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PRCC Mar 6 speaker on proposed changes to parking and transit rules
Phinney Ridge Community Council March 6 City Planner Speaking on Proposed Changes to Parking and Transit Rules: How will proposed changes affect Phinney/Greenwood parking and transit? Location: Phinney Neighborhood Center; 7:00 p.m. The Phinney Ridge Community Council will host a discussion March 6th at 7 p.m. on the proposed parking changes being considered by City Council. Councilmembers say they are working to promote transportation options by discouraging use of cars and increasing car sharing, mass transit and bicycles. Gordon Clowers, Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections’ Senior Planner, will be joining us to help explain the proposal. Among the issues we are hoping to discuss: · Do the proposed policies take into consideration the steep hills on Phinney/Greenwood that can affect mobility? · Do the policies work toward the City’s stated goal of becoming an “age-friendly city” (One that works to maintain and improve livability for seniors)? · Are these policies realistic given the region’s rapid growth? · Why does the proposal want to change the definition of "Frequent Transit Service" to allow for longer intervals between buses? · Which types of buildings will be exempt from providing parking under the proposal and how does that differ from current regulations? Additional questions for the discussion may be directed to phinneyridgeccouncil@gmail.com City staff recommends the following web page for more information. http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/codesrules/changestocode/parkingrecommendations/projectdocuments/default.htm, Director’s Report and FAQ. Links to the draft ordinance are on Livablephinney.org which is a neighborhood group mounting a legal challenge the City’s definition and measurement of Frequent Transit Service. Neighborhood residents who would like to communicate with the Mayor and City Councilmembers on the topic can submit comments in writing and/or attend the City Council meeting on March 7, 9:30 a.m. and speak during the public comment period. We encourage you to help shape this policy as it will impact transportation, commerce and quality of life across the city.
jenny.durkan@seattle.gov; rob.johnson@seattle.gov; sally.bagshaw@seattle.gov; teresa.mosqueda@seattle.gov; bruce.harrell@seattle.gov; lisa.herbold@seattle.gov; mike.obrien@seattle.gov; lorena.gonzalez@seattle.gov; debora.juarez@seattle.gov; kshama.sawant@seattle.gov
Phinney Neighborhood Center is located at 6532 Phinney Ave N.
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Schedule for Citywide Hearings on HALA
Check out the schedule for hearings in your neighborhood: http://www.seattle.gov/hala/calendarCitywide Open Houses: |
SCALE (Seattle Coalition for Affordability, Livability, and Equity) - PRCC Feb. 6th Meeting
PHINNEY RIDGE COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday Feb. 6, 2018, 7 p.m. @ Phinney Neighborhood Center Our meeting’s guest speaker will be Jon Lisbon of SCALE (Seattle Coalition for Affordability, Livability and Equity). He will address the proposed appeal to Seattle’s housing and upzoning that will increase height and density on Greenwood and Phinney Ridge. Additional agenda items to be announced. https://www.facebook.com/SeattleCoalition https://www.seattlefairgrowth.org/appeal.html
http://www.phinneyridgecc.org Phinneyridge.ccouncil@gmail.com
Phinney Neighborhood Center located at 6532 Phinney Ave N. |
Twenty-four Community Groups Join to Appeal the MHA Grand Bargain Environmental Impact Statement
Here is a press release from Seattle Fair Growth: PRESS RELEASE: November 27, 2017 FOR MORE INFORMATION: Sarajane Siegfriedt, Seattle Fair Growth, sarajane3h@comcast.net Toby Thaler, Seattle Fair Growth, toby@louploup.net Twenty-four Community Groups Join to Appeal the MHA Grand Bargain Environmental Impact Statement Neighborhood, housing and homeless advocacy, small business and environmental groups from around Seattle are holding a press conference at 12:15 Monday in the City Hall foyer to announce that they have formed an MHA EIS appeal coalition. Also Monday they are filing an appeal to the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) to the Seattle Hearing Examiner for citywide upzones known as the Grand Bargain. The coalition is called Seattle Coalition for Affordability, Livability and Equity. Jon Lisbin, small business owner and president of Seattle Fair Growth said, “We are worried about affordability and displacement. Our neighborhoods are so different that one-size-fits-all upzones don’t work well for residents or small businesses. The Final EIS completely neglects the differences between neighborhoods that are ripe for multifamily development such as Lake City and Northgate, and other racially diverse neighborhoods, such as South Park and Beacon