In addition, the city wants the neighborhood associations to pass along the following.
Have a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving.
Larry Toedtli, President
Central Houghton Neighborhood Association

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The notes from our November 10 virtual meeting are attached. We had some really good discussions. In addition, the city wants the neighborhood associations to pass along the following. Have a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving. Larry Toedtli, President Central Houghton Neighborhood Association ![]()
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CHNA held its September 8 meeting virtually using the Zoom platform. We had several speakers and presentations. The notes from the meetings are attached. If you have any questions, comments, or ideas for future meeting topics, please contact us at centralhoughton@gmail.com We also have openings on our Board that we would love to get filled to help generate ideas on how CHNA can best serve our neighborhood and overall City. Our next meeting will be held virtually at 7:00 PM on Tuesday November 10. Hope to see you then. Larry Toedtli, President Central Houghton Neighborhood Association ![]()
I hope you all had an enjoyable summer, even with the Covid-19 pandemic. City facilities remain closed, therefore we will be hosting a virtual meeting using Zoom. The meeting agenda is provided below and also can be downloaded. We have several visitors/presentations on the agenda, covering a range of topics:
Please note that the City Council is scheduled to take action on the Safer Routes to Schools program at its virtual meeting tonight - https://www.kirklandwa.gov/Assets/City+Council/Council+Packets/090120/9b_Business.pdf Please forward this email and agenda to others that may be interested in these topics. Thanks and hope to "see" you next Tuesday. Larry Toedtli, President Central Houghton Neighborhood Association centralhoughton@gmail.com The Zoom meeting link and passcode are provided as follows: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84930777067?pwd=WkhIUjBHeWRqTE53VitKWEk3QW52dz09 Meeting ID: 849 3077 7067 Passcode: 979166 One tap mobile +12532158782,,84930777067#,,,,,,0#,,979166# US (Tacoma) +16699006833,,84930777067#,,,,,,0#,,979166# US (San Jose) Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kew2BNx7X8 ![]()
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Similar to many of Kirkland's neighborhood associations, CHNA does not typically meet during the summer months. However, there are several items that the City is moving forward with.that we wanted to inform you about. These items include ongoing planning activities, transportation construction projects, and City code revision proposals. The following provides a short summary of these activities; we also have included links to the City web sites where you can get more detailed information. Please let us know if you have any questions, input on possible topics of interest, or if you would like to join the CHNA Board or assist CHNA in other ways. We can be reached at centralhoughton@gmail.com. Please forward to others that may be interested. To be added (or removed) from our distribution list, please email us at centralhoughton@gmail.com. Larry Toedtli, President Central Houghton Neighborhood Association July 7 City Council Meeting Public Hearing - Affirming Black Lives Matter and Establishing a Framework for Kirkland Becoming a Safe, Inclusive and Welcoming Community
The City of Kirkland is seeking input from the community to help guide the development of a new City website. Community members are invited to take a short survey to share their experience with the current City website, and assist staff in developing a new City website that better meets the needs of the public. City Traffic Cameras The City of Kirkland is pleased to announce that City traffic cameras are now available to the public on the City website at https://trafficmap.kirklandwa.gov/. Community members can visit the webpage and click a camera icon to display an image from the traffic camera at that location. Visitors to the page can then click on the image, or use the maximize window button at the top of the pop-up, to open a larger version of the image. The images are refreshed approximately every minute. “We hope that this new feature on our website will be a helpful tool for community members looking to plan their trips to avoid traffic,” said Councilmember Jon Pascal. “We also believe that this will be a valuable tool for community members to check road conditions during winter storm events.” The traffic map is currently live and available to the public at https://trafficmap.kirklandwa.gov/. Phyllis Needy Park Crosswalk Flashing Beacon Construction is well underway for the installation of a new flashing beacon at the crosswalk near Phyllis Needy Park (on 108th Avenue NE just north of NE 46th). This is a neighborhood safety project that CHNA has pursued for several years. It hopefully will be completed by the end of summer. 108th Avenue NE Water and Sewer Main Replacement Project The City's contractor is well underway on this project to replace the 50plus year old sewer main (NE 53 to 68th) and water main (NE 60th to 68th). If you have driven the corridor you have seen the construction and traffic control and flaggers. Please be safe and slow down as you approach and travel through the construction site. The project will likely last until December, with possible repaving next spring.Project web site can be found here: http://www.kirklandwa.gov/depart/Public_Works/Construction_Projects/108th_Avenue_Northeast_water_and_sewer_upgrade.htm Safer Routes to School
