WHEREAS, Resolution 28815, adopted in January, 1994, required that the Mayor submit a work plan of activities, projects and products each year through 1998 that responds to the issues and recommendations set forth by the community in the Central Area Action Plan; and

WHEREAS, the First Annual City of Seattle Updated Response to the Central Area Action Plan, published in 1994, contained work plans for the 1995-1996 biennium, and therefore, the work plan for 1996 is contained therein; and

WHEREAS, at the Mayor's direction, representatives from the City departments have provided reports on their 1995 work plans in support of the Central Area Action Plan, these reports comprising the Second Annual City of Seattle Updated Response to the Central Area Action Plan; and

WHEREAS, the Mayor has reviewed the Second Annual City of Seattle Updated Response to the Central Area Action Plan and recommends it to the City Council for adoption;

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE, THE MAYOR CONCURRING, THAT:

1. The City will continue to address those issues identified in the 1996 work plan as documented in the First Annual City of Seattle Updated Response to the Central Area Action Plan.

2. The City, under direction of the Mayor, will continue interdepartmental discussions to focus attention on the needs of the Central Area and on implementation of the Central Area Action Plan through interdepartmental collaboration and giving priority to work in the Central Area.

3. The City Council recognizes the importance of the implementation goals described in the Central Area Action Plan and supports funding for implementation activities.

4. The Department of Neighborhoods as lead agency in collaboration with City departments, under the Direction of the Mayor, will continue to prepare annually a City of Seattle Response to the Central Area Action Plan through 1998. The annual report shall represent a coordinated effort by all relevant departments and shall include the following information:

a. A description of outreach and coordination activities by City departments to seek input from Central Area community organizations in setting departmental priorities and budget relating to the Central Area; and

b. A description of year-to-date accomplishments of both the City and community organizations, using activity reports from such organizations, related to the implementation of the Central Area Action Plan; and

c. A description of proposed activities for the following two fiscal years (in coordination with the biennial budget) related to the implementation of the Central Area Action Plan, including proposed activities of community organizations. Annual reports prepared during off budget years shall reflect proposed activities as refined or carried over from the previous year's budget process; and

d. Where applicable, information on other City projects and programs which impact the Central Area and new initiatives for work in the Central Area related to the vision, goals and recommendations of the Central Area Action Plan.

Adopted by the City Council the _________ day of ________________, 1995, and signed

by me in open session in authentication of its adoption this _______ day of

________________, 1995.

President of the City Council

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City of Seattle Second Annual Updated Response to the Central Area Action Plan

INTRODUCTION

This report describes the work of City departments during 1995 in response to recommendations in the Central Area Action Plan. The purpose of the Annual Report is to demonstrate the City's continued commitment to give priority to the needs of the Central Area in its funding and activities. Because last year's report addressed the 1995-1996 biennium, the work plan for 1996 is identified in that document and is not repeated in this second annual update of the City's response.

The Annual Report consists of activity updates for 1995 for each City department that has responsibility for providing services as part of the City's response to the Central Area Action Plan. For each department, there is a general statement summarizing activities in the Central Area, followed by a specific listing of activities in 1995 that respond to recommendations in the Central Area Action Plan relating to Economic Development, Housing, Land Use, and Youth Development Services. For each department a contact person is identified for further information.

Since last year the Department of Planning has been eliminated and Central Area Action Plan items that were previously the responsibility of that department are now divided between two new agencies, the Planning Section of the Office of Management and Planning, and the Neighborhood Planning Office. Their respective responsibilities are described on pages 12 and 21.

The City Response gives both the City and the community an opportunity to review the scope of City work being done to revitalize the Central Area. It is complemented by the report of the Central Area Action Plan Implementation Team which documents the accomplishments of Central Area community organizations toward implementing the Action Plan. Together these reports provide a comprehensive picture of the progress that is being made to achieve the vision and goals of the Central Area Action Plan.

DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES (DAS)

DAS Contact: Lisa Peyer, 684-0503

This year DAS' Contracting Services Division implemented another new program aimed at providing economic opportunities for both minorities and women, through the use of apprentices. For all Public Works contracts exceeding one million dollars, the City of Seattle has established a mandatory 15 percent utilization of apprentices across all trades. The City is also participating in a region-wide disparity study to examine past and present practices of contracting for minorities and women in the construction and consulting areas. We hope that the results of this study will provide us with the information we need to further expand the City's current Women and Minority Owned Business Enterprise (WMBE) program.

In addition to our efforts on the WMBE program, DAS staff have been in contact with various community based organizations regarding the possible development of a contractor's resource and planning center. We have refined our outreach strategy to continuously inform vendors and the community regarding contracting opportunities, and have facilitated several community forums to share critical information to encourage participation in City business. Finally, DAS has implemented a new small works roster program that targets small businesses for public work projects valued up to $109,000. We are currently working with the Association of General Contractors to establish a scholarship fund for minority youth into the University of Washington's Building and Construction Program, which will be housed in the UW's College of Architecture and Engineering.

Economic Development Recommendations

E.D. Recommendation 2.2.8

The Department of Administrative Services continued to lease space at the Urban League Building for City occupancy, and participated in potential leased-space opportunities relative to the Parks Department's Promenade 23 project, the African American Museum and a Little City Hall.

E.D. Recommendation 4.2.3

The Public Access Network (PAN) is a free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, electronic public information system operated by the City of Seattle Department of Administrative Services. PAN provides Seattle citizens with electronic access to City-related information and services, and is accessible from home computers with modems and through terminals in all Seattle Library branches.

This year the City Council provided funding to DAS to place computers in community facilities to increase access to the information on the system for citizens who do not have their own computers. The first site to receive public access workstations is the Garfield Community Center. The Parks Department, CLAMDYP, a community-based computer education committee of the Garfield Community Center Advisory Council, and PAN staff have worked together to set up two workstations and perform outreach and education to the larger community. This site opened to the public in September of 1995. A model will be developed from this pilot project which will be replicated at other locations within Seattle during the fall of 1995 and 1996.

In addition to Parks Department Community Centers, public access workstations will be located in Neighborhood Service Centers and Department of Housing and Human Service Family Resource Centers. (One of these FRC's is also located at the Garfield Community Center.)

DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND LAND USE (DCLU)

DCLU Contact: Diane Sugimura, 233-3882

DCLU continues its commitment to contribute to the public safety and livability of the Central Area, as well as improving the image of the neighborhood. The Central Area continues to be a priority area for permit processing at DCLU. This status assists both residential and commercial development by shortening permit review time. DCLU remains poised to support the recommendations listed in last year's update in the areas of Economic Development, Housing, and Land Use. In addition, the following are areas where progress has been made on specific recommendations:

Land Use Recommendations

Land Use Recommendation 1.5.3

DCLU is currently revising the City's regulations governing the development of major institutions. The scope of work for these revisions has been developed with the input of focus groups, which included representatives from Citizen Advisory Committee members. Three members from the Providence Hospital Advisory Committee and two from Seattle University were invited to participate. The focus groups will also be involved in the other phases of the major institution regulation revision process. DCLU continues to be involved in ongoing master plan development and permit review for major institutions in the Central Area and throughout the city.

Land Use Recommendation 2.1.1

DCLU conducted a study of the mixed use development standards that resulted in code changes that will result in commercial spaces that are more conducive to the needs of businesses that locate in mixed use structures. The mixed use study was conducted with the input of development professionals and neighborhood representatives, including citizens from the Central Area. DCLU is willing to work further with the community if they are interested in looking more specifically at the commercial zoning in the Central Area.

Housing Recommendations

Housing Recommendation 5.2.1

DCLU distributed a survey to gather community input in its assessment of enforcement strategies in the areas of the Housing and Building Maintenance Code, Land Use Code, the Weeds Ordinance as well as other ordinances and codes. The information gained will be used to develop priorities for enforcement. The Central Area was included in the survey distribution.

OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (OED)

OED Contact: Dwight Prevo, 684-8248.

OED is the lead agency on most of the programs for business and economic development. In addition, OED provides funding for Community Development Corporations (CDC's) and Community-Based Organizations (CBO's) to undertake capacity building in the Central Area. The nature of these programs requires OED to contract with private business and CBO's. In the Central Area much of OED's work is performed in conjunction with the community. OED must coordinate with federal, state and local entities involved in business and economic development projects.

Economic Development Recommendations

E.D. Recommendation 1.1.1

The City of Seattle's Small Business Development Finance Program, a program operated in conjunction with the Seattle Small Business Lenders Association, has made many loans within the Central Area. As of August 31, 1995, more than 25% of the total loan commitments approved by the City's Loan Committee for 1994-95 were to businesses and individuals within the Central Area.

Additional financing provided to support business development in the Central area includes OED providing $1.51 million in Community Development Block Grant "Float" Loan to Promenade Market. The loan financed the expansion/improvement of the rehabilitated grocery store. OED has also committed a $2.4 million Section 108 loan and a $350,000 grant to finance the Walgreen's development on the vacant Promenade North site.

In August 1995, the City Council approved Ordinance 117729 which provides approximately $800,000 to establish the Central Area Capital Fund Program (CACF). The mission of the CACF is to promote the coordinated redevelopment of the Central Area community through centralized delivery of technical assistance and financing for physical development projects. The intent of the projects is the provision of affordable housing and economic revitalization in the Central Area. The CACF program includes three major activity areas; Commercial Facade Improvement Program; Project Pre-Development Financing; and the Community Equity Fund.

In the fall of 1994, OED in conjunction with the Central Area Review Committee selected three Central Area CDC's that will work to identify, plan and implement commercial and/or residential development projects.

OED established contracts with three Central Area CDC's to undertake commercial and/or residential development projects designed to restore and develop commercial and residential real estate in the Central Area. All three agencies are under contract until January 31, 1995. Future funding is contingent on agency reviews which will be conducted this fall.

In 1995, OED contributed $110,000 to the Washington Association of Community Economic Development (WACED) for continued work with Central Area Community Development Corporations (CDC's) and Community-Based Organizations (CBO's). Beginning In September 1995, WACED will provide a series of advanced training workshops in Housing Development for the staff of Central Area CDC's and CBO's. The workshops provide a higher level of training on technical aspects of housing and commercial real estate development; business development finance; and program development.

E.D. Recommendation 2.2.6

The Central Area Development Association (CADA) is the Central Area organization with the lead role in administering the Central Area Good Neighbor Fund (GNF). The GNF was created through the Central Area Capital Fund Program to support the costs of small facade improvements for businesses in the community and has an initial funding level of $100,000.

UCEDA will market the Good Neighbor Program in its area in an effort to provide capital and assist area businesses with undertaking facade improvements for commercial buildings along Cherry Street. The Good Neighbor Fund will provide matching grants from OED to area businesses for exterior improvements.

E.D. Recommendation 2.2.7

Unified Community Economic Development Association has submitted a proposal that outlines the framework for a Contractor's Plan and Resource Center (CPRC). If implemented, the CPRC will serve as a one-stop shop for African-American, minority and Central Area contractors to access information about bid opportunities and to access technical assistance for business development. The CPRC contains four specific components: 1) Plan and Resource Center, 2) Technical Assistance Program, 3) Job Linkage and Youth Placement 4) and Business Development and Incubation. Information regarding funding support for the CPRC will be available in early 1996.

E.D. Recommendation 3.1.3

OED instituted hiring agreements with businesses receiving financial assistance from the City to provide job opportunities to low/moderate income residents of the City, with a special emphasis on residents from the Central Area and Southeast Seattle. Formal agreements were developed between businesses, the Private Industry Council (PIC), the Rainier Job Service Center and local community-based organizations.

E.D. Recommendation 3.2.2

As funding permits OED will continue to establish contracts and work with Seattle Vocational Institute, Black Dollar Days Task Force, Central Area Motivation Program, Metropolitan Seattle Urban League, and other interested agencies involved in youth entrepreneurial activities.

E.D. Recommendation 4.3.1

CAAP-IT will develop a database of vacant and underdeveloped property within the Central Area. The organization will work with the Seattle Engineering Department (SED) to identify street improvement needs along the community's major arterials. CAAP-IT will work with Central Area organizations to support funding request to the Street Utility Fund for improvements in the Central Area.

E.D. Recommendation 4.3.3

The Central Area Action Plan Implementation Team (CAAP-IT) Land Use Leadership Team will host forums for Central Area residents and organizations to discuss the land use needs of the Central Area. CAAP-IT will work with the City's Neighborhood Planning Office and the Office of Management and Planning to further develop the needs of the Central Area's urban villages and explore the development of a LINC demonstration project for the area as part of the neighborhood planning process.

E.D. Recommendation 5.1.4

The Office of Economic Development (OED) provides City Human Services Program dollars to fund ten organizations to provide employment and training services to targeted communities and populations. Many of the programs use these funds to leverage federal, state and other job training funds. The Central Area Motivation Program (CAMP) located in the Central Area provides job readiness, basic skills and occupational skills training to low-income residents and offers pre-trade's construction training through their Youth Build program. In addition to CAMP, many of the other HSP funded programs serve Central Area residents.

