You talked. We listened.
We held several community meetings to find out what neighbors needed to better participate in community processes.
Below you'll find the list - we've made progress on some of the items and look forward to sharing the toolkits later this year.
Have an addition to our list? Let us know - our think tank is your think tank.
Identified Issues
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How to define and participate in a Public Process (across the board).
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How to enforce processes + policies and advocate for neighborhoods - Ombudsman/Liaison.
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How to build NC membership.
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Education on Planning Issues.
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Education on Traffic Issues and how to make changes.
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Ways for NCs to give input into process – processes are onerous and intimidating.
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Multi Family Tax Exemption
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How to communicate issues to your NC (detailed and encourage involvement & education)
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Educate NC on Plan Commission process and how to stay involved and current.
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How to effectively gain influence/communicate point of view.
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Better define committee processes for better outcome for neighborhoods.
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NC communication issues: door knocking & petitions
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NC communication to City Council and City Administration
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NC: how to get information from City Council and City Administration
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List of NC friendly attorneys
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How to request public records and keep up with information
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STANDING
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SMC/Zoning/Deed Restrictions: education, input and how to change/how to change a defunct process
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City/County issues (joint planning agreements)
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Better understanding of jurisdiction (school district/City/County)
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Comprehensive Plan/Growth Management Act education
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Comp Plan v. Building Codes
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Public input & information process (boards & commissions)
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Public notification Build communication with City Officials, County Officials & Adminstration/Staff
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SEPA education
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Political issues information Validation of information in processes (applicatants/developers)
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Neighborhood Voice (getting out information across neighborhoods)
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Property Tax exceptions, incentive education information
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Access to job/housing/general economic information and statistics
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Outreach/squeaky wheel identification