April 24, 2019 Meeting
Summary
-- see also the
March 27, 2019 meeting summary
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Welcome and Introductions. Attendees:
Norah Robinson, King County Parks;
Michael Hobbs, FOMP Secretary, webmaster; Amy Dunn,
AEG Presents; Glenn Eades, Eastside Audubon, neighbor;
Marty Boggs City of Redmond Teen Center;
Samantha, also with the Teen Center
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CIP/Project/Facilities
Updates:
- Birdloop
Currently working
away from the East
Meadow now, to
protect nesting
species. Plenty of
other other sites
for work. EAS got a
Green Globe Award
from King County for
community groups and
individuals who are
active positively in
an environmental
context.
- Community
Gardens Two
ten-yard soil trucks
got got stuck in the
garden on the south
track of the garden.
It took a large tow
truck to get them
out. Ruts are still
there; luckily that
was south of the
irrigation lines.
Will be fixed in the
next week or so. As
a note, there are
two porta-potties in
their fenced
enclosure at the Pea
Patch, serviced
twice a week.
- Maintenance
Items
- Dennis
Burgart has left
KC Parks to move out
of state, so there
is a vacancy for the
head of Marymoor
maintenance.
For the meantime,
David Hennings will
be the Acting Parks
District Maintenance
Coordinator. Also,
Don Harig has been
the Parks District
Maintenance
Coordinator, but he
is in the process of
retiring. The new
manager is Nick
Halverson.
- Tree removal
The snow damaged
many trees. Many
have had to be
trimmed (sometimes
significantly), and
some had to be
removed. The
lightning tree
between the mansion
and the stage, was
turned into a
shortened snag. A
few trees may still
be removed or
trimmed, but most of
the post-snow tree
removal has been
completed.
- Velodrome
repairs some
cracks are currently
being fixed. Track
is closed
intermittently, with
a target date for
reopening of May 3.
- Sound Transit
- Wetland
mitigation ST
has submitted a
proposal for their
wetland mitigation.
They would The plan
calls for removal of
85 trees, which
Michael felt was
very unreasonable.
Norah will try to
set up a meeting
between the ST and
the Board to discuss
the the proposal.
- Osprey
relocation The
nest relocation will
proceed as
previously
described, despite
possibly requiring
permits every time
Parks wants to grade
the adjacent parking
lot.
- Cut-through
Traffic
Christy Cormier is
working on getting a
set of car counters
to count cars at ALL
of the entry/exit
road, as well as all
of the parking lot
entrances. There
will also be speed
tracking with
feedback to drivers
in an attempt to get
drivers to slow
down. On a related
subject, Michael
suggested an all-way
stop at the
intersection of
Marymoor Way, NE
65th St., and 176
Ave NE, at the east
exit of the park.
People speed through
there into and out
of the park, and
right-of-way is
confusing. This
could also
discourage
cut-through traffic.
- Willowmoor
Floodplain
Restoration Project
There will be a
meeting of the
Stakeholders
Advisory Committee
on May 16th, where
stakeholders will be
able to comment on
the proposed
alternatives.
- Cottage ADA
Entrance
Construction starts
June 23rd. During
construction, all
access to the office
will be via the rear
ramp.
- Synthetic
Turf Replacement
Fields 1 & 2
(Soccer 5 and 6)
June 3-August
15. The turf
needs to be replaced
about every 10
years. This
time, Cricket and
Unified Lacrosse
lines will be
included.
Our
next meeting will be on Wednesday,
May 22nd, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Art Barn
These notes do not constitute an official record of the
meeting. They may have inaccuracies and omissions. If anyone has
any complaints about the content of these notes, they should direct them to
Michael Hobbs at fomp@marymoor.org,
and he will endeavor to correct them. |