Category Archives: Transfer Station

Monthly Meeting, Wednesday November 7

Time: 7 PM.
Location: Room 202 of the Good Shepherd Center, 4659 Sunnyside Ave N.

Agenda:

Welcome / Call to Order.
K C Dietz and Amalia Walton from the Lake Washington Rowing Club on maintaining public access to Lake Union at Waterway 23.
Eliza Ives and Jacob Orenberg from Seattle City Light on the “Public Direct Current (DC) Fast Charging Electric Vehicle” pilot program in the Gas Works Park area.
Darby Watson, Project Development Director, from the Seattle Department of Transportation will give an overview of recent design changes to the Green Lake and Wallingford Paving and Multi-Modal Improvement Project (which includes N/NE 40th Street).
The City Arborist will discuss plans for the trees along N/NE 40th Street (and answer questions).
Committee reports.
Announcements:
- The next Monthly Meeting will be Wednesday December 5, 7 PM.
- The play area in Wallingford Playfield will close on Tuesday November 6 for renovation and improvement, and is expected to open with new play equipment in early 2019.
- The play areas at the North Transfer Station are closed through December 2018 for improvements to address Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements.
Good of the Order (anything people want to bring up).
Adjourn.

Play Areas closed at the North Transfer Station

The play areas on Woodlawn Ave N and Carr Place N at the North Transfer Station are closed while contractors for Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) work on improvements to address Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements. Much of the public space including the fitness equipment will be closed for the duration of the construction and the work areas will be surrounded by temporary fencing. Work is expected to continue through December 2018.

Pavement at the basketball court will be changed to standard concrete. There will also be new handrails installed along some of the walkways, improving access for all users. SPU will try to open up individual areas (like the playground) as soon as they are fully completed. The work notice has more details on work hours and construction impacts.

MHA DEIS Comments Due by Monday August 7

We need you and your friends and neighbors to comment this weekend!

The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) evaluates the Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) program impacts on Urban Villages, and in multi-family and commercial areas throughout Seattle. Residents from many neighborhoods have reviewed and analyzed the DEIS. The results are available in the Comments folder and the Analysis folder.

Please view the comment and analysis documents, find the issues important to you, and email your comments to the City at MHA.EIS@seattle.gov or by using the online form. Submitting many brief comments is probably preferable to sending one long email. The more people who submit comments, the more seriously the City has to address the comments!

If you are overwhelmed or short of time, here is a suggested comment to make:

“The DEIS is not sufficient to represent all Urban Villages and the City overall. Each Urban Village is unique, with different housing types, cultural traditions, businesses, resources, and growth needs. This DEIS fails to recognize and examine these differences.

Each Urban Village and Surrounding Area needs to be analyzed separately, thoroughly and accurately via their own individual EIS.

Additionally, the DEIS does not address how the whole City will be impacted by the changes both in this DEIS and the other SEPA analyses combined. Seattle residents live in both their own neighborhoods and in the City at large, yet this DEIS has failed to analyze the impacts to both thoroughly and accurately.”

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Monthly Meeting on Wednesday February 1, 7PM

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

Agenda:

Welcome / Call to Order
Approval of Minutes
Program:

Update on possible uses of Meridian Playground, Wallingford Playfield, and Recycling Challenge funds – Eric Fisk.
Update on the UW Campus Master Plan Comments and Future Review – Brian O’Sullivan or Jon Berkedal.
Impact Fees to support housing growth – Eric Fisk and Ted Hunter.
Q & A with Geoff Wentlandt from the City of Seattle.

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

Yard Signs: ‘Keep Seattle Livable; No HALA “Grand Bargain” Upzones’.
Find It, Fix It Walk with Mayor Murray: Community Walk Action Team meeting on Thursday February 16, 6:30 PM at Wallingford Center in Suite 206, between Bootyland and Bad Woman Yarn. RSVP requested to Lemmis Stephens III.
Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) wants community feedback on their Strategic Business Plan. Tuesday February 7, 5:30 – 7:30 PM at the North Transfer Station. See the Customer Outreach page for other meeting times and locations.
Seattle Tenant Bootcamp on Wednesday April 5, 7PM as part of the WCC Monthly meeting.
The next WCC Monthly Meeting is on Wednesday March 1, 7PM.

Adjourn

Community Celebration at the North Transfer Station Saturday December 10

Saturday December 10, 2016, 10:00 – 11:30 AM
N 34th Street and N Northlake Place

The North Transfer Station is now open! Join Deputy Mayor Kate Joncas and Seattle Public Utilities for a celebration and refreshments. Come see the features of the new station.

Transfer Station is Open

From The Seattle Times: Nicest dump around? New $108M transfer station in Wallingford even has a basketball court.

Park and Playground are Open

The park and the playground next to the North Transfer Station are open. The park is along Woodlawn Ave N between N 34th and N 35th Streets, and includes a partial basketball court. The playground is along N 35th Street between Woodlawn Ave N and Carr Place N, and includes play structures for climbing and sliding.

Monthly Meeting on Wednesday December 7 at 7PM

Location: The Wallingford Community Senior Center in the Good Shepherd Center, 4659 Sunnyside Ave N. Note that this location is downstairs from our usual meeting place in Room 202.

Agenda:

Welcome / Call to Order
Approval of Minutes
Program:

Draft zoning change maps for the Wallingford Urban Village.
Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) development bonuses proposed for both inside and outside of Urban Villages.
Proposed zoning definition changes.
Gathering questions for the City about these changes.

Announcements:

Wallingford Urban Village Workshop. We are waiting for a date from Rob Johnson’s office.
Seattle Public Schools Community Budget Gap Meetings for families to provide feedback on budget priorities:
- Ballard High School, Tuesday December 13, 6:30 to 8:00 PM.
- South Shore PreK-8 School, Thursday December 15, 6:30 to 8:00 PM.
- Franklin High School, Tuesday January 3, 6:30 to 8:00 PM.
Yard Signs: Keep Seattle Livable; No HALA “Grand Bargain” Upzones.
The WCC Board approved getting a third party review of the environmental report for Waterway #20.
North Transfer Station: Official ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday December 10, 10:00 to 11:30 AM.
Next Monthly Meeting: Wednesday January 4, 7 PM.

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

New Open Space coming to Wallingford

The North Transfer Station is scheduled to re-open this Fall. Construction is being completed on the park, playground, and basketball court on the east side.

View of park looking north from N 34th Street.

View of park looking west from N 35th Street and Woodlawn Ave N.

View of playground looking west from Woodlawn Ave N.

View of playground looking east from Carr Place N.

Agreements with Seattle Public Utilities

See the North Transfer Station page for the agreements between the WCC and Seattle Public Utilities.

North Transfer Station Agreements

One of the land use issues that the Wallingford Community Council is currently working on is the redesign of the North Transfer Station. Several members of the board have spent countless hours working on this issue, working with Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) to work out an agreement that serves that needs of the City while providing the neighborhood amenities that keep Wallingford a great place to live. Read more on the agreement here:

NTS SPU North Transfer Open Space Proposal

After more review and hours of discussion, here are the current (1/25/12) documents about the transfer station:

Once again many thanks to those on the council who spent HUNDREDS of hours on this issue, and have negotiated agreements with SPU that will have a positive impact on the neighborhood!