Public Involvement

DPD has convened a Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC), made up of a wide range of stakeholders, to provide input on the Shoreline Master Program update. Together with the public visioning process and DPD's technical analysis, the Committee will help shape policy affecting Seattle's shoreline jurisdiction. Committee meetings are open to the public and will be held in Room 4060 in Seattle Municipal Tower. CAC meeting schedule can be viewed here. Click on each meeting below to download meeting documents when they are available. Draft documents will be removed when subsequent versions are posted. 

Meeting 1
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Introductions, SMP Overview,
Review Charter and Work Plan

Meeting documents:

Meeting 2
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Visioning Process, Inventory and Characterization,
Environmental Designations

Meeting documents:

Meeting 3
August 26, 2008 6:00-9:00 p.m. 
Inventory and Characterization Results,
Environmental Designations and Residential Shorelines

Meeting documents:

• Agenda 
• No net loss of ecological function
• Other Jurisdiction Designations
• Shoreline environmental inventory and characterization
• Meeting summary
• Environmental designation discussion
• Residential dev. standards discussion

Meeting 4
October 28, 2008 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Commercial and Industrial Shorelines

Meeting documents:

• Agenda
• Industrial and maritime discussion points
• Allowed Uses presentation
• Meeting summary
• UI UM discussion

Meeting 5
November 18, 2008 6:00-9:00 p.m. 
Shoreline modifications

Meeting Documents:

• Agenda
• Meeting summary
• Regulations for residential piers and floats
• Current RGP3 regulations
• Dredging and filling policy paper
• Dredging and filling existing standards
• Lot coverage table
• Overwater structures policy paper
• Shoreline stabilization policy paper
• Overwater coverage presentations
• Aquatic Science presentation (PDF 6.82 MB)

Meeting 6
December, 16, 2008 5:30-9:00 p.m.
Shoreline modifications and mitigation

Meeting documents:

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• SAMP presentation
• Shoreline stabilization presentation
• Dredge & fill presentation
• Mitigation presentation
• Mitigation policy paper
• Residential development standards policy paper

Meeting 7
January 21, 2009 5:30-9:00 p.m. 
Public Access, Views, Permitting

Meeting documents:

• January agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Views policy paper
• Public Access policy paper
• Public access figures 1&2
• Public access figures 3&4
• Public access & views presentation
• Permitting Process background
• Permitting presentation

Meeting 8
February 24, 2009 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Urban Stable environment, Non-conforming uses

Meeting documents:

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• SMP policy paper - Urban Stable Environment
• SMP policy paper - Non-Conforming Uses

Meeting 9
March 24, 2009 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Response Papers and Unresolved Issues

• Meeting Summary
• Environment designations purpose and locations
• Proposed environment designation map
• Shoreline environments use charts caveats
• Shoreline environments response paper
• Commercial industrial response paper
• Residential development policy paper
• Shoreline environment policy paper
• Commercial industrial response paper
• Dredging and filling response paper
• Overwater structures response paper
• Residential development response paper
• Shoreline environment response paper
• Shoreline stabilization response paper
• Proposed use table UI
• Proposed use table UM

Meeting 10
April 28, 2009 6:00-9:00 p.m. with "Meet and Greet" from 5:30-6:00 p.m. 
Response Papers and Unresolved Issues
Note: Meeting will be held in Room 1600, on the 16th floor of Seattle Municipal Tower.

• Floating homes policy paper
• Floating homes regulation matrix
• Mitigation response paper
• Nonconforming Uses and Structures Response Paper
• Public access and views response
• Urban Stable Environment Response Paper

Meeting 11
June 2, 2009 6:00-9:00 p.m. with "Meet and Greet" from 5:30-6:00 p.m. 
CAC Final Report

Meeting 12
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Presentation
 

Past Events

Visioning Workshops
The Seattle Department of Planning and Development (DPD) hosted seven community workshops to help shape a vision for the future of Seattle’s shorelines. Using input from these workshops and a telephone survey of randomly selected citizens, DPD will publish a Vision Report that will inform the SMP update process.

Workshops were held at seven locations throughout the City. At each workshop, City staff provided background on the Shoreline Master Program update and presented results from a recently completed shoreline inventory. Participants were asked to work in small groups to discuss issues and opportunities presented by each meeting’s shoreline area. Additionally, participants considered the City’s shorelines as a whole, and how competing interests might be balanced more effectively.

The main questions that will were addressed at the workshops were:

• What are the preferred uses of the sub-region’s shoreline? Of the City’s shorelines?
• What shoreline natural resources need to be protected in the sub-region?
• Where are the opportunities for enhancing public access in the sub-region?
• What will successful management of the shoreline sub-region look like in the future?

Draft Vision Report

Open House
DPD hosted a public open house to present information on the new state guidelines for SMP updates, and our plan for public participation on November 7, 2007, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Seattle City Hall. Download the invitation, PowerPoint presentation, presentation boards and background sheet.