ENA Meeting Agenda
The Edgemoor Neighborhood Meeting on Sept. 6 will be a membership meeting. Amendments to the ENA bylaws were proposed at the August ENA meeting as outlined below. These amendments will need to be approved at the September meeting.
ENA Bylaws (with proposed amendments)
Edgemoor Neighborhood Survey Results
From a total of 949 questionnaires sent out 402 were completed and returned, which makes for a response rate of 42.4 %. This high response makes the survey statistically very significant. Thank you to Edgemoor residents who took the time to complete the survey. Your input will be helpful when updating the Edgemoor Neighborhood Plan in the coming months.
The results of the Edgemoor Neighborhood Survey are available in the following documents:
Mayor's Neighborhood Advisory Committee
MNAC: The Mayor's Neighborhood Advisory Commission met July 11th.
After informative reports from various neighborhoods we learned two news items from the City. Following earlier discussions on the possible need for liability insurance for neighborhood associations, we were provided with a quote on a group rate available through MNAC. For approximately $140 per association per year, each one could have $2,000,000 in coverage. We were told more information would follow via email to the Presidents and MNAC representatives.
The planning Department is embarking on a Development Code Project; its aim is to rewrite the Bellingham Municipal Code as it pertains to development to enhance predictability for all. Phase #1 will be to format and rearrange for clarity, and Phase #2 will be to look at what issues exist now that are creating problems in the community, then try address them and clean them up.
Read the latest issue of Just So You are Aware, a publication from the Mayor's Neighborhood Advisory Committee. This issue contains the following topics:
- Mayor Douglas appoints new Executive Director of the Whatcom Museum and new Administrative Officer
- School is starting: think safety!
- Historic preservation grant assistance for Lettered Streets, York, and South Hill
- South Hill historic home tour raises interest in preservation
- Planning and Community Development news — development code project, draft Shoreline Master Program, urban village for Old Town, Lettered Streets Plan Amendment
- National Night Out 2007 is a HUGE success!
- More on Map Your Neighborhood — Train the Trainer
- Q: What’s happening on Whatcom Creek? A: Many volunteers at work
- New climate protection web pages
- City partners with NWCAA at Northwest Washington Fair
- Libraries’ partnership begins
- Public Works in the neighborhoods
- Summer volunteers still needed for Parks summer work parties
- August Inside Bellingham on BTV10
Coalition of Southside Neighborhoods
Coalition of Southside Neighborhoods (CSN): The CSN Candidate Forum on July 19th was very well attended and went smoothly. The CSN Steering Committee is now in the process of planning a second forum, after the primary results are established, and before the general election November 6th (ballots will be mailed October 17th). We expect this forum to have a different format and hope Edgemoor residents will join us. Please watch for further details as they become available.
~Pam Went, Edgemoor's CSN Representative
Growth and Land Use Report
The Planning Commission met July 19th to look at the proposed
project at 12th an Donovan. The positives indicated included that the gas
station would be gone (not considered a positive by all) there would be no
longer a risk of leaking tanks, waste water would be controlled, and
additional housing provided. Concerns raised included a conviction that
the proposed structure is one story too tall, that it is unattractive, and
that its construction will limit mitigation efforts for the 12th
Street/Padden Creek Bridge.
~Pam
Went, Growth & Land Use Chuckanut Mountains Park District
Benefit Chuckanut Mountains Park District Benefit “MUSIC BY THE
SEA” at Larrabee State Park, Sat., Sept. 8, 2 PM Admission by Donation Featuring Chuck Dingee & friends and Vadinska For more info:
676-7573
