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Bi-Monthly Meeting Wednesday March 1, 2023 7 PM

In-Person, Bi-Monthly Meeting Wednesday March 1, 7 PM

Location: Room 202 of the Good Shepherd Center, 4659 Sunnyside Ave N.

Agenda:

  • Welcome and Call to Order
  • Guest: Stephanie Velasco, Housing Levy Communications Manager, Office of Housing, City of Seattle, along with additional members of her department, to speak on funding sources for housing followed by Q&A.
  • Committee reports
  • Save the Dates!
    • Saturday, April 22nd, Morning, Earth Day clean-up!  Details to come
    • Wednesday, May 3rd, We have moved to every other month (bi-monthly) meetings for 2023. The next Bi-Monthly Meeting will be folded into our Annual Meeting and Officer Elections, Wednesday May 3rd, 6:30 PM.
    • Saturday, June 10th, Morning, Wallingford Waterway Walk and Tour.  Details to come.
  • Announcements:
    • The Communications Committee is looking for volunteers to help with promoting the Earth Day Clean-up in April and the Wallingford Waterway Tour in June.
    • Hybrid Meeting Tech Help: need volunteers with the equipment to lend to make the bi-monthly meetings hybrid.  It is something we would like to offer, but we need a volunteer to do so.  🙂
  • Good of the Order (anything people want to bring up)
  • Adjourn

Bi-Monthly Meeting Wednesday January 4, 2023 7 PM

In-Person, Bi-Monthly Meeting Wednesday January 4, 7 PM

Location: Room 202 of the Good Shepherd Center, 4659 Sunnyside Ave N.

Agenda:
– Welcome and Call to Order
– Guest: Stephanie Secord, SPU SCWQP Project Manager for the Storage Tunnel and Wallingford Conveyance Projects:  “Seattle Public Utilities has selected a contractor for the Wallingford Conveyance Project and we’re looking to begin construction in January 2023. The project includes an approximate year-long closure of Stone Way between N 34th St and N 35th St and we’d like to be able to answer any questions.”
– Guest: Councilmember Alex Pedersen
– Committee reports

Announcements:
– We have moved to every other month (bi-monthly) meetings for 2023. The next Bi-Monthly Meeting will be Wednesday March 1st, 7 PM.
– The Communications Committee is looking for volunteers to help with writing emails and posting content to the website
– Hybrid Meeting Tech Help: need volunteers with the equipment to lend to make the bi-monthly meetings hybrid.  It is something we would like to offer, but we need a volunteer to do so.  🙂

Good of the Order (anything people want to bring up)
Adjourn

Join us at our OPEN HOUSE

The Wallingford Community Council

invites you to an in-person

OPEN HOUSE
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022
6-8PM

Good Shepherd Center, Room 202
4649 Sunnyside, Ave. N.

Meet and reconnect with your neighbors,
learn about the WCC (& about volunteer opportunities!),
a 100% volunteer organization made up of residents of Wallingford,
celebrate with friends, join in community conversations, meet some of our elected officials, enjoy dessert, win raffles with prizes,
and a Halloween switch witch for the kids.

RSVP – To help us plan – please RVSP, and indicate how many kids for the Switch Witch 🙂

June Monthly Meeting – Moved to June 9

Did you know – The City has grown 21.1% since 2010.

We are partnering with the Seattle Redistricting Commission to host the District 4 Public Forum – a hybrid meeting on the Redistricting of Seattle’s seven City Council Districts.  Come learn and provide feedback.  All are welcome. 🙂

Time: 5:30-7:30 PM
Date: Thursday, June 9, 2022
Location:  Wallingford Community Senior Center in the Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Avenue Northsuite, Suite 140, Seattle, WA 98103
OR
Virtual Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82217028349

Note: there is no meeting Wednesday, June 1st.

Wallingford Community Council "Kite Hill" logo

Monthly Meeting, Wednesday December 6

Location: Room 202 of the Good Shepherd Center, 4659 Sunnyside Ave N.

Program: Rob Johnson, City Council Member, District 4

Agenda:
7:00 PM – Welcome / Call to Order.
Approval of Minutes.
Committee reports.

Special Guest:
Rob Johnson, City Council Member, District 4 
Hear from Rob, followed by Q&A

Good of the Order (anything people want to bring up).
Announcements:

  • The next Monthly Meeting will be Wednesday, February 7, 2018 (NOTE: there is no January Monthly Meeting)
  • Waterway 23 (dock in Fremont used by Lake Washington Rowing Club) – public access has been restored!
  • The WCC joined the Seattle Coalition for Affordability, Livability & Equity, which filed an appeal of the MHA Final EIS.
  • The WCC also filed a separate appeal of the MHA Final EIS.
  • “Funeral of the Neighborhood Voice” – watch it on KOMO News
  • The Roof is Now Open! As a result of a SEPA appeal by the WCC, public access to the roof of the new Tableau building at Woodlawn Avenue N & N 34th Street is open during business hours.  The Entry door is located next to Cafe Acadia. If the door is locked, ask at the Tableau reception desk for the door to be unlocked.

9:00 PM – Adjourn.