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[3:11] Council is now in session with the clerk, please take the roll. Council member Okane. Here. Council member Marshall. Present. Council member Culver. Present. Council member Admin. Council member Lutzis. Here. Deputy Mayor Sassin. I'm here. Mayor Herbick. Here, unless there are any objections, Council member Admin will be excused. Here are no objections. Council member Admin is excused. That brings us to our land acknowledgement. We acknowledge that the city of Kenmore is situated upon the ancestral lands of the
[3:41] with Snohomish, Nakwami, Saksewado, Duwamish, Siluguamish,
[3:44] Tulalip, Sakwamish, Muckleshoot, and other tribes
[3:47] who are part of the Coast Salish peoples.
[3:49] We recognize and express our deepest respect
[3:51] for their enduring stewardship and profound relationship
[3:54] with this land, which they have cherished and protected
[3:56] since time immemorial.
[3:58] We honor the first peoples, acknowledge our vibrant cultures
[4:01] and commit ourselves to learning from their wisdom
[4:03] and our journey to promote justice, equity,
[4:05] and mutual understanding.
[4:07] We pledge to stand alongside these communities
[4:09] and acknowledging past injustices and working towards the future of the respects and celebrate
[4:13] the diverse heritage of this land. Now, if you'd all please stand and join me in the
[4:19] flight salute.
[4:40] Next on our agenda is approval of the agenda. Unless there are any objections,
[4:44] the agenda will stand approved as published. Objections, the agenda is approved. That brings us
[4:51] to our proclamation tonight for Disability Pride Month, July 2026.
[4:58] Whereas,
[5:03] people with disabilities have a proud history of fighting for inclusion and justice.
[5:07] And whereas, people with disabilities have experienced generations, marginalization,
[5:11] and deserve equitable treatment in the workplace, education system, and every part of our community.
[5:17] And whereas, every July is disability Pride Month, which is dedicated to honoring the history,
[5:23] achievements, experiences, and struggles of the disability community.
[5:27] And whereas, disability Pride Month marks the anniversary of the Americans with
[5:31] Disability Act, landmark legislation signed July 26, 1990, prohibiting discrimination against
[5:38] people with disabilities in public life. And whereas advocates and organizations such as
[5:43] Kendrick continue to promote greater awareness, acceptance, and inclusion of all members of the community,
[5:49] Kendrick's mission is to embrace children of diverse abilities by providing the finest education
[5:53] and therapies, and nurture hope, courage, and the skills to soar. And whereas Kendrick serves over
[6:00] 100 children each year from the city of Kenmore, and whereas people with disabilities contribute
[6:04] enormously to the economy, culture, and community of the city of Kenmore. And whereas the city of
[6:10] Kenmore supports and respects people with disabilities and aims to be an inclusive place where all people
[6:16] of all abilities can thrive. Now, therefore, I, Nigel Herbig, mayor of the city of Kenmore,
[6:21] on behalf of the City Council, do you hear by Proclaim July 2026 to be disability pride month throughout
[6:26] the city of Kenmore. And to accept that today, we have Christina
[6:32] Mendiada, and I totally asked her out of the house and I just mangled it again.
[6:36] Chief Advancement Officer for Kindering.
[6:39] Christina.
[6:39] Thank you.
[6:40] Thank you so much. Mayor Herveg, Council Members, and staff.
[6:45] Good evening. My name is Christina Mendiada. I am the Chief Advancement Officer of Kindering,
[6:50] and I am here on behalf of the kindering community of staff and families to thank you very sincerely
[6:56] for doing this proclamation. I won't repeat what was already said in the proclamation
[7:01] about what kindering does, but I did just want to tell you why it matters because I think sometimes
[7:07] these types of things can feel very symbolic and I wanted to tell you why it matters to our families
[7:14] and to our staff. So first of all not every city does disability pride proclamations and I can tell you that even in the world of disability advocacy that I've been working in for the past several years.
