When Alice Tawresey (Bainbridge Shoreline Homeowners treasurer) met with Kathy Cook (planning director) and Libby Hudson (long range planning dividion manager) last week, they gave her a copy of the SMP update process outline developed by the Department of Ecology (DOE). City planners must follow this outline as part of a DOE grant. It is intended to reflect WAC (Washington Administrative Code) requirements.
This week, Barry Peters shared a rough timeline with us which was provide at his request by Ms. Hudson. In her email to Mr. Peters, she said, “Please note that one of the first steps is to develop a public participation process. We anticipate doing that this year as part of Phase 1.”
Rough timeline for the SMP Update process:
- 2009 – Phase 1 & 2
2009-2010 – Phase 3
2010-2011 – Phase 4
By 12/1/2011 – Phase 5
2012 – Phase 6
Bainbridge Shoreline Homeowners will be working with council members, the city manager, and the planning department to make sure that those affected by the regulations are included in the planning process.
Ms. Cook and Ms. Hudson said they would be soliciting input from the Tribes, the City Council, BAPS (Bainbridge Alliance for Puget Sound), and City committees, such as forestry, non-motorized transportation, harbor, road ends. They agreed to add Bainbridge Shoreline Homeowners as a stakeholder.
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