Remarks by Megan Dunn
124 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 5
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“It's been properly moved and seconded to set time and date for ordinance 26-062. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor, please say aye.”
General Legislative Session · Oct 14, 2026
- Play at 26:36
“Chair votes aye. Any opposed? Hearing none, the pass is 5-0. Next, we have other business, and we have a presentation from Sound Transit. Welcome. We'll start by turning it over to Julie Moore, our Chief of Staff. Thank you.”
General Legislative Session · Oct 14, 2026
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“Eric, if you're trying to speak, you're muted. That says you're unmuted but we still can't hear you.”
General Legislative Session · Oct 14, 2026
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“Eric, you're muted again. We could hear you, but there you go.”
General Legislative Session · Oct 14, 2026
- Play at 39:30
“Okay. Sorry, I thought you looked like you were talking. Okay. Questions from council members? Council Member, Vice Chair Lowe.”
General Legislative Session · Oct 14, 2026
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“Other questions? I think the summary, alternative summary tables are helpful. It kind of narrows things down to a very quantitative result when behind those numbers is a different story, right? Like you may have like the number of displaced businesses is 68, looking at the one for, I think this is Mariner. Yeah, Mariner. But like when I spoke with some of the businesses on Casino Road, one is, one, if they were out of business, it's like a million dollars an hour for their kind of specialty business to move from one location to another because he has to get certified. So he would have to run…”
General Legislative Session · Oct 14, 2026
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“Okay, that's helpful. And then I know the OMF site, citing that, it doesn't look like there's a really good alternative. Like all three, it sounds like, have something not great about all of them. The question I get the most is why don't we just go up the spine, up five, and go straight up because it would be shorter and potentially cheaper. I know that we're too far into this, I assume, to make that massive change. But are there OMF sites along I-5 that would work? Would that be enough to consider looking at just going straight up and following I-5? That's the question I get the most.”
General Legislative Session · Oct 14, 2026
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“I would just note that the voters voted on a timeline as well as a general outline. And then the site, the location close to Payne Field is not walkable for the Payne Field Airport. I think it's over a third, over half a mile. So it's...”
General Legislative Session · Oct 14, 2026
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“I appreciate that. And I want to just quickly say I've been involved in a lot of the kind of advocacy work from Casino Road, especially moving that one casino market, and appreciate all the really deliberate outreach to that location especially. Any other questions or comments?”
General Legislative Session · Oct 14, 2026
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“Other comments? Okay. Appreciate your time. Thank you so much.”
General Legislative Session · Oct 14, 2026
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“We have two more items. So we so we have the biennial budget discussion. So Jim Thanks, you're done.”
General Legislative Session · Oct 14, 2026
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“Thank you. Okay, thank you. So in past years, we're going to have, we'll use a council amendment for consensus. So I just wanted to get staff working on any potential consensus ideas or potential consensus ideas we had. So we have a few from departments. If there's questions about those now, we can hear them briefly. And then I had two ideas, which I'll just share to get us started off. But one would be the council projects. I assume we went council projects added back in using the REIT dollars any objection any amount I believe it was 150 in the past I would encourage I'm seeing head nods…”
General Legislative Session · Oct 14, 2026
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“I would support a lower amount, just because we're seeing a reduction from other departments, and the REIT funds are squeezed. So it would essentially be taken from their fund balance. So I think maybe a lower amount. Maybe think about a lower amount. Council Member Mearing?”
General Legislative Session · Oct 14, 2026
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“Oh, okay. Each year. So 200 total between projects. Council Member Meade?”
General Legislative Session · Oct 14, 2026
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“And those dollars are used by our parks, our swim, our public works is using some of the dollars this year. So it could be used for projects within your district for like fish passage removal, things like that, or parks within your district. county parks in your district.”
General Legislative Session · Oct 14, 2026
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“Yeah, that'd be great. Okay. My other thought was a budget note around work group that would include council, finance, human services, health department, to look at some of the guide rails for enacting clauses in the last couple motions that have come up, the enacting clause. has been beyond what we authorize in code and has given authorization for any and all amendments moving forward on some of these contracts. So I wanted to ask for a work group that would balance the authority and kind of the administrative burden of some council procedures. So we're approving so that there's not a burden…”
General Legislative Session · Oct 14, 2026
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“Yeah, I was looking at all executive departments. So if it included the sheriff or others, other kind of elected officials or outside electeds that have big contracts, we could include them. And in that case, more formal motion would be or note would be helpful. But I'm also happy to work offline and see if the executive's happy with just moving that forward and finding agreement. Other ideas? And then you can also bring them forward to Jim anytime.”
General Legislative Session · Oct 14, 2026
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“Okay, any other questions? Okay, thank you. Next is a public meeting hearing, and that's motion 26-381.”
General Legislative Session · Oct 14, 2026
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“Okay, if there's none, we will open up public testimony on this item. Did anyone wish to provide any comment on motion 26-381? I'm not seeing any in person. Are there any hands raised?”
General Legislative Session · Oct 14, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
General Legislative Session · Oct 14, 2026
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“There's still an echo. Are you logged in more than once?”
General Legislative Session · Oct 14, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
General Legislative Session · Oct 14, 2026
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“It's been properly moved and seconded to approve motion 26-381. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor, please say aye.”
General Legislative Session · Oct 14, 2026
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“Okay, sorry, we're going to do a voice vote. Oh, a motion is fine. Okay. Sorry, I said, never mind. Okay, so all in favor, please say aye.”
General Legislative Session · Oct 14, 2026
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“Chair votes aye. Any opposed? Hearing none, the pass is 5-0. Okay, with that, we're in recess until our 1030 public hearing.”
General Legislative Session · Oct 14, 2026