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NEDC Announcments April 4, 2002
1.
Ravenna-Bryant Spring Meeting: Save the date--April 11, 6:45 p.m. for the
Spring Ravenna-Bryant Community Association general community meeting. The event will be held at the Ravenna-Eckstein
Community Center. New board
members will be elected. Those
interested in serving are encouraged to attend the March 13th
RBCA meeting at 7 p.m. at the Ravenna-Eckstein Community Center. Email rbca@scn.org
for further information.
2.
Ravenna Creek Daylighting Project: Ravenna Creek will be reconnected physically
in 2003 and will again flow into Union Bay in northeast Seattle. The
creek will be daylighted to the south edge of Ravenna Park. Elsewhere, the physical connection will occur via new or existing
pipes. Art is being commissioned
to represent the community's vision of a surface creek.
You are invited to a series of community
workshops to help define and choose options and opportunities for the
creek in the park and for the art that will memorialize the daylighting
vision. March 14 was the first of these meetings, at
6:30 p.m. at Roosevelt High School, 1410 NE 66th Street – the other
workshops are also on Thursday evenings, same time and place: April
18 and May 16. At the second, the design team will present
conceptual alternatives; at the third, in May, they will present the
preferred alternative.
Additional information will be posted
on the Ravenna Creek Alliance website: http://home.earthlink.net/~ravennacreek. If you would like to be added to the email
list about the project, send a message to ravennacreek@earthlink.net.
3.
Free Organic Gardening Classes Offered: The City P-Patch Program, Seattle Tilth Association
and Seattle Public Utilities will hold a series of three free organic
gardening classes beginning in March and ending in June. Attendance at all three classes is not required.
The classes will be held from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in north Seattle locations
listed below To register call
the P-Patch office at 206-684-0264 or send email
to p-patch.don@ci.seattle.wa.us.
·
May 11, Ballard P-Patch, 25th Avenue NW & NW 85th
Street: The second class, “Keeping
it Growing,” stresses the importance of organic mulches and fertilizers. Gardeners will also learn water conservation
tips for the garden and sowing and thinning techniques.
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June 15, Picardo P-Patch, 26th Avenue NE & NE 82nd
Street: The third class, “Setting
the Table,” teaches gardeners how to deal with weeds, diseases,
pests common to the Northwest and harvest and post-harvest food care.
4.
Spring Clean: Spring Clean
is all about helping residents improve our precious urban open spaces,
whether it's a park, school yard, right of way, or another public property.
When you sign up, we can supply you with tools, bags, and even passes
to the dump! Spring Clean runs from April 6 through May 18. If you want
to clean up open spaces in your neighborhood or pitch in on a project,
please call the Spring Clean Hotline at 206-233-7187
or visit www.ci.seattle.wa.us/util/ept/springclean/.
It's quick! It's fun! It makes a difference!
5.
Adopt A Street: The Seattle Public Utilities Adopt A Street Program provides
individuals, groups, businesses and schools with bags, tools and safety
equipment, and FREE disposal to help manage litter in our city. Grants are available for community projects
and to help develop solutions to neighborhood litter control problems. For further information call the Adopt A Street
hotline at 206-684-7647 or go to www.cityofseattle.net/util/aastreet/.
6.
Graffiti Paint Outs in Your Community: Get together
with your neighbors and take control of graffiti in your community with
tools and basic instruction provided by Seattle Public Utilities (SPU). FREE recycled paint is available for pick up
along with rollers and brushes. Graffiti
paint out wagons are also available for ongoing groups that paint out
graffiti in the community. Contact 206-684-5004 for more information.
7.
Tennis at Sand Point/Magnuson Park: A group of citizens interested in providing
advise and assistance on creating a tennis center at Sand Point/Magnuson
Park has been meeting since early 2001.
Monthly meetings are held at 6 p.m. on the second Tuesday of
each month at the Sand Point/Magnuson Park administrative offices, 7400
Sand Point Way NE, Building 138. If
you are interested in participating in this effort, please contact Larry
Curd at 206-522-0085 or lacurd@aol.com or just attend a meeting.
8.
