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Neighborhood Plan Updates
Neighborhood Plan Updates
Since neighborhood plans were completed, growth throughout Seattle
has been generally consistent with expectations, but has varied by neighborhood.
In some neighborhoods growth has been far more or far less than anticipated.
In response, the City Council passed legislation in 2008 authorizing
the Department of Neighborhoods (DON) and the Department of Planning
& Development (DPD) to work with communities to begin updating neighborhood
plans where appropriate. The following elements are intended to build
on the valuable neighborhood-based planning efforts that community members
conducted in the 1990s:
- Neighborhood Plan Updates: In anticipation of light
rail commencing service in Seattle in 2009, Ordinance
#122799 prioritizes the review and update of Neighborhood Plans
where transit stations are proposed and where significant new population
and business growth is expected. The Neighborhood Plan Update process
for the North Beacon Hill, North Rainier, and MLK Jr. @ Holly station
areas began in fall 2008.
- Neighborhood Plan Status Reports: Simultaneously,
while station area updates are being developed, DON and DPD are working
with neighborhoods outside these areas to gather information for Status
Reports, or “snapshots” of the current condition of these
neighborhoods relative to the 1990s vision. The Status Reports will
help inform decisions about where and how to update Neighborhood Plans
in the future.
- Neighborhood
Plan Advisory Committee (NPAC) : Resolution
#31085 established the Neighborhood Plan Advisory Committee (NPAC)
to make recommendations and provide on-going guidance to the Mayor
and City Council on the development of the Neighborhood Plan Update
Process and the Neighborhood Plan Status Reports.
Roles & Responsibilities
In carrying out Neighborhood Plan Updates and Status Reports, DON and
DPD have distinct roles and responsibilities:
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