City Council Regular Meeting
Council Chambers (1E-126)
Agenda — 40 items
- 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: 981 6779 1723, Password: 137192 • 253-215-8782 and enter Webinar ID: 981 6779 1723 The meeting may also be viewed on BTV Channel 21, or for the best viewing experience watch livestream on Bellevue Television YouTube:
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- 1. Call to Order
- 2. Roll Call, Flag Salute
- a) National Week of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Proclamation
- b) Global Youth Service Day Proclamation
- c) Building Safety Month Proclamation
- 3. Approval of Agenda
- 9 page break
- 4. Oral Communications
- 11 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.
- 12 https://bellevuewa.gov/council-oral-comms
- 5. Reports of Boards and Commissions
- 6. Report of the City Manager
- a) Sound Transit's 2 Line Opening Celebration
- b) Bike Bellevue Transition
- 7. Council Business and New Initiatives
- a) Council Liaison Recommendation for Appointments to the Human Services Commission
- 8. Consent Calendar
- a) Council Minutes Minutes of April 8, 2024
- b) Motion to award Bid No. 24020 for Vasa Creek SE Newport Way Culvert Repairs and Outlet Dissipation to Ecogrind Site Solutions, as the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, in an amount not to exceed $449,615.00, plus all applicable taxes (CIP Plan No. D-64).
- c) Motion to award Bid No. 24008 for 170th Place SE Pressure Improvements to Road Construction Northwest, Inc., as the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, in an amount not to exceed $1, 178,359.00, plus all applicable taxes (CIP Plan No. W-117).
- d) Ordinance 1) amending the 2023-2029 CIP Plan to increase the budget for the Fire Station 10 (Levy) Project (CIP Plan No. PS-64) by $10,200,000; 2) decreasing the budget for the Fire Station 4 (Levy) Project (CIP Plan No. PS-65) by $5,100,000; and 3) decreasing the budget for the Fire Warehouse & Special Projects (Levy) Project (CIP Plan No. PS-67) by $5,100,000.
- e) Resolution authorizing execution of Change Order 1 to increase the construction contract with Cornerstone General Contractors, Inc. (Bid No. 21022) by an amount not to exceed $2,345,960, plus all applicable taxes, for a contract total amount not to exceed $34,579,270, plus all applicable taxes, for the Fire Station 10 Project (CIP Plan No. PS-64).
- f) Resolution authorizing execution of Amendment 6 to increase the Professional Services Agreement with Bohlin Cywinski Jackson by $723,451, plus all applicable taxes, for a total contract amount not to exceed $9,780,386, plus all applicable taxes, for Architectural Design/Engineering Services for Fire Station 10 and Fire Station 5.
- 9. Public Hearings
- 27 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:
- 28 https://bellevuewa.gov/council-public-hearing
- a) Public Hearing and action to modify, or both extend and modify, an Interim Official Control adopted by Ordinance No. 6736 and extended by Ordinance No. 6760. The Interim Official Control increases the residential floor area ratio with the provision of affordable housing, allows development flexibility in exchange for affordable housing, and provides projects flexibility in utilizing floor area in the Downtown perimeter overlay. The Interim Official Control also provides for vesting to this temporary and interim control, reserves the right to adopt permanent regulations, provides for severability, and establishes an effective date. Modifications to be considered relate to the vesting language contained in the Interim Official Control.
- 10. Study Session Items
- a) Potential establishment of two new competitive grant programs: 1) Art and Cultural Facility Capital Projects Grant program; and 2) Art and Cultural Facility Capital Maintenance Grant program; and potential amendment of Bellevue City Code (BCC) to add review and recommendations on these grants to the Bellevue Arts Commission's duties.
- 11. Land Use Reports
- 12. Other Ordinances, Resolutions and Motions
- a) Ordinance amending the Bellevue City Code (BCC) Chapter 9.18, Noise Control, to expand the exempt hours for construction noise, create a public notice process, and modify the allowed decibel level for sleeping areas; providing for severability; and establishing an effective date.
- 13. Written Reports
- 14. Unfinished Business
- 15. New Business
- 16. Executive Session
- 17. Adjournment
- 41 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.