The Redmond City Council adopted Ordinance 2025-14 to amend the 2040 Redmond Comprehensive Plan by incorporating the amended 2020 Transportation System Plan. Jessica McClanahan, director of public works and city engineer, and Kyle Roberts, planning director, presented the amendment and said it was a targeted update focused on growth assumptions for large-lot industrial land and the Ninth Street corridor.

Consultant Julia Kuhn said the analysis revised employment density assumptions—from a modest 1.5 employees per acre to between 10 and 15 per acre on large-lot industrial lands—and estimated roughly 6,500 employees could develop on those parcels and adjacent Ninth Street corridor properties. As a result, several intersections previously identified as long-term needs now appear likely to require improvements within the city’s 20-year planning horizon.

The amendment reconfirms the need for Ninth Street extensions, a possible southern interchange to provide alternative US-97 access, and refined timing and order-of-magnitude cost estimates. Kuhn said an interchange south of U Avenue could cost in the range of $50 million to $80 million depending on location. The plan update refines projects, phases, and transportation system development charge (TSDC) implications to help align the city’s CIP with regional partners including ODOT.

Mayor Fitch offered policy remarks urging a stronger city-led posture toward long-term transportation policy, noting concerns about ODOT’s engagement and urging a policy footnote supporting a southern interchange alignment that better serves an internal beltway concept. The public hearing produced no public speakers on the item; councilors voted to approve first and second readings and then to adopt Ordinance 2025-14 by roll call.