Ravenna-Bryant Community Association

Seattle City Council District – Official Final Results

Source:
https://kingcounty.gov/depts/elections/results/2019/201908.aspx 

Source:
https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/current/king/ 

Tuesday, June 25 2019

RBCA, in partnership with Roosevelt Neighborhood Association (RNA) and Maple Leaf Community Council (MLCC) is hosting a Candidate Forum for our community.

6:30 – 7:00:  Mingle with the candidates

7:00 – 8:30:  Moderated forum with Q&A

8:30 – 9:00:  Mingle with the candidates

Come hear from those running to represent our

community in City Council!

Where: Roosevelt High School 1410 NE 66th Street

Note: Forum will be held in the “Commons.” The “Commons” is West of the main Building and East of the track. Enter West of the main Building.

 Join us!

RBCA Board Meeting
Tuesday, June 4, 2019, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Ravenna-Eckstein Community Center

AGENDA

6:30 Welcome & Introductions

6:35 Executive Committee reports

6:45 Annual Meeting Debrief: What worked; what didn’t; lessons learned
– Planning, Logistics
– Advertising
– Day-of
– General thoughts for next year

7:10 Community Reports
– Maple Leaf/Roosevelt Candidate Forum
– CUCAC
– NEDC

7:30 Board Member Moments

8:10 Next Meeting

8:20 Sharing & Announcements

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Expected behavior: RBCA expects that attendees treat each other with respect. We are all neighbors who want a welcoming, thriving, safe, diverse, and connected neighborhood. Treating others with respect includes:

• Listen to what others are saying.
• Refrain from making negative comments and assumptions about others.
• Disagreement with others is okay. Making personal attacks is not.
• Hear and respect minority opinions.
• Be courteous and sensitive to the feelings of others.
• Good allies speak up. Do not ignore inappropriate behavior.

All are welcome . . . 

RBCA Board Meeting
Tuesday, May 7, 2019, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Ravenna-Eckstein Community Center

AGENDA

1. Welcome & Introductions

2. Executive Committee Reports

3. Final plans for May 14 Annual General Membership Meeting: What’s Happening in Ravenna-Bryant

4. Transportation Committee Updates

5. Land Use Committee Updates

6. Sharing & Announcements
– NEDC Update
– CUCAC Update

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Expected behavior: As with all RBCA events and meetings, it is expected that participants treat each other with respect. We are all neighbors who want a welcoming, thriving, safe, diverse, and connected neighborhood. Treating others with respect includes:
• Listen to what others are saying.
• Refrain from making negative comments and assumptions about others.
• Disagreement with others is okay. Making personal attacks is not.
• Hear and respect minority opinions.
• Be courteous and sensitive to the feelings of others.
• Good allies speak up. Do not ignore inappropriate behavior.

You are invited to the
Ravenna-Bryant Community Association Annual General Membership Meeting

“What’s Happening in Ravenna-Bryant”
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Ravenna-Eckstein Community Center
6535 Ravenna Ave NE

Agenda
6:00: Welcome & RBCA business
• Election of Board members

6:10: Guest speaker – Andrés Mantilla, Director of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods – Q&A

6:40: Open house – visit tables

Participating Groups (as of 5/7/19)
FORC (Friends of Ravenna-Cowen)
Metro
MOAR (More Options for Accessory Residences)
NEST (North East Seattle Together)
New City Council Member Abel Pacheco
RainWise
Ravenwood United
SCALE (Seattle Coalition for Affordability, Livability & Equity)
Seattle Department of  Neighborhoods
Seattle Department of Transportation
Seattle Office of the Mayor
Seattle Police Department
Seattle Public Library
Sustainable NE Seattle
Tool Library
Transit Riders Union

Find out what’s being built:
Aegis Living
Mercy Housing Northwest – 6600 Roosevelt Project

5:45 – 6:00: Informal opportunity to meet Representatives of the Candidates running for Seattle City Council – Dist. 4

RBCA Board Meeting
Tuesday, April 2, 2019, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Ravenna-Eckstein Community Center

AGENDA

6:30 Welcome & Introductions

6:35 Guest presentation: Project at Laurelhurst Oil site on Union Bay Place

7:10 Executive Committee Reports

7:15 Planning for May 14 Annual General Membership Meeting: What’s Happening in Ravenna-Bryant

7:45 How can people contact RBCA? (continuation of discussion from March)

