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From YouTube: Bellevue's Tomorrow- April 2018 State of the City
Description
The Bellevue Downtown Association hosted the 2018 State of the City with Mayor John Chelminiak and Deputy Mayor Lynne Robinson providing an overview of recent accomplishments and insights into the strategic plans for Bellevue's future.
A
Good
morning,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
welcome.
It
is
great
to
see
you
this
morning
we're
ready
to
begin
our
program.
My
name
is
Patrick
Bannon,
president
of
the
bellevue
downtown
association.
Thank
you
for
joining
us.
I
know
the
weather
might
have
got
in
the
way
of
some
people
getting
here
this
morning.
It
was
inclement
out
there
I
know
so
we're
glad
you're
able
to
muscle
through
and
and
come
out
so
early
in
the
morning.
A
So
we
have
a
very
special
program.
Today
we
have
invited
the
mayor
of
Bellevue
and
the
deputy
mayor
to
present
their
State
of
the
City
presentation
and
give
us
a
glimpse
into
the
inner
workings
and
thoughts
of
where
the
council
is
headed
this
year.
We
have
a
lot
to
celebrate
and
we
also
have
issues
to
tackle
as
well.
So
we
are
looking
forward
to
hearing
that
presentation.
In
just
a
moment.
A
A
And
then
we'll
hear
from
the
mayor
and
deputy
mayor
in
just
a
moment,
one
other
note
would
like
to
welcome
new
BDA
members.
Their
logos
are
up
here
on
the
screen
and
certainly
I'm
excited
that
we've
had
a
great
run
of
new
member
signups
this
year.
The
Bellevue
downtown
Association
is
a
volunteer
membership
organization
and
we
are
fueled
by
members
who
are
eager
to
be
a
part
of
this
community
and
continue
to
make
contributions
of
not
only
their
their
time
and
talent,
but
also
their
resources
to
make
downtown
Bellevue
absolutely
outstanding.
A
A
So
the
state
of
the
city,
the
state
of
the
city,
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to,
of
course,
check
in
on
core
issues
that
are
driving
this
community
forward.
We've
seen
transformative
growth
over
the
past
few
years,
we've
had
a
significant
spate
of
new
development.
We've
welcomed
thousands
of
new
residents,
new
businesses
to
our
community.
It's
also
a
chance
for
us
to
check
in
on
commitments
that
have
been
made
in
the
past.
A
I
think
it's
important
for
us
to
hold
our
elected
officials
accountable
and
just
three
promises
that
were
made
last
year,
or
maybe
they
were
made,
maybe
in
an
offhanded
death
way.
One
is
the
retractable
roof
over
downtown
Bellevue
is
something
that
we're
expecting
sometime
soon,
I
think
there's
a
funding
plan
in
place
for
that.
The
ban
on
mosquitos
I,
don't
know
if
any
of
you
heard
about
the
ban
on
mosquitos,
but
that
is
in
the
works.
A
I
think
Parks
Department
is
working
on
that
Patrick
right
away
and
then
finally,
the
lifetime
membership
to
Amazon
Prime
in
part
celebrating
Amazon's
office
expansion
in
downtown
Bellevue,
but
seriously
there.
There
are
a
number
of
issues
that
we
have
to
celebrate
in
this
community,
and
everyone
here
today
is
very
much
a
part
of
that
story
and
the
narrative
of
Bellevue
and
of
downtown
Bellevue's
continued
transformation
and
evolution
into
a
vibrant
urban
center.
A
Our
format
this
morning
we're
going
to
see
a
video
and
then
we're
going
to
welcome
mayor
Coleman
ACK
for
his
comments
and
remarks
and
presentation,
and
then
we're
going
to
have
a
moderated
Q&A
with
the
mayor
and
deputy
mayor.
So
it
is
my
privilege
to
now
show
you
a
video
and
then
we
will
hear
from
mayor
chow
Mack.
B
Now
I
know
why
I'm
tired
this
morning,
that
was
that
was
a
lot
of
work
in
2017
that
we
did.
First
of
all,
I
want
to
actually
thank
the
people
who
really
do
all
of
that
work
at
the
city
and
that's
the
incredible
Bellevue
staff
led
by
Brad
Miyake,
our
city
manager,
and
you
know,
as
a
city
council.
We
couldn't
do
this
without
the
great
work
of
the
city
staff
who
make
things
really
happen
in
this
city,
so
Thank,
You
Brad
and
the
leadership
team
and
everyone
else.
B
B
First
of
all
about
the
vision
we've
had
actually
for
new
city
council
members
who
have
joined
the
council
gone
through
the
council
since
the
vision
was
adopted
and
we
went
back
through
and
we
really
really
rien
and
I
want
to
speak
to
it
because
most
people
look
at
it
and
they
look
at
and
they
say
well,
that's
our
population
that
we're
talking
about
and,
frankly
we're
talking
about
a
whole
lot
more.
When
we
talk
about
welcoming
the
world
and
diversity,
we're
talking
about
a
diverse
economic
base,
one
that
really
truly
works
for
everyone.
B
We
need
to
have
a
diversity
of
housing,
all
types
of
housing
that
meet
the
needs
of
everyone
who
lives
here
in
bellevue
and
frankly,
who
work
here
in
bellevue
its
diversity
and
transportation
systems.
So
it's
about
a
lot
of
different
things.
