JC Harris For Des Moines, Washington
City Council, Position #2
Non-partisan. Independent.
Next City Council Meeting is July 30, 2026
Working hard to support local businesses!
An advocate for airport issues!
At our last meeting, there were a couple of public comments from colleagues about the machine-generated transcript I posted along with the video of the June 25, 2025 Citizens Advisory Board meeting. Long-time readers know I usually turn the other cheek on personal attacks. But information science, and particularly voice recognition was my thing in
... continue reading.Welcome to the CAB. This body is now officially called ‘Citizens Advisory Board’. I only vaguely recall a discussion at the City Council Meeting where a resident felt that the acronym ‘CAC’ had an unpleasant sound. Which is weird because at the state level there was a second airport committee, the CACC for several years,
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The City did a real solid in civics lessons by recording this presentation and Q&A. For those who prefer reading to watching long videos (me, Me, ME! 😀 ) took the liberty of adding a machine-generated transcript. It’s pretty good, but as with all such things: caveat lector. City Council Candidate Orientation Slides Opening Remarks
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Overview The Marina Steps project we voted on last year came in way over budget and has been scaled back by a process called Value Engineering. To avoid confusion, from here on out, I’m calling the Marina Steps, ‘Project VE’. There are four options for Project VE – A, B, C, D. Option A is
... continue reading.Here are the presentations the City will be talking about at Thursday’s meeting which were not included in the original packet. City Council Protocol Manual Review Discussion on City Appointive Committees Marina Steps, Redondo Pier & Bond Projects City of Des Moines WA DocuPet Pet Licensing
... continue reading.1Four year council positions are numbered according to two-year election cycles. Positions #1, 3, 5 and 7 are next chosen in 2025; #2, #4 and #6 are chosen in 2027.
April 2, 2025 Citizens Advisory Committee video, machine-generated transcript, agenda...
Greetings, At our February 6, 2025 City Council meeting (agenda), the Council will be asked to vote to approve another $100,000 in design work for the Marina Steps. However, although the packet does not provide specifics, the Council is encouraged to explore other options concerning the bond money we approved in 2023. The Redondo Fishing
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Since the Council has several weeks off, I want to wish you all Happy Holidays. For my family, that means a combo platter of Hanukkah gelt, midnight Mass, followed by every movie in the entire Die Hard franchise. 2Which makes us traditionalists. For Duty And Humanity! At my last chat with our new City Manager,
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