Be Informed, Be Involved and Be Heard

With the North Highline Unincorporated Area Council!
When: Thursday, May 1, 2025, at 7 pm
Where: North Highline Fire Station at 1243 SW 112th Street in White Center
(Parking and Entrance Are Behind the Station)

You are invited to join NHUAC on May Day.

The meeting will begin with an introduction to James Bivans, one of the  owners of Wolfpack Cellars, a Burien-based winery that will be moving to 9617 16th SW in White Center in June. It produces small lots of local Washington wines. White Center Now’s post quoted James as saying, “As for our soon-to-be White Center customers, we are very excited to meet them and officially be part of the community…Being a small LGBTQ-owned business, we know how great it feels to be part of a warm, accepting community and that’s what we aim to do. We want to welcome new friends who also have a love for wine, food, family, and dogs to join our pack!” Join NHUAC in welcoming James and the Wolfpack to White Center!

King County ‘s Department of Local Services (DLS) provides a variety of services to North Highline. They include zoning, permitting, code enforcement and roads. According to Leon Richardson, the Director of DLS, “Our goal is to make sure residents in unincorporated King County have access to responsive, equitable, and effective local government services.” He will join NHUAC on May Day to help us learn about the services and opportunities that DLS is making available to the North Highline community.

The Department of Natural Resources and Parks (DNRP) is another important part of DLS.  We will also be joined by Joanna Nelson de Flores, the Urban Forestry Program Manager of DNRP. She will share an update on the Glendale Forest, a new forested park in unincorporated North Highline. Come learn about this new community asset and other projects planned to make North Highline a healthy place.

Do you have questions or something you want to share? Join the conversation and bring a friend!
Knowledge is power. Learn, share and help make our community a better place.

Bring a Neighbor!

Be Informed, Be Involved and Be Heard

With the North Highline Unincorporated Area Council!

When:      Thursday, April 3. 2025, at 7 pm

Where:     North Highline Fire Station at 1243 SW 112th Street in White Center
                                    (Parking and Entrance Are Behind the Station)

Please join NHUAC on Thursday, April 3^rd, at 7 pm in North Highline’s Fire Station at 1243 SW 112^th in White Center.   Public safety will be the focus of our special guest presenters, Chief Jason Gay of the North Highline Fire District (NHFD) and Burien’s King County Fire District 2 (KCFD2) and Captain Chris Przygocki of the King County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO).  Captain Przygocki will be joined by Community Service officer Nate Hammock to answer any questions about what is happening in White Center and KCSO’s storefront office at Steve Cox Memorial Park.

In 2019, NHFD entered a 20-year consolidation contract with KCFD2. As a result, all NHFD employees became employees of KCFD2.  Through our consolidation with KCFD2, NHFD serves about 20,000 community members.  Chief Gay has been with KCFD2 since 2005.  He was promoted to Captain in 2012 and to Fire Chief upon Chief Marrs’ retirement in November of 2023.  Upon his promotion,  Chief Gay also became Chief of NHFD.

Captain Chris Pryzgocki became a member of Southwest Precinct 4 of the KCSO in October of 2024.  Precinct 4 is responsible for law enforcement in the cities of Burien and SeaTac and a variety of unincorporated areas including North Highline.  KCSO recently announced that it is changing its response protocol. We look forward to getting to know Captain Pryzgocki and Nate Hammock and learning what a new “response protocol” means for North Highline.

Do you have questions or something you want to share?  Join the conversation and bring a friend!

Knowledge is power. Learn, share and help make our community a better place.

April 3, 2025 at 7 pm

Bring a Neighbor!

The North Highline Unincorporated Area Council will not be holding a March meeting. 

We will be back to our regularly scheduled 1^st Thursday of the month meetings on April 3^rd at 7pm. So Mark your calendars and plan on joining us in April.

As always it is a great Opportunity to Be Informed, Be Involved and Be Heard

Stay Safe – Stay Healthy – and see you April 3rd at the North Highline Fire Station (meeting details coming soon)

You are Invited to Experience 

The Opportunity to Be Informed, Be Involved and Be Heard

At the North Highline Unincorporated Area Council (NHUAC) Meeting!

