SEQUIM — How and where should the city accommodate change and provide affordable service as the community grows?
City officials are seeking public comment at two public workshops, both planned Saturday, and at open houses in December.
The city is updating its comprehensive plan, a process called Sequim 120, and is developing alternatives to accommodate the projected growth of 3,000 new residents in the next 20 years.
“Where do those new people go?” Community Development Director Chris Hugo said.
“How do they fit into our existing urban fabric, and how do we incorporate them into a future that is mostly beneficial?”
Saturday’s public workshops will be at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Sequim Transit Center, 190 W. Cedar St.
Each workshop can accommodate about 50 people and will include a variety of interactive activities, including “pulse pad” preference polling on neighborhood character and form, mapping activities and discussion.
If too many show up, Hugo said, the city is prepared with take-home activities for later discussion.
The open houses will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, and from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7.
Both are at 167 W. Washington St. behind That Takes the Cake.
Participants may stop by the open houses at their convenience.
They will receive an overview of the community vision, then work on one or more individual preference assignments designed to give direction for land use and development.
The development-of-growth alternatives is the second phase of a seven-phase process culminating with the adoption and implementation of the updated comprehensive plan.
Sequim 120 kicked off in 2012 with the visioning phase of the project.
The Sequim City Council adopted the Sequim 120 vision statement in August 2012.
For more information, visit www.sequimwa.gov.
