington
state
helping
to
put
to
stop
the
dam
of
debt
and
housing's
insecurity
in
the
area,
and
we
are
a
program
that
is
in
housed
in
the
city
of
bellevue,
the
city
of
bellevue
funds.
Us
as
well
as
we
belong
to
a
statewide
organization
resolution
washington
and
we
have,
through
the
state
legislature
through
resolution
washington,
a
first
of
all
a
mandate
that
says
that
we
will
serve
people.
T
We
will
serve
the
needs
of
of
justice,
of
equal
access
to
justice
for
people
in
the
community,
and
that
is
how
it's
followed
through
followed
through
that
over
the
years
we
have
been
given
the
responsibility
by
the
legislature
to
help
with
foreclosure
back
in
2008,
and
we
are
looking
to
be
doing
that
later
this
year
and
we
have
just
last
year
were
by
the
state
legislature
who
passed
senate
bill.
5160
said
that
we
will
be
the
first
stop
for
landlords
and
for
any
landlord
wishing
to
evict
for
covert
related
arrears.
T
T
So
mike
was
just
talking
numbers
13
of
what
I
mean
the
numbers
are
all
over
the
place.
We
don't
know
if
we
have
two
thousand
forty
two
hundred
six
thousand
people
who
are
in
in
danger
of
being
evicted
and
one
of
the
most
difficult
things
is.
We
don't
know
how
many
people
just
left
without
being
evicted
just
ran
because
they
didn't
think
there
was
going
to
be
a
net
for
them,
and
but
we
can
look
at
the
numbers
at
you
know.
T
Anyway,
let's
move
on
and
I'll
tell
you
more
as
we
move
along,
so
the
the
senate
bill,
five
160
started
the
a
pilot
program,
eviction
resolution
pilot
program
and
through
this
tenants
have
two
things:
they
have
a
right
to
create
a
repayment
plan
and
they
also
have
right
to
counsel
if
we,
if
they
can't
do
end
up
being
evicted
or
having
unlawful
detainer
filed
against
them,
they
actually
get
to
go
to
court
and
have
and
have
a
housing
justice
project
attorney
assigned
to
them
and
housing.
T
Justice
project
also
has
some
money
to
give
landlords
must
offer
a
repayment
plan
through
our
program
and
as
and
it's
a
two-year
program
that
will
last
until
2023,
but
it
is
thought
that,
if
it's
successful
and
so
far,
it
has
been
that
they
will.
We
will
continue
doing
this
for
any
cases
not
necessarily
covert
related,
but
to
keep
tenants
out
of
courts
and
and
to
maintain
their
housing
stability
down
the
road,
because
it's
almost
impossible
to
get
a
place
rent
if
you've
got
a
a
filing
against
your
name.
T
So
just
gonna
share
with
you
and
because
this
is
being
shared
with
the
public.
I
think
it's
important
people
understand
the
steps,
because
a
lot
of
people,
both
landlords
and
tenants,
come
to
us
and
don't
know
what
the
process
is.
And
so
this
is
a
wonderful
opportunity
to
share
what
the
process
is.
So
a
landlord
can
will
file
a
an
eviction
resolution
program
notice,
as
well
as
a
pay
or
vacate
notice
and
at
the
same
time
has
to
present
a
repayment
plan
to
the
tenant.
T
If
the
tenant
is
in
arrears
and
the
tenant
has
14
days
to
respond
by
legislation
by
the
the
legislature
says
that
our
center
must
try
to
get
in
touch
with
that
tenant
three
times
during
those
14
days
and
and
so
we
we
have,
we,
we
have
a
system
of
getting
in
touch
with
tenants
through
many
ways:
lots
of
culturally
sensitive
ways
to
try
and
get
in
touch
with
people
and
also
trauma-informed
ways.
And
so
we
have
a
good
rate
of
doing
that.
T
And
then,
once
the
tenant
has
responded,
they
signed
the
tenant
and
the
landlord
signed
an
agreement
to
mediate,
and
then
they
go
from
intake
into
the
conciliation
phase
and
then
we
work
with
we
have
an
indefinite
period
of
time,
but
we
try
to
wrap
it
up
within
14
days
to
a
month,
conciliation,
going
back
and
forth
with
landlord
and
tenant,
and
also
helping
the
tenant
apply
for
rent
assistance,
we're
not
helping
them
but
guiding
them
to
how
they
can
do
that
also
teaching
them
the
process.
T
Looking
at
their
financial
situation,
trying
to
help
everyone
make
it
make
an
agreement,
they
can
live
with
because
we
don't
want
unsustainable
repayment
plans.
The
tenant
can't
make
the
third
that
the
landlord
is
the
the
most
that
the
landlord
can
ask
for,
and
they
can't
make
that
we
certainly
don't
want
a
default.
That's
going
to
end
them
up
in
court.
So
then,
once
there's
a
repayment
plan
agreement,
we
that's
it,
they
sign
the
agreement
and
they
can
move
forward.
T
If
there's
no
agreement,
the
landlord
is
that
does
receive
a
certification
of
participation
in
this
process
and
is
and
then
can
proceed
to
court
and
we
have
a
a
low
rate
of
those.
We
have
mostly
repayment
plans
I'll
tell
you
numbers
in
a
bit
next
mike,
and
so
I
this
is
because
we
are
here.
I
want
to
share
with
you.
