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Monthly Meeting tonight (November 2)

Wednesday November 2, 7PM

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

Special Guests: Officers Enoc Lee & Ron Willis, Seattle Police Department
Join us as we continue the conversation that we began in August on Race and Policing in Seattle.

Agenda:

  • 7:00 PM:
    • Welcome / Call to Order.
    • Approval of Minutes.
    • Comments for the Good for the Order.
    • Announcements:
  • 7:30 PM:
    • Special Guests: Officers Enoc Lee and Ron Willis of the North Precinct.
  • 8:00 PM:
  • 9:00 PM:
    • Adjourn.

Wallingford Waterways Walk (November 5)

You are invited to the second Wallingford Waterways Walk

Join us on a walk along Lake Union to learn about the public access points on Lake Union and to share your ideas about restoring and using Wallingford’s waterways.

When: 10 AM -12 PM on Saturday November 5, 2016.

Where: Waterway 15 (west of Ivar’s Salmon House at NE Northlake Way and 4th Ave NE). We will work our way west toward Gasworks, and then on to Waterway 22. (See the map below.)

Why: Wallingford’s various waterways are wonderful features of our community. Come and learn about where they are and how to access them.

What: We will visit each Waterway of Wallingford, generating ideas and making plans as we go. Please join us and add your thoughts to the conversation.

For a record of the last year’s event see the 2015 Wallingford Waterways Walk report.

Sponsored by the Wallingford Community Council and the Friends of North Lake Union.

Community Meeting about Lincoln High School (October 27)

Thursday, October 27, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Lincoln High School Library, 4400 Interlake Ave N

Seattle Public Schools invites parents and neighbors to join Director Burke and SPS staff for a community listening meeting about Lincoln High School, scheduled for opening in the fall of 2019. We have exciting plans for the site renovation and restoration, but the academic programming and student assignment plans are still developing. Come and share your concerns and ideas to help make Lincoln’s opening a successful start for a vibrant school. Representatives from Teaching and learning, International Education, Enrollment, Capital Projects, Bassetti Architects, and the School Design Advisory Team (SDAT) are expected to be present.

Zoning Changes for the Wallingford Urban Village

The City has released maps of the draft zoning changes for Urban Villages. Each map shows possible zoning changes necessary to implement Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) in a specific neighborhood. Maps for Wallingford and Fremont are available on the WallHALA page.

See the Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) page for an explanation of the proposed MHA zoning changes, and examples of the buildings allowed.