[7:27] A lot of people don't even know what disability pride is and it is I think a wonderful thing that the city is doing to help raise awareness about disability culture, history, identity.
[7:42] and letting people know that this is a pride celebration
[7:47] in addition to LGBTQIA plus pride.
[7:51] And I thought the better thing
[7:54] than for me to offer my thoughts
[7:56] was to just give you two little quotes
[7:58] from parents of kindering kids.
[8:03] So one set of parents, we ask them
[8:05] why is disability pride important to you?
[8:07] They have now four-year-old
[8:09] who has graduated kindering's early support services.
[8:12] she did occupational therapy, feeding therapy, physical therapy, they said we are the proud
[8:19] parents of a brave little girl with cerebral palsy. Disability Pride Month is important to our
[8:23] family because we want our daughter to feel proud of herself and live in a community that is
[8:27] proud of her as well. We celebrate the amazing things she does and cheer on people in the disability
[8:32] community every day so it's amazing to be part of a month for the community celebrates with us.
[8:37] And I want to share another quote from a kindering parent who has a disability herself. She's
[8:41] fully blind. Her daughter has complex medical needs and was at kindering as a child.
[8:49] And actually she's in her 20s now and she came back to kindering to volunteer with us.
[8:54] So this mother, named Sunny, said people with disabilities are contributing enormously
[8:59] to this community. And the more you include them, the more they can contribute. My daughter,
[9:04] Kira and I are living proof of that. So that is what you are. That's the message that
[9:09] you're giving to our families.
[9:11] And so, again, thank you so much.
[9:13] Thank you.
[9:14] Would you join us over by the flag,
[9:16] so I can present this to you and take a quick picture?
[10:02] All
[10:08] right, city manager, where is the fun?
[10:12] Thank you, Mayor.
[10:14] We have two items for you this evening.
[10:17] The city hosted its annual dune team celebration
[10:20] last Wednesday, June 17th, from three to seven PM
[10:22] at the Hanger and Kenmore Town Square.
[10:24] We know it was not officially Juneteenth Day, but we wanted to celebrate as part of our
[10:30] farmer's market and Iran in conjunction as a free family-friendly event.
[10:37] The highlights included the Black National Anthem performed by Darnisha Bowman of Black
[10:41] Coffee Northwest, what an amazing voice she has and she was accompanied by a great drummer.
[10:47] Deputies Mayor Sassan gave a welcome from the city, and there were opening remarks from
[10:53] Zatis, Sapa, Nata, Cha, Oya, and I am so sorry if I mispronounced any of that, who is the
[11:03] Washington ACLU Health Policy Program Director and their remarks were just truly inspiring.
[11:10] So I encourage everyone to come out next year. There were interactive booths, activities
[11:13] communities and community crafts, representation from a large range of groups including King County
[11:19] Library, Kenmore Heritage Society, Washington, ACLU, Artsakenmore, Langston Hughes Performing
[11:27] Arts Institute, Creativity Loft, as well as our own Let's Talk Kenmore Podcast, which
[11:33] got some great interviews from people in attendance, as well as our Environmental Services and
[11:38] City booth.
[11:41] Next, we have some bittersweet, where's the fun for you?
[11:44] While it will be very fun for Christine, it's sad for us, and that our beloved
[11:49] front desk receptionist, Christine Kobatit, is retiring this Thursday, June 25th.
[11:55] You've made notice that the front desk has been decorated for her with a happy
[11:59] retirement banner, and we sincerely mean it. We wish you're nothing but the best
[12:03] in this next chapter of her life. And if you get a chance to stop by during
[12:08] business hours this week, please do so and wish her well and think her for all that she's
[12:13] done for the city. That's my report. Thank you so much. Next on the agenda is public comments.
[12:22] Before I read the spiel, I'll just confirm that we don't have anybody signed in for a virtual
[12:26] and we don't have anyone to be signed in for in person. Correct. Okay, well then, on to the next.
