[1. Call to order]
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>> GOOD EVENING, THAT THE CALL TO ORDER THE FEBRUARY 7, 2022 STUDY SESSION, LET THE RECORD REFLECT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT AND PARTICIPATING REMOTELY.
UNDER PROCLAMATION 20 Ã20.15 THE MEETING ACT AND PUBLIC RECORDS ACT, THE PROHIBITION IN PERSON PUBLIC MEETINGS CONTINUES BUT THERE'S AN EXEMPTION FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT COMPLY WITH GUIDELINES OF BUSINESS MEETINGS FOUND IN THE MISCELLANEOUS MENUS GUIDANCE.
THE GUIDANCE STATES THAT BOARDS AND OTHER PUBLIC BODIES MAY HOLD IN PERSON MEETINGS WITH NO RESTRICTIONS ON CAPACITY AND NO PHYSICAL DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS BUT ALL APPLICABLE FACE COVERING REQUIREMENTS MUST BE FOLLOWED. THIS BOARD VALUES PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND ENGAGEMENT IN OUR MEETINGS AND WILL CONTINUE TO COMPLY WITH ALL LAWS INCLUDING OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT AND EMERGENCY REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO COVID-19.
THOSE REQUIREMENTS CANNOT BE MET, THE BOARD MUST BE HOLD ITS MEETINGS REMOTELY AND PROVIDE ACCESS VIA LIVE STREAM AND AUDIO. NONCOMPLIANCE AT SCHOOL BOARD MEANS LESS COUNTY OF THE BOARD DETERMINED TO HOLD MEETINGS REMOTELY.
THE BOARD WILL NOTIFY THE PUBLIC OF LOCATION MEETINGS FOR THE BOARD MEETINGS TO HAVE ON BOARD DOCS, AT THIS POINT THEY WILL BE HELD REMOTELY UNLESS A CHANGE OF GUIDANCE IS PROVIDED.
QUARTERLY STUDY SESSION AND MEETINGS WILL BE LIVE STREAMED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.
IF YOU'RE UNABLE TO LIVE STREAM THE MEETING, YOU CAN LISTEN THE NUMBERS 425-936-2813, CONFERENCE ID NUMBER 37127. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S COMING THROUGH BUT I'M IN THE BASEMENT
[1. Review of Director Districts Boundaries]
THERE ARE SMALL ELEPHANTS RUNNING ABOVE ME RIGHT NOW. THE ONLY TOPIC, TONIGHT SESSION IS REVIEW OF THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. LET ME YELL AT MY CHILDREN.CAN YOU START US OFF? >> ABSOLUTELY! GOOD LUCK WITH WRANGLING THE ELEPHANTS. AS THE BOARD KNOWS, YOU HAVE SEEN INFORMATION RELATED TO THE REDRAWING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DIRECTOR DISTRICTS. IN NO WAY REESE REFERRED THIS AS BOUNDARIES A COUPLE OF TIMES. I WANT TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES OF OUR SCHOOLS. WE ARE CHANGING ESSENTIALLY THE ELECTORAL MAP HERE IN LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW BASED ON THE LAST CENSUS THAT WAS JUST CONDUCTED.THE BOARD HAS RECEIVED SOME INFORMATION AROUND THE ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT, AND SHE WILL WALK US THROUGH INFORMATION RELATED TO THAT. WE HAVE SOME PROPOSED CHANGES TO WORK WITH THE BOARD ON AND SO, TONIGHT WE WANT TO EXPLORE WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS PROCESS AND WE KNOW THAT PREVIOUSLY, GIVEN THE PANDEMIC, THE TIMELINE TO COMPLETE THIS WORK ACTUALLY WAS EXTENDED OUT TO, THINGS NOVEMBER 2022. WE DO HAVE TIME BUT IT IS WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
BARBARA? >> THANK YOU. I HAVE A POWERPOINT TO SHARE WITH YOU, I'M GOING TO GO AND ENSURE THAT. AND THEN WE CAN GET STARTED.
AS JOHN SAID THAT THIS PROCESS NORMALLY TAKES PLACE REALLY IN THE SUMMER OF FALL OF THE YEAR AFTER THE CENSUS. BUT BECAUSE THE CENSUS DATA WAS DELAYED, THEY DELAYED THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS REALIGNMENT PROCESS. SO I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE CHANGES. JUST TO GIVE YOU THE RCW, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH SCHOOL BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO PREPARE FOR THE REDIVISION INTO THE DIRECTOR DISTRICTS NO LATER THAN EIGHT MONTHS AFTER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING AND THAT IS THE RECEIPT OF THE DECENNIAL CENSUS DATA. SO IT IS ALSO OUR CW 20 9A RESPONSIBLE TO PERIODICALLY REDISTRICT FROM THE MOST RECENT DECENNIAL CENSUS DATA.
AND THEN IN NO LATER THAN EIGHT MONTHS, AND THE DISTRICT SHALL PREPARE A PLAN FOR DOING SO.
