Redmond Council adopts 2026 Transportation Master Plan and approves regional housing measures
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The Redmond City Council on Feb. 3 unanimously adopted the city's 2026 Transportation Master Plan as part of a consent agenda that also approved three housing-related resolutions supporting regional down-payment assistance and administration agreements.
The Redmond City Council unanimously adopted the city's 2026 Transportation Master Plan on Feb. 3 and approved multiple housing measures in a consent vote.
Council clerk read Ordinance No. 32 49 into the record, amending the Redmond 2050 comprehensive plan by adopting the 2026 Transportation Master Plan and updating the transportation and capital facilities elements. Council member Kritzer, who spoke before the vote, described the plan as an "ambitious" roadmap toward a low-carbon, multimodal city and thanked staff, the planning commission and advisory committees for extensive community input.
The consent agenda also included three resolutions tied to regional housing efforts: Resolution 1620 (authorizing a designated administering agency for a regional coalition for housing to execute documents using the city's Housing Trust Fund), Resolution 1621 (revisions to the House Key Plus ARCh East King County down-payment assistance program), and Resolution 1622 (authorizing the City of Bellevue to administer certain housing project agreements on Redmond's behalf). Kritzer noted the ARCh investments will support projects including the YWCA family village housing.
Council approved the consent agenda by voice vote with no members opposed. The measure will take effect under the ordinance's established effective date and move Redmond's transportation policy into implementation and capital-planning phases.
Background: Members of the public supported the Transportation Master Plan during the public-comment period. Maritza Lariano of Move Redmond praised the plan's emphasis on pedestrian safety and transportation choice; Mark Austrow noted state legislation on shared streets (referred to in public comment as "Senate Bill 55 95") and urged the city to pilot legal shared streets that give pedestrians right of way.
Next steps: City staff will incorporate the plan into project and capital-funding decisions; council and staff indicated further implementation work and community engagement will follow.
