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The 2014 TYP Stormwater Drainage Guidelines are based in part on methodologies from the outdated 1992 King County Surface Water Design Manual.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· Updates outdated TYP standard plans document to incorporate past 10+ years of changes.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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Yarrow Point Residents
We are officially halfway through the 94th Ave NE Underground Conversion Project!
I really appreciate everyone's patience and understanding as the construction continues.
NOTE: We are working with Fury to keep the dust down. This effort includes sweeping at the end of each workday, watering as needed, and scheduling the pavement restoration as soon as feasible. Please be patient as this effort will continue for ~4 more weeks; pavement restoration is tentatively scheduled for early/mid-October.
Update for Wednesday 9/4/2024
AVOID!!! 9400 to 9500 NE 40th Street Thursday 9/5!!
Traffic will be set up and the road will be open, but, with the exception of emergency vehicles, you will experience delays and/or tight detours.
Next week the crew will be spread out, up and down 94th, as they work to blow out and proof the conduit system prior to the PSE mainline crew coming in.
Other Items:
- The Contractor is working this Friday 9/6/24!! Likely at the north end of 94th.
- PSE - Potelco underground wiring crew is expected to roll into town with their trucks the week of 9/16. Once they start, they will be in town for 3 weeks. They will be followed by Comcast, who will be followed by Lumen.
- Contractor has been warned about starting work early, speeding, and watching out for pedestrians and pets.
- Town staff and our inspector continue to work with residents and purveyors regarding any utility impacts/ outages.
- Please be courteous to traffic control workers.
Stacia Schroeder, PE
Yarrow Point - Town Engineer
Cell Phone: 206.276.8922
Email: sschroeder@yarrowpointwa.gov
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