JUST HIGHLIGHTS AGAIN, THE DIRECTOR DISTRICTS SO BE NEARLY AS EQUAL IN POPULATION, THE
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GOAL THEY SHOULD BE AS COMPACT AS POSSIBLE. THEY SHOULD CONSIST OF GEOGRAPHICALLY CONTIGUOUS AREAS AND SO THE POPULATION DATA MAY NOT BE USED FOR PURPOSES OF FAVORING YOUR OR DISFAVORING ANY RACIAL GROUP. TO THE EXTENT FEASIBLE THE BOUNDARIES SHALL COINCIDE WITH RECOGNIZED NATURAL BOUNDARIES AGAIN, TO BE WATER, COULD BE 405, AND TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE PRESERVING EXISTING COMMUNITIES RELATED AND MUTUAL INTEREST.THAT DOES BECOME CHALLENGING WHEN THE MAIN PRIORITY IS YOU HAVE TO NEARLY EQUAL BALANCE THE POPULATION SO IT IS NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE TO HAVE COMMUNITIES COMPLETELY BALANCED. THE DISTRICT SHALL, WHEN WE ARE READY TO DO THE FINAL ADOPTION OF THE DIRECTOR DISTRICTS, WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE REASONABLE PUBLIC NOTICE AND THAT WE HAVE TO HOLD ONE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PLAN AND AT LEAST ONE WEEK BEFORE WE ADOPT THE PLAN. AND THEN SO, SENATE BILL 5013 WAS ADOPTED AND CHANGED THE DEADLINE AS JOHN TALKED ABOUT, NO LATER THAN INSTEAD OF EIGHT MONTHS, CHANGE IT TO NOVEMBER 15 2022. SO BASICALLY, ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WE HAVE UNTIL NOVEMBER 15. THE BOARD OPERATIONS GOVERNANCE POLICY OGP01 IS A NARRATIVE OF THE BOUNDARIES. THAT IS NARRATIVE FORM, THE WRITTEN LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE BOUNDARIES. WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT WHEN WE BRING THE BOUNDARY CHANGE TO THE BOARD, WILL BE BRINGING ME NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF THE BOUNDARIES BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY MODIFYING IS OGP 01.
SO, AS JOHN MENTIONED, DIRECTOR DISTRICT BOUNDARY CHANGES DO NOT IMPACT OUR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES. THIS IS NOT A DETERMINATION OF WHERE STUDENTS GO TO SCHOOL.
IT DOES NOT IMPACT VOTING FOR DIRECTORS BECAUSE DIRECTORS ALL ELECTED AT LARGE.
IT DOES NOT IMPACT THE DIRECTORS THAT COMMUNICATE WITH CONSTITUENTS.
WHAT IT DOES DO IS IMPACT THE GEOGRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES AND IT IMPACTS WHERE CANDIDATES MUST LIVE IN ORDER TO RUN FOR SPECIFIC DIRECTOR DISTRICT.
THE TIMELINE THAT WE BEEN WORKING ON IS IN EARLY OCTOBER, THE CONSULTANT THAT WE USE TO DO THIS PROCESS, THEY REVIEW OUR CENSUS DATA, THEN THEY CREATE A DRAFT DIRECTOR DISTRICT MAP WHICH I WILL SHOW YOU LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION.
RIGHT NOW, WE INTENDED TO ENSURE THAT THE LAST STUDY SESSION, GOT MOVED TO THE STUDY SESSION. THEN THE NEXT STEP IS WE WILL ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE PUBLIC NOTICE, WE TYPICALLY ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE, WE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE THEN WE WILL SCHEDULE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT A BOARD MEETING AND THEN AT ANOTHER BOARD MEETING, SEPARATE BOARD MEETING, WILL HAVE THE FIRST READING.
THEN A THIRD INNOCENCE BOARD MEETING WILL HAVE THE SECOND READING AND THAT IS THE BOARD MEETING THE BOARD WILL TAKE ACTION, AND SO WE HAVE TO COMPLETE THESE THREE STEPS, WE HAVE UNTIL NOVEMBER 15, 2022. ONCE THAT HAPPENS, WE INFORM KING COUNTY WHAT THE BOUNDARIES ARE. SO, THIS IS THE CURRENT MAP OF OUR CURRENT BOUNDARIES.
THE PINK AREA IS DIRECTOR DISTRICT ONE, ORANGE AREAS DIRECTOR DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, BLUE IS THREE, GREEN IS, SORRY YELLOW IS FOUR AND GREEN AREA IS FIVE.
AND YOU HAVE THESE THAT YOU CAN EXPAND THEM TO MAKE THEM LARGER IF YOU WANT TO PULL THEM UP INDIVIDUALLY. UNDER WHEN WE RECEIVE THE NEW CENSUS INFORMATION, THIS WAS THE POPULATION IN EACH OF THE DIRECTOR DISTRICTS. WE HAVE THE SMALL STRUCTURE DISTRICT AREA ONE, 38,000, POPULATION TO AREA FIVE WAS 46,000.
YOU CAN SEE YOU KNOW TO POPULATION GROWTH, WE NEEDED TO REBALANCE OUR DIRECTOR
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DISTRICT. SO THE GOAL IS TO GET AN AVERAGE OF 42,162 PEOPLE IN EACH DIRECTOR DISTRICT. SO THIS MAP SHOWS YOU THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE SO DATA SYSTEMS THEN WENT TO BASED ON TO BALANCE THE POPULATIONS, I'LL COME BACK TO THIS, I'M GOING TO JUST JUMP ONE MORE SLIDE. THE NEW PROPOSED MAP BALANCES THE POPULATION TO AGAIN, THE 42,000 BETWEEN 136 AND 982. THEN I WILL GO BACK TO THE MAP AND WALK YOU THROUGH THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE. ANY QUESTIONS ON PROCESS BEFORE I WALKED THROUGH THE MAPS? OKAY. OKAY SO, DIRECTOR, THE PINK AREA WHICH IS DIRECTOR DISTRICT 1, WE HAD TO MAKE THAT AREA LARGER, SO WE MOVED, WE PULLED FROM DIRECTOR DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, THIS AREA AND LET ME JUST READ THE FIRST DISTRICT SOUTH AS FAR AS 85TH TRANSITIONING TO THE LAKE THROUGH THE MARKET AND AREAS OF OLD KIRKLAND.AND AGAIN, USING I-4 OR I-5 IS A MAJOR NORTH-SOUTH BOUNDARY. AND THEN THE SECOND DISTRICT IS NOW YOU CAN SEE THE ROAD WE HAVE THE SECOND DISTRICT LARGER.
