If you were unable to attend the Mayoral Candidate Forum last Saturday, October 17th, please visit the Capitol Hill Seattle Blog for video coverage and summary by clicking here and here, respectively.

Respectfully yours,

CHCC

Tuesday, December 15th
7 to 9pm
Cafe Metropolitain
1701 Olive Way

Pizza + Jello Shots + Live Music + Rock Band with Friends and Neighbors + How You Too Can Make Capitol Hill Even More Awesome with the Help of Your Friendly Neighborhood Council!

Pay What You Can
{$10 Suggested Donation}
The Rich and Especially Altruistic are Reminded that Santa Rewards Generous Donors

Our Chaperone from the Sisters of the Motherhouse of Washington, Sister Angela Merici

The littlest ladybug

Trick or Latte

Walk like an Egyptian

Yes, he's off-duty :)

Vajra
The Deluxe
Pagliacci's
Julia’s
Subway on Broadway

Ali Baba
Bailey Coy
Bliss Soaps
Blooms on Broadway
Broadway Boutique
Broadway Grill
Broadway Shoe Repair
Broadway Video
Cafe Septieme
Charlie's
Chili Basil
Crazy Berry
Dilettante
Edgar - The Store
Emerald City Smoothie
Galerias
Gruv
Hana Restaurant
Hollywood Video
Hot Topic
India Express
J&S News
Jai Thai
La Cocina Santiago
Massai
Metrix Create Space
Metro
Panache/ Metro
Perfect Copy & Print
Pho 900
Pho Cyclo
Pho Than Brothers
Poppy
QFC
Red Light
Rite Aid
Rom Mai Thai
Starbucks, Broadway location
Table 219
Trendy Wendy
Urban Outfitters
Vivace Coffee (Cart & Brix Location)

Pictures to come!

4:15 Mallahan Question Round
5 min. Candidate Introduction
20 min. CHCC Questions
a. Relationship of city gov. to residents
b. Quality of life - social aspects
c. Transportation
d. Quality of life - physical aspects

20 min. Audience Q&A

5:00 Short Break

5:15 McGinn Question Round
5 min. Candidate Introduction
20 min. CHCC Questions
a. Relationship of city gov. to residents
b. Quality of life - social aspects
c. Transportation
d. Quality of life - physical aspects

6:00 End of Event

This is an event sponsored by the Capitol Hill Community Council with the gracious donation of space from Seattle University. If you're interested in helping to organize this event, please contact us at moc.liamg|stneve.cchc#moc.liamg|stneve.cchc.

We plan on gathering at Seattle Central Community College, in front of the Broadway Performance Hall. The walk will start at 6pm at the college and will proceed down the west side of Broadway to Roy Street then back up the east side and end at Cal Anderson Park by 8pm. Community children and their parents will lead the walk.

We are encouraging businesses on Broadway to decorate and participate in the Walk by handing out packaged candy between the hours of 6 and 8pm on Saturday, October 31st (Halloween). We are also encouraging community members to be involved in the Walk by spreading the word or by helping out the day-of. If you're interested in volunteering, please contact moc.liamg|stneve.cchc#moc.liamg|stneve.cchc.

In Attendance: 13 community members including officers (Justin Carder, Charlette LeFevre & Hong Chhuor).

Meeting Facilitator: Kami Bodily

Welcome & Introductions

The current financial breakdown is as follows (Secretary’s notes, not discussed at meeting):

$1552.32 Funds Deposited as of 5/28/09
($460.00) City of Seattle Special Events Permit Fee
($433.60) Cost of Event Insurance

$658.72 Total Funds Remaining

These figures do not take into account the Unpaving Paradise booth, for which an application has been submitted to make the June 1st deadline; the $50 booth fee will be transferred from the Unpaving Paradise ledger to the Pride Festival ledger.

Also, the figures above do not take into account any funds received at Panache or via the Council PO box received since 5/28/09 – these will be deposited on June 2nd, so that all registrations received after June 1st will have the new rates applied to them.

Booth Vendor Update

Carl Medeiros provided an update on the number of booths for which we’ve received both an application and payment; to-date, we have completed registration materials for 28 out of 108 possible booths. He reported that he had been having trouble working out an arrangement with the Broadway Grill (BG) and announced that plans will move forward despite not being able to reach an agreement with them regarding logistics for the booths in front of the restaurant. He had hoped to put Swank (a DJ group) near the BG, but may have to look into an alternative space so that they have access to electricity.

Carl plans to provide a ‘map’ of booth assignments in the days leading up to the Festival as it will be in constant flux until we have a better idea of our vendors. He plans to send out a letter on 6/10 to the Broadway restaurants reminding them of the rules, regulations and obligations that specifically apply to them as a food establishment. On 6/12, he will email all registered vendors with ‘day-of’ information with details on set-up, break-down and “FAQs.” After the Festival, he is planning on a review & evaluation process whereby we can solicit feedback on the vendors’ experience so that we may take them into account for next year.

