The Redmond City Council held a regular business meeting on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, at 7:00 PM at City Hall. All council members were present. The meeting included a consent agenda, public testimony, two staff reports (Evans Creek Relocation Project and World Cup Planning), ombudsperson and committee reports, and an executive session. The consent agenda was approved unanimously.
I'm calling this meeting to order. Can you hear me? Okay. I'm calling this meeting to order. This is a regular business meeting of the Redmond City Council held on Tuesday, February 17th, 2026, commencing at 7 o'clock PM. I was going to call roll. But we have all council members in attendance this evening. The first item on the agenda is items from the audience. I have the sign-in sheet for members of the public to speak tonight. When I read your name, you will come up to the podium and have three minutes to address the council. Council members generally will not respond to comments or questions directly at the meeting. Members of the public are welcome to email the council any time at Mayor Council at Redmond.gov. The views stated by members of the public do not represent the opinion of the city of Redmond. As a reminder, RCW 29B 45010 prohibits any public comment during the council meeting in support or opposition of ballot propositions, measures, or candidates. All comments must pertain to City of Redmond business as indicated on the sign-in sheet, and no one tonight has signed up to speak remotely. So usually what I do is call about four names so you know when you're up next. Um, and you can just come on up. So we'll start with Sierra Madden, then Pat Vashey, then Axton Burton, and then James Webster. Right ahead. Hello, Council President Stewart, Council Vice President Nueva Camina, and members of the council. My name is Kira Madden, and I'm the external engagement coordinator for Plymouth Housing. Tonight we wanted to celebrate the two-year anniversary of the Redmond City Council vote that made Plymouth Housing in Redmond possible. Two years ago, you acted with urgency and leadership to make our project a reality. We want to thank you for your action to bring a hundred new units of permanent supportive housing to this amazing community. We recognize that this decision was not made lightly and that there was and continues to be strong interest in the project. But we are here tonight to share what that courageous vote made possible. Your decision affirmed that Redmond is a city that chooses a compassion, partnership, and practical solutions. And we have been working ever since to live up to that choice. We've conducted robust community engagement, proactively reaching out to community members and creating opportunities for our future neighbors to ask questions, express concerns, and offer ideas about ways to integrate into the community. We established community advisory group consisting of 10 members who were selected to reflect the diversity of Redmond's community. We tabled events like Derby Days, Move Redmond's one open street festival, Redmond Pride, and Redmond Lights. One seven-year-old Redmond community member tore us authoritatively that we had the best booth at Redmond Lights this year. And we intend to keep that up again this December. Just as we found supporters and community champions for our work here in Redmond, they found us. A highlight of my job has been meeting and building relationships with the wonderful people that live and work here in Redmond. We've even had Redmond community members volunteer at our other buildings, demonstrating that good neighbors can extend their support beyond what's next door. They uphold what we believe is a shared mission, that everyone in our community deserves housing, support, and acceptance. But tonight we simply want to say thank you for your courage, your leadership, and for believing in this project and the importance of housing for people across all walks of life. Thank you. Next is Pat Vashey, then Axton Burton, then James Webster, then Austin Ashton Brenner. Good evening, Council and Mayor. I'm a Redmond resident, and I was a member of the community advisory group this in the past year. I want to thank you, the mayor, you, the mayor of the council, and staff for supporting this uh supportable housing. I'm sorry, permanent supportive housing. At a council meeting two years ago, council made a very bold decision. The seemingly quickiness of this decision got me to asking. Has Redmond's planning history laid a good foundation for permanent supportive housing facility in Redmond. One can use the community development guide as a roadmap. In 1979, the City of Redmond implemented its first community development guide. The plan was very scant on housing elements, but it did enumerate a single community housing goal.