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From YouTube: Bellevue Council Meeting January 4, 2021
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A
Okay,
great
welcome
to
the
first
regular
city
council
meeting
of
2021,
welcome
everybody
and
glad
to
see
everybody
here.
I
hope
you
all
had
a
nice
break.
I
know
I
did
it's
good
to
be
back,
though.
Let's
start
with
a
call
to
order.
C
C
A
Great
city
clerk:
do
we
have
oral
communications
for
tonight.
B
Yes,
thank
you
this
evening
there
is
one
speaker
signed
up,
and
so
with
that
I
will
call
jared
axelrod.
G
Thank
you,
mayor
robinson
deputy
menu
in-house
members
of
the
council.
My
name
is
jared
axelrod
and
I
lead
local
public
policy
in
washington
state
for
amazon.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
you
this
evening.
I'm
speaking
this
evening
in
favor
of
agenda
item
number
10
c,
which
is
your
draft
2021
legislative
agenda.
I
think.
Truly
now
the
2021
state
legislative
agenda
will
be
one
of
the
most
important
sessions
in
our
recent
history
and
as
the
state
continues
to
grapple
with
the
effects
of
coven
19.
G
But
the
website
agenda
is
also
an
opportunity
to
invest
in
bellevue's
future,
which
is
why
the
draft
agenda
before
you
this
evening
is
so
key.
I
encourage
you
to
support
the
agenda
you
have
before
you
this
evening
and
wanted
to
call
out
a
few
items
in
particular
that
we
hope
to
work
alongside
you
during
this
year's
session.
G
G
We
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
work
alongside
you
in
crafting
this
agenda
and
I
particularly
want
to
thank
city
manager,
brad
miyaki,
deputy
city
manager,
kate,
behrens
and
assistant
city
manager,
joyce
nichols
for
the
work
in
creating
this
agenda
on
behalf
of
amazon,
we
look
forward
to
partnering
with
you
on
this
agenda
and
working
with
you
to
drive
progress
on
these
priorities.
Thanks
for
your
time,.
B
A
A
A
H
Okay,
thank
you.
So
this
thing
we're
pleased
to
brief
you
on
the
expansion
of
the
outdoor
and
on
street
dining
that
occurred
earlier
this
year
in
old
bellevue.
Just
by
way
of
background.
As
you
are
all
aware,
earlier
this
year,
the
cultural
and
economic
development
team
worked
with
the
city's
transportation
and
development
services
department,
as
well
as
with
the
bellevue
downtown
association
to
deploy
additional
outdoor
dining
space
over
the
busy
summer
and
fall
months.
H
These
new
spaces
actually
offered
an
additional,
safe
and
inviting
environment
for
restaurant
patrons
during
the
safe
start.
Coca-19
restriction,
so
joining
us
this
evening
are
jessica,
nado,
our
chief
economic
development
officer,
chris
goddard,
the
private
partnership
manager
and
anthony
gill,
our
economic
development
specialist,
to
provide
an
informational,
update
and
briefing
to
the
council.
With
that
I'll
go
ahead
and
turn
over
to
jesse
to
begin
the
presentation,
jesse.
I
Thank
you,
city
manager,
miyaki.
This
is
mack
coming,
so
jesse
is
having
a
few
technical
difficulties
I'll
go
ahead
and
give
you
some
intro
here
tonight
and
our
project
manager
chris
goddard
who's,
our
public
private
partnerships
manager
that
helps
spearhead.
This
we'll
walk
you
through
it
all
tonight.
I
The
the
main
points
we
wanted
to
try
to
cover
the
council
this
evening
by
way
of
introduction,
relate
to
the
the
opportunity
to
work
with
our
business
community
for
a
pretty
unique
thing
that
occurred
last
summer
and
a
number
of
communities
worked
on
different
kinds
of
things
through
this
covet
pandemic
relating
to
how
we
can
think
outside
the
box
and
how
we
can
work
with
our
business
community
to
open
up
opportunities
that
we
may
not
have
thought
of
before
or
honestly.
Maybe
they
had
not
thought
of
before.
I
So
we
learned
a
lot
of
lessons.
The
business
community
was
excited
about
the
opportunity
to
partner
with
the
city
and
a
chance
to
stay
open
at
a
time.
Maybe
they
didn't
think
they
could
be
open
in
any
way.
So
what
we're
going
to
do
this
evening
is
walk
you
through
what
happened?
I
The
lessons
that
we
learned
out
there,
what
we
heard
from
our
stakeholders,
you
know,
and
the
residents
that
used
these
businesses
on
the
old
main
street
when
we
opened
up
outdoor
dining
in
the
street
itself
and
then
talk
about
where
we're
going
from
here,
because
there's
some
opportunities
going
forward
that
we
might
be
able
to
take
advantage
of,
particularly
in
the
warmer
summer
months.
So
with
that
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
hand
it
off
to
mr
goddard
who'll
walk
you
all
through
what
happened
last
summer.
J
Thanks
mack,
I
appreciate
you
jumping
in
for
jesse
there
and
you
know
before
we
do
get
started
I'll,
just
kind
of
highlight
this.
This
quote
here
that
many
cities
close
streets
to
accommodate
summer
dining.
It
offers
a
fun,
positive
and
neighborly
social
experience.
I
think
it's
all
positive,
the
more
people
hear
about
it,
the
more
it
will
come
that
was
from
a
bellevue
resident.
J
That
was
one
of
many
many
great
points
of
feedback
that
we
got
through
this
process
of
helping
to
support
the
businesses
down
on
in
old
bellevue,
and
you
know
again.
I
think
this
is
a
really
great
example
of
kind
of
service
delivery
by
a
public-private
partnership
and
and
capacity
building
as
a
way
to
provide
additional
support
to
our
local,
retail
and
small
businesses.
So
again,
we're
really
excited
to
be
here
tonight
to
talk
about
this.
We
also
have
a
separate
item.
J
We're
gonna
talk
about
shortly,
thereafter
with
the
bda
and
and
we
chose
to
broke
those
to
break
those
out,
because
this
is
kind
of
newer
work
for
for
bellevue,
and
it's
and
there's
some
important
lessons
that
we
want
to
share
as
mac
mentioned
with
council.
In
the
community,
as
we
kind
of
look
to
do
more
of
this
work
in
the
future,
so
anthony
can
go
to
the
next
slide.
J
So
for
our
agenda
tonight,
as
max
said,
we're
gonna,
we
plan
to
tell
the
full
story
of
how
this
effort
came
to
be
from
the
conditions
that
led
to
the
launch
and
the
community
engagement
efforts
that
shaped
our
response
to
what
we
learned
and
how
that's
shaping
the
work
that
we
plan
to
do.
Moving
forward
next
slide
to
set
the
context
back
in
may,
with
the
pandemic,
intensifying
and
statewide
state
hormone
order
in
place.
J
Governor
inslee
formally
signed
the
safe
start,
washington
plan
to
reopen
the
state's
economy
and
phases
and,
as
you
know,
for
restaurants,
bars
and
cafes,
the
impacts
of
the
initial
shutdown
and
severe
limitations
on
indoor
dining
capacity
have
been
particularly
severe.
These
are
businesses
that
rely
on
razor
thin
margins,
three
to
seven
percent
on
average,
and
they
rely
heavily
on
in-person
dining
to
support
high
overhead
costs,
as
well
as
the
retention
of
staff.
J
But
in
addition
to
that
you
know,
and
as
we
have
since
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic,
we
continue
to
export
kind
of
additional
creative
ways
and
partnerships
to
support
our
small
businesses
through
the
crisis.
Next
slide.
J
As
the
summer
approached,
we
weren't
alone
in
these
efforts-
and
I
think
mac
alluded
to
that
as
well.
You
know,
as
other
cities
around
the
country
were
looking
for
for
other
creative
ways
to
support
restaurants
in
particular,
ways
in
which
they
could
leverage
additional
outdoor
space
to
support
dining
is
kind
of
at
the
time
you
know
it's
still.
J
As
you
see
in
the
photo
from
saint
monica
or
from
santa
monica,
countering
indoor
capacity
restrictions
with
added
outdoor
space,
where
possible
was
becoming
critical
to
supporting
restaurant
survival
and
providing
safe
options
for
for
residents
to
participate
in
the
local
economy
for
bellevue,
our
our
effort
really
took
root
and
was
accelerated
in
june
following
an
inquiry
from
nissan
main
owner,
joe
vilardi,
as
he
reached
out
to
the
city
looking
for
a
way
to
partner
in
exploring
additional
outdoor
dining
capacity
in
ways
that
we
could
work
together.
J
Through
our
engagement,
we
quickly
learned
that
there
was
broad
consensus
for
taking
action
to
support
main
street
restaurants,
but,
as
you
can
probably
guess
there
was,
there
were
differing
views
on
how
to
best
develop
a
solution
that
benefited
everyone.
We,
you
know
we
heard
from
restaurants
who
were
really
eager
to
move
quickly
and
wanted
to
see
clear
guidance
and
vast
approvals.
Of
course,
retailers,
though,
were
expressed
over
concerns
over
visibility
and
access.
J
Should
the
city
pursue
any
full
street
closure
and
residents
to
express
some
concerns
over
driveway
emergency
and
delivery
access,
but
I
will
say
that
everyone
will
recognize
the
importance
of
a
vibrant
main
street
and
the
need
to
support
the
restaurants,
and
so,
in
the
end
it
was
through
these
sessions.
They
proved
critical
in
the
technical
development,
stakeholder
approval
and
overall
success
of
the
effort
next
slide.
J
And
so,
regarding
the
solution
itself,
you
know
thanks
to
the
incredibly
nibble
work
of
the
right-of-way
team
and
transportation
in
addition
to
staff
from
pd
fire,
legal
risk
and
others
really
a
one
city
effort.
The
city
was
able
to
develop
an
impactful
and
implementable
solution
for
expanding
outdoor
dining
space
for
restaurants,
one
that
was
built
on
consensus
and
tailored
to
the
needs
and
concerns
expressed
by
main
streets,
restaurants,
retailers
and
residents,
with
the
key
objectives
of
balance
and
uniform
standards,
public
safety,
ada
accessibility
and
obviously
covered
public
health
compliance.
F
F
F
They
have
significant
experience,
running
events
downtown
and
they
were
able
to
work
with
the
restaurants
to
procure
tables,
chairs,
traffic
barriers
and
other
furniture.
They
also
assisted
restaurants,
with
their
permit
applications
and
with
marketing
support
in
total
about
five
of
their
staff.
Members
spent
about
160
hours
on
the
project
and
they
received
sponsorship
funding
from
microsoft
to
make
it
possible.
F
Looking
at
some
of
the
resident
feedback
and
the
user
feedback,
we
also
completed
a
survey
of
of
residents,
and,
and
one
of
these
surveys
ran
for
about
three
weeks
and
was
promoted
for
using
city
bellevue,
downtown
association
and
business
channels,
and
we
collected
about
400
responses.
The
feedback
was
extremely
positive.
F
A
majority
of
those
who
who
drove
felt
that
parking
wasn't
a
significant
problem
and
71
were
actually
satisfied
with
the
experience
of
getting
to
and
from
main
street
and
then
excitingly
about.
80
percent
of
respondents
said
that
the
patio
areas
made
them
more
likely
to
visit
main
street
again
in
the
future,
which
again
just
really
illustrates
that
this
amenity
was
highly
valued
by
local
residents.
F
So
a
couple
of
the
key
findings
from
from
this
project,
I
think
first,
we
found
that
the
program
did
have
a
significant
economic
benefit.
The
the
restaurants
reported
that
they
recovered
a
significant
amount
of
the
revenue
that
otherwise
would
have
been
lost
and
the
retailers
also
reported
doing
significantly
better
in
the
spring.
F
F
The
patio
users
felt
that
they
felt
safe
from
a
public
health
perspective,
particularly
with
the
precautions
that
each
of
the
restaurants
were
taking
from
a
cobia
19
perspective
and
the
public.
The
the
restaurants
and
other
stakeholders
on
the
street
also
reported
that
they
want
to
see
this
program
return
and
potentially
expand
in
the
future.
F
We
also
saw
the
benefit
of
external
partnerships.
The
bellevue
downtown
association
will
be
speaking
a
little
bit
more
to
this
in
a
little
bit,
but
many
of
the
restaurants
don't
have
the
permitting
expertise.
The
time
or
the
energy
to
tackle
the
application
process,
I
think
that's
that's
one
reason
that
we
don't
necessarily
see
at
more
patio,
dining
in
bellevue
in
ordinary
time
times.
It's
just
a
it
takes
work
for
the
the
restaurant
owners
to
go
through
that
process.
J
Great,
thank
you
thanks
anthony,
so
to
kind
of
wrap
things
up.
You
know,
as
we
mentioned
in
the
presentation
in
anthony
just
touched
on,
especially
from
the
survey
data
again
getting
400
responses
was
great
and
you
know
we
feel
really
good.
This
was
a
really
successful
activation
for
mainstream
restaurants,
and
we
heard
loud
and
clear
that
stakeholders,
both
residents,
restaurants,
etc,
would
would
love
to
see
this
kind
of
activity
activation
again
in
in
old
bellevue.
J
So
while
we
certainly
hope
to
start
planning
again
for
future
warm
weather
expansions
of
outdoor
dining,
I
think
it's
important
to
acknowledge
that
our
focus
right
now
is
on
working
to
support
our
restaurants
with
tools
and
guidance
that
can
help
them
expand
their
capacity
to
serve
clients
through
the
latest
round
of
restrictions
and
and
through
the
wintertime.
J
So,
in
addition
to
continuing
to
share
information
on
the
latest
coveted
restrictions
and
resources,
we
we
recently
produced
and
promoted
a
new
resource
with
detailed
guidance
on
things
like
allowable
canopies
heaters
and
any
associated
permits.
One
might
need
to
support
outdoor
operations
through
the
winter.
J
J
You
know
we're
really
hoping
to
increase
engagement
with
businesses
and
property
owners
in
other
neighborhoods
to
promote
and
expand
utilization
of
available
tools
like
our
temporary
use,
permits
and
sidewalk
cafe
permits.
J
J
Fortunately,
this
kind
of
capacity
building
work
is
is
a
primary
goal
and
an
overarching
strategy
in
the
economic
development
plan
recently
adopted
by
council-
and
you
know.
Lastly,
if
we,
if
we
do
risk
to
expand
implementation
of
outdoor
dining
efforts,
we'll
need
to
continue
refining,
I
think,
as
anthony
touched
on
our
permitting
processes
and
make
them
easier
and
more
accessible.
A
lot
of
this
work
is
underway
with
right
away.
Team
has
worked
really
to
templatize
aspects
of
the
submission
process,
but
there
are
certainly
more
things
that
we
can
do
based
on
feedback.
J
We've
heard
from
from
our
from
main
street
restaurants
to
make
our
tools
you
know
more
user-friendly
so
and
with
that,
I
think
we'll
we'll
take
any
questions.
Thank
you.
A
All
right,
thank
you
very
much
for
that
presentation.
I'll,
go
ahead
and
call
in
this
order
and
if
you
don't
have
a
comment
or
question:
that's
fine
but
councilmember
zahn,
followed
by
councilmember
robertson,
barksdale,
lee
stokes,
deputy
mayor
noon,
house
and
then
myself.
So
council
members
on.
