The following information was provided by the city's Department of Planning and Development. Written comments on projects should be mailed to 700 Fifth Ave., Suite 2000, P.O. Box 34019, Seattle, WA 98124-4019.Appeals are made to the Office of the Hearing Examiner, Seattle Municipal Tower, 40th Floor (SMT-40-00), 700 Fifth Ave., Suite 4000, Seattle, WA 98104. Appeals must be accompanied by a $50 filing fee in a check payable to the City of Seattle.The project number is in parentheses. For more information, call 684-8467.PERMIT APPLICATIONS6521 ROOSEVELT WAY N.E. (3007933) for a Land Use Application to allow a six-story, 61-unit residential building (with two live/work units) with retail at street level. Parking for 60 vehicles to be provided within the structure below-grade. Existing structure to be demolished under a separate permit. The following approvals are required: Design Review; SEPA environmental determination. Building, grading and demolition permits may be needed but were not included in this application. Written comments accepted through Wednesday, April 16.PERMIT DECISIONS8111 STONE AVE. N. (3007680) on a Land Use Application to subdivide two parcels of land into eight parcels. Existing structures to be removed under Nos. 6105635 and 6105642. Eight live/work units have been approved under Project No. 3003849. The following appealable decision has been made based on submitted plans: Short Subdivision to create eight parcels of land conditionally granted. The hearing examiner must receive appeals of this decision no later than Monday, April 21.10726 17TH AVE. N.E. (3008344) on a Land Use Application to subdivide one parcel of land into two parcels. Existing single-family residence on proposed Parcel A to remain, and existing garage on proposed Parcel B to be removed. The following appealable decision has been made based on submitted plans: Short Subdivision to create two parcels of land conditionally granted. The hearing examiner must receive appeals of this decision no later than Monday, April 21.
The following are selected reports from the Seattle Police Department's North Precinct. They represent the officers' accounts of the events described. COLLEGE RIVALSA University District man in his 50s has been receiving harassing phone calls from a man who disagrees with the victim's vocal support of the University of Washington Huskies.According to the victim, he received a typed letter without a return address on April 1 that called him names.The man then received a phone call at 2 a.m. on April 4 from a man who asked if the victim lived at a fraternity. When the man said no, the caller hung up.The man received another call around 4 a.m., in which the suspect talked about the Huskies and the Washington State University Cougars but left no threats.The phone rang again at 4:15 a.m., and this time the man told the caller to stop calling and hung up.He then tried to find the suspect's number, but the call had come from a blocked number.The phone rang again around 4:30 a.m., and after the man hung up yet again, he had the phone company trace the call. The phone company would only provide the police with the suspect's phone number.Officers heard the phone message the caller left and said the caller sounded like elderly person.The victim believes it is the same person who harassed him eight years ago, when he was vocal about Seafair. The suspect harassed him by sending him letters and subscribing him to unwanted magazines.
■ Despite the cancellation of the North Central Little League's (NCLL) annual jamboree on Saturday, April 5, due to soggy fields, Max Koh, 10, practices fielding grounders with his team the Revere Group Raiders. The NCLL's regular season begins this weekend. photo/Susan Fried
The idea of starting a Citizens Transit campaign caught fire during a debate after a Feb. 1 showing of "Bus Riders Union," a documentary film about the mid-1990s campaign for better bus service in Los Angeles, at the Rainier Unitarian Universalist Center in the Central Area. Most of the discussion participants were transit users who were eager for a stronger grass-roots campaign with more ambitious transit goals for the Seattle area. Organizers cited carbon reduction goals, rising gas prices due to global warming and peak oil prices as driving the need for more frequent and reliable all-day local bus service, with good connections to expanding regional bus and rail. Excitement stirred when someone suggested that 15-minute service throughout the day, in place of half-hour service, would increase ridership by 50 to 100 percent on many routes, thus taking a lot of cars off the road. Several attendees recorded contact information and agreed to form a steering committee and launch the campaign.The steering committee will include retired San Francisco journalist John Coney, bus driver Brian Sherlock, Rob Johnson of Seattle's Transportation Choices Coalition and retired Boeing mathematician Dick Burkhart. The Seattle Citizens Transit Campaign's first organizational meeting took place Wednesday, April 2, at the Rainier Unitarian Universalist Center, 835 Yesler Way.
