Shoreline council to swear in new members at Monday's meeting
Saturday, January 2, 2016
Newly elected council members will be sworn in at the Shoreline City Council meeting on Monday, January 4, 2016: Keith Scully, Doris McConnell, and Jesse Salomon.
In the consent calendar, these items have already been discussed and need only to be voted on:
- Contract with the Shoreline Lake Forest Park Arts Council
- Contract with the Shoreline Historical Museum
- Contract with Scott Strathy for consultant services for the RADAR program
The study item for the evening is the Promote Shoreline ad campaign to promote Shoreline to new residents and businesses. Documents here.
The council will then go into executive session to discuss litigation.
The council will then go into executive session to discuss litigation.
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I can understand why we would want to advertise to businesses, since more business tax income would reduce our city's excessive reliance on property tax to maintain services. But why are we paying money to advertise to new residents? Anybody with half a brain and access to Internet real estate listings can figure out on their own that Shoreline is a good deal. All that a higher profile will achieve is greater density, that I think we can all agree that current residents don't want, and higher profits for developers.
It would be a much more responsible use of public funds to spend this money on sidewalks instead of a frivolous ad campaign.
Why do we need to advertise for new residents if Light Rail is running right down the middle with high density around the stations? Does the council fear someone will build apartments but no one will come? This particular idea of advertising is really poorly thought-out - I can't make it to city council meetings but I vehemently disagree with the plan. And "Squatch" is a particularly poor idea. He will drive down property values for sure! If you must advertise, end the agreement with whomever came up with him, and put out a call for local residents to design a mascot. It works for the Arts Fair.
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