At this point, Magenta Spinningwind, as a representative of PNW Native artist community, introduced herself and explained why she was at the meeting. At Carl’s request, she attended Folklife and handed out fliers and encouraged various vendors to consider getting a booth at the Pride Festival. She believes she can bring in at least $1000 to the Festival via booth registrations alone and is seeking a number of spaces for the artists she represents at a discounted price.

Carl then reiterated that we are focused as much as possible on not giving any booths away for free at this time. We can certainly maintain a ‘free list,’ but we should focus on selling as many as possible and if there are any spaces left in the days leading up to the Festival, we can revisit the issue at that time.

Charlette mentioned that she was working with the city of Seattle & Jose Cervantes to obtain an outreach grant ($700); the committee members agree that in the interest of time, we should postpone further discussion about this until we actually receive the funds.

Charlette then commented that we should also follow-up on Sound Transit’s previous commitment towards providing some financial support. Justin Carder confirms that via his communications with Jeff Munnoch, this money is a go and good to depend on and Sound Transit will require a booth. Hong Chhuor asked if they will be submitting a formal application and writing us a check – Justin will be following up on this.

Marketing & Poster Update/Distribution

There is no detailed marketing plan in place at this point in time.

However, Carl is the point person regarding the poster. He expects that the posters will arrive in the next week or so. He will be taking enough copies to distribute at least two copies to each of the business in the affected two blocks. Carl also announced that through a business relationship, he has secured $500 that he would like to specifically earmark for advertising.

Kami Bodily and Jennifer Power have volunteered their time to help with postering once we have them. Jen will also be following up with the Unpaving Paradise volunteer listserv to see if any of them can help poster as well as help staff the event.

Festival Logistics

Reverend Ray Neal of Metropolitan Community Church has been appointed to be one of the Festival’s spokespersons. This is an update insofar as Mark Finley has stepped down from this role. Also assisting primarily through email is Teresa Hugel of the University Street Fair. Lee Serrano, manager of the Casa Del Rey apartments on Broadway next to Chase Bank and Vivace Espresso, who was in attendance at the meeting announced that he will do his part to assist and hopes to get the businesses at the base of his building to come on board to help with raising funds for the Festival. He hopes to get between $500-$1000 for us and possibly the use of electricity in case the Broadway Grill plan falls through.

We then discussed the action plans for before the event, during the event and afterwards:

Action Plan – Before Event

Charlette: quotes from at least 2-3 different companies for barricades, port-a-potties, orange vests, no-parking signs & contacting the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence re: helping us with collecting donations; a suggestion was made that we share some of the proceeds with their organization for helping us collect funds – by Tuesday, June 2nd.

Phil: possibility looking into the feasibility of donation boxes as a contingency plan in case the Sisters do not agree or are unable to assist – Thursday, June 4th.

Jen: contact CleanScapes regarding trash situation and determine how much it would cost for their services as well as looking into the provision of recycling bins – by Thursday, June 4th.

Carl: communication with & coordination of vendors and collection of funds & applications – ongoing.

Hong: documentation/handling of payments and booth registrations and maintenance of an official event file for CHCC records – ongoing.

Action Plan – During Event

TBD: Staffing of the CHCC Community Table, security, trash review.

Carl: blue-taping booth spaces the night before the event.

Action Plan – After Event

TBD: sweeping/breakdown, collection of vendor funds, securing donation boxes, festival review.

Miscellaneous

All actions taken and questions answered by city agencies and representatives of companies from which we are requesting quotes will be documented in e-mails by copying the CHCC Officers email address (moc.liamg|sreciffo.cchc#moc.liamg|sreciffo.cchc).

Carl noted that he is available to help until 11am on Festival Day, at which point, he will solely be focusing his time and attention on the booths paid for & being operated by his businesses.

Items that need further discussion/follow-up…

We still need an answer as to whether or not there is a cost associated with metro bus re-routing & whether the Festival will need to cover the lost parking meter revenue due to the city – Jen

We still need to determine if the Council needs to obtain a City of Seattle Business Permit – Charlette

Creation of volunteer tasks and sign-up information – Charlette

Possibility of seeking last minute corporate sponsors – Carl

Close

Welcome & Introductions

Income/Expense Update

Discussion Topics

1. City of Seattle Business License requirement: needed or not?
2. Metro Re-routing Costs (if any).
3. Parking Spaces on Broadway between Harrison & John – are we required to pay the city a one-day use fee? If so, how much?
4. What is the pricing structure starting on Tuesday, June 2nd?
5. Trash & clean-up situation.
6. Volunteers for day-of coordination & recruitment.
7. Possibility of seeking last minute funding from corporate sponsors.
8. Renewed outreach plan to the city’s Arts orgs and LGBT groups.
9. Advertising plan.
10. Booth registration/finance and numbers update.
11. Next steps.

