Blaine’s Community Development Services Department presented its comprehensive plan update during an open house on September 30 at city hall.
The city is due to submit its decennial comprehensive plan update, which will outline how the city will grow for the next 20 years, to the state by the end of December. The open house marked the city’s first official step of public engagement in the planning process, which the city planners have been working on for over a year.
City staff answered questions and requested community feedback on where the city should increase housing density, recreational spaces and industrial land.
Blaine will ask city voters in November whether they would like to de-annex 573 acres of east Blaine, a large chunk of which is the Grandis Pond property. If that passes, the city will then attempt to add urban growth areas near Semiahmoo, where it would focus future housing development.
The meeting was attended by Blaine and Birch Bay residents,along with Blaine Planning Commissioners and city leaders.
For more information on the comprehensive plan, visit the city’s website at bit.ly/3Khbejx.
