Thursday, March 22, 2012

Elliott Bay Brewing Co. opening Monday, DPC raising a pint

After what seemed like a long wait for anxious members of the Lake City community, Elliott Bay Brewing Co. has announced that they will open for business on Monday, March 26th at 11 a.m. And that night, members of Douglas Park Cooperative plan to raise a pint to our neighborhood after our Monday night walk.

The much anticipated business has been the talk of many neighbors that have been hoping for a family-friendly establishment like the brewery in Lake City.

Some got excited Thursday night when they passed the new business and saw a full parking lot and dozens of people inside the building. Turns out it was a private event.

After our weekly walk on Monday night, Douglas Park Cooperative members will stop by and raise a pint to the new neighborhood restaurant. Our walk starts at 7 p.m. at Virgil Flaim Park, SE corner of 26th Avenue NE and NE 125th Street. After the walk we will gather at the Brewery at 8 p.m. to raise a pint to our community. Please join us.


A sign on the window of Elliott Bay Brewing Co. announces the opening.

Proposed Lake City Skatespot featured on skateboard website

A screenshot of the Parents for Skateparks website features the proposed Lake City park on its' homepage.


The website Parents for Skateparks featured a concept drawing of a proposed skatespot at Lake City Playfield, also known as Virgil Flaim Park on their website recently.

"The Owl," as the design was named, is in the early stages but the project has committed supporters in the neighborhood and the support of some in the local business community.

The skatespot could transform Virgil Flaim Park. The park is now known as a place where chronic inebriates gather and loiter. Studies have shown that use of a park discourages such nuisance behaviors and the skatespot would likely be the most consistently used feature of the park.

The Lake City Comprehensive Plan, a neighborhood plan for our community written over a decade ago with goals from 1999 - 2014, requested a skatepark under Goal 11/ Strategy 3/ Action E.
Provide youth with lawful, constructive activities:
Develop a family-oriented skateboard park... with picnic benches, artwork and other public amenities, near the Civic Core.

The Citywide Skatepark Plan also has the Lake City Playfield, now known as Virgil Flaim Park, designated as a preferred candidate for a "SkateSpot," a skatepark that is fewer than 10,000 square feet.

The Citywide Skatepark Plan lists the cost for a SkateSpot at roughly $640k - a pretty steep price tag. However, there are funding sources such as grants for park improvements.

Pilot program to assist neighborhood with Chronic Public Inebriates may be coming to Lake City

Deputy Seattle Mayor Darryl Smith speaks to neighborhood residents at a meeting.


Recently Deputy Seattle Mayor Darryl Smith met with members of Douglas Park Cooperative and other Lake City community members where he revealed that the City of Seattle is working on a pilot program to limit the supply of high-octane beer to chronic public inebriates. Chronic street drunks are known to be a fixture of our commercial and civic core and have long been an issue of concern for many neighbors.

Mayor Mike McGinn's Office is working with three distributors to create a voluntary plan that would prohibit sales of some alcohol products between 6 a.m. and 1 p.m. in Lake City. The products included would be fortified beers and wines, drinks known for their consumption by chronic alcoholics.

Douglas Park Cooperative has been pursuing an Alcohol Impact Area, or AIA, designation for Lake City, but the Mayor's office sees the pilot program as potentially being more successful that an AIA.

The pilot program would be enforced seven days a week but would not include bars and restaurants.

The program is still in the planning stages but could begin as early as May.

"We want these businesses to be successful in a number of ways, just not basing your whole business model on these products," Deputy Mayor Darryl Smith said of the establishments that sell these fortified products.

You can read more about the proposed program in this Seattle P-I story.

Monday, March 19, 2012

Lake City Community Council meeting to be held Thursday, March 22

The Lake City Community Council will hold its regular meeting on Thursday, March 22 at the Lake City Mennonite Church, 3120 NE 125th Street. Please attend if you can as these organizations are the ones that help chart the course of our neighborhood.

The meeting begins at 7 p.m. and is scheduled to run until 8:30. Parking is available in the back of the building via the entrance on 33rd Avenue NE.

