Assorted neighborhood issues: how to get involved

City Neighborhood Council ​Advisory Alert - Week of June 8 Critical Dates  Public Meetings Click Images & Links For More Info LOWRISE FAMILY CODE REVISIONS CB 118385 FINAL VOTE JUNE 16 ​BY CITY COUNCIL Alert your neighbors if this topic affects you! City Council must hear directly from neighborhoods on proposed legislation.  For More Information:  Councilmember O'Brien HOW SHOULD SEATTLE GROW?  Seattle 2035 - Draft EIS  PUBLIC COMMENT CLOSES JUNE 18 Draft EIS looks at several different ways Seattle could grow over the next 20 years and benefits / trade-offs of each. ​ For More Information:  Seattle 2035 ​ DESIGN REVIEW PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS  DPD Survey Ends 6.14.15 Online Open House Starts 6.15 ​seattlecnc@gmail.com DPD Contact:geoffrey.wentlandt@seattle.gov SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS  Learn about the February 2016 Operations Levy and BTA IV Capital Levy ​========== CNC Youth, Schools Committee Presentation Planning for Seattle's Growing Neighborhood Schools PHOENIX PROJECT REVIVING SEATTLE'S NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS JUNE 27 9 - 12:30 pm Bertha Knight Landes Rm ​PLAN STEWARDS CNC NPLUC EVENT Questions - Comments seattlecnc@gmail.com Share with neighbors Questions - Comments:  seattlecnc@gmail.com ​City Neighborhood Council  Seattle City Neighborhood Council 700 5th Ave Seattle, WA 98104 ]

Meany School Project News

Hi Lori and Ron,

I hadn’t heard anything recently, so I wrote to Vince Gonzales (School District) and Gary Gibbons about their projects.  Please see below.

From Vince:

Funds Available to Support Neighborhood Night Out 2015 Activities

http://frontporch.seattle.gov/2015/05/29/funds-available-to-support-neighborhood-night-out-2015-activities/

If your neighborhood plans to participate in the 31st Annual Night Out on August 4, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods has a fund to support your event.

District 3 Candidate Forum on June 8th

Reminder: Tuesday May 12 Council Candidates' Forum at Mt. Zion.

YOU ARE INVITED to the 43rd District Democrats' 2015 Seattle City Council District 3 Candidate Forum on May 12, 2015 at Mount Zion Baptist Church.

Doors open at 6:00pm. You will have an opportunity to mingle with all of the candidates running for office between 6:30pm and 7:00pm; the main program begins at 7:00pm. 

Come to hear more from the candidates, their positions on important issues to our legislative districts/District 3, and get to know what they stand for.

This event is free and open to the public. ASL interpretation provided. For accessibility questions or concerns, email communications@43rddems.org

https://www.facebook.com/events/1433078646986739/

http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2015/05/on-capitol-hill-cd-middle-ground-five-district-3-candidates-go-head-to-head-for-first-time/

For those of you concerned about height, mass and scale in Multi-Family zones

(written by Kathryn Keller, Homer Harris Park neighbor)

A few years ago, many neighbors began to notice new building that is totally different than what they understood to be the zoning of the area they moved into. They checked the zoning map and did not notice much difference -- saw LR-2 instead of L-2, but the explanation was basically the same as they had seen all along. So they started to organize and do some research and a LOT of documentation of the difference between what is explained as intent with what is seen in reality. This effort included many of our neighbors. They held a number of public meetings a few years ago.

Under pressure, cm Clark asked DPD to 'fix' the land Use code to prevent unintended consequences of the Multi-Family zones rewrite of 2010. Citizens appealed to the hearing examiner on that bill , due to analyses that predicted exactly the above consequences, along with a whole host of other follow-on issues - think about what has been going on in the last 5 years.. . The intent of those tweaks were to allow more variety of building styles, but the results has been development of a scale that any sensible person would say should require a re-zoning process.

DPD complied and drafted the fixes, a bill was introduced, then the developer lobby appealed to the hearing examiner on the basis that land use that provides the most profit can not be taken away, which is why people pay attention before laws are passed! Surprisingly, they lost. Now your opinion matters, especially if you live in an LR zone. This notice explains how to submit your public testimony or written comment, and a link to details towards the bottom. Once you go to the council committee page, scan down to "Low-rise Multifamily Code Corrections" to review the measure that had been introduced. It look like they will tweak it, and especially will tweak if it seems to meet the needs of housing production called for by the Mayor's HALA committee. I respond, be brave and up-zone, or add zones. if buildings need to go higher and bigger in an area and stop doing under the covers up-zones by changing the meaning and intent of a zone.

Comments will be accepted Tuesday, June 2 starting at 2PM in council chambers, and if you cannot go (many of us cannot) you can email your comments to:mike.obrien@seattle.gov, tim.burgess@seattle.gov, nick.licata@seattle.gov,John.Okamoto@seattle.gov to register your opinion with the Seattle Council Planning, Land Use and Sustainability Committee.

http://web1.seattle.gov/dpd/luib/Notice....

NOTICE OF A CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO LOWRISE MULTI-FAMILY ZONING REGULATIONS - Seattle Department of Planning and Development

WEB1.SEATTLE.GOV

Deadline approaches to apply for funds to support your neighborhood project

NEWS ADVISORY

SUBJECT: Deadline approaches to apply for funds to support your neighborhood project

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
5/8/2015  4:00:00 PM

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lois Maag  (206) 615-0950

Deadline approaches to apply for funds to support your neighborhood project 
Workshop available for interested applicants; application deadline is June 1

Seattle - If your group needs funds to do a neighborhood project, the city’s Neighborhood Matching Fund may be able to help. But you’ll need to be quick because the application deadline for the Small and Simple Projects Fund is Monday, June 1 at 5:00 p.m. This fund provides matching awards of up to $25,000 to neighborhood groups and community organizations for community-building projects.

To learn about the Small and Simple Projects Fund, there is one more workshop scheduled for Thursday, May 14 at Northgate Community Center from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. The workshop will provide an overview of the Neighborhood Matching Fund, the qualities of a good project, and the application process and requirements. To RSVP call 206-733-9916 or go online at surveymonkey.com/s/NMFWorkshop.

There will be another opportunity to apply to the Small and Simple Projects Fund this October.

Our Neighborhood Matching Fund staff is available to advise groups on ways to develop successful applications and projects. You are strongly encouraged to call 206.233.0093 or email NMFund@seattle.gov to discuss your project idea with one of our project managers.

A program of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, the Neighborhood Matching Fund (NMF) has three funding programs that award matching funds for projects initiated, planned, and implemented by community members. Its goal is to build stronger and more vibrant neighborhoods through community involvement and engagement. Every award is matched by a neighborhood’s contribution of volunteer labor, donated materials, in-kind professional services, or cash.

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