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Your weekly update from the City of Redmond.
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Get Ready for Election Day and Vote Early
As we near the Nov. 5 presidential election, now is a great time to remember that voting is both our right and our duty, so make sure to cast your ballot. Here is some information about voting in Redmond:
- Ballot boxes are located at Redmond City Hall (15670 NE 85th Street, Redmond, 98052), the Redmond Community Center at Marymoor Village (6505 176th Avenue NE, Redmond, WA 98052), and the Redmond Ridge at the Park and Ride (22845 NE Cedar Park Crescent, Redmond, WA 98053).
- Ballot boxes will remain open from now through 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Please be careful in these areas and watch for cars/pedestrians returning their ballots. Also, due to an expected high volume of traffic, please do not park in the circle outside City Hall Nov. 4 - 5.
- If you have not registered to vote yet, you have until Oct. 28 to register or update your registration online or by mail and until 8 p.m. on Nov. 5 to register and vote in person at one of King County’s Vote Centers.
The following city buildings and locations will close at 4 p.m. on Election Day: City Hall, Redmond Senior & Community Center, Redmond Community Center at Marymoor Village, Farrel-McWhirter Park, and the Old Fire House Teen Center.
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Learn About the Impact of 2117 on Redmond
Redmond City Council voted unanimously to oppose Initiative 2117, which would repeal the state’s Climate Commitment Act (CCA). Redmond has benefited from more than $2.2 million in grants funded by the CCA to provide transportation improvements, climate mitigation and adaptation planning, and heat pumps for low-income community members through Energy Smart Eastside. If Initiative 2117 passes this November, Redmond will lose $1 million in grant funding for the first electric fire engine in the state.
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See Environmental Sustainability Progress
Read our Environmental Sustainability Action Plan (ESAP) Annual Report. The ESAP is our roadmap to an environmentally sustainable community and net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This report captures the top implementation highlights in 2023 and 2024, status updates for key performance indicators relative to the 2011 baseline, and a summary of work underway.
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Learn How Redmond Zones are Changing
We heard from community members their desire for a more walkable community with mixed-use zones where homes, goods, and services are all located close by. As Redmond grows, expect to see more housing options and services in mixed-use zones so people can live closer to where they shop and work.
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Find Your Future Career in Firefighting
Join a free diversity and recruitment workshop hosted by the King County Fire Chiefs Association from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16, at the Redmond Senior & Community Center. This event is designed to help potential candidates be successful in the pre-hiring, hiring, training, and career segments of their professional journey. This event is especially welcoming of underserved persons in the emergency services industry, including the BIPOC community, women, the LGBTQIA+ community, bilingual adults, and those with little to no experience in or around the fire service.
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No Lead in Redmond’s Service Lines
In 2021, the US Environmental Protection Agency issued new rules requiring water systems across the country to check water service lines connected to their system and determine whether lead pipes are present by October 2024. Redmond completed this process earlier this year, and we are pleased to report that Redmond does not have any lead service lines.
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Fall Back and Change Your Batteries
Daylight saving time ends on Sunday, Nov. 3. While you are changing your clocks back an hour, remember to also change the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide (CO) detectors.
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