Comments from Planning Commission meeting
Thursday, March 5, 2015
By Diane Hettrick
The packet for the next Planning Commission meeting includes the draft minutes from the February 19th meeting, including all the comments from attending citizens. The topic of that meeting was the 145th rezone.
As city council and planning staff have pointed out, there are a handful of people making public statements in favor of growth. However, they all seemed to be mixed statements, generally followed by a request to slow down the process.
The Planning Commission discussion is also detailed, including individual comments leading up to their vote to table the 145th St Rezoning until completion of the Transportation Corridor Study on 145th.
As a sidebar, I have heard one person in a public forum who was unequivocal about appreciating the rezone. He said - just give me a date when my house will be rezoned so I will know when to put it on the market.
I'm sure there are many people in the city who feel that the rezone doesn't affect them, and they don't really care. And there must be others who believe that coffee shops will come but are hesitant to speak up.
We welcome comments here from all sides. Just keep it civil, particularly when talking about Shoreline community volunteers.
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I appreciate this information being made readily available in this fashion. There are many thoughful comments in the dovumentation. Thank you!
Typo...intended word: documentation, lest I be corrected
Anyone trying to raise awareness and involvement among the Shoreline community on this issue, and not being paid for it, is a Shoreline community volunteer, to say the least. In the face of tax-paid efforts to suppress or marginalize them, they are heroes.
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