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Lake Union Partners to begin two-year construction in July BY BRANDON MACZ After four rounds of critical review of the Midtown Center superblock redevelopment, Lake Union Partners received the green light on Wednesday to proceed with the master use permit process. LUP principal Pat Foley tells MPT plans are to begin the two-year construction of Midtown Commons on July 15, starting with the demolition of existing commercial buildings at the southeast corner of 23rd and Union. A contentious project among longtime Central District residents concerned about their quickly gentrifying neighborhood, Midtown

Commons is a seven-story mixed-use development that will spread 430 apartment units across three buildings. About half of those are proposed to be priced at affordable housing levels for incomes between $28,000 and $60,000. The northwest building will have a 12,000-square-foot drug store anchor tenant, which is expected to allow LUP to offer smaller retail spaces at below market to minorityowned businesses. The Midtown Commons design team had its last presentation before both the East and Central Area design review boards in December. The boards joined forces to address the large development after residents protested last July that the East Design Review Board was not representative of the neighborhood, as its members are mostly white architects from Capitol Hill. The Central Area Design Review Board had just been formed at that point. LUP hosted three community open houses last fall to help inform a refreshed design that

Safeway redevelopers ready to begin design process Residents give feedback at March open house BY BRANDON MACZ Developers behind plans to level the old Queen Anne Safeway and replace it with a store double its size, with roughly 280 apartments on top, took community feedback one last time on Tuesday before proceeding with designs for the project. barrientosRyan managing partner Maria Barrientos said input gathered from concept boards at the March 26 open house would be incorporated into plans before applying for Early Design Guidance. The EDG packet will be shared with the Queen Anne Community Council’s Land Use Review Committee and during another community meeting before being submitted to Seattle’s Department of Construction and Inspections, she said, to make sure nothing was missed. Once the packet is submitted, the development team will have about two months to prepare for its presentation before the West Design Review Board. The Safeway will be replaced with a new urban concept store similar

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Image courtesy of Weinstein A+U The 430-unit Midtown Commons mixed-use apartment development received approval from the East and Central Area design review boards on Wednesday, March 13.

better represented the neighborhood and its strong African-American roots. But the East and Central review board members agreed during a second recommendation meeting in December that the design relied too heavily on art and that they lacked enough information about its context and function to pass it through. Board members said during the third recommendation meeting on March 13 they were put more at ease by the addition of Vivian Phillips as the project’s communications and arts advocacy lead. Phillips is a former member of the Historic

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Photo by Brandon Macz Retired builder Dale Hoff makes one tiny home each month for the Low Income Housing Institute. Interbay Village resident Carlo Gnecchi moved into one of them over the weekend. LIHI began expanding the village in March, and a work party took place there on Saturday, March 30.

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Interbay tiny house village expands, adds facilities for residents BY BRANDON MACZ When Interbay Village opened on the Port of Seattle’s Tsubota property near the Magnolia Bridge in 2017, there were more residents than there were tiny houses, so a number of them moved into dormitory-style tents. The Low Income Housing Institute began expanding the village on March 9, taking out its tents and putting 23 new tiny houses in their place. “The goal of this expansion is to eliminate these dorms, so everybody in the village has their own tiny home,” said Luke Reynolds, LIHI’s essential needs coordinator for tiny house villages. Two of the new tiny houses will be used for storage and a second case manager’s office. Carlo Gnecchi’s tiny house was on the back of a truck part of Friday, and by Saturday he was putting up his belongings and planning a small garden on the shelves built into the exterior. “This was my first pick, to be honest with you,” Gnecchi said of

his tiny house. That house was built by Dale Hoff, who is about to start his 20th tiny house. He started building them in December 2017, setting a goal of finishing one every month. “Each one I try to do just a little different,” Hoff said, “to make them all unique.” Hoff attends the University Temple United Methodist Church, where he cooks breakfast once a month for the youth shelter there. The retired builder said he was looking for other ways to help. “It feels good to provide for someone like this with the skill set I have,” Hoff said. The curtains in Gnecchi’s tiny house were made by a church member, Hoff said, as was the coat hanger where Gnecchi can hang his favorite hat. More information about his Building Dreams program is available at utemple.org/buildingdreams. Reynolds said LIHI strives for equity with the 100-squarefoot tiny homes while still letting builders flex their creativity. Gnecchi is an executive camper

