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B
For
monday
january
10,
20
2022,
and
I
was
all
ready
to
explain
that
council
member
zahn
is
in
d.c,
which
she
is
and
that
council
member
robertson
would
be
late
because
she's
testifying
to
the
senate,
but
she
made
it,
and
we
thank
her
very
much
for
spending
half
her
afternoon.
B
D
D
B
Strong,
thank
you.
So
next
monday
is
martin
luther
king
jr
day
and
we
will
be
having
our
council
meeting
on
the
following
tuesday,
but
tonight
we'd
like
to
read
a
proclamation
and
we'll
start
with
council
member
zahn,
followed
by
deputy
mayor
noon,
house
and
councilmember
stokes
councilmember
barksdale,
councilmember
lee
and
councilmember
robertson.
Councilman
rezan.
Could
you
start
the
south?
Please?
B
G
Thank
you
mayor,
whereas
dr
martin
luther
king
jr
devoted
his
life
to
serving
others,
reminding
us
that
human
progress
is
neither
automatic
nor
inevitable.
Every
step
towards
the
goal
of
justice
requires
sacrifice,
suffering
and
struggle.
The
tireless
exertions
and
passionate
concern
of
dedicated
individuals
and.
F
B
To
learn
more
about
service
opportunities
across
our
country
and
recommit
themselves,
to
dr
king's
dream,
by
engaging
in
acts
of
service
to
others,
to
their
community
and
to
our
nation
in
commemoration,
as
we
work
together
to
build
a
more
just,
peaceful
and
prosperous
society
for
all.
Thank
you,
everybody,
okay!
Is
there
a
motion
to
approve
the
agenda?
I.
B
All
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye
any
opposed
clerk.
Do
you
have
any
buddy
signed
up
for
oral
communications?
Yes,.
A
C
C
Thank
you
mayor
and
members
of
the
city
council.
I
am
charles
watts.
504
175th
place
northeast
bellevue
9808,
a
50-year
resident
of
bellevue
professional
practitioner
in
bellevue
and
a
voter.
C
There
is
no
change
resulting
from
just
saying
that
change
is
going
to
occur.
C
I'm
here
to
urge
the
city,
council
and
the
city
of
bellevue
totally
to
make
things
change
through
the
expenditure
of
effort,
people
and
money
in
regard
to
greenhouse
gas
climate
change
issues
during
the
budget
process
last
year
it
was
strongly
stated
that
there
would
be
money
found
in
the
early
part
of
2022
to
additionally
fund
the
es
the
esi
efforts
of
the
city
you'll
hear
from
others.
I
think
tonight
that
the
city
of
bellevue
well
well-meaning,
has
not
yet
flown
off
the
wire
and
made
serious
efforts
in
regard
to
climate
change.
C
Bellevue
citizens
want
to
lead,
not
follow,
and
especially
in
regard
to
the
greenhouse
gas
climate
change
issue,
which
is
threatening
the
lives
and
livelihood
and
welfare
and
enjoyment
of
life
of
our
children
and
our
descendants.
After
that,
we
have
the
power
to
take
action.
They
will
not
it'll
be
too
late.
C
C
A
J
J
So
I
want
to
talk
to
you
again
also
about
climate
change
and
the
the
need
to
address
it
now,
and
I
moved
to
this
area
21
years
ago,
actually
in
january
20
2001,
and
when
I
moved
here,
I
thought
it
was
the
most
beautiful
place
in
the
world
and
I've
been
in
a
lot
of
different
places
in
the
world.
J
But
you
know
when
the
sun
shines
here,
it's
it's,
it's
so
beautiful,
there's
no
other
place,
that's
so
beautiful
and
summers
are
magical,
and
one
of
my
nieces
has
never
come
here
and
she
wants
to
come
this
summer
and
I
my
first
thought
was
well
what
if
we
have
the
smoke,
we
had
a
couple
of
years
ago.
What?
If
you
know
we
have
the
heat
we
had
last
year
right
that
heat
wave?
That
was
so
so
strong.
J
We
don't
have
air
conditioning
in
most
houses
here
right,
because
it's
not
normal
in
that
situation,
and
I
was
thinking,
maybe,
should
not
come,
and
this
is
really
very
very
sad
because
this
is
due
again
to
climate
change.
You
know
the
the
rhythm
of
those
extreme
weather
episodes
is
accelerating
like
every
year
is
getting
worse.
It
seems
to
me-
and
it's
not
only
the
summer.
J
Frankly,
we
have
this-
this
floods
in
the
fall,
as
you
probably
remember,
tons
of
friends
last
week
again
it
is
really
scary
and,
like
the
british
speaker,
I'm
scared
for
children,
grandchildren.
What
the
world
is
that
you're
going
to
leave
to
them
right-
and
you
know
the
u.n
intergovernmental
panel
and
climate
change
report-
told
us
that
we
have
to
cut
our
emission
by
50
by
2030.
J
and
2030
is
not
far
away.
It's
eight
years
from
now
and
will
be
able
to
do
that.
I
mean
we
have
to
do
it.
If
you
want
to
save
our
civil
civilization,
we
have
to
do
it
for
our
future
generation
and
also
the
u.n.
Research
also
shows
that
75
of
those
emissions
come
from
human
activities
in
cities.
So
cities
have
a
huge
role
to
play
and,
as
the
previous
speaker
said,
you
know,
belgium
can
be
a
leader
in
that
in
that
movement
right,
but
you
have
to
do
it
now.
You
have
to
start
now.
J
I
mean
it's
already
late.
We
have
to
make
all
the
investment
that's
needed
so
that
you
can
address
that
huge
challenge.
It
is
a
tall
challenge,
but
we
can
do
it.
We
can
address
it.
We
still
have
time,
but
we
have
to
work
now.
You
have
to
do
it
now.
So
please,
please,
cancel
member.
Consider
it
climate
change
as
a
crisis.
It
is
you
know.
I
think
field
is
a
sense
of
urgency.
That's
missing
here,
but
is
the
largest
the
biggest
challenge.
I
think
we
have
ever
faced
as
a
species.
J
A
K
Good
evening,
mayor
and
council
members
and
city
manager
miyaki
thanks
again
for
allowing
us
to
speak
this
evening.
K
I
won't
be
as
long
as
the
others,
but
I
just
want
to
comment
that
back
before
you
pass
the
updated
budget
for
2022
and
early
december,
we
sent
you
a
letter
asking
you
to
find
money
for
additional
staffing
and
resources
for
the
environmental
stewardship
plan
which
isn't
going
to
advance
fast
enough
unless
we
add
more
resources.
So
we
really
appreciate
the
good
supportive
comments
that
we
heard
back
then
in
early
december
and
the
80
people
that
signed
on
to
that
letter,
urging
you
to
do
that.
K
I
appreciate
it
too,
and
we
really
look
forward
to
you.
Have
the
city
staff
honor
the
request
that
was
voiced
by
the
mayor
back
then
to
see
where
you
could
find
the
money
to
boost
that
environmental
stewardship
budget
we've
seen
it
happen
before
in
contingency
funds
being
allocated.
Hopefully
that
can
happen
again.
So
we're
looking
forward
to
that
and,
incidentally,
since
the
holidays
ended.
Last
week,
we've
had
a
few
more
people.
K
Add
on
to
that
letter
of
requests
and
I'll
be
sending
that
to
you,
but
we're
up
to
124
now
and
I'm
sure
we've
got
lots
more
folks
who
are
seriously
concerned
and
you'll
likely
be
hearing
from
them
from
time
to
time.
Like
you
just
heard
the
past
two
speakers,
thanks
again
for
your
consideration
of
this
urgent
issue,
the
clock
is
running.
We've
really
got
to
add
more
staff
this
year
and
then
make
the
additional
funds
necessary
and
the
next
biennium
budget
that
will
start
next
year.
K
A
L
Hi
everyone-
this
is
wendy
tyner,
I'm
here
to
thank
you
again
for
financially
supporting
wintergrass
another
year.
Joining
us
on
zoom
is
also
our
board
chair,
mary
pat
byrne.
You
may
remember
her
as
your
retired
director
of
the
arts
commission.
She
remains
close
to
the
arts
in
bellevue
and
is
supportive
of
wintergrass.
L
Since
2011,
the
city
of
bellevue
has
stepped
up
to
the
plate
consecutively
since
our
arrival
to
bellevue
in
2010,
but
the
past
two
years
have
been
exceptional.
You
gave
wintergrass
relief
grant
awards
that
helped
us
through
20
and
21,
and
just
recently
we
received
an
award
from
the
bellevue
arts
commission
grants
program.
All
of
the
funds
have
given
winner
grass
the
security
to
stay
afloat
until
we
could
return.
L
With
your
help,
we
created
a
virtual
bluegrass
program
that
kept
bluegrass
music
fresh
for
our
members,
along
with
music
education
for
our
students.
The
impact
of
your
recent
donation
has,
on
winter.
Grass
is
paramount.
The
no
the
no
I'm
sorry
the
donation
will
help
us
keep
ticket
sales
ticket
prices
affordable,
offer
full
scholarships
to
students
of
any
age
to
participate
in
our
five
youth
programs,
be
accessible
to
all
bellevue
residents,
attract
people
from
across
the
nation
in
the
world
and
offer
live
performances
on
four
stages.
L
The
safety
restrictions
won't
affect
the
quality
of
live
performances
or
our
education
programs,
we'll
sell
tickets
at
50
capacity,
mandate,
vaccinations
and
boosters
wear
masks
and
create
all
events
that
are
distanced.
The
education
programs
will
still
be
available,
but
to
protect
young
people
in
this
in
this
community
there
will
be
smaller
groups
who
meet
less
frequently
if
our
past
protects.
If
our
past
predicts
our
future
wintergrass
will
bring
visitors
from
33
states
and
seven
countries.
L
L
We
look
forward
to
continuing
to
offer
an
award-winning
festival
that
benefits
belfie
residents
and
tours
starting
in
a
hotel.
Oh
my
gosh,
my
time
is
almost
up.
Let
me
see
I
wanted
to
mention
that
we
have
a
contract
through
2023
at
the
hyatt
and
just
signed
another
contract
to
use
additional
space
at
the
westin.
So,
although
we
already
have
filled
five
hotels
with
guests,
we
hope
to
see
wintergrass
grow
and
grow
in
future
years
and
on
behalf
of
all
of
us.
Thank
you.
L
A
M
Super
thank
you
happy
new
year,
mayor
and
council.
It's
so
great
to
be
with
you
tonight
and
what
a
surprise
to
hear
from
wendy
with
wintergrass.
Just
before
me.
I
think
wintergrass
is
just
a
shining
example
of
what
we
can
do
together
here
in
bellevue,
it's
kind
of
where
arts
culture,
our
community
and
tourism
all
meet
for
such
a
great
event,
and
I'm
going
to
talk
to
you
tonight
about
another
event.
That's
coming.
M
I
see
that
you
have
the
rock
and
roll
running
series
event
on
your
agenda
this
evening,
so
I
wanted
to
just
take
this
opportunity
to
jump
on
and
say.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
We
should
all
be
very
incredibly
proud
of
the
city
of
bellevue
and
our
leadership
for
taking
a
proactive
approach
and
leveraging
this
future
opportunity.
M
The
thing
that's
so
great
about
this
is
it's
very
timely
and
kicking
off
a
new
strategy
that
we
put
in
place
in
the
latter
part
of
2021.
It's
our
festivals
and
events
strategy.
The
overview
of
this
strategy
for
bellevue
is
to
implement
strategies
from
our
destination
development
plan,
to
attract
incubate
and
grow
festivals,
and
events
in
bellevue.
M
Wintergrass
is
a
great
example
of
growing
events
in
bellevue
rock
and
roll
running
series
is
a
great
example
of
attracting
events
to
bellevue,
and
these
events
serve
as
a
catalyst
for
economic
growth
and
cultural
diversity
in
our
city.
The
festivals
and
events.
Tourism
council
that
we
put
together
last
year
will
support
and
celebrate
bellevue's
quality
of
life,
align
with
bellevue's
destination
brand
multicultural
initiatives
and
foster
a
positive
image
image
and
future
visitor
experiences
here
in
bellevue.
M
A
A
N
Awesome
good
evening,
council,
members
and
mayor,
thank
you
for
thank
you
for
giving
me
the
time
to
speak
this
evening.
