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Edmonds City Council Agenda
February 28, 2023
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1. Written Public Comments (0 min)
2. Outside Boards and Committee Reports (0 min)
7. APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA
1. Approval of Special Meeting Minutes of February 21, 2023
2. Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes of February 21, 2023
3. Approval of claim checks.
4. Ordinance Change To Address Parking Ticket Change
5. Police Department Administrative Staff
6. Addendum No. 1 to Library Annexation Agreement
7. Salary table approval request for grant funded position
8. Job Descriptions for HR Department
8. PUBLIC HEARING
1. 2023 Edmonds Climate Action Plan (60 min)
9. COUNCIL BUSINESS
1. On -Call Stormwater Review Services on Private Development Projects (15 min)
2. 2023 Legislative Session Update (20 min)
3. Salary Commission Reinstatement - Appointments for 2023 (15 min)
10. MAYOR'S COMMENTS
11. COUNCIL COMMENTS
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Edmonds City Council Agenda
February 28, 2023
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City Council Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 02/28/2023
Written Public Comments
Staff Lead: City Council
Department: City Council
Preparer: Beckie Peterson
Background/History
N/A
Staff Recommendation
Acknowledge receipt of written public comments.
Narrative
Public comments submitted to the web form for public comments
<https://www.edmondswa.gov/publiccomment>
between February 16, 2023 and February 22, 2023.
Attachments:
Public Comments February 28, 2023
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Edmonds City Council Public Comments — February 28, 2023
Online Form 2023-02-21 02:11 PM(MST) was submitted by Guest on 2/21/2023 4:11:25 PM (GMT-
07:00) US/Arizona
FirstName Ken
LastName Reidy
CityOfResidence Edmonds
AgendaTopic Public Hearing on Addition of Minor Development Code Amendment Process in ECDC
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I encourage City Council to review the 2021 and 2022 Budget discussions and Budget
approvals and inquire as to whether the DEVELOPMENT CODE REWRITE WORK PLAN
presented to City Council during the September 27, 2022 Council Meeting was
consistent with those Budgets. The September 27, 2022 City Council Meeting Minutes
document that City Council had a DEVELOPMENT CODE REWRITE WORK PLAN on
Council's September 27, 2022 City Council Meeting Agenda. Please note use of the
term used for many years: REWRITE What we call the project is material. We have
budgeted for something much more significant than a Code Modernization on
multiple occasions. Calling it something different than what it is and what it has long
been called paints a misleading and incomplete picture of what has long been needed.
The September 27, 2022 City Council Meeting Minutes document that Council never
voted to approve the DEVELOPMENT CODE REWRITE WORK PLAN. I don't understand
why City Staff has moved forward before getting their proposed Work Plan approved.
Specific to the minor code amendment discussion, whereas I can see this may provide
opportunities for efficiency, I'm not sure State Law allows Code Cities to legislate via
Comments Omnibus. Councilmember Susan Paine called what City Staff wants to do with Minor
Code Amendments an Omnibus during City Council's meeting on February 7, 2023.
Omnibus is defined as: A large, single document bill that is accepted in a single vote by
a legislature but packages together several measures into one or combines diverse
subjects. RCW 35A.12.130 states that no Ordinance shall contain more than one
subject and that must be clearly expressed in its title. I encourage City Council to
inquire whether it can legislate via omnibus. I also encourage City Council to obtain
legal support for the representation that scrivener's errors can be addressed directly
with Code Publishing. I know our City Code does not allow that. If State Law allows
such, I encourage City Officials to provide the State Law reference. Please do not
simply allow staff to determine what is a scrivener's error without Council discussing
and voting on in an Open Public meeting. Please recall what happened when
Ordinance 3740 was adopted. I encourage City Council to give staff's DEVELOPMENT
CODE REWRITE WORK PLAN deep thought. Please seek citizen input, review related
laws and eventually vote on whether to approve a DEVELOPMENT CODE REWRITE
WORK PLAN. Whatever plan is approved, please make sure to budget appropriately
and please require City Staff to provide regular status updates to citizens.
