https://montlake.net/yardsale/
John will be at Glam and Tonic’s handing out printed maps and showing people how to use the map on their phones. It’s too late to be included on the map, but you can still set up your yard sale with a sign, pick up a bright yellow sign in the backyard of the house on the southwest corner of E Miller and 26th Ave E.
There’s just one day left! If you want to have your address posted on the All Montlake Yard Sale interactive map be sure to sign up before Wednesday at midnight. Click here to sign up now. The sale is happening this Saturday, September 21st from 9:00 to 4:00. Anytime after signing up, pick up a bright yellow sign for your sale in the backyard of the house on the southwest corner of E Miller and 26th Ave E. Come join over 45 of your Montlake neighbors for this major recycling event.
The contractor for the SR 520 Montlake Project, Graham, is opening a Montlake Project Information Center to the community. Come explore project resources and enjoy refreshments.
Event highlights:
· Meet members of the project team.
· Ask questions about the project.
· Explore project resources and informative materials.
· Learn how to stay up to date throughout the project’s design and construction.
Grand opening event details:
· Date: Saturday, Sept. 21
· Time: 9:00 a.m. to noon
· Location: 2209 E. Lake Washington Boulevard, Seattle, WA 98112
For those unable to attend the grand opening event, the Information Center will be open to the public during the following times throughout 2019:
Please join us!
Please help your Montlake Community Club build a tiny house in September. This house will be placed in a Tiny House Village by the Low Income Housing Institute. These houses are often a first step toward permanent housing for our homeless neighbors. We are looking for volunteers to help us build the house on September 7th, 8th, 14th, and 15th. Volunteers need to be 18 years of age or older to volunteer or as young as 16 or 17 if they have permission from a parent or guardian. Please sign up for one or more four hour shifts. Construction will be at 15230 NE 92nd St., Redmond, WA 98052. Hope you can join us.
You can sign up for more than one shift.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050c48acae23a3ff2-tiny
Also, any donation will help. Thanks in advance for your contribution to this project.
The Montlake Community Club is building a tiny house in September. This house will be placed in a Tiny House Village by the Low Income Housing Institute. These houses are often a first step toward permanent housing for our homeless neighbors. We are looking for volunteers to help us build the house on September 7th, 8th, 14th and 15th. Volunteers need to be 18 years of age or older to volunteer or as young as 16 or 17 if they have permission from a parent or guardian. Please sign up for one or more four hour shifts. Construction will be at 15230 NE 92nd St., Redmond, WA 98052. Hope you can join us.
You can sign up for more than one shift.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050c48acae23a3ff2-tiny
Also, any donation will help. Thanks in advance for your contribution to this project.
The Montlake Community Club is building a tiny house in September. This house will be placed in a Tiny House Village by the Low Income Housing Institute. These houses are often a first step toward permanent housing for our homeless neighbors. We are looking for volunteers to help us build the house on September 7th, 8th, 14th and 15th. Volunteers need to be 18 years of age or older to volunteer or as young as 16 or 17 if they have permission from a parent or guardian. Please sign up for one or more four hour shifts. Construction will be at 15230 NE 92nd St., Redmond, WA 98052. Hope you can join us.
You can sign up for more than one shift.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050c48acae23a3ff2-tiny
Also, any donation will help. Thanks in advance for your contribution to this project.
We have a new shipment of all styles and sizes of our great Montlake Gear – nice gifts for birthdays and holidays or just for fun.
Starting in September, we will have regular Pop-up shops at the Boyer Children’s Clinic (1850 Boyer Ave E). The shops will be open on the second Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 7:00 PM, just before our monthly Montlake Community Club board meetings. Shops will be in the foyer of the Boyer Clinic basement conference room. Access to the foyer is through the Boyer Clinic garage on E Howe Street just off Boyer.
If you will be stopping by, please let us know so we can have the gear on display. Contact us at treasurer@montlake.net. Check out all of the options at https://montlake.net/gear/.
