MCC To Consider Three Resolutions
What should be the
Club’s position on the Trans-Lake Study and aircraft noise?
The Montlake Community
Club will consider three resolutions at the General Membership meeting on
Wednesday, June 13. The proposed resolutions ask the Club to adopt positions on
three issues.
One resolution asks
the Club to reaffirm its position opposing the taking of residential property.
Another resolution
directs the Club to demand that an effort to reduce single-occupancy vehicle
traffic be a criterion for Trans-Lake project designs. This resolution further
seeks to require communication of the Club’s position to the Trans-Lake Washington
Project and to require Montlake representatives to the Project to actively
support the position.
Another resolution
seeks to enjoin Seattle officials to halt expansion of SeaTac airport until the
City’s noise issues are addressed. Full text of resolutions begins page 3.
Montlake residents,
property, and business owners all have the right to participate in the
discussion of these issues and to vote on any resolution. We encourage you to
join us at the meeting and exercise this right.
Trans-Lake Washington Project
Voice opinion
before June decision date
Come to an open
house on Tuesday, June 12 from 5pm to 8pm at the Museum of History and Industry
to provide your input on a key decision being made this June by the Trans-Lake
Washington Project. At the open house, the project will be presenting
information on the performance, costs, and impacts of eight proposed
multi-modal alternatives. On June 27 or July 11, the project’s Executive
Committee will be making recommendations to the Washington Department of
Transportation and Sound Transit on which of these alternatives should be
further evaluated in an environmental impact statement. Descriptions of the
proposed alternatives and more information about the project can be viewed at www.wsdot.wa.gov/translake. If you cannot attend the open houses,
send your comments to translake@wsdot.wa.gov or call the project hotline at
206-448-6611.
President’s Corner
Welcome
to the new members who have joined the Montlake Community Club Board of
Trustees! And, the Club’s thanks to Jean Leed, who single-handedly organized
this year’s Board retreat.
The
Montlake Community Club Board of Trustees benefited from a
goal/strategy-setting meeting on Saturday, May 19, 2001 at the Community
Center. This retreat was funded by a City of Seattle Department of
Neighborhoods grant, written by our neighbor Jean Leed. Grover Partee, of Ursus
Consulting, was the facilitator.
I’d
like to briefly recap our "envisioning and values" work to give you
an idea of the topics we identified as warranting the Board’s and Club’s
attention. We have much follow-up to accomplish in order to flesh out our
visions for the Montlake neighborhood, but the following roughly describes our
priorities.
Visions for Montlake in 2010
·
Provide
guidelines for a diversified, successful Montlake business district.
·
Maintain
and improve the amenities we enjoy (natural environment, facilities, bike and
pedestrian trails).
·
Encourage
broad and active dynamic engagement of community residents in local and
regional issues.
·
Reduce
local vehicular traffic congestion and noise.
·
Help
overcome the geographic and physical division of neighborhood; i.e., separation
caused by 24th Avenue East, Montlake Boulevard, SR-520 and other
physical barriers.
·
Increase
safety for businesses and people (both on foot and on bicycles).
·
Advocate
for better transit service.
·
Support
capital improvements at Montlake School and the Montlake Community Center.
·
Refine
and personalize our process for neighborhood communication.
·
Create
a system to identify Montlake’s boundaries.
I’d also like to
call your attention to the SR-520 corridor planning that continues to move
forward. If you have not monitored the recent developments in the Trans-Lake
Washington Study, we urge you to attend the June general meeting. It will soon
be too late to have much input.
In
conclusion, I’d like to share with you a wonderful example of how neighborhood
residents work together to make this the kind of community in which we all love
to live. Generous Montlakers living between 25th and 26th
Avenues East on East McGraw Street, recently spent a Saturday cleaning and
replanting an elderly resident’s front yard that had gotten away from her while
she was recuperating from serious illness. A work party of residents in that
block weeded, dug, purchased, hauled, and planted, as a spontaneous gesture of
concern and care for their neighbor. We love hearing of these “Random Acts of
Montlake Kindness.”
