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Published 12/06
Using Information Technology to Increase Citizen Participation
Contents:
- Email Access to City Officials
- City E-Mail Lists, Notifications and Electronic Newsletters
- Council/Board/Commission Meeting Packets
- Streaming Video and/or Audio
- RSS Feeds
- Searchable Agendas and Meeting Minutes
- Top Level Web Pages Organized by Issues
- Issue Specific Web Pages
- Feedback Comment Forms
- Visual Preference Surveys
- Online Surveys
- Citizen Participation Pages
- Budget Calculators
Email Access to City Officials
- Seattle - Mayor Nickels wants to hear from you!
- Seattle - Contact Seattle City Council
- Burien - City Contact Information
- Covington - Contact Us
- Everett - City Council - Contact Us
- Liberty Lake - City Council Members (personal email addresses available online)
- Lynnwood - Email the City Council (For general comments or questions, send email to the City Council by clicking here for the Online Feedback Form. For individual email, click on link in Councilmember table below.)
- Federal Way - E-mail City Council
- Shoreline – Contact the City Council
City E-Mail Lists, Notifications and Electronic Newsletters
- Seattle - Electronic Mailing Lists (Arts E-News; Beacon Alliance of Neighborhoods; Citylightnews - E-News; Crime Prevention; CurbWaste E-News; Neighborhoods E-News; The Savvy Gardener Connection; Seattle Design Commission; Transportation E-Mail Alerts; View from Denny Park)
- Bellevue - City E-Mail Lists (Parks Projects Updates; Parks & Community Services Monthly Events; Unexpected Changes in Parks & Community Services Classes, Programs; Development Assistance Handouts; Weekly Permit Bulletin; City Council Agendas)
- Bothell - Mailing Lists (Employment Opportunities/Job Openings; Events; Fire Education; Imagine Bothell; Legal Notices; News; NorthCreek Project; Parks; Strategic Planning; Teen Activities)
- Lake Forest Park - Keep In Touch With Your City (All City Emails, What's Happening?, Sustaining a Livable Lake Forest Park, News from City Hall, Comprehensive Plan Updates, Burke-Gilman Trail/Bike Issues, Community Service Opportunities, Parks News)
- Kenmore - Keeping in Touch (City Council Agendas, Downtown Kenmore, Kenmore Quarterly Newsletter, SR 522 Project, Swamp Creek Project, Legal Notices, Parks & Recreation, Regional Aquatics)
- Federal Way - E-Subscribe (City Council Meeting Updates; City Employment Opportunities Job Announcements; FederalWayWireless.com; Knutzen Family Theatre Events; Parks, Arts, & Recreation; Upcoming Events Seasonal & cultural activities; Press Releases; Public Notices; Steel and North Lake aquatic weed management program notices)
- North Bend - Welcome to City e-mail news! (Council Meetings & Agendas, Job Announcements, Public Meetings, Tollgate Farm)
- Snoqualmie – E-subscriptions (E-Subscriptions is an email notification service offered by the City of Snoqualmie to help those interested in City business, services and events to stay informed)
- Shoreline – Council and Planning Commission meeting packet email subscriptions
Council/Board/Commission Meeting Packets
- Bellingham – Council Packets
- Bonney Lake - RSS Feed for City Council Agenda-Packets-Minutes-Audio
- Bremerton – Council Packets
- Gig Harbor – Council Packets
- Issaquah – Council Packets
- Kirkland – Council Packets
- Federal Way - Council Packets
- Pasco – Council Packets
- Shoreline – Council Packets
- Snoqualmie – Planning Commission Packets
- Tacoma – Planning Commission Packets
Streaming Audio and/or Video
- Bellingham – Council Meetings (video archive)
- Seattle - Council, Mayor, and many others (live video and archive)
- Seattle - “Ask the Mayor” (live video and archive)
- Seattle – Community and Neighborhood News (live and video archive)
- Tacoma - Council Meetings (indexed video archive)
- Kirkland - Council Meetings (live and indexed video archive); Planning Commission Meetings (indexed audio archive)
- Bellevue – Council Meetings (live and indexed video archive)
- Olympia – Council Meetings (live and indexed video archive)
- Woodinville – Council Meetings (indexed video archive)
- Federal Way - Council Meetings (video archive)
- Bothell – Council and Planning Commission Meetings (video archive)
- Des Moines - Council Meetings (video archive)
- Issaquah – Council Meetings (video archive)
- Richland – Council Meetings (video archive)
- Bonney Lake – Council Meetings (audio archive)
RSS Feeds
- Kirkland - Subscribe to Video & Minutes Archives via RSS
- Olympia, Washington - City Council Meetings (Subscribe to Archives via RSS Feed)
- Bonney Lake - RSS Feed for City Council Agenda-Packets-Minutes-Audio
- Bonney Lake - RSS Feed for Planning Commission Agenda-Packets-Minutes-Audio
Searchable Agendas and Meeting Minutes
- Bonney Lake - Fully searchable council agendas and meeting minutes
Top Level Web Pages Organized by Issues
- Seattle - In Depth Issues and Topics
- Redmond - Current Council Issues
- Redmond - In the Works
- Kenmore - Planning for the Future - City Projects and Plans
- Richland - Current Issues
- Richland – Council Position Papers
- Richland – Weekly Update
- Jefferson County - Community Development Department - Issue Links
Issue Specific Web Pages
- Bothell - Downtown Plan
- Lynnwood - City Center Central Source
- Spokane Valley - Cable Television Franchise Renewal
- Spokane Valley - Sprague/Appleway Revitalization Project
- Sammamish - Town Center
- Bainbridge Island - Ferry and Gateway Urban Design Project
- Mountlake Terrace - Town Center
- Kirkland - Market, Norkirk, Highlands Neighborhood Plan Update
Feedback Comment Forms
- Bellevue - Feedback and Help Requests
- Bonney Lake - Feedback
- Bremerton – Comment Form
- Kenmore - Contact Us
- Kirkland – Neighborhood Project Suggestions Form
- Lynnwood - Feedback Form
- Sequim – Citizen Input Form
- Shoreline – Environmental Review Scoping Comment Form
- Shoreline - Contact the City of Shoreline
Visual Preference Surveys
- Mountlake Terrace - Town Center Visual Preference Survey
- Sammamish - Town Center Visual Preference Survey
- Maple Valley – Visual Survey Results
Online Surveys
- Spokane Valley - Salary Commission wants to hear your thoughts on salaries for the Mayor and City Councilmembers
- Cheney - Survey and Results of Previous Surveys
- Lakewood - Recent Survey Results
- Liberty Lake - Surveys
- Richland - 2006 Community Survey (The city conducted its 2006 survey through a Web-based service. The city mailed letters to residents, inviting them to participate in the survey and instructing them how to access the survey via the city’s website.)
Citizen Participation Pages
- Bellevue - Community Involvement
- Seattle - eDemocracy
- Seattle - Get Involved
- Seattle – Talk Back
- Tacoma – Getting Involved
Budget Calculators
- Spokane Valley - 2007 Budget
- Spokane - Budget Calculator