Bellevue City Council to Meet Early Tuesday; Agenda Includes Park Hours Change, Project Updates
Bellevue City Council to Meet Early Tuesday; Agenda Includes Park Hours Change, Project Updates
Bellevue City Council members will begin Tuesday’s meeting 90 minutes earlier than usual, with a 4:30 p.m. start time to allow council members and city staff to participate in National Night Out activities later that evening.
After several meetings packed with lengthy agendas, this week’s docket is comparatively light, focusing largely on board appointments, a handful of ordinances and several construction-related change orders.
One item likely to draw the most public interest is an ordinance that would extend operating hours at Bellevue’s city parks. The proposal would keep parks, park facilities and playgrounds open from 6 a.m. until 11 p.m. daily unless otherwise posted or special hours are approved for permitted activities.
One ordinance returning to the agenda is a proposal to revise how council agenda items are submitted and reviewed before reaching elected officials. The measure would establish formal deadlines for agenda submissions and require administrative, legal and departmental review while preserving the ability of council members to advance proposals for public consideration.
The ordinance follows one of the more extensive discussions of the council’s July 21 meeting, when members unanimously approved it on a previous reading after discussing the balance between administrative review and the council’s legislative authority. The Bellevue Times covered that discussion in detail in its July 21 story, “City Council Approves Agenda Policy After Lengthy Debate.”
Construction projects account for two of the larger spending requests on Tuesday’s agenda.
The council will consider a $182,166 change order for construction of the Bellevue Police Department’s new firing range. According to city documents, portions of the project’s second phase would be completed during the current phase to save time and reduce future construction costs associated with electrical and storm utility work.
Another proposed change order would add $81,295.52 to the Mission Avenue improvement project. City staff say the additional work stems from unforeseen conditions encountered during sanitary sewer replacement near 22nd Avenue East and Warren Street, including relocating Metropolitan Utilities District water services, temporary pavement, bypass pumping, vac truck rental and final sod installation.
The agenda also includes a public hearing on the final plat for Quail Crossing Replat 1 near South 42nd Street and Highway 370, as well as appointments to the Bellevue Bridge Commission and Planning Commission.
