Bellevue 2044 - Future Land Use

We need to identify and call out highways as a major source of air and noise pollution, and we need to protect our community from that pollution. We are protecting day care centers, schools, hospitals, and assisted living facilities from air pollution by not building them close to highways. We need to add housing to that list. We should not be building dense housing, affordable housing, or any housing within 500 feet of highways.

I'm not sure if this is the correct place to add these comments.
I'm in favor of allowing 2 ADU's or 2 DADU's on single family zoned property.
I also would like to see a easy to use 18 hour a day or more transit system (small airporter type bus) to travel through neighborhoods to connect with light rail stops.
It's that "last mile" that keeps me and other people from using light rail.
If no last mile system, the limited parking at the stops will be full.

Hi,
I am grateful for your focus on creating mixed neighborhood centers and increasing trees and natural spaces for residents. However, affordable housing must not be built at the expense of the health of residents living there when that housing is within 500' of freeways.
I know we can find a way to increase affordable housing and protect the health and well-being of the residents who live there.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.

There is a lot of potential around Lake Bellevue. We need to remove the current structures and build a park.

I see your preferred draft map for Newport Hills is to change Zoning to R-Suburban. R-Suburban is listed as Residential, duplexes, tri-plexes and cottage housing. My question is, how can a city change a deed restriction on property that is not allowed under the preferred draft? Most all the residential homes in Newport have this restriction if developed as a formal plat. The restrictions placed on the property were put there for a reason. Buyers purchased and paid for these properties in part for that reason. What elements of law are in place? What elements of the law is the City relying on to just write our way of living out of existence? It looks like the City of Bellevue is following the mapping of most all American Major Cities. If you care to take a closer look, this is not working well for America. I believe. a better solution is to build the infrastructure to move people throughout the state quickly

We must realize that growth is inevitable and that our situation in Bellevue is unique and irrevocably unique. We cannot simply refuse to utilize the land around our once-in-a generation light rail line. Do that, and growth will simply shift to other municipalities, or simply dissipate at the further cost of housing affordability.

Growth will inevitably bring change, and our rigorous tree code, impact assessments, etc. will serve our communities sufficiently. 4-to-6-unit apartments or townhomes, must be solidified in every part of our neighborhoods within 1/4 -1/2 mile from a major transit stop or center.

We must oppose and reject those who believe that growth will bring crime and the worst congestion in the nation. That is improbable thanks to initiatives such as Bike Bellevue, Eastrail and East link. The only way to improve housing affordability is to build more housing, overwhelmingly focused on transit, and that is what we must do!

I’m concerned that people like a good friend of mine who spent their lives working in and serving this community can no longer afford to live here. My friend recently retired after approximately 40 years as a nurse at Overlake Hospital. She had to move out of the area. Sadly, she is not an isolated case. I’ve met teachers who have left the area for the same reason. Let’s fix this Bellevue! There should be more affordable housing options. Also for future development consideration, the parks and green spaces are what make Bellevue truly special. Please preserve as much as possible for future generations.

The City to protect the quality and lifestyle of the neighborhoods that current owners have bought into. Please save our tree canopies in our neighborhood and not solidify 4 to 6 unit apartments or townhomes, in every part of our neighborhood within 1/4 -1/2 mile from a major transit. Build within the new growth, and consider the environment of homeowners who are will be overburdened with surrounding growth of emmissions, noise, and over 10,000 housing units within one block away from Wilburton and Bel-Red.
Please think of our wildlife and tree canopies that we have come to love about our neighborhood.

Get crime down! No o e want to ride a bus that is dangerous! Nor do you want to park at a park and ride where your car is stolen or broken into! Prosecute crime! Get criminals off the bus and streets!

We don't have the infrastructure for more growth! Work on that first! Our traffic is the worst in the country!

Please, please, please focus on public transportation (general Eastside, Bellevue, etc.). As we start building more housing, we need to have public transport be something that people look to use, otherwise, traffic is going to be horrible, and we'll harm the environment with all of the idling cars on the road.

I think this should be prioritized even if there's people who want to make things easier for cars or preserve our single family home neighborhoods. We're not going to be able to please everyone, but putting these concerns to the side is a must to achieve our goals of cheaper housing and helping the environment. I think these things need to happen at the same time as well. Public transport may not be used very much or there may be some demographics that don't use it, but if we make it easier to use (or there become so many people that we have to), I think a meaningful will be grateful for it, even if they're not used to it now. This would mean that we're going against the people who also want there to be ample parking, but again, if public transport was good, people wouldn't care about this as much

I'd also like Bellevue to truly focus on fostering an environment for creative minds and just a place that looks cool. We say this is important, but I think there should be a much bigger focus on this and ensure we don't just focus on making a great business and residential community.

The housing we focus on should be dense housing and not purely luxury. Luxury looks really cool and that's great, but there needs to be more housing that's more affordable than that (and not just for Affordable Housing)