City of Seattle Maritime and Industrial Strategy
Estrategia industrial y marítima
Chiến Lược Công Nghiệp và Hàng Hải
The proposals objectives are to improve environmental health for people who live or work in or near industrial areas—especially at transitions to residential areas or urban villages. The City of Seattle Maritime and Industrial Strategy sees the need to invest in workforce development and to develop a proactive land use policy agenda that ensures innovation and industrial jobs are a robust part of our future economy.
What does the Duwamish Valley community think about this?
Click below to read the draft engagement summary and notes from engagement participants — created by the City.
What will DRCCs comment letter reflect?
The DEIS concentrates on land use policy and zoning – its analysis of the equity and environmental justice is incomplete. The environmental impact analysis is narrow and does not fully address core principles related to environmental justice and a fair community driven process. The DEIS must be paired with an action to ensure higher environmental justice standards and a commitment to address all mitigation measures to avoid impacts to community health, affordable housing and the environment. It is unfair to resolve all environmental justice concerns by proposing redevelopment and incomplete mitigation recommendations while industry remains protected.
We will be sharing some summary fact sheets about this complex subject in hopes the community can have the right information to provide comments.
City of Seattle Community Engagement Materials
You can provide comments and share your opinion on the types of improvements and investments you would like to see to address your concerns . You can also point what is missing or that you feel is incomplete. What would you like to see? As a result, the City may refine information, provide additional information or corrections, and may include identification of a preferred alternative.
Because the Strategy focus on land use updates, many environmental justice questions and principles raised the the community advisory group for the Duwamish remain unanswered. For each subject the DEIS identifies steps to improve potential impacts such as high air filtration standards in residential construction, pedestrian and bicycle network improvements, cultural resources surveys etc. You can also ADVOCATE FOR NEW ALTERNATIVES AND SOLUTIONS that mirror our own community needs!
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