Kenmore Planning Commission packet outlines four recommended Housing Strategy Plan priorities

What the records say

The June 16, 2026 Planning Commission agenda lists a Housing Strategy Plan item with a staff memo and recommended actions ¹. A staff memo dated June 9, 2026 lays out twelve candidate actions developed by staff and A Regional Coalition for Housing (ARCH) to implement the Housing Element of the Comprehensive Plan, evaluates each against six feasibility criteria (cost, capacity, efficacy, alignment, time scale, and schedule), and identifies four recommended near-term priorities: Manufactured Home Community Preservation, Housing on Faith-Based and Public Surplus Lands, Calibrated MFTE and Inclusionary Zoning for Downtown and TOD areas, and a Community Housing Outcomes Report ¹. Staff ask the Commission to confirm or adjust the four priorities, give direction on sequencing and any actions to add or defer, and authorize staff and ARCH to develop scopes, schedules, and resource estimates supporting a future recommendation to Council ¹. This is part of ongoing 2026 discussions between staff and the Commission on the Housing Strategy Plan ¹. The available records are pre-meeting materials and do not establish what the Commission decided on June 16 ¹.

• The June 16, 2026 Planning Commission agenda lists a Housing Strategy Plan update presentation and discussion ¹.
• Staff and ARCH developed twelve candidate actions and recommend four near-term priorities: manufactured home community preservation, housing on faith-based and public surplus lands, calibrated MFTE plus inclusionary zoning for Downtown and TOD areas, and a community housing outcomes report ¹.
• Staff request that the Commission confirm or adjust the priorities, direct sequencing, and authorize development of scopes, schedules, and resource estimates for a future Council recommendation ¹.
• The packet is pre-meeting material and does not establish the June 16 meeting's outcome ¹.

Why it matters

The four recommended priorities would shape Kenmore's housing work program if the Commission advances them: manufactured home community preservation addresses near-term displacement risk in the city's manufactured home communities; the faith-based and public surplus lands strategy would inventory surplus city parcels and underused faith-institution land for affordable housing; and the MFTE and inclusionary zoning package would set affordability set-asides and targets for Downtown and TOD areas as they develop ¹. The requested direction would determine which actions staff and ARCH develop for a future Council recommendation ¹.

What changed / what's next

• No change was decided in these records; the packet is pre-meeting material showing what was scheduled for June 16 ¹.
• The records do not establish the June 16 meeting's outcome. A future Council recommendation on the prioritized Housing Strategy Plan actions would come in later records ¹.
• The available records do not establish the meeting's outcome.