Attack In Field Across From University Village

 The Laurelhurst Blog received this information:

At 7:30am on Saturday, November 12th, an attack  occurred in the open field across from University Village. 

A neighbor was playing with his dog when a 6’5” white male with a beard started making barking noises at the dog.  The man then went into the woods, returned with a log and started to lunge at the neighbor.  The neighbor was able to outrun the attacker.  The attacker ran away towards the University Village. 

Police were called but were unable to make an arrest because the attacker did not actually touch the neighbor.  The attacker ran away towards U Village.  

From the physical description of the person, this attacker appears to be a different assailant than the one who pushed other neighbors to the ground while walking on the Urban Horticulture grounds last month.

Here is inforamtion about the CUH attack:

At 2pm on August 31 at the entrance to the Center For Urban Horticulture, a  neighbor and friend were chased by a man wielding a stick yelling that he was going to kill them.  Running at full speed, he pushed our neighbor to the ground. The man was Caucasian man, in his early 20’s, clean-cut student-look.

 

The UW police were called and showed the neighbor a photo of the man who came through a closed gate and showed up in a another neighbor's pool a week earlier at 7am.  This photo didn't match the CUH male.   

Here is information directly from the person who was attacked in August:

A  ellow Laurelhurst neighbor and I were walking in the Horticulture Center when a guy chased and attacked us.  He looked very clean cut and we originally thought he was a UW student.  He looked to be about 22 years old. We heard him yelling, but thought he was yelling at a friend.  

All of a sudden he said he was going to kill us.  He charged towards me running at full speed.  I thought he was going to punch me but he just shoved me really hard onto the ground.  I wasn't very hurt..  It was just scary.  

I called UW Campus Police and we went back to the site but he was gone. 

LCC Comments on UW Plans for Laurel Village

 

The Laurelhurst Community Club (LCC) posted this information in a recent newsletter:

LCC Comments on UW Plans for Laurel Village:

Recently, the UW outlined its plans for renovation and additional student housing and child care at its Laurel Village site for undergraduate housing (4200 Mary Gates Memorial Drive N.E.). 

LCC shared its comments on the plans at CUCAC (a UW/City Department of Neighborhoods committee) in an effort to inform a good outcome for more housing, as well as a desirable transition to the residential neighborhood. 

LCC comment highlights include: 1) Save the mature trees that surround the housing structures and enhance the livability of the site. Trees provide a green buffer to the village residents and to the adjacent neighborhoods, providing shade and vegetation for families to enjoy. (Seattle has lost 3% of its canopy (as opposed to the City’s stated policy to grow it 5% by 2030, and large projects such as this should be built in ways that preserve the trees that clean the air, provide urban habitat and shade on increasingly hot days) 2) Use simple uncluttered architecture and Northwest neutral color palettes and natural materials, not reflective facades. 3) Design site so taller buildings are next to the higher topography on NE 45th Street, which will help scale the transition to the adjacent low-rise detached houses along Mary Gates Memorial Drive. 4) Preserve open space for families and daycare use. 5) Reduce single occupancy vehicle (SOV) transportation impacts that will be created by adding four times the number of current housing units (from 80 to 320) and tripling the day care “round trips” on this site from 77 to 200. The increase in trip generation will create more congestion at the busy five-corner intersection. LCC suggested potentially using NE 45th St. access to ease pressure at the five-way intersection. 6) Improve pedestrian safety at the hazardous crossing from Laurel Village to Clark Road. 

LCC met with the City’s Chief Safety Engineer in March 2022 to request safety improvements for student families and bicyclists who use that road to connect to the Light Rail station and campus. 

LCC requests that UW also advocate with SDOT to protect the safety of its 640 Laurel Village residents, which will include the new day care children and more cyclists. n The “fronts” of the new residential buildings should face Mary Gates Memorial Dr., and the back yards should face the interior of the site (unlike today) to transition to adjacent residences. 