The
thanks of the entire neighborhood go out to those generous families on McGraw.
We know there are many stories like this that we would like to recognize. If
you know of any, please share them with us!
--Clarissa Easton
Board Meeting Minutes
May 2, 2001 The Board of Trustees of the Montlake Community Club
convened at 7:30 PM at the Montlake Community Center, President Clarissa Easton
presiding.
Three upcoming events were discussed:
The MCC board retreat scheduled from 8am to noon
on Saturday, May19, where the Board will undergo training on “Neighborhood
Organizations.” The Facilitator will use the handbook developed by The
Coalition of Washington Communities. Jean Leed was the organizer.
·
The Trans-Lake Washington presentation by the
Trans-Lake Project Office at 6:30pm at the Community Center immediately
preceding the General Meeting at 7:30pm on May9.
·
The monthly general meeting where the mayoral
candidates will speak to the Community.
·
The formal meeting will be suspended; the next
general meeting will be at 7:30pm on June13.
Paul Gibson reported on NE District Council with
concerns about Sound Transit.
Volunteers were solicited for distribution of
the Flyer.
All members were asked
to attend and bring guests to the 6:30pm Montlake Cut band concert on Friday,
May 4.(The concert was rained out after 20 minutes—next year!).
The
June 6 board meeting is at 7:30pm in the west, modular building.
General Meeting Minutes
May 9, 2001 The general meeting was
suspended to hear from the three Mayoral Candidates.
Three Mayoral candidates addressed the club:
·
Greg Nichols, King County Councilman.
·
Mark Sidran, Seattle City Attorney.
·
Paul Schell, Seattle City Mayor.
The meeting was well attended. Each of the
candidates offered an abbreviated autobiographical sketch, then opened to
questions from the audience. The Montlakers were on good behavior (no long
knives) and each of the candidates squirmed a little but recovered nicely:
Mayor Schell over WTO and Mardi Gras, and Mark Sidron over a meeting he had
with the homeless (did you sit on the sidewalk? No, I brought a chair.)
Proposed Resolutions
Three Montlake residents have requested that
three resolutions be put before the general membership for a vote at the June
13 meeting. The resolutions will be read to the membership; the Club President
will entertain discussion from the floor and recognize motions for amendments.
A majority vote of members in attendance is required for attachment of an
amendment. A two-thirds supermajority of members in attendance is required for
passage of a resolution.
The following resolutions will be considered:
Resolution 1, proposed by Peter
Staten and Flicker Salogga.
The Montlake
Community Club, in accordance with its adopted Transportation Policies,
resolves that any design alternative for expansion of SR-520 resulting in the
taking of private residential property in Montlake is unacceptable to this
community, and will be actively opposed by this community club.
Resolution 2, proposed by Peter
Staten and Flicker Salogga.
The Montlake
Community Club, in accordance with its adopted Transportation Policies,
resolves that each design alternative for the expansion of SR-520, in order to
be acceptable to this community, must include an inclusive and effective
program for reducing reliance on single-occupant vehicle traffic by land uses
served by the SR-520 corridor generally; and in particular, by land uses
affecting Montlake arterials. In furtherance of this position, the MCC asks
that the City of Seattle immediately develop programs to implement the
Transportation Demand Management (TDM) recommendations of the Trans-Lake
Washington Project.
In particular,
the MCC asks that the City of Seattle immediately undertake revisions to its
current land use regulations that will result in reduced reliance on
single-occupant vehicle travel; and implement programs that will establish and
fund alternative forms of travel, including improved bus service, van pools and
car pools.
The Montlake
Community Club further resolves that:
1. The text of these resolutions shall be
communicated to the Trans-Lake Washington project, to the City of Seattle, and
to affected communities in the SR-520 corridor.
