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A
Thank
you
well
welcome
everybody
to
the
regular
bellevue
city
council
meeting
for
january
19th,
2021
meeting
on
a
tuesday,
because
we
celebrated
martin
luther
king
jr's
birthday
yesterday,
councilmember
robertson,
because
she
has
a
full-time
job
has
to
be
in
meetings
for
that
today,
and
so
she
may
join
us
later.
But
in
case
she
isn't
I'd
like
to
see
a
motion
to
excuse
her
absence.
A
A
B
D
C
A
C
F
Oh,
thank
you
hi,
council
and
mayor.
My
name
is
christian
dorsett.
You
can
find
me
on
twitter
at
chris425
and
more
information
on
my
website
firemilot.blogspot.com.
I
have
several
issues
to
briefly
address
in
public
tonight.
First,
I
think
the
city
should
not
allow
blue
line
flag
police
artwork
in
our
city
government.
I
don't
like
it
and
I
think
the
use
of
that
artwork
is
racist
and
should
be
banned
by
our
city
government.
Another
issue
for
me
is
defamation
on
twitter
by
councilperson
robertson,
who
called
me
a
twitter
troll.
F
I
am
not
a
liar
and
I
think
the
city
should
honor
my
damage
claim.
I
remind
the
council
federal
appeals
court
found
in
2019
that
an
elected
public
official
blocking
of
the
users
from
their
public
facing
account,
even
if
it's
personal,
is
in
fact
a
violation
of
the
first
amendment
and
subsequently,
in
this
instance
here
a
violation
of
the
oath
of
office.
I
am
drafting
a
recall
petition
from
removal
of
councilperson
robertson
because
of
this
action
on
twitter.
I.
F
F
They
did
a
transcript
of
a
three-minute
video
with
proof
either
I'm
lying
or
they
lying,
and
I'm
still
requesting
that
investigation.
Thank
you
for
your
time
tonight
and
thank
you,
mr
barksdale,
for
being
a
beacon
in
our
new
council.
G
Yes,
there
can
you
hear
me.
G
Okay,
I
will
turn
on
my
camera.
Let's
see
what
happens
with
that
I'll,
be
speaking
for
both
myself
and
my
husband,
who
is
following
me.
So
if
I
could
go
in
uninterrupted,
that
would
be
much
appreciated.
Thank
you,
bellevue
city
council,
for
providing
the
time
for
us
today.
G
G
G
In
february
of
2020,
there
was
a
significant
rainfall
which
caused
lake
sammamish
water
levels
to
rise
to
levels
not
seen
in
nearly
20
years.
The
result
was
considerable
damage
to
many
properties
and
improvements.
The
rainfall
experience,
although
very
heavy,
was
within
the
limits
factored
into
the
design
of
the
flood
control
measures
implemented
by
the
core
put
simply.
The
lake
should
not
have
risen
to
the
levels
we
endured
last
year.
Let
us
trace
why
this
happened.
What
can
be
done
and
what
is
not
being
done?
G
Key
changes
were
made
to
the
flood
control
system,
starting
in
the
1990s,
some
legal,
some
illegal.
The
corps
allowed
the
county
to
place
limited
vegetation
in
the
river
to
protect
endangered
salmon.
If
the
plantings
were
maintained
as
specified,
however,
the
county
failed
to
perform
the
required
maintenance.
G
The
overgrowth
became
obstructive
to
flow
and
the
corps
warned
the
county
and
directed
the
county
to
warn
the
public
of
the
that
this
could
cause
flooding.
However,
the
lake
residents
were
never
notified
in
2010,
a
group
of
concerned
lakeshore
residents
wondering
why
the
docks
remained
under
water
and
inaccessible
into
june
learned
of
the
above
issues
and
with
much
prodding
convinced
the
county
to
return
to
annual
maintenance.
G
Some
of
the
undergrowth
was
removed,
but
three
feet
of
accumulated
sediment
remains
in
the
channel
and
continues
to
impede
the
flow.
In
addition,
the
resident
group
found
that
in
2008
the
corps
had
already
declared
the
system
would
no
longer
deliver
adequate
flood
protection.
Again,
the
public
had
not
received
notification.
In
addition
to
inadequate
outflow
conditions,
development
downstream
has
exacerbated
the
issue.
Redmond
has
built
its
town
storm
sewer
system
too
low,
leaving
it
flood
prone.
The
damage
from
development
in
bear
creek
basin
now
far
exceeds
that
of
the
floodway.
H
In
addition
to
the
inner
adequate
outflow
conditions,
development
downstream
has
exasperated
the
issue.
Redmond
has
built
its
downtown
storm
system
too
low,
leaving
it
very
flood
prone
and
drainage
from
development
in
bear.
Creek
basin
now
far
exceeds
what
the
floodway
was
designed
to
handle.
The
lake
has
now
become
a
detention
pond
continued
pressure
from
residents
to
address
these
problems.
The
county
began
project
began
a
project
in
2013
one.
They
promised
the
corps
since
the
early
2000s.
The
willowmar
project
it
was
called,
was
to
restore
flood
protection.
H
However,
its
focus
has
been
turned
on
its
head
and
the
major
objective
in
the
creation
of
the
new
trout-like
stream
for
salmon,
including
a
cooling
water
pump
from
below
ground.
The
cost
north
of
19
million
with
unknown
annual
operating
costs
residents
have
spent
more
than
decades
seeking
restored
flood
protection.
A
variety
of
actions
can
be
undertaken,
but
are
not
one
relatively
simple
approach
we
have
proposed
would
be
widening
the
notch
in
the
low
dam
known
as
a
weir
located
in
the
river
at
marymore
park
and
installing
flood
control
gates.
H
This
would
allow
lowering
of
the
lake
in
advance
of
wet
weather
or
the
wet
season,
much
like
they
do
with
the
locks
for
lake
washington.
Of
course,
removal
of
many
illegal
obstructions
and
invasive
plants
in
and
along
the
river
would
help
the
flow
and
promote
the
health
of
the
native
flora
flows
into
the
lake
in
the
river
can
be
better
managed.
Traditionally,
detention
ponds
have
tempered
storm
water
flow
spreading
it
out
over
time.
We
have
knowledge
that
the
detention
ponds
are
not
being
monitored
for
functionality.
H
H
C
A
B
I
would
thank
you
mayor.
I
would
like
to
recommend
the
appointment
of
sherry
mcclure,
a
bellevue
resident
who
lives
in
the
bridal
trails
neighborhood,
an
area
that
doesn't
have
as
much
coverage
or
representation
on
the
human
services
commission,
her
human
services
background
and
volunteer
efforts
have
spanned,
broad
and
diverse
services
and
populations,
and
focus
on
advocacy
and
frontline
solutions
to
help
those
experiencing
hardships
and
in
need.
Sherry
recently
served
on
the
boards
of
two
local
non-profits
and
was
an
active
volunteer
for
an
international
nonprofit.
B
At
jubilee,
women's
center
sherry
served
as
a
board
member
and
the
board.
Vice
president
and
julie,
women's
jubilee.
Women's
center
provides
transitional,
housing
and
programs
to
help
women
experiencing
homelessness.
It
focuses
on
identifying
removing
barriers
to
help
women
move
out
of
homelessness
and
into
stable
independence.
B
B
This
was
a
non-profit
whose
mission
is
prevent
child
abuse
by
providing
families
throughout
washington,
with
programs
that
build
parenting,
skills
and
supportive
systems
and
focusing
on
at-risk
parents
and,
lastly,
sherry
volunteered
with
international
refugee
committee,
which
assistance
which
assists
international
refugees
to
help
resettle
in
the
us
and
to
rebuild
their
lives
and
not
just
rebuild
their
lives
but
to
succeed
and
to
thrive.
In
our.
A
All
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye
any
opposed
all
right.
Thank
you.
Welcome,
sherry,
all
right,
we're
on
to
the
consent
calendar.
Do
we
have
a
motion
to
approve
the
consent
calendar?
I.
A
All
those
in
favor
say
aye
any
opposed,
okay.
Well,
we
have
two
study
session
items
tonight
and
I'm
happy
to
see
the
first
one
is
our
fellow
council
member
and
fellow
mayor
of
bellevue
king
county
council,
chair
or
president.
Maybe
I'm
not
sure
the
title,
but
congratulations
to
claudia
balducci
and
mr
miyaki.
Would
you
like
to
add
anything
to
this
introduction.
C
A
good
one,
brad
sorry,
mr
miyaki,
it
doesn't
appear
that
miss
balducci
is
connected
yet
to
the
meeting.
Okay.
So
just
moving
to
the
the
next
study
session
item
and
we
can
circle
back.
Okay,
no.
A
Problem
so
well,
that's
nice
for
staff
on
the
call
tonight,
so
they
can
report
in
sooner
than
later
we
are
going
to
be
talking
about
the
a
new
initiative,
bellevue
centers
communities
of
color,
but
I
wanted
to
pause
for
a
moment
and
just
mention
the
city's
celebration
of
martin
luther
king
jr's
birthday.
Yesterday.
It
was
a
wonderful
virtual
program
that
had
over
a
hundred
people
from
all
over
the
region,
wasn't
not
just
bellevue
who
attended
and
it
was
so
well
done.
A
J
Yes,
thank
you
mayor
and
council
members
tonight.
Staff
are
here
to
provide
the
council
with
some
relevant
details
on
that
would
implement
the
bellevue
centers,
the
communities
of
color
initiative
and
just
by
way
of
background
during
last
year's
budget
deliberation,
the
council
approved
one-time
funding
of
150
000
for
this
initiative.
J
This
initiative
supports
a
community-led
effort
to
help
shape
the
city
of
bellevue
into
a
community
that
values
and
commits
to
racial
equity
through
three
focus
areas.
One
is
developing
trust
and
awareness
through
dialogue;
second,
building
racial
literacy
and
skills
through
education
and
training,
and
third
co-creating
recommendations
to
the
council,
focusing
on
actions
with
racial
outcomes.
J
This
evening,
staff
is
seeking
council
direction
to
proceed
with
implementation
of
this
initiative
and
joining
us.
This
evening
is
delaney
cascio
the
diversity
and
inclusion
administrator,
as
well
as
geriana
garcia,
tell
us
diversity
and
outreach
administrator
and
with
that
I'll
turn
it
over
to
elaine
elaine.
K
Great
great
good
afternoon,
everybody
or
good
evening,
everybody
thank
you
for
having
us
here
tonight.
We
are
grateful
to
be
able
to
present
the
communities,
buggy
centers
communities
of
color
initiative.
Yuriana.
Are
you
able
to
put
up
the
the
powerpoint.
K
The
city
manager
miyaki
has
mentioned
that
the
purpose
for
tonight
where
we
are
asking
council
to
move
to
direct
the
city
manager
to
proceed
with
implementation
of
this
initiative,
and
this
includes
establishing
some
of
these
areas
that
we'll
provide
more
detail
on
as
part
of
our
presentation
and,
of
course,
that
includes
the
coordinating
team,
the
timeline
of
three
years
and
the
three
focus
areas
around
dialogue,
training
and
developing
recommendations
towards
racial
equity
go
ahead
and
move
to
the
third
slide.
Yetiana
and
the
overview.
K
The
slide
after
that,
one
all
right
so
as
a
quick
overview
of
tonight.
What
you'll
hear
is
that
we've
divided
the
presentation
to
the
four
sections
and
that's
beginning
with
the
y
and
the
details
of
the
initiative
and
implementation,
as
well
as
the
desired
outcomes
of
the
initiative
and
by
way
of
background
during
the
city's
budget,
development
process,
council
and
members
proposed
a
community-led
effort
to
advance
racial
equity
council
recognized
the
need
to
address
racial
inequities
and
unanimously
approve
funding
towards
this
project
of
fifty
150
dollars.
K
K
K
We
also
know
that,
as
part
of
the
backdrop
of
this
work,
the
diversity
advantage
initiative
and
areas
where
we
were.
We
may
anticipate
the
work
of
the
ccc
to
inform
and
identify
next
steps.
We'll
will
be
encapsulated
our
land
within
the
next
next
steps
and
work
plans
within
the
diversity
advantage
plan
and
so
on.
