We’ve noticed work resuming on several projects around West Seattle. 2 examples: Several people have e-mailed to point out that crews are back at 35th/Avalon (whether just to weatherproof or something more, we haven’t confirmed), and framing has gone up at a townhouse site north of Morgan Junction where work began in spring but then idled, among others. And now there’s word from a neighbor that a once-controversial proposal across from Alki Elementary School has reactivated as well.
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The site at 59th/Stevens (Google Street View above) is the subject of a “revised application” – a two-week comment period that opened with it was listed as closing the Sunday after Thanksgiving, but the sign says that it could be extended to December 13th, so the neighbor who contacted us has put in that request. The original application was filed in early 2008; it proposed two single-family homes and three townhouse units replacing the house that currently occupies the lot. Among the concerns neighbors had raised were parking; the project calls for 8 spaces for the 5 units, and street parking in the area has long been tight (some restriping happened last year, as reported here). They also contended that three-story units putting neighboring Alki Playfield in the shade. They discussed those issues during a meeting with developers and city planners in May of last year (WSB coverage here). The DPD page listing all applications for this proposal (no permits finalized yet) is here; comments on the project go to city planner Holly Godard, holly.godard@seattle.gov.
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