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Please come to the North City Summer Picnic on Thursday, July 28!

Bring the kids and meet your neighbors. Further details are here.

The April meeting of the North City Neighboorhood Association will include a presentation on the state of Shoreline’s Parks, Recreational and Cultural Services, and a discussion on future directions. More details can be found on the event page.

On February 9, 4:00pm, there will be a rare opportunity to tour the Activities Building at Fircrest. Jeff Flesner, the new Superintendent, will show participants what is inside the building, ncluding the basketball court, gym, stage, bleachers, meeting rooms, kitchen, banquet room, and the two swimming pools (currently closed). Jeff will also answer questions about how the facility can be used. To get to the Activities Building, enter the main Fircrest gate off 15th Avenue NE (between NE 152st and 152nd Street); take a sharp left, and the building is on the right.

A great Halloween celebration was had by all at the recent Hamlin Haunt.

Thank you Christopher King for the pictures and video.

Fun for all…

…and hot drinks

Warm drinks were provided by the North City Neighborhood Association.

Please come to our next neighborhood meeting where Shoreline’s Economic Development Program Manager, Dan Eernissee, will share the city’s plans for future business development.

The meeting will be held at 7:00pm, Tuesday, September 29 at Anderson Plaza, 177201 15th Ave NE.

Further details are here.

Please come to the North City Summer Picnic on Thursday, July 30!

Bring the kids and meet your neighbors. Further details are here.

The May meeting of the North City Neighboorhood Association will include a presentation on the history of North City. More details can be found on the event page.

The fight over the rezoning around the planned 185th Street light rail station is, apparently, not over.

On Monday, the Shoreline Preservation Society (SPS) filed a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment against the City of Shoreline. The action seeks to nullify the “planned action ordinance” (Ord. No. 707) which was adopted by the City Council on March 16. SPS has also filed a challenge to Ord. No 707 with the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board.

For more information, including the legal documents that were filed with King County, or if you would like to support their efforts, see the SPS blog.

On February 23 the Shoreline City Council directed staff to make changes to the Planning Commission’s recommended zoning map for the 185th Street Station Subarea.

Council is scheduled to adopt the entire 185th Street Station Subarea Plan package, including the zoning map and development regulations, on March 16.

The current proposal has the rezone occurring in three phases:

• Phase 1 occurring immediately upon adoption of the Subarea Plan and zoning map.
• Phase 2 would begin in 2021
• Phase 3 in 2033.

The new phased zoning map

Read more about this at the Shoreline Area News.

The best way to comment is to email Council at council@shorelinewa.gov in advance of the meeting. There will also be a limited amount of time for oral public comment at the Council meeting on March 16.

Diane Hettrick has written a great article on the Shoreline Area News about the current state of the 185th Street Subarea zoning plans. Apparently much has changed recently, and there is growing momentum behind a plan to roll the zoning changes out in phases. (Read the article now.)

There is still time to provide your input, but final decisions will be made soon — the zoning changes are currently scheduled to be adopted onf February 23 — so speak up now!

A good place to make yourself heard would be at the city council meeting on February 9 where the 185th St zoning changes will be discussed. Also, you can call or email your city council members.

There is more information on the subarea plan on the city’s light rail planning page.