Welcome to Morgan Junction Community Association

Minutes from the Jan. 17, 2007 Morgan Community Association meeting

Sunday, 04 February 2007 21:08 Cindi Barker

The Kenney Home – 18 persons attending

Steve Sindiong, Presiding

Announcements:

Community Building for Seattle Neighborhoods event. Jan. 27 – 9:00 to 12:00 regarding neighborhood leadership, volunteerism, involvement. For more information, contact the MoCa website. Morganjunction.org

Orchard Street Ravine work part, Jan. 20.

The Parks Dept. will hold a Trail Configuration meeting Feb. 24 (10:00 to 11:30) at High Point Community Center, 6920 – 34^th Ave. SW. for more information, contact Carol Schultz, 932-6230 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

King County Council Town Hall re long-range emergency response policies, Monday, Feb. 5, 6:30 Reception, 7:00 to 9:00 program. At the Hall at Fauntleroy, 9131 California SW.

Flexcar is doubling the number of cars available in our neighborhood, at the usual Pick-up areas.

The Seattle Police Dept. will more aggressively enforce pedestrian safety laws in our area – prohibited crossing, right of way in crosswalks, prohibited crossing near signals, observance of pedestrian lights and signals. More information: www.seattle.gov/police/Prevention/Tips/pedestrian.htm

Myrtle Street Reservoir Park Planning – David Goldberg, City of Seattle, Parks & Rec.

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 206 684-8414

Report on progress of Park Dept. developments at Myrtle Edwards Park. Concerns of the Parks Dept. are whether there are people in the neighborhood who can be involved in the planning effort, whether there are directions to consider that are beyond the current neighborhood plan, and what sort of community input of ideas would be most helpful.

The current plan is to hold a series of at least 3 public meetings (probably starting in mid-March), after which there will be an internal Parks Dept. review process and the Parks Board review. $ 850,000 has been allocated by the Parks Dept for this project, including planning, design, and construction. Other funds may be available through grants by other city jurisdictions (neighborhood matching funds, etc.). Similar lidding projects are the reservoir on Beacon Hill. The lidded reservoir will be paved, covered with sod and plantings, with public access. The Parks Dept. planning will be for facilities in the sloped areas that surround the reservoir on all four sides.

Question: Will water tower be fenced? Yes.

Question: Time line? About 9 months for planning and design. Bids will be let in the Fall, with construction of the park in 2008.

Question: Any plans for a shelter, picnic tables, etc. That will be up to

community. The Parks Dept will have guidelines, but lots of options will be presented.

Question: Are there special interest groups that want to be included? Yes –

current interests include a skate park, and off-leash pet area, tennis courts. These will be discussed at public meetings.

Concerns expressed re. natural buffers of sound from 35^th Ave. traffic and lighting.

High Point Community Center Update – Brian Judd, Coordinator

Facility is at 6920 – 34^th Ave. SW (34^th and Willow), with recently added additions to former building. In addition to current programs (brochure available at seattle.gov/parks) 206 684-0644), the Center hopes to add summer child-care and camping programs. Note that there are meeting rooms (including kitchens) for rent to community groups. Open weekdays 1:00 to 11:00, Sat. 10:00 to 5:00.

Emergency Preparedness – Cindi Barker, rep. of neighborhood to SW Seattle Police

Precinct Advisory Committee.

The precinct leads the community re. emergency preparedness. An inventory of neighborhood resources (medical, first-aid, construction, etc.) is being prepared. In the event of a catastrophe, a command center tent will be put up in the parking lot of Thriftway. Relay points from each neighborhood will be connected through the police department. A disaster resource kit (local maps, radio contacts, block-watch networks, resources, shelter areas, etc. ) is being kept there. In individual households need a basic kit of emergency supplies of food, water, blankets, etc.) SNAP (Seattle Neighborhoods Actively Prepare) workshops are being organized throughout W. Seattle. Watch for future program announcements.

Nominations for MoCA officers: Volunteers are needed to assume offices of VP, coordinator of Neighborhood festival. Elections of other board members will be at the next meeting. If interested, contact Steve Sindiong at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Next MoCA meeting: April 18 at The Kenney (other 2007 dates will likely be July 18 and Oct. 17)

Eldon Olson ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ), Secretary

Last Updated on Sunday, 03 August 2008 12:21

Bulletin January 12, 2007

Friday, 12 January 2007 20:53 Cindi Barker

Citywide Skatepark Plan approved by Park Commissioners.

