Bothell staff: city-funded historic inventory to begin Q4; downtown plan outreach will involve Landmark Preservation Board

City staff told the Bothell Landmark Preservation Board on May 14 that the city has funded a comprehensive historic resources inventory scheduled to begin about Q4 2025 and run through mid‑2026, and that staff will engage the board during outreach for the downtown subarea plan.

“— we did receive funding within the biennial budget for a historic resources inventory that is going to kick off, starting around Q4 this year and run through the middle of 2026,” said Christian Gitz, deputy community development director.

The inventory and the downtown subarea plan matter because the inventory will update the city—s regulatory records and inform potential nominations to the Bothell Register of Historic Landmarks, while the subarea plan could affect preservation overlays and how the downtown area manages new growth. Staff described the inventory as a reconnaissance‑level survey intended to correct location errors in the state database, to record properties that have become age‑eligible since the last citywide survey, and to document what still…