Many
of
you
are
landlords
and
also
share
with
the
community
sort
of
the
process
that
that
goes
through.
T
So,
as
I
shared
before
the
tenant,
the
landlord
needs
to
share
has
to
give
to
the
tenants
a
earp
notice,
a
pay
or
vacate
notice
and
a
repayment
plan
and
at
the
same
time
they
send
it
to
the
tenant.
They
send
it
to
us,
and
that
starts
the
clock
ticking
the
14
days
going
and
then
the
we
contact
everybody
who
needs
to
be
involved,
and
then
we
are.
T
We
are
a
single
point,
for
we
have
some
landlords
who
have
many
many
properties,
many
many
tenants
and
we
actually
will
assign
that
landlord,
a
single
intake
person
and
a
single
conciliator
to
help
them
with
their
cases.
So
they
don't
have
to
repeat
the
same
thing
over
and
over
and
over
again,
we
work
very
closely
with
landlords,
while
at
the
same
time
trying
our
neutral
landlords
and
tenants.
T
So
next
I
want
to
speak
to
tenants
and
it's
a
scary
thing
being
a
tenant
with
a
huge
debt.
You
know
we
have
tenants
from
one
month
behind
to
two
years
behind
and
that's
a
lot
of
debt
if
one's
never
had
that
kind
of
debt
before
so
they
may
receive,
the
tenants
may
receive
a
pay
or
vacate
an
irp
notice,
and
sometimes
they
think
that's
eviction.
Oh
no,
I'm
evicted.
So
we
want
to
say
no,
no,
no,
there's
many
a
step
to
take
before
you're
evicted
and
you
may
not
be
so.
T
We
encourage
tenants
to
respond
to
us
when
we
reach
out
within
the
14
days
and
also
to
let
tenants
know
that
they
are
that
we
will
refer
them
to
free
legal
consultation.
We
work
with
east
side
legal
aid
as
well
as
we
work
with
northwest
justice
and
housing
justice
project.
So
we
refer
people
to
to
talk
to
to
get
some
legal
consultation,
and
we
also
are
networked
very
closely
with
all
of
the
east
side.
T
Rental
assistance
agencies
who,
right
now
the
bellevue
money
that
this
that
council
has
given
to
the
city,
is
about
the
only
money
that
that
is
going
right
now
so
and
that's
so,
we
encourage
them
to
apply
for
rental
assistance
and
right
now,
that's
that's
moving
pretty
quickly.
So
here
not
not
following
up
not
falling,
not
answering
our
calls
will
result
in
a
certification.
In
other
words,
the
landlord
has
everything
he
or
she
needs
to
go
to
court
to
file
unlawful
detainer
so
mike
next.
T
Thank
you
so
that
we
aren't
in
this
alone.
When
we
first
started
this,
you
know,
as
we
all
know,
we
were
scrambling.
It
felt
like
a
mass
unit
and
trying
to
pull
together
everything
we
needed
to
help
and
there's
many.
There
was
the
rent
assistance.
How
do
we
shore
up
the
rent
assistance
world,
and
so
we
created
networks
for
that,
then
we're
shoring
up
the
statewide
systems.
How
do
we
create
a
production
line
for
this
process
and
working
statewide
with
all
of
that
and
then
looking
at?
T
If
people
did
fall
through
the
net
and
if
they
were
evicted?
How
do
we
help
them
to
homefulness?
How
do
we
help
them
not
go
to
the
streets,
and
so
we
created
we,
we
helped
work
with
these
three,
what
I
call
the
three
nets,
so
we
have
community
partnerships
in
in
king
county
on
the
east
side
and
we
work
with
statewide.
We
work
with
the
courts
and
then
my
next
slide.
We
also
work
within
the
city.
We
have
partnerships
within
the
city
and
we
work
very
closely
with
human
services
with
bellevue
fire
care.
T
Sometimes
we
find
people
who
are
really
in
dire
straits
in
their
homes
and
we
refer
them
to
bellevue.
Fire
cares.
Many
city
hall
is
offering
conciliators
and
intake
people
work
with
utilities.
On
I'm
putting
out
the
word,
we
work
with
human
services
utilities
and
and
the
homelessness
outreach
people
with
trying
to
get
the
word
out
to
the
community
about
what
they
need
to
do.
T
T
So
I
think
the
number
that
we're
proudest
of
is
that
eight,
for
only
eight
percent,
have
been
certified
to
go
to
court
to
get
to
be
evicted,
and
luckily
there
is
housing
justice
project
there
to
catch
them,
and
the
other
thing
that
I
think
we're
pretty
proud
of
here
is
that
we
have
84
of
the
tenants
respond
to
our
notices
within
the
14
days.
I
I
am
seeing
that
number
drop
off,
because
I
think
the
people
right
now
who've
been
holding
onto
this
debt.
T
The
longest
have
frozen
or
left
they
may
have
left.
I
don't
know:
what's
happened,
but
we're
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
get
in
touch
with
them
now
and
also
we
have
people
who
don't
speak
english
at
all,
and
we
have
worked
a
lot
with
the
organizations
in
the
community
to
help
help
use
what
I
call
the
chain
of
trust.
If
people
who
who
don't
speak
english,
who
are
part
of
that
community
trust
somebody
some
entity,
we
try
to
connect
with
that
entity.
So
they
can
say
you
can
trust
us.