[12:33] Next. Next on the agenda then is the consent agenda that you're going to entertain a motion
[12:38] to approve the consent agenda. They'll move. Second, I have a motion and a second. Is there
[12:44] any discussion? No, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? The consent agenda
[12:52] is approved unanimously which brings us to the business agenda. Updated park impact
[12:58] for the methodology presented by Debbie Bent Community Development Director and Todd Hall Principal Planner.
[13:48] Good evening, Council. We are here this evening to continue the discussion of the park impact fee
[13:55] study. We've been before you in two prior meetings and we have updated the methodology hopefully to
[14:05] provide clarity. We've given a description in the agenda bill to recap what some of the
[14:12] questions were, but ultimately we need to get to a public hearing to then adopt the impact
[14:19] fee study and update to the Kenmore Municipal Code. So there are some questions in terms
[14:27] of the approach that we're asking council to take a look at. And at the last meeting there
[14:32] was no clear direction or consensus on which approach to take.
[14:37] So we are back with hopefully some information
[14:39] that's been clarified and then to answer those same questions.
[14:44] In terms of the staff recommendation
[14:47] on the fee calculation, we are recommending
[14:50] that you take the square footage approach just
[14:53] because it's easy to administer and understand.
[14:58] We're also looking for direction
[15:00] On setting the percentage of the maximum rate to be implemented, which would start in January
[15:05] 2027. And again, if you have any questions on the municipal code amendments, on the rate
[15:13] we are looking at recommending setting that rate at 70% of the maximum, because that is
[15:19] comparable to the rate that was set in 2025 and 2026. And just as a reminder, parking
[15:28] impact fees are for new residential development to pay their proportionate share of growth,
[15:37] not the entire share of cost for infrastructure or park infrastructure that's needed.
[15:44] It's a share, so there are other funding sources that need to supplement that as well as
[15:48] park impact fees, whether that's REIT or King County Levy or those other forms.
[15:56] So, on that, we don't have a presentation this evening, but we can pull up information
[16:02] from the packet if there are any questions.
[16:05] So again, opening it up for Council discussion and questions.
[16:12] Questions?
[16:15] I was just reviewing my notes from our previous meeting, where unfortunately we also did not
[16:19] have Council Member Admin until the very end, and it appears as if a majority of the Council
[16:24] was also on the square foot in the 70% to 75% range just from my—he's in no paper. I left him
[16:33] at the desk. Do we have any questions? Do we want to count
[16:41] some recover? Yeah, I've got one,
[16:44] and you spoke to it a bit, but one thing I discovered looking into this—there's a section in the
[16:49] RCW about legislative intent that spells out that the intent of the legislature is that new
[16:57] growth should pay for new growth, for its proportionate share, I think might be the exact
[17:02] language. What does that mean and what does that look like? Does that abtour a higher amount
[17:09] or a lower amount? Have they elaborated on that, Annie?
[17:24] Are you asking me, is there an interpretation from the legislation, or I'm just trying to
[17:31] make sure that I address your question appropriately?
[17:34] Yeah, I would refer a consultant, potentially, like if seeing this in practice, like since they've laid out that legislative intent, that new development should pay for new development.
[17:46] In your mind, does that have toward a higher rate or a lower rate?
[17:55] Tom, if you wouldn't mind answering.
[17:56] It can be any rate you decide it to be, as long as it's going to be used for new capacity, new growth.
[18:03] The legislation doesn't mandate what percent of that that has to be, but it also does say that it can't be the only source of funds that you use to develop new facilities.
[18:16] Right, and you, somewhere in the packet I think it says that you had preferred a higher rate, I think closer than 90 percent.
[18:24] Could you talk about that a little bit?
[18:26] Well, in the methodology I put in the spreadsheets for the six and twenty year forecast for all
[18:32] the requirements to fund everything, not just new development facilities, and it really
[18:38] comes down to the besides what you've been doing, except for the fact that your property
[18:44] attack is going to continue to decline, there are really three places you can go for money
[18:49] and that's either impact fees or read or levy.
