Remarks by Dave Hamilton
96 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 4
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“Well, so before we take final action on it, you're saying, or just as a future work?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, perhaps I would think something we should talk about. I don't see why not, but yeah, I guess everybody would need to weigh in.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Great. Thank you. Thanks for the presentation. Appreciate all the hard work that's been done. So of course, we need to comply with the state law. So I'm pleased to see we'll be compliant by the deadline. Thrilled to see the code consolidation and establishment of consistent citywide standards. Just another example, I think, of the city continuing to streamline our processes and make compliance even easier. As has been mentioned by some of my colleagues, I like the parking stall incentive. I certainly hope developers use it. I know I would appreciate a little extra room to maneuver my car into…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Anyone else have a thought as far as just collecting a little bit more information before moving forward?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. Is that good enough direction there as far as getting the additional information?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I think as long as there's an openness to doing that, I could just lay those out for you if that's helpful.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Well, I'm just I mean, I just have and I've kind of heard this from my colleagues, but I thought maybe if it was helpful, I could be just completely clear about what it is and that you could come back with some recommendations. OK. So I think as it relates to visitor parking, and we've talked about that, I don't think that visitor parking really should be eliminated by any means, but I'm inclined to think that our mandate should be eliminated. And I'm looking to Seattle and Redmond where they don't have any visitor parking mandate. So I think housing providers understand their customers'…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I'm making some of my own personal comments. I think that they maybe include some of what the other comments were made.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Well, I laid it out. I just described what I'd like to see come back, and I just added a few thoughts on why. And just to provide enough context so that the information... Okay, you're one person. ...that they look at will come back in a way.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Summary of what we said in direction with you know an individual council members personal comments sure well And I don't mean to speak for the entire council and so I hope if there's any other Clarification that anybody thinks they need that they would just bring that forward and I assume that they would so if What I offer is not what you also would like to see some additional information on I hope that you'll let me know we can come to you after that after I just lay these out I”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Some additional information that would be helpful in making a final decision. That's how I phrased it.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“And then we've talked a little bit about vertical clearance standards. And again, I think we should do what we can to make sure that we're not an outlier city. It's been suggested that in its current form, this recommended code could make us the only city in the nation with such a drastic clearance requirement. And I just don't want to see our code penalize our residents, tip the scales in favor of projects in nearby cities, considering Redmond and Kirkland rely on the IBC to establish their standards. I'm inclined to think that that's what we should do. But again, some information from you…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“No, I just think it's a topic that I would like some additional information on. And I'm particularly interested in comparing our code to the code of neighboring cities. And I just want to make sure that we're not an outlier. And I just hope that in this process, you could do a little bit of that analysis, Nick, and come back to us and then we could all vote. And I'm certainly not trying to fix a problem that doesn't exist, but I don't feel like I have enough clarity yet. That's just my perspective. Okay. Anybody else with a comment? Council Member Breyer.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. Anyone, anything else to add? Okay. Very good. We have gotten through our entire agenda. And with that, I will declare the meeting over. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“This fourth meeting of the Bellevue City Council. Good evening and welcome. Thank you for being here and for participating in the work of the city. Before we get to our agenda, I want to start by noting that over the weekend in Spokane, three fires forced 65,000 people to evacuate and more than 700 homes were destroyed. We are heartbroken for those who have lost so much, many only able to escape with the clothes they wore and whatever was in their car at the time. The scale of loss is immense and our thoughts are with every Washingtonian facing the trauma and displacement and uncertainty.…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay, Councilmember Robinson, would you lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance, please?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Okay, we have three proclamations tonight. I want to welcome Billy Allen from our CARES team to the desk, please. And then we have, who's reading that one? Oh, you do? Oh, I think we maybe kind of got those. All right, well, here we go. So International Overdose Awareness Day, I will read this one. Whereas International Overdose Awareness Day is recognized globally on August 31st as an opportunity to remember those we…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you. If you would stick around, we would love to have you up for a picture afterwards. So thank you. I would like to invite Katoya Raquel Palmer to the desk and ask Council Member Breyer to read the Black Business Month Proclamation.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you. If you would, too, just hang out with us. We'd love to get a picture with you. Thank you. Okay, I'm going to ask Tulika Dugar to come to the desk, and Council Member Newenhaus is going to read the India Day Proclamation. Welcome. Thank you, Deputy Mayor.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you. Do I have a motion to approve the agenda? Any discussion all those in favor say aye aye any opposed Okay, the motion passes. Thank you. All right, we can move on to oral communications and city clerk Do we have anyone signed up to speak tonight?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“City business, sir. Please stick to city business. This is a city business.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“So far you have not talked about anything that's with city business. So I'm going to give you one warning.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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City Council · Aug 4, 2026