Seattle Floating Homes Association 46 th Annual Meeting Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Welcome  Fire Chief Gregory Dean  Lake Union Trail, David Graves, Seattle Parks  Committee Reports  Lake Union Sweep, SMP, Tour, New Web Site  Board Elections  Bill’s Very Short Speech  Raffle Drawing  Don’t Forget to Snag Your Ticket!

Special Guest Chief Gregory M. Dean Seattle Fire Department

Special Guest Lake Union Trail David Graves Seattle Parks Department

Tile Project

Standing Committee Reports  Legislative – Sheri Greaves  Environmental – Bob Bowman  Safety and Security –Tiff McNamara, Giff Jones  Communications – Marilyn Robertson  Tour – Melissa Ahlers  Houseboatique – Giff and Mary Jones

Your FHA Legislative Committee … working for the interests of houseboaters … contact Sheri Greaves with any questions.

FHA Environmental Committee The FHA Environmental Committee mission is to protect and preserve our water backyard through education, example, and activities that foster environmental stewardship. The FHA Environmental Committee mission is to protect and preserve our water backyard through education, example, and activities that foster environmental stewardship.

Seattle Shoreline Master Program (SMP)  SMP - Required by State Shoreline Management Act (SMA)  SMA - Major Policy Goals:  Preferred Shoreline Uses (water dependent)  Environmental Protection  Public Access  SMP - Local Planning and Regulation Document that Implements the SMA  SMP - Goals, Policies and Regulations for Shoreline Use and Development (e.g. shoreline permits and building codes) What is It?

SMP Timeline  State Shoreline Management Act (SMA) passed  Seattle Shoreline Master Program (SMP) adopted  Seattle SMP updated (now in effect)  New State shoreline guidelines adopted  Seattle SMP update initiated  New Seattle SMP regulations adopted

Potential Major SMP Impacts  Existing houseboat structures, decks, flotation and docks  New over water construction

The FHA Approach to SMP  FHA supports SMA and SMP  FHA participation on the SMP citizen advisory committee

FHA Goals For the Updated SMP  Preserve and protect floating home community  Support historic and diverse character of Lake Union and Portage Bay  Protect and enhance our water and shoreline environment

Houseboat Tour 2008! Sunday, September 7 12pm – 5pm

Dockwatch  Join the FHA Dock Watch list!  Subscribe through the web site, or  Reach me, Tiff McNamara, at Security and Safety Committee

Need Dockwatch Reps 1215 E Allison 2700 Boyer Ave E 2764 Westlake Ave N /2 Boyer Ave E 3002 Fuhrman Ave E 3006 Fuhrman Ave E 3104 Portage Bay Pl E 3123 Fairview Ave E 3206 Portage Bay Pl E 3218 Portage Bay Pl E 3236 Portage Bay Pl E 3240 Portage Bay Pl E 3250 Portage Bay Pl E 3254 Portage Bay Pl E 3256 Portage Bay Pl E 3258 Portage Bay Pl E 3310 Fuhrman Ave E

Houseboatique New!

‘Our Hats Travel’ Contest

Communications Committee New Look for the Newsletter And the New Web Site, too …

SeattleFloatingHomes.org

New Web Site Credits  Emily Hine  Tim Ahlers  Sheryl Landon  Bill Keasler  Marilyn Robertson  Giff Jones

Web Site Map  A Link on the Footer of Every Page  On the back of Your Agenda Tonight  Where’s What? – Check the Site Map  Titles Are Links  Permissions Granted at Log-In

Nuts and Bolts  About FHA  Houseboatique  A Few Photos and Flickr  What the FAQ?  Contact Page

SeattleFloatingHomes.org/news

SeattleFloatingHomes.org/news/newsletter

Lists and RSS Feeds  Lists  Dockwatch  News and Events (Newsletter)  RSS Feeds  Dockwatch  News and Events (Main Site Feed)  Home Page  Forums, Etc.

Talking Back  Comments  Forums  Dockwatch Incidents  Complaints  Contact Page

FHA Board Elections Officers President: Bill Keasler Vice Pres: Marty Greer Secretary: Michele Finnegan Board Members (Vote for 10) Melissa Ahlers Bob Bowman Molly Cadranell Sheri Greaves Emily Hine Giff & Mary Jones Mark Koenig Tiffany McNamara Marilyn Robertson Amalia Watson New Members ____________________________________

Working Lake Dry Docks, Boat wrights, Seaplanes, Tugboats, Hydroplanes, Shipbuilders, Painters, Fish Boats, Riggers, St Vinny’s, Gravel Plants, Log Booms, Marinas, Houseboats, Gas Docks, Greasy Spoons, Virginia V, Fish Processors, Machine Shops … All Local

Crane Garden  South Lake Union  Eastlake  Aurora  Fremont  University

Uneasy Ecology  We’re Not PC: Overwater Residential  Saving Fish and Wildlife  Clean Water  Balance

Nexus  520 aimed at Portage Bay  3 freeways  Lake Washington to Seattle and the Sound  Center of the City

Dancing With the Cranes  Trends  Urban Density – GMA  Billionaires  Ecology  What about the Working Lake?  Can’t Stop – Maybe Deflect

Tour, Trail, SMP  Threats or Opportunities?  Tour & Trail: Telling Our Story  Bureaucratic Buffers  Lake Union Trail  Shorelines Master Program

Working the Lake  Local Change  Regional Pressure  Working Lake  Roll With It - or Roll Under

Door Raffle Drawing Win! Free! Stuff!

Adjourn Thanks for coming to the FHA’s 46 th Annual Meeting