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Votes at a glance: Richland council approves consent calendar, land-use setback agreement, bonds and facility agreements
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Summary
The Richland City Council approved its consent calendar and several standalone actions on May 6, including a land-use agreement for properties on Center Parkway, an amendment with American Cruise Lines, a transportation-program amendment and a proposed bond issuance for landfill upgrades.
The Richland City Council took multiple final actions on May 6, approving its consent calendar and voting separately on land-use and finance items.
Key outcomes at a glance:
- Consent calendar: The council adopted the consent calendar (minutes; ordinances and resolutions listed below) by roll call with all members voting in favor.
- Concomitant rezone (ordinance 2025-15): The council approved an agreement in lieu of rezone affecting 9025 Center Parkway that modifies setback requirements on four lots to enable development while preserving buffers to adjacent residences. Vote: unanimous (7-0).
- American Cruise Lines facility-use amendment (resolution 2025-48): Council authorized a first amendment to the facility-use agreement with American Cruise Lines to add two five-year extension options and require updated insurance minimums at each extension. Staff said the cruise line brought about 20,000 passengers to the region in 2024 and paid for recent dock piling work. Vote: unanimous (7-0).
- Transportation Improvement Program amendment (resolution 2025-71): Council added the systemic pedestrian crossing safety improvements project back into the 2025-2036 TIP so the city can obligate previously awarded State City Safety Program funds; the project includes RRFBs (rectangular rapid flashing beacons), signage, median refuges and ADA curb ramps at several intersections. Vote: unanimous (7-0).
- Proposed general obligation (LTGO) bond issuance (resolution 2025-72): Council opened the TEFRA-style public hearing required for tax-exempt private-activity treatment and approved moving forward with a limited-tax general-obligation bond issuance to finance upgrades and expansion at the Horn Rapids landfill; staff said the total principal amount would not exceed $8,500,000 and issuance was expected in late June. Vote: unanimous (7-0).
- Support letter for Theodore (Ted) Gerrish nomination: Council voted unanimously to authorize the mayor to sign a letter supporting the nomination (roll call 7-0).
What was in the consent calendar (selected items): approval of the April 15 regular meeting minutes; second readings for multiple ordinances (Dallas Road right-of-way dedication; traffic/parking code amendments; LTGO bond authorization; revisions to miscellaneous crimes; repeal of teen dance halls chapter); resolutions including consultant agreements and construction contract awards for utilities, street work, slurry/microsurfacing, and a WSDOT grant amendment for active-transportation work.
How council decided: Most items were approved in single-motion votes (consent). The land-use concomitant rezone moved from an earlier hearing-examiner proceeding to council for closed-record review; staff and the applicant presented the proposed setback language and Council approved the agreement to enable development while preserving buffers to adjacent residences.
Vote provenance and notes: Each item below includes the meeting transcript lines where the item was introduced and where the roll-call result appears in the record.
