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Asce Seattle Section - Board Meeting Minutes
ASCE SEATTLE SECTION - BOARD MEETING MINUTES March 13, 2018 ASCE Seattle Section March Board Meeting Meeting held at The Mirabella Attendees: Diana Hasegan (Board President - Non Voting) Paul Fikse (Board Officer) Homero Flores (Board Officer) Eset Alemu (Board Officer) Jared Nakamoto (Board Officer) Tony Nguyen (Board Officer) Ed Huston -- SEAW (Non-voting visiting member) Meeting minutes taken by Paul Fikse. *Prior to the call to order, candidates for ASCE Region 8 Director and President, Dennis Richard and Lou Aurigemma (respectively) called in to discuss their qualifications and priorities in a bid for the board’s endorsement. See notes below under “Election Endorsements”. Meeting called to order at 4:26pm by Diana. MOTION to approve agenda by Paul, seconded by Tony. Approved unanimously. MOTION to approve February meeting minutes by Paul, seconded by Eset. Motion Passed by majority (note: abstentions count towards the majority when a super majority is required). Old Business ● Review Action Items and Follow-Ups Paul ● Election Endorsements (see * above) Diana o The following candidates called in and talked about their priorities: o Dennis Richard -- for R8 Director. Priorities are: ▪ Get young engineers involved in ASCE by doing the following: ● Update membership benefits to be geared towards young members ● Get technical speakers out to schools ▪ Strengthen outreach to public and elected officials o Lou Aurigemma -- for ASCE President ▪ I^3 -- “Invest In Infrastructure” is his slogan ▪ Paul asked what he’d do differently to get us the investments we need to improve the report card grade. Lou said he agrees with what the current president has done; gave no specific examples. -
This City of Ours
THIS CITY OF OURS By J. WILLIS SAYRE For the illustrations used in this book the author expresses grateful acknowledgment to Mrs. Vivian M. Carkeek, Charles A. Thorndike and R. M. Kinnear. Copyright, 1936 by J. W. SAYRE rot &?+ *$$&&*? *• I^JJMJWW' 1 - *- \£*- ; * M: . * *>. f* j*^* */ ^ *** - • CHIEF SEATTLE Leader of his people both in peace and war, always a friend to the whites; as an orator, the Daniel Webster of his race. Note this excerpt, seldom surpassed in beauty of thought and diction, from his address to Governor Stevens: Why should I mourn at the untimely fate of my people? Tribe follows tribe, and nation follows nation, like the waves of the sea. It is the order of nature and regret is useless. Your time of decay may be distant — but it will surely come, for even the White Man whose God walked and talked with him as friend with friend cannot be exempt from the common destiny. We may be brothers after all. Let the White Man be just and deal kindly with my people, for the dead are not powerless. Dead — I say? There is no death. Only a change of worlds. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE 1. BELIEVE IT OR NOT! 1 2. THE ROMANCE OF THE WATERFRONT . 5 3. HOW OUR RAILROADS GREW 11 4. FROM HORSE CARS TO MOTOR BUSES . 16 5. HOW SEATTLE USED TO SEE—AND KEEP WARM 21 6. INDOOR ENTERTAINMENTS 26 7. PLAYING FOOTBALL IN PIONEER PLACE . 29 8. STRANGE "IFS" IN SEATTLE'S HISTORY . 34 9. HISTORICAL POINTS IN FIRST AVENUE . 41 10. -
Context Statement
CONTEXT STATEMENT THE CENTRAL WATERFRONT PREPARED FOR: THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, CITY OF SEATTLE November 2006 THOMAS STREET HISTORY SERVICES 705 EAST THOMAS STREET, #204 SEATTLE, WA 98102 2 Central Waterfront and Environs - Historic Survey & Inventory - Context Statement - November 2006 –Update 1/2/07 THE CENTRAL WATERFRONT CONTEXT STATEMENT for THE 2006 SURVEY AND INVENTORY Central Waterfront Neighborhood Boundaries and Definitions For this study, the Central Waterfront neighborhood covers the waterfront from Battery Street to Columbia Street, and in the east-west direction, from the waterfront to the west side of First Avenue. In addition, it covers a northern area from Battery Street to Broad Street, and in the east- west direction, from Elliott Bay to the west side of Elliott Avenue. In contrast, in many studies, the Central Waterfront refers only to the actual waterfront, usually from around Clay Street to roughly Pier 48 and only extends to the east side of Alaskan Way. This study therefore includes the western