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

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.//

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

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

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.

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

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

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.
Amendment Accepted.
Revised Proposal: Approve letter with the provision to limit request for use of the space for CHCC meetings through December 2008, plus September 22nd for the Sidewalk Chalk contest, and making sure further use of the space is open to negotiations.
Vote Called.
Approved Unanimously.

Open Floor
Dennis: Concern with bars on Olive Way and noise.
Tienney Milnor: Current law concerning noise from bars is in committee. Committee is working out decibel level that bars must stay under to comply with noise laws.

Jennifer: Concerning John and Summit park plan. Parks Dept. doesn’t have the money to cover construction of park. Only 2/3 of budget is covered, $80,000 shortfall. Need community fundraising. Next public meeting is August 7th. Will as Parks Dept. to postpone meeting to after Labor Day.

David: Concerns about tagging.
Capt. McDonagh: There has been an increase, but it is probably just youth, not gang members. There have been a few arrests.
Saunatina: Would a graffiti art wall be feasible?
Capt.: That hasn’t been proven to deter taggers. The city does provide paint and supplies for volunteers to paint over graffiti.
Justin: Could we lock up spray paint in the stores?
Capt.: It’s a voluntary measure, depends on store owners.

Charlette: Cameras in Cal Anderson- concerns about privacy. Will Capitol Hill be given a 30-day comment period about the cameras, even retroactively?
What about using Park Rangers instead of cameras?
Tienney: There was a sort of comment period, it just wasn’t advertised.
Capt.: The city can be asked to revisit the issue. The cameras are on, but not monitored. Unless someone calls in about something currently happening in the park, no one will be watching the recordings. There are Park Rangers that rotate throughout Seattle parks. Can only enforce park ordinances.

Jennifer: Interested in a Trees Task Force. Dept. of Neighborhoods has a tree fund we can utilize. Worthwhile to have an open space committee.

Next meeting will be held on August 21st.

Meeting Adjourned.

Officer Intro 5 mins

Council and Meeting Goals 10 mins
-Community introduction.

Finance Report 2 mins

Committee Reports 15 mins

Break 5 mins

Guest Speaker
-Ann Donovan 25 mins

Member Item
-Sound Transit Building Use 10 mins

Open Floor 20 mins

Committee chairs should begin outreach and recruiting, set a first meeting date and begin organizing work and projects related to their issue.

Core CHCC Committees

• Communications and Technology: Justin Carder
• Arts: Charlette Lefevre
• Development: Dennis Saxman
• Bylaws: Saunatina Sanchez

Want to lead a committee? Bring a proposal to the council at the next meeting.

Please reply to this post if you would like more information about any of the committees or have suggestions/feedback/ideas.

The memorial and Enter the Dragon exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum are free.

Bruce Lee Foundation is presenting the 35th Anniversary Celebration
Where: Seattle Art Museum and Lakeview Cemetery
When: July 18 ­-20, 2008
What: a 35th Anniversary Bruce Lee Exhibit, screenings of Enter the Dragon, the first ever JKD Instructor Summit, a Graveside Memorial and Celebration Banquet, an Exclusive Limited Entry Preview Night.
More info at bruceleefoundation.com

Imagine Capitol Hill: a Sustainability Fair
Thomas & 10th Street, Next to the Capitol Hill Farmer’s Market
Sunday, July 20, 2008, 11am – 4 pm
Free & open to the public

“Imagine Capitol Hill” will be a one-day outdoor street fair designed by Sustainable Capitol Hill to inspire participants to imagine what Capitol Hill could be like as a more sustainable community. “Imagine Capitol Hill” will spotlight local businesses, musicians, artists, food producers, and organizations; celebrate current sustainable practices in the neighborhood; and showcase attainable action steps for moving the community towards sustainability. The fair will have interactive, hands-on activities including

• Ideas and Demonstrations on sustainable living including greening your home, native planting, composting, alternative transportation, and more
• Outdoor street café with free tea & coffee
• Interactive Art, Performances & Music by Urban Alchemy, Democracy Improv, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Them Roustabouts, Orchestra Zarabanda and others
• Sustainable Cooking Demonstrations
• Bike Repair Clinic
• Children’s Learning Area
• Capitol Hill Walking Tours
• Food Drive by Jewish Family Services

For more info or questions, contact Brennon Staley at brennon"at"duospace.org or 206-419-4074