When:  Thursday, February 6. 2025, at 7 pm

Where:     North Highline Fire Station in White Center at 1243 SW 112th Street 
                                    (Parking and Entrance are in the Back of the Station)

You are invited to get “Energized!” At NHUAC’s first meeting of 2025!  The meeting will take place at 7 pm on Thursday, February 6. 2025 in White Center’s fire station at 1243 SW 112^th. The meeting will begin with a presentation about Energize! by King County’s program manager, Neil Larsen.  King County is expanding its heat pump program in the North Highline community.  The program is open to single-family homeowners and renters. Join us and learn how to qualify for a free or discounted heat pump!

Conversations at recent NHUAC meetings have included many concerns about safety issues, particularly those involving walking or driving in North Highline.  King County’s Broch Bender will respond to some of the questions and concerns about roads that were  discussed at NHUAC’s November 7, 2024 meeting.  Broch will also tell us about the King County Road Services projects scheduled for 2025 in North Highline.

Tim’s Tavern has been discussed at many NHUAC meetings since it moved into Drunky Two Shoes’ location in White Center in March, 2023.  A representative of the Department of Local Services will join us with a status report on Tim’s outdoor concert venue.

The King County Sheriff’s Office is a vital member of the North Highline community.  At this month’s NHUAC meeting, you will hear about the status of a new Storefront Deputy and a project that KCSO has started with the White Center business community. 

Do you have questions or something you want to share?  Join the conversation and bring a friend! 

Knowledge is power. Learn, share and help make our community a better place.

February 6, 2025 at 7 pm

Bring a Neighbor!

You are Invited to Experience 

The Opportunity to Be Informed, Be Involved and Be Heard

At the North Highline Unincorporated Area Council (NHUAC) Meeting!

When:  Thursday, December 5. 2024, at 7 pm

Where:     North Highline Fire Station in White Center at 1243 SW 112th Street 
                                    (Parking and Entrance are in the Back of the Station)

You are invited to NHUAC’s last meeting of 2024!  The meeting will take place at 7 pm on Thursday, December 5. 2024 in White Center’s fire station at 1243 SW 112^th.

At our November7th meeting, we were joined by  Major Koby Hamill, Commander of Precinct 4 of the King County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO), and Capt. Chris Przygocki.  They told us about changes that are taking place in the Sheriff’s office and how KCSO works with our community. This month, KCSO will be represented by our Community Service Officer who has an office at Steve Cox Park. 

Also at the November meeting, the Department of Local Services was represented by David Daw, External Relations Director, and Jesse Reynolds.  The conversation included many concerns about safety issues, particularly those involving walking or driving in North Highline.  David and Jesse will be back on Thursday night and will bring a representative from King County’s Department of Roads with them. 

Do you have questions or something you want to share?  Join the conversation and bring a friend! 

Knowledge is power. Learn, share and help make our community a better place.

December 5, 2024 at 7 pm

Bring a Neighbor!

You are Invited to Experience 

The Opportunity to Be Informed, Be Involved and Be Heard

At the North Highline Unincorporated Area Council (NHUAC) Meeting!

When:  Thursday, November 7. 2024, at 7 pm

Where:     North Highline Fire Station in White Center at 1243 SW 112th Street 
                                    (Parking and Entrance are in the Back of the Station)

Please join NHUAC’s second in person meeting since 2020!  The meeting will take place in the newly remodeled North Highline Fire Station at 1243 SW 112^th Street in White Center.

Last month’s meeting introduced Leon Richardson, the new Director of King County’s Department of Local Services (DLS). DLS is responsible for providing essential services such as permitting, zoning, code enforcement and road services to North Highline and the other unincorporated areas of King County. 

Mr. Richarson said that he would get back to us about several items that were brought up in October.  Unfortunately, he has a scheduling conflict with NHUAC’s November7th meeting. However, David Daw, External Relations Director for DLS, will stand in for Leon Richardson. We look forward to hearing from him.

