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Community groups encouraged to partner with Seattle Parks and Recreation on facility expansions and improvements

January 16, 2016 by NWFacts Leave a Comment

Seattle Parks and RecsSeattle Parks and Recreation encourages community groups to apply for funding from the Major Projects Challenge Fund. The Seattle Park District funding initiative will provide up to $1.6 million per year as a match to fund a significant improvement or expansion to an existing Seattle Parks and Recreation facility. To apply for the funding match any community group can submit a two page proposal letter that outlines their project and funding needs. The application letters are due on March 31, 2016.
“The Seattle community showed their support of Seattle Parks and Recreation by passing the Seattle Park District,” said Jesús Aguirre, Seattle Parks and Recreation Superintendent. “This funding initiative provides a great avenue for us to partner with community groups to expand and improve our park and recreation facilities. We want to be responsive to the needs of the community today and build a strong Seattle Parks and Recreation for future generations.”

This initiative supports building a strong and healthy Seattle Parks and Recreation. It allows Seattle Parks and Recreation to be more responsive to community project proposals and to partner with community groups by providing matching funds. Often, the City is asked to provide financial support to major capital development projects that focus on parks and recreation and no funding is available. The Major Project Challenge Fund will provide City funding to leverage funding generated by others for renovation of our facilities.

An application process will prioritize community-initiated projects that have a parks-and-recreation mission, encourage public access, leverage non-City funds, and are on a Seattle Parks and Recreation property and/or a Seattle Parks and Recreation owned facility. Other criteria that the projects must meet are listed below. The 2007 renovation of the Mount Baker Rowing and Sailing Center in partnership with the Mount Baker Boating Advisory Council is an example of a major project which would have been considered for the Major Projects Challenge Fund.

A portion of funding from the Major Projects Challenge Fund will be allocated to assist diverse communities and organizations that lack resources for a match. Groups that are unable to identify any match should contact David Graves, at [email protected] or 206-684-7048. Mr. Graves will help the group with the funding process and help identify funding source(s) for submitting the application.

Approved by voters in 2014, the Seattle Park District provides more than $47 million a year in long-term funding for Seattle Parks and Recreation including maintenance of parklands and facilities, operation of community centers and recreation programs, and development of new neighborhood parks on previously acquired sites. 2016 is the first full year of implementation and will include funding to tackle the $267-million major maintenance backlog; and will fund the improvement and rehabilitation of community centers; preservation of the urban forest; major maintenance at the Aquarium and Zoo; day-to-day maintenance of parks and facilities; more recreation opportunities for people from underserved communities, programs for young people, people with disabilities, and older adults; development of new parks; and acquisition of new park land. For more information, please visit http://www.seattle.gov/parks/projects/ParkDistrict/default.htm.

For more information please and funding criteria visit http://www.seattle.gov/parks/projects/ParkDistrict/default.htm or contact David Graves, 206-684-7048 or [email protected]

Funding Criteria

a. Is it on Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) owned property and/or a SPR owned facility?
Rationale: Since the funds come through the Park District, they should be spent directly on SPR property and/or an SPR owned facility. Also, SPR will manage the project.

b. Is it an identified capital need at a park or park facility that is lacking in funding; is it a large scale project that may be funded from a variety of public and private funding sources with a total construction cost estimated to be in excess of $2 million? It should be a single project such as building renovation or expansion, or a facility improvement.
Rationale: There are other City funding sources such as the Neighborhood Matching funds available for smaller projects. The idea is that this funding should go to a significant project that improves or expands an existing facility. What is important is that the project be significant enough to provide long term value to the greater community.

c. What is the match? How does the project leverage or have the potential to leverage other resources through the actions of other public agencies, funding from public, private or philanthropic partners, and/or in-kind contributions of time and energy from citizen volunteers?

Rationale: For the actual construction phase of the project, the Major Project Challenge Fund should be leveraged with a 50% match but the match amount could be less and/or provided by other than a monetary match. Ideally, the applicant would be able to raise 50% (or more) of the project cost and the fund would fill the gap to bring the project up to 100% funding. There may be situations where there is significant community support for a project but the applicant doesn’t have the resources and/or connections to provide the full 50/50 match. In those situations, this criterion is intended to be flexible in setting a target goal for a match, but not an absolute requirement. There may also be situations where the applicant is unable to identify any match. In those situations, it may be up to SPR staff to step in and help the community with the funding process. If no other funding sources are identified during the initial submittal, it will be incumbent on staff to work with the applicant on funding in advance of submitting the formal application.