When
we
talk
about
diversity
and
if
you
look
at
the
entire
vision,
you
will
see
that
it's
about
choice,
that
we
want
the
residents
and
the
businesses
of
bellevue
to
always
have
enough
choices
so
that
they
can
grow
exactly
the
way
that
they
want
to
grow
and
speaking
of
growth.
B
Let's
go
back
and
take
a
look
at
1976.
Do
you
all
remember
this
Jerry
Ford
wanted
to
whip
inflation?
Now
Zorn
threw
his
first
pass
to
Largent
the
Bellevue
Journal
American
was
renamed
that,
yes,
we
had
a
daily
newspaper
that
served
Bellevue
in
the
Eastside
three
years
after
this
was
taken.
There
was
a
small
startup
company
in
New
Mexico
that
decided
to
come
back
up
to
the
Pacific
Northwest
and
relocate
in
Bellevue.
It's
name
is
Microsoft
dong,
Xiao
ping
1979
came
and
visited
Boeing.
B
It
was
a
historic
event
to
have
a
leader
from
China
come
to
the
United
States.
We
didn't
know
it
at
that
point,
but
it
really
was
one
of
the
watershed
moments
of
setting
us
toward
a
global
economy
and
the
role
that
Bellevue
will
play
in
it
now
fast-forward
30
years
in
the
life
of
a
city,
not
very
much,
but
look
how
much
we
changed.
B
This
is
about
the
time
that
I
called
the
tipping
point
for
downtown
Bellevue.
In
particular,
it
truly
had
become
an
urban
village.
At
that
point,
residents
were
beginning
to
move
in
businesses,
high-rise
and
yes,
in
that
time
span
of
30
years
we
lost
Microsoft
to
Redmond,
but
they
came
back
and
they
relocated
a
number
of
their
workers
in
Bellevue
and
high
tech
went
high-rise
and
I
think
that
again,
is
something
that
is
amazing.
B
One
year
after
this
picture
was
taken,
another
transformative
event
took
place
with
the
passage
of
Sound
Transit
and
that
put
us
on
the
road
to
light
rail.
It
was
a
really
smooth
road
through
the
Bellevue
city
council.
There
was
no
controversy
over
end.
Actually,
we
lived
it.
It
seemed
like
day
in
and
day
out
for
a
number
of
years,
but
you
know
what
that
system
today
is
now
under
construction.
You
saw
the
photograph
in
the
tunnel
and
honestly,
what
is
going
on
now
in
the
city
is
Bellevue's
next
great
leap
forward.
B
So
let's
move
on
and
see
how
we're
going
to
be
a
great
city
in
the
future.
One
of
the
things
that
we
have
always
had
in
this
city
is
great
place
making
and
thank
you
very
much
to
the
BDA
for
the
place
making
award
for
the
downtown
part.
We
appreciate
that
I'm
thinking,
maybe
another
award
might
be
coming
on
this
one,
but
that's
just
me
great
places
in
Bellevue
have
always
meant
great
parks.
B
That's
why
we
are
a
city
in
a
park
and
the
next
great
one
is
the
maiden
Bower
the
expansion
of
maiden
Bower
Bay
Park,
and
that
is
underway
right
now.
This
is
going
to
be
the
parks
and
plazas
trails
that
we
have
are
the
quintessential
place
on
a
beautiful
Pacific
Northwest
day,
like
we're
going
to
have
today
for
people
to
gather
in
the
City
of
Bellevue
maiden
Bower,
Bay
Park
and
its
expansion
was
a
vision
that
was
launched
more
than
30
years
ago.
It's
one
of
those
that
people
say
you
just
can't
get
it
done.
B
Well
we're
getting
it
done.
It
takes
a
long
time
and
the
lesson
is
and
I
think
this
is
the
lesson
about
Bellevue
think
big,
think
long-term
stay
with
it
and
get
it
done.
That's
also
the
story
of
so
many
things
in
Bellevue,
including
our
incredible
downtown
I'm,
looking
forward
to
opening
the
first
phases
of
this
park,
Patrick,
hopefully
later
this
year,
if
not
we'll
get
to
it
in
2019,
that's
a
massive
construction!
Well,
okay,
good!
You
just
heard
that
he's
committed
this
year.
B
So
let's
move
on
to
and
I
think
the
point
of
maiden
Bower
Beach
Park
is
it
is
that
waterfront
tie
to
downtown
Bellevue
to
our
core?
It's
something
that
we
have
always
lacked
and
I
will
say,
remember
2007!
There
are
a
few
council
members
or
former
council
members
in
the
room
who
will
remember
that
time.
That's
when
we
first
started
talking
about
downtown
livability,
so
it
only
took
ten
years.
B
It's
bans
I-90,
405
and
520,
and
has
the
light
rail
within
it.
The
innovation
corridor
goes
from
the
east
main
station
downtown
across
to
will
Burton
and
out
through
the
bell
red
and
on
Direct
Minh.
It's
going
to
be
the
place
where
Bellevue's
economy
and
a
world
economy
will
continue
to
grow
well
into
the
future.
Our
citizen
advisory
committee
has
just
finished
their
work
on
what
they
see
is
the
vision
for
the
will
Burton
area
and
how
that
will
redevelop.
But
to
do
that,
we've
got
to
make
what
we
call
a
grand
connection.
B
B
I'm,
not
sure
I
knew
what
transit
oriented
development
was
at
that
time,
but
I
certainly
know
what
it
is.