I
wish
he
wasn't
actually
planned
on
speaking
this
evening,
so
my
comments
may
seem
a
little
bit
more
rambly
than
normal,
but
I
did
want
to
thank
the
staff
for
all
their
work
in
during
the
winter
response,
the
winter
snow
event.
N
There
were
a
lot
of
services
that
were
impacted
and
so
wanted
to
thank
them
for
having
the
report
this
evening,
and
I
wanted
to
thank
the
mayor
personally
for
asking
for
updates
last
meeting
to
on
how
the
homelessness
community
how
the
homeless
community
was
reached
out
to
during
this
time,
and
in
particular
I
well,
I
thought
the
updates
were
pretty
detailed
and
again
I
really
appreciate
staff
and
all
of
their
work
and
the
really
comprehensive
report
that
they
delivered
this
evening.
N
N
I
I
worked
with
some
organizations
that
were
procuring
supplies
for
smoke
relief,
so
like
n95,
masks
and
ventilators
during
that
time,
and
I
was
able
to
coordinate
with
her
on
distribution
of
some
of
those
supplies
to
our
own
house
community,
and
so
I
know,
she's
doing
really
amazing
work
and
I
was
hoping
slash
wondering
if
staff
would
be
able
to
provide
an
update,
in
addition
to
kind
of
what's
discussed
in
this
report,
if
she
was
able
to
kind
of
leverage
partnerships
that
she's
already
established
with
some
of
our
unhoused
residents
and
able
to
do
direct
outreach.
N
That
way
again,
I
think
she
does
amazing
work
and
just
wondering
if
that
was
able
to
continue
during
the
winter
snow
event
and
yeah.
That's
actually
all
of
it.
Thank
you
all
for
your
time
and
again
thanks
to
staff
for
their
great
work.
O
O
The
first
one
is
some
great
news
that
was
referenced
in
oral
communications
about
the
bellevue
hosting
the
2022
washington
state,
rock
and
roll
marathon,
and
joining
this
evening
are
matt
cummins,
cleaning
development,
director
and
philly
mars
economic
development
manager
to
provide
the
council
with
a
brief
report
on
the
background,
as
well
as
the
benefits
of
hosting
the
racing
bill
max.
P
P
But
it's
a
really
really
good
news
story
to
talk
about,
and
we
thought
it
might
be
worthwhile,
particularly
for
the
public
to
understand
a
number
of
things
about
how
this
all
comes
together
and
also
to
speak
a
little
bit
with
the
city
council
about
the
implementation
of
a
number
of
your
policy
documents
that
led
to
the
ability
to
put
this
together
and
though
the
word
may
be.
Overused.
Nimbleness
absolutely
happened
in
this
particular
situation.
P
So
you
heard
mr
jones
mention
that
I
will
just
mention
that
from
the
time
that
the
ironman
folks
at
the
parent
company
for
rock
and
roll
marathons
approached
visit,
bellevue
and
the
city
to
the
time
that
we
were
able
to
put.
L
P
Departments
together
and
talk
about
all
the
potential
things
that
we
wanted
to
work
on
was
extremely
quick
turn
around,
and
I
just
personally
want
to
offer
thanks
to
all
the
departments
that
came
together
and
the
leadership
team,
particularly
that
helped
allow
this
whole
thing
to
come
together.
So
if
philly
go
ahead
and
put
up
the
next
slide,
I
think
everybody
is
now
aware
that
we'll
be
hosting
a
half
marathon
over
labor
day
weekend.
P
What
I
wanted
to
do
was
speak
a
little
bit
to
the
policy
documents
and
maybe
tie
this
together
a
little
bit
for
the
city
council.
So
you
may
recall
in
our
economic
development
plan,
we
talked
very
deliberately
and
spoke
with
a
number
of
our
stakeholders
and
partners
in
the
business
community
about
placing
a
bigger
emphasis
on
visitor
and
convention
bureau
business,
as
well
as
the
role
of
retail
and
place
making
in
the
community's
economic
ecosystem
compared
to
the
previous
economic
development
plan
that
had
really
been
very
focused
on
primary
employment,
growth
and
job
growth.
P
I'm
really
seeing
bellevue
as
mostly
just
employment,
so
focusing
on
those
things
and
also
working
with
visit
bellevue
on
the
destination
development
plan
allowed
the
city
to
be
super
quick.
When
a
group,
like
iron
man,
came
to
the
city
to
speak
to
us
about
having
this
type
of
event,
these
are
really
world-class
events
around
the
world
and
they
have
a
very
popular
following
of
people
that
come
and
and
spend
money
in
the
community.
P
But,
more
importantly,
it's
an
opportunity
for
us
to
highlight
bellevue
as
a
place
that
people
want
to
come
and
recreate
and
spend
weekends
and
do
all
these
sorts
of
things.
So
real,
quick
and
I'm
going
to
hand
it
off
to
philly
to
talk
about
what
all
those
economic
benefits
are
and
the
role
that
we'll
play
in
that
the
council
adopted
very
specific
strategies.
P
So,
if
you
think
about
when
we
talk
in
the
abstract
about
those
types
of
things
in
policy,
this
is
really
what
the
city
is
meaning
and
the
ability
to
host
those
kinds
of
events
are
going
to
help
us
in
our
further
economic
development
efforts.
So
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
hand
it
off
to
philly
to
walk
through
all
the
particulars
here
and,
as
mr
jones
said
it
it's
likely
to
add
millions
to
the
local
economy.
Just
over
that
weekend.
Q
Thank
you
mack,
so
we
all
know
it's
been
reported
out
that
the
covet
pandemic
decimated
the
tourism
industry.
There
was
a
low
of
under
10
hotel
occupancy
back
in
april
2020
and
although
we
have
seen
steady
recovery,
bellevue's
hotel
occupancy
still
tracks
behind
the
national
average,
and
this
event
will
help
with
the
tourism
recovery.
By
welcoming
global
tourists
with
spending
power
to
support
our
local
hotels,
restaurants
and
retail.
Q
One
beneficial
thing
about
running
events:
is
they
start
early
in
the
morning?
So
there's
a
high
heads
and
beds
rate,
even
for
those
who
are
traveling
within
the
region.
Runners
from
around
the
world
need
a
place
to
sleep.
They
also
need
coffee
to
fuel
them
and
then,
after
the
race,
they
need
to
replenish
with
food
from
our
restaurants
and
also
survey
says
of
these
runners.
They
do
love
to
shop.
So
that's
just
an
added
benefit
there.
Q
You
know
tourism
and
economic
impact.
Projections
are
a
room
demand
of
close
to
4
000
room
nights
and
business
sales
approaching
at
5
million
dollars.
Q
Additionally,
this
event
in
this
brand
has
a
social
following
of
over
6.7
million,
and
that
brings
incredible
branding
power
and
awareness
to
bellevue
as
an
active
lifestyle,
tourism
destination
and
as
much
as
this
provides
the
much
needed
tourism
benefit.
There
are
also
many
community
benefits
that
come
along
with
them
with
it.
Not
only
are
we
promoting
bellevue
as
an
active
lifestyle
destination,
but
this
race
weekend
helps
our
community
live
it
as
well.
This
event
will
soon
start
working
with
our
local
running
stores
and
running
clubs
to
host
weekly
training
events.
Q
We're
very
excited
to
involve
our
neighborhood
and
community
groups
along
the
race
route,
with
opportunities
to
receive
grants
directly
from
the
ironman
foundation
for
their
activations
and
participation,
and
then,
additionally,
there
are
many
opportunities
to
showcase
and
strengthen
our
creative
economy
by
featuring
bellevue's
art
and
performance
organizations
along
the
race
route.
One
of
the
pictures
featured
is
actually
a
picture
from
wintergrass
of
their
one
of
their
children's
events.
Q
So
our
goal
is
really
to
make
this
event
a
true
reflection
of
bellevue
of
bellevue's,
welcoming
multicultural
and
vibrant
community,
so
those
that
come
for
the
run
will
return
again
and
again
to
experience
all
we
have
to
offer
in
terms
of
next
steps.
Global
promotion
of
the
rock
and
roll
washington
in
bellevue
have
already
started
a
promotion
out
to
the
6.7
million
followers.
Q
Ironman
will
work
with
the
special
events
committee
to
develop
all
those
needed
operational
plans
and
secure
the
permits,
and
then
we're
excited
to
soon
invite
community
and
neighborhood
groups
to
participate
along
the
race
route
and
highlight
our
welcoming
and
vibrant
community.
We
do
have
a
page
set
up
that
anyone
can
subscribe
to
to
to
stay
up
to
date
on
information
as
it's
released
and
then,
lastly,
we
invite
any
everyone
to
lace
up
those
running
shoes
and
hit
bellevue's
amazing
park
system
and
trail
system
to
start
training
for
the
for
the
run
in
september.
Q
Early
bird
price
is
already
up
and
you
can
register
so
it's
time
to
start
implementing
those
new
year
resolutions.
B
Well,
I'm
looking
forward
to
supporting
my
fellow
council
members
in
this
race.
Mr
miyake,
did
you
have
another?
You
have
another
topic
right.
O
Yes,
thank
you
mayor
and
council
members.
There's
one
last
item
I'd
like
to
report
on
and
that's
the
city's
response
to
the
storm
snowstorm
that
occurred
over
the
holiday
season.
As
I
mentioned
last
week,
the
elvis
saw
its
first
winter
storm
hit
on
christmas
and
continued
through
the
new
year's
weekend.
Our
one
city
team
did
an
outstanding
job
of
addressing
snow
removal
on
the
road
and
at
city
facilities
and
in
working
with
our
partner
organizations
to
support
that
house
community
of
the
bellevue
of
bellevue
during
this
storm.
I'm
joined
this
evening.
O
Thus
this
evening,
our
chris
long,
our
transportation
department
assistant
director,
he
will
report
out
on
our
snow
removal
actions
and
then
joining
him
is
bianca
siegel,
our
assistant
director
of
policy
and
programs
out
of
the
city
manager's
office,
to
report
out
on
the
city's
response
to
support
that
house
with
that
I'll
go
ahead
and
turn
it
over
to
you.
Chris.
R
Mayor
new
house
and
council
for
having
us
here
today
to
talk
about
the
exceptional
work
that
was
done
by
our
crews
and
our
staff
to
support
this
storm.
R
So
we're
going
to
cover
three
topics
today,
a
little
bit
background
on
the
preparedness
of
what
we
do
to
get
ready
for
these
storms,
the
timeline
of
the
storm
and
then
the
response
that
we
got
from
the
community
and
a
thank
you
to
the
staff
that
helped
support
this
effort.
R
So,
first
regarding
preparedness,
when
I
was
here
in
november,
presenting
on
how
we
get
prepared
each
year,
you
saw
this
slide.
It's
very
familiar,
showing
our
crews,
getting
all
our
equipment,
checked
and
rechecked
to
make
sure
we're
ready
for
the
storm,
and
this
includes
over
150
staff
that
go
through
an
online
training
as
well.
R
We
also
restock
on
our
four
supply
locations
in
the
city
with
all
of
our
treatment
materials
and
and
make
sure
that
everything
is
ready
by
november
1st,
which
we
were
again
this
year
to
talk
about
our
coordination
with
our
partner
organizations
related
to
the
unhoused
residents
of
bellevue.
Bianca
will
take
that
item.
S
Hi
good
evening,
the
support
for
our
unhoused
residents
in
bellevue
requires
ongoing
and
active
collaboration
among
city
departments
and
service
providers,
other
east
side,
cities
and
regional
agencies.
Preparation
for
the
additional
challenges
presented
by
adverse
weather
events
for
our
in-house
community
members
began
last
fall
in
earnest.
We
developed
communication
protocols,
checked
with
shelters
to
anticipate
their
needs,
provided
donations
of
warm
clothing
and
updated
information
about
shelters
and
city
warming,
centers
for
the
communications
team
to
disseminate
during
weather
events.
R
So,
jumping
into
the
storm,
this
no
two
storms
are
alike,
and
this
one
had
many
unique
factors
to
it:
the
first
being
that.
T
R
Hit
right
in
the
middle
of
the
holidays,
we
first
heard
that
the
snow
may
be
coming
on
december
20th,
which
put
our
team
in
gear
to
figure
out
how
we
were
going
to
staff
a
storm
through
the
holidays
by
the
23rd
we
had
the
fleet
prepared
and
a
staffing
plan
in
place.
R
First,
crews
hit
the
road
new
year's
eve
to
do
some
pre-treating
before
we,
some
of
the
hills
started
to
see
snow,
but
the.
