January 11, 2023 Visioning Event- The City hosted a virtual Visioning Event on January 11th to hear what Kirkland community members envision for the City’s future. Here are 5 unique and thought-provoking ideas or opportunities to address challenges that we heard from community members to help us start thinking about Kirkland’s future:
- Increase alternative transportation modes such as point-to-point shuttles, more charging systems, and rapid electrification of the City; rethink transportation corridors instead of just amending
- Listen to people that can’t afford to live in Kirkland today or don’t have the opportunity to live here
- More creative housing opportunities such as co-housing with shared resources; reinforce the idea of creative missing middle housing options and go beyond just duplexes and triplexes
- Finding alternative ways to generate tax revenue as we transition away from a car-centric Kirkland
- Set specific sustainability goal for a “Zero Carbon City by 2044”
To view all the comments received at this event click on this community comments document(PDF, 807KB).
Documents:
Community Engagement Plan(PDF, 5MB) for Comprehensive Plan update-Broadview Planning 12-2022
Equity Review Report(PDF, 4MB) for Comprehensive Plan update EcoNorthwest 12-2022
Presentations:
City Council briefing #2 12-13-2022 presentation
City Council 4-19-2022 presentation(PPTX, 645KB)
Planning Commission briefing #2 12-8-2022 presentation(PPTX, 3MB)
Planning Commission 4-28-2022 presentation(PDF, 5MB)
Transportation Commission 7-27-2022 presentation(PPTX, 645KB)
Transportation Commission 1-25-2023 presentation(PDF, 3MB)
Kirkland Comprehensive Plan (adopted 2015)