Agenda
Status
Ratify Ongoing Meeting Schedule Proposal
Committee Discussion
Guest Presentation
Outreach Planning
Open Floor

Status- Justin Carder
President’s welcome- goals, committees and status update.
Goals:
Be a voice for the community and information conduit
Support other neighborhood groups. Grow to help the community.
-Good model to follow is tech start-ups.
-Be able to give grants to community.
-Have a balance of projects, big and small. Goal should be to have one big initiative and lots of smaller ones.
-Get people’s attention and get more participation.
Create opportunities for involvement
-Market days
-Bar sit-downs
-Other community events
Reestablish finances… We need money for better resources and to help out the community like giving grants.
We need to reach out to experts in the areas we are working on to get things done.
Need involvement! Need to inspire people to get off the computer.

Finances- Hong Chhuor
We have $2211 in the CHCC Bank of America account.
$30 will be paid to the State of Washington to renew our non-profit status.
Officers can withdraw $100 or less for petty expenses.
People can donate directly to the Council with a check to Capitol Hill Community Council.

Recent Accomplishments- Justin Carder
We had an election! Good participation of officers and voters. One of the races was actually contested.
Good coverage in the Capitol Hill Times.
Capitol Hill Garage Sale was small but hopefully will grow next year.
Art sub-committee met.

Ongoing Meeting Schedule- Justin Carder
Officers recommended Monthly meetings, every third Thursday, beginning at 7pm with possible rotating venues.
Community discussion followed about the rotating venues.
-Why rotating venues?
-It’s a big hill and we should move to represent that.
-Might be hard to keep track of venue.
-We don’t have a permanent home. We need to find a place that works, size-wise, that fits us. A change of venue might be healthy to get to know the hill.
-Why aren’t people happy with SCCC?
-Rooms aren’t inviting, hard to navigate. Parking is difficult.
-Going to a coffee house might encourage more community members to come out, instead of sterile environment. Meetings can be dry and boring.
-A permanent/regular location is good for predictability.
-Rotating can be good to be visible and get people involved that wouldn’t ordinarily come to a meeting. Support local businesses when we meet.
-We presence helps. People can look at website to find location and encourage participation.
-Regular location is good. Coffee house is too loud.
-Mixer afterward might be a better idea than having the meeting in a coffee house.
-Could set location for 6 months to a year then rotate.

Proposal Motioned: Meetings will be held monthly, 3rd Thursday, 7pm start, set venue. SCCC will be location while other locations are looked at.
Vote called, unanimous approval.

Charlette motions for guests to go before Committee Discussion. No second.

Committee Discussion
Everyone can recommend committees.
Officers came up with a preliminary list based on community thoughts:
Arts
Events
Development
Safety
Fundraising
Bylaws
Communications and Technology

Discussion follows
-Arts. Capitol Hill has a vibrant arts community. Lots of ideas from meeting earlier in the month. Promote art walk more, chalk art contests.
-How can we incorporate more people to be involved?
-Community events, taking on 1-2 events a year to boost CHCC image. Getting other Capitol Hill organizations involved is important.
-Cultural overlay, part of the city plan to protect arts. Is committee going to be involved in those events or separate?
-Keeping it ground level. Don’t want duplication, but important Council does its own events. Ties into fundraising.
-These are ambassador opportunities. Officers will only be partly involved in most committees. We need leaders outside of officers.
-Officers have limited time, expanding the board to have more members. Has the council discussed this?
-We’re starting with getting council moving first, then we’ll discuss board issues.
-Need at least one person to lead a committee.
-Strength of council is committees. Brings in a larger scope of involvement of the community.
-Events, may have lots of overlap with other committees. Might be a good idea to make it a focus of different committees.
-Development, committee with the most interest expressed during steering committee. Lots of opportunities for input.
-Need to have some committee meetings before next Council meeting.
-History and Cultural Heritage committee suggested.
-Parts of development issues: neighborhood plan, new construction, traffic and transportation.
-Transit might need to be its own committee.
-This discussion is about getting issues people have with these areas and getting people together to deal with them
-We’re racing ahead, going too fast. It matters how community is formed and that everyone has a voice.

Pause from discussion
Officer Introductions (a little late)
Purpose of the CHCC from the bylaws is read.