LCC expressed its willingness to partner with UW and CUCAC to refine the new buildings siting, tree retention, traffic circulation, and materials palette as the Laurel Village plans progress. 

(photo courtesy of UW) 

Increase In Traffic Saturday Near CUH Due To Marathons

 

The annual Seattle Cherry Blossom Run is happening on Saturday and Sunday at the UW.

The event coordinator would like to let the community know that traffic around the
UW Center for Urban Horticulture could get busy on Saturday between 1-7pm as it is being used as the packet pick up location.

The cherry blossoms in the Quad at the UW are supposed to reach peak bloom this weekend. According to this UW article, "peak bloom is when at least 70 percent of the blossoms have emerged."

The UW information says:

The 29 large cherry trees in the Quad are about 86 years old and healthy. A number of other cherry trees live across campus, but the species in the Quad, “Somei-yoshino,” usually blooms before the others each season. Each species has its own typical bloom time.

The amount of daylight and favorable temperatures are the two most important factors that determine bloom timing, said Sara Shores, UW arborist. If it stays cool, with little rain or wind, the blossoms could stay on the trees for as long as two or three weeks.

For more information about the race go here.

Tomorrow Air Force Flyover Including Children's And UW

A neighbor would like to share that two C-17 Globemaster III’s from the 62nd Airlift Wing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord will fly over 30 health care facilities in the Puget Sound region tomorrow to honor those on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. 

The flyover in this area will be around 1:38pm over Husky Stadium and Children's Hospital according to their Facebook page.

Here is more information:


Many neighbors reported a group of 8 older aircraft flying over the Hospital this afternoon in formation. 

Sunday Native Plant Sale At Nearby Center For Urban Horticulture

The UW student chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration's (SER-UW) native plant nursery is having a Native Plant Sale on Sunday from 10-1pm at the Center for Urban Horticulture. 

Here is more information: The SER-UW Native Plant Nursery is a student run operation that provides plants to the on-campus restoration projects that SER-UW manages.   The nursery has an inventory of over 2400 plants native to the forests and prairies of Lower Puget Sound. We have over 70 different species.     The SER UW Native Plant Nursery will be selling native trees, shrubs, forbs, and graminoids that have been growing in the nursery's hoop house. There will be over 50 native species available, including shrubs with edible fruit, plants that attract beneficial insects and pollinators, and forbs with showy flowers. Our plants are sourced from plant salvages, donations from local business, campus research projects and classes, and from collected seeds.    All proceeds go towards funding the SER-UW restoration projects on campus and providing horticulture learning opportunities for UW students. More information can be found on Facebook and here.

Tomorrow Neighborhoods Bike Tour

Tomorrow Historic Seattle is having a 3-hour bike tour from 10-1pm. .

The information says:

Not only is May Preservation Month, it's also Bike Month, so Historic Seattle is celebrating with a 3-hour biking tour of historic sites from Ballard to UW. You'll gain insights at historic sites along the way, with stops at: 

* The Ballard Avenue Historic District  

* Fremont Trolley Barn 

* Gas Works Park 

* UW's Parrington Hall 

* ASUW Shell House (of Boys in the Boat fame) 

*Peddler Brewing

Go here for more information. 

Wednesday UW's Eagleson Hall To Be Considered For Landmarks Status

On Wednesday at 3:30pm the UW's Eagleson Hall will be considered for nomination.

The information says:

The University of Washington is presenting a landmark nomination for Eagleson Hall to the Landmarks Preservation Board on Wednesday at 3:30pm (City Hall, 600 4th Avenue, Floor L2, Room L2-80).  

The building, located at 1417 NE 42nd Street across from the main campus, was originally constructed in 1923 as the University YMCA.  

Designed by Bebb & Gould in the Collegiate Gothic style, the building is representative of the early development of the commercial district west of campus.  

It's our understanding that the building will be undergoing some renovation and seismic upgrades, and UW supports the nomination/designation. Historic Seattle supports the nomination of Eagleson Hall.  

