Neighborhood Leadership Gathering

During the meeting, a flyer was distributed with some information about the City of Bellevue updating the Comprehensive Plan. As part of that update, the city is updating the subarea plans. The Planning and Neighborhood Outreach staff have already put together new preliminary subarea boundaries and it is VERY favorable to the Lower Somerset neighborhood. In the existing subarea and neighborhood maps, Lower Somerset gets grouped in the Factoria subarea. The proposed map puts us in Somerset. This is important because the subarea that you're in is referenced when addressing neighborhood needs and planning efforts. The flyer encourages residents to contact Senior Planner Nicolas Matz (NMatz@bellevuewa.gov) with feedback about the plan - please do so if you have the time! Some useful things to point out is that like the rest of Somerset, we're a quiet neighborhood of single family homes that feeds into Somerset Elementary and is bounded by Factoria Blvd. to the west and Newport Way to the north. Factoria, in contrast, is a combination of multi-family dwellings, commercial, and retail on the other side of those major roads. On the map, we belong in Somerset!