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A
You're
in
chamber
with
us,
it's
been
a
long
two
years.
Welcome
to
the
regular
bellevue
city
council
meeting
for
april
18,
2022.
city
clerk.
Could
you
please
well
before
we
start?
We
have
three
excused
absences
tonight.
You
may
notice
that
there's
not
as
many
people
sitting
before
you
as
typically
typically,
so
we
would
like
to
excuse
deputy
mayor
newinghouse,
councilmember,
stokes
and
councilmember
lee.
Do
I
have
a
motion
to
excuse
those
absences.
A
D
E
A
B
And
whereas
community
participation
is
an
essential
aspect
of
achieving
bellevue's
environmental
goals
and
earth
day
is
an
opportunity
for
people
in
the
community
to
learn,
volunteer
and
get
engaged.
And
whereas
bellevue
for
the
31st
consecutive
year
has
been
recognized
as
a
tree
city,
usa,
community
by
the
national
arbor
day
foundation
and
is
dedicated
to
maintaining
its
tree
planting
practices.
B
And
whereas
trees
are
an
integral
part
of
the
fish
wildlife
and
people
in
bellevue.
And
whereas
on
earth
day.
Bellevue
will
launch
a
new
sustainable
bellevue
climate
challenge,
with
actions
to
reduce
environmental
impacts
and
opportunities
to
get
involved
and
make
a
difference.
And
whereas
people
who
live
and
work
in
bellevue
can
go
to
www.bellevueclimatechallenge.org.
B
To
sign
up
and
participate
in
a
friendly
competition
to
take
steps
to
reduce
energy
use
at
home
green.
Your
commute
and
learn
about
other
actions
to
reduce
your
environmental
impact.
Now,
therefore,
on
behalf
of
lynn,
robinson
mayor
of
the
city
of
bellevue
and
on
behalf
of
its
city
council,
do
hereby
proclaim
april
22,
2022
as
earth
day
arbor
day
in
bellevue,
and
encourage
all
residents
to
take
part
in
protecting
our
trees
and
natural
environments
and
join
the
city
in
a
commitment
to
reducing
our
environmental
impact
as
a
community
signed
lynn
robinson.
Thank
you.
C
Yes,
thank
you
mayor
this
evening.
There
are
11
total
speakers
and
I
will
remind
folks
that
oral
communications
is
allotted
a
30
minute
time
period
at
the
council
meeting,
and
the
number
of
speakers
is
limited
to
three
speakers
per
topic
in
support
foreign
opposition,
and
it
does
appear
that
we
have.
We
will
reach
that
three
three-person
rule
at
some
point
this
evening
and
with
that
I
will
call
the
first
speaker,
which
is
john
bellay,
who
I
believe
is
participating
remotely.
F
F
All
right,
I
assume
you
can
hear
me
so
I
want
to
talk
about
trees
for
a
moment.
I
know
that
the
policy
is
going
to
be
thought
about
in
the
future.
I
sent
an
email
to
the
council
members
concerning
these
points,
but
I
wanted
to
reiterate
and
then
I'll
come
back
in
person,
I'm
unable
to
be
there
in
person
right
now,
so
I
got
to
go
remotely
first
thing
about
climate
change.
F
I'd
like
to
I'd
like
the
council
to
consider
solar
panels
like
in
I
live
over
in
lake
hills,
and
I
cannot
put
solar
panels
up
because
I
have
tall
trees
to
the
south
of
me.
I'd
like
if
you,
if
you
consider
how
much
carbon
a
solar
panels
could
take
off
the
grid
compared
to
one
tree,
there's
really
no
comparison.
It's
three
thousand
pounds
per
year.
More
than
you
know
a
ton
and
a
half
and
one
tree
is
in
the
pounds.
F
So
I
think
the
policy
that
the
council
comes
up
with
should
address
folks
who
want
to
put
solar
panels
and
then
the
trees
that
are
providing
the
shade
and
that
sort
of
thing
so
maybe
shorter
trees
deciduous
trees.
You
know
something
like
that,
certainly
not
against
trees.
The
next
thing
is
just
the
continuity
of
electricity
over
here
in
lake
hills.
When
we
get
a
little
bit
of
wind,
the
power
goes
out.
I
think
we
need
to
think
about
where
the
trees
are
located.
F
In
reference
to
the
power
lines,
we're
you
know
heavily
dependent
upon
electricity
now,
so
that's
something
there
save
our
scale.
That's
something
there
with
that's
a
movement
you
limit,
building
in
our
area
here
over
in
lake
hills.
On
that,
I
really
don't
think
that
the
tree
policy
should
be
driving
or
should
be
used
as
some
sort
of
a
impediment
to
to
to
limit
the
building.
F
I
think
those
things
should
be
separated,
and
I
think,
if
you,
if
you
use
the
tree
policy
to
limit
building
they're
going
to
be
other
other
things
that
come
out
of
that
with
that
we
don't
want
like
increasing
housing
costs.
F
Fourth
is
looking
at
the
our
neighboring
communities
and
their
tree
policies.
I
don't
think
that
bellevue
should
should
take
the
our
cues
from
our
neighboring.
You
know
from
kirkland
or
issaquah
anywhere.
I
think
we
should
be
leading
in
in
looking
down
the
road
50
to
100
years
and
and
get
a
tree
policy.
That
is
a
a
global
and
you
know
encompassing
you
know
what
we
need
to
do
to
move
forward
in
in
a
super
clean
environment
using
solar
and
living
with
the
trees
in
harmony.
F
So
I
hope
that
you
consider
those
things
I'll
be
back
in
person
when
I
can
be
to
re
to
reiterate
this,
and
I
thank
councilmember
newtonhouse
for
for
answering
my
email
and
I
have
a
jar
of
plum
jam
from
a
tree
in
my
yard
for
him.
So
thank
you
for
that.
G
Okay,
council
members
mayor,
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
speak.
My
name
is
david
peterson
and
I'm
an
unvaccinated
driver
operator
who
is
currently
on
an
unpaid
leave
status
with
my
employer,
snohomish,
regional
fire
and
rescue
located
in
snohomish
county
on
october
21st
2021.
I
received
a
letter
from
my
fire
chief
kevin
o'brien,
indicating
my
belief
in
god,
and
a
decision
to
remain
unvaccinated
made
me
a
threat
to
myself
my
co-workers
and
the
community.
I
serve
last
thursday
during
an
open
fire
commissioners
meeting
our
fire
chief
decided.
G
He
wants
us
back
and
he
is
going
to
meet
with
our
union
and
bargain
a
way
back
that
is
safe
and
effective,
and
I
wanted
to
call
on
this
council
and
the
mayor
to
look
to
our
fire
chief
for
answers.
You
have
brave
men
and
women
who
are
currently
serving
for
the
city
of
bellevue
and
they
are
in
the
exact
same
position
as
I
am.
G
I
just
wanted
to
also
say
that
there
is
a
way
back
and
it's
being
done
all
over
the
state.
These
brave
firefighters
are
dedicated
and
loyal
public
servants.
Our
job
as
a
firefighter
is
to
remain
neutral.
Politically,
it
doesn't
matter
where
we
stand.
We
get
a
call,
we
show
up,
we
do
our
job,
we
provide
the
best
customer
service,
we
can
and
we
hopefully
impact
that
citizen.
G
G
If
this
council
decides
to
terminate
these
brave
firefighters,
I
believe
your
political
careers
will
be
over.
You
will
not
be
re-elected
and
I
believe
lawsuits
will
come.
I'm
calling
on
this
council
and
the
mayor
to
make
the
right
decision
stand
up
for
your
brave
firefighters
because
they
stand
up
for
you
on
a
on
a
daily
basis.
G
H
Thank
you
good
evening,
council
members,
my
name
is
aaron
keller.
10
years
ago
I
thought
I
won
the
lottery.
I
was
hired
as
a
firefighter
for
the
city
of
bellevue.
On
december
29th,
I
requested
a
religious
exemption
from
the
covet
19
vaccination
requirement
placed
by
governor
inslee
by
all
accounts.
The
exemption
was
approved.
However,
an
accommodation
would
not
be
granted
because
quote
employees
are
who
are
not
fully
vaccinated
against
covenant.
H
19
will
not
be
permitted
to
provide
direct
patient
care
at
this
time
because
they
present
a
heightened
risk
of
transmitting
the
virus,
compromising
the
city's
ability
to
provide
safe
and
effective
services.
End
quote
a
heightened
risk
is
speculative.
I
have
a
heightened
risk
of
skydiving.
I
have
a
heightened
risk
of
skiing
double
black
diamonds.
I
have
a
heightened
risk
of
driving
at
70
miles
an
hour
on
the
freeway
I
could
go
on
and
on
just
because
it's
a
heightened
risk
doesn't
mean
something
will
happen.
H
Speaking
of
transmitting
the
virus
on
december
16th,
this
deputy
chief
chief
edelson
sent
an
email
to
all
fire
personnel
quote
being
fully
vaccinated,
does
not
give
you
100
immunity.
It
does
does
lower
your
chance
of
infection
or
not
getting
as
ill
as
if
you
are
infected.
Likewise,
it
does
not
eliminate
your
ability
to
spread
the
virus.
End
quote
our
own
admin
admits.
This
virus
is
spread
to
the
community,
regardless
of
vaccination
status.
Aren't
they
just
as
much
of
a
heightened
risk.
H
There
are
members
of
this
department
that
tested
positive
the
day
after
working
a
scheduled
shift.
Were
they
not
a
heightened
risk
to
the
community
while
they
were
on
duty?
This
is
no
longer
about
science
and
health.
For
two
years
we
have
heard
repeatedly
the
science
says
and
we
are
following
the
science.
Yet
one
week
ago,
governor
inslee
was
asked
about
dropping
emergency
powers.
He
stated
quote,
as
we've
said
for
two
years
now:
we'll
continue
to
keep
people
safe,
we're
doing
that,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
federal
money
keeps
coming
in.
H
So
it's
important
to
keep
this
in
place.
Right
now,
end
quote:
we
are
re,
reducing
this
pandemic
to
employees
down
to
dollar
signs,
not
science
and
health.
One
of
the
core
values
of
the
city
of
bellevue
is
commitment
to
employees.
If
you
are
truly
following
the
governor's
commands,
you
might
as
well
say
commitment
to
dollar
signs,
because
that's
all
this
means
either
that
or
drop
the
commitment,
because
that's
all
you
have
are
employees
I
was
told
I
was,
I
would
cost
the
city
too
much
money
in
testing,
ppe,
etc.
H
Since
I
left
overtime
costs
are
astronomical
and
deputy
chief
adelson
stated
in
a
december
18th
email
quote:
we
are
relying
more
and
more
on
huge
amounts
of
both
voluntary
and
mandatory
overtime.
This
has
a
huge
impact
on
the
health
and
welfare
of
all
of
our
members.
End
quote:
morale
is
down,
many
firefighters
are
overworked.
This
can
and
will
have
serious
impacts
on
the
community.
I
ask
you
to
look
at
the
overtime
costs
alone.
H
Since
I
left
there
is
also
a
high
cost
of
testing
every
member
every
day
which
continues
to
this
day.
How
would
I
be
a
higher
cost
to
the
city
than
what
is
happening
each
day?
All
I
want
is
to
be
given
the
same
opportunity
to
test
and
have
the
ability
to
continue
the
job
I
love
and
what
you've
spent
thousands
of
taxpayer
dollars
on
me
for
training.
I
ask
you
who
made
this
decision
and
why?
What
is
the
undue
hardship?
H
I
Hello,
my
name
is
haley
and
I
am
14
years
old.
The
last
time
my
dad
worked
as
a
bellevue
firefighter
was
october
18
2021
six
months
ago.
Since
then
he
has
had
no
income,
no
benefits
and
no
work.
Furthermore,
he
is
unable
to
get
another
job
that
can
support
his
family
of
seven.
Why?
Because
the
city
has
stubbornly
refused
to
give
my
dad
accommodation
for
a
vaccine.
I
He
believes
is
against
his
biblical
christian
and
moral
beliefs,
the
city
of
bellevue's
decision
to
refuse
my
dad
accommodation
is
unnecessary
and
illegal
bellevue
unnecessarily
refused
my
dad
an
accommodation
for
his
personal
and
sincerely
held
religious
beliefs
according
to
the
fda
and
the
cdc.
The
coveted
vaccine
does
not
stop
transmission
of
kovan
19..
However,
according
to
the
city's
own
statements,
the
transmission
of
kovid19
is
precisely
the
reason
they
forced
my
dad
out
of
a
job
in
the
first
place,
because
he's
somehow
a
risk.
I
Also
the
fda
and
cdc
have
released
statements
saying
the
vaccine
only
protects
yourself
and
not
other
people,
thus
saying
my
dad
needs
to
get
the
vaccine
to
protect
the
public
is
both
not
scientific
and
not
true.
The
city
has
refused
my
dad
accommodation
unnecessarily
and
that's
resulted
in
six
months
of
income-less
living
the
city
of
bellevue
illegally,
refused
might
add
accommodation.
The
first
amendment
of
the
constitution
states
that
there
should
be
no
law
prohibiting
the
free
exercise
of
religion,
yet
the
city
has
done
just
that.
I
A
valuable
and
experienced
first
responder,
the
city
of
bellevue,
kicked
my
dad
out
of
a
job
because
he
sincerely
believed
something
contrary
to
their
command.
Even
worse,
all
the
firefighters,
giving
patient
care
who
applied
for
religious
exemptions
had
their
accommodations
turned
down.
That
is
unacceptable.
Religious
discrimination.
I
Although
the
city
claims
these
are
unprecedented
times
and
times
of
crisis,
it
is
still
illegal
to
infringe
on
the
religious
freedoms
of
the
people.
Because
of
an
illegal
mandate,
my
dad
was
forced
on
unpaid
leave.
Additionally,
the
city
is
forcing
people
to
receive
a
medical
procedure
without
their
informed
consent
or
lose
their
jobs.
