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Redmond council refines 2026 state legislative agenda, elevates $500,000 Hartman Park playground ask
Summary
Amy Tsai, Redmond's chief policy officer, presented a revised draft 2026 legislative agenda at the Oct. 14 City Council study session that elevates a $500,000 request for Hartman Park playground improvements and tightens language on social'service and technology priorities.
Amy Tsai, Redmond's chief policy officer, presented the city's draft 2026 state legislative agenda at the study session on Oct. 14 and walked council through edits made since the Committee of the Whole on Sept. 9.
Amina Tiori, the external affairs advisor, opened with a short primer on the 2026 legislative session, noting it "will begin on January 12, 2026" and that the session is a short, 60'day year of the biennium in which most bills that did not pass in 2025 carry over.
Staff told council the front page of the agenda was rewritten to elevate community impacts in a tight budget environment: it adds language about pressures on the social'service safety net and protection of civil rights, clarifies priorities on SNAP and Medicaid eligibility, and…
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