Council authorizes mayor to sign settlement agreement in developer appeal after executive session

City Attorney Joanna briefed the council on a settlement reached that morning between developer QMC (referred to in the record) and neighboring property owner David Grampa, resolving an appeal of a mixed‑use permit. She said two other appeals had been dismissed and that the remaining appeal by Grampa had been subject to motions; the parties agreed to a settlement and both had signed the agreement.

Joanna told the council staff and the city attorney’s office reviewed the settlement and that the terms the city might agree to did not include monetary obligations for the city. She asked the council to enter a closed session under RCW 42.31.110(1)(i) to discuss litigation with legal counsel. The council entered executive session at approximately 7:36 p.m. for 10 minutes, reconvened at about 7:46 p.m., and then moved and voted to authorize the mayor to execute the settlement agreement by adopting Resolution 1883.

The settlement and the council’s authorization were recorded in the meeting minutes; the transcript identifies the developer as QMC (also referred to in the record as Cortera or Quartera in variant spellings) and the neighbor as David Grampa. The record does not show monetary terms for the city and indicates the settlement resolves the outstanding appeal by Grampa.