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University Place council reviews 2026 legislative agenda, lists seven projects and policy priorities for Olympia
Summary
Council held a study session to finalize project requests and policy positions for the 2026 state legislative session, listing seven capital projects and several policy asks (police funding clarification, mandate costs, local design-control authority, SHAPE housing collaboration, emergency planning funding).
City staff and council on Oct. 6, 2025 reviewed a proposed legislative agenda for the 2026 session in Olympia, including a project list of seven capital needs and a set of policy requests the city may ask its state delegation to support.
City Manager Steve Sugg and Public Works Director Jack Eklund framed the discussion by noting the 2026 session is a short session (60 days) and that state funding is expected to be limited. “Just keep that in mind in terms of the ability for legislators to pass legislation and get their business done,” Sugg said during the study session. Eklund summarized the project list that staff proposes to forward to legislators: completing design for the Day Island (Bridal) Bridge; a traffic-signal upgrade project…
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