LAND USE

1

Adopt a Form-Based Code and urban design guidelines to accommodate the growth targets based on the capacity analyzed in the Station Area Plan FSEIS.

City of Kirkland

Adopt with Plan (FBC/Design Guidelines)

1

2

Maintain collaborative relationships with service providers in the Station Area (e.g., KCHA, Helen’s Place) and identify opportunities to complement and enhance their services.

City of Kirkland/King County Housing Authority/Helen’s Place/Salthouse Church

Ongoing

1

3

Pursue opportunities to utilize WSDOT right-of-way for transit-supportive uses that could include future development, recreational amenities, and/or managed open spaces through the City’s legislative agenda.

City of Kirkland/WSDOT

Ongoing

3

HOUSING

4

Adopt an incentive zoning program in the Station Area Form-Based Code that creates development bonuses for affordable housing, with an emphasis on creating units in excess of the City’s current 10% inclusionary zoning and/or providing units at deeper levels of affordability.

City of Kirkland/ARCH

Adopt with Plan (FBC)

1

5

Direct affordable housing in-lieu payments or commercial incentive contributions to support affordable housing within the Station Area boundary.

City of Kirkland/ARCH

Short-term

1

6

Establish an affordable housing target for the Station Area as a share of Citywide targets; create and maintain a monitoring program to track progress of implementation measures towards housing targets.

City of Kirkland

Short-term

1

7

Conduct a nexus study for commercial linkage fees as a method to support affordable housing targets by collecting fees from new commercial development. To the extent new State-wide enabling legislation is needed, add to the City’s legislative agenda.

City of Kirkland

Medium-term

2

8

Adopt a Tax Increment Financing district and project list that identifies infrastructure projects in the Station Area that are necessary to encourage and support future redevelopment and housing production.

City of Kirkland

Short-term

2

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

9

Adopt development standards that accommodate a range of commercial spaces, particularly smaller scale commercial spaces that are accessible to small, local businesses.

City of Kirkland

Adopt with Plan (FBC)

1

10

Identify opportunities for multi-benefit partnerships and programs between private, public, and non-profit organizations in the Station Area to create community benefits.

City of Kirkland

Initiate upon adoption

1

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY

11

Implement the City’s Sustainability Master Plan goals in the Station Area and develop a monitoring program to track.

City of Kirkland

Initiate upon adoption

1

12

Integrate strategies into sustainability regulations for the district that “future-proof” the plan to ensure development is not precluding future innovation in the field.

City of Kirkland

Adopt with Plan (FBC)

1

13

Identify programs that support achievement of state and regional greenhouse gas emissions reductions goals.

City of Kirkland

Initiate upon adoption

1

14

Identify programs that reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions by increasing alternatives to driving alone.

City of Kirkland

Initiate upon adoption

1

15

Expand electric transportation infrastructure in the Station Area.

City of Kirkland/Transit Agencies/Private development

Short-term

2

16

Identify programs that encourage retrofitting of existing buildings to reduce building energy use.

City of Kirkland

Short-term

2

17

Identify programs that promote wise use of services and resources (including conserving water and energy, reducing waste, treating stormwater).

City of Kirkland

Initiate upon adoption

1

18

Explore partnership opportunities to treat stormwater from the public right-of-way on project sites with shared facilities.

City of Kirkland/Private property owners

Initiate upon adoption

2

19

Establish a Green Factor Code that encourages visible, functional, green spaces and high-quality habitat.

City of Kirkland

Adopt with Plan (FBC)

1

PARKS AND OPEN SPACE

20

Identify and minimize gaps in equitable access to parks and open spaces in order to make more efficient use of existing parks and open spaces in the area.

City of Kirkland

Adopt with Plan (SAP and PROS Plan)

1

21

Leverage public assets and partnerships, including excess WSDOT right-of-way, for potential active recreational areas, managed natural areas, stormwater treatment, or sustainable landscape areas.

City of Kirkland/WSDOT

Short-term

1

22

Expand access to and through Forbes Lake Park to provide multiple benefits of environmental enhancement and education, improved nonmotorized transportation connections, and access to open space and recreation.

City of Kirkland

Short-term

2

23

Identify locations to enhance the Cross Kirkland Corridor to create recreational and open space amenities and improve active transportation connections to the Corridor.

City of Kirkland

Short-term

2

24

Identify locations for required mid-block green connections that provide opportunities for landscaping and active and passive recreation.

City of Kirkland

Adopt with Plan (FBC)

1

25

Adopt an incentive zoning program in the Station Area Form-Based Code that creates development bonuses for new development to provide on-site public open space (e.g., plazas, pocket parks, etc.), enhanced on-site common spaces, recreation amenities, and linear parks.

