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Council Endorses Green Loop Outreach Plan; staff to contact roughly 70 private landowners before public release

Kirkland City Council · January 7, 2026
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Summary

After a lengthy presentation and public comment from neighborhood groups, the council approved staff’s recommendation to begin targeted outreach to private landowners within Phase 2 hatched areas and to hold a public meeting before April 1, 2026, with flexibility for staff on dates.

Parks staff and consultants presented a preliminary Green Loop implementation plan Jan. 6 that identified phase‑1 routes on public land and phase‑2 alignments that rely on partnerships with private property owners. The project builds on community work stretching back more than a decade and leverages King County parks levy funding and other grant sources.

Staff said community outreach produced nearly 900 survey responses, with strong…

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