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Seattle new head planner will focus on sustainability
Posted by Emily Heffter
Marshall Foster, a Seattle city planner and board member for Great City, the nonprofit founded by Mayor Mike McGinn, will take over this month as the city's new planning director.
The city plans to announce Foster's new assignment Wednesday. Foster, 34, is currently central waterfront coordinator for the city. He has worked on a neighborhood-wide rezone planned for the South Lake Union neighborhood.
Part of his new role will be to help McGinn assess "sustainability practices" across city departments. Mike Mann, the director of the city's Office of Sustainability and Development, announced last week he is resigning.
The fate of Mann's department is not clear, but McGinn spokesman Mark Matassa said no reorganizations are planned right now. Matassa said the mayor will consider reorganizing departments this year to cut the budget.
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