Photo by Brandon Macz The Rotary Club of Mercer Island raised funds for 10 tiny houses last year and nine this year. They put one together at Interbay Village on March 2930.

at Interbay Village, which is selfmanaged by the Tiny Cabins Safe Harbor residents (formerly Tent City 5). He said he’s looking for work, and wants to be a builder. “I’m a 40-year-old greenhorn, but work is work,” he said. Gnecchi said his dream is to walk by Interbay Village some day and be reminded of the part he played there, and to see he’d made it better for the new residents. A large work party was held at Interbay Village over the weekend, where new tiny houses were put in place, dorm tents were torn down, new homes were painted and the site was generally spruced up. “The aesthetics do count when the community’s looking at it,” Gnecchi said of the village. Other new additions to the site include four restroom/shower units, as well as washers and dryers. Reynolds hopes to have this hygiene facility running by midApril. “These are huge resources,” Gnecchi said. Residents currently have to go to an Urban Rest Stop in either Ballard or Downtown to take showers and do their laundry. The Ballard facility doesn’t take appointments, Gnecchi said, so getting in a shower and some laundry can take 3-4 hours, which can be especially hard for residents with jobs. The Rotary Club of Mercer Island raised funds last year to support the creation of 10 tiny houses at LIHI’s True Hope Village, and this year is providing $22,000 for another nine. Five vocational organizations are constructing eight, which could be sited at a future tiny house village in Seattle. Rotarians were at Interbay Vil➧ VILLAGE, Page 16

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Photo by Brandon Macz WSDOT has still not decided whether it will add construction time and cost to spare the Montlake Market from demolition.

WSDOT releases Montlake Market survey results Neighborhood business’ fate remains uncertain as SR 520 Bridge replacement looms BY BRANDON MACZ It is feasible to preserve the Montlake Market and still reconfigure Montlake Boulevard during the next phase of the SR 520 Bridge Replacement and HOV Program, but it will add millions to the project. Whether public opinion captured in a community survey conducted by WSDOT will sway the transportation department or fuel another push in Olympia to spare the neighborhood market from the wrecking ball remains to be seen. The Montlake phase of the SR 520 replacement includes a new West Approach Bridge South for eastbound traffic that will connect to the floating bridge over Lake Washington, a lid over 520 and a bicycle/pedestrian land bridge east of the lid that connects the Washington Park Arboretum and East Montlake Park. The Montlake Market was removed and later added back into plans for a reconfiguration of Montlake Boulevard, which caused an outcry from the neighborhood and legal challenges. The

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Legislature passed a proviso in 2018 directing WSDOT to preserve the market if possible. WSDOT provided the public with design options in January that would preserve the market, at which point it launched a survey that ended on Feb. 14. Forty-one people took the survey that night, and another 1,688 weighed in before the survey closed. Two-thirds of respondents were from Montlake, Madison Park, north Capitol Hill, Portage Bay and Eastlake. Keeping the market building upright and operational is estimated to add 45 days to the project — about $50,000 more per day — which is estimated at $15.3 million to $20 million in added cost. WSDOT interprets the legislative proviso as requesting the transportation department address preserving the building, and not the business. Just keeping the building, leaving it vacant and not operating during construction, is estimated to cost $7 million to $10.15 million. The building could be reused later, or surplused and

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“Fragrance” is an ingredient - often times multiple ingredients rolled under the singular-sounding ingredient listing. The ingredient(s) contained within the term “fragrance” do not need to be specifically listed. Therefore, when you see the word “fragrance” in an ingredient list, it is likely a variety of undisclosed chemicals. “Fragrance” is considered a “trade-secret” ingredient. Although the FDA requires products to list their ingredients, they are not allowed to be used to force a company to tell “trade secrets.” “Fragrance” falls into a strange realm of “a complex mixture of many different natural and synthetic chemical ingredients” (of which do not need to be disclosed to the consumer).

If the secrecy isn’t concerning enough, what else is bad about “fragrance”?