WE HAD TO MAKE ONE THIRD DISTRICT SMALLER SO THIS AREA, SO I'M NOT USING MY POINTER.
I NEED TO USE MY POINTER. WE JUST SEE. THERE WE GO.
SO THIS AREA CAME FROM THE PURPLE DIRECTOR DISTRICT 3 AND NOW, THAT IS DIRECTOR DISTRICT 2. SO THE BRIDLE TRAILS AND GRASS LAWN NOT BEING IN THE SECOND DIRECTOR DISTRICT AND SO, AND THE EAST-WEST PART OF THE DISTRICT IS NOW WIDER AND BETTER DEFINED.
AND THEN, THE THIRD DISTRICT HAD TO GROW EAST. SO WE GREW THE THIRD DISTRICT EAST AND MADE THE FIFTH DISTRICT SMALLER, FORCING THE RETREAT OF THE FIFTH DISTRICT TO THE -- WE CREATED THAT ROAD AS THE BOUNDARY. AND THEN, THE FOURTH DISTRICT HAD THE LEAST AMOUNT OF CHANGE, WE ADDED A SMALL BIT OF POPULATION IN FROM THE SECOND DISTRICT EAST OF THE PARK THAT IS THAT AREA. AND THEN, WE REMOVED SOME OF DOWNTOWN REDMOND RIGHT HERE. AND MOVED THAT FROM THE FOURTH DISTRICT TO THE SECOND
DISTRICT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE CHANGES? >> NOT SO MUCH QUESTIONS ON THE
CHANGES, MARK, GO FOR IT. >> I'M JUST CONFUSED. THIS WENT FROM 2 TO 4, THIS SEEMS TO BE, MAYBE THESE ARE JUST -- BASICALLY ISOLATING SOME SECTIONS.
THE SECTION DOWN HERE BELOW THE ARROW, THERE YOU GO.THAT LITTLE SECTION.
OKAY THAT STILL IS YELLOW, CORRECT? >> YEAH.
THIS SECTION. >> IN THE BOX? >> YEAH.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT HERE OR OVER HERE? >> WHOOPS, WHAT DID I DO?
THE WRONG THING. MY MAP DISAPPEARED. >> I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT YES, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. THERE IS THIS SECTION RIGHT HERE AND I NEED TO CLARIFY. THAT IS YELLOW BUT I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY'VE GOT THE
BLACKLINE, THE BLACKLINE SHOULD FOLLOW THE YELLOW. >> OKAY I'M GUESSING IT'S A
ROAD OR SOMETHING. >> YEAH, IT'S MOSTLY, THAT'S MOSTLY PARK AREA.
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SO I DON'T, YEAH, I WILL DOUBLE CHECK THAT. >> I CAN'T LOSE ANY CHIPMUNKS,
COME ON! >> THERE MIGHT BE SOME APARTMENTS IN THEIR.
I WILL CHECK THAT. >> THANKS. >> YEP!
>> KIND OF HARD, TO SEE THE ROADS. I'M SORRY.
GO AHEAD, CHRIS. >> I HAVE THE PDF UP, IF YOU DOWNLOADED FROM BOARD DOCS YOU CAN ZOOM IN ON IT. I APPRECIATE THE RATIONALE THE CHALLENGE AS YOU CAN SEE, IN MY DISTRICT IT BECOMES THE BALANCER FOR THE DISTRICT. AND THE CHALLENGE, 520 IS ACTUALLY VERY NATURAL DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE EAST AND THE WEST SIDE OF THIS.
SOMEONE REPRESENTING AUDUBON HAS A HARD TIME REPRESENTING DOWNTOWN KIRKLAND.
THEY ARE JUST TWO DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES. AND SO, IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO PUSH MY DISTRICT UP TO 85TH, AND TRY TO USE 520, I WOULD LOVE IT BUT I THINK THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH FUNDAMENTALLY DOING THAT. BECAUSE IT WILL CAUSE THINGS TO ROTATE CLOCKWISE. AND FIVE WOULD PUSH DOWN AND I THINK IT WOULD, OCCUPY MARK'S HOUSE WHICH IS NOT COOL. BUT ANYWAY, IT IS SOMETHING THAT, I KNOW IT COMES TO LAKE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL TO REALLY INTERACT WITH THOSE PARENTS IN THE COMMUNITY UNLESS I MAKE IT VERY INTENTIONAL EFFORT. THAT IS MY ONLY CONCERN ABOUT THE STRUCTURE. I GET IT USING 405 IS A NORTH-SOUTH BOUNDARY AND ONE IN THREE IS ACTUALLY NATURAL. I GET IT ON FIVE AND FOUR AND ACTUALLY THE NATURAL BOUNDARY.
