Beacon Hill Blog

Seattle Parks meeting tonight at Jefferson Community Center

Sorry for the late notice — we’ve been dealing with some technical issues earlier today, and after receiving this announcement this afternoon, weren’t able to post this until now. There is a meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at Jefferson Community Center (3801 Beacon Ave. S.) on Environmental Programs, Open Space and Maintenance in Seattle Parks.

Here’s the announcement:

Dear Jefferson Park neighbor,

Seattle Parks and Recreation is hosting their fourth Parks Legacy Plan meeting tonight at Jefferson Community Center. Attached is a brochure that explains importance of the plan and tees up some questions that will help direct future funding.

At Parks we’re nearing the end of two consecutive levies, primarily for capital projects, that have expanded our park system. We’re at a crossroads. We’ve created the first draft of a Parks Legacy Plan that will take us into the future. This is the time when the public can have the greatest impact in shaping the future of Seattle Parks and Recreation.

The draft includes information on our city’s changing demographics, our current budget and basic services, what people think about our current parks system based on a series of recent surveys, national and regional trends in recreation, and information on costs, attendance and community benefit. It poses policy questions we’re asking the public to answer at the six meetings and/or by email.

The Plan can be found here along with important timeline information.

Here is additional information posted on the Mayor’s Blog Post.

Tags: seattle parks

NBHC meeting agenda revised

The agenda for tonight’s North Beacon Hill Council meeting has been revised. Here’s the new agenda for the meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at the Beacon Hill Library:

• 7:00-7:10 Introductions, Greater Duwamish Council and Department of Neighborhood updates, raffle sales
• 7:10-7:25 Plaza Roberto Maestas update (Kate de la Garza)
• 7:25-7:50 Red Cross Emergency Preparedness
• 7:50-8:00 NBHC revised bylaws
• 8:00-8:15 Nominate and elect new NBHC Board of Directors
• 8:15-8:20 Raffle drawing
• 8:20-8:30 Happening on the Hill/Community Calendar
  • Happening on the Hill: Mother’s Day Parade between Stevens Park and Festival Street May 11, Pacific Medical Center Tower rental, Food Forest, Jefferson Park playground, Beacon Hill Festival June 1, ROCKiT events (Beacon: Hill of Beans), Beacon Hill Merchants Events
• 8:30-8:55 NBHC Board meets in Beacon Hill Resource Center (open to the public)

Tags: nbhc, nbhc meeting

Red Cross, El Centro, CenturyLink info at NBHC meeting 5/7

The North Beacon Hill Community Council monthly meeting is this Tuesday, May 7, at 7 p.m. at the Beacon Hill Library. All interested neighbors are invited. Here’s the announcement with agenda from the NBHC:

Please support our community council and enter to win fabulous prizes including gift cards at Victrola, El Centro parking pass, Tippe & Drague and many more local businesses. The grand prize will be one free permit (and insurance) to use Roberto Maestas Festival Street. Proceeds support NBHC overhead for the Beacon Hill Resource Center and Roberto Maestas Festival Street.

Tickets: $2 each/3 for $5 (Buy tickets from any board member in the neighborhood or at the NBHC meeting).

Raffle drawings will be held at our May NBHC meeting and June Beacon ROCKS for the grand prize.

North Beacon Hill Council Meeting (NBHC)
Tuesday, May 7th at 7:00 p.m.
Beacon Hill Library

• Red Cross will be presenting preparedness training
• NBHC Bylaws & board elections
• El Centro Plaza Roberto Maestas update
• Pilot project to allow CenturyLink to build boxes in our neighborhood
• Other neighborhood updates

Please refer to our website at www.northbeaconhillcouncil.org for further updates.

Tags: nbhc, nbhc meeting

Parking, streets, and a raffle drawing on April’s NBHC agenda

It’s almost April, which means it’s almost time for the next North Beacon Hill Council meeting on Tuesday, April 2 at 7 p.m. in the Beacon Hill Library community room, 2821 Beacon Ave. S.

This month’s agenda:

• 7:00-7:10 Introductions, Greater Duwamish Council and Department of Neighborhood updates, raffle sales
• 7:10-7:30 Public Safety
• 7:30-7:35 Street Stories
• 7:35-7:50 Sound Transit and SDOT Beacon Avenue design updates
• 7:50-8:00 SDOT Residential Parking Zone update
• 8:00-8:15 Rosemary Aragon, Pacific Hospital PDA
• 8:15-8:20 Happening on the Hill/Community Calendar
• 8:20-8:30 Raffle drawing and NBHC draft bylaws and call for board members
• 8:30-8:55 NBHC Board meets in Beacon Hill Resource Center (open to the public)

The Council is currently holding a raffle with prizes including gift cards to local businesses, a parking permit at El Centro, and more. The grand price is one free permit (and insurance) to use Roberto Maestas Festival Street for an event. Raffle proceeds will go to support NBHC’s support costs for the Beacon Hill Resource Center and Roberto Maestas Festival Street.

