Bothell City Council Meeting - October 13, 2026

The October 13, 2026, regular meeting of the Bothell City Council included procurement and funding discussions alongside public hearings and study sessions. On consent, the council voted 5–0 to continue the city’s regional partnerships with ARCH and RACER, including commitments to provide necessary funds in the final budget. The council also voted 5–0 to direct staff to pursue code amendments for a Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) and Landscape Conservation and Local Infrastructure Program (LCIP). A feasibility analysis estimated about $25.65 million in additional revenue over 25 years—approximately $19.35 million for Bothell and $6.3 million for the county—but no final program terms or funding commitments were set. The bike-parking standards proposal received a public hearing; no adoption vote occurred in the transcript.

Staff outlined Bothell’s move toward direct Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) entitlement funding, with an estimated 2027 allocation of roughly $240,000. The council received an update on the required public-participation process; no action was taken. In a tourism-strategy study session, staff described plans to hire a consultant and later develop an RFP for a marketing agency. A six-month extension of the Street Sense tourism-marketing contract, discussed at approximately $130,000, was presented as a bridge while the strategy is developed; the transcript contains no formal vote approving it. Budget and capital discussions included a projected increase in the Bothell Way multimodal project’s total cost from about $88.7 million to $258 million, with roughly $87 million for phases 1–2 within the current seven-year capital facilities plan and phase 3’s estimated $136 million outside that period. No budget or capital-plan approvals were taken at this study session.