The Fremont Neighborhood Council (FNC) represents and advocates for the residents of our community. For those residents with a concern, the FNC provides a place for discussion and problem-solving. For the city, and county and state, the FNC provides a place to bring programs and plans that need to be shared with residents.
Right now, the FNC is holding its annual membership drive. This is the time to sign-up, and pay, to join this representative organization. Membership dues are inexpensive, with a special seniors & low income rate, but the satisfaction of knowing you are supporting our community, and advocacy for residential concerns, is huge!
Current annual membership dues rates are:
- $10 for seniors & low-income residents
- $15 for individuals
- $25 for household (two votes)
- $50 angel
The FNC is an all-volunteer organization, with area residents serving on the Board. They hold monthly meetings – including the April 22nd Annual Meeting – as well as organizing forums on specific issues of concern. FNC volunteer representatives attend public hearings, confer with City and County officials, and identify and support neighborhood special projects.
In 2018, the FNC specifically addressed:
- The Mandatory Housing Affordability act, and joined in a challenge on the Environmental Impact Statement. Volunteers monitored and spoke concerns of Fremont residents to the City, they heard concerns from neighbors at the monthly FNC meetings, about upzones of residential properties.
- Homelessness, and Crime – The FNC has held a series of public forums, encouraging residents (and all Fremonsters) to bring forward their concerns and suggestions for the most humane ways we all could help the homeless in our community, and address the rise in crime seen on our streets. From these forums, the FNC plans to set an action plan for addressing these concerns in 2019.
- On the development of 3959 Fremont Ave N, the FNC has advocated for a sensible and safe design, working with the City and developers to minimize negative impacts on current neighbors and future expectations for that area.
- The N 34th Mobility Project had public meetings, in 2018, attended by FNC volunteers, advocating for the residential concerns regarding pedestrian and cyclist safety
- FNC monthly meetings featured public presentations by representatives from Seattle Transportation (SDOT) on public access to the Lake Washington Rowing Club dock, and representatives from the Seattle Utilities Ship Canal Water Quality Project.
- Support for Art – The FNC sponsored and supported responsible stewardship for neighborhood murals including the 46th Street Mural, and continuing the Utility Box Art project that FNC volunteers launched.
- Better parks and art were also a concern for the FNC in 2018, supporting plans for an expansion of Ernst (Fremont Library) Park, efforts to clean the east side of the Troll’s Knoll Park (and P-Patch,) and a volunteer’s efforts to preserve and restore the Helen Tapp Memorial Bench (a original installation by the FNC.)
- Advocating for Cyclists, with the N 34th Mobility Project, supporting Greenways, and the construction of the Burke-Gilman Trail missing link
Joining the FNC is easy. Bring membership fees to the next monthly meeting, on March 25th at 7p at the Doric Lodge #92, or visit the FNC Get Involved website (click here.) Finally, membership can be mailed to the Fremont Neighborhood Council at 3518 Fremont Ave N, #111, Seattle, WA 98103.
Membership in the FNC does not guarantee a right to vote – voting membership is only open to residents who live within the boundaries of Fremont as set by the FNC by-laws (click here to see the map.)
The FNC does NOT sell or distribute the names, addresses, phone numbers or e-mail addresses of their membership. The information given to the FNC is only used by the organization to inform members, and former members, of news pertinent to residents of the Center of the Universe.
For more about the FNC, and the issues of concern by this advocacy and representative organization, visit the FremontNeighborhoodCouncil.org website, or the FNC Facebook page.