Elliott Bay Water Taxi
A month bague homme argent tribal after first word that the Elliott Bay Water Taxi new season will start April 5th (WSB coverage here), a few more Day 1 details just arrived along with a coupon so watch your mailbox. As has become traditional on the season first day, you be able to ride the Water Taxi free all day on April 5; the kickoff festivities will happen at Seacrest bague homme inscription from noon 2 pm. And for use after Day 1, clip the coupon that part of a postal mailed postcard sent by King County Council Chair Dow Constantine (ours just arrived).
The city Board of Park Commissioners the Parks Board, for short, whose chair Jackie Ramels and vice chair Neal Adams are both from West Seattle took a field trip Thursday night to meet at the West Seattle Golf Course clubhouse instead of their usual digs at Parks HQ on the north end of downtown. The meeting was preceded by even more of a jaunt they visited two of the locations to be discussed in the night business, Seacrest Pier and the Golf Course itself. Seacrest is before the board because Parks has to sign off on the King County Ferry District plan to fix up the Seacrest dock to facilitate year round Elliott Bay Water Taxi operation starting next year (this year season starts April 5); bague homme punk-rock en acier à tête de mort et scorpion the proposal is detailed here, and in our coverage of an informational meeting in Alki. Board member John Barber said he had some questions about the use of parks land for nonpark use, given a past ballot measure guaranteeing park uses for park land; city staff will review this, taille doigt bague homme us but noted that this extended use of Seacrest is only expected to last three to five years, while bague femme argent avec zirconium blanc the county continues working to find a permanent home for the Water Taxi. Former port commissioner and nearby park namesake Jack Block spoke in support of the Seacrest dock improvements, even though he cautioned that the long term solution must be found elsewhere (a proposal for a terminal adjacent to Jack Block Park has long been floated); the board vote on this happens in two weeks. Next, the Golf Master Plan; tonight review focused on the money aspect. diy iphone case supreme iphone 11 case Two competing proposals are under consideration one costs $30 million and would pay for all recommended upgrades at all city golf courses. The other costs $20 million and prioritizes key work. Parks Superintendent Tim Gallagher told the board that staffers are learning toward 2 given the rough economic times when things get better, the department could go on to complete the remaining $10 million work. collier argent Raising the money is the challenge; Gallagher said the city can finance $20 million in improvements without raising green fees, but not $30 million. Following tonight discussion, a public hearing on the Golf Master Plan is set for the April 9 Parks Board meeting, and a board vote on April 23.
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PARK BRIEFINGS: The Seattle Parks Board hears a briefing on Seacrest dock improvements to facilitate year round Elliott Bay Water Taxi service as well as briefing on possible changes to park operating hours, parks HQ downtown at 7 pm.
As reported here a few days ago, this Thursday, the city Parks Board will get a briefing about the proposal to run the Elliott Bay Water Taxi year round from Seacrest till its permanent home is found. This is the next step toward final Parks approval of the plan, which bague homme argent oeil then would enable county funded dock improvements to be built later this year, to be in place for year round operations to start in early 2010. The paper that will be presented to the board is available online now; it says Parks staff recommends approval of the orus bague homme plan, and recaps supportive reaction at the Alki Community Center open house last month (WSB coverage here), while mentioning a few more points:
Final decision expected from the King County Ferry District by the end of June
Project then would go out to bid in July
Construction should be done sometime in December
Divers ongoing concerns about Seacrest will be addressed the briefing paper says:
Some divers would like to see mitigation at the park for increasing water taxi service at the site. They have always had safety concerns about the shared use at this site, but we are anticipating that the improved dock configuration will be much safer for the divers as it moves the water taxi boat further from the diving area. coque iphone A group of divers is going to work with King County Councilmember Dow Constantine on assistance in providing some amenities for divers at the site. coque iphone x In the past few years, a diver shower and safety buoys have been added as mitigation at Seacrest.
Public comment is not scheduled to be taken on this item at Thursday Park Board meeting (7 pm, parks HQ downtown); a public hearing is set for March 12, with a vote on March 26, and bague homme romain Parks Superintendent Tim Gallagher getting the final say after that. Side note: This week Parks Board agenda has another item likely to be of wide West Seattle interest a proposal for changing parks operating hours that paper is online now too, and we write about it shortly. iphone 11 case amazon/a> (Side note in another direction: While checking links for this item, discovered the King County Ferry District has a site now, and it was running a web poll asking what you think county run passenger zadig et voltaire bague homme ferry service should be called Water Taxi Water Bus Foot Ferry Passenger Ferry The poll appears to be closed as of this writing, though.)
The next steps are set for the Parks Department to sign off on upgrading the Elliott Bay Water Taxi dock at Seacrest (as discussed at the Alki Community Center meeting a month ago) , to prepare for year round operation to start early next year: First, the city Parks Board (chaired by Alki Jackie Ramels) will be briefed at its next meeting, Feb. 26. iphone 11 case Then the board plans a public hearing on bague femme 2 anneaux March bague femme rubis rouge 12th and it will meet in West Seattle for the occasion; that meeting set for the WS Golf Course. coque huawei Two weeks after that, March 26th, the Parks Board will make its recommendation, and the final say goes to Parks Superintendent Tim Gallagher. coque samsung E bague femme de mariage mails are forwarded as soon as possible after receipt. Deadline is 5:00 pm, Tuesday, March 24. mail/hand delivered: send to Sandy Brooks at 100 Dexter Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109 5199, or drop off at the front desk at 100 Dexter Ave N. Deadline is Thursday, March 19, to allow time for copying and mailing.
