Tuesday July 14th Neighborhood Meeting with 21st/Madison Developer

Jim Mueller, who's been involved in many projects in our neighborhood, contacted me to set up this informal neighborhood meeting to discuss his development of the old Firestone site, opposite the Safeway on Madison. Here are links to the City Documents on the project, including the Design Proposal (containing many details of the proposed building).

The City's public Early Design Guidance Hearing, at which you can make public comment, will be on Wednesday July 22nd. The official meeting announcement is copied below.

Wednesday July 15th Neighborhood Land Use Meeting

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The Central Area Land Use Committee invites our neighborhood to join them in this meeting with the developers of this project. They note:

 the project at 203 24th Ave E being developed by Ewing & Clark - designed by Skidmore/Janette Architecture. This particular project is small enough to go through Administrative Design Review (no public Early Design Guidance or Design Review Board meetings) but given that it will create 35 +/- new units, we felt it made sense to engage the developer in a community conversation. Above is the flyer we've distributed to the surrounding neighbors as well as a link to the City's project documents. 

Here are links to public comment on the project (and other documents). Here are the latest details on the project.

23rd Avenue Construction Update

No construction activity July 3 through July 5 Crews will not be working on the 23rd Avenue Project over the Fourth of July weekend (Friday through Sunday). Enjoy the holiday, and please continue to follow the Zone A detour route and avoid cutting through neighborhood streets. Stay tuned for details next week about upcoming construction activities planned for July.

For more information Visit: www.seattle.gov/transportation/23rd_Ave.htm Email: 23rdAveCorridor@seattle.gov Call the 24-hour project hotline: 206-727-8857

Lights will be turned on at ballfields July 3, 4

                      NEWS RELEASE

Edward B. Murray, Mayor

Jesús Aguirre, Superintendent

For Immediate Release:                                                                               June 26, 2015

Contact:          David Takami, 206-684-8020

                        david.takami@seattle.gov

Lights will be turned on at ballfields July 3, 4

Seattle Parks and Recreation will turn on field lighting on ballfields throughout the city on the evenings of Friday, July 3, and Saturday, July 4, to protect the surfaces. The ballfield lights will be turned on at 8:45 p.m. and will be turned off at either 10 p.m. or 11 p.m., depending on the field.

The lights will be turned on to discourage the use of fireworks. Fireworks are illegal in the city of Seattle and will destroy the artificial turf on the fields or surrounding facilities. The approximate replacement cost for the synthetic surface based on per average full-size field (110,000 square feet) is $1.2 million. All the fields have been renovated in the past several years and benefit field users including players of soccer, football, baseball, Ultimate Frisbee and lacrosse.     

The fields will be monitored by security from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m.

Lights at the following fields will be turned off at 11 p.m.:

·         Bobby Morris at Cal Anderson Park, 1635 11th Ave

·         Delridge Playfield, 4458 Delridge Way SW

·         Garfield #1, E Cherry St & 23rd Ave

·         Genesee Upper and Lower Playfield, 4316 S Genesee St.

·         Georgetown Playfield, 750 S Homer St.

·         Hiawatha Playfield, 2700 California Ave. SW

·         Jefferson Playfield, 4165 16th Ave. S

·         Lower Woodland Playfield #2 and #7, 5201 Green Lake Way North

·         Walt Hundley Playfield, 6920 34th Avenue SW

·         Washington Park Playfield, 2500 Lake Washington Blvd. E

·         Interbay Athletic Complex, 3027 17th Ave W

·         W Queen Anne Playfield, 150 W Blaine St.

Lights at the following fields will turned off at 10 p.m.:

·         Loyal Heights Playfield, 2101 NW 77th St

·         Mickey Merriam Athletic field complex, Magnuson #5 (Rugby), #6, #7, 7400 Sand Point Way N.E.

·         Miller Playfield, 330 19th Ave. E

For more information please call Seattle Parks and Recreation Security Manager Marlan Teeters at 206-684-7088.

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East Madison Street Burger Restaurant

Capitol Hill Seattle brings news of "Two Doors Down", a burger place that will soon be open two doors down from The Bottleneck Lounge, both run by Erin Nestor.

Erin Nestor at Two Doors Down (Image: Two Doors Down, link from CHS: presume they won't mind)

Transit News

Ride Transit Month: http://www.ridetransitmonth.org

Bus service funded by City of Seattle:  http://www.seattle.gov/transit

Route changes: http://metro.kingcounty.gov/up/sc/rideralert/2015/june/route-revisions.html

Questions to:

Lucas Simons <Lucas@Transportationchoices.org>

Ride Transit Month Coordinator 
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Transportation Choices
Transit for all!

Phone: 206.329.2336 
www.transportationchoices.org

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 ]