According
to
the
nuremberg
code,
this
is
absolutely
prohibited.
The
individuals
must
have
the
ability
to
exercise
their
free
right
of
choice
without
any
ulterior
form
of
constraint
or
coercion.
I
The
individual
must
also
know
the
hazards
reasonably
expected
in
all
effects
on
his
health
and
body.
The
city
has
not
given
this
informed
consent
to
the
people,
and
that
is
totally
and
unquestionably
unlawful.
The
city
claims
this
is
for
the
safety
of
the
public
community.
That
is
illogical
because
the
city
refused
accommodation
to
my
dad
and
other
firefighters
there's
a
shortage
of
experienced
firefighters
on
the
job.
This
is
a
danger
to
the
community
who
rely
on
firefighters
to
save
their
lives
every
day.
I
My
dad
is
no
longer
working
as
a
bellevue
firefighter
because
of
the
city
of
bellevue's,
unnecessary
and
illegal
decision
to
refuse
my
dad
accommodation.
The
city's
resolve
to
remove
my
dad
from
the
workplace
has
detrimentally
affected
our
family.
This
is
not
just
about
masks.
This
is
not
just
about
mandates.
This
is
not
even
just
about
vaccines.
I
C
J
D
A
J
Over
you,
no,
we
heard
you
okay
anyway,
because
of
the
nature
of
cole
bed,
I'm
not
going
to
speak
directly
to
that,
but
I'm
a
blessing
because
I
don't
have
it.
I
know
other
people
that
got
it,
but
the
worst
co-vet
that
has
ever
hit
us
is
city
hall
in
seattle
and
the
current
mayor
bruce
harrell.
I
have
to
say
it
because
we're
going
to
be
held
accountable
for
everything
that
we
say
in
the
land
of
the
living.
So
I
said
it
because
of
the
fact
that
he
has
abused
me.
J
He
has
abused
his
authority
as
far
as
the
americans
with
disability
act,
section,
504
and
and
the
reason
why
I'm
triggering
this
because
he
was
with
the
council
for
10
years,
and
I
kept
telling
him
over
and
over
again
that
elder
abuse
was
on
the
rise
in
the
city
and
they
were
using
me
as
an
example,
and
I
couldn't
understand
I
said
well,
what's
wrong
with
me.
Why
would
you
do
such
a
thing
to
me
and
I'm
just
wanting
to
be
human?
J
Just
like
everybody
else-
and
I
was
sitting
there
holding
back
the
tears
just
listening
to
the
situation
with
these
firefighters
and
losing
their
job
over
something
that
people
said
in
the
constitution
that
we
have
a
right
to
free
speech,
so
they
probably
said
okay,
I
don't
want
to
do
that
and
then
you
harm
them
and
that's
the
same
thing.
What
they're
doing
with
the
indigenous
black
community
they
put
jim
crow
signs
up
in
city
hall,
saying
that
black
lives
matter
no
questions.
I
have
a
lot
of
questions.
J
I'm
gonna
keep
on
asking
them
until
the
day
that
I
die,
then
in
seattle,
municipal
tower,
they
have
the
same
sign
and
they
put
it
on
our
streets.
That's
the
same
thing
they
did
in
jim
crow.
They
separated
us.
So
if
a
child
comes
in
that
hall
and
sees
it
they're
saying
mommy,
I'm
not
black.
So
now
what
what
does
it
mean
for
me?
J
We
don't
need
to
be
divided
like
that.
We
don't
need
to
keep
people
in
our
business,
get
out
of
our
business
and
let
us
live
a
free
life.
That's
why
I
put
justice
justice
for
all
means.
Just
that.
Stop
putting
all
this
inequality
stuff
in
our
face
and
get
a
move
on
it.
I
recently
signed
up
to
speak
in
the
washington
state
human
rights
commission,
I'm
looking
for
where
it
was
in
cue
for
me
to
speak.
J
A
K
K
Now
I
have
a
problem
with
bruce
hall.
Making
the
statement
agents
need
a
chance
at
the
time
of
september.
11
2001
agents
are
smart.
They
can
learn
overly
violating
the
immigration
nationality
act
of
1965
that
was
signed
by
president
lyndon
johnson
and
that
older
american
act
july
14
1965
that
was
signed
by
president
lyndon
johnson
bruce
harrell,
is
in
breach
of
contract
because
he
refused
to
enforce
the
american
with
disability
act
because
I'm
black,
but
that
violates
the
miracle
disability
act,
breach
of
contract,
brexit
structural
fraud,
intent.
K
By
polo
disorder,
brain
damage,
cancer
that
discrimination,
epilepsy,
lung
cancer,
mental
illness,
neurological
disorder,
orthopedic
disorder,
I
don't
care
what
position
you
hold
once
you
violate
yourself,
you
will
hear
from
me
and
that's
from
joe
biden
home
down
when
you
violate
you
over
the
office
now
united
states,
meaning
no
man
in
this
country
is
so
high
to
where
he's
above
the
law
he
or
she
it
don't,
have
she
in
there.
But
let
me
put
she
in
there.
K
C
A
L
My
name
alex
zimmerman
yeah
for
last
two
years
I
sit
in
home,
not
exactly
home.
Look
like
a
jail
yeah
for
me,
so
I
have
corona
for
four
months
in
overlay
hospital.
I
have
two
operations.
I
have
dimension
right
now
and
I
have
too
many
problems.
Yeah
my
life
probably
is
right
now
much
shorter
than
before.
L
L
Thank
you
very
much
for
doing
this.
You
open
door
in
concentration
camp
but,
as
we
have
for
two
years
for
every
million
senior
citizens
who
dying
from
this
reason
and
nobody
care
about
this,
it's
a
problem,
but
as
we
have
this
is
exactly
what
is.
I
want
to
speak
to
you,
but
right
now
I
want
to
speak
about
something.
What
has
happened
in
bellevue?
Is
it's
exactly
what
has
happened?
150
000
idiot
who
live
in
this
city?
Look
to
me
like
I
have
as
a
happy
cow
in
half
like
a
communist.
L
This
is
exactly
what
this
belt
will
have
yeah.
I
live
here
for
35
years,
not
exactly
35
but
for
35,
I'm
here.
So
my
situation
right
now
very
simple.
Thank
you
very
much
for
opening
door
and
concentration
camp.
So
maybe
we
have
right
now
chance
go
back
to
america.
What
is
we
lose
new
normal?
That's
exactly
what,
as
you
see
from
all
newspaper
around
this
planet,
sorry
united
states
of
america.
So
I
speak
right
now
to
everybody
who
listen
to
me.
Guy
stand
up.
We
cannot
bring
america
to
concentration
camp.
L
This
is
exactly
what
is
democrat
nazi
fascist.
You
know
what
this
means
gestapo
principle
start
doing
to
us
ever.
Giggler,
don't
do
this
ever
stalin.
Does
this
it's
with
all
country.
You
understand
what
this
means.
You
did
this
for
last
year.
It's
very
unique
situation,
so
I'm
alex
zimmerman
speak
to
everybody
who
speak
english.
Who
listen
to
me.
You
understand
what,
as
I'm
talking
stand
up.
L
America
stand
up,
bellevue
stand
up,
everybody
civilize
people,
because,
when
you'd
stop
and
this
mafia
banjita
this
sleepy
joe
together
with
corporations
who
suck
blood
and
money
from
us
10
percentage
inflation,
it's
never
happened
in
america
for
10
years.
They
want
money
and
money
and
money.
It's
never
happened
before
with
trump.
Nobody
can
touch
trump.
We
pay
two
dollars
for
guns
and
trump
in
four
dollars
for
this
mafia.
L
C
C
Okay.
Thank
you.
We
have
reached
three
speakers
on
that
topic.
The
next
speaker
is
christian
dorsett,
mr
dorsett,
are
you
in
person
or
virtually
participating?
If
you
are
virtually
participating,
can
you
please
raise
your
hand,
so
I
can
identify
you.
C
C
M
Good
evening,
mayor
council
members,
heidi
dean
here
from
newport
hills,
it's
good
to
be
back
in
person
after
a
long
two
years,
and
I
think
what
I
came
to
talk
about
was
your
discussion
several
weeks
ago
about
allowing
board
and
commission
members
to
participate
long-standing
from
a
virtual
mode
and,
as
you
can
see
tonight
and
from
other
meetings
that
we've
had
take
the
sense
of
energize
east
side
issue
rezones
in
my
neighborhood
at
the
planning
commission.
M
M
M
Boards
and
commission
meetings,
and
what
I
need
to
point
out
is
that
we
currently
have
no
mechanism
for
people
who
are
participating
virtually
to
show
their
support
for
people
giving
public
comment
or
for
discussion
of
topics,
because
when
you
see
when
you're
able
to
see
you
can
see
people
raising
their
hands,
as
I
often
do,
but
and
then
there's
no
mechanism
for
border
commission
members
who
are
participating
virtually
to
be
able
to
read
the
room.
M
So
I
would
really
like
you
to
consider
that
when
you
go
and
talk
about
whether
or
not
to
let
people
participate
as
board
and
commission
members
long
term
in
from
a
virtual
mode-
and
the
other
thing
I
wanted
to
bring
up
is-
I
did
see
that
the
parks
and
open
space
system
plan
update
was
on
your
agenda
and
there's
there's
really
nothing
about
additional
off-leash
dog
space
there
and,
as
we
all
know,
it's
needed.
M
We
are
having
more
and
more
conflicts
in
our
parks
between
park
users
there
just
to
enjoy
themselves
and
people
bringing
their
dogs
there,
and
we
had
the
2010
off
leash
study
that
was
done
with
robbins
wood,
and
you
know
that
was
supposed
to
be
the
expansion
of
robinswood
off
leash
area
there.
M
M
Please
do
the
expansion
at
robinswood,
but
take
the
burden
off
of
newport
hills
and
robbinswood
park.
Thank
you.
A
Okay,
thank
you.
Everybody
next
step
is
the
consent
calendar.
Do
I
have
a
motion
to
approve
the
consent,
calendar
and
move
approval
of
the
consent
calendar?
Second,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye
any
opposed.
Okay.
We
have
three
items
on
our
study
session
list
here.
Mr
miyake,
would
you
like
to
introduce
the
first
one?
Thank.
N
O
Good
evening,
mayor
council
members,
it
is
absolutely
a
thrill
to
be
with
you
in
person
tonight
and
we're
great
to
kind
of
kick
off
tonight
with
an
update
on
the
neighborhood
enhancement
program.
O
As
you
know,
neighborhood
services
really
is
about
being
attentive
to
improving
the
quality
of
life
within
our
neighborhoods,
and
we
do
that
through
a
lot
of
different
programs
and
a
lot
of
means
we're
often
the
first
point
of
contact
for
our
residents.
For
information
or
connection
to
city
services
and,
for
example,
within
many
city
hall,
over
the
last
two
years,
we
responded
to
over
60
000
requests
for
assistance
as
we
helped
people
connect
to
city
services.
O
O
We
do
that
through
trying
to
broaden
civic
engagement
and
engaging
our
community
on
citywide
initiatives
as
well.
So
this
year
we'll
be
celebrating
our
work
within
bellevue
essentials
as
our
10th
year
and
getting
that
off
the
ground
as
well.
O
Tonight
we're
going
to
focus
on
how
we
partner
with
residents
on
neighborhood
improvement
projects
and
beautification
of
bellevue's
neighborhoods
and
the
enhancement
of
our
neighborhood
character,
and
to
kick
us
off
tonight.
I
want
to
turn
things
over
to
teresa.
She
is
the
neighborhood
enhancement
program
coordinator
and
really
the
genius
behind
the
program
and
how
it
operates
so
teresa.
P
P
Nep
is
a
council-directed
city-funded
capital
improvements
program
that
provides
her
residents
the
opportunity
to
propose
and
select
small
to
moderate
enhancement
projects
for
their
individual
neighborhood
areas,
as
previously
approved
by
council
from
2015
to
2022.
Nep
has
had
a
5
million
dollar
budget
to
distribute
among
14
designated
neighborhood
areas.
P
Areas
are
allotted,
money
based
or
their
budget
is
based
on
the
number
of
households
in
each
neighborhood
area
and
in
the
current
cycle
this
has
ranged
from
131
000
for
the
wilberton
neighborhood
area
to
508
000
in
lake
hills,
which
is
the
largest
neighborhood
area.
The
program
rotates
between
through
two
neighborhoods
areas
per
year,
currently
there's
25
nep
projects
in
planning
or
progress
around
the
city
in
nine
neighborhood
areas.
Nep
is
supported
by
multiple
city
departments,
including
community
development
parks,
transportation,
utilities,
finance
and
more,
but
nep
isn't
just
about
nep
projects.
P
Nep
program
management
and
budget
may
be
based
in
the
community
development
department,
but
without
the
support
from
other
city
department
project
managers,
the
program
would
not
be
possible.
The
staff
this
staff
is
necessary
and
a
key
component
to
the
program's
success.
Project
managers
attend
kickoff
meetings
and
open
houses
in
person
and
in
the
past
two
years,
they've
been
in
zoom
breakout
rooms
working
with
residents.
They
review
and
scope
all
the
project.
Submissions
against
six
nep
criteria,
which
include
affordability,
project
costs
must
not
exceed
the
funding
allocation
for
the
neighborhood
area.
P
Consistency
projects
must
be
consistent
with
city
plans
and
policies.
Feasibility
projects
must
be
practical
and
achievable
for
the
city.
Implementation
projects
must
be
designed
and
constructed
within
three
to
five
years
of
selection.
Maintainability
projects
must
not
require
maintenance
that
is
burdensome
to
the
city
and
public
benefit.
Projects
for
nep
must
be
located
on
public
property,
easements
or
property
designated
for
public
use
and
must
benefit
the
general
public.
Finally,
these
project
managers
oversee
the
implementation
and
construction
of
the
projects
chosen
by
residents
next
slide.
P
P
After
review
by
project
managers,
219
projects
were
eligible
for
nep
funding
and
have
been
included
on
voters
pamphlets
in
12
of
the
14
neighborhood
areas.