K
Yes,
thank
you
mayor
well,
first
of
all
good
job,
because
I
think
that
this
is
really
so
important
in
our
city
that,
through
these
partnerships
with
bda
and
businesses
that
we're
able
to
to
offer
this,
when
I
think
about
streamlining
and
making
our
permit
process
accessible,
I
think
that's
so
important
and
then
the
one
city
effort-
and
you
know
it's
interesting,
because
when
we
talk
about
human
services,
we
talk
about
wrap
around
services,
but
we
don't
necessarily
use
that
word
when
we
think
about
our
small
businesses
and
our
restaurants.
K
K
One
is
you
mentioned
microsoft,
sponsor
sponsorship
and
funding.
So
I
was
trying
to
get
a
sense
for
what
kind
of
cost
support
we're
providing
to
the
businesses
in
old
main
as
one
question
and
then
my
second
question
is
then,
as
we
think
about
expanding
to
other
other
areas.
K
J
Sure
I
can
try
to
tackle
those.
You
know.
On
the
first
question,
we
were
really
fortunate.
As
you
mentioned,
you
know,
microsoft
provided
a
contribution
of
of
forty
thousand
dollars
to
help
support
the
overall
to
to
getting
this
the
implementation
of
these
dining
sort
of
on-street.
I
guess
you'll
call
them
sort
of
pods,
but
you
know
these
on
street
dining
locations
off
the
ground
and
helping
to
market
that
effort
and
that
money
was
sort
of
worked
in
concert
with
and
channeled
through
the
bda
who
really
helped
to
implement
again.
J
There
was,
you
know,
we'll
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
and
hear
a
little
bit
more
from
them
later,
but
really
that
that
went
to
significant
staff
time
across
six
staff
members
over
probably
six
to
eight
weeks
through
our
planning
and
implementation,
to
help
every
individual
restaurant
on
the
street.
Both
you
know
actually
filling
out
and
understanding
how
to
do
the
applications
and
the
permits
and
the
and
the
site
plans,
in
addition
to
coordinating
the
barriers
and
other
sort
of
public
safety
elements
that
needed
to
be
delivered
and
set
up.
J
So
that
really
was
where
the
our
partnership
with
the
bda
on
this
really
shined.
Because
again
that's
that's.
That's
work
that
sure
a
restaurant
may
be
able
to
take
on
on
their
own,
but
in
a
pinch
and
in
a
rush
to
do
that
and
to
coordinate
the
delivery
across
multiple
restaurants
of
all.
Those
resources
is
really
challenging.
Work
and
again
also
providing
that
that
ta
through
the
application
process,
is
critical
so
that
that's
where
that
money
went
to
help
support
that
work
and
every
every
drop
of
it
was
used
on.
J
On
the
other,
neighborhoods
and
lake
hills,
sort
of
example,
you
know
afghan,
I
think
I
had
mentioned
you
know
we
have
created
some
sort
of
easy
to
use,
templates
and
resources
that
are
are
intended
to
help.
Restaurants
really
understand
what
kind
of
permits
that
we
have
available,
that
they
can
leverage
to
sort
of
do
additional,
on-street
or
other
permits,
whether
that's
sidewalk
or
temporary,
use
and
we've
tried
to
really
promote
and
can
constantly
sort
of
work
through
partners
in
in
our
own
channels
to
sort
of
share
that
information
on
how
they
can
leverage
those
tools.
J
I
think
one
thing
that
we
learned
through
this
effort
and
others
that
we
have
to
acknowledge
is
that
not
every
restaurant
or
place
has
a
space
that
they
can
expand
outward
to
and
we've
seen
a
lot
of.
Restaurants
really
say
you
know
what
what
we're
going
to
do
is
we're
going
to
shift
or
we're
going
to
pivot.
K
And
so
can
the
ones
that
have
large
parking
lots
do
things
like?
I
understand,
kirkland
just
started
a
a
dine
in
your
car
type
of
an
option
where
they
bring
the
meal
to
you
and
you
eat
it
in
your
car.
So
is
that
an
option
in
bellevue
too.
J
Yeah
that
that,
should
I
mean,
could
we
we,
we
use
probably
one
of
the
tools
that
would
be
leveraged
to
do
something
like
that
is
through
our
temporary
use,
permit,
which
again,
we've
created
some
resources
on
how
to
how
to
leverage
those
again.
J
You
know
a
tent
in
the
in
you
know,
in
the
parking
area
or
potentially,
some
sort
of
you
know,
amended
delivery
sort
of
scheme
like
or
as
what
you're
sort
of
for
suggesting
that
you,
the
example
that
you
just
cited
so
you
know
we
have
had
other
businesses.
We've
have
some
of
those
permits
out.
I
don't
have
the
numbers
in
front
of
me
of
just
how
many
temporary
use
permits
have
been
leveraged
to
date,
but
there
are
definitely
businesses
taking
advantage
of
that
tool.
D
Thank
you,
I'm
really.
I
have
to
join
councilmember
zahn
and
thanking
the
staff
for
being
so.
On
top
of
this,
I
really
hope
that
we
take
away
from
this
trying
time
some
of
the
innovations
that
we've
come
up
with,
to
try
to
keep
businesses
going
so
that
when
covet
is
gone
and
people
are
vaccinated
and
everything's
fully
open
again
that
we
can
still
keep
that
kind
of
can-do
spirit
to
figure
out
a
way
to
help.
Businesses
continue
to
survive
because
it's
going
to
be
a
while.
D
So
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
I
was
had
a
clear
understanding.
So
if,
if
businesses
want
to
use,
say
parking
spaces
in
a
parking
lot
say
one
of
those
strip
malls
and
the
use
of
those
parking
spaces
would
take
that
development
below
the
minimum
required
parking
under
our
permits.
Is
that
something
that
they
can
get
a
temporary
use
permit
to
do.
J
That
is
the
my
understanding.
Yes
and
again,
our
land
use
team
works
closely
to
review
that
and
sort
of
understand
exactly
what
that
threshold
is,
and
if
there
are
issues
that
need
to
be
addressed
with
the
application,
but
those
ghosts
go
through
land
use
and
that
consideration
is
is
one
of
the
things
that
they're
looking
at.
D
Great
because,
if
that's
something
that
we
would
allow,
we
definitely
need
to
get
the
word
out,
and
I
know
it's
expensive
to
people
for
folks
to
buy
the
heaters
and
if
it's
a
tent
and
stuff,
but
for
the
businesses
that
are
trying
very
hard
for
the
sake
of
their
employees
and
the
people
and
their
patrons
to
stay
in
business.
I
think
that
that
would
be
a
great
temporary
temporary
use
sidewalks,
as
well
as
some
parking
lots.
D
I
also
wanted
to
make
sure
that
I
thanked
the
our
partners,
not
the
bda
and
the
chamber,
of
course,
for
giving
advice
and
helping
us
communicate
with
businesses,
but
we
have
some
of
our
big
employers
who
have
done
a
really
great
job
of
trying
to
make
sure
that
they
provide
business,
whether
it's
for
public
services
getting
takeout
from
different
area,
restaurants
or
amazon,
making
sure
that
they
keep
businesses
around
them
in
business.
D
There
are
a
lot
of
both
individuals
and
businesses
that
are
making
sure
that
they
give
business
to
these
small
restaurants,
and
I
really
want
to
make
sure
that
I
call
that
out
and
thank
them.
I
know
that
we
try
to
do
that
personally
and
we
always
make
sure
we
tip
her
well,
and
I
I
know
that
there's
tons
of
people
like
me
doing
that
to
try
to
keep
these
businesses
going
during
this
difficult
time.
Finally,
I
you
know,
I
hope
that
we
are
in
communications
with
the
governor's
office
about
this.
D
I
know
the
legislature
is
going
to
get
into
it
when
they
start
sessions
soon,
but
everything
I've
read,
there's
not
a
lot
of
coveted
spread
going
on
at
our
businesses.
It's
in
people's
homes,
where
people
are
seeing
different
folks
for
hours
on
end
with
no
masks.
That's
where
the
spread
is
it's
not
happening
at
restaurants
and
so
or
other
retail.
So
it
would
be
really
great
if
we
could
make
sure
that
we
continue
to
work
with
the
chamber
with
the
bda
and
with
the
governor's
office
to
advocate
for
safe,
safe
reopening
thanks.
L
Thank
you,
mayor
no
questions,
but
I
did
just
want
to
thank
staff
and,
and
our
partners
began
chamber
and
helping
our
small
businesses
stay
stay
in
business
if
you
will,
through
this
time,
so
looking
forward
to
the
expansion
and
hearing
more
about
the
the
good
news,
thanks.
M
Thank
you,
madam
here
I
want
to
compliment
the
staff
for
doing
a
wonderful
job,
responding
to
covert.
You
know
19..
We
said
it
over
and
over
again,
you
know
to
economic
development
staff
has
done
a
good
job,
tremendous
job
and
I
think
that's
one
of
the
strengths
of
the
city
of
bellevue.
We
respond
very
well.
M
We
you
know,
took
care
of
our
community
when
you
know
we
have
need
to,
and
so
it's
in
in
our
dna,
I
guess
so,
but
it
takes
a
lot
of
work,
takes
a
lot
of
effort
and
I
appreciate
the
businesses.
Obviously,
the
stakeholder
is
that
they
are
the
one
that
is
going
to
be
in
the
front
line
they
need
to.
Let
us
know
they
need
to
keep
the
economy
going.
So
I
appreciate
that
they
took
the
initiative
to
connect
with
us.
You
know
I
was
actually
an
early
stage.
I
was
eating.
M
And
they
were
so
crowded,
it's
not
funny,
so
I
think
I
I
yeah.
I
believe
that
out
of
that,
they
demonstrated
there's
a
need
for
safe,
safe.
You
know
tiny
for
safe
activities,
and
I
think
that's
why
I
voice
the
you
know:
councilmember
robertson's
point
that
we
need
to
be
smarter.
We
need
to
be
more,
you
know
proactive
to
see
what
other
things
that
we
can
do
to
that
is
safe.
And
what
isn't?
M
I
think?
That's
a
good
point.
Second
boy,
I
like
to
support
the
success
members
on
point.
We,
I
think,
did
a
good
job.
You
know
when
we
are
asked
to
there's
always
means
some
some
establishments,
but
there
are
other
places.
You
know
I
think
she
mentioned
lake
hills
and
newport
hills
and
factoria
and
other
places,
and
if
they
don't
realize
you
know,
that's
a
way
and
they're
not
organized
to
ask
city
to
do
certain
things.
Where
are
they
you
know?
Are
they
going
to
be
left
out
or
we
can
just
publish
information?
M
So
there
may
be
something
that
we
can
be
more
proactive
and
you
know
something
to
consider.
Hopefully,
it
won't
need
us
because,
hopefully,
with
vaccination
coming
up,
we
may
not
have
the
problem,
but
in
the
event-
and
we
do-
I
think,
there's
something
we
need
to
be
thinking.
We
need
more
more
proactive
when
you
look
at
other
restaurants.
Businesses
they're
not
coming
to
us,
but
they
are
in
the
same
dire
needs
and
they
just
gonna
go
away
right.
If
they
don't
tell
us,
so
I
think
we
need
to
pay
attention.
M
E
Yeah,
thank
you.
I
appreciate
the
comments
that
have
already
been
made
and
covered
a
lot
of
the
ground
on
this.
I
think
it's
really
amazing.
We've
that
we
put
this
in
place,
and
one
of
the
things
I
think
is
very
interesting
in
this
is
this
is
something
we've
been
talking
about
for
doing
for
for
some
time
and
so
again
having
to
deal
with
the
pandemic
and
and
find
out
how
to
make
things
work
differently.
E
E
I
came
back
from
denver,
the
first
bda
trip,
I
went
to
went
to
larimer
square
and
I'm
so
excited
because
we're
sitting
outside
this
was
in
september
and
there
were
lights
on
the
street,
and
I
just
came
back
was
all
excited
about.
Why
can't
we
do
this
and
down
in
old
bellevue?
Well,
it's
taken
us
a
while
and
we're
finally
getting
around
to
figuring
out
how
to
do
it
in
terms
of
permitting
and
all
of
those
things
and
again.
Sometimes
these
circumstances
cause
you
to
work
on
something
that
is
a
valid
idea.
E
That's
been
around
a
long
time
and
puts
it
in
place.
So
that's
exciting
and
the
other
thing
I
came
back
from
there
was.
You
know
the
whole
concert
really
really
into
the
concept
of
grand
connection,
so
we're
working
on
those
things
and
again
it's
something.
That's
going
to
continue
as
we
spread
across
the
city,
and
I
think
we
can
do
that
that
it's
really
going
to
enhance
again
the
vitality
and
and
the
a
real,
I
think,
bellevue
being
a
place
to
go.
E
E
So
I'm
very
pleased
the
way
the
staff
is
working
with
this
and
finding
out
how
we
can
make
it
work
very
well
same
thing
in
santa
monica
and
other
places
we've
gone,
I
think
we're
we're
kind
of
getting
into
those
the
league
of
those
cities
who
take
these
innovative
things,
regardless
of
the
circumstance
that
brought
them
up
and
actually
put
them
in
place,
and
I
think
that
just
enhances
bellevue
so
much
it's
fantastic
and
thanks
to
bda
and
and
the
companies
for
working
with
that.
E
I
did
want
to
make
one
comment
on
the
the
issue
of
the
safety
in
in
the
restaurants
and
it's
you
know
it's
an
issue
that
you
have
some
some
pros
and
cons
on
that,
and
I
think
we
need
to.
I
agree
with
councilman
robertson
that
we
need
to
to
work
with
the
businesses
to
see
what
we
can
do
in
that
area,
and
I
think
we
can
be
proactive
with
them
on.
E
How
do
we
actually
address
safety
with
you
know
inside
a
restaurant
and
not
just
say
well,
they
should
open
them
because
they
should
open
them,
but
taking
the
same
concept
of
working
together
with
them.
How
can
we
help
and
and
advance
that
as
well?
So
I
think
it's
that
we
set
a
very
good
example
for
ourselves
and
of
in
a
what
is
a
very
small
project
in
a
sense
given
in
the
city.
E
It's
had
a
tremendous
impact
so
kudos
to
staff
and
to
the
community
and
to
the
merchants
and
everybody
involved
in
this,
and
let's
just
just
keep
doing
it.
Thank
you.
C
Thank
you,
mayor
yeah,
all.
I
know
some
of
the
things
that
already
been
said
a
lot
of
good
comments
and
certainly
anthony
chris
mack
and
I
think
jesse's
back
down
so
congrats
on
moving
so
quickly
on
this,
as
well
as
with
our
our
great
partners
with
the
bda
in
the
chamber.
You
know.
C
Not
every
restaurant
will
want
to
take
advantage
of
this,
nor
will
they
be
in
the
opportunity
opportunity
to
maybe
it's
not
in
the
right
location
or
where
they
might
be
in
the
strip
mall
versus
on
the
street
like
on
on
main
street,
so
it
doesn't
work
for
every
restaurant,
but
I
just
think
it's
so
great
that
we
can
have
this
toolkit.
We
can
start
finessing
it
now,
and
maybe
this
will
help
with
the
permit
process.
