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DECEMBER 16, 2020
VOL. 101, NO. 51
Campaign to clean up Uptown Residents create committee to tidy QA neighborhood
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DR. UNIVERSE
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By Jessica Keller
QA&Mag News editor
The Uptown Alliance has a new subcommittee aimed at cleaning up Uptown in Queen Anne. Lisa Power, an owner of a salon and a condo in Uptown, and two other women formed the Tidy Uptown Committee, which was adopted as an Uptown Alliance subcommittee at its December meeting. The first event was a cooperative litter pickup Sunday, which Power said was a first step in establishing more civic and community pride in the neighborhood. “I feel like we have to take matters into our own hands and pick-up litter,” she said. “That’s something we can do boots on the ground and make a positive change and have a positive effect.” That’s part of the rationale behind the new committee, which Power co-chairs with Uptown residents Heather Pihl and Michele O’Connell. “I’d rather take action and be part of the solution then just complain about a problem,” Power said. She said the committee would like to take larger steps to clean up Uptown, which have
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Photo Courtesy Uptown Alliance Volunteers pick up litter that has accumulated in Uptown in Queen Anne during a cleanup day Sunday organized by Tidy Uptown, which is a newly adopted subcommittee of the Uptown Alliance.
SPU entering new phase of plan Public invited to comment on scope of environmental impact statement through mid-January By Jessica Keller
QA&Mag News editor Seattle Pacific University has entered a new phase in creating a 20-year Major Institution Master Plan, and the public has an opportunity to comment. When complete, the SPU master plan will identify the university’s visions for growth in
the next 20 years. It will include development zoning standards to accommodate the planned growth and minimize negative impacts on the surrounding neighborhood. “A new MIMP will identify the best opportunities to maintain and improve SPU’s exceptional learning environment by adjusting existing academic and support-related spaces while accommodating growth as a respectful member of
the Queen Anne neighborhood,” according to a Seattle Pacific University press release on the master plan process. As part of its master plan, the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections will conduct an environmental review of the master plan, and the public is invited to comment on the scope of the Environmental Impact Statement — helping to narrow the focus of the study and identify significant environmental impacts that may occur as a result of the Major Institution Master Plan. “The scoping process is the beginning of the public’s opportunity to participate in the master
planning process and in environmental review,” according to the SPU press release. At its December Citizens Advisory Committee, members discussed the scoping and identified things they would most like included in the study, such as parking and impacts on neighbors from additional residence halls. Preliminary scoping areas include height, bulk and scale; land use; parking; traffic and transportation; and shadows on open space. Seattle Pacific University As-
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