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From YouTube: State of the City: Living for Today, Ready for Tomorrow
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City of Bellevue Mayor John Stokes and Deputy Mayor Chelminiak spoke about the city's recent accomplishments and opportunities at the annual State of the City event hosted by the Bellevue Downtown Association.
A
My
name
is
Patrick
Bannon
I'm,
president
of
the
Bellevue
downtown
Association,
and
on
behalf
of
our
board
and
staff.
Thank
you
for
attending
this
special
program
and
on
what
seems
to
be
so
far
a
dry,
April,
25th,
we'll
see
what
happens
later
in
the
day,
but
we're
hopeful
for
good
things.
First
off
I'd
like
to
say
thank
you
to
our
sponsors
for
our
BDA
breakfast
series.
They
are
the
Fortin
group,
Puget,
Sound,
Bank
and
Kaiser
Permanente.
Please
join
me
in
thanking
them.
A
A
Before
we
begin
our
program,
I
would
like
to
remind
you
of
a
couple
of
upcoming
events.
One
would
be
the
Bellevue
Jazz
and
Blues
Festival,
which
the
Bellevue
downtown
association
produces
each
year.
It
is
coming
up.
May
31st
through
June
4th
tickets
are
on
sale.
It
is
a
community-wide
event
with
more
than
40
concerts
throughout
downtown
Bellevue
and
then
to
headline
performances
that
are
ticketed
at
made.
Bower
Center
with
Katherine
Russell,
who
is
a
premier
vocalist
and
the
Corey
Harris
fan
those
are
evening
performances
and
we
also
have
two
performances
of
takes
place.
A
So,
if
you're
interested
in
live
music
out
and
about
in
downtown
Bellevue
and
being
a
part
of
a
very
strong
Civic
tradition,
please
check
out
Bellevue,
downtown
comm
and
purchase
your
tickets
ii
want
to
just
make
a
note
for
your
calendar
that
in
the
fall,
the
BDA
will
be
going
on
a
study
tour
to
the
city
of
Nashville
to
downtown
Nashville
October.
Four
through
six
registration
is
open
for
the
Nashville
study
tour.
Those
details
are
at
Bellevue,
downtown
org
or
you
can
email
me
or
anyone
on
the
team
and
we'll
get
more
information.
A
I
encourage
you
to
sign
up
early
and
take
advantage
of
the
airline
flight
reservation
options
that
are
available
to
you
right
now
before
they
get
booked
up.
So,
as
you
know,
that
they'll
be
downtown
association.
Is
a
member
powered
board
governed
organization.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
support
of
this
organization
as
we
continue
to
grow
and
do
good
work
right
around
with
it
right,
along
with
the
City
of
Bellevue.
B
Well,
thank
you
Patrick
and
good
morning.
Everyone
I
think
we
can
all
agree
that
we're
experiencing
an
amazing
time
here
in
the
city
of
Bellevue
we're
seeing
the
results
of
an
incredible
building
boom
that
is
bringing
fresh
energy
and
economic
vitality
to
the
city.
As
the
Seattle
Times
just
told
us,
the
downtown
area
is
the
fastest
growing
residential
area
in
the
city
and
it's
increasingly
livable
and
attracting
high
caliber
talent
and
companies,
and
at
the
heart
of
the
Eastside
Bellevue
as
a
whole,
is
welcoming
residents
from
around
the
world
every
day.
B
Throughout
this
time,
our
city
leaders
are
working
to
support
growth,
with
initiatives
to
ensure
safety
vibrancy
and
to
build
vital
infrastructure.
So
it
seems,
like
everything,
is
moving
in
the
same
and
the
right
direction.
Of
course,
Bellevue
shares
some
challenges
that
other
growing
cities
are
experiencing,
like
increasing
traffic
congestion
and
rising
home
prices,
and
yet
Bellevue
is
fortunate
to
have
fewer
challenges
than
some
other
cities
are
experiencing
this
sort
of
rapid
growth.
B
However,
we
must
still
look
honestly
at
the
city's
future
understand
where
we
are
and
ask
important
questions
about
where
we'd
like
to
be
20
to
30
years
from
now
so
I'm
pleased
to
have
the
honor
of
welcoming,
with
their
presentation,
entitled
Bellevue
living
for
today,
ready
for
tomorrow,
Mayor
John,
Stokes
and
deputy
mayor
Don
chill
max.
Please
join
me
in
showing
them
a
warm
welcome.
Thank
you.
C
C
C
Isn't
that
amazing
I
moved
here
in
1991
doesn't
look
anything
like
that
anymore.
That
is
really
exciting.
We
want
to
get
people
out
in
the
community
excited
about
this.
Also,
so,
let's
use
hashtags,
we
have
one
is
hashtag.
What's
in
your
city
and
the
other
is
be
as
hashtag
BV,
you
e
on
social
media.
So
if
you
want
to
tweet
out
to
friends
and
all
use
these
hashtags
and
spread
the
story.
C
C
As
you
know,
we've
had
a
long,
long-standing
relationship
with
them
and
in
many
ways
it's
been
it's
been
very
invigorating
and
educational
and
and
we're
getting
stuff
done,
and
that's
that's.
