Woodinville 2025-June-17 agenda - Ordinance790: City expands power to shutdown businesses — Just being a "nuisance" enough — Hearsay evidence allowed - Ordinance791: Rules change on massage businesses — Prior convictions of owner bans business — No explanation of why this is coming up

Woodinville 2025-June-17 agenda - Unit Lot Subdivision ordinance — Double allowed houses per lot — Woodinville using different method than other cities, giving control to staff — No review by Planning Commission or Council — Developers to split lot after construction starts or even after completion

Woodinville Council, 2025-June-03 agenda: - Approval of contract for “Inclusionary Zoning” study TBD: Where? How many? How affordable? What giveaways?

Woodinville Council, 2025-May-20: - Green Partners wants to remove required retail (no new Molbak’s) — Replaces “Gardens District” w/ cookie-cutter 1300 unit project - Speed camera discussion — 195th street, east of WHS — No fixes planned, just cameras — Vendors are vulnerable to federal overreach

Woodinville Council, 2025-May-06 agenda: - Comprehensive Plan 2044 final vote —— MRM cashes in, onewoodinville.org/mrm-timeline - Interim zoning vote to require affordability - Speed-cameras coming, budget needs $900,000 in revenue - Lime Scooters pilot, drop-wherever policy planned

Council 2025-04-15: - Lime (scooter company) presents to council, proposes a contract w/ city — Summertime only (Memorial Day to Labor Day) pilot program — City to be paid $0.10 per ride — Identified start/stop locations to limit the scooter abandonment — Details on affordability usage program TBD

Great News! For Woodinville, for Kirkland, and the environment. (more in ALT) KingCounty staff made this decision based on data highlighted by hundreds of local residents. (details in replies) Proof that even today grassroots organizing can make the difference! [reposting from other OW channels]

@runningurbanist.bsky.social extra context on the Woodinville moratorium Ryan didn’t provide: youtu.be/zfsVCAv5-0g The goal is to pause permits while required affordability zoning is enacted. This is happening: Chateau Ste Michelle got permits on a 90 McMansion project in Dec. zero affordable.

Council 2025-04-01: Discuss pausing permitting until affordable housing required — Prevent builders avoiding new regulation — Happening: Chateau Ste Michelle permitted 90 McMansions City Manager performance review — Manager is Council’s employee (hire/fire/adjust contract); Review public doc after

Council agenda, 2025-March-18: - Green Partners back: more profits for them, less for Woodinville — 5 phases, 60ft, 1300units+200room hotel — No retail on some streets, reducing sales tax forever — Agreement to block future affordability requirement

Woodinville City Council 2025-Feb-18: Lime Scooter/Bike monopoly considered — From/to specific parking spaces — Shortest route: $2.65 and $6.50 per-person, one-way 2024 Crime statistics — Domestic violence nearly doubled: 38 to 71 cases — Property crime down (ex: retail thief) #citycouncil #lime

2025-Feb-4 council meeting: - Vote on “Creative District”, non-resident group to gentrify Woodinville - Review of "2044 Comp-Plan" makes commercial area into apartments - Council to neuter Planning Commission after developer complaint #woodinville #citycouncil #mclendons #planningcommission

Funny thing: words have meaning. Especially legal terms. Woodinville's “2023/2024 Budget” & “2025/2026 Budget” show more $ going out than coming in. Mike Millman didn’t like that people noticed the DEFICITs. This led to an embarrassing moment for Millman: youtu.be/vwDdW805Gx8 #woodinville

Woodinville City Council 2025-Jan-21 agenda: - Developers rushed permits in November/December 2024; before affordability requirements; 90 homes on CSM - Comprehensive Plan through 2044 - part 1of2 ; McLendon's to become 90ft apartments? - Land Speculation cost estimate: 16M (25% of city savings)