The agenda for Thursday's meeting:


  • 7:00 p.m. - Welcome and Introductions
  • 7:10 p.m. - Presentation – Paul Hanson, SMR Architects. Who is CPC and what are they building on 33rd Ave NE?
  • 7:40 p.m. - Presentation – Marty Curry, University of Washington, Pierre Properties Redevelopment. What Do You Value in Lake City & What Would You Change?
  • Break
  • 8:10 p.m. Business, Reports & Planning
  • 8:30 p.m. Adjourn

Douglas Park Cooperative food donation totals 105 pounds


Kay Hardie of the North Helpline Food Bank with the donation






Last week when Douglas Park Cooperative hosted a meeting with Deputy Seattle Mayor Darryl Smith, we took the opportunity to collect food to donate to the North Helpline. The donation was made in honor of Jeff Inman, a homeless veteran that died on the streets of Lake City recently.

Kay Hardie with the North Helpline accepted the overflowing box of food on Friday. She weighed the box and said the DPC community contributed 105 pounds of much needed food to the organization. Hardie thanked DPC for its efforts assisting less fortunate members of the Lake City community.


911 Log_March 01-15


Here is the 911 log for the first two weeks of March. Map is below the spreadsheet.




Event Clearance Description
Hundred Block Location
Event Clearance Date
ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION


ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION
NE 127 ST / LAKE CITY WY NE
03/01/2012 7:13 PM
ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION
30XX BLOCK OF NE 127TH ST
03/03/2012 10:11 PM
ALARMS - COMMERCIAL BURGLARY (FALSE)


ALARMS - COMMERCIAL BURGLARY (FALSE)
127XX BLOCK OF 28TH AVE NE
03/08/2012 3:37 AM
ALARMS - COMMERCIAL BURGLARY (FALSE)
27XX BLOCK OF NE 127TH ST
03/14/2012 10:07 AM
ASSAULTS, OTHER


ASSAULTS, OTHER
127XX BLOCK OF 30TH AVE NE
03/04/2012 3:59 PM
ASSAULTS, OTHER
125XX BLOCK OF 33RD AVE NE
03/14/2012 5:46 AM
AUTO RECOVERY


AUTO RECOVERY
26XX BLOCK OF NE 127TH ST
03/06/2012 7:47 PM
AUTO THEFT


AUTO THEFT
123XX BLOCK OF 31ST AVE NE
03/04/2012 1:05 AM
BICYCLE THEFT


BICYCLE THEFT
125XX BLOCK OF LAKE CITY WAY NE
03/04/2012 3:13 PM
BURGLARY - COMMERCIAL 


BURGLARY - COMMERCIAL 
31XX BLOCK OF NE 130TH ST
03/12/2012 1:55 PM
BURGLARY - RESIDENTIAL, OCCUPIED


BURGLARY - RESIDENTIAL, OCCUPIED
127XX BLOCK OF 27TH AVE NE
03/12/2012 8:41 PM
BURGLARY - RESIDENTIAL, OCCUPIED
25XX BLOCK OF NE 134TH ST
03/13/2012 11:15 AM
BURGLARY - RESIDENTIAL, UNOCCUPIED


BURGLARY - RESIDENTIAL, UNOCCUPIED
130XX BLOCK OF 25TH AVE NE
03/06/2012 3:21 PM
BURGLARY - RESIDENTIAL, UNOCCUPIED
130XX BLOCK OF 30TH AVE NE
03/10/2012 1:12 AM
BURGLARY - RESIDENTIAL, UNOCCUPIED
130XX BLOCK OF 30TH AVE NE
03/10/2012 8:25 PM
BURGLARY - RESIDENTIAL, UNOCCUPIED
123XX BLOCK OF 33RD AVE NE
03/13/2012 1:54 AM
CASUALTY (NON CRIMINAL/TRAFFIC) - MAN DOWN, SICK PERSONS, INJURED, DOA)


CASUALTY (NON CRIMINAL/TRAFFIC) - MAN DOWN, SICK PERSONS, INJURED, DOA)
127XX BLOCK OF 30TH AVE NE
03/05/2012 11:32 AM
CASUALTY (NON CRIMINAL/TRAFFIC) - MAN DOWN, SICK PERSONS, INJURED, DOA)
NE 125 ST / 35 AV NE
03/08/2012 12:05 AM
DISTURBANCE, OTHER