T
You
can
answer
that
call
so
on
the
next
slide,
mike.
T
So
here
are
some
trends
that
we're
seeing
and,
of
course,
there's
gazillion
more,
but
tenants
are
really
hurting.
The
tenants
who
got
into
arrears
are
not
just
in
arrears,
they're
still
having
to
pay
rent
and
the
arrears
landlords
are
entitled
to
one-third
of
their
rent
as
repayment
plan.
Not
all
agreements
go
to
that,
but
it's
conceivable
that
a
tenant
can
have
their
present
rent
and
they
can
have
a
repayment
plan
of
a
third
of
that
rent.
T
And
then
what
is
happening
is
rents
are
going
up
there's
an
average
of
27
in
bellevue,
so
we're
looking
sometimes
that
the
renter
is
paying
60
on
top
of
what
they
were
paying
at
the
beginning
of
pandemic
now
hands,
there's
landlords
landlords
have
been
asked
to
hold
hold
the
the
landlords
have
been
holding
this
together
through
accumulating
a
great
deal
of
debt
and
loss.
T
In
order
to
accept
some
of
the
monies,
some
of
the
the
particularly
the
state
money
and
federal
money,
they
had
to
agree
to
forgive
up
to
50
of
the
debt,
and
sometimes
they
do,
and
sometimes
they
don't
and
then
sometimes
they
don't
recover
anything
from
a
tenant
and
they're,
sometimes
landlords
of
being
incredibly
generous
and
just
saying
hey
how
about?
T
If
you
just
pay
me
this
much
so
we
that
happens
often
times
in
a
mediated
agreement
and
right
now
the
city
of
bellevue's
funds
that
was
given
the
arc
of
funds
are
all
that
we
have
for
bellevue
residents
to
apply
for
right.
Now
there
are
no
county
funds.
At
the
moment.
There
is
word
that
there
will
be
some
in
may,
but
I've
not
been
able
to
get
any
concrete
word
on
that.
T
One
of
the
other
things
that's
kind
of
interesting
in
looking
at
statewide
data
is
the
number
of
women
who
received
rent
assistance
funds
and
with
10
who
have
women
with
children,
and
I
would
say
that
it
was
mentioned
earlier
tonight
that-
or
I
think
mike
may
have
mentioned
it-
that
daycare
has
been
a
huge
issue
of
parents,
not
feeling
like
it
was
safe
to
send
their
kids
to
daycare
daycare
being
too
expensive
daycare
being
crowd
they're,
not
being
enough
they
care
for
people.
T
So
that
is
a
big
issue
that
has
kept
people
from
having
job
stability.
So
next
slide
like
so
here's
here's
an
upper
okay,
the
upper
is,
I
almost
want
to
cry.
I
mean
I
will,
as
mike
was
saying.
I
hear
a
lot
of
stories
all
day,
so
my
heart's
on
my
sleeve
okay,
but
our
volunteers
are
amazing.
We
have
right
now
we
have
about
37
active
volunteers.
In
our
cadre
we
have
14,
experienced
volunteers,
taking
cases
these
hard
hard
cases.
T
We
have
five
veteran
volunteers
who
are
mentoring
to
them,
because
we
don't
have
enough
because
we're
so
busy
and
we
have
15
new
volunteers
who
were
just
coming
tomorrow-
we're
getting
trained
they're,
getting
a
training
in
and
how
to
deal
with
the
cross-cultural
conciliation
cases.
Last
year
they
put
together,
they
they
gave
the
city
they
gave
the
community
3
500
volunteer
hours,
and
I
dare
say
that's
going
to
be
much
larger
this
year.
So
you
know
that
that
is
a
huge
benefit
to
this
program.
That's
how
we've
been
able
to
keep
this
going.
T
We've
also
added
four
staff
to
our
to
our
program
next
slide,
and
so,
if
we're
not
asking
you
for
anything,
it's
your
turn
to
ask
us
anything
that,
hopefully
we
have
answers
to.
B
I
apologize
yeah.
Well,
that's!
Okay!
You
don't
want
this
job
but
marcy.
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
presentation
and
I
see
deputy
mayor's
hand
up
and
I
see
councilmember
barksdale
and
councilmember
robertson.
So,
let's
start
with
the
deputy
mayor.
J
J
The
fact
that
and
and
marcy
added
on
to
that
in
her
comments,
where
the
the
tenants
due
to
covet
due
to
loss
of
job
due
to
daycare,
are
hurting
this
as
much
as
some
of
these,
especially
some
of
these
smaller
landlords
who
are
constantly
forgiving
debt
and
and
working
with
with
the
tenants.
So
it's
it's
a
it's
a
multi-pronged
issue
and
both
both
sides
are
are
hurting.
J
In
order
to
address
this
issue,
it's
it's
so
great
to
see
that
some
landlords
are
even
forgiving
debt,
that's
just
so
fantastic
to
see
because
they
understand
the
circumstances
and
the
extraordinary
circumstances
of
this
of
this
pandemic.
So
the
fact
that
they're
willing
to
do
that
is
it's
extraordinary
and
so
good
to
see
in
our
in
our
in
our
community.
So
a
couple
of
questions,
questions
that
I
have
for
you
so
first
you
mentioned
that
you
think
this
program
is
successful.
J
I
I'm
just
curious
what
metric
are
you
tracking
in
terms
of
success?
