King County Metro Transit will host a public meeting on Tuesday, June 15 to gather input on possible uses for two properties the county owns on the north end of Lake Union in Seattle.

The meeting will be held from 6-9 p.m. at B.F. Day Elementary School, 3921 Linden Ave. N., Seattle. The schedule for the evening is: 6-7 p.m. – open house; 7-8:30 p.m. – presentation and community workshop; 8:30-9 p.m. – wrap-up.

The properties are located near Gasworks Park – one on the waterfront and the other north of the park between Densmore Avenue North and Woodlawn Avenue North. Metro Transit purchased these properties from Chevron in 1982 to store diesel in tanks on the upland parcel. Since then, the tanks have been removed, and an environmental clean up has been underway. In recent years, Metro has been operating maintenance facilities on the site.

Earlier this year, the King County Department of Transportation convened a group of citizens to study and make recommendations for a master plan to guide the long-term use or disposition of the two properties. The group’s responsibilities include:

• Advising Metro Transit on the development of the master plan for the use or disposition the properties;
• Reviewing public comments received during the public workshop process;
• Providing feedback from a community perspective on how to integrate these comments into the master plan; and
• Commenting on the master plan and providing recommendations on any preferred alternative offered by the King County Department of Transportation for use or disposition of the properties.