Kirkland Library Meeting Room
Our new Co-Chair,
Mark Masterson, called the meeting to order. Laura Lee Pritt was not in
attendance, but it was announced that she was not moving to Boston after all
and would remain with the association. Mark Masterson gave some
background information on himself. A former member of the Air Force, and
now a retired Boeing employee, Mark volunteers his time for several local
causes.
We discussed our
meeting time and it was decided to continued meeting on the third Monday of
the odd numbered months. Our next meeting will be July 21.
Don Winters
updated the group on the status of the Magnuson Park lighting issue. Don
mentioned that Mark Eliasen has been working on this issue for MBNA and has
been in contact with Kirkland Parks Dept. members and City Council
people. Don also attended a meeting of the "Friends
of Magnuson Park" on May 29 and reported on that. Right now the
focus is on challenging the Environmental Impact Statement for the Park.
Have other locations been explored? Sinclair Jones of our group asked if
the impact of the lighting on the Eastside had been properly addressed in the
EIS and we will be looking into that. Meanwhile, we are trying to get
City of Kirkland officials to more actively question the wisdom of installing
11 ball fields lighted with 640 1000 watt lights on Kirkland's "front
porch". We will be working closely with the City of Kirkland and
with Friends of Magnuson Park on this issue. Our webmaster has created a
new Magnuson Park Lighting Issue Page on the Moss
Bay NA web site.
Kirkland's
"Neighborhood Connections Program" and where the chosen projects
stand was our next item. Of the three options that won in the voting, it
appears the flower pots for downtown will not be done, because there is no
money in the parks budget to maintain them. Glenn Peterson, our liaison
with Kirkland Downtown on the Lake will look into this. The other
winning items, the sidewalk at Brink Park and the lights on the dock at Brink,
will go forward. We were asked what type of lights we would prefer in
the park and decided the lower style of light (about 4 feet in height) was a
better option for a neighborhood park. These are shaded while the other
choice -- the style of light now installed at Marina Park -- has a
visible light source that is annoying.
Ideas were
solicited for use of our "matching fund" money, about
$3500. Carolyn Hayek suggested a seating area away from the path
in Peter Kirk Park. Currently kids congregate on the path because
benches are located right on the walkway. An area separate from the path
might alleviate this problem. We will pursue this idea.
Our participation
in the 4th of July celebration was next on the agenda. Ellen McMahon
suggested that we might locate in part of KDL's booth. This would afford
us a presence at the celebration without a lot of setup.
Mark Masterson
said that he would be willing to write a neighborhood article for the Kirkland
Courier each month. He asked for suggestions as to what topics he might
cover.
Carolyn Hayek
said that it might be a good idea for the association to keep abreast of
proposed projects downtown, including hotels that have been mentioned for both
the old Salvation Army (Safeway) site and the corner of Lake Street and
Central Way -- "ground zero" as it has been called. Carolyn
also suggested that we might more closely work with Condo Associations in our
area, including inviting them to at least one meeting per year.
The meeting was
adjourned.
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