What's
great
and
Peter,
it's
been
a
really
great
addition.
Taking
order
for
Joanie
Earl,
oh
and
so
we're
looking
forward.
We
got
the
tunnel
going
and
it's
will
be
running
on
the
rails
pretty
soon
also
here
this
morning,
I
want
to
recognize
the
person
that
leads
the
group
that
this
stuff
wouldn't
happen
without
and
that's
Brad
Miyake
Brad.
What
you
stand
up.
C
We
have
a
really
fantastic
staff
and
leadership
in
the
city
and
through
their
tireless
efforts,
we
have
a
well-managed
city
on
a
balanced
1.5
billion
dollar
biennial
budget,
providing
high
quality
services
to
our
community
here
in
Bellevue
we're
living
for
today,
but
we're
ready
for
tomorrow.
One
of
the
things
that
makes
this
possible
is
that
we
are
a
great
city
that
values
diversity,
we're
a
community
that
cares
about
others,
no
matter
where
they
originally
from,
especially
in
times
of
need.
C
I
was
reminded
about
this
early
one
morning
on
Saturday
January,
24th
very
early
got
a
call
from
Brad.
He
was
already
down
there.
When
tragedy
struck
the
Islamic
center
of
the
Eastside
belfies,
only
mosque
was
damaged
by
suspicious
fire.
They
brought
slings
and
heavy
smoke
with
it,
but
out
of
the
ashes
came
our
community's
commitment
to
inclusion
and
they
really
goodwill.
C
C
They
were
there
in
a
two
minutes
and
knocking
down
the
fire.
The
firefighters
are
just
amazing
and
they
save
got
in
there
and
the
wind
in
the
building
and
saved
many
holy
relics
and
books
and
did
a
fantastic
job
in
our
Police
Department
arrested
the
arson
suspect
within
minutes
and
calmed
immediate
fears
about
this
awful
accident
incident
being
a
hate
crime
which
it
was
not.
The
police
department
came
to
the
scene
early
and
they
came
there
not
as
strangers,
but
as
people
have
been
working
together.
C
It's
important
that
you
know
we
have
a
strong
police
force
and
if
they
work
hard
to
protect
the
city,
but
they
also
really
believe
in
protect
and
serve,
and
because
of
their
contacts
with
the
FBI
and
the
prosecutor's
office
in
Seattle
and
with
the
community,
we
were
able
to
find
out
right
away
that
it
was
not.
The
type
of
incident
would
have
really
really
been
bad
for
us
as
bad
as
it
wasn't.
No
one
was
hurt,
but
he's
worked
hard
to
really
develop
relationships
with
that
community
and
other
diverse
communities
within
our
city.
C
C
The
city
provided
space
for
a
few
days
of
the
Highland
Community
Center
for
prayers
and
churches,
nonprofits
all
came
forward
and
started
making
donations
and
that
house
of
worship
will
rise
from
the
ashes
and
be
better
for
this.
That's
one
of
the
many
reasons
Bellevue
is
the
city
where
I
want
to
be.
The
other
thing
I
want
to
do
is
really
thank
our
community
for
stepping
up
and
supporting
us
on
the
levy
we
haven't
in
a
long
long
time
we
have
a
very
solid
a
low
tax
base.
C
We
need
some
help
in
this,
so
back
in
November
of
Bellevue
voters
overwhelmingly
approved
two
levies
so
we'll
make
our
neighborhoods
safer.
Their
fire
facilities
levy
will
fund
construction,
new
fire
stations,
which
we've
been
talking
about
for
I,
don't
know
15
20
years
fire
station
10
that
will
serve
downtown
and
the
surrounding
area
and,
as
you
know,
it's
downtown
growing
and
with
both
the
community
and
the
businesses
in
downtown.
C
We
need
to
have
that
fire
station
closeby
and
modern
and
ready
to
go
right
now,
we're
out
we're
acquiring
property
for
the
new
location
on
the
west
side
of
112,
Avenue,
north
east
and
northeast
12th,
and
it
will
serve
the
needs
well
and
it
will
be
a
good
neighbor.
The
levy
funds
will
also
go
towards
seismic
retrofits
and
nine
other
stations
in
other
stations
are
getting
pretty
old
and
we
need
upgrading.
So
we're
going
to
be
able
to
do
this
because,
again,
the
citizens
that
we
want
to
do
this.
C
We
believe
in
it
the
neighborhood
safety
connectivity
and
congestion
levee,
we'll
work
on
transportation
projects.
Our
translation,
Commission
I,
think
Todd
Weasley's
here
from
the
Commission
got
together
and
came
up
with
some
ideas
to
move
things
forward
quickly
and
respond
to
the
community.
As
we
did,
you
know
we'll
have
new
sidewalks
bike
lanes,
we're
going
to
really
invest
in
our
bike
lanes.
C
We've
been
talking
about
and
trails
technology,
we're
doing
great
things
in
technology
and
transportation
and
enhanced
maintenance
and
safety
projects
and
the
one
thing
that
translation,
Park
Commission
helped
us
work
on
is
coming
up
with
a
project
for
congestion
relief
on
150th
Avenue
over
in
East
Gate
at
a
new
port
way,
and
that
will
help
us
a
lot.