For the initial phase of planning and design where SPR would make smaller amounts available in the range of $20,000 – $50,000 for planning and/or design work, there still should be some sort of match. The percentage and form of the match could be more flexible at this initial phase to get a project ready to apply for the larger construction amount.

d. Does the project demonstrate a high degree of community support or involvement as demonstrated through a public review process and/or is the project consistent with approved plans, such as a neighborhood, community council or other recent planning documents?
Rationale: We are looking to fill an established/identified need at a particular facility. Ideally the project would have been previously identified in some prior planning work done by Parks or another government agency, or the community through a community process. A newly identified need/project could be considered, but the proposal will likely have more support if the project fills a long standing gap/need.

e. Does the project serve an underserved community?

Rationale: Parks has a commitment to racial equity and social justice. This funding is an opportunity to target improvement(s) to SPR facilities in underserved communities where there is an identified need but no or limited funding sources. These areas deserve special consideration if our goal is to provide equal access to all. SPR staff will be working to ensure that all communities are aware of this funding program and are provided the resources necessary to identify projects and prepare a competitive application. SPR staff will work with underserved communities during the initial application stage to establish a recommended match that will be vetted by the oversight committee. The match could be other funding source(s) or something else such as donated services.

f. Does the proposal restore or significantly extend the life of a current park or facility?

Rationale: In keeping with the “fix it first” mantra of the Park District, we are looking for projects that make improvements to existing facilities. The purpose of this challenge funding is not to undertake new capital projects but to make improvements to or expansion of existing parks or facilities.

g. What potential effects does the project have on the City’s maintenance and operating costs?

Rationale: We will want to see how the proposed improvement/expansion impacts our maintenance and operating costs at the subject facility. Part of the review of any proposal will be SPR staff determination of potential added facility costs. SPR staff is better suited than any awardee to undertake this detailed analysis and it should be part of the proposal/application review. That said, the initial funding request should include a rough order of magnitude of the additional maintenance and operating costs of an improved/expanded facility; i.e., what are existing costs and what are costs anticipated to be with the expanded or renovated facility. These costs could shift as a design evolves and thus just serve as a baseline in reviewing any proposed application.
h. What is the overall benefit of the project to the community?

Rationale: We will want to see the project and hence the expenditure benefit as many people as possible.

Filed Under: Community, Northwest

Community invited to provide input regarding 2 Ballard area park renovations

January 16, 2016 by Dennis Beaver Leave a Comment

Seattle Parks and Recs

Seattle Parks and Recreation invites the community to a meeting on Monday, January 25, 2016 at the Ballard Community Center, 6020 28th Ave NW, from 6:30 – 8 p.m. to review schematic designs and provide input on play equipment for two play areas in Ballard. Seattle Parks and Recreation is renovating Webster Park play area located at 3025 NW 68th St and Gilman Playground play area located at 923 NW 54th St.

These projects will replace the play equipment, provide access improvements and improve other features at the parks. Seattle Parks and Recreation’s in-house landscape architect and project manager will present the designs and gather community input. Thank you to everyone who attended the meeting at the Ballard Farmers Market in November and provided initial input on play area designs.

For information about the projects please visit http://www.seattle.gov/parks/projects/gilman_pg/ or http://www.seattle.gov/parks/projects/webster/. If you have questions about the projects or would like to request special meeting accommodations please contact Katie Bang, Capital Projects Coordinator at 206-684-9286 or

The projects are funded by the Seattle Park District. Approved by voters in 2014, the Seattle Park District provides more than $47 million a year in long-term funding for Seattle Parks and Recreation including maintenance of parklands and facilities, operation of community centers and recreation programs, and development of new neighborhood parks on previously acquired sites. 2016 is the first full year of implementation and will include funding to tackle the $267-million major maintenance backlog; and will fund the improvement and rehabilitation of community centers; preservation of the urban forest; major maintenance at the Aquarium and Zoo; day-to-day maintenance of parks and facilities; more recreation opportunities for people from underserved communities, programs for young people, people with disabilities, and older adults; development of new parks; and acquisition of new park land.

