DEVELOPMENT: Another comment opportunity for 6504 24th SW

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Earlier this month, we reported on a public-comment meeting for a project near Longfellow Creek, at 6504 24th SW [map]. The 46,000-square-foot site is proposed to be redeveloped with 11 housing units – five 2-story single-family houses, three detached accessory dwelling units, and three detached accessory dwelling units. Most of the concerns voiced. about the project involved the potential loss of trees on the site. Today, the city’s latest Land Use Information Bulletin offers a new chance for comments on the proposal’s land-use application. The notice says this is because of a “revised application,” though we’ve checked the file and couldn’t tell what’s been revised. If you’re interested in commenting, you have two weeks – until April 5th; the notice explains how.

SIDE NOTE: The city file on this project now includes the video recording of last month’s online meeting:

The Earl March 24, 2023 (9:11 am)

why was there no big deal about the development happening just a few doors south? why did the city purchase two affordable homes to preserve the “green space” in a neighborhood that historically had affordable housing for working class families.

John March 24, 2023 (10:40 am)

Good questions Earl.The development just to the south was hotly opposed some years ago. For those who respond by reading “copy and paste” letters, that parcel was not “clearcut” as there remains exceptional tree coverage at the bottom, creek side of the development. Some activist anti-development tree activists have politicized this development and local NIMBY ‘concerns’ always emerge. I watched the and listened video presentation, it is remarkable how many commenters submitted the same “Xerox” comment. I wish people would take the time to visit the area and learn about the codes before ‘dittoing’ comments. The city may have purchased those houses that have property and driveways that cross the creek. The creek along this section has no tree coverage because these homes have grass lawns up to creek ditch. There are cars parked, permanently by appearance, directly over the creek. There has been virtually no change or restoration to this section of Longfellow Creek since this site became publicized a years ago. The last significant flooding of this area was more than a decade ago. These homeowners have made no effort to plant trees or protect the creek that they inherited. The proposed development is on the other side of the 60 foot right-of-way of 24th Ave SW. New construction on this site will require hard surface water collection (gutters, driveways paved surfaces) that none of the established neighbors have. There will likely be less run-off than currently.Back to the development proposal. ECA classification does not mean a ban on development as many commenters claim. ECA is a comprehensive set of rules to protect the area being developed while allowing development. The city considers the best use of the private property to be housing while the county taxes the land owner on the basis of it being a developed home site. If we wish to export housing to our forests and mountains, we should continue to oppose legal development within our city should buy out the undeveloped private property in ECAs.

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