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Committee forwards multiple ordinances, contract amendments and PSE grant additions to GLS for Feb. consideration
Summary
On Feb. 3 the Planning & Community Development Committee moved several ordinances (26-002 through 26-005) to set public hearings and forwarded multiple motions — including an airport environmental site assessment ($53,894.36), three airport legal-contract amendments and two Puget Sound Energy grant additions totaling about $2.17 million — to the GLS consent agenda for Feb. 11.
The Snohomish County Planning & Community Development Committee on Feb. 3 forwarded multiple ordinances and motions to the General Legislative Session for council consideration, consolidating several technical code and fee changes and moving contract and grant amendments to the Feb. 11 consent agenda.
Deb Bell briefed the committee on ordinances 26-003, 26-004 and 26-005. Ordinance 26-003 would update development permit fees for transportation review (staff said some fees dated to 1991) to improve cost recovery (from about 33% toward 55%), while 26-004 would add and revise miscellaneous fees in County Code 30.86 for items including landslide-hazard deviations and channel mitigation reviews. Ordinance 26-005 would amend townhome permitting to eliminate separate mechanical and plumbing permits and align inspections with residential building permits. The committee moved each ordinance to GLS to set public hearings (requested hearing dates were Feb. 25, 2026).
Cynthia Foley presented Motion 26-041 requesting authorization for a Phase I/II environmental site assessment by Haley & Aldrich for $53,894.36 as due diligence for a potential county purchase of a 3.23-acre wooded parcel owned by the Air National Guard near Beverly Park Road and 11th Street in southwest Everett. "Motion 26 Dash041, authorizes the executive to send a formal task assignment for a phase 1 and 2 environmental site assessment completed by Haley and Aldrich for $53,894.36," Foley said. The committee agreed to forward the motion to GLS for consideration under the consent agenda on Feb. 11.
Foley also summarized three contract-amendment motions (26-046, 26-047, 26-048) to revise rate schedules and increase not-to-exceed amounts for airport environmental legal services agreements; the amendments included an $80,000 increase (bringing one contract to $450,000) and a $75,000 increase to another contract (bringing that contract to $2,775,000). The committee moved those items to GLS for Feb. 11 consent consideration.
On grant funding, Nicole Gourley said the county receives annual PSE funds for the low-income weatherization program and presented two amendments: amendment 15 (add $100,000 for 2025) and amendment 16 (add $2,070,338.19 for the 2026 award). A committee member asked whether the original contract has an expiration and how many extensions have been used; Gourley replied, "There isn't an expiration date under the original contract and it's just receiving the grant funding every year." Staff said they are exploring whether the underlying motion language can allow administrative approval for modest additional amounts so that late-year funding does not get delayed. The committee forwarded both grant amendments to GLS for consent consideration on Feb. 11.
Next steps: the items will appear on GLS agendas on Feb. 4 (to set hearings for ordinances) and Feb. 11 (consent items). No formal recorded roll-call votes on these forwards were taken in committee; staff noted motions were advanced by unanimous consent or because no objections were stated on the record.
