Report on Clean Seattle Initiative

Cleanup:  Ballard

Date of Cleanup:  March 29 2003

Boundries:  Ballard - NW 15th Avenue

Departments:  Neighborhoods, Seattle Department of Transportation, City Light, Seattle Public Utilities, DCLU, Arts and Cultural Affairs, Department of Corrections, SPD Crime Prevention

Cleanup Activities:

• SDOT provided 24 Norwegian Sunset Maples trees for planting.



• SDOT Street Maintenance crews swept 30 curb miles of streets, patched 15 potholes and installed 10 sidewalk shims.



• SDOT Traffic Signs and Markings crews cleaned 62 traffic signs, replaced six damaged or missing signs and repainted 465 feet of curb paint as well as 160' of Metro bus zone paint.



• SDOT Landscape crews planted 29 trees along 15th Ave NW.



• SCL repaired 81 streetlights in the Ballard CSI area.



• SCL is following up on having the vacated poles removed.



• DOC picked up litter in the Ballard CSI area.



• DOC made collections in the Ballard CSI area.



• SPU arranged for "Value Village" to clean up the parking lot.



• "Value Village" has agreed to check the area daily.



• Parks and Recreation addressed four graffiti tags on litter cans and an electrical box at Baker Park.



• Parks and Recreation enhancement activity focused around two sites.



• Parks and Recreation's Ballard Pool served as host to the kickoff event. (The landscape was replaced the previous year with a $12,000 Capital Improvement Project. The Citywide Horticulture Landscape Crew supervised by Lisa Chen and Lonnie Carver, with assistance from NW Parks Resources staff installed it. (The landscape was redesigned to be far more attractive and yet require less maintenance.)



• Parks and Recreation's the Northwest Crew and the North Pro Parks Gardener Crew performed a day and half spring cleanup project weeding and mulching the beds and tree rings.



• Lonnie and his crew also provided assistance for these tasks. The paved surfaces were pressure washed by the North Pro Parks Maintenance Crew.



• Parks and Recreation's the Northwest Crew performed major pruning work, edging, weeding and mulching the shrub beds throughout the Park.



• " Parks and Recreation's the Northwest Crew mowed the lawn, edged and weeded the gravel path and removed loose concrete from the perimeter wall as well. They also took down the old rotting wisteria arbor and replaced a " small crumbling section of the perimeter wall with two removable bollards to facilitate delivery of gravel, Fibar, and mulch.



• Parks and Recreation's Jeanne Schollmeyer from the Parks Atlantic City Nursery provided about $500 retail value which were all planted, and much appreciated by the volunteers.Volunteer Activity



• About a dozen volunteers worked in the Park the day of the event. Andrea Faste led most of the volunteers who spent the day weeding the perennial beds. Robin Haglund, another one of the Parks neighbors worked with Northwest District Gardener Bob Baines pruning and planting.

Volunteer Activity

• From Marianne Scholl:
  
  "Many, many thanks to the volunteers who showed up on Saturday morning to help plant trees, pick up garbage and show the City that we are committed to improving 15th Ave NW. All in all, volunteers planted 27 good-sized trees and picked up bags and bags of trash.
  
  Special thanks are also in order for Rob Mattson at the Department of Neighborhood for working hard to coordinate and plan the whole event, and to Ron Lindsay for taking on the project when asked and for putting in lots of time to coodinate the community's involvement and organizing refreshments. Thanks also to QFC, Ballard Market, Starbucks and Safeway for supporting our efforts with donuts, coffee and juice.
  
  Deputy Mayor Tim Ceis came and helped plant trees. Mary Maduzia and Ron Harris-White then took him took him on a tour to see the sad state of our street. I believe he was surprised by what he saw, and I hope that his visit will help focus City attention on repairing curbs, removing unneeded poles etc. We also presented him with our Envisioning 15th Ave NW report and described our vision of a more pedestrian friendly, vibrant business district. We ended up at Baker Park, where Andrea Faste and other dedicated WHCC members and Parks department employees were working hard. The park looks wonderful!
  
  Saturday, the Association also officially adopted 15th Ave between 70th and 85th. Pretty soon signs will be up acknowledging this. It will mean four work parties to pick up trash. We hope that businesses and residents will join in to keep corridor clean. Thank you Andy MacDonald for organizing this. "

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