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Meeting calendar

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Date/Time/Location Meeting type & topic(s) Handouts/presentations (PDFs) and additional information
Landscape meeting
Wednesday, November 14,
6:30 – 8 p.m.
Westside School,
7740 34th Avenue SW

King County is hosting a meeting for Westwood and Sunrise Heights residents slated to have bioretention swales on their blocks to discuss existing trees, proposed plants for the bioretention swales and maintenance.

The team invites you to join us to discuss:

  • Recommended plantings for bioretention swales
  • Recommended street trees
  • Retention and protection of existing trees
  • Plan for tree relocation (transplanting) and replacement
  • Pathways across the bioretention swales
  • Maintenance approach
Community Open House
Saturday, October 13
10 a.m. - noon
Westside School,
7740 34th Avenue SW
The project team invites you to join us to discuss:
  • Design refinements since the June block meetings
  • Updated designs on individual blocks
  • Plantings proposed for the bioretention swales
  • Maintenance approach for bioretention swales
  • RainWise voluntary incentive program
Block Open Houses: 
Saturday, June 23 starting at 9:00 a.m.
Sunday, June 24 starting at 1:00 p.m.
Block Open House. A project engineer and landscape architect will be on each block to share design details and answer your questions.  View the Block Open House flier
Two neighborhood community meetings:

Wednesday, March 28, 2012
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.,
Westside School,
7740 34th Avenue SW

Saturday, March 31, 2012
10 a.m. - noon
High Point Community Center
6920 34th Avenue SW

King County will be hosting two community meetings for Westwood and Sunrise Heights neighbors to discuss the Barton Basin Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) project.

The project team invites you to learn about:

  • Streets selected for detailed evaluation
  • Process used for street selection
  • Next steps
  • Opportunities for public input

Meetings include a short presentation on bioswale design and street selection, and sessions to discuss streets in detail and receive neighborhood feedback.

View meeting postcard, letter to the community (includes project area map and street selection process fact sheet) and news release (March 22, 2012).

Handouts:

Wednesday, February 8, 2012
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.,
Westside School,
7740 34th Avenue SW

The project team invites you to learn about:

  • Design of the green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) project
  • Results from recent field work, including above ground survey work and below ground geotechnical investigations
  • Criteria to determine siting of the bioretention swales
  • Next steps
  • Opportunities for public input

View meeting flier.

Handouts:

Wednesday, April 6, 2011
6:30 – 8 p.m.
Westside School,
7740 34th Avenue SW

Community meeting: learn more about the Green Stormwater Infrastructure Project in West Seattle.

View meeting flier and March 28 news release.

Handouts:

Note: to view public meetings held prior to May 2011, view the CSO Puget Sound Beach CSO Control Projects Meeting Calendar page.

Project anticipated timeline, February 2012
Barton CSO-GSI Control Project Timeline, February 2012

Note: to view public meetings held prior to May 2011, view the CSO Puget Sound Beach CSO Control Projects Meeting Calendar page.

For more information