The
next
slide
before
we
get
to
the
what
and
the
how?
Let's
begin
with,
why.
K
Our
council
vision
is
bellevue.
Welcomes
the
world.
Our
diversity
is
our
strength.
We
embrace
the
future
while
respecting
the
past.
This
vision
demonstrates
the
understanding
that
our
steps
towards
change
and
the
future
must
be
informed
by
the
past.
We
know
that
government,
through
laws
and
policies,
has
perpetuated
inequitable
outcomes
to
the
very
communities
it
is
designed
to
serve
especially
around
race
and
even
a
certain
movements
of
the
past,
like
the
civil
rights
movement,
moved
to
repeal
racist
policies
and
practices.
K
K
K
I
I
This
is
visible
when
we
see
who
is
sitting
at
the
tables
where
decisions
are
made
in
a
city
where
we
have
a
unique
makeup
of
communities
of
color
immigrants
and
refugees,
we
are
asked
to
reimagine
reimagine,
inclusive
engagement.
Where
touch
points
are
representative
of
the
49
of
community
that
identifies
as
black
indigenous
and
people
of
color.
I
I
I
I
We
must
understand
and
center
racial
equity
as
a
way
to
reduce
barriers
harm
while
increasing
access
and
opportunities.
Finally,
this
journey
calls
for
partnerships
with
community
and
across
institutions.
This
recognizes
talents,
skills
and
resources
that
we
have
within
bellevue
now
I'll
hand
it
over
to
elaine
to
speak
more
on
the
initiative,
all
right.
K
Based
on
what
we
heard
from
partner
groups
and
members
of
the
community,
we
have
taken
into
account
that
members
of
bellevue's
community
will
have
different
interests
where
they
would
like
to
engage
in
as
well
as
varying
skills
around
racial
equity.
So
the
city
has
identified
three
initiative
targets.
K
The
first
one
is
developing
trust
and
awareness
through
dialogue,
two
building
racial
equity
and
there's
a
training
component
with
skills
through
education
and
workshops
and
training,
as
well
as
three
partnering
with
the
city
and
other
institutions
to
co-create
recommendations
and
actions
with
racial
equity
outcomes.
K
So,
within
these
target
areas,
the
ccc
coordinating
team
will
plan
and
implement
a
multi-pronged
approach
across
a
three-year
period.
I
would
like
to
highlight
that
there
is
intentionality
in
keeping
these
three
focus
areas
and
the
work
involved,
at
least
for
now,
broad,
because
this
process
is
meant
to
be
participatory,
with
the
coordinating
team
of
the
ccc.
K
We
cannot
say
we
are
centering
needs
and
voices
of
communities
of
color
if
we
are
determining
ahead
of
time.
What
all
those
needs
may
be
and
what
those
solutions
may
look
like?
We
can
anticipate
that
the
ccc
may
unveil
needs
as
well
as
solutions
that
we
haven't
even
thought
about,
and
so
I'd
like
to
walk
you
through
these
three
areas.
K
The
first
focus
area
is
around
developing
trust
and
awareness
through
dialogue
in
the
year
one.
So
this
area
is
really
about
building
trust
awareness,
empathy
around
different
experiences
across
race
and
doing
so
under
the
guise
of
dialogue
and
conversation.
This
proposal
includes
developing
a
series
of
community
discussions
over
the
first
year.
K
We
know
that,
after
the
killing
of
george
floyd,
many
businesses
issued
statements
of
solidarity
around
racial
equity
and,
more
recently,
the
pledge
of
employers
who
have
signed
on
to
the
washington
employers
for
racial
equity
trainings
can
assist
in
building
understanding
and
knowledge
on
how
to
move
this
work
forward.
We'd
like
to
imagine
the
collective
impact
if
we
move
together
as
a
community
across
sectors
on
building
skills
around
racial
equity
and
anti-blackness.
K
Last
week
mayor,
you
invited
council
members
to
provide
feedback
on
the
diversity
summit
and
many
share
the
sentiment
and
the
value
of
learning
together
and
look
toward
more
opportunities
to
provide
trainings
around
other
topics
or
these
around
broader
topics,
around
racial
equity
and
so
moving
on
to
the
third
focus
area.
This
includes
collaborating
on
identifying
recommended
actions.
They'll
lead
the
city
towards
being
a
more
more
racially
more
racially
racially
equitable.
K
This
section,
utilizes
many,
will
hope
to
utilize
many
forms
of
engagement
and
whereby
the
coordinating
team
may
partner
with
specific
formalized
groups
as
well
as
recognizing
that
the
objective
really
here
is
to
support
the
practices
on
racial
equity
across
city
lines
of
business
and,
ultimately
to
better
serve
the
needs
of
communities
of
color.
We
anticipate
the
possibility
that
what
is
learned
from
this
session
may
provide
updates
to
the
diversity
advantage
initiative,
and
then,
lastly,
we
have
the
african
proverb
up
there
of
if
you
want
to
go
fast,
go
alone.
K
If
you
want
to
go
far,
go
together,
and
you
know-
and
this
is
really
just
a
reminder-
that
while
we
have
anticipated
items
and
timeline
for
this
work,
we
must
also
anticipate
that,
while
we
will
play
a
role
in
this,
we
will
not
be
the
main
writers
of
the
story
and
that
we
have
to
be
agile
and
adaptive
in
this
process
of
walking
together
and
so
I'll
hand
it
off
again
to
yurian,
as
she
goes
through.
The
implementation
pieces
of
the
ccc.
I
I
This
proposal
brought
forth
to
council
today
calls
for
a
community
team
of
11
members
as
a
with
identifying
members
being
black
indigenous
and
people
of
color
in
evaluation.
We
hope
to
highlight
other
representation
factors,
including
youth
business
owners,
non-profits
school
partners,
as
well
as
other
identifying
intersectionalities.
I
As
far
as
the
resources
to
support
this
initiative,
the
city
will
provide
a
venue,
technical
assistance
and
connect
resources
to
the
ccc,
as
well
as
execution
and
the
three
target
areas,
while
staff
is
providing
support
and
knowledge
from
the
city.
The
goal
is
to
allow
bipac
communities
to
guide
conversations
and
essentially
the
recommendations.
K
You
know
we're
we're
looking
at
this
as
not
just
it's
not
just
it.
It
doesn't
mean
that
just
communities
of
color
and
bellevue
this
also
includes
other
sectors.
K
So
it's
not
just
a
relationship
between
communities,
color
and
government,
but
our
other
stakeholders
in
the
community
other
sectors
in
which,
in
ways
in
which
we
may
we
may
build
some
of
these
foundational
skills
around
racial
equity
and
truly
build.
You
know
a
community
response
and
community
support
around
this.
K
And,
let
me
be
clear:
well,
this
work,
centers
communities
of
color,
our
community
as
a
whole,
truly
benefits
from
the
end
result,
because
the
end
result
gets
us
at
city
policies
and
processes
that
are
more
equitable
for
all
and
then
also
the.
Lastly,
the
last
part
there
council's
adoption
at
the
diversity
initiative
was
a
comprehensive
document
that
houses
many
elements
of
the
best
practices.
We
are
doing
around
engagement,
trust
building
and
sharing
opportunities
to
our
diverse
community.
K
We
anticipate
that
some
of
the
recommendations
from
the
ccc
will
help
inform
updates
to
the
diversity
advantage
initiative,
work,
plan
moving
forward,
and
so
I'd
like
to
close
off
here
with
just
something
that
we
heard
yesterday
at
the
dr
martin
luther
king
junior
health,
fair
that
the
city's
co-sponsored
that
really
resonates
with
this
initiative,
and
during
that
section
around
wellness
and
mindfulness,
we
heard
the
speaker
talked
about
the
physical
mechanics
of
putting
a
fist
up
and
how
that
feels.
K
When
held
up
and
then
held
up
by
itself
for
too
long,
you
begin
to
feel
the
weight
of
it.
To
me,
this
is
really
the
heart
of
the
initiative,
because
sometimes-
and
so
she
talked
about
that
fist
being
held
up-
and
we
were
also
challenged
to
think
about
when
that
fist
is
held
up
but
then
supported
by
the
other
hand,
what
how
that
feels
and
how
that
takes
some
of
the
weight
off
of
that
fist.
That's
coming
up
on
its
own.
K
So
I'm
truly
excited
and
proud
of
the
great
opportunity
for
bellevue
to
model
what
authentically
centering
communities
of
color
may
look
like,
and
so
we
leave
you
off
with
a
reminder
on
this
last
slide
of
that,
the
ask
of
council
to
move
and
direct
to
move
the
to
direct
the
city
manager
to
proceed
with
implementation
of
bellevue,
center's
community
of
color
initiative
and,
again,
to
just
reiterate.
This
includes
these
three
areas
around
establishing
a
coordinating
team,
a
three-year
timeline
and
these
three
focus
areas
around
dialogue,
training
and
co-creation
of
recommendations
towards
racial
equity.
A
Terrific
thank
you.
So
I'm
going
to
call
on
each
of
you
in
this
order,
starting
with
councilmember
barksdale,
then
sean
lee,
deputy
mayor
noon,
house,
council,
member
stokes
and
me
so
council,
member
barksdale.
Would
you
like
to
lead
us
off.
E
Yes,
thank
you
mayor
and
elaine
and
yuriana.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
time
that
you
put
into
this
proposal
in
the
communities
of
color
initiative.
I
just
want
to
you
know,
build
on
what
you've
already
shared
and
just
say.
I
really
think
it's
important
to
make
sure
that
we
leave
that
time
leave
that
space
to
build
a
relationship
with
communities
of
color.
I
I
think
making
sure
that
we're
doing
that
groundwork
is
going
to
be
key
to
even
to
getting
to
an
outcome
that
supports
racial
equity
in
our
community.
E
So
I
know
that
may
look
like
a
long
time,
but
I
I
think
you
know
it's
it's
important
to
make
sure
that
we
we
actually
do
that
like
we
work
to
build
that
trust,
and
I
think
it's
also
important
that
the
you
know
the
appointments
from
staff.
You
know
who
are
engaged
with
the
community.
E
I
mean
elaine
ariana
were
just
involved
in
the
planning
of
the
mlk
celebration
and
the
equity
summit
they're
in
the
community
engaged
in
those
activities
in
the
communities
of
color
people
of
color
in
the
in
our
community,
and
so
they
have
a
really
good
touch.
Point
on
on
what's
going
on
and
who,
who
are
the
strongest
contributors
to
this,
and
I
really
like
the
framing
of
you-
know,
I'm
gonna
kind
of
rephrase
what
you
said
as
the
phases
as
listen,
learn
and
change.
E
So
the
stories
you
know
really
listening
and
fostering
that
empathy
taking
the
time
to
learn
and
become
competent
in
these
issues
and
language
and
so
forth
and
then
bring
in
the
change,
and
I
think
that
process
is
really
important,
so
I'll
leave
it
there.
But
just
want
to
say
thank
you
and
bolster
what
you've
already
pointed
out.
L
Great
council
members
on
yes,
you
know
I
echo
council,
member,
barksdale,
elaine
and
uriana.
Thank
you.
You
know
this
is
really
hard
work
to
look
at
creating
a
different
model
so
that
we're
not
doing
things
the
same
way
and
expecting
different
results.
L
What
I
think
about
is
that
this
is
mission,
oriented
work,
work
versus
task
oriented
and
that's
going
to
take
some
time,
and
I'm
really
excited
that
to
support
staff
in
this
effort
of
really
co-creating
with
the
partners
in
the
community
that
have
not
traditionally
felt
heard,
and
maybe
not
even
safe
enough
and
courageous
enough
to
engage
in
a
way
that
they're
willing
to
share
their
stories
with
us.
So
to
me,
the
way
that
you've
laid
this
out
makes
the
most
sense
for
how
we
might
move
this
forward.
L
And
I
also
appreciate
the
fact
that
what
you
talked
about
is
that
we
need
to
be
adaptive
and
agile
and
when
I
think
about
it,
I
think
about
it.
