Officer Intro/Purpose 5 mins

Minutes 2 mins

Finance Report 2 mins

Community Announcement 5 mins

Committees 20 mins
- Tech- Justin
- Bylaws- Becki
- Art- Charlette
- Open Space- Jen

DOT Parking Study 10 mins
Ruth Harper

Logo Contest 10 mins
Charlette Lefevre

East District News 5 mins
Jose Cervantes

Letter to ST 5 mins
Saunatina Sanchez

Open Floor

Close

Officer Intro/Purpose 5 mins

Minutes 2 mins

Finance Report 2 mins

Community Announcement 5 mins

Committees 20 mins
- Tech- Justin
- Bylaws- Becki
- Art- Charlette
- Open Space- Jen

DOT Parking Study 10 mins
Ruth Harper

Logo Contest 10 mins
Charlette Lefevre

East District News 5 mins
Jose Cervantes

Letter to ST 5 mins
Saunatina Sanchez

Open Floor

Close

Thanks

Thanks for joining the first annual
Capitol Hill "Procession of the Spirits" Halloween Walk!
Photos are now uploaded at:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/capitolhillseattle/pool/

Special Thanks to Michael Yasutake of the East Precinct who led the walk,
Seattle Parks and Recreation
Capitol Hill Times
SGN
QFC
and all the Broadway Businesses that supported the event.

Get ready for next year as the event grows!

Charlette LeFevre
Capitol Hill Community Council
Arts Committee

Welcome and Introduction

Agenda Read and edited to include a ST talk before break.

Community Introduction
19 community members present.

Minutes Read

Finance Report
$2136.84 in bank account.

Committees

Tech- Justin Carder
The redering issue with 'www' is still unresolved. On some browers the 'www' is necessary, on others it's not.
The website has had an increase in usage numbers.
We will be adding community blogs to the council site.

By-laws- Saunatina Sanchez for Becki Frestedt
The committee met twice since the last general meeting and divided up the by-laws among the members. There were discussions surrounding number of committees, expanding council elected positions to include "district" or "sector" representatives, term limits for council representatives and transitional period after elections.
Next meeting is scheduled for Nov. 3rd at Cafe Vita. People are still encouraged to join and contribute to revision process.
There is a plan to submit a draft to the council by the Nov. or Dec. general meeting. It is suggested the council call a special meeting, or two, to discuss the draft in stages.
The working by-laws can be viewed via a Google document online.

Arts and Events- Charlette LeFevre
Committee meets every 2nd Sunday, 7pm at Harem on Broadway.
Halloween Walk is the first big council event. The plan is to congregate at SCCC main plaza from 5pm-7pm, showing off costumes and getting organized, then process down Broadway with participating merchants handing out candy to the kids. The even will end at the Cal Anderson Shelter House with a display of jack-o-lanterns and performances by community members.
The committee is discussing working with Broadway businesses to organize a 'Pride Festival' on the Saturday of Gay Pride Weekend next June.
The Logo Contest has been extended one month to increase the number of submissions. The council will vote on a new logo at the November meeting.

Open Space- Jen Power
A donation letter was drafted and handed out to local business asking for support for the park.
Shinka Tea has partnered with the committee to offer special menu items and tea purchases to benefit the park fundraising effort. Shinka Tea and the P-Patch Trust are working together to send out flyers advertising this event.
Faire and Dinette are on board to host a fundraising events for the park. Events still TBA.
A group from Portland called 'Depaving' are interested in helping with the parking lot depaving before construction begins. Parks is interested, but details need to be worked out.
Skate Seattle wants to donate money or construction hours to build to skate dot.
Parking Day Event was a great success. Talked to lots of media and community members about the new park and raised $117. Pictures from the event are on the Unpaving Paradise website- unpavingparadise.blogspot.com
Sustainable Capitol Hill is doing tree mapping of the hill. They are talking to SDOT about areas that need trees.
Charity Drag Bingo is going strong at Cafe Metropolitan. Every Sunday during October (and Nov. 2nd) all proceeds from bingo will be going toward John and Summit Park Development.

Sound Transit Talk
Jeff Munnoch, ST Community Outreach, was here to answer some questions about the Cap. Hill station construction

Wednesday Oct. 22nd, 5:30-8pm there will be a 90% Design Completion Open House at SCCC, Rm 1110
The ST Board has approved the demolition and remediation contract earlier than expected. All demolition questions have to wait for discussion between contractor and ST Board.
The site for demolition- Bonny Watson parking lot to John St on the east side of Broadway, Old Chang's building and parking lot on the west side of Broadway.
There are trees that will need to be removed for construction. Currently all trees being removed are right at the wall that will go up around the site or that are above the construction site. There is a Chinese Scholar Tree that will be protected. According to the construction bid, any time work is done around the tree a certified arborist must be on site to monitor work.
ST is working on a tree restoration plan with the Parks Dept.
There was a request by a community member to hire a plant pathologist because the trees surrounding the Chinese Scholar have interlocked root structures, that removing those trees could damage the protected tree. There was also a request that ST bring in a large tree arborist to remove some of the trees noted for demolition.
People can still get plants from construction sites- contact gro.tisnartdnuos|hconnum.ffej#gro.tisnartdnuos|hconnum.ffej for details.
The trucks removing dirt from the site will come up Denny and go down Olive, creating a loop to and from I-5.

Break

Agenda Change: Since the Halloween Walk was discussed during the Arts and Event Committee report, Charlette yielded the floor to the next agenda item.

Transportation Choices Presentation- Rob Johnson, Regional Policy Director
Mr. Johnson gave a 3 minute talk about the benefits of voting for Proposition 1 on the November ballot. For more information go to MassTransitNow.org
A community discussion followed.

Open Floor

Denise Hendrickson- ST Commissioned Artist
The community is invited to tell stories about the neighborhood and the buildings being demolished to make way for Light Rail. There will be a reception at Artist Trust on 12th and Denny showcasing the Lantern Project on October 24th from 6-8. There will be a guided tour of the art installation following the reception from 8-9.

Lloyd Douglas- Cascade Resident
There will be a Day of the Dead Ceremony at the Cascade People's Center on November 1st, from 4pm to 8pm. The community is welcome to attend.

Dennis Saxman
Will be joining the Neighborhood Planning Committee as the E. Dist. Council Rep.
This committee was established on Sep. 22nd to address updating the Neighborhood Plans. Dennis would like the community to give as much input to this process as possible. The first meeting will be Nov. 15th to establish more regular meetings. Dennis can be reached at moc.aidemosi|nirgerep#moc.aidemosi|nirgerep

E. Precinct Update- Micheal Yasutaki
There has been an upswing in gang activity in the area recently.
There have been a group of teenagers looking for empty homes to break into during the day. They are knocking on the doors, and if there's no answer they go to the back of the house and break in.
Someone has been shooting a pumpkin gun out of Cal Anderson Park. Residents have complained of pumpkin remains splattering their yards.

Justin Carder
Mr. Carder is interested in moving Open Floor to the beginning of the meeting to hear from more community members.
Working with Chamber of Commerce to help Cap. Hill create a "brand" to help business during construction faze.

Next General Meeting is November 20th, 7-9. Location TBA.