The innocuous-looking ingredient “fragrance ” often contains hazardous chemicals linked to negative health effects. “Fragrance” is considered to be among the top 5 known allergens and can trigger asthma attacks. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, “fragrance” is the number one cause of cosmetics-induced dermatitis. A report by the Committee on Science & Technology noted that 95% of chemicals used in fragrances are synthetic compounds derived from petroleum, which are capable of causing cancer, birth defects, central nervous system disorders and allergic reactions. Phthalates are used to make fragrances last longer, and are usually present in products that have fragrance in them. The phthalate commonly used in products that contain fragrance is diethyl phthalate, or DEP. Research has shown that DEP is confirmed to be harmful to aquatic life. And when tested on rats in a laboratory setting, it has been shown to cause musculoskeletal and neurologic problems. Phthalates are also associated damage to the male reproductive system. I could go on and on, but the idea is to realize that “fragrance” isn’t healthy or safe. Fragrance irritates individuals with chemical sensitivities as well as contains hazardous chemicals that can harm individuals and the environment.

Where can fragrance be found?

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BY EMMA EPPERLY WNPA OLYMPIA NEWS BUREAU Protecting tenant rights through increasing the length of eviction proceedings is part of eviction-reform legislation, currently in the state House of Representatives. The House Committee on Civil Rights and Judiciary heard public testimony on Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5600 on March 19. The bill would extend from three to 14 days the time a tenant has to comply with a notice to pay rent or vacate before unlawful detainer action. This notice means that a tenant must vacate the property or pay the back rent if they do not want eviction proceeds on their record. The measure also authorizes judicial discretion in unlawful detainer proceedings. Landlords would be allowed, under certain circumstances, to seek payment from the Landlord Mitigation Program Account, which is an account held by the Department of Commerce that tenants payback over time, for an unpaid judgment of over $500. Sen. Patty Kuderer, D-Bellevue is the prime sponsor of the bill and the chair of the Senate Housing Stability and Affordability Committee. Kuderer testified in support of the bill and noted the continued work being done with stakeholders to perfect the bill. “It was interesting because what jumped out at us is that right out of the gate the leading cause of homelessness was evictions. Eviction for nonpayment of rent in particular,” Kuderer said. The change of notification time from 3 to 14 days was the major point of contention throughout the public testimony. “What the data showed us is that Washington was an outlier at three days and that it was inhumane to give someone a notice and three days later expect them to pack up all their worldly possessions and find another place to live,” Kuderer said. In a study done by the Housing Stability and Affordability Committee, 26 other states have longer periods of time than Washington’s current 3 days. Some states allow as long as 30 days. Kuderer said she settled on two weeks because it would allow tenants to receive an additional paycheck during that time. The bill represents a “hard-earned compromise” for Kuderer.

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Central Area Arts & Cultural District, which will be engaged in the outreach and artist selection process from start to finish. “They’re very eager to be a participant in this project,” Phillips told the joint board. After reviewing feedback gathered at the three open houses, Phillips concluded that Central District residents want to see art symbolic of the legacy of that corner that also generates continued community engagement. Phillips and HCAACD will conduct targeted outreach and establish a partnership network of local arts groups, including the Northwest African American Museum, Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, Black Dance Collective and Central Area Arts Commission. There are eight opportunities for art in Midtown Commons, including along facades and its three pedestrian portals leading to a 16,000-square-foot central plaza. A long-term communications plan will be established that includes electronic and printed updates ahead of the formation of an advisory panel to assess artist applications, which will be due in September. Artists are slated to be announced in December. Phillips said artists will live in Seattle or have strong ties to the Central District, and will have experience working on projects with communities. Central Area Design Review Board member Sharon Khosla said she was happy Phillips had

been attached to the project and will provide accountability for the art programming. “That’s not in the [design] packet, and that needs to happen,” she said. EDRB member Andrew Haas said he wanted to make sure there was no branding art in Midtown Commons, which the boards agreed to make a condition for their approval. While the artwork is expected to be long-term, EDRB chair Melissa Alexander said she likes the idea of it being changeable over time if a concept doesn’t work. Late artist James Washington’s Fountain of Triumph is still planned to be relocated to a plaza at the corner of 24th and Union. The James and Janie Washington Foundation, which is overseeing the artwork’s restoration, previously provided a letter agreeing with its proposed placement. It had originally been sited along 23rd Avenue, near Earl’s Cuts and Styles. Tom Bangasser, who managed Midtown Center for 50 years and commissioned the fountain piece, pushed for the fountain to be placed in the center of the public square and that the intent of the piece — Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream, integration, and segregation’s impact on community — be fully realized. “Let’s give the man the honor that he deserves,” Bangasser said. Review board members agreed that they would like to see the fountain’s intent fully realized, but were fine with it remaining at the corner of 24th and Union. EDRB

