Campus Master Plan: What's next?

(Steps to be taken as outlined in the City/University Agreement.)

Plan is Issued. The final master plan has been issued and sent to the Department of Design Construction and Land Use (DCLU), which has until Jan. 8 to review it and submit a report to the hearing examiner.

CUCAC. The City-University Community Advisory Committee (CUCAC) will review the plan and submit a report to DCLU by Nov. 5.

Community Involvement. The plan has been sent to each of the roughly 500 community members and local government agencies who participated in the draft phases of the plan. UW officials are legally required to send the document to several groups. Those parties will be able to review the plan and submit concerns to a hearing examiner.

The Hearing Examiner. A City of Seattle hearing examiner will review the final master plan, the final environmental impact statement, DCLU and CUCAC reports, and public comments. The examiner will conduct a public hearing on the master plan. Finally, the examiner will submit recommendations to the City Council.

City Council. The council will hold a public hearing to receive comments from the University, CUCAC and anyone else who filed a written petition for further consideration. The council will consider the record before the Hearing Examiner and the comments received at its public hearing and will prepare a preliminary decision which will be sent to the Board of Regents, CUCAC and petitioners. Within 30 days of the preliminary decision, the regents, CUCAC and petitioners may respond to the council's preliminary decision by providing specific objections, the basis for the objections, and reasonable alternatives to the preliminary decision. The City Council will mail any written comments to all other parties of record who will file any written response within 14 days. After considering the responses, the council will consider and act on the plan.

Board of Regents. The plan will become final once an ordinance approving it has become law pursuant to the city charter and it is adopted by the regents. If the regents and council can't agree on a final plan, a mediator would assist in resolving any lingering disputes.