City Council Regular Meeting
Regular MeetingBellevue, WA · May 8, 2023
Agenda
450 110th Avenue NE
City of Bellevue Bellevue, WA 98004
Meeting Agenda
City Council Regular Meeting
Monday, May 8, 2023 6:00 PM Council Chambers (1E-126)
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1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call, Flag Salute
a) 23-376 Affordable Housing Week
b) 23-377 Older Americans Month
c) 23-378 Bike Everywhere Month
d) 23-379 National Police Week
3. Approval of Agenda
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4. Oral Communications
The total time for oral communications is 30-minutes. If the number of speakers signed up to
speak will exceed the 30-minute period, the Mayor is authorized to give preference to (1)
persons speaking to items on the meeting agenda or anticipated to come on the agenda within
one month and/or (2) to persons who have not spoken to Council in the last quarter. Speakers
will be allowed up to three minutes to speak, and a maximum of three persons are permitted to
speak to each side of any one topic.
Speakers may sign-up beginning at 5:00 p.m. on the date of the Council meeting. You may
sign-up in-person or online using this link:
https://bellevuewa.gov/council-oral-comms
5. Reports of Community Council, Boards and Commissions
6. Report of the City Manager
7. Council Business and New Initiatives
a) 23-380 Remote Participation Request
b) 23-381 Request for More than 8 Hours of Staff Work: Prohibiting Possession and
Public Use of Drugs
8. Consent Calendar
a) 23-382 Council Minutes
Minutes of April 24, 2023
b) ORD 6734 Ordinance 1) authorizing execution of a grant agreement (and supplements if
necessary) with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)
to accept grant funds up to $ 2,125,000 in federal Surface Transportation
Program funding to support the design of the Bellevue College Connection
Project; 2) amending the 2023-2024 General Capital Investment Program (CIP)
Fund budget to increase appropriation by $2,125,000; and, 3) amending the
2023-2029 CIP Plan to increase the budget for Bellevue College Connection
(CIP Plan No. PW-R-201) by $2,125,000.
c) ORD 6735 Ordinance 1) amending the 2023-2029 CIP Plan to increase the budget for 120th
Avenue NE Stage 4, NE 16th Street to Northup Way (CIP Plan No. PW-R-186)
by $3,820,000 to reflect federal Surface Transportation Program funding
awarded by the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) to support the right of
way (ROW) phase of the project; providing for severability; 2) amending the
2023-2024 General Capital Investment Program (CIP) Fund to increase the
appropriation by $3,820,000; and, establishing an effective date.
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d) RES 10252 Resolution authorizing the execution of a 5-year Software as a Service
agreement with Freshworks Inc., to implement and provide an ongoing
cloud-based platform for IT Service Management and Customer Service
Management software, in an amount not to exceed $618,090.00, plus all
applicable taxes.
e) RES 10253 Resolution to facilitate the disbursement of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)
funding by 1) adopting the Human Services Commission’s 2023-2024 ARPA
Critical Human Services Needs Funding recommendations and 2) authorizing
the City Manager or his designee to enter into contracts with local human
services agencies in accordance with the recommendations.
9. Public Hearing
There is no set time limit for public hearings and each speaker will be allowed up to 3-minutes
to speak. Speakers may sign-up beginning at 5:00 p.m. on the date of the Council meeting. You
may sign-up in-person or online using this link:
https://bellevuewa.gov/council-public-hearing
a) ORD 6736 Public Hearing and action on Ordinance imposing a temporary and interim
official control on sections 20.25A.060 and 20.25A.070 of the Land Use Code
(LUC) to increase the residential floor area in exchange for the provision of
affordable housing, allow development flexibility when meeting certain
affordable housing thresholds, and provide projects with flexibility in utilizing
FAR in the Downtown Perimeter Overlay within a single project limit in order
to encourage residential development; providing for vesting to this temporary
and interim control; reserving the right to adopt permanent regulations;
providing for severability; and establishing an effective date.
10. Study Session Items
a) 23-383 Fall 2022 Housing Trust Fund allocation recommendations by the ARCH (A
Regional Coalition for Housing) Executive Board
b) 23-384 Housing Stability Program Affordable and Supportive Housing Funding
Allocations
11. Land Use
a) 23-385 Consideration of the NCR Building Rezone application submitted by Keaton
Hille of Hanson Baker for a rezone of a 3.17-acre site located at 15400 SE 30th
Place from Office (O) to Office Limited Business 2 (OLB-2). Permit File No.
22-127108-LQ.
12. Other Ordinances, Resolutions and Motions
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a) ORD 6737 Ordinance amending Bellevue City Code (BCC) Chapter 9.10, Nuisances,
declaring graffiti a public nuisance; providing for severability; and establishing
an effective date.
13. Unfinished Business
14. New Business
15. Executive Session
16. Adjournment
23-386 Desk Packet
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deaf or hard of hearing dial 711.
Approval of Agenda: The time at which the agenda is approved. Councilmembers or the City Manager
may also suggest adding, withdrawing or moving the order of items on the agenda at this time. A simple
majority of Councilmembers present may vote to approve as written or as amended.
Oral Communications: This agenda item provides an opportunity for members of the public to address
the Council on any subject except quasi-judicial matters or matters scheduled for a public hearing before
the Council. The total time for oral communications is 30 minutes, and speakers must limit their
presentation to 3 minutes. A maximum of three persons are permitted to speak to each side of any one
topic.
Consent Calendar: Those matters of business that require action by the Council which are considered to
be of a routine and non-controversial nature are placed on the consent calendar. The individual items on
the consent calendar are typically approved, adopted, or enacted by one motion of the Council.
Public Hearings: Hearings held to receive public comment on important matters before the Council,
allowing the public an opportunity to provide input for Council consideration in the decision-making
process.
Study Session Items: Council reviews and determines the approach to be used on significant policy issues,
to receive progress reports on current issues, or to receive information from the City Manager, staff, or
other regional officials.
Land Use: This is the point on the agenda when land use matters, including the City Hearing Examiners’
decisions and recommendations on various land use applications, as well as appeals, are taken up for
Council discussion and action. Often the items taken up under this agenda item are quasi-judicial in
nature.
Quasi-Judicial: Matters where the Council acts in their judicial capacity rather than their legislative
capacity.
Quorum: Minimum number of voting members who must be present for business to be conducted. A
quorum of the Bellevue City Council is four (4) members, a simple majority.
Ordinance: Ordinances are legislative acts or local laws. They are the most permanent and binding form
of Council action and may be changed or repealed only by a subsequent ordinance.
Resolution: Legislation that is adopted to express the policy of the Council or to direct certain types of
administrative action.
Motion: A motion is typically used to indicate majority approval of a procedural action or to authorize
disposition of routine items of business on the Council agenda. It may also be used to direct staff to take
certain administrative actions.
Executive Session: Private sessions that may be held by the City Council only for the purposes specified in
RCW 42.30.110. These include, but are not limited to, issues concerning the buying and selling of real
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property, certain personnel issues, and litigation. The purpose and length of Executive Sessions is publicly
announced prior to recessing into Executive Session.
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