OED has also established employment agreements with companies that have received City financing to encourage hiring linkages with the Central Area and Southeast Seattle. Under these agreements, businesses in the Rainier Valley Square Shopping Center project and South Martin Luther King Industrial Park have agreed to make new job opportunities available to residents of targeted communities including the Central Area.

SEATTLE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT (SED)

SED Contact: Dove Alberg, 684-5195

In addition to work completed and in-process on projects funded through its regular programs, some of which are identified in the 1995/1996 Work Program, the Seattle Engineering Department has worked with the Central Area Community this year on large Capital Improvement Projects. These projects include improvements to East Madison Street, East Union Street, 23rd Avenue, and the Central Area Park Trail. SED continues to look for funding opportunities and make improvements in the Central Area neighborhood along primary corridors.

Street Utility Fund Program

SED will be building a considerable number of projects in this neighborhood through the Neighborhood Street Utility Fund Program. This program, developed and managed by the Department of Neighborhoods with SED support, will award $500,000 to various neighborhoods for the first time this year, 1995. Only neighborhoods that have an adopted plan, of which there are seven, are eligible for these funds. The Central Area's projects that successfully competed for funds include:

Half curb bulbs at South Jackson Street and South 25th Street ($49,200)

Crossing improvements on South Judkins Street ($24,000)

Traffic island and crossing improvements on Martin Luther King Way ($9,400)

Alley lighting on the 27th and 28th Avenue Alleys by East Union Street ($5,000)

Two curb bulbs at 14th Avenue and East Jefferson Street ($24,000)

Pedestrian improvements on 12th Avenue ($4,000)

These projects will be built between August of 1995 and August 1996.

Other Projects

Other projects which have been worked on/constructed in 1995 include:

Traffic Circles on 13th Avenue East and East Marion Street, and 21st Avenue East and East Marion Street

Central Park Trail Improvements (these improvements total $400,000 and will be constructed mostly in 1996)

Mid-block curb bulbs at South Jackson Street by 21st Avenue South will be constructed in 1996

East Yesler Way pedestrian improvements (part of the '95-'96 Central Park Trail improvements)

Curb bulbs at 20th Avenue South and South Lane Street, and South Weller Street

Specific attention has been directed toward Central Area neighborhoods in the execution of various SED environmental outreach projects. The Tree Stewards orchestrated five separate activities involving the Garfield Community Center and Washington Middle School. One of those projects involved working with SED's Landscape Section and City Light to plant 110 new trees along the Yesler corridor. On Neighbor Appreciation Day, 20 SED volunteers worked with the community to remove graffiti and clean up litter on Jackson Street.

The Central Area was also the home of Engineering's "Recycled Model Conservation Home" project. This home, which was later sold through HomeSight a nonprofit affordable home developer features recycled and energy efficient materials and appliances.

Land Use Recommendations

L.U. Recommendation 4.1.4

The Solid Waste Utility (SWU) has doubled Central Area participation in the Adopt-A-Street program, adding five new volunteer groups that cover nine miles of streets. The Graffiti Ranger team patrols the Central Area each week and removes graffiti from public property in the area. They also train volunteer groups and individuals and help organize paint-outs. Two Central Area groups (CADA and Thumbs Up) have Litter and Graffiti grants, and two grant applications from Central Area groups are pending. SWU holds an annual Home Cleanup Program in the Central Area, offering a free curbside pickup of residential "junk."

L.U. Recommendation 4.2.2

The Solid Waste Utility (SWU) is contracting with the State Department of Corrections (DOC) for regular cleanup of public property in the Central Area. SWU and DOC also respond to community complaints of illegal dumping on public property.

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS)

DHHS Contact: Laura Paskin, 684-0491

DHHS is responsible for a wide range of housing and human service programs throughout the city and in the Central Area. As the Department develops its planning process and implements the HUDrequired Consolidated Plan, it is working to expand the range of input from service providers and client communities in the Central Area neighborhoods.

The Department has extensive direct contact with the community in connection with many specific programs funded or managed by DHHS, including Weed and Seed, school-age youth programs, programs for low-income elderly, rehabilitation of owner-occupied housing under the REACH program and rehabilitation of renter-occupied housing under DHHS's multifamily housing assistance programs. In 1995, the Department will work extensively with the community, Central Area economic development agencies, and OED to implement Seattle's Enterprise Community Strategic Plan which recently was awarded federal designation.

Economic Development Recommendations

The U.S. Department of Justice Weed and Seed Program, which has focused services in the Central Area, added economic development activities to existing social service, employment and law enforcement strategies in late 1995. Approximately $100,000 in funds were made available to economic development organizations through a competitive process managed by the W & S Citizen Advisory Committee designed to further the objectives outlined in the Central Area Action Plan. In addition, existing City funded community-based programs continue to target Central Area youth and families.

E.D. Recommendation 3.1.1

The Summer Youth Employment Program provided jobs and classroom training to 168 Central Area youth, approximately 25% of the total number of youth served by SYEP.

Community providers CAMP, Metrocenter YMCA, Seattle 4-H Leaders Association, and Operational Emergency Center continue to focus efforts at serving youth residing in the Central Area and Southeast Seattle.

DHHS is currently working with the Mayor's Office, City Personnel Department and Seattle Public Schools to develop a grant application for funding of School to Work training and work experience/internship programs. A Central Area school may be chosen as one of several pilot sites.

E.D. Recommendation 3.2

Provided entrepreneurial training for 40 youth through the Weed & Seed program at East Madison YMCA.

Awarded $25,000 of Weed & Seed funding to the Black Dollar Days Task Force to provide youth entrepreneurial training.

E.D. Recommendation 3.3.4

The City did not apply for Job Corp expansion funds due to the uncertainty of ongoing Federal support for the program.

E.D. Recommendation 4.2.4

Provided funding for the Central Area Motivation Program's EXCELTECH project which is designed to train youth in multi-media applications involved in creating music demo tapes, community affairs videos, posters and newsletters.

Involved 40 youth in the development of computer networking services for the community through the East Madison YMCA.

Provided Weed & Seed funding to MidTown Commons to provide Central Area youth and adults with advanced computer training focusing on the navigating the internet, conducting database searches, and setting up and maintaining a bulletin board system.

E.D. Recommendation 5.1.4

DHHS is not aware of any direct activity on this recommendation in 1995.

E.D. Recommendation 5.1.5

This recommendation really addresses OED related activity in broadening use of CDBG for economic development activities. The activities of the new CDC's, could fall under this recommendation; also, HUD has issued new economic development regulations in 1995 that will provide greater flexibility for the economic development activities.