Raffle tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5, and can be bought from any board member in the neighborhood or at the NBHC meeting. Drawings will be held on April 2 and May 7 at NBHC meetings, and at the June Beacon ROCKS! for the grand prize.

As always, all interested neighbors are invited and welcome to attend and participate in the meeting.

Tags: nbhc, nbhc meeting

Meet your 11th District legislators at town hall event

Residents of the 11th Legislative District, which includes part of Beacon Hill, are invited to participate in a town hall conversation this weekend hosted by Senator Bob Hasegawa, Representative Zack Hudgins and Representative Steve Bergquist.

The town hall will take place in Renton at the King County Regional Communications and Emergency Coordination Center (3511 NE 2nd Street, Renton, WA 98056) this Saturday, March 16 from 1 to 2 p.m.

The three legislators will take questions and comments as well as give an update on the 2013 legislative session.

Tags: 11th, legislature

Help plan Food Forest Gathering Plaza

The Friends of the Beacon Food Forest invite all interested neighbors to a meeting this Saturday, March 9 from 1 to 4 p.m. to help design the Forest’s Gathering Plaza. At the meeting, the community will have an opportunity to give opinions and share design ideas about structures to be built at the Food Forest site this spring.

The meeting is at Jefferson Community Center, 3801 Beacon Ave. S. It will be facilitated by the UW Design/Build Group and the Friends of the Beacon Food Forest.

Tags: food forest

NBHC March agenda: Greenspace, Greenway, Plaza Roberto Maestas, and Beacon Hill broadband

It is again time for the monthly meeting of the North Beacon Hill Council, tomorrow night, Tuesday, March 5 at 7 p.m. at the Beacon Hill Library.

Here’s this month’s agenda:

• 7:00-7:10: Introductions (Melissa), Greater Duwamish District Council (Judith) and Department of Neighborhoods (Steve) updates
• 7:10-7:35: Cheasty Greenspace presentation — Rick Nishi, Parks and Green Spaces Levy Manager and Councilmember Sally Bagshaw
• 7:35-7:40: Greenway update — Ryan from Beacon BIKES
• 7:40-7:50: Plaza Roberto Maestas update — Kate de la Garza, El Centro
• 7:50-8:10: Broadband in Beacon Hill — SDOT representatives Brian de Place and Barbara Gray
• 8:10-8:15: Happening on the Hill/Community Calendar
• 8:30: General Meeting agenda
• 8:35-9:00: Board meeting begins (open to public)

All interested neighbors are welcome to attend and participate. For further information about the council, see the website.

Tags: nbhc, nbhc meeting

Opinions wanted on Plaza Roberto Maestas project

El Centro de la Raza and the Plaza Roberto Maestas design team are hosting a community meeting on Thursday, February 21 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at El Centro’s room 309.

This is the next in a series of community meetings to discuss the redevelopment project on El Centro de la Raza’s south parking lot located on Roberto Maestas Festival Street next to the Link station. Plans for this meeting are to review the feedback so far and to present the latest design for additional community feedback. The intent is for the project to enter the city’s Design Review process this spring.

Childcare and translation will be available upon request, and refreshments and light snacks will be served. El Centro de la Raza is located at 2524 16th Ave. S.

Tags: development, el centro de la raza, transit-oriented development

Input wanted on Food Forest educational signs

All interested neighbors are invited to a community meeting this Saturday, February 9 from 12 to 2 p.m. to give feedback on educational signs in the Beacon Food Forest. Designers Molly Danielsson and Mathew Lippincott will be on hand at El Centro de la Raza (2524 16th Ave S) to hear your thoughts on the signs’ proposed materials and concepts. Snacks will be provided.

The Friends of Beacon Food Forest recently received a $12,600 grant to create educational signs for the Food Forest. The signs will provide information about the ecological and social processes behind the Food Forest. The signs will be installed in July 2013.

Tags: food forest

Safety, broadband, Quieter Skies on agenda for NBHC meeting

The agenda has been announced for the monthly North Beacon Hill Council meeting, to take place Tuesday, February 5 at 7 p.m. in the Beacon Hill Library community meeting room. All interested neighbors are invited to attend and participate.

Here’s the planned agenda:

• Public Safety/SPD (Lt. Hayes to speak)
• Department of Neighborhoods updates
• Broadband/Internet Service (guest speakers from CenturyLink and others to speak)
• Neighborhood news: updates about projects in and around the neighborhood
• Quieter Skies Task Force update
• Happening on the Hill: Community Calendar

Tags: nbhc, nbhc meeting