New Miller Community Center coordinator reaching out

Capitol Hill Times has a a nice article on Delia Flores, the new Coordinator at Miller Community Center. She has many good ideas for the Center, and I encourage you to check-in with her to share your desires for the Center (and maybe to volunteer to serve on the Center's Advisory Council. Delia.Flores@seattle.gov ).

New Miller Community Center coordinator reaching out

MAYORAL CANDIDATE DEBATE - SEATTLE TIMES VIDEO OF THE DEBATE

Click HERE to watch the full debate that took place on Monday 7/17/2017.

CITY EXTENDS COMMENT PERIOD ON MANDATORY HOUSING AFFORDABILITY

Comments on the citywide draft Environmental Impact Statement will be accepted through August 7, 2017.

Department of Neighborhoods - HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND LIVIBILITY AGENDA
http://dailyplanit.seattle.gov/city-extends-comment-period-on-evaluation-of-citywide-mandatory-housing-affordability/

Hear what your neighbors are thinking and participate in forming a positive response to help maintain the livability and responsible density in our neighborhood.

Next community meeting:
Wednesday July 12, 2017 6:30 PM at Holy Names Academy.

COMMUNITY MEETING 7/12/2017 - CANCELLED

When: Wednesday 7/12/2017 6:30 PM

Where: Holy Names Academy 21st Ave East Entrance

Join us to weigh in on the Madison-Miller Park Community response to the City's Draft EIS regarding the zoning changes proposed for our neighborhood.

On June 8, 2017 the Seattle Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD) issued a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) that studies three alternatives for zoning changes needed to implement Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) in Seattle’s urban villages and other commercial and multifamily residential zones across the city.  Comments due by 7/23/2017.

REMIND YOUR NEIGHBORS TO TAKE THE SURVEY

Survey Poster - Click to view more details regarding the survey.

Take the Survey - Click to take the survey.

Please make your voice heard. It’s crucial to clearly understand what our priorities for zoning are as a community. The more voices we have, the more powerful our message will be to the City: changes to our community need to be thoughtful and retain the livability, diversity, and affordability of our neighborhood!

Your opinion matters! Please take a few minutes to complete the survey. Please do it today. 

Help us spread the word by forwarding this LINK to as many neighbors as you can.

Thank you,

Your neighbors from the Madison-Miller Park Community group

Madison-Miller Park Community Meeting

Wednesday June 21, 2017 6:30 PM Holy Names Academy

 AGENDA

1.      Introductions and Overview  (Elaine Nonneman, Co-Chair)  10 min

·         Sign-in sheet; intros all around

·         Comments from zone captains on flyer distribution effort

2.       Community RPZ and density survey  (Brian Murphy and Greg Walton)  20 min

·         Preliminary survey responses

·         Plans to process data and submit in response to EIS

3.       EIS Review and response  (Debrah Walker)   30 min

·         Presentation of her and Lauren Swift’s review of EIS

·         Discussion and vote on our official neighborhood response

4.       Lobbying effort with City Council  (Debrah Walker)  20 min

·         Our process leading up to the City Council’s 2018 vote on HALA upzones

·         Discussion of plans pre- and post-elections

5.      Tasks and Goals  (Elaine Nonneman, all)  20 min

·         Actions planned and needed

·         Set next meeting date

Madison-Miller Park Community Survey

Survey Poster - Click to view more details regarding the survey.

Take the Survey - Click to take the survey.

Neighbors and friends,

We are reaching out today to ask you to participate in a short online survey (less than 10 minutes!) related to BIG changes the City is planning for our neighborhood. 

As you may have heard, the City’s Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) calls for dramatically increasing the allowable building height in much of our Madison-Miller Park neighborhood: converting existing single-family areas to multifamily, four-story structures, with no requirements for green space, trees or front and back yards.  

More than 200 of your neighbors have joined together to respond to the City’s HALA plans. Our purpose is to support HALA’s goals for diversity, livability and affordability in a way that maintains the neighborhood’s traditional beauty and character. We recently sent a letter outlining our guiding principles to the City; you can read this letter along with our Guiding Principles and Map with our alternate zoning proposal on our blog at Principles & Alternate Proposal Map. We are also exploring the feasibility of establishing Residential Parking Zones (RPZs) in areas where parking for residents is especially difficult.

To get as broad a perspective as possible, we have constructed a short survey that you can complete on your computer or mobile device. The survey will take ten minutes or less to answer, and is anonymous. The survey has two objectives: 1. To better understand our community’s opinions on density and affordability; 2. Get direct feedback on parking issues on your street and those directly around you.

Please make your voice heard. It’s crucial to clearly understand what our priorities for zoning are as a community. The more voices we have, the more powerful our message will be to the City: changes to our community need to be thoughtful and retain the livability, diversity, and affordability of our neighborhood!

Your opinion matters! Please take a few minutes to complete the survey. Please do it today. 

Help us spread the word by forwarding this email to as many neighbors as you can.

Thank you,

Your neighbors from the Madison-Miller Park Community group