Morgan Community Association (MoCA)

Article published in January 2006, Dept of Neighborhoods Neighborhood News.
http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/news.htm

In 2000, the Morgan Community Association received CRF funds to install a traffic calming project at 40th Ave SW and Fauntleroy Way SW. The project was installed in 2004. Along with a new concrete sidewalk and barrier extension on the east side of Fauntleroy, an overgrown, weed infested triangle on the west side was regraded and planted with trees and a new low maintenance grass called Ecoturf.

While the Parks Department agreed to provide once a year mowing, the expected effort needed to trim back the Ecoturf, within 2 years aggressive weeds overwhelmed the Ecoturf and the triangle quickly turned back into a weed infested planting, although with nice trees.

This year, nearby neighbors decided to deal with “Weed Island” just as aggressively as the plant invaders and have formed several work parties to provide mowing services to keep the weeds in check. Along with the tidy trimmed look has come the return of wildlife; several pink flamingos have been spotted nesting in the pine trees, and a Halloween decorating party may bring back bats.

Thanks go to Paul Sureddin who help coordinate the taming of Weed Island, along with neighbors Dave and Linda Gould, Shawn and Susan Terjeson, Kevin and Jaye Bywater, Mona Beery, Janine Rees, Gene Brake, Greg Stripes and others.

City Repair Seattle is a non-profit organization that has a goal of improving communities through public participation and creating gathering places, public art and identity in local neighborhoods. City Repair is offering a public workshop on "Place Making" on January 21, 2006. Please see the Seattle PI news article on City Repair (Link below).

MOCA is hoping to use City Repair as part of the public planning process for developing a public plaza in Morgan Junction in 2006. The Seattle Parks Department is funding the construction of this plaza through the Pro Parks levy. The plaza was recommended in the Morgan Junction Neighborhood Plan.

If you would like to attend the workshop, you must first register. Please call Cynthia Shick at (206) 322-6295.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/255170_nsecondary11.html

We are so grateful to Paul Sureddin for his look in transforming the Morgan Community Association Website and making it more user friendly. We’ve attempted to bring you more “quick glance” information with less clicks, but in a format that lets you drill down for more details. Check it out at www.morganjunction.org

In 2006, Captain Mike Fann and the Southwest Precinct Advisory Committee will focus on ensuring that West Seattle has a good plan for emergencies. Part of this effort will include creating an inventory of hazards and resources within each neighborhood as well as an outreach plan to inform and train citizens in coordination with the City of Seattle SDART program (http://www.seattle.gov/html/citizen/preparedness.htm) The first planning meeting will be Thursday, Feb 2, and will meet monthly throughout the year. If you would like to represent the Morgan Junction Community in this effort, please contact Cindi Barker at 933-6968.

During the months of September and October, King County workers were surveying the Morgan Junction area to collect information for enhancements to the 911 system. All addresses in our area will now be displayed on digital maps when a call goes in. This is to assist responders in getting to the correct place, for example, if a house has a mother in law apartment, the correct entryway picture will be shown on the screen.

Also, by inputting the latitude/longitude of all address in MJ and the county, wireless and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) 911 callers can be located. More information about this project can be found at http://www.metrokc.gov/gis/Projects/index.htm