Is
it
the
the
some
of
the
numbers
that
you're
seeing
here
by
the
way
some
of
the
numbers
in
our
packet
were
a
little
bit
different?
So
I
wanted
to
just
double
check
on
that
too.
J
J
And
we
have
488
cases,
but
here
I
see
like
a
300
number.
So
can
you
just
clarify
what
what
is
the
correct
number
and.
T
T
And
then
you
asked
about
success.
I
would
say
that
where
we
consider
it,
success
is,
as
I
mentioned,
having
people
tenants
respond,
that's
huge
because
sometimes
people
run
and
then
the
the
other
thing
is
that
for
the
landlord
intended
to
actually
enter
into
a
repayment
plan
agreement
that
that
the
tenant
is
keeping
and
then
the
third
is
that
we're
keeping
people
from
having
from
landlords
from
having
to
send
somebody
to
eviction
from
tenants
being
referred
to
court
having
to
show
up
in
court.
T
Only
eight
percent
of
the
cases
of
such
far
so
far
are
being
referred
to
are
getting
a
certification
where
the
landlord
can
file
for
unlawful
detainer.
So
that's
what
we
consider
successful.
Okay,
as
well
as
trying
work.
I
would
say
that
our
relationship
with
the
rent
assistance
organizations
has
has
been
a
huge
success.
We
have,
we
have
weekly
meetings
with,
we
call
it
efam
eastside
financial
assistance
meeting
and
we
are
a
family
and
we
are
just
who
has
money,
who
what
do
you
have
money
for
this?
T
I
have
a
person
over
here
and
there's
this
constant
exchange.
So
I
would
say
that
that's
successful
and,
to
add
a
little
bit
more,
I
would
say
that
the
tightening
of
all
of
the
safety
nets
has
been
the
point
of
successes.
Those
are
going
to
be
tight
from
here
on
out.
This
was
a
good.
This
was
a
good
opportunity
for
us
to
look
at
what
wasn't
in
shape
and
now
we're
we've
gotten
in
shape
for
any
future
bad
news,
so
yeah.
So
those
are
the
things.
J
Yeah,
okay-
and
that
leads
to
my
next
question
so
for
for
me
to
come
to
a
successful
resolution
you
know,
speed
here
is
is
is
paramount,
so
I'm
wondering
because
you
know
for.
J
To
get
that
agreement,
I
think,
is
real
key,
so
on
average,
how
lengthy
is
that
process
before
an
agreement
can
be
reached
with
with
with
the
tenant
for
a
repayment
program,
and
then
the
follow-up
question
is
that
is:
how
often,
is
that
successful?
So
how
many
times
do
tenants
default
on
the
payment
plans
and
how
many
of
them
don't
they.
T
K
B
Have
councilmember
barksdale,
followed
by
councilmember,
robertson,
stokes
and
son,
go
ahead,
councilmember
barksdale.
C
All
right,
thank
you,
mayor,
so
I'll
I'll
focus
on
two
two
points
here,
one.
I
guess
I'm
really
interested
interested
in
sort
of
the
fact
that
I
think
you
said
the
landlords
are
the
ones
who
deliver
the
erp
the
earth
notices.
So
is
there
no
way
for
the
tenant
to
approach?
I
guess
I'm
just
interested
in
understanding
that
and
then
the
second
part
is,
I
think
you
mentioned,
that
some
of
the
landlords
are
refusing
rent
assistance
or
like
what.
C
T
No,
no,
okay!
So,
first
of
all,
yes,
we
have
many
tenants
who
who
get
in
touch
with
us
as
a
matter
of
fact,
prior
to
the
end
of
the
moratorium,
it
was
largely
tenant
referred,
but
those
are
not
official
earp
cases.
So
we
have
far
more
cases
that
aren't
included
in
those
numbers
that
are
tenant
referred.
Erp
just
means
that
it
is
there's
been
an
erp
notice
served
and
that
it
is
court
potentially
court
destined
if
or
or
it
has
to
do
with
the
courts.
T
And
so
that's
so
yes,
many
tenants
do
call
us
and
we
and
we
help
them,
get
rent
assistance
and
I
won't
go
into
the
weeds
there.
But,
yes,
we
have
lots
of
relationships
with
tenants
in
terms
of
landlords
are
sometimes
refusing
like
eprep
were
county
funds
that
were
being
given
out
and
part
of
the
deal.
There
was
a
landlord
had
to
forgive
40
50
of
the
debt,
and
some
of
them
said
no,
I'm
not
willing
to
do
that.
T
So
and
you
I
you
know,
I
can't
blame
people.
People
have
appeals
to
pay.
You
know
mortgages
to
pay
so
yeah.
That
was
that's.
That's
the
thing
they
were
refusing.
Okay.
Does
that
answer
your
question.
C
It
does,
and
I
guess
just
who
delivers
the
herb.
T
T
T
G
Thank
you,
I'm
so
glad
we
have
this
presentation
tonight.
I
didn't
know
that
bellevue
was
engaged
in
this
and
I'm
really
proud
of
the
work
marcia
that
you
and
mike
that
you
and
the
team
and
all
these
volunteers
have
done.
You
know
we're
a
very
caring
community
and
I
think
you
guys
are
living
that
every
day.
So
thank
you
I
get.
I
don't
really
have
any
questions.
I
just
wanted
to
comment
on.
You
know
we.
We
have
all
this
rental
assistance
and
I
guess
a
lot
of
them.