Housing Recommendations

H. Recommendation 1.2.1

Worked with a nonprofit organization to complete the preservation of two HUD-funded projects, one for elderly and one for families.

H. Recommendation 1.3.1

In 1995, Habitat for Humanity completed a home ownership project on land formerly owned by the City and sold to them in 1994. City assisted project utility hook-up.

H. Recommendation 1.4.1

Continued to manage the employer-assisted home ownership program which was expanded in 1995 to all City employees in all departments and to members of Seattle Education Association. U.S. Bank and Mellon Mortgage are mortgage lenders for the program. Over 300 requests were received and 44 loans were closed in the first 6 months of the year. An estimated 100 loans will be closed in 1995.

H. Recommendation 2.2

City staff continue to assist an Intergenerational Housing Task Force.

H. Recommendation 2.2.3

Completed consolidation of minor home repair programs for elderly home owners into one program managed by King County Senior Services. Allocated administrative and repair funds for 1995 program year and provide on-going contract management for the program.

H. Recommendation 2.3.1

Continued to work with the King County Assessor's Office to provide property tax relief for low-income elderly home owners.

H. Recommendation 3.1.1

Through contracts with nonprofit agencies, assisted homeless families to find shelter, transitional and permanent housing; provided referrals to counseling and employment programs. CAMP programs provided emergency housing, referrals, first month rent, rent/mortgage assistance to avoid eviction or foreclosure for homeless families and single adults. Support services include employment and a food bank. The YWCA East Cherry Emergency Housing Program for families provided emergency shelter and support services. SEHS provided emergency shelter for families in leased SHA units. The Salvation Army Project assisted homeless families locate and maintain permanent housing by providing move-in costs and case management.

H. Recommendation 3.3.2

Office of Education continues to support a multi-cultural curriculum in Central Area Schools. City-supported Head Start and Day Care programs in the Central Area continue to provide multi-cultural programs.

H. Recommendation 3.4.1

Provided housing assistance funds to nonprofit-sponsored transitional housing project for homeless families.

H. Recommendation 3.5.1

Continued to provide administration and mortgage funds to the HomeSight program for first-time home buyers in the Central Area and Southeast Seattle. (See 4.1.4 for additional information on HomeSight project implementation.)

H. Recommendation 4.1.3

Completed the Central Area Special Object Area study and community outreach program to evaluate Central Area subsidized housing policies. Continued existing Central Area Consolidated Plan Location Guidelines which restrict new construction and/or acquisition and conversion to subsidized housing. Support lowincome housing preservation, the development of mutual housing projects and housing for first-time home buyers.

H. Recommendation 4.1.4

I-90 Program land parcels:

1. Sold sites for 25 infill houses to developed by HomeSight for first-time home buyers.

2. Selected developers for 5 parcels offered for sale through a Request for Qualification (RFQ) process;

3. Worked with the Department of Neighborhoods to purchase Dearborn/Hiawatha commercial and industrial properties from the Washington State Department of Transportation. DHHS provided acquisition funds through I-90 land sales proceeds;

4. 18 homes for first-time home buyers are under construction on Yesler Atlantic Urban Renewal Parcel 29C at Yesler and 25th Street. Two-thirds of new home owners are at or below 80% median income; one-third have incomes between 80% and 115% median income level. Project development is through the HomeSight program.

H. Recommendation 4.1.6

Continued working with DAS to use City-owned surplus property for affordable housing. See 4.1.4 above for description of affordable housing production on City-owned land.

H. Recommendation 4.1.8

Worked with the Seattle Housing Authority and the Washington State Housing Finance Commission to fund the preservation of two formerly HUD-owned subsidized housing projects. See number 1.2.1 for project descriptions.

H. Recommendation 5.1.1

In 1995, expanded marketing of the federal 203K mortgage and rehabilitation program for home ownership.

H. Recommendation 5.2

Completed merger of SHA's Neighborhood Housing Rehabilitation Program with the City's Emergency Code Repair Program. New REACH program has expanded funding resources and program capacity. An estimated 25 to 30 single family homes are expected to be assisted through the REACH program in the Central Area in 1995.

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING (OMP)

OMP Contact: Ellen Kissman, 684 8376

OMP has several significant roles in implementing the Central Area Action plan, among them reviewing other City and community planning efforts to ensure consistency with the adopted Comprehensive Plan, and assisting the community and the new Neighborhood Planning Office in the next phases of planning. For 1996, these roles can be summarized as follows:

OMP will be involved in issues of citywide policy or budget significance, and in issues involving Comprehensive Plan consistency and implementation. For example, OMP will have the lead on developing capital decision-making processes (L.U. Recommendation 1.1.2), and will continue to be involved in regional high capacity transit planning.

OMP will collaborate with the community, the new Neighborhood Planning Office and other City departments in neighborhood planning in the Central Area whenever that begins and other neighborhoods. Specific OMP contributions to this effort will include at a minimum: preparation of a community profile for the Central Area, review and comment on any workplans for Central Area planning for feasibility, good planning practice and Comprehensive Plan implementation issues.

During 1995, OMP has undertaken the following items which support the Central Area Action Plan's vision:

Participated in the development of the Central Area Capital Fund Program ($1.4 million), a goal of which is to create a source of project financing that can be used by Central Area community development corporations to implement the physical development goals of the CAAP, the purpose of which is to promote the coordinated redevelopment of the Central Area through centralized delivery of technical assistance and financing for physical development projects aimed at the provision of affordable housing and economic revitalization (OED, lead).

Worked with the community to determine the appropriate street reclassification amendments to the Comprehensive Plan: 1) removing the Major Truck street classification from 23rd, and 2) choosing not to change the classification of Jackson Street.

Worked with Metro on its six-year service plan to ensure that Seattle neighborhoods, including the Central Area and the Rainier I-90 hub urban village, are adequately considered, and that service improvements address the needs of transit-dependent people.

Economic Development Recommendations

E.D. Recommendation 2.1.2

Continue to review designs for S. Jackson Street.

Housing Recommendations

H. Recommendation 4.1.6

Continued to advise DAS on use of surplus property and procedures for consistency with the Comprehensive Plan.

Land Use Recommendations

L.U. Recommendation 1.1.1

Continue to provide information to community to support monitoring of urban village concept development. Continue work on the Trust for Public Land to support open space projects in the Central Area, including P-Patches and the Central Park Trail.

L.U. Recommendation 1.1.2

Continue work on capital investment decision-making process related to Comprehensive Plan which also applies to the Central Area.

