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One issue that we would like to start a discussion about is how folks feel about letters written by Pinehurst Community Council on behalf of the Pinehurst neighborhood. Many community councils, district councils and similar organizations are often asked to write letters in support or opposition of various issues.
Some examples of recent requests that Pinehurst Community Council has received for opinion letters include: a request to oppose cutting of trees at Ingraham High School and a request to support a landmark status request application for Lake City School. The issues that are the subject of these requests are often controversial and the support letters are usually requested to show community support on a specific side of the debate.
Recently, we made a decision to not write any new letters representing the Pinehurst neighborhood until we have a community discussion and get input from as large a group of neighbors as possible. We wonder about the appropriateness of writing letters representing the community as a whole on issues on which many of us within the community have different thoughts and positions.
Feel free to comment below. We are listening. And, we will likely have this as an agenda item at our next Pinehurst community meeting on May 4th.
The Lake City Lions Club is hosting a pancake breakfast to help raise money for Sacajawea Elementary. The money from the breakfast will be used to help 4th and 5th graders attend an educational camp at Islandwood next fall and some of the proceeds will also help fund a playground and garden renovation plan at Sacajawea.
Lions Club Pancake Breakfast benefiting Sacajawea Elementary
Saturday April 18th
9 AM – 11 AM
Lake City Community Center (12531 28th Ave NE – Next door to the Lake City Library)
Tickets: Advanced ticket reservation $7.00 or $9.00 at the door the day of the event.
Menu: Pancakes with all the toppings, eggs, sausage and OJ
Possible entertainment…more info on that to come.
Questions: Theresa Venice, kunotheresa@hotmail.com, 306-8907
They are being allowed to subdivide the rest of the parcels they own on 5th Ave.
Land Use Application to subdivide four parcels into five parcels of land. Proposed parcel sizes are: E) 6,594 sq. ft., F) 5,400 sq. ft., G) 5,400 sq. ft., H) 5,400 sq. ft.; and I) 5,403 sq. ft.
Attachments: View Decision
Project: 3009381
Address: 12301 5th Ave NE
Contact: David & Bokhee Cooper, (206)412-6534
Planner: Catherine McCoy,(206) 684-0532
Read the land use notice here and the decision here.
The SLOG has a post on the topic here.
Anime Obsessed
at Northgate Library, Tuesday March 31st from 4 to 6 PM
Teens who love manga and go crazy over anime will want to check out the Northgate Library’s Anime Obsessed club. On the last Tuesday of every month, we watch the latest anime episodes from Operation Anime and review the newest additions to the library’s growing manga collection. Snacks are provided and drop-ins are welcome. The club is free and open to middle and high school students. The next meeting is Tuesday, March 31st from 4 to 6 PM in the Northgate Library meeting room.
Game On!
at the Northgate Community Center, Thursday, April 2nd from 4 to 6 PM
Dance to the beat, sing your favorite song, bowl a strike, cheer on gamers and meet other teens. Join us for an afternoon of open gaming for teens of all skill levels, newbie to expert. We’ll be playing Dance Dance Revolution, American Idol, and the Nintendo Wii. Snacks will be provided. This event is free and will be taking place in the Northgate Community Center Teen Room (located at 10510 5th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98125).
For information about these or other events at the Northgate Library, please check the calendar of events online or call the Library at (206) 386-1980.
The Northgate Library is located at 10548 5th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98125.
While there were many changes to Seattle Public Schools that will be implemented for the 2009/2010 school year. There are even more changes coming for the subsequent school year: 2010/2011. The next set of changes may have some significant impact to school assignment choices.
You can learn more and get involved.
There will be a Seattle Public Schools community meeting this week that will include updates on the development of the new Student Assignment Plan. All staff, families and community members are welcome to attend this meeting. Interpreters will be available.
Thursday, March 26
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Ballard High School, Library
1418 NW 65th St
Seattle, WA 98117
New legislation is being proposed that would allow Seattle homeowners the option to build backyard cottages. Under the proposal, homeowners would be allowed to build backyard cottages under certain conditions. The owner must live on the premises and there would be an annual limit of 50 new cottages.
To ensure the cottages fit within the neighborhood, the lot must be at least 4,000 square feet in area, with minimum width and depth requirements. The principal house and backyard cottage combined must not exceed the current 35% lot coverage limit for single family zones. The cottages can be no more than 800 square feet in area, with a height limit of 15 – 23 foot height depending on lot width, and parking is required.
You can learn more here. And, there is a Seattle PI article on the topic here.
The folks at Seattle Department of Transportation working on the Pedestrian Master Plan are looking for stories that will help tell the public (and decision-makers alike) why we need to support the Pedestrian Master Plan, pedestrians, walking, and walkability.
All of us have you all have stories that describe people who are stopped from accessing basic amenities because of our infrastructure, people who live in dense housing not supported by the basic infrastructure needed, stories about living in a car culture and why it’s important for us to turn this around.
Here’s what to do (summarized from an email from Jennifer Wieland at SDOT):
“Write down the story or stories most important to you. The written version doesn’t need to be anything fancy — a paragraph or two would do nicely. If you have an image to go with your story, even better. We’ll take care of all the formatting and editing on this end.
