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Kirkland council approved RapidRide K Line support memos and directed staff on middle-housing compliance
Summary
The Kirkland City Council on March 4 approved three support memos for King County Metro’s RapidRide K Line and provided staff direction to update the city’s zoning code to comply with state middle-housing rules, according to a March 6 city podcast recap.
On the March 6 episode of the city’s This Week in Kirkland podcast, hosts summarized actions from the Kirkland City Council’s March 4 meeting.
The podcast reported that the council "reviewed and approved 3 support memos for the King County Metro rapid ride k line project and we'll continue the conversation at the March 18 council meeting," according to host Jim Lopez. The city did not provide the memos’ full text on the podcast; listeners were directed to council materials for details. The podcast did not list vote tallies or identify movers and seconders for the approvals.
The hosts also said the council discussed zoning-code amendments to comply with newly mandated state rules for middle housing and provided direction to staff to implement those changes. The podcast characterized that item as direction to staff rather than final legislative adoption; no ordinance numbers or final texts were announced on the episode.
Separately, the podcast said council study-session topics that preceded the business agenda included options to operate Peter Kirk Pool year round, a concept plan discussion for a potential Seattle Kraken Iceplex community center, and streamlining the design review process to meet state development standards. The podcast said those study-session items contained visuals and are available in the meeting materials and video stream.
The podcast did not record formal roll-call vote totals for the RapidRide memos or the middle-housing discussion. It noted that council meetings are streamed on the city’s YouTube and Facebook channels and that the council will continue discussion of the RapidRide memos on March 18.