Now
we
have
an
opportunity
at
both
the
hundred
and
twentieth
and
the
hundred
and
thirtieth
street
stations
to
have
these
nodes
of
growth
that
will
go
around
those
and
really
serve
people.
Well,
the
beauty
of
planning
is
it's
hard
to
predict
the
future.
We
made
to
what
mean
one
prediction
that
was
wrong.
The
first
prediction
was
we
were
worried
that
it
would
become
commercial,
but
there'd
be
no
residential.
B
B
I,
don't
think
anyone
would
have
thought
that
you
would
get
an
advanced
degree
in
the
internet
of
things
and
that
you
would
have
two
major
universities,
the
University
of
Washington
and
Cheng
hua
university
from
China
locating
in
our
city,
but
by
setting
the
table
for
other
people
to
innovate,
the
city
has
become
a
location
for
what
will
be
an
effort
that
will
turn
out
the
businesses
of
the
future,
and
this
is
going
to
actually
not
just
affect
the
21st
century.
These
will
be
the
businesses
of
the
22nd
century.
B
Now
I
want
to
go
back
and
talk
a
little
about
history,
because
this
is
I
think
again,
one
of
the
strongest
points
within
the
City
of
Bellevue.
If
you
go
back
to
the
earlier
days
before,
downtown,
had
had
really
taken
off.
We
had
a
great
business
community
and
we
had
founding
families
who
saw
that
Bellevue
wanted
to
have
everything
it
needed
to
be
an
autonomous
city,
so
we
needed
to
have
a
good
economy.
We
needed
to
have
great
shopping.
B
We
needed
to
have
good
quality
healthcare,
we
needed
places
where
people
did
live
and
they
could
work.
And
you
know
when
you
look
at
this
list.
Paccar.
Probably
the
someone
from
the
esight
Heritage
Center
will
correct
me
I'm
sure,
but
Pat
Carr
was
probably
our
first
global
company,
headquartered
here
in
Bellevue,
and
they
are
an
innovator.
You
think
I
mean
the
trucks
that
they
put
out
on
the
road.
These
days
are
among
the
most
incredible
anywhere
in
the
world.
That's
an
industry
that
keeps
innovating
and
innovating
and
innovating
the
Bellevue
collection.
B
It's
I,
honestly,
Kemper
I,
don't
know
how
you've
done
it
with
the
number
of
problems
with
shopping
centers
around
the
country
in
the
world.
It
is
an
absolutely
wonderful
gathering,
place
and
I.
Don't
know
how
you
can
make
a
food
court
into
what
is
it
haute
cuisine,
but
you've
managed
to
do
it.
I
love
the
South
Lincoln
food
court.
It's
unbelievable,
but
all
of
these
businesses
contributed
to
the
start
of
Bellevue
and
they're
a
part
of
our
future
and
I.
B
Don't
want
to
forget
small
business
because
I've
got
a
favorite
one
of
mine
up
there,
they've
been
around
on
Main
Street
forever
bounced
around
a
number
of
different
times,
but
it
again
is
that
quintessential
Bellevue
experience
and
that's
the
Bellevue
barber
shop,
it's
a
great
place
to
be
on
a
Saturday
morning,
moms
and
dads,
taking
their
kids
in
to
get
a
haircut
and
they've
managed
to
survive
through
all
of
the
change,
but
who's
investing
in
Bellevue.
Well,
the
great
companies
that
began
here
are
investing
in
Bellevue.
B
The
great
companies
like
REI
that
began
in
Seattle
went
to
Kant
they're
coming
to
Bellevue
and
frankly,
the
world
is
coming
to
Bellevue
look
at
the
list,
and
this
is
just
a
partial
list
of
the
companies
that
have
decided
that
Bellevue
is
the
place
that
they
want
to
be
and
that
they
want
to
do
business.
The
world
is
truly
chained,
deciding
to
locate
here
in
Bellevue.
Now
again,
we've
got
to
have
things
for
your
employees
to
do,
and
this
is
where
a
great
partnership
comes
in.
B
It's
a
great
partnership
again
with
the
BDA,
where
the
BDA
puts
on
these
wonderful
events
and
with
the
city
gets
to
be
a
part
of
it,
and
so
again
thank
you
for
things
like
live
at
lunch
food
trucks,
the
fourth
of
July,
the
arts,
fair,
the
Jazz
Festival
I
got
the
fourth
of
July
down
here
twice,
because
I
really
really
like
that
and-
and
you
know,
for
participating
in
the
holiday
celebration
through
snowflake
Lane.
It
makes
it
where
people
want
to
be.
We
also
want
to
make
it
a
place
where
your
workers
want
to
live.
B
In
the
year
2000
there
were
2400
people
living
in
downtown
Bellevue
2016.
When
we
last
got
the
count,
it
is
over
14,000
people
living
in
downtown
Bellevue.
Think
of
this,
the
average
household
size
in
downtown
Bellevue
advanced
from
one
point.
Four
persons
per
unit
to
one
point.
Seven
persons
per
unit
doesn't
sound
like
much,
but
that's
a
very
much
a
change
in
the
way
that
people
have
used.
Multifamily
housing
people
said
it
would
always
be
empty
nesters.
B
Well,
that's
not
the
case,
because
the
average
age
went
from
57
years
old
to
34
years
young
for
a
downtown
Bellevue
resident.
We
also
need
to
have
great
neighborhoods
in
this
city.