It
gets
it
started.
It
shows
the
community
that
we're
not
just
talking
about
and
we
won't
sit
there.
C
The
money
for
a
long
time
we're
actually
getting
out
and
doing
things
we're
honoring
what
the
voters
voted
for
in
November.
Now.
The
other
thing
that
and
we're
going
to
talk
a
lot
about
and
John's
going
to
go
through
a
lot
of
the
great
projects
that
we're
doing
and
what
I'm
going
to
put,
though,
is
more
a
little
bit
of
the
framework
of
the
growth
you
know.
Bellevue
is
growing
fast,
as
is
said
before
the
largest,
the
neighborhood's,
now
really
growing,
14,000
people
and
more
coming
every
day.
C
It's
changed
in
just
the
blink
of
an
eye.
In
2016
alone,
we
processed
and
our
development
of
services
department,
more
than
15,000
permits,
more
than
1,400
multi-family
dwelling
units,
175
new
homes
on
tap
for
Bellevue,
and
we
have
jobs
here
during
the
day,
our
population
grows
to
be
more
than
150,000
people
about
95,000
people
come
in.
C
We
talked
about
this
for
some
time.
We
had
you
know.
Sometimes
companies
leave
and
companies
come
here.
One
of
the
big
exciting
things
is
that
Amazon
is
finally
coming
here
and
I.
You
know
we
knew
it
was
just
a
matter
of
time
before
Jeff
Bezos
would
return
to
Bellevue.
Of
course
you
know
he
left
here
from
little
garage
and
he's
coming
back
with
offices
at
the
new
center
for
25
building,
354
thousand
square
feet
words,
not
his
biggest
South
Lake
Union.
That's
a
lot
of
people.
C
The
outdoor
co-op
arjan
very
excited
about
this
will
relocate
his
headquarters
from
Kent
to
the
spring
district
and
2020
they're
coming
here,
because
they
love
the
ideas
of
the
grand
connection.
They
love
the
ERC.
You
said
rail
quarter
and
the
bike,
trails
and
John's
going
to
talk
about
those
in
some
detail.
They
come
here
because
the
quality
of
life
they'll
have
1,400
REI
employees
working
out
the
headquarters
right
over
in
the
spring
district
and
just
a
few
blocks
away
from
here
and
the
new
campus.
It's
going
to
be
huge.
C
It's
going
to
have
an
emphasis
on
environmental
sustainability,
outdoor
space
and
all
of
that,
so
it's
really
great.
For
us,
the
other
is
Salesforce
from
other
headquarters
in
San
Francisco,
but
they
want
to
have
a
major
presence
on
this
part
in
this
for
the
country
and
they
came
to
Bellevue
the
new
office
opened
in
January.
We
had
a
tour
of
that.
It's
just
a
fantastic
office
for
this
software
company
at
the
nine
to
nine
office
tower
it
brings
the
indoors
in
just
if
you
haven't
had
a
chance
to
get
a
guided
tour.
C
C
It's
only
1.5
million
square
feet
of
mixed-use
development,
it'll,
bring
more
office
space,
downtown
living,
a
new
hotel,
the
W
Bellevue
hotel
and
retail
food
and
entertainment
again,
a
growing
piece
of
the
skyline
and
really
connecting,
and
it's
on
the
grand
connection
as
John
Bollinger
point
out.
In
effect,
the
Lincoln
Square
expansion
will
greatly
expand,
Bellevue's,
vibrant
downtown
scene
and
the
other
exciting
thing.
That's
coming
and
again
that's
going
to
have
a
huge
impact
on
us
and
is
attractive
because
of
what
Bellevue
is
today.
C
As
we
know,
when
people
come
to
the
east
side,
whether
it's
here
or
Kirkland
or
Redmond,
first
place,
they
come
in
shop
and
play
here,
but
they're
our
neighbors
and
a
lot
of
people
who
work
in
Bellevue,
live
in
those
cities
and
having
all
the
cities
grow
and
prosper
is
important
for
us.
We
actually
it
worked
so
well.
We
received
an
award
from
the
economic
development
council
of
Seattle
and
King
County
for
this.
C
These
are
just
examples
of
the
exciting
work
that
our
City
Council
and
a
great
staff
have
been
doing
over
these
last
several
years,
and
particularly
I
mean
it
seems,
like
everything
has
happened
this
year.
It's
just
amazing
we're
moving
forward
on
these
many
initiatives,
so
I've
kind
of
gone
over
an
overview
of
what
we're
going
and
how
exciting
it
is.
What
we're
doing
in
Bellevue.
C
D
D
We
are
seeing
a
lot
of
activity
related
to
development,
but
also
related
to
East
link
coming
to
Bellevue
and
I
want
to
talk
about
something
that
I
think
is
a
remarkable
accomplishment.
That's
underway,
it's
our
Big
Dig.
If
you
will,
it
is
the
tunnel
under
downtown
Bellevue.
My
former
colleague
grant
egg
injure
pulled
a
group
together
back
in
about
the
2007-2008
timeframe
to
say
we
needed
a
tunnel
in
Bellevue.
