Roundtable on impacts of the new system for electing City Councilmembers by district; Also: Mountain bikes for the Cheasty greenbelt?

SEATTLE COMMUNITY COUNCIL FEDERATION

Regular Meeting

Central Area Senior Center, 500 30th Avenue South 98144

Tuesday, April 22, 7:00 p.m.

AGENDA

Roundtable on impacts of the new system for electing City Councilmembers by district; Also:  Mountain bikes for the Cheasty greenbelt? 

In November, Seattle voters passed a charter amendment changing seven of the nine at-large City Council districts to geographic districts  (http://www.seattle.gov/leg/clerk/districtmap).  How is this new electoral system changing Seattle politics and government?  Please engage with a roundtable of speakers (including Toby Thaler, attorney and Fremont resident) who were involved in the successful initiative effort and who are watching voters and potential candidates as well as City agencies.  We will also distribute and discuss an April 8 City Auditor report, “Research on How Similar Cities Operate Their District Election Systems.”  

Also on the agenda will be a presentation from some Beacon Hill residents who are concerned about proposals for a mountain bike park in the Cheasty Natural Area Greenspace on east Beacon Hill between New Rainier Vista on the east and Cheasty Boulevard on the west.

The April meeting will also include our monthly Round Robin of issues in your neighborhood.  If you have informational materials you would like distributed at the meeting, please email electronic copies or links to Jeannie Hale at jeannieh@serv.net.

7:00                 Call to Order and Introductions

                        Administration

1.     Changes to the agenda

2.     President’s report

7:10                 Roundtable on impacts of the new system for electing City Councilmembers by district

8:00                 A mountain bike park in the Cheasty Natural Area Greenspace?

8:30                 Round Robin

9:00                 Adjourn

The Seattle Community Council Federation (http://seattlefederation.blogspot.com/) is one of the nation’s oldest and most active coalitions of community associations.  It was founded in 1946 to facilitate resettlement of Seattle’s Japanese-American residents who had returned from wartime internment to reclaim their homes and businesses; and to help Black veterans coming back from the war.  Over the decades, SCCF has grown to cover the entire City.  Its monthly meetings are open to the public, and suggestions for agenda items are always welcome. Yearly dues for member groups are $50, and new groups are always welcome.  Individual donations are also welcome, and go very far, as SCCF is all volunteer.  Please mail your check to SCCF, 2370 Yale Avenue East, Seattle, WA 98102-3310.  For questions, contact treasurer Chris Leman at 206-322-5463 or cleman@oo.net.

REVISED AGENDA A Dialogue with Councilmember Kshama Sawant and A Call for Neighborhoods to Unite

SEATTLE COMMUNITY COUNCIL FEDERATION

Regular Meeting

Central Area Senior Center, 500 30th Avenue South 98144

Tuesday, February 25, 2014, 7:00 p.m.

REVISED AGENDA

A Dialogue with Councilmember Kshama Sawant and

 A Call for Neighborhoods to Unite

Meet Seattle’s newest Councilmember—Councilmember Kshama Sawant.  Councilmember Sawant chairs the Council’s Energy Committee, is vice chair of the Seattle Public Utilities Committee, a member of the Housing Affordability, Human Services and Economic Resiliency Committee and alternate on the Parks, Seattle Center, Libraries and Gender Pay Equity Committee.  Learn about her priorities and participate in this important dialogue.

Also, representatives of an ad hoc citywide group of community activists will be on hand to ask for advice and support from the Federation and its member organizations for tough growth controls and developer impact fees and to join at a large planned press event the week prior to the Mayor's planned neighborhood summit.  The goal is to create a unified, simple position across neighborhoods we can all unify around, present it at a press conference and then carry the message to the Mayor's April neighborhood summit.  John Fox (SDC), Carl Winter and/or Patrick Tomkins and/or Jaisri Lingappa from Reasonable Density, and/or Toby Thaler will be on hand to present their proposal.

The February meeting will also include our monthly Round Robin of issues in your neighborhood.  If you have informational materials you would like distributed at the meeting, please email electronic copies or links to Jeannie Hale at jeannieh@serv.net.

