City Council Regular Meeting

450 110th Avenue NE City of Bellevue Bellevue, WA 98004 Meeting Agenda City Council Regular Meeting Tuesday, April 15, 2025 6:00 PM Council Chambers (1E-126) City Council meetings are conducted in a hybrid manner with both in-person and virtual attendance options. To speak at the meeting, you can attend in-person or remotely participate via one of these options: • www.zoom.us and enter Webinar ID: 898 4695 6034, Password: 702876 • 253-215-8782 and enter Webinar ID: 898 4695 6034 The meeting may also be viewed on BTV Channel 21, or for the best viewing experience watch livestream on Bellevue Television YouTube: www.youtube.com/bellevuetelevision 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call, Flag Salute a) 25-308 Sikh Heritage 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 City of Bellevue Page 1 Printed on 4/11/2025 City Council Regular Meeting Meeting Agenda April 15, 2025 5. Reports of Boards and Commissions 6. Report of the City Manager a) 25-309 Jubilee in the Community Update 7. Executive Session a) 25-310 Evaluate the qualifications of candidates for appointment to elective office - RCW 42.30.110(1)(h) (Approximately 30 minutes) 8. Council Business and New Initiatives a) 25-311 Discussion of City Council Candidates for Position 1 and Next Steps 9. Consent Calendar a) 25-312 Council Minutes Minutes of March 25, 2025 b) 25-313 Motion to approve payment of claims and payroll for the period March 1, 2025 - March 31, 2025. c) RES 10494 Resolution authorizing execution of a grant agreement with the Washington State Department of Commerce to accept up to $1,000,000 of Connecting Housing to Infrastructure Program (CHIP) grant funding to reimburse the construction of utility infrastructure improvements and regional capital facility charges for the Terrapin Bellevue project. d) RES 10495 Resolution authorizing execution of a professional services agreement with SRG Partnership, Inc. in an amount including contingency funds not to exceed $1,273,460, plus all applicable taxes to develop a Bellevue City Hall Facility Master Plan and a 10-Year Capital Plan. City of Bellevue Page 2 Printed on 4/11/2025 City Council Regular Meeting Meeting Agenda April 15, 2025 10. Public Hearings There is no set time limit for public hearings and each speaker will be allowed up to 3-minutes to speak. 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. Please note that testimony provided during a public hearing will be recorded. You may sign-up in-person or online using this link: https://bellevuewa.gov/council-public-hearing a) RES 10496 Public Hearing and action on Resolution authorizing the execution of documents necessary to release an existing water easement located at 11040 Main Steet, which has been declared surplus to the City’s needs and is no longer required for providing continued water service; the granting and recording of such release being deemed in the best interest of the public. 11. Study Session Items a) 25-314 Recommended Land Use Code Amendment and Rezone for the Wilburton Transit-Oriented Development area. 12. Land Use Reports 13. Other Ordinances, Resolutions and Motions 14. Written Reports a) 25-315 Intergovernmental Relations Monthly Update as of March 31, 2025 15. Unfinished Business 16. New Business 17. Adjournment City of Bellevue Page 3 Printed on 4/11/2025 City Council Regular Meeting Meeting Agenda April 15, 2025 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. 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. City of Bellevue Page 4 Printed on 4/11/2025 City Council Regular Meeting Meeting Agenda April 15, 2025 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. City of Bellevue Page 5 Printed on 4/11/2025