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Mill Creek reports $1.8M Safe Streets federal award and applies for up to $500K state climate-planning grant

City of Mill Creek City Council · January 7, 2026

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Summary

City staff announced selection for a $1.8 million Federal Highway Administration Safe Streets for All grant to fund six projects and reported a Department of Commerce application for up to $500,000 to help prepare a required climate-change subelement to the comprehensive plan.

City staff reported two grant developments at the Jan. 6 meeting: formal selection for a $1.8 million Federal Highway Administration Safe Streets for All grant, and a submitted Department of Commerce application for up to $500,000 to support adoption of a climate-change subelement.

The Safe Streets grant will fund six projects described by city engineering staff, including quick-build safety improvements (crosswalks and related treatments) on sections of 35th Avenue and Mill Creek Boulevard, a corridor study of 35th Avenue, pilot education and enforcement campaigns, a Safe Routes to School plan coordination with the district, and a citywide lighting assessment. The award requires a $450,000 match; staff proposed reallocating capital funds to meet the match, bringing the total available for the projects to $2,250,000.

Separately, staff applied for a Department of Commerce first-come, first-served grant to fund analysis and consultant work required to adopt the state-mandated climate-change subelement to the comprehensive plan (due by 2029). If selected, the grant can provide up to $500,000 for technical work (greenhouse-gas inventories and related analysis); the city expects to learn results in one to two months and run an RFP for a consultant if awarded.

City staff said both moves are intended to accelerate planning and capital work in 2026; council members congratulated staff for securing the federal award and noted follow-up capital reallocation and RFP steps.