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City Council Regular Meeting

November 12, 2025 ·6:00 PM Final

Council Chambers (1E-126)

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Agenda — 36 items

  1. 1 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:
  2. 2 www.youtube.com/bellevuetelevision
  3. 1. Call to Order
  4. 2. Roll Call, Flag Salute
  5. a) Transgender Awareness Week & Transgender Day of Remembrance Proclamation 25-669
  6. 3. Approval of Agenda
  7. 4. Oral Communications
  8. 8 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.
  9. 9 https://bellevuewa.gov/council-oral-comms
  10. 5. Reports of Boards and Commissions
  11. 6. Report of the City Manager
  12. 7. Council Business and New Initiatives
  13. 8. Consent Calendar
  14. a) Council Minutes Minutes of October 21, 2025 25-670
  15. b) Ordinance authorizing execution of a grant agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security FEMA to accept $382,654.72 in Assistance to Firefighters Grant funding for Peer Support Team training; amending the 2025-2026 budget of the Operating, Grants, Donations and Special Reserves Fund; and authorizing expenditures of said grant funds. ORD 6873
  16. c) Resolution authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to accept a new, non-exclusive franchise from the Town of Beaux Arts Village for the purpose of operating water utilities within the Town’s public rights-of-way. RES 10552
  17. d) Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 5020, as subsequently amended by Ordinance No. 5472, to extend the existing boundaries of Residential Parking Permit Zone (RPZ) Zone 11; to delegate authority to the City Manager, or the City Manager’s designee, to establish time-limited or time of day parking restrictions within RPZ 11; and to correct street names inaccurately or unclearly labeled in prior ordinances. ORD 6874
  18. e) Resolution to adopt the City of Bellevue’s Hazard Mitigation Plan RES 10553
  19. 9. Public Hearings
  20. 20 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:
  21. 21 https://bellevuewa.gov/council-public-hearing
  22. a) Public Hearing on the 2025-2026 Budget and 2025-2030 Capital Improvement Program Plan Mid-Biennium Update 25-671
  23. 23 page break
  24. 10. Study Session Items
  25. a) Recommended Land Use Code Amendment revising the City’s critical areas regulations to comply with the state-mandated update deadline of December 31, 2025. 25-672
  26. b) Land Use Code Amendment to establish provisions related to co-living housing in response to recent changes to the Growth Management Act (Chapter 36.70A RCW) enacted through House Bill 1998 in 2024. 25-673
  27. 11. Land Use Reports
  28. 12. Other Ordinances, Resolutions and Motions
  29. 13. Written Reports
  30. a) Report of Emergency Procurement for Public Works Contract - NE 24th Street Sinkhole 25-674
  31. b) Intergovernmental Affairs Monthly Update as of October 31, 2025 25-675
  32. 14. Unfinished Business
  33. 15. New Business
  34. 16. Executive Session
  35. 17. Adjournment
  36. 36 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. 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.