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Edmonds City Council Public Comments — February 28, 2023
Online Form 2023-02-21 02:06 PM(MST) was submitted by Guest on 2/21/2023 4:06:45 PM (GMT-
07:00) US/Arizona
FirstName Ken
LastName Reidy
CityOfResidence Edmonds
AgendaTopic Audience Comments for February 21, 2023 Regular Meeting
Please vote the Risk Management Policy discussion off the Consent Agenda and have
a broader discussion about Risk Management. Edmonds City Government has
established a history of pushing issues against its own citizens and blaming such
conduct on so called "liability issues". This begs the question: What is more important,
the City's laws or concerns about "liability issues". Voting this discussion off the
Consent Agenda will also allow for discussion of whether it is appropriate for the City
to be affiliated with the WCIA. Does the City or WCIA have the authority to go "well
beyond" the Court and Hearing Examiner's Orders? Is this fair to other citizens — those
citizens negatively impacted by the City and WCIA's willingness to go "well beyond"
the Court and Hearing Examiner's orders? I emailed background materials evidencing
this conduct earlier today. WCIA proclaims it "aggressively manages members'
financial risk". Should Edmonds citizens be exposed to WCIA's aggressive practices?
Please give these questions deep thought and attention. Please also vote the
Development Fees update off the consent agenda to discuss the Right -of -Way Fees
Comments section in greater detail. What type of city easements are eligible for use permits and
encroachment permits? Can a third party get a permit to encroach into a city utility
easement? Can the City issue a permit to use a Temporary Construction Easement?
City staff accused me of failure to obtain an encroachment permit on a Temporary
Construction Easement. City staff did so before the Temporary Construction Easement
even existed. Does the City accept applications for encroachment permits to use a
Temporary Construction Easement? Does that concept seem a little strange to any of
my elected Councilmembers? The Development Fee scheduled for 2023 also does not
differentiate between open and unopened rights -of -way. Does the City issue permits
to use unopened Rights -of -way? If so, who can apply for a permit to use an unopened
right-of-way? Can a person with no ownership interest in the property get a permit to
use an unopened right-of-way? If so, how does the City respect the property owner's
legal right to use their property prior to the city improving and opening a street or
alley? I believe these are all very important questions that should have been answered
many years ago. Please seek answers to all these questions tonight. Thank you.
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City Council Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 02/28/2023
Outside Boards and Committee Reports
Staff Lead: Council
Department: City Council
Preparer: Beckie Peterson
Background/History
Outside Boards and Committee Reports will be submitted to the Received for Filing portion of the
agenda for last meeting of the month.
Staff Recommendation
N/A
Narrative
The Council is asked to review the attached committee reports/minutes from the following
organizations:
Community Transit
Edmonds Public Facilities District
Lake Ballinger Forum
Port of Edmonds
Snohomish County Today
SNOCOM-911
Attachments:
AGND SCT SC 022223
Community Transit 1.05.23 Board Minutes
epfd-board-meeting-agenda-02-23-23
Lake Ballinger Approved Minutes 2.15.2022_202207291348047969
Port of Edmonds minutes 130 23
SNO911-Board-Agenda-20230216
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Stanwood Darrington
Tulalip Arlington
Tribes
Granite Falls
Marysville
Snohomish County Tomorrow
Everett Lake Stevens
Mill Creek
Lynnwood
Lynnwood Snohomish
A GROWTHMANAGEMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL
Edmonds Mountlake Monroe
Terrace Sultan Gold Index
Woodway Brier Bothell Bar
STEERING COMMITTEE
February 22, 2023
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/m/83882026165
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
AGENDA
1. Call to Order, Roll Call, and Opening Items (3 min.)
a. Introductions/Roll Call (Co-chair)
b. Citizen Comments (Co-chair)
2. Approval of Meeting Minutes (1/25/23) (2 min, Co-chair)
3. Update Items (10 min.)
a. Summary of PSRC Board Actions and Activities (Ben Bakkenta, 5 min.)
4. Action Items
a. Election of Officers (Co-chair, 10 min.)
5. Briefings, Discussion Items (5 min.)
a. Snohomish Health District Integration Presentation (Josh Dugan & Dennis Worsham, 20 min.)
b. Coordinator's Report (Mike McCrary, 5 min.)
