Board approves release of restrictive covenant for Sound Transit easement; certifies levies and appoints pro committees
Summary
The board approved Resolution 2025‑08 to release district rights on a portion of surplus Ashwood property to allow a 3,113‑square‑foot Sound Transit bus‑charging easement, certified the district’s 2026 levy collection, and appointed three volunteers to pro committees for two upcoming levy propositions.
The Bellevue School Board on Nov. 13 approved a series of routine but consequential business actions, including a resolution to partially release a restrictive covenant on surplus Ashwood Elementary property to permit a small Sound Transit easement, annual levy certification, and appointments to levy pro committees.
Legal counsel summarized Resolution No. 2025‑08, explaining that when the district sold the surplus Ashwood property to the city in 1986 for $6,329,760, a restrictive covenant was recorded that reserved a park‑use restriction on part of the site. Sound Transit has requested a 3,113‑square‑foot area for an electrical easement to support a charging station for buses connected to a Stride bus rapid‑transit service. The board moved, discussed briefly and approved the resolution by voice vote.
On finance matters the board approved Resolution 2025‑16, the annual certification for the district’s calendar‑year levy collection tied to the 2022 voter‑approved four‑year levy, a procedural step required by King County before Nov. 30. The district also appointed Lynn Robinson, Milin Tai and Tim Motts as the three members of the pro committees that will prepare statements in favor of Proposition 1 (educational programs and operations levy) and Proposition 2 (capital and technology levy) for the local voters’ pamphlet.
