SEPTEMBER 2018
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Save Madison Valley appeals approval of The Madison Group argues city erred in assessing mixed-use development’s impacts to environment, neighborhood By Brandon Macz
Madison Park Times editor Neighborhood group Save Madison Valley has submitted its 105-page appeal to the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspection director’s approval of plans for the 82-unit mixed-use The Madison development. The SDCI director’s decision was published on July 23. SVM had until Aug. 6 to file its appeal, which challenges a final recommendation of the design review board, the director’s decision on a land use application by architecture firm Studio Meng Strazzara and SDCI’s land use code
interpretation. The Madison would replace City People’s Garden Center, 2925 E. Madison St., with a six-story mixed-use development that includes a PCC Market. A tree canopy sloping down from East Madison to Dewey Place East would also be removed; six townhomes are planned to front Dewey. Save Madison Valley has been critical of developer Velmeir Companies’ plans for the site since the early design guidance phase. Not only are its members opposed to losing a canopy of old trees, they also argue the size of the project doesn’t fit among Madison Valley’s single-family
Photo by Brandon Macz Save Madison Valley filed its appeal of decisions by the city that will clear Velmeir Companies to construct its six-story mixed-use development at 2925 E. Madison St. residences. received a green light to remove every “Velmeir used the presence of the slope single tree on site, including exceptional to its advantage to get extra height and trees. Velmeir didn’t even try to minimize then, ironically, proposed to remove the the impacts of its development and SDCI slope completely,” reads a portion SMV’s didn’t even ask them to.” appeal introduction. “Velmeir argued SMV argued the there are at least 39 for and received a complete waiver of all trees on the site that are significant by city steep slope and liquefaction protections APPEAL, Page 9 in the code. Velmeir also argued for and
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