L.U. Recommendation 2.4.2

Continue to participate in regional high capacity transit planning.

DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS (DON)

Contact Person: Karen Tsao, 684-0210

In addition to specific items in the 1995-1996 City Response work plan, the Department of Neighborhoods also assisted the community in numerous ways which reflect the vision of the Action Plan. The Central Neighborhood Service Center (NSC) continued to provide assistance to the community councils by providing liaison to the City, and to citizens through its collections and referral functions. We estimate that the NSC staff will handle about $3 million in collections and will offer assistance to over 25,000 citizens in 1995. A number of City agencies are now co-located at the expanded center to bring City services closer to the our Central Area customers/citizens. These include DHHS's energry assistance program, the Neighborhood Planning Office Project Manager, and the DON Project Manager for the disposition of the Yesler Atlantic properties. The NSC also assisted the Central Area community to rebuild its Neighborhood District Council, which began meeting regularly again this past spring.

The Washington Insurance Council selected the Jackson Place Community to receive $100,000 for a roster of projects that included: a door-to-door survey to identify programs to meet residents' needs; free smoke alarms distributed using coupons in the community newsletter (it pays to read); quarterly neighborhood clean-ups employing local youth; creation of a neighborhood tool bank; community traffic survey aimed at pedestrian traffic and reducing accidents, using a combination of consultant expertise and community participation; outreach staff to work with community police team and hold safety workshops (some with language interpreters); community meeting space for planning projects, holding seminars, having family film nights; donation of school supplies for 100 homeless children at the local middle school; free property identification kits for residents to increase security; distribution of anti-auto theft brochures to residents; installation of sign-boards for resident communications; purchase and location of street lighting fixtures; security system loan program; and development of a neighborhood P-Patch. The Department of Neighborhoods, Seattle City Light, the Engineering Department, and the Seattle Police Department played various roles in implementing these projects. Their participation not only contributed to the specific outcomes, but also built a strong relationship between the community and local government.

DON's work on implementation of the 12th Avenue Plan is progressing with development underway for a single-family house in the Barclay Court area, and publication of a RFQ soliciting interested parties to develop remaining City-owned properties for mixed-use and residential purposes. The Barclay Court property is anticipated to be complete by the end of the year. The RFQ submittal date is October 30, after which a selection committee will review submittals and select developers to interview. Final selection of a developer(s) is expected to occur by mid-1996. In addition, another community meeting will be held sometime this fall to review traffic counts and other data related to the restriping of 12th Avenue from four lanes to three.

In 1995, the Department of Neighborhoods provided support to the community through its various Neighborhood Matching Fund programs. Total amounts were $181,520 for the Semi-Annual Awards and $32,582 for the Small and Simple Awards. Awards from the major Semi-Annual Fund included:

18th Avenue Streetlights $12,500 to install eight architectural streetlights along 18th Avenue South to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety, enhance streetscape appearance, and increase neighborhood cohesiveness.

Langston Hughes Facility Improvement $42,400 to purchase and upgrade equipment, install a marquee, and improve outside lighting and safety features at Langston Hughes Cultural Arts Center.

Central Park Trail $28,120 to provide preliminary design of a three-quarter-mile walking trail connecting three Central Area Parks: Pratt, Lavizzo, and Judkins.

Pratt Park and Yesler Way Improvements $49,500 to 1) fund local African American artists to construct water play elements and 2) to hold classes with youth to produce many small improvements-street planters, banners, trash can murals, tree plantings.

Martin Luther King Electronic Village $49,000 to teach computer networking to neighborhood families using technology available at the school, and train neighborhood teens to maintain and troubleshoot the system.

Small and Simple Projects awards through July 1995 included (September and November rounds to be reported for 1996 awards):

King School Marketing Campaign $4,960 to design and undertake a publicity and marketing campaign to promote the school so that its student population is increased.

Jackson Street Murals and Flower Boxes $2,451 to create and install a mural on the side of Welch's Hardware at 23rd Avenue and Jackson Street, plus construction of flower boxes to be located on the sidewalk along Jackson Street.

Jackson Place P-Patch $3,118 to develop a 3,000 square foot garden for the community at 16th Avenue and Weller Street.

Squire Park P-Patch $3,583 to create a new garden at 14th Avenue and Fir Street.

Traffic Circles on 28th Avenue South $3,250 to install and landscape two circles at South King and South Dearborn Streets.

"Trail Vibes" $5,000 to support a summer concert series which commemorates Jackson Street's jazz history, held at the amphitheater in Lavizzo Park along the Central Park Trail.

King School Neighborhood Forestry Project $4,150 to publish a handbook about urban forests, and to design and teach forestry program at King School using the Harrison Ridge greenbelt as a resource.

Central Area Earthquake Preparedness $1,070 to present earthquake preparedness, CPR, and first-aid training seminars to low-income Central Area residents.

Volunteer-a-Thon $5,000 to produce a one-hour televised Volunteer-a-Thon to promote community improvement projects and encourage volunteerism.

Another DON source of community support were the Call II Action awards for anti-violence projects. Most were youth-organized projects except the last one listed here, which were given a total of $6,630 in awards. Awards in 1995 were:

Seattle Young People's Project queer youth rights and magazine: WERD; "A Day to Chill" community fair; and "Tools for Change" community organizing video.

Black Dollar Days Task Force Youth department dance.

Garfield Cultural Relations Committee student facilitated forums on cultural relations.

Garfield Teen Center 4-H Program anti-violence music video.

Youth Volunteer Corps seniors advice in life: "The Wrong Directions."

Langston Hughes Cultural Arts Center "What Could Have Been," a film for youth and school audiences.

Started in the fall of 1994, SED's Street Utility Fund made $500,000 available for neighborhood street improvements to seven neighborhoods with plans recognized by City Council since 1990. DON was charged with administering the fund and assisting communities to set up an application process to compete for funding. The Central Area submitted an application through the Street Utility Neighborhood Group (SUNG) made up of people that were representative of the Central Area. The 1995 Central Area SUNG had members that represented the Pratt Park Neighborhood Council, Madrona Valley Neighborhood Association, Central Neighborhood Association, CADA, Midtown, Jackson Place, CAAP-IT Land Use as well as other parts of the Central Area. Based on the project ideas submitted by this group, the Street Utility Fund will finance projects in the Central Area totaling $87,600. Projects approved for funding include: half curb bulbs on Jackson Street at 25th, two curb bulbs and traffic island at Judkins Street at south end of Judkins Park, a traffic island and crossing improvements at Martin Luther King Way at Dearborn and alley lighting in the Madrona Valley.

