Blog – Comp plan – Edmonds Environmental Council

Reader view: Edmonds’ growth plan should reflect realistic household data, not inflated targets

By Janelle Cass
Posted: November 12, 2024

The 2044 Comprehensive Plan update for Edmonds calls for 9,069 new housing units, based on an assumed future household size of just 1.4 people per new unit of housing, which would bring the citywide average household occupancy down to 2.11. This assumption risks causing the city to overshoot its true housing needs and invites the kind of overdevelopment that could significantly strain city resources and negatively impact the environment.

Letter to Council – Comments, Draft Comp Plan

November 11,2024
By Joan Bloom

Council,

Council, the final Comp Plan will affect Edmonds for 20 years to come. I beg you to consider all of the concerns that so many respected and involved long term residents of Edmonds have presented to you. Please do not ignore the serious concerns that have been expressed.

Letter in support of “Environmentally Sensitive” Zoning

By Joan Bloom
November 7, 2024

Council, Mayor Rosen, Shane Hope,

I am in total support of Joe Scordino’s suggestion. Especially in light of the results of the national elections. The urgency of protecting our critical areas and our air and water for future generations couldn’t be more important than it is right now.

Letter to Planning Director and Mayor – Establishing a new “Environmentally Sensitive” Zone in the Comp Plan Update

By Joe Scordino
November 5, 2024

Director Hope – Is it possible to incorporate an “Environmentally Sensitive” Zoning in the Comp Plan Update to address areas of Edmonds that either should not be further developed or would have additional development restrictions to address environmental degradation and protection issues?

Letter to Council – Council should require Herrara provide a FREE rewrite of their “woefully inadequate” DEIS

By Joan Bloom
October 29, 2024

Council,

Herrera Environmental Consultants, Inc has failed to comply with SEPA requirements as outlined in the Washington Administrative Code in their submitted DEIS. If Council accepts this “woefully inadequate” DEIS and uses it to inform their decisions about the Comp Plan, Council will fail ALL Edmonds’ taxpayers.