TO: Members of the City Council
FROM: Mayor Angela Birney
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR CONTACT(S):
Executive
Malisa Files
425-556-2166
DEPARTMENT STAFF:
Executive
Amy Tsai
Chief Policy Advisor
TITLE:
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Adoption of the City of Redmond 2025 State Legislative Agenda
OVERVIEW STATEMENT:
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The City of Redmond 2025 State Legislative Agenda has been revised to incorporate the outcome of the November 5, 2024, general election. The legislative agenda identifies the City's top priority issues and other policy issues the City supports, and it guides City work during the state legislative session.
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REQUESTED ACTION:
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REQUEST RATIONALE:
* Relevant Plans/Policies:
RMC 2.80 Representation of City to Legislative Bodies
* Required:
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* Council Request:
Substantive changes made in response to Council feedback include using welcoming language for the Asylum Seekers regional priority item, and for the Housing support item adding language that the City supports legislative funding consistent with its Housing Action Plan. With the failure of Initiative 2117, the Climate Commitment Act is not repealed. Accordingly, the state legislative agenda includes the Multimodal Overlake Village Access (MOVA) project request and removes the request for the electric fire engine.
* Other Key Facts:
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OUTCOMES:
The City's legislative session advocacy potentially results in state funding for projects identified in the State Legislative Agenda. The State Legislative Agenda provides a roadmap for the City to successfully advance top priority requests, and it focuses attention on policy areas to monitor, support, or oppose that may be considered by the state legislature and that could have a positive or negative impact on the City of Redmond and the Redmond community.
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