Construction on all projects will be completed before August 1996. The process has started again for the 1996 funding cycle. The Central Area has once again formed a SUNG and will be submitting an application in order to capture some of the available Street Utility Funds for 1996.

To address impacts from reactivation of the Alder Street facility between 12th and 14th Avenues, King County has asked the City to administer a neighborhood fund of $78,740 to implement communitybased development projects. DON will be setting up a community advisory committee to assist with project development and selection.

In compliance with federal law, all federally assisted projects must undergo a Section 106 review to assess and mitigate any adverse impacts to historic resources. The Department of Neighborhoods, Urban Conservation Division is responsible for this review for all City of Seattle Housing and Community Development Block Grant projects. Accordingly, the Urban Conservation Division reviewed thirty housing and CDBG projects in the Central Area during 1995. These projects ranged from apartment rehabilitation and new infill housing construction in historic areas to public park improvements.

Economic Development Recommendations

E.D. Recommendation 1.1.1

Assisted the African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center Board of Directors to increase organizational capacity by providing Board Development technical assistance.

Assisted the Museum Board of Directors to establish a Friends of the Museum group that will develop and assist in implementing the capital campaign.

E.D. Recommendation 2.2.1

DON offered four of the seven remaining commercial YeslerAtlantic parcels for development this summer, and received proposals for three of the properties. The Land Use Leadership Team was involved in developing the RFP and assisting with outreach to potential developers. The developer selection for this offering should be completed by the end of the year. The remaining three parcels, including the one receiving no proposals in the first round, will be offered late this year or very early next year, depending on the progress of the Promenade 23 north construction, which is close to these parcels and should have an effect on their marketability.

E.D. Recommendation 2.2.6

OED did not ask for assistance with the Good Neighbor Fund.

E.D. Recommendation 2.2.8

Due to the decision not to locate a City facility on the Promenade 23 Phase II site, there are currently no plans to locate the Central Neighborhood Service Center there. See E.D. 4.3.2 below for other assistance to the Promenade 23 project.

E.D. Recommendation 2.3.1

Notice of the first Yesler-Atlantic commercial offering was promoted among local developers through a public meeting sponsored by CAAP-IT and extensive mailing to interested parties in the community and Central Area contractors. The second offering will also be so promoted.

E.D. Recommendation 3.3.4

Competition in the last funding round from Tacoma and recission of the funding for the Job Corps program led the City to decide not to pursue applying for a Job Corps facility.

E.D. Recommendation 4.3.2

DON has assisted the progress of the retail development by suggesting a design approach for the corner area acceptable to all parties, and helping to clear up title and environmental questions.

Housing Recommendations

H. Recommendation 4.1.3

DON assisted DHHS with outreach for meetings on the Special Objectives Area which prohibits development of subsidized housing in the Central Area.

H. Recommendation 5.2

DON began investigating the possibility of using historic restoration as an avenue for housing rehabilitation.

Land Use Recommendations

L.U. Recommendation 1.1.1

DON assisted the Planning Commission with outreach to the community in developing a planning forum for the Central Area.

L.U. Recommendation 1.1.2

See the paragraph of the Street Utility Fund above.

L.U. Recommendation 1.1.4

Coordinated the Museum Board of Directors' involvement with the Central Area Action Plan Implementation Team (CAAPIT) planning process which will result in Urban Village recommendations.

L.U. Recommendation 1.4.2

See E.D. 2.2.1.

L.U. Recommendation 1.7.1 and 1.7.2

DON staff continued to assist the African American Heritage Museum with board development, outreach and fundraising and supported museum development with a NMF award. Assisted the African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center become a 501-C3 non profit organization in preparation for pre-development activity.

L.U. Recommendation 4.2

DON obtained funding to complete the purchase of commercial and industrial property at Dearborn-Hiawatha, securing City control of the site. Now working with DHHS, OED, and the Jackson Place Community Council to create a redevelopment plan. See also above matching fund awards for the neighborhood.

L.U. Recommendation 4.2.1

DON continued its property maintenance program through Seattle Conservation Corps. The derelict house on Hiawatha Place South was demolished as requested by the Jackson Place community.

Youth Development Recommendations

Y. Recommendation 3.2.2

Neighborhood Service Center Coordinator now includes a representative from the Youth Leadership Team in the monthly Central Area roundtable.

Implementation Recommendations

I. Recommendation 1.3.1

Ongoing, based on needs related to community activities.

I. Recommendation 4.1.1

Prepared annual report for City, and reviewed community report prepared by CAAP-IT.

I. Recommendation 4.3.0

The 1997-1998 City work plan to be done in 1996 will incorporate any new priorities outlined by the community.

I. Recommendation 4.3.1

Ongoing, with the community making additions as needed.

DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION (DPR)

DPR Contact: Pat Elder, 684-4561

The Department of Parks and Recreation has received several commendations from the community for activities in the Central Area for the first half of 1995. Community residents were particularly pleased with improvements to Park and Recreation facilities and the enhancements to several of our youth programs.

Department staff is working closely with the Department of Neighborhoods to coordinate services and other organizations to deliver programs that meet specific needs of the community. Parks has formed strong partnerships with the YWCA Family Support Center which is located in Garfield Community Center and the Purple Hearts Program with the University of Washington.

Economic Development Recommendations

E.D. Recommendation 3.2.3

Parks contracted with the Seattle Conservation Corp for the installation of Community Development Block Grant funded improvements in four Central Area parks and will continue this program in 1996.

E.D. Recommendation 4.3.2

There was no request for Park Department staff support from OED in 1995.

Land Use Recommendations

L.U. Recommendation 1.1.1 and 1.6.9

Park Department staff assisted the Central Area Development Association to secure funding from the Urban Resources Partnership for trail improvements at Washington Middle School. This critical portion of the trail, expected to be constructed October/November 1996, will provide many amenities as well as ADA access from the school to Jackson Street. Park staff has secured an IAC grant for improvements to the Judkins Park play area and the tennis courts at I-90 Lid Park. The Department has been working with the community and SED on the ISTEA grant which has been approved and will fund physical trail improvements.

Other achievements in 1995 include working with the Central Area Development Association on several volunteer cleanup and improvement projects including the Earth Day tree planting, the mural and planting at Blanche Lavizzo Park, and the Langston Hughes Cultural Arts Center upgrade projects. Currently, Department staff are making improvements to Dr. Blanche Lavizzo Park through the Park Upgrade program.

Department staff will continue working with the community on the planning, design and implementation of park improvements projects along the Central Park Trail corridor.

