Sammamish manipulates traffic counts to approve development, study charges

Mike Mullor

Update,  June 6: The City Council meets tonight and this topic will come up. The meeting begins at 6:30pm at City Hall; Public Comment is scheduled about 7:25pm. Mullor’s study may be accessed here.

Original post, June 5:

Sammamish manipulated its traffic concurrency code to allow new development despite daily vehicle counts exceeding the thresholds for pass-fail standards, a study shows.

  • Miki Mullor will present his study to the meeting tonight of the Citizens for Sammamish. The group meets at 7pm at the fire station at 1851 228th Ave. NE.

The City uses traffic count data it has to apply for concurrency testing. Most of the data is from 2012. Some 2014 data is used. No 2016 data is used, according to the study. Using 2014 data on key roads where 2012 data is used would have failed some concurrency testing and denied the applications for development, the study shows.

Click on all images to enlarge. Source: Miki Mullor Concurrency Study.

Miki Mullor, a Sammamish resident, used Public Records Request (PRR) to obtain 2014 traffic count data that the City has but does not generally use in its concurrency testing.

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Mullor withdraws; Candidate statements for Sammamish Council Position 1

Miki Mullor withdrew his candidacy yesterday from Position 1 for the Sammamish City Council.

This means there are 12 candidates seeking four Sammamish City Council positions, each of the seats will have a primary in the Aug. 1 election.

With Mullor’s withdrawal, there will be no primary for Position 1. However, Sammamish Comment will proceed with basic information from the two remaining candidates for Position 1.

Three candidates filed for Positions 3 and 5; four filed for Position 7. Their statements will publish this week.

Sammamish Comment will provide coverage throughout the campaign to the August primary and the Nov. 7 general election.

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13 candidates seek 4 Sammamish City Council positions

Thirteen candidates filed for four positions on the Sammamish City Council, the most since 1999 when 40 people filed for seven positions for the first Council.

 

This means there will be primary races in the August election for each seat up this year. The top two of each race will advance to the November general election.

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#9 files for Sammamish City Council

Miki Mullor

A ninth candidate filed for Sammamish City Council today.

Miki Mullor filed for Position 1, and will oppose Jason Ritchie. Until now, Ritchie was the only candidate for one of four positions up for election this year who remained unopposed.

Position 7 so far has three candidates seeking this seat, ensuring a primary in August if nobody withdraws. Positions 3 and 5 each have two candidates.

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