C
I
think
these
restaurants
are
thinking
about
this
right
now,
if
we
can
have
the
permit
process
start
opening
already
in
in
in
april
and
may
so
that
they
can
hit
the
ground
running
this
summer
again
for
that
eight
week
or
ten
week
length
of
time,
I
think
that'll
be
really
great
for
us
to
get
ahead
of
it
and
again
only
for
those
restaurants
that
want
to
take
advantage
of
this,
but
I
think
we
can
all
agree
that
we
want
to
give
them
as
many
tools
and
opportunities
to
to
thrive
and
keep
their
business
alive
as
as
possible,
as
we
make
our
way
through
this
pandemic.
C
So
so
great
job
again,
and
I
entered
the
comments
about
making
this
city
wide
as
much
as
possible
as
well.
You
know,
certainly
you
know
the
newport
hills
and
the
crossroads,
and
even
in
my
neighborhood
in
lake
hills,
if
there's
opportunities,
even
though
it
might
be
more
unique
to
what
we
experience
on
main
street,
I
think
it'd
be
great.
C
J
Anthony
do
you
know
the
cost
off
hand?
I
will
say
that
we
at
the
one
thing
I
can
speak
to
specifically
is
we
were
we
waived
the
cost
of
what
would
be
considered
the
rental
fee,
so
the
space
typically
the
city
for
a
sidewalk
cafe,
would
say
x
amount
of
feet.
You
have
you're
going
to
charge
you
a
rental
fee.
You
know
associated
with
that.
That
was
waived,
but
we
did
charge
a
permit
fee
specifically
anthony.
Do
you
have
that?
I.
F
C
Yeah,
okay,
well,
something
to
consider
for
still
in
the
depths
again
of
the
pandemic.
If,
if
we
look
at
waving
that
fee,
especially
for
some
of
the
smaller
restaurants
that
are
barely
surviving
right
now,
might
be
something
to
consider
going
forward.
A
Okay,
thank
you.
I
just.
I
really
want
to
thank
staff
for
all
the
work
that
they
did
on
this
and
for
the
help
with
the
bda
and
the
chamber
and
microsoft.
I
mean
it's
just
remarkable
how
successful
this
has
been,
and
I
think,
as
councilmember
stokes
mentioned,
it's
something.
We've
all
wanted
for
a
long
time.
So
I'm
glad
it
happened
and
I'm
glad
it's
been
so
successful.
A
I
wanted
to
know
what
role
the
old
bellevue
merchants
association
may
have
played
in
this,
because
we
haven't
heard
anything
about
that
and
I'd
also.
I
appreciate
the
comments
about
bringing
these
innovative
ideas
to
the
other
areas
in
bellevue
like
crossroads
and
wilberton,
and
bell
red
and
factoria
and
eastgate.
I
just
think
we
should
really
focus
and
and
and
maybe
we
should
help
them
form
their
own
business
associations
that
might
be
helpful
and
then
I
had
an
other
question.
A
J
Sure
I
could
take
a
crack
at
most
of
those
so
on
the
obma,
the
old
bellevue
merchants
association.
So
that
was
our
first
port
of
call
when
we
started
this
effort.
So
we
really
went
right
to
the
leadership
there
to
say
you
know:
how
can
we
help
to
gather
and
and
leverage
them
as
an
organization
to
bring
stakeholders
together?
As
I
mentioned,
we
did
three
meetings,
kind
of
virtual
meetings,
but
like
with
bellevue
state
with
bellevue
old
bellevue
stakeholders,
the
the
brazens
joe
brazen
hosted.
J
One
of
those
meetings
had
people
socially
distant
in
his
face
on
zoom,
and
we
had
other
people
all
over
old
bellevue
calling
in
on
zoom
to
sort
of
have
discussions
about
how
we
could
sort
of
bring
something
like
this
to
bellevue
and
navigate
some
of
those
challenges.
So
they
were
really
instrumental
in
helping
to
sort
of
organize
some
of
the
stakeholders
initially
to
come
in
and
really
the
bda
was.
It
came
in
to
help
implement
and
really
be.
J
You
know
a
partner
with
capacity
that
could
get
on
the
ground
and
and
obviously
with
their
with
their
expertise
and
putting
on
events
and
place,
making
and
and
all
those
other
things
they
really
brought
that,
but
the
but
obma
was
definitely
kind
of
our
first
call
and
and
really
provided
a
lot
of
support
in
gathering
the
stakeholders
that
we
needed
to
reach.
J
On
your
note
about
focusing
in
other
areas.
Again,
I
think
you
know,
as
we
mentioned
you
know,
that's
really.
J
A
a
key
goal
out
of
the
new
ed
plan
is
starting
to
think
about
how
we
build
capacities
in
other
neighborhoods.
We
have
we
where
we
don't
have
partners.
You
know,
I
think
we
want
to
think
about
leveraging
and
working
with
groups
like
the
chamber
to
think
about
how
they
could
play
a
role
in
supporting
some
of
that
sort
of
organizing
in
neighborhoods
and
where
we
don't
have
that.
J
I
think
it's
going
to
probably
require
some
some
real
kind
of
rolling
up
the
sleeves
and
getting
out
there
on
our
own
and
starting
to
sort
of
bring
people
together
and
starting
to
try
to
seed
some
of
that
organizing.
J
That's
so
critical
to
sort
of
starting
that
that
capacity
building
at
the
district
or
business
district
or
neighborhood
by
neighborhood
level,
and
then
the
last
comment
about
the
space
outside
gilbert's
again,
I
I
can't
speak
for
transportation's
current
sort
of
plans
for
that,
but
I
do
know
that
that
was
brought
up
during
the
during
the
sort
of
concept,
development
for
for
old
main,
and
one
of
the
challenges
was
not
to
use
that
for
additional
tables
during
the
on-street
seating
because
it
created
a
safety
risk
for
potentially
traffic
coming
from
the
south
that
could
potentially
maybe
not
see
or
miss
that
turn
and
having
tables
there.
J
A
Well,
I
hope
that
we
can
activate
it
for
parking
on
street
parking,
then
if
we
can
make
a
point
of
asking
transportation
about
that,
because
that
parking
is
very
valuable.
So
thank
you
for
answering
my
questions.
Great
news
really
appreciate
this
presentation
tonight
and
now
you're
up
for
the
next
one.
H
Sure
sure
mayor
this
is
the
second
item
out
of
three
for
your
study
session,
and
this.
This
topic
is
a
co-presentation
from
the
bda
and
the
city
staff
on
the
heart
of
bellevue
recovery
campaign.
H
Again,
by
way
of
background,
the
cloture
and
economic
development
staff
recently
worked
with
the
bellevue
downtown
association
on
a
marketing
and
activation
campaign
to
highlight
small
businesses
and
support
recovery
in
downtown.
You
know
this.
This
particular
program
is
just
a
great
example
of
partnering,
with
others
to
to
really
both
promote
the
city
as
well
as
to
achieve
the
goals
of
the
city's
new
economic
development
plan
joining
us
this
evening
is
chris
goddard.
Our
public
private
partnership
manager
and
accompanying
him
is
our
staff
from
the.
A
H
Downtown
association,
in
particular
patrick
bannon,
president
and
april
batten,
the
director
of
marketing
for
the
bda,
and
with
that
I
will
turn
it
over
to
jesse.
Is
that
or
chris.
J
Yeah
I'll
I'll
jump
and
quickly
kick
us
off
here.
Thank
you,
city
manager,
yucky
and
a
good
evening
again,
mayor
robertson,
deputy
mayor
of
new
housing
council
members,
I
city
manager,
sort
of
said
exactly
what
I
was
hoping
to
say
here.
So
this
is
really
a
co-presentation
of
with
our
partners
at
the
bda
tonight
and
really
an
opportunity
to
highlight
the
incredible
work
that
they've
done,
supporting
downtown's
economy
and
its
small
businesses
through
the
pandemic.
J
You
know
recognizing
the
need
to
redirect
our
energy
and
our
resources
to
respond
to
the
crisis.
We
worked
really
closely
with
the
bda
through
the
spring,
to
pivot
kind
of
those
initial
2020
plans
and
really
redirect
our
place,
making
efforts
in
in
a
different
way,
and
you
know
over
the
next
six
months.
J
You
know
we
worked
closely
with
the
bda
and
other
downtown
stakeholders
with
really
the
bda
kind
of
just
being
an
amazing
leader
in
this
space,
but
really
to
to
develop
successfully
develop,
launch
and
implement
a
multi-faceted
recovery
campaign
designed
to
connect
and
support
the
local
businesses
in
downtown
bellevue,
and
you
know
before
I
hand
it
over
to
the
bda
for
their
presentation.
I
just
wanted
to
share
that.
This
is
really
another
example,
a
really
an
important
example
of,
and
the
reminder
of
the
power
of
partnerships.
J
You
know
reaching
small
businesses
with
critical
resources,
activating
the
public
realm
and
connecting
you
know,
downtown
and
marketing
downtown,
and
it's
in
its
businesses
is
essential
to
creating
a
vibrant
place
and
it's
even
more
important
in
a
time
of
crisis.
So
you
know
it's.
This
kind
of
work
is
challenging.
It's
time
intensive.
It
requires
extensive
relationship,
building
with
property
owners
with
businesses
residents,
along
with
dedicated
resources
to
be
successful,
and
you
know
government
can't
do
this
kind
of
work
alone.
J
Unfortunately,
we've
got
a
really
amazing
partner
in
the
bda
and
I'm
excited
for
them
to
be
here
tonight
to
share
a
full
report
on
this
partnership.
So
with
that,
I
will
hand
it
over
to
patrick
and
his
team.
A
N
Excellent,
thank
you.
So
much
and
good
evening,
mayor,
robinson,
council,
member
city
manager,
miyaki
appreciate
this
opportunity
to
to
come
and
share
this
work,
but
I'm
also
reminded
based
on
the
prior
conversation
that
we're
very
much
in
in
progress
still
with
the
pandemic
and
understanding
how
best
to
apply
what
we
have
to
offer
collectively
as
a
community
to
respond
to
the
to
the
pandemic.
N
So,
while
we're
looking
back
somewhat,
I
think
this
is
a
great
opportunity
to
see
what
has
worked
well
learn
from
what
hasn't
worked
well
and
then
also
look
forward
and
say
what
tools
here
from
our
from
our
work
from
this
campaign
can
be
leveraged
for
other
areas
of
bellevue.
That
can
be
addressed,
whether
it's
2021
or
2022,
the
pandemic
forced
us
to
really
think
creatively
and
actively
and
in
a
nimble
way
with
with
the
city
and
with
our
business
partners,
on
how
to
respond.
N
So
this
slideshow
we'll
keep
it
keep
it
brief,
but
we
wanted
to
hit
some
of
the
highlights
from
the
heart
of
the
bellevue
heart
of
bellevue
campaign.
N
As
chris
mentioned
in
mid
in
early
march,
we
had
a
different
proposal
for
activating
and
marketing
the
grand
connection
building
on
the
work
we
did
in
2019
everything
changed
once
we,
we
started
working
from
home
and
we
knew
we
had
to
go
all
in
with
our
team,
with
what
expertise
we
had
to
offer
and
then
with
our
community,
to
respond
in
the
most
effective
way-
and
we
didn't
know
exactly
what
the
most
effective
way
would
be.
N
N
And
it
may
take
a
little
bit
for
the
next
slide
to
load.
I'll
mention
michael
gliore
is
joining
us
he's
our
vice
president
of
events
and
operations
for
the
bda
and
was
heavily
involved
with
the
the
main
street
al
fresco
experience
so
mike.
If
you're
there
is
the
slide
not
advancing
for
you.
N
N
N
Thanks
sherman,
okay,
so
the
why
seems
seems
pretty
evident
of
why
we
jumped
into
this
work.
So
you
can
see
that
we
had
to
focus
on
a
specific
geography
based
on
our
capacity
and
know
that
we
were
not
going
to
be
presenting
our
major
community
events
and
marketing
work
as
originally
planned.
We
were.
We
were
needing
to
respond
specifically
to
those
operations
in
downtown
bellevue
those
businesses,
those
entrepreneurs
who
who
needed,
support
and
needed
any
creative
wrap
around
that
we
could
provide
if
at
the
moment,
the
crisis
hit
next
slide.
N
So
the
what
the
the
heart
of
bellevue
came
to
us
pretty
quickly
as
a
as
a
theme
and
something
we
would
carry
through
all
of
the
work.
It
would
encapsulate
the
online
content
platform
that
we
created
the
storytelling
and
the
narrative,
and
I
think
it
spoke
to
not
just
the
buildings
of
the
place,
but
the
people
of
the
place,
which
is
what
our
city
is
all
about.
It's
about
the
people
and
our
downtown
certainly
represents
a
fast-growing
component
of
our
city,
so
the
heart
of
bellevue
represents
the
spirit.
N
It
represents
the
the
work
that
had
already
been
started
for
the
pandemic
and
builds
on
a
strong
foundation,
and
then
we
were
going
to
try
to
do
whatever
we
could
to
connect
visitors,
customers,
residents
to
the
small
businesses
through
the
heart
of
bellevue
campaign
and
the
storing
and
the
storytelling
platform
next
slide.
N
So
you
see
seven
elements
to
the
plan
listed
here.
These
would
be
common
elements
that
you
would
see
in
in
many
cities
and
and
downtowns
as
they
undertook
recovery
work
for
their
for
their
communities,
but
we're
going
to
touch
on
each
unique
flavor
here
in
bellevue,
based
on
what
we've
done
in
the
past
and
what,
when
what's
new
and
there's
an
eighth
here?
That
is
not
listed
and
I'll
touch
on
that
after
city
collaboration.
N
But
that
speaks
to
the
partnerships,
the
partnerships
with
the
city,
the
partnership
with
the
major
employers,
the
small
businesses,
the
residents
as
we
we
work
to
refine
and
hone
the
work
and
the
storytelling
as
we
move
forward.
So
I'm
going
to
hand
it
over
to
april
and
she's
going
to
walk
us
through
these
key
at
least
the
first
part
of
the
key
elements
april.
O
Next
slide,
our
first,
our
first
step
in
organizing
this
campaign
was
to
connect
with
small
business
owners
in
the
downtown
core,
and
that
was
through
direct
outreach.
We
conducted
a
meet
and
greet
tour
and
made
contact
with
over
117
small
business
owners.
The
one-on-one
conversations
proved
helpful
to
understand
current
needs
and
challenges
from
the
owner's
perspective,
which
also
helped
us
shape
our
content
calendar.
O
It
was
also
really
important
for
us
to
establish
two-way
communication
with
these
business
owners
and
make
sure
that
they
knew
that
we
were
a
resource
for
them,
as
well
as
build
a
small
database
small
business
database,
so
that
we
could
continue
conversations
with
them
next
slide
our
creative
assets.
We
presented
a
variety
of
marketing
tactics
to
reach
an
audience
whose
daily
routines
had
really
been
disrupted.
Due
to
the
pandemic,
our
outdoor
campaign
attracted
downtown
residents
and
guests
to
reinforce
that
downtown
was
still
open
with
consumers
and
workforce
spending
more
time
at
home
and
online.
O
O
We
encourage
safe
visits
to
downtown
through
outdoor
displays
and
signage,
with
bright
and
cherry
color
palette
there.
You
can
see
our
pole
banners,
which
line
the
grand
connection
corridor
from
the
transit
center
over
to
bam.