member Alastair Townsend said he’d like to see the sidewalk pavers have a better connection to the fountain, noting the intricate paving pattern in the public square; all lines leading to a significant tree near its center. Khosla expressed concern about a lack of artwork planned further down 24th Avenue, near where Midtown Commons would meet the future site of a development being created by Africatown Plaza LLLP, a shared entity of Africatown Community Land Trust and Capitol Hill Housing, which secured $4.5 million in city funding to help purchase 20 percent of Midtown Center from LUP. Landscape architect Todd Bronk with Berger Partnership said the design team is working with the James and Janie Washington Foundation to spread a number of Washington’s unfinished sculptures in its streetscape and landscaping along 24th Avenue. Board members also approved of changes made to the three pedestrian portals planned at Midtown Commons, which include planters and raised wood decks as focal points to draw people in. A planter in the 24th Avenue portal will spill out onto a portion of the sidewalk, near the delivery truck loading entrance, for added safety. The board approved of two new departures that will allow for constructing townhomes along 24th Avenue, a pedestrian-designated zone that under code would only allow 20 percent of street-facing facade to be residential.

able to conduct sales, according to SDCI. Queen Anne Community Council member Trevor Klein said he liked that the residential portion of the project is being split up across multiple buildings and that the outdoor space will be blended in nicely. “It doesn’t seem like the hard wall that had people up in arms,” he said. Barrientos said activation and

places to sit and relax were already known desires of the community, but the open house was an opportunity to narrow that focus. “I know there are concerns about the height,” she said, “and those are valid comments.” Queen Anne resident Susan Allington said she appreciates the work developers are putting in to make people feel that their opinions are being heard and considered. She favors any design choices

Photo by Brandon Macz Brian Runberg with the Runberg Architecture Group listens to feedback from a resident during a design open house at the Queen Anne Community Center on Tuesday, March 26.

➧ SAFEWAY, from Page 1 to one opened in Boise under the Albertsons brand. Albertsons and Safeway completed a merger in 2015. Michelle Fleharty, real estate manager with Safeway, said the Boise store is a testing ground for the new concept, which will eventually be recreated in other Seattle Safeways, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Utah. “When you go in, you’ll go, ‘Wow, it’s completely different,’” said Paul O’Sullivan of Forecast Energy, a consultant for Safeway. There will be no ceilings — ducts and all will be exposed — for a more open feeling, and concrete floors will replace linoleum. The food-to-go options will be elevated. “They’re all bigger, better, more tasty, et cetera,” O’Sullivan said. A Starbucks will also be located inside. The open house focused more on what residents want to see in terms of streetscapes and a public plaza space at the corner of Queen Anne Avenue North and Crockett Street. Attendees were asked to comment on concept boards set up during the open house, indicating with green stickers what design elements they liked and using red stickers for ones they didn’t. “I wish it could be scaled a little smaller than it is,” said Queen Anne resident Steve Butler. “I think a lot is going to be dependent on how the design fits with the neighborhood.”

There will likely be five stories added to the new Safeway store for the apartment units, which will be divided between 2-3 separate buildings. Brian Runberg with the Runberg Architecture Group said the allowable 75 feet in building height will likely be used, but there will be opportunities to scale heights down in certain areas. Townhouses are planned along First Avenue North, which Runberg said architects believe can be raised to include stoops for a more brownstone design. Townhomes with stoops only received one green vote of approval during the open house. Butler said the plaza space should feel open to the public without a sense that they need to purchase something from Safeway to be there. The Safeway store’s 50,000 square feet is the maximum commercial space allowed on the site under city code, meaning open areas outside the store will not be

that maximize setbacks and make it feel more open. “It’s big,” she said of the project, “and there’s probably no going back to cozy Queen Anne.”

