The Wallingford Community Council invites you to its March meeting, this coming Wednesday, March 4th, at 7 pm. The meeting will take place in Room 202 of the Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Avenue N.
March 4 Meeting Agenda
- Seattle Tree Code — Overview & Q&A
Certified ISA Arborist Alec Johnston and team will present an overview of the Seattle Tree Code and answer your questions about trees on your property or in your neighborhood.
- Lincoln Athletic Field at Lower Woodland Park
Erik Fisk of Friends of Lower Woodland Park will present community-proposed alternatives to Seattle Public Schools’ Option A design for a Lincoln High School athletic field at Woodland Park. Over 450 people have signed a petition opposing Option A. The community’s Option C and related proposals will be presented, followed by Q&A. Read the details in this January Wallyhood article.
- City’s proposed Rezoning – Key Dates from the Phase 2 Select Committee
Seattle City Council Phase 2 Select Committee process runs March 19–June 18, 2026, with public hearings on April 6 and May 29. This process governs the proposed rezoning of Neighborhood Residential lots along bus corridors, including Wallingford and Tangletown. Details about the process are available on WCC’s website.
About the Wallingford Community Council
The Wallingford Community Council promotes quality of life in the Wallingford and Tangletown neighborhoods of Seattle. We welcome all neighbors to our monthly meetings. Contact them by email.
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My name is Tim Randall and I’ve chaired the PTSA Athletic Committee for the last three years. I appreciate what Eric is proposing here re: Lower Woodland but I am flabbergasted he is still talking about this? If you have kids that attend or plan to attend Hamilton or Lincoln High School, his shenanigans are directly impacting your kids! We already did an extensive review of that site after we failed to get the Wallingford Bowl turfed. By creating confusion, he has now put the track and the field completion this summer in jeopardy!
Here are just a handful of reasons why his proposal won’t work (there are more):
Option C is too expensive, we have ~4.5 million from the levy, his proposal goes way beyond that. The budget is hardcapped! The Levy restricts funds to only a "practice field" and track, and the millions required for Option C's dual-site infrastructure are unavailable.
Tree Canopy Impact: The proposal requires the removal of 17 trees, with an additional 7 facing potential root or canopy damage. This is a significant barrier in Seattle's current regulatory environment.
Parking Removal: The plan requires the removal of 114 parking spaces at 50th and Aurora. This is a major Land Use violation that would trigger intensive permitting battles and neighborhood opposition.
Grading Issues: The plan requires 4-foot retaining walls on every corner, which severely limits site mobility and accessibility.
Environmental Impact: The site would face complex stormwater management issues and create significant light pollution for the adjacent residential neighborhood.
Option C hurts the kids of this community! There is no other way to say this than this is hurting kids who just want to play sports!
-Lincoln remains the only Seattle high school without a home field.
-We are spending up $1,000+ per trip on busing kids to other schools, those are.your tax dollars! By the way, during seasons we have a bus going almost every day…do the math. The levy dollars cannot be used to pay for these buses by law.
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-Students are practicing in the early morning or returning from Ingraham at 9:30 to 10pm at night
The project team has met with him and presented the facts, but he chooses to ignore them and keep tricking the public.
I agree it’s a shame the delays this project is facing – ideally this would be installed at Wallingford Playfield already. But Option C seems like such a no-brainer apart from $
– less trees removed from along Green Lake way (MUCH more of an aesthetic impact to remove several trees here than a few more around the gravel lot that no one sees anyway)
– Lincoln can host games
– way less crowding between different uses of the park
– upgrading an underutilized gravel lot into a field (!!)
I am all for pushing for Option C even though I’m sure the additional pain is painful for current HS students. It sets us up for a much improved long-term configuration. Similar to the pushback the Green Lake lap pool rebuild is getting – let’s ask more of our parks!