edge of Belltown and the corresponding western edge of Downtown. Since it is already an historic district, the Pike Place Market Historic District was not specifically surveyed. Although Alaskan Way and the present shoreline were only built up beginning in the 1890s, the waterfront’s earliest inhabitants, the Native Americans, have long been familiar with this area, the original shoreline and its vicinity. Native Peoples There had been Duwamish encampments along or near Elliott Bay, long before the arrival of the Pioneers in the early 1850s. In fact, the name “Duwamish” is derived from that people’s original name for themselves, “duwAHBSH,” which means “inside people,” and referred to the protected location of their settlements inside the waters of Elliott Bay.1 The cultural traditions of the Duwamish and other coastal Salish tribes were based on reverence for the natural elements and on the change of seasons. -
SR 519 Intermodal Access Project Phase 2
SR 519 I NTERMODAL A CCESS P ROJECT P HASE 2: S OUTH ATLANTIC C ORRIDOR Transportation Discipline Report Prepared for Prepared by: THE TRANSPO GROUP Final February 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS.................................................................................................................... XI GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS .................................................................................................................XIII SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................................................... XV 1 What is the Proposed Action and why is it needed? ........................................................................................ xv 2 What is the affected environment?.................................................................................................................. xvi 3 How were the effects of the project on transportation analyzed?....................................................................xvii 4 What transportation effects could occur during construction of the project, and what mitigation is proposed? ......................................................................................................................................................xviii 5 What transportation effects could occur during operation of the project, and what mitigation is proposed? ...................................................................................................................................................... -
1 September 12, 2014 To: Seattle City Council From: Barb Graff, Director
September 12, 2014 To: Seattle City Council From: Barb Graff, Director, Office of Emergency Management Assistant Chief A.D. Vickery, Seattle Fire Department Subject: Response to Seattle City Council Resolution 31504 regarding Oil Trains Seattle City Council requested as a part of Resolution 31504, “… that the Seattle Fire Department and Seattle Office of Emergency Management review and, if needed, update the City’s incident response plans for the increasing risk imposed by the transport of petroleum by rail with a report back to the relevant committees of the City Council by June 20, 2014.” This response has been drafted in partnership with the Seattle Fire Department, Mayor’s Office of Policy and Innovation, Office of Intergovernmental Relations, Seattle Department of Transportation, and Councilmember O’Brien’s office. The Hazard Over the last several years the region’s transportation systems have become busier, more congested, more tightly interdependent and lacking in substantial reserve capacity. Disruptions in one part of the system can produce large consequences far from the site of the disruption. Two major rail freight carriers operate in Seattle – BNSF and Union Pacific. They each operate intermodal rail yards to support shipment of goods through the Port of Seattle. All the yards are located in large flat areas that are identified liquefaction zones, meaning during a major earthquake we can expect the land in the area to become liquefied. The tracks run north and south through the City. From the Port of Seattle north, the tracks travel by Safeco Field and Century Link Field as well as the City’s Emergency Operations Center and Fire Station 10 which houses the Hazardous Materials Unit. -
America's Natural Nuclear Bunkers
