SHERWOOD FOREST COMMUNITY CLUBP.O. Box 7344, Bellevue, WA 98008

NEWSLETTERJanuary 2010

Sherwood Forest Community Club Bylaws, ARTICLE l, Section l: 'NAME: Sherwood Forest Community Club - Mors particularly described

as that residential community within the district generally bounded by N.E. 24d Sneet on the south, 164'h Avenue N.E. on the east, Bellevue-

Redmond Road on the north and 1566 Avenue N.E. on the west." Included within these boundaries are the neighborhoods of Sherwood Fores!

Sherwood Gardens, Peachtree, and Belmore - 237 homes.

Annual Meeting

The Sherwood Forest Community Club annual meeting

was held on October 21,2009. SFCC Officers and

Trustees were elected. Committee sign up took place.

Annual dues were approved by the membership.

SFCC Officers and Trustees2009-2010

President - Linda Lowe-SheedyVice President- Samir ChudgarSecretary - Karen CampbellTreasurer - Diane KelsoTrustee- Ken SchiringTrustee - Diane ParryTrustee - Kurt Howeler

SFCC Committees

The following SFCC Committees are being formed.Your participation is welcome and encouraged.

Communication. Develop and maintain an electroniccommunication system; distribution of SFCC newsletters

and other written material by Block Representatives.

Contact: Ed Maurer (968-5510).

Membership. Welcome new residents to the

neighborhood and update Block information.

Emergency Preparedness. Develop and implement a

block-by-block preparedness progmm to address impacts

from severe storms, earthquakes, and other disasters.

Contact: Linda Lowe-Sheedy (885-5 14 I )

Block Watch. Develop and implement, block-by-block,the City of Bellevue Block Watch program to promote

residential awareness, safety, and security. Contact:John Haro (869-2751).

Record Preseruation. Review, analyze, and select

SFCC documents for retention and electronicpreservation. Contact: Linda Lowe-Sheedy (885-5 141 ).

Traflic/Transportation. Monitor and report to the

SFCC Board of Directon regarding traffrc flow patterns

and speeds throughout SFCC neighborhood. MonitorBellevue and Redmond transportation plans, proposals,

and projects with the potential to impact the Sherwood

Forest Neighborhood. Contact: Diane Kelso (885-7580).

Neighborhood Enhancement Monitor the BellevueNeighborhood Enhancement program, includingannouncements and proposals for northeast Bellevue in2010-2011. Formation pending.

Land Use - monitor Bellevue and Redmond land use

development proposals affecting the Sherwood Forest

neighborhood. Contact Ken Schiring (885-9602).

*****Sherwood tr'orest Community Club Dues

Article III of the Sherwood Forest CommunityClub By-Laws provides for assessment of annual

membership dues. The dues fund expenses associatedwith SFCC operations including State non-profitcorporate filing fees, P.O. Box rental, printing, postage,

and office supplies. Annual membership dues in the

amount of $10.00 per household were approved at the

Annual Meeting- Dues payments should be mailed to:Sherwood Forest Community Club, P .O. Box 7344,

Bellevue, WA 98008.

*****Mailbox Pilfering

In recent months, there have been numerous reports

of mail being stolen from mailboxes throughoutSherwood Forest and other nearby neighborhoods. tt isrecommended that you not place out-going mail in your

mailbo>r, that you check your mailbox promptly after mailhas been delivered, and watch for suspicious activity.

Some Sherwood Forest residents have installedlocking mailboxes. Although SFCC does not endorse a

specific product or recommend an installer, the Board isgathering resource information regarding lockingmailboxes and will make that information available upon

request.

PUGET SOUND ENERGY PROPOSED NEWSUBSTATION IN NORTHEAST BELLEVIJE

At a community meeting on Decembet 2,2009, Puget

Sound Energy ("PSE") presented an updated proposal

(Option "F") for construction of a new electric

substation and associated transmission lines in the

South Redmond./Northeast Bellevue area. The

proposed Option "F" substation would be located at thecurrent site of Bank of America on Bel-Red Road near

NE 24th Sfieet in the City of Redmond. Feedback from

Sherwood Forest residents who attended the recent

PSE meeting has been positive, and it is the opinion ofthe SFCC Board that Option "F" is the best alternativeto the previously proposed Option <(D" site

immediately adjacent to the Belmore/Sherwood Forest

neighborhood. It has recently been confirmed that PSE

now owns the aforementioned site. The SFCC Boardwill continue to monitor the PSE substation issue.

Thank you for continued interest, involvement, and

support regarding this important issue.

*****BLOCK REPRESENTATWES NEEDED

Block Representatives are needed for blocks at the

following locations:

Block 2 - NE 29rh St. west of 1646 Ave. NEBlock 4 -NE 27th St. between 162il & l64e Ave. NEBlock 7 -NE 24th St. between 162"d & l64e Ave. NEBlock I I - NE 27h St. between l60m & l62d Ave. NEBlock l3 - 160th Pl. NE (west Peachtree)Block l4 - NE 29th St. (east Peachtree)

Block l7 - 159th eve. NE between NE 24th & NE 26th

Block l8 - Belmore

Duties: distribute quarterly SFCC Newsletters and

other written material to houses located on the block.Block Representatives are a vital link between

residents and the SFCC committees and Board.

*****SFCC SUGESTION BOX

Do you have a suggestion for activity in the SFCC

neighborhood, e.8., a neighborhood garage sale as

recently suggested by a SFCC resident? Please convey

suggestions to your Block Representative and/or aSFCC BoEd member.

City of Bellevue Neighborhood Grant Program

The SFCC Board is considering potential projects

that may be eligible for the annual City of BellevueNeighborhood Match Program.

*****Clearing storm drains prevents flooding

"'When the rain starts to fall, clogged storm drains are

often the cause of flooding in Bellevue neighborhoods.

All those leaves falling from the trees pile up fast overthe grates. City Utilities crews regularly clear storm

drains as part of routine maintenance, but they can

hardly reach all 20,000. Residents are encouraged tohelp prevent flooding in their neighborhoods by rakingleaves and evergreen needles from storm drainsthemselves." (City

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BELLEVT'E CODES

20.20.470 Inoperable motor vehicles.An inoperable motor vehicle is defined for the purposes

of this section as a motor vehicle which is apparentlyinoperable or which requires repairs in order to be

operated legally on the public roads, such as: repair orreplacement of a window, windshield, wheel, tire, motoror transmission. Inoperable motor vehicles shall be

screened from neighboring properly and the public right-of-way by a legally permitted solid structure or solidfence, or by Type I landscaping as defined in LUC20.20.520; provided, that open or unscreened storage ofan inoperable motor vehicle for a seven-day period whilesuch vehicle is under repair or awaiting repair ispermitted. (Ord. 465-1, 6-6-94, $ 30)

11.23.020 Parking over24 hours prohibited.No person having control over a vehicle may park such

vehicle upon any public street or public way or leave such

vehicle in the same public place for a period exceeding 24

hours. (Ord. 461 I $ 6, 1993)

*****RESOURCES

City of Bellevue: * rvr.v.c i.beIlevue.u' a.us

City of Bellevue Code Compliance: (a2\ 452-4570

City of Redmond: rvrvrv.redmond. gov