Current Town Initiatives
Comprehensive Plan Update
During the January 2023 Yarrow Point Town Council Meeting, the Council directed the Town Planner to provide regular updates on the ongoing efforts to update the Town’s Comprehensive Plan.
The Town Planner is reviewing preliminary checklist results with the Regional Planning Assistant at the Department of Commerce, and communications to that end are ongoing. The planning team is also reviewing the Puget Sound Regional Council’s Plan Review manual to ensure full cooperation and coordination with regional planning authorities. Work on public outreach also began with discussing desired goals and focuses with the Planning Commission during the January Special Meeting.
Further outreach and engagement will begin as the team plans on adding Comprehensive Plan Update information to the Yarrow Point website, sending out information in the newsletter, and coordinating a mailer campaign to inform residents of this process and the public’s role therein. This effort will occur as the team also begins a coordinated effort to bring the existing Comprehensive Plan to a baseline level of compliance through chapter-wise reviews.
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2023 TYP Stormwater Manual and Standards Update
The 2014 TYP Stormwater Drainage Guidelines are based in part on methodologies from the outdated 1992 King County Surface Water Design Manual. Since 1992, surrounding jurisdictions have adopted more recent versions of the King County Surface Water Design Manual or the Department of Ecology’s Stormwater Management Manual for Western Washington with a prepared addendum to address any specific deviations. Additionally, the 2010 TYP Standard Plans and Notes need to be updated. The Town Council approved Gray & Osborne, Inc’s to provide updates to the Town’s Stormwater Drainage Guidelines and Standard Plans and Notes at the January 10, 2023 regular Town Council meeting.
Gray & Osborne has experience updating these review and planning tools and the final product will be one that:
· Reflects current stormwater design methodologies and best management practices.
· Updates outdated TYP standard plans document to incorporate past 10+ years of changes.
· Cross references our current planning documents (ie. Yarrow Point Municipal Code, permit and inspection
procedures, etc.) to verify they correspond with each other.
· Corresponds with the 2024 TYP Comprehensive Plan updates.
· Allows for easier plan review.
Town staff expects a draft of the two documents by May 15, 2023.
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PLEASE READ for important information about the 10-day outlook:
Update for Wednesday 12/12/2024
1.) Fury's will complete restoration activities until 12/23/24 including:
- Shoulder restoration
- Irrigation
- Asphalt prep
- Help utilities at handhole locations with cut overs.
A copy of the restoration plan is on file with the Town Deputy Clerk - Austen Wilcox. If you have questions after reviewing the restoration plan, please reach out to the Town Engineer - Stacia Schroeder via email [email protected]
2.) PSE's Line Crew (Potelco) - is onsite this week and actively engaging with private contractors and town staff to complete as much of their work as possible prior to the Christmas holiday. Their efforts will carry over into January and we are now expecting all poles to be pulled by Jan. 31, 2025.
NOTE: PSE's Private OH to UG project manager is actively reaching out to individual contractors, Town staff, and the G&O inspector to begin scheduling the cutovers. Based on that conversation we expect this work will take place in the next two weeks (starting Monday 12/9 at the earliest). If you are a resident who is working with a private electrician to have work done, please note that he will be reaching out with an update in the next few days or as scheduling information becomes available. This site-specific work will continue at each affected address off and on over the next 2 weeks while Comcast is doing cutovers and stringing private UG line as well.
3.) Comcast's time on-site was extended. They now plan to be on-site from 12/12 - 12/23
Lumen's line crew has removed their OH wires, but needs to UG their existing pedestals 12/16 - 12/23
4.) Contractor work hours are strictly 7am - 6pm M-F, but we are making some exceptions for paving due to necessity.
Stacia Schroeder, PE
Yarrow Point - Town Engineer
Cell Phone: 206.276.8922
Email: [email protected]
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| PROJECT CONTACT | Town Engineer |
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