There
was
14
of
those
the
poster
display
was
we
distributed
over
150
posters
downtown
that
one
is
at
greg's
bellevue
cycle
and
our
partner
vulcan,
which
was
a
partner
of
heart
of
bellevue,
graciously
displayed
signage
around
the
555
tower
construction
site
next
slide.
O
O
We
focused
on
places
to
dine
and
shop
in
downtown
bellevue
heart
of
bellevue
was
our
version
of
a
stay
local
shop.
Local
campaign
stories
were
collected
through
bda
outreach,
an
online
intake
form
and
through
referrals,
and
as
you
can
see,
we
had
over
120
blogs,
196
social
features
and
the
weekly
newsletter
that
went
out
every
tuesday
next
slide.
O
This
was
an
example.
This
is
an
example
of
kind
of
our
process
through
taking
a
a
small
business
from
from
the
very
beginning
of
everything,
so
we
conduct
a
in-person
interview,
usually
at
their
location
that
results
in
the
blog.
We
also
have
a.
We
have
some
really
good
photographers
on
staff,
which
has
been
very
very
helpful,
so
we
actually
go
take
photos
of
their
place.
We
create
a
blog,
it's
written
by
us,
but
it
really
is
their
words
and
their
their
story.
O
We
then
share
it
through
social
context
through
our
social
media,
and
then
we
also
put
it
in
the
newsletter
this
gives
this
gives
the
piece
various
audience
and
eyes
on
it.
So
we
feel
it's
very
helpful
for
the
small
business.
We've
also
been
pleasantly
surprised,
a
lot
of
them
love,
seeing,
of
course,
their
business
on
social
media
and
are
willing
to
share
that
out
next
slide.
O
O
N
Thanks
april
moving.
N
Yep,
so
it
was,
it
was
great
to
hear
councilmember
stokes
talk
about
the
denver
trip
and
every
trip
that
we've
taken
to
other
cities
usually
lands
around
place
making.
And
so
we
know
here
in
in
downtown
bellevue
that
we
have
retail
owners
and
public
spaces
that
are
fairly
active
most
of
the
year
outside
of
the
pandemic.
N
And
we
also
know
we
have
a
great
opportunity
through
the
grand
connection
and
its
evolution
as
well
as
new
public
public
places,
sidewalks,
etc
to
really
work
with
those
local
property
owners
and
the
city
to
implement
those
smaller
scale
enhancements
and
the
place
branding,
elements
that
will
activate
the
space
influence
decisions
and
really
create
a
sense
of
place
so
that
people
will
love
being
there
and
hopefully
continue
to
love
being
there
over
the
long
term.
And
so
we
felt
it
was
appropriate.
N
N
For
the
summer
time,
you
heard
the
presentation
on
the
al
fresco
dining
in
old
bellevue,
and
I
can't
reiterate
enough
how
important
the
collaboration
and
just
nimbleness
around
adapting
to
the
circumstances
there.
The
feedback
received
the
city
staff
did
amazing
work
in
in
navigating
that
that
project
and
then
working
with
us
to
help,
implement
it
and
and
be
feed
on
the
street
to
help
those
small
businesses.
When
you
go
into
an
environment
like
that,
there's
trepidation
about
what
may
happen
and
what
the
the
consequences
may
be
unintended
consequences.
N
N
Next
slide,
a
couple,
more
images
from
the
old
bellevue
implementation
and-
and
it
was
mentioned
chris
chris
said-
or
anthony
mentioned-
how
those
at
least
a
couple
of
the
restaurants
did
mention
that
they
had
a
significant
boost
in
in
business
and
revenue
for
the
month
of
august,
particularly
with
the
nicer
weather,
with
the
addition
of
the
outdoor
dining
space.
N
So
the
heart
of
bellevue
program
had
a
certain
timeline
associated
with
it,
and
it
will
continue
into
2021
as
a
storytelling
program
as
an
opportunity
for
us
to
activate
public
spaces
as
the
workforce
returns
and
as
the
residents
continue
to
grow
downtown.
But
we
wanted
to
transition
into
holiday
promotion
as
well
and
do
whatever
we
could,
with
the
resources
available
to
to
light
downtown
in
places
that
traditionally
were,
did
not
have
lights
and
connect
old,
bellevue.
N
The
downtown
park
with
the
bellevue
collection
and
the
reimagined
snowflake
lane,
as
well
as
connect
a
few
pieces
of
the
the
grand
connection.
So
we
worked
with
our
partner
symmetra
to
create
the
season
of
cheer
campaign
which
really
helped
us
transition
heart
of
bellevue
content
into
more
holiday,
related
content.
But
essentially
it
was
the
same
content
or
campaign
tactics.
N
We
just
rebranded
it
as
season
of
cheer
presented
by
symmetra,
because
traditionally,
at
least
over
the
last
year
and
hopefully
moving
forward,
symmetra
has
been
the
presenting
sponsor
on
the
downtown
ice
rink
and
because
of
the
covid
restrictions.
We
we
couldn't
produce
the
ice
rink
this
year
in
the
downtown
park
and
symmetra
generously
stepped
forward
and
continued
to
provide
support
for
the
season
of
cheer
campaign
and
allowed
us
to
do
the
lights
and
to
continue
the
content
program
that
had
already
been
started
under
heart
of
bellevue.
N
We
traditionally
do
outdoor
concerts
through
live
at
lunch,
as
well
as
the
bellevue,
jazz
and
music
festival
and
those
have
been
inside
at
madden
bauer
center
and
then
throughout
venues
in
downtown.
We
adapted
our
virtual
programs
under
the
heart
of
bellevue
banner
to
present
the
heart
of
bellevue
music
series,
and
it
was
important
for
us
to
do
this.
We
weren't
sure
what
the
audience
would
be
and
what
the
receptivity
would
be,
but
the
artist
loved
it
they
were
grateful
for
the
opportunity.
N
These
are
all
local
and
regional
artists
that
perform
for
both
the
the
heart
of
bellevue
summer
music
series
during
lunchtime
and
then
during
the
heart
of
the
bellevue,
jazz
and
and
blues
festival,
music
or
the
music
series
that
came
after
the
summer
music
series.
You
can
see
the
results
here
we
were,
we
were
impressed
by
the
uptake
on
the
virtual
programming
residents
at
soma
towers,
donated
the
space
there
for
us
to
professionally
present
these
these
concerts.
N
N
This
has
a
representation
again
of
the
summer
music
series,
the
virtual
programming,
but
it
also
has
a
mention
of
the
heart:
the
art
of
bellevue
play
on
the
word
heart,
but
traditionally,
along
with
bellevue
arts
museum
and
we've
presented
the
sixth
street
fair
during
arts
fair
weekend
at
the
end
of
july,
we
felt
it
was
important
and
a
good
step
for
us
to
connect
with
some
of
those
artists
who
traditionally
present
as
part
of
the
arts
fair
and
create
original
content
with
their
contributions
on
our
website
as
part
of
the
heart
of
bellevue,
or
in
this
case
the
art
of
bellevue.
N
And
in
the
report
itself.
We
mentioned
how
many
artists
we
worked
with
and
and
what
the
response
was
like
next
slide.
N
So
then
strategically
we
needed
to
knit
the
heart
of
bellevue
content
and
opportunities,
along
with
coveted
safety
reminders
and
business
resources
that
were
available
through
the
city
through
the
regional
outlets
as
well
as
the
state.
So
we
looked
at
every
programming
opportunity
that
the
bda
had
and
whether
it
was
member,
focused
or
community,
focused
and
tried
to
tailor
it
around
coveted
resources,
heart
of
bellevue
content,
information
and
news
that
residents
and
visitors
could
use
in
order
to
understand
who's
open
what's
going
on,
and
how
is
the
community
prepared
for
them
to
visit
next
slide?
N
It's
a
fun
fun
photo
of
the
mayor
and
deputy
mayor
sitting
in
our
coveted
safe
conference
room
studio
for
the
state
of
the
city,
presentation
and
again
thanks
for
working
with
us
on
that.
I
think
it
was
important
for
us
to
provide
whatever
platform
we
could
wherever
it
was
to
communicate
with
the
community
as
a
whole,
with
bellevue
residents
with
our
downtown
businesses,
about
where
we
are
as
a
community
and
how
we're
moving
forward
and
then
finally
we'll
hit
on
testimonials.
N
But
I
did
want
to
mention
the
key
partnerships
april
will
touch
on
that
too
in
a
moment,
but
the
partnerships
with
our
sponsors
in
the
business
community
and
the
businesses
in
the
city
of
bellevue
this.
This
work
wouldn't
have
been
able
to
get
started
and
then
sustain
itself
without
those
partnerships
and
that
support.
N
So
it
stretched
us
it
built
capacity
where
there
wasn't
capacity
and
it
reinforced
some
of
the
the
importance
of
relationship
that
that
we've
had
in
in
years
prior
but
a
whole
new
level
of
relationship
building
for
us,
and
I
think
it
puts,
puts
us
and
and
by
virtue
of
of
that
work.
The
city
in
a
great
position
moving
forward
april,
want
to
touch
on
the
testimonials
and
we're
almost
we're
almost
wrapped
up.
O
Sorry
about
that,
to
reiterate
what
patrick
said,
these
partnerships
with
these
small
businesses
have
been
welcomed.
I
mean
we
have
literally
just
wandered
in
their
locations
to
say
hello
to
them.
We
do
get
asked
a
lot
of
questions
that
we
don't
know
the
answers
to
that.
We
funneled
through
chris
and
anthony
if
they're
city
related,
but
here's
just
a
couple,
just
unsolicited
these
are
from
a
couple,
restaurants
from
foco
de
chao
and
andiamo.
O
This
is
from
chris
at
residence
events
which
we
mentioned
was
the
host
of
our
live
music,
and
it
was,
I
think
he
was
particularly
thrilled
just
to
have
something
going
on
at
the
venue
and
to
see
these
artists
in
action
again
and
then
that
drew
and
melinda
were
actually
artists
that
had
previously
displayed
their
works
at
our
sixth
street
arts,
fair,
and
so
when
we
did
the
heart
art
of
bellevue,
highlighting
those
artists
in
a
digital
format.
O
So
this
really
has
been
a
collaboration
with
several
partners
throughout
the
city
from
bellevue
collection
visit
bellevue,
I
mean
just
so
many,
but
our
key
partners
that
we
really
do
want
to
highlight
that
jumped
on
just
very
early
when
this
was
still
just
a
concept
we
had.
You
know
we
had
not
done
this
work
before
so
we
were
taking
a
stab
at
it,
the
city.
Of
course
we
started
those
conversations
early,
but
amazon,
microsoft,
puget,
sound
energy
and
vulcan
and
packard
were
all
just
extremely
excited
about
that.
O
Something
was
happening
that
the
city
was
open,
that
we
were
going
to
be
talking
to
these
small
businesses
that
make
up
that
that
make
bellevue
so
special
next
slide.
O
So
our
campaign
promise
to
you
has
been
from
the
beginning
to
build
connections,
engage
community
and
support
economic
activity
and
that's
what
we
will
continue
to
do.
And
it's
been
our
honor
and
pleasure
to
to
be
behind
such
meaningful
work
and
to
be
partnering
with
the
city
on
this.
N
And
then,
finally,
just
want
to
stress
again
how
essential
the
ground
level
support
for
downtown
businesses
or
businesses
wherever
they
are
in
the
city.
It
it's.
It's
really
important
and
was
essential
to
this
program
and
will
continue
to
be
so
moving
forward
place.
Making
activations
as
we
continue
to
imagine
them
in
the
public
realm,
is
critical.
It's
also
challenging
in
time-intensive
work,
so
the
more
hands,
the
more
ideas
that
we're
able
to
sift
through
and
then
refine
the
better,
and
I
think
we
see
that
play
out
in
other
communities
too.
N
The
feedback
we've
been
able
to
document
a
lot
of
the
outputs
and
we'll
have
to
as
we
continue
to
move
forward,
continue
to
have
conversations
with
those
businesses
about
specific
outcomes
and
specific
results
on
what
they've
seen
through
this
work.
So,
on
behalf
of
the
bda
board,
our
team,
everyone
involved
with
this
program,
thanks
again
to
the
city,
for
your
support
to
this
council,
for
your
your
resilience
and
and
keeping
us
moving
forward
into
the
teams,
the
city
staff
team,
for
your
outstanding
collaboration
and
I'll
leave
it
there.
Yeah.
A
M
Thank
you.
Thank
you
wow
this
again.
This
is
a
great
example
of
a
partnership,
and
this
is
something
that
I
appreciate
you
know.
Obviously
the
cover
night
team
brings
it
on.
You
know
it's
something
that
the
city
does
it's
something
that
bga
does
something
that
you
know.
We
all
want
to
make
sure
the
city
is
healthy.
People
are
connected.
M
You
know
we
have
to
provide
the
basic
services,
however,
the
covenanting,
because
of
the
pandemic,
it
really
brings
on
a
different
perspective,
different
way
of
looking
at
how
we
can
do
this,
and
I
think
it's
in
a
way
it's
a
it's
a
damn,
it's
a
bad
thing,
but
in
a
way,
there's
some
blessing
in
disguise
that
we
learn
how
some
of
the
things
can
be
done,
and
I
think
the
key
is
to
learn
these
lessons
and
not
just
saying
that.
M
Well,
this
just
happens
when
we
have
a
tough
time,
but
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
things.
We
learned
that
are
good.
That's
going
to
be
part
of
the
community,
the
fabrics
of
what
makes
people
want
to
be
together.
You
want
people
to
be
connected,
want
people
to
feel
that
you
know
they
can
make
a
lemonade
out
of
lemon.
M
So
I
think
to
learn
this
lesson.
I
think
it's
great,
but
I
think
we
need
to
turn
this
lesson
into
things
that
we
can
proactively
continue
into
the
future.
I
mean
when
you
describe
what
you
have
done.
You
know,
patrick
with
the.
Of
course
you
know
the
partners
you're
talking
about
it's
a
wonderful
thing.
You
know
things
that
we
would
appreciate
no
matter
when
and
what
and
how
right
it's
the
experience
of
doing
it.
That
makes
it
even
more
special.
M
You
know,
to
see
a
show
sure
you
can
have
the
best
performer
in
the
world
to
come
to
do
a
show,
but
how
you
make
it
happen
in
the
experience
of
making
it
happen.
I
think
that,
especially
if
it
has
a
local
flavor
that
you
know
we
can
actually
share
with
other
folks.
I
think
this
is
very
special,
so
I
appreciate
this
and
I
want
to
thank
everybody
who's
involved,
and
you
know,
let's
not
stop
here.
M
L
All
right,
thank
you,
mayor
and
thank
you,
patrick
and
april,
and
all
that
all
the
folks
who
are
involved
in
this
for
putting
this
on
and
also
providing
a
platform
for
artists
during
this
typical
time
for
them.
I
just
had
one
question
for
you
in
terms
of
the
artist:
was
there
a
way
for
people
to
donate
to
the
artists,
or
is
that
something
that
maybe
to
consider
in
the
future
just
to
help
support
them?
You
know
yes,.
O
We
had
virtual
tip
jars,
they
they
were
able
to
promote
their
own
virtual
chip
jar,
and
then
we
promoted
that
out
on
social
during
the
show
and
and
after
everything's,
actually
linked
on
our
website
and
their
virtual
tip
jar
is
actually
linked
as
well
to
their
performance
on
our
website.
