Point Wells progress report and City Council candidates speak out
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
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Jerry Patterson reviews the history of the Pt Wells project Photo copyright Marc Weinberg |
Text and photos, Marc Weinberg
Nearly 300 Shoreline/Richmond Beach residents
packed the
meeting room at the Richmond Beach Congregational Church Tuesday
evening to
hear an update from the Richmond Beach Community Association planning group
about the status
of the Pt. Wells project. Jerry
Patterson
gave a historical brief followed by members of the Pt. Wells
planning
group.
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Susan Chang explains pros and cons of annexation alternatives Photo copyright Marc Weinberg |
Subjects and news of most importance:
- City Manager Debbie Tarry expects it is unlikely that the City will complete the Transportation Corridor Study (TCS) this year as planned, but it will be sometime in 2016. This focuses on the developer’s assumptions regarding the anticipated number of vehicles transiting our roads based on the number of occupants in the finished project. Projections for Richmond Beach Road alone could create grid lock at all hours of the day and during the commute times backups would be impacted all the way to Interstate 5.
- An ongoing point of contention has been that since Snohomish County Code prevails (the building site is in unincorporated Snohomish County) it requires a project of this size to have more than one access road: at this point there is no provision plan for a second road.
- Tolling on Richmond Beach Drive is or could be a viable option to provide funding for road maintenance and improvements.
- 90 foot maximum height on Point Wells buildings. Currently the project calls for at least 20 towers taller than 90 feet.
- Annexation alternatives should include a financial analysis of the impact to the City and to Woodway.
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City Council candidates listening to the questions Photo copyright Marc Weinberg |
During the second
half of the
evening the audience heard from candidates running for the City
Council:
Position 2- Jessica Cafferty vs. Keith Scully, Position 4-Doris
McConnell
(unopposed), Position 6- Lorn Richey vs. Jesse Salomon (not
present, but sent
in his replies).
Each
person responded
to the same questions presented by the moderator about the issues
outlined
above.
The next RBCA meeting
will be a
‘Candidate Forum’ on October 13 and each candidate at that meeting
will take
questions from the audience.
The City Planning Commission meeting at City
Hall on Sept 17, 7pm will include citizen questions and discussion of
proposed changes to the
building code. Of
major importance at
that meeting is the potential revision of items concerning
land and structures
in currently designated ‘critical areas’. If your property is on or near a steep slope, stream,
wetland, or bluff
you will want to be present.
2 comments:
Excellent forum
So many complex issues. Add to this, how does it look when a city council person votes to rezone 25% of Shoreline and then suddenly, after the vote, becomes a real estate agent with Windemere?
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