Here is our response to the City Council’s note to Mayor McGinn, here’s what’s going on, and here’s what we have to say about it: We appreciate the council finally recognizing that the illegal encampment known as Nickelsville is not a good model for how our City should be treating our homeless. While we wishContinue reading “HPAC’s response to Council’s Letter to McGinn about Nickelsville”
Category Archives: Announcements
Grants coming to life!
Check out the slideshow on West Seattle Herald and the blurb in West Seattle Blog for info about the new raingarden at HPIC- we’re in the middle of applying for more grants with Sustainable Seattle’s help, so stay tuned for some awesome changes coming to 12th and Holden! We also have some great news about the OpportunityContinue reading “Grants coming to life!”
Questions for our Mayoral Candidates
We know how Mayor McGinn has dealt with Nickelsville and HPAC- we posed the question via email to the Mayoral candidates to see what they would have done, or will do differently. We understand that politicians don’t answer hypothetical questions, oh well- we asked them anyway. Here’s what we asked each of the candidates: IFContinue reading “Questions for our Mayoral Candidates”
We met with the Mayor…
Last Friday, we met at the Mayor’s office for a little over an hour with Mayor McGinn, Jerry DeGriek, and Deputy Mayor Smith. We took a team of 5 people. We had one neighbor speak to the Mayor about his experience living right on the greenbelt, we had one woman not involved with HPAC directlyContinue reading “We met with the Mayor…”
More People to Contact regarding Nickelsville
Thank you again for all your support and willingness to make your voice heard by the Mayor and City Council through the petition we’ve sent around. To date, we have over 265 signatures on it. As we spoke about at our meeting last night, we have a meeting with the Mayor tomorrow afternoon and haveContinue reading “More People to Contact regarding Nickelsville”
HPAC’s Claim filed with the City
We’ve just come back from the City Clerk’s office, where we filed a claim. We filed for “Declaratory Judgement” as to whether the Land Use Code, the Building and Construction Codes, and the Health and Safety Codes – all part of the Seattle Municipal Codes, apply to the SDOT property at 7116 West Marginal WayContinue reading “HPAC’s Claim filed with the City”
HPAC’s next steps regarding Nickelsville
We just started a petition to send to Mayor McGinn and the members of our City Council. It’ll take 30 seconds to sign and pass on, and can be found here: HPAC’s petition If you want, print out the petition and go door to door, let me know when you’re finished via email (hpacchair@gmail.com) and I’llContinue reading “HPAC’s next steps regarding Nickelsville”
No Word from the City about Nickelsville…
We sent a letter to the Mayor and members of the City Council on April 2 requesting a move out date for Nickelsville, it can be found here. We asked that they give us a date by May 13th (today) to give the residents a month’s time to move out by June 13th. To dateContinue reading “No Word from the City about Nickelsville…”
Nickelsville raised at Super South Seattle Mayor’s Forum
Quoted from the West Seattle Blog report on the event: Should we move Nickelsville, and where? Bruce Harrell is asked first, and he says, “yes.” He says people shouldn’t be living with rats and no water hookups, “we can do better than that.” He has no specific location in mind. Peter Steinbrueck says, “We shouldContinue reading “Nickelsville raised at Super South Seattle Mayor’s Forum”
Rainwise for Highland Park!
The voluntary incentive program, RainWise, is up and running in Highland Park! RainWise provides up to 100% of the cost of a cistern or rain garden for eligible residents. To learn more about the program and find out if you’re eligible, visit www.rainwise.seattle.gov. The Gathering of Neighbors event at Chief Sealth International High School on MayContinue reading “Rainwise for Highland Park!”
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