Lake Forest Park council reviews 2025–30 capital improvement plan, requests fixes before formal adoption

LAKE FOREST PARK, Wash. — At a Lake Forest Park City Council work session Thursday, Jan. 9, councilmembers reviewed Resolution 25-1997, the draft 2025–2030 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), and directed staff to correct data discrepancies and return the plan for formal adoption.

The discussion focused on mismatches between the CIP “head sheet” and the detailed backup pages, unclear funding sources for several projects and whether certain costs were categorized correctly. Director Mark Hoffman, who presented the draft, said the CIP “lays out, as you remember from our presentation back in August, projects with funding challenges, the numbers are in red. Green was identified as projects that could be paid for by the new traffic camera revenue.”

Why it matters: the CIP schedules multi-year capital work — street overlays, stormwater repairs, park master planning, culverts and other infrastructure — and guides budgeting and grant applications. Councilmembers pressed staff to ensure project years, funding sources and project numbers match across all documents before the council takes a formal vote.

Major points raised

• Data and timing discrepancies: Multiple councilmembers noted that the summary sheet and the detail pages list different years for some projects. Councilmember Riddle asked when an updated, consolidated packet could be provided for final review. Hoffman said staff would clean up the backup pages and return the…