The City of Kirkland is updating the Active Transportation Plan (ATP) based on the 2009 Active Transportation Plan (PDF 8MB) The plan update is being coordinated with the Safer Routes to School project. It will address pedestrians, bicycling, and access to transit and community centers. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting budget constraints, the Active Transportation Plan community engagement and recommendations will be put on hold while the city slowly reopens and recovers from budgetary constraints. The plan will seek to implement the proposed strategies and innovations and with that comes budget requests which will be unlikely to be approved at this moment in time. However, the City is still moving forward with opportunities to make it safer to walk and bike such as seeking grant funds to implement high-priority safety projects, completing Kirkland's first two neighborhood greenway projects and designing and building Kirkland's first protected bike lanes. ThC city also received funding for a third greenway project. Please stay tuned for more information about this planning effort. Visit the City's web page for more information https://www.kirklandwa.gov/depart/Public_Works/Transportation_and_Traffic/Active_Transportation_Plan.htm Larry Toedtli, CHNA President, had previously sent out an agenda noting that due to the Covid -19 pandemic, the CHNA meeting would have a limited agenda using the Zoom software platform. As part of the agenda, CHNA also included extensive notes on various topics of interest to the neighborhood association. These include the following topics and can be accessed using this link:
http://www.houghtonlives.com/home/may-12-2020-information-and-virtual-meeting
1. Introductions/ Comments from the Audience Virtual meeting attendees introduced themselves and shared their areas of interest and other comments. They also were asked to share any acts of kindness or other types of activities related to the Covid pandemic. City Council member Kelli Curtis noted that the City Council have been busy with Covid and other topics. She noted that the Council was going to discuss plans for opening parks and recreation facilities at their May 19 meeting. 2. Board Reports Larry Toedtli, as acting Treasurer, reported that the CHNA had just over $1900 in the CHNA account. He noted that this is approximately $400 less than last August. The decrease was associated with costs for the 2019 Crossing Kirkland event, November 2019 renewal of the web site hosting, and filing of the Washington State Annual Report. These funds will be reimbursed through the City Matching Grant probably near the end of 2020. It is unlikely that additional expenditures will be made for the 2020 Crossing Kirkland event that were planned for in the approved CHNA grant application. Larry also noted that he had filed the Washington State Annual Report in February and the IRS Form 990 in May, as required as a non-profit. 3. Board Elections The CHNA Bylaws include provisions for election of Board positions at the May annual meeting. Four positions are available – President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. The following officers were elected for the 2020-2021 CHNA calendar.
Treasurer – OPEN - Larry Toedtli appointed as acting Treasurer To All-
With the Washington State Stay Home Stay Healthy policy in effect, we will not be able to assemble in person for our May 12 CHNA regular meeting. The following provides a summary of some relevant current topics - related to COVID-19 resources, City Council and Houghton Community Council actions, transportation project updates, and potential activities for neighborhood associations moving forward. In addition, we also holding a short (30-45 minute) Zoom meeting on May 12 at 7:00 pm as a test for use in the future. The Zoom meeting will allow those attending to ask questions and provide comments on topics that they are interested in. The Zoom meeting also cover business activities required by the CHNA Bylaws, including Board Reports and election of officers. The following provides the link to the May 12 Zoom meeting. It would be very helpful if you could email us at centralhoughton@gmail.com if you plan to join us on the Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72351956594 Meeting ID: 723 5195 6594 As always, please forward to others that may need this information. If you know of anyone else that would like to be added to our Central Houghton Neighborhood Association distribution list, please email us at centralhoughton@gmail.com. Also email us if you have any questions/comments or are interested in helping out our neighborhood association. Thanks. Wash your hands, practice social distancing, and stay safe. Larry Toedtli, President Central Houghton Neighborhood Association Covid Connections The City has pulled together resources to support people and businesses adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. These resources can be found using the following links/phone numbers. If you see a comment on social media, hear about a neighbor or friend, hear someone express a concern during a Zoom hangout, or get a call about someone seeking support or looking to help out, please direct them to theses resources.
In addition to the above resources, the City has assembled other links related to the COVID-19 response.
Survey on Potential Fire/EMS Ballot Measures The City is really trying to learn from our community, so the City has asked us to share the survey link so you can complete it and provide input to the City's decision process. As you may know, the City’s community safety advisory group, formed last October, recommended that the Council place two property tax measures on this year’s November ballot. The first measure would build a new fire station and seismically retrofit and renovate our existing fire stations. The second measure would hire new firefighters, who are also emergency medical technicians. These recommendations were made in February, just before the virus outbreak in Kirkland. The Council recognizes that COVID-19’s economic impact makes this a difficult time for new taxes. So, the Council’s asking our community whether the City should keep exploring these ballot measures. No final decision has been made. The Council is asking for our community’s input to help guide their decision. Please help us by filling out this 5-minute survey: https://www.research.net/r/FireEMSKirkland This survey closes on Friday May 15 City Council and HCC Activities
Neighborhood Association Activities Moving Forward in the Near Term