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The King County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) has also been making some changes in the people who work with Precinct 4, which includes our area. Our last Storefront Deputy, Glen Brannon, was not at October’s meeting because he is no longer assigned to North Highline.  This month we will be joined by Captain Chris Przygocki. We’re looking forward to meeting him and learning when we will have a Storefront Deputy and how North Highline will be protected until then.

Do you have questions or something you want to share – perhaps an idea for a future meeting? Come, share and bring a friend! 

Knowledge is power. Learn, share and help make our community a better place.

November 7, 2024 at 7 pm

Bring a Neighbor!

You are Invited to Experience 

The Opportunity to Be Informed, Be Involved and Be Heard

At the North Highline Unincorporated Area Council (NHUAC) Meeting!

When:  Thursday, October 3. 2024, at 7 pm

Where:     North Highline Fire Station in White Center at 1243 SW 112th Street 
                                    (Parking and Entrance are in the Back of the Station)

Please join us for NHUAC’s first in person meeting since 2020!  It’s been a long time since we met in person, but it’s finally here.  The meeting will take place in the newly remodeled North Highline Fire Station at 1243 SW 112^th Street in White Center.

This long awaited opportunity to reconnect with our neighbors and make new friends will include a presentation by Leon Richardson, the recently appointed Director of King County’s Department of Local Services. 

In 2019, the Department of Local Services began with the goal of developing “new and better ways to serve” unincorporated King County.  It became responsible for providing essential services such as permitting, zoning, code enforcement and road services to North Highline and the other unincorporated areas of King County. We look forward to meeting Director Richardson and learning how he thinks his department can support the North Highline community.

See you Thursday at 7 pm! 

Knowledge is power. Learn, share and help make our community a better place.

October 3, 2024 at 7 pm

Bring a Neighbor!

Hope to see you in October – check back – details coming soon.

The Opportunity to Be Informed, Be Involved and Be Heard!

Where?    North Highline Unincorporated Area Council Meeting

When?     Thursday, June 6, 2024, at 7 pm

Join Zoom Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87019592786?pwd=a0puSEpGTmFrZnpiTUgvZHg2OTduUT09

Meeting ID:   870 1959 2786            Passcode:  NHUAC2024 (case sensitive)

Unable to join by Zoom? Please call:   253.205.0468

Meeting ID:   870 1959 2786            Passcode:  87497528

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On Thursday, June 6th at 7 pm you are invited to join NHUAC’s last meeting before our summer break. It is sure to be an information packed discussion about important issues in and opportunities for the North Highline community.

Our new King Councilmember, Teresa Mosqueda, will update us after her first 5 months on the council. She chairs three important committees:  (1) King County Board of Health, (2) Health and Human Services Committee and (3)  Regional Transit Committee.  We’ll ask her about the ways life, health, and safety in North Highline can be improved by her work and her goal of improving “…social determinants of health so a kiddo born anywhere in the county has the opportunity to grow up healthy and happy.” Have any suggestions?  Join us and add your voice to this important conversation.

We will also be joined by Jim Chan, King County’s Division Director for Permitting, and David Daw, External Relations Manager. We hope they will be able to report progress in gaining compliance from Tim’s Tavern with the county’s noise ordinance and zoning, which prohibits outside music venues in White Center.  White Center’s Storefront Deputy, Detective Glen Brannon, will also be invited to participate in the conversation.

In urban areas such as North Highline, raw sewage can quickly impact neighbors. Keeping On-site Sewage/Septic Systems (OSS) safe and working well is vital to keeping all of us healthy.  Public Health’s Meagan Jackson, OSS Interim Assistant Division Director, Environmental Health Division, and Lara Brezina, Interim Program Manager, OSS Operation and Maintenance, will update us on OSS. 

Last, but certainly not least, Detective Brannon will share what the Sheriff’s Office has been doing to help make a safe North Highline. 

Knowledge Is Power.

Learn, share, and help make North Highline a healthier community.Thursday,  June 6 at 7 pm – Invite Your Neighbors