By Harry Shedd
Special to Sammamish Comment
The Sammamish City Council appeared indecisive during the council retreat about future growth in the city.
Should the “bedroom community” vision continue into the future or will future generations demand change in our vision?
Should the Town Center receive more of the city’s future growth or should the city continue with current “throughout the city” plans?
Should council members seek out resident input or go with their “best understanding”?
The Sammamish City Council retreat begins tonight with dinner.
It runs through mid-day Saturday.
The agendas for tonight, Friday and Saturday may be found here. Click on each day for the day’s agenda.
The retreat is at the Plateau Country Club. This is the first time the Council is holding its retreat in the city.
Since it is being held locally, there won’t be a webcast.
Part 1 may be found here.
Paul Stickney
By Paul Stickney
Guest Contributor
Article Two of Three
I am beginning Article Two with five transparent Position Statements:
that we have Internal oversupplies of; and Traffic concurrency should NOT limit adding smaller and different homes in our Centers that we have Internal undersupplies of.Please, evaluate these five position statements as you read and critique this series of articles.
The Sammamish City Council annual retreat begins Thursday with dinner and continues through at least noon Saturday.
For the first time in the city’s history, the retreat will be held within the city limits—this time at the Plateau Country Club.
The retreat is the City Council’s annual strategy session at which goals for the year and medium- to long-term are set.
With four new council members this year, the largest turnover since the 1999 incorporation, this retreat takes on special significance.
Christie Malchow, now Mayor of Sammamish.
Tom Hornish, now deputy mayor of Sammamish.
Christie Malchow and Tom Hornish were voted to be mayor and deputy mayor by their fellow council members tonight, at the first meeting of the meeting of the new year.
The votes were unanimous.
Malchow, who was deputy mayor for a portion of last year, will serve for two years. Hornish will serve one year. (The deputy position is a one-year term.)
Both are in the middle of their first two-year term.
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