These
219
balloted
projects
represent
over
21
million
dollars
in
scoped
project
costs.
Over
5600
households
have
participated
in
voting
with
38
projects,
ultimately
being
selected
for
funding.
Again,
as
you
can
see,
the
city
receives
many
more
suggestions
through
the
nep
process
that
can
be
supported,
but
nothing
goes
to
waste.
All
project
submissions
are
shared
with
appropriate
city
departments
for
possible
funding
from
other
budget
programs.
P
So
there
are
several
requests
that
are
common
amongst
all
of
the
neighborhood
areas:
dog
parks,
pickleball
courts.
Just
to
let
you
know
that
these
requests
come
in
through
the
nep
process
and
are
shared
like
with
pickleball
with
parks
through
the
parks
work
right
now
there
are
currently
17
of
37
tennis.
Courts
are
now
striped
for
pickleball,
with
new
striping
happening
as
courts
are
resurfaced.
Q
So
we
appreciate
the
things
that
residents
share
with
us.
We
feel
responsibility
to
share
those
things
back
with
council
as
well
and
publicly
also
so.
Some
of
the
things
we'd
also
like
to
share
are
some
of
those
very
unique
projects
that
come
in
from
residents
and
actually
some
of
these
have
come
about
as
actual
nep
projects.
So
a
project
that
was
recommended
for
ballading
was
a
bee
pollinator
interpretive
display
bat
houses,
bocce
ball
palm
trees,
neighborhood
brew
house
and
I
do
need
to
point
out.
Q
This-
was
a
group
of
boys
through
boy
scouts
and
bridal
trails
that
suggested
7-elevens
and
slurpees
on
every
corner
and
then
adult
exercise
equipment
which
also
came
about
as
an
actual
nep
project.
But
we
really
appreciate
the
residents
engage
creatively
with
us
and
with
one
another
and
then
through
that
there
have
been
a
number
of
great
ideas
that
have
ended
up
being
very
useful
and
productive
and
helpful
projects.
Q
This
is
one
that
is
in
bridal
trails
at
elementary
school
and
the
concern
was
that
it
was
not
a
safe
place
for
children
to
cross,
and
this
ended
up
becoming
the
first
crayon.
I
guess
I
don't
say:
crayola
crayon,
a
project
that
had
the
markings
on
the
street
to
provide
kind
of
a
creative
and
distinctive
way
for
kids
to
cross
the
street
and
really
for
drivers
and
bicyclists
to
be
very
noticing
of
the
children
in
the
area
and
then
also
projects
around
the
city
downtown
park.
P
As
mentioned,
nap
is
able
to
capture
resident
input
into
their
interests
and
what
they
would
like
to
see
in
their
community
to
maintain
existing
and
expand
new
relationships
with
corporate
community
that
support
corporate
goals.
Last
year,
when
community
partner
amazon
came
to
the
city
offering
support,
we
were
able
to
quickly
provide
a
list
of
small
capital
projects
at
their
request
that
we
already
knew.
Residents
were
asking
for
as
part
of
the
1.4
million
donation
from
amazon
in
may
2021.
P
Two
projects
that
went
unfunded
as
part
of
the
nep
program,
a
public
art
at
crossroads,
international
park
and
clean
a
cleanup
of
children's
artwork
tiles
along
northeast
8th
in
the
wilberton
area,
and
one
project
that
was
already
funded.
But
we
were
able
to
expand,
which
was
bat
houses
in
the
lake
hills.
Greenbelt
were
included
in
amazon's,
generous
donation
for
neighborhood
enhancement
projects.
This
is
an
example
of
how
corporate
partners
can
partner
with
the
city
to
invest
in
our
neighborhoods.
P
A
couple
of
nep
projects
have
grown
in
scope
from
the
initial
chosen
balloted
project.
One
example:
the
enhancement
of
the
crossing
on
the
northeast
eighth
bridge
over
I-405
funding
from
and
partnership
with
other
city
budgets
will
help
to
enhance
this
project
even
further.
The
initial
request
from
downtown
residents
to
improve
the
pedestrian
experience
while
crossing
this
area
will
not
only
improve
the
requested
safety
elements,
but
now
also
landscaping
and
other
amenities
from
partnership
with
the
urban
boulevards
and
downtown
livability
budgets.
P
Another
example:
a
grant
from
the
department
of
ecology
that
will
help
the
city
engineer.
A
new
storm
water
facility
along
the
roadway
to
improve
water
quality
within
the
kelsey
creek
basin
will
help
provide
more
than
just
a
landscape
beautification
project
for
the
164th
avenue
northeast
nep
project
along
the
east
side
of
the
street,
from
northeast
8th
to
north
up.
Q
There
are
a
number
of
outreach
lessons
that
we've
learned
and
that
we
have
so
much
contact
with
residents.
As
theresa
mentioned,
there
are
five
pieces
of
mail
that
go
to
every
household
in
the
entire
city,
communicating
the
opportunity
and
then
communicating
the
opportunity
for
folks
to
vote
as
well.
So
some
things
that
we
have
learned
and
there
have
been
a
number
of
others
as
well,
but
in-person
outreach
to
multi-family
community
managers
has
provided
new
relationships,
resident
participation
and
understanding
of
community
of
the
community,
and
this
is
something
that
teresa
initiated.
Q
I
think
about
three
and
a
half
years
ago,
in
bridal
trails,
an
area
that
I
really
didn't
realize
was
part
of
bridal
trails
and
just
a
very
high
portion
of
multi-family
communities
and
just
going
door-to-door
we've
kind
of
made
our
practice
pre-coveted.
And
we
look
forward
to
doing
this
in
the
future
as
well
of
going
taking
a
couple
days
and
going
to
those
multi-family
communities
and
we've
just
learned
a
lot
just
kind
of
getting
in
our
cars
and
walking
and
kind
of
going
door
to
door
to
those
to
those
managers.
Q
Next
nep
resident
ideas
and
requests
inform
other
departments
about
community
needs
and
priorities,
as
teresa
mentioned.
This
is
a
one
city
effort,
but
not
just
to
get
things
done,
but
to
inform
and
to
know
some
of
the
things
that
are
very
important
to
our
residents
and
then
third
residents.
Nep
ideas
can
become
much
bigger
projects,
as
teresa
mentioned,
because
things
that
they
have
initiated
that
there
ends
up
being
funding
for
and
then
we
have
learned
that
virtual
meetings
have
drawn
additional
residents
and
in
many
ways
have
worked
well.
Q
We
look
forward
to
having
some
of
those
meetings
in
person
and
some
of
them
virtually,
but
we
will
continue
to
research
that,
but
nep
has
really
helped
us
to
learn
a
lot
about
in-person
and
remote
meetings
and
then
next
something
that
theresa
piloted
in
the
crossroads
area.
Spanish
is
our
second
language.
Q
That's
spoken
a
most
common
language
that
was
spoken
and
just
before
covid
we
did
a
kickoff
meeting
that
stevenson
elementary
had
partnered
with
wraparound
of
staff
there,
with
the
pto
and
in
in
instituted
and
really
kind
of
introduced
at
that
time
that
we
were
going
to
do
the
entire
program.
In
both
english
and
and
spanish-
and
we
actually
did
get
a
number
of
comments
back
and
and
opportunities
to
engage
with
the
public
as
with
any
pilot,
we
learn
some
things
and
we
look
forward
to
expanding
that
in
the
future.
Q
Next,
some
of
the
outcomes
we're
continuing
we're
beginning
to
track,
and
we
have
not
throughout
the
program's
history,
but
are
doing
more
and
more.
This
is
a
map
that
shows
distribution
of
households
that
responded
to
nep
in
the
lake
hills,
neighborhood
area,
so
you
can
see
just
throughout
the
entire
neighborhood.
There
were
folks
that
had
responded.
Those
represent
individual
households,
multi-family
single-family
households
throughout
the
entire
area,
one
of
the
other
things
that
we're
beginning
to
track.
Q
The
last
couple
of
years
is
in
west
bellevue,
which
is
where
we
were
last
year
and
we
had
hoped
to
be
able
to
do
quite
a
bit
of
door-to-door
reaching
out
to
multi-family.
But
I
did
see
that
of
all
of
the
responses
that
we
got
back
in
west
bellevue
19
of
those
came
for
multi-family
residents,
so
we're
going
to
continue
to
track
that
and
help
that
number
to
continue
to
go
up.
Q
Also
nep
is
much
more
than
a
capital
project
and
leading
to
great
projects
in
the
crossroads
area.
Teresa
did
door-to-door
and
reached
out
to
the
very
new
crossroads
senior
living.
I
think
she
reached
out
to
them
before
they
actually
had
a
mailbox
and
helped
get
their
mail
to
them
very
early,
which
I
think
we're
allowed
to
do,
but
crossroads
senior
living.
Q
Do
you
have
someone
that
could
do
a
commercial
for
us
and
he
pointed
us
towards
suzanne
ruggles,
who
ended
up
being
on
a
commercial
for
transportation.
So
we
love
the
big
projects,
but
we
also
very
much
appreciate
that
we
have
extended
time
with
residents
to
learn
about
what's
important
to
them
and
what's
important
to
them
about
our
community.
P
P
P
Finally,
I
wanted
to
share
these
words
from
a
lake
hills
resident
in
his
testimonial
about
the
program
that
was
featured
in
the
nep
informational
video
that
we
produced
in
early
2020
randy
in
lake
hills,
said:
neighborhoods
are
important
to
the
city
they're
willing
to
invest
in
them
and
they're
willing
to
listen
to
the
people
who
live
in
the
neighborhoods
on
what's
important
to
us.
It's
one
of
the
many
reasons
why
I
am
very
proud
to
call
the
city
of
bellevue
my
home.
Q
I
Q
E
Yeah,
I
just
want
to
express
appreciation
for
staff
for
the
continual
efforts
with
the
nep.
It's
such
an
amazing
program,
and
you
know
when
I
think
about
it:
it
isn't
the
projects
because
I've
been
to
so
many
of
them
when
they
were
in
person
and
virtual.
It's
about
the
connection,
the
collaboration,
the
community,
the
the
projects
are
a
part
of
it,
but
what
I
see
is
the
engagement
with
the
community
in
ways
that
you
know
we.
We
may
not
have
that
same
richness
of
that
connection
without
the
program,
so
I
really
appreciate
it.
E
I
also
appreciate
the
fact
that
we
are
seeing
some
corporate
partners
come
in
the
fact
that
we
have
so
many
projects-
and
we
can't
always
get
them
funded-
means
that
we
need
to
reach
out
and
see
if
we
can
get
some
sponsors
that
can
are
willing
to
put
some
money
on
the
table
to
help
us
out
with
that.
So
I
would
say:
let's,
let's
keep
doing
that
part
of
it,
and
maybe
economic
development
department
has
some
other
sponsorship
connections
for
that
and
then
the
the
multi-family
connection
and
the
community-based
organization.
E
E
And
I
appreciate
the
fact
that
we're
using
data
informed,
so
you
unders,
so
the
fact
that
we're
measuring
where
these
ballots
are
coming
from,
I
think,
are
huge
and-
and
I
would
just
actually
give
one
anecdote-
because
I
remember
when
I've
attended
these-
it
wasn't
even
only
the
projects.
What
I
also
saw
happen
with
so
many
staff
that
are,
there
is
some
of
the
things
that
are
brought
up.
You're
dealt
with
immediately.
E
I
remember
one.
I
think
it
was
lake
hill.
Someone
said
you
know,
there's
a
light
that
shines
right
into
my
house
right
and
what
you
guys
said
was
hey.
If
you
go
into
this
room,
this
person
will
help
you
right
now
right
so,
instead
of
waiting,
we
we
have
this
opportunity
to
help
people
right
where
they
are
so
just
appreciate
all
the
work
you
do
and
actually
we're.
In
my
neighborhood
in
newport
right
now
and
I'm
excited
to
see
what
ideas
my
neighbors
come
up
with
to
be
able
to
vote
on
those,
so
thank
you.
R
All
right,
echo,
council
members
on
sentiments,
thank
you
and
really
appreciate
the
work
that
you're
doing
in
the
community
to
understand
the
needs.
I
do
have
a
few
questions.
How
are
we
working
with
the
community
based
organizations
as
another
way
of
reaching
out
to
multi-family
residents
or
just
the
broad
diversity
of
residents?
R
Then
I'm
curious
also
about
not
just
sort
of
physical
projects
if
you
will
but
also
events,
I
mean
just
because
we
have
the
the
physical
spaces
right
that
we're
creating
through
the
through
the
program,
but
also
the
events
provide
a
way
to
activate
those
spaces,
and
so
I'm
curious,
if
we're
learning
anything
about
about
that
not
to
share
tonight,
but
just
if
that's
making
its
way
to
elsewhere
in
the
city
and
then
will
the
open
house
be
virtual
or
hybrid
I'll.
Stop
there.
S
For
newport,
it
is
which
it'll
be
in
person.
R
R
Of
the
hill
okay,
I
would
advocate
for
it
for
hybrid,
especially
given
the
point
that
you
made
during
the
presentation
that
virtual
has
its
benefits
in
terms
of
access,
so
be
interested
in
that.
Q
Thank
you.
We
are
continuing
to
learn
how
we
do
hybrids.
You
know,
so
we
are
going
to
continue
to
learn
and
adjust
along
the
way,
but
mike
you
want
to
address
the
possibility
of
events
within
ep.
O
R
Yeah,
I
can
appreciate
that
I
think
just
given
the
fact
that
this
is
also
a
program
that
helps
identify
broader
needs
in
the
community
from
from
our
neighborhood
residents.
I
think
that
would
I
would
encourage
that.
We
also
maybe
consider
how
we
can
understand
those
needs
and
pass
those
to,
like
maybe
the
special
events
committee,
or
what
have
you
just
to
see?
Maybe
what
varies?
