City Council Regular Meeting
Regular MeetingBellevue, WA · March 11, 2025
Agenda
City of Bellevue 450 110th Avenue NE
Bellevue, WA 98004
Meeting Agenda
City Council Regular Meeting
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 6:00 PM Council Chambers (1E-126)
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1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call, Flag Salute
a) 25-251 Day of Nowruz 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. Executive Session
a) 25-252 Evaluate the qualifications of candidates for appointment to elective office - RCW
42.30.110(1)(h)
(Approximately 45 minutes)
8. Council Business and New Initiatives
a) 25-253 Discussion of City Council Candidates and Selection Process
9. Consent Calendar
a) 25-254 Council Minutes
Minutes of February 25, 2025
b) 25-255 Motion to award Bid No. 24117 for the NPDES On-Call Sediment Removal and
Cleaning Services contract to Olson Brothers Pro-Vac, as the lowest responsive and
responsible bidder, for a term of five (5) years, in a contract amount not to exceed
$2,000,000, plus all applicable taxes.
c) ORD 6840 Ordinance authorizing execution of a Grant Agreement with the Washington State
Military Department to accept up to $579,642.50 in grant funding for Digitizing Paper
Permit Records; amending the 2025-2026 budget of the Operating Grants,
Donations, and Special Reserve Fund to increase appropriation in the amount of
$579,642.50; authorizing expenditure of said grant funds; providing for severability;
and establishing an effective date.
d) RES 10484 Resolution authorizing the execution of the ESRI Small Municipal and County
Government Enterprise Agreement (SGEA), with Environmental Systems Research,
Inc. (ESRI) for required licensing and support of Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) software and related services in a not to exceed amount of $350,100 plus all
applicable taxes.
e) RES 10485 Resolution authorizing execution of an agreement with Always Active Services LLC,
to construct accessibility improvements to the Robinswood House in the amount of
$520,000 plus all applicable taxes.
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f) RES 10486 Resolution authorizing the execution of a Professional Services Agreement with David
Evans and Associates, Inc. in the amount of $1,201,595.34, plus all applicable taxes,
to complete the engineering design and environmental documentation and prepare the
construction contract documents for the Eastrail - Mountains to Sound Greenway
Regional Trails Connection project (CIP Plan Nos. PW-W/B-56 and P-AD-105).
g) RES 10487 Resolution authorizing the execution of a General Services contract with Canber
Landscape for landscape maintenance services at 28 sites throughout the city
managed by the Natural Resources division in an amount not to exceed $1,391,921,
plus all applicable taxes, including an option to renew for one additional term of two
years in an amount not to exceed $1,391,921, plus all applicable taxes and increases,
for a total contract up to an amount not to exceed $2,783,842, plus all applicable
taxes and increases.
10. Public Hearings
11. Study Session Items
a) 25-256 Update on the Grand Connection Crossing over I-405 and associated projects
b) 25-257 Reducing public disorder crimes in Bellevue
12. Land Use Reports
13. Other Ordinances, Resolutions and Motions
14. Written Reports
a) 25-258 An overview of Visit Bellevue’s 2024 Destination Development Plan.
15. Unfinished Business
16. New Business
17. Adjournment
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For alternate formats, interpreters, or reasonable modification requests please phone at least 48
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
ADATitleVI@bellevuewa.gov.
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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