General Legislative Session - Regular Meeting

Good morning, everyone. Snohomish County Council is called to order for our general legislative session. Today is Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026 at 9 a.m. We're meeting in the Jackson boardroom and also remotely. I'll read the script for public comment and then our clerks will take role. We'll take public comment beginning in person and then remotely on Zoom. Click on the hand icon to raise your hand. If you're calling in by phone, press star nine to raise your hand and star six to unmute. Each speaker will have three minutes to speak and please start your comment with your name and city of r

Thank you next is our pledge of allegiance and we've asked vice chair low to please lead us in the pledge. Thank you, Vice Chair Lowe. Next is public comment. Did anyone wish to provide public comment today? You can use the podium in the middle.

Any other speakers for public comment? Hi, welcome.

Thank you. Thank you for your comment. Other public speakers? Patrick, welcome.

Thank you for your comment. Any other speakers? And then are there any hands raised? Thank you. So we will close public comment and move on in the agenda. And next is resolutions. We have Resolution 26-045.

Thank you. Any speakers to the motion or to the resolution? Council Member Peterson, did you want to speak?

I would thank you chair done and my apologies for not being there this morning. We had a little bit of a veterinary emergency. Everything seems to be fine, but yes, I just I wanted to introduce this as. The world knows Dolly Parton passed recently and. As with many, it hit me pretty hard. But I think also, as the world knows, she leaves an incredible legacy for all of us to emulate and appreciate, and especially her legacy around literacy and childhood learning. Washington State was able to become an imagination library state a few years ago, and Dolly Parton actually visited Washington State,

Thank you, Councilmember Peterson. Any other speakers? Okay, so is there a motion for Resolution 26-045?

It's been properly moved and seconded to approve Resolution 26-045. Any other speakers? All in favor, please say aye. Chair votes aye. Any opposed? Hearing none, that passes 5-0. Thank you for bringing that forward, Councilmember Peterson. We have nothing on the consent agenda and next is administrative matters.

It's been properly moved and seconded to approve administrative matters motion 26-386. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor please say aye. Chair votes aye. Any opposed? Hearing none, that passes 5-0. Next, we have four items under Committee of the Whole, and first is Motion 26-379.

Thank you So it would still follow our finance policies I No, I'm getting a head shake from one.

And then I had two questions. Did this follow an RFP process to bid? Okay. And then is there... reporting back, because it is a high amount of money for a Zoom training for 150 people for a Zoom-only training. So is there a report back to the CDMH board for measurements for work like this? I'm not sure if someone from the department is available.

And then Amanda are you able to answer the question about just reporting back to the CDMHD board or CDMHD board? Hi.

Okay, great. Okay, other questions? Okay, is there a motion?

It's been properly moved and seconded to approve motion 26-379. Any other discussion? Hearing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Okay, motion 26-379 passes 4-1. Next is item B, motion 26-384. Counsel considers motion 26-384,

It's been properly moved and seconded to approve motion 26-384. Is there any other discussion? Hearing none, all in favor please say aye. Chair votes aye. Any opposed? Hearing none, that passes 5-0. Next is motion 26-381.

Okay, any questions from council? Is there a motion?

Motion has been properly made and seconded to set time and date for a public hearing on motion 26-381. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor please say aye. Chair votes aye. Any opposed? Hearing none, the pass is 5-0. Next is Ordinance 26-036.

Yeah, thanks, Chair, and thank you for the presentation. Appreciate it. On impact fees, so you said they're not collected on preliminary approval. When would they be collected?

Other questions? You have that the design standards, under design standards, a lot split will not create an unusable lot, and that's not defined. I guess it's defined later that says it would need to be utilized to create an accessible area suitable for construction. So if in the future we allow, for example, cottage housing, like smaller housing, would that be compliant with this to be considered a usable lot?

Okay. Thank you. Any other questions? Okay. Is there a motion to set time and date on this?

A motion has been properly made and seconded to set time and date for a public hearing on the proposed substitute ordinance. Is there any discussion? All in favor, please say aye. Chair votes aye. Any opposed? Hearing none, that passes five to zero. So that concludes our agenda and we are in recess until our 1030 public hearing.