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Lynnwood holds public hearing on ‘Imagine Lynnwood’ comprehensive plan as staff outlines growth allocations through 2044
Summary
City planning staff presented a draft comprehensive plan that would accommodate roughly 25,000 more residents and about 14,000 new housing units by 2044; public commenters raised concerns about density, parking and trees. Council closed the hearing and staff will return with an adoption ordinance for consideration in two weeks.
City planning staff presented a draft "Imagine Lynnwood" comprehensive plan at the Lynnwood City Council business meeting on Jan. 13, 2025, detailing where the city would accommodate projected population and job growth through 2044. Community Planning Manager Carl Almgren told the council the draft plans for a total population of about 63,735 — roughly 25,000 additional residents — and an increase of approximately 14,000 housing units within existing city boundaries.
The plan, which staff said has been reviewed by the Puget Sound Regional Council and the Washington State Department of Commerce, uses the Growth Management Act framework and allocations developed through Snohomish County Tomorrow and related regional processes. Almgren said the draft also aims to increase the city’s job count by roughly 20,000 to 22,000 jobs and to focus growth in the City Center/Alderwood area, Highway 99 and the college district.
Why this matters: the adopted plan sets the city’s policy framework for land use, housing, transportation and utilities for the next 20 years, establishes…
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