The next step in the process to overhaul the zoning rules for development in Capitol Hill’s Pike/Pine neighborhood will be taken Tuesday afternoon with a City Council “brown bag” discussion featuring councilmembers Tom Rasmussen, Sally Clark and Tim Burgess and stakeholders from the neighborhood. You can read the details of the city’s Pike/Pine Conservation Overlay District here. As we reported earlier this month, a group of community stakeholders has been unsatisfied with the plan and asked for the opportunity to discuss improvements. That discussion starts Tuesday.

You can watch the proceedings on the City Council’s video page or swing downtown and attend the session in person. Don’t forget to bring your “brown bag” lunch.

The “brown bag” agenda:

1. Chair’s Report
(5 minutes)
2. Introduction to the Pike/Pine Conservation Overlay District
Workplan
Presenters: Dennis Meier, Department of Planning & Development;
Rebecca Herzfeld, Council Central Staff
(5 minutes)
3. Discussion of ideas, opportunities, and impacts in creating a
Pike/Pine Conservation Overlay District to address the potential loss
of neighborhood character in the Pike/Pine neighborhood of Capitol
Hill due to redevelopment.
Presenters: Chip Wall, Chair of Pike/Pine Urban Neighborhood Council,
Capitol Hill resident; Betsy Hunter, Capitol Hill affordable housing developer;
Robert Sondheim, Capitol Hill business owner; Liz Dunn, Capitol Hill
property owner, developer, and business owner; Mike Malone, Capitol Hill
property owner; Kirsty Burt, Capitol Hill resident; Brad Augustine, Capitol Hill
property owner
(70 minutes)
BRIEFING &
DISCUSSION
4. Public Comment