Like
this,
you
know
we
talk
a
lot
about
the
fact
that
there's
a
table,
we
need
another
seat
at
the
table.
Well,
perhaps,
as
we
co-create
one
of
the
discussions
is,
why
is
there
even
a
table?
L
Maybe
it
should
be
something
else
right
and
so
to
me,
co-creating
means
that
we
are
open
to
listening
and
looking
at
what
it
is
that
we
need
to
be
changing
so
that
we're
reducing
those
barriers
and
we're
really
advancing
racial
equity
and
addressing
the
very
systemic
issues
that
we
have
that
we
may
not
even
be
aware
of
so
super
excited
about
this
effort,
and
my
hope
is
that
for
our
communities
that
they
see
that
maybe
we
are
have
not
always
heard
as
much
as
we
should
have,
but
that
this
is
our
effort
to
create
that
pathway
and
the
invitation
to
be
in
community
together
to
change
together
to
learn
and
grow
and
super
excited
about
this.
M
Thank
you,
madam
mayor.
This
is
quite
a
as
I
mentioned
when
we
did
a
budget,
a
transformational
stuff,
as
you
know,
many
people
have
complimented
commented.
Bellevue
has
been,
you
know
way
ahead
of
a
lot
of
other
cities
and
we
started
our
diversity
program.
You
know
we
talked
about
kevin
henry,
you
know
it's
25
years
ago,
and
so
we
have
being
very
conscientious
and
aware,
and
but
you
know
it's
a
different
time-
different
situation
different
needs,
and
so,
as
you
know,
the
city
functions
based
on.
M
M
You
know
what
basically
we're
doing
is
we're
trying
to
change
people
change
people,
because
we
are
the
one
that
will
make
make
that
can
really
truly
make
equality,
equity
and
you
know
to
to
to
to
to
be
sustained.
You
know
he
can't
just
be
here
today
and
gone
tomorrow,
so
it's
kind
of
really
really
something
out
of
the
heart
out
of
their
soul
that
we
believe
in.
So
I
think
this
is.
This
is
a
it's
great
to
see
that
you
know
elaine
and
uriana.
M
You
know
you're
able
to
put
up
a
package
like
that
and
it's
it's
not
easy
when
you're
working
within
within
you
know
a
bureaucracy,
and
I
want
to
compliment
the
city
manager,
you
know
for
supporting
this.
We
all
know
what
the
bureaucracy
means,
how
city
iraq
bureaucratic
structure
works.
So
I
want
to
complement.
M
You
know
those
of
you
who
are
able
to
make
this
happen.
So
all
the
things
you
said
are
right
on.
You
know
we're
talking
about
engagement,
but
it's
more
than
engagement.
M
It's
about
engagement
is
important
because
you
build
trust.
You
get
to
know
people
you
got
to
know
one
another,
so
you're
willing
to
you
know,
work
together
and
also
engagement
means.
You
know
you
added
the
word
inclusive.
That's
just
it's
just
very
much
so
also,
and
you
talk
about
how
to
do
it
right.
You
talk
about
representing
all
people.
I
think
that
really
speaks
very
clearly
articulated.
M
I
think
what
the
city
of
bellevue
people
of
bellevue
wants
to
do,
and
you
know
you
know
and
we've
been
working
on
it,
and
this
is
the
time
I
think
you
know
a
timing
in
what
a
time
that
we
we
we
we
we
have
the
opportunity
to
do
that
and
to
do
that
is
through
partnership.
You
mentioned
there
and
it's
part
of
it.
M
M
The
the
one
caveat
is
that
I
I
still
haven't
seen
that
is
you
you
know
which,
which
is
difficult.
We
don't
know
quite
yet,
maybe
maybe
you're
still
working
progress.
I
always
say
that
dabo
is
in
the
detail
right,
so
we
we
have
to
see,
but
I
just
want
to
make
sure
we'll
keep
aware.
We
keep
in
mind
that,
ultimately
you
know
it's
the
details.
It's
the
actions
yeah,
it's
the
actual
build-up,
building
of
trust
and
people.
M
You
know
working
together
and
so
the
mechanics
of
it.
Yes,
absolutely,
but
we
want
to
be
sure
that
you
know
we
have
the
structure
in
the
city.
You
mentioned
the
diversity
advantage
plan
and
we
already
have
programs,
I'm
sure
that's
working
on
that.
So
we
see
and
we
will
be
absolutely
supportive.
M
The
question
is,
we
got
to
be
working
together.
We
all
have
to
be.
You
know
we
cannot
leave
anybody
out.
That's
the
key,
I
want
to
say,
including
us
kinds
of
members.
Okay,
so
that's!
I
wish
you
luck
and
I
hope
you
the
best
and
well
done
good
job.
A
Okay,
thank
you.
Councilmember
lee
deputy
mayor
and
dylan
house.
B
Thank
you
mayor,
oh
well,
first
one
to
echo
the
mayor's
comments
to
both
elena
dearion
on
a
wonderful
job
during
the
martin
luther
king
celebration,
we
had
the
other
day,
just
just
wonderful
performances
and
guest
speakers,
so
again
just
want
to
tip
my
hat
to
you
on
that,
and
also
just
encourage
anyone
watching
tonight
too,
please,
if
you
were
not
able
to
make
it
this
year,
please
make
a
point
of
it
for
for
next
year.
Hopefully
it
won't
be
virtual,
hopefully,
but
please
make
it
make
a
note
of
that.
B
Thank
you
for
the
hard
work
you've
done
so
far
in
moving
this
forward
and
the
presentation
tonight,
and
and
also
the
the
great
work
that
you've
done
already,
I
mean
it
was
just
what,
over
a
little
over
a
month
ago,
that
we
passed
the
budget
with
with
this
initiative,
included
in
that
and
again,
I
think
we
certainly
council
members
on
and
mark
still
giving
me
some
credit
for
getting
this
on
the
budget
to
move
this
forward.
B
So
this
is
great
start
can't
wait
to
see
more
of
this
as
as
we
move
forward,
I
have
two
questions
for
you.
One
is
what
will
be
the
metrics
that
we're
going
to
track
in
order
to
know
that
you
know
a
we're
on
the
right
track
b,
were
we're
being
successful
and
maybe,
most
importantly,
how
we
time
those
metrics
to
the
desired
outcomes.
B
You
may
not
have
gotten
that
far
yet,
where
you've
designated
those
metrics
yet,
but
that's
one
question
and
the
other
question
is
on
the
makeup
of
the
of
the
committee
members:
are
you?
Are
we
using
any
kind
of
criteria
in
terms
of
the
the
makeup
of
that
criteria,
or
I'm
just
kind
of
curious
in
your
your
approach
as
we
go
about
that
engagement
and
that
recruitment
process
and
that
outreach
process
to
to
recruit
those
members?
So
those
are
the
two
questions
I
have.
Thank
you.
K
Yes,
I
can
go
ahead
and-
and
thank
you,
deputy
mayor,
new
and
house-
those
are
great
questions.
I
can
start
with
the
the
second
I'll
go
backwards.
I'll
start
with
the
second
question
about
about
the
committee
members,
and
so
we
we
do
anticipate
for
a
selection
team
to
create
an
evaluative
criteria.
I
in
in
one
of
the
slides
we
we
talked
about
the
composition
makeup,
but
also
the
different
skill
sets
that
are
brought
in
to
that,
and
so
you
know
we're
we're
it's
it's.
K
We
are
really
hoping
to
cast
a
wide
net
at
the
city
of
bellevue,
hoping
to
have
a
a
good
enough
time
for
both
outreach,
as
well
as
information
sessions
to
talk
about
what
this
is
so
folks
have
a
really
good
understanding
of
of
what
the
ccc
is.
K
What
the
coordinator
doing-
and
so
so
I
I
there
are
several
so
those
items
are
in
play
and
so
to
your
to
your
first
question
about
metrics
again-
and
I
think
you
mentioned
it
there-
there
are
certain
items
on
here
based
on
the
framework
that
we've
already
created,
that
we've
got
some
ideas
of
what
some
of
those
metrics
may
be.
It
is
really
hard
to
try
to
to
think
about.
Okay,
trust,
how
do
you
measure
trust
and
what
are
some
of
the
engagement
features
around
that?
K
I
do
think
that
you
know
looking
at
some
quantitative
information
in
terms
of
communities
of
color,
engaging
and
and
possible
future
events
really
having
our
ears
to
the
ground
about
some
of
the
feedback
on
themes,
topics
that
folks
want
to
be
engaged
in
conversation
about
and
the
quality
of
those
conversations
by
way
of
both
who's
in
attendance,
and
perhaps
even
the
measurement
of
you
know,
do
those
build
up
to
something
else.
K
And,
of
course,
there
is
that
element
of
once
a
coordinating
team
is
formed
and
they're
designing
and
looking
at
you
know
whether
it's
a
forum
or
training,
whatever
those
issues
or
those
topics,
might
look
like
that.
We
will
be
going
through
and
and
be
thinking
about
what
those
metrics
might
be,
what
what
are
meaningful
metrics
for
the
things
that
they
would
like
to
do,
and
so
I
think
that
there's
components
of
that
that
we
can
aspire
to
do
now
as
well
as
once
the
coordinating
team
is
put
together.
N
Yeah,
thanks
for
all
the
work
that's
been
put
together
on
this
and
for
the
you
know
the
staff,
and
I
I
really
like
the
concept
and
the
way
it's
been
put
together.
I
think
that's
a
very
strong
way
to
go.
I
appreciate
the
fact
that
we
have
some.
N
You
know
a
good
amount
of
funding
to
do
this
and
obviously
150
000
is
not
a
three
year
three-year
plan,
so
we'll
be
working
on
that,
but
it
gets
us
going
and
I,
like
the
idea
of
of
this,
the
staff
development
of
this
working
with
council
and
working
with
you
know
it's
kind
of
that.
We
set
the
policy
we
set.
N
The
directions
and
staff
implements
that
and
we
work
together
on
that
and
I
think
that's
you
really
laid
out
a
good
plan
and
I'm
very
pleased
in
that
I'm
so
excited
because
I'm
sorry
I
was
not
able
to
be
there.
Yesterday.
N
I
had
some
personal
things
to
take
care
of,
but
I
always
remember
on
that
this
same
day,
martin
luther
king
day
now
in
1963,
when
I
was
in
dc
at
law
school
and
was
there
at
the
big
crowd
and
heard
the
I
have
a
dream
speech
and
a
lot
of
my
my
life
and
work
has
been
involved
in
the
things
we're
talking
about
now,
and
so
I'm
very
proud
to
be
in
a
city
that
is
addressing
these
things.
N
I
think
we're
also
stepping
up
in
a
place
that
and
thanks
to
our
council
members
marcel
and
zahn,
who
pushed
this
forward
kind
of
made
this
thing
baked
it
and
got
it
pushed
forward
because
bellevue
is
in
a
very
unique
place
in
the
region
in
this
city
and,
frankly,
in
a
larger
arena
than
that,
and
we've
done
a
lot
of
great
things,
I'm
very
proud
of
our
racial
equity
work,
we've
done
in
the
past
with
the
diversity
initiative,
but
frankly
it's
time
for
us
to
step
up.
N
So
I'm
I'm
thinking
we're
we're
on
that
path.
We
we
haven't,
we
haven't
worked
up
to.
We
haven't
carried
our
weight
so
far
in
this,
so
I'm
very
excited
that
we
are
stepping
forward
coming
up
with
a
really
great
plan,
moving
it
to
another
level,
providing
the
leadership
for
actually
for
the
region.
N
It
also
is
an
inspiring
thing
and
I
think
you're
going
to
see
a
lot
more
things
happen
now
that
we're
talking
about
this-
and
I
personally
got
inspired
and
see
claudius
here
and
we
were
at
the
regional
policy
committee
and
we
always
put
together
at
the
end
of
the
year.
I
mean
beginning
of
the
year
our
work
plan
and
things
to
do,
and
so
I
proposed
that
and
as
I
say,
it
was
really
thinking
about
what
we're
doing
and
why.
N
How
we
can
make
this
go
forward
is
that
the
regional
policy
committee
will
develop
a
racial
equity
statement
and
I
think
what
we've
done
in
bellevue
and
what
the
and
was
mentioned
earlier.