At their Jan 11^th meeting, the Board of Park Commissioners voted to accept the Draft Citywide Skatepark Plan as presented. There was an addition decision made about the Myrtle Reservoir proposed location along with some clarifying discussion. Susanne Friedman, the Parks staff person briefing the Board made the clarification that if Myrtle is chosen during a public process as a desired location for a skatepark, one would not be constructed at the High Point Community Center (HPCC), as the locations are very close together. The size of skatepark recommended for the HPCC is at a size that would service the district, although she said "a small district" skatepark, so my assumption is that a district size skatepark at Myrtle Reservoir would be a starting point for discussion. The next step for the Citywide Skatepark Plan is for it to go to the City Council for approval, possibly in March or April. I do not know what the public input process for the City Council will be yet.

Seattle Bicycle Master Plan Draft back in work.

After the two public meetings held in December, the Department of Transportation is incorporating comments and will publish a final draft plan for comment in February. The maps and materials shown in December can be found at http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/bikemaster.htm

Neighborhood Business District Strategy

After adoption of all the legislation related to this Strategy, the City is beginning the process of mapping neighborhoods for potential Pedestrian Zone designations and the residential-on-arterials designation (don’t know what the official buzzword is yet). They are mapping neighborhoods by districts, and the Southwest District is currently last in line, so we’ll be looking at this sometime in mid 2008.

Notice to citizens and businesses with storm damage:

Wednesday, 20 December 2006 21:51 Cindi Barker

There are two very important pieces of information you need to know about damage you may have sustained during either the flooding in mid-November or the most recent rain and wind storm:

For the November Flooding:

For those who suffered damage and made a report for the November flooding event (11/ 2 – 11/11), a Presidential Disaster declaration HAS been made for the State, and home and business owners in King County with uninsured losses should register with FEMA to see if they quality for assistance.To register, call FEMA at 1-800-621-3362 or on-line at www.fema.gov.

For the December 14th Rain and Wind Storm:

For those who have suffered damage to your home or businesses, the Seattle Office of Emergency Management strongly urges you to make a report to the King County Citizen Damage Report Hotline at 1-800-523-5044. The collective damage reports received will be used in a request for federal disaster assistance. If a Presidential Disaster Declaration is made for the State and the County, private citizens may be eligible for financial help for uninsured losses in the form of small grants from Federal Emergency Management Agency and loans from the United States Small Business Administration.

SkatePark Recommendations for West Seattle released

Sunday, 10 December 2006 20:11 Cindi Barker

The Parks Dept has posted the Draft Plan for Seattle's Citywide Skatepark Plan. For West Seattle the following has been recommended by the Skatepark Advisory Board:

District size parks at the High Point Playfield and the West Seattle Stadium (although there is an additional note that the Stadium recommendation is not supported by Parks Staff, as it conflicts with a planned future golf driving range at the Stadium). Skatespots are recommended at Hiawatha Playfield, Delridge Playfieled and Roxhill Park. A Skatedot is recommended at Alki Beach. Finally, the Advisory Board also recommends that the Myrtle Reservoir be added as a site for consideration.

To read the full 44 page document to learn about the features of each type of skatepark facility, please see: http://www.seattle.gov/parks/projects/Skatepark.htm

Citywide Skatepark Briefing to be released

Sunday, 03 December 2006 19:06 Cindi Barker

On Dec. 14th, the Seattle Parks Board will have a staff briefing and there will also be a public hearing. The staff briefing paper will be available on Dec 5 at this website, so you can pull it early and then attend if you choose : http://www.seattle.gov/parks/projects/Skatepark.htm.
Details about the full meeting agenda and location (it will be at Town Hall) can be found at http://www.seattle.gov/parks/parkboard/

Seattle Bicycle Master Plan to be released

Sunday, 03 December 2006 19:05 Cindi Barker

This is fun! All sorts of ways to get information about what the city is proposing. In this case, it's a preview of supposedly leaked documents of the "almost complete" Bicycle Master Plan. For Morgan Junction, it looks like they are proposing a bike lane on 48th Ave SW up to Erskine, Fauntleroy Way up to the Junction, and on 35th Ave SW - which also has been flagged for more intensive study. California Ave SW has a proposed "sharrow" a way of marking to share the road. Sylvan Way has both a sharrow and then a bike lane on the steep downhill portion. Here's the leaked version, http://www.thestranger.com/blog/2006/11/leaked_bicycle_maste.php, and when the real version is released by the city, I'll send that out as well.
If you want to attend the two public meetings which will roll out the official versions, they are at:

Tuesday, 12-5-06
Odd Fellows' Temple in downtown Ballard
1706 NW Market St
6:30-9:00 pm

Thursday, 12-7-06
Rainier Community Center
4600 38th Ave S
6:30-9:00 pm

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