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Council adopts 2026–2031 Transportation Improvement Program after public hearing; sidewalk and ped-bike projects prioritized
Summary
The Kenmore City Council held a public hearing on the draft six-year Transportation Improvement Program and voted unanimously to adopt Resolution 25-428 approving the 2026–2031 TIP; several pedestrian and pedestrian-bike projects were highlighted for near-term obligation.
The Kenmore City Council opened and closed a required public hearing on the draft 2026–2031 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and unanimously adopted Resolution 25-428 to approve the TIP.
Engineering Director John Vicente summarized the TIP and said Washington state law (RCW) requires annual adoption of a six-year plan that shows how transportation funds are proposed to be used. He emphasized the TIP is a planning document that must be consistent with the comprehensive plan and the city’s Complete Streets policy and noted the TIP is not fiscally constrained in the same way the capital improvement plan (CIP) is.
Vicente said the draft TIP carried over 20 projects from the previous period and highlighted three projects that were tentatively being awarded competitive grant funds: project 13 (150th Street sidewalk from 80th to 84th), project 15 (150th from 81st to 84th) and project 16 (170th pedestrian-bike improvements). He also said the city removed a large corridor project on 80th Avenue (190th to city limits) and replaced it with a smaller, more-scoped project on 80th Avenue from 185th to 190th to make grant scoping more realistic.
Vicente described a slope-stability project on 160th (listed as 60 Sixth Avenue in the packet) and reported 2024 accomplishments: 40 linear feet of new bike lane and 620 linear feet of new sidewalk, with higher delivery expected in 2026 as designs complete.
The public hearing had no registered speakers in person or virtually. Council member Shrubnick asked about the TIP’s relationship to the local road safety plan; Vicente said the local road safety plan identifies smaller safety improvements that can be added to the TIP or CIP when appropriate. Following a motion and second, the clerk took roll call and the resolution passed unanimously: Shrevnick (yes), Marshall (yes), Culver (yes), Lutzis (yes), Sassen (yes), Deputy Mayor O'Kane (yes), Mayor Herbig (yes).
Vicente and staff urged prompt obligation of grant awards once documentation arrives. The TIP will be filed as required with the state Secretary of Transportation; staff emphasized project lists in the TIP are planning-level and project funding and final scopes will be governed by the adopted CIP and grant agreements.