IT'S JUST WHAT TO DO WITH AUDUBON. >> BECAUSE AUDUBON IS PART OF THE LAKE WASHINGTON AREA, RIGHT? THEY DO GO TO LAKE WASHINGTON
HIGH SCHOOL. >> YEAH. >> I JUST WANT, WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS SO THIS IS 520 RIGHT HERE. IT IS MAKING THIS YELLOW, THEN YEAH YOU WOULD HAVE TO BRING FIVE DOWN, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO TAKE TWO FROM THREE.
>> BUT IF IT DOES ACTUALLY ANOTHER NATURAL BOUNDARY NOT BEING USED.
ANYWAY. I DON'T FEEL PASSIONATELY ABOUT THIS EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT THESE BOUNDARIES MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE PERSON THAT WERE LEFT TO SUCCEED ME TO RUN FOR MY DISTRICT. BECAUSE SHE'S NOT REGION BETWEEN 85TH AND MY SECTION.
>> I APPRECIATE THE ISSUE ABOUT HOW THINGS FALL OUT. HOWEVER KNOWING THAT WE HAVE FOUR LEARNING COMMUNITIES AND FIVE BOARD MEMBERS, THEY WILL NEVER ALIGN BY LEARNING COMMUNITY AND WE DO REPRESENT OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT. REGARDLESS OF WHERE WE COME FROM, GEOGRAPHICALLY SO. I'M NOT AS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, ACTUALLY APPRECIATE THE EAST-WEST COMPONENT AND SORT OF THE VERTICAL PIECE. DISTRICT 3 ACTUALLY SPLITS THE REDMOND LEARNING COMMUNITY BY TAKING REDWOOD. DIFFICULT TO REDMOND HI, IT'S A VERY COMMON VALLEY THERE. SO, I RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGES THAT COME FROM THIS.
I ALSO DO NOT BELIEVE WE SHOULD CONSIDER AT ALL WHERE ANYBODY LIVES.
BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE HIS BOARD DIRECTORS, THAT IS JUST THE NATURE OF THE GAME AND OLIVER LOCATIONS SHOULD NOT MATTER AS OPPOSED TO GETTING EQUAL BOUNDARY COMPONENT.
SO THOSE ARE THE PARAMETERS THAT I SEE, I GET IT. REMOVING THESE THINGS AROUND WE CAN PUT THEM IN ALL DIFFERENT PLACES. I KNOW CONCERNED THAT THINGS LINED UP WITH LEARNING COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THOSE CAN SHIFT AT ANY POINT IN TIME AND
WE HAVE TO BE WILLING TO REPRESENT ACROSS THE BOARD. >> AND I AGREE WITH THAT.
I REALLY JUST BUMMED THAT YOU REDISTRICT ME OUT OF HAVING A PERSONNEL BE A PERFECT
SUCCESSOR FOR ME. FOR ME. >> I GUESS I DO HAVE, I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS. AND THEN A QUESTION I GUESS. THE THOUGHT THAT'S BEEN BOUNCING AROUND IN MY HEAD IS -- YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE -- ARE MORE GEOGRAPHICALLY CONFINED
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DIRECTOR DISTRICT ACTUALLY BETTER THAN ONES THAT STRETCH OUT ACROSS THE WHOLE DISTRICT? IS IT BETTER TO SAY LET'S SAY, LET'S STRIKES ACROSS OR THE DIRECTOR DISTRICT ACROSS MULTIPLE LEARNING COMMUNITIES. YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT, I'VE BEEN WRESTLING WITH THIS FOR 20 MINUTES OVERSIGHT MAYBE WOULD ACTUALLY BE, MAYBE IT WOULD BE BETTER! MAYBE IT'S BETTER TO HAVE DIRECTORS YOU KNOW, NOT JUST THINKING A BALKANIZED FASHION OF THIS IS I CARE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT SAID, ONE THING THAT IS BEEN UNSTATED SO FAR, AND IF IT WAS STATED I MISSED IT. WE MUST LIVE IN THE AREA AND THE DIRECTOR DISTRICT. WE ARE OBVIOUSLY DIRECTED BY THE WHOLE DISTRICT.SO MAYBE IT'S NOT AS MUCH OF AN ISSUE BUT THAT'S JUST COME TO KNOW SOMETHING WAS WRESTLING WITH, CONCEPTUALLY, WHAT IS THE BEST WAY ABOUT GOING ABOUT IT. THE QUESTION I HAVE IS DIFFERENT. AND THAT IS, MAYBE IT ISN'T DIFFERENT BUT SIMILAR, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. WE HAVE A SENSE OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWNS OF EACH DIRECTOR DISTRICT RIGHT NOW? BECAUSE I DO THAT ONE OTHER CRITERIA IS THAT IT MUST, AND BARBARA READ OFF THE STATUTE. AT LEAST IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW ABOUT BEFORE WE APPROVE IT, APPROVE, WE SHOULD PROBABLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE -- I MEAN, HAVING LIVED HERE IN THIS AREA MY WHOLE LIFE, AND ARE GENERALLY WITH THE DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWNS ARE.
FOR EACH DIRECTOR DISTRICT I THINK HAVING THE NUMBERS WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.
>> WE CAN CERTAINLY, WE DO HAVE -- WE DO HAVE THAT INFORMATION, THEN THE PROPOSED AND WHAT THE GUIDELINES IS NOT TO EXACERBATE. IT ISN'T, BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MAKE THE BOUNDARIES EQUAL AND THEN MAKE THE DEMOGRAPHICS EQUAL, THE INTENT OF THE CHANGE IS NOT TO EXACERBATE ANY PROBLEMS, I'LL GO BACK TO, YET.