D
It
wasn't
funded
in
the
sound
transit
to
proposal
and
we
found
a
way
working
with
Sound
Transit
and
working
with
everyone
else
to
make
that
tunnel
happen,
and
that
dig
is
underway
and
we
will
see
a
train
going
through
there
within
about
a
six
year
period
to
begin
to
serve
us
with
a
new
rapid
transit
option
for
downtown
Bellevue
and
for
the
six
stations
here
in
Bellevue
that
that
sound
that
that
sound
Transit
train
will
serve.
That
is
a
remarkable
accomplishment
for
a
city.
D
It's
going
to
come
with
some
pain,
but
you
know
my
mother
always
taught
me
that
you
had
these
growth
pains,
and
so
you
will.
We
will
be
going
through
that
closure
of
the
South
Bellevue,
Park
and
Ride,
but
when
it
reopens
it
will
be
that
much
better
and
so
as
we
go
through.
All
of
that.
Remember
that
it's
all
about
a
vision
for
tomorrow
and
that
vision
for
tomorrow
includes
something
that
I
think
is
from
is
remarkable.
D
We
talked
about
it
with
you
last
year
and
it
is
becoming
a
reality
and
that's
the
grand
connection
connecting
our
waterfront
on
one
side,
maiden
Bower
Bay,
all
the
way
through
downtown
Bellevue
across
the
freeway
past
Wolverton,
and
up
to
something
new,
the
east
side,
rail
corridor,
that's
going
to
run
from
Renton
all
the
way
up
to
Snohomish
County.
The
grand
connection
is
really
the
heart
of
all
of
that
and,
if
you
think
about
it
within
downtown
on
one
end,
you
will
have
the
Bellevue
connection,
which
is
a
huge
gathering
place.
D
It
is
a
great
economic
engine,
it's
wonderful
for
our
regional
shopping
tourism
and,
at
the
other
end
in
downtown
Maiden,
Bower
Center.
That
is
a
business
hub
for
us.
That
is
a
place
where
the
world
comes
to
Bellevue
for
its
conferences,
and
it
too
drives
a
tourism
revolution
here
in
the
city,
speaking
of
maiden
Bower
Bay
Park
30
years
ago,
people
had
a
vision
to
make
this
happen,
and
once
again
a
lot
of
people
said
could
not
be
done
as
taking
a
long
time
to
get
the
all
of
that
land
together.
D
But
next
month
we
break
ground
on
phase
one
of
Maiden
Bower
Bay
Park.
That
is
going
to
be
another
terrific
addition
another
place
setting
area
it
does
make
Bellevue
the
place
that
you
want
to
be
now
in
downtown
Park.
Last
year
we
saw
a
lot
of
teenagers
running
around.
Now
they
were
doing
what
teenagers
do
their
face
was
buried
in
a
phone,
but
at
least
they
were
outdoors
doing
it.
They
were
playing.
What
was
that
Pokemon
I?
Guess
it
I
guess
it
was
now.
D
We
then
closed
the
park,
we've
been
undergoing
a
renovation,
but
that
is
completing
the
circle
and
I
am
so
waiting
for
the
day
when
I
can
bring
Terry
Bozeman
over
here
and
say
done,
we
got
it
done
Kari.
He
has
always
chided
me
whenever
I've
seen
him
about.
When
are
you
going
to
complete
the
circle,
but
it's
more
than
just
completing
the
circle.
It
was
our
Bellevue
Rotary
Club,
stepping
forward
again
something
that
just
happens
in
Bellevue,
the
Rotary
Club
stepped
forward.
D
They
raised
millions
of
dollars
and
we're
doing
the
sensory
garden
and
playground
for
children
with
different,
oh
geez.
That
again
is
going
to
be
an
amazing
spot
for
people
to
gather
within
this
city,
and
then
there
is
something
that
is
new
and
is
developing
rapidly
and
that's
the
East
Side
rail
corridor.
My
goal
this
year
is
to
find
a
catchy
name
for
that,
because
that
sure
isn't
a
catchy
name,
but
what
it
is
is
this
connection
of
a
trail
and
if
you've
been
up
and
you've
seen
the
kirkland
connector.
You
know
what
we're
talking
about.
D
This
trail
is
going
to
go
from
Renton.
It's
going
to
come
all
the
way
through
linearly
through
Bellevue
and
eventually
connect
all
the
way
up
to
Snohomish
County.
It's
one
of
the
reasons
that
REI
chose
the
location
that
it
did
in
the
bell
red
area.
Is
that
connection
to
the
trail,
because
that's
a
connection
to
what
that
company
truly
believes
in
King
County
is
pushing
forward
with
that
and
literally
we
can
see
people
writing
that
trail
in
2020.
D
D
We
talked
a
little
about
this
last
year
with
you,
Puget
Sound
Energy
is
now
in
the
last
phases
of
the
second
phase
of
the
environmental
impact
statement
that
will
be
coming
out
soon.
We
will
see
comment
on
that
and
I
do
anticipate
that
Puget
Sound
Energy
will
be
applying
for
a
permit
for
this
in
the
very
near
future.
