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City lobbyist briefs Bothell council on 2025 session: mixed outcomes for local priorities
Summary
Bothell’s state lobbyist reviewed the 2025 Washington legislative session, summarizing the city’s capital successes and setbacks, including Woodcrest funding of $1.5 million secured in the final budget, delay of some Bothell Way multimodal funding, and policy bills affecting housing and transportation.
Shelley Helder, Bothell’s state lobbyist, briefed the City Council on May 20 about outcomes from the 2025 Washington legislative session and how those results intersect with the city’s priorities.
Helder told council the 2025 session was the first year of the two‑year budget cycle and that lawmakers considered thousands of bills: “This year there were 2,387 bills that were introduced. And 433 passed the legislature,” she said. She described difficult budget tradeoffs driven by a projected multi‑year shortfall and said the capital budget was notably smaller than the prior biennium.
On the city’s priorities, Helder said the city requested $1.9 million in capital funds for the Woodcrest utility improvement project and secured $1.5 million in the final budget after delegation support led by Representative Dower. She described that $1.5 million as a substantial win…
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