Briarcrest Need Not Fall Under Bulldozers
The SE Area of Shoreline is being changed. Some lots that were single family houses are being torn down and “high density residential” or “mixed use” zones are invading these spaces. Under the new comprehensive plan map our neighborhood could be destroyed, or reborn. It is up to us. Your property values, taxes and quality of life are going to be changed by the upcoming zoning decisions that are now being made.What would you love to see in your neighborhood? If the house next door to you, or across the street, was torn down, what could you expect in its place? Right now we have a small window of opportunity to influence these very important questions. Armed with facts we can tell our elected officials what we want our neighborhood to be. If we don’t, then only developers who don’t care about our quality of life will be heard from. The Planning Department and City Council want to hear from you. It is hugely important that we do so before the final decision is reached in the December City Council meeting. Will you want to live here in 5 years? Will you be able to afford to? Would you like to share your driveway and street access with high-rise apartment buildings or would you rather have a garden apartment complex with green space across the street from you?
As the zoning map reads now, one side of a street could have single family homes on it and high-rise apartments on the other. We do not get to vote on this, but we do have a voice. It must be heard. Tell the City Planners and City Council what we want SE Briarcrest to be. Specific information is available on the city website Read the map, it is important, and in my opinion, not showing what the document agreed upon.
An informational meeting with City Planners will be held Tuesday, September 21, 6:30 – 8:30 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Lake Forest Park Ward, 14901 30 Ave NE. Neighbor coffee klatches and action planning will be held at my home Tuesday nights September 7 & 14 and October 5 & 12 from 6:30 – 8:00. Call me at 206-306-1022 for more information. Diana Herbst
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