2. The Montlake representatives to the
Trans-Lake Project take note of these resolutions, and actively promote their
spirit and intent to the Trans-Lake Washington Project.
Resolution 3, proposed by Debra
Adler.
Be it resolved
that Seattle’s elected and appointed public officials request a moratorium on
the expansion of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport until the aircraft noise
issues affecting Seattle’s residential communities are adequately addressed,
and a plan for noise reduction has been developed and accepted by affected
communities.(see
Letters to the Editor for discussion).
We urge you to
attend and exercise your right to vote on these proposed resolutions.
Announcements and Notices
Get with the Party
Help beautify the neighborhood
You are invited
to attend a work party on Sunday, June 10 from 12pm to 4pm at the Montlake Pocket
Park at the Southwest corner of 24th Avenue East and East Boyer
Street. Refreshments will be provided.
We have been
fortunate in the last few years to have Joseph Limacher taking responsibility
for care of this great little park, but he has moved on to other things. I want
to thank him for all his hard work in the past. The park is in need of a little
TLC, none of it too difficult. Most of the work will consist of pulling weeds
and some errant ivy. If you have anywhere from one to four hours you can spare
please join us, and bring along a hoe or a spade to facilitate the work.
The request for
the City of Seattle neighborhood matching grant for improvements to the lot at
23rd and Newton will be going out next week. We should have a
response by the end of June, and will be contacting those who have volunteered
to work on this project starting then. If you haven’t signed up, but would
still like to help, please call 322-8660.
Preliminary 2001 Football Schedule for Husky Stadium
Since the Montlake Flyer isn’t published during
the summer, you might like to put some preliminary dates on your calendar
before the games begin. Note that the Huskies have not yet announced game
times. We will print a more complete schedule in September’s Flyer. Two-game
weekends are shaded.
|
Day |
Date |
Time |
Teams |
|
Saturday |
8/18 |
7:00pm |
Seahawks vs Arizona* |
|
Saturday |
9/1 |
1:00pm |
Seahawks vs New Orleans* |
|
Saturday |
9/8 |
N/A |
Huskies vs Michigan |
|
Sunday |
9/16 |
1:15pm |
Seahawks vs Kansas City |
|
Sunday |
9/22 |
N/A |
Huskies vs Idaho |
|
Sunday |
9/23 |
1:15pm |
Seahawks vs Philadelphia |
|
Saturday |
10/6 |
N/A |
Huskies vs USC |
|
Sunday |
10/7 |
1:05pm |
Seahawks vs Jacksonville |
|
Sunday |
10/14 |
1:15pm |
Seahawks vs Denver |
|
Saturday |
10/20 |
N/A |
Huskies vs Arizona |
|
Sunday |
10/28 |
1:15pm |
Seahawks vs Miami |
|
Saturday |
11/3 |
N/A |
Huskies vs Stanford |
|
Sunday |
11/4 |
5:30pm |
Seahawks vs Oakland |
|
Saturday |
11/17 |
N/A |
Huskies vs Wash State |
|
Sunday |
12/2 |
1:05pm |
Seahawks vs San Diego |
|
Sunday |
12/16 |
1:15pm |
Seahawks vs Dallas |
* Exhibition game
Last year’s game attendance statistics were:
Huskies—70,000 to 75,000 people, Seahawks—40,000 to 50,000 people (far fewer at
exhibition games).
Speed Checks on 24th E During May
In response to neighbors’ concerns about
speeding along 24th Ave. E., the MCC Board arranged through the
City’s transportation department (SeaTran) to have speeds checked and posted on
the corner of 24th & McGraw St. during May. Seattle Police were
also following up with enforcement. Hopefully this effort will remind people
(both local residents and those passing through) that, in addition to being a
business district, that area is also a residential neighborhood, so they will
slow down for safety.
