Kirkland Library Meeting Room
Mark
Masterson called the meeting to order. We had a good turnout due to our
publicizing the Magnuson Park Lighting Issue. The first to speak were
Kim Wells and Vance Thompson of "Friends of Magnuson Park", a
Seattle group that is leading the effort to prevent the Magnuson Park
Playfields from being built with their massive amount of lighting -- 640
individual lights of 1000 watts each on 80 light poles. Kim and Vance
covered the basics of their opposition to the project, including lighting,
loss of wetlands and noise. Don Winters of MBNA, also spoke about how we
can work to get our Kirkland city government to actively oppose the project
and it's negative impacts. Don mentioned that the Environmental Impact
Statement issued for the park project did not address the impacts on Kirkland
and that alone should be reason enough for our government to act. Kirkland
City Council Persons Jim Lauinger and Dave Asher were on hand and mentioned
that we should present our case at a City Council Meeting. We will be
doing that in early August.
Mark
Masterson showed off our new neighborhood logo, which will be on the paver we
bought for the walkway at Heritage Hall on Market Street. Mark also
mentioned that we will be meeting in the new hall in September -- one of the
first groups to use the newly dedicated building!
Mark
asked for persons willing to be co chair or to work on a committee for MBNA.
Julie McAvoy, a new Kirklander, said she might be interested.
Mark
mentioned the Matching Grant Program and what projects we might pursue.
Mass mailings, additional neighborhood signs, a neighborhood picnic,
were some of the ideas. Kari Page, Kirkland's Neighborhood Services
Coordinator, mentioned that our one sign was paid for by the city and
that would be installed when the turn lane on 68th Street and State Street was
completed in the fall. We could use Matching grant money if we wanted
additional signs (about $5000 each).
Kari
also mentioned that the "Neighborhood Connections" programs would be
going forward. The lights -- low style, about four feet tall -- would be
installed on the Brink Park dock. The walkway at Brink would also
be extended so that the north end would connect back up to the sidewalk on
Lake Street. Flower pots will be installed along Park Lane as part of
the program with Kirkland Downtown on the Lake agreeing to contribute plants
and maintenance.
Glenn
Peterson has been active representing our group both with the Kirkland
Alliance of Neighborhoods (KAN) and
on the working group that will be developing an
implementation strategy for the Lakeshore Plaza project of the Downtown
Strategic Plan.
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