>> I BELIEVE THE TERM EXACERBATE COMES FROM SCHOOL BOUNDARY WORK.
AND I BELIEVE THE LANGUAGE HERE IS POPULATION DATA MAY NOT BE USED FOR PURPOSES OF FAVORING
OR DISFAVORING ANY RACIAL GROUP OR POLITICAL PARTY. >> IN SOME WAYS TAKEN HIS FIRST
DRAFT NOT EVEN KNOWING, THAT'S THE RIGHT ANSWER. >> THAT'S RIGHT BECAUSE THAT STATUTE, AN INTENSE REQUIREMENT. RIGHT.
THAT IS ALL THANK YOU. THAT IS IT I WOULD STILL LIKE TO KNOW.
IN GENERAL, IT'S FINE. I DON'T HAVE MUCH ELSE TO SAY. IT SEEMS GENERALLY FINE.
CHRIS, YOUR HAND. OKAY. >> I JUST WANTED, YOUR COMMENT ON WHAT IF WE JUST WENT VERTICAL OR HORIZONTAL CROSS AND DRAW LINES? I TOTALLY GET IT AND I CAN SEE VALUE WITH THAT AS WELL. THE BENEFIT OF THE GEOGRAPHIC IS THE GUARANTEE GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION BY DOING IT THIS WAY.
THE OTHER WAY IS, YOU CAN END UP WITH FOUR PEOPLE FROM THE VERY SAME AREA WITHIN THE DISTRICT OR FIVE PEOPLE. THAT WOULD BE THE ONE POTENTIAL DRAWBACK THAT COULD OCCUR TO RICK. I GUESS I'VE SEEN IT WITHIN CITY COUNCIL RACES.
YOU CAN SEE THE CONCENTRATIONS OF WHERE PEOPLE COME FROM. I THINK WE DO LIKE THE IDEA OF A MORE GEOGRAPHICALLY DIVERSE, DIFFERENT PARAMETER AS WELL BECAUSE WE ARE SO LARGE.
>> AND YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH THAT AND HONESTLY, I'M JUST WISTFUL.
I FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE BUT LEAH, IF YOU WANT TO RETIRE I HAVE SOMETHING FABULOUSLY.
THE PROBLEM WITH THE STRIPES MODEL ERIC IS FUNDAMENTALLY THAT IF WE RE- BOUNDARY WOULD
HAVE TOLD A SPECIAL ELECTION TO REPLACE US. >> I THINK THAT'S ACCURATE.
I THINK IT IS JUST, I DON'T THINK IT'S ACCURATE THINK WE HAVE TO CLIMB TO THE NEXT
ELECTION. >> THERE ARE SOME NATURAL ASPECTS TO THE EXTENT IT WILL
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HAVE ANY RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT. BASICALLY THE SOLUTION WHERE EVERYBODY'S AT LARGE.THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO SOLUTIONS THAT MAKE SENSE. >> I AGREE THAT I'M MERELY THINKING OUT LOUD. LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A FEW MORE SLIDES, ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? >> I APPRECIATED YOUR QUESTION AROUND DEMOGRAPHICS.
AND SO AT SOME POINT I DO THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO KNOW THE DEMOGRAPHICS THE ROCKIES EVEN WITHOUT KNOWING THEM NO. AND IF WE HAVE INTENTIONALLY DONE SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T DO
THAT. AND COULD A FAVOR OR DISFAVOR. >> AND Z ARMY.
OUR DISTRICT IN TERMS OF LOW INCOME OR RACE, THERE ARE POCKETS AND THERE IS NO FAVOR AND DISFAVOR I'M NOT SURE IF IT COUNTS AS FAVOR DISFAVOR IF THEY ACCIDENTALLY GROUPED IN
ONE DISTRICT OR NOT. >> I WOULD STILL LIKE TO KNOW. >> EXACTLY, WOULDN'T MIND KNOWING, I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT BEING FAVORING REDISTRICTING.
>> ALL RIGHT, I SHOWED YOU THIS POPULATION SO AGAIN THESE NEW BOUNDARIES BALANCE THE POPULATION AND THEN SO REALLY, LET ME TAKE MY POINTER OFF. I KNOW HOW TO GET MY POINTER OFF SO I HAVE TO MOVE IT THERE. WE JUST NEED TO DETERMINE THE DATES FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION.
WHETHER WE JUST WANT TO YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO THAT IMMEDIATELY, GET THE PROCESS GOING COMING AT THE PRESS RELEASE OUT, SCHEDULE THE NEXT THREE BOARD MEETINGS.
TO DO THAT, AGAIN, WE HAVE UNTIL NOVEMBER TO DO SO. THAT'S REALLY WHAT I HAVE LEFT AND JUST REALLY DISCUSSION ABOUT TIMING, IS THERE ANY OTHER YOU KNOW, SOUNDS AGREE WILL GIVE THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA. WE CAN CERTAINLY SHARE IT, I CAN SHARE THAT AND THEN WE
COULD JUST DECIDE WHEN WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. >> CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE LAST
SLIDE THAT HAD THE DIFFERENT MILESTONES? >> YES.
>> OKAY. GO AHEAD. >> IN REGARDS TO THE TIMELINE.
IDEALLY I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IT WRAPPED UP BY THE END OF MAY. BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING WE SUB INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN SCHOOLS, GRADUATION HAS NOT HIT YET.
IF YOU MOVE INTO THE OTHER FRAME WE ARE IN ANOTHER BALLGAME.
I THINK WRAPPING IT UP SOONER THAN LATER PROBABLY MAKES SENSE.