C
Thank
you
mayor
and
thank
you,
patrick
and
april,
for
the
great
presentation
and
patrick
thanks
for
including
that
that
photograph
of
the
state
of
the
city
I.
C
Safe
during
the
pandemic,
during
that
time,
with
that
bubble,
wrap
basically
around
both
myself
and
then
the
favor
exactly
no.
This
is
a
just
a
great
presentation
that
highlights
you
know
a
lot
of
great
partnerships,
a
lot
of
great
testimonials,
just
a
slew
of
things
that,
as
april
alluded
to
you
know,
just
continues
to
keep
bellevue
very
special,
and
I
really
appreciate
the
way
you
attack
this
in
in
terms
of
the
the
seven
or
eight
different
parts
of
the
plan.
C
You
know
the
direct
outreach,
the
creative
assets,
the
storytelling
the
place
making
you
know,
as
well
as
the
virtual
programs
are
able
to
do,
and
then
the
collaboration
and
then,
as
we
all
know,
all
the
resources
that
you
were
able
to
provide
in
terms
of
covet
19
to
to
businesses
downtown.
C
It
really
was
just
such
a
solid
plan
and
you
know
clearly
based
on
those
testimonials.
Not
only
did
it
help,
you
know,
keep
some.
You
know.
Companies,
keeping
them
thriving
but
literally,
might
have
been
the
difference
between
companies
going
under
during
this
you
know
covet
19
pandemic,
so
I'm
not
that
any,
but
any
of
us
are
out
of
the
woods
yet
but
they're
still
around
because
of
your
efforts
and
and
and
all
the
including
the
city's
efforts
and
all
the
great
partnerships
that
you
establish.
C
So
you
know
so
for
me,
it's
just
kudos,
keep
up
the
great
work
I'll
echo.
Also
what
councilmember
lee
said:
let's,
let's
keep
it
going
because
we're
not
going
to
be
through
this
for
for
for
a
while,
no
matter
how
quickly
we
get
the
the
vaccine
dispersed,
it's
still
going
to
take
a
little
while-
and
I
think
that
you
know
these
programs
are
going
to
be
just
as
important.
You
know
through
the
summer
as
they
are
what
what
just
concluded
and
then
through
the
holiday
program
as
well.
C
E
A
E
Want
to
also
give
my
thanks
to
patrick
and
april
and
the
whole
staff
bda
working
on
this,
and
I
think
I
also
want
to
applaud
you
for
really
upping
the
game
of
working
with
artists,
particularly
the
performing
artists.
That's
something
that
bda
has
supported
for
a
long
time
and
you
found
very
clever
and
and
successful
ways
to
continue
that,
and
you
know
I
this
this
whole
creative
economy
is.
E
This
is
part
of
it
and
I
think
you're
doing
a
great
job
of
that,
and
I
that
is
very
much
appreciated
and
it's
been
a
big
challenge,
but
you've
risen
to
the
challenge,
and
I
think
again,
what
I'm
seeing
out
of
this
and
what
we're
going
to
come
out
of
this
whole
thing
is
even
better
ways
to
connect
connect
with
the
community
to
provide
services
to
let
people
know
what's
going
on,
and
I
think
you've
hit
on
some
things
that
can
actually
be
used
when
the
pandemic
is.
E
You
know
wrestled
to
the
ground
and
such
as
having
after
performances
or
different
things,
having
videos
having
just
different
ways
to
get
get
around
and
get
people
to
see
and
be
involved
in
art
and
and
the
community
in
downtown.
E
I
think
you're
just
expanding
the
opportunities
and
doing
some
very
original
thinking
and
that's
very
much
to
be
commended
and
again
the
it's
it's
the
triangle
of
working
together,
a
bda,
the
city
of
bellevue
and
our
great
corporate
and
and
local
business
sponsors
who
get
involved
with
it.
So
it's
just
a
dynamic
trio
and
very
pleased
to
see
it.
It
be
successful
in
in
these
times
and
looking
forward
to
more
and
after
the
pandemic's
over.
E
D
Thank
you
I'll,
be
brief,
everyone's
pretty
much
expressed
what
I
would
have
to
say
anyway
about
how
wonderful
this
is.
Thank
you,
patrick
and
april.
You
know,
I
think
one
of
the
reasons
bellevue
has
been
so
successful
is
because
of
the
partnerships
we
have
and
bda
has
been
a
really
important
touch
point
on
that.
You
gather
people
together.
You
work
with
the
city,
so
I
want
to
thank
you
as
well
as
microsoft,
amazon,
vulcan
and
pse,
as
well
as
anyone
else.
That's
been
involved
in
this.
I
think
it's
great
and
yeah.
D
Let's
keep
the
gas
on.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
bellevue
comes
out
of
this
pandemic
strong.
We
are
in
a
good
place
to
do
so.
Due
to
this
work
and
the
partnership,
I
am
and
just
looking
forward
to
more
of
it
and
any
way
we
can
partner
and
help
businesses
and
the
arts
keep
going.
Let
us
know
because
you
know
we
are
ready
and
we
want
to
keep
bellevue
on
its
trajectory.
To
being
you
know
the
greatest
city
in
the
world,
so
thanks.
K
Yeah,
I
too
echo
my
colleagues
patrick
april
mike
bda
for
all
your
work
on
this.
Frankly,
I
just
love
this
theme
right,
the
heart
of
bellevue,
because
to
me,
when
we
talk
about
recovery,
it
is
it
is
that
hard
work
of
engaging
with
the
community,
and
I
just
love
what
you
talked
about
related
to
the
people
and
the
storytelling.
K
Because
to
me
those
are
the
things
that
we
can
continue
with.
So
after
the
social
media
is
done,
those
businesses
that
are
highlighted
will
have
their
personal
stories
right
and
the
ability
to
shine,
and
so
I
can
imagine
potentially
those
story
boards
still
in
their
businesses
that
they
can
refer
to
for
years
to
come
about
their
origin
story
and
just
the
power
of
learning.
K
Normally
I
had
an
opportunity
to
actually
listen
to
music
as
part
of
the
the
music
festival
and
the
the
summer
music
concert
series
that
I
wouldn't
normally
have
otherwise,
and
so
I
echo
my
colleagues
in
saying
that,
hopefully
some
of
these
things
that
we're
doing
now
as
part
of
covid
we
can
keep
going
with,
because
I
I
imagine
that
there's
many
people
in
bellevue
that
live
here
but
don't
work
here
who
may
be
able
who
might
actually
want
to
be
able
to
listen
to
some
of
our
artists
that
are
local,
virtually
as
well
as
in
person.
K
A
Great,
thank
you,
council
members
on
patrick
I'll,
just
say
this
has
been
amazing
what
you
have
done,
what
the
bda
has
done
working
with
our
corporate
sponsors.
I
mean
the
results
have
been
phenomenal
and
I
just
want
to
thank
you
so
much,
and
you
say
that
there
are
lessons
learned.
I
hope
one
lesson
is
that
lights
in
the
dark
of
winter
is
a
really
nice
thing,
and
I
hope
that
that's
a
trend
for
bellevue,
because.
I
A
One
of
the
wettest
winters
I
can
remember,
and
those
lights
are
so
cheery
and
they
represent
anything
you
want
them
to.
They
change
colors,
different
colors
every
night
and
during
the
night,
and
it's
just,
I
love
the
seahawks
colors
after
the
seahawks
games
and
they're
intriguing
and
they're
very,
very
pleasant
for
both
people
who
visit
and
people
who
live
here.
So
really,
congratulations
on
a
very
successful
run
with
that
and
everything
that
you've
done
and
just
thank
you
again.
N
A
Okay,
great
well,
I
think
we'll
take
a
five
minute
break
here
before
we
get
to
our
next
agenda
item
and
so
we'll
be
back
at
7
30.
H
H
It
is
the
draft
city
of
bellevue,
2021,
state
legislative
agenda
and
just
by
way
of
background
each
year,
the
city
council
adopts
policies
related
to
the
state
legislative
state
legislature
on
tonight's
staff
will
present
the
draft
2021
state
legislative
agenda
that
once
reviewed
and
adopt
that
council.
We
serve
as
the
basis
for
communication
on
key
issues
as
well
as
of
interest
and
concern
to
the
city's
legislative
delegation
and
other
legislators
joining
us.
This
evening
is
joyce
nichols
assistant
city
manager
to
provide
presentation.
H
We
are
looking
for
feedback
and
direction
on
whether
the
policy
positions
in
the
draft
21,
21
legislative
agenda
in
front
of
jesus
evening
are
the
correct
ones
and
if
so,
council
can
approve
the
legislative
agenda
this
evening
or
based
on
feedback
staff,
can
return
with
the
final
version
on
next
week's
consent
agenda.
With
that,
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
turn
it
over
to.
P
P
For
the
first
time
this
year,
brad
is
correct
when
he
says
that
this
presenting
the
legislative
agenda
and
draft
form
to
council
is
sort
of
an
annual
rite
of
passage.
P
We
need
your
help
in
making
sure
that
the
priorities
that
we
have
in
the
state
legislative
agenda
draft
are
the
ones
that
you
support,
that
you
can
lobby
to
help
us
achieve
results
and
that
the
city
should
pursue
with
some
passion
and
brad,
went
over
the
options
for
tonight
regarding
passage
or
with
amendments
without
amendments
or
bring
it
back.
If
the
revisions
that
council
might
wish
to
make
are
substantial,
this
year's
legislative
session
begins
next
monday
january
11
and
it's
what
they
refer
to
as
a
long
session
of
the
legislature.
P
P
The
word
we
have
from
olympia
is
that
most
all
sessions
of
the
legislature
this
year
will
be
in
a
virtual
format
and
that
virtual
format
has
some
potential
advantages
and
it
has
some
potential
challenges
for
us
and
so
we're
looking
for
opportunities
that
we
can
use
to
get
our
messages
across
to
not
only
the
legislators
that
represent
us
in
the
41st
and
48th
legislative
districts,
but
on
a
more
broad
scale.
You
need
more
than
just
that
grouping
of
legislators
to
accomplish
big
lips
like
we
need
out
of
this
session.
P
P
Many
of
them
are
similar
or
substantially
the
same
as
in
years
past,
because
it
often
takes
several
sessions
and
several
times
going
back
with
a
bill
before
you
actually
meet
with
success,
and
what
we're
really
trying
to
think
about
this
year
is
that,
because
of
the
virtual
format,
we're
not
going
to
be
able
to
just
run
into
legislators
in
the
hallways
and
have
that
two
or
three
minute
talk
that
really
clarifies
something
for
us
or
for
them
we're
going
to
have
to
be
probably
a
lot
more
deliberate
and
much
more
focused
and
disciplined,
and
I
say
that
for
myself
that
we're
going
to
have
to
sharpen
up
our
messages,
because
we
won't
have
a
lot
of
time
with
our
legislators
compared
to
a
normal
session.
P
The
policies
that
we
have
before
you
tonight
are
they're
very
broad
and
they're
at
a
high
level.
This
higher
level
is
what,
in
the
past,
has
provided
us
with
more
flexibility
and
that
flexibility
is
important,
because
if
you
put
your
stake
in
the
ground
too
too
many
times
and
say
you
know,
we
can't
support
this.
We
can't
support
that.
We
have
to
do
this.
We
have
to
do
that.
P
Another
priority
was
affordable,
housing,
homelessness
and
human
services,
climate
and
the
environment,
and
then
capital
budget
requests
which
are
done
every
year.
One
of
the
main
tasks
the
legislature
has
during
a
long
session,
is
to
adopt
new
operating
capital
and
transportation
budgets
for
the
coming
biennium
and
as
a
starting
point.
P
The
governor
typically
sends
out
his
proposed
agenda
and
releases
it
in
december
of
the
month
preceding
the
sessions
beginning
and
he
released
his
in
december,
and
he
released
it
at
a
time
prior
to
when
the
congress
took
action
on
the
next
coveted
release,
package
or
relief
package,
and
that
was
ultimately
signed
by
president
trump.
P
So
his
budget
doesn't
reflect
the
money
that
will
be
coming
to
the
state
as
part
of
that
federal
package,
and
so
some
of
the
things
that
he
put
in
his
proposed
budget
could
morph
a
bit
or
change
a
bit
to
reflect
that
new
money.
That's
coming
to
the
state
in
his
proposed
budget.
He
for
operations.
He
wants
to
use
1.6
billion
dollars
from
the
state's
revenues.
P
Our
excuse
me
reserves
and
put
that,
together
with
a
proposed
capital,
gains
tax
and
a
new
tax
on
health
insurance
premiums,
and
he
wants
to
take
the
1.6
billion
in
state
reserves,
plus
this
new
money
to
put
that
into
new
programs.
For
the
state
in
the
capital
budget,
he
proposes
to
use
future
bonding
capacity
to
create
a
larger
than
normal
pot
of
money
this
year.
P
That
can
be
bonded
against
for
capital
projects
that
can
stimulate
the
economy
and
his
proposal
would
increase
the
current
bonding
capacity,
which
is
about
3.3
billion
dollars,
and
he
would
add
to
that
to
make
a
total
4.7
billion.
Now.
This
is
a
good
thing
for
the
current
capital
budget,
because
it
would
help
get
some
projects
out
the
door
that
could
stimulate
the
economy.
P
The
governor's
transportation
budget
of
all
the
budgets,
capital,
operating
and
transportation
transportation
is
the
budget
where
the
revenue
has
start
has
been
coming
in
much
more
slowly
and
that
budget
is
much
more
constrained
than
the
other
two
and
so
in
his
proposal,
he's
not
proposing
a
lot
of
new
projects,
but
he
is
trying
to
increase
funding
for
grants
that
are
already
part
of
existing
programs,
and
one
of
the
big
areas
where
he
wants
to
dedicate
money
is
about
724
million
dollars
to
fix
state-owned
culverts,
and
these
are
roads
and
underground
projects
that
are
a
barrier
to
fish
passage.
P
The
supreme
court
recently
said
the
state
has
to
fix
those
so
he's
going
to
he's
planning
to
put
quite
a
bit
of
money
into
those
covert
projects,
and
then
he's
planning
to
put
money
into
or
proposing
to
put
money
into
maintenance
and
preservation
projects
for
roads
and
then
part
of
the
whole
discussion
around
transportation
is
the
development
of
a
new
statewide
transportation
funding
package.
You'll
recall
the
last
package
called
connecting
washington
was
approved
by
the
legislature
in
2015,
and
that
proved
to
be
very
beneficial
for
bellevue
and
the
east
side.
P
That
would
connect
people
down
to
interstate
405..
That
is
a
huge
project
and
it
has
been
a
priority
for
the
city.
For
many
years,
we're
still
working
to
get
the
projects
in
the
405
master
plan,
fully
funded,
there's
a
project
that
would
provide
access
off
of
405
into
downtown
bellevue
or
the
environment
around
downtown
bellevue,
and
then
there
are
some
longer
term
projects
that
would
fix
the
interchanges
where
520
meets
405
and
where
I-90
meets
405.
And,
as
you
know,
those
are
very
important
regional
choke
points.
P
Those
are
longer-term
projects,
but
our
goal
this
session
is
to
get
those
on
the
radar
of
the
legislature
so
that
we
might
be
able
to
get
funding
in
the
statewide
transportation
package
to
fund
maybe
design
and
right
away
of
those
projects
with
full
funding
being
several
years
down
the
road.
