Board Members in Attendance
Keegan O’Connor Alan Ross Danielle McClure
Brett Boyton Kathie Weibel Anne Nolan
Joan Krueger
Standing Items
- Call to order
- Introduction of guests or new members
- Approve minutes from last month’s member meeting (Membership Meeting Minutes)
- Corresponding Secretary report (Anne) Letter to be approved for work in
- Reports of standing and special committees
- Membership (Brett) nothing to report
- Building (Gerd) nothing to report
- Finance (Gerd)
- Balances Jan 12 2022
- Savings account $27,265.16
- Checking account $ 7,194.96
- TOTAL $34,460.12
- RBCC has been paid by self defense class thru August
- $377 donated from Arts and Crafts Fair
- Following today’s election Su Harambe, Gerd Prewett, and Alan Ross will have authority to sign checks for RBCC
- Technology (Alan) nothing to report
- Social (Danielle) nothing to report
Old Business (Please Keep Comments to 1 Minute)
- Shout-out to Alan for all of his work to make the Arts and Crafts event a success!
- Alan acknowledged artists donating money to help support
New Business (Please Keep Comments to 1 Minute)
- 2022 Board Election. Here are the open positions and candidates which were all elected by secret ballot:
- JoAnn thanked Danielle and Alan serving on committee and everyone for stepping up to run for and hold office
- President – Kathie Weibel
- Vice Pres – Gerd Prewett
- Treasurer – Alan Ross
- Corresponding Secretary – Danielle McClure
- Recording Secretary – Anne Nolan
- Trustees:
- Erin Rizzo Mich
- Jessica Reisman
- Joan Krueger
- 2022 Budget Update
Guest Speaker – Link to speaker presentation
Wei Cai, Regional Manager of the Seattle Public Library, updated members on recent changes in the library system including tutoring, the new metal boxes, copying policies and the cancellation of the book sale (and whether it has impacted revenue).
Announcements (Please Keep Comments to 1 Minute)
- Champs Resource & Service Center is working with the City of Seattle and the community to develop the Rainier Beach Skatepark. They seek to create a state of the art, family and mixed-use, free public skatepark (non-electric wheels) that will bring community together to gather, learn, ride skateboards, scooters, inline skates, and BMX bikes. They need our support!
- Letter to SPU with Concerns about Taylor Creek project’s plan for a 12’ service road through Dead Horse Canyon’s park. See draft below
Adjourn
Next meeting is February 9 – Featured Speaker
Adefua Kouyate of Rainier Valley Creative District. Launched in 2021 and located in Columbia City, RVCD’s mission is to establish an active arts and culture coalition that advocates for Rainier Valley’s artistic and cultural community by fostering collaboration, boosting collective visibility and addressing economic inequity.
DEAD HORSE CANYON DRAFT
Date: January __, 2022
To: Michael Yadrick, Seattle Parks & Recreation
Cc: Cody Nelson (SPU), Tammy Morales
From: Rainier Beach Community Club
Re: Concerns about SPU Project in Dead Horse Canyon
Rainier Beach Community Club (RBCC) is a long-standing organization in and for our neighborhood. We have over 100 members and our mission is to enhance and maintain the quality of life for residents of the Rainier Beach community through civic, service and community building activities.
Dead Horse Canyon is a beloved urban forest sanctuary for our neighborhood. We live next to the park and are invested in its long-term health and preservation. Our members have taken a keen interest in SPU’s Taylor Creek Restoration Project and in July 2021, Cody Nelson of SPU provided RBCC members a progress report.
Since then, we have been advised of a couple of potential SPU actions that are of concern to us, most notably, the proposed 12’ wide road over the current footpath which we believe will result in the loss of mature trees and recently planted native shrubs. It will also disturb wildlife and further erode an already steep and hilly slope. In short we fear that it will permanently alter the character of Dead Horse Canyon and urge serious consideration of alternative methods of transporting material using the existing trail.
Further, we ask SPU to keep the park as open and accessible as possible throughout the project. We also request that the Taylor Creek restoration project allocate funds for repairing the Bangor access trail and the Rustic Hairpin work party access trail to make them safer.
As stakeholders of Dead Horse Canyon, RBCC would like to continue to get periodic updates from SPU (our member meetings are the second Wednesday of each month at 7 pm) as well as ongoing opportunities to provide input.
We look forward to hearing back from you and a fruitful relationship. Please contact our Corresponding Secretary __________ at RainierBeachCommunityClub@gmail.com to set up a progress report to our members and answer any questions that you might have.