On Monday, October 12 at 7:00 PM at Calvary Christian Assembly, there willbe a meeting to discuss land use and zoning in the Roosevelt Neighborhood.The Department of Planning and Development (DPD) is conducting a review ofthe zoning recommendations made by the Community as part of the 2006Neighborhood Plan Update. The report of the Zoning Workgroup from July 2006is posted at the RNA website at www.rooseveltseattle.org and will also beavailable at the meeting on Oct. 12.The discussion will include, but is not limited to, some of the properties near 15th Ave NE and NE 65th St.DPD is expected to make a...
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A group of neighbors concerned about development in the area of NE 65th and 15th AVE NE contacted Shelley Bolser of the Seattle Department of Development recently. She provided the following update. RDG Rezone The Scoping Report for the Environmental Impact Study is not yet completed. Work is progressing very slowly, may be done in a month, but could be later. (Remember, the Scoping Report will only say what will be studied, it will not give any information on the impacts that may occur from development. It would say for instance," traffic may be impacted and should be studied" and would probably indicate...
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While I was away on vacation there was some housing improvements made in the area across from Roosevelt High School. On the southwest corner of 14th Ave NE and NE 66th Street another derelict house was removed. A new ordinance has been proposed in Seattle that will make it likely that more buildings that are beyond repair will be removed. Current regulations were made with a mindset that it is always cheaper to rehabilitate a property that is falling apart, than to build a new one. But with bans on using many materials around 1978, such as lead paint, formaldehyde, asbestos and...
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There is an attempt by outside developers in contract with a local landowner to radically change the landscape of the Roosevelt-Ravenna Neighborhood. I know that many of the residents of the area would like to see the Sisley properties cleaned up and developed into something that would both satisfy the needs of supporting a light rail station, destined to be here in about 2020, but also to retain the flavor, the character, the ambience of this beautiful part of the city that we love and love to live in. So I congratulate the citizens of this area who have managed to...
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Seattle mayor Greg Nickels visited the Ravenna and Roosevelt neighborhoods today. Starting in Cowen Park the mayor walked north on 15th Ave NE with about 20 neighbors who turned out to walk with him. There is a lot of discussion going on about what might happen in the area. Will the detailed Roosevelt Neighborhood Association plan be the model for how this area changes, or will outside developers in contract with slumlord Hugh Sisley be permitted to create their own vision of what should be done with the derelict properties of the landowner? Landmark Roosevelt High School Most of...
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A big shout out to the Roosevelt and Ravenna neighbors (over 150 strong) who came to the Seattle DPD meeting last night at Calvary Christian Assembly to speak about the Roosevelt Development Group's lease of the Hugh Sisley properties and their quasi-proposed development plans. Two people spoke in favor of the project going forward. About 50 voiced deep-seated concerns against this ill-conceived, major headache of an idea, often to the hearty applause of the room full of neighbors. Another message sent to the City. After a short introduction by Shirley Bolser of the DPD and a brief statement by Ed...
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According to Wikipedia "The economic concepts of utility and substitution drive the highest and best use analysis. The highest and best use of a property determines its utility to a potential purchaser. The purchaser of such a property would pay no more than a competing property with the same utility while a seller would accept no less that a seller of a comparable property. That is true to the neighborhood." There is a good bit of other information on the site that details examples about how to have potential dollar value maximized in arriving at "highest and best use"...
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The Roosevelt Neighborhood Association met as scheduled last night (5/26/09) in the Commons at Roosevelt High School. Attendance was high (100+) as the main topic of discussion was the proposed development in the 65th and 15th area commonly know as the fruit stand block. Basically the populace as a whole opposes the idea, but more on that later. Hugh Sisley and his wife were in attendance but did not make any comments. One of the two developers was there and he responded that, Yes, he really did want and expect to get 160 foot zoning as requested. It wasn't just...
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On Tuesday, May 26th, at 7:30 PM in the Roosevelt High School Commons, the Roosevelt Zoning Committee will hold its regular monthly meeting with a difference. A large turn out is expected. Main topic for discussion is the recent application for zoning changes by the Roosevelt Development Group, a private developer, which has leased the Hugh Sisley properties for 99 years. Seattle's Department of Planning and Development is requiring an Environmental Impact Study to be done on the project. True to form the developer has found a way to forward the project without specifically committing to what they are doing and...
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Back in 2007 the Seattle P.I. announced that a developer had leased many of the Hugh Sisley properties in the area around NE 65th St. and 15th Ave NE. At first it was hailed as an opportunity to clean up this crumbling mess. I'm sure when out of town guests turn off the I-5 Interstate they have to question the why's of this slum they're driving through. RDG has told us the landowner is in control and they are addressing the landowner's needs in the preliminary rezone request, i.e., the group is asking for buildings as high as 160 feet. They...
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