America’s Natural Nuclear Bunkers 1 America’s Natural Nuclear Bunkers Table of Contents Introduction ......................................................................................................... 10 Alabama .............................................................................................................. 12 Alabama Caves .................................................................................................. 13 Alabama Mines ................................................................................................. 16 Alabama Tunnels .............................................................................................. 16 Alaska ................................................................................................................. 18 Alaska Caves ..................................................................................................... 19 Alaska Mines ............................................................................................... 19 Arizona ............................................................................................................... 24 Arizona Caves ................................................................................................... 25 Arizona Mines ................................................................................................... 26 Arkansas ............................................................................................................ 28 Arkansas Caves ................................................................................................ -
August 26, 2005
LPB 418/14 REPORT ON DESIGNATION Name and Address of Property: Fire Station No. 5 925 Alaskan Way Legal Description: Portion of Madison Street as established by Seattle ordinance 815, lying between inner Harbor line and Alaskan Way, lying south of block 181 and north of block 198, Seattle Tide Lands, less the south ten feet as vacated under ordinance 6519, less northern area under right way use permit, all located in the SE quarter of Section 31, township 25, Range 4, in King County Washington. At the public meeting held on July 16, 2014 the City of Seattle's Landmarks Preservation Board voted to approve designation of Fire Station No. 5 at 925 Alaskan Way as a Seattle Landmark based upon satisfaction of the following standards for designation of SMC 25.12.350: C. It is associated in a significant way with a significant aspect of the cultural, political, or economic heritage of the community, City, state or nation. D. It embodies the distinctive visible characteristics of an architectural style, or period, or a method of construction. F. Because of its prominence of spatial location, contrasts of siting, age, or scale, it is an easily identifiable visual feature of its neighborhood or the City and contributes to the distinctive quality or identity of such neighborhood or the City. DESCRIPTION The Setting and Site Fire Station No. 5 is located on the west side of Alaskan Way, with Pier 55 – the Washington State Ferry Terminal and dock – to the south. To its north there is the historic Pier 54, a large pier shed containing Ivar’s restaurant, café, and offices on its first floor along with a local retail institution, Ye Olde Curiosity Shop. -
Washington Transportation Chronology
Transportation Chronology by Kit Oldham, updated 2004/p.1 Updated by Kit, 2004 WASHINGTON TRANSPORTATION CHRONOLOGY 1835. The Hudson's Bay Company ship Beaver is the first steamship to travel on Puget Sound. HL #1946 October-November, 1845 . The Michael Simmons-George Bush party cuts a makeshift road from Cowlitz Landing (now Toledo) on the Cowlitz River to Budd Inlet on Puget Sound, where they establish Tumwater, the first American settlement north of the Columbia River. Dorpat, 63; HL # 5646; Meeker, 158. 1851 . A crude wooden track portage line along the north bank of the Columbia river at the Cascades in the Columbia Gorge is the first railway constructed in the future Washington. Schwantes, Railroad , 15. 1852 . The first road established by law in the future Washington state is Byrd's Mill Road between Puyallup, Tacoma, and Steilacoom, established by the Oregon Territorial Legislature. Garrett, 3. 