The public can share comments in support through today to Landmarks Preservation Board Coordinator Erin Doherty, or attend the public meeting on May 15 to provide comments in person. 

Learn more about the building here.

(photo courtesy of University of Washington Libraries)

Sunday 5k Center For Urban Horticulture Fundraiser

On Sunday morning, "Cherry Blossom Run, " a fundraiser for the Center for Urban Horticulture, takes place. 

The 5k run starts at the Center for Urban Horticulture for the first half mile, and finishes at Red Square next to the Quad where the well-known cherry blossoms are in bloom.


The website says:

Come run or walk to the blooming cherry blossoms at the UW Quad.  Your senses will delight on this course! Throughout the run you might encounter the works of beavers and nesting hummingbirds. You’ll pass the newly renovated Husky Stadium, the new UW Light Rail station and cross over the new Montlake Blvd Pedestrian Overpass. Turn right onto E Stevens Way NE and ascend through historic gothic-style architecture.  Turn left into the main entrance on Memorial Way NE and finish downhill into Red Square. Then walk into the Quad.  

The Union Bay Natural area is where you can see herons, beavers, hummingbirds, turtles, peregrines, ducks, eagles, and hundreds more bird species.  Experience breathtaking scenery and wildlife. Our community is a better place with protected urban nature reserves.

Go here for more information and to register.

A 20% discount code is offered to the neighborhood ("LAURELHURST20").

UW To Potentially Reduce On Campus Parking

The Laurelhurst Community Club, formerly the Laurelhurst Improvement Club, has been a long-standing neighborhood entity, serving the community since 1920.  

LCC maintains a website which states:

LCC was established to foster the improvement and beautification of the neighborhood. LCC seeks to identify and address community concerns and to provide a forum to promote solutions by working with the community at large, other civic organizations, and government.

 LCC publishes a hard copy newsletter ten times a year (2 issues are combined), called the "Laurelhurst Letter" which is mailed to about 2,800 households. Costs of the newsletter are off-set in part by neighbors opting to pay $60 annual dues as well as revenue from newsletter advertising.  

Here is a recent article::

Amendment to Reduce Campus Parking

Approval of the UW Campus Master Plan 2018 (CMP 2018) requires City Council review. The CMP 2018 was appealed to the Hearing Examiner (HE) in December 2017, and the recommendations from that process were sent to be reviewed again by members of City Council.  

Many of the recommendations of the HE were accepted by all parties, especially reducing single-occupancy trips to 12 percent over time, bicycle incentive improvements, constructing a continuous waterfront trail, and building 150 units of nearby moderate priced housing for staff.  

However, City Council members Johnson and O’Brien targeted a reduction on the cap for existing on-campus parking spaces. This had never before been addressed by the EIS, nor brought up in the Hearing Examiner comments, nor vetted by City-University Community Advisory Council (CUCAC). LCC is a CUCAC member.  

Neighborhoods that border the main campus could experience a sharp increase in local traffic and SOV parking, as already occurs on Mary Gates Memorial Drive, Surber Drive, and NE 41st St., as well as on residential streets behind UW student family housing –  “free” off-campus parking. This overspill of parked cars into neighborhood streets is exacerbated on “Special Event” days at the stadium, which draw 70,000+ attendees. 

Johnson and O’Brien’s amendment would reduce on-campus parking by implementing the following changes: 1) No minimum parking space requirements for new buildings 2) Reclassification of loading zones and resident parking (about 1,800 units) to include them in the total parking count (now 12,300) and 3) 3. Outright cut 3,300 campus parking places. 

These changes would result in a reduction of 5,100 parking units (58 percent), leaving only 7,200 discretionary parking units available for daily use, even with the projected 20 percent increase in students, faculty, and staff over the next 15 years. 

City Council’s arbitrary Johnson-O’Brien amendment calling for a decrease in parking was not tied to any metric for evaluation, or with accountability on the UW’s Transportation Master Plan (TMP) 12 percent reduction, or to alternative transportation modes. Impacts from such a reduction in parking capacity had not been studied prior to this out-of-the-blue City Council-proposed amendment. 