I,
really
think
we
need
to
be
looking
at
what
and
in
particular
in
our
single-family
neighborhoods
as
to
what
that
single-family
neighborhood
of
the
21st
century
really
needs
to
be.
Most
of
our
neighborhoods
were
built
in
the
mid
twentieth
century.
B
We
need
to
look
at
what
people
want
within
those
neighborhoods,
how
we
make
sure
they
have
that,
how
we
make
sure
that
people
have
places
where
they
want
truly
to
live.
That
actually
is
and
I
didn't
pick
this,
but
that's
my
neighborhood
on
the
right
of
View
crest,
that's
a
neighborhood
that
is
in
almost
constant
change.
It
was
only
in
the
downturn
I've
been
there
for
20
years
and
only
for
a
short
period
in
the
downturn
in
about
2010.
B
Was
there
a
period
when
a
house
was
not
under
reconstruction,
so
we're
seeing
that
change
over
in
our
neighborhoods
and
we're
seeing
that
around
the
city.
But
we
need
to
be
careful
about
how
we
manage
that.
We
also
need
to
make
sure
that
Bellevue
is
a
place
where
you
can
get
you
can
be
born
here.
You
can
get
a
great
education
here.
You
can
get
your
first
job
here,
your
first
apartment
and
your
first
house.
That
is
in
my
mind,
one
of
the
great
challenges
that
we
face
in
terms
of
providing
housing
that
is
attainable.
B
I
do
want
to
spend
just
a
moment.
I
talked
about
gix
before
the
educational
opportunities
that
we
have
in
Bellevue
again
are
mind
boggling.
It's
another
important
reason
why
people
locate
here
and
want
to
be
a
part
of
Bellevue
everything
from
pre-k
right
up
until
postgraduate
education,
you
get
excellence,
it's
education
that
inspires
the
next
generation
of
the
creative
class.
So
now
the
challenges
touched
on
one:
affordable,
housing.
That's
what
most
people
call
it
I
look
at
it
a
little
bit
differently.
I
talk
about
attainable
housing.
So
how
do
we
have?
B
B
Unless
we
can
make
sure
that
there
is
housing
across
the
board
for
people,
yes
at
the
low
end,
but
we
need
to
make
sure
it's
also
in
the
middle
end
and
in
the
high
end,
and
unless
we
work
together
to
figure
out
ways
to
do
that,
our
economic
competitiveness
is
going
to
be
threatened
and
that's
something
as
since
Bellevue
has
been
built
on
economic
competitiveness.
We
don't
want
to
see
happen.
Lynne
Robinson
and
former
mayor
Stokes
councilmember
Stokes
worked
on
a
great
task
force
on
affordable
housing
and
have
put
together
a
very
good
plan.
B
B
B
My
opinion
is,
you
can't
buy
your
way
out
of
traffic
congestion
when
you're
in
a
economy
that
is
booming
and
we
want
to
keep
a
strong
economic
base.
So
if
you
can't
buy
your
way
out
of
it,
you've
got
to
get
smarter
at
it,
and
with
that
we
are
in
the
process
of
completing
the
Bellevue
smart
mobility
plan,
but
we're
not
new
to
the
table
on
this.
It's
actually
an
update
of
the
2004
plan
that
we
put
together
it's
a
way
of
managing
traffic.
Better,
it's
a
way
of
being
more
predictive.
B
You
saw
in
the
video
the
slide
of
the
video
analytics
that
we're
doing
and
again,
thank
you
to
Microsoft
for
being
a
partner
in
doing
that
of
taking
a
look
at
how
we
can
make
our
roads
safer.
That
concept
of
vision,
zero,
getting
to
no
accidents
also
is
a
matter
of
helping
with
congestion,
because
anytime
you
get
an
accident,
you
get
more,
can
a
lot
more
canned
congestion,
so
we're
working
smarter
and
while
we
had
a
bill
in
Olympia
that
was
on
autonomous
vehicles
that
we
didn't
get
passed,
they
did
create
an
autonomous
vehicles.
B
Work
Bellevue
has
a
group
of
people
in
our
transportation
system
that
are
working
on
these
important,
intelligent
transportation
system
and
we're
going
to
be
at
the
forefront
of
that
and,
finally
back
to
diversity,
the
transforming
community
that
we
have.
Actually,
it
is
a
challenge,
but
I
don't
see
it
as
that
and
again,
our
vision
talks
about
that.
It's
an
opportunity.
B
Diversity
is
our
strength
when
our
economy,
when
what
we
set
out
to
do
works
and
that
is
become
a
place
that
welcomes
the
world,
become
a
place
where
businesses
from
all
over
the
world
want
to
locate
it's
gonna
change.
The
way
our
our
city
looks
at
the
residential
level.
The
people
who
live
here
I
am
so
proud
of
the
work
that
our
city
has
done
to
make
this
a
very
welcoming
city
when
I
came
on
the
city
council
14
years
ago,
if
you
looked
at
our
boards
and
commissions,
it
was
pretty
much
white
and
middle-aged.
B
You
look
at
our
boards
and
commissions
who
do
such
important
work
and
it
crosses
every
spectrum
of
diversity.
Welcoming
people
in
in
the
bellevue
essentials
class
has
been
actually
an
essential
ingredient
in.
