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Madrona and Queen Anne residents ask council to adjust neighborhood centers and protect steep slopes
Summary
Residents from Madrona and Queen Anne raised neighborhood‑specific concerns during the June 23 public hearing, asking the council to redraw proposed Madrona neighborhood center boundaries to exclude steep slopes and landslide‑prone areas and to treat Queen Anne’s boulevard and emergency access as special cases when rezoning.
Multiple neighborhood speakers at the June 23 public hearing urged the council to make targeted changes to the 1 Seattle map that would limit up‑zoning in steep and landslide‑prone areas and protect emergency access on Queen Anne Hill.
Susan McCormick, representing Madrona residents, said a petition of more than 1,330 signatories asked that the proposed Madrona Neighborhood Center be redrawn to exclude steep slopes east and west of 30th Avenue and to avoid landslide‑prone stretches such as Madrona Drive near the Route 2 bus corridor. "The boundary should be adjusted to exclude the steep slopes," McCormick said, and she asked the…
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