Kirkland Library Meeting
Room
Laura Lee Pritt called
the meeting to order and provided agendas and copies of the minutes from our
last meeting.
Karen Lightfeld, from
Kirkland Downtown on the Lake, an organization that represents residents,
property owners, and business owners in the downtown area, was our first
guest. Karen briefed us on KDA's schedule for their "Kirkland
Home for the Holidays" event, which includes several "nights of
shopping", sales, and the annual Christmas Ship bonfire on Dec 22, 7:10 -
7:40 at Marina Park.
Jeff Blake,
Kirkland's Fire Chief, and Janelle McMillan, the police department's Community
Resource Officer were the next speakers. Jeff spoke about the need for
emergency preparation in our community. Having a personal plan of action
in the case of an emergency is very important, including supplies and a
contact point away from the local area that can be called to avoid local
congestion on the phone system. In our neighborhood, the Senior Center
would be a location used to treat injured and house those needing help.
Janelle mentioned that she was a good contact when information was needed from
the police department concerning their activities in our neighborhoods.
Ellen McMahon
answered questions concerning the downtown strategic plan, which she has been
working on as a representative from our neighborhood. A new transit
center is to be built in Kirkland and a location will need to be decided
on. Three possible spots have been proposed -- two along 3rd Street
close to the existing center, and one at the corner of Kirkland Avenue and
State Street, roughly in the area of the present 75 State Street building
(most recently "License Online"). Westwater Development owns
this property and is proposing to build a retail/residential complex.
Keith Maehlum of Westwater Real Estate Services described this plan for us at
our August meeting. If this property were chosen
to be the transit center, the complex would not be built. Dave Asher,
city council member, and future councilman Jim Lauinger were on hand at the
meeting to help with the discussion of the transit center.
Don Winters will be
heading up the Moss Bay Neighborhood's Traffic Task Force. We will be in
contact with Tracy Burrows, Kirkland's Neighborhood Traffic Control
Coordinator, to help devise and implement a traffic plan for our area,
similar to the process used to create the Norkirk
Plan.
The meeting was
adjourned and the next meeting will be Thursday, Feb 7, 7PM at the Kirkland
Library meeting room.
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