L.U. Recommendation 1.6.2

Since the successful opening in October 1994, Garfield Community Center has been one of the most heavily used community centers in the city. In the fall of 1995, we will conduct a user survey to obtain feedback from our customers and help with the planning of our 1996 season.

L.U. Recommendation 1.6.3

Park Department staff assisted the community and the Department of Neighborhoods to complete the water spray feature at Judkins Park and are continuing meeting to discuss park and play area improvements to Judkins Park.

L.U. Recommendation 1.6.5 and 1.6.6

The Open Space Program successfully purchased 3001 East Madison, an open space property of 0.3 acres. The Greater Madison Valley community worked very hard to ensure this acquisition. The Department will continue to work cooperatively with the community to identify opportunities to address the lack of "breathing room" in the Census tracks with deficiencies. Sites identified through neighborhood planning will be evaluated for inclusion in future funding programs.

The Department will work cooperatively with the community to identify opportunities to address the lack of useable open space south of Pratt Park, north and east of Judkins Park. The Department will work with the Jackson Place community to evaluate the proposed open space at the Hiawatha site.

L.U. Recommendation 1.6.8

The planned recreation amenities on the 28 acre I-90 lid were completed in April 1995. They included the construction of an ADA accessible children's play area, two tennis courts, a pathway lighting system, picnic tables, benches, and other park furniture. The maintenance responsibility for the area will come to the City from Washington State Department of Transportation in increments over three years under the terms of an air space lease and maintenance agreement that is currently being finalized.

L.U. Recommendation 1.6.10

Working with the Central Area community, Parks completed the new play feature in Pratt Park. The Dr. Blanche Lavizzo play feature includes community developed art work and active water spray features. Parks also initiated a summer playground program at Pratt Park that attracted hundreds of neighborhood youth and received very favorable media coverage.

L.U. Recommendation 4.2.1

Parks continued to work with the community to identify maintenance problems in several Central Area parks and make improvements. A number of maintenance improvements have been made at Dr. Blanche Lavizzo Park including renovation of the amphitheater, improvements to the park landscape and furniture, and painting of the rest room. A new mural developed by neighborhood youth has been installed in this park. Improvements are planned for 1996 for the ballfields at Judkins and Garfield Playfields that address many of the maintenance concerns on these fields. We have also increased our maintenance service levels at many Central Area parks through our citizen volunteer programs. We will continue these efforts in 1996.

Neighbors of newly acquired Kay Hutchins open space have formed an active group which is renovating flower beds and removing invasive non-native plants. They plan to conduct two work parties each month. In August, they received assistance from Youth Volunteer Corps teens who spent two days removing large holly trees. The group is also exploring Department of Neighborhoods grants to re-vegetate the site.

Youth Development Recommendations

Y. Recommendation 1.2.5 and 1.3.5

Langston Hughes Cultural Arts Center staff is working directly with CADA in their efforts to develop youth programs that develop awareness of African-American cultural heritage. Steve Sneed, LHCAC Recreation Coordinator chairs the Central Area Arts Council which is a part of the CADA. The Arts Council serves as the African-American Heritage and Cultural Museum's main advisors.

Y. Recommendation 2.1.2

The Department placed a cart in the King County Administration Building and began operations in July. Ten kids are being trained and work at this stand. With our mobile cart, we provide service to six community events in 1994/1995 (i.e., Garfield Community Center grand opening, Langston Hughes Arts Festival, Lavizzo Park Dedication). The Department continues to seek funds to expand and provide more employment opportunities for youth.

Y. Recommendation 3.3.6

The new and improved Central Area Youth Advisory Council held their first meeting in August. Approximately 30 agencies within the Central Area boundaries have elected youth between the ages of 13-18 to represent their organizations. The youth will be using the recommendations in the Central Area Plan to develop a mission, vision and goals for their newly reestablished council. The Council is staffed by Department staff but will be governed by Central Area youth.

A program proposal has been written to establish a Teen Life Center in the old Garfield Community Center. The Department submitted a grant application in April to the Federal Government; Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act (APPEAR) funding source. We were notified in August that no funds would be available from this source. We have submitted another proposal to King County; Safe Communities/Youth Partnerships funding source. We are being considered with final notification due in mid-September. If successful, funds will be available to begin operation in January, 1996.

The Purple Hearts Program is focused on keeping kids in school. The program was conceived and developed with Department and University of Washington Athletic staff in 1994. There is a Purple Hearts Program in each Central Division Community Center and at both swimming pools. The program includes tutoring by University of Washington students, sports clinics by UW athletics, and tours of the campus coordinated by Department and UW staff. Approximately 500 Central Area youth have participated in this program to date.

NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING OFFICE (NPO)

NPO Contact: George Frost, 684-5684

Seattle's Neighborhood Planning Office (NPO), which opened its doors in January of 1995, was established by the Mayor and City Council following adoption of the City's Comprehensive Plan. NPO's primary charge is to assist communities in developing broad-based neighborhood plans that relate to the community's physical environment (buildings, streets, parks and trees) and address issues affecting the way people live together (arts, recreation, safety). The neighborhood planning program offered by NPO provides staff, funding, and other resources to support neighborhood planning projects initiated and conducted by neighborhood groups.

Priority for the program is neighborhood planning efforts that include an urban center, manufacturing and industrial area, urban village, or distressed area identified in the City's Comprehensive Plan, adopted in July 1994. Most of the west and central parts of the Central Area could be classified as a distressed area, and there are three areas designated as urban villages within or significantly overlapping Central Area boundaries. The neighborhood planning program offers the Central Area community the opportunity to refine the Central Area Action Plan and engage in further planning that could address additional issues.

During 1995, the Neighborhood Planning Office has performed the following work in support of the Central Action Plan's vision:

Assigned a project manager to the Central Area to provide technical assistance to neighborhood groups that want to plan under the guidelines of the neighborhood planning program;

Engaged in a public information campaign (i.e., presentations at community meetings and special events, distribution of various materials on neighborhood planning resources, etc.);

Worked with OED on their Urban Enterprise Communities Program application;

Provided assistance to the Central Area Action Plan Implementation Team's (C.A.A.P.*I.T.) Land Use Leadership group in organizing a broad-based coalition of stakeholders to initiate the neighborhood planning process in the Central Area.

For the remainder of 1995 and during 1996, NPO will:

Assist C.A.A.P.*I.T. and other groups in collaborating together and preparing applications for Phase One and Phase Two neighborhood planning funds offered by NPO.

Assist the community in the hiring process for consultants.

Collaborate with other City departments and the community in the development of a scope of work and detailed work plan for neighborhood planning.