R
I
know
there's
some
interest,
for
example
in
having
block
parties-
and
I
know
there
are
some
that
happen
throughout
the
city
periodically,
but
I
know
there
are
some
that
there's
also
some
interest
so,
for
example,
understanding
that
and
figuring
out
how
to
get
more
of
that
information
out
to
the
community.
It
may
not
fall
under
cip
funding,
but
it
might
fall
under
somewhere
else
in
the
city.
O
Q
B
I
love
this
program.
I
love
this
program
and
I
remember
when
it
was
on
the
top
and
block
and
I
think
2010
it
was
up
for
complete
cut.
We,
the
council,
being
so
interested
in
making
sure
that
all
of
our
neighborhoods
get
some
attention
and
time
we
paused
it,
made
it
bigger
and
started
again,
so
we're
almost
at
the
end
of
that
first
full
round
of
the
new
of
the
newer,
bigger
program.
B
But
it's
it's
about
interconnectedness
connecting
community
members
to
each
other,
as
they
do
through
the
outreach
and
through
the
process
and
also
connecting
them
to
the
city
so
that
the
light
that's
shining
in
their
bedroom
window
can
get
fixed
and
that
they
and
that
their
ideas
don't
just
die
if
they
don't
become
an
nap
project,
whether
it's
a
an
event
that
councilmember
brock
still
was
mentioning
or
something
that's
too
large
for
the
project
budget.
It
gets
routed
through
the
city,
so
they
people
do
get
their
voices
heard.
B
And
I
just
I
just
want
to
say
how
much
I
love
that,
so
I
also
really
love
how
we're
starting
to
do
more
outreach
and
foreign
language.
That's
something.
We've
been
getting
better
and
better
at
over
the
last
10
plus
years.
One
thing
that
I
I
don't
know
if
you
have
an
answer
tonight,
but
one
thing
that
I
would
be
interested
to
have
a
follow-up
on
when
we're
done
with
this
first
full
funding
round.
I
know
somerset's.
The
last
is
whether
we
I'd
like
to
do
some
reflection
on
that.
B
If
we,
if
there's
a
sliver
of
time
between
when
that's
wrapping
up
and
the
next
round,
begins
to
see,
if
one
we
think
we
had,
the
bigger
amounts
of
money
was
enough
money
because
I
know
there's
often
requests
for
the
bigger
projects
and
when
we
restructured
the
program.
One
of
the
reasons
we
did,
that
is
that
we
found
that
all
the
little
stuff
was
already
done,
and
so
we
put
bigger
money.
B
It
came
less
often
I'd
like
to
know
if
we're
getting
to
the
point
where
the
things
that
that
level
are
done,
you
know
if
there
still
can
be
projects
going
forward,
if
that's
still
the
right
size
for
the
program
and
then
also
maybe
how
we
might
do
better.
Whether
and
lessons
learned
from
this
full
round,
I
think
that
we've
been
getting
better.
I
love
the
outreach
to
the
multi-family
housing
as
a
way
to
get
those
folks
involved
the
foreign
language.
B
A
I
just
I
remember
before
I
was
on
the
council
participating
in
this
in
my
neighborhood,
and
I
just
thought
it
was
the
greatest
program.
It's
so
responsive
and
you
know
it
adjusts
to
emerging
needs,
and
it
continues
to
do
that
and
I,
like
the
new
recommendations
from
the
council
here
tonight,
on
how
we
can
continue
to
adapt
as
our
community
evolves.
So
thank
you
for
the
presentation
and
thank
you
for
all
the
great
work
you
do
on
this.
It's
great.
A
T
A
N
Start
again,
so
then,
next
topic
on
your
agenda
this
evening,
council
members,
is
the
ongoing
conversation
regarding
future
parks
funding
strategy
just
by
way
background
developing
a
future
parks.
Funding
strategy
was
one
of
four
council
priorities
that
emerged
out
of
your
2021
council
retreat.
N
This
strategy
will
include
consideration
of
new
funding
sources
for
operations,
maintenance
and
construction,
and
so
tonight
staff
are
seeking
direction
in
three
areas.
The
first
one
is:
would
the
council
like
staff
to
research
and
bring
back
additional
information
for
consideration
of
a
future
voter
approved
ballot
measure?
That's
number
one.
Second.
If
the
council
decides
to
go
forward
with
a
voter
approved
ballot,
would
the
council,
like
the
park
board,
to
play
an
additional
role
in
the
preparation
of
the
future
ballot
measure?
U
Great
thank
you,
city
manager,
miyake
and
good
evening,
mayor
robinson
and
members
of
the
city
council,
I'm
michael
shiasaki
and
I
am
joined
by
tony
call,
the
director
of
finance
and
asset
management.
So
next
slide.
Please
continue
on
okay,
so,
as
the
city
manager
just
mentioned
tonight,
we're
asking
for
your
direction
on
three
things
and
we'll
try
to
emphasize
those
three
things
and
pause
at
the
end
of
each
section.
So
there's
a
chance
to
ask
questions
and
have
discussion
so
the
first.
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The
first
of
the
three
main
issues
are
whether
to
proceed
after
tonight's
discussion
with
having
staff.
Do
additional
information
gathering
on
a
voter
initiative
for
park's
capital
needs?
The
second
is
the
parks
and
community
services
board
role,
and
there
is
a
staff
recommendation
on
that
piece
and
that
would
be
to
have
the
park
board
confirm
the
community
priorities
that
have
been
gathered
through
the
parks
and
open
space
system
plan,
update
process
and
last
of
all,
is
the
council
interested
in
the
staff
initiating
a
parks
impact
fee
after
we
bring
back
the
information
we
have
tonight?
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So
here
is
here:
is
our
agenda,
so
first
I'll
provide
some
background
and
a
quick
timeline
in
looking
forward.
Specifically
what
we
are
following
up
on
this
evening.
Then
the
park's
capital
needs,
as
identified
through
the
parks
and
open
space
system
plan
update
process.
Then
I
I
will
review
the
current
parks,
capital
funding
picture
and
then
the
three
items
we're
asking
for
direction
on
again
are
about
this
potential
parks,
voter
initiative,
the
park
board
role
and
then
the
parked
impact
fee,
discussion
and
study.
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So
this
this
whole
discussion
really
began
with
your
adopted
council
priority
number
nine,
which
is
to
advance
a
park
spending
strategy,
including
consideration
of
new
funding
sources
for
operations,
maintenance
and
capital,
and
tonight's
presentation
is
really
a
staff
follow-up
on
your
priority.
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Then,
as
a
part
of
your
march
28
council
meeting,
the
council
reviewed
the
2022
update
of
the
parks
and
open
space
system
plan,
and
the
system
plan
is
really
the
primary
tool
used
to
guide
the
long-term
growth
and
development
of
bellevue's
parks
and
open
space
system
from
extensive
public
engagement,
community
needs
and
park
system
gaps
have
been
identified
and
they
are
shown
in
this
update
of
that
system.
Plan
council
provided
feedback
at
that
time
and
we
will
return
a
little
bit
later
in
the
spring
for
final
adoption
of
that
plan
update.
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So
so
this
timeline
really
focuses
on
the
path
ahead
and
the
touch
points
for
the
city,
council
and
I'll
say.
That
is
if
the
council
directs
us
to
continue
research
into
a
potential
voter
approved
funding
option.
So
this
is
what
the
timeline
for
2022
would
look
like,
and
so
I
just
mentioned
the
march
7th
council
meeting,
followed
by
the
march
28th
council
meeting.
That
brings
us
to
tonight
april
18th
and
kind
of
the
quick
steps
in
moving
forward.
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So
in
two
days
from
now
at
the
park
board
meeting,
we
would
be
taking
to
them
for
discussion
what
those
community
priorities
would
be
that
have
come
out
of
the
parks
and
open
space
system
plan
update.
We
would
be
asking
for
them
to
start
to
formulate
a
recommendation
that
would,
we
hope,
be
finalized
at
the
may
10th
park
board
meeting.
So
it
all
moves
very
quickly
and-
and
these
would
be
the
overall
kind
of
broad
categories
for
funding.
What
did
they
hear
from
the
community?
That
should
be
priorities?
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That
would
then
come
to
you
for
a
greater
discussion
and
the,
and
that
would
be
in
a
series
of
of
council
meetings
in
june,
so
in
june,
we'd
be
seeking
additional
direction
from
you
following
the
park
board
recommendation,
and
then
we
specifically
in
june
need
direction
on
which
funding
mechanism
should
move
forward
and
then
what
would
the
rate
be
if
it
is
a
bond
or
levy
and
the
specific
package
of
projects?
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That
would
then
go
to
the
voters
that
would
be
all
in
june
and
then
followed
in
july
in
early
july,
staff
would
provide
the
draft
ballot
language
to
you
and
then
kind
of
a
key
date
on
here
is
july
25th,
so
council
action
would
be
required
to
meet
the
august
second
election
general
election
filing
date,
so
august,
2nd,
so
we'd
need
that
that
would
be
your
final
opportunity
on
july
25th,
so
potential
action
that
night
could
include
adoption
of
an
ordinance
authorizing
a
ballot
measure
for
the
november
general
election
and
if
council
authorizes
a
ballot
measure,
it
also
requires
a
resolution
to
appoint
pro
and
con
committees
to
prepare
statements
for
the
voters
pamphlet.
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So,
from
july
of
last
year,
to
february
of
this
year,
the
parks
and
community
services
board
and
staff
conducted
extensive
public
outreach
to
collect
feedback
and
opinions
from
bellevue
residents
and
park
users
on
how
the
parks
and
open
space
system
is
currently
used
and
how
it
what
the
priorities
should
be
for
the
future,
and
I
did
want
to
just
take
a
minute
and
thank
the
parks
and
community
services
board
for
their
their
significant
role.
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So,
as
you
see
on
the
list
once
again-
and
this
has
been
consistent
over
many
decades
of
park-
surveys
that
it's
about
open
space
and
trails,
people
want
to
be
out
there
walking
experiencing
fresh
air.
In
addition,
I
think
in
bellevue
people
want
public
access
to
the
waterfront,
in
addition,
followed
by
other
indoor
and
outdoor
recreational
opportunities.
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So
just
one
more
thought
on
the
previous
slide,
so
the
results
of
this
sherbet
surveys
also
show
the
bellevue
community
more
generally
supports
expansion
of
the
park
system
through
projects
that
preserve
natural
areas
and
trails,
add
neighborhood
parks,
complete
existing
parks
and
then
also
provide
once
again
waterfront
access.
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So
the
parks
and
open
space
system
plan
oops
there
we
go.
I
lost
my
notes
here.
It
identifies
a
menu
of
desired
capital.
Project
needs
over
the
next
20
years,
and
the
system
plan
isn't
constrained
by
a
budget
amount
and
projects
included
far
exceed
budgeted
funds
available.
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The
funding
strategy
of
the
plan
is
as
general
and
assumes
that
the
cip
is
the
foundation
for
property
acquisition,
capital,
construction,
renovation
and
planning,
and
the
parks
and
open
space
system
plan.
Capital
focus
areas
are
shown
on
this
plan,
along
with
rough
order
of
magnitude
project
costs
for
the
20-year
plan,
as
you
can
see,
that
totals
to
about
three-quarters
of
a
billion
dollars
to
a
billion
dollars.
So
that's
kind
of
the
overall
need
over
20
years
next
slide.
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So
one
key
funding
source
for
capital
projects
has
been
the
2008
parks
and
natural
areas
levy.
The
oa
levy
passed
with
67
percent
voter
approval
and
was
structured
on
a
20-year
pay
as
you
go
capital
levy
for
property
acquisition
and
park
development,
and
there
was
a
separate
permanent
maintenance
levy
to
support
maintenance
and
operations
of
those
projects.
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Examples
of
notable
projects
were
the
downtown
park,
completed
the
circle
project,
the
northeast
corner
gateway,
surrey,
downs,
neighborhood
park
development,
the
botanical
garden
visitor
center,
and
these
were
funded
in
part
by
the
levy,
but
there
are.
There
are
also
several
other
projects
all
but
two
capital
projects
from
the
08
levy
have
been
completed.
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Those
two
remaining
projects
are
airfield
park
and
a
neighborhood
park
along
lake
sammamish,
so
the
city
will
continue
to
collect
capital
funds
from
from
this
measure
through
2028
and
the
estimated
total
revenue
of
about
20.4
million
dollars
remains
to
be
collected
and
that's
a
key
piece
because
we
were
asked
about
retiring.
The
the
current
levy.
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So
this
slide
shows
all
parks,
capital
funding
sources
and
currently
the
real
estate,
excise
tax
or
reit
provides
parks.
Capital
funding
of
approximately
10
million
dollars
annually
reid
is
a
is
difficult
to
predict,
is
a
difficult
predict.
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Funding
stream,
as
it's
based
on
the
sales
of
real
property
in
bellevue
total
read,
is
allocated
by
city,
ordinance,
50
to
transportation,
capital
and
50,
to
park's
capital
and
of
the
10
million
dollars
per
year
in
parks
allocated
funding
about
7
million
dollars
of
that
supports
the
park's
major
maintenance
and
renovation
plan,
leaving
about
3
million
dollars
per
year
for
all
property
acquisition
and
part
development
needs,
and
so
refunding
alone
is
inadequate
to
make
significant
near-term
improvements,
given
the
size
and
scale
of
the
park
system
needs
identified
in
the
parks
and
open
space
system
plan
and
council
priorities,
parks
also
receives
development.
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So
cip.
Funds
have
also
been
augment,
augmented
by
voter
initiatives
such
as
the
king,
county
parks
levy
and
external
funding
sources
like
grants,
partnerships
and
donations,
and
these
help
leverage
city
resources.
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Currently
the
reit
funding,
the
levy,
funding
and
all
the
sources
they
are
estimated
to
total
to
about
300
million
dollars
over
the
next
20
years,
based
on
the
estimated
capital
project
needs
in
the
in
the
parks
and
open
space
system
plan.
