Edgemoor
Neighborhood National Night Out Against Crime
Tuesday,
August 2nd
8
- 11 PM
Bayside
Swimming Club
8
-9 PM Booths! Food!
Fun!
9
-11 PM Neighborhood Swim!
(Parking
in parking lots reserved for pool members until 9 PM)
Click
Here to learn more about National Night Out Against Crime
Next
ENA Monthly Meeting - This
is a Board Meeting, but Edgemoor Residents are welcome to attend
Thursday,
August 4, 2005, Fairhaven Park Pavilion, 7-9 PM
Board
Meeting Agenda
Minutes
of the July 7th ENA Meeting
ENA
President's Update
I
certainly hope everyone is having a wonderful summer and enjoying the
weather. Don’t we live in a
great place!
Well,
by what I am hearing, the 1st annual ENA picnic was a huge
success with a great turn out and people having fun and getting to know
each other. I want to commend
all and thank the Hospitality Committee and volunteers for all the work
that went into putting this event together.
Great job.
The door hangers were a great touch.
I
am sure you found last month’s meeting very informative regarding
development of the Fairhaven Highlands project.
We certainly appreciate Responsible Development speaking at that
meeting. Please feel free to
let us know your feelings about this development and the ideas presented
by Responsible Development.
As
some of you already know, one of our Safety Committee Chairs has stepped
down due to family reasons. We
want to thank Donna for all her efforts and contributions to the safety of
our neighborhood. We wish her
well. Thank you, Donna.
Lastly
and very importantly, let’s have another great turnout and show our
support for National Night Out Against Crime
August 2nd at the Bayside Swimming Club – 8:00 to 11:00 pm.
Let’s make our neighborhood safe, crime free and let’s to get
to know each other.
Respectfully,
Niall
Hackett, Interim President
Edgemoor
Neighborhood Representative
Sherry
Miller (Gustafson)TIME
FLIES...
It
is almost August and for many of us life moves too fast.
We are juggling busy schedules and need to be reminded that it is
okay to take a moment to relax. Summer
is here. The days are long and
at times should be lazy. It is
a good season to visit with friends, sit outside, catch up on reading, and
enjoy the garden.
Think
about what you love about where you live.
While searching for something to read (outside if possible)
consider the Comprehensive
Plan. If it is important
to preserve whatever it is you love about Edgemoor then become informed
and involved. Sherry Miller
and Brad Rose would like to hear your thoughts and comments concerning the
plan. So grab a lemonade, a
copy of the Comprehensive Plan, and a seat in the shade…napping
occasionally is allowed!
ENA
Committee Highlights
Communications
Committee
Sandie,
Lauri, Diane and I just want to thank all of you who helped us distribute
the door hangers inviting our members to our 1st annual ENA
picnic. Personally I had a wonderful time walking the neighborhood
which I do a few times a week but you do get a different perspective when
you actually walk up to each home’s door. There are some lovely hidden
retreats that homeowners in our neighborhood have created that you don’t
have a chance to enjoy from the road. I found our neighbors so
friendly and excited to hear about ENA. Thanks to Sandie and her great
idea of door hangers we were able to reach everyone in our neighborhood
and let them know about our organization. I hope that all of you who
helped us met some new neighbors and enjoyed your tour of the neighborhood
as much as I did.
Committee Chair, Kathy Kaiser
Growth
and Land Use Committee
ENA
Growth and Land Use Committee Report - This
month the ENA Growth and Land Use Committee spent a lovely Tuesday evening
walking throughout Fairhaven stopping at all development sites that are
Proposed, Under Review, Approved or Under Construction.
In all we surveyed 17 distinct sites of varying size and purpose.
I feel that is was a success and will plan on conducting another
such an outing in the future.
There
are a couple of land use issues of interest for this report - More detail
and links to the full notices follow this report.
1.
The Hearing Examiner's review of the proposed 10,279 sq. ft
single family home at 826 Briar Road - (The newly opened Madrona Point
North sub-division). The
10,279 sq. ft. is up from the 8,554 sq ft. that was stated in the original
application. This meeting will
take place on Wednesday July 27, 2005 at 7:00 in the City Council
Chambers.
2.
A Substantial Shoreline development Permit was submitted by
the U.S. Coast Guard, requesting to build a 120-foot long pier adjacent to
the Cruise Terminal.
3.
The Planning Department will hold a public hearing to
address a proposal to increase the density of Units/Sq. ft and allow
Office space at the property located at 1314 Old Fairhaven Pkwy
That’s
about all to report this month. Get
out and enjoy what makes this place the best on earth.
Brad
Rose
CUP2005-00007
826 Briar Road
Hearing
Examiners Meeting Wednesday July 27, 2005
CUP2005-00007:
Request for a Conditional Use Permit to construct an oversized
single-family residence with a total floor area of approximately 10,279
square feet on a 35,151 square foot lot. The property is located at 826
Briar Road and legally described as Lot 2, Madrona Pointe North S.P. Rob
Eiford owner/applicant; Ali Taysi, contact person. Residential Single,
Detached Land Use Designation. Edgemoor Neighborhood, Areas 7 and 4.
