Mural Update

The City and community members from Leschi and surrounding neighborhoods met on 11/14 at Leschi Elementary to discuss the proposed mural for King St and 31st Ave S. There were strong, passionate opinions about the topic. Due to the very strong opposition, the City made the decision to stop their effort to move the proposal forward. They will be available if the community aligns and comes back to them with a proposal. If they don’t hear from the community (with alignment in place), they will take no action.

Of the folks who attended the two meetings with the City, it’s fair to say the majority were against it. But some people raised the question of whether the group was representative of the community. We discussed this at the LCC board meeting and many of us think that’s a valid point. We recognize the passionate opinions on both sides.

Until we have leaders come forward who are working to organize a representative slate of the community around their perspective, we as the Leschi Community Council don’t see how we can productively engage. Once they do, we can assist those groups with community outreach and ultimately organize a fair vote. We don’t believe that the council itself has appropriate representation to advocate one way or another.

Please email us at leschicouncil@gmail.com if you have feedback or if you’d like to get our detailed meeting recap.

Note: The LCC board meetings are the Tuesday following our community meetings and are open to all. Email us if you’d like to attend.