But
it's
important
to
get
those
on
people's
radar
and
the
agenda.
P
Memo
that
we
put
in
your
packet
for
tonight
provides
more
details
on
the
governor's
budget
and
other
issues
that
are
sort
of
the
lead
up
to
the
legislative
session
and,
as
we
noted
earlier,
the
governor's
budget
is
essentially
a
starting
point.
It
rarely
is
the
ending
point.
Each
chamber
of
the
legislature
develops
its
own
operating
transportation
and
capital
budgets.
P
It
works
on
those
during
the
session,
which
is
why
it's
important
to
keep
up
the
dialogue
with
our
legislators
and
those
are
released
by
each
chamber
late
in
the
session
and
are
there's
really
not
a
lot
of
time
to
debate
them
once
they're
released
and
then
once
they
are
adopted.
The
legislature
goes
home
and
we
always
hope
that
that
happens
on
time.
P
Something
that
I
wanted
to
do
as
a
reminder
that
I
forgot
to
do
so.
I
sent
it
to
you
earlier
is
the
last
couple
of
years
when
we've
done
legislative
agendas,
we've
put
out
a
four-page
document
that
looks
a
little
bit
like
a
marketing
piece
or
a
book.
It's
got
color
photos
and
the
first
two
pages
of
last
year's
publication
had
the
actual
wording
of
the
adopted
legislative
agenda
that
the
city
council
adopted
pages.
Three
and
four
had
additional
information
that
we
thought
was
helpful
in
apprising
legislators
of
sort
of
what's
happening
in
bellevue.
P
Maybe
we're
not
asking
for
money
for
these
things
today,
but
we
wanted
them
to
know
the
lay
of
land
for
the
future,
and
so
page
three
had
a
listing
that
talked
about
future
capital,
transportation
and
sort
of
place,
making
projects
that
the
city
would
be
looking
for.
Funding
for
and
those
included
last
year,
the
grand
connection
and
the
regional
aquatic
center
and
this
year
we
would
propose
to
update
that
page
three
to
include
the
cross-cultural
communities
project
and
then
page.
P
Four
of
last
year's
agenda
included,
probably
one
of
our
best
pieces,
which
is
the
whole
notion
of
investing
in
bellevue.
We
like
to
make
sure
the
legislators
know
that
when
they
put
money
into
bellevue,
when
they
fund
projects
in
bellevue
and
on
the
east
side,
they're
contributing
to
their
own
success,
because
those
projects
and
those
dollars
generate
more
dollars
for
the
state
budget.
P
We
always
say
when
you
invest
in
bellevue
you're,
getting
a
good
return
for
the
whole
state,
not
just
for
the
residents
of
our
community
or
the
small
region
that
we're
in,
and
so
our
proposal
was
to
update
that.
And
it
includes
things
like
the
amount
of
tax
revenue
that
the
city,
its
businesses
and
the
rep
and
its
residents
contribute
each
year
to
the
state
budget,
the
number
of
jobs
we
have
in
bellevue
who's
working
on
those
jobs
and
where
they're
coming
from
and
some
of
the
major
companies.
P
P
P
We
don't
go
above
it
and
we
don't
go
beyond
it
or
below
it
unless
we
check
in
with
you,
so
the
value
of
it
is
in
the
fact
that
all
of
you
agree
to
it
and
make
it
yours
so
that
we
can
all
go
out
and
do
the
city's
work
in
olympia
or
wherever
olympia
is
going
to
be
this
year,
and
with
that
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
or
any
additional
information.
You
might
need.
P
A
You
very
much
so
I'm
going
to
call
people
in
this
order,
starting
with
some
member
barksdale
and
robert
simson
deputy
mayor
noon,
house,
councilmember,
stokes
lee
and
then
myself
so
councilmember
barksdale.
Would
you
like
to
start
us
off.
L
All
right,
thank
you
mayor.
I
don't
have
any
questions,
but
you
know
just
looking
over
it
and
some
of
the
issues
that
are
top
of
mind
right
now
in
our
community
and
I'm
glad
to
see
that
we're
calling
out
calling
out
those
specifically
and
looking
for
the
opportunity
to
partner
and
receive
funding
to
support
those
efforts.
So
thank
you
and
if
you
have
any
other
questions
I'll
just
come
back
around,
I
guess:
okay,.
A
Thank
you,
councilmember
robertson,.
D
Thanks
mayor
yeah,
I
think
that
the
legislative
agenda
is
written
as
just
about
right,
and
so
I
you
know,
I'm
I'm
supportive
of
it.
We
all
had
a
chance
to
look
at
it
ahead
of
time
and
meet
with
staff
about
it,
and
so
I
think
it
really
reflects
a
lot
of
our
already
adopted
policies
and
our
agreement
on
new
policies.
D
P
P
But
we
took
special
care
this
session
to
make
sure
that
our
transportation
priorities,
especially
were
laid
out
in
a
way
that
that
was
very
precise
on
what
it
was.
We
were
asking
for
funding
for,
and
you
know
so.
The
legislators
have
good
information
and
it
I
apologize
for
its
length
and,
if
there's
a
way
to
graphically
fix
that.
So
maybe
it
goes
two
and
a
half
pages
and
we
use
the
other
two
or
one
and
a
half
pages
a
little
differently,
but
still
get
all
the
information.
D
I
think
that
would
be
really
good,
because
if,
if
it's
too
long,
people
stop
paying
attention
and
we
want
to
really
highlight
the
things
that
we
want
the
most-
this
is
going
to
be
a
long
session
and
we're
going
to
have
a
chance
to
weigh
in
on
things.
If
they're
not
included
in
our
agenda,
we
can
weigh
in
still
there's
a
lot
of
policies
we've
adopted
or,
like
you
said,
you'll
come
back
to
us.
I
I
was
gonna.
D
I
had
in
my
notes
to
encourage
that
the
invest
in
bellevue
piece
have
the
information
about
all
the
job
growth
we
have,
but
it
sounds
like
you're
already
planning
to
do
that.
So
thank
you
for
being
thoughtful
about
that
on
the
virtual
format
of
this
session.
I
know
we
don't
know
how
it's
all
going
to
be,
but
we
used
to
do
a
legislative
breakfast
with
our
with
the
41st
and
48th
district
delegations,
and
we
would
share
with
them
our
agenda.
D
I
mean
our
legislative
agenda
etc
and
all
have
you
know
coffee
and
pastries
together
and
talk
about
bellevue
and
what
the
upcoming
session
is.
I
don't
know
if
we
could
set
something
like
that
up
via
zoom,
but
it
would
be
great
if
we
could
try
to
do
that
in
the
virtual
environment,
because
I
suspect-
and
and
as
you
know,
I've
been
down
to
olympia
a
lot
on
behalf
of
this
council
with
some
of
my
colleagues
and
catching
people
in
the
in
the
hallway
making
appointments
to
have
that
face
time.
D
You're
not
going
to
be
able
to
replicate
that
in
the
virtual
environment,
and
so
I'm
a
little
bit
worried
about
how
we
get
our
message
out.
But
I
think
setting
some
meetings
via
zoom
with
a
couple
of
council
members
during
the
course
of
the
session
would
be
good.
But
if
we
could
do
that
kind
of
legislative
breakfast
legislative,
lunch,
coffee
whatever.
I
think
that
would
be
really
great
because
we
need
to
coordinate
the
lobbying
effort
with
you
know.
D
The
tools
that
we
have
and
all
seven
of
us
are
tools
that
you
have
that
the
city
has
to
help
connect
with
these
legislators,
as
well
as
our
staff
and
our
lobbying
team
and
etc.
So,
to
the
extent
that
we
can
do
that
and
be
helpful
in
that,
I
think
that
we
need
to
try
to
think
outside
the
box
or
inside
the
hollywood
squares
boxes.
If
we're
going
to
do
it
all
virtually
so
as
well
as
setting
up
people
to
testify
and
that
sort
of
thing
on
bills
as
they
come
up,
but
the
yeah.
D
I
do
think
that
the
transportation
is
as
good
as
as
good
of
a
transportation
legislative
agenda
as
I've
seen
because
it
really
is
very
comprehensive.
So
thanks
councilmember.
K
Zone,
yes,
thank
you
joyce.
I
I
echo
my
colleagues
about
the
tough
work
you
have
of
creating
this
and
really
focusing
on
those
things
that
we
know
that
the
the
city
cares
about
as
well
as
our
legislators
are
going
to
be
focusing
on,
and
I
echo
councilman
robertson
in
having
been
down
in
olympia
the
last
couple
of
years.
K
How
do
we
do
that
virtually
and
make
sure
that
we
have
the
opportunity
to
be
the
advocates
for
bellevue,
so
I'd
like
to
figure
out
also
how
we
might
go
about
doing
that,
whether
it's
a
ledge
breakfast
or
some
additional
zoom
calls
or
some
other
partnerships
in
terms
of
the
agenda?
K
K
One
cleanup
item
and
then
one
item
that
you
and
I
chatted
briefly
about
of
adding
so
on
the
cleanup,
the
the
item
about
preserving
fiscal
sustainability
and
local
control.
I
think
that
there
was
a
duplicate
of
the
words
and
refrained
from
preempting
the
authority
of
that
we
we
added
it
in
the
second
sentence,
so
I
think
the
intent
was
that
the
first
leading
sentence
was
all
positive
facing.
K
So
that
might
be
one
cleanup
item
and
then
joyce
the
other
one
was
when
we
were
talking
about
the
bellevue
college
connection.
We
talked
about
the
partnership
with
washdot
and
so
as
part
of
the
etp,
we
had
added
a
an
item
called
partnerships,
incentivized
partnerships
to
advance
transportation
projects.
K
The
state
should
remove
barriers
to
partnership,
including
restrictions
on
the
use
of
state
land.
So
I'd
like
to
to
add
that
into
our
agenda,
because
that's
one
of
the
things
that
would
help
us
move
forward
with
the
bellevue
college
connection
a
little
bit
faster
and
then
my
other
comment
is
the
at
the
federal
level
federal
advocacy.
C
Thank
you,
mayor
and
joyce
great
work,
as
always
developing
the
legislative
agenda
for
us
just
a
quick
process
question
before
I
dive
into
two
other
questions.
C
When
you,
when
you
start
a
lot
of
the
guidance,
is
it's
first
started
coming
from
the
the
governor
and
some
of
the
priorities
for
the
governor,
or
do
you
check
in
with
our
six
legislators
first
in
terms
of
the
that
represent
part
of
all
of
bellevue
and
check
in
with
them
as
well
in
terms
of
their
priorities,
and
do
they
sync
with
the
city
of
bellevue's
and
how
we
can
work
together?
P
Typically,
we
we
meet
with
our
legislators
via
our
lobbyist
briana
and
we
meet
with
them
all
year
long,
and
so
they
pretty
much
are
as
up-to-date
as
possible
on
what's
what
the
lay
of
the
land
is
in
bellevue,
as
session
gets
closer
toward
the
end
of
the
year,
we
check
in
with
them
more
frequently
to
do
just,
as
you
said,
check
on
what
are
their
priorities.
What
are
the
bills
they're
going
to
be
working
on?
P
What's
the
most
concern
to
them
and
as
it
relates
to
the
governor's
proposed
budget,
I
am
hoping
what
I
had
in
the
agenda.
Memo
was
not
misleading,
because
we
generally
just
apprise
you
of
what's
in
the
governor's
budget,
because
those
are
his
priorities
that
he's
already
released
to
the
public
and
some
bills
get
pre-filed,
which
means
they
are
in
the
hopper.
If
you
will
prior
to
the
beginning
of
the
legislative
session-
and
we
know
what
some
of
those
bills
are,
but
the
action
really
starts
next
monday
and
so
on.
C
Thank
you
for
that,
so
two
questions
or
and
or
suggestions.
So,
as
my
colleague
councilmember
robertson
pointed
out,
we
do
have
that,
invest
in
and
bellevue
piece
to
this,
but
and-
and
I
think
the
transportation
section
of
this
just
is
spot
on
it's
fantastic.
I
I
just
have
something
just
nags
in
me
a
little
bit.
It
doesn't
wonder
if
we
need
to
add
a
little
urgency
there.
C
I
just
wonder
if
we
could
add
some
some
some
urgency
to
that
language,
just
a
little
bit
in
that
section,
as
well
as
it
being
in
the
investment
bell
view,
because
it
really
is
critical
to
maintain
our
our
our
our
infrastructure
in
order
for
this
growth
to
work
for
belgium
and
work
for
the
entire
state.
C
So
that
was
one
question
for
you
and
then
the
other
one
is
on
the
the
climate
and
environment
section
the
obviously,
as
you
know,
we
just
passed
our
esp
and
to
me
when
I
read
it,
it
sounds
as
if
we
are
willing
to
work
on
environmental
issues
as
long
as
it
worked
within
the
esp
program,
but
I
was
wondering
if
it
would
be
possible
to
put
like
the
transportation
section,
get
a
little
bit
more
specific
in
terms
of
a
dollar
amount.
C
Ask
that
could
help
us
facilitate
our
esp
program
even
further
or
quicker,
because
certainly
you
know
this
is
a
priority
for
the
entire
council,
unless
your
guidance
on
that
joyce
would
be.
We
don't
want
to
be
as
specific
in
that
one
area
as
we
have
been
in
transportation,
but
I
wanted
to
at
least
ask
you
the
question
and
get
your
thoughts
on
that.
P
In
the
other
arenas,
it
is
often
I'm
trying
to
think
of
a
nice
way
to
say
that
we
need
to
be
careful
not
to
be
seen
as
requesting
the
whole
tree,
not
just
a
branch
or
two
of
the
tree,
and
so
we
often
wait
to
see.
P
We
know
what
you
approved
in
the
esi
and
some
of
our
other
plans,
and
we
know
what's
in
the
budget
and
when
we
see
opportunities
or
a
bill
that
comes
along
that
says,
hey
there's
going
to
be
some
funding
available
for
solar
panels
or
there's
going
to
be
some
funding
available
for
the
the
infrastructure
for
autonomous
vehicles
and
electric
vehicles.
We
then
know
where
to
apply
for
that
money,
and
often
they
approve
pots
of
money
in
other
areas
than
transportation
that
are
associated
with.
P
You
know:
there's
70
million
dollars
that
funds
grants
in
these
areas
and
then
the
funding
is
actually
sometimes
on
a
competitive
basis,
or
it
can
be
just
pass-through
funding
that
goes
to
the
area
of
the
state
based
on
population
and
assessed
value.
There's
several
different
formulas
for
how
that
happens.
P
P
What
you're
suggesting
would
be
to
go
back
through
and
look
where
we
might
be
able
to
put
together
kind
of
a
list
of
things
that
if
there
was
funding,
we
would
be
very
happy
so
that
we
would
suggest
some
areas
for
funding
and
not
necessarily
as
part
of
the
official
package,
but
in
conjunction
with
progress
in
the
budget
on
that
and
initiative.
E
Yeah,
I
all
the
questions
so
far
have
been
very
good
on
this
and
I
guess
part
of
the
problem
is:
how
do
we
get
information
we
want
in
here
without
it
being?
You
know,
six
ten
pages
long.
What
the
deputy
mayor
just
said,
I
think,
is
interesting
in
terms
of
we.
