Great Neighborhoods - NW Bellevue

Keep single family homes in NW Bellevue!!!

How can residents of EASTGATE make there voices heard in regard to the demolition of existing houses and developers and city planners not considering the opinions and voices of the local residents, while increasing the carbon foot print of the houses which are often doubles in size. Like the NW Bellevue, whom can advocate for EASTGATE. What is happening in EASTGATE is not forward thinking and for the betterment of the community that has made this area their home. The only consideration is code compliance and not exceeding the allowable plot coverage.

Perhaps there is a typo on S-NW-35 (Explore ways to improve and maintain bicycle access to
Eastrail at 108th Ave NE.)
Should this read, "...at 118th Ave NE" ? Eastrail does not intersect with 108th Ave NE.

Next comment: Expand on S-NW-35 as follows: Provide pedestrian access to Eastrail from the intersection of NE Spring Blvd and NE 12th St.

Third Comment: Provide a list of all the sub-neighborhoods to demonstrate & celebrate the large number of micro communities in NW Bellevue. For instance: Northtowne includes, to name a few, Apple Valley, Spring Hills, Holiday Hills, Ashwood, Diamond S Ranch.

Fourth Comment: Historically only View Crest neighborhood clear cut all the trees to develop views. Current home setbacks and sizes are encouraging cutting down or damaging the roots of the trees. The only homes with mature trees are in older unredeveloped lots. We have lost the "City in a Park" character that was Bellevue's motto. I do not see this being addressed in the plan.

Fifth comment: What safeguards are proposed to prevent the City from using our less expensive land to build City infrastructure in support of Downtown needs? We do not want another Downtown facility like the Downtown Fire Station built in our residential area.

Page 2 line 1 typo “Northeast” should read “Northwest”

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Revised submittal, perhaps more in accord with your template?

Our Vision
Northwest Bellevue shares with all other fifteen Neighborhoods comprising the City of Bellevue, the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest, characterized by its abundance of trees. Our homes are diverse in style and size, with a mix of single and multiple family structures, enabled by affordability and adaptability to a long or short term residency. Growth is constrained to sub-neighborhoods where it can be supported by infrastructure and approval of residents. Bellevue is a car-centric city, but our neighbors are walkers, too, with our commercial center and parks as frequent destinations. Neighborhood streets are kept clear of on-street parking to enhance safety. City government’s long term commitment to constrain growth to the city core and protect the neighborhoods has kept Northwest Bellevue sustainable and livable for all.

Guiding Principles supplementing the above to follow

Happy Friday or Blursday- I am unhappy with the Vision statement as is in that I find a description of my neighborhood but not guidance or policy/direct for future. The meat on the bones need to be action verb orientated, ie., support current housing stock by several means, allow ADU' and DDU's as a policy or provide options for subareas to make application for and what ADU and AADU's will encompass- # of persons, parking, size, whom dwells there, etc, a break down of developer fees and education the neighborhood of how those fees are used in the specific neighborhood, and there is a whole host of ideas for tree canopy and green spaces, etc. See where I am going.

I want to see the following included in Vision Statement with specifics included as necessary in sub-neighborhood Policy Statements.

"Northwest Bellevue has contributed to the achievement of affordable housing goals through recognition of the efficiency and predictability of higher density development rather than the piecemeal use of ADUs. Specific neighborhoods, mostly near the city core and major arterials, have been designated through zoning as appropriate for affordable homes from 200 to 1000 units, while other neighborhoods, historically single family residences, will also contribute to affordable housing goals through ADUs, but in a way that does not challenge the traditional characteristics that make these neighborhoods so sustainable. To assure this, certain restrictions on these units, historically embedded in Bellevue Land Use Codes, are preserved."

Comment: This last sentence will be expanded in individual neighborhood policy statements. The restrictions I have in mind are (a) retain existing on-street parking restrictions and (b) retain existing requirement that property owner resides in one of property dwelling units.