FAUNTLEROY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
BOARD MEETING
DECEMBER 14, 2004

The meeting was called to order at 7:00p.m. by President Bruce Butterfield at The Hall at Fauntleroy. In attendance were Vice-President Phil Sweetland, Kathleen Dellplain, Martha Callard, Ryan Biava, Tokya Colpitts, Vlad Oustimovitch, Gary Dawson, Martin Westerman and co-secretary Kim Petram.

Bruce Butterfield welcomed visiting guests Ryan Biava, legislative aide to Councilmember Dow Constantine and Toky Colpitts of EarthCorps with a general overview of the FCA. The minutes of the November meeting were approved.

EARTHCORPS Tokya Colpitts, EarthCorps Project Manager (tokya@earthcorps.org), presented information regarding her agency and then spoke about a current project occurring at Fauntleroy Park. Earthcorp is hosting a community meeting Saturday, January 8th at Fauntleroy Church 10-11am regarding the park. Interested persons or groups may attend to discuss park restoration and maintenance efforts, plan upcoming community volunteer events and assist in the guidance process for the future of Fauntleroy Park.

TREASURER REPORT Phil Sweetland reported that he, Bruce Butterfield, Ann Dawson and Vicki Schmitz-Block met earlier in the month to reconcile the FCA accounts. Ann and Vicki will be working together to establish a manual process for accounting in the future. The group evaluated the FCA balance sheet provided by Phil. Profit and loss is established from Jan 1 through Nov 17, 2004. Clarification will be needed regarding the Port of Seattle donations of $1,000 to the Fauntleroy Fall Festival. Marty Westerman will follow up on this. Discussion was had regarding how to break out the fees, reimbursements for miscellaneous expenses. The board will need to define how detailed the expense reporting should be in order to give guidelines to Ann and Vicki as they establish a new reporting format. Gary Dawson will discuss with Ann regarding clarification of how to break down sub-categories while reporting on a manual input system. Gary Dawson pointed out that the FCA has shown a declining balance over the past few years and proposes that this should have further evaluation by the board. Phil Sweetland offered to pull data from the past three years and will bring this data to the next board meeting. Further discussion was held in anticipation of this system being re-evaluated at the January meeting.

FERRY ADVISORY COMMITTEE (FAC) Gary Dawson reported that meetings would resume January 20, 2005 which will be the executive council meeting. February will be the next public meeting. The ferry system is still proceeding with the ten-year passenger strategy plan. The stakeholder meeting was held on October 10, 2004, which was set up to assist in setting an agenda for establishing criteria for the strategic planning. This group includes, among others, area transit, the boatman’s union, community members, and the City of Seattle. The FAC will stay involved and participate as seen fit. Bruce Butterfield acknowledged that Chuck Sawyer is still following up regarding the safety issues surrounding the Fauntleroy dock area.

TRAFFIC ISSUES Phil Sweetland reported that he received a telephone call from Joe Couples from SDOT regarding the intersection at Othello which is used by the Kenney Home parking garage users. Mr. Couples reported that the traffic counts were too low to justify a signal at this intersection. Vlad Oustimovitch introduced the idea that a low cost response could be to pulse the light at Mrytle and California as a way to slow the entering traffic at Fauntleroy. Ryan Biava, legislative aide to Councilmember Dow Constantine, suggested inquiring if Tom Rasmussen could assist with the traffic issues. He said the legislative aid to Mr. Rasmussen is Brian Hawksford who can be reached at 206-684-8088.

NEIGHBORS NEWSLETTER Martha Callard introduced a discussion about the timing for the next newsletter. The publication date is set tentatively for the end of January. Martha requests that photos be sent to her via cd or disc only. Martha agreed to discuss further with Takya regarding an Earthcorp article. An update will also be done on the survey responses that are still coming in. Phil Sweetland agreed to speak with Judy Pickens about the salmon counts and an update on their return this year. Martha also reported on an article that she saw regarding small neighborhood grants of $15,000. A discussion was held on possible areas the FCA could use grant money such as Fauntleroy Way safety improvements or the Fall Festival. Martha is to inquire with Stan Locke regarding further information on this.

OIL SPILL Kathleen Dellplain expressed her concern about the oil spill in Southern Puget Sound last month and the lack of a quick response. She has heard about a possible citizens response committee and will pursue this further. The FCA expressed its support of such endeavors.

SOUTHWEST DISTRICT COUNCIL Vlad Oustimovitch reported that his term will expire as of the end of December 2004. He will be leaving on sabbatical from January to April 2005 and requests that a FCA board member fill in for him in attendance at the SDC meetings during this time. Bruce Butterfield and Gary Dawson offered to do so, and will coordinate the timing. Vlad also reported on the ongoing issues of the proposed waste transfer station. Ryan Biava indicated that he believed the county and city are not yet firm in the commitment and that the timelines are unclear. Ryan suggested that Vlad meet with him and Councilmember Constantine to further work on this issue that so negatively impacts the West Seattle community. Vlad reported on the Alaskan Way viaduct as well, reporting that the SDC’s position is to maintain capacity and not comment on specific structures. The funding for any proposed tunneling costs should come from downtown businesses, as they will be the beneficiaries of such a project. The SDC does not support West Seattle bearing the cost burdens by imposing tolls on community members. Ryan also reported that Deputy Mayor Ceiss maintained that all city land would not be sold regarding downtown egress issues. The board would like to express their sincere appreciation of all the excellent work that Vlad has done for the community in his role as Southwest District Council President. His community involvement has been tremendous and very important to West Seattle in general and to Fauntleroy in particular. Thank you Vlad!

The meeting was adjourned at 9:00p.m. The next meeting will be Tuesday, January 11, 2005. On the agenda will be a format for discussion regarding an agenda for the vistit with Richard Conlin at the February meeting.