E
We
have
the
dollar
values
on
certain
things,
and
you
know:
east,
rail
and
others
we're
very
specific
on
that,
and
we
go
in
with
that
and
we
have
expectations
and
we
have
around
that,
whereas
on
other
things
like
affordable
housing,
homelessness
and
human
services,
which
I
think
is
a
very,
very
important
piece
that
we
really
need
to
push
on
same
thing:
the
climate
and
the
environment,
those
are,
and
even
when
we're
getting
out
of
water
access
category,
we
have
dump
numbers
down
there,
so
it
I
found
when
you're
talking
with
people
about
this.
E
They,
when
you're
just
talking
about
the
concepts
or
what
we
want
having
done
is
good.
But
the
question
that
comes
back
to
you
is
okay.
So
how
much
do
you
want,
or
what's
it
going
to
take,
so
I
think
it
would
not
necessarily
in
this
package,
but
I
think
it
would
help
us
to
have
some
dollar
figures,
so
we
know
what
we're
talking
about.
This
is
kind
of
hard
to
say
we
want,
you,
know,
provide
funding
and
tools
to
construct
and
or
preserve,
affordable
housing
units.
How
much
do
you
want?
E
E
I
think
the
other
couple
of
things
I
want
to
say
is:
this
is
not
a
a
single
effort
by
just
the
city
of
bellevue
working
with
the
legislators
and
in
a
lot
of
these
areas
you
know
transportation,
particularly
one
of
the
reasons
we
were
successful.
Last
time
around
was
having
a
coalition
of
cities
up
and
down
the
405
corridor,
and
I
hope
we
continue
to
do
that
kind
of
work.
These
are
regional
most
of
these
original
problems
that
money
here
is
going
to
be
affected
by
other
cities
as
well.
E
A
lot
of
these
things
crossed
over
the
border.
So
again,
I
think
the
document
is
itself
is
fine.
It's
just
that
we
go
forward.
We
need
to
have
a
little
more
information
on
that
and
we
need
to
start
working
together
with
our
other
cities
on
this
and
find
out
what
they're
doing
so.
We
don't
have
you
know
competing
necessarily
competing
things,
but
we
work
together
and
the
other.
The
other
thing,
I
think,
is
important.
E
Going
back
to
what
joyce
you
were
saying
earlier
and
about-
and
you
know
you
know
how
to
lobby-
and
do
this
exceedingly
well-
is
to
emphasize
that
you
know
this.
E
This
council
members
can
do
a
lot
in
not
not
only
going
to
olympia
as
we
used
to
or
that
type
of
thing,
but
in
in
also
you
know
having
zoom
meetings
going
phone
calls
being
addressing
you'll
run
across
people
who
are
working
at
the
legislature,
both
legislators
and
and
staff,
and
and
lobbyists,
and
having
having
a
willingness
to
talk
to
people
and
to
make
phone
calls
and
to
really
communicate
a
lot
better,
I
think
is,
is
very
helpful,
something
we
can
do
so.
E
I
think
we
have
again
a
great
opportunity
to
make
some
strides
in
these
things
and
obviously
this
is
a
huge
package
and
we
don't
know
what
they're
going
to
focus
on,
but
I
applaud
the
the
work
to
put
this
together
and
I
think
it's
something
we
can
work
from
and
you
know
let's,
but
we
need
to
continue
to
have
even
more
conversation
about
it
and
communication
with
you
and
and
as
we
go
forward
and
if
the
you
know
we
could
all
work
on
this.
I
think
we'd
have
a
even
bigger
impact.
E
So
thanks
for
the
work
and
looking
forward
to
seeing
what
we
can
get
done,.
P
P
We
are
working
with
a
group
of
business
folks,
a
group
of
city
folks,
a
group
of
other
stakeholders,
and
it
all
gets
mushed
together
on
405
and
our
transportation
priorities.
So
I
think
we
have
those
bases
covered
in
terms
of
the
coalitions
that
have
helped
us
to
be
successful
in
the
past
were
building
on
those.
If
anything,
trying
to
replicate
the
success
of
the
past
and
keep
people
aware
of
the
need
in
the
central
puget
sound
area.
E
M
You
mayor,
I
want
to
compliment
joyce
and
her
staff
for
doing
a
good
job,
very,
very
good
job
on
this
legislative
agenda,
particularly
in
transportation.
I
think
that
hits
the
point
very
well
and
the
same
time.
You
know,
I
think
I
want
to
just
touch
upon
what
w
mayor
was
asking
earlier
about.
M
You
know
how
and
we
establish
our
priorities
in
our
agenda,
and
I
heard
that
we
do
have
constant
communication
with
our
legislators.
M
I
believe
that's
really
the
way
to
do
it
and
the
question
is:
we
want
to
be
sure
that
they
hear
from
us
our
priorities
because
they
are
our
representatives,
so
we
need
to
let
our
representatives
know
our
priorities
that
we
can
work
together
and
so
that
you
know
they
bring
the
reality
to
us.
Of
course
we
need
to
know
what
they
are,
and
I
think
joyce
has
a
lot
of
experience
working
both
for
bellevue
and
elsewhere.
M
So
she
is
an
expert
on
this,
so
she
knows
the
lay
of
the
land,
but
the
bottom
line
is
that
you
know
we
need
to
let
them
know
our
priority
and
that's
in
the
way
it's
ongoing
process,
and
you
know
we
need
to
communicate
with
them.
M
We
need
to
do
it
through
our
lobbyists
and
whatever
we
have
to
do,
and
this
legislative
agenda
is
one
one
piece
of
paper
when
saying
so,
we
need
to
continue
to
do
so,
and
I'm
glad
to
hear
from
her
that
you
know
it
is
a
ongoing
process
right.
It's
a
work
in
progress
and
obviously
you
know
there's
one
way:
we've
done
things
for
a
long
time
forever,
but
the
pandemic.
You
know
the
pandemic
has
really
changed.
M
Us
changed
our
environment
change,
how
we
do
things
and
what
we
do
things,
what
what
to
do
and
how
we
do
things
and
in
a
way
the
legislative
agenda
reflected
that
you
know
we
started.
I
was
saying
recovering
from
cover
19.
They
talk
about
social
and
criminal
justice
and
in
a
way
you
know
our
city
has
responded
extremely
well,
and
that
is
one
of
our
agenda.
I
hope
we
can
communicate
to
our
representatives,
and
so
I
think
you
know
I
want
to
complement
what
our
city
has
done.
M
That's
a
proof
of
what
the
city
has
responded
to
to
this
changing,
not
changing,
but
it
is
changing.
It's
changed
and
changing
social
agenda.
You
know
our
budget,
we
just
finished
really
transformational.
M
As
far
as
I'm
concerned,
you
know
I've
been
on
council
for
27
years
complete
last
december,
and
this
is
the
first
time
we're
looking
at
you
know
the
the
initiative
the
council
brought
to
the
budget
and
all
nine
amendments
are
basically
about
building
human
capital
building
human
infrastructure
as
compared
to
normally
the
city's
job
is
to
provide
you
know,
physical
infrastructure
things
that
people
can
see
can
touch
and
that
you
know
we
still
have
to
do
that.
M
We
still
have
to
deliver
those
services,
no
question
about
it,
but
I
think
that
people's
you
know
have,
you
know,
have
a
have
social
concern,
change
perception
and
we
are
addressing
it
and
I
think
belgium
has
demonstrated
extremely
well.
So
I
want
to
complement
this
council
and
the
staff
and
with
the
leadership
of
the
mayor,
we're
able
to
really
make
a
tremendous
transference
transformation,
so
they
have
cut
ourselves
on
the
back,
but
this
message
has
to
be
also
transmitted
and
communicated
to
our
legislators
right.
M
So
it's
really
something
that
I'm
glad
you
mentioned
all
that
stuff.
So
it's
got
to
be
clear
and
it
has
to
be
in
in
a
way
that
reflects
what
bellevue
stands
for
in
this
transformation.
M
I
think
that
needs
to
be
clear,
and
so
I
want
to
really
conclude
by
saying
that
you
know
this
really
give
us
opportunity,
even
though
kobe
19
says
we
can't
talk
to
people
in
person
anymore,
but
my
experience
when
you
run
into
our
legislators,
I
mean
when
we
go
to
olympia,
we
write
them
into
something
into
a
social
event.
We
have
three
minutes
to
talk
to
them
and
they
are.
M
They
are
crowded
by
10
people,
everybody
and
they're,
not
really
listening
to
you
just
have
an
impression
and
you
guys
got
to
follow
up
with
it,
but
with
the
coma
19
we
don't
run
into
them
as
often,
but
with
the
virtual
meeting.
I
find
it
very,
very
efficient,
you
know
it's
not
just
don't
just
check
chit
chat,
it's
not
just.
I
do
talk,
but
when
we
make
the
appointment,
I
hope
that
the
staff
can
help
us
do
that.
Make
appointment
like
jennifer
robinson
suggested
with
two
or
three
of
us.
M
We
can
sit
down
and
say
we
have
a
you
know,
item
we
have
a
priority
like
to
talk
to
you
and
they
can
have
more
than
one
also
listening
to
us.
We
can't
have
a
conversation.
We
don't
need
to
make
appointments.
We
need
to
make
you
know
to
connect,
we
don't
need
to
meet
a
certain
place.
We
just
get
our
you
know
our
on
a
zoom
and
say:
let's
talk
about
this
topic
in
five
minutes
or
half
an
hour.
We
can
talk
about
it
and
they
know
we
can.
M
You
can
prepare
us
for
the
points
for
the
things
that
we
need
to
say,
so
you
know
exactly
what
we
are
talking
about
we're
on
the
same
page
and
they
get
a
message
very
clearly.
So
I
think
this
is
a
very
efficient,
very
effective
way
of
communicating
lobbying.
I
hope
I
hope
that
we
can
continue
with
this
process.
You
know
this
is
a
change.
M
This
is
a
good
change,
so
I
I
hope
we
can
become
more
effective,
so
I
think
you
know,
as
mentioned
already,
the
transportation
packet
is
very
well
done
and
unfortunately
we
have
some
others.
We
don't
know
exactly
what
it
is,
and
you
know
we
have
questions
regarding
that.
We
need
to
have
more
specifics,
but
I
think
your
answer
is
it's
very
well
taken
and
I
think
we
do
want
to
continue
this
process
and
when
we
come
to
the
next
year
we
will
have.
We
don't
need
to
actually
write
up
a
formal.
That's
supposedly
this.
M
You
already
know
what
we
have
in
mind
right.
We
just
have
to
remind
them
of
it
and
just
simply
that,
so
I
hope
this
is
an
ongoing
process
and
we
have
begun
with
this
one
and
we'll
continue
to
do
so,
and
they
will
continue
to
hear
from
us.
You
know
from
council
members
as
well
as
you
guys,
you
know
if
they
don't
listen
to
us.
If
they
forget,
then
that's
your
job
to
remind
them.
So
we
hope
that
by
next
year
we'll
have
a
very
good
bachelor's
agenda,
which
they
understand.
What
our
priorities
are.
M
We
work
with
them.
We
know
what
they
think
can
work.
Then
we
can
make
a
you
know
to
become
effective,
like
you
suggest.
So,
thanks
again,
joyce.
A
Okay,
thank
you,
I'm
going
to
make
a
comment
and
then
I'm
going
to
ask
staff
to
read
back
janice's
amendment
and
then
I'd
like
to
invite
counsel
to
comment
on
that.
But
joyce
you
know.
I
really.
I
really
like
this
legislative
agenda
that
you've
drafted
here
and
I
really
think
the
challenge
is
going
to
be
telling
the
story-
and
you
talk
about
this.
A
A
So
I
think
it's
it's
just
it's
nothing's
optional
here
on
our
agenda.
You
know
it's
really:
it's
really
imperative
that
we
put
these
things
in
place
in
order
to
succeed,
so
I
think
that
the
state
should
must
feel
very
happy
with
the
challenge
that
bellevue
has
right
now
that
it's
kind
of
a
gift
that
we've
been
given
this
all
this
growth
and
opportunity,
and
so
I
hope
they
will
support
us
in
succeeding
with
that.
A
Okay,
so
could
you
oh
go
ahead?
Joyce
yeah.
P
One
of
the
things
that
I
wanted
to
do
by
way
of
kind
of
bringing
everything
to
closure,
which
is
what
you
were
suggesting,
is
council
member
zone,
made
a
comment
about
a
clean
up
item
on
page
three
and
she's
exactly
right,
that's
just
a
scrivener's
error
and
can
be
very
easily
fixed,
and
I
admit
that
I
did
not
was
not
able
to
capture
the
entire
verbiage
or
the
bellevue
college
connector
proposal
that
council
members
on
was
making
and
one
of
the
one
of
the
sort
of
complicating
factors
which
certainly
will
not
be
a
detriment.
P
But
when
we
worked
with
the
bellevue
chamber
of
commerce
and
other
stakeholders
on
our
transportation
priorities,
there
was
a
tacit
agreement
that
those
were
our
priorities
and
so
what
we
might
do
as
a
way
to
reflect.
If,
if
council
wants
to
go
that
direction,
if
we
wanted
to
include
something
about
the
bellevue
college
connector,
we
could
do
it
at
the
end
of
the
transportation
section
and
call
it
a
local
priority.
If
that
would
be
a
way
to
do
that.
P
If
council
wants
to
proceed
in
that
in
that
way,
typically,
the
state
is
not
the
funder
of
first
resort
for
transit
projects
and,
as
you
know,
from
the
last
coven
packages,
transit
has
received
much
funding
and
certainly
much
needed
funding
from
the
congressional
appropriations
in
the
relief
packages.
And
so
I
don't
I'm
not
saying
there's
going
to
be.
P
P
A
P
The
other
thing
was
council
member
robertson
proposed
a
suggestion
which
is,
is
really
good
to
have
to
replicate
the
old
breakfast
format
with
our
legislators,
somehow
in
the
zoom
call,
and
that
will
be
a
topic
that
I'll
talk
with
brianna
about
and
see
what
we
can
suggest.
By
way
of
you
know
sending
everybody
a
role
in
a
cup
of
coffee
and
saying
you
know,
drink
yours
eat
yours,.
P
P
So
since
you
brought
that
up,
I
wanted
to
ensure
that
the
whole
council
understands
that
there
there
will
likely
be
funding
and
we
would
certainly
be
in
line
to
proceed.
A
Okay,
thank
you
for
that
janice,
council
members
on
you
wanted
to
make
a
comment,
and
then
I
will.
I
can
see
you
all
so
if
you
anybody
else
wants
to
follow
the
comment.
Just
raise
your
hand
while
calling
you,
okay.
K
Yes,
thank
you
mayor,
so
the
the
item
that
I
wanted
to
add
on
partnerships,
I
think
goes
hand
in
hand
with
many
of
the
topics
that
we've
had
this
evening
related
to
partnerships,
and
it's
not
actually
asking
the
state
to
fund
a
project.
K
It
is
asking
the
state
to
incentivize
partnerships
to
advance
transportation
projects
and
also
that
the
state
should
remove
barriers
to
partnership,
including
restrictions
on
the
use
of
state
land,
and
when
this
was
brought
up
at
the
east
side,
transportation
partnership,
there
were
other
cities.
That
also
saw
this
as
as
something
that
was
important
to
them,
because
there
are
also
other
pieces
of
state
land
that
other
cities-
and
I
believe
kirkland
was
one
that
piped
in
when
I
brought
this
up
to
etp
that
if
that
actually
was
enacted,
they
would
also
find
it
beneficial.