Booth Registration Update

Close

Expenses
City of Seattle Permit: $465
Insurance $433.40
Baracades $500 est.
Posters $500 ( $200 in kind donation by Panache)
Recyle/Port a Potties $200
Stage no longer planned
Ads $500
Cleaning $300 est.
Website $50
Misc. (security if needed) $500
Total $3,448.40
Funds received to date - $953
$2,495.4

Budget Request $1,2000 designated as loan from general funds. As this event is community wide and will have the greatest impact on businesses and community serving the largest facet of Capitol Hill - the LGBT community, I believe this is the single most important event the council can support.

The location will be two blocks directly on Broadway between Olive and Harrison St. from Broadway Grill to Rite Aid. The festival time was scheduled early to not conflict with the historical Dyke March scheduled for later in the afternoon.

Expected Attendance is 2,000 minimum but the Arts and Events committee believe the attendance may reach 10,000.
The Council is developing the festival with the local LGBT organizations and businesses while keeping fiscally responsible. To date, twenty five businesses are supporting the festival and the Arts and Events Committee is working with youth groups to help schedule the festival. The features to be added with funds allowing are Jumbotron screens.

Another feature of the Pride festival for decoration is Broadway lights in the colors of the light spectrum up and down Broadway. These lights would start with the color blue on the North end of Broadway at Roy and "band" to red to Pike and stay up all year helping to uniting Broadway, Subtly identify Capitol Hill as the gay district of Seattle, provide additional lighting for safety and Attract visitors and shoppers to Capitol Hill. The Arts and Events Committee believes this light project would have a high visual impact on a neighborhood not only from a pedestrian level but from an aerial view providing a high profile visual for Capitol Hill. The proposed set is by June 1st for the start of Pride month.
Interested organizations or person interested in helping the festival are encouraged to contact the Arts and Events Committee which is scheduling the festival.
The next meeting is
Sun. April 12, 7pm at
Oddfellows Café on 10th and Pike on Capitol Hill.

Charlette LeFevre
Capitol Hill Community Council VP
Arts and Events Committee
ten.zo|ervefelc#ten.zo|ervefelc, 206-523-6348

Hey guys,

The relaunch of Capitol Hill Arts Walk is underway… We have a name: Blitz! and some seed funding. Audrey McManus (Babeland, the current Art Walk organizer), Ellen Forney and I have been scheming and plotting, and we are really excited!

Now it's time to organize.

We are having a meeting Tuesday, March 31, 7pm at Vermillion. If you are interested in getting involved, or just curious to know more about it, here's your chance!

Hope to see you there.
Cheers,
Akira

The committee has already reached out and announced the plans of this event months ago to every LGBT organization in Seattle that we can think of including the Dyke March organizers and Lambert House as well as posting a public survey for this in the SGN to the LGBT Community. We hope to hear back and schedule as many LGBT organizations for the festival. If you feel there is a group that does not yet know of this event, please let them know of this festival and website.

If you want a party, have a party and call it a party, but DON'T call it a pride event if you're just appropriating the name to lure in customers. And please, if you're going to call it pride, REACH OUT TO AND INVITE LGBT GROUPS TO HELP ORGANIZE.

This light project would serve several functions.
1. Uniting Broadway
2. Subtly identifing Capitol Hill as the gay district of Seattle
3. Provide additional lighting for safety
4. Attracting visitors and shoppers

This light project would have a high visual impact on a neighborhood
not only from a pedestrian level but from an aerial view.

Proposed set up by June 1st for the start of Pride month.
Give us your thoughts.

Twenty five businesses on Broadway have signed on and more expected.
Logo and more information to be posted soon.
If anyone would like to volunteer, please attend the Arts and Events Committee meeting:
Sun. April 12th
7pm
Oddfellows Cafe
or contact:
Charlette LeFevre
206-523-6348

Locations Changing to

Oddfellows Cafe - 1st floor
Oddfellows Building
1525 10th Ave
(corner of 10th and Pine, across from Cal Anderson Park)
7pm
Stop in and share your ideas

The next meeting is on
Sun. April 12
7-9pm
Topics discussing:
Capitol Hill Pride Festival 2009
Capitol Hill Discount Dollar Art

No time? e-mail Charlette LeFevre at ten.zo|ervefelc#ten.zo|ervefelc
with "CHCC Arts" in the subject with your ideas
and if you want on the Art's Committee's e-mail announcement circle.
206-523-6348