Fremont Neighborhood Council Posts Its Agenda for the Monthly Meeting On Monday

In 2014, Kyler Martz painted original art on the signal box at Fremont Place & Fremont Ave N, commissioned by the FNC. Photo by K. Lindsay Laney, Mar ’14

On Monday, July 26^th, at 7p, the Fremont Neighborhood Council will hold its monthly meeting, on Zoom. The Board Members of the FNC collectively assemble the agenda for the meeting, and all Fremont residents are invited to participate in the discussions of this advocacy organization.

At it’s July meeting, the FNC will hear from Jolene Haas, Director of the Duwamish Longhouse. As a follow-on to the Land Acknowledgement made at the start of the FNC meetings, the Board will hear from Ms. Haas about efforts by Duwamish Tribe members to become federally recognized.

In addition, the Board will discuss recent information received from the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT.) As part of an effort to clean up signal boxes, and increase neighborhood art, the FNC (led by dedicated volunteer Matt Gasparich) funded Urban ArtWorks to paint 10 of the neighborhood’s 28 signal boxes (the silver boxes that sit at lighted intersections and contain mechanical equipment.) The signal boxes often attract graffiti. Some time ago, the City replaced one of the boxes that the FNC had painted, by artist Kyler Martz, without notification or replacement. In June, SDOT authorized another organization to cover the new box with art intended to encourage COVID vaccinations. The Board will discuss the latest information they’ve received from SDOT about the replacement art, and the possibility of getting another box painted.

New art on the signal box installed, without notice, at Fremont Pl & Fremont Ave N, in June 2021. Photo by Adrian Laney

The FNC will also get an update on maintenance of the 46^th Street Mural, and consider:

Closure of Green Lake Way North, as part of the on-going Green Lake & Wallingford Paving & Multi-Modal Improvements Project
The Aurora Reimagined Coalition
Transition of FNC meetings to a hybrid set-up

The Board will also discuss speakers and presentations for upcoming meetings, the Seattle Tree Ordinance and signage in Fremont regarding the tribal history here. The Board will also approve the minutes from previous meetings, and hear the Treasurer’s report.

The FNC meets on July 26^th at 7p on Zoom. Click here for the link, or use meeting identification number 862 5020 1892 and passcode 999742. Find out more on the FNC, and its advocacy for the residents of the Center of the Universe (including a map of the area of Fremont they represent,) on the FremontNeighborhoodCouncil.org website (click here.)