Friends of Bell Street Park is meeting this Monday, March 10th at 4 pm at the Belltown Community Center. First on the Agenda will be Kerrie Stoops who will be presenting the latest on the Parks Grand opening. The Grand Opening has moved to Saturday, April 12 from 2 – 5 pm.
From Parks:
Seattle Parks and Recreation will host three community meetings in January to get feedback on the work done by the Parks Legacy Citizens’ Advisory Committee in preparation for a potential 2014 park and recreation funding ballot measure.
The meetings will be held:
- Thursday, January 23, International District/Chinatown Community Center, 719 8thAve. S, at 6 p.m.
- Saturday, January 25, High Point Community Center, 6920 34th Ave. SW, 1 p.m. (free childcare will be provided)
- Thursday, January 30, Bitter Lake Community Center, 13035 Linden Ave. N, at 7 p.m.
The meetings will feature a brief presentation that describes how the committee has prioritized a list of potential investment initiatives. That will be followed by professionally facilitated workshops that seek community input in three specific areas.
Join Parks, the Belltown Business Association, Friends of Bell Street Park and us for daffodil planting at 2nd & Bell at 9:30 AM this Saturday!
Join the Belltown Community Council, Belltown Business Association, Seattle Parks & Recreation and the Friends of Bell Street Park for a Daffodil Planting Party this Saturday from 10 AM – 1 PM. We will meet on the corner of 2nd and Bell. Tools and light refreshments will be provided. Bring a friend!
The BCC will take its customary hiatus this December. Our next monthly meeting will be Wednesday, January 8.
Happy holidays!
Join us for our November meeting on Wednesday. This month we welcome Lt. Mike Magee, the new Operations Lieutenant for the West Precinct. Lt. Magee recently took over that post from Capt. Deanna Nollette, who was promoted to head the Narcotics Section.
We will also have a presentation on our 911 Dispatch Center. Seattle’s 911 response times are among the best in the nation – come learn what makes that possible.
Wednesday, November 13
6:30 PM
Belltown Community Center, 415 Bell Street
Our neighbors to the north (Uptown, not Canada) are having an open house on the future of that neighborhood next week. Do you like to visit the Seattle Center or patronize the businesses in Uptown? You should plan on attending this open house and spread the word to your friends and neighbors. See below for more information.
Continue reading “Open House on a Framework for Uptown’s Future Nov. 7th”
Sound Transit needs your help deciding where regional transit services could expand after current voter-approved projects are complete in 2023. An important process getting underway today to update the region’s Long-Range Plan will provide the vision for transit expansions many years into the future.
What is the regional Long-Range Plan?
Voters in Central Puget Sound approved the formation of Sound Transit to develop a high-capacity transportation system for the region, where about 40 percent of the state’s residents live. Updating the plan will address how to respond to rising demand and congestion as our population grows approximately 30 percent by 2035.
The Long-Range Plan serves as the blueprint for how the region can use mass transit expansions to protect and promote its mobility, economy and environment. Future ballot measures will be shaped by the plan.
Shape the future of regional mass transit – get involved
Sound Transit will prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to update the Long-Range Plan. The first step in the process, called scoping, will determine which alternatives will be studied in the SEIS. Between Oct. 25 and Nov. 25 this important process will give you, local jurisdictions and public agencies a chance to learn more about the project, provide comments, and help Sound Transit identify and consider potential alternatives and effects on the environment.
There are several great ways to make sure the Sound Transit Board hears your input:
Public meetings
Evening events are from 5:30 to 8 p.m. with a presentation at 6:15 p.m.
Seattle – Tuesday, Nov. 12
Seattle University Campion Ballroom
914 E. Jefferson St.
Federal Way—Wednesday, Nov. 13
Federal Way Community Center
876 S. 333rd St.
Redmond—Thursday, Nov. 14
Redmond Marriott
7401 164th Ave. N.E.
Tacoma—Monday, Nov. 18
Tacoma Convention Center
1500 Broadway
Everett—Tuesday, Nov. 19
Eisenhower Middle School
10200 25th Ave. S.E.
Daytime event: Seattle—Thursday, Nov. 21
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Union Station, 401 S. Jackson St.
Today, Sound Transit trains and buses serve approximately 100,000 riders each weekday. The starting point for considering future expansions is this existing system and currently funded projects. By 2023, the Link light rail system is on track to grow to nearly 50 miles, expanding north to Lynnwood, east to Bellevue and Redmond’s Overlake area, and south to Kent/Des Moines. These voter-approved extensions are projected to increase Sound Transit daily ridership to about 350,000 in 2030.
The region will face major challenges maintaining an effective transportation system in the coming decades as more and more people call the more than 50 cities that Sound Transit serves home. You can play an important role in deciding where expanded services go.
More information:
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| Thank you to everyone who attended the Let’s Connect: Linking Belltown to Seattle’s New Waterfront event on October 17. Your ideas, questions and enthusiasm for the future of Belltown will continue to shape the design going forward.We also wanted to send out a big thank you to the Belltown Community Council, Belltown Business Association and Downtown Seattle Association for their help in making the event a success.
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The Seattle Public Schools have released a new draft of revised attendance area boundaries. No children who live west of I-5 will attend Bailey Gatzert under this plan. Instead, Lowell Elementary on Capitol Hill will serve Capitol Hill, First Hill, South Lake Union, Belltown, Denny Triangle, Downtown, and Pioneer Square. Children in these neighborhoods will continue on to Meany Middle School on Capitol Hill.
Members of the public are invited to submit comments through a survey by October 25. Revised boundaries will be presented at the School Board meeting on November 6 and likely adopted at the meeting on November 20.
Belltown Community Council 