Pat Adams

The strategic plan, adopted by the City Council, serves as a comprehensive roadmap for the future direction of Stanwood from 2025 to 2030.

This document outlines the City of Stanwood's 2024-2044 Comprehensive Plan, an update mandated by the Washington State Growth Management Act. The plan aims to guide growth, development, community character, and quality of life over a 20-year period. It focuses on key elements such as Land Use, Housing, Economic Development, Parks and Recreation, Natural Environment, Shorelines, Transportation, Utilities, and Capital Facilities, guided by core values including Sense of Community, Livability, Mobility, Growth, Economic Development, Environment, and Parks. The plan addresses community challenges, identifies growth opportunities while preserving the city's small-town vision, and includes specific rezone amendments to achieve employment and population growth targets and provide diverse housing options.

This Housing Element outlines the City of Stanwood's strategy for managing housing growth and ensuring diverse, affordable housing options for its residents. The plan focuses on regional collaboration, promoting housing variety, ensuring equal access, preserving existing affordable housing, minimizing environmental impacts of new developments, and implementing anti-displacement strategies. The overarching vision is to meet 2044 population and housing targets by providing a range of housing types at varying income levels, fostering a strong sense of community, livability, and mobility, and addressing issues of affordability, equity, and potential displacement, particularly for marginalized communities.

This document details the City of Stanwood's Natural Environment Element within its 2024 Comprehensive Plan, aiming to preserve and protect natural resources for a sustainable and resilient future. It focuses on integrating environmental considerations into comprehensive planning, promoting inter-jurisdictional coordination, and applying best available science for environmental protection. Key areas of focus include the preservation and enhancement of wetlands, fish and wildlife habitats, critical aquifer recharge areas, geologically hazardous areas, frequently flooded areas, open space corridors, and groundwater resources, alongside developing strategies to mitigate and adapt to climate change impacts. The plan seeks to build a healthier, greener, and more viable community for future generations.

This Transportation Plan for the City of Stanwood outlines goals and policies for developing its transportation system to accommodate projected growth in population and employment by 2044. Key focus areas include ensuring equity and inclusion, enhancing the safety and efficiency of the overall transportation system, reducing single-occupant vehicle trips through public transit and non-motorized options, promoting community wellbeing, maintaining transportation levels of service, reducing environmental emissions, preserving infrastructure investments, supporting regional transportation systems, coordinating emergency management, and establishing a sustainable financing program. The plan aims to mitigate growth-related impacts, improve availability and access to transportation routes, and foster a livable community.