if you missed the meeting regarding Seattle DPD land use permit application notices that were posted around our neighborhood, this is the slide show with information on how and why you should respond. The other attachment walks you through the response. The submittal must be delivered by this Friday, Sept. 16th.
9-12-11 WSDOT Shoreline Permit Information Meeting Presentation
The Seattle Department of Planning and Development (DPD) is currently reviewing WSDOT’s permit applications, and has listed the permit numbers in their 9/15/11 Land Use Bulletin Notice. The Coalition for a Sustainable 520‘s original response to the WSDOT filing is below.
On Friday, WSDOT posted permit applications to build the second Montlake Bridge,
the Portage Bay Bridge, and the west approach. This is ridiculous; the
legislature has not approved construction or funded these segments, the money
is not available, and construction is probably years away. We want to
avoid WSDOT coming in and cutting down trees, and then leaving the area.
This morning we sent the attached letter to the mayor and city council
transportation leaders, and we ask you to follow through with city officials,
telling them not to process these permit applications until the 520 west side
is funded and approved. You can find all their email
addresses here: http://www.sustainable520.org/p/politician-contact-info.html
WSDOT is trying to make its alternative seem inevitable, to make us all give
up. But we are standing strong together, and we are working the
political and legal angles with tenacity. Remember, this project is short
not only the $2 billion that WSDOT acknowledges, but also another $1.6 billion
in funding from tolls which may be wiped out by Eyman’s initiative 1125, and
future federal grants which may not materialize. WSDOT is going
ahead as if all this were in place, and that can’t last forever.
You can read out letter to the city council here: http://montlake.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Coalititon-Letter-to-Mayor-520-permitting.pdf
Fran Conley
CoOrdinator
Coalition for a Sustainable SR 520
January 20th, 7:00 – 9:00 pm at Montlake Community Center
WSDOT will host a discussion on how haul routes are identified, the importance of these routes, information on likely routes, opportunities for public input and next steps.
WSDOT will have more information about construction effects available to share with community organizations in spring 2011.
Jon Decker and Dick Dunn are hosting a meeting to inform and engage the community with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. They will first explain the 106 process to those of you who are unfamiliar with it. Then we will break out into smaller groups to address specific areas of Montlake that are potentially affected by either the construction of the 520 Bridge or the final design. During this process you will be able to suggest mitigation for the affected properties. This will be our second meeting and it was clear to me after listening to the input at our first meeting that the creative ideas and comments come from neighbors who live, commute and work in Montlake.
Montlake, more than any neighborhood will suffer impacts from not only the construction but the final bridge design. Jon has worked for years with his committee to provide us with this final opportunity to comment on adverse effects and be heard. I urge you to attend this meeting on Tuesday, October 12th in the Tudor Room at the Montlake Community Center at 7:00pm.