In
doing
that,
and
getting
people
who
are
now
living
here
involved
in
our
city,
buying
into
the
city
and
making
our
city
better
so
I'm,
very,
very
proud
of
what
we've
done
on
that.
So
my
final
message
to
you
is
this:
partner
with
us.
B
Partnership
has
always
been
a
part
of
what
the
BDA
has
been
about,
what
the
business
community
has
been
about
and
what
our
residents
have
been
about
to
make
this
a
great
city.
These
can
be
formal
partnerships,
they
can
be
informal
partnerships.
I
was
struck
last
month
when
Vulcan
said
they
put
aside
a
half
a
percent
of
their
construction
project
to
do
art
in
public
places
related
to
their
construction
projects
in
South,
Lake
Union.
B
First
of
all,
thank
you
to
those
who
were
the
founders
of
Bellevue,
because
you've
given
me
an
opportunity
to
work
for
the
last
14
years
on
trying
to
make
this
a
much
better
place,
and
thank
you
to
everyone
in
this
room
who
is
going
to
make
Bellevue
incredible
as
we
move
Believe,
It
or
Not
into
the
second
quarter
of
the
21st
century.
So
thank
you
very
much.
Patrick
and
deputy
mayor
Robinson.
A
Okay,
we
are
transitioning
to
the
Q&A
portion
of
our
program
again,
I'd
like
to
introduce
Mayor,
John
Chell
neck
and
deputy
mayor
Lynne
Robinson
we're
going
to
work
through
a
series
of
questions,
and
these
topics
and
themes,
I
I,
think
do
cut
across
the
board
of
pertinent
issues
for
us.
Our
members
have
helped
inform
these
questions.
We've
had
a
great
conversation
with
our
board
of
directors
just
on
topics
that
I
know.
A
We
want
to
continue
to
see
addressed
and
the
first
question
I'm
going
to
direct
to
mayor
chellb
enak,
and
that
is
related
to
today's
theme.
It's
Bellevue's
tomorrow
and,
as
you
talk
about
the
city's
priorities,
how
would
you
best
represent
the
council's
vision
as
it
relates
to
Bellevue's
tomorrow?
How
is
the
council's
vision
being
articulated
presently
well.
B
I
think
I
talked
to
a
bit
about
that
in
in
the
remarks
I
think
in
one
very
large
part,
it
is
how
we
are
planning
for
the
city's
future.
Taking
areas
of
the
city
that
formerly
were
I
mean
take
a
look.
Look
at
Wilmington
I'm,
very
excited
about
that
planning,
effort,
you're
taking
what
was
our
auto
row
and
by
the
way
we
still
want
to
keep
auto
dealerships,
they're
great
for
sales
tax,
so
we're
finding
places
for
the
auto
dealerships,
they're,
also
great
places
to
go
and
kick
tires
and
drive
cars.
A
Deputy
mayor,
the
mayor,
touched
on
the
affordable
housing
strategy
and
it
being
really
one
of
our
core
challenges
in
Bellevue
in
consideration
of
the
strategy,
it's
one
thing
to
set
up
a
strategy
and
have
a
plan
it's
another
to
carry
through
and
work
through
partnership
with
the
community
to
implement
it.
How
will
Bellevue
take
steps
concrete
steps
to
bring
new
housing
options
to
the
marketplace.
C
So
we
talked
about
affordable
housing
before
we
talked
about
traffic
congestion,
I'm
going
to
suggest
that
the
lack
of
affordable
housing
has
a
lot
to
do
with
our
traffic
congestion,
but
Bellevue
definitely
has
an
affordable
housing
need.
30%
of
our
households
are
what
we
consider
costs
burden,
which
means
they're
spending
more
than
30%
of
their
annual
income
on
their
housing
expenses.
C
So
the
City
of
Bellevue,
with
leadership
of
former
Mayor
John
Stokes,
worked
with
a
team
of
housing
experts
who
range
from
high-end,
residential,
real
estate
agents
to
low-income
housing
experts
and
everything
in
between
and
for
an
entire
year.
They
work
together
and
came
up
with
a
two-part,
affordable
housing
strategy
that
is
tailor-made
for
the
needs
of
the
city
of
Bellevue.
The
first
part
is
a
group
of
incentives.
So
how
do
you?
How
do
you
incentivize
a
developer
to
put
in
affordable
housing
along
with
their
market
rate
housing
and
this
type
of
incentives?
C
So
that's
the
incentives,
but
the
second
part
is
creating
a
budget,
and
this
budget
would
allow
us
to
create
and
retain
affordable
housing
at
deeper
afford
abilities.
Think
that
if
we
were
to
double
the
amount
of
money
that
we
already
put
into
our
affordable
housing
budget,
we
would
be
able
to
achieve
our
goals,
especially
if
we
work
with
our
partners
in
the
community.
You
know
they
say
that
any
commute
longer
than
20
minutes
decreases
your
quality
of
life.
C
Right
now
we
have
how
many
like
350,000
people,
employees
commuting
in
and
out
of
Bellevue
every
single
day
if
we
could
create
more
affordable
housing
and,
in
addition
to
the
planned
transit
oriented
development
that
we
have
coming
into
Bellevue.
That's
going
to
give
a
lot
more
employees
the
opportunity
to
live
where
they
work,
and
that's
not
only
good
for
employees.
That's
good
for
business.
A
B
Bree
Amazon
Prime
for
life,
no
I,
you
know
I
hope
that
we
are
doing
it.
