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Redmond reviews 2025 state legislative agenda, splits priorities by election outcome
Summary
City staff presented a two-track draft of Redmond’s 2025 state legislative agenda, with priority funding requests for AC water-main replacement, a City Services Center in Overlake, multimodal access projects and contingency funding for an electric fire engine depending on post‑election Climate Commitment Act status.
Amy Tsai, Redmond’s chief policy advisor, told the City Council during a study session Oct. 8 that staff prepared a two‑track legislative agenda so the city can press priorities whether or not the Climate Commitment Act (CCA) funding remains after the November election.
The front page lists four priority requests. Tsai described an asbestos‑cement (AC) water‑main replacement ask for the Avondale Road NE area, a $1,000,000 state request for the front‑page ask with a local replacement cost for that segment estimated around $3,000,000 plus roadway work. "There’s 53 miles of it," Tsai said of AC pipe in Redmond, noting brittle pipes increase breaks and risk to drinking water, fire protection and salmon‑bearing streams.
Tsai also detailed a $618,000 request to…
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