The Shoreline City Council held a regular meeting on Monday, November 3, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber. Mayor Chris Roberts presided. Six councilmembers were present (Roberts, Mork, Ramsdell, Scully, Ademasu, Pobee); Councilmember Robertson was excused. The agenda was approved by unanimous consent. The meeting included proclamations, public comment, consent calendar approval, and public hearings on the 2026 property tax levy and the mid-biennial budget amendment, fee schedules, and capital improvement plan. The meeting adjourned at 8:22 p.m.
Progress. Good evening. I call to order the Shoreline City Council regular meeting for Monday, November 3rd, 2025. Will you please join me in the flag salute? Thank you. Will the police clerk please call the roll? Mayor Roberts. Here. Deputy Mayor Morton. Present. Councilmember Ramsdow. Present. Councilmember Robertson. Councilmember Adamasu. Present. Councilmember Povey. Councilmember Scully. The flag salute was much cooler tonight. Thank you all, and I'm present. Thank you. Do I have a motion? Excuse Councilmember Robinson for personality. Second. There's a motion and a second to excuse Councilmember Robertson for personal reasons. Is there any objection? Seeing no objection, the motion passes. On behalf of the Shoreline City Council, I proclaimed the month of November 2025 as Native American Heritage Month in the City of Shoreline and encouraged all residents to learn more about ways to celebrate and support native and indigenous indigenous communities. For those of us who are here in person, uh please see the display from the Shoreline Historical Heritage Museum honoring Ed Lawyer Nelson, uh Native American at Duwamish uh Shoreline Community uh community member. So please check it out if you're here. I also have the pleasure of proclaiming uh Tuesday, November eleventh, two thousand twenty-five as Veterans Appreciation Day in the City of Shoreline. And I'd like to invite Commander Charles Garde and Vice Commander John Brady of Star Sutherland Junior Post two seven to the podium to accept the proclamation. Whereas our nation was founded on the belief that all Americans are created equal and guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and whereas our nation's veterans have sacrificed to preserve and protect our country and constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic. And whereas November 11th, 1919 was initially proclaimed as Armistice Day to honor our country's World War One veterans, and in order for a grateful nation to pay homage to veterans of all wars, on June first, nineteen fifty-four, President Eisenhower signed into law the renaming of Armistice Day to Veterans Day. And whereas the City of Shoreline recognizes the contributions of the men and women uh in the military who have served our country and who continue to serve their communities. And whereas on Tuesday, November eleventh, two thousand twenty-five, here at Shoreline City Hall, the Shoreline Veterans Association is hosting their annual Veterans Day celebration to honor local veterans. And now therefore I, Christopher Roberts, mayor of the City of Shoreline, on behalf of the Shoreline City Council, do hereby proclaim November eleventh, two thousand twenty-five as Veterans Appreciation Day in the City of Shoreline and urge all citizens to honor the sacrifices of the loyal and courageous veterans who have given so much for the cause of peace. So thank you very much for your recognition. Can I borrow two minutes? So as the mayor pointed out, this was originally uh Veterans Day was originally referred to as Armistice Day. Armistice Day was and I real fast lesson here. Armistice Day, the Armistice for World War One, the cessation of hostilities in the in the European theater, was actually signed on 6 a.m. on the 11th of November on uh in 1918. But due to the fact they had to get all the word out to all the troops, they decided to go ahead and have it actually occur on 11 o'clock. So that's where you get the traditional uh the 11th day, the 11th month, the 11th hour. So here's a bit of trivia. When was the last gun fired by the Americans? 1059 to 59 seconds. It was done by the 11th field artillery, not getting a you gotta stretch that 11th hour the way out there. And it was done by a howitzer named Calamity Jane. She's currently in uh repose in the West Point Museum, and of course, leave it to a lady to uh get the last word in some in a fight.