Oh my god.
The East Bellevue Community Council, at its May 4th meeting, voted to DENY the minimum parking LUCA for affordable and MF housing.
Since EBCC will soon be afoul of state law and the rest of the city will not, they will have to hire outside legal counsel.
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To comply with state law, the city needed to adopt the LUCA to reduce parking standards by tomorrow. Since the EBCC denied the LUCA, they are now in a conflict of interest with the City itself, which is why they cannot be represented by the City Attorney.
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Mayor Robinson asking what happens if the EBCC votes to disapprove of the LUCA at their May 4th briefing. That means the LUCA would not apply to the jurisdiction, but since the deadline for the city's interim ordinance to comply w/ state law would expire on May 18th.
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Resolution 9943, passed by Council unanimously this evening, funds $40k of their legal fees, paid by city taxpayers. Wowee wow wow. Reason #694 why Community Councils suck and should not exist.
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Apparently they were against it, huh.
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DM Nieuwenhuis asking if there were any comments or concerns raised during the previous EBCC courtesy hearing that made it seem like they wouldn't move this forward. Staff noting that EBCC CMs didn't commit one way or another.
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We're not talking about big changes to Bellevue's parking code - we're talking about measured (& honestly bare-minimum) amendments to support dense housing. Now we're going to spend $40k and potentially face legal penalties b/c we couldn't even do *this*.
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Briefest of summaries on which types of units would be eligible for reduced parking minimums depending on which transit conditions are met.
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Legit question for people who have lived in the region longer - has this ever happened before? Where a subdivided entity ends up running afoul of state law where the larger entity does not? Any info on *what* could even happen here, how penalties would be assessed, etc.?
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