Kenmore council was scheduled to weigh 2025 planning and housing work program

What the records say

In materials published ahead of the Jan. 13, 2025 City Council meeting, the record said the council was scheduled to consider an item on the 2025 Docket for the Planning Commission and City Council. The item included a memo reviewing the 2025 docket, a draft preliminary 2025 docket (updated Jan. 8), a draft preliminary docket analysis (updated Jan. 6), a draft preliminary schedule (updated Jan. 6), and a memo on the STEP Housing Work Program for 2025. ¹

• The Jan. 13, 2025 City Council agenda included an item on the 2025 Docket for the Planning Commission and City Council. ¹
• The docket item included a draft preliminary 2025 docket, a draft preliminary docket analysis, and a draft preliminary schedule. ¹
• A memo on the STEP Housing Work Program for 2025 was part of the docket item. ¹
• The record lists only titles of the memos and attachments, not their contents. ¹

Why it matters

The record's titles identify the docket as the items the Planning Commission and City Council were scheduled to take up in 2025. The STEP Housing Work Program memo indicates housing work was planned for 2025. Analysis: this shapes which development and housing proposals Kenmore considers ahead, though the specific items were not included in the published records. The available records establish what was scheduled, not what the meeting decided. ¹

What changed / what's next

• The 2025 docket for the Planning Commission and City Council was scheduled to be introduced for discussion at the Jan. 13, 2025 meeting, along with a STEP Housing Work Program memo for 2025. ¹
• The records do not establish the outcome of the Jan. 13, 2025 meeting.
• The actual items on the 2025 docket and the contents of the STEP Housing Work Program are not included in the records.
• The record lists a joint City Council–Planning Commission meeting on Jan. 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM.
• The available records do not establish the meeting's outcome.