Holmes Point residents: Tell the Planning Commission what you think about preserving trees and downzoning parts of the neighborhood

Posted by Scott Morris | Aug 23, 2017 | Holmes Point Overlay, Neighborhood Plan, News & Highlights, Policy Committee |

Dear Holmes Point neighbors: Following up on yesterday’s message about the Planning Commission meeting on Thursday night, we’re posting a copy of FHNA’s letter to the Commission regarding the Holmes Point Overlay ordinance (HPO). Click here to read it. To help you get up to speed, we’re providing a quick summary of the ordinance in the following paragraphs. And we have an important message about downzoning (i.e. reducing housing densities) in parts of Holmes Point. FHNA urges you to read on and then tell the Planning Commission what you think. You can do so by writing to the Commissioners...

Holmes Point tree ordinance: important meeting at Planning Commission on Thursday Aug 24

Posted by Scott Morris | Aug 22, 2017 | Communication Committee, Community Meetings, Holmes Point Overlay, Neighborhood Plan, News & Highlights, Policy Committee |

Dear Finn Hill Neighbors: For all of you who came to DennyFest on Sunday, thanks for joining us at O.O. Denny Park — and if you stood in line waiting for food, thank you for your patience! Looking forward, we’re alerting you to several important meetings about the neighborhood plan and Holmes Point Overlay ordinance coming up in the next few days and weeks. We urge you take advantage of these opportunities to participate in the City’s process for finalizing recommendations on the neighborhood plan and the HPO. The Planning Commission and the City Council will make decisions this...

A 10 Minute Guide to Zoning

Posted by Scott Morris | Jun 11, 2017 | Neighborhood Plan, News & Highlights, Policy Committee |

A 10 Minute Guide to Zoning If you want some control over the look and feel of where you live, you need to understand a bit about zoning ordinances. They tell your neighboring property owners (or developers) what they can build on a piece of land – how many homes, how big they can be, how many trees can be cut down. And once a property owner files an application to develop a parcel in accordance with existing zoning, there’s really not much you can do to stop him or her so long as what’s being proposed meets the...

Giving thanks and making plans

Posted by Scott Morris | May 21, 2017 | News & Highlights |

Just two quick messages to start your week: giveBIG results: FHNA raised $4500 in the giveBIG campaign on May 10. That’s more than we have raised in previous years, and we are very, very grateful to our generous donors for their support. We’ll use the money to refresh and rebuild our website and to expand communications to the neighborhood. THANK YOU!! Finn Hill neighborhood plan review at Kirkland Planning Commission meeting on Thursday, May 25: The Kirkland Planning Commission will review the latest draft of Finn Hill’s neighborhood plan this Thursday at 7pm at City Hall, 123 Fifth Avenue in downtown...

GiveBIG is Wednesday, May 10 — please give bigly (or big league) to FHNA

Posted by Scott Morris | May 10, 2017 | Communication Committee, News & Highlights |

Dear Finn Hill neighbors and friends, the Seattle Foundation’s GiveBIG event is happening on Wednesday, May 10, and we hope you’ll use this chance to help out the Finn Hill Neighborhood Alliance — your neighborhood association — with a generous contribution. You can click here to make a tax-deductible gift. You don’t need to wait until the 10th. You can donate now! Would you like to know more before deciding? Please read on. If you aren’t familiar with it already, GiveBIG is an annual campaign sponsored by the Seattle Foundation in which contributions to your favorite non-profits — like FHNA, we hope...

Author: Scott Morris