As you may know, a committee was appointed earlier this year to redraw King County Council district lines in order to accommodate population growth in the County (mostly on the Eastside) and to ensure that districts encompass roughly equivalent numbers of residents (about 215,000 per district). A series of public hearings was held over the summer. You can view the proposed redistricting map here: http://your.kingcounty.gov/districting/plans/20111127/DistrictingMastersPlan-map

Designing a Natural Lawn & Natural Pest Control WEDNESDAY,  October 26 ·  7 to 9 pm Inglewood Presbyterian Church   7718 NE 141st St (east of QFC) Ladd Smith from In Harmony Sustainable Landscapes will present Designing a Natural Lawn at a workshop sponsored by the City of Kirkland and King County. He’ll discuss mulch mowing, slow-release fertilizers and other natural ways to help you grow a beautiful, healthy lawn. We’ll round out the series with an entertaining and informa

Denny Creek neighborhood Alliance also has a Facebook page. Give it a visit and start posting comments. Review the Wall information and Discussions section. Let others know to ‘like’ us so we can get the word out better about what’s happening with the Finn Hill environment. www.facebook.com/pages/Denny-Creek-Neighborhood-Alliance

Not sure what to do with that old kitchen appliance? Looking for ways to manage water runoff on your property? Want to volunteer your time and talent to preserve Kirkland’s environment? Follow the City of Kirkland Environmental Services Division on Twitter (@KirklandEnviro) to get quick recycling, waste reduction, water quality, and pollution protection tips and news. Log on to Twitter at  http://twitter.com/kirklandenviro  to follow Kirkland’s lead on environmental programs,

The entire Kirkland City Council is coming to meet Finn Hill residents on October 19 at the new Finn Hill Junior High on 132nd Street and 84th Avenue at 6:45pm. This is a great way to get to know your elected representatives and hear them discuss issues that are particularly relevant to our neighborhood. Please make some time to stop by! More information about the meeting, including topics to be discussed, can be found here: http://www.kirklandwa.gov/Assets/City+Council/Counc

Sign up to collect food on behalf of the Eastside Concern for the Hungry campaign at the Inglewood QFC on Saturday, September 24 and/or Saturday, October 8.  Just click on the date and time you want at http://bit.ly/p9gxA2 and enter your contact information. Two hours/fifteen minute shifts are listed to choose from. Then just show up!  Make a note of the date and time as there may not be any reminders. Other area groceries, including Juanita Safeway, are also looking for shi

The Salmon Watcher Program trains volunteers to identify and record species and numbers of spawning salmonids in streams in the Lake Washington Watershed. Denny Creek is one of the streams listed by King County. Here is a page at the King County website identifying fish seen in Denny Creek:  http://1.usa.gov/oOdXIW The King County Salmon Watcher training sessions for 2011 have been scheduled! You need attend only one training session to be a volunteer. Trainings are 7 to 9 p.

DCNA’s board recently reviewed its objectives for 2011-2012. Following is a brief description of what we chose as our priorities. We will be adding more information about each to our website in the next few months, but, in the meantime, take a look at the summaries below and let us know what you think. Even better, if they look like activities that you would like to get involved in, please let us know. None of these projects will move forward without community support, and th

An important neighborhood meeting is coming up this Wednesday, September 7. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the formation of a Finn Hill neighborhood association. It is open to all Finn Hill residents. We hope you will make every effort to attend. Time and Venue: Wednesday, September 7, 7:00 p.m. St. John Vianney Church, 12600 84 th Avenue NE Agenda: Introductions / Purpose of the Meeting General Announcements (Denny Fest, Council Candidate Forum, etc.) Overview of

Kirkland Youth Lacrosse (KYL) wants to convert an unimproved field in Big Finn Hill Park, now used for soccer practice in the dry months of the year, into an all season lacrosse pitch with lights for nighttime use. KYL’s proposal has been supported by some residents of Finn Hill and opposed by others. DCNA has not taken a position on the matter, other than to raise questions about certain aspects of the field’s likely impact on neighbors at night and on surface water drainage

The City of Kirkland has issued the following update on a proposal, previously made by Fire District 41, to replace existing Fire Station 25 (at Juanita Drive and the southern end of Holmes Point Drive) with a new station. July 29, 2011 Finn Hill Fire Station Update Now that the annexation has taken effect (June 1, 2011) the City of Kirkland has assumed responsibility for the proposed Finn Hill fire station project initiated by Fire District #41. Prior to the annexation, the

The King County Districting Committee has begun public hearings on four alternate County Council redistricting plans. The plans are online at www.kingcounty.gov/districting . One of those plans has a current portion of the Finn Hill area being moved over to District 1 northward. The other three retain the existing alignment for Finn Hill within District 6. There is a public hearing on Thursday June 30 at Bellevue City Hall from 6:30-8:30 pm. The hearing is in City Council Cha

A reminder now that Finn Hill is part of Kirkland. As plans for the July 4 th “Celebrate Kirkland!” community event are finalized, the Kirkland Police and Fire Departments encourage residents and visitors to celebrate safely and legally and offer the following tips: Comply with the City’s fireworks ban. The sale, possession and discharge of all fireworks are prohibited within Kirkland city limits.  This includes the recently annexed areas of Finn Hill, North Juanita, and Ki

Friends of DCNA, Great news - if you make a gift to DCNA on June 23, the Seattle Foundation will chip in as well! DCNA has been able to accomplish a lot over the years thanks to your generosity. For those of you have already given using the contribution envelopes in our newsletter, we thank you! And for those of you who haven’t gotten ‘round to that…or want to give more…the Seattle Foundation’s GiveBIG event on June 23 will make your contribution go further: Donations made t

Status – Spring 2011 Washington State’s Growth Management Act mandates Kirkland to annex Finn Hill (including Holmes Point), northern Juanita and Kingsgate before 2012. This could very well occur sometime in the next few years. It would increase Kirkland’s population by 44,860 (77%), from 34,300 to 79,160. The Finn Hill population is 12,600. Kirkland commissioned a study of the cost of annexation (see “Kirkland’s Cost Study” in the Contents panel to the left for the Executive

Interested citizens have met twice to discuss formation of a formal neighborhood association to work with the City of Kirkland following annexation in sharing viewpoints on a broad range of issues. Denny Creek Neighborhood Alliance has been active in seeking participants for the past eight months with email communications soliciting interest, an April newsletter mailed to 4700 Finn Hill households inviting readers to its general meeting at which the topic of a neighborhood gr

You can be a part of creating a safe place for Sandburg/DCS students to play outdoors during school construction by coming to the Natural...

Since 2001, the Kirkland Alliance of Neighborhoods (KAN) has hosted an educational class called Neighborhood University (“Neighborhood...

Construction begins in June on the new Carl Sandburg/DCS school building, and the current school playground will no longer be accessible....

Two Board positions on the Finn Hill Park & Recreation District Commission will be on the ballot for the November 2011 election....