City Council — Lynnwood, WA
Date: 2026-02-10

LYNNWOOD CITY COUNCIL Work Session
 City Hall Council Chambers 19100 44th Ave W Lynnwood WA 98036
 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2026 6:00 PM



1. CALL TO ORDER

2. OATH OF OFFICE

 2.A Oath of Office - 10 minutes

3. ROLL CALL

4. MAYOR COMMENTS

5. COUNCIL COMMENTS

6. COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS ON MEMO ITEMS

7. WORK SESSION ITEMS

 7.A Discussion: Fund 146 Affordable Housing Spending Plan - 30 minutes
 Ben Wolters, DBS Director, Karl Almgren, Community Planning Manager, and
 Kyle Ward, Human Services Coordinator

 7.B Multi-Family Tax Exemption (MFTE) Updates - 45 minutes
 Ben Wolters, Development and Business Services Director, Sarah Cho, City
 Center Program Manager, Karl Almgren, Community Planning Manager

 7.C Small Business Development Program Briefing - 30 minutes
 Simreet Dhaliwal Gill, Business Development Program Manager

 7.D Discussion: 2026 Liaison Appointed Positions - 15 minutes
 Council Members

 7.E Recap: AWC City Action Days 2026 - 20 minutes
 Council Members

8. NEW BUSINESS

ADJOURN

MEMOS FOR FUTURE ACTION


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Contract Award - ITB 4038: Street Sweeper and Catch Basin Debris Disposal &
Material Hauling Services - 5 minutes
Rus Kroshko, Public Works Manager

Contract: 38th Ave W and 194th St SW Ring Road Project - 0 minutes
Pradip Kandel, P.E., Engineer and David Mach, P.E., City Engineer

ILA for Embedded Community Health Worker Services with South Snohomish County
Fire - 0 minutes
Scott Dilworth




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CITY OF LYNNWOOD
 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MINUTES
 February 2, 2026




1. CALL TO ORDER

 The meeting was called to order at 6:00 pm.

2. OATH

 Chelsea Wright took the oath of office for City Council Position 6.

 3. ROLL CALL

 Present

 Mayor George Hurst
 Council President Nick Coelho
 Council Vice President Derica Escamilla
 Councilmember Robert Leutwyler
 Councilmember Isabel Mata
 Councilmember Bryce Owings
 Councilmember David Parshall
 Councilmember Chelsea Wright

4. MAYOR COMMENTS

5. COUNCIL COMMENTS

6. COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS ON MEMO ITEMS

7. WORK SESSION ITEMS

 7.A. Fund 146 Affordable Housing Spending Plan

 Karl Almgren, Community Planning Manager, and Kyle Ward, Human Services
 Coordinator, with Ben Wolters, DBS Director, presented an overview Fund 146 and
 options for future use.

 7.B Multi-Family Tax Exemption (MFTE) Updates

 Ben Wolters, Development and Business Services Director, Sarah Cho, City Center
 Program Manager, and Karl Almgren, Community Planning Manager, reviewed current
 MFTE, new legislation and additional MFTE options.
 Council took a break from 8:22 – 8:32

 7.C Small Business Development Program (SBDP) Breifing

 Ben Wolters, Development and Business Services Director and Simreet Dhaliwal Gill,
 Business Development Program Manager, provided overview, scope, goals and
 upcoming events.
 Councilmember Leutwyler moved to extend the meeting to the end of the agenda.
 Motion Passed.

 7.D 2026 Liaison Appointed Positions

 Council President Coelho discussed open liaison positions, Councilmember Wright
 agreed that she has availability to cover.

 7.E Recep AWC City Action Days

 Council provided a recap of AWC City Action Days.

8. NEW BUSINESS

ADJOURN

The meeting was adjourned at 9:31 pm.