As first reported here last week, the j’m bague homme Water Taxi start date this year is planned for April 5.
If all goes as currently planned, the Elliott Bay Water Taxi long anticipated year round operation will start a little more than a year from now. coque samsung coque iphone 5 But first, some improvements including a new dock and gangway worth about $2 million at Seacrest, in the configuration above, displayed Thursday night at Alki Community Center during a public meeting about the proposal. coque iphone 5 pas cher The gangway will be 80 feet long and 10 feet wide, to accommodate people walking in both directions, bague homme rose which doesn work well on the current 6 bague homme brossé foot wide gangway. coque iphone The new dock will extend past the end of the fishing pier, and then join with a 75 foot long north south section where the boat will tie up, keeping it further away from divers. The meeting brought other updates about the foot ferry future read on:Read More
At the mayor open house: About 50 people there (Southwest Community Center in Westwood) as of 7 o No formal presentation, the mayor really is just working the crowd, with a variety of other high level city staffers there (including SDOT director Grace Crunican and deputy mayor Tim Ceis, bague homme acier onyx both of whom are mont blanc bague homme also West Seattleites). coque iphone coque huawei At the Water Taxi dock open house: Also about 50 people (Alki Community Center) as of this writing, including County Council Chair Dow Constantine. Easels are set up displaying the changes planned for the Seacrest dock, which will stretch it out beyond the existing shape, to a that would be perpendicular to the end of the current fishing pier; there also information about an upcoming study harry winston bague homme of parking in the area. A formal presentation is about to be made. 8:44 PM NOTE: We be publishing separate stories on both events which are now over.
We told you about both of these before, but reminders are circulating today in non Web ways, so we thought we point you to the basics again: First, our postal mail brought a reminder about the bague femme diamant createur Delridge Skatepark public meeting January 14th (first mentioned here), 6 pm at Youngstown Arts Center the city is proceeding with design though it doesn have construction money right now. Second, e mail from the city just brought a reminder about the Elliott Bay Water Taxi/Seacrest dock improvements meeting January 15th (first mentioned here), 7 pm (with 7:30 pm presentation) at Alki Community Center.
For fellow numbers fans Just got the final, FINAL Elliott Bay Water Taxi ridership numbers from County Councilmember Dow Constantine office, one day after the King County Ferry District budget won approval (WSB coverage here), furthering the process of moving the WT toward year round status starting in early 2010. The year end numbers on the season last day put ridership at 182,000 but the final number is actually 182,904 almost 183,000 with a daily average of almost 1,000 (973, to be specific). coque iphone 6 Next year season is due to start up again in April; before then, be sure your calendar is marked for the January 15th public meeting at Alki Community Center (7 pm) to find out about the Water Taxi future, including improvements at Seacrest to make that dock work till its permanent home is eventually found.
ORIGINAL 11:15 AM POST: Just started in the King County Council chambers. Live on cable channel 22 (and online). 11:34 AM UPDATE: The Ferry District $19 million budget for next year has just passed with councilmembers (sitting as Ferry District directors) noting that it reduced from the original plan, because it will include the same levy level as this year, instead of seeking the one percent increase allowable by state law. Adding a few more details shortly. 12:01 PM UPDATE: A full news release is expected shortly, at which time we post separately. In the short run King County Councilmember Dow bague homme tete de mort swarovski Constantine staff explains the tax rate decision actually means a reduction from this year: The total amount to be collected is the same as last year, so with an increased amount of taxpayers, that means a small drop in the rate. coque iphone Water Taxi fares will stay the same as this year, and the budget includes more than $2 million for dock improvements at Seacrest (which may not wind up costing that much), which will be discussed in the January 15th public meeting we first reported here a week ago.
That one of the iconic images from the coverage we dubbed Freeway Fright (all bague homme animal archived here) the August 2007 I 5 lane closures that could have caused gridlock backing up into West Seattle, but didn because of commuter action like bague femme harry potter what shown above (an Elliott Bay Water Taxi run on Day 1 that carried about 200 people; photo was provided that day by the staff of County Councilmember Dow Constantine). coque huawei The state Department of Transportation communications team just won the National Partnership for Highway Quality 2008 Gold Award for Public Communications for its effort to get the word out about Freeway Fright before and during the road work. coque samsung They really did do a great job in reaching out to the public via myriad news sources (including WSB even though that was months before we became a full fledged business) so we wanted to congratulate them, although in turn, their news release announcing the award congratulates YOU: project’s success really came from the public choosing to travel different routes, try public transit, work from home or defer their trips, state Transportation Secretary Paula bague homme anneau large Hammond said.
Less than 2 weeks after the Water Taxi ended its season, we received word of another upcoming chance for you to have a say on its future: 7 pm Thursday, January 15th, is the time/date just set for a city/county led public meeting at Alki Community Center, regarding both the WT anticipated move to year round service in January 2010, and plans to improve the WT dock at Seacrest.