Walkers need sidewalks, bicycles need designated paths ….

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Updated: September 27, 2010

The Broadview Community Council had endorsed the completion of Vital Streets in Broadview-Bitter Lake-Haller Lake from the 1999 Plan.

Vital Streets are the connecting streets that help form a community of users from all forms of transportation.

 Walkers need sidewalks, bicycles need designated paths or sharrows and buses need space and stops. We do want to have  “complete streets”: curbs, drainage, planting strips and sidewalks. Pedestrian and Street lighting built in.

  We want development on the Vital Connecting Streets and Avenues.

These Streets are; NW North NE 105th, 115th, 125th, 130th, 143rd, and 145th.

The Avenues are: 3rd NW, Greenwood Avenue North, Linden Avenue North, Aurora Avenue North, Meridian Avenue NE, and Ist Avenue NE.

 Vital Streets allow all users to transport themselves safely and within an aesthetic, calming, environment.

Connections to the Library, the Community Center, to Thomson Broadview, Ingraham and Northgate, Lakeside and other private schools. Connections to Metro Bus Stops and to Bitter Lake Play fields and the Reservoir Open Space.

Connections to the swimming pool and to North Acres Park. Connections to all of the commercial cores.

 Connections that allow us to walk and talk, pause and chat, meet and greet in a safe, sane and wondrous way. People to  People.

Sidewalks Coming to North 143rd

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Updated: September 23, 2010

Mayor McGinn announced this evening that North 143rd will have 3200 square feet of sidewalks constructed as part of eleven city wide Neighborhood Street Fund Projects. The North 143rd safety improvement project, supported by the Broadview Community Council and ranked as the highest priority project by the North West District Council will construct a 6′ asphalt walkway with a concrete curb on the north side of 143rd from Linden Avenue west to Palatine. A portion of the project area is in the Bitter Lake Hub Urban Village and will serve seniors, Broadview Thompson students, disabled neighbors, cyclists and transit riders. North 143rd is posted 20 mph although motorist often travel 35-40mph so residents are  seeking traffic calming and spaces for cyclist as part of the project. The cost estimate for the project is $655,000 with some funding coming from the Bridging the Gap Fund.

Here’s a link to the project description  And below a video of the Neighborhood Street Fund announcement, at Ravenna Ave. NE, which also had a NSF project awarded.  .  Video by Dale Johnson.

SOUNDER TRAIN WHISTLE STOP

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Updated: September 25, 2010

My name is Kevin Morgan and saw your poster for your sustainability/community meeting tonight while driving up 3rd Ave. this morning.  Michael Harthorne of the Ballard News Tribune has written an article about a Sounder train stop down at Shilshole Bay Marina/Golden Gardens.  I believe the article can still archived online or if interested I have a hard copy.  Since Broadview is the next neighborhood over from mine I thought that residents there would benefit from a commuter train stop too.  The broad strokes are these:  Put it on level ground down there(no big excavation projects-minimal environmental impact), no new parking lots-it is for bus, bike and pedestrian people, the track is already there(and a switch so that freight can go by), put a red light/green light, ticket puncher, bus size shelter and your done…most economical transit plan ever.

 I currently have about 100 signatures of support from my posters thatI have been hanging up around town.  Would I be able to bring some of my supporter sign up sheets to your meeting tonight?  I am trying to get as many as I can before I meet Mary Lou Dickerson for the first time Thursday evening. Thanks for your time and look forward to hearing from you.  Sincerely, Kevin

Broadview Community Council Meeting

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Updated: September 21, 2010

Date: September 21st   Time: 6:00  Location: Luther Memorial Church, 13047 Greenwood Ave. N

Main Topic: Sustainability

Cecile Andrews  is speaking at 6:30. Author of Less is More/Slow is Beautiful and Circle of Simplicity.  Cecile is the founder of the Phinney Ecovillage, a project to build Sustainability and Community in her North Seattle Neighborhood.
She has been a visiting scholar at Stanford University where she received her doctorate in education, and an affiliated scholar with Seattle University. A former community college administrator, she now works with community groups to explore the issue of living more simply: how to live lives that are sustainable, just, and joyful.

