TO: Members of the City Council
FROM: Mayor Angela Birney
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR CONTACT(S):
Executive
Malisa Files
425-556-2166
DEPARTMENT STAFF:
Executive
Nina Rivkin
Chief Policy Advisor
TITLE:
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Adoption of the City of Redmond 2022 State Legislative Agenda
OVERVIEW STATEMENT:
The proposed City of Redmond 2022 State Legislative Agenda has been revised to incorporate Council suggestions from the October 12, 2021, Study Session. The legislative agenda identifies the City's top priority issues and other policy issues the City supports or opposes. In recent years, the City has worked to develop a concise and easily comprehensible legislative agenda that provides flexibility to address issues as they develop. The legislative agenda guides the City's work with our state legislators and day-to-day work before and during the 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:
N/A
* Council Request:
Council suggestions were incorporated into the proposed 2022 Legislative Agenda; all the changes are to the Support/Oppose Items except the first and last items below:
* Support for co-responder programs and crisis intervention: added to the Top Priority Issue, Social and Criminal Justice Reform
* New item, Conservation District Elections: support proposals reforming conservation district elections to address the timing and supervisor terms
* New item, Chinese American History Month: support legislation declaring January as Chinese American History Month
* Revised item, Human Services: added support for programs and funding for those with mental health challenges; deleted support for mental health response funding, as this item was added to the top priority item, as described above
* New item, Childcare: support funding and programs to increase...
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