Meeting Adjourned

Welcome and Introduction

Agenda Read and edited to include a ST talk before break.

Community Introduction
19 community members present.

Minutes Read

Finance Report
$2136.84 in bank account.

Committees

Tech- Justin Carder
The redering issue with 'www' is still unresolved. On some browers the 'www' is necessary, on others it's not.
The website has had an increase in usage numbers.
We will be adding community blogs to the council site.

By-laws- Saunatina Sanchez for Becki Frestedt
The committee met twice since the last general meeting and divided up the by-laws among the members. There were discussions surrounding number of committees, expanding council elected positions to include "district" or "sector" representatives, term limits for council representatives and transitional period after elections.
Next meeting is scheduled for Nov. 3rd at Cafe Vita. People are still encouraged to join and contribute to revision process.
There is a plan to submit a draft to the council by the Nov. or Dec. general meeting. It is suggested the council call a special meeting, or two, to discuss the draft in stages.
The working by-laws can be viewed via a Google document online.

Arts and Events- Charlette LeFevre
Committee meets every 2nd Sunday, 7pm at Harem on Broadway.
Halloween Walk is the first big council event. The plan is to congregate at SCCC main plaza from 5pm-7pm, showing off costumes and getting organized, then process down Broadway with participating merchants handing out candy to the kids. The even will end at the Cal Anderson Shelter House with a display of jack-o-lanterns and performances by community members.
The committee is discussing working with Broadway businesses to organize a 'Pride Festival' on the Saturday of Gay Pride Weekend next June.
The Logo Contest has been extended one month to increase the number of submissions. The council will vote on a new logo at the November meeting.

Open Space- Jen Power
A donation letter was drafted and handed out to local business asking for support for the park.
Shinka Tea has partnered with the committee to offer special menu items and tea purchases to benefit the park fundraising effort. Shinka Tea and the P-Patch Trust are working together to send out flyers advertising this event.
Faire and Dinette are on board to host a fundraising events for the park. Events still TBA.
A group from Portland called 'Depaving' are interested in helping with the parking lot depaving before construction begins. Parks is interested, but details need to be worked out.
Skate Seattle wants to donate money or construction hours to build to skate dot.
Parking Day Event was a great success. Talked to lots of media and community members about the new park and raised $117. Pictures from the event are on the Unpaving Paradise website- unpavingparadise.blogspot.com
Sustainable Capitol Hill is doing tree mapping of the hill. They are talking to SDOT about areas that need trees.
Charity Drag Bingo is going strong at Cafe Metropolitan. Every Sunday during October (and Nov. 2nd) all proceeds from bingo will be going toward John and Summit Park Development.

Sound Transit Talk
Jeff Munnoch, ST Community Outreach, was here to answer some questions about the Cap. Hill station construction

Wednesday Oct. 22nd, 5:30-8pm there will be a 90% Design Completion Open House at SCCC, Rm 1110
The ST Board has approved the demolition and remediation contract earlier than expected. All demolition questions have to wait for discussion between contractor and ST Board.
The site for demolition- Bonny Watson parking lot to John St on the east side of Broadway, Old Chang's building and parking lot on the west side of Broadway.
There are trees that will need to be removed for construction. Currently all trees being removed are right at the wall that will go up around the site or that are above the construction site. There is a Chinese Scholar Tree that will be protected. According to the construction bid, any time work is done around the tree a certified arborist must be on site to monitor work.
ST is working on a tree restoration plan with the Parks Dept.
There was a request by a community member to hire a plant pathologist because the trees surrounding the Chinese Scholar have interlocked root structures, that removing those trees could damage the protected tree. There was also a request that ST bring in a large tree arborist to remove some of the trees noted for demolition.
People can still get plants from construction sites- contact gro.tisnartdnuos|hconnum.ffej#gro.tisnartdnuos|hconnum.ffej for details.
The trucks removing dirt from the site will come up Denny and go down Olive, creating a loop to and from I-5.

Break

Agenda Change: Since the Halloween Walk was discussed during the Arts and Event Committee report, Charlette yielded the floor to the next agenda item.

Transportation Choices Presentation- Rob Johnson, Regional Policy Director
Mr. Johnson gave a 3 minute talk about the benefits of voting for Proposition 1 on the November ballot. For more information go to MassTransitNow.org
A community discussion followed.

Open Floor

Denise Hendrickson- ST Commissioned Artist
The community is invited to tell stories about the neighborhood and the buildings being demolished to make way for Light Rail. There will be a reception at Artist Trust on 12th and Denny showcasing the Lantern Project on October 24th from 6-8. There will be a guided tour of the art installation following the reception from 8-9.

Lloyd Douglas- Cascade Resident
There will be a Day of the Dead Ceremony at the Cascade People's Center on November 1st, from 4pm to 8pm. The community is welcome to attend.

Dennis Saxman
Will be joining the Neighborhood Planning Committee as the E. Dist. Council Rep.
This committee was established on Sep. 22nd to address updating the Neighborhood Plans. Dennis would like the community to give as much input to this process as possible. The first meeting will be Nov. 15th to establish more regular meetings. Dennis can be reached at moc.aidemosi|nirgerep#moc.aidemosi|nirgerep

E. Precinct Update- Micheal Yasutaki
There has been an upswing in gang activity in the area recently.
There have been a group of teenagers looking for empty homes to break into during the day. They are knocking on the doors, and if there's no answer they go to the back of the house and break in.
Someone has been shooting a pumpkin gun out of Cal Anderson Park. Residents have complained of pumpkin remains splattering their yards.

Justin Carder
Mr. Carder is interested in moving Open Floor to the beginning of the meeting to hear from more community members.
Working with Chamber of Commerce to help Cap. Hill create a "brand" to help business during construction faze.

Next General Meeting is November 20th, 7-9. Location TBA.

Meeting Adjourned

Officer Intro/Purpose 5 mins

Community Intro 5 mins

Minutes 2 mins

Finance Report 2 mins

Committees 20 mins
- Tech- Justin Carder
- Bylaws- Becki Frestedt
- Art- Charlette Lefevre
- Open Space- Jen Power

Break 5 mins

Halloween Event 10 mins
-Charlette Lefevre

Transportation Choices Presentation 10 mins
-Rob Johnson

Open Floor 30 mins

Close

Officer Intro/Purpose 5 mins

Community Intro 5 mins

Minutes 2 mins

Finance Report 2 mins

Committees 20 mins
- Tech- Justin Carder
- Bylaws- Becki Frestedt
- Art- Charlette Lefevre
- Open Space- Jen Power

Break 5 mins

Halloween Event 10 mins
-Charlette Lefevre

Transportation Choices Presentation 10 mins
-Rob Johnson

Open Floor 30 mins

Close

Seattle Parks and Recreation invites the public to submit potential names for parks in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. Suggestions for names are due to the Park Naming Committee by October 27, 2008.

The following parks, characterized here by their working names, need to be named:

Capitol Hill Park Acquisition: This property located at the northeast corner of E Howell St. and 16th Avenue E was purchased in 2007. The .39 acre parcel was purchased from with Parks Levy funds.

