City Council Regular Meeting
Regular MeetingBellevue, WA · February 4, 2025
Agenda
City of Bellevue 450 110th Avenue NE
Bellevue, WA 98004
Meeting Agenda
City Council Regular Meeting
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 6:00 PM Council Chambers (1E-126)
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1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call, Flag Salute
a) 25-168 Black History Month Proclamation
3. Approval of Agenda
4. Oral Communications
The total time for oral communications is 30-minutes and topics must relate to City of Bellevue
government. Persons speaking to items on the agenda will be called first and, if time remains,
persons not speaking on an agenda item will be called. The Presiding Officer is authorized, in
each category, to give preference to (1) persons who have not spoken to Council within 60
days prior to the meeting or (2) to persons speaking to items anticipated to come on the
agenda within 60 days. 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. Please note that
testimony provided during oral communications will be recorded.
Speakers may register beginning at 12:00 p.m. on the day of the Council meeting using the
online link below. In-person assistance to register is available at 5:00 p.m. outside the City
Council meeting room on the first floor.
https://bellevuewa.gov/council-oral-comms
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5. Reports of Boards and Commissions
6. Report of the City Manager
7. Council Business and New Initiatives
8. Consent Calendar
a) 25-169 Council Minutes
Minutes of January 14, 2025
b) 25-170 Motion to (1) reject the bids from Accord Contractors, LLC, and Earthwork
Solutions, LLC as nonresponsive; and (2) award Bid No. 24105 for the Bogline
Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation project to Laser Underground & Earthworks, Inc., as
the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, in an amount not to exceed
$2,143,900, plus all applicable taxes (CIP Plan No. S-66).
c) ORD 6831 Ordinance 1) authorizing an increase in the construction contract with Goodfellow
Brothers, Inc. (GBI) (Bid No. 24009) by $2,242,569.06 for a total contract amount
of $14,043,637.63, plus all applicable taxes, for the 130th Avenue NE - Bel-Red
Road to NE 20th Street Project (CIP Plan No. PW-R-170); 2) amending the
2025-2026 General Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Fund to increase the
appropriation by $2,800,000; and, 3) amending the 2025-2030 General CIP Plan to
increase the budget for the 130th Avenue NE - Bel-Red Road to NE 20th Street
Project (CIP Plan No. PW-R-170) by $2,800,000.
9. Public Hearings
10. Study Session Items
a) 25-171 Recommended Land Use Code Amendment revising the City’s design regulations
and design review process in response to the passage of House Bill 1293, a 2023
state law restricting cities to only implement design regulations and review processes
that are clear and objective.
b) 25-172 2024 Crime Statistics and Trends Council Update
c) 25-173 Update on Innovation Forum progress to date including interviews, focus groups, and
the forum preview event in November.
11. Land Use Reports
12. Other Ordinances, Resolutions and Motions
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13. Written Reports
a) 25-174 Update on Cascade Water Alliance long-term water supply contracts with Tacoma
Public Utilities
14. Unfinished Business
15. New Business
16. Executive Session
a) 25-175 Pending Litigation - RCW 42.30.110(1)(i)
(Approximately 15 minutes.)
17. Adjournment
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hours in advance 425-452-7810 (voice) or email counciloffice@bellevuewa.gov. For complaints
regarding modifications, contact the City of Bellevue ADA, Title VI, and Equal Opportunity Officer at
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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.
Written Reports: Council receives updates or progress reports on initiatives, plans, and programs in
written format.
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.
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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 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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