The University and its Board of Regents have another opportunity to review this recommendation over the next few months. LCC had expressed concerns about this reduction in parking capacity through its representation on CUCAC. The next steps will be negotiated between the University and the City Council.  

Update On UW Light Rail Safety To Neighborhood

The Laurelhurst Community Club included an update on UW Link Safety in their most recent newsletter.

LCC Board Member, Katherine Burk, started "Safe Montlake Passage," in 2017 to advocate for modification of the proposed UW E1 parking lot (the lot between the driving range and the stadium) development plans, included in the UW Master Plan, into a redesign to create a well lit bike/pedestrian path to create a direct route from the neighborhood directly to Link Light Rail. 

The Safe Montlake Passage proposal also includes a bus/rider drop off/turnaround, carpool drop-offs and designated parking spots for rideshare parking such as Car2go, ReachNow and others, for improved NE Seattle ridership on Link. 

The 2018 10-year UW Master Plan "identifies 86 potential development sites and the need to build 6 million net new gross square feet of building space on the Seattle campus during the life of the Campus Master Plan. The additional space will accommodate anticipated growth of students, staff and faculty of 15 percent between 2018 and 2028."

The LCC newsletter published:

Advocating for UW Link Safety and Access

LCC trustee Katherine Burk is involved with Safe Montlake Passage, which advocates for improved multimodal and equitable access to the Ship Canal transit area at the UW Link Station. Safe Montlake Passage meets regularly with the UW about accessibility issues. 

While the UW Link Station serves the Northeast Seattle, North Capitol Hill and Montlake communities as well as the University, the UW is operating under the assumption that the new Brooklyn Station will be the station for these communities. This thinking is shaping their policies and approach to solving the multimodal challenges that exist accessing UW Link Station and the Ship Canal Transit Center. 

As stakeholders, riders need to advocate that due to geography and proximity this assumption is erroneous and that the UW Link Station (the Ship Canal Transit Center) will be used by neighbors north and south of the Ship Canal even after the Brooklyn Station comes online. 

Car Share access is improving. As of July 31, UW designated three Zip Car spots in the E17 parking lot (the lot adjacent to the UW Link Station). Zip Car is a less flexible car share vendor as users must end their trip at designated parking spots. In August, SDOT designated four parking spots on Montlake for CarShare (Car2Go, ReachNow). Safe Montlake Passage owes a special thanks to ReachNow, who spearheaded this effort. Safe Montlake Passage would love to know if these spots are helpful to you; specifics are super helpful as we work with UW to provide more parking at the station (safemontlakepassages@gmail.com). The UW will soon finalize agreements with Car Share vendors to allow parking in designated spots in the E17 lot.  

Metro and SDOT have been working with the UW to redesign bus stop locations and to add a bus lane pullout and stop adjacent to the UW Link Station on Montlake. Adding stops on the opposite side of the street as well as other pedestrian services (possible food trucks, etc.) are also under consideration. 

Plans to redesign the E17 parking lot are underway; however, they do not include solving the larger design problems with accessing the station. The lack of a “kiss and go” drop off area in the original design of the station created the unsafe and confusing situation for taxi, RideShare, and private drivers that we all experience today. 

There is an opportunity for the UW to coordinate with Metro and SDOT in a larger effort for the changing bus stops mentioned above. For example, rerouting buses through the lot, along the pickup area and out at the light at Pacific and Montlake would solve a multitude of ridership issues, not the least of which is pedestrian safety. This lack of coordination is a missed opportunity for the ridership community. 

Improvements to Montlake Boulevard are needed for safe pedestrian/bike routes, but there are currently no plans. Multimodal improvements are desperately needed north of the UW Link Station. UW supports these efforts but is not actively advocating for new or improved routes.  

