On agenda for Monday night’s Burien City Council meeting: arts & culture grants, land donation, zoning for unhoused with religious orgs & more

The Burien City Council is set to convene its next regular meeting on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, starting at 5:30 p.m., with a packed agenda that includes arts & culture grants, land donation, zoning for unhoused with religious organizations & more.

The meeting can be viewed in person at Burien City Hall, via Comcast TV Channel 21, virtually via Zoom here and livestreamed online here.

Download the full agenda packet here.

Agenda Highlights

PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

• • a) Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) Presentation: Rod Steitzer, Public Works Director

• • b) Arts and Culture Grants Presentation: Caroline Bobanick, Recreation Supervisor, Andrew McMasters, Arts Commission Chair

• • c) Briefing of Proposed Land Donation for Seahurst Park: Casey Stanley, PaRCS Director

EXECUTIVE SESSION

• • a) Executive Session per RCW 42.30.110(1)(c) to Discuss the Sale or Lease of Real Estate (15 minutes)

COUNCIL REPORTS

CITY MANAGER’S REPORT

PUBLIC COMMENT Notice to all participants: Pursuant to RCW 42.17A.555, campaigning for any ballot measure or candidate in City Hall and during any portion of the Council Meeting – including the public comment period – is prohibited.

BUSINESS AGENDA

• • a) Discussion of 2025 Proclamations: Devin Chicras, Communications and Public Engagement Manager

• • b) Introduction to Ordinance No. 842 – Creating BMC Chapter 19.90 – Interim Zoning for Religious Organizations Hosting the Unhoused and related amendments to BMC 19.75, Temporary Use Permits: Chaney Skadsen, Senior Planner

• • c) City Council Planning Calendar: Adolfo Bailon, City Manager