City Council is voting today, Monday, October 17 at 2:00 PM!

The Seattle City Council is poised to pass the Seattle 2035 Comprehensive Plan update on October 17 that will:

• TAKE AWAY YOUR VOICE
• TAKE AWAY TREES
• TAKE AWAY PARKING
• TAKE AWAY SINGLE FAMILY ZONES

Don’t let them do this! The devil is in the details. Read about it here: Seattle 2035 List of Concerns and here: Worst of the 2035 Comprehensive Plan, and let all of City Council know: Don’t pass it, fix it! Rework the Seattle 2035 Comprehensive Plan!

Please CALL, WRITE, and VISIT all nine city council members now and demand no action on the proposed Seattle 2035 Comprehensive Plan until it is amended to include:

• Requirements for neighborhood outreach & involvement
• Development of adequate transportation, parks & open space, schools, and utilities concurrent with increased residential density
• Protections & preservation of existing trees
• Parking requirements for new development
• Stable urban village boundaries
• Protections & preservation of Single Family Zoning

Tell City Council that you want infrastructure investment to be concurrent with growth. We want to grow a livable city. Tell City Council Do Not Pass the Seattle 2035 Comprehensive Plan in its current form. Send it Back!

• Please CALL, WRITE, and VISIT City Council Members before October 17!
• Please attend the full City Council Meeting at City Hall and comment in person – Monday, October 17, 2:00 PM.
• Please share with your friends, neighbors, and social networks.

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NEW DATE: City Council will now vote Monday, October 17!

The Seattle City Council is poised to pass the Seattle 2035 Comprehensive Plan update on October 17 that will:

• TAKE AWAY YOUR VOICE
• TAKE AWAY TREES
• TAKE AWAY PARKING
• TAKE AWAY SINGLE FAMILY ZONES

Don’t let them do this!  The devil is in the details.  Read about it here: Seattle 2035 List of Concerns and let all of City Council know: Don’t pass it, fix it! Rework the Seattle 2035 Comprehensive Plan!

Please CALL, WRITE, and VISIT all nine city council members now and demand no action on the proposed Seattle 2035 Comprehensive Plan until it is amended to include:

• Requirements for neighborhood outreach & involvement
• Development of adequate transportation, parks & open space, schools, and utilities concurrent with increased residential density
• Protections & preservation of existing trees
• Parking requirements for new development
• Stable urban village boundaries
• Protections & preservation of Single Family Zoning

Tell City Council that you want infrastructure investment to be concurrent with growth. We want to grow a livable city.  Tell City Council Do Not Pass the Seattle 2035 Comprehensive Plan in its current form.  Send it Back!

• Please CALL, WRITE, and VISIT City Council Members before October 17!
• Please attend the full City Council Meeting at City Hall and comment in person – Monday, October 17, 2:00 PM.
• Please share with your friends, neighbors, and social networks.

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Thursday, September 15, 2016, 2:00 – 4:00 PM

The City Council’s Planning, Land Use and Zoning (PLUZ) Committee will hold a Public Hearing to take comments on the Potential Council Amendments. The hearing will be held in the City Council Chambers at City Hall: 600 Fourth Avenue, 2nd Floor, Seattle, WA 98104. For those who wish to testify, sign-up sheets will be available outside of Council Chambers starting at 1:30 PM.

Take action and make your voice heard about the impacts of these changes! Consider the List of Concerns below. If you can attend and make public comment, please do so! Get there early, and bring a neighbor!  We expect each person to get two minutes or less to testify. It helps to prepare and to keep your comments clear and focused. You can also write all the City Council members with the addresses at Contacting City Officials before the hearing starts at 2:00 PM.

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Increased density and zoning changes are proposed in Wallingford and other urban villages under the Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) framework. The City has determined that MHA will have a significant adverse impact on the environment, and therefore the City is required to complete an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The EIS will consider potential impacts associated with land use, housing and socioeconomics, public services, transportation, utilities, open space and recreation, aesthetics and height/bulk/scale, and historic resources.

The City government needs to hear from you now regarding the impacts of the proposed zoning changes! Development without concurrent mitigation benefits no one, regardless of whether one resides inside or outside of an urban village, in an apartment, a condominium, or a house.

Comments are now being accepted on the scope of the EIS. You may comment on alternatives, mitigation measures, probable significant adverse impacts, and licenses or other approvals that may be required. Consider incorporating the List of Concerns described in the previous August 21 post, and send your comments by 5:00 PM on September 9, 2016.

1. Written comments may be submitted via email to Geoffrey.Wentlandt@seattle.gov.
2. Written comments may be submitted via standard mail to:
   Sam Assefa, Director
   Office of Planning & Community Development
   700 5th Ave, Suite 1900
   PO Box 94788
   Seattle, WA 98124­-7088

Increased density and zoning changes are proposed in Wallingford and other urban villages under the Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) framework.  The City has determined that MHA will have a significant adverse impact on the environment, and therefore the City is required to complete an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).  The EIS will consider potential impacts associated with land use, housing and socioeconomics, public services, transportation, utilities, open space and recreation, aesthetics and height/bulk/scale, and historic resources.

The City government needs to hear from you now regarding the impacts of the proposed zoning changes!  Development without concurrent mitigation benefits no one, regardless of whether one resides inside or outside of an urban village, in an apartment, a condominium, or a house.

Comments are now being accepted on the scope of the EIS.  You may comment on alternatives, mitigation measures, probable significant adverse impacts, and licenses or other approvals that may be required.  Consider incorporating the concerns described below, and send your comments by 5:00 PM on September 9, 2016.

1. Written comments may be submitted via email to Geoffrey.Wentlandt@seattle.gov.
2. Written comments may be submitted via standard mail to:
   Sam Assefa, Director
   Office of Planning & Community Development
   700 5th Ave, Suite 1900
   PO Box 94788
   Seattle, WA 98124­-7088
3. Written or verbal comments may be made in person at the following public meeting:
   Saturday August 27, 2016
   Ballard Summer Parkways Event – CityScoop
   Ballard Ave. NW, between NW Market St. and 22nd Ave. NW
   1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

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