Normandy Park City Manager’s Report for week ending Aug. 9, 2024

The City’s 2024 Comprehensive Plan Update is moving forward

Communities across growth management-planning areas in Washington state continue their December 2024 deadline progress towards the 2024 Comprehensive Plan Update, called the Periodic Update, and, for Normandy Park, Normandy Park 2044. This major update has been an opportunity for community residents, businesses, and other stakeholders to validate their long-range planning efforts in their comprehensive plans. Since the last Normandy Park Comprehensive Plan Update in 2016, the City Council has passed amendments including new Vision statements and an Economic Development Element, and incorporating stormwater management planning, Shoreline Management Plan (SMP), and critical areas ordinance (CAO) regulatory updates into the Plan for reference.

The Normandy Park 2044 plan amendments were based on an Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) approach that first identified Normandy Park’s assets and strengths. This led to amendments proposed to all the chapter Elements in the Comprehensive Plan. Proposed amendments address elements including housing, urban growth capacity, capital investment planning requirements, environmental considerations for sea level rise, and continued stormwater management, transportation, and economic development actions to improve the local business climate.

The City Council will review these proposed amendments at the August 13th meeting, and the periodic update will be complete when adopted by Ordinance #1066 later this year. This is an important document, so I encourage you to use this link and review each newly drafted Chapters in Normandy Park 2044. If you have any questions after your review, please reach out to me or Community Development Director Nicholas Matz.

Summer Concert Series Continues on August 4th  

Are you ready for our next summer event? Join us on Sunday, August 11th, at 5:00 p.m. for a performance by Nick Vigarino’s Meantown Blues. It is free and open to the public. Bring a picnic blanket or lawn chair to Marvista Park and enjoy. The complete schedule is available on the City’s website.

If you have any questions about these items or any other city business, please get in touch with me at aarrington@normandyparkwa.gov.

“Have a great week!”

Amy Arrington, City Manager
City of Normandy Park
801 SW 174th Street
Normandy Park, WA 98166
(206) 248-8246 (Direct Phone)