Wednesday, August 5, 2009

City's Land Use Map informs neighbors about "what is going on"?

OPINION: Significant neighborhood residential land use projects are underway, despite the current state of our distressed real estate market (and new downtown condos and apartments). This is the first of a series of entries addressing land use development in Redmond.

The Neighborhood "Land Use" Map is one of the more popular links to redmond.gov on this blog site. It contains a lot of interesting and helpful information to "find out what's going on" in your neighborhood and in other communities in Redmond.

The Neighborhood Land Use Map link is: http://redmond.gov/intheworks/intheworks.asp
A few projects of interest from the Neighborhood Map are listed below. As of today, all of these projects are under review and the public may participate in them by contacting the City Development office. Jim Roberts jroberts@redmond.gov or Steve Fischer sfischer@redmond.gov might be of assistance.

LAND USE APPLICATIONS:

Costco - L080457 188th Ave. NE and NE 76th St (one of 3 applications)
Vicinity Map; Notice of Application; Process Flow Chart (NEW!) Public Hearing is required.

Site Plan - Initial submittal 11/18/2008
Tree Preservation Plan - Initial submittal 11/18/2008 (NEW!)

Additional Project Notices:
Notice of Public Hearing - Hearing Examiner Notice of Public Hearing - City Council
DOWNTOWN:
Capital Improvement Projects (CIP): View projects which use tax dollars to implement
Development Updates:
Traffic Cameras: Select a live view for your area
Transportation/Connecting Redmond:
Greystone Manor PRD :
142 Single Family Homes, 8 Duplexes, 77 Cottages - Approximate 5 acre footprint on a 43.66 acre parcel in N. Redmond, Zoned R-4
A Public Hearing is required and is not yet scheduled. (To sign up or comment contact Steve Fischer, Principal Planner, sfischer@redmond.gov)
L090099, Preliminary Plat - L090100, Planned Residential Development SEPA File #L090101 16020 NE 116th Street
Government Guide
The City of Redmond Government Guide (pdf) is available to help answer some of the questions of how the City's government works including duties and responsibilities of Boards and Commissions, the City Council and the Hearing Examiner. The Guide also defines land-use terms and the Public Hearing process. Select these links to view the website pages for the City Council, Planning Commission, or the Hearing Examiner.
---- Kimberly Allen, councilmember and past planning commissioner, co-edited this Guide with staff. (Kim is currently employed as a Kitsap County Hearing Examiner. )
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2 comments:

  1. Bob--
    Thanks for highlighting the Redmond Government Guide. As a newly elected Councilmember, I pitched the idea of a "how-to" guide to Redmond city government. I thought it was too hard to wade through the bureaucracy and I met with staff to talk about the kind of roadmap folks need to navigate the maze of what Redmond does.

    I proposed the framework for the guide and staff filled out the rest, which we later edited together. I am very proud of the work we did--here's the link if your readers need information.

    http://www.redmond.gov/aboutredmond/pdfs/ResidentGovernmentGuide.pdf

    Regards,
    Kim Allen
    Redmond City Council #4

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  2. Thanks for the post, Bob. I've heard one of the few places left to develop a large neighborhood on the eastside is at the northend of Redmond whre Greystone Manor is planned to go.

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