LICTON SPRINGS COMMUNITY COUNCIL
Minutes of Community Meeting, June 21, 2010,
NSCC Conference Room B2311

NSCC Conference Room B2311

Directors Present: Liz Kearns, Jerry Owens, Tom Meyer, Kay Mesirow, and Ellen Beck.

Board Representatives Present: Ken Thompson (Liaison to North Precinct).

Visitors: Bruce Kieser (Facilities and Plant Operations Director for North Seattle Community College), Jean Wirch, and Yangtai Ju (NSCC Student visiting for school homework).

President Liz Kearns called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.

There will be no meeting in August. Everyone was urged to enjoy their summer!

NEW BUSINESS:

North Seattle Community College. Bruce Kieser enrollment was up 12% for summer quarter. The new building is coming along well and there is a move-in date of May 1, 2011. Bruce said he believes the College will be able to get everything in their plan, including the new bus route coming on campus, and street improvements.

The Allied Health Building is in the detailed design stage at this time. Construction will begin in June, 2011. This building will include a cadaver lab, physiology instruction, anatomy instruction, nursing classes, EMT classes, and will also include a tutoring area. Because of the focus on healthcare, the College feels confident that all funding will come through.

More cuts will be coming because of the financial situation the State is in. General discussion followed on what is happening at other community colleges. It is hard times for everyone. Energy and food costs are both going up, while revenues are decreasing.

Bruce had one bit of encouraging news. The College is involved in writing the grant for regional transportation improvements. He told us about the King County/Metro HUD grant. A pedestrian overpass over the I-5 freeway is included. The plan is to make better access of the Transit Center for NSCC and the community.

NSCC Activities. Kay Mesirow will receive an e-mail to direct her to where events for College will be posted beginning in September. The community can then be given information in the Newsletter and the ListServe. It will be good to let the community know about events at the College.

There will be no August newsletter.

OLD BUSINESS:

501(c)(3) Update. Ellen Beck gave an update of the 501(c)(3) paperwork for the Council. She said that she and Jan Brucker had to make another “go through” of the application. She had gone through and given explanations for the “yes, explain” questions and needed to get Jan’s input on her explanations and for several questions where she wasn’t sure how to proceed. It will also be necessary to update the financial information provided since the application will be submitted so many months after the financial information was compiled. She reported speaking with Kathy Package about needing an updated financial report.

Land Use/Zoning. Tom Meyer reported that there was very little activity in our neighborhood. Everything was pretty low key and he reported seeing just single family alterations and home improvement projects.

Northwest District Council. Liz reported on the meeting that she had attended when our normal representative, Jerry Owens, was not able to attend. She said elections had taken place. There were representatives of the Aurora Merchants and GAIN at the meeting. Beth Pflugg, of the Department of Neighborhoods, arranges for the speakers that the Northwest District Council has each month.

Minutes: The June 16, 2010 minutes were approved as presented.

Our next meeting is Wednesday, September 15, 2010.

The meeting adjourned at 8:20 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Ellen M. Beck, Secretary