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On January 25, Shoreline City Council voted to place a bond measure on the April 27, 2021, special election ballot. If approved by Shoreline voters, this proposition authorizes improvements to City parks, including the acquisition of new park land.

The City will be providing Factual Community Presentation on the proposition via Zoom at the following times:

• Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 7:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 12:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, Feb. 9 at 12:00 p.m.
• Thursday, Feb. 11 at 7:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 7:00 p.m.
• Thursday, Feb. 18 at 12:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 7:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, March 2 at 12:00 p.m.

Here is the Zoom link for the meeting. Further details may be found on the City's Prop 1 webpage.

Details

Significant improvements will be made at Brugger’s Bog, Hillwood, Richmond Highlands, Briarcrest (Hamlin East), and James Keough Parks. These improvements, depending on the location, may include playgrounds, splash-pads, multi-sports courts, walking trails, picnic shelters, off-leash dog areas, and a fully accessible play area for people of all physical abilities.

Park land acquisitions and improvements will expand Paramount Open Space, Brugger’s Bog, and Rotary Park, and will include additional park land acquisitions.

Cost

If approved, Proposition 1 will authorize the City to issue up to $38,500,000 in general obligation bonds to finance and refinance these projects and set excess property taxes to repay those bonds. The bonds would mature within 20 years. Although the exact amount of property taxes per household necessary to repay the bonds will depend on interest rates and property values, the City estimates the annual property tax paid by the owner of a median-valued home ($517,000) would be approximately $112 per year or $9 per month. This is roughly a 50% increase over the cost of the expiring $18.5 million 2006 park improvement bond.

References

Here is the City’s webpage on Proposition 1.

The City of Shoreline has started designing new sidewalks for 5th Avenue NE, from NE 175th Street to near NE 182nd Court. An online webinar will be held via Zoom on February 2, 2021 from 12–1pm to provide residents with the opportunity to learn more about the project and ask questions.

Timeline

• Complete Design: Summer 2021
• Permitting: Spring 2021 – Fall 2021
• Out to Bid: Winter 20201
• Construction: Spring 2022

Some Details

The sidewalks will be built on both sides of the street and will connect to other new sidewalks that are under construction on 5th Avenue NE, north of 182nd Court, as part of Sound Transit’s 185th Street Link Light Rail Station.

The project is part of a voter-approved effort to build and repair sidewalks throughout Shoreline.

The 14th annual North City Jazz Walk will be held on August 11 at 7pm.

Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it will be on-line only. On the plus side, it will be completely free!

Artists include:

• Greta Matassa
• Jensen Findlay Tate Trio
• The New Triumph
• Pearl Django

The Stride Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project on SR 522 and NE 145th is the result of a grassroots coalition that advocated for better transit for north Lake Washington communities.

The Stride S3 Line, or the SR 522/NE 145th BRT service, will connect north Lake Washington communities to the regional transit system with fast, frequent and reliable transit service. Riders will be able to transfer between the SR 522/NE 145th Stride S3 Line, I-405 North Stride S2 Line, Link light rail, and other transit services provided by Community Transit, King County Metro and Sound Transit.

Online open house now through August 23

Sound Transit is hosting an online open house at sr522brt.participate.online through Aug. 23.

Shoreline residents can visit this website to see design updates, sign up for the project email list, and share their input to inform the design and future community outreach.

Changes are coming to 175th street between I-5 and Stone Way. Planning started in 2019. The City has now developed “design concepts” for the project and would like to gather community feedback on them before choosing a preferred design.

Visit 175corridor.participate.online to view and give feedback on the design concepts the City has developed for roadway, bike, and pedestrian improvements to the N 175th Street corridor between Stone Avenue N and I-5. Concepts also include intersection improvements at N 175th Street and Meridian Avenue N. Design concepts are based on feedback collected in the spring of 2019.

The City will also be hosting a one-hour webinar on the project on July 29 at 6:00pm. For more information on the project and the webinar, see the City's project webpage.

The NE 195th street pedestrian overpass across I-5 will be closed for several weeks this Summer to facilitate the constructions of the Lynnwood Link light rail extension. The closure is scheduled to start on July 6 and expected to last roughly six weeks.

The nearest alternate pedestrian routes across I-5 are at NE 185th and at NE 205th.

For more information see SoundTransit’s page about the closure.

This Thursday, the Planning Commission will be discussion proposed amendments to the City’s development code regarding Ground Floor Commercial requirements.

The meeting will be streamed live on-line (only — due to the current pandemic, the public is not allowed to attend the meeting in person), so you can participate without leaving your living room!

Please see the Planning Commission webpage for agenda materials, information on how to comment, and a link to the live stream.