Remarks by Mark Joselyn
17 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“I move approval of the consent agenda as amended polling item three.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yes, Your Honor. The Sound Cities Association Public Issues Committee met September 9th. I was unable to attend, but I did review the minutes, and we'll touch on a couple things that were discussed. One is the King County Executive has submitted legislation to move the King County Transportation District inside of local services at King County. The other alternative the county has is to somehow turn it into like a flood control district. They have faced a couple of choices, but the executive is moving in that they're advocating. They get moved to local services. It is the time of year that…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Simply to state the obvious, but here you are. This number of 129,000 and an anticipated completion date of 2031 are all contingent upon the residents of the school district coming together and passing at a 60% level a capital bond.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, thank you, Your Honor. Yeah, to reinforce Council Member Rustick's point, this is an impact fee that's a mechanism through which the city has offered an opportunity to recoup some small amount of the cost of the school district, to recoup the cost of building capital facilities to support the folks who are moving in. You know, development pays for development, right? That's exactly what this is. It's interesting to learn about the constraints and conditions that the school district faces and everybody getting a piece of the same pie, as it were, that makes it more challenging. So I'm…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“simply in the spirit of helping us all, you know, ground ourselves in how some of these things work. This funding did come through and is administered by the South Cities Association. Is that correct?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yes, exactly. That's spectacular. This one's really exciting, actually, to connect downtown via a paved path to the Snoqualmie Valley Trail. going east and west. I mean, you got to go a lot farther. You can just go a little ways north and you hit it in a gravel trail, but you know, that paved part, that's going to, there'll be a few people are going to wander into downtown. It wouldn't otherwise, or maybe more than a few. Anyway, I think it's great. And right. The Tom Moore said staff did a good job. Well, they did more than a good job. They did a great job. Just like on a previous project to…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, it's a work in progress. I agree with Council Member Torgerson that we're hoping for a return on investment from these monies spent. I think to pause at this time, you then need to recover and put pieces back in place. The hope is to continue to move this forward and build a solid foundation such that it can be passed off, maintained, and become a new landing page that pays benefits to the city going forward. So I will be voting in support. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Low-hanging fruit. School started this past week. as we know. And so there's school buses and kids. There's fewer kids during the day, but traffic patterns are impacted. The days are getting shorter in terms of sunlight. So just be aware and be mindful. I also want to echo Council Member Cohen's comments and all of us. There's a lot of unity here on Council in terms of support for uh, social service agencies, human service agencies, and, uh, public arts institutions were engaging that conversation as we head into the budget conversation this fall. And I am endlessly thankful for all of you…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I do not. The Public Issues Committee of the Sound Cities Association did not meet in August, nor did the Puget Sound Regional Council Executive Board. They will both hold meetings in September.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Just a point of information. My agenda packet says it's AB26-069, not 070. Am I at the wrong one? But it's the one you just cited.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Supplement number two with KPFF or right-of-way services for the North Bend Waymont site.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I'm sorry. Here's the first. 70. I stand corrected.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Your Honor, I wish to, but I won't. Thanks.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Just to acknowledge all the hard work and effort of staff, I do also want to call out the significant revisions that were included based on comments provided by the tribe. And just the more affirming, embracing language of that perspective that exists in our community and often is shared. not been as acknowledged and recognized as it is in this document. I think that's significant and worthy of acknowledgement. So thank you.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you, Your Honor. The last few days, it came to my attention there was a gentleman driving through town in a Jeep Wrangler with a large flag flying off the back, acknowledging the Snoqualmie Indian tribe. Now, there's people driving through this town regularly with any number of flags flying off the back of their vehicles. I noticed the vehicle parked on North Bend Way across the street from the QFC, assuming that the gentleman lived in the apartments there. This morning, on my way out of town, it caught my eye that that same vehicle had not one, not two, but four flat tires, and they're…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you, Your Honor. The Sound Cities Association Public Issues Committee met virtually on June 10th. Robert Feldstein, the executive director, reviewed recent appointments to regional boards and committees. There was a conversation amongst those present about the proposed 2027 proposed solid waste rate response letter that I mentioned in a prior meeting. It does not apply directly to North Bend as we have our own wastewater treatment plant, but rates are going up. hugely across the county and lots of folks are very concerned as they should be. There was then a conversation around the…”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026
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“Thank you, Your Honor. A few things. It was touched on the Snoqualmie Forest northeast of A full city that's for sale. It's 48,000 acres. The asking price is just under 43 million. Thankfully, not 432. There's an excellent article in the June 5th Seattle Times about it. That forest belonging to Weyerhaeuser was sold to Hancock. It now belongs to Campbell Global. Throughout the majority of that time, the owners have decided to sell at different prices. you know, an annual pass or daily pass, but to allow access to folks to ride the trails and recreate on those lands. And so that's what's at…”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026