Saturday Christmas Ships Singing At UW Shores

Nicole, the UW Shell House Manager would like to invite the community to the first time event of the Argosy Christmas Ship singing to the shores of the UW.at the site of the historic ASUW Shell House (Husky Harbor, behind the Stadium) 

The event starts with a free open house from 2:30-4:30pm and from 3:10-3:30 the arrival of the Christmas ship. 

The invitation says:

In an exciting first time event for the UW, the Argosy Christmas Ship will be singing to the shores of our campus.  

This free event will also include a food truck with sweets for sale and an open house for the public and UW community inside the 100 year old World War 1 hangar, turned boathouse for "Boys in the Boat."  

Don't miss out on this new holiday tradition.  Free parking at E19 next to the Waterfront Activity Center. 

For more information go here. 

Tomorrow Disaster Preparedness And Community Resilience Workshop

Tomorrow at 6pm, Laurelhurst Community Club's Laurelhurst Earthquake Action Preparedness (LEAP), a grassroots organization started by Laurelhurst residents, is holding a special event "Disaster Preparedness and Community Resilience Workshop" at the Laurelhurst Community Center.

Information sent out by LCC said:

Join LEAP and its partners from the University of Washington's Department of Urban Design and Planning , including Profs. Dan Abramson and Cynthia Chen (also a Laurelhurst resident), PhD student Katherine Idziorek, and other students in Prof. Abramson's advanced planning course on community engagement for resilience, for a fun, hands-on community resilience workshop.  

This unique event will provide an opportunity to learn how neighbors can best respond immediately following an emergency - connect, assist, ask for help. This workshop is meant to encourage connectivity through games and hands-on exercises, explore ways of finding resources and help in the neighborhood, and discuss community-wide network strategies.  

Leave with a better understanding of the importance of community-wide interconnectivity and what steps neighbors can take to improve resiliency. Get to know your neighbors better, learn more about Laurelhurst's unique assets, and compete for preparedness prizes. Coffee and snacks will be provided.

LEAP's mission is to save lives, reduce injuries and strengthen the community’s resilience.
The group is also forming organizing clusters and cluster/block captains, of which over 30%have already signed up. The goal of the captains is to blocks in the neighborhood to be organized in preparation for an earthquake or other catastrophic event, that will help with the neighborhoods' resilience.

LEAP has divided the neighborhood into clusters which roughly align with blocks and consist of about 20 houses each. To find out your cluster information contact lccearthquake@outlook.com.

LEAP Cluster Captains duties include organizing clusters, help with building a family disaster supplies kit and establishing an emergency plan with neighbor, including a designated meeting and distributes LEAP communications to neighbors

A LEAP representative said:

Working together can be fun, getting to know your neighbors better and all. Where to evacuate to if necessary could be important, too. Neighbors help neighbors. The first days or weeks it will be up to all of us to be prepared. The day after a major earthquake is not the time to try to figure out how to survive in Laurelhurst. Once Laurelhurst is organized it will have less effort to maintain.  

LEAP is run by your neighborhood volunteers and we are working towards emergency communications, first responders, setting up triage areas, gathering places, community hubs and so much more. Everyone needs to understand how to organize their own household and where to help and get help when the big one hits.  

Support your neighborhood response team, LEAP. Sign up to be a block captain and/or provide vital information to allow LEAP to better support you and family and pets.  

Your Laurelhurst Community needs you to be prepared and understand how to get help. We want your families to be safe and ready to help others. Let's hope it never happens, but let's all be prepared if it does.

For more information email LCCearthquake@outlook.com. 

Tomorrow Earthquake Preparedness Workshop

Tomorrow at 7pm, Laurelhurst Community Club's Laurelhurst Earthquake Action Preparedness (LEAP), a grassroots organization started by Laurelhurst residents, is holding a special event Earthquake Emergency Preparedness at the Laurelhurst Community Center.

Information sent out by LCC said:

Are your Ready if Disaster Hits? Come learn what earthquake emergency preparedness is all about.  

