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Category Archives: Monthly Meeting
Monthly Meeting, November, In-Person
Wednesday November 1, 2023, 7 PM
Location: Room 202 of the Good Shepherd Center, 4659 Sunnyside Ave N.
Agenda:
- Welcome and Call to Order
- Guests:
- Scott Lien /Kamiak and Weinstein AU will present an update on their 6-story, 105-unit apartment building at 4318 Stone Way North. The project will include space for restaurant & retail and also include parking for about 60 vehicles.
- Councilmember Alex Pedersen or Toby Thaler /Pedersen’s office will go over the proposed Transportation Impact Fees legislation.
- Committee reports
- Announcements
- Lid I-5 – Community Vision Workshop, Thursday, November 9, 2023, 5:30-8:00pm, Gould Hall Court, 3950 University Way NE. Covering the highway, connecting communities – come brainstorm, share ideas, and help with envisioning the possibilities. All are welcome. To learn more and rsvp, click here.
- 45th Street beautification project, Volunteers Needed – Creative project to replace the banners along 45th Street:
We have a small group of people interested and could use a few more! This project needs outreach, project coordination, and creativity – does any of that sound like you? If so, please email pres@wallingfordcc.org to get connected. - 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, Dec. 6, 7PM.
- Good of the Order (anything people want to bring up)
- Adjourn
Monthly Meeting, October, In-Person
Wednesday October 4, 2023, 7 PM
Location: Room 202 of the Good Shepherd Center, 4659 Sunnyside Ave N.
Agenda:
- Welcome and Call to Order
- Guests:
- Seattle Fire Department: Jon Ehrenfeld will share about the SFD’s recently launched Health 99 unit, a unit that specifically responds to overdoses in Downtown, Belltown, and Pioneer Square
- Seattle Needs Trees: David Moehring will explain the recently passed Tree Ordinance 126821 and efforts to improve it
- Committee reports
- Discussion on Gas Works Park and for-profit events (i.e., large ticketed concerts). History, concerns, pros/cons, etc..
- Announcements
- The Great Wallingford Cleanup, Saturday, October 14, 10am – 1pm, meet at the Animal Storm Sculpture on the corner of 45th Street and Wallingford Ave. N.
- Hybrid Meeting Tech Help: need volunteers with the equipment to lend to make the monthly meetings hybrid. It is something we would like to offer, but we need a volunteer to do so. 🙂
- Next Monthly Meeting: Wednesday, Nov. 1st, 7PM.
- Good of the Order (anything people want to bring up)
- Adjourn
Volunteers Needed – Creative project to replace the banners along 45th Street:
Have an interest in joining the Wallingford Community Council in collaboration with other volunteer neighborhood organizations? This project needs outreach, project coordination, and creativity – does any of that sound like you? If so, please email pres@wallingfordcc.org to get connected.
A couple of things..
Seattle Needs Trees
Do you agree that the recently passed Tree Ordinance 126821 has some holes to be filled? Holes like not being in compliance with the city’s comprehensive plan, and forgetting to include tree protection during property development.
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 about this movement, go to: www.seattleneedstrees.com
One can also get a better idea of the benefits of amending the Tree Ordinance from this Seattle Times article by Naomi Ishisaka, “Yes, Seattle, we can have both housing and trees.”
Volunteers Needed
Creative project to replace the banners along 45th Street: Have an interest in joining the Wallingford Community Council in collaboration with other volunteer neighborhood organizations? This project needs outreach, project coordination, and creativity – does any of that sound like you? If so, please email pres@wallingfordcc.org to get connected 🙂
Save the Date
- Monday, September 18, 6PM – Seattle Fair Growth Candidate Forum – via zoom
- Wednesday, October 4th, Monthly Meeting, Room 202, Good Shepherd Center – in-person, maybe hybrid.. more info to come
- Saturday, October 14, 10am – 12pm – The Great Wallingford Cleanup, meet at the Animal Storm Sculpture on the corner of 45th Street and Wallingford Ave. N.
WCC 2023 Survey Results
In March 2023, the Wallingford Community Council launched a survey using survey monkey to solicit feedback on areas of interest from the community. The short survey was sent out to community council members, advertised on social media – including the WCC website and sent around to various listservs and groups within the neighborhood. The goal of the survey is to help the community council understand key priority areas for the neighborhood in order to prioritize the work of the community council. Over 250 people responded to the survey which provided helpful insight.
The top 5 areas the community wanted to see focused on were:
- Public Safety
- Homelessness
- Zoning
- Housing for All
- Park Upkeep
The results of the full survey were presented at June 7th WCC meeting.