1853 . First overland passenger service from Olympia to the Columbia River begins; passengers are initially carried on freight wagons known as mudwagons (given the poor conditions on the route which do not improve much even when a military road is completed in 1861), with stage coaches coming into use as passengers numbers increase. (Except for the Columbia-Puget Sound connection, stagecoaches are little used in Western Washington, as the waters of Puget Sound provide the crucial transportation links). Dorpat, 66-67; Schwantes, Journey , 88-89. 1853. The steamer Fairy is the first steamer to provide regular service among Puget Sound ports. HL #869 January 7, 1853. Congress appropriates $20,000 for a military road from Fort Steilacoom to Fort Walla Walla by way of Naches Pass, a route that Indians used for generations to travel between Puget Sound and the Yakima Valley. -
(B) (6) (B) (6) Crossing Collision at Grade Crossing at MP 266.7 Firm in Hartford, IL
FOIA-14 All RECORDS SUMMARY Report Date: 5/15/2020 Requested FOIA Docket # Description Organization LastName FirstName Primary Date Contact 12/11/2012 FOIA-14-001 Copy of any accident/incident reports and witness Malouf & Milicent statement for the November 15, 2012 accident Nockels LLP pertaining to DOT Crossing 796331L 09/20/2013 FOIA-14-002 Records related to a July 6, 2007 train collision Brown & Milicent involving , investigation grade Crouppen - Law (b) (6) (b) (6) crossing collision at Grade Crossing at MP 266.7 Firm in Hartford, IL. 09/20/2013 FOIA-14-003 Travel expense reports and itineraries for the DOT McClatchy RPA Office of Secretary from dating back to February Newspapers 2009 (See Incoming Letter). 09/23/2013 FOIA-14-004 Copies of all records pertaining to the accident on FOUNDERS Milicent 09/23/2012 in Dundas, Rice County, MN (See Incoming Letter). 09/24/2013 FOIA-14-005 Certified Copies of any inspection reports, Yaeger, Milicent/Mrudula citations statements, etc. relevant document Jungbauer & related to the fatality investigation of Norfolk Barczak, PLC Southern employee (b) (6) . 09/30/2013 FOIA-14-006 All incident reports, complaints, inspection reports, Warshauer Law RRS/RCC-10 violations, warnings, memo, citations, etc. (See Group Incoming Letter), 09/25/2013 FOIA-14-007 A complete FRA file on the incident on October Clark Partington Milicent 15, 2012, in Escambia County, Florida (See Hart Larry Bond Incoming Letter). & Stackhouse - At 09/26/2013 FOIA-14-008 All documents or reports related to the Kentucky Fayard and Milicent Train Derailment Report No. 2012OCT1D(See Honeycutt - Incoming letter) Attorney at Law 09/26/2013 FOIA-14-009 Documentation pertaining to the October 12, 2011 The Pearson Milicent accident involving Amtrak trains in Oakland, Law Firm, P.S. -
Plan of Seattle. Report of the Municipal Plans Commission
PLAN OF ONICIPAL PLANS COMMISSION REPORT OF VIRGE. G. BOGUS ENGINEER ''^'- '^: ilSr&iP5^FC^^^;-¥C • ~Jf,-..-:.;0-w-.>\-.JK.-' £i''. -V '"> •' '^1' '^ ^' * d'H r. ^^ t r^ i I ' " '^ / PLAN OF SEATTLE Report of the Municipal Plans Commission submitting Report of Virgil G. Bogue Engineer igii PUBLISHERS: LOWMAN & HaNFORD CO. SEATTLE ft BLAKE, iriORAVCHa, Seattle ''H.ow beautiful thou art! Stretching thine arms to greet the Orient; Gazing with eyes of mystery, to pierce The far sea-spaces; dreaming, mother-like; The boundaries of thy power still unset, The wonder of thy destiny, unknown." —Alice R. Coe. S4A3 Table of Contents PAGE REPORT OF COMMISSION 9 INTRODUCTORY 16 ARTERIAL HIGHWAYS, Introductory Remarks .... 21 Central Avenue: Magnolia Way; Highways No. 38 and No. 22; Highway No. 24; Highways Nos. 12 and 33 (combined); Spo- kane Street Route; Highway No. 41; Highways Nos. 39 and 40 (combined); Marginal Ways; Highway No. 6; Highway No. 48; Highway No. 19; Highways Nos. 22 and 53 (combined); High- Tunnels way No. 38 ; Bothell-Kirkland-Renton Route ; Mercer Island ; for street traffic 24-33 CIVIC CENTER 34 PARK IMPROVEMENTS 41 Parks 41 Parkways 42 Boulevards 43 Playgrounds . 44 Suburban Boulevards 46 Park Comparisons and Summary 47 MUNICIPAL DECORATIONS 49 HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS 54 PORT OF SEATTLE 61 West Seattle District 61 Harbor Island District 63 DuwAMiSH Waterway 68 Central Waterfront District 69 Smiths Cove—West Point District 74 Ballard District 76 2569r'>0 4 CONTENTS VMiE Lake Union District "S Lake Washington 83 Lake Washington—West Side District 84 Lake Washington—Rexton District 88 Lake Washington—East Side District 02 Shore Frontage—Seattle Harbor 95 Dry Dock 96 Sea Walls 90 Drawbridges 192 Future Development of the Central Waterfront - 197 TRANSPORTATION 112 Separation of Grades on the Tide Flats 120 Steam Railways 125 Rapid Transit System 131 Yarrow Bay Tunnel 132 Interurban Service 133 Street Railways 133 Ferries 136 CLOSING WORD 138 APPENDIX NO. -
