"Bridging the Gap" transportation projects to be ranked in July

To All,

This is news that relates to Bridging the Gap applications that the East District will be ranking during our July 8th meeting. The way I read this is that we have three underlined projects under the heading East District: 12^th Avenue, 19^th Avenue, and Madison.

Jim

(link to East District  project descriptions)

From: Brochet, Art [mailto:Art.Brochet@seattle.gov] On Behalf Of DOT_NSF
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 2:11 PM
To: DOT_NSF
Cc: Divina, Ted (Ted.Divina@seattle.gov); Dumpys, Christa; Bush, James; Ko, Karen; Lock, Stan; Louie, Steve; Mattson, Rob; Pitre, Yun; Pottharst, Ed; Durkan, Tim; Whittemore, Thomas
Subject: 2013 NSF Application Studies

Hi!

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is pleased to announce the completion of the preliminary evaluations of the 2013 Neighborhood Street Fund applications selected by Seattle’s District Councils for consideration. 

You may remember that 68 applications were received city-wide and that each District choose three for preliminary project analysis and cost estimates.   Whether you submitted an application, supported a proposed improvement or helped to select which projects moved forward, you may be interested in seeing the resulting studies.

Project information sheets for the District Council selected projects are now posted on the http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/btg_nsf_large.htmwebsite as downloadable pdfs, grouped together for each District.  (Please note that when printing the PDFs they are in 11” x 17” format.  The pages may be printed on a 8.5” x 11” printer by selecting “Tile” in your print dialog box instead of selecting “Fit to Page”, but are probably better viewed on line.)

June 10 District Council Agenda

	East District Council Monday, June 10, 2013 5:45 pm - 7:45 pm Capitol Hill Branch, Seattle Public Library 425 Harvard Avenue East ____________________________________________ Notes from Karen Ko, our acting Department of Neighborhoods District Coordinator :  The City Arborist has not been confirmed, but we're keeping our fingers crossed. District Council elections to be held in July.  Your golden opportunity to step into a leadership position. And, finally, Tim Durkan, the regular District Coordinator for the East District has returned from his world travels.  We'll welcome him back and I will return to the North.  It has been an honor and a thrill to work with all of you.  Thank you so much for letting me be part of this fascinating community this past year.
>> Addition to the agenda: Several East District Council members attended the Neighborhood Matching Fund open house, and will report to us about it.
----- Agenda -----
·      Welcome and Introductions ·      Changes to Agenda ·      Minutes of May 13 meeting		Andrew Taylor, Chair District Council Members	5:45 - 5:55
·      New Street Tree Ordinance – ·      Seattle’s Street Tree ordinance has not been changed since 1961.  Hightlights of what the new ordinance looks like.		Nolan Rundquist, City Arborist	5:55 – 6:05
·      East Precinct Report		Casey Sundin, Officer Community Police Team	6:05 – 6:15
·      Request for membership from    Capitol Hill Housing   Sustainable Capitol Hill From the East District Council bylaws: “Membership shall be of such community councils and neighborhood business organizations primarily located in the District Council’s boundaries that wish to participate.  Other representatives may be added at the discretion of the District Council.  An applicant organization must not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex or sexual orientation.  Council membership requires active participation and may be terminated by lack of representation at half of any 12 month series of meetings, after review by the Executive Committee and vote of the membership.”		Andrew Taylor, Chair (Alex Brennan, Mel Burchett)	6:15 – 6:30
·      Nominations for Officers for the District Council for 2013 – 14 Nominations are made in June/Elections held in July.		Andrew Taylor	6:30 – 6:35
·      City Neighborhood Council Report -		Andrew Taylor	6:35 – 6:40
·      Neighborhood Round Robin –      Capitol Hill     Madison Park          Miller Park      First Hill          Madison Valley       Yesler Terrace		District Council Members	6:40 – 7:00
·       Bylaws Discussion -		Andrew Taylor	7:00 – 7:15
·      Wrap Up & Adjourn		Andrew Taylor, Chair	7:15 – 7:30

Draft minutes of May 2013 District Council meeting

East District Council

Seattle Public Library – Capitol Hill Branch                                                                                                                                             

425 Harvard Avenue

May 13, 2013

Members  Attending:

Andrew Taylor

Alice Lanczos, Madison Park Community Council

Anita Bowers, Montlake Community Club

Elaine King, Montlake Community Club

Janis Maloney, Madison Park Business Association

John Akamatsu, Capitol Hill Community Council

Guests:

Bob Derry, First Hill Streetcar Project

Victoria Beach, East Precinct Advisory Committee

Mel Burchett, Sustainable Capitol Hill

Gina Biber, The Capitol Hill Times

Don Blakeney, Capitol Hill Chamber

Mike Archambault, Central Seattle Greenways

Erin Abu-Rish, Capitol Hill Community Council

Tammy Lothy, resident

Jeff Heft, resident

Tonya Crehan, resident

Valerie Bloem, resident

Alex Brennan, Capitol Hill Housing

Michael Wells, Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce

Rob Crehan, resident

Staff: Karen Ko, Neighborhood District Coordinator

The meeting was called to order by Andrew Taylor at 5:50pm.

The minutes from the April 8^th East District Council meeting were approved.

Bob Derry gave an update on the 1^st Hill Street Car. The project started at Seattle Community College and has now reached Yesler and Jackson. They are     considering   accommodating bicycles. You can sign up for updates and they are on Facebook and Twitter.

Captain Ron Wilson, East District Community Police gave an update on recent crimes since the last meeting, particularly in and around Cal Anderson Park. They are increasing patrols in the park in response to complaints of drug paraphernalia in the play area.  Corbi Christenson, Park Ranger Supervisor stated that there are 5 to ten rangers for all of Seattle Parks.

Matthew York, East Precinct Police Liaison Attorney provided a follow up regarding issues raised at the last meeting. Some of the issues covered were:

Noise; there is a 65 decibel limit, chronic nuisance concerns, and limited coverage of police force, residential and business zoning conflicts.

 He also shared they are instituting night life meetings with bar owners.