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

Where?    North Highline Unincorporated Area Council Meeting

When?     Thursday, March 3, 2022, at 7 pm

Join Zoom Meeting:

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Thanks to all who participated in NHUAC’s February meeting!  The discussion about the Subarea Plan for North Highline was an intense and  important one and it is not over.  Jacqueline Reid, of King County’s Department of Local Services (DLS), will join us again in April to discuss the recommendations Executive Dow Constantine makes to the Subarea Plan.  His proposal is expected to go to  the King County Council by March 31^st for deliberation.  We are hoping Councilman Joe McDermott will also be able to join us.  Mark your calendar for April 7th!  

The Subarea Plan is not the only tool DLS is working on to enable increased density in North Highline/White Center.  Jesse Reynolds will be joining NHUAC this coming Thursday (March 3^rd) to discuss the North Highline Urban Design Standards project.  Jesse is manager of the project, which is charged with creating an urban design framework for new commercial, multi-family, and mixed-use developments.  The proposed standards include formalized public input in the development review process.  Thursday’s meeting will give you an opportunity to weigh in on what is being proposed for that process as well as the county’s ideas for designing a safe and welcoming neighborhood with a distinctive identity. Please join us to learn about the proposed design standards, share your opinions, and welcome Jesse who recently moved to Arbor Heights.

Another big change we heard just a little about at the February meeting was King County’s 16th Ave SW Pedestrian Safety and Traffic Calming Project in White Center, which aims to add safer street crossings at all intersections, streamline travel lanes, increase on-street parking, and possibly add bike lanes. Broch Bender, Road Services’ communications manager, will join us for a more in-depth presentation and to listen to ideas and comments from community members.

Last, but certainly not least, come learn what has been happening in our community our from Community Deputy Bill Kennamer!

                                 Knowledge is power.

Learn, share, and help make North Highline a healthier community.

March 3, 2022 at 7 pm – Invite Your Neighbors!— 

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

Where?    North Highline Unincorporated Area Council Meeting

When?     Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 7 pm

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You are invited to NHUAC’s first meeting of 2022 on Thursday, January 3rd at 7 pm. The new year offers new opportunities to establish an equitable, healthy North Highline. King County has been busy.  What we do today will determine North Highline’s health far into the future.  

For instance, we impact our physical environment in many ways such as pollution, burning fossil fuels, and deforestation.  Changes like these have triggered climate change, soil erosion, and poor air quality.  As a planner with King County’s Green Building Department, Nicole Sanders has worked on the county’s energy codes and has news to share about electric vehicle parking and research on greenhouse gases and fossil fuel facilities.   

Unfortunately, the maps of zoning amendments in the county’s proposed Subarea Plan did not identify most streets.   Jacqueline Reid of King County Permitting will be back to help us understand what the plan means.  Understanding what the county is planning for us is essential.  King County’s Subarea Plan will be a road map to life in North Highline from public health to economic and ethnic justice to segregation and discrimination to displacement, fair housing and opportunity to schools, parks and open spaces to density and permitting to roads and infrastructure, police, and public safety to fireworks and cannabis shops. 

Speaking of fireworks, it’s been a long time coming but fireworks are now illegal in North Highline and the rest of unincorporated King County.  We will be updated on that and other issues by John Taylor, Director of the Department of Local Services, Fire Chief Mike Marrs, and, of course, our Community Deputy Bill Kennamer.

Knowledge is power.

 Learn, share, and help make North Highline a healthier community.February 3, 2022 at 7 pm – Invite a Neighbor!— 

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The Opportunity to Be Informed, Be Involved and Be Heard! Where? North Highline Unincorporated Area Council Meeting
When? Thursday, December 2, 2021 at 7 pm
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Please join NHUAC’s last meeting of 2021 on Thursday, December 2nd at 7 pm. 2020 has been a tough year for the North Highline / White Center community. As painful as it has been, trauma is not new to our community. This meeting marks 15 years since Deputy Steve Cox was killed in the line of duty. The next day, the Seattle Times headline read:
Slain deputy had become White Center’s “Superman”

It was not an exaggeration. Deputy Cox grew up playing ball in the park which now bears his name and a memorial in his honor. He learned that knowledge and education are power, so he got a good education, became an attorney, and worked as a prosecutor in Eastern Washington. That didn’t last too long.