DISTURBANCE, OTHER
NE 127 ST / LAKE CITY WY NE
03/01/2012 12:41 PM
DISTURBANCE, OTHER
120XX BLOCK OF 28TH AVE NE
03/01/2012 11:23 PM
DISTURBANCE, OTHER
NE 125 ST / 33 AV NE
03/03/2012 1:18 AM
DISTURBANCE, OTHER
127XX BLOCK OF 30TH AVE NE
03/03/2012 6:57 PM
DISTURBANCE, OTHER
127XX BLOCK OF 30TH AVE NE
03/03/2012 5:34 PM
DISTURBANCE, OTHER
133XX BLOCK OF 30TH AVE NE
03/04/2012 9:41 AM
DISTURBANCE, OTHER
130XX BLOCK OF LAKE CITY WAY NE
03/06/2012 12:36 PM
DISTURBANCE, OTHER
127XX BLOCK OF LAKE CITY WAY NE
03/06/2012 11:08 PM
DISTURBANCE, OTHER
LAKE CITY WY NE / NE 127 ST
03/07/2012 11:56 AM
DISTURBANCE, OTHER
22XX BLOCK OF NE 125TH ST
03/09/2012 5:13 PM
DISTURBANCE, OTHER
125XX BLOCK OF LAKE CITY WAY NE
03/13/2012 9:40 AM
DRIVING WHILE UNDER INFLUENCE (DUI)


DRIVING WHILE UNDER INFLUENCE (DUI)
123XX BLOCK OF 31ST AVE NE
03/06/2012 4:08 PM
DRIVING WHILE UNDER INFLUENCE (DUI)
LAKE CITY WY NE / NE 125 ST
03/11/2012 1:18 AM
FIGHT DISTURBANCE


FIGHT DISTURBANCE
125XX BLOCK OF 27TH AVE NE
03/04/2012 1:34 AM
FORGERY, BAD CHECKS


FORGERY, BAD CHECKS
123XX BLOCK OF 32ND AVE NE
03/14/2012 3:35 PM
HARASSMENT, THREATS


HARASSMENT, THREATS
127XX BLOCK OF LAKE CITY WAY NE
03/10/2012 4:24 AM
HAZARDS


HAZARDS
35 AV NE / NE 130 ST
03/08/2012 9:45 AM
LIQUOR VIOLATION - ADULT


LIQUOR VIOLATION - ADULT
NE 130 ST / LAKE CITY WY NE
03/03/2012 3:22 PM
LIQUOR VIOLATION - ADULT
NE 130 ST / LAKE CITY WY NE
03/08/2012 9:40 PM
LIQUOR VIOLATION - ADULT
30XX BLOCK OF NE 127TH ST
03/03/2012 12:52 PM
LIQUOR VIOLATION - ADULT
NE 125 ST / LAKE CITY WY NE
03/04/2012 2:08 AM
LIQUOR VIOLATION - ADULT
27XX BLOCK OF NE 123RD ST
03/04/2012 2:51 PM
LIQUOR VIOLATION - ADULT
NE 130 ST / 30 AV NE
03/11/2012 1:35 AM
LIQUOR VIOLATION - ADULT
127XX BLOCK OF LAKE CITY WAY NE
03/14/2012 9:53 AM
LIQUOR VIOLATION - INTOXICATED PERSON


LIQUOR VIOLATION - INTOXICATED PERSON
LAKE CITY WY NE / NE 130 ST
03/02/2012 12:29 PM
MENTAL COMPLAINT


MENTAL COMPLAINT
123XX BLOCK OF 31ST AVE NE
03/04/2012 1:46 PM
MENTAL COMPLAINT
127XX BLOCK OF 33RD AVE NE
03/06/2012 11:43 AM
MENTAL COMPLAINT
127XX BLOCK OF 33RD AVE NE
03/06/2012 1:58 PM
MENTAL COMPLAINT
127XX BLOCK OF 33RD AVE NE
03/11/2012 4:55 PM
MENTAL COMPLAINT
120XX BLOCK OF 31ST AVE NE
03/12/2012 3:26 AM
MENTAL COMPLAINT
125XX BLOCK OF 33RD AVE NE
03/14/2012 5:27 PM
MISCHIEF, NUISANCE COMPLAINTS


MISCHIEF, NUISANCE COMPLAINTS
25 AV NE / NE 126 ST
03/03/2012 10:10 PM
MISCHIEF, NUISANCE COMPLAINTS
127XX BLOCK OF 33RD AVE NE
03/14/2012 2:05 PM
MISCHIEF, NUISANCE COMPLAINTS
130XX BLOCK OF 25TH AVE NE
03/14/2012 5:21 PM
MISDEMEANOR WARRANT SERVICE


MISDEMEANOR WARRANT SERVICE
30XX BLOCK OF NE 125TH ST
03/02/2012 2:56 PM
MISDEMEANOR WARRANT SERVICE
30XX BLOCK OF NE 127TH ST
03/03/2012 2:55 PM
MISDEMEANOR WARRANT SERVICE
123XX BLOCK OF 32ND AVE NE
03/10/2012 12:17 AM
NARCOTICS ACTIVITY REPORT


