Comments on: More Meetings Scheduled to Discuss North Rainier Redevelopment Plan http://rainiervalleypost.com/more-meetings-scheduled-to-discuss-north-rainier-redevelopment-plan/ Voted Best Local Website by the Seattle Weekly Sat, 18 May 2013 21:55:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: TET http://rainiervalleypost.com/more-meetings-scheduled-to-discuss-north-rainier-redevelopment-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-42013 TET Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:53:19 +0000 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=39732#comment-42013 Very good observation Stakeholder. Can these meetings be videotaped and streaming thru the RVP?

]]> By: Stakeholder http://rainiervalleypost.com/more-meetings-scheduled-to-discuss-north-rainier-redevelopment-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-41999 Stakeholder Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:16:23 +0000 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=39732#comment-41999 You know, this issue wouldn’t be so ‘controversial’ if the city wasn’t trying so hard to control the outcome. The city has conducted almost no outreach and they don’t intend to seek input from the majority of residents. The city has refused to mail notices to all impacted North Rainier neighborhoods to let them know about the Neighborhood Plan update. It’s clear; the city doesn’t really want widespread citizen involvement. They’d rather keep this process private, you know, between city leaders and developers.

In the good ‘ol days (before Nickels) the city conducted widespread direct mailing to EVERY household within the planning area. And, it wasn’t just ONE mailing. The city solicited input via multiple direct mailings. Minimum citizen participation was mandated before the plan process could advance to the next stage. The city sincerely wanted citizen input in the original (award-winning) neighborhood planning process. Nowadays, McGinn and city leaders are continuing the Nickels strategy of keeping neighborhoods in the dark, a complete 180 degree turn-around in the planning process. Instead, the city solicits input from hand–picked sources that will prop-up their predetermined agenda.

In fact, the North Rainier plan update is so controversial it isn’t even called the North Rainier Neighborhood Plan anymore. Hmm, do you think that’s a clue the city is avoiding the ‘neighborhood’ in neighborhood planning?

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