Here’s an update on last night’s meeting to discuss the North Transfer Station designs. The update was provided by Bill Benzer, the North Transfer Station project manager:
At last night’s workshop Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) North Transfer Station stakeholder group narrowed five concept designs to two to help guide the design process for the new station. This was a continuation of the March 7th meeting, where the stakeholders scored five concepts based on weighted criteria developed ahead of the meeting. The group recommended that concepts 8/9a and 8/9 be advanced for further development. The two concepts will be presented to the community in a variety of venues and then the stakeholder group will review the revised two concepts at Workshop #4 with the goal of recommending one concept to be used to inform the design process. The group also discussed the architectural treatments presented at last week’s stakeholder meeting and had the opportunity to provide input to the design team on elements of the themes. Some of elements reviewed were modulation, daylighting, columns, color, canopies and the finish of the station.
The concepts recommended for further development were Concepts 8/9a and 8/9b. Key points included exploring ways to maximize separation of commercial and self-haul customers; a comparison of noise buffering between the two selected concept; consideration of the Ashworth Avenue view corridor; and green roof treatments. The discussion surrounding the narrowing process was robust, with many stakeholders suggesting that some of the elements of the rejected concepts be considered for the two selected concepts.
The next stakeholder workshop is tentatively scheduled to take place in May, after SPU solicits public feedback on the final two concepts.
Back in January, Eric expressed the opinions of the Wallingford Community Council, and included a letter they wrote to the NRDS stakeholders explaining that the Wallingford Community Council is in favor of design 8/9B and feels this design best “addresses our concerns and meets our community’s objectives.” You can read more about those objectives here.
