Mayors Message

It has been another busy month in Duvall for both public engagement and advocacy!

During the month of March, I reported to City Council and the community that I:

Held the first monthly “Mayor Meetup” in February at C.C.’s espresso and was joined by City Administrator McNabb. Participants spoke about potholes in the downtown area, as well as support for community events, and more.
Attended the Raging River Recover Center Ribbon Cutting with the Snoqualmie Tribe. This center provides services for Natives and community members, including: chemical dependency assessments, deferred prosecutions, intensive outpatient, outpatient/aftercare, relapse prevention, family counseling, and more.
Met with a community meeting to hear presentation about ideas of a community business space and community land trust, along with attended a follow-up meeting to answer questions regarding the future of a downtown property.
Participated in Light Up Duvall clean up – a big thank you to all that participated.
Started a fun, new scavenger hunt in town. This month was shamrocks for St. Paddy’s Day and I’m planning to continue with fun themes throughout the year. Finders bring the shamrock into City Hall and get to pick a prize. This helps encourage foot traffic in our downtown area.
Conducted an interview for the Civil Service Commissioner vacancy, so we now have a full commission.
Attended Jurassic Parliament Training with other local leaders and big thank you to our City Clerk team for organizing the event.
Attended a Duvall Chamber of Commerce board meeting. They are a very engaged group and I look forward to the coming year!
Attended the RSD Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council to hold first Mayor’s Youth Roundtable. I asked open ended questions for feedback as well as provided an activity as well around “Keep, Improve & Protect/Keep” in Duvall. I am sending Council a summary of responses.

Advocacy work continues to be a large focus of my work during the month of March 2026. I reported the following activities in furtherance of advocating for the residents of Duvall and making our priorities known at the County, Regional and State level:

I attended the monthly PSRC Growth Management Planning Board (GMPB) meeting where we recommended certification of the Comprehensive Plans for Puyallup and Renton. We also discussed Redesignation of Regional Growth Centers and Certification of Regional Growth Center Subarea Plans- this item will continue being discussed and come back to a future meeting. PSRC presented the results of the Housing Incentives and Tools Survey (HITS).
I attended the SCA Board Retreat where we reviewed SCA’s mission, vision and values, guiding principles as well as worked on identifying SCA’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. We also worked through a 2026 policy priority list as well as an operational priority list.
I attended the SCA North Mayors Meeting where main discussion was around the upcoming proposed King County Transportation Benefit District sales tax as well as further in the future discussion of a King County levy around housing.
I met with Amy Biggs, Director of Sno-Valley Transit, to get background on Metro and SVT’s efforts to get more service for Duvall residents. We’d love to see service between Monroe and Duvall achieve longer service hours beyond the current 7:30am-4pm and will be meeting with the City of Monroe and SVT about advocacy.
I attended the SCA Networking Event along with Mayor Pro Tem Mercer. The main topic was FIFA and how to prepare for activities in your area.
Met with PSRC Executive Director, Josh Brown about Duvall’s priorities.

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Agenda Bill	Bill Description	Approve	Reject	Absent

3/3/2026

N/A	Approval of Meeting Agenda	6	0	1
N/A	Payroll & Claims Approval	6	0	1
N/A	02/17/26 Meeting Minutes	6	0	1
N.A	Excuse CM Hernandez's Absence	6	0	1
26-23	Approval of Amendment to Big Rock Park Contract	6	0	1
26-24	Proposed Policy on Artificial Intelligence	6	0	1
26-25	Somervue Final Plat	6	0	1
26-26	Employment Contract with New Director of ECD	6	0	1

3/17/2026

N/A	Approval of Meeting Agenda	7	0	0
N/A	Payroll & Claims Approval	7	0	0
N/A	03/07/26 Meeting Minutes	7	0	0
26-27	2026 Pavement Overlay	7	0	0
26-28	Appointment to the Civil Service Commission	7	0	0
26-29	Approval for WSDOT Grant Application	7	0	0
N/A	Procedural Vote on DMC § 14.08	7	0	0

City Administrator Message

The city is continuing our recruitment for the Parks Advisory Commission. We have received three applications to date (as of the writing of this newsletter.) We need a couple more applications to be able to convene a Parks Commission.

We continue to work on distributing the new Duvall Connect Newsletter, that provides the community a recap of the Mayor, Council, and staff reports that are provided during City Council meetings as well as designed to provide a high-level review of the actions taken at City Council meetings. Anyone interested in receiving the newsletter can sign up for notifications on our website by clicking: https://duvallwa.gov/m/newsflash/home/detail/395.