7:00                 Call to Order and Introductions

                        Administration

1.     Changes to the agenda

2.     President’s report

7:10                 A Dialogue with Councilmember Kshama Sawant

8:00                 A Call for Neighborhoods to Unite

8:45                 Round Robin

9:00                 Adjourn

The Seattle Community Council Federation (http://seattlefederation.blogspot.com/) is one of the nation’s oldest and most active coalitions of community associations.  It was founded in 1946 to facilitate resettlement of Seattle’s Japanese-American residents who had returned from wartime internment to reclaim their homes and businesses; and to help Black veterans coming back from the war.  Over the decades, SCCF has grown to cover the entire City.  Its monthly meetings are open to the public, and suggestions for agenda items are always welcome. Yearly dues for member groups are $50, and new groups are always welcome.  Individual donations are also welcome, and go very far, as SCCF is all volunteer.  Please mail your check to SCCF, 2370 Yale Avenue East, Seattle, WA 98102-3310.  For questions, contact treasurer Chris Leman at 206-322-5463 or cleman@oo.net.

FFEBRUARY AGENDA: A Call for Neighborhoods to Unite

 

SEATTLE COMMUNITY COUNCIL FEDERATION

Regular Meeting

Central Area Senior Center, 500 30th
Avenue South 98144

Tuesday,
February 25, 2014, 7:00 p.m.

http://seattlefederation.blogspot.com/

AGENDA

A Call for
Neighborhoods to Unite

Representatives of an ad
hoc citywide group of community activists will be on hand to ask for advice and
support from the Federation and its member organizations for tough growth
controls and developer impact fees and to join at a large planned press event
the week prior to the Mayor's planned neighborhood summit.  The groups
involved already include "Livable Ballard" (recently formed coalition
fighting excessive development and displacement there), Seattle Displacement
Coalition, Reasonable Density Seattle (Capitol Hill Neighborhood activists),
Seattle Speaks Up (a newly formed Phinney Ridge effort), and community leaders
from Fremont, West Seattle and Southeast Seattle.  The goal is to create a
unified, simple position across neighborhoods we can all unify around, present
it at a press conference and then carry the message to the Mayor's April
neighborhood summit.  



John Fox (SDC), Carl Winter and/or Patrick Tomkins and/or Jaisri Lingappa
from Reasonable Density, and/or Toby Thaler will be on hand to present their
proposal.  There are brushfires all over the city.  Example after
example of neighborhoods fighting runaway development, upzones, gentrification,
small lot development, skinny houses, highrise development, loss of tree
canopy, lack of adequate services/infrastructure etc.   With district
elections coming up in 2015 and candidates already announcing for these seats,
it's hoped we can all come together around a common call to rein in growth.  

The February meeting will also include our monthly Round Robin
of issues in your neighborhood.  If you have informational materials you
would like distributed at the meeting, please email electronic copies or links
to Jeannie Hale at jeannieh@serv.net.

7:00                 Call to Order and Introductions

                        Administration

1.      Changes to the agenda

2.      President’s report

7:10                 A Call for Neighborhoods to Unite

8:30                 Round Robin

9:00                 Adjourn

The Seattle Community Council
Federation (http://seattlefederation.blogspot.com/) is one of the nation’s oldest and most active coalitions
of community associations.  It was founded in 1946 to facilitate
resettlement of Seattle’s Japanese-American residents who had returned from
wartime internment to reclaim their homes and businesses; and to help Black
veterans coming back from the war.  Over the decades, SCCF has grown to
cover the entire City.  Its monthly meetings are open to the public, and suggestions for agenda items are
always welcome. Yearly dues for member groups are $50, and new groups are
always welcome.  Individual donations are also welcome, and go very far,
as SCCF is all volunteer.  Please mail your check to SCCF, 2370 Yale
Avenue East, Seattle, WA 98102-3310.  For questions, contact treasurer
Chris Leman at 206-322-5463 or cleman@oo.net.