U
R
Event
started
on
christmas
day
at
at
11
p.m.
R
When
we
started
our
first
12
hour
shift
and
began
our
emergency
operations
for
the
storm,
which
includes
opening
our
event
dispatch
center
and
then
like
clockwork
and
according
to
the
forecast,
the
snow
hit
on
the
morning
of
december
26th
and
dumped
a
nice
layer
of
six
inches
of
snow
for
us
all
to
enjoy
the
day
after
christmas,
so
that
continued
and
into
through
the
26th
and
through
to
about
the
28th.
R
We
worked
primarily
on
getting
our
primary
arterials
open
and
then
we
were
able
to
get
into
the
neighborhoods
just
before
the
second
round
of
snow
came,
which
added
about
another
four
to
six
inches
across
the
city.
So
what
that
one
cleared
up
pretty
quickly
gave
us
the
opportunity
to
get
back
into
the
neighborhoods
and
get
those
roads
clean
just
in
time
for
an
ice
event.
So
we
had
freezing.
R
R
We
did
have
a
few
other
little
side,
events
with
flooding
in
a
few
locations
that
we
quickly
dealt
with,
but
it
seems
that
our
roads
are
all
back
to
normal.
Now
the
length
of
the
storm
did
provide
an
opportunity
to
further
test
our
automated
vehicle,
locating
system
which
one
which
was
one
of
the
byproducts
of
the
livable
city
year
project
we
did
with
uw
students
the
length
of
the
storm,
also
tested
the
garbage
and
recycling
compacting
skills
of
residents
in
bellevue.
R
Many
of
us
still
have
not
had
our
garbage
picked
up
and
most
did
not
have
any
garbage
pick
up
the
the
week
of
the
snow
and
then
the
second
week
when
the
ice
events
happened.
It
delayed
garbage
again
for
some
refer,
but
the
majority
did
get
picked
up
later
in
that
week
and
those
that
were
delayed
for
a
second
week
had
the
opportunity
to
take
their
garbage
or
recycling
to
bannerwood
park
or
the
north
bellevue
community
center.
S
Thanks
chris,
so
both
in
advance
of
and
during
the
storm
staff
from
the
city,
manager's
office
parks
and
community
services
and
bellevue
fire
cares
worked
together
really
closely
to
respond
to
evolving
needs.
We
participated
in
daily
meetings
with
the
king
county,
regional
homelessness
authority,
east
side,
cities
and
shelter
providers
that
group
facilitated
information
sharing
and
resources
to
support
each
other
during
that
period
of
increased
need.
One
way
that
the
city
responded
to
those
needs
was
to
use
our
social
media
tools
to
request
additional
donations
of
warm
clothing
for
our
shelters
and
the.
S
S
The
regional
homelessness
authority
maintained
daily
counts
of
folks
in
our
communities,
who
were
served
by
shelters
as
a
whole.
Shelters
on
the
east
side
on
average
collectively
hosted
around
250
individuals
each
night
between
december
23rd
and
january.
First,
both
congregations
for
the
homeless
and
the
sofia
way
sophia's
place
temporarily,
provided
additional
beds
to
accommodate
increased
need
during
that
time,
and
thanks
to
that
temporarily
expanded
capacity
as
well
as
access
to
hotel
vouchers.
R
So
we
did
a
lot
of
communicating
to
the
public
throughout
the
storm
through
our
social
media
channels
and
received
a
lot
of
great
feedback.
Here's
one
example
of
a
resident
who
just
wanted
to
give
us
her
appreciation
for
keeping
this
the
roads
clear.
R
Another
great
example
was,
I
was
actually
out
with
this
plow
driver
up
in
somerset.
I
took
this
video
that
we
posted
on
on
summer
or
on
twitter,
and
one
of
the
residents
said.
Oh,
please
come
to
my
neighborhood
on
southeast
63rd.
We
had
her
connect
with
our
o
m
site
by
the
next
morning.
We
had
our
street
clown.
So
a
lot
of
great
stories
like
that
that
came
out
of
this
storm
so
but
I
I
need
to
wrap
up
with
just
thanking
all
the
great
staff
that
participated,
our
parks
and
community
service
departments.
R
R
O
That
that
concludes
my
city
manager
reports
for
this
evening,
mayor.
B
Okay,
I
think
I'm
I'm
going
to
ask
council
members
on
very
briefly
to
share
her
what
her
she's
doing
in
dc
right
now
for
the
city
council.
G
Yes,
thank
you
mayor.
I'm
delighted
to
be
part
of
tomorrow's
session.
The
city
of
bellevue
is
hosting
a
vision,
zero
and
technology
roundtable
in
washington
dc,
and
this
is
an
amazing
opportunity
to
highlight
our
track
record
of
success
and
also
winning
the
national
roadway
safety
award
from
fhwa
and
forming
multiple
technology
collaborations.
G
We
will
have
some
introductory
remarks
from
the
national
transportation
safety
board,
chair,
jennifer
homeindy,
and
then
we
have
a
number.
We
have
representatives
from
the
d.o.t
from
congressional
members
offices
of
representatives
from
private
companies
that
are
part
of
our
collaboration,
as
well
as
representatives
from
its
america
roadway
safety
foundation,
as
well
as
a
number
of
other
representatives
from
consulting
firms
that
are
embarked
on
this
work
with
vision,
zero.
G
So
it
should
be
a
really
exciting
time
where
we'll
be
able
to
break
into
some
working
groups
to
be
able
to
brainstorm
additional
ideas
for
success,
and
I
think
it's
a
it
positions
bellevue
very
well
for
the
future,
in
terms
of
federal
grants
associated
with
the
vision,
zero
effort
to
make
our
roads
as
safe
as
possible
for
our
communities.
Thank
you,
mayor.
B
Thank
you,
and
thanks
for
being
there
for
us
next,
we
have
consent
calendar.
Is
there
a
motion
to
approve
the
consent.
B
B
We
have
two
or
three.
I
think
we
have
three.
I
can't
see
my
notes
anyway,
mr
miyaki,
would
you
like
to
introduce
the
first
one.
O
Sure
thank
you
mayor
and
council
members.
The
first
topic
this
evening
is
on
the
recommended:
land
use
code
and
bellevue
city
code
amendment.
These.
W
Great.
Thank
you.
Sorry.
I
had
some
unmuting
issues
good
evening,
mayor
robinson,
deputy
mayor
noon,
house
and
members
of
the
council
tonight,
as
mr
miyake
explained,
we're
going
to
present
a
set
of
routine
code
cleanups
to
the
land
use
code
which
have
been
recommended
by
the
planning
commission
and
will
also
present
on
a
number
of
bellevue
city
code,
amendments
or
bccas,
which
do
not
require
planning
commission
review.
W
So
we
will
be
asking
the
council
for
direction
this
evening
to
prepare
the
ordinances
for
final
action
at
a
future
meeting
and
given
the
administrative
and
routine
nature
of
these
code
amendments,
we
do
plan
to
bring
back
the
four
ordinances
for
adoption
on
the
consent
calendar
so
just
to
cover
our
agenda.
So
we'll
begin
by
providing
a
brief
background
of
what
a
cleanup
land
use
code,
amendment
and
bellevue
city
code.
W
Amendment
is
we'll
also
discuss
the
recommended
luca,
which
includes
a
presentation
by
the
planning
commission,
chair,
malukushin
and
then
we'll
then
cover
the
bellevue
city
code
amendments
and
then
end
the
presentation
with
a
description
about
next
steps.
For
this
luca
and
the
bcca.
W
W
The
amendments
are
intended
to
improve
clarity,
internal
consistency
and
correct,
outdated
references
and
citations
that
typically
occur
when
other
code
amendments
happen
in
the
city,
the
amendments
are
minor
in
nature
and
are
limited
to
items
that
are
not
substantive.
Do
not
address
policy
issues
or
warrant
independent
code
amendments.
X
Thanks
nick
so
we'll
start
with
just
a
really
light
touch
on
the
recommended
luca.
We
have
generally
two
categories
of
amendments
included.
First,
category
are
amendments
for
references
and
numbering
and
the
the
types
of
pieces
that
we've
included
within
that
category
include
cases
where
we
have
an
internal
reference
to
another
section
of
the
land
use
code,
that's
incorrect
or
pointing
to
an
incorrect
fear
code
or
comprehensive
plan.
X
Those
cases
it's
very
clear
within
the
context
of
the
code
that
it
is
an
error
and
what
the
correct
reference
should
be.
We
also
have
a
couple
outdated
definitions
that
we
recommend
removing
reference,
an
outdated
reference
to
the
samamish
community
council.
The
second
category
of
amendments
are
for
internal
consistency
and
clarity,
and
these
include
cases
such
as
an
example
of
a
graphic
within
our
code
that
clearly
conflicts
with
the
code
language.
As
the
code
language
governs,
we've
updated
that
graphic
to
match
the
code
language.
X
Y
Y
Before
making
this
recommendation,
we
did
not
receive
any
comments
from
community
members
or
any
other
interested
parties.
The
planning
commission
agreed
with
the
staff
that
the
proposed
amendments
are
necessary
and
appropriate
for
a
clean
up
luca.
Basically,
as
it
has
been
mentioned,
these
amendments
are
administrative
in
nature
and
there
is
no
need
for
more
substantive
review.
Y
Y
This
recommendation
is
included
in
the
planning
commission
resolution
as
attachment
a
of
your
packet.
I
now
give
it
back
to
our
amazing
city
of
staff
to
continue
the
presentation.
X
Thanks
chair
malachucian
I'll
now,
pivot
to
the
proposed
city
code
amendments,
as
mentioned
these
were
presenting
to
the
council
tonight.
For
the
very
first
time
we
do
have
the
same
categories
of
amendments
as
with
the
luca
references
and
numbering
internal
consistency
and
clarity,
though
a
fewer
number
of
amendments
which
I'll
now
walk
through
briefly
next
slide.
X
So
the
first
category,
references
and
numbering,
we
have
two
instances
where
the
city
code
has
an
internal
reference
to
another
point
in
the
city
code:
that's
incorrect,
which
will
be
fixing
one
instance
where
there
is
an
incorrect
reference
to
the
rcw
next
slide
and
then
for
internal
consistency
and
clarity.
Both
of
these
are
in
our
clearing
and
grading
code.
X
X
The
second
adds
a
missing
word
within
a
phrase
that
is
clear
within
the
context
what
it
should
be
next
slide.
X
Those
are
all
the
city
code
amendments
again
more
greater
number
with
the
luca,
but
our
steps
so
far
and
looking
forward.
As
mentioned,
we
had
a
set
a
study
session
with
the
planning
commission
back
in
october.
Just
on
the
lucca.
We
did
go
to
the
evcc
for
a
courtesy
hearing
in
november.
At
that
time
the
ebcc
did
not
share
any
concerns
with
us.
X
The
planning
commission
had
a
public
hearing
in
december
where
they
made
their
recommendation
on
the
luca
which
brings
us
to
today.
This
is
the
the
single
study
session
we
have
planned
with
the
city
council
at
a
future
date.
We
would
like
to
come
back
for
action
with
bringing
the
ordinances
back
on
the
consent
calendar
and
then
following
the
action
we
will
return
to
the
evcc
for
a
public
hearing
and
action
on
the
lucca
next
slide.
Please.
X
B
Great
thank
you
chairmal
cushion
thank
you
for
being
here
tonight
and
for
your
explanation
of
the
work
that
the
planning
commission
has
done
and
thank
you
to
staff
for
this
presentation
and
your
good
work.
I'm
going
to
let
councilmember
barksdale
as
chairs
the
liaison
to
the
planning
commission
start
us
off.
H
B
I
No
just
really
brief.
I
also
support
bringing
this
forward.
I
support
bringing
it
forward
on
consent,
and
I'm
just
so
excited
to
start
seeing
some
of
this
backlog
of
work
that
we
need
to
do
in
the
clean
up
of
the
code
happening.
So
I
just
really
want
to
give
two
thumbs
way
up
for
that
to
the
planning
commission
staff
and
keep
it
going
and
welcome
christina.
I
think
this
is
the
first
time
you've
presented
to
us
well
done.
E
E
I,
however,
I
think,
since
you
know
it
was
mentioned
by
the
staff,
it's
not
significant
real
then
use
change.
It's
just
you
know
clarifying.
E
You
know
making
sure
things
are
consistent,
so
I
don't
think
it
would
have
any
substantive
change
of
anything,
so
I'm
very
comfortable
with
it,
and
I
want
to
like
councilman
roberts
and
robertson
think
this
to
the
staff
to
do
another
four
years.
