Plan ahead for lane reductions on State Route 99 Aurora Bridge overnight on June 4 and June 11

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Posted: June 4, 2021

By Seattle Department of Transportation 

Over the next two weekends, Seattle Department of Transportation will install vertical posts in the middle of the State Route 99 Aurora Bridge. All work will happen overnight.

The posts help make the center line, which separates the northbound and southbound lanes, more visible. Installing the posts is a near-term safety improvement while we work with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to plan a larger, long-term corridor safety project. People driving are encouraged to take alternate routes and to maintain a safe speed if driving through the work zone. 

  • From 10:00 p.m. on Friday, June 4 to 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 5, We’ll close the two middle lanes of the SR 99 Aurora Bridge to mark where the vertical posts will be installed on the bridge the following weekend. People driving are advised to maintain a safe speed if driving through the work zone. 
  • From 10:00 p.m. on Friday, June 11 to 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 12, We’ll close the four middle lanes of the bridge to install the vertical posts. This will leave a single lane open in both directions. To minimize impacts, this closure is scheduled to coincide with a planned closure of the SR 99 Tunnel in downtown Seattle for routine maintenance.  
  • Details here.https://sdotblog.seattle.gov/2021/06/03/travel-advisory-plan-ahead-for-lane-reductions-on-state-route-99-aurora-bridge-overnight-on-june-4-and-june-11/

Give feedback on curbspace & parking changes near the new Northgate Station

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Posted: May 27, 2021

In preparation for new travel patterns around the new Northgate, Roosevelt, and the University District (U District) stations, Seattle Department of Transportation is proposing updates to on-street parking near each of the stations. 

Northgate: Add two-hour time limits to nearby blocks where parking is currently unrestricted.  

Map of proposed curbspace changes around the new light rail station in Northgate

Time-limited parking helps increase access to businesses by ensuring turnover of parked cars. We’re proposing adding two-hour time-limited parking on 3rd Ave NE, 4th Ave NE, and NE 97th St. 

Proposed changes in both U District and Northgate areas: 

  • Changes will be made to bus stops that will affect on-street parking. 
  • Existing loading zones will be reviewed to ensure they are located along the block for efficient maneuvering for drivers. 
  • We’re able to install new 5 minute load zones for food priority if interested.  If you would like to request a new loading zone, please contact northgatelinkparking@seattle.gov.   
  • Survey:  Fill out a brief online survey by June 7, 2021   
  • Email: Email us at northgatelinkparking@seattle.gov  
  • Phone: Call us at (206) 305-8029 

Legislation to Preserve Mobile Home Parks

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Posted: May 13, 2021

Councilmembers Strauss and Juarez Announce Legislation to Preserve Mobile Home Parks, Save Senior Housing

SEATTLE – Councilmember Dan Strauss (District 6 – Northwest Seattle), Chair of the Land Use and Neighborhoods Committee, and Councilmember Debora Juarez (District 5 – North Seattle) unveiled a proposal on Wednesday that would preserve mobile home parks in Seattle and save this affordable housing option for our seniors. 

In 2019, the City Council heard from residents of Halcyon Mobile Home Park who were concerned that development pressures could displace this community of low-income seniors. In response, the City Council adopted an emergency moratorium on the redevelopment of mobile home parks. The legislation also called on City departments to develop long-term regulations by late 2019. 

Since 2019, the City Council has extended the moratorium three times while awaiting a proposal for long-term regulations. The current moratorium will expire on July 10th. The legislation announced Wednesday by Councilmembers Juarez and Strauss would implement long-term regulations and replace the current moratorium. 

The legislation would establish a new mobile home park overlay district to preserve the last two mobile home parks left in Seattle. The overlay district would impose new development standards, including: 

  • Limit residential uses to mobile homes and mobile home parks; 
  • Establish height and setback limitations consistent with the current mobile home parks; 
  • Require the provision of residential amenity areas, such as outdoor or indoor recreational areas, when 25% or more of a site is redeveloped; 
  • Establish minimum and maximum residential densities of at least 1 unit per 5,000 square feet and no more than 1 unit per 2,400 square feet; and, 
  • Allow some commercial uses but limit the size of those uses to a maximum floor area ratio (FAR) of 2 and a maximum size of 5,000 square feet. 

