Capitol Hill Community Council
July General Meeting Minutes
Cal Anderson Shelter House, Cal Anderson Park
7-9pm on July 15, 2010
Officer introduction and Welcome
Open Floor
Rachel from $3 Dollar Bill Cinema, announced movies at Cal Anderson Park, starting in July. Free to the public.
George Bakan mentioned that the Alano Club fund raising efforts.
June Meeting Minutes will be approved in August.
Committee Reports
Community Engagement (George)
George would like to take the lead on a project to memorialize the history of Capitol Hill.
The 12th Ave initiative is holding a street fair/ Food Festival on August 15, 2010 from noon to 6pm. George also mentioned creating a calendar of events to capture meeting.
Open Space – (Jen)
Waiting to hear back about the grant.
Update on park on Federal and Republican
Transportation (Mike)
Street Car campaign continues, lobbying Sound transit to get extension. The City of Seattle is starting the transit master plan process and we can be advocates of what transit we want.
Land Use (Zef)
Mike said that the land use committee is a good place to have a forum to discuss the TOD site, get information on what the Champion does, and a place for which the neighborhood plan update next year with the Stewardship council. The Champions is a joint venture between the Community Council and the Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce. The steering committee meets often and is planning on efforts of an outreach to the community to find out what the community wants.
Fundraising (Sean)
Sean mentioned that we need to have some long term thoughts about getting the word out, to ask for money and it be directly related to what we are working on and how it benefits the community. There are grants available, we can have fund raising events, and we just need to decide what we want to fund raise for.
Discussion Topic
Discussion with City Council Member Sally Clark on the possibility of a street closure in the Pike/Pine corridor. Council Member Clark mentioned that there are still a lot of discussions that needs to take place to see what the clubs participation level is, and if the clubs are willing to put up extra funds for police, trash and transportation.
Review Action Items and Key Agreement
Mike – Neighborhood plan update
Sean – Research grants
George – Research how we participate in the 12th Avenue Street Food Festival and determine logistics
Mike and Dennis – Work with grad students
Jen – Update on Cleanscapes grant
Suggestions for Next Meeting Agenda
Discussion topic will be on Seattle Nightlife Initiative
Housekeeping items
June Meeting Minutes will be approved in August.
Vote
The memo to Sound Transit Board of Directors
Members voted to conditionally approve the letter to submit to Sound Transit BOD, assuming there are no major changes.
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