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Bothell council discusses 2026 committee assignments, ARCH pilot and potential SCA withdrawal
Summary
Councilmembers discussed committee and regional appointments for 2026, including an ARCH affordable-housing pilot, reinstating a Public Safety Committee, representation on transit and regional homelessness coalitions, and staff was directed to draft a recommendation about Sound Cities Association participation.
Bothell City Council spent the bulk of its organizational meeting discussing committee assignments and regional representation for 2026, hearing staff briefings and member preferences on a range of internal committees and interjurisdictional bodies.
City Manager Kyle Stander told the council staff had prepared a matrix and scoring tool to help members choose committee service and noted a new pilot opportunity: Bothell will pilot one councilmember appointment to ARCH, a regional coalition for affordable housing, for a one-year test. "As a pilot, there's a lot of room to shape how that one's gonna go," Stander said, urging council members to consider participation.
Councilmembers debated reinstating a Public Safety…
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