City of Seattle Prevails Against Housing Growth Plan Appeals
So most of the (NIMBY) neighbourhood groups who appealed One Seattle Plan didn't bother to comment on the EIS. That speaks volume of their nature.
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Meeting screenshot of presentation slide showing timeline of OSP engagement goals and timeline, starting late 2022.
Meeting screenshot of presentation slide showing public engagement reports: phase 1 surveys in 2022, phase 2 engagement including community meeting reports, environmental scoping, and professional policy recommendations, phase 3 public engagement throughout 2024, and phase 4 public comments (in process)
Meeting screenshot of presentation slide showing public info/report releases: Draft "One Seattle Plan" Comprehensive Plan Update & Growth Strategy, Draft Proposal for Updating Neighborhood Residential zones, and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
Meeting screenshot of presentation slide showing "draft growth strategy," including map with current vs. future zoning types and location. "Future" is overlaid on "current," with expanded and new areas specifically flagged.
Of all the arguments against upzoning and calls to "slow down," one that really bothered a lot of us is "I wasn't told [asked/consulted/catered to]."
I guess they expected a private presentation?
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Speaker 79 says he arrived at 3:37 PM. We're 3:16 into the meeting.
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Back after a break. Sentiment has shifted to pro-density, now that we're past the contingent who was able to arrive hours early to line up for this meeting. Curiously these folks trend younger and live on Capitol Hill and West Seattle rather than Magnolia and Maple Leaf
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I salute @typewriteralley.bsky.social for his live coverage of these meetings. I learned tonight that the average person can't concisely state their point, and moreover, that often what they say before getting to the point actually contradicts what they're asking for. (1/2)
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Closing out for now, but we did get one more emphatically pro-housing speaker!
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I can't keep doing this. It's the same talking points, delivered with varying abilities to articulate the thoughts (what was that about daycare and apples?)
We've clearly entered our Urban Forestry Commission era of the meeting. Developers, cutting down all the trees, etc.
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OMG BINGO SQUARE!! URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION MENTION! (That's a whole other side quest, lol.)
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Still amazed these Maple Leaf folks literally bought brooches and coordinated their outfits. I feel like that alone should disqualify their opinions because they clearly have more time and money than sense.
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Had to take a quick break after David H. Appreciate the representation now from the CID asking to not water down the plan and again inequitably burden the CID.
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HOLY CRAP David Heinz (?) is ahhhhhmazing. Calling out the full hypocrisy of his fellow Seattleites for their multi-mortgaged, over-leveraged dependence on their "nest eggs."
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Another Maple Leafer. I am coming to appreciate their coded outfits--the green top + maple leaf brooch (yes, really) tell me what's coming.
Blah blah, standard "this doesn't work for Maple Leaf."
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The new theme in the last few speakers: "Why can't we just do the bare minimum the state is requiring?"
Followed immediately by, "We're not NIMBYs."
Can't make this shit up. So ridiculous.
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"Just slow down. Instead of adding 30 dense units in a neighborhood center, why don't we start with just 2 or 3 and see how it goes?" Dude. It's a zoning change, not a forced destroy and rebuild plan. It will naturally be a gradual transition.
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"This plan will not increase the supply of low- and middle-price housing." YES it will IF enough housing is built... Because guess what? The smaller, older homes that used to be "starter" homes can become affordable again. #oneseattleplan #economics101
Oh, we've moved on to Madrona NIMBYs! "If more housing is built in Seattle and it does not result in increased affordability, will you still support the plan?" What?
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These Maple Leaf residents are so disingenuous. You'd think, from how they discuss their opposition to #oneseattleplan, that the plan is to literally raze existing homes and clearcut trees to build McMansions. The purest #NIMBYism.
Besides still being able to submit comments in support of #housing in #seattle via the #oneseattleplan, you can also watch the meeting live on the Seattle Channel on TV or YouTube. www.youtube.com/live/GqPV4Dw...
@CMTammyMorales is having a series on Town Halls on the #OneSeattlePlan --basically a Comp Plan 101, featuring @SeattlePlanCom @AIASeattle and @PugetSoundSage
I get to talk about housing and neighborhoods, so I'm excited.
Link here to RSVP:...
I’m teaching a UW grad architecture studio on creative infill housing and 15 minute neighborhoods to meet the many challenges we face. We’ll be working with an eye for how innovative housing and a re-thinking the right of way can be the keystone in the #OneSeattlePlan
Super fun!
