[Transit] Fwd: Urbanist article on SLU elimination of 6th and Harrison article

Katie Wilson katie at transitriders.org
Fri Jun 30 17:13:13 PDT 2023 

Hi All,

I wanted to share this email from someone involved in the Uptown Alliance, which is on the same page with us about the SLU station placement. She includes some upcoming opportunities to weigh in and take action.

- Katie

> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: <dfconsults at comcast.net>
> Subject: RE: Urbanist article on SLU elimination of 6th and Harrison article
> Date: June 30, 2023 at 10:14:51 AM PDT
> To: "'Doug Trumm'" <doug at theurbanist.org>, <katie at transitriders.org>
> Cc: "'Maria Barrientos'" <maria at barrientosryan.com>, "'Mercedes Fernandez'" <mercedes at mfidinteriors.com>, "'Rick Hooper'" <rick.hooper2 at gmail.com>
> 
> Hello Katie and Doug,
>  
> I would like to introduce myself. I have been working on Sound Transit issues as a volunteer for Uptown Alliance for many years and as you may imagine the consideration of eliminating the 6th and Harrison station is of grave concern for our neighborhood.
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> Our Land Use review committee (UP-LURC), chaired by Maria Barrientos and Mercedes Fernandez, has set up a working Sound Transit subcommittee and we have held several community meetings that have been well attended. This new development has us back out working in our community once again trying to outreach and engage on these issues. Please see the newsletter <https://mailchi.mp/48aa5bc79124/uptown-alliance-july-2023-newsletter?e=58ca26b9bd> just out this week.
>  
> We hope that your coalition of groups (many who we have worked with on other transportation projects such as the Arena, NoDoMAP and Thomas Street Redefined) will share our concern that the 6th/Harrison station must not be eliminated from the ST3 alignment. We urge you to show up with that message at the many July meetings being held:
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>  đź“… <https://us18.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Femojipedia.org%2Fcalendar%2F&xid=367cd14a23&uid=98648329&iid=e147114a0b&pool=cts&v=2&c=1688067319&h=7860f3c0eded2e5e8a58159ea9d3acc78c74233acd2ef1ba5840397f6321b115> Speak Up and Take Action!
> July 13th - 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm - Sound Transit System Expansion Committee
> Please attend in person if you can.. People also can submit comments in writing and/or speak live at the virtual meeting. More information is here in this link - System Expansion Committee Meeting | Sound Transit <https://us18.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.soundtransit.org%2Fget-to-know-us%2Fnews-events%2Fcalendar%2Fsystem-expansion-committee-meeting-2023-07-13&xid=367cd14a23&uid=98648329&iid=e147114a0b&pool=cts&v=2&c=1688067319&h=eb477226b6c65d47f315988b55ccdd37185fd4e89cec4e2ce6a2d60a4957ded8>
> July 20th - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - ST Webinar #1
> July 25th - 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm - ST Webinar #2
> Two live webinars will be held in July to share project updates for the Denny and South Lake Union Link light rail stations, answer questions, and collect input from current and future transit riders. Feedback from these webinars will be shared with the Sound Transit Board of Directors and inform the status report and potential action on July 27.
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> For more information about the upcoming webinars and how to attend, visit Sound Transit's online open house <https://us18.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwsblink.participate.online%2F%23overview&xid=367cd14a23&uid=98648329&iid=e147114a0b&pool=cts&v=2&c=1688067319&h=438e5c16154e5d8ab32c41bf3737d5cbbabac33253577aed06fc9ef783c9f855> and sign up for our project email updates <https://us18.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublic.govdelivery.com%2Faccounts%2FWASOUND%2Fsubscriber%2Fnew%3F&xid=367cd14a23&uid=98648329&iid=e147114a0b&pool=cts&v=2&c=1688067319&h=c6629e134924388e003754e800793a9b5f778aef0de7e0878f7f5a50a726cf6e>.  
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> July 27th - 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm - Sound Transit Board Meeting
> Please attend in person if you can. You also can submit comments in writing and/or speak live at the virtual meeting. More information is here in this link - Board of Directors Meeting | Sound Transit <https://us18.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.soundtransit.org%2Fget-to-know-us%2Fnews-events%2Fcalendar%2Fboard-directors-meeting-2023-07-27&xid=367cd14a23&uid=98648329&iid=e147114a0b&pool=cts&v=2&c=1688067319&h=7299e36ef6bd6e9c1c130814ef8b6f6ad96c63bbc7d768e2dceaacf322afd835>