G
Other
funds
are
running
out,
but
we
still
have
so
many
community
members
who
are
hurting.
They
might
have
multi
generations
in
a
household
and
they're
at
the
verge
of
being
homeless,
and
so
I'm
so
glad
that
we're
involved
in
this.
I
I'm
surprised
that
we
still
have
several
million.
How
much
rental
assistance
do
we
still
have
available
from
bellevue.
T
V
Yeah
I
was
gonna
say
I
asked
that
same
question
of
parks
and
community
services
because
they
track
the
art,
arpa
rent
assistance
dollars.
Their
last
count
was
there
were
about
two
million
that
were
still
at
play
available
for
the
community
right.
So
that's
the
latest
information
that
we
have.
G
Okay,
I
think
it's
in
several
man,
I'm
like
oh,
my
gosh.
How
much
is
there
we
need
to
get
the
word
out
because
there
are
people.
I
think
there
are
definitely
people
that
are
just
skipping
and
running,
but
there
are
people
that
are
very
eligible
for
that
program.
G
T
This
huge
network
of
getting
that
word
out
and
a
constant
thing,
but
we
certainly
as
you're
just
saying,
could
use
even
more
push
with
of
getting
more
out
on
tv,
and
the
unfortunate
thing
is
that
eprap,
the
county
program
has
dried
up
since
january
and
they
were
doing
a
whole
lot
of
education.
T
And
so
here
we
are,
you
know
the
cities
are
our
need
are
needing
to
step
up.
I
think,
in
that
way,.
G
T
G
Could
you
coordinate
please
with
communications
team
and
try
to
get
this
out
there
a
little
bit
more
find
some
different
tools
to
get
it
out
there.
G
If
we
can
push
it
out,
I
don't
know
how
many
people
that
would
be
eligible
are
on
my
value
app.
We
could
push
it
out
to
there.
We
could
push
it
out
through
social
through
next
or
everyone
know.
You
know
all
everyone
that
might
be
hurting
knows
someone
else
and
if
we
push
it
out
through
next
door,
there's
still
money
available.
Maybe
we
can
save
some
more
people
from
losing
their
homes,
so
I've
taken
up
too
much
time.
I
will
stop
now.
Thank
you.
This
is
a
wonderful,
wonderful
program.
I
Yes,
thank
you.
You
know
when
I
think
about
the
553
cases.
Those
are
people,
those
are
families,
those
are
households
that
we're
helping,
and
so
absolutely
it's
heartbreaking
that
both
tenants
and
landlords
are
working
through
the
the
huge
backlog
of
rent.
So
I'm
glad
to
hear
that
that
we
are
pushing
out
the
arpa
funds.
I
You
know
it
was
just
a
couple
days
ago
that
we
celebrated
the
one
year
anniversary
of
arpa
being
available
and
getting
20
million
dollars
over
two
years
and
and
how
quickly
we
got
the
funding
available,
because
I
was
hearing
from
central
mexicano
that
our
program
was
very
unusual
and
it
did
help
a
lot
of
people
with
rent
and
arrears.
I
I
guess
I'm
also
wondering
too
about
the
outreach
and
whether
it
we
can
reach
out
to
eastside
for
all
iacs
or
or
iaw
cisc
acrs,
because
I,
what
I'm
also
hearing
is
that
sometimes
the
ones
that
are
struggling,
the
most
are
not
native
language
speakers
right,
and
so
they
aren't
aware
of
the
programs
and
in
fact,
then
they
they
do
have
this
concern
and
they
flee.
So
is
that
part
of
the
partnership
that
you're
building
with
the
community
and
then
the
the
volunteers,
which
is
just
amazing?
I
What
did
you
say,
the
3
500
hours
of
volunteers?
Do
that
do
they?
Are
they
able
to
do
the
translation,
or
do
you
have
a
an
interpreter
that
might
help
if
the?
If
the
renter
is
not
a
native
language?
Speaker,
oh.
T
Yeah
I
mean
we,
we
really
use
best
practices
on
all
of
all
of
our
outreach
and
all
of
our
intake,
we,
you
know
city
constraint,
says
we
have
to
use
a
professional
language
interpreter
as
well
as
translation.
T
So
we,
inter
we
translate
all
of
our
flyers
out
and
with
our
east
side
assistance
and
with
all
the
cultural
organizations
we
send
flyers
out
in
multiple
languages
that
that
are
very
simple.
That
say
here:
do
this
don't
do
this?
You
know
call
us
as
well
as
our
the
way
we
answer
the
phone.
The
way
our
emails
responded
in
in.
T
I
would
say
that
the
predominant
culture
that
has
been
has
been
impacted
is
a
spanish-speaking
culture
and,
and
they
have
they
have
it's
it's
it's
huge,
and
so
we,
our
first
push,
was
to
try
and
get
them
involved.
First
of
all
know
they
could
trust
us.
So
we
worked
with
ccm.
We
worked
with
for
tomorrow,
worked
very
very
closely
with
those
organizations
to
do
outreach
through
them,
but
there
there
could
be
so
much
more
done.
You
know.
I
And
and
as
we
come
out
of
covid,
are
we
starting
to?
Will
we
be
meeting
with
the
landlord
and
tenant
in
person,
because
sometimes
trying
to
mediate
over
zoom
seems
like
it
would
be
really
challenging
to
read
body
language
and
and
try
to
understand
that?
