Bothell planners seek community input for downtown subarea plan update

City of Bothell senior planner Eric Jasewski told the Landmark Preservation Board on Sept. 10 that the city will begin updating its downtown subarea plan to guide the next 20 years of growth and to implement targets in the recently adopted comprehensive plan. "The original downtown subarea plan for the city was adopted in 2009 and amended periodically," Jasewski said, adding that partners have since invested about $200,000,000 in downtown public improvements.

The update is intended to coordinate private and public investments, regulate land use and development, and plan city actions to support revitalization, Jasewski said. He described the downtown study area as stretching from the SR 522 bend to the QFC and Rite Aid on the northwest and from the Sammamish River…