JC Harris For Des Moines, Washington
City Council, Position #2
NewsGrants Sep 11 Written By Sanjay Bhatt Kitsap Transit (KT) will receive $13.5 million in federal funding to buy a new fast ferry that would replace an older vessel operating the Kingston/Seattle route, improving the Kingston Fast Ferry service’s reliability. The federal funding comes from the Federal Transit Administration’s Passenger Ferry Grant program and
... continue reading.Just got back from watching the community meeting. I want to thank my colleagues for, the Waterland Blog’s Scott Schaefer for recording, our staff who were so welcoming to the four applicants, and the 60+ residents who attended, including several previous councilmembers (and two mayors!) But sixty people is not nearly enough! So please watch
... continue reading.6:30pm Tuesday, August 27, Beach Park Auditorium Please attend and meet the four finalists for our next City Manager. 6:30pm August 27, 2024 at the Des Moines Beach Park Auditorium. Directions: 22030 Dock Ave S, Des Moines, WA 98198. Parking will be free. If the immediate spaces are filled, you can park in the Marina
... continue reading.Normally, I wait until Sunday to post a Weekly Update, but I wanted to share this article as a ‘taster’ of what you can find in every week. Whether you agree with my points of view or not, I think you’ll find they contain lots of useful information. At our last city council meeting, there
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At our August 2 City Council meeting, we received a police department update which showed that response times are actually improving! And yet, we're warned that the officer/resident ratio is low. But that begs an important question......
At the 25 July 2024 City Council meeting, the City put up a slide contradicting some of my concerns over the 2006 Lid Lift. I told staff months ago that when the previous (2006) levy lid lift passed that it had led to more police in the first year, but that police staffing had dropped
... continue reading.Normally, I do not bother people more than once a week. However, after hearing from a bajillion residents, I have two significant concerns about the accuracy of the tax levy lid lift pamphlet you’ve all received from the City which I’d like to call to your attention. First Concern: the graphic The bar chart indicates
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