In their first afternoon session of the new year the Everett City Council had a busy agenda.
The Bezos foundation basically handles everything but the rent. That will be paid by the City of Everett.
We told you about it last week and it is expected to open this fall after extensive remodeling to the space on the north side of the station. Admission will be by lottery once an opening date has been determined.
After a briefing on a plan that was first approved in 2008 to use red light cameras to improve safety at problem intersections, members of the Everett City Council are asking for more information.
9 cameras would cover these 6 locations.
Here is the estimated equipment cost. There would be another 500k in staff cost annually.
There was talk that physical safety improvements needed to be made in addition to automated enforcement at the selected intersections in order to ensure that it was truly about safety and not revenue. There was also mention that the city should move away from a focus on car-centric mobility and put more emphasis on improvements for pedestrians, cyclists and users of mass-transit. City Council President Brenda Stonecipher said she would bring the issue back to the council in the future but did not promise any particular timeline.
During the consent agenda the City Council approved the names of eight citizens to make up the Districting Commission finding that they had the needed geographic diversity for a fair representation of Everett, Washington.
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You can learn more about the city council districting process here on the city’s website.
January 26, 2022
Everett