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Councilors press staff on noticing rules after residents raise concerns about 53rd & Pacific development
Summary
Councilor McLeod raised concerns that homeowners associations were not directly notified about a proposed development at 53rd & Pacific; planning staff said notices go to property owners within a 1,000‑foot radius and recognized neighborhood associations, not automatically to HOAs, and agreed to return with details on how to become a recognized neighborhood association.
Councilor McLeod on Jan. 12 reported constituent concern about notices for a proposed development at 53rd and Pacific and asked whether homeowners associations (HOAs) had been notified. Planning staff told the council that the city’s noticing practice for land‑use actions uses a minimum 1,000‑foot radius to send notice to property owners and to recognized neighborhood associations, but that HOAs are not automatically on the city’s contact list unless they are property owners or they become a city‑recognized neighborhood association.
A staff member explained the practical effect in the cited case: "When we do our noticing... it goes out... to basically everybody who is adjacent to the corridors" and later reiterated that notices go to property owners within the required radius and to recognized neighborhood organizations, not to HOAs by default. The staff speaker said the city recently made application materials available online and offered to return with instructions on how a group could become a council‑recognized neighborhood association and be added to the contact list.
Councilor McLeod noted Albany’s development code language about notice (she cited a code section display) and asked staff to confirm the process; staff agreed to follow up with a written explanation of the steps required to be recognized and to provide additional information to council.
No formal action or change in noticing practice was adopted at the meeting; staff committed to return with procedural details and to verify whether specific HOA boards inquired had been included in prior notices.
