Bridle Trails NEP Project Open House – June 11th
Bridle Trails residents – City staff is completing evaluations of the ideas you submitted for how to spend $445,000 in NEP funding in your neighborhood area. Please join staff and your neighbors for an Open House on June 11th to review those projects that will be on your ballot this Summer.
- When: Wednesday, June 11th from 6:30pm-8:00pm
- Where: North Bellevue Community Center
- RSVP: Neighborhoodoutreach@bellevuewa.gov
Northwest Bellevue NEP now in project submission review phase
Northwest Bellevue residents - the project submission phase for NEP in the Northwest Bellevue neighborhood area closed on April 30. City staff will now evaluate the ideas that residents submitted against NEP criteria and will present those projects eligible to be included on a ballot at an Open House on Thursday, September 18th at the Northwest Arts Center.
Look for a meeting invite and your voter’s pamphlet and ballot to arrive in your mailboxes 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.
