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July 22, 2011Volume 4, Issue 3

Alabama Hill

Special InterestArticles:

• New Pet WasteStation on the trails• New Restaurantcoming to area

•

Fixin’ Meridian!

Individual Highlights:

MNAC ReportCity InfoAHA Membership Form

Association Newsletter

Meet us at St. Clair Park on

Tuesday

August 2

at 6 PM

for our AnnualPicnic. We supply the Salmon, HotDogs, burgers and drinks! All you needto bring is your table service (plate andsilverware) and a salad or dessert itemis you wish.Linda Stewart, CityNeighborhoodServices Coordinator, will be on handto give us an update of the WaterfrontDevelopment Project – a presentationyou won’t want to miss.With the Elections coming up therepromises to be lots of opportunities tomeet candidates who will be stoppingby to meet you. Here’s a chance to askquestions and find out what they intendto do about the things important to you.Enjoy the great company of fellowneighbors. Certainly our most popularmeeting of the year – come over andenjoy the evening out with friends.Volunteers are needed to help set up at5pm and breakdown around 8pmFor more information call Doug Bestle orJeff Braimes (733-3014)

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Chairman:

Larry Nicholas647-2315

Vice Chair:

Dean Haskins733-2800

Secretary:

vacant -

Treasurer:

Jim McLeod734-5127

Past Chairman:

Doug Bestle734-2272

MNAC Rep:

Jimmy Kelsey715-3053

AHA Area A (NW) Rep

Brian Walker671-8258

AHA Area B (NE) Rep

Michael Eisenberg734-3615

AHA Area C (SW) Rep

Steve Potvin734-5384

AHA Area D (SE) Rep

Nancy Allen922-0256

Next AHA QtlyMeeting is TuesAugust 2

6 PM St. ClairPark

Annual Picnic Bar-B-Que Meeting

Tuesday – August 2nd 2011 – St. Clair Park - 6PMalabamahillassociation.com

Remember last year? Here’s our neighborhood kids cutting the ribbon at the

Highland Heights Park Grand Opening

– June 6

, 2010. The park now enjoys lotsof quality play time for younger among us!

New Pet Waste Station At Park Entry

BY Dean Haskins, Managing BrokerNORTHWEST HOMES Team

Alabama Hill AssociationPage 2

Pet waste holds bacteria and parasites that survivefor months on land. Rainwater carries these pollutantsinto storm drains, which lead to streams, lakes, andthe bay without treatment. The bacteria can be ahealth hazard to children playing in streams, harmwildlife, and pollute Lake Whatcom, the source of ourdrinking water.The City provides pet waste bag stations at severalother parks and trail locations. We have about 18,500dogs in Bellingham that can produce 9,250 pounds ofwaste a day. So please, let’s all do our part & pick upour dog waste in our yards and especially in publicplaces like our park trails. Please bag it and place it inyour own trash containers at home.In the future, we will be experimenting with providinga trash container to hold the full bags, however, thecosts & maintenance will not be accomplished withCity funds or personnel.

LOCAL NEWS

Pae 3 of 4

City+ Beat

The Bellingham Public Works Department wishes toinform the public that the following roads will havetraffic limitations during the week of July 25-29,2011 to accommodate construction and repair.

Lakeway Drive, Kenoyer Drive to Scenic Avenue

Traffic on Lakeway Drive will be reduced to onelane between Kenoyer Drive and Scenic Avenuewhile Colacurcio Brothers Construction, undercontract with the City of Bellingham, continue stormdrainage, sewer repairs, and sidewalk work inpreparation for new pavement and bike lanes aspart of the 2011 resurfacing program. ElectricAvenue from Whatcom Falls Park to Lakeway isalso included in the overlay. Drivers can expect upto 20 minute delays directed by flaggers through theconstruction zone.

Crack sealing in Meridian, Birchwood, LetteredStreets, Roosevelt, Central Business Districtand Columbia neighborhoods

Traffic on numerous streets will be reduced to onelane at times while Huizenga Enterprises, LLC,under contract with the City of Bellingham,continues the annual crack sealing program, asweather permits. Equipment and crews arecontinually moving from location to location.Motorists traveling through the work zones shouldexpect delays. Flaggers will direct drivers aroundintermittent lane closures. Some parking may berestricted. Streets affected this week include E.McLeod Road, Sterling and Sunset drives, Firwoodand Nequalicum avenues, Williams Way, EdensRoad, Madrona, Monroe, Lafayette, Jaeger, Lynn,Williams, Madison, Broadway, Orleans, W. Holly, H,J, Elm, W. Connecticut, Jenkins, Girard, andOrleans streets.

MNAC News Last Meeting held 7/20/11– Jimmy Kelsey, our Rep

I apologize for missing two recent meetings. I did verifyarrangement to have Linda Stewart from the Mayor's Officeattend our August Picnic and provide some update on Waterfrontdevelopment from City of Bellingham perspective.Mayor Dan Pike is leading an effort to recruit mayors from citiesalong rail line that may feel impacts of coal train proposal topush for additional environmental review at State level. Seattleand Marysville Mayors are on board as are several others. Youwill be seeing more about that effort in the news.A proposal to initiate a rental property licensing and inspectionsystem in Bellingham has been under consideration through CityCouncil, but no specific legislation has yet to be produced to bestof my knowledge.MNAC takes August off (no meeting) but I plan to be at theSeptember meeting. Have not read any earth shattering news inthe minutes but if you have questions please let me know. Seeyou at the Picnic!

Jeckyl & Hyde Restaurant due to open in August

A new eatery is starting up at the corner of James and Kentucky,across the street from Hardware Sales. Bill-of-fare is to begourmet barbecue, but on a quick and on-the-go basis. Thesefolks are already on Orchard and many may have alreadysampled their pizza and beer menu there. There hours areplanned to be 7am – 7pm every day. Look for Grand Opening.

Meridian Mess!

The WSDOT is embarking on a big project to help fix the worstintersection in Whatcom County -Telegraph and Meridian. Witha grant of $3mm allocated to work the Guide Meridian from I-5up to Horton Road they are now in the public input phase. Abunch of fixes have been roosed from buildin barriers toclosing off turn lanes. July-August are publicfeedback months. Here’s an opportunity to haveyour say on a great way to make it better.For the complete report and ways to providefeedback go to: