Because of the large amount of Roosevelt and Ravenna zoning changes and projected changes all of that information is being discussed at my Ravenna-Roosevelt Zoning Issues Blog. There is a large amount of importance with zoning issues now that a significat power, RDG, with plenty of backing funds and the false reasoning that, "We are doing it because of the light rail and green house emissions...blah, blah, blah. They are doing it because that's where the property is and they and make a damn fortune developing it. It matters little or nil to them, where it is. I will limit...
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In the neighborhood this week there will be a works party down at the traffic circle. We will be digging some holes for trees and pulling up sum sumac roots. This will all take place on Sunday, July 25th about 10:30 to noon, or so. It should be nice and probably on the warm side. If you don't want to dig or pull roots, you might bring some lemonade and cookies down to the circle to sustain those who are. Doing so also counts for hours work as we amass credits to earn the grant that is paying for the...
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On Monday night, July 19th, at 7:00 PM at Calvary Christian Assembly the Roosevelt Land Use Committee will hold its regular monthly meeting. There will be discussion concerning the Roosevelt Development Group's proposal to change zoning in the area. Because of the RDG zoning change application, the Department of Planning and Development has ordered an Environmental Impact Statement to be done. At the land use meeting Monday the format and content of how to get the EIS to consider particular impacts will be shared. Try to be there. On Wednesday, July 21st, at 6:30 in the same building the DPD...
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We still have about a week to go in collecting signatures of people opposed to the Hugh Sisley and Roosevelt Development Groups's proposal to change the Seattle Comprehensive Plan and the Future Land Use Map. 300-400 signatures wil be submitted to the Department of Planning and Development recommending that the change not even be considered. Just don't go there. Here are a few of the signature pages: We will be turning in all of the originals collected by July 5th directly to Sally Clark's office. She is the Chair of the Committee on the Built Environment. These signatures will impress...
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If you have not yet signed the petition that requests the Seattle City Council to remove the Roosevelt Development Group's request to change the Seattle Comprehensive Plan and the Future Land Use Map from consideration this year, you are invited to stop by 6321 17th Ave NE between 6:00 and 8:00 PM on Wednesday June 23rd. The petition will be available on the porch. We currently have about 50 signatures and would like to have hundreds. We don't feel that rezoning the area around NE 65th and 15th Ave NE and Roosevelt High School, to Neighborhood Commercial 3 and heights...
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Between June 19 and July 7th someone may knock on your door to see if you want to sign a petition that intends to have the City of Seattle decide NOT to accept the application by the Roosevelt Development Group which proposes to amend the Seattle Comprehensive Plan. This amendment is all about converting land on the eastern edge of the Roosevelt neighborhood and the western edge of Ravenna into something that can be upzone to NC3 160. There intention is to eventually build 1000 or more apartment units in the immediate area of NE 65th and 15th Ave NE. To make...
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Here is a link to an application submitted to Seattle Department of Planing and Zoning on Wednesday 5/26/2010. http://web1.seattle.gov/DPD/permitstatus/Project.aspx?id=3010100 This wording tells me I've grossly underestimated their plans for this site:Design review, early design guidance meeting to allow a mixed use development with 1,000 residential and senior housing units up to 16 stories tall and 160,000 sq. ft. of retail at grade. Parking for 1,000 vehicles will be located below grade. All existing structures to be demolished. (96,000 sq.ft.). Proposal will require a contract rezone and an environmental impact statement. The site on the application is 6501 15th Ave NE....
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There will be an important Roosevelt Land Use Committee meeting this Monday, May 17th at 7:00 PM at Calvary Christian Assembly. This will be a joint meeting with the Roosevelt Sustainability Group. Both committees are constantly exploring how to permit growth in the area, but also how to sustain the vitality of the neighborhood, how to improve the quality of the atmosphere, and how to preserve the quality of life as our neighborhood grows. The coming of the new light rail station has turned the eyes of the city and the state in our direction. Demonstrating community action and our...
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Roosevelt Development Group, aka RDG or HB Management, brought the Great City Organization to the Roosevelt neighborhood April 14, 2010, seemingly to enlist their help in convincing the populace of Roosevelt, the Seattle City Council and Mayor, and anyone else interested that the development wishes of one property owner should be more highly considered than the decade long work of the community as to how the urban village of Roosevelt will grow over the next 25 to 50 years. Great City is "a strategic urban advocacy group that believes smart and responsible urbanism is the solution to many of our...
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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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