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* * * * * * * * * This electronic newsletter serves the communities of Lake City, Northgate, Maple Leaf, Victory Heights, Meadowbrook, Pinehurst, Olympic Hills, Cedar Park, and Haller Lake (east of I-5). Feel free to forward this newsletter to others who may be interested. Anyone may choose to receive it by writing me at ed.pottharst@seattle.gov . I welcome comments, suggestions, and items for future issues. Please submit any items for the May issue to ed.pottharst@seattle.gov by Thursday, April 24. Sincerely, Ed Pottharst Seattle Department of Neighborhoods North District Coordinator 12707 30th Ave. NE Seattle, WA 98125
Community Calendar North Precinct Advisory Committee,
Wed., Apr. 2, 7 to 8:30 p.m., North Precinct, 10049 College Way N., Topic: Domestic Violence Victims Support Team, Info: Jane
Mensoff, 684-0799. Northgate Open House, Mon. Apr. 7, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Nathan Hale High School cafeteria, 10750 30th Ave. NE, Info: 684-2489. Friend of Annie’s Playground, Mon., Apr. 7, 7 p.m., Meadowbrook Comm. Center, 10517 35th Ave. NE. Topics: playground design; auction planning, Info: 587-6994. Meadowbrook Community Council, Tues., Apr. 8, 7 p.m., Meadowbrook Comm. Center, 10515 35th Ave. NE. Topics: Old Maple Leaf School; Annie’s Playground; bylaws. Info: 363-2206. North District Council, Wed., Apr. 9, 7 p.m., Lake City Neighborhood Service Center, Topics: Northgate and Lake City neighborhood plans; transportation funding options (Councilmember Conlin); City emergency preparedness and fire station safety, Info: 684-7526. Meadowbrook Pond
Tour, Sat., Apr. 12, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., NE 107th St. and 35th
Ave. NE, Info: 684-2489. Lake City Pancake Breakfast, Sun., Apr. 13, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Lake City Community Center. Breakfast ($5 – children under 4 free), information tables, pet food drive & face-painting, Info: 363-3287. Athletic Field Lighting appeal hearing, Mon., Apr. 14, 9 a.m., City Office of the Hearing Examiner, with regard to the grants of special exceptions for lighting the athletic fields at Jane Addams School and Nathan Hale High School. Info: DCLU planner, Scott Kemp, 233-3866. North District Neighborhoods Stewardship Group, Mon., Apr. 14, 7 p.m., Lake City Neighborhood Service Center. Topic: Lake City Civic Core pedestrian lighting. Info: 367-4635. Northgate Chamber
luncheon, Wed., Apr. 16, noon, Ramada Inn, 2140 N. Northgate Way, Topics:
Chamber marketing, Lake City farmers market, Northgate
improvements, $20/$15, RSVP: 522-9400. Lake
City Chamber luncheon, Wed., Apr. 17, noon, Lake City Elks Club, 14540
Bothell Way NE, Guest: Councilmember
Peter Steinbrueck, $10, RSVP: 363-3287. Victory Heights egg hunt, Sat., Apr. 19, 1pm, Info: Molly Burke, 365-5895. Small
and Simple Neighborhood Matching Fund grant applications due Mon., Apr.
21. For a complete set of
guidelines, lists of projects, and applications online, go to www.cityofseattle.net/neighborhoods
and click on "Neighborhood Matching Fund,” or call the Department
of Neighborhoods at (206) 684-0464. Mayor’s
Tour of North District, Tues., Apr. 22, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Info:
Ed Pottharst, ed.pottharst@seattle.gov
. Annie’s Playground at Meadowbrook design workshop, Wed., Apr. 23, 7 p.m., Meadowbrook Comm. Center, 10515 35th Ave. NE, Info: 587-6994. Thornton Creek Park #6, Sun., Apr. 27, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Earth Day work party (sheet mulch, remove invasives), Info: 365-8965. Lake City Farmers
Market, Wed., Apr. 30, 7 to 8:30 p.m., pre-season meeting for volunteers,
Seattle Mennonite Church, 3120 NE 125th St., Info:
Molly Burke, 365-5895 Maple Leaf Community Council, Wed., Apr. 30, 7 p.m., Olympic View School, 504 NE 95th, Topics: Northgate Library & Community Center; King County’s Northgate Transit-Oriented Development Project; Lake City Farmers Market; Abused Deaf Women’s Advocacy Services Project in Maple Leaf; Initiative 80-Save Seattle’s Creeks. Info: 527-0926. Large Projects
Neighborhood Matching Fund grant applications due Mon., May 5.
