# CONDENSED TIMELINE
## Old Fire House Teen Center — Key Events
### Case Reference: OFH-2025-001 | April 2026

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## Building History (1950-2019)

| Date | Event | Source |
|------|-------|--------|
| ~1950 | OFH building constructed by 75 community volunteers; Redmond population ~570-600. Served as city's first city hall, police station, fire station, and jail. | Building records; KEXP oral history |
| ~1991-92 | Converted to teen center under Mayor Rosemarie Ives. Became all-ages music venue. | Former Mayor Ives testimony, March 17, 2026 |
| 1992-2019 | 2nd longest-running all-ages venue on the West Coast. Hosted early performances by members of Modest Mouse, Death Cab for Cutie, The Blood Brothers; hosted Elliott Smith, Murder City Devils. | Community records; KEXP; music press |
| Nov 5, 2019 | Angela Birney elected Mayor. Campaign funded 4:1 ($105K vs opponent Steve Fields' $24K). NLG bloc: $12,200+ (largest identified donor group). | PDC filings; `FOLLOW_THE_MONEY.md` |
| Nov 11-30, 2019 | 15+ shell Medium accounts created by Keith Birney network — 6 days post-election. | `MEDIUM_NETWORK_ANALYSIS.md` |
| Nov 19, 2019 | Lame-duck Council passes Ordinance 2979 (dissolves Redmond Public Corporation). | City of Redmond Ordinance 2979 |
| Dec 2019 | Ordinance 2982 passed — OFH deliberately NOT given landmark protection. | City of Redmond Ordinance 2982 |

## Maintenance Starvation (2017-2024)

| Date | Event | Source |
|------|-------|--------|
| 2017-2023 | $94,370 in capital maintenance requests systematically denied — 5 of 5 requests, 100% denial rate. Requests addressed safety hazards, ADA violations, and equipment failures. | Capital Equipment Requests 2018-2025; `FORENSIC_REPORT_COMPLETE.md` |
| Jan 2023 | "Alternate Facilities Plan" first appears on OFH team meeting agenda — 24+ months before public announcement. | OFH Team Meeting Agenda, January 2023 |
| Apr 2024 | $5.5M public land transferred to Plymouth Housing in 22-day sprint with zero public hearings. Same legal pipeline (Kenny/Sato). | `FOLLOW_THE_MONEY.md`; `PLYMOUTH_HOUSING_REPORT.md` |
| Jul 31, 2024 | Internal decision: OFH redesignated as "satellite site" in memo by Erica Chua. | Internal memo |
| Sep 2024 - Jan 2025 | **FIVE-MONTH EMAIL BLACKOUT** in PRA production — the period during which the PR firm was hired, FCA held in draft, and closure timeline finalized. Effectively zero emails produced. | `AFFIDAVIT_EXHIBITS.md` (Exhibit 8) |
| Nov 2024 | Facility Condition Assessment (FCA) presented to Council in DRAFT status (held in draft for 10 months). | FCA Summary Report v4 |
| Dec 2024 | Stepherson & Associates PR firm hired ($4,468.75/month — 45% more than annual building maintenance costs). | S&A Contract #10631 |

