Kenmore, WA, is at the north end of Lake Washington, with excellent access to Seattle and Eastside cities, as well as Snohomish County to the north. The City was incorporated in 1998 and has a current population of 23,500. State Route 522 runs through the City and transit use is very prevalent, including heavily used park and ride facilities. In the last 10-15 years, the City has constructed over $80 million in improvements (with funding partners)  to State Route 522 to add BAT lanes, sidewalks and undergrounded utilities. The City’s Comprehensive Plan is being implemented with higher density residential development, including major downtown redevelopment that kicked off with the construction of Kenmore City Hall (completed in 2010) at a key downtown intersection. The City assembled downtown property and sold it for redevelopment of commercial and higher density development, now over 230 units with excellent transit access. Numerous other multifamily residential developments have been constructed throughout the city. The Burke Gilman regional trail traverses the city, and Kenmore Air, the largest seaplane operator in the continental US,  is headquartered on Kenmore’s Lake Washington shore. Many community members strongly advocated for Bus Rapid Transit on SR 522, as part of Sound Transit’s ST3 regional project. The City of Kenmore is partnering with Sound Transit and King County Metro on Transit Oriented Development (TOD) opportunities adjacent to the planned park and ride structure  on the 522 corridor.
Featured Speakers
Moderator: Dwight Schock
AICP, Vice President, David Evans and Associates, Inc. (DEA), Seattle, WA
Dwight Schock, AICP, national Transit and Railroad Practice Leader for David Evans and Associates, Inc. (DEA). Dwight is a professional planner with a specialty in the management and development of complex transiti and transportation systems. A vice president of the firm, Dwight is located in DEA’s Seattle office and leads DEA’s national transit and rail practice. Currently, Dwight is a member of the Railvolution National Steering Committee and manages the consultant team for the Sound Transit bus rapid transit corridor that includes TOD around the future BRT station and mobility hub, which will serve Seattle and five other cities.
Juan Calaf
Senior Land Use Planner, Sound Transit, Seattle, WA
Juan Calaf is Senior Land Use Planner with Sound Transit. His experience working in a variety of community development and affordable housing projects in Puerto Rico, the Bay Area and now Seattle, equips him to pursue transit-oriented development (TOD) through a unique, equity-accented lens. In particular, Juan’s urban design experience around station area planning and TOD has contributed to equitable TOD planning strategies for Sound Transit as part one of the country’s largest transit expansion projects.
Sarah Lovell
Transit Oriented Development Manager, King County Metro, Seattle, WA
Sarah Lovell is the Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Program Manager at King County Metro Transit, in Seattle, Washington. Before joining King County Metro, she led Sound Transit’s TOD program, where she directed a team charged with strategic planning and implementation of development projects on agency-owned properties throughout the three-county Sound Transit District. She shepherded Sound Transit’s first joint development project at Sound Transit’s Capitol Hill station through the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) process.
Nancy Ousley
Deputy City Manager, City of Kenmore, WA
Nancy Ousley is Assistant City Manager, City of Kenmore, Washington, where she is responsible for Economic Development, intergovernmental relations, franchise agreements and special projects. She also supervises a talented team of City Manager’s Department coworkers providing services for Communications, Events, Volunteers, Recreation partnerships and Public Records management. She was project lead for the design of Kenmore City Hall, a keystone of downtown Kenmore’s redevelopment, and developed and manages the Kenmore Business Incubator project. Prior to her service in Kenmore she managed the Local Government Division in the Washington Department of Commerce and led regional planning and community development programs for the City of Seattle and King County, most notably as the Mayor’s lead for Seattle’s South Downtown redevelopment and T Mobile Ballpark.