JC Harris For Des Moines, Washington
City Council, Position #2
Call to order and pledge Mayor Matsui: At this time, I would like to call the May 14th, 2026 Des Moines City Council meeting to order. Council Member Jeremy Nutting will lead us in the pledge. Please stand if you are able. [Pledge of Allegiance] Mayor Matsui: Thank you. Please let the record show that
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Biking from the Des Moines Beach Park to Burien and Sea-Tac Airport Lake to Sound Trail Map | TrailLink Lake to Sound Trail (Segment C) – City of Burien Start at Des Moines Marina Beach Park heading northeast on Des Moines Creek Trail about 2 miles. Exit Des Moines Creek Trail at 200th. Cross 200th
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First plan since City founding covers governance, fiscal sustainability, redevelopment One of City Manager Katherine Caffrey’s first recommendations was for the Council to develop a formal strategic plan. Although almost every City Council conducts some form of annual goal setting meeting (including several at the Beach Park during the 2010s), a formal plan had not
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[2:15] HARRY STEINMETZ: The Des Moines Citizens Advisory Board meeting for today, February 25th, is called to order. Let’s take roll. Tara Vaughan — city staff liaison. Will you guys make sure to hit those mics? Alyson Chapin, North Central. Lisa France, Redondo. Corrine Anderson Ketchmark, human services. At large. At large. Victoria Andrews, at
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Greenwood Memorial Park 350 Monroe Avenue NE Renton I try to post things that are Des Moines-y. But I was over in Renton last week at the Emergency Operations Center for the EMAC committee I serve on. And the EOC is down the road from this. I forget that, you know, people have moved here
... continue reading.Here are all the cover images from my Weekly Updates and Facebook Page during my tenure on the Council. I have tried to photograph places and not me. I also have a Galleries page with a series of photos on various events.
0:00 – Chair (Lisa France) I’d like to call the January 28th, 2026 meeting of the Des Moines Citizens Advisory Board to order. And the first thing that we need to do is call roll. So we’ll just go around the table. Members present: Susan White, Redondo Lisa France, Redondo Barton DeLacy, Woodmont Colleen Gantz,
... continue reading.I was in Olympia this week in support of two important airport bills sponsored by Senator Tina Orwall. I mentioned to our lobbyist how beautiful the area is. In my previous life I visited a bunch of similar state capitols and let me tell you, many are well, not exactly Architectural Digest material. 😃 But
... continue reading.Happy Holidays. There isn’t much going on this week, so I decided to do my first ‘essay’ in a while. It’s a longee. But our last meeting was action-packed with several truly big ticket items concerning our future. Rather than go down a list I wanted to talk about the three items I think say
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