This
has
caused
a
deep
amount
of
controversy.
D
There
are
people
who
say
we
don't
need
it
and
there
are
people
who
say
it
is
critically
necessary
in
my
mind,
it's
the
job
of
the
city
to
make
sure
that
we
have
reliable
electricity
within
this
city.
So
we're
going
to
push
ahead
as
a
council,
we're
going
to
make
sure
that
things
are
done
well
for
our
citizens,
but
we
also
need
to
make
sure
that
we
have
that
reliable
electricity
and
I
was
involved
in
the
project
called
the
electrical
reliability
project.
D
It
actually
came
up
with
a
lot
of
relatively
smaller
things
that
Puget
Sound
energy
could
do
we're
pushing
ahead
with
that
now,
there's.
Actually
a
number
of
people
in
Bridal
trails
have
asked
for
a
lot
of
undergrounding.
There
there's
some
issues
with
the
state
law
regarding
that,
but
in
fact
there
is
a
circuit
that
has
not
been
performing
well
in
Puget
Sound
Energy
has
finally,
with
the
city's
insistent
taking
a
look
at
that
and
they're
going
to
underground.
D
That
particular
circuit,
which
I
think
again
is
something
about
the
idea
of
being
able
to
stick
to
things
and
make
them
happen.
Transportation
has
always
been
the
number
one
issue
on
people's
minds,
but
right
now
competing
with
that.
As
a
number
one
issue
is
affordable
housing,
we
had
a
briefing
on
how
we
are
going
to
do
that.
I
want
to
thank
both
councilmember
Roberts
and
Robinson.
What
everybody
does
that?
Don't
they
councilmember
Robinson
and
the
Deaf
end
mayor
Stokes,
who
led
our
effort
on
affordable
housing.
We've
put
together
a
great,
really
terrific
technical
advisory
committee.
D
D
The
people
who
teach
your
children
in
school
have
the
ability
to
live
here
so
that
they're
not
driving
from
Puyallup
and
being
dead
tired
by
the
time
they
get
to
work,
to
teach
your
child.
We
need
to
really
think
through
how
we
are
going
to
make
that
happen,
because
just
simply
allowing
the
market
to
work
is
not
going
to
handle,
especially
at
the
lower
end
at
the
higher
end
of
that
I
think
the
market
is
going
to
be
able
to
address
issues
of
affordable
housing
and
we
are
going
to
make
sure
that
happens.
D
We
did
have
a
situation.
Last
summer
we
joined
with
King
County,
Housing
Authority
and
the
state
of
Washington
and
others
in
a
securing,
affordable
housing
and
keeping
it
at
Highland
Village
in
East
Bellevue.
It
meant
86
families
are
able
to
stay
in
their
home,
low-income,
probably
one
of
the
most
touching
moments
of
my
career
as
a
city
council
member
was
having
those
families
come
back
to
the
council
meeting
and
thank
us
with
pictures
that
the
kids
had
drawn
about
their
home.
It
was
an
incredibly
touching
moment.
D
Is
we
look
to
make
great
things
much
better,
so
that
is
going
to
be
moving
forward
very
soon,
near
and
dear
to
my
heart?
Is
education
John
mentioned
gix?
What
a
terrific
possibility
that
is
for
the
future
of
our
city,
but
also
it's
working
with
Bellevue
college.
The
college
is
now
going
to
have
its
own
dormitories.
Think
of
that,
you
wouldn't
have
thought
of
that
25
years
ago
that
it
would
even
be
something
like
that,
but
they
will
be
having
dormitories
there
on
the
college.
D
It's
one
of
the
highest
in
the
highest
attended,
Institutes
of
higher
learning
within
the
state
of
Washington
and
we're
working
very
carefully
with
them
and
what
I
love
is.
Their
student
group
has
become
engaged
in
city
government
they're
at
our
meetings
on
a
very
regular
basis
and
finally,
the
education
of
our
younger
kids,
things
like
Eastside
pathways.
That's
really
focusing
on
making
sure
our
kids
are
ready
for
the
future.
The
Bellevue
School
District,
the
Issaquah
School
District.
D
That's
making
certain
that
our
kids
are
ready
to
go
to
college
I
know
they've
done
that
with
my
daughter,
because
I
now
have
a
bill
that
I
will
begin
paying
to
Gonzaga
University
for
the
next
four
years,
hopefully
for
only
four
years,
but
at
the
core
of
what
makes
us
great
is
the
ability
to
educate
the
next
generation
and
have
them
be
even
greater.
So
now
I
want
to
bring
mayor
Stokes
back
up,
he's
going
to
wrap
it
up
and
then
we'll
both
take
questions
from
you.
John.
C
We
just
make
these
things
go
and
say
we're
going
to
do
it
and
we
do
him
is
John
said
you
know:
we've
been
working
on
downtown
Little
Billy
for
a
long
time.
We
were
just
having
a
discussion.
He
was
kind
of
saying
well,
I
need
to
get
that
Planning
Commission,
going
better
I'm
trying
to
be
working
on
that
Brad
and
I
have
been
working
talking
again,
since
he
was
assistant
city
manager
about
how
can
we
make
this
work
better?