Other Topics:Updates on Bitter Lake P-Patch. They should be in their final stage design.

Please join us and meet you neighbors.

2010 Festival of Fruit at Carkeek Park

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Updated: September 20, 2010

Checking out the apples

Pipers Orchard Festival of Fruit

It was a sunny day and a great turn-out at the Pipers Orchard Festival of Fruit.  Here are some pictures from that fun event.

That apple press really works and the cider was so fresh and delicious.

judging apple pies

Those pies looked yummy I wish I was a judge there.

Apple Experts

                                            Great occasion to taste varieties of apples.

Kids table with fun actives.

I’ll be back next year.

“P-Patch Design Options Presented”

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Updated: September 17, 2010

Plan1

Plan 2

 Thirty enthusiastic gardeners turned out Monday night for the second of three community design meetings for the new Bitter Lake P-Patch. Daniel Winterbottom and Jen Szabo of Winterbottom Design landscape architects went over the community feedback and preferences from the first meeting. They then went on to present two alternative site design concepts for the P-Patch and surrounding area on the north side of the Bitter Lake Reservoir Open Space, followed by a small group discussion session. Both designs included creative social spaces, raised ADA plots, demonstration areas and about fifty 10×10′ plots. Alternative #1, which was organized around a curving pedestrian spine and had several bridges over the drainage swale, was preferred by many groups. The two concepts plans will be posted at the Department of Neighborhoods site  http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/ppatch/locations/73.htm

The designers will be working hard this week to refine the plans and incorporate feedback from the community meeting. At the  final meeting on Monday September 20th, at 7 – 9pm at the Lutheran Church on 13000 Greenwood, the team will present the final master plan and discuss ways to construct the first and future phases. All are welcome to come!

North End Residential Burglaries at 2 Year Low

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Posted: September 16, 2010

The burglary rate for North Seattle is now at a 2 year low thanks to a team effort of Seattle Police Department and King County Prosecutor’s Repeat Burglary Initiative. Deputy Prosecutor Maurice Claussen identified the top 20 burglars and working with Seattle Police 15 of the ‘top 20’ burglars have been arrested, charged or are awaiting sentences.

 http://www.kingcounty.gov/Prosecutor/news/2009/august/rbi.aspx

Residents are once again reminded to lock doors and windows and report anything out of the ordinary by promptly dialing 911. Ladders which can be used to access second story windows should also be secured with a chain and a padlock.

You can now file the following crime reports at: http://www.seattle.gov/police/report/default.htm

Property Destruction, Car Prowls, Auto Accessories, Theft of Property (under $500), and Identity Theft. Only certain crimes are available for online reporting, as they usually do not require an in-person police response. If your crime type is not listed as an option for online reporting, you will need to call the non-emergency number 206-625-5011 to report the crime. A bicycle thief was recently arrested from a case reported via the online crime reports. Residents are encouraged to record serial numbers of their property. One method is to take a photo with a cell phone and send it to an online email account for storage.

Traffic Control Needed at N 143rd & Linden !

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Updated: September 14, 2010

Here is a video of the unsafe intersection at N 143rd St. and Linden Ave. N.  We have asked the Seattle Department of Transportation to install, at a minimum, stop bars, and preferraby a stop light.   The drivers who do not stop make this a very unsafe intersection for the many pedestrians, bicyclists, disabled people and bus riders.

Download Free e-books from the Library

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Updated: September 8, 2010

E-books are rapidly becoming the way people read books, witness the popularity of the Apple I-Pad, Amazon Kindle, and various smart phones.  The Seattle Public Library has a fairly large selection of e-books that you can check out / download without going to a branch.  Videos and music can also be downloaded. 

Check it out, so to speak, at the Broadview Branch.  Once you get the software set up — a few clicks — you can enjoy books, video or music on your computer or portable device.  Save a tree, and some gas, go digital.

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