Call to Action!

The deadline is quickly approaching to submit comments for the city’s Mandatory Housing Affordability plan – feedback is due by 8/7/17!!! Some background: The city’s department of Housing Affordability and Livability plans to: require new developments to include affordable homes OR contribute to a City fund for affordable housing. To put MHA into effect, they need to make zoning changes that add development capacity and expand housing choices. These plans would increase density in Seattle neighborhoods (including Magnolia and Queen Anne). We would like to advocate for keeping school capacity challenges in the forefront of this discussion! Our committee was shocked to hear at a recent SPS board meeting that the school district has NOT been included in any of the city’s HALA planning meetings. Solutions are needed to provide adequate classroom space for a growing Seattle population! Our hope remains that the City and School District can work together to plan for a school at the Fort Lawton site via a “no cost transfer” from the Federal Government. Please email your comments to this address by 8/7/17: mailto:MHA.EIS@seattle.gov. Please also consider copying your email to the following: FLSTEAMcom@gmail.com, council@seattle.gov, spsdirectors@seattleschools.org, sally.bagshaw@seattle.gov, tim.burgess@seattle.gov, Rob.Johnson@seattle.gov, bruce.harrell@seattle.gov, rick.burke@seattleschools.org, Jill.Geary@seattleschools.org, leslie.harris@seattleschools.org sue.peters@seattleschools.org, scott.pinkham@seattleschools.org. For more information on the city’s MHA proposal (including interactive maps, etc) go here: https://www.seattle.gov/hala/about/mandatory-housing-affordability-(mha)/mha-citywide-eis Thank you for your continued support!