[18:53] So read is difficult because you're then taking
[18:56] from other capital facility requirements that you need.
[18:59] And levy's can be dicey dependent on how you formulate them
[19:02] and what you're trying to do.
[19:04] So essentially I tend to prefer having a higher rate,
[19:08] 70 to 75% is fine because if you lower it much more,
[19:12] then you're overly dependent on those other two sources
[19:16] to finance your development.
[19:17] and that doesn't seem to be used much flexibility.
[19:23] Okay.
[19:23] That's all I got.
[19:24] Thank you.
[19:27] Councilor Marshall.
[19:30] As I recall, the alternative to square footage was it per unit or just correct down that
[19:35] please?
[19:36] The square footage for the structure itself, for the unit.
[19:39] And the other alternative was bedrooms.
[19:43] Bedrooms.
[19:43] That's right.
[19:44] Thank you.
[19:45] We don't prefer bedrooms, and we kind of laid out the pros and cons.
[19:50] The difficulty with bedrooms is one, if you look at some of the persons per bedroom.
[19:56] This is, according to the American Community Survey, you get down to the studio, supposedly
[20:01] 0.85 people.
[20:03] I mean, that's into the lot for one thing.
[20:06] The other issue is, if at the time that you're going to impose the impact, they're going
[20:10] to give you floor plans, and there's invariably going to be arguments that we don't have that
[20:14] many bedrooms.
[20:15] You have a guest room, where you have a family room, where you have an office, and that's
[20:20] So this seems to be creating more confusion than necessary.
[20:28] Deputy Mayor.
[20:30] Thanks for coming back.
[20:32] I appreciate it.
[20:33] I just want to save my recollection is that the square footage approach and the 70%
[20:42] recommendation seems in line with my preferences during our last chat.
[20:49] And so I would be happy to move ahead with that.
[20:52] I could also support up to 75% if there were consensus around that.
[20:59] The
[21:02] comments, questions?
[21:07] All right. Well, they are asking
[21:09] production before with a public hearing, which I think does
[21:13] choirist tell us what tell them what type of public hearing on.
[21:16] So I'm just going to toss out a motion and folks can decide what they want to do with it.
[21:21] The chair of the entertainer motion to direct staff to put together a park impact fee using
[21:35] square footage and at the 70% threshold.
[21:44] And then directing staff to also schedule public hearing for an updated park impact fee methodology
[21:50] and amendments to Ken Ramirez will code at chapter 20.47.
[21:56] Second.
[21:57] I have a motion of second and certain discussion.
[22:03] Councilmember Culver.
[22:04] I don't know that I'll get a second,
[22:06] but I would move to amend to 80% and kindly ask for a second.
[22:12] Second.
[22:13] I have a motion and a second.
[22:15] Is there any discussion?
[22:18] Councilmember Culver.
[22:19] Yeah, I would just say this.
[22:21] This, we are subsidizing market rate housing.
[22:25] Anything that we collect less than the maximum it's, you know, is dollars we could put
[22:30] toward other things, we could, we can't spend that money directly on affordable housing,
[22:36] but we could do things like instead of taking it out of our general fund, we can pull and
[22:41] leverage those money toward actual affordable housing.
[22:44] I don't think keeping that lower advances circles in a meaningful way.
[22:51] We have some equity carveouts.
[22:52] I'm excited about those.
[22:54] I'm glad we exempt affordable housing and have kind of a slope for middle and manufactured,
[22:59] but I think we can go further and I think the equity case is strong, so I would push for
[23:04] at least eight.
[23:06] All right.
[23:08] Councilmember Lutzis, and then we'll go to Councilor Marshall.
[23:10] Yeah.
