SR3’s progress, plus Neighborhood Street Fund, @ Alki Community Council

Toplines from this past week’s Alki Community Council meeting:

SR3 UPDATE: SR3‘s Casey Mclean brought the ACC up to speed on her plans for a fulltime space off Harbor Avenue SW, not just for marine-wildlife rehab, but also for research. She said the space is on the Merlino industrial property east/south of Salty’s on Alki (WSB sponsor), with permits in progress but no firm timeline so far. Nothing will go in until the permits are in hand, but she has two tanks on order and plans to add a modular building.

P.S. For a view of Mclean in action, Mark Jaroslaw shares this video from a harbor-seal-pup rescue at Don Armeni:

NEIGHBORHOOD STREET FUND: Ideas vying for a share of this city fund are about to go into what SDOT is now calling the Community Prioritization phase, starting on January 28th. That includes meetings in West Seattle and South Park in early February, as listed here. At the ACC meeting, safety advocate Don Brubeck asked the ACC to support the proposal for safety improvements on West Marginal Way SW between the parks on the east side of the street and the Duwamish Tribe Longhouse on the west side. (Here’s the clickable map showing what’s proposed around the city.)

HALA MANDATORY HOUSING AFFORDABILITY: As noted here earlier this week, the upzoning proposal is now up for council consideration of amendments. HALA MHA would upzone multifamily and commercial property around the city, so Alki would be affected though it’s not an “urban village.” One amendment is specifically within the ACC’s area of interest, asking that the commercial node near Beach Drive/Carroll not be upzoned.

The Alki Community Council meets third Thursdays, 7 pm at Alki UCC (6115 SW Hinds).

4 Replies to "SR3's progress, plus Neighborhood Street Fund, @ Alki Community Council"

  • Ice January 20, 2019 (12:18 am)

    What safety upgrades are they discussing on West Marginal? I clicked around on the link but could’t find any descriptions. That area there by the Dumamish is fun to explore on a bike.

    • WSB January 20, 2019 (12:35 am)

      I hope the specifics will be online when the review phase starts on 1/28. I am following up on this when gov’t offices reopen Tuesday. We also happened upon a mention of this while at the Longhouse earlier in the day.

  • kmo39 January 20, 2019 (11:18 am)

    Believe this upgrade is for sidewalk along West Marginal and cross walk for Duwamish Longhouse for those (most everybody) who have to park on the other side of this busy street.

  • Don Brubeck January 20, 2019 (3:18 pm)

    ICE:  Maybe the Tribe can put the full application online.  Here is background information with photos: https://westseattlebikeconnections.org/2018/10/31/scary-stories-at-the-longhouse/The Duwamish Tribe submktted the application with endorsements from Highland Park Action Committee (HPAC), the Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association, the South Park Neighborhood Association, the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/TAG,  Duwamish Valley Safe Streets, West Seattle Bike Connections and other community organizations.

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