The
existing
funding
would
support
about
34
of
potential
need,
and
this
of
course
leaves
a
gap
somewhere
between
a
half
a
billion
to
about
three
quarters
of
a
billion
dollars,
and
with
that
I
will
now
hand
this
off
to
tony
hall.
Thank
you.
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As
director
shia
sake
mentioned,
we
are
seeking
feedback
on
whether
staff
should
proceed
to
continue
to
do
information
gathering
on
a
voter
proof
package
for
parks
in
order
to
provide
you
with
a
sense
of
options
and
what
those
options
might
generate.
We
have
a
couple
of
slides
here
that
talk
about
the
options
that
are
available
as
well
as
the
funding
that
might
be
done
if
directed
by
council
staff,
would
then
return
back
to
you
in
june,
with
a
more
coalesced
set
of
options
for
your
consideration.
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We
need
to
think
about
things
like
what's
on
the
project
list.
What's
the
timing
of
those
projects?
Do
we
need
cash
up
front?
We
need
cash
at
the
back.
Do
we
need
to
think
about
the
market
conditions
of
the
time,
so
we'll
come
back
with
all
of
that
information,
so
tonight
we're
not
asking
for
direct
feedback
in
any
of
these
specific
pieces.
They
really
are
here
for
context.
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So
the
three
basic
ways
that
this
chart
shows
the
three
basic
ways
that
a
municipality
can
do
a
levy
are
the
three
that
you
see
here.
I'm
going
to
talk
about
the
first
two,
the
nine-year
bond
and
the
20-year
pay
as
you
go
kind
of
as
a
collective
and
then
I'll
talk
about
the
way
that
that's
different
from
the
end
one.
So
for
those
first,
two
options:
you'll
notice
that
it's
50
approval,
it's
actually
50,
plus
one
vote-
would
get
to
an
approval.
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The
second
option
is
what
we
currently
have
done
here
at
the
city,
at
both
the
parks
levy,
as
well
as
the
transportation
levy,
as
well
as
the
fire
levy.
They're
all
20-year
pay-as-you-go
options.
The
piece
that's
not
on
this
chart
and
staff
did
make
an
assessment
to
do
a
20-year
option
for
the
option
tonight,
but
in
reality
the
number
of
years
is
a
choice
up
to
perma.
So
staff
is
chosen
20-year
to
coalesce
the
options
down.
It's
not
the
only
choice
available,
all
right.
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Moving
on
to
the
the
last
column,
which
is
the
excess
levy
or
a
voter,
approved
bond.
As
I
was
thinking
about
coming
tonight,
I
was
trying
to
remember
the
last
time
there
was
a
package
that
I
voted
on.
To
kind
of
give
you
an
example.
The
one
that
came
to
mind
was
the
king
county,
harborview
bonds.
There's
been
many
times
in
the
past
that
king
county
has
put
a
bond
package
on
the
table
to
improve
harbor
view
that
would
have
been
using
this
choice.
It
requires
a
60
vote.
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Voter
approved
passage,
so
the
other
one's
for
simple
majority.
This
is
a
super
majority
and
it
does
have
a
voter
validation
option,
which
means
that
40
percent
of
the
number
of
city
voters
who
voted
in
the
last
general
state
election
or
the
last
november
election
have
to
vote
once
that
number
is
cleared.
Then
it's
a
60
approval
rate.
So
it's
a
two
test
to
get
to
passage
I'm
seeing
some
nodding.
So
I
think
everybody
understood
that
in
this
case,
that
excess
levy
can
only
be
spent
on
capital.
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V
So
moving
on
to
the
nine
year
levy,
the
chart
you
see
in
front
of
you
is
the
same:
chart
you're,
going
to
see
three
more
times
so
I'll
explain
it
once
and
then
we
can
maybe
move
the
other
ones
a
little
bit
quicker.
So
this
is
the
nine
year
levy.
The
first
line
in
that
box
up
there
says
the
cost
per
1
million
property
annually.
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We
have
three
other
or
three
other
options
on
the
table
just
to
give
an
order
of
magnitude
if
the
property
increases
by
a
hundred
dollars,
it's
a
ten
cent
levy
and
follow
the
math
all
the
way
up
to
two
hundred
dollars.
So
if
someone's
taxes
increased
by
two
hundred
dollars
annually,
it's
a
20
cent
levy
and
it
generates
about
15
and
a
half
million
dollars
under
the
nine
year
levy.
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This
is
a
nine
year
bond
and
the
tax
would
then
end
as
with
the
levy
would
end
at
nine
years,
and
if
it
was
the
50
option,
it
would
generate
proceeds
of
about
30
million
dollars
to
invest
in
parks,
and
you
can
see
the
other
amounts
that
are
invested.
Did
that
track
for
everyone
perfect.
So
moving
on
to
the
next
slide,
this
is
the
regular
20-year
pay
as
you
go
again.
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There
are
other
options
in
20
years
and
it
can
be
permanent,
giving
an
example
at
20
years
those
same
four
options
of
the
50
100.
It's
the
same
levy
rates,
the
5,
the
10,
the
15,
the
20
in
the
same
annual
tax
dollars
amount
in
this
case.
20
years
pay
as
you
go
at
50,
you
would
generate
about
77
million
dollars
to
invest
in
parks
and
if
you
had
a
200
increase
for
that
one
million
dollar
property
you'd
be
about
300
million
dollars
to
invest
in
parks
over
20
years.
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Moving
on
to
the
next
slide-
and
the
last
example
I
have
for
you
today
is
the
excess
levy
same
charts
across
the
top.
You
can
see
them
all
the
exact
same
numbers
and
you
head
down
to
the
bond
value
so
under
an
excess
levy.
We
staff
chose
20
years
because
it's
consistent
with
other
things
across
the
city.
You
actually
can
go
up
to
40
years.
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If
you
so
chose
again
nuance,
we
don't
need
to
kind
of
hit
that
level,
but
in
this
case
that
20-year
bond
at
3
interest
would
be
just
shy
of
60
million
dollars
at
the
50
increase
and
about
229
millions
when
you
get
up
to
that
20
cent
levy
or
that
200
increase
on
the
million
dollar
property
all
right.
So
the
last
slide
I
have
for
you
before
I
turn
it
back
to
mr
shiosaki
is
actually
all
that
data
shown
on
one
slide,
just
so
that
you
can
understand
the
relative
comparison
of
what
those
numbers
are.
V
There's
a
couple
of
things
I
want
to
mention
here
again
it's
a
comparison,
so
you
can
see
what
they
all
look
like
again
order
of
magnitude
choice.
To
give
you
context
to
understand
kind
of
what
the
size
of
the
bread
box
is
again
not
looking
for
a
specific
answer
or
specific
direction
on
type
or
rate.
V
I
think
that
what
this
chart
really
shows
is
the
chart
that
director
shiasaki
showed
you
a
minute
ago
showed
the
gap
of
about
580
million
dollars
the
scenarios
that
staff
ran
for
just
order
of
magnitude.
The
largest
one
gets
a
20-year
capital
levy
of
300
million.
So
under
any
scenario,
the
it
is
feasible
that
choices
could
need
to
be
made,
as
you
decide
how
to
proceed
and
what
the
funding
package
for
parks
might
look
like
with
that.
I
will
turn
it
back
over
to
michael
to
to
take
us
to
the
next
slide.
U
Please
so
so
this
is
a
chance
to
pause
and
have
a
discussion
on
this
item
and
so
tonight
to
be
clear,
we're
not
asking
for
a
choice
on
any
one
of
those
levies
or
bonds.
Just
would
you
like
us
to
continue
moving
forward
with
providing
additional
information
as
you
as
you
need,
so
you
don't
have
to
make
a
choice.
Just
should
this
effort
continue
moving
forward.
A
E
E
I
do
have
a
couple
of
questions
related
to
those
examples,
or
I
guess
maybe
my
my
first
question
would
be
this.
When
we
look
at
the
current
bond
that
we
have
and
retiring
it
early,
are
we
expecting
to
get
more
favorable
rates
right
now
I
mean
there's
a
lot
of
discussion
going
on
about
interest
rates
going
up
and,
and
some
volatility
related
to
that.
V
Certainly
I'll
I'll
start
in
director,
if
you
have
something
you
want
to
add,
feel
free.
The
current
park
levy
that
we
currently
have
is
actually
a
pay
as
you
go
levy,
so
we
have
not
bonded
any
portion
of
the
existing
park
levy.
So
if
you
did
choose
to
head
towards
a
bonding
environment,
yes,
interest
rates
are,
are
definitely
increasing
and
what
they
would
be
when
we
would
go
to
market
a
year
from
now
or
whatever
that
might
be,
they
might
be
completely
different
than
today.
V
So
I
tend
to
think
about
those
things
as
as
is
it
the
right
thing
to
do
for
the
city
to
have
what
it
is
the
council
wishes
to
invest
in,
but
yes,
interest
rates
are
definitely
increasing
and
what
they
look
like
a
year
from
now.
I
can
only
guess.
Does
that
help
answer
your
question.
E
Yeah,
it
does,
and-
and
I
appreciate
the
fact
that
we're
looking
at
both
options-
because
I
tend
to
also
I'm
seeing
that
with
escalation
and
inflation,
things
are
only
getting
more
expensive,
so
looking
at
both
whether
we
would
continue
to
look
at
a
pay-as-you-go
model
or
bonding
against
those
those
future
revenues,
so
that
we're
actually
able
to
build
more
for
our
money
than
than
waiting
because
escalation
and
inflation
will
eat
our
lunch.
So
I
appreciate
these
options
and-
and
I
support
having
a
voter
initiative
review
and
looking
at
the
possibilities
thanks.
B
And
looking
at
all
the
options,
as
councilmember
zahn
said,
things
only
get
more
expensive
and,
frankly,
our
open
space
that
is
not
in
public
ownership,
is
only
getting
more
rare
in
bellevue.
So
I
think
that
doing
this
this
year,
should
everything
time
out
and
the
information
prove
out
be
the
right
thing
to
do
so,
I'm
absolutely
in
favor
of
moving
forward,
and
I
also
in
addition
to
things
getting
more
expensive.
B
As
we
know
from
every
levy
we've
ever
passed,
including
the
current
parks,
one,
the
purchasing
power
goes
down
because,
although
assessed
value
goes
up,
especially
in
bellevue
much
higher
than
the
rate
of
inflation,
which
has
been
low
until
the
last
12
or
15
months,
you
they
only
go
up
one
percent
a
year,
so
how
much
they
can
buy
actually
goes
down.
B
We
see
this
with
a
lot
when
the
medic
one
levy
was
updated,
even
just
the
same
millage
rate,
as
was
passed
six
or
eight
years
before
brought
in
a
whole
lot
more
money,
because
the
millage
rate
actually
goes
down
over
time
as
the
value
of
the
properties
go
up,
so
I
would
be
more
leaning
towards
the
nine-year
bond
or
the
voted
bond,
but
that's
a
decision
for
another
day.
The
decision
today
is
whether
you
should
continue
information
gathering
yes,
two
thumbs
up,
I'm
in
favor.
Thank
you.
U
U
Part
of
this
is
because
of
we're
on
a
pretty
rigorous
timeline
and
then
partly,
we
thought
reserving
those
decisions
for
the
council
made
sense
as
that's
been
kind
of
a
typical
path
in
the
past.
So.
U
So
that
quickly
goes
to
the
second
area
for
question
and
discussion.
A
E
E
So
if
I
look
at
attachment
a
and
I
notice
that
we
have
in
the
active
recreation
facilities,
the
community
centers
and
those
projects
are
in
there,
the
the
the
off-leash
dog
areas
are
also
in
there.
E
I
know
that
there
was
some
public
comment
about
whether
it
was
in
the
priorities,
and
I
do
see
that
in
there
under
active
recreation,
the
aquatic
center
is
in
there
I'm
curious
about
why
the
cross-cultural
facility
is
in
the
partnership
opportunities
and
not
in
the
active
recreation,
since
that,
I
believe,
is
closer
to
community
centers
and
facilities
than
it
is
sitting
by
itself
in
the
partnership
opportunities.
So
I'm
a
little
bit,
I
I
don't
think
I
understand
yet.
So
if
you
could
help
me
with
understanding
how
it
got
put
in
that
category,
yes,.
U
Certainly
so
you
know,
I
think
at
this
point
and
the
cross-cultural
study
is
about
to
come
back
to
the
council.
It
looks
like
it
may
be
sometime
in
in
early
may,
I
think
we're
waiting
for
some
specific
recommendations
out
of
out
of
that
study
and
your
council
discussion.
I
think
it
was
seen
as
perhaps
a
facility
that
might
be
run
through
through
some
kind
of
partnership.
It
may
not
be
le
it
could
be
led
by
the
city
or
through
a
partnership
with
a
another
private
non-profit.
E
So
I
would
like
to
make
sure
that
that
is
not
a
project
that
doesn't
get
the
attention
it
needs.
I
mean.
Certainly
the
cross-cultural
study
has
not
been
run
out
of
the
parks
board
as
well.
So
I
agree
with
the
parks
board
role
here.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
that
other
really
important
community
need
has
that
same
level
of
highlight
and
priority,
as
the
other
things
that
are
on
here.
So.
A
Great,
it
seems
like
some
of
these
projects
also
have
partnership
opportunities,
and
maybe
we
should
be
keeping
them
on
a
main
list
and
highlighting
those
that
also
have
partnership,
opportunities
and.
U
E
So
perhaps,
while
the
parts
board's
looking
at
it,
you
said
that
they
were
looking
at
the
buckets
getting
a
little
more
clarity
back
to
us
about
what
these
buckets
actually
are
and
what
they
mean
so
that
we
don't
inadvertently,
give
indicators
to
the
community
about
importance
of
some
and
and
not
as
much
for
others.
Thanks.
R
So
I,
like
the
roles,
the
the
roles
that
you
have
in
there
currently
or
responsibilities
you
have
in
the
currently.
I
guess
one
question
is
just
historically:
how
have
boards
and
commissions
played
a
role
in
levies.
