• Aug 10, 2023 -    Lake Forest Park City Council adopts resolution to ask WSDOT to lower speed limit on SR522 and send a letter to Sound Transit to redesign based on reduced lane widths, lowering/canting the wall to reduce noise.  See the technical data.  CORE supports lowering the speed but implores the Council to ALSO ask for bus-queues in any redesign and insist that Sound Transit redesigns the SR 522 project based on lower speeds.

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• July 30, 2023 -    Please attend the Sound Transit sponsored project update at Lake Forest Park Elementary School, this Wednesday, August 2, 2023.  Rally at 5:30 PM outside the school preceding the 6:00-7:30 PM Sound Transit meeting.  Please also submit questions or "upvote" questions at the Sound Transit site.

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• July 14, 2023 -    Read about our successful rally and news coverage on King 5 TV.

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• July 6, 2023 -      Sound Transit CEO, Julie Timm, will appear at the July 13 Lake Forest Park City Council meeting.  Please join us in critical rally at 6:30 pm.

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• June 30, 2023 -   Sound Transit 90% drawings show little change despite opposition to the design from LFP residents and City Council.

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• May 25, 2023 -    Sound Transit characterizes public comment at the Brookside drop-in as largely positive despite CORE collecting signatures from most attendees who oppose the current design.

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• May 21, 2023 -    Thanks to over 30 affected property owners for attending the May 18 meeting at the Sheridan Market.

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• May 18, 2023 -    Read the Urbanist "Controversy Brews in Lake Forest Park" which grossly misrepresents the impact of the retaining wall but also shows that our voices are starting to be heard.

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• May 15, 2023 -    Read Mike Lindblom's article in the Seattle TImes.

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• May 14, 2023 -    Thanks to the many residents who showed up and spoke at the May 11 retaining wall meeting.  As a result the vote was postponed.

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• May 10, 2023 -    Read Laurie Spivack's (founder and owner of Goodbye Graffitti) letter offering great insights on retaining wall design.

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• May 2, 2023 -      Attend the Lake Forest Park retaining wall hearing which will guide the development of Sound Transit's proposed concrete wall that will accompany the bus rapid transit project - as high as 16 feet for the length of 11 football fields      along Bothell Way!  See proposed ordinance and proposed design guidelines.

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• April 23, 2023 -   Senate Bill 5466 does not pass - thanks to all who opposed the bill as written!

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• April 5, 2023 -      Read David Hepp's analysis of roadway width discrepancies in Sound Transit 60% plans.

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• March 30, 2023 - Read state representative Gerry Pollet's opinion of SB 5466.

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• March 27, 2023 - Washington State Senate Bill 5466 would override Lake Forest Park zoning and allow up to NINE STORY APARTMENTS IN MOST OF LAKE FOREST PARK - Please write to your state reps.

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• March 20, 2023 - Over 800 in our community have signed the petition: read their insightful comments.

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• March 15, 2023 - Letter to Sound Transit Board from Deputy Mayor French and Councilmember Bodi.

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• March 15, 2023 - Janet Silver: Consider Another Option - Letters to the Editor.

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• March 14, 2023 - Important reminder: Please attend Sound Transit Drop In Open House, Wednesday, March 15 3-7pm, Brookside      Elementary School.

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• March 7, 2023 - Thanks to nearly 100 people who attended the CORE meeting, including the mayor of Lake Forest Park and several council members.  Watch the video (1 hour 19 minutes, audience comments at 45 minutes) - https://youtu.be/STGoIuVGkE0