Parks held several public meetings to solicit ideas on the program and design for the park. The preferred plan approved for this site consists of a large, level turf area in the middle of the site that is bordered by a collective garden to the north and a crushed rock plaza and a pathway lined with trees to the south. Other elements include a garden walk, steps, a plaza and benches, an art element, and pedestrian lighting.

Construction on the site is projected to begin next fall. For more information, please visit http://seattle.gov/parks/proparks/projects/CapitolHillDevelopment.htm

John and Summit: This project, located on the NE corner of E John St. and Summit Ave. E will provide a new neighborhood park on the western slope of Capitol Hill. Funding for the acquisition comes from the Pro Parks Levy and a matching grant from the King County Conservation Futures Tax. This .22 acre property was purchased in 2007.

The Pro Parks Levy funding supports a construction budget of $140,909 and current design ideas include P-patch garden plots, lawn areas, and a plaza. Community fund raising will be necessary in order to implement the entire plan. Construction on the site is projected to begin next fall.

For more information please visit http://seattle.gov/parks/proparks/projects/JohnSummitParkDevelopment.htm

Questions can be directed to bfrestedt at hotmail dot com
Becki Frestedt, subcommittee chair

All members of the community are welcome to attend. Participation is encouraged.
Questions can be directed to Becki Frestedt at bfrestedt at hotmail.com.

Welcome and Introduction

Agenda Read

Community Introductions

Minutes Read

Finance Report
Current Balance: $2143.35
PO Box was set up by Hong Chhuor. He was reimbursed $72.
Address:
PO Box 20641
Seattle, Wa 98102
Bank of America reversed the fees on the account and no new fees were charged.
Perfect Copy and Print account was set up for officers use. $500 copy limit.
Paypal account is active. There is a button for donation on the CHCC website. Notes can be attached to donations specifying what project donation should fund.

Committees
Technology: Justin Carder
There is an issue with website address- 'www' must be typed in to access site, this will be looked at.
Address is: www.captiolhillcommunitycouncil.org
Wiki-dot site, council website host, is a community gathering space. It has a lot of potential. Great place for differing interests to come together.

Bylaws: Becki Frestedt
Me twice in person and discussed ideas for improving current bylaws.
Some issues discussed: dissolution clause, expanding number of council officers.
Gathered bylaws from other councils as models.
Looking at outside resources: U of Kansas and U of Ohio have community resource guides.
Attorneys will review for legal compliance.
Will talk to Ann Donovan, past council president, about last time bylaws were revised in 2000.
A plea for involvement- if anyone would like to participate please contact Becki Frestedt. This group will set the foundation for the council for the future.

Arts and Events: Saunatina Sanchez (for Charlette Lefever)
Sidewalk Chalk contest had to be cancelled for logistics.
Halloween Event going forward. Procession of the Spirits along Broadway, starting at SCCC and ending at Cal Anderson Park. Details about event will be available by next council meeting. Kay Rood of the Cal Anderson Alliance is in support of the event.
Charlette is drafting a sponsorship letter to local businesses to support the event.
Charlette is also working on a flyer for the logo contest. The contest is active and taking submissions. The award for the new CHCC logo will be $100.

Open Space: Saunatina Sanchez (for Jennifer Power)
Park(ing) Day is all set up and ready to go. The CHCC Park(ing) Day spot is in front of the Vivace coffee cart at 321 Broadway Ave E. It will be set up from 9am-5:30pm and will an outreach opportunity for the John and Summit Park, and a way to get some donations.
Unpaving Paradise (the Friends of John and Summit Park group) will also be holding charity nights through the month of October at Cafe Metropolitan. Every Sunday night all the proceeds from Gay Drag Bingo will go to the John and Summit Park.
Jennifer is working on a letter of support to local businesses and they should be ready to send out soon.
Unpaving Paradise is applying for a Neighborhood Matching Grant for the Park.
During the month of September the Neighborhood Matching Fund has been hosting parties to celebrate 10 years of the program. On October 11th there will be a big closing party at Town Hall, a great chance to meet people in the program.

Agenda Change:
Outreach committee proposal will be postponed because Renee Fentres couldn't make it.
Tree Heritage Tree proposal will be postponed because of a lack of information this month.

Agenda Change: Light Rail Discussion:
Sound Transit hosted a walking tour of the sites that will soon be the Capitol Hill Station of the Link Light Rail.
Parking elimination?
All the private lots will be eliminated permanently. A few stalls on Denny Way will be closed during construction.

Retail Planning?
There will be 3 station entrances, taking up about 1/2 of the surface area. The rest will be available for transit oriented development.
These developments will take shape in later planning phases.
Cap. Hill Chamber of Commerce has been involved. It would be a good thing of CHCC to become involved in planning talks. Chamber has a committee to deal with ST. It's important for community to drive process.
It will be ST's RFP (Request for Proposal- what will be acceptable from developers), but they do want to work closely with the community.

Space for community input of RFP?
There will be community forums.
Community can demand input by putting pressure on ST.
Letters from CHCC with community support are important.
Want the development to be focused on Pedestrian, not auto. Interconnections with bus system is important.

Demolition schedule?
There will be 2 contracts. Demolition and Remediation are in front of the ST Board right now. Anticipate approval in November. There will be lots of paperwork to finish before demolition begins. Expect demolition starting in January '09. Construction trailers will go in at the old Chang's parking lot.

Fencing?
During demolition there will be a chain link fence. During excavation a 8'-12' plywood fence will go up around main site. Placement will be determined by excavation.

Spraypaint Proposal: Justin Carder
Proposal before the council: Ask local business to either stop carrying spray paint or move them behind counters to make access harder.
Goal: Multi-faceted strategy around graffiti abatement.
Discussion:
Becki:Proposal includes large felt tip markers. Amend to distinguish between permanent and non-permanent?
Justin: Sure.
Hong: How do we sell this proposal to art supply stores?
Justin: Not aware of Utrect selling spraypaint.
Hong: Can we get a list of other business that would sign off on this?
Justin: Good idea as project grows.
Hong: Managers will look at it more seriously if police sign on.
Cathy: What about a joint letter with the Cap. Hill Chamber?
Justin: Don't think it's a good idea to work with Chamber as it's difficult to compromise with them.
Ryan: Not in favor of proposal. Vandalism sucks, but stores wouldn't sell the stuff if people didn't buy it. In favor of restricting access, not promoting banning.
Debbie: Should get E. Precinct and other businesses to support. Go to Chamber, otherwise the letter isn't very strong.
Dizzy: Get some neutral support.
Justin: Will try to get E. Precinct and Chamber to support, but will send out even if we can't get more sign-on.
Debbie: This is an important issue, but without engagement with community it weakens the effort.

Question is called.
Proposal motioned by Justin Carder, seconded by Brad Kevelin.
2 For, 8 Against. Motion Fails.
Hong Chhuor moves to revisit issue with broader support in the future.
Unanimous support.

