Design Review for Cyndy’s Replacement

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Updated: October 15, 2010

An important design review meeting about the building to replace Cyndy’s House of Pancakes at N105th St. and Aurora Ave. N is being held on October 25.  As reported earlier this year, the Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC) is proposing to build 87 units of low income housing on the site.  Here is a link to the announcement of the design review meeting.

If you are interested in design issues for this development the design review meeting is a way to learn what is planned and, to some extent, influence the design.

The Rainy Season is Here!

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Updated: October 10, 2010

Fall 2010 has arrived and with it the rainy season.  It is time to clear our storm drains and make sure that our downspouts are flowing away from our homes.  However, for some residents this may not enough to keep their homes from flooding in the case of a storm event.  These concerns are real; our neighborhood has well-documented problems with its sewage and storm water conveyance system, in the 2006 Wastewater Systems Plan. See chapters 6 and 7 for discussion of sewage backups, including references to areas in Broadview.

Some of you will remember the storm event of December 2007. It had a grave impact on Broadview residents who found their homes flooded with storm and sewage backups. Claims were filed with the City and many claims were denied. Residents were  told that it was an unprecedented storm, a “100 year storm”, and were denied on that basis.  However, common sense shows us that strong storm events are happening with more frequency.

A group of concerned neighbors formed the Broadview Taskforce on Sewage and Storm Water Overflow. With the support of the Broadview Community Council and local engineers, we began asking tough questions and demading answers about what is going on underneath our streets that is causing these back ups.   In early 2010, in response to our concerns, the City made repairs to the corner of 115th and 1st Avenue, and to 105th.  In July 2010, Seattle Public Utilites, led by Martha Burke, completed a two-year study of our area with recommendations and solutions. See the Study here. Three years later, we remain committed to working with the City and King County.  We have made Broadview’s concerns, part of their agenda and we will continue to demand working and viable solutions for our neighborhood.

Broadview residents should not have to worry each rainy season about having sewage back ups’ in their basements.  The City acknowledges the problems.  However, the  solutions to create a functioning sewer and storm water systems are both complicated and integrated.  As residents of Broadview we need to keep vigilant, and demand that the City continue to address the issues of sewage and storm water overflows in our homes, our environment, our park, and our watershed.

Here is a video link to how Everett Residents have faced  sewage and storm water overflow in their area.

Multi-Family Garage Sale

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Posted: October 7, 2010

Christ the King Preschool are getting together this Saturday for a multi-family garage sale to benefit CKS preschool.

Address: 12002 Phinney Ave N [not at the school]    Time: Oct. 9th from  9am – 3pm

 Lots of items:  Antique Dining Room table (w/ 3 leaves) and 6 chairs, Wood Patio Set (including a bench), 2 flat screen computer monitors, Crate and Barrel Wine Rack, Tons of kitchen items, lots of kids items, armchairs, vintage (1960’s era) chair, Clothing, rollerblades (like new),DVDs, VCR w/ movies, 2 tvs,  shop vac, luggage and laptop bags, There is going to be tons of stuff with more showing up.

Harvesting Honey in Broadview Neighborhood

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Posted: October 5, 2010

 The process begins by removing the wax cappings that the bees place on each cell once the honey has cured to their satisfaction. After the cells are opened, the frames are placed into a centrifugal extractor, three at a time. The extractor is then cranked by hand for several minutes to extract the honey from the cells. The extracted honey then flows to the bottom of the extracting tank, where it will be released through a small gate at the bottom. The only processing that we do to our honey is to run it through a fine mesh filter to strain out any leftover wax and other solids prior to placing it into individual jars to share with our friends and family.

 After all of the hard work is complete, we end the day with a wonderful meal featuring fresh baked cornbread – there is nothing better than your very own fresh honey, drizzled on home made corn bread still warm from the oven!

We owe all of this to our wonderful bees. Their hard work is difficult to even imagine and we are lucky that we are able to share the rewards in exchange for a nice place for them to live.

Thank you to all our neighbors who planted bee friendly flowers and didn’t use yucky pesticides.  