Back to discussion
-Need to frame interest before committees form. Why are we meeting? What do people want? Group needs to discuss what council is known for before we direct council.
-We need to get the ball rolling somewhere.
-Safety committee, fuzzy idea. Maybe working with city. Charlette will be contact for now.
-Fundraising committee, Justin will be contact for now.
-Bylaws committee volunteers: Saunatina will be contact, Justin, Charlette, Dennis, Kristin, Tony.
-Communications and Technology will be mainly involved with web presence. Phil, Justin, Saunatina.
-Homeless Committee suggested.
-Homelessness could be a facet of community like youth or seniors… apart of outreach?

If any other ideas about committees come up, email Justin Carder: moc.liamg|redracnitsuj#moc.liamg|redracnitsuj

Guest Presentation
Barbara Luecke, Start Program Manager & Jeff Munnoch, Link Outreach.
-PowerPoint presentation. Overview of impact to Capitol Hill.
http://www.soundtransit.org/x1756.xml
-Buildings will be demolished after the 1st of the year, 2009.
-Station will open in 2016.

Question/Answer took place after presentation. Discussion about the effects the construction will have on the community and artwork proposed for the site.
There is a proposal to use one of the empty spaces on Broadway for community events. Sound Transit has requested more information to be able to grant use of the buildings, but community needs to know it can use the space before having more information. Liability has prevented Sound Transit’s approval of people coming into the spaces.

Open Floor
-There will be a Sustainability Festival at Volunteer Par on July 20th from 11am -4pm.

Meeting Adjourned.

Thursday, June 26th, 7p to 9p
Room 3211 at SCCC, 1701 Broadway

• Status (15 mins)

* President's welcome
* Finances
* Nonprofit status
* Recent accomplishments

• Ratify ongoing meeting schedule proposal (5 mins)

* Monthly, third Thursdays, 7p start, rotating venues

• Committee discussion (20 mins)

* Arts
* Events
* Development
* Safety
* Fundraising
* Bylaws
* Communications & Technology

• Communications technology near-term strategy (20 mins)
• Guest presentation: Sound Transit station art — Barbara Luecke, STart Program Manager & Jeff Munnoch, Link outreach (10 mins)
• Station art Q&A and discussion (20 mins)

* Vote on taking position of support/no support for station art design

• Outreach planning (15 mins)

* Schedule of Broadway farmers' market appearances
* Charlette organizing participation in the 6/28 Dyke March http://www.seattledykemarch.com/
* Pride events

• Open floor (15 mins)

I will also cross-post this message to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHCC_Steering/

We need:
o Set-up owner
o Take-down owner
o 11a-1p Table captain
o 1p-3p Table captain

STUFF:
o I have the sandwich board and easel and can deliver to the set-up owner before Thursday 6/19 (I leave that night at 9p).
o We need two new prints to put on the sandwich board. Akira, can you start the ball rolling with a pdf file we can use? We should promote the 6/26 public meeting:
Thursday, June 26th 7p-9p
Room 3211 at SCCC, 1701 Broadway
o What else? Should we use the free-form issue sheets again and let people write their thoughts? Something else? I like the issue sheets concept because it's simple and we come away with a list of priorities to consider.

Thursday, June 26th, 7p to 9p
Room 3211 at SCCC, 1701 Broadway

We will be discussing formation of committees so if you're interested in helping drive specific issues, this is your chance to rally support. Complete agenda to be announced on chcc.wikidot.com prior to 6/26.

Add to your Google Calendar

• Arts
• Events
• Development
• Safety
• Fundraising
• Bylaws

What else should we consider? What committees would you like to be part of?

We'll discuss the following:
1) Ongoing council meeting schedule (goal is to have standing meeting day, like every 3rd tuesday of month, for example. But we also might have to be more flexible to get started due to busy summer schedules)
2) Set near-term outreach schedule (Broadway market, etc.)
3) Talk about jump-starting committees
4) Talk about updating web site and keeping everybody informed
5) Create next-step task list and owners

We'll post takeaways after the session. If you have any thoughts about the items above, please weigh in here. Thanks

CHCC Announcements by e-mail

• Election Results — Congratulations to our new officers
• CHCC at Broadway Farmers' Market — June 22nd. Stop by and talk about the council from 11a to 30p
• Next meeting date to be announced soon.

Our community gathered in a well-attended forum to elect you as the voice and face of the Capitol Hill Community Council — that includes all of us who live and work on Capitol Hill.

I was lucky to participate in just about every meeting of the new Council and sit on its steering committee. A fascinating, and at times frustrating, process. One with a great result. I applaud you guys and thank each of you for the time and energy you'll contribute.

