Speak Up for Highland Park Way/SW Holden Intersection Improvements!

Let’s fix Highland Park Way/SW Holden Intersection – We need your support!

Highland Park Action Committee (HPAC) is gathering letters of support for an SDOT grant application to the Washington State Transportation Improvement Board for a “Compact Roundabout” at intersection of Highland Parkway and SW Holden St. in West Seattle.

In hopes of increasing the chances for funding, SDOT has asked for a showing community support for the project. We are hoping you will provide a letter of support for this project. We are collecting all the letters so SDOT may include them in the grant application.

 

You can download our Template Letter Letter for WTIB that you can also edit if you choose.

HPAC needs to have all letters by July 25th 

Please either:

• Email to hpacchair@gmail.com 
• Drop off or mail to HPAC
  c/o Highland Park Improvement Club
  1116 SW Holden, Seattle, 98106

We will also have postcards you can sign at all HPIC events in July and at Dutchboy Coffee

Please contact us  if you have any questions or comments. Please feel free to forward to any neighbors, groups, or businesses as well.

 

Thanks

Gunner & Michele

Co-chairs

Text of the Template Letter for WTIB

 

Washington State Transportation Improvement Board
Republic Building, 505 Union Ave SE #350
Olympia, WA 98501

Date

To whom it may concern,

As a resident I am writing to support the City of Seattle’s grant application for a “Compact Roundabout” for the intersection of Highland Park Way and SW Holden St. in West Seattle.

Highland Park Way is a major arterial off the peninsula; it is one of the three ways out of West Seattle. The Highland Park neighborhood has been advocating for over 70 years for infrastructure improvements for the intersection of Highland Park Way and SW Holden, because of consistent accidents that could have been avoided and increasing traffic backups.

This project meets WSTIB criteria for a successful arterial project as it will increase safety for pedestrians, bikes, and commuters; it will address current needs and be flexible to meet the future growth, development, and density of the area; it will greatly improve the physical condition of the area as there has not been any significant infrastructure in this area for many years; and it greatly increase mobility for residents, visitors, and commercial traffic.

It is time to bring Highland Park Way into the 21^st century.
Thank you,

Name
Street Address
City, State Zip
Phone

Neighborhood Happenings and News

Seattle City Council District 8 and 9 Candidate Forum
Tuesday, July 25th, from 7-9 pm
Hosted by the Delridge Neighborhoods District Council and the Highland Park Improvement Club

The format of the forum: each candidate will have 5 minutes to share their message. After after all candidates have presented, there will be a mixer where candidates can mingle with attending members of the West Seattle community to chat about specific items until 9 pm.

Who: Seattle City Council District 8 and 9 candidates

What: Candidate forum – 5 minutes presentation followed by mingling with prospective constituents

Where: Highland Park Improvement Club – 1116 SW Holden, Seattle, 98106

Why: Because voters shouldn’t look at a ballot and say “I have no idea who this is”

When: Tuesday, July 25th, from 7-9 pm

Contact: Mat McBride, Chair, Delridge Neighborhoods District Council

Please donate to Save Highland Park Elementary School’s Reading Program

The  Reading Partners tutoring program at Highland Park Elementary School, southwest Seattle, is facing elimination due to deep budget cuts. We volunteer tutors need to raise $30,000 to keep the program. Fundraising deadline is July 15 – donations will be refunded if the goal is not met. Please contribute, to benefit students’ future success!

To donate use their Go Fund Me page.

Tutors and students work one-on-one to help students gain the skills to read at grade level. Research shows that when students can read at grade level entering 4th grade, they are 4 times more likely to graduate from high school.

Donations go to the Seattle chapter of Reading Partners, a 501(c)(3) organization, and are tax deductible: http://readingpartners.org/

Thank you for your support!  And the kids thank you, too!

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Have you give feedback on MHA Environmental Impact Statement for HALA yet?

What is MHA?

From City of Seattle’s website “Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) is a new policy to ensure that growth brings affordability. MHA will require new development to include affordable homes or contribute to a City fund for affordable housing. To put MHA into effect, Seattle needs to make zoning changes that add development capacity and expand housing choices.”

What is an EIS?

“An environmental impact statement (EIS) is prepared when the lead agency has determined a proposal is likely to result in significant adverse environmental impacts (see section on how to Assess Significance). The EIS process is a tool for identifying and analyzing probable adverse environmental impacts, reasonable alternatives, and possible mitigation.”

HPAC Request:

• Review the draft EIS and give feedback. The public comment period is open until July 23.

Did you know?

HPAC maintains a Facebook page and Twitter account where we post neighborhood news, grant opportunities, and updates. Please join us on social media.

            

There is also a Highland Park Facebook group as well where group members can post events, info, and updates, it is run by and for the neighbors of Highland Park, West Seattle.