N
I
think
the
other
inspiring
thing
is
what
the
whole
business
community,
the
the
community
of
you,
know
all
the
different
organizations
that
have
had
these.
You
know
full
page
statements,
that's
that's
a
landmark
thing
and
so
we're
coming
into
this
at
the
right
time,
and
I
think
this
will
give
us
the
impetus
to
really
move
this
thing
forward
and
we're
serious
about
it.
It's
not
just
another
program,
we're
putting
in
place
we're
serious
about
it
and
I'm
really
proud
of
that
too.
N
So,
I'm
looking
forward
to
you
know
to
the
results
on
this
and
it's
going
to
be.
You
know,
work
and
all,
and
three
years
is
a
good
plan.
If
we
can
get
something
done
really
good
things
done
in
a
year
two
years
great,
but
three
years
we
should
have
this
really
nailed
down
and
moving
forward.
So
I'm
just
really
excited
about
this.
I
think
this
will
be
one
of
the
most
important
things
bellevue's
done
ever
so.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
councilmember
stokes,
so
I
just
I
really
want
to
thank
you
for
your
good
work
on
this.
I
wasn't
sure
what
you
were
going
to
bring
back
and
I'm
really
happy
to
see.
Council
member
barksdale
mentioned
something
that
I
feel
strongly
about
that
this
you.
You
talk
about
fostering
relationships
and
I
think
that
has
to
have
a
strong
role
here.
A
It's
a
great
opportunity
to
do
that,
and
so
I
hope
that
there
can
be
an
emphasis
on
that
and
also
with
outreach
to
other
organizations,
whether
it's,
our
small
business
organizations
or
community
organizations
whatever
this
is
again
a
tremendous
opportunity.
A
So
I
hope
that
that
can
be
included
in
the
scope
of
this
work
kind
of
like
what
we're
doing
with
the
bellevue
essentials
class.
You
know
there's
a
emphasis
on
relationship
building
in
that
class,
even
after
somebody's
graduated,
they
still
have
the
alumnus
program.
So
I
would
I
would
just
love
to
make
that
a
key
component
of
this,
and
you
also
talk
about
inclusive
engagement.
A
A
Yes,
can
I
make
a
couple
tell.
A
Yeah
so
we'll
go
back
around
and
give
everybody
a
chance,
councilmember
barksdale.
Would
you
like
to
say
anything
else.
E
I
think
I
think,
maybe
just
leading
off
with.
I
know
this
this
alliance,
this
approach,
this.
This
participatory
approach,
aligns
pretty
well
with
the
work
I
do
day
to
day,
and
I
have
to
tell
you
it's
in
the
sense
of
like
really
starting
from
a
place
of
empathy
and
really
trying
to
foster
that
empathy
within
an
organization
and
a
community.
E
If
you
will-
and
I
think
it's
easy
or
you
know
to
to-
and
I
I
do
it
as
well
in
terms
of
data
and
metrics,
but
I
think
you
know,
as
a
qualitative
researcher,
there's
a
lot
of
value
in
hearing
the
stories
and
get
getting
to
those
metrics
together
with
the
community.
As
we
talk
about
you
know
what
are
those
outcomes,
those
racial
equity
outcomes?
So
I
can
appreciate
the
sentiment
deputy
mayor.
E
You
know
I'm
right
there
with
you
in
terms
of
asking
for
those
those
metrics
just
want
to
encourage
us
to.
You
know
we'll
get
there
and
I
think
we'll
we'll
get
there
with
the
metrics
in
partnership
with
the
communities
of
color
that
are
working
on
coming
up
with
those
racial
equity
outcomes.
I
just
wanted
to
maybe
provide
some
clarification.
There.
L
Yes,
thank
you.
I
I
want
to
echo
actually
deputy
mayor
and
councilmember
bartsdale
about
the
metrics
and
co-creating
together,
because
to
me
that's
what
this
is
all
about
is
making
sure
that,
when
we're
in
community
that
they're
helping
us
with
what
are
the
kind
of
metrics
that
are
going
to
be
the
most
meaningful
that
shows
we're
actually
advancing
towards
racial
equity
and
then
to
council
member
lee's
point,
I'm
wondering
if
we're
going
to
get
regular
council
updates.
L
L
I
think
that
we
should
be
modeling
the
way
and
so
perhaps
similar
to
us
being
part
of
the
equity
summit,
and
I
believe
that
all
of
us
were
nearly
all
of
us
were
in
that
session,
that
looked
at
what
kind
of
policies
and
education
that
perhaps
we
should
be
thinking
about
all
of
the
the
council's
boards
and
commissions
taking
racial
equity
training
together,
so
that
we're
actually
leading
the
way
with
that
awareness
and
training
and
education
and
then,
lastly,
to
council
member
stoke's
point
about
the
policy
committee.
L
L
So
I'm
wondering
if,
as
part
of
this
work,
we
could
make
a
similar
proclamation
or
declaration
about
the
work
that
we're
about
to
engage
in
and
addressing
racism
as
as
a
public
health
issue
or
if
we
want
to
frame
it
slightly
differently.
But
I
don't
believe
that
we've
actually
taken
that
step
and
it
sure
seems
to
me
that
maybe
as
part
of
this
work,
that
would
be
a
foundational
document
and
declaration
that
we
could
make
together
showing
our
commitment
to
this
work.
So
those
were
my
few
comments
comments.
Thank
you.
A
You
know
I
like
that
idea.
I
don't
want
to
change
the
the
goals
here
that
we've
got
that
we've
outlined
that
we've
spoken
to,
but
I
do
think
that
we
should
do
a
statement.
A
proclamation
on
this
outside.
A
Yes,
so
city
manager
and
city
clerk-
maybe
we
can
talk
about
that
later,
but
thank
you,
council
members
on
good
idea.
Okay,
council
member
lee.
M
Thank
you.
I
heaped
a
lot
of
praise
on
the
staff
on
the
project
on
the
program
you
know
earlier,
and
I
meant
it.
However,
you
know
I
want
to
be.
You
know
realistic.
I
want
to
be
the
skeptic,
and
you
know
this
is
a
bold,
major,
major
step.
Moving
forward,
we
spent
the
last
100
years.
We
spent
the
last
60
years.
We
celebrated
dr
martin
luther
king
jr
day.
M
Yesterday
I
mean
it
took
him
hard
work,
what
greatness
and
ultimate
sacrifice
to
get
to
where
we
are
today
and
we're
making
another
jump
forward,
which
is
you
know,
working
progress
which
is
necessary,
which
is
important
and
that's
you
know,
hopefully
our
human
progress,
and
now
it's
you
know,
probably
just
as
complicated
as
ever
before.
M
You
know,
because
we
are
raising
yeah.
We
have
to
do
better,
so
I
I'm
going
to
say
that
it's
it's
a
herculean
task
and
so
all
the
matrix
you're
talking
about
people
are
asking
for.
I
think
that's
why
elaine
is
not
going
to
tell
you.
Oh
we're
going
to
do
this,
that's
it!
No!
You
know
what
what
matrix
we
can
deliver.
I
think
this
project
can
deliver.
I
just
some
of
the
physical
steps
you
deliver,
but
how
can
you
deliver
you're?
Actually
building
trust?
M
I
can
tell
you
you
know.
I
trust
you.
You
can
tell
me.
I
trust
you
today
tomorrow.
Where
is
the
trust?
It's
got
to
be
real,
it's
going
to
be
done
by
experience.
It's
got
to
be
done
by
you
know,
working
together
understanding
in
truly
commitment.
So
that's
that's
not
easy.
Okay,
so
it's
not
easy
and
we,
as
I
mentioned
human,
you
know,
transformation,
human
being
it's
not
the
same
as
building
a
road.
You
know
you
want
to
build
how
many
miles
of
paved
a
sidewalk.
Okay,
that's
it!
You
got
it
no
are.
M
We,
I
think
it's
important,
we'll
be
helping
you,
but
we
will
be
I'll,
be
hopefully
I'll,
be
questioning
asking
you
to
show
ultimately
it's
the
actions,
what
we
actually
get
done.
This
is
just
not
just
doing
a
whole
bunch
of
workshops.
We've
been
doing
lots
of
workshops
in
the
past
50
years.
We
do
a
lot
of
training
the
past
60
years,
but
we
only
do
real
action.
People
are
working
together.
So
last
one
last
question
I
have
you
know,
I
don't
even
know
what
ccc
stand
for
and
the
center
for
community
of
color
was.
M
I
I'll
take
that
one
centering
and
centers
is
really
key
for
bellevue
to
take
that
first
step
in
in
acknowledging
that
the
communities
of
color
will
be
centered
in
the
work
as
we
move
forward
to
racial
equity
outcomes
and
centers,
I
I
would
say
it's
it's,
you
know
it's
a
verb
right
like
we
are
going
in
this
together
and
walking
the
path
together
to
center,
our
community,
which
is
almost
50,
and
so
that's
that's
what
centers
means.
I
hope
I
I
answered
your
question.
M
You
yeah
yeah.
Now
you
explain
this
way,
but
if
you
don't
explain,
I
don't
know
about
you
sentence
color
right
right.
What
does
that
mean?
It
doesn't
sound.
I
don't
know
you'll
be
interpreting
many,
so
you
explained
it,
but
I
think
other
people
reading
it
may
not.
You
know
know
exactly
what
you
mean
so
think
about
it.
B
Thank
you,
mayor
yeah
and
I'm
too
much
more
to
say
other
than
I
like,
and
will
echo
some
of
the
ideas
mentioned
by
my
colleagues
here
like
the
proclamation
idea,
and
that's
that's,
that's
a
worthy
one,
the
regular
updates,
I'm
sure
staff
already
had
that
in
the
works,
but
regular
updates
certainly
are
important
and
the
mayor.
I,
like
your
idea
of
you,
know
what
what
does
this
look
like
at
the
end
of
the
three
years?
Where
do
we
go
from
there?
Is
there?
B
Is
there
a
way
that
we
can
further?
You
know,
use
the
the
the
outcomes
or
the
information
or
this
group
of
of
committee
members
that
we
can.
You
know
you
know
turn
this
into.
I
don't
know
something
other
than
it
just
you
know
stops
at
the
end
of
three
years.
B
Maybe
there
is
something
that
we
can
further
evolve
and
develop
from
there
and
I'm
not
sure
any
of
us
knows
what
exactly
what
that
is
yet,
but
but
maybe
just
something
to
keep
in
mind
as
you
go
through
this
process
that
you
know
there
might
be
something
there
beyond
the
three
years.
So
thank
you
and
agreement.
Great
great
job,
elaine
ariana.
M
Okay,
you
know,
I
one
thing
I
didn't
talk
about
is
the
the
the
cross
culture
center
project.
M
I
The
document
and
the
scope
of
work
will
include
some
of
the
implementation
of
the
three
areas
as
well.
As
you
know,
in
in
our
third
tier
the
recommendations
I
will
that
will
impact
some
of
the
policy
and
processes
and
diversity
advantage
initiative,
as
well
as
other
areas.
N
Okay,
one
of
these
days,
I'll
figure
that
out,
I
I
think
we're
on
a
great
path.
I
don't
know
it's
so
easy
to
start.
Well,
are
we
thinking
about
this?
Are
we
thinking
about
that
and
is
this?
Are
we
taking
on
too
much
and
all
I,
I
think,
we're
we
have
it
well
laid
out
and
the
implementation
thing
is
very
important,
but
until
you
figure
out
where
you're
going
and
what
you
want
to
do,
implementation
comes
after
that.
So
I
think
that's
it's
good
to
have
that
in
mind.
N
But
that's
that's
the
outcome
of
this.
We'll
have
implementation
plans
and
things
in
that.
So
I
don't
think
we
need
to
add
anything
right
now,
but
that
is
obviously
where
you
want
to
go.
I
mean
we're
not
going
to
just
do
this
to
have
a
plan.
We
want
something
that
we
implement.
So
that's
that's
the
goal.
N
I
think
that
I
I
think
we
again.
