Committee urges stronger outreach as Lake Forest Park updates comprehensive plan climate element; survey results prompt messaging concerns

Lake Forest Park’s Climate Action Committee reported progress with a consultant on a climate element for the city’s comprehensive plan and emphasized outreach and clearer messaging after a recent city survey appeared to understate support for the climate manager position.

Committee members said consultants will produce a public outreach plan, a website with a document library, updated emissions inventory work and a traffic study component tied to the comp‑plan update. The committee described the coming outreach as a chance to collect better community input; one member said “we have a funding source to help with this outreach,” referring to funds the…