Deputy Cox came back to White Center because he wanted to make it a better place for everyone. He joined the Sheriff’s Office and became White Center’s Store Front Deputy. Steve cared about our White Center community and believed in all of us. “Don’t Quit” was his favorite poem. It sums up the way Deputy Cox lived his life and is his lasting message to all of us.
Although Steve was a family man with a new baby, he volunteered to help whenever he could. Steve was NHUAC’s president when he died. Those of us who knew him could not help but learn from him. He still leads the way in NHUAC’s efforts to support a heathy community of opportunity that does not back away from its struggles.

With that goal in mind, the focus of this meeting will be: Our Community: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Please join the conversations with State Reps. Eileen Cody and Joe Fitzgibbon, King County Councilmember Joe McDermott, Marta Olson of King County’s Department of Natural Resources & Parks, and, of course, our Community Deputy Bill Kennamer.
Knowledge is power.
Learn, share, and help make North Highline a better place.

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

Where?    North Highline Unincorporated Area Council (NHUAC) 
When?     Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 7 pm

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________________________________________________________________________

                                                           AGENDA  

                                                 November 4, 2021

7:00 pm        Safety:  Hazards, Precautions and Prevention in White Center’s Business District         

                                    Jim Chan – Divisional Director

                                    Permitting Division — King County Department of Local Services 

                                   Mike Marrs – Fire Chief

                                    North Highline Fire District

                                    Chris Ricketts — Fire Marshal

                                    Permitting Division — King County Department of Local Services 

8:10 pm        Planning Our Future:  King County’s Proposed Subarea Plan for North Highline

                                    Jacqueline Reid — Project/Program Manager

                                    Permitting Division — King County Department of Local Services

8:40 pm        Community Updates and Crime Statistics from Our Community Deputy

                                    Bill Kennamer – Deputy – King County Sheriff’s Office

________________________________________________________________________

                                                Be Informed, Be Involved, Be Heard!

TOWN HALL
The North Highline Unincorporated Area Council
 Invites You to Meet

Dow Constantine & Joe Nguyen

Candidates for King County Executive

Thursday October 7, 2021 @ 7:00 PM

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All Are Welcome – Bring Your Questions – Get the Facts

Be Informed Be Involved Be Counted
 VOTE!
 

Please plan on joining us for our next scheduled meeting October 7 @7pm –

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

Where?    North Highline Unincorporated Area Council Meeting

When?     Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 7 pm

How?        Join Zoom Meeting:                       https://kingcounty.zoom.us/j/98750682577

                                                                        Meeting ID:    987 5068 2577
                                                                        Passcode (case sensitive):      NHUAC2021

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Happy May!  We made it!  After all the stress and uncertainty, are you ready to be inspired? If so, this month’s NHUAC meeting is the place to be! 

We will be joined by the first judge of Samoan heritage in Washington state! Judge Masaniai (pronounced: Ma Saw Knee Eye) made history when he was unanimously appointed by the King County Council to fill a vacancy on the bench of the Southwest District Court.  Not inspired yet?  You will be.  Judge Masaniai’s story is one of a poor kid from an immigrant family who beat the odds through perseverance, hard work, and the love and support of family and community.  He grew up in San Francisco’s inner city  before moving to the South Delridge area and graduating from White Center’s Evergreen High School in 1987.  YAH Wolverines!  YAH Judge Masanaia!  Do not miss this chance to congratulate and learn from a homegrown role model.   

Role models offer us a vision of what the future can be.  Nicole Sanders, a planner with the Green Building section of King County Permitting, will help us visualize a healthier future.  She will help us understand how climate change harms communities like North Highline, what can be done to reduce it, and ask for our help reducing it.  If you want more information prior to the meeting, it can be found at:  Legislation for public review and comment – King County 

Technically, comments were due on April 30th.  However, comments made by May 14^th will be included when the proposed code is transmitted to the King County Council for consideration.  Please bring your questions and join the discussion!

And, of course, Deputy Bill Kennamer, will share what KCSO has been doing in North Highline. 

                                                            Knowledge is power.

