City Council Regular Meeting

City of Bellevue 450 110th Avenue NE Bellevue, WA 98004 Meeting Agenda City Council Regular Meeting Tuesday, December 2, 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 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 5. Reports of Boards and Commissions City of Bellevue Page 1 Printed on 11/26/2025 City Council Regular Meeting Meeting Agenda December 2, 2025 6. Report of the City Manager a) 25-705 Bellevue Convention Center Authority Board Reappointments b) 25-706 Winter Weather Preparedness and Response 7. Council Business and New Initiatives a) 25-707 Consideration of Appeal of Notice of Exclusion Issued by Mayor Robinson to Avrum (Alex) Tsimerman 8. Consent Calendar a) 25-708 Council Minutes Minutes of November 18, 2025 b) RES 10561 Resolution adopting the updated Ashwood Park Master Plan. c) RES 10562 Resolution to adopt Ashwood Park as the name for the park property located at 10875 NE 12th Street. d) RES 10563 Resolution authorizing execution of an agreement with King County to accept up to $1,000,000 through the Flood Reduction Grant Program for the Valley Creek at NE 20th Street Flood Control project. e) ORD 6888 Ordinance approving the 2026 Transportation Impact Fee Rate Schedule to reflect updated Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) trip generation factors and a base fee rate of $8,185 (Attachment A), to be effective January 1, 2026; retaining a fixed three percent indexing to be applied annually to the rate schedule beginning January 1, 2027; and repealing Ordinance Nos. 6688 and 6715. f) ORD 6889 Ordinance amending Section 4.14.020(F) of the Bellevue City Code to align with current statutory language. City of Bellevue Page 2 Printed on 11/26/2025 City Council Regular Meeting Meeting Agenda December 2, 2025 9. 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) ORD 6890 Public Hearing and action on Ordinance authorizing the release of a portion of a public utility easement and amending Ordinance No. 386 to release a portion of a public utility easement located at 707 96th Ave NE, which has been declared surplus to the City’s needs and no longer required for providing continued public utility service; the release of this easement being deemed in the best interest of the public. b) ORD 6891 Public Hearing and action to adopt an Ordinance relating to Co-Living Housing; amending the Land Use Code (LUC) to establish requirements and standards for co-living housing; amending LUC 20.10.440, Land Use Charts; LUC 20.25A.050, Downtown Land Use Charts; LUC 20.25Q.050, East Main Land Use Charts; LUC 20.20.590, Parking, circulation, and walkway requirements; LUC 20.20.700, Rooming houses; 20.50.014, C definitions; 20.50.016, D definitions; and 20.50.044, R definitions; providing for severability; and establishing an effective date. 10. Study Session Items a) 25-709 Recommended amendments to Bellevue City Code Chapter 11.49 to update the City’s regulations on automated traffic safety cameras for consistency with state law and review of the recommended list of speed safety camera locations as part of the City’s speed safety camera program. b) 25-710 Presentation of findings and recommendations from the Curb Pricing Study, an effort to explore the implementation of a paid on-street parking for the Downtown, BelRed, and Wilburton neighborhoods of Bellevue. 11. Land Use Reports 12. Other Ordinances, Resolutions and Motions 13. Written Reports 14. Unfinished Business City of Bellevue Page 3 Printed on 11/26/2025 City Council Regular Meeting Meeting Agenda December 2, 2025 15. New Business 16. Executive Session 17. Adjournment City of Bellevue Page 4 Printed on 11/26/2025 City Council Regular Meeting Meeting Agenda December 2, 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. City of Bellevue Page 5 Printed on 11/26/2025 City Council Regular Meeting Meeting Agenda December 2, 2025 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. City of Bellevue Page 6 Printed on 11/26/2025