TO: Members of the City Council
FROM: Mayor Angela Birney
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR CONTACT(S):
Planning and Community Development
Carol Helland
425-556-2107
DEPARTMENT STAFF:
Planning and Community Development
Seraphie Allen
Deputy Director
Planning and Community Development
Jeff Churchill
Long Range Planning Manager
Planning and Community Development
Glenn Coil
Senior Planner
TITLE:
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Adoption of an Ordinance Establishing the 2025-26 Annual Comprehensive Plan Docket
a. Ordinance No. 3225: An Ordinance of the City of Redmond, Washington, Setting the Framework and Conducting Concurrent Review of the Cumulative Effect of All Proposed Amendments to the Redmond Comprehensive Plan and Related Amendments to the Redmond Zoning Code, for the 2025-26 Annual Comprehensive Amendment Review Docket, Including New and Amended Policies, Concurrent Zoning Amendments, and New and Amended Functional Plans
OVERVIEW STATEMENT:
recommendation
Staff is asking Council to establish, via ordinance, the 2025-26 Annual Docket of Comprehensive Plan Amendments.
At the July 1, 2025, Committee of the Whole meeting, Council requested a study session to further discuss the implications for docketing a potential Council-initiated Land Use Map and concurrent Zoning Map amendment for 6900 188th Ave. NE, also known as the Redmond Flex site. At the July 22, 2025, Study Session, Council reviewed the property owner's letters requesting the amendment, as well as the "Docketing Threshold Criteria" and "Planning Commission Issues Matrix" in the Planning Commission Report.
Councilmembers noted that the amendment met the threshold criteria as set forth in RZC 21.76.070.J.6, Council has the authority to add amendments to the docket per RZC 21.76.070.J.3.c, there has been public discussion of adding the amendment, and the proposal relates to the City's goal of increasing housing. A majority of Councilmembers concluded that, in this case, in light of those facts, strict adherence to process should n...
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