Pike/Pine Parking Presentation: Alison Schwartz and Mary Catherine Snyder from Seattle DOT
Materials under discussion can be found at the following addresses:
http://seattle.gov/transportation/parking/communityparking.htm
http://seattle.gov/transportation/parking/rpz_policy_review.htm
http://seattle.gov/transportation/parking/docs/RPZFactSheet_js.pdf
http://seattle.gov/transportation/parking/docs/RPZBrochure30Jul08Final.pdf
Discussion:
Saunatina: What about moving some buses along Pike?
SDOT:Since all buses on the hill are Trolley, it would be expensive infrastructure.
Brad: Why can't guest passes be used by residents without cars?
SDOT: That was actually the intention of the guest pass. Program will have to be reviewed.
Brad: What about drawing in lines for each street parking spot?
SDOT: Painting in lines for every street in Seattle is unfeasible. It also would probably make streets loose spots when 7 cars can fit into 5 painted lines. It's best for residents to use space most efficiently as they see it. Parking lines don't even need to be regarded. City has stopped painting in lines where the new electronic meters have gone it.
Hong: Can we make some areas exempt for residents?
SDOT: We are trying to put in combo RPZ/paid areas.
Hong: Is there an effort to get rid of abandoned cars?
SDOT: Abandoned cars are only examined on a complaint basis. Not enough staff to deal with issue.

Parking in Pike/Pine is 74% full throughout the day, and 90% full at night. SDOT wants to see how best to regulate parking to get these numbers down. Contact Allison Schwartz at vog.elttaes|ztrawhcs.nosilla#vog.elttaes|ztrawhcs.nosilla with comments on Pike/Pine parking suggestions, comments, and questions.+

For RPZ policy review comments, contact Mary Catherine Snyder at vog.elttaes|redyns.enirehtacyram#vog.elttaes|redyns.enirehtacyram - comment period is open until October 20th.+

Open Floor:
Bob Corwin: N. Cap. Hill Resident/Pedestrian Access Activist
The state is currently burying reports about the SR520 Bridge Replacement Project dealing with a 4-lane option. The state is pushing for a 6-lane option that may be illegal due to environmental concerns. The community needs to move on this project because scoping will be finished by the end of the year, and then it may be too late to make a change. Most important impact can be made in the next few months.
For more information please contact moc.loa|niwrocb#moc.loa|niwrocb

Kate Stinebuck: Capitol Hill Housing
There is an ongoing initiative on 12th Ave from John St to Yesler Way, focusing on pedestrian use. Working with Seattle U and juvenile detention facilities to study area. Urging E. Precinct to allow parking lot at 12th and Pine* to be developed into affordable housing.

Becki Frestedt
The city has pulled together an advisory committee for a Cultural Overlay District relating to the Hill. Two meetings at The Elysian: Friday Sep. 19th at 4pm, Monday Sep. 22nd at 5:30pm.
Has information about Chico bags- reusable grocery bags- that can be marked with the CHCC logo and given out or sold to promote the Council. Chico bags do give discounts for fundraising. Information passed to secretary.

Justin Carder
Working with the city to find a dedicated community space and a permanent home for CHCC meetings. Trying to get the Cal Anderson Shelter house permanently, but will probably be back at SCCC for October meeting.

Meeting Adjourned.

*Minutes Edited 9/25: Changed location from 12th and John to 12th and Pine.
+Minutes Edited 10/2: Changed wording from "SDOT wants to see how best to regulate parking to get the use on Pike/Pine at night down from 90% usage. Comment period is open until October 20th. Comments can be directed to Mary Catherine Snyder." per request from Allison Schwartz.

Meeting Attendees:
Justin Carder- President
Saunatina Sanchez- Secretary
Hong Chhuor- Treasurer

Bob Corwin
Catherine Hillenbrand
Debbie Kirchhauser
David Barrow
Brad Kevelin
Lloyd Douglas
Kate Stinebuck
Mike (Dizzy) Ruatz
Becki Frestedt
Ryan Shandera
Michael Dobbie
Mary Catherine Snyder
Allison Schwartz
Soso

Welcome and Introduction

Agenda Read

Community Introductions

Minutes Read

Finance Report
Current Balance: $2143.35
PO Box was set up by Hong Chhuor. He was reimbursed $72.
Address:
PO Box 20641
Seattle, Wa 98102
Bank of America reversed the fees on the account and no new fees were charged.
Perfect Copy and Print account was set up for officers use. $500 copy limit.
Paypal account is active. There is a button for donation on the CHCC website. Notes can be attached to donations specifying what project donation should fund.

Committees
Technology: Justin Carder
There is an issue with website address- 'www' must be typed in to access site, this will be looked at.
Address is: www.captiolhillcommunitycouncil.org
Wiki-dot site, council website host, is a community gathering space. It has a lot of potential. Great place for differing interests to come together.

Bylaws: Becki Frestedt
Me twice in person and discussed ideas for improving current bylaws.
Some issues discussed: dissolution clause, expanding number of council officers.
Gathered bylaws from other councils as models.
Looking at outside resources: U of Kansas and U of Ohio have community resource guides.
Attorneys will review for legal compliance.
Will talk to Ann Donovan, past council president, about last time bylaws were revised in 2000.
A plea for involvement- if anyone would like to participate please contact Becki Frestedt. This group will set the foundation for the council for the future.

Arts and Events: Saunatina Sanchez (for Charlette Lefever)
Sidewalk Chalk contest had to be cancelled for logistics.
Halloween Event going forward. Procession of the Spirits along Broadway, starting at SCCC and ending at Cal Anderson Park. Details about event will be available by next council meeting. Kay Rood of the Cal Anderson Alliance is in support of the event.
Charlette is drafting a sponsorship letter to local businesses to support the event.
Charlette is also working on a flyer for the logo contest. The contest is active and taking submissions. The award for the new CHCC logo will be $100.

Open Space: Saunatina Sanchez (for Jennifer Power)
Park(ing) Day is all set up and ready to go. The CHCC Park(ing) Day spot is in front of the Vivace coffee cart at 321 Broadway Ave E. It will be set up from 9am-5:30pm and will an outreach opportunity for the John and Summit Park, and a way to get some donations.
Unpaving Paradise (the Friends of John and Summit Park group) will also be holding charity nights through the month of October at Cafe Metropolitan. Every Sunday night all the proceeds from Gay Drag Bingo will go to the John and Summit Park.
Jennifer is working on a letter of support to local businesses and they should be ready to send out soon.
Unpaving Paradise is applying for a Neighborhood Matching Grant for the Park.
During the month of September the Neighborhood Matching Fund has been hosting parties to celebrate 10 years of the program. On October 11th there will be a big closing party at Town Hall, a great chance to meet people in the program.

Agenda Change:
Outreach committee proposal will be postponed because Renee Fentres couldn't make it.
Tree Heritage Tree proposal will be postponed because of a lack of information this month.

Agenda Change: Light Rail Discussion:
Sound Transit hosted a walking tour of the sites that will soon be the Capitol Hill Station of the Link Light Rail.
Parking elimination?
All the private lots will be eliminated permanently. A few stalls on Denny Way will be closed during construction.

Retail Planning?
There will be 3 station entrances, taking up about 1/2 of the surface area. The rest will be available for transit oriented development.
These developments will take shape in later planning phases.
Cap. Hill Chamber of Commerce has been involved. It would be a good thing of CHCC to become involved in planning talks. Chamber has a committee to deal with ST. It's important for community to drive process.
It will be ST's RFP (Request for Proposal- what will be acceptable from developers), but they do want to work closely with the community.

