Minutes of Board Meeting
January 17, 2007
NSCC President’s Board Room

Directors Present:
Liz Kearns, Jerry Owens, Debra Willendorf, Kay Mesirow, and Ellen Beck.

Board Representatives Present:
Ken Thompson (North Precinct Representative).

Visitors:
Jean Wirch.

President Liz Kearns called the meeting to order at 7:04 p.m.

Minutes:
The November 15, 2006 minutes were approved as presented.

Treasurer’s Report. There was no Treasurer’s Report.

NEW BUSINESS:

Licton Springs Park
Liz pointed out the “Friends of Licton Springs Park” presentation board. She said that preparation of a display board is required for grant completion.

February Meeting
The February meeting will focus on North 100th. There have been three meetings held on the street, as well as the November LSCC meeting, which focused on the conceptual design for sidewalks on North 100th.

Newsletter
There will be a Newsletter prior to the February meeting. The deadline for articles is January 29, 2007. Liz said that there will be a flyer inserted in the Newsletter, paid for by the Friends of Licton Springs Park. She noted that perhaps Kay could have an article for the Newsletter on emergency preparedness. Much of the Newsletter will focus on North 100th, but other articles are welcome. Debra suggested that Kay could focus on steps to take if homeowners have a loss of power. In our recent storms, some people lost their electricity for days.

President’s Board Room
Liz noted that the President’s Board Room has been reserved for our meetings through June. She said that she would provide information on who is to be contacted at the College to reserve our meeting room.

Liz noted that, as she has informed Board members, she will not continue as president after the completion of her present term. She would like to remain on the Board and be the representative for Licton Springs Park. Discussion followed.

Playground Improvements Update
Randy Robinson was to have come to our meeting to give us an update on playground improvements at Licton Springs Park. Unfortunately, he got caught up in a traffic mess, as related to us by his wife, who kindly came to our meeting to let us know. With Randy Robinson on the other end of his wife’s cell phone, Liz advised him to not stress about making tonight’s meeting, but, instead, come to the February meeting.

Randy Robinson has secured funds to make improvements at Licton Springs Park Playground. When he had questions about community wishes for the Park, Liz told us she referred him to Betsy Weill, who regularly brings pre-school children to the Park Playground to play.

North 100th
All property owners on North 100th have received an announcement about the February meeting of the LSCC. Liz said that she hand delivered notices to the businesses and to Betty Snow, Property Manager, at Oak Tree, and also to John Appel of the UPS Store, who is head of the merchants group there.

The conceptual design for North 100th is going to address the differences in the blocks. Different blocks take different treatments. The next step, after the conceptual design is completed, is to prepare construction drawings, but a new grant is required to obtain funding to pay for preparation of the construction drawings.

Discussion followed.

Announcements

Revised Vegetation Plan for Licton Springs Park
February 10, 2007, from 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., the new Revised Vegetation Plan will be presented. All are welcome. Coffee and donuts will be provided. The Parks Department will be there.

New Brochure
Newsletter funding that is saved (because of the North 100th grant money paying for a Newsletter) will be used to produce a brochure that describes the work that has been done at Licton Springs Park.

Department of Neighborhoods
The new Director of the Department of Neighborhoods is Stella Chao.

Community Building for Seattle Neighborhoods
A workshop on how to make a difference in your neighborhood will be held Saturday, January 27, 2007, from 9:00 a.m. to Noon, at City Hall.

Transportation
Transportation Lobby Day: Solutions for Healthier Communities will take place February 6, 2007, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at United Churches of Olympia, 110 -11th Avenue Southeast, Olympia.

SODO Traffic Alert: Testing ST Trains in SODO. Construction is well underway on Sound Transit’s Link light rail line from downtown Seattle to the SeaTac Airport. Everyone in SODO, or traveling in that area, needs to be alert and follow basic safety rules.

Our next meeting is Wednesday, February 21, 2007.

The meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Ellen M. Beck, Secretary