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Votes at a glance: Committee of the Whole (April 15) — DUI grant, easements and routine approvals
Summary
The committee unanimously approved a set of routine and project items including a Washington Traffic Safety Commission DUI officer grant, termination of two right‑of‑way easements tied to Sound Transit property, and routine agenda/minutes/bills approvals.
At its April 15 meeting the Committee of the Whole recorded unanimous votes on a set of grants, property easement terminations and routine procedural items.
The committee authorized acceptance and budget appropriation of a Washington Traffic Safety Commission dedicated DUI officer grant for the Kent Police Department (amount stated in the motion: $118,761.15). Commander Josh Bobo and community education coordinator Sarah Halstead described the three‑year grant award, the program goals (enforcement shifts and community outreach in both English and Spanish) and the internal staffing plan to assign an existing officer to the funded position and hire back the officer’s prior assignment.
Public Works staff presented two right‑of‑way easement terminations tied to the Sound Transit Federal Way Link Extension project. The easements, originally granted in 2004 and 2005 to the city for right‑of‑way purposes on properties later acquired by Sound Transit (Woodinville Redmond Industrial Centre LP and Midway Investments and Properties LLC), were described as no longer needed for public purposes; the committee authorized termination of both easements to allow Sound Transit’s boundary adjustments.
Separately, the committee approved routine items including the agenda, minutes from the April 1 Committee of the Whole meeting and payment of bills. All motions were voted and recorded as carried unanimously.
Votes (as recorded in meeting minutes): - DUI officer grant acceptance (Washington Traffic Safety Commission) — motion to set grant fund and authorize mayor to execute necessary documents; amount in motion: $118,761.15; outcome: approved unanimously. - Termination of right‑of‑way easement (former Woodinville Redmond Industrial Centre LP parcel) — motion to authorize mayor to sign termination subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to public works director and city attorney; outcome: approved unanimously. - Termination of right‑of‑way easement (former Midway Investments and Properties LLC parcel) — motion to authorize mayor to sign termination subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to public works director and city attorney; outcome: approved unanimously. - Approval of agenda; approval of minutes (April 1 Committee of the Whole); payment of bills — all approved unanimously.