[23:11] Yeah, I think when it comes to this as well, thinking about how the fact that impact fees
[23:17] like this, I'm glad that we have the carveouts for affordable housing, but still a lot
[23:22] of fees like this are fairly passed through, a lot of the brunt is bear by those who purchase
[23:28] that, the unit, whatever is developed, even if they are smaller in size, and so just being
[23:36] mindful of that. I think 70 is a fair amount to ask for. Again, we can't require 100% to be on
[23:43] this, and we have to look for other things and trying to balance that with the fact that we don't
[23:48] want these to pass through all the way and still make other forms of housing, even if they are
[23:55] market rate or slightly below market rate, that much less affordable.
[24:02] A little bit different, though, still supportive of the amendment to the motion by Council member Culver, I just see the 80% as a reasonable increase for parks.
[24:15] Council member, okay.
[24:17] I think the staff recommendation of 70% is appropriate.
[24:24] At this time, we are all going through increases and this does pass through to the purchaser or the renter or whoever lives in the home.
[24:35] So, at this time, I don't think it's appropriate to increase it to 80% I think 70% is absolutely appropriate being mindful of inflation and the expenses that we're going through right now, so I do not support the motion.
[24:54] Speaking for myself, I generally more comfortable with 70, maybe 75% customer culvert.
[25:00] Yeah, I mean, let's talk about the other side of the past through, if we are not charging
[25:05] that to new development, as I understand the legislative intent calls us to, that's being
[25:10] put on residents that increases more pressures of us to raise taxes, go out for an MPD, whatever
[25:18] the case may be.
[25:19] I think the legislative intent here is very clear, and I think there's a way toward more equitable winds for truly affordable housing.
[25:26] Market rate is not affordable housing.
[25:28] You can't waive impact fees to the lower AMI bands, which is what we need to actually be building.
[25:36] There's better ways to use our incentives and given the scarce public dollars, given the situation we're in visibly,
[25:45] I don't think it's the healthy thing to do, and I don't think it's a good equitable housing outcome either, so I will be supporting 80%.
[25:55] Any further comments?
[25:59] Councillor, okay.
[26:05] Affordability isn't only for, affordability impacts all forms of housing.
[26:11] So I just want to recognize that even people who do not require affordable housing are impacted by the affordability of our city, and we are actually already going out for a levee-lit lift, we've done a tax increase for public safety.
[26:32] We're being impacted with taxes right now and I think it's appropriate to stick with
[26:38] the 70 at this time.
[26:42] Any further discussion?
[26:45] Seeing none with the clerk, please take the role on the amendment.
[26:49] Council member Culver.
[26:50] Yes.
[26:51] Council member Marshall.
[26:53] Yes.
[26:54] Council member O'Kane.
[26:55] No.
[26:56] Council member Lutzis.
[26:58] No.
[26:59] Deputy Mayor Sassen.
[27:00] Yes.
[27:01] and Mayor Herbick. No. The motion fails three to three. That brings us back to our original motion.
[27:11] 70 percent. Any further discussion? Councilmember Marshall and then Deputy Mayor.
[27:18] This very briefly I appreciate the staff recommendation and the renewed information. I still feel more
[27:23] We're comfortable with the bedroom-based approach.
[27:29] Deputy Mayor.
[27:31] We make a proposal for $75.
[27:34] It's completely different.
[27:34] Certainly make an amendment for $75.
[27:36] I'm going to make an amendment for $75.
[27:38] All right.
[27:38] If I may have a second.
[27:39] I'll second that.
[27:41] We have a motion and a second.
[27:43] For $75.
[27:44] Is there any discussion?
[27:47] Council Member Culver.
[27:49] I appreciate the Nudge Hire.
[27:51] We'll see what the bidding lens is at when it comes to my ram and it's back, but I
[27:54] will be supporting this.
[27:55] Thank you.
[27:57] Any further discussion?
[28:00] Okay.
[28:01] Staying done with the clerk, take the role in the amendment.
[28:03] Council Member Lutzis.
[28:04] Yes.
[28:05] Council Member Colver.
[28:07] Yes.
[28:07] Council Member Marshall.
[28:09] Yes.
[28:10] Council Member O'Keehn.