>> YEAH IT MAKES SENSE TO ME. I WAS THINKING LESS OF THE PRESENTATION, PUBLIC HEARING THE NEXT MEETING WE CAN GET IT ON. I WOULD JUST COME IN MY THINKING IS THAT SCHEDULE THESE NEXT FEW MEETINGS. IF THERE'S A LEVEL OF FEEDBACK AFTER THE PRESENTATION PUBLIC HEARING WE CAN ALWAYS PUSH BACK THE SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS FOR ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK BUT I DON'T ANTICIPATE THERE BEING A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AROUND THIS. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
>> JUST A QUESTION REGARDING, THIS HAPPENS EVERY 10 YEARS AFTER EACH CENSUS, CORRECT?
>> CORRECT. >> AS WE KNOW WE HAVE VERY BIG POCKETS OF GROWTH THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING IN VERY SPECIFIC AREAS OF OUR DISTRICT, IS THAT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE ARE TRYING THESE BOUNDARIES? BECAUSE PRETTY QUICKLY, OUR NUMBERS WILL GET SKEWED AGAIN
CORRECT? >> AND WE DON'T DRAW THEM BASED ON ANTICIPATED GROWTH, THE CHARGE IS TO BALANCE THEM BASED ON THAT CENSUS COMING TO THE CENSUS DATA IN 2020 AND THEN, 10 YEARS FROM NOW WE WILL REBALANCE THEM AGAIN WITH NEW CENSUS DATA.
>> GREAT IDEA APPEARED SO SOPHISTICATED. ABSOLUTELY NOT WHAT THE LAW
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REQUIRES UNFORTUNATELY. >> TO BUILD ON THAT THOUGHT, WE KNOW WHERE THE POCKETS ARE, IS THE WAY THAT THERE IS A POCKET IN EACH OF THE AREAS SO THAT YOU HAVE SOME CONCENTRATED GROWTH THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FEASIBLE
BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT. >> I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT, I CAN SAY THE DISTRICT I LIVE IN WILL NOT GROW AS MUCH AS ANYTHING THAT HAS DOWNTOWN KIRKLAND IN IT. THERE ARE NO REAL POCKETS IN THE NORTH.
>> BECAUSE TOTEM LAKE IS IN THREE. >> YEAH.
>> SO TOTEM LAKE, WE KNOW THE AREA WILL GROW. NO -- PARK THAT'S WHERE A LOT
OF THE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING AND SO, THAT -- >> THE TOWN CENTER.
>> THIS AREA WILL GROW AND THEN THE TOWN CENTER. BUT THEN ALL OF DOWNTOWN REDMOND. SO THE REALITY IS MOST LIKELY, YOU KNOW TWO WILL NEED TO KEEP
-- >> INTERESTING QUESTION. KIRKLAND RIVER TOTEM LAKE IN THREE AND -- THE TWO BIG SITES THAT KIRKLAND IS PLANNING TO INCREASE DENSITY OR BOTH IN DISTRICT 3. SO TWO WILL NOT GROW MUCH, ONE WILL NOT GROW MUCH.
BUT THREE WILL GET ALSO KIRKLAND. >> I THINK TWO WILL GROW, I
THINK THREE WILL GROW. POTENTIALLY FOUR. >> THEY HAVE TOTEM LAKE WITH THE FIRST DEVELOP HIGH DENSITY HOUSING CONCURRENT WITH DISCUSSIONS ON THE 85TH STREET CORRIDOR. THAT 85TH STREET CORRIDOR IS 100 PERCENT IN THREE AT THIS POINT. THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING IN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY NEW PEOPLE. WE ARE HERE, I'M HEARING QUITE AN EAR FULL FROM THE LOCALS
ABOUT DEVELOPMENT BUT THAT IS A CITY PROBLEM, NOT MY PROBLEM. >> IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE LOOKED AT BY OUR CONSULTANTS? AND IF THEY WOULD SUGGEST ANY
CHANGE BASED ON THAT. >> THAT, I REALLY DON'T THINK IT'S A BAD IDEA JUST BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A BIG THING THAT KIRKLAND IS TRYING TO DO. WEST OF THE FREEWAY THEY ARE TRYING TO DO MUCH OF ANYTHING. HE SAID THE FREEWAY IS TACKLING.> AND YOU CONTINUE TO HAVE DOWNTOWN REDMOND TO 85TH ALL THE WAY TO THE VILLAGE ACROSS WAS ALL GROWING WHERE WE HAVE THE LAND. IT'S AN INTERESTING PROPOSITION.I JUST KNOW IF
THEY CAN DO IT. >> I THINK IS CHALLENGING BECAUSE WHAT MOST LIKELY YOU KNOW, IF TWO, THREE AND FOUR GROWS AND ONE AND FIVE KIND OF STAY STABLE, THEY REALLY, THEY WILL NEED TO GET BIGGER TO BALANCE THE PUBLISHING ONLY TO GET BIGGER.
SO EITHER ENCROACHES ON 405 OR ENCROACHES DOWNWARD PURITY CAN MAKE ONE BIG -- THEN REBALANCING BETWEEN TWO, THREE AND FOUR. DEPENDING ON WHERE THE
POPULATION YOU KNOW, COMES. BUT I THINK. >> ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM IS
WHERE I LIVE. [LAUGHTER] >> ACTUALLY YOU NOT CLOSEST TO
THE EDGES OF THREE ARE YOU? IT IS SO, LET US KNOW. >> IT'S LIKE A BLOCK.
