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Finalizing Transfer Station Designs

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The preferred transfer station rebuild option will be chatted through tonight at the Wallingford Community Council, at 7 PM in room 202 of the Good Shepherd Center.

A key question is if there’s a rezone, what amenities would make up for it? I personally would love to see a visitor space for school classes, but I’m biased by my youth. The highlight of going to school in Virginia is the school field trip to the cigarette factory- all those little cancer sticks being rolled and packed by machines is a wonder to behold.

There are also amenities to consider like the pocket park, community meeting room, and anything else you care to bring up. A splash pool? A frisbee golf park? A slide down the Wallingford steps?

Consider the stacked option without a rezone, and whether amenities compensate for larger footprints (concept 2 – maximum, concept 8/9-A – separate recycling. concept 8/9 –B – attached recycling, concept 12 – western entry). For reference, here’s a view of the dump today:

If you choose to come, please review the latest project status and the Q&A results from our last meeting. The process is fairly far along right now and we are hoping to use this meeting to stack rank alternatives and amenities, not rehash prior topics. Hope to see you tonight!

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Eric

I've lived here since 1998. I spent 13 years at Microsoft as a developer and manager, concurrent with Ballmer's reign. I quit after seeing my third consecutive project cancelled, while my parents needed help, and my wife was getting stressed working at Seattle Public Schools. Since then, I have helped family and community while taking on side projects and volunteer work. I led the renovation of Meridian Playground, helped moderate the South Transfer Station design, helped advance the Green Lake Way road diet, and have guided several transportation and parks projects through neighborhood involvement. I wrote for Wallyhood for a while and was president of the Wallingford Community Council during the great recession, where thankfully, land use was not an issue. I'm an impatient moderate vegetarian who believes in practical win-win solutions.

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  1. John January 5, 2011

    Still a really dumb idea – put it in Interbay, on the rail line where it belongs.

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