Remarks by Shilpa Prem
51 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 3
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“and again uh hang on council yeah just um just one quick comment i'm as part of the advocacy that we're gonna be doing i i do wanna see if we can push king county to do that affordability summit um so that we can actually sit down and kind of talk about what's Legally required like scientifically needed to have safe and reliable and environmentally responsible sewer systems for an example And just I I think the the urgency is quite critical right because these rates are going to be implemented early next year, so In order for us to actually be able to advocate for something I think it's…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Sorry. No. So I just want to clarify. So like the goal you're talking about, those goals would be specific for Kirkland residents? Correct. Okay. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Anyone else? Yeah, I just had a question about kind of the And first of all, thank you so much for doing this work. I think it's really hard, especially given where we are with lack of funding available to prioritize because the need is just so great. So I know it must have been a very hard job to get to this list. So really appreciate that. In regards to like the bigger ticket items, right? So the things that are like 100K and above. I was curious about how far back do we go to see like the like the performance or the number of Kirkland residents that were positively impacted for us to then…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, it does. And then one just follow up question. Do we do we make those determinations based off of. like the self-reporting, like the quarterly annual reports that come in versus like the monitoring visits. Like are the monitoring visits like audits or are they just visits?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah. I also would, you know, I'm fairly new to council, as you know. And so there's a few of these programs that I don't know much about. So I may set up a meeting with you to just kind of go through some of these programs and just also to figure out, find out, you know, how many Kirkland residents do they, have they helped in the past? And then kind of what the criteria was in determining that yes, these are the ones that we want to prioritize. So kind of maybe even walking through a couple of very specific examples, like their applications, and, you know, what was in those applications,…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you so much for this presentation. I specifically really loved the slide with the two alternatives and then the big red circles circling alternative one. Very helpful. And I think alternative one does seem like the most reasonable choice. I think it addresses all the um like the greatest pressure problems while continuing to preserve like the water quality issues and um specifically the the fire flow improvements as well um the one significant technical concern that was identified by the independent consultant um where there were certain residential homes where like outside of the 510…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, thank you so much for this presentation. I think my kind of immediate, and this is purely based off of just preference, no real in-depth look into the actual like branding perspectives. But the Rise District was, I thought was very positive. And I really liked the fact that the area kind of sits on high ground. So I think that really accurately reflects the area. I also really liked the Forge District for the reasons the Deputy Mayor mentioned. I think the Union District was maybe my least favorite just because of Lake Union exists in Seattle. So there could be some confusion with both…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you councillor prim Yeah, thank you for this. First, I also want to just start off with saying I'm really excited with seeing a proposal come in the 85th Street station area. I think there's just a few comments that I have on the proposal itself. I think... One is I would encourage the city staff to maybe see if we could, as part of an additional public benefit, to increase either the number of affordable units or the percentage of affordable units, because right now it's already zoned for 10%, right? So I would want to see if we could get More out of in return for giving the 2 floors…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“No, the number of units that would become affordable. So whether that's 10%, 15% in the future, either that, we negotiate on the percentage or the number of units that would be affordable. Got it.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yes. Yeah. I, you know, I was going through the packet and, you know, I understand that many of these projects, they're originally based on, like, planning level cost estimates. But can you just share some information on. how these shortfalls, like, I'm just trying to understand, like, these are pretty large differences, right, between the original estimates and then what we find out later that, oh, crap, you know, like, we need to, it's a lot more money, or we need to do a lot of additional things around the area. But can you just explain that process? You know, like, I guess it would be…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So the primary fix right now is we, just to summarize, we have a dedicated individual, like a project manager almost, that's ensuring that the estimates are more accurate moving forward, is that right? Correct. Okay.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, thank you so much for this presentation, for your incredibly important work you're doing for our community. One question I had was just the assessing the pilot and kind of looking at all the original goals that we have. One of the goals that I'm very interested in is the school engagement, just given the vulnerable population that you're going to be dealing with and what we learned. So you say that we had some initial relationships established and we look forward to obviously deepen those relationships. Can you just talk about what function within the schools were your primary contacts…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I also stay connected with law enforcement advocates in the area.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you so much for this presentation. It's pretty complex. So really impressive to get this all under an hour. One question I had, I wanted to double click on the prioritization criteria for the TSP. I totally agree that it'd be helpful to understand just the grading mechanism and the weight also that's put onto each of these factors that are considered. But in addition to that, also for all the other categories like surface, water, sewer, what is the prioritization criteria? Is it how it's labeled within the plan itself and then that's brought here? Or is there some other mechanism that…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Either way. I can do now. Okay. Go ahead. Now? Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Thank you for this information and thanks for all of the data that you provided. Extremely helpful. I know it's a lot of work, so I really appreciate it. I have two primary goals with supporting the 2500 square foot threshold, but increasing the per square footage fee from $15 to $20 per square foot. Number one, I do not wanna hinder the development of middle housing in low density zones, which includes homes that are under 2,500 square feet. And number two, I wanna ensure that we have adequate contributions towards…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“at least presenting the other amendment because we've got two amendments but we're gonna we're gonna deal one minimum at a time yes i'm perfectly fine with that i'll thank you yes i decided i didn't like adam's suggestion so uh councilman uh both council member falcone and i moved to amend ordinance 0493 at e page 715 line 107 by deleting the phrase 15 per square foot and inserting in its place the phrase 20 per square foot second”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, just a quick comment on why I moved to do this. As Deputy Mayor Black mentioned, I think we've been discussing this for over two years, and I think it's time to put the issue to rest and provide the building community some certainty on where we are. Staff, as Adam mentioned, staff will be providing quarterly development services, reports to council. So this will be tracked regularly. Yeah, that's pretty much it. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, I will also be supporting this ordinance. I do think generally that the proposed ordinance has addressed a lot of the comments that we had last time, but I do want to definitely follow up on Ms. O'Malley's comments that she made and would appreciate like a response specifically addressing those things. and to ensure that if there are things that we need to fix, that we do that quickly. But thank you.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“So I was just looking back at the O&M expenses again, and I just wanted to understand, like, the King County... And that's through 2030. Or like, like, I guess that's one question. Like, how is that broken up? And then rate increases already.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“No. No worries. I'll ask it at a later time.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“So I completely echo what others have said regarding just how impactful these rate increases potentially can be if they continue to be those rates in the future. And I think I'd just like to understand kind of what is our primary mechanism to now, now that we know what is going to be kind of the input into these potentially increases in rates. What are our next steps to, I don't know, assign individuals within the city to say, all right, you go and, you know, you're gonna go and work on kind of these regional efforts, and then you are gonna go work on potentially looking into our internal…”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“Thank you. Council Member Prim, did you have your hand up? Yeah, one more question. So the other thing is, I think given just how many factors there are that are going to be contributing to this rate increase across the board for all of our utilities, I think what would be helpful also is like understanding kind of the timing of when each of these individual factors would take and would become effective so that we're prioritizing like, OK, you know, like the King County is going to implement this rate increase by next month. OK, all of our efforts should go there and we should focus on that.…”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“Yeah, I just want to say also just thank you to the team that initiated this initiative, I think, and for working so hard in trying to get a tool library into our community. I think the ETC proposal actually had a lot of really good information and details. And so I honestly don't think I need any more information. I think the ETC proposal is sufficient to begin negotiations. and i think negotiations at this stage will really provide and refine a lot of the details identify any risks and really ensure this that the city interests are fully protected including um because i just want to comment…”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026