Sammamish Mayor Christie Malchow took a public stand on
Mayor Malchow
Tuesday against a years old mantra by former councils and former administrations that the “GMA mandates growth.”
In a comment made on a Facebook post on Tueday, Malchow referenced an interview she had with KIRO radio, in which she came out against the years old “head in sand:”
The Sammamish City Council approved a $300,000 payment to
Lyman Howard
former city manager Lyman Howard, to separate from the city, according to a Separation and Release Agreement obtained through a public records request.
Howard’s employment with the city terminated as of August 1, 2018.
The payment includes:
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.
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.
By Scott Hamilton
Commentary
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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