Kirkland Maintenance Center
Glenn Peterson
called the meeting to order. Glenn has agreed to lead our meetings while we
search for a new Chairperson. Glenn updated the crowd, which included many new
faces, on the association activities and our ties to the Kirkland Alliance of
Neighborhoods (KAN). Glenn mentioned that the Moss Bay Neighborhood
Association is looking for people to fill several slots. Anyone interested in
joining the association should contact us at winters58@hotmail.com
Mark Eliasen, of
our group, was the first to speak. Mark updated us on the status of the sale
of the Pace Chemical property. The sale is still in the works, but is pending
resolution of environmental studies on the site. Camwest Development plans to
build approximately 60 living units on the 5 acre property.
Don Winters spoke
briefly on the rumored sale of the Green Funeral Home property to a developer
and possible construction of 20 living units on the approximately 2.5 acre
site. The planned fate of the historic Nettleton Home, built by a Seattle PI publisher
in 1914, is not known.
Don also
mentioned the Magnuson Park sports field issue. Seattle will apparently be
scaling back the project to seven lighted fields from a planned eleven. Don
mentioned that even seven fields will produce a lot of glare on the shores of
Lake Washington.
Brian
Fritz of Trammel Crow, was the next to speak to our group about a plan a build on the old Safeway
site on Kirkland Ave., across from the Kirkland Performance Center. Brian
described the plans which include one floor of retail with three floors of
residential, approximately 160 units, above. A generous setback from the road and
an open courtyard were
appealing aspects of the plan.
Kirkland
City Manager Dave Ramsay was our next speaker. Dave spoke on the Downtown
Strategic Plan as a vision and the concrete steps that are being taken to
make that vision a reality. Dave first introduced Bob Sternoff, Co Chairman of
the Lakeshore Plaza Design Committee, who gave us a report on the status of
that proposal. The objective of the project is to reverse the fact that
Kirkland has "turned its back" on the lake. The plan is to create a
plaza on a lid over a parking structure where the present Marina parking lot
sits. The second of three community meetings was held in May and two concepts
for the project were reviewed -- one "hard" concept with more retail
space and one softer version with more open/green space. The hard version
seems to be favored at this time.
Carolyn
Hayek spoke on the Central Way narrowing plans. Central Way will be torn up
for infrastructure upgrades this summer and four options for reconfiguring the
lanes in downtown are being considered. Traffic calming and improved
pedestrian flow are the objectives. An open house is planned this summer to
show off the options.
Jeremy
McMahon spoke about the "Lake and Central" property. The parcel is
now a public parking lot, and redevelopment is being considered to improve the
pedestrian-oriented retail character of downtown. The Milliken Martin
development team is working on developing a proposal that would combine the
city parcel with the US Bank land for a development including ground floor
retail anchored by an urban grocery, with three floors of residential condos
above, and increased parking below.
A
spirited Question and Answer session, moderated by Dave Ramsay, finished up
our meeting. Many ideas were floated on the various proposals.
The
next meeting of the Moss Bay Neighborhood Association is scheduled for Monday,
Sept. 20, 7PM, at Heritage Hall on Market Street.
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