Christopher Randels
Chris Randels is the founder and director of Complete Streets Bellevue, an advocacy organization looking to make it easier for people to get around Bellevue without a car. Chris lived in the Lake Hills neighborhood for nearly a decade and cares about reducing emissions and improving safety in the Eastside's largest city.
A collaboration between SRM Development and the nonprofit Downtown Action to Save Housing (DASH) is set to bring 235 homes near the future East Main Link light rail station in Bellevue. The 4.55 acre site is currently the home of a partially-constructed hotel building, which, by the end of...
With a unanimous vote to close out last night's meeting, Bellevue City Council officially approved the upcoming years-long outreach process for the city's Comprehensive Plan Update. Although the evening also featured some interesting discussions around noise ordinances and economic development (and I encourage you to read the play-by-play if...
Later this year, Bellevue City Council will complete a years-long process to rezone the Wilburton neighborhood east of I-405. Historically a commercial and office corridor, the city has identified the neighborhood as a key area to absorb new growth to best take advantage of light rail's opening next year....
At Monday's Bellevue City Council meeting, Councilmembers voted to approve over $1.7 million in funding for crosswalk improvements, approved further work on a city-sponsored apprenticeship utilization program, and discussed priorities in the city's Curb Management Plan.
Council approves significant crosswalk improvement funding through Consent Calendar
Like most fields, city government...
In a week full of big transportation news, King County Metro and Sound Transit have added to the pile by releasing their updated network proposals for Eastside bus service. Part of the East Link Connections process, these proposed changes to bus routes and service frequencies are meant to help...
Among several other items, Monday's Bellevue City Council meeting saw an update from King County Council Chair Claudia Balducci on regional issues, a quarterly review of the implementation of the City's Environmental Stewardship Plan, and a unanimous vote to ratify King County's Countywide Planning Priorities.
Regional Update leads to...
Funding for an affordable housing project for domestic violence survivors moved forward with unanimous approval at Bellevue's most recent city council meeting. The new facility, to be renovated and serviced by LifeWire, will provide 25 affordable housing units for women and children at risk of homelessness. Bellevue's $1.6 million...
Much advocacy and media focus has been rightly granted to the newly-elected Mayor Bruce Harrell's one-month extension of Seattle's eviction moratorium. However, this level of protection for tenants already expired for the vast majority of Washington state residents when Governor Inslee's statewide bridge moratorium expired this past Halloween. The...