Public Hearing Sept. 14, 2023 for Emergency, Transitional, and Permanent Supportive Housing City of Lake Forest Park

City of Lake Forest Park
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2023 – 7:00 P.M.
Renewal of Interim Regulations related to Indoor Emergency Shelters, Emergency Housing, Transitional Housing, and Permanent Supportive Housing
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The City of Lake Forest Park City Council passed Ordinance Number 1227 on September 9, 2021, adopting interim regulations for indoor emergency shelters, emergency housing, transitional housing, and permanent supportive housing. 

The interim regulations were renewed in Ordinance Number 23-1264 on March 9, 2023, and are set to expire on September 19, 2023. 

The City Council will consider renewing the interim regulations in Ordinance Number 1227 for another six months. The public hearing is intended to provide an opportunity for public testimony regarding the proposed renewal. The terms of the interim regulations can be found in the agenda packet for the hearing and in Ordinance Number 1227.

The public hearing will be conducted during the City Council’s regular meeting on September 14, 2023. The meeting will begin at 7:00pm, and the public hearing will commence thereafter. The public hearing will be held virtually and in person. *Instructions for how to participate in the virtual public hearing may be found on the agenda for the meeting. Written testimony will be accepted prior to the meeting and distributed to the City Council, and verbal testimony will be accepted during the public hearing.

• Written comments should be submitted to City Clerk Matt McLean at mmclean@cityoflfp.gov no later than 5:00pm local time on the date of the hearing. 
• Any person wishing to provide oral testimony at the hearing is encouraged to register via the Remote Public Comment Sign-in Form on the  City’s Hybrid Meetings webpage by 5:00pm on the date of the meeting. 
• Persons who have not signed up on the online public hearing sign-in sheet will be called upon to raise their hand through the Zoom meeting webinar feature, or the sign-in form at the meeting, and will be added to the speakers’ queue by the City Clerk, to be called upon by the Meeting Chair or designee. 
• A request to speak can also be made by phone directly to the City Clerk at 206-368-5540 prior to 5:00pm on the date of the meeting.

Matt McLean
City Clerk
September 1, 2023
*The agenda will be available here by end of business on Monday, September 11.