Op-Ed: Shoreline Preservation Society on the outcome of the Growth Management Hearings Board case
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
From the Shoreline Preservation Society
Today, Wednesday, December 16th, the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board announced a decision on an important case affecting Shoreline and surrounding communities. The decision of the Board is to rule in favor of the City.
The Shoreline Preservation Society had filed a Petition in an Appeal challenging “the 185th Street Subarea Plan and Development Regulations, and accompanying EIS, because they are concerned about the future of their city, and how growth will be managed and paid for.” SPS believes that the City’s actions do not comply with the Growth Management Act and therefore must be invalidated and remanded back to the City Council by the Board.
The results of this decision will be that SPS will look at all options and consider whether an appeal is warranted.
“The Shoreline Preservation Society is proud of the efforts we’ve made and we respectfully disagree with the Board’s decision. We are grateful to our hundreds of supporters and our wonderful legal team Dykes-Ehrlichman who presented a very credible case.
"We still have a Superior Court case pending on the validity of the Planned Action Ordinance. Our Board will be considering our options and conferring with our legal team. We continue to believe that the City’s gigantic rezones are not right for our community and do not have the support of those most affected. There are at least 6000 households impacted and these citizens have not received justice here today with this decision” stated Janet Way, President of Shoreline Preservation Society.
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3 comments:
When is enough, enough? The court ruled. Move on and for those who aren't down with density, move out.
When is enough, enough? How about not for a long, long time? Years, in fact. You do know what an appeal is, right? There's no "moving on" or "moving out" in sight. Or "fatigue". Perhaps you'll find that moving out is a good option for *you* once the hoped for results of this overgrown upzoning plan doesn't come to fruition?
Don't be confused about what is being fought against here... it's not the general concept of density, it's the massive, brutal level of density that was haphazardly ushered in by a deaf City Council majority of four.
When is enough, enough? Not until the next election cycle, and the one after that, and so on, and so on.
Oh, and this "certainty and predictability for homeowners" that the City kept touting as the shining reason for the ginormous upzoning is a lie. In fact, a recent PDC request emphasized that the only concern was for "certainty and predictability for DEVELOPERS".
Does it strike anyone as ODD that the upzoning plan for 185th was rushed through first? When 185th is farther North that 145th? Since 145th has the 145th corridor project to address and interchange, wouldn't it have made sense to address 145th before 185th? Make no mistake, there are deals already made or in the works for 185th, and whatever first project mysteriously emerges in the rezone area will tell the whole story.
I read through the 56 page court document and it states over and over that the SPS had no case. I'm not sure why the SPS touts itself as being all about the voices of the "citizens of Shoreline"- how about we preserve Shoreline's tax money by not filing spurious lawsuits? - tax paying teacher
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