Votes at a glance: Kirkland City Council regular meeting, March 4, 2025

This “at-a-glance” article lists formal council actions recorded in the March 4, 2025 regular meeting. All motions below reflect voting and text as recorded in the meeting transcript. - Fiscal note for Miller property (vote): Council approved a fiscal note associated with accepting the Larry Miller property to add to the park system. Motion: Approve fiscal note to accept Miller property. Moved by Councilmember Tim Chisholm; second not specified on record; outcome: approved, voice vote recorded as 7–0. - Resolution accepting donated property, Resolution 56 74 (vote): Motion to adopt Resolution 56 74 authorizing the city manager to accept a donation of real property from the estate of Larry E. Miller for addition to the city's park system. Moved by Councilmember Adam Black; seconded by Councilmember Sweet. Voice vote: aye; outcome: approved 7–0. - RapidRide K Line — Access to Transit Projects (vote): Motion to authorize the city manager to sign the record-of-support memo for Access to Transit Projects. Moved by Deputy Mayor Arnold; second by Councilmember Adam Black. Outcome: approved (motion carries 7–0, per transcript). - RapidRide K Line — Passenger Facilities Projects (vote): Motion to authorize the city manager to sign the record-of-support memo for Passenger Facilities Projects. Moved by Deputy Mayor Arnold; second by Councilmember Adam Black. Outcome: approved (motion recorded as carrying 6–0 in the transcript). - RapidRide K Line — Speed & Reliability Projects (amendment and vote): Councilmember Paschal moved an amendment to the Speed & Reliability memo adding language asking Metro to minimize property impacts, evaluate shorter or time-of-day bus lane implementations and examine cost/benefit tradeoffs for queue-jump/center-running bus lanes. The amendment was seconded and carried (6–0). The main motion (as amended) to authorize the manager to sign the Speed & Reliability memo was then approved (6–0, per transcript). - Surplus LED screen/trailer and trade-in (vote): Motion to declare the city’s LED screen trailer surplus and authorize disposition by trade-in to procure a replacement battery-powered trailer/screen. Moved by Councilmember Falcone; second by Councilmember Tim Chisholm. Voice vote: aye; outcome: approved 7–0. - Suspension of council policy to allow a late planning-commission application and expanded interview pool (procedural vote): Council voted to suspend Council policies 8.11 and 8.12 so the interview-selection committee could include a late application and allow four candidates to be interviewed for one Planning Commission vacancy. Motion by Councilmember Falcone; seconded; voice vote: outcome: approved 7–0. - Interview Selection Committee recommendations (vote): Council accepted the Interview Selection Committee’s recommended appointments and reappointments for boards and commissions and scheduled interviews for March 13, 2025. Motion moved by Councilmember Sweet; seconded by Councilmember Adam Black. Outcome: approved 7–0. These items close out the formal, recorded actions during the March 4 regular meeting; other study-session briefing items were discussed but did not require final council action at this meeting.