Hill, that are mainly of older single-family homes owned or rented by lower-income families. The city is leaving low- and middle-income families with no place to go.” Said David Ward, a Ravenna renter and president of the coalition, "It will make Seattle far more unaffordable and also make it more difficult to live here due to more traffic, not enough schools, more pollution, fewer trees, and a loss of the diversity of residents we currently have." “I’m worried about moving out from my parents’ home because I know it’ll be hard to find an apartment I can afford,” said Beacon Hill Council Member and UW student Cacima Lee. “And the idea of buying a home in Seattle is almost a joke.” “Instead of invalidating all neighborhood plans, the city needs to support and celebrate differences while maintaining intact communities,” Christy Tobin-Presser of the West Seattle Junction Neighborhood Coalition added. “These upzones are not needed to accommodate the growth that’s planned. The city already has the more than twice the capacity in multi-family zoning to accommodate all the growth that’s coming, so who’s driving this land-grab?” Wallingford resident Susanna Lin states: "We have a school capacity crisis and the City is planning upzones without coordinating with the School District on a plan to build more schools. In addition, trees are disappearing at an alarming rate. What kind of future is this for our children?" The Grand Bargain, or Mandatory Housing Affordability-Residential (MHA-R), is a one-size-fits-all proposal by former Mayor Ed Murray and City planners that would give developers increased height limits and profitability in exchange for either building affordable units in their projects or contributing a fee in lieu of including them. In fact, according to the City, most developers have said they will decline to include rent-restricted units in their projects. They prefer to pay the fee. According to Lake City homeowner and affordable housing advocate Sarajane Siegfriedt, the City Office of Housing then leverages the fees 3:1 mostly with federal, state and city tax funds to build low-income housing in other parts of Seattle. Most of the required affordable housing will be built in locations with cheap land, not in the neighborhoods where builders maximize profits by replacing older houses with costly new market-rate housing. Then there’s the delay. It takes four or so years for a nonprofit to receive City and state grants, assemble the rest of the funding, and construct a building, assuming they already have the land.” “We share the City’s goal of affordable housing for those earning less than 60% of Area Median Income, but it is simply not achieved by these upzones,” Siegfriedt said. “That’s why we are filing an appeal. The real impacts that destroy and gentrify our low- and moderate-income neighborhoods are loss of affordability, community and livability.” Said West Seattle’s Tobin-Presser, ”The purpose of an Environmental Impact Statement, required by the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), is to provide two or more alternatives to the proposed changes, to analyze as thoroughly as possible the impacts of the alternatives and to propose mitigation for those impacts. The FEIS appeal coalition asserts that the proposed upzones won’t provide affordability, that the alternatives studied in the FEIS are completely inadequate, and that the impacts and mitigation must be analyzed neighborhood by neighborhood. Members of Seattle Coalition for Affordability, Livability and Equity: Baker Street Community Group ● Beacon Hill Council of Seattle ● Cherry Hill Community Council ● Citizens for Architectural Diversity ● Eastlake Community Council ● Fremont Neighborhood Council ● Friends of the North Rainier Neighborhood Plan ● Friends of Ravenna-Cowen ● Georgetown, Duwamish Valley Neighborhood Preservation Coalition ● Jackson Place Community Council ● Madison-Miller Park Community● Magnolia Community Council ● Morgan Community Association (MoCA) ● Save Madison Valley ● Seattle Displacement Coalition ● Seattle Fair Growth ● Seniors United for Neighborhoods ● South Park, Duwamish Valley Neighborhood Preservation Coalition ● TreePAC ● U District Small Businesses ● University District Community Council ● Wallingford Community Council ● West Seattle Junction Neighborhood Organization (JuNO) ● Westwood Roxhill Arbor Heights Community Coalition ### |
Accessory Dwelling Units Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Scoping - Comment Period Extended to Nov 16th
Public Comment Deadline Extended to Nov 16th regarding scoping of the Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). This process involves determining factors that will or will not be considered as part of the ADU EIS for Seattle. The public can shape this process. Use the following link for information and how to submit comments: |
Three dwellings per Single Family Lot...
