Seattle Coalition for AFFORDABILITY, Livability & Equity 
SCALE Call to Action 
City MHA Open Houses Toolbox 
 
District 4: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 
District 5 + 6: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 
District 3 + 7: Thursday, March 29, 2018 
District 2: Saturday, April 28, 2018 
District 1: Wednesday, May 9, 2018 
 
This page is for SCALE Representatives ONLY 
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SCALE Member Representatives, Please:  
  1. Open Houses are All Hands on Deck across the City, no matter what your district is! However, we want to step back and allow District 4 residents priority access to the maps and the city representatives. Coalition members will staff an information table outside in the hallway and make ourselves available for questions. 
  2. Send a Call to Action (see below) to your group's list  ASAP (ideally 1 week prior)!  
  3. Help SCALE at events please use this Volunteer Sign Up Form 
  4. Our “toolbox” is a set of handouts, stickers and other things to use at meetings. Everything will be provided.  
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SCALE's Goals for City MHA Open Houses 
  • Educate people prior to Open House about SCALE so they can be prepared to give informed comments 
  • Educate people about the unfair MHA Environmental Impact Statement 
  • Recruit support for SCALE efforts, either financial, mailing list or people power 
  • Show visible SCALE presence​ 
 
In order to accomplish this, we will: 
  • Communicate via all member groups lists to issue a Call to aAction to attend these events (about 3 per month) (Member groups agreed to this.) 
  • Wear SCALE sticker "Growth is a balancing act!” 
  • Distribute informational material  
  • Invite participants to sign our mailing list 
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Talking Points and Tips for City Open Houses  
  •  Issues to raise and how to express them: 
  • What does this legislation do to neighborhood plans? (Overrides them) 
  • What is the City’s plan for 3-bedroom family-sized housing? 
  • Aren’t they displacing more affordable housing than they are creating? 
  • Why are vulnerable communities of color being upzoned when other communities welcome growth? 
  • Isn’t parking as a livability issue being ignored? 
  • Is increasing the supply of delux rental housing actually increasing middle-class and low-income housing? If so, by how much? 
  • How does dividing single-family lots into Residential Small Lots create more rental housing? 
  • What winning our appeal could mean to neighborhood/issues 
  • The MHA Environmental Impact Statement ignores or underestimates most livability issues. It would be done over, delaying upzones of 27 urban villages and other areas by about a year. 
  • Impacts on housing, transit, tree canopy, parking, parks, schools, etc. would be acknowledged and mitigated 
  • Neighborhood planning could be restored 
  • The most vulnerable neighborhoods could avoid displacement. 
 
​Handouts (provided) 
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 CALL TO ACTION Template 
Please Attend and Support the Seattle Coalition on Affordability, Livability and Equity (SCALE) 
District 4 Mandatory Housing Agenda (MHA) Open House with upzone maps 
Urban Villages: Eastlake, Freemont (east of 99), Greenlake, Ravenna (U Village), Roosevelt, Wallingford 
Tuesday, January 30, 2018 
District 4: Hamilton International Middle School 1610 N 41st Street Seattle, WA 98103 
6-8pm 
 
City Mandatory Housing Agenda (MHA) Open Houses 
Five Community Open Houses have been scheduled in different geographic areas of the city.  Maps will be specific for each meeting, and the Planning staff most familiar with those Urban Villages will attend. 
 
Please attend one or - better yet - attend all of the Open Houses to support all Seattle's communities. These do not include a public meeting or comment period, but you are able to talk to City Staff. Please give priority to those attending from their own districts. SCALE volunteers will be available at a table outside in the hallway to answer questions about our appeal. Everyone can also make comments online 
 
Upcoming Open Houses 
 
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 
District 5 + 6: Whitman Middle School Gym 
9201 15th Ave NW Seattle, WA 98117 
6-8pm 
Urban villages included: Aurora-Licton Springs, Ballard, Bitter Lake, Crown Hill, Fremont, Greenwood-Phinney Ridge, Lake City, Northgate  
 
Thursday, March 29, 2018 
District 3 + 7: Washington Hall 153 14th Avenue Seattle, Washington 98122 
6-8pm 
Urban Villages: 23rd & Union, First Hill, Capital Hill, Madison-Miller, North Rainier, Mt. Baker, Othello, Rainier Beach 
 
Saturday, April 28, 2018 
District 2: New Holly Gathering Hall 7054 32nd Ave South, Seattle WA 98118 
10am-12noon 
Urban Villages: Columbia City, North Beacon Hill, North Rainier,-Mt. Baker, Othello, Rainier Beach 
 
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 
District 1: Louisa Boren K-8 5950 Delridge Way SW Seattle, WA 98106 
6-8pm 
Urban Villages: Admiral, Morgan Junction, South Park, West Seattle Junction,Westwood-Highland Park 
 
Help Seattle Coalition for Affordability, Livability and Equity (SCALE) to share information about the MHA-EIS appeal and 
Meeting information and location:  
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