7:55 D4 candidate forum with Maple Leaf Community Council

8:05 Transportation Committee
UW transit pass letter
35th Ave NE Project
NE 50th Street sidewalks
NE 65th Street Vision Zero
Neighborhood Street Fund

8:15 Land Use Committee
Development of Office Depot site
Ravenna-Cowen Historic District

8:20 Sharing & Announcements
NEDC Update
CUCAC Update

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Expected behavior: As with all RBCA events and meetings, it is expected that participants treat each other with respect. We are all neighbors who want a welcoming, thriving, safe, diverse, and connected neighborhood. Treating others with respect includes:
• Listen to what others are saying.
• Refrain from making negative comments and assumptions about others.
• Disagreement with others is okay. Making personal attacks is not.
• Hear and respect minority opinions.
• Be courteous and sensitive to the feelings of others.
• Good allies speak up. Do not ignore inappropriate behavior.

RBCA Board Meeting
Tuesday, March 5, 2019, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Ravenna-Eckstein Community Center

AGENDA

Welcome & Introductions

Executive Committee Reports

Nomination to the Board

May 14 Annual General Membership Meeting: What’s Happening in Ravenna-Bryant

Electronic Media Assessment & Recommendations

Land Use Committee: Accessory Dwelling Units

Sharing & Announcements

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Expected behavior: As with all RBCA events and meetings, it is expected that participants treat each other with respect. We are all neighbors who want a welcoming, thriving, safe, diverse, and connected neighborhood. Treating others with respect includes:
• Listen to what others are saying.
• Refrain from making negative comments and assumptions about others.
• Disagreement with others is okay. Making personal attacks is not.
• Hear and respect minority opinions.
• Be courteous and sensitive to the feelings of others.
• Good allies speak up. Do not ignore inappropriate behavior.

Due to the weather, the February 5 RBCA Board Meeting is cancelled.

RBCA Board Meeting
Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Ravenna-Eckstein Community Center

AGENDA

Welcome & Introductions

University Green Stormwater Infrastructure Project

Executive Committee reports

Nominating Committee report

Annual General Membership Meeting
– Select a date: March 19 or May 14
– Who’s inviting who

Land Use Committee: Accessory Dwelling Units

Sharing & Announcements

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Expected behavior: As with all RBCA events and meetings, it is expected that participants treat each other with respect. We are all neighbors who want a welcoming, thriving, safe, diverse, and connected neighborhood. Treating others with respect includes:
• Listen to what others are saying.
• Refrain from making negative comments and assumptions about others.
• Disagreement with others is okay. Making personal attacks is not.
• Hear and respect minority opinions.
• Be courteous and sensitive to the feelings of others.
• Good allies speak up. Do not ignore inappropriate behavior.

RBCA Board Meeting
Tuesday, January 8, 2018, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Ravenna-Eckstein Community Center

AGENDA

6:30 Welcome & Introductions

6:35 Executive Committee Reports

• Secretary – minutes
• Treasurer – bank balance
• President – 2019 workplan, 2019 annual general membership meeting

6:50 Transportation Committee

• NE 50th Street sidewalks
• 35th Avenue NE project update
• 25th Ave NE/Montlake pedestrian environment

7:20 Land Use Committee

• University design guidelines impacting “gateways” to Ravenna-Bryant: http://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPCD/OngoingInitiatives/UDistrictUrbanDesign/UDistrictDesignGuidlines62918.pdf
• Accessory Dwelling Units

8:00 Sharing & Announcements

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Expected behavior: As with all RBCA events and meetings, it is expected that participants treat each other with respect. We are all neighbors who want a welcoming, thriving, safe, diverse, and connected neighborhood. Treating others with respect includes:
• Listen to what others are saying.
• Refrain from making negative comments and assumptions about others.
• Disagreement with others is okay. Making personal attacks is not.
• Hear and respect minority opinions.
• Be courteous and sensitive to the feelings of others.
• Good allies speak up. Do not ignore inappropriate behavior.