U
You
know
I'm
told
in
the
08
levy
they
had,
they
had
more
of
this.
Well,
I
I
guess
the
parks
and
open
space
system
plan
update
didn't
exactly
lead
right
into
the
next
levee,
so
there
was
a
bit
more
public
engagement
that
they
took
on
as
a
part
of
it,
and
I
guess
in
in
in
this
instance,
that's
been
combined
with
the
parks
and
open
space
system
plan
update.
So
I
think
engaging
with
the
community
has
always
been
a
part
of
that.
B
I
think
that
it
does
tell
us
really
nicely
with
them
just
finishing:
they
did
a
lot
of
public
engagements
for
that
open
space
and
parks
plan
update
and
now
then,
just
coming
into
this,
it's
going
to
dovetail
really
nicely,
and
so
yes,
I
do
support
having
the
parks
board
have
a
role.
B
I
hope
that
they
will
look
particularly
at
things
like
areas
of
the
city
that
are
underserved
like
the
eastgate
area,
things
that
the
council
has
prioritized
like
the
aquatic
center
and
and
things
that
there's
a
big
public
demand
for
so
I
would
love
as
we
we
get.
The
buck
stops
with
us,
ultimately
in
picking
the
projects,
but
I'd
love
to
get
their
input
to
the
extent
there's
time
to
do
on
what
they
think
meets
the
the
screening
criteria
the
best
and
how
we
can
serve
the
people
like
we
talked
about
nap
tonight.
B
A
So,
what's
the
value
system
that
they're
using
to
make
their
priorities
is
that,
through
the
same
guidelines
that
we
have
in
the
parks
and
open
spaces
work,
so
I
mean
you
know
you
look
at
this
this
list,
this
huge
list,
and
how
do
you
determine
what
you're
going
to
prioritize?
What
value
system
are
we
asking
the
parks
board
to
look
at.
U
Well,
you
know,
I
obviously,
I
think
in
bellevue
we're
looking
at
equity
is
clearly
one
of
one
of
the
primary
things
I
think
we're
looking
at
equity.
I
think
we're
looking
at
geographic
distribution,
we're
looking
at
so
service
areas.
I,
I
think
we're
also
listening
to
the
public.
What
what
has
the
public?
What
is
the
community
identified
as
as
needs
out
there,
and
I
think
it
it's
also
looked
at
you
know
from
a
staff
standpoint.
What
are
the
gaps
as
we
look
at
service
areas
too?
U
A
E
R
Have
a
question
so
the
the
buckets
are
gonna
if
we're
gonna
make.
If
we're
gonna,
have
the
make
the
final
decision
on
the
projects
which
makes
sense?
What
is
the
park
board
going
to
do?
I
mean
because
it
sounds
like
I
mean
if
it's
just
about
categorizing
the
existing
projects,
but
that
doesn't,
I
guess,
just
building
on
mayor's
question.
R
U
Well,
you
know,
I
I
think
that
provides
the
the
first
lens
and
looking
at
kinds
of
projects,
and
I
I
would
think
that
there's
probably
going
to
be
a
little
further
breakdown
than
that
it
isn't
going
to
be
five
categories
that
you
know.
If
you
look
at
perhaps
park
development
in
general,
I
think
we've
heard
a
lot
about
the
need
for
additional
neighborhood
parks
and
looking
at
geographic
equity.
U
You
know
it
might
go
as
far
as
saying
neighborhood
parks
are
priority,
but
it
isn't
necessarily
going
to
name
x,
y
and
z
neighborhoods
specifically,
so
I
think
I
think
we'll
try
to
make
this
as
formative
as
possible
to
you,
and
I
think
staff
would
then
come
with
a
bit
of
a
recommendation
to
give
you
a
starting
point
so
to
not
just
leave
you
with
six
buckets
and
say
have
at
it.
I
think
we'll
help
from
what
we've
heard
along
the
way.
R
All
right
so
so,
just
to
clarify
sorry,
so
it's
they're
gonna
be
more
granular
buckets
than
what
we
have
currently.
B
U
B
What
I
was
thinking
because
we
just
adopted
that
so
that
kind
of
is
the
guiding
principles
so
and-
and
I
would
imagine
that
when
this
ultimately
comes
to
council
and
one
council
assuming
we
do
it-
that
we
will
be
combining
both
broader
descriptions
with
specific
projects
just
like
when
we
did
the
transportation
levy,
we
had
certain
buckets
for
say
pet
bike,
but
we
didn't
list
every
single
bike
lane
that
we're
going
to
build.
So
there
are
certainly
things
that
we
want
to
include
in
there
like
partial
funding
for
an
aquatic
center.
B
Partial
money
for
escape
park,
open
space
acquisition,
but
it's
we're
not
identifying
we're
going
to
acquire
that
open
space.
So
I
think
it's
going
to
be
a
mix
to
speak
to
what
councilmember
burke
still
was
saying
when
it
finally
comes
back
to
us,
assuming
that
we
are
in
agreement
to
do
it
so
yeah,
I'm
in
favor
of
sending
it
to
them.
Thanks.
A
And
I
do
think
that
the
open
space,
the
parks
and
open
spaces-
I
think
we
have
some
guiding
principles
or
something
in
there-
that
I
would
hope
that
the
parks
and
community
services
board
would
would
have
in
front
of
them
as
they
make
their
recommendations.
E
Where
are
the
areas
where
there
aren't
very
many
parks
and
certainly
eastgate
and
factoria
right
kind
of
that
south
bellevue
area
is,
is
a
space
for
that
you
know,
so
I
do
believe
that
they
have
those
tools
and
perhaps
when
the
information
comes
back,
the
presentation
can
include
some
of
those
tools
that
were
presented
as
part
of
the
the
parks
board,
so
that
the
council
has
a
better
lens
into
the
tools
that
they've
been
using
as
they've
generated
and
updated.
The
parts
and
open
space
plan
right.
U
You
need
all
right,
thank
you.
So
this
is
the
third
and
final
discussion
item
that
we're
seeking
your
direction
on,
and
this
is
about
park
impact
fees,
so
impact
fees
are
standardized
charges
assessed
to
new
development
projects
and
it's
for
the
purpose
of
supporting
a
portion
of
the
cost
of
new
surrounding
public
infrastructure.
That's
required
to
serve
the
growth
in
new
residents
or
employees,
so
state
law
authorizes
impact
fees
for
a
variety
of
public
facilities,
and
this
includes
streets,
as
you
know,
about
parks
and
open
space,
recreation
facilities,
school
facilities
and
fire
protection.
U
There
is
no
impact
fee
for
parks
in
bellevue,
so
steady
incremental
growth
in
the
number
of
individuals
coming
to
bellevue
to
live
and
work
each
day
creates
a
constant
pressure
on
the
existing
finite
amount
of
parks
and
open
space
within
the
current
system.
So
parks
and
parks
facilities
are
increasingly
used
by
a
greater
number
of
individuals
resulting
in
an
overall
decrease.
U
The
cities
of
redmond
and
issaquah
assess
park
impact
fees
on
commercial
development,
recognizing
the
daytime
population,
the
daytime
population
of
workers,
it's
definitely
a
part
of
the
community
and
they
also
use
the
share
of
the
local
parks
and
open
space
system
park.
Impact
fees
as
a
revenue,
a
source
are
distinctly
different
than
voter,
approved
funding
mechanisms.
U
U
So
this
chart
shows
fees
and
surrounding
impact
fees
in
surrounding
communities,
and
you
can
see
that
there's
a
significant
range
in
per
unit
impact
fees
for
residential
units
and
also
for
commercial
floor
area
space
on
the
east
side.
And
let
me
specifically
explain
this
chart
so
as
you
look
at,
for
example,
the
city
of
redmond
for
every
new
single-family
home,
that's
added.
There
is
a
fee
to
that
developer
of
just
over
fifty
four
hundred
dollars
and
then
for
a
multi-family
unit.
U
It's
just
over
thirty
seven
hundred
dollars
and
then
in
red
bin
there's
also
a
fee
for
new
commercial
space.
That's
created
and
the
rate
varies
by
the
type
of
use,
and
so
that
that's
just
an
example-
and
let
me
go
to
the
next
slide,
and
so
you
know
to
provide
a
little
bit
more
information.
So
this
is
an
example.
So
in
redmond,
since
2018
the
city
of
redmond's
park,
impact
fee
has
produced
revenues
per
year
somewhere
between
two
million
dollars
and
about
4.4
million
dollars.
U
So
that's
just
just
to
give
you
some
indication,
obviously
redmond's
a
little
different,
but
obviously
it's
also
a
community
that
that's
growing
and
so
that
tees
up
really
the
final
opportunity
for
for
questions
and
discussion
and
I'd
say
so
with
council
direction.
The
next
step,
moving
forward
towards
considering
a
park
impact
fee,
would
be
for
staff
to
undertake
a
fiscal
study
to
quantify
the
range
of
fees
that
would
be
assessed
under
enabling
state
law.
U
So
if
we
were
directed
to
move
forward
and
depending
on
the
time
of
completing
the
study,
we
would
return
to
council
for
further
discussion
and
direction
at
either
the
upcoming
kind
of
budget
discussions
this
year
or
at
the
mid
biennium.
So
it's
going
to
take
a
bit
of
time
and
I'll
say
that
this
can
be
on
a
totally
separate
timeline
than
any
discussion
about
a
parks
voter
initiative.
So
it's
a
totally
separate
timeline,
but
I
also
wanted
to
respond
to
your
question
from
the
march
7th
council
meeting.
R
You
so
I
just
to
answer
the
question.
I
do
support
a
park
impact
fee.
I
think
it's
a
shared
resource
that
everyone
benefits
from.
I
do
remember
when
it
even
for
commercially.
When
I
was
when
I
was
at
microsoft,
some
folks
wanted
to
work
in
the
redmond
campus
just
because
there
was
more
open
space
for
them
to
walk
around
on
during
breaks
and
so
forth.
So
I
think,
there's
a
sheer
benefit
and
so
the
shared
cost.
U
I
I
think
they
they
are
a
bit
different,
and
so
the
development
fee
example
would
be
in
the
belred
sub
area.
You
know
there
are
opportunities
for
developers
to
get
some
additional
bonuses
if
they
provide
xyz
in
some
cases
they
can
provide
those
on-site.
In
other
cases,
they
would
rather
kind
of
pay
the
in-lieu
fee,
rather
than
do
that
there,
so
it
it's
kind
of
separate
from
that,
because
that
is
in
place
in
bell
red
and
and
downtown,
and
so
those
that's
happening.
Currently.
U
This
would
be
more
on
a
per
unit
basis
or
per
square
foot
basis.
That
would
be
basically
charged
to
all
new
development.
R
B
Thanks,
I
support
continuing
to
move
forward
with
this.
I
and
I
know,
it'll,
be
a
heavy
lift
to
do
it
in
time
for
this
budget
if
it
love
to
get
it
in
time.
For
this
year's
budget,
if
not
the
mid
buy,
is
fine.
It
takes
a
lot
of
number
crunching
and
analysis
by
using
an
outside
consultant
to
come
up
with
the
initial
impact,
be
study
for
something
like
this.
So,
yes,
I
want
to
I'd
like
to
move
forward,
and
I
think
that
there's
several
reasons
for
that
one
is
we've
always
had
in
bellevue.
B
An
approach
of
growth
helps
pay
for
growth.
This
is
squarely
in
that
category.
The
people
that
are
bringing
or
the
developers
that
are
bringing
more
people
into
the
city
will
help
share
the
expansion
of
the
park
and
rex
system.
So
I
think
that
that's
very
fair.
It
won't
apply
to
if
someone
tears
down
their
house
and
builds
a
new
one,
they
don't
have
to
pay
an
impact
fee
because
they
that's
not
a
new
unit.
B
Only
if
they
took
their
single
family
house
down
and
built
a
six
plex
for
example,
then
they
might
have
to
pay
five
for
the
five
new
units.
So
I
think
it's
I
think
it's
fair.
I
also
think
to
a
council
member
mark
teselle's
comment.
He
was
asking
about
fianlu
and
such
the
thing
about
impact
fees
is.
If
the
developer
say
we
have
someone
developing
a
very
large
tract
in
bellred
if
they
wanted
to
dedicate
land
to
park
space.
B
If
they
wanted
to
build
part
of
a
park
that
is
on
our
capital
budget,
they
get
credit
for
the
impact
fees
for
that,
so
that
incents
them
to
do
it.
Oftentimes
I've
seen
I
do
a
lot
of
impact
fee
work.
In
my
day,
job
I've
seen
developers
build
projects
that
are
far
more
expensive
than
the
impact
fees
they
pay.
The
city
gets
the
benefit
of
that
added
extra.
B
They
get
the
credit
for
the
impact
fees,
but
the
say
that
they
get
300
000
credit
for
impact
fees,
but
they
build
a
half
a
million
dollar
value
of
project
or
dedicate
land.
That
is
a
huge
huge
benefit
to
the
public.
So
I'm
very
much
in
favor
of
that.
I
also
am
in
favor
of
looking
at
how
we
balance
this
with
the
rising
costs
of
housing
and
also
how
we
balance
it
with
the
commercial
property.
B
B
Finally,
I
think
that
it's
going
to
be
really
important
as
we
if
the
council
green
lights,
moving
forward,
the
park
impact
fee
study
that
we
do
outreach
to
developers
to,
and
also
to
organizations
like
the
plush
committee
at
the
chamber,
like
the
bda,
any
other
organizations
that
may
have
input
on
this,
so
that'll
just
be
that'll,
just
be
something
if
it's
moved
forward.
B
E
Yes,
thank
you.
You
know
I.
I
also
agree
with
doing
a
study
on
the
park
impact
fee.
I
agree
with
my
colleagues
that
you
know
growth
has
not
been
paying
for
growth
and
we
know
that
we're
continuing
to
be
a
growing
city
with
needs
that
are
exceeding
our
revenues.
So,
at
the
budget
workshop
in
march
we
talked
about.
