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Public Hearing on MOU and Property Tax Increases To Pay for Light Rail

Public Hearing on MOU and Property Tax Increases To Pay for Light Rail A public hearing is scheduled for Monday, November 7th at 8:00 PM at Bellevue City Hall seeking input on a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City … Continue reading

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Stopping Sound Transit’s Inevitable Demand To Establish Transit-Oriented Development Everywhere in South Bellevue

Stopping Sound Transit’s Inevitable Demand To Establish Transit-Oriented Development Everywhere in South Bellevue By now the direction of Sound Transit’s route placement actions in South Bellevue should certainly have become clear to everyone. Every decision taken by Sound Transit, supported … Continue reading

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Letter to Sound Transit re: Eastlink Light Rail- Do the Right Thing (B7R) in Bellevue!

Letters keep coming in to Building a Better Bellevue from neighbors regarding the East Link alignment, B2M, and its likely adverse impacts (our emphasis). Subject: Input from Affected Resident for Proposed B3 Route – Please Read Today Dear Sound Transit … Continue reading

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Bridle Trails Neighbor Supports Council Majority & B7R, Noise Mitigation

Here is a letter sent to the Bellevue City Council, supporting the Council majority & the B7R Eastlink alignment, from Bridle Trails neighborhood advocate Cindy Ludwig (our emphasis): “Subject: Preferred B7R Light Rail Proposal Dear Sound Transit Board Administration: I … Continue reading

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Bellecrest Neighbors Concur with Mayor Davidson: “We Expect Excellence” re: Sound Transit Light Rail Alignment Selection- Support for B7, A2 & City Codes

Here is another example of neighborhood support for the Bellevue City Council majority’s positions re: • B7R, • A2 and • Avoiding adverse impacts to the Winters House (the only property on the Eastside on the National Register of Historic … Continue reading

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Enatai Neighborhood Association Transportation Committee Reports on ENA Survey Results re: B2M vs. B7R Alignments

Last night the Enatai Neighborhood Association Transportation Committee reported to the Bellevue City Council re: their survey results as to whether neighbors on their ENA email list preferred the B2M or B7R alignment for the Sound Transit East Link light … Continue reading

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Please Attend Tonight’s City Council Meeting Where Sound Transit’s Mitigation Options Will Be Aired, at 6:00 PM

To Our Supporters: Please Attend Tonight’s City Council Meeting Where Sound Transit’s Mitigation Options Will Be Aired, at 6:00 PM Dear Building A Better Bellevue Supporters: This evening, beginning at 6 PM, our City Council will hear about Sound Transit’s … Continue reading

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Support for B7R from a Bellecrest Neighbor

Daer BBB Supporters- Here is an email from a Bellecrest neighbor to the Bellevue City Council: “Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 9:28 PM To: coun…@bellevuewa.gov Cc: boar…@soundtransit.org Subject: Sound Transit Rail Alignment As residents of Bellevue, we urge you to … Continue reading

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Another Enatai Neighbor Weighs in on Blight & Environmental Impacts from Sound Transit’s B2M

Here are comments re: the Sound Transit East Link B alignment from an Enatai neighbor: I just want to go on record as a long time Bellevue resident who takes great pride in our city and its reasonably quiet way … Continue reading

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Thanks to Bellevue Council Majority for Doing the Right Thing!

To Our Supporters: BBB receives copies of emails regularly from Bellevue citizens to the Bellevue City Council and Sound Transit re: Sound Transit’s proposed Eastlink alignments. The following email comes from an Enatai citizen that would prefer to remain anonymous: … Continue reading

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