Viva La Westlake! - Part 2

So the open house was over.

I think we may have actually accomplished a few things:

1. At Karen's suggestion, We urged the city to work with WANA (Westlake Ave. North Association) to build a comittee, based on 1 representative from each of the businesses, resident areas, and marinas on Westlake, and meet with them to develop the parking plan more fairly. Karen - "We would like the city to consider this the Beginning of the process, NOT the end." (stall 'em!)

2. We may have gotten them to think about the bus routes a bit more, possibly adding extra busses (or even bus lines) to the westlake area (stall 'em!)

3. They might publish their notices in Spanish, as no city official wants to be the one suppressing the minorities. (stall 'em!)

4. The residents plainly stated thier case, and want more time to get the word out and talk with the city. (stall 'em!)

One thing that I know for sure, the lots in front of our restaurant are DOOMED. The reports and proposal handouts all made it very clear to me that those 2 lots are the center of the whole "problem", according to the city. That 500 yards is the most fertile field in the farm for them, and will likely remain "Premium Parking".

So what now?

The SDOT is accepting comments until July 7th, WANA meets every Thursday night. I am continuing to spread the word to everyone in our area. We I am also possibly going to try to contact the owner of the South area, who will be developing it into a park-like area (to be completed by 11/07) and try to get him to see our side of the issue.
The problem with that is the owner is Paul Allen.