At the Sound Transit Board meeting on Thursday, February 28, the Board approved a resolution creating The Overlake Village Bridge Project, along with two motions agreeing to jointly design the bridge in cooperation with the City of Redmond and approving a contract setting the design process in motion. The Board action endorses a proposed pedestrian/bicycle [...]
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April 16, 2013January 6, 2023News Releases
MICROUNIT (AKA APODMENTS) UNIT COUNT PROBLEM RESOLVED
“Micro-unit” apartment buildings, sometimes known as “aPodments” (which is actually one developer’s trademarked term) consist of very small dwellings, similar in size to a hotel room, which usually have private bathrooms and perhaps a mini-refrigerator and microwave. Seven or eight of these small efficiencies are grouped around a full kitchen/dining area. While these units are [...]
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April 9, 2013January 6, 2023News Releases
SUSTAINABILITY TRAILBLAZER AND HUNGER FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Recently I had the honor of receiving two awards from organizations that have long histories of thoughtful and careful work in their respective fields. In late March I was named as a “Sustainability Trailblazer” by the Seattle-based Sustainable Path Foundation. On April 5 I was given the “Hunger Fighter” award for 2013 by the Seattle [...]
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April 8, 2013January 6, 2023News Releases
GREENWOOD/PHINNEY RIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN REZONE APPROVED
On Monday, April 1, the City Council unanimously approved Council Bill 117723, a rezone of the area west of Greenwood as recommended by the neighborhood plan stewardship group. The rezone applies Neighborhood Commercial (NC) zoning to the area between Greenwood and NW 3rd Avenue south of NW 87th Street and north of the alley between [...]
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April 2, 2013January 6, 2023News Releases
COUNCIL MAKES KEY SOUTH LAKE UNION LAND USE DECISIONS
On Monday, April 1, the Special Committee on South Lake Union made key land use decisions in this major rezone, giving direction to staff on amendments to land use maps and development standards. The Council’s final work session will be held on Monday, April 15, to be followed by a formal Committee vote on amendment [...]
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March 21, 2013January 6, 2023News Releases
RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH LAKE UNION REZONE
Social justice is one of the four core values of the Seattle Comprehensive Plan. These values (the others are economic opportunity, environmental stewardship, and community) were developed through a community process in the 1990’s, and are intended to guide decision making in City government. To ensure that we carry out our commitment to social justice, [...]
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March 20, 2013January 6, 2023News Releases
SMALL LOT LEGISLATION UPDATE
In September 2012, the Council adopted an ordinance (Council Bill 117572)creating interim standards preventing new small single family lots from being created using old property lines that the City does not currently believe should be used to define buildable lots. The legislation also limited the size of houses that can be built on lots that [...]
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March 15, 2013January 6, 2023News Releases
ENVISIONING BALLARD TO INTERBAY
The Department of Planning and Development (DPD) has initiated a significant planning effort that brings together issues of land use and transportation. The study covers the corridor that stretches approximately three miles along Elliot Avenue W and 15th Avenue NW from Interbay to Ballard. The purpose of this planning activity is to develop a vision [...]
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March 12, 2013January 6, 2023News Releases
PARK LAND AND SR 520: FIRST STEP TAKEN
On Monday, March 11, the Council unanimously approved an ordinance approving a Memorandum of Agreement between the Washington State Department of Transportation, the University of Washington and the City of Seattle that is the first step towards providing full mitigation of the impacts of the SR 520 project on parks and open space. The agreement [...]
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March 7, 2013January 6, 2023News Releases
SOUND TRANSIT STARTS PLANNING FOR 3RD BALLOT MEASURE
SOUND TRANSIT STARTS PLANNING FOR 3RD BALLOT MEASURE The Sound Transit Board has unanimously approved moving forward with the first stages of planning for a third ballot measure, possibly as early as 2016. Sound Transit’s first ballot measure, approved in 1996 after failing in 1995, funded light rail from downtown to the airport. ST2, [...]