The
first
is
an
economic
climate,
I
think
that
that
allows
for
development
to
occur,
and
then
an
economic
climate
that
allows
for
that
development
to
be
full
of
workers.
I
know
that
actually,
right
now
in
terms
of
downtown
livability,
we've
had
a
group
that
has
been
meeting
with
our
planning
staff
and
our
permitting
staff.
B
I
should
say
to
make
sure
that
people
understand
the
changes
that
were
in
the
code
so
that
we
that,
when
someone
is
ready
to
develop
and
they
come
in
for
their
pre
application,
there
really
aren't
a
lot
of
surprises
so
at
because
saying
well,
the
code
has
changed
and
you've
got
to
do
X
so
go
back
to
the
drawing
board
and
and
start
again
so
I
think.
That
is
one
way
that
we
can
work
to
make
sure
that
at
the
economic
climate
is
good.
B
We
we
actually
are.
When
you
look
at
the
when
you
look
at
cities,
we're
actually
sort
of
in
that
lower
to
middle
in
terms
of
the
taxes
that
we
have
I,
think
people
do
get
a
very
good
return
on
their
tax
benefit
here,
but
again,
I
just
kind
of
see
this
as
we
move
into
the
future.
You
certainly
can't
rely
solely
on
taxing
everything.
B
I,
don't
think
that
works,
some
cities
do
I'm,
not
going
to
say
which,
but
it
it.
You
know
that,
but
there
is
only
a
certain
amount
that
you
can
sustain
and
so
I
think
that
again,
these
kind
of
partnerships
with
business,
I,
look
at
our
capital
investment
program
and
probably
the
largest
investment
in
our
capital
investment
program
every
year
is
maintenance
of
what
we've
already
built.
B
A
So,
of
course,
common
knowledge
that
all
politics
are
local,
but
we
know
that
the
economy
also
extends
the
economic
climate,
connects
to
federal
and
state
issues.
And
if
I
heard
you
correctly,
I
think
you
mentioned
that
the
federal
and
state
government
we're
willing
to
pay
for
the
entire
Grande
connection
through.
C
B
Glad
you
asked
that
you
know.
Actually
we
did
very
well
in
the
last
budget
with
the
capital
budget,
we
had
a
report
on
that.
There
are
some
things
that
are:
some
people
might
consider
them
amenities.
Some
people
might
consider
them
base
things,
but
we
moved
up
funding
for
completion
of
one
of
the
missing
links
on
the
mountains
to
sound
Greenway
Trail
in
the
East
Gate
factorio
area
that
that
was
spectacular.
B
We
did
get
some
more
money
from
the
state
for
Maiden,
Bower,
Bay,
Beach
Park,
but
at
your
tables
today
is
something
that
I
think
is
important
and
it's
a
way
that
we
have
taken
to
talking
with
our
legislators,
both
federal
and
state
level.
That's
this
flyer
called
invest
in
Bellevue
oftentimes.
When
you
go
and
you
talk
to
folks
at
the
state
or
you
talk
to
people
at
the
federal
they'll
say:
Bellevue's
rich
you've
got
it
all.
You
can
just
pay
for
it
yourself
right.
Well,
hey,
that's
not
completely
true!
B
We
are
in
a
good
shape
because
we've
been
good
financial
stewards,
but
this
is
what
we
show
show
them.
If
you
put
federal
and
state
money
into
the
City
of
Bellevue,
you
will
see
a
return
on
your
investment
state
and
federal
government,
because
you
will
see
greater
tax
revenue
coming
back
to
you
more
than
seven
hundred
million
in
tax
revenue
to
the
state
to
the
state
of
Washington
from
Bellevue
residents
and
businesses
in
2017.
You
look
at
what
you
get
in
terms
of
education
and
the
type
of
companies
that
that
we
have
here.
B
Bellevue
college
is
depending
on
how
you
do
this.
It's
like
the
third
largest
Institute
of
higher
education
in
the
state
of
Washington.
It
is
an
amazing
story
in
terms
of
training,
the
workforce
of
tomorrow,
so
Lin
I'll.
Let
you
talk
too
about
because
I've
answered
two
questions
in
a
row
and
you
can
wrestle
a
microphone
away
from
me.
Well,.
C
I
was
just
going
to
say
a
really
good
example
of
the
government.
Partnership
with
some
of
the
projects
is
that
our
TIFIA
loan,
that
we
got
for
the
bail
red
area
for
the
spring
district
for
all
the
infrastructure
we
were
able
to
borrow
I,
think
it
was
a
hundred
million
dollars
from
the
federal
government
of
very
low
interest,
and
we
have.
C
We
don't
have
to
pay
it
back
until
what
2024
and
the
purpose
of
this
loan
is
that
if
you
invest
in
your
community
and
in
your
infrastructure,
you're
going
to
be
bringing
back
more
revenues
and
so
you'll
be
able
to
pay
that
loan
back
when
the
project
is
done.
So
that
enabled
us
to
do
all
those
infrastructure
projects
in
advance
of
development,
which
is
just
an
amazing
opportunity
for
our
city.
A
The
city
every
two
years
or
almost
every
year
does
a
survey
to
get
comments
feedback
to
the
community
at
large
to
the
council
to
help
with
prioritization
and
I.