>  
> Happy to chat anytime!
>  
> Debi
> Deborah L. Frausto LLC
> Consultant . Facilitator . Strategist
> 425.445.8352
>  
>  
> From: Doug Trumm <doug at theurbanist.org <mailto:doug at theurbanist.org>> 
> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2023 11:59 AM
> To: dfconsults at comcast.net <mailto:dfconsults at comcast.net>
> Cc: Maria Barrientos <maria at barrientosryan.com <mailto:maria at barrientosryan.com>>; Mercedes Fernandez <mercedes at mfidinteriors.com <mailto:mercedes at mfidinteriors.com>>; Matt Roewe <mroewe at via-architecture.com <mailto:mroewe at via-architecture.com>>
> Subject: Re: Urbanist article on SLU elimination of 6th and Harrison article
>  
> Hi Debi,
>  
> We have our monthly meeting today with the Move All Seattle Sustainably Coalition so I will share that information about the webinars and opportunity to collaborate with the Uptown Alliance. Thanks for the heads up!
>  
> TRU took the lead on the recent Denny letter so Katie Wilson or one her colleagues would be a good point of contract (katie at transitriders.org <mailto:katie at transitriders.org>) in addition to myself. She should be at the MASS meeting today.
>  
> Douglas Trumm, Publisher
> Pronouns: he, him
> The Urbanist <http://theurbanist.org/> | 320.237.4771
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> 
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> On Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 11:09 AM <dfconsults at comcast.net <mailto:dfconsults at comcast.net>> wrote:
>> Hello Doug!
>>  
>> We at Uptown Alliance were very pleased to read the article you wrote about Sound Transit newly proposed elimination of the SLU station at 6th and Harrison in their Denny/Westlake West alternative. It was also great to see so many partners UA has worked with on other transportation projects come together around the shared values of building the best transportation system we can and not sacrificing needed ridership to solve construction issues.
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>> UA is committed to getting strong representation at the upcoming ST Expansion Committee (July 13th) and Board (July 27th ) meetings. Also, over the weekend we received information from Sound Transit about two (2) workshops planned for the Denny/Westlake West option and will begin outreach to those in our neighborhood.  We would love to stay in contact with this group as the discussion progresses. The letter sent to Sound Transit didn’t have a return contact on it – can you please let me know who would be the best person to contact?
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>> Here is the information we received about the July 20 and July 25 workshops:
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>> “Sound Transit wants your feedback!
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>> If you live, work, or spend time in South Lake Union, Sound Transit's West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions projects<https://wsblink.participate.online <https://wsblink.participate.online/>> would like your feedback! Two live webinars will be held in July to share project updates for the Denny and South Lake Union Link light rail stations, answer questions, and collect input from current and future transit riders. Feedback from these webinars will be shared with the Sound Transit Board of Directors and inform the status report and potential action on July 27.
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>> Mark your calendars!
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>>   *   July 20 - 12:00-1:00 p.m. PST
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>>   *   July 25 - 5:30-6:30 p.m. PST
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>> For more information about the upcoming webinars and how to attend, visit our online open house<https://wsblink.participate.online/#overview> and sign up for our project email updates<https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/WASOUND/subscriber/new?>.”
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>> I look forward to hearing from you about ways to align our interests.
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>> Debi
>> 
>> Deborah L. Frausto LLC
>> 
>> Consultant . Facilitator . Strategist
>> 
>> 425.445.8352
>> 
>> Uptown Alliance <https://www.facebook.com/SeattleUptownAlliance>
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