View
Hearing Examiner's Agenda At:
http://www.cob.org/cob/helog.nsf/31a020fa71092a7088256c6300830f3b/24d9a041d0a197d18825703d00629bf4?OpenDocument
View
original CUP2005-0007 Application at:
http://www.cob.org/cob/Pubnot.nsf/frmWeb/F0B591B5F3EABB8D8825700300588D66?OpenDocument
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SHR2005-00004 400 Harris Avenue
NOTICE
OF APPLICATION
AND OPTIONAL DNS PROCESS
FOR
SHORELINE MANAGEMENT SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT
The
written public comment period will end on August 17, 2005.
Notice
is hereby given that the City of Bellingham has received an application
for a Shoreline Substantial Development Permit, described as follows:
Project
description: Construction of a 10-foot wide by 120-foot long floating
concrete pier for moorage of an 87’ Coast Guard coastal patrol boat.
Said pier will be attached to an existing stub pier in Fairhaven. The pier
will be constructed of concrete with Styrofoam center and a gangway of
metal grating. Floating pier will be supported by six to eight
concrete-filled steel piles not greater than 24-inches in diameter. Pier
will cover an area of approximately 1,200 square feet of water surface.
Site Plan Attached.
Project
Location: Generally located at 400 Harris Avenue. Bellingham Bay –
Urban Maritime Shoreline Designation. Area 1B, Fairhaven Neighborhood,
Marine Industrial.
Project
Applicant: U.S. Coast Guard, Facilities Design & Construction
Center (Pacific). Contact: Tim Scott, 206-220-7360
Link:
http://www.cob.org/cob/Pubnot.nsf/frmWeb/8ABB0129C04350858825704400762F79?OpenDocument
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ZON2005-00001
1314 Old Fairhaven Pkwy
NOTICE
OF APPLICATION AND PUBLIC HEARING
The City of Bellingham Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on
August 11, 2005 at 7:00 P.M. in the City Council Chambers, 210 Lottie
Street, Bellingham, Washington, to take testimony a proposal at 1314 Old
Fairhaven Parkway (the southwest corner of 14th and Old Fairhaven Parkway)
to:
Amend
the Land Use Plan to add “Offices Allowed” to the underlying
Residential Multiple zoning, and increase the density from 2,000 to 1,500
square feet of lot area per unit. Legally Described as Lots 1-4, Block 26,
Fairhaven Land Company’s Second Add to Fairhaven, Fairhaven
Neighborhood-Area 9, AP# 370212 205580&212580. Applicants: Anne
Cantrell and Marta Brand, 3610 Meridian, 739-6105 or 734-3420.
Link:
http://www.cob.org/cob/Pubnot.nsf/frmWeb/B6F1E293F3FEF11F8825702E005CF321?OpenDocument
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Committee
Chair, Brad Rose
Hospitality
Committee
The
hospitality committee would like to thank everyone involved in making the
first ENA summer picnic a fun time for all. It was even the perfect
day to have a picnic and to splash in the water at Fairhaven Park.
About 80 neighbors were there enjoying the day and the event. We would
especially like to thank the people who were there to help. Sandie
ordered and brought a beautiful cake celebrating the first anniversary of
the ENA, and our husbands were all there helping to set everything up and
pack it all away again.
Thanks,
also, to everyone who took time out of their busy (sometimes hectic)
schedules to share food and conversation with their neighbors. All of
us in the hospitality committee feel it is very important to bring people
together so that we can share, enjoy, and support each other in
our neighborhood. We are excited about the opportunity to plan more
events like this in the future.
Now
that the picnic is behind us, we can put some energy into another
committee task: welcoming new neighbors. I have been collecting ideas, and
welcome any input that you may have about what form this should take. If
you have ever been welcomed into a new neighborhood and would like to
share positive (or negative) memories, please send an email to Laurie
Renne, Membership committee chair
Membership
Please
encourage your friends and neighbors to join the ENA. If you are not
already an ENA member and would like to join, visit the membership
page on the website for more information. To join ENA, send a check
for $15 (per member) along with your name, address, telephone number to
Edgemoor Neighborhood Association, PO Box 4420, Bellingham, WA 98227.
Include your email address if you wish to receive email notices from the
ENA.
Neighborhood
Safety Committee
National
Night Out Against Crime
On
Tuesday, August 2nd, from 8-9pm we will have chairs and tables set up in
the gravel parking lot at Bayside Swimming Club for residents to come and
meet their neighbors and ask any questions they may have about the Block
Watch Program from a police representative. Many blocks will be hosting
their first Block Watch meeting at this event.
This
is a potluck party, please bring your favorite dish for sharing, and your
own utensils and drinks; no alcohol is allowed. Please do not park
in the Bayside Pool parking lot from 8-9pm, but park on Willow Road only.
Once the pool closes at 9pm, we will move the party into the pool facility
and have use of the pool from 9-11pm.
Keep
Kids Alive, Drive 25
We
have “Keep Kids Alive, Drive 25” yard signs and window clings
available for purchase. You
may have seen them in the neighborhood already.
The signs are $15 and the window clings $3.
Please contact Veronica Douglas if you are interested.
Safety
Committee Chair: Veronica Douglas
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