Construction of the underground Capitol Hill light rail station and tunnels will require a construction staging area larger than the finished station and entrances. As construction is completed and the need for staging area decreases, those sites will become available for transit-oriented development (TOD) projects. At least four sites have been identified for future TOD around the Capitol Hill Station. Sound Transit has begun a TOD work program to carefully consider the opportunities and constraints at work for the four parcels to be redeveloped following construction of the Capitol Hill Light Rail Station.
Sound Transit has begun work to identify issues around the future transit oriented development at the Capitol Hill Station site. These include station program and operational requirements, community objectives for TOD included in the City of Seattle and Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce-sponsored Broadway Economic Vitality Action Agenda (BEVAA), issued in June 2006, Sound Transit’s TOD business and project objectives, community interest in uses of space within the TOD, and the response of the commercial real estate community.
Additional Information
- Sound Transit staff completed the Sound Transit Capitol Hill Station TOD Sites Baseline Report. The report summarizes documentation of Sound Transit’s baseline analysis of Capitol Hill Station TOD issues and is intended to be a resource document and starting point for further public dialogue on station TOD issues.
- A PowerPoint that summarizes the initial Sound Transit TOD analysis results, issues that require more work and plans for community involvement can be found here >>>
- Information on Sound Transit surplus property constraints can be found here>>>
Community Involvement
Workshop on the Nagel Place Extension - August 3, 2010
On August 3, 2010, Sound Transit, The Capitol Hill Community Council, the Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce and the City of Seattle teamed up to host a public workshop on the Nagle Place Extension. Participants were encouraged to provide feedback on the new design of the Nagle Place extension which has changed from an alley to a more open space.
Presentation (.pdf, 1.1 mb)
Images of other public spaces (.pdf, 3.6 mb)
Display boards (.pdf, 6.9 mb)
Meeting summary and notes from small group discussion (.pdf, 529 kb)
2009 Community Forums
Beginning in 2009, Sound Transit hosted a series of quarterly community meetings open to the public.
The purpose of these forums was to:
- help identify issues around the future development
- provide ST TOD information as starting point for further dialogue with community
establish regular community forums to discuss TOD issues - provide opportunities for community participation, influence, and support of successful TOD projects around Capitol Hill Station site.
These meetings included representatives from the City of Seattle, Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce, Capitol Hill community stakeholders and members of the public on a variety of issues to continue progress towards the successful implementation of TOD projects.
2/23/2010 Forum #4 – Summary of TOD Community Feedback and Moving Forward
- The presentation from the meeting can be found here >>>
- See the 2009 Capitol Hill Station TOD Community Involvement and Feedback Summary Report
10/27/2009 Forum #3 - Parking, farmer's market & the Nagle extension
- The presentation from the meeting can be found here >>>
- Check here for more information about parking at the Capitol Hill TOD sites >>>
- A summary of the public comments from the meeting can be found here >>>
9/24/2009 Forum #2 - Housing & Retail
- The presentation from the meeting can be found here>>>
- Small group discussion comments on housing and retail from the meeting can be found here >>>
- In addition, a survey on housing and retail priorities and issues was made available at the June 24 forum as well as on the Sound Transit Capitol Hill TOD web page for several weeks after the community forum. Sound Transit received nearly 100 responses to the survey. A summary report of the results of that survey can be found here >>>
3/25/2009 Forum #1 - Overall redevelopment vision and community uses
- The presentation from the meeting can be found here >>>
- The public comments from that meeting can be found here >>>
Project Contact
Rhonda Dixon
Community Outreach Coordinator
401 S. Jackson St
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone:(206)370-5569
24 Hour Hotline:(888) 298-2395
rhonda.dixon@soundtransit.org