From: urbanbalance@activist.com <urbanbalance@activist.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2017 2:16 PM To: dmoehring@consultant.com Subject: All invited--- Proposed Backyard Cottage and Granny Flats within Single Family lots |
Councilmember O'Brien October 11th Office Hours
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Mayoral and City Council Candidate Forum - Saturday Oct 14th Taproot Theatre
The Greenwood and Broadview community councils are sponsoring a Mayoral and City Council candidates’ forum at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, at Taproot Theatre, 204 N. 85th St. The forum will be moderated by freelance journalist Steve Scher, host of Town Hall’s podcast “In the Moment,” and will be followed by a question and answer session. Bring your questions or email in advance to info@greenwoodcommunitycouncil.org. Candidates attending: Mayoral candidates Jenny Durkan and Cary Moon; City Council Position 8 candidates Teresa Mosqueda and Jon Grant; City Council Position 9 candidate Pat Murikami. |
Public Safety Information and Tips from the Seattle Police Department
Seattle Police Department Community Safety Information: The following information provided to us thanks to: Your community police team officers’ names and contact information: Officer
Cruzan (206) 233-3733 michael.cruzan@seattle.gov Community police team officers are available to help the community with chronic issues. If there is a crime always report it first before contacting Officer Cruzan or Officer Bender. Please feel free to contact me (Mary Amberg) anytime with Seattle Police questions. Finding out what is going on in your area: Tweet By Beat: https://twitter.com/seattlepdJ2 Seattle Police Blotter: http://spdblotter.seattle.gov/ Consider joining NextDoor: https://nextdoor.com View Police Reports: http://web1.seattle.gov/police/records/PoliceReports/Default.aspx You can call the North Precinct at 206-684-0794 to ask for a “request to watch”. Your micro policing neighborhood is Phinney Ridge or Greenwood. Knowing this information is helpful if you want to look up crime statistics and crime reports for your area which can be done at: http://www.seattle.gov/seattle-police-department/crime-data/crime-dashboard You can see police and fire responses to 911 calls within the last 48 hours at: http://web6.seattle.gov/mnm/incidentresponse.aspx Graffiti information: http://www.seattle.gov/police/prevention/graffiti.htm The graffiti Detective’s Personal website: https://sites.google.com/site/graffitidetective/graffiti-prevention?overridemobile=true The online crime reporting link is: http://www.seattle.gov/police/report/default.htm
Why can't I use online reporting for all crimes? Some crimes and incidents may require evidence collection or other investigative procedures requiring an officer’s involvement. Also, only crimes that have no suspects, are not in progress and do not involve injury can be reported this way. This is for the safety of everyone involved. Reporting suspicious activity can be done through 911 or SPD non-emergency (206) 625-5011. Seattle Police Traffic Unit: You can either call Kasey Loete 206-684-8722 or you can email her at kasey.loete@seattle.gov. She will help you with next steps to take if you want more speed traffic enforcement on your street. For traffic calming measures such as speed humps, traffic circles, and radar speed signs information http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/ntcp_physical.htm . License Plates and Abandoned Vehicles: Please report abandoned vehicles (sitting in one spot for over 72 hours) especially those that are connecting with suspicious activity. If you suspect an abandoned vehicle may be stolen, you can check the plates against our stolen car Twitter account at http://twitter.com/getyourcarback - you do not need an account to view this information. You can report an abandoned vehicle online using our Abandoned Vehicle Reporting Form . SPD Parking Enforcement: http://www.seattle.gov/police/parking/default.htm (206) 368-9012. North Precinct Advisory Council (NPAC) : http://seattlenpac.blogspot.com/ Meets the first Wednesday of every month. 7-8:30 p.m. The meeting is at Lakeside School, 14050 1st Ave NE, in the Kent Evans Auditorium in a building on upper school campus. This is a great place to meet and speak with the police and neighborhood leaders. For more information about SMART 911: https://www.smart911.com/ Find it Fix it App: http://www.seattle.gov/customer-service-bureau/find-it-fix-it-mobile-app
Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections : To make a property or building complaint http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/codesrules/makeacomplaint/default.htm Please contact me (Mary Amberg, contact info above) if you would like a security assessment on your home or business. |
Mayoral Candidate Debate to be Hosted by PNA on Oct. 22nd
The PNA will host a mayoral candidate forum on October 22. The forum will be from 5-6 pm, doors open
at 4:30. Here are links to the
webpage and
Facebook event, |
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