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Resolution
No: 1329
A Resolution Of The Edmonds City Council
Thanking
Strom Peterson for His Service To The Edmonds City Council
Whereas, Strom Peterson has been on the City Council since he was appointed on January
20, 2009 to fill Council Position #2 and was elected to two consecutive terms in office.
He served as Council President for two sequential years and provided leadership over
a range of land use and financial issues; and
Whereas, while on the Council, he worked with three Mayors, a team of professional and dedicated
City staff, a new City Attorney, and a complex and changing City Council. His poise
and reasoned approach helped him to transact with different people in an equitable and
objective m anner. He also worked tirelessly on environmental and sustainability issues
such as enacting the first plastic bag ban in the State of Washington, the safety issues
surrounding having coal and oil trains traversing through Edmonds, and preserving the
waterfront in our City. Some of his passions as a Councilmember were seeing
Edmonds as a pioneer New Energy City, with a plan to steadily reduce fossil fuel
dependence using energy efficiency, solar power, and electric vehicles; preserving the
public health, water resources, oceans, and food production; establishing a Veterans
Plaza in the City; improving the transportation infrastructure systems; and his goal is to
maintain Edmonds as a vibrant place to work, live and play; and
Whereas, Councilmember Peterson, has also worked diligently as a m ember of the
Regional Fire Authority Planning Comm ittee which was formed in Januar y 2011 to
begin a process, along with Snohom ish County Fire District 1, of exploring the
possibilit y of joining with neighboring jurisdictions in the form ation of a regional fire
authorit y to serve the citizens of southwest Snohom ish County (Fire Districts 1 and 7,
Brier, Edm onds, Lynnwood, Mill Creek, Mountlake Terrace, Mukilteo and the T own of
W oodway). He sat on a variety of committees and boards including the following:
Finance, Public Safety/Personnel, Community/Development Services now
(Parks/Planning/Public Works), Disability Board, Economic Development, Municipal
Court Review, PFD Oversight, Snohomish County Economic Development Board,
Seashore Transportation Forum 2009, Highway 99 Task Force, Long-Range Task
Force, Community Transit (Alt), City-Wide Parking, Lake Ballinger Work Group, PFD
Task Force, and SERS.
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Now, Therefore, Be it Resolved, that Strom Peterson be applauded and
thanked for serving the City of Edmonds as a distinguished Council President and Councilmember.
The Council looks forward to his continued dedication and service to the citizens of Edm onds as he
takes his place as the State House Representative for the 21st District.
Passed, Approved, and Adopted this 6th day of January,
2015.
David O. Earling, Mayor
Diane Buckshnis, Councilmember
Kristiana Johnson, Councilmember Adrienne Fraley-Monillas, Councilmember
Thomas Mesaros, Councilmember Joan Bloom, Councilmember
Lora Petso, Councilmember
Attest: Scott Passey, City Clerk