You
showed
us,
the
graphs
that
show
that
our
expenses
are
going
to
outpace
our
revenues.
E
So
I
agree
with
doing
the
study.
I
agree.
I
like
the
fact
that
some
of
the
other
cities
have
included
a
fee
exemption
for
affordable
housing.
I
think
that
is
a
really
important
piece
to
look
at
and
that
for
from
a
high
quality
of
life
standpoint,
our
parks
and
open
space
is
a
huge
part
of
that
and
why,
as
councilmember
barksdale
said,
why
people
choose
to
to
work
here
and
why
businesses
choose
to
have
people
here?
I
agree
with
council
member
robertson
about
doing
outreach.
E
But
I
I
think
that
if
we
only
look
at
the
pieces,
we
may
not
see
the
whole
puzzle
and
I
think
it
would
be
important
for
the
council
to
have
a
more
holistic
view
about
the
budget
and
how
we,
how
we
align
our
budget
and
how
this
fits
in
with
a
portion
of
that,
and
there
may
be
other
other
revenue
discussions.
We
need
to
have-
and
I'd
like
to
understand
how
that
fits
in
with
this,
because
this
isn't
a
in
a
vacuum
is
my
point.
E
V
Councilman,
I
I
think
that
I
come
to
the
city
manager's
office
and
come
up
with
a
plan
to
bring
that
back
as
a
more
holistic
look.
I
certainly
understand
it.
It
makes
tremendous
sense
because
it's
hard
to
make
decisions
in
a
vacuum,
and
so
I
certainly
understand
the
need
I'll
think
of
a
path
to
bring
that
back
and
I'll
look
at
the
city
manager's
office
on
that.
Okay,.
A
I
think
I
guess
I'm
going
to
be
the
odd
man
out
on
this,
because
I
do
I'm
interested
in
studying
it.
I'm
not
at
this
point
interested
in
putting
more
fees
on
residences
in
bellevue,
but
I
would
be
very
interested
in
commercial
development
and
also
I'm
more
interested
in
doing
an
arts
impact
fee.
You
know
our
arts
budget
is
in
the
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars.
A
V
V
N
The
last
item
on
your
study
session
agenda
this
evening
is
an
informational
update
and
look
ahead
on
the
city's
vision,
zero
program.
This
is
an
area
of
keen
interest
to
the
council
joining
us
this
evening
is
angie
singalonquez,
director,
paul
stevens
assistant,
director
and
friends,
low
and
hertz
planning
manager
all
from
the
transportation
department.
For
that
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
turn
it
over
to
him
to
begin
present
begin
the
presentation.
W
Zero
represents
what
we
are
doing,
that
is
a
above
and
beyond
what
most
are
and
calling
attention
to
it
and
which,
with
the
goal
of
achieving
zero,
serious
injuries
and
fatalities
by
2023,
and
in
order
to
elevate
the
importance
of
this
data
driven
process,
we
ended
up
utilizing
a
leadership
team
steering
committee
consisting
of
most
of
the
department
heads
in
the
city,
and
our
program
has
gained
national
attention
as
you'll
hear
about
soon.
W
D
W
Okay
and
our
presentation
begins
with
paula,
stevens
she's,
the
assistant
director
for
transportation
planning
and
provides
some
background
information
and
then
franz
lo
and
hers,
mobility,
planning
and
solutions
manager.
We'll
summarize
what
we've
done
for
vision,
zero
in
2021
and
2022.
T
Okay,
can
you
hear
me
all
right?
Okay,
so
I
first
want
to
begin
by
thanking
you
for
hosting.
Oh,
don't
touch
the
electronics,
I'm
gonna
be
in
trouble
with
that
t.
Okay.
First,
I
want
to
start
by
thanking
you
for
hosting
this
briefing
tonight,
mayor
robertson
and
council
members
and
for
your
continued
leadership
around
vision,
zero.
I
think,
as
you
recall,
the
purpose
of
vision.
Zero
is
the
elimination
of
traffic
deaths
and
certain
serious
injury
collisions
on
bellevue
streets
by
2030.
T
So
to
achieve
this
target,
the
transportation
commission
recommended,
and
you
adopted
in
2020
a
safe
systems
approach
to
help
us
focus
on
safe
people,
safe
streets,
safe
speeds
and
safe
vehicles,
as
well
as
supporting
elements
very
important,
supporting
elements
and
underlying
focus
on
leadership,
on
culture,
on
partnerships
and
on
data.
So
safe
systems
approach
is
founded
on
the
belief
that
deaths
and
serious
injuries
on
our
city
streets
are
preventable
and
that
they
are
not
accidents.
T
We
know
that
people
will
make
mistakes
and
the
crashes
will
occur,
but
the
aim
of
vision,
zero
is
to
ensure
that
crashes
do
not
result
in
serious
injuries
or
fatalities.
T
So,
following
your
approval
of
the
safe
systems,
approach
and
associated
strategies,
staff
members
finalize
the
vision,
zero
strategic
plan
in
december
2020
and
then
to
keep
our
efforts
going
and
to
monitor
and
track
our
progress
to
be
responsible
for
our
financial
resources
and
to
be
accountable
to
the
public
and
the
council
across
the
apartmental
staff
team
develops
an
annual
action
plan.
That's
signed
off
on
by
our
leadership
team
and
work
on
the
2022
action
plan
is
well
underway
and
it
will
be
described
in
further
detail
by
franzlo
and
hers.
T
So
next
slide,
please
so,
but
before
we
describe
for
you
what
we've
accomplished
and
what
we
have
and
planned
for
2022,
it's
important
to
us
to
recognize
the
cross-departmental
team
that
you
have
entrusted
with
the
day-to-day
implementation
of
vision.
Zero.
So,
as
you
see
on
the
slide
and
on
your
screen
reflect
on
the
left
hand,
side
of
the
slide
is
the
vision,
zero
charter
that
identifies
the
roles
and
responsibilities
of
the
vision,
zero
steering
team,
which
is
comprised
of
department
directors
and
the
city
manager's
office.
T
Subject
matter,
experts
from
throughout
the
city
of
bellevue
and
the
transportation
department's
core
team
and
our
project
manager,
franzlo
and
hers,
and
myself
so
with
that,
I
am
now
going
to
turn
it
over
to
franz,
who
is
going
to
spend
the
rest
of
the
time.
The
remainder
of
our
presentation,
updating
you
on
the
work
of
this
one
city
group,
I'm
telling
you
what
we
accomplished
in
2021
and
what
we
plan
to
do
in
2022..
X
Thank
you
paula
good
evening,
mayor
robinson
council
members.
It's
great
to
be
here
with
you
this
evening
and
sharing
with
you
this
update
on
vision,
zero
on
this
slide.
X
In
the
safe
people
category.
We
ended
up
using
our
social
media
channels
at
the
city
of
bellevue
to
boost
safety
messages
shared
with
us
by
national
and
state
partners
and
in
the
safe
vehicle
category.
The
bellevue
police
department
began
using
unmanned
aerial
system
technologies
to
better
understand
the
forensics
of
safe
of
crash
events.
X
This
past
year
we
were
successful
in
securing
150
000
in
grant
funds
from
the
washington
transportation
safety
commission
and
we're
using
those
funds
now
through
2023,
to
implement
to
conduct
six
road
safety
assessments
in
partnership
with
the
bellevue
school
district
approximate
to
12
schools,
culture
is
a
a
big
part
of
our
work.
At
bellevue
is
coordinating
with
the
broader
vision,
zero
community.
X
Engage
in
these
proactive
data
sets
moving
beyond
what
is
traditionally
a
reactive
model,
waiting
for
people
to
become
crash
statistics,
so
we're
seeing
significant
interest
nationally
in
the
work
that
we're
doing
here
at
the
city
of
bellevue.
In
that
respect,
which
relates
directly
to
a
partnership,
we
concluded
this
past
year,
working
in
collaboration
with
microsoft,
advanced
mobility,
analytics
group
and
jacobs
engineering.
X
We
looked
at
the
efficacy
of
leading
pedestrian
intervals.
Lpis
and
lpi's
stated
simply
gives
pedestrians
a
head
start
typically
about
five
seconds
so
that
they
get
established
in
the
crosswalk
and
become
visible
to
people
driving,
and
we
undertook
a
before
after
evaluation
at
20
intersections
in
crossroads
downtown,
and
we
observed
in
partnership
with
these
various
technology
companies,
a
42
reduction
in
conflicts
between
people
driving
and
pedestrians,
a
very
low-cost
intervention
that
is
now
informing
work
that
I'll
speak
to
shortly
and
that
we
have
underway
in
22..
X
But
before
I
do
that,
I
wanted
to
share
with
you
what
the
nation
is
saying
about.
Bellevue
we
received
three
awards
for
our
our
road
safety
work
this
past
year,
one
of
those
being
a
national
roadway
safety
award
from
federal,
highway
administration
and
roadway
safety
foundation,
another
one
from
the
safety
council
institute
of
transportation
engineers
and,
finally,
a
a
national,
a
transportation
system,
management,
transportation
system
management
operations
award
from
the
national
operations
center
of
excellence.
X
So
before
we
move
on
to
what
we're
doing
this
year,
it's
important
to
pause
for
a
moment
and
consider
some
some
of
the
statistics
for
bellevue.
X
Although
bellevue
fatal,
serious
injury
collisions
reflected
in
an
orange
line
on
this
chart,
when
normalized
for
population
are
below
the
top
five
washington
cities
in
blue
and
the
washington
state
statistics
in
black,
clearly
more
work
is
required,
and
this
past
year
in
preliminary
statistics
for
21,
we
observed
26,
serious
injuries
and
one
fatality
on
our
streets
that
compares
to
the
prior
year
in
data
of
12,
serious
injuries
and
four
fatalities,
and
this
this
uptick
that
we're
seeing
in
fatal,
serious
injury
collisions,
are
common,
are
observed
also
at
the
national
level,
which
is
why
the
u.s
department
of
transportation
has
dedicated
new
resources.
X
Five
billion
dollars
over
the
next
five
years
in
the
safe
streets
and
roads
for
all
grant
program
associated
with
the
bipartisan
infrastructure
law,
to
help
communities
move
towards
vision,
zero
and
to
address
what
transportation
secretary
pete
buddha
judge
identifies
as
a
national
crisis,
which
brings
us
to
what
we're
doing
this
year.
So
as
as
paula
mentioned,
our
our
leadership
team,
andrew
being
a
member
and
and
many
others
on
the
leadership
team,
concluded
their
work
on
approving
the
22
vision,
zero
action
plan,
starting
again
in
the
upper
left.
X
Quadrant
with
safe
streets,
one
of
the
efforts
we
have
programmed
to
get
underway
later
this
year
is
working
with
stakeholders
in
the
urban
core.
That's
downtown
bel,
red
and
wilberton,
engaging
with
them
in
determining
what
kind
of
bicycle
project
improvements
we
can
bring
online
rapidly
to
address
network
gaps
and
to
to
create
access
improvements,
to
light
rail
stations
and
to
east
trail,
so
that
work
is
getting
underway
later
in
september,
with
the
transportation
commission
and
with
the
broader
community
in
safe
speeds
march
28,
you
all
count.
X
City
council
approved,
are
moving
forward
with
a
slow
zone
program
on
streets
proximate
to
tai
middle
school
that
that
work
will
continue.
Another
notable,
safe
speeds
action
that
we
were
awarded
this
past
month
is
technical
consultant,
technical
support
from
federal
highway
administration
to
develop
our
speed
management
plan
and
that
body
of
work
will
commence
early
next
month,
safe
people.
I
made
reference
to
our
lpi
study.
The
leading
pedestrian
interval
study
this
past
year
last
week,
one
week
ago.
X
Rather,
we
began
rolling
out
the
first
wave
of
deployment
of
lpi,
more
broadly
in
our
downtown,
the
first
of
three
waves
and
as
part
of
that
first
wave,
we
wanted
to
make
sure
the
public
was
better
aware
of
what
this
signal
operation
change
is
all
about.
So
we
posted
signs
at
those
on
those
signal
polls
and
with
a
qr
code.
People
are
able
to
get
additional
information
on
what
that
is
safe
vehicles.
X
We
are
actively
involved
with
a
number
of
agency
partners,
advancing
the
bellevue
college
connection
reflected
in
this
image,
but
also
over
12
dozen
additional
transit
projects
are
underway
that
are
intended
to
offer
equitable
and
safe
mobility
options
for
bellevue
residents.
Moving
down
to
the
lower
left
data.
X
One
of
our
undertakings
this
year
is
developing
a
account
strategy
report.
We
have
a
number
of
these
permanent
count
systems
that
are
generating
data
about
people
walking
and
biking
in
bellevue.
We
want
to
get
very
clear
on
how
to
use
that
data
to
inform
our
decision
making
about
a
wide
range
of
topics,
including
where
to
make
improvements
for
for
people
walking
and
biking
leadership.
We
will
continue
to
pursue
existing
grant
funding
opportunities,
notably
through
the
highway
safety
improvement
program,
but
also
I
made
reference
to
the
safe
streets
and
roads
for
all
grant
program.
X
Culture
continuing
to
develop
our
understanding
among
staff
about
the
safe
system
approach
is
a
priority
and
we're
always
looking
for
opportunities
reflected
in
this
image
under
culture
is
an
engagement
we
had
here
at
bellevue
city
hall.
On
march
10.
We
were
fortunate
to
benefit
from
arizona
state
university's
cloud
innovation
center.
They
brought
together
bellevue
staff
and
other
agency
partners
to
design
think
creative,
safe
system
solutions
to
address
vulnerable
road
user
concerns.
X
Finally,
in
partnerships,
one
week
ago
today,
we
also
commenced
our
new
partnership
with
amazon
web
services,
ouster
outside
sight,
hound,
advanced
mobility,
analytics
group
and
farron
pierce,
and
with
that
undertaking,
we
deployed
both
lidar
camera
and
4k
camera
edge.
Compute
platforms,
edge
compute
basically
means
this.
