Proposed Actions:
- Decrease presence of and reliance on single-occupancy vehicles
- Create and enhance a neighborhood main street on 25th between Blakeley and 55th
- Increase pedestrian connections and amenities throughout
- Preserve existing green space
- Daylight Ravenna Creek, creating a (blue) greenway
- Preserve small-scale housing along Ravenna Avenue, and the integrity of the steep slopes on Ravenna Springs, by downzoning in conjunction with a Park Triangle upzone
- Adopt neighborhood customized design guidelines relating to trees, transition, and the Burke-Gilman Trail
- Add definition to the neighborhood with gateways at the north, at NE 55th, and south, on the south side of the NE 45th Street viaduct.
Milestones:
To confirm times and places, please call the City's Neighborhood Service Center Hotline at 684-0784.
June 8: Ravenna Urban Village Community Planning Validation Meeting
June 18: University Urban Center Validation Meeting
June 22: Written comments due to Neighborhood Service Center
July 21, 6:30 p.m.: Presentation of Plan to City Council Neighborhoods Committee (Richard Conlin, Chair)
August 6, 6:00 p.m.: Public Hearing, University Heights Center Auditorium (2nd floor), 5031 University Way NE
September 2: University Community Urban Center Planning Committee meets to discuss design guidelines, University Heights Center, 5031 University Way NE
September 11, 2:00 p.m.: City Council Neighborhoods Committee discusses the plan, City Council Chambers, 1100 Municipal Building, 600 4th Avenue
September 23, 5:30 p.m. (5:00 speaker signup): Final Public Hearing, City Council Chambers, 1100 Municipal Building, 600 4th Avenue
September 30: Deadline for written comments to the Honorable Richard Conlin, Seattle City Council, 1100 Municipal Building, 600 4th Avenue (e-mail richard.conlin@ci.seattle.wa.us)
TBD: Meeting on commercial design guidelines for upper Ave merchants.
November 6, 2:00: City Council Neighborhoods Committee votes on the plan, City Council Chambers, 1100 Municipal Building, 600 4th Avenue
November 16: Full City Council votes on the plan, City Council Chambers, 1100 Municipal Building, 600 4th Avenue
Last updated October 21, 1998