## Closure Execution (Jan-Mar 2025)

| Date | Event | Source |
|------|-------|--------|
| Jan 21, 2025 | PR firm formally begins campaign — 7 weeks before public disclosure. | S&A engagement records |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Earliest PR firm email in production: "Engagement Plan" already exists with weekly check-in schedule. | Email thread `50dd2d0139ce601e` |
| Feb 24-25, 2025 | City issues sprinkler maintenance bid (IFB 10861-25) — contradicts "unsafe building" narrative. | IFB 10861-25 |
| Feb 27, 2025 | DRAFT watermark removed from FCA by Sarah Partap (Meng Analysis) — 11 days before public announcement. | FCA report metadata |
| **Mar 4, 2025** | **Hamilton tells Freya Reiger: "There has been no such decision made about the Old Firehouse Teen Center."** At this moment: 110+ coordination emails active, PR firm working 6+ weeks, press release 3 business days away. | Email thread `652c1dabfad4ad64`, IDs 3750/3753 |
| Mar 4, 2025 | Same day: two "give me a call" channel-switching emails from Kyle Muir in 2 minutes. | Email records; `AFFIDAVIT_EXHIBITS.md` |
| Mar 7, 2025 | FAQ, web content, staff communications reviewed and approved by Mayor Birney — 32 emails, 8 revision rounds in a single day. | Email thread `c8498925179735f2` |
| Mar 10, 2025 | Mayor and Hamilton meet with RYPAC teens — told last, one day before public. | Event records |
| **Mar 11, 2025** | **PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT: "City Transitions Teen Programs from Old Fire House."** 784 emails on this day. | Press release; email volume analysis |
| Mar 20, 2025 | Tory Watson files surveillance report on community advocate Sasha Glenn ("Teen Center Observations 3/20"). | Email thread `0fc164f66ff00055`, ID 943 |
| Mar 20-21, 2025 | Surveillance report escalated through 5 levels to Mayor in 13.5 hours: Watson → Hagen → Chua → Houvener → Hamilton → Mayor + Malisa Files. | Email chain timestamps |
| **Mar 21, 2025** | **Code of Conduct reminder with "Permanent Expulsion" threat circulated.** One day after surveillance report. | Email thread `31c21ebda2d23656`, IDs 907-911 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Last show at OFH. Doors locked. | Community records |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Closure complete. City Council meeting — 886 emails (peak volume day in entire production). | Email volume analysis |
| Mar 26, 2025 | KIRO 7 news: "Teens, parents fighting to keep Redmond teen center." | KIRO 7 article |
| Mar 27, 2025 | KOMO News coverage. Hamilton quoted defending closure. | KOMO News article |
| Mar 30, 2025 | PRA production effectively stops — only 12 emails produced from April 2025 onward. | Production gap analysis |

## Post-Closure (2025-2026)

| Date | Event | Source |
|------|-------|--------|
| May 10, 2025 | Downtown Redmond Link Light Rail station opens — walking distance from OFH site. | Sound Transit |
| Jun 28, 2025 | New zoning: OFH site designated Transit-Oriented Development Focus Area — 144ft height / FAR 8.0 (enables 300-400 luxury residential units). | City of Redmond zoning code |
| Jul 22, 2025 | Council study session: renovation $9.3M / demolition + rebuild ~$12.1M. | 425 Business, Sept 19, 2025 |
| Fall 2025 | "Stakeholder Group" convened — 73% city-connected members, selected by closure planners, facilitated by PR firm. Scope excludes keeping the building. | Stakeholder recommendation report |
| **Nov 18, 2025** | **Council votes 6-0 to demolish and rebuild. No budget. No timeline. No renderings. No SEPA. No historic review.** Fields' two pro-renovation amendments defeated 2-4. Fields leaves before final vote. | Council minutes; 425 Magazine |
| Feb 25, 2026 | GovDeals auction of OFH music equipment opens. No right of first refusal offered to former users. | GovDeals listing (Seller #16505) |
| Mar 17, 2026 | Former Mayor Rosemarie Ives testifies against "premature demolition" — the Mayor who created the teen center. | Redmond Neighborhood Blog, March 25, 2026 |
| **Apr 4, 2026** | "Legacy Celebration" event — 5 bands, VERA Project screen printing, videographer, 13-hour street closure. Mayor Birney featured speaker. Cost undisclosed ($10K-$39K+ estimated). | City event listing; 425 Business |
| Mid-summer 2026 | Demolition target. | City of Redmond Teen Center Project page |

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*All dates sourced from public records obtained via PRA, city council records, news coverage, and computational forensic analysis of 7,573 documents.*