[LAUGHTER] >> NOT EVEN. >> 100 YARDS.
[LAUGHTER] >> SORRY. >> YOU KNOW -- I GUESS THE QUESTION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE, IF THE BOARD IS NOT COMFORTABLE GOING FORWARD WITH THESE MAPS TO THE PUBLIC HEARING THEN WE SHOULD KNOW THAT NOW. MY SENSE IS THAT, MY SENSE IS EVERYONE HAS SOME COMMENTS AROUND THIS. BUT I'M NOT HEARING ANY LOUD OBJECTIONS OVER THE DRAFT MAPS. ANY SPIT BOILING IDEAS. I I DON'T MEAN, FROM PUTTING WORDS IN ANYONE'S MOUTH I'M SORRY. I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT IF WE ARE OKAY GOING FORWARD WITH HAVING THIS GO FORWARD AT A PUBLIC HEARING.
KNOWING THAT CHANGES STILL CAN BE MADE. >> IF ANYTHING MY COMMENT WAS MORE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PROCESS BECAUSE I WASN'T QUITE SURE IF YOU DO TAKE INTO
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CONSIDERATION THE ANTICIPATED GROWTH WHEN YOU DO THESE LINES. >> YEAH AND IRONICALLY, THIS ABOUT WHERE THE DIRECTORS HAVE TO LIVE. EACH OF US WAS ELECTED AT LARGE BY ALL FIVE DISTRICTS. IT IS NOT HOW MANY PEOPLE VOTE FOR IS NOT HOW MANY PEOPLE
REPRESENT, IT IS JUST ABOUT WHERE WE HAVE TO LIVE. >> IN ORDER TO RUN.
>> YES. >> IS ABOUT PERCEPTION THOUGH OF PEOPLE FEELING LIKE YOU ARE REPRESENTING THEM AND THERE IS A PERCEPTION WHETHER IT IS CORRECT OR NOT, THAT DOESN'T
CHANGE THE PERCEPTION TO BE QUITE FRANK. >> I WILL SAY, I THOUGHT THAT YOUR POINT WAS REASONABLE IN WHICH TO AT LEAST EXPLORE IS A POSSIBILITY.
I REALIZE IT'S NOT REQUIRED BY THE LAW BUT PERHAPS IT CAN BE A BEST PRACTICE TRYING TO DO SO.
YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE REASON IN MY POST TO WHAT WE HAVE HERE? NO.
I DO WANT TO SEE THE DEMOGRAPHICS REFERRED GO TO A PUBLIC HEARING HONESTLY.
I THINK WE WOULD NOT BE DOING OURSELVES ANY FAVOR BY IGNORING THAT AS WE LOOK AT THIS.
JUST KNOWING, HOUSING DRIVES A LOT OF HOW DEMOGRAPHICS PLAY APPEARED REALLY HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH, IT HAS TO DO WITH WHERE THINGS ARE AFFORDABLE OR WHERE PEOPLE HAPPEN TO SETTLE BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW THAT AND BE AWARE OF THAT. IT WOULD BE THE ONE THING I
WOULD ASK FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> OKAY WOULD YOU LIKE ANOTHER STEADY SESSION BEFORE THAT OR IS THIS SOMETHING WE WOULD BE OKAY HAVING THIS AND IF YOU ARE
CONCERNED YOU COULD ADDRESS IT THEN? >> WITH A BOARD BRIEF.
UNLESS THERE WAS SOME REASON TO BELIEVE WE NEED A STUDY SESSION.
>> OKAY I FEEL THE SAME WAY. >> SO JOHN, CAN ASK A QUESTION? WE WILL PROVIDE THE DATA, BUT THERE COULD BE A DATA SET THAT COULD CAUSE THE BOARD TO SAY, WE NEED TO COME BACK TO A STUDY SESSION AS WELL. ISN'T THAT, I MEAN IS THAT THE REASON FOR ASKING FOR THE DATA?
>> YES THERE'S NO GUARANTEE. >> YES, I AGREE WITH THAT. SORRY JOHN.
WHAT IS, YOU HAVE A FOLLOW-UP THOUGHT ON THAT. >> ACTUALLY, WHAT IS YOUR
CONDITION THAT WOULD CAUSE PROBLEMS? >> I AM NOT SURE I KNOW WHAT THAT IS SPECIFICALLY HONESTLY. THERE ARE, AS YOU LOOK SORT OF STATEWIDE AND NATIONWIDE AROUND SORT OF HOW DISTRICTING HAS DONE THINGS, POTENTIALLY AND -- I DON'T WANT TO BE UNINTENTIONAL OF DOING SOMETHING. WE NEED TO JUST KNOW AND THEN WE CAN MAKE AN INTENTIONAL DECISION AS TO WHAT THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE.
>> OKAY. AND I HEAR YOU ON THAT. BUT THE DISTRICTING ISSUE ARE ABOUT PEOPLE CHOOSING THEIR VOTERS. THIS ABOUT CHOOSING WHERE WE
HAVE TO LIVE. >> AS BARBARA AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, I WAS TRYING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO DISFAVOR A RACIAL GROUP IN OUR CONTEXT? AND YOU KNOW, UNINTENTIONALLY, HAVING A DIRECTOR DISTRICT WHERE THE MAKEUP OF A RACIAL GROUP IS ONLY LOCATED IN ONE DIRECTOR DISTRICT WHEN YOU CAN OTHERWISE HAVE THAT RACIAL GROUP REPRESENTED IN TWO. IT ACTUALLY TO ME, THAT DISFAVORS A RACIAL GROUP BECAUSE YOU'VE NOW ONLY GIVEN THAT GROUP ONE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SELECTED FOR THE BOARD, WHEREAS IF YOU PURPOSEFULLY ACTUALLY HAD A GREATER LEVEL OF DISTRIBUTION IN DIRECTOR DISTRICT, THEN THAT RACIAL GROUP HAS A GREATER OPPORTUNITY TO BE REPRESENTED ON THE BOARD.