So
is
that,
where
we're
headed
to
no
it's
interesting.
T
We
do
most
of
our
work
and
have
even
before
covid
through
phone
conciliation,
and
I
will
share
with
you
that
our
research
has
shown
that
that
we're
more
successful
that
way,
because
it
is
more
culturally
sensitive
that
most
of
the
world
uses
an
intermediary
to
resolve
their
conflicts,
so
not
faith
not
meeting
face
to
face
where
you
lose
face.
You
know,
so
this
is
a
a
more
culturally
sensitive
way
to
go
about
this
and
it's
more
empowering
for
a
tenant
who
facing
a
landlord.
T
B
Probably
continue
this
we'll
run
to
councilmember
stokes
and
we
can
go
back
around
if
we
need
to
okay.
T
H
Yeah
I
yeah.
This
is
really
amazing,
really
appreciate
knowing
about
this.
It's
one
of
those
things
that's
going
on,
and
you
know
everybody's
up
doing
other
things
and,
in
the
meantime,
you're
doing
this
great
stuff
and
it's.
It
really
is
helpful,
and
I
appreciate
the
comments
by
my
colleagues
at
this
point
and
I
know
we'll
have
more
on
this.
H
The
kind
of
questions
I
think
there
are
some
things
out
there
in
terms
of
shortage
of
staffs
charts
of
people
who
are
volunteers
and
all
that's
always
a
struggle,
and
I
hope
that
I
mean
this
is
this:
is
an
awareness
thing
that
we
really
really
need,
and
that's
that's
been
good.
We
need
to
get
out
into
the
community
and
you
know
hopefully
we'll
have
continued
conversation,
how
we
could
help
with
those.
From
that
standpoint,
the
other
is
knowing
more
about.
H
Must
be
extremely
hard,
mentally
and
physically
and
again,
the
question
is:
do
we
have
enough
people
helping
with
that
and
how
can
we,
I
think,
getting
out
to
the
community
as
a
whole
and
letting
people
know
of
what
we're
doing,
and
I
think
it's
something
that
bellevue
needs
to
and
we've
been
doing
it,
but
it
actually
helped
in
terms
of
getting
the
word
out,
and
how
do
we
even
get
more
people
involved
in
this,
because
it's
going
to
take
a
while
to
get
this
and
it
really?
H
This
is
something
the
other
side
of
it
is
to
really
let
people
know
that
you
know
we
understand
the
landlords
are
a
lot
of
people,
it's
just
a
job
for
them.
It's
not
that
they're
making
tons
of
money
they're
out
there.
It's
a
job
and
they're.
Really
it's
struggling
also
with
this.
So
how
do
we
help
them
too?
So
it's
both
of
it's
not
just
one
or
the
other,
and
I
think
I
appreciate
that
very
much
in
your
approach
on
this
and
anyhow,
I
think
it's
and
well.
H
The
other
factor
is:
can
we
do
more
with
other
organizations
to
help
with
people
getting
jobs,
help
with
people
with
child
care?
With
other
issues
like
that,
I
know
we
have
a
lot
of
organizations
out
there
working
all
the
time
with
people
who
are
struggling
like
this,
even
before
the
pandemic,
and
it
seems
to
me
again
that's
something
we
can
work
on
and
get
more
people
involved
and
more
people
understand
it.
H
Then
we
can
help
and
be
in
a
much
better
place
when
we
finally
get
out
of
this
pandemic
and
because
we've
actually
applied
things
as
we
go
along,
so
anything
we
can
do
in
the
city
can
do
to
really
help.
This,
I
think,
would
be
good.
It's
just
fantastic
program
and
really
appreciate
the
work
you've
done
on
it
and.
B
That's
great,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
councilmember
stokes
and
then
councilmember
lee.
F
Thank
you
very
much.
I
think
this
is
great
program.
I
think
marti
really
kind
of
started
just
right
before
this,
that
you
know
there's
a
personality
dynamic
between
landlord
tenants.
So
I
think
it's
important
that
there's
a
mediator,
especially,
is
regarding
something
both
sides
want.
You
know,
because
one
side
needs
to
have
a
right
place
to
live.
The
other
side
is
providing
it
willingly.
F
So
there's
nothing
to
begin
with,
there's
something
in
common,
but
it's
bigger
circumstances
is
created
a
situation
where
they
no
longer
can
sustain
that
relationship.
So
you
are
trying
to
help
with
the
solution
and
the
solutions
here.
Is
you
get
money
right
and
you
are
the
one?
That's
gonna
and
they
don't
know
that
landlords
don't
know
that
tenant
doesn't
know
that,
but
we
you
know
that
so
you
have
you
have
the
resource,
so
you
have
the
ability
to
find
out
from
each.
F
What
is
what
what's
the
challenge,
what
do
they
need
and
you're
providing
the
need-
and
I
think
I
think
this
is
very
good,
so
it's
your
result
actually
have
proven
success.
98
percent
of
them
don't
need
to
have
the
recall.
They
resolved
the
differences
before
that's
a
great
number
when
you
get
98
so
and
it's
insurance,
it's
a
tool
for
people
to
get
get
guests
go
along.
So
I
don't
think
we
need
to
look
for
problems.
F
We
don't
need
to
you
know,
and
there
are
people
I
hear
in
some
places
they
have
people
who
live
like
you
said
two
years
they
don't
want
to
pay
and
they
decide
not
to
pay.
