Remarks by Lynne Robinson
42 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
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“Oh, perfect. Okay. I thought you said no. Okay. Seven. Eight. Okay. I think that was it. Thank you. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I agree with what the Mayor just said. This is so gratifying to hear the results of, and I just want to thank everybody involved. I hear it from other cities and people who are applying for pre-admitting right now, and everybody sounds very positive. with all this change. So thank you. I just had two questions. I've had at least five designers reach out to me about wanting to have a small business here in Bellevue where they can showcase their fashions. And they're kind of starting with very little funding. And so just trying to figure out how we can support that style of…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Councilmember Hamilton, of the 700 units seeking permits for Wilberton, how many are affordable?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Thank you. I appreciate hearing my colleagues' comments. And I really love this Great Neighborhoods program. I just think it's such an amazing opportunity for the community. So I support what you've laid out here. I do like the idea of emphasizing the public safety conversations. I think that's really important. I also wonder, when we talk about mobility, it doesn't look to me like we're it looks like you're describing public spaces and connectivity, but I would really like more emphasis on travel. So multimodal travel, love to hear what sidewalks are problematic or what bike lanes and just…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay. So the only thing I wanted to ask is, you know, outside of this program, we have neighborhoods who right now are trying to navigate the missing middle housing. House Bill is 1110. And there's not really a forum for them to talk to the city, what's possible, what's not possible, and helping neighborhoods navigate through these changes. So I wonder how you think we can be having those conversations outside of this neighborhoods program, because people shouldn't have to wait until their neighborhood comes up in the queue.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Yeah, I'd like your response before that. Yeah. That's perfect. Thank you.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Well, since Council Member Bhargava brought that up, I just want to add that we did give increased height to that property in exchange for onsite performance. And so now that we've removed that condition and they get to keep the increased height, if we revisit it with the other bill, are we going to have to give another incentive? in order to put in a requirement for affordable housing.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“I'll definitely want you to explore other incentives. Sure. Thank you. Really appreciate the work here. And I do think that you, Nick, and your staff have gone above and beyond what is typical of staff members. You've done site visits, you've had multiple conversations with individual property owners, and you've done what I think everything you can to be available to answer people's questions and concerns. I just want to thank you for doing that. I am very supportive of this work. Thank you.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Mayor, Chair Hashimoto, it's nice to see you. I was curious who was on the council. So it'd be nice to put everybody's names somewhere in this material.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“That would be great. So I love what you do. I've been watching this for the two years that we've been funding this and Of course, I think what I really liked what you said about the benefits not just to tourists but also to the people that live in the area and The bellhop is a great example of that but you know, I'm really interested in supporting big events kind of like the rock and roll marathon and And I thought, gosh, we have one of the top bluegrass conferences or whatever events in the United States, if not the world, here right in Bellevue every year, and nobody knows about it. I'm…”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Well, it just seems like it's been going on in our city for how many years now?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“We stole them from Tacoma. And it's all people staying over in hotels. So I would really like to see how we might, without forcing them to expand, take something that already exists and promote it a little more to the people that live in this city.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“I was trying to look up the name of this book I read. It's called A Cold Wind, and it's by one of our Japanese American community, I think a son of somebody who was interned in the camps. And it's such a powerful story of the generational impact of that experience. And so to celebrate our heritage, but also to remember what happened, I can't think of a better way to do this. And I just want to thank you, Chair, and the Parks Board for their strong, I'm sure, discussions and thoughts on how best to commemorate and name this park. And I think it's a wonderful name. And I do hope that we…”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“say the correct name of that book that I referenced? It's called A Cold Wind from Idaho and it's by Lawrence Matsuda. Thank you.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“OK, thank you. I have so much to say. I've got all these notes. So first of all, with the funding, I would like you to next time bring us back a model that's just the sales tax. and then one that's a sales tax and the vehicle license fee, so we can see the difference in the numbers. So currently, we have some safe routes for bikes in our city, and we have some routes that are not safe at all. But not everybody knows the difference between the two. There's no signage that says if you're going from here and you want to end up there, you should take 1 10th, or 1 8th, sorry, 108th. And if you're…”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I want to thank you both for all the work you've done on this. You've been very responsive to many different groups. And I just want to clarify what I understand here, that a developer can have a fee-in-lieu exemption from the mandatory inclusionary housing requirement and can still participate in the multifamily property tax exemption if they provide 20% of their units at 80% AMI. Yes, that is correct.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Spent all day understanding that, and so I'm good with it. Thank you.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026