After a month's hiatus, the Ballard District Council will be back tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 7 p.m. at the Ballard Branch Library. As usual, Ballard News-Tribune's Zachariah Bryan will be there. Got story ideas? Feel free to pitch one to us at the meeting.

Agenda

7:00 -- Introductions & Short Announcements - please hold announcements to not more than one min.

7:15 -- A Chat with City Councilmember Tim Burgess
Tim chairs the Government Performance and Finance Committee, Labor Relations Policy Committee and Special Committee on Budget.

7:45 -- Protecting our Unreinforced Masonry Structures in Seattle, Sandy Howard, Seattle Department of Planning & Development: A good number of Seattle’s unreinforced masonry structures are in Ballard. This type of building is vulnerable in the event of a seismic incident.
http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/codesrules/changestocode/unreinforcedmasonry…

8:05 -- Update: Ballard’s Nyer Urness House, Amy Besunder, Compass Housing Alliance

8:10 -- Staff Report, Rob Mattson

- Grant opportunities
- Update – 2013 NPSF & NSF program funding

8:15 -- City Neighborhood Council

8:25 -- Executive Committee Report, Catherine Weatbrook
- Next BDC meeting October 9
- Nominating Committee – annual election of officers

8:30 -- Adjourn

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