Think
by
and
large
the
last
two
survey
cycles,
we've
seen
similar
results
in
that
one
of
the
number-one
challenges
that
we
face
as
a
community
is
growth
and
issues
related
to
growth,
and
then
one
of
the
greatest
opportunities
and
benefits
of
being
in
Bellevue
is
growth
and
issues
related
to
growth
and
so,
in
addition
to
transportation
investments,
the
downtown
with
a
bit
livability
initiative,
affordable
housing
strategy.
A
C
You
well
I,
think
you're
always
gonna
have
a
trade-off
with
growth
between
increased
opportunity
and
trying
to
maintain
affordability
and
I.
Think
the
BDA
is
gonna
have
to
work
with
the
city
to
make
sure
that
those
very
businesses
that
make
Bellevue
such
a
special
place
to
be
are
not
priced
out
of
our
growing
economy.
For
a
city
that
has
grown
a
lot,
the
good
news
is,
we
still
have
room
to
grow.
The
downtown
is
only
60
percent
built
out
we're
just
starting
development
in
the
bell
red.
C
We
still
have
will
Burton
East
gate
and
factorio
to
develop
so
I
think
that
planning
for
the
growth
distributing
the
growth
through
these
growth
areas
and
providing
opportunities
for
multimodal
transportation.
So
we
can
connect
all
these
areas
and
maintaining
a
variety
of
affordability
is
going
to
be
key
to
our
success,
and
I
also
think
that
maintaining
our
public
safety
is
very
important.
So
we
have
to
continue
investments
in
that.
Thank.
A
You
so,
as
we
look
at
growth
and
challenges,
we
have
regional
challenges
and
connections
that
need
to
be
addressed.
Mayor
chairman
ACK.
How
is
the
city
doing
on
regional
connection
and
collaborations
is?
It?
Are
things
in
our
climate,
political
climate,
moving
moving
forward
in
a
positive
direction,
negative
direction?
Where
are
some
opportunities
that
Bellevue
has
related
to
regional
collaboration
in
our
economy?
B
I
think
we're
doing
much
better
in
the
region
than
we
have
been
for
a
while
I
know,
Bellevue
is
respected
within
the
region.
We
do
stake
out
our
positions.
That's
important
to
do.
I
think
one
thing
that
that
we're
doing
I
think
mayor
Stokes
when
he
was
when
he
was
mayor.
He
had
us
actually
sit
down
and
talk
about
how
we
act
within
the
region
and
I
think
that
that
helped
us
again
to
be
seen
within
the
region
in
a
much
better
light.
B
Sometimes
we
were
seeing
is
sometimes
as
combative,
sometimes
not
cooperative
I,
don't
know
that
we
were
always
that
was
always
burned,
but
sometimes
the
way
you're
perceived
is
is
as
important
as
whether
or
not
it's
fact,
and
then
this
year,
both
the
well
actually
all
seven
members
of
the
council
got
together
at
our
retreat
and
we
talked
a
lot
about
the
way
we
do
business.
It
was
what
I
call
seven
strong.
How
do
you
work
in
a
seven
member
body
where
you're
all
separately
elected
officials?
B
You
have
a
mayor
who
is
selected
a
mayor
and
deputy
mayor
who
are
selected
among
your
among
yourselves.
You
have
a
city
manager
who
has
the
responsibility
to
to
run
the
government
and
how
can
we
better
work
and
I?
Think
the
idea
of
and
I
think
it's
worked
well
here.
We
grew
into
it
in
the
region,
we're
growing
into
it
locally.
B
On
the
on
the
city,
council
and
I've,
told
people
at
the
at
the
I
may
be
called
the
Aretha
Franklin
of
Bellevue,
because
the
one
word
that
I
use
is
respect,
show
respect
for
each
other,
show
respect
for
the
people
who
come
down
and
visit
you
at
City
Hall
and
talk
to
you
about
the
issues
that
are
important
to
them.
If
you
show
them
that
respect
I
think
that
they
will
honor
that
we've
had
a
contentious
time
over
the
last
year
and
a
half,
maybe
two
years
over
the
issue
of
a
homeless
shelter.
B
B
B
It
was
a
transformation
of
the
way
people
are
looking
at
the
issue,
so
I
think
that
being
honest
and
being
respectful
is
the
first
step
in
doing
that
and
I
think
if
we
do
that
and
go
on
in
the
future,
doing
that
will
be
a
body
that
is,
that
is
effective
on
local
issues,
as
well
as
effective
on
regional
issues.
Thank.
A
You
we
have
a
couple
more
questions:
I'm
gonna
save
one
for
the
budget
for
the
end,
but
as
we
look
at
specifics
council
members,
this
is
a
part-time
position
that
you're
in
I
know
it
transforms
itself
into
a
full-time
job
in
many
cases
as
you
look
at
as
you
look
at
your
checklist
of
things
that
you
want
to
get
done
in
the
next
one
to
two
years
and
I'm.
Looking
at
you,
deputy
mayor
Robinson,
what
two
things
are
you
most
interested
and
excited
to
accomplish
over
the
next
two
years
in
your
time
on
council?
Well,.
C
First,
let
me
say:
I
think
we
have
a
very
strong
and
thoughtful
council
right
now
we
have
people
that
represent
the
tech,
industry,
engineering,
business,
legal
and
healthcare
all
working
together
to
make
good
decisions
for
the
city.
We
have
an
excellent
city
manager
and
staff
and
I'm
really
confident
that
we're
going
to
be
able
to
achieve
the
goals
that
we've
set
out
for
us,
the
things
that
I
think
that
are
really
important
that
we're
going
to
be
working
on.