RBCA Board Meeting
Tuesday, December 4, 2018, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Ravenna-Eckstein Community Center

AGENDA

6:30 Welcome & Introductions

6:35 Transportation Committee

NE 50th Street sidewalks (SDOT)
#Fix65th Update: NE Seattle Greenways Neighborhood Street Fund application
35th Avenue NE facilitated conversations summary

7:15 Land Use Committee

Development project at 4715 25th Ave NE (Greystar)
Accessory Dwelling Unit support letter – review of vote

7:55 Executive Committee Reports

Secretary – minutes
Treasurer – bank balance
President – 2019 workplan draft

8:15 Sharing & Announcements

Expected behavior: As with all RBCA events and meetings, it is expected that participants treat each other with respect. We are all neighbors who want a welcoming, thriving, safe, diverse, and connected neighborhood. Treating others with respect includes:
• Listen to what others are saying.
• Refrain from making negative comments and assumptions about others.
• Disagreement with others is okay. Making personal attacks is not.
• Hear and respect minority opinions.
• Be courteous and sensitive to the feelings of others.
• Good allies speak up. Do not ignore inappropriate behavior.

RBCA Board Meeting
Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Ravenna-Eckstein Community Center

Everyone welcome!

AGENDA

6:30 Welcome & Introductions

6:35 Transportation Committee

NE 50th Street sidewalks (SDOT)
Bus stop changes (Metro)
Adaptive signaling pilot NE 45th Street/Montlake Blvd (SDOT)
25th Ave NE paving project (SDOT)
Advocating for traffic calming & pedestrian infrastructure south of NE 55th Street (All)

7:45 Land Use Committee: Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) http://www.seattle.gov/council/adu-eis

8:00 Executive Committee Reports

8:15 Sharing & Announcements

Expected behavior: As with all RBCA events and meetings, it is expected that participants treat each other with respect. We are all neighbors who want a welcoming, thriving, safe, diverse, and connected neighborhood. Treating others with respect includes:
• Listen to what others are saying.
• Refrain from making negative comments and assumptions about others.
• Disagreement with others is okay. Making personal attacks is not.
• Hear and respect minority opinions.
• Be courteous and sensitive to the feelings of others.
• Good allies speak up. Do not ignore inappropriate behavior.

RBCA board members are often asked, “How do you find out about what the City has planned in the neighborhood?”

One way is to attend RBCA board meetings, the first Tuesday of the month, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Ravenna-Eckstein Community Center. Meetings are open to everyone and guests often provide updates about what’s going on in the neighborhood. This week, the meeting included updates about proposed housing developments in the University Village area along Union Bay Place and along 25th Avenue NE. In November, the meeting will include information about new sidewalks planned for NE 50th Street south of Calvary Cemetery.

Below are resources for keeping up with what’s planned and what’s currently going on. This is not an exhaustive list but provides a place to start.

Seattle City Council 

The Seattle City Council emails agendas prior to each of their committee meetings and full council meetings. It’s easy to sign up to receive these messages. Emails always include links to online agendas and supporting materials. Supporting materials often provide a great deal of information including timelines and public comment periods.

Seattle Department of Neighborhoods

For a portal to multiple resources, visit the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Community Resource Hub. The website includes a list of engagement opportunities.

Transportation Projects

The Seattle Department of Transportation maintains a website with a list of current projects as well as individual project webpages with email notification sign-up forms:

• 15th Avenue NE
• 25th Avenue NE
• 35th Avenue NE
• NE 65th Street
• Your Voice Your Choice
• Safe Routes to School

Transportation Plans

SDOT has multiple master plans that guide their work. All of the plans are available online:

• Transit Master Plan
• Vision Zero Plan
• Trails Upgrade Plan
• Stairways Maintenance Plan
• Pedestrian Master Plan
• Bicycle Master Plan
• Freight Master Plan
• Move Seattle Plan
• Trees & Sidewalks Operations Plan
• Shoreline Street Ends Plan

Plans and their implementation are based on many, many reports and studies. SDOT also has multiple programs on which they are working.

King County Metro Transit provides bus service in the City of Seattle. They, too, have multiple planning documents available online:

• Strategic Plan 2011-2021
• Long-Range Plan
• Speed & Reliability Guidelines & Strategies

Sound Transit will be opening three new light rail stations in NE Seattle by 2021. Information about these and other light rail projects is available online.

Land Use Resources

Seattle’s Comprehensive Plan is the overarching guide for growth. To find specific information about what is happening in the neighborhood:

• Shaping Seattle map of planned building that require design review
• Calendar of upcoming design review meetings
• Zoning GIS map can help identify what kind of development is allowed on individual parcels of land. Some areas within the neighborhood are zoned as Pedestrian Retail Areas.