They
did
it
four
years
ago,
so
you
know
and
they
plan
to
do
it
more
frequently.
Okay,
that's
that's
fine,
but
I
do
have
a
question.
However,
that's
why
I
raised
my
hand.
E
How
did
even
though
there
were
some
changes
like
you
know,
50
50
feet
on
the
on
the
shoreline
change
50
feet
rather
than
something
else,
so
when
it
was
reflecting
50
feet
or
something
else,
how
did
it
affect
the
actual
land
use
at
that
time?
If
there's
a,
if
there's
a
inconsistent
specification
so
now,
when
we
change
it,
how
does
it
affect
the
future
with
the
change?
E
W
E
Just
one
example:
you
know
I
mean
I
don't
know
what
the
other
changes
that
sounded
to
me.
Like
a
substantive,
you
know,
you're
talking
about
somebody
who's,
doing
something
based
on
what
you
specify
50
feet,
now:
you're
changing
it
and
to
whatever
the
distance
might
be
so
that
would
have
an
impact
so.
W
For
for
that
particular
example
with
the
clearing
and
grading
code
change.
So
as
this
council
is
aware,
the
shoreline
master
program
update
occurred
in
2018
before
that
update.
The
shoreline
area
was
considered
a
critical
area
and
it
was
all
regulated
under
the
one
chapter.
W
The
critical
areas
chapter
and
clearing
and
grading
permits
were
we're,
calling
out
a
need
for
a
permit
when
there
is
grading
activity
within
a
critical
area,
and
so
we
would
consider
this
amendment
a
conformance
amendment
that
now
identifies
that
a
clearing
grading
permit
is
required
within
the
shoreline
vegetation
area,
which
is
the
term
that's
used
in
the
shoreline
code
to
be
consistent
with
our
practice
that
we
do
require
a
grading
permit
if
there
is
grading
within
that
shoreline,
vegetation
area,
and
so
the
the
change
is
really
just
to
point
to
the
right
term.
W
Now,
since
the
critical
pointing
to
the
critical
areas,
ordinance
is
no
longer
going
to
cover
the
grading
activity
within
the
shoreline,
so
this
was
just
to
conform.
E
E
I
don't
know
what
it
is,
but
if
it's
a
distance,
if
they
have
to
meet
that
requirement,
they
did
okay,
now
you're
gonna
change,
that
for
the
future
and
whether
that
requirements,
change
or
not,
something
like
the
requirement
hasn't
changed
or
if
it
has,
it
doesn't,
has
not
affected
anybody,
but
if
indeed
it
did,
somebody
tried
to
do
something
before
some
of
them
do
the
same
thing
in
the
future
and
then
the
actual
requirement
has
changed.
That
would
have
made
a
difference.
W
Well,
there
is
no
with
this
amendment.
There
is
no
change
in
our
administration
of
of
our
grading
permit
requirement
and
it
doesn't
change
the
distance
either.
I
mean
it
doesn't
change
the
allowance
of
whether
someone
could
in
fact
grade
within
that
shoreline
area.
It's
just
memorializing
the
code
that
a
grading
permit
is
required
for
that
activity.
E
Well,
that's
what
I
I
get
from
your
presentation.
I
mean
from
what
the
message
you're
giving
us
and
I
think
that's
what
the
planning
commission
probably
understand.
So
there's
no
substantive
change,
there's
no
substance
change,
but
when
I
read
that
distance
difference
I
thought
that
might
be
and
you
explained
it
and
I
take
a
word
for
it.
E
Otherwise
somebody
will
be
complaining,
say:
hey
you
made
me,
do
something
that's
different
than
what
I
you
know
now
and
in
the
future,
but
I'm
good,
but
I
just
want
to
raise
that
question
yeah,
making
sure
it
doesn't
actually
substantively
affect
the
application
of
the
usage
of
the
land
use
code.
Thank
you.
B
So
nick
it
sounds
like
like
there
was
maybe
some
confusion
as
to
what
was
allowed
and
not
allowed
before
this
change,
and
I'm
wondering
if
somebody
improperly
did
some
work
close
to
the
shoreline,
and
now
the
code
clarifies
that
you
can't
do
that
without
a
permit.
Is
that
going
to
affect
them
retroactively
for
work?
That's
already
been
done.
W
No,
this
this
code,
amendment
would
set
the
standard
for
when
a
permit
is
required,
and
so
future
work
would
require
a
permit
if
it
met
the
threshold
in
the
clearing
grade
code
to
require
a
permit,
but.
B
Okay,
terrific
any
other
comments
or
questions.
Okay,
well,
there's
a
motion
here,
a
recommended
motion,
deputy
mayor:
would
you
like
to
give
us
that
please
certainly.
O
Okay,
american
council
members.
The
second
topic
on
your
study
session
is
then
informational
presentation
on
measures
our
fire
department
has
taken
increased
to
have,
has
taken
to
increase
the
gender
diversity
to
close
the
gender
gap
within
the
department.
So
joining
us
this
evening
are
fire
chief
jay,
hagen
cameron,
olson,
the
fire
department,
public
information
officer,
as
well
as
our
firefighter
emily
peterson.
T
Thank
you,
city
manager,
miyaki
good
evening,
mayor
robinson,
deputy
mayor
newinghouse
and
members
of
council.
While
we
have
a
general
mandate
under
our
diversity
advantage
plan
to
have
a
staff
that
reflects
the
diversity
we
find
in
our
community.
The
purpose
of
our
informational
presentation
tonight
is
about
recruiting
women
additional
female
firefighters,
and
it
is
my
pleasure
to
introduce
you
to
lieutenant
camry
olson,
our
public
information
officer,
who
will
begin
our
informational
presentation
this
evening.
T
Z
That
represents
11
000
women,
firefighters
out
of
a
total
of
350
000
career
firefighters
across
the
country.
They
also
report
that
there
are
over
50
percent
of
departments
in
this
country
that
actually
don't
have
any
female
firefighters
at
all.
Here
in
bellevue.
Right
now,
we
have
eight
working
female
firefighters
that
are
on
the
line
or
in
admin
positions
as
well
as
two
women
that
are
right
now
in
our
fire
academy
that
just
started
last
week.
Z
That
represents
four
and
a
half
percent
of
our
total
firefighter
staffing
of
220
members.
So
with
that,
we're
just
a
little
bit
over
what
the
national
average
is.
Bellevue
fire
department
and
the
city
of
bellevue,
though,
have
the
distinction
of
having
hired
the
first
career
female
firefighter
in
the
history
of
washington
state.
Z
I
Z
Z
She
stayed
an
active
member
of
our
union,
so
I
got
to
know
her
right
away
and
one
thing
that
really
impressed
me
was
not
just
her
career
and
having
been
the
first,
but
how
humble
and
modest
she
was
about
that
accomplishment,
and
I
know
it
had
to
have
been
difficult
back
in
those
days
to
have
been
the
first,
but
she
never
really
wanted
to
talk
about
that.
She
just
wanted
to
talk
about
having
an
incredible
career,
how
much
she
loved
the
job
and
how
much
she
loved
the
people
that
she
worked
with.
Z
Sadly,
we
lost
her
in
2018
after
a
five
year
battle
with
breast
cancer,
and
she
had
started
a
team
of
mostly
firefighters,
doing
the
bike
ride.
That
benefits
raises
money
at
fred,
hutch
and
the
event
is
called
obliteride
and
I
have
the
honor
of
still
captaining
being
captain
of
that
team
and
we
call
it
jeanette's
cancer.
Crushing
crusaders
and
we
raise
money
every
year
in
her
honor.
Z
So
we
know
that
we
need
to
the
the
importance
of
having
a
diverse
workforce
and
it's
going
to
take
some
effort
on
our
part,
and
we
really
want
to
have
our
department
reflect
the
community
that
we
serve
to
that
end.
We've
implemented
many
of
the
recommendations
that
are
in
the
hiring
for
equity
managers
guide
through
the
city
of
bellevue,
and
that
includes
blind
applications
and
phone
interviews,
as
well
as
having
other
department
people
sit
in
on
our
interview
panels,
as
well
as
diversity.
Z
We're
also
involved
in
some
regional
and
local
recruitment
efforts.
So
we
really
we
recognize
that
we
have
to
reach
women
at
a
young
age
to
let
them
know
that
this
is
a
career
opportunity
for
them.
We
can't
wait
until
they've
chosen
other
career
paths
and,
to
that
end,
there's
some
events
that
we're
involved
with
and
one
is
called
camp
blaze
and
camp
blaze
is
a
it's
a
nationwide
event.
Z
Another
event
is
called
future
women
and
ems
and
fire,
and
this
one
is
based
in
king
county.
It's
for
women,
18
or
or
older
that
are
in
the
county,
and
it
is
a
two-day
workshop
that
women
can
attend
and
they
get
to
hear
perspectives
from
another
number
of
other
female
firefighters
and
what
it's
like
in
times
when
it's
not
held
virtually
they've,
had
a
chance
to
get
some
hands-on
experience.
Z
Most
recently,
we've
been
really
honored
to
host
the
king
county
fire
chiefs
association,
the
first
diversity
and
recruitment
workshop,
and
we
had
it
right
here
at
city
hall,
and
it
was
a
great
event.
Participants
had
a
chance
to
hear
from
some
motivational
speakers
from
diverse
backgrounds
on
why
they
chose
a
career
in
fire
service
as
well
as
attending
breakout
sessions.
That
would
demystify
the
testing
process
because
it
is
pretty
complex.
Z
We've
had
some
local,
more
internal
events
that
we've
been
involved
with
to
some
recruitment
efforts.
In
2019
I
had
the
honor
of
mentoring,
an
intern
from
the
big
picture
school
grace
huxtable.
She
was
also
one
of
our
fire
explorers
and
very
very
motivated
she'd,
been
in
the
program
since
she
was
15
years
old
and
her
project
was
to
recreate
a
video
that
its
design
was
to
motivate
and
inspire
other
young
women
like
her
to
become
female
firefighters
and
pursue
this
profession
in
the
future.
Z
Z
It
received
a
lot
of
positive
feedback
when
we
push
it
out
on
our
social
media
channels
and
on
bellevue
television's
youtube
channel
right
now.
It
has
over
a
thousand
views
so
right
now,
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
emily
peterson
she's,
one
of
our
firefighters
and
acting
engineers
and
she's,
going
to
tell
you
about
some
other
initiatives
that
we've
been
involved
with.
AA
AA
She
assembled
a
team
of
female
instructors
from
fire
departments
across
the
county
to
assist,
and
the
participants
had
a
chance
to
practice
the
skills
listed
on
this
slide.
Another
one
of
my
co-workers.
Jesse
cartwright,
wanted
to
conduct
an
event
similar
to
camp
blaze,
but
hold
it
specifically
for
girls
in
the
bellevue
area,
who
could
potentially
become
bellevue
firefighters.
AA
Her
camp
was
originally
scheduled
at
our
training
center
for
the
summer
of
2021,
but
had
pandemic
precautions
caused
it
to
be
delayed,
we're
optimistic.
We
can
host
it
again
or
host
it
for
the
first
time
this
summer
and
on
this
next
slide
here,
you
can
see
that
similar
camps
have
led
many
women
to
careers
in
the
fire
service.
We're
optimistic
that
our
local
efforts
can
yield
similar
similar
results
for
bellevue
fire.
AA
AA
AA
I
can
attest
to
this
as
someone
who
was
described
as
scrawny
in
high
school
physical
agility
tests
have
also
evolved
over
time
to
ensure
that
we're
testing
on
actual
ability
to
perform
firefighting
tasks
rather
than
non-specific
strength,
measurements,
promotional
opportunities
are
available
to
all
firefighters
of
the
18
female
firefighters,
bellevue
has
had
five
had
have
become
officers,
three
paramedics
and
two
firefighter
engineers.
AA
We
currently
have
two
others
who
serve
as
acting
firefighter
engineers,
including
myself,
and
will
likely
promote
to
this
position
in
the
future
and
then
pregnancy
and
motherhood.
So
in
1999,
two
of
our
female
firefighters
were
pregnant.
At
the
same
time,
they
went
on
to
what
we
call
modified
duty
assignments
during
their
pregnancies
and
came
back
to
their
regular
duty
assignments
after
their
maternity
leave
was
over.
