• Solicitors have increased in the neighborhood. A complete version of the guidelines solicitors must use is available on the police department's website. Call officer Adonis with specific concerns.
• Paraphernalia in Riverview Park. Concerned citizens voiced that drug paraphernalia has been found at the park. Parks department had just been cleaning it up when found. There are now increased patrols in the area. Please call 911 if you notice suspicious activities in the park.
• Graffiti has increased in Highland Park; the city can help if you see graffiti in your neighborhood. Go to seattle.gov and search for graffiti.
• Glass had been found in the wading pool at the Highland Park Elementary which caused the parks department to close it down for a few days. One child was known to have cut her foot.
• Many residents complained about the mess of fireworks debris left in the park and school parking lot. Not much the city can do, since they do not have the man power to patrol on this busy day. Please do what you can to pick up what others leave behind, to keep up our neighborhood.

Guests: Fleets and Facilities Deputy Director Mary Pearson and Office of Policy and Management policy adviser Catherine Cornwall who gave a brief overview of why the city is charged with the task of building a jail, if a regional solution is not achieved between the cities of KC and King County.
Even if a two year extension is given between KC and Seattle, KC can only guarantee 130 beds the first year and 20 beds the second. This falls short of what the city predicts it will need.

1. What's being done to keep people out of jail and keep the jail population down?

2. Is the low rise assumption study done yet?  Due at the end of the month.

3. What is the assignment for the committee working on the assumption? What are they being asked to confirm?

4. What about using the public safety building site? It's under ontract with a private developer for residential development.

5. What about using the land between the stadiums and Georgetown (SODO South Of Downtown)?

6. Were the long term costs to the quality of life, land value, and long term effect part of the decision making process?

7. Did it ever occur that the premise of needing a 7 acre site and then confirming it with a study is backwards? IE: should the study have been done first?

13. Expense, High VS Low. Is the city considering the expense to the neighborhoods? The premise we started with is that there is no detriment tothe nearby neighborhoods.

14. What guarantee is there that it won't be added on to? A low rise structure would not have the support capabilities to be made into a high-rise facility in the future.

15. Copies of the DOJ (dept Of Justice) study that there is not an impact on community are available on the seattle.gov website
16. Public outreach. What's being to outreach to the minority communities? Very little.

17. EIS (Environmental Impact Study) has been moved back to September to allow other cities to get caught up with the jail siting process.

Right: Rory Denovan, HPAC Co-Chair.

18. Are you looking at the park on 3rd Ave as a site?

19. Are you considering the time it takes an officer to go to the south to book a prisoner and considering that it takes them off their patrol in an area that needs them?

20. Releasing inmates: Will they be released Downtown? Will that be at restricted times?

21. Where does the race and social ustice initiative fit into the decision process?

Above: Ms. Cornwall and Ms. Pearson with Dorsol Plants, HPAC Chair.

Publicity - Dina Johnson
Website is updated constantly.
Please send any updates you feel are beneficial to the cause.
Graphics are done and have a very polished look so we look professional.
Publicity packets are being sent out to media and taken personally to public officials.
Contacting and setting media and sending follow up letters.
Photos are taken at all events for documentation.
Public visibility: Jubilee Days Parade Pirate.

Contacting Elected Officials - Dan Mullins
Bulk email sent out to HPAC members with customizable letter to send out. Please customize it some so it doesn't appear to be a form letter. It gets more impact this way.
Met with several City Council members. More to come.
Only 4 people marched in the parade at Jubilee Days. We need more help!!
Booth was set up at White Center Jubilee days on the 19th and 20th of July.
We've collected about 1800 signatures on the petition so far.

Community Outreach: Nicole Mazza
Flyers have been distributed to the entire Highland Park neighborhood.
Online petition is in place.
The 500 signs we ordered are being distributed throughout the area.
Booth set up at Jubilee Days in White Center.
125 signatures were collected at Jubilee Days. More could have been obtained had we had more volunteers at the event.
Businesses are coming on board to help get the word out. Bank of America, Jo Jo's coffee, Java Joint, Triangle Pub, White Center District Association WCDA, Vietnamese Church, Curves. Please show your thanks by giving them your business!

Legal issues and Site Review
We have an Attorney to help us develop a strategy.
We're in the process of collecting documents from SEPA State Environmental Protection Act, and Corps of Engineers.

Executive Committee
Outreach to other community groups such as Haller Lake, Georgetown, and White Center.
Helping with reaching out to elected officials.

UPCOMING EVENTS
RUMMAGE SALE: Highland Park Improvement Club (HPIC) is having a rummage sale from 10am to 3pm, August 10th in the parking lot at 1116 SW Holden St.
If you would like to participate, a table is: $10 for members and $15 for non-members.
Contact Kay Kirkpatrick at the club: 206-762-2266

HPAC Barbeque and Potluck starts at 1pm, same location as the rummage sale, in the HPIC parking lot. Come and have some fun!! RUMMAGE SALE