SPU Meeting in Broadview last Week

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Posted: June 4, 2015

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Over 100 people attended the Broadview Sewer and Drainage Improvements open house last Thursday. Thank you to everyone that participated and submitted comments – Seattle Public Utilities values your input as we prepare to select a preferred alternative by the end of this year.

If you were not able to attend the open house or would like to provide additional comments, you can review the latest project materials and submit comments through our online survey. Please submit your comments by 5 pm on Friday, June 12th.

Thank you,

Broadview Sewer and Drainage Improvement Project

 

Mary’s Place Coming to N 130th and Stone Ave. N June 7th

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Posted: May 30, 2015

Mary’s Place, an organization that provides services for homeless women, has announced that until the new North Precinct station is constructed the former bank building at N 130th and Stone Ave. N will become an emergency family night shelter.  Below is their announcement.

Earlier this year, Seattle Mayor  Ed Murray formed a task force to identify solutions to housing homeless men, women and children who were currently sleeping outside. One of the recommendations of the group was that the City review its vacant properties for possible shelter locations.
The former bank building at 130th and Stone Way in North Seattle is slated to  become the home of the Seattle Police Department’s new north precinct in early 2017. Until then, the City is making the building available to Mary’s Place for an emergency family night shelter. Thanks to the generosity of Perkins + Will architects and BNBuilders, modifications are already underway to turn the empty building into a home!
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On Sunday, June 7th, we will move all of our furniture and belongs from Bianca’s Place in South Lake Union to our new home in North Seattle and we need LOTS of help!
We’ll meet at Bianca’s Place at 401 Pontius Ave. at 9:00am to pack up and load trucks and vans (we need more of these!). From noon on you’ll find us at the new location at 1155 N. 130th. Come for an hour, or stay for the day! Any amount of time you have to help will be appreciated! Email erin@marysplaceseattle.org to let us know you’re coming and for more information.
We also need people or groups to provide coffee and pastries for breakfast, lunch for our volunteers, or to help organize a Welcome Party for about 100 family members and volunteers – complete with balloons and special treats – for when our families arrive to their new home at 5:00pm.
We have so many friends and supporters to thank for this new space, including:
  • Seattle Mayor Ed Murray; Director of the City’s Department of Human Services, Catherine Lester; Steve Lee in the City’s Office of Policy and Innovation; and the members of the Mayor’s Task Force on Unsheltered Homelessness
  • Our hardworking and visionary Board of Directors that never stops working to bring families inside
  • Our relocation task force, led by Kris Ritchey Curtis of Kinzer Realty, has been hard at work to make this new space a reality. BIG thank you to task force members Jan Drago, Jessica Clawson, Tom Kinsman, Cameron Hall, and Rich Moore
  • And we could not have made this happen without help from the great people at the City of Seattle in the Dept. of Planning and Development, Human Services, Finance and Administrative Services, and the Fire Department.
And thanks to YOU, for sharing your Real Help and Real Hope!
Empowering Homeless Women And Children To Reclaim Their Lives

 

Funds available to support Neighborhood Night Out 2015 activities

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Posted: May 30, 2015

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If your neighborhood plans to participate in the 31st Annual Night Out on August 4, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods has a fund to support your event.

The Small Sparks Fund provides matching dollars for neighborhood-initiated projects that promote community engagement. Community groups can request up to $1000 to help fund Night Out planning and activities such as outreach efforts, educational fairs, bike parades, and neighborhood cleanups, to name a few. The deadline for applications is Monday, June 22 at 5:00 p.m., but you must register first in our web-based application system by June 19 to apply.

For information on the application process, visit seattle.gov/neighborhoods/nmf/smallsparks.htm or call 206-733-9916. The Small Sparks Fund is open to applications year-round.

Night Out is a national crime prevention event designed to heighten crime prevention awareness, increase neighborhood support in anti-crime efforts, and unite communities. To learn more about Night Out, visit seattle.gov/police/Nightout/.

