|
On October 16, 2008 at Audubon
Elementary, from 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Stop by the Audubon Elementary school for the Viewpoint
neighborhood open house as part of the current neighborhood plan
update process for 2007 - 2010. Please RSVP to 425-556-2440 to
help us plan the event. Additional
information. Please contact Kimberly Dietz with questions
at
kdietz@redmond.gov or 425-556-2415.
Please take a moment to share your thoughts regarding your
neighborhood. Redmond's Neighborhoods Team utilizes public
input and feedback in order to help guide the development of
neighborhood plans. A neighborhood plan is utilized to
implement a vision, goals, and requirements throughout a twenty-year
timeline. Because neighborhood plans are created with public
input, your thoughts are very important to this process.
Questions may be directed to the Viewpoint neighborhood plan update
lead: Kimberly Dietz at
kdietz@redmond.gov or 425-556-2415.
Survey link
Visit the
Meeting Information page to view the upcoming schedule.
Please review the
Spring 2008
Neighborhood Newsletter to
learn more!
Several residents of the Viewpoint neighborhood joined City staff
and officials at Audubon Elementary on April 26th to officially
kick-off the neighborhood plan update process. The Viewpoint neighborhood plan update
will take place throughout
2007 and 2008. During this two-year period residents will have
many opportunities to provide
information regarding their wishes, ideas, and concerns regarding
the next twenty-year timeline for the Viewpoint neighborhood.
Thoughts, questions, and interests in participation may be directed to Kimberly Dietz, the Viewpoint
neighborhood plan lead, at 425-556-2415 or
kdietz@redmond.gov
The most important way to help is to provide feedback. This
may be done by sending e-mail to staff, by attending and commenting
at meetings, and by chatting with members of the Viewpoint Citizen
Advisory Committee (CAC). A comment period is provided at the
beginning of each CAC work session: two per month.
Please contact Kimberly Dietz at 425-556-2415 or
kdietz@redmond.gov to learn
more.
To remain informed and to learn about scheduled meetings and
other events, regularly check meeting information.
E-mail serves as a simple, low-cost, and timely approach to
communication with the neighborhood residents. Typically, as
the process continues and as events approach, staff will provide
notification via e-mail. To become part of the neighborhood
contact list, please send a message to
kdietz@redmond.gov with your interest and contact information.
Many levels of participation are available throughout a plan
update process. Please refer to the
meetings page to learn more about work sessions and other
events. As well, residents may contact Kimberly Dietz at
425-556-2415 or
kdietz@redmond.gov to learn about additional opportunities.
On-going Comment Opportunity
To
send comments at any time throughout the neighborhood plan
update process, please use the contact details for Kimberly Dietz,
as indicated above.
The Viewpoint neighborhood is bounded by Lake Sammamish on the
east, NE 20th Street on the south, 172nd Avenue NE on the west, and
Marymoor Park on the north.
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 significant 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.
|
