On Friday evening, May 31, parents can have a date night and enjoy restaurants in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood while kids spend the evening at MOHAI, 860 Terry Ave N. From 6 to 9 PM at the museum, kids will make cardboard cars for a “drive-in” and then watch the Wall-E movie. The program is appropriate for ages 5 and up and costs $15 per child or $10 for MOHAI members.
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 Deb Heiden of Seattle Public Utilities spoke to the Meadowbrook meeting about Pond improvements. Meadowbrook Pond will be closed from June 3 through September 30, 2013, for major renovations. The Pond will be fenced off, but the walking trails on 39th Ave NE and on NE 105th Street, along the perimeter of the Pond, will still be accessible. Meadowbrook Pond is located on the east side of 35th Avenue NE from NE 107th to 110th Streets. Its “front door” access point is marked with large boulders and is directly across 35th Ave NE from the Meadowbrook Community Center. The Meadowbrook Pond was created by Seattle Public Utilities beginning in 1993 as a flood control and water quality improvement site. The ability to collect and filter the water helps prevent sediments from going downstream and blocking the creek on its way to its outlet at Matthews Beach. This summer the Pond will be enlarged at its northwest corner to provide even more capacity for water. At the same time new ramps will be built for better access for sediment-vacuum trucks and access to trash racks which must be cleared on a regular basis. After considerable clearing of the land area at the northwest corner of the present pond to do the new construction, the area will be replanted with hundreds of new trees. Street Re-paving Projects  Art Brochet of SDOT explained the NE 125th Street Repaving Project. At the May 14th Meadowbrook meeting Art Brochet of the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) presented repaving projects which have been funded by Bridging the Gap. The NE 125th Street Paving Project will repave NE 125th Street from the freeway, all the way east to Sand Point Way, and repave Sand Point Way NE from NE 125th Street as far south as NE 77th Street. Work will begin in June and may be finished by October, or if not then certainly by the end of the year. It is suggested that drivers who use these streets sign up for the project email updates to get advance notice of road closures. Drivers can expect one lane of traffic in each direction during construction and some detour routes. Residents within the work zones will receive postcards in the mail to alert them to temporary traffic restrictions. At the roadside there will be electronic signboards with messages prior to any changes in construction zones. Meadowbrook Community Activities  Meadowbrook Pond is for flood control, water quality, and is an oasis of nature for people, birds and animals. Meadowbrook is abuzz with many community activities, and project updates were given at the May 14th Community Council meeting. A community garden is in place by the tennis courts of Nathan Hale High School and a Cleanscapes-funded grant proposal has been made for improvements to the Meadowbrook Community Center kitchen. The NE 110th Street sidewalks project was discussed and there were updates on the Wedgwood and Lake City Emergency Communications Hubs, the NE Seattle Tool Library, and Crime Watch. Meadowbrook Community Council has an active webpage and lists upcoming local events. It will be a busy summer in Meadowbrook!
SAFER STREETS FOR ALL WCC May Community Meeting
UPDATE: Marilyn Schulte, sister of Dan Schulte and daughter of Dennis & Judy Schulte, will be attending the meeting to thank the community for the support of her family over the past several months. The Karina & Elias Ulriksen-Schulte Medical Fund is still accepting donations for the recovery of Marilyn’s sister-in-law and nephew. Also, you can still donate meals for Dan as he adjusts to being both a dad and caregiver. UPDATE: State Legislative District 45, Roger Goodman, will also be speaking on the proposed bipartisan changes to the state’s DUI laws that he has been working on as the House Democrats point person. A lot has happened in Wedgwood, NE Seattle, and across the State in the past 2 months to make streets safer for all forms of mobility. From proposed changes to DUI laws, to the passage of the Neighborhood Safe Streets Bill, the NE 75th Street Road Safety Corridor project, and a proposed statewide transportation budget package, there are a lot of changes intended to make our streets safer for all. We’ll be joined by several guests to hear about what’s being done to make streets safer from local and state-level perspectives. Our guests will include:
NOTE: As part of our annual May meeting, we’ll be having our annual elections which all current paid WCC members can participate in. If you’re not yet a WCC member, you can become a WCC member now online or at the meeting. Current WCC Trustees, Per Johnson and Keeley Hughes are up for reelection to their 2nd three-year term, while Liz McGrath will be up for election to her first three-year term. Per and Keeley were first elected in 2010. Liz was appointed in 2012 as a WCC trustee to fill an open position and has since been serving as Treasurer. Read more about Per, Keeley, and Liz HERE. Changes to the WCC’s bylaws are also up for election (see proposed revisions HERE).
The groups will include amateur radio operators who will practice sending in messages to the City of Seattle Emergency Operations Center. In a real event, the info sent in could be used by City response planners to assess conditions. Other neighborhoods will be activating their Hubs – get the list on the Sustainable NE Seattle page and let your friends know where they can participate.
The Windermere Cup boat races will be from about 10 AM to noon, followed by a parade of boats sailing out into Lake Washington.
In early Seattle, private providers of water, electricity, telephone service and streetcar lines struggled for dominance. Some people thought that competition would sort things out but it was found that utilities were a tangled mess. There was a long struggle to obtain municipal control of resources such as water.
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