There's
no
relationship,
no
matter
what
you
do.
You
know
I
mean,
but
we're
not
talking
about
those
folks
right,
we're
not
talking
about
leashes
that
I
just
don't
want
to
pay.
F
You
go
for
free,
free,
like
free
place
or
free
place,
you're
talking
about
really
honest
people
that
we
are
very
much
a
passionate
about
to
help,
and
I
think
that's
what's
reflected.
I
think
in
bellevue,
which
is
a
good
thing
like
mike
said,
you
don't
have
all
the
numbers,
but
the
point
is
what
you're
doing
you
know
and
the
people
you're
helping
they're,
not
desperate
they're,
not
on
the
street
they're,
not
worrying.
F
B
F
B
Councilmember
lee,
you
know,
I
remember,
on
april
4th
2020
our
city
council
convened
a
special
meeting
just
to
get
these
dollars
out
the
door
as
soon
as
we
could
and
those
dollars
didn't
just
come
from
the
council
contingency
that
we
allocated
as
soon
as
we
could.
It
also
came
from
community
partners.
It
came
from
our
large
employers.
B
It
came
from
people
who
contributed
to
the
seattle
fund
and
those
dollars
came
over.
It
came
from
arpa
came
from
the
county,
there's
a
lot
of
contributors
to
this
fund,
and
I'm
you
know
this
this
all
this
work
mercy
that
you're
describing
that
you've
done.
B
B
So
I
my
question
to
you
is:
does
the
county
still
have
dollars
out
there
that
they
may
allocate
to
rental
assistance
for
certain
individuals
or
does
how
does
that
work?.
U
D
T
Is
yes,
the
hearsay
came
from
on
high
from
a
high
place,
but
I
won't
say
who,
but
that
there
is
some
organization
happening
at
the
county
level
of
both
state
to
to
get
both
state
and
federal
dollars
out,
but
perhaps
beginning
in
may.
They
wanted
to
reorganize
differently
than
the
eprap
program
so
that
we're
crossing
our
fingers
that
that
happens
because
cases
are
still
coming
in
and
I
do
want
to
answer
councilman
newenhaus's
questions.
If
I
can
go
back
there
or
is
that
you
can.
T
Quickly.
Okay,
oh
sorry,
I'm
sorry
did
I
answer
your
question.
I
thought
I
did.
I'm
sorry.
Okay,
that's
fine!
Go
ahead.
I
answered
your
question.
Your
answer
for
to
your
question
was
that
is
that
I
believe
there
is.
There
are
what
I
have
heard.
T
The
word
is
that
there
is
going
to
be
some
county,
another
organization
where
the
county
is
going
to
put
together
another
effort
to
get
funds
out
in
may,
but
not
now,
and
I
have
not
heard
any
more
on
any
website.
No
emails
have
gotten
me
more
answers
than
that.
So
that's
what
I
know
just.
B
Yes,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
okay,
so
we're
not
alone
in
our
funding
source.
They're.
Always
it's
not
just
us
doing
this.
We
have
community
partners
still
helping
us
with
this
right,
yeah,
okay,
yeah,
so
we'll
go
back
around
in
case
anybody
and
we'll
start
with
the
deputy
mayor.
You
had
two
more
questions.
If
they
didn't
get
answered.
B
J
You
mayor
I'll
I'll
repeat
the
questions
just
in
case
no
problem.
I
have
them
written
down.
Oh,
you
did.
Okay,
you've
been
written
down
great
yeah.
T
Yeah,
it's
so
the
the
first
question.
One
of
the
questions
was
about:
how
long
does
it
take
to
get
an
agreement?
Well,
there
is
a
mandatory
14
days
that
the
tenant
has
to
respond,
and
we
encourage
we,
by
by
statute,
have
to
tell
a
landlord
have
to
tell
tenants
that
they
can
access
a
legal
consultation
before
they
sign
an
agreement.
So
that
is
a
piece
in
it.
We
also
encourage
them
to
apply
for
rent
assistance,
such
as
the
money
that
city
of
bellevue
has
given.
So
those
two
things
create
some
time.
T
Variabilities
can
hold
up
the
process,
but
I
would
say
that,
if
they're,
if
they're,
not
relying
upon
rent
assistance
and
they're,
not
waiting
for
legal
assistance,
which
there
isn't
a
lot
they're
backed
up
like
crazy,
we
usually
can
get
people
out
within
a
month
we'll
get
an
agreement
without
a
month.
But
some
cases
have
been
protracted
for
a
couple
of
months,
some
for
even
three
but
yeah,
but
it's
mostly
because
of
those
variables.
J
U
D
T
You
are
speaking
my
fear
from
the
very
beginning,
and
this
is
not
the
place
where
I
want
to
end
this
show,
but
it
has
been
a
fear
from
the
beginning
that
tenants
are
going
to
have
a
debt,
that's
huge
and
they're
trying
to
pay
rents
and
raising
rising
rents
on
top
of
the
debt,
and
that
scares
me
that
scares
me.
We
have
started
to
see
some
defaults.
T
We
do
renegotiate
the
statute
says
they
can
come
back
and
renegotiate,
so
we
do
that.
But
that
is
why
we
train
our
volunteers.
