The Burien City Council will hold a public hearing Monday, July 13, on a proposed moratorium on new data centers while also considering new state-required housing regulations, reviewing a potential transfer of development rights program, and beginning the process of narrowing candidates to fill the vacant Position No. 2 council seat.
The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. at Burien City Hall (map below), and can be viewed live on Comcast TV Channel 21, via Zoom here and via live-stream here.
Download the full agenda packet here.
14 Applicants for Position No. 2 Vacancy
The City of Burien said it received 14 applications for the vacant Position No. 2 seat before the application period closed June 26. Councilmembers received the applications for review on June 29, and at Monday’s meeting are expected to narrow the field by selecting five finalists for interviews. Those interviews are scheduled to take place during the council’s July 27 meeting, when lawmakers are expected to appoint a new member. That will be confirmed for certain by Council on Monday.
Below is a table from the agenda showing the partial names of the 14 applicants (if you know anything about Burien politics, you can probably figure out their full names):
Agenda Highlights
PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
- a) Parks and Recreation Month Proclamation: Deputy Mayor Hugo Garcia
- b) Federal Policy and Funding Update: Bob Larson, Interim City Manager, Jake Johnston, Johnston Group
PUBLIC COMMENT: Notice to all participants: Pursuant to RCW 42.17A.555, campaigning for any ballot measure or candidate in City Hall and/or during any portion of the Council Meeting – including the public comment period – is prohibited.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
COUNCIL REPORTS
CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
PUBLIC HEARING
a) Public Hearing for Data Center Moratorium: Ann Marie Soto, Interim City Attorney, Community members may provide public comment on this item in person or virtually via Zoom. Community members may raise their hands or use Zoom’s “raise hand” feature, and they will be called on in no particular order to provide a comment. Please state your name at the beginning of your comment. To provide a written comment, please email your comment to cityclerk@burienwa.gov.
BUSINESS AGENDA
- a) Introduction to Ordinance No. 895, Residential Conversion of Existing Buildings: Liz Stead, Community Development Director, Natasha Kolostyak, Assistant Planner
- b) Discussion of Transfer of Development Rights/Landscape Conservation and Local Infrastructure Program (TDR/LCLIP): Liz Stead, Community Development Director
- c) City Council Position No. 2 Vacancy: Selection of Candidate Interviewees: Bob Larson, Interim City Manager, Heather McCoy, City Clerk, Rochelle Larican, Deputy City Clerk
- d) City Council Planning Calendar: Bob Larson, Interim City Manager
EXECUTIVE SESSION
a) Executive Session per RCW 42.30.110(1)(i) to discuss with legal counsel representing the agency matters relating to agency enforcement actions, or to discuss with legal counsel representing the agency litigation or potential litigation to which the agency, the governing body, or a member acting in an official capacity is, or is likely to become, a party, when public knowledge regarding the discussion is likely to result in an adverse legal or financial consequence to the agency, with potential action to follow.
