Remarks by Susan Honda
105 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 5
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“Thank you. So AWC has some interesting stuff coming up. On August 17, they will have an online webinar on the 2027 legislative agenda. And they would like council members to attend and hear about the potential recommendations that AWC has for their legislative agenda. You do have to register online. And then on September 16th, they have another online class on parks and arts, and it sounds really interesting. It's on how you can create a thriving arts and cultural scene in welcoming parks in public spaces. Washington State Arts Commission will be participating in that. The senior commission…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I move approval of the consent agenda items A through I.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you. So today at 4.30, the council met and we interviewed, we had 12, I think 12 or 13 people that we interviewed for different commissions. And we interviewed two people for the senior advisory commission. So I would move to appoint Larry Bell. Muniz to position five for a term to begin immediately and expire August 31st, 2027. And Ian Anderson to position number seven for a term to begin September 1, 2026 and expire August 31st, 2029.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Do we need to say something about position seven?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“So during the earlier discussion when we were trying to come to a consensus, there was not a consensus on the alternate positions. And this is the point of which a motion needed to be made. There needed to be a second for the discussion to occur, just like with any motion.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“So definitely, this is your opportunity.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“We asked during the meeting of the attorney if we could add more alternates. Did we decide if we could do that or not?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Where does the trail begin and where will it end with this is all settled.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Are both those phases, are all the phases funded?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“And would you anticipate that it will be completed?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Phase one, two, and three. When will that be?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I have just a thank you. Thank you for you or whoever went out and took pictures of the signs that I asked for more information on. Of course. It helped me understand more and know where we sit as a city, so thank you very much. I appreciate that.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you. So I want to start with some thank yous. I'd like to thank the people who organized the Pride event and the community festival. Those were great events. I too was there at the Pride event at noon, in the rain and the wind, and it was very cold and windy. So I didn't stay very long. But I would like to thank the people who organized those events. I'd like to thank the people who applied for our commissions tonight. It's good to have, well, this would sound odd, but we usually don't have enough people to fill commissions. So having more people than we had spots for can be a good…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“21st for Advisory Body Interviews for the Senior Commission. And we're going to start with the Pledge of Allegiance. And Councilmember Walsh, could you please lead us? Why do we do that? We all need to be wearing name badges. So tonight there's only two of you that we're interviewing for the senior commission. And staff, Amy is in the back. So what we're going to do is just, Amy, you're going to be first. And you'll just come to the podium. Tell us why you want to be on the senior commission, back on the senior commission. And then if council has any questions, then they can ask you…”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Anyone else? Oh, I'm sorry. Council Member Hamilton.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“All right. Well, thank you, Amy. You did absolutely great.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“And thanks for all you do. You can stay around if you want. Okay. Okay. So Michelle, do you want to come on up? So Michelle and I were just talking, and she has recently moved here from New York City. She's only been here for eight months. Yeah, so welcome to Federal Way.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“I agree. All right. Council Member Moore.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you. Excuse me, I have a question. So what would you like... to see the senior commission do you may not know all that they do but coming in as a new person to the area from a different part of the country what would you like to see happen here”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Well, tell us more. Well, thank you very much. So we're going to talk among ourselves. And at the 6.30 regular council meeting, part of the agenda, one of the agenda items is to appoint people to this commission.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“You're welcome to stay if you want. You don't have to, but we will get in touch with you after tonight.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you, and welcome to Federal Way. All righty. So we have...”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Would you like Amy as an alternate? I mean, excuse me, not Amy. Would you like Michelle as an alternate or as a voting member?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“They did not reapply, which is very unfortunate because they both did a tremendous amount of work on the commission.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Correct. And Larry did apply, and he was not able to be here today. So he'll be here at our next meeting.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026