Space for community input of RFP?
There will be community forums.
Community can demand input by putting pressure on ST.
Letters from CHCC with community support are important.
Want the development to be focused on Pedestrian, not auto. Interconnections with bus system is important.

Demolition schedule?
There will be 2 contracts. Demolition and Remediation are in front of the ST Board right now. Anticipate approval in November. There will be lots of paperwork to finish before demolition begins. Expect demolition starting in January '09. Construction trailers will go in at the old Chang's parking lot.

Fencing?
During demolition there will be a chain link fence. During excavation a 8'-12' plywood fence will go up around main site. Placement will be determined by excavation.

Spraypaint Proposal: Justin Carder
Proposal before the council: Ask local business to either stop carrying spray paint or move them behind counters to make access harder.
Goal: Multi-faceted strategy around graffiti abatement.
Discussion:
Becki:Proposal includes large felt tip markers. Amend to distinguish between permanent and non-permanent?
Justin: Sure.
Hong: How do we sell this proposal to art supply stores?
Justin: Not aware of Utrect selling spraypaint.
Hong: Can we get a list of other business that would sign off on this?
Justin: Good idea as project grows.
Hong: Managers will look at it more seriously if police sign on.
Cathy: What about a joint letter with the Cap. Hill Chamber?
Justin: Don't think it's a good idea to work with Chamber as it's difficult to compromise with them.
Ryan: Not in favor of proposal. Vandalism sucks, but stores wouldn't sell the stuff if people didn't buy it. In favor of restricting access, not promoting banning.
Debbie: Should get E. Precinct and other businesses to support. Go to Chamber, otherwise the letter isn't very strong.
Dizzy: Get some neutral support.
Justin: Will try to get E. Precinct and Chamber to support, but will send out even if we can't get more sign-on.
Debbie: This is an important issue, but without engagement with community it weakens the effort.

Question is called.
Proposal motioned by Justin Carder, seconded by Brad Kevelin.
2 For, 8 Against. Motion Fails.
Hong Chhuor moves to revisit issue with broader support in the future.
Unanimous support.

Pike/Pine Parking Presentation: Alison Schwartz and Mary Catherine Snyder from Seattle DOT
Materials under discussion can be found at the following addresses:
http://seattle.gov/transportation/parking/communityparking.htm
http://seattle.gov/transportation/parking/rpz_policy_review.htm
http://seattle.gov/transportation/parking/docs/RPZFactSheet_js.pdf
http://seattle.gov/transportation/parking/docs/RPZBrochure30Jul08Final.pdf
Discussion:
Saunatina: What about moving some buses along Pike?
SDOT:Since all buses on the hill are Trolley, it would be expensive infrastructure.
Brad: Why can't guest passes be used by residents without cars?
SDOT: That was actually the intention of the guest pass. Program will have to be reviewed.
Brad: What about drawing in lines for each street parking spot?
SDOT: Painting in lines for every street in Seattle is unfeasible. It also would probably make streets loose spots when 7 cars can fit into 5 painted lines. It's best for residents to use space most efficiently as they see it. Parking lines don't even need to be regarded. City has stopped painting in lines where the new electronic meters have gone it.
Hong: Can we make some areas exempt for residents?
SDOT: We are trying to put in combo RPZ/paid areas.
Hong: Is there an effort to get rid of abandoned cars?
SDOT: Abandoned cars are only examined on a complaint basis. Not enough staff to deal with issue.

SDOT wants to see how best to regulate parking to get the use on Pike/Pine at night down from 90% usage. Comment period is open until October 20th. Comments can be directed to Mary Catherine Snyder.

Open Floor:
Bob Corwin: N. Cap. Hill Resident/Pedestrian Access Activist
The state is currently burying reports about the SR520 Bridge Replacement Project dealing with a 4-lane option. The state is pushing for a 6-lane option that may be illegal due to environmental concerns. The community needs to move on this project because scoping will be finished by the end of the year, and then it may be too late to make a change. Most important impact can be made in the next few months.
For more information please contact moc.loa|niwrocb#moc.loa|niwrocb

Kate Stinebuck: Capitol Hill Housing
There is an ongoing initiative on 12th Ave from John St to Yesler Way, focusing on pedestrian use. Working with Seattle U and juvenile detention facilities to study area. Urging E. Precinct to allow parking lot at 12th and John to be developed into affordable housing.

Becki Frestedt
The city has pulled together an advisory committee for a Cultural Overlay District relating to the Hill. Two meetings at The Elysian: Friday Sep. 19th at 4pm, Monday Sep. 22nd at 5:30pm.
Has information about Chico bags- reusable grocery bags- that can be marked with the CHCC logo and given out or sold to promote the Council. Chico bags do give discounts for fundraising. Information passed to secretary.

Justin Carder
Working with the city to find a dedicated community space and a permanent home for CHCC meetings. Trying to get the Cal Anderson Shelter house permanently, but will probably be back at SCCC for October meeting.

Meeting Adjourned.

Meeting Attendees:
Justin Carder- President
Saunatina Sanchez- Secretary
Hong Chhuor- Treasurer

Bob Corwin
Catherine Hillenbrand
Debbie Kirchhauser
David Barrow
Brad Kevelin
Lloyd Douglas
Kate Stinebuck
Mike (Dizzy) Ruatz
Becki Frestedt
Ryan Shandera
Michael Dobbie
Mary Catherine Snyder
Allison Schwartz
Soso

The Capitol Hill Community Council announces the first annual
Capitol Hill “Procession of the Spirits” Halloween Walk
Friday Oct. 31, 2008
5-8pm

Music, candy and community.

Theme this year is “skulls”

Come dress in your best costume as we celebrate life and remember those that have gone on before us.
Walk starts at Seattle Center Community College at 7pm,
Proceeds down the West side of Broadway to Roy St and then back up the East side.
Update as of 9/16! Walk will end at Cal Anderson Park.

Help support the Capitol Hill Community Event!
We are encouraging businesses on Broadway and all over Capitol Hill to decorate and participate by handing out packaged candy between the hours of 7 and 8pm Fri. Oct. 31. If you plan on participating in handing out candy we encourage businesses to place an orange "Trick or Treat here" sign in your window for Oct. 31st.

You can also help by purchasing a
discounted 3x3 ad for only $49! for your business in the Capitol Hill Times for a large Oct 22th
advertisement of the walk.
To take advantage of the discounted ad contact:

Carolyn Trujillo
Advertising Consultant for the Capitol Hill Times / Pacific Publishing
206-461-1331, 425-922-3040 cell
moc.knilwn|selastpm#moc.knilwn|selastpm

Any questions or to volunteer contact:
Charlette LeFevre
Capitol Hill Community Council VP / Arts and Events Committee
moc.liamg|sreciffo.cchc#moc.liamg|sreciffo.cchc, cell: 206-523-6348

Officer Intro/Purpose 5 mins

Community Intro 5 mins

Minutes 2 mins

Finance Report 2 mins

Committees 20 mins
- Tech- Justin Carder
- Bylaws- Becki Frestedt
- Art- Charlette Lefevre
- Open Space- Jen Power

Break 5 mins

Outrech Committee Proposal 5 mins
-Renee Fentres

Tree Petition Proposal 5 mins
-Saunatina Sanchez (for Charlette Lefevre)

