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Candidate Questions & Answers

Overview

This page includes questions asked by candidates running for Sammamish City Council and the responses provided by City staff. It also includes links to public records requests made by candidates. 

The City encourages candidates to ask questions. To ensure transparency and equal access to information, all candidate questions and responses will be posted on this webpage. To request documents or information, please follow these instructions:

If requesting specific documents:
Please submit a public records request. Any records requests made by candidates will also be posted to the this webpage.  Please note, the Washington Administrative Code (WAC 44-14-04002) clarifies, the Public Records Act is simply intended as a mechanism through which to transfer identifiable records, not for staff to conduct research for the requester.

If requesting general information:  
Please submit your questions through the Council Candidate Questions JotForm. Staff strive to respond to all questions within five business days. Please note that while staff can provide factual information, they cannot analyze or interpret information on behalf of candidates. 

Questions & Answers

When and where are City Council meetings held?

Regular City Council meetings are held on the first Tuesday and third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm, with a study session on the second Tuesday at 6:30 pm. Meetings are held at City Hall. To view meeting agendas, minutes, and videos, please visit the Sammamish CivicWeb portal. 

May a campaign distribute pamphlets or other literature on private property?

Yes, if the literature is distributed in one of the following ways:

  1. Placed in the hand of the intended recipient;
  2. Bound, folded, boxed or weighted in such a manner that the material cannot be blown away, scattered, or otherwise fragmented by weather conditions and/or normal pedestrian or vehicular traffic; or
  3. Deposited on the premises for which it is intended by being tied to, affixed, or slipped over a doorknob or other protrusion, or placed through a slot or opening in a front entry door or within a receptacle for such items located upon the property, or placed on the front porch next to the front entry door; provided, however, the item being distributed first shall have been rolled up and secured with a rubber band or in some other manner so as to prevent the materials from being blown away, scattered, or otherwise fragmented by weather conditions and/or normal pedestrian or vehicular traffic. As used in this section, “receptacle” means a container made of a stiff material containing the words “For Papers,” or similar words.

Sammamish Municipal Code Chapter 5.45(External link) regulates the delivery of unsolicited or unsubscribed literature on private property. Candidates are exempt from these regulations if their literature is distributed as described above (see code sections 5.45.050 SMC(External link) and 5.45.060 SMC(External link)).

May I attach signs on guard rails along our city roads? 

It’s not specifically mentioned in code as being illegal, so yes, with the understanding that the sign placement cannot be a distraction for drivers or obstruct site distance. Please remember that temporary signs placed in the right of way are limited to 3 feet above grade.

Public Records Requests

The following Public Records Requests (PRRs) were made by candidates following the date they registered with the Public Disclosure Commission or filed with King County Elections. Please click on the links below to access the documents provided by the City in response to the requests. 

  1. PRR 6291 - 02/26/25 - Could you send me the adopted legislative agenda as provided to the City's lobbyists for 2025, 2024, and 2023 please?
  2. PRR 6305 - 03/05/25 - Please provide the detailed results of all surveys being referenced by staff as community feedback at the 3/4/2025 City Council meeting.
  3. PRR 6367 - 04/02/25 - I would like to get all permits that have either been processed, or the city is currently processing, for the property on 22904 NE 21st St, Sammamish. This is a home that has burned down in my neighborhood nearly two years ago, and is still not demolished nor rebuilt. Please pull all permits from August 2023 to today. Please show (1) When the owner applied for the permit (2) What is the current status of the permit (3) When was the permit approved, or estimated date of future approval.
  4. PRR 6410 - 04/25/25 - Please provide insights in to why the City of Sammamish wants to electrify the fleet? $1.4MM is earmarked but the EV Market has high insurance costs and repair costs. What was the ROI that City of Sammamish saw that it is going ahead with the electrification plan? Please provide records and/or documents that could shed more light on this decision.
  5. PRR 6416 - 04/29/25 - Please provide financial models available with the city on the proposed town center in SE 4th! I am specifically looking for projections related to homes and revenue and how it is sustainable in the long term
  6. PRR 6424 - 05/01/25
  7. PRR 6425 - 05/01/25 - Over the last 2 years, what are the incentives and grants that Sammamish City could have applied to King county and Washington state, how many did it actually apply for and how many were granted?
  8. PRR 6426 - 05/01/25 - Please procure all emails sent to City Manager Scott MaColl, members of his office, city council members, and the community development department inquiring about the availability of the CWU Sammamish building (120 228th Ave NE), when their lease will end, or any proposals for how that building should be used in the future. Please also include any offers to buy or lease that building.
  9. PRR 6427 - 05/02/25 - Sammamish Town center is 240 acres with 83 acres in critical area, 10 acres for public purpose. Is there a document that the city can share on who owns how much in the town center area? What have they built so far? what are they proposing to build?
  10. PRR 6436 - 05/08/25 - Please provide copies of all traffic studies submitted related to either the "Built" or "Preliminary Approved, Permits under review, or site construction" Town Center projects, as well as any concurrency certificates issued for the subject projects.