Boards & Commissions

The City of Seattle has multiple boards and commissions which provide input and advice on a variety of programs and issues. An online meeting calendar provides information about when the following boards and commissions, as well as many others, meet:

• Community Involvement Commission
• Levy to Move Seattle Oversight Commission
• Seattle Planning Commission
• Seattle Bike Advisory Board
• Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board
• Seattle Transit Advisory Board

All of these meetings are open to the public and many have time set aside in their agendas for public comment.

Do you have other resources to share? Please leave a comment!

RBCA Board Meeting
Tuesday, October 2, 2018, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Ravenna-Eckstein Community Center

AGENDA

6:30 Welcome & Introductions

6:35 Land Use Committee – Presentations re: planned developments in University Village area

• 25th Ave NE
• Union Bay Place

7:45 Executive Committee Reports

Secretary – minutes

Treasurer – bank balance

Vice-President – neighborhood bus stops

President

2019 workplan
2019 board leadership
2019 space rental
Communications – website/blog content, emails, posting on city website, neighborhood flyers

8:15 Sharing & Announcements

Expected behavior: As with all RBCA events and meetings, it is expected that participants treat each other with respect. We are all neighbors who want a welcoming, thriving, safe, diverse, and connected neighborhood. Treating others with respect includes:
• Listen to what others are saying.
• Refrain from making negative comments and assumptions about others.
• Disagreement with others is okay. Making personal attacks is not.
• Hear and respect minority opinions.
• Be courteous and sensitive to the feelings of others.
• Good allies speak up. Do not ignore inappropriate behavior.

The U District, Roosevelt, and Northgate Link light rail stations will arrive in 2021, which means these neighborhoods will be better connected to each other and the region. Three-quarters of Ravenna residents said they plan to use the Roosevelt light rail station when it opens, according to a 2013 RBCA survey.

Join U District, Let’s Go for an evening of sharing ideas and resources to prepare for these changes. Learn what our neighborhoods are already doing to get ready for transportation investments coming soon. Let’s learn from each other and build on our collective creativity as we get ready for 2021.

Transit Talk: We’re in it Together
Urban Luxe Café, 6105 Roosevelt Way NE

October 4, 2018

6:00 p.m. Doors open, drinks, appetizers, networking

6:30 p.m. program start, welcome, panel introductions and brief presentations

7:40 p.m. moderated audience Q&A

8:00 p.m. program ends

More information and free registration available through the U District, Let’s Go website.

RBCA Board Meeting
Tuesday, September 4, 2018, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Ravenna-Eckstein Community Center

Everyone welcome!

AGENDA

6:30 Welcome & Introductions

6:35 Executive Committee Reports

Secretary’s Report: July meeting minutes
Treasurer’s Report: Bank balance
President’s Report: Transit Talk October 4, website & social media content, Membership Chair open

6:45 Transportation Committee

NE 65th Street Metro bus stops
NE 50th Street Sidewalks

7:15 Land Use Committee

25th Avenue NE developments, site walk
Union Bay Place developments
Seattle Tree Ordinance

8:00 Sharing & Announcements

City University Community Advisory Council
Ravenna-Eckstein Advisory Board

Expected behavior: As with all RBCA events and meetings, it is expected that participants treat each other with respect. We are all neighbors who want a welcoming, thriving, safe, diverse, and connected neighborhood. Treating others with respect includes:

• Listen to what others are saying.
• Refrain from making negative comments and assumptions about others.
• Disagreement with others is okay. Making personal attacks is not.
• Hear and respect minority opinions.
• Be courteous and sensitive to the feelings of others.
• Good allies speak up. Do not ignore inappropriate behavior.

In July, changes to the City of Seattle’s design review program went into effect. All development projects going through streamline, administrative, or full design review now must conduct community outreach before their early design guidance (EDG) meeting.

According to this new policy, “The outreach should establish a dialogue with nearby communities in order to share information about the project, better understand the context, and hear community interests and concerns about the project. The outreach must include print, digital/electronic, and in-person methods. Applicants must demonstrate that they completed the required outreach before SDCI (Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections) will schedule their EDG meeting. Previously, some applicants would voluntarily conduct outreach to the neighborhoods near their projects, but it was not required as part of the DR process.”

