Dear GWP Supporter Community –
Happy New Year! We want to share 3 items:
THANK You for:
- Signing the CHANGE.ORG petition.
- Sharing our stories on your socials - please use these hashtags #nomoredeathsgasworks #seattleparksandrecreation #publicsafety #signthepetition #seattle #wa
- Spreading the word
INFORM You:
Seattle Parks & Recs is submitting a NEW and MORE COMPREHENSIVE PROPOSAL to the Landmarks Preservation Board! This is HOPEFUL news. You can find the full proposal HERE. Key highlights:
Seattle Parks and Recreation is now proposing to:
Remove ALL “Pedestrian Appurtenances” that are designed to convey human beings vertically and horizontally along the towers, designed for the purposes of maintaining/servicing and operating the former gas works facility.
SPR is also proposing to remove one elevated pipe that extends beyond the existing fence that connects the north and south cracking towers and is a likely means of access to the towers from outside the fence.
This application is different in several respects from the one recently denied by the Landmarks Preservation Board in October.
- First, it goes further than the recent proposal.
- Second, it addresses issues raised by the Landmarks Preservation Board regarding the most recent application.
- Third, it is supported by extensive expert analyses of potential alternatives to selective deconstruction.
ENCOURAGE You:
This proposal will be discussed at the next Landmarks Preservation Board meeting – details HERE.
WHEN: Wed, Jan 21st
TIME: 3.30p
WHERE: Webex Webinar (how to join info HERE)
Please do join the meeting to hear what both sides have to say about the new GWP proposal. Please do share this info with those who care about this imp community matter.
If you attend the meeting AND sign up to make a verbal comment, please use you own words or one of our previously prepared statements that you can find HERE.
ALTERNATIVE action (if you can't attend the meeting)
Please send written comments to erin.doherty@seattle.gov PRIOR TO 3:30PM TODAY. Please use this subject line: Written Comments for LPB Meeting 1/21 re: Gasworks Park (that way your comments will become public record on the Board meeting notes).
As always, we’ll keep you informed as we can with updates and information. If you hear anything before us, do reach out to let us know!
We are hopeful this may be the change needed. We are mindful of the fact there have been precious lives needlessly lost and families broken. We are forever inspired by those families who are leading the charge during these most difficult of times.
THANK YOU for your ongoing support in this matter.
Best –
Melissa and Roisin
GWP Community Supporters