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.

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