1. Report from SCT Committees
6. Go -Round (time permitting)
7. Next Meeting Date: March 22, 2023
8. Adjournment (Co-chair)
Steering Committee members please notify Megan Moore bV Tuesday, December 6ch if you are unable to attend:
Megan.Moore@snoco.org. Thank you.
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Future Informational Briefings:
• Alliance for Housing Affordability Update (Qtrly)
• Codes for Housing "Missing Middle" (TBD)
• Coordination on PSRC Initiatives (TBD)
• Economic Alliance Coordination (Monthly)
• Emergency Management (TBD)
• Elements of 2024 Comprehensive Plan (TBD)
• High Speed Rapid Transit (TBD)
• Housing Affordability Regional Task Force (Fall)
• HASCO (TBD)
• Human Services' Temporary Shelter Report
(TBD)
• Multi Modal High Priority Projects (TBD)
• Opioid Crisis (TBD)
• Planning for Everett Link Extension (TBD)
• Public Works Assistance Fund Call for Projects
• Regional Airspace Capacity (TBD)
• Snohomish Co. Light Rail Communities (TBD)
• SCT Restructure Re -cap (TBD)
• SCT Jurisdictions Comp. Plan Updates (TBD)
• Snohomish Co. Cities & Towns (TBD)
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0061h� nicommunytranMinutes
Board of Directors' Meeting
Thursday, January 5, 2023
Hybrid Meeting
3:00 p.m.
Board Members Present
Council Member Kim Daughtry
City of Lake Stevens
Mayor Christine Frizzell
City of Lynnwood
Council Member Mike Gallagher
City of Brier
Mayor Joe Marine
City of Mukilteo
Council Member Tom Merrill
City of Snohomish
Lance Norton*
Labor Representative, non -voting
Council Member Jan Schuette
City of Arlington
Council Member Strom Peterson*
Snohomish County
Mayor Jon Nehring*
City of Marysville
Board Members Absent
Council Member Jared Mead Snohomish County
Mayor Sid Roberts* City of Stanwood
Others Present**
Sabina Araya*
Self
Roland Behee
CT -Director of Planning & Development
Mike Berman
CT -Chief Technology Officer -Interim
Al Hendricks
CT -Legal Counsel
Mark Holmes
CT -Chief Operating Officer
Ric Ilgenfritz
CT -CEO
Mary Beth Lowell
CT -Director of Comm. & Public Affairs
Molly Marsicek
CT -Director of Customer Experience
Melissa Cauley
CT -Deputy Director Planning & Development
Eunjoo Greenhouse
CT -Chief Financial Officer
Mayor Kyoko Matsumoto Wright*
City of Mountlake Terrace, Board Alternate
Deb Osborne
CT -Chief of Staff
Council Member Susan Paine*
City of Edmonds, Board Alternate
Cesar Portillo*
CT -Director of Employee Engagement
Rob Jensen
CT -Senior Program Manager IT
Greg Stamatiou
CT -Manager of Capital Dev & Delivery
Chris Simmons
CT -Manager of System Planning
Mike Swehla
CT -Director of Maintenance
Nashika Stanbro
CT-DEI, Manager
Mary Albert
CT -Budget Manager
Shelly Schweigert*
Self
Melody Smith
CT -Executive Support Specialist
Rachel Woods
CT -Executive Board Administrator
*Attended meeting remotely
**Names of those who were confirmed as attendees are included, others who attended remotely without submitting their names a
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Board of Directors' Meeting
January 5, 2023
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Call to Order
Chair Marine called the January 5, 2023 Board of Directors' meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. The meeting
was held in -person at 2312 W. Casino Road, Everett, WA 98204 and by Zoom. The meeting was recorded
and livestreamed.
Roll Call of Members
The Executive Board Administrator called roll. Attendance was as noted above. A quorum was present.
Public Comment
Sabina Araya requested the vaccine mandate be removed. She shared comments regarding the vaccine
and the 2024 and Beyond service plan.
Shelly Schweigert made comments regarding the vaccine mandate and asked that the mandate be
removed.
Joe Kunzler provided a written comment to the Board.