On Wednesday, September 5, a community outreach event will be held to provide information about a proposed development at 4907 25th Ave NE, across the street from Jiffy Lube/Office Depot where a Chase Bank branch is currently located.

Join neighbors on September 23 to celebrate Seattle’s Freeway Revolt!

What was the Freeway Revolt? From the City of Seattle Municipal Archives:

In the 1950s, the City of Seattle began developing plans for a freeway between south Seattle and the Meadowbrook neighborhood. “By 1958 a four-lane expressway was proposed along the east side of Capitol Hill, roughly following a route between 28th Avenue East (Martin Luther King Jr. Way) and 29th Avenue East south of the ship canal and 24th and 25th Avenues north of the canal. A tunnel would have carried traffic under the ship canal.

Citizens Against the R. H. Thomson (CARHT) was formed by neighborhood and environmental advocates to stop the north-south section paralleling I-5 named the R.H. Thomson Expressway. Their efforts culminated in a June 1, 1970, vote by City Council to remove that proposed highway from the city’s Comprehensive Plan.”

Seattle ARCH is hosting an event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the revolt. Below is information from Seattle ARCH about the celebration.

SEPT. 23 EVENT TO CELEBRATE SEATTLE’S FREEWAY REVOLT

A community-wide open house celebrating the 50th anniversary of Seattle’s Freeway Revolt will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, September 23, at the Central Area Senior Center, 500 30th Avenue South, Seattle.

The Ravenna-Bryant Community Association is one of six Seattle community councils co-sponsoring the event along with Seattle ARCH (Activists Remembered, Celebrated and Honored). According to organizers Anna Rudd and Allan Davis, the open house aims to inform current residents about the citywide movement that helped quash plans for a dense network of freeways in Seattle. Rudd and Davis are among several former activists who will be on-hand to talk with visitors.

The free event will feature information on the planned freeway grid as well as materials from the citizens’ resistance, including, including maps, flyers, letters and more. A special preview of the forthcoming documentary by filmmaker Minda Martin, “The Ramps to Nowhere,” will also be shown. Light refreshments will be served.

Visitors are welcome to stop by any time between 3 and 6 p.m. The program schedule includes:

3:00 p.m. Doors open, displays and information available
3:30 p.m. Welcoming remarks
3:45 p.m. “Open Mike” – former activists and others are invited to share their recollections and thoughts about the freeway revolt
4:30 p.m. Preview of “The Ramps to Nowhere” freeway revolt documentary

Communities across Seattle can be proud of their role in helping Seattle remain the vibrant, livable city it is today, say Rudd and Davis. “We wanted to create an opportunity to celebrate this amazing grassroots movement and honor those who did so much to save the city,” says Rudd. “We hope their actions will be a source of inspiration to current and future generations.”

Anti-freeway activists helped to defeat or dramatically reduce three planned freeways: the RH Thomson Expressway, a major north-south freeway parallel to I-5; the Bay Freeway, which would have connected I-5 to the Seattle Center along South Union; and a massive,14-lane I-90 bridge (downsized to 8-lanes with two earmarked for transit).

Participants included communities from Mt. Baker to Lake City and organizations ranging from Allied Arts to the Citizens Planning Council, League of Women Voters and Black Panthers.

The Ravenna Community Association, as it was then know, took an early role in opposing freeway plans. RCA chairman Bill Frantilla was among the early leaders of “Citizens Against the RH Thomson” (CARHT), formed in 1968. Later that year, the RCA joined six other Seattle community councils in endorsing a CARHT resolution opposing the RH Thomson Expressway and third and forth Lake Washington bridges. In 1969, the RCA was among twelve community councils that signed a letter protesting the “slumlording” of State Highway Department-owned homes in the RH Thomson Corridor.

Citizen opposition culminated in Seattle voters’ defeat of the RH Thomson and Bay Freeways in 1972 referendums. Battles over I-90 continued into the decade, as citizens successfully fought for design modifications that dramatically reduced its scope and impact.

Other sponsors of the September 23 open house include the Laurelhurst Community Club, Leschi Community Council, Montlake Community Club, Mt. Baker Community Club, and the Portage Bay/Roanoke Park Community Council.

More information on the freeway revolt is available in an online publication, Seattle’s Freeway Revolt: A Directory of Historical Resources, hosted on the Seattle Public Library’s special collections online. The directory was funded by a grant from 4Culture/King County Lodging Tax Fund.