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City of Sammamish staff preview draft town center plan, study to test 4,000-unit alternative
Summary
City staff presented a draft update to the Sammamish Town Center plan and supplemental EIS that would study increasing the town center capacity from 2,000 to 4,000 dwelling units; commissioners and residents pressed staff on traffic, transit, affordability and the town square location.
City of Sammamish planning staff on May 15 described a forthcoming draft town center plan and supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) that will study raising the town center dwelling-unit capacity previously carried in the 2007 FEIS from 2,000 to a 4,000-unit alternative.
The presentation by Matt Brandmeier, deputy community development director, and a subsequent question-and-answer session with members of the Planning Commission and the Parks and Recreation Commission focused on traffic impacts, housing types and affordability, parks and pedestrian connections, the proposed “green spine” promenade and where a future town square might be located.
The draft plan and SEIS will be published for public review in early June; Brandmeier said staff expects to post the draft plan for public comment around June 9 and to brief City Council in early June. "We're going to publish our draft plan," Brandmeier said, and the city will open a 30-day comment period once the draft is posted.
Why it matters: the town center is a 240-acre subarea of the comprehensive plan that has guided development for nearly two decades. The update seeks to align the subarea plan and development code with the city’s recently updated…
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