Development Agreement and Site-specific Design GuidelinesDevelopment Agreement • May 9th, 2013
Contract Type FiledMay 9th, 2013Over the past several years, Capitol Hill community members have worked with Sound Transit staff and City of Seattle staff to articulate a vision of the redevelopment of the five Sound Transit owned sites in the immediate vicinity of the light rail station on Capitol Hill. In 2009, staff from both agencies met monthly with a Transit Oriented Subcommittee of the Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce to outline probable areas of community interest in regards to the redevelopment of the properties. Sound Transit held three community forums that year to discuss potential components of the future redevelopment including housing, retail, street design and community space. In February 2010, the Chamber’s subcommittee released a Recommendations report regarding the development and urban design of the sites. One of the recommendations in that report was for the City to develop in collaboration with the community and Sound Transit, an Urban Design Framework (UDF) for the immediate station area of the