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Community and economic development quarterly: comprehensive plan certified; Island Crossing EIS and Smoky Point park progress
Summary
Community Development staff reported certification of the 2024 comprehensive plan update, progress on Island Crossing planned action ordinance and draft environmental impact statement, Smoky Point Community Park phase work and upcoming community events, and various development and grant updates including a Brown Bear car‑wash parcel change.
Community and Economic Development staff updated council on second‑quarter activities, including certification of Arlington’s 2024 comprehensive plan update, ongoing work on an Island Crossing planned‑action ordinance and draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), and status reports on parks and private development.
Mark reported the comprehensive plan update has been certified and the city extended its contract with OTEC for remaining deliverables. He said the Island Crossing subarea planned‑action ordinance and draft EIS are in preparation and that the department anticipates a public open house on the draft EIS in July.
Staff reported continuing construction contracts for the Smoky Point Community Park and said a community event will be held Saturday with activities and live music. Mark said phase 2 of the Smoky Point park construction is under contract with Capture Energy and that Rock Project Management remains under contract for the Swaypoint Community Park.
Economic development items included an update on marketing outreach with Greater Seattle Partners, hangar and Northpointe property activity, EV charging installations at the Pilot Truck Center, and an extinguished development agreement that allowed an outparcel at the Bakermore/Optum site to move forward; Brown Bear Car Wash purchased the parcel and will proceed. Staff also reported ongoing grant management, digitization of planning records under a Department of Commerce grant, and that the city’s paper‑to‑digital conversion (initial laserfiche component) is online.
Staff said some grant applications (for culvert replacement at Eskom Creek, for example) remain pending and that the federal funding picture is uncertain for those projects.
