The following is an excerpt from a Green Pages article written by former Mayor Bob Jacobs. He is a member of Friends of the Waterfront, a group that is opposed to a rezone proposal for urban waterfront areas on the isthmus (peninsula). The proposal would accommodate building heights (and luxury condominiums) of over 90 feet in some areas. The current building height limit is 35 (plus some roof-top utility structure.)

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Friends of the Waterfront has been calling for a comprehensive community-wide visioning process to determine the shape of our waterfront area. The general public should determine how this vital area will be used to support the high quality of life we all want to continue to enjoy in Olympia.

The next step in the city's consideration of the isthmus rezone proposal is the public hearing before the Olympia Planning Commission at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 24, at the Olympia Center. Tentatively, people will be able to sign in starting at 5:30 for a slot to testify.

Meantime, we seek Letters to the Editor in support of our position. We also have yard signs, and window signs available for distribution.

Please visit our website (www.friendsofthewaterfront.org) for all the information on this proposal and links to city files and letters to the editor. See the Images section of the website for interesting commentary on the proponents' misleading graphic depictions.

See here for information on tonight's community downtown Olympia envisioning forum: olyblog.net/speech-sponsors-community-forum-envision-downtown-olympia