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Planning director outlines 2026 work plan; microgrids, groundwater mapping and hazard-mitigation participation highlighted
Summary
Langley’s planning director presented the PAB work plan: resume Port of South Whidbey zoning-code amendments; advance a Department of Commerce resilient-microgrids grant (15 sites narrowed to 3 for full study: Fairgrounds, community center, St. Hubert's Church) with project completion planned for April; begin a Department of Health groundwater-mapping project targeting May completion and re-enter Island County’s hazard-mitigation plan.
Director Meredith Penny told the council that many 2025 items will roll into 2026, and she summarized priority items for the Planning Advisory Board and staff. Penny said the Port of South Whidbey zoning-code amendment request will be resumed and that Coles Valley’s long-plat processing has an annexation agreement that will require parallel amendment work.
Penny said staff used climate-element funds together with a Department of Health grant to begin a numerical groundwater-flow study to map aquifers that supply the city’s drinking water, with phase one of data collection complete and project completion targeted for May. On the Department of Commerce resilient-microgrids grant, Penny said the initial list of 15 candidate sites was narrowed to three for full study (the Fairgrounds, the community center and St. Hubert’s Church) and that the grant’s deadline is planned for April.
Penny also urged council to rejoin Island County’s hazard-mitigation-plan process so Langley can be annexed into the county plan and thereby be eligible for certain hazard-mitigation grants in the future; staff noted that not participating previously made Langley ineligible for some grants.