This new overlay would expire after thirty years, allowing for the long-term preservation of these homes and creating predictability for future residents. Additionally, the legislation adds this area to the Office of Housing’s affirmative marketing and community preference policy, which provides opportunities for displaced residents to return to affordable housing in the neighborhood. 

There are currently only two mobile home parks left in Seattle: the Halcyon and the Bella Bee, located next to each other in the Haller Lake neighborhood. The loss of these mobile home parks could mean the permanent end of a long-time affordable housing option in our community. 

“This legislation aims to protect basic human dignity”, says Councilmember Debora Juarez. “Without Council action, potentially 80 seniors could be displaced, many of whom are recovering from an illness or living with a disability. Tumwater, Bothell and Kenmore, among other jurisdictions, have all passed similar protections because it’s clear cities have a vested interest in preserving mobile home parks as some of the last affordable housing available. We must act when there is an opportunity to keep our seniors housed because everyone should have access to a safe, healthy, and affordable home.” 

“When I was growing up, you could get a job at the Sunset Bowl in Ballard and afford to buy a house and spend the rest of your life in Seattle,” Strauss said. “Today, it is increasingly hard for middle-class families to afford to live here. There are only two mobile home parks left in Seattle, and they provide rare affordable housing for seniors in a vibrant, close-knit community. If we want Seattle to remain a city that all ages and incomes can call home, it is important that we preserve these mobile home parks.” 

Strauss continued: “My grandmother lived in a 55+ mobile home park and it allowed her to age in place in a community she knew. These communities allow people to purchase affordable homes, even if they don’t own the land under them and this legislation ensures land won’t be sold out from underneath our seniors. I am glad to be working with Councilmember Juarez to finally bring a long-term solution after many years of discussion.” 

The Halcyon MHPark Home Owners’ Association Board of Directors released the following statement in response to the legislation:  

“The proposed Land Use Overlay regarding the property on which the last two Mobile Home Parks in Seattle sit is welcomed with great enthusiasm by the Home Owners Association of Halcyon Manufactured Housing Community.  We have been working on this for 2 ½ years, amidst so many crises that our City government has faced, especially the past year and a half. We want to thankCouncilmembers Juarez and Strauss …who have helped shepherd this much-needed protection of this affordable housing for Seattle’s Seniors and working families.  Bringing a little bit more balance between the rights and needs of lower income homeowners and the rights and needs of land owner-investors is a BIG step forward in protecting existing housing and the people who live here.” 

The Land Use and Neighborhoods Committee received an initial briefing on the proposal on Wednesday morning. The Committee will hold a public hearing and possible vote on Wednesday, May 26th at 9:30am. The Full City Council is expected to consider the legislation on Tuesday, June 1st. 

 

 

Register Yourself and Your Community for a Vaccine Appointment

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Posted: April 27, 2021

Thousands of Appointments Available This Week

Our region and state continue to make incredible progress on vaccinations. As of April 23, an estimated 61.5 percent of Seattle residents have begun the vaccination process, and 34.7 percent are fully vaccinated. This week, the City received 52,000 vaccinations from the county, state, and federal level, which is our largest allocation to-date. If this level of supply and demand continues in Seattle, we could vaccinate 70 percent of our workers and residents by the end of May.

Even with supply breaking loose, the City can’t end this pandemic alone – we need your help. If you haven’t already been vaccinated, sign up for a vaccination appointment today at any of the four City-affiliated sites at Lumen Field, North Seattle, Rainier Beach, and West Seattle.

Details are below:

If you have already been vaccinated, be a good neighbor and help your friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers get vaccinated by sharing this link throughout your communities. To end this pandemic – and soon – we need to share registration opportunities far and wide: To our workforce, our neighborhood, and our friends and families. If you have any questions, the City encourages you to review our “What to Expect” website.

And if you know someone 60 or older who hasn’t been vaccinated, take them to our hubs in Rainier Beach and West Seattle, and you’ll both get vaccinated without an appointment. You can find more information on our new Good Neighbor walk-in program here.  

