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Redmond council urges opposition to Initiative 2,066, adopts TIP and code updates
Summary
The Redmond City Council voted unanimously Oct. 15 to adopt Resolution 1595 opposing Initiative 2,066, approved the 2025–2030 Transportation Improvement Program and enacted four ordinance amendments to conform local permit and design-review rules with state law.
The Redmond City Council voted unanimously Oct. 15 to adopt a resolution urging voters to oppose Initiative Measure 2,066, which would constrain local authority over energy policy and the use of natural gas. The council then approved the city’s 2025–2030 Transportation Improvement Program and adopted a package of zoning and municipal code amendments to conform with recent state legislation.
Council members and staff framed the resolution as a defense of local climate commitments and municipal policy tools. Council President Kritzer summarized climate science and said Redmond’s programs to promote heat-pump conversions and electrification would be limited by language in I-2066. Council Vice President Forsyth and Councilmembers Anderson and Slahuddin echoed those concerns and described the resolution as a way to protect the city’s Environmental Sustainability Action Plan…
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