K
So
I
would
it.
I
would
encourage
my
fellow
council
members
to
consider
this
as
an
ad
and
if
we
need
to
put
it
below
the
line
so
that
it
is
separate
from
the
ones
that
were
agreed
upon
with
the
chamber.
That's
fine,
but
I
do
think,
is
an
important
element
that
if
we
could
get
something
like
that
through
it
would
benefit
not
just
bellevue
but
other
cities
as
well.
Thank
you,
council.
A
Members
on,
can
you
say
exactly
what
the
amendment
is
that
how
you
want
it
to
read.
K
A
Okay,
so
why
don't
you
send
that
in
an
email
to
joyce
right
now
is
that
is
that
coach
is
that,
okay,
to
do
that,
mr
miyake,
to
ask
janice
to
email
that
over
to
joyce,
so
that
joyce
has
it
yeah
I
mean
I
can.
B
F
A
Hard
to
write
that
down,
I
want
to
make
sure
she
has
it
accurately.
So
I
see
deputy
mayor,
I
see
councilmember
robertson,
I
see
councilmember
lee
and
I
see
council
members
stokes
so
get
go
ahead.
Deputy
mayor
actually.
C
No,
I
wasn't
asking.
A
D
D
Maybe
we
could
squeeze
a
sentence
in
there
I'd
like
to
see
how
joyce
would
deal
with
that,
but
it
seems
like
it
would
be
a
little
bit
like
an
orphan
thought
if
it's
not
incorporated
into
the
transportation
investments,
but
I
that
would
be
my
suggestion
and
if
we
can
fit
it
there,
I'm
totally
happy
to
support
that.
It's
because
it's
not
a
request
for
a
project.
It's
just
a
request
for
tools
like
allowing
state
property
to
be
used.
A
M
Thank
you
madame.
I
knew
that
I
talked
to
joyce
in
the
council
about
this
tax
incremental
finance
thing.
I
thought
I
read
it
somewhere,
but
I
couldn't
see
it
just
now.
So
I
just
occurred
to
me:
is
it
included
some
place.
M
E
E
Was
thinking
about
something
along
the
lines
of
customer
robertson,
I
appreciate
her
suggestion
on
that
and
would
agree
with
that.
I
just
want
to
ask
it
kind
of
struck
me
as
listening
to
the
response
on
that,
though
joyce.
E
We're,
I
guess,
I'm
a
little
concerned
about
having
something
that
has
already
been
approved
and
kind
of
a
partner.
You
know
with
the
chamber
read
on
and
then
you
come
to
council.
We
come
to
council
and
talk
about
it.
E
What
would
what
would
we
do
if
we
wanted
to
change
a
couple
of
the
other
things
I
mean
it
seems
to
me
that
we
should
be
able
the
counselor
should
be
able
to
put
its
to
have
the
opportunity
to
make
comments
or
add
something,
and
then
that
could
be
talked
with
the
chamber
about,
but
I
don't
know
it
just
kind
of
struck
me
as
a
little
odd
that
we
were
kind
of
bound
by
the
language
because
it
already
been
approved.
P
Well,
I
think
my
language
was
a
little
bit
more
direct
than
it
could
have
been
about
that
process,
because
these
are,
after
all,
your
point
is
a
good
one,
but
these
are
council
priorities.
I
think
that
the
the
opportunity
to
add
it
is
purely
up
to
us.
I
think
it's
a
good
idea
to
add,
because
I
think
the
whole
concept
of
public-private
partnerships
and
encouraging
these
and
incentivizing
the
you
know
making
it
easier
breaking
down
the
barriers.
P
I
think
those
are
good
messages
to
incorporate
and
I
think,
there's
space
in
these
two
paragraphs
for
us
to
put
that
in,
as
was
suggested-
and
I
just
don't
see
a
problem
there-
I
would
suggest,
as
the
mayor
did,
that
I
just
see
it
and
then
incorporate
it
based
on
the
comments
you've
made,
put
it
in
and
bring
it
back
to
you
next
week.
So
you
have
a
final
say
on
it.
E
A
So
the
only
thing
that
I
will
say
is
I
don't
want
to
do
anything
to
dilute
the
message.
You
know.
I
know
that
you
can
start
adding
too
many
things,
and
then
you
lose
the
focus.
I
don't.
I
don't
personally
think
that
this
is
that
situation,
but
joyce
you're
kind
of
the
expert
in
communications
with
the
legislation
with
legislators.
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that.
However,
we
present
this
that
it's
still
a
really
tight,
concise
message
that
we're
sending
so
are.
A
B
P
A
Okay,
are
you
good
with
that
council
members
on
you?
Okay,
with
that,
okay,
great
deputy
mayor,
thank.
C
You
mayor,
if
my
colleagues
agree,
I
would
still
like
to
have
us
consider
some
more
urgent
language
in
that
first
paragraph
of
the
transportation.
So
I
don't
want
a
wordsmith
right
now,
but
if
possible,
that
would
be
something
I
would
adjust
to
do
as
well.
C
C
P
A
We
all
conveyed
that.
That's
a
good
point,
deputy
mayor
thanks,
councilmember
lee.
A
All
right
that
sounds
good.
Okay,
thank
you
joyce.
So
we
have
a
resolution
tonight,
deputy
I
mean
mr
miyake.
Would
you
like
to.
H
Sure
this
is
resolution
9865
authorizing
a
two-year
interlocal
agreement
with
king
county
for
jail
services
and
joining
this
this
evening
for
to
provide
a
brief
staff
report
in
advance
of
your
decision
making
our
joyce
nichols
our
assistant
city
manager,
mark
major
mark
tarantino
and
sergeant
john
bruger's
virgos,
sorry
from
the
bellew
police
department,
as
well
as
assistant
city
attorney,
kathleen
klein
from
her
city
attorney's
office.
H
So
with
that,
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
turn
it
over
to
joyce
for
just
some
quick
backgrounding
before
we
turn
it
over
to
major
mark
tarantino
and
sergeant
john
burgos
and
assistant
city
attorney,
kathryn
klein.
P
Thank
you
very
much
just
when
you
thought
I
was
finished
here.
I
am
again
as
you
know,
and
recently
we
discussed
this
as
recently
as
december,
we
contract
with
three
different
agencies
to
provide
jail
services
for
our
inmates.
We
contract
with
issaquah
we
score
jail,
which
is
the
facility
in
south
county
and
with
the
king
county
jail,
and
we
had
an
existing
contract
with
king
county
that
was
signed
by
council
in
2011..
P
That
was,
after
our
council
and
several
others
were
no
longer
holding
any
meetings
for
the
balance
of
december.
So
we
worked
with
the
county
executive
to
ensure
that
there
wouldn't
be
any
break
in
coverage
or
in
the
agreement
if
we
brought
it
to
council
tonight.
So
what's
before,
you
tonight
is
a
two-year
agreement
for
services
with
the
king
county
jail.
P
This
is
what
we
think
is
a
is
a
good
agreement
and
the
agreement
is
a
way
to
continue
receiving
services
from
king
county
jail,
while
the
county's
in
a
process
where
it's
looking
at
how
it
wants
to
use
the
buildings
and
the
facilities
to
provide
services
on
its
downtown
seattle.
Campus
county
has
several
buildings
we're
in
a
process
where
people
are
trying
to
rethink
how
we
deliver
human
services,
criminal
justice
services
and
the
county
is
going
through
that
process
right
now
led
by
county
executive
dow
constantine
the
agreement.
P
P
But
given
that
the
county
is
looking
at
realignments
in
some
of
its
services
and
that
could
very
easily
affect
the
jail,
so
we
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
you
understood
why
you
were
receiving
this
contract
after
the
other
one
had
expired,
so
there
were
extenuating
circumstances
and
the
folks
from
the
police
department
are
going
to
talk
to
you
about
some
of
the
specifics
in
the
contract,
but
it
is
substantially
the
same
as
the
provisions
of
the
contract
that
just
ended.
Q
Thank
you,
joyce.
That
would
be
great.
You
covered
a
lot
of
bases
there
I'll,
try
and
fill
in
where
I,
where
I
I
think,
maybe
council
might
want
some
some
answers.
So,
like
joyce
stated,
this
is
a
two-year
straightforward
agreement.
It's
basically
the
same
agreement
we've
already
had,
except
for
it
adds
a
cpi
to
it.
That's
basically
what
the
contract
is
and
joyce
already
talked
about,
the
reasons
why
it's
only
a
two-year
contract.
Q
We
contract
with
three
jails,
as
you
know,
is
aqua
for
misdemeanors
score
for
misdemeanors
in
king
county
for
felonies
and
misdemeanors,
when
we
can't
normally
get
somebody
in
to
score
or
issaquah.
Q
Q
It's
a
pay-as-you-go
contract.
We
have
no
guaranteed
beds
and
there's
no
cost
to
the
city
of
bellevue
for
felony
bookings
or
felonies
that
are
combined
with
misdemeanor
booking.
So
this
is
just
a
contract
for
misdemeanor
bookings
like
score
the
one
one
of
the
nice
things
about
king
county
jail
is
that
they
had
have
medical
beds
and
psychiatric
services
that
we
need
for
some
of
our
inmates.
Q
Fiscally,
as
you
can
see
here,
we
didn't
spend
all
that
much
in
2020
at
king
county
jail.
Most
of
our
money
went
to
score
the
reasons
for
that
and
that
the
big
decrease
is
obviously
from
kovid.
Not
only
are
the
jails
restricting
access
to
some
inmates,
but
we
ourselves
have
put
some
restrictions
on
on
low-level
offenders
being
booked
into
jail
to
protect
our
staff
and
to
protect
those
inmates.
Q
We
kind
of
split
the
difference
in
trying
to
project
how
much
we're
going
to
spend
on
jail
costs
for
king
county
we're
projecting
96
000
in
2021
and
the
second
year
of
the
contract.
97
000,
like
I
said
earlier,
we
try
and
use
score
as
much
as
we
can
because
of
the
services
they
provide
and
the
cost,
but
sometimes
we
can't
always
get
people
in
there.
Q
So
we
we
result
which
results
in
us
using
king
county
from
time
to
time,
and
in
closing
I
mean
what
we're
asking
for
from
from
from
staff
and
council
is
for
authorization
to
execute
this
two-year
agreement,
and
me
and
john
and
kathleen
and
joyce
will
be
more
than
happy
to
take
any
questions.
If
you
have
any.
A
Great
okay,
thank
you
when
I
can
have
the
screen
back
with
the
counsel
on
it
I'll
be
able
to
see
who
has
a
question
or
comment
there.
We
go
so
just
raise
your
hand
if
you
have
a
question
or
comment
here.
D
I
I
support
moving
forward
with
this
and
we
certainly
vote
yes
on
the
resolution.
I
I
have
a
question
about
what
we're
doing
to
make
sure
that
we
can
continue
to
have
services
after
2022
with
king
county.
If
we
need
it,
I
know
that
we
don't
send
many
of
our
misdemeanors
there,
but
when
you
need
them,
you
need
them,
and
I
I'm
very
worried
about
the
county's
ability
to
continue
to
provide
these
criminal
justice
services
if
they
close
down
the
jail.
D
So
could
mr
tarantino,
can
you
let
me
know,
what's
happening
with
that
and
when
we'll
know
you
know,
I
assume
we're
working
towards
the
next
contract
or
joyce.
Let
me
know
what's
happening
because
we
we
had
a
10
nine
year
contract
before,
and
this
is
only
two
years
we're
going
to
need
services.
Beyond
that,
I
anticipate
I.
P
Sure
one
of
the
things
that
that
led
to
this
two-year
contract
is
this
sort
of
realignment
process
and
the
county.
What
I
don't
have
as
many
specifics,
as
I'm
sure
we'll
have
in
the
coming
months
as
the
process
moves
forward,
but
the
county
has
several
buildings
downtown.
P
It
has
the
old
courthouse,
it
has
the
schnook
building
the
goat
hill
garage,
the
jail
and
you
know
other
service.
There
are
some
buildings
that
are
further
down
in
pioneer
square
and
the
county
is
sitting
on
an
enormously
valuable
bunch
of
properties
down
there
and
the
jail
is
one
of
the
properties
that
is
quite
old,
and
it
is
not
the
kind
of
jail
that
people
are
building
these
days
and
it's
very
expensive
to
operate.
P
So
that's
part
of
the
rethinking
and
realigning
that's
going
on
is:
should
there
be
a
downtown
jail?
Well,
there
probably
would
be
at
least
some
kind
of
facility
in
downtown.
As
part
of
this,
you
know
realignment
that
might
include
some
cells
for
inmates,
some
booking
and
arraignment
places
or
facilities,
but
it
might
not
be
the
several
story,
building
that
it
is
today.
P
And
I
think
that
it's
time
that
you
know,
we
need
to
approach
the
county
executive
and
say
what
are
you
thinking
because
we
are
interested,
as
you
say,
in
having
a
longer
term
contract,
because
we
do
need
this
piece
to
fill
out
our
jail
portfolio.
We
need
the
county
jail.
P
So
it's
a
matter
of
getting
involved
if
we
can
in
the
rethinking
and
understanding
how
the
district
court
contract
works
and
how
these
other
things
work
together.
Our
probation
services
that
we
provide.
We,
we
have
many
kind
of
dogs
in
this
fight.
If
you
will
so
we'll
want
to
be
involved.
But
the
answer
to
your
question
most
directly,
is
we
don't
know
right
now.
M
Thank
you
joyce.
Is
this
the
right
time
and
opportunity
to
now
bring
the
issue
up
to
the
king
county
executive?
You
know,
obviously
you
know
he
has
to
come
up.
Eventually
we
have
to
watch
out
for
our
own,
you
know,
needs
and
to
provisions.
If
it
is,
the
question,
then
is
what
do
we
do?
How
do
we?
You
know
the
the
council
need
to
think
about.
You
know
working
with
the
city
manager
and
you
guys
develop
a
plan
to
make
this
work
and
there's
a
time.
P
Right,
we
have
already
spoken
with
staff
in
the
county
executive's
office,
both
brad
and
I
have
and
it
I
think
that
your
your
question
is
well
timed,
because
it
is
time
for
us
to
engage
more
with
the
county
executive
if
only
to
find
out
the
timetable
and
the
sort
of
things
he's
going
to
be.
P
Looking
at
big
picture,
he
and
other
members
he's
meeting
with
with
other
officials
too,
but
I
don't
know
the
degree
to
which
we
would
have
been
involved
to
this
point,
but
now
that
you
know
we're
looking
at
this
contract
and
we're
looking
at
only
two
years.
I
think
those
are
valid
questions
to
be
asked
and
we
can
get
back
to
you
on
some
timing
and
some
process
issues
for
how
we
might
make
that
happen.
K
Yeah,
I
agree
with
my
colleagues:
I'm
gonna
support
this
and
I
do
think
it's
broader,
though,
than
king
county,
because
we
have
three
different
places
that
we
are
using
for
as
jail
services,
and
so
it
seems
to
me
the
discussion
should
be
more
holistic
than
just
king
county,
because
we
are
relying
on
all
three
to
provide
services
on
our
behalf,
so
I
don't
know
whether
the
other
two
are
looking
at
making
any
changes
or
not.