PARKS

 The role of the Parks Committee of HLCC is to promote and protect open space and urban wildlife habitat in the Haller Lake Neighborhood.  We work
with Friends of Northacres Park (C. Crockett, Coordinator) to participate in periodic work parties at Northacres Park, the largest park in our neighborhood.  About half of the 20-acre park is native evergreen forest habitat with a variety of vegetation in the understory, including Oregon grape, salal, ferns, red huckleberry, trillium, and bleeding heart. Hummingbirds, raptors, woodpeckers, wrens, finches, and chickadees are among the many bird species using the park.  Native mammals include raccoons and mountain beaver. Thanks to Friends of Northacres Park (FNP), established in 1992, our Park has fewer invasive plants than many others.  Over the years, we have cut down holly bushes, dug up blackberry bushes, pulled up ivy, and weeded out morning glory and other invasive plants.  FNP and HLCC successfully lobbied for a rainbow park sign on the corner of NE 130th and 1st Ave NE so that more people would know of the Park's existence.  We also worked with the City and Citizens for Off-leash Areas (COLA) to reach an agreement for the design and operation of Northacres Off-leash Area (OLA) (northeast corner, accessible from ball field parking lot).  To protect native habitat, fenced "islands" were created within the larger fenced OLA.  Most of the vegetation within the protected islands is native, owing to work parties by Northacres OLA volunteers.  Northacres Park is located south of  NE 130th St, between 1st Ave NE and the freeway.  Other parks within the boundaries of Haller Lake neighborhood include Jackson Park Golf Course (1100 NE 135th St),
Pinehurst Playfield (12029 14th Ave NE), Victory Creek Park (1059 Northgate Way), and Helene Madison Pool (3401 Meridian N).  A new street end park is planned for the west margin of Haller Lake, where N 125th dead-ends at the lake.

The North Precinct Police Department provides a full range of emergency-response and public safety services to prevent crime and enforce the law in a manner that makes residents and visitors feel safe and be safe in their homes, schools, businesses, and neighborhoods. Precinct personnel also respond to situations they view while patrolling the streets of Seattle, as well as work on solutions to long-standing neighborhood concerns and needs through the Community Policing and Anti-Crime Teams.
See the North Precinct Public Safety Numbers.

The North Precinct serves a population of 250,000 and covers 32 square miles. The boundaries are Puget Sound on the west, Lake Washington on the east, the Ship Canal on the south, and the city limits at 145th Street on the north.

Once a month I attend the North Precinct Crime Prevention meeting and report that information back to the community through meetings and the newsletter.

During our regular community meetings, refreshments are provided during the gathering time from 7:00 – 7:15pm.  A sign-up sheet is sent around for members to pick the month they would like to contribute desserts. We like to encourage homemade treats as the Haller Lake membership is known for their good cooks. The Chairperson needs to keep an inventory of supplies, cups, coffee, and so forth. It usually takes a couple of people to set up the long table in the north end of the auditorium. Everything is brought out on a wheeled cart from the kitchen. The coffee is plugged in near the table. Sometimes, the Refreshment Committee is asked to help at the Christmas Party and Spring Ice-Cream Social.

The Federation is the umbrella organization for community and neighborhood groups and organizations in the Seattle area. It is staffed and operated by volunteer citizens, and receives no funding or support from any governmental organization, thereby assuring its independent operation, and ability to serve the groups that it represents. The Haller Lake Community Club is one of about 30 dues-paying Community Councils and other neighborhood clubs and groups, although the membership fluctuates according to the ever-changing needs of communities to respond to emerging and ongoing activity by special interests and governmental bureaucracies..
The Federation grew out of the need to assist Japanese-Americans who had been interred during WW2, as they struggled to return to the homes and businesses that had been taken from them when they were interred. While those days are now but a distant memory, current events continue to pose dilemmas that resist satisfactory solutions without a bit of assistance such as that provided by the Federation

This committee is responsible for gathering articles and publishing the monthly newsletter.

Our Sunshine Chairperson is Fran Kirsch-Erdman, also known as the “Card Lady”. She is most happy to send cards to our members for a Special Anniversary or Birthday, along with those that may be ill. Please don’t hesitate to call her with information about someone or a family in our membership that you feel we should acknowledge with a card and/or maybe flowers

Our Telephone Chairperson, ?, reminds members of meetings and special activities when deemed necessary by phone or email.