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Mill Creek weighs regional growth‑center designations at Ash Way and Mariner as light rail planning advances
Summary
City staff briefed the Mill Creek City Council on Snohomish Countyand Puget Sound Regional Council efforts to designate Ash Way and Mariner as regional growth centers tied to planned light rail stations, outlining potential density increases, a memorandum of understanding, and a timeline of county and regional decisions.
Mill Creek officials heard a presentation June 3 on Snohomish County—s application to the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) to designate the Ash Way and Mariner station areas as regional growth centers tied to future light rail service.
The briefing, given by city staff member Richard Todd, explained that PSRC—s regional center designations are used to prioritize federal transportation funding and that the proposed designations align with Snohomish County—s new "light rail communities" planning around stations. "The goal for tonight—s presentation [is] no expectation of action tonight, but this is gonna be something you—ll be dealing with in the future," Todd said.
The presentation said county planning proposes a roughly 96% increase in units per acre for the Mariner area (about a doubling of current density) and about a 250% increase around Ash Way. Todd said light…
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