Volunteer with SPACE: The Sand Point Arts & Cultural Exchange (SPACE) is seeking volunteers
to help with its summer concert series and an annual benefit party and
auction. To find out when the
group meets contact Katie Kurtz at 206-522-9529 or email space@sandpointarts.org.
9.
Save the Date: The
Friends of Seattle Public Library Spring book sale is scheduled April
12-14, Friday through Sunday at Sand Point/Magnuson Park. The sale takes place in Building 30. Members are eligible to attend the Friday night
members-only preview sale from 6:30-9:30 p.m. The sale is open to the
public on Saturday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m.
until 4 p.m. For more information,
call Quick Info at 206-386-4636 or go to www.spl.lib.wa.us/friends/booksale.
10.
Sand Point Community Communications Committee (SPCCC): The SPCCC meets monthly on the fourth Wednesday
of each month from 4:30-6 p.m. in the Community Activity Room, Building
406, 7400 Sand Point Way NE.
11.
Affordable Housing Speakers Bureau: This group will provide speakers to begin a
dialogue in the community about the upcoming housing levy. The Speakers
Bureau is made up of housing advocates and community leaders. The organizing parties are the Housing Development
Consortium of Seattle – King County and the City’s Office
of Housing. Seattle voters first
approved the Housing Levy in 1981, again in 1986 and again in 1995. The current levy expires in 2002.
There are three different types of presentation
depending upon how much time your group has:
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The main presentation is a PowerPoint presentation that includes
a lot of pictures of affordable housing and people who benefit from
affordable housing. It is about
20 minutes in length and we would like to allow 10 minutes for Q &A. In order to show the presentation they need
a wall or screen and outlets.
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Our second option is a condensed PowerPoint presentation that
is about 8-10 minutes in length. It
also includes pictures of places and people. In order to show the presentation
they need a wall or screen and outlets.
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Our third option available is appropriate when the allotted
time is 5 to 10 minutes and their isn’t enough time to set up a
computer and projector for a PowerPoint presentation.
They can distribute handouts that include the main talking points
listed above. For further information, contact Kim Hines
at 206-223-0037 or khines@hdc-kingcounty.org.
12.
Citizen Advisory Candidates Sought: The Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is seeking
candidates interested in serving on its three advisory committees, the
Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SWAC), the Water System Advisory Committee
(WSAC) and the Creeks and Drainage Advisory Committee (CDAC). The role of the committees is to advise SPU
on issues relating to the main line of business. Committees meet monthly between 4:20 p.m. and 7 p.m. in downtown
Seattle. Terms are for two years
and committee members can anticipate spending 4-5 hours per month. Members are given parking passes and food.
Applications are due on April 15th. For further information, go to www.cityofseattle.net/util/ or call
Mike Mercer (WSAC) at 206-684-0570, Jetta Wallace (SWAC) at 206-684-8513
or Carlton Stin (CDAC) at 206-684-7624.
13.
NEDC Correspondence:
2. letter
on lighting issues 3.
letter on noise ordinance that we forgot to hand out last month 4.
letter on UW master plan transportation issues that we forgot to hand
out
For
copies of correspondence, contact Karen Ko at 206-233-3732 or karen.ko@ci.seattle.wa.us.
14.
Municipal League Civic Awards: You know someone
special who deserves public recognition and gratitude for their dedication.
They serve as role models to others throughout our region. Their
work and deeds matter. They made a difference in people's
lives and our region is a better place because of them.
15.
Citizen’s Budget Conference: Saturday, April
20; 8:30 AM-12:30PM, South Seattle Community College; Jerry Brockey
Center, 1600 16th Ave SW. Come learn about the City of Seattle
budget process and how you and your organization can become involved
in deciding how funds are spent! Co-sponsored by the City Neighborhood
Council, Seattle City Council, Finance Department, and Department of
Neighborhoods, this conference will provide an overview of the City’s
budget process and includes guest speakers:
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Mayor Greg Nickels
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City Council
President Peter Steinbrueck
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Councilmember
Jan Drago, Chair of the Finance, Budget, Business and Labor Committee
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Dwight Dively,
Director, Department of Finance
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For more information,
call Sandy Brooks at 684-0719 or send email to sandy.brooks@ci.seattle.wa.us
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