The turn-around time is a little tight, as it would be great to have these by next Wednesday, March 25.
Thanks in advance for your help. Including some of your stories will help us to make the plan more tangible for people, and you’ll be an important voice for those who aren’t always heard.”
Send them to rebecca.deehr@gmail.com by March 25th and she will forward them all in one to Jennifer.
The Green Seattle Partnership is holding a Forest Steward Orientation on April 4, 2009 from 10:00am to 2:30pm at the Seward Park Environmental & Audubon Center. This is an opportunity to be a part of an exciting partnership between the City of Seattle, its residents, and the Cascade Land Conservancy. The purpose of the Green Seattle Partnership is to restore, maintain, and steward Seattle’s forested parklands. We will build on restoration work that is already underway with a citywide goal of restoring 2,500 acres of forested parkland by 2025. Meeting this goal will be a tremendous effort, but it also has the opportunity to bring extraordinary benefits to all of us who live in Seattle.
Working with the GSP Project Manager and Parks Urban Forester, the Forest Stewards will develop site restoration plans and a system for tracking progress. In return, the Forest Steward will be eligible to receive tools, materials, technical assistance and specialized training needed to implement a successful community based forest restoration project.
REGISTER on the Greenseattle.org website by March 27th, 2009. Please be sure you are available to attend the Forest Steward Orientation on Saturday, April 4, 2009, from 10:00 am to 2:30 pm at Seward Park Environmental & Audubon Center. If you have any questions about the program contact Andrea Mojzak at andream@cascadeland.org / 206-905-6920
From an e-mail sent late Friday from Paul Fischburg to the Northgate Stakeholder’s Group:
Dear Northgate Stakeholder,
It’s been a while since our last correspondence so I wanted to give you a brief update, primarily about our rezone and urban design framework.
First the good news: We have a scheduled a date with the Mayor and project partners for the ribbon cutting event at the Thornton Creek Water Quality Channel and Thornton Place. Save the date: Saturday 6/6 from noon to 4 pm for an exciting event that will launch the opening of the site for the public including the trails and bridges of the Creek Channel and the public access areas of commercial portion of the development. We’ll be in touch as we pin down more details.
I also wanted to let you know that the Northgate Urban Center Park continues to move through the design process full speed ahead with the hopes of breaking ground this fall. This is a high priority of the Parks Department as well as the Mayor for its role in improving the Northgate community as well as providing jobs. Earlier this week, Parks received approval of the design from the Seattle Design Commission and the design looks great. One upside of the down economy is that we may be able to get more of the project included in the first phase than we anticipated when the construction industry was so hot.
As you all know, the Puget Sound economy is in the midst of recession that has led to a slowdown in growth, significant job losses and declining government resources. The federal government has initiated an extraordinary effort to stimulate the economy and the Mayor has responded by re-orienting several of us in his office to maximize the city’s participation in the federal stimulus. In addition, the Mayor has also proposed his own Seattle jobs forward program to strengthen Seattle’s economy.
These challenges have slowed our work on the Northgate Rezone and Urban Design Framework. We want to be deliberate about our next steps in light of the economy. With Kristian Kofoed’s temporary departure for a six month Fulbright sabbatical in Ireland, the Department of Planning and Development has appointed Gordon Clowers to work with me to complete this work. Gordon has more than a decade of experience as a senior planner with the City of Seattle. Gordon and I are committed to completing a detailed draft the Urban Design Framework and Rezone strategy and working with a small group of stakeholders to drill down into the details before we bring it to the full Stakeholders group as promised. I will be in touch early in April with a firm schedule of these steps.
Thanks for your patience.
Paul Fischburg
Senior Policy Analyst
Seattle Office of Policy & Management
600 5th Ave, 6th Floor
PO Box 94745
Seattle, WA 98124-4745
(206) 684-8395
paul.fischburg@seattle.gov
Project: 3008423
Address: 12318 15TH AVE NE
Area: Northeast
Contact: Tim Jewett,(206)715-9549
Planner: Marti Stave, (206)684-0239
Conditions: The Director of DPD is convening the Design Review Board for its recommendations.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The proposal is for a 50,000 sq. ft., 33.5 ft. tall retail building (Safeway Grocery) with surface parking for 172 vehicles. Project includes 10,000 cu. yds. of grading and demolition of the existing structures. The proposal also includes a contract rezone for a 24,300 sq. ft. portion of the site (three parcels at SE section of property) from Single Family 7200 to NC 3-40′.
PROCESS
The applicant has applied for Design Review related to development of this site. At the Design Review Board meeting the applicant will present information about the proposed design and how it responds to the Design Guideline priorities established at the Early Design Guidance Board meeting on March 17, 2008, regarding this site; the public may offer comments regarding the proposed design; and, the Design Review Board members will offer to the Director of the Department of Planning and Development their recommendations regarding the design.
MEETING
Date: Monday, April 6, 2009
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: University Height Community Center
5031 University Wy NE
Room 209
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