Comments on In Case You Were Wondering if Plans to Rezone South Lake Union Are Being Driven By Developers

"Private funds going into a city function"? In South Lake Union? Never! Who could have forseen such a thing?

But then, the redevelopment of SLU isn't a "city function." It's a "private function" that the city is subsidizing. Just like Vulcan's fundraisers for the Mayor serve a public function, or is it private, or is it public... Let's just call it a "partnership"!

Interesting, in a Seattle kind of way. Last year during the industrial zoning legislation debate, there was an offer for private funds to pay for an impact study and the Council (Sally Clark, specifically) said it was a conflict.

I guess it's only in South Seattle and not in special earmarked neighborhoods like SLU and South Downtown.

I like this option. If the property owners pay for the city to conduct the study it's more likely to be honest than the old system where the city just reviews the Impact Statement created by those property owners and their contractors.... AND I'm not on the $ hook for researching someone else's moneymaking scheme.

It's a shame nobody is willing to use the State Constitution to sue to stop this.

But you're all wusses.

Long on talk. Short on action.

I hope they remove all height limits on that SLU zone, Seattle needs to build big, build high, and grow up as a city! We won't get anywhere by trying to half-ass our way to getting a real downtown. Continuous half-measures are Seattle's specialty but higher density is good all around.

Remind me again why so many SLOG readers claim to like density and all its benefits, but claim to hate people who are trying to densify downtown?