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

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

On May 20th, the city will host an open house regarding the 145th Street Multimodal Corridor Study currently being performed by the City of Shoreline.

145th Street (SR 523), which borders Shoreline and Seattle, is a major east-west travel corridor connecting north King County with Aurora Avenue (SR-99), Lake City Way (SR 422), and a future light rail station near I-5. The City of Shoreline is leading a corridor study to address traffic congestion, and improve safe pedestrian, bike and transit access.

If you have questions, please contact Catherine Lander at clander@shorelinewa.gov or (206) 801-2415.

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 North City Neighborhood Association will be hosting a family picnic this summer on the evening of Thursday, July 30, from 6–8pm. We will be providing barbecue sandwiches, fresh popped popcorn — and a bouncy house!

• Get to know your North City neighbors
• Games for kids
• Music
• Potluck — please bring a side dish, salad, or dessert for 12

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.

Take a stroll along 15th Avenue NE in Shoreline and enjoy live jazz at one great venue after another. This year, come early and enjoy “Jazz Bites” — delicious food items specifically provided for the event.

Performers include:

• Greta Matassa with Critical Mass
• The Susan Pascal Quartet
• Pearl Django
• Sonando
• Janette West
• The Bill Anschell Trio
• The Jacqueline Tabor Quartet
• The Freddie James Duo
• Hook Me Up

Tickets are available on-line. Buy now, tickets are limited.

The jazz bites start at 6:00pm; the music starts at 6:30pm in the outdoor venues and at 7:00pm in the indoor venues.

More information can be found at northcityjazzwalk.org.

If you’d like to volunteer at the event, contact Charlotte Haines.

Topic: 70 Years of “Sourdough Days” — The History of North City

Vicki Stiles, director of the Shoreline Historical Museum, will be giving a presentation on the history of North City:

• How did North City get it’s name?
• What were the “Sourdough Days?”
• How does the past inform the present?

Please join us!

• Meet your neighbors
• Share ideas and concerns
• Learn about the North City Summer Picnic

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.

At the City Council meeting on February 23, the Council is schedule to adopt development regulations for the 185th street station subarea. That means this is when the rezoning plans will become law!

The zoning plans are still in flux. Contact the city council now with your input.

You can find more information on the city’s light rail page.