Learn, share, and help make North Highline a better and healthier place.May 6, 2021 at 7 pm – Tell a Neighbor

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

Where?    North Highline Unincorporated Area Council Meeting

When?     Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 7 pm

​​​​​​Meeting ID:    987 5068 2577 
​​​​​​Passcode (case sensitive):      NHUAC2021 

​       Unable to join via Zoom?  ​Please Call:      1 253 215 8782 

​​​​​​Meeting ID:   ​987 5068 2577​​​​​​​​​Passcode:      ​956569157

As North Highline continues to have one of the highest COVID-19 positivity rates in the county, the virus continues to evolve. Last month’s NHUAC meeting was packed with information, but it was a month ago.  What has changed?  What should we know about the “Three V’s” – virus, variants, and vaccines? To answer these questions and more, we will be joined by Becky Reitzes, Educator Consultant with Public Health of Seattle & King County. Becky has been working on the COVID Community Mitigation Response since the beginning of the pandemic.  Please bring your questions and join the discussion!

The shortage of adequate funding for capital projects, services and programs is an on-going challenge in North Highline.  As our local government, one of King County’s primary responsibilities is budgeting – deciding where and how our tax dollars are spent.  

King County is taking a different approach to budgeting than it has used in the past.  It is calledParticipatory Budgeting (PB).  PB was first used in 1989 as an anti-poverty measure in Brazil where it successfully helped reduce child mortality by almost 30%.  According to Participatory Budgeting Project’s website, “Participatory budgeting (PB) is a democratic process in which community members decide how to spend part of a public budget. It gives people real power over real money.”   Imagine what North Highline can be if people with personal knowledge of our community make decisions about how tax dollars are spent in our community.  Sounds like a perfect fit for a NHUAC meeting, doesn’t it?  Now imagine that you or a neighbor was one of those decision-makers.  Join us as John Taylor, Director of the Department of Local Services, explains how King County will approach this chance to expand democracy and opportunity in North Highline and how you could become part of the Community Investment Committee.

Our Storefront Deputy, Bill Kennamer, will join us once again to share what he and his fellow deputies have been working on in North Highline.  

​ Knowledge is power. 

Learn, share, and help make North Highline a better and healthier place.

April 1, 2021 at 7 pm – Tell a Neighbor!

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

Where? North Highline Unincorporated Area Council Meeting
When? Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 7 pm
How? Join Zoom Meeting:  ​kingcounty.zoom.us/j/98750682577

​​​​​​Meeting ID:  987 5068 2577
​​​​​​Passcode (case sensitive): NHUAC2021 

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“The COVID-19 pandemic has been an exhausting and ongoing, yearlong natural disaster unprecedented in its duration, damage and pervasive impact on our lives.” (Dr. Jeff Duchin, King County Public Health Officer, 2.26.21)

North Highline has certainly suffered. According to the county’s COVID-19 Data DashboardDaily Summary, North Highline continues to have one of the highest positivity rates in the county. In recognition of the reality that the battle is not yet won, much of NHUAC’s March 4th meeting will focus on COVID-19, what we can do, what lies ahead, and the role social equity might play in crafting a winning response. 

We will be joined by Matias Valenzuela, currently a Director with Seattle-King County Public Health and formerly Director of King County’s Office of Equity and Social Justice; North Highline Fire District Chief Mike Marrs; and Art Hendricks, manager of King County’s Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice Group. The Sheriff’s Office was busy in North Highline in February. Major Jeff Flohr and Deputy Bill Kennamer will join us for what is sure to be an informative meeting. 

Have you heard? COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics will be held at Evergreen High School (830 SW 116th) in White Center on Wednesday and Thursday, March 3rd and 4th, from 10 am to 4 pm. These Vaccine Clinics are for White Center residents (and nearby neighbors) who fall into Phases 1A and 1B1 of the state’s vaccine prioritization schedule because they are: 65 or older; 50 or older and living in multigenerational households; residents of long-term care facilities; high-risk first responders; healthcare workers; or high-risk workers in health care settings. If a neighbor fits these criteria, please share this link and information with them. 

kroger.com/rx/guest/get-vaccinated?vaccineGroup=ehs

In Step 1 (the location field), type 98146 to get to QFC-FM-CHAMBER-EVERGREEN HS(Clinic Event at 830 SW 116th St.) and make an appointment. If there are appointments available, walk-up registration will be done on-site. 

​ Learn, share, and help make North Highline a better and healthier place.

March 4, 2021 at 7 pm – Tell a Neighbor!