Vaccines save lives. With more variants in our community, you can protect your health and the health of your family by getting vaccinated.

If you’re unable to book an appointment this week, you can sign up for the City’s notification list and get notified via email as soon as appointments are available at any of the four City-affiliated sites.

For more information, including the notification list, visit the City’s vaccination website at www.seattle.gov/vaccine. The site contains vaccination information in seven languages, and in-language assistance is also available over the phone.

Even as more residents get vaccinated, public health measures like social distancing, wearing a mask, and washing your hands remain critical. Please continue to follow all public health guidance, and visit this website from Public Health – Seattle & King County for more information.

Earth Week is Here

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Posted: April 20, 2021

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Seattle Parks and Recreation is celebrating Earth Day and Month with a week of virtual and in-person activities to connect people to the planet and each other. Join us!

Visit www.seattle.gov/parks/earthweek to learn about the latest Earth Week activities! 

One of the many activities is a guided nature walk at Carkeek Park:

Naturalist Nature Walk: Visit Carkeek Park from10:00 – 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 24 for a Nature Walk with SPR’s Environmental Education staff.

The full story of activities is at this link.

Play street permits are back

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Posted: April 9, 2021

As of last week, play street permits are back – just in time for Earth Day fun on April 22nd! This comes after nearly a year-long hiatus in issuing these permits on account of the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis. 

With our free play street permit, you can open your street for exercise and fun and limit vehicle traffic up to 3 days a week, for a maximum of 12 hours per week during daylight hours. Learn all about play street permits and how to apply for one.  

With a free play street permit, you can open streets for neighbors to get outside to walk, roll, exercise and play by closing non-arterial streets to through traffic.  

  • Play street closures may be up to one block long and must not include an intersection.  
  • To help keep Seattle moving, we’re unable to issue play street permits on streets with bus routes. 
  • For everyone’s safety, play streets may operate between 9:00 AM – dusk or 9:00 PM (whichever is earlier) including setup/cleanup.  

Broadview Garden Club Plant Sale

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Posted: March 29, 2021

The Broadview Garden Club Plant Sale, typically held the first Sat. in May at the Broadview Thompson school, will not be held this year. However, like last year, a few member will hold plant sales at their homes. I will post sale dates and locations and we get them organized. I’m happy to announce that the first sale is next weekend!

Date: April 3rd and 4th Time: 9 am to 5 pm Location: 12001 11th Ave NW

We will have the plants spread out for perusing, each marked with a price. We won’t have a cashier however a payment box will be available, cash or checks are accepted. Please keep social distancing in mind. Here are a few plants available, but we have many more so stop by: Cyclamen, sarcaccocoa, phlox, lilac, Trillium, mondo grass, phlomis.

The garden club appreciates your support! The money collected by the club is in turn donated to local schools, domestic violence shelters and local gardens like Dunn Garden, Jimi Hendrix Park and Plant Amnesty.

A look back: Follow the Ballard Brick Road

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Updated: March 29, 2021

By William Murray

Recently a hiker in Carkeek Park stopped to ponder the trail names and asked about the history of the Clay Pit and Brick Road Trail. Dale Johnson, an avid hiker and Carkeek Park trail builder, replied. “The clay pit where the clay for the brick factory came from is on the west side of the Clay Pit Trail a little way uphill from where it starts at the Airplane Field parking lot.  We named the Brick Road Trail that because bricks stick up through the surface.  It was originally a road to some buildings where the trail intersects the Hillside Trail, where the road builders used brick debris to build up the grade of the road. There are also bricks sticking up through the side of the park road above the Y in the road, likely from brick debris used to build up the road bed. ” 

 

 

Black and white photocopy of original faded photo of Ballard Brick Yards, located where Carkeek Park is today. Owned & operated by George Orovitz family (immigrants from Czeckoslovakia). Large brick structure with three chimneys. Courtesy of Ballard Historical Society archives.

