What to do and how to do it? West Seattle Land Use Committee continues coalescing at meeting #2

September 25, 2014 10:39 am
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After two meetings, the West Seattle Land Use Committee is still taking shape – talking about how best to organize, and how best to review neighborhood issues. It’s not truly a formal “committee” so far, no officers, no formal action/agenda items. Nonetheless, those interested in being part of it did meet last night at the Senior Center of West Seattle, and we were there for the toplines:

Topics brought up included the risk of losing buildings of historical/cultural value as redevelopment continues (the Southwest District Council has been working toward an inventory of some of those properties), and concern about how the higher-rent retail spaces in new mixed-use projects will affect the existing business community – will any existing businesses be able to afford moving into them?

An even bigger area of discussion: With so much information about land-use/development issues, and so many people collecting and creating it on so many fronts, how to share it? Maybe by creating zones of representation – maybe three cross-sections, rather than the perceived east-west divide. To tackle this, they’ll look at a neighborhood map next month and talk about what might make sense.

The group also will be taking a big-picture look at all the relevant citywide commissions/committees, to figure out who from West Seattle is currently involved with them.

Remember, this is all still in the early stages, so if you have thoughts about any of these ideas/projects, or what else the nascent committee should take on, you’re welcome to be part of it – next meeting will again be on the fourth Wednesday (October 22nd), 6:30 pm at the WS Senior Center.

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