Category: Blog – Comp plan
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Letter to the editor: Hummingbird Hill Park supporters not ‘misinformed’
Posted: April 3, 2025
By Chelsea Rudd
Edmonds
Link to My Edmonds News Article
Editor:
At Tuesday’s city council meeting, 250 Edmonds residents filled the chambers, with over 60 pleading with the council to remove Hummingbird Hill Park and Frances Anderson Center from consideration for rezoning, sale and commercial development. However, the next day it was reported by King 5, “Multiple city leaders say the public is misinformed.”
Continue reading “Letter to the editor: Hummingbird Hill Park supporters not ‘misinformed’”Edmonds residents show up for Hummingbird Hill Park, Frances Anderson Center
After a two-and-a-half hour public comment session, the council tabled its votes for the two comprehensive plan amendments.
By Jenna Peterson
Wednesday, April 2
Link to Everett Herald Article
Richie Gabriel, 1, jumps off the bottom of the slide as Matthew Gabriel looks down at him from the play structure at Hummingbird Hill Park on Monday, March 31, 2025, in Edmonds, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Continue reading “Edmonds residents show up for Hummingbird Hill Park, Frances Anderson Center”Parks, trees, zoning: 250 fill Edmonds Council chambers Tuesday to have their say
by Teresa Wippel
Posted: April 2, 2025
Link to My Edmonds News Article
An estimated crowd of 250 people packed the Edmonds City Council chambers Tuesday, spilling out into the foyer. Some were fearful that a cherished neighborhood park and community center could eventually be sold to help offset the City of Edmonds’ $20 million budget deficit. Still others mourned the removal of a historic 100-foot redwood tree. And yet another group expressed concerns about how future zoning changes could impact their neighborhood.
Continue reading “Parks, trees, zoning: 250 fill Edmonds Council chambers Tuesday to have their say”Council April 1 set to review priorities for Comprehensive Plan amendments
Posted: March 30, 2025
Link to My Edmonds News Article
The Edmonds City Council is scheduled at its Tuesday, April 1 business meeting to review its priorities for 2025 Comprehensive Plan amendments and vote on which ones to pursue for further study.
Continue reading “Council April 1 set to review priorities for Comprehensive Plan amendments”Walk & Talk tours begin — starting with Westgate neighborhood center
by Nick Ng
Posted: March 27, 2025
Link to My Edmonds News Article
Speeding, unsafe sidewalks and lack of crosswalks along 100th Avenue West were some of the concerns Edmonds residents voiced during the first day of the Edmonds Walk & Talk tour Thursday morning at the Westgate neighborhood center.
Continue reading “Walk & Talk tours begin — starting with Westgate neighborhood center”Council hears plan for engaging community in centers, hubs and middle housing concepts
by Teresa Wippel
Posted: March 12, 2025
Link to My Edmonds News Article
Two phrases — “neighborhood centers and hubs” and “middle housing” — are a major focus for the City of Edmonds this year as staff works to update the city’s development code. The Edmonds City Council Tuesday night learned more about those efforts, which follow the council’s adoption of the 2024 Comprehensive Plan update Dec. 17.
Continue reading “Council hears plan for engaging community in centers, hubs and middle housing concepts”Edmonds Planning Board to continue discussion of neighborhood centers and hubs Feb. 26
Posted: February 24, 2025
Link to My Edmonds News Article
The Edmonds Planning Board during its Wednesday, Feb. 26 meeting is scheduled to continue its discussion of the city’s planned code updates for its neighborhood centers and hubs.
Continue reading “Edmonds Planning Board to continue discussion of neighborhood centers and hubs Feb. 26”Comments from a packed council chambers set tone for Tuesday meeting
By Teresa Wippel, My Edmonds News
November 11, 2024
Passionate comments about city planning, providing police and fire services, and protecting the character of downtown Edmonds dominated public testimony at Tuesday night’s Edmonds City Council meeting, as advocates for a range of viewpoints packed the council chambers to have their say.
Reader View: The myth of affordable housing
By Joan Bloom
Posted: December 8, 2024
When Edmonds councilmembers claim their draft Comp Plan, soon to be approved, includes “affordable housing,” are they lying or just ignorant?
Continue reading “Reader View: The myth of affordable housing”Reader View: Let’s extend the deadline for finalizing the Edmonds Comprehensive Plan
By Joan Bloom
Posted: December 1, 2024
An open letter to the Edmonds City Council and Mayor:
I can’t imagine how stressful this holiday season has been for all of you, given the financial state of the city, biennial budget deliberations, the Regional Fire Authority issue, and the Edmonds Comprehensive Plan update.
Many of us are extremely concerned that council will finalize the draft Comp Plan by year end. Yet, xouncil has six months after the Comp Plan update deadline of 12-31-24 to finalize the Comp Plan before the State preempts local control and enforces housing mandates.
Continue reading “Reader View: Let’s extend the deadline for finalizing the Edmonds Comprehensive Plan”Excerpt from: Council OKs Boys and Girls Club design; discusses legislative agenda, Comp Plan
My Edmonds News
Posted: November 26, 2024
Letter – Environmentally Sensitive Zoning and ‘Staggered’ approach to housing density zoning over 20-year Comp Plan
Letter sent to Edmonds Mayor Mike Rosen, Edmonds City Council, and Edmonds Planning Director
From: Edmonds Environmental Council
November 25, 2025
Please see the linked OpEd piece in My Edmonds News yesterday and the comments to it.
Reader View: A better idea for Edmonds Comprehensive Plan update – ‘Environmentally Sensitive’ zoning
By Joe Scordino
Posted: November 23, 2024
Much of Edmonds shouldn’t be further developed because of inadequate or antiquated infrastructure, or the area is already overbuilt for the existing landscape or it has unique landscapes and critical areas requiring additional restrictions. But our state Legislature didn’t take this into account when it mandated every city to update their Comprehensive (Comp) Plan to allow for increased housing density.
Continue reading “Reader View: A better idea for Edmonds Comprehensive Plan update – ‘Environmentally Sensitive’ zoning”City publishes revised draft Comprehensive Plan; public hearing Dec. 10
My Edmonds News
November 22, 2024
The revised draft 2024 Comprehensive Plan for the City of Edmonds has been published and is available for review online here.
The revised plan updates the initial draft that was published Oct. 3. This new draft reflects public input during the comment period, as well as input from the Edmonds Planning Board and City Council. It also includes state agency guidance and other information.
Continue reading “City publishes revised draft Comprehensive Plan; public hearing Dec. 10”