C
He
just
did
not
take
seven
years
three
years
and
all
to
work
something
through
and
still
be
grappling
with
it
after
you've
had
endless
meetings
and
all,
and
how
can
we?
The
goal
is
to
really
try
to
be
a
nimble.
It
could
be
effective
and
and
move
through
things
in
a
reasonable
way
and
at
the
same
time
do
a
thorough
job,
and
you
know
if
we
can
pull
that
magic
together.
Just
think
what
we
can
do,
we're
working
on
it,
but
I
think
it
takes
the
city
to
do
that.
C
The
people
in
the
city
to
help
us
with
that.
You
know
we
have
this
unbelievable
growth,
it's
amazing
time
period
in
Bellevue
and
then
everybody
who's
been
here.
You
keep
running
across
people
and
say
well,
I've
been
here
50
years
and
I.
Don't
like
the
way
it's
changing.
Do
you
see
a
lot
of
people
said
I've
been
here
a
long
time
and
it's
just
fantastic
and
you
have
new
people
coming
in,
but
change
is
hard.
Growth
is
hard
for
people
and
I.
C
C
You
know
transferring
from
the
suburban
city
I,
don't
even
like
to
use
the
term
anymore
about
this
being
a
suburban
city.
It's
a
it's
an
urban
city.
It
really
is,
it
cut
its
the
economic
and
cultural
center
of
the
esight,
and,
with
that
comes
a
huge
responsibility
to
really
make
sure
we
keep
doing
things
well,
we
make
sure
we're
in
leadership
and
continue
to
be
that,
and
that
really
takes
strong
leadership
and
the
leadership
of
my
council
members
and
all
of
us
working
together
to
address
the
challenges
and
opportunities
that
are
before
us.
C
You
know,
being
a
leader
is
not
just
showing
up
and
running
the
meetings
and
talking
nicely
and
coming
making
speeches
and
and
out
their
leadership
is,
is
not
easy.
You
have
to
be
willing
to
put
yourself
out
there
and
take
the
shots
face.
The
critics
and
your
way,
decisions
that
are
four
will
affect
future
generations.
C
The
City,
Council
I,
think,
has
really
been
tremendous
in
taking
on
toughest
issues
and
being
willing
to
make
those
decisions
and
I'm
very
proud
of
our
work
and
proud
of
the
dedication
to
our
tasks,
but
we're
not
finished
we're
taking
on
very
challenging
issues,
including
the
process
of
citing
a
permanent
men's
shelter,
and
a
lot
of
you
have
heard
a
lot
about
that.
It's
a
growing.
C
C
We
will
do
it
right,
the
Bellevue
Success
way,
and
that
means
it's
going
to
be
safe,
sound
and
effecting
positive
changes
for
those
men
who
are
at
this
point
drifting,
it's
something
we
have
to
do
it's
difficult,
it's
difficult
to
do
anything
in
a
neighborhood
and
we're
working
hard
on
that.
But
we
have
no
option.
There
is
no
option
to
fail,
so
we
need
your
support
and
working
through
this.
It's
a
long-term
issue
and
again
just
like
all
those
other
things
that
John
mentioned
with
the
Electric
Reliability
all
these
factors.
C
One
of
the
things
that
has
as
I
said
before
has
really
made
a
difference
is
the
change
in
our
population
it's
different
than
it
was,
and
how
do
you
make
that
balance
between
all
the
new
people
coming
in
the
diversity
are
people
with
different
interests?
People
are
walking
down
around
downtown
at
11
o'clock
at
night
now
and
used
to
be.
You
could
drive
through
Bellevue
after
10
o'clock.
You
didn't
see
anybody
there,
except
they're,
all
in
courts
and
build
square
well
Bell,
squared
close
I
guess
by
that
time.
C
I
think
that
we
know
where
we're
going
in
Bellevue
and
that's
the
important
thing
I'm
very,
very
proud
to
be
mayor
of
this
council
in
this
city
and
working
with
John
and
our
council
members
and
staff
and
we're
we're
I,
think
you
can
see.
We
have
a
lot
of
things
going.
But
what
it
comes
down
to
is
that
we
have
to
work
together
and
that
gets
down
to
leadership.
C
C
We
are
and
will
be,
the
cultural
and
economic
center
of
the
Eastside,
and
we're
going
to
do
that
even
better,
but
that
means
working
regionally,
working
together,
working
smart
and
supporting
our
projects
as
we
go
forward
so
they'll
be,
is
in
a
good
place,
I'm
very
excited
about
it.
I
know
we
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
this
year
and
again,
thank
you
for
having
us
here.
C
Thank
you
for
sharing
this
I
hope
that
you
got
a
better
picture
of
where
we're
going
in
Bellevue
and
know
that
we're
open
we're
working
hard
to
make
things
happen
again,
but
we
could
do
without
you
and
I
think
we're
in
a
great
place.
So
I
want
to
stop
at
this
point
and
we'll
have
some
questions
and
appreciate
very
much
being
here.
Thank
you.
E
Ann,
bishop
and
councilman
Lynne
Robinson
said
something
very
smart
to
me
this
morning.
