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Location: Room 202 of the Good Shepherd Center, 4659 Sunnyside Ave N.Agenda:

• Welcome and Call to Order

• Special Topic: Future of Aurora Avenue – SDOT is seeking public input. Jules Posadas, Public Engagement Lead, Seattle Department of Transportation to present.

• Special Topic: “Comp Plan” – Both the One Seattle Comprehensive Plan 2044 to guide growth for the next 20 years and the DEIS (Draft Environmental Impact Study) which analyzes impacts of growth strategy alternatives have been released. The city’s public engagement period has started and comments will be incorporated into the Final Comprehensive Plan and FEIS (Final EIS). Click here for more information (open houses, links, how to submit feedback, etc.).

• Committee reports

• Announcements

• Earth Day Clean-Up: Saturday, April 20, 10 AM to 1 PM. Meet at 45th & Wallingford, next to the Animal Storm statue

• Annual Meeting and Board Elections: Wednesday, May 8, 7PM. Any interest in serving on the WCC Board, please email communications@wallingfordcc.org

• Note: the May Monthly Meeting is canceled

• Membership – Renew / Join: To vote for the 2024-2025 Board, one must be an official member a minimum of 15 days prior to election. To renew or join, click here.

• Wallingford Beautification: if you are interested contact Rhonda Bush at rhonda.bush@historicwallingford.org to participate.

• Seattle Needs Trees – There is a city-wide movement to amend the legislation to bring it into compliance with the City’s own 2035 Comprehensive Plan goals (30% coverage by 2037), as well as the state Growth Management Act. To learn more, click here.

• Hybrid Meeting Tech Help: need volunteers with the equipment to lend to make the bi-monthly meetings hybrid. It is something we would like to offer, but we need a volunteer or two to do so. Contact pres@wallingfordcc.org if interested. 🙂

• Good of the Order (anything people want to bring up)

• Adjourn

Two important documents were released the week of March 5, 2024 by the city. The first is the 20-year Growth strategy called One Seattle Comprehensive Plan 2044, which aims to guide growth for the next two decades. The second document, the DEIS (Draft Environmental Impact Study), analyzes the impacts of growth strategy alternatives.

It’s a very large body of work, and sometimes things are missed or need additional consideration. Help the city review their work! Public engagement is extremely important, and we list opportunities for you to participate and use your voice to influence the choices being proposed by city leaders.

The public engagement period has started, and your comments will be incorporated into the Final Comprehensive Plan and FEIS (Final EIS), which must be voted on by the City Council later in 2024. The deadline for public comments is May 6 at 5:00 pm.

About the Comp Plan

First, the Comprehensive Plan (One Seattle Plan) focuses on goals, policy recommendations, expanding housing options, zoning changes, map expansions, and updating Seattle’s residential zones, such as reclassifying urban villages to urban centers. Also, the city is required to apply the rules of House Bill 1110, which was passed by the state in 2023. HB1110 overrides previous single-family zoned lots and now permits 4-6 units per lot citywide, depending on proximity to transit. The WCC would like the MHA (Mandatory Housing Affordability) program to apply to everywhere HB1110 applies, and would appreciate public advocacy to make this happen.

Illustrations of the application of HB1110, showing four units to a lot housing configurations, can be found here.

Here is the link to the One Seattle Comprehensive home page.Here is the link to documents and other information for both the One Seattle Comprehensive Plan and DEIS (Draft Environmental Impact Study).

Open Houses for the Comprehensive Plan are all from 6:00 – 7:30pm in person:– Chief Sealth: Wednesday, April 3– Garfield: Tuesday, April 16– Eckstein: Thursday, April 25– McClure Middle School Seattle City Hall (location changed!): Tuesday, April 30– Virtual Online: Thursday, May 2

The deadline for comments on the Comprehensive One Seattle Plan is May 6, 2024, at 5:00 pm.Send comments to OneSeattleCompPlan@seattle.gov

About the DEIS (Draft Environmental Impact Statement)

The DEIS focuses more on the five growth alternatives for Seattle with analysis of impacts and mitigations the city anticipates. Here is the link to a concise Executive summary analysis on the growth alternatives.

Links to online Information Sessions to be released before the meetings:

1) DEIS information online session Tuesday, April 2, 7-8:30 pm. For more information, contact: Jim.Holmes@seattle.govor call 206-684-8372.

2) DEIS online information session Thursday, April 11, 7-8:30 pm, focusing on 130th and 145th Street stations. Contact person: Patrice.Carroll@seattle.gov or call 206-684-0946.

The deadline for comments on the DEIS may be submitted before May 6 at 5:00 pm

at the DEIS Story Mapand/or mailed to: Jim Holmes Office of Planning and Development P.O.Box 94788 Seattle, Wash. 98124-7088 and/or emailed to: PCD_CompPlan_EIS@seattle.gov

Public Hearings on the DEIS will be both online call-in and in-person live:

1) Wednesday, April 17, at 10 a.m. City Hall 600 4th avenue, Boards and Commissioners Room, Floor 12

2) Monday, April 22, at 6:00 p.m. City Hall 4th Avenue, Boards and Commissioners Room, Floor 12

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Location: Room 202 of the Good Shepherd Center, 4659 Sunnyside Ave N.

Agenda:

• Welcome and Call to Order

• Special Guest Council Member Maritza Rivera, District 4. CM Rivera will share a bit about her first two months in office, what her focus is for 2024, and take questions.

• Committee reports

• Announcements

• Wallingford Beautification: if you are interested contact Rhonda Bush at rhonda.bush@historicwallingford.org to participate.

• Seattle Needs Trees – There is a city-wide movement to amend the legislation to bring it into compliance with the City’s own 2035 Comprehensive Plan goals (30% coverage by 2037), as well as the state Growth Management Act. To learn more, click here.

• Hybrid Meeting Tech Help: need volunteers with the equipment to lend to make the bi-monthly meetings hybrid. It is something we would like to offer, but we need a volunteer or two to do so. Contact pres@wallingfordcc.org if interested. 🙂

• Next Monthly Meeting: Wednesday, April 3, 7PM.

• Good of the Order (anything people want to bring up)

• Adjourn

Location: Room 202 of the Good Shepherd Center, 4659 Sunnyside Ave N.

Agenda:

• Welcome and Call to Order

• Committee reports

• Announcements

• Take the Wallingford Beautification Survey. With a goal of a vibrant, livable community and increased community engagement, a collaborative group that represents Historic Wallingford, the Wallingford Community Council, and Celebrate Wallingford have started discussions for beautification projects in Wallingford.

• The working group is called Wallingford Beautification, and we welcome more participants if you are interested. Contact Rhonda Bush at rhonda.bush@historicwallingford.org to participate.

• Seattle Needs Trees – There is a city-wide movement to amend the legislation to bring it into compliance with the City’s own 2035 Comprehensive Plan goals (30% coverage by 2037), as well as the state Growth Management Act. To learn more, click here.

• Hybrid Meeting Tech Help: need volunteers with the equipment to lend to make the bi-monthly meetings hybrid. It is something we would like to offer, but we need a volunteer or two to do so. Contact pres@wallingfordcc.org if interested. 🙂

• Next Monthly Meeting: Wednesday, March 6, 7PM.

• Good of the Order (anything people want to bring up)

• Adjourn

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