S LANDER ST GRADE SEPARATION PROJECT, SEATTLE, KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON Cultural Resources Assessment
Seattle Department of Transportation SOUTH LANDER STREET GRADE SEPARATION PROJECT CULTURAL RESOURCES ASSESSMENT January 2017 S LANDER ST GRADE SEPARATION PROJECT, SEATTLE, KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON Cultural Resources Assessment Prepared for Seattle Department of Transportation Prepared by Alicia Valentino, Ph.D., RPA, Katherine F. Wilson, M.A., and Chris Lockwood, Ph.D., RPA This report is exempt from public distribution and disclosure (RCW 42.56.300) ESA Project Number D160278.00 DAHP Project Number 100707-03-FHWA 5309 Shilshole Avenue, NW Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98107 206.789.9658 www.esassoc.com Irvine Sacramento Los Angeles San Diego Oakland San Francisco Orlando Santa Monica Pasadena Seattle Petaluma Tampa Portland Woodland Hills OUR COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY | ESA helps a variety of public and private sector clients plan and prepare for climate change and emerging regulations that limit GHG emissions. ESA is a registered assessor with the California Climate Action Registry, a Climate Leader, and founding reporter for the Climate Registry. ESA is also a corporate member of the U.S. Green Building Council and the Business Council on Climate Change (BC3). Internally, ESA has adopted a Sustainability Vision and Policy Statement and a plan to reduce waste and energy within our operations. This document was produced using recycled paper. S Lander St Grade Separation Project Cultural Resources Assessment EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Environmental Science Associates (ESA) was retained by COWI, on behalf of the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), to conduct a Cultural Resources Assessment for the S Lander St Grade Separation Project. SDOT is proposing to build a bridge along S Lander St between 1st Ave S and 4th Ave S to provide a grade-separated crossing over the BNSF railroad tracks. -
ELLENSBURG ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AGENDA Council Conference Room 501 North Anderson St 5:15 P.M
ELLENSBURG ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AGENDA Council Conference Room 501 North Anderson St 5:15 p.m. February 21, 2018 Regular Meeting 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Regular Meeting January 17, 2018 4. NEW BUSINESS a. SEPA Review P17-114 Libenow Rezone 5. BICYCLE ADVISORY a. Bike/Pedestrian Counter b. Pedestrian and Bicycle Program c. Safe Routes to School Program 6. STAFF UPDATE/DISCUSSION ITEMS a. Discuss Joint Meeting with UAC b. Work Session for SEPA Comment Packet c. Work Session for Open Meetings Act Training (will take 45 minutes) 7. ADJOURN The City of Ellensburg strives to make our services, programs, and activities readily accessible and usable by individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations will be made upon request. Please furnish the ADA Coordinator with your request in sufficient time for the city to provide a reasonable accommodation. A "Request for Accommodation" form may be obtained from the City Clerk @ City Hall. The contents of this agenda have been photocopied on recycled paper. ELLENSBURG ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION January 17, 2018 Regular Meeting (5:15 p.m. to 5:50 p.m.) Council Conference Room – 501 North Anderson Members Present: Andrea Sledge, Laura Busby, Howard Lyman, PJ MacPhaiden, Members Absent: James Rivard, Chandra Gerdes, Also present: Nancy Lillquist, Council Liaison; and Laura Wilson, Associate Planner (Recording Secretary) Vice Chair MacPhaiden called the meeting to order at 5:15 p.m. AGENDA The Environmental Commission approved the agenda. ELECT OFFICERS Commissioner Lyman moved that Commissioner MacPhaiden be elected Chairperson and Commissioner Busby as Vice Chairperson. Commissioner Sledge seconded the motion.