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Council approves $260,348 amendment for town center planning; public commenters press for clearer SEIS details
Summary
The Sammamish City Council on Sept. 2 authorized a $260,348 contract amendment with Framework LLC to continue town center plan and code work, after a meeting that featured heavy public comment about traffic modeling, environmental and housing concerns.
The Sammamish City Council on Sept. 2 authorized a $260,348 amendment to the Framework LLC contract to continue work on the town center subarea plan and related code updates, advancing a multi-step process that staff said will continue into 2026.
The amendment, moved and seconded during the meeting and approved after debate, adds consultant resources for finalizing the supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS), additional stakeholder outreach, affordable-housing viability analysis and a 3-D visual model of a buildout scenario. Community Development Director David Pyle told the council the amendment would bring total project spending to about $728,000 and that the final SEIS was targeted for release around Sept. 12.
Council and staff framed the amendment as a step to move from environmental analysis toward code and design work. Pyle said public comment during the SEIS process was larger than expected and that staffing…
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