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Spring has come bloomed in Seattle in more ways than one! After a long, cold winter, with record breaking snowfall, Spring has finally arrived in Seattle. But Spring has not only arrived on the calendar, or in the gorgeous northwest gardens beginning to erupt in glorious colors, it is also evident in the blossoming real estate market. As many of you will recall, last Fall the real estate market quieted significantly and there was talk of a downturn in the market. Analysts speculated about a potential correction this Spring and homeowners began to fret a bit about whether they had missed their opportunity to sell, or at least to see the value of their real estate investment in their home increase. But instead, the start Lisa Turnure of 2019 has offered a welcome surprise, as the BROKER, market has continued at GLOBAL LUXURY DIRECTOR a strong pace of activCOLDWELL BANKER BAIN ity versus what some had anticipated. In reviewing the statistics year to date 2019, for the city of Seattle, the numbers are looking good. As of early April 2019, there are currently 860 pending and pending inspection single family sales in Seattle and 1,559 single family closed sales year-to-date. This is very close to 2018’s 1,580 closed sales for the same period. Though the 2019 numbers are similar to 2018’s figures, this actually exceeds the expectations that existed in the Fall and offer an impressive indicator given February’s multiple snow storms that brought the real estate market to a virtual halt for several weeks. In contrast to the similarity of recent market activity first quarter 2018 to first quarter 2019, days on market saw a pretty significant increase from last year for this period. In 2018, average days on market for single family homes city-

wide for the first quarter was 20 days, while year-to-date 2019 average days on market is now 38 days. This is not an alarming statistic but indicative of more typical market time. This increase of days on market is partially due to added inventory in the marketplace. March experienced the start of the annual Spring increase in listing inventory and this year’s active listings are ahead of where we were at this time last year. The increased days on market is also indicative of buyers moving away from the desire to “compete” for properties by participating on an offer review date scenario. That said, some highly desirable homes, that are competitively priced, are still seeing multiple offers and limited or no contingencies. So, what does all of this mean for Seattle’s Spring market? I would say that it means that we are off to a healthy start of our 2019 Spring market. To take it one step further, while we are still in a “seller’s market”, as evidenced by only about two months of available inventory, but the market is not as frenzied as it was last year. A normal market is typically defined as a market with 4-6 months of available inventory. Over that amount begins to lean towards a buyer’s market. While sales are still brisk and there are some multiple offer situations still occurring, many homes are selling with only one offer and in a more “normal time frame”. So, while prices remain strong, buyers are afforded the opportunity to actually get into contract before doing their inspection and not having to waive all contingencies to get a home. Though this is still happening for some sought after properties, it is certainly not the norm. In addition, sellers need to understand when they list, that their market time may be longer than it was last year. Given these statistics, you may be wondering what you should be doing if you are considering selling your home

this Spring. The most important things that you can do to prepare your home for sale are fairly simple; clean, de-clutter, tidy up your garden and think about first impressions. You do not or should not have to spend a lot of money, that you likely will not make back, remodeling your home to sell it. If you do feel that you home needs a face lift something as simple as paint can change the whole look and feel of a space. Also, furnishings can make a huge difference too. This does not mean that you need to start over and buy all new furniture for your home. Updating linens and towels or adding a few light throw pillows can often do the trick. Or, when preparing to sell, consider using a stager to bring in a few key pieces without having to purchase them. The main thing to keep in mind is that first impressions are so important. When a buyer drives up to your home is your front yard tidy? Is the front clear of shoes, packages or garden tools and does it instead have some flower pots filled with fresh Spring annuals? First impressions matter! But it is also important that you not only make a great first impression with your home, your Realtor needs to as well. Your agent should be working with a high caliber photographer, not trying to cut corners with a lesser skilled resource or worse yet taking their own photos. Brochures, ads and marketing materials should be professional, beautiful and showcase your home in the best light possible. Remember, you only get one chance to make a great first impression and you and your real estate professional should be a team with this goal in mind. Both seller and broker being well prepared can go a long way to achieving a well-presented listing and successful sale in today’s market.

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Is My Frozen Shrub Dead? Get More Bang for Your Buck pumping H2O like crazy trying to keep up with the heat demand in August, some portions can collapse, and you will see die-back. (The non-scientific explanation is my own and may be a little, well, anthropomorphic.) Many evergreen shrubs, such as escallonia, that suffer freeze damage, will die from the tip back. These shrubs respond well to radical size reduction which in this case means big ugly cuts to the point of green wood. The plants will “break bud” just below your cuts and many new green-leafed shoots will rather quickly grow out to hide the cuts and provide you with a “new” plant by the end of the growing season. In the case of choisya, branches will split, break or splay flat to the ground due to snow loading. Get your loppers out and whack everything back to 4” to 6” off the ground. Yes, it’s really Okay. I promise. I have done this thing many times. As soon as the growing season begins, the majority of cut plants will spring into action. As the renovated shrubs grow up, it is advisable to pinch them back every so often, to encourage branching and thicken them up. “Pinching” means a very light heading, just nipping the end bud of each branch with your fingernails or hand-pruners. Courtesy of PlantAmnesty.

