March 27, 2019 Meeting
Summary
-- see also the
January 23, 2019 meeting summary
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Welcome and Introductions. Attendees:
Norah Robinson, King County Parks;
Greg Helland, FOMP President; Michael Hobbs, FOMP Secretary, webmaster;
Natasha Kacoroski, Eastside Audubon (EAS);
Laura Hall, Marymoor Community Gardeners
Association, FOMP Board;
Steve Guty,
MAR/C, FOMP Board; Collin Peterson AEG Live;
Katy Frasier, City of Redmond; Shane Berry, Seattle Event Solutions; Amy Dunn,
AEG Live;
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CIP/Project/Facilities
Updates:
- Birdloop
– EAS preparing a
Stewardship Plan.
Natasha in
cooperation with
Parks and the
BirdLoop team is
developing a
long-term plan with
a goal of trying to
make at least the
main Bird Loop ADA
accessible. Beyond
ADA accessibilty,
other plan goals
include finding
solutions for
human-caused erosion
and overuse along
the slough. Laura
recommended having
sighs/interpretation
about the work EAS
is doing. Greg
suggested that EAS
work with Parks on
identifying ADA
issues.
- Community
Gardens – water
is on, gardeners are
gardening. All
gardeners must be
actively gardening
by May 1; some are
already harvesting
vegetables grown in
cloches. Laura
brought up the
problem of
non-gardeners
parking in the
garden. Norah
suggested using
orange cones in all
the parking slots.
Garden members could
be educated to move
the cones and park,
replacing the cones
when they leave.
Natasha suggested
plantings, Michael
suggested a fence,
between the parking
lot and Pea Patch
Rd., to make the Pea
Patch seem more
exclusive.
- Maintenance
Items – Arborist
has done an
evaluation of trees
damaged by the
snow. Some trees
may be recommended
for trimming or
removal. Some of
the removal cases
may be able to be
left as trimmed
snags for habitat.
- Sound Transit
– Some
mitigation trees are
going in around the
mansion, others
around the rest of
the park; most of
the mitigation will
be south of the
Rowing Club. Some
groves will be
planted NE of the
concert area, and
that may change the
access to the
concert venue.
Planting will be in
2020 and 2021. Some
trees will be
planted in clusters
along the north edge
of the park, west of
the Velodrome. Greg
noted that some of
the trees along
Marymoor Way were
heavily damaged or
destroyed, and
should be considered
for replacement.
Norah mentioned that
there may be a
traffic circle being
installed, and
replanting may be
delayed because of
that.
The Osprey Nest
relocation is being
reconsidered. They
may decide to put
the platform in the
wetland north of
7-8-9 instead of the
location north of
Lot B (Cowboy Lot),
due to perceived
activity levels in
that parking lot.
Michael believes
things like
vibrations in the
parking lot would
NOT be a problem for
the Ospreys. The
wetland north of
7-8-9 would probably
also work, though it
is closer to the
potential 2nd nest
at the Bellevue
ballfield area.
- Cut-through
Traffic –
Cut-through traffic
– Norah is trying to
gain actual numbers
of cut-through
cars. Recent
tallies have been
1500-1800 cars on
weekday evenings!
The gamut of
possible solutions
were discussed
again. Colin
suggested closing
the park through
road during the
morning commute.
- Willowmoor
Floodplain
Restoration Project
– They are close to
making the proposal
to the “Flood
Control District”,
which is the King
County Council.
Things have been
complicated, since
anything that is
done could affect
seasonal lake
levels, which will
require full ESA
analysis for
salmon. Current
plan is to develop
the 30% design, and
pass it around to
all of the
stakeholders.
- Cottage ADA
Entrance –
Construction as soon
as permits ready -
Spring?
- Sewer project
– SRT will be
closed for an
extensive period of
time. In
mitigation, they are
proposing to to put
a sidewalk on the
north side of the
entrance bridge,
extending into the
roadway on the
bridge itself.
- Synthetic
Turf Replacement
– Fields 1 & 2
(Soccer 5 and 6)
June 15-August 15.
The turf needs to be
replaced about every
10 years. This
time, Cricket and
Unified Lacrosse
lines will be
included.
Dates were chosen
for best weather
conditions.
Our
next meeting will be on Wednesday,
April 24th, 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. |