Press Release

21 January 2003

COMMUNITY INVITED TO VIEW SITE PLAN FOR NORTHGATE LIBRARY/PARKS PROJECT

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The Seattle Public Library and Seattle Parks and Recreation are sponsoring a joint public meeting to give the community a chance to view and comment on the site plan for the new library, community center and park in Northgate.

The meeting is set for 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24 at Olympic View Elementary School, 504 N.E. 95th St., auditorium/cafeteria. For more information, call Tim Motzer, Parks project manager, at (206) 684-7060, or David Kunselman, Library project manager, at (206) 386-4096.

Residents are invited to listen to a presentation on the site plan work, ask questions, and share their comments with members of The Seattle Public Library board of trustees and the Board of Park Commissioners, who also will be present.

The project includes building a 10,000-square-foot library, a 20,000-square-foot community center and a 1.67-acre park on the former Bon Tire Center site at Fifth Avenue Northeast and Northeast 105th Street and the commercial site a block north. Two commercial buildings on the property will be demolished. The community center, library and park are expected to be finished in 2005.

Funding for the facilities comes from several sources.

Voters in 1998 approved the Libraries for All bond measure, which included money to build a new library in Northgate. The $5,139,000 library will include a new collection of 40,200 books and materials, reading and homework areas for children and youth, computer work stations and instruction areas and a meeting room.

In 1999, Seattle voters approved the community centers levy, which included $8.2 million for a new community center in Northgate. The community center will offer activities such as teen camps, basketball leagues, classes, after-school programs, community meetings, and programs for seniors.

In 2000, Seattle voters approved the Pro Parks Levy, which included nearly $4.4 million for a new park in Northgate. The park will play an important part in addressing the open space needs of the densely developed neighborhood.

For more information about "Libraries for All," visit the Library's Web site at www.spl.org; for more information about the community centers levy, please visit the Parks' Web site at http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/parks/Centers/comcenlevyprog99.htm .

 

(For more information, call Caroline Young Ullmann, Library assistant communications director , at 206-615-1627, or Joelle Ligon, Parks public relations specialist, 206-233-7929.)

 

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