Remarks by Mason Thompson
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“Welcome, everyone. I now call the September 1st, 2026 regular city council meeting to order. We're going to start by taking a moment to take a roll call of the council members by position number. Please stay here when the city clerk calls your name.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you so much. First up on our agenda is meeting agenda approval. First part of that is the city manager review of the agenda. City manager.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. Next up is council approval of agenda. Does anybody have any changes they'd like to propose to the agenda? I say we've had like a month to get it out of our system, so I'm not expecting any tonight. Next up is public engagement opportunities. Sustainamania returns September 26th. Sustainamania, our annual sustainability festival, returns for its 14th year. Join this free family-friendly festival to celebrate the everyday actions we can all take to lead a more sustainable life and build lasting change. That's Saturday, September 26th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. right here at Bothell City…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. And we've got some, and actually, just so you all know how this is going to go, after each proclamation, we're going to have somebody come up to accept the proclamation and say a few words. And then if you want a picture after that, at the end, we can all come down and we can do a picture. And first up, we've got some representatives from NAMI Eastside to come accept the National Suicide Prevention Week proclamation. Yes. Hit the red button. Oh, Becky's got you. All right.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“To the folks that are here to accept the proclamation for National Preparedness Month, I'm sorry, you have to go after that. Whereas National Preparedness Month is observed throughout the United States each September to raise awareness about the importance of preparing for emergencies and disaster to keep families and communities safe, And whereas the City of Bothell recognizes that natural and human-made disasters of all sorts may occur at any time and cause significant disruptions and impacts to the Bothell community. And whereas research shows informed community preparedness is critical to…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Next up is the Bernadette Bascom Day proclamation, and I'm going to turn it over to Council Member Miles. You guys are going to make the emergency management folks feel bad.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I met you for like two minutes, and I would never tell you to sit down.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“And real quick, I just wanted to say that I appreciate your work, especially around neurodivergent folks, because there's a whole lot of neurodivergence up on this dais, myself included. And I got to meet Bernadette for just a couple of minutes earlier today, and you can see that look in her eye, and I don't really know what it is. It's like that thing. It's some combination of like wisdom, joy, and passion. And it was really easy to see why you packed the room today.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“All right, so we're gonna hop down and we're gonna take some pictures. And I think we will try to do the proclamations in order. And maybe we should just go out there and take pictures instead of having everybody come up here for Bernadette and the Bascombs. I just made that up. Yeah, I mean, that's who we've got right here.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“All right, welcome back. Next up is public comment. Welcome back. Next up is public comment. Before we begin, I'd like to remind everyone that we are in election season and there are certain campaign-related restrictions regarding public comment on ballot measures. Public speakers generally cannot specifically address a campaign or ballot measure at a public meeting or during the public comment period. RCW 29B45101 prohibits government agencies from allowing the use of public facilities directly or indirectly for campaign purposes. Allowing speakers to speak in favor or in opposition to a…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you very much. All right, next up is our report section, and first up is the city manager report and presentations.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I have a couple quick questions. I'm going to kind of just start off with the minimum density. Like, are we tracking, because obviously you're having conversations with folks and trying to figure out how to get up, and some people are figuring that out and some people probably aren't. Are we tracking, like, pull through of those pre-app meetings compared to anything? Like, are we, anytime we're doing policy that's novel, I'm curious, like, what are we doing that can contribute to the betterment of the region as a whole?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“And if they don't want to build what they need there, they'll probably sell it to somebody who will.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So we hear from the developers who don't build something else and would prefer to go below it. Um, the, um, do, um, roughly, do you know off the top of your head what percentage of the city we have minimum densities in?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Oh, okay. Cool. I was going to say, like, I mean, I can just wait a week. An email is fine. Okay. I noticed that the property on 102nd and Main is tiered and, like, steps back away. Is that because we have upper-level setbacks, or is that just because that's how they decided to build it?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“The decision on that one. Okay. Um, I would love to, as we do the downtown sub area plan, I would love to revisit the upper level setbacks. Like, is that something that I need to get like hands raised for? Like, can we team that up for a conversation?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Cool. Thank you so much. And, and like, I agree with the deputy mayor, like this may be a lot of work for you, but like, this is maybe the presentation I look forward to the most of any of them all year. So thank you.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So thank you. Nobody's life gets better until something actually gets built.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I don't think so, no. Thank you very much for the presentation. We appreciate it.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you very much. Next up on the agenda is council reports and conversations. Council members. Council member Curd.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“We all know something about part-time positions. I would love to accept a motion to approve the consent agenda.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I have a motion from Council Member Dodd to approve the consent agenda and a second from the Deputy Mayor. Would anybody like to speak to the motion? City Clerk?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“All right, we're going to move on to ordinances and resolutions. And our first of the evening is the Bothell Way Multimodal Improvements Project Offer Package 8, Negotiated Settlement and Budget Amendment. City Manager.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I have some questions unless my jumping ahead of me. Okay, cool. Um, you mentioned some of this was pulled through from acquisitions we expected in 2027 happening early. Like what percentage of the $20 million delta is that?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026