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From: Mark Vincent <gomarkvi@yahoo.com>
To: Council <council@redmond.gov>; Vanessa Kritzer <vkritzer@redmond.gov>
Subject: Re: Redmond Teen Center
Date: 2025-03-29 21:45:12-10:00

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I appreciate the quick response and information on this Vanessa.  I will track and participate on this using the suggested meetings and online resources. I'm hoping a good outcome will come out of the upcoming public and transparent discussions.  Thanks.

Mark

On Friday, March 28, 2025 at 04:59:22 PM PDT, Vanessa Kritzer <vkritzer@redmond.gov> wrote: 



Hi Mark,

 

Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. I am responding as Council Ombudsperson for the month of March to let you know the City Council has received your comments.

 

Our Council cares deeply about engaging with our teens and entire community about the future of the Old Fire House Teen Center. Our utmost concern is for the safety of our residents. We recognize the important legacy and significance of the Old Fire House Teen Center. The future of the Old Fire House Teen Center building will be determined through a public process with the City Council, and the significance and community value of the facility will be considered. The public process will include many opportunities for community input and engagement. To stay up to date on those opportunities, we encourage you to frequently visit the following webpage: www.redmond.gov/Teen-Services <http://www.redmond.gov/Teen-Services> 

 

The next City Council Study Session we have planned on this topic is scheduled for Tuesday, April 22nd at 7pm. You can come watch it live in City Hall or on Comcast Channel 21/321, Ziply Channel 34, on our Facebook Live page (@CityofRedmond), or at www.redmond.gov/rctvlive <http://www.redmond.gov/rctvlive> . Note that we don’t take public comments at study sessions, but you can come to our Business Meetings on the 1st or 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7pm to make a comment up to 3 minutes per speaker during Items from the Audience.

 

Best,

Vanessa

 

Vanessa Kritzer (she/her)

City Council President, City of Redmond

	
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From: Mark Vincent <gomarkvi@yahoo.com> 
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2025 2:38 PM
To: Council <Council@redmond.gov>
Subject: Redmond Teen Center

 

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To: Redmond City Council

 

I just got done watching a story on KIRO news <https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kiro7.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fteens-parents-fighting-keep-redmond-teen-center-closing-down%2FYPS5ZUUDUNHNVP3TOX2SXIQZYI%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cjanderson%40redmond.gov%7Cd6a5625b3af94eabf11308dd6f5ed04f%7Ccb894d07355f495fb9c1a2a6d84a7468%7C0%7C0%7C638789175237974378%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=HHGsFPHR6SF7TXLB5SuzBm%2FHY%2Bk28hxEMQ9p53CHspE%3D&reserved=0>  about the city leadership unilaterally deciding to close the Redmond Teen Center with no or little notice to the facility, NO PUBLIC discussion, and no clear or truthful reason for closure.  

 

Listen.  My wife, family and I have been members of the Redmond community as long as this facility has been serving the city's teen population (1992).  It's distressing and, frankly, unacceptable, to learn that our own City government would take such an action without any well-advanced notification to the facility itself, let-alone no public discussion for a long-standing service for our younger population.  

 

With all the current chaos being thrown out in government at the federal level, this type of action makes the community feel that much more disconnected and distrusting of our local government.  I would hope this is something the Mayor & Council do not want as an outcome here.

 

This needs to be discussed at length in an expected public discussion along with an explanation for the abrupt closure.  If this is yet another play to sell city properly to build more apartments with your Developer of choice, at the expense of a great long-standing service to our Teen community, I certainly know where our votes will be heading next.  Let's do the right thing here.

 

I would like a response back on this concern (and not an automated response).  Thank you.

 

Mark  Vincent

14221 NE 72nd St

Redmond, WA 98052

+1 (425) 985-8519

 

 

 

 

 

 



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