AA
Then
we
had
over
20
years
where
none
of
our
women
experienced
pregnancy,
but
in
2020
we
again
had
two
pregnant
members
at
the
same
time,
myself
being
one
of
them,
and
I
too
went
on
modified
duty
and
when
I
returned
after
my
maternity
leave,
I
remember
experiencing
how
empowered
I
felt
to
hold
the
identity
of
both
mother
and
firefighter
and
then
realizing
how
closely
those
two
really
are,
because
in
the
end,
it
is
about
caring
for
people
in
january
of
2021
camry,
in
conjunction
with
a
group
of
fire
department,
pios
across
all
of
king
county,
hosted
a
media
event
with
the
topic
of
female
firefighters
and
motherhood.
AA
AA
Z
So
thank
you
for
again
for
having
us
to
give
this
presentation
informational
only,
but
you
can
tell
that
we,
the
women
who
are
in
this
profession,
are
very
excited
to
recruit
others
to
the
job,
because
it
is
a
fantastic
job
and
we
realize
the
benefits
of
sharing
that
with
others.
Thank
you.
B
H
All
right,
thank
you,
mayor.
I'm
really
glad
to
see
the
work
to
improve
gender
equity
in
the
fire
service.
I
wanted
to
ask
a
couple
of
clarifying
questions
for
the
eight
women
currently
part
of
the
fire
service
and
two
that
are
in
the
academy.
How
many
are
black,
indigenous
or
people
of
color.
Z
Right
now
I
don't
think
any
of
them
are
and
we
we
know
that
we
still
have
a
lot
a
long
way
to
go.
We're
striving
to
increase
that
diversity
in
all
of
our
ranks,
the
the
event
we
just
held
at
city
hall,
that
diversity
and
recruitment
workshop.
Like
I
said
we
were
able
to
look
at
the
demographic
demographics
across
the
board
of
people
who
did
sign
up
for
that
and
even
in
the
women
there
was
a
higher
diversity
in
that
group.
Z
So
these
efforts
may
take
a
while
to
come
to
fruition,
but
we
are
striving
to
definitely
increase
that.
So
thank
you
great
question.
H
All
right,
just
a
comment,
definitely
was
still
thinking
about
women
in
this
situation:
the
intersectionality
between
gender,
race
and
other
dimensions
of
diversity.
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
would
be
really
helpful,
especially
as
we're
reporting
on
it
is
to
include.
H
D
Thank
you,
mayor
great
presentation
just
wanted
to
thank
lieutenant
olsen
and
emily
for
being
such
a
great
inspiration
to
to
to
women
everywhere,
and
not
only
in
our
city,
but
hopefully
in
the
whole
state
that
see
all
these
great
programs
and
and
and
media,
and
even
this
presentation,
and
hopefully
my
hope
is
just
like
with
my
daughter.
Quite
often
you
know,
unless
she
can
see
it,
she
doesn't
know
that
she
can
be
it.
D
You
can-
and
I
think
it'd
be
great
right
now
too,
if,
if
anyone
watching
right
now,
if
they
had
questions
or
had
never
thought
about
being
a
firefighter,
but
they
want
to
look
into
it,
what's
what's
the
best
next
step
for
them
lieutenant
olsen,
should
they
contact
you
as
a
place
in
the
website
that
they
can
reach
out
and
find
out
more
information
because
want
to
amplify
that
as
much
as
possible.
Z
So
we
do
have
a
career
section
on
the
website
and
the
first
step
is
going
through
one
of
the
testing
agencies
before
they
get
to
us,
and
so
we
we
are
now
going
to
the
national
national
testing
agency,
so
they
have
to
take
that
test.
But
what
we're
trying
to
institute
is
more
of
a
mentoring
program
before
people
even
get
to
that
point.
So,
yes,
they
can
contact
me,
I'm
trying
to
work
with
the
training
division
to
come
up
with
a
mentoring
list.
Z
So
when
people
reach
out
to
us
before
they
even
take
the
test,
we
can
sit
down
and
talk,
and
I
can
say,
on
a
personal
level,
I
have
talked
with
a
lot
of
women.
You
know
a
lot
of
the
our
other
firefighters
in
the
department
will
say:
hey.
I
have
this
friend
she's
thinking
about
becoming
a
department,
so
I
think
all
of
the
women
who
are
currently
serving
we
see
ourselves
in
that
role
of
wanting
to
be
meant
mentors
and
people
feel
free
to
reach
out
to
us.
So
that
is
an
important
tool.
G
Member
stokes,
yes,
thank
you.
You
know,
I
appreciate
the
effort
to
recruit
and
expand
participation,
because
I
do
think
what
you
talked
about
of
demystifying
the
testing
process
and
the
comments
made
about
how
we
make
sure
that
people
see
themselves
as
being
in
this
profession.
So
you
know
I
want
to
echo
councilmember
marksdale's
comment
about
what
are
we
doing
in
terms
of
outreach,
and
I
guess
when
I
think
about
this,
you
know
a
lot
of
times.
G
What
we
know
is
that
unless
we
have
exposure
and
outreach,
the
the
youth
are
not
even
gonna
understand
that
this
is
a
career
for
them
and
so
a
couple
things.
I
wondered
about
the
fire
explorer
program
for
youth
and
whether
how
that's
going
and
whether,
as
you
look
at
the
14
to
21
year
olds
in
that
program,
how's
that
going
what's
the
demographics
of
the
youth
that
are
participating
and
are
we
reaching
the
black,
indigenous
and
and
youth
of
color
and
then
the
other
question
is.
G
Is
I
recognize
that
we
don't
currently
have
any
women
of
color
in
our
in
our
fire
department?
Are
there
other
adjacent
fire
departments
that
do
have
some
that
we
could
partner
with
so
that
you
know
as
we
go
out
and
do
these
recruiting
events?
There
is
actually
a
reflection
of
biplock
women
as
firefighters,
because
I
do
think
that's
a
really
important
piece
and
certainly
we're
seeing
a
growth
of
of
women
as
firefighters.
G
But
I
think
that
there's
that
additional
hill
to
climb
when
it
comes
to
women
of
color
and
and
seeing
themselves
in
in
firefighting,
especially
since
the
work
that
we
do
are
in
stations
and
units
and
so
to
the
degree
that
they
feel
that
sense
of
welcome
and
belonging.
It
will
be
really
important.
Z
So
one
great
thing
when,
when
I
became
pio
we
it
was
a
brand
new
through
the
king
county
fire
chiefs
association.
There
is
a
pio
subgroup
and
to
that
end
we
have
been
able
to
partner
together,
and
there
are
other
departments
that
do
have
women
in
color,
so
women
of
color,
so
in
some
of
the
events
that
we've
had
those
partnerships
are
really
beneficial.
When
we
had
that
pregnancy,
women
in
pregnancy
and
firefighting,
we
did
have
some
women
from
other
departments.
Z
We
had
one
from
east
side
fire
and
rescue,
that's
hispanic,
so
we
were
able
to
represent
that
a
little
bit
more.
So
I
think
that's
a
great
benefit
that
we
do
have,
but
I
think
your
suggestion
is
great
is
is
to
keep
partnering
with
outside
agencies
to
ensure
that
we
have
that
represented.
Z
Yeah
the
fire
explorer
program,
so
during
the
pandemic
there
we
are
we,
some
of
them
graduated
like
grace
and
julian,
who
I
mentored
during
their
internships
and
then
because
of
the
pandemic.
Z
There
was
lowered
participation
in
it,
but
more
recently
we've
tried
to
prompt
it
up
again
on
the
website,
so
we
are
starting
to
get
more
participation,
but
as
far
as
what
the
reflection
of
diversity
in
that
I'm
not
heavily
involved
with
the
program,
so
we
would
have
to
get
back
to
that
and
let
you
know
what
we're
seeing
right
now,
because
we
have
had
some
new
signups
recently.
G
Z
One
thing
that
I
think
is
going
to
be
really
beneficial:
we're
getting
involved
with
the
boys
and
girls
club
and
I
just
joined
their
safety
committee,
and
I
think
that
that
is
going
to
be
a
great
partnership
for
us
to
have
throughout
the
city
to
try
to
reach
kids
at
an
early
age,
and
you
know,
promote
safety
but
also
promote
hey.
This
could
be
the
career
that
you
could
be
and
you
could
come
and
work
with
us
one
day.
So
I
think
that's
going
to
be
a
great
partnership
to
explore.
Z
F
I
think
the
deputy
mayor's
comment
about
you
know
having
young
women
see
other
women
involved
is
is
really
important
and
I
think
also
just
congratulations
to
the
chief
and
to
you
for
putting
this
this
program
together
and
and
sounds
like
you're
doing
a
tremendous
amount
of
work.
So
it's
good
to
hear
this
and
I
hope
that-
and
I
think
the
council
members
could
be
good.
You
know
ambassadors
as
well,
so
it's
good
to
have
us
on
board
on
this.
F
I
remember
when
I
first
came
on,
the
council
went
to
visit
a
couple
of
the
fire
stations
and
in
both
cases
there
were
a
couple
of
women
there,
and
that
was
that
was
very
impressive
and
I
think,
as
councilmember
barksdale
said,
we
can
and
we
can
help
on
this
work,
to
increase
the
diversity
of
the
and
of
the
fire
department,
and
I
think,
actually,
what
you're
doing
is
amazing
and
probably
will
have
an
effect
of
actually
increa
increasing,
really
good
candidates
all
across
the
board.
F
So
I
think
the
guy's
gonna
be
having
to
kind
of
catch
up
a
little
bit,
sometimes
because
this
is
really
really
good
work
and
very
impressive
and
supported
all
the
way
and
anything
we
can
do
to
help.
I
think
we'll
do
that.
Thank
you.
E
Thank
you
very
much.
I
want
to
compliment
you
on
a
great
program
to
work
out
and
chief
thanks
for
supporting
all
this,
and
you
can
tell
that
you
know
you
take.
You
have
a
lot
of
passion,
lieutenant
olsen
and
others.
I
I
think
that
you
you,
as
some
people
have
mentioned,
you
know
I
think
class
members
are
youth
is
a
great
great
place
to
go.
E
You
started
out,
you
know
talking
about
the
young
folks
from
16
to
20
something
and
they
come
up
with
the
idea
of
doing
video
for
you
right.
They
are
the
one
that
sends
them
just
like
they
say
hey,
you
know
something
they
are
interested
and
they
give
you
the
thousand
social
contacts.
You
know
this
is
a
amazing
thing,
and
this
is
where
you
are
actually
build,
recruit
right
and
they
are
looking
for
opportunities
in
the
future.
They
haven't
got
their
mindset,
yet
they
have
not
been
brainwise
to
say
I
gotta
be
an
engineer.
E
That's
it
right.
I
have
to
be
a
lawyer
they're
looking
for
models,
examples
and
you
are
providing
that
for
them.
You
know
so
young
people,
I
think
it's
the
the
best
source
and
you
know-
and
you
do
that
by
what
you're
doing
a
building
relationship
right,
you
build
relationship,
you
get
to
know
them,
they
look
they're,
knowing
you
then
you're,
building
activities
through
activities
you
improve
on
your
relationship.
E
They
they
see
what
you
do
and
then
they
get
involved
with
what
you
do
then
pretty
soon
they
take
ownership,
and
I
think
this
is
really
exciting.
The
way
the
exciting
part.
So
I
think
you
already
have
something
going.
So
don't
you
take
advantage
of
it
use
it,
and
I
do
a
lot
you
know
with
you
know
what
I
do
on
the
side
personally
work
with
young
people.
Another
thing
don't
forget:
young
people
can
actually
influence
their
parents,
adults
grown-ups,
so
some
some
older
people
say
I'm
looking
for
career
change.
E
I
don't
know
what
I'm
going
to
do,
I'm
you
know
30
35
years
old,
30
years
old
and
then
wow.
This
is
a
great
thing.
We
can
help
one
way
or
another
there's
something
in
public
servicing
firefighting
in
you
know,
and
that's
the
kind
of
thing
that
can
really
permeate
and
spread
out
and
get
people
excited.
E
E
You
want
to
talk
about
what's
needed
for
the
for
all
diversities
right,
so
you
have
something
to
work
on,
and
young
people
can
do
that
as
well.
You
know
what
things
they
can
do
to
talk
about.
It
become
a
conversation.
Then
they
are
involved.
They
get
excited
about
it.
Some
are
not
going
to
be
excited
to
say,
that's
fine,
bye-bye
right,
we
are
going
to
get
everybody
talk
to
you
to
sign
up.