THUS THE ONLY CONDITION I CAN THINK OF IN TERMS OF DISFAVORING.
THERE MAY BE OTHERS IN TERMS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD BUT IT'S KIND OF THE ONE THAT STOOD OUT FOR ME. AND WHY THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO LOOK AT THE MAKEUP OF THE,
OF THE PROPOSED. >> SORRY, I'M TRYING TO PROCESS WHAT YOU JUST SAID JOHN! [LAUGHTER] I THINK, IF YOU LOOK AT, I WAS PERUSING SOME OF THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSED AT OUR BOARD MEETING AND YOU KNOW, THE BREAKOUT BY DEMOGRAPHICS,
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STUDENT POPULATION AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND SEEING, EVEN WITHIN OUR COMPANY IS OF HIGH SCHOOLS AND WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED, YOU CAN SEE VERY DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS.I DO THINK THE INFORMATION THAT WE COULD GET FROM DOING THIS IS GOING TO BE INSIGHTFUL BECAUSE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE AND IT'S REFLECTED IN THE HIGH SCHOOL POPULATIONS.
AS FAR AS FAVORING OR DISFAVORING, I DON'T KNOW. I DO KNOW WILL CAUSE ME TO SAY I'M NOT OKAY WITH THESE DISTRICTS. I HAVE TO SEE THE DATA FIRST.
>> SO THEN, IN TERMS OF PROCESS TIMING, OUR NEXT, THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IS MARCH --
>> WITH FIVE BOARD MEETINGS BETWEEN NOW AND MAY 23. SO, WE ARE MARCH 7, MARCH 28,
APRIL 18, MAY 9, MAY 23. >> THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA THAT THE BOARD IS REQUESTED, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET THAT IN BOARD BRIEFS THIS WEEK? OR IS THAT --
>> YES. >> OKAY. AND SO, IF WE WERE TO HAVE IT THIS WEEK, PROVIDED THERE WERE NO CONCERNS, WE COULD HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SEVENTH STILL. THERE WOULD STILL BE ONE, TWO, THREE.
3 1/2 WEEKS ESSENTIALLY. WHAT IS THE NOTICE REQUIREMENT FOR THAT?
>> THERE ISN'T A SPECIFIC NOTICE REQUIREMENT LIKE AS A TIME, YOU HAVE TO HAVE -- THE ONLY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENT IS THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS TO BE A WEEK BEFORE THE BOARD TAKES ACTION. LET ME GO BACK TO THE RCW. AT LEAST ONE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE REDISTRICTING PLAN AT LEAST ONE WEEK BEFORE ADOPTION OF THE PLAN.
IDEALLY, WE COULD DO -- OBVIOUSLY, IT WOULD BE OUR GOAL TO GET A PRESS RELEASE AND INFORMATION ON OUR WEBPAGE. AT LEAST A WEEK BEFORE THE BOARD MEETING.
>> THAT SEEMS DOABLE. IT SEEMS PRETTY DOABLE TO HAVE THAT.
>> YES. >> EVERYONE, WITH THAT SAID, EVERYONE OKAY WITH TENTATIVELY SAYING WE WILL HAVE, WILL LOOK TO DO THE PUBLIC HEARING COMPONENT ON THE MARCH 7 MEETING? NO VIOLENT SHAKING NO, LET'S DO THAT.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME. LET ME STOP SHARING. >> ALSO, THANK YOU FOR HOW THE MAPS, THE CHANGES WERE GRAPHICALLY DISPLAYED. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A CREST AND IT WAS VERY CLEAR TO SEE IN THIS. THANKS FOR DOING THAT.
>> A LITTLE HELP FROM -- MAPS TO PUT THE MAP TOGETHER, THE NEW MAP TOGETHER FOR US.
THEY DID A NICE JOB GETTING THAT TURNED AROUND. WORKING WITH PROMAX FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND THE SAME PEOPLE ARE THERE AND IT'S KIND OF FUN TO CALL THEM UP AND ANYWAY, GET
THE SAME PEOPLE. >> WILL LAST, ONE LAST THING ON THIS, IF AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE WE DO ADD A COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL, ANOTHER ONE, WE HAVE FIVE THAT COULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. TO MATCH OUR DIRECTOR DISTRICT WITH ALL COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTS. POTENTIALLY. JUST WANT TO MEMORIALIZE THAT THOUGHT FOR
THE RECORD. [LAUGHTER] >> AND I THINK WE CAN CHANGE IN
BETWEEN. >> NO, I'M JUST THINKING YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS FROM NOW OR 20
YEARS FROM NOW. >> LET THEM DEAL WITH IT THEN. >> OKAY.
ALRIGHT SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE BOARD? OKAY, FOLLOWING TODAY'S STUDY SESSION THERE'S A BOARD MEETING AT 7 PM, BOARD MEMBERS WE HAVE A SEPARATE LINK FOR THAT.
WE HAVE ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND WE WILL BE BACK ON START RIGHT AT SEVEN TONIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.