These are the questions I put together in advance of our Marina Study Session. Many are from residents and many are extremely well-reasoned. The vast majority concern 'the hotel' and 100% are opposed to siting it in the north parking lot. I conclude by demonstrating the long standing connections with the Port of Seattle and Des Moines Creek Business Park. The insane 'master plan' was always that the DMCBP, a 'ferry', and anything else that might further airport and cruise traffic would bring some economic renaissance to DM....
... [Continue Reading] ...
This is the State bill which funded the $309,000 grant from the Department of Commerce to study an Urban Creek (bioswale) along 223rd Street as part of the Skylab Marina Redevelopment drawings. (Search for “Des Moines”) This is how ‘the sausage’ is made. Cities request monies for various pet projects in the form of grants
I'm pleasantly surprised to hear that there is a lot of interest in the whole 'bioswale' and 'urban creek' discussion from the September 27, 2022 Marina Town Hall. Because nothing gets me excited quite like having a few drinks and talking about drainage. :) The problem is that every scientist you speak to tends to respond "Hell yeah!" They may even talk in terms of 'Environmental Justice' and 'under-served communities' which might create the impression that any concerns about 'costs' are reactionary and anti-environment. Au contraire......
... [Continue Reading] ...
Please watch the following video. This is one example of a tool which every and I do mean every architect and engineer and construction manager that has an internet connection, anywhere on planet earth uses every frickin’ day of their lives. This is something we budgeted for in the Marina Redevelopment process to improve engagement.
...
continue reading.
Back in the day, my *homebase was a spare room my great friend Stosh set aside for me at his house in Detroit. Stosh was old school union–working seven days a week at Clark Street, aka ‘Cadillac Assembly’. Stosh had wanted to be an artist (he was really good.) But his dad passed, and somebody had
...
continue reading.
Almost everything useful I’ve ever learned came from marriage counseling. 😃 I’m always fascinated how opinions about “the airport” so often fall into what therapists call “all or nothing thinking“. People will say things like The airport was here first! You did hear the airplanes flying overhead when you were looking at houses, right? Don’t like
...
continue reading.
I almost titled this post “This is what a sellout looks like” But I restrained myself. 🙂 At the 12 July Port of Seattle Commission Meeting, the Port voted to proceed with the Item 10b (Des Moines Creek West Ground Lease.) (Presentation.) This is the scrubby forest land west of the FAA building on 216th
...
continue reading.
This video is one of a series of public comments I made at City Council Meetings starting in 2017 asking the City to change direction on airport policy. I referr to the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) as ‘4a.’ That’s because it is the fourth major expansion for Sea-Tac Airport since 1961 (there is a
...
continue reading.