We
train
our
both
staff,
all
our
conciliators,
to
try
and
have
sustainable
agreements
that
a
tenant
can
pay
looking
at
how
much
they
have
not
how
much
they
think
they're
going
to
earn,
because
some
people
don't
want
to
admit
that
they
don't
earn
that
much.
T
We
really
try
to
make
it
reasonable
and
yeah
so
and
sustainable,
but
there
are
starting
to
be
defaults
and
I
will
say
that
we're
starting
to
see
some
landlords
have
held
on
to
for
having
they've
had
people
in
debt.
For
you
know
almost
two
years
and
they're
just
starting
to
file
with
us
they've
been
holding
on
hoping
they
could
get
money,
hoping
they
could
get
a
job
whatever
and
now
we're
seeing
big
cases
come
in
big
big
arrears
coming
in
and
that's
where
I'm
that's.
Why?
T
I'm
glad
there's
still
some
city
of
bellevue
money,
that's
out
there,
and
why
I'm
glad
that
we're
here
to
help
them?
Okay,
because
this
is
not
over
it's
not
over
exactly
right.
J
The
update
as
as
we
move
forward,
but
thank
you
for
all
your
great
work
here
we
are
a
caring
community
and
this
is
you
know
this
highlights
how
caring
we
are,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
people
that
could
stay
in
their
homes
in
this
city.
So
thank
you
so
much.
C
C
T
T
The
small
landlords
were
coming
to
us
and
we
were
working
out
negotiations
even
before
we
had
this
official
pilot
with
them
and
their
tenants
because
they
had
to
to
survive
both
landlord
and
tenant
had
to
survive,
and
we
would
work
out
creative,
not
court,
dictated
kinds
of
agreements
between
them
to
see
if
they
could
work
something
out,
but
I
can
get
that
back.
I
can
get
that
to
you
and
I
you
know
that
is
another
thing.
T
B
B
H
Members
there
you
go
yeah,
I'm
right
here,
I'm
here,
okay,
I
I
really
appreciate
this.
This
is
really
great
and
I
think
we're
we're
doing
as
much
as
we
can
and
we're
working
on
that-
and
I
know
we're
talking
about
how
to
deal
with
these
these
issues
right
now,
but
you
just
listening
to
this
and
thinking
about
it-
we're
still
we're
still
dealing
with
an
issue
with
issues
that
are
much
larger
than
this.
H
The
reason
we
have
these
problems
is
because
we
have
a
lot
of
inequalities
and
people
shouldn't
have
to
be.
You
know,
going
from
paycheck
to
paycheck
and
not
being
able
to
keep
up
with
rent
and
landlords
should
be
able
to
collect,
rent,
reasonable
rents
and
not
have
to
go
through
all
this.
We
just
we're
spending
one
hell
of
a
lot
of
time,
energy
and
all
on
battling
with
something
that
is
just
overwhelming,
and
I'm
hoping
that
that
we
really
take
this
into
account
and
when
we
talk
about
other
things,
we're
doing
affordable
housing.
H
How
all
of
these
other
factors
that
tries
to
get
everybody
to
be
able
to
live
reasonably
well
and
because
we
can't
we
just
can't
keep
doing
this.
This
wears
everybody
out
and
it
doesn't.
It
solves
a
lot
of
problems,
but
it
leaves
a
lot
of
problems
behind.
So
I
think
it's
really
great.
You
brought
this
to
us
marcy
and
you
it's
really
fantastic.
What
we're
doing,
but
it
also
says,
we've
got
a
heck
of
a
lot
more
work
to
do
yeah
overall.
So
thank
you
very
much
great
work,
councilmember
zan.
I
Yes
well,
first
of
all,
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
don't
forget
to
say
to
marcie
and
all
the
volunteers
to
extend
our
deepest
gratitude
as
volunteers
that
they're
doing
this
really
really
hard
work
for
our
community,
both
the
tenant
and
the
landlords.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
and
then
I
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
don't
forget
about
the
fact
that
you
know,
although
maybe
covet
is,
is
diminishing.
So
maybe
the
health
concerns
have
gone
away.
The
the
child
care
piece
continues
to
be
real,
so
the
limited
child
care.
I
So
we
might
want
to
better
understand
what
are
some
things
we
can
do
on
the
child
care
piece
that
can
help
with
that
situation.
I
I'm
also
wondering
this
is
only
residential,
so
commercial
renters
are
not
part
of
this,
so
we're
not
able
to
do
any
help
with
that
area,
and
that
may
be
another
area
to
talk
about
at
some
point
and
then.
Lastly,
I
would
say
you
know,
although
we
still
have
a
couple
of
million
dollars,
that
we're
going
to
make
sure
we
let
people
know
about.
I
What
component
of
that
we
may
want
to
offer
as
rental
assistance
again
versus
other
things
that
we
might
want
to
use
it
for
I'm
actually
at
the
national
league
of
cities
where
a
lot
of
the
sessions
here
is
about
arpa
funding.
What
cities
are
using
arpa
funds
for,
and
tomorrow
we're
going
to
be
breaking
out
into
small,
medium
and
large
cities
to
hear
from
each
other
about
how
different
cities
across
the
country
are
using
their
arpa
funds.
And
so
it's
it's
made.
I
That
top
of
mind
for
me,
as
I
think
about
year,
number
two
of
arpa
and
just
being
really
thoughtful
about
how
we
use
that
that
limited
resource
for
our
community
thanks.