Work with the community to develop neighborhood plans that include priority areas and primarily focus on refinement and implementation of the following Central Area Action Plan recommendations:

Economic Development Recommendations

E.D. Recommendation 2.1.4

Work with community to identify needs for improvement particularly at 23rd Avenue and Madison Street.

Housing Recommendations

H Recommendation 4.1.3

Work with DHHS to ensure that the policy of restricting assisted housing in the Central Area gets reevaluated by the community during the neighborhood planning process.

Land Use Recommendations

L.U. Recommendation 1.1.1

Provide information to the community to support development of urban village strategies during the neighborhood planning process.

L.U. Recommendation 1.1.2

Provide input to capital investment decision-making process for the Central Area.

SEATTLE PLANNING COMMISSION

In January 1995 the Seattle Planning Commission held its regular meeting in conjunction with CAAP*IT at the Garfield Community Center. The purpose of the meeting was to provide the Commission with a progress report and overview of activities related to the Central Area Action Plan. CAAP*IT coordinated a presentation from a variety of the organizations that are actively involved in projects in the Central Area, ranging from economic development to youth programs. This well-organized and attended event gave the Planning Commission an opportunity to learn more about Central Area planning activities and to meet and talk with Central Area citizens.

Following this meeting, Planning Commissioners Donald King and Karen Daubert explored the possibility of Commission assistance in organizing and carrying out a Central Area Planning Forum. During the Spring and Summer, the CAAP*IT leadership Team, Planning Commissioners, and staff developed an approach and began planning for the October Planning Forum. The Planning Commission offered to provide facilitators to lead small group sessions focused on specific geographic "nodes" within the community. The forum, scheduled for October 21, 1995, is being preceded by area meetings throughout the Central Area, sponsored by CAAP*IT and NPO. NPO is providing technical assistance and resources for outreach for these meetings and the forum.

SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT (SPD)

SPD Contact: Marian Merkel, 684-5148

The Police Department collects information and input regarding Central Area neighborhood concerns and priorities in a number of ways. East Precinct staff regularly attend scheduled meetings with a number of community organizations, in particular all of the community councils located in the East Precinct. The East Precinct Crime Prevention Coalition, which is the precinct advisory council, also provides regular input to the Precinct supervisory staff. In addition, the Community Police Team as well as other Precinct officers routinely receive suggestions and special requests for enhanced enforcement in specific areas. In all cases, the Precinct makes every effort to respond to each request or concern by distributing the information to the area officers or by issuing follow-up assignments to Precinct personnel. The Police Department also receives input through the neighborhood budget process.

In 1996, the Seattle Police Department will continue to implement and strengthen community-oriented public safety services throughout the neighborhoods of the Central Area. The Community Policing approach involves communication with neighborhood residents and business groups with emphasis on problem solving and coordination with citizens.

Land Use Recommendations

L.U. Recommendation 1.6.9

East Precinct staff met with various community groups regarding safety issues and with the purpose of enhancing neighborhood safety along the Central Park Trail. No further action on this plan has been initiated.

L.U. Recommendation 3.3.2

Continue to extend efforts regarding parking law education to business groups and residents in all Central Area neighborhoods, not only those that are most heavily impacted.

L.U. Recommendation 3.3.3

SPD will continue its current efforts to calm traffic in major commercial nodes.

L.U. Recommendation 3.3.2

The Community Police Team (CPT), Precinct patrol officers, and the Parking Enforcement Unit continue to work with the community, through attendance at community meetings or individual phone calls, to identify chronic parking problems and to educate residents and various community and business groups about parking laws. CPT continues to conduct "neighborhood walk abouts" with residents to identify abandoned vehicles and other problems.

L.U. Recommendation 3.3.3

Officers assigned to business districts gave particular attention to traffic violations which endangered pedestrians. CPT handled chronic problems and passed along traffic complaints to district officers.

Youth Development Recommendations

Y. Recommendation 3.3.7

Patrol Officers and other department units, continue work to combat gang activity, in particular violent criminal acts, and to assist at-risk youth not to adopt a criminal gang lifestyle.

Alder Academy: CPT has regular contact with this alternative school held in the Youth Service Center, working with young people to develop a better understanding of the police officer's role and to challenge the youth to be a positive influence in their community.

Day Hike Program: The day hike programs were continued in 1995 with about 50 youth participating. The hikes are conducted by East Precinct Officers to allow youth to interact with them while exploring the outdoors and to gain experiences outside of the city living. All of the hikes were in the Cascade range and foothills. Parents and adults from the community are also invited.

Explorer Program: The Explorer Program continues but is now cosponsored by some East Precinct businesses. Supervision of the program, recruiting, and day-to-day administration is still conducted by CPT officers. The scouts participate in activities such as graffiti paint-outs, neighborhood clean-ups and community parades, thus, serving as positive role models for other young people.

Combating Graffiti: The CPT Officers, Explorer Scouts, neighborhood and business groups continued participation in the program to combat graffiti. In 1995, many of the community members took the initiative to remove graffiti on their own. Additionally, much of the work was completed by the Americorp volunteer workers assigned to the East Precinct. In several locations, graffiti was removed, and murals were created. The Americorp volunteers actually painted two large murals by themselves. The Americorp volunteers also coordinated and assisted a nationally famous artist in the creation of a huge mural of Dr. Martin Luther King which is painted on the building at King Way and East Cherry.

School Visits: Two East Precinct CPT Officers are permanently assigned to liaison with the East Precinct high schools and middle schools. These are PHSP funded officers. Because of the popularity of last years "Adopt-A-Cop" program in seven of the grade schools, all of the grade schools in the East Precinct took part in this years program. Officers from CPT as well as officers from first and second watch patrol took part in the program. A large picnic with food, activities, and police equipment was held at Montlake playfield for all of the children that took part in the program. Narcotics Interdiction: During 1995, SPD continued to use a variety of strategies to target both sellers and buyers in the precinct. Activities include Buy-Busts, See Pops, Reverse Stings, and the use of undercover buyers in vehicles equipped with hidden cameras. These efforts serve to disrupt the path from narcotic use to a criminal lifestyle, reduce the economic support that drug sales provide to criminal gangs, reduce the influence and operations of gangs, imprison their leaders, and deter at-risk youth from gang involvement.

Y. Recommendation 3.3.7

Information has been provided to the South Precinct about the "Adopt-A-Cop" program. Communication and coordination between the Gang Unit and East Precinct officers remains good with gang member's information being shared.

SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY

Housing Recommendations

The Seattle Public Library has allocated additional funds to support more materials for collection for first-time home buyers. The selection list from the Douglass-Truth Library has been shared with several other agencies in the library system.