Remarks by Dave Hamilton
96 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 4
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City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Great. Thank you. I appreciate most all of the comments made tonight, and where appropriate, we'll be following up. So thank you all. With that, City Manager, I understand you have a short report for us this evening.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay, great, thank you. Do I have a motion to approve the consent calendar? I move to approve the consent calendar.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Any discussion? All those in favor say aye.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Any opposed? All right, the consent calendar is approved. We'll move on to the first study session item and ask the city manager to introduce it.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Great. Thank you, Bianca, Jake, Leticia. I appreciate the presentation. I think this is an exciting project and thrilled to see us considering it. And I'm really confident under your leadership in the direction of Bridge Housing, who certainly has a long proven track record. of producing and managing affordable housing projects. And with that, let's go around the dais. Council Member Sumida Wiria.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay, very good. Council Member Robinson.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Great, thank you. Okay, yeah, I mean, I really like this project and I think what's contemplated here is the perfect use of surplus land. Advancing the city's affordable housing goals and supporting the vision of the Bell Red Arts District are critically important goals for the city and this project helps us achieve both. There are no more important projects than those that support the creation of family size units, so I'm especially pleased to see them focused on with this project. And considering the critical need for family size units and housing generally in the city, I hope we do…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay, great. I mean, obviously we're in a big hurry, so please do all you can and let us know whenever there is anything we can do to help speed things up. I do think having the city's A team, Development Services, the Office of Housing, Jake and Bianca, Leticia, working with one of our premier affordable housing suppliers and managers certainly gives me a lot of confidence. Again, I think this is just really an amazing project and one that the city can really be proud of. i think the list of public benefits that come with the project are amazing certainly as i mentioned the family size units…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“So Okay, all those in favor say aye aye Any opposed? Okay, the motion carries. We are at 7.12.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay, with that, we will take a break and be back here in 10 minutes at 7.22. Thank you. Our back and city manager, please, if you would, with our next study session item.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Great. Thank you. Thank you, Chair Wong, Lucy, Matt, Dwight. I appreciate the presentation. In line with current trends, this effort strikes me as another example of city streamlining processes that increase transparency, efficiency, and equity. Certainly anxious to hear from my colleagues, and we'll start with Councilmember Newenhouse.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay, great. Thank you. I'm just going to echo some of the comments that were already made and just appreciate you taking a complicated and acronym-rich subject and distilling it down, making it understandable. I appreciate your email from last week as well. just kind of setting up the discussion tonight. So I really do think this is kind of just a textbook approach in helping the council to work through something that's kind of complicated and at least for me, gets even more complicated when there's a lot of acronyms to consider. So great work. Thank you. And with that, I'd appreciate a…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Any discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any opposed? Okay, the motion carries. So, all right, good. With that, I think we can move on. Thank you so much again. We can move on to our next study session item, and City Manager, if you would.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Great. Jeremy, Chris, thank you. I'm glad to see us moving forward with the shared micromobility program. I've seen them in other cities and they generally work very well. We've been talking a lot about transportation investments as we focus on the upcoming budget and have highlighted how we can maximize the value of our limited resources by investing in improving our connections to existing transportation infrastructure. And our shared micromobility program helps us do that by enhancing residents, workers, and visitors' last mile connections to appointments, shopping, jobs, and fun. And the…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay, great. Really appreciate the conversation and especially surrounding KPIs and how we circle back on those. So just want to add my support to that. So I know, you know, other municipalities close by have shared micro mobility devices. Just kind of curious if you could talk briefly about how we're approaching our shared micro mobility program and how it's different. going to be different here than in Seattle, Redmond, Woodinville.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay. We've talked about tools that we're going to use to manage and evaluate the micromobility program performance and the opportunities that community members are going to have to provide feedback and for us to make some adjustments if and when needed. And as has already been mentioned, Lime's going to be working directly with with community members. Their contact information is on the devices. It's on our website. So community members can contact them directly when they see issues, which I think is great, but also could create a gap in our knowledge of what's going on on our streets. I…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay. So then also, too, there is, you know, we talk about some incentives, some things that can be required, that Lime can kind of turn some incentives into requirements. And I'm just kind of curious, you know, what those might be. We've heard about parking, but what are maybe some other incentives that they could turn into requirements if needed?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“okay i mean i can certainly understand kind of the dynamic between incentive and mandatory but i just really hope that we keep a focus on that and if some of the incentives aren't working then we look uh to increase requirements um but with that i'm i'm satisfied the that the demand and the need is certainly there i think the planning has been extensive and i'm confident that the program will be closely monitored and adjustments made quickly when warranted. So it's important we get it right, and I'm confident we will. Thank you. Thank you so much.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay, we're almost there. So after tonight's meeting, the council will be on recess for the month of August. So we look forward to being back here in September and having the community return with us. And though it is the mayor's birthday tonight, he did request that we not make a point of it. So out of respect for the mayor, I will not say anything about it. We will not say that. Exactly. And with that, we are adjourned. So thank you.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Thank you for the presentation. Thank you also for all the hard work that you and your team have done to make development services increasingly more customer focused. I think the results speak for themselves and they're really quite impressive. Just a few questions here for you. Just kind of digging into this, I'm curious, what are the main factors contributing to the current high volumes of permit applications and issued permits?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“In the agenda memo, it's stated that amongst other things that the pace of permit applications is being driven by investments in new single family housing, residential reinvestment projects, and new applications stemming from the Wilberton vision implementation land use code. And I'm just curious if you could provide some context regarding Wilberton and why the LUCA has been so effective at spurring growth.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Looking ahead, which process improvements that are currently included in the DS work plan or it could be added to the current work plan could help us realize the most positive impact on speeding up our development review pipeline.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Also wanted to mention, I really like the employee learning and growth perspective section of the DS work plan. And I'm pleased to see that all four categories will be in the implementation stage by the first of the year. As was mentioned in the presentation, you've made significant and impressive improvements in overall departmental effectiveness with a nearly 14% improvement in permit timelines for first reviews. And I think that there's really widespread support and appreciation for all of your efforts. And, you know, like a lot of good things, I think there's a desire for additional…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026