West Lake Sammamish NEP Projects Open House planned for June 13th
West Lake Sammamish residents- Join city staff and your fellow neighbors to learn more about the enhancement projects that will be included on the West Lake Sammamish NEP ballot. Visual displays will be available for all projects. A brief overview of the project scoping and NEP voting processes will be provided.
Thursday, June 13, 2024 | 6:30-8 p.m.
Vasa Park Resort Ballroom | 3560 West Lake Sammamish Parkway SE I Bellevue, WA 98008
RSVP to NeighborhoodOutreach@bellevuewa.gov
Northeast Bellevue now in Scoping Phase
Northeast Bellevue residents – The project submission stage for NEP in the Northeast Bellevue neighborhood area closed on May 7th. City staff will now evaluate the ideas that residents submitted against NEP criteria and will present the eligible projects to be included on a ballot at an Open House on Thursday, September 12th. Watch your mailbox for meeting information to arrive in early September.
The Neighborhood Enhancement Program empowers residents to propose and select modest, city-funded capital projects to enhance their neighborhoods. The program rotates through the city's 14 NEP neighborhood areas over the course of seven years, serving two areas each year. The $7 million program allocation is distributed among each of the neighborhood areas, according to the number of households in each area.
Hear what your neighbors have to say about NEP and learn about the process from the video "What is NEP?"
Sequence
When NEP comes to your neighborhood area, it follows a sequence.
- Solicitation: Residents submit project ideas (mail, website or kick-off meeting).
- Scoping: Staff review project ideas using screening criteria and generate ballot projects.
- Preview: Residents review ballot projects at public open house.
- Voting: Households in the neighborhood area receive ballots in the mail to vote for three projects of their choice.
- Implementation: The city implements projects that receive the most votes within five years.