Future Teen Center
At a glance
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- What: the city's planned investment in a new teen center, with council direction (end of 2025) to center teen voices.
- Where it stands: at the joint meeting, councilmembers asked how the Parks, Trails, and Recreation Commission wants to be involved; the commission has received updates and had a member on an earlier stakeholder group, but it is not a standing agenda item.
- Next: council staff update on the last Tuesday of October; community meetings expected next year or sooner.
Discussion at the joint meeting
- Parsi asked whether the commission had thought about the project and how it wanted to be involved. Commissioners said it had received updates, that the earlier senior center project moved fast with little commission involvement, and that the youth advocates on the commission would like to be involved as much as the city allows.
- Two youth advocates on the commission (not named here) offered views: the prior teen center's music focus reached few teens, and outreach should reach more youth, for example through the school system.
- Kritzer said outreach was recently done at Redmond High School and in the community, and that recreation-minded commissioners should engage too.
Sources
Discussion time
About 6 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).
| Meeting | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 - City Council Special Meeting | 6 |
Log
- 2026-10-13 - City Council Special Meeting — Councilmembers asked the commission how it wants to be involved; youth advocates offered feedback on focus and outreach; no decisions.
- 2026-10-06 - City Council Business Meeting — Approved consultant services agreement supplement with Progressive Design Build Consulting for $268,958 (AM No. 26-146, approved 7-0). Wolfe Adriatico spoke during Items from the Audience expressing concerns about needing more teen voices in the project. Loreen Hamilton (Parks and Recreation Director) responded to councilmember inquiries.
- 2026-10-27 - Committee of the Whole - Parks and Environmental Sustainability Meeting - Teen Center project update and Old Fire House Teen Center demolition final contract with Dickson Company (CM 26-614), slated for consent; outcome not recorded.
- 2026-11-02 - City Council Special Meeting - Old Fire House Teen Center demolition contract on the agenda; see Old Fire House Teen Center Demolition Contract.