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Stormwater plan update maps climate risks, proposes projects and defers rate increases until 2027
Summary
The draft 2025–2031 Stormwater Comprehensive Plan update outlines Ecology permit-driven requirements, climate-resilience goals and prioritized capital projects; staff plans to hold a public hearing and present a rate-adoption vote on Feb. 6.
Mountlake Terrace staff presented the draft 2025–2031 Stormwater Comprehensive Plan update and supporting rate study, highlighting new Department of Ecology permit requirements, flood-prone areas, prioritized capital projects and a proposed schedule of rate increases that begins in 2027.
Laura Reed, the city’s stormwater program manager, told the council the city’s updated Ecology permit (2024–2029) requires new documentation and policies including tree‑canopy goals, limits on runoff from PFAS/PCBs in some discharges, new technical stormwater requirements for construction and…
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