MoCA Meeting Agenda  for October 19, 2022

7 – 9 pm 

VIRTUALLY via ZOOM  (see page 2 for zoom meeting link) 

**this meeting will be recorded** 

Welcome and Introductions

 

 Morgan Minute Updates

·      Lowman Beach Park Shoreline Restoration ‘officially open’

·      MoCA Board  update

·      FKA: Ivy Court…

·      Remembering Eldon Olson

 

What’s New in Morgan Junction?

Transformative Pediatric Physical Therapy - https://www.transformpediatricpt.com/ Marcella Andrews

  

Old Business

·      Electronic Vehicle charging station in Morgan Junction – Update by the Seattle City Light team 

·      Earthquake/Community Planning in Morgan Junction  - Cindi Barker, Seattle Emergency Hubs

·      Morgan Junction Park Expansion status – Soils remediation project start & discussion of current conditions. 

 

ZOOM Link - Morgan Community Association is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting:

 

Topic: Morgan Community Association Quarterly Meeting 

When: October 19, 2022, 7:00-9:00pm 

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2) BUDGET SEASON FOR SSC & KCC 

City of Seattle

The Seattle City Council has started 2023-2024 budget deliberations. District 1 representative Lisa Herbold shared these updates in her recent blog:

“As I shared previously, I will propose amendments that address my two highest priorities for the 2023 and 2024 budgets:

1. Funding to keep the life-saving services of Ladder Truck 37 and Medic Unit 26 in District 1.

2. Fully funding inflationary increases for human services providers as required by law.

The City is facing a significant revenue shortfall overall, which will make this year’s budget deliberations particularly difficult.  I welcome your thoughts on where we should focus our investments.  Learn more about the budget process, and how to participate, here: Select Budget Committee – Council | seattle.gov.”

King County

King County is hosting a Budget Town Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 19th. This is the third and final opportunity to participate in the County budget process through public hearings. Through these meetings, community members can learn more about the county budget, about the challenges being faced and provide feedback of their own. 

District 8 King County Councilmember Joe McDermott also shared information about Weekly Member Panels: 

“As mentioned in my last email, members of Council have been meeting in separate panels focused on certain areas of the budget. They occur Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings at 9:30 am, and can be viewed live on KCTV. Recordings of past panels are found through the Council website.”

3. NEW TOWNHOUSE PROJECT COMMENT TIME

 Here’s a visual of the “Saladin Rowhouses” proposed at 6355 41st Ave SW at SW Fauntleroy. The project is subject to Streamlined design review for a 3-story 6-unit townhouse building. Parking for 5 vehicles proposed. Project file number 3039718-EG. 

Opportunity for Comment: SDCI will accept comments to assist in the preparation of the early design guidance through October 19, 2022. This includes site planning and design issues you believe should be addressed in the design of this project. Submit all comments and requests to be made party of record to www.seattle.gov/project/comment or City of Seattle - SDCI - PRC, 700 5th Avenue, Suite 2000, PO Box 34019, Seattle, WA 98124-4019. 

4. NOVEMBER 10th MORGAN ARTWALK = SPECIAL EVENT!! 

Awesome things will be happening at the November Artwalk in Morgan Junction. First - we get to welcome a new art walk sponsor - Morgan Junction’s own Beveridge Place Pub!! They will be kicking off their November 10th Art Walk evening with live music featuring Joshua Dennis 6 to 7:45pm. Details to follow!

5) MOCA BOARD STATUS

We’re still looking for our VEEP! Want to volunteer for the Executive Board position of Vice President???  This position does not involve a huge time commitment, but as with all VP positions, the potential is unlimited!! MoCA holds quarterly meetings on the third Wednesday of January, April, July and October, via Zoom until further notice, plus we host an annual Community Festival in June. 

If you have any interest in MoCA’s Vice President position, please contact Deb at mocacnc@gmail.com. 

6. FAUNTLEROY NEIGHBORHOOD FERRY PETITION 

Neighboring Fauntleroy Community Association (FCA) has a petition s circulating in the community regarding proposed work at the Fauntleroy Ferry Dock. FCA President Mike Dey shared a link to the petition along with the following background:  

The purpose of the petition is to ask the current City Council to endorse the prior City Council Resolution (29566) to dissuade Wash State Ferries and WSDOT from expanding the dock over water foot print.  The land on which the dock is located belongs to the City of Seattle and is leased to WSF/WSDOT. Thus, the City of Seattle has the authority to not agree to the expansion of the dock.  

There is no need for the dock to be expanded. WSF has failed to take any measures to decrease vehicular traffic and pollution that comes with the ferries.  There  are 20% more single occupancy vehicles that use the Fauntleroy dock then any other ferry terminal. Yet despite WSF's knowledge of this issue as far back as 1979 no change has been made. Motor vehicles are the number one source of air pollution.  If the City is sufficiently worried about gas operated leaf blowers to ban their use then the City ought to be concerned about an additional 200,000 to 300,000 automobiles, as projected by WSF, coming into the City each year.

LINK to the 1997 City Council Resolution: City Council Resolution for Ferry Dock Expansion

You can find the petition at Husky Deli or contact Fauntleroy Community Association at https://www.fauntleroy.net 

Or 

Fauntleroy Community Association

PO Box 46343

Seattle WA 98146-6343

email: contact@fauntleroy.net 

And: https://www.facebook.com/FauntleroyCommunityAssociation

7.  TAKE THE PUBLIC SAFETY SURVEY

Seattle University is administering the 8th annual citywide Seattle Public Safety Survey, which is accessible at publicsafetysurvey.org from October 15th through November 30th and is available in Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, English, Korean, Oromo, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tigrinya and Vietnamese. The purpose of the survey is to solicit feedback on public safety and security concerns from those who live and/or work in Seattle. A report on the survey results will be provided to the Seattle Police Department to help them better understand your neighborhood’s safety and security concerns and community-police dialogues will be held in May-August 2023 to provide opportunity for police-community engagement about the results. More information on the Seattle Public Safety Survey which is part of the Seattle Police Department’s Micro-Community Policing Plans (SPD MCPP), can be found on the SPD MCPP website.