 

For many years starting in the late 1800s, bricks were manufactured at the Ballard Brick yard located in what is now Carkeek Park. The devastating fire of 1889 in downtown Seattle spawned the opening of many new brickyards as demand exploded for fireproof building material. The process of creating bricks uses clay as raw material that is first prepared, formed, and dried. The firing of clay bricks is then performed through hacking, heating, burning, cooling, and de-hacking. The mineral content of the clay would determine the brick’s color—clays rich with iron oxide would turn reddish. 

At the turn of the last century Broadview was home to large farms settled by families such as the Pipers from Germany and the Bauers who came from North Dakota in 1889. Joe Bauer grew up on the family’s strawberry farm at 125th and 12th Ave NW and worked at the Ballard brickyards. Jim Bauer remembered that just for fun, children who lived near the Brickyard used to bake bread in the kilns that remained hot long after closing time. The brickyard was destroyed by a severe winter storm in 1916. 

Source: Recollections from Broadview/Bitter Lake Community History [1995]

Ballard bricks were used in many local construction projects and can still be found today in salvage yards. These bricks owned by the author are 3” thick and  each weigh close to 8 lbs.!

 

Seattle Parks and Recreation to Offer Summer School-Age Childcare Camps

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Posted: March 25, 2021

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Camps for children ages 5-12 will be offered at 17 locations.

 Scholarships available; registration opens April 20.

As more businesses prepare to open and more parents return to work, Seattle Park and Recreation will offer full-day weekly summer childcare camps for children ages 5-12. Registration opens on Tuesday, April 20, and weekly sessions will be offered beginning June 28 through August 27. Program hours have been expanded to 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. to better meet family needs.

Program fees are higher than a normal year due to the additional costs of operating within COVID-19 guidelines. This includes lower staff-to-child ratios, lower capacity to ensure proper social distancing, cohort groupings, space limitations, and expanded hours to meet the needs of parents returning to work. Fees are $390 per week for full-day (7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.) Monday-Friday care; scholarships are available for qualifying families.

Programs will be located at community centers and other sites throughout the city and will be open to children ages 5-12. Programs will consist of engaging activities taking place both indoors and outdoors, and adhere to current public health guidelines regarding providing childcare with social distancing practices.  

Health screening will be required for all participants and staff. Anyone showing symptoms of illness or has had exposure to a person with a confirmed case of COVID-19 will not be allowed to attend program until well and not showing any symptoms of illness or 14 days have passed in the case of exposure.  For more information on health screenings and requirements please contact lori.chisholm@seattle.gov. 

Programs will open for children at: 

West Seattle 

  • Alki Community Center 
  • Delridge Community Center 
  • High Point Community Center 
  • South Park Community Center 

Central Seattle 

  • Queen Anne Community Center
  • Yesler Community Center 
  • Garfield Community Center  

Northeast Seattle 

  • Meadowbrook Community Center)
  • Montlake Community Center 
  • Northgate Community Center 
  • Ravenna Eckstein at Wedgewood Elementary

Northwest Seattle 

  • Magnolia Community Center
  • Ballard Community Center
  • Bitter Lake Community Center (Annex) 

Southeast Seattle 

  • Rainier Beach Community Center 
  • Rainier Community Center 
  • Van Asselt Community Center 

Registration will open on April 20 by phone (206-684-5177) or online. It is our goal to provide accessible and safe summer childcare opportunities that supports families and children. Information on scholarships is available here.

Broadview Thomson PreK-8 Parent Teacher Association Auction

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Posted: March 24, 2021

Auction

The Casino Royale: Bet on Broadview auction takes place March 22 – March 27.  Register today to bid on some amazing packages. All proceeds support grade-level experiences, the food program, teacher grants, the library, and more. 

Register here.

Broadview Thomson PreK-8 Parent Teacher Association
The mission of the Broadview Thomson PK-8 (BTPK8) PTA is to support our highly diverse students and community by advocating for and helping to provide a rich learning environment designed to support the academic and social achievement of every student. Our goal for the past several years has been to continue to build school pride and spirit. We do this by engaging parents and families in our school community, highlighting the attributes of being a PK-8 school, investing financial and volunteer resources in our school, and strengthening our communications efforts.
 

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