Bellevue Planning Commission recommends Evans Plaza amendment for 2026 work program after 4–2 vote

The Bellevue Planning Commission voted 4–2 on Feb. 11 to recommend that the privately initiated Evans Plaza comprehensive plan amendment be included in the city’s 2026 comprehensive-plan amendment work program, advancing a proposal to change roughly 10 acres from a "general commercial" designation to "low-rise mixed use." The vote sends the proposal to the City Council for a study session tentatively scheduled in April.

Staff framed the meeting as a threshold review — a narrow decision about whether the application should be studied during this amendment cycle, not a final determination on zoning, height or design. "Our request tonight is twofold: conduct a threshold review public hearing and accept public testimony, and, if prepared, make a recommendation to City Council whether to accept this application as part of the 2026 work program," Planning…