For
a complete set of guidelines, lists of projects, and applications online,
go to www.cityofseattle.net/neighborhoods
and click on "Neighborhood Matching Fund,” or call the Department
of Neighborhoods at (206) 684-0464. Community Items Friends of Annie’s Playground Needs Your Help The
Friends of Annie’s Playground (FAP) have been working toward
construction of a new playground at Meadowbrook just north of the
baseball/softball fields. The
Annie's Playground Fund is now at $55,000 and will be used for new play
equipment for kids of all ages as well as art and landscaping for the
playground. Here's how you
can get involved: (1)
Show your support for the playground. In May 2003 FAP will apply to the
Department of Neighborhoods for a grant to match the amount raised by the
community. Contributions of money or time (valued at $12/hour) count
toward the community share of the cost.
Checks may be made out to "Annie's Playground Fund" and
sent to Janet Wilson, Meadowbrook Pool, 10515 - 35th Avenue NE, Seattle,
WA 98125. Donations are
tax-deductible. Time pledges
to install new playground equipment, organize volunteers, provide
childcare, etc., can be submitted to Lauren Yasuda, who will be at the
Meadowbrook Community Council meeting April 8. (2)
Participate in the Annie's Playground Auction on Saturday, May 17, 2003. This will be a family event at the Meadowbrook Community
Center, 10517 - 35th Avenue NE, with dinner included, for $8 per ticket or
$25 per family. There will be
really great stuff to bid on. Tickets
will be available from Lauren at the April 8 Council meeting. The auction also needs donations of goods and services.
Please contact Lauren. (3)
Help with playground design and event planning.
Everyone is welcome at FAP meetings, the first Monday of every
month at 7:00 p.m. at the Meadowbrook Community Center, upstairs in the
Family Center (child care and refreshments provided).
There will be on Monday, April 7, as well as a Department of Parks
and Recreation design workshop on April 23, 2003, at 7:00 p.m. at the
Meadowbrook Community Center. For
more information, please email info@anniesplayground.org or call
Lauren Yasuda at 587-6994. Take
a Teacher to the Beach at John Rogers Elementary
The
PTA of John Rogers Elementary School cordially invites you to its annual
auction fundraiser, “Beach Party 2003." Enjoy
an Italian pasta dinner including salad, bread, dessert, coffee, tea, and
a no host bar with beer and wine. Saturday, April 19, 2003 4:30pm
to 10:00pm North
Seattle Community College $20.00
per person Reservations
required in advance. Contact
Nancy Huss 364-5080. Adults
only. Reservation
deadline is April 4. **Sponsor
a teacher** The
PTA is honoring our teachers by having them as our special guests at the
auction. Please
sponsor one or more teachers at $20.00 each. Kiwanis Are Raining Pancakes in Northeast Seattle
The North Seattle
Sunrisers Kiwanis Club would like to ask you and your organization to
sponsor its annual Pancake Breakfast, Saturday, May 3, 8 a.m. to 12 noon,
at Wedgwood Presbyterian Church, 8008 - 35th Ave. N.E.
1.
Donate a worthy prize for the raffle (your organization will get
publicity)
2.
Set-up and staff a display table at the breakfast about your
business
3.
Help us sell tickets to pancake breakfast and/or raffle
4.
Put a Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast poster in your window or elsewhere
Lake
City Summer Festival Looking for Volunteers
This
year’s Lake City Summer Festival will be on August 2, 2003, and the Lake
City Chamber of Commerce is looking for volunteers in all areas of the
festival. Contact JoEllen
Merry, 363-3287, lakecitychamber@lakecitychamber.org .
Everything You Wanted to Know about Drainage Seattle
Public Utilities (SPU) is developing a new citywide Drainage Comprehensive
Plan. SPU is now planning two
public meetings in April to introduce the work being done and the goals of
the project. Monday,
April 14, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. South
Park Neighborhood Center, 8201 10th Ave. S. Monday,
April 21, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. North
City Light Service Center, 1300 N. 97th St. These
will be followed up with an additional pair of meetings with more detail,
probably in June. There will
likely be more focus on north end issues at the north end meeting and
south end issues at the south end meeting, but people are welcome to come
to either meeting. SPU is looking forward to hearing from you at these meetings
so please bring your questions! This
is the beginning of the discussion rather the end. SPU's consultants will be attending the meeting.
