JC Harris For Des Moines, Washington
City Council, Position #2
Non-partisan. Independent.
Next City Council Meeting is July 11, 6:00PM
Working hard to support local businesses!
An advocate for airport issues!
Every week I provide an update on what I’m doing, public service announcements, ways to get involved, info on the City and what the City is planning!
Public Service Announcements Next Week Tuesday: SMART (Southside Seattle Chamber Of Commerce) I haven’t attended these in a while, but I try to check in to see what SSCOC has going on with Des Moines. My peers in Tukwila and SeaTac speak glowingly of SSCOC. It’s been sort of an ongoing chicken and egg thing.
... continue reading.Public Service Announcements This Week Tuesday: Port Commission (Agenda) One highlight is a discussion of the WSDOT SR-509 property along 216th that the City Of Des Moines has handed off to the Port for expansion of the Business Park. Thursday: Association Of Washington Cities Action Days. About 100 years ago before COVID, this was a
... continue reading.Public Service Announcements This Week Monday: Destination Des Moines meeting. The group is welcoming a new board member and setting it’s agenda for the year. The hope is that 2022 will (finally) be a return to Wine! Fireworks! You know… normal. 🙂 Wednesday: Reach Out Des Moines. The group’s long-time facilitator Cynthia Ricks-Maccotan will be
... continue reading.Public Service Announcements This Week Tuesday: Port Of Seattle Commission Meeting (Agenda) This marks the debut of two new Commissioners: Hamdi Mohamed and Toshiko Hasegawa. They represent many firsts, including the first women of colour. Ms. Mohamed is also the first Commissioner from SeaTac. Both have shown a strong interest in issues of equity in
... continue reading.Time is a flexible thing. You can watch a thousand sci-fi movies and still that whole ‘relativity’ thing makes no sense. But if you got nothing else out of this pandemic, now you know what it might be like in a space ship approaching the speed of light: where one year can feel like an
... continue reading.Public Service Announcements This Week Tuesday: Port Of Seattle Commission Meeting (Agenda) Thursday: City Council Meeting (Agenda) Friday: South King County Housing and Homelessness Partners (SKHHP) Executive Board (Agenda) City Manager Pay Increase The City Manager is asking for a step increase from †M49D, which is $224k plus various benefits to M49E $235k, plus benis;
... continue reading.Public Service Announcements This Week Tuesday: 9AM. Port Of Seattle, State Of The Port This is a pre-recorded presentation. It’s a political nerd thing, but worth watching not so much because the Port has that much direct connection with Des Moines, but because it tells us, essentially where they are at with regard to climate
... continue reading.Happy Hanukkah! There’s never a piccie of a dreidel or a menorah when you need one. 🙂 Public Service Announcements This Week Monday: Highline Superintendent Search. (ERAC, Burien) Come join me to comment on what you want to see in the next Executive of our school system! Thursday: 3PM Municipal Facilities Meeting. No agenda yet.
... continue reading.Public Service Announcements This Week Tuesday: Meeting with Arshia Nilchan, political director for Rep. Adam Smith. No, I’m still independent. But all the candidates for City Council this cycle were running as Democats and at least a few asked for his endorsement, so I wanted to give him some feedback on the process. Thursday:Look, I
... continue reading.Public Service Announcements This Week Monday: SR509 briefing with WSDOT. I’m expecting some graphics detailing how it will affect Blueberry Lane, Des Moines Creek Trail and the bridge over 216th. What’s also pretty keen is that WSDOT will be creating a 1.8 mile bike lane as part of the Lake To Sound Trail and redoing
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