Please join LEAP and our partners from the University of Washington's Department of Urban Design and Planning for a fun, hands-on community resilience workshop.  

This unique event will offer to us and our neighbors the opportunity to learn how Laurelhurst can best respond immediately following an emergency — connect, assist, ask for help. This workshop is meant to encourage connectivity through games and hands-on exercises, explore ways of finding resources and help in the neighborhood, and discuss community-wide network strategies.  

There are three issues in being prepared for a major earthquake: knowing how to be best prepared within your own household, knowing where to get help from your local community in an emergency, and if you are fortunate, how to help your neighbors who are in trouble.   

Some of the materials provided are essential for you and your family's preparedness. Learn how to prepare, how to be safe and how to use the Help/OK sign. Support your neighborhood response team, LEAP. Sign up to be a block captain and/or provide vital information to allow LEAP to better support you and family (pets, too).

LEAP's mission is to save lives, reduce injuries and strengthen the community’s resilience.

The group is also forming organizing clusters and cluster/block captains, of which over 30%have already signed up. The goal of the captains is to blocks in the neighborhood to be organized in preparation for an earthquake or other catastrophic event, that will help with the neighborhoods' resilience.

LEAP has divided the neighborhood into clusters which roughly align with blocks and consist of about 20 houses each. To find out your cluster information contact lccearthquake@outlook.com.

LEAP Cluster Captains duties include organizing clusters, help with building a family disaster supplies kit and establishing an emergency plan with neighbor, including a designated meeting and distributes LEAP communications to neighbors

A LEAP representative said:

Working together can be fun, getting to know your neighbors better and all. Where to evacuate to if necessary could be important, too. Neighbors help neighbors. The first days or weeks it will be up to all of us to be prepared. The day after a major earthquake is not the time to try to figure out how to survive in Laurelhurst. Once Laurelhurst is organized it will have less effort to maintain.  

LEAP is run by your neighborhood volunteers and we are working towards emergency communications, first responders, setting up triage areas, gathering places, community hubs and so much more. Everyone needs to understand how to organize their own household and where to help and get help when the big one hits.  

Support your neighborhood response team, LEAP. Sign up to be a block captain and/or provide vital information to allow LEAP to better support you and family and pets.  

Your Laurelhurst Community needs you to be prepared and understand how to get help. We want your families to be safe and ready to help others. Let's hope it never happens, but let's all be prepared if it does.

For more information email LCCearthquake@outlook.com.

Comment On New Plans For Big Events At UW Husky Stadium

The Laurelhurst Community Club (LCC) published this information in their recent newsletter:

Comment on New Plans for Big Events at UW Husky Stadium  

The UW has prepared the required draft Environmental Impact Study (EIS) for its updated Husky Stadium Transportation Master Plan (TMP).  

In it, the UW offers no specific incentive plans to further reduce its impacts on the mobility of surrounding communities during large events and continues to dump all of the attendees onto existing transit routes. Its underlying assumptions are untenable. Regular bus routes and light rail are already running over capacity.  

The excess demand of adding approximately 22,000 riders to existing routes within 30 minutes of a major event’s completion would take at least two hours to clear. The TMP offers no new specific incentives for car share availability, no added boat shuttles, no improved sidewalks, and no bus pull out in front of Husky Stadium along Montlake Blvd. where Metro #78, Metro #65, Children’s Hospital shuttles, and Connector buses stop.  

These transit vehicles block all traffic in the lane, result in gridlock for other vehicles, and create unsafe boarding conditions for riders.  

The March issue of the Laurelhurst Letter featured key points LCC wanted  included and analyzed in the EIS.  

View the TMP EIS on the UW’s website. Send written comments to: Julie Blakeslee, University of Washington, Box 352205, Seattle, WA  98195-2205 or email: jblakesl@uwa.ed.

All About The Rocket On The UW Field Today

UW Society for Advanced Rocket Propulsion (SARP) is doing some testing on the rocket they have been making the last year today at the field bordering Mary Gates Drive. 