New North Precinct Open House June 6

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Posted: May 28, 2015

N Precinct ohThe new Seattle Police Department North Precinct facility will be built at the southeast corner of Aurora Ave. N and N 130th St.  There will be an open house meeting to give the latest word on progress and status of the project.  It is on Saturday June 6 at the Bitter Lake Community Annex in the Broadview-Thomson school at 13040 Greenwood Avenue N from 10 AM – Noon.

More information about the project is available here.

 

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Planning for Growth meeting Tonight!

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Posted: May 27, 2015

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Great meeting for Micro Housing and growth in Seattle. How will all this affect our Broadview?

Caffeinated news featuring policy, proposals, and plans. Published May 27, 2015 Seattlemet.com
By Josh Feits

1. Reporting on Zillow data last week that ranked cities with the sharpest rent increases this year, Q-13 had the bad news that Seattle rents continue to rise—Seattle rents rose 6.2 percent over April 2014. Seattle ranked in the top ten, tying for the sixth spot in a list of the country’s biggest 35 rental markets.

Here’s a footnote for policy staffers trying to keep the city affordable that wasn’t mentioned, though. The two cities at the top of the list, San Francisco and San Jose, with 14.9 and 12.9 percent rent increases respectively, both have “linkage” fees in place—a policy solution that’s currently trending with the mayor, the city council, and lots of city council candidates. (A “linkage” fee charges new development per square foot—the city council is considering a $22 fee—to subsidize affordable housing units.)

Both cities also have rent control in place as well.

2. City council candidates John Roderick, running in the District Eight at-large spot against city council incumbent Tim Burgess, and Alon Bassok, running in the District Nine at-large open seat, released a Seattle-centric mass transit plan this morning, proposing 75 to 100 miles of grade-separated rail connecting Seattle’s neighborhoods, starting with Ballard and West Seattle lines.

The system, they say, would be built with a 30-year property tax levy that would cost the average household less than $17 a month (or about $200 a year.) After that, operations would be covered by an employer tax, they say.

Here’s their proposal, which they say will build out the planned streetcar system.

Calling mayor Ed Murray’s pending $930 million transportation levy a “piecemeal” plan and saying “we can’t wait any longer” for Sound Transit, the candidates’ joint statement says: “These lines will supplement, and complement, the lines that Sound Transit builds to connect our region, by connecting our neighborhoods to each other, and to the regional light rail lines. Big cities have regional rail, and neighborhood (municipal) rail. So should Seattle.”

Tonight meeting

3. File under the PubliCalendar: Seattle’s Department of Planning and Development is holding an open house at city hall’s Bertha Knight Landes Room from 6pm to 8pm tonight to take comments on the draft 2035 comprehensive plan. The comp plan governs how the city manages new growth—we’re expecting 120,000 new people in the next 20 years—and proposes four options: directing growth to urban hub villages, directing growth downtown, directing growth along light rail lines, or directing growth along light rail and bus lines

*On a side note on parking

Limiting parking is official Seattle policy set out in the Comprehensive Plan, under the Land Use Element, page 11 at this link.  http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/cs/groups/pan/@pan/documents/web_informational/dpdd016650.pdf

SPU Broadview Project Open House May 28

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Updated: May 25, 2015

Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is planning for sewer and drainage improvements in Broadview.

Join SPU at an open house on Thursday, May 28 at Luther Memorial Church (13047 Greenwood Avenue N.). You can drop in anytime between 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

At the open house you will have an opportunity to:

  • Learn about a new regional sewer alternative being considered that would involve work in Broadview and the Greenwood/Crown Hill area.
  • Learn about a new 12th Avenue NW basin drainage alternative under evaluation.
  • Discuss the new options with project team members and next steps for selecting preferred alternatives.
  • Receive updates on project schedule and future public involvement opportunities.

Link to SPU Open House and sewage and drainage projects site.

For those that cannot attend, the open house materials will be posted online at the project website (www.seattle.gov/util/BroadviewProjects).