City of Kirkland

Adopt with Plan (FBC)

1

26

Incorporate identified Station Area Parks projects into the City’s Capital Improvement Program.

City of Kirkland

Initiate upon adoption

1

27

As part of a Tax Increment Financing district, identify candidate Parks and Open Space infrastructure projects needed to serve the Station Area.

City of Kirkland

Short-term

2

TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY

28

Incorporate identified Station Area Transportation projects into the City’s Capital Improvement Program, Capital Facilities Plan, and Transportation Master Plan.

City of Kirkland

Initiate upon adoption

1

29

Incorporate identified Station Area Transportation projects into a Planned Action Ordinance as required mitigation for future private development to construct.

City of Kirkland

Adopt with Plan (PAO)

1

30

Evaluate how Station Area Plan projects should be reflected in Transportation Impact Fee calculations, including the option of establishing an overlay for the Station Area.

City of Kirkland

Short-term

2

31

Develop street standards that serve all users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, other forms of micromobility (e.g., scooters), transit users, vehicles, and – where appropriate – freight (“complete streets” vision 2040).

City of Kirkland

Adopt with Plan (FBC)

1

32

Establish parking ratios that reflect the vision for a vibrant transit-oriented district, recommended transportation investments to achieve a balanced multi-modal network, and robust Transportation Demand Management (TDM) strategies for future development.

City of Kirkland

Adopt with Plan (FBC)

1

33

Establish a TDM monitoring program for the Station Area.

City of Kirkland

Initiate with Plan

1

34

Develop bicycle parking guidelines as a Public Works pre-approved policy.

City of Kirkland

Short-term

1

35

Develop passenger load/unload areas as Public Works pre-approved roadway policy.

City of Kirkland

Short-term

1

36

Monitor parking congestion in the Station Area, and evaluate parking management strategies like residential permit parking zones, time limitations, and enforcement.

City of Kirkland

Short-term

2

37

As part of a Tax Increment Financing district, identify candidate Transportation infrastructure projects in the Station Area.

City of Kirkland

Short-term

2

38

Conduct a study to evaluate transportation solutions to connect the BRT to downtown

City of Kirkland

Medium-term

2

PUBLIC SERVICES AND PUBLIC FACILITIES

39

Incorporate identified Station Area Water, Sewer, and Stormwater projects into the City’s Capital Improvement Program.

City of Kirkland

Initiate upon adoption

1

40

Incorporate identified Station Area Water, Sewer, and Stormwater projects into a Planned Action Ordinance as required mitigation for future private development to construct.

City of Kirkland

Initiate upon adoption

1

41

Adopt an incentive zoning program in the Station Area Form-Based Code that creates development bonuses for new development to provide school space.

City of Kirkland

Adopt with Plan (FBC)

1

42

Adopt development standards that can provide Lake Washington School District with more development capacity to build additional school space on current district-owned sites.

City of Kirkland

Adopt with Plan (FBC)

1

43

Remove potential development barriers in current regulations that might preclude siting of school facilities on private properties as part of mixed use developments.

City of Kirkland

Adopt with Plan (FBC)

1

44

Conduct a Citywide assessment of zoning regulations to remove potential barriers to LWSD capacity projects on current district-owned sites and possible public/private partnership sites.

City of Kirkland/LWSD

Short-term

1

45

As part of a Tax Increment Financing district, identify possible candidate Sewer infrastructure projects in the Station Area.

City of Kirkland

Short-term

2

ADMINISTRATIVE

46

Develop City application materials, a fee structure, and legal agreements to implement the incentive zoning program, including forms that ensure provision of bonus incentives in perpetuity.

City of Kirkland

Short-term

1

47

Develop a Station Area implementation tracking program and establish a cadence of Council and Planning Commission updates on implementation progress.

City of Kirkland

Short-term

1

48

Adopt a Planned Action Ordinance for the Station Area, and a supplemental checklist form for projects applying to be reviewed as a Planned Action.

City of Kirkland

Initiate upon adoption

1

49

Adopt amendments to the Comprehensive Plan General Elements and neighborhood plan chapters to ensure consistency with the adoption of the Station Area Plan Subarea chapter.

City of Kirkland

Short-term

1

50

Update City forms and publications for consistency with Station Area Plan development regulations.

City of Kirkland

Initiate upon adoption

1

51

As part of the City’s routine budget and CIP processes, identify and prioritize Station Area funding and expenditures to support infrastructure investments and service delivery.

City of Kirkland

Short-term

2

52

Prepare the Tax Increment Financing Feasibility Study

City of Kirkland

Short-term

1

53

Revise the City’s pending PSRC Regional Center application with the combined boundaries identified in the Station Area and Moss Bay Neighborhood subarea plans, including completion of the supporting market study

City of Kirkland

Short-term

1