E
So
I
think
this
is
a
great
program
and
that's
what
we
can
help
you
if
you
want
to
you,
know-
and
I
think
the
whole
city
when
we
go
out
reaching
out
to
the
community.
This
is
a
model.
You
know
you
can
help
and
with
your
success
and
you
can
prove
to
them.
You
know
what
you
can
do
as
a
great
community
service
in
firefighting.
B
I'm
sorry
councilmember
robertson,
did
you
have
anything
you
wanted
to
add
before
I
do
sure
I
mean.
I
Sure
I
just
I
I
everyone
kind
of
said
it
all,
but
what
a
great
presentation-
and
this
is
just
another
example
of
how
bellevue's
always
stretching
to
hit
above
our
marks-
and
so
I'm
really
really
pleased
to
see
this
program
that
the
department's
doing
it
reaching
out
to
young
women
and
making
sure
they
know.
This
is
an
option
because
I
think
a
lot
of
young
women
don't
see
this
as
an
option,
and
so
as
as
jared
said,
if
they
can
see
it,
they
can
be
it
so
love
it
love
it.
B
Yeah
and
I'll
just
say,
you
know
when
we
did
the
little
video
for
about
bellevue
during
covet
for
our
annual
report
to
the
bellevue
downtown
association
and
we
had
a
clip
of
a
female
firefighter
driving
the
truck,
and
I
wonder
if
that
was
emily.
I
don't
know
if
it
was
or
not,
but
it
was
so
inspiring
to
me
to
see
that
gave
me
courage.
So
it's
really
important.
You
know
that
adults
have
role
models
too
in
these
positions.
B
B
Okay,
it
is
7
37,
I'm
gonna
have
us,
take
a
break
till
7
45
and
we
will
finish
up
with
our
last
study
session
item.
Then.
B
O
So
mayor,
council,
member,
the
final
agenda
topic
on
your
study
session
agenda
is
an
informational
update
on
the
city's
arts
and
culture
program
and
just
by
way
of
background,
the
city's
arts
program
is
an
organizational.
T
O
Of
the
cultural
and
economic
development
office,
which
administers
multiple
programs
that
support
bailly's,
creative
and
diverse
community,
tonight's
informational
briefing
will
highlight
initiatives.
The
arts
and
culture
program
are
currently
working
on
plus,
what's
on
the
horizon,
so
joining
us
this
evening
are
jesse
pinedo
assistant,
director,
laurie
hoffman
arts,
community
manager,
both
from
the
community
development
department
and
with
that
I'm
going
to
turn
over
to
jesse.
U
Thank
you,
city
manager,
miyaki
may
robinson,
deputy
mayor
new
house
members
of
council
we're
looking
forward
to
tonight's
presentation.
U
U
Hopefully,
that
next
slide
will
pop
up
there
we
go.
U
Tonight's
presentation
is
for
information,
only
no
specific
direction
is
being
requested
tonight,
but
I
did
want
to
take
a
moment
to
highlight
that
the
information
that
lori
will
be
presenting
tonight
will
highlight
a
lot
of
work
that
is
going
to
be
coming
manifest
in
the
in
the
community
in
the
next
year
or
two
there's
been
a
lot
of
work
happening
in
the
background
over
the
last
two
years
on
additional
public
art
installations
to
ensure
that
that
everybody
who
experiences
bellevue
has
access
to
beautiful
art
and
creative
opportunities,
as
well
as
a
lot
of
work,
that's
being
happening
on
the
creative
district.
U
The
melbourne
arts
district
near
the
future
130th
station
you'll
also
get
a
very
brief
introduction
or
deeper
introduction
into
lori
who
joined
us
in
october
to
be
the
steward
of
our
arts
and
culture
program
here
in
bellevue,
and
is
going
to
be
a
very
strong
advocate
for
enhancing
our
role
as
a
regional
destination
for
the
arts
in
the
northwest,
and
with
that
I
will
hand
it
over
to
lori.
V
Thank
you
so
much
jesse.
My
name
is
laura
hoffman,
hello,
deputy
mayor
mayor
and
council
members.
Our
introduction
was
briefed
during
the
arts
grants
presentation
in
november.
So
it's
a
pleasure
to
formally
introduce
myself
to
council
this
week,
I'm
lori
hoffman,
I'm
the
new
arts
community
manager.
I
come
to
the
city
of
bellevue
from
the
great
state
of
montana.
By
way
of
shoreline
washington,
where
I
was
most
recently,
the
executive
director
of
shorelake
arts,
a
non-profit
arts
organization
serving
as
the
local
arts
agency
for
both
shoreline
and
lake
forest
park.
V
The
mission
of
the
bellevue's
art
program
is
to
encourage
and
support
the
arts
as
a
vital
part
of
community
life.
The
scope
of
the
arts
program
here
at
bellevue
includes
the
items
you
see
on
the
slide
in
front
of
you.
In
november,
you
received
an
update
on
the
arts
grants
and
tonight
we
were
lucky
to
hear
from
one
of
our
arts
grants,
recipients
and
tonight
you'll
also
hear
updates
on
bellwether
the
bell
right,
arts,
district
and
public
art.
V
We'll
begin
tonight
with
bellwether
bellwether
2021
was
a
feast
for
the
census
canceled
in
2022.
During
due
to
the
coven
19
pandemic,
bellwether
came
back
in
september
of
2021.
It
featured
a
wide
range
of
visual
and
performing
arts
across
several
sites,
including
the
bellevue
botanical
garden
for
the
first
time.
This
year
also
featured
a
new
collaboration
between
the
city
and
east
hub,
a
local
arts
non-profit
that
delivered
a
series
of
musical
events
as
well
as
assistance
with
sponsorship
and
partnership
development.
V
We're
thankful
for
the
partners
that
made
bellwether
possible,
including
the
bellevue
arts,
museum,
east
hub,
bellevue,
botanical
garden,
artistic
director,
sutton,
barris
kohler,
and
a
host
of
guest
artists
and
curators,
each
of
whom
contributed
to
make
bellwether
a
truly
unique
event.
Looking
forward,
we
plan
to
build
on
the
successes
of
these
partnerships
by
building
the
capacity
of
our
partner
organizations
and
gradually
reducing
city
workload.
On
this
event,
up
next
we'll
take
a
look
at
the
work
going
on
in
the
bellred
creative
arts
district.
V
The
bell
right
arts
district
is
within
a
neighborhood,
rapidly
transitioning
away
from
its
light.
Industrial
roots
work
is
underway
to
preserve
and
expand
the
current
arts
and
cultural
uses
in
2022.
The
city
of
bellevue
distributed
a
survey
as
part
of
a
larger
study
of
the
district
funded
by
four
culture
through
the
creative
consultancy
program
and
led
by
artist
katie
miller
results
in
miller's
research
were
compiled
into
the
bel-red
arts
district
project
report
delivered
to
the
city
in
2021.
V
The
resulting
report
is
one
of
the
first
pieces
of
research
that
includes
significant
feedback
from
local
businesses.
Employees
and
residents
about
bell
red
are
about
the
bellred
arts.
District
city
staff
will
be
using
lessons
learned
with
this
research
as
we
launch
future
project
projects
for
bellred.
The
report
is
broken
up
into
two
phases:
phase.
One
research
and
discovery
included
a
review
of
existing
plans
and
previous
work
related
to
bel-rad,
as
well
as
arts
and
cultural
district
planning
strategies
and
creative
place
making
toolkits.
V
The
findings
of
phase
1
identified
four
key
components
to
implementing
accessible
arts
district.
They
included
collaboration,
including
government,
academic
institutions,
businesses,
economic
and
nonprofit
agencies,
arts
and
culture
organizations
and
the
greater
community
arts
district
management.
The
creation
of
a
solidified
arts
district
management
system
is
vital
to
capacity
building
financing
funding
and
sustaining
a
plan
for
continued
financing
to
ensure
sustainability
of
the
arts.
District
should
be
established
early
in
district
planning
and
defining
arts
and
culture
within
the
arts
district.
V
It
is
vital
to
develop
a
clear
understanding
of
what
arts
and
culture
mean
with
and
to
the
bel-red
communities.
In
phase
two,
seven
key
areas
of
inquiry
were
identified
as
seen
on
the
slide
before
you
outreach
work
was
centered
around
the
question.
What
will
it
take
to
position
bell?
Red's
creative
sector
as
a
central
figure
to
belread's
growth,
ensuring
existing
arts
and
creative
businesses
benefit
future
investment
and
attract
new
artists
and
creative
businesses
to
the
neighborhood.
V
Regular
communications
with
the
arts
community
will
help
bring
awareness
that
the
city
has
a
plan
and
is
invested
in
the
establishment
of
the
arts.
District
balrat
is
in
the
midst
of
a
transition
and
has
the
opportunity
to
build
on
its
rich
history
and
multicultural
community
to
become
an
inclusive
and
diverse
arts
district
as
a
way
to
build
excitement
for
the
arts,
district
and
visually
single
forward.
Progress
new
artworks
have
been
installed
on
utility
boxes
across
bel
red,
with
15
utility
boxes
and
eight
locations
across
the
district
receiving
artwork
in
2021.
V
V
V
To
wrap
up
tonight
I'll
give
a
brief
update
on
some
in-progress
arts
installations,
including
downtown
park
fabrication
for
this,
so
starting
with
downtown
park.
Fabrication
for
this
keystone,
artwork
in
downtown
is
park
is
getting
underway.
The
artist
the
very
many
currently
expects
installation
to
take
place
in
quarter
2
of
2022
as
the
final
completion
date
is
solidified.
The
art
program
will
explore
the
option
of
a
grand
opening
with
the
parks
department.
V
V
Finally,
we
have
two
other
public
art
updates
tonight,
planned
for
installation
2023
at
the
intersection
of
spring
boulevard
and
130th
avenue.
This
bell
red
artwork
you
see
here,
is
by
artist
poshu
wang.
It
will
be
an
interactive
and
technical
artwork
featuring
a
sound
bath
where
users
can
trigger
a
quiet,
musical
collage
developed
from
recordings
of
well-read
musicians.
V
Also
in
bel-red
artist,
jill
anholt
is
currently
working
to
finalize
artwork
concepts
for
an
artwork
to
mark
the
pedestrian
route
from
spring
boulevard
to
the
120th
light
rail
station.
The
artist
is
developing
her
concepts
with
input
from
groups
with
historical
connections
to
bel-red,
including
local,
indigenous
communities
and
descendants.
Above
these
japanese
american
farmers
that
farmed
the
area
prior
to
their
incarceration
during
world
war
ii,
the
artist
has
been
responsive
to
feedback
from
these
groups,
and
will
the
final
designs
will
be
scheduled
for
delivery
in
2022..
V
B
F
Yeah,
thank
you,
mayor
really
good.
It's
really
great
to
have
laurie
on
on
board
just
gotten
to
know
her
working
with
working
with
the
commission,
some
good
conversations
and
I
think
we're
going
to
be
very,
very
well
staffed
and
and
led
in
this
whole
piece
and
appreciate
the
work
that
jessica,
nado
has
done
and
good
team
there.
I'm
just
so
excited
because
we've
been
doing
this
for
a
long
time.
F
I
was
just
thinking
about
belle
red
when
we
had
a
event
out
there
kind
of
showing
of
different
artists
there
and
as
bellevue
brewing,
has
just
opened
up
and
had
they.
Let
us
have
a
room
there
and
a
lot
of
talk
about
that.
It's
a
long
time
ago,
there's
a
lot
other
things
have
been
happening
over
the
years
and
what's
exciting
about
this.
Now
is
that
we've
been
talking
about
the
art
district.
F
We
talked
about
these
other
things
for
a
long
time
and
we're
actually
putting
things
in
place
and
that's-
and
there
are
a
lot
of
other
pieces
that
lori
hasn't
talked
about
we'll
get
to
those
later
on,
what
we're
going
to
be
doing
with
artists
and
how
we
can
make
the
arts
district
work,
but
it's
always
exciting
when
we,
you
know,
have
something:
that's
been
going
for
a
long
time
and
working
on
it
and
we
finally
get
to
a
point
where
we're
doing
it-
and
this
is
this
is
just
fantastic
and
the
other
aspect.
F
I
want
to
point
out-
and
I
know
that
lori
and
I've
talked
about
this
and
she's
excited
with
the
arts.
Commission
itself,
I
mean
they're,
just
an
amazing
group
of
people
very
diverse,
very
willing
to
and
get
out
and
work
with
us
and
bring
things
back
and
a
lot
of
our
artists.
