The Wallingford Community Council will hold an Urban Village, Seattle 2035 and HALA informational meeting on:  January 20th, 2016, 7:00 – 9:00 PM at the Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Avenue North, in the Chapel on the 4th floor.

The Wallingford Community Council wants you to know of major changes proposed in our neighborhood. Mayor Ed Murray will soon finalize recommendations to the Seattle City Council to revise the basic planning laws that govern what can be built on your and your neighbors’ property.

Mayor Murray has teamed up with developers and with advocacy organizations that promote housing density and …

The agenda for the meeting this Wednesday, beginning at 7:15 in the Good Shepherd Center, room 202:

Minutes 7:15  Kim England Treasurer’s Report 7:20 Paul Willumson Planning  7:25  Greg Hill Report on Comp Plan Summary Waterways/Shoreline 7:40 Lee Raaen Shoreline/Waterways University Relations 7:45 Brian O’Sullivan and Jon Berkedal Transportation 7:55 Eric Fisk, discussion of waterway 22 transportation project status Parking RPZ 8:00 Mary Fielder and Catherine Smith  report on RPC actions Communications 8:05 Frank Fay Parks and Rec. 8:10 Angelique Hockett Parks Planning 8:20 (Urban Village outreach initiative) Greg Hill Mike Ruby Membership Campaign 8:40 Carl Slater Crime/Safety 8:50 Carl…

The Wallingford Community Council meets this Wednesday, December 2nd, at 7:15 PM in Room 202 of the Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Avenue North.

Paul Willumson announces a meeting on the Ship Canal Water Quality project being undertaken by Seattle Public Utilities and King County. To contain sewage overflows, a large underground storage tunnel would be built from Ballard to near N 35th Street and Interlake Ave N. (see Wallyhood previously)

Carl Slater reports on the renovation of Lincoln High School, which will re-open as a permanent high school in September 2019. A School Design Advisory Team (SDAT) will work …

Seattle Public Schools will be renovating Lincoln High School and it will re-open as a permanent high school in September of 2019.

Construction Manager Mike Finnegan invites volunteers to join the School Design Advisory Team (SDAT) to work with the architects to craft concepts and specifications for the new program. There will be 6 formal meetings of the SDAT on Thursday afternoons, 3:30 – 5:30 PM, at Nathan Hale High School beginning in January and ending in March.

The SDAT will comprise about 20 people. Seattle Public Schools is seeking 2 nearby residents, and 1 or 2 Lincoln High …

Long time Wallingford resident and neighborhood advocate Vince Lyons died on October 29th at the age of 72 from cancer. Obituaries can be found in the Seattle Times and the Daily Journal of Commerce.

Vince worked as an urban planner for 40 years. He was manager of the Design Review program for the Seattle Department of Construction and Land Use (DCLU), now the Department of Planning and Development (DPD), for 29 years.

Vince was an active member of the Wallingford Community Council and served as its President in 1988 and 1989. He was instrumental in turning Interlake School into Wallingford …

The Wallingford Community Council meets this Wednesday, November 4th, at 7:15 PM in Room 202 of the Good Shephard Center, 4649 Sunnyside Avenue North.

Greg Hill presents an analysis of the “Seattle 2035” Comprehensive Plan revisions. The current proposal completely modifies every section of the present Comprehensive Plan. There would be major impacts to Wallingford, particularly within the Residential Urban Village boundaries. Greg will present a motion for a formal comment letter by the WCC before the comment period closes on November 20th.

Reid Haefer & Angelique Hockett present “An Overview of the WCC Parks Committee”. This agenda topic will …

When: 1-3pm Saturday 3^rd October 2015

Where: Waterway 21 (the wooden viewing platform located between Stone Way and Gasworks on N. Northlake Way).

Why: Wallingford’s various waterways are wonderful features of our community and the Wallingford Community Council is making the public waterways a regular item in its monthly meetings.  Your input is vital.

What: We will visit each Waterway of Wallingford, generating ideas and making plans as we go.  Please join us and add your thoughts to the mix.

Do you have ideas for preserving and using Wallingford’s public waterways? Opportunities for contemplative scenic views?  Restoring healthy habitats …