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The 2014 TYP Stormwater Drainage Guidelines are based in part on methodologies from the outdated 1992 King County Surface Water Design Manual.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· Updates outdated TYP standard plans document to incorporate past 10+ years of changes.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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| PROJECT CONTACT | Town Engineer |
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94th Ave NE / NE 38th St/ NE 40th Underground Utility Conversion Project
The Town of Yarrow Point is making major capital improvements at the following locations:
- 94th Ave NE: NE 38th St to 92nd Ave NE
- NE 38th Street: 92nd Ave NE to 94th Ave NE
- NE 40th Street: 92nd Ave NE to 95th Ave NE
Bellevue Utilities Department replaced their water main from 3800 – 4646 94th Ave NE and is wrapping up their work as of March 2024.
In 2024 the Town of Yarrow Point will be replacing the stormwater pipe from:
- 4408 – 4646 94th Ave NE
- 9200-9400 NE 40th
- 9200-9300 NE 38th
- 3838 94th Ave NE – spot repair
April 22, 2024 Update:
Fury Site Works will perform the undergrounding work from roughly June 3rd – January 3rd. Note, however, they are currently working with the US Fish and Wildlife Service and may be granted permission to start as soon as May 15th. Once the project begins, please watch out for construction vehicles and DO NOT park on the town right-of-way unless absolutely necessary. Contractor construction parking plans will be strictly enforced.
Stacia Schroeder, PE
Yarrow Point – Town Engineer
Phone: 206-276-8922
Email: sschroeder@yarrowpointwa.gov
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| PROJECT CONTACT | Town Engineer |
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