July 9th meeting notes

Here are some highlights from our July 9th meeting. It was a great evening at Doug and Eileen's!

1) Trails Connection Proposal:

TJ Davis of the King County Parks Department talked about the Community Partnership Grants Program. These grants are given to community organizations and range from a few hundred to $250,000. He assured us that his office will work with us in planning a scope of work, getting permissions and easements, and breaking the project into pieces. He brought a GIS layered map of the 3 parks (St. Edwards, Big Finn Hill, and O.O. Denny). According to the map, it looks like most of the trail building will happen in the middle "skinny" section of Big Finn Hill.

Next steps: Getting a more detailed map with a topographic-layer incorporated (Eileen). Scouting out the trails in the field. Assessing what needs to be done and possibly contacting a trails organization to see exactly how to build a trail. Trail reconnaissance will be on Saturday, July 25 at 9 am. Location TBA.

2) Kirkland Uncorked
Sandy recapped the composting guidelines. At the festival, there will be 4 waste stations, with 3 bins each. There will be signs with velcroed items on them to use as a composting guideline. Wine glasses can't be recycled, but can be reused and can be brought to the entrance if attendants don't want them. When volunteering, check in first with the Volunteer station, and then at the City of Kirkland booth for supplies.

3) Blog
Jackie asked the group to send any interesting blog material to her. This might be anything related to sustainability in the Kirkland area. Also, we need more pictures taken of our group. Please bring cameras to events.

4) Bike Share
Eileen announced that there will be a King County Bike Share demonstration on August 11 at the Discovery Center in Seattle and on August 12 at the Redmond Town Center.

5) Other ideas
Torrey suggested a discussion on Resilient Communities.

6) Next Meeting
The next meeting will be on August 13 at Juanita Beach Park.