Heritage Hall
Don Winters
called the meeting to order. Mark Masterson was ill tonight, and since he is moving out of the
area, won't be able to remain in his position as chairperson of the MBNA.
We will need a new Chairperson and other officers. Nominations are welcome.
First on the
agenda was the upcoming City Council informal (town hall) meeting with our
neighborhood. This is
scheduled for Tuesday, April 27 at Heritage Hall, which is not a normal meeting night for us,
but should work out. The city will be mailing questionnaires to all
residents in the Moss Bay Neighborhood, and as an association, we should identify
four issues we would like to discuss. Carolyn Hayek mentioned that it
would be a good idea to use the questionnaire to ask members of homeowner
associations (condos or apts) to identify themselves, so that we can have contact people within
these organizations.
Ellen McMahon
will be ordering yard signs for our association through the city. We can
get a better price by ordering along with other groups. We will order
about 35 signs, white with red letters -- "Moss Bay Neighborhood Meeting,
Monday 7PM, Heritage Hall".
Ellen also
reported on the progress of the improvements to Brink Park that were part of
the "Neighborhood Connections" program that we participated in. The
pathway has just been completed and Ellen said it looks great! The new
"low style" lights (posts about 4 feet high) will be installed on
the dock as soon as the
Parks Dept. can schedule it in.
The upcoming 2005
Kirkland Centennial Celebration was discussed. Mary Alyce Burleigh, our
new mayor, was on hand to fill us in on the plans. There will be several
events scheduled over the course of the year to celebrate 100 years of
Kirkland history. A "centennial project" for our neighborhood to
coincide with city wide activities is one idea being floated. Parades,
picnics, and even ideas such as planting 100 trees are some other suggestions.
Don Winters
reported on the Magnuson Park lighting issue -- Seattle's plans to install
640,000 watts of lighting at 11 new play fields at Sand Point. Don
mentioned that the group "Eastside
Friends of Lake Washington" has been busy working to head off this
project, which they feel will cause unacceptable light pollution on the lake
and in Kirkland. Don mentioned that there will be a forum on the project
held Monday, Feb 2, at the University Universalist Church in Seattle.
Seattle City Councilpersons Peter Steinbrueck, and David Della, Kirkland City Councilperson
Dave Asher, and several experts on lighting and wildlife biology
will be on hand to educate us about the impacts of this massive project.
Don also updated
us on the Pace Chemical site plans of the CamWest Corp. They are in the
process of buying the property and building approximately 60 living units, a
blend of multi and single family homes. The site is 5 acres and is zoned
for 12 units per acre. We will be following this development closely.
Kirkland City
Councilperson Jim Lauinger briefed us on the Comprehensive Plan review that is
scheduled for the Moss Bay neighborhood in 2007. We should begin to
think about what we would like to see in the plan and prepare input for the
review. Three pieces of property, 'Lakeshore Clinic', 'Pace Chemical',
and 'Sauder Door', are possibly slated for redevelopment and we could
influence how they are designed.
Carolyn Hayek
gave us a summary of recent Planning Commission activities. Carolyn
mentioned that the Lakeshore Plaza "lid" proposal, part of the
"Downtown Strategic Plan" has been investigated and seems more feasible
than first thought, due to the fact that new business locations on the lid
would probably repay a good part of development costs. Further plans are
proceeding. Central Way will be undergoing a sewer upgrade and the
commission is considering possible narrowing of the street in conjunction.
The business block proposed for "ground zero", the corner of Lake
and Central is awaiting a response from US Bank as to the possibility of
including their property in the project.
Our next meeting
will be March 15, 2004 at Heritage Hall.
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