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FROM: Mayor Angela Birney
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR CONTACT(S):
Executive
Malisa Files
425.556.2166
DEPARTMENT STAFF:
Executive
Nina Rivkin
Chief Policy Advisor
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2022 Legislative Session Debrief
OVERVIEW STATEMENT:
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At the March 22, 2022, City Council Study Session, Briahna Murray and Marian Dacca, the City's State Lobbyists will provide an overview of the 2022 Legislative Session. This overview will focus on how the City fared on its top priority 2022 legislative issues and support/oppose issues.
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REQUEST RATIONALE:
* Relevant Plans/Policies:
2022 City of Redmond State Legislative Agenda
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* Council Request:
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* Other Key Facts:
The 2022 Legislative Session was the second year of the biennial legislative session, which lasted from January 10, 2022 - March 10, 2022. Each year, after the conclusion of the legislative session, the City's State Lobbyists provide an update to Council, primarily focusing on the City's top legislative priorities, which were:
* 148th Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge over SR 520 ($27 million funding request)
* Affordable Housing and Preventing Homelessness
* Environmental Sustainability
* Social and Criminal Justice Reform
* Fiscal Sustainability
* Local Control
OUTCOMES:
The City Council is updated on how the City fared on its top priority and support/oppose legislative issues. The 148th Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge over SR 520 was included in the 2022 transportation package "Move Ahead Washington", with $8 million of funding for preliminary engineering and right-of-way work; the City will seek grant and other funding for the construction phase of the project. In addition, the City successfully advanced policy positions on the City's top priority legislative issues and support/oppose issues.
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