Spraypaint Letter 5 mins
-Justin Carder

Pike/Pine Parking Presentation 15 mins
-Alison Schwartz

Logo Contest 5 mins
-Saunatina Sanchez

Open Floor 30 mins

Officer Intro/Purpose 5 mins

Community Intro 5 mins

Minutes 2 mins

Finance Report 2 mins

Committees 20 mins
- Tech- Justin Carder
- Bylaws- Becki Frestedt
- Art- Charlette Lefevre
- Open Space- Jen Power

Break 5 mins

Outrech Committee Proposal 5 mins
-Renee Fentres

Tree Petition Proposal 5 mins
-Saunatina Sanchez (for Charlette Lefevre)

Spraypaint Letter 5 mins
-Justin Carder

Pike/Pine Parking Presentation 15 mins
-Alison Schwartz

Logo Contest 5 mins
-Saunatina Sanchez

Open Floor 30 mins

//Capitol Hill Station Walking Tour
Want to know more about the Capitol Hill light rail station design and construction activities? Curious about what kind of construction work will take place and when? Please join us for an informal guided walking tour of the future station site on Thursday, Sept. 18, starting at 6 p.m. The tour begins in the northwest corner of Cal Anderson Park (near the corner of Denny Way and Nagle Place) where Sound Transit staff will guide the group on a short walk around the future station site. Along the way, staff will point out the entrance locations and discuss the various stages of construction and what activities you can expect to see (see sidebar for tour details).

Immediately following the tour, the Capitol Hill Community Council will hold its regular monthly meeting. We encourage you to attend the meeting to find out more of what is happening in your neighborhood.

For questions about the tour please contact Wilbert Santos at 206-370-5516 or gro.tisnartdnuos|sotnas.trebliw#gro.tisnartdnuos|sotnas.trebliw.//

http://chcc.wdfiles.com/local--files/charlette-lefevre/hwalk

We need folks to give us a hand setting up the park, sitting at the park during the day giving out information and flyers, and taking down the park at the end of the day. Set-up will be between about 8 and 9am and take down will be around 6 or 7 and will take about an hour as well.

We also need help putting up flyers advertising the event. The flyers need to go up ASAP, so please email us right away if you want to help.

Please email moc.liamg|esidarap.gnivapnu#moc.liamg|esidarap.gnivapnu and sign up!

We need folks to give us a hand setting up the park, sitting at the park during the day giving out information and flyers, and taking down the park at the end of the day. Set-up will be between about 8 and 9am and take down will be around 6 or 7 and will take about an hour as well.

We also need help putting up flyers advertising the event. The flyers need to go up ASAP, so please email us right away if you want to help.

Please email moc.liamg|esidarap.gnivapnu#moc.liamg|esidarap.gnivapnu and sign up!

CHCC meeting agenda posted here one week prior: http://capitolhillcommunitycouncil.org

The Capitol Hill Community Council announces the first annual
Capitol Hill “Procession of the Spirits” Halloween Walk
Friday Oct. 31, 2008
5-8pm

Music, candy and community.

Theme this year is “skulls”

Come dress in your best costume as we celebrate life and remember those that have gone on before us.
Walk starts at Seattle Center Community College at 7pm,
Proceeds down the West side of Broadway to Roy St and then back
up the East side.
Walk now ends at Cal Anderson Park.

Requirements:
Logo must include the name "Capitol Hill Community Council".
Features looking for:
Immediately identifiable.
Convey the spirit of the community.
Adapt well to electronic media and printed media both in Black and White
and full color form.
Must be the original work of the submitter.
Must be free of any copyright or other intellectual property claims.
All entries must be submitted by the public meeting Thurs. Oct 16, 2008
Entries will be accepted day of meeting.
Only one entry is accepted per person.
Winner will be selected by a vote of meeting members Oct 16, 2008.
Award:
Winner receives $100
and recognition on the CHCC Web site and press release proclaiming the
designer's name and/or firm's name.

How to submit:
Send entries as jpg to:
moc.liamg|sreciffo.cchc#moc.liamg|sreciffo.cchc
with "CHCC Logo Submission" in title
no later than midnight Oct 15th.
Paper entries will be accepted day of meeting before voting.

By submitting your artwork you certify that you are the author of the
material submitting to the Capitol Hill Community Council and its
licensees may reproduce, distribute, publish, display, edit, modify,
create derivative works and otherwise use the material for any purpose
in any form and on any media.
Participants are advised to retain personal records of their designs, as
neither the designs submitted nor the electronic media will be returned.

Thank you and we look forward to your submissions!

The next meeting is on
Sun. 14th
7-9pm
Topics discussing:
Halloween Events - Plans for a "Skull and Bones" Theme and "Procession of the Spirits" on Capitol Hill.
Community Council Logo Contest
Art in general on the Hill
Capitol Hill Pride Events sub-committee for 2009

Refreshment scheduled

Officer Intro

Minutes Read and approved.

Finance Report

-$2282.81 in account.

-Reimbursement paid to cover the cost of the CHCC sign.

A Paypal account has been set up to accept donations. There is a button on the website for people to donate. People can leave notes for where they would like the funds to be applied.

The council will be setting up an account at the Broadway Print and Copy shop for future council needs.

There was a fee charged by Bank of America that Hong is trying to get waived.

Committees

Motion to create a special By-law committee to work on revising the existing by-laws and make them stronger, by Saunatina Sanchez. Seconded by Justin Carder. Approved Unanimously.

Becki Frestedt nominated as Chair. Approved Unanimously.

Motion to create a standing Technology committee by Justin Carder. Seconded by Hong Chhuor. Five votes Aye. One abstention.

Justin Carder nominated as Chair. Approved Unanimously.

Motion to create a standing Open Space committee to address issues surrounding parks, trees and other nature issues on the Hill by Saunatina Sanchez. Seconded by Charlette LeFevre. Approved Unanimously.

Jen Power nominated as Chair. Approved Unanimously.

Motion to create an Arts and Events committee to promote artistic endeavors on the Hill and help with fundraising by Charlette LeFevre. Seconded by Saunatina Sanchez. Approved Unanimously.

By-laws Report- Becki

The committee met 8/17 to hash out the direction of the by-laws revision process and begin to talk about where the current by-laws can be strengthened. We are aiming for a concise set of by-laws. There will be an online editing document committee members will be invited to, to facilitate the various schedules of committee members. We are aiming to have a version written up for Council discussion by the December 2008 meeting.

Arts Report- Charlette LeFevre

Chalk art contest had to be cancelled because permits were unattainable.

Focusing on a Halloween event on Broadway. Discussing having some sort of processional with the theme of Skulls.

Open Space Report- Jen Power

Deferred to Parking Space report.

Technology Report- Justin Carder

Proposal submitted to adopt the CHCC wiki as the council’s primary online communication site, ratify official URL and decommission old site by Justin Carder. Seconded by Becki Frestedt. Approved Unanimously.

Parking Day Report- Jen Power

On September 19th the council will be sponsoring a spot next to the Vivace stand on Broadway as an outreach effort for the new John and Summit park. We will set up a temporary park in a parking spot for the day, handing out information about the John and Summit park and take donations from the community.

A $200 budget was approved unanimously to cover the costs of the project.