One of the members of the club said the rocket will launch in a remote location in New Mexico in a few weeks and will launch up to 30,000 feet. It will  not do any launching today, just tests. 

The Society for Advanced Rocket Propulsion (SARP) is "a group of students at the University of Washington that has come together to design, build, test, and launch an experimental hybrid rocket. Our mission is to develop reusable hybrid rocket technology as well as to apply scientific and engineering theory with hands on experience."

The grand unveiling of the assembled rocket happened at a public event last month, according to SARP's April newsletter:

The unveiling is a chance for us to show our friends, family, sponsors, and anyone who is interested in rocketry what we’ve been working on all year.  

At the end of 2017, we asked our community for significant monetary support in order to make this rocket feasible, and as we get busy during the year, it becomes harder to keep those who have helped us in the loop. This event is really our opportunity to say thank you in-person to everyone who has supported us and helped us, including parents and friends who have encouraged us to get hands-on experience and yet haven’t been able to see the product of our work. 

For more information go here.

Laurelhurst Community Club Collecting Dues And What The Funds Go Towards

The Laurelhurst Community Club is currently collecting annual dues which go towards supporting a variety of neighborhood projects and issues.

LCC invites neighbors to its monthly meeting on the second Monday of each month at 7pm at the Laurelhurst Community Center Fireside Room. 

This information was recently published in a recent LCC newsletter:

Dues Time And A Look Back on LCC’s Work in 2017

Neighbors recently received LCC’s 2018 membership brochure and dues statement in the mail. Your $65 dues payment supports proactive efforts on land-use matters, environmental and traffic issues, crime prevention, sidewalk safety, neighborhood improvements, community forums, earthquake/emergency preparedness, newsletters, email updates, website hosting, and more.  

An extra $20 contribution pays for landscape maintenance on the Mary Gates Way / NE 41st Street planted median. Additional contributions are always welcome to support special neighborhood projects.  

LCC appreciates your continued generosity and support. Pay dues on LCC’s secure website (preferred – laurelhurstcc.com, Clickand Pledge) or by mail to:

Laurelhurst Community Club

PMB #373

4616 25th Ave. NE

Seattle, WA 98105

2017 activity highlights of your all-volunteer LCC board:

• Along with other councils and organizations, appealed the Shoreline Permit Revision granted by the City to WSDOT for demolition and construction of the new SR520 due to potential contaminants. 
• Continued work with SPD on public safety and increased coverage.
• Joined LEAP (Laurelhurst Earthquake Action Preparedness) in efforts to educate and organize neighbors in the event of a major disturbance.
• Worked with WSDOT and community coalitions on SR520 Bridge issues concerning overlighting and noise from expansion joints, as well as nighttime noise variance.
• Continued involvement with Talaris and Seattle Landmark Preservation Board for a neighborhood-friendly Talaris redevelopment as well as more consistent property maintenance.
• Continued to address neighbors’ concerns regarding transportation     issues and gridlock through letters to City Council, Children’s Hospital, University Village, and the University of Washington.
• Challenged the City’s major U District Upzone through extensive comment letters in an effort to retain the character, affordability, and livability of the U District.
• Met with Seattle Children’s Hospital on monitoring helicopter landings, traffic, and parking issues as well as plans for the construction of Forest Building B.
• Succeeded in retaining connecting bus service between Laurelhurst and the Light Rail Station at Husky Stadium.
• Reviewed and commented on the University of Washington’s 10-year master plan including its impact on congestion and traffic.
• Provided input to the City of Seattle on affordable housing proposals and monitored land-use change issues such as DADUs and new row houses being built in Windermere Circle.
• Met with representatives from Aegis Living and provided extensive written comments to consider in their planning process.
• Invited the King County Assessor to LCC’s annual meeting for a lively presentation on property values and tax assessments.
• Provided the private security patrol subscription service.
• Surveyed the readership regarding the Laurelhurst Letter’s content, frequency, cost, relevance.

For more information go here.