Montlake Elementary School Carnival
Don’t miss this annual neighborhood summer
event. Friday, June 15, 5pm to 8pm, rain or shine at the Montlake Community
Center. Public Welcome. Huge inflatable rides for all ages, live entertainment
featuring Mario Lorenz—the Laff Master, BBQ dinner for kids and adults. Games,
prizes, face painting, and more! Come join us for an end-of-the-school-year
celebration that always brings together the Montlake community at large and the
school.
Montlake Community Center News
Summer camp registration is in full swing, and
our programs are filling up quickly. The mail-in registration lottery has
closed and we have now opened registration for walk-in applicants. For those of
you who have already enrolled in our camps, remember to come in and pick up
your parent packets beginning on June 1.
Our summer programs brochure will be available
May 29 and we will be offering a wide variety of camp programs, as well as
classes for children, adults, and seniors. Come in, pick up a copy, and see
what we have to offer. Due to electricity constraints, we will be unable to
offer any pottery classes that use our kilns this summer. Sorry for any
inconvenience this may cause. Be sure to come down to the center on August 22
from 5:00pm to 8:00pm for Family Night.
Beginning in June, the center is open Monday
through Friday 8am to 9pm; Saturday 10am to 5pm; and Sunday noon to 4pm.
Arboretum Adds Saturday Hours
for greenhouse and donated plant sales
An excellent variety of plants, including those
propagated from Arboretum collections and donated by Arboretum Foundation
members, is available for sale at the Washington Park Arboretum, 2300 Arboretum
Drive East, Seattle. Sale hours are: Tuesdays: Plants propagated from
Arboretum seeds and cuttings from 10am to noon throughout the year at the Pat
Calvert Greenhouse. Wednesdays: Plants grown and donated by Arboretum
Foundation members from 10am to 2pm, now through October 24 in the Plant
Donations Department. Second Saturdays: Both donated and propagated
plants from 10am to 2pm through October. For information call 206-325-4510.
History Walking Tours at MOHAI
Three Montlake Tours Offered
The Museum of History and Industry is
pleased to present its summer 2001 History Walking Tours. Of special interest
to Montlakers is the Saturday, July 7 Montlake tour at 11am. The Montlake
Neighborhood Tour will begin at the Tudor building at the Montlake Community
Center. Together we will enjoy the rich and varied architecture that
characterizes vintage Montlake, including “Victoria Village,” the wonderful
Tudor cottages on the 1900 block of East Blaine. Along the way we will learn
about the people and events that shaped Montlake many decades ago. The tour
will be led by MOHAI Executive Director and architectural historian Leonard
Garfield, and Montlake historian and 49-year Montlake resident Allan
Seidenverg.
Other Montlake-related tours this summer
include:
Historic Gearheads Tour. Local historian and Montlake resident Roger Van
Oosten will lead this tech tour, where you’ll see a drawbridge, a wind tunnel
and a nuclear reactor like you've never seen before! Saturday, July 14 at 11am
at MOHAI.
Montlake
Bridge was the last of four bascule bridges built across the Lake Washington
Ship Canal. It opened for traffic in June 1925. Like the Fremont, University,
and Ballard bridges, the Montlake Bridge has huge counterweights which lift the
spans.
MOHAI Webster & Stevens Collection
Neighborhood New Deal Art Tour.
Local architectural historian and Montlake resident Roger van Oosten will lead
this very special walking tour exploring several of Seattle’s most interesting
Works Progress Administration (WPA) and other New Deal murals. We’ll start at
MOHAI with the museum’s collection of Kenneth Callahan murals, then walk up the
hill to the UW and the University District. The tour will include several
murals not currently on public display. Saturday, August 4 at 11am at MOHAI.
These will be popular tours and size will be
limited, so please sign up early. Tour hours are from 11:00am to 1:00pm.Advance
tickets are only $10.00 per person, or $15.00 if you sign up the day of the
tour. Tickets may be ordered by calling MOHAI at 206-324-1126. For details on
the rest of MOHAI’s History Walking Tours, please go to the museum website at www.seattlehistory.org
or send email to programs@seattlehistory.org.