Sammamish resident Karen Moran announced Tuesday she intends to run for Sammamish City Council.

Moran is currently commissioner and board president of Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District and secretary of Sammamish Kiwanis. She is a trained member of FEMA’s Community Emergency Response Team for the region including Sammamish.

Moran has lived in Sammamish for nearly 30 years. Together with her husband, Rich, she has raised three children. She has been involved in community development at the local, regional and state levels.

Moran worked toward the founding of the city of Sammamish. In addition to initiating the Sammamish incorporation effort, her list of community endeavors include serving as a Parent Teacher Student Association president, as well as serving on the city’s Parks Board, the Planning Advisory Board, the Planning Commission, the Washington State Boundary Review Board and the King County Women’s Advisory Board.

Moran said her vision for Sammamish is “centered on remembering why we all wanted to live here.”

“Sammamish is a bedroom community that is growing faster than our infrastructure can handle,” Moran stated in a press release. “While this is a regional problem, Sammamish needs a plan to enable us [to] address the impacts within the city. What is coming in the new Town Center will bring many new residents and businesses to our city. We need infrastructure in place to handle this new load and that infrastructure must be implemented currently with this new growth.”

Moran holds a degree in accounting and has worked in various capacities for the Lake Washington School District as well as in private business. She said she believes strongly in fiscal responsibility.

“Sammamish is going to have some tough choices to make. To meet the challenges, transparency in government is a must, and citizens’ opinions and concerns must be solicited and addressed in a timely fashion,” she said. “We live in a beautiful area and we all need to work together to preserve what we can so that it can be enjoyed for years to come. This will only be accomplished by a community working together.”