Monthly Archives: July 2018

All or nothing

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Commentary

By Scott Hamilton

By Scott Hamilton

At yet another meeting, the Sammamish City Council was consumed by the traffic concurrency-driven building moratorium.

In a surprise move, Deputy Mayor Karen Moran moved to lift the moratorium for the Town Center and for short plats. (Short plats are small developments of only a few homes, those projects typically sought by the “moms and pops.)

The meeting ended without taking a vote.

This action would be unfair to other developers and provide preferential treatment to STCA, the developer of the Town Center.

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City council in chaos

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In a wild and chaotic meeting Tuesday, dealing with the city manager’s position, concurrency and development the Town Center, it became clear the business of Sammamish is done behind closed doors and that developers’ influence is running strong.  

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BREAKING NEWS: City Manager Lyman Howard separates from the city

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City council approves a separation agreement with City Manager Lyman Howard.  Glenn Akramoff, Director of Organizational Development, was named acting city manager.

Separation date is August 1st.

more details to come.

Change in Reader Comment policy

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Due to a grossly inappropriate comment posted recently that could be construed as a threat to public safety, all comments henceforth will be held for moderation before posting.

Sammamish city council descends into dysfunction, paralysis

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By Scott Hamilton

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The Sammamish City Council hardly distinguished itself Tuesday night, descending into full-fledged dysfunction, paralysis and open warfare.

The issues: concurrency and the building moratorium.

It was often an embarrassing display and overall, the council as a collective body came off tarnishing itself.

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