Meeting Minutes
September 2, 1999 Houghton Fire Station
September
2, 1999
Reports:
Kari Page discussed upcoming events, Harley night, Taste of Kirkland, 10K race.
David
Ramsey, Kirkland City Manager was our special guest. He was very informative on
city activities to date. Among the items discussed were: Totem Lake Study, NE
8th Corridor, Downtown Strategic Plan, Community Character Elements, Annexation
of Finn Hill/Juanita, Juanita Village Project, Rail with Trail project,
Kirkland Teen Center, Schools as Parks, Big White Ship, Christian Science
Church. Special Thanks went to Kari for her invaluable help thus far in working
closely with the neighborhoods and for helping to organize a Neighborhood
Conference and Web Pages seminars. There was also brief discussion of
Initiative 695 which if passed will have a huge negative impact on
transpiration funds in particular traffic projects.
Mr. Ramsey
also commented on our upcoming appeal regarding the Kirkland Vista Plaza
project. He outlined the procedure for the evening, three speakers per side,
three minutes for each speaker, no duplication of comments. He encouraged us to
work with Jeremy and Iris as we prepare for the upcoming hearing for the appeal
on October 19, 7:30, Council Chambers.
Ellen
McMahon will be our Downtown Strategic Plan representative. The first meeting
is coming up Sept. 21. Their first task is looking at Kirkland...where are the
first places you would take a first time visitor, where are the eye sores. More
expected as the task force moves forward.
Givhan will
be attending the upcoming KAN meeting and report to the group. Thank you
Givhan. Also, a reminder that all time and dollars spent by members on the
picnic should be reported to Givhan since the picnic was funded by a matching
city grant.
There was a
discussion of speed bumps. Ellen McMahon has gotten the ball rolling for lower
7th Ave S. (the section south of State Street). A motion was made and approved
to authorize Kari to start the speed bump process for upper 7th Ave S., 6th Ave
S. and 5th Ave S. with Tony Mazella. Ellen commented and many agreed that the
10th Ave S speed bumps are a good example of what we’d like to see on these
streets.
Next meeting, 10/7.