Micro-Housing Proposed in Broadview

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Posted: May 22, 2015

Neighbors have expressed concern about a large micro-housing apartment building with very little parking proposed for N 109th St. between Aurora Ave. N and Whitman Ave. N.  Below is the Department of Planning and Development notice.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION

Seattle’s Department Planning and Development is currently reviewing the Master Use Permit application described below.

Area: North/Northwest Address: 1008 N 109TH ST Project: 3017565 Zone: COMMERCIAL 1-40′, ARTERIAL WITHIN 100 FT., URBAN VILLAGE OVERLAY

Notice Date: 05/21/2015

Contact: JOHN MOREFIELD – (206)324-4800 x107 Planner: Michael Dorcy – (206) 615-1393

Date of Application: 05/12/2015 Date Application Deemed Complete: 05/18/2015

Land Use Application to allow a 4-story building containing 93 small efficiency dwelling units. Seven live/work units and retail will be located at ground level. Surface parking for 13 vehicles will be provided on the site. Pending lot boundary adjustment 3020419.

Comments may be submitted through: 06/03/2015

The following approvals are required:

SEPA Environmental Determination (This project is subject to the Optional DNS Process (WAC 197-11-355) and Early DNS Process (SMC 25.05.355). This comment period may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts of this proposal.

Design Review

Other permits that may be needed which are not included in this application:

Building Permit

Your written comments are encouraged and may be submitted to:

Department of Planning and Development

ATTN: Public Resource Center or Assigned Planner 700 5th Av Ste 2000

PO Box 34019                      MapForNotice19690

Seattle WA 98124-4019

FAX 206-233-7901

PRC@seattle.gov

All correspondence will be posted to our electronic library.

 

 

Historical Aerial Photos of Broadview at Broadview Historical Society Meeting May 21

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Updated: May 18, 2015

At the Broadview Historical Society meeting on Thursday May 21 Ron Edge, a “collector of history,” will show aerial photos of Broadview from 1929, 1936, 1946 and 1952.

Here’s a chance to see how Broadview developed.  And maybe even see what was where your house is now before your house was there.

Thursday, May 21, 1:30 PM

Broadview Library

Sample 1936 and 2013 views from King County I-map portal —  click to enlarge.

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Blight of Aurora

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Posted: May 15, 2015

email artThis is an email from a concerned neighbor that I thought I would share with his permission. Aurora affects all of us.  Thank you Richard for your voice and the many hours fighting for improvements in our neighborhood.

Dear Director Scott Kubly,

Aurora Avenue, State Highway 99, The Blue Star Memorial Highway, has had very few sidewalk or Boulevard improvements from North 110th to North 145th Streets.

The section from North 110th to 145th is aligned with the Bitter Lake Hub Urban Village. It is central to vehicular movement to the tax revenues of sales and property taxes on the Big Box stores of:

Home Depot, Loews, Sam’s Club, Albertson’s, K Mart, and many other drive to, purchase, and drive away businesses.

The development of the portion of Aurora 137th to 145th with budgeted money was to have begun in 2009.

This venture was blocked by legal action. Objections must be overcome.

We are all a part of the larger scheme of human movement on this major, memorialized, Washington State Highway.

We need to be properly, Modern Metropolitan Emerald City “complete street”, connected to Downtown.

The Tunnel is less than 2 miles in length. North Aurora Avenue is 8 miles long from Battery Street to the City of Seattle limits.

The 2 miles from North 105th to North 145th are dangerous for everyone; impossible for the intrepid pedestrians and little dogs.

Please get us high on the list, soon, for the proposed projects within the 9 years of the Transportation Levy.

Additionally, the City of Seattle could increase goodwill with the City of Shoreline, which is transforming Aurora, from North 145th Street to North 205th Street, into a Boulevard of beauty with DEDICATED Rapid Transit Bus Lanes.

We need to do our part.

With Warmest Regards,

A would be happy Boulevardier

Bitter Lake Hub Urban Center

Richard

Scott Kubly is the Director of SDOT. You can email Scott at: scott.kubly@seattle.gov

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