| From WDOT: |
| Construction is underway on the SR 520 Montlake Project. Over the next four years, crews will build a seismically stronger, three-lane bridge over Union Bay for eastbound traffic, a highway lid in Montlake with a transit hub and landscaped open space, a new Montlake Boulevard interchange, and a bicycle and pedestrian bridge over SR 520. As much as possible, Graham (the contractor) will work during the day to complete the project. As needed, Graham will work at night in order to minimize disruptions to daytime traffic and support the safety of the traveling public and our crews. Starting this Friday, Aug. 16, nighttime work will be done under a city of Seattle-approved Major Public Project Construction Noise Variance. This variance sets noise limits for nighttime construction activities and establishes a variety of operational requirements when crews are working between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. on weekdays, and between 10 p.m. and 9 a.m. on weekends and legal holidays. The noise variance requires crews to: Use noise meters throughout the construction area to verify that nighttime activities remain within the decibel limits set by the city, and provide noise-monitoring reports to the city and the public to demonstrate compliance.Deploy an independent noise inspector during all nighttime work to oversee noise monitoring and report on compliance directly to the city of Seattle. The inspector has authority to halt work if noise exceeds the limits set by the variance.Prohibit noisy impact work at night, such as auger shaking, jackhammering and impact pile driving. Additionally, WSDOT and Graham have voluntarily committed to the following measures: Offer hotel accommodations to nearby neighbors when nighttime work is expected to be particularly noisy or extend for long periods. You can read the noise variance application and decision on the city of Seattle’s website (document #3030792). How to reach us and stay informed about SR 520 construction: Call the 24-hour construction hotline (206-775-8885) with pressing Montlake Project questions or concerns. Call the SR 520 Program information line (206-770-3554, M-F 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.) with general SR 520 inquiries. Email SR 520 staff with your questions about the project or construction activities. Visit the SR 520 Construction Corner for the most up-to-date information on closures and construction impacts. Visit the SR 520 Program website to find general information about the project. Follow us on Twitter @wsdot_520 to get key news and updates about the SR 520 program. |
The Seattle Department of Construction & Inspections is holding a public meeting on Thursday, August 1, 5:30p to 7:30p at the Queen City Yacht Club to hear comments about WSDOT’s 3-year nighttime construction noise variance for the SR520/I-5 Express Lanes Connection Project, to allow construction work during night time hours to exceed the sound levels contained in the Seattle Municipal Code.
If the loud construction noise from SR520 Montlake phase work done at 1 a.m. on Thursday, July 25, is any indication of what is to come – we must have a good turnout for tonight’s public meeting. The Montlake phase excavation work on July 25 disrupted hundreds of residents. The obvious question is what other portions of this project are planned for such excavation — because they are getting a noise variance permit to do it? The noise reportedly sounded like a helicopter hovering directly over homes, traveled on the ridge line along 10th Ave East down to the water from Shelby to Roanoke. The hill on the west side of Portage Bay forms a natural amphitheater that amplifies noise for everyone living the bay. The noise last Thursday showed that WSDOT has no idea how sound travels, asking their contractor’s PR firm to simply document complaints vs. acting on them.
Several well-documented letters have been submitted in opposition to the noise variance application. Approval would allow nighttime construction work — using compressors at a low of 71 dBA to vibratory pile installers at up to 84 dBA – all at the edge of the right of way for 3 years, 7 days a week. This does not include six years of construction to replace the Portage Bay Bridge… so WSDOT’s night-time noise variance is in reality over nine years.
| Thank you to everyone who attended our presentation at the Montlake Community Club board meeting on June 11. We presented the proposed design for Segment 2 and gathered feedback. Based on community interest, we are planning site visits with community representatives to the four intersections included in the design to better understand concerns. (Editors note: SDOT has not yet shown up for the planned site visits with our community representatives). We heard interest in the following design elements: A protected left-turn for southbound traffic on 23rd Ave E for vehicles turning left onto eastbound E John St. Enhanced safety and access for people crossing at 23rd Ave E and E Aloha St. Fixed, hard barriers instead of “tough posts” (the flexible white posts) at 23rd Ave E/E Ward St and 23rd Ave E/E Louisa St. Enhanced safety and access for people crossing 23rd Ave E and E Lynn St. We will continue to work with our project team to review design and incorporate community feedback where possible. Project Overview We are now in Segment 2 design which includes crossing and transit stop improvements to enhance safety, calm traffic, and reduce speeds. This is part of our Vision Zero program, which aims to end traffic deaths and serious injury by 2030. The current design includes: |
| Over the next few months, we will continue to refine design and make updates where possible. We are also working with our partners at King County to identify and confirm transit stop improvements throughout the corridor. We expect to hit our 60% design milestone as soon as early September. We will share design updates through our project webpage. Here are some ways to get more information about the project: Email the project team at 23rdAveCorridor3@seattle.gov Leave a voicemail at (206) 900-8717. A project representative will return your call. Visit the project webpage: http://www.seattle.gov/visionzero/projects/23rd-ave-ePlease share with your neighbors and sign up for our project listserv to receive project updates and learn about future public involvement opportunities. |