Points For discussion at Wednesday May 3 Meeting

Miller Park Livability – Guiding Principles for Planning v2

*DRAFT*

Miller Park Neighbors embraces the stated goals of HALA to create more affordable housing and meet the housing needs of our growing city. We support a plan for increased density that:

1)      Maintains or improves the affordability of our neighborhood and diversity of our housing stock while prioritizing family housing over luxury condominiums and micro-housing.

a.      Current housing stock consists of single-family homes, older affordable apartments and condos, new townhomes and apartments, Seattle Housing Authority properties, Capitol Hill Housing properties, and accessory dwelling units (ADUs) – allowing for a wide variety of people to enjoy in-city living. This diversity of housing types scale to each other, maintaining the attractiveness and livability of the area.

b.      Providing development opportunities without guidelines for the type of housing needed for the long-term is short-sighted. We may lose the exact type of housing we will need when younger residents desire to have a family in a few years. We could be left with a glut of housing that isn’t conducive to these families because the City didn’t require construction of enough 3+ bedroom units with access to outdoor space. The result will be even higher prices for family housing and a flight of families to the suburbs, which will exacerbate our region’s transportation issues.

Miller Neighborhood Group Meeting: Wednesday May 3rd

(See http://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/Council/Members/Johnson/CommunityDesignWorkshops/Maps/12-MadisonMiller_MHAFeedback_-2017-04-18.pdf
for a map summarizing the ideas generated at the HALA meeting at Miller)

Miller Park Neighbors Community Meeting

Wednesday May 3, 2017   6:30pm  Holy Names Academy

Chair; Elaine Nonneman 

I. Review of Agenda and Procedures. Sign Ins. Introduction of Steering Committee members. (General Introductions ?)

Co-Chair; Debrah Walker  General HALA Information Updates. 

II. Report back from subcommittees;

RPZ  - Tami Broadhead and others

OUTREACH;

Community Associations- Dara Ayres, Jack Thompson, Greg Walton

Historic Seattle- Paul Neal, Jeri Schneider

Allied Arts-Judith Bader, Jack Baker

Others?

III. Talking points: Erin Moyer, Brian Murphy, Barbara Dallman, Jason Barber

IV. Next Steps: Debrah Walker

Article on Status of Backyard Cottage (ADU, DADU) Regulations

NOT IN YOUR BACKYARD: COTTAGES, IN-LAW APARTMENTS, AND THE PREDATORY DELAY OF HALA’S ADU RULES

http://www.sightline.org/2017/04/20/not-in-your-backyard-cottages-in-law-apartments-and-the-predatory-delay-of-halas-adu-rules/

Madison-Miller City Workshop Report

Thank you for your attendance at the workshop held earlier this year in Madison-Miller! The notes and presentation from that workshop have been posted at http://www.seattle.gov/council/meet-the-council/rob-johnson/community-design-workshops.

I would appreciate if you took a moment to fill out a brief post-workshop survey by clicking here to give the city and the facilitation team feedback to evaluate, improve, and direct potential future outreach strategies.

As a reminder, there are a number of ways to stay engaged with this process including:

·         Going to HALA.Consider.It (a guide to provide comment on that form is attached)

·         Call the HALA Hotline: (206) 743-6612

·         Attend the upcoming open house for the Central Neighborhoods on May 16^th, 2017 from 6:00PM-8:00PM

o   At Washington Hall, 153 14^th Ave, SEATTLE, WA 98122

·         Stay up to date on upcoming meetings at http://www.seattle.gov/hala/calendar & http://www.seattle.gov/hala/whats-happening

·         Stay tuned for the release of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, expected in May

·         You can also send comments or questions to HALAinfo@Seattle.Gov

All the best, 

Spencer Williams, AICP, Assoc. AIA

Legislative Assistant to Councilmember Johnson-District 4

E: Spencer.Williams@Seattle.Gov

O: (206) 684-8168

C: (206) 384-2709

Miller Neighborhood Group meeting: Weds April 19th.

Hello neighbors,

Wednesday April 19th will be our next meeting, 6:30 pm, in the library at Holy Names Academy. Ring the doorbell at the main Holy Names Academy entrance on 21st Ave. E.

Agenda;

I. Introductions all around and review of the meetings agenda and goals.  Debrah Walker 

II. Miller neighborhood Group.  Andrew Taylor (and Thomas Whittermore, Department of Neighborhoods) 

A. Chairperson: Elaine Nonneman  has volunteered to become Chairperson

B. Vice-Chair or Co-Chair:  TBD

C. Secretary (maybe treasurer?):  Gayle Thompson with Nancy Duck-Jefferson as a back up  

D. Webmaster: TBD

III. Residential Parking Zone: Tami Broadhead

Others who have expressed interest in this issue include; Janet Woodward, Anne-Marie Lowe, and Taylor Koch

IV. Outreach:

A. Historic Seattle: Paul Neal and Jeri Schneider

B. Allied Arts: Judith Bader and Jack Baker (they are out of town this week)

C. Meany School, Miller Park, Businesses  TBD

D. Ideas about other groups to align with?

V. Monitoring HALA web Site and EIS: Lauren Swift.

Others who have expressed interest in this issue include; Harwell LeMoyne

VI. Strategies. . 

A. Summary.  Debrah Walker 

a. HALA Process 

b. Livability; density, scale, parking

c. Affordability and Displacement

B. Open discussion. 

C. Action Items. Assignments

VII. Next meeting; Week of May 1st?

See you Wednesday night.

Debrah

Neighborhood organizing meeting soon

Looks like Wednesday April 19th will be our next meeting. I’m waiting to get final confirmation on date and time from HNA but until you hear otherwise this is the date. 

I want to push things along so I’m emailing to ask individuals if there are areas, aka committees, you are willing to lead. I’m hoping these tasks can be a short term, as in a several month, concentrated effort. 

Miller Neighbors Group: 

Chair, Vice-Chair or 2 Co-Chairs  (I think the chair person is a spokesperson for the neighborhood and can play a time limited role, I do not want to be this person)

Recoding secretary (just to record meetings) and treasurer (money needs will presumably be light, so treasurer should be a light task)

Webmaster blogger? Some one who can update posts on the Miller and Capitol Hill blogs and perhaps set up a Facebook page (other?)

Committee Chairperson’s:

1. Residential Parking Zone

HALA:

2. Group Coordination & Strategy :  (I see this as my role)

3. Outreach - Alliances :

A. Historic Preservation and Historic Seattle

B. Allied Arts

C. Seattle Neighborhood Coalition

D. Meany School- Miller Park, local businesses

E. Other Groups?

4. Monitoring the city’s official HALA Web Site and Outreach effort. Keep track of EIS progress, important dates.

Even if you cannot attend the meeting on the 19th please take a chairmanship or become a Miller Neighborhood Group officer so we can get this going ASAP.  If we have these roles assigned we can spend our limited time on the 19th strategizing and come away with action items. I can’t stress enough that if we will have any impact we need to move fast and in a concentrated-focused way. I think we will then need to meet on a bi-weekly basis to report in to each other and refine our efforts. 

Many Thanks,

Debrah

Pothole Palooza Kicks off in Seattle

SEATTLE – Seattle is kicking off Pothole Palooza on Monday, April 17, a campaign to aggressively repair potholes across the city. Beginning today, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is asking community members to report neighborhood potholes so we can map them out as our Pothole Rangers move throughout the city.

There are three ways to report potholes:

• Calling our Pothole and Street Repair hotline 206-386-1218
• Using the Find It Fix It App
• Filling out our online Pothole Report form

During the campaign, SDOT crews will be assigned to specific districts around the city. SDOT Crews will be joined by crews from Seattle Parks and Recreation who will assist with these efforts.

“We recognize that residents have been patient through a tough winter that’s resulted in an increased number of potholes and we want them to know that we’re listening when they report them,” said SDOT Director Scott Kubly. “You've told us where they are, and we are marshaling our resources to fill them.”

Potholes occur when street pavement cracks and breaks because of water and vehicle traffic. During winter months, water can cause the material under the pavement to erode, freeze and expand, and then thaw and contract causing the pavement to sink down and break. Many streets, particularly in the outer areas of the city, have a very poor underlying structure, or sub base, which reacts poorly to these conditions. This freeze/thaw cycle can cause the pavement to crack so that it deteriorates quickly under the weight of traffic, and then streets can seem to break out in potholes overnight.

Seattle has had an extremely wet and cold 2016-2017 winter season. Residents typically see more potholes in the winter and spring, following periods of cold temperatures and rain or snow. February and March are when we see the highest numbers of potholes. This past February was the wettest we have experienced in thirty years. For more information about potholes, please visit: http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/potholes/.

Sue Romero

Senior Public Relations Specialist

City of Seattle Department of Transportation

sue.romero@seattle.gov

O: 206.684.8548 | M: 206.255.9363