MOSS BAY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION

November Neighborhood Meeting
Thank you for a busy Nov meeting - Agenda covered and links below:
1. The City is updating the Active Transportation Plan
https://www.kirklandwa.gov/.../Active-Transportation-Plan

2. Update on the David Brink Park Project.
https://www.kirklandwa.gov/.../David-Brink-Park-Shoreline...

3. Google and Lee Johnson Chevrolet to share their vision of a potential development plan around the planned 85th Street Bus Rapid Transit Station.
https://www.kirklandwa.gov/Government/Departments/Planning-and-Building/Code-and-Plan-Amendment-Projects/NE-85th-Street-Station-Area-Plan?BestBetMatch=85%20street|ab1c70ec-38e6-40e3-ba22-bf28ebfae84b|3c005e77-8f04-4719-adc1-a980035cb01f|en-US

4. Kirkland City Police will discuss neighborhood safety
https://www.kirklandwa.gov/.../Neighborhood-Crime-Watch
https://www.kirklandwa.gov/.../Community-Crime-Mapping
https://twitter.com/kirklandwapd

5. 2022 Neighborhood Safety Program kick-off -
https://www.kirklandwa.gov/.../City-Managers-Office/NSP...|ab1c70ec-38e6-40e3-ba22-bf28ebfae84b|3c005e77-8f04-4719-adc1-a980035cb01f|en-US
Submit additional ideas directly to : [email protected]
Poll for top options to be sent out via email - to subscribe to our general email list mossbay.org

6. Neighborhood Plan update
https://www.kirklandwa.gov/.../Moss-Bay-Neighborhood-Plan...

​7. General neighborhood updates
The traffic circle at 7th Avenue and 2nd Street (close to Kirkland Arts Center) has been abandoned by it's previous adopter. We need someone (or a group) to adopt it. Can someone please step up to make this beautiful again? It's very rewarding to have people driving by slow down and tell you how much they appreciate you!! Plus it just feels good to make a difference in our community. Contact David Gourlie. [email protected]

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Agenda

• We heard introductions from the following City council candidates that voters will cast ballots for in November. 
  • Penny Sweet
  • Matthew Goelzer
  • Cherese Bourgoin
  • Neal Black
• David Barnes, Senior Planner from the City Planning & Building Department will provide a briefing on the Moss Bay Neighborhood Plan update that is in progress and the upcoming Planning Commission hearing. 
• General neighborhood updates 
• This year's Moss Bay board:
  • Chair: Alex Chen
  • Co-chair: Vacant
  • Treasurer: Leslie Keller
  • Secretary: Vacant
  • Member at large: Bea Nahon
  • Member at large: Jeanne Large
  • Member at large: Don Winters

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​ Agenda

• Our chair, Brad, will be giving us an update on the results from this year's Neighborhood Safety Program. Spoiler alert: our project didn't get funded this year, but it scored well and we're optimistic that it could be funded in future years.
• We'll be holding our annual elections to the Moss Bay board. Candidates:
  • Chair: Alex Chen
  • Co-chair: Vacant
  • Treasurer: Leslie Keller
  • Secretary: Vacant
  • Member at large: Bea Nahon
  • Member at large: Jeanne Large
  • Member at large: Don Winters
• Rosalie Wessels, Neighborhood Outreach Coordinator for the City of Kirkland, will tell us about the David Brink Park Shoreline Renovation project which will be starting in June.
• We'll hear from the city about a potential new project under consideration: the Lake Street S / Lake Washington Boulevard Pedestrian Promenade. This pilot project would dedicate the parking spaces on the west side of a portion of Lake Street S / Lake Washington Boulevard for use by people walking and biking. The closures would be a temporary pilot program, similar to what the city has done with Park Lane.
• David Allen, a volunteer with Kirkland Greenways, and Katya Allen, a member of the Planning Commission, will be talking to us about their support for the promenade pilot.

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Video of the meeting is posted on the www.mossbay.org website: March 2021 Meeting - MOSS BAY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION

Mayor Penny Sweet talked about plans for the new transfer station, businesses reopening on Park Lane, and answered questions.

Brad Haverstein announced that Moss Bay Neighborhood Association board officer elections will be held at the May 2021 meeting. If you are interested, please email [email protected].

Adam Weinstein from the City’s Planning and Building department gave a presentation about the Regional Growth Center Designation. The downtown Kirkland area is designated as an Urban Center, increasing eligibility for grants and resources. The Moss Bay Neighborhood Plan will be updated this year. 

​Agenda

• Mayor Penny Sweet gave us an update on interesting topics from around the city. (Starts at 1:42.)
• ​Brad, this year's Moss Bay Chair, announced our upcoming board elections and explained what it means to join the Moss Bay board. (Starts at 29:20.)
• Adam Weinstein, Director of Planning and Building, reminded us that Kirkland has applied for downtown to be designated a Regional Growth Center and explained what this does (and doesn't) mean for our neighborhood. (Starts at 34:05.)
• David Barnes and Janice Coogan, Senior Planners, presented on the upcoming refresh of the Moss Bay Neighborhood Plan and explained how residents can get involved. (Starts at 57:45.)​

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Agenda
Fast-forward to the timestamps below if you are interested in a specific topic.

• 1:05 - Christian Knight, Neighborhood Services Coordinator at City of Kirkland, gave us a presentation about the pedestrian scramble that Kirkland will be building at the intersection of Kirkland Ave & Lake St S.
• 14:33 - ​Jenna McInnis, Kirkland's Recycling Coordinator, talked to us about trash reduction and answered questions about recycling and composting.
• 52:06 - Brad, Moss Bay board member, shared a quick update on our Neighborhood Safety Program project idea for 2021.
• 53:02 - Bea Nahon, Moss Bay board member, gave us an update on development activity around our neighborhood.

If you have comments about the NE 85th St Station Area Plan that Bea mentioned visit the city's web page for that project to learn how to get in touch with the project team.

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