Viewlands Elementary Re-opening

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Posted: October 1, 2010

I asked Peter Maier, Seattle School Board Director for District 1, for an update on the re-opening of Viewlands Elementary.  Peter e-mailed me that there will be a school design team for Viewlands like for the other three schools, but it hasn’t formed as of yet. It will probably be formed in October.  
 
Peter went on to state that the School Board approved the contract for the construction work at Viewlands and that the work should begin soon.  Sand Point Elementary re-opened this fall on time, and he expects the same for Viewlands.  Peter is working with the Seattle Council PTSA to see if a PTSA can be formed by in-coming Viewlands parents this year so that it is up and running by next fall. Any parent (for example of Viewlands Kindergartner who is at Broadview this year and will be in first grade at Viewlands next year) who is interested in the design team or the PTSA can contact Peter at peter.maier@seattleschools.org

Proposed Budget Will Affect Us

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Updated: September 29, 2010

On September 27th Mayor McGinn sent his proposed 2011-2012 budget to City Council.  Because the recession has caused reductions in tax collections the proposed budget makes cuts in services in many areas.  Among the cuts  two will have a noticeable effect on Broadview.  Public programs at Carkeek Park Environmental Learning Center will be eliminated (school programs will continue).  And the Neighborhood Service Center in Greenwood, the closest one to Broadview, will be closed.  Given the many reductions on several City departments there will be other impacts. 

On a positive note, the Mayor’s proposed 2011-2016 Capital Improvement Program budget calls for full funding of the Linden Ave. N Complete Streets Project.

The next step in the budget process is for City Council to consider whether to make changes.  If you wish to weigh in a budget topic you might start at the City Council’s budget web page. More information is also available on the Mayor’s website. with links to the details of the proposed budget.

Storm Water Tour At Carkeek Park

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Updated: September 26, 2010

Today People for Puget Sound sponsored a tour at Carkeek Park about storm water and how it affects Piper’s Creek and Puget Sound. The tour started on the beach at Carkeek and proceeded along Piper’s Creek, ending up along a street in the Broadview Green Grid, to see the natural drainage swales there.  You can learn more about protecting the Sound at People for Puget Sound  Below is a brief video of the tour.  .

Bite of Broadview is going on now!

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Posted: September 25, 2010

 

I went last night and it continues all weekend. Don’t miss it!

Great  food. I had the Braised Pork Shoulder with Polenta…delicious.  And my favorite pizza place, Snoose Junction, also has a booth there.  Dessert was banana cream pie. 

Lots of activities for kids: a Velcro wall topping the list of things to do. 

Don’t forget to hang around and listen to all the great live music. 

Christ the King Parish 117 & Dayton Ave North

 

 

 

BiteofBroadview.org

BROADVIEW/BITTER LAKE/HALLER LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN UPDATE

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Updated: September 25, 2010

Eight members of the newly named Neighborhood Advisory Committee (NAC) met at the Broadview Library with City staff who will work with us on updating our 1999 neighborhood plan. Dan Stern, Edmond Ryan, Gloria Butts, and Susan Eastman Jensen are part of the group and live in Broadview. Josh Freedman and Rick Barrett attended from Haller Lake. Richard Dyksterhuis and Pat McCoy represented the Bitter Lake Hub Urban Village. Committee membership will expand over the next few months as a few newly named members were unable to attend and outreach is intended to bring in young people and neighbors that represent our diversity. 

The City Departments of Planning and Development and Neighborhoods are staffing this effort. Primary staff are Nora Liu (DPD) and Pamela Banks (DON). I appreciated their work effort at providing us with an overview of the City’s goals, values, and information about the recent Race and Social Justice Initiative. A brief overview of the planning process was reviewed from the binder and then we talked about roles and responsibilities for the Committee. Questions were asked and answered and we are all hoping for a successful effort that leads to a more vibrant and cohesive community.

We’ll be meeting monthly over the next 18 months. There’s a great deal of work involved and our first work is to fill out our group, review what has occurred since the 1999 plan was completed, and determine how and when to gain the attention and participation of as many members of our neighborhood as we can.

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