The Subarea Plan is a 20-year plan that outlines a vision for the community and policies to help achieve that vision.  This plan is for the Snoqualmie Valley and Northeast King County. The plan is a part of King County's 2024 Comprehensive Plan Update. The topics covered can span many subjects, including:

  • Land use and zoning
  • Housing and human services
  • Environment
  • Parks and open space
  • Transportation
  • Services and utilities
  • Economic development

About the subarea plan

The Department of Local Services is working with Snoqualmie Valley and Northeast King County communities to develop a Subarea Plan that establishes a long range vision, and policies to implement the vision.  Throughout 2021 and early 2022 we conducted introductory meetings with representatives of communities and organizations throughout the service area to help get the word out. We then went to the community with vision, guiding principles concepts in Fall of 2022 and early Winter of 2023.  We released a public review draft from June 1 to July 15 for community feedfback.  We are now addressing this feedback in a final plan that will be transmitted from the Executive to the County Council prior to 2024. Below are the public review materials.

 

Snoqualmie Valley Farmland

 

The below PDF documents represent the public review draft. Document 'A' is the actual Subarea Plan, document 'B' are all of the zoning and land use map amendments associated with the Comprehensive Plan,* documents 'C' are the Readers Guide in English, Spanish, and Traditional Chinese (Mandarin). It is recommended to read the Readers Guide first, to help focus on the areas of the plan that are of most interest.

*The map amendments associated with this Subarea Plan are labeled as "Snoqualmie Valley/NE King County..."

Snoqualmie Valley/NE King County Subarea Plan - Public Review Draft Survey

The King County Department of Local Services (Local Services) is seeking your input on the draft Snoqualmie Valley/NE King County Subarea Plan through this survey between now and July 15th.

Overview Video

We created an overview video of the plan for those who were not able to attend the hybrid kickoff meeting on June 12th. In it you will find an explanation of the plan and what is being proposed.

Video recordings of the June 12 meeting with Spanish and Chinese (Mandarin) interpretations will be released shortly)


Opportunities to Participate from June 1 to July 15

Thank you to those who have already shared your input regarding your hopes, concerns, and aspirations within the Snoqualmie Valley/NE King County area. Input to date has informed drafting the Subarea Plan, which includes a proposed community vision, guiding principles, policies and map amendments. This draft will be released June 1, along with a Readers Guide and Survey for you review and complete. In addition to the survey, bekiw is a list of events when we will be in your community or available online. 

Community-Wide Engagement Calendar

Date/Time

Event

Type

Info

Notes

June 3, All Day

Duvall Days

Annual Community Event

duvalldays.org

KC Local Services Booth at Event

June 6, 12:30-1:30pm

Virtual Office Hours

Open Zoom Meeting

Connection information below

Open for all to drop in and talk with a subarea planner

June 9, 2-3pm

Skykomish Library drop-in

In-person office hours

kcls.org/locations/skykomish

 

Open for all to drop in and talk with a subarea planner

June 9, 4-6pm

Skykomish Foodbank

Weekly Community Event

skykomishfoodbank.org

KC Local Services Booth at Event

June 10, All Day

Fall City Day/Fall City Run

Annual Community Event

www.fallcity.org/fall-city-day.html

KC Local Services Booth at Event

June 12, 6-8pm

Subarea Plan Kickoff Event

Subarea-Wide Event for Plan

At Preston Community Center (Also Zoom)

Presentation, Discussion Session, Special Guest Councilmember Perry

June 13, 12:30-1:30pm

Virtual Office Hours

Open Zoom Meeting

Connection information below

Open for all to drop in and talk with a subarea planner

June 15, 12-1pm

North Bend Library drop-in

In-person office hours

kcls.org/locations/north-bend

Open for all to drop in and talk with a subarea planner

June 15, 4-8pm

North Bend Farmers Market

Weekly (summer) Community Event

www.siviewpark.org/farmers-market.phtml

KC Local Services Booth at Event

June 17, All Day

Carnation Block Party

Annual Community Event

leearts.org

KC Local Services Booth at Event

June 17, All Day

Skykomish Tunnel Days

Annual Community Event

tunneldaysofskykomish.org

KC Local Services Booth at Event

June 20, 12:30-1:30pm

Virtual Office Hours

Open Zoom Meeting

Connection information below

Open for all to drop in and talk with a subarea planner

June 23, 2-3:30pmCarnation Library drop-inIn-person office hourskcls.org/locations/carnationOpen for all to drop in and talk with a subarea planner

