[WYC Announce] Urgent - Sailing Club at UW (WYC) needs your help to survive

[Vice Commodore]

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]
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BJZNorpAGJ2fNUV0AA4fbl30Xix6TyrD/view>
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
<https://washingtonyachtclub.org/> (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]
<https://washingtonyachtclub.org/public-comment-form/> 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
   <https://washingtonyachtclub.org/public-comment-form/> 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]
   <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NgGYUqGeBnlCumtV_yEW16HvJnRkTe9R/view?usp=sharing>
   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!


<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BJZNorpAGJ2fNUV0AA4fbl30Xix6TyrD/view>

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]
      <https://apps.ecology.wa.gov/separ/Main/SEPA/Record.aspx?SEPANumber=202304956>
      (#202304956) for Project 3041177-LU [5]
      <https://cosaccela.seattle.gov/portal/cap/CapDetail.aspx?type=1000&fromACA=Y&agencyCode=SEATTLE&Module=DPDPermits&capID1=23SCI&capID2=00000&capID3=92698>,
      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]
      <https://apps.ecology.wa.gov/separ/Main/SEPA/Document/DocumentOpenHandler.ashx?DocumentId=166921>
      (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]
      <https://gohuskies.com/sports/2016/6/28/husky-harbor.aspx>, Argosy
      Cruises [8]
      <https://www.argosycruises.com/argosy-cruises/corporate-events/>, etc
      referenced in UW’s JARPA–see Attachments under Record Info on Seattle
      project page [5]
      <https://cosaccela.seattle.gov/portal/cap/CapDetail.aspx?type=1000&fromACA=Y&agencyCode=SEATTLE&Module=DPDPermits&capID1=23SCI&capID2=00000&capID3=92698>
      ).
      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]
   <https://cosaccela.seattle.gov/portal/cap/CapDetail.aspx?type=1000&fromACA=Y&agencyCode=SEATTLE&Module=DPDPermits&capID1=23SCI&capID2=00000&capID3=92698>)
   and elsewhere in the permit documents.


City of Seattle comment page submission instructions image:

<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NgGYUqGeBnlCumtV_yEW16HvJnRkTe9R/view?usp=sharing>

Best regards,
Bhanu
Vice Commodore
Washington Yacht Club
http://www.washingtonyachtclub.org/
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