Comprehensive Plan Open House at Miller, April 14th

Pretty geeky stuff I don't claim to understand. THIS seems to be it in a nutshell

Below is assorted info extracted from their E-mail.

We are Coming to a Community Near You 

Couldn’t make it to Comprehensive Plan Update Open House and EIS Scoping Meeting on March 24?

No worries, we have scheduled FIVE more open houses across Seattle. Drop in to learn about the project and tell us what you think. We are especially interested in your take on the three Planning Alternatives proposed for study in an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Are these the right alternatives to study? Are there additional topics you want included in the EIS? We’re taking comments through April 21. We will review and analyze your comments which will help us finalize the alternatives that will be studied.

Hope you can attend one of these meetings. If not, catch up with the latest news about Seattle 2035 at2035.Seattle.gov.

April 14
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Miller Community Center
330 19th Ave E
Seattle, WA 98112

Seattle Neighborhood Summit 2014: UPDATED with agenda

Here is the Summit AGENDA

All the details and registration details are here

Suggested use for Excess Property at 339 22nd Ave. E.

Many of us got notice in the mail from the City of Seattle asking our views on the City's disposal of 339 - 22nd Ave E.

The house at 339 22^nd Avenue East was previously operated as a home for teen mothers.   In 2012, the Seattle Human Services Department (HSD) terminated the relationship with the operator of the teen home.   

Here's the full City document giving all the property details. 
(that document was for internal City use: we have till end of the month)

21st Ave neighbor Judith Bader has started a conversation with the City, advocating that the property be used to serve developmentally disabled adults. Several people have written in support. Closing date for your comments is the end of March (Many thanks to Judith and to those who wrote in).

Here's the E-mail chain that gives all the details, should you care to write in support (or have another suggestion). If you do write in, you might post your letter as a comment on this post.

From: Judith Bader
Subject: Re: Excess Property Notice at 339 22nd Ave. E.

Hello Everyone--

I contacted Tom Rasmussen's office and had a very good talk with one of his staff members.  He said that at this point neighbors need to send their comments and recommendations to Sabrina Buchanan by the March 31st deadline.  Every comment sent by that date will be part of the official record and tallied formally before the information is sent to the City Council.  He predicts that this decision will take several months to make and that the City Council will be one of the last steps in the decision making process.  He supported the idea of a letter writing campaign to support our neighborhood's preferences for how this lot is used.  Myself along with several neighbors support the City keeping the house and lot and making it a group home for disabled adults (see letter below for details). 

Now it is up to everyone to write their own emails to Sabrina.Buchanan@seattle.gov supporting this idea or making other comments or recommendations by next Monday so that our input can be tallied and can become part of the official process for determining how this lot can continue being a community resource.  There are many more neighbors whose emails were not available to me, so would you all please send to anyone you think might be interested?  

Sincerely,

Judith Bader

133 18th Ave E: Small(ish) apartments coming our way

(A colleague noted that the apartments are ~ 500 square feet, the sort of size that would be useful in the neighborhood)

Thanks for updating the headline - the new one seems more representative of what's being proposed.  You can see a rendering of the proposed design at http://www.bazanarchitects.com/portfolio/multi-family-community/ (scroll down to "18th Ave East Apartments, Seattle, WA").  The scale seems pretty consistent with the brick building across 18th, though personally I find the style a bit... suburban and sterile.  I'm trying to figure out how to articulate what I would change, so I can send DPD a constructive comment.

Eldan Goldenberg, 18th & John

DPD announcement with all the details:

http://web1.seattle.gov/dpd/luib/Notice.aspx?BID=897&NID=16879

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Land Use Application to allow a four-story structure containing 68 residential units with parking for 36 vehicles, and storage for 57 bicycles.  Existing structure to be demolished.

Central Area Greenway Route selected

Details on Greenways website

(you can zoom in on the map in the above website, but not the one below. Sorry)

It will be interesting to see how they handle the very busy block of 22nd next to the Safeway, and how they deal with the 1 way blocks of 21st past Meany School

Community Forum addresses 23rd & Denny development

WHEN:  FEBRUARY 19TH  6:30 – 8:30 PM

WHERE:  THE BULLITT CENTER (1501 E MADISON ST)

The Central Area Land Use Review Committee (CA LURC) will be hosting a community meeting to give residents a chance to review and make comments on two new development projects at 23rd Ave & E Denny Way and MLK Jr. Way & E Union St. Please join us in providing feedback & direction to the developers in order to help them create a project that is well suited to the needs of our residents and a great addition to  the unique fabric of the Central Area.

WHO IS THE CA LURC?

We are a community group composed of residents, some of us with experience in the building industry, all working together in a positive atmosphere of collaboration with incoming developers. We aim to facilitate community conversations that constructively shape development as it enters our neighborhood.

QUESTIONS? 

Check out their website at www.centralarealurc.org or email them at info@centralarealurc.org

(via this CD News post)

But wait, there's more…..

SDOT is hosting a public open house about changes coming to the 23rd Avenue corridor. As we continue to refine our design of the 23rd Avenue roadway and Central Area Neighborhood Greenway, we want to share details with you.

Save the date!

Wednesday, February 26

5:00 – 7:30 p.m.

Thurgood Marshall Elementary

2401 S Irving Street

About our work in the 23rd corridor area

23rd Avenue connects a variety of users to businesses, educational institutions and residences in the Central Area and beyond. This area also serves high volumes of vehicles, pedestrians, people riding bikes, and transit users (approximately 5,800 daily– the 8th highest ridership in King County). Today, the road is in poor condition with hundreds of patches where potholes existed, narrow lanes, a lack of turn pockets at key intersections and is bordered in many places by narrow and uneven sidewalks. 

To balance the needs of users in the area, SDOT will redesign 23rd Avenue between E John Street and Rainier Avenue S (Phases 1 and 2) from the current four lanes (two lanes in each direction) to three lanes (one lane in each direction and a center turn lane). Between E Roanoke Street and E John Street (Phase 3), the road will remain four lanes. SDOT will also implement a nearby neighborhood greenway, called the Central Area Neighborhood Greenway. This greenway will provide a safer, calmer street for people to walk and ride bicycles.

The purpose of our projects in the Central Area is to balance safety, mobility and reliability needs for a variety of users in the area, as well as enhance the local community and natural environment.

More info

Central Area Neighborhood Greenway: www.seattle.gov/transportation/centralgreenway.htm.

23rd Avenue Corridor Improvements Project: http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/23rd_ave.htm

23rdAveCorridor@seattle.gov

206-684-7963 (Maribel Cruz, Outreach Lead)