Houghton Neighborhood Plan Update

Meeting Schedule & Topics
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DATES	TENTATIVE TOPICS
January 26, 2010	Introduction, Visioning - Meeting Packet - Meeting notes
February 23, 2010	Environment, Parks, Schools, Historic Places - Meeting Packet - Meeting notes
March 30, 2010	Land Use, Housing, Commercial Areas
April 27, 2010	Land Use, Transit Oriented Development
May 25, 2010	Transportation
June 29, 2010	Review and comment on concept policies

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Contact:
Angela Ruggeri, Project Planner
aruggeri@ci.kirkland.wa.us
p. 425 587-3256
f. 425-587-3232
or
Dorian Collins, Project Planner
dcollins@ci.kirkland.wa.us
p. 425-587-3249
f. 425-587-3232

Kirkland Planning Dept.
123 5th Avenue
Kirkland, WA 98033

Advisory Group

The Central Houghton Advisory Group has been formed to study topics and discuss a future vision for the Central Houghton Neighborhood. The Advisory Group will begin meeting in late January.

Meetings are open to the public. View the Advisory Group Members.

Open House

On October 29, 2009, a public open house was held to introduce the Lakeview and Central Houghton Neighborhood Plan update process. Residents, business owners, and representatives from educational facilities participated in a unique exercise known as the World Cafe that involved simultaneous group conversations about the future land use, transportation, housing, and retail features and 10 to 20 year vision for each neighborhood. To see the questions asked and the participants responses, please click here.

Background

This fall the City of Kirkland will begin working with residents within the Central Houghton Neighborhood to update the neighborhood plan chapter of the Comprehensive Plan. The current Central Houghton Neighborhood Plan was last updated in 1985. Neighborhood plans set forth the future vision and growth goals and policies related to land use, housing, transportation, and natural environment issues unique to the neighborhood and within the context of the citywide general goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan and State Growth Management Act requirements.

Neighborhood Plan Update Objectives

Develop a neighborhood vision statement, new goals, and policies
Implement new policies with Zoning Code amendments
Encourage and provide opportunities for residents to actively engage and take ownership in the process
Conduct a reasonably fast update process that allows for public input but will not hold up other neighborhood plan update projects
Combine private amendment requests with the study issues so that they do not dominate the plan amendment process

Process Overview - View process overview graphic

Lakeview and Houghton Neighborhood Open House	October 29, 2009
Establish Advisory Lakeview and Houghton groups	November 2009
Advisory group meetings	January 2010 to June 2010
Planning Commission (PC) and Houghton Community Council (HCC) Study Sessions	June - July 2010
Review draft plans with Advisory groups	July 2010
Review draft plans with citizens at public open house	July - August 2010
Complete EIS Addendum and CTED 60 day review	September 2010
Conduct joint public hearings with PC and HCC	October 2010
Revise plan per PC and HCC direction	October 2010
City Council study session to discuss PC and HCC recommendation	November 2010
Adopt plan and code amendments by City Council ordinance	December 2010
HCC adopts final plan	January 2011