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?

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Letter to Edmonds Hearing Examiner Olbrecht regarding Denial of Reasonable Economic Use Variance for 963 Main Street

By Joe Scordino
October 28, 2024

Hearing Examiner Olbrecht:

This is in response to the Hearing Examiner Notice on the Edmonds City Website.

The Edmonds Environmental Council, a non-profit local organization for protection of the natural and human environment, requests that you revisit the public comments, both verbal and written, on the initial Application for Reasonable Economic Use Variance for 963 Main Street and DENY the request for reconsideration or any followup application for development in this critical area whether it involves a smaller ‘footprint’ or not.

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Reader view: Time to speak up about the city’s Comprehensive Plan process

By Joe Scordino
Posted: March 17, 2024

Joe Scordino
Joe Scordino

Do the citizens of Edmonds really want changes made to the city’s Comprehensive Plan (which dictates municipal operations in the city) so that we become known as “Edmonds – Where the Sewer Meets the Sea”?

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