Wednesday, Dec 5, the Planning and Land Use Committee of the City Council unanimously passed CB 119426 which grants conditional approval of the University of Washington 2018 Campus Master Plan and referred it to the full City Council for consideration
On Monday afternoon, Dec. 10. The Committee unanimously adopted the CB as proposed in September as follows:
- Require 150 Affordable Housing Units for faculty and staff earning less than 60% AMI
- Require 300 additional Affordable Housing Units for faculty and staff earning less that 80% AMI
- Request that childcare be incorporated in to affordable housing
- Reduce the parking cap from 12,300 spaces to 9,000 spaces
- Drive Alone / Single Occupant Vehicle (SOV) rate will be reduced to 15% 1 year after opening of the Northgate Light Rail Station, 13% after opening of the Lynwood Light Rail Station and 12% by 2028 .
- The Burke-Gilman Trail separation improvement remains to be accomplished by 2024 as originally planned.
- Request for UW to pursue a childcare voucher program
- Request for more bicycle parking facilities in areas where demand is high
Video of related 12/10/2018 council comments
http://www.seattlechannel.org/CouncilBriefings?videoid=x100260
See Rob Johnson at ~ 36:00