[28:11] No.
[28:12] Council, or Deputy Mayor Sassen.
[28:15] Yes.
[28:16] Mayor Herbick.
[28:17] No.
[28:17] The motion, the amendment passes 4 to 2.
[28:20] That brings us back to the main motion, which is now at 75%.
[28:25] Is there any further discussion on the main motion?
[28:30] That's our witnesses.
[28:31] 75 is my max, so I'm not going to advocate for anything more than that.
[28:36] Thank you.
[28:37] Any further discussion on the main motion?
[28:40] The thing now with the clerk, please take the wall.
[28:44] Council Member Marshall.
[28:46] Yes.
[28:47] Council Member O'Kane.
[28:49] No.
[28:50] Council Member Lutzis.
[28:51] Yes.
[28:53] Council Member Coveyer.
[28:54] Yes.
[28:55] Deputy Mayor Schnesson.
[28:56] Yes. Mayor Herbick. Yes, the motion passes five to one and is approved. Thank you very
[29:06] much.
[29:09] That brings us to staff reports, city manager.
[29:19] Thank you. Just one item to share
[29:21] this evening. So coming up this Thursday, the bottle can more chamber is hosting a breakfast
[29:29] at 7.30 a.m., so if you're an early bird, you can come and hear about the state of the
[29:36] city of Kenmore with the mayor's our primary speaker.
[29:39] So it does require pre-reservation, but there are spots still available if you would like
[29:44] to attend.
[29:45] That's my report for today.
[29:48] Okay, Council Member Reports and Comments, Council Member, okay.
[29:56] Nothing today.
[29:57] Okay.
[29:58] That's commercial.
[30:00] Thanks to the staff for the great work on 61st. I am feeling like I want to drive slower in the narrower appearing lanes. It may be, well, we'll have, we'll have data of some kind. It's some point to see whether that works out. Boy, it sure feels like you want to slow it. It's very nice. It's, I think it's great. Thank you.
[30:29] There's a couple initiatives on the ballot this November.
[30:34] I am forgetting the numbers off hand, but no hate in Washington state, I think there's
[30:38] a pair of them coming.
[30:41] It's early.
[30:41] The mayor.
[30:43] I'm so sorry to interject.
[30:45] I just want to make sure that we aren't discussing in positive terms a pending ballot measure.
[30:52] It can be factual, such as it's on the vote that I'm just cautioning council members about pending ballot measures.
[31:00] I appreciate that. I was using that only as a moniker, not as a stump speech, but that point is well taken.
[31:06] There are a couple initiatives. I do not have the numbers on hand.
[31:10] But if I could fetch them for the clerk, and if my colleagues know what I'm talking about, I would love to take a position on that at some point.
[31:18] So I would move that we bring that back for discussion at a future date and would ask for a second poor continued discussion.
[31:26] I'll second that. I think the right the time to bring the back when they're right was actually once they've actually filed and qualified for the ballot.
[31:35] But yes, I support us taking a position on them when they're when the issue's right for sure.
[31:42] Do we have any, I just want to check the consensus, do we have any objections to bringing that back for discussion in the future?
[31:51] It doesn't look like we have any objections, so we will keep track of that.
[31:56] Cool.
[31:57] Yeah.
[31:57] Appreciate that.
[31:58] Only everything, I saw last couple of days, former outgoing deputy city manager, Stephanie
[32:06] Luke-Ash, apparently is now like a regional vice president of the International City
[32:12] and County Management Association.
[32:15] Pretty good.
[32:16] Congratulations.
[32:17] Good to see Ken Moore's staff one day continue to shine.
[32:21] So congratulations to her.
[32:23] That is all I got.
[32:24] Happy Monday.
[32:25] Council Member Lizzis.
[32:27] Yes, last Wednesday the North Shore Parks and Recreation Service Area met.