Technology
is
generating
insights
at
the
at
the
location
where
it
is
mounted
so
we're
going
to
be
generating
new
safety
metrics
from
that
and
informing
improvements
going
into
the
future.
So
these
are
some
really
advanced
uses
of
technology.
X
X
Wanted
me
to
share
this
perspective,
his
vision
for
bellevue,
which
is
reflected
on
this
slide,
that
he
would
like
to
ensure
that
people
who
ride
bicycles
and
people
who
walk
in
our
community
feel
safer
doing
so
and
for
us,
as
staff,
you
know
we
are
really
are,
are
humbled
and
inspired
by
these
kinds
of
communications
we
receive
from
the
community
on
a
daily
basis.
X
They
reaffirm
the
importance
of
our
work
and
and
remind
us
of
the
critical
importance
of
ensuring
that
everyone
gets
home
safe
each
night.
So
that
concludes
our
presentation
for
this
evening.
B
I
have
a
lot
of,
and
actually
I
thank
you
for
the
presentation.
I
wanted
to
give
an
update
to
my
colleagues
and
I
guess
the
public
about
what
I've
been
doing
regionally
on
vision,
zero,
because,
as
many
of
you
know,
I'm
on
the
transportation
policy
board,
among
other
regional
transportation,
focused
assignments
and
we
just
finished
a
big
body
of
work,
but
the
work's
not
done
yet
so.
B
Every
four
years,
the
puget
sound
regional
council
updates
the
regional
transportation
plan
and
that
provides
the
region's
long-range
transportation
plan
under
both
federal
and
state
law
and
there's
a
hard
deadline
for
this
plan
in
may,
and
so
our
work
had
to
be
very,
very
intense
for
a
short
period
of
time
to
get
it
done.
So
this
plan
builds
from
vision,
2050,
with
key
policy
focus
areas
identified
by
the
transportation
policy
board
members
for
the
plan
update,
including
access
to
transit
project
valuation,
equity,
climate,
local
agency
needs
and
safety.
B
I
also
was
on
the
project
selection
task
force
work
last
year,
which
also
talked
a
lot
about
some
of
these
important
values
in
how
to
score
projects
for
grant
funding
at
the
tpb.
I've
been
working
for
nearly
two
years
to
ensure
that
the
safety
is
more
centrally
focused
in
the
plan.
I
did
that
at
the
project
selection
task
force,
and
I
did
that
at
the
transportation
policy
board,
because
I
know
how
important
vision,
zero
and
safety
is
to
the
people
of
bellevue
and
to
this
city
council.
B
B
It
was
actually
had
to
be
a
voted
amendment
that
was
more
controversial
than
you
would
have
thought,
but
we
did
get
it
through
with
policy
language
added
about
goal
timelines
and
how
psrc
will
use
a
safe
systems
approach
and
use
safety
as
part
of
the
work
plan,
evaluation
work,
the
key
bellevue
amendment
was
to
develop
the
regional
safety
work
plan.
B
Convene
regional
partners,
establish
a
progress
report
to
track
performance
and
consider
resources
for
safety
projects
and
programs,
and
the
amendments
that
got
through
the
puget
sound
regional
council
tpb
were
modeled
in
the
work
that
city
of
bellevue
has
developed
the
next
step
for
the
regional.
Next
stop
for
the
regional
transportation
plan.
B
Is
that
the
executive
board,
which
mayor
robinson
serves
on
and
then
to
the
general
assembly,
which
mayor
robinson,
is
our
representative
on
that
one
of
the
things
that
helped
get
this
these
amendments
through
was
the
federal
push
that
mr
lowenhertz
referenced
about
the
additional
federal
money
for
safety
projects.
So
I
think
that
that
that
helped
get
it
over
the
line.
B
I
hope
it
stays
in
at
the
next
two
voting
levels,
but
I
just
wanted
to
let
my
colleagues
here
and
the
public
know
that
I've
continued
to
work
with
transportation
staff
to
make
sure
that
we
push
this
not
just
in
bellevue
but
on
the
regional
level,
and
I
think
it's
going
to
make
a
difference.
We've
seen
you
showed
that
chart
at
the
beginning,
every
city
that
was
around
the
table
the
last
couple
years
at
the
transportation
policy
board
and
project
selection
task
force,
has
talked
about
the
increased
injuries
and
deaths.
B
A
E
Yeah,
thank
you.
You
know
I
I'm
so
proud
of
of
us,
I'm
so
proud
of
you.
The
words
that
come
to
mind
is
heroes
for
xero.
I
think
some
of
you
have
heard
me
talk
about
it
because
in
europe,
that's
like
a
tagline,
that's
been
around
for
a
while,
and
I
I
want
to
say
that
I
think
there's
a
complement
of
interest
and
dedication
to
safety
and
safe
streets.
E
So,
as
council
member
robertson
talked
about
what
she's
doing
locally
and
regionally
in
our
area,
I
think
that
we
are
well
known
within
our
local
area,
but
also
at
the
national
level.
So
I
think
that
you
know
some
of
that
work
that
we're
doing
from
years
ago.
The
council,
when
I
was
on
the
transportation
commission
and
the
council,
voted
on
adopting
a
safe
systems
approach
with
staff,
right
support
and
and
leadership
and
culture.
E
So
when,
when
you
were
showing
that
slide,
I
actually
think
that
culture
is
first
right,
a
culture
that
says
that
every
one
of
us
should
be
safe
on
our
streets
and
then
the
leadership
and
then
the
partnerships
and
those
principles
that
talk
about
the
safe
system
approach.
And
I
think
that
every
one
of
you
are
exhibiting
that
caring
for
our
community
to
make
sure
that
everyone
goes
home
safe
and
it's
huge.
E
You
know
we
are
seen
as
a
leader,
not
just
with
the
awards
that
we
received,
but
I
can
tell
you
that
the
fact
that
in
january,
when
we
still
had
the
omicron
going
on
that
there
were
35
40
people
in
dc
attending
one
of
our
vision,
zero
summits
and
that
the
chair
of
the
national
transportation
safety
board
was
couldn't
come
in
person,
but
she
got
on
a
zoom
and
gave
us
like
a
10-15
minute
introduction
that
really
highlights
how
much
she
sees
that
bellevue
is
leading.
The
way
in
this
work
is
is
huge.
E
You
know
what
we've
seen
is
that
as
we
position
ourselves
to
get
access
to
the
safe
streets
and
road
for
all
program,
I
believe
that
we
are
in
a
very
good
position
to
lead
the
way
to
get
more
federal,
grant,
funding
for
bellevue
to
model
and
pilot
more
of
projects
like
the
leading
pedestrian
intervals
project.
The
video
analytics
all
the
different
things
that
we
are
uniquely
positioned
to
be
able
to
do
in
partnership
with
our
school
district
leverage
technology.
E
We
have
mental
health
crisis
coming
out
of
covid,
so
how
do
we
make
sure
that
we
actually
are
committing
to
the
kind
of
dollars
we
need
to
move
faster?
So
thank
you.
W
Haven't
submitted
our
budget
yet
to
the
city
manager's
office,
but
if
you
recall
last
year
we
did
have
an
item
in
the
cip
that
is
specifically
to
match,
grant
funding,
so
we're
ahead
with
that.
It's
like
an
opportunity
fund,
if
you
will
and
we'll
have
to
see
where
that,
where
that
goes
coming
into
the
next
budget,.
R
Thank
you
mayor
echo,
the
sentiments
in
terms
of
the
the
work
that
you're
doing.
I
appreciate
the
focus
on
advanced
technology.
It's
something
that's
a
passion
of
mine,
obviously,
but
and
the
work
that's
happening
in
the
region
by
councilmember
robertson
and
also
on
the
commission.
So
thank
you,
council
members
on
two
just
a
couple
questions
that
decrease
in
the
chart
that
everybody's
referenced
so
far.
R
I
was
curious
about.
What's
I'm
sorry,
the
increase
what's
contributing
to
the
increase,
but
also
because
it's
it's
not
a
smooth
increase,
it's
it's
very
jagged,
especially
around
2016,
2019
and
then
2021.
So
I
guess
I'm
maybe
a
series
of
fits
and
starts
of
something.
I
was
just
really
curious
about
what
that's
about
and
then
I
I
appreciate
the
work
that
we're
doing
in
terms
of
blessing
the
work
that
we're
doing
in
terms
of
like
improving
the
bike
pad
safety,
all
right
and
taking
the
technological
approach
to
to
understanding.
R
What's
going
on
by
the
way,
really
love
the
dash
the
the
story
map
I've
been
digging
into
it.
Are
we
also
connecting
with
them
with
like
cyclists
and
pedestrians
on
a
personal
level,
to
understand
sort
of
their
on
the
ground
experience?
In
addition
to
and
sort
of,
looking
at
both
of
those
types
of
data
we
are
okay,.
X
So
so
the
data
I
shared,
I
did
I
as
I
caveated
for
21.
It
is
preliminary
so,
but
I
think
you
you
all
have
observed
anecdotally
what
is
very
likely
that
among
the
contributing
factors
and
certainly
speeding,
every
indication
is
that
played
an
increasing
role.
X
X
We
haven't
had
a
chance
to
drill
down
into
all
of
these
indicators,
but
those
those
very
likely
continue
to
be
the
case.
It
often
takes
a
long
time
to
really
move
the
needle.
You
know
it'd
be
great
to
see
this
occur
instantly,
but
it
is
achievable.
X
There
are
cities
that
have
gone
through
the
safe
system,
approach
that
have
changed
reversed
the
tide,
and
you
have
to
start
with
that
leadership,
the
vision
and
the
follow-through
and-
and-
and
so
I
you
know,
I
think,
we'll
continue
to
monitor,
we'll
we'll,
certainly
share
additional
details
after
the
final
data
is
cemented
by
the
state.
That's
that's
the
the
the
source
that
we
look
to
to
finalize
the
data.
X
Did
I
answer
your
question
on
that?
One.
R
I
I
guess
it's
more
of
like
the
the
the
more
pronounced
jumps
and
decreases
compared
to
the
the
state
and
and
the
top
five
cities,
even
pre-pandemic
right,
and
then
I'm
surprised
also,
maybe
during
the
pan
in
2019.
It's
just.
I
was
just
curious
if
we
had
any
sort
of
insight
about
what
was
happening
there.
X
R
X
Sure
sure,
on
the
second
point
related
to
you
know,
moving
beyond
the
data
points
that
we've
been
talking
about
and
connecting
with
people.
X
That's
precisely
why
I,
I
thought
it
important
to
bring
us
back
to
the
human
side
of
the
story
and
share
with
you
what
the
conversations,
the
multiple
conversations
I
had
with
the
parents
of
ethan
lee,
but
also
the
conversations
we
have
with
people
on
walking
audits,
with
the
daily
communications
that
we
receive
as
staff
it
at
the
end
of
the
day
that
the
data
doesn't
fully
convey
the
people
behind
the
information.
So
I'm
I
think
staff
is
in
whole-hearted
agreement.
X
We
need
to
do
more,
and
indeed
you
know
on
our
road
safety
assessment
work.
I
was
listening
to
the
earlier
nep
discussion
about
reaching
out,
so
mayor
robinson,
probably
will
be
happy
to
hear
we
did
outreach
to
silver
glenn
community
center,
a
zoom
call
with
them
we're
actively
reaching
out
to
affordable
housing
units
approximate
to
the
the
road
safety
assessment
quarters.
We're
doing
and
soon
we'll
be
posting
signs
on
those
quarters.
It's
really,
as
someone
who's
been
doing
this
kind
of
work
a
long
time.
X
R
A
So
I
think
it
was
was
it
2016
when
we
first
won
the
video
analytics
award,
and
I
got
to
sit
next
to
you
on
the
plane
and
learn
what
it
was
all
about
and
it
just
there
was
so
much
attention
to
it
when
you
presented
in
dc
from
other
cities,
and
now
you
know
how
many
years
later,
there's
still
so
much
interest
in
what
you're
doing
and
what
you're
doing
continues
to
evolve
so
that
that
is
an
amazing
accomplishment.
A
That's
a
great
project,
and
it's
so
innovative
and
really
proud
of
you
and
the
city
for
for
initiating
that
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
seeing
how
it
continues
to
help
us
keep
people
safe
before
an
accident
happens.
A
So
thank
you
very
much
for
all
the
work
and
I
don't
think
we
have
a
council
members
on
has
one
more
comment:
question.
E
Spoke
about
the
tai
project
and
I
think
that
you
know
connecting
with
the
youth
is
going
to
be
so
important
because
I
still
remember
being
at
overlake
when
we
had
the
vision,
zero
summit-
and
you
know
talking
about
when
when
teens
are
learning
how
to
drive,
they
can
be
the
best
instructors
for
their
parents
and
grandparents
about
safe
driving.
E
E
You
know
30
miles
an
hour
versus
20
miles,
and
so,
as
we
move
forward
I'd
like
to
think
we
can
get
to
a
place
where
our
community
can
embrace
the
the
slower
speed
limits
in
our
neighborhood
areas,
especially
around
schools,
but
not
just
schools
right
just
in
our
neighborhoods
in
general,
so
that
we
can
all
be
safer
so
that
I
wasn't
sure
I
was
completely
on
board
with
the
staggered.
You
know
graduated
approach,
so
just
a.
S
W
X
I'll
just
add
that
we
are
now
in
the
late
stages
of
wrapping
up
our
speed
limit
sop,
which
will
help
inform
our
next
body
of
work,
which
is
the
speed
management
plan.
Work
that
I
mentioned,
that'll
commence
we're
having
our
kickoff
meeting
with
the
consultant
team
that
federal
highway
administration
is
directing
to
work
with
us
may
2nd.
So
I
think
there
is
a
significant
interest
in
looking
beyond
this
more,
I
think,
you're,
seeing
kind
of
saying,
piecemeal
approach.
X
How
do
we
look
at
it
holistically
in
districts,
and
I
think
that'll
certainly
be
part
of
that
planning
work
that
gets
underway
very
shortly.