This
is
something
we
can
do
and
if
we,
if
we
have
the
attitude
that
we
can
do
this-
and
this
is
important-
we
will
get
it
done.
I
just
hope
we
don't
get
bogged
down
too
much
in
a
well.
What
about
this?
What
about
that?
And
I
I
think
we
set
out
a
great
plan
and
we
have
the
impetus
to
do
this.
Yes,
human
history
has
taken
a
long
time.
N
I
can't
believe
that
we
were
working
on
the
50s
and
60s
and
70s
and
80s
on
this
and
we're
still
having
problems,
but
on
the
other
hand,
we
we've
gone
a
long
way,
and
I
think
now
is
the
time
to
really
move
this
forward.
So
I
I
just
don't
want
us
to
get
bogged
down
into
a
analysis,
paralysis
on
this.
We
have
a
great
plan,
we
should
move
forward
and
I
think
we
come
back
on
this.
N
We
collaborate
on
this
three
years
is
a
lot
of
work
and
again
in
the
long
run.
I
think
this
is
going
to
be
a
great
thing
for
bellevue
and
bellevue
will
really
provide
some
impetus
and
leadership
in
this
and,
let's,
let's
work
on
focus
on
making
this
happen,
not
not
second
guessing
it
or
or
whatever,
because
this
is.
This
is
the
most
important.
N
I
think
cultural
and
human
issue
before
us
right
now
and
we
are
going
to
take
the
leadership
on
this
and
make
it
happen.
So
thanks
again
to
the
staff
and
to
our
two
council
members
who
push
this
forward,
and
this
is
something
that
we
can
all,
I
think
in
the
long
run
feel
proud
of,
and
we
just
need
to
get
together,
work
together
and
make
it
happen.
Thank
you.
A
Okay,
so
I
think
any
more
questions
on
this.
We
can
take
offline,
but
this
is
an
action
items.
Looking
for
a
motion
to
to
approve
as
written
out
so
deputy
mayor,
do
you
have
a
loan
for
this?
Certainly.
B
I
moved
to
direct
staff
to
proceed
with
the
implementation
of
the
bellevue
center's
communities
of
color
initiative
to
include
the
establishment
of
a
coordinating
team
approval
of
the
proposed
three-year
timeline
and
approval
of
the
three
focus
areas
of
developing
trust
and
awareness
through
dialogue,
building
racial
literacy
and
skills
through
education
and
training,
and
developing
recommendations
towards
racial
equity.
Okay,.
A
All
those
believers
say
I
I
I
any
opposed.
Okay,
great
terrific!
Thank
you
all
right,
so
you
I
believe
I
see
king
county
council.
I
ca.
I
still
don't
know
if
it's
president
or
chair,
claudia
balducci,
and
there
it
is
here.
Okay,
good,
well
welcome!
Tonight
we
we're
happy
to
have
you
and
we're
we're
eager
to
hear
what
you
have
to
say.
D
Yeah,
thank
you
so
much
for
making
time
at
least
once
a
year
I
like
to
come
down
to
city
hall
and
give
a
an
update
to
the
council
and
the
community
on
what
we're
working
on
at
king
county
and
I
do
have
a
brief
little
slide
deck,
but
it's
mainly
just
to
have
something
to
look
at,
and
so,
if
you
don't
mind,
I'm
going
to
dive
right
in
and
talk
about
a
little
bit
of
what
we
accomplished
in
2020
as
some
of
what
we're
working
on
in
2021
and
then
I'm
happy
to
take
your
questions
so
in
2020.
D
Obviously,
covid
response
was
the
the
main
thing
that
we
worked
on
and
took
up
much
of
everyone's
attention
and
time.
We
worked
on
five
covet
supplemental
budgets,
so
think
about
that.
For
a
second
you,
you
all,
and
we
and
most
local
governments
did
our
biennial
budget
last
year
and
in
addition
to
that,
we
did
five:
supplemental
budgets,
totaling
327
million
dollars
in
addition
to
the
biennial
budget.
D
Among
other
things,
we
funded
child
care.
This
was
something
I
really
championed
all
year
last
year,
because
we
know
from
the
very
beginning
when
schools
let
out
and
or
when
schools
went
long,
distance
and
and
people
were
working
from
home
that
child
care
was
going
to
be
a
real
challenge.
D
So
in
march
we
allocated
2.2
million
for
free
child
care
for
first
responders
and
essential
workers,
and
then
later
in
the
year,
we
put
another
four
million
dollars
into
emergency
child
care,
and
I
was
very
proud
in
the
biennial
budget
to
get
an
agreement
to
add
1
million
for
actually
no.
D
This
was
one
of
the
supplementals
see
hard
to
keep
track
when
there's
six
of
them
and
a
million
dollars
just
to
help
groups
that
were
struggling
that
provide
a
lot
of
the
daycares
that
do
still
exist
in
the
market,
including
the
bellevue
boys
and
girls
club,
and
so
that
was
that
was
a
really
important
piece
of
work
I
was
proud
of.
We
did
put
money
into
shelters.
D
I
think
you're
keenly
aware
of
those,
but
I'm
happy
to
answer
more
questions
about
them,
also
about
2.5
million
to
support
small
agencies
in
arts,
culture
and
science
fields.
Those
are
a
lot
of
the
small
employers
they
were
struggling
badly
last
year
still
are,
and
we
were
able
to
put
seven
million
dollars
of
our
cove
cares
act
funding
from
the
government
into
small
businesses
in
incorporated
and
unincorporated
king
county.
D
We
also
created
some
small
grant
pools
that
went
to
a
number
of
organizations,
including
for
rental
assistance.
We
were
able
to
provide
small
grants
to
bellevue
life
spring
hope,
link
the
india
association
of
western
washington
and
the
muslim
community
resource
center,
all
of
which
provide
services
to
people
on
the
east
side
and
in
bellevue.
D
Then,
of
course
we
did
our
biennial
budget
and
that's
a
big
deal.
Each
each
biennium
king
county
has
a
12.59
billion
dollar
budget.
Much
of
that
is,
as
you
probably
understand,
and
we
have
to
constantly
explain
to
people
is
not
like.
They've
got
color
of
money
attached
to
them
like
we
can't
use
the
many
many
millions
of
dollars
that
we
get
for
utilities
for
things
other
than
utilities,
etc,
but
we
did
have
a
robust
budget
process
last
year.
D
Among
the
highlights
we,
like
you,
I
was
so
excited
to
listen
to
your
last
presentation.
The
king
county
has
also
been
on
a
journey
of
trying
to
work,
equity
and
racial
and
social
justice
into
our
work.
The
way
we
do
it,
who
we
work
with,
how
we
engage
with
our
community,
but
also
what
we
do
and
the
services
we
provide.
D
So
after
last
year,
when
we
saw
the
largest
civil
rights
movement
in
our
lifetime,
we
obviously
felt
the
urgency
to
push
forward
and
do
more,
and
so
our
budget
contained
at
least
two
major
new
initiatives
to
try
to
limit
the
over-incarceration
of
people
of
color.
One
of
them
is
called
restorative
community
pathways.
D
This
is
a
community
inspired
and
community-led
program
that
will
work
to
disrupt
the
school's
prison
pipeline
by
diverting
youth
to
community-based
organizations
instead
of
probation,
where
they're,
just
one
mistake
away
from
being
put
back
in
juvenile
detention
and
there's
another
community
diversion
program
that
we
will
be
creating
it's
not
as
far
along,
but
it's
fun.
D
It's
funded
for
planning
and
early
testing
for
community
diversion
program
for
adults,
emphasizing
restorative
justice
and
restoration
for
harm
parties
that
one's
expected
to
be
implemented
in
2022
and
a
key
feature
of
both
of
these
programs
is
victim
restitution,
because
if
you
studied
criminal
justice
and
restorative
criminal
justice,
a
huge
part
of
what
our
system
doesn't
do
very
well
is
make
victims
whole
and
part
of
restoring
the
harm
of
behaviors
that
violate
the
law
or
harm
people
is
to
to
do
something
for
victims.
So
that's
a
key
part
of
this.
D
We
continue
to
fund
transit.
I
think
I
think
you're
all
keenly
aware
that
our
transit
system
is
challenged
by
the
incredible
drop
in
ridership
and
revenue
from
both
fares
and
taxes,
but
we
do
have
funding
to
continue
our
system.
We
are
hoping
for
some
additional
federal
support
for
transit,
but
our
budget
for
this
coming
year
includes
some
of
my
priorities.
I
asked
for
an
expansion
of
free
youth
card.
You,
youth,
orca
cards,
not
free
fares,
because
that
was
not
something
we
could
afford
in
this
time
frame.
D
D
D
But
the
rapid
ride
k,
which
is
slated
to
be
a
key
connector
between
kirkland
and
bellevue,
was
on
the
you
could
call
it
the
go
slow
list,
but
it
was
sort
of
falling
behind
and
I
was
able
to
get
a
commitment
in
the
budget
to
keep
rapid
ride
k
as
as
far
along
in
engineering
and
planning
as
possible,
without
actually
implementing
it,
so
that
when
the
funding
comes
in
to
implement
it
will
be
ready
and
hopefully
we'll
be
able
to
catch
that
back
up
again.
D
D
That
goes
into
things
that
you
all
care
about,
including
the
east
trail,
including
funding
to
add
broadband
fiber
along
the
rig
the
length
of
the
east
rail
when
we
start
to
build
it
out-
and
I
think
hopefully
you
saw-
but
I
was
extraordinarily
proud
that
I
was
able
to
come
up
with
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
district
six
tax
dollars
to
supplement
rei
and
facebook's.
Two
million
dollar
grant
into
the
east
rail
520
regional
trail
connection,
which
is
now
fully
funded
and
will
be
able
to
be
designed
and
built
in
really
short
order.
D
Some
additional
small
grants,
trout,
unlimited
you
may
be
familiar
with
as
an
east
side
group
that
is
working
to
protect
the
kokanee
salmon
and
try
to
save
them
our
little
red
fish
and
their
they
were.
We
were
able
to
fund
a
pilot
project
for
them
to
remove
invasive
milfoil
along
lakes,
managed
to
help
protect
that
habitat.
D
In
addition,
we
had
a
funding
for
housing
stability
which
directed
20
000,
to
eastside
legal
assistance,
program,
20
000
to
life,
wire
and
15,
000
for
mercer,
island,
youth
and
family
services,
so
quite
a
lot
of
budget
activity.
That
is
a
a
long
list,
but
it's
still
a
super
high
flyover
and
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
on
that.
D
In
addition,
we're
moving
forward
with
the
puget
sound
taxpayer,
accountability
act,
that
is
a
sales
tax
like
the
tax
that
is
attached
to
sound
transit
phase
three
and,
as
we
start
to
move
into
construction
of
aspects
of
sound
transit
phase,
three
we
and
snohomish
county
and
pierce
county
will
receive
money
that
is
designated
by
the
state
to
be
spent
on
education.
D
We
have
developed
a
very
wonderful
plan
that
includes
kind
of
a
king
county
promise
which
is
helping
to
fund
the
transition
into
college
for
for
for
young
people
as
as
well
as
pre-k
k
and
k-12
programs.
D
And
finally,
I
think
I've
talked
to
you
before
about
the
climate
action
tool.
That's
up
for
adoption
in
in
a
few
weeks
and
hopefully
we'll
be
able
to
be
used
by
cities
to
really
up
their
climate
action
game.
I
don't
know
that
bellevue
needs
it.
You
all
are
pretty
advanced
in
these
things,
but
it's
something
we
created
at
king
county
at
my
initiative
of
emotion
last
year,
so
that's
2020.
Moving
into
2021,
you
may
change
slides.
D
Thank
you
quite
a
bit
going
on
I'm
going
to
hit
it
more
quickly,
but
I
do
want
to
pause
on
vaccine
distribution
and
covet
recovery
for
a
moment,
because
if
your
inbox
and
your
phone
calls
or
anything
like
mine,
this
is
absolutely
the
tip
top
of
mind
issue
for
people
in
the
community
right
now.
D
D
D
And
you
know
again,
partnerships
are
going
to
be
really
critical
in
all
of
this.