BY CASS TURNBULL After an extraordinarily cold winter in Western Washington, many garden owners will want to know what to do about the damage to many of our not-completelyhardy shrubs. With many of our broadleaf evergreens, it’s common for their leaves to turn brown or black and eventually fall off. The plants themselves are probably still alive. To check, use a hand-pruner blade to peel back a little bit of the “skin” to see if the cambium layer just beneath is alive (green) and not dead (brown). If alive, it’ll probably flush out with a new set of leaves. So, don’t panic if your shrub looks dead. Wait and see. How long? By June you will have an answer. By then, those that can put on a new set of leaves will have done so. If you can’t stand the sight of the stricken brown shrub until June, try running your hands along the branches to knock the brown leaves off. Then, the plant might seem to be deciduous, not dead. By the end of August, the final report will be in. Freezing weather sometimes does internal damage that doesn’t show up until after the stress of the summer “drought”. A shrub may look okay through June and July, but then, while it is

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The kitchen is the heart of the home and it’s one of the best areas to renovate in terms of ROI, according to Remodeling magazine’s annual Cost vs. Value Report, which puts the price tag of the average minor kitchen remodel at $22,507, with 80.5 percent of the cost recouped upon resale. To give the kitchen an updated appearance, replace the flooring, countertops, sink and faucet. A fresh coat of paint in a trendy shade, such as Living Coral, Pantone’s Color of the Year, can add a vibrant pop of color to energize any kitchen. Not looking to go that bold? Consider an accent wall, or stick to a classic palate of gray and white in terms of cabinets and countertops. White on white is also a popular new style for kitchens and bathrooms. Other features home buyers are paying close attention to are laundry rooms and such energy-saving elements as Energy Star appliances and windows, according to the survey “What Home Buyers Want in 2019” by the National Association of Home Builders.

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When hiring a contractor, start early and choose wisely Working with a contractor sounds daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. Prepare for your next project with these useful tips. NOAH FRANCE AND DANA CHERMAK, CHERMAK CONSTRUCTION The process of hiring a contractor can be very stressful. But if you take your time and do your homework before hiring, you can save a tremendous amount of time, money and anxiety, and still achieve great results. The following tips will help guide you through the process. 1. Start looking early. If you’re interested in tackling a project this year, you should already be planning. Once the holiday season has passed, homeowners feel energized and start refocusing on their homes. Our business starts picking up on Day 1 of the new year, and the earlier you jump in the better off you’ll be. If you’re planning to go all out — full design and engineering plus permitting — anticipate waiting 12 weeks before a contractor starts on the project. If the project doesn’t require engineering, half that (six weeks) will be enough. Due to all the planning involved, no contractor will start a project immediately. Because of this, you should engage a contractor a month or two before the project’s start time. Some projects are dependent on cooperative weather, which drives up seasonal demand for certain trades like painting, concrete and dirt work. It can be very difficult to book these contractors during the summer, so you must get on their schedules very early in the year, even if it means contacting them before Jan. 1. 2. Know your project scope before you start. Often, clients will come to us with a laundry list of work they’d like done. In this situation, our job is to help align their budget with the overall scope of work — adding to the scope always drives up costs. Having this conversation early on can help you get the most value from your project budget. 3. Identify a reputable contractor. To find a reputable contractor, start with a credible source. The Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties’ Remodelers Directory is a good place to start. The Better Business Bureau is also a great source — to be listed,

a contractor must have no outstanding issues with their customers—and a great place to find out if a business is licensed, insured and bonded. You can also verify a contractor’s license by visiting the state’s Department of Labor and Industries website at http://www.lni.wa.gov. 4. Before you hire, see their team in action. You should visit the company’s offices and meet the crew to see their project approach firsthand, including how they manage accounting, scheduling, and production. You’ll get a feel for the atmosphere of the office and how that might affect the project. We also recommend visiting one of their job sites to ask questions and get a sense of how clean and safe it is. Don’t be afraid to request a meeting with a past client. Their testimony will prove whether the contractor can deliver what they promise. 5. Always get a referral. A trusted friend or colleague’s opinion can be a great place to start if they worked with a contractor and had a positive experience. During a major project, you’ll be spending a lot of time with the contractor in your home — having a

