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Benefit Dinner for North Helpline

Take the ‘Elder-Friendly Community’ Survey

Aging & Disability Services (ADS)—the Area Agency on Aging for Seattle-King County—wants to know how you think we can become a more elder-friendly community. Every four years, ADS develops a plan that charts the course the agency will take in creating an elder-friendly community. ADS looks at demographics and other trends, and major service goals and objectives. Public input is important, and ADS has created a survey—available on Survey Monkey and also in print—that will help shape the plan for 2016–2019. Take the survey at www.surveymonkey.com/s/X5JY736. Learn more in this recent AgeWise King County article. Questions? Contact ADS planner Karen Winston (karen.winston@seattle.gov or 206-684-0706).

Hip Hop Green Dinner February 10th

This Hip Hop Green Dinner is an event targeting all youth and their families in our community to encourage heathy eating. The creator of this program is a very energetic young man who combines his love of hip hop with education about healthy food choices and a delicious vegan meal.

The dinner is Tuesday Feb 10, 5-7 pm at Lake City Presbyterian Church (3841 NE 123rd St). The registration link is here. It is free but everyone needs to register. (Donations welcome.)

Hands On! Skills-Share Event Saturday 2/7

The fifth annual Hands On! skills-share event is Saturday, February 7 from 10 am to 5 pm at Meadowbrook Community Center, 10517 35th Ave NE.

Learn how to make soap, learn basic bike repair, make kombucha, sew fabric totebags, build productive garden soil and lots more. There’s a free lunch, too! See the workshop schedule here.

This event is co-sponsored by Meadowbrook Community Center and Sustainable NE Seattle.

Help Us Build a NE 130th St Station!

Sound Transit is expected to make a decision in April 2015 regarding light rail station locations in the Northgate to Lynnwood extension. One station being considered is a NE 130th Street Station at NE 130th and I-5. The proposed 130th Street station would not have a parking structure and would rely on walkers, bikers, transit riders and a proposed Bitter Lake-Lake City METRO bus connection. Planned future cycle tracks in the area would also feed to the station. Service at the station would be scheduled to start in 2023.

A NE 130th station:

Would ensure better access for Lake City and Bitterlake riders. The 130th/125th corridor has far greater capacity and shorter distance to Lake City and Bitterlake, two underserved and dense communities in the northernmost part of Seattle. A new bus route could easily and efficiently serve both communities with quick access to light rail without the delays and congestion on NE 145th and Northgate Way.
Promote more walking and biking to light rail. Many Haller Lake and Pinehurst commuters in the walkshed of a NE 130th station would easily be able to walk to light rail at NE 130th when they would otherwise need to drive or take a bus to the Northgate or NE 145th stations. This would reduce pressure on demand for building expensive parking garages at both the Northgate and NE 145th stations.
Would increase ridership on LINK light rail.

While this project is relatively inexpensive (about $25 million) compared with other stations and Sound Transit has been coming in significantly under budget, what I have been able to learn so far is that Seattle and Sound Transit decision makers are leaning toward not recommending a NE 130th Street station. However, nothing is yet final and an extremely strong showing of community and business support can impact this decision. Now is the time to show your support.

You can show your support by emailing the following and sharing your support for commitment to a LINK light rail station at NE 130th to open in 2013:

Sound Transit Board: EmailTheBoard@soundtransit.org
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray: ed.murray@seattle.gov
Seattle Councilmember Tom Rasmusen: tom.rasmussen@seatle.gov
Seattle Councilmember Mike O’Brien: mike.obrien@seattle.gov
King County Councilmember Rod Dembowski: rod.dembowski@kingcounty.gov
Director Seattle Department of Transportation, Scott Kubly: scott.kubly@seattle.gov
Director King County METRO, Kevin Desmond: kevin.desmond@kingcounty.govFor more information:
130th Station Informational Flyer
http://seattletransitblog.com/2013/10/07/ne-130th-st-station-a-diamond-in-the-rough/
http://lakecitylive.net/2013/10/04/seattle-city-council-to-vote-on-recommendation-for-ne-130th-street-light-rail-station/
http://council.seattle.gov/2012/04/17/light-rail-station-at-130th-street-and-i-5/
http://www.soundtransit.org/Documents/pdf/projects/North_hct/Lynnwood%20DEIS/SoundTransit_quickscreens_web1.pdf

Pinehurst Picks

Please feel free to send in photos of art – or anything unexpected and fun – you see on your walks around the neighborhood to info@pinehurstseattle.org.

Kids’ Art in Pinehurst Pocket Park

Here’s a change of pace. This picture was created by the parent of a kid who was also drawing a picture at last year’s Pinehurstfest. The boy said his father, Flint, is an artist. Looks good, eh? Go see it live in the kiosk at Pinehurst Pocket Park, NE 117th St and 19th Ave NE. Any other adults who would like their artwork displayed are welcome to submit it. Fair warning – it can get faded in the course of a month.

If you would like to submit your child’s artwork for the Pocket Park, please email nancy@pinehurstseattle.org. We’ll put it on mat board donated by FRAMEIT Ltd, 10712 5th Ave NE.

Pinehurst School Traffic Safety Proposal

This week there were two design review meetings to present proposals for improving traffic safety near the new to-be-built Pinehurst School. You can see the slide show and other materials from the meeting here.

The plan calls for adding some sidewalks (over $1 million), and changes to Pinehurst Way lanes. Below is a synopsis.

Next steps are:

Business outreach (February, March 2015)
Outdoor Drop-In Sessions (spring and summer 2015)
Booth at Pinehurstfest (July 2015)

Implementation Timeline

2015 Short-term improvements, such as changes to signs and pavement markings
2015 Design for civil improvements
2016 Civil improvement construction
SDOT will develop a funding strategy for longer term improvements

If you have questions or would like to share your perspective on traffic safety around Pinehurst School, please contact Brian Dougherty at 206-684-5124 or via e-mail at brian.dougherty@seattle.gov

SPD Changing Patrol Boundaries

From the SPD Blotter blog: “Beginning January 28^th, the department will increase the number of patrols squads and sergeants at each of SPD’s five precincts, improving each precinct’s officer-to-supervisor ratio. This will enable supervisors to work more closely with officers, providing guidance in investigations, reviewing use of force, and ensuring quality of public service.”

The SPD is making numerous changes to the boundaries of the patrol beats. One can’t tell from the map what the street boundaries are for our area, so as soon as we see a more detailed map, we’ll publish it. It may mean those of us who monitor activity via Tweets by Beat will want to subscribe to a different beat.

Pinehurst School Traffic Meeting Today

The next Pinehurst School Traffic Safety Project meeting will be TODAY, when design alternatives will be presented:

Wednesday, January 28 from 4:00-5:30 PM

The meeting will be held at the Pinehurst Shelter House, 12029 14th Ave NE

There is quite a bit more info on the history of the project so far as well as the upcoming meetings on SDOT’s project page.

http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/ped_srts_pinehurst.htm

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