Last Monday, on June 22nd, at the Fremont Neighborhood Council (FNC) monthly meeting the board of this non-profit advocacy organization unanimously voted to spend $3,000 from its treasury to pay for decorating three more signal boxes. The FNC has facilitated painting of four other signal boxes, all by emerging artist Kyler Martz under a program developed and maintained by Urban ArtWorks.
The FNC also heard a presentation on the proposed p-patch for the new Troll’s Knoll park, west of the Fremont Troll statue. Kara Sweidel updated the FNC on plans to get a toolshed constructed for the p-patch (volunteering during construction would reflect positively on those seeking to get a patch.) She also reported that this area will possibly have 31 patches, plus a community bed for growing food for the local food bank. When asked, Sweidel acknowledged that soil pollution concerns brought up at previous public meetings about Troll’s Knoll are being taken into consideration during development of the p-patch.
The FNC also discussed the possibility of setting development standards for our community, to give Design Review guidelines to set on the architecture and fixtures of future structures. Among the FNC Board there were doubts expressed about whether these standards would actually help, and other doubts about the amount of work and energy getting such standards set would demand. Still, if volunteers stepped forward to work on this, the FNC will likely support their effort.
This meeting also contained another discussion about the FNC possibly becoming a 501(c)3 non-profit, and information on programs going on this summer at the Seattle Public Library, and specifically the Fremont Branch, provided by Andy Bates. For more on the FNC, and its efforts, attend the next meeting on the fourth Monday in July (the 27th) at 7p at Doric Lodge #92 – also visit the FNC website and/or the Facebook page.