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Anacortes council reallocates $200,000 in REIT funding to prioritize pedestrian safety
Summary
The City Council adopted two ordinances amending the first-quarter operating budget and Capital Facilities Plan, removing $200,000 in 2026 REIT funds from the annual sidewalks and bikeways program to preserve matching capacity for grant-funded pedestrian-safety projects. Both ordinances passed 7–0.
The Anacortes City Council voted unanimously on March 16 to amend the first-quarter operating budget and the Capital Facilities Plan (CFP) to remove $200,000 in 2026 real-estate-excise-tax (REIT) transfers from the annual sidewalks and bikeways program and repurpose those funds to prioritize pedestrian-safety projects.
Finance director Steve Hoagland gave the staff overview, noting the CFP edits include four crosswalk…
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