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Planning Commission reviews community engagement and economic development policy moves; asks staff to clarify language and reach underrepresented groups
Summary
Commissioners reviewed proposed community engagement updates (emphasizing capacity building, planning for outreach, monitoring and reporting back) and targeted economic development edits (arts support, housing for workers, destination retail and support for displaced businesses); staff will revise wording on several policies and return the full draft in May.
Planning Commission members on Jan. 24 reviewed draft policy moves for two elements of Bellevue's comprehensive plan: community engagement and economic development. Staff asked for direction on policy language and implementation and received specific requests to clarify who counts as "community," define "adequate time" for outreach, and strengthen wording in select economic-development policies.
"We've heard from more than 5,000 community members through workshops, focus groups and a statistically valid survey," Brooke Broad, the city's community engagement lead, told commissioners, summarizing outreach work and the draft policy moves…
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