[32:31] We are kindly hosted by the City of Woodenville and we took a walking tour of the site of a potential
[32:38] future community center slash aquatic center slash athletic center to be hosted to serve the residents
[32:48] and surrounding community of the service area and it's pretty exciting.
[32:52] They've got some property lined up, the city of Woodenville, and there's some collaboration going on between the NSA and the city about next steps, and so I just want to put that on folks radar that it's coming along and things are looking good, and I'm super stoked that we might have down the line, of course, I don't want to jinx things, but potentially a public pool for the north end in the in the future.
[33:18] Deputy Mayor.
[33:19] Thank you. A couple of things. I really enjoyed the Juneteenth celebration, and I want
[33:30] to thank our staff, but especially both Alison and Nicole, put a lot of effort into making
[33:39] a terrific event, and I felt like they really supported my success in hosting some really
[33:52] remarkable guests. In addition to our Darnitia Bowman from Black Coffee Northwest,
[34:00] who I've been following for years, she is a phenomenal leader, and her words were
[34:07] not just the singing but her words. She left us with Justice Requires Action, and then the booths that people came with really allowed people to look around and say, well, where will I engage?
[34:25] And I thought that was powerful and terrific.
[34:29] I enjoyed that very much.
[34:31] And then Sati Sapata Nauchwaya of the Health Policy Director of the ACLU has been in
[34:38] Washington from Texas for only a year, so she is still finding her feet.
[34:43] And I just found her to be inspiring and delightful.
[34:47] But we also had Mayor Woodard of Monteleg-Tarris and North Shore schools who were intended just
[34:54] an Irish join us and I thought those things were, it was all terrific.
[34:58] And then we could follow up with popsicles and strawberries at the farmers market.
[35:02] So I'm looking forward to this weekend.
[35:05] And then I also just want to acknowledge that we have a household in Kenmore who lost their
[35:10] home to a house fire this week.
[35:11] And if there's anything that if anyone hears anything about them reaching out for support, I would I would like to know about that.
[35:22] Thank you. And I want to thank the deputy mayor for stepping in when I was out celebrating my anniversary in downtown. So thank you for stepping up and I appreciate it.
[35:32] I just want to share a little thing.
[35:37] I've been, as I mentioned in previous meetings,
[35:40] I was appointed to by Executive Zahalai
[35:43] to the Transit Safety Implementation Task Force.
[35:47] I think that's the full name.
[35:49] And we add a meeting to say with everybody,
[35:51] like 50 people probably in one room,
[35:53] having really meaningful conversations about how to implement
[35:58] implement things that will make transit safer for everybody, drivers, riders, all that. And I just
[36:07] really commend King County Metro and a lot of the other folks that give up their time to work
[36:14] through all of this. I'm excited because for our region to succeed, our transit needs to succeed.
[36:21] And for transit to succeed, people need to trust it and know that they're going to be safe on it.
[36:26] So I really appreciate all that work and I hope I think we're going to see some good
[36:31] movement out of that committee in the relative linear future, which is exciting.
[36:37] Anyway, next on the agenda is our executive session.
[36:41] It's a confidential session of the council pursuant to RCW 42, 3111I.
[36:47] The City Council will turn into an executive session to discuss potential litigation.
[36:51] This executive session is slated to last for 30 minutes.
[36:55] there is potential action. So it is 734, we will be back at 804.
[1:07:40] The council is going to extend the exact concession for an additional 10 minutes.
[1:18:24] The chair would entertain a motion to authorize the city manager or does need to draft and submit a comment letter regarding proposed federal regulation to CFR 200 on behalf of the city for signature by the mayor.
[1:18:40] I have a motion in a second. Any discussion?
[1:18:46] Seeing none with the clerk, please take the roll.
[1:18:49] Council Member O'Kane. Yes. Council Member Marshall. Yes. Council Member Culver. Yes.
[1:18:55] Council Member Lutzis. Yes. David Mayer-Sasson. Yes.
[1:18:59] I may have her big. Yes, the motion passes unanimously. With nothing more to come for us, we are adjourned.