The Drainage Comprehensive Plan is expected to be completed in
2003. For more information, contact SPU’s Dotty DeCoster, 684-8745, dotty.decoster@seattle.gov Seeing Red in Meadowbrook Pond? Seattle
Public Utilities will be conducting red dye testing at Meadowbrook Pond
over the next several months. The
tests are being conducted to determine flow patterns within the pond so
that future improvements can be made to reduce periodic stagnant
conditions. The dye is
not harmful and is approved by the Washington State Department of Ecology.
The tests will consist of releasing red dye during certain weather
events, observing the flow patterns throughout the pond, and collecting
water samples to analyze dye concentrations.
A grid of buoys will be set up to identify locations where samples
from the pond will be collected. A
red tint may be noticeable in the pond during these test periods, but it
should diminish after several hours.
For more information, contact Seattle Public Utilities’ Ed
Mirabella at 684-5959, jedward.mirabella@seattle.gov. Spring
Clean is Here along with Spring Fever….
Come
get your bright yellow Spring Clean bags at the Lake City Neighborhood
Service Center. You can use
these during Spring Clean ’03, Seattle’s Cleanup of Public Spaces,
March 29 through May 11. Registration
forms for group cleanups are also available. For
more information, contact Spring Clean coordinator Tom Gannon, 684-8565, tom.gannon@seattle.gov
. Tips
for Natural Lawn Care, brought to you by Seattle Public Utilities
Aerate
your lawn for spring, mow higher (1-2 inches), leave the clippings, and
fertilize moderately in May with slow release or organic fertilizer. Call the Natural Lawn and Garden Hotline for more info at
633-0224 or Natural Lawn and Garden Care Guides. April is Northwest Natural Yard Days month - see www.ci.seattle.wa.us/util/rescons/naturalyard
for participating retailers. Capture
that Rain! One-Day-Only Rain
Barrel Sale April 13
Rain
barrels will be for sale for $32 each on Saturday, April 13, from 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m., at Sand Point Magnuson Park.
For more information, call 633-0224 or see http://www.seattle.gov/util/rainbarrel/. Learn
about February 2004 Seattle Schools Levy Proposal
A
community forum, hosted by the School Board, will be held at the Eckstein
Middle School cafeteria on Thursday, April 24, 2003, from 7 until 8:30
p.m. In 1998 Seattle voters
approved the first Building Technology and Athletics levy, which upgraded
or replaced systems to increase the safety and security of schools.
This levy includes 465 projects. The levy expires in 2004, and the
Seattle School District is preparing a renewal levy of $200,000,000.
This Building, Technology and Academics levy would fund multiple
projects at nearly every school. For more information, contact Julianne Bogaty at 252-0655, jpbogaty@seattleschools.org
. Apply
for AmeriCorps and VISTA Positions
The
Fremont Public Association is currently accepting applications for 130
AmeriCorps and VISTA members working throughout Seattle/King County in the
areas of domestic and youth violence education and prevention, elementary
school literacy, and leadership development in anti-poverty community
organizations. For more
information call our hotline at 206-675-3200 or log on to www.fremontpublic.org/vols/volunteerism.html
. Need a Crew for Plantings, Litter Pickups, Event Set-up and Take-down? Work
crews from the State Department of Corrections can help with litter
pick-ups, cleaning up illegal dumping sites, plantings, event set-up and
take-down and other labor-intensive projects.
The work generally must take place on public property, and can only
be done on private property through the request of a non-profit group or
City agency such as the Department of Neighborhoods, and with the property
owner's permission. The
program hopes to get the workers involved in doing community service hours
in the neighborhoods where they committed their crime.
Please
contact Ed Pottharst, ed.pottharst@seattle.gov , if you can think of places or events
in the North District that could use this kind of help.
This program has provided manual labor for cleanups and other
projects in other parts of Seattle, and comes very highly regarded.
Let’s find projects in this area that could use this help. Wondering
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