At the December 2nd City Council meeting over twenty people signed up to speak to the Council on issues such as the Costco gas station PAR, Touchstone's Parkplace PAR and the South Kirkland Park and Ride. Both the Costco ...

It's unanimous. The City Council, City Staff, the Developer and CiViK all let out a collective sigh of relief as the nine-month long ordeal ends with smiles and handshakes all around  ...

At the Kirkland City Council meeting last night, two public hearings were conducted with regard to downtown development: Ordinance No. 4149 Relating to Land ...

During a public hearing held Tuesday night, the Kirkland City Council passed on the chance to vote on two ordinances involving the building moratorium in downtown Kirkland. A dozen or so passionate speakers from the audience lobbied the Council toward ...

The Kirkland City Council held a Special Council Meeting to answer questions of the Juanita neighborhood held Thursday evening at the Holy Spirit Lutheran Church in Juanita. Each council member spoke briefly about an issue and the audience was allowed to ...

The City Council will conduct two public hearings regarding the building moratorium, both on October 7, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall Council Chamber, 123 5th Avenue. These hearings will be open to the public ...

The Kirkland City Council is elected at large. Well-organized neighborhoods with civic-minded residents have been successful in fostering neighborhood leaders who have been elected to council positions. North Rose Hill is home to four council members, Moss Bay is home to two council members and Norkirk is home to ...

A group calling itself, Kirkland Recall, has ended its effort to call for the resignation or recall of Kirkland Mayor Jim Lauinger, and previously Councilmember Tom Hodgson. The protagonist of the group, John Gilday, has written the following statement...

Concerned citizens gathered at City Hall to attend a special meeting of the Kirkland City Council. The atmosphere was congenial as people of many political stripes waited in council chambers for the meeting to begin. After a slight delay the Mayor opened...

SRM Development has requested that Councilmember Hodgson "be prohibited from participating further in this appeal in any manner." SRM documented their objection as follows: 1. Disqualification and Recusal of Councilmember Hodgson...

Change is good, right? Our recent budget mess means things are going to change whether we like it or not. What advise would you give to our City Council as they struggle to dig ourselves out of the current budget mess? What do we need to improve for the betterment ...

Kirkland Views received a copy of the letter from the City Clerk's office on July 24th. We chose not to publish the letter because it was merely a series of accusations. Based upon the City Council's decision to schedule a special meeting...