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November 15, 2017 The Skanner Page 5 News Events & Announcements Community Calendar 2017 cont’d from pg 4 Seattle Metro SATURDAY – SUNDAY, NOV. 18 – 19 FREE WEIRD ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW: Oddmall Arts & Crafts shows celebrate uniqueness, creativity, imagination, and wonder. It’s a show where artists and crafters offer unusual creations for your consideration. This is a free event. Everett Community Col- lege, 2000 Tower St., Everett. SATURDAY – WEDNESDAY, NOV.18 – 29 PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED FREE FESTIVAL OF TREES IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE: Gorgeous de- signer Christmas Trees will be on display in the public area of Fairmont Olympic Hotel. Come down to view them at any time (open 24 hours a day) and read the inspiring stories of featured Seattle Children’s patients. Fairmont Olympic Hotel, 411 Univer- sity St. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Hip Hop History The legendary DJ Vitamin D spun records during Daudi Abe, a Seattle-based professor, writer, and historian’s talk titled “Emerald Street: Race, Class, Culture, and the History of Hip Hop in the Northwest” in front of a packed house Nov. 9 at the Northwest African American Museum. Briefs cont’d from pg 4 of America’s master dramatists, best known for his American Century Cycle — a group of 10 plays, each exploring a different decade in the 20th Century. Wil- son was a revolutionary thinker, championing Black theatre and the idea that the African American ver- nacular, or way of speaking, should be celebrated and exalted instead of ignored, corrected or cleaned up. All students par- ticipating in the August Wilson Monologue Com- petition work un- der the guidance of professional ac- tors and directors to not only learn Hailey Kilgore, 2015 August Wilson and engage with Monologue Competition Participant August Wilson’s work, but also to grow their confidence, poise and ability to connect with other students, theater profes- sionals and community leaders. The program culminates in a public regional finals performance at the Newmark Theatre on Feb. 26, 2018. Participating students are judged by a panel of top theater professionals, three students receive prizes in the Portland competition, and two are se- lected to advance to the national competition in New York City. In February 2017, Roosevelt High School student Alexis Cannard won first prize in the Portland Re- gional Finals for the August Wilson Monologue Competition. In May of the same year, she performed her monologue on Broadway, competing against high school students from nine other cities. Cannard took home the third place trophy in New York. In February 2015, Hailey Kilgore won second place in the Portland Regional Finals. Three months ago, Kilgore was cast as the lead in the Broadway revival of Once on This Island. There’s no cost to apply for or participate in the AWMC and all students who apply will be able to au- dition for a spot in the Regional Finals. All high school students are welcome to apply. Because the mission of the Red Door Project is to change the racial ecology of Portland through the arts, the Red Door seeks a pool of applicants who represent the growing diversity of the student body of Portland area public schools. For more information or to apply, visit http://red- doorproject.org. Seattle News Briefs Mayor, Council Unveil Affordability and Growth Plan Last week Mayor Tim Burgess and Councilmember Rob Johnson proposed a plan to implement Manda- tory Housing Affordability (MHA) requirements on new development across Seattle that will meet the City’s goal of at least 6,000 new rent-restricted homes for low-income people over the next decade. Councilmember Rob Johnson (District 4, Northeast Seattle) said, “We all want to keep Seattle a welcom- ing, affordable city for families and people of all in- comes, now and into the future. I’m excited to be one step closer on this key strategy which will create thousands of rent and income-restricted homes as we grow. Over the coming months, I look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues and the com- munity as we implement MHA citywide.” The Council has already unanimously implement- ed affordable housing requirements on new devel- opment in six neighborhoods (University District, Downtown, South Lake Union, Chinatown-Interna- tional District, along 23rd Ave in the Central Area, and Uptown). By extending MHA to Seattle’s other ur- ban villages, as well as all other existing multifamily residential and commercial zones, new development will generate the rent- and income-restricted homes to meet the City’s 10-year goal. Seattle continues to experience some of the fastest housing cost in- creases in the nation, with the average rent for a one-bedroom apart- ment rising 35 percent in the last five years. To- day 45,000 Seattle house- holds spend more than half of their income on housing. Under MHA, the cost of a rent-restrict- ed two-bedroom apart- Seattle Mayor Tim Burgess ment for a family of four earning $57,600 would be $1,296. For an individual making less than $40,320, a one-bedroom would cost $1,008. The City is proposing zoning changes necessary to implement MHA in all urban villages and multifami- ly and commercial zones. The affordable housing re- quirements take effect when the Seattle City Council adopts new zoning that adds development capacity. By enacting affordable housing requirements and de- velopment capacity increases at the same time, MHA is consistent with a state-approved approach used in other Washington cities. The City’s proposal directs future housing growth based on racial and social equity principles consis- tent with the Seattle 2035 Comprehensive Plan: Increase housing choices throughout Seattle, with more housing in areas with low risk of displacement and high access to opportunity (transit, parks, jobs, and other critical resources). • In areas with high risk of displacement of low-in- come people and communities of color, focus in- creased housing choices and jobs within a 5-minute WASHINGTON STATE PARKS OFFERS FREE DAY: Recreation and outdoor enthusiast have another chance to get out and enjoy the State Parks for free. On this day, day use visitors will NOT need a Discovery Pass for your vehicle to access any of the State Parks. 8 a.m. – 6 p.m., Washington State Parks. walk of frequent transit. • Expand 10 urban villages to provide more housing options within a 10-minute walk of frequent tran- sit. • Minimize growth in environmentally sensitive ar- eas and propose less intensive changes within 500 feet of major freeways. • Make no zoning changes in federally designated historic districts and critical shorelines. Maps of the proposed zoning changes are available at www.seattle.gov/hala. No zoning changes are pro- posed for single family zones outside Seattle’s urban villages and urban village expansion areas. Mayor Burgess, Councilmember González Celebrate Council Adoption of SPD Leadership Labor Agreement Mayor Tim Burgess and Councilmember M. Lorena González (Position 9, Citywide) issued the following statements after the Seattle City Council approved a new collective bargaining agreement with the Seattle Police Management Association (SPMA), which rep- resents Seattle Police Department lieutenants and captains. Agreement details include an explicit agreement with SPMA that civilian authority will be the norm in police oversight, as outlined in Seattle’s police ac- countability ordinance. This means all investigations of complaints against police will be supervised by civilians rather than sworn officers—a major step in the civilianization of police oversight. SPMA is also voluntarily endorsing body worn video for the Department’s supervisors. And this agreement ends an Unfair Labor Practice claim by the union that would have been costly and further delayed implementation of Seattle’s police reform legislation. Finally, this agreement sends a strong message to our federal and local consent decree partners that the city of Seattle, including its police officers, are truly embracing reform. Make The Skanner part of your daily routine Enjoy an in-depth read on your desktop. Grab a headline on your mobile device. Page through the print edition online.