City staff provided a broad operations and planning update to the Duval City Council covering water‑system work, transportation and land‑use items.

Public works and utilities
Steven Limichevsky, director of public works (presented by the city administrator), said the city is preparing for a reservoir upgrade and a full internal tank inspection next week in advance of a planned winter offline period. He described the inspection as a return to an internal inspection method many years since last used and said staff are preparing system checks to ensure the outage is not noticed by customers.

Transportation and mobility
Limichevsky discussed the mobility task force and the upcoming Week Without Driving (Sept. 29–Oct. 5), and noted the new King County Metro route 9‑31 to Woodinville and the DART 2‑24 routing. He said staff are exploring whether students can use existing Metro or Snoqualmie Valley Transit connections for school programs like running start.

Planning and building updates
Community development staff reported multiple active project reviews: the DuPont (resubmission under third review and likely to go to planning commission in about eight weeks), a Gen Society project (first‑round review complete), Acres of Diamond (first‑round review completing this week), and a north‑of‑Copper Hill Square mixed‑use pre‑application moving into formal review. Staff said the draft impact‑fee code amendment has been submitted to the Washington State Department of Commerce and will enter Commerce's 60‑day review, with planning commission workshops and a council adoption target in January. Staff also reported that historical permit scanning is 25% complete.

Why it matters: The reservoir work and inspections affect water reliability and scheduled service windows; the impact‑fee code amendment is the statutory first step for the city to change how it calculates and collects impact fees; multiple development reviews indicate near‑term construction activity in town.

No formal council action was requested; these were informational updates from staff.