first-person account you trust will help you make the right choice. You can also call your local lumber store and ask them who their biggest customers are as they might be able to refer you to reputable contractors. 6. If you are unsure, start with a small project. When it comes to recruiting a contractor for a large project, having them start with a smaller project is one of the best ways to find out how effectively they work, schedule and budget. Before and during a project, ask specific questions to see if they can answer in a relatively straightforward manner. For example, how do they deal with a problem when it arises? Be wary of contractors who tell you your project is going to be smooth sailing the whole time. 7. Once you begin, stick to the schedule. Your contractor should always give you a tentative but detailed schedule for a project, and it’s in their best interest as well as yours to keep to that schedule. When they go over on time, they go over budget and drive up overall costs. 8. Choose wisely. The key to this entire process is finding a contractor you

➧ VILLAGE, from Page 3 lage on Friday and Saturday building the ninth. Their work supporting tiny villages is spearheaded by member Eva Agrawal. “I have projects that I’ve done in India, and if you go to India, and whether in cities or in villages, you see people living on the streets,”she said, “and the first time I saw that in the early ‘70s it was very shocking, and it always bothered me seeing people living on the street.” Agrawal said seeing people living unsheltered in Seattle upsets her, and she began discussing how the rotary club could make a difference with various homeless outreach organizations. She met LIHI executive director Sharon Lee, who told her about the concept of tiny house villages. “It’s essentially a stepping stone to getting people on their feet,” Agrawal said. “There’s been ups and downs, as with any new initiative, and they work really hard on

maintaining the grounds.” “She’s been amazing. She’s been the consummator for all of this,” said John Matthews, a Mercer Island rotarian who also serves as vice president on Rotary International’s board of directors. Matthews was among the volunteers at the village on Friday and Saturday, lending his carpentry skills toward completing the rotary’s tiny house. “That’s one of the fun things about rotary, is you kind of find a way to make your passion happen,” he said. He lauded the communal nature of the village, its residents coming by occasionally to greet them. Gnecchi is one of many Interbay Village residents who was upset by the portrayal of the homelessness crisis by Eric Johnson in his “Seattle is Dying” special on KOMO. Interbay Village is not a low-barrier shelter, said another resident,

Photo by Brandon Macz LIHI held a work party at Interbay Village on Saturday, March 30.

and not everyone facing homelessness in Seattle has a drug addiction. “Look at the volunteers,” Gnec-

chi said. “This is something the city can be proud of.” Interbay Village is a clean-andsober site, which means families

can reside there. A couple could share a tiny house, Reynolds said, if they went through the intake process at the same time.

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How do I love thee? Let throughout the summer. me count the ways? And with doors and winNot long after Elizabeth dows open, the delicate fraBarrett Browning pubgrance, which fills the garlished that line in 1850, the den, wafts into the house. opening of likely the most No doubt the angels are infamous poem in her colvolved here, too. In a word: lection, “Sonnets from the Heavenly. Portuguese,” much of VicThere is still time to get torian Britain was quoting this plant in the ground this it. The line applied to anymonth if you can find it. It’s thing beloved: sweethearts, a bit rare. As to why, that’s Steve Lorton children, friends, dogs, pet a mystery. Everyone should crows or adored milk cows, have this tree. It grows TREE TALK and the poem was paraslowly to a height of 30 feet phrased to suit the object with a 20-foot spread; a of affection. good size for a city garden. Happy in our cool I’m thinking about that poem as I look out moist climate and rich acidic soil, this Amerion my rear garden and see a deciduous Mag- can tree, commonly called Bigleaf Magnolia, nolia macrophylla in its statuesque nudity, can be found sparsely scattered in forests from knowing that in a few weeks fuzzy buds will southern Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico. It has swell and leaves will begin to emerge in lime the largest single leaves and blossoms of any green. These leaves will grow and continue to plant native to North America. That bragging grow, becoming richly verdant, papery, elon- right alone makes it worth growing. gated ovals between 1 and 3 feet in length. If you put a plant in this month, keep it well The summer sun will filter through these watered through the summer and for the two leaves making a soft green glow that shades following summers, at least. Then it should do the terrace. When autumn comes, the leaves just fine on its own. Remove the plant ever so will drop (a daunting but well-worth-it clean- gently from the nursery can, so as not to damup), but I’ll collect a couple dozen of the larg- age the fleshy roots. Dig a generous planting est and best of these leaves and take them hole, placing the base of the trunk in a shalindoors to lie and dry on my basement floor. low saucer just slightly below the level of the In a few weeks these leaves will be slightly surrounding ground, thereby funneling rain curved, a robust dark brown on the outside water to the tree. and silver on the inside. They make great filler You’ll fall in love with the foliage immefor dried winter arrangements. I’m proud to diately. Then the day comes when the plant say that my leaves have graced the altar at blooms. nearby Epiphany Parish. No doubt the angels How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. were involved. I love thy form, thy foliage, thy flowers, thy Now for the zinger: this magnolia not only fragrance, the ease of thy cultivation, the joy has the largest leaves of the genus, but when thou giveth me each season of the year. the big creamy buds of thick petals open, So, a deep and well-deserved bow to you, the flowers are the size of volley balls. The Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Thanks to a blossom show peaks in June, but the plants Magnolia macrophylla, your words continue continue to put out a bloom here and there to resonate in the 21st century.

