Maple Valley council split 4–3 on whether to correct MFTE process narrowly or restart adoption
Councilors divided over whether to accept a narrow technical fix recommended by the city attorney or to repeal the entire MFTE ordinance and restart the process to give residents fuller notice; debate centered on public trust, tax-shift implications and whether recent state options (including 20-year ownership variants) had been considered.
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Council debate at the April 6 study session centered less on whether the city needs more housing than on how the council should correct the procedural error in the MFTE adoption. Some council members favored a narrow repeal of the RTA‑map subsection to avoid delaying housing projects and to correct the record quickly. One council member voiced support for the attorney's approach: "I will support the city attorney on this, and then when it comes back... I still will be supporting this," (supporting a procedural fix) citing the need to preserve momentum for housing.
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