I continue to work with the Sound Cities Association Small Cities Workgroup. The purpose of these meetings is to provide space for small cities in King County (those with a population under 10,000) to engage in knowledge-sharing, collaboration, and action on local and regional policy issues. We will need one elected councilmember to join that workgroup.

We are preparing summer internship opportunities for high school students. The advertisement will be this spring. We are also pricing the cost of barricades for Liquor Board Expanded Access for a city-wide art and wine walk. If the City were to purchase what is needed to create an open zone along Main Street, two blocks would cost approximately $13,000.

On March 26, 2026, staff will have our annual Staff Training Day in the Riverview School District Resource room. Our training schedule includes: (1) Supervisor Training on Recruitment Processes and Limiting Bias in Hiring; (2) Supervisor Training on Managing Injury, Illness and Protected Leave; (3) Budget Training; (4) Generative AI Policy; (5) Cybersecurity awareness; and (6) city’s Safe Driving Policy.

We are very excited to begin planning the Mayor’s “State of the City” along with an interactive Community Budget Workshop for April 16, 2026 in the Riverview School District Resource Room.

I am attending a rulemaking hearing on March 25^th regarding a Department of Commerce Rulemaking to establish a brief adjudicative proceeding for jurisdictions to appeal determinations made by Commerce concerning the Growth Management Act.

large trash removal effort in Taylor Park/Coe Clemons Creek

A picture containing tree, outdoor, ground, playground

Capital Projects

The Maintenance & Operations Center (MOC) pre-design work is anticipated to come to City Council in June 2026. We are wrapping up design for the NE 152^nd Street (Bruett Road) Water Main. For stormwater, we are working on Miller Street Storm Improvements as well as working on our King County Flood Control Grant. Other Stormwater activities for the month of March include:

Contract services with BEA for Source Control & Spill Kits kicking off in the next few months
LID signage at Visitor Center; Stewardship Partners – rain barrel installation & graphic in final steps
Knot weed removal program – King County partnership for “how to get started” and other in-sights next week.
April 18^th – Earth & Arbor Day Celebration; Save the Date

We continue to manage the cable installation work by Comcast and Ziply. Following a series of hits to our public infrastructure, the city instituted new protocols that increase the time that stop work must occur with each accidental hit. We are also seeking full reimbursement for any loss. For instance, Ziply recently drilled though an 8 inch PVC in our watermain. Ziply has been billed for the gallons of water lost, charged time and materials for the event, and was issued a stop-work for 7 days for that specific damage event.

For emergency management, we expect [and our expectations were realized] a closure of 124^th due to flooding.

Community Development

Planning and Public Works are working on an extensive tree removal permit at Taylor’s Ridge that will impact 30 street trees on NE 150^th. Both the HOA’s and City’s arborists have confirmed that the trees meet the following criteria for removal: Dead, Dying / Dangerous, and Root diseased.

James Lee, our Building Inspector and Plans Examiner, passed his Building Official certification. This is a huge accomplishment and can take close to 4 years of education and training to complete. We finalized our 2^nd round interviews for the Principal Planner position

BHC is finalizing the draft code revisions for the zoning, affordable housing incentive program and STEP (Shelter, Transitional, Emergency, and Permanent supportive) housing changes. This work is scheduled for presentation to the Planning Commission on May 13 and to City Council as a first touch on May 19.

Community Events Updates

April is right around the corner, and our events season is in full swing! As the days get longer and the weather warms up, there are plenty of fun ways to get out and connect with the community.

Join us for one of our upcoming events:

April 4 – Easter Egg Hunt at Dougherty Farmstead
April 18 - Earth and Arbor Day
April 25 – Duvall Holi Celebration

Our 2026 event season is packed with favorites like Movies in the Park, SummerStage concerts, and Splash Day at Big Rock Ball Field, plus a few new surprises along the way.

Colorful flyer for the 2026 Easter Egg Hunt at Dougherty Farmstead, Duvall, WA, on April 4, 1-3 PM, hosted by Buddy Buck Real Estate; sponsors' logos at bottom.

Earth and Arbor Day Festival poster for April 18, 2026, featuring green and orange floral designs. Indicates activities, free plants, and live music.

Colorful Holi event flyer showing photos of people celebrating with powder colors, with text announcing a free festival in Duvall featuring music, snacks, and dancing.

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