It's
just
an
amazing
coming
together.
F
So
I'm
excited,
I
think,
we're
we're
launching
a
new
time
of
arts
and
culture
in
bellevue
in
many
many
ways,
and
but
I
think
we
have
a
top-notch
commission
and
director
to
our
leader
to
move
us
there.
So
I'm
excited
about
it
and
just
really
pleased
to
see
this
report
and
really
looking
forward
to
the
opening
of
the
downtown
park
that
whole
facility,
because
you
know
that
was
an
interesting
project
and
I
think
it's
just
going
to
be
an
amazing
one
for
bellevue
so
we're
this.
B
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
then
I'll
count
call
in
deputy
mayor.
Thank
you
for
the
presentation.
I
just
I
have
two
questions,
slash
comments.
I
really
want
to
know
how
we
can
divert
some
more
money
into
the
arts.
B
The
arts
never
been
shown
to
be
as
important
as
they
did
during
covet
and
just
having
the
bellwether
continue
and
the
other
arts
programs
was
so
important
to
our
community,
and
I
just
re
really
appreciate
the
efforts
that
went
into
that,
but
I
want
to
you
know,
think
about
how
we
can
get
more
money
into
our
arts
programs
and
the
other
question
I
have
is:
can
you
go
back
to
slide?
Eight?
Is
that
possible
sure
just
a
second.
A
U
While
laurie
gets
that
slide
up
mayor,
I
can
briefly
address
the
question
on
funding
and
revenue,
and
that
is
some
work,
we're
doing
as
we
work
on
the
arts
district,
and
we
also
will
be
having
some
updates
later
this
year
on
some
public
private
partnerships
that
we
are
working
to
put
in
place.
That
will
help
enhance
our
ability
to
deliver
arts
and
cultural
experiences
to
bellevue.
B
Well,
that
sounds
great.
Thank
you,
jesse
yeah,
thank
you.
So,
with
the
bellwether
exhibit
this
year
on
the
bottom
right,
I
was
fortunate
to
be
able
to
experience
the
wrenching
door,
which
is
the
one
on
the
bottom
right
corner,
and
I
I
really
love
this
display,
but
I
was
kind
of
struck
by
two
things.
B
First
of
all
there
wasn't,
I
don't
feel
enough
interpretation
given
to
the
people
who
were
surprised
by
these
beautiful
ladies
and
their
beautiful
shadows
walking
around,
because
they
didn't
know
what
it
was,
what
it
meant,
what
the
purpose
was,
and
it
seems
like
to
have
a
bellwether
artist
and
display
an
exhibit
like
that,
would
have
been
really
helpful
to
the
entire
city
to
have
a
little
more
interpretation
given
out
in
advance,
and
I
also
know
that,
because
there
was
not
a
whole
lot
of
interpretation,
there
was
a
little
hostility
from
some
people,
not
understanding
what
their
purpose
was,
which
made
the
artist
feel.
B
You
know
endangered
and
I
wonder
what
our
responsibility
is
to
the
artist
to
make
sure
that,
as
they
display
their
work,
that
it's
protected
and
that
they're
safe
in
being
an
artist
and
in
making
their
artistic
statement.
So
do
you
have
any
comments
on
that
sure.
V
Let
me
stop
my
share
here,
really,
quick.
I
think
your
your
comments
are
well
heard.
I'll
dress
the
one
end
with
some
context,
although
may
not
have
been
given
at
the
time
in
during
the
presentation
I
can
say,
one
of
the
really
wonderful
things
moving
forward
is
that
we
did
have
a
film
crew
with
that
artist
and
following
this
piece
as
it
was
happening.
So
as
that
piece
of
footage
gets
color,
corrected
and
ready
for
consumption,
we
will
have
on
the
bellwether
site
a
really
wonderful
film
of
the
entire
process.
V
The
artist
gets
to
speak
directly
into
the
camera
and
give
a
lot
of
that
context
so
living
forward
in
our
website.
We
will
have
a
really
robust
presentation
and
context
of
that
piece,
and
I
think
the
the
other
part
is
well
heard
about
hearing
some
more
con
or
providing
more
context
to
pieces
that
might
be
outside
of
folks's
expectation
if
they're
in
the
downtown
park
and
a
piece
of
artwork
comes
to
them.
So
I
think
that
we
will
hear
that
feedback.
V
Yeah,
I
think
that's
something
I
want
me
to
think
about
a
little
bit
more
and
making
sure
that
everyone
is
feeling
welcome
and
included.
We
don't
want
ever
want
to
be
in
a
place
where
an
artist
is
feeling
unsafe,
while
they're
presenting
their
piece
jesse.
Do
you
have
anything
you
feel
like
you
might
want
to
add
there.
U
Not
specifically,
it
is
definitely
something
we're
going
to
be
looking
at
as
we
as
we
said
earlier,
as
we
work
with
our
community
partners
to
look
at
how
we
can
make
more
of
this
type
of
experiential
art
available
in
the
city.
It's
also
a
growing
moment
we're
bringing
some
new
things
to
bellevue
that
haven't
been
seen
before.
So
I
think
we're
definitely
taking
our
lessons
learned
as
we
think
about
bellwether
and
other
experiences
going
forward.
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
considering
that,
let's
see
deputy
mayor.
D
Thank
you,
mayor,
lori
great,
to
have
you
with
the
city.
Thank
you
for
the
great
presentation
and
as
councilmember
stokes
said,
a
lot
of
great
things
happening
here,
lots
to
be
excited
about,
and
I
agree
with
the
mayor
that
you
know
additional
arts
funding
is
is
is
needed
in
order
to
accomplish
some
of
these
I'd,
say
wonderful.
D
We
have
you
know
beyond
the
bellroot
art
districts,
but
the
cultural
planning.
You
know
further
growing
bell,
weather
the
public
guards
and
the
arts
grants
it's
fantastic
and
it
does
feel
like
we
have
some
momentum
going
with
with
our
support
and
I
want
to
see
that
continue
and
get
even
stronger.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
the
presentation
tonight
and
a
great
collaborative
relationship
with
with
with
jesse
one
question
I
did
have.
D
I
I
think
if
someone
were
watching
the
presentation
tonight,
I
think
they
might
think
that
the
focus
a
lot
of
these
programs
is
downtown
in
bel
red
and
I
know
that's
not
the
case,
but
I
was
wondering
if
you
could
talk
a
little
bit
about
because,
let's,
let's
be
honest,
people
in
east
gate,
newport
hills,
they
love
art
too,
and
they
like
to
see
their.
You
know
the
the
the
wraps
around
their
utility
boxes
as
well.
D
So
I'm
just
kind
of
curious
how
that
plays
into
the
work
that
you're
doing
and
with
the
arts
commission.
How
are
you
looking
to
expand
the
arts
throughout
the
entire
city
or
or
those
neighborhoods
that
sometimes
don't
get
as
much?
You
know
consideration
for
arts
pro
as
downtown
and
bell
red.
Do
yeah.
V
Thank
you
for
that
question.
It's
a
great
one.
I
can
start
off
with
a
couple
of
couple
points,
so
we
do
have
a
large
public
art
collection
that
has
pieces
across
the
city.
We
engage
in
regular
maintenance
of
that
our
collection.
We
got
a
couple
big
things
coming
up
and
probably
the
later
part
of
this
year
that
we
weren't.
Quite
we
don't
have
like
a
design
yet
to
show
you,
but
projects
coming
up
include
a
new
public
artwork
piece
in
crossroads.
V
Be
funded
by
private
dollars,
we're
very
excited
by
that's
a
private
sponsorship.
We
also
in
that
same
private
sponsorship,
received
a
large
gift
of
funds
to
maintain
and
expand
the
children's
tiles
in
the
wilberton
area.
We're
very
excited
about
that.
Those
pieces
are
well
beloved
and
they
need
some
cleaning.
So
we're
excited
to
get
our
roll
up
our
sleeves
and
get
our
hands
dirty,
get
those
tiles
cleaned.
V
Beyond
that,
I
think
you
would
mention
the
box,
the
box
wraps,
and
we
were
simply
blown
away
by
the
positive
reception
to
the
box
wraps.
It
was
a
pilot
program
in
bel-rad,
we're
excited
to
roll
it
into
downtown,
and
if
we
can
work
with
our
partners
across
the
city
to
try
to
find
some
additional
funds
to
really
keep
rolling
that
across
the
city
we
would
love
to
box
wraps
are
not
hugely
expensive
when
you
consider
the
cost
of
some
public
art
and
they
do
have
a
function
and
reduce
reducing
graffiti
as
well.
B
H
All
right,
thank
you,
mayor
and
thanks,
lori
and
jesse,
for
the
update
really
excited
to
see,
especially
the
interactive
art
piece.
That's
coming.
I
think
I've
always
appreciated
interactive
art
because
it
encourages
people
to
engage
with
each
other
sort
of
a
social
lubricant.
If
you
will
for
people
to
connect
one
question
in
terms
of
discoverability
of
these
art
installations,
how
are
we
encouraging
making
it
easier
for
people
to
discover
these
art
installation
pieces
beyond
just
people
who
maybe
live
there
or
frequent
those
places.
V
Okay,
so
if
you
go
to
the
visit
bellevue
website,
there's
actually
a
walking
tour
of
a
public
art
collection,
we
also
maintain
a
fairly
interactive
list
of
them
as
well.
One
of
the
things
the
art
program
is
looking
at
doing
in
2022
is
getting
up
on
our
website
a
rotating
list
of
images
and
location
information
of
all
of
the
artwork,
which
we
actually
think
could
be
pretty
simply
done
so.
H
Just
one
last
point
I
think,
would
be
really
cool.
I
know
we've
used
ambassadors
or
math
had
ambassador
programs
in
the
past.
Is
that
something
that
we
have
or
considered
as
a
way
to
sort
of
promote,
not
just
the
art
installations
but
also
cultural
events,
and
things
like
that.
G
Councilmember
zan.
Yes,
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
presentation.
I
it
was
good
to
hear
the
status
of
the
gateway
park
and
when
that
art
installation
is
going
to
go
in,
I'm
excited
to
have
that
and
then
on.
The
utility
wraps
love
those.
So
if
we
could
move
that
faster
to
be
city-wide,
I
think
that
the
rest
of
the
communities
will
be
really
thankful
that
they
also
have
a
way
to
highlight
art,
and
especially
if
we
can
engage
the
youth
in
our
schools.
G
I
think
we
have
a
lot
of
really
talented
youth
in
our
schools
and
I
don't
know
how
many
of
the
art
wraps.
Currently
those
are
part
of
our
our
school
district
and
our
youth
that
are
there
and
then
double
down
on
the
finding
partners
for
funding,
because
when
I
was
reading
about
the
art
district
talks
about
art
district
management
as
a
connector.
So
that's
another
cost
item
that
we're
going
to
have
to
fund
as
well
as
how
we
actually
sustain
the
work
that
we're
doing
so.
G
And
then
you
know,
the
parson
open
space
plan
is
also
underway,
so
how
the
two
might
be
working
in
conjunction
because
a
lot
of
the
art
does
go
inside
of
our
parts
in
open
space
and
then
how
we
might
engage
with
it.
Because
I
was
thinking
about
you
talked
about
the
visit
bell
view.
Sometimes
there's
those
little
stations
too,
where
you
can
little
push
a
button
and
it
has
some
descriptions
or,
if
there's
some
apps,
that
allow
people
to
engage
with
art
and
then.
G
Lastly,
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
see
the
art
space
partnership
on
the
memo
about
creating
affordable
artists,
live
and
work
housing.
I
remember
going
to
city
hall
and
and
hearing
about
that.
I
think
it
was
about
five
years
ago,
so
it's
been
a
while
and
to
the
degree
that
we
can
move
that
a
little
faster,
because
it's
becoming
more
and
more
expensive
to
look
at
how
we
create
housing
and
so
that
co
live
and
work
for
artists,
artists,
lofts.
I
think
that's
going
to
be
super
important
as
we
move
forward.
V
I'm
going
to
start
with
the
art
space
piece,
because
I'm
really
glad
that
you
brought
that
up.
So
what
you
remember
about
five
years
ago
was
in
2017,
we
launched
the
preliminary
feasibility
study
looking
at
whether
or
not
it'd
be
feasible
to
have
an
art
space
project
which
is
typically
a
combination
of
public
artistic
spaces
and
affordable
artist
and
family
living
spaces.