We
don't
yet
have
enough
vaccine
doses
to
and
to
inoculate,
even
everybody
in
the
first
half
of
the
first
phase,
which
is
1a
healthcare
providers
and
workers
and
people
in
long-term
care
facilities
over
the
age
of
70.
D
we're
now
into
1b,
because
I
think,
as
anybody
who
does
logistics
and
distribution
knows,
you
can't
really
match
up
a
hundred
things
with
a
hundred
people.
That's
they're
not
gonna
meet
right
in
the
middle,
so
we
have
a
hundred
things
now
we're
gonna
open
up
more
people,
so
we
get
rid
of
bottlenecks
and
we
keep
the
doses
flowing
as
they
come
in
so
1b
phase
was
announced
open
yesterday.
D
D
D
We
don't
have
enough
doses
in
hand
to
even
do
just
the
1a
populations
yet
yet
the
plan
is
now
to
scale
up
all
the
responsive
abilities
to
get
to
where
statewide
we're
able
to
vaccinate
for
45
000
people
a
day
every
day
by
the
time
that
the
local,
regional
and
statewide
partners
get
to
that
level.
We
will
not
have
45
000
doses
a
day,
but
we're
skating
ahead
of
where
the
puck
is
going
to
be
to
you
know,
use
the
overused
wayne
gretzky
analogy,
and
I
know
that
people
are
very
very
anxious.
D
D
That's
the
state's
online
portal
p
h,
a
s
e
finder
phase
finder,
and
I
really
recommend
that
people
go
there,
but
today
I
advocated
with
the
county
leadership
that
we
should
step
into
that
space
that
I
think
we
did
a
pretty
good
job
at
in
faith
in
the
earlier
parts
of
the
pandemic,
which
is
being
the
trusted
local
provider
for
information,
educational
information,
personal
information,
but
also
data,
how
many
people
are
getting
vaccinated.
Where
are
the
vaccines
etc?
D
So
I
and
we
already
have
a
bit
of
a
data
page
up
and
running
at
our
cove
website,
so
I'm
excited
that
we're
making
progress.
There's
lots
more
to
be
done
again.
I'm
happy
to
answer
questions
about
this
and
I
don't
need
to
just
rattle
through
the
whole
presentation.
I
can
pause
at
any
moment
mayor
if
you
want
me
to
to
take
questions
so.
A
Okay,
let
me
get
on
my
so
I
can
see
everybody.
D
Hey
but
I'm
happy
to
keep
going,
so
that's
what
I'm
going
to
do
until
somebody
waves
and
says
pause:
okay,
okay,
okay,
so
this
year,
we're
also
going
to
be
making
some
long-term
plans
and
investments,
and
that
includes
the
best
starts
for
kids
levy
renewal.
D
This
is
a
prevention
levy
that
is
really
well
suited
to
the
kinds
of
programs
that
we
were
talking
about
about
things
like
helping
people
succeed,
getting
as
they
like
to
say
upstream
of
problems
investing
in
youth
and
family,
so
that
they
succeed
and
don't
end
up
in
our
emergency
systems
like
hospitals,
health
care,
you
know,
criminal,
criminal,
legal
systems,
and
so
we're
going
to
be
having
that
discussion.
It
will,
of
course,
make
a
stop
in
the
regional
policy
committee
and
I'm
happy
to
arrange
for
any
information.
D
You
all
want
to
give
feedback,
as
we
start
to
take
that
up.
It
is
headed
for
the
ballot
in
august,
which
means
we'll
have
to
vote
in
the
summer
sometime,
we're
also
going
to
be
reviewing
and
updating
our
king
county
strategic
climate
action
plan.
This
is
a
second
update.
I
believe
that
will
guide
how
we
work
internally,
so
that
we're
reducing
our
own
greenhouse
gas
emissions
and
preparing
for
the
impact
of
climate
change.
D
We
will
be
working
on
our
health
through
housing
program.
I
know
you
all
have
had
discussions
about
this
here.
I
call
our
department
of
community
and
human
services
director
leo
flor,
came
and
presented
to
you
and
you
were
looking
at
the
sales
tax.
That
is
the
source
of
funding
for
this
and
the
plan.
The
implementation
plan
is
currently
with
the
council
for
review
and
approval.
D
It
will
also
be
reviewed
by
the
regional
policy
committee
and
the
plan
is
to
move
up
to
sixteen
600
people
experiencing
chronic
homelessness
off
the
streets
by
october
22
by
acquiring
single
room
settings
like
hotels,
while
economic
conditions
are
favorable
and
then
putting
in
all
the
services
required
to
help
people
stabilize.
D
I
want
to
thank
council
member
stokes
and
the
rest
of
my
colleagues
on
the
regional
policy
committee
because
they
amended
and
passed
the
plan
last
week.
Now
it
comes
to
the
county
council.
If
we
pass
it,
as
is,
it
will
start
to
be
implemented.
If
not,
it
will
go
back
to
rpc.
D
D
Some
of
our
activities
will
be
to
update
the
county-wide
planning
policies.
I
know
you
all
have
a
keen
interest
in
that
and
are
well
represented
by
council
member
robertson
at
the
growth
management
planning
council,
where
those
will
be
approved
to
send
to
you
all
and
we're
also
going
to
look
at
ways
that
we
can
track
our
progress
on
achieving
affordability
better
through
a
dashboard
that
we've
been
working
on
for
quite
a
while
so
data,
better
data.
We
know
if
we're
having
the
outcomes
we
want.
D
It
can
help
us
to
to
pitch
our
efforts
in
a
direction
that
we
know
is
making
a
difference.
D
D
Well,
that's
never
happened
before.
While
I
was
on
a
zoom
meeting.
I
apologize
so
much
you
all.
Let
me
finish
well
jim,
make
sure
that
the
house.
D
Yeah
we're
doing
districting,
and
so
we
just
appointed
four
members
of
what
will
ultimately
be
a
five-member
committee
that
will
redraw
the
district
boundaries
for
for
king
county
and
the
interests
of
the
cities
are
going
to
be
important
to
us.
We
would
like
for
you
to
make
sure
you.
Let
us
know
what
you
want.
D
We
can
pass
it
along
to
the
redistricting
committee,
but
one
of
the
reasons
why
washington,
state
and
king
county
don't
have
the
horrible
gerrymandered
districts
you
see
in
other
parts
of
the
country
is
because
there's
no
politicians
hands
on
this
anymore.
The
committee
once
they're
appointed
they
do
their
work.
They
make
the
decision
it's
final,
so
we
can
give
them
input,
but
we
don't
have
a
vote
any
longer
and
in
the
past,
bellevue
has
considered
whether
they
want
to
advocate
for
keeping
two
county
council
member
districts
covering
the
city
of
bellevue.
D
So
you
have
two
representatives.
I
imagine
you'll
want
to
have
those
discussions
again
and
give
some
input
to
the
process.
It
will
go
forward
parallel
to
the
state
and
federal
redistricting
processes
over
the
next.
Several
months
has
to
be
done
by
I'm
forgetting
the
date,
but
this
year
there's
a
deadline.
D
D
Plus
we
have
the
ability
to
think
about
whether
the
duties
of
the
sheriff's
office
are
the
right
duties
and
if
they're
not,
we
can
rearrange
them
some
discussions.
We
will
be
having
with
our
community
this
year,
there's
a
lot
of
concern
about
whether
9-1-1
belongs
in
the
police
department.
D
I
will
note
that
bellevue's
9-1-1
is
not
within
the
police
department,
but
ours
is
and
whether
we
should
be
putting
programs
like
we
have
heard
from
some
of
your
community
members,
my
community
members
that
maybe,
instead
of
school
resource
officers,
we
should
have
community
health
centers
within
schools.
D
Best
starts
for
kids
funds,
community
health
centers,
so
we
can
have
these
discussions
and
see
what
the
communities
want
and
what
will
serve
them
best,
yeah
in
the
wake
of
the
pandemic.
Finally,
just
just
finally
wrapping
on
transportation,
we
have
a
lot
to
do
to
come
back
from
where
we
are
with
transit,
but
I
am
proud
to
announce
that
our
our
capital
program
at
sound
transit
for
the
east
side
is
very
healthy
and
moving
forward.
D
D
405
north
is
has
got
some
some
funding
challenges
and
we're
going
to
have
to
review
that
during
our
realignment
discussions
going
through
july.
I
want
you
to
know
that
my
number
one
advocacy
priority
in
the
capital
program
is
going
to
be
to
keep
the
405
north
brt
on
track.
It
is
extraordinarily
important
part
of
that
st3
program
for
the
east
side,
so
I
hope
that
we
will
join
together
to
do
what
we
can
to
make
sure
that
stays
moving
forward
expeditiously.
D
Finally,
a
little
bit
of
news.
We
put
out
a
press
release
this
afternoon
because-
and
I
was
inspired
by
you
all
I
come
to
to
report
to
you-
you
asked
me
questions
and
tell
me
things.
I
heard
loud
and
clear
from
bellevue
city
council
that
you
wanted
to
know
if
we
could
open
the
south
bellevue
park
and
ride
before
we
had
to
wait
until
there
were
light
trains,
light
rail
trains
running
and
the
answer
is
yes,
we
can.
D
I
have
been
nagging
the
agency
forever
and
they
announced
today
that
it
will
open
in
september
almost
two
full
years
before
light
rail
opens
and
that
will
enable
people
to
get
to
buses
and
use
it
to
come
back
to
transit
when,
when
they're
able
to
do
so
also,
I
have
to
say
it
probably
wasn't
like
if
they.
If
somebody
had
asked
me,
you
could
open
one
aspect
of
light:
rail,
sound
transit
expansion
early,
I
probably
wouldn't-
have
picked
a
parking
garage,
but
it's
ready.
D
So
we
do
it
and
I'll
say
that
it
gives
me
confidence
that
we
will
be
able
to
deliver
on
these
extensions.
You'll,
see
north
gate
this
year,
eastland
coming
shortly
thereafter,
federal
way
and
and
and
a
number
of
other
investments
all
opening
up
in
the
within
the
next
five
years.
I
think
people
are
going
to
be
really
excited
to
see
it.
So
a
very
listy
update
for
you
and
I'm
now
happy
to
engage
in
any
questions
and
discussion.
You
might
like.
A
N
Yes,
thank
you
very
much.
Well
claudia,
it's
a
lot
of
things,
you're
working
on
and
we're
working
on
together
and
I'm
it's
really
exciting
to
hear
all
the
progress,
despite
everything
we're
going
through,
and
I
really
appreciate
your
leadership.
It's
I
think
it's
been.
I
think
you
move
things
along
a
little
quicker
and
that's
good.
N
And
it's
a
good
team
there
and
and
the
regional
policy
committee
again,
that's
that's
a
really
good
group
and
I
think,
we're
beginning
to,
I
think,
use
it
in
really
positive
ways
in
all
of
our
you
know.
King
county
committees,
I
think,
have
been
improved
in
terms
of
effectiveness
and
collaboration
and
all
that
I
think
that's,
that's
that's
very
positive.
So
thank
you
and
I
mean
all
the
things
you've
gone
over.
It's
just
amazing
how
much
when
you
look
back
on
it
and
think
gee.
N
What
are
we
doing
and
it's
like
it's
a
two-page
list
right
yeah
and
it's
it's
good
to
hear
the
positivity
on
all
of
that
and
one
of
the
things,
of
course,
that's
very
dear
to
our
heart.
Besides
getting
the
light
rail
in
the
405
done
is
east
rail,
and
that
is
it's
great
to
see
that
continue
to
go.
N
Despite
all
this,
sometimes
those
are
the
kind
of
projects
that
you
know
get
put
aside
when
other
things
happen
like
like,
like
the
problems
with
getting
the
405
done
and
all
that,
but
I
think
the
commitment
by
the
county,
by
you
personally
and
and
in
bellevue
and
the
cities
along
the
way,
all
of
us
to
doing
something
that
amazing
during
this
time
period,
has
been,
I
think,
a
hallmark
of
how
we
how
we
govern
here.
So
I
I
it's
you
know
comparative
compared
to
a
lot
of
things.
