Remarks by Kate Baldwin
39 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
- Play at 19:23
“Yeah. One question that I had is you made note that with these changes that you would be connecting into the Federal Way light rail station or stations potentially. The one that's there on 320 with”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“YEAH, THE REASON I WAS ASKING ABOUT THAT IS BEING ABLE TO GET FROM, YOU KNOW, SORT OF CORE TACOMA OR SOME OF YOUR OUTLYING AREAS, THE FEDERAL WAY TRANSIT STATION AT 320 RIGHT NOW, AS WELL AS THE SOUNDER STATION IN AUBURN, are both going to be able to connect you into even bigger transit opportunities. And I feel like this is fabulous, but I just really wish that I could see a direct into those two stations because that immediately expands possibilities and opportunities for your riders to be able to go not just to Seattle, but to Linwood and Everett and other places, you know, much farther,…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“COUNCILMEMBER BALDWIN. AND WILL THERE BE ANY SERVICE CHANGES ON THE 497?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“That was the point I was going to have you clarify for folks who are watching is I'm sure they're looking at this and saying, oh, my goodness, you know, this increase on sales tax. I have concerns about that as a shopper. But that sales tax increase is only applicable to people who are doing that shopping in Pierce County. So just reaffirming that so they don't see all of Auburn and wonder, well, hey, is this going to affect me up here in different neighborhoods?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 31:31
“Yeah, I just wanted to say that I think the changes that you're making in this for the regions that you do have that high coverage are fantastic. Being able to go to a more consistent, higher rate of buses going through areas and neighborhoods is going to increase the likelihood of people wanting to take advantage of it. I think that those changes that you're making are smart and needed and I think with having you know close to 300,000 people that are going to be coming into the area you know getting ahead of that challenge is critical So just for folks who are out there, I think that this is…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“YEAH, THIS IS A GREAT PRESENTATION AND GIVES A GOOD OVERVIEW OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS OFFER, WHICH IS ABUNDANT. AND I LOVE THE RATES THAT WE HAVE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KEEP THINGS AFFORDABLE SO FOLKS CAN GET IN AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT, AS WELL AS THE RATES FOR THE CHILDCARE. I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, I used to charge my aunt more for that when I was a teenager. So the rates are going to be hard to beat. The one question I have, and this is perhaps a little bit silly, but for your classes, I have seen something that is beginning to trend in Japan and some other countries where they are…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“I've seen some videos and I'm shocked at how well you see these seniors kind of go through different motions of movement, uh, where they're, you know, like, you know, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ALMOST DOING GYMNASTIC SOMETIMES. IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“I WAS GOING TO SAY, THE LAST TIME I DID ONE OF THOSE CLASSES, I GOT MYSELF OVER A WAIST HEIGHT BARRIER AT A MODERATE SPEED AND WAS RATHER PROUD OF MYSELF. BUT, YEAH, THOSE ARE FUN.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“With the removal of the adult daycare references, is there anything in code that's going to continue to speak to those facilities?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Could you run through once more in residential it would be permitted?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“neighborhoods if that's your question yeah basically to clarify is we absolutely have a need for more childcare centers but we also have a generation you know the boomer generation that's going to be shifting into later age and so being able to have more centers for those seniors as they're getting to different phase of their life where they may need more you know, adult daycare supports around them for themselves and for the caregivers supporting them. I just want to make sure that with the change to focus the language in this ordinance on child care that we still have accommodations for the…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“YEAH. MY QUESTION COMES BACK TO HOW WE'RE DECIDING who gets to live in one of these types of buildings. Because when I think about people who are starting businesses, oftentimes it's gonna be someone maybe working with a family member who might not be in the, I think in the proposed code language it said like a single household, but a situation where it could be two siblings together where maybe one owns the business and the other one is an employee that could be taking advantage of the living portion of that in support of it or a parent and their kid or cousins or nieces or nephews. I mean,…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Is there a requirement then if the building is set up as a live work that they have to have a business?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Council Member Baldwin. If we can require that the business owner has to be the occupant, I don't see how we could. I feel like if we can require one, we should be able to require the other if it's a necessary part of the live work process. the live work definition yeah part of the live work definition because the concern that I have seeing challenges that we've had in other areas of the city where you know there's intention to have storefront or there's intention to have commerce and there's not any type of check or balance to ensure that that that is happening I think I would maybe be…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“and i think where my head's going is more in the space of a brand new development if we're putting that zoning in and saying hey this is meant to be live work because we're trying to bolster commercial opportunities and i bring it up because i remember when i used to live up around green lake there was a lot of ground floor you know live work uh units that never turned into any type of business at least from what i could tell walking around in the neighborhood it was just a closed door right and so i would hate to see us develop this you know plan to use it in an area or neighborhood and not…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 1:37:56
“Well, what they said earlier is that developer develops it, but once it's sold, it can be anything. So I think they can build it with that intent, but until whoever purchases it and occupies it, if we don't have something in there, I don't know is that we would have any protections there.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 1:39:04
“Yeah. And I think the reason I'm bringing these things up is because this is new code, right, that we're talking about, not something that we've had before. Or at least we're adding more detail to try and bolster the definition. And so, you know, I would say from my perspective, I still have concerns about the limitation that it doesn't allow for – business owners who are working with partners or who have multiple stakeholder parties that would be interested maybe in living in it in whatever type of family unit that that could look like. So I would prefer if we could see some flexibility in…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 1:44:02
“I think the... I wouldn't want us to be in a position of kicking people out because they no longer have a business. But I do think that there needs to be you know, some consideration of the fact that without trying to have an assurance that a business will be there and operating that there, then I don't know what the benefit of having live work as a separate designation is per se, because if it can always revert back to residential with no, you know, no fees, no penalties, no anything, I don't know what the, uh, I don't know what the certainty is of having a commercial component of the…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. As noted on the agenda page of this particular resolution, the final paragraph indicates the following. The adoption of this supplement number one to the study, the city will move the Auburn Way South Camera from issuing warnings to issuing infractions as the minimum 30 warning period required by statute has been met. Can you provide an update for council around what the expectation would be for activating cameras?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. One of the things I wanted to check on with this is in our partnership with the Muckleshoot Tribe, what would our plan be after activation of the cameras for working with the tribe to review the data for how our safety numbers are affected and for the number of people that would be receiving citations?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you, Director Gob. I just wanted to... make sure that we were all in alignment that that continued opportunity would be there for additional conversation going forward and making sure that our data is shared so we can work together to have safety in that corridor. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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City Council · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 1:38:52
“Thank you, Mayor. As noted on the agenda page of this particular resolution, the final paragraph indicates the following, the adoption of this supplement number one to the study. The city will move the Auburn Way South Camera from issuing warnings to issuing infractions as the minimum 30 warning period required by statute has been met. Can you provide an update for council around what the expectation would be for activating cameras?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
- Play at 1:40:03
“Thank you, Mayor. One of the things I wanted to check on with this is in our partnership with the Muckleshoot Tribe, what would our plan be after activation of the cameras for working with the tribe to review the data for how our safety numbers are affected and for the number of people that would be receiving citations?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
- Play at 1:41:02
“Thank you, Director Gaub. I just wanted to make sure that we were all in alignment that that continued opportunity would be there for additional conversation going forward and making sure that our data is shared so we can work together to have safety in that corridor. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026