North District Council
Monday, February 2, 2009
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
NOTE DIFFERENT LOCATION: Lake City NSC conference room, upstairs from the Lake City Library, 12501 28th Ave. NE
AGENDA
7:00 Introductions / Review/Approval of Minutes
7:05 Residential parking zones and parking policies (MaryCatherine Snyder, SDOT)
7:35 Neighborhood Planning Advisory Committee report (David Miller or John Sullivan for Renee Staton)
7:45 Committees, task forces: Website, Emergency Preparedness, Outreach, Enhancement Fund
8:05 Reports from Community Groups
8:30 Department of Neighborhoods 2008 report and 2009 look-ahead (Stella Chao, DON)
9:00 Adjourn
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Do you have an interest in Thornton Creek health and related environmental issues? If so, do you have an interest in representing Pinehurst as a member of Thornton Creek Watershed Oversight Council (TCWOC)? The TCWOC meets every other month on the fourth Wednesday of each month. The next meeting will be in March. The workplan for the upcoming year includes looking at the following: – stormwater code revisions If you would like to volunteer or have questions, please contact Holly McCracken at holly.mccracken@seattle.gov.
We all ran into each other last Sunday when I was on my way to church — just after that little dusting of snow. Zipper has a new companion — I think her name is Robin [her name is Rocket – see comment below], she’s the dog in the sporty red jacket. She is completely a sweetie pie, a little less reserved than Zipper (she tried to get IN my car when I stopped to take their picture). Of course, I do not remember Zipper’s people’s names! HUGE apologies! Maybe you can leave a comment on the posting and correct and fill in as needed. [Thanks Theron and Star for leaving a note. How embarrasing!] If you want to know more about rescued greyhounds, here’s one place to begin to learn more: If you would like to see YOUR Pinehurst Pet featured here, please send me a photo and tell me something about your pet. ehas2dogs@gmail.com At our PInehurst Community Meeting on Monday, Cindy Riskin spoke about a bicycle club that she organizes for non-competitive riders. A number of people were interested in the club, so Cindy forwarded this information for anyone who is interetsed in joining. My bicycle club is Seattle Easy Riders Bicycle Club. You can learn more at: http://seattleeasyriders.net/ You can also e-mail Cindy at: cindyri@speakeasy.net I have an e-mail list of >150 riders and will be starting rides again in a couple of months at the latest. We run rides between 2.4 and 30 miles long and try to minimize hill climbing, except for a beginning hill climbing class that I’ll offer again late spring and summer. Our motto: Get Back in the Saddle. It’s for people who are returning to bicycling or for any reason want a kinder, gentler ride. We are not competitive and don’t drop people unless absolutely necessary, like they just can’t go on (but this has never happened). I’m trying to get a booth at the Bike Expo, Mar. 14-15, in Magnuson Park. I’m also setting up events with Metro Transit where people can learn about putting their bicycles on the bus (all Metro buses have bike racks) and try it for themselves.
You can either choose to adopt a tree in a park that is special to you or adopt a tree in a prominent park that Seattle Parks Foundation has already identified. Either way, for your donation you’ll receive a customized Tree Adoption Certificate to be sent to the person of your choice with a photo, GPS coordinates, and species information. Trees in urban forests improve our air, protect our water, and reduce erosion and global warming while sustaining the character of our neighborhoods. Supporting their growth is a great gift! Learn more here. Or, download a donation form here. Seattle Parks Foundation Did you feel the earthquake this morning? We’re up on the hill, and we did not feel it, nor did our neighbors. Our friends “down in the valley,” just off Lake City way DID feel it! For more details: Here is an update on issues with the Seattle City Light phone system experienced by many Pinehurst neighbors in early January. From Kelly Enright at Seattle City Light:
We have uncovered a couple of the problems and are currently working on both on process and technology to resolve them for the future.
One problem we discovered is with the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system. If the system does not recognize the number a customer has entered, it will forward the call to a customer service rep. If the call center is not open, it will direct you to one of the other lines ( the outage line and a customer line). Unfortunately during the time you called, the Call Center personnel did not arrive for quite sometime and the calls were coming into the Seattle City Light Customer System Control Center where they are trying to monitor the electrical system, dispatch crews, and answer the phones. These particular phone lines can only handle one call at a time. The call volume at the times you were calling in was so heavy and with only one Dispatcher handling the calls for SCL, customers were recieving busy signals or dropped calls.
We are working on a plan to resolve this problem, our follow up meeting is scheduled for February 2nd. At that time I can provide you with our game plan to correct the situation from both a short term and a long term basis.
An application has been filed to subdivide 4 parcels into 7 parcels. Most of the parcels are zoned single family. One is zoned L-3 RC. The applications shows the address as 1228 NE 117TH ST. It appears that the project would include the lot that Kym’s Kiddy Corner occupies. You can read the land use notice here.
Update: I just spoke with one of the people involved with the project and learned that there are no immediate plans for development of these lots, especially in light of current economic conditions. The property owner has owned the lots for many years and is simply changing lot boundaries. Are you interested in making a difference in your neighborhood and helping to clean up nearby streets, creeks, parks or other public areas? Join your neighbors to help make a difference in an upcoming Clean and Green event to be held Saturday, March 7th from 9 AM to noon. To learn more, contact Ed Pottharst at ed.pottharst@seattle.gov Join your neighbors for a few hours in helping to restore Victory Creek by removing invasive plants, mulching, planting native species, cleaning up the litter in the park and caring for this small wonderful native habitat. Sponsored by Seattle Public Utility Creek Steward Program Project Everyone is welcome! When: Noon – 2 p.m. every second Sunday |
 
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