City Council Regular Meeting
Regular MeetingBellevue, WA · May 22, 2023
Agenda
City of Bellevue 450 110th Avenue NE
Bellevue, WA 98004
Meeting Agenda
City Council Regular Meeting
Monday, May 22, 2023 6:00 PM Council Chambers (1E-126)
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attendance options. To speak at the meeting, you can attend in-person or remotely
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1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call, Flag Salute
a) 23-403 Mental Health Awareness Month Proclamation
b) 23-404 Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month Proclamation
c) 23-405 Jewish American Heritage Month Proclamation
d) 23-406 National Safe Boating and Paddling Week Proclamation
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) 23-407 Council Liaison Recommendation for Appointments to the Parks & Community
Services Board
b) 23-408 Remote Participation Request for June 5 Meeting
8. Consent Calendar
a) 23-409 Council Minutes
Minutes of May 1, 2023
b) 23-410 Motion to approve payment of claims and payroll for the period April 1, 2023 - April
30, 2023.
c) ORD 6738 Ordinance related to the administration of the Bellevue-Redmond Tourism Promotion
Area (BRTPA); establishing a BRTPA advisory board; amending the Bellevue City
Code to include a new Chapter 3.100 to be known as the “Bellevue-Redmond
Tourism Promotion Area Advisory Board;” amending the Bellevue City Code to
include a new Chapter 4.60 to be known as the “Bellevue-Redmond Tourism
Promotion Area;” providing for severability; and providing an effective date.
d) RES 10254 Resolution authorizing execution of a professional services agreement with The Berger
Partnership, P.S., in the amount of $1,700,706.80, plus all applicable taxes, for
architectural and engineering services to inform phased development strategies,
including the next phase of implementation of the Meydenbauer Bay Park Master
Plan.
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e) RES 10255 Resolution authorizing execution of a ten-year lease agreement with Terranomics
Crossroads Associates for a new Mini City Hall space. The current Mini City Hall
lease expires on November 30.
f) RES 10256 Resolution authorizing execution of an amendment to the Agreement for Professional
Services with Pacifica Law Group LLP, outside counsel retained to assist the City in
addressing and investigating the events surrounding the January 17, 2022 landslide
and to represent the City in the various lawsuits and claims that have originated as a
result of the landslide, in an amount not to exceed $1,125,000, exclusive of any
applicable taxes.
g) RES 10257 Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the documents necessary to
facilitate the sale of real property located in Sammamish, Washington, owned by
LifeWire, a Washington nonprofit corporation, and which previously received
Housing Trust Funds, so that the proceeds from the sale may be applied to a new
housing project located in Bellevue in order to provide increased affordable housing
for and improved services to domestic violence survivors and their children.
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 6739 Public Hearing and action on Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 828 to release a
portion of a public utility easement located at 14121 NE 20th Street which has been
declared surplus to the City’s needs and is no longer required for providing continued
public utility service; the release of this portion of an easement being deemed in the
best interest of the public.
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10. Study Session Items
a) 23-411 Recommended Land Use Code Amendment (LUCA) to establish criteria and
procedures in the Land Use Code (LUC) for certain properties owned by religious
organizations and located in single family Land Use Districts to be rezoned to allow
permanently affordable multifamily housing; and companion Ordinance rezoning
eligible parcels to include one of four affordable housing suffixes, pursuant to the
Action C-1, Phase 2 Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPA). File No.
23-100486-AD.
b) 23-412 2023 State Legislative Session Wrap-Up
c) 23-413 Intergovernmental Affairs
(Written information only. No presentation.)
11. Land Use
a) ORD 6740 Final action on 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
a) ORD 6741 Ordinance amending Bellevue City Code Chapter 4.28 to establish apprenticeship
utilization requirements for certain city public works projects, providing and
establishing an effective date.
13. Unfinished Business
14. New Business
15. Executive Session
16. Adjournment
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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.
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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 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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