JC Harris For Des Moines, Washington
City Council, Position #2
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!
The April 13 Meeting will have something for everyone, including
This week: Public Safety Committee Meeting, City Council Goals Study Session. A response to the Mayor's recent editorial in the City Currents...
This week: Port of Seattle Commission meeting. Hoping for some good news on sound insulation. Last week: Rules of Procedure Committee meeting Thursday. A whole bunch of talking about airporty stuff in Olympia--including air quality monitors, impact fees and Port Packages. As usual. :D ...
Highlight this week: Rules of Procedure Committee meeting Thursday, 3:30PM at the Police Station. Last week: airport advocacy in Olympia. Port approves more projects leading to expansion. Reach Out Des Moines. ...
Last City Council Meeting featured two housing issues. Orcas. An essay on how we got into the mess we're in with the airport, which is really another land use issue, why we continue to handle it incorrectly... and something about casinos? :D Why I'm on the fence about HB1110 and multi-family housing....
Next City Council Meeting features two housing issues. Last City Council Meeting featured 3:40 of goal setting. An essay showing one example of bullying off the dais and how it makes it tougher for residents to get what they want....
This Week: City Council meeting features 'goal setting'. I offer a review of last year's similar meetings--and how the Communications Consultant deal got started. Last Week: City Council meeting features Future Cities, communications consultant contract and more cop cars. A follow up to last week's essay on The Hard Fork, which for Des Moines means not making the same mistakes over and over... and over....
This Week: City Council meeting features Future Cities, communications consultant contract and more cop cars. Last Week: Port of Seattle Commission Meeting, Highline MAST meeting on Water Quality. A link to an essay on the Hard Fork. An engineering term referring to the decision to move in a new direction and the most successful case study I can think of: Microsoft....
This Week: Port of Seattle Commission Meeting, Highline MAST meeting on Water Quality. Last week testimony on SB5199, a bill to provide funding for Local Journalism co-sponsored by our own Senator Karen Keiser. DMMA Meeting. Meetings with several groups on Des Moines Memorial Drive and SR509. Thursday: Auditor Exit Interview. Good report except for a minor ding on ARPA accounting. A link to an essay on Equity, which will sound a lot like another 'Marina' thing, but really it's about spending the largest chunks of money in our City's history in a way that's fair for the entire community. Including you. :)...
This week I will be testifying on SB5199, a bill to provide funding for Local Journalism co-sponsored by our own Senator Karen Keiser. Wednesday: Meeting with several groups on Des Moines Memorial Drive and SR509. Thursday: Auditor Exit Interview. This is where the State provides a final evaluation on our financial statements. 02/02/2023 Council Meeting Recap ---Black History Proclamation ---Care for babies born with drug addiction (great presentation!) ---Censure of moi ---Redondo beach declared a 'park' for the purposes of installing a speed camera ---Marina Land side feasibility studies (I voted no)...