So
a
typical
art
space
project
is
two
to
three
bedrooms:
it's
usually
artist
and
family
and
they're,
usually
30
to
60
ami.
V
So
it's
a
fairly
attractive,
affordable
housing
we'll
be
moving
forward
through
the
processes
with
that
a
bit
this
year
and
launching
phase
two,
which
is
the
art
market
study
in
2022.
So
that's
the
next
research
phase
of
it
before
there's
a
there'd,
be
a
decision
point
some
conversation
before
any
sort
of
pre-development
happened,
but
we
are
hoping
to
really
move
the
ball
forward
on
that
this
year
and
then
address
the
finding
partnerships
comment,
which
is
wonderful.
I
can't
agree
more.
V
I
think
that
we
have
some
very
large
corporate
players
in
our
city
and
we
are
lucky
that
for
the
most
part,
they
have
art
as
a
value,
so
something
that
you
will
be
seeing
in
a
couple
of
months.
We
are
developing
at
the
art
program,
a
mural
program,
a
pilot,
and
that
has
already
got
one
large
corporate
sponsor
signed
on
to
help
fund
it
in
its
pilot
year
and
we're
looking
for
the
second
right
now.
So
there's
some
some
really
good
forward
progress
on
that
front
as
well.
G
I
think
just
a
plea
to
move
the
utility
box
wrap
city-wide
as
quickly
as
possible,
but
when
you
talked
about
murals,
I
was
thinking
about
those
three
dimensional
ones
on
the
side
of
buildings.
I
don't
know
if
we
would
think
about
that
in
the
city,
but
they're
just
amazing,
and
it
just
kind
of
brings
a
vibrancy
of
maybe
some
some
buildings
that
are
much
more
muted
in
colors
to
to
give
it
some
vibrancy
in
life
without
spending
a
lot
of
money.
It's
paint
and
artists
murals.
E
Thank
you
well
done
good
job
very
exciting,
I'm
really
excited
about
bringing
people
together.
You
know
things
that
bring
people
to
come
to
talk
to
share,
to
learn
to
teach.
You
know
I
think
the
mayor
was
asking
about.
You
know
these.
Ladies
doing
things
and
people
don't
really
understand
what
they're
about
and
if
you
just
let
them
go
home
and
forget
about
it.
E
Well,
you
know
it's
nice
to
see,
you
know,
there's
a
racial
excitement
and
experience,
it's
all
good,
but
I
think
if
we
can
create
continuing,
you
know,
relationship
building
knowing
about
each
other's
culture,
especially
in
our
city,
and
we
have
so
many
cultures
here,
multicultural
experience-
and
you
know
the
city
has
a
cross-cultural
center
project.
E
You
know
the
purpose
of
that
is
to
bring
people
together
and
attract
people
to
come
together,
and
that's
probably
not
many
things
that
are
like
arts
and
culture
that
can
really
attract
people
together,
and
you
know
the
culture
could
be.
Anything
could
be
from
sharing
unique
food
from
a
culture
to
much
more
complicated
complex.
You
know
ethnic
heritage,
historic
whatever,
but
I
think
this
is
exciting.
This
is
good.
E
We
should
be
able
to
connect
lots
of
different
folks,
I
think
the
community,
especially
after
school
nighting
people,
you
know,
are
looking
for
more
connection.
Even
how
can
we
express
ourselves
know
ourselves
by
you
know,
making
the
connections,
and
so
I
think
we
have
a
great
opportunity.
Great
timing
and
the
young
people
have
this.
Absolutely
you
know
they.
They
they
were
the
one
that
probably
would
be
even
more
creative
and
again
they
can
bring
adults
together.
They
can
bring
their
parents
together.
E
So
I
think
this
is
a
real
great
thing
that
we
voice.
Unfortunately,
as
a
city,
you
know
these
are
not
considered
as
critical
infrastructures
that
you
know
move
people
immediately,
so
it
requires
funding,
so
it
really
comes
down
to.
How
do
we
get
people
to
realize?
E
And
you
know
we
know
that
government
sometimes
you
know,
has
to
be
traditionally
asked
to
do
that
and
of
course
you
know,
organizations,
businesses
that
you
refer
to
some
of
them
do
it
some
might
not.
So
it's
not
really
dependable
reliable.
So,
ultimately,
I
think
government
has
to
make
some
commitment
it's
a
commitment
that
we
have
to
make
if
we
believe
that
it
has
the
benefit
of
you
know,
providing
people
ongoing
building
relationships
working
together,
I
remember
brad.
Maybe
you
can
help
me
a
few
a
number
of
years
years
back.
E
We,
the
city
manager,
has
a
discretionary
fund,
some
kind
of
a
enterprise
fund.
We
accumulate
sometimes
extra
money
like
from
excise
tax
or
from
additional
being
pno,
and
you
know
we
we
put
it
together.
You
know
it's
not
significant,
but
maybe
I
don't
know
how
much
we
ever
accumulated
and
half
a
million
dollars
two
hundred
thousand
dollars.
I
think
that
might
be
a
potential
consideration
of
sources
of
money
and
the
other
one,
of
course
is
you
know
we
talk
about
lobbies
right
talk
about
arts
other
than
public
safety,
labs
transportation
labs.
E
So
it's
potentially
it's
possible.
We
can
get
a
arts,
you
know
and
culture
lobby
and
the
out.
Finally,
you
know
we,
we
know
we
have
tax
benefits
for
developers
to
build
housing
right
and
maybe
they
will
consider
us
part
of
the
community
building
or
if
we
can
create
some
tax
incentive
to
provide
some
money
for
arts
and
culture.
So
I
just
throw
those
things
out
there,
but
I'm
trying
to
say
it's
really.
E
I
think
there
is
a
definite
need
for
this
for
for
being
bringing
people
for
more
different
cultures
together,
knowing
each
other
understanding
connecting,
but
we
need
to
have
initial
seed
money
to
help
things
go
so
maybe
bragging
if
you
remember
where
that
possibility
might
be
or
if
it's
still
there
or
how
do
we
come
to
that
and
what
happened
to
it?.
O
Councilman
lee,
I
do
recall
that
that's
been
quite
a
few
years
ago,
where
maybe
a
contingency
was
set
aside,
where
certain
dollars
were
going.
But
yes,
as
you
recall,
is
when
we've
talked
about
in
the
mid
by
update
as
the
city
continues
to
grow,
and
there
are
demands
such
as
the
arts
program
and
other
programs
that
have
been
brought
forward
to
the
council.
O
One
of
the
you
know,
one
of
the
things
that
we'd
like
to
do
is
bring
back
and
have
a
you
know,
a
deep
discussion
on
budget
and
how
we
respond
to
some
of
those
needs
in
terms
of
financing.
R
B
You
councilmember
robertson.
I
Thank
you
I'll
be
brief.
I
I'm
just
super
excited
to
see
some
of
this
come
to
fruition
when
we
were
envisioning
bellred
back
in
2007
and
2008.
I
One
of
the
things
that
the
planning
commission
and
I
think
the
cac
baked
into
the
idea
was
an
arts
district
and
to
see
it
actually
starting
to
be
implemented,
is
really
exciting.
These
sculptures,
I'm
so
excited
about
the
one
in
downhill
park,
and
I
love
sculpture
and
this
one
in
bell
red.
I
can't
wait
to
go
out
there
and
try
it
like
a
little
kid
with
the
sound
I
mean
it
is
so
cool
I
I
don't
know.
I
I
know
that
we
have
some
orientation
materials
about
where
to
find
art
in
bellevue,
but
certainly
it
might
be
kind
of
fun
to
have
an
update
and
an
unveiling
of
that.
I
Once
we
get
a
few
of
these
major
sculptures
in
to
have
kind
of
a
you
know,
scavenger
hunt,
you
know,
go
visit
art
in
bellevue
sort
of
kick
off,
especially
you
know,
people
are
getting
outside
more
and
it's
gonna
be
one
of
those
really
great
activities
that
someone
could
do
on
a
on
a
weekend
or
on
the
long
summer
evenings
when
it's
still
light
after
work.
I
So
I'm
just
wanted
to
say
I'm
really
excited
about
this
and
supportive,
and
I,
like
a
lot
of
the
discussions,
we've
heard
it'd
be
nice
to
be
able
to
devote
even
more
money
to
public
art,
because
it's
one
of
those
things
that,
like
libraries,
like
public
schools
like
police
and
fire,
that
is
the
ultimate
in
equity
because
everyone
enjoys
it
and
everyone
is
welcome
and
everyone
can
engage
in
the
way
that
they
want.
So.
B
O
You
know,
unfortunately,
I
don't
have
the
the
details
mayor,
but
we
certainly
make
sure
that
those
are
pushed
out
through
our
our
media
outlets
to
make.
B
Sure
everything
is
aware:
they'll
be
on
the
city
website
and
before
we
go
councilmember
robertson,
you
want
to
talk
about
your
testimony
to
the
senate.
Today.
I
Sure
yeah
I
was,
I
was
almost
late,
except
for
that
we
were
a
little
late.
Getting
going
so,
and
I
know
mayor,
you
testified
to
the
house,
so
mayor
robinson
and
I
are
continuing
our
road
show
in
olympia
virtually
these
days,
which
has
been
going
on
what
this
is
about
the
third
year
in
a
row
to
testify
in
favor
of
transportation
investments
in
bellevue.
I
testified
today
about
the
need
so
I'll,
just
because
not
all
of
you
were.
I
There
may
not
be
aware
of
everything
in
the
public
may
not
briefly,
as
we
all
know
back
when
chelmanac
was
mayor,
he
and
I
were
in
olympia
together,
testifying
toilet
bond
to
build
it
with
regard
to
the
405
hot
lanes,
because
we
really
needed
those
for
bus,
rapid
transit,
which
is
our
light
rail
on
wheels
north
south
because
we're
getting
the
east
west
on
rails.
We
need
the
north
south
brt
along
405,
and
that
was
crucial
to
having
that
happen.
So
the
legislature
passed
it.
I
But
then
they
didn't
actually
issue
the
bonds
because
of
covid,
and
so
they
said
the
revenue
is
not
coming
in.
They
weren't
going
to
issue
the
bonds.
So,
however,
with
all
the
arpa
money
that
flowed
to
the
state,
the
state
kept
all
of
the
transportation
projects
moving
forward
with
arbor
money
except
405,
and
that
just
kind
of
waited,
and
so
we're
really
encouraging
our
legislature
this
year
to
keep
405
work
going
so
that
we
can
have
brt
at
the
time
it's
needed.
I
Governor
inslee's
budget
does
include
it,
there's
a
450
million
dollar
gap,
and
so
I
was
testifying
in
favor
of
his
budget
as
or
the
use
of
garvey
bonds,
which
is
the
way
the
520
bridge
was
paid
for
or
one
of
the
funding
mechanisms
for
that.
So,
however,
they're
going
to
fund
it,
they
need
to
fund
it
and
we're
encouraging
them
to
do
that.
This
year,
like
I
said,
we
really
need
it.
We've
got
these
jobs
coming
to
bellevue
in
the
next
couple
years.
I
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
continue
to
improve
our
multimodal
transportation
system
so
that
people
can
get
to
and
from
wherever
they
need
to
go
efficiently
and
goods
can
move
as
well.
So
that
was
what
I
testified
to
I
assumed
mayor
you
tested.
You
gave
the
very
same
message
to
the
house
transportation
committee.
I
was
in
the
senate
transportation
committee
and
unfortunately,
I
had
to
wait
about
an
hour
and
gosh
30
minutes
before
they
started
taking
testimony
from
when
the
hearing
started.
I
So
I
didn't
know
if
I
was
going
to
make
it
back
here
in
time
to
get
on
to
this
meeting,
but
I
did
just
by
the
skin
of
my
teeth.
So
no
it's
it's
an
honor
to
represent
the
bellevue
council
in
the
city
of
bellevue
and
we
had
a
whole
east
side
coalition.
We
had
the
renton
chamber,
we
had
the
mayor
of
bothell
and
we
had
a
renton
city
council
member
as
well
on
the
panel
that
I
was
on
so
anyway.
It
was.
It
was
good.
Well,
thank.
B
You
for
advocating
for
the
city
and
for
the
region
actually,
and
I'm
feeling
hopeful
and
council
members
on,
enjoy
your
time
in
dc
and
thank
you
for
representing
bellevue
there,
and
we
will
see
you
all
next
tuesday,
good
night,
everybody.