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Do you have ideas for the future of Lake City? Come to a visioning workshop!
When: May 19, 2012 9 am-1:30 pm
Where: Nathan Hale High School – 10750 30th Ave NE
The Pierre family wants to include the community in discussions of how to develop the Bill Pierre properties along Lake City Way once the car dealerships move out. UW Professor Marty Curry and four graduate urban design and planning students are leading a series of community discussions to collect ideas and help develop a vision.
Keep in touch with the project here where you can see a map of the properties, notes from meetings, and other information. More information about the May 19th meeting is here.
Here is a limited picture of Pinehurst crime for April 2012. You can see all the types of crime at http://web5.seattle.gov/mnm/policereports.aspx. Choose North neighborhood and dates April 1 – 30.
North Helpline 3rd Annual Empty Bowls Fundraiser
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Noon – 3:00 PM
Lake City Elks Lodge #1800
14540 Bothell Way NE
Seattle, WA 98155
Ceramic artists will donate hand crafted pottery bowls, local restaurants will serve delicious soup, salad, and bread, and local musicians will provide delightful entertainment to be enjoyed by all.
Our objective is to raise $50,000 to keep our neighbors fed and housed!
Help us achieve this goal!
NEW LARGER LOCATION! VALET PARKING AVAILABLE!
SILENT AUCTION WITH OVER 150 ITEMS AND EXPERIENCES!
Early Bird Tickets – $25 per person
AVAILABLE HERE!
Day Of Event Tickets – $35 per person
Music by:
12:00: Jillian Graham Band- Folk Pop
1:00: SwingShift Jazz- Jazz Standards
2:00: Pickled Okra- Old Timey Bluegrass
I saw this on Maple Leaf Life and got more details from the Department of Transportion project page:
In preparation for intersection improvements at 5th Avenue NE and Northgate Way Seattle City Light will be closing Fifth Avenue NE at NE Northgate Way from 6 a.m. to noon on both May 5 and May 6.
The weekend closures are necessary so that crews can remove existing utility poles and install two new 90-foot poles using a huge crane. The crane will take up much of the roadway and is necessary to lift and position the heavy poles. While this utility work takes place all travel lanes on Fifth Avenue NE will be closed as follows:
- Saturday, May 5, 6 a.m. to noon, from NE Northgate Way 300 feet north
- Sunday, May 6, 6 a.m. to noon, from NE Northgate Way 300 feet south
The road closure includes sidewalk access on the east side of Fifth Avenue NE. During the road closures Eighth Avenue NE is the suggested alternative route for drivers.
Seattle City Light crews will also transfer overhead wires and underground connections to the new and relocated poles, which will require Fifth Avenue NE curbside lane restrictions through Mid May.
Contact Scott Thomsen at (206) 615-0978 or scott.thomsen@seattle.gov for more information.
Specifically the 2012 project will:
- Add an additional left-turn lane from westbound NE Northgate Way onto southbound Fifth Ave NE
- Build a landscaped median with trees on NE Northgate Way just west of the intersection
- Extend the northbound Fifth Avenue NE right turn lane that turns eastbound onto NE Northgate Way
- Create decorative crosswalks on all four sides of the intersection
- Install a new signal system and improve drainage and water quality
In all areas of widening new sidewalks, planting strips
and street trees will be placed
Key benefits include:
- Enhanced transit speed and reliability
- Safer and more attractive pedestrian environment
- Improved mall access from the east, reducing congestion
The NE Northgate Way & 5th Avenue NE Intersection and Pedestrian Improvements Project will help buses and all roadway traffic move more smoothly through and into this busy retail core. With better traffic flow during each timed signal also comes reduced waiting times for pedestrians, at the enhanced crosswalks to be installed on all four sides of the intersection. Overall, the results will make walking, biking, and riding transit easier.
We don’t get a lot of these in the immediate vicinity but there were three yesterday. The first two are really the big ones but I figured I’d mention everything in the area while I’m at it. The first one is north of Northgate between I-5 and Target. The second is for Jackson Park Golf Course obviously.
Appeal Hearing Notice for 11200 1ST AVE NE
Council Land Use Action to rezone 365,040 sq. ft. of land from MR to NC3-85. The property is bounded on the North by two parcels (11300 1st Ave NE and 11301 3rd Ave NE) on the East by 3rd Ave NE, the South by NE Northgate Way and the West by 1st Ave NE. Addendum to EIS has been prepared.
Notice of Application for 1000 NE 135TH ST
Council Land Use Action to allow poles and netting for a new driving range to be located on existing golf hole #10 (Jackson Park Golf Course). Pole height will range from 20 ft. to 140 ft. Project also includes 1,600 cu. yds. of material. Determination of Non-Significance prepared by the Seattle Parks & Recreation.
Notice of Application for 2323 N 122ND ST
Land Use Application to subdivide one parcel into two parcels of land. Proposed parcel sizes are: A) 9,385 sq. ft. and B) 9,383 sq. ft. Existing structures are to be demolished.
Parklets are small parks set up in the public right-of-way. They’re a way to add greenery and lingering spaces in urban environments. A parklet might have a food truck, tables and chairs, or potted plants and art. Seattle is interested in adding parklets to the urban landscape. If you have any ideas for public spaces in Pinehurst, check out the article in Seattle City Councilmember Mike O’Brian’s website (it’s the second article down) here, where you can also take a survey to submit your ideas.
Fifty years ago Northgate was a model development for how we would live and work: mostly by automobile and parking lots.
Now with light rail, there’s hope Northgate can once again be a model neighborhood — for walking, biking, and riding transit.
This Saturday, April 28th, 10am – 12 pm, join Futurewise, FeetFirst, and Cascade Bicycle Club for a walking tour and discussion.
It will start with a presentation on principles of transit-oriented communities. Then there will be a tour of the neighborhood on foot, with discussion of particular design and planning issues, including: infill, parking, ped/bike design, and green infrastructure.
Staff from the Seattle Department of Planning and Development, King County Metro, Sound Transit, and Puget Sound Regional Council will be on hand to help answer questions.
RSVP (and get event location) here .
Sorry for the short notice but I just found out about this event this Saturday. It’s a walking tour at 10am, starting at Thornton Creek Plaza. More details are here and they ask that you RSVP.
This Saturday, join Futurewise, FeetFirst, and Cascade Bicycle Club for a walking tour and discussion.
We’ll start with a presentation on prinicples of transit-oriented communities. Then we’ll tour the neighborhood on foot hear about particular design and planning issues, including: infill, parking, ped/bike design, and green infrastructure.
Staff from the Seattle DPD, King County Metro, Sound Transit, and PSRC will be on hand to help answer questions.
Thorton Creek Plaza
319 NE Thornton Place
Seattle, WA
Sat, Apr 28, 2012
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5127/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=48871
Neighborhood Greenways initiative is striving to create roadways that safely connect community services and amenities. The hope is for efficient traffic and fewer accidents, increased local economic activity and real estate values, more fitness opportunities resulting in better public health, reduction in CO2 emissions, an increase in native habitat and a more pleasant and beautiful street.
Do you have a Pinehurst street in mind that would benefit from traffic calming, bike lanes, etc? Here is a website that brings together a lot of information about working towards a solution:
http://neighborhoodgreenwayssea.wordpress.com/
There are photos of streets in other cities and countries, there’s information about funding a project, and there are design guidelines.
If you’re interested in bringing the initiative to Pinehurst, there’s a meet-up on May 3rd, 6-8 PM, at Capital Hill Library, 425-Harvard Ave E.. RSVP is requested, which you can do, here as well as get more information about the meet-up agenda.
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