Presentations
Swift Program Update
Greg Stamatiou, Manager of Capital Development & Delivery, provided a status update on Swift Orange
Line construction. Construction was actively underway, with construction estimated to be complete in early
2024 and opening for service shortly thereafter. The Swift Blue Line expansion, 2 new stations at
Shoreline North / 185th Station, was at 90% design and was expected to start construction in Q2 2023. The
scoping study for the Swift Gold Line was underway. Work started for a Swift Green Line Expansion
station siting study.
Free Youth Transit Pass Implementation Update
Chris Simmons, Manager of System Planning, reported on the results of the Free Youth Transit Pass
program to date. Since the program went live on September 1, 2022, we were seeing more youth riders
and 13 routes had a higher -than -average percentage of youth boardings. Lost revenue was offset by grant
support and was forecasted to be a net positive in revenue. No security issues were noticeable and a few
operational issues with the new program had been worked out. Distribution of ORCA cards to high schools
was underway and middle school outreach would begin soon. 5,000 cards had been distributed and 4,000
more requested. Ongoing regional work regarding special use cases, such as personal care attendants
with youth riders was in progress.
Chief Executive Officer's Report
CEO Ilgenfritz presented the report. Sound Transit was evaluating a new set of opening dates and options
for light rail extensions to the Eastside, Lynnwood, and Federal Way. They were considering activating a
portion of the eastside line early and Lynnwood before the full East Link extension was complete, thereby
opening with half the expected amount of service to Shoreline, Mountlake Terrace and Lynnwood. This
phased approach would impact agency plans to serve light rail and revise our service network beginning in
2024. Staff and leadership from both agencies are working closely to mitigate these impacts. Sound
Transit was scheduled to decide on the phased approach at their January 26 Board meeting. The Board
would be kept informed.
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Board of Directors' Meeting
January 5, 2023
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The legislative session would begin January 9. CEO Ilgenfritz would visit Olympia with the Washington
State Transit Association (WSTA) in early February and staff would visit with the Economic Alliance
Snohomish County (EASC) on their Legislative Advocacy Day February 8.
As of January 1, the government relations and public affairs team moved to the executive department
under the management of Deb Osborne, Chief of Staff.
The agency experienced an unusual snow and ice event the week of December 20. Service was
suspended on December 23 due to extreme ice conditions and was back to regular service on December
24. There were no major injuries or accidents. Dispatchers, drivers, facilities, and customer service teams
worked tirelessly to support customers.
Regarding agency security we started the recruitment phase for the new Transit Security Officer positions
The social worker was scheduled to start January 17. The Finance, Performance and Oversight
Committee could expect a more detailed report at their quarterly briefing.
The Everett Transit/Community Transit Joint Policy Committee would meet in February to review the draft
integrated service plan prepared by Nelson\Nygaard Consulting.
Delivery of the leased battery electric bus (BYD) was expected by the end of the week.
The new agency website was near completion. A preview of the site was available on the current website,
with an opportunity to provide feedback on the user experience. A switch over date to the new website
was expected to be in late January or early February.
In the past year, 75 coach operators were hired, losing 43 to attrition and 19 to promotions, providing a net
gain of 13 coach operators. In November, we received 417 coach operator applications and in December
we received 628.
Committee Reports
Executive Committee
Chair Marine reported on the December 15, 2022 meeting. The CEO Report was provided. The next
meeting was scheduled for January 19 at 11:30 am.
Strategic Alignment and Capital Development Committee
Council Member Merrill reported on the December 21, 2022 meeting. The Committee reviewed and
forwarded action items RFP #2017-075, Purchase of Ticket Vending Machines for the Swift BRT Orange
and Blue Lines and ITB #2022-147, Purchase of Transit Security Officer Vehicles to the Board agenda. The
Committee reviewed and forwarded one item to the consent agenda: RFP #2022-133, Zero Emission Pilot
Project Consulting. The Committee heard and forwarded two informational items: The Free Youth Transit
Fare Implementation Update and The Swift BRT Program Update. The next meeting was scheduled for
Wednesday, January 18 at 2:00 pm.
Finance, Performance, and Oversight Committee
Council Member Schuette reported on the December 15, 2022 meeting. The Committee reviewed and
forwarded the November 2022 monthly expenditures and payroll to the consent agenda. The Committee
reviewed the November 2022 diesel fuel report. The next meeting was scheduled for January 19 at 2:00
pm.
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