Bellevue – Â鶹ĘÓƵ Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:38:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-favicon_logo-32x32.jpg Bellevue – Â鶹ĘÓƵ 32 32 Recommendations for Trail-Oriented Development along the Wilburton Segment of the Eastside Rail Corridor Trail /projects/recommendations-for-trail-oriented-development-along-the-wilburton-segment-of-the-eastside-rail-corridor-trail-2/ /projects/recommendations-for-trail-oriented-development-along-the-wilburton-segment-of-the-eastside-rail-corridor-trail-2/#respond Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:38:44 +0000 https://portal.epicn.org/case-stories/recommendations-for-trail-oriented-development-along-the-wilburton-segment-of-the-eastside-rail-corridor-trail/ Read More... from Recommendations for Trail-Oriented Development along the Wilburton Segment of the Eastside Rail Corridor Trail

]]> With the Eastside Rail Corridor providing a regional, north-south, non-motorized connection through the city; the Mountains to Sound Greenway running east-west; the completion of the 520 Trail; and the I-90 Trail, along with other trail connections throughout the city, there is great opportunity to better define the role of adjacent development in activating these trails and making them true regional assets. The city is looking for best practices for trail-oriented development and preparation of placemaking guidelines.

]]> This project consists of conducting research and making recommendations on how to use a Public-Private Partnership model to redevelop city-owned property for public benefit. Examples include building affordable commercial space above a public parking garage, building artist housing in BelRed, and building a campus for a creative arts college. Deliverables may include recommendations on how to execute complex property transactions, risk management and risk sharing best practices, possible changes in city policy, and lists of potential venture partners, among other things. The final project will be developed in partnership with COB’s new P3 Manager. Project participants are encouraged to explore successful P3 models and lessons learned in other communities. The city needs particular help to understand opportunities in Bellevue based on the interaction of Washington state regulations, property conditions, and capital markets.

]]> There is opportunity to design innovative, scalable solutions to some of the challenges facing the city in sustainable, meaningful performance outcomes — in particular, the BelRed district, which is facing significant change with the construction of light rail. Focusing on the BelRed District, but with potential application toward other neighborhoods as well, review and develop recommendations for promoting future sustainable development. Evaluate neighborhood sustainability approaches such as Eco-districts and LEED for Neighborhood Development, develop concepts, best practices, and implementation strategies which could support implementation of the environmental goals of the BelRed plan through public-private partnerships.

]]> The goal of this project will be to perform a high level climate vulnerability assessment for the City of Bellevue, to understand the greatest risks and vulnerabilities in the city from climate change. The project will involve the review of existing regional, statewide, and national studies to assess the impact of climate change on Bellevue’s infrastructure, such as its water, wastewater, stormwater infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, land use, urban forest, air quality, and other factors. The project will look at risks related to flooding, landslides, poor air quality, high heat, drought, water quality, and other possible climate change risks. The project will summarize existing information and also map out additional studies and research which may need to be performed, along with recommendations for next steps for the City to enhance climate resiliency. The project will seek to leverage the studies, data, and expertise of the UW Climate Impacts Group to help Bellevue begin to plan and adapt to the long-term impacts of climate change.

]]> The goal of criminal prosecution is to seek justice, but that goal is undermined if decisions regarding charging, plea offers, and sentencing are impacted by implicit bias against a defendant’s race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation or other demographic markers. This project will gather data from the City Attorney’s Office and its criminal justice partners (e.g., Bellevue Police Department, King County District Court) to identify potential implicit bias in the prosecution of criminal cases in Bellevue; formulate recommendations for addressing currently identified evidence of implicit bias and for avoiding further implicit bias in the future including but not limited to guidelines and training for prosecution attorneys and staff; and as a regional leader, share findings and solutions with other criminal justice agencies in the area to increase the impact of our efforts to combat implicit bias in criminal prosecution.

Livable City Year Contact Info
Teri Thomson Randall
Program Manager
terir@uw.edu
206.221.9240

University Faculty Contact
Richard Conlin

Local Government / Community Contact
Mike McCormick-Huentelman
Neighborhood Services | Community Development

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]]> The City of Bellevue currently produces a budget book that spans 730 pages every biennium. While it must contain certain elements per the RCW, the book also needs to tell the story of the city to help policymakers, staff, and citizens understand the work the City performs. As part of this project, we would be looking for an analysis on how well the current budget book performs this task and seeking suggestions on how to make it better.

Deliverables would include concrete feedback on how various sections of Bellevue’s budget book tell the story; reviews of budget books from other cities and how well these products succeed in this goal; and potentially reworking either discrete portions, or even the entire Bellevue budget book, into a new, superior product. This project would be great for Finance, Accounting, Public Administration, or Public Policy students to learn the workings of the Bellevue budget and budget process.

]]> The City of Bellevue is in the process of developing a language access policy to address Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and ADA. Title VI requires agencies that receive federal funding to ensure all people have access to government services, regardless of national origin, which includes persons of limited English proficiency. The plans for implementing the policy, once adopted, will require further exploration including:
The funding mechanism for translation, interpretation and staff training;
The development of potential incentives and/or compensation for employees who are bilingual, determining whether only employees who are bilingual in certain languages will receive incentive pay (i.e., top five languages spoken in Bellevue) and the process for certifying an employee’s bilingual competency;
The development of training for staff on city and department language access policies and procedures that may include identifying the language needs of customers with limited English proficiency, requesting documents for translation, working with an interpreter in person or on the telephone, etc.

]]> The City of Bellevue seeks legal research and analysis on regulatory options available to the city in relation to transient and/or short term residential rentals and municipal regulation of short-term rentals, short-term providers, and short-term operators. The city would work with the students to conduct the statutory and case law research on these issues and provide analysis and recommendations to the city for moving forward with such regulation. This could be a potential partnership with both the Law School and the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance.

]]> The Bellevue Comprehensive Plan identifies a Civic Center District surrounding Bellevue City Hall. This Civic Center vision would integrate City Hall, the “Metro property” adjacent to City Hall, Meydenbauer Convention Center (and its expansion), the existing Transit Center, and the future light rail station. It would interface with the Grand Connection (Meydenbauer Bay to Eastside Rail Corridor). Develop the vision and early master plan development, including research, outreach, community and stakeholder engagement, options, and extents.

]]> The ability to automatically and quickly locate the geographic location of a city-owned vehicle could provide benefit to resource management, more rapid deployment of emergency vehicles, and/or more timely issue resolution. Automatic vehicle locator technology could also increase efficiency of fleet operations, reduce vehicle downtime, and enhance worker safety. Students will assess existing challenges, evaluate best practices/available options, identify potential costs, and develop recommendations for implementation.

Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.

Livable City Year Contact Info
Teri Thomson Randall
Program Manager
terir@uw.edu
206.221.9240

University Faculty Contact
Annie Bruck
Nursing and Health Studies

Local Government / Community Contact
Heather Wong
Community Liaison | Fire Department

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