Tree Heritage Petition Proposal- Charlette LeFevre

The trees along Broadway do not have any sort of protection from development and can be torn down without any approval from the neighborhood. Since the trees along Broadway Ave. were planted as part of a beautification project they should be protected and considered Heritage Trees.

Charlette would like the council to stand behind a petition to seek Heritage status for all the flame ash trees from Roy St. to Madison St. along Broadway Ave.

Five votes Aye, Two abstentions. Motion passes.

Spray-paint Proposal- Justin Carder

People have varying opinions about graffiti on the Hill, from urban art to public menace. There are concerns about the availability of spray-paint in local businesses because, while the information is anecdotal, it is mostly kids who shoplift the paint who go tagging the neighborhood. Justin wants to create a zone to require merchants to put spray-paint behind a barrier of some sort to discourage shoplifting. There is someone on the King County Council already working on this kind of proposal. From informal discussion at the meeting, Justin will write up a letter to local businesses to volunteer to make spray-paint harder to access.

PO Box Proposal- Hong Chhuor
So the officers won't have to use their home address and to allow a sense of continuity for future councils, a proposal was made to buy a PO Box from the Post Office fro $72 per year. Jen Power seconds.
Proposal approved unanimously.

Cameras at Cal Anderson Park- Charlette LeFevre
Charlette would like the city to grant a 30-day comment period for the public on the issue of the cameras at Cal Anderson Park. The community didn't get sufficient notice about the cameras and weren't given a chance to discuss it before they were installed. Charlette will write a letter to the city that she will present at September's meeting. She would also like to request an increase in Park Rangers to the park, considering the cameras were installed because of crime prevention.

New Business

Jen Power will be talking to Doug Shwartz from the Capitol Hill Times about the John and Summit park on Friday Aug 22nd.

Meeting Adjourned.

The old Safeway was used one for the Fruitbasket awards successfully several years ago as an example of the use of vacant buildings.
What is comes down to is the willingness of the property owner.

Angle? The history of the buildings would be a good tribute.

Agenda here: http://chcc.wikidot.com/forum/t-82584/8-21-meeting-agenda

CHCC Public Meeting — August
WHEN: Thursday, August 21, from 7pm-9pm
WHERE: UPDATED LOCATION: The "Art Room" at Yesler Community Center — 917 E Yesler Way, 98122
WHAT: Committee status, discuss proposal re: open space cmte, tree preservation, graffiti abatement, surveillance cameras in Cal Anderson

* Officer Intro/Council Goals 5 mins
* Group Intro 5 mins
* Last Meetings Minutes 2 mins
* Finance Report 2 mins
* Committee Reports 15 mins
* Break 5 mins
* Parking Day presentation – Jen Power 10 mins
* Petition for Tree Heritage proposal – Charlette LeFevre 5 mins
* Spraypaint proposal – Justin 5 mins
* PO Box for Council- Hong Chhuor 5 mins
* Open Floor 20 mins

Since the OPC will be making it's own park, we'll need people to occupy the park and hand out flyers and we'll need park creating supplies. If you're interested, please email moc.liamg|esidarap.gnivapnu#moc.liamg|esidarap.gnivapnu with the hours you can be at the park or the supplies you're willing to help us get. As many park-sitting volunteers as possible should attend the orientation that is being held this Wednesday by Trust for Public Land.

PARK(ing) Day workshop
August 13th
6pm to 7:30 pm
Triad Urban Center
701 3rd Ave
Seattle, WA 98104
Questions: 206.652.2310

The group that started it all: http://www.parkingday.org/
National Park(ing) Day in Seattle: http://www.tpl.org/tier3_cd.cfm?content_item_id=21695&folder_id=985

We've got a name for the John and Summit fundraising effort: Unpaving Paradise! While we could have gone with "Friends of John and Summit", Unpaving Paradise's catchiness and pop-culture reference (can you place it?) won out.

We're also getting a nifty logo made courtesy of community member and SU student, David Sepulveda. We hope to be able to debut it on flyers and handouts within the next couple of weeks.

More soon,
Open Space Committee

08:33 AM PDT on Thursday, August 7, 2008

By JANE MCCARTHY / KING 5 News

As Sound Transit plans to bring light rail to Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, many residents are feeling the growing pains and coming up with ways to minimize the impact.

Several empty buildings along Broadway will be demolished for light rail, but many residents call the area an eyesore. Over the next eight years, Sound Transit will be building an underground light rail station at the location. But eight years is a long time and residents say something needs to be done to keep some life in this part of their neighborhood.

The area had been a stretch of thriving Broadway businesses. Today, it's more fit for pigeons than for people.

"It gets a little dodgy at night," said Lucy Grossman, Capitol Hill resident. "It's really dark because none of the building fronts have anything going on in them."

Several buildings along Broadway are a casualty of Capitol Hill's planned light rail station. It'll be valuable when it opens in 2016, but in the meantime.

"It's pretty tough to feel great about a real empty space," Justin Carder, Capitol Hill Community Council.

People are continually breaking into the buildings. It's a prime target for trash and graffiti, which is why the Capitol Hill Community Council is asking Sound Transit to allow them to keep the lights on in the area.

Instead of plodding through the next eight years with a black hole, residents want to use the space for things like community meetings and art shows.

"There's all sorts of ways to get the community involved with these buildings to make sure they don't stand empty," said Carder.

But Sound Transit told KING 5 that's just not safe because the buildings are already being dismantled from the inside. Still, Sound Transit appears open to the conversation. In an e-mail sent to the community council, Sound Transit writes:

"We feel there are a number of events that our organizations could co-host to the benefit of the neighborhood."

They suggest potential walking tours of the construction site and they plan on dressing up the vacant buildings with art. Residents applaud those ideas, but say it will take a little more creativity to create a lasting impact.

"So, let's try and do that. Let's try and go above and beyond," said Carder.

So the conversation continues. Sound Transit plans on starting to demolish the buildings at the end of the year. In the meantime, they plan on trying to dress up the outside with some art.

We are hoping to work with Sound Transit to explore activities to utilize these spaces. Please show your support for this proposal by signing this petition.

Also, please consider contacting ST to show your support for the proposal — Jeff Munnoch Sound Transit Community Outreach <gro.tisnartdnuos|hconnum.ffej#gro.tisnartdnuos|hconnum.ffej>

Proposal
Dear Sound Transit,

The Capitol Hill Community Council as part of a Sustainable Capitol Hill would like Sound Transit to consider a proposal for a Community Events Space.
The space requested is the former US Bank building on the corner of Denny and Broadway.

Specifically, the Capitol Hill Community Council would like to secure the space for our monthly general meetings on Aug. 21, Sep. 18, Oct. 16, Nov. 20, and Dec. 18.
The Council will also be hosting a Sidewalk Chalk Contest on September 20th and would like to secure the space for the event for artist registration and a winners celebration.

We would also like to request that Sound Transit be open to negotiating use of the space on additional dates for community events hosted by the CHCC and other Arts organizations on the hill, with the understanding that for each new event the organization asking for use of the space would submit more detail about the event to Sound Transit.

This use of space we feel will bring together the following Capitol Hill community organizations, residences and local businesses and Art Organizations, together in a visible public location. Access to this location with public events would counter the visual impact of closed business and vacant areas and help establish a positive relationship with Sound Transit and the new light rail station with its impact on the community.