She
says
a
lot
of
smart
things,
but
she
reminded
me
that
Bellevue
now,
instead
of
having
a
suburban
area,
which
is,
has
some
conflicts
in
the
past
with
urban,
we
have
now
brought
so
many
residents
downtown
that
we
all
have
many
of
the
same
objectives
and
I
wanted
to
talk
about
something
that
when
a
developer
begins
to
look
at
its
project
and
we're
looking
at
open
space,
we
think
of
open
space
as
being
in
the
corridors
and
down
below.
E
E
So
there's
some
incentive
to
the
developers
to
add
that
too
sar
or
open
space
or
incentive
I
think
it
would
be
great
amenities
and
give
downtown
more
choice
to
be
up
on
the
top
of
the
buildings
and
look
at
our
spectacular
views
that
are
unbeaten
by
Chicago,
even
maybe
San
Francisco.
We
have
some
of
the
best
views
in
the
world.
Thank
you.
No.
C
D
Actually,
as
you
were
speaking,
it
was
bringing
some
ideas
of
how
this
fits
into
more
of
a
policy
level,
which
is,
we
have
kind
of
three
criteria
of
parks.
We
have
neighborhood
parts,
we
have
community
parks
and
then
we
have
more
of
the
larger
I
would
call
them
a
Regional
Park,
so
they
serve
different
numbers
of
people
when
you
think
about
a
neighborhood
park
and
the
number
of
people
who
live
in
a
single
building,
or
maybe
in
a
couple
of
buildings
that
are
tied
together.
D
That's
like
the
number
of
people
that
live
in
a
traditional
single-family
neighborhood.
So
that's
a
really
good
point
about.
How
do
we
approach
that
Patrick
for
an
hour
parks
director
is
here
today,
so
he's
I
know
he's
listening
to
that.
We
do
think
about
those
ground
level
or
just
slightly
up
above
type
of
plazas,
but
using
the
roof
as
somebody's
neighborhood
Park.
That
makes
an
awful
lot
of
sense.
Thank
you.
F
I
got
that,
are
you
sure
about
that
I?
My
question
is
actually
not
about
parking
surprisingly,
but
closely
related,
so
so
talk
to
us
about
autonomous
vehicles.
Does
the
city
have
any
plans
or
ideas
to
to
maybe
be
pushing
the
envelope
and
on
the
leading
edge
of
this
technology
as
it's
coming
on
the
horizon
kind
of
like
other
cities
in
Arizona
and
Pittsburgh,
and
so
on
and
so
forth?
If.
C
C
We
are
on
the
path
to
being
on
the
cutting
edge
of
that
to
use
an
old,
tired
cliché
and
absolutely
one
of
the
things
that
we're
also
working
on
is
how
do
we
make
this
work
in
a
seamless
way?
Autonomous
vehicles
are
coming
they're
not
coming
tomorrow,
but
they're
coming
tomorrow.
I
mean
it
means
that
it's
gonna
be
a
long
time
to
transition
the
hardest
part
for
cities
where
we're
going
to
have
to
really
work
on
the
reason
we're
having
someone
come
in
to
really
lead.
This
effort
is
in
talking
to
other
cities.
C
How
do
we
have
seamless
transitions
from
cities?
How
do
we
deal
with
the
legal
issues?
How
do
we
deal
with
the
working
together
with
the
systems
that
are
going
to
take
place?
So
yes,
we're
very
much
on
top
of
that?
All
Bellevue
is
at
a
position
and
wants
to
be,
and
that's
our
goal
is
to
be
a
leading
city
in
this
state
on
transportation,
autonomous
vehicles
and
how
that
all
fits
together
and
the
gentleman
from
lift
now
from
getting
it
mixed
up.
C
Is
that
not
lift
now
but
anyhow,
but
breaks
now
reach
now
yeah
reach
now
talked
about
how
they
supported
sd-3,
because
they
believe
that
autonomous
vehicles
and
transportation
is
all
part
of
a
seamless
part,
and
so
how
do
we
work
a
whole
piece?
Together?
We
have
the
transit.
We
have
all
these
other
things
that
VR
T's
that
we're
working
on
we're
also
going
to
work
on
the
autonomous
vehicle.
So
again
we
are
doing
that
and
I'm
glad
you
recognized
that
and
give
us
a
chance
to
I'll
actually
mention
that
to
everybody
and
John.
G
G
Just
want
to
thank
you
for
your
presentation
today.
It
was
very
stimulating,
and
soon
this
is
more
of
a
statement
or
an
introduction
or
invitation
for
dialogue.
So
soon,
Sound
Transit
will
be
closing
the
South
Bellevue
Park
&
Ride
the
tunnel
will
get
underway
and
there
would
be
a
lot
of
mitigation
facing
us.
G
So
I
would
just
suggest
that
the
CV
leadership
could
be
prepared
for
a
lot
of
disruption
and
I
know
that
you
are
but
I
just
feel
like
it's
coming
and
it's
going
to
be
a
long
term
process
and
we're
all
in
it
together.
