High housing growth in District 7 will result in increased school capacity challenges Federal property available at no cost transfer for educational purposes Collaboration opportunity for City of Seattle, Seattle Public Schools and concerned citizens FORT LAWTON SCHOOL COALITION UNCOVERING SOLUTIONS TO SCHOOL CAPACITY CHALLENGES
Our Goal: Working together to create a world-class school for Seattle s children FACT SHEET NO landmarked buildings at Ft. Lawton NO buried ammunitions or hazards as determined by prior evaluation 28 useable acres In 2017 the City- through Parks and Rec Dept- entered into a 5-year lease that releases the Army from the ongoing costs of maintaining the property ensures adequate time for the City to conduct SEPA review and create an updated redevelopment plan for consideration by the City Council CITY PROPOSES ~150 FAMILY UNITS AT FORT LAWTON (see next slide) City does not have funding earmarked for their redevelopment plans yet http://www.seattle.gov/documents/departments/housing/ Footer%20Pages/Fort%20Lawton%20Right%20Sidebar/FL_FAQ.pdf
THESE SLIDES SHOW UP TO 150 UNITS TARGETING FAMILIES! THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BRING MANY STUDENTS http://www.seattle.gov/documents/departments/housing/ Footer%20Pages/Fort%20Lawton%20Right%20Sidebar/ June19_Presentation_final.pdf
EIS proposal by City of Seattle: Alternative 1 Mixed Income Affordable Housing and Public Park Uses Alternative 2 Market Rate Housing Onsite; Affordable and Homeless Housing Offsite Alternative 3 Public Park Onsite; Affordable and Homeless Housing Offsite Alternative 4 No Action Alternative Office of Housing is not going to add a school to the EIS unless SPS requests this action If SPS wishes to obtain this land, it must be transferred through the Department of Education DOE language about acquisition of site: Financial Ability Applicants must provide evidence that funding needed to renovate, demolish and/or construct facilities, is immediately available, or will be immediately available upon transfer of title. Applicants are also responsible for ensuring funds are requested and available to operate the proposed educational program(s) for the 30- year deed term. Need Applicants are required to prove that there is an immediate need for the real property, including the ability to use all of the property requested. Need for the proposed educational program(s) must also be demonstrated. Implementation Time Federal regulations require that applicants have their proposed educational program fully operational within 12 months of transfer of title unless major construction is approved in an application. In the case of approved major construction, the entire proposed educational program must be operational within 36 months of title transfer. BUT
IF BUILIDING CANNOT COMMENSE WITHIN 36 MONTHS: Where construction or major renovation is not required or proposed, the property must be placed into use within twelve (12) months from the date of the deed. Where construction or major renovation is contemplated at the time of transfer, the property must be placed into use within thirty-six (36) months from the date of the deed. If utilization of the property has not commenced within 12 months or 36 months, payments may be required for each month of the non-use thereafter. Growth of the Magnolia/Queen Anne Cluster is consistently outpacing district projections Magnolia Elementary is not opening 500 new elementary seats within McClure Cluster It is moving kids out of >17 portables, teachers lounges, computer labs and hallways McClure middle school is projected to increase by 12 students by 2020 even with Meany Middle School drawing-off some students, each of the elementary schools in the cluster have added 1 or more classrooms per grade-level in K-3 Right-Sized Capacity for school buildings is not based off of smaller McCleary-sized classes Current budgetary constraints increased class sizes which keeps kids in fewer, more full classrooms and artificially makes schools look like they are handling capacity
Magnolia and Queen Anne K-5 Density Map 2017
PREVENT A CAPACITY CRISIS! KEEP THE DOOR OPEN BY ADDING A SCHOOL TO THE FORT LAWTON EIS!!! IN ORDER FOR BOTH THIS PROPOSED COMMUNITY AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WE MUST HAVE APPROPRIATE INFRASTRUCTURE!!! Immediate need can be demonstrated with current growth and demographic changes Growth & Capacity Projections The City estimates that Seattle s population will increase by 120,000 new residents over the next 18 years. City Council District 7 is growing at a rate of 1,956 units/year--this translates to 244 additional elementary- and middle school-aged student seats needed in this cluster every year. According to WA OFM, Seattle School District population of kids 5-14 increased 9.2% (increase of 4,452) from 2010 to 2016. During this time, 35,700 net new housing units were added in the city. The backlog of permitted construction represents a short term potential explosion of this cluster's age 5-14 population of over 1,000 new students. (http:// www.ofm.wa.gov/pop/stfc/stfc2016/stfc_2016.xlsx) The bottom line is that growth of housing/population in Seattle is greater than the state-wide average, and growth in our cluster is greater than the City as a whole.
THE OPPORTUNITY IS IMMENSE There can be both housing and the opportunity to develop additional educational infrastructure on this land. Especially if the city is adding family housing, the only way to make this community successful is to ensure that the students who will be moving to the property have seats in the schools they will go to. In the Mangolia-Queen Anne Cluster, what if McClure became an elementary school (this will alleviate the extreme overcrowding in QA elementary schools), Blaine became a Middle school (it has greater capacity than McClure), and the current K-8 at Blaine moved to Fort Lawton, in a building that would exceptionally increase it's elementary capacity. Other scenarios include a traditional high school at this site, building a world-class magnet high school that focuses on environmental education (there are many local environmental education groups that are prepared to partner with SPS to make this happen), or what if we find out that construction costs and traffic congestion among other constraints are limiting at Seattle Center for a high school. We will be so regretful that we did not accept the opportunity for this free land.
OUR ASK: PLEASE BRING FORTH A RESOLUTION FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO VOTE ON ADDING A SCHOOL TO THE FORT LAWTON EIS
Resources: Spokane: Spokane used a BRAC site for a new school building, though the scope was smaller, they did use the site for an interim use and the process was a clear transfer Spokane Contacts: Jodi Brown :brownj@evsd.org Neale Rasmussen: rasmussenn@evsd.org Department of Education Contact: Yolanda Stroud, Realty Specialist Realty Specialist, Logistics Services Division Office of Security, Facilities & Logistics Services Office of Management, U.S. Dept of Education 1999 Bryan Street, Suite 1520 Dallas, Texas 75201 Office (214) 661-9599 Cell (202) 536-8963 U.S. Department of Education Federal Real Property Assistance Program Office of Management 400 Maryland Ave., S.W., Rm. 228-40 Washington, DC 20202-4553 1-800-872-5327 (1-800-USA-LEARN). FAX: (202) 401-0828 E-MAIL: FRPA@ed.gov https://www2.ed.gov/programs/fedrealproperty/applicant.html Senator Patty Murray: Kate Baumgartner: kate_baumgartner@murray.senate.gov Fort Lawton DOH/ Seattle Website: http://www.seattle.gov/housing/ft-lawton
HISTORY OF FORT LAWTON / CITY OF SEATTLE PLANS PLANNING TIMELINE FOR FORT LAWTON http://www.seattle.gov/documents/departments/housing/footer%20pages/ Fort%20Lawton%20Right%20Sidebar/FortLawton_Sign_Overview1.pdf