N
It's
small,
but
it
is
really
great,
so
really
appreciate
all
you
all
you're
doing,
and
you
know
we
could.
We
could
talk
all
night
about
all
these
various
parts,
but
it's
just
good
to
hear
in
in
a
very
I
think,
cohesive
way,
and
we
probably
could
hear
that
more
than
just
once
a
year
is
what
we're
doing
in
king
county
working
together.
So
thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
D
You
thank
you
for
your
kind
words
and
I'll
just
say:
you're
not
supposed
to
have
favorites
but
easter.
All
is
my
favorite
project
and
and
it
it
when
you
think
about
it,
as
we
start
to
open
phases
of
east
rail
and
it
connects
to
the
520
trail
and
it
connects
to
the
mountains
to
sound
greenway
and
the
90
trail.
I
mean
you
all
have,
I
think,
contributed
to
that
amazing
project.
That's
about
to
open
up
in
factoria
area.
D
I
you
we're
really
opening
up
the
ability
for
people
to
truly
get
around
without
being
tied
to
cars
and
and
do
it
in
a
way,
that's
healthier
and
gets
them
out
into
the
community.
I
mean
I
just
and
bellevue
has
done
amazing
work
to
open
up
new
bicycle
capacity,
and
I
really
appreciate
that.
So
thank
you.
B
Thank
you
and
thank.
B
With
us-
and
I
have
to
admit-
that's
also
one
of
my
favorite
projects
as
well-
and
congratulations
on
being
re-elected
chair-
that's
wonderful,
both
for
you
and
and
and
for
bellevue,
and
thanks
for
all
the
great
work
that
you're
doing
on
behalf
of
bellevue.
B
I
see
it
all
the
time
and
certainly
as
councilman
stokes
just
pointed
to
this
is
a
very
long
list
of
a
lot
of
great
work
and
accomplishments,
as
well
as
a
lot
of
work
ahead,
especially
happy
about
the
but
the
south
bellevue
park
and
ride
garage
opening,
because
I
seem
to
get
that
question
quite
often-
and
you
know
it's
natural,
because
a
lot
of
people
see
the
the
growth
and
they
see
how
quickly
light
rail
is
coming
and
they
think
it's
just
around
the
corner.
So
their
expectations
get
elevated
very
quickly.
F
B
B
It
should
hopefully
be
fully
online
one
mentioned
here
that
I
don't
think
you
mentioned
unless
the
the
beeper
threw
me
off
there
for
a
second
was
about
house
bill
1058
now
my
understanding,
that
is,
that
the
king
county
council
could
impose
that
.01
percent
tax
to
help
support
and
and
fund
arts
and
cultural
programming.
I
think,
as
we
all
know
they
have
struggled
immensely
during
during
this
covid
and
pandemic
time,
is.
Is
that
something
that
you're
going
to
take
up
rather
early?
D
Yeah,
that's
a
great
question,
so
that's
the
bill
that
would
make
cultural
access,
washington,
which
is
a
sales
tax,
also
councilmanic.
It
hasn't
passed
yet
in
fact,
there's
a
hearing
thursday
and
it's
the
second
year
that
it's
being
considered
in
olympia,
and
so
it
stands
a
decent
chance
of
passing.
We
have
not
begun
to
have
any
conversations
about
what
we
would
do
if
it
passes.
I
will
say
that
we
have
two
really
strong
motivations.
D
B
D
So
we
have
a
and
we've
used
our
cares
act
funding.
We
have
some
hotel,
motel
tax
that
isn't
allocated,
or
that
could
be
reallocated,
that's
a
little
harder,
and
so
this
would
be
a
new
source.
Second,
though,
and
I
have
to
say,
I
was
very
hesitant
early
last
year
this
time
last
year
when
people
said
you've
got
some
sales
tax
for
housing.
I
was
like
no
way,
I'm
not
gonna.
I
mean
we're
we're
at
the
one
year
mark
this
week.
D
This
week
is
the
one
year
anniversary
of
the
first
covet
cases
being
recognized
here
in
washington
state.
So
I
think
we
have
to
really
strike
a
balance
between
continuing
to
implement
new
regressive
taxes
and
what
they're
for
I'm
willing
to
have
the
discussion.
I've
been
very
much
a
supporter
of
this
arts
package
because
I
think
it
would
do
great
things.
There
are
so
many
great
arts
organizations
on
the
east
side
that
can
really
use
this
and
do
and
be
more
inclusive
and
help.
I
mean
heck.
D
They
could
partner
with
your
your
program
that
you
just
talked
about,
for
you
know
racial
involvement,
because
a
lot
of
arts
work
can
be
really
deep
social
work.
But
we
don't
have
a
plan
yet,
and
I
couldn't
tell
you,
but
I
hear
your
interest
and
that's
helpful
for
me
to
hear.
B
Great
and
then
the
other
thing
I
was
gonna
mention
was
well
thank
you
so
much
for
to
you
and
the
county
for
all
the
funds
that
you
made
available.
B
You
know
to
cities
during
during
the
pandemic
response,
and
I'm
just
curious
if
you
see
any
other
recovery
funds
coming
coming
forward
from
a
federal
level
or
from
king
county
level
to
further
help
cities
within
king
county.
D
Yeah,
the
the
most
recent
package
that
was
passed
included
some
additional
funds
that
will
help
with
our
kobit
response
and
so
that
will
in
a
sense,
be
supportive
of
the
cities
not
directly.
D
Obviously,
the
package
that
president-elect
biden
just
announced
includes-
and
I
don't
have-
the
numbers
committed
to
memory
yet
a
fair
amount
of
investment
that
will
be
like
cares,
act
2
for
cities
and
counties,
and
we
have
obviously
been
working
our
delegation
very
hard
to
help
them
to
understand
why
that's
important
right
and
so
we're
we're
going
to
push
really
hard
we're
hoping
that
it
can
pass.
The
issue
of
support
to
local
governments
has
become
very
politicized.
D
I
was
listening
to
it
even
this
weekend,
as
people
were
interviewing
and
talking
about
what's
coming
where
they
said.
Oh
great,
you
know
we,
of
course
the
president-elect
has
got
a
package,
but
there's
all
this-
you
know
democrat
pork
in
it,
including
that
money
for
cities
and
counties,
and
I'm
like
the
last
time
I
looked.
We
were
paying
for
firefighters
and
police
and
all
that,
that's
not
pork.
That's
that's
work
that
we
have
to
do
for
our
communities.
D
So,
in
any
event,
I
I
think
we
should
all
join
hands
and
advocate,
but
it
needs
to
pass
through
a
very
narrowly
divided
congress
and
before
we
see
it,
I'm
hopeful,
but
I'm
not
holding
my
breath.
I
guess
I
would
say.
L
Members
on
yes,
so
I
joined
my
colleagues
and
thanking
you,
councilmember
balducci,
for
all
of
your
work.
I
was
just
thinking
about
all
the
support
we've
gotten
with
cobid,
because
we
have
not
had
direct
funding
to
cities
smaller
than
500
000,
and
so
we've
we've
really
relied
on
the
state
and
the
county
for
support,
and
then
I
was
just
thinking
about
your
commitment
to
small
business
with
all
of
those
friday
afternoon,
calls
to
small
business
to
really
listen
and
understand
their
plight,
and
so
those
things
are
important.
L
Having
broadband
for
east
rail,
I
think,
will
really
activate
that
space.
So
thank
you
for
doing
that
and
then
I
still
remember
the
50
east
rail
completion
standing
at
the
south
belt
bellevue
transit
center
with
you
and
asking
about
whether
we
can
open
that
parking
lot
structure
early.
L
So
thank
you
for
pushing
hard
to
make
that
happen,
because
I
do
believe
that
by
september
we
should
hopefully
be
seeing
a
reinvigoration
of
people
going
back
to
to
work
and
so
having
that
parking
will
be
important
to
get
people
back
in
transit
and
the
sound
transit
brt.
I
am
concerned
about
our
ability
to
move
the
north
end
segment
because
if
that
doesn't
work
well,
the
connection
point
inside
in
downtown
bellevue
will
create
some
bottlenecks.
If
we
only
have
the
south
end
and
we
don't
have
the
north.
L
So
thank
you
for
continuing
continuing
to
push
that
the
affordable
housing
dashboard.
I
look
forward
to
seeing
that
I
think
that's
a
really
important
part
and
the
restorative
justice
and
victim
restitution,
and
that
particular
one
I
did
want
to
put
a
plug
in
for
community
court.
I
know
that
we
had
talked
about
that.
L
Whether
there
was
any
money
in
the
budget
if
we
can
identify
a
location
in
bellevue
to
get
that
moving
and
then
lastly,
on
the
climate
action
toolkit
so
appreciate
that
part,
but
I
think
it's
more
than
just
the
toolkit
so
to
the
degree
that
we
can
look
at
some
more
partnerships
to
advance
some
of
the
climate
action
strategies
and
some
of
that
might
take
some
funding
for
some
of
the
the
retro
commissioning
of
existing
buildings
to
really
reduce
the
level
of
energy
usage.
L
So
those
would
be
my
my
two
asks
is
the
community
court
and
whether
there
could
be
no
more
partnership
around
the
climate
and
environmental
sustainability.
L
D
Two
of
our
existing
community
courts
have
been
shuttered
and
are
no
longer
funded,
and
I
imagine
that
those
communities
will
want
them
back
when
we
get
the
funding
back.
But
that
said,
that's
not
to
say,
I
will
not
pursue
these.
I
will
I
just
everything
takes
a
little
bit
of
work
and
probably
more
than
a
little
bit
of
time,
but
I
have
got
both
of
those
and
on
climate
action.
D
L
Yeah,
I
think
that
we
have
the
strategy.
Sometimes
it
is
the
funding,
that's
important
and
then
on
the
community
court.
You
talked
about
diversion
programs,
so
if
there's
something
else,
that's
even
better
than
community
courts,
certainly
I'm
not
married
to
only
the
concept
of
a
community
court,
but
it's
really
that
diversion
of
people
so
that
they
aren't
entering
the
criminal
justice
system
if
there's
other
ways
to
create
that
restorative
justice.
So
thank
you.
M
You
are
making
great
great
accomplishments
on
the
city.
The
king
county
council,
we're
proud
of
you.
You
have
not
disappointed
us.
Thank.
M
Yes,
value
is
a
great
training
ground
right
and,
of
course,
we
had
a
great
time
anyway.
On
that
note,
I
I
want
to
say
that
you
know,
even
though
we
had
you
know
differences
at
the
time
when
we
talked
about
star
transit
and
with
you
with
our
council
members.
While
as
the
mayor,
I
think
we
began
the
process,
we
worked
hard.
M
You
know
we
were
very
long
hours
and
made
a
lot
of
great
controversial
deliberation,
discussions
and
the
community
you
know
got
together
and,
as
you
can
see,
the
result
speaks
the
force
speaks
for
itself.
So
I
want
to
compliment
you
and
son
transit
and,
for
you
know,
having
the
south
bellevue
garage
done
on
time
on
budget.
M
That's
amazing,
so
we
we
should
pat
ourselves
on
the
back
and
celebrate.
You
know
the
all
the
effort
that's
putting
in
junior
and
all
that
you
know
all
those
folks
that
really
work
very
hard,
and
I
note
that
from
what
I
read
the
south
bellevue
parking
garage
is
going
to
be
amazing.
They
have
artwork
right.
I
read
about
the
artwork
is
going
to
be
compatible
consistent
with
environment
with
mercer
slew.
So
you
know
the
qual
anything
that's
done
in
bellevue.
M
M
You
know
what
you
have
done
in
bellevue
and
now
you
represent
us
and
you
bring
it
back
to
bellevue.
So
we
appreciate
that
so
on
that.
On
that
note,
I
want
to
make
a
point
you
mentioned.
Transportation
is
one
of
in
your
areas
that
you
guys
have
a
lot
of
importance,
including
sun,
transit
and
metro,
and
so
as
as
metro,
you
know
it
comes
back
or
looking
for
other
opportunities.
I
believe
you
know,
because
this
thing's
going
to
change
how
people
are
going
to
write
and
all
that
stuff.
M
So
there
are
other
opportunities
and
and
some
sunshine.
Obviously
you
know
it's
looking
forward
to
do
a
lot
of
things.
The
sun's
transfer
station
will
be
coming
and
we're
going
to
have
a
lot
of
opportunity
to
do
good
stuff.
So
one
of
the
things
that
I'm
working
on,
I
think
it's
important
for
all
the
communities
is
the
last
smile.
Once
you
know
a
metro
or
some
transit
comes
in,
they
got
to
be
able
to
get
the
businesses
and
people
who
work
what
don't
work.
What
comes
to
the
city?
M
We
need
to
encourage
them
to
come
to
make
it
easier.
So
I
think
that's
becoming
you
know
just
as
important,
if
not
more
so
it
for
bellevue.
This
is
the
circulator
system
right.
So
I
really
believe
that
this
opportunity
for
us
to
really
take
a
look
at
the
real,
great
multi-modal
system,
including
circulator.
How
can
we
do
it?
We
talk
about
technology,
that's
one
thing
and
I
think
that
has
a
lot
of
potential
in
having
technology
implemented
and
one
of
the
which
is
working
with
companies
like
amazon
moving
to
the
city.
M
How
can
we
utilize,
you
know?
Their
amazon
obviously
is
a
technology
leader.
They
got
a
lot
of
creative
ideas,
how
they
move
goods,
how
to
move
people
right
low
internally,
besides
just
externally,
so
we
we
we
want
to
our
transplanting
department,
we
love
to
work
with
metro
and
others.
How
we
can
provide
curb
space
parking,
pull
over
and
all
that
stuff
to
accommodate?
You
know
myriads
of
multimodal
systems
to
make
it
right,
so
I
will
propose
this
is
something
that
maybe
we
can
work
more
closely
metro
talking
about
transportation
and
some
transit.
D
Yes,
I
I
love
that.
I
know
the
city
has
very
powerful
tools
that
it
could
bring
to
bear
to
make
metro
services
more
speed,
time
convenience
cost
competitive,
and
so
I
I
love
what
you're
talking
about.
I
think
that
we
should
make
sure
you
get
put
together.
I
understood
from
somebody
who
said
that
our
new
general
manager
of
metro,
terry
white,
might
be
coming
to
give
a
presentation
in
the
future.
So
let's
definitely
open
those
discussions,
I'm
very
much
in
favor,
but
I
wouldn't
I
wouldn't
be
doing
my
job.
D
If
I
didn't
also
say
that
you
know
last
mile
connections,
we've
we've
tried
a
number
of
different
things.
I
think
we
need
to
keep
trying
new
things.
We
have
tried
the
the
vans,
the
the
cherry
advance
and
other
types
of
vans
with
the
app
access
sort
of
like
a
minivan
version
of
uber
or
lyft
bellevue.
I
was
so
pleased
to
see
you
give
the
the
free
range.
D
You
know
motorbikes
gosh,
I'm
losing
all
my
words.
It's
too
late.
J
D
Used
to
doing
it
this
late
at
night
anymore,
you
all
right
and
my
brain
is
mush,
but
yes,
the
the
the
the
bikes,
the
rental
bikes
and
you
know
for
one
reason
or
another,
those
didn't
launch,
and
some
of
that
has
to
do
with
the
cost
per
ride.
Some
of
that
has
to
do
with
the
fit
in
terms
of
what
your
needs
are.
I
think
we
need
to
keep
trying
to
innovate
and
come
up
with
ways
to
connect
people's
needs
with.
D
I
don't
think
we've
completely
licked
it
yet,
but
I
I
just
have
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
hope
for
what
they
call
micro
transit.
I
think
that
that
still
could
be
a
big
part
of
the
solution,
because
it's
again
with
the
bicycle,
you
know
this
is
just
me
talking
about
me,
but
it's
so
freeing
like.
I
don't
have
to
wait.
Till
the
bus
comes.
That's
going
to
get
me
to
the
bus,
stop
right
outside
my
street.
D
I
can
take
one
that
stops
a
mile
away,
two
miles
away
more
and-
and
it's
super
easy
for
me
to
still
get
home
from
there
and
that
just
opens
up
the
system
for
you
to
be
much
more
convenient,
much
more
user
friendly.
I
know
that's
not
for
everybody,
but
it
could
be
for
a
lot
of
people
so
keep
going
councilmember
lee
you
had
something
else.
You
want
to
say.
A
Okay,
thank
you.
Councilmember
barksdale,.
E
All
right,
thank
you,
mayor
and
good
to
see
you
I
chair
about
douchey
and
congratulations
on
being
reelected
chair
absolutely.
So
it's
good
to
see
all
the
work
that
you
all
are
doing
to
support
our
vulnerable
populations
in
the
in
the
county
in
the
region
and
in
support
of
criminal
justice
reform,
and
really
glad
to
hear
that
you
all
are
having
those
conversations
toward
action
around
racial
and
social
justice
so
excited
about
that.
I
only
had
one
thing
I
wanted
to
put
a
plug
in
for,
and
that
is
around
storm
water
management.
E
I
also
bring
it
up
in
the
city
as
well.
Yes,
just
given
the
effects
as
we
continue
to
build
and
develop
and
impervious
surfaces
increase
and
that
you
know
influences
run
off
into
the
lakes
and
streams
and
and
such
and
you
know,
contributed
flooding
and
also
the
pollution
to
fish
habitat.
So
I
don't
know
if
maybe,
if
it's
part
of
the
strategic
climate
action
plan
or
another
area,
but
just
wanted
to
put
a
plug
in
to
encourage
some
action
there
too.
D
Yes-
and
there
is
a
new
approach
to
water
management
generally,
not
just
storm
water,
but
water,
and
I'm
the
the
acronym
is
cis
and
I'm
not
going
to
remember
what
it
stands
for,
but
it
is
a
water
shed
sort
of
like
not
not
full
watershed,
but
it's
a
higher
level
approach
to
looking
at
all
the
inputs
and
the
outflows
in
an
area
as
opposed
to
pinpointing
this
project.
D
This
levy,
this
weir
to
your
you
know
your
constituents
challenges
that,
unlike
sammamish
and
so
hopefully
that
that
will
help
us
to
prioritize
a
suite
of
things
that
we
can
do
that
will
help
to
better
overall
manage
flooding.
This
is
at
the
king
county
flood
control
district,
which
I
know
you
all
know,
is
a
separate
government
that
we
all
get
to
sit
on
at
the
king
county
council
by
virtue
of
being
king
county
council
members.
So
absolutely
council,
member
bar
still
it's
a
big
issue.
D
I
know
it's
a
big
issue
for
your
constituents
right
now,
we're
hearing
from
them
you're
hearing
from
them,
but
also
I
don't
know
that,
there's
a
simple
solution.
I
I
I
hesitate
to
end
on
a
down
note,
but
willow
more
even
when
it
gets
fully
designed
and
built,
is
not
going
to
be
the
100
solution
to
like
sammamish
water
levels,
and
I
think
they
only
get
worse
because,
with
climate
change,
we
see
more
inputs
with
more
development.
We
see
more
storm
water
inputs
and
the
outflow
never
gets
really
much
bigger
and
we
could.
D
We
could
scour
that
thing
and
make
it
the
size
of
the
panama
canal
if
it
was
legally
and
environmentally
possible,
and
you
still
wouldn't
it
still
wouldn't
get
the
job
done,
because
you
would
just
flood
downtown
redmond.
D
So
there's
a
that
we're
really
we're
struggling
for
a
solution
there,
and
I
agree
with
you
that
the
bigger
picture
look
at
stormwater
generally
and
how
is
is
important
and
so
definitely
on
my
list
of
priorities,
and
I
would
like
to
continue
to
engage
with
the
city
and
you
to
you
know
in
your
role
on
the
advisory
committee
to
to
see
if
we
can
find
a
more
holistic
path
that
might
provide
some
relief
awesome.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
Chair
about
thank
you
for
being
here
tonight.
I
really
enjoyed
working
with
you
on
the
affordable
housing
committee
that
you've
created
and
looking
forward
to
the
dashboard
and
that
mesh
with
all
the
other
work
that
the
county
and
the
individual
cities
are
doing.
You've
been
a
real
beacon
there.
So
thank
you
for
that.
A
I
also
want
to
thank
you
for
the
east
trail
connection
and
dear
to
my
heart
as
well
and
for
you
know,
creating
these
healthier
and
safer
bike
routes
throughout
our
city
and
thank
you
for
the
carriage
dollars
that
you've
shared
with
our
city.
You've
enabled
the
people
who
are
really
struggling
to
get
through
covid
to
make
it
another
month
through
this
challenging
time,
and
so
it's
been
instrumental
in
keeping
people
in
our
community.
So
thank
you
for
that.
Yeah
two
things.
A
One
is
really
hope
that
we
can
get
the
brt
on
long
405
the
funding
there
and
keep
that
going
and
no
delay
on
that,
because
we
don't
have
just
projected
growth
in
bellevue.
We
have
real-time
growth
happening
right
now
in
bellevue,
and
we
can't
delay
those
projects
or
else
we'll
get
behind,
and
it's
going
to
be
so
hard
to
overcome
the
result
of
that.
So
I
hope
that
we
can
stay
on
top
of
that
project
and
get
that
done
sooner
than
later.
H
A
D
Yeah,
so
we
don't
have
the
executive's
proposal
in
hand
yet,
but
it's
a
property
tax
and
like
most
property
taxes,
maybe
all
property
taxes
you
set
it
at
a
certain
number
of
cents
per
thousand
and
then
that
gradually
erodes
down
over
time
as
the
values
go
up.
So
people's
overall
property
tax
bills
go
up
because
your
property's
values
are
going
up
so
quickly,
but
the
rate
decreases
because
of
how
we
do
the
millage.
D
So
I
suspect
that
we
will
see
a
proposal
to
bring
whatever
the
current
millage
rate
is
back
up,
and
certainly
we
will
want
to
take
a
look
at
what
that
means
for
the
average
household
and
what
we're
buying
with
it
and
have
those
conversations
prior
to
the
council
taking
a
vote
to
put
it
on
the
ballot.
D
D
If
you
invest
more
money
earlier
later
on,
you
invest
less
money
in
more
expensive
and
more
damaging
systems,
like
I
said,
like
criminal
justice
and
emergency
health
care
and
this
sort
of
thing,
but
it
requires
us
all
to
commit
to
investing
now,
and
maybe
you
save
later
and
later
can
be
years
and
years
down
the
road
which
is
hard
right.
It's
hard
for
elected
officials
to
do.
We
tend
to
think
in
four
year
or
two-year
terms,
and
so
I
definitely
want
to
open
up
a
conversation
with
you
all
about
where
we're
at.
D
I
hope
to
hear
from
you
through
via
the
representation
you
have
at
sca
and
gmp
regional
policy
committee.
However,
you
know
you
can
always
reach
out
to
me.
If
you
see
something,
if
you
hear
from
joyce
your
intergovernmental
affairs
folks
that
you
have
any
concerns
or
questions,
please
don't
ever
hesitate
to
reach
out.
We
should
see
that
proposal
very
shortly
like
within
days
or
a
couple
of
weeks
and
then
we'll
be
working
on
it
in
earnest.
A
D
A
D
Yes,
thank
you
so
much
for
your
time
tonight
and
for
all
your
questions.
I've
got
a
good
list
of
things
to
bring
back
and
we'll
we'll
be
in
communication.
Thank
you
all
for
your
partnership
and
leadership
and
everything
you
do
have
a
good
night.
A
Okay,
good
night
glad
to
be
you
all
right.
So
this
concludes
the
public
portion
of
tonight's
meeting
and
the
council
will
now
recess
to
an
executive
session
for
approximately
30
minutes
to
discuss
a
matter
of
pending
litigation
pursuant
to
rcw,
4230
110.,
and
so
we're
going
to
adjourn
right
now
and
there's
a
link
in
your
email
that
you
received
earlier
today.
That
will
take
you
to
our
next
executive
session
meeting.
So
go
ahead
and
leave
this
meeting,
and
I
will
see
you
at
the
next.