But
we
really
need
to
to
my
perspective,
hold
Sound,
Transit
accountable
and
make
sure
that
they
live
up
to
their
promises
and
that
we
anticipate
that
it's
not
going
to
go
smoothly.
G
There
could
be
a
lot
more
traffic,
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
more
inconvenience
for
shoppers
and
tenants
and
employees
and
the
like,
so
I'm,
generally
an
optimistic
person,
and
it's
not
going
to
impact
my
business
so
much
as
so
much
as
my
customers
and
my
friends
and
so
forth.
I've
got
it
easy.
I
live
pretty
close
to
town,
so
I
I.
G
C
D
I
agree
with
you
about
working
together
to
to
get
through
it
and
there
are
going
to
be.
You
know,
they're
going
to
be
upset.
People
I
absolutely
understand
that
they
first
coming
right
around
the
corner.
The
over
Lake,
Park
and
Ride
closes
just
up
north
and
that's
right
or
just
north
and
east
of
us
made
31st
I
believe
it
is
the
end
of
the
month.
D
D
They
walk
the
quarter
mile
to
a
place
where
they
can
get
on
the
bus,
so
we're
going
to
have
we're
going
to
have
those
challenges
and
we're
also
going
to
have
the
challenges
that
we
had
when
we
have
a
lot
of
large
development
in
the
last
two
years.
The
downtown
Bellevue
development
I
know
because
I
take
my
daughter
to
school.
You
know
every
day
that
commute
in
the
morning
to
get
kids
to
Bellevue.
High
School
has
been
really
very
difficult
at
the
end
of
it.
D
Something
really
great
happens,
but
so
you
have
to
you
have
to
work
to
get
through
that
I
agree
at
holding
sound
transit
speak
to
the
fire.
I've
not
been
happy
with
the
way.
The
the
whole
Park
and
Ride
thing
has
gone.
I
wish
that
we
could
have
done
something
differently,
but
it
just
didn't
get
pulled
together.
The
other
thing
that's
going
to
happen
coming
up
very
soon
and
I
now
serve
on
the
regional
transit
committee.
The
downtown
Seattle
bus
tunnel
is
going
to
close
two
buses
very
soon.
So
it's
going
to
be
a
you
know.
D
Think
that's
very
Seattle
centric,
but
I'm
getting
over
the
name
of
it
and
I
know
that
we
and
I
know
councilmember
Balducci
who
chairs
the
regional
transit
committee,
is
convening
a
group
of
East
Siders
to
remind
them
that
this
is
going
to
be
something
that
effort
in
Seattle
is
also
going
to
affect
us
on
this
side
of
the
lake
as
well.
So
maybe
a
long
answer
to
it
could
have
been
worse.
Let
me
put
it
that
way.
D
I
do
remember
the
days
that
we
were
talking
about
having
Northeast
4th
the
intersection
there
at
least
three
lanes
of
Northeast
fourth
closed
for
days
and
days
and
days
on
end.
That's
not
going
to
be
the
situation
now
because,
again
and
I'll
go
back
to
it.
Former
mayor,
Doug
injure
pulled
these
groups
together
and
then
we
worked
with
Sound
Transit
and
we
came
up
with
and
working
with
their
contractors,
the
sequential
mining
of
the
downtown
tunnel,
and
that
made
that
much
better
for
the
surface
rather
than
cuttin
cover.
C
Now
on
Peters
here
and
we're
working
with
them
and
absolutely
Alex,
that's
a
really
important
thing.
There
is
to
work
on
and
remember
that,
but
again
the
invitation
is
to
all
of
you
here
to
work
with
us
and
make
this
happen
because,
as
John
says,
great
things
we'll
be
there
when
it's
all
over
and
we'll
get
there.
A
Thank
you
again,
mayor
Stokes
and
deputy
mayor
gentleman
act
for
your
words
this
morning.
Your
words
of
inspiration,
your
words
of
charging
us
to
continue
to
work
together
to
collaborate
to
address
our
big
challenges
and
again
to
have
that
vision
for
tomorrow,
which
so
importantly,
informs
our
work
today
and
I.
Think
that
vision
for
tomorrow
was
something
that
we
know
was
set
in
motion.
A
Many
years
passed
before
my
time
before
many
of
our
times
by
leaders
who
looked
at
the
potential
of
Bellevue,
decided
to
work
together,
private
sector
public
sector
to
really
come
up
with
a
fantastic
plan
for
a
city
that,
in
large
part,
has
been
filled
that
vision
and
now
the
challenge
in
front
of
us
is
to
again
work
together,
public
and
private
sector
collaborate
and
and
build
toward
a
great
vision
for
tomorrow.
So
thank
you
again
for
your
support
again
of
this
important
work
that
we're
all
doing
together.
A
Thank
you
again
to
the
mayor
and
deputy
mayor.
We
look
forward
to
many
more
states
of
the
city
moving
forward
our
sponsors
again
this
morning,
our
Kaiser
Permanente
Puget,
Sound
Bank
and
the
Fortin
group.
We
look
forward
to
seeing
you
at
the
next
BDA
breakfast
and
until
then,
we'll
keep
working
on
that
vision.
Tomorrow
have
a
great
day.