The January 14 meeting of the Central Houghton Neighborhood Association (CHNA) was rescheduled to February 11 due to inclement weather. The notes from the meeting are attached (or you can download them from the link below). Our next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday March 10, starting at 7:00 PM. If you have ideas for meeting topics, or any other comments or questions, please email us at - centralhoughton@gmail.com. We have a couple of board positions open - Vice President and Treasurer. These positions allow you to help CHNA support and promote our neighborhood. These positions do not require much time but would help broaden the discussion and perspectives of the CHNA leadership team. Following the February 11 meeting, the City's Planning Commission forwarded its recommendations on code changes related to Missing Middle Housing and Accessory Dwelling Units to the City Council. The City Council is scheduled to take action on these code changes at its March 3 meeting. The City Council packet can be found here: https://www.kirklandwa.gov/Assets/City+Council/Council+Packets/030320/9c_Business.pdf The City Council is also continuing to review and discuss various elements of the proposed changes to the Tree Code (Chapter 95 of the Zoning Code). These changes will affect properties with and without development. The latest City Council packet on the Tree Code was for their February 18 meeting - https://www.kirklandwa.gov/Assets/City+Council/Council+Packets/021820/9c(1)_Business.pdf The City Council is currently scheduled to continue their discussion at their March 17, April 7, and April 21 meetings. if interested in this topic you can access the Council packets the Friday before each of these meetings from the City Council's web page. In addition to the meeting notes, the following files include meeting materials covering the Wireless 5G concerns and upcoming Census and Census Jobs. Please let us know if you have any comments or ideas for future meetings, or if you are interested in becoming a Board member or assist on specific projects or programs. Thank you and hope to see you on March 10 where we will be finding out more about the 108th Avenue NE sewer and water main replacement project that is about to get started and could extend into spring 2021. Larry Toedtli, President Central Houghton Neighborhood Association ![]()
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The January 14 meeting of the Central Houghton Neighborhood Association (CHNA) was rescheduled to February 11 due to inclement weather. The updated agenda for the February 11 meeting is attached. We will have short presentations from the Kirkland Downtown Association and Kirkland's Senior Council. We also will be providing updates on several ongoing City activities. A new topic related to upcoming sewer and water main replacements along 108th Avenue NE will also be of interest to Central Houghton residents and businesses. There are a couple of upcoming items that you may want to look into prior to the meeting so you can plan accordingly. These include:
Please come and join in these conversations which affect our community and City. Also, please let us know if you have ideas for topics that we can include in the future. Please forward this email/agenda to others that may be interested. They can request to be added to the distribution list by emailing us at centralhoughton@gmail.com. Also, if your email address has changed, or you no longer want to be on this distribution list, please email us to let us know. Thanks. Looking forward to 2020 and seeing how we can continue to serve the Central Houghton community. Larry Toedtli. President Central Houghton Neighborhood Association centralhoughton@gmail.com ![]()
The agenda for the January 14, 2020 meeting of the Central Houghton Neighborhood Association is attached. We will have short presentations from the Kirkland Downtown Association and Kirkland's Senior Council. We also will be providing updates on several ongoing City activities. A new topic related to upcoming sewer and water main replacements along 108th Avenue NE will also be of interest to Central Houghton residents and businesses. There are a couple of upcoming items that you may want to look into prior to the meeting so you can plan accordingly. These include:
Please come and join in these conversations which affect our community and City. Also, please let us know if you have ideas for topics that we can include in the future. Please forward this email/agenda to others that may be interested. They can request to be added to the distribution list by emailing us. Also, if your email address has changed, or you no longer want to be on this distribution list, please email us to let us know. Thanks. Looking forward to 2020 and seeing how we can continue to serve the Central Houghton community. Larry Toedtli, President/Chair Central Houghton Neighborhood Association centralhoughton@gmail.com ![]()
The notes from the November 12, 2019 Central Houghton Neighborhood Association (CHNA) are attached (or you can download from the below link). Our next regularly scheduled meeting will be Tuesday January 14 at 7:00 PM at Fire Station 22 (on 108th Avenue NE). If you have ideas for the meeting please let us know - centralhoughton@gmail.com We also have a couple of Board positions open - Vice President and Treasurer - these do not take much time, but will help us out immensely. Please contact us if you want to learn more. There are a few items that I want to bring your attention to. RapidRide K Line Planning Metro is evaluating options for a new RapidRide line that will serve Kirkland. This will affect transit service in Kirkland, as routes 234/235 and 255 may have service cuts depending on where this new proposed line is routed. Please take the survey and let King County know how you feel about transit in Kirkland! ACT Now - Survey Closes TODAY (11/26)!!! https://kingcounty.gov/depts/transportation/metro/programs-projects/fares-routes-and-service/rapidride-expansion/k-line.aspx. Active Transportation Plan The City of Kirkland wants to make walking and biking safer, easier, and more accessible for everyone. Safe and active transportation enables people of all ages and abilities/disabilities to get where they need to go safely and efficiently. We need to hear from you! Your thoughts will help the City update our Active Transportation Plan and develop Safer Routes to School Action Plans. These plans guide the City's future investments in transportation infrastructure. Take our short survey today! Sign Compliance Volunteer Openings
Some of the types of signs not allowed in Kirkland:
CHNA is developing a brochure/mailer to help us reach out to everyone in the Central Houghton Neighborhood so we can help keep people informed and hear other ideas, concerns, and perspectives. If you would like to assist with your creative design, graphics, editing, and any other skills/interest, please contact us at centralhoughton@gmail.com . We hope to meet in December to get started on the new mailer. Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving Larry Toedtli, President/Chair Central Houghton Neighborhood Association Email centralhoughton@gmail.com web site - houghtonlives.com ![]()
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