Filed Under: Community News, Northwest

Seattle City Light Statement on Video Surveillance Equipment

January 16, 2016 by Dennis Beaver Leave a Comment

 

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SEATTLE – Recent media coverage regarding law enforcement video cameras that have been installed on Seattle City Light utility poles noted that City Light had access to a video feed from some of the cameras in 2011. Interim General Manager and CEO Jim Baggs issued the following statement regarding the cameras and City Light’s use of the video feed from 2011 to 2012.

“In 2011, one law enforcement agency provided City Light with access to the video feed from some of its cameras in an area where restaurants had been dumping grease into underground utility vaults. Grease in a vault can damage electrical equipment, creates a hazard for our workers and increases operating costs,” Baggs said. “The utility stopped using the video feed in 2012. City Light has no intention of using any similar access to law enforcement surveillance video in the future. The utility continues to use its own video monitoring for security purposes at its substations, hydroelectric dams and other facilities. All cameras at those locations comply with city ordinances as will any new cameras that we might install in the future.”

In 2015, City Light participated in the development of the City of Seattle’s Privacy Program, which resulted in the creation of six privacy principles that will guide City employees in the collection and handling of the public’s personal information and established a review process for new privacy-impacting technology and data collection processes. The City is currently hiring a Chief Privacy Officer and will launch its Privacy Program in 2016.

Seattle City Light is the 10th largest public electric utility in the United States. It has some of the lowest cost customer rates of any urban utility, providing reliable, renewable and environmentally responsible power to about 750,000 Seattle area residents. City Light has been greenhouse gas neutral since 2005, the first electric utility in the nation to achieve that distinction.

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Filed Under: News, Northwest, Politics

3rd Annual State of Africatown

January 16, 2016 by Dennis Beaver Leave a Comment

The 3rd Annual State of Africatown will be held on January 16th, 2016 at Langston Hughes Performing
The 3rd Annual State of Africatown will be held on January 16th, 2016

The 3rd Annual State of Africatown will be held tomorrow Saturday January 16, 10am-1pm at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute and will feature presentations on the accomplishments of the last year as well as vision, opportunities and challenges facing our community in 2016.

Featured speakers and present include:

  • Mistress of Ceremony – Dr. Renee McCoy
  • Lift Every Voice and Sing – Kimberly Dunn and Audience
  • Former State Rep. Dawn Mason , Convener, Opening
  • Dr. Girma Ayele, Co-Convener, Welcome
  • Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute
  • Sandra Boas-DuPree, Operations & Development Manager, Host
  • Black Community Impact Alliance, Evelyn Allen & Jaebadiah Gardner
  • Central Area Senior Center – Dian Ferguson, Director
  • First Place Student Performance
  • Blackout/EPIC – Senait Brown
  • Seattle King County NAACP – Sheley Secrest
  • Cultural Innovation: Black Dot – Aramis Hamer
  • Historic Central Area Arts & Culture District – Steve Sneed
  • State of Africatown – K. Wyking Garrett
  • Mayor Edward B. Murray
  • Michael Charles representing King County Executive Dow Constantine
  • Seattle City Councilmember, Kshama Sawant, District 3
  • Seattle City Council President, Bruce Harrell, District 2
  • Reception to follow

Additional confirmed attendees include:

Seattle City Council Members:

  • Lisa Herbold, District 1
  • Debora Juarez, District 5
  • Mike O’Brien, District 6
  • Tim Burgess, At Large Pos. 8
  • Lorena Gonzales, At Large Pos. 9

Renton City Council Member Ed Prince
King County Council Members:

  • Jeanne Kohl-Welles
  • Larry Gossett

State Representatives:

  • Brady Walkingshaw (D 43rd)
  • Sharon Santos (D 37th)

Register to attend here.

Filed Under: African American, Community, Community News, News

Go Hawks!

January 16, 2016 by Dennis Beaver Leave a Comment

imageSouth Seattle College’s Northwest Wine Academy students show their Blue Friday pride.
Mayor Murray entered into a friendly wager with Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts ahead of Sunday’s NFC Divisional Playoff game between the Seattle Seahawks and Carolina Panthers. Sunday’s game marks the second consecutive year the two teams have met in the Divisional round, with the Seahawks winning last year 31-17.

