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This morning, Council members Pam Stuart and Amy Lam helped me understand<br>
the reason for the City of Sam considering increasing density in the town<br>
center.<br>
As I understand it, the town center needs more density to support<br>
businesses and affordable housing. The council members want to shop and<br>
have arts facilities and a downtown that closes off the street for<br>
restaurants and shopping, Hopefully this is what the citizens of Sammamish<br>
want. Afterwards, I walked the Sammamish Commons Park since the<br>
developers have dug and filled in areas on this park. The birds are on<br>
the perimeter in the wetland, lots of chickadees, some bewicks wrens, a<br>
lone sparrow, a couple towhees. even a red-breasted nuthatch! This is<br> riparian habitat that is not enjoyed by many people. The thicket is so blackberries along edges and people are not allowed to go into it.</div><div>38 townhomes are being built.<br>
Lots of people at the library, Y. As the population grows, how can the<br>
people become more concerned about birds and their habitat?
<br clear="all"></div><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Elizabeth<div>425-677-4923</div></div></div></div>