Central

Houghton

Neighborhood

Association

Central Houghton Neighborhood Association

Key Dates:

Tonight! – June 12^th – Art Installation Celebration at Carillon Woods at 6pm

Tonight! – June 12^th – Public Hearing on ParkPlace development (going up to 11 stories!)

Tonight! – June 12^th – Port of Seattle "Eastside Rail Corridor Informational Open Houses"

Tonight! – June 12^th – Sound Transit Board Meeting: Union Station 1:00pm

Fri, June 13 – Eastside Transportation Partnership – Unigard Insurance Building at 7:30am

Sat, June 14^th – Ivy Pull at Kiwanis Park

Sat/Sun, June 14 & 15 – City Championship Baseball Tournament

Tues, June 17^th – Kirkland City Council Meeting – Kirkland City Hall at 7:30pm

Wed, June 18^th - Eastside Rail Corridor Informational Open Houses

Thurs, June 19^th – Walking and Bicycling Plan Open House

Mon, June 23^rd – Houghton Community Council – Kirkland City hall at 7pm

Tues, June 24^th – Port of Seattle Board Meeting – Pier 69 at 4pm

Tues, June 24^th – Sound Transit Board Meeting – Union Station at 1pm

Wed, June 25^th - Eastside Rail Corridor Informational Open Houses

Sat, June 28^th – Bridle Trails “Party in the Park”

Sun, June 29^th – Seafair Marathon

* No CHNA Meeting in July

Wed, Aug 6^th – August CHNA meeting

June 9^th – Sept 1 -  Peter Kirk Pool Open

Minutes to Meeting June 4^th, 2008:

It is time to start work on the Houghton 4^th of July float. The idea for this year’s float is “Houghton hears a who” – a play off of “Horton hears a who”.  We need help making the float and willing participates to walk in the parade. If you are interested in helping out, please send an email to Cathy Whiteside at cmwhiteside@comcast.net to be informed on the time and location of the next work party.

The June CHNA meeting was run by the Eastside Trail Advocates (ETA). They did a great job of providing background on the corridor, explaining the players, providing an update on what the group has done to date and providing opportunities for folks to get involved. Attached you will find the handout that was pass out at the meeting.  It includes ETA’s messaging and key player’s email addresses. ETA would really like to get more people involved; send an email with your opinion or attend one of the related meetings and voice your opinion. It is an issue that directly impacts Houghton. Please take some time to read their handout, form your own opinion and get involved. If you are interested to find out more about Eastside Trail Advocates go to www.eastsidetrailadvocates.org. The meetings relating to the corridor have been included in the “Key Dates” section with some detail below.

    -The Port of Seattle will be holding 3 "Eastside Rail Corridor Informational Open Houses" in the coming few weeks.  Needless to say, this is the organization that we must get out in front of.  The meeting times and places are as follows - we're working hard to have attendance at all of them.  Please let us know if you can attend.  Also, if you need a ride or would like to carpool, we're happy to help arrange that as well.

* Thursday, June 12, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. - Snohomish High School Cafeteria 1316 Fifth Street, Snohomish

* Wednesday, June 18, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.- Carol Edwards Center - Woodinville Parks and Recreation - 17401 133rd Avenue NE, Woodinville
* Wednesday, June 25, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. - Newport High School Commons - 4333 Factoria Blvd., SE, Bellevue

Additional Note: There have been several burglaries in Houghton recently. Please keep an eye out for suspicious behavior; specifically a mini-van in your neighbor’s driveway that doesn’t look familiar and is “loading up”. Don’t hesitate to call the police even if you don’t think it is an emergency.

Event Details:

Thursday, June 12th 7 PM, Public Hearing – on ParkPlace development.  Lisa McConnell attended the last Planning Commission meeting and the Planning Commission is planning on raising some of the building heights to 11 stories or more! This Public Hearing will be the last time the public gets to make a statement on the Orni/Altom/ParkPlace DEIS before the Planning Commission makes their recommendation to City Council on the preferred alternative for the Final Environmental Impact Statement. PLEASE try to make your opinion known at this meeting either by making a statement at the hearing or by emailing the Planning Commission and Angela Ruggeri, the Senior Planner. For a full statement from the Planning Department see http://www.ci.kirkland.wa.us/__shared/assets/Combined_SFS_for_Web_Posting_PC_061220089121.pdf

Peter Kirk Pool Opens, June 9^th – September 1st. for pool schedule see http://www.ci.kirkland.wa.us/__shared/assets/Peter_Kirk_Pool8182.pdf or your Summer Recreation catalog.

Art Installation Celebration - Thursday, June 12^th 6Pm at Carillon Woods Park: Come Celebrate the installation of Houghton’s first art piece. Through the Neighborhood Connection grant and the vote of a majority of the citizens of Houghton, we have a beautiful stone sculpture in our newest park. Come share this community celebration.

Green Kirkland Ivy Pull - Saturday, June 14^th 9 – noon at Kiwanis Park

City Championship Baseball Tournament – June 14 & 15 Two full days at Everest Park, 500 8th St S. Kirkland American Little League and Kirkland National Little League compete for the championship title. Hosted by Kirkland American Little League. For more information go to www.kall.org

Open House: Walking & Bicycling Plan, June 19, 5-8 p.m. City Hall, Peter Kirk Room. Learn about & comment on proposed pedestrian & bicycle connections and projects.  Info: 425-587-3800

Bridle Trails Park Foundation's 6th Annual "Party in the Park"
Saturday, June 28th, 2008, 8AM – 1PM At the horse show grounds in Bridle Trails State Park, NE 53rd and 116th NE. Come enjoy the world’s best pancakes, games, 5/10/30 K races, and many demonstrations both equine and canine. Parking is FREE  All proceeds benefit the Bridle Trails park Foundation For more information, visit their website at www.bridletrails.org

Virginia Mason Team Medicine Marathon at Seafair, June 29, 7:00 a.m. This scenic Pacific Northwest course will take participants from Husky Stadium at the University of Washington in Seattle and over the 520 Evergreen Point Floating Bridge traversing nine miles of picturesque Lake Washington waterfront neighborhoods in Kirkland and Bellevue, finishing the marathon or half marathon adventure at Bellevue Downtown Park. See http://www.seafairmarathon.com/ for route maps and schedules. Be prepared for bridge and road closures that day. And watch out for our athletes.

There will be no July CHNA meeting but we will be needing help with Fourth of July float assembly.  Please contact Lisa McConnell at kirby994@verizon.net for dates and times (usually weekend days). Next meeting will be August 6^th at the Fire Station.