It’s almost May, which means it’s almost time for the next North Beacon Hill Council meeting. Tomorrow (Tuesday), May 1, neighbors will gather as they do each month to discuss local issues. All are welcome. The meeting is at 7 p.m. in the Beacon Hill Library community room.

Here is this month’s agenda:

• 7:00 Hellos and introductions
• 7:10 Announcement by a representative of the Advisory Committee on Aging about a pamphlet which will be distributed on Beacon Hill advising of services available to senior citizens.
• 7:15 Announcement by City Light representatives Dave Barber and Lynn Best re: surplus property located on 14th Avenue South.
• 7:30 Presentation by representatives of Deputy Mayor Darryl Smith’s office pertaining to work that has been done/is scheduled to be done on the Mountains to Sound Trail, the off-leash area, and other aspects of the greenbelt on North Beacon Hill. Followed by Q&A.
• 8:00 Community concerns and announcements
  • June 2, Jefferson Park Beacon Hill Festival – volunteers needed to sit at the NBHC table for 1-2 hour shifts
  • June meeting – honoring the work that has been done on the Jefferson Park playground, information on July 14 grand opening Jubilee Celebration at Jefferson Park
  • Other announcements and community concerns
• 8:25 Elections to be held in June for the NBHC Board of Directors. Please come prepared to fill one of the four vacant slots! Needed: a fund raiser (interested in planning for a neighborhood garage sale?), someone to write grants, a computer guru, and someone interested in public safety to attend the SE Police Precinct Advisory Board as our representative. If you have talents here, please consider becoming a Board member. Requirements: the monthly meeting, plus 1-5 hours more per month, depending on your responsibility.

The Jefferson Park Golf Clubhouse and the new development planned for the southeast corner of the Beacon Hill Station block — both topics of a fair amount of neighborhood interest — are on the agenda for the next North Beacon Hill Council meeting Tuesday, April 3 at 7 p.m. at the Beacon Hill Library community room.

Here’s the agenda:

This is an important meeting for all residents concerned with the
redevelopment happening on Beacon Hill. Please come to ask your
questions and voice your opinions.

• 7:00 Welcomes and hellos
• 7:15 Susan Rockwell, Seattle Parks Dep’t. Program Coordinator – Plans for the clubhouse at Jefferson Park; Q&A to follow
• 7:45 Andrea Leuschke, Pacific Housing NW, Landscape Architect – An update on the development planned for the SE corner of 17th Avenue and McClellan (light rail station block) with questions and answers
• 8:15 Community concerns and announcements
• 8:30 Closure and executive board meeting if needed

The Beacon Hill Library is located at 2821 Beacon Avenue South. All are welcome to observe or participate in the neighborhood council; you are part of the council when you attend your first meeting, and you have voting privileges when you attend your second.

The North Beacon Hill Council is meeting tonight, November 1, at 7:00 p.m. in the Beacon Hill Library Community Room. All are welcome, as always.

The announcement the council sent out yesterday said “Our agenda is yet to be finalized, however it will address an issue we all care about—the proposal by the City Council to increase car tab fees by $60 (Proposition 1).”

Here’s the current agenda:

• 7:00 Welcome
• 7:05 Thoughts in favor of Prop. 1
• 7:15 Thoughts in opposition to Prop. l
• 7:25 Questions and Answers
• 8:00 Community Concerns
  • Cutting your energy usage
  • Other community reports
• 8:30 Executive Board Meeting (as needed)

North Beacon Hill Council meetings have moved to a new night, the first Tuesday of each month. This frees people to attend First Thursday Art Walk events without a neighborhood conflict. October’s meeting is Tuesday, October 4 from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Beacon Hill Library (2821 Beacon Ave. S.).

On the agenda of Tuesday’s meeting is the proposed Alcohol Impact Area for North Beacon Hill. The notice sent by the Council reads: “Please join us to learn more about the Alcohol Impact Area for N. Beacon—what it is, what it isn’t, and how you can be of help.”

Earlier this summer we wrote about the current Beacon Hill Alcohol Impact Area Initiative. The neighbors promoting the AIA also have a Facebook page.

The North Beacon Hill Council is considering changing the day the group meets each month. To ensure maximum involvement from members of the community at Council meetings, they have created an opinion survey to find the best possible meeting day. The survey will be open for public response through the middle of July. Please fill out the survey if you have any interest in attending Council meetings.

Currently, the Council holds its public meetings on the the first Thursday of the month. However, due to some room availability conflicts this fall at the Library, they are considering a change. Another factor involved is that there have been requests from some board members and neighbors that the meeting be moved so that it does not conflict with the monthly “Art Walk” in Pioneer Square.

North Beacon Hill Council meetings are open to the public and feature official speakers from the City on issues such as land use, public safety and parks. Additionally, there are regular reports from the many subcommittees and other community organizations such as Beacon Bikes, the Merchants’ Association, and El Centro de la Raza. Beacon Hill neighbors and business owners are encouraged and welcome to attend all meetings, and voting membership is granted after attending two meetings.

(Thanks to Matthew Stubbs for this information!)