I want to mention one thing that stuck with me following the election. During candidate speeches someone mentioned "twisting the arm" of the editor of a local paper (Doug Schwartz of the Capitol Hill Times, no?) A former officer of the CHCC pointed out that the editor happened to be sitting in the audience, 10 feet away from the candidate who proposed the arm twisting. Everyone chuckled.

It was clear this former officer knew the editor. On election day I don't expect the same of our new officers, but I encourage you to do the same in the coming months. Sit down with your local news reporters and ask them what stories they see emerging in the community. Have coffee with local business owners. Attend meetings of other Capitol Hill community groups. I'm glad to hear you'll regularly attend the farmer's market — find more of these venues.

Please make it a priority to get out in the community — the council itself. The first year will entail lots of formalities, structures and frameworks. Bylaws, board, government filings, oh my! But structure yourself in and around the people you represent. For instance, if you want to speculate on conflicts of interest, take time to get to know the person who you believe represents the conflict over and above vague understandings of "IRS codes."

This council is about people. Relate to them, represent them, rally them!

Thanks again for representing us.

James

Andrew Taylor and Roberta conducted the elections.
Thanks to Crave restaurant for supplying the snack tray.

The following items were offered by community members and passers by at the June 1st Broadway Farmer's Market. This is a great start. What other ideas do you have? Help the Council identify priorites, what are your top 2-3 priorities?

*Sound Transit construction
*lock up spray paint
*walkable sidewalks (debris, vegetation, broken concrete)
*surveillance cameras @ Cal Anderson (someone wrote in "Ditto")
*playground in Tashkent Park
*keeping arts & artists on Hill
*lower parking requirements
*public safety
*homelessness
*connections to other neighborhoods & development
*litter
*affordable housing
*an appropriate venue for graffiti art/street art
*expand market (farmer's, I presume)
*put an end to Pike/Pine being a haven for beggars
*neighborhood block parties
*support small & affordable retail spaces
*involvement and coordination with neighborhood businesses

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 30, 2008

CONTACTS: Dan Nolte, Clark Office, 206-684-5327; George Howland, Jr. Council Communications, 206-684-8159

Town Homes-Can the Patient be Saved?
Councilmember Clark hosts events to encourage good design of multi-family housing

SEATTLE - Councilmember Sally J. Clark is hosting two events to encourage good design of new town homes in Seattle neighborhoods. Councilmember Clark , chair of the Planning, Land Use and Neighborhoods Committee, said, These meetings will be a great chance to talk proactively about housing choices, affordability and neighborhood-friendly design.

Up until the past dozen years or so Seattle didnt have many town homes. Seattle was mostly single-family homes with yards and apartment buildings. Growth management, Seattles overall attractiveness as a place to live, and cheap financing changed that. Now, Seattle has lots of town homes-the City estimates that 8,000 town homes have been built in the last eight years.

While some new town homes blend into the neighborhood or, even better, stand out as well-designed additions, others are reviled by the neighbors for mediocrity, canyon-creating fences, asphalt wastelands, and impossible to navigate garage entries. The fault lies not just with imagination, but also with Seattles development rules. The City can do better. These upcoming forums are the start of Councilmember Clarks effort to improve town homes design.

First Forum: Courtyard Housing in Portland, Oregon, Monday, June 2, 5 p.m., City Hall, 600 Fourth Avenue in the Bertha Knight Landes Room on the First Floor.

Second Forum: Town Homes-Can the Patient be Saved?, Saturday, June 7, 10 a.m., Capitol Hill Arts Center, 1621 12th Ave

All events are free and open to the public. No need to RSVP.
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Visit the Seattle City Council website at www.seattle.gov/council where you can view Council meetings in progress and access previous meetings. All members of the public may receive Council news releases by contacting George Howland Jr., Council Communications, 206-684-8159, vog.elttaes|dnalwoh.egroeg#vog.elttaes|dnalwoh.egroeg

cover letter
application

QFC may save on labor costs by displacing an employee with an expensive machine but I find it dehumanizing to this community and I think it hurts in the long run. I enjoy seeing the same check out persons at the register and they are always nice and yes I do occassionally purchase something extra while waiting.

If you don't like those U-Scans you can comment by going online to QFC's corporate office or calling 1-800-201-6261.

Surely this issue should be discussed at the 2008 CH Community Council election on June 5th at 6:30p @ upper level CHAC.

Perhaps we can incorporate a fountain element or birdbath.