C
This
is
just
my
opinion,
because
I
come
from
the
Health
Services
Human
Services
side
of
life
is
doing
that
land
use
code
amendment
so
that
we
can
cite
a
homeless
shelter
in
Bellevue
and
implementing
fully
implementing
our
affordable
housing
strategy,
and
the
last
thing
is
just
as
I
said
before,
guiding
our
growth
to
ensure
that
our
transportation,
economic
and
livability
standards
continue
to
be
met,
but
I'm
gonna,
let
the
mayor
say
what
maybe
he
thinks
his
top
priorities.
Are
you.
B
B
B
16
years
will
be
enough,
and
I
am
really
very
excited
about
that
connection.
The
the
grand
connection
which
I
see
is
that
backbone
of
livability
within
the
downtown
area
and
how
it
connects
so
I'm
really
excited
about
getting
the
the
downtown
livability
getting
that
implemented
as
growth
goes
forward.
B
A
You,
okay,
so
much
like
the
weather.
Today,
the
fiscal
outlook
for
the
City
of
Bellevue
has
been
somewhat
fair
and
rosy
and
beautiful.
However,
as
we
look
out
to
the
horizon,
we
see
that
there
is
very
strong
potential.
That
expenditures
will
start
to
outpace
revenues
in
the
2021
timeframe.
So
the
council's
working
through
a
budgeting
process
right
now
and
will
continue
to
engage
the
community,
including
the
BDA
on
on
budgeting
priorities
and
how
to
address
the
let
the
out
years.
C
B
B
It
actually,
these
are
the
these
are
the
things
that
keep
us
up
at
night,
especially
about
the
concepts
behind
fiscal
responsibility
and
what
Patrick
is
talking
about
we're
adding
because
of
growth,
we're
we're
adding
a
new
fire
station
fire
station
10
will
be
located
up
at
the
corner
of
a
hundred
and
twelve
and
twelfth
up
in
in
that
area.
Well,
it
takes
about
13
to
14
positions,
to
fully
staff
a
fire
station,
and
when
you
do
that
and
fully
staff
it
in
about
that,
and
that's
about
the
timeframe
that
it
comes
online.
B
What
happens
to
your
general
fund
budget
if
you're,
just
having
normal
growth
in
it,
is
while
we're
above
our
15%
level
that
we
want
to
have
for
reserves
which
keeps
our
bonding
capacity
in
really
great
shape
and
keeps
our
you
know
when
we
have
to
bond.
Do
we
get
it
at
a
very
good
rate?
We
take
that
and
it
all
of
a
sudden
begins
to
curve
and
by
about
2022
or
so
it
is
well
below
that
15%
level
and
would
continue
down.
Now,
that's
not
even
to
consider.
B
We
consider
normal
growth
in
that,
but
it's
not
even
considering
things
like
we're,
probably
going
to
have
to
add
some
people
in
public
safety
in
fire
in
police
and
some
other
areas.
So
the
options
the
the
first
thing
I
would
say,
is:
if
we're
going
to
go
tax
revenue,
wise
one
option,
is
to
continually
take
the
automatic
one
percent
property
tax
increase.
I
will
say
this
time
we
were
not
responsible
for
the
property
tax
increase
that
you
got
this
year.
B
That
comes
really
mostly
from
some
sound
transit
taxes,
taking
effect
and
the
legislative
reaction
to
the
McCleary
decision.
That's
that's.
What
drove
those
taxes
up
and
I
understand
the
legislature
is
looking
at
or
has
begun
to
make
a
fix
on
that
for
next
year,
which
is
good.
Our
our
other
taxes
are,
generally
speaking
at
a
relatively
low
level,
but
I
think
we
just
I
think
the
first
thing
we've
got
to
do
is
sort
of
relook
at
where
we
put
our
money.
So
you
just
you,
have
to
look
internally
where
you
put
your
money.
B
What
your
priorities
are,
what
you
know
certain
streams
of
money
go
to
certain
things
and
again
I
think
when
it
comes
to
affordable
housing.
We
have
to
look
at
as
we
make
transportation
a
very
high
priority
in
the
budget
we
make
our
parks
and
and
general,
but
of
general
government
buildings
a
high
priority.
B
Iii
understand
that
perfectly
and
I
look
forward
to
it.
I'm
actually
really
happy
that
the
BDA
and
the
Bellevue
chamber
have
decided
to
put
together
a
group
to
work
with
us
and
to
follow
us
on
our
budget
process,
and
we
really
look
forward
to
that.
As
I
say
it's
a
partnership,
we
can't
do
it.
We
can't
do
it
without
you.
B
A
A
A
If
you
haven't
noticed,
there
is
a
Bellevue,
Jazz
and
Blues
Festival
coming
up
the
posters,
including
the
black
cat
or
behind
me
that
is
going
to
be
taking
place,
May
30
through
June
3rd.
This
is
another
great
partnership
between
the
Bellevue
downtown
Association,
the
city
of
Bellevue,
Microsoft,
Washington,
federal
for
culture,
number
of
other
organizations
to
bring
outstanding
talent,
both
ticketed
and
many
free
shows
to
the
City
of
Bellevue.
So
again,
thank
you
for
your
participation.
Thank
you
for
your
membership
in
the
organization
and
we
look
forward
to
working
with
you
going
forward.