Remarks by Jim Ferrell
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“Good evening and welcome to the special meeting of the Federal Race City Council meeting for Tuesday, September 1st. Would you all please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance. have a welcome everyone it's great to see uh... it's still folks here uh... first of course a session we're here from our some transit friends uh... some transit operations and made its facility and uh... he's a uh... egos uh... but also we have our reports here record you like that first off yeah just as an introduction tonight uh... these are presentations that were previously done at uh... south county area…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yes, thank you very much. Great presentation. All right, and now we are going to move on to the next part of our presentation, the King County South Link Connections Mobility Project. Jeremy Fitchner with King County South, South King County Planning Lead.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“All right, thank you. Public Works folks keep in touch with you about that. There have been certain instances, I can think of probably two or three right off the top of my head, where we've had those issues. You may want to relay that to your folks, but we'll have our Public Works people communicate with you about that. Council President Honda?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“That would be great. Thank you. I really appreciate that. Council Member Suffer-Dawson.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I hear that. Appreciate your feedback. Thank you. Council Member Coachmark?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“That's right. It's going to be a popular service.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. Any other questions, Council? Well, a big hearty thank you to both the folks of King County and Sound Transit. Thank you so much for your partnership and for all the work you do for the people of our community. All right. With that, the study session is adjourned. We have an executive session for item four here. It is property acquisition pursuant to RCW 42301101B and potential litigation pursuant to RCW 42301101I. Duration is approximately 15 minutes. We'll be in recess for that purpose. All right.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Good evening and welcome to the Federal Way City Council meeting for Tuesday, September 1st. Would you all please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance. United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. All right, welcome everybody. Let's see here. Now, we've got item three, proclamations and presentations. Item A, community volunteerism proclamation. Council Member Walsh.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Well, thank you very much, and thank you very much for the work you do. All right, now we're on item B, the Arts Commission Mid-Year Update. Arts Commission Chair Tom Bristol. share a few comments. Tom?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Well, thank you very much for the presentation. Thank you for the work you do every day. Let's give him a big round of applause. Thank you. All right, and now we've got the Health Through Housing update, and we've got the King County Health Through Housing section manager, Shana Clinton, will present this item. Shana?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Oh, and stay close just in case we have any questions. And a great presentation from you both, from both groups. Council, are there any – oh, Council President Honda.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Well, you've really scaled up very quickly. I could see the numbers going way up. So I know we were asking about that just recently, and it's great to see so many folks getting into that program. Council Member Walsh?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you for doing that. Thank you. That's good news. Thank you. Council Member Hamilton.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Member. Council Member Kochmar.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“All right. And then we also have Council Member Moore.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“All right. Thank you. All right. Council President Honda.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. All right. Oh, Council Member Sepin-Hawson?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. Well, on behalf of the people of this community, thank you so much for the work you're doing, both King County and the Urban League. And thank you so much. And thank you for this informative and very thoughtful presentation. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay, and now we're under the Mayor's Emerging Issues and Report. So we've had a lot going on in the past few weeks. We had what is now, I believe, with a fourth annual back-to-school haircuts events. We started in 2023. A big, big thanks to Kristen Speakman, who owns and operates Bella Red Salon and the dozens of stylists not only that work there but throughout the community and they gave hundreds of haircuts to young folks getting ready for school and one of them was right there and it was just great. It was great to see. A big thanks for our Parks Department, the Good News Department that…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“It was great. It was it was really just one of those great events becoming really one of the great events in our community was right there in Town Square Park. And it was it was also Councilmember Hamilton and Council President Honda were there as well. And just a really it was a beautiful day. And it was really fun to see that happening in our community. Then, on August 25th, we had the Good Eggs Breakfast put on by our King County Councilman, Pete Von Reichbauer. He brings in local elected and regional leaders, school districts, city councils, members from pretty much all of South King…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“It was an involuntary reaction. I'm like, oh my God, what's that? So, yes. So, you know, the asphalt was not on fire, but it was fun. And that's a really, if you haven't been in that location, it's really It's beautiful. Right there on where Dashpoint Road starts at about 312th and Dashpoint Road. And they're doing, there's a lot of work about getting businesses in that business park. And we're really happy to see that there. Okay, then.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“That's right. Susan, how much was that? Do you remember?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“That's right. Yeah, that's really nice. And Council Member Hamilton was there, Council Member Walsh, Council President Honda, and it was just a great group. Okay, next we've got some upcoming community events. We've got Rainfest at Steel Lake Park on September 12th. That will get started about 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. And really just talking about just sort of the – you know, the environment and, and, uh, you know, rain trees and, and, uh, we've got, you know, important work being done, uh, by the folks, uh, in our public works department, uh, in our parks. Also, we've got Taste of Federal Way at…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Jason, how can people buy tickets to the Taste of Federal Right?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Correct. $25. Okay. Well, we'll put that on social media, and we'll put it on our newsletter as well. Okay. Okay, upcoming community events. We've got the Pumpkin Plunge at the Federal Way Community Center on October 17th. You know, when I was walking in like mid-August, I walked into some place and they're already talking about, they're already advertising for Halloween. I thought, my gosh, it's going to be right around the corner. So we've got the pumpkin plunge at the community center at that time and that'll be on a Saturday the 17th $10 for youth $12 for adults then we've got the tricks…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026