Please consider this a pilot project in using vacant space and a viable resource in connecting to the community and a chance for various community groups to establish a working relationship with Sound Transit.

We look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Capitol Hill Community Council

CHCC Arts Committee
http://chcc.wikidot.com/forum/c-51244/chcc-arts-committee

CHCC Bylaw Committee
http://chcc.wikidot.com/forum/c-51245/chcc-bylaw-committee

CHCC Open Space & Land Use Cmte
http://chcc.wikidot.com/forum/c-51247/chcc-open-space-land-use-cmte

CHCC Technology Committee
http://chcc.wikidot.com/forum/c-51246/chcc-technology-committee

1. CHCC site platform — Make recommendation to council on which platform we should go forward with. Current solution is this wikidot.com site
2. CHCC URL solution — Make recommendation to council on what URL we should utilize for the main site. Phil has www.capitolhillcommunitycouncil.org — if he is good with us moving forward with that, seems like a great solution.
3. Old site — Ann is trying to recover her username/password for http://www.scn.org/capitolhill/ so it can be updated. What should we do with it? Seems like we should focus updates on one site and one url so probably best to make the old site redirect to our main URL.

So, do we need offline meetings?

Saunatina

11a-1p — Saunatina (Charlette will bring table and banner. Akira will send an updated handout file in e-mail today.)
12 - 2p — Dennis
1p-3p — Justin (I'll bring more handouts to replenish supply)

11a-1p — Saunatina (let's figure out set-up logistics)
1p-3p — Justin (i'll clean up too)
Dennis — times TBD

Read over the current bylaws and come with ideas on how to make them better.

Saunatina

Captains need outreach help at all hours — let us know what times you can be there

Also, can somebody own getting hand-outs printed and bringing to market Sunday morning? I'll ping Akira about updating the pdf.

http://chcc.wikidot.com/forum/t-75169/chcc-meeting-minutes-7-17-08

Present:
Brad Kevelin, Tony Russo, Michael Baker, Phil Mocek, Ann Condon, Jen Power, Rich Land, Lloyd Douglas, Dennis Saxman, Roberta Klarreich, Ann Donovan, Capt. Paul McDonagh, Andrew Taylor, David Barrow, Debbie Kirchhauser, Tienney Milnor, Lt. Sean O’Donnell, Justin Carder, Charlette LeFevre, Saunatina Sanchez, Hong Chhuor

Officer Introduction- Justin Carder
-Council is here to represent the community to the larger city.
-We meet third Thursday of every month.

Community Introductions

Finance Report- Hong Chhuor
Setting up a new account to update information from old account.
Current balance- $2212.98.
Outstanding charges:
-CHCC sign
-renew fee for non-profit status

Committees- Justin Carder
Committees can still form and can be headed by any member of the community.

Art and Events-Charlette
Met July 13 at Harem.
Discussed fundraising for the community, visibility of council, temporary space request of ST building (will be discussed in detail later in meeting). Expanding Capitol Hill Art Walk down Broadway. Halloween events, Pride events and a logo contest for CHCC.
Sidewalk chalk contest- September 20th
Meeting every 2nd Sunday, 7pm at Harem on Broadway.

Bylaws- Saunatina
Meeting TBA due to conflict with Parks meeting.

Land-use/Development- Dennis
Trying to organize people who are interested. Email conversation is ongoing.
Pike/Pine group is moving forward with studying historical district status. Will apply to east of Broadway. City sent a consultant to study feasibility and report is forthcoming.
History/Heritage/Preservation committee could be a part of Land-use/Development.

Committees will be posted on chcc.wikidot.com site. Calls for community involvement will be ongoing.

Break

Guest Speaker
Ann Donovan, former council president
Rich Lang, former council president

Council was founded in 1968, originally intended to represent businesses and residents, a platform for everyone to come together.
Capitol Hill has a history of reviewing new development projects, predated design review. Meetings with designers and architectures, wrote letters to the city, which the city actually took seriously.
Similar committees were formed- Transportation, Public Safety, Open Space.
Stewardship committee was set up by city neighborhood planning committee. Came up with first neighborhood plan. All plans are available from Dept. of Neighborhoods. Stewardship committee still meets and needs CHCC officer representation.
City’s current administration has been less supportive of neighborhoods than in the past.
Communication problems: How do we communicate with the neighborhood? Capitol Hill Times gave old council an article a week. Each committee had an article assignment. The offer is still open.
Council effectiveness: Knowing how things came to be how they are now gives us power. We need to know who is talking about what and use the information to interject our voices into the process. Letter writing goes a long way. Old council and chamber of commerce came together to put stresses on Sound Transit during first incarnation of Light Rail. Made an audit happen and put off the project for a few years. Things change, and we need to respond to changes, adjust plans. Going to city council meetings and make sure voices are heard. It’s important to have representatives at other community and city meetings to be at the start of the conversation.
Disseminating information is very important so people know about meetings and people can show up and make sure their voices are heard.
Neighborhood matching fund is a good resource. Get people to commit volunteer hours to raise funds for projects.

Question: Very different communities depending on where you live. What was outreach to other areas of the hill, beyond Broadway and Pike/Pine?
There weren’t other groups in the past. POWHAT was just forming as the CHCC went on extended hiatus. NorthCHCC never really formed. But the people that are involved is always changing. Can’t look at issues through only one view, you have to listen to others. You deal with who shows up.
Assigning officers to meetings throughout the neighborhood and city is important to make an impact.

Sound Transit- Use of Temporary Space- Charlette
Michael Dobbie has been working on a proposal for a temporary community center in the former US Bank building. A letter was written to ST in May with other neighborhood groups signing on to support the idea. ST sent the letter back for more detail about groups that will use the space and when.

Letter Read:
Dear Sound Transit

The Capitol Hill Community Council as part of a Sustainable Capitol Hill would like Sound Transit to consider a proposal for a Community Events Space.
The space requested is the former US Bank on the corner of Denny and Broadway from August 1st through Dec. 31, 2008.

The requested space would be secured by the Capitol Community Council organization with the officers opening and securing the space after events.

The space ideally would be scheduled for meetings and scheduled community events and to continue the efforts of Capitol Hill Art Community.

This use of space we feel will bring together the following Capitol Hill community organizations, residences and local businesses and Art Organizations, together in a visible public location. Access to this location with public events would counter the visual impact of closed business and vacant areas and help establish a positive relationship with Sound Transit and the new light rail station with its impact on the community.

Tentative use of space includes:

The monthly Capitol Hill Community Council meetings and Committee meetings.
Monthly Community Potluck
Dance events
Music performances
Social Networking
Performances
Talent Shows

Please consider this a pilot project in using vacant space and a viable resource in connecting to the community and a chance for various community groups to establish a working relationship with Sound Transit.

Discussion about feasibility and improving letter.
Proposal: Approve letter with provision to limit request for use for CHCC meetings through December 2008.
Friendly Amendment: Add in September 22nd as a use date for a gathering space for the Sidewalk Chalk contest.
Amendment Accepted.
Friendly Amendment: Add in a provision to keep open negotiations for other events during the time frame in the letter.
Amen