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Mountlake Terrace reassigns economic development to city manager, renames department
Summary
City Manager Jeff Knighton told the Planning Commission the economic development function will report directly to his office and the Community & Economic Development department will be renamed Community Development to separate regulatory work from business recruitment.
Jeff Knighton, Mountlake Terrace city manager, told the Planning Commission on March 9 that the city is reorganizing its development functions so economic development reports directly to the city manager while regulatory and planning work remains in a renamed Community Development department.
Knighton said the change responds to a long‑standing tension between staff who promote new business and staff who regulate development. "We wanted to change that to the…
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