If the Seahawks beat the Panthers, Mayor Roberts will send Mayor Murray barbeque from Mac’s Speed Shop, beer from The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery, and salted caramel brownies from Amelie’s French Bakery. If the Panthers defeat the Seahawks, Mayor Murray will send beer from Pike Brewing, wine from the South Seattle College’s Northwest Wine Academy, and Chinese barbeque from Kau Kau in the Chinatown-International District.

Sunday’s game kicks off at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte at 10:05 a.m. Pacific time.

Filed Under: Professional, Sports

Mayor commemorates MLK Day at City Hall, Mt. Zion Church

January 16, 2016 by Dennis Beaver Leave a Comment

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This week, City Hall hosted its second annual MLK Jr. Unity event, featuring exhibits, workshops, a reading by the City’s first Civic Poet, Claudia Castro Luna, and musical performances by vocalists Pat Wright and Josephine Howell. The Mayor also spoke at the 43rd annual MLK Community Celebration at Mt. Zion Baptist Church.

 

 

Filed Under: Community, Community News, Featured Stories

In Loving Memory of Robert Lee Hall III

January 16, 2016 by Dennis Beaver Leave a Comment

imageRobert Lee Hall III, Bobby, was born on January 11, 1948 in Seattle, Washington to Robert and Delores Hall. He was born at the same time his mom’s sister Lucille was giving birth to his cousin Leon Hendrix.
Bobby was a part of the upward bound program that he credits to his success in being the first African American to graduate in Chemical Engineering from the University of Washington.
He was preceded in death by his son, Landon S. Hall; his sister Julia Julien, his mother, Delores Hamm, and his father, Robert L. Hall. He is survived by his children, Marcus Hall, Dustin Hall, Jason Hall, Shawn Hall, Meleah Hall and Seattleite Satellite; his sisters Roberta Langworthy and Delores Bundy; his brother, Edward Hall and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, and grand kids. Complete obituary and guestbook on-line at http://www.funerals.coop

Filed Under: Obituaries

Learning more than cosmetology … Learn what it really takes to be a cosmetologist … JKinlow School of Barbering & Cosmetology

January 13, 2016 by Dennis Beaver 1 Comment

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In today’s economic climate and highly competitive job market even those with multiple degrees and years of experience are struggling to find work. For those who have faced challenges in life, these circumstances create an even greater barrier to self-sustainability and success. Jason Kinlow, a Tacoma native, Master Barber and 20 year veteran in the Beauty Industry, feels that everyone deserves a chance to be successful. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Barbershops, Beauty, Salons, Uncategorized

BEST Fish & Chip IN The EMERALD CITY

January 12, 2016 by Dennis Beaver 2 Comments

stevieStevie Allen opened Emerald City Fish & Chips on Seattle’s Rainier Avenue the day after Christmas in 2009. Since then his tasty, blue ribbon, southern recipes have delighted thousands of fans who line up to feast on his Alaskan cod, halibut, catfish and salmon dishes. His menu offers something for everyone.

Growing up Stevie observed and assisted his Southern raised Grandmother with her cooking. His menu offers a sampling of his childhood recipes combined with a Northwest twist.

Enjoy crab puppies with just the right amount of spice, sweet potato fries with spicy tartar & garlic vinegar, juicy gourmet burgers, perfectly seasoned oysters & prawns, a variety of po’boy sandwiches, chowder and salad.

Located in the Rainier valley with easy access from Interstate 5 and Interstate 90, it’s worth the drive to experience Emerald City Fish & Chips!

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3756 Rainier Avenue Seattle, WA 98144  206-760-FISH (3474)
Free Parking

Filed Under: Food, Restaurant Reviews

Act Now For Washington Students

January 12, 2016 by Dennis Beaver Leave a Comment

unnamed-5The Black Education Strategy Roundtable (BESR) just signed the petition, “Washington State Senate, Washington State House, Washington State Legislature: Act Now For Washington Students.”

The BESR think this is important. Will you sign it too?

Here’s the link:

http://www.change.org/p/washington-state-senate-washington-state-house-washington-state-legislature-act-now-for-washington-students

Filed Under: Community, Community News, Featured Stories

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