1. Seattle Floating Homes Association 47 th Annual Meeting Wednesday, April 22, 2009

2. Welcome  History of Lake Union - Lorraine McConaghy  SMP Revision - Bob & Bill  Committee Reports  Lake Union Sweep, Tour, Web Site  Board Elections  Raffle Drawing  Don’t Forget to Get Your Ticket!

3. History of Lake Union Lorraine McConaghy, PhD Historian Seattle Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) Special Guest

4. Lorraine Here

5. SMP Revision (Shorelines Master Program)  Some Context – Bill  SMP Revision 2009 - Bob

6. State Shorelines Management Act  1970 Shorelines Referendum  Response to Shorelines Development  WEC (& FHA), etc  1971 Shorelines Management Act (SMA)  Protect Shorelines Generally  Prefer WD Uses (Not Houseboats)  Requires Shorelines Master Programs (SMP) SMP Revision

7. Up and Down With the Seattle Shoreline Master Program  Up 1972 SMP – Fewer Displacements  Dn Moorage “Monopoly”: Houseboat Wars  Up 1987 SMP – Residential Zoning  ?? 2007 State Mandates SMP Revisions SMP Revision

8. ESA and Chinook  1999 Local Chinook Listed as “Threatened”  Cedar River  North Lake Wash  Issaquah (Hatchery)  WRIA 8  Watershed Recovery Implementation Area 8  Another Regulatory Overlay SMP Revision

9. Seattle SMP Revision  Department of Planning and Development (DPD)  Public Input (CAC, etc) – We Are Here  Writes Draft Regulations  Seattle City Council  2010 Approves Legislation based on DPD draft  State Department of Ecology (DOE)  Signs Off on City Regs SMP Revision

10. Process Underway  We are Not Alone  Example: Other Shoreline Residential  Soft Armoring (bulkheads)  35 Foot Setbacks  Smaller Docks  Example: New ‘UMX’ Designation  1/3 Public Access  15 foot Buffer + 20 foot Building Setbacks  Stricter Water Dependant SMP Revision

11. Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC)  About 22 Stakeholders  Bob Bowman Official FHA Rep  Supported by Workgroup  CAC Meetings Monthly for past Year  DPD Issues Policy: CAC Responds SMP Revision

12. Floating Homes Role  Presence at Meetings  Analysis / Response to Paper Blizzard  Workgroup  Legal Support / Legislative  Two meetings between DPD / FHA  4/2/09 - DPD Floating Homes Policy  Bob Bowman, SMP Workgroup Chair SMP Revision

13. DPD’s Initial Proposal  Threatened Long Term Viability of Floating Homes  Required Conforming Standards for Replacement of Floating Homes  Required Standards for Floatation Depth  Maintenance and New Construction SMP Revision

14. DPD’s Current Proposal - Positives  Does Not Require Reduction in Float Size  No standards for Float Maintenance SMP Revision

15. DPD’s Current Proposal - Negatives  No Longer Water Dependant Use  Prohibits New Floating Homes  Allows Replacement  Combines Conforming/Non-Conforming Standards  Prohibits Basements  Allows Repair/Replace  Prohibits Additional Floor Space SMP Revision

16. What’s Next? Ongoing Strategies  CAC Process  Hart Crowser Salmon Study  Lobbying (Seattle and Olympia)  Legal SMP Revision

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

18. Tour  Thank You  Looking Forward to 2010

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

20. LU / PB / UB SWEEP! SLU Park May 9, 2009 8:00 am – 1:00 pm Environmental Committee

21. Best Management Practices  Take care of the Lake !  Now in color  Thank You  Molly Cadranell  Beth Means  Marty Greer Environmental Committee

22. Security and Safety  Police Boat Status  Fire Boat Replacement

23. Dockwatch  Join the FHA Dock Watch email list! seattlefloatinghomes.org/dockwatch/subscribe  Subscribe through the web site, or  Reach me, Tiff McNamara, at dockwatch@seattlefloatinghomes.org206-854-5292 Security and Safety Committee

24. Houseboatique Giff and Mary

25. Communications Committee This committee is responsible for the  Newsletter  Web site  History of the Community

26. Newsletter Issue 155 - Winter/Spring 2009 FHA Newsletter First issue published in color! Always looking for articles & news from the Community Communications Committee

27. Web Site  Many articles/stories in the newsletter are elaborated on the website.  Look for article, Chinook and Houseboats: Sharing an Urban Lake.  Special Articles found only on the website such as Bob Lilly’s Gardening Series.  More and more photos.  Updating site to make it easier to use. Communications Committee

28. History of Our Community  Always looking for old newsletters!  Lake Union Writers Project Communications Committee

29. Lake Union Writer’s Project LU, PB, and Houseboat Stories Past & Present  Write a story or poem about your life on a houseboat or the lake.  Contact neighborhood story-tellers, former houseboaters or others who worked or lived near LU/PB in the past to write their stories.  Know of a passage from a published book or article that mentions or is about LU/PB?  Any old journals, letters, postcards or artwork about LU/PB and HB life?  Do you have old photos of LU/PB or know someone who does? Communications Committee

30. seattlefloatinghomes.org

31. Door Raffle Drawing Win! Free! Stuff!

32. FHA Board Elections Officers President: Bill Keasler Vice Pres: Sheri Greaves Secretary: Marty Greer Board Members (Vote for 7) Melissa Ahlers Bob Bowman * Molly Cadranell Tiffany McNamara * Marilyn Robertson Linda Valentine * Amalia Walton New Members ________________________ * 1 year term

33. Adjourn Thanks for coming to the FHA’s 47 th Annual Meeting