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Sammamish city council descends into dysfunction, paralysis
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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Concurrency approval, lifting building moratorium now targeted for September
The building moratorium in Sammamish won’t be lifted next week.
In a sometimes-heated meeting, the city council on a 4-3 vote adopted an amendment offered by Deputy Mayor Karen Moran to add some capacity-based measurements to the Level of Service concurrency model previously approved.
The absence of road capacity measurements means some key road segments without stop signs or stop lights aren’t measured.
These include East Lake Sammamish Parkway north of Inglewood Hill Road to the Redmond city limits; 244th north of NE 8th to the city limits; and long stretches of Sahalee Way.
All are heavily congested during rush hour and would likely fail concurrency tests.
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Council tables contract for interim city manager
The Sammamish City Council tabled for one week a contract to hire an interim city manager.
The move came without comment or debate, following a four hour executive session, called to interview candidates for a public employee position and to review the performance of a public employee.
The only employee position the council has direct authority over is the city manager.
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Breaking News: Sammamish prepared to award contract for new, interim city manager
Lyman Howard
The Sammamish City Council is prepared to award a contract Monday, at a special council meeting, for an interim city manager.
This follows an executive session at the start of the meeting “to evaluate the qualifications of an applicant for public employment and to review the performance of a public employee.”
The only public employee position the city council has direct authority over it the city manager.
This means current city manager Lyman Howard appears on his way out.
Howard’s departure has been rumored for months. At this point, it’s unclear if he is resigning or will be fired.
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