Greetings friends,
We at Thornton Creek Alliance thought you might like to comment on this project. Apologies for the short notice, but the deadline for comments is Jan. 20th. Details below.
Ruth
TCA Membership VP
The permit number is: 3035925-LU for residential development with 410 units and parking for 256 vehicles. Here is the link with all the project docs: http://web6.seattle.gov/dpd/edms/default.aspx?ref=6788143-CN.
8th Ave. NE is a designated greenway between NE 105th and NE 117th. The greenway plans include a two-way bike lane down the middle of the street, but don’t show any provision for pedestrians. (http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs/programs/greenways-program/northgate)
The NE 105th-106th block is already a place where neighbors congregate in the street to chat and watch for wildlife in the park, even though there are no sidewalks. Drivers sometimes honk at distracted pedestrians.
Therefore, 8th NE traffic should be limited to local access only, or one-way. Vehicle access for the project is planned for 8th NE, but it would be much safer and kinder to the neighborhood if It was changed to 5th Ave. NE.
Suggestions:
· There should be no public parking allowed on the narrow blocks between NE 105th and NE Northgate Way.
· Sidewalks should be added along at least one side of 8th NE, and they should be the berm and swale design rather than the outmoded curb and gutter style. This is especially important in light of the increased pollution created by more vehicular traffic.
· Runoff from this property will continue to flow into the creek as it does today. During construction what precautions will be taken to ensure clean effluent?
Additional Info:
This eight-story building planned for a greenway does not list plans for any accessible parking or bike parking.
Send to: City of Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections. Attention: Carly Guillory
1- Having reduced parking spaces is okay if calculations of demand are supported by credible studies and we ask how any excess demand will be accommodated without choking local streets.
2- Also, how will any overflow parking and increased traffic be mitigated, both from the standpoint of local congestion, and from the standpoint of runoff pollutant issues. For example, recent findings regarding tire additive effects on coho salmon prespawn mortality has become a very serious environmental concern.
3- Finally, we must underscore the proximity of the south fork and Beaver Pond NA, which are barely 100 ft from the corner of the property and extra care needs to be taken during construction to keep impacts minimized.
http://www.thornton-creek-alliance.org/
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