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Uptown Alliance representatives had a second meeting with King County and Catholic Community Services officials on Tuesday, April 2, to discuss reaching a Good Neighbor Agreement ahead of the opening of a modular homeless shelter on Elliott Avenue this summer. King County’s Department of Community and Human Services is opening the modular shelter, which is part of a pilot program announced by King County Executive Dow Constantine last August. Catholic Community Services will operate the 24/7 low-barrier shelter, which is expected to serve 72 people experiencing homelessness on surplus county property at 531 Elliott Ave. King County and CCS representatives provided information about the shelter at a meeting in Queen Anne last December, followed by a presentation at the Uptown Alliance’s January meeting, where residents expressed a number of concerns. King County staff met with Uptown Alliance co-president Rick Hooper and other UA members after the meeting, where a Good

Neighbor Agreement was suggested. A Good Neighbor Agreement was developed with the White Center Community Development Center before a family shelter opened in 2017, and a GNA commits operators to maintaining communications about shelter operations and addressing any issues that may arise. The April 2 meeting provided the Uptown Alliance an opportunity to respond to a draft agreement provided by the county that was used as a starting point for negotiations. “The discussion went very well,” said Uptown Alliance member Debi Frausto. “We had six basic points that we wanted to have incorporated into their basic agreement, if you will, and they had no problem with that.” Uptown Alliance wants there to be a mechanism in place to provide more police emphasis patrols in the area if drug or property crime issues do increase, to consider improvements to Elliott Avenue for pedestrian safety near the shelter, commit to providing shelter residents with on-site services, have

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long-term durability, vinyl is the most popular home siding material. Whether you opt for insulated, traditional or decorative siding, this can be a great way to give your home a high-impact facelift that’s well worth the cost. To add beauty and value to your home, start with curb appeal, selecting projects that offer a great return on investment.

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➧ SHELTER, from Page 18 Ellerbrook said the request is understandable, and King County and Catholic Community Services will work with their outreach partners to identify areas where they can engage with homeless populations in those areas. “This is a highly resourced facility,” he said, “so it is designed to take people that haven’t necessarily done well in other shelter or are living unhoused and getting them in here and connected to services.” Queen Anne Community Council chair Ellen Monrad was invited by Hooper to attend the April 2 meeting, and provided an update to QACC the following evening. “Uptown thinks it’s only Up-

town,” she said. “I’m insisting that whatever they do over there shoulve involve all of Queen Anne.” Monrad said there are many people living unsheltered in Queen Anne’s greenbelts that should be served. Ellerbrook said those areas would likewise be considered when providing outreach to those who may use the shelter when it opens this summer. The dormitory style units are currently being assembled in Marysville, and will later be trucked to the surplus site owned by the King County Wastewater Division. There will nine dorms with eight beds each, plus a full

kitchen facility, dining area, bathrooms, laundry and case management offices. While the Uptown Alliance is taking the lead as the community sponsor for the Good Neighbor Agreement, Ellerbrook said representatives from upper Queen Anne are welcome to be involved. “I think that that would be completely fine,” he said. “I think we do want to have a neighborhood group of some kind be the host, and Uptown Alliance has stepped into that.” Ellerbrook remains confident the agreement will be in place well in advance of the shelter’s opening.

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