NARCOTICS ACTIVITY REPORT
127XX BLOCK OF 25TH AVE NE
03/01/2012 5:23 AM
NARCOTICS, OTHER


NARCOTICS, OTHER
120XX BLOCK OF 32ND AVE NE
03/06/2012 4:54 PM
NOISE DISTURBANCE


NOISE DISTURBANCE
133XX BLOCK OF 30TH AVE NE
03/02/2012 3:38 AM
PARKING VIOLATION (EXCEPT ABANDONED VEHICLES)


PARKING VIOLATION (EXCEPT ABANDONED VEHICLES)
28XX BLOCK OF NE 123RD ST
03/08/2012 1:49 AM
PARKING VIOLATION (EXCEPT ABANDONED VEHICLES)
127XX BLOCK OF 35TH AVE NE
03/08/2012 10:50 AM
PARKING VIOLATION (EXCEPT ABANDONED VEHICLES)
30XX BLOCK OF NE 130TH ST
03/08/2012 9:30 PM
PARKING VIOLATION (EXCEPT ABANDONED VEHICLES)
120XX BLOCK OF 32ND AVE NE
03/09/2012 8:22 PM
PARKING VIOLATION (EXCEPT ABANDONED VEHICLES)
127XX BLOCK OF 33RD AVE NE
03/13/2012 9:29 PM
PROPERTY DESTRUCTION


PROPERTY DESTRUCTION
123XX BLOCK OF LAKE CITY WAY NE
03/01/2012 3:36 PM
PROPERTY DESTRUCTION
28XX BLOCK OF NE 130TH ST
03/05/2012 12:11 PM
PROPERTY DESTRUCTION
127XX BLOCK OF 27TH AVE NE
03/07/2012 1:12 AM
PROPERTY DESTRUCTION
127XX BLOCK OF 28TH AVE NE
03/12/2012 12:39 PM
PROPERTY - FOUND (FOLLOW UP TO SPD CASE)


PROPERTY - FOUND (FOLLOW UP TO SPD CASE)
NE 125 ST / 28 AV NE
03/03/2012 12:51 PM
SHOPLIFT


SHOPLIFT
130XX BLOCK OF LAKE CITY WAY NE
03/07/2012 11:04 AM
SHOPLIFT
130XX BLOCK OF LAKE CITY WAY NE
03/09/2012 12:18 PM
SHOPLIFT
NE 127 ST / LAKE CITY WY NE
03/09/2012 7:16 PM
SUSPICIOUS PERSON


SUSPICIOUS PERSON
NE 127 ST / 30 AV NE
03/01/2012 5:14 AM
SUSPICIOUS PERSON
27XX BLOCK OF NE 125TH ST
03/01/2012 5:18 PM
SUSPICIOUS PERSON
28XX BLOCK OF NE 125TH ST
03/01/2012 6:05 PM
SUSPICIOUS PERSON
NE 125 ST / 25 AV NE
03/01/2012 7:06 PM
SUSPICIOUS PERSON
NE 125 ST / 25 AV NE
03/09/2012 11:28 AM
SUSPICIOUS PERSON
125XX BLOCK OF LAKE CITY WAY NE
03/02/2012 12:01 PM
SUSPICIOUS PERSON
125XX BLOCK OF LAKE CITY WAY NE
03/02/2012 3:39 PM
SUSPICIOUS PERSON
125XX BLOCK OF LAKE CITY WAY NE
03/07/2012 7:41 PM
SUSPICIOUS PERSON
125XX BLOCK OF LAKE CITY WAY NE
03/13/2012 2:16 PM
SUSPICIOUS PERSON
30XX BLOCK OF NE 125TH ST
03/02/2012 2:23 PM
SUSPICIOUS PERSON
30XX BLOCK OF NE 130TH ST
03/04/2012 1:03 PM
SUSPICIOUS PERSON
123XX BLOCK OF 30TH AVE NE
03/05/2012 2:10 AM
SUSPICIOUS PERSON
127XX BLOCK OF LAKE CITY WAY NE
03/06/2012 1:21 PM
SUSPICIOUS PERSON
NE 130 ST / 27 AV NE
03/11/2012 9:48 AM
SUSPICIOUS PERSON
130XX BLOCK OF LAKE CITY WAY NE
03/11/2012 6:06 PM
SUSPICIOUS PERSON
NE 130 ST / LAKE CITY WY NE
03/11/2012 10:27 PM
SUSPICIOUS PERSON
132XX BLOCK OF 35TH AVE NE
03/12/2012 12:17 PM
SUSPICIOUS PERSON
123XX BLOCK OF LAKE CITY WAY NE
03/12/2012 1:31 PM
SUSPICIOUS PERSON
123XX BLOCK OF LAKE CITY WAY NE
03/14/2012 12:05 AM
SUSPICIOUS PERSON
30XX BLOCK OF NE 127TH ST
03/12/2012 4:52 PM
SUSPICIOUS PERSON
123XX BLOCK OF 28TH AVE NE
03/13/2012 3:43 AM
SUSPICIOUS PERSON
123XX BLOCK OF HIRAM PL NE
03/13/2012 10:39 PM
SUSPICIOUS PERSON
127XX BLOCK OF 33RD AVE NE
03/13/2012 11:06 PM
SUSPICIOUS PERSON
123XX BLOCK OF 33RD AVE NE
03/14/2012 5:57 AM
SUSPICIOUS PERSON
127XX BLOCK OF 30TH AVE NE
03/14/2012 12:01 PM
SUSPICIOUS PERSON
20XX BLOCK OF NE 130TH ST
03/14/2012 10:35 AM
SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE


SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE
123XX BLOCK OF 33RD AVE NE
03/02/2012 7:02 AM
SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE
130XX BLOCK OF LAKE CITY WAY NE
03/02/2012 1:24 PM
SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE
30XX BLOCK OF NE 127TH ST
03/05/2012 12:33 AM
SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE
127XX BLOCK OF 28TH AVE NE
03/08/2012 10:00 AM
SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE
123XX BLOCK OF LAKE CITY WAY NE
03/09/2012 4:08 AM
SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE
LAKE CITY WY NE / NE 125 ST
03/11/2012 12:53 PM
THEFT - AUTO ACCESSORIES


THEFT - AUTO ACCESSORIES
125XX BLOCK OF LAKE CITY WAY NE
03/06/2012 12:59 PM
THEFT - CAR PROWL


THEFT - CAR PROWL
123XX BLOCK OF 33RD AVE NE
03/06/2012 7:01 AM
THEFT - CAR PROWL
125XX BLOCK OF 35TH AVE NE
03/06/2012 9:22 AM
THEFT - CAR PROWL
27XX BLOCK OF NE 125TH ST
03/06/2012 10:16 AM
THEFT - CAR PROWL
127XX BLOCK OF 35TH AVE NE
03/06/2012 9:23 AM
THEFT - CAR PROWL
125XX BLOCK OF 22ND AVE NE
03/08/2012 12:33 PM
THEFT - MISCELLANEOUS


THEFT - MISCELLANEOUS
130XX BLOCK OF LAKE CITY WAY NE
03/06/2012 4:26 PM
THEFT - MISCELLANEOUS
127XX BLOCK OF 30TH AVE NE
03/08/2012 5:15 PM
TRAFFIC (MOVING) VIOLATION


TRAFFIC (MOVING) VIOLATION
30XX BLOCK OF NE 127TH ST
03/06/2012 11:11 PM
TRAFFIC (MOVING) VIOLATION
123XX BLOCK OF 30TH AVE NE
03/07/2012 2:36 AM
TRAFFIC (MOVING) VIOLATION
123XX BLOCK OF 30TH AVE NE
03/08/2012 3:11 AM
TRAFFIC (MOVING) VIOLATION
NE 125 ST / 25 AV NE
03/07/2012 10:02 PM
TRAFFIC (MOVING) VIOLATION
123XX BLOCK OF LAKE CITY WAY NE
03/09/2012 8:17 PM
TRAFFIC (MOVING) VIOLATION
25XX BLOCK OF NE 125TH ST
03/11/2012 9:10 PM
TRAFFIC (MOVING) VIOLATION
NE 125 ST / LAKE CITY WY NE
03/11/2012 9:36 PM
TRAFFIC (MOVING) VIOLATION
LAKE CITY WY NE / 30 AV NE
03/14/2012 12:15 AM
TRAFFIC (MOVING) VIOLATION
ERICKSON PL NE / NE 135 ST
03/14/2012 9:00 AM
TRESPASS 


TRESPASS 
127XX BLOCK OF 35TH AVE NE
03/06/2012 6:31 PM
TRESPASS 
33XX BLOCK OF NE 125TH ST
03/12/2012 9:03 AM