From vicecommodore at washingtonyachtclub.org Sun Feb 4 10:44:14 2024 From: vicecommodore at washingtonyachtclub.org (Vice Commodore) Date: Wed Mar 20 10:15:27 2024 Subject: [WYC Announce] Urgent - Sailing Club at UW (WYC) needs your help to survive Message-ID: HELP SAVE THE SAILING CLUB. The University of Washington has excluded students from participating in planning decisions to demolish docks, a boat ramp, and land storage specifically designed for launching and storing small sailboats. This will destroy our club?s operations and other student-run activities. The proposed alterations [1] will replace current infrastructure with inadequate facilities which will reduce equity, inclusion, and access, especially for novice student sailors at the campus waterfront. Since 1948, the student-run sailing club, Washington Yacht Club (WYC), has introduced over 45,000 diverse students to affordable sailing at UW. We need help to preserve and restore access and space for student-run waterfront activities. TAKE ACTION: We need you and anyone you know to leave public comments [2] by February 9th, 2024. For maximum impact: 1. Personalize and submit this Comment Template (reword if possible): 3-5 sentences is enough. Originally worded comments count for much more. Emphasize the critical harm and displacement of student-run activities such as the sailing club: Hello, my name is [INSERT NAME HERE] and I am associated with the Washington Yacht Club (WYC), the student-run sailing club at the University of Washington (UW). In official SEPA documents (#202304956) for Project 3041177-LU, UW inaccurately stated that recreational and shoreline uses at the site would not be impacted. Before making these determinations, UW did not engage directly with student stakeholders, such as the WYC, regarding recreational and shoreline use impacts despite hundreds of thousands of student site uses since the existence of facilities there. These students and I believe that the proposed design will critically harm and risk completely displacing student-run sailing and other water-related uses of the site, while increasing access for large motor vessels during exclusive events (Husky Harbor, Argosy Cruises, etc, see UW?s JARPA). Thank you for taking my comment into consideration. 2. Submit your comment to our website and we will forward it to the City of Seattle on your behalf, OR to submit directly to the City, type the comment in the ?Comment:? text box on this page: https://cosaccela.seattle.gov/portal/Customization/comments/comment.aspx?proj=3041177-LU (do not upload as a document!) Fill out all required fields, and then click ?Submit Comment? at the bottom; see attached image [3] for reference. 1. Ask everyone you know to comment! Large numbers of comments from anyone to trigger a planning review is the goal. SHARE THIS LINK: https://washingtonyachtclub.org/public-comment-form by text and social media! If you?d like to write your own comment, please include the following points. You can use the more detailed project information listed below this section: 1. Introduce yourself and say you are associated with the WYC. 2. Mention that: 1. In official SEPA documents [4] (#202304956) for Project 3041177-LU [5] , UW inaccurately stated that recreational and shoreline uses at the site would not be impacted. 2. Before making these determinations, UW did not engage directly with student stakeholders, such as the WYC, regarding recreational and shoreline use impacts despite hundreds of thousands of student site uses since the existence of the facilities there. 3. According to student stakeholders and yourself, the proposed design [6] (bottom of link) will critically harm and risk completely displacing student-run small boat sailing and other lower impact water-related student uses of the site, while increasing access for large motor vessels during exclusive events (Husky Harbor [7] , Argosy Cruises [8] , etc referenced in UW?s JARPA?see Attachments under Record Info on Seattle project page [5] ). 3. OPTIONAL: add your own personal concerns regarding the design. 4. Express thanks for your consideration of your comment. LINK TO SHARE: https://washingtonyachtclub.org/public-comment-form Reference information: 1. Proposed alterations (above image): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BJZNorpAGJ2fNUV0AA4fbl30Xix6TyrD/view 2. Link to submit public comments to the City of Seattle directly: https://cosaccela.seattle.gov/portal/Customization/comments/comment.aspx?proj=3041177-LU 3. Instructions for using the City of Seattle public comment form (also included as an image below): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NgGYUqGeBnlCumtV_yEW16HvJnRkTe9R/view?usp=sharing 4. State Environmental Protection Act (SEPA) documents for #202304956. The SEPA Checklist contains basic information about the project, including an overview of its proposed design with drawings: https://apps.ecology.wa.gov/separ/Main/SEPA/Record.aspx?SEPANumber=202304956 5. Seattle Master Use Permit Application Project Page. The ?Attachments? tab contains many files with detailed project information: https://cosaccela.seattle.gov/portal/cap/CapDetail.aspx?type=1000&fromACA=Y&agencyCode=SEATTLE&Module=DPDPermits&capID1=23SCI&capID2=00000&capID3=92698 6. SEPA Checklist PDF file containing UW?s review of recreational and shoreline use impacts (Sections 12 and 8) and at the bottom of the document, an overview of the proposed design, including drawings. Other impacts are also discussed and open for comment: https://apps.ecology.wa.gov/separ/Main/SEPA/Document/DocumentOpenHandler.ashx?DocumentId=166921 7. Husky Harbor sells high priced tickets for large motor yachts and cruise ships to moor during 7 football games per year: https://gohuskies.com/sports/2016/6/28/husky-harbor.aspx 1. Argosy Cruises is a local exclusive private charter service for corporate events, weddings, etc: https://www.argosycruises.com/argosy-cruises/corporate-events/ 1. Both Husky Harbor and Argosy Cruises are specifically mentioned in the state Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application (JARPA) application for this project (see Attachments under Record Info on Seattle project page [4] ) and elsewhere in the permit documents. City of Seattle comment page submission instructions image: Best regards, Bhanu Vice Commodore Washington Yacht Club http://www.washingtonyachtclub.org/ 206-255-9451 Sign up for updates on WYC: http://www.washingtonyachtclub.org/email-lists Follow us on Facebook and Instagram And join us on Discord -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image_1 Type: image/png Size: 2081873 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image_2 Type: image/png Size: 164735 bytes Desc: not available URL: