A Community News Website for Broadview
Yesterday about thirty trees were removed from the grove of trees on the west side of Ingraham High School, to make way for a new addition to the school. As related in the news story here, many people objected to the removal, and tried to save the trees.
Tita
We lost our new dog last Thursday. She is a rescue from Adopt-A-Pet that we got last week. On Thursday, I left for a doctor’s appointment and left her in our fenced yard. She must have jumped the 5.5 ft fence as I could not find anywhere that she would have dug to get out. She is used to the country and running loose. I spotted her at the Highlands as she ran onto the golf course. She ran off and we lost her. I kept looking for a couple of hours after dark. She was spotted again in the Highlands on Saturday night, Sunday morning and Tuesday (yesterday) evening.
She is wearing a purple collar with a red tag. Not chipped or licensed yet (we just got her). She is about 3 years old, 55lbs. Australian Shepherd and Malamute or Husky mix. Blonde/cream in color.
She looks very close to the dog in the photo (our former dog).
Please call Tim: 206 214-7884 cell Or 206 367-3363
The Seattle Office of Emergency Management is giving a class on household and block preparedness. Seattle Neighborhoods Actively Prepare (SNAP) is the city’s program to assist residents in their efforts to Get Ready, Get Connected and Get Strong for any potential emergency.
The class is at the Broadview Library. You will learn how to prepare your home and family, and how to join the neighbors on your block to organize for emergency response. Residents are encouraged to take action to be ready before disaster strikes.
Here is a link to the meeting announcement.
Christ the King School will be having their Open House on January 29th at 4:30pm for grades EEC through 8th. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the curriculum, campus, and student body at Christ the King School. Christ the King Catholic School (CKS) is recognized for its outstanding core academic programs, cultural diversity and friendly atmosphere. CKS caters to families who seek lab-based science instruction, a comprehensive Spanish language curriculum, MacBook laptop experience, exploratory environmental camps, and dynamic music and art instruction. A wide variety of extracurricular programs are also offered.
After Open House, CKS will have its annual Bingo Night! From 6:00 – 8:30pm, all families are welcome to join in the fun. CKS Bingo is free to play and there is a chance to win great prizes. There will be a raffle and a joke of the day which is provided by CKS students. Pizza, baked goods, and beverages will be available for purchase. To learn more about Open House and Bingo Night, you can contact the school at 206-364-6890 or visit the school’s website at www.ckseattle.org.
Christ the King School is located at 415 North 117th Street Seattle, WA 98133.
If you missed the meeting here are the minutes from January 18, 2011
Dale Johnson opened the meeting at 6:35pm and introduced Pat McCoy as Interim President. Pat commended Dale for his 7 years of service as President. Janice Burnell in turn introduced Bill Hobson, Executive Director of the Downtown Emergency Service Center, our featured speaker.
Mr. Hobson
Low Income Housing Facilities in Broadview,
the site of the current Cyndy’s House of Pancakes
Mr. Hobson spoke about the programs DESC has in the area; 3 sites that provide 300 shelter beds downtown and 8 projects with 800 units providing clinical support to the residents. The project in our neighborhood will be 87 units for mentally disabled adults with retail shops on the main floor. They will be provided mental health and drug/alcohol abuse treatment by medical personnel including ARNPs, advanced nurse practitioners. There will be 17 staff and some will be available 24/7 to supervise and care for the residents. They will strive for social and clinical stability of the residents. Closed circuit TV observation and strict rules must be followed. These include signing a lease. The front door will be locked and visitors strictly monitored. They must be good neighbors with no panhandling, drugs, alcohol, etc. The manager is required to be involved with the neighborhood. He/she would learn of the ways in which the residents could interact with the community. Any community concerns would dealt with by the manager. The design process is moving along and construction should start the end of the summer. A question about a roof garden—it may be allowed but would be monitor for noise and safety and with limited hours. Other issues—-alcohol is legal and will be monitored; residents may work (probably day labor) but only10% do; prescribed medicines will be administered by staff; no known sex predators will be allowed; a committee will assess the vulnerability of the residents as that is the criteria for admission. The funding is mainly through federal housing programs. A UW study of the downtown facility for chronic alcoholics found that $4 million in ER costs were saved by having them housed there. A warm applause followed his address.
Linden Complete Street Project—Dale informed us that full funding had been awarded.
Neighborhood Planning—Richard Dyksterhuis listed the members from Broadview—Gloria Butts, Fran Clifton, Susan Eastman Jensen and himself. He urged those present to encourage people in the community especially renters to join us in our efforts.
Bitter Lake Reservoir Park– Pat said $287,000 had been awarded for improving the area around the reservoir. It should be final in Feb or Mar.
Safety-Will Murray reported that 5000 pairs of socks were donated for the homeless and a large sum of money for the food bank. Object is to fight crime and fight the fear of crime. A recent fire was caused by a portable heater so be careful using them and have working smoke detectors.
Blog and Sewer Task Force—Sue George said our area has been upgraded to # 1 from #10 for funding to fix the sewers. Part of this is due to the publicity on our blog and that we were ready this time. We took pictures of the damage and other news –TV,etc—passed on the information. She also made a pitch for everyone to invite new members to join us. Look what working together has done!! There will be future meeting in March with SPU
P-Patch—Gloria Butts said we need help especially a back hoe so pass the word. They hope to break ground in the spring. She made a motion, seconded by Will Murray, to join Bitter Lake Community Club to celebrate Neighborhood Appreciation Day on February 12, Saturday at 11am. The motion passed.
Pat adjourned the meeting at 8pm, thanking all who came.
Janice Burnell, Secretary
January 17, 2011
The Broadview Task Force on Storm Water and Sewage Overflows met with Nancy Ahern the Deputy Director of Seattle Public Utilities as well as her staff on January 14th to discuss our grave concerns at the system failure of key areas in the Broadview Neighborhood. The storm event on December 12, 2010 brought the urgency of these concerns to bear when we again faced sewage and storm water damage to homes and the environment despite the efforts of the Task Force and SPU over the past three years.
We are glad to inform you that SPU has set a high priority to implement a long term comprehensive solution to the sewage backups and storm water damage in Broadview, and has allocated funding in the Capital Improvement Plan to accomplish that. This is huge news for our community. Nancy and her team presented the four goals of the overall project, and some immediate, intermediate and long term ways that the problems can be addressed. In the beginning of March, the City, in coordination with the Task Force, will host a community meeting to present an overview of these plans and their timeline, and impact upon our community.
Before this the Taskforce will follow up on questions addressed at the recent meeting regarding maintenance, emergency response, the claims process, and better communication. I would like to thank everyone for sending information regarding your homes and the recent storm. Please send this email to all those you know who are impacted by storm water events. For updates about the meeting and more information please link to the Broadview Blog.
April Sotura, Chair
Broadview Task Force on Storm Water and Sewage Overflows
Mike La Russa, Susan George, Michel Sotura, Dale Johnson
Christ the King School, located on N 117th St. and Phinney Ave N, is hosting a Fun, Friends, & Fact Night! This informal Middle School Open House is on Thursday, January 20th from 6:30 pm to 7:30pm. This is a chance for prospective middle school students and parents to learn more about what CKS Middle School has to offer!
Current and prospective middle school students head to the CKS Fitzgerald Room where there will be pizza and games led by current CKS 8th graders under the leadership of Mr. Fabian – PE. Parents will go to the ‘Green Room.’ The Green Room is the 2nd room along the Middle School corridor with a green star in the window. Mrs. Anne Brand, principal of Christ the King, and the faculty will hold a presentation about the quality of the Christ the King Middle School program.
If you have more questions about Fun, Friends, & Fact Night, please be sure to contact the school at (206) 364-6890. You can also visit the school website at www.ckseattle.org.
Christ the King School is located at 415 North 117th Street, Seattle, WA 98133.
Mike McGinn, Mayor
City of Seattle
Greetings,
I’m writing you today because you have contacted my office before and because I would like to invite you to our Open House at City Hall. I hope you will join me, my staff, the City Council and the city departments to celebrate our ongoing commitment to openness, citizen engagement and the spirit of service. On Saturday, January 29, 2011, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., we will highlight our 2011 plans for the Engage Seattle initiative and the Cities of Service plan. This is an opportunity for you to meet and speak directly with the public servants who work for you every day.
Staff and volunteers will conduct public tours of the Mayor’s Office. We will have performances by local cultural organizations in the public spaces of City Hall and many city departments and the City Council will have outreach displays at the event, along with information about city services.
Please let us know if you plan to attend with an RSVP at this website so we can get an accurate count of how many people will attend.
We look forward to seeing you, your friends and family that day.
Sincerely,
Mike McGinn
Mayor
Full funding to complete improvements in the Linden Ave. N Complete Streets Project was included in the 2011-2012 Capital Improvement Plan proposed by Mayor McGinn and approved by Seattle City Council in November. This is a significant milestone for our neighborhood! Improving Linden is the number one priority in our 1999 Neighborhood Plan, and is finally poised to become a reality.
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) project team has updated its website for the project. As noted there, Seattle City Light will start work on relocating light poles soon, in order to be ready for actual street construction work later in 2011 and 2012. As the design for the whole corridor from N 128th St. to N 145th St. is updated with detail SDOT will inform the local community.
Written by Darcie, a member of Broadview Garden Club
I spent Christmas in NY with my east coast family. Our flight home was delayed 4 days due to the storm, arriving home Friday evening. On the flight home I was listening to one of my garden pod casts and they were talking about the 7 common mistakes gardeners make. All of these stuck true too me and I vowed to make a new year’s resolution on each one.
The top 7 common garden mistakes and how the Broadview Garden club can help you conquer a few…
– Plant too many edibles such that you can’t pick or consume it all…but that is so easy to do with such great selections from the Broadview Garden Club plant sale (scheduled for May 7 th 2011)! And what a lovely gift to share with neighbors.
– Plant too early; anxious gardeners put out plants before they are ready.
– Plant items too close together…again great items at the plant sale makes it easy to try and squeeze more plants in!
– Not composting. Can’t say I understand why folks don’t do this anyway.
– Too much/not enough watering…well, I’m too lazy to overwater so underwater must be my problem…and I blame that on mother nature.
– Not knowing the soil Ph. Ok, I’ll get some of those cheap Ph tests from the local box store and see why I can grow a zucchini for the life of me.
– Killing all bugs for no reason. (i.e. using broad based bug killers)…not in my garden, again this takes too much effort and I rely on mother nature to take care of them pests.
Here is a link to Mike the Gardener http://www.averagepersongardening.com/
Don’t forget to mark you Calendar for the Northwest Flower & Garden Show Feb 23-27th 2011