June 24, 6-10am

Snoqualmie Valley Half Marathon

Annual Community Event

orcarunning.com/snoqualmie-valley-half

KC Local Services Booth at Event

June 27, 12:30-1:30pm

Virtual Office Hours

Open Zoom Meeting

Connection information below

Open for all to drop in and talk with a subarea planner

June 30, 10:30am-1pm

Presentation and Discussion

Weekly Senior Event

www.mtsiseniorcenter.org

Presentation and opportunity for discussions

June 30, 3-4:30pmFall City Library drop-inIn-person office hourskcls.org/locations/fall-cityOpen for all to drop in and talk with a subarea planner
July 6, 6-8pmBaring Community MeetingIn-person meeting

Baring Fire Station

64410 Index Creek Rd, Baring, WA 98224

Open to all in the unincorporated areas in NE King County

July 11, 12:30-1:30pm

Virtual Office Hours

Open Zoom Meeting

Connection information below

Open for all to drop in and talk with a subarea planner

July 11, 6-8pmUnincorporated North Bend MeetingIn-person meeting

North Bend Train Depot

205 E McClellan St,

North Bend, WA 98045

Open to all in the unincorporated areas around North Bend

 

Zoning and Land Use Amendment Web Map

Are you interested in the zoning and land use changes being recommended, but need a more visual tool to understand them.  Click below on our: 

Zoning and Land Use Amendment Web Map

Click on the blue text above and you will go to a map where you can zoom to or search for parcels where recommended changes exist and click on them for more information. A tutorial video created by Jason Refsland of Fall City is below, which contains instructions on the web map and how to learn more about the proposed map amendments by linking info on the web map to the Map Amendments document (above)

 

Weekly Office Hours - Tuesdays 12:30 to 1:30pm 

Meet with planners virtually during the project's online office hours, every Tuesday afternoon from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. from Feb. 7 through July. Join via Zoom (Meeting ID: 889 3254 7542, Passcode: local2022; Phone: 253-205-8782 or find your local number, Phone Passcode: 050024766)

King County Comprehensive Plan - Public Review from June 1 to July 15

King County has also has a public review period the 2024 update of its Comprehensive Plan from June 1 to July 15. This is a key policy document that guides how growth and development in unincorporated King County will occur over the next 20 years. The focus of this update will be on climate, housing, and anti-racist/pro-equity policies. For more information about the Comprehensive Plan and how to get involved, please go to https://kingcounty.gov/depts/executive/performance-strategy-budget/regional-planning/king-county-comprehensive-plan.aspx

Subarea Map

 

Results from Previous Engagement (2021 through Spring 2023)

Concepts Survey 

A survey to identify concepts being considered for the Subarea Plan and to ensure the community priorities are included.  This survey closed on February 24th

Snoqualmie Valley/NE King County Concepts Survey

 Thank you for taking a few minutes to share your thoughts with us!The Subarea Plan concept document presents the vision statement, guiding principles, and scope of the Snoqualmie Valley/Northeast...

Vision & Scope Finalizing Survey 

A survey to ensure that the statements for a vision, guiding principles and scope for policy development truly reflect the majority of the community voices.  This survey closed on September 22nd. View the results of the survey by clicking the link below.

 

Results: Snoqualmie Vallet/NE King County Subarea Plan - Vision and Scope Development

Snoqualmie Valley/NE King County Subarea Plan - Vision & Scope Development

Help shape the vision, guiding principles, and scope of work for the Snoqualmie Valley / Northeast King County Subarea Plan.

Virtual Community Event 

Virtual Community Event was held on September 27th to hear the community's thoughts on a draft final vision, scope and guiding principles for the subarea plan.

Couldn't make the meeting? Watch the live recording here.

 

Snoqualmie Valley/NE King County Subarea Plan - Visioning/Scoping Kickoff Feedback Survey

A chance for those who could not attend the May 24 kickoff event to provide feedback

SVNEKC Subarea Map

Questions?

Jesse Reynolds

jesreynolds@kingcounty.gov | 206-477-4237 

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