SENIOR CENTER STARTS WALLINGFORD WALKSWith the help of Sustainable Wallingford, the Wallingford Community Senior Center is encouraging people to get out and explore the neighborhood with two scheduled walks each month. These Wallingford Walks will include a local "expert" who will provide insights into the places and landscapes.The first walk will take place Sunday, April 13, at 10:30 a.m. The short, one-hour walk will highlight local points of interest, including the world's largest ladybug.Wallingford tree steward Nancy Merrill will lead the second walk, which will focus on neighborhood street trees. It will take place at 1 p.m. on April 26.Upcoming walks include a parks tour, the "Aboveground Tour" of local history and a residential architecture tour.All tours will begin at Tully's, at North 45th Street and Meridian Avenue North. For more information, call the senior center, at 461-7825.
Phinney Neighborhood Association (PNA) members expect the public hearing on Thursday, April 17, to bring them one step closer to finally owning the property where they have been tenants for almost three decades. The Seattle School Board will hold a meeting at the center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N., at 7:30 p.m. to hear testimony on the proposed sale of the two buildings, along with the playgrounds and parking lots.
Residents dig in to bring new life to neighborhood 'that needs to heal' It's been almost four years since a group of businessmen and property owners launched an effort to revive what many saw as a blighted Interbay neighborhood along West Dravus Street and several blocks to the north and south of the arterial. Now the effort is close to paying off, according to those involved. A State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) review about the proposal was completed at the end of March, which was good news, according to Bruce Wynn, executive director of the Interbay Neighborhood Association, the organization formed to champion the revitalization efforts.
Plan to conserve water on your lawn and garden this summer, despite near-record snowpack in the Cascades and a cool and damp spring. That's the word from city water conservation experts and Philip Mote, PhD Seattle Public Utilities and the Washington State climatologist at the University of Washington. "This year's prodigious mountain snowfall (which incidentally is nowhere near what it was in 1999) was probably partly a product of La Nina and partly just luck of the draw," he said. "It does not indicate the end of global warming, much as I would like to believe so." He added that it would be prudent to consider the lifetime water needs of plants before putting them in your lawn or garden. "Most summers, we'll have enough water but there will be summers when there isn't quite enough to go around," Mote said. "This has already been happening but we expect it to happen somewhat more often as the decades pass."
A spontaneous game of costume kickball broke out Sunday at Cal Anderson Park. Johnny Lannantuoni gives it his all. If you want to know how to be part of similar whackyevents go to swagge.mobi/romp/
Seattle Parks and Recreation is celebrating Earth Day 2008 in many ways in every corner of our great city. Following is a list of all the events going on in parks this month. This information is also available online at www.seattle.gov/parks/environment/earth.htm .
A cleaner and safer urban commercial district on Capitol Hill is a goal within reach as the Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce launches a petition drive to create an Improvement District that relies on financial support from property owners along Broadway and the Pike/Pine Corridor. Mayor Greg Nickels will meet with property owners Thursday, April 17 at the Daughters of the American Revolution Hall, 800 E Roy at 8 a.m. for a Kick-Off of the Capitol Hill Improvement District (CHID) that will enhance the safety and appearance of Capitol Hill, to better ensure a welcoming neighborhood and a sustained economic benefit to ratepayers.
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is now engaged in a review of the Residential Parking Zone (RPZ) program in Seattle. The RPZ program is designed to help residents who live in congested areas by discouraging long-term parking of non-residents on residential streets. The city staff is looking at all aspects of the program, including program goals, permit issuance, zone creation, and enforcement practices. This work is being done in the broader context of the city's goals with regards to parking management, transportation, land use, sustainability, climate change, and race and social justice. Staff is also looking at best practices for RPZ programs elsewhere.
It is a birthday party! A Capitol Hill institution turns 10 this year, and everyone is invited to the festivities at the Miller Community Center Saturday, April 19. The anniversary celebration fair begins at 11 a.m. when Mayor Greg Nickels starts the center's Ron Bills memorial fountain for the first time this spring. There will be speechifying immediately afterward, followed by activities representing the daily services provided by the center. Those activities will include volleyball and basketball tournaments. The community center, 330 19th Avenue E. (at Thomas), provides the Capitol Hill community with teen and toddler programs, sports leagues, holiday parties and a variety of classes.
Seattle's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Center is still alive, and trying to organize itself to be financially well. That is why it has closed the center's Pike Street offices in January and has since been sharing space with Equal Rights Washington at 209 Harvard Ave. E. Sometime in the next two months the center will move to a First Hill location just above Interstate-5 about two blocks south of Madison Street in an area of intense condominium development. Those quarters will be temporary, just for a year or two, while the LGBT Center reorganizes and looks for a new Capitol Hill location, according to Ivan Wright, co-president of the center's board of directors. Wright's co-president is Michelle Walker.
About 40 Seattle University students protested the presence of the Border Patrol recruiting at the Seattle University Career Expo. They marched through campus and were stopped outside of the expo.