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The Redmond
City Council plans to take action to adopt updates to the Idylwood Neighborhood plan
on Tuesday, August 17, 2010.
If you like, below are documents that help show the plan's progression.
Included are the concerns and changes that were addressed as part of the
City's review process.
The Council's regular meeting is a good time to share your
support or concerns regarding the plan. To learn more about the
sharing your thoughts with the Mayor and City Council, please review the
City of Redmond Government Guide, page 7.
Following adoption of the neighborhood plan, residents can begin
to work with the neighborhood's "3rd
Document". This is a working document that helps
neighborhood citizens identify and prioritize action items for
nearer term consideration and/or implementation.
As part of Redmond's new Neighborhood Network effort, staff will
check in with the neighborhood on an annual basis to maintain and
update the "3rd Document".
This final phase of the CAC's work included:
- The Neighborhoods portion of Redmond's Comprehensive Plan (the most recent version
of draft policies)
- The
Community Development Guide (the associated
draft regulations)
- A "3rd
Document" that contains priority actions and preferred projects
for near-term emphasis.
Approximately fifty-eight citizens of the
Viewpoint neighborhood attended and shared their thoughts for the
CAC's review including the following:
Late Winter 2009
Neighborhood Newsletter
Spring 2008
Neighborhood Newsletter
Viewpoint Neighborhood Map
At 1.3 square miles, the majority of Viewpoint neighborhood was annexed
to the City of Redmond in 1964, with two small portions of the
northern neighborhood limits annexed in 1977 and 1986. The
area developed mainly between 1967 and 1979.
The last neighborhood plan was adopted specifically for the Viewpoint
neighborhood in 1995. The plan contained one
policy which added specificity to the citywide policies. An
Overlake neighborhood plan that was adopted in 1999 included the entire
Viewpoint neighborhood and presented a few additional policies
related to single-family residential properties. Today's neighborhood plans may
contain well over fifty policies, along with associated regulations.
Policies speak to goals and visions that describe the neighborhood
residents' point of view and are contained in
Redmond's
Comprehensive Plan. Regulations then deal with day to day
guidelines for improvements and changes to all aspects of the
neighborhood based on the goals and vision, and are contained in
Redmond's
Community Development Guide.
The Viewpoint neighborhood primarily includes residential
development in the forms of low-moderate density single-family homes
and some higher density multiple-family dwellings along the
Sammamish lake front.
Several parks and open spaces provide recreational opportunities
and connect to form fish and wildlife habitat corridors.
Protection easements and undeveloped critical areas combine to
preserve the green, natural feeling and scenery that also serves to
protect water and air quality as well as a wide variety of aquatic
species.
Idlywood Park hosts a rich and varied history, as the site of the
Gateway Grove Resort and the LaMontagne House. Lake
Sammamish offers its own history, harkening back to Samamish Lake,
Squak Lake, and Native American settlements along the shorelines.
In